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The Simple English Wikipedia is a modified English-language edition of Wikipedia written primarily in Basic English and Learning English. It is one of seven Wikipedias written in an Anglic language or English-based pidgin or creole. The site has the stated aim of providing an encyclopedia for "people with different nee... | {"URL": "simple.wikipedia.org", "Commercial": "No", "Launched": "September 18, 2001June 2023", "Available in": "Basic English Special English", "Registration": "Optional", "Users": "USERS simple N users, ADMINS simple-1 0 administrators as of"} |
Kiasma is a contemporary art museum located on Mannerheimintie in Helsinki, Finland. Its name kiasma, Finnish for chiasma, alludes to the basic conceptual idea of its architect, Steven Holl. Kiasma is part of the Finnish National Gallery, and it is responsible for the gallery's contemporary art collection. Its central ... | {"Coordinates": "60.17169 24.93683 type:landmark_globe:earth_region:FI ti", "Established": "1990 y (Museum of Contemporary Art)\n1998 y (opening of Kiasma building)", "Location": "Helsinki, Finland", "Type": "Art museum", "Visitors": "295,000 (2017)", "Director": "Leevi Haapala", "Owner": "Finnish National Gallery", "W... |
The peso (established as the peso convertible) is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using peso or dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, but due to rapid inflation, coins with a face value below one peso are now rarely used. Its ... | {"ISO 4217 code": "ARS", "Subunit": "1 100", "Unit": "peso", "Symbol": "$", "Symbol comment": "or Arg$https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/33367/33304.pdf?sequence=4 World Bank Editorial Style Guide 2020 - page 134 openknowledge.worldbank.org 2022-08-22"} |
Josiah Robins Bonner Jr. (born November 19, 1959) is an American academic administrator and former politician who currently serves as the fourth president of the University of South Alabama. He was previously the U.S. representative for from 2003 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. He resigned from Congre... | {"Name": "Jo Bonner", "Term start": "December 2, 2021", "Office 2": "Chair of the House Ethics Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Zoe Lofgren", "Successor 2": "Mike Conaway", "Birth name": "Josiah Robins Bonner", "Birth date": "1959 11 19", "Birth place": "Selma, Alabama, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Janée Lambert", "Education": "U... |
Robert Terry Everett (born February 15, 1937) is an American politician and a Republican former member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd congressional district. He served from 1993 to his retirement in 2009. Everett was born on February 15, 1937, in Dothan, Alabama, the son of Bob and The... | {"Name": "Terry Everett", "Term start": "January 3, 1993", "Term end": "January 3, 2009", "Birth date": "yes 1937 02 15", "Birth place": "Dothan, Alabama, U.S.", "Residence": "Rehobeth, Alabama", "Spouse(s)": "Barbara Pitts Everett", "Alma mater": "Enterprise State Junior College"} |
Michael Dennis Rogers (born July 16, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party of Alabama. Rogers served as the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee from 2021 to 2023 and as the Ranking Member of the House Homela... | {"Name": "Mike Rogers", "Term start": "January 3, 2023", "Office 2": "Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Bennie Thompson", "Successor 2": "John Katko", "Birth date": "1958 7 16", "Birth place": "Hammond, Indiana, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Beth Phillips 1982", "Education": "Jacksonvil... |
Robert Brown Aderholt ( ; born July 22, 1965) is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of Tuscaloosa County north of the Black Warrior River, as well as Birmingham's far northern suburbs in Walker County... | {"Name": "Robert Aderholt", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "January 3, 1997", "Birth name": "Robert Brown Aderholt", "Birth date": "1965 7 22", "Birth place": "Haleyville, Alabama, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Caroline McDonald 1994", "Education": "University of North AlabamaBirmingham-Southern Colle... |
Robert Edward "Bud" Cramer Jr.USATODAY.com (born August 22, 1947) is an American politician and was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009, representing . On March 13, 2008, Cramer announced he would not seek re-election to a 10th term.AL.com: Cramer will not seek re-elect... | {"Name": "Bud Cramer", "Term start": "January 3, 1991", "Term end": "January 3, 2009", "Birth name": "Robert Edward Cramer Jr.", "Birth date": "1947 8 22", "Birth place": "Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.", "Education": "University of Alabama (BA, JD)"} |
Spencer Thomas Bachus III (born December 28, 1947) is an American politician. He is a former U.S. Representative for the state of Alabama, serving from 1993 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as ranking member (2007-2011) and chairman (2011-2013) of the House Financial Services Committee. On Septembe... | {"Name": "Spencer Bachus", "Term start": "May 9, 2019https://www.exim.gov/news/spencer-bachus-iii-and-judith-delzoppo-pryor-sworn-exim-board-members Spencer Bachus III and Judith DelZoppo Pryor Sworn in as EXIM Board Members May 10, 2019 May 24, 2019", "Office 2": "Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Comm... |
Artur Genestre Davis (; born October 9, 1967) is an American attorney and former politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for from 2003 to 2011. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Alabama in the 2010 election. After losing in the prim... | {"Name": "Artur Davis", "Term start": "January 3, 2003", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Birth name": "Artur Genestre Davis", "Birth date": "1967 10 9", "Birth place": "Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.", "Other political party": "Republican (2012-2015, 2016-2017)", "Spouse(s)": "Tara Johnson", "Education": "Harvard University... |
Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 - March 18, 2022) was an American politician in Alaska. He was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, having been the U.S. representative for for 49 years, from 1973 until his death in 2022.
Born and raised in California, Young moved to Alaska in 1959 after a stint i... | {"Name": "Don Young", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1990s", "Term start": "December 5, 2017", "Term end": "March 18, 2022", "Office 2": "Chair of the House Resources Committee", "Predecessor 2": "George Miller", "Successor 2": "James V. Hansen", "Birth name": "Donald Edwin Young", "Birth date": "1933 6 9", "Birt... |
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano y González (3 June 1770 - 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and designed what became the flag of A... | {"Name": "Manuel Belgrano", "Image": "Manuel Belgrano.JPG", "Image caption": "Portrait of Manuel Belgrano by François-Casimir Carbonnier made during Belgrano's diplomatic mission to London (1815)", "Term start": "25 May 1810", "Term end": "26 September 1810", "Order 2": "Perpetual secretary of the Commerce Consulate of... |
Wing Commander is a media franchise consisting of space combat simulation video games from Origin Systems, Inc., an animated television series, a feature film, a collectible card game, a series of novels, and action figures. The franchise originated in 1990 with the release of video game Wing Commander.
Setting and ga... | {"Title": "Wing Commander", "Developer": "Origin Systems", "Publisher": "Origin SystemsElectronic Arts", "Creator": "Chris Roberts", "Genre": "Space flight simulator", "First release version": "Wing Commander", "First release date": "September 1990The Wing Commander Universe Bible The Figures February 5, 1995 8 Ori... |
Barbara Lynn Cubin (née Turner; born November 30, 1946) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, Wyoming's sole member of that body. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Wyoming.
Early life, education
Cubin was born in Salinas, California. She gre... | {"Name": "Barbara Cubin", "Term start": "January 3, 2001", "Term end": "January 3, 2003", "Office 2": "Member of the Wyoming Senatefor the 29th District", "Predecessor 2": "County-based representation", "Successor 2": "Bill Hawks", "Birth name": "Barbara Lynn Turner", "Birth date": "1946 11 30", "Birth place": "Salinas... |
Harold Trent Franks (born June 19, 1957) is a former American politician and businessman who served as the U.S. representative for from 2003 to 2017 (numbered as the 2nd district from 2003 to 2013). He is a member of the Republican Party. During his tenure, Franks served as vice chairman of the United States Senate Ar... | {"Name": "Trent Franks", "Term start": "January 3, 2003", "Term end": "December 8, 2017", "Birth date": "1957 6 19", "Birth place": "Uravan, Colorado, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Josephine Franks 1980"} |
Richard George Renzi (born June 11, 1958) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing from 2003 until 2009.
In 2013, he was convicted on federal criminal charges against him for his involvement in a land-swap deal. The charges for personal gain of o... | {"Name": "Rick Renzi", "Term start": "January 3, 2003", "Term end": "January 3, 2009", "Birth name": "Richard George Renzi", "Birth date": "1958 6 11", "Birth place": "Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Roberta Renzi", "Education": "Northern Arizona University (BS) Catholic University (JD)"} |
John Barden Shadegg (; born October 22, 1949) is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The district, numbered as the 4th District before the 2000 Census, includes much of northern Phoenix.
Early life, education and career
Shad... | {"Name": "John Shadegg", "Term start": "January 3, 2005", "Term end": "January 13, 2006", "Birth name": "John Barden Shadegg", "Birth date": "1949 10 22", "Birth place": "Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Shirley Lueck", "Education": "University of Arizona (BA, JD)"} |
Edward Lopez Pastor (; June 28, 1943 - November 27, 2018) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona from 1991 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arizona's 2nd congressional district from 1991 to 2003, its 4th district from 2003 to... | {"Name": "Ed Pastor", "Birth date": "1943 6 28", "Birth place": "Claypool, Arizona, U.S.", "Death date": "2018 11 27 1943 6 28", "Death place": "Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Verma Mendez 1965", "Education": "Arizona State University, Tempe (BA, JD)"} |
Radu III of Wallachia, commonly called Radu the Handsome (; ; January 1475), was the younger brother of Vlad III and prince of the principality of Wallachia. They were both sons of Vlad II Dracul and his wife, Princess Cneajna of Moldavia. In addition to Vlad III, Radu also had two older siblings, Mircea II and Vlad Că... | {"Born": "1438", "Died": "Principality of Wallachia", "Father": "Vlad II Dracul", "Religion": "Eastern Orthodoxy Later Islam"} |
John David Hayworth Jr. (born July 12, 1958) is an American television host and former politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2007 from Arizona's 5th Congressional District. He currently hosts Newsmax Prime, a television news/talk prime time show that air... | {"Name": "J. D. Hayworth", "Birth name": "John David Hayworth Jr.", "Birth date": "1958 7 12", "Birth place": "High Point, North Carolina, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Hayworth (1989-present)", "Alma mater": "North Carolina State University", "Residence": "Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S."} |
Jeffry Lane Flake (born December 31, 1962) is an American politician and diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Turkey. A member of the Republican Party, Flake served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 and in the United States Senate from 2013 to 2019, representing Arizona. He was ... | {"Name": "Jeff Flake", "Term start": "January 26, 2022", "Office 2": "Member of theU.S. House of Representativesfrom Arizona", "Predecessor 2": "Matt Salmon", "Successor 2": "Matt Salmon (redistricting)", "Birth name": "Jeffry Lane Flake", "Birth date": "1962 12 31", "Birth place": "Snowflake, Arizona, U.S.", "Spouse(s... |
James Thomas Kolbe (June 28, 1942 - December 3, 2022) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Arizona's 5th congressional district from 1985 to 2003 and its 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2007. A moderate, pro-abortion rights Re... | {"Name": "Jim Kolbe", "State senate2": "Arizona", "District 2": "14th", "Predecessor 2": "Lucy Davidson", "Successor 2": "William De Long", "Birth name": "James Thomas Kolbe", "Birth date": "1942 6 28", "Birth place": "Evanston, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "2022 12 3 1942 6 28", "Spouse(s)": "Sarah Dinham 1977 1992 ... |
Ruan Lingyu (born Ruan Fenggen; April 26, 1910 - March 8, 1935), also known by her English name Lily Yuen, was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her exceptional acting ability and suicide at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.
Early life
... | {"Name": "Ruan Lingyu", "Other names": "Lily Yuen", "Caption": "Ruan in 1935", "Native name": "阮玲玉", "Native name language": "zh", "Birth name": "Ruan Fenggen (阮鳳根)", "Birth date": "1910 4 26 y", "Birth place": "Shanghai, China", "Death date": "1935 3 8 1910 4 26", "Death place": "Shanghai, China", "Death cause": "Suic... |
The Kaministiquia River is a river which flows into western Lake Superior at the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Kaministiquia () is an Ojibwe word meaning "where a stream flows in island" due to two large islands (McKellar and Mission) at the mouth of the river. The delta has three branches or outlets, reflected on ear... | {"Native name": "oj Gaa-Ministigweyaa", "Mouth": "183.5 m on", "Location": "at the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario", "Coordinates": "48 23 34 N 89 12 58 W inline,title"} |
Sogdianus ( or ; ) was briefly a ruler of the Achaemenid Empire for a period in 424-423 BC. His short rule—lasting not much more than six months—and the little recognition of his kingdom are known primarily from the writings of Ctesias; who is known to be unreliable. He was reportedly an illegitimate son of Artaxerxes... | {"Died": "Persepolis, Persia", "Father": "Artaxerxes I", "Mother": "Alogyne of Babylon", "Religion": "Zoroastrianism"} |
The Self-Strengthening Movement, also known as the Westernization or Western Affairs Movement (-1895), was a period of radical institutional reforms initiated in China during the late Qing dynasty following the military disasters of the Opium Wars.
The British and French burning of the Old Summer Palace in 1860 as Tai... | {"Title": "Self-Strengthening Movement", "Image upright (scale factor)": "1.6", "Image caption": "Foochow arsenal", "Native name": "Ziqiang yundong (自強運動 自强运动 zìqiáng yùndòng)", "Duration of the event": "1861-1895", "Also known as": "Western Affairs Movement(洋務運動 洋务运动 yángwù yùndòng)", "Patrons": "-->", "Organizers": "... |
The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 12 July 927, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, and England is now part of the United Kingdom. The Kingdom of England was among the most p... | {"Conventional long name": "Kingdom of England", "ISO 3166 code": "omit", "Symbol type": "Royal Arms(1399-1603)", "Coat of arms alt text": "Royal Arms", "National motto": "fr \"Dieu et mon droit\" on off 90% \"God and my right\"The Royal Coat of Arms The Royal Family 15 January 2016 https://www.royal.uk/coats-arms ... |
New Mills is a town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, south-east of Stockport and from Manchester at the confluence of the River Goyt and Sett. It is close to the border with Cheshire and above the Torrs, a deep gorge cut through carboniferous sandstone, on the north-western edge of the Peak District... | {"Population": "(2011)New Mills (Derbyshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information https://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-eastmidlands.php?cityid=E35000793 www.citypopulation.de 6 November 2018 en", "OS grid reference": "SJ995855", "District... |
Matthew Stanley Quay (; September 30, 1833May 28, 1904) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1887 until 1899 and from 1901 until his death in 1904. Quay's control of the Pennsylvania Republican political machine made him one of the most powerfu... | {"Name": "Matthew Quay", "Alternative text": "Portrait of Matthew Quay", "Image caption": "Portrait, 1904", "Term start": "January 16, 1901", "Term end": "May 28, 1904", "Office 2": "Chair of the Republican National Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Benjamin JonesCol. Quay in the saddle July 12, 1888 1 https://www.newspape... |
Devonport ( ), formerly named Plymouth Dock or just Dock, is a district of Plymouth in the English county of Devon, although it was, at one time, the more important settlement. It became a county borough in 1889. Devonport was originally one of the "Three Towns" (along with Plymouth and East Stonehouse); these merged i... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Plymouth", "Ceremonial county": "Devon", "Postcode district": "PL", "Dialling code": "01752", "OS grid reference": "SX455547", "UK Parliament": "Plymouth Sutton Devonport"} |
The British National Space Centre (BNSC) was an agency of the Government of the United Kingdom, organised in 1985, that coordinated civil space activities for the United Kingdom. It was replaced on 1 April 2010 by the UK Space Agency.
Structure
BNSC operated as a voluntary partnership of ten British government departm... | {"Abbreviation": "BNSC", "Formed": "1985", "Jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "Headquarters": "Polaris House, Swindon", "Administrator": "David WilliamsNew Director General for British National Space Centre https://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/54e6de9e0c383719802572b9005141ed/88c9735b23f653da802572ab004bc869?OpenD... |
The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is an ornithological organization based in the United States. The society was formed in October 2016 by the merger of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and the Cooper Ornithological Society. Its members are primarily professional ornithologists, although membership is op... | {"Abbreviation": "AOS", "Predecessor": "American Ornithologists' Union", "Type": "NGO", "Legal status": "Combined into AOS (October 2016)", "Headquarters": "Chicago, Illinois", "Location": "1400 S. Lake Shore Dr.", "Coordinates": "41.866269 N 87.616997 W inline,title", "Affiliations": "Ornithological CouncilOrnithologi... |
Dourges () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file
Geography
An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some east of Lens, at junction 17 of the A21 and the A1 autoroutes. The canalized river Deûle flows through the commu... | {"Name": "Dourges", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The town hall of Dourges", "Arrondissement": "Lens", "Canton": "Hénin-Beaumont-1", "Postal code": "62119", "Mayor": "Tony FranconvilleRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gou... |
Équihen-Plage (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file
Geography
A fishing port and farming village situated some south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D236e and the D119 roads, on the English Channel coast.
Population
Places of interest
The c... | {"Name": "Équihen-Plage", "Native Name": "Ekingem", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Equihen-plage.JPG", "Caption": "The beach of Équihen-Plage", "Arrondissement": "Boulogne-sur-Mer", "Canton": "Outreau", "Postal code": "62224", "Mayor": "Christian FourcroyRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data... |
Karl Harrer (8 October 1890 - 5 September 1926) was a German journalist and politician, one of the founding members of the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (German Workers' Party, DAP) in January 1919, the predecessor to the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers' Party - NSDAP), more ... | {"Name": "Karl Harrer", "Term start": "5 January 1919", "Term end": "24 February 1920", "Birth date": "1890 10 8 y", "Birth place": "Beilngries, Bavaria, German Empire", "Death date": "1926 9 5 1890 10 8 y", "Death place": "Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic", "Nationality": "German"} |
624 Hektor is the largest Jupiter trojan and the namesake of the Hektor family, with a highly elongated shape equivalent in volume to a sphere of approximately 225 to 250 kilometers diameter. It was discovered on 10 February 1907, by astronomer August Kopff at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany, and named aft... | {"Name of planet": "624 Hektor", "Background": "C2FFFF", "Image": "Hektor & Skamandrios 2006 Jul 16.PNG", "Image size": "240", "Caption": "624 Hektor and its moon Skamandrios", "Discoverer": "A. Kopff", "Discovery site": "Heidelberg Obs.", "Discovered": "10 February 1907", "Alternate names": "1907 XM; 1948 VD", "Pronou... |
Michael Newbold Castle (born July 2, 1939) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 69th Governor of Delaware from 1985 to 1992 and as the U.S. representative from from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The district includes the entire state of Delaware and is the oldest intact survi... | {"Name": "Mike Castle", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2006", "Term start": "January 3, 1993", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Lieutenant 1": "S. B. WooDale E. Wolf", "Office 2": "20th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware", "Governor 2": "Pete du Pont", "Predecessor 2": "James D. McGinnis", "Successor 2": "S. B. Woo",... |
Strayer University is a private for-profit university headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1892 as Strayer's Business College and later became Strayer College, before being granted university status in 1998.
Strayer University operates under the holding company Strategic Education, Inc. (), which was es... | {"Motto": "Transformation through Education", "Type": "Private for-profit university", "President": "Andrea Backman", "Students": "52,253", "Campus": "78 U.S. campusesOnline"} |
Adolf Josef Lanz (19 July 1874 - 22 April 1954), also known under his pseudonym as fascist agitator Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, was an Austrian political and racial theorist and occultist, who was a pioneer of Ariosophy. He was a former monk and the founder of the magazine Ostara, in which he published anti-semitic and v... | {"Name": "Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels", "Caption": "Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels.", "Birth name": "Adolf Josef Lanz", "Birth date": "1874 07 19 y", "Birth place": "Penzing district of Vienna", "Death date": "1954 04 22 1874 07 19 y", "Other names": "Lanz von Liebenfels", "Nationality": "Austrian", "Known For": "Racist and occ... |
Watford Junction is a railway station that serves Watford, Hertfordshire. The station is on the West Coast Main Line (WCML), 17 miles 34 chains from London Euston and the Abbey Line, a branch line to St Albans. Journeys to London take between 16 and 52 minutes depending on the service used: shorter times on fast non-st... | {"Managed by": "London Northwestern Railway", "Owner": "Network Rail", "External links": "WFJ", "Location": "Watford", "Local authority": "Borough of Watford", "Number of platforms": "10", "Fare zone": "A", "DfT category": "B", "Accessible": "yes", "2002-03": "3.875", "2004-05": "4.066", "2005-06": "4.244", "2006-07": ... |
Shelley Wellons Moore Capito ( ; born November 26, 1953) is an American politician and retired educator serving in her second term as the junior United States senator from West Virginia, a post she has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Capito served seven terms as the U.S. representative from from 200... | {"Name": "Shelley Moore Capito", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2015", "Term start": "January 3, 2015", "Office 2": "Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Tom Carper", "Birth name": "Shelley Wellons Moore", "Birth date": "1953 11 26", "Birth place": "Glen Dale, We... |
Hong Kong Heritage Museum is a museum of history, art and culture in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, located beside the Shing Mun River. The museum opened on 16 December 2000. It is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government.Hong Kong Heritage Museum website: about us The six permanent exh... | {"Coordinates": "it", "Established": "y 2000 12 16", "Location": "1 Man Lam Road, Sha Tin", "Type": "History museum", "Public transit access": "HK MTR Che Kung Temple station", "Website": "www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk"} |
Bekonscot Model Village and Railway is a model village built in the 1920s in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK at a scale of one inch to one foot. It portrays aspects of England mostly dating from the 1930s and contains several fictitious villages featuring replicas of notable local buildings. The model railway has alm... | {"Established": "1920s", "Location": "Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK", "Coordinates": "51 36 49 N 0 38 41 W title", "Type": "Miniature park", "Founder": "Roland Callingham W. A. Berry", "Website": "bekonscot.co.uk"} |
250 px|thumb|The Treaty of Brömsebro in 1645. Brown: Denmark-Norway; Green: Sweden; Yellow: the provinces of Jämtland, Härjedalen, Idre and Särna and the Baltic Sea islands of Gotland and Ösel, which were ceded to Sweden; Red: the province of Halland, ceded for 30 years
The Second Treaty of Brömsebro (or the Peace of ... | {"Name": "Treaty of Brömsebro", "Treaty type": "Bilateral treaty", "Date signed": "yes 1645 8 13", "Location signed": "Brömsebro, Denmark", "Original signatories": "Denmark-Norway\n Sweden", "Ratifiers": "Denmark-Norway\n Sweden"} |
Sing Tao News Corporation Limited (Sing Tao) is a Hong Kong media company, incorporated in Bermuda. It was formerly called Global China Group Holdings Limited.
History
The Group, which is listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, was founded in 1996, under the name Perfect Treasure Holdings Limited and would go on to... | {"Type": "Public", "Formerly": "Perfect Treasure Holdings Global China Technology Global China Group Holdings", "Founded": "1996Filings in Hong Kong Companies Registry", "Headquarters": "Hong Kong", "Industry": "Media", "Products": "Sing Tao Daily The Standard Headline Daily", "Website": "http://www.singtaonewscorp.com... |
Betty Crocker is a brand and fictional character used in advertising campaigns for food and recipes. The character was originally created by the Washburn-Crosby Company in 1921 following a contest in the Saturday Evening Post. In 1954, General Mills introduced the red spoon logo with her signature, placing it on Gold... | {"Owner": "General Mills", "Country": "United States", "Introduced": "1921", "Markets": "Worldwide", "Website": "https://www.bettycrocker.com"} |
Anthony Edward Martin (born 16 December 1944) is a farmer from Norfolk, England, who shot a burglar dead in his home in August 1999. There was much sympathy for Martin and enthusiastic support for the right to defend one's own home. However, prosecutors cast doubt on his evidence and pointed out that he did not have a ... | {"Birth date": "1944 12 16 yes", "Birth place": "Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England", "Occupation": "Farmer", "Nationality": "British"} |
Startopia is a video game by Mucky Foot Productions (formed by ex-Bullfrog employees) and published by Eidos in June 2001, in which the player administers various space stations with the task of developing them into popular hubs. The game has a comical overtone, with lighthearted humour and cartoonish aliens. The game ... | {"Title": "Startopia", "Caption": "European cover art", "Developer": "Mucky Foot Productions", "Publisher": "Eidos Interactive", "Released": "June 15, 2001", "Genre": "Business simulation", "Modes": "Single-player, multiplayer", "Platforms": "Microsoft Windows"} |
Landover is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 25,998.
Landover is contained between Sheriff Road and Central Avenue to the south, Hill Road, Cabin Branch Drive, and the Washington Metropolitan Area T... | {"Land": "4.00", "Water": "0.01", "Density": "6499.50", "DST": "-4"} |
is a platform game for the Master System. It was released in Japan on November 1, 1986, followed by North America in December 1986, with Europe in September 1987, plus South Korea in October 1988, and Brazil in 1989. It was later built into many Master System and Master System II consoles. A remake by Merge Games and J... | {"Title": "Alex Kidd in Miracle World", "Developer": "Sega", "Publisher": "Sega", "Designer": "Kotaro Hayashida", "Artist": "Rieko Kodama", "Programmer": "Papa Kouichi", "Composer": "Tokuhiko Uwabo", "Platforms": "Master System\n Original Master System Remake Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4PlayStation 5WindowsXbox On... |
Lanham is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland. As of the 2020 United States Census it had a population of 11,282. The New Carrollton station (the terminus of the Washington Metro's Orange Line) as well as an Amtrak station are across the Capital Beltway in New Car... | {"Land": "3.53", "Water": "0.02", "Density": "3197.85", "DST": "−4"} |
Peppermill Village is an unincorporated community near Maryland Route 214 (Central Avenue) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,264. FedExField, Metrorail's Blue Line, and Hampton Mall shopping center are all located nearby. Because it is not formally incorporate... | {"Land": "0.75", "Water": "0.00", "Density": "7028.04", "DST": "-4"} |
Oxon Hill is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Oxon Hill is a suburb of Washington, located southeast of the downtown district and east of Alexandria, Virginia. Since 2008, it contains the National Harbor development on the shore of th... | {"Land": "6.44", "Water": "0.01", "Density": "2918.31", "DST": "−4"} |
Glassmanor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 18,430. In the 1990 and 2000 censuses, the United States Census Bureau had placed Glassmanor and the adjacent community of Oxon Hill in the "Oxon Hill-G... | {"Land": "2.33", "Water": "0.00", "Density": "7926.88", "DST": "-4"} |
Cambyses I ( Kabūjiya) was king of Anshan from c. 580 to 559 BC and the father of Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II), younger son of Cyrus I, and brother of Arukku. He should not be confused with his better-known grandson Cambyses II.
Etymology
The origins of the name of "Cambyses" ( Kabūjiya) is disputed in scholarship; ac... | {"Died": "Pasargadae", "Burial": "Pasargadae", "Father": "Cyrus I", "Consort": "Mandane of Media", "Religion": "Zoroastrianism"} |
On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde passenger jet on an international charter flight from Paris to New York, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four on the ground. It was the only fatal Concorde accident during its 27-year operational history.
Whilst taking off from Char... | {"Date": "2000 07 25 y", "Summary": "Crashed following in-flight fire by debris strike", "Site": "48 59 08 N 2 28 20 E type:event_region:FR-IDF inline,title", "Total fatalities": "113", "Total injuries": "6", "Ground fatalities": "4", "Ground injuries": "6", "Operator": "Air France on behalf of Peter Deilmann Cruises",... |
Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 - July 17, 2001) was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. She was the firs... | {"Name": "Katharine Graham", "Caption": "Graham in 1975", "Birth name": "Katharine Meyer", "Birth date": "1917 6 16", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2001 7 17 1917 6 16", "Death place": "Boise, Idaho, U.S.", "Resting place": "Oak Hill CemeteryWashington, D.C., U.S.", "Education": "Vassar... |
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2021 ranking by The Hollywood Reporter of the top 15 International film schools.
Its community of students makes a... | {"Motto": "Our Credits Tell The Story", "Type": "Educational Charity", "President": "Lord David Puttnam", "Postgraduates": "500", "Campus": "Beaconsfield Film Studios", "Director": "Dr Jon Wardle"} |
The succession of Thai monarchs began with Si Inthrathit at the establishment of the first Thai kingdom in 1238. With brief interruptions, 55 monarchs have ruled over four successive kingdoms, the current monarch being Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) of the Chakri dynasty.
Titles and naming conventions
In the Sukhothai Kingd... | {"Style": "His", "First monarch": "Si Inthrathit of Sukhothai", "Formation": "1238", "Website": "Royal Office"} |
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a standards setting body which publishes specifications, test protocols, and guidelines that are used in highway design and construction throughout the United States. Despite its name, the association represents not only highways but air... | {"Abbreviation": "AASHTO", "Type": "Non-governmental organization", "Legal status": "501(c)(3) https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/displayAll.do?dispatchMethod=displayAllInfo&Id=690234&ein=530204654&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchAll&isDescending=false&city=&ein1=53-0204654&postDateFrom=&exemptTypeCode=al&s... |
Knowle is a large village situated 3 miles (5 km) east-southeast of the town of Solihull, West Midlands, England. Knowle lies within the Arden area of the historic county boundaries of Warwickshire, and since 1974 it has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull within the West Midlands. It lies 2.5 miles from... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2001.Ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689796&c=Knowle&d=14&e=62&g=6367047&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1450277481422&enc=1 Solihull Ward population 2011 16 December 2015", "Metropolitan borough": "Solihull", "Shire ... |
Burford () is a town on the River Windrush, in the Cotswold hills, in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is often referred to as the 'gateway' to the Cotswolds. Burford is located west of Oxford and southeast of Cheltenham, about from the Gloucestershire boundary. The toponym derives from the ... | {"Population": "(parish, 2011 Census)", "OS grid reference": "SP2512", "District": "West Oxfordshire", "Shire county": "Oxfordshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "OX18", "Dialling code": "01993", "UK Parliament": "Witney", "Website": "Burford Town Council"} |
The small village of Aberbeeg () lies in both the county borough of Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly County Borough Council in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is part of the community of Llanhilleth. The two main tributaries of the Ebbw River, the Ebbw Fawr and Ebbw Fach converge at Aberbeeg.Davi... | {"Sovereign state": "Wales", "Principal area": "Caerphilly County Borough Council", "Preserved county": "Gwent", "UK Parliament": "Blaenau Gwent", "Postcode district": "NP", "Dialling code": "01495", "OS grid reference": "SO213017"} |
Lynton is a town on the Exmoor coast in the North Devon district in the county of Devon, England, approximately north-east of Barnstaple and west of Minehead, and close to the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers.
Governance
Lynton is part of the Lynton and Lynmouth electoral ward whose total ward populati... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "Shire county": "Devon", "District": "North Devon", "OS grid reference": "SS718495", "Dialling code": "01598", "Postcode district": "EX35", "UK Parliament": "North Devon"} |
thumb|230px|From TV's Love on a Rooftop (1966)Back row, L-R: Pete Duel, Judy CarneFront: Edith Atwater, Herbert Voland
thumb|230px|Alias Smith and Jones (1971)L-R: Duel, William Windom, Ben Murphy
Peter Ellstrom Deuel (February 24, 1940 - December 31, 1971), known professionally as Pete Duel, was an American stage, te... | {"Name": "Pete Duel", "Caption": "Alias Smith and Jones, 1971", "Birth name": "Peter Ellstrom Deuel", "Birth date": "1940 02 24 y", "Birth place": "Rochester, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1971 12 31 1940 02 24 y", "Death place": "Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Oakwood CemeteryPenfield, ... |
Salcombe is a popular resort town in the South Hams district of Devon, south west England. The town is close to the mouth of the Kingsbridge Estuary, mostly built on the steep west side of the estuary. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The town's extensive waterfront and the natu... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)", "Shire county": "Devon", "District": "South Hams", "OS grid reference": "SX7339", "Dialling code": "01548", "Postcode district": "TQ8", "UK Parliament": "Totnes"} |
thumb|upright=1.2|View along Swain Street, Watchet
Watchet is a harbour town, civil parish and electoral ward in the county of Somerset, England, with a population in 2011 of 3,785. It is situated West of Bridgwater, north-west of Taunton, and East of Minehead. The town lies at the mouth of the Washford River on Bri... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles http://www.somersetintelligence.org.uk/files/Somerset%20Census%20Key%20Statistics%20-%20Summary%20Profiles.xls Somerset Intelligence 4 January 2014 Excel live https://web.archive.org/web/20140104204152/http:/... |
Langholm , also known colloquially as the "Muckle Toon", is a burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland. Langholm lies between four hills in the valley of the River Esk in the Southern Uplands.
Location and geography
Langholm sits north of the Anglo-Scottish border on the A7 road running between Edinburgh and... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NY364847", "Council area": "Dumfries and Galloway", "Lieutenancy area": "Dumfries", "UK Parliament": "Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale", "Scottish Parliament": "Dumfrieshire", "Postcode district": "DG13", "Dialling code": "01... |
Kingussie ( ; ) is a small town in the Badenoch and Strathspey ward of the Highland council area of Scotland. Historically in Inverness-shire, it lies beside the A9 road, although the old route of the A9 serves as the town's main street which has been bypassed since 1979. Kingussie is south of Inverness, south of Av... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NH755005", "Postcode district": "PH21", "Dialling code": "01540", "UK Parliament": "Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey", "Scottish Parliament": "Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch", "Council area": "Highland", "Lieutenancy area": "I... |
Inverurie (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Uraidh or Inbhir Uaraidh, 'mouth of the River Ury') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at the confluence of the rivers Ury and Don, about north-west of Aberdeen.
Geography
thumb|left|Fields around Inverurie
Inverurie is in the strath of the River Don at the centre of Aberdeenshir... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NJ7721", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Aberdeenshire", "Lieutenancy area": "Aberdeenshire", "Postcode district": "AB", "Dialling code": "01467", "UK Parliament": "Gordon", "Scottish Parliament": "Aberdeenshire East"} |
Inverkeithing ( ; ) is a port town and parish, in Fife, Scotland, on the Firth of Forth. A town of ancient origin, Inverkeithing was given royal burgh status during the reign of Malcolm IV in the 12th century. It was an important center of trade during the Middle Ages, and its industrial heritage built on quarrying and... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NT130829", "Council area": "Fife", "Lieutenancy area": "Fife", "UK Parliament": "Dunfermline and West Fife", "Scottish Parliament": "Cowdenbeath", "Postcode district": "KY", "Dialling code": "01383"} |
Inveraray ( or ; meaning "mouth of the Aray") is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is on the western shore of Loch Fyne, near its head, and on the A83 road. It is a former royal burgh, the traditional county town of Argyll, and ancestral seat to the Duke of Argyll.
During the Second World War the Combined Ope... | {"Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Argyll and Bute", "Lieutenancy area": "Argyll and Bute", "UK Parliament": "Argyll and Bute", "Scottish Parliament": "Argyll and Bute", "Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NN 09600 08500", "Postcode district": "PA32", "Dialling code": "01499"} |
Jon Roger Davis (born April 5, 1939) is an American actor and entrepreneur. He is best known for acting in the television series Dark Shadows and Alias Smith and Jones. He has also appeared in an episode of The Twilight Zone.Roger Davis at IMDb
Education
Davis was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 5, 1939, and ... | {"Image": "Roger Davis Alias Smith and Jones 1972.JPG", "Caption": "Davis in 1972", "Birth date": "1939 4 5", "Birth place": "Louisville, Kentucky", "Birth name": "Jon Roger Davis", "Alma mater": "Columbia College", "Occupation": "Actor, real estate developer", "Years active": "1962-present", "Spouse(s)": "Jaclyn Smith... |
Roger Davis (January 20, 1884 - March 3, 1980) was an American actor.
Career
Davis was born in Maryland, and played small parts in a number of Hollywood films of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. They included A Social Celebrity, (1926), Are You There? (1930) and Youth Takes a Fling (1938). He played roles such as b... | {"Birth date": "January 20, 1884", "Birth place": "Maryland, United States", "Death date": "1980 3 3 1884 1 20", "Death place": "Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California"} |
Yateley () is a town and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. It lies in the north-eastern corner of Hart District Council area. It includes the settlements of Frogmore and Darby Green to the east. It had a population of 21,011 at the 2001 census. The four wards that comprise Yateley and their 2001 populati... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2009)", "District": "Hart", "Shire county": "Hampshire", "UK Parliament": "North East Hampshire", "Postcode district": "GU", "Dialling code": "01252 01276 (part)", "OS grid reference": "SU8160"} |
Ford's Theatre is a theater located in Washington, D.C., which opened in August 1863. The theater is infamous for being the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered the theater box where Lincoln and his wife were watching a performance of Our American Cousi... | {"Official name": "Ford's Theatre", "Image size": "250px", "Owner(s)": "National Park Service", "Operator(s)": "Ford's Theatre Society", "Max. legal occupancy": "665", "Date of opening": "1863 8"} |
Yeadon is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
The majority of the town sits in the Otley and Yeadon ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds North West parliamentary constituency. A southern part of the town (the area north of Swincar Avenue on Kirk Lane and south of t... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(Otley and Yeadon Ward, 2011 census)1237321093 Otley and Yeadon Ward (as of 2011) 6 November 2018", "Metropolitan borough": "City of Leeds", "Metropolitan county": "West Yorkshire", "UK Parliament": "Leeds North West Pudsey", "Postcode district": "LS", "Dialling code": "011... |
Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin (July 24, 1944 - June 4, 2018) was an American poet and musician. He was one of the founding members of The Last Poets, a group of poets and musicians that evolved in the 1960s out of the Harlem Writers Workshop in New York City.
He was born Lawrence Padilla in Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New Y... | {"Born": "1944 07 24", "Died": "2018 06 04 1944 07 24", "Genres": "Spoken word, hip hop", "Labels": "Douglas Records, Casablanca Records, Celluloid Records, On the One, On U Sound, Charly Records, Acid Jazz", "Website": "grandfatherofrap.com"} |
High Gear is the first studio album by the American hard rock band Howe II, released in 1989 through Shrapnel Records. Howe II was a short-lived group fronted by guitarist Greg Howe and his brother Albert Howe on vocals.Hinds, Andy. "Howe II: High Gear - Howe II, Greg Howe" . AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved October 27, ... | {"Released": "1989", "Studio": "Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California", "Genre": "Hard rock", "Label": "Shrapnel", "Producer": "Mike Varney, Steve Fontano, Greg Howe"} |
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The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) is an agency of the U.S. state of Georgia operating state prisons. The agency is headquartered in Forsyth, on the former campus of Tift College.
Headquarters
The GDC has its offices in Gibson Ha... | {"Uniformed as": "Georgia Department of Corrections", "Abbreviation": "GDC", "Formed": "1969", "Employees": "12500", "Annual budget": "1.2 billion USD", "Multinational agency": "US", "General nature": "Yes", "Headquarters": "State Offices South at Tift CollegeForsyth, Georgia"} |
The Democratic Party (, PD) was a Christian-democratic political party in Andorra. Its final election was the 2001 Andorran parliamentary election.
History
The party was established in the run-up to the 2001 elections when the National Democratic Group split in two, with the Social Democratic Party also being formed.N... | {"Abbreviation": "PD", "Founded": "2001", "Ideology": "Christian democracyNordsieck Wolfram Andorra Parties and Elections in Europe 2001 http://parties-and-elections.de/andorra.html https://web.archive.org/web/20041025222011/http://www.parties-and-elections.de/andorra.html 25 October 2004 dead 9 April 2019", "Split fro... |
The Liberals of Andorra (, LA) is a conservative-liberal political party in Andorra. It is a member of the Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
History
thumb|150px|Previous logo of the Liberal Party
thumb|150px|Previous logo of the Liberal Party (until November 2021
The party wa... | {"Abbreviation": "Liberals", "Founded": "1992", "Leader": "Jordi Gallardo Fernàndez", "Ideology": "Conservative liberalism Pro-EuropeanismAndorra https://europeelects.eu/andorra/ 1 April 2023 Europe Elects", "Political position": "Centre-rightTom Lansford Political Handbook of the World 2013 https://books.google.com... |
The Lauredian Union (, UL) is a localist conservative political party in Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra.
History
The party first contested national elections in 1997,Dieter Nohlen & Phillip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p162 when it was one of several local parties to form an alliance with the Lib... | {"Founded": "2001", "Ideology": "Localismhttp://parties-and-elections.eu/andorra.html Andorra Nordsieck Wolfram 2019 Parties and Elections in Europe 13 March 2020ConservatismTom Lansford Political Handbook of the World 2013 https://books.google.com/books?id=lUF1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA37 15 April 2013 SAGE Publications 978-1-452... |
The Social Democratic Party (, PS) is a social-democratic political party in Andorra.
History
The party was established in the run-up to the March 2001 parliamentary elections when the National Democratic Group split in two, with the Democratic Party also being formed.Nohlen D & Stöver P (2010) Elections in Europe: A ... | {"Abbreviation": "PS", "President": "Pere Baróhttps://www.psa.ad/qui-som/el-partit Som un partit sòlid, obert i plural", "First Secretary": "Marta Pujol", "Split from": "National Democratic Group", "Founded": "June 2000", "Ideology": "Social democracyhttp://parties-and-elections.eu/andorra.html Andorra Nordsieck Wolfra... |
The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) is a political party in Antigua and Barbuda. The current leader of the party is Gaston Browne, who serves as the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. The party had previously been led by Lester Bird, who was chairman of the party since 1971, and became Prime Minister and po... | {"Abbreviation": "ABLP", "Leader": "Gaston Browne", "Founded": "18 May 1946", "Ideology": "Social democracyLabourismRepublicanismAntigua and Barbuda may become republic within 3 years after British queen's demise https://news.am/eng/news/719554.html 2022-09-13 news.am en", "Political position": "Centre-left"} |
The United Progressive Party is a political party in Antigua and Barbuda. It was previously led by Baldwin Spencer, it was the governing party from 2004 to 2014. It has been in opposition since the 2014 election and is now led by Harold Lovell. However, Harold recently resigned on Friday 20 January 2023. As a result, J... | {"Abbreviation": "UPP", "Leader": "Vacant", "Founded": "1992", "Merger of": "ACLMPLMUNDP", "Ideology": "Social democracyFreedom in the World https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/Freedom_in_the_World_2007_complete_book.pdf Freedom House 19 January 2023 46 2007Anti-corruptionPolitical handbook of the... |
James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (February 1, 1948 - August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American-Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, James began his musical career in his teenage years. He was in various bands before entering the U.S.... | {"Name": "Rick James", "Image": "Rick James in Lifestyles of the Rich 1984.JPG", "Caption": "James on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous in 1984", "Birth name": "James Ambrose Johnson Jr.", "Birth date": "1948 2 1", "Birth place": "Buffalo, New York, U.S.", "Other names": "Ricky Matthews", "Death date": "2004 8 6 1948 2... |
Civic Coalition ARI (, CC-ARI), until October 2009 known as Support for an Egalitarian Republic (, ARI), is a centrist political party in Argentina founded in 2002 by Elisa Carrió.
It is a member of Cambiemos since 2015 together with centrist and centre-right parties.
Many consider it a social liberalhttps://imgbibli... | {"Abbreviation": "CC-ARI", "Founded": "2002", "Split from": "Radical Civic Union", "Headquarters": "Av. Rivadavia 1479, C1033AAE, Buenos Aires", "Ideology": "Liberalism https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34899223 Change ahead: Mauricio Macri's vision for Argentina 10 December 2015 BBChttps://www.elmundo.es... |
The Radical Civic Union (, UCR) is a centrist and liberal political party in Argentina. It has been ideologically heterogeneous, ranging from conservatism to social democracy, but since 1995 it has been a member of the Socialist International.
Founded in 1891 by radical liberals, the UCR is the second oldest political... | {"Abbreviation": "UCR", "Founded": "y 1891 6 26", "Split from": "Civic Union", "Headquarters": "Adolfo Alsina 1786Buenos Aires - Argentina", "Ideology": "\"Anderson\"/>Liberalism Factions:Conservatismhttps://revista.saap.org.ar/contenido/revista-saap-v11-n1/articulo-fair.pdf March 2022https://elpais.com/internacional/2... |
The Front for a Country in Solidarity ( or ) was a center-left political coalition in Argentina. It was formed in 1994 out of the Broad Front (Frente Grande), which had been founded mainly by progressive members of the Peronist Justicialist Party who denounced the policies and the alleged corruption of the Carlos Menem... | {"Abbreviation": "FREPASO", "Leader": "Carlos Álvarez", "Founded": "August 1994", "Headquarters": "Buenos Aires", "Ideology": "Social democracyFactions:Christian democracySyncretismHumanismDemocratic socialismCommunism", "Merger of": "FGPCAPIPHFdSPDCPAISPSPPSD", "Political position": "Centre-lefthttps://dialnet.unirioj... |
Jean-Pierre Aumont (born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons; 5 January 1911 - 30 January 2001) was a French actor, and holder of the Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre for his World War II military service.
Early life
Aumont was born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons in Paris, the son of Suzanne (née Cahen; 1885-1940),... | {"Name": "Jean-Pierre Aumont", "Image": "Jean-Pierre Aumont 1959.JPG", "Caption": "Aumont in 1959", "Birth name": "Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons", "Birth date": "1911 1 5 y", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Death date": "yes 2001 1 30 1911 1 5", "Death place": "Gassin, France", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "... |
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (, abbr. ARF (ՀՅԴ) or ARF-D) also known as Dashnaktsutyun (Armenian: Դաշնակցություն, lit. "Federation") is an Armenian nationalist and socialist political party founded in 1890 in Tiflis, Russian Empire by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian. , the party operate... | {"Abbreviation": "ARF (English)ՀՅԴ (Armenian)", "Founded": "\"Origins of the ARF\"> Gerard J. Libaridian Modern Armenia: People, Nation, State Transaction Publishers 2004 978-0-7658-0205-7 https://archive.org/details/modernarmeniapeo00liba in Tiflis, Russian Empire(now Tbilisi, Georgia)", "Newspaper": "Yerkir (... |
Roger Clive Davis (born 15 January 1946) is a Welsh former county cricketer who played for Glamorgan for 13 years as an all-rounder. While having a quiet career from his debut in 1964 until 1970, he then enjoyed five years of greater success, including scoring over 1,000 runs in the 1975 season, before a rapid decline ... | {"Full name": "Roger Clive Davis", "Born": "Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales", "Batting": "Right-handed", "Bowling": "Right-arm off-break", "Relations": "John Davis (brother)", "Role": "All-rounder"} |
The Justice Party (Armenian: Արդարություն, Ardarutyun), also known as the Justice Alliance was an electoral coalition, consisting of nine different political parties in Armenia.
History
The electoral alliance was created by Stepan Demirchyan, leader of the People's Party of Armenia in 2003.
Prior to the 2003 Armenian... | {"Founded": "2003", "Ideology": "Big tent", "Political position": "Catch-allLeft-wing to right-wing", "Headquarters": "Yerevan"} |
National Unity () is a conservative political party in Armenia. It is currently led by Artashes Geghamyan.
History
In the parliamentary election held on 25 May 2003, the party won 8.8% of the popular vote and 9 out of 131 seats in the National Assembly of Armenia. In the 2003 presidential election, Geghamyan received ... | {"Leader": "Artashes Geghamyan", "Founded": "1997", "Ideology": "ConservatismPro-RussianPro-CIS", "Headquarters": "Yerevan"} |
Orinats Yerkir (, ՕԵԿ/OEK) is a political party operating in Armenia. Its foundation was in 1998, and founder Artur Baghdasaryan continues to lead the party. The party was formerly known as Armenian Renaissance (), during the run-up to the 2017 parliamentary elections.
The party's name is translated into English in a ... | {"Leader": "Artur Baghdasaryan", "Founded": "1998", "Ideology": "Liberal conservatismChristian democracyPro-Europeanism", "Political position": "Centre-right", "Headquarters": "Yerevan", "International affiliation": "Centrist Democrat Internationalhttp://www.idc-cdi.com/parties.php https://web.archive.org/web/201203272... |
The United Labour Party () is a social-democratic political party in Armenia. It is led by Gurgen Arsenyan.
History
Following the Armenian parliamentary election on 25 May 2003, the party won 5.7% of the popular vote and 6 out of 131 seats in the National Assembly. In the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections, the p... | {"Leader": "Gurgen Arsenyan", "Founded": "2002", "Ideology": "nowrap Social democracy Soft pro-Europeanism", "Political position": "Centre-left", "Headquarters": "Yerevan"} |
The Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (APFP; , ) is a political party in Azerbaijan, founded in 1992 by Abulfaz Elchibey. After Elchibey's death in 2000, the party split into two wings, the reform wing led by Ali Kerimli and the classical wing led by Mirmahmud Miralioglu.
During the parliamentary elections, from 5 Novem... | {"Leader": "Ali Karimli", "Founded": "1992", "Ideology": "nowrap \"PEE\">Nordsieck Wolfram 2010 Azerbaijan http://parties-and-elections.de/azerbaijan.html Parties and Elections in Europe https://web.archive.org/web/20100825153512/http://parties-and-elections.de/azerbaijan.html 25 August 2010 unfit \"PEE\"/> \"PEE\"/>",... |
Douglass Cecil North (November 5, 1920 - November 23, 2015) was an American economist known for his work in economic history. Along with Robert Fogel, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1993. In the words of the Nobel Committee, North and Fogel "renewed research in economic history by applying... | {"School ortradition": "New institutional economics", "Field": "Economic history", "Influences": "Melvin M. Knight", "Awards": "Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1993)"} |
The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library.
Located in Bethesda, Maryland, the NLM is an institute within the National Institutes of Health. Its collections include more than seven million books, journals, technical rep... | {"Type": "Medical library", "Established": "1836\"A Brief History of NLM\". National Library of Medicine. Retrieved September 29, 2016.(as the Library of the Office of the Surgeon General of the Army)\"Our Milestones. https://web.archive.org/web/20130216043824/http://apps.nlm.nih.gov/175/milestones.cfm 2013-02-16 Nat... |
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