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Jean Anne Carnahan (née Carpenter; born December 20, 1933) is an American politician and writer who was the First Lady of Missouri from 1993 to 2000, and served as the state's junior United States senator from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat, she was appointed to fill the Senate seat of her husband Mel Carnahan, who had been ... | {"Name": "Jean Carnahan", "Term start": "January 3, 2001", "Term end": "November 23, 2002", "Birth name": "Jean Anne Carpenter", "Birth date": "1933 12 20", "Birth place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Spouse(s)": "Mel Carnahan June 12, 1954 October 16, 2000 d", "Education": "George Washington U... |
The George Inn, or The George, is a public house established in the medieval period on Borough High Street in Southwark, London, owned and leased by the National Trust. It is located about from the south side of the River Thames near London Bridge and is the only surviving galleried London coaching inn.
History
The ... | {"Former names": "Gorge\n George and Dragon", "Alternative names": "The George", "Type": "Public house", "Current tenants": "Tenanted by brewery", "Address": "Borough High StreetLondon, SE 1United Kingdom", "Coordinates": "51.504182 -0.090021 inline,title region:GB_type:landmark"} |
The Estonian Reform Party () is a liberal political party in Estonia. The party has been led by Kaja Kallas since 2018. It is colloquially known as the "Squirrel Party" ().
It was founded in 1994 by Siim Kallas, then-president of the Bank of Estonia, as a split from Pro Patria National Coalition Party. As the Reform P... | {"General Secretary": "Timo Suslov", "Founded": "1994 11 18 yes", "Headquarters": "Tallinn, Tõnismägi 9 10119", "Merger of": "Estonian Liberal Democratic Party Reform Party", "Newspaper": "Paremad UudisedReformikiri", "Ideology": "Liberalism (Estonian)", "Political position": "Centre to centre-right", "European affilia... |
Res Publica Party () was a political party in Estonia that self-identified as conservative. Established as a party on 8 December 2001, the political organisation Res Publica was founded already as early as 1989 and existed as a community of young conservatives, mostly associated with the Pro Patria Union party during t... | {"Leader": "Taavi Veskimägi", "Founded": "8 December 2001", "Merged into": "Pro Patria and Res Publica Union", "Ideology": "\"swp\"/>PopulismDovile Budryte Taming Nationalism? Political Community Building in the Post-Soviet Baltic States Ashgate 2005 77Economic liberalismDer Standard Die estnischen Parteien 5 Marc... |
Much Hadham, formerly known as Great Hadham, is a village and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England. The parish of Much Hadham contains the hamlets of Perry Green and Green Tye, as well as the village of Much Hadham itself and Hadham Cross. It covers . The village of Much Hadham is ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)", "District": "East Hertfordshire", "Shire county": "Hertfordshire", "UK Parliament": "Hertford and Stortford", "Postcode district": "SG", "Dialling code": "01279", "OS grid reference": "TL426208"} |
The United States Park Police (USPP) is the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agency in the United States. It functions as a full-service law enforcement agency with responsibilities and jurisdiction in those National Park Service areas primarily located in the Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and New York City ... | {"Uniformed as": "United States Park Police", "Common name": "U.S. Park Police", "Abbreviation": "USPP", "Formed": "1919 12 14", "Multinational agency": "United States", "General nature": "Yes", "Legal jurisdiction": "National Park Service areas, primarily located in the Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and New York Ci... |
The Democratic Party (; , abbr. DS) is a social democratic political party in Serbia. Zoran Lutovac has led the party as its president since 2018.
DS was founded in 1990 by a group of intellectuals who sought to revive the Democratic Party, which was active in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Dragoljub Mićunović was the fir... | {"Abbreviation": "DS", "President": "Zoran Lutovac", "Founded": "3 February 1990", "Registered": "27 July 1990", "Headquarters": "Nušićeva 6/II, Belgrade", "Newspaper": "Bedem", "Ideology": "Social democracy", "Political position": "Centre-left", "National affiliation": "DS-Together-SRCE", "European affiliation": "Part... |
G17 Plus was a centre-right political party in Serbia. Founded as a non-governmental organization dealing with economic issues, in 2002 it transformed into a political party that became part of several ruling coalition governments in Serbia throughout the 2000s and early 2010s. In 2013, it merged into United Regions of... | {"Headquarters": "Trg Republike 5, Belgrade", "President": "Miroljub Labus (2002-2006)Mlađan Dinkić (2006-2013)", "Founded": "y 2002 12 15", "Merged into": "United Regions of Serbia", "Ideology": "nowrap \n \"Bakke2010\">Elisabeth Bakke Central and East European party systems since 1989 Central and Southeast European... |
The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (, DPS) is a social-democratic and populist political party in Montenegro. A former long-time ruling party sitting at the opposition for the first time as of 2020, it was formed on 22 June 1991 as the successor of the League of Communists of Montenegro, which had governe... | {"Founded": "22 June 1991", "Preceded by": "League of Communists of Montenegro (SKCG)", "Headquarters": "Podgorica", "Ideology": "Social democracyParties and Elections in Europe http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/montenegro.html Wolfram Nordsieck 20 July 2023Europe Elects - Montenegro https://europeelects.eu/monte... |
The Socialist People's Party of Montenegro (, SNP) is a political party in Montenegro. It is a social-democratic and socially conservative party, that is positioned on the centre-left on the political spectrum with regard to economic matters. It is supportive of accession of Montenegro to the European Union, and was h... | {"Abbreviation": "SNP", "Leader": "Vladimir Joković", "Founded": "1998 02 18 y", "Split from": "Democratic Party of Socialists", "Ideology": "Social democracy Social conservatism Pro-Europeanism", "Political position": "Fiscal: Centre-leftSocial: Centre-right", "Headquarters": "Podgorica", "European affiliation": "Par... |
The South Tyrolean People's Party (, SVP) is a regionalist political party in South Tyrol, an autonomous province with a German-speaking majority in northern Italy.
Founded on 8 May 1945, the SVP has roots in the Deutscher Verband, a confederation of German-speaking parties formed in 1919 after the annexation of South... | {"Founded": "1945 05 08 yRolf Steininger South Tyrol: A Minority Conflict of the Twentieth Century https://books.google.com/books?id=UP8oyC24Xu8C&pg=PA75 24 July 2013 2003 Transaction Publishers 978-1-4128-3482-7 75", "Newspaper": "ZIS", "Headquarters": "Brennerstraße 7/A, Bolzano", "Ideology": "nowrap\n Regionalism\... |
City University of Seattle (CityU) is a private university in Seattle, Washington. City University was founded in 1973 as City College by a group of business leaders and educators in the Seattle area led by Michael A. Pastore with an original mission dedicated to providing higher education for working adults. In 1982,... | {"Motto": "What's It Going to Take? We're Here to Get You There.", "President": "Randy Frisch", "Provost": "Scott Carnz", "Accreditation": "NWCCU", "Endowment": "$20.9 millionREPORTS OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AWARDS SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION CITY UNIVERSITY OF SEATTLE June 30, 2022 a... |
The Canarian Coalition (, CC) is a regionalist, Canarist political party in Spain operating in the Canary Islands. The party's aim is for greater autonomy for the islands but not independence. It has been labeled as centristhttps://www.eldiario.es/canariasahora/politica/centristas-cc-reconocen-direccion-tenerife_1_5365... | {"General Secretary": "Fernando Clavijo Batlle", "Founded": "February 1993 (as a coalition)May 2005 (as a party)", "Headquarters": "C/ Galcerán, 7-9 Edif. El Drago, Santa Cruz de TenerifeC/ Buenos Aires 24, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria", "Ideology": "Canarian regionalism", "Political position": "ESS>https://web.archive.o... |
The Galician Nationalist Bloc ( ) is a political alliance of left-wing Galician nationalist parties. It is self-defined as a "patriotic front".
Formed in 1982, under the guidance of historical leader Xosé Manuel Beiras, the BNG calls for further devolution of powers to the Parliament of Galicia and the official and un... | {"Founded": "1982", "Headquarters": "Av. de Rodríguez de Viguri, 16, 15703, Santiago de Compostela", "Newspaper": "Benegá ao día", "Merger of": "nowrap Galician People's Union Galician National-Popular Assembly Galician Socialist Party Independents", "Ideology": "nowrap\n \"PEE\"/>Elias, A. (2009). From protest to pow... |
Henry Flood (1732 - 2 December 1791) was an Irish statesman and Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he became proficient in the classics. He was a leading Irish politician, and a friend of Henry Grattan, the leader... | {"Name": "Henry Flood", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Portrait by Bartholomew Stoker.", "Term start": "1786", "Term end": "1790", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Winchester", "Birth date": "1732", "Birth place": "Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland", "Death date": "2 December 1791 (aged 59)", "Death place": "F... |
Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho is an American-Canadian professional wrestler and rock musician. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he was the leader of the Jericho Appreciation Society and the Inner Circle stable. Noted for his over-... | {"Name": "Chris Jericho", "Caption": "Jericho in 2017", "Birth name": "Christopher Keith Irvine", "Spouse(s)": "Jessica Lockhart July 30, 2000", "Children": "3", "Relatives": "Ted Irvine (father)", "Birth date": "1970 11 9 y", "Birth place": "Manhasset, New York, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Red River College Polytechnic", "C... |
Oliver Reed Smoot, Jr. (born August 24, 1940) is an MIT alumnus who was chairman of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) from 2001 to 2002 and president of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) from 2003 to 2004."Oliver Smoot" at Geni.com
In 2011, American Heritage Dictionary admitted hi... | {"Name": "Oliver R. Smoot", "Birth date": "1940 8 24", "Birth place": "Bexar County, Texas, U.S.", "Height": "5 ft 7 in", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "BS, Economics, Political Science, and Mathematics (1962)", "Alma mater": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology", "Occupation": "Expert witness, retired", "K... |
The Party for a Rule of Law Offensive, Rule of Law State Offensive Party,, Party for the Promotion of the Rule of Law, Law and Order Offensive Party, or Party of Law and Order Offensive (),Rechtsstaat is each a translation of a German legal concept, that is closely related to but not fully identical to the rule of law... | {"Leader": "Ronald Schill(2000-2003)Mario Mettbach(2003-2004)Markus Wagner(2004-2006)Peter-Alexander von der Marwitz de Peter-Alexander von der Marwitz(2006-2007)Wolfgang Jabbusch(2007)", "Founded": "13 July 2000", "Succeeded by": "Citizens in Rage(Bremen section)", "Ideology": "Right-wing populismConservatismLaw and o... |
, born (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, and entertainment-over-logic sensibility. He made 40 predominately B-movies for the Nikkatsu Company between 1956 and 1967, working most prolifically in th... | {"Name": "Seijun Suzuki", "Birth name": "Seitaro Suzuki", "Birth date": "yes 1923 5 24", "Birth place": "Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan", "Death date": "yes 2017 2 13 1923 5 24", "Death place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Occupation": "Film and television director, actor, writer", "Years active": "1956-2007"} |
The Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU or KPU) is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 as the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine, which had been banned in 1991.The Communist Party of Ukraine statute (Статут Комуністичної партії України). Communist Party of Ukraine (www.kpu.ua) Th... | {"Abbreviation": "KPU / uk КПУ", "First Secretary": "Petro Symonenko", "Founded": "1993 6 19 y", "Split from": "Socialist Party of Ukraine", "Preceded by": "Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union)", "Newspaper": "uk Komunist (since 2000)Official website. Komunist newspaper.", "Ideology": "CommunismUkraine http://part... |
The Ecological Democratic Party (, ÖDP) is a conservative and ecologist minor party in Germany. The ÖDP was founded in 1982.
The strongest level of voting support for the ÖDP is in Bavaria, where in federal state elections they have remained stable with 1.6-2% of the votes since 1990, and at municipal level have incre... | {"Abbreviation": "ÖDP", "Leader": "Charlotte Schmid", "Founded": "23/24 January 1982", "Ideology": "Green conservatism", "Political position": "Centre-right", "International affiliation": "World Ecological Parties", "European Parliament group": "Greens/EFA", "Headquarters": "ÖDP-Federal Office WürzburgPommergasse 1D-97... |
For United Ukraine! () was a political alliance and an electoral bloc in Ukraine founded in December 2001 to participate in the parliamentary election held on 30 March 2002.
History
In the parliamentary election, the party was supportive of authoritarian, incumbent President Leonid Kuchma, and opposed to the pro-democ... | {"Leader": "Volodymyr Lytvynhttp://www.zaedu.org.ua/index.phtml?razd=leaders Leaders of the \"Za Yedynu Ukrayinu\" bloc 2008-02-25 2002-11-24 Za Yediny Ukrayinu! uk https://web.archive.org/web/20041208203028/http://www.zaedu.org.ua/index.phtml?razd=leaders 2004-12-08", "Founded": "2001 12 15 yes", "Ideology":... |
Shazia Mirza () is an English comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known for her stand-up comedy, and her articles in British newspapers The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph.
Early life and education
Mirza was born in Birmingham, England, the eldest daughter of Muslim Pakistani parents who moved to Birmingham, E... | {"Born": "Birmingham, West Midlands, England", "Medium": "Comedian, actor, columnist", "Years active": "2000https://www.bruford.ac.uk/news-events/news/rose-bruford-college-appoints-its-first-president/ Rose Bruford College Appoints its first President - Rose Bruford College 9 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/2... |
Adi Koila Mara Nailatikau is a Fijian lawyer, who has served as a diplomat and politician. She was also First Lady of Fiji from 2009 until 2015, as the wife of Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, the President of Fiji.
Family background
Arieta Koila Josephine Mara was born in 1953. Her father, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (1920-2004)... | {"Image caption": "Nailatikau in 2014", "Spouse(s)": "Epeli Nailatikau 1981", "Nationality": "Fijian", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Lau (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji)", "President 2": "Kamisese Mara", "Prime minister 2": "Mahendra Chaudhry", "Term start 2": "19 May 1999", "Term end 2": "27 May 2000", "Su... |
The Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc (, Russian: Блок Наша Украина - Народная Самооборона, Blok Nasha Ukraina - Narodnaya Samooborona, NUNS; until 2007 named Our Ukraine Bloc) was an electoral alliance active in Ukraine from 2001 until 2012, associated with former President Viktor Yushchenko. Since 2005, the bloc... | {"Leader": "Viktor YushchenkoФракція Блоку \"НАША УКРАЇНА - НАРОДНА САМООБОРОНА\" http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_fraction?pidid=2059 Verkhovna Rada 23 November 2007 28 January 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110901211406/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_fraction?pidid=2059 1 September 2011", "Founded": ... |
The Bavaria Party (, BP) is an autonomist, regionalist and conservative political party in the state of Bavaria, Germany. The party was founded in 1946, describes itself as patriotic Bavarian and advocates Bavarian independence within the European Union. Together with the Christian Social Union (CSU), it can be seen as... | {"Leader": "Florian Weber", "Preceded by": "Bavarian People's Party(not legal predecessor)", "Founded": "28 October 1946", "Ideology": "Bavarian nationalismBavarian independenceRegionalismConservatism https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/contemporary-european-history/article/semantics-of-political-integration-public... |
The New York Central Hudson was a popular 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO), Baldwin SteamLocomotive.comand the Lima Locomotive Works in three series from 1927 to 1938 for the New York Central Railroad. Named after the Hudson River, the 4-6-4 wheel arrangement came to ... | {"Power type": "Steam", "Manufacturer": "Alco-Schenectady (ALCO) (265);Lima Locomotive Works (10)", "Build date": "1927-1931 (J-1);1928-1931 (J-2);1937-1938 (J-3)", "UIC classification": "2’C2’h2s", "Gauge": "ussg on", "Leading diameter": "36 in mm 0 on", "Driver diameter": "79 in mm 0 on", "Trailing diameter": "36 in ... |
(born 18 December 1966 in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan) is a former Japanese model, actress, writer, essayist, and lyricist. Esumi is most well known for her role as Chinatsu Tsuboi in the Japanese television drama series Shomuni.
Esumi won the 1995 Rookie of the Year Award at both the 19th Annual Japan Academy Pr... | {"Name": "Makiko Esumi", "Birth name": "Makiko Esumi (江角 真紀子)", "Birth date": "yes 1966 12 18", "Birth place": "Izumo, Shimane, Japan", "Other names": "Makiko Hirano （平野 真紀子）", "Occupation": "Model\n actress\n writer\n essayist\n lyricist", "Years active": "1995-2017", "Height": "170", "Spouse(s)": "Shin Hirano, Rowlan... |
The English Democrats is a right-wing to far-right, English nationalist political party active in England. Being a minor party, it currently has no elected representatives at any level of UK government.
The English Democrats were established in 2002 by members of the Campaign for an English Parliament pressure group. ... | {"Founded": "2002APPG for reform, decentralisation and devolution in the UK", "Ideology": "English nationalismEnglish parliamentary devolutionHard Euroscepticism", "Headquarters": "Quires GreenOngar, Essex, CM5 0QPhttps://www.englishdemocrats.party/contact Contact Us English Democrats 24 May 2022", "Merger of": "Verit... |
English National Party has been the name of various political parties of England, which have commonly called for a separate parliament for England.
The original ENP
History
The English National Party (ENP) was founded as the John Hampden New Freedom Party in 1966 by Frank Hansford-Miller. "John Hampden" was a refere... | {"Leader": "Frank Hansford-Miller", "Founded": "1966", "Political position": "Centre-right", "Ideology": "English devolution"} |
Maborosi, known in Japan as , is a 1995 Japanese drama film by director Hirokazu Kore-eda starring Makiko Esumi, Tadanobu Asano, and Takashi Naito. It is based on a novel by Teru Miyamoto.
The film won a Golden Osella Award for Best Cinematography at the 1995 Venice Film Festival.
Plot
Yumiko (Esumi) and Ikuo (Asano)... | {"Directed by": "Hirokazu Kore-eda", "Produced by": "Naoe Gozu", "Screenplay by": "Yoshihisa Ogita", "Based on": "Maboroshi no Hikari Teru Miyamoto", "Starring": "Makiko EsumiTadanobu AsanoAkira EmotoSayaka YoshinoTakashi Naito", "Music by": "Chen Ming-chang", "Cinematography": "Masao Nakabori", "Edited by": "Tomoyo Ōs... |
Ieuan Wyn Jones (born 22 May 1949) is a Welsh politician who was the Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Government from 2007 to 2011. He was the Member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Ynys Môn constituency from 1999 to 2013, and he was also leader of Plaid Cymru from 2000 to 2012. Jones served as Member of P... | {"Name": "Ieuan Wyn Jones", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2011", "Term start": "11 July 2007", "Term end": "13 May 2011", "First minister": "Rhodri MorganCarwyn Jones", "Office 2": "Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Ynys Môn", "Majority 2": "2,937 (12.2%)", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency Created", "... |
The Anarchistic Pogo Party of Germany (German: Anarchistische Pogo-Partei Deutschlands, or 'APPD') is the self-declared party of the Pöbel (mob) and "social parasites". It was created in 1981 by two punks in Hannover and took part in the 1998 election to the Bundestag with the promise to pay the voters with free beer. ... | {"Leader": "Saskia \"Omma\" Schwabeland", "Founded": "1981", "Ideology": "Political satirePogo-Anarchism", "Abbreviation": "APPD", "Newspaper": "Armes Deutschland"} |
The Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona (), commonly called Camaldolese is a monastic order of Pontifical Right for men founded by Saint Romuald. Its name is derived from the Holy Hermitage () of Camaldoli, high in the mountains of central Italy, near the city of Arezzo. Its members add the nominal letters E.C.M.C. aft... | {"Abbreviation": "Post-nominal letters: E.C.M.C.", "Founded at": "Camaldoli, Italy", "Type": "Monastic Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dqecm.html Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona (Institute of Consecrated Life - Men) [Catholic-Hierarchy]", "Headquarters": "Sacro Eremo Tu... |
The Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party was a minor political party in the United Kingdom.
Founded in 2000, the group split from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party after the death of Screaming Lord Sutch."Sutch high hopes in craziest town", Birmingham Post, 1 April 2000 Stephen Ingle claims that it was formed by Librarians... | {"Leader": "Chris \"Screwy\" Driver", "Founded": "2000", "Split from": "Official Monster Raving Loony Party", "Ideology": "Satire", "Headquarters": "Cannock"} |
The South Schleswig Voters' AssociationOther translations include South Schleswig Voter Alliance, South Schleswig Voters' Committee, South Schleswig Voter Federation, South Schleswig Voters Group, South Schleswig Voters League, South Schleswig Voters List, South Schleswig Voters' Union, South Schleswig Electoral Associ... | {"Abbreviation": "South Schleswig Voters' Association", "Founded": "1948 6 30 yes", "Split from": "South Schleswig Association", "Newspaper": "Stimme des Nordens", "Ideology": "\"Magone2011\">José Magone Contemporary European Politics: A Comparative Introduction Routledge 2011 392RegionalismDanish minority interest... |
Sir Josiah John Guest, 1st Baronet (2 February 1785 - 26 November 1852), known as John Josiah Guest, was a Welsh engineer, entrepreneur and politician.
Early life
Guest was born on 2 February 1785 in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. He was the son of Thomas Guest (d. 1807), a partner in the Dowlais Iron Company, and Je... | {"Name": "John Josiah Guest", "Term start": "1832", "Term end": "1852", "Spouse(s)": "Maria RankinLady Charlotte Elizabeth Bertie", "Birth name": "Josiah John Guest", "Birth date": "1785 2 2 yes", "Birth place": "Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales", "Death date": "1852 11 26 1785 02 02 yes", "Resting place": "St John's Chu... |
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs and parts of inner Sydney including the CBD. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and National Rugby League titles, a... | {"Full name": "Eastern Suburbs DistrictRugby League Football Club", "Nickname(s)": "Roosters, Easts, Tricolours, Chooks, Red White and Bluesters, Sydney City", "Short name": "Sydney Roosters", "Founded": "24 January 1908 as Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club", "Colours": "Red RedWhite White00305E Blue ... |
Synopsys is an American electronic design automation (EDA) company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that focuses on silicon design and verification, silicon intellectual property and software security and quality. Synopsys supplies tools and services to the semiconductor design and manufacturing industry. Produc... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Integrated circuit\n Software as a service\n Software Testing\n Internet of Things", "Revenue": "5.08 billion yes (2022)", "Divisions": "Silicon Design & Verification, Silicon Intellectual Property, Software Integrity Group", "Founded": "1986 in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.... |
thumb|250px|FNC's Studio D for Your World and Hannity & Colmes
Hannity & Colmes was a live television showBroadcast live in Eastern time zone, delayed in other time zones via Fox network affiliates. on Fox News in the United States, hosted by Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes,Alan Colmes' Bio, FoxNews.com October 10, 2002 w... | {"Genre": "Political program", "Camera setup": "Multi-camera", "Running time": "60 minutes", "Presented by": "Sean Hannity Alan Colmes", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "Fox News", "Original release": "2009 1 9"} |
Whitby Goth Weekend, abbreviated to WGW or nicknamed Whitby, is a twice-yearly music festival for the gothic subculture, in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, organised by Jo Hampshire.
Summary
Whitby Goth Weekend is an alternative music festival held in Whitby. The event consists of two nights of live bands, and three... | {"Music festival name": "Whitby Goth Weekend", "Image": "250px", "Caption": "Whitby Goth Weekend logo and image of Whitby Abbey", "Location": "Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom", "Years active": "1994 - present", "Founders": "Jo Hampshire", "Dates": "Twice yearly (April and October/November)", "Genre": "... |
Patrick Süskind (; born 26 March 1949) is a German writer and screenwriter, known best for his novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, first published in 1985.
Early life
Süskind was born in Ambach, Bavaria. His father was writer and journalist Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind, who worked for the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung ... | {"Born": "1949 03 26 y", "Occupation": "Writer, screenwriter", "Literary movement": "Magic realism", "Period": "1980-present"} |
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer ( ) is a 1985 literary historical fantasy novel by German writer Patrick Süskind. The novel explores the sense of smell and its relationship with the emotional meanings that scents may have.
The story follows Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, an unloved orphan in 18th-century France who is bor... | {"Cover artist": "Antoine Watteau detail from\"Jupiter and Antiope\", 1715-16http://www.blogartnu.com/tag/rococo/ Rococo » Blog Art Nu 2014-02-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140315003137/http://www.blogartnu.com/tag/rococo/ 2014-03-15 Retrieved 2014-02-24", "Country": "Germany", "Language": "German", "Publ... |
The Duchy of Bohemia, also later referred to in English as the Czech Duchy, () was a monarchy and a principality of the Holy Roman Empire in Central Europe during the Early and High Middle Ages. It was formed around 870 by Czechs as part of the Great Moravian realm. Bohemia separated from disintegrating Great Moravia a... | {"Native name": "cs České knížectví (Czech)la Ducatus Bohemiæ (Latin)de Herzogtum Böhmen (German)", "Conventional long name": "Duchy of Bohemia", "Flag border": "no", "Symbol type": "Coat of arms of thePřemyslid dynasty", "Type of government": "Feudal duchy", "Starting event": "Duchy established", "Event 1": "Bořivoj I... |
Quasimodo (from Quasimodo Sunday) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) by Victor Hugo. Quasimodo was born with a hunchback and feared by the townspeople as a sort of monster, but he finds sanctuary in an unlikely love that is fulfilled only in death.
The rol... | {"First appearance": "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1831)", "Created by": "Victor Hugo", "Portrayed by": "Lon Chaney, Charles Laughton, Anthony Quinn, Mandy Patinkin", "Voiced by": "Tom Burlinson, Tom Hulce", "Gender": "Male", "Family": "Claude Frollo (adoptive father)", "Religion": "Roman Catholic", "Nationality": "Fre... |
Hans Talhoffer (Dalhover, Talhouer, Thalhoffer, Talhofer; – after 1482) was a German fencing master. His martial lineage is unknown, but his writings make it clear that he had some connection to the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer, the grand master of a well-known Medieval German school of fencing. Talhoffer was a ... | {"Name": "Hans Talhoffer", "Caption": "Portrait of Talhoffer from 1467.", "Birth date": "1410-1415", "Birth place": "Swabia (Germany)", "Death date": "after 1482", "Occupation": "Fencing masterMercenary", "Nationality": "Swabian", "Employer": "David and Buppellin vom StainEberhardt I von WürttembergLuithold von Königse... |
Sun Li-jen (; December 8, 1900November 19, 1990) was a Chinese Nationalist (KMT) general, a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. His military achievements earned him the laudatory nickname "Rommel of the East".VMI: Chinese Alu... | {"Native name": "zh 孫立人", "Born": "Jinnu, Lujiang, Chaohu, Anhui, Qing dynasty", "Died": "Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China", "Nickname(s)": "\"Rommel of the East\"", "Commands held": "Tax Police RegimentNew 38th DivisionNew First ArmyRepublic of China Army", "Awards": "50px Order of the Cloud and Banner with Special... |
Ranch dressing is a savory, creamy American salad dressing usually made from buttermilk, salt, garlic, onion, mustard, herbs (commonly chives, parsley and dill), and spices (commonly pepper, paprika and ground mustard seed) mixed into a sauce based on mayonnaise or another oil emulsion. Sour cream and yogurt are someti... | {"Image caption": "Homemade ranch dressing", "Place of origin": "United States", "Region of origin": "Alaska", "Associated cuisine": "American cuisine", "Creator": "Steve Henson", "Year": "Early 1950s", "Type of dish": "Salad dressing or dip", "Main ingredient": "Mayonnaise sour cream buttermilk salt black pepp... |
The St. Francis Dam was a concrete gravity dam located in San Francisquito Canyon in northern Los Angeles County, California that was built between 1924 and 1926 to serve the city of Los Angeles's growing water needs. It failed catastrophically in 1928 due to a defective soil foundation and design flaws, unleashing a f... | {"Construction began": "1924", "Opening date": "1926", "Demolition date": "1929", "Location": "Los Angeles County, California, U.S.", "Impounds": "Los Angeles AqueductSan Francisquito Creek", "Length": "main dam 700 ft m onwing dike 588 ft m on", "Height": "185 ft m on", "Height (foundation)": "205 ft m on", "Elevation... |
Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn formed the band after the lead singer of their previous band, The Primitives, left to attend college. The trio recorded three albums for Rockville Records, before signin... | {"Origin": "Belleville, Illinois, U.S.", "Genres": "\"am\"/> country rockMalone Bill C. https://books.google.com/books?id=ufJQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA528 Country Music USA: 50th Anniversary Edition Laird Tracey 2018 University of Texas Press 978-1-4773-1535-4 528 roots rockAnkeny Jason Wilco Biography & History https://www.allm... |
Salsa encompasses a variety of sauces used as condiments for tacos and other Mexican and Mexican-American foods, and as dips for tortilla chips. They may be raw or cooked, and are generally served at room temperature.
Though the word salsa means any kind of sauce in Spanish, in English, it refers specifically to these... | {"Name of food": "Salsa", "Image caption": "A variety of salsas", "Region of origin": "Mexico", "Type of dish": "Condiment", "Main ingredient": "Varies"} |
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Merengue is a type of music and dance originating in the Dominican Republic, which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America, and also in several major cities in the United States with Lati... | {"Name": "Merengue", "Image alt text": "Jaime Colson, Merengue, 1938", "Image caption": "Jaime Colson, Merengue, 1938", "Cultural origins": "Mid-18th century, Cibao, Dominican Republic", "Subgenres": "Merengue típico merengue estilo yanqui merengue con mambo merengue redondo pambiche pri-prí merengue con reggaeton", "F... |
Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 - December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel manufacturing concern. He had ext... | {"Name": "Henry Clay Frick", "Birth date": "1849 12 19", "Birth place": "West Overton, Pennsylvania, US", "Death date": "1919 12 02 1849 12 19", "Death place": "New York City, US", "Resting place": "Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania", "Known For": "Strikebreaking, Frick Collection, Johnstown Flood", "Educatio... |
Da Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons ( ; , ) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the East Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one of Vietnam's most important port cities. As one of the country's five direct-controlled mun... | {"Type": "Municipality (Class-1)", "Body": "Danang People's Council", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "VN-DN", "Website": "http://www.danang.gov.vn"} |
William Mulholland (September 11, 1855 - July 22, 1935) was an Irish American self-taught civil engineer who was responsible for building the infrastructure to provide a water supply that allowed Los Angeles to grow into the largest city in California. As the head of a predecessor to the Los Angeles Department of Water... | {"Name": "William Mulholland", "Alt": "Photograph of William Mulholland in 1924", "Caption": "Mulholland in 1924", "Birth name": "William Mulholland", "Birth date": "yes 1855 09 11", "Birth place": "Belfast, Ireland", "Death date": "yes 1935 07 22 1855 09 11", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, US", "Resting plac... |
Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and author. Over the course of a career that spans five decades, she has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, pop, soul, and jazz. A two-time Grammy Award winner (from seven nominations), Jones was listed at No. 30 ... | {"Born": "Chicago, Illinois, United States", "Genres": "Rock, R&B, pop", "Labels": "Warner Bros., Geffen, Reprise, Artemis, V2, New West, Fantasy, OSOD/Thirty Tigers", "Website": "rickieleejones.com"} |
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States with 8,100 megawatts of electric generating capacity (2021-2022) and delivering an average of 435 million gallons of water per day (487,000 acre-ft per year) to more than four million residents and local business... | {"Formed": "1902 (water) 1916 (electric)", "Headquarters": "34.0580 -118.2495 region:US-CA_type:landmark title,inline", "Employees": "9,400 employees", "Annual budget": "US$6.1 billion (fy2017/2018)", "Type": "Water infrastructure and electricity", "Website": "www.ladwp.com"} |
The Los Angeles Aqueduct system, comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Owens Valley aqueduct) and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance system, built and operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The Owens Valley aqueduct was designed and built by the city's water department, at the tim... | {"Official name": "Los Angeles AqueductSecond Los Angeles AqueductMono Extension", "Begins": "First AqueductOwens River, Inyo County36.975678 -118.210541Second AqueductHaiwee Reservoir, Inyo County36.182600 -117.958470Mono ExtensionUpper Lee Vining Creek, Mono County37.936151 -119.134426", "Ends": "First & Second Aqued... |
Frederick Fung Kin-kee, SBS, JP (; born 17 March 1953) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1991 to 1997 and from 2000 to 2016 and the former chairman of the pro-democracy Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) from 1989 to 2007.
Fung pioneered pro-democrats' part... | {"Name": "Frederick Fung Kin-kee", "Native name": "馮檢基", "Native name language": "zh-hk", "Term start": "1 October 2012", "Term end": "30 September 2016", "Birth date": "yes 1953 3 17", "Birth place": "British Hong Kong", "Alma mater": "Bradford University (BA)", "Spouse(s)": "Chan Man-chi"} |
Solange Gemayel (born 1949) is a Lebanese political figure and former First Lady of Lebanon. The widow of former President-elect Bachir Gemayel (1947-1982), who was assassinated days before he was due to take office in 1982, she helped to found the Bachir Gemayel Foundation, to keep his legacy alive.
Political activit... | {"Name": "Solange Gemayel", "Image caption": "Solange Gemayel, 2010", "Term start": "23 August 1982", "Term end": "14 September 1982", "Birth name": "Solange Tutunji", "Birth date": "1949", "Birth place": "Beirut, Lebanon", "Nationality": "Lebanese", "Spouse(s)": "Bachir Gemayel 1977 1982 died"} |
Take the High Road (renamed High Road from 1994 to 2003) was a Scottish soap opera produced by Scottish Television, which started in February 1980 as an ITV daytime programme, and was broadcast until 2003. It was set in the fictional village of Glendarroch, and exteriors were filmed in the real-life village of Luss on ... | {"Genre": "Soap opera", "Running time": "30 minutes(1× 45 min Hogmanay special; 2× 60 min Millennium special)", "Created by": "Don Houghton", "Original network": "ITV", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original release": "2003 4 27 y"} |
thumb|right|View of Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles from Mulholland Drive near its eastern terminus
Mulholland Drive is a street and road in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California. It is named after pioneering Los Angeles civil engineer William Mulholland. The western rural portion in Los Angeles ... | {"Name": "Mulholland Drive", "Namesake": "William Mulholland", "Maintained by": "Bureau of Street Services, City of L.A. DPW", "Length": "21", "Majorjunctions": "Mulholland Highway\n CA SR 27 Topanga Canyon Boulevard\n CA I 405 road Skirball Ctr Dr to Sepulveda Blvd\n Beverly Glen Blvd\n Coldwater Canyon Ave\n Laurel C... |
George Ryoichi Ariyoshi (, born March 12, 1926) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the third governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986. A Democrat, he is Hawaii's longest-serving governor and the first American of Asian descent to serve as governor of a U.S. state. He assumed gubernatorial powers and duties ... | {"Name": "George Ariyoshi", "Image caption": "Ariyoshi in 2011", "Term start": "December 2, 1974", "Term end": "December 1, 1986Acting: October 17, 1973 - December 2, 1974", "Birth name": "George Ryoichi Ariyoshi", "Birth date": "1926 3 12", "Birth place": "Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Jean Hayas... |
Thomas Hurndall (27 November 1981 - 13 January 2004) was a British photography student, a volunteer for the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), and an activist against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. On 11 April 2003, he was shot in the head in the Gaza Strip by a (IDF) sniper, Taysir Hayb. ... | {"Name": "Thomas Hurndall", "Birth date": "y 1981 11 27", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "y 2004 01 13 1981 11 29", "Death place": "London, England", "Death cause": "Gunshot wound", "Occupation": "Photography student, peace activist"} |
Port of Gdynia is a Polish seaport located on the western shore of Gdańsk Bay, Baltic Sea, in Gdynia. Founded in 1926, in 2008 it ranked second in intermodal containers on the Baltic Sea. The port adjoins Gdynia Naval Base, with which it shares waterways, but is administratively a separate entity.
Trans-shipments
19... | {"Location": "Gdynia", "Coordinates": "54 32 03 N 18 34 23 E scale:30000_region:PL", "Opened": "1926", "Operated by": "Port of Gdynia Authority", "Owned by": "City of Gdynia", "Harbour": "deepwater seaport", "Size": "7,554 km2", "Container": "849,123 (2014)", "Cargo": "21,112 (2018)https://stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczn... |
The New 1st Army () was reputed to be the most elite military unit of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army. Nicknamed the "First Army Under Heaven" during the Chinese Civil War, it caused the most Japanese Army casualties during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).
History
Formed from the X Force, particularly the ... | {"Nickname(s)": "First Army Under Heaven", "Part of": "National Revolutionary Army", "Type": "Infantry", "Role": "Combined armsJungle warfareMountain warfare Raiding", "Size": "Field ArmyNew 38th DivisionNew 22nd DivisionNew 30th Division", "Notablecommanders": "Sun Li-jen"} |
Jim Watt MBE (born 18 July 1948) is a Scottish former boxer and commentator who became world champion in the lightweight division when Roberto Durán left the title vacant in 1979 and the WBC had him fight Alfredo Pitalua. Watt knocked out Pitalua in twelve rounds.
Boxing career
Raised in the Bridgeton and Possilpark n... | {"Real name": "James Park Watt", "Weight(s)": "Lightweight", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Born": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Stance": "Southpaw", "Total fights": "46", "Wins": "38", "Wins by KO": "27", "Losses": "8"} |
Coffin v. United States, 156 U.S. 432 (1895), was an appellate case before the United States Supreme Court in 1895 which established the presumption of innocence of persons accused of crimes.
F. A. Coffin and Percival B. Coffin, plaintiffs in error, and A. S. Reed had been charged with aiding and abetting the former p... | {"Year argued": "1894", "Date decided": "March 4", "Year decided": "1895", "Full case name": "Coffin, et al. v. United States", "United States Reports volume number": "156", "United States Reports page number": "432", "Parallel citations": "15 S. Ct. 394; 39 L. Ed. 481", "Majority opinion by": "White", "Majority joined... |
thumb|upright|Lieutenant-colonel Joseph Albert Deport, the developer of the 75 mm field gun
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The French 75 mm field gun is a quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Matériel de 75 mm Mle 1897. It was comm... | {"Sights": "yes", "Type": "Regimental artillery field gun", "Place of origin": "France", "In service": "1898-present (still used as a saluting gun)", "Used by": "FranceBelgiumRepublic of ChinaEcuadorFinlandNazi GermanyMexicoPeruPolandPortugalKingdom of RomaniaKingdom of SerbiaSpainUnited KingdomUnited States", "Wars": ... |
James R. M. Harris (born 12 February 1961) is a Canadian author, environmentalist, and politician. He was leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2003 to 2006, when he was succeeded by Elizabeth May.
Early life and Green activism
Harris was born in Toronto, attended Lakefield College School, and received a Bachelor o... | {"Name": "Jim Harris", "Image caption": "Harris in 2008", "Birth date": "yes 1961 2 12", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Term start": "14 February 2003", "Term end": "26 August 2006", "Office 2": "President of the Green Party of Ontario", "Other political party": "Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (?... |
Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958) was an English footballer who played as a left-half for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid-1950s, playing 177 matches for the club. He was noted for his physic... | {"Name": "Duncan Edwards", "Picture alt text": "A statue of a man wearing a white shirt and blue shorts, about to kick a football", "Picture caption": "The statue of Edwards in the centre of his home town of Dudley", "Full name": "Duncan Edwards", "Birth date": "1936 10 1 y", "Birth place": "Woodside, Dudley, England",... |
Buckley ( ) is a town and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales, from the county town of Mold and contiguous with the villages of Ewloe, Alltami and Mynydd Isa. It is on the A549 road, with the larger A55 road passing nearby.
Buckley is the second-largest town in Flintshire in terms of population. At the 2011 Cen... | {"Sovereign state": "Wales", "Population": "(2021)c in the Buckley Communityhttps://censusdata.uk/w04000182-buckley Buckley UK Census Data 2021 9 May 2023", "Community": "Buckley", "Principal area": "Flintshire", "Preserved county": "Clwyd", "UK Parliament": "Alyn and Deeside", "Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament": "Alyn ... |
Job Definition Format (JDF) is a technical standard being developed by the graphic arts industry to facilitate cross-vendor workflow implementations of the application domain. It is an XML format about job ticket, message description, and message interchange. JDF is managed by CIP4, the International Cooperation for ... | {"Name": "Job Definition Format", "Extension": "<!-- or:", "Extensions": "-->", "Developed by": "CIP4", "Latest release version": "1.6", "Latest release date": "2018 02 28 yes/no", "Type of format": "Digital print", "Extended from": "XML", "Website": "https://www.cip4.org/"} |
The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) is a pro-Beijing labour and political group established in 1948 in Hong Kong. It is the oldest and largest labour group in Hong Kong with over 420,000 members in 253 affiliates and associated trade unions. Presided by Ng Chau-pei and chaired by Kingsley Wong, it current... | {"Abbreviation": "FTU", "President": "Ng Chau-pei", "Founded": "yes 1948 04 17", "Headquarters": "12 Ma Hang ChungRoad, Tokwawan,Kowloon, Hong Kong", "National affiliation": "All-China Federation of Trade Unions", "Ideology": "Socialism (HK)\n Socialist patriotism\n Conservatism (HK)", "Political position": "Left-wing"... |
The Port of Los Angeles is a seaport managed by the Los Angeles Harbor Department, a unit of the City of Los Angeles. It occupies of land and water with of waterfront and adjoins the separate Port of Long Beach. Promoted as "America's Port", the port is located in San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro and Wilmington neighbo... | {"Location": "Los Angeles, California", "Coordinates": "33 43 48 N 118 15 45 W region:US-CA_type:landmark inline,title1702699 Port of Los Angeles 2009-05-15", "Draft depth": "-53 ft", "Opened": "December 9, 1907", "Vessel": "1,867 (CY 2019)", "Container": "9.3 million yes (CY 2019)", "Annual cargo": "178 million metri... |
The American College, often referred to as American College, is one of the oldest colleges in India, located in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded in 1881 by American Christian missionaries. The red-brick buildings, in the Saracenic style, blend with the natural surroundings constructed by British architect Henry Irwi... | {"Name (in English)": "The American College", "Native name": "Madurai", "Motto": "Purificatus non consumptus (Latin)", "Motto (in English)": "Purified, not consumed", "Date established": "1881", "Type": "Autonomous", "Academic affiliation": "Madurai Kamaraj University", "City": "Madurai", "State": "Tamil Nadu", "Countr... |
Rama II is a science fiction novel by Gentry Lee and Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1989. It recounts humankind's further interaction with the Ramans, first introduced in Rendezvous with Rama. Written primarily by Lee, Rama II has a distinctly different writing style than the original, with a more character-dri... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "Rama", "Publisher": "Gollancz", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "Pages": "377", "ISBN": "0-575-04545-0", "Preceded by": "Rendezvous with Rama", "Followed by": "The Garden of Rama"} |
John George “Jack” Phillips (11 April 1887 - 15 April 1912) was a British sailor and the senior wireless operator aboard the during her ill-fated maiden voyage in April 1912.
On the final evening, Phillips had been exceptionally busy clearing a backlog of messages caused by a wireless breakdown. His consequent failu... | {"Name": "John George “Jack” Phillips", "Caption": "Phillips in 1912", "Other names": "John, Mr. Phillips", "Birth name": "John George Phillips", "Birth date": "11 April 1887", "Birth place": "Farncombe, Surrey, England", "Death date": "yes 1912 04 15 1887 04 11", "Death place": "North Atlantic Ocean (either onboard or... |
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 - 19 May 1901) was a South African political leader. An Afrikaner (or "Boer"), he helped establish the South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek or ZAR; also referred to as Transvaal), was the first president of the ZAR, and also compiled its constitution.
He wa... | {"Name": "Marthinus Wessel Pretorius", "Image size": "240px", "Alternative text": "State President MW Pretorius", "Office 2": "President of the South African Republic", "Predecessor 2": "Willem Cornelis Janse van Renseburg", "Successor 2": "Daniel Jacobus Erasmus", "Birth date": "yes 1819 09 17", "Birth place": "Graaff... |
Prelude to Space is a science fiction novel written by British author Arthur C. Clarke in 1947. It appeared for the first time in 1951 as a paperback from World Editions Inc, as number three in its series of Galaxy novels. Sidgwick & Jackson published it in the UK in 1953, followed the next year by a United States hard... | {"Cover artist": "Bunch (per signature)", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "World Editions Inc.", "Media type": "Print (Digest)", "Pages": "160"} |
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (27 November 179823 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the South African Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa. The large city of Pretoria, executive capital of South Africa, is named a... | {"Name": "Andries Pretorius", "Image size": "240px", "Term start": "1839", "Term end": "1843", "Birth name": "Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius", "Birth date": "yes 1798 11 27", "Birth place": "Graaff-Reinet, Dutch Cape Colony", "Death date": "yes 1853 07 23 1798 11 27", "Death place": "Magaliesberg, South African Re... |
Decipher, Inc. is an American gaming company based in Norfolk, Virginia, US. They began with three puzzles called "Decipher" then moved on to party games and Pente sets, but since 1994 produced collectible card and role-playing games. Their longest-running offering is the How to Host a Murder Mystery series. Other popu... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1983", "Headquarters": "US", "Industry": "Role-playing, CCGs, TCGs, card games and board games publisher", "Products": "Star Trek, Lord of the Rings role-playing games, How to Host a Murder board game\nPast products: Star Wars Customizable Card Game, The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Ga... |
Evelyn Hooker (née Gentry, September 2, 1907 - November 18, 1996) was an American psychologist most notable for her 1956 paper "The Adjustment of the Male Overt Homosexual" in which she administered several psychological tests to groups of self-identified male homosexuals and heterosexuals and asked experts to identify... | {"Name": "Evelyn Hooker", "Birth name": "Evelyn Gentry", "Birth date": "1907 9 2", "Birth place": "North Platte, United States", "Death date": "1996 11 18 1907 9 2", "Death place": "Santa Monica, California, US", "Resting place": "Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, California", "Alma mater": "University of Colorado\n Joh... |
Cyaxares (Median: ; Old Persian: ; Akkadian: ; Old Phrygian: ; ; Latin: ; reigned 625-585 BCE) was the third king of the Medes.
Cyaxares collaborated with the Neo-Babylonian Empire to destroy the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and united most of the Iranian peoples of ancient Iran, thereby transforming Media into a regional p... | {"Died": "585 BC", "Burial": "Syromedia (present-day Qyzqapan)according to Igor DiakonoffDiakonoff 1985 139", "Father": "Phraortes", "Religion": "Ancient Iranian religion"} |
Matthew Roy Kenseth (born March 10, 1972) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the Superstar Racing Experience. (SRX), driving the No. 17 car.
Kenseth started racing on several short tracks in Wisconsin and won track championships at Madison International Speedway, Slin... | {"Born": "Cambridge, Wisconsin, U.S.", "Height": "5 9", "Weight": "152 lb kg on", "Achievements": "2003 Winston Cup Series Champion2004 IROC Champion2009, 2012 Daytona 500 Winner2000 Coca-Cola 600 Winner2013 Bojangles' Southern 500 winner2004 Sprint All Star Race Winner2012, 2014 Budweiser Duel Winner2015 Sprint Unlimi... |
The British Movement (BM), later called the British National Socialist Movement (BNSM), is a British neo-Nazi organisation founded by Colin Jordan in 1968. It grew out of the National Socialist Movement (NSM), which was founded in 1962. Frequently on the margins of the British far-right, the BM has had a long and chequ... | {"Abbreviation": "BM", "Leader": "Colin Jordan (1968-1975) Michael McLaughlin (1975-1983)", "Founded": "1968", "Preceded by": "National Socialist Movement", "Succeeded by": "British National Socialist Movement", "Headquarters": "Coventry", "Newspaper": "The Phoenix, British Patriot", "Ideology": "Neo-Nazism", "Politica... |
Maurice Scully (1952 - 5 March 2023) was an Irish poet who worked in the modernist tradition. Scully was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College. He was a member of Aosdana.Aosdana Profile
Life
After some years living in Italy, Africa and the west of Ireland, he settled with his wife and four children in Dublin... | {"Name": "Maurice Scully", "Birth date": "1952", "Birth place": "Dublin, Ireland", "Death date": "5 March 2023 (aged 70-71)", "Death place": "Bolea, Spain", "Nationality": "Irish", "Alma mater": "Trinity College Dublin", "Occupation": "Poet, teacher"} |
Strangers with Candy is an American television series created by Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Amy Sedaris and Mitch Rouse that originally aired on Comedy Central from April 7, 1999, to October 2, 2000. Its timeslot was Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (ET). The series, inspired by after school specials, follows Jerri Blank (Sed... | {"Genre": "Satire\n Black comedy\n Surreal comedy", "Running time": "23 minutes", "Created by": "Stephen ColbertPaul DinelloAmy SedarisMitch Rouse", "Starring": "Amy SedarisStephen ColbertPaul DinelloGreg Hollimon", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "Comedy Central", "Original release": "2000 10... |
is a video game development and computer graphics studio based in Japan. Their name derives from the Italian words for "art" and "a public square".
History
The company is best known for its involvement in the development of the Dragon Quest series by Enix and later Square Enix. While ArtePiazza was mostly responsible ... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "November 1, 1989ArtePiazza Company Overview http://www.artepiazza.com/doc2/companyoverview.html ArtePiazza ja 2008-06-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20080724092917/http://www.artepiazza.com/doc2/companyoverview.html 24 July 2008 dead", "Headquarters": "Tokyo, Japan", "Industry": "... |
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing.
History
The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since 1988, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the H... | {"Awarded for": "dark fantasy and horror writing", "Presented by": "Horror Writers Association", "First awarded": "1987", "Website": "http://horror.org/bram-stoker-awards/"} |
Kedgeree (or occasionally ) is a dish consisting of cooked, flaked fish (traditionally smoked haddock), boiled rice, parsley, hard-boiled eggs, curry powder, butter or cream, and occasionally sultanas.
The dish can be eaten hot or cold. Other fish can be used instead of haddock such as tuna or salmon, though these are... | {"Name of food": "Kedgeree", "Width of image": "250", "Image caption": "Kedgeree", "Main ingredient": "Rice, smoked haddock, eggs, parsley, butter or cream"} |
Larne (, , the name of a Gaelic territory)Larne/Latharna. Placenames Database of Ireland.. Northern Ireland Place-Name Project. Queen's University Belfast.Room, Adrian. Placenames of the World. McFarland, 2006. p.213 is a town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, with a population of 18,853 at the 2021... | {"Population": "(2021 census)", "Irish grid reference": "D4102", "District": "Mid and East Antrim", "Sovereign state": "Northern Ireland", "Postcode district": "BT40", "Dialling code": "028", "UK Parliament": "East Antrim", "NI Assembly": "East Antrim", "County": "County Antrim"} |
Princeton Tiger or Tiger Magazine is the second oldest college humor magazine in the United States, published by Princeton University undergraduates since 1882. It is best known for giving the start to literary and artistic talent as wide-ranging as F. Scott Fitzgerald, John McPhee, Jim Lee, Booth Tarkington. and Tim F... | {"Categories": "Humor magazine", "Founded": "1882, Princeton University", "Language": "English", "Based in": "Princeton, New Jersey", "Website": "http://www.tigermag.com/"} |
Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs-Saakashvili (also spelled Saakasjvili, ; born 23 December 1968) is a Dutch-Georgian activist and diplomat who was the First Lady of Georgia from 2004 to 2013, when her husband Mikheil Saakashvili was president of the country.
Biography
Roelofs was born in Terneuzen, Netherlands. In 1991, she g... | {"Name": "Sandra Roelofs", "Image caption": "Sandra Roelofs in 2007", "Term start": "20 January 2008", "Term end": "17 November 2013", "Birth name": "Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs", "Birth date": "1968 12 23 yBiography. president.gov.ge", "Birth place": "Terneuzen, Netherlands", "Spouse(s)": "Mikheil Saakashvili 1994Over 2,... |
George Harris Hees (June 17, 1910 - June 11, 1996) was a Canadian politician and businessman.
Background
Born in Toronto, Hees earned a playboy image during his youth (nicknamed Gorgeous George), but then became a stalwart member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He was educated at the exclusive Cresc... | {"Name": "George Hees", "Image caption": "Hees 1942-1948", "Term start": "September 17, 1984", "Term end": "September 14, 1988", "Office 2": "Minister of Transport", "Prime minister 2": "John Diefenbaker", "Predecessor 2": "George Carlyle Marler", "Successor 2": "Léon Balcer\nyes Parliamentary constituencies\n borde... |
Harold Greenberg, OC, CQ, (January 11, 1930 – July 1, 1996) was a Canadian film producer.
Career
Greenberg got his start in film working in his uncle's second-hand camera store when he was thirteen. He eventually set up his own film and photography company, obtaining the exclusive rights to footage from 1967 Internat... | {"Name": "Harold Greenberg", "Birth date": "1930 01 11", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Death date": "1996 07 01 1930 01 11", "Death place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Occupation": "Film producer"} |
The Greens Party of Georgia () is a political party in Georgia. It is led by Gia (Giorgi) Gachechiladze.
Its success has varied - having 11 out of 235 members of parliament in 1992 and having been part of the governing coalition in 1995. When it stood independently in 1999 it only received 0.55% of the vote. It stood ... | {"Leader": "Gia (Giorgi) Gachechiladze", "Founded": "10 December 1989", "Ideology": "Green politicsGreen conservatism", "Political position": "Centre", "National affiliation": "Georgian Dream (2012-2020)", "International affiliation": "Global Greens", "European affiliation": "European Green Party"} |
The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a partially-annexed territory of Nazi Germany that was established on 16 March 1939 after the German occupation of the Czech lands. The protectorate's population was mostly ethnic Czech.
After the Munich Agreement of September 1938, Germany had annexed the German-majority S... | {"Conventional long name": "Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia", "Native name": "de Protektorat Böhmen und Mährencs Protektorát Čechy a Morava", "Type of government": "Unitary Nazi one-party fascist protectorate under a totalitarian dictatorship", "Capital": "Prague", "Common languages": "GermanCzech", "Leader's title... |
Latvian Way () was a conservative-liberal political party in Latvia. It merged with Latvia's First Party to form the Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way (LPP/LC) in 2007.
It described itself as "a liberal party defending people's freedom to shape their own lives". Latvian Way was a member of Liberal International and t... | {"Leader": "Ivars Godmanis", "Founded": "25 September 1993", "Merged into": "LPP/LC", "Ideology": "Conservative liberalism", "Political position": "Centre-right", "Headquarters": "Riga", "International affiliation": "Liberal International", "European affiliation": "European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party", "European... |
Hope Elise Ross Lange (November 28, 1933 - December 19, 2003) was an American film, stage, and television actress. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Selena Cross in the 1957 film Peyton Place. In 1969 and 1970,... | {"Name": "Hope Lange", "Caption": "Lange in 1957", "Birth name": "Hope Elise Ross Lange", "Birth date": "1933 11 28", "Birth place": "Redding, Connecticut, U.S.", "Death date": "2003 12 19 1933 11 28", "Death place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Reed College", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active"... |
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