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Nick Bostrom ( ; ; born 10 March 1973) is a Swedish philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, whole brain emulation, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test. He is the founding director of the Future of Humanity Institute a... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "Contemporary philosophy", "Institutions": "Yale UniversityUniversity of OxfordFuture of Humanity Institute", "School": "Analytic philosophyThe New Yorker Raffi Khatchadourian The Doomsday Invention https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/doomsday-invention-artificial-i... |
Jason Mark Everman (born October 16, 1967) is an American musician and soldier who played guitar with Nirvana and Mind Funk, and bass in Soundgarden and OLD. He later served tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. Army as an Army Ranger and Green Beret. As of May 2017, Everman plays the guitar in a military ve... | {"Name": "Jason Everman", "Landscape": "yes", "Caption": "Everman serving with the U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan (from 2013 NYT article)", "Birth name": "Jason Mark Everman", "Birth date": "yes 1967 10 16", "Birth place": "Ouzinkie (then-part of Kodiak), Alaska, U.S.", "Occupation": "Musician, soldier", "Modu... |
The Missouri Department of Corrections is the state law enforcement agency that operates state prisons in the U.S. state of Missouri. It has its headquarters in Missouri's capital of Jefferson City.
The Missouri Department of Corrections has 21 facilities statewide, including 2 community release centers. It has more ... | {"Uniformed as": "Missouri Department of Corrections", "Abbreviation": "MODOC", "Formed": "1820", "Employees": "11,000", "Annual budget": "$639,565,970https://doc.mo.gov/sites/doc/files/2018-01/AR2016.pdf Annual Report 2016", "Multinational agency": "United States", "Size": "69715 sqmi km2", "Population": "6,137,428 (... |
The Montana Department of Corrections is a state agency of Montana that operates state prisons and manages community-corrections programs. The agency has its headquarters in Helena."Contacting Us ." Montana Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 8, 2009.
Adult secure facilities
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Montana State Prison (... | {"Uniformed as": "Montana Department of Corrections", "Abbreviation": "MTDOC", "Formed": "1871", "Employees": "11,000", "Multinational agency": "USA", "Size": "147,040 sqmi km2", "Population": "1,062,305 (2018 est.)", "General nature": "Yes", "Headquarters": "5 S. Last Chance Gulch Helena, MT", "Parent agency": "State ... |
Elizabeth Gasque Van Exem (February 26, 1886 - November 2, 1989), named Elizabeth Hawley Gasque during her tenure in Congress, was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 6th congressional district from September 13, 1938, to January 3, 1939. She was the first woman elected to ... | {"Name": "Elizabeth Hawley Gasque Van Exem", "Image caption": "Gasque 1938", "Term start": "September 13, 1938", "Term end": "January 3, 1939", "Birth date": "1886 2 26", "Birth place": "Blythewood, South Carolina", "Death date": "1989 11 2 1886 2 26", "Death place": "Ridgeway, South Carolina", "Alma mater": "Greenvill... |
Sri Yukteswar Giri (also written Sriyuktesvara, Sri Yukteshwar) (Devanagari: ) (10 May 1855 - 9 March 1936) is the monastic name of Priya Nath Karar (also spelled as Priya Nath Karada and Preonath Karar), an Indian monk and yogi, and the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda and Swami Satyananda Giri. Born in Serampore, West ... | {"Name": "Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri", "Religion": "Hinduism", "Birth date": "1855 05 10 yes", "Birth place": "Serampore, Bengal Presidency, British India (Present day in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India)", "Death date": "1936 03 09 1855 05 10 yes", "Death place": "Puri, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India"} |
Roderick Milton Chisholm (; November 27, 1916 - January 19, 1999)Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers (2005), p. 475. was an American philosopher known for his work on epistemology, metaphysics, free will, value theory, and the philosophy of perception.
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy remarks that he "is... | {"Era": "20th-century philosophy", "Region": "Western philosophy", "School": "Analytic philosophy", "Institutions": "Brown University", "Doctoral students": "Richard Cartwright,John R. Shook (ed.), Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2005, p. 444. Dale Jacquette,Rescher Nicholas Obituar... |
The Tongue River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately 265 mi (426 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana. The Tongue rises in Wyoming in the Big Horn Mountains, flows generally northeast through northern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, and empties into the Yellowstone River at Miles Cit... | {"Mouth": "Yellowstone River", "Location": "Miles City, Montana", "Coordinates": "46 24 33 N 105 52 00 W inline,title", "Basin size": "5397 sqmi on", "Right": "Pumpkin Creek, Otter Creek, Hanging Woman Creek, Prairie Dog Creek, Goose Creek, Wolf Creek"} |
Shyama Charan Lahiri (30 September 1828 – 26 September 1895), best known as Lahiri Mahasaya, was an Indian yogi and guru who founded the Kriya Yoga school. He was a disciple of Mahavatar Babaji. According to the book America's Alternative Religions by Timothy Miller, Lahiri Mahasaya's life was described in Paramahansa ... | {"Name": "Shyama Charan Lahiri", "Caption": "Lahiri Mahasaya in the lotus position", "Religion": "Hinduism", "Birth date": "1828 9 30 yes", "Birth place": "Ghurni village, Bengal Presidency, Company Raj (Present day in Nadia district, West Bengal, India)", "Death date": "1895 9 26 1828 9 30 yes", "Death place": "Benare... |
The Polish Workers' Party (, PPR) was a communist party in Poland from 1942 to 1948. It was founded as a reconstitution of the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) and merged with the Polish Socialist Party (PPS) in 1948 to form the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR).The American Political Science Review: Vol. 64, No. 4 (... | {"Founded": "5 January 1942", "Preceded by": "KPP", "Succeeded by": "PZPR", "Ideology": "Communism Marxism-Leninism Stalinism", "Political position": "Far-left", "International affiliation": "Comintern (1942-1943)Cominform (1947-1948)", "National affiliation": "Democratic Bloc (1947-1948)"} |
Focus Features LLC is an American film production and distribution company, owned by Comcast as a division of Universal Pictures, which is itself a division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. Focus Features distributes independent and foreign films in the United States and internationally.
In November 2018, ... | {"Type": "Division", "Founded": "2002; 21 years ago", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Film", "Products": "Motion pictures", "Parent": "Universal Pictures", "Website": "focusfeatures.com"} |
Sony Pictures Classics Inc. is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Sony Pictures. It was founded in 1992 by former Orion Classics heads Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and Marcie Bloom.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sony-pictures-classics-at-15-139749|title=Sony ... | {"Type": "Division", "Founded": "Hollywood, California, U.S. (1992)", "Headquarters": "New York City, U.S.", "Industry": "Entertainment", "Products": "Motion Pictures", "Parent": "Sony Pictures Entertainment", "Website": "https://www.sonyclassics.com/ sonyclassics.com"} |
Irish coffee () is a caffeinated alcoholic drink consisting of Irish whiskey, hot coffee and sugar, which has been stirred and topped with cream (sometimes cream liqueur). The coffee is drunk through the cream.
Origin
Different variations of coffee cocktails pre-date the now-classic Irish coffee by at least 100 years.... | {"Type": "Cocktail", "Served": "Hot", "Standard drinkware": "coffee", "Preparation": "Pour the coffee into a preheated glass, add whiskey and sugar, and stir until dissolved. Pour cream slowly to form a distinct layer."} |
The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show, generally held in the fall, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for American Broadcasting Company, when the network's contract to air the Grammy Awards expired. It is produced by Dick Clark Productions. From 1973 to 2005, both the winners and the nomi... | {"Produced by": "Dick Clark Productions", "Awarded for": "Outstanding achievements in the music industry", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1974 2 19", "Website": "theamas.com"} |
New Line Productions, Inc., doing business as New Line Cinema, is an American film and television production studio owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Since 2008, it has been operating as a unit of Warner Bros. Pictures.
It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as an independent film distribution company; later beco... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Film productionTelevision production", "Founded": "1967 6 18 in New York City, United States (as a separate studio)2008 2 29 (as a unit of Warner Bros. Pictures)", "Defunct": "2008 2 29 (as a separate studio)http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/02/28/its-official-new-line-cinema-is-dead ... |
The Free National Movement (abbreviated FNM) is a political party in The Bahamas formed in the early 1970s, led by Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield. The current leader of the party is Michael Pintard and the current deputy leader is Shanendon Cartwright. It dominated the general election held on 10 May 2017, winning 35 of t... | {"Abbreviation": "FNM", "Ideology": "Conservative liberalism", "Headquarters": "Mackey Street, N. 144P.O. Box N-10713, Nassau", "Leader": "Michael Pintard", "Slogan": "\"It's About Your Future!\"", "Founded": "1971 10 20 y", "Political position": "Centre-right"} |
The Progressive Liberal Party (abbreviated PLP) is a populist and social liberal party in the Bahamas. Philip Davis is the leader of the party.
History
The PLP was founded in 1953 by William Cartwright, Cyril Stevenson, and Henry Milton Taylor. The PLP was the first national political party in the Bahamas.
The party ... | {"Abbreviation": "PLP", "Ideology": "Social liberalismProgressivismPopulism", "Headquarters": "Sir Lynden Pindling CentreFarrington Road, P.O. Box N-547Nassau", "Slogan": "A New Day!", "Founded": "1953 11 23 y", "Political position": "Centre to centre-left"} |
Chawton is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The village lies within the South Downs National Park and is famous as the home of Jane Austen for the last eight years of her life.
History
Chawton's recorded history begins in the Domesday survey of 1086. The village held nin... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121830&c=Chawton&d=16&e=62&g=6428975&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1481554969371&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 2016-12-12 Office for National Statistics Neighbourho... |
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP), colloquially known as the "Bees", is a social democratic political party in Barbados established in 1938. It has been in power in 1954-1961, 1976-1986, 1994-2008, and 2018-present. Its leaders have included Grantley Adams and Owen Arthur.
Now led by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, it ... | {"Leader": "Mia Mottley MP", "Founded": "31 March 1938 (As the Barbados Progressive League)", "Ideology": "Social democracyRepublicanism", "Political position": "Centre-left", "Headquarters": "Grantley Adams House,111 Roebuck Street,Bridgetown"} |
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP), colloquially known as the "Dems", is a political party in Barbados, established in 1955. It was the ruling party from 15 January 2008 to 24 May 2018 but faced an electoral wipeout in the 2018 general election which left it with no MPs.
In common with Barbados' other major party, the ... | {"Leader": "Ronnie Yearwood", "Founded": "27 April 1955", "Split from": "Barbados Labour Party", "Political position": "Centre-left", "Ideology": "Social democracy Republicanism", "Headquarters": "St. George Street", "International affiliation": "West Indies Democratic Labour Party (1957-1961)"} |
System Shock 2 is a 1999 action role-playing survival horror video game designed by Ken Levine and co-developed by Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios. Originally intended to be a standalone title, its story was changed during production into a sequel to the 1994 game System Shock. The alterations were made when... | {"Developer": "Irrational Games Looking Glass Studios Nightdive Studios (Enhanced Edition)", "Publisher": "Electronic ArtsNightdive Studios (Enhanced Edition)", "Producer": "Josh Randall", "Designer": "Ken Levine", "Programmer": "Rob Fermier", "Artist": "Gareth Hinds", "Writer": "Ken Levine", "Composer": "Josh Randall ... |
The Rizal Day bombings, also referred to as the December 30 bombings, were a series of bombings that occurred around Metro Manila in the Philippines on December 30, 2000. The explosions occurred within a span of a few hours, killing 22 people and injuring over 100 others.
The blasts occurred during a national holiday ... | {"Title": "Rizal Day bombings", "Location": "Metro Manila, Philippines", "Target": "Plaza Ferguson, Malate A gas station in Makati A cargo handling area at Ninoy Aquino International Airport A bus on EDSA A train at Blumentritt station, LRT Line 1", "Date": "2000 12 30", "Type of attack": "Black powder bombs", "Fatalit... |
The Belarusian Agrarian Party (; ) is an agrarian socialist political party in Belarus. It supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The leader of the party is Mikhail Rusy, who succeeded Mikhail Shimansky in 15 March 2008.
Ideology
The party advocates the reform of society on the principles of demo... | {"Abbreviation": "BAP (English)БАП", "Leader": "Mikhail Rusy", "Founded": "1992 6 13 yes", "Ideology": "Agrarian socialismPro-Lukashenko", "Headquarters": "7th«A» Building, Fabriciusa St, Minsk, Belarus. 220007", "National affiliation": "RKSKPPGA", "Political position": "Left-wing"} |
The Communist Party of Belarus (CPB; ; ) is a communist and Marxist-Leninist political party in Belarus. The party was created in 1996 and supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity The leader of the party is Aliaksiej Sokal.https://msk.kprf.ru/2017/05/17/2719... | {"Abbreviation": "CPB / КПБ", "Founded": "1996 11 2 yeshttp://www.krasnoetv.ru/node/6550 https://web.archive.org/web/20200128051529/http://www.krasnoetv.ru/node/6550 2020-01-28 Программа Коммунистической партии Беларуси", "Split from": "Party of Communists of Belarus", "Headquarters": "21st Building, Chicherina St, M... |
The People's United Party (PUP) is one of two major political parties in Belize. It is currently the governing party of Belize after success in the 2020 Belizean general election, winning a majority of 26 seats out of 31 in the Belizean House of Representatives. It is a centre-left Christian democratic party. The party... | {"Leader": "Johnny Briceño", "Founded": "29 September 1950", "Headquarters": "Independence Hall,3 Queen Street,Belize City", "Newspaper": "The Belize Times", "Ideology": "\"CD1\">http://countrystudies.us/belize/76.htm Political Parties Tim Merrill Belize: A Country Study Washington GPO for the Library of Congress... |
Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi (; 1 May 18544 June 1931) was an Arab leader from the Banu Qatadah branch of the Banu Hashim clan who was the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 and, after proclaiming the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire, King of the Hejaz, even if he refused this title,Representation Of Hedjaz A... | {"Born": "Istanbul, Ottoman Empire", "Died": "Amman, Transjordan", "Burial": "al-Arghūniyya, the Noble Sanctuary, Jerusalem, British Palestine", "Father": "Ali bin Muhammad", "Mother": "Bezm-i Cihan, a Circassian", "Religion": "Sunni Islamhttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6511/is_2_49/ai_n29160130/ APS Diplomat R... |
The Social Democratic Front () is the main opposition party of Cameroon. It was led by Ni John Fru Ndi from its foundation until his death in 2023, and receives significant support from the Anglophone Southwest and Northwest Regions.
History
The SDF was launched in Bamenda on May 26, 1990 in opposition to the ruling ... | {"President": "Vacant", "Founded": "1990 05 26 y", "Headquarters": "Bamenda, Cameroon (de jure)Yaoundé, Cameroon (de facto)", "Political position": "Centre-left", "Ideology": "Social democracyKrieger Milton Cameroon's social democratic front : its history & prospects as an opposition political party (1990-2011) 2008... |
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is a centre-right and liberal-conservative political party in Ghana. Since the democratisation of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghanaian politics, with its leading rival being the centre-left National Democratic Congress (NDC). John Kufuor of the NPP was Pre... | {"Founded": "28 July 1992", "Leader": "Nana Akufo-Addo", "General Secretary": "Justin Frimpong-Kodua", "Ideology": "Liberal conservatismConservatismKobby Mensah Political marketing in Ghana Global Political Marketing Routledge 2010 190LiberalismJürgen Hartmann Staat und Regime im Orient und in Afrika: Regionenp... |
Talal bin Abdullah (; 26 February 1909 - 7 July 1972) was King of Jordan from the assassination of his father, King Abdullah I, on 20 July 1951 until his forced abdication on 11 August 1952. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Talal was a 39th-generation direct descendant of Mu... | {"Born": "Mecca, Hejaz Vilayet, Ottoman Empire", "Died": "Istanbul, Turkey", "Burial": "Raghadan Palace", "Father": "Abdullah I of Jordan", "Mother": "Musbah bint Nasser", "Religion": "Sunni Islam"} |
Richard Andrew Pitino (; born September 18, 1952) is an American basketball coach who is the men's head coach for St. John's Red Storm. He was also the head coach of Greece's senior national team. He has been the head coach of several teams in NCAA Division I and in the NBA, including Boston University (1978-1983), Pro... | {"Conference": "Big East Conference", "Position": "Head coach", "Born": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Listed height": "0", "Listed weight": "165https://umasshoops.com/wiki/doku.php?id=pitino_rick pitino_rick [UMassHoops.com Wiki] umasshoops.com", "High school": "St. Dominic (Oyster Bay, New York)", "College": "UMas... |
The Chain Gang is a 1930 Mickey Mouse animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions for Columbia Pictures, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was the twenty-first Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the sixth of that year. It is one of a group of shorts of strikingly uneven quality produced by Disney immedi... | {"Directed by": "Burt Gillett", "Produced by": "Walt Disney", "Starring": "Walt DisneyLee Millar", "Animation by": "Johnny Cannon Les Clark Ben Sharpsteen Jack Cutting Jack King Dick Lundy Tom Palmer Wilfred Jackson Dave Hand Charlie Byrne Norm Ferguson", "Distributed by": "Columbia Pictures", "Color process": "Black &... |
Justice League is an American animated television series which ran from November 17, 2001, to May 29, 2004, on Cartoon Network. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It is based on the Justice League of America and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics. It serves as a sequel to Batman: The ... | {"Genre": "Superhero Science fiction Action Adventure Crossover Drama", "Developed by": "Bruce Timm", "Written by": "Rich Fogel (seasons 1-2)Stan Berkowitz (seasons 1-2)Dwayne McDuffie (season 2)", "Directed by": "Butch LukicDan Riba", "Voices of": "Kevin Conroy George Newbern Susan Eisenberg Phil LaMarr Michael Rosen... |
Amy Louise Sedaris (;, retrieved February 28, 2012. She pronounces her name at the very beginning. born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Most recently, she has appeared in both The Mandalorian (2019-2023) and The Book of Boba Fett (2022) as Peli Motto. She played Jerri Blank in the Comedy C... | {"Name": "Amy Sedaris", "Caption": "Sedaris at BlogHer in 2007", "Birth name": "Amy Louise Sedaris", "Birth date": "1961 3 29", "Birth place": "Endicott, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress\n comedian\n writer", "Years active": "1990-present", "Relatives": "David Sedaris (brother)"} |
Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray; January 19, 1923 - May 31, 2013) was an American character actress of stage, television and film. Stapleton portrayed Edith Bunker, the perpetually optimistic and devoted wife of Archie Bunker, on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family, a role that earned her three Emmys and two Golden G... | {"Name": "Jean Stapleton", "Image": "Jean Stapleton 1977.JPG", "Caption": "Stapleton at the 31st Tony Awards on June 5, 1977", "Birth name": "Jeanne Murray", "Birth date": "1923 1 19", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "2013 5 31 1923 1 19 y", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Willia... |
Ronald Barnabas Schill (born 23 November 1958) is a former German judge, the founder of the German political parties Party for a Rule of Law Offensive (Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive; also called PRO or "Schill party") and Pro DM/Schill. He served as the Senator of the Interior and Second Mayor (deputy chief of gov... | {"Name": "Ronald Schill", "Image caption": "Schill in 2002 in the Bundestag, on the day of his controversial speech", "Term start": "31 October 2001", "Term end": "19 August 2003", "Office 2": "Senator for the Interior of Hamburg", "Predecessor 2": "Olaf Scholz", "Successor 2": "Dirk Nockemann", "Birth date": "1958 11 ... |
Sally Anne Struthers (born July 28, 1947) is an American actress and activist. She played Gloria Stivic, the daughter of Archie and Edith Bunker (played by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton) on All in the Family, for which she won two Emmy awards, and Babette on Gilmore Girls. She was also the voice of Charlene Sincl... | {"Name": "Sally Struthers", "Caption": "Struthers in 1996", "Birth name": "Sally Anne Struthers", "Birth date": "1947 07 28", "Birth place": "Portland, Oregon, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress, activist", "Years active": "1970-present", "Spouse(s)": "William C. Rader 1977 1983 divorced", "Children": "1", "Known For": "Glo... |
Alien Breed is a top down run and gun video game released in 1991 by Team17 for the Amiga and later in 1993 by MicroLeague for MS-DOS. The game is the first in the Alien Breed series.Alien Breed is based on the Alien films, specifically Aliens, and also on the 8-bit-era games Laser Squad and Paradroid as well as the Ga... | {"Title": "Alien Breed", "Developer": "Team17", "Publisher": "Team17MicroLeague", "Designer": "Rico Holmes", "Artist": "Rico Holmes", "Programmer": "Andreas TadicPeter Tuleby", "Producer": "Martyn Brown", "Composer": "Allister Brimble", "Released": "1991: Amiga1993: MS-DOS", "Genre": "Run and gun", "Modes": "Single-pla... |
Barbara Strozzi (also called Barbara Valle; baptised 6 August 1619 - 11 November 1677) was an Italian composer and singer of the Baroque Period. During her lifetime, Strozzi published eight volumes of her own music, and had more secular music in print than any other composer of the era. This was achieved without any s... | {"Name": "Barbara Strozzi", "Caption": "The Viola da Gamba Player, c. 1630-1640, by Bernardo Strozzi, believed to be of Barbara Strozzi. It is unclear whether the painter is immediately related to the Strozzi family.", "Birth name": "Barbara Valle", "Birth date": "y 1619 08 06", "Birth place": "Venice", "Death date": "... |
The Little Mermaid is an American animated musical television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation based on Disney's 1989 animated feature film of the same name. It features the adventures of Ariel as a mermaid prior to the events of the film. This series is the third Disney television series to be spun ... | {"Genre": "Children's television series\n Musical\n Fantasy", "Developed by": "Jamie Mitchell", "Directed by": "Jamie Mitchell\n Mircea Mantta", "Voices of": "Jodi Benson\n Edan Gross\n Samuel E. Wright\n Maurice LaMarche\n Kenneth Mars\n Danny Cooksey\n Jim Cummings\n Bradley Pierce\n Pat Carroll", "Opening theme": "\... |
Raúl Manuel Grijalva ( ; born February 19, 1948) is an American politician and activist who has served as the United States representative for from 2023 to the present and from 2003 to 2023. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 7th from 2003 to 2013, includes the western third of Tucs... | {"Name": "Raúl Grijalva", "Office 2": "Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Rob Bishop", "Successor 2": "Bruce Westerman", "Birth name": "Raúl Manuel Grijalva", "Birth date": "1948 2 19", "Birth place": "Tucson, Arizona, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Ramona Grijalva 1971", "Education": "University ... |
Robert Marion Berry (August 27, 1942 - May 19, 2023) was an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 1997 to 2011. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Early life, family and education
Born in Stuttgart, Arkansas, Berry was raised in nearby Bayou Meto, Arkansas County in the Arkansas Delta. Th... | {"Birth date": "1942 08 27", "Birth place": "Stuttgart, Arkansas, U.S.", "Death date": "2023 05 19 1942 08 27", "Death place": "Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of Arkansas", "Term start": "January 3, 1997", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Spouse(s)": "Carolyn Berry", "Residence": "Gillett, Arkan... |
John Nichols Boozman ( ; born December 10, 1950) is an American politician and former optometrist serving as the senior United States senator from Arkansas, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for from 2001 to 2011. He is the dean of Arkansas's congressional ... | {"Name": "John Boozman", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "January 3, 2011", "District 2": "AR 3 3rd", "Predecessor 2": "Asa Hutchinson", "Successor 2": "Steve Womack", "Birth name": "John Nichols Boozman", "Birth date": "1950 12 10", "Birth place": "Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "... |
Michael Avery Ross (born August 2, 1961) is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative for from 2001 to 2013 and was his party's nominee for governor of Arkansas in 2014. He is currently the last Democrat to have represented Arkansas in the House of R... | {"Name": "Mike Ross", "Term start": "January 3, 2001", "Term end": "January 3, 2013", "Birth name": "Michael Avery Ross", "Birth date": "1961 8 2", "Birth place": "Texarkana, Arkansas, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Holly Hempen 1983 2021 divorcedKrystal H. Thrailkill 2022", "Alternative text": "Official portrait, 2011", "Educat... |
DuckTales is a platform game developed and published by Capcom and based on the Disney animated TV series of the same name. It was first released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989 and was later ported to the Game Boy in 1990. The story involves Scrooge McDuck traveling around the globe coll... | {"Title": "DuckTales", "Caption": "Original North American NES cover art", "Developer": "Capcom", "Publisher": "Capcom", "Designer": "Capcom", "Producer": "Tokuro FujiwaraDavid MullichDarlene Waddington", "Programmer": "Nobuyuki Matsushima", "Artist": "Keiji InafuneNaoya TomitaHironori MatsumaraMiki Kijima", "Composer"... |
William Todd TiahrtRep. Todd Tiahrt, Legalstorm.com ( ; born June 15, 1951) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1995 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected as part of the historic Republican Wave of 1994, defeating 18-year incumbent U.S. Representative Dan Glickm... | {"Name": "Todd Tiahrt", "Term start": "January 3, 1995", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Birth name": "William Todd Tiahrt", "Birth date": "1951 6 15", "Birth place": "Vermillion, South Dakota, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Vicki Tiahrt", "Education": "Evangel University (BA)Southwest Missouri State University (MBA)"} |
DuckTales 2 is a platform video game developed and published by Capcom. It is a sequel to the original DuckTales based on the Disney animated series of the same name. It was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in early 1993. The title was ported to the Game Boy handheld system in Japan and North America at th... | {"Title": "DuckTales 2", "Caption": "European cover art", "Developer": "CapcomPorted to Game Boy by Make Softwarehttps://twitter.com/true_Cah4e3/status/1060997169640075265.", "Publisher": "Capcom", "Designer": "Ichirou Mihara", "Producer": "Tokuro Fujiwara", "Artist": "Keiji Inafune", "Composer": "Minae FujiiAkihiro Ak... |
Dennis Moore (November 8, 1945 - November 2, 2021) was an American politician and lawyer, a "Blue Dog" centrist who served for six terms as a U.S. Representative for , from 1999 until 2011. He was a member of the Kansas Democratic Party.
He and Sharice Davids have been the only two Kansas Democrats to serve in Congres... | {"Name": "Dennis Moore", "Image": "Congressman Dennis Moore.JPG", "Term start": "January 3, 1999", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Birth date": "1945 11 8", "Birth place": "Anthony, Kansas, U.S.", "Death date": "yes 2021 11 2 1945 11 8", "Death place": "Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Stephene Moore", "Educ... |
Gerald Wesley Moran ( ; born May 29, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician who is the senior United States senator from Kansas, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 113th U.S. Congress, during which he led successful R... | {"Name": "Jerry Moran", "Term start": "January 3, 2011", "Office 2": "Chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Johnny Isakson", "Successor 2": "Jon Tester", "Birth name": "Gerald Wesley Moran", "Birth date": "1954 5 29", "Birth place": "Great Bend, Kansas, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Robba Addison 19... |
A (, ; , ) is generally any lyric-driven French song. The term is most commonly used in English to refer either to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval and Renaissance music or to a specific style of French pop music which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. The genre had origins in the monophonic songs ... | {"Name": "Chanson", "Stylistic origins": "Poetry", "Cultural origins": "Late medieval era, France", "Derivative forms": "Chanson courtoise Chanson de geste Motet-chanson"} |
Tláhuac is a borough (demarcación territorial) in the Mexico City, located in the southeastern edge of the entity. Though Tláhuac still contains rural communities within its borders, mostly in the southern and eastern portions, the borough has undergone a massive shift from urbanization, especially in its northwest. Tl... | {"Named for": "Cuitláhuac", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-5", "Website": "tlahuac.cdmx.gob.mx"} |
Charles Michael Thompson (born January 24, 1951) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for (known as the 1st congressional district until 2013, and the until 2023) since 1999. The district, in the outer northern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area, includes all of Napa County and parts of Con... | {"Name": "Mike Thompson", "Term start": "January 3, 1999", "State senate2": "California State", "District 2": "4th", "Preceded 2": "Jim Nielsen", "Succeeded 2": "Maurice Johannessen", "Birth name": "Charles Michael Thompson", "Birth date": "1951 1 24", "Birth place": "St. Helena, California, U.S.", "Residence": "St. He... |
Robert Takeo Matsui (, September 17, 1941 - January 1, 2005) was an American politician from the state of California. Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party and served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the congressman for California's 5th congressional district from 1979 until his death at the end of his 13t... | {"Name": "Bob Matsui", "Term start": "January 3, 2003", "Term end": "January 1, 2005", "Office 2": "Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Robert Farmer", "Successor 2": "Robert Scott Pastrick", "Birth name": "Robert Takeo Matsui", "Birth date": "1941 9 17", "Birth place": "Sacramento, Calif... |
Walter William Herger Jr. (born May 20, 1945) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 2nd congressional district from 1987 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party, his district was the state's largest congressional district by area. It covered almost all of interior Northern C... | {"Name": "Wally Herger", "Birth date": "1945 05 20", "Birth place": "Yuba City, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "American River College\nCalifornia State University, Sacramento", "Term start": "January 3, 1987", "Term end": "January 3, 2013", "State assembly2": "California", "District 2": "3rd", "Preceded 2": "Eugene ... |
Douglas Arlo Ose (born June 27, 1955) is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 3rd congressional district from 1999 to 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. On March 16, 2021, Ose announced his intention to run for Governor of California in the 2021 Califo... | {"Name": "Doug Ose", "Term start": "January 3, 1999", "Term end": "January 3, 2005", "Birth name": "Douglas Arlo Ose", "Birth date": "1955 6 27", "Birth place": "Sacramento, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Lynnda Ose", "Education": "University of California, Berkeley (BS)"} |
John Taylor Doolittle (born October 30, 1950), is an attorney and an American politician. Elected to Congress in 1990, he served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009, representing (numbered as during his first term). In the 109th Congress, he held a leadership role as... | {"Name": "John Doolittle", "Image size": "210px", "Term start": "January 3, 2003", "Term end": "January 3, 2007", "Office 2": "Member of the California State Senate", "Predecessor 2": "Albert S. Rodda", "Successor 2": "Tim Leslie", "Birth name": "John Taylor Doolittle", "Birth date": "1950 10 30", "Birth place": "Glend... |
Lynn Carol Woolsey (née Robinson; born November 3, 1937) is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from California from 1993 to 2013. She was a member of the Democratic Party and represented California's 6th congressional district.
During her time in Congress, Woolsey was a str... | {"Name": "Lynn Woolsey", "Term start": "January 3, 1993", "Term end": "January 3, 2013", "Birth name": "Lynn Carol Robinson", "Birth date": "1937 11 3", "Birth place": "Seattle, Washington, U.S.", "Education": "University of WashingtonUniversity of San Francisco (BS)", "Spouse(s)": "Terry J. Critchett 1958 1968 divorce... |
George Miller III (born May 17, 1945) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1975 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 7th congressional district until redistricting in 2013 and 11th congressional district until his retirement. Miller served a... | {"Name": "George Miller", "Term start": "January 3, 2007", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Office 2": "Member of theU.S. House of Representativesfrom California", "Predecessor 2": "Jerome Waldie", "Successor 2": "Mark DeSaulnier", "Birth date": "1945 5 17", "Birth place": "Richmond, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Cyn... |
Barbara Jean Lee (née Tutt; born July 16, 1946) is an American politician and social worker who has served as a U.S. representative from California since 1998. A member of the Democratic Party, Lee represents (numbered as the 9th district from 1998 to 2013 and as the 13th district from 2013 to 2023), which is based in... | {"Name": "Barbara Lee", "Office 2": "Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus", "Predecessor 2": "Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick", "Successor 2": "Emanuel Cleaver", "Birth name": "Barbara Jean Tutt", "Birth date": "1946 7 16", "Birth place": "El Paso, Texas, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Carl Lee 1964 1966 divorceClyde Oden 2019", "E... |
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher (November 15, 1951 - April 29, 2019) was an American businesswoman, diplomat, and Democratic Party politician who was the U.S. representative for California's 10th congressional district from 1997 to 2009. From 2009 to 2012, she served as the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and Internati... | {"Name": "Ellen Tauscher", "Image caption": "Official State Department portrait", "Term start": "June 26, 2009", "Term end": "February 7, 2012", "Birth name": "Ellen O'Kane", "Birth date": "1951 11 15", "Birth place": "Newark, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "2019 4 29 1951 11 15", "Death place": "Stanford, California... |
Richard William Pombo, GOIH (born January 8, 1961) is an American lobbyist for mining and water-management companies and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented California's 11th congressional district from 1993 to 2007. Pombo lost a reelection bid to Democratic challe... | {"Name": "Richard Pombo", "Term start": "January 3, 2003", "Term end": "January 3, 2007", "Birth name": "Richard William Pombo", "Birth date": "1961 1 8", "Birth place": "Tracy, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Annette Cole", "Alma mater": "California State Polytechnic University, Pomona"} |
Thomas Peter Lantos (born Tamás Péter Lantos; February 1, 1928 - February 11, 2008) was a Hungarian-born American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 11th congressional district until 1993, and fro... | {"Name": "Tom Lantos", "Term start": "January 3, 2007", "Term end": "February 11, 2008", "Birth name": "Tamás Péter Lantos", "Birth date": "1928 2 1", "Birth place": "Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary", "Death date": "2008 2 11 1928 2 1", "Death place": "Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Annette Tillemann 1950", "Edu... |
Mark Andrew Green (born June 1, 1960) is an American politician and diplomat who is the president, director and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Before joining the Wilson Center on March 15, 2021, he served as the executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership, and p... | {"Name": "Mark Green", "Term start": "March 15, 2021", "Office 2": "18th Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development", "President 2": "Donald Trump", "Predecessor 2": "Gayle Smith", "Successor 2": "Samantha Power", "Birth name": "Mark Andrew Green", "Birth date": "1960 6 1", "Birth place": "... |
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The Canadian Brass is a Canadian brass quintet formed in 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, by Charles Daellenbach (tuba) and Gene Watts (trombone), with horn player Graeme Page and trumpeters Stuart Laughton and Bill Phillips completing the quintet. , Daellenbach is the sole original mem... | {"Origin": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Genres": "Classical", "Labels": "Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Boot Welk Music Group Vanguard RCA Red Seal CBS Masterworks Philips RCA Victor Opening Day Entertainment Group", "Members": "Charles Daellenbach Jeff Nelsen Achilles Liarmakopoulos Joe Burgstaller Ashley Hall-Tigh... |
Angel with a Lariat is the second album by k.d. lang and the Reclines, released in 1987. This was the first release outside of Canada.
Track listing
"Turn Me Round" (Ben Mink) - 3:13
"High Time for a Detour" (lang, Mink) - 4:09
"Diet of Strange Places" (lang) - 3:53
"Got the Bull by the Horns" (Amos Boyd, Billy Jones)... | {"Released": "1987", "Recorded": "May 26-June 27, 1986", "Studio": "Maison Rouge, Fulham Broadway, London", "Genre": "Country\n cowpunk Thor Christensen Gary Graff Daniel Durchholz 1998 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide k.d. Lang Visible Ink Press Detroit 657-658", "Label": "Sire, Warner Br... |
Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the north-eastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south, and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar (Burma) to the east. Its capital city is Kohima and its largest city is the twin Chümoukedima-Dimapur.... | {"Name": "Nagaland", "Official Name": "State of Nagaland", "Settlement Type": "State", "Emblem Image": "90px", "Etymology": "Land of Nagas", "Image": "Kohima 24 July 2021.jpeg\n Kapamodzu.jpg\n Doyang Lake House.jpg\n SaurabhSawant DzukouValley Khonoma Nagaland MG 2559.jpg\n 280\n 1\n centre\n 1\n white\n Cloc... |
James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 - September 11, 2009) was an American author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which inspired a 1995 film of the same title that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll, and his 1980 song "People ... | {"Born": "1949 8 1 y", "Died": "2009 9 11 1949 8 1 y", "Occupation": "Author, poet, musician", "Period": "1967-2009"} |
"Chinese Rocks" or "Chinese Rock" is a song written in 1975 by New York punk rock musician Dee Dee Ramone with contributions from Richard Hell. Inspired by Lou Reed's "Heroin", the song openly details the day-to-day struggles of a heroin addict, and is based on Dee Dee's real-life experiences.
Authorship of the track ... | {"Released": "October 3, 1977", "Recorded": "March 1977", "Genre": "Punk rock", "Label": "Track (original album) Jungle (most reissues)", "Songwriter(s)": "Dee Dee Ramone, Richard Hell", "Producer(s)": "Speedy Keen, Daniel Segunda, Mike Thorne"} |
Dance is the third solo studio album by English new wave musician Gary Numan, released on 4 September 1981 by Beggars Banquet Records. It was the first studio album Numan released after his "Farewell Concerts" staged at Wembley Arena (although Numan would return to performing live shows in 1982).
Dance features the UK... | {"Released": "1981 9 4 y", "Recorded": "June-July 1981", "Studio": "Rock City Studios (Shepperton)", "Genre": "Experimental music\n new wave\n ambient\n jazz fusion\n synth-pop", "Label": "Beggars Banquet", "Producer": "Gary Numan"} |
Ludwika Paleta (; born Ludwika Paleta Paciorek on November 29, 1978 in Kraków, Poland) is a Polish-Mexican actress.
Early life and career
thumb|left|upright|Mexican actress Ludwika Paleta in 2017.
Paleta was born in Kraków, Poland in 1978. When her father, the musician Zbigniew Paleta, was offered a job in Mexico, ... | {"Name": "Ludwika Paleta", "Caption": "Paleta at the 2019 Premios Metropolitanos de Teatro es Metropolitan Theatre Awards", "Birth date": "yes 1978 11 29Ludwika Paleta http://www2.esmas.com/entretenimiento/biografias/009445/ludwika-paleta/ 2.esmas.com Esmas.com May 6, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180506060027/htt... |
The Liberal Party ( or LS) was a Croatian social-liberal political party active between January 1998 and April 2006. During its existence the party ran in two general elections (in 2000 and 2003) and in each election won two seats in the 151-seat Sabor. LS was a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal ... | {"Founded": "1998 1 24 y", "Split from": "Croatian Social Liberal Party", "Merged into": "Croatian Social Liberal Party", "Ideology": "Social liberalism", "International affiliation": "Liberal International", "European affiliation": "European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party"} |
Rialto (often The Rialto, or Rialto Towers) is a skyscraper located at 525 Collins Street, in the western side of the Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. It was the tallest office building in the Southern Hemisphere when it was constructed.
The Rialto featured Melbourne's first skyscraper public ... | {"Preceded by": "Sofitel Hotel at Collins Place", "Surpassed by": "101 Collins Street", "Location": "Melbourne, Australia", "Coordinates": "37 49 08 S 144 57 30 E region:AU inline,title", "Construction started": "1982", "Type": "Office"} |
The Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar ( or PGS) is a minor Croatian liberal regionalist political party of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.
They formerly had one representative in the Croatian Parliament in an alliance with the Croatian People's Party.
The party originated from the city of Rijeka under the name of Rijek... | {"Founded": "1990 3 11 y", "Headquarters": "Rijeka, Croatia", "Ideology": "RegionalismLiberalism", "Political position": "Centre", "National affiliation": "Restart Coalition (2020-)Amsterdam Coalition(2018-2020)"} |
Mark Leo Goodson (January 14, 1915 - December 18, 1992) was an American television producer who specialized in game shows, most frequently with his business partner Bill Todman, with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions.
Early life and early career
Goodson was born in Sacramento, California, on January 14, 1915.... | {"Name": "Mark Goodson", "Caption": "Goodson in 1948", "Birth name": "Mark Leo Goodson", "Birth date": "January 14, 1915", "Birth place": "Sacramento, California, U.S.", "Death date": "1992 12 18 1915 1 14", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Television producer", "Years active": "1937-1992", "Alma ma... |
The Istrian Democratic Assembly (, or IDS-DDI) is a centre to centre-left, regionalist, liberal political party in Croatia primarily operating in Istria County.
IDS was founded on the 14 February 1990 by the writer Ivan Pauletta. IDS embraces principles of respect for human rights and freedoms, regionalism and histor... | {"Leader": "Dalibor Paus", "Abbreviation": "IDS", "Founded": "1990 2 14 yhttp://hidran.hidra.hr/hidrarad/stranke/programi/028357.pdf Istarski Demokratski Sabor HIDRA hr 23 October 2011November 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes", "Ideology": "Istrian regionalism Liberalism \"PEE\">http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/croatia... |
The Croatian Party of Pensioners ( or HSU) is a Croatian centre-left political party that is currently led by Veselko Gabričević.
When the party was founded, few people took it seriously and many commentators speculated that the ultimate purpose of HSU was to take away pensioners' votes from rejuvenated SDP and thus h... | {"Abbreviation": "HSU", "Leader": "Veselko Gabričević", "Founded": "1996 4 26 y", "Ideology": "Pensioners' interestshttp://www.parties-and-elections.eu/croatia.html Croatia Nordsieck Wolfram 2020 Parties and Elections in Europe (single-issue politics)", "Political position": "Centre-leftCroatia - Parties https://europe... |
The Croatian Peasant Party (, HSS) is an agrarian political party in Croatia founded on 22 December 1904 by Antun and Stjepan Radić as Croatian Peoples' Peasant Party (HPSS). The Brothers Radić believed that the realization of Croatian statehood was possible within Austria-Hungary, but that it had to be reformed as a M... | {"Abbreviation": "HSS", "President": "Krešo Beljak", "Founded": "1904 12 22 yes (historical party)1989 12 15 yes (modern party)http://digured.srce.hr/webpac-hidra-imns/?filter=hidra-imns&f1=Title&v1=selja%E8ka&last_PAGER_offset=0&rm=results&show_full=1&path=hidra-imns%2357 Hrvatska seljačka stranka - HSS digured.src... |
The Croatian Party of Rights ( or HSP) is an extra-parliamentary nationalist political party in Croatia. The "right(s)" in the party's name refer to the legal and moral reasons that justify the independence and autonomy of Croatia. While the HSP has retained its old name, today it is a far-right party with an ethnocent... | {"Abbreviation": "HSP", "President": "Karlo Starčević", "Slogan": "Bog i Hrvati(God and Croats)", "Preceded by": "Party of Rights", "Headquarters": "Zagreb, Croatia", "Ideology": "nowrap \n Neo-fascismEthnic Cleansing in the Balkans, Nationalism and the Destruction of Tradition Carmichael Cathie 2002 9780415274166The... |
William Selden Todman (July 31, 1916 – July 29, 1979) was an American television producer and personality born in New York City. He produced many of television's longest-running shows with business partner Mark Goodson, with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions.
Early life
Todman was the son of a Wall Street ac... | {"Name": "Bill Todman", "Image": "Mark Goodson Johnny Roventini Bill Todman What's My Line 1952.JPG", "Alt": "Mark Goodson Johnny Roventini Bill Todman What's My Line 1952", "Caption": "Todman at left with Mark Goodson and Johnny Roventini for the radio version of What's My Line? in 1952.", "Birth name": "William Selde... |
The Croatian Social Liberal Party ( or HSLS) is a conservative-liberal political party in Croatia. The HSLS was formed in 1989 as the first Croatian political party formed after the reintroduction of the multi-party system.
HSLS first won the elections in 2000 and formed a coalition government with four other parties,... | {"Abbreviation": "HSLS", "President": "Dario Hrebak", "Founded": "1989 05 20 y", "Political position": "CentreMenz Christian 2013 https://books.google.com/books?id=aQynAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA37 Explaining Croatia's (non)compliance with EU conditionality on ICTY cooperation 37 Anchor Academic Publishing 978-3-95489-183-2 to cent... |
Virgin Megastores is an international entertainment retailing chain, founded in early 1976 by Richard Branson as a record shop on London's Oxford Street.
In 1979 the company opened their first Megastore at the end of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road. The company expanded to hundreds of stores worldwide in the 19... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1976 on Oxford Street in London, England", "Headquarters": "England", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "BooksConsolesDVDsGamesMagazinesMusicT-ShirtsTickets", "Parent": "Virgin Group", "Website": "Virgin Megastores International portal"} |
The Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats ( or HNS - LD) is a social-liberal political party in Croatia.
As of April 2015 HNS forms a parliamentary club with 5 members in the Croatian Parliament, making them the fourth largest party in Croatia in terms of parliament representation. HNS is a full member of the Al... | {"Abbreviation": "HNS-LD, HNS", "President": "Mirko Korotajhttps://www.hns.hr/sredisnjica/hns-ovke-i-hns-ovci-su-odlucili-novi-predsjednik-hns-a-je-stjepan-curaj/ HNS-ovke i HNS-ovci su odlučili. Novi predsjednik HNS-a je Stjepan Čuraj! hns.hr 12 December 2020 17 December 2020 hr", "Founded": "1990 10 13 y", "Head... |
Absolution Gap is a 2003 science fiction novel written by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It takes place in the Revelation Space universe and is a direct sequel to Redemption Ark.
Plot summary
The plot of the novel takes place in four separate time periods. The bulk of the novel is contained in the 2675 and 2727 sect... | {"Language": "English", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Publisher": "Gollancz", "ISBN": "978-0-575-07434-7", "Series": "Revelation Space", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover & Paperback)", "Pages": "565 pp (Hardcover)", "Preceded by": "Redemption Ark", "Followed by": "The Prefect"} |
Broken Angels (2003) is a military science fiction novel by British writer Richard Morgan. It is the sequel to Altered Carbon, and is followed by Woken Furies.
Plot
Approximately 30 years after Altered Carbon, Takeshi Kovacs is now serving in Carrera's Wedge, a mercenary organization that joins a war on a distant pl... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "Takeshi Kovacs", "Publisher": "Victor Gollancz Ltd", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "400 (Hardback), 366 (Paperback)", "ISBN": "(Hardcover), 0-345-45771-4 (Paperback)", "Preceded by": "Altered Carbon", "Followed by": "Woken Furies"... |
Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American businessman, investor, film producer, and television personality. He is best known as the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, co-owner of 2929 Entertainment, and one of the main "sharks" on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cuban's ... | {"Name": "Mark Cuban", "Caption": "Cuban in 2019", "Birth date": "1958 07 31", "Birth place": "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Education": "University of Pittsburgh Indiana University Bloomington (BS)", "Known For": "Majority owner of Dallas MavericksCo-owner of 2929 EntertainmentCo-owner of BrondellOwner of Mustang,... |
Abdel Aziz Ali Abdul Majid al-Rantisi (; 23 October 1947 - 17 April 2004), nicknamed the "Lion of Palestine" was the co-founder of Palestinian Sunni-Islamic organization Hamas along with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
Rantisi became Hamas's political leader and spokesman in the Gaza Strip following the Israeli killing of Hamas ... | {"Name": "Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi", "Native name": "ar عبد العزيز علي عبد المجيد الحفيظ الرنتيسي", "Birth date": "1947 10 23 y", "Birth place": "Yibna, Ramle, Mandatory Palestine", "Death date": "2004 04 17 1947 10 23 y", "Death place": "Gaza City, Gaza Strip", "Death cause": "Assassination", "Known For": "Hamas leader",... |
The Samburu are a Nilotic people of north-central Kenya. Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who herd mainly cattle but also keep sheep, goats and camels. The name they use for themselves is Lokop or Loikop, a term which may have a variety of meanings which Samburu themselves do not agree on. Many assert that it ref... | {"Name": "Samburu", "Population": "333,471https://www.knbs.or.ke/?wpdmpro=2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-volume-iv-distribution-of-population-by-socio-economic-characteristics&wpdmdl=5730&ind=7HRl6KateNzKXCJaxxaHSh1qe6C1M6VHznmVmKGBKgO5qIMXjby1XHM2u_swXdiR 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: ... |
John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr. (born March 20, 1948) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and comedian, best known for his role as Q in various Star Trek series (1987-present); beginning with Star Trek: The Next Generation and leading up to the third season of Star Trek: Picard in 2023.
His other television... | {"Name": "John de Lancie", "Caption": "De Lancie at the 2023 GalaxyCon Raleigh", "Birth name": "John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr.", "Birth date": "1948 3 20", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Education": "Kent State University\n Juilliard School (BFA)", "Occupation": "Actor director producer writer com... |
The Canadian Arrow was a privately funded, early-2000s rocket and space tourism project concept founded by London, Ontario, Canada entrepreneurs Geoff Sheerin, Dan McKibbon and Chris Corke. The project's objective was to take the first civilians into space, on a vertical sub-orbital spaceflight reaching an altitude of ... | {"Type": "Corporation", "Founded": "1999", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Industry": "Aerospace", "Products": "Rocket, Spacecraft", "Services": "Tourism"} |
Take a Look in the Mirror is the sixth studio album by American nu metal band Korn. Released on November 21, 2003, through Epic Records and Immortal Records, it is the last Korn studio album to feature their full original lineup, as their original guitarist Brian "Head" Welch left the band in February 2005 until his re... | {"Released": "2003 11 21", "Recorded": "April-June 2003, August 2003", "Studio": "Jonathan Davis's home studio, Los Angeles", "Genre": "Nu metalhttps://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/korn/take_a_look_in_the_mirror/ Korn: Take a Look in the Mirror Reviews July 22, 2023 Ultimate Guitar\nalternative meta... |
Julie Billiart (12 July 1751 - 8 April 1816) was a French nun, saint, educator, and founder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She was born in Cuvilly, a village in Picardy, in northern France. She was paralyzed and bedridden for 22 years, but was well known for her prayer, her embroidery skills, and her education ... | {"Born": "Cuvilly, Picardy, France", "Died": "Namur, Belgium", "Feast": "8 April", "Beatified": "Pope Pius X", "Canonized": "Pope Paul VI", "Patronage": "educators, teachers"} |
Fortney Hillman Stark Jr. (November 11, 1931 - January 24, 2020), known as Pete Stark, was an American businessman and politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 2013. A Democrat from California, Stark's district— during his last two decades in Congress—was in southwestern Al... | {"Name": "Pete Stark", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2002", "Term start": "January 3, 1973", "Term end": "January 3, 2013", "Birth name": "Fortney Hillman Stark Jr.", "Birth date": "1931 11 11", "Birth place": "Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.", "Death date": "2020 1 24 1931 11 11", "Death place": "Harwood, Maryland, ... |
Anna A. Eshoo ( ; née Georges; born December 13, 1942) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from . She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 18th district from 2013 to 2023, is based in Silicon Valley, including the cities of Redwood City, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, a... | {"Name": "Anna Eshoo", "Term start": "January 3, 1993", "Birth name": "Anna A. Georgeshttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V66V-99T FamilySearch.org FamilySearch", "Birth date": "1942 12 13", "Birth place": "New Britain, Connecticut, U.S.", "Residence": "Menlo Park, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "George Eshoo ... |
Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief (; August 5, 1905 - February 5, 1999), was a Soviet-American economist known for his research on input-output analysis and how changes in one economic sector may affect other sectors.
Leontief won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1973, and four of his doctoral students hav... | {"Fields": "Economics", "Institutions": "University of KielNew York UniversityHarvard University", "Doctoral students": "Paul SamuelsonPeter B. DixonThomas SchellingRobert SolowKenneth E. IversonVernon L. SmithRichard E. QuandtHyman MinskyDale W. JorgensonJorgenson, Dale W. (1998) Growth, Vol. 1: Econometric General Eq... |
The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (Congregationis Sororum a Domina Nostra Namurcensi) are a Catholic institute of religious sisters, founded to provide education to the poor.
The institute was founded in Amiens, France, in 1804, but the opposition of the local bishop to missions outside his diocese led to the moving ... | {"Headquarters": "20 Via Raffaelo SardielloRome, Italy", "Affiliations": "Catholic", "Remarks": "The Sisters take on every form of Christian apostolate, from universities to primary schools, to hospitals and spirituality centers, to doing work for peace and justice, to doing whatever little good they can", "Abbreviatio... |
Susan Ellen "Zoe" Lofgren ( ; born December 21, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as a U.S. representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party, Lofgren is in her 14th term in Congress, having been first elected in 1994. Lofgren has long served on the House Judiciary Committee, and chaired... | {"Name": "Zoe Lofgren", "Office 2": "Chair of the House Administration Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Gregg Harper", "Successor 2": "Bryan Steil", "Birth name": "Susan Ellen Lofgren", "Birth date": "1947 12 21", "Birth place": "San Mateo, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "John Collins 1978", "Education": "Stanford Univer... |
Samuel Sharon Farrhttps://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/512512872.html?dids=512512872:512512872&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+12%2C+1968&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Farr-Baldwin+Troth+Told+by+Parents&pqatl=google (born July 4, 1941) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative ... | {"Birth name": "Samuel Sharon Farr", "Name": "Sam Farr", "Birth date": "1941 07 04", "Birth place": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Willamette University, Santa Clara University, Monterey Institute of International Studies", "Term start": "June 8, 1993", "Term end": "January 3, 2017", "State assembly2... |
Big Fat Liar is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, and written by Dan Schneider from a story by Schneider and Brian Robbins. It stars Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti and Amanda Bynes, with a supporting cast featuring Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison, Lee Majors and Russell Hornsby.
The plot, alluding to... | {"Directed by": "Shawn Levy", "Screenplay by": "Dan Schneider", "Story by": "Dan Schneider\n Brian Robbins", "Produced by": "Brian Robbins\n Mike Tollin", "Starring": "Frankie Muniz\n Paul Giamatti\n Amanda Bynes\n Amanda Detmer\n Donald Faison\n Lee Majors", "Cinematography": "Jonathan Brown", "Edited by": "Stuart Pap... |
Dennis Alan Cardoza (born March 31, 1959) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2003 to 2012. The district took in a large swath of the Central Valley, from Stockton to Fresno. He is a member of the Democratic Party. On October 20, 2011, he announced he would retire from Congress at... | {"Name": "Dennis Cardoza", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2004", "Term start": "January 3, 2003", "Term end": "August 15, 2012", "Birth name": "Dennis Alan Cardoza", "Birth date": "1959 3 31", "Birth place": "Merced, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Kathie McLoughlin", "Education": "California State University, S... |
George Purdy Radanovich (born June 20, 1955) is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 to 2011. The district includes most of northern Fresno, as well as several rural areas northeast of the city. He did not seek reelection in 2010. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Backgro... | {"Name": "George Radanovich", "Term start": "January 3, 1995", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Birth name": "George Purdy Radanovich", "Birth date": "1955 6 20", "Birth place": "Mariposa, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Ethie Weaver (Deceased)", "Alma mater": "California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo"} |
The 108th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2005, during the third and fourth years of George W. Bush's presidency.
House members ... | {"Senate President": "Dick Cheney (R)", "House Speaker": "Dennis Hastert (R)", "Members": "5", "House majority": "Republican", "Senate majority": "Republican"} |
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