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Herbert John Streicher (August 27, 1947 - March 19, 2013), better known by his professional pseudonym Harry Reems, was an American pornographic actor and later a successful real estate agent. His most famous roles were as Doctor Young in the 1972 pornographic cult classic Deep Throat and The Teacher in the 1973 classic... | {"Name": "Harry Reems", "Caption": "Reems' 1974 mugshot", "Birth name": "Herbert John Streicher", "Birth date": "1947 8 27", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "2013 3 19 1947 8 27", "Death place": "Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.", "Occupation": "Pornographic actor, realtor", "Years active": "1970-1985", "... |
Love Letter is a Japanese film from 1995 written, directed and edited by Shunji Iwai and starring Miho Nakayama. The majority of the film was shot on the island of Hokkaidō, primarily in Otaru. It achieved great success at the box office in Japan and gained popularity in other East Asian countries, particularly South K... | {"Directed by": "Shunji Iwai", "Produced by": "Tomoki Ikeda\n Jiro Komaki\n Masahiko Nagasawa", "Written by": "Shunji Iwai", "Starring": "Miho Nakayama\n Etsushi Toyokawa\n Bunjaku Han\n Miki Sakai\n Takashi Kashiwabara\n Ranran Suzuki", "Music by": "Remedios", "Cinematography": "Noboru Shinoda", "Edited by": "Shunji I... |
The Guelph Mercury was an English language daily newspaper published in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It published a mix of community, national and international news and is owned by the Torstar Corporation. The newspaper, in many incarnations, was a part of the community since 1854. It was one of the oldest broadsheet news... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "Metroland Media Group (Torstar Corporation)", "Circulation": "12,863 weekdays13,028 Saturdays in 2010Canadian Circulations Audit Board Circulation Report for the year ending December 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2012.", "Website": "guelphmercury.com"} |
The ITV News Channel was a 24-hour television news channel in the United Kingdom which broadcast from 1 August 2000 to 23 December 2005. It was available on Sky, NTL:Telewest, and analogue cable. It was also available during the morning on ITV Digital. The channel was carried by its replacement Freeview, although the l... | {"Launched": "1 August 2000", "Closed": "23 December 2005", "Picture format": "576i (SDTV)", "Owner": "ITN (2000-2002)NTL (2000-2004)Carlton Communications/Granada plc (2002-2004)ITV plc (2004-2005)", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language(s)": "English", "Headquarters": "ITN Studios, London", "Former names": "ITN News... |
The 1984 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the composition of the 41st New Zealand Parliament. It marked the beginning of the Fourth Labour Government, with David Lange's Labour Party defeating the long-serving Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon, of the National Party. It was also the last ele... | {"Name": "1984 New Zealand general election", "Country": "New Zealand", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1981 New Zealand general election", "Previous year": "1981", "Next election": "1987 New Zealand general election", "Next year": "1987", "Seats for election": "All 95 seats in the New ... |
ITV2 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial stations, a claim now held by its sister service ITV3 both of which are freely available... | {"Launched": "1998 12 7 yes", "Owner": "ITV plc", "Parent": "ITV Digital Channels", "Picture format": "1080i HDTV(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)", "Language(s)": "English", "Country": "United KingdomIsle of ManChannel Islands", "Sister channels": "ITV1 ITV3 ITV4 ITVBe", "Timeshift": "ITV2 +1", "Website": "w... |
Orbiter is a space flight simulator program developed to simulate spaceflight using realistic Newtonian physics. The simulator was released on 27 November 2000; the latest edition, labeled "Orbiter 2016", was released on 30 August 2016, the first new version of the simulator since 2010.http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/pr... | {"Developer(s)": "Dr. Martin Schweiger", "Initial release": "2000 11 27 yes", "Written in": "C++", "Size": "2.42 GB", "Available in": "English", "Type": "Simulation", "License": "MIT license", "Repository": "https://github.com/mschweiger/orbiter", "Website": "orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk"} |
Egham ( ) is a university town in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately west of central London. First settled in the Bronze Age, the town was under the control of Chertsey Abbey for much of the Middle Ages. In 1215, Magna Carta was sealed by King John at Runnymede, to the north of Egham, having be... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census: Egham Town ward, see also Egham Hythe) or 25,996 as to Egham Built-up Area including Englefield GreenKey Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ 11 February 2003 ... |
Diana Jean Krall (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. On December 11, 2009, Billboard magazine named her the second greatest jazz artist of the decade (2000-2009), establi... | {"Born": "Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada", "Genres": "Jazz, traditional pop, bossa nova", "Labels": "Justin Time GRP Impulse Verve", "Spouse(s)": "Elvis Costello 2003", "Website": "dianakrall.com"} |
The Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty of 1854,The Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, British North America/United Kingdom & United States, 5 June 1854 (Ratified February 1855, Terminated March 1866)/ also known as the Elgin-Marcy Treaty, was a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that applied to British ... | {"Name": "Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty", "Treaty type": "Trade agreement", "Date effective": "1854", "Date expired": "1866", "Negotiators": "United States 1851 Franklin Pierce\n United States 1851 William L. Marcy\n United Kingdom Queen Victoria\n United Kingdom James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin", "Parties": "Unit... |
Classic FM (styled as CLASSIC M) is one of the United Kingdom's three Independent National Radio stations and is owned and operated by Global. The station broadcasts classical music and was launched in 1992.
Classic FM was the first national classical music station to launch since the opening of BBC Radio 3 25 years e... | {"Broadcast area": "United Kingdom", "RDS": "Classic", "Format": "Classical music", "Language(s)": "English", "Owner": "Global", "Website": "classicfm.com"} |
Nana Tucker ( ; born July 26, 1957), known professionally as Nana Visitor, is an American actress, best known for playing Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Jean Ritter in the television series Wildfire.
Early life
Nana Tucker was born July 26, 1957, in New York City, the daughter of Ne... | {"Name": "Nana Visitor", "Caption": "Visitor at the 2018 WonderCon", "Birth name": "Nana Tucker", "Birth date": "1957 7 26", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1976-present", "Spouse(s)": "Nick Miscusi 1989 1994 divorced\n Alexander Siddig 1997 2001 divorced\n Matthew Rimmer... |
Emory Scott Land (January 9, 1879 - November 27, 1971) was an officer in the United States Navy, noted for his contributions to naval architecture, particularly in submarine design. Notable assignments included serving as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair during the 1930s, and as Chairman of the U.... | {"Birth name": "Emory Scott Land", "Born": "Cañon City, Colorado", "Died": "Bethesda, Maryland", "Nickname(s)": "Jerry", "Allegiance": "United States 1912 23px", "Commands held": "Chairman, U.S. Maritime Commission", "Awards": "35 px Navy Cross\n 35 px Army Distinguished Service Medal\n 35 px Navy Distinguished Service... |
James Terry Sanford (August 20, 1917April 18, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford served as the 65th Governor of North Carolina from 1961 to 1965, was a two-time U.S. presidential candidate in the 1970s, and served as a U.S. senator from 1986 to 199... | {"Name": "Terry Sanford", "Image caption": "Sanford in 1961", "Term start": "December 10, 1986", "Term end": "January 3, 1993", "Order 2": "65th Governor of North Carolina", "Predecessor 2": "Luther H. Hodges", "Successor 2": "Dan K. Moore", "Birth name": "James Terry Sanford", "Birth date": "1917 8 20", "Birth place":... |
North Dundas is a township in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.
North Dundas is located approximately south of downtown Ottawa, midway between Ottawa and Morrisburg. It is primarily rural with a few small villages. It is spread across the South Nation River and the Eas... | {"Type": "Township", "Land": "503.08", "Density": "22.4", "DST": "-04:00"} |
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North Grenville is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville on the Rideau River. It is located just south of Ottawa in Canada's National Capital Region.
It was established on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of ... | {"Type": "Township", "Land": "352.18", "Density": "46.7", "Website": "www.northgrenville.ca", "DST": "-04:00"} |
Peleg (, in pausa , "division"; ) is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two sons of Eber, an ancestor of the Ishmaelites and the Israelites, according to the Generations of Noah in and .
In Scriptures
Peleg's son was Reu, born when Peleg was thirty, and he had other sons and daughters. According to the Heb... | {"Name": "Peleg", "Caption": "Peleg imagined in the 1553 Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum", "Birth date": "2249/2248 BCE (the time when the earth was divided)", "Birth place": "Ur, Sumer(present-day southern Iraq)", "Death place": "2010 BCE (aged 239)", "Parent(s)": "Eber", "Children": "Reu and others"} |
HO or H0 is a rail transport modelling scale using a 1:87 scale (3.5 mm to 1 foot). It is the most popular scale of model railway in the world. The rails are spaced apart for modelling standard gauge tracks and trains in HO.NMRA. "Modeling Scales: Scale and Gauge". NMRA.org. December 2000. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
Th... | {"Scale": "3.5 mm to 1 ft mm 0", "Scale ratio": "1:87", "Standard(s)": "NEM 010\n NMRA S-1.2", "Model gauge": "16.5mm"} |
The A. C. Gilbert Company was an American toy company, once one of the largest in the world. Gilbert originated the Erector Set, which is a construction toy similar to Meccano in the rest of the world, and made chemistry sets, microscope kits, and a line of inexpensive reflector telescopes. In 1938, Gilbert purchased... | {"Formerly": "Mysto Manufacturing Company", "Industry": "Manufacturing", "Founded": "1909 in Westville, Connecticut", "Defunct": "1967Skenazy Lenore https://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+DANGEROUS+TOYS+OF+CHRISTMAS+PAST%3A+Hungry+Cabbage+Patch+Kids%2C+...-a0519584213 The Dangerous Toys of Christmas Past: Hungry Cabbage Pa... |
Portland Community College (PCC) is a public community college in Portland, Oregon. It is the largest post-secondary institution in the state and serves residents in the five-county area of Multnomah, Washington, Yamhill, Clackamas, and Columbia counties. As of the 2021-2022 academic year, PCC enrolls more than 50,000 ... | {"Type": "Public community college", "President": "Adrien Bennings", "Students": "50,000+", "Campus": "256 acre ha", "Website": "www.pcc.edu"} |
The National Front (in Czech: Národní fronta, in Slovak: Národný front) was a political coalition created in 1943 serving as united front of political parties for liberation of Czechoslovakia, after 1948 organized solely by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. it was the vehicle for control of all political and socia... | {"Founded": "1943", "Ideology": "1943-1948:Anti-fascismState socialismSocial democracyChristian democracy1948-1990:CommunismMarxism-LeninismStalinism (until 1956)", "Newspaper": "Mladá fronta (1945-1953)", "Headquarters": "Prague, Czechoslovakia", "Political position": "Far-left"} |
Beckwith is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located in Lanark County on the Mississippi River. It is located within Canada's National Capital Region.
Communities
The township comprises the communities of Black's Corners, Franktown, Gillies Corners, Prospect, and the western half of Ashton (with the easte... | {"Type": "Township", "Density": "31.8", "DST": "-04:00", "Website": "www.twp.beckwith.on.ca"} |
The 62 Group, originally the 62 Committee, was a militant broad-based coalition of anti-fascists in London, headed by Harry Bidney. Based on the earlier 43 Group, it was formed in 1962 largely in response to the resurgence of fascism in Britain at the time, and particularly Colin Jordan's National Socialist Movement (N... | {"Predecessor": "43 Group, Yellow Star Movement", "Type": "Militant anti-fascism", "Location": "London, England, UK", "Affiliations": "Jewish Aid Committee of Britain (JACOB)"} |
Sokol (Сокол, Russian for "falcon") was a planned high-speed train in Russia.The all-Russian high-speed train - World Report from International Railway Journal , August 2001 , via www.findarticles.com It was to be a successor of the ER200 for use on the Moscow-St. Petersburg mainline, and was designed to operate at a c... | {"Name": "ES250 (Falcon)", "Image Size": "300px", "Manufacturer": "RAO VSM", "Operator(s)": "Russian Railways", "Formation": "6 cars", "Lines": "Moscow - St Petersburg", "Weight": "356 t on on", "Car Length": "26 m ftin 8 on", "Width": "3.12 m ftin 8 on", "Capacity": "350", "Max Speed": "250 km/h 0 on", "Gauge": "1520m... |
Mississippi Mills is a town in eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County on the Mississippi River. It is made up of the former Townships of Ramsay and Pakenham, as well as the Town of Almonte. It is partly located within Canada's National Capital Region.
History
The Town of Mississippi Mills was incorporated on Janua... | {"Type": "Town", "Density": "25.3", "Website": "www.mississippimills.ca", "DST": "-04:00"} |
サンリオ is a Japanese entertainment company. It designs, licenses, and produces products focusing on the kawaii ("cute") segment of Japanese popular culture. Their products include stationery, school supplies, gifts, and accessories which are sold worldwide, including at specialty brand retail stores in Japan. Sanrio's be... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Wholesalehttp://www.nikkei.com/markets/company/gaiyo/?scode=8136 https://web.archive.org/web/20161205200046/http://www.nikkei.com/markets/company/gaiyo/?scode=8136 2016-12-05 サンリオ[8136]の株価・株主優待など。", "Products": "Fashion Accessories Gifts Entertainment Video games Plushies Toys", "Reve... |
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a privately held American supermarket chain. It is headquartered in Gates, New York, and was founded on January 30, 1916 in Rochester, New York.
As of late 2022, Wegmans had 109 stores in eight states (NY, PA, NJ, MD, MA, VA, NC, DE) and the District of Columbia. The company has plans to ... | {"Formerly": "Rochester Fruit and Vegetable Company (1916-1930)", "Type": "Private \n family business", "Industry": "Retail (Grocery)", "Founded": "1916 in Rochester, New York, U.S.", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Products": "Bakery, delicatessen, dairy, grocery, frozen foods, organic foods, bulk foods, meat, produce, seafo... |
Paychex, Inc. is an American provider of human resource, payroll, and benefits outsourcing services for small- to medium-sized businesses. With headquarters in Rochester, New York, the company has more than 100 offices serving approximately 670,000 payroll clients in the U.S. and Europe.
In 2019, Paychex ranked in pos... | {"Type": "Public company", "Industry": "Business Process Outsourcing Human Capital Management", "Founded": "1971", "Headquarters": "Rochester, New York, U.S.", "Services": "Payroll and HR services", "Revenue": "4.61 billion yes (2022)", "Website": "paychex.com"} |
James Tien Pei-chun, GBS, OBE, JP (; born 8 January 1947) is the former chairman and Leader of the Liberal Party (LP) and former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco). Coming from the background of an entrepreneur, he was also a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong (Exco), member o... | {"Image caption": "James Tien in the 2016 Legislative Council election", "Name": "James Tien Pei-chun", "Native name": "田北俊", "Native name language": "zh-hk", "Term start": "1 October 2012", "Term end": "30 September 2016", "Birth date": "yes 1947 1 8", "Birth place": "Shanghai, Republic of China", "Spouse(s)": "Mary N... |
Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, is a monthly scientific journal that publishes significant new results of empirical or theoretical investigations concerning facts, processes, mechanics, or concepts of evolutionary phenomena and events. Evolution is published by Oxford Academic (formerly by Wiley)... | {"Edited": "Tracey Chapman", "Frequency": "Monthly", "History": "1947-present", "Publisher": "Oxford Academic for the Society for the Study of Evolution", "ISSN": "1558-5646", "JSTOR": "00143820"} |
, also known as Macross: Do You Remember Love? (commonly referred to by the acronym "DYRL?" among Western fans) or Super Spacefortress Macross, is a 1984 Japanese animated space opera film based on the Macross anime television series.
The movie is a film adaptation of the original Macross series, with new animation. T... | {"Directed by": "Noboru IshiguroShōji Kawamori", "Produced by": "Akira InoueHiroshi IwataTsuneyuki Enomoto", "Screenplay by": "Sukehiro Tomita", "Story by": "Shōji Kawamori", "Based on": "The Super Dimension Fortress Macross Studio Nue", "Starring": "Arihiro HaseMari IijimaMika Doi", "Music by": "Kentarō Haneda", "Dist... |
Wild Things is a 1998 American neo-noir thriller film directed by John McNaughton and starring Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Theresa Russell, Robert Wagner, and Bill Murray. It follows a high school guidance counselor in south Florida who is accused of rape by two female students and a serie... | {"Directed by": "John McNaughton", "Produced by": "Rodney M. Liber\n Steven A. Jones", "Written by": "Stephen Peters", "Starring": "Kevin Bacon\n Matt Dillon\n Neve Campbell\n Theresa Russell\n Denise Richards\n Daphne Rubin-Vega\n Robert Wagner\n Bill Murray", "Music by": "George S. Clinton", "Cinematography": "Jeffre... |
Etta Moten Barnett (November 5, 1901 – January 2, 2004) was an American actress and contralto vocalist, who was identified with her signature role of "Bess" in Porgy and Bess. She created new roles for African-American women on stage and screen. After her performing career, Barnett was active in Chicago as a major phil... | {"Name": "Etta Moten Barnett", "Birth date": "1901 11 5", "Birth place": "Weimar, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "2004 1 2 1901 11 5", "Death place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Years active": "1929-1952", "Occupation": "Actress, singer, U.S. cultural representative in Africa", "Spouse(s)": "Curtis Brooks (m. 1918; div. 1... |
C. Subramania Bharathi Birth name: C. Subramaniyan, the person's given name: Subramaniyan, father's given name: Chinnaswami. (C. Subramaniyan by the prevalent patronymic initials as prefix naming system in Tamil Nadu and it is Subramaniyan Chinnaswami by the patronymic suffix naming system.) Bharathi is a conferred tit... | {"Name": "C. Subramania Bharathi", "Caption": "Subramania Bharathi Commemorative Stamp", "Native name language": "Tamil", "Citizenship": "India", "Birth date": "yes 1882 12 11", "Birth place": "Ettayapuram, Ettaiyapuram estate, British India", "Death date": "yes 1921 09 11 1882 11", "Death place": "Madras, Madras Presi... |
Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) or ice structuring proteins refer to a class of polypeptides produced by certain animals, plants, fungi and bacteria that permit their survival in temperatures below the freezing point of water. AFPs bind to small ice crystals to inhibit the growth and recrystallization of ice that would oth... | {"Symbol": "AFP", "Caption": "Structure of the Tenebrio molitor beta-helical antifreeze protein Daley ME, Spyracopoulos L, Jia Z, Davies PL, Sykes BD Structure and dynamics of a beta-helical antifreeze protein Biochemistry 41 17 5515-25 April 2002 11969412 10.1021/bi0121252", "Pfam family identifier": "... |
Pieter Arnoldus "Piet" Cronjé (4 October 1836 - 4 February 1911) was a South African Boer general during the Anglo-Boer Wars of 1880-1881 and 1899-1902.
Biography
Born in the Cape Colony but raised in the South African Republic, Cronjé had a distinctive appearance, being short with a black beard and was reputed to h... | {"Birth name": "Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé", "Born": "Colesberg, Cape Colony", "Died": "Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Union of South Africa", "Allegiance": "South African Republic 20px"} |
thumb|The tomb of Ōe no Hiromoto in Kamakura
Ōe no Hiromoto (, 1148-1225) was a Japanese kuge (court noble) and vassal of the Kamakura shogunate, and contributed to establishing the shogunate's governmental structure.
Life
A great-grandson of the famous scholar Ōe no Masafusa, he was born to Ōe no Koremitsu and ad... | {"Native name": "jpn 大江広元", "Born": "1148", "Died": "yes 1225 07 16 1148", "Nickname(s)": "Kōtsurumaru (幸鶴丸)", "Allegiance": "15px Imperial House of Japan\n 15px Minamoto clan"} |
Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey (22 October 1847 - 15 September 1914), better known as Koos de la Rey, was a South African military officer who served as a Boer general during the Second Boer War. also had a political career and was one of the leading advocates of Boer independence.
Early life
Born on Doornfontein Farm i... | {"Born": "Doornfontein, Winburg, Orange River Sovereignty", "Died": "Main Reef Road, Langlaagte, Johannesburg, South Africa", "Spouse(s)": "Jacoba Elizabeth (Nonnie) Greeff", "Children": "12 biological 6 fostered", "Nickname(s)": "KoosLeeu van die Wes Transvaal (translation: Lion of West Transvaal)", "Allegiance": "Ora... |
CJOH-DT (channel 13) is a television station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside Pembroke-licensed CTV 2 outlet CHRO-TV (channel 5). Both stations share studios with Bell's Ottawa radio properties at the Market Media Mall buildi... | {"City": "Ottawa, Ontario", "Branding": "CTV Ottawa or CTV (general)CTV News Ottawa (newscasts)", "Channel": "13", "Affiliations": "CTV", "Owner": "Bell Media Inc.", "ERP": "54 kW", "HAAT": "423.4 m ft 0 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "45 30 11 N 75 51 1 W type:landmark", "Website": "https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ ctvotta... |
CKWS-DT (channel 11) is a television station in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, the station maintains studios on Queen Street in downtown Kingston, and its transmitter is located near Highway 95 on Wolfe Island, south of the cit... | {"Branding": "Global Kingston (general)CKWS News on Global Kingston (newscasts)", "Channel": "11", "Translator(s)": "See below", "Affiliations": "Global (2018-present)", "Owner": "591987 B.C. Ltd.Ownership Chart 32D - CORUS - Radio & TV", "ERP": "9.4 kW", "HAAT": "312.5 m ft 0 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "44 9 59 N... |
WWNY-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Carthage, New York, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Watertown area. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power, Class A Fox affiliate WNYF-CD (channel 28). Both stations share studios on Arcade Street in downtown Watertown, while WWNY-T... | {"City": "Carthage, New York", "Branding": ".1: WWNY-TV 7 7 News (newscasts) .2: Fox 28", "Channel": "7", "Translator(s)": "WWNY-CD 28.2 (18.2 UHF) Massena", "Affiliations": "7.1: CBS7.2: Foxfor others, see Subchannels", "Owner": "Gray Television Licensee, LLC", "ERP": "50 kW", "HAAT": "219 m ft 0 on", "Transmitter coo... |
WCFE-TV (channel 57) is a PBS member television station licensed to Plattsburgh, New York, United States, serving the Burlington, Vermont-Plattsburgh, New York market. Owned by the Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications Council, the station maintains studios at One Sesame Street in Plattsburgh, and its transmitter is ... | {"Branding": "Mountain Lake PBSMountain Lake Journal (newscasts)", "Channel": "57", "Translator(s)": "see Translators", "Affiliations": "57.1: PBS57.2: NHK World57.3: PBS Kids", "Owner": "Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications Council", "ERP": "67 kW", "HAAT": "741.7 m ft 1 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "44 41 43 N ... |
WMTW (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Poland Spring, Maine, United States, serving the Portland area as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside CW affiliate WPXT (channel 51). Both stations share studios on Ledgeview Drive in Westbrook, while WMTW's transmitter is located in West ... | {"City": "Poland Spring, Maine", "Branding": "Channel 8 WMTW; WMTW News 8MeTV Portland (DT2)", "Channel": "8", "Affiliations": "8.1: ABCfor others, see Subchannels", "Translator(s)": "26 (UHF) Portland", "Owner": "Hearst Properties Inc.", "ERP": "29.8 kW", "HAAT": "612 m ft 0 on", "Class": "DT", "Transmitter coordinate... |
The Workers and Peasants' Socialist Party (Parti socialiste ouvrier et paysan, PSOP) was an ephemeral socialist organisation in France, formed on June 8, 1938, by Marceau Pivert. Its youth wing was the Workers and Peasants' Socialist Youth (Jeunesses Socialistes Ouvrières et Paysannes - JSOP).
It developed out of a le... | {"Leader": "Marceau Pivert", "Founded": "1938", "Ideology": "SocialismMarxismCommunismAnti-StalinismFactionsLeninismLuxemburgismTrotskyismLibertarian socialism", "International affiliation": "IRMC", "Split from": "SFIO", "Newspaper": "Juin 36", "Political position": "Far-left"} |
Robert Carradine ( ; born March 24, 1954) is an American actor. A member of the Carradine family, he made his first appearances on television Western series such as Bonanza and his brother David's TV series, Kung Fu. Carradine's first film role was in the 1972 film The Cowboys, which starred John Wayne and Roscoe Lee B... | {"Caption": "Carradine holding a producer credit forThe 1 Second Film in October 2004", "Birth date": "1954 3 24 y", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1971-present", "Spouse(s)": "Edie Mani 1990 2018 div", "Relatives": "John Carradine (father)Keith Carradine (brother)David Carradine (half-brother)Michael Bowen (h... |
Yeung Sum (; born 22 November 1947 in Guangzhou) is a Hong Kong politician and academic. He served several terms as a Legislative Councillor and was the second chairman of the Democratic Party (DP), a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. He is a lecturer at the University of Hong Kong.
Biography
Yeung Sum obtai... | {"Name": "Yeung Sum", "Native name": "楊森", "Native name language": "zh-hk", "Image size": "180px", "Image caption": "Yeung Sum in 2015", "Term start": "1 October 1998", "Term end": "30 September 2008", "Office 2": "Chairman of Democratic Party", "Predecessor 2": "Martin Lee", "Successor 2": "Wing-tat Lee", "Birth date"... |
The two-cent piece was produced by the Mint of the United States for circulation from 1864 to 1872 and for collectors in 1873. Designed by James B. Longacre, there were decreasing mintages each year, as other minor coins such as the nickel proved more popular. It was abolished by the Mint Act of 1873.
The economic tur... | {"Value": "(0.02 US dollars)", "Mass": "6.22", "Diameter": "23.00", "Edge": "plain", "Composition": "95 % copper\n 5 % tin and zinc", "Years of minting": "1863 (patterns only)1864-1873 (regular issues)", "Mint marks": "None, all struck at Philadelphia Mint", "Design": "Wheat wreath, \"UNITED STATES OF AMERICA\" legend,... |
Thomas Osborne Davis (14 October 1814 - 16 September 1845) was an Irish writer; with Charles Gavan Duffy and John Blake Dillon, a founding editor of The Nation, the weekly organ of what came to be known as the Young Ireland movement. While embracing the common cause of a representative, national government for Ireland,... | {"Born": "1814 10 14 y", "Died": "1845 9 16 1814 10 14 y", "Occupation": "Writer", "Education": "Arts degree", "Alma mater": "Trinity College, Dublin", "Period": "1842-1845", "Literary movement": "Young Ireland"} |
Oirats (, Oirad, ) or Oirds (, Oird; ; ), also formerly Eluts and Eleuths (, Èlǔtè),Robert de Vaugondy〈亞洲圖〉 國立臺灣歷史博物館典藏網Owen Lattimore, The Desert Road to Turkestan. (For Lattimore, Euleuths are "the great western group of tribes which marks in all probability a primitive racial cleavage" (p. 101 in the ca. 1929 editio... | {"Name": "Oirats", "Image caption": "The location of the Four Oirat", "Population": "658,372-668,372", "Languages": "Mainly: Oirat, Russian, other Mongolian languages Regional: Chinese", "Religions": "Tibetan Buddhism, Mongolian shamanism, Islamhttps://books.google.co.uz/books?id=YhXHEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA209&dq=Muslim+oirats&... |
Emily Lau Wai-hing, JP (; born 21 January 1952) is a politician in Hong Kong who champions press freedom and human rights. A former journalist, she became the first woman directly elected on the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the 1991 LegCo elections. She has served as Legislative Councillor for the New Territorie... | {"Name": "Emily Lau Wai-hing", "Native name": "劉慧卿", "Native name language": "zh-hk", "Image caption": "Emily Lau in 2018", "Term start": "16 December 2012", "Term end": "4 December 2016", "Predecessor 2": "New constituency", "Successor 2": "Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council", "Birth date": "y 1952 01 21", "B... |
Glenn Donald McGrath (; born 9 February 1970) is an Australian former international cricketer whose career spanned 14 years. He was a fast-medium pace bowler and is considered one of the greatest bowlers of all time, and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket from the mid-1990s to the late 20... | {"Full name": "Glenn Donald McGrath", "Nickname": "Pigeon", "Born": "Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia", "Height": "197 cm", "Role": "Bowler", "Batting": "Right-handed", "Bowling": "Right arm fast-medium"} |
Hugh Anthony Cregg III (born July 5, 1950), known professionally as Huey Lewis, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.
Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band, Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs. The band is perhaps best known for their third, and be... | {"Caption": "Lewis performing with Huey Lewis and the News in 2013", "Birth name": "Hugh Anthony Cregg III", "Birth date": "1950 7 5", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Singer songwriter actor", "Years active": "1967-present", "Education": "Cornell University", "Spouse(s)": "Sidney Conroy 1983 1989 ... |
Matthew Raymond Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award nomination and Grammy nomination.
Dillon made his feature film debut in Over the Edge (1979) and established himself as a teen idol by starring in the films My Bodyguard (1980), Little Da... | {"Name": "Matt Dillon", "Caption": "Dillon at the 2010 FICG", "Birth name": "Matthew Raymond Dillon", "Birth date": "1964 2 18", "Birth place": "New Rochelle, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Partner(s)": "Roberta Mastromichele (2014-present)", "Relatives": "Kevin Dillon (brother)", "Years active": "1979-presen... |
Gary Titley (born 19 January 1950) is a British Labour Party politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West of England.
Born in Salford, Titley was educated at the University of York. He worked as a teacher, then as campaign manager for Terry Pitt, and later for John Bird. He serv... | {"Name": "Gary Titley", "Image": "Gary Titley- British Politician", "Term start": "25 July 1989", "Term end": "13 July 2009", "Birth date": "1950 1 19 y", "Birth place": "Salford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom", "Other political party": "Socialist Group", "Alternative text": "British politician Gary Titley smilin... |
West Central German () belongs to the Central, High German dialect family of German. Its dialects are Franconian and comprise the parts of the Rhinelandic continuum located south of the Benrath line isogloss, including the following sub-families:
Central Franconian ()
Ripuarian (), spoken in North Rhine-Westphalia (i... | {"Name": "West Central German", "Alternative name": "de Westmitteldeutsch", "Geographic distribution": "Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, German-speaking Community of Belgium, Lorraine, Deitscherei", "Language family color": "Indo-European", "Language Family 2": "Germanic", "Language Family... |
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Louis Jeremiah Abershawe (1773 - 3 August 1795), better known as Jerry Abershawe, or Abershaw, was a notorious English highwayman who terrorised travellers, mostly along the road between Kingston upon Thames and London, in the late eighteenth century.
Biography
Born in Kingsto... | {"Name": "Jerry Abershawe", "Birth name": "Louis Jeremiah Abershawe", "Birth date": "1773", "Birth place": "Kingston-upon-Thames, England", "Death date": "3 August 1795 1773", "Death place": "Kennington Common, Borough of Lambeth, England", "Occupation": "Highwayman, murderer", "Known For": "The last hanged highwayman ... |
Rumble Fish is a 1983 American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It is based on the 1975 novel Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola. The film stars Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Vincent Spano, Diane Lane, Diana Scarwid, Nicolas Cage, and Dennis Hopper.
The film centers on... | {"Directed by": "Francis Ford Coppola", "Produced by": "Francis Ford CoppolaDoug ClaybourneFred Roos", "Screenplay by": "S. E. HintonFrancis Ford Coppola", "Based on": "Rumble Fish S. E. Hinton", "Starring": "Matt Dillon\n Mickey Rourke\n Vincent Spano\n Diane Lane\n Diana Scarwid\n Nicolas Cage\n Dennis Hopper", "Musi... |
Jeffrey Addison Nuttall (8 July 1933 - 4 January 2004) was an English poet, performer, author, actor, teacher, painter, sculptor, jazz musician, anarchist and social commentator who was a key part of the British 1960s counter-culture. He was the brother of literary critic A. D. Nuttall.
Life and work
Nuttall was born ... | {"Name": "Jeff Nuttall", "Birth name": "Jeffrey Addison Nuttall", "Birth date": "yes 1933 7 8", "Birth place": "Clitheroe, Lancashire, England", "Death date": "yes 2004 1 4 1933 7 8", "Death place": "Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales", "Occupation": "PoetPublisherActorPainterSculptorJazz trumpeterAnarchist sympathiserS... |
John Morrison Birch (May 28, 1918 - August 25, 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces military intelligence captain, OSS field agent in China during World War II, as well as former Baptist minister and missionary. He was killed in a confrontation with Chinese Communist soldiers during an assignment he was ordered on... | {"Birth name": "John Morrison Birch", "Born": "Landour, British India (now in Uttarakhand, India)", "Died": "Killed by Chinese Communist soldiers in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China", "Allegiance": "United States United States of America", "Awards": "Army Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit (2)"} |
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust. It was probably written in 1592 or 1593, shortly before Marlowe's death. Two different versions of the p... | {"Written by": "Christopher Marlowe", "Characters": "Doctor Faustus\nLucifer\nMephistophilis\nBelzebub\nSeven Deadly Sins\nPope Adrian VI\nCharles V\nDuke of Saxony\nHelen of Troy", "Setting": "16th century Europe", "Date premiered": "c. 1592", "Place premiered": "England", "Original language": "Early Modern English", ... |
Night Stand with Dick Dietrick is an American television comedy show that satirized American tabloid talk shows. The series was originally broadcast in first-run syndication from 1995 to 1997, as well as on the E! Entertainment Television network. Night Stand was co-created by Paul Abeyta, Peter Kaikko and actor/write... | {"Also known as": "Night Stand", "Running time": "60 minutes", "Created by": "Paul AbeytaPeter KaikkoTimothy Stack", "Presented by": "Timothy Stack (as Dick Dietrick)", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "First-run syndicationE!", "Original release": "1997"} |
or is a week from 29 April to early May containing multiple Japanese holidays. It is also known as .
Holidays celebrated
Golden Week encompasses the following public holidays..
+Golden Week holidaysNameDate, 2007-present29 April, 1949-present3 May, 2007-present4 May, also known as Boys' Day or the Feast of Banners, ... | {"Official name": "ゴールデンウィーク Gōruden Wīku", "Also called": "黄金週間 Ōgon Shūkan golden week春の大型連休 Haru no Ōgata Renkyū long spring holiday series", "Next time": "29 April - 5 May", "Celebrations": "Numerous national holiday events", "Type": "national"} |
The Iron Heel is a political novel in the form of science fiction by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908.Kershaw, Alex. Jack London: A Life. London: HarperCollins, 1997: 164.
Background
The main premise of the book is the rise of a socialist mass movement in the United Statesstrong enough to have a ... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Published": "1908 (Macmillan)", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Pages": "354"} |
Martin Eden is a 1909 novel by American author Jack London about a young proletarian autodidact struggling to become a writer. It was first serialized in The Pacific Monthly magazine from September 1908 to September 1909 and then published in book form by Macmillan in September 1909.
Eden represents writers' frustrati... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Macmillan", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Pages": "393"} |
Nihil is the eighth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on April 4, 1995, by Wax Trax! Records. The album marked the return of former band member Raymond Watts and the first appearance of journeyman drummer Bill Rieflin, and was mostly written by frontman Sascha Konietzko.
The album's first single "... | {"Released": "yes 1995 4 4", "Recorded": "1994", "Studio": "Bad Animals Studio, Seattle", "Genre": "Industrial rock\n industrial metal\n industrial dance", "Label": "Wax Trax!", "Producer": "Sascha Konietzko\n Chris Shepard"} |
The Moche civilization (; alternatively, the Mochica culture or the Early, Pre- or Proto-Chimú) flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru from about 100 to 700 AD during the Regional Development Epoch. While this issue is the subject of some debate, many scholars contend that t... | {"Native name": "Moche", "Conventional long name": "Moche culture", "Capital": "Mochehttp://sobre-peru.com/2009/09/11/cultura-mochica-pre-inca-en-el-norte-peruano/ Huacas del Sol y de la Luna - Capital de la Cultura-Mochica 11 September 2009 Cardenas, Maritza 2012-03-29 es", "Common languages": "Mochica", "Religio... |
The Four Aces are an American male traditional pop quartet popular since the 1950s. Over the last half-century, the group amassed many gold records. Its million-selling songs include "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing", "Three Coins in the Fountain", "Stranger in Paradise", "Tell Me Why", and "(It's No) Sin". Other big s... | {"Origin": "Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Genres": "Pop", "Labels": "Victoria \nDecca", "Website": "thefouraces.org", "Members": "Fred Diodati\n Joe Giglio\n Danny Colingo\n Bob Barboni"} |
Sharks is the sixteenth album by the British hard rock band UFO. It is the last album to feature longtime German lead guitarist Michael Schenker.
Track listing
There are reports of an unofficial Russian 18 track version of this cd with tracks from previous UFO albums but tracks not listed in the cover.
Bonus Japan ... | {"Released": "yes 2002 09 03", "Recorded": "Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California, 2002", "Genre": "Hard rock, heavy metal", "Label": "Shrapnel", "Producer": "Mike Varney, Steve Fontano"} |
The Dowd Report is the document describing the transgressions of baseball player and manager Pete Rose in betting on baseball, which precipitated his agreement to a permanent ban from the sport in the United States. The 225-page report was prepared by Special Counsel to the Commissioner John M. Dowd and was submitted t... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Office of the Commissioner of Baseball", "Media type": "Paperback", "Pages": "225"} |
Victor Li Tzar-kuoi is a Hong Kong businessman, the chair of the board and group co-managing director of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited and the chairman of the board and managing director of CK Asset Holdings Limited and the Chairman of CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited. He is the elder son of tycoon Li Ka-shing and th... | {"Name": "Victor Li", "Native name": "李澤鉅", "Native name language": "zh-Hant-HK", "Birth date": "1964 8 1 y", "Birth place": "Deepwater Bay, Hong Konghttps://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/34756279 继承者：李泽钜 or 李泽楷？", "Alma mater": "St. Paul's Co-educational CollegeStanford University", "Term start": "10 May 2018", "Office 2": "C... |
David Megas Komnenos (; - 1 November 1463) was the last Emperor of Trebizond from 1460 to 1461. He was the third son of Emperor Alexios IV of Trebizond and Theodora Kantakouzene. Following the fall of Trebizond to the Ottoman Empire, he was taken captive with his family to the Ottoman capital, Constantinople, where he... | {"Name": "David Megas Komnenos", "Title": "Emperor and Autocrat of all the East and Perateia", "Caption": "David Megas Komnenos, as depicted in a modern religious icon", "Succession": "Emperor of Trebizond", "Reign": "April 1460 - 15 August 1461", "Predecessor": "Alexios V", "Successor": "None, Fall of Trebizond", "Spo... |
Watchman Nee, Ni Tuosheng, or Nee T'o-sheng (; November 4, 1903 - May 30, 1972), was a Chinese church leader and Christian teacher who worked in China during the 20th century. His evangelism was influenced by the Plymouth Brethren.
In 1922, he initiated church meetings in Fuzhou, Fujian province, that may be consider... | {"Name": "Watchman Nee", "Caption": "Watchman Nee", "Birth date": "November 4, 1903", "Birth place": "Shantou, Qing dynasty", "Death date": "May 30, 1972 (aged 68)", "Death place": "Guangde, Anhui, China"} |
Essie Mae Washington-Williams (née Butler; October 12, 1925 - February 4, 2013) was an American teacher and author. She is best known as the eldest child of Strom Thurmond, Governor of South Carolina (1947-1951) and longtime United States senator, known for his pro-segregation politics.Janofsky, Michael. "Thurmond Kin... | {"Name": "Essie Mae Washington-Williams", "Caption": "Washington-Williams in 2003", "Birth date": "1925 10 12", "Birth place": "Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "2013 2 4 1925 10 12", "Death place": "Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.", "Birth name": "Essie Mae Butler", "Parent(s)": "Strom Thurmond (father)C... |
curses is a terminal control library for Unix-like systems, enabling the construction of text user interface (TUI) applications.
The name is a pun on the term "cursor optimization". It is a library of functions that manage an application's display on character-cell terminals (e.g., VT100).
Overview
Using curses, pr... | {"Developer(s)": "Ken Arnold", "Initial release": "1978https://episodiccontentmag.com/2016/06/17/rogue_chapter3 Procedural Dungeons of Doom: The Making of Rogue - Chapter 3 Craddock, David L. June 17, 2016 May 18, 2023", "Written in": "C", "Type": "Widget toolkit"} |
Lymm ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England, which incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rushgreen and Statham. At the 2021 United Kingdom census it had a population of 12,70... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "Census, 2021", "Unitary authority": "Warrington", "Ceremonial county": "Cheshire", "UK Parliament": "Warrington South", "Postcode district": "WA", "Dialling code": "01925", "OS grid reference": "SJ685875"} |
, or JTA, is an airline based in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan."Company Profile " (Japanese). Japan Transocean Air. Retrieved on May 19, 2009. It operates domestic services on behalf of Japan Airlines. Its main base is Naha Airport. From 1967 until 1993, the airline was known as Southwest Air Lines.
History
thumb... | {"Airline name": "Japan Transocean Air", "Image size (px)": "150", "IATA Designator": "NU", "ICAO Designator": "JTA", "Callsign": "JAI OCEANJO 7340.2J Contractions - Basic with Change 1 & Change 2 https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7340.2J_Basic_w_Chg_1_and_2_dtd_1_30_20.pdf Federal Aviation Administrati... |
Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States. It was created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. In 2004, it was purchased by The Washington Post Company (later renamed the Graham Holding... | {"URL": "https://slate.comhttps://slate.fr", "Commercial": "Yes", "Registration": "Optional for Slate Plus and commenting only (US readers)Metered paywall (non-US readers)", "Created by": "Michael Kinsley", "Launched": "1996", "ISSN": "1091-2339", "OCLC": "728292344", "Current status": "Active"} |
Timothy Matthew Howard (born March 6, 1979) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He last played for USL Championship club Memphis 901 FC, a club of which he is a minority owner and sporting director. He is also international ambassador in the US for former club Everton. Howard is... | {"Name": "Tim Howard", "Picture caption": "Howard with Colorado Rapids in 2016", "Full name": "Timothy Matthew Howardhttps://www.premierleague.com/news/60426 Retained and released lists submitted by Premier League clubs Premier League June 10, 2016 February 29, 2020", "Birth date": "1979 3 6 y9463 February 29, 2020... |
Azim Hashim Premji (born 24 July 1945) is an Indian businessman and philanthropist, who was the chairman of Wipro Limited. Premji remains a non-executive member of the board and founder chairman. He is informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry. He was responsible for guiding Wipro through four decades of d... | {"Name": "Azim Premji", "Birth name": "Azim Hashim Premji", "Caption": "Premji at the World Economic Forum, 2013", "Birth date": "yes 1945 7 24", "Birth place": "Bombay, Bombay presidency, British IndiaG. Craine Anthony Azim Premji https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/710892/Azim-Premji Encyclopædia Britannica 14... |
The Tomorrow People is a British children's science fiction television series created by Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV Network, the series first ran from 30 April 1973 to 19 February 1979.
The theme music was composed by Australian music composer, Dudley Simpson, who composed music for two BBC... | {"Genre": "Superhero / Fantasy / Drama / Sci-Fi", "Running time": "30 minutes", "Created by": "Roger Price", "Starring": "Nicholas Young\n Elizabeth Adare\n Peter Vaughan-Clarke\n Philip Gilbert\n Stephen Salmon\n Sammie Winmill\n Dean Lawrence\n Mike Holoway\n Misako Koba\n Nigel Rhodes", "Country of origin": "United ... |
Paul Vernon Hornung (December 23, 1935 - November 13, 2020), nicknamed "the Golden Boy", was an American professional football player who was a running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1966. He played on teams that won four NFL titles and the first Super Bowl. He is the ... | {"Born:": "Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.", "Died:": "Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.", "Height:": "2", "Weight:": "215", "High school:": "Flaget (Louisville, Kentucky)", "College:": "Notre Dame (1954-1956)", "NFL Draft:": "1"} |
"Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" is a poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published on March 9, 1889. The original title was "Dutch Lullaby". The poem is a fantasy bed-time story about three children sailing and fishing among the stars from a boat which is a wooden shoe. The names suggest a... | {"Name": "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod", "Image size": "150px", "Image caption": "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Mabel Landrum Torrey, 1918, formerly a fountain in Washington Park, DenverMabel Landrum's original sculpture was exhibited to critical acclaim at the Art Institute of Chicago. Denver Mayor Robert W. Speer commissio... |
PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be a holding for their record companies, and was renamed "PolyGram" in 1972. The ... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Music Film Entertainment", "Fate": "Sold to Seagram and folded into Universal Music Group until 2017. Label still used by UMG's PolyGram Entertainment and for some of its label divisions in certain regions.The 1996-1999 PolyGram Filmed Entertainment catalog is currently owned by Univ... |
Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a commentator, DJ, electronic musician, and author. He is best known for dominating professional snooker during the 1980s, when he reached eight World Snooker Championship finals in nine years, won six world titles, an... | {"Nickname": "Steve Davis", "Born": "Plumstead, London, England", "Professional": "1978-2016", "Ranking": "28"} |
Denise Michelle Crosby (born November 24, 1957)“Bing Crosby’s Son To Be Subpenaed Today In Calif., Paternity Suit.” Monticello Daily Herald, April 10, 1959. https://www.newspapers.com/image/890157612/ (accessed March 18, 2023). is an American actress and model known for portraying Security Chief Tasha Yar mainly in sea... | {"Caption": "Crosby at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon", "Alma mater": "Cabrillo College", "Education": "Hollywood High School", "Known For": "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Occupation": "Actress model", "Spouse(s)": "Geoffrey Edwards 1983 1990 divorced Ken Sylk 1995", "Children": "1", "Birth name": "Denise Michelle Cros... |
Francis Osborne Riviere (1932 - 23 November 2017) was Foreign Minister of Dominica. He became the foreign minister in 2001, replacing the prime minister, Pierre Charles. He acted as Prime Minister, after Pierre Charles' s death. He had previously been trade minister.
He acted as Prime Minister after the death of Pierr... | {"Name": "Osborne Riviere", "Birth date": "1932", "Birth place": "Dominica", "Death date": "y 2017 11 23 1932", "Death place": "Martinique", "Term start": "6 January 2004", "Term end": "8 January 2004"} |
thumb|268px|right|Logo of BioMed Central until 2018
BioMed Central (BMC) is a United Kingdom-based, for-profit scientific open access publisher that produces over 250 scientific journals. All its journals are published online only. BioMed Central describes itself as the first and largest open access science publisher. ... | {"Status": "Active", "Founded": "2000", "Headquarters location": "London, WC 1United Kingdom", "Distribution": "Open access", "Publication types": "Scientific journals", "Nonfiction topics": "Science", "Official website": "http://www.biomedcentral.com"} |
Christopher Peter Demetral (born November 14, 1976) is an American former actor best known for playing the character Jeremy Tupper, the son of newly divorced New York book editor Martin Tupper (played by Brian Benben) on the HBO series Dream On and also Jack in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. He played th... | {"Name": "Chris Demetral", "Caption": "Demetral in 2004", "Birth name": "Christopher Peter Demetral", "Birth date": "1976 11 14 y", "Birth place": "Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1988–2002"} |
Raymond "Ray" Ozzie (born November 20, 1955) is an American software industry entrepreneur who held the positions of Chief Technical Officer and Chief Software Architect at Microsoft between 2005 and 2010. Before Microsoft, he was best known for his role in creating Lotus Notes.
Biography
He grew up in Chicago, Illino... | {"Name": "Ray Ozzie", "Caption": "Ray Ozzie at the Web 2.0 Conference", "Birth date": "1955 11 20", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Known For": "Chief Software Architect, MicrosoftLotus Notes", "Alma mater": "University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign", "Spouse(s)": "Dawna Bousquet", "Children": "Neil OzzieJ... |
Little Sonny Warner (October 30, 1930 - April 12, 2007) was an American blues singer.
Haywood S. Warner was born in 1930 in Falls Church, Virginia, United States, and in the early 1950s, Warner sang as a backing vocalist for Van Walls on the Atlantic Records releases "After Midnight" and "Open the Door". His career re... | {"Birth name": "Haywood S. Warner", "Birth date": "1930 10 30", "Birth place": "Falls Church, Virginia", "Death date": "2007 4 12 1930 10 30", "Death place": "Falls Church, Virginia"} |
is a Japanese multinational technology company headquartered in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, with offices in 49 countries worldwide. The company manufactures business and industrial imaging products, including copiers, laser printers, multi-functional peripherals (MFPs) and digital print systems for the production print... | {"Formerly": "Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. (2003-2013)", "Type": "Public KK", "Industry": "Electronics", "Products": "Office equipment Medical imaging Graphic imaging Optical devices Measuring instruments", "Revenue": "911.4 billion (2022)", "Founded": "yes 2003 8 5", "Headquarters": "Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan... |
NATS Holdings, formerly National Air Traffic Services and commonly referred to as NATS, provides en-route air traffic control services to flights within the UK flight information regions and the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area. It also provides air traffic control services to 14 UK airports.
The company's en-route busin... | {"Type": "Public-private partnership", "Genre": "Information Services", "Founded": "1962", "Headquarters": "Whiteley, England, United Kingdom", "Industry": "Air travel and airports", "Services": "International air traffic services and consultancy", "Parent": "Civil Aviation Authority (49%)https://amp.theguardian.com/wo... |
Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE (27 March 1922 - 4 January 2011), was an English writer of children's books, primarily using the pen name Dick King-Smith. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983). It was adapted as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages."Formats and Editions of Th... | {"Pen name": "Dick King-Smith", "Born": "1922 03 27 y", "Died": "2011 1 04 1922 03 27 y", "Occupation": "Writer", "Resting place": "Church of St Margaret, Queen Charlton", "Children": "3", "Period": "1978-2007", "Notable awards": "Guardian Prize 1984"} |
The Emerald City (sometimes called the City of Emeralds) is the capital city of the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books, first described in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).
Fictional description
Located in the center of the Land of Oz, the Emerald City is the end of the famous yellow brick road, which b... | {"Created by": "L. Frank Baum", "Genre": "Juvenile fantasy", "Type": "Capital city", "Ruler": "Princess Ozma", "Locations": "Ozma's palace", "Characters": "Wizard of Oz, Dorothy Gale (eventually), Soldier with the Green Whiskers, Jellia Jamb", "Population": "57,318", "First appearance": "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"} |
Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 - December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to prominence in the mid-1970s, with the release of her debut album Inseparable (1975), along with the song "This Will Be (An Everlasting Lov... | {"Name": "Natalie Cole", "Caption": "Cole performing in 2007", "Birth name": "Natalie Maria Cole", "Birth date": "1950 2 6", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Death date": "2015 12 31 1950 2 6", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Califor... |
Earl John Hindman (; October 20, 1942 - December 29, 2003) was an American actor, best known for his role on the television sitcom Home Improvement, which ran from 1991 to 1999. Hindman played the role of the kindly unseen neighbor Wilson W. Wilson, Jr.; more accurately, Wilson was partially seen, because of a running... | {"Name": "Earl Hindman", "Birth name": "Earl John Hindman", "Birth date": "1942 10 20", "Birth place": "Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.", "Death date": "2003 12 29 1942 10 20", "Death place": "Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1968-2003", "Television": "Home Improvement", "Spouse(s)": "Molly M... |
Roosevelt Skerrit (born 8 June 1972) is a Dominican politician who has been Prime Minister of Dominica since 2004; he has also been the Member of Parliament for the Vieille Case constituency since 2000. Regionally, he has served as the chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and most recently as... | {"Name": "Roosevelt Skerrit", "Image caption": "Skerrit in 2014", "Term start": "8 January 2004", "Office 2": "Chairman of the Caribbean Community", "Predecessor 2": "Philip Davis", "Birth date": "1972 6 8 y", "Birth place": "Princess Margaret Hospital, Roseau, DominicaDominica News Online (accessed 18 January 2011) ht... |
Startide Rising is a 1983 science fiction novel by American writer David Brin, the second book of six set in his Uplift Universe (preceded by Sundiver and followed by The Uplift War). It earned both Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel. It was revised by the author in 1993 to correct errors and omissions from the orig... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Uplift Universe", "Publisher": "Bantam Books", "Media type": "Print (Paperback & Hardback)", "Pages": "462 (first edition, paperback)", "ISBN": "(first edition, paperback)", "Preceded by": "Sundiver", "Followed by": "The Uplift War"} |
The Ninth-of-May (1948) Constitution (; ) was the second constitution of Czechoslovakia, in force from 1948 to 1960. It came into force on 9 May, shortly after the communist seizure of power in the country on 25 February 1948. It replaced the 1920 Constitution.
Work on the new document had been underway since the summ... | {"Created": "14 April 1948", "Ratified": "9 May 1948", "Date effective": "9 May 1948", "Repealed": "11 July 1960", "Author(s)": "Constituent National Assembly", "Signatories": "border:none; padding:0; \n Government\n Klement Gottwald Viliam Široký Bohumil Laušman (ČSSD) Zdeněk Fierlinger (ČSSD) Antonín Zápotocký ... |
, commonly known as , is a dual-use airport located in , Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, northAIS Japan of the city center of Sapporo. Its scheduled airline service is limited to turboprop flights to other cities in Hokkaidō; larger aircraft use New Chitose Airport, south of the city. The airport is also used by Camp ... | {"Airport type": "Public / Dual-use", "Opened": "y 1944", "Serves": "Sapporo", "Hub": "Hokkaido Air System", "Location": "Higashi-ku, Sapporo", "AMSL": "26", "Coordinates": "43 07 03 N 141 22 53 E region:JP inline,title", "Website": "www.okadama-airport.co.jp"} |
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