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George Douglas Howard Cole (25 September 1889 - 14 January 1959) was an English political theorist, economist, and historian. As a believer in common ownership of the means of production, he theorised guild socialism (production organised through worker guilds). He belonged to the Fabian Society and was an advocate for... | {"Name": "G. D. H. Cole", "Birth name": "George Douglas Howard Cole", "Birth date": "1889 09 25 yes", "Birth place": "Cambridge, England", "Death date": "1959 01 14 1889 09 25 yes", "Death place": "London, England", "Party": "Labour", "Spouse(s)": "Margaret Cole 1918", "Alma mater": "Balliol College, Oxford", "Module":... |
The Chanur novels are a series of five science fiction novels, forming three separate stories, written by American author C. J. Cherryh and published by DAW Books between 1981 and 1992. The first novel in the series is The Pride of Chanur (1981), which was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1983. The Prid... | {"Cover artist": "Michael Whelan", "Country": "United States", "Publisher": "DAW Books", "Published": "1981-1992"} |
The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a federal government project in the United States created to provide jobs for out-of-work writers during the Great Depression. It was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal program. It was one of a group of New Deal arts programs known collectively as Federal ... | {"Formed": "July 27, 1935", "Dissolved": "1943", "Headquarters": "Washington D.C., U.S.", "Parent department": "Works Progress Administration"} |
The Emperor's Club is a 2002 American drama film directed by Michael Hoffman and starring Kevin Kline. Based on Ethan Canin's 1994 short story "The Palace Thief", the film follows a prep school teacher and his students at a fictional East Coast boys' prep school, St. Benedict's Academy.
Plot
In the early 1970s, Willia... | {"Directed by": "Michael Hoffman", "Produced by": "Marc AbrahamAndrew S. KarschMichael O'Neill", "Screenplay by": "Neil Tolkin", "Based on": "\"The Palace Thief\" (1994) Ethan Canin", "Starring": "Kevin KlineSteven CulpEmbeth DavidtzPatrick DempseyJoel GretschEdward HerrmannEmile HirschRob MorrowHarris Yulin", "Music b... |
Joseph Ashton (born November 18, 1986) is an American motocross rider, soccer coach and former child actor, who was best known for his role as Oswald "Otto" Rocket in Nickelodeon's animated series Rocket Power.
Early life
Joseph Ashton was born on November 18, 1986, in Cherokee, California. Both of his parents claim C... | {"Name": "Joseph Ashton", "Birth date": "1986 11 18", "Birth place": "Cherokee, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of La Verne", "Occupation": "Actor motocross rider soccer coach", "Years active": "1994-2004", "Relatives": "Mathew Valencia (brother)"} |
John Seward Johnson II (April 16, 1930 - March 10, 2020), also known as J. Seward Johnson Jr. and Seward Johnson, was an American artist known for trompe-l'œil painted bronze statues. He was a grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I, the co-founder of Johnson & Johnson, and of Colonel Thomas Melville Dill of Bermuda.
He des... | {"Birth date": "1930 4 16", "Birth place": "New Brunswick, New Jersey, US", "Death date": "2020 3 10 1930 4 16", "Death place": "Key West, Florida, US", "Occupation": "Artist", "Spouse(s)": "Barbara Kline 1956 1965 div.https://books.google.com/books?id=17q2qiDwhyQC&q=Seward+Johnson+Barbara+Kline+1956&pg=PA121 Crazy Ri... |
Joseph William Ashton (9 October 1933 - 30 March 2020) was a British Labour Party politician. He took his seat in a by-election, winning with a majority of just 1.72%; in his last election before retiring, he won it by a majority of 36.4%.
Early career
thumb|The final form of his seat in the Commons (which includes W... | {"Name": "Joe Ashton", "Term start": "31 October 1968", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1933 10 9 yes", "Birth place": "Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Death date": "2020 03 30 1933 10 9 yes", "Birth name": "Joseph William Ashton"} |
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.
As a result of World War I and the Conscription Crisi... | {"Founded": "1867 7 1", "Merger of": "Parti bleu", "Succeeded by": "Progressive Conservatives", "Ideology": "ConservatismConservative Party https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/conservative-party The Canadian Encyclopedia 21 April 2020ExpansionismGwyn Richard Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His L... |
Morice Town is a suburb of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.
It named after Sir William Morice who owned the land at the time that it was being developed for housing for the employees in the Dockyard.
It was originally a part of the town of Devonport, but since the amalgamation of the Three Towns in 1914, it i... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Plymouth", "Shire county": "Devon", "Postcode district": "PL", "Dialling code": "01752"} |
200px|thumb|The Alvarado Bridge over the Papaloapan river
Alvarado (officially: Ilustre, Heroica y Generosa Ciudad y Puerto de Alvarado) is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is located from the city of Veracruz, Ver... | {"Type": "Municipal Council", "Founded by": "Pedro de Alvarado", "Density": "22330", "DST": "-5", "Website": "alvarado.gob.mx"} |
The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the tur... | {"Original title": "en", "Working title": "A Solitary Soul", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Set in": "New Orleans and Louisiana Gulf coast, 1890s", "Publisher": "Herbert S. Stone & Co.", "Media type": "Print: hardcover", "Pages": "303"} |
Paul Breitner (; born 5 September 1951) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and left-back. Considered one of the best players of his era, Breitner was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Time Team and in 2004, he was named one of the Top 125 greatest living footballers as part of FIFA's 10... | {"Name": "Paul Breitner", "Picture caption": "Breitner in 2011", "Birth date": "1951 9 5 y", "Birth place": "Kolbermoor, Bavaria, West Germany", "Height": "1.76 m http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/paul-breitner/ Paul Breitner worldfootball.net 17 July 2011", "Position": "Left-back, midfielder", "Youth c... |
J2S is a software publisher based in Lille, France. J2S is specialized in software for the e-Commerce, Press & Publishing, Graphic Arts and Communication industries. J2S designs applications to optimise the content management and publishing processes that range from data control and validation to content-driven or layo... | {"Type": "SARL", "Industry": "Computer software", "Founded": "Lille, France(1999 9)", "Headquarters": "Euratechnologies,sLille, France", "Website": "http://www.j2s.net/en j2s.net"} |
The Frisco RoughRiders (often shortened to 'Riders) are a Minor League Baseball team of the Texas League and the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Based in Frisco, Texas, the team is named after the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War, headed by future American President Theodore ... | {"Class": "Double-A (2003-present)", "League": "Texas League (2022-present)", "Division": "South Division", "Name": "Frisco RoughRiders (2003-present)", "Colors": "Scorched red, slate blue, Texas navy, cream#862633 #326295 #0C2340 #F1E6B2", "Ballpark": "Riders Field (2003-present)", "General manager": "Scott Burchett",... |
Alastair Robertson Goodlad, Baron Goodlad (born 4 July 1943) is a British politician who served as Chief Whip of the House of Commons from 1995 to 1997 and British High Commissioner to Australia from 2000 to 2005. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Eddisbury, formerly Northwich, f... | {"Name": "The Lord Goodlad", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "1 January 2000", "Term end": "1 September 2005", "Birth date": "1943 7 4 y", "Spouse(s)": "Cecilia Hurst", "Alma mater": "King's College, Cambridge"} |
Catherine Joséphine "Katia" Krafft (née Conrad; 17 April 1942 - 3 June 1991) and her husband, Maurice Paul Krafft (25 March 1946 - 3 June 1991) were French volcanologists and filmmakers who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen, Japan, on 3 June 1991. The Kraffts became well known as pioneers in the filming, photog... | {"Birth name": "Catherine Joséphine Conrad (Katia) Maurice Paul Krafft (Maurice)", "Birth date": "April 17, 1942 (Katia),March 25, 1946 (Maurice)", "Death date": "1991 6 3 1942 4 17 (Katia)1991 6 3 1946 3 25 (Maurice)", "Death place": "Mount Unzen, Japan 32 45 09.5 N 130 20 14.1 E", "Death cause": "Killed by pyroclast... |
The World Hockey Association (WHA) was a proposed professional hockey league intended to compete with the established National Hockey League during the 2004-05 NHL lockout. Noteworthy for instability and failed plans, its organization operated several minor and junior leagues thereafter.
History
Seeking to capitalize... | {"Title": "World Hockey Association", "Logo": "World Hockey Association- proposed logo.gif", "Map size": "200px", "Caption": "The proposed league's logo", "Sport": "Ice hockey", "Founded": "2003", "Countries": "Canada and United States", "Folded": "2009"} |
The Independent Belgian Brigade was a Belgian and Luxembourg military unit in the Free Belgian forces during World War II, commonly known as the Piron Brigade (Brigade Piron) after its commanding officer Jean-Baptiste Piron. It saw action in Western Europe and participated in the Battle of Normandy, the Liberation of B... | {"Allegiance": "Belgian government in exile", "Branch": "Free Belgian Forces", "Type": "Brigade group with motorised, artillery, reconnaissance, engineer and support elements", "Size": "2,200 officers and men", "Part of": "Guards Armoured Division", "Notablecommanders": "Jean-Baptiste Piron", "Nickname(s)": "Piron Brig... |
The Little Colorado River () is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. state of Arizona, providing the principal drainage from the Painted Desert region. Together with its major tributary, the Puerco River, it drains an area of about in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico. Although it stretches almost , onl... | {"Mouth": "2700 ft on", "Location": "Grand Canyon, Coconino County", "Coordinates": "36 11 28 N 111 48 14 W inline,title", "Basin size": "26500 sqmi on", "Left": "Silver Creek", "Right": "Zuni River, Puerco River"} |
John William Cheever (May 27, 1912 - June 18, 1982) was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan; the Westchester suburbs; old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Mas... | {"Born": "1912 5 27", "Died": "1982 6 18 1912 5 27", "Occupation": "Writer novelist", "Period": "20th century", "Literary movement": "Symbolism", "Children": "Susan Benjamin Federico", "Notable awards": "Pulitzer Prize (1979)National Book Critics Circle Award (1981)", "Years active": "1935-1982"} |
Ifs () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Population
Administration
Mayors of Ifs
From To Name PartyRaymond SlamaPSJean-Paul GauchardDVGMichel Patard-LegendreLR
International relations
Ifs is twinned with:
Ilfracombe, Devon, England
Niederwerrn, Germany
Notab... | {"Name": "Ifs", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Town Hall", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Ifs", "Postal code": "14123", "Mayor": "Michel Patard-LegendreRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte de... |
Chlodwig Carl Viktor, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Prince of Ratibor and Corvey () (31 March 18196 July 1901), usually referred to as the Prince of Hohenlohe, was a German statesman, who served as the chancellor of the German Empire and minister-president of Prussia from 1894 to 1900. Prior to his appointment a... | {"Honorific prefix": "His Serene Highness", "Name": "Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst", "Honorific suffix": "Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst", "Image caption": "Chlodwig 1894", "Office 2": "Minister President of Prussia", "Monarch 2": "Wilhelm II", "Predecessor 2": "Botho zu Eulenburg", "Successor 2": "Bernha... |
The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called () is the highest order conferred by both the Russian Imperial Family (as an Order of Knighthood) and by the Russian Federation (as a state order).
Established as the first and highest order of chivalry of the Russian Tsardom and the Russian Empire in 1698, it was re... | {"Type": "Order of Knighthood", "Status": "Rarely constituted", "First induction": "1698 Count Fyodor Golovin", "Last induction": "2021 King Fuad II of Egypt & Leka, Crown Prince of Albania", "Next (higher)": "None", "Next (lower)": "Order of Saint Alexander NevskyOrder of Saint Catherine", "Motto": "За веру и верность... |
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Port Lincoln is a city on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia. It is situated on the shore of Boston Bay, which opens eastward into Spencer Gulf. It is the largest city in the West Coast region, and is located approximately 280 km as the crow flies from the State's... | {"Type": "city", "Name": "Port Lincoln", "State Abbreviation": "sa", "Caption": "Port Lincoln", "Coordinates": "34 43 56 S 135 51 31 E inline,title", "Locator Map Pushpin Caption": "Location in South Australia", "Postcode": "5606Port Lincoln Postcode Australia Post", "Elevation": "7", "Area Footnotes": "2011 Census Com... |
John Laurens (October 28, 1754 - August 27, 1782) was an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, best known for his criticism of slavery and his efforts to help recruit slaves to fight for their freedom as U.S. soldiers.
In 1779, Laurens gained approval from the Contin... | {"Born": "Charlestown, South Carolina, British America(now Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.)", "Died": "Combahee River, near Beaufort, South Carolina, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States United States of America 1777 23px", "Spouse(s)": "Martha Manning (m. 1776; died 1781)", "Children": "Frances Eleanor Laurens (b. 177... |
Birgu ( , ), also known by its title Città Vittoriosa ("Victorious City"), is an old fortified city on the south side of the Grand Harbour in the South Eastern Region of Malta. The city occupies a promontory of land with Fort Saint Angelo at its head and the city of Cospicua at its base. Birgu is ideally situated for s... | {"Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "ISO 3166 code": "MT-03", "Website": "http://birgu.gov.mt/"} |
Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin, Prince of Bülow ( ;Duden - Bülow 3 May 1849 - 28 October 1929) was a German statesman who served as the chancellor of the German Empire and minister-president of Prussia from 1900 to 1909. A fervent supporter of Weltpolitik, Bülow devoted his chancellorship to transforming Germany into a ... | {"Honorific prefix": "His Serene Highness", "Name": "Bernhard von Bülow", "Honorific suffix": "Prince of Bülow", "Image caption": "Bernhard von Bülow in 1899", "Term start": "17 October 1900", "Term end": "14 July 1909", "Order 2": "State Secretary for Foreign Affairs", "Chancellor 2": "Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillings... |
The Order of Saint George () is the highest military decoration of the Russian Federation. It was originally established on 26 November 1769 Julian26 November Julian is one of days commemorating Saint George in the Russian Orthodox Church. (7 December 1769 Gregorian) as the highest military decoration of the Russian Em... | {"Type": "Military order", "Eligibility": "Top and senior military officers", "Status": "Active", "Next (higher)": "Order of Saint Andrew", "Next (lower)": "Order \"For Merit to the Fatherland\""} |
Georg Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Hertling, from 1914 Count von Hertling, (31 August 1843 - 4 January 1919) was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party. He was foreign minister and minister president of Bavaria, then chancellor of the German Reich and minister president of Prussia from 1 November 1917 to 30 Se... | {"Name": "Georg von Hertling", "Honorific prefix": "Count", "Term start": "1 November 1917", "Term end": "30 September 1918", "Order 2": "Minister President of Bavaria", "Monarch 2": "OttoLudwig III", "Predecessor 2": "Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz", "Successor 2": "Otto von Dandl", "Birth name": "Georg Friedrich Freiher... |
Harvard Man is a 2001 American crime comedy-drama thriller film written and directed by James Toback, and starring Adrian Grenier, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joey Lauren Adams, Rebecca Gayheart, Ray Allen, and Eric Stoltz.
Plot
The story concerns Harvard student Alan Jensen, the point guard of the Harvard basketball team.... | {"Directed by": "James Toback", "Produced by": "Daniel BigelMichael Mailer", "Written by": "James Toback", "Starring": "Adrian GrenierSarah Michelle GellarJoey Lauren AdamsRebecca GayheartRay AllenEric Stoltz", "Music by": "Ryan Shore", "Cinematography": "David Ferrara", "Edited by": "Suzy Elmiger", "Distributed by": "... |
The Cremaster Cycle is a series of five feature-length films, together with related sculptures, photographs, drawings, and artist's books, created by American visual artist and filmmaker Matthew Barney.
The Cremaster Cycle was made over a period of eight years (1994-2002) and culminated in a major museum exhibition or... | {"Directed by": "Matthew Barney", "Produced by": "Barbara Gladstone\n Nancy Spector\n Matthew Barney", "Written by": "Matthew Barney", "Starring": "Matthew Barney\n Aimee Mullins\n Richard Serra\n Dave Lombardo\n Patty Griffin\n Norman Mailer\n Ursula Andress", "Music by": "Jonathan Bepler", "Cinematography": "Peter St... |
The 2nd Canadian Division, an infantry division of the Canadian Army, was mobilized for war service on 1September 1939 at the outset of World War II. Adopting the designation of the 2nd Canadian Division, it was initially composed of volunteers within brigades established along regional lines, though a halt in recruitm... | {"Branch": "Canadian Army", "Type": "Infantry", "Size": "Division", "Part of": "I Canadian Corps (1942-1944)\n II Canadian Corps (1944-1945)", "Notablecommanders": "John RobertsCharles FoulkesBruce Matthews"} |
Dae Mu-ye, also known as King Mu () (r. 719-737), was the second king of the Balhae. He is noted for the military expansion of his domain.
Background
Dae Mu-ye was the eldest son of Dae Jo-yeong, the founder of the ancient kingdom of Balhae, He ascended to the throne after the death in 719 of his father. He was give... | {"Infobox title": "Mu of Balhae", "Name in Chinese": "武 王", "Pinyin transcription": "Wǔwáng", "Wade-Giles": "Wuwang", "Korean name in Korean characters": "무 왕", "Korean name in Hanja": "武 王", "Korean revised romanization": "Mu wang", "Korean McCune-Reischauer romanization": "Mu wang", "Alternate name in Chinese": "大 武 ... |
Dae Insu, also known as King Seon (r. 818-830) was the 10th king of the kingdom of Balhae. He restored national strength, and is remembered today as the last of the great Balhae rulers before its fall.
Background
Dae Insu was a 4th-generation descendant of Dae Joyeong's younger brother, Dae Ya-bal. In spite being fr... | {"Infobox title": "Seon of Balhae", "Name in Chinese": "宣 王", "Pinyin transcription": "Xuānwáng", "Wade-Giles": "Hsüanwang", "Alternate name in Chinese": "大 仁 秀", "Pinyin transcription 2": "Dà Rénxiù", "Wade-Giles 2": "Ta Jên-hsiu", "Korean name in Korean characters": "선 왕", "Korean name in Hanja": "宣 王", "Korean revis... |
Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy drama film directed by Tim Burton, and based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. The film stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, and Danny DeVito. The f... | {"Directed by": "Tim Burton", "Produced by": "Richard D. ZanuckBruce CohenDan Jinks", "Screenplay by": "John August", "Based on": "Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions Daniel Wallace", "Starring": "Ewan McGregor\nAlbert Finney\nBilly Crudup\nJessica Lange\nHelena Bonham Carter\nAlison Lohman\nRobert Guillaume\nMario... |
thumb|right|The formation sign used to identify tanks and other vehicles in the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade.
The 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade, later known as 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, was an armoured brigade of the Canadian Army, raised during the Second World War. The brigade was composed of the 11th, 12th a... | {"Branch": "Canadian Army", "Type": "Armoured", "Role": "Armoured support for infantry units", "Size": "Brigade", "Part of": "British Eighth Army\n U.S. Fifth Army\n First Canadian Army", "Notablecommanders": "F. F. Worthington\n Robert Andrew Wyman\n William Cameron Murphy"} |
Karl Joseph Wirth (6 September 1879 – 3 January 1956) was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party who served for one year and six months as the chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922, as the finance minister from 1920 to 1921, as acting foreign minister of Germany from 1921 to 1922 and again in 1922, as the m... | {"Name": "Joseph Wirth", "Term start": "10 May 1921", "Term end": "22 November 1922", "President 2": "Friedrich Ebert", "Chancellor 2": "Joseph Wirth", "Predecessor 2": "Walther Rathenau", "Successor 2": "Hans von Rosenberg", "Birth name": "Karl Joseph Wirth", "Birth place": "Freiburg im Breisgau, Grand Duchy of Baden... |
Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno (2 July 1876 – 3 January 1933) was a German businessman and politician who was the chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923, for a total of 264 days. His tenure included the episode known as the Occupation of the Ruhr by French and Belgian troops and the period in which inflation in Germany acce... | {"Name": "Wilhelm Cuno", "Term start": "22 November 1922", "Term end": "12 August 1923", "Birth name": "Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno", "Birth date": "1876 7 2 y", "Birth place": "Suhl, German Empire", "Death date": "1933 1 3 1876 7 2 y", "Death place": "Aumühle, Weimar Republic", "Spouse(s)": "Martha Berta Wirtz"} |
Wilhelm Marx (15 January 1863 - 5 August 1946) was a German judge, politician and member of the Catholic Centre Party. During the Weimar Republic he was the chancellor of Germany twice, from 1923-1925 and 1926-1928, and served briefly as the minister president of Prussia in 1925. With a total of 3 years and 73 days, he... | {"Name": "Wilhelm Marx", "Image caption": "Marx in 1923", "Term start": "17 May 1926", "Term end": "28 June 1928", "Office 2": "Reich Minister of Justice", "Chancellor 2": "Hans Luther", "Predecessor 2": "Hans Luther (acting)", "Successor 2": "Johannes Bell", "Birth name": "Wilhelm Marx", "Birth date": "1863 1 15 y", "... |
Hans Luther () (10 March 1879 - 11 May 1962) was a German politician and Chancellor of Germany for 482 days in 1925 to 1926. As Minister of Finance he helped stabilize the Mark during the hyperinflation of 1923. From 1930 to 1933, Luther was head of the Reichsbank and from 1933 to 1937 he served as German Ambassador to... | {"Name": "Hans Luther", "Term start": "15 January 1925", "Term end": "12 May 1926", "Title 2": "President of the Reichsbank", "Predecessor 2": "Hjalmar Schacht", "Successor 2": "Hjalmar Schacht", "Birth date": "1879 3 10 y", "Birth place": "Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire(now Berlin, Germany)", "Death date": ... |
The 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the Canadian Army that saw active service during World War II. The brigade was composed of the 6th, 10th and 27th Canadian Armoured regiments and saw service in northwest Europe, landing in Normandy on D-Day and remaining in combat up to Victory in Europe Day... | {"Branch": "Canadian Army", "Type": "Armoured", "Size": "Brigade", "Part of": "First Canadian ArmyBritish Second Army", "Notablecommanders": "Major-General George PearkesVC PC CC CB DSO MC CD(February 28, 1888 - May 30, 1984)"} |
The 1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade Group () was an armoured unit of expatriate Czechoslovaks organised and equipped by the United Kingdom during the Second World War in 1943.
The brigade landed in Normandy in August 1944 and was given the mission of containing the German-held port of Dunkirk for the res... | {"Allegiance": "Czechoslovak government-in-exile, formation equipped and supplied by the United Kingdom", "Branch": "Army", "Type": "Armoured", "Size": "Brigade", "Part of": "21st Army Group", "Notablecommanders": "Major-general Alois Liška"} |
During the Second World War, the Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade, later known as the Princess Irene Brigade () was a Dutch military unit initially formed from approximately 1,500 troops, including a small group guarding German prisoners-of-war, who arrived in the United Kingdom in May 1940 following the co... | {"Disbanded": "Disbanded May 1945 to make way for a regiment.", "Allegiance": "Dutch government-in-exile", "Branch": "Royal Netherlands Army", "Type": "Infantry brigade", "Role": "Mechanized infantry", "Size": "1,800-~2,000", "Patron": "Princess Irene"} |
Eduardo Alonso Nájera PérezMeet Eduardo Najera () (born July 11, 1976) is a Mexican former professional basketball player who is currently a scout for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also a pregame and postgame analyst on Mavericks Live on Fox Sports Southwest, where he is ident... | {"Position": "Scout", "Listed height": "8", "Listed weight": "235", "Conference": "Dallas Mavericks", "Born": "Ciudad Meoqui, Chihuahua, Mexico", "Nationality": "Mexican", "High school": "Cornerstone Christian Academy(San Antonio, Texas)", "College": "Oklahoma (1996-2000)"} |
Secret of Evermore is an action role-playing game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in North America on October 1, 1995, and in Europe and Australia in February 1996. A Japanese release was planned to follow the North American release by a few months but was ... | {"Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "Square", "Publisher": "NA Square EU/AU Nintendo", "Designer": "Alan WeissGeorge Sinfield", "Artist": "Daniel DociuBeau Folsom", "Programmer": "Brian Fehdrau", "Writer": "George SinfieldPaul Mazurek", "Composer": "Jeremy Soule", "Platforms": "Super Nintendo Entertainme... |
The Polish 1st Armoured Division (Polish 1 Dywizja Pancerna) was an armoured division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II. Created in February 1942 at Duns in Scotland, it was commanded by Major General Stanisław Maczek and at its peak numbered approximately 18,000 soldiers.The division served in... | {"Type": "Armoured", "Branch": "Poland", "Size": "Division, 18,000 soldiers, 380 tanks, 470 guns", "Nickname(s)": "Black devil", "Notablecommanders": "Stanisław Maczek"} |
Royal Air Maroc (; ; ), more commonly known as RAM, is the Moroccan national carrier, as well as the country largest airline.
RAM is wholly owned by the Moroccan Government, and has its headquarters on the grounds of Casablanca-Anfa Airport. It joined the Oneworld alliance in 2020.
From its base at Mohammed V Interna... | {"Airline name": "Royal Air Maroc ar الخطوط الملكية المغربية", "Image size (px)": "200", "Current Fleet Size": "52", "Number of Destinations": "103 Global Network https://www.royalairmaroc.com/us-en/Travel-Info/oneworld/Global-network 2 April 2020 7 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200407044043/https://www.... |
Commonwealth Day (formerly Empire Day) is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations, since 1977 often held on the second Monday in March. It is marked by an Anglican service in Westminster Abbey, normally attended by the monarch as Head of the Commonwealth along with the Commonwealth Secretary-General and C... | {"Type": "International", "Observed by": "Commonwealth of Nations", "Date": "March", "Celebrations": "Service in Westminster Abbey", "Next time": "nth weekday of the month"} |
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and is managed by Mark Hughes.
The club's home ground is the 25,136-capacity Valley Parade, which was the site of the Brad... | {"Full name": "Bradford City Association Football Club", "Nickname(s)": "The BantamsThe ParadersThe Citizens", "Founded": "y 1903", "Coordinates": "53 48 15 N 001 45 32 W type:landmark_region:GB inline,title", "Capacity": "25,136", "League": "BradforC", "Website": "http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk"} |
is a Japanese video game developer, best known as the primary developer of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games published by Nintendo.
History
Predating the video game company, Game Freak was a self-published video game magazine created by Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori in the 1980s. The first issue was p... | {"Type": "Private KK", "Industry": "Video games", "Genre": "Video game development", "Founded": "1989 04 26 in Tokyo, Japan", "Headquarters": "Japan", "Products": "Games", "Brands": "Pokémon", "Subsidiaries": "Koa Games", "Website": "https://www.gamefreak.co.jp/"} |
Pokémon Stadium, known in Japan as is a strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. First released in Japan on April 30, 1999, it was later released as the first Stadium title in Western regions the following year, and is a sequel to the Japanese-only 1998 Nintendo 64 release Pocket Mo... | {"Caption": "North American box art, ft. Blastoise (left) and Charizard (right)", "Developer": "Nintendo EAD", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Series": "Pokémon", "Platforms": "Nintendo 64 Nintendo Switch", "Released": "JP \"Spot2\">Pokemon Stadium for Nintendo 64 - Pokemon Stadium Nintendo 64 Game — Pokemon Stadium Nintendo... |
Trac is an open-source, web-based project management and bug tracking system. It has been adopted by a variety of organizations for use as a bug tracking system for both free and open-source software and proprietary projects and products. Trac integrates with major version control systems including ("out of the box") S... | {"Developer(s)": "Edgewall Software", "Initial release": "2004 02 23", "Written in": "Python", "Type": "Project management software, bug tracking system", "Available in": "Trac localization https://trac.edgewall.org/browser/tags/trac-1.4/trac/locale/ August 28, 2019", "License": "2005: BSD-3-ClauseBSD-3-Clause since 20... |
Bayonne Bridge is an arch bridge spanning the Kill Van Kull and connecting Bayonne, New Jersey with Staten Island in New York City. It carries New York State Route 440 (NY 440) and New Jersey Route 440. It has the sixth-longest steel arch mainspan in the world, and this span was the longest in the world at the time of ... | {"Carries": "4 lanes of NJ NJ 440 NY 440", "Crosses": "Kill Van Kull", "Locale": "Staten Island, New York City and Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.", "Maintained by": "Port Authority of New York and New Jersey", "Design": "Steel arch bridge", "Longest span": "1,675 feet (510.54 m)", "Total length": "5,780 feet (1,762 m)", "Wi... |
William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, (12 April 1856 - 19 April 1937), known between 1895 and 1931 as Sir Martin Conway, was an English art critic, politician, cartographer and mountaineer, who made expeditions in Europe as well as in South America and Asia.
Conway occupied several university position... | {"Name": "The Lord Conway of Allington", "Image caption": "Conway in 1895", "Term start": "28 December 1918", "Term end": "7 October 1931", "Birth date": "1856 04 12 y", "Birth place": "Rochester, Kent, England", "Death date": "1937 04 19 1856 04 12 y", "Death place": "London, England", "Nationality": "English"} |
Pokémon Colosseum is a role-playing video game in the Pokémon series developed by Genius Sonority, published by The Pokémon Company, and distributed by Nintendo. It was released for the GameCube on November 21, 2003, in Japan; March 22, 2004, in North America; and May 14, 2004, in Europe. Unlike previous titles' random... | {"Caption": "North American cover art. Clockwise from top: Wes, Kyogre, Raikou, Suicune, Entei, and Groudon.", "Developer": "Genius Sonority", "Publisher": "Nintendo\n The Pokémon Company", "Director": "Manabu Yamana", "Producer": "Gakuji Nomoto\n Hiroyuki Jinnai\n Hiroaki Tsuru\n Kenji Miki\n Shigeru Miyamoto", "Desig... |
Immortal Beloved is a 1994 biographical film written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé, Isabella Rossellini and Johanna ter Steege. The film narrates the life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven (played by Oldman) in flashbacks while it follows Beethoven's secretary and first biographer ... | {"Directed by": "Bernard Rose", "Produced by": "Stephen McEveetyBruce Davey", "Written by": "Bernard Rose", "Starring": "Gary Oldman\n Jeroen Krabbé\n Isabella Rossellini\n Johanna ter Steege\n Valeria Golino", "Music by": "Ludwig van BeethovenGioacchino Rossini", "Distributed by": "Entertainment Film Distributors (Uni... |
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Alesis Digital Audio Tape (ADAT) is a magnetic tape format used for the recording of eight digital audio tracks onto the same S-VHS tape used by consumer VCRs.
Although it is a tape-based format, the term ADAT now refers to its successor, the Alesis ADAT HD24, which f... | {"Title": "Alesis Digital Audio Tape (ADAT)", "Image": "SV-Cassette001.JPG", "Image caption": "A S-VHS tape, which is also used for ADAT", "Developed by": "Alesis", "Use": "Professional digital audio"} |
and are 2004 remakes of the 1996 role-playing video games Pokémon Red and Blue. They were developed by Game Freak, published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. FireRed and LeafGreen were first released in Japan in January 2004 and in North America and Europe in September and October 2004. T... | {"Title": "Pokémon FireRed Pokémon LeafGreen", "Caption": "North American box art for Pokémon LeafGreen, depicting the Pokémon Venusaur. The box art for Pokémon FireRed depicts the Pokémon Charizard (not pictured).", "Developer": "Game Freak", "Publisher": "Nintendo The Pokémon Company", "Director": "Junichi Masuda", "... |
Pokémon Stadium 2, known in Japan as is a strategy video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It features all 251 Pokémon from the first and second generations of the franchise. It was released in Japan on December 14, 2000, in North America on March 26, 2001, and in Europe on ... | {"Caption": "North American N64 box art, ft. Ho-Oh (left) and Lugia (right)", "Developer": "Nintendo EAD", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Takao Shimizu", "Producer": "Kenji Miki\n Tsunekazu Ishihara\n Satoru Iwata\n Shigeru Miyamoto", "Artist": "Tatsuya Hishida", "Composer": "Hajime Wakai", "Released": "JP Decem... |
The 2003 Alcântara VLS accident was an accident during the Brazilian Space Agency's third attempt to launch the VLS-1 rocket, which was intended to launch two satellites into orbit. The rocket ignited on its launch pad at the Alcântara Launch Center, killing 21 people. It is the third deadliest space exploration relate... | {"Image": "frameless", "Image caption": "Wreck of the structure of the VLS launch pad", "Duration of the event": "0 8 45Berquó Coelho Martinolli Corrêa 2004 32", "Outcome": "Setback to the Brazilian space program with the death of 21 technicians and destruction of launch vehicle and structure (launch pad and launch tow... |
The , abbreviated as PTCG or Pokémon TCG, is a collectible card game developed by Creatures Inc. based on the Pokémon franchise. As of March 2023, the game has sold over 52.9 billion cards worldwide.
Development and publication
The Pokémon Trading Card Game was developed in Japan, based on the 1996 Pokémon Red, Blue, ... | {"Designer": "\"assets.pokemon.com\" /> Kouichi Ooyama Takumi Akabane", "Publisher": "The Pokémon CompanyJapanMedia Factory(October 1996 - November 2000)United StatesWizards of the Coast(December 1998 - July 2003)", "Release date": "1996 10 20", "Type": "Collectible", "Players": "2", "Age range": "6+", "Playing time": ... |
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John Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel, 3rd Baron Maltravers (1 August 138521 April 1421) was an English nobleman.
Origins
He was the son of John Fitzalan, 2nd Baron Arundel (1364-1390), by his wife Elizabeth le Despenser, daughter of Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despe... | {"Birth date": "1 August 1385", "Birth place": "Ditton manor, Stoke Poges, England", "Death date": "1421 04 21 1385 08 01 yes", "Other titles": "Baron MaltraversEarl of Arundel"} |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos. The film stars Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Gia Carides, Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin, and Joey Fatone. It follows a young Greek-American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek an... | {"Directed by": "Joel Zwick", "Written by": "Nia Vardalos", "Produced by": "Rita Wilson\n Tom Hanks\n Gary Goetzman", "Starring": "Nia Vardalos\n John Corbett\n Lainie Kazan\n Michael Constantine\n Gia Carides\n Louis Mandylor\n Andrea Martin\n Joey Fatone", "Cinematography": "Jeffrey Jur", "Edited by": "Mia Goldman", ... |
Alexander Borisovich Godunov (Russian: ; November 28, 1949 - May 18, 1995) was a Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor. A member of the Bolshoi Ballet, he became the troupe's Premier danseur. In 1979, he defected to the United States. While continuing to dance, he also began working as a supporting actor in H... | {"Name": "Alexander Godunov", "Birth name": "Alexander Borisovich Godunov", "Birth date": "1949 11 28 y", "Birth place": "Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin, Russian SFSR, USSR", "Death date": "1995 05 18 1949 11 28 ylevitt/> and has been listed as early as May 13 in some biographical material.\"Godunov, Alexander 1949-1995\"... |
"" (; ) was a personal anthem to Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of the Austrian Empire, with lyrics by Lorenz Leopold Haschka (1749-1827) and music by Joseph Haydn. It is sometimes called the "Kaiserhymne" (; Emperor's Hymn). Haydn's tune has since been widely employed in other contexts: in work... | {"Lyrics": "Lorenz Leopold Haschka (1797)\n Johann Gabriel Seidl (1854)", "Music": "1797", "Adopted": "1797", "Relinquished": "1918", "Succeeded by": "\"Deutschösterreich, du herrliches Land\"", "Preceded by": "Vivat terra sancta"} |
The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies. In the early 20th century, it came to international prominence as Moscow became the capital of Soviet Russia. The Bolshoi ... | {"Name": "Bolshoi Ballet", "Local name": "Большой ТеатрБалетная труппа Большого театраBaletnaya truppa Bol'shogo teatra", "Year founded": "1776", "Principal venue": "Bolshoi Theatre", "Website": "http://www.bolshoi.ru", "Director": "Vladimir Urin", "Deputy Director": "Galina Stepanenko", "Music Director": "Tugan Sokhie... |
The Clutha River (, officially gazetted as Clutha River / ) is the second longest river in New Zealand and the longest in the South Island. It flows south-southeast through Central and South Otago from Lake Wānaka in the Southern Alps to the Pacific Ocean, south west of Dunedin. It is the highest volume river in New ... | {"Native name": "mi Mata-Au", "Etymology": "Mata-au: current in the water. Clutha: from Cluaidh, the Scots Gaelic name for the River Clyde", "Mouth": "Sea level", "Coordinates": "46 21 S 169 48 E inline,title", "Progression": "Makarora River → Lake Wānaka → Clutha River → Pacific Ocean", "Basin size": "21960 km2 sqmi o... |
The Dominion of New Zealand was the historical successor to the Colony of New Zealand. It was a constitutional monarchy with a high level of self-government within the British Empire.
New Zealand became a separate British Crown colony in 1841 and received responsible government with the Constitution Act in 1852. New Z... | {"Conventional long name": "Dominion of New Zealand", "Type of government": "Parliamentary constitutional monarchy", "Starting event": "Declared a Dominion", "Date established": "26 September", "Event ending the country": "Statute of Westminster adopted", "End date": "25 November", "Symbol type": "Coat of arms (1911-19... |
Lake Wānaka is New Zealand's fourth-largest lake and the seat of the town of Wānaka in the Otago region.Lake Wānaka (from the Tourism New Zealand website) The lake is 278 meters above sea level, covers , and is more than deep.Otago Regional Council (Lake level monitoring)
"Wānaka" is the South Island dialect pronunci... | {"Location": "Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, South Island", "Coordinates": "44 30 S 169 08 E region:NZ-OTA_type:waterbody inline,title", "Primary inflows": "Makarora River, Mātukituki River", "Primary outflows": "Clutha River / Mata-Au", "Basin": "New Zealand", "Max. length": "42 km on", "Max. width": "10 km on", "A... |
Lady Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones (born 14 May 2002) is an English socialite, jewellery designer, and a member of the British royal family. The granddaughter of Princess Margaret and the grandniece of Elizabeth II, she served as a bridesmaid at the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton i... | {"Name": "Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones", "Caption": "Lady Margarita and her father in 2017", "Birth name": "Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones", "Birth date": "2002 05 14 yes", "Birth place": "Portland Hospital, London, United Kingdom", "Education": "Garden House SchoolSt Mary's School AscotTudor Hall S... |
was a province of Japan in eastern Kyūshū in the area of Ōita Prefecture.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bungo" in . It was sometimes called , with Buzen Province. Bungo bordered Buzen, Hyūga, Higo, Chikugo, and Chikuzen Provinces.
History
At the end of the 7th century, Toyo Province was split into Buzen (literally... | {"Native name": "ja 豊後国", "Conventional long name": "Bungo Province", "Common name": "Bungo Province", "Capital": "Ōita District", "Today part of": "Ōita Prefecture", "Year founded": "7th century", "Year dissolved": "1871"} |
Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones; born 1 May 1964) is a member of the British royal family. She is the only daughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. She and her brother, David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, are the only maternal f... | {"Name": "Lady Sarah Chatto", "Birth name": "Sarah Frances Elizabeth Armstrong-Jones", "Birth date": "y 1964 05 01", "Birth place": "Kensington Palace, London, England", "Family": "Armstrong-Jones family\n House of Windsor", "Spouse(s)": "Daniel Chatto 14 July 1994", "Children": "2", "Father": "Antony Armstrong-Jones, ... |
Lady Davina Elizabeth Alice Benedikte Windsor (born 19 November 1977) is a member of the British royal family, and is the elder daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. "Burke’s Royal Families of the World: Volume II Africa & the Middle East, Addendum to Volume I, 1980, pp. 312. She... | {"Name": "Lady Davina Windsor", "Birth date": "1977 11 19 yes", "Birth place": "St Mary's Hospital, London, England", "Family": "House of Windsor", "Spouse(s)": "Gary Lewis 31 July 2004 2018 div", "Children": "2", "Father": "Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester", "Mother": "Birgitte van Deurs Henriksen", "Alma mater": "U... |
Mandarin Airlines () is a Taiwanese regional airline based in Taipei, Taiwan, whose parent company is China Airlines. The airline operates domestic and regional international flights, while its parent company focuses on international operations. Some charter services are also operated by the company. Its main base is ... | {"Airline name": "Mandarin Airlineszh-hant 華信航空", "Current Fleet Size": "9", "Number of Destinations": "34 (including charter flights)", "IATA Designator": "AE", "ICAO Designator": "MDA", "Callsign": "MANDARIN", "Parent Company": "China Airlines", "Founded": "1991 06 01 y", "Commenced operations": "1991 10 16 y", "Head... |
Huntington is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located within the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 18,406 at the 2010 census. The hamlet serves as the Town Seat of the Town of Huntington.
The hamlet's central business dist... | {"Land": "19.79", "Water": "0.39", "Density": "2571.34", "DST": "-4"} |
Beilby Porteus (or Porteous; 8 May 1731 - 13 May 1809), successively Bishop of Chester and of London, was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery.
Early life
Porteus was born in York... | {"Church": "Church of England", "Diocese": "Diocese of London", "Predecessor": "Robert Lowth", "Successor": "John Randolph", "Other post(s)": "Bishop of Chester1776-1787", "Ordination": "1757 (priest)", "Consecration": "1777", "Born": "York, Great Britain", "Died": "Fulham Palace, London", "Nationality": "British", "De... |
was a province of Japan which consisted of the Iki Islands, now a part of modern Nagasaki Prefecture.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iki" in . Its abbreviated name was . Iki is classified as one of the provinces of the Saikaidō. Under the Engishiki classification system, Iki was ranked as an "inferior country" (下国)... | {"Native name": "ja 壱岐国", "Conventional long name": "Iki Province", "Common name": "Iki Province", "Capital": "Ishida District", "Today part of": "Iki, Nagasaki", "Year founded": "7th century", "Year dissolved": "1871"} |
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the national governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was formed on 1 January 1997 as a single governing body to combine the roles formerly fulfilled by the Test and County Cricket Board, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council. In April 1998 the W... | {"Name": "England and Wales Cricket Board", "Abbreviation": "ECB", "Sport": "Cricket", "Image caption": "Logo England and Wales Cricket Board", "Jurisdiction": "National", "Founded": "yes 1 January 1997", "International affiliation": "International Cricket Council", "Affiliation date": "1997", "Regional affiliation": "... |
Edward Richard Holmes, CBE, TD, JP, VR (29 March 1946 - 30 April 2011), known as Richard Holmes, was a British military historian. He was co-director of Cranfield University's Security and Resilience Group from 1989 to 2009 and became Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield in 1995.
Early life and educ... | {"Name": "Richard Holmes", "Caption": "Holmes around 2005", "Birth name": "Edward Richard Holmes", "Birth date": "1946 03 29 y", "Birth place": "Aldridge, Staffordshire, England", "Death date": "2011 04 30 1946 03 29 yhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13251220 Prof Richard Holmes, acclaimed military historian, dies BBC N... |
thumb|James Sharples, portrait of James Kent (1763-1847), 1798, pastel on paper, 8-7/8" x 6-15-16", gift of Edmund Astley Prentis, 1963 (C00.730), Avery Library, Columbia University
James Kent (July 31, 1763 - December 12, 1847) was an American jurist, New York legislator, legal scholar, and first Professor of Law at C... | {"Name": "James Kent", "Image size": "225", "Image caption": "James Kent by Rembrandt Peale (c. 1835)", "Term start": "1797", "Term end": "1798", "Office 2": "Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court", "Predecessor 2": "Morgan Lewis", "Successor 2": "Smith Thompson", "Birth date": "1763 7 31", "Birth place": "Freder... |
Mathurin Jacques Brisson (; 30 April 1723 – 23 June 1806) was a French zoologist and natural philosopher.
Brisson was born at Fontenay-le-Comte. The earlier part of his life was spent in the pursuit of natural history; his published works in this field included Le Règne animal (1756) Google Books La Regne Animal. and ... | {"Fields": "Zoology, ornithology, entomology", "Institutions": "College of Navarre, Paris", "Author abbrev. (botany)": "Briss.", "Author abbrev. (zoology)": "Brisson", "Influences": "René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur"} |
Murder by Decree is a 1979 mystery thriller film directed by Bob Clark. It features the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who are embroiled in the investigation surrounding the real-life 1888 Whitechapel murders committed by "Jack the Ripper". Christopher Plummer plays Ho... | {"Directed by": "Bob Clark", "Screenplay by": "John Hopkins", "Based on": "The Ripper FileJohn LloydElwyn JonesSherlock Holmes characters bySir Arthur Conan Doyle", "Starring": "Christopher PlummerJames MasonDavid HemmingsSusan ClarkAnthony QuayleJohn GielgudFrank FinlayDonald SutherlandGenevieve Bujold", "Produced by"... |
Itzik Kol (; January 12, 1932 - July 8, 2007) was an Israeli television and film producer considered by many to be a pioneer and originator of Israeli cinema. He died following complications from pneumonia.
Biography
Yitchak Kolker (later Itzik Kol) was born in Petach Tikva, Mandatory Palestine, the only child of Tov... | {"Name": "Itzik Kolאיציק קול", "Birth date": "1932 01 12", "Birth place": "Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine", "Death date": "2007 07 08 1932 01 12", "Death place": "Kfar Saba, Israel", "Other names": "Itzhak Kol, Yitzhak Kol", "Occupation": "producer, director"} |
Maura Therese Tierney (born February 3, 1965) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her roles as Lisa Miller on the sitcom NewsRadio (1995-1999), Abby Lockhart on the medical drama ER (1999-2009), and Helen Solloway on the mystery drama The Affair (2014-2019), the last of which won h... | {"Caption": "Tierney in 2018", "Birth name": "Maura Therese TierneyMaura Tierney https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/191995%7C0/Maura-Tierney/ Turner Classic Movies April 24, 2022", "Birth date": "1965 2 3", "Birth place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Education": "Notre Dame Academy", "Known For": "ERThe AffairNewsR... |
Sir Alexander Russell "Alick" Downer (7 April 1910 - 30 March 1981) was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the House of Representatives between 1949 and 1963, representing the Liberal Party, and served as Minister for Immigration in the Menzies Government. He was later High Commissioner to the U... | {"Name": "Alick Downer", "Birth name": "Alexander Russell Downer", "Term start": "19 March 1958", "Term end": "18 December 1963", "Predecessor 2": "New seat", "Successor 2": "Geoffrey Giles", "Birth date": "yes 1910 4 7", "Birth place": "North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Death date": "yes 1981 3 30 1910 4 7... |
Alexandre Julliard (born 1970) is a computer programmerAlexandre Julliard (Wine) "Wine n'amène aucune perte de performance par rapport à Windows" 24/04/2006 "..Alexandre Julliard, 35 ans, est le mainteneur du projet Wine depuis 1994. /1999 CodeWeavers, Chief Technology Officer / 1996 Lightning Instrumentation, chef de ... | {"Name": "Alexandre Julliard", "Caption": "Alexandre Julliard at Wineconf, 28 September 2009.", "Birth date": "1970", "Occupation": "ProgrammerProject leader of Wine"} |
Almost Famous is a 2000 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe, and starring Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, and Patrick Fugit. It tells the story of a teenage journalist, played by Fugit, writing for Rolling Stone magazine in the early 1970s, touring with the fictitious rock ban... | {"Directed by": "Cameron Crowe", "Written by": "Cameron Crowe", "Produced by": "Cameron CroweIan Bryce", "Starring": "Patrick Fugit\n Billy Crudup\n Frances McDormand\n Kate Hudson\n Jason Lee\n Anna Paquin\n Fairuza Balk\n Noah Taylor\n Philip Seymour Hoffman", "Cinematography": "John Toll", "Edited by": "Joe Hutshing... |
The Ford Ka is a small car manufactured by Ford Motor Company from 1996 to 2016 as a city car and from 2016 to 2021 as a subcompact car. It entered its second generation in 2008, produced by Fiat in Tychy, Poland.Automobile Revue, catalogue edition 2005, p. 232-33. A third generation was introduced in 2016.
The first ... | {"Manufacturer": "Ford", "Production": "1996-2021", "Class": "City car (1996-2016)Subcompact car (2016-2021)", "Layout": "Front-engine, front-wheel drive"} |
Laksa is a spicy noodle dish popular in Southeast Asia. Laksa consists of various types of noodles, most commonly thick rice noodles, with toppings such as chicken, prawn or fish. Most variations of laksa are prepared with a rich and spicy coconut soup or a broth seasoned with sour (tamarind or ).
Originating from Pe... | {"Name of food": "Laksa", "Image caption": "A typical serving of Peranakan-style laksa, with a coconut soup base", "Place of origin": "Maritime Southeast Asia", "Associated cuisine": "Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore", "Course served": "Breakfast, lunch or dinner", "Type of dish": "Noodle dish", "Serving temperature": "H... |
Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Lebed (; 20 April 1950 - 28 April 2002) was a Soviet and Russian military officer and politician who held senior positions in the Airborne Troops before running for president in the 1996 Russian presidential election. He did not win, but placed third behind incumbent Boris Yeltsin... | {"Name": "Alexander Lebed", "Native name": "Алекса́ндр Ле́бедь", "Image caption": "Lebed at a 1996 news conference in Moscow", "Term start": "5 June 1998", "Term end": "28 April 2002", "Order 2": "Secretary of the Security Council", "President 2": "Boris Yeltsin", "Prime minister 2": "Viktor Chernomyrdin", "Predecessor... |
CrossOver is a Microsoft Windows compatibility layer available for Linux, macOS, and ChromeOS. This compatibility layer enables many Windows-based applications to run on Linux operating systems, macOS, or ChromeOS.
CrossOver is developed by CodeWeavers and based on Wine, an open-source Windows compatibility layer. Cod... | {"Developer(s)": "CodeWeavers", "Type": "Compatibility layer", "License": "Proprietary, GPL, LGPL", "Website": "https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover/"} |
The Ford Kent is an internal combustion engine from Ford of Europe. Originally developed in 1959 for the Ford Anglia, it is an in-line four-cylinder pushrod engine with a cast-iron cylinder head and block.
The Kent family can be divided into three basic sub-families; the original pre-Crossflow Kent, the Crossflow (th... | {"Name": "Ford Kent engine", "Caption": "1297 cc L 1 flip on engine in an Anadol A1", "Manufacturer": "Ford of Britain", "Production": "1959-present", "Configuration": "Naturally aspirated straight 4", "Displacement": "996.7 cc L 1 flip on1117 cc L 1 flip on1198 cc L 1 flip on1297 cc L 1 flip on1339 cc L 1 flip on1498 ... |
Pokémon Trading Card Game is a video game adaptation of the Pokémon tabletop card game for the Game Boy Color. Developed by Hudson Soft and Creatures, and published by Nintendo, it was initially released in Japan in 1998, and in the West in 2000. The game includes the first three sets of the trading card game, as well ... | {"Title": "Pokémon Trading Card Game", "Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "Hudson Soft, Creatures", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Kōji Arai", "Producer": "Tsunekazu Ishihara\n Shinichi Nakamoto\n Takehiro Izushi", "Programmer": "Masahiro Tobita\n Satoshi Mikami\n Masaki Tsumori", "Composer": "Ich... |
The Northeastern United States, also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast, is a geographic region of the United States located on the Atlantic coast of North America, with Canada to its north, the Southern United States to its south, and the Midwestern United States to its west. The N... | {"Land": "162257", "Water": "9.51", "Rank": "0", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-4"} |
thumb|right|Pack ice in the Denmark Strait
The Denmark Strait () or Greenland Strait ( , 'Greenland Sound') is an oceanic strait between Greenland to its northwest and Iceland to its southeast. The Norwegian island of Jan Mayen lies northeast of the strait.
Geography
The strait connects the Greenland Sea, an extension... | {"Native name": "da Danmarksstrædet kl Ikerasak", "Location": "Between Iceland and Greenland", "Coordinates": "67 N 24 W region:GL_type:waterbody_scale:8000000 inline,title", "Max. length": "300 mi"} |
Meeting People Is Easy is a 1998 British documentary film by Grant Gee that follows the English rock band Radiohead on the world tour for their 1997 album OK Computer. It received positive reviews and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Film at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000. It sold more than half a... | {"Directed by": "Grant Gee", "Produced by": "Dilly Gent", "Music by": "Radiohead", "Cinematography": "Grant Gee", "Edited by": "Jerry Chater", "Distributed by": "EMI"} |
"Paranoid Android" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their third studio album, OK Computer (1997), on 26 May 1997. The lyrics were written by singer Thom Yorke following an unpleasant experience in a Los Angeles bar. The song is over six minutes long and contains fou... | {"B-side": "\"Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)\"\n \"Pearly*\"\n \"A Reminder\"\n \"Melatonin\"", "Released": "26 May 1997", "Genre": "Alternative rock\n art rock\n progressive rock\n neo-progressive rock", "Label": "Parlophone\nCapitol", "Songwriter(s)": "Radiohead", "Producer(s)": "Nigel Godrich\n Radiohead"} |
The University of the West of Scotland (), formerly the University of Paisley, is a public university with four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Blantyre, Dumfries and Ayr, as well as a campus in London, England.
The present institution dates from August 2007, following the merger of the Un... | {"Motto": "Doctrina Prosperitas", "Type": "Public university", "Principal": "Professor James Miller", "Chancellor": "Dr Yekemi Otaru", "Students": "0105 ()", "Undergraduates": "0105 ()", "Postgraduates": "0105 ()", "Campus": "Multiple", "Website": "www.uws.ac.uk"} |
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (December 10, 1787 - September 10, 1851) was an American educator. Along with Laurent Clerc and Mason Cogswell, he co-founded the first permanent institution for the education of the deaf in North America, and he became its first principal. When opened on April 15, 1817, it was called the "Conn... | {"Name": "Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet", "Birth date": "1787 12 10 y", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US", "Death date": "1851 9 10 1787 12 10 y", "Death place": "Hartford, Connecticut, US", "Education": "Yale University Andover Theological Seminary", "Occupation": "Minister, educator, co-founder of the first ... |
Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, about north of Orlando. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR as well as its season opening event. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superb... | {"Time zone": "UTC-5 (UTC-4 DST)", "Location": "1801 West International Speedway Blvd,Daytona Beach, Florida 32114", "Coordinates": "29 11 8 N 81 4 10 W inline,title", "Capacity": "101,500-167,785 (w/ infield, depending on configuration)\n123,500 (grandstand capacity)", "Owner": "NASCARhttps://www.jacksonville.com/stor... |
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