query: Which satellite launched first, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite or Akari?

pos: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a planned space telescope for NASA's Explorers program, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method. It is planned for launch in March 2018.

pos: Akari (satellite) Akari (ASTRO-F) is an infrared astronomy satellite developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, in cooperation with institutes of Europe and Korea. It was launched on 21 February 2006 at 21:28 UTC (06:28, 22 February JST) by M-V rocket into Earth sun-synchronous orbit. After its launch it was named "Akari" (明かり), which means "light" in Japanese. Earlier on, the project was known as IRIS (InfraRed Imaging Surveyor).

neg: LEGRI The Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager (LEGRI) was a payload for the first mission of the Spanish MINISAT platform, and active from 1997 to 2002. The objective of LEGRI was to demonstrate the viability of HgI detectors for space astronomy, providing imaging and spectroscopical capabilities in the 10-100 keV range.

neg: Small Astronomy Satellite 3 The Small Astronomy Satellite 3 (SAS 3, also known as SAS-C before launch) was a NASA X-ray astronomy space telescope. It functioned from May 7, 1975 to April 1979. It covered the X-ray range with four experiments on board. The satellite, built by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), was proposed and operated by MIT's Center for Space Research (CSR). It was launched on a Scout vehicle from the Italian San Marco launch platform near Mombasa, Kenya, into a low-Earth, nearly equatorial orbit. It was also known as Explorer 53, as part of NASA's Explorer program.

neg: Radarsat-1 RADARSAT-1 is Canada's first commercial Earth observation satellite. It utilized synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to obtain images of the Earth's surface to manage natural resources and monitor global climate change. As of March 2013, the satellite was declared non-operational and is no longer collecting data.

neg: Kepler-1229b Kepler-1229b (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation "KOI-2418.01") is a confirmed super-Earth exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Kepler-1229, located about 770 light years (236 parsecs, or nearly km) from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. It was discovered in 2016 by the "Kepler" space telescope. The exoplanet was found by using the transit method, in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured.

neg: Orbiting Carbon Observatory The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) is a NASA satellite mission intended to provide global space-based observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO). The original spacecraft was lost in a launch failure on 24 February 2009, when the payload fairing of the Taurus rocket which was carrying it failed to separate during ascent. The added mass of the fairing prevented the satellite from reaching orbit. It subsequently re-entered the atmosphere and crashed into the Indian Ocean near Antarctica. The replacement satellite, Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2, was launched 2 July 2014 aboard a Delta II rocket. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3, a stand-alone payload built from the spare OCO-2 flight instrument, will be installed on the International Space Station's Kibō Exposed Facility in December 2016.

neg: Kepler-421b Kepler-421b is an exoplanet that, as of July 2014, has the longest known year of any transiting planet (704 days), although not as long as the planets that have been directly imaged, or many of the planets found by the radial-velocity method, or as long as some transiting planet candidates which are listed as planets in the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia (KIC 5010054 b etc.). It is the first transiting-planet found near the snow-line.

neg: Ekspress AT1 Ekspress AT1 (Russian: Экспресс АT1 ) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in March 2014. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian State Company for Satellite Communications. It is based on the Ekspress-1000N satellite bus manufactured by JSC Information Satellite Systems. Its mass at launch is 1672 kg, and the power allocated to the payload is about 5600 watts. The satellite carries 32 Ku-band transponders, providing satellite TV to western and central Russia, as well as western and central Siberia, and almost all of Kazakhstan. The planned service life of the satellite is at least 15 years. It was launched in the framework of Russian Federal Space Program for 2006-2015, approved by the Government Decree №635 signed on 22 October 2005 by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.

neg: Kepler-11 Kepler-11 is a Sun-like star slightly larger than the Sun in the constellation Cygnus, located some 2,000 light years from Earth. It is located within the field of vision of the Kepler spacecraft, the satellite that NASA's Kepler Mission uses to detect planets that may be transiting their stars. Announced on February 2, 2011, the star system is among the most compact and flattest systems yet discovered. It is the first discovered case of a star system with six transiting planets. All discovered planets are larger than Earth, with the larger ones being about Neptune's size.

neg: EKS (satellite system) EKS (reportedly standing for Russian: Единая космическая система , "Edinaya Kosmicheskaya Sistema" meaning Unified Space System) (GRAU designation: 14F142) is a developing programme of Russian early warning satellites as a replacement for the US-KMO and US-K satellites of the Oko programme. These satellites identify ballistic missile launches from outer space and complement early warning radars such as the Voronezh. This gives advance notice of a nuclear attack and would provide information to the A-135 missile defence system which protects Moscow, as well as other Russian missile defense and counterattack resources. Six satellites are planned to be initially orbited. The first of them was launched on November 17, 2015.

neg: Meteosat visible and infrared imager The Meteosat visible and infrared imager (or MVIRI) is the scientific instrument package on board the seven Meteosat first-generation geostationary meteorological satellites. This instrument is capable of capturing images in the visible, infrared, and water vapor regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

neg: RADARSAT RADARSAT is a Canadian remote sensing Earth observation satellite program overseen by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The program has consisted of:

neg: Anglo-Australian Planet Search The Anglo-Australian Planet Search or (AAPS) is a long-term astronomical survey started in 1998 and continuing to the present. It is being carried out on the 3.9-metre Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) of the Anglo-Australian Observatory in Australia. The purpose of this survey is to catalog planets around more than 240 nearby stars of the southern hemisphere. For its observations, the AAT uses the "University College London Echelle Spectrograph", UCLES, an echelle spectrograph from the University College London located at the telescope's coudé focus. This survey uses the radial velocity method to search for extrasolar planets.

neg: Kosmos 6 Kosmos 6 (Russian: Космос 6 meaning "Cosmos 6"), also known as DS-P1 No.1 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 16 was a prototype radar target satellite for anti-ballistic missile tests, which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. It was the sixth satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the second spacecraft launched as part of the DS programme to successfully reach orbit, after Kosmos 1. Its primary mission was to demonstrate the necessary technologies for radar tracking of spacecraft, which would allow future satellites to function as targets. It was the first solar-powered satellite manufactured by Yuzhnoye.

neg: CASSIOPE CASSIOPE, or "CAS"cade, "S"mallsat and "IO"nospheric "P"olar "E"xplorer, is a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) multi-mission satellite operated by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA). The mission is funded through CSA and the Technology Partnerships Canada program. It was launched September 29, 2013, on the first flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle. CASSIOPE is the first Canadian hybrid satellite to carry a dual mission in the fields of telecommunications and scientific research. The main objectives are to gather information to better understand the science of space weather, while verifying high-speed communications concepts through the use of advanced space technologies.

neg: First Orbit First Orbit is a feature-length, experimental documentary film about Vostok 1, the first manned space flight around the Earth. By matching the orbit of the International Space Station to that of Vostok 1 as closely as possible, in terms of ground track and time of day, documentary filmmaker Christopher Riley and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli were able to film the view that Yuri Gagarin saw on his pioneering orbital space flight. This new footage was cut together with the original Vostok 1 mission audio recordings sourced from the Russian State Archive of Scientific and

neg: Ikonos IKONOS is a commercial Earth observation satellite, and was the first to collect publicly available high-resolution imagery at 1- and 4-meter resolution. It offers multispectral (MS) and panchromatic (PAN) imagery. The IKONOS launch was called “one of the most significant developments in the history of the space age”. IKONOS imagery began being sold on 1 January 2000.

neg: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is a sensor designed and manufactured by the Raytheon Company on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) weather satellite. VIIRS is one of five key instruments associated with the Suomi NPP that was launched on October 28, 2011. VIIRS is a whiskbroom scanning radiometer that collects imagery and radiometric measurements of the land, atmosphere, cryosphere, and oceans in the visible and infrared bands of the electromagnetic spectrum.

neg: Kepler-40 Kepler-40, formerly known as KOI-428, is an F-type star in the constellation Cygnus. Kepler-40 is known to host at least one planet, Kepler-40b. The star is approximately 1.5 times more massive than the Sun, and is over two times its size; it was, at upon its discovery, the largest yet discovered with a transiting planet in its orbit. Kepler-40 was first noted as home to a possible transiting object by the Kepler spacecraft; the data on the system was released to the public. A team of French and Swiss scientists used follow-up data to determine the existence of the Hot Jupiter planet Kepler-40b, and later had their results published in a scientific journal on January 4, 2011.

neg: OSSI-1 OSSI-1 (standing for Open Source Satellite Initiative-1) is an amateur radio satellite launched in 2013 with Bion-M No.1. Bion-M was launched into orbit at 10:00 UTC on April 19, 2013, from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with 6 small satellites, including OSSI-1. OSSI-1 detached from Bion-M at 16:15 UTC.

neg: Tsikada Tsikada (Russian: Цикада meaning "cicada"), is a Russian satellite navigation system including ten Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. It transmits the same two carrier frequencies as the U.S. TRANSIT satellite system. The first satellite was launched in 1974.


query: The Milk River Hills is a set of hills east of a town that had how many inhabitants in 2010 ?

pos: Milk River Hills The Milk River Hills, el. 2644 ft , is a set of hills east of Fort Peck, Montana in McCone County, Montana.

pos: Fort Peck, Montana Fort Peck is a town in Valley County, Montana, United States. The population was 233 at the 2010 census.

neg: Chesterville, Maine Chesterville is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,352 at the 2010 census.

neg: West Hills, New York West Hills is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 5,592 at the 2010 census. Residents have a Huntington postal address but much earlier in its history, West Hills had its own post office located on Jericho Turnpike (formerly Middle Post Road). Also, it is addjacent to the hamlet of Woodbury.

neg: Hillsboro, Texas Hillsboro is a city in and the county seat of Hill County in Central Texas. The population was 8,456 at the 2010 census.

neg: Swanzey, New Hampshire Swanzey is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 7,230 at the 2010 census. In addition to the town center, Swanzey includes the villages of East Swanzey, West Swanzey, North Swanzey, and Westport.

neg: Albion, Maine Albion is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,041 at the 2010 census.

neg: Crested Butte, Colorado Crested Butte is a home rule municipality in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,487 at the 2010 United States Census. The former coal mining town is now called "the last great Colorado ski town". Crested Butte is a destination for skiing, mountain biking, and a variety of other outdoor activities.

neg: Fall River Mills, California Fall River Mills (or Fall City) is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Shasta County, California, United States. The population was 573 as of the 2010 census.

neg: East Sandwich, Massachusetts East Sandwich is a village and census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Sandwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,940 at the 2010 census.

neg: Bridgewater, New Hampshire Bridgewater is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,083 at the 2010 census.

neg: South Hooksett, New Hampshire South Hooksett is a village and census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Hooksett in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,418 at the 2010 census.

neg: Nunda, New York Nunda (pronounced "none-day") is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 3,064 at the 2010 census. Nunda welcomes each visitor with signs stating, "Welcome to Nunda, A Nice Place To Live." The name is derived from Nunda-wa-ono, the name given to it by a group of the Seneca Indian tribe that once lived in the hills and valleys along the Genesee river and Keshequa stream within the present-day Town of Nunda. In the Seneca language, "Nunda" relates to hills and a popular translation is "Where the valley meets the hills".

neg: Solon, Maine Solon is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,053 at the 2010 census.

neg: Wales, Maine Wales is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,616 at the 2010 census. It is included in both the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan New England City and Town Area.

neg: Yenda Yenda is a town in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located about 16 km east of Griffith, 65 km north-west of Narrandera, and 550 km west of Sydney in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area of southern New South Wales. Although most of the original 15-acre farms have been consolidated into large vineyards and most farmhouses have disappeared, farm roads are named after the original settlers. In 1940 Yenda had two clothing stores, two bakers, two butchers, two grocery stores, two barbers, one newsagency, one pharmacy, one cinema, one Greek restaurant and one bank but residents now do their shopping in nearby Griffith. At the 2011 census , Yenda had a population of 1,503.

neg: Danbury, New Hampshire Danbury is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,164 at the 2010 census.

neg: Landover Hills, Maryland Landover Hills is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,687 at the 2010 census. It has a neighborhood named Defense Heights.

neg: Royton Royton (pop. 21,284(2011)) is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated close to the source of the River Irk, near undulating land at the foothills of the South Pennines, 1.7 mi north-northwest of Oldham, 3.2 mi south-southeast of Rochdale and 7.6 mi northeast of the city of Manchester.

neg: West Bloomfield, New York West Bloomfield is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 2,466 at the 2010 census.

neg: East Middlebury, Vermont East Middlebury is a census-designated place in the town of Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont, United States. Its population was 425 as of the 2010 census.

neg: Columbia, Maine Columbia is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 486 at the 2010 census.


query: Columbia, Missouri was the home city for which mutual insurance company?

pos: Columbia, Missouri Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Boone County. Founded in 1821, it is home to the University of Missouri and is the principal city of the Columbia Metropolitan Area. It is Missouri's fourth most-populous city, with an estimated population of 120,612 in 2016. As a midwestern college town, the city has a reputation for progressive politics, public art, and powerful journalism. The tripartite establishment of Stephens College (1833), the University of Missouri (1839), and Columbia College (1851) has ever since made the city a center of education, culture, and athletic competition; these three schools surround the city's central business district to the east, south, and north. At the center of Downtown is 8th Street, also known as the Avenue of the Columns, which connects Francis Quadrangle and Jesse Hall to the Boone County Courthouse and the City Hall. Originally an agricultural town, the cultivation of the mind is Columbia's chief economic concern today. Never a major center of manufacturing, the city also depends on healthcare, insurance, and technology businesses. Several companies, such as Shelter Insurance, Carfax, and Slackers CDs and Games, were founded in the city. Cultural institutions include the State Historical Society of Missouri, the Museum of Art and Archaeology, and the annual True/False Film Festival. The Missouri Tigers, the state's only major college athletic program, play football at Faurot Field and basketball at Mizzou Arena as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

pos: Shelter Insurance Shelter Insurance Company is a mutual insurance company which focuses on Auto, Property, Business, and Life Insurance. It operates in fourteen U.S. states and the headquarters is in Columbia, Missouri.

neg: Columbia Police Department (Missouri) The Columbia Police Department (CPD) is the principal law enforcement agency of Columbia, Missouri, United States. It protects a metropolitan population of 120,000 with 150 police officers.

neg: FM Global FM Global is a Johnston, Rhode Island-based mutual insurance company, with offices worldwide, that specializes in loss prevention services primarily to large corporations throughout the world in the "Highly Protected Risk" (HPR) property insurance market sector. "FM Global" is the communicative name of the company, whereas the legal name is "Factory Mutual Insurance Company". FM Global has been named the "Best Property Insurer in the World” by Euromoney Magazine.

neg: John Hancock Financial John Hancock Financial is an informal term for a United States insurance company which existed, in various forms, from its founding on April 21, 1862, until its acquisition in 2004 by the Canadian insurance company Manulife Financial. It was named in honor of John Hancock, a prominent Patriot. The company continues to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Manulife and its headquarters remains in Boston, Massachusetts. John Hancock Financial Network (JHFN) is the retail distribution company of John Hancock Life Insurance Company, U.S.A., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corporation.

neg: Manufacturers Mutual Insurance The Manufacturers' Mutual Accident Insurance Association Limited was an Australian insurance company founded in 1914 primarily targeting the Workers' Compensation market. It was renamed Manufacturers Mutual Insurance, abbreviated MMI in 1920.

neg: Armstrong, Missouri Armstrong is a city in Howard County, Missouri, United States. The population was 284 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

neg: Lincoln Income Life Insurance Company Lincoln Income Life Insurance Company, originally Income Life Insurance of Kentucky was an insurance corporation based in Louisville, Kentucky. Lincoln Income Life Insurance provided life insurance, accident insurance, and fire insurance for over 70 years until it was acquired in 1986 by Conseco.

neg: Missouri United Methodist Church The Missouri United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church in downtown Columbia, Missouri on Ninth Street. The building was constructed between 1925 and 1930, and is an Indiana Bedford limestone Late Gothic Revival style church. The sanctuary seats 1,000 people. The Stained Glass windows, including the large History of Methodism window at the rear of the sanctuary, are some of the most detailed in Mid-Missouri.

neg: History of Columbia, Missouri This article is about the history of Columbia, Missouri.

neg: Frederick Apartments (Columbia, Missouri) Frederick Apartments is a well preserved Classical Revival-style apartment building in downtown Columbia, Missouri, across the street from the University of Missouri. Constructed in 1928 with 39 apartments the building has functioned as originally intended since that time. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 under architectural criteria. It remains one of the largest early twentieth century apartment buildings in Columbia and one of only four remaining in the vicinity. The building is a memorial to Frederick Niedermeyer, Jr., a World War I pilot who perished in a plane crash. As of 2013, the owners are in the process of restoring the building.

neg: Pierce Pennant Motor Hotel The Pierce Pennant Motor Hotel, also known as the Candle Light Lodge, is a historic hotel complex that is located on what once was U.S. Route 40 and is now Interstate 70 in Columbia, Missouri. The hotel complex was constructed in 1929 and is in the Colonial Revival style. The hotel was also a gas station and garage, and was owned by Pierce Petroleum Company, a subsidiary of Standard Oil. Initially the hotel and garage complex was to be one of several along U.S. Hwy 40, each to be spaced about 150 miles apart from New York to San Francisco.

neg: Prairie Home, Missouri Prairie Home is a town, with legal status as a city, in Cooper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 280 at the 2010 census.

neg: Lexington Insurance Company Lexington Insurance Company is a surplus lines insurance company wholly owned by AIG. It is the largest surplus lines insurer based in the U.S., and it offers property, casualty, and specialty lines insurance products.

neg: Grand Lodge of Missouri The Grand Lodge of Missouri is one of two statewide organizations that oversee Masonic lodges in the state of Missouri. It was established on April 21, 1821. It is located in Columbia, Missouri.

neg: University of Missouri Children's Hospital University of Missouri Children's Hospital is mid-Missouri's largest and most comprehensive pediatric health-care facility dedicated exclusively to meeting the health-care needs of children. Children's Hospital is a member of University of Missouri Health Care in Columbia, Missouri and affiliated with the University of Missouri.

neg: Oil Insurance Limited Oil Insurance Limited (OIL) is a Bermuda–based mutual insurance company. It was founded in 1972 by 16 oil companies.

neg: Ashland, Missouri Ashland is a city in Boone County, Missouri, United States. Ashland is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,707 at the 2010 census.

neg: Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung or Graz Mutual Insurance Company is one of the largest Central European insurance companies. Its headquarters are located in Graz, Austria.

neg: Prudential plc Prudential plc is a British multinational life insurance and financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in London in May 1848 as "The Prudential Mutual Assurance Investment and Loan Association" to provide loans to professional and working people.

neg: New York Life Building (Kansas City, Missouri) The New York Life Building is a 12-story, 54.86 m high-rise in the Library District of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The brick and brownstone tower, which was completed in 1890, generally is regarded as Kansas City's first skyscraper and was the first building in the city equipped with elevators. It was commissioned by the New York Life Insurance Company, which also used the same design for an identical building in Omaha that was completed in 1889. Several buildings around the world share its name. A centerpiece of the Library District neighborhood, the building is located amidst other, historic structures: it is across Ninth Street from the Kansas City Club and just down Baltimore Avenue from the Central Library.

neg: Federated Insurance Company of Canada Federated Insurance Company of Canada ("Federated Insurance") is a direct writer of property and casualty insurance products headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Company has approximately 370 employees in nine offices across Canada, with approximately 150 in Winnipeg. Federated Insurance has an A. M. Best rating of "A (Excellent)."


query: What is the meaning of the Irish term that the name of the county where Alistair Slater was killed comes from?

pos: Alistair Slater Sergeant Alistair Slater, MM (25 July 1956 – 2 December 1984), was a British Army soldier who served in B Squadron, Air (7) Troop, 22 Special Air Service (SAS), who was killed on 2 December 1984 while on operations against the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Kesh, a village in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland.

pos: County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; from Irish: "Fir Manach "or" Fear Manach" , meaning "men of Manach" ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km² (653 sq mi) and has a population of about 61,805. Enniskillen is the county town and largest in both size and population. It is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland, as well as part of the historic province of Ulster.

neg: Ulster Ulster ( ; Irish: "Ulaidh" ] or "Cúige Uladh" ] , Ulster Scots: "Ulstèr" or "Ulster") is a province in the north of the island of Ireland. It is made up of nine counties, six of which are in Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom) and three of which are in the Republic of Ireland. It is the second largest and second most populous of Ireland's four provinces, with Belfast being its biggest city. Unlike the other provinces, Ulster has a high percentage of Protestants. Those of Catholic background make up about 51% of its population while those of Ulster Protestant background make up about 43%. English is the main language and Ulster English the main dialect. A minority also speak Irish, and there is a Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking region) in the west of Ulster. Lough Neagh, in the east, is the largest lake in the British Isles, while Lough Erne in the west is one of its largest lake networks. The main mountain ranges are the Mournes, Sperrins, Croaghgorms and Derryveagh Mountains.

neg: Killorglin Killorglin (Irish: "Cill Orglan" , meaning "Orgla's Church") is a town in County Kerry, South West of Rep. of Ireland.

neg: Termon Termon (Irish: "An Tearmann" , meaning "place of sanctuary" ) is a village and townland in the north of County Donegal, Ireland.

neg: County Kildare County Kildare (Irish: "Contae Chill Dara" ) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the province of Leinster and is part of the Mid-East Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county which has a population of 222,130.

neg: Sweeney (name) Sweeney is a surname that, though closely associated with Ireland, is of Scottish origin, derived from the Gaelic "Mac Suibhne" meaning "son of "Suibhne"". The Gaelic personal name "Suibhne" was originally a byname meaning "pleasant" or "well-disposed". The Gaelic personal name was also used an equivalent to the unrelated Old Norse personal name "Sveinn", meaning "boy", "servant".

neg: Lissavruggy Lissavruggy (Irish form of a name: "Lios a Bhrugaidh") is a townland in the parish of Killian and Killeroan. It is located in northeastern Galway, in the west of Ireland. There is some dispute over the origin of its name. According to O'Donovan's Field Name Books, Lisavruggy gets its name from the Ringfort, a "bhrogaidh", meaning that it is the fort of the brooee, or farmer. Older generations pronounce it "Liosaruaig". This has been anglicized to "Lissavruggy" meaning "the routed fort", which leads historian Larry Kilcommins to believe that the "ruggy" part comes from the Irish word "ruaig", which means frightened or routed (after a battle).

neg: County Offaly County Offaly (Irish: "Contae Uíbh Fhailí" ) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe and was formerly known as King's County. Offaly County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 78,003 according to the 2016 census.

neg: Carrowkeel, County Galway Carrowkeel (Irish: "An Cheathrú Chaol" ) is a village in County Galway, Ireland. In Irish it is called "An Cheathrú Chaol", which means 'the Narrow Quarter'.

neg: County Wexford County Wexford (Irish: "Contae Loch Garman" , Yola: Weiseforthe) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the town of Wexford and was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella ("Uí Ceinnsealaigh"), whose capital was Ferns. Wexford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 145,273 according to the 2011 census.

neg: Colehill, County Longford Colehill (Irish: "Cnoc na Góla" ) is a village and townland in south-east County Longford, Ireland. Its Irish name was historically anglicised as "Knocknagoal" and "Knocknagole".

neg: Easky Easky or Easkey (Irish: "Iascaigh" , meaning "abounding in fish" ) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is on the Atlantic coast, 26 miles from Sligo and 15 miles from Ballina, County Mayo. The village name derives from the Irish language term for fish ("iasc") and "Iascaigh" literally means "abounding in fish", due to the Easky River that lies adjacent to the village itself. Easky, as a parish, was originally called "Imleach Iseal". The area is a popular tourist destination due to its scenery and water sport options. Easky is a designated area on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way tourist route.

neg: Inishturk Inishturk ("Inis Toirc" in Irish, meaning "Wild Boar Island") is an inhabited island of County Mayo, in Ireland.

neg: Sixmilecross Sixmilecross is a townland and small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Its toponym is said to be derived from a Celtic cross that stood in a field outside the village, in the townland of Aughnaglea and also from its distance of six Irish miles from Omagh. The original Irish name for Sixmilecross is 'Na Corracha Mora', this refers to marshy ground, probably the ground that runs along the Glusha river at the back of the village. Sixmilecross is one of the few villages in County Tyrone that lost all connect with its Irish root name. It is situated in the historic barony of Omagh East and the civil parish of Termonmaguirk. The village has a wide, tree lined main street and a population of 282 in the 2001 Census. Sixmilecross is in the Omagh District Council area about 9 mi south-east of Omagh town.

neg: Flynn Flynn is an Irish surname, an anglicised form of the Irish "Ó Floinn", meaning "descendant of Flann" (a byname meaning "reddish (complexion)" or "ruddy"). The name rose independently in several parts of Ireland.

neg: Connellan Connellan is a surname of Irish origin, a translation of ancient Irish names such as Ó Coinnialláinn, Ó Coinndealbhán and others. These old Irish names were also translated as Conlon, Conlan, Conlin, etc., and were mainly found in the counties Sligo, Louth (where they were chieftains in Dundalk before the Norman invasion), Monaghan, Tyrone (from where their descendants moved to other counties), Ennis in County Clare from which many Connellans emigrated in the late 1800s and early 1900s to New York State in America, Roscommon and Kildare.

neg: Keenaght (barony) Originally called the barony of Lymavady prior to 1613, the barony of Keenaght gets its name from an anglicisation of the Irish "Ciannachta", which is derived from "Cianachta Glenn Geimin" (race of Cain of Glengiven), also spelt as "Ciannachta Glenn Geimin" and "Ciannachta Glinne Geimin". The principle sept of the Cianachta Glenn Geimin was the "Ó Conchobhair" (O'Connor), who ruled there from the 5th century until they were succeeded by the "Ó Cathaín" (O'Kane) in the 12th century.

neg: McAleese McAleese is an Irish and Scottish surname and is an anglicisation of the Irish "Mac Giolla Íosa" from the Irish given name "Giolla Íosa" (Servant of Jesus). This name is common in Derry and Donegal. A Ui Brolchainn Sept of the Cenel Eoghain, a branch of the Ui Neill dynasty.

neg: Gàidhealtachd The Gàidhealtachd (]    , English: "Gaeldom"), sometimes known as A' Ghàidhealtachd (English: "The Gaeldom"), usually refers to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and especially the Scottish Gaelic-speaking culture of the area. The corresponding Irish word "Gaeltacht" refers strictly to Irish-speaking areas.

neg: Castlebar Castlebar (Irish: "Caisleán an Bharraigh" , meaning "Barry's Castle" ) is the county town of County Mayo, Ireland. It is the largest town in County Mayo.

neg: McKenna (name) McKenna, also MacKenna and Mackenna, is the anglicized form of the Gaelic Irish surname "Mac Cionaoith", also spelt Mac Cionaodha or Mac Cionnaith, meaning "son of Cionnaith" or of the Scottish surname, from Galloway, "MacCionaodha".


query: While Kurt Kren is a film maker, John Grierson is a what?

pos: Kurt Kren Kurt Kren (September 20, 1929 - died in Vienna on June 23, 1998) was an Austrian avant-garde filmmaker. He is best known for his involvement with the Vienna Aktionists and the group of films that resulted, although this accounts for only a part of his career, and he later returned to the Structural roots of his third film "3/60: Bäume Im Herbst". Although not a seminal Structural film, "31/75: Asyl" is arguably one of the more satisfying films of the movement.

pos: John Grierson John Grierson CBE (26 April 1898 – 19 February 1972) was a pioneering Scottish documentary maker, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film. In 1926, Grierson coined the term "documentary" in a review of Robert Flaherty's "Moana".

neg: Karl Grönsfelder Karl Grönsfelder (18 January 1882 - 20 February 1964) was a Bavarian political activist and politician (KPD).

neg: Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind is a documentary DVD released by Eagle Vision in March 2005, as part of the "Classic Albums" series. It features interviews specifically for this release with Nirvana band members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, as well as "Nevermind" album producer Butch Vig about the recording of the album. Other interview highlights include Garry Gersh (A&R DGC Records), Jonathan Ponneman and Nils Bernstein (Sub Pop Records), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and Jack Endino.

neg: László Marton (director) László Marton (born 6 January 1943) is a contemporary theatre director. Marton is the artistic director of the Vígszínház and professor of the University of Theatre, Film and Television in Budapest. Marton is known for directing classics through a new lens and his productions have been seen in more than 40 cities throughout the world.

neg: Philip Gröning Philip Gröning (born April 7, 1959 in Düsseldorf) is a German director, documentary film maker, and screenwriter.

neg: Gregory S. Glasson Gregory Scott Glasson (born December 6, 1974) is an American bass player. He has played bass for Grammy Award winning artist Seal both live onstage and in studio recordings. Glasson is also widely known as a solid session player, and has been featured on numerous albums, for a variety of artists. Mostly sought after in the Pop rock field, Glasson has played on major label tracks for artists such as Seal, Alanis Morissette and producer Josh Harris.

neg: John Stainton John Stainton is an Australian film and television producer and director. He was close friends with Australian naturalist Steve Irwin prior to his death in September 2006. Stainton also created Irwin's popular nature documentary television series, "The Crocodile Hunter", in which he also directed and executive produced every episode (save for a few specials), as well as the spin-offs, "Croc Files" and "The Crocodile Hunter Diaries", and the feature-film, "".

neg: Sławomir Grünberg Sławomir Grünberg (born on 6 April 1951 in Lublin) is a Polish-born naturalized American award-winning documentary producer, director and cameraman.

neg: John Schultz (director) John Schultz is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.

neg: Jesse Gress Jesse Gress is a rock guitarist. He tours and records with Todd Rundgren and the Tony Levin Band, and plays on all four of John Ferenzik's albums.

neg: Karen Maron Karen Marón is an Argentine journalist, war correspondent, producer, international analyst and writer, renowned as one of the TOP 100 most influential war correspondents in the world in covering armed conflicts , with coverage in more than 30 countries since 2000. As international correspondent specialized in armed conflicts and international politics she has covered conflicts in the Middle East, Latin America, Persian Gulf including the most dangerous places of the world as Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Colombia, Libya and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict from the Second Intifada up to Israel's military offensive on Gaza Strip.

neg: Åke Grönberg Karl Åke Edvard Grönberg (26 March 1914 – 15 September 1969) was a Swedish film actor who appeared in nearly 100 films. Gronberg was a versatile stage personality of his day, performing as a singer, variety artist, actor, in musical shows and in dramatic productions.

neg: John Sanderson (disambiguation) John Sanderson (born 1940) is a former Governor of Western Australia and a former Chief of the Australian Army.

neg: John Renton John J. "Jack" Renton (born 1933) is a professor of geology at West Virginia University, known for the quality of the teaching in his introductory geology courses and in the video version of the course, Nature of Earth. In 2001 he received the WVU Eberly College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award, the WVU Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award, and was named “West Virginia Professor of the Year” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. In 2002, he was named an Eberly Family Professor for Distinguished Teaching, one of only four at the University.

neg: Bob Kurtz (animator) Bob Kurtz, founder of Kurtz & Friends Animation, is a director, producer, artist, and designer who primarily works in films and TV commercials. He attended the Chouinard Art Institute. He has taught at the character animation program at the California Institute of the Arts.

neg: Nikolai Müllerschön Nikolai Müllerschön is a German film Writer/Director.

neg: John Lloyd Miller John Lloyd Miller is an American filmmaker who has directed, produced and/or written music videos, short films, features, documentaries, commercials and television programming.

neg: Mark Evanier Mark Stephen Evanier ( ; born March 2, 1952) is an American comic book and television writer, particularly known for his work on the animated TV series "Garfield and Friends" and on the comic book "Groo the Wanderer". He is also known for his columns and blog News from Me, and for his work as a historian and biographer of the comics industry, in particular his award-winning Jack Kirby biography, "".

neg: Kirsten Gronfield Kirsten Gronfield (born November 29, 1977) is an American improv comedy actress.

neg: John Knecht John Knecht (born 1947) is an American filmmaker. He has been active in making experimental and avant-garde film and video since the 1970s. Most of his better-known work is animated, including "The Possible Fog of Heaven" and "The Poxiox Series".

neg: John Pierson (filmmaker) John Pierson (born 10 April 1954) is an American independent filmmaker. He is best known for helping to produce the first works by filmmakers Spike Lee, Richard Linklater, Michael Moore, and Kevin Smith. He is founder and president of Grainy Pictures, Inc., a film and television production company.


query: Who won more doubles titles, Larisa Neiland or David Adams?

pos: Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko-Neiland (née Savchenko; born 21 July 1966) is a former professional tennis player who represented the Soviet Union and Latvia. A former world number one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles and four mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.

pos: David Adams (tennis) David Adams (born 5 January 1970) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He turned pro in 1989. During his career he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 33 times, including at the French Open in 1992. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 9 in February 1994.

neg: 1978 Australian Open – Women's Singles Chris O'Neil defeated Betsy Nagelsen 6–3, 7–6 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1978 Australian Open.

neg: James Auckland James Auckland (born 1 April 1980) is a professional British tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 282nd, which he reached on 6 February 2006. His career high in doubles was at 57 set at 9 April 2007.

neg: Andrea Hlaváčková Andrea Hlaváčková (] ; born 10 August 1986) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her highest singles ranking is world No. 58, which she reached in September 2012, and her highest doubles ranking is No. 3, reached on 22 October 2012. In her career, Hlaváčková has won 22 WTA doubles titles, as well as 19 ITF doubles and eight ITF singles titles. She has won two Grand Slam doubles titles, the 2011 French Open and the 2013 US Open, both times partnered with Lucie Hradecká. The pair are also the 2012 Olympic silver medallists. Hlaváčková was part of the winning Czech team in Fed Cup 2012 and also won the mixed doubles title at the 2013 US Open paired with Max Mirnyi.

neg: 1997 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles Helena Suková and Cyril Suk were the defending champions and won in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Larisa Neiland and Andrei Olhovskiy.

neg: 1986 French Open – Men's Doubles The Men's Doubles tournament at the 1986 French Open was held from 26 May until 8 June 1986 on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. John Fitzgerald and Tomáš Šmíd won the title, defeating Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd in the final.

neg: Robert Lindstedt Robert Lindstedt (born 19 March 1977) is a Swedish professional tennis player, who turned pro in 1998, and is a doubles specialist. His biggest title has been the 2014 Australian Open with partner Łukasz Kubot. He is also a three-time Wimbledon finalist with former partner Horia Tecău.

neg: 2011 The Bahamas Women's Open – Doubles <br> Natalie Grandin and Vladimíra Uhlířová won in the final against Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears 6–4, 6–2.

neg: Hans Simonsson Hans Simonsson (born 1 May 1962 in Färgaryd) is a retired professional tennis player from Sweden. Primarily a doubles specialist, he won 12 ATP Tour titles in his career. He won the French Open doubles title in 1983 with his countryman Anders Järryd. He also played in the 1983 Davis Cup final for Sweden. He reached his career high doubles ranking of No. 10 in the world on 2 January 1984. Simonsson again reached the French Open doubles final in 1985, but he and Schlomo Glickstein were defeated by Mark Edmondson and Kim Warwick. The Swede finished his career prematurely at the age of 25. He's the brother of Stefan Simonsson.

neg: Adam Hall (badminton) Adam Hall (born 12 February 1996) is a Scottish male badminton player. In 2015, he won bronze medal at the European Junior Badminton Championships in boys' doubles event with his partner Alexander Dunn.

neg: 1983 U.S. Clay Court Championships The 1983 U.S. Clay Court Championships (also known as the 1983 U.S. Open Clay Courts) was a men's Grand Prix and women's Championship Series tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Indianapolis in the United States. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held from July 31 through August 7, 1983. Jimmy Arias and Andrea Temesvári won the singles titles.

neg: 1993 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles Larisa Neiland and Cyril Suk were the defending champions but lost in the third round to Robin White and Grant Connell.

neg: 1982 Paris Open – Doubles Ilie Năstase and Yannick Noah were the defending champions but only Nastase competed that year with Adriano Panatta.

neg: John Newcombe John David Newcombe, AO, OBE (born 23 May 1944) is a former tennis player from Australia who is one of the few men to have attained a world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. At the majors he won seven singles titles and an all-time record 17 men's doubles titles. He also contributed to five Davis Cup titles for Australia during an age when Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the majors. "Tennis" magazine rated him the 10th best male player of the period 1965–2005.

neg: 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost to wildcards Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen in the semifinals. Marray and Nielsen won the title defeating fifth seeded Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău who competed in their third consecutive Wimbledon final. Marray became the first British player to win the men's doubles at Wimbledon since Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey in 1936. Nielsen is only the second Danish winner of a Grand Slam title, following his own grandfather, Kurt Nielsen, who won the mixed doubles at the 1957 U.S. National Championships.

neg: Kim Warwick Kim Warwick (born 8 April 1952) is an Australian former professional male tennis player who competed on the ATP Tour from 1970–1987 reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980. He defeated over 35 players ranked in the top 10 including Guillermo Vilas, Raul Ramerez, Vitas Gerulaitis, Jan Kodeš, Bob Lutz and Arthur Ashe. Warwick's career-high singles ranking was World No. 15, achieved in 1981. He won three singles titles and 26 doubles, including Australian Open 1978 (with Wojtek Fibak) and Australian Open 1980 and 1981, Roland Garros 1986 and also a runner-up in Australian Open 1985, all of them partnering fellow countryman Mark Edmondson. Partnering with Evonne Goolagong, he won the French Open 1972, defeating Françoise Dürr and Jean-Claude Barclay in the final 6–2, 6–4. Evonne and Kim were finalists in 1972 at Wimbledon against Rosie Casals and Ilie Năstase who won 6–4, 6–4.

neg: Alexander Dunn (badminton) Alexander Dunn (born 13 September 1998) is a Scottish male badminton player. In 2015, he won bronze medal at the European Junior Badminton Championships in boys' doubles event with his partner Adam Hall.

neg: Judy Connor Judith Connor (born 18 November 1953) is a retired female tennis player from New Zealand also known by her married name, Judy Connor-Chaloner. She won the 1979 doubles title at the Australian Open, alongside Diane Evers It was Connor's first and only career Grand Slam title.

neg: 1998 DFS Classic – Doubles Katrina Adams and Larisa Neiland were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

neg: Brian Levine Brian Levine (born 20 August 1958 in Cape Town, South Africa), is a former South African tennis player who played professional tennis from 1982 through to 1988. In his career, Brian played in 24 Grand Slams (French Open, Wimbledon, US Open & Australian Open). Brian's first major grand slam was Wimbledon in 1983 where he qualified for the doubles with a young 18-year-old called Stefan Edberg. Brian competed in over 200 tournaments worldwide on the ATP Tour.

neg: Olivier Delaître Olivier Delaître (born 1 June 1967) is a former tennis player from France. He won 15 doubles titles during a fourteen-year career becoming the world's 3rd ranked doubles player on 12 July 1999.


query: Alien Arena is a game similar to which game published by GT Interactive in 1996?

pos: Alien Arena (video game) Alien Arena (initially CodeRED: Alien Arena) is a free, stand-alone first-person shooter computer game. Begun by COR Entertainment in 2004, the game combines a 1950s-era sci-fi atmosphere with gameplay similar to the "Quake", "Doom", and "Unreal Tournament" series. "Alien Arena" focuses mainly on online multiplayer action, although it does contain single-player matches against bots.

pos: Quake (video game) Quake is a first-person shooter video game, developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996. It is the first game in the "Quake" series. In the game, players must find their way through various maze-like, medieval environments while battling a variety of monsters using a wide array of weapons.

neg: Seek and Destroy (1996 video game) Seek and Destroy is a 1996 action video game developed by Vision Software and published by Safari Software (then a division of Epic MegaGames). A different version was also released on the Amiga and Amiga CD32 published by Mindscape. This game has classical elements from the as well as ones from Return Fire.

neg: Xevious 3D/G Xevious 3D/G (ゼビウス 3D/G , Zebiusu Surī Dī Jī ) is a shoot 'em up arcade game that was released by Namco in April 1996 only in Japan. It was later ported to the PlayStation in 1997 as "Xevious 3D/G+".

neg: Stay Tooned! (video game) Stay Tooned! is a 1996 action-adventure video game that was developed by Funnybone Interactive and published by Sierra On-Line.

neg: Project Overkill Project Overkill is a shoot 'em up game developed and published by Konami in 1996.

neg: Aliens vs. Predator (2010 video game) Aliens vs. Predator is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rebellion Developments, the team behind the 1999 original Microsoft Windows game and published by Sega for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game is a sequel to "Aliens versus Predator 2" and is based on the "Alien vs. Predator" franchise, a combination of the characters and creatures of the "Alien" franchise and the "Predator" franchise.

neg: Diary of a Camper Diary of a Camper is a short American film made using id Software's 1996 first-person shooter video game "Quake", released in 1996. It was created by United Ranger Films, then a subdivision of a popular group of video game players, or clan, known as the Rangers. The film was first released over the Internet as a non-interactive game demo file. The video is generally considered the first known example of machinima—the art of using real-time, virtual 3D environments, often game engines, to create animated films. The story centers on a lone camper, a player waiting in a strategic location instead of seeking active battle, who faces five members of the Rangers clan in a deathmatch, a type of multiplayer game in which the goal is to kill as many opponents as possible.

neg: Zone Raiders Zone Raiders is a futuristic vehicular combat video game for MS-DOS and Macintosh focused around hovercars. Developed by Image Space Incorporated and published by Virgin Interactive, it was released in North America in 1995. The music in the game was created by the band CONTAGIAN, of which some of the Virgin Studios Audio Department were members.

neg: WWF in Your House WWF In Your House is a video game for the Sony PlayStation, DOS, and Sega Saturn released in 1996. Developed by Sculptured Software, it is a follow-up to "" and was published by Acclaim Entertainment, who had previously released "WrestleMania" for home consoles.

neg: Arena Football '95 Arena Football '95 is a canceled Atari Jaguar video game developed by V-Real Interactive. It was scheduled to be released sometime in 1995 but the project was halted as support for the Atari Jaguar console waned. The game would have been the first officially licensed indoor football game.

neg: Duke Nukem II Duke Nukem II (fully titled as "Duke Nukem II: Escape From Alien Abductors!") is a platform game developed by Apogee Software and released December 3, 1993. The game consists of four episodes (of eight levels each), the first available as shareware. It is the follow-up to 1991's "Duke Nukem", and followed by "Duke Nukem 3D" in 1996. Todd Replogle was the primary designer of all three games.

neg: Robot Arena Robot Arena is an action video game series focused on robot building and fighting. It is based on television shows such as "Robot Wars" and "Battlebots". There are three games in the series, "Robot Arena" released in 2001, "Robot Arena 2: Design and Destroy" released in 2003, and "Robot Arena 3" released in 2016.

neg: Automobili Lamborghini Automobili Lamborghini is a 1997 racing video game developed and published by Titus Software for the Nintendo 64. It is a successor to their earlier "Lamborghini American Challenge".

neg: Id Tech 6 id Tech 6 is a multiplatform game engine developed by id Software. It is the successor to id Tech 5 and was first used to create the 2016 video game "Doom". Internally, the development team also used the codename "id Tech 666" to refer to the engine. The PC version of the engine is based on OpenGL API and additionally Vulkan API is also supported through patch updates.

neg: Close Combat (video game) Close Combat is a World War II real-time tactics game, developed by Atomic Games, and released on January 1, 1996 for the Mac and June 30, 1996 for the PC. The first installment of the "Close Combat" series, the game is played on a two-dimensional map, between two players.

neg: Panzer Dragoon Mini Panzer Dragoon Mini is a Sega Game Gear video game, released in 1996.

neg: Robo Pit Robo Pit (ロボピット ) is a robot fighting game released in 1996 for PlayStation and Sega Saturn. The game was developed by Altron and published by Kokopeli Digital Studios outside Japan. A sequel, "Robo Pit 2", was released in Japan on PlayStation in 1997. It was also released in Europe and North America in 2003.

neg: Escape Velocity (video game) Escape Velocity is a single-player role-playing space trading and combat video game series first introduced in 1996 by Ambrosia Software for the Apple Macintosh. Two other similar games based on the original, "EV Override" and "EV Nova", followed in 1998 and 2002 respectively, the latter of which is also available on Microsoft Windows. In addition there is a trading card game available based on the storyline of the "EV Nova" universe.

neg: Mechanized Assault & Exploration M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration is a 1996 hybrid real-time/turn-based strategy video game for PC(MS-DOS, Windows) developed and published by Interplay Productions.

neg: Independence Day (video game) Independence Day is a combat flight simulator video game based on the 1996 film of the same name. The game was developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Fox Interactive for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

neg: Aliens versus Predator (1999 video game) Aliens versus Predator is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Fox Interactive in North America for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X computers in 1999. It is a part of the "Alien" and "Predator" crossover franchise, "Alien vs. Predator". A sequel, "Aliens versus Predator 2", was developed by Monolith Productions and released by Sierra in 2001.


query: What is the birth date of this Spanish footballer, who was added as a holding midfielder in the 2012-13 FC Bayern Munich season?

pos: 2012–13 FC Bayern Munich season The 2012–13 FC Bayern Munich season was the 114th season in the club's history and the 48th consecutive season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, since the promotion of the team from the Regionalliga Süd in 1965. Before the start of the season, Bayern signed Xherdan Shaqiri, Dante, Claudio Pizarro, Mitchell Weiser, Tom Starke and Mario Mandžukić. Bayern also added holding midfielder Javi Martínez after the first week of the Bundesliga season at the transfer deadline. The club started the season with a nine-match winning streak. The club would end the season claiming the Treble, winning the Bundesliga, the UEFA Champions League and the DFB-Pokal. Bayern are the first German club to achieve the Treble and are the third European Club to complete the Treble in the last five seasons and seventh ever in European Club competition.

pos: Javi Martínez Javier "Javi" Martínez Aginaga (] ; born 2 September 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays for German club FC Bayern Munich as a defensive midfielder or a central defender.

neg: Quino Cabrera Francisco 'Quino' Cabrera Guinovart (born 5 March 1971) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

neg: Šime Vrsaljko Šime Vrsaljko (] ; born 10 January 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Croatia national team.

neg: Francisco Javier Muñoz Perez Francisco Javier Muñoz Perez (born December 12, 1985 in Barcelona) is a 5-a-side football player from Spain.

neg: José Rodríguez Martínez José Rodríguez Martínez (born 16 December 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

neg: José Luis Vegar José Luis Vegar Tebar (born 22 February 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

neg: Juli (footballer) Julián Cerdá Vicente (born 9 August 1981), known as Juli, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

neg: Ángel López Ángel Domingo López Ruano, known simply as Ángel (] ; born 10 March 1981 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands), is a Spanish professional footballer. An attacking right back, he can also operate as a right midfielder.

neg: Matías Oyola Matías "El Pony" Oyola (born 15 October 1982 in Río Cuarto) is an Argentine-born Ecuadorian football central midfielder currently playing for Barcelona. Well known for technique and stamina, he is usually considered to be one of the best midfielders playing in South America.

neg: Pedro Obiang Pedro Mba Obiang Avomo (born 27 March 1992) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club West Ham United.

neg: Iñigo Martínez Iñigo Martínez Berridi (] ; born 17 May 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Sociedad mainly as a central defender.

neg: Álex Pérez Alejandro 'Álex' Pérez Aracil (born 21 January 1985) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

neg: Koke (footballer, born 1992) Jorge Resurrección Merodio (born 8 January 1992), known as Koke (] ), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid and the Spain national team as a midfielder.

neg: Jérôme Boateng Jérôme Agyenim Boateng (] ; born 3 September 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for German club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. A versatile defender, Boateng primarily is a centre-back, although he can also play as a right-back. Physically strong and composed in possession, he has garnered a reputation as a tough-tackling defender, with good passing and an ability to read the game, and is considered to be one of the world's best at his position.

neg: José Franco Gómez José Franco Gómez (born 26 December 1988), commonly known as Regino, is a Spanish footballer who plays for San Fernando CD. Mainly a right back, he can also play as a central defender or a defensive midfielder.

neg: Pepe Reina José Manuel "Pepe" Reina Páez (] ; born 31 August 1982) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Napoli and the Spain national team.

neg: Fernando Torres Fernando José Torres Sanz (] ; born 20 March 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Spain national team.

neg: Nacho (footballer, born 1990) José Ignacio Fernández Iglesias (born 18 January 1990), commonly known as Nacho (] ), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Madrid mainly as a central defender but also as a right or left back.

neg: Joan Oriol Joan Oriol Gràcia (] ; born 5 November 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Greek club Atromitos F.C. as a left back.

neg: Christopher Beck Christopher Beck (born November 12, 1984) is a German footballer who plays for Hainsberger SV.

neg: Paco Alcácer Francisco "Paco" Alcácer García (] ; born 30 August 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Barcelona and the Spain national team.


query: Frenchmans creek is set during Charles II 1649-1651 reign, but was actually written in what year?

pos: Frenchman's Creek (novel) Frenchman's Creek is a 1941 historical novel by Daphne du Maurier. Set in Cornwall during the reign of Charles II, it tells the story of a love affair between an impulsive English lady, Dona, Lady St. Columb, and a French pirate, Jean-Benoit Aubéry.

pos: Charles II of England Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland. He was king of Scotland from 1649 until his deposition in 1651, and king of England, Scotland and Ireland from the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 until his death.

neg: Augustan literature Augustan literature (sometimes referred to misleadingly as Georgian literature) is a style of British literature produced during the reigns of Queen Anne, King George I, and George II in the first half of the 18th century and ending in the 1740s, with the deaths of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, in 1744 and 1745, respectively. It was a literary epoch that featured the rapid development of the novel, an explosion in satire, the mutation of drama from political satire into melodrama and an evolution toward poetry of personal exploration. In philosophy, it was an age increasingly dominated by empiricism, while in the writings of political economy, it marked the evolution of mercantilism as a formal philosophy, the development of capitalism and the triumph of trade.

neg: Franciade (poem) La Franciade (known in English as the "Franciad") is an unfinished epic poem written in decasyllabic verse by Pierre de Ronsard. Ronsard began writing the poem in the 1540s for Henry II of France, but it was only in 1572 that the poet published, now for Charles IX, the first four books of a planned twenty-four. Various reasons have been given to explain why the poem was never finished. Obviously, the death of his dedicatee Charles IX meant that Ronsard would have to have made certain changes. Another factor might have been the verse form: Ronsard wrote in decasyllables, not alexandrines. Other reasons, too, have been put forward. More recently, it has been stated that "[any] attempt to pin down why the Franciade was left unfinished, while potentially interesting, probably futile" and that "we must read it despite [the fact it is unfinished], not as a fragment of what might have been, but as a text in its own right"

neg: Nathaniel Culverwell Nathaniel Culverwell (1619–1651), alternative spellings "Nathanael" or "Culverwel") was an English author and theologian, born in Middlesex. He was baptized on 14 January 1619 at the church of St. Margaret Moses where his father was rector. He was the second of six children of Richard and Margaret (Horton) Culverwell.

neg: Two Treatises of Government Two Treatises of Government (or Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, The False Principles, and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and His Followers, Are Detected and Overthrown. The Latter Is an Essay Concerning The True Original, Extent, and End of Civil Government) is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. The "First Treatise" attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's "Patriarcha", while the "Second Treatise" outlines Locke's ideas for a more civilized society based on natural rights and contract theory.

neg: The History of Henry Esmond The History of Henry Esmond is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, originally published in 1852. The book tells the story of the early life of Henry Esmond, a colonel in the service of Queen Anne of England. A typical example of Victorian historical novels, Thackeray's work of historical fiction tells its tale against the backdrop of late 17th- and early 18th-century England – specifically, major events surrounding the English Restoration — and utilises characters both real (but dramatised) and imagined.

neg: The Tale of Chloe The Tale of Chloe, subtitled An Episode in the History of Beau Beamish, is a novel by English novelist George Meredith, first published in 1879, and as a novel in 1890.

neg: Thomason Collection of Civil War Tracts The Thomason Collection of Civil War Tracts consists of more than 22,000 pamphlets, broadsides, manuscripts, books, and news sheets, most of which were printed and distributed in London from 1640 to 1661. The collection represents a major primary source for the political, religious, military, and social history of England during the final years of the reign of King Charles I, the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the English Restoration of King Charles II. It is now held in the British Library.

neg: The Life of Our Lord The Life of Our Lord is a book about the life of Jesus Christ written by English novelist Charles Dickens, for his young children, between 1846 and 1849, at about the time that he was writing "David Copperfield". "The Life of Our Lord" was published in 1934, 64 years after Dickens' death.

neg: Treaty of Berwick (1639) The Treaty of Berwick (also known as the Peace of Berwick or the Pacification of Berwick) was signed on 18 June 1639 between England and Scotland. Archibald Johnston was involved in the negotiations before King Charles was forced to sign the treaty. The agreement, overall, officially ended the First Bishops' War even though both sides saw it only as a temporary truce. After the treaty was signed, King Charles immediately began to gather the resources he needed in order to strengthen his armies. At the beginning of the Second Bishops' War, the agreement was broken. After a disastrous skirmish at Kelso between the English advance guard and the Scottish Covenanter Army, the Earl of Holland fled back to the king’s headquarters at Berwick-upon-Tweed. The Earl of Antrim failed to establish negotiations in order to bring the Irish army over. This, along with the unsuccessful English naval campaign at Hamilton, meant that Charles was forced to sign a truce. He conceded to the Scots the right to a free church assembly and a free parliament. These rights were asserted (with the right to keep the existing legal structure instead of a separate parliament) along with the extension to Scotland of The Bill of Rights (which set out the conditions and powers of a monarch) in the Treaty of Union, 1707, which united England and Wales with Scotland.

neg: Caroline Divines The Caroline Divines were influential theologians and writers in the Anglican Church who lived during the reigns of King Charles I and, after the Restoration, King Charles II (Latin: Carolus). There is no official list of Caroline-era divines; they are defined by the era in which they lived, and Caroline Divines hailed from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. However, of these four nations, it is Caroline England which is most commonly considered to have fostered a golden age of Anglican scholarship and devotional writing, despite the socio-cultural upset of civil war, regicide, and military rule under Oliver Cromwell. Importantly, the term divine is restricted neither to canonised saints nor to Anglican figures, but is used of many writers and thinkers in the wider Christian church.

neg: Killing No Murder Killing No Murder is a pamphlet published in 1657 during The Protectorate period of the English Interregnum era of English history. The pamphlet of disputed authorship advocates the assassination of Oliver Cromwell. The publication was in high demand at the time of its distribution. Cromwell was said to have been so disturbed after the publication of "Killing No Murder" that he never spent more than two nights in the same place and always took extreme precaution in planning his travel.

neg: The History of the Rebellion The History of the Rebellion by Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon is his account of the English Civil War. This work (originally published in 1702–1704 as The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England) was the first full-scale, detailed history of the Civil War and was written by a key player in the events contained within it.

neg: 1666 will be , the 1666 year of the Common Era (CE) and "Anno Domini" (AD) designations, the year of the , the year of the , and the year of the decade . This is the first year to be designated as an "Annus mirabilis", in John Dryden's 1667 poem so titled, celebrating England's failure to be beaten either by the Dutch or by fire. It is the only year to contain each Roman numeral once in descending order (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+50(L)+10(X)+5(V)+1(I) = 1666).

neg: John Bale John Bale (21 November 1495 – November 1563) was an English churchman, historian and controversialist, and Bishop of Ossory. He wrote the oldest known historical verse drama in English (on the subject of King John), and developed and published a very extensive list of the works of British authors down to his own time, just as the monastic libraries were being dispersed. His unhappy disposition and habit of quarreling earned him the nickname "bilious Bale".

neg: Restoration literature Restoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration (1660–1689), which corresponds to the last years of the direct Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. In general, the term is used to denote roughly homogeneous styles of literature that center on a celebration of or reaction to the restored court of Charles II. It is a literature that includes extremes, for it encompasses both "Paradise Lost" and the Earl of Rochester's "Sodom", the high-spirited sexual comedy of "The Country Wife" and the moral wisdom of "The Pilgrim's Progress". It saw Locke's "Treatises of Government", the founding of the Royal Society, the experiments and holy meditations of Robert Boyle, the hysterical attacks on theaters from Jeremy Collier, and the pioneering of literary criticism from John Dryden and John Dennis. The period witnessed news become a commodity, the essay develop into a periodical art form, and the beginnings of textual criticism.

neg: The Golden Rump The Golden Rump is a farcical play of unknown authorship said to have been written in 1737. It acted as the chief trigger for the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737. The play has never been performed on stage or published in print. No manuscript of the play survives, casting some doubt over whether it ever existed in full at all. The authorship of the play has often been ascribed to Henry Fielding, at that time a popular and prolific playwright who often turned his incisive satire against the monarch George II and particularly the "prime minister" Sir Robert Walpole. Modern literary historians, however, increasingly embrace the opinion that "The Golden Rump" may have been secretly commissioned by Walpole himself in a successful bid to get his Bill for theatrical licensing passed before the legislature.

neg: Wars of the Three Kingdoms The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, sometimes known as the British Civil Wars, formed an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in England, Ireland and Scotland between 1639 and 1651. The English Civil War proper has become the best-known of these conflicts and included the execution of the kingdoms' monarch, Charles I, by the English parliament in 1649.

neg: France and England in North America France and England in North America (ISBN  ) is a multi-volume history of the European colonization of North America written by Francis Parkman between 1865 and 1892, which highlights the military struggles between France and Great Britain. It was well regarded at the time of publication, and continues to enjoy a reputation as a literary masterpiece. While it is still useful in a limited capacity as an historical study, Parkman took many liberties in describing unknown and unknowable details. This has led some critics to categorize Parkman's work as belonging in the purgatory between history and historical fiction.

neg: Restoration comedy Restoration comedy refers to English comedies written and performed in the Restoration period from 1660 to 1710. Comedy of manners is used as a synonym of Restoration comedy. After public stage performances had been banned for 18 years by the Puritan regime, the re-opening of the theatres in 1660 signalled a renaissance of English drama. Sexually explicit language was encouraged by King Charles II (1660–1685) personally and by the rakish style of his court. Historian George Norman Clark argues:

neg: Ordsall Hall Ordsall Hall is a historic house and a former stately home in Ordsall, an area of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It dates back more than 750 years, although the oldest surviving parts of the present hall were built in the 15th century. The most important period of Ordsall Hall's life was as the family seat of the Radclyffe family, who lived in the house for more than 300 years. The hall was the setting for William Harrison Ainsworth's 1842 novel "Guy Fawkes", written around the plausible although unsubstantiated local story that the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was planned in the house.


query: The D16 class is built for Australian Iron & Steel's in which suburb of Wollongong 8 km south of the CBD and part of the Illawarra region of New South Wales?

pos: BHP Port Kembla D16 class The D16 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for Australian Iron & Steel's, Port Kembla steelworks between 1959 and 1964.

pos: Port Kembla, New South Wales Port Kembla is a suburb of Wollongong 8 km south of the CBD and part of the Illawarra region of New South Wales. The suburb comprises a seaport, industrial complex (one of the largest in Australia), a small harbour foreshore nature reserve, and a small commercial sector. It is situated on the tip of Red Point, first European sighting by Captain James Cook in 1770. The name "Kembla" is Aboriginal word meaning "plenty [of] wild fowl".

neg: New South Wales D50 class locomotive The D50 class was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives built for the New South Wales Government Railways of Australia.

neg: Burra, New South Wales Burra is an Australian district and parish of rural smallholdings lying 20 kilometres to the south of Queanbeyan, New South Wales in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Region. At the 2016 census , Burra had a population of 794 people.

neg: Punchbowl, New South Wales Punchbowl is a suburb in the south-western Sydney region, 17 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2016 census , Punchbowl had a population of 20,236.

neg: Erskine Park, New South Wales Erskine Park is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Erskine Park is located 42 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

neg: Wollar Wollar is a town in New South Wales, Australia. The town is located 316 km north west of the state capital Sydney and 48 km north east of the regional centre of Mudgee, near the Goulburn River National Park. At the 2006 census , Wollar and the surrounding region had a population of 304.

neg: Dapto, New South Wales Dapto is a suburb of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the western side of Lake Illawarra and covering an area 7.15 square kilometres in size. As at the 2016 census , the suburb had a population of 10,730.

neg: City of Griffith The City of Griffith is a local government area in Riverina region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The area comprises 1640 km2 and is located in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and on Kidman Way.

neg: Lucas Heights, New South Wales Lucas Heights is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 31 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. Lucas Heights is located on the Woronora River, which flows north into the Georges River.

neg: Ironbark, Queensland Ironbark is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 846.

neg: Dharruk, New South Wales Dharruk is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Dharruk is located 46 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

neg: HMAS Wollongong (J172) HMAS "Wollongong" (J172), named for the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, was one of 60 "Bathurst"-class corvette s constructed during World War II and one of 20 built for the Admiralty but manned by personnel of and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

neg: Tuggerah, New South Wales Tuggerah is a developing suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Main North Line railway and Sydney-Newcastle Freeway approximately 90 km north of Sydney. It is the Business Hub, Major Shopping Area and Financial District for the Central Coast Council . It is a mixture of semi-rural, Residential, and light industrial. Historically it was, like much of the Wyong District a dairy area, which currently still has the Pioneer Dairy Wetlands. There was an airstrip for some years which has now been built over. The Wyong South sewerage plant is also located in Tuggerah.

neg: Illawarra (disambiguation) Illawarra is region in New South Wales, Australia.

neg: Warriewood, New South Wales Warriewood is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Warriewood is located 26 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. Warriewood is part of the Northern Beaches region.

neg: HMAS Wollongong (FCPB 206) HMAS "Wollongong" (FCPB 206), named for the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, was one of fifteen "Fremantle" class patrol boats to operate with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). "Wollongong" is the only RAN vessel to have appeared in two television series, portraying a fictional "Fremantle" class patrol boat in both.

neg: Koonawarra, New South Wales Koonawarra is a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the western shore of Lake Illawarra. Koonawarra, or Exmouth, as it was then called, was one of the first five land grants located in the Illawarra. It was a grant of 1300 acres made to Richard Brooks in 1817. The grant faced Lake Illawarra and extended from Brook's Creek to Mullet Creek. Koonawarra was the aboriginal name for the area. "Exmouth" was later secured by Henry Osborne and became part of his central Illawarra estate, extending from Macquarie Rivulet to Mullet Creek, and from Lake Illawarra to the mountains. The name Koonawarra is from the aboriginal word "gkoonawarra" meaning "a high point of land with smooth, round stones". The word has also been said to mean "swan".

neg: Karabar, New South Wales Karabar is a suburb of Queanbeyan, New South Wales. It is at the southern part of the developed area of Queanbeyan—-bordering the suburbs of Queanbeyan East, Jerrabomberra, Googong and Queanbeyan. The eastern border of the suburb is defined by the Queanbeyan River.

neg: Mount Lewis, New South Wales Mount Lewis, a suburb of local government area City of Bankstown, is 18 km south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is a part of the South-western Sydney region.

neg: Wentworth Point, New South Wales Wentworth Point is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wentworth Point is located 16 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of City of Parramatta. It is on the western shore of Homebush Bay on the southern side of the Parramatta River.

neg: Wilberforce, New South Wales Wilberforce is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury. It is just beyond the outer suburbs of north-west Sydney and lies on the western bank of the Hawkesbury River.


query: Fazhengnian is a mediation ritual practiced in a spiritual practice whose name translates to what in English?

pos: Fazhengnian Fazhengnian (; literally "sending forth righteous thoughts") is a meditation ritual practiced in Falun Gong (or Falun Dafa). The practice of sending forth righteous thoughts was initiated by Falun Gong’s founder, Mr. Li Hongzhi, on May 19, 2001, a few years after the start of the persecution of Falun Gong by authorities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Sending forth righteous thoughts is one of the three requirements for Falun Dafa practitioners during this period of time called "Fa-rectification," along with studying the Fa, and clarifying the truth.

pos: Falun Gong Falun Gong or Falun Dafa (Standard Mandarin Chinese: ; literally, "Dharma Wheel Practice" or "Law Wheel Practice") is a Chinese spiritual practice that combines meditation and qigong exercises with a moral philosophy centered on the tenets of truthfulness, compassion, and (). The practice emphasizes morality and the cultivation of virtue, and identifies as a qigong practice of the Buddhist school, though its teachings also incorporate elements drawn from Taoist traditions. Through moral rectitude and the practice of meditation, practitioners of Falun Gong aspire to eliminate attachments, and ultimately to achieve spiritual enlightenment.

neg: Hua Tou Hua Tou (話頭, Korean: "hwadu", Japanese: "wato") is a form of Buddhist meditation common in the teachings of Chan Buddhism, Korean Seon and Rinzai Zen. "Hua Tou" can be translated as 'word head', 'head of speech' or 'point beyond which speech exhausts itself'. A "Hua Tou" can be a short phrase that is used as a subject of meditation to focus the mind.

neg: Associations of good-doing The associations of good-doing () are organised groups of the indigenous religion of Hebei province (河北民间宗教 "Héběi mínjiān zōngjiào" or 河北民间信仰 "Héběi mínjiān xìnyǎng"), or the "Pear Area" of China. The Congregation of the Dragon's Name (龙牌会 "Lóngpái Huì") is one of these movements of good-doers.

neg: Zhang Zhung Meri Zhangzhung Meri is a meditational deity of the Bon religion arising from the ancient land of "Zhang Zhung" in Tibet. He is believed to be the high protector of the "Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud" lineage.

neg: Yuzu Nembutsu Yuzu Nembutsu (融通念仏宗 , Yūzū-nenbutsu-shū ) is a school of Pure Land Buddhism that focuses on the ritual recitation of the "Nembutsu" (or Nianfo), the name of the Amitabha Buddha.

neg: Korean shamanism Korean Shamanism, also known as Muism (Korean: 무교 "Mugyo" ""mu" [shaman] religion") or Sinism (신교 ) "Singyo" "religion of the "shin" (hanja: 神 ) [gods]", is the ethnic religion of Korea and the Koreans. Although used synonymously, the two terms are not identical: Jung Young Lee describes Muism as a form of Sinism - the shamanic tradition within the religion. Other names for the religion are Shindo (Hangul: 신도 ; Hanja: sindo , "Way of the Gods"), Shindoism (Hangul: 신도교 ; Hanja: sindogyo , "religion of the Way of the Gods"), Gosindo (Hangul: 고신도 , "Way of the Ancestral Gods"), and Pungwoldo (Hangul: 풍월도 , "Way of Brightness"). It has approximately 5-15 million followers.

neg: Shuckling Shuckling (also written as shokeling), from the Yiddish word meaning "to shake", is the ritual swaying of worshipers during Jewish prayer, usually forward and back but also from side to side. This practice can be traced back to at least the 8th century, and possibly as far back as Talmudic times. It was said of Rabbi Akiva that when he prayed by himself he would start in one corner and end up in another, because of all his kneeling and bowing. It is believed to increase concentration and emotional intensity (Eisenberg 2004:360). In Chassidic lore, "shuckeling" is seen as an expression of the soul's desire to abandon the body and reunite itself with its source, similar to a flame's shaking back and forth as if to free itself from the wick (Tanya chapter 19). Jiri Langer gives a vivid description of shokeling among Belz Chassidim in early 20th-century Europe.

neg: Zendo Zen-dō (禅堂 ) () or "senbutsu-jō" (選仏場 ) is a Japanese "meditation hall". In Zen Buddhism, the "zen-dō" is a spiritual "dōjō" where zazen (sitting meditation) is practiced. A full-sized Zen Buddhist temple will typically have at least one "zen-dō" as well as a "hon-dō" ("main hall", but sometimes translated as "Buddha hall"), which is used for ceremonial purposes, plus a variety of other buildings with different functions. However, any place where people go to practice Zen can be referred to as a "zen-dō".

neg: Onmyōdō Onmyōdō (陰陽道 , also "In'yōdō", lit. ‘The Way of Yin and Yang’) is a traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism. It is based on the Chinese philosophies of Wu Xing (five elements) and yin and yang, introduced into Japan at the beginning of the 6th century. It was accepted as a practical system of divination. These practices were influenced further by Taoism, Buddhism and Shintoism, and evolved into the system of "onmyōdō" around the late 7th century. "Onmyōdō" was under the control of the imperial government, and later its courtiers, the Tsuchimikado family until the middle of the 19th century, at which point it became prohibited as superstition.

neg: Xinxin Ming Xinxin Ming (alternate spellings Xin Xin Ming or Xinxinming) (Chinese: 信心銘; Hànyǔ Pīnyīn: "Xìnxīn Míng"; Wade–Giles: "Hsin Hsin Ming"; Japanese: "Shinjinmei" or "Shinjin no Mei"), "Faith in mind", is a poem attributed to the Third Chinese Chán (Zen) Patriarch Jianzhi Sengcan 鑑智僧璨 (Hànyǔ Pīnyīn: Jiànzhì Sēngcàn; Wade–Giles: Chien-chih Seng-ts'an; Japanese: Kanchi Sōsan, died 606) and one of the earliest Chinese Chan expressions of the Buddhist mind training practice.

neg: Mani stone Mani stones are stone plates, rocks and/or pebbles, inscribed with the six syllabled mantra of Avalokiteshvara (Om mani padme hum, hence the name "Mani stone"), as a form of prayer in Tibetan Buddhism. The term Mani stone may also be used in a loose sense to refer to stones on which any mantra or devotional designs (such as ashtamangala) are inscribed. Mani stones are intentionally placed along the roadsides and rivers or placed together to form mounds or cairns or sometimes long walls, as an offering to spirits of place or "genius loci". Creating and carving mani stones as devotional or intentional process art is a traditional sadhana of piety to yidam. Mani stones are a form of devotional cintamani.

neg: Menhuan Menhuan () is a term used by Chinese-speaking Muslims for a Chinese-style Sufi order. The leaders of a menhuan over the ages form a chain of spiritual succession, known in Arabic as "silsilah", which goes back to the order's founder in China (e.g., Ma Laichi or Ma Mingxin), and beyond, toward his teachers in Arabia.

neg: Mazu Mazu, also known by several other names and titles, is a Chinese sea goddess, the deified form of the historical Lin Mo or Lin Moniang, a Fujianese shamaness traditionally dated to c. 960 – c. 987 . Revered after her death as a patron of seafarers, including fishermen and sailors, her worship spread throughout China's coastal regions and Chinese communities throughout Southeast Asia. She was thought to roam the seas, protecting her believers through miraculous interventions. She is now generally regarded by her believers as a powerful and benevolent Queen of Heaven. Mazuism is most popular on Taiwan; her temple festival is a major event throughout the country, with the largest celebrations around her temples at Dajia and Beigang.

neg: Wuliupai Wu-liu pai (: "Wŭliŭpài"literally: "School of Wu [Ghong-xu]-Liu [Hua-yang]" ), or Wu-liu fa pai (: "Wŭliŭfăpài"literally: "School of Teachings of Wu [Ching-xu]-Liu [Hua-yang]" ), also known as Xianfo (: "Xiānfó"literally: "[School] of Immortals and Buddhas" ) — a school of Taoism with main focus on internal alchemy (neidan).

neg: Dukkha Dukkha (Pāli; Sanskrit: "duḥkha"; Tibetan: སྡུག་བསྔལ་ "sdug bsngal", pr. "duk-ngel") is an important Buddhist concept, commonly translated as "suffering", "pain" or "unsatisfactoriness". It refers to the fundamental unsatisfactoriness and painfulness of mundane life. It is the first of the Four Noble Truths. The term is also found in scriptures of Hinduism, such as the Upanishads, in discussions of moksha (spiritual liberation).

neg: Vipassanā Vipassanā (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (Sanskrit: विपश्यना ; Burmese: ဝိပဿနာ ; Sinhalese: විපස්සනා ; "guān"; Standard Tibetan: ལྷག་མཐོང་ , "lhaktong"; Wyl. "lhag mthong") in the Buddhist tradition means insight into the true nature of reality, . In the Therevada tradition this specifically refers to insight into the Three marks of existence: impermanence, suffering or unsatisfactoriness, and the realisation of non-self.

neg: Prakasa Prakāśa is a concept of Kashmir Shaivism translated by various authors as "light", "splendour", "light of consciousness" (identified with "Śiva") (Swami Lakshman Joo), "luminous and undifferentiated consciousness" (Paul E. Murphy) or "primordial light beyond all manifestations" (Paul Muller-Ortega). Fellow Tantric practitioners Tibetan Buddhists practice Clear Light yoga based on a similar concept.

neg: Tianzhu (Chinese name of God) Tianzhu (Chinese: 天主, Tiānzhǔ), meaning "Heavenly Master" or "Lord of Heaven," was the Chinese word used by the Jesuit China missions to designate God.

neg: Empowerment (Vajrayana) An empowerment is a ritual in Vajrayana which initiates a student into a particular tantric deity practice. The Tibetan word for this is "wang" (Skt. abhiṣeka; Tib. དབང་, wang; Wyl. dbang), which literally translates to "power". The Sanskrit term for this is "abhiseka" which literally translates to sprinkling or bathing or anointing. A tantric practice is not considered effective or as effective until a qualified master has transmitted the corresponding power of the practice directly to the student. This may also refer to introducing the student to the mandala of the deity.

neg: Lingbao School The Lingbao School (Simplified Chinese: 灵宝派; Traditional Chinese: 靈寶派; pinyin: Líng Bǎo Pài), also known as the School of the Sacred Jewel or the School of Numinous Treasure, was an important Daoist school that emerged in China in between the Jin Dynasty and the Liu Song Dynasty in the early fifth century CE. It lasted for about two hundred years until it was absorbed into the Shangqing and Zhengyi currents during the Tang Dynasty. The Lingbao School is a synthesis of religious ideas based on Shangqing texts, the rituals of the Celestial Masters, and Buddhist practices.

neg: Supratisthitacaritra Supratiṣṭhitacāritra (Sanskrit; : "Ānlìxíng" , Japanese "Anryūgyō"), also known as Firm Practice, is one of the four great perfected bodhisattvas mentioned in the 15th chapter of the "Lotus Sutra". He is believed to represent the "bliss" characteristic of Buddhahood, which is the liberation from suffering.