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Lew Jenkins (December 4, 1916 - October 30, 1981) was an American boxer and NYSAC and The Ring lightweight champion from 1940-1941. He was born in Milburn, Texas and was raised during the Great Depression. He began fighting in carnivals and later continued his boxing in the US Coast Guard. He was an exceptionally power... | {"Weight(s)": "Lightweight", "Nationality": "American", "Real name": "Verlin E. Jenkins", "Nickname(s)": "The Sweetwater Swatter", "Born": "Milburn, Texas", "Died": "Oakland, California", "Stance": "Orthodox", "Total fights": "120", "Wins": "74", "Wins by KO": "52", "Losses": "41", "Draws": "5"} |
Emperor Ai of Jin (; 341 - March 30, 365), personal name Sima Pi (), courtesy name Qianling (), was an emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. During his brief reign, the actual powers were largely in the hands of his granduncle Sima Yu the Prince of Kuaiji, and the paramount general Huan Wen. According to historical acc... | {"Born": "341", "Died": "Jiankang, Eastern Jin", "Burial": "Anping ling (安平陵), Nanjing, Jiangsu", "Father": "Emperor Cheng", "Mother": "Consort Zhou"} |
The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities (The Indiana Academy) is a nationally ranked public high school located on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. The Academy offers both residential and non-residential (commuter) options for juniors and seniors. As of the 2022-2023 academic... | {"Coordinates": "40.1963 -85.4104 type:edu_region:US-IN dms inline,title", "Director": "Dain Kavars", "Teaching staff": "32.62", "Student to teacher ratio": "9.84", "Website": "https://academy.bsu.edu"} |
Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, based on the 1985 novel by Carl Sagan. Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film. It stars Jodie Foster as Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, a SETI scientist who finds evidence of extraterrestrial life and is chosen t... | {"Directed by": "Robert Zemeckis", "Produced by": "Robert ZemeckisSteve Starkey", "Screenplay by": "James V. HartMichael Goldenberg", "Story by": "Carl SaganAnn Druyan", "Based on": "Contact Carl Sagan", "Starring": "Jodie Foster\n Matthew McConaughey\n James Woods\n John Hurt\n Tom Skerritt\n Angela Bassett", "Music b... |
Stanisław Leśniewski (30 March 1886 - 13 May 1939) was a Polish mathematician, philosopher and logician.
Life
He was born on 28 March 1886 at Serpukhov, near Moscow, to father Izydor, an engineer working on the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and mother Helena (née Palczewska). Leśniewski went to a high sc... | {"Fields": "Mathematics", "Institutions": "University of Warsaw", "Doctoral students": "Alfred Tarski", "Influenced": "Denis Miéville"} |
General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, (16 January 1853 - 12 October 1947) was a senior British Army officer who had an extensive British Imperial military career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Hamilton was twice recommended for the Victoria Cross, but on the first occasion was considered too young, and on ... | {"Born": "Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands", "Died": "London, England", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "Mediterranean Expeditionary ForceSouthern Command3rd Brigade1st Gordon Highlanders", "Awards": "Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the BathKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and... |
Clarence-Rockland is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell on the Ottawa River.
Clarence-Rockland is located immediately to the east of Ottawa and is considered part of the Prescott and Russell County.
The city was formed on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of the ... | {"Type": "City", "Land": "297.71", "Density": "82.3", "DST": "-04:00"} |
right|thumb|270px|Shirakami Mountains Relief Map (with UNESCO World Heritage Site)
is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Tōhoku region of northern Honshū, Japan. This mountainous area includes the last virgin forest of Siebold's beech which once covered most of northern Japan. The area straddles both Akita and Aomori... | {"Location": "Northern Honshū, Japan", "Criteria": "Natural: ix", "Reference": "663", "Inscription": "1993"} |
Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, (12 August 1918 - 19 September 1944). was a distinguished bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was the first Commanding Officer of No. 617 Squadron, which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, resulting in the breaching of two large dams in the Ruhr... | {"Born": "Simla, British India", "Died": "Steenbergen, Netherlands", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "No. 106 Squadron (1942-43)No. 617 Squadron (1943)", "Awards": "Victoria CrossDistinguished Service Order & BarDistinguished Flying Cross & BarCommander of the Legion of Merit (United States)"} |
MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) is an archaeology and built heritage practice and independent charitable company registered with the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA), providing a wide range of professional archaeological services to clients in London and across the country. It is one of the largest arc... | {"Type": "Archaeology and built heritage practice and independent charitable organisation", "Founded": "1973", "Headquarters": "United Kingdom", "Parent": "-->", "Website": "www.mola.org.uk"} |
Yue Fei (; March 24, 1103 - January 28, 1142), courtesy name Pengju () was a Chinese military general who lived during the Southern Song dynasty and considered a national hero of China, known for leading Southern Song forces in the wars in the 12th century between Southern Song and the Jurchen-ruled Jin dynasty in nor... | {"Native name": "zh-Hant", "Born": "Tangyin, Anyang, Henan, China", "Died": "Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China", "Allegiance": "Song dynasty"} |
Emperor Fei of Jin (; 342 - November 23, 386), personal name Sima Yi (), courtesy name Yanling (), was an emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in China. He was the younger brother (from the same mother) of Emperor Ai and later deposed by military leader Huan Wen. The title that he is normally referred to, "Emperor Fei",... | {"Born": "342Book of Jin, vol. 8.", "Died": "Wu, Eastern Jin", "Father": "Emperor Cheng", "Mother": "Lady Zhou"} |
Spark New Zealand Limited is a New Zealand telecommunications and digital services company providing fixed-line telephone services, mobile phone services, broadband, and digital technology services including cloud, security, digital transformation and managed services. Its customers range from consumers to small - medi... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1 April 1987 yes", "Headquarters": "Auckland, New Zealand", "Industry": "Telecommunications", "Services": "Fixed telephony Mobile telephony Internet access Leased lines Data transmission ICT services Streaming video on demand Home automation", "Revenue": "NZ$3,531,000,000 (2015)http://inv... |
The (), ; ; literally "Central Massif" is a highland region in south-central France, consisting of mountains and plateaus. It covers about 15% of mainland France.
Subject to volcanism that has subsided in the last 10,000 years, these central mountains are separated from the Alps by a deep north-south cleft created by... | {"Language of name": "oc Massís Central", "Pronunciation": "UK ˌ m æ s iː f _ s ɒ̃ ˈ t r ɑː l, US m æ ˌ s iː f _ - ,_ - _ s ɛ n ˈ - ,_ m ə ˌ s iː f _ s ɑː n ˈ -\"Massif Central\" (US) and http://www.lexico.com/definition/Massif+Central https://web.archive.org/web/20200318213851/https://www.lexico.com/definition/massif... |
Eduardo Alberto "Eddie" Perez (born 1957) is an American politician who served as the 65th mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, from 2001 to 2010. Prior to entering politics, Perez worked as a community organizer. Perez served as the first mayor who was also the CEO of the city, a setup known as a Strong Mayor.
Perez was r... | {"Name": "Eddie Pérez", "Term start": "January 1, 2001", "Term end": "June 25, 2010", "Birth date": "1957", "Birth place": "Corozal, Puerto Rico", "Spouse(s)": "Maria Perez", "Alma mater": "Capital Community-Technical College, Trinity College"} |
The Avatar is the main player character and protagonist in the Ultima series of video games by Origin Systems. The character was first introduced as "The Stranger" in the 1981 role-playing video game Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness.
Appearances
The Avatar was first known as the Stranger (or Stranger from another w... | {"First appearance": "Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness (1981)", "Last appearance": "Ultima IX: Ascension (1999)", "Created by": "Richard Garriott", "Voiced by": "J.C. Shakespeare (Ultima IX)"} |
Johnson Family Vacation is a 2004 American road comedy film directed by Christopher Erskin. It stars Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, Bow Wow, Gabby Soleil, Shannon Elizabeth, Solange Knowles, and Steve Harvey. The story revolves around the Johnson family going on a road trip to attend a family reunion in Miss... | {"Directed by": "Christopher Erskin", "Produced by": "Andrew Sugerman\n Cedric the Entertainer\n Earl Richey Jones\n Eric Rhone\n Paul Hall\n Todd R. Jones\n Wendy Park", "Written by": "Earl Richey Jones\n Todd R. Jones", "Starring": "Cedric the Entertainer\n Bow Wow\n Vanessa Williams\n Solange Knowles\n Shannon Eliza... |
Market Bosworth ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Leicestershire, England. At the 2001 Census, it had a population of 1,906,Census 2001 Parish Profile increasing to 2,097 at the 2011 census. It is most famously near to the site of the decisive final battle of the Wars of the Roses.
In 1974, Market Bosworth Rura... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "Census 2011", "District": "Hinckley and Bosworth", "Shire county": "Leicestershire", "UK Parliament": "Bosworth", "Postcode district": "CV", "Dialling code": "01455", "OS grid reference": "SK4003"} |
Brondesbury is on the North London line, on a viaduct crossing Kilburn High Road in the Brondesbury area of Kilburn in the London Borough of Brent in north-west London.
It is approximately 200 metres south-east of station and half a mile north-west of station.
Ticket barriers are now in operation.
History
thumb|le... | {"External links": "BSY", "Location": "Kilburn", "Local authority": "London Borough of Brent", "Managed by": "London Overground", "Owner": "Network Rail", "Number of platforms": "2", "Fare zone": "2\n<!--", "2004-05": "1em 0.248", "2005-06": "0.288", "2006-07": "1.126", "2007-08": "1.116", "2008-09": "0.837", "2009-10... |
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University of London. Teaching in Mile End began as a philanthropic endeavour under the auspices of the Eas... | {"Motto": "Coniunctis Viribus", "Type": "Public research university", "Endowment": "£43.4 million (2022)", "Budget": "£625.7 million (2021-22)", "Chancellor": "The Princess Royal(as Chancellor of the University of London)", "Principal": "Colin Bailey", "Students": "26,045 (2021/22)Where do HE students study? HESA htt... |
Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1 March 1899- 10 August 1958), known as Viscount Corvedale from 1937 to 1947, was a British socialist politician who had a career at political odds with his father, the Conservative prime minister Stanley Baldwin.
Educated at Eton, which he hated, Baldwin left as s... | {"Name": "The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley", "Term start": "14 December 1947", "Term end": "10 August 1958Hereditary Peerage", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Dudley", "Predecessor 2": "Cyril Edward Lloyd", "Successor 2": "Dudley Jack Barnato Joel", "Birth date": "1899 3 1 y", "Birth place": "St Ermin's Mansions, Lond... |
The Book of Merlyn is an Arthurian fantasy book by British writer T. H. White. It is the conclusion of The Once and Future King, but it was published separately and posthumously.
Plot summary
The book opens as King Arthur prepares himself for his final battle. Merlyn reappears to complete Arthur's education and discov... | {"Language": "English", "Publisher": "University of Texas Press", "Media type": "Hardcover", "Pages": "137", "Preceded by": "The Once and Future King"} |
Vammala is a former town and municipality of southwestern Finland, chartered in 1907. On 1 January 2009, Vammala was consolidated with the municipalities of Mouhijärvi and Äetsä, to form a new city named Sastamala.
Geography
Vammala was located in the southwest Pirkanmaa region, and was part of the former (1997 to 201... | {"Land": "803.87", "Water": "72.13", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+3"} |
Streatham railway station is a station in central Streatham in south London. Its main entrance now is on Streatham High Road, and is in Travelcard Zone 3.
Services are provided by Southern and Thameslink. Thameslink services go north to St Albans via London Blackfriars and St Pancras, and south to Wimbledon and Sutton... | {"Managed by": "Southern", "Fare zone": "3", "Location": "Streatham", "Local authority": "London Borough of Lambeth", "DfT category": "D", "Number of platforms": "2", "External links": "STE", "2004-05": "1em1.178", "2005-06": "1.143", "2006-07": "1.724", "2007-08": "2.407", "2008-09": "2.192", "2009-10": "2.016", "2010... |
The London Review of Books (LRB) is a British literary magazine published twice monthly that features articles and essays on fiction and non-fiction subjects, which are usually structured as book reviews.
History
The London Review of Books was founded in 1979, when publication of The Times Literary Supplement was susp... | {"Publisher": "Reneé Doegar", "Circulation": "91,859", "Frequency": "24 per year", "Language": "English", "Categories": "Literature, history, ideasJohn Dugdale https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/feb/20/hilary-mantel-london-review-of-books Hilary Mantel: not the first LRB controversy The Guardian 20 Februa... |
Ramakrishna Paramahansa (; , 18 February 1836 - 16 August 1886),——— — also spelled Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, born Gadadhar Chattopadhay or Chatterjee was an Indian Hindu mystic and spiritual leader. After adhering to various religious practices from the Bengali Vaishnavism, Shakta Tantrism, Advaita Vedanta, and even Isl... | {"Name": "Ramakrishna Paramahansa", "Caption": "Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar", "Birth date": "1836 2 18 y", "Birth place": "Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, Company Raj(present-day West Bengal, India)", "Death date": "1886 8 16 1836 2 18 y", "Death place": "Cossipore, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India(present-day... |
thumb|right|alt=Four-time winner Mary Chapin Carpenter|Four-time winner Mary Chapin Carpenter
The Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance was first awarded in 1965, to Dottie West. The award has had several minor name changes:
From 1965 to 1967 the award was known as Best Country & Western Vocal Perform... | {"Awarded for": "quality of female vocal performance in country music.", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1965", "Last awarded": "2011", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
Mega Man 3 (stylized as Mega Man III) is an action-platform video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the third game of the original Mega Man series and was originally released in Japan on September 28, 1990. The game was released in North America later in 1990 and in Eu... | {"Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "Capcom", "Publisher": "JP/NA Capcom EU Nintendo", "Director": "Masayoshi Kurokawa", "Producer": "Tokuro Fujiwara", "Designer": "Masayoshi Kurosawa Keiji Inafune Yoshinori Takenaka", "Programmer": "Tadashi Kuwana", "Artist": "Keiji Inafune Yasuaki Kishimoto Akemi I... |
Mega Man 4 (stylized as MEGA MAN IV) is an action-platform game developed by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the fourth game in the original Mega Man series and was originally released in Japan in 1991. The game was localized in North America the following January, and in Europe in 1993.
The game'... | {"Caption": "North American version cover art", "Developer": "Capcom", "Publisher": "JP/NA Capcom EU Nintendo", "Director": "Yoshinori Takenaka", "Designer": "Yoshinori Takenaka S. Kobashi Keiji Inafune", "Producer": "Tokuro Fujiwara", "Programmer": "Tadashi Kuwana", "Artist": "Keiji Inafune Hayato Kaji Kazunori Tazaki... |
D0280 Falcon was a single prototype diesel-electric locomotive, built for British Railways in 1961. It was one of a series of three prototypes: Falcon, DP2 and Lion, eventually leading to the Class 47 and Class 50. A requirement was expressed by the BTC at a meeting on 15 January 1960 for new Type 4 designs of Co-Co ar... | {"Power type": "Diesel-electric", "Fleet numbers": "D0280, later 1200", "Manufacturer": "Brush Traction", "Build date": "1961", "Serial number": "280", "Gauge": "uksg", "Prime mover": "2× Maybach MD655", "Number of cylinders": "12 (each engine)", "Traction motors": "Brush, 6 of", "British wheel classification": "Co-Co"... |
The National Library of India is a library located in Belvedere Estate, Alipore, Kolkata, India. It is India's largest library by volume and public record. The National Library is under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Currently, Dr. Prof. Ajay Pratap Singh working as Director General (additional) who is Direc... | {"Location": "Belvedere Estate, Kolkata, West Bengal", "Type": "National library", "Established": "1836 y (as Calcutta Public Library) 1903 01 30 y (as Imperial Library) 1953 02 01 y yes (as National Library of India)", "Items collected": "books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, da... |
The Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded from 1970 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:
In 1970 the award was known as Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
From 1971 to 1981 it was awarded as Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
From ... | {"Awarded for": "Quality vocal country music duo or group performance", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1970", "Last awarded": "2011", "Most awards": "Dixie Chicks The Judds (5 each)", "Most nominations": "Alabama Brooks & Dunn (12 each)",... |
The Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to quality country music collaborations for artists who do not normally perform together. Honors in several categories are present... | {"Awarded for": "quality country music collaborations with vocals", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1988", "Last awarded": "2011", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
Jakarta Faces, formerly Jakarta Server Faces and JavaServer Faces (JSF) is a Java specification for building component-based user interfaces for web applications.Jakarta Faces 4.0 It was formalized as a standard through the Java Community Process as part of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition. It is an MVC web framew... | {"Original author(s)": "Sun Microsystems", "Developer(s)": "Eclipse Foundation", "Written in": "Java", "Type": "Web application framework"} |
John Lurie (born December 14, 1952) is an American musician, painter, actor, director, and producer. He co-founded the Lounge Lizards jazz ensemble; has acted in 19 films, including Stranger than Paradise and Down by Law; has composed and performed music for 20 television and film works; and he produced, directed, and ... | {"Name": "John Lurie", "Caption": "Lurie in 2013", "Birth date": "1952 12 14", "Birth place": "Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor musician painter television producer", "Years active": "1978-present", "Known For": "The Lounge Lizards", "Television": "Painting with John, Fishing with John, Oz", "Relativ... |
Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide (PbS). It is the most important ore of lead and an important source of silver.
Galena is one of the most abundant and widely distributed sulfide minerals. It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system often showing octahedral forms. It is o... | {"Category": "Sulfide mineral", "IMA symbol": "GnWarr L.N. 2021 IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291-320 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 2021MinM...85..291W 235729616 free", "Strunz classification": "2.CD.10", "Dana classification": "2.8.1.1", "Unit cell": "a = 5.936 Å; Z = 4", "Twinning": "Contact, p... |
Perkins LLC (also known as Perkins Restaurant & Bakery on the locations' signage) is an American casual dining restaurant chain that serves breakfast and other homestyle meals throughout the day in addition to bakery items such as pies, muffins and other sweets. As of August 2023, the company operates 273 locations in ... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Restaurant and Bakery", "Parent": "Ascent Hospitality Managementhttps://www.ascenthm.com/ Perkins September 16, 2019", "Founded": "As Perkins Pancake House: 1958Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.As Perkins Family Restaurant: 1987", "Headquarters": "Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S.", "Website": "h... |
thumb|Xscreensaver "GLMatrix" Screensaver
XScreenSaver is a free and open-source collection of 240+
screensavers for Unix, macOS, iOS and Android operating systems. It was created by Jamie Zawinski in 1992 and is still maintained by him, with new releases coming out several times a year.
Platforms
The free software... | {"Original author(s)": "Jamie Zawinski", "Developer(s)": "Jamie Zawinski", "Initial release": "1992 08 17 yes", "Written in": "ANSI C, X11, OpenGL", "Type": "Screensaver", "License": "MIT License\n Debian XScreenSaver copyright list\n 24 December 2020\n https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/x/... |
thumb|Sanoma's first logo from 1999 to 2008
Sanoma Corporation (, formerly SanomaWSOY) is Finland's largest media group and a European education publisher. The company has media business in Finland and an education business in twelve European countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Italy ... | {"Type": "fi Julkinen osakeyhtiö", "Founded": "1889", "Headquarters": "Helsinki, Finland", "Industry": "Media", "Products": "Education materials and services, newspaper and magazine distribution, publishing, television, radio, events, online gaming", "Revenue": "€1,289 million (2022)", "Divisions": "Sanoma Media Finlan... |
The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works (songs or albums) in the bluegrass music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony ann... | {"Awarded for": "Quality works in the bluegrass music genre", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1989", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
The Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media has been awarded since 2000. In 2000 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album, and from 2001 to 2011 as Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Pictures, Television or Other Visual Media.
Since 2012, the category has be... | {"Awarded for": "Quality compilation soundtrack albums", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "2000", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
The University of Roehampton, London, formerly Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, is a public university in the United Kingdom, situated on three major sites in Roehampton, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The University traces its roots to four institutions founded in the 19th century, which today make up t... | {"Type": "Public", "Students": "0031 ()", "Undergraduates": "0031 ()", "Postgraduates": "0031 ()", "Budget": "£134.6 million (2017/2018)Annual Report and Financial Statements 2017/18 https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/globalassets/documents/finance/roehampton-university-annual-report-and-financial-statements-31-july-2018.pdf... |
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Peleș Castle ( ) is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914. Its inauguration was held in 1883. ... | {"Name": "Peleș CastleCastelul Peleș", "Caption": "Peleș Castle in autumn", "Coordinates": "45.35984 25.54265 inline,title", "Location_town or location_city": "Sinaia", "Location_country": "Romania", "Architect": "Johannes SchultzCarol BeneschKarel Liman", "Client": "King Carol I of Romania", "Owner": "Romanian Royal F... |
Paul Mackintosh Foot (8 November 1937 - 18 July 2004) was a British investigative journalist, political campaigner, author, and long-time member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP).
Early life and education
Foot was born in Haifa during the British mandate.
He was the son of Sir Hugh Foot (who was the last Governor ... | {"Name": "Paul Foot", "Birth name": "Paul Mackintosh Foot", "Birth date": "1937 11 8 yes", "Birth place": "Haifa, Mandatory Palestine", "Death date": "2004 7 18 1937 11 8 yes", "Death place": "Stansted Mountfitchet, England", "Resting place": "Highgate Cemetery", "Occupation": "Investigative journalist, campaigner, aut... |
Austhorpe is a civil parish and residential suburb of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is to the east of city centre and close to the A6120 dual carriageway (Leeds Outer Ring Road) and the M1 motorway.Google Maps: Austhorpe, accessed 30 January 2021
Location
The area is situated between Pendas Fields to the no... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Metropolitan borough": "City of Leeds", "Metropolitan county": "West Yorkshire", "UK Parliament": "Leeds East", "Postcode district": "LS15", "Dialling code": "0113"} |
Manipur (, : ) is a state in northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital.Manipur: Treatise & Documents, Volume 1, , Introduction It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanmar, Sagaing Region to the east and Chi... | {"Name": "Manipur", "Official Name": "State of Manipur", "Settlement Type": "State", "Caption": "Clockwise from top: the Sanamahi Kiyong in the Nongmaiching Ching mountain, the Ima Keithel (Ima Market), the dual statues of the Kangla Sha dragons, the Loktak lake, the Temple of Pakhangba inside the Kangla Fort, the Mani... |
Claudia Christian (born Claudia Ann Coghlan, August 10, 1965) is an American actress, singer, and author, known for her roles as Commander Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5, as Captain Maynard on Fox's 9-1-1, and as the voice of Hera on the Netflix series Blood of Zeus. She is also the voice of Lt. Helga Sinclair in Atlantis:... | {"Name": "Claudia Christian", "Caption": "Christian at Phoenix Comicon in 2013", "Birth name": "Claudia Ann Coghlan", "Birth date": "1965 08 10 Claudia Christian ClaudiaLives 233940996830941185 It's my birthday and I will do whatever the fnif I want!Christian Claudia Buchanan Morgan Grant 2012 Babylon Confide... |
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway (October 5, 1950 - May 27, 2011) was an American actor. He portrayed Kenickie in the film Grease and had roles in two television series: struggling actor Bobby Wheeler in Taxi and security officer Zack Allan on Babylon 5. Conaway was featured in the first and second seasons of th... | {"Name": "Jeff Conaway", "Caption": "Conaway in 1998", "Birth name": "Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway", "Birth date": "yes 1950 10 5", "Birth place": "Manhattan, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2011 5 27 1950 10 5", "Death place": "Encino, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1971-2011", "... |
Shooter's Hill (or Shooters Hill) is a district in South East London within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It borders the London Borough of Bexley. It lies north of Eltham and south of Woolwich. With a height of , it is the highest point in the Borough of Greenwich and one of the highest points in Greater London. Sho... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688734&c=Shooters+Hill&d=14&e=62&g=6325477&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476452038781&enc=1 Greenwich Ward population 2011 14 October 2016 Office for National Stati... |
Peter Jurasik ( ; born April 25, 1950) is an American actor known for his television roles as Londo Mollari in the 1990s science fiction series Babylon 5 and Sid the Snitch on the 1980s series Hill Street Blues and its short-lived spinoff Beverly Hills Buntz. Peter Jurasik also portrayed Oberon Geiger, Diana's boss, in... | {"Name": "Peter Jurasik", "Caption": "Peter Jurasik in 2013", "Birth date": "1950 04 25", "Birth place": "Queens, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1977-present", "Website": "peterjurasik.com"} |
The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award was an annual award presented to the best relief pitcher in each league in Major League Baseball (MLB). It was established in by The Sporting News (TSN) as the Fireman of the Year Award. At the time, no reliever had ever received a Cy Young Award vote. The Fireman of the Ye... | {"Sport": "Baseball", "League": "Major League Baseball", "Awarded for": "Most outstanding relief pitcher in the American League and National League", "Presented by": "Sporting News", "Country": "United States, Canada", "First award": "1960", "Final award": "2010", "Most wins": "Mariano Rivera (6)"} |
Andrew Katsulas (May 18, 1946February 13, 2006), known professionally as Andreas Katsulas, was an American film and television actor, most recognized for portrayals of Narn Ambassador G'Kar on the American science fiction television series Babylon 5 and Romulan Commander Tomalak on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Life... | {"Name": "Andreas Katsulas", "Caption": "Katsulas in 2000", "Birth name": "Andrew Katsulas", "Birth date": "1946 5 18", "Birth place": "St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.", "Death date": "2006 2 13 1946 5 18", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1960-2006", "Website": "andreas... |
The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1-3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg within and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the site of the first shot & at Knoxlyn Ridge on the west of the borough, to East Cavalry Field on the ... | {"Type": "Battlefield", "Coordinates": "39 48 41 N 77 13 33 W inline,title", "Location": "Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States", "Website": "Park Home (NPS.gov)", "Owner": "private, federal"} |
Rozz Williams (born Roger Alan Painter; November 6, 1963 - April 1, 1998) was an American singer and songwriter known for his work with the bands Christian Death, Shadow Project (with musician Eva O), and the industrial project Premature Ejaculation. Christian Death is cited by some as a pioneer of the American gothic ... | {"Born": "Pomona, California, U.S.", "Died": "West Hollywood, California, U.S.", "Genres": "*Deathrock\ngothic rock\npost-punk\nindustrial\nindustrial rock\npunk rock\ndark ambient\ndark cabaret\nexperimental", "Labels": "Cleopatra, Frontier, Triple X, Hollows Hill Sound", "Formerly of": "Christian Death, Shadow Projec... |
Stephen Furst (born Stephen Nelson Feuerstein; May 8, 1954 - June 16, 2017) was an American actor. After gaining attention with his featured role as Kent "Flounder" Dorfman in the comedy film National Lampoon's Animal House and its spin-off television series Delta House,
he went on to be a regular as Dr. Elliot Axelrod... | {"Name": "Stephen Furst", "Caption": "Furst in 2014", "Birth name": "Stephen Nelson Feuerstein", "Birth date": "1954 5 8", "Birth place": "Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.", "Death date": "2017 6 16 1954 5 8", "Death place": "Moorpark, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Virginia Commonwealth University", "Occupation": "Actor, di... |
David Lee Gallagher (born February 9, 1985) is an American actor and former model. Beginning a prolific career as a child actor and model at the age of two, Gallagher is a five-time Young Artist Award nominee and Teen Choice Award winner. He is best known for his role as Mikey Ubriacco in Look Who's Talking Now and Sim... | {"Name": "David Gallagher", "Caption": "Gallagher in 2007", "Birth date": "1985 2 09", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor model", "Years active": "1987-present"} |
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS ) is a charity and private limited company based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, which provides educational support services. Incorporated on 27 July 1993, the company's main role is to operate the application process for British universities and colleges.... | {"Abbreviation": "UCAS", "Named after": "\"At the heart of connecting people to higher education\"", "Type": "Private limited company", "Location": "Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England", "Website": "https://www.ucas.com/"} |
The Queen of Orkney, today best known as Morgause and also known as Morgawse and other spellings and names, is a character in Arthurian legend in which she is the mother of Gawain and Mordred, both key players in the story of King Arthur and his downfall. In early texts, Mordred's father is her husband, King Lot of Or... | {"Based on": "Anna and possibly Gwyar, others", "Children": "Gawain, Agravain, Gaheris, Gareth, Mordred", "Relatives": "King Arthur's family", "Family": "Igraine and Gorlois (parents), Arthur, Morgan, Elaine (siblings)"} |
The American Birding Association (ABA) is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1969, dedicated to recreational birding in Canada and the United States. It has been called "the standard-bearer for serious birding in North America." Originally concentrated on finding, listing, and identifying rare birds, the ABA now seek... | {"Type": "Nonprofit", "Legal status": "501(c)(3)", "Headquarters": "Colorado Springs, Colorado", "Location": "United States", "Locations": "Delaware City, Delaware", "Abbreviation": "ABA", "Website": "https://www.aba.org/"} |
Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band formed in 1992. The group released their first EP, Under the Moonspell, in 1994 and followed up with their debut album, Wolfheart, a year later. They quickly became the most recognizable metal band from Portugal and a key figure in gothic metal.
Moonspell achieved success in... | {"Genres": "Gothic metal black metal doom metal melodic death metal", "Origin": "Brandoa, Amadora, Portugal", "Labels": "Adipocere Century Media SPV Napalm", "Members": "Fernando RibeiroPedro PaixãoRicardo AmorimAires PereiraHugo Ribeiro", "Website": "moonspell.com"} |
CA Technologies, Inc., formerly Computer Associates International, Inc., and CA, Inc., was an American multinational enterprise software developer and publisher that existed from 1976 to 2018. CA grew to rank as one of the largest independent software corporations in the world, and at one point was the second largest. ... | {"Formerly": "Computer Associates International, Inc. CA, Inc.", "Type": "Public", "Founded": "1976 in New York City, New York, United States", "Defunct": "2018", "Fate": "Acquired by Broadcom Inc.", "Headquarters": "Islandia, New York, United States", "Industry": "Software", "Products": "Enterprise software", "Website... |
The British Rail Class 55, also known as a Deltic, or English Electric Type 5, is a class of diesel locomotive built in 1961 and 1962 by English Electric for British Railways. Twenty-two locomotives were built, designed for the high-speed express passenger services on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) between Edinburgh a... | {"Power type": "Diesel-electric", "Fleet numbers": "D9000-D9021; later 55 022, 55 001-55 021", "Nicknames": "Deltics", "Manufacturer": "English Electric at Vulcan Foundry", "Build date": "1961-1962", "Total production": "22", "Gauge": "ussg on", "Prime mover": "Napier Deltic D18-25, × 2", "Transmission": "Diesel electr... |
"That'll Be the Day" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison. It was first recorded by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes in 1956 and was re-recorded in 1957 by Holly and his new band, the Crickets. The 1957 recording achieved widespread success. Holly's producer, Norman Petty, was credited as a co-writer, alth... | {"B-side": "I'm Looking for Someone to Love", "Released": "1957 05Buddy Holly: Greatest Hits 1995 MCA Records Liner notes", "Recorded": "February 25, 1957, Norman Petty Recording Studio, Clovis, New Mexico", "Genre": "Rock and roll\nrockabilly", "Label": "Brunswick U.S. single 55009; Coral Records, UK single Q.72279; C... |
Interlink Electronics, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in manufacturing sensors that are used in electronic portable devices, such as smartphones, GPS systems, and in industrial computers and systems controls.
History
Interlink was founded on April 30, 1996, and released the first force-sensing resistor ... | {"Industry": "Computer hardware", "Products": "Force sensing, position sensing, mouse, pointing and touchpad", "Website": "interlinkelectronics.com/", "Founded": "1984 04 30", "Headquarters": "Camarillo, California, United States"} |
James Nathaniel Toney (born August 24, 1968) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2017. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the IBF and lineal middleweight titles from 1991 to 1993, the IBF super middleweight title from 1993 to 1994, and the IBF cruiserw... | {"Born": "Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.Dooley, Terence (February 12, 2018). \"James Toney: I Would Have Knocked Bernard Hopkins Out!\". BoxingScene. Retrieved February 12, 2018.", "Height": "5 ft 9 inHBO Sports tale of the tape prior to the Vassiliy Jirov fight.", "Reach": "74 in", "Division": "Middleweight\nSuper middlewe... |
Sir Philip Hoby (also Hobby or Hobbye) PC (1505 - 31 May 1558) was a 16th-century English Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire and Flanders.
Early life
He was born probably at Leominster, England, the son of William Hoby of Leominster by his first wife, Catherine Forster. He was the elder half-brother of Sir Thomas Hob... | {"Name": "Sir Philip Hoby", "Post-nominals": "Kt PC", "Caption": "Sir Philip Hoby, Hans Holbein the Younger", "Birth name": "Philip Hoby", "Birth date": "1505", "Birth place": "Leominster, England", "Death date": "1558 05 31 1505 yes", "Death place": "Blackfriars, London", "Resting place": "Bisham church, Berkshire", "... |
Michael O'Brien KC (born 19 June 1954) is a British lawyer and former Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Warwickshire from 1992 to 2010, serving in a number of ministerial posts.
Early life
Mike O'Brien attended state schools, a Roman Catholic primary school, St George's and then later... | {"Name": "Mike O'Brien", "Image caption": "O'Brien as a government minister", "Term start": "8 June 2009", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Energy and Climate ChangeEnergy and e-Commerce (2004-05)", "Predecessor 2": "Malcolm Wicks", "Successor 2": "Joan Ruddock", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon... |
The Toronto Sun is an English-language tabloid newspaper published daily in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The newspaper is one of several Sun tabloids published by Postmedia Network. The newspaper's offices are located at Postmedia Place in downtown Toronto.
The newspaper published its first edition in November 1971, aft... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Owner(s)": "Postmedia", "Headquarters": "365 Bloor Street EastToronto, OntarioM4W 3L4", "Circulation": "https://nmc-mic.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2015-Daily-Newspaper-Circulation-Report-by-Title-SPREADSHEET_FINAL.xlsx 2015 Daily Newspaper Circulation Spreadsheet (Excel) News Media Canad... |
Michael O'Brien (born 25 July 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
He was recruited to the West Coast Eagles in the 1998 AFL Draft and struggled for consistency in his time at the club, playing just 2 games in the 2000 season.
During his time at the Eagles he played 16 game... | {"Name": "Michael O'Brien", "Full Name": "Michael O'Brien", "Birth Date": "1980 7 25 y", "Original Team": "Bendigo Pioneers", "Stats End": "2000"} |
Sir Stephen Rothwell O'Brien, (born 1 April 1957) is a British politician and diplomat who was the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. O'Brien assumed office on 29 May 2015, succeeding Valerie Amos.Edith M. Lederer, "British MP Stephen O’Brien to be new UN ... | {"Name": "Stephen O'Brien", "Term start": "29 May 2015", "Term end": "1 September 2017", "Office 2": "Shadow Secretary of State for Industry", "Leader 2": "Michael Howard", "Predecessor 2": "Tim Yeo (Trade and Industry)", "Successor 2": "David Willetts (Trade and Industry)", "Birth name": "Stephen Rothwell O'Brien", "B... |
Sir William O'Brien (born 25 January 1929) is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Born in the historic market town of Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, O'Brien was previously a miner from 1946 to 1983 and local councillor on Wakefield Council from 1973 to 1983. He stood unsuccessfull... | {"Name": "Bill O'Brien", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1929 01 25 yes", "Birth place": "Pontefract", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Jean Scofield", "Alma mater": "University of Leeds", "Image caption": "O'Brien in 2010"} |
William O'Brien (2 October 1852 - 25 February 1928) was an Irish nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher, author and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was particularly associate... | {"Name": "William O'Brien", "Image caption": "William O'Brien in 1917", "Birth date": "1852 10 2 y", "Birth place": "Mallow, County Cork, Ireland", "Death date": "1928 2 25 1852 10 2 y", "Death place": "London, England"} |
Edward O'Hara (1 October 1937 - 28 May 2016) was a British Labour politician who became Member of Parliament (MP) for Knowsley South following the death of Sean Hughes.
He held the seat from 1990 until 2010 when the constituency was abolished. During this period his seat was considered the safest Labour seat in the co... | {"Term start": "28 September 1990", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth name": "Edward O'Hara", "Birth date": "1937 10 1 yes", "Birth place": "Bootle, England", "Death date": "2016 05 28 1937 10 1 yes", "Death place": "Huyton, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Lilian Hopkins 1962", "Education": "Liverpo... |
William John Olner (9 May 1942 - 18 May 2020) was a British Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Nuneaton from 1992 until 2010. Previously, he led Nuneaton Borough Council (which later merged with Bedworth to form Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council).
Education and early life
O... | {"Image caption": "Olner as an MP", "Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth name": "William John Olner", "Birth date": "yes 1942 05 9", "Birth place": "Atherstone, Warwickshire, England", "Death date": "yes 2020 5 18 1942 5 9", "Death place": "Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England", "Spouse(s)": "Gi... |
Martin John O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan (6 January 1945 - 26 August 2020) was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 until 2005 and as a member of the House of Lords from 2005 until his death.
Early life and career
He was educated at Trinity Academy, Edinburgh, at ... | {"Name": "The Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "27 November 1995", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Office 2": "Shadow Secretary of State for Defence", "Leader 2": "Neil Kinnock", "Predecessor 2": "Denzil Davies", "Successor 2": "David Clark", "Birth name": "Martin Jo... |
Diana Mary Organ (née Pugh; born 21 February 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Forest of Dean from 1997 to 2005.
Early life
Her father was Finance Controller of GKN. She went to the independent Edgbaston Church of England College for Girls in Edgbaston, Birmingham (... | {"Name": "Diana Mary Organ", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth name": "Diana Mary Pugh", "Birth date": "1952 02 21 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "St Hugh's College, OxfordUniversity of BathBristol Polytechnic"} |
Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (; born June 17, 1943) is a retired American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, and energy-efficient air and space craft. He designed the record-breaking Voyager, which in 1986 was the first plane to fly around the world... | {"Name": "Burt Rutan", "Caption": "Rutan in 2004", "Birth name": "Elbert Leander Rutan", "Birth date": "1943 06 17", "Birth place": "Estacada, Oregon, US", "Alma mater": "California Polytechnic State University (BSE)", "Occupation": "Aerospace engineer and entrepreneur", "Years active": "1965-2011, 2015-present", "Awar... |
Sandra Currie Osborne (née Clark, born 23 February 1956) is a Scottish Labour politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock from the 2005 to 2015 general elections. She was first elected as MP for the Ayr constituency in 1997, and resigned from a government job in 2003 over the Iraq War. She... | {"Name": "Sandra Osborne", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Birth date": "1956 02 23 yes", "Birth place": "Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Alastair Osborne", "Alma mater": "University of Strathclyde"} |
Sun Media Corporation was the owner of several tabloid and broadsheet newspapers in Canada and the 49 percent owner of the now defunct Sun News Network. It was a subsidiary of Quebecor Media.
On October 6, 2014, Quebecor Media announced the sale of the remaining English-language print assets of Sun Media to rival Post... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "yes 1978 2 4 (as Sun Publishing)", "Fate": "Sold to Postmedia Network", "Defunct": "yes 2015 4 13", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Industry": "Printing", "Products": "Newspapers", "Parent": "Postmedia Network Inc"} |
Sir Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway (born 24 May 1945) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Croydon South from 1992 to 2015. He was previously MP for Nottingham North from 1983 to 1987.
Early life
Ottaway was born in Sonning, Berkshire. He attended Backwell School, a sec... | {"Name": "Sir Richard Ottaway", "Term start": "17 May 2010", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Office 2": "Lord Commissioner of the Treasury", "Prime minister 2": "John Major", "Predecessor 2": "Derek Conway", "Successor 2": "Jim Dowd", "Birth date": "1945 5 24 y", "Birth place": "Sonning, England", "Spouse(s)": "Nicola Ot... |
Albert Owen (born 10 August 1959) is a Welsh Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn from 2001 to 2019. He took the seat in the 2001 election from Plaid Cymru with a margin of exactly eight hundred votes and retained the seat at the four subsequent general elections. During his time... | {"Name": "Albert Owen", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Term end": "6 November 2019", "Birth date": "1959 08 10 yes", "Birth place": "Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales", "Nationality": "Welsh", "Alma mater": "University of York"} |
Montgomery "Scotty" ScottJohnson, Mike. Star Trek Ongoing #19. IDW Publishing, 2013 is a fictional character in the science fiction franchise Star Trek. First portrayed by James Doohan in the original Star Trek series, Scotty also appears in the animated Star Trek series, 10 Star Trek films, the Star Trek: The Next Gen... | {"First appearance": "\"Where No Man Has Gone Before\" (1966) (The Original Series)", "Last appearance": "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2023)", "Created by": "Gene Roddenberry", "Portrayed by": "James Doohan (1966-1994)Simon Pegg (2009-2016)Martin Quinn (2023-present)", "Voiced by": "James Doohan (1973-1974)Matthew W... |
Arby's is an American fast food sandwich restaurant chain with more than 3,300 restaurants system wide and third in terms of revenue. In October 2017, Food & Wine called Arby's "America's second largest sandwich chain (after Subway)".
Arby's is the flagship property of Inspire Brands, the renamed Arby's Restaurant Gro... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1964 7 23 in Boardman, Ohio, U.S.", "Headquarters": "United Stateshttp://arbys.com/faq/ Arby's FAQ Arby's", "Industry": "Restaurants", "Products": "Fast foodSandwiches, salads, sides", "Services": "Franchising", "Revenue": "US$3.884 billion (2019)Arby's https://www.restaurantbusine... |
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Kensington High Street is the main shopping street in Kensington, London, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
Kensington High Street is the continuation of Kensington Road and part of the A315. It starts by the entrance... | {"Name": "Kensington High Street", "Location": "Kensington, London, United Kingdom", "Coordinates": "51 30 03 N 0 11 38 W region:GB_type:landmark inline,title", "Majorjunctions": "A3220, Addison Road, Melbury Road, Kensington Palace Gardens", "Commissioned": "1682", "Construction start": "1690s", "Completion": "1893", ... |
Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, generally referred to simply as the Brigadier, is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, created by writers Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln and played by Nicholas Courtney. He is one of the founders of UNIT (United Nations In... | {"Created by": "Mervyn HaismanHenry Lincoln", "First appearance": "The Web of Fear (1968)", "Last appearance": "\"Survivors of the Flux\" (2021)", "Portrayed by": "Nicholas CourtneyMaurice Brooks (boots in The Web of Fear Part 2)Jeremiah Krage (Cyberman form in \"Death in Heaven\")", "Children": "Kate Stewart (daughter... |
InterNorth Inc. was a large energy company headquartered at the Northern Natural Gas Building in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States, specializing in natural gas pipelines but also a force in the plastics industry, coal and petroleum exploration and production. It was a predecessor to Enron Corporation.
InterNorth ... | {"Formerly": "Northern Natural Gas Company (1931-1979)", "Industry": "Energy", "Fate": "Merged with Houston Natural Gas to become Enron", "Founded": "1931 in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.", "Defunct": "1985", "Headquarters": "United States", "Parent": "-->"} |
Michael Spindler (22 December 1942 - September 5, 2016) was a German businessman who was president and CEO of Apple from 1993 to 1996. Spindler was born in Berlin.
Personal life
From 1985 until his death in 2016, Spindler lived between Paris, France, and San Francisco, California, United States, with his wife Maryse a... | {"Name": "Michael Spindler", "Birth date": "1942 12 22", "Birth place": "Berlin, Germany", "Death date": "2016 09 05 1942 12 22Nelzin-Santos Anthony Michael Spindler, CEO d'Apple de 1993 à 1996, est mort https://www.macg.co/aapl/2018/04/michael-spindler-ceo-dapple-de-1993-1996-est-mort-102113 25 April 2018 fr", "Alma m... |
Moorfields Eye Hospital is a specialist NHS eye hospital in Finsbury in the London Borough of Islington in London, England run by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Together with the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, which is adjacent to the hospital, it is the oldest and largest centre for ophthalmic treatmen... | {"Location": "London", "Lists": "England", "Coordinates": "51 31 38 N 0 5 24 W region:GB inline,title", "Care system": "National Health Service", "Type": "Specialist", "Affiliated university": "University College London\n Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry\n City, University of London", "Opened": "18... |
, formerly , was an international airline registered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, with its headquarters and its main hub at Narita International Airport. The airline had a secondary hub at Osaka's Kansai International Airport. Its operations included scheduled and non-scheduled international passenger services to 15 hig... | {"Airline name": "JALways株式会社ジャルウェイズKabushiki-gaisha Jaruweizu", "Image size (px)": "200", "IATA Designator": "JO", "ICAO Designator": "JAZ", "Callsign": "JALWAYS", "Founded": "1990 10 05 y(as Japan Air Charter)", "Commenced operations": "1991 02 22 y", "Ceased operations": "2010 12 01 y(re-integrated into Japan Airlin... |
The Socialist Reich Party () was a West German political party founded in the aftermath of World War II in 1949 as an openly neo-Nazi-oriented splinter from the national conservative German Right Party (DKP-DRP). The party achieved some electoral success in northwestern Germany (Lower Saxony and Bremen). In 1952, the S... | {"Abbreviation": "SRP", "Leader": "Otto Ernst RemerFritz DorlsGerhard KrügerRees, Phillip (1980). Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 215. 0-13-089301-3.", "Founded": "2 October 1949", "Ideology": "Neo-Nazism\n Ultranationalism\n Lebensraum\n Third Position", "Merged ... |
Dora, Countess Russell (née Black; 3 April 1894 - 31 May 1986) was a British author, a feminist and socialist campaigner, and the second wife of the philosopher Bertrand Russell. She was a campaigner for contraception and peace. She worked for the UK-government-funded Moscow newspaper British Ally, and in 1958 she led ... | {"Name": "Dora, Countess Russell", "Alt": "Dora Russell", "Caption": "by Lady Ottoline Morrell in 1922 (cropped)", "Birth name": "Dora Winifred Black", "Birth date": "1894 4 3 y", "Birth place": "Thornton Heath, Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom", "Death date": "1986 5 31 1894 4 3 y", "Death place": "Porthcurno,... |
(JAA) was a subsidiary of Japan Airlines (JAL) which existed between 1975 and 2008. JAA was headquartered in the Japan Airlines Building in Shinagawa, Tokyo.The Far East and Australasia 2003, Psychology Press, 2002, page 644
JAA was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of JAL on 8 August 1975 and given the respons... | {"Airline name": "Japan Asia Airwaysja 日本アジア航空日本亞細亞航空", "IATA Designator": "EG", "ICAO Designator": "JAA", "Callsign": "ASIA", "Parent Company": "Japan Airlines Corp.", "Founded": "1975 08 08 yes", "Ceased operations": "2008 03 31 yes(re-integrated into Japan Airlines)", "Headquarters": "Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan", "Focu... |
Northwest University is a private Christian university in Kirkland, Washington. The university offers associate, baccalaureate, master's, and doctorate degrees through its College of Arts & Sciences, School of Business and Management, School of Education, Mark and Huldah Buntain School of Nursing, College of Ministry, ... | {"Motto": "\"Carry the Call: Heart, Head, Hand\"", "Type": "Private university", "Endowment": "$9,252,855", "President": "Joseph Castleberry", "Provost": "James Heugel", "Students": "1083 (Fall 2021)", "Undergraduates": "778 (Fall 2021)", "Postgraduates": "305 (Fall 2021)", "Campus": "Suburban, 56 acre", "Website": "ww... |
Cecil Bustamente Campbell (24 May 1938 - 8 September 2016), known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary music and created a legacy of work that would be drawn upon later by reggae an... | {"Born": "Kingston, British Jamaica", "Died": "y 2016 9 8 1938 05 24", "Origin": "Jamaica", "Genres": "Ska rocksteady reggae", "Labels": "Blue Beat Fab"} |
Sajeev John, OC, FRSC (born 1957) is a Professor of Physics at the University of Toronto and Canada Research Chair holder.
He received his bachelor's degree in physics in 1979 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. in physics at Harvard University in 1984. His Ph.D. work at Harvard introduced th... | {"Name": "Sajeev John", "Birth date": "1957", "Alma mater": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology\n Harvard University", "Organization": "University of Toronto", "Awards": "2001 King Faisal International Prize in Science", "Website": "http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~john/"} |
The RAD6000 radiation-hardened single-board computer, based on the IBM RISC Single Chip CPU, was manufactured by IBM Federal Systems. IBM Federal Systems was sold to Loral, and by way of acquisition, ended up with Lockheed Martin and is currently a part of BAE Systems Electronic Systems. RAD6000 is mainly known as the ... | {"Launched": "1997", "Discontinued": "present", "CPU": "MHz", "Marketed by": "BAE Systems", "Designed by": "IBM", "Common manufacturer(s)": "BAE Systems", "Instruction set": "POWER1", "Cores": "1", "Cache": "8 KB", "Successor(s)": "RAD750", "Application": "Radiation hardened for use in spacecraft"} |
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, KG, CB, PC (14 April 1798 - 27 December 1857), styled The Honourable Frederick Spencer until 1845, was a British naval commander, courtier, and Whig politician. He initially served in the Royal Navy and fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence, eventually risi... | {"Name": "The Earl Spencer", "Image size": "225px", "Image caption": "The Earl Spencer by Stephen Catterson Smith.", "Order 2": "Lord Steward of the Household", "Monarch 2": "Victoria", "Prime minister 2": "The Earl of Aberdeen The Viscount Palmerston", "Predecessor 2": "The Duke of Norfolk", "Successor 2": "The Earl ... |
is a Japanese filmmaker, video artist, writer and documentary maker.
Life and career
Iwai was born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. He attended Yokohama National University, graduating in 1987.
In 1988 he started out in the Japanese entertainment industry by directing TV dramas and music videos. Then, in 1993, his TV dram... | {"Name": "Shunji Iwai", "Caption": "Iwai at the 2015 Annecy International Animated Film Festival", "Native name": "岩井 俊二", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "yes 1963 01 24", "Birth place": "Sendai City, Japan", "Occupation": "Director, video artist, screenwriter, editor, composer, producer"} |
Howard Devoto (born Howard Andrew Trafford, 15 March 1952)Rizzi, Cesare, Enciclopedia della musica rock. "HOWARD DEVOTO (HOWARD TRAFFORD) (15 marzo 1952): voce" is an English singer and songwriter, who began his career as the frontman for punk rock band Buzzcocks, but then left to form Magazine, an early post-punk band... | {"Born": "1952 3 15 y", "Origin": "Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England", "Genres": "Punk rock, post-punk, synthpop, new wave, electronic", "Labels": "New Hormones, Virgin, I.R.S., EMI"} |
The Irish National Land League (Irish: Conradh na Talún) was an Irish political organisation of the late 19th century which sought to help poor tenant farmers. Its primary aim was to abolish landlordism in Ireland and enable tenant farmers to own the land they worked on. The period of the Land League's agitation is kno... | {"Abbreviation": "INLL", "President": "Charles Stewart Parnell", "Secretary": "Andrew KettleMichael DavittThomas Brennan", "Founded": "1879 10 21", "Succeeded by": "Irish National League", "Ideology": "AgrarianismIrish nationalism", "Political position": "Centre-left", "Regional affiliation": "-->", "Continental affili... |
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