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The Regents of the University of California (also referred to as the Board of Regents to distinguish the board from the corporation it governs of the same name) is the governing board of the University of California (UC), a state university system in the U.S. state of California. The Board of Regents has 26 voting memb... | {"Formed": "1868 06 18Certificate of Incorporation of The Regents of the University of California.Incorporation date, as shown in the records of the California Secretary of State.", "Type": "State university system governing board", "Jurisdiction": "University of California system", "Headquarters": "Oakland, California... |
Josephus Daniels (May 18, 1862 – January 15, 1948) was an American diplomat and newspaper editor from the 1880s until his death, who controlled Raleigh's News & Observer, at the time North Carolina's largest newspaper, for decades. A Democrat, he was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to serve as Secretary of the Na... | {"Name": "Josephus Daniels", "Term start": "April 24, 1933", "Term end": "November 9, 1941", "Birth date": "1862 5 18", "Birth place": "Washington, North Carolina, C.S.", "Death date": "1948 1 15 1862 5 18", "Death place": "Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Addie Worth Bagley", "Education": "Duke University... |
Selector Radio is a weekly two-hour radio show produced by Audio Always for the British Council. It covers a variety of music genres, ranging from grime, indie, soul, and dance and features live sessions and DJ mixes.
Launched in 2001, as The Selector, the show is now broadcast in more than 30 countries. In 2011, The... | {"Genre": "Music Show", "Running time": "120 minutes (approx)", "Country of origin": "Syndicated Worldwide", "Language(s)": "English", "Hosted by": "Jamz Supernova", "Recording studio": "London", "Produced by": "Hayley Clarke", "No. of episodes": "over 1,000", "Website": "www.selector-radio.com"} |
The River is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on October 17, 1980, by Columbia Records. Springsteen's only double album, The River was produced by Jon Landau, Springsteen, and bandmate Steven Van Zandt. The album was Springsteen's first to reach number one on the Billboar... | {"Released": "1980 10 17", "Recorded": "April 3, 1979 - May 9, 1980Heylin Clinton Springsteen Song by Song A Critical Look 2012 Penguin Group (USA) Inc. New York, NY 42-46 https://www.penguin.com/ 27 March 2020 19 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200619232511/https://www.penguin.com/ live", "Studio": ... |
Chicken tikka masala is a dish consisting of roasted marinated chicken chunks (chicken tikka) in a spiced sauce. The sauce is usually creamy and orange-coloured. The dish was first offered by British cooks of south Asian origin and subsequently gained popularity at restaurants around the world.
Composition
Chicken tik... | {"Name of food": "Chicken tikka masala", "Width of image": "200px", "Image caption": "Chicken tikka masala", "Place of origin": "Indian subcontinentUnited Kingdom", "Course served": "Main course", "Serving temperature": "Hot", "Main ingredient": "Chicken, yogurt, cream, tomato, onion, garlic, ginger, chili pepper", "Va... |
Ragnarok Online (, marketed as Ragnarök, and alternatively subtitled The Final Destiny of the Gods) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Gravity based on the manhwa Ragnarok by Lee Myung-jin. It was released in South Korea on 31 August 2002 for Microsoft Windows. The game has spawned ... | {"Title": "Ragnarok Online", "Developer": "Gravity", "Publisher": "Gravity", "Designer": "Kim Hakkyu", "Artist": "Lee Myung-jin", "Writer": "Lee Myung-jin", "Engine": "AEGIS", "Released": "KOR August 31, 2002Gamespot Technical Info http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/ragnarokonline/tech_info.html\n NA June 1, 2003\n EU Apri... |
Roti (in English known as chapati) is a round flatbread native to the Indian subcontinent. It is commonly consumed in many South Asian countries.
It is made from stoneground whole wheat flour, traditionally known as gehu ka atta, and water that is combined into a dough. Its defining characteristic is that it is unleav... | {"Name of food": "Roti", "Width of image": "240px", "Image caption": "flat roti, also known as chapati", "Alternate name": "Ruti", "Place of origin": "Indian subcontinentAlan Davidson The Oxford Companion to Food https://books.google.com/books?id=bIIeBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA692 21 August 2014 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-104072-6 692-Jim... |
Petroc or Petrock (; ; ; ) was a British prince and Christian saint.
Probably born in South Wales, he primarily ministered to the Britons of Devon (Dewnans) and Cornwall (Kernow) then forming the kingdom of Dumnonia where he is associated with a monastery at Padstow, which is named after him (Pedroc-stowe, or 'Petrock... | {"Born": "Wales", "Died": "Treravel, Padstow, Cornwall, England", "Feast": "4 June", "Canonized": "Pre-Congregation", "Attributes": "Wolf, stag, church", "Patronage": "DevonCornwall"} |
Manuel Rivera Morales (aka "Manolo", "El Olimpico", "Mr. Apuntenlo") (May 14, 1923 - May 25, 2000) (in Spanish) was a Puerto Rican sportscaster, radio announcer and marketing sales executive. Rivera Morales is considered by many to be the best sportscaster in Puerto Rican history. "The achievements of 'El Olimpico' (T... | {"Name": "Manolo Rivera Morales", "Birth date": "May 14, 1923", "Birth place": "Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico", "Death date": "May 25, 2000", "Nationality": "Puerto Rican", "Occupation": "Sports commentator, Journalist"} |
Reno 911! is an American comedy television series created by Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon and Kerri Kenney-Silver for Comedy Central. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary shows, specifically Cops, with comic actors playing the police officers. Lennon, Garant and Kenney-Silver all starred... | {"Also known as": "Reno 911! Defunded (season 8)", "Running time": "22 minutes (2003-09) 7 minutes (2020) 21 minutes (2022)", "Genre": "Comedy", "Created by": "Robert Ben Garant Thomas Lennon Kerri Kenney-Silver", "Starring": "Cedric Yarbrough Niecy Nash Robert Ben Garant Thomas Lennon Carlos Alazraqui Wendi McLendon-C... |
TVA is a Canadian French-language terrestrial television network, owned by Groupe TVA, a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media.
Headquartered in Montreal, the network only has terrestrial stations in Quebec. However, parts of New Brunswick and Ontario are within the broadcast ranges of TVA stations, and two TVA... | {"Type": "Terrestrial television network", "Country": "Canada", "Broadcast area": "Quebec (province-wide)", "Headquarters": "Quebec City, QuebecMontreal, Quebec", "Language(s)": "French", "Picture format": "1080i HDTV", "Owner": "Quebecor Media", "Parent": "Groupe TVA", "Founded": "April 14, 1963", "Launched": "Septemb... |
The Florida Legislature is the legislature of the U.S. State of Florida. It is organized as a bicameral body composed of an upper chamber, the Senate, and a lower chamber, the House of Representatives. Article III, Section 1 of the Florida Constitution, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the legislature and how it is... | {"Type": "Bicameral", "Preceded by": "Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida", "Salary": "$18,000/year + per diem (Subsistence & Travel)http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0000-0099/0011/Sections/0011.13.html The 2017 Florida Statutes F.S. 11.13 Compensat... |
CJON-DT (channel 21), branded on-air as NTV (short for Newfoundland Television), is an English-language independent television station in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, owned by Newfoundland Broadcasting Company Ltd. The station's studios are located on Logy Bay Road in St. John's, and its transmitter i... | {"Branding": "NTV (general)NTV News (newscasts)", "Channel": "21", "Subchannels": "21.1: NTV HD21.2: CHOZ-FM simulcast", "Affiliations": "Global (entertainment and news programming)CTV (news and sports programming)Yes TV (entertainment programming)", "Owner": "Newfoundland Broadcasting Company Ltd.", "ERP": "482.3 kWBr... |
Robert Gibbes Barnwell (December 21, 1761October 24, 1814) was a South Carolina slave owner, revolutionary and statesman who was a delegate to the Confederation Congress and a United States Congressman.
Barnwell was born in Beaufort in the Province of South Carolina. His education was by a private tutor after he had e... | {"Name": "Robert Gibbes Barnwell", "Office 2": "Member of the South Carolina Senate from St. Helena's Parish", "Birth date": "1761 12 21", "Birth place": "Beaufort, Province of South Carolina, British America", "Death date": "1814 10 24 1761 12 21", "Death place": "Beaufort, South Carolina, U.S.", "Battles fought": "Am... |
4, also known as Foreigner 4, is the fourth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on July 3, 1981, on Atlantic Records. Several singles from the album were hits, including "Urgent", "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and "Juke Box Hero".
The album name represented the band's fourth studio albu... | {"Released": "July 3, 1981https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=foreigner#search_section RIAA certifications for Foreigner Recording Industry Association of America", "Recorded": "December 1980 - April 1981", "Studio": "Electric Lady (New York)", "Genre": "Hard rock \"Foreigner 1998\"> Eric ... |
Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American mountaineer, mechanical engineer, and motivational speaker, known for surviving a canyoneering accident by cutting off part of his own right arm.
On April 26, 2003, during a solo descent of Bluejohn Canyon in southeastern Utah, he dislodged a boulder, pinning his... | {"Image": "Aron Ralston on Capitol Peak Winter 2003.JPG", "Alt": "Aron Ralston standing in the snow on the top of Capitol Peak", "Caption": "Ralston on Capitol Peak in winter 2003", "Birth name": "Aron Lee Ralston", "Birth date": "1975 10 27", "Birth place": "Marion, Ohio, U.S.Ohio Birth Index, 1908-2011", "Alma mater"... |
thumb|Church of John the Baptist in Dyakovo
thumb|A modern reconstruction of the Wooden palace (2011)
thumb|Panorama of Kolomenskoye, 18th century. Watercolor from the original drawing of Giacomo Quarenghi
thumb|View of Kolomenskoye by Fyodor Alexeyev (19th century)
Kolomenskoye () is a former royal estate situated se... | {"Location": "Moscow, Russia", "Criteria": "Cultural: ii", "Reference": "634", "Inscription": "1994"} |
St. John's College is a private liberal arts college with campuses in Annapolis, Maryland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. As the successor institution of King William's School, a preparatory school founded in 1696, St. John's is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States; the current institution ... | {"Motto": "Facio liberos ex liberis libris libraque (Latin)", "Type": "Private liberal arts college", "Endowment": "$202 million (2022)As of March 7, 2022. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2022-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL.ashx?la=en&hash=362DC3F9BDEB1DF0C22B05D544AD24D1C44... |
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert () is a Roman Catholic metropolitan cathedral in Prague, the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. Until 1997, the cathedral was dedicated only to Saint Vitus, and is still commonly named only as St. Vitus Cathedral ().
This cathedral is a prominent examp... | {"OS grid reference": "St. Vitus Cathedral", "Location": "Prague", "Country": "Czech Republic", "Denomination": "Roman Catholic", "Website": "katedralasvatehovita.cz/cs", "Founded": "9301344 (current church)", "Consecrated": "12 May 1929", "Status": "Cathedral", "Functional status": "Active", "Architect(s)": "Peter Par... |
thumb|An Elcat Cityvan used by the Finnish post office
Elcat was a battery electric vehicle manufacturer and an electric vehicle importer based in Järvenpää, Finland.
Elcat Automotive was owned by an electricity producer called Fortum until the production decreases in the early 21st century. Elcat began working in 197... | {"Industry": "Automotive", "Founded": "1985", "Defunct": "2017 04 20", "Fate": "Bankrupted", "Headquarters": "Finland", "Parent": "-->"} |
The Securitate (, Romanian for security) was the popular term for the Departamentul Securității Statului (Department of State Security), the secret police agency of the Socialist Republic of Romania. Previously, before the communist regime, Romanian secret police was called Siguranța Statului. It was founded on 30 Augu... | {"Formed": "30 August 1948 (as the DGSP)", "Dissolved": "30 December 1989http://www.cdep.ro/pls/legis/legis_pck.htp_act?ida=43 DECRET nr.33 din 30 decembrie 1989 privind desfiintarea Departamentului securitatii statului www.cdep.ro", "Jurisdiction": "Romania", "Headquarters": "Bucharest", "Employees": "11,000 (1985)", ... |
thumb|Clive House, the current head office of HM Prison Service, the same building as HM Prison and Probation Service.
thumb|Cleland House (now demolished), the former head office of HM Prison Service
His Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) is a part of HM Prison and Probation Service (formerly the National Offender Manage... | {"Jurisdiction": "England and Wales, United Kingdom", "Headquarters": "Clive House, 70 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ", "Parent department": "Ministry of Justice", "Website": "Official Website"} |
The InterFaith Council of Metropolitan Washington (IFC or IFCMW) is an interfaith non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. The organization was founded in 1978 and the Reverend Clark Lobenstine served as the first Executive Director from 1979-2014. Reverend David Lindsey is the current Executive Director. The ... | {"Named after": "Uniting Our Community Since 1978", "Type": "Non-profit organization", "Headquarters": "900 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001", "Services": "Interfaith dialogue", "Location": "900 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001", "Website": "www.ifcmw.org"} |
The Mkhedrioni was a paramilitary group in the Republic of Georgia, known for its high-profile involvement in the Georgian Civil War and the War in Abkhazia. It was outlawed since 1995 but subsequently reconstituted as the Union of Patriots political party. However, failing to secure registration, it soon faded into ob... | {"Name": "Mkhedrioni", "Native name": "მხედრიონი", "Native name language": "ka", "Logo caption": "Flag Of Mkhedrioni"} |
Majid Majidi (, ) is an Iranian film director, producer, and screenwriter, who started his film career as an actor. In his films, Majidi has touched on many themes and genres and has won numerous international awards.
Biography
Born in an Iranian middle-class family, he grew up in Tehran and at the age of 14 he starte... | {"Name": "Majid Majidi", "Native name": "مجید مجیدی", "Native name language": "fa", "Caption": "Majidi in 2020", "Birth place": "Talesh, Iran", "Occupation": "Director, producer, screenwriter", "Years active": "1981-present", "Children": "2", "Notable works": "Children of Heaven The Color of Paradise Muhammad: The Mess... |
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards () is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also be... | {"Awarded for": "Excellence in Chinese-language cinema", "Presented by": "Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee", "Country": "Taiwan", "First awarded": "1962", "Website": "http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/?r=en www.goldenhorse.org.tw"} |
The Revolutionary Communist Party, known as the Revolutionary Communist Tendency until 1981, was a Trotskyist political organisation formed in 1978. From 1988 it published the journal Living Marxism. It started with only a few dozen supporters; its membership peaked at 200 in the mid-1990s.
After 1991, the party aban... | {"Founded": "1978", "Split from": "Revolutionary Communist Group", "Newspaper": "The Next StepLiving Marxism", "Ideology": "1978-1991CommunismTrotskyism1991-1997Libertarianism", "Political position": "1978-1991Far-left1991-1997Syncretic"} |
The Arbëreshë (; ; ), also known as Albanians of Italy or Italo-Albanians, are an Albanian ethnolinguistic group in Southern Italy, mostly concentrated in scattered villages in the region of Calabria and, to a lesser extent, in the regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, Molise and Sicily. They are the descen... | {"Name": "Arbëreshë", "Native name": "Albanians of Italy Italo-Albanians", "Image": "250px|upright=1.5", "Image caption": "The Albanian settlements of Italy (numbered list)", "Languages": "Albanian (Arbëresh language), Italian", "Religions": "18px|alt=|link= Christianity Eastern Catholicism (Italo-Albanian Church)Lati... |
Decimus Burton (30 September 1800 - 14 December 1881) was one of the foremost English architects and landscapers of the 19th century. He was the foremost Victorian architect in the Roman revival, Greek revival, Georgian neoclassical and Regency styles. He was a founding fellow and vice-president of the Royal Institute... | {"Name": "Decimus Burton", "Post-nominals": "GBR FRS FRSA FSA FRIBA", "Caption": "Burton by Sir Thomas Lawrence", "Birth date": "30 September 1800", "Birth place": "North House, Southampton Terrace, Bloomsbury, London, England", "Death date": "1881 12 14 1800 9 30 y", "Death place": "1 Gloucester Road, Kensington, Lond... |
Zao () is an American metalcore band founded in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and later relocated to Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in March 1993, Zao has hosted several musicians and endured numerous roster changes to the point where no original members remain. Former drummer Jesse Smith, vocalist Dan Weyandt, and gu... | {"Origin": "Parkersburg, West Virginia", "Genres": "\"VH1\">Mike McPadden Alt-Metal A To Z: 26 Bands That Define The Genre VH1 8 September 2015 19 August 2022 https://www.vh1.com/news/rjhh9u/alt-metal-a-to-z\npost-hardcorehttp://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/artists/Zao.asp Zao on Jesus Freak Hideout Jesus Freak H... |
Minoxidil is a medication used for the treatment of high blood pressure and pattern hair loss. It is an antihypertensive vasodilator. It is available as a generic medication by prescription in oral tablet form and over the counter as a topical liquid or foam.
Medical uses
Minoxidil, when used for hypertension, is gene... | {"Trade name": "Loniten, Rogaine, others", "AHFS": "monograph minoxidil", "Pregnancycategory": "Loniten Product Information Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) https://www.ebs.tga.gov.au/ebs/picmi/picmirepository.nsf/pdf?OpenAgent&id=CP-2010-PI-05481-3 August 15, 2021", "Routes ofadministration": "By mouth, topic... |
Charles Edward Daniels (October 28, 1936 - July 6, 2020) was an American singer, musician, and songwriter. His music fused rock, country, blues and jazz, pioneering Southern rock. He was best known for his number-one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia". Much of his output, including all but one of his eight B... | {"Born": "Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.", "Died": "Hermitage, Tennessee, U.S.", "Genres": "Southern rock country rock progressive country", "Labels": "Kama Sutra\n Epic\n Liberty\n Sparrow\n Capitol\n Reprise\n Blue Hat", "Formerly of": "Misty Mountain Boys The Jaguars Charlie Daniels Band Beau Weevils", "Website": ... |
The Turangalîla-Symphonie is the only symphony by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992). It was written for an orchestra of large forces from 1946 to 1948 on a commission by Serge Koussevitzky in his wife's memory for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Along with the Quatuor pour la fin du temps, the symphony is one of the composer... | {"Other name": "Turangalîla", "Catalogue": "Simeone: I/29", "Period": "20th-century music", "Genre": "Symphony", "Commissioned by": "Serge Koussevitsky", "Based on": "Tristan and Iseult", "Composed": "17 July 1946 - 29 November 1948 (rev. 1990)", "Dedication": "In memoriam Natalie Koussevitsky (manuscript; published co... |
Evig pint (English: Eternally Tormented) is the second studio album by Norwegian alternative rock band Kaizers Orchestra, released on 3 February 2003.
Background
After the release of the best-selling Ompa til du dør, and the EPs Død manns tango and Mann mot mann, the band started writing new material. In February 2002... | {"Released": "3 February 2003", "Recorded": "November-December 2002", "Studio": "Duper Studio,(Bergen, Norway)", "Genre": "Alternative rock", "Label": "BroilerFarm", "Producer": "Jørgen Træen, Janove Ottesen"} |
Munmu the Great (626-681; reigned 661-681Il-yeon: Samguk Yusa: Legends and History of the Three Kingdoms of Ancient Korea, translated by Tae-Hung Ha and Grafton K. Mintz. Book Two, page 79. Silk Pagoda (2006). ) was a Korean monarch who served as the 30th king of the Korean kingdom of Silla. He is usually considered to... | {"Father": "Muyeol of Silla", "Mother": "Queen Munmyeong", "Born": "Silla", "Died": "Silla"} |
The Scottish Amateur Football Association (SAFA) is the organising body for amateur football across Scotland. An affiliate of the Scottish Football Association, the SAFA has in turn 50 regional associations affiliated to it and some 67 different league competitions organised by these associations. There is estimated to... | {"Confederation": "UEFA", "Founded": "1909", "Promotion": "None", "Relegation": "None", "Domestic cup(s)": "Scottish Amateur Cup", "Website": "Official website"} |
The Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. It stars John Thaw as Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Dennis Waterman as his partner, Detective Sergeant George C... | {"Running time": "50 minutes", "Created by": "Ian Kennedy Martin", "Starring": "John ThawDennis WatermanGarfield Morgan", "Original network": "ITV", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original release": "1978 12 28 y", "Budget": "£266,000 per episode"} |
The Tashkent Declaration was signed between India and Pakistan on 10 January 1966 to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Peace was achieved on 23 September through interventions by the Soviet Union and the United States, both of which pushed the two warring countries towards a ceasefire in an attempt to avoid any e... | {"Name": "Tashkent Declaration", "Image size": "260px", "Treaty type": "Peace treaty", "Treaty context": "Indo-Pakistani War of 1965", "Date signed": "yes 1966 01 10", "Location signed": "Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union", "Mediators": "Soviet Union Alexei Kosygin", "Signatories": "India Lal Bahadur ShastriPakistan Mu... |
Shepshed (often known until 1888 as Sheepshed,NTLworld.com also Sheepshead - a name derived from the village being heavily involved in the wool industry) is a market town and civil parish in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England with a population of 14,875 at the 2021 census. It is the second biggest settle... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021)", "District": "Charnwood", "Shire county": "Leicestershire", "UK Parliament": "Loughborough", "Postcode district": "LE", "Dialling code": "01509", "OS grid reference": "SK475195"} |
Grand Theft Auto 2 is an action-adventure game, developed by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games in October 1999, for Microsoft Windows and the PlayStation, and the Dreamcast and Game Boy Color in 2000. It is the sequel to 1997's Grand Theft Auto, and the second main instalment of the Grand Theft Auto series. Se... | {"Title": "Grand Theft Auto 2", "Developer": "DMA Design Tarantula Studios (GBC)", "Publisher": "Rockstar Games", "Series": "Grand Theft Auto", "Platforms": "Microsoft Windows PlayStation Dreamcast Game Boy Color", "Released": "22 October 1999 font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left;\n Microsoft Wind... |
The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko (RUDP Yabloko) () is a social-liberal political party in Russia. The party consequently participated in the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of all eight convocations. Until 2003, Yabloko was represented by a faction in... | {"Leader": "Nikolay Rybakovhttps://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4196115 \"Яблоку\" предложили не прерывать съезд Yabloko was offered not to interrupt the congress 15 December 2019 Kommersant ru", "Founded": "1993 10 16 yes", "Ideology": "nowrap \n \"DWhite\">White David 2005 Going their own way: The Yabloko Party's opposi... |
Gyebaek, or Kyebaek (died 20 August 660In Lunar calendar, he died on 9 July 660.), was a general in the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje during the early to mid-7th century. Little else is known of his personal life—including the year and location of his birth.
The Last Battle
In 660, Baekje was invaded by a force of... | {"Title": "Gyebaek", "Caption": "Portrait of Gyebaek", "Hangul name": "계 백", "Hanja": "階 伯", "Revised Romanization": "Gyebaek", "McCune-Reischauer": "Kyebaek"} |
Kim Yu-sin (595 - 18 August 673) was a Korean military general and politician in 7th-century Silla. He led the unification of the Korean Peninsula by Silla under the reign of King Muyeol and King Munmu. He is said to have been the great-grandchild of King Guhae of Geumgwan Gaya, the last ruler of the Geumgwan Gaya st... | {"Caption": "Portrait of Kim Yu-sin in the \"famous portrait photo book of Joseon\" published in 1926", "Birth date": "595", "Birth place": "Manno, Silla (present-dayJincheon County, South Korea)", "Death date": "18 August 673", "Burial place": "Gyeongju, South Korea", "Other names": "King Heungmu", "Spouse(s)": "Lady ... |
Edenbridge is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. Its name derives from Old English Eadhelmsbrigge (meaning "Eadhelm's Bridge"). It is located on the border of Kent and Surrey, on the upper floodplain of the River Medway and takes its name from that river's tributary, the River Eden. The... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "National Statistics https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085327/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=795525&c=edenbridge&d=16&e=15&g=459009&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 4 March 2016 Census 2001 8,907 (2011 Census)... |
Ask.com (originally known as Ask Jeeves) is a question answering-focused e-business founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California.
The original software was implemented by Gary Chevsky, from his own design. Warthen, Chevsky, Justin Grant, and others built the early AskJeeves.com website ... | {"Headquarters": "555 City CenterOakland, California, U.S.https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/7587915Z:US-ask-com Ask.com Bloomberg L.P. 2019-02-19", "URL": "https://www.ask.com/ ask.com", "Registration": "Optional", "Available in": "English", "Current status": "Active", "Type of business": "Subsidiary", "Foun... |
The Ford Köln is an automobile that was produced by Ford Germany from 1933 until 1936 at its Cologne plant.
Origins
The English Ford company had developed the car and introduced it in 1932 as the Ford Model Y. The German-built version, renamed Ford Köln to stress the vehicle's German provenance, was first seen at th... | {"Also called": "Ford 4/21 (reflecting tax horsepower / actual horsepower)(German built) Ford Modell/Model Y", "Manufacturer": "Ford Germany", "Production": "July 1933-3611,121 cars", "Assembly": "Niehl, Cologne", "Successor": "Ford Eifel", "Class": "Small family car (C)", "Body style": "2-door saloon/sedan Cabrio-limo... |
Ellesmere ( ) is a town in Shropshire, England, located near the Welsh border and the towns of Oswestry and Whitchurch, and the Welsh city of Wrexham. It is notable for its proximity to a number of prominent Meres.
History
Ellesmere Castle was probably an 11th-century motte-and-bailey castle most likely built by eithe... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123162&c=SY12+0LY&d=16&e=62&g=6460385&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1448466538594&enc=1 Ellesmere Urban (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census Neighbourhood Statistics Office for Na... |
Cats Protection, formerly the Cats Protection League, is a UK charity dedicated to rescuing and rehoming stray, unwanted or homeless cats and educating people about cats and cat welfare. The organization was founded as the Cats Protection League on 16 May 1927 by Jessey Wade, at a meeting in Caxton Hall, London. The na... | {"Type": "Charity", "Legal status": "Charity", "Registration no.": "203644", "Website": "https://www.cats.org.uk/"} |
Mariska Magdolna Hargitay (; born January 23, 1964) Mariska says her own first name and the name of her father; the interviewer, James Lipton, also says her full name near the start of the show. is an American actress, director, producer and philanthropist. The daughter of bodybuilder and actor Mickey Hargitay and act... | {"Name": "Mariska Hargitay", "Caption": "Hargitay in 2011", "Birth name": "Mariska Magdolna Hargitay", "Birth date": "yes 1964 01 23", "Birth place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of California, Los Angeles", "Occupation": "Actress director producer philanthropist", "Years active": "since ... |
Esher ( ) is a town in Surrey, England, to the east of the River Mole.
Esher is an outlying suburb of London, close to the London-Surrey border; with Esher Commons at its southern end, the town marks one limit of the Greater London Built-Up Area. Esher has a linear commercial high street and is otherwise suburban in d... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(Esher town, 2011 census),Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ 11 February 2003 United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013 or 5... |
Earley ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. Along with the neighbouring town of Woodley, the Office for National Statistics places Earley within the Reading/Wokingham Urban Area; for the purposes of local government it falls within the Borough of Wokingham, outside the area of... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2001) 30,868 (2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122916&c=Earley&d=16&e=62&g=6398659&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1480443703538&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 29 November 2016 Office for National Statisti... |
The National Alliance of Basketball Leagues (NABL) (founded 1961) is the descendant of the industrial-based basketball clubs that formed into the National Basketball League (NBL) in the early 1930s.
History
Origins in the 1930s
The league was the brainchild of Indianapolis grocer Irv Kautsky, who sponsored the India... | {"Sport": "Basketball", "Founded": "1961", "Country": "United States", "Folded": "1973"} |
George Robert Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is an American television host, political commentator, and former Democratic advisor. Stephanopoulos currently is a coanchor with Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan on Good Morning America, and host of This Week, ABC's Sunday morning current events news program.
B... | {"Name": "George Stephanopoulos", "Image caption": "Stephanopoulos in May 2013", "Term start": "June 7, 1993", "Term end": "December 10, 1996", "Birth name": "George Robert Stephanopoulos", "Birth date": "1961 2 10", "Birth place": "Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Ali Wentworth 2001", "Education": "Colu... |
thumb|thumbtime=1:42|A six-minute video documentary of NICE from 2008
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care in England that publishes guidelines in four areas:
the use of health technologies within England'... | {"Parent department": "Department of Health and Social Care", "Formed": "yes 1999 04", "Headquarters": "2 Redman Place, London E 20United Kingdom", "Website": "www.nice.org.uk"} |
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American Thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. In 1955, the museum moved to its current location on Union Avenue near Saratoga Race Course, at which time inductions into the hall of ... | {"Established": "1951", "Location": "Saratoga Springs, New York", "Type": "Professional sports hall of fame", "Director": "Cate Masterson", "Website": "racingmuseum.org"} |
The Weekly Worker is a newspaper published by the Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee) (CPGB-PCC). The paper is known on the left for its polemical articles, and for its close attention to Marxist theory and the politics of other Marxist groups. It claims a weekly online readership averaging... | {"Type": "Weekly newspaper", "Format": "Online, Print", "Owner(s)": "CPGB-PCC", "Publisher": "CPGB-PCC", "Language": "English", "Political alignment": "Marxist\nLeninist\nAnti-Stalinist", "Headquarters": "London", "Website": "weeklyworker.co.uk"} |
The Oldsmobile Cutlass was a series of automobiles produced by General Motors' Oldsmobile division between 1961 and 1999. At its introduction, the Cutlass was Oldsmobile's entry-level model; it began as a unibody compact car, but saw its greatest success as a body-on-frame intermediate. The Cutlass was named after Voug... | {"Manufacturer": "Oldsmobile (General Motors)", "Production": "1961-1999", "Successor": "Oldsmobile Intrigue", "Class": "Compact (1961-1963)Mid-size (1964-1981, 1997-1999)Personal luxury car (1968-1988)"} |
New East Prussia (; ; ) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1795 to 1807. It was created out of territory annexed in the Third Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and included parts of Masovia, Podlaskie, Trakai voivodeship and Žemaitija. In 1806 it had 914,610 inhabitants with a territory of less... | {"Native name": "de Provinz Neuostpreußen", "Common name": "New East Prussia", "Conventional long name": "Province of New East Prussia", "Year founded": "1795", "Year dissolved": "1807", "Capital": "BiałystokEvgeny Finkel Evgeny Finkel https://books.google.com/books?id=YQhpDQAAQBAJ&dq=Bia%C5%82ystok+capital+%22New+East... |
Virginia Water is a commuter village in the Borough of Runnymede in northern Surrey, England. It is home to the Wentworth Estate and the Wentworth Club. The area has much woodland and occupies a large minority of the Runnymede district. Its name is shared with the lake on its western boundary within Windsor Great Park.... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011, Ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13694793&c=Virginia+Water&d=14&e=62&g=6469636&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476018503825&enc=1 Runnymede Ward population 2011 Neighbourhood Statistics Office for Nationa... |
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (; ; 1 March 1868 - 28 June 1914) was the wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Their assassination in Sarajevo sparked a series of events that led, four weeks later, to World War I.
Early life
Countess Sophie Chotek von Wognin was born in ... | {"Image caption": "Sophie 1910s", "Birth date": "yes 1868 3 1", "Birth place": "Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg", "Death date": "yes 1914 6 28 1868 3 1", "Death place": "Sarajevo, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary", "Buried": "Artstetten Castle, Austria", "Full name": "Sophie Maria Josephine Alb... |
Isaac Mizrahi (born October 14, 1961) is an American fashion designer, actor, singer, television presenter and chief designer of the Isaac Mizrahi brand for Xcel Brands. Based in New York City, he is best known for his eponymous fashion lines. Mizrahi was previously a judge on Project Runway All Stars. In 2022 he playe... | {"Name": "Isaac Mizrahi", "Caption": "Mizrahi in July 2018", "Birth date": "1961 10 14 yes", "Birth place": "Brooklyn New York, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "Yeshivah of FlatbushFiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing ArtsParsons School of Design", "Notable works": "Isaac Mizra... |
alt=A large academic building with students and a pond in the foreground.|thumb|The Hargray Building at USC-Beaufort in Bluffton, SC.
The University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB or USC Beaufort) is a public college with three campuses in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. It is part of the University of South... | {"Type": "Public college", "Chancellor": "Al Panu", "Undergraduates": "2,124University of South Carolina Beaufort https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-south-carolina-beaufort-3450 June 18, 2023", "Postgraduates": "14", "Campus": "Rural, 208 acre ha 0", "Website": "www.uscb.edu"} |
thumb|June 2018
thumb|The garden in full bloom
thumb|The International Rose Garden in the Summer of 2018
The International Rose Test Garden is a rose garden in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon, United States. There are over 10,000 rose bushes of approximately 650 varieties. The roses bloom from April through Octobe... | {"Type": "Rose garden", "Location": "Portland, Oregon, United States", "Coordinates": "45.5191 -122.7054 type:landmark_region:US-OR inline,title", "Area": "4.5 acre m2", "Collections": "Shakespeare GardenGold Medal GardenRoyal Rosarian GardenMiniature Rose Garden", "Owned by": "City of Portland", "Visitors": "700,000 (... |
Marston is a village in the civil parish of Old Marston about northeast of the centre of Oxford, England. It was absorbed within the city boundaries in 1991. It is commonly called Old Marston to distinguish it from the suburb of New Marston that developed between St. Clement's and the village in the 19th and 20th cent... | {"OS grid reference": "SP5208", "Population": "(parish) (2011 census)http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/ Parish selected: Old Marston (City of Oxford): Key Statistics: Population density Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View Office for National Statistics 3 April 2010", "District": "Oxford",... |
Renaissance Tower is a , 56-story modernist skyscraper at 1201 Elm Street in downtown Dallas, in the U.S. state of Texas. The tower is the second-tallest in the city, the fifth-tallest in Texas, and the 47th-tallest in the United States. Renaissance Tower was designed by the architectural firm Hellmuth, Obata and Kassa... | {"Alternative names": "First International Building", "Location": "1201 Elm StreetDallas, Texas, U.S.", "Preceded by": "Comerica Bank Tower", "Surpassed by": "Williams Tower (Houston)", "Coordinates": "32.7812 -96.8020 region:US-TX inline,title", "Type": "Commercial offices"} |
The Outerbridge Crossing, also known as the Outerbridge, is a cantilever bridge that spans the Arthur Kill between Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Staten Island, New York. It carries New York State Route 440 and New Jersey Route 440, with the two roads connecting at the state border near the bridge's center. The Outerbri... | {"Carries": "4 lanes of NJ NJ 440/NY NY 440", "Crosses": "Arthur Kill", "Locale": "Perth Amboy, New Jersey and southwestern Staten Island, New York City, New York", "Maintained by": "Port Authority of New York and New Jersey", "Design": "Steel cantilever bridge", "Longest span": "750 ft m 0", "Total length": "8800 ft m... |
Bye Bye Birdie is a stage musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, based upon a book by Michael Stewart.
Originally titled Let's Go Steady, Bye Bye Birdie is set in 1958. The play's book was influenced by Elvis Presley's conscription into the Army in 1957. The rock star character's name, "Conr... | {"Name": "Bye Bye Birdie", "Caption": "Original Broadway cast album", "Composer(s)": "Charles Strouse", "Lyricist(s)": "Lee Adams", "Book-writer": "Michael Stewart", "Productions": "1960 Broadway\n 1961 West End\n 1990 U.S. tour\n 2009 Broadway revival", "Awards": "Tony Award for Best Musical"} |
Malafrena is a 1979 novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. The only fantastic element of this novel is that it takes place in the imaginary Central European country of Orsinia, which is also the setting of her collection Orsinian Tales.
In many ways, Malafrena reads like a 19th-century novel, with its many detailed characters, ... | {"Cover artist": "Michael Mariano", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Berkley Publishing Corporation", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover and Paperback)", "Pages": "369 (First edition)", "ISBN": "(First edition, hardcover)"} |
Emir Kusturica (; born 24 November 1954) is a Bosnian-born Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He also has French citizenship.http://www.serbia.com/emir-kusturica-artist-builder-and-anti-globalist/ Kusturica is one of the most-distinguished European filmmakers beginning in the mid-1980s,... | {"Name": "Emir Kusturica", "Caption": "Kusturica in 2009", "Native name": "Емир Кустурица", "Birth date": "1954 11 24 y", "Birth place": "Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia", "Nationality": "Serbian,http://www.b92.net/kultura/vesti.php?nav_category=268&yyyy=2014&mm=01ⅆ=19&nav_id=801858 Kusturica: Srbi... |
George Porteous (April 7, 1903 – February 6, 1978) was the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, Canada from 1976 to 1978.
Early life
George Porteous was born in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 7 April 1903. His family emigrated to Canada in 1910 and he attended secondary school in Saskatoon, going on to the Un... | {"Name": "George Porteous", "Term start": "February 29, 1976", "Term end": "February 6, 1978", "Birth date": "1903 4 7", "Birth place": "Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland", "Death date": "1978 2 6 1903 4 7", "Death place": "Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Alma mater": "University of Saskatchewan... |
Comerica Bank Tower (formerly Momentum Place, Bank One Center and Chase Center) is a 60-story postmodern skyscraper located at 1717 Main Street in the Main Street District in downtown Dallas, Texas. Standing at a structural height of , it is the third tallest skyscraper in the city of Dallas. (If the antennas and spire... | {"Alternative names": "Bank One CenterChase CenterMomentum Place", "Location": "1717 Main StreetDallas, Texas", "Coordinates": "32.78157 -96.7966 region:US-TX inline,title", "Construction started": "February 1985", "Type": "Commercial offices"} |
72 Hours: True Crime is a television program that was broadcast by CBC Television and produced by Kensington Communications Creative Anarchy and Meech Grant Productions. It focused on crime, specifically on the first 72 hours after a crime is committed, a critical time period for solving it. Rather than focus on fict... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Original network": "CBC Television", "Original release": "2007 3 12"} |
New Acropolis (NA; ; OINA; ) is a non-profit organisation originally founded in 1957 by Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi in Argentina positioning itself as a school of philosophy, although various researchers characterize it as an esoteric and post-theosophical new religious movement, or sometimes as a cult. As of 2010, it cl... | {"Type": "Non-governmental organization", "Location": "Brussels, Belgium", "Origins": "Argentina", "Website": "www.acropolis.org"} |
Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons. Nicknamed "the Sheriff", he spent 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and four with the Denver Broncos. Manning is considered to be one of the greatest quarterback... | {"Born:": "New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.", "Height:": "5", "Weight:": "230", "High school:": "Isidore Newman(New Orleans, Louisiana)", "College:": "Tennessee (1994-1997)", "NFL Draft:": "1"} |
Société Calédonienne de Transports Aériens, trading as Air Calédonie, is the domestic airline of the French collectivity of New Caledonia. Its headquarters are on the grounds of Magenta Airport in the territory's capital of Nouméa, from which it operates scheduled passenger and cargo flights to domestic destinations."A... | {"Airline name": "Air Calédonie", "Image size (px)": "150px", "Current Fleet Size": "4", "Number of Destinations": "10", "IATA Designator": "TY", "ICAO Designator": "TPC", "Callsign": "AIRCAL", "Founded": "9 December 1954 (as Transpac)", "Headquarters": "Nouméa, New Caledonia, France", "Major hubs": "Nouméa Magenta Air... |
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom that investigates and prosecutes serious or complex fraud and corruption in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The SFO is accountable to the Attorney General for England and Wales, and was established by ... | {"Uniformed as": "Serious Fraud Office", "Formed": "yes 1987", "Employees": "Around 500 permanent staff", "Annual budget": "£36.35m (2011-12)", "Multinational agency": "United Kingdom", "Legal jurisdiction": "England, Wales and Northern Ireland", "Headquarters": "2-4 Cockspur Street London SW1Y 5BSContact us https:/... |
UK Export Finance (UKEF) is the operating name of the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) which is the United Kingdom's export credit agency and a ministerial department of His Majesty's Government. It has been awarded the best global export credit agency in 2019. In 1920, UKEF had a maximum total exposure of ju... | {"Formed": "1919", "Jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "Headquarters": "1 Horse Guards RoadWestminster, London", "Website": "www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-export-finance"} |
The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for protecting public health in relation to food in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is led by a board appointed to act in the public interest. Its headquarters are in London, with offi... | {"Formed": "yes 2000 04 01", "Jurisdiction": "England, Wales and Northern Ireland", "Headquarters": "Petty France,London, SW 1Contact us https://www.food.gov.uk/contact/consumers/find-details/contact-food-standards-agency Food Standards Agency 4 November 2018", "Annual budget": "£159.7 million (2009-2010)http://www.... |
Mohammad-Reza Khatami (, born 1959) is an Iranian reformist politician and nephrologist.
Early life and education
Khatami was born in Ardakan, Iran, in 1959. He is younger brother of former president Mohammad Khatami. Khatami is educated in medicine and before entering politics, he was a practicing nephrologist (kidne... | {"Name": "Mohammad-Reza Khatami", "Image caption": "Mohammad Reza Khatami in 2019", "Predecessor 2": "Behzad Nabavi", "Successor 2": "Behzad Nabavi", "Birth date": "1959", "Birth place": "Ardakan, Imperial State of Iran", "Spouse(s)": "Zahra Eshraghi", "Alma mater": "Tehran University of Medical Sciences"} |
Harry Goz (February 16, 1932 – September 6, 2003) was an American musical theater actor and voice actor.
Career
Goz debuted in the 1964 Broadway production of Bajour, co-starring Chita Rivera and Nancy Dussault. Goz played Tevye in the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof from 1966 to 1968, both as understudy and lead... | {"Name": "Harry Goz", "Birth date": "1932 2 16 y", "Birth place": "St. Louis, Missouri, U.S", "Death date": "2003 9 6 1932 2 16 yes", "Death place": "Manhasset, New York, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Margaret Goz", "Children": "3", "Years active": "1956-2003", "Occupation": "Actor, voice actor"} |
Wilhelm Stoph (9 July 1914 – 13 April 1999) was a German politician. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1964 to 1973, and again from 1976 until 1989. He also served as chairman of the State Council (head of state) from 1973 to 1976.
... | {"Honorific prefix": "Army General", "Name": "Willi Stoph", "Image caption": "Stoph in 1976", "Term start": "29 October 1976", "Term end": "13 November 1989", "Office 2": "Chairman of the State Council", "Predecessor 2": "Friedrich Ebert Jr. (acting)", "Successor 2": "Erich Honecker\nyes GrotewohlCouncil of Ministers\... |
Sir John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale (born 16 October 1959) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon (and its predecessors) since 1992. A member of the Conservative Party, Whittingdale has been the Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure since May 2023, serving in the posi... | {"Name": "John Whittingdale", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "9 May 2023Serving during the maternity leave of Julia Lopez", "Office 2": "Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport", "Predecessor 2": "Sajid Javid", "Successor 2": "Karen Bradley", "Birth date": "1959 10 16 y", "Birth place... |
Dame Caroline Alice Spelman ( Cormack; born 4 May 1958) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Meriden in the West Midlands from 1997 to 2019. From May 2010 to September 2012 she was the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in David Cameron's co... | {"Name": "Dame Caroline Spelman", "Term start": "21 May 2015", "Term end": "12 December 2019", "Office 2": "Chairman of the Conservative Party", "Leader 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "Francis Maude", "Successor 2": "Eric Pickles\nShadow Cabinet positions", "Birth name": "Caroline Alice Cormack", "Birth date": "... |
Sir William David Wiggin (born 4 June 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician, and a former Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Herefordshire, previously Leominster, since the 2001 general election.
Early life
Wiggin was born in London in 1966.Gener... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Bill Wiggin", "Term start": "24 June 2015", "Birth date": "1966 6 4 y", "Birth place": "London, England", "Spouse(s)": "Milly Wiggin", "Alma mater": "Bangor University", "Official website": "billwiggin.com"} |
Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd. is a Swiss architecture firm headquartered in Basel, founded by Jacques Herzog (born April 19, 1950) and Pierre de Meuron (born May 8, 1950). Both architects studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. They are widely recognized for their notable conversion of the... | {"Partners": "Jacques HerzogPierre de MeuronChristine BinswangerEsther ZumstegAscan MergenthalerStefan MarbachJason FrantzenRobert HöslAndreas FriesWim WalschapSimon DemeuseOlga BolshaninaSantiago Espitia BerndtSteffen RiegasChristoph RöttingerMartin Knüsel Tobias WinkelmannHarry Gugger (former)", "Founders": "Jacques ... |
Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 ... | {"Name": "Show Boat", "Infobox width": "21em", "Image size": "200px", "Caption": "Original 1927 sheet music for Ol' Man River, from Show Boat", "Composer(s)": "Jerome Kern", "Lyricist(s)": "Oscar Hammerstein II", "Book-writer": "Oscar Hammerstein II", "Based on?": "Show Boat by Edna Ferber", "Premiere date": "December... |
Milan Kučan (; Milan in isolation: . born 14 January 1941) is a Slovenian former politician who served as the first President of Slovenia from 23 December 1991 until 22 December 2002. Before being president of Slovenia, he was the 13th President of the Presidency of SR Slovenia from 10 May 1990 to 23 December 1991.
Ku... | {"Name": "Milan Kučan", "Image caption": "Kučan in 2022", "Term start": "23 December 1991", "Term end": "22 December 2002", "Office 2": "7th President of the League of Communists of Slovenia", "Predecessor 2": "Andrej Marinc", "Successor 2": "Ciril Ribičič", "Birth date": "1941 01 14 yes", "Birth place": "Križevci, Kin... |
The New York City Marathon, currently branded as the TCS New York City Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon () that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, with 53,627 finishers in 2019 and 98,247 applicants for the 2017 race. Along with the Boston... | {"Date": "First Sunday in Novemberhttp://gonyc.about.com/od/planyourtriptonyc/a/november.htm November in New York City Weather and Event Guide Gonyc.about.com June 1, 2015", "Location": "New York City, U.S.", "Event type": "Road", "Distance": "Marathon26.219 mi", "Primary sponsor": "TCS (since 2013)October 2, 2013 N... |
Henry II of Brabant (, ; 1207 – February 1, 1248) was Duke of Brabant and Lothier after the death of his father Henry I in 1235. His mother was Matilda of Boulogne.
Henry II supported his sister Mathilde's son, William II of Holland, in his bid for election as king of Germany.
His first marriage was to Marie of Hoh... | {"Image caption": "Henry's seal", "Father": "Henry I, Duke of Brabant", "Mother": "Mathilde of Flanders", "Birth place": "1207", "Death date": "1 February 1248 1207", "Death place": "Leuven", "Buried": "Villers Abbey"} |
Charles Bishop Kuralt (September 10, 1934Charles Kuralt, A Life on the Road (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1990), p. 15. - July 4, 1997) was an American television, newspaper and radio journalist and author. He is most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening Ne... | {"Name": "Charles Kuralt", "Image": "CBSSundayMorningLogo2.gif", "Caption": "Kuralt on CBS News Sunday Morning", "Birth name": "Charles Bishop Kuralt", "Birth date": "1934 9 10", "Birth place": "Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "1997 7 4 1934 9 10", "Death place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Resti... |
The Angora rabbit (), which is one of the oldest types of domestic rabbit, is bred for the long fibers of its coat, known as Angora wool, which are gathered by shearing, combing or plucking. Because rabbits do not possess the same allergy-causing qualities as many other animals, their wool is an important alternative.... | {"Country of origin": "TUR Turkey", "Distribution": "Worldwide", "Type": "English, French, German, Giant, Satin, Chinese, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Russian, St. Lucian, Swiss", "Use": "Angora wool production, pet", "Weight": "2.0 - 5.5 kg lboz on", "Coat": "Long, Fine", "Litter size": "2-12", "Lifespan": "7-12 years"} |
Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Ṣādiq (; 702 - 765 CE), commonly known as Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (), was an 8th-century Shia Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian.. He was the founder of the Jaʿfarī school of Islamic jurisprudence and the sixth Imam of the Twelver and Ismāʿīlī denominations of Shīʿa Islam. The traditions (ḥ... | {"Born": "Medina, Hejaz, Umayyad Caliphate", "Died": "Medina, Abbasid Caliphate", "Religion": "Shia Islam", "Children": "font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left; Mūsā al-Kāẓim Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh al-Afṭaḥ Isḥāq ʿAlī al-ʿUrayḍī ʿAbbās Muḥammad al-Dībāj Fāṭima al-Kubrā Fāṭima al-Ṣughrā Umm F... |
CKCO-DT (channel 13) is a television station in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Part of the CTV Television Network, it is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside London-based CTV 2 station CFPL-DT, although the two stations maintain separate operations. CKCO-DT's studios are located at 864 King Street Wes... | {"Branding": "CTV Kitchener (general)CTV News Kitchener (newscasts)", "Channel": "13", "Affiliations": "CTV (1963-present)", "Owner": "Bell Media Inc.", "ERP": "12 kW", "HAAT": "291.9 m ft 0 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "43 24 17 N 80 38 5 W type:landmark", "Website": "https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/ CTV Kitchener"} |
HM Prison Wandsworth is a Category B men's prison at Wandsworth in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South West London, England. It is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service and is one of the largest prisons in the UK.
History
thumb|HM Prison Wandsworth from the air
The prison was built in 1851, when it was known as... | {"Location": "Wandsworth,London, SW 18", "Security class": "Adult Male/Category B Local", "Population": "1,562", "Opened": "1851 yes", "Managed by": "HM Prison Services", "Governor": "Katie Price17 January 2023 Wandsworth Prison https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wandsworth-prison live https://web.archive.org/web/202309... |
Carl Ray Kasell (; April 2, 1934 - April 17, 2018) was an American radio personality. He was a newscaster for National Public Radio, and later was the official judge and scorekeeper of the weekly news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! until his retirement in 2014.
Early life
A native of Goldsboro, North Carolina, ... | {"Name": "Carl Kasell", "Caption": "Kasell at the 2008 Peabody Awards", "Birth date": "1934 04 02", "Birth place": "Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "2018 04 17 1934 04 02", "Death place": "Potomac, Maryland, U.S.", "Years active": "1950-2014", "Occupation": "Radio announcer", "Employer": "NPR", "Spouse(... |
Abū Muḥammad Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar al-Mubārak () was the eldest son of Ja'far al-Sadiq and the sixth Imam in Isma'ili Shia Islam. He also carried the epithet of al-Mubarak ('lit. the blessed one'), on the basis of which one of the earliest Isma'ili groups became designated as the Mubarakiyya.
It seems likely that the Mub... | {"Born": "Medina", "Religion": "Shia Islam", "Title": "al-Azbab al-Itlaq(the absolute lord)al-Mubarak(the blessed one)al-Wafi(the faithful one)", "Children": "Muhammad\n Ali\n Fatima"} |
The Texas A&M University System is a state university system in Texas and is one of the state's seven independent university systems.
The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the United States, with a budget of $6.3 billion. Through a statewide network of 11 universities and... | {"Type": "State university system", "Endowment": "$13.59 billion (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endo... |
Madge Bellamy (born Margaret Derden Philpott; June 30, 1899 - January 24, 1990) was an American stage and film actress. She was a popular leading lady in the 1920s and early 1930s. Bellamy's career declined in the sound era and ended following a romantic scandal in the 1940s.
Early life
Margaret Derden Philpott was bo... | {"Name": "Madge Bellamy", "Caption": "Bellamy in Photoplay, May 1922", "Birth name": "Margaret Derden Philpott", "Birth date": "1899 06 30 yes", "Birth place": "Hillsboro, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "1990 01 24 1899 06 30 yes", "Death place": "Upland, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Gle... |
Carnival Air Lines Incorporated was a charter and scheduled airline division of the Carnival Corporation & plc that started in 1988 after Carnival Cruise Lines purchased Pacific Interstate Airlines. It was headquartered in Dania Beach, Florida.Ostrowski, Jeff. "Codina, Swerdlow set sights on Sawgrass Mills." South Flor... | {"Airline name": "Carnival Air Lines", "Current Fleet Size": "35", "Number of Destinations": "23", "IATA Designator": "KW", "ICAO Designator": "CAA", "Callsign": "CARNIVAL AIR", "Parent Company": "Carnival Corporation & plc (1988-1997) Pan Am Corporation (1997-1998)", "Founded": "1988 11 15 y", "Commenced operations":... |
Zayd ibn ʿAlī (; 695-740), also spelled Zaid, was the son of Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, and great-grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib. He led an unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyad Caliphate, in which he died. The event gave rise to the Zaydiyya sect of Shia Islam, which holds him as the next Imam after his father... | {"Religion": "Islam", "Born": "Medina, Hejaz", "Title": "Zayd the Martyr زَيْد ٱلشَّهِيْد Zayd ash-Shahīd\n Ally of the Qur'an حَلِيْف ٱلْقُرْأٓن Ḥalīf Al-Qurʾān", "Children": "Hasan\n Yahya\n Husayn Dhu al-Dam'a\n Isa Mu'tam al-Ashbal\n Muhammad"} |
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