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Dimitris Papaioannou Dimitris Papaioannou (born Athens, 1964) is a Greek avant-garde choreographer, director, dancer and artist who conceived and directed the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony and its closing counterpart. The opening ceremony drew considerable acclaim from the international media.
Dimitris Papamichael Dimitris Papamichael (Greek: Δημήτρης Παπαμιχαήλ, born 1934 in Athens; died 8 August, 2004 in Athens) 12pm at his house, was a famous Greek actor and director. He married Aliki Vougiouklaki, the national star of Greece for several decades, in 1965 and co-starred with her in films of the "golden era" of Greek cinema.
Dimitris Psychogios Dimitris Psychogios is the Professor of Media at Athens' Panteion University. Under the nickname of Diodorus Kypseliotis he is the article writer of a famous column presented in the Greek Sunday newspaper To Vima tis Kyriakis.
Dimitris Saravakos Dimitris Saravakos (born 26 July 1961) is one of the best Greek football players ever. He started his career in Panionios FC and later he moved on to Panathinaikos FC,where Saravakos gained fame and matured as a footballer, becoming one of the best attacking left halfs in the history of Greek fooball.
Dimitrius Underwood Dimitrius Underwood (born March 29, 1977) is a former professional American football defensive end for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, Miami Dolphins, and Dallas Cowboys franchises. Underwood also had a brief stint in the Canadian Football League in mid-2005.
Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria Dimitrovgrad () is a town and a municipality in Haskovo Province of southern Bulgaria. Dimitrovgrad is located northwest of Svilengrad and the Greek and Turkish border, east of Plovdiv and the capital Sofia and west of Burgas.
Dimitrovgrad, Serbia Dimitrovgrad (Serbian: official Dimitrovgrad or Димитровград, but also used Caribrod (Цариброд); in Bulgarian: the name Цариброд is preferred, transliterated as Caribrod, Tzaribrod or Tsaribrod). Dimitrovgrad is a town and 483 km² municipality located in the Pirot District of the Republic of Serbia.
Dimitry Elyashkevich Dimitry Elyashkevich (ely-osh-kev-ich) (born February 23, 1975 in Minsk, Soviet Union; now Belarus) is the camera operator, cinematographer, producer and director of photography of MTV's Jackass. Also had some cameos in the series and movies, most notably the Gumball 3000 rally special of the third season.
Dimitry of Rostov Saint Demetrius of Rostov was a leading opponent of the Caesaropapist reform of the Russian Orthodox church promoted by Feofan Prokopovich. He is representative of the strong Ukrainian influence upon the Russian Orthodox Church at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Dimitry Vassiliev Dmitri Wiktorowitsch Wassiljew (Russian ;) is an Russian ski jumper, best known internationally as Dimitry Vassiliev. He was number ten in the K-90 event in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and has a second place from Garmisch-Partenkirchen as his best result in the World Cup.
Dimitryis theorem Dimitryis theorem states that when someone wants to achieve a particular goal, the determination of the perosn is directly related to the time it takes to achieve. Also it has been said that the higher the determination the more creative the person becomes in achieving that goal, this will therefor lead to the formation of the class system in many countries.
Dimitur Ganev Dimitur Vurbanov Ganev (October 28 1898 - April 20 1964) was a Bulgarian communist politician. He became head of state and chairman of the presidium of the national assembly of Bulgaria on November 30 1958 shortly after the death of Georgi Damyanov and served in these positions until his own death.
Dimity Dimity is a lightweight, sheer cotton fabric having at least two warp threads thrown into relief to form fine cords. It is a cloth commonly employed for bed upholstery and curtains, and usually white, though sometimes a pattern is printed on it in colors.
Dimmsdale Dimmsdale, California is the fictional city located in Imperial County that is shown on the Nickelodeon animated series The Fairly OddParents. It is often mentioned as a huge metropolitan complex in the suburbs where Timmy Turner lives.
Dimmuborgir Dimmuborgir (Dimmu=dark, Borgir=castles/fortresses IPA: ) is a large area of unusually shaped lava fields east of Mývatn in Iceland. The Dimmuborgir area is composed of various caves and rock formations, remnants of volcanic activity that are perhaps reminiscent of an ancient collapsed citadel, with columns spewing plumes of sulfuric smoke.
Dimocarpus Dimocarpus is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native to tropical southeast Asia and northern Australasia, from Sri Lanka and southern China south to northern Queensland. The fruit is edible, with the Longan (D.
Dimond District, Oakland, California The Dimond District is a neighborhood centered on the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and Fruitvale Avenue in East Oakland, Oakland, California, in the United States. It is located about two miles east of Lake Merritt, north of the Fruitvale District, and west of the Laurel District.
Dimorphid The dimorphids or heliomonads are a small group of heliozoa that are unusual in possessing flagella throughout their life-cycle. There are two genera: Dimorpha, a tiny organism found in freshwater, and the larger Tetradimorpha, which is distinguished by having four rather than two flagella.
Dimosthenis Liakopoulos Demosthenis Liakopoulos (Greek:Δημοσθένης Λιακόπουλος) is a controversial TV personality in Greece who can best be described as a national mysticist. Dimosthenis Liakopoulos has studied Physics in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and claims to have made extended studies — albeit, apparently, on a personal and not academic level — in Astrophysics, World and Greek history, the paternal texts of the Orthodox faith and the evolution of military technology throughout the centuries.
Dimov Gate Dimov Gate (Dimova Porta 'di-mo-va 'por-ta) is a 300m wide ice-covered pass in Antarctica, located in eastern Livingston Island bounded by Bowles Ridge to the SE and by Hemus Peak to the NW. The pass separates the glacial catchments of Kaliakra Glacier, and the nameless tributary glacier draining the area between Hemus Peak and Bowles West Peak and flowing west-southwestwards into Perunika Glacier.
Dimpler A "Dimpler" or a "drywall screw setter" is a #2 Phillips screwdriver tip usually 1" long with a stopper, to stop the drywall screw from penetrating the drywall, this tool is mostly being used by non professional installers,but some professionals will use this tool for small patch jobs.
Dimples of Venus The phrase dimples of Venus refers to the pair of sagittally symmetrical indentations sometimes visible on the human lower back, just superior to the gluteal cleft. The dimples are directly superficial to the two sacroiliac joints, the sites where the sacrum attaches to the ilium of the pelvis.
Dimps Dimps is an Osaka-based development studio with an additional office in Tokyo, Japan. Employing a staff of 218 people, it is known for developing such games as the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai trilogy for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube, and most portable Sonic games for Nintendo portables (the Sonic Advance trilogy and Sonic Battle on Game Boy Advance; Sonic Rush for Nintendo DS).
Dimsum (non-profit) Dimsum (Dim sum) is a non-profit website for people interested in the experience of being Chinese or East Asian in the UK. The aim of the organization is to raise awareness of the complex issues Chinese people face in trying to fit into a predominantly European culture, specifically the issues British Chinese people face.
DiMeo Crime Family The DiMeo (Organized Crime) Family (now known as the Soprano crime family) is a fictional mob family from the HBO series The Sopranos. It is thought to be loosely based on a real New Jersey Mafia family, the DeCavalcante family.
Din Tai Fung Din Tai Fung (鼎泰丰) or Ding Tai Feng is a renowned Taiwanese restaurant specialising in Xiao Long Bao (steamed pork dumplings) which has opened numerous outlets throughout the world, including Singapore, Hong Kong, U.S.
Din Thomas Din "Dinyero" Thomas is an American mixed martial arts fighter who was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4. He currently runs a successful MMA academy in Port St Lucie, FL and has recently received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Ricardo LiborioThomas fights out of Florida and trains with American Top Team]Ultimate Fighter 4 ==
Din-i-Ilahi Dīn-i Ilāhī (Arabic: دين إلهي ) "Divine Faith" was a syncretic elitist religous cult propounded by the Mughal emperor Jalālu d-Dīn Muħammad Akbar ("Akbar the Great") intended to merge the best elements of the religions of his empire (primarily Hinduism and Islām; elements were also taken from Christianity, Jainism and Zoroastrianism) and thereby reconcile the sectarian differences that divided his subjects.
Dina (musician) Caroline Dina Kongerud (commonly referred to by the stage name Dina), (born 1 August, 1985) is a Norwegian pop-artist. She has released five successful singles Bli hos meg (Stay with me), For evig min (Forever mine)and Besatt (Obsessed) in 2003.
Dina Al-sabah Sheikha Dina Ali Fahad Al-Salim Al-sabah (born February 28, 1974) is a professional figure competitor from the Lebanon. She stands out from the rest of the Figure competitors for been the first and only female Arab athelete to achieve pro card status.
Dina Doll The Dina Doll was a 16” fashion doll introduced by Ideal Toy Corporation in the year 1972. Advertised as “Velvet’s Beautiful Friend” like the Velvet Doll, the Dina Doll had a "growing hair" feature.
Dina Dublon Dina Dublon is a current member of the boards of directors at Microsoft, Accenture, and PepsiCo. She also serves as a trustee of Carnegie Mellon University and on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including the Global Fund for Women and the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children.
Dina Eastwood Dina Ruiz Eastwood (born Dina Ruiz, 1965, Fremont, California) is perhaps best known as a news anchor for KSBW-TV. She is the wife of actor/director Clint Eastwood, who she first met for an interview in 1993, and has acted in two of his films, True Crime (1999) and Blood Work (2002).
Dina Kaminskaya Dina Isaakovna Kaminskaya (13 January 1919, Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine - 7 July 2006, Falls Church, Virginia) was a lawyer and human rights activist in the Soviet Union, forced to emigrate in 1977 to avoid arrest. She and her husband moved to the United States.
Dina Kotchetkova Dina Anatolyevna Kotchetkova (Russian: Дина Анатольевна Кочеткова) (born July 27, 1977, Moscow, Russian SFSR; alternate spelling Dina Kochetkova) is a Russian gymnast who competed at the 1996 Olympics. Stylistically, Dina was considered by many to be the "last of the Soviets," performing difficult skills with elegant, clean technique.
Dina Nath Malhotra Dina Nath Malhotra is an Indian publisher whose company Hind Pocket Books developed the paperback market for Hindi books in the 1950s and 1960s. He, with the help and co-operation of some like-minded Delhi-wallas brought the publishing-trade from Bombay to Delhi, shifting the focus away from importers of foreign books to the native publishers.
Dina Posada Dina Posada (El Salvador, 1946~) is one of Central America’s best known contemporary poets since the publication of Fuego sobre el madero (1996), a collection of poems that celebrate love, eroticism and the female body. A Salvadoran-Guatemalan citizen, Posada studied journalism in El Salvador and psychology in Guatemala—where she has resided since 1970.
Dina Vierny Dina Vierny is a French model who posed for ten years for the sculptor-painter Aristide Maillol. When Maillol first saw Vierny she looked to him like one of his works come alive, and he claimed it was her body that he had been sculpting all along.
Dinagat Islands Dinagat Islands is an island group comprising a province in the Philippines, located on the south side of Leyte Gulf in the province of Surigao del Norte. Leyte is to the west, across Surigao Strait, and Mindanao is to the south.
Dinah Dinah (), mentioned in the Book of Genesis as the daughter of Jacob and Leah. She is also described as the full sister of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, and the half-sister of Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Joseph, and Benjamin.
Dinah Marler Dinah Adele Chamberlain Marler is a fictional character on the popular CBS daytime soap opera, Guiding Light. The character is the daughter of the late lawyer and mayor of Springfield, Ross Marler, and his former fiancée, wealthy businesswoman Vanessa Chamberlain Reardon.
Dinah Sheridan Dinah Sheridan (born Dinah Mec in Hampstead, London on 17 September, 1920) is a popular English-born actress who appeared in the film Genevieve (1954). One of her paternal forbears was Eastern European (probably Lithuanian), hence her surname (Mec).
Dinah Shtettin Dinah Shtettin (later Dinah Adler and Dinah Feinman; first name sometimes given as Dina, maiden name sometimes given as Stettin) was a prominent Yiddish theater actress. She was the second wife of Jacob Adler, with whom she had a daughter, Celia; they divorced, and she married Siegmund Feinman.
Dinah! Dinah! (called Dinah & Friends from 1979-1980) was a daytime talk show hosted by singer and actress Dinah Shore, which aired in American syndication markets from its premiere on September 9, 1974 until the summer of 1980.
Dinamic Multimedia Dinamic Multimedia (Dinamic Software until 1993) was one of the Spanish software houses and later publisher that emerged during the ZX Spectrum peak in the eighties. After having released several titles for most personal computer platforms, mostly only to the Spanish market, they filed for bankruptcy in September 2001.
Dinamo Zagreb-Red Star Belgrade riot The Dinamo Zagreb-Red Star Belgrade riot was one of the biggest ever football riots in history. It took place at the Maksimir stadium in Zagreb, Croatia, between the BBB (Bad Blue Boys; fans of Dinamo Zagreb) and the Delije ("heroes"; fans of Red Star Belgrade) on May 13 1990, just weeks after Croatia's first multi-party elections for almost 50 years; incidentally, the parties favouring Croatian independence had won.
Dinanath Mangeshkar Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar (Marathi: दीनानाथ मंगेशकर) (December 31, 1900 or January 1, 1901 – April 24, 1942) was the father of well-known singers Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, and Usha Mangeshkar as well as composers Hridayanath Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar.
Dinantian Dinantian is the name of the Lower Carboniferous period (which started 354 million years ago), and specifically a series of rocks in Europe which were deposited during the period. Another name for this period is the Avonian, a name proposed by Dr Arthur Vaughan in 1905 (Q.
Dinara Dinara is one of the more prominent mountains located on the border of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its Latin name is Adrian oros while the current name is suspected to be derived from the name of an ancient Illyrian tribe that lived on the eastern slopes of the mountain.
Dinara Drukarova Dinara Drukarova (, born January 3, 1976) is a Russian actress. She was born in St Petersburg, and still lives there half the year, spending the other half in France, where she tends to pursue most of her film roles.
Dinaric Alps The Dinaric Alps or Dinarides (Croatian and Bosnian: Dinarsko gorje or Dinaridi, Serbian: Динарско горје or Динариди; Slovenian: Dinarsko gorstvo; Italian: Alpi Dinariche) form a mountain chain in southern Europe, spanning areas of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania.
Dinaric race In physical anthropology, the Dinaric race (or Adriatic race or Epirotic race) is one of the subcategories of the Europid (White; Caucasian) race into which it was divided by anthropologists in the early 20th century. The continued validity of these categories is disputed by some groups, but rejected by mainstream scientific opinion.
Dinas Emrys Dinas Emrys (Welsh for "fortress of Ambrosius") is a rocky and wooded hillock near Beddgelert in North Wales. Rising some 76m above the floor of the Glaslyn river valley, it overlooks the southern end of Llyn Dinas.
Dinas Mawddwy Dinas Mawddwy is a village in North Wales just to the side of the A470 so that most visitors pass the village by. The village marks the junction of the unclassified road to Llanuwchllyn which cimbs up through the mountains to cross Bwlch y Groes at its highest point, the highest road pass in Wales.
Dinas Powys Dinas Powys is a large village, a community and a refortified hill fort in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. It is on the outskirts of Cardiff, about 5 km from the city centre on the A4055 road from Cardiff to Barry.
Dinas Powys railway station Dinas Powys railway station is a railway station serving the village of Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line from Cardiff to Bridgend via Barry, Rhoose and Llantwit Major, which also has a branch line serving Barry Island.
Dinas railway station Dinas is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1877 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking to carry dressed slate for trans-shipment to the LNWR. Passenger services ceased on 26 September 1936 until which time Dinas had been a joint station, known as Dinas Junction with the LNWR and later the LMS.
Dinata Dinata Dinata Dinata (Greek: Δυνατά Δυνατά) is a song in "Menos Ektos" single (1991)("I'll keep outside"), composed by Ara Dinkjian and interpeted by Eleftheria Arvanitaki. It mixes the influence of Balkan music with electronics.
Diné College Diné College is a two-year, tribally controlled community college, serving the people of the 27,000 square-mile (about 70,000 sq-km) Navajo Indian Reservation, which spans the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
Dinckley Brook Dinckley Brook is a minor river of Lancashire. The stream rises at the confluence of several minor watercourses at Wheatley Farm close to Copster Green and flows northwards, through Cunliffe House Wood and under Dinckley Bridge (near to where it meets Park Brook).
Dinder House Dinder House, a grade II listed Regency building in the small village of Dinder, in Somerset, was built in 1801 by the Rev William Somerville on the site of a former manor house. The original house consisted of only the center part of the building.
Dindrane In Arthurian Legend, Dindrane (Welsh: Danbrann; also named Dindraine, Heliabel, or Agrestizia, depending on the sources) is the sister (sometimes the half-sister) of Percival. Though she is frequently not given a name, Percival's sister is a major character in many of the Holy Grail stories and is sometimes claimed as the "Grail heroine".
Dine's compensation In meteorology, Dine's compensation states that net mass convergence into a given column of air must be balanced by a net mass divergence from the same column of air. The implication is that rising air in the atmosphere must be balanced by equal sinking or subsiding air.
Dinefwr Dinefwr was a local government district of Dyfed, West Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was named after Dinefwr Castle which was the royal capital of the Kingdom of Deheubarth and one of the three principal royal courts of Wales.
Dinefwr Castle Dinefwr Castle (sometimes anglicized as Dynevor) is a Welsh castle overlooking the River Tywi near the town of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It lies on a ridge on the northern bank of the Tywi, with a steep drop of several hundred feet to the river.
Diner A diner is a prefabricated restaurant building characteristic of North America, especially in New Jersey, Long Island, and other areas of the Northeastern United States. Some people apply the term not only to the prefabricated structures, but also to restaurants that serve cuisine similar to traditional diner cuisine even if they are located in more traditional types of buildings.
Diner (film) Diner (1982) is a film written and directed by Barry Levinson which along with Avalon, Tin Men, and Liberty Heights constitutes his series of "Baltimore films." Diner is the first film Levinson directed.
Diner Dash Diner Dash is a casual game developed by New York game development studio Gamelab and published by PlayFirst. One of the top-selling downloadable games of 2004, Diner Dash was later ported to cell phone, retail, and on-line form, and Diner Dash 2: Restaurant Rescue was released in early 2006, as well as Diner Dash 3: Flo on the Go, which was released later on in 2006.
Dinesh Baboo Born August 17, 1956 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Dinesh Baboo (also known as Dinesh Babu) is a noted filmmaker and cinematographer. His cinematic career spans both Malayalam film world, often referred as Mollywood, and Kannada film world.
Dinesh Chandra Sen Dinesh Chandra Sen (also Rai Bahadur Dinesh Chandra Sen) (1866-1939) was a researcher of Bangla folklore and the founder and Ramtonu Lahiri Professor at the Department of Bengali Language and Literature at the University of Calcutta.
Dinesh Karthik Krishna Kumar Dinesh Karthik (born 1 June 1985 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is an wicketkeeper-batsman who plays for the Indian cricket team. He started his early career as a batsman, but took up wicket-keeping to enhance his chances of furthering his career.
Dinesh Mongia Dinesh Mongia (born 17 April, 1977 in Chandigarh) is an Indian cricketer who has appeared in ODIs for India. Mongia is a heavy run-scorer in domestic cricket with just under 6850 runs at an average of just under 50 and his highest score being an unbeaten 308.
Dineutron A dineutron is a hypothetical particle consisting of two neutrons that was suggested to have a transitory existence in nuclear reactions produced by helions that result in the formation of a proton and a nucleus having the same atomic number as the target nucleus but a mass number two units greater.
Ding (vehicle) Ding is used as a slang term for "accident" in Australian and New Zealand English, with particular reference to any damage caused (thus a person who has dented their vehicle in a collision might be said to have "dinged their car"). In American English, it typically refers to small dents or damage on the surface of the vehicle.
Ding Dong A Ding Dong is a chocolate snack cake sold in the United States under the Hostess brand name, which is owned by Interstate Bakeries Corporation. The snack was originally known in the Eastern United States as a King Dong and later a King Don.
Ding Dong Ditch Ding Dong Ditch is a prank played by one or more people that involves ringing a doorbell and hiding before the victim answers the door. A well known variation involves placing feces in a bag on the victim's doorstep and lighting the bag on fire before ringing the bell.
Ding Dong Merrily on High "Ding Dong Merrily on High" is a secular dance tune that evolved into a Christmas song. The tune first appeared as Bransle l'Officiale in the Orchésographie, a dance book written by Jehan Tabourot (1519-1593).
Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead is the centerpiece of several individual songs in an extended set-piece performed by the Munchkins, Glinda (Billie Burke) and Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
Ding Feng Ding Feng (丁奉; 190 - 271), styled Chengyuan (承淵), was a noted Chinese general of the third century AD, serving under Eastern Wu of the Three Kingdoms. His titles translate as "General Who Eliminates the Bandits", "Lord of An Feng" and "Great Minister of War".
Ding Chunqiu Ding Chunqiu () is a fictional character in Jinyong's wuxia novel, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (天龍八部). He is the head of Xing Xiu Sect (星宿派), known for his mastery with poisons, as well as his treachery and deception.
Ding Junhui Ding Junhui (; sometimes referred to as Jun-hui Ding in the West; born April 1 1987) is a Chinese snooker player, born in Yixing, Jiangsu (near Shanghai), and is now a resident of England during the snooker season.
Ding Lei Ding Lei (Simplified Chinese: 丁磊, Traditional Chinese: 丁磊, pinyin: Dīng Lěi; born October, 1971), is the founder and CEO of NetEase. He made significant contributions to the development of computer networks in mainland China.
Ding Ling Dīng Líng (丁玲) was the pseudonym of Jiǎng Bīngzhī (蒋冰之), also known as Bīn Zhǐ (彬芷) (October 12, 1904 - March 4 1986), a contemporary Chinese author from Linli (临澧), Hunan province, Ding Ling early repudiated traditional Chinese family practices by refusing to marry her cousin who had been chosen to become her husband. She rejected the commonly accepted view that parents as the source of the child's body are it's owners, and she ardently asserted that she owned and controlled her own body.
Ding Ruchang Ding Ruchang (Chinese characters: 丁汝昌; ) (18 November 1836 - 12 February 1895) was the commander of the Qing Empire's Beiyang Fleet during the Battle of the Yalu River in the First Sino-Japanese War. He became a casualty of the battle from the opening shot of his own vessel, the Dingyuan, along with a number of officers also present on the bridge.
Ding Zilin Professor Ding Zilin (Chinese: 丁子霖; born December 20, 1936 or January 1, 1939 The birthdate of Ding provided by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China is January 1, 1939. Ding Zilin said in a telephone interview on October 9, 2006 that she was born in Shanghai on December 20, 1936.
Ding-A-Dong Ding-A-Dong was the English title of the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975. It was sung by Teach-In, representing the Netherlands, and was written by Dick Bakker, Will Luikinga & Eddy Ouwens.
Ding-ding, and away Ding-ding, and away is a term that has been used for many years in the British railway industry. It used to describe an incident where a train driver is given the signal to start and subsequently forgets to check the platform starting signal.
Dingalink Dingalink is a term used to describe a direct link to a specific place in a video. Dingalinks have the ability for users to direct viewers directly to a relevant part of a video, without the viewer having to watch the video in its entirety.
Dingbat A dingbat is an ornament or spacer used in typesetting, sometimes more formally known as a "printer's ornament". The term supposedly originated as onomatopoeia in old style metal-type print shops, where extra space around text or illustrations would be filled by "ding"ing an ornament into the space then "bat"ing tight to be ready for inking.
Dingbat (building) A dingbat (also called a stucco box or a shoebox), is a type of architecturally undistinguished apartment building that flourished in the Sun Belt region of the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. Dingbats are boxy, two- or three-story apartment houses with overhangs sheltering street-front parking.
Dingbats Dingbats is the name of a board game that was devised by Paul Sellers and is currently manufactured by Ravensburger. The game, for two or more people, involves solving rebuses (puzzles in which a common word or saying is hidden in a cryptic or otherwise unique arrangement of symbols).
Dingboche Dingboche is a village in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal. Situated at an altitude of about 4,530 metres (14,800 ft), Dingboche is a popular stop for trekkers and climbers headed to Mount Everest, Ama Dablam or Imja Tse.
Dingee railway station, Victoria The Dingee Railway Station is an unmanned operational Station situated on the Bendigo-Swan Hill Line, 200km North of Melbourne and 50km North of Bendigo. It has a very inviting park that offers clean toilet facilities, BBQ and sheltered picnic area set in a picturesque tree lined lawn area with playground equipment.
Dinghy racing Dinghy racing is the competitive sport of sailing dinghies. Dinghy racing has been influential in developing all aspects of the modern dinghy, including hull design, sail materials and sailplan, and techniques such as planing and trapezing.
Dinghy sailing Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using (1) the sails and (2) underwater foils (Daggerboard and rudder+Tiller). It also involves adjusting (3) the trim and (4) balance by changing position of the crew and Skipper or in a one person boat, just a skipper within the boat.
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (born on February 15, 1922) was the Governor of North Western province, Sri Lanka from 1988 to 1989, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from March 03, 1989 to May 07 1993 and President of Sri Lanka from May 01, 1993 to November 12, 1994.
Dingle Dingle ( or ) is a town in County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland, on the Atlantic coast some 50 km west-south-west of Tralee and 80 km west-north-west of Killarney. The town is situated on a natural harbour below Slievanea mountain on the large Dingle peninsula, which lies south of the River Shannon and north of the Ring of Kerry.
Dingle Marina Dingle Marina is located in Dingle harbour, a town on the South side of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. It is a well equipped marina with excellent services, located close to the centre of a thriving town, with a good selection of shops and other facilities.
Dingle Peninsula The Dingle Peninsula (, sometimes anglicized as Corkaguiney) is located in County Kerry and is the most westerly point of the Republic of Ireland and indeed of Europe. The peninsula is named after the town of Dingle and is the location of numerous prehistoric and early medieval remains, for example the Gallarus Oratory in the very west of the peninsula near the village of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh in Ard na Caithne.
Dingli Dingli (or Ħad-Dingli) is a small town in the west coast of Malta, with a population of 3,326 persons (Nov 2005), 13 kilometers from the capital Valletta and two kilometers from the nearest city, Rabat. The village lies on a plateau some 250 metres above sea level.

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