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Iris Robinson (née Collins; born 6 September 1949) is a former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician in Northern Ireland.
She is married to Peter Robinson, who was First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2008 to 2016.
Robinson was first elected councillor for Castlereagh Borough Council in 1989, and served as May... | {"Name": "Iris Robinson", "Image size": "160px", "Image caption": "Robinson in 2012", "Office 2": "Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Strangford", "Assembly 2": "Northern Ireland", "Predecessor 2": "Office Created", "Successor 2": "Jonathan Bell", "Birth name": "Iris Collins", "Birth date": "1949 9 6 yes", "B... |
Peter David Robinson (born 29 December 1948) is a retired Northern Irish politician who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2008 until 2016 and Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 2008 until 2015. Until his retirement in 2016, Robinson was involved in Northern Irish politics for over 40 yea... | {"Name": "Peter Robinson", "Image caption": "Robinson in 2012", "Term start": "5 June 2008", "Term end": "11 January 2016ch a", "Office 2": "Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in the House of Commons", "Predecessor 2": "Ian Paisley", "Successor 2": "Nigel Dodds", "Birth name": "Peter David Robinson", "Birth date":... |
Michelle Gildernew (born 28 March 1970) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, having been re-elected in June 2017 after previously holding the seat from 2001 to 2015.
Gildernew is a former Minister for Agriculture and... | {"Name": "Michelle Gildernew", "First minister": "Ian PaisleyPeter Robinson", "Term start": "8 May 2007", "Term end": "4 May 2011", "Predecessor 2": "Ken Maginnis", "Successor 2": "Tom Elliott", "Birth date": "y 1970 3 28", "Birth place": "Dungannon, Northern Ireland", "Spouse(s)": "Jimmy Taggart", "Alma mater": "Unive... |
William Martin Smyth (born 15 June 1931) is a Northern Irish unionist politician, who served as the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast South from 1982 to 2005. He was a vice-president of the Conservative Monday Club.
He is also an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland ... | {"Name": "Martin Smyth", "Term start": "4 March 1982", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1931 6 15 yes", "Birth place": "Belfast, Northern Ireland", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Trinity College Dublin"} |
Richard Thomas Taylor, MBE, FRCP (born 7 July 1934) is an English medical doctor and politician. He served as an independent Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest between 2001 and 2010.Wyre Forest - Election Results 2010, BBC. He was co-leader of the National Health Action Party.
Background and education
The son of Th... | {"Name": "Richard Taylor", "Image": "Richard Taylor MP.JPG", "Image caption": "Taylor in 2007", "Term start": "27 January 2000", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest", "Predecessor 2": "David Lock", "Successor 2": "Mark Garnier", "Birth date": "1934 7 7 y", "Alma mater": "Clare College, Cambridge", "Battle... |
Mark Oaten (born 8 March 1964) is a British politician who was a senior member of the Liberal Democrats. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester from 1997 to 2010.
Born in Watford, Hertfordshire, Oaten became a councillor in local government, joining the centre-left Social Democratic Party, which mer... | {"Name": "Mark Oaten", "Birth date": "1964 03 08 y", "Birth place": "Watford, England", "Term start": "12 June 2003", "Term end": "21 January 2006", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Winchester", "Predecessor 2": "Gerry Malone", "Successor 2": "Steve Brine", "Alma mater": "University of Hertfordshire", "Other poli... |
Piers Rolf Garfield Merchant (2 January 1951 - 21 September 2009) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central from 1983 to 1987, and then MP for Beckenham from 1992 until he resigned in October 1997 following a scandal.
Education
Merchant was educ... | {"Name": "Piers Merchant", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "18 May 1987", "Predecessor 2": "Philip Goodhart", "Successor 2": "Jacqui Lait", "Birth name": "Piers Rolf Garfield Merchant", "Birth date": "1951 1 2 y", "Death date": "2009 9 21 1951 1 2 y", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Helen Burrluck 1977... |
Cynog Glyndwr Dafis (born 1 April 1938) is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. Born Cynog Glyndwr Davies at Treboeth in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, he was initially a school teacher and researcher before entering politics.
Education
Dafis was educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Dur... | {"Name": "Cynog Dafis", "Image caption": "Dafis addressing a Climate Strike meeting in 2019", "Constituency AM": "Mid and West Wales", "Term start": "6 May 1999", "Term end": "1 May 2003", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for CeredigionCeredigion and North Pembrokeshire (1992-1997)", "Predecessor 2": "Geraint Howells... |
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 general election, held on 1 May.
The list is arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election are noted at the bottom of the page.
During the 1997-2001 Parliament, Betty Boothroyd and Michael Martin served as... | {"Legislative body": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Election": "1997 United Kingdom general election", "Government": "First Blair ministry", "Term": "2001 05 14 y", "Members": "659"} |
Eurig Wyn (10 October 1944 - 25 June 2019) was a Welsh politician and reporter. He was a Plaid Cymru Member of the European Parliament for Wales from 1999 to 2004, when he lost his seat, in part due to a reduction of the number of seats allocated to Wales.
He had previously been a journalist for the BBC. During 2005, ... | {"Name": "Eurig Wyn", "Image size": "160px", "Image caption": "Eurig Wyn in 2012", "Birth date": "1944 10 10 y", "Death date": "2019 6 25 1944 10 10 y", "Death place": "Waunfawr", "Term start": "10 June 1999", "Term end": "10 June 2004"} |
Jeffrey William Titford (born 24 October 1933) is a British politician who served as leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2000 until 2002. He served again as interim leader in September to November 2010, following the resignation of Lord Pearson of Rannoch. He was also a Member of the European Parliament (ME... | {"Name": "Jeffrey Titford", "Birth name": "Jeffrey William Titford", "Birth date": "1933 10 24 y", "Birth place": "West Mersea, Essex, England", "Term start": "6 September 2010", "Term end": "5 November 2010", "Predecessor 2": "Michael Holmes", "Successor 2": "Roger Knapman", "Other political party": "ConservativeRefer... |
Sir Donald Neil MacCormick (27 May 1941 - 5 April 2009) was a Scottish legal philosopher and politician. He was Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 until 2008. He was a Member of the European Parliament 1999-2004, member of the Convention on the F... | {"Name": "Sir Neil MacCormick", "Term start": "10 June 1999", "Term end": "10 June 2004", "Birth date": "1941 5 27 y", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Death date": "2009 4 5 1941 5 27 y", "Death place": "Edinburgh, Scotland", "Birth name": "Donald Neil MacCormick", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Spouse(s)": "Caroline... |
Nigel Paul Farage (; born 3 April 1964) is a British broadcaster and former politician who was Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2006 to 2009 and 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Brexit Party (renamed Reform UK in 2021) from 2019 to 2021. He served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East E... | {"Image caption": "Farage in 2018", "Term start": "22 March 2019", "Term end": "6 March 2021", "Successor 2": "Diane James", "Deputy 2": "Paul Nuttall", "Predecessor 2": "Jeffrey Titford (Acting)", "Other political party": "\"quits\">The Daily Telegraph 4 December 2018 With a heavy heart, I am leaving Ukip. It is not... |
William Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood, (born 31 July 1951), usually called Richard Inglewood, is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Lord Inglewood is a non-affiliated member of the House of Lords, a barrister and a chartered surveyor. He was a Member of the European Parliament f... | {"Name": "The Lord Inglewood", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2023", "Office 2": "Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard", "Prime minister 2": "John Major", "Predecessor 2": "The Earl of Arran", "Successor 2": "The Lord Chesham", "Other political party... |
Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960) is a British politician who has twice led the Green Party of England and Wales and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion since the 2010 general election. She was re-elected in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 general elections, increasing her majority each t... | {"Name": "Caroline Lucas", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "2 September 2016", "Term end": "4 September 2018", "Office 2": "Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales", "Predecessor 2": "Siân Berry", "Successor 2": "Position abolished", "Birth name": "Caroline Patricia Lucas", "... |
Ian Stewart Hudghton (born 19 September 1951) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was President of the SNP from 2005 to 2020. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North East Scotland (1998-1999) and its successor constituency; Scotland from 1999 to 2019.
Political career
Hudghton joined ... | {"Name": "Ian Hudghton", "Term start": "September 2005", "Term end": "30 November 2020", "Birth date": "1951 9 19 y", "Birth place": "Forfar, Scotland", "Nationality": "Scottish"} |
Jean Denise Lambert (born Jean Denise Archer; 1 June 1950 in Orsett, Essex) is an English politician, and who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the London Region between 1999 and 2019.
Early life and career
She attended Palmer's Grammar School for Girls in Grays, Essex. Lambert gained a BA in Modern L... | {"Name": "Jean Lambert", "Term start": "1998", "Term end": "1999", "Alongside 2": "Richard Lawson (1992) Mallen Baker (1992-1993)", "Predecessor 2": "Office created", "Successor 2": "Jan Clark", "Birth date": "yes 1950 06 01", "Birth place": "Orsett, Essex, England", "Birth name": "Jean Denise Archer", "Nationality": ... |
Graham Harry Booth (29 March 1940 - 14 December 2011) was a British UK Independence Party (UKIP) politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 2002 to 2008.
Booth was born in Paignton, Devon and educated at Torquay Boys' Grammar School. Before he entered politics, he wa... | {"Name": "Graham Booth", "Birth date": "29 March 1940", "Birth place": "Paignton, Devon United Kingdom", "Death date": "2011 12 14 1940 3 29 y", "Term start": "22 January 2000", "Term end": "5 October 2002"} |
A Simple Plan is a 1993 thriller novel by Scott Smith. The New York Times review said the book had "emotional accuracy with an exceptionally skilled plot." A film adaptation, directed by Sam Raimi, was released in 1998; according to the Times review, the novel is so dark that the story was adjusted to soften the ending... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Knopf", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover and Paperback)", "Pages": "335 pp", "ISBN": "0-679-41985-3"} |
The Arg-e Bam (), located in the city of Bam, Kerman Province of southeastern Iran,
is the largest adobe building in the world. The entire building was a large fortress containing the citadel, but because the citadel dominates the ruins, the entire fortress is now named Bam Citadel.
Listed by UNESCO as part of the Wo... | {"Part of": "Bam and its Cultural Landscape", "Location": "Bam, Iran", "Criteria": "Cultural: ii, iii, iv, v", "Reference": "1208", "Inscription": "2004"} |
GraphCalc is an open-source computer program that runs in Microsoft Windows and Linux that provides the functionality of a graphing calculator.
GraphCalc includes many of the standard features of graphing calculators, but also includes some higher-end features:
High resolution
Graphing calculator screens have a reso... | {"Developer(s)": "Mike Arrison and Brendan Fields", "Written in": "C++", "Type": "Graphing calculator", "License": "GNU GPL", "Website": "https://www.graphcalc.com/"} |
William Arthur Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill (; born 15 August 1946) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Cabinet minister from 1990 until 1997, and is a life member of the Tory Reform Group. Since 1999, he has been a life peer in the House of Lords. Since 8 February 2009, Lord Walde... | {"Name": "The Lord Waldegraveof North Hill", "Image caption": "Waldegrave in 2020", "Term start": "5 July 1995", "Term end": "2 May 1997", "Office 2": "Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster", "Prime minister 2": "John Major", "Predecessor 2": "Chris Patten", "Successor 2": "David Hunt"} |
Louisa Catherine Adams (née Johnson; February 12, 1775 - May 15, 1852) was the first lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829 during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. She was born in England and raised in France. Her father was an influential American merchant, and she was regularly introduced to prominent Americ... | {"Name": "Louisa Adams", "Term start": "March 4, 1825", "Term end": "March 4, 1829", "Birth name": "Louisa Catherine Johnson", "Birth date": "1775 2 12", "Birth place": "City of London, England", "Death date": "1852 5 15 1775 2 12", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Resting place": "United First Parish Church",... |
The Jin Mao Tower (; Shanghainese: Cinmeu Dagho; lit. ‘Golden Prosperity Building’), also known as the or , is a , 88-story (93 if counting the floors in the spire) landmark skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China. It contains a shopping mall, offices and the Grand Hyatt Shanghai hotel which starts from the 53... | {"Construction started": "1994", "Status": "Complete", "Type": "Skyscraper(incl. office, hotel, tourism, & retail)", "Location": "88 Century AvenuePudong District, Shanghai 200121, China", "Coordinates": "31 14 14 N 121 30 05 E region:CN-31_type:landmark inline,title", "Architectural style": "Neo-Futurism"} |
Balthazar Johannes "B. J." Vorster (; also known as John Vorster; 13 December 1915 - 10 September 1983) was a South African apartheid politician who served as the prime minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978 and the fourth state president of South Africa from 1978 to 1979. Known as B. J. Vorster during much of his ... | {"Name": "B. J. Vorster", "Birth name": "Balthazar Johannes Vorster", "Term start": "10 October 1978", "Term end": "4 June 1979", "Birth date": "1915 12 13 yes", "Birth place": "Jamestown, Cape Province, Union of South Africa", "Death date": "yes 1983 09 10 1915 12 13", "Death place": "Cape Town, Cape Province, South A... |
The Oriental Pearl Radio & Television Tower () is a TV tower in Shanghai. Its location at the tip of Lujiazui in the Pudong New Area by the side of Huangpu River, opposite The Bund, makes it a distinct landmark in the area. Its principal designers were Jiang Huan Chen, Lin Benlin, and Zhang Xiulin. Construction began o... | {"Construction started": "1991 07 30http://www.beijingexplore.com/shanghai/Oriental-Pearl-TV-Tower.html Archived copy July 15, 2013 July 10, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130710060537/http://beijingexplore.com/Shanghai/Oriental-Pearl-TV-Tower.html dead", "Type": "Communication, hotel, observation, restaurant"... |
Down Street, also known as Down Street (Mayfair), is a disused station on the London Underground, located in Mayfair, west London. The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened it in 1907. It was latterly served by the Piccadilly line and was situated between Dover Street (now named Green Park) and Hyde Pa... | {"Owner": "Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway", "Location": "Mayfair", "Number of platforms": "2", "Replaced by": "None", "Local authority": "City of Westminster"} |
was a sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second World War, and was one of the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945. He was discovered in the jungles of Guam on 24 January 1972, almost 28 years after U.S. forces had regained control of the island in 1944.
Ea... | {"Native name": "jpn", "Born": "Saori, Aichi Prefecture, Empire of Japan", "Died": "Nagoya, Japan", "Allegiance": "Empire of Japan"} |
Antony Harold Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, OBE, PC, DL (29 August 1937 - 25 March 2012) was a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member. He was the member of Parliament for Braintree from 1974 to 1997, and was later a member of the House of Lords.
Early life
Newton was born in Harwich, Essex. He... | {"Name": "The Lord Newton of Braintree", "Image caption": "Newton speaking in the Lords Chamber, ten days before his death.", "Term start": "11 April 1992", "Term end": "2 May 1997", "Birth date": "yes 1937 8 29", "Birth place": "Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom", "Death date": "yes 2012 3 25 1937 8 29", "Death place": "... |
The Shanghai Museum is a museum of ancient Chinese art, situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. Rebuilt at its current location in 1996, it is considered one of China's first world-class modern museums and famous for its large collection of rare cultural pieces.
History
thumb|left|1... | {"Coordinates": "31.230278 121.470556 inline", "Established": "1952Shanghai MuseumAmerican Friends of the Shanghai Museum", "Location": "201 Renmin Avenue, People's Square, Shanghai, 200003Service Installation - Visitor's Information", "Visitors": "2,109,200 (2017)Xu Yicheng Sun Jiayin http://newsxmwb.xinmin.cn/wenti... |
Hesdin (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.INSEE commune file
Geography
The N39, from Arras to Montreuil, used to be the main thoroughfare of the town. In the 1950s, a circular route was created to help traffic flow. A second bypass was built in the 1980s, taking all through traffic w... | {"Name": "Hesdin", "Native Name": "Heusdin", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Hesdin 22-09-2008 18-53-44.JPG", "Caption": "Town hall", "Arrondissement": "Montreuil", "Canton": "Auxi-le-Château", "Postal code": "62140", "Mayor": "Matthieu DemoncheauxRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr... |
Heuchin (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file
Geography
A farming village situated northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D94 and the D71 roads and by the banks of the Faulx river.
Population
Places of interest
thumb|right|The church seen fr... | {"Name": "Heuchin", "Native Name": "Helkijn", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Le bourg d Heuchin en 2009.jpeg", "Caption": "A general view of Heuchin", "Arrondissement": "Arras", "Canton": "Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise", "Postal code": "62134", "Mayor": "Angélique PerrinHeuchin : Angélique Perrin, première femme élue ... |
Houdain () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file
Geography
A former coalmining, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some south of Béthune at the junction of the D86, D301 and the D341 roads. The small rivers Lawe and Blanche join within t... | {"Name": "Houdain", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "A general view of Houdain", "Coordinates": "50.4528 2.5381 dms inline,title", "Arrondissement": "Béthune", "Canton": "Bruay-la-Buissière", "Intercommunality": "CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane", "Mayor": "Isabelle Levent-RuckebuschRépertoire national des é... |
S. Pranin, The Encyclopedia of Aikido was a Japanese philosopher and a practitioner and teacher of aikido and Seitai.
Tsuda was born in Japanese-ruled Korea. When he was 16 years old, he defied his father, who wished for his eldest son to remain home and manage his family's estate. He left his family home and begin w... | {"Name": "Itsuo Tsuda", "Birth date": "1914 05 03 yes", "Birth place": "Korea", "Death date": "1984 03 10 yes", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Occupation": "Aikido teacher and philosopher"} |
Houlle (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file
Geography
A village situated 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, on the D207 road. "Houlle" is also the name of a small river close to the village, tributary of the Aa, included in the water manageme... | {"Name": "Houlle", "Native Name": "Holne", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Houlle (Pas-de-Calais) mairie.JPG", "Caption": "The town hall of Houlle", "Arrondissement": "Saint-Omer", "Canton": "Saint-Omer", "Postal code": "62910", "Mayor": "Hervé BertelootRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.g... |
Hucqueliers (; ) is a commune in the department of Pas-de-Calais, in the northern French region of Hauts-de-France.INSEE commune file
Geography
Situated some 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer at the D148 and D128 crossroads.
Population
History
An important castle was built here in 1231 by the Count of ... | {"Name": "Hucqueliers", "Native Name": "Hukkelaar", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Château", "Arrondissement": "Montreuil", "Canton": "Lumbres", "Postal code": "62650", "Mayor": "Stephane LeleuRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 ... |
Laventie (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file
Geography
A small farming and light industrial town, situated some northeast of Béthune and west of Lille, at the junction of the D166, D173 and D174 roads. Famous for its cherries.
History
300px|th... | {"Name": "Laventie", "Native Name": "Wentie", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Place du 8 mai à Laventie, église Saint-Vaast et Hôtel de Ville.JPG", "Caption": "The church and town hall of Laventie", "Arrondissement": "Béthune", "Canton": "Beuvry", "Postal code": "62840", "Mayor": "Jean-Philippe BoonaertRépertoir... |
Leforest () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file
Geography
Leforest is situated some east of Lens, at the junction of the D161 and the D120 roads.
Population
The inhabitants are called Leforestois.
Places of interest
The church of St.Nicolas, datin... | {"Name": "Leforest", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Leforest (Pas-de-Calais, Fr) city limit sign.JPG", "Caption": "The road into Leforest", "Arrondissement": "Lens", "Canton": "Hénin-Beaumont-2", "Postal code": "62790", "Mayor": "Christian MusialRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/... |
Lillers (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file
Geography
A small farming and light industrial town situated some 15 km northwest of Béthune and 40 km west of Lille, at the junction of the D185, D182 and the D69 roads. The town is bypassed by the N43... | {"Name": "Lillers", "Native Name": "Lillaar", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Lillers (Pas-de-Calais) mairie.JPG", "Caption": "The town hall of Lillers", "Arrondissement": "Béthune", "Canton": "Lillers", "Postal code": "62190", "Mayor": "Carole DuboisRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv... |
Loos-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
A former coal mining town, three miles northwest of the centre of Lens, at the junction of the D943 and the A21 autoroute. Its nearest neighbours are Lens to the south, Grenay to the west, Hulluch to the... | {"Name": "Loos-en-Gohelle", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Loos-en-Gohelle - Fosse n° 11 - 19 des mines de Lens (128).JPG", "Caption": "Mine 11-19 at Loos-en-Gohelle", "Coordinates": "50.4583 2.7942 dms inline,title", "Arrondissement": "Lens", "Intercommunality": "CA Lens-Liévin", "Mayor": "Jean-François CaronR... |
Beau Travail (, French for "good work") is a 1999 French film directed by Claire Denis that is loosely based on Herman Melville's 1888 novella Billy Budd. The story is set in Djibouti, where the protagonists are soldiers in the French Foreign Legion. Parts of the soundtrack of the movie are from Benjamin Britten's 1951... | {"Directed by": "Claire Denis", "Produced by": "Patrick Grandperret", "Screenplay by": "Claire Denis Jean-Pol Fargeau", "Based on": "Billy Budd by Herman Melville", "Starring": "Denis Lavant Michel Subor", "Music by": "Benjamin Britten Charles Henri de Pierrefeu", "Cinematography": "Agnès Godard", "Edited by": "Nel... |
Kevin Clifford Ashman (born 2 November 1959)QuizPlayers.com - Kevin Ashman is an English quiz player. He is often considered one of the greatest quizzers in the world, and since 2002 has been a professional quizzer; he has been an Egghead since 2003. He has won most of the top-level quiz tournaments in which he has... | {"Name": "Kevin Ashman", "Image": "KevinAshman-EQC2011.JPG", "Caption": "Kevin Ashman at the European Quizzing Championship 2011 in Bruges, Belgium", "Birth date": "yes 1959 11 2", "Birth place": "Winchester, Hampshire, England", "Known For": "Eggheads panellist\n Are You an Egghead? panellist\n Make Me an Egghead pane... |
New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded in 1960 as a private institution known simply as New College, spent several years merged into the University of South Florida, and in 2001 became an autonomous college, the eleventh independent school of the State University Sy... | {"Type": "Public liberal arts collegehonors college", "Endowment": "$43 million (June 2019)https://www.ncf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/FY-2019-Audit-Final-09-27-19-New-College-Foundation.pdf Financial Statements and Required Supplementary Information March 29, 2023 PDF", "President": "Richard Corcoran", "Students... |
Ken Silverman (born November 1, 1975) is an American game programmer, best known for writing the Build engine. It was most notably utilized by Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Blood, and more than a dozen other games in the mid- to late-1990s.
Once considered the primary rival of John Carmack (later succeeded by Tim Swe... | {"Name": "Ken Silverman", "Caption": "Ken Silverman in 2021", "Birth date": "1975 11 1 y", "Birth place": "Mount Kisco, New York", "Occupation": "Game programmer", "Known For": "Build engine, Ken's Labyrinth, Voxlap", "Website": "http://advsys.net/ken/"} |
The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective.
Plot
In 1888,Conan Doyle, A. The Sign of the Four, "Chapter 2: The Statement of the Case", i... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "Sherlock Holmes", "Publisher": "Lippincott's Monthly MagazineSpencer Blackett (book)", "Media type": "Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback)", "Preceded by": "A Study in Scarlet", "Followed by": "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"} |
Nyree Dawn Porter OBE (born Ngaire Dawn Porter; 22 January 1936 - 10 April 2001) was a New Zealand-British actress.
Early life and career
Porter was born in Napier, New Zealand in 1936. Her first professional work was touring with the New Zealand Players Trust. She was acclaimed for such roles as Jessica in The Mercha... | {"Name": "Nyree Dawn Porter", "Post-nominals": "OBE", "Caption": "Porter photographed by Vivienne, 1960s", "Birth name": "Ngaire Dawn Porter", "Birth date": "1936 01 22", "Birth place": "Napier, New Zealand", "Death date": "2001 04 10 1936 01 22", "Death place": "Wandsworth, London, England", "Occupation": "Actress", "... |
The Native Sons of the Golden West (NSGW) is a fraternal service organization founded in the U.S. state of California in 1875, dedicated to historic preservation and documentation of the state's historic structures and places, the placement of historic plaques, and other charitable functions in California. In 1890 the ... | {"Abbreviation": "N.S.G.W.", "Named after": "Friendship, Loyalty, and Charity.", "Founded at": "San Francisco", "Type": "fraternal service organization", "Services": "Historic preservation, Native American advocacy, anti-Asian immigration advocacy (historic)", "Affiliations": "Native Daughters of the Golden West"} |
David Stephen Caruso (born January 7, 1956) is a retired American actor and producer, best known for his roles as Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue (1993-94) and Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the CBS series CSI: Miami (2002-2012). He appears in the feature films An Officer and a Gentleman, First Blood... | {"Name": "David Caruso", "Caption": "Caruso at the 2008 Emmy Awards", "Birth name": "David Stephen Caruso", "Birth date": "yes 1956 1 7", "Birth place": "Forest Hills, Queens, New York", "Occupation": "Actor television producer", "Years active": "1975-2012", "Known For": "Horatio Caine on CSI: MiamiJohn Kelly on NYPD B... |
Frank Jennings Tipler (born February 1, 1947) is an American mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University. Tipler has written books and papers on the Omega Point based on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's religious ideas, which he clai... | {"Name": "Frank Jennings Tipler", "Birth date": "1947 02 01", "Birth place": "Andalusia, Alabama", "Nationality": "American", "Known For": "Omega point cosmologyTipler cylinderHart-Tipler conjecture", "Alma mater": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)University of Maryland, College Park (PhD)", "Employer": "Tula... |
The St. Johns Bridge is a steel suspension bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, between the Cathedral Park neighborhood in North Portland and the Linnton and Northwest Industrial neighborhoods in Northwest Portland. It carries the U.S. Route 30 Bypass. It is the only suspension bri... | {"Carries": "OR US-Byp 30 Portland", "Crosses": "Willamette River", "Locale": "Portland, Oregon (Cathedral Park neighborhood, Northwest Industrial District/Linnton)", "Maintained by": "Oregon Department of Transportation", "Design": "Suspension bridge, Gothic", "Designer": "David B. Steinman", "Heritage status": "Portl... |
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The University of Portland (UP) is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1901 and is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross, which also founded UP's sister school the University of Notre Dame. The university enrolls... | {"Motto": "Veritas vos Liberabit", "Type": "Private university", "Endowment": "$297.2 million (2022)<As of June 30, 2022. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2022-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL.ashx?la=en&hash=362DC3F9BDEB1DF0C22B05D544AD24D1C44E318D U.S. and Canadian Instituti... |
The Hawthorne Bridge is a truss bridge with a vertical lift that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, joining Hawthorne Boulevard and Madison Street. It is the oldest vertical-lift bridge in operation in the United States and the oldest highway bridge in Portland. It is also the busiest bicycle and transit... | {"Carries": "Vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists", "Crosses": "Willamette River", "Locale": "Portland, Oregon", "Maintained by": "Multnomah County", "Design": "Parker truss with a vertical-lift span", "Material": "Steel", "Longest span": "244 ft m", "Piers in water": "6", "Total length": "1382 ft m", "Width": "73 ft m", "C... |
Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames, Baron Soames of Fletching, (born 12 February 1948), is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Sussex from 1997 to 2019, having previously served as the MP for Crawley from 1983 to 1997.
Soames was Minister of State for the Armed Forc... | {"Name": "The Lord Soames of Fletching", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "6 November 2003", "Term end": "10 May 2005", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food", "Prime minister 2": "John Major", "Predecessor 2": "David MacLean", "Successor 2": "A... |
Sir Nicholas Raymond Winterton (born 31 March 1938) is a retired British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Macclesfield from 1971 until he retired from the House of Commons at the 2010 general election.
His wife, Ann Winterton, also served as a Member of Parliament, representing t... | {"Name": "Nicholas Winterton", "Image caption": "Sir Nicholas Winterton in January 2010", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Macclesfield", "Predecessor 2": "Arthur Vere Harvey", "Successor 2": "David Rutley", "Birth date": "1938 03 31 yes", "Birth place": "Rugeley, Staffordshire, England", "Nationality": "British"... |
Jane Ann, Lady Winterton (née Hodgson; born 6 March 1941 in Sutton Coldfield) is a retired British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Congleton from 1983 to 2010. She is married to Sir Nicholas Winterton, also a former Conservative MP.
Parliamentary career
Winterton was educated ... | {"Name": "Lady Winterton", "Image caption": "Ann Winterton in 2010", "Term start": "2001", "Term end": "2002http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/parliament/0,,-5625,00.html London The Guardian Politics dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070526204445/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/parliament/0%2C%2C-5625%2C... |
Sir Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body (18 May 1927 - 26 February 2018) was an English politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Billericay from 1955 to 1959, for Holland with Boston from 1966 to 1997, and for Boston and Skegness from 1997 until he stood down at the 2001 general election. He was a long-s... | {"Name": "Sir Richard Body", "Term start": "31 March 1966", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Predecessor 2": "Bernard Braine", "Successor 2": "Edward Gardner", "Birth name": "Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body", "Birth date": "1927 05 18 yes", "Birth place": "Datchet, England", "Death date": "2018 2 26 1927 05 18 yes", "Dea... |
Teresa Ellen Gorman (; 30 September 1931 - 28 August 2015) was a British politician. She was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Billericay, in the county of Essex in England, from 1987 to 2001 when she stood down. She was a leading figure in the rebellions over the Maastricht Treaty that nearly brought down Joh... | {"Name": "Teresa Gorman", "Image caption": "Appearing on the TV programme After Dark in 1987, the night after she first won her seat", "Term start": "11 June 1987", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1931 09 30 yes", "Birth place": "Putney, London, England", "Death date": "2015 08 28 1931 09 30 yes", "Death plac... |
Tarasios of Constantinople (also Saint Tarasios and Saint Tarasius; ; c. 730 - 25 February 806) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 25 December 784 until his death on 25 February 806.
Background
Tarasios was born and raised in the city of Constantinople. A son of a high-ranking judge, Tarasios was rela... | {"Born": "Constantinople(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)", "Died": "Constantinople(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)", "Feast": "February 18th (Catholic Church) (General Roman Calendar)Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 88-209-7210-7)February 25th (Eastern Orthodox Churches)", "Canonized": "Pre-Congregation... |
is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including Nobody Knows (2004), Still Walking (2008), and After the Storm (2016). He won the Jury Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for Like Father, Like Son and... | {"Name": "Hirokazu Kore-eda", "Caption": "Kore-eda at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival", "Native name": "是枝 裕和", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1962 6 6 yes", "Birth place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Occupation": "Film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor", "Years active": "1991–present", "Alma mater": ... |
The Helsinki Metro (, ) is a rapid transit system serving Greater Helsinki, Finland. It is the world's northernmost metro system. It was opened to the general public on 2 August 1982 after 27 years of planning. It is operated by Helsinki City Transport for HSL and carries 92.6 million passengers per year.
The system c... | {"Name": "Helsinki Metro", "Size of first image": "70px", "Second image caption": "M300 train", "Third image caption": "M100, the oldest class still in use, en route to Vuosaari", "Native name": "Helsingin metroHelsingfors metro", "Locale": "Greater Helsinki, Finland", "Transit type(s)": "Rapid transit", "Opening date ... |
Empress Xiaozhenxian (12 August 1837 - 8 April 1881), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and empress consort of Yizhu, the Xianfeng Emperor. She was empress consort of Qing from 1852 until her husband's death in 1861, after which she was honoured as Empress Dow... | {"Born": "Liuzhou", "Died": "Zhongcui Palace, Forbidden City", "Burial": "Ding Mausoleum, Eastern Qing tombs", "Father": "Muyang'a", "Mother": "Lady Giyanggiya"} |
Loratadine, sold under the brand name Claritin among others, is a medication used to treat allergies. This includes allergic rhinitis (hay fever) and hives. It is also available in combination with pseudoephedrine, a decongestant, known as loratadine/pseudoephedrine. It is taken orally.
Common side effects include sle... | {"Trade name": "Claritin, Claratyne, Clarityn, others", "AHFS": "monograph loratadine", "Pregnancycategory": "Loratadine Use During Pregnancy Drugs.com 10 February 2020 https://www.drugs.com/pregnancy/loratadine.html 10 April 2020", "Routes ofadministration": "By mouth", "Metabolism": "40% as conjugated metabolites... |
Pausanias (/pɔːˈseɪniəs/, ; ; c. 110 - c. 180)Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece, Aristéa Papanicolaou Christensen, The Panathenaic Stadium - Its History Over the Centuries (2003), p. 162 was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD. He is famous for his Description of Greece (, ),Also known ... | {"Name": "Pausanias", "Caption": "Manuscript (1485), Description of Greece by Pausanias at the Laurentian Library", "Birth date": "110 AD", "Birth place": "Lydia, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey)", "Death date": "180 AD (aged 70)", "Occupation": "Traveler and geographer"} |
Shawn Michael Graham (born February 22, 1968) is a Canadian politician, who served as the 31st premier of New Brunswick from 2006 to 2010. He was elected leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party in 2002 and became premier after his party captured a majority of seats in the 2006 election. After being elected, Graham in... | {"Image": "Shawn Graham 2007.JPG", "Term start": "October 3, 2006", "Term end": "October 12, 2010", "Lieutenant governor": "Herménégilde Chiasson\nGraydon Nicholas", "Birth name": "Shawn Michael Graham", "Birth date": "1968 02 22", "Birth place": "Rexton, New Brunswick", "Spouse(s)": "Roxane Reeves"} |
Caroline Lavinia Harrison (née Scott; October 1, 1832 - October 25, 1892) was an American music teacher and the first lady of the United States from 1889 until her death. She was married to President Benjamin Harrison, and she was the second first lady to die while serving in that role.
The daughter of a college profe... | {"Image caption": "Portrait by Charles Parker, 1889", "Alternative text": "3/4 profile of the head and shoulders of a middle aged woman facing right with short hair in an elaborate white blouse with a highly beaded neckband and embellished with an embroidered yoke trimmed in decorative lace.", "Office 2": "President Ge... |
Lij Iyasu (; 4 February 1895 - 25 November 1935) was the designated Emperor of Ethiopia from 1913 to 1916. His baptismal name was Kifle Yaqob (ክፍለ ያዕቆብ kəflä y’aqob). Ethiopian emperors traditionally chose their regnal name on the day they were crowned, and since he was never crowned, he is usually referred to as Lij I... | {"Father": "Mikael Ali", "Mother": "Woizero Shewaregga Menelik", "Born": "Dessie, Wollo, Ethiopian Empire", "Died": "Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire", "Burial": "Compound of St Markos Church", "Religion": "Ethiopian Orthodox Christian [Unconfirmed allegations of conversion to Islam]"} |
Lucretia Garfield (née Rudolph; April 19, 1832 - March 13, 1918) was the first lady of the United States from March to September 1881, as the wife of James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States.
Born in Garrettsville, Ohio, Garfield first met her husband at Geauga Seminary. After a long courtship, they... | {"Name": "Lucretia Garfield", "Term start": "March 4, 1881", "Term end": "September 19, 1881", "Birth name": "Lucretia Rudolph", "Birth date": "1832 4 19", "Birth place": "Garrettsville, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "1918 3 13 1832 4 19", "Death place": "South Pasadena, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "James A. Garfield ... |
Anna Tuthill Harrison (née Symmes; July 25, 1775 - February 25, 1864) was the first lady of the United States in 1841 as the wife of President William Henry Harrison. She served in the role for only one month, as her husband was afflicted with pneumonia and died shortly after his term began. She was also the paternal g... | {"Name": "Anna Harrison", "Term start": "March 4, 1841", "Term end": "April 4, 1841", "Birth name": "Anna Tuthill Symmes", "Birth date": "1775 7 25", "Birth place": "Morristown, New Jersey, British America", "Death date": "1864 2 25 1775 7 25", "Death place": "North Bend, Ohio, U.S.", "Resting place": "Harrison Tomb St... |
thumb|right|Shaver's first published work, the novella "I Remember Lemuria", was the cover story in the March 1945 Amazing Stories
Richard Sharpe Shaver (October 8, 1907 - November 5, 1975) was an American writer and artist who achieved notoriety in the years following World War II as the author of controversial storie... | {"Name": "Richard Sharpe Shaver", "Birth date": "October 8, 1907", "Birth place": "Berwick, Pennsylvania, U.S", "Death date": "November 5, 1975", "Death place": "Summit, Arkansas, U.S."} |
Carla Estrada (born Carla Patricia Estrada Guitrón; March 11, 1956 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican television producer, one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America.Described as "one of the foremost telenovela producers in the world" by BBC News (UK), April 1, 2006 in How telenovelas conquered t... | {"Name": "Carla Estrada", "Birth name": "Carla Patricia Estrada Guitrón", "Birth date": "1956 3 11", "Birth place": "Mexico City, D.F., Mexico", "Children": "Carlos López Estrada", "Years active": "1986-present", "Occupation": "Executive producer"} |
Letitia Tyler (née Christian; November 12, 1790 - September 10, 1842) was the first lady of the United States from 1841 to 1842 as the first wife of President John Tyler. After meeting in 1808, the two married in 1813. She managed their plantation in Virginia while her husband progressed his political career at the sta... | {"Image caption": "Official portrait, 1842", "Term start": "April 4, 1841", "Term end": "September 10, 1842", "Office 2": "First Lady of Virginia", "Governor 2": "John Tyler", "Predecessor 2": "Susanna Lawson Pleasants", "Successor 2": "Frances Ann Gwynn Giles", "Birth name": "Letitia Christian", "Birth date": "1790 11... |
Julia Tyler ( Gardiner; May 4, 1820 - July 10, 1889) was the first lady of the United States from June 26, 1844, to March 4, 1845, as the second wife of President John Tyler. A member of the influential Gardiner family, she became a prominent socialite early in life who received many notable figures as suitors. She met... | {"Name": "Julia Gardiner Tyler", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1844", "Term start": "June 26, 1844", "Term end": "March 4, 1845", "Birth name": "Julia Gardiner", "Birth date": "May 4, 1820", "Birth place": "Gardiner's Island, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "July 10, 1889 (aged 69)", "Death place": "Richmond, Vir... |
Philip Stephen Hendrie (born September 1, 1952) is an American radio personality and actor. He is widely known for his voiceover talent throughout the radio and film industry. He came to prominence in the 1990s hosting The Phil Hendrie Show, a radio talk show where he portrayed both himself as a calm, rational host whi... | {"Name": "Phil Hendrie", "Birth date": "1952 09 01", "Birth place": "Arcadia, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Radio personality actor entrepreneur", "Years active": "1973-present", "Known For": "Radio satire", "Notable works": "The Phil Hendrie Show", "Website": "philhendrieshow.com"} |
Jane Means Pierce (née Appleton; March 12, 1806 - December 2, 1863) was the wife of Franklin Pierce and the first lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857. She married Franklin Pierce, then a Congressman, in 1834 despite her family's misgivings. She refused to live in Washington, D.C., and in 1842, she convinced her... | {"Name": "Jane Pierce", "Term start": "March 4, 1853", "Term end": "March 4, 1857", "Birth name": "Jane Means Appleton", "Birth date": "1806 3 12", "Birth place": "Hampton, New Hampshire, U.S.", "Death date": "1863 12 2 1806 3 12", "Death place": "Andover, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Resting place": "Old North Cemetery", "S... |
Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston (May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903) acted as first lady of the United States during the administration of her uncle, lifelong bachelor President James Buchanan, from 1857 to 1861. She has been described as the first of the modern First Ladies, being a notably charming and diplomatic hostess, whos... | {"Name": "Harriet Lane", "Term start": "March 4, 1857", "Term end": "March 4, 1861", "Birth name": "Harriet Rebecca Lane", "Birth date": "1830 5 9", "Birth place": "Franklin County, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1903 7 3 1830 5 9", "Death place": "Narragansett, Rhode Island, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Henry Johnston", ... |
Abigail Fillmore (; March 13, 1798 - March 30, 1853), wife of President Millard Fillmore, was the first lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853. She began work as a schoolteacher at the age of 16, where she took on Millard Fillmore, who was two years her junior, as a student. She continued her teaching work after t... | {"Name": "Abigail Fillmore", "Term start": "July 9, 1850", "Term end": "March 4, 1853", "Birth name": "Abigail Powers", "Birth date": "1798 3 13", "Birth place": "Stillwater, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1853 3 30 1798 3 13", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Resting place": "Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N... |
Tranylcypromine, sold under the brand name Parnate among others,Drugs.com International brands for Tranylcypromine. Page accessed April 17, 2016 is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI). More specifically, tranylcypromine acts as nonselective and irreversible inhibitor of the enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO). It is used a... | {"Chirality": "Racemic mixture", "Trade name": "Parnate, many generics", "Other names": "trans-2-phenylcyclopropylamine", "AHFS": "monograph tranylcypromine-sulfate", "Pregnancycategory": "B2", "Routes ofadministration": "Oral", "Metabolism": "Urine, Feces"} |
Margaret "Peggy" Mackall Taylor (née Smith; September 21, 1788 – August 14, 1852) was the first lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850 as the wife of President Zachary Taylor. She married Zachary in 1810 and lived as an army wife, accompanying her husband to his postings in the American frontier. She had six child... | {"Name": "Margaret Taylor", "Alternative text": "Portrait photograph of Margaret Taylor", "Birth name": "Margaret Mackall Smith", "Birth date": "1788 9 21", "Birth place": "Calvert County, Maryland, U.S.", "Death date": "1852 8 14 1788 9 21", "Death place": "Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.", "Resting place": "Zachary Tay... |
Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 - 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He started as an actor and theater director, before becoming one of the most influential German-language filmmakers during the Weimar Republic.
Early years
Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (today's Ro... | {"Name": "G.W. Pabst", "Caption": "G. W. Pabst during production of the film L'Opéra de quat'sous (The Threepenny Opera) in 1931", "Birth name": "Georg Wilhelm Pabst", "Birth date": "1885 8 25 y", "Birth place": "Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)", "Death date": "1967 5 29 1885 8 25 y", "Death pla... |
Fritz Adam Hermann von Opel (4 May 1899 - 8 April 1971) was a German rocket technology pioneer and automotive executive, nicknamed "Rocket-Fritz". He is remembered mostly for his spectacular demonstrations of rocket propulsion that earned him an important place in the history of aviation and spaceflight as head of the ... | {"Name": "Fritz von Opel", "Caption": "Fritz von Opel at an international motorboat race in 1928", "Birth date": "1899 5 4 y", "Birth place": "Rüsselsheim am Main, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire", "Death date": "1971 4 8 1899 5 4 y", "Death place": "Samedan, Graubünden, Switzerland", "Known For": "Rocket propulsio... |
Custom House is a railway station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) - on which it is branded Custom House for ExCeL - and on the Elizabeth line, by the Royal Docks, in Custom House in the London Borough of Newham, London, England. It is situated in Travelcard Zone 3. It takes its name from the old Custom House, whic... | {"External links": "CUS\n<!--", "Managed by": "Transport for London", "Fare zone": "3", "Owner": "Transport for London", "Location": "Custom House", "Local authority": "London Borough of Newham", "Original company": "Eastern Counties Railway", "Pre-grouping": "Great Eastern Railway", "Post-grouping": "London and North ... |
YTV is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by YTV Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment. The channel and its programming is targeted at children and young teenagers; consisting of original live action and animated television series, movies, and third party shows from various U.... | {"Launched": "1988 09 01", "Owner": "Corus Entertainment", "Parent": "YTV Canada, Inc.", "Country": "Canada", "Broadcast area": "National", "Timeshift": "YTV EastG3", "Sister channels": "NickelodeonTreehouse TV", "Website": "http://www.ytv.com/"} |
William Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 - December 27, 1988) was an American film director and editor. His work exemplified the countercultural attitude of the era. He directed wide ranging films featuring iconic performances. He is associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking with filmmakers such as Martin Scorse... | {"Name": "Hal Ashby", "Image": "Hal Ashby still.JPG", "Caption": "Ashby directing Bound for Glory (1976)", "Birth date": "1929 9 2", "Birth place": "Ogden, Utah, U.S.", "Death date": "1988 12 27 1929 9 2", "Death place": "Malibu, California, U.S.", "Birth name": "William Hal Ashby", "Occupation": "Film director\neditor... |
The Mass Rapid Transit system, locally known by the initialism MRT, is a rapid transit system in Singapore and the island country's principal mode of railway transportation. The system commenced operations in November 1987 after two decades of planning with an initial stretch consisting of five stations. The network h... | {"Name": "Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)", "Native name": "ms Sistem Pengangkutan Gerak Cepatzh 新加坡地铁系统 offta சிங்கப்பூர் துரிதக் கடவு ரயில் off", "Size of first image": "150px", "Second image": "center\n NS19 Toa Payoh MRT Exit D 20220712 192031 (cropped 16 to 9).jpgExit of Toa Payoh MRT station\n NE7 Little India MRT Exit ... |
The 3rd Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army. Existing during various periods between 1916 and 1991, it is considered the "longest serving Australian Army division". It was first formed during World War I, as an infantry division of the Australian Imperial Force and saw service on the Western Front ... | {"Branch": "Australian Army", "Type": "Infantry", "Size": "~13,000 to 18,000 personnel", "Part of": "II ANZAC Corps (1916-1917)Australian Corps (1917-1919)I Corps (1942-1944)II Corps (1944-1945)", "Notablecommanders": "John MonashJohn GellibrandHarold Edward ElliottThomas BlameyStanley SavigeWilliam BridgefordGeorge Wo... |
The Australian 4th Division was formed in the First World War during the expansion of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) infantry brigades in February 1916. In addition to the experienced 4th Brigade (previously in the original New Zealand and Australian Division) were added the new 12th and 13th Brigades (spawned fr... | {"Branch": "Australian Army", "Type": "Division", "Part of": "II ANZAC Corps (1916) I ANZAC Corps (1916-1917) Australian Corps (1917-1919) 3rd Military District (Inter-war years) III Corps (World War II)", "Notablecommanders": "Herbert CoxWilliam HolmesEwen Sinclair-Maclagan"} |
A History of Vodka (, Romanized: ) is an academic monograph by William Pokhlyobkin, which was awarded the Langhe Ceretto Prize. Although the work had been finished in 1979, it was published just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In his book, in particular, Pokhlyobkin wanted the Russian vodka to be legally pr... | {"Original title": "История водки", "Country": "former Soviet Union", "Language": "Russian", "Series": "Популярная кулинария (Popular Cookery)", "Publisher": "Inter-Verso", "Media type": "Book", "Pages": "288 (1991 edition)", "ISBN": "(1992 edition)", "Preceded by": "Urho Kaleva Kekkonen", "Followed by": "Foreign Polic... |
Imad Fayez Mughniyeh (; 7 December 1962 - 12 February 2008), alias al-Hajj Radwan (), was the founding member of Lebanon's Islamic Jihad Organization and number two in Hezbollah's leadership. Information about Mughniyeh is limited, but he is believed to have been Hezbollah's chief of staff and understood to have overse... | {"Name": "Imad Mughniyeh ar عماد مغنية", "Nationality": "Lebanese", "Image": "Imad Mughniyeh.jpeg", "Image size": "250px", "Term end": "2008", "Birth date": "1962 12 07 y", "Birth place": "Tayr Dibba, Lebanon", "Death date": "2008 2 12 1962 08 30 y", "Death place": "Kafr Sousa, Damascus, Syria"} |
The New Zealand and Australian Division was a composite army division raised for service in the First World War under the command of Major General Alexander Godley. Consisting of several mounted and standard infantry brigades from both New Zealand and Australia, it served in the Gallipoli Campaign between April and Dec... | {"Branch": "New Zealand Military Forces Australian Army", "Type": "Infantry", "Part of": "Australian and New Zealand Army Corps", "Notablecommanders": "Alexander Godley"} |
Caddo Lake () is a lake and bayou (wetland) on the border between Texas and Louisiana, in northern Harrison County and southern Marion County in Texas and western Caddo Parish in Louisiana. The lake is named after the Caddoans or Caddo, Native Americans who lived in the area until their expulsion by the United States ... | {"Location": "Texas, Louisiana", "Coordinates": "32.71 N 94.01 W type:waterbody_region:US_source:gnis inline,title", "Basin": "United States", "Surface elevation": "161 ft m on"} |
Douglas Kent Bereuter (born October 6, 1939) is an American retired politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until 2004. He also served as the president and CEO of The Asia Foundation from 2004 to 2011 and is a member of the... | {"Name": "Doug Bereuter", "Term start": "January 3, 1979", "Term end": "August 31, 2004", "Birth date": "1939 10 6 y", "Birth place": "York, Nebraska, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Louise", "Alma mater": "University of Nebraska, Lincoln (BA)Harvard University (MCP, MPA)"} |
The Mariavite Church is today one of two independent Christian churches collectively known as Mariavites who first emerged from the religious inspiration of Polish noblewoman and nun, Feliksa Kozłowska (1862-1921) in the late 19th-century. Initially, it was a renewal movement seeking reform in Polish Catholicism. The m... | {"Classification": "Independent Catholic", "Orientation": "Old Catholicism", "Theology": "Mariavitism", "Polity": "Episcopal", "Associations": "World Council of ChurchesConference of European ChurchesPolish Ecumenical Council", "Region": "Poland and France", "Headquarters": "Płock, PolandPoland 2013 44", "Founder": "Ma... |
Heaven Lake is a volcanic crater lake atop Paektu Mountain. It lies on the border between China and North Korea, and is roughly evenly divided between the two countries. The lake is called Ch'ŏnji or Cheonji in Korean, Tiānchí in Chinese, and Tamun omo or Tamun juce in Manchu. It is recognized as the highest volcanic l... | {"Location": "North Korea and China", "Coordinates": "42.006 N 128.057 E type:waterbody inline,title", "Primary inflows": "precipitation", "Basin": "North Korea and China", "Average depth": "213 m ft 0 on", "Max. depth": "384 m ft 0 on", "Surface elevation": "2189.1 m ft 0 on"} |
Oneword Radio was a British commercial digital radio station featuring books, drama, comedy, children's programming, and discussion. The station was available in the UK via digital radio (DAB) and digital television (Freeview DVB-T and Sky Digital DVB-S) and was streamed on the internet 24 hours a day worldwide. It was... | {"Broadcast area": "United Kingdom", "Format": "Speech", "Owner": "UBC Media Group", "Website": "www.oneword.co.uk"} |
Just for Laughs is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1983, it is the largest international comedy festival in the world.
In addition to the festivals themselves, Just for Laughs also develops, produces, and distributes other forms of comedy entertainment, such as television progr... | {"Location(s)": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Years active": "1983-present", "Genre": "Comedy festival", "Website": "http://www.hahaha.com/"} |
Woodsworth College, named after politician and clergyman James Shaver Woodsworth (1874-1942), is a constituent college of the University of Toronto in Canada. It is one of the largest colleges in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the St. George Campus. It is also the newest of the colleges at the University of Toron... | {"Motto": "Propositi tenax (Latin)", "Type": "Constituent college of the University of Toronto", "Principal": "Carol Chin", "Dean": "Liza Nassim (of students)", "Undergraduates": "6000", "Campus": "Urban", "Website": "www.wdw.utoronto.ca"} |
Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. His film roles include Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in Black Hawk Down (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series (2002-2011), Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003), Marshal Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin (2017), and ... | {"Name": "Jason Isaacs", "Alt": "Jason Isaacs in October 2014", "Caption": "Isaacs in 2014", "Birth date": "1963 6 6 yes", "Birth place": "Liverpool, England", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1988-present", "Spouse(s)": "Emma Hewitt 2001", "Children": "2"} |
Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton (born 10 October 1943), styled as Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden between 1984 and 1986, is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom."Earl Alexander Macmillan speaks at Royal Hotel dinner". Scarborough Evening News, 17 April 2008. He is the eldest son of ... | {"Name": "The Earl of Stockton", "Image caption": "Stockton in 2005", "Term start": "10 July 1999", "Term end": "10 July 2004", "Birth name": "Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan", "Birth date": "1943 10 10 y", "Birth place": "Oswestry, Shropshire, England", "Spouse(s)": "Birgitte Hamilton 1970 1991 div\n Miranda Quarry 19... |
Maximin (born at Silly near Poitiers; — Poitiers 12 September 346His brother was bishop of Poitiers. Other dates are given for his death; this is from Schaff-Herzog.) was the sixth bishop of Trier. Maximin was an opponent of Arianism,Athanasius, Epistolae Aeg. 8.336f. and was supported by the courts of Constantine II a... | {"Died": "Roman Empire", "Feast": "29 May", "Canonized": "Pre-Congregational Saint", "Attributes": "depicted receiving Saint Athanasius at Trier; book; model of a church; bear at his side; commanding a bear to carry his things.", "Patronage": "Trier; invoked as protection against perjury, loss at sea and destructive ra... |
Luís Severino de Almeida Cabral (11 April 1931 - 30 May 2009)Guiné Bissau Morreu Luís Cabral, primeiro presidente do país - Expresso.pt Morreu Luís Cabral, primeiro presidente do país - RTP Notícias Guiné-Bissau: Morreu Luís Cabral, primeiro presidente do país - JN was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the first Pre... | {"Name": "Luís Cabral", "Image caption": "Luís Cabral at the wedding party of Chico Mendes in Ziguinchor, Senegal (1973)", "Term start": "24 September 1973", "Term end": "14 November 1980", "Birth name": "Luís Severino de Almeida Cabral", "Birth date": "11 April 1931", "Birth place": "Bissau, Portuguese Guinea", "Death... |
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