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The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia. It was named for the commonwealth in which it was established. At its peak in 1882, the Pennsylvania ... | {"Locale": "Northeastern United States", "Dates of operation": "1968 01 31 \n(renamed to Penn Central Transportation Company)", "Previous gauge": "at one time 57in on", "Electrification": "12.5 kV 25 Hz AC: New York City-Washington, D.C./South Amboy; Philadelphia-Harrisburg; North Jersey Coast Line", "Length": "11,640.... |
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Owens Lake is a mostly dry lake in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California. It is about south of Lone Pine. Unlike most dry lakes in the Basin and Range Province that have been ... | {"Native name": "mnr Patsiata", "Location": "Sierra NevadaInyo County, California,United States", "Coordinates": "36.4332 -117.9509 region:US-CA_type:waterbody inline,title", "Primary inflows": "Owens RiverNatural springs and wells", "Basin": "United States", "Max. length": "17.5 mi on", "Max. width": "10 mi on", "Max.... |
Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, KG ( - 28 July 1585) of Chenies in Buckinghamshire and of Bedford House in Exeter, Devon, was an English nobleman, soldier, and politician. He was a godfather to the Devon-born sailor Sir Francis Drake. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Devon (1584-5).
Early life
thumb|200px|left|Qu... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Earl of Bedford", "Honorific suffix": "KG PC", "Image size": "240px", "Birth date": "1527", "Death date": "1585 07 28 1527 yes", "Death place": "London", "Alma mater": "King's Hall, Cambridge", "Spouse(s)": "Margaret St John 27 August 1562 her deathBridget Husse... |
David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 - September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford University, he had served as president of Indiana University from 1884 to 1891.
Starr wa... | {"Name": "David Starr Jordan", "Term start": "1913", "Term end": "1916", "Order 2": "1st", "Title 2": "President of Stanford University", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "John C. Branner", "Birth date": "1851 1 19", "Birth place": "Wyoming County, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1931 9 19 1851 1 1... |
Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford PC (1587 – 9 May 1641) was an English nobleman and politician. He built the square of Covent Garden, with the piazza and church of St. Paul's, employing Inigo Jones as his architect. He is also known for his pioneering project to drain The Fens of Cambridgeshire.
Early life
He was... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Earl of Bedford", "Post-nominals": "PC", "Birth date": "1587", "Death date": "1641 5 9 1587 yes", "Spouse(s)": "Catherine Brydges", "Parent(s)": "William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of ThornhaughElizabeth Long", "Children": "8, including:William Russell, 1st Duke... |
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, (30 September 17105 January 1771) was a British Whig statesman and peer who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1757 to 1761. A leading member of the Whig party during the Seven Years' War, he negotiated the 1763 Treaty of Paris which ended the conflict. Bedford was also an... | {"Name": "The Duke of Bedford", "Alternative text": "The Duke of Bedford", "Image caption": "The Duke of Bedford by Thomas Gainsborough", "Term start": "9 September 1763", "Term end": "12 July 1765", "Order 2": "Lord Privy Seal", "Monarch 2": "George III", "Prime minister 2": "The Duke of NewcastleThe Earl of ButeGeorg... |
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (23 July 1765 - 2 March 1802) was an English aristocrat and Whig politician, responsible for much of the development of central Bloomsbury.
Life
Francis Russell, eldest son of Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (died 1767), by his wife, Elizabeth (died 1768), daughter of Willia... | {"Image size": "180px", "Birth date": "1765 7 23 y", "Death date": "1802 3 2 1765 7 23 y", "Other titles": "5th Marquess of Tavistock9th Earl of Bedford9th Baron Russell7th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh5th Baron Howland"} |
Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester (7 November 1642) was an English judge, politician and peer. He is mainly remembered today as the judge who sentenced Sir Walter Raleigh to death.
Life
He was the 3rd son of Edward Montagu of Boughton and grandson of Sir Edward Montagu, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench from ... | {"Name": "The Earl of Manchester", "Office 2": "Lord Chief Justice of England", "Predecessor 2": "Edward Coke", "Successor 2": "James Ley", "Birth date": "1563", "Death date": "7 November 1642 (aged 78/79)", "Alma mater": "Christ's College, Cambridge", "Spouse(s)": "Catherine Spencer Anne Holliday Margaret Crouch"} |
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, (2 July 178031 January 1863), known as Lord Henry Petty from 1784 to 1809, was a British statesman. In a ministerial career spanning nearly half a century, he notably served as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer and was three times Lord President of the C... | {"Name": "The Marquess of Lansdowne", "Image caption": "Portrait by Henry Walton, 1805", "Term start": "6 July 1846", "Term end": "27 February 1852", "Monarch 2": "William IVVictoria", "Prime minister 2": "The Viscount Melbourne", "Predecessor 2": "The Earl of Rosslyn", "Successor 2": "The Lord Wharncliffe", "Birth dat... |
Cleisthenes ( ; ), or Clisthenes (), was an ancient Athenian lawgiver credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508 BC.Ober, pp. 83 ff. For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as "the father of Athenian democracy".R. Po-chia Hsia, Julius Caesar, Tho... | {"Name": "Cleisthenes", "Native name": "Κλεισθένης", "Image caption": "Modern bust of Cleisthenes, known as \"the father of Athenian democracy\", on view at the Ohio Statehouse, Columbus, Ohio", "Birth date": "570 BC", "Death date": "508 BC"} |
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the first novel of Irish writer James Joyce, published in 1916. A Künstlerroman written in a modernist style, it traces the religious and intellectual awakening of young Stephen Dedalus, Joyce's fictional alter ego, whose surname alludes to Daedalus, Greek mythology's consumm... | {"Language": "English", "Set in": "Dublin and Clongowes Wood College, c. 1890s", "Pages": "299", "Media type": "Print: hardback", "Published": "29 December 1916", "Publisher": "B. W. Huebsch", "Preceded by": "Stephen Hero", "Followed by": "Ulysses"} |
Dhardo Rinpoche (1917-1990), born Thubten Lhundup Legsang, was the 12th in a line of tulkus from Dhartsendo on the eastern border of Tibet who hailed from the Nyingma Gompa in Dhartsendo called Dorje Drak (not to be confused with Dorje Drak in Central Tibet). The 11th tulku rose to the Abbot of Drepung and during the 1... | {"Name": "Thubten Lhundup Legsang", "Title": "Dhardo Rinpoche or Dhardo Tulku (12th Dhardo Tulku in the Nyingmapa lineage, as well as 1st Dhardo Tulku in the Gelugpa lineage)", "Birth date": "1917", "Birth place": "Dhartsendo, eastern Tibet", "Death date": "1990 3 24 73 yes", "Nationality": "Tibetan", "Predecessor": "D... |
Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga (; born February 22, 1971), known professionally as Lea Salonga, is a Filipina singer, actress, producer, and columnist. Dubbed the "Pride of the Philippines",Pride of the Philippines:
she is best known for her roles in musical theatre, for supplying the singing voices of two... | {"Name": "Lea Salonga", "Post-nominals": "OL", "Caption": "Salonga in 2021", "Other names": "Lei Tata Manang", "Birth name": "Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga", "Birth date": "1971 2 22", "Birth place": "Ermita, Manila, Philippines", "Occupation": "Singer actress producer columnist", "Years active": "1978-present", "Not... |
Ann Dustin Wilson (born June 19, 1950) is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer of the rock band Heart.
Wilson has been a member of Heart since the early 1970s; her younger sister, Nancy, is also a member of the band. The first hard rock band fronted by women, Heart released numerous albums b... | {"Born": "San Diego, California, U.S.", "Origin": "Seattle, Washington, U.S.", "Genres": "Rock, hard rock, folk rock, pop rock", "Member of": "Heart"} |
Henry (; ; ; died 20 January 1156.) was a medieval English clergyman. He came to Sweden with Cardinal Nicholas Breakspeare in 1153 and was most likely designated to be the new Archbishop of Uppsala, but the independent church province of Sweden could only be established in 1164 after the civil war, and Henry would hav... | {"Born": "Kingdom of England", "Died": "Lake Köyliö, Finnic tribal lands (now Finland)", "Feast": "January 19", "Canonized": "Pre-congregationHeikkilä 2005 100.", "Patronage": "Catholic Cathedral of Helsinki", "Controversy": "Existence disputed"} |
Star Wars: Customizable Card Game (SW:CCG) is an out-of-print customizable card game based on the Star Wars fictional universe. It was created by Decipher, Inc., which also produced the Star Trek Customizable Card Game and The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game. The game was produced from December 1995 until December ... | {"Image caption": "Card backs to Star Wars Customizable Card Game", "Designers": "Tom Braunlich, Rollie Tesh, Warren Holland, and Jerry Darcy", "Publishers": "Decipher, Inc.", "Players": "2", "Setup time": "under 1 minute", "Playing time": "Approx. 1 hour", "Random chance": "Low", "Skills required": "Deck manipulation,... |
Gino Raymond Michael Cappelletti (March 26, 1934 - May 12, 2022) was an American professional football player. He played college football at University of Minnesota and was an All-Star in the American Football League (AFL) for the Boston Patriots, winning the 1964 AFL Most Valuable Player Award. Cappelletti is a member... | {"Born:": "Keewatin, Minnesota, U.S.", "Died:": "Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Height:": "0", "Weight:": "190", "High school:": "Keewatin (Keewatin, Minnesota)", "College:": "Minnesota", "AFL Draft:": "Undrafted"} |
Ronald E. Burton (July 25, 1936 - September 13, 2003) was an American football player in the American Football League (AFL) for the Boston Patriots. He was a consensus All-American running back at Northwestern University, and is a member of the Northwestern Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame.
Playing caree... | {"Born:": "Springfield, Ohio, U.S.", "Died:": "Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Height:": "10", "Weight:": "190", "High school:": "Springfield (OH)", "College:": "Northwestern", "NFL Draft:": "9", "AFL Draft:": "1Pick: First Selections(by the Boston Patriots)"} |
Edmundo Alves de Souza Oliveira (born 2 April 1971), better known simply as Edmundo, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a forward. Nicknamed "O Animal", he was a talented yet controversial footballer and drew attention both for his skill, as well as for his volatile behaviour, both on a... | {"Name": "Edmundo", "Picture caption": "Edmundo playing for Vasco da Gama in 2008", "Full name": "Edmundo Alves de Souza Oliveira", "Birth date": "yes 1971 4 2", "Birth place": "Niterói, Brazil", "Height": "1.77 m", "Position": "Forward", "Youth club 1 years": "1982-1986", "Youth club 1": "Vasco da Gama", "Youth club 2... |
The Fiat X1/9 is a two-seater mid-engined sports car designed by Bertone and manufactured by Fiat from 1972-1982 and subsequently by Gruppo Bertone from 1982-1989.
With a transverse engine and gearbox in a mid-mounted, rear-wheel drive configuration, the X1/9 was noted for its balanced handling, retractable headlights... | {"Manufacturer": "Fiat (1972–82)Bertone (1982–89)", "Also called": "Bertone X1/9", "Production": "1972–1989~140,500 produced (Fiat)33~19,500 (Bertone)53", "Assembly": "FiatBertone (after 1982)", "Designer": "Marcello Gandini at Bertone", "Class": "Sports car", "Body style": "Two-seater targa", "Layout": "Transverse mid... |
Sir Francis Beaufort (; 27 May 1774 - 17 December 1857) was an Irish hydrographer, creator of the Beaufort cipher and the Beaufort scale, and naval officer.
Early life
Francis Beaufort was descended from French Protestant Huguenots, who fled the French Wars of Religion in the sixteenth century. His parents moved t... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Francis Beaufort", "Honorific suffix": "GBR KCB FRS FRGS FRAS MRIA 100%", "Image caption": "Beaufort 1851", "Birth date": "1774 05 27 y", "Birth place": "Navan, County Meath, Ireland", "Death date": "1857 12 17 1774 05 27 y", "Death place": "Hove, Sussex, England", "Resting place": ... |
A s'more is a confection consisting of toasted marshmallow and chocolate sandwiched between two pieces of graham cracker. S'mores are popular in the United States and Canada, and traditionally cooked over a campfire.
Etymology and origins
S'more is a contraction of the phrase "some more". A S'more recipe appeared in a... | {"Name of food": "S'more", "Image caption": "A s'more made with graham cracker, marshmallow, and chocolate", "Place of origin": "United States", "Main ingredient": "Graham crackers, chocolate, marshmallows"} |
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici ( ; May 7, 1932 - September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the Senate, making him the longest-tenured U.S. Senator in the state's history. To ... | {"Name": "Pete Domenici", "Term start": "January 3, 1973", "Term end": "January 3, 2009", "Office 2": "Chair of the Senate Budget Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Jim Sasser", "Successor 2": "Kent Conrad", "Birth name": "Pietro Vichi Domenici", "Birth date": "1932 05 07", "Birth place": "Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.", "D... |
Wright Aeronautical (1919-1929) was an American aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Paterson, New Jersey. It was the successor corporation to Wright-Martin. It built aircraft and was a supplier of aircraft engines to other builders in the golden age of aviation. Wright engines were used by Amelia Earhart and Charles... | {"Founded": "1919", "Defunct": "1929 (remained a division)", "Fate": "Merged", "Parent": "Curtiss-Wright(after 1929)"} |
Megan's Law is the name for a federal law (and informal name for subsequent state laws) in the United States requiring law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders. Laws were created in response to the murder of Megan Kanka. Federal Megan's Law was enacted a... | {"Long title": "To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to require the release of relevant information to protect the public from sexually violent offenders.<ref name=\"USPL", "Enacted by": "104th", "Public law": "Pub.L. 104-145", "Acts amended": "Violent Crime Contr... |
Aix-les-Bains (, ; ; ), locally simply Aix, is a commune in the southeastern French department of Savoie.Commune d'Aix-les-Bains (73008), INSEE
Situated on the shore of the largest natural lake of glacial origin in France, the Lac du Bourget, this resort is a major spa town; it has the largest freshwater marina in Fra... | {"Name": "Aix-les-Bains", "Native Name": "frp Èx-los-Bens", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Aix-les-Bains on Lake Bourget", "Arrondissement": "Chambéry", "Canton": "Aix-les-Bains-1Aix-les-Bains-2", "Postal code": "55344", "Mayor": "Renaud BerettiRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr... |
Take Back Your Government!: A Practical Handbook for the Private Citizen Who Wants Democracy to Work was an early work by Robert A. Heinlein. It was published in 1992 after his death in 1988.
Originally entitled How to Be a Politician, the book was written in 1946 but never found a publisher, perhaps due to excess can... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Baen", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover & Paperback)", "Pages": "304 pp.", "ISBN": "0-671-72157-7"} |
The Wright Company was the commercial aviation business venture of the Wright Brothers, established by them on November 22, 1909, in conjunction with several prominent industrialists from New York and Detroit with the intention of capitalizing on their invention of the practical airplane. The company maintained its hea... | {"Founded": "1909 11 22", "Defunct": "1916", "Fate": "Merged with Glenn L. Martin Company in 1916", "Headquarters": "United States", "Parent": "-->"} |
Suzy Parker (born Cecilia Ann Renee Parker; October 28, 1932 - May 3, 2003) was an American model and actress active from 1947 until 1970. Her modeling career reached its zenith during the 1950s, when she appeared on the covers of dozens of magazines and in advertisements and movie and television roles.
She appeared i... | {"Name": "Suzy Parker", "Image": "Suzy Parker 1963.JPG", "Caption": "Suzy Parker in 1963", "Birth name": "Cecilia Ann Renee Parker", "Birth date": "1932 10 28 y", "Birth place": "Long Island City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2003 05 03 1932 10 28 y", "Death place": "Montecito, California, U.S.", "Other names": "Suz... |
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Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation was a short-lived aircraft manufacturing business venture between the Wright Company (after Orville Wright sold the Wright Company and divested himself from it) and Glenn L. Martin.
History
Company officials merged their respe... | {"Industry": "Aerospace", "Founded": "1916", "Defunct": "1919", "Fate": "Reformed as Wright Aeronautical in 1919", "Headquarters": "United States", "Parent": "-->", "Subsidiaries": "Wright Company Glenn L. Martin Company Simplex Automobile Company Wright Flying Field, Inc. General Aeronautic Company of America, Inc."} |
Delo () is a national daily newspaper in Slovenia. For more than 60 years, Delo has been involved in active co-creation of the Slovenian public space. It covers politics, economics, sports, culture and social events in Slovene. In addition to Slovenia, the paper is available in several Croatian cities and in Belgrade, ... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "FMR d.d.", "Political alignment": "Historically: Left-wing, Social democracy Contemporary: Social liberalism", "Publisher": "Delo d.o.o.", "Editor": "Bojan Budja", "Sister newspapers": "Slovenske novice", "Circulation": "46,726 (July-September 2011)", "He... |
Christine Leigh Gephardt is an American LGBT rights activist and former social worker who campaigned for her father Dick Gephardt during the 2004 U.S. presidential election. She is the first prominent LGBT relative to promote a major political campaign in the United States.
Biography
Gephardt worked on her father's ... | {"Name": "Christine Gephardt", "Alma mater": "Northwestern UniversityWashington University in St. Louis", "Occupation": "LGBT rights activist, social worker", "Father": "Dick Gephardt"} |
Crosby is a coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is north of Bootle, south of Southport and Formby, and west of Netherton. It abuts the areas of Blundellsands to the north and Waterloo to the south. It is approximately 6
miles (9.6 km) north of Liverpo... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)https://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-northwestengland.php?adm2id=E11000002 Merseyside: Settlements CityPopulation 18 February 2019", "Metropolitan borough": "Sefton", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "Sefton Central", "Postcode di... |
Little Crosby is a small village in Merseyside, North West England. Despite being a suburb within 8 miles of Liverpool it has retained its rural character by, for example, opting not to have street lights.
As part of Lancashire the village was an urban district in its own right until annexed to the Great Crosby urban ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Metropolitan borough": "Sefton", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "Sefton Central", "Postcode district": "L", "Dialling code": "0151", "OS grid reference": "SD3231301409"} |
Waterloo is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Along with Seaforth the two localities make up the Sefton Ward of Church. The area is bordered by Crosby to the north, Seaforth to the south, the Rimrose Valley country park to the east, and to the west the Crosby Beach and Crosby Coasta... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Metropolitan borough": "Sefton", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "Bootle", "Postcode district": "L", "Dialling code": "0151", "OS grid reference": "SJ315985"} |
Godspell is a musical composed by Stephen Schwartz with book by John-Michael Tebelak. The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set to lyrics from traditional hymns, with the passion of Christ appearing briefly near the end.
Godspell began ... | {"Name": "Godspell", "Caption": "Original cast recording", "Composer(s)": "Stephen Schwartz", "Lyricist(s)": "Stephen Schwartz", "Book-writer": "John-Michael Tebelak", "Based on?": "Gospel of Saint Matthew (primarily)", "Productions": "1971 Off-Broadway 1971 Australian tour 1971 London 1972 Toronto 1973 Film Adapta... |
Donald David DeFreeze (November 16, 1943 - May 17, 1974), also known as Cinque Mtume and using the nom de guerre "General Field Marshal Cinque", was known as the "spokesman" of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a small, American far-left group that formed in Oakland, California in 1973. Some analysts suggested he w... | {"Name": "Donald DeFreeze", "Birth name": "Donald David DeFreeze", "Birth date": "1943 11 16 y", "Birth place": "Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "1974 05 17 1943 11 15", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Death cause": "Suicide by gunshot", "Caption": "Mugshot from 1973", "Other names": "Field Marsh... |
The president of Slovenia, officially the president of the Republic of Slovenia (), is the head of state of the Republic of Slovenia. The position was established on 23 December 1991 when the National Assembly passed a new constitution as a result of independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Acco... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "the Republic of Slovenia", "Native name": "Predsednik Republike Slovenije", "Insignia image": "Flag_of_Slovenia.svgborder", "Insignia size": "100px", "Insignia caption": "Flag of Slovenia", "Image size": "200px", "Incumbent": "Nataša Pirc Musar", "Incumbent since": "23 December 2022", "Me... |
Ronald Radosh ( ; born 1937) is an American Social Conservative writer, professor, historian, and former Marxist.
As he described in his memoirs, Radosh was, like his Ashkenazi Jewish parents, a member of the Communist Party of the United States of America until the exposure of the truth about Stalinism began during ... | {"Name": "Ronald Radosh", "Caption": "Ronald and Allis Radosh", "Spouse(s)": "Alice Schweig (m. 1959; divorced)Allis Rosenberg Radosh (m. 1975)", "Birth date": "1937", "Birth place": "New York City, United StatesRonald Radosh (2001). Commies; A Journey through the Old Left, the New Left, and the Leftover Left. Encounte... |
Carlota Alfaro (born June 4, 1933) is a high fashion designer. She is known as "Puerto Rico's grande dame of fashion".
Biography
Alfaro was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico and showed a passion for design ever since she was a child, often designing clothes for family and friends. She was raised in Santurce where her aun... | {"Name": "Carlota Alfaro", "Caption": "Alfaro in 2009", "Birth date": "1933 06 04 y", "Birth place": "Santurce, Puerto Rico", "Years active": "1960-present", "Occupation": "Fashion designer and writer", "Movement": "Haute couture", "Other names": "\"Puerto Rico's grande dame of fashion\""} |
Galgate is a village in the City of Lancaster, just south of Lancaster University, and about south of Lancaster itself in the English county of Lancashire.
Etymology
The name Galgate is from Galwaithegate, a road that continues north through Cumbria, meaning the road to Galloway.
Geography
The River Conder runs thro... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Lancaster", "Shire county": "Lancashire", "UK Parliament": "Lancaster and Fleetwood", "Postcode district": "LA", "Dialling code": "01524", "OS grid reference": "SD485555"} |
Heysham ( ) is a coastal village in Lancashire, England, overlooking Morecambe Bay. It is a ferry port, with services to the Isle of Man and Ireland, and the site of two nuclear power stations.
History
thumb|left|Stone-hewn graves overlooking Morecambe Bay
Of historical interest are the stone-hewn graves in the ruins ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "17,016", "OS grid reference": "SD415615", "Postcode district": "LA3", "Dialling code": "01524", "UK Parliament": "Morecambe and Lunesdale", "District": "Lancaster", "Shire county": "Lancashire"} |
Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is noted for his heavy involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement. His film Kaboom (2010) was the first winner of the Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm.
Early life
Araki was born in Los Angeles on December 17, 1959, to Japanese American parents. He ... | {"Name": "Gregg Araki", "Caption": "Araki in 2014", "Birth date": "1959 12 17", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Education": "University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A.)University of Southern California (M.F.A.)", "Occupation": "Film director, screenwriter, producer", "Years active": "1987-present", ... |
AirTran Airways was a low-cost U.S. airline that was originally headquartered in Orlando, Florida, and ceased operation following its acquisition by Southwest Airlines.
AirTran Airways was established in 1993 as Conquest Sun Airlines by the management of two small airlines: Destination Sun Airways and Conquest Airline... | {"Airline name": "AirTran Airways", "Image size (px)": "250", "IATA Designator": "FL", "ICAO Designator": "TRS", "Callsign": "CITRUS", "Founded": "1993 y(as Conquest Sun Airlines)", "Ceased operations": "2014 12 28 y(merged into Southwest Airlines)", "Operating bases": "Atlanta (1997—2014)\n Baltimore\n Milwaukee\n... |
Scott A. Brison (born May 10, 1967) is a Canadian former politician from Nova Scotia. Brison served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Kings-Hants from the 1997 federal election until July 2000, then from November 2000 to February 2019. He was the first openly gay MP to sit as a member of the Progressi... | {"Name": "Scott Brison", "Term start": "November 4, 2015", "Term end": "January 14, 2019", "Riding 2": "Kings—Hants", "Predecessor 2": "Joe Clark", "Successor 2": "Kody Blois", "Birth date": "1967 5 10", "Birth place": "Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada", "Other political party": "Progressive Conservative (1997-2003)", "Spo... |
Libby Davies (born February 27, 1953) is a Canadian politician from British Columbia. She was the member of Parliament for Vancouver East from 1997 to 2015, House Leader for the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2003 to 2011, and Deputy Leader of the party from 2007 until 2015 (alongside Thomas Mulcair under the leaders... | {"Name": "Libby Davies", "Image caption": "Davies at the 2006 New Democratic Party federal convention in Quebec City", "Term start": "2007", "Term end": "August 4, 2015", "Office 2": "Member of the House of Commons of Canada", "Predecessor 2": "Anna Terrana", "Successor 2": "Jenny Kwan", "Birth date": "1953 02 27", "Bi... |
Juan Goytisolo Gay (6 January 1931 - 4 June 2017) was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017.
He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet he had lived abroad since the 1950s.
On 24 November 2014 he was awarded the Ce... | {"Born": "y 1931 1 6", "Died": "2017 6 4 1931 1 6 yes", "Occupation": "Novelist\n short story writer\n poet\n essayist", "Nationality": "Spanish", "Period": "1954-2017", "Literary movement": "Post-Modernism", "Relatives": "Luis Goytisolo, José Agustín", "Notable awards": "Miguel de Cervantes Prize 2014"} |
Giants Stadium (sometimes referred to as Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands or The Swamp) was a stadium located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. The venue was open from 1976 to 2010, and it primarily hosted sporting events and concerts. It was best known as the home field of the New Yo... | {"Location": "East Rutherford, New Jersey", "Coordinates": "40 48 44 N 74 4 37 W type:landmark_scale:2000 inline,title", "Broke ground": "November 30, 1972http://www.njsea.com/economic.aspx?id=73 NJSEA Economic Development New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority May 24, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/201... |
Patrick Oliver Cockburn ( ; born 5 March 1950) is a journalist who has been a Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times since 1979 and, from 1990, The Independent. He has also worked as a correspondent in Moscow and Washington and is a frequent contributor to the London Review of Books.
He has written three bo... | {"Name": "Patrick Cockburn", "Birth name": "Patrick Oliver Cockburn", "Birth date": "1950 3 5 y", "Birth place": "Ireland", "Nationality": "Irish British", "Alma mater": "Trinity College, Oxford\n Queen's University Belfast", "Occupation": "Writer Journalist Author", "Years active": "1979-present", "Employer": "Financi... |
Andrew Myles Cockburn ( ; born 7 January 1947) is a British journalist and the Washington, D.C., editor of Harper's Magazine.
Early life
Born in the London suburb of Willesden in 1947, Cockburn grew up in County Cork, Ireland. His father was Communist author and journalist Claud Cockburn. His mother, Patricia Evangeli... | {"Birth name": "Andrew Myles Cockburn", "Birth date": "yes 1947 1 7", "Birth place": "Willesden, Middlesex, England", "Occupation": "Journalist", "Alma mater": "Worcester College, Oxford", "Spouse(s)": "Leslie Cockburn 1977", "Children": "3, including Olivia Wilde", "Father": "Claud Cockburn", "Mother": "Patricia Cockb... |
Fiasco () is a science fiction novel by Polish author Stanisław Lem, first published in a German translation in 1986. The book, published in Poland the following year and translated into English by Michael Kandel in the same year, is a further elaboration of Lem's skepticism: in Lem's opinion, the difficulty in communi... | {"Original title": "Fiasko", "Country": "Germany (first published)", "Language": "German (First published)", "Publisher": "Fischer Verlag (Germany)Harcourt Brace Jovanovich\n(Eng. trans.)", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "Pages": "336", "ISBN": "0-15-630630-1"} |
The Chevrolet Avalanche is a four-door, five- or six-passenger pickup truck that was manufactured by General Motors. It shared the chassis of the Chevrolet Suburban (and its GMC and Cadillac cousins). Breaking with a long-standing tradition, the Avalanche was not available as a GMC, but only as a Chevrolet. However, it... | {"Manufacturer": "General Motors", "Production": "July 2001August 2022 - April 2013August 2022", "Class": "Full-size pickup truck", "Body style": "4-door pickup truck", "Assembly": "Silao, Mexico (GM Silao Plant)", "Layout": "Front engine, rear-wheel drive / Four-wheel drive", "Designer": "Marc R. Asposito", "Related":... |
Dennis Wayne Archer (born January 1, 1942) is an American lawyer, jurist and former politician from Michigan. A Democrat, Archer served as Justice on the Michigan Supreme Court and as mayor of Detroit. He later served as president of the American Bar Association, becoming the first black president of the organization, ... | {"Name": "Dennis Archer", "Term start": "January 3, 1994", "Term end": "January 1, 2002", "Birth name": "Dennis Wayne Archer", "Birth date": "1942 1 1", "Birth place": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Trudy DunCombe 1967", "Education": "Wayne State UniversityDetroit Institute of TechnologyWestern Michigan Unive... |
The Communist Party of Australia (CPA), known as the Australian Communist Party (ACP) from 1944 to 1951, was an Australian political party founded in 1920. The party existed until roughly 1991, with its membership and influence having been in a steady decline since its peak in 1945. Like most communist parties in the w... | {"Abbreviation": "CPA, ACP", "Founded": "30 October 1920", "Registered": "19 October 1984https://aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/Party_Registration/Deregistered_parties/Com_pa.htm Communist Party of Australia aec.gov.au Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)", "Merger of": "State Labor Party (SLP) (1944)... |
Jakob Gijsbert "Jaap" de Hoop Scheffer (;The first word in isolation: . born 3 April 1948) is a Dutch retired politician, jurist and diplomat who served as the eleventh Secretary General of NATO from January 2004 to August 2009.NATO - Biography Jaap de Hoop Scheffer A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), w... | {"Name": "Jaap de Hoop Scheffer", "Image caption": "De Hoop Scheffer in 2005", "Term start": "1 January 2004", "Term end": "1 August 2009", "Office 2": "Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal", "Deputy 2": "See list Hans Hillen (1998-2001) Jan Peter Balkenende (2001)", "Predecessor 2": "Enneüs Heerma", "Successor... |
Xenosaga is a role-playing video game series developed by Monolith Soft and primarily published by Namco. Forming part of the wider Xeno metaseries, Xenosaga is set in a science fiction universe and follows a group of characters as they face both a hostile alien race called the Gnosis and human factions fighting for co... | {"Title": "Xenosaga", "Creator": "Tetsuya Takahashi", "Developer": "Monolith SoftTom Create (I & II, Pied Piper)Namco Mobile (Pied Piper)", "Publisher": "JP Namco NA Namco (Namco Bandai Games) EU Sony Computer Entertainment Europe", "Genre": "Role-playing", "Platforms": "PlayStation 2, Mobile, Nintendo DS", "First rele... |
Whoopee! is a 1928 musical comedy play with a book based on Owen Davis's play, The Nervous Wreck. The musical libretto was written by William Anthony McGuire, with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1928, starring Eddie Cantor, and introduced the hit song "Love Me or ... | {"Name": "Whoopee!", "Image size": "150px", "Caption": "Poster for the 1979 Broadway revival", "Composer(s)": "Walter Donaldson", "Lyricist(s)": "Gus Kahn", "Book-writer": "William Anthony McGuire", "Based on?": "Owen Davis's play The Nervous Wreck", "Productions": "1928 Broadway 1979 Broadway revival"} |
Jonathan Creek is a long-running British mystery crime drama series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. It stars Alan Davies as the titular character, who works as a creative consultant to a stage magician while also solving seemingly supernatural mysteries through his talent for logical deduction and his... | {"Genre": "Mystery Drama", "Written by": "David Renwick", "Directed by": "Sandy JohnsonKeith WashingtonMarcus MortimerRichard HolthouseChristine GernonDavid RenwickDavid Sant", "Starring": "Alan DaviesCaroline Quentin (1997-2000)Julia Sawalha (2001-2004)Sheridan Smith (2009-2013)Sarah Alexander (2013-2016)", "Opening t... |
The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost and larger of two large inlets (the other being Gulf St Vincent) on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. It spans from the Cape Catastrophe and Eyre Peninsula in the west to Cape Spencer and Yorke Peninsula in the east.
... | {"Location": "South Australia", "Coordinates": "34 25 S 136 45 E region:AU-SA_scale:2500000 inline,title", "Part of": "Great Australian Bight", "Basin": "Australia"} |
The Murrumbidgee River () is a major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray-Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia. It flows through the Australian state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, descending over , generally in a west-northwesterly direction from the foot of Pep... | {"Etymology": "Aboriginal Wiradjuri language: \"big water\"", "Nickname(s)": "'bidgee", "Mouth": "55 m on", "Location": "near Boundary Bend, NSW/Vic", "Coordinates": "34 43 43 S 143 13 8 E inline,title", "Basin size": "84917 km2 on", "Left": "Gudgenby River, Cotter River, Goodradigbee River, Tumut River", "Right": "Bre... |
Madalyn Murray O'Hair ( Mays; April 13, 1919 - September 29, 1995) was an American activist supporting atheism and separation of church and state. In 1963 she founded American Atheists and served as its president until 1986, after which her son Jon Garth Murray succeeded her. She created the first issues of American At... | {"Name": "Madalyn Murray O'Hair", "Image caption": "O'Hair in 1983", "Term start": "1963", "Term end": "1986", "Birth name": "Madalyn Mays", "Birth date": "1919 4 13", "Birth place": "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1995 9 29 1919 4 13", "Death place": "San Antonio, Texas, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "John Roth... |
Charles Napier Sturt (28 April 1795 - 16 June 1869) was a British officer and explorer of Australia, and part of the European exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rive... | {"Name": "Charles Sturt", "Caption": "Portrait by John Michael Crossland", "Birth date": "yes 1795 4 28", "Birth place": "Bengal, British India", "Death date": "1869 6 16 1795 4 28 yes", "Death place": "Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England", "Occupation": "Explorer of Australia, Colonial Administrator, Grazier, Natural... |
William Joseph O'Reilly (20 December 19056 October 1992) was an Australian cricketer, rated as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. Following his retirement from playing, he became a well-respected cricket writer and broadcaster.
O'Reilly was one of the best spin bowlers ever to play cricket. He de... | {"Full name": "William Joseph O'Reilly", "Nickname": "Tiger", "Born": "White Cliffs, New South Wales, Australia", "Died": "Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia", "Height": "2", "Batting": "Left-handed", "Bowling": "Right-arm leg break", "Role": "Bowler"} |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 American fantasy supernatural swashbuckler film directed by Gore Verbinski. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, the film is based on Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disney theme parks and is the firs... | {"Directed by": "Gore Verbinski", "Screenplay by": "Ted Elliott\n Terry Rossio", "Story by": "Ted Elliott\n Terry Rossio\n Stuart Beattie\n Jay Wolpert", "Based on": "Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean", "Produced by": "Jerry Bruckheimer", "Starring": "Johnny Depp\n Geoffrey Rush\n Orlando Bloom\n Keira Knightley\n... |
The Television Sports Television Network, or TVS for short, was a syndicator of American sports programming. It was one of several "occasional" national television networks that sprang up in the early-to-mid-1960s to take advantage of the establishment of independent (mostly UHF) television stations and relaxation of t... | {"Industry": "Television syndication", "Fate": "Closed", "Founded": "1968", "Defunct": "2000"} |
The Harvard Crimson are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Harvard College. The school's teams compete in NCAA Division I. As of 2013, there were 42 Division I intercollegiate varsity sports teams for women and men at Harvard, more than at any other NCAA Division I college in the country. Like the other Ivy League c... | {"Division": "Division I (FCS)", "Athletic director": "Erin McDermott", "Number of sports": "42 teams", "Football stadium": "Harvard Stadium", "Baseball field": "Joseph J. O'Donnell FieldBaseball: O'Donnell Field https://web.archive.org/web/20101123072639/http://gocrimson.com/sports/bsb/facility November 23, 2010 . Ha... |
Anita Mui Yim-fong (; 10 October 1963 - 30 December 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actress who made major contributions to the Cantopop music scene and received numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout her career, and is regarded as a Cantopop diva. She was dubbed as the "daughter of Hong Kong" an... | {"Name": "Anita Mui", "Caption": "Mui in 1990", "Native name": "梅艷芳", "Native name language": "zh-Hant-HK", "Birth date": "1963 10 10 yesSina.hk https://web.archive.org/web/20081014143647/http://ent.sina.com.hk/focus/anitamui/ 14 October 2008 , zh-hant 梅艷芳 focus; retrieved 17 June 2008. zh", "Birth place": "Fa Yuen St... |
thumb|260px|Location of the city of Umma in Sumer
Umma ( ; in modern Dhi Qar Province in Iraq, formerly also called Gishban) was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. Traditionally, Umma was identified with Tell Jokha. More recently it has been su... | {"Coordinates": "31 40 02 N 45 53 15 E inline,title", "Location": "Dhi Qar Province, Iraq", "Region": "Mesopotamia", "Type": "Settlement", "Archaeologists": "William Loftus, John Punnett Peters"} |
is a style of karate originating in Japan. It is a full-contact style of stand-up fighting and is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline, and hard training.
Kyokushin Kaikan is the martial arts organization founded in 1964 by Korean-Japanese , officially the International Karate Organization. Previousl... | {"Focus": "Striking", "Hardness": "Full-contact", "Country of origin": "Japan", "Creator": "Masutatsu Oyama (Choi Bae-Dal)", "Ancestor arts": "Gōjū-ryū,An Interview With Goshi Yamaguchi by Graham Noble https://web.archive.org/web/20160305035321/http://seinenkai.com/articles/noble/noble-gyamaguchi.html March 5, 2016 . ... |
Michael Donald Kirby (born 18 March 1939) is an Australian jurist and academic who is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, serving from 1996 to 2009. He has remained active in retirement; in May 2013 he was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to lead an inquiry into human rights abuses in ... | {"Name": "Michael Kirby", "Term start": "6 February 1996", "Term end": "2 February 2009", "Birth name": "Michael Donald Kirby", "Birth date": "yes 1939 03 18", "Birth place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Nationality": "Australian", "Spouse(s)": "Johan van Vloten", "Alma mater": "University of Sydney"} |
is the fastest train service running on the Tokaido & San'yō Shinkansen lines in Japan. The service stops at only the largest stations, and along the stretch between and , Nozomi services using N700 series equipment reach speeds of . The trip between Tokyo and Osaka, a distance of , takes 2 hours 21 minutes on the fa... | {"Service type": "Shinkansen", "First service": "1934 (Express)1992 (Shinkansen)", "Termini": "Hakata", "Line(s) used": "Tokaido ShinkansenSan'yō Shinkansen", "Class(es)": "Green/standard", "Catering facilities": "Trolley service", "Electrification": "25 kV AC overhead", "Operating speed": "300 km/h mph 5 on"} |
Osamu Tezuka (, born , Tezuka Osamu; - 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as , and . Additionally, he is often considered the Japanese equivalent to ... | {"Name": "Osamu Tezuka", "Image": "Osamu Tezuka 1951 Scan10008-2.JPG", "Caption": "Tezuka in 1951", "Birth name": "手塚 治 Tezuka Osamu", "Birth date": "1928 11 3 y", "Birth place": "Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Empire of Japan", "Death date": "yes 1989 2 9 1928 11 3", "Death place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Education": ... |
The Darling River (Paakantyi: Baaka or Barka) is the third-longest river in Australia, measuring from its source in northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth. Including its longest contiguous tributaries it is long, making it the longest river system in Australia. The Darling River... | {"Native name": "drl Barka", "Mouth": "35 m on", "Location": "Wentworth, NSW", "Coordinates": "34 6 47 S 141 54 43 E inline,title", "Basin size": "609283 km2 on", "Left": "Barwon River, Little Bogan River", "Right": "Culgoa River, Warrego River, Paroo River"} |
The Qiang people (Qiangic: Rrmea; ) are an ethnic group in China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognised by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approximately 310,000 in 2000. They live mainly in a mountainous region in the northwestern part of Sichuan (Szechwan) on the eastern edge... | {"Name": "Qiang", "Native name": "Ch'iang, Chiang-Min, Erma", "Population": "300,000+", "Languages": "Qiangic languages, Southwestern Mandarin", "Religions": "Qiang folk religion, Taoism, Tibetan Buddhism, Christianity and Islam"} |
The trains were the first generation Shinkansen trainsets built to run on Japan's Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed line which opened in 1964. The last remaining trainsets were withdrawn in 2008 after 44 years of service.
History
The 0 series (which were not originally classified, as there was no need to distinguish clas... | {"Name": "0 series", "Image Size": "300px", "Image Caption": "0 series 6-car set at Higashi-Hiroshima Station in April 2008", "Year(s) of Service": "yes 1964 10 01 - yes 2008 12 14", "Manufacturer": "Hitachi, Kawasaki Sharyo, Kinki Sharyo, Kisha Seizo, Nippon Sharyo, Tokyu Car Corporation", "Successor": "300 series, 50... |
The was a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type which operated between 1985 and 2012 on the Tokaido Shinkansen and Sanyo Shinkansen high-speed lines. They were introduced after the 200 series trains, but their numbering is such because in the days of Japanese National Railways (JNR), Shinkansen types running east ... | {"Name": "100 series", "Image Size": "300px", "Image Caption": "100 series at Tokaido Shinkansen in January 2003", "Year(s) of Service": "yes 1985 10 01 - yes 2012 03 16", "Manufacturer": "Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, Tokyu Car Corporation", "Year(s) of Construction": "1984–1992", "Y... |
Sir Gordon Wu Ying-sheung,Gordon WU Ying-Sheung biography - website of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce GBS, KCMG, FICE (; born 1935, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong businessman. He is the chairman of the board of Hong Kong-listed Asian infrastructure firm Hopewell Holdings Ltd.
Background
Wu studied engineering a... | {"Name in traditional characters": "胡應湘", "Name in simplified characters": "胡应湘", "Pinyin transcription": "Hú Yìngxiāng", "Jyutping": "Wu4 Jing3soeng1"} |
The was a Shinkansen high-speed train type introduced by Japanese National Railways (JNR) for the Tohoku Shinkansen and Joetsu Shinkansen high-speed rail lines in Japan, and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) until 2013. They actually predated the 100 series trains, having been built between 1980 and 198... | {"Name": "200 series", "Image Size": "300px", "Image Caption": "Refurbished 200 series trainset, July 2008", "Year(s) of Service": "yes 1982 06 23 - yes 2013 04 14", "Manufacturer": "Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, Tokyu Car Corporation", "Year(s) of Construction": "1980–1986", "Year(s)... |
The was a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen train type, with a top operational speed of 270 km/h (170 mph), which operated on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines in Japan between 1992 and 2012. When first introduced, they were used on the fastest Nozomi services, being capable of . As more were delivered (66 trains by... | {"Name": "300 series", "Image Size": "300px", "Image Caption": "300 series train on the Tokaidō Shinkansen in January 2008", "Year(s) of Service": "yes 1992 03 01 - yes 2012 03 16", "Manufacturer": "Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo", "Year(s) of Construction": "1990–1998", "Year(s) when S... |
The was a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) between 1992 and 2010 on Tsubasa services on Japan's first mini-shinkansen line, the Yamagata Shinkansen branch from the main Tohoku Shinkansen.
The fleet of 400 series trains was leased by JR East from the owning com... | {"Name": "400 series", "Image Size": "300px", "Image Caption": "A 400 series train on a Tsubasa service at Yonezawa Station in March 2005", "Year(s) of Service": "yes 1992 07 01 - yes 2010 04 18", "Manufacturer": "Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Tokyu Car Corporation", "Family": "Mini-shinkansen", "Successor": "E3-... |
The is a Shinkansen high-speed train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in Japan on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen line from 1997 until 2010, and the San'yō Shinkansen line since 2008. They were designed to be capable of but operated at , until they were retired from the primary Nozomi service in 2010. The... | {"Name": "500 series", "Image Size": "300px", "Image Caption": "16-car 500 series on a Nozomi service, May 2008", "Year(s) of Service": "yes 1997 03 01 - Present", "Manufacturer": "Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo", "Replaced": "0 series", "Year(s) of Construction": "1995-1998", "Year of ... |
Slim Dusty, AO MBE (born David Gordon Kirkpatrick; 13 June 1927 - 19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon, referred to universally as Australia's King of Country Music and one of the country's most awarded stars, with a career spa... | {"Born": "Nulla Nulla Creek, New South Wales, Australia", "Died": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Genres": "Country bush ballad Australiana", "Labels": "Regal Zonophone EMI", "Website": "slimdustymusic.com.au", "Spouse(s)": "Joy McKean"} |
The is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type built between 1997 and 2006, and entering service in 1999. Originally designated as "N300" during the development phase, they formed the next generation of shinkansen vehicles jointly designed by JR Central and JR-West for use on the Tokaido Shinkansen, Hakata Minami ... | {"Name": "700 series", "Image Caption": "700 series Hikari Rail Star, April 2009", "Year(s) of Service": "yes 1999 03 13 - Present", "Manufacturer": "Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo", "Replaced": "0 series, 100 series, 300 series", "Successor": "N700 Series Shinkansen, N700S Series Shink... |
The Harbin Institute of Technology (; abbreviation: HIT or ) is a public research university in China. It is a member of China's elite C9 League and University Alliance of the Silk Road. HIT is a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Double First Class University. It has three campuses, spanning the country from north... | {"Motto": "zh-hans", "Type": "Public", "President": "Han Jiecai", "Undergraduates": "25,002", "Postgraduates": "12,710", "Campus": "1060.823 acres", "Website": "http://www.hit.edu.cnhttp://en.hit.edu.cn"} |
The was a high-speed Shinkansen train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan from July 1994 until September 2012. They were the first double-deck trains built for Japan's Shinkansen. They were generally, along with their fellow double-deck class the E4 series, known by the marketing name "Max" ... | {"Name": "E1 series", "Image Size": "300px", "Image Caption": "E1 series train set M5 in September 2012", "Year(s) of Service": "yes 1994 07 15 - yes 2012 09 28", "Manufacturer": "Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries", "Family": "Max", "Year(s) of Construction": "1994–1995", "Year(s) of Refurbishment": "2003–2006", "Year... |
José Íñigo Homer Lacambra Ayala (born June 1, 1956 in Bukidnon, Philippines), professionally known as Joey Ayala, is a Filipino singer, songwriter and former chairman of the music committee of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. He is well known for his style of music that combines the sounds of Filipino ... | {"Born": "Bukidnon, Philippines", "Genres": "Folk, neofolk, acoustic rock, kundiman, world", "Labels": "Universal, Star", "Website": "http://joeyayala.com"} |
The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on the Tohoku Shinkansen high-speed lines in Japan since 1997. They are formed in 8- and 10-car sets. The 8-car sets were used on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, and the 10-car sets are on Tohoku Shinkansen services. The 10-ca... | {"Name": "E2 series", "Image Size": "300px", "Image Caption": "E2 series set J70 approaching Omiya Station in February 2021", "Year(s) of Service": "yes 1997 03 22 - Present", "Manufacturer": "Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo, Tokyu Car Corporation", "Year(s) of Construction": "1995–2010", "Year of Sta... |
The Saab 90 is a family car from Saab made from September 1984 to 1987. It was manufactured at a facility in Uusikaupunki (Nystad), Finland, at that time owned by a joint venture with Finnish Valmet, Saab-Valmet. The 90 was a continuation of the Saab 99 and it was basically a Saab 99 from the B-pillar forward with the ... | {"Manufacturer": "Saab", "Assembly": "Finland: Uusikaupunki (Saab-Valmet)", "Production": "1984-1987", "Class": "Family car (D-segment)", "Designer": "Björn EnvallDecember 2020", "Predecessor": "Saab 99", "Related": "Saab 99Saab 900", "Layout": "Longitudinal front-engine, front-wheel drive", "Body style": "2-door coupe... |
Office Workstations Limited (OWL) was a British software company based in Edinburgh.
OWL was founded in 1984 by five former employees of ICL (Ian Ritchie, Stuart Harper, Gordon Dougan, Richard Stonehouse and Dave MacLaren) who had previously worked at ICL's Scottish Development Centre at Dalkeith Palace until its clos... | {"Industry": "Software Engineering", "Fate": "Acquired by Matsushita Electric Industrial", "Founded": "1984", "Defunct": "1989", "Headquarters": "United Kingdom", "Products": "Hypercard programming language"} |
The cittern or cithren (Fr. cistre, It. cetra, Ger. Cister, Sp. cistro, cedra, cítola) is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance. Modern scholars debate its exact history, but it is generally accepted that it is descended from the Medieval citole (or cytole). Its flat-back design was simpler and cheaper to c... | {"Name": "Cittern", "Names": "Fr. cistre, It. cetra, Ger. zitter, zither, Sp. cistro, cedra, cítola", "Caption": "Cittern exhibited at the Music Museum of Barcelona", "Classification": "String instrument (plucked)", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "321.322-5", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "necked box lute, plucked with fingers"... |
Al Arabiya (, transliterated: ; meaning "The Arabic One" or "The Arab One") is an international Arabic news television channel, currently based in Riyadh that is operated by the media conglomerate MBC.
The channel is a flagship of the media conglomerate and is therefore the only single offering to carry the name as si... | {"Launched": "2003 03 03 y", "Picture format": "1080i (HD) 576i (SD)", "Country": "Saudi Arabia", "Headquarters": "Riyadh, Saudi Arabia", "Broadcast area": "Worldwide", "Language(s)": "Arabic", "Parent": "MBC Group", "Sister channels": "Al Arabiya English Al-Hadath", "Website": "https://www.alarabiya.net/ alarabiya.ne... |
Sir Sydney Camm, CBE, FRAeS (5 August 189312 March 1966) was an English aeronautical engineer who contributed to many Hawker aircraft designs, from the biplanes of the 1920s to jet fighters. One particularly notable aircraft he designed was the Hawker Hurricane fighter.'Sir Sidney Camm Commemorative Society' website. h... | {"Caption": "Sydney Camm at Windsor Model Aeroplane Club, c. 1915 with \"twin-pusher\" style free flight model", "Name": "Sydney Camm", "Nationality": "British", "Birth date": "5 August 1893", "Birth place": "Windsor, Berkshire, England", "Death date": "12 March 1966 (aged 72)", "Death place": "Richmond, London, Englan... |
The is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type built for Komachi services which commenced on 3 June 1997, coinciding with the opening of the new Akita Shinkansen "mini-shinkansen" line, a regular narrow-gauge line between and re-gauged to . Later versions of the E3 series were also introduced for use on Yamagat... | {"Name": "E3 series", "Image Size": "300px", "Image Caption": "A reliveried E3-1000 series set on a Tsubasa service, June 2022", "Year(s) of Service": "yes 1997 03 22 - Present", "Manufacturer": "Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Tokyu Car Corporation", "Replaced": "400 series", "Successor": "E6 series, E8 series", "Family": ... |
The was a high-speed shinkansen train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. They were the second series of completely bi-level Shinkansen trainsets to be built in Japan (the other being the E1 series). They previously operated on the Tōhoku and Jōetsu Shinkansen, and occasionally on the Nagan... | {"Name": "E4 series", "Image Size": "300px", "Image Caption": "An E4 series train on a Joetsu Shinkansen Max Tanigawa service in February 2021", "Year(s) of Service": "yes 1997 12 20 - yes 2021 10 17", "Manufacturer": "Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries", "Family": "Max", "Year(s) of Construction": "1997–2003", "Year o... |
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (15 June 1792 - 5 October 1855), often called Major Mitchell, was a surveyor and explorer of Southeastern Australia. He was born in Scotland and served in the British Army during the Peninsular War. In 1827 he took up an appointment as Assistant Surveyor General of New South Wales. The ... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Thomas Mitchell", "Alt": "Portrait of Major Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (c. 1830s)", "Caption": "Portrait of Major Sir Thomas Mitchell (1830s)", "Birth name": "Thomas Livingstone Mitchell", "Birth date": "y 1792 6 15", "Birth place": "Grangemouth, Scotland", "Death date": "y 185... |
The president of South Africa is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of South Africa. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the South African National Defence Force. Between 1961 and 1994, the office of head of state was the state pres... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "theRepublic of South Africa", "Native name": "background:transparent;text-align:left;padding-left:2.5em;font-size:85%;\n text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;\n 10 other official names\n zu Umongameli waseNingizimu Afrika 68%\n xh uMongameli waseMzantsi Afrika 68%\n a... |
The Workers' Party () is a Marxist-Leninist political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
It arose as the original Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, but took its current form in 1970 following a division within the party, in which it was the larger faction. This ... | {"President": "None (disputed)", "Founded": "28 November 1905(original form)17 January 1970(current form)The party emerged as the majority faction from a split in Sinn Féin in 1970, becoming known as Official Sinn Féin. In the Republic of Ireland, it renamed itself as Sinn Féin The Workers' Party in 1977. In Northern I... |
The Nottingham Goose Fair is an annual travelling funfair held at the Forest Recreation Ground in Nottingham, England, during the first week of October. Largely provided by travelling Showmen, it is one of three established fairs in the United Kingdom to carry the name, the others being the smaller Goosey Fair in Tavis... | {"Genre": "Fairground, funfair", "Frequency": "Annual", "Location(s)": "Forest Recreation Ground, Nottingham, United Kingdom", "Years active": "1284 years", "Most recent": "2022 9 30 y - 2022 10 9 y", "Next event": "2023", "Attendance": "420,000 (in 2019)Nottingham's Goose Fair 2022: Dates, opening times and all you ne... |
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| settlement_type = Canton
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| subdivision_name = Switzerland
| image_flag = Flag of Canton of Neuchâtel.svg
| image_shield = Wappen Neuenburg matt.s... | {"Native name": "de Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Neuenburg fr Comté (Principauté) de Neuchâtel", "Conventional long name": "County (Principality) of Neuchâtel", "Type of government": "County", "Starting event": "County founded", "Event 1": "Became associate of Swiss Confederacy", "Event 1 date": "from 1406", "Event 2": "Inh... |
The Communist Party of Scotland (CPS; Pàrtaidh Co-Mhaoineach na h-Alba) was a communist political party based in Scotland. It was established in January 1992 by former members of the Communist Party of Great Britain who disagreed with the CPGB's disbanding and reforming in 1991 as the Democratic Left think-tank. The pa... | {"Founded": "January 1992https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/search-judgments/judgment?id=f651fca6-8980-69d2-b500-ff0000d74aa7 Audrey Canning Against Glasgow Caledonian University and Democratic Left Scotland 14 December 2015 5 January 2018", "Ideology": "CommunismMarxism-LeninismScottish independence", "Political position":... |
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