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Roger Allen LaPorte (July 16, 1943 - November 10, 1965) was a protester of the Vietnam War who set himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in New York City on November 9, 1965, to protest the United States involvement in the war. A former seminarian, he was a member of the Catholic Worker Movement at th... | {"Name": "Roger Allen LaPorte", "Birth date": "July 16, 1943", "Birth place": "Geneva, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1965 11 10 22", "Death place": "Bellevue Hospital, New York, U.S.", "Death cause": "Burns from self-immolation"} |
The Once and Future King is a collection of fantasy novels by T. H. White about the legend of King Arthur. It is loosely based upon the 1485 work Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. It was first published in 1958 as a collection of shorter novels published from 1938 to 1940, with some new or amended material. The t... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Set in": "England, 1200-1485http://www2.netdoor.com/~moulder/thwhite/toafk_a.html The Once and Future King, by T. H. White www2.netdoor.com", "Publisher": "Collins", "Media type": "Print (hardback and paperback)"} |
Irwin Cotler (born May 8, 1940) is a retired Canadian politician who was Member of Parliament for Mount Royal from 1999 to 2015. He served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from 2003 until the Liberal government of Paul Martin lost power following the 2006 federal election. He was first electe... | {"Name": "Irwin Cotler", "Term start": "November 15, 1999", "Term end": "August 4, 2015", "Office 2": "Minister of JusticeAttorney General of Canada", "Prime minister 2": "Paul Martin", "Predecessor 2": "Martin Cauchon", "Successor 2": "Vic Toews", "Birth date": "1940 05 08", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", ... |
Charley Steiner (born ) is an American sportscaster and broadcast journalist. He is currently the radio play-by-play announcer for the Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, paired with Rick Monday.
Early career
Steiner grew up a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in a Jewish family in Malverne, New York. He attended Bradley ... | {"Name": "Charley Steiner", "Caption": "Steiner in 2008", "Birth date": "42 1991 12 13", "Alma mater": "Bradley University (1971)", "Occupation": "Sports announcer", "Years active": "1969-present", "Term": "1988-2002", "Module": "Los Angeles Dodgers\n Play-by-play\n Major League Baseball"} |
Lancelot du Lac is a 1974 French fantasy drama film written and directed by Robert Bresson. It retells the story of Lancelot and Guinevere's love as Camelot and the Round Table fall apart. It is based on Arthurian legend and medieval romances, especially the Lancelot-Grail cycle, and the works of Chrétien de Troyes.
I... | {"Written by": "Robert Bresson", "Starring": "Luc SimonLaura Duke CondominasHumbert BalsanVladimir Antolek-OresekPatrick Bernhard", "Directed by": "Robert Bresson", "Produced by": "Jean-Pierre RassamFrancois Rochas", "Cinematography": "Pasqualino De Santis", "Edited by": "Germaine Artus", "Music by": "Philippe Sarde", ... |
Elhanan Tannenbaum, (, born 12 August 1946) is an Israeli colonel (res.), shady businessman, gambler and drug dealer, who was kidnapped in 2000 and held for more than three years by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. He was released in a prisoner exchange, together with the bodies of several Israeli soldiers, for 4... | {"Name": "Elhanan Tannenbaum", "Birth date": "1946 08 12", "Birth place": "Poland", "Occupation": "Colonel (res.) in the Israel Defense ForcesBusinessmanDrug dealer", "Children": "Ori TannenbaumKeren Tannenbaum"} |
thumb|Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" No. 229, as preserved in 1987
A 2-8-8-4 steam locomotive, under the Whyte notation, has two leading wheels, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck. The type was generally named the Yellowstone, a name given it by the first owner, the No... | {"Power type": "Steam", "Manufacturer": "Baldwin Locomotive Works", "Build date": "1941 (8) 1943 (10)", "Total production": "18", "Whyte type": "2-8-8-4", "UIC classification": "(1′D)D2′", "Gauge": "ussg standard gauge", "Driver diameter": "63 in mm 0 on", "Wheelbase": "113.49 ft 6.7 in m 2 on", "Axle load": "70032 lb ... |
Peter Duncan (born 3 May 1954) is an English actor and television presenter. He was a presenter of Blue Peter in the 1980s, and made a series of family travel documentaries between 1999 and 2005. He directed, produced and performed in Jack and the Beanstalk which received a national cinema release in the UK in 2020.
E... | {"Name": "Peter Duncan", "Birth date": "yes 1954 5 3", "Birth place": "Chelsea, London, England", "Years active": "1970-present", "Spouse(s)": "Annie Francis", "Website": "www.pantoonline.co.uk"} |
The Latin Union was an international organization of nations that use Romance languages, whose activities have been suspended since 2012. Headquartered in Paris, France, its aim is to protect, project, and promote the common cultural heritage of Romance peoples and unifying identities of the Romance, and Romance-influe... | {"Geopolitical organisation name": "background:transparent;text-align:center;\n Latin Union\n text-align:center;\n ca Unió Llatina fr Union Latine it Unione Latina pt União Latina ro Uniunea Latină es Unión Latina", "Symbol type": "Logo", "Administrative center type": "Headquarters", "Administrative center... |
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Fredrikstad Fotballklubb (also known as Fredrikstad or FFK) is a Norwegian professional football club from the town of Fredrikstad. With nine league championships and eleven Norwegian Cup wins, FFK is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football. The club was founded in 1903.
After... | {"Full name": "Fredrikstad Fotballklubb", "Nickname(s)": "Aristokratene (The Aristocrats) Rødbuksene (The red shorts) F.F.K.", "Founded": "yes 7 April 1903", "Capacity": "12,565http://www.fredrikstadfk.no/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showPlayground/pgid,5/p,27/Itemid,/ Fredrikstad fotballklubb - Arenaer 201... |
Robert Dean Stethem (November 17, 1961 - June 15, 1985) was a United States Navy Seabee diver who was murdered by Hezbollah terrorists during the hijacking of the commercial airliner he was aboard, TWA Flight 847.Thinking of Robert Dean Stethem June 13, 2010 New York Sun editorial At the time of his death, his Navy rat... | {"Born": "Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.", "Died": "Beirut, Lebanon", "Allegiance": "United States United States of America", "Awards": "border|23px Bronze Star\n border|23px Purple Heart"} |
Dodo (; 2 April 1614 – 29 April 1649), formally known as Prince Yu, was a Manchu prince and military general of the early Qing dynasty.
Family background
Dodo was born in the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan as the 15th son of Nurhaci, the founder of the Qing dynasty. His mother was Nurhaci's primary spouse Lady Abahai, who al... | {"Born": "1614 04 02 y", "Died": "Beijing, Qing dynasty, China", "Father": "Nurhaci", "Mother": "Empress Xiaoliewu"} |
The Object Windows Library (OWL) is a C++ object-oriented application framework designed to simplify desktop application development for Windows and (some releases) OS/2.
OWL was introduced by Borland in 1991 and eventually deprecated in 1997 in favor of their Visual Component Library (VCL). Its primary competitor was... | {"Original author(s)": "Borland Software Corporation", "Initial release": "1991", "Written in": "C++", "Type": "Software framework", "License": "Proprietary with open-source patches"} |
The IWI Tavor, previously designated as the Tavor TAR-21 (Tavor Assault Rifle - 21st century), is an Israeli bullpup assault rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO calibre, designed and produced by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI). It is part of the Tavor family of rifles, which have spawned many derivatives of the original d... | {"Type": "Bullpup assault rifleSubmachine gun", "In service": "2001-present", "Wars": "South Thailand insurgencyGaza War (2008-2009)Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir2014 Israel-Gaza conflict2020 Nagorno-Karabakh warColombian conflictRusso-Ukrainian WarRussian invasion of Ukraine", "Designer": "Israel Military Industries"... |
Petunia Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. She looks much like her significant other, Porky Pig, except that she wears a dress and has pigtailed black hair.
Biography
Petunia was introduced by animator Frank Tashlin in the 1937 short Porky'... | {"First appearance": "Porky's Romance (1937)", "Created by": "Frank Tashlin", "Voiced by": "Shirley Reed (1937-1939)Mel Blanc (1937, 1973-1974)\"“Bugs Bunny in Storyland”: The Good, The Bad & the Bugs\". Retrieved 2019-10-30.Bonnie Baker (1948)Bunny Sings\" on Capitol Records\". Retrieved 2017-11-22.Gilbert Mack (1955)... |
Christmas in Kabul is a CBC Christmas special about comedian Rick Mercer going to Afghanistan to bring Christmas cheer to the Canadian troops stationed outside Kabul.
Music stars Damhnait Doyle, Kevin Fox and Tom Cochrane accompanied Mercer to Camp Julien, where many of the troops live in large tents.
It originally a... | {"Written by": "Paul MatherRick Mercer", "Directed by": "Geoff D'Eon", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Original release": "y 2003"} |
Borknagar is a Norwegian heavy metal band from Bergen, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines black metal and folk metal with progressive and melodic elements. Borknagar's lyrics often deal with philosophy, paganism, nature and the cosmos.
History
Borknagar was founded by Øystein Brun, then ... | {"Origin": "Bergen, Norway", "Genres": "Progressive metal black metal folk metal Viking metal avant-garde metal", "Labels": "Century Media", "Website": "borknagar.com", "Members": "Øystein G. BrunICS VortexLars A. NedlandBjørn Dugstad RønnowJostein Thomassen"} |
KPFA (94.1 FM) is an American listener-funded talk radio and music radio station located in Berkeley, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay Area. KPFA airs public news, public affairs, talk, and music programming. The station signed on the air April 15, 1949, as the first Pacifica Radio station and remains ... | {"Broadcast area": "San Francisco Bay Area", "Branding": "Pacifica Radio", "Translator(s)": "94.3 MHz K232FZ Monterey", "Repeater(s)": "KPFB", "Format": "Public Radio", "ERP": "59,000 watts horizontal only", "HAAT": "405 m us", "Class": "B", "Affiliations": "Pacifica Radio", "Owner": "Pacifica Foundation", "Website": "... |
Peter Hayden Dinklage (; born June 11, 1969) is an American actor. He received international recognition for portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011-2019), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (a record of) four times. He als... | {"Name": "Peter Dinklage", "Alt": "Peter Dinklage in 2023", "Caption": "Dinklage in 2023", "Birth name": "Peter Hayden Dinklage", "Birth date": "11 June 1969", "Birth place": "Jersey Shore, New Jersey, U.S. or Morristown, New Jersey", "Alma mater": "Bennington College", "Occupation": "Actor producer", "Years active": "... |
Verne Jay Troyer (January 1, 1969 - April 21, 2018) was an American actor, best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film series. He had cartilage-hair hypoplasia and was tall. As stated by Troyer during interview on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, September 25, 2009.
Early life
Verne Jay Troyer was born ... | {"Name": "Verne Troyer", "Caption": "Troyer at the Chiller Theatre Expo in 2017", "Birth name": "Verne Jay Troyer", "Birth date": "1969 01 01", "Birth place": "Sturgis, Michigan, U.S.", "Death date": "2018 04 21 1969 01 01", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Leonidas Cemetery, St. Joseph... |
The Adventures of Nero or Nero was a Belgian comic strip drawn by Marc Sleen and the name of its main character. The original title ranged from De Avonturen van Detectief Van Zwam in 1947 to De Avonturen van Nero en zijn Hoed in 1950, and finally De Avonturen van Nero & Co from 1951. It ran in continuous syndication un... | {"Author(s)": "Marc Sleen", "Current status/schedule": "Discontinued", "Syndicate(s)": "Uitgeverij Het Volk, Standaard Uitgeverij", "Genre(s)": "Humor comics, Satire, Fantasy, Adventure", "Launch date": "October 1, 1947", "End date": "2002"} |
EgyptAir Flight 648 was a regularly scheduled international flight between Athens Ellinikon International Airport (Greece) and Cairo International Airport (Egypt). On 23 November 1985, a Boeing 737-200 airliner, registered SU-AYH, servicing the flight was hijacked by the terrorist organization Abu Nidal. The subsequent... | {"Date": "23-24 November 1985", "Summary": "Hijacking", "Site": "35 51 27 N 014 28 39 E type:airport_region:MT inline,title", "Passengers": "92 (including 3 hijackers and 3 Egyptian Security Service officers)", "Crew": "6", "Injuries": "Several", "Fatalities": "60 (including 2 hijackers and 2 crew members)", "Survivors... |
The Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (or "TAM") is a limited-edition personal computer released in 1997 to mark Apple's 20th birthday. The machine was a technological showcase of the day, boasting a number of features beyond simple computing, and with a price tag aimed at the "executive" market.
History
April 1, 1996, ... | {"Also known as? (\"AKA\")": "\"Pomona\", \"Smoke & Mirrors\", \"Spartacus\"Owen W.\n Linzmayer\n Apple Confidential 2.0\n 49\n 978-1-59327-010-0\n 2004\n No Starch Press\n https://archive.org/details/appleconfidentia0000linz\n registration", "Image caption": "Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh", "Release date": "1997 0... |
Houston Dale Nutt Jr. (born October 14, 1957) is a former American football player and coach. He formerly worked for CBS Sports as a college football studio analyst. Previously, he served as the head football coach at Murray State University (1993-1996), Boise State University (1997), the University of Arkansas (1998-... | {"Born": "Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.", "Position(s)": "Quarterback", "Overall": "135-96", "Bowls": "4-5"} |
August Heinrich Hoffmann (, calling himself von Fallersleben, after his hometown; 2 April 179819 January 1874) was a German poet. He is best known for writing "", whose third stanza is now the national anthem of Germany, and a number of popular children's songs, considered part of the Young Germany movement.
Biograph... | {"Name": "August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben", "Birth name": "August Heinrich Hoffmann", "Birth date": "1798 04 02 yes", "Birth place": "Fallersleben, Holy Roman Empire", "Death date": "1874 01 19 1798 04 02 yes", "Death place": "Höxter, German Empire", "Nationality": "German", "Occupation": "Poet, librarian, pr... |
Valerie Davey (born Valerie Corbett; 16 April 1940) is a former Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West in England.
Early life
Born in Surrey, Davey studied theology and history at the University of Birmingham and gained a PGCE at the Institute of Education in 1963. She then gained an MA in Theology, special... | {"Name": "Valerie Davey", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1940 04 16 yes", "Birth place": "Surrey", "Birth name": "Valerie Corbett", "Nationality": "English", "Alma mater": "University of BirminghamUniversity College London"} |
Padbury is a village and civil parish in north Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the A413 main road that links Buckingham with Winslow.
History
The village name is Old English in origin, and means 'Padda's fortress'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Pateberie. The Manor of Padbury was... | {"Population": "(2011)Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013", "OS grid reference": "SP720308", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "MK18", "Dialling code": "01280", "UK Parliament": "Buckingham"} |
Pitchcott is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about north-east of Waddesdon, slightly less than south of Winslow and slightly more than 4 miles north of Aylesbury. It is in the civil parish of Oving.
The parish is small, covering . The highest point is Pitc... | {"OS grid reference": "SP7720", "Population": "(2001 census) http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790323 Area selected: Aylesbury Vale (Non-Metropolitan District) N... |
Leuchars Station is a British Army installation located in Leuchars, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland, near to the historic town of St Andrews.
Formerly RAF Leuchars, it was the second most northerly air defence station in the United Kingdom (the most northerly being RAF Lossiemouth). The station ceased to be an R... | {"Coordinates": "56 22 23 N 002 52 07 W region:GB_type:airport inline,title", "Type": "Army barracks and airfield", "Owner": "Ministry of Defence", "Operator": "British Army", "Built": "1916", "In use": "1916-2015 (Royal Air Force)2015 - present (British Army)", "Currentcommander": "Lieutenant Colonel Ben Parkyn", "Ele... |
Pitstone (formerly Pightelsthorn, with possible variation Pychelesthorn in 1399Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/555; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H4/CP40no555/aCP40no555fronts/IMG_0266.htm; second entry, end of line 2, where the supposed trespass occurred) is a village and civil parish in eas... | {"Population": "(2011)E04001521 Pitstone Parish 17 November 2021", "OS grid reference": "SP943150", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "LU7", "Dialling code": "01296", "UK Parliament": "Buckingham"} |
Stockmann plc is a Finnish retailer established in 1862.
Stockmann's eight company-owned department stores are in Finland (six), Estonia (one), and Latvia (one). There also was an additional nine Stockmann-branded department stores in Russia owned and operated by Reviva Holdings, with a license to use the Stockmann na... | {"Type": "Public company", "ISIN": "n y FI0009000251", "Industry": "Retail", "Founded": "1862 in Helsinki, Finland", "Headquarters": "Finland", "Products": "Department store", "Brands": "Stockmann, Stockmann Herkku, Lindex, One Way", "Website": "http://www.stockmanngroup.fi/en/en/"} |
Relic is a 1995 novel by American authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, and the first in the Special Agent Pendergast series. As a horror novel and techno-thriller, it comments on the possibilities inherent in genetic manipulation, and is critical of museums and their role both in society and in the scientific co... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Aloysius Pendergast", "Publisher": "Tor Books", "Media type": "Hardcover", "Pages": "480", "ISBN": "0-8125-4326-2", "Followed by": "Reliquary"} |
Green Level is an unincorporated community in southwestern Wake County, North Carolina, United States. It was founded and is one of the best preserved crossroads communities in the county. Although historically connected to the town of Apex, Green Level now lies within the municipal jurisdiction of the town of Cary.
... | {"Location": "Jct. Green Level Church, Green Level West Rd., and Beaver Dam Rd., Cary, North Carolina", "Built": "1907", "Architectural style": "Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival, et al.", "Area": "75 acre", "MPS": "64500376 Wake County MPS"} |
Poundon is a hamlet and a civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located near the Oxfordshire border, about four miles northeast of Bicester, three miles southwest of Steeple Claydon.
The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, though its meaning is uncertain. In manorial rolls of 1... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Buckingham", "Postcode district": "OX", "Dialling code": "01869", "OS grid reference": "SP645255"} |
Gnopernicus was a free GNOME desktop application that provided Assistive Technologies (AT) for blind and visually impaired users. Gnopernicus is no longer actively developed and has been replaced by Orca in GNOME.
Gnopernicus is a "one-size-fits-all" screen reader that provided speech, Braille, and magnification for u... | {"Initial release": "2001 12 07", "Written in": "C", "Platform": "AT-SPI", "Type": "Screen reader Accessibility", "License": "GNU Lesser General Public License 2", "Website": "https://wiki.gnome.org/Attic/Gnopernicus"} |
Preston Bissett is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about four miles SSW of Buckingham, six miles north east of Bicester in Oxfordshire. The soil is clay and gravel, but the subsoil varies. The parish is watered by a tributary of the River Great Ouse.
The topo... | {"Population": "(2011 Census)Neighbourhood Statistics Census 2011, Accessed 3 February 2013", "OS grid reference": "SP6529", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "MK", "Website": "https://www.prestonbissett.co.uk"} |
Kankaanpää () is a town and municipality of Finland. Kankaanpää was founded in 1865, became a township in 1967 and finally a town in 1972. It is located in the crossroads of Hämeenkangas and Pohjankangas ridges. It belongs to the region of Satakunta. Kankaanpää has a population of about inhabitants, which make it the ... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Kankaanpää", "Water": "area_water_km2 Kankaanpää", "Rank": "population_rank Kankaanpää", "Density": "population_density_km2 Kankaanpää", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.kankaanpaa.fi"} |
Prestwood is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about two miles west of Great Missenden and six miles north of High Wycombe.
History
Early history and creation of parish
The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Priest-wood'. There is evidence of settlement in Pres... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Chesham and Amersham", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01494", "OS grid reference": "SP876006"} |
Radclive is a village on the River Great Ouse just over west of Buckingham in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Radclive-cum-Chackmore in Aylesbury Vale district. The parish includes the hamlet of Chackmore about north of Buckingham.
Radclive's toponym is derived from the Old English for "red cl... | {"OS grid reference": "SP6734", "Population": "(2011 Census)Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Buckingham", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01280"} |
Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 - March 16, 1983) was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer who was sometimes introduced by his nickname The Old Redhead. At the peak of his success, in the early to mid 1950s, Godfrey was heard on radio and seen on television up to six days a week, sometime... | {"Name": "Arthur Godfrey", "Caption": "Godfrey in 1953", "Birth name": "Arthur Morton Leo Godfrey", "Birth date": "1903 08 31", "Birth place": "Manhattan, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1983 03 16 1903 08 31", "Death place": "Manhattan, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Broadcaster, entertainer", "Years active": "1929-1... |
The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is given each year for theatrical films, television episodes, or other dramatized works related to science fiction or fantasy released in the previous calendar year. Originally the award covered both works of film and of television but since 2003, it has been split into two... | {"Awarded for": "The best dramatized production devoted primarily to science fiction or fantasy", "Presented by": "World Science Fiction Society", "First awarded": "1958", "Website": "thehugoawards.org"} |
Näsinneula (; ) is an observation tower in Tampere, Finland, overseeing Lake Näsijärvi. It was built in 1970-1971 and was designed by Pekka Ilveskoski. It is the tallest free-standing structure in Finland and at present the tallest observation tower in the Nordic countries at a height of . The tower opened in 1971 and ... | {"Location": "Finland Särkänniemi, Tampere, Finland", "Coordinates": "61 30 18 N 023 44 36 E region:FI inline,title", "Construction started": "1970", "Type": "Observation, communication, restaurant"} |
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Särkänniemi (; translates to "Cape of Sandbank") is an amusement park in Tampere, Finland, located in the district by the same name. The park features an aquarium, a planetarium, Doghill Fairytale Farm, an art museum and an observation tower Näsinneula (Näsi Needle). Särkänniemi is the second ... | {"Park Name": "Särkänniemi", "Park Location (City)": "Tampereen Särkänniemi Oy,33230 Tampere", "Park Location (State/Province)": "Finland", "Park Opening Date": "May 1, 1975Ufo Näsijärven rannassa? Vai sittenkin moskeija? - 50 vuotta täyttävän Särkänniemen syntyhistoriassa riittää hurjia suunnitelmia ja vikkeliä käänte... |
St. Albans School (STA) is an independent college preparatory day and boarding school for boys in grades 4-12, located in Washington, D.C. The school is named after Saint Alban, traditionally regarded as the first British martyr. Within the St. Albans community, the school is commonly referred to as "S-T-A."
The scho... | {"CEEB code": "090165", "Religious affiliation(s)": "Episcopalnces_psch", "Headmaster": "Jason F. Robinson", "Teaching staff": "69.6 (FTE) (2015-16)nces_psch", "Student to teacher ratio": "8.5 (2015-16)nces_psch", "Publication": "The Bulletin\n The Saint Albans News (official student newspaper)\n Albanian (yearbook)\n ... |
Näsijärvi () is a lake above sea level, in the Pirkanmaa region of southern Finland. Näsijärvi is the biggest lake in the Tampere area at in size. The city of Tampere was built along the Tammerkoski rapids, through which the lake drains into Pyhäjärvi. The water quality of the lake has improved as forest industry has... | {"Name": "Näsijärvi", "Image caption": "Näsijärvi and Tammerkoski seen from Näsinneula tower", "Location": "Pirkanmaa", "Coordinates": "61 34 N 023 46 E region:FI_type:waterbody_scale:500000 inline,title", "Outflow": "Tammerkoski", "Catchment": "7672.29 km2 on", "Basin Countries": "Finland", "Length": "40 km on", "Area... |
The Hugo Award for Best Novella is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novella award is available for works of fiction of between 17,500 and 40,000 words; awards are also given out in the short story, n... | {"Awarded for": "The best science fiction or fantasy story of between 17,500 and 40,000 words published in the prior calendar year", "Presented by": "World Science Fiction Society", "First awarded": "1968", "Website": "http://www.thehugoawards.org/"} |
is an action role-playing video game developed by The Game Designers Studio and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It was released in 2003 in Japan and 2004 in North America, Europe and Australia. A remastered version for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, and iOS was released in August 2020. A spin-off of t... | {"Title": "Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles", "Caption": "North American GameCube cover art", "Developer": "The Game Designers Studio\"developer\"/> Remastered engine development by SoftGear.", "Publisher": "Nintendo (GameCube)Square Enix (Remastered)", "Director": "Kazuhiko AokiRyoma Araki (Remastered)", "Producer": "... |
The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novelette award is available for works of fiction of between 7,500 and 17,500 words; awards are also given out in the short story... | {"Awarded for": "The best science fiction or fantasy story of between 7,500 and 17,500 words published in the prior calendar year", "Presented by": "World Science Fiction Society", "First awarded": "1955", "Website": "thehugoawards.org"} |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1953 American musical comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and written by Charles Lederer. Based on the 1949 stage musical of the same name, it stars Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe, with Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow, Taylor Holmes and Norma Varden in supporti... | {"Directed by": "Howard Hawks", "Produced by": "Sol C. Siegel", "Based on": "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Anita Loos Joseph Fields", "Screenplay by": "Charles Lederer", "Starring": "Jane RussellMarilyn Monroe", "Music by": "Hoagy CarmichaelJule StyneEliot DanielLionel Newman", "Cinematography": "Harry J. Wild", "Edited by"... |
The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The short story award is available for works of fiction of fewer than 7,500 words; awards are also given out for pieces of longer l... | {"Awarded for": "The best science fiction or fantasy story of less than 7,500 words published in the prior calendar year", "Presented by": "World Science Fiction Society", "First awarded": "1955", "Website": "thehugoawards.org"} |
CLIPS is a public domain software tool for building expert systems. The name is an acronym for "C Language Integrated Production System." The syntax and name were inspired by Charles Forgy's OPS5. The first versions of CLIPS were developed starting in 1985 at NASA-Johnson Space Center (as an alternative for existing s... | {"Name": "CLIPS", "Paradigm": "expert systems", "Initial release date": "1985", "Website": "https://clipsrules.net"} |
Genetics is a monthly scientific journal publishing investigations bearing on heredity, genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology. Genetics is published by the Genetics Society of America. It has a delayed open access policy, and makes articles available online without a subscription after 12 months have elapsed sin... | {"Edited": "Howard Lipshitz (editor)", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "United States", "History": "1916-present", "ISSN": "1943-2631"} |
Gannett Co., Inc. () is an American mass media holding company headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area."Contact Us ." Gannett Company. Retrieved on January 10, 2011. "7950 Jones Branch Drive McLean, VA 22107-0150.""Tysons Corner CDP, Virginia ." United States Census Bureau. Retriev... | {"Type": "Public", "ISIN": "n y US36472T1097", "Genre": "Publishing", "Industry": "Media", "Revenue": "US$ 2.9 billion (2022)", "Divisions": "Publishing/Digital Marketing Solutions", "Subsidiaries": "Newsquest", "Parent": "New Media Investment Group(owned by Fortress Investment Group - itself wholly owned by SoftBank G... |
Vestre Aker (Western Aker) is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. It has a population of 50,157 as of 2020.
The previous Aker Municipality was merged into the city of Oslo in 1948.
The borough of Vestre Aker was organized as part of the 1 January 2004 reform. Previous boroughs
Vinderen and Røa became part of the ... | {"ISO 3166 code": "NO-030107", "Density": "3,023", "DST": "+2", "Website": "bydel-vestre-aker.oslo.kommune.no"} |
Nordre Aker (Northern Aker) is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway.
History
This area became part of the city of Oslo in 1948. Before that it was a part of Aker municipality in the former Akershus county.
Demographics and housing
With a population of 52,327 (1 January 2020) Nordre Aker ranks fifth among the borough... | {"ISO 3166 code": "NO-030108", "Density": "3,856", "DST": "+2", "Website": "bydel-nordre-aker.oslo.kommune.no"} |
Alna is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. It is named after the River Alna, which flows through it.
The borough consists of the following neighborhoods:
Alnabru
Ellingsrud
Furuset
Haugerud
Hellerud
Lindeberg
Trosterud
Tveita
Demographics
As of January 1, 2020, there were 49,801 people living in the boro... | {"ISO 3166 code": "NO-030112", "Density": "3622", "DST": "+2", "Website": "oslo.kommune.no/politikk-og-administrasjon/bydeler/bydel-alna"} |
Martin Fitzgerald LawrenceStated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio (born April 16, 1965) is an American comedian and actor. He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor. He got his start playing Maurice Warfield in What's Happening Now!! (1987-1988). He was a leading actor... | {"Birth name": "Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence", "Born": "Frankfurt a. M., Hesse, West Germany (now Germany)", "Nationality": "American", "Years active": "1987-present", "Genres": "Observational comedy physical comedy satire blue comedy", "Spouse": "Patricia Southall 1995 1997 div\n Shamicka Gibbs 2010 2012 div", "Children... |
Nordstrand () is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. It borders Gamle Oslo in the north, Østensjø in the east and Søndre Nordstrand in the south.
The borough is located in the southern part of the city and with a population of 52,459 people as of 2020. In 2004, Nordstrand was merged with two other boroughs, Lambert... | {"ISO 3166 code": "NO-030114", "Density": "3,110", "DST": "+2", "Website": "bns.oslo.kommune.no"} |
Buffy Sainte-Marie, (born Beverly Sainte-Marie; February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American (Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist.More than 26.5 million copies sold world-wide as per Buffy Saint-Marie biography/profile While workin... | {"Born": "Piapot 75 Reserve, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada", "Genres": "Folk\n First Nations\n indigenous\n rock\n country folk\n electronic", "Labels": "Vanguard\n Angel/EMI\n Capitol/EMI\n Island\n MCA\n Appleseed\n Ensign/Chrysalis/EMI", "Website": "buffysainte-marie.com"} |
Manor Park is a residential area of the London Borough of Newham in east London, England. The area is bordered by Ilford to the east, Forest Gate to the west, Wanstead to the north, and East Ham to the south.
It was originally a part of the hundred of Becontree, and part of the historic county of Essex. Since 1965, Ma... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "London Assembly": "Newham", "UK Parliament": "East Ham", "Postcode district": "E12", "Dialling code": "020", "OS grid reference": "TQ425855", "Population": "(2011 Census Ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688995&c=Manor+Park&d=14&e=62&... |
The New Democrat Coalition is a caucus in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress made up of Democrats, primarily liberals and centrists, who take a pro-business stance and a liberal-to-moderate approach to fiscal matters. Most members hold socially liberal views, though there is a wide array of view... | {"Abbreviation": "NDC", "Founded": "1997", "Ideology": "Liberalism Third Way\nSocial liberalismBrubaker Daniel August 10, 2022 Psychosocial Political Dysfunction of the Republican Party https://books.google.com/books?id=5X2AEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT109 Bloomington Archway Publishing 109 978-1-6657-2756-3 2022913985", "P... |
KARE (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Twin Cities area. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station maintains studios on Olson Memorial Highway (MN 55) in Golden Valley and a transmitter at the Telefarm site in Shoreview, Minnesota.
Histo... | {"City": "Minneapolis, Minnesota", "Branding": "KARE 11 (pronounced \"Care\")", "Channel": "11", "Translator(s)": "See below", "Affiliations": "11.1: NBC for others, see Subchannels", "Owner": "Multimedia Holdings Corporation", "ERP": "1,000 kW", "HAAT": "455.9 m ft 1 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "45 3 45 N 93 8 22 ... |
Lincoln Edward Davis (born September 13, 1943) is an American politician and the former U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.
Early life, education and career
Davis has spent most of his life in Fentress County, a mostly rural county in ... | {"Name": "Lincoln Davis", "State senate2": "Tennessee", "District 2": "12th", "Predecessor 2": "Anna Belle Clement O'Brienhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=297605 Our Campaigns - TN Senate 12 Race - Nov 05, 1996", "Successor 2": "Tommy Kilbyhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7330 Ou... |
The 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak was a significant tornado outbreak that affected much of the Central and parts of the Eastern United States, with the highest record-breaking wind speeds of . During this week-long event, 154 tornadoes touched down (including one in Canada). More than half of them were on May 3 and 4 ... | {"Name": "1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak", "Image caption": "A tornado near Anadarko, Oklahoma, on May 3, 1999", "Duration": "May 2-8, 1999", "Tornadoes confirmed": "152", "Fujita scale / Enhanced Fujita scale": "F5", "Duration of tornado outbreak": "6 days, 1 hour and 35 minutes", "Highest winds": "301 ± 20 mph km/h o... |
Radnage is a village and civil parish in the Buckinghamshire district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Chiltern Hills about two miles north east of Stokenchurch and six miles WNW of High Wycombe.
The parish is set in folds of the Chiltern Hills to the south of Bledlow Ridge next to the border with Oxfordshire... | {"OS grid reference": "SU7897", "Population": "Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census 673 (2011 census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127793&c=Radnage&d=16&e=62&g=6405008&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1480161770461&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 26 November 2016... |
The New Brunswick Liberal Association (), more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick, is one of the two major provincial political parties in New Brunswick, Canada. The party descended from both the Confederation Party and the Anti-Confederation Party whose members split i... | {"Leader": "Susan Holt", "President": "Brian Murphy", "Founded": "1883", "Headquarters": "715 Brunswick StreetFredericton, New BrunswickE3B 1H8", "Ideology": "LiberalismSocial liberalism", "Political position": "Centre-left", "National affiliation": "Liberal Party of Canada"} |
Karenna Aitcheson Gore (born August 6, 1973) is an American author, lawyer, and climate activist. She is the eldest daughter of former U.S. vice president Al Gore and Tipper Gore and the sister of Kristin Gore, Sarah Gore Maiani, and Albert Gore III. Gore is the founder and executive director of the Center for Earth Et... | {"Born": "1973 8 6", "Education": "Harvard University (BA) Columbia University (JD) Union Theological Seminary (MA)", "Children": "3", "Relatives": "Kristin Gore (sister)"} |
Glafcos Ioannou Clerides (; 24 April 1919 - 15 November 2013) was a Cypriot statesman, who served as President of Cyprus in 1974 and from 1993 to 2003.
A barrister and former Royal Air Force pilot, Clerides played an important role in the Cypriot struggle for independence, first as a member of the anti-colonial gueri... | {"Name": "Glafcos Clerides", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1993", "Term start": "28 February 1993", "Term end": "28 February 2003", "Predecessor 2": "Nikos Sampson (acting)", "Successor 2": "Makarios III", "Birth date": "y 1919 04 24", "Birth place": "Nicosia, British Cyprus (now Cyprus)", "Death date": "y 2013 ... |
Sea World is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, and theme park located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It offers attractions such as rides and animal exhibits and promotes conservation through education and the rescue and rehabilitation of sick, injured or orphaned wildlife. The park is commercially linked to... | {"Park Name": "Sea World", "Park Photo Caption": "The entrance to Sea World", "Park Location (City)": "Main Beach, Queensland", "Park Location (Country)": "Australia", "Park Coordinates": "27.9559 S 153.4257 E inline,title region:AU-QLD_type:landmark", "Park Webpage/URL": "www.seaworld.com.au", "Park Owner": "Village R... |
Åslaug Marie Haga (born 21 October 1959) is Norwegian diplomat, politician and international civil servant. She has been board chair for various organizations, including the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) and the Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO). Haga has published three books: two on Norwegian p... | {"Name": "Åslaug Haga", "Image caption": "Åslaug Haga, after entering the government in 2005", "Term start": "21 September 2007", "Term end": "20 June 2008", "Office 2": "Minister of Local Government", "Prime minister 2": "Jens Stoltenberg", "Predecessor 2": "Erna Solberg", "Successor 2": "Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa", "B... |
Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron Lilford (18 March 1833 - 17 June 1896), was a British aristocrat and ornithologist.
Life
Lilford was the eldest son of Thomas Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford, and Mary Elizabeth Fox, daughter of Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland. He was born in Stanhope Street, Mayfair, London, on 18 Marc... | {"Name": "The Lord Lilford", "Caption": "Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford in his study at Lilford Hall", "Birth date": "18 March 1833", "Birth place": "Lilford Hall", "Death date": "17 June 1896 18 March 1833", "Death place": "Lilford Hall", "Nationality": "British", "Other names": "Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford", "Kn... |
SeaWorld is an American theme park chain with headquarters in Orlando, Florida. It is a proprietor of marine mammal parks, oceanariums, animal theme parks, and rehabilitation centers owned by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment (one park will be owned and operated by Miral under a license). The parks feature orcas, sea lion... | {"Park Name": "SeaWorld", "Park Photo": "220px", "Park Operating Season": "Year-round", "Park Opening Date": "1964 3 21", "Park Visitors": "20.2 million (2021)Number of visitors to SeaWorld Entertainment parks from 2010 to 2021 https://www.statista.com/statistics/427151/number-of-visitors-to-seaworld-parks-us/ 5 Janu... |
Robert Cannon "Robin" Hayes (born August 14, 1945) is an American politician and businessman from North Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, he represented North Carolina's 8th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009, and was the Republican nominee for Governor of North Carolina ... | {"Name": "Robin Hayes", "Term start": "April 30, 2016", "Term end": "June 8, 2019On leave: April 3, 2019 - June 8, 2019", "District 2": "NC 8 8th", "Predecessor 2": "Bill Hefner", "Successor 2": "Larry Kissell", "Birth name": "Robert Cannon Hayes", "Birth date": "1945 8 14", "Birth place": "Concord, North Carolina, U.S... |
Belinda Caroline Stronach (born May 2, 1966) is a Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2008. Originally elected as a Conservative, she later crossed the floor to join the Liberals. From May 17, 2005, to February 6, 2006, Stronach ... | {"Name": "Belinda Stronach", "Image caption": "Stronach in a corporate approved image in February 2018", "Term start": "May 17, 2005", "Term end": "February 5, 2006", "Riding 1": "Newmarket—Aurora", "Birth name": "Belinda Caroline Stronach", "Birth date": "1966 05 02", "Birth place": "Newmarket, Ontario, Canada", "Othe... |
John Howard Coble (March 18, 1931 - November 3, 2015) was an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for , serving from 1985 to 2015. He was a member of the Republican Party. The district includes all or portions of ten counties in the northern-central part of the state, including portions of Greensboro and... | {"Name": "Howard Coble", "State house 2": "North Carolina", "District 2": "27thhttps://www.carolana.com/NC/1900s/nc_1900s_house_1983-1984.html North Carolina State House of Representatives - 1983-1984 www.carolana.com Apr 4, 2021", "Predecessor 2": "Thomas Bell Hunter", "Successor 2": "Albert S. LineberryFrank Julian S... |
Old Navy is an American clothing and accessories retailing company owned by multinational corporation Gap Inc. It has corporate operations in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The largest of the Old Navy stores are its flagship stores, located in New York City, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, ... | {"Type": "Division", "Founded": "1994 03 11 (as Old Navy)", "Headquarters": "San Francisco, California", "Industry": "Retail", "Parent": "Gap Inc. (1993-present)", "Products": "Clothing", "Revenue": "$4 billion (2019)Gap Inc. Reports Third Quarter Results https://markets.businessinsider.com/amp/news/gap-inc-reports-thi... |
Erskine Boyce Bowles (born August 8, 1945) is an American businessman and political figure from North Carolina. He served from 2005 to 2010 as the president of the University of North Carolina system. In 1997-98 he served as White House Chief of Staff and he also ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate from Nor... | {"Name": "Erskine Bowles", "Image caption": "Bowles in 2010", "Term start": "October 3, 2005", "Term end": "December 31, 2010", "Office 2": "19th White House Chief of Staff", "President 2": "Bill Clinton", "Deputy 2": "Sylvia Mathews BurwellJohn Podesta", "Predecessor 2": "Leon Panetta", "Successor 2": "John Podesta", ... |
Ernesto Pastor Lavergne (April 4, 1892 - June 11, 1921)La web de las Biografias: Ernesto Pastor Lavergne was the first of only two Puerto Rican-born bullfighters (toreros) to gain international fame, the other being Juan Ramón Fernandez.
Early life and career
Some date Pastor's birth year as 1900, but it is generally ... | {"Name": "Ernesto Pastor Lavergne", "Image": "Ernesto Pastor.JPG", "Birth date": "1892 04 04", "Birth place": "San Juan, Puerto Rico", "Death date": "1921 06 11 1892 04 04", "Death place": "Madrid, Spain", "Occupation": "Torero", "Nationality": "Puerto Rican"} |
Serial digital interface (SDI) is a family of digital video interfaces first standardized by SMPTE (The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) in 1989. For example, ITU-R BT.656 and SMPTE 259M define digital video interfaces used for broadcast-grade video. A related standard, known as high-definition seri... | {"Title": "SDI", "Long name": "Serial digital interface", "Caption": "Serial digital interface uses BNC connectors", "Year started": "1989", "Organization": "SMPTE (The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers)"} |
The New Progressive Party (, PNP) is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates statehood.Political parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies. Charles D. Ameringer. London, England: Greenwood Press, 1992. p. 530. The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with ... | {"Abbreviation": "PNP", "Founded": "1967 8 20", "Split from": "Republican Statehood Party", "Headquarters": "San Juan, Puerto Rico", "Ideology": "\"manhattaninstitute\">https://manhattan.institute/article/is-puerto-rico-our-greece \"greenwood\"/> Factions: \"periodicos\"/>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/... |
Crazy Magazine is an illustrated satire and humor magazine that was published by Marvel Comics from 1973 to 1983 for a total of 94 regular issues (and a Super Special (Summer 1975)).Crazy Magazine comics from The Big Comic Book Database Retrieved August 2008. It was preceded by two standard-format comic books titled C... | {"Frequency": "monthly", "Categories": "Satirical magazine", "Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "First issue": "October 1973", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English"} |
Sick is a satirical-humor magazine published from 1960 to 1980, lasting 134 issues.
Overview
Sick was created in 1960 by comic-book writer-artist Joe Simon, who also edited the title until the late 1960s. His son Jim Simon edited the magazine for several issues in 1976 to 1977. The magazine was published by Crestwood ... | {"Frequency": "Monthly", "Categories": "Satirical magazine", "Publisher": "Crestwood Publications (1960-1968)Hewfred Publications (1968-1976)Charlton Comics (1976-1980)", "Founder": "Joe Simon", "Founded": "1960", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English"} |
Cracked was an American humor magazine. Founded in 1958, Cracked proved to be the most durable of the many publications to be launched in the wake of Mad magazine.America's Only Humor & Video Site, Since 1958 . Cracked.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.CANOE - CNEWS - Media News: Cracked.com will crack you up . Cnews.canoe.... | {"Frequency": "Monthly", "Categories": "Satirical magazine", "Publisher": "Major MagazinesGlobe PublishingMega Media", "First issue": "March 1958", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English"} |
The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character is an 1886 novel by the English author Thomas Hardy. One of Hardy's Wessex novels, it is set in a fictional rural England with Casterbridge standing in for Dorchester in Dorset where the author spent his youth. It was first published as a weekly serial... | {"Publisher": "Smith Elder & Co", "Published": "London", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English"} |
Quinnsworth was a supermarket chain operating in Ireland, which was founded by Pat Quinn, opening its first shop in the Stillorgan shopping centre in December 1966. It was later sold to Power Supermarkets. By 1971, it had grown to six shops and a turnover of IR£6 million. It grew to gain a 25% share of the Irish grocer... | {"Type": "Limited company", "Founded": "1966 yes", "Headquarters": "Ireland", "Industry": "Retailing", "Products": "Grocery", "Fate": "Acquired by Tesco (1997)"} |
Richard A. Vinroot (born April 14, 1941) is an American politician and attorney from Charlotte, North Carolina. He served as the 52nd Mayor of Charlotte from 1991 to 1995. Vinroot ran unsuccessfully for Governor of North Carolina in 1996, 2000 and 2004. The City of Charlotte's Richard Vinroot International Achievement ... | {"Name": "Richard Vinroot", "Term start": "1991", "Term end": "1995", "Birth date": "1941 4 14", "Birth place": "Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.", "Education": "University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA, JD)"} |
Michael Francis Easley (born March 23, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 72nd governor of North Carolina from 2001 to 2009. He is the first
governor of North Carolina to have been convicted of a felony, which was related to a campaign finance violation.
Upon further review by the Superior C... | {"Birth name": "Michael Francis Easley", "Term start": "January 6, 2001", "Term end": "January 10, 2009", "Order 2": "48th", "Office 2": "Attorney General of North Carolina", "Governor 2": "Jim Hunt", "Predecessor 2": "Lacy Thornburg", "Successor 2": "Roy Cooper", "Birth date": "1950 3 23", "Birth place": "Rocky Mount,... |
The Puerto Rican Independence Party (, PIP) is a social-democratic political party in Puerto Rico that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States.Berrios-Martinez, Ruben; "Puerto rico—Lithuania in Reverse?"; The Washington Post, Pg. A23; 23 May 1990.
Those who follow the PIP ideology are usua... | {"Abbreviation": "PIP", "President": "Rubén Berríos Martínez", "Founded": "1946 10 27Reece B. Botwell. Origenes y Desarrollo de los Partidos Politicos de Puerto Rico: 1869-1980. Editorial Edil, Inc. Puerto Rico. 1987. page 186. 84-398-8538-2 yes", "Ideology": "Left-wing nationalism\n\"McGrath-Andino2005\">Lester McGrat... |
Joseph Warren Matthews (1812August 27, 1862) was an American politician who served as Governor of Mississippi from 1848 to 1850.
Biography
Matthews was born near Huntsville, Alabama. During early adulthood, he came to Mississippi as a government surveyor, engaged in laying out the newly purchased Indian lands. Soon ... | {"Name": "Joseph W. Matthews", "Term start": "January 10, 1848", "Term end": "January 10, 1850", "Birth date": "1812", "Birth place": "Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.", "Death date": "1862 8 27 49-50", "Death place": "Palmetto Georgia, , U.S."} |
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Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and reggae music. It is a fusion of African rhythmic elements and European elements, which reached peak popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. M... | {"Name": "Mento", "Stylistic origins": "Kaiso calypso Kumina music", "Cultural origins": "Late 19th century, Jamaica", "Derivative forms": "Ska"} |
Ravenstone is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about west of Olney, and north of Newport Pagnell and about from Central Milton Keynes. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 209.
History
The toponym is derived ... | {"Population": "(2011 Census)", "Unitary authority": "City of Milton Keynes", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Milton Keynes North", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01908", "OS grid reference": "SP850508", "Website": "Ravenstone Home Page"} |
Ringshall is a hamlet in the Chiltern Hills of England. It is located on the border of the counties of Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire; parts of the village lie in the civil parishes of Edlesborough and Ivinghoe in eastern Buckinghamshire, while the rest of the village is mainly within the parish of Little Gaddesden ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Dacorum", "Shire county": "Hertfordshire", "Ceremonial county": "Hertfordshire", "UK Parliament": "Hemel Hempstead", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01442", "OS grid reference": "SP9814"} |
Rowsham is a hamlet in the parish of Wingrave in Buckinghamshire, England. It is south of the main village on the A418 road that links Bierton with Wing. It is in the civil parish of Wingrave with Rowsham.
Rowsham's toponym is derived from Old English, meaning "Hrothwulf's home". In manorial rolls of 1170 it was reco... | {"Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Aylesbury", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01296", "Website": "Wingrave-with-Rowsham"} |
The United States Third Fleet is one of the numbered fleets in the United States Navy. Third Fleet's area of responsibility includes approximately fifty million square miles of the eastern and northern Pacific Ocean areas including the Bering Sea, Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, and a sector of the Arctic. Major oil and ... | {"Branch": "United States 25px", "Type": "Fleet", "Part of": "25px United States Pacific Fleet", "Website": "https://www.c3f.navy.mil/", "Notablecommanders": "Flag of a United States Navy fleet admiral.svg 25px FADM William F. Halsey"} |
Joshua Lockwood Logan III (October 5, 1908 - July 12, 1988) was an American theatre and film director, playwright and screenwriter, and actor. He shared a Pulitzer Prize for co-writing the musical South Pacific and was involved in writing other musicals.
Early years
Logan was born in Texarkana, Texas, the son of Susan... | {"Name": "Joshua Logan", "Birth name": "Joshua Lockwood Logan III", "Birth date": "1908 10 5", "Birth place": "Texarkana, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "1988 7 12 1908 10 5", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Director writer actor", "Years active": "1932-1987", "Spouse(s)": "Barbara O'Neil 1939 1940 di... |
The United States Second Fleet is a numbered fleet in the United States Navy responsible for the East Coast and North Atlantic Ocean. The Fleet was established following World War II. In September 2011, Second Fleet was deactivated in view of the United States Government's perception that the potential military threat ... | {"Branch": "United States", "Type": "Fleet", "Role": "Combat & Maritime Operations, Security Cooperation Activities, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response", "Part of": "U.S. Fleet Forces Command (COMUSFLTCOM)"} |
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum () or simply Tuol Sleng (, ; lit. "Hill of the Poisonous Trees" or "Strychnine Hill") is a museum chronicling the Cambodian genocide. Located in Phnom Penh, the site is a former secondary school which was used as Security Prison 21 (S-21; ) by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its f... | {"Coordinates": "11 32 58 N 104 55 04 E type:landmark inline,title", "Other names": "S-21", "Known for": "Internment, interrogation, extermination and human experimentation camp used by the Khmer Rouge", "Location": "St.113, Boeung Keng Kang III, Khan Boeng Keng Kang, Phnom Penh, Cambodia", "Website": "www.tuolsleng.go... |
"The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review (November 1909), the story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928. After being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965, it was included that same year ... | {"Country": "England", "Language": "English", "Genre(s)": "Science fiction short story", "Published in": "The Oxford and Cambridge Review", "Publisher": "Archibald Constable", "Media type": "Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback)", "Publication date": "November 1909"} |
Saunderton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton, Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Saunderton Valley in the Chiltern Hills, the village consists of three main areas: a linear settlement along Bledlow Road about southwest of Princes Risborough, Saunderton Lee, about fu... | {"OS grid reference": "SU8198", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Aylesbury", "Website": "Bledlow-cum-Saunderton Parish Council", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01844, 01494"} |
Stargate Atlantis (usually stylized in all caps and often abbreviated SGA) is an adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassne... | {"Genre": "Action-Adventure\n Science fictionhttps://www.allmovie.com/work/stargate-132284 Allmovie January 4, 2010 Stargate: Overview Brenner, Paul", "Running time": "43 minutes", "Created by": "Brad Wright Robert C. Cooper", "Starring": "Joe Flanigan Torri Higginson Rachel Luttrell Rainbow Sun Francks Dav... |
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