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Beverley June Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford (born 30 March 1950) is a British politician who most recently served as Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for Policing and Crime between 2017 and 2023. A member of the Labour Party, Hughes was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston from 1997 to 2010... | {"Name": "The Baroness Hughesof Stretford", "Term start": "8 May 2017", "Term end": "9 January 2023", "Office 2": "Minister for the North West", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Successor 2": "Phil Woolas", "Birth date": "1950 3 30 y", "Birth place": "Ellesmere Port, England", "Spouse(s)": "Thomas McDonald", "Alma ... |
The Secret of the Old Clock is the first volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series, written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. It was first published on April 28, 1930, and rewritten in 1959 by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.
Nancy Drew is a sixteen-year-old high school graduate (her age was changed to eighteen in th... | {"Cover artist": "Russell H. Tandy", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Nancy Drew Mystery Stories", "Publisher": "Grosset & Dunlap", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "210 (1930-1959); 180", "ISBN": "0-448-45530-7", "Followed by": "The Hidden Staircase"} |
Fiona Margaret Mactaggart (born 12 September 1953) is a British politician and former primary school teacher who has been chair of the Fawcett Society since 2018. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Slough from 1997 to 2017.
Early life and career
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Ma... | {"Name": "Fiona Mactaggart", "Image caption": "Mactaggart in 2005", "Term start": "13 June 2003", "Term end": "5 May 2006", "Birth name": "Fiona Margaret Mactaggart", "Birth date": "1953 09 12 yes", "Birth place": "London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Residence": "London, Isle of Islay and Slough", "Alma mater"... |
Paul Gerard Goggins (16 June 1953 - 7 January 2014) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wythenshawe and Sale East from 1997 until his death in January 2014. He was also previously a Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office.
Early life
Paul Goggins was born in Manchester... | {"Predecessor 2": "Constituency created", "Successor 2": "Mike Kane", "Birth name": "Paul Gerard Goggins", "Birth date": "yes 1953 06 16", "Birth place": "Manchester, England", "Death date": "yes 2014 1 07 1953 06 16", "Death place": "Salford, England", "Spouse(s)": "Wyn Bartley 1977", "Education": "St Bede's College, ... |
RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; decision-making tools; and organise exhibitions. It operates in 40 countries ... | {"Type": "Public limited company", "ISIN": "n y GB00B2B0DG97", "Founded": "1993 8(by merger)", "Headquarters": "London, England, UK", "Industry": "Information and analytics", "Products": "Information and data analytics, academic and business publishing, exhibitions", "Revenue": "£8.553 billion (2022)https://www.relx.co... |
The Breetles are an American power pop band, led by Chris Breetveld. They formed in Kendall Park, New Jersey around 1985, becoming one of the founding bands of the "Kendall Park Sound". Another relatively important part of the KP Sound is Donald Fagen, who used to live in 7 Joline Rd. Chris' first band, The Statics (1... | {"Origin": "New Jersey, USA", "Genres": "Power pop", "Labels": "Shuss/No Fault Records, Permanent Press Recordings, Major Label Records, PinkGrass Records, Galactic Recording Company", "Website": "www.breetles.com"} |
Axioms is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal that focuses on all aspects of mathematics, mathematical logic and mathematical physics. It was established in June 2012 and is published quarterly by MDPI.
In September 2021 the journal was among the initial 13 journals included in the official Norwegian list o... | {"Edited": "Humberto Bustince", "Publisher": "MDPI", "Frequency": "Quarterly", "History": "2012-present", "ISSN": "2075-1680"} |
Alan Arthur Johnson (born 17 May 1950) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2006 to 2007, Secretary of State for Health from 2007 to 2009, Home Secretary from 2009 to 2010, and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Labour Party, he was th... | {"Name": "Alan Johnson", "Term start": "5 June 2009", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Office 2": "Secretary of State for Education and Skills", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Ruth Kelly", "Successor 2": "Ed Balls (Children, Schools and Families)"} |
Graham Frederick Young (7 September 1947 - 1 August 1990), also known as the Teacup Poisoner and the St Albans Poisoner, was an English serial killer who killed his victims via poison.
Obsessed with poisons from an early age, Young started poisoning the food and drink of relatives and school friends. He was caught whe... | {"Name": "Graham Young", "Birth name": "Graham Frederick Young", "Birth date": "1947 9 7 y", "Birth place": "Neasden, Middlesex, England, UK", "Death date": "1990 8 1 1947 9 7 y"} |
The Hidden Staircase is the second volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, published in 1930 and revised in 1959. The original text was written by Mildred Wirt Benson, and she has said that it is her personal favorite of the Nancy Drew Books she wrote.
The novel was a... | {"Cover artist": "Russell H. Tandy", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Nancy Drew Mystery Stories", "Publisher": "Grosset & Dunlap", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "Pages": "210(1930-1959); 180", "ISBN": "0-448-09502-5", "Preceded by": "The Secret of the Old Clock", "Followed ... |
George MacDonald Fraser (2 April 1925 - 2 January 2008) was a Scottish author and screenwriter. He is best known for a series of works that featured the character Flashman.
Biography
Fraser was born to Scottish parents in Carlisle, England, on 2 April 1925. His father was a doctor and his mother a nurse. It was his f... | {"Name": "George MacDonald Fraser", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100 OBE FRSL", "Birth date": "2 April 1925", "Birth place": "Carlisle, Cumberland, England", "Death date": "2008 1 2 1925 4 2 y", "Death place": "Douglas, Isle of Man", "Occupation": "Author", "Known For": "The Flashman Papers series of novels; McAuslan short st... |
Richard Karn (born Richard Karn Wilson; February 17, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, author and former game show host. He starred as Al Borland in the ABC series Home Improvement and as Fred Peters in the Hulu series Pen15. He was also the fourth host of Family Feud, hosting the show from 2002 to 2006.
Early li... | {"Name": "Richard Karn", "Caption": "Karn in 2015", "Birth name": "Richard Karn Wilson", "Birth date": "1956 2 17", "Birth place": "Seattle, Washington, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of Washington", "Occupation": "Actor\n comedian\n author\n game show host", "Years active": "1989-present", "Spouse(s)": "Tudi Roche 1... |
The Guggenheim family ( ) is an American-Jewish family known for making their fortune in the mining industry, in the early 20th century, especially in the United States and South America. After World War I, many family members withdrew from the businesses and became involved in philanthropy, especially in the arts, avi... | {"Current region": "New York, U.S.A.", "Place of origin": "Lengnau, Switzerland", "Founded": "c.1800s", "Founder": "Simon Meyer Guggenheim", "Connected families": "Loeb familyMorton family\nStraus familyhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Straus-family Straus family | American family | Britannica", "Estate(s)": "Falaise ... |
The Miles Glacier Bridge, also known as the Million Dollar Bridge, was built in the early 1900s across the Copper River fifty miles from Cordova in what is now the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a multiple-span Pennsylvania truss bridge which completed a railroad line for the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, built ... | {"Carries": "road bridge20017910 Million Dollar Bridge", "Crosses": "Copper River", "Locale": "Cordova, Alaska", "Design": "through Pennsylvania (Petit) truss bridge", "Material": "steel and concretehttps://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ak/ak0100/ak0192/data/ak0192data.pdf Copper River & Northwest ... |
Jacqueline Margaret Ballard (née Mackenzie; born 4 January 1953) has been a charity senior manager, politician and journalist in the United Kingdom. She served as Liberal Democrat MP for Taunton from 1997 to 2001.
Her former roles include Director General of the RSPCA, Chief Executive of RNID and Chief Executive of Wo... | {"Name": "Jackie Ballard", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1953 01 4 yes", "Birth place": "Dunoon, Scotland, UK", "Birth name": "Jacqueline Margaret Mackenzie", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Derek Ballard", "Education": "Monmouth School for Girls", "Alma mater": "London S... |
Judith Steinberg Dean (born May 9, 1953) is an American physician from Burlington, Vermont. She is married to Howard Dean, the former Governor of Vermont and past chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Steinberg Dean was the First Lady of Vermont from 1991 until 2003.
Early life
Judith Steinberg grew up on Lon... | {"Birth name": "Judith Steinberg", "Birth date": "1953 5 9", "Birth place": "Roslyn, New York, U.S.", "Term start": "August 14, 1991", "Term end": "January 8, 2003", "Nationality": "American", "Alma mater": "Albert Einstein College of Medicine (M.D.)Princeton University (B.A.)", "Spouse(s)": "Howard Dean 1981"} |
Gerald Edward Bermingham (20 August 1940 - 2 August 2023) was a British politician and barrister who was a Labour Member of Parliament for St Helens South from 1983 until 2001.
Bermingham was born 20 August 1940 in Dublin, Ireland, and educated at Cotton College, Wellingborough Grammar School and Sheffield University,... | {"Name": "Gerry Bermingham", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth name": "Gerald Edward Bermingham", "Birth date": "1940 08 20 yes", "Birth place": "Dublin, Ireland", "Death date": "2023 08 02 1940 08 20 y", "Death place": "Birmingham, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Jilly Fo... |
IEK () is a Greek abbreviation name for the (Institute of Vocational Training).
IEK was established in 1992 as a type of educational institution specifically to provide adult vocational education and training (VET) at the post-secondary education level (Greek: ) considered to be a body of "non-formal education" (). W... | {"Abbreviation": "IEK", "Legal status": "Part of a series on education in Greece. Public and private.", "Type": "Adult only, post-secondary education and training", "Location": "Greece", "Affiliations": "National Organization for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP)", "Website": "https:/... |
Sunningdale is a large village with a retail area and a civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. It takes up the extreme south-east corner of Berkshire, England. It has a railway station on the (London) Waterloo to Reading Line and is adjoined by green buffers including Sunningdale Golf Club and We... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2001) 5,347 (2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129295&c=Sunningdale&d=16&e=62&g=6398608&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1480587482861&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 1 December 2016 Neighbourhood Statistics ... |
The Frontier Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The conference was founded in 1934. Member institutions are located in the western United States, in the states of Arizona, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon.
History
The Montana Small Colleg... | {"Founded": "1934", "Association": "NAIA", "Teams": "10 (6 full, 4 associate)", "Sports fielded": "8", "Region": "Western United States", "Former": "Montana Small College Conference (1934-1936)Montana Collegiate Conference (1936-1966)", "Headquarters": "Whitefish, Montana", "Commissioner": "Kent Paulson", "Official web... |
Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976)Keri Russell Biography . People.com. Retrieved December 5, 2013. is an American actress. She has played the title role in the drama series Felicity (1998-2002), which won her a Golden Globe Award, and later portrayed Elizabeth Jennings in the spy thriller series The Americans (201... | {"Name": "Keri Russell", "Caption": "Russell at the 2014 WonderCon", "Birth name": "Keri Lynn Russell", "Birth date": "1976 03 23", "Birth place": "Fountain Valley, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1991-present", "Spouse(s)": "Shane Deary 2007 2014 divorced\n Matthew Rhys (m. Married 2021)",... |
The Treaty of Rapallo was a border settlement agreement between the Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in the aftermath of the First World War. It was intended to settle the Adriatic question, i.e. Italian claims over territories promised to the country for its entry into the war against Aus... | {"Name": "Treaty of Rapallo", "Long name": "Treaty between the Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes signed at Rapallo, 12 November 1920", "Treaty type": "Border agreement", "Date signed": "yes 1920 11 12 yes", "Location signed": "Rapallo, Italy", "Replaced by": "Treaty of Rome (1924)", "T... |
The Brantford Expositor is an English language newspaper based in Brantford, Ontario and owned by Postmedia. It provides the readers with coverage of local news, sports and events to the community as well as coverage of provincial, national and international news.
History
The Expositor has been the primary source of n... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "Postmedia", "Editor": "Kim Novak", "Circulation": "Paid circulation cited in http://www.bpaww.com/Bpaww_com/Pages/CirculationReports.aspx Daily Newspaper Circulation Statement for the 12 Month Period Ended December 2011 Toronto Canadian Circulations Au... |
The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher’s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling (, pbk. ) is a critique of the United States education system by John Taylor Gatto.
A former teacher, Gatto left the classroom the same year he was named New York State Teacher of the Year. He a... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Oxford Village Press", "Media type": "Paperback and Hardcover", "Pages": "412 (Paperback)", "ISBN": "(Paperback), 0-945700-05-9 (Hardcover)"} |
Brigham Young (also known as Brigham Young - Frontiersman) is a 1940 American biographical western film starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell and Dean Jagger that describes Young's succession to the presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after founder Joseph Smith was assassinated in 1844. The sup... | {"Directed by": "Henry Hathaway", "Produced by": "Kenneth Macgowan (associate producer)", "Written by": "Louis Bromfield", "Screenplay by": "Lamar Trotti", "Starring": "Tyrone PowerLinda DarnellBrian DonlevyJane DarwellJohn CarradineMary AstorVincent PriceJean RogersAnn ToddDean Jagger", "Music by": "Alfred Newman", "C... |
Matthew Edward Gonzalez (born June 4, 1965) is an American politician, lawyer, and activist. He served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2001 to 2005 and was president of the Board. In 2003, Gonzalez, running as a member of the Green Party, lost a race for mayor of San Francisco to Democrat Gavin Newsom. I... | {"Name": "Matt Gonzalez", "Term start": "February 22, 2019", "Term end": "March 11, 2019", "Office 2": "Member of theSan Francisco Board of Supervisorsfrom District 5", "Predecessor 2": "District established", "Successor 2": "Ross Mirkarimi", "Birth date": "1965 06 04", "Birth place": "McAllen, Texas, U.S.", "Other pol... |
Petar Stefanov Stoyanov ( ; born 25 May 1952) is a Bulgarian politician who served as President of Bulgaria from 1997 to 2002. A member of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), he was the party's nominee to succeed one-term president Zhelyu Zhelev in 1996. He was elected to the Presidency in 1996, but lost his reelecti... | {"Name": "Petar Stoyanov", "Native name": "Петър Стоянов", "Native name language": "bg", "Term start": "22 January 1997", "Term end": "22 January 2002", "Vice president": "Todor Kavaldzhiev", "Birth date": "1952 5 25 y", "Birth place": "Plovdiv, Bulgaria", "Other political party": "Independent (1997-2002)", "Spouse(s)"... |
Roland Joffé (born 17 November 1945) is a British director and producer of film and television, known for the Academy Award-nominated films The Killing Fields and The Mission. He began his career in television, his early credits including episodes of Coronation Street and an adaptation of The Stars Look Down for Granad... | {"Name": "Roland Joffé", "Image": "RolandJoffe OffPlusCamera.JPG", "Caption": "Joffé in 2012", "Birth date": "1945 11 17 y", "Birth place": "London, England", "Spouse(s)": "Jane Lapotaire 1974 1980 divorced", "Children": "Rowan JofféNathalie Lunghi", "Occupation": "Film director, producer, screenwriter", "Years active"... |
The New Zealand Social Credit Party (sometimes called "Socred") was a political party that was New Zealand's third party from the 1950s to the 1980s. It was elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives, holding one seat at times between 1966 and 1981, and two seats from 1981 to 1987. It was named the New Zealand... | {"Leader": "Vacant", "President": "Gloria Bruni", "Founded": "10 January 1953", "Preceded by": "Real Democracy Movement", "Ideology": "Social credit", "Slogan": "\"Here for Good\"", "Headquarters": "42 Reyburn House Lane, Whangārei, 0110"} |
Kecak (pronounced ("kechak"), alternate spellings: kechak and ketjak), known in Indonesian as tari kecakilolahhe, is a form of Balinese Hindu dance and music drama that was developed in the 1930s in Bali, Indonesia. Since its creation, it has been performed primarily by men, with the first women's kecak group having s... | {"Name": "Kecak", "Native name": "ban", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Kecak dancers in Uluwatu", "Genre": "Traditional dance", "Instruments": "jv Gamelan, jv Gong, jv Kendhang", "Place of origin": "Indonesia"} |
Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo (24 August 192430 November 1989) was a Cameroonian politician who was the first President of Cameroon, holding the office from 1960 until 1982. Ahidjo played a major role in Cameroon's independence from France as well as reuniting the French and English-speaking parts of the country. During Ahi... | {"Name": "Ahmadou Ahidjo", "Nationality": "Cameroonian", "Image caption": "Ahidjo at the Catshuis in The Hague, 1979", "Term start": "5 May 1960", "Term end": "6 November 1982", "Vice president": "John Ngu FonchaSalomon Tandeng Muna", "Birth date": "1924 8 24 y", "Birth place": "Garoua, French Cameroons", "Death date":... |
formerly is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting holding company. It is the parent company of the television network TBS Television and radio network TBS Radio. It has a 28-affiliate television network called Japan News Network, as well as a 34-affiliate radio network called Japan Radio Network.
TBS produced th... | {"Type": "Public KK", "Founded": "1951 5 17 yes y in Tokyo, Japan", "Formerly": "Radio Tokyo\nTokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. (株式会社東京放送) until end of FY 2008\nTokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. (2009-2020)", "Headquarters": "TBS Broadcasting Center, Akasaka 5-chome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan", "Industry": "Media", "Se... |
David Duane Freudenthal (born October 12, 1950) is an American attorney, economist, and politician who served as the 31st Governor of Wyoming from 2003 to 2011. Freudenthal previously was the United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming from 1994 to 2001. As of , he is the most recent Democrat to hold statewide o... | {"Name": "Dave Freudenthal", "Term start": "January 6, 2003", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Birth name": "David Duane Freudenthal", "Birth date": "1950 10 12", "Birth place": "Thermopolis, Wyoming, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Nancy Roan", "Education": "Amherst College (BA)University of Wyoming (JD)"} |
Zeitgeist Films is a New York-based distribution company founded in 1988 which acquires and distributes films from the U.S. and around the world. In 2017, Zeitgeist entered into a multi-year strategic alliance with film distributor Kino Lorber.
Zeitgeist has distributed early films by directors such as Todd Haynes, Ch... | {"Type": "Privately held company", "Founded": "1988 06", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Film distribution", "Website": "zeitgeistfilms.com"} |
Marc Racicot (; born July 24, 1948) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and former Republican politician who served as the 21st Governor of Montana from 1993 until 2001. After leaving office, Racicot worked as a lobbyist for the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani. His notable clients included Enron, Burlington Northern Santa... | {"Name": "Marc Racicot", "Image": "Marc Racicot 2008.JPG", "Term start": "December 5, 2001", "Term end": "July 25, 2003", "Lieutenant 1": "Denny RehbergJudy Martz", "Office 2": "20th Attorney General of Montana", "Governor 2": "Stan Stephens", "Predecessor 2": "Mike Greely", "Successor 2": "Joseph Mazurek", "Birth date... |
Stanley Graham Stephens (September 16, 1929 - April 3, 2021) was a Canadian-American politician, journalist, and broadcaster who served as the 20th Governor of Montana from 1989 until 1993.
Biography
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1929, Stephens was educated in public schools, but dropped out of high school. He m... | {"Name": "Stan Stephens", "Image": "file:Montana_governor_Stan_Stephens.jpeg", "Term start": "January 2, 1989", "Term end": "January 4, 1993", "Birth date": "1929 9 16", "Birth place": "Calgary, Alberta, Canada", "Death date": "2021 4 3 1929 9 16", "Death place": "Kalispell, Montana, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Ann Hanson"} |
Theodore Schwinden (born August 31, 1925) is an American politician. He served as the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Montana and the 19th Governor of Montana.
Biography
Schwinden was born in Wolf Point, Montana. He enlisted in the United States Army and served until 1946. Schwinden earned a Bachelor's Degree and a Master... | {"Name": "Ted Schwinden", "Lieutenant 1": "George TurmanGordon McOmber", "Order 2": "23rd", "Office 2": "Lieutenant Governor of Montana", "Governor 2": "Thomas Lee Judge", "Predecessor 2": "Bill Christiansen", "Successor 2": "George Turman", "Birth date": "1925 8 31", "Birth place": "Wolf Point, Montana, U.S.", "Spouse... |
Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed and released by Avid Technology (formerly Digidesign) for Microsoft Windows and macOS. It is used for music creation and production, sound for picture (sound design, audio post-production and mixing) and, more generally, sound recording, editing, and mastering pr... | {"Original author(s)": "Evan BrooksPeter Gotcher", "Developer(s)": "Avid Audio under Avid Technology (previously Digidesign)", "Written in": "C, C++, Assembly", "Initial release": "1989 01 20", "Available in": "8", "Type": "Digital audio workstation", "License": "Proprietary (software-as-a-service)", "Website": "https:... |
Drowning Pool is an American rock band formed in Dallas, Texas, in 1996. The band was named after the 1975 film The Drowning Pool. Since its formation, the band has consisted of guitarist C.J. Pierce, bassist Stevie Benton, and drummer Mike Luce, as well as a revolving cast of vocalists.
After the release of their deb... | {"Origin": "Dallas, Texas, U.S.", "Genres": "Alternative metal\n nu metal\n hard rock\n post-grunge", "Labels": "Wind-up\n Eleven Seven\n Entertainment One\n Sanctuary", "Website": "drowningpool.com", "Members": "Stevie Benton\n Mike Luce\n C.J. Pierce\n Ryan McCombs"} |
Judith Helen Martz (née Morstein; July 28, 1943 - October 30, 2017) was an American Republican Party politician, businesswoman, and Olympian speed skater who served as the 22nd governor of Montana from 2001 to 2005. She was the first woman (and, as of 2017, the only woman) to hold the office. She previously served as t... | {"Name": "Judy Martz", "Image caption": "Martz in 2003", "Term start": "January 1, 2001", "Term end": "January 3, 2005", "Birth name": "Judith Helen Morstein", "Birth date": "1943 7 28", "Birth place": "Big Timber, Montana, U.S.", "Death date": "2017 10 30 1943 7 28", "Death place": "Butte, Montana, U.S.", "Spouse(s)":... |
Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. is an American television and radio broadcasting corporation based in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was founded by Stanley E. Hubbard.
The corporation has broadcast outlets scattered across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, New York, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Washington, Florida, a... | {"Type": "Corporation", "Industry": "Television and radio broadcasting", "Founded": "1925 02 13 in Twin Cities, Minneapolis, U.S.", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Brands": "KSTP radio, KSTP-FM, KTMY, KSTP-TV, and KSTC-TV", "Parent": "-->", "Website": "https://hubbardbroadcasting.com/"} |
WDIO-DT (channel 10) is a television station in Duluth, Minnesota, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. The station's studios and transmitter are located on Observation Road in Duluth.
WIRT-DT (channel 13) in Hibbing, Minnesota, operates as a full-time satellite of WDIO; this station's... | {"City": "Duluth, Minnesota", "Branding": "WDIO (general)WDIO News (newscasts)", "Channel": "10", "Affiliations": "10.1: ABCfor others, see Subchannels", "Owner": "WDIO-TV, LLC", "ERP": "45 kW", "HAAT": "297 m ft 0 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "46 47 15 N 92 7 22 W type:landmark_scale:2000", "Website": "https://www.... |
KAAL (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Austin, Minnesota, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for Southeast Minnesota and Northern Iowa. The station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, and maintains studios in the TJ Maxx-anchored shopping center on Salem Road in Rochester, Minnesota. Its transmitte... | {"City": "Austin, Minnesota", "Branding": "ABC 6 (general)ABC 6 News (newscasts)", "Channel": "6", "Translator(s)": "33 (UHF) Mason City", "Affiliations": "6.1: ABCfor others, see Subchannels", "Owner": "KAAL-TV, LLC", "ERP": "RF 36: 620 kW RF 33: 8.3 kW", "HAAT": "RF 36: 326 m ft 0 on RF 33: 72.5 m ft 0 on", "Transmit... |
Ernest Lee Fletcher (born November 12, 1952) is an American physician and politician who was the 60th governor of Kentucky from 2003 to 2007. He previously served three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives before resigning after elected governor. A member of the Republican Party, Fletcher was... | {"Name": "Ernie Fletcher", "Image size": "220px", "Alternative text": "Official portrait of Ernie Fletcher", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2003", "Term start": "December 9, 2003", "Term end": "December 11, 2007", "Birth name": "Ernest Lee Fletcher", "Birth date": "1952 11 12", "Birth place": "Mount Sterling, Ken... |
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James Houston Davis (September 11, 1899 - November 5, 2000) was an American singer, songwriter, and politician. After achieving fame for releasing both sacred and popular songs, Davis served as governor of Louisiana from 1944 to 1948 and again from 1960 to 1964. As Governo... | {"Name": "Jimmie Davis", "Image caption": "Davis in 1962", "Term start": "May 10, 1960", "Term end": "May 12, 1964", "Lieutenant 1": "J. Emile Verret", "Birth name": "James Houston Davis", "Birth date": "1899 9 11", "Birth place": "Jackson Parish, Louisiana, U.S.", "Death date": "2000 11 5 1899 9 11", "Death place": "B... |
KSTC-TV (channel 5.2) is an independent television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving the Twin Cities area. Owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, it is sister to Saint Paul-licensed ABC affiliate and company flagship KSTP-TV (channel 5), and radio stations KSTP (1500 AM), KSTP-FM (94.5), and KT... | {"City": "Minneapolis, Minnesota", "Branding": "45tv; 5 Eyewitness News on 45 MeTV Twin Cities (DT2)", "Channel": "5.2", "Translator(s)": "KSTP-DT 5.5 (35.5 UHF) Saint Paul(for others, see below)", "Affiliations": "5.2: Independent (2000-present) / ABC (alternate)5.3: MeTV5.4: GetTV5.6: This TV", "Owner": "KSTC-TV, LLC... |
is a Japanese developer of video games, based in Tsukishima, Tokyo.
By far Artdink's biggest international success was the award-winning A-Train (known in Japan as A Ressha de Ikou, or "Take the A-Train") strategy game released for the PC and Amiga, which was published by SimCity creators Maxis. A Family Computer and ... | {"Type": "Kabushiki gaisha", "Founded": "yes 1986 4 21Artdink Company Summary http://www.artdink.co.jp/english/company/index.html www.artdink.co.jp Artdink 29 October 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/19980513182401/http://www.artdink.co.jp/english/company/index.html May 13, 1998", "Headquarters": "Tokyo, Ja... |
WNYT (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Albany, New York, United States, serving the Capital District as an affiliate of NBC. It is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting alongside Pittsfield, Massachusetts-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WNYA (channel 51). Both stations share studios on North Pearl Street in Menan... | {"City": "Albany, New York", "Branding": "NewsChannel 13MeTV Capital Region(on DT2)", "Channel": "13", "Translator(s)": "see Translators", "Affiliations": "13.1: NBCfor others, see Subchannels", "Owner": "WNYT-TV, LLC", "ERP": "30 kW970 kW (CP)wnytchanges", "HAAT": "412 m ft 0 on414 m ft 0 on (CP)wnytchanges", "Transmi... |
WHEC-TV (channel 10) is a television station in Rochester, New York, United States, affiliated with NBC. Owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, the station maintains studios on East Avenue in Downtown Rochester and a transmitter on Pinnacle Hill in Brighton.
History
thumb|Logo used by WHEC from 1979 to 1995 in its original fo... | {"Branding": "10 NBC; News 10 NBC", "Channel": "10", "Affiliations": "10.1: NBC (1989-present)for others, see Subchannels", "Founded": "1953 3\"For the record-Actions of the FCC-New TV stations-Decisions.\" Broadcasting - Telecasting, March 23, 1953, pp. 99-100.", "Owner": "WHEC-TV, LLC", "ERP": "18.1 kW", "HAAT": "153... |
KOBF (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Farmington, New Mexico, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is a satellite of Albuquerque-based KOB (channel 4) which is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. KOBF's transmitter is located south of Farmington on NM 371.
KOBR (channel 8) in Roswell also serves as a sate... | {"City": "Farmington, New Mexico", "Branding": "KOBF 12", "Channel": "12", "Translator(s)": "See below", "Affiliations": "12.1: NBCfor others, see Subchannels", "Owner": "KOB-TV, LLC", "ERP": "30 kW", "HAAT": "125 m ft 0 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "36 41 43 N 108 13 16 W type:landmark_scale:2000 KOBF", "Website": ... |
Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd Earl of Arundel (1 May 1285 - 17 November 1326) was an English nobleman prominent in the conflict between King Edward II and his barons. His father, Richard Fitzalan, 1st Earl of Arundel, died in 1302, while Edmund was still a minor. He, therefore, became a ward of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, ... | {"Image caption": "Froissart's Chronicles: Arundel and Hugh Despenser the Elder before Queen Isabella", "Birth date": "1 May 1285", "Birth place": "Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire", "Death date": "1326 11 17 1285 5 1 yes", "Death place": "Hereford", "Death cause": "Executed", "Resting place coordinates": "52.73249 N 2.67... |
David IV, also known as David IV the BuilderBritannica online (, ) (1073-1125), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the 5th king of United Georgia from 1089 until his death in 1125.Georgia in the Developed Feudal Period (XI-the first quarter of the XIII c.) www.parliament.ge/ Retrieved 13 August 2006.
Popularly considered ... | {"Father": "George II of Georgia", "Mother": "Elene, Queen of Georgia Elene ka ელენე (გიორგი II-ის მეუღლე)", "Born": "Kutaisi", "Died": "Tbilisi", "Burial": "Gelati Monastery", "Religion": "Georgian Orthodox Church"} |
The New York Athletic Club is an American organization, and a private social club and athletic club in New York state. Founded in 1868, the club has approximately 8,600 members and two facilities: the City House, located at 180 Central Park South in Manhattan, and Travers Island, located in Westchester County. Members... | {"Abbreviation": "NYAC", "Headquarters": "180 Central Park SouthManhattan, New York", "Type": "Private social club", "Website": "https://www.nyac.org/", "Location": "180 Central Park South, ManhattanTravers Island, Westchester County", "Coordinates": "40 45 59 N 73 58 44 W region:US-NY inline,title"} |
Joseph Rao Kony (born ), commonly known by his initials JRK, is a Ugandan terrorist who is the canon of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) since 1987. The group is designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Peacekeepers, the European Union and various other governments.
An Acholi, Kony was born into a middle-... | {"Name": "Joseph Kony", "Term start": "August 1987", "Battles fought": "Lord's Resistance Army insurgency", "Birth place": "Odek, Northern Region, Protectorate of Uganda", "Birth date": "1961", "Image size": "250px"} |
Léon Kengo wa Dondo (born Leon Lubicz; 22 May 1935) is a Congolese politician who served as the "first state commissioner" (a title equivalent to prime minister) several times under Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaïre. He was one of the most powerful figures in the regime and was a strong advocate of economic globalization and ... | {"Name": "Léon Kengo", "Birth name": "Leon Lubicz", "Image": "Léon Kengo Senate of Poland 01.JPG", "Image caption": "Léon Kengo in the Polish Senate (2008)", "Term start": "5 November 1982", "Term end": "31 October 1986", "Birth date": "yes 1935 05 22Official birth date mentioned on his candidacy file for the 2011 pres... |
The Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC or CCC) is an American white supremacist organization. Founded in 1985, it advocates white nationalism, and supports some paleoconservative causes. In the organization's statement of principles, it states that they "oppose all efforts to mix the races of mankind".
Headquart... | {"Abbreviation": "CofCC or CCC", "Type": "501(c)4", "Headquarters": "St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.http://conservative-headlines.com/ Council of Conservative Citizens", "Predecessor": "Citizens' Councils", "Website": "http://conservative-headlines.org/"} |
The California Air Resources Board (CARB or ARB) is an agency of the government of California that aims to reduce air pollution. Established in 1967 when then-governor Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford-Carrell Act, combining the Bureau of Air Sanitation and the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board, CARB is a department... | {"Formed": "1967", "Jurisdiction": "California", "Headquarters": "1001 I Street Sacramento, California", "Employees": "1,365http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2015-16/StateAgencyBudgets/3890/3900/department.html 2015-16 Budget of California January 1, 2016", "Annual budget": "$581.1 million", "Website": "http://www.arb.ca.gov"} |
Presidential elections were held in Georgia on January 4, 2004.Georgia: Election for President IFES Election Guide The election followed the resignation of former President Eduard Shevardnadze. As expected, the main opposition leader, Mikhail Saakashvili, was soon shown by exit polls to be heading for an overwhelming v... | {"Name": "2004 Georgian presidential election", "Country": "Georgia", "Flag year": "1990", "Type": "presidential", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "2000 Georgian presidential election", "Previous year": "2000", "Next election": "2008 Georgian presidential election", "Next year": "2008", "Election date": "4 Janua... |
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book. It is a member of Museums10museum10 website page on the museum and is adjacent to the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Carle was founded by Eric and Barbara Carle, ... | {"Coordinates": "42.3211 -72.5330 type:landmark_region:US-MA inline,title", "Location": "Amherst, Massachusetts", "Type": "Art Museum", "Website": "carlemuseum.org"} |
Gholamhossein Mosaheb (October 13, 1910 - 1979) was an Iranian mathematician and logician whose works have been praised by other scholars such as Iraj Afshar and Najaf Daryabandari. Being fluent in Persian, Arabic, French and English, he studied in Iran, France and England; and received his PhD from Cambridge Universit... | {"Name": "Gholamhossein Mosaheb", "Birth date": "October 13, 1910", "Death date": "1979 October 13, 1910", "Alma mater": "University of Cambridge", "Occupation": "Mathematician logician", "Relatives": "Shams ol-Moluk Mosahab (sister)"} |
Haing Somnang Ngor (Khmer: ហាំង សំណាង ង៉ោ; ; March 22, 1940 - February 25, 1996) was a Cambodian American gynecologist, obstetrician, actor and author. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1985 for his debut performance in the film The Killing Fields (1984), in which he portrayed Cambodian journalist a... | {"Name": "Haing S. Ngor", "Caption": "Ngor in 1986", "Birth date": "1940 03 22", "Birth place": "Samrong Yong, Takéo, Cambodia, French Indochina", "Death date": "1996 February 25 1940 March 22", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Death cause": "Murder (gunshot wounds)", "Resting place": "Rose Hills Memori... |
Win Ben Stein's Money is an American television game show created by Al Burton and Donnie Brainard that aired first-run episodes from July 28, 1997 to January 31, 2003, on Comedy Central. The show featured three contestants who competed to answer general knowledge questions in order to win the grand prize of $5,000 fro... | {"Genre": "Game show", "Created by": "Al Burton Donnie Brainard Byron Glore Andrew J. Golder", "Directed by": "Dennis Rosenblatt", "Presented by": "Ben SteinJimmy Kimmel (1997-2000)Nancy Pimental (2000-02)Sal Iacono (2002-03)", "Opening theme": "Symphony No. 9: Ode to Joy by Ludwig van Beethoven", "Ending theme": "D... |
(born October 28, 1982) is a Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. After releasing her US debut single "Baby I Like" in 1999, Kuraki signed with Giza Studio and released her Japanese debut single "Love, Day After Tomorrow" in 1999. In 2000, she released her debut album, Delicious Way, which debute... | {"Name": "Mai Kuraki", "Caption": "Mai Kuraki in Taiwan in 2019", "Other names": "Mai K", "Native name": "ja 倉木 麻衣", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth name": "Mai Aono 青野 真衣", "Birth place": "Funabashi, Chiba, Japan", "Birth date": "yes 1982 10 28", "Alma mater": "Ritsumeikan University", "Occupation": "Singer-songw... |
The Rothko Chapel is a non-denominational chapel in Houston, Texas, founded by John and Dominique de Menil. The interior serves not only as a chapel, but also as a major work of modern art: on its walls are fourteen paintings by Mark Rothko in varying hues of black. The shape of the building—an octagon inscribed in a G... | {"Location": "1409 Sul Ross Ave., Houston, Texas", "Built": "1971", "Architect": "Rothko, Mark; Johnson, Philip, et al. Renovation (2020) by Architecture Research Office.", "Architectural style": "Modern Movement, New Formalist", "Area": "less than one acre"} |
Hans Kammler (26 August 1901 - 1945 [assumed]) was an SS-Obergruppenführer responsible for Nazi civil engineering projects and its top secret V-weapons program. He oversaw the construction of various Nazi concentration camps before being put in charge of the V-2 rocket and Emergency Fighter Programs towards the end of ... | {"Born": "Stettin, German Empire", "Died": "Possibly near Prague", "Allegiance": "Nazi Germany", "Commands held": "Office D within the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office"} |
The Subtle Knife is a young-adult fantasy novel published in 1997 and the second book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. The novel continues the adventures of Lyra Belacqua (now known as Lyra Silvertongue) recounted in the first novel, Northern Lights, as she investigates the mysterious phenomenon of Dust.... | {"Cover artist": "Philip Pullman & David Scutt", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Series": "His Dark Materials", "Publisher": "Scholastic Point", "Media type": "Print (hardback and paperback)", "Pages": "341", "ISBN": "0-590-54243-5", "Preceded by": "Northern Lights (The Golden Compass)", "Followed by": "The Amber Spyglas... |
Wayne Lyman Morse (October 20, 1900 - July 22, 1974) was an American attorney and United States Senator from Oregon. Morse is well known for opposing the Democratic Party’s leadership and for his opposition to the Vietnam War on constitutional grounds.
Born in Madison, Wisconsin, and educated at the University of Wisc... | {"Name": "Wayne Morse", "Term start": "January 3, 1945", "Term end": "January 3, 1969", "Birth name": "Wayne Lyman Morse", "Birth date": "1900 10 20", "Birth place": "Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.", "Death date": "1974 7 22 1900 10 20", "Death place": "Portland, Oregon, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Midge Downie June 18, 1924", "Edu... |
thumb|243px|Arms of Sir Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel, KG
Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel KG (23 April 151224 February 1580) was an English nobleman, who over his long life assumed a prominent place at the court of all the later Tudor sovereigns, probably the only person to do so.
Court career under Henry ... | {"Name": "The Earl of Arundel", "Image caption": "Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel, in a portrait from the 1560s.", "Term start": "1559", "Term end": "1561", "Office 2": "Chancellor of the University of Oxford", "Predecessor 2": "Reginald Pole", "Successor 2": "John Mason", "Spouse(s)": "Katherine GreyMary Arundell... |
Outlaw country is a subgenre of American country music created by a small group of iconoclastic artists active in the 1970s and early 1980s, known collectively as the outlaw movement, who fought for and won their creative freedom outside of the Nashville establishment that dictated the sound of most country music of th... | {"Name": "Outlaw country", "Other names": "Deusner/> Deusner/>", "Stylistic origins": "Country rockabilly rock and roll folk blues", "Cultural origins": "1960s, Bakersfield, California, West Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, U.S.", "Derivative forms": "Texas country alternative country", "Other genre topics": "Country mu... |
Nadim Joakim Sawalha () (born 8 September 1933) is a Jordanian-British actor, the father of actresses Nadia and Julia Sawalha. He appeared in two Bond films, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and The Living Daylights (1987).
Background
Sawalha was born in Madaba, Jordan, in 1933 and moved to Britain in the 1950s, to study d... | {"Name": "Nadim Sawalha", "Birth date": "1933 9 8 yes", "Birth place": "Madaba, Jordan", "Spouse(s)": "Roberta Lane 1961", "Children": "3, including Nadia and Julia Sawalha", "Relatives": "Nabil Sawalha (brother)", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1964-present"} |
The Fort Wayne Old City Hall Building in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana operates as a museum known as The History Center, and has served as headquarters for the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society since 1980. The Richardsonian Romanesque style sandstone building was designed by the architectural firm Wing & Mahuri... | {"Location": "302 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana", "Built": "1893", "Architect": "Wing & Mahurin", "Architectural style": "Richardsonian Romanesque", "Area": "1 acre"} |
Nadia Sawalha (; born 18 November 1964) is an English actress, television personality, writer, TV Cook and Vlogger. She is best known as a long-term regular panellist on the ITV daytime talk show Loose Women, being one of the original panellists from its start in 1999 until 2002, before returning to the show in 2013 af... | {"Name": "Nadia Sawalha", "Birth date": "1964 11 18 yes", "Birth place": "Wandsworth, London, England", "Alma mater": "Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts", "Occupation": "Actress Television Personality YouTuber", "Spouse(s)": "Justin Mildwater 1992 1997 died\n Mark Adderley 2002", "Father": "Nadim Sawalha", "Childre... |
thumb|261x261px|Bongos playing a cumbia beat
Bongos (Spanish: bongó) are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed hand drums of different sizes. The pair consists of the larger hembra () and the smaller macho (), which are joined by a wooden bridge. They are played with both hands... | {"Name": "Bongo", "Background": "percussion", "Names": "Bongos bongo drum", "Classification": "Percussion", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "211.251.2", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "Sets of single-skin conical drums", "Developed": "Late 19th century in Cuba", "Related": "Bokú ekué conga timbales"} |
John Fitzalan II (1223-1267), Lord of Oswestry, Clun, and Arundel, was an English nobleman and Marcher Lord with lands in the Welsh Marches.
Family
The son and heir of John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry and Clun, from Shropshire. His mother was Isabel, the daughter of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel by his wife, M... | {"Name": "John Fitzalan", "Birth date": "1223", "Death date": "1267 (aged 43-44)", "Resting place": "Haughmond Abbey, Shropshire", "Resting place coordinates": "52.7324 N 2.6801 W region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SJ542152)", "Spouse(s)": "Maud Botiller", "Children": "2, including John Fitzalan III", "Parent(s)": "John Fi... |
Richard FitzAlan, 1st Earl of Arundel (3 February 1267 - 9 March 1302) was an English nobleman and soldier.
Lineage
thumb|200px|Arms of d'Aubigny, Earls of Arundel, as blazoned in Charles's Roll of Arms (13th century), for Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel (d.1243): Gules, a lion rampant or.www.briantimms.net, Ch... | {"Name": "Richard FitzAlan", "Post-nominals": "Earl of Arundel", "Birth date": "3 February 1267", "Death date": "9 March 1302 (aged 35)", "Resting place": "Haughmond Abbey, Shropshire", "Spouse(s)": "Alice of Saluzzo", "Children": "Edmund FitzAlan John FitzAlan Alice FitzAlan Margaret FitzAlan Eleanor FitzAlan", "Paren... |
Michael William Krzyzewski ( , ; born February 13, 1947), nicknamed "Coach K", is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach at Duke University from 1980 to 2022, during which he led the Blue Devils to five national titles, 13 Final Fours (the most of any coach), 15 ACC tournament champion... | {"Born": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Position(s)": "Point guard, shooting guard", "Overall": "1,202-368 (1,202 368)", "Tournaments": "101-30 (NCAA Division I)2-2 (NIT)65-22 (ACC)"} |
Willy Otto Oskar Ley (October 2, 1906 - June 24, 1969) was a German and American science writer and proponent of cryptozoology. The crater Ley on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor.
Early life and Berlin years
Willy Otto Oskar Ley was the son of Julius Otto Ley, a traveling merchant, and Frida May, the da... | {"Name": "Willy Ley", "Other names": "Robert Wiley", "Caption": "(left to right) Heinz Haber, Wernher von Braun, Willy Ley", "Birth name": "Willy Otto Oskar Ley", "Birth date": "1906 10 2", "Birth place": "Berlin, German Empire", "Death date": "1969 6 24 1906 12 2", "Death place": "Jackson Heights, New York City, USWil... |
Cliff Johnson (born 1953) is an American game designer, best known for the puzzle video games The Fool's Errand (1987) and 3 in Three (1990). Both games use visual puzzles and a metapuzzle structure. Both won GAMES Magazines Best Puzzle Game of the Year.
Biography
Johnson was born August 14, 1953, in Hanover, New Ha... | {"Name": "Cliff Johnson", "Birth date": "August 14, 1953https://fools-errand.com/01-CJ/index.htm Cliff Johnson fools-errand.com April 29, 2023", "Birth place": "Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Game designer", "Years active": "1984–", "Notable works": "The Fool's Errand, 3 in Thr... |
Ustad Alla Rakha Qureshi (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000), mononymously known as Alla Rakha, was an Indian tabla player who specialised in Hindustani classical music. He was a frequent accompanist of sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar and was largely responsible for introducing Tabla to the western audience.
Personal l... | {"Born": "1919 04 29 yes", "Died": "2000 02 03 1919 04 29 y", "Genres": "Hindustani classical music", "Website": "http://www.allarakhafoundation.org/"} |
IPX/SPX stands for Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange. IPX and SPX are networking protocols used initially on networks using the (since discontinued) Novell NetWare operating systems. They also became widely used on networks deploying Microsoft Windows LANS, as they replaced NetWare LANS, but are no... | {"Title or name": "IPX/SPX", "Is stack?": "yes", "Purpose": "LAN", "Developer(s)": "Novell", "Introduction date": "1983", "Based on": "XNS", "OSI layer": "3 and 4", "Associated hardware": "Ethernet, others"} |
The Kumars at No. 42 is a British television show. It won an International Emmy in 20022002 International Emmy Awards, Internet Movie Database. and 2003,2003 International Emmy Awards, Internet Movie Database. and won a Peabody Award in 2004.64th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2005. It ran for seven series totalling 53 epi... | {"Genre": "Comedy", "Created by": "Sharat Sardana", "Starring": "Sanjeev BhaskarMeera SyalIndira JoshiVincent Ebrahim", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "30 minutes", "Original network": "BBC Two (12 November 2001 - 26 December 2004)BBC One (27 May 2005 - 18 August 2006)Sky 1 (15 January 2014 - 19... |
XQuartz is an open-source version of the X.Org X server, a display server for the X Window System (sometimes shortened to X11 or X) that runs on macOS. It formally replaced Apple's internal X11 app. The name "XQuartz" derives from Quartz, part of the macOS Core Graphics framework, to which XQuartz connects these appli... | {"Developer(s)": "Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia, X.Org Foundation, Apple Inc.", "Written in": "C", "Type": "Display server", "License": "Apple Public Source LicenseMIT License", "Website": "https://www.xquartz.org"} |
Delta Force is a tactical first-person shooter developed and published by NovaLogic. It was released for Microsoft Windows in 1998, and re-released on Steam in 2009. Delta Force was designed to be a military simulation loosely based on the United States' Delta Force special operations army unit.
The game was a critica... | {"Title": "Delta Force", "Image": "DF1-game.JPG", "Developer": "NovaLogic", "Publisher": "NovaLogic", "Producer": "Wes Eckhart", "Designer": "Mat Jennings", "Programmer": "Daniele Gaetano", "Artist": "Keith Rust", "Composer": "Tom HaysAlan Koshiyama", "Engine": "Voxel Space", "Series": "Delta Force", "Released": "NA Oc... |
Medallions (the original Polish title: Medaliony) is a book consisting of eight short stories by the Polish author Zofia Nałkowska.
The book was originally published in 1946, soon after the end of World War II. In it, Nałkowska calmly related selected stories of Nazi atrocities in Poland and the fates of their victims... | {"Original title": "Medaliony", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Czytelnik", "Media type": "Print (paperback)", "Pages": "49", "ISBN": "0-8101-1743-6"} |
Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso, (22 October 1890 - 15 June 1970), known as Sir Archibald Sinclair between 1912 and 1952, and often as Archie Sinclair, was a British politician and leader of the Liberal Party.Full coverage of his career appears in Gerard DeGroot, Liberal Crusader: The Life of S... | {"Name": "The Viscount Thurso", "Birth name": "Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair", "Image caption": "Archibald Sinclair as Secretary of State for Air during the Second World War", "Term start": "26 November 1935", "Term end": "26 July 1945", "Order 2": "Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party", "Leader 2": "Herbert Samuel"... |
Darwin Project is a free-to-play multiplayer online battle royale game developed and published by Scavengers Studio. It was released on January 17, 2018 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
Plot
Darwin Project takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic landscape in the Northern Canadian Rockies. As pre... | {"Title": "Darwin Project", "Developer": "Scavengers Studio", "Publisher": "Scavengers Studio", "Engine": "Unreal Engine 4", "Platforms": "Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4", "Released": "January 17th, 2018", "Genre": "Battle royale game", "Modes": "Multiplayer online"} |
Lee Byung-chul (Korean: 이병철; 12 February 1910 - 19 November 1987) was a South Korean businessman. He was the founder of the Samsung Group, South Korea's largest chaebol, and considered one of South Korea's most successful businessmen.
Early life
Lee Byung-chul was born on 12 February 1910 in Uiryeong County, South G... | {"Name": "Lee Byung-chul", "Birth date": "1910 2 12 y", "Birth place": "Uiryeong County, South Gyeongsang Province, Korean Empire", "Death date": "1987 11 19 1910 2 12 y", "Death place": "Seoul, South Korea", "Alma mater": "Waseda University, Tokyo (dropped out).", "Known For": "Founder of Samsung and CJ Group", "Occup... |
Kim Yong-san (October 13, 1922 - July 14, 2011) was a Korean businessman. He was born in Siheung, Gyeonggi province. He is a pioneer in the industrialization of South Korea, specifically the construction business. In 1948 he founded the Kukdong Business Group, one of the largest construction companies in South Korea. H... | {"Hangul name": "김용산", "Hanja": "金用山", "Revised Romanization": "Gim Yong-san", "McCune-Reischauer": "Kim Yong-san"} |
The Horse and His Boy is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1954. Of the seven novels that comprise The Chronicles of Narnia (1950-1956), The Horse and His Boy was the fifth to be published. The novel is set in the period covered by the last chapter of The Lion, the Witch, and th... | {"Cover artist": "Pauline Baynes", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Chronicles of Narnia", "Publisher": "Geoffrey Bles", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Pages": "199 pp (first edition)\n\"Bibliography: The Horse and His Boy\". ISFDB. Retrieved 2012-12-08.48,029 words (US)Scholastic... |
Evelyn Louise Keyes (November 20, 1916 - July 4, 2008) was an American film actress. She is best known for her role as Suellen O'Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.
Early life
Evelyn Keyes was born in Port Arthur, Texas,Hollywood Remembered to Omar Dow Keyes and Maude Ollive Keyes, the daughter of a Methodist mi... | {"Caption": "Keyes c. 1940s", "Name": "Evelyn Keyes", "Birth name": "Evelyn Louise Keyes", "Birth date": "1916 11 20Her birth date is often incorrectly given as 1919, but census records list 1916.", "Birth place": "Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "2008 07 04 1916 11 20", "Death place": "Montecito, California, ... |
The Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) is a smoothbore shoulder-fired rocket launcher. It is a portable assault weapon (i.e., bunker buster) and has a secondary anti-armor ability. Developed from the B-300, it was introduced to United States Armed Forces in 1984. It has a maximum effective rang... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Multi-role (anti-fortification, anti-armor) rocket launcher", "Sights": "Iron sights (250 m ft semicolon)Mk 42 Day Sight (3.8× magnification telescopic sight)Night vision sight", "Blast yield": "yes", "Transport": "yes", "In service": "1984-present", "Used by": "See Operato... |
The Freedom Socialist Party is a left-wing socialist political party with a revolutionary feminist philosophy based in the United States. It views the struggles of women and minorities as part of the struggle of the working class. It emerged from a split in the United States Socialist Workers Party in 1966.Alexander, R... | {"Founded": "1966", "Ideology": "nowrap \n Trotskyismhttps://web.cortland.edu/worrellm/dropbox/red%20groups.pdf Red groups in the United States web.cortland.edu Cortland\n Revolutionary socialism\n Socialist feminism", "International affiliation": "Committee for Revolutionary International Regroupment (CRIR)", "News... |
Son of the Beach is an American sitcom that aired from March 14, 2000, to October 1, 2002, on FX. The series is a spoof of Baywatch, with much of the comedy based on sexual double entendres, puns, innuendo and the like. A major running gag portrayed the handsome David Hasselhoff character as a balding, middle-aged, pot... | {"Genre": "Situation comedy", "Created by": "David Morgasen\n Timothy Stack\n James R. Stein", "Starring": "Timothy Stack\n Jaime Bergman\n Leila Arcieri\n Roland Kickinger\n Kimberly Oja\n Lisa Banes (2000-2001)\n Amy Weber (2002)", "Country of origin": "United States", "Camera setup": "Film; single-camera", "Running ... |
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, (6 May 1920 - 18 April 2004) was a Fijian politician, who served as Chief Minister from 1967 to 1970, when Fiji gained its independence from the United Kingdom, and, apart from one brief interruption in 1987, the first Prime Minister from 1970 to 1992. He subsequently served as President from 1... | {"Name": "Kamisese Mara", "Term start": "16 December 1993", "Term end": "29 May 2000 Acting: 16 December 1993 - 18 January 1994", "Order 2": "2nd", "Office 2": "First Vice-President of Fiji", "Alongside 2": "Ratu Sir Josaia TavaiqiaSecond Vice-President of Fiji", "President 2": "Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau", "Prime minist... |
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a British child protection charity.
History
Victorian era
On a trip to New York in 1881, Liverpudlian businessman Thomas Agnew was inspired by a visit to the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. On his return to Liverpo... | {"Registration no.": "216401", "Location": "London, United Kingdom", "Coordinates": "51.523174 -0.080502 inline", "Website": "http://www.nspcc.org.uk"} |
United National Movement (; UNM) is a liberal and pro-western political party in Georgia founded by Mikheil Saakashvili which rose to power following the Rose Revolution. Since the 2012 parliamentary election, it is the main opposition party.
History
Founding
thumb|200px|left|A pro-NATO sign edited by UNM, the then-ru... | {"Founded": "2001 10", "Split from": "Union of Citizens", "Headquarters": "Tbilisi", "Ideology": "National liberalismAtlanticismPro-Europeanism", "Political position": "Centre-rightGhia Nodia Álvaro Pinto Scholtbach The Political Landscape of Georgia: Political Parties: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects Eburon 200... |
Barons Court is a London Underground station in West Kensington in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London. This station serves the District line and the Piccadilly line. Barons Court is between West Kensington and Hammersmith on the District line, and between Earl's Court and Hammersmith on the Pi... | {"External links": "underground", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Location": "West Kensington", "Local authority": "Hammersmith & Fulham", "Number of platforms": "4", "Fare zone": "2", "Original company": "District RailwayGreat Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway", "2005": "5.917", "2006": "6.60", "2007": "6... |
Rakhigarhi or Rakhi Garhi is a village and an archaeological site belonging to the Indus Valley civilisation in Hisar District of the northern Indian state of Haryana, situated about 150 km northwest of Delhi. It was part of the mature phase of the Indus Valley Civilisation, dating to 2600-1900 BCE. It was among the la... | {"Alternative name": "Rakhi Garhi", "Coordinates": "29 17 35 N 76 6 51 E type:landmark_region:IN inline,title", "Location": "Haryana, India", "Type": "Settlement", "Area": "550 hectare sqkm sqmi onSeptember 2023 \n80 - 105 hectare sqkm sqmi on (Gregory Possehl, Rita P. Wright, Raymond Allchin, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer)", ... |
According to the 2021 Romanian census, 2,137 Poles live in Romania, mainly in the villages of Suceava County (). There are three exclusively Polish villages, as follows: Nowy Sołoniec (Solonețu Nou), Plesza (Pleșa), and Pojana Mikuli (Poiana Micului), as well a significant Polish presence in Kaczyca (Cacica) and Paltyn... | {"Name": "Poles in Romania", "Image caption": "Poles in Romania (2002 census)", "Population": "2,137", "Languages": "Polish, Romanian", "Religions": "Mainly Roman Catholicism, but also Greek Catholic and Orthodox", "Related ethnic groups": "Polish diaspora"} |
The Socialist Workers Party in Greece (Greek: Σοσιαλιστικό Εργατικό Κόμμα, ΣΕΚ; translit. Sosialistikó Ergatikó Kómma, SEK) is an affiliate of the International Socialist Tendency (IST). It is the second largest organisation in IST after the British Socialist Workers Party.
History
SEK originated among a group of exil... | {"Ideology": "Neo-TrotskyismRevolutionary socialism", "Political position": "Far-left", "Founded": "as OSE in 1971", "International affiliation": "International Socialist Tendency", "European affiliation": "European Anti-Capitalist Left", "National affiliation": "Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow", "New... |
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