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Sallaumines (; or Sallau) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France.INSEE commune file Administration Sallaumines belongs to the Lens-Liévin intercommunality which consists of 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants. History The history of the area remains marked by the Cour...
{"Name": "Sallaumines", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Town hall of Sallaumines", "Arrondissement": "Lens", "Canton": "Avion", "Postal code": "62430", "Mayor": "Christian PedowskiRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr, ...
Samer (; ; ) is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file Population Places of interest The church of St.Martin, dating from the 15th century. The château du Grand-Molinet, dating from the 18th century. The ruins of an abbey, dating from the 15th centu...
{"Name": "Samer", "Native Name": "Sint-Wulmaars", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The church of Samer", "Arrondissement": "Boulogne-sur-Mer", "Canton": "Desvres", "Postal code": "62830", "Mayor": "Claude BaillyRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-93...
Souchez () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file It is located northwest of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the missing First World War Canadian soldiers with no known grave; the Memorial is also the site of...
{"Name": "Souchez", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The Souchez river", "Arrondissement": "Lens", "Canton": "Bully-les-Mines", "Postal code": "62153", "Mayor": "Jean-Marie AlexandreRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr,...
Vitry-en-Artois (; literally "Vitry in Artois"; or ) is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file Geography Vitry-en-Artois is situated some northeast of Arras, at the junction of the N50, D39 and the D42 roads. The river Scarpe flows through the town, w...
{"Name": "Vitry-en-Artois", "Native Name": "pcd Vitry-in-Artoé / pcd Vitry-la-Gueule", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "026 Vitry-en-Artois ( 62490 ).JPG", "Caption": "The town hall of Vitry-en-Artois", "Arrondissement": "Arras", "Canton": "Brebières", "Postal code": "62490", "Mayor": "Pierre GeorgetRépertoire na...
Spooks (known as MI-5 in some countries) is a British television spy drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 to 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquar...
{"Also known as": "MI-5", "Genre": "Spy dramaAction-adventureMystery", "Created by": "David Wolstencroft", "Starring": "Peter Firth Matthew Macfadyen Keeley Hawes David Oyelowo Hugh Simon Rory MacGregor Nicola Walker Rupert Penry Jones Olga Sosnovska Raza Jaffrey Miranda Raison Hermione Norris Gemma Jones Richard Armit...
Wingles () is a commune of the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file Geography An ex-coalmining area, now a farming and light industrial town, Wingles lies north of Lens, at the junction of the N47, D39 and the D165 roads. Population Places of interest The church of St...
{"Name": "Wingles", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Mairie de Wingles.JPG", "Caption": "The town hall of Wingles", "Arrondissement": "Lens", "Canton": "Wingles", "Postal code": "62410", "Mayor": "Sébastien MessentRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-9...
Hollinger Inc. was a Canadian media company based in Toronto which was established by businessman Conrad Black. At one time, the company was the third-largest media empire in the world. The company went bankrupt in 2007. History Hollinger Inc. was used by Conrad Black as a holding company for his media interests aft...
{"Founded": "1985Federal Corporation Information", "Defunct": "2007", "Fate": "Bankruptcy", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Industry": "Publishing", "Products": "Newspapers", "Subsidiaries": "Hollinger International"}
Thérouanne (; ; Dutch Terwaan) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file It is located west of Aire-sur-la-Lys and south of Saint-Omer, on the D 157 and D 341 road junction. Located on the river Lys. Population History At the time of the Gauls, Tarwanna ...
{"Name": "Thérouanne", "Native Name": "Terenburg", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "ThérouanneVillage.JPG", "Caption": "The centre of Thérouanne", "Arrondissement": "Saint-Omer", "Canton": "Fruges", "Postal code": "62129", "Mayor": "Alain ChevalierRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/...
The Seduction of Mimi () is a 1972 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini as Mimi and featuring Mariangela Melato, Turi Ferro and Agostina Belli. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival, and was very loosely adapted for the 1977 American film Which Way I...
{"Directed by": "Lina Wertmüller", "Written by": "Lina Wertmüller", "Produced by": "Daniele Senatore\n Romano Cardarelli", "Starring": "Giancarlo Giannini\n Mariangela Melato\n Agostina Belli\n Luigi Diberti\n Elena Fiore\n Tuccio Musumeci\n Ignazio Pappalardo\n Turi Ferro", "Cinematography": "Dario Di Palma", "Edited ...
Charles Brantley Aycock (November 1, 1859 - April 4, 1912) was the 50th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1901 to 1905. After starting his career as a lawyer and teacher, he became active in the Democratic Party during the party's Solid South period, and made his reputation as a prominent segregationist...
{"Name": "Charles Brantley Aycock", "Image caption": "Charles Aycock, from The World's Work", "Term start": "January 15, 1901", "Term end": "January 11, 1905", "Birth date": "1859 11 1", "Birth place": "Wayne County, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "1912 4 4 1859 11 1", "Death place": "Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.", ...
The Russian News Agency TASS (, or Information agency of Russia), abbreviated TASS (), is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904. It is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide. TASS is registered as a Federal State Unitary Enterprise, owned by the Government of Russia....
{"Type": "Federal State Unitary Enterprise", "Founded": "yes 1904 09 01", "Headquarters": "Moscow, Russia", "Industry": "State news agency", "Products": "News media", "Parent": "Wholly owned by federal government (as federal unitary enterprise)", "Website": "tass.com"}
Zachary Taylor is a fictional character in the Power Rangers universe, appearing in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He is the first on-screen Black Ranger of Power Rangers. He would be succeeded as the Black Ranger by Adam Park. A reimagined version of Zack, now Chinese-American (as a combination of...
{"First appearance": "Day of the Dumpster (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)", "Last appearance": "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always", "Portrayed by": "Walter Emanuel JonesLudi Lin (2017 reboot)Radson Flores (Philippine Remake)Naoki Ofuji (suit actor)Yasuhiko Imai (suit actor)Gichi Gamba (Power/Rangers)", "Title"...
Kenneth Searight (born Arthur Kenneth Searight) (15 November 1883-28 February 1957) was the creator of the international auxiliary language Sona. His book Sona; an auxiliary neutral language outlines the language's grammar and vocabulary. Encounters with Searight also influenced English author E.M. Forster's world-view...
{"Name": "Kenneth Searight", "Birth name": "Arthur Kenneth Searight", "Birth date": "December 1883", "Birth place": "Kensington, England, United Kingdom", "Death date": "1957 2 28 1883 11 15 yes", "Death place": "Folkestone, England, United Kingdom", "Occupation": "writer", "Known For": "Inventor of Sona"}
Dr. Thomas "Tommy" Oliver is a fictional character and the overarching main protagonist of the American live-action television franchise Power Rangers. He is best known as being the original Green Ranger and the first evil Ranger who fought and nearly defeated the original Power Rangers while under the control of Rita ...
{"First appearance": "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: October 05, 1993(episode 1.17: \"Green with Evil, Part I: Out of Control\")", "Last appearance": "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always: April 19, 2023", "Portrayed by": "Jason David FrankMichael R. Gotto (child)", "Voiced by": "Vegas E. Trip (Dino Thunder tie-i...
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (; 8 September 1930 - 23 July 2011) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of South Vietnam in a military junta from 1965 to 1967. Then, until his retirement from poli...
{"Name": "Nguyễn Cao Kỳ", "Image caption": "Kỳ in 1966", "Term start": "31 October 1967", "Term end": "29 October 1971", "Order 2": "5th", "Office 2": "Prime Minister of South Vietnam", "Deputy 2": "Nguyễn Hữu Có\n Nguyễn Lưu Viên", "Predecessor 2": "Phan Huy Quát", "Successor 2": "Nguyễn Văn Lộc", "Birth date": "1930 ...
The Outlaws Motorcycle Club, incorporated as the American Outlaws Association or its acronym, A.O.A., is an international outlaw motorcycle club. Founded in McCook, Illinois in 1935, the Outlaws MC is the oldest outlaw biker club in the world. With 275 chapters located in 23 countries, and a membership of over 3,000, t...
{"Name": "Outlaws MC", "Abbreviation": "A.O.A.The Infamous ‘One Percenters’: A Review of the Criminality, Subculture, and Structure of Modern Biker Gangs Danielle Shields (2012) https://web.archive.org/web/20220914194645/http://www.cjcj.org/uploads/cjcj/documents/The_Infamous.pdf September 14, 2022", "Formation": "19...
Ruwer is a Verbandsgemeinde (collective municipality) with 18,171 inhabitants (as at Dec 2015) on the river Ruwer near Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is famous for the wine from the Moselle wine-growing region, which used to be called Moselle-Saar-Ruwer, and which was founded by the Romans. The administrati...
{"Image caption": "Rathaus Waldrach", "Lageplanbeschreibung or plantext": "Location of Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde) in the district", "Bundesland or state": "Rhineland-Palatinate", "Kreis / Landkreis or district": "Trier-Saarburg", "Fläche or area": "126.6", "Kfz or licence": "TR, SAB", "Gliederung or divisions": "20 Munic...
Nova Roma (Latin for 'New Rome') is an internationalPalacios, Juan José: "Corporate citizenship and social responsibility in a globalized world". Citizenship Studies 8(4):383-402. Routledge, 2004Danese, Roberto/Bacianini, Andrea/Torino, Alessio: Weni, widi, wici: tra 'volumen" e byte. p. 133. Guaraldi, 2003" Roman cul...
{"Abbreviation": "SPQNR", "Named after": "Roman Republic", "Pronunciation": "(Classical Latin pronunciation)", "Type": "Nonprofit", "Legal status": "foundation", "Headquarters": "Nova Roma (de-jure)", "Website": "http://www.novaroma.org/"}
Alan Reid (born 7 August 1954, Ayr, Scotland) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who has been a councillor in the East Dunbartonshire ward of Bearsden North since 2022. He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Argyll and Bute from 2001 to 2015, when he lost his seat to the Scottish National Party (SN...
{"Name": "Alan Reid", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Birth date": "1954 8 7 y", "Birth place": "Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of Strathclyde"}
Alexander Morrison "Alistair" CarmichaelFull name is given as "CARMICHAEL, Alexander Morrison, commonly known as Alistair Carmichael" in the returning officer's 2010 general election declaration (born 15 July 1965) is a Scottish politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland since 2...
{"Name": "Alistair Carmichael", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "7 October 2013", "Term end": "8 May 2015", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Orkney and Shetland", "Predecessor 2": "Jim Wallace", "Majority 2": "2,507 (10.8%)", "Birth date": "1965 7 15 yes", "Birth place": "Islay, Inner Hebr...
The String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800, published in 1801, dedicated to the Bohemian aristocrat Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz. It is actually the second string quartet that Beethoven composed. The quartet consists of four movements: Allegro con brio...
{"Key": "F major", "Opus": "18, No. 1", "Composed": "1798-1800", "Dedication": "Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz", "Published": "1801", "Movements": "Four"}
Angus Struan Carolus Robertson (born 28 September 1969) is a Scottish politician serving as the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture since 2021. Former Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2016 to 2018, he has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for E...
{"Name": "Angus Robertson", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2023", "First minister": "Nicola SturgeonHumza Yousaf", "Term start": "20 May 2021", "Office 2": "Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons", "Deputy 2": "Stewart Hosie", "Leader 2": "Alex Salmond Nicola Sturgeon", "Predecessor 2": "A...
Michael Fraser Weir (born 24 March 1957) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Angus in Scotland from 2001 to 2017 when he lost his seat to the Conservative Party. He served as the SNP Chief Whip in the House of Commons. Weir used to be a councillor and Convenor of t...
{"Name": "Michael Weir", "Term start": "20 May 2015", "Term end": "9 June 2017", "Birth date": "yes 1957 03 24", "Birth place": "Arbroath, Angus, Scotland", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Alma mater": "University of Aberdeen"}
Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827Different sources list his birth year as either 1827 or 1822. - January 16, 1901) was an American Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator. Born free in North Carolina, he later lived and worked in Ohio, where he voted ...
{"Name": "Hiram R. Revels", "Term start": "February 25, 1870", "Term end": "March 3, 1871", "Birth name": "Hiram Rhodes Revels", "Birth date": "1827 9 27", "Birth place": "Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "1901 1 16 1827 9 27", "Death place": "Aberdeen, Mississippi, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Phoebe Bass", ...
Peter Wishart (born 9 March 1962) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and musician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth and North Perthshire, formerly North Tayside, since the 2001 general election. Wishart is currently the SNP Shadow Leader of the House in the House of Commons and the c...
{"Name": "Pete Wishart", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "19 June 2015", "Birth date": "yes 1962 03 9", "Birth place": "Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland", "Alma mater": "Moray House College of Education", "Official website": "www.petewishartmp.com"}
John Cradock Maples, Baron Maples (22 April 1943 - 9 June 2012) was a British politician and life peer who served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 1989 to 1992. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham West from 1983 to 1992 and Stratford-upon-Avon from 1997 to 2010. ...
{"Name": "The Lord Maples", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2005", "Term start": "26 October 1989", "Term end": "10 April 1992", "Birth name": "John Cradock Maples", "Birth date": "1943 4 22 y", "Birth place": "Fareham, England", "Death date": "2012 6 9 1943 4 22 y", "Death place": "Westminster, London, England", ...
Robert Howard Marris (born 8 April 1955) is a British Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South West. He first held the seat from 2001 until his defeat in 2010. He regained at the seat at the 2015 general election, but stepped down at the 2017 general election. Early...
{"Name": "Rob Marris", "Image caption": "Marris in 2014", "Term start": "18 September 2015", "Term end": "30 June 2016", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Wolverhampton South West", "Predecessor 2": "Paul Uppal", "Successor 2": "Eleanor Smith", "Birth date": "yes 1955 4 8", "Birth place": "Wolverhampton, England", "...
Gordon Marsden (born 28 November 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Blackpool South from 1997 to 2019. Early life Marsden was educated at Stockport Grammar School, an independent school in Stockport, Cheshire, followed by New College, Oxford where he was awarded a fir...
{"Name": "Gordon Marsden", "Term start": "18 September 2015", "Term end": "6 November 2019", "Office 2": "Shadow Minister for Transport", "Leader 2": "Ed Miliband", "Birth date": "yes 1953 11 28", "Birth place": "Manchester, Lancashire, England", "Nationality": "English", "Alma mater": "New College, OxfordWarburg Insti...
Paul William Barry Marsden (born 18 March 1968) is a British writer, businessman and former politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury and Atcham from 1997 until 2005. He was most prominently known for his anti-war views and crossing the floor twice (the first to do so since Winston Churchill), fro...
{"Name": "Paul Marsden", "Image": "Paul Marsden.jpeg", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1968 3 18 y", "Birth place": "Frodsham, Cheshire", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Teesside Polytechnic", "Official website": "http://paulwbmarsden.blogspot.com"}
Eric Anthony Martlew (born 3 January 1949) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Carlisle from 1987 to 2010. Early life and career Eric Anthony Martlew was born on 3 January 1949 in Ince-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. He grew-up in Carlisle, Cumbria, where he studied at Harraby S...
{"Name": "Eric Martlew", "Term start": "12 June 1987", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1949 1 3 yes", "Birth place": "Ince-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, UK", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Elsie Duggan 1970", "Official website": "ericmartlew.org.uk"}
Sir Joseph Alan Meale (born 31 July 1949) is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mansfield from 1987 to 2017. Early life Meale attended St Joseph RC School in Bishop Auckland and studied at Ruskin College (in Oxford), and Durham University, his CV also mentions Sheffield ...
{"Name": "Alan Meale", "Term start": "6 May 1997", "Term end": "29 July 1999", "Birth date": "yes 1949 07 31", "Birth place": "Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England", "Spouse(s)": "Diana Gilhespy", "Alma mater": "Durham University Sheffield Hallam University", "Official website": "www.alanmeale.co.uk"}
The Emirate of Fujairah ( ) is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, the only one of the seven with a coastline solely on the Gulf of Oman and none on the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Fujairah. History thumb|left|Lookout towers of Al Badiyah Mosque, the oldest surviving mosque in the United...
{"Type": "Islamic absolute monarchy within a federation", "Rank": "6th", "Density": "auto", "Metro density": "152000", "Website": "http://www.fujairah.ae/en/pages/default.aspx"}
Alain Marie Juppé (; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the country and became very unpopular. He left office after the victory of the left i...
{"Name": "Alain Juppé", "Term start": "12 March 2019", "Office 2": "Minister of Foreign and European Affairs", "President 2": "Nicolas Sarkozy", "Prime minister 2": "François Fillon", "Predecessor 2": "Michèle Alliot-Marie", "Successor 2": "Laurent Fabius", "Birth name": "Alain Marie Juppé", "Birth date": "1945 8 15 y"...
Édouard Balladur (; born 2 May 1929) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under François Mitterrand from 29 March 1993 to 17 May 1995. He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1995 French presidential election, coming in third place. Biography Balladur was born in Izmir, Turkey, to an ethnic...
{"Image caption": "Balladur in 1993", "Name": "Édouard Balladur", "Term start": "29 March 1993", "Term end": "17 May 1995", "Order 2": "Minister of Finance", "Prime minister 2": "Jacques Chirac", "Predecessor 2": "Pierre Bérégovoy", "Successor 2": "Pierre Bérégovoy", "Birth name": "Édouard Léon Raoul Balladur", "Birth ...
Giuliano Amato (; born 13 May 1938) is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001. Later, he was Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe that drafted the European Constitution and headed the Amato Group. He is commonly nickna...
{"Name": "Giuliano Amato", "Image": "Giuliano Amato - Festival Economia 2013.JPG", "Image caption": "Giuliano Amato in 2013", "President 2": "Oscar Luigi Scalfaro", "Predecessor 2": "Giulio Andreotti", "Successor 2": "Carlo Azeglio Ciampi", "Birth date": "1938 5 13 y", "Birth place": "Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy"...
thumb|260px|Iron Crown of Lombardy King of Italy (; ) was the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The first to take the title was Odoacer, a barbarian military leader, in the late 5th century, followed by the Ostrogothic kings up to the mid-6th century. With the...
{"Style": "His", "First monarch": "Odoacer", "Last monarch": "Umberto II of Italy", "Formation": "4 September 476", "Abolition": "12 June 1946", "Pretender(s)": "Disputed:\n Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples\n Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta"}
Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon (; born Moshe Smilansky on 24 June 1950) is an Israeli politician and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, who also served as Israel's Defense Minister under Benjamin Netanyahu from 2013 until his resignation on 20 May 2016.Moshe Yaalon, Israeli Defense Minister, Resigns The New Yor...
{"Name": "Moshe Ya'alon", "Native name": "משה יעלון", "Birth date": "1950 06 24 y", "Birth place": "Kiryat Haim, Israel", "Battles fought": "Yom Kippur War\nOperation Litani\n1982 Lebanon War\nSouth Lebanon conflict\nFirst Intifada\nSecond Intifada\nOperation Protective Edge", "Awards": "Legion of Merit"}
Joan Lorraine Walley (born 23 January 1949) is a British Labour Party politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent North from the 1987 general election until 2015. Early life She attended Biddulph Grammar School (now known as Woodhouse Middle School) in Biddulph, north Staffordshire. At the U...
{"Name": "Joan Walley", "Term start": "1 November 2018", "Birth date": "1949 01 23 yes", "Birth place": "Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England", "Nationality": "British"}
Robert "Bob" John Walter (born 30 May 1948) is a British-Turkish Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dorset from 1997 until he stood down at the 2015 general election. He has been president of the European Security and Defence Association since 2011. He was president of the B...
{"Name": "Robert Walter", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Birth date": "yes 1948 05 30", "Birth place": "Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Sally Middleton (1970-1995; her death)Barbara Nutt (Gorna) (2000-2006)Feride Alp (2011-present)", "Alma mater": "Aston Un...
Claire Margaret Ward (born 9 May 1972) is a Labour Party politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Watford from 1997 to 2010, and was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice from 2009 to 2010. Early life and career Ward was born in North Shields, Northumberland, the daughter of...
{"Image caption": "Official portrait, 2009", "Name": "Claire Ward", "Term start": "9 June 2009", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Office 2": "Vice-Chamberlain of the Household", "Predecessor 2": "Liz Blackman", "Successor 2": "Helen Jones", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Birth date": "1972 05 9 yes", "Birth place": "N...
Nigel Christopher Waterson (born 12 October 1950) is a British former politician. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Eastbourne from 1992 until 2010. Waterson was a junior minister in the government of John Major. He has been the chairman of the Equity Release Council since 2012. Waterson is currently cha...
{"Name": "Nigel Waterson", "Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1950 10 12 y", "Birth place": "Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Barbara Judge 1999", "Education": "Leeds Grammar School", "Alma mater": "The Queen's College, Oxford"}
Dame Angela Eileen Watkinson, DBE (née Ellicott; born 18 November 1941) is a British politician. She was Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch and Upminster until 2017, and was first elected in 2001 to the earlier seat of Upminster, defeating Labour's Keith Darvill who had taken the seat from the ...
{"Name": "Dame Angela Watkinson", "Term start": "11 May 2010", "Term end": "4 September 2012", "Office 2": "Member of Essex County Councilfor Billericay North", "Predecessor 2": "Lilian Greenfield", "Successor 2": "Anthony Hedley", "Birth date": "1941 11 18 y", "Birth place": "Leytonstone, Essex, England", "Spouse(s)":...
Thomas Anthony Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest (born 8 January 1967) is a British politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2019. A Member of the House of Lords since 2022, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich East from 2001 to 2019. Born in Sheffield, Watson was raised ...
{"Name": "The Lord Watson of Wyre Forest", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2023", "Term start": "12 September 2015", "Term end": "12 December 2019", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Don Touhig", "Successor 2": "Derek Twigg", "Bir...
David Leonard Watts, Baron Watts (born 26 August 1951) is a British politician and life peer who served in the Blair and Brown governments as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 2005 to 2010 and chaired the Parliamentary Labour Party as a backbencher from 2012 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member o...
{"Name": "The Lord Watts", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "15 March 2012", "Term end": "9 February 2015", "Birth date": "1951 8 26 y", "Birth place": "St Helens, England", "Spouse(s)": "Avril Davies 1972"}
Brian Arthur Robert White (5 May 1957 - 5 July 2016) was a British Labour politician. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Milton Keynes from the 1997 general election, but lost his seat in 2005. Early life He attended the Methodist College Belfast grammar school in Belfast. He worked for HM Customs ...
{"Image caption": "White as an MP", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1957 5 05 yes", "Birth place": "Belfast, Northern Ireland", "Death date": "2016 7 05 1957 5 05 yes", "Death place": "Milton Keynes, England", "Birth name": "Brian Arthur Robert White", "Spouse(s)": "Leena Lindhol...
Lew Rywin (born 10 November 1945 in a Nizhnyeye Alkeyevo, USSR) is a Polish film producer associated with Heritage Films (est. 1991). He has also been a member of the Polish Radio and TV committee and worked in an agency, Poltel, and producing for Polish state-run TV. He participated in producing films such as Steven ...
{"Name": "Lew Rywin", "Birth date": "1945 11 10 y", "Birth place": "Nizhnyeye Alkeyevo, Tatar ASSR, USSR", "Occupation": "film producer"}
Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead (born 15 September 1950) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton Test since 1997. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Shadow Minister for Energy Security, previously Green New Deal and Energy, since 2015. He served as a Parliamentary Under...
{"Name": "Alan Whitehead", "Term start": "8 October 2016", "Office 2": "Shadow Minister for Waste and Recycling", "Leader 2": "Jeremy Corbyn", "Predecessor 2": "Sandy Martin", "Successor 2": "Position abolished", "Birth date": "yes 1950 09 15", "Birth place": "Isleworth, Middlesex, England", "Nationality": "English", "...
Malcolm Hunt Wicks (1 July 1947 - 29 September 2012) was a British Labour Party politician and academic specialising in social policy. He was a member of parliament (MP) from 1992, first for Croydon North West and then for Croydon North, until his death in 2012. Early life and education Wicks was born in Hatfield, Her...
{"Name": "Malcolm Wicks", "Image caption": "Wicks in 2005", "Term start": "28 June 2007", "Term end": "5 October 2008", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Science and Innovation", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Sainsbury of Turville", "Successor 2": "Ian Pearson", "Birth date": "1 July 194...
John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson (1728 - 14 July 1808) was an English industrialist who pioneered the manufacture of cast iron and the use of cast-iron goods during the Industrial Revolution. He was the inventor of a precision boring machine that could bore cast iron cylinders, such as cannon barrels NAM Rodger 'The Command ...
{"Name": "John Wilkinson", "Caption": "Wilkinson by Lemuel Francis Abbott", "Birth date": "1728", "Birth place": "Little Clifton, Cumberland, England", "Death date": "1808 7 14 1728 y", "Death place": "Bradley, Staffordshire, England", "Resting place": "Lindale Church, Lindale-in-Cartmel, England", "Nationality": "Brit...
Betty Helena Williams (née Williams; born 31 July 1944) is a Welsh Labour politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Conwy from 1997 to 2010. Early life Williams was born in St David's Hospital, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. She attended Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle in Penygroes, near Caernarfon, and also attended Bangor No...
{"Name": "Betty Williams", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth name": "Betty Helena Williams", "Birth date": "1944 07 31 y", "Birth place": "Bangor, Caernarfonshire, Wales", "Nationality": "Welsh", "Spouse(s)": "Evan Williams", "Alma mater": "University of Wales, Bangor"}
Bedourie is a town and a locality in the Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bedourie had a population of 122 people. Geography left|thumb|Georgina River flooding covering the bridge, 2016 Bedourie is located in the Channel Country of Central West Queensland, Australia, lying on Eyre Creek. It is lo...
{"Type": "town", "Name": "Bedourie", "State Abbreviation": "qld", "Caption": "Bedourie Community Centre, 2016", "Coordinates": "-24.3594 139.4691 type:city_region:AU-QLD inline,title Bedourie (town centre)", "Population": "122", "Population Year": "2016", "Postcode": "4829", "Area": "36186.5", "Time Zone": "AEST", "UTC...
George Philip Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough (born 30 November 1941, Burnley) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrogate and Knaresborough from 1997 until retiring at the 2010 general election. Up to that date he w...
{"Name": "The Lord Willis of Knaresborough", "Term start": "7 July 2010Life Peerage", "Birth date": "yes 1941 11 30", "Birth place": "Burnley", "Nationality": "British"}
Michael David Wills, Baron Wills (born 20 May 1952) is a British politician and life peer who served as Minister of State for Justice from 2007 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Swindon North from 1997 to 2010. Early life Wills was born in 1952 to Stephen Wills and his wife E...
{"Name": "The Lord Wills", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "29 June 2007", "Term end": "6 May 2010", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor North Swindon", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency established", "Successor 2": "Justin Tomlinson", "Birth date": "1952 05 20 yes", "Birth place": "London, Engl...
David Julian Winnick (born 26 June 1933) is a British Labour Party politician who served 42 years as a Member of Parliament (MP), for Walsall North between 1979 and 2017, he was also the MP for Croydon South from 1966 to 1970. Early life Born into a British Jewish family, Winnick was an advertising manager and a branc...
{"Name": "David Winnick", "Term start": "3 May 1979", "Term end": "3 May 2017", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Croydon South", "Predecessor 2": "Richard Thompson", "Successor 2": "Richard Thompson", "Birth name": "David Julian Winnick", "Birth date": "yes 1933 06 26", "Birth place": "Brighton, Sussex, Englandht...
Dorothy Stuart Hamill (born July 26, 1956) is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1976 Olympic champion and 1976 World champion in ladies' singles. Early life Hamill was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Chalmers and Carol Hamill. Her father was a mechanical engineer. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to ...
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Philip James Woolas (born 11 December 1959) is a British environmental consultant, political lobbyist and former television producer and politician who served as Minister of State for Borders and Immigration from 2008 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham East and Saddlewort...
{"Name": "Phil Woolas", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2005", "Term start": "4 October 2008", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Local Government", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Nick Raynsford", "Successor 2": "John Healey", "Birth name": "Philip James Woolas", "Bi...
John Arbuthnot Du Cane Wilkinson (23 September 1940 - 1 March 2014) was a British Conservative politician. He was educated at Eton College and Churchill College, Cambridge. Electoral history He was the member of parliament (MP) for Bradford West from 1970 until February 1974, when he was defeated by the Labour candida...
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William Anthony Worthington (born 11 October 1941), known as Tony Worthington, is a retired politician in the United Kingdom. Early life He was brought up in Lincoln, attending the City School (a boys' grammar school) on Monks Road in Lincoln. He gained a BA in Sociology and Social Policy from the London School of Eco...
{"Name": "Tony Worthington", "Term start": "11 June 1987", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1941 10 11 yes", "Birth place": "Hatfield, Hertfordshire", "Birth name": "William Anthony Worthington", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Angela Oliver", "Residence": "Clydebank", "Alma mater": "London School of...
Anthony David Wright (born 12 August 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth from 1997 until losing his seat at the 2010 election. Early life Wright attended to St George's Infant School, Priory Junior School, and Hospital Secondary Modern School. From 1970 ...
{"Name": "Anthony David Wright", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "yes 1954 08 12", "Birth place": "Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom", "Nationality": "English", "Spouse(s)": "Barbara Marley", "Residence": "Great Yarmouth", "Official website": "tonywright4greatyarmouth.com"}
Anthony Wayland Wright (born 11 March 1948) is a British Labour Party politician and author, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cannock Chase from 1997 to 2010. He was first elected in 1992 for Cannock and Burntwood. Early life Wright was educated at Desborough County Primary School, then Kettering Grammar Scho...
{"Name": "Tony Wright", "Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1948 03 11 yes", "Birth place": "Leicester, Leicestershire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Moira Wright", "Alma mater": "London School of Economics Balliol College, Oxford Harvard University"}
Birdsville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia. It is situated north of the border of South Australia and Queensland. In the , the locality of Birdsville had a population of 110 people. It is a popular tourist destination with many people using it as a starting point across t...
{"Type": "town", "Name": "Birdsville", "State Abbreviation": "qld", "Caption": "The Birdsville Hotel, adjacent to the apron of Birdsville Airport", "Coordinates": "-25.8986 139.3513 type:city_region:AU-QLD inline,title Birdsville (town centre)", "Established": "1887", "Postcode": "4482", "Area": "32956.2", "Time Zone":...
Coventry City Football Club is a professional football club based in Coventry, England. The team currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Coventry City formed as Singers F.C. in 1883 following a general meeting of the Singer Factory Gentleman's club. They adopted t...
{"Full name": "Coventry City Football Club", "Nickname(s)": "The Sky Blues,\nThe Singers", "Founded": "1883 8 13 yes(as Singers F.C.)http://www.ccfc.co.uk/club/history/ The Sky Blues - A Brief History Coventry City F.C. ccfc.co.uk 7 November 2011 22 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120922020546/http://www.c...
Millwall Football Club () is a professional Association football club in Bermondsey, South East London, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the Millwall area of the Isle of Do...
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The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is the first solo studio album by Roger Waters, bassist/songwriter and co-founder of English rock band Pink Floyd; it was released in 1984. The album was certified platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 1985. Concept history and produc...
{"Released": "1984 4 30 y", "Recorded": "February-December 1983", "Studio": "Olympic Studios (London) Eel Pie Studios (London) The Billiard Room (London)", "Genre": "Progressive rock blues rock", "Label": "Harvest Columbia", "Producer": "Roger Waters Michael Kamen"}
Immortal Memory is an album by Dead Can Dance member Lisa Gerrard and Irish classical composer Patrick Cassidy, released in 2004. It was Gerrard's first studio release since 1998's Duality with Pieter Bourke. Overview Gerrard first met Cassidy in 2000 in Los Angeles (where he lives), when she came to work on the Gla...
{"Released": "26 January 2004", "Genre": "Modern classical, world fusion", "Label": "4AD", "Producer": "Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy"}
Mark Wing-Davey (born 30 November 1948) is a British actor and director. He portrayed Zaphod Beeblebrox in the radio and television versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Early and personal life The son of actor and actress Peter Davey and Anna Wing,Profile, bbc.co.uk; accessed 25 November 2015. Wing-Davey ...
{"Name": "Mark Wing-Davey", "Caption": "Wing-Davey in 2012", "Birth date": "1948 11 30 yMark Wing-Davey profile, researcha.com; accessed 25 November 2015. June 2016", "Birth place": "London, England", "Alma mater": "Cambridge University", "Education": "Woolverstone Hall School", "Occupation": "Actor director", "Years a...
Pharnavaz I (; ) was a king of Kartli, an ancient Georgian kingdom known as Iberia in classical antiquity. The Georgian Chronicles credits him with being the first monarch founding the kingship of Kartli and the Pharnavazid dynasty, while other independent chronicles, such as The Conversion of Kartli make him the seco...
{"Father": "Georgian princeGeorgian royal annals, page of edition 20, line of edition 17", "Mother": "Persian womanGeorgian royal annals, page of edition 20, line of edition 18", "Born": "Mtskheta, Kartli", "Died": "Mtskheta, Kingdom of Iberia", "Burial": "Armazi, Kingdom of Iberia (undisclosed)", "Religion": "Georgian...
Robert William Goodlatte (; born September 22, 1952) is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist who served in the United States House of Representatives representing for 13 terms. A Republican, he was also the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over legislation affecting the federal ...
{"Name": "Bob Goodlatte", "Term start": "January 3, 2013", "Term end": "January 3, 2019", "District 2": "VA 6 6th", "Predecessor 2": "Jim Olin", "Successor 2": "Ben Cline", "Birth name": "Robert William Goodlatte", "Birth date": "1952 9 22", "Birth place": "Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Maryellen Flahert...
The Dames Point Bridge (officially the Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge over the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, United States on the Interstate 295 East Beltway. Construction began in 1985 and was completed in 1989. The main span is , and is high. The bridge was designed by HNTB ...
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The String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18, No. 2 (actually his third), was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801, dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz. It consists of four movements: Allegro (G major) Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I (C major) Scherzo: Allegro (G majo...
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The String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18, No. 3, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801, dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz. Although it is numbered third, it was the first quartet Beethoven composed. Analysis It consists of four movements: Allegro (D major) Andant...
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Ludwig van Beethoven composed his String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4, between 1798 and 1800 in Vienna and published in 1801. The Op. 18 collection is dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz. Overview The Op. 18 collection is sometimes difficult to study historically because the manuscripts no longer exis...
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The String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18, No. 5, was written between 1798 and 1800 by Ludwig van Beethoven and published in 1801, and dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz. Beethoven modeled this quartet directly on Mozart's quartet in the same key, K. 464.Winter R. and Martin R., pp. 165-170. Movements The strin...
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The Timex Sinclair 1000 (or T/S 1000) was the first computer produced by Timex Sinclair, a joint venture between Timex Corporation and Sinclair Research. It was launched in July 1982, with a US sales price of US$99.95, making it the cheapest home computer at the time; it was advertised as "the first computer under $100...
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The String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18, No. 6, was written between 1798 and 1800 by Ludwig van Beethoven and published in 1801, and dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz. Movements The quartet is in four movements: Allegro con brio Adagio ma non troppo Scherzo: Allegro La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto ...
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Grace Aguilar (2 June 1816 - 16 September 1847) was an English novelist, poet and writer on Jewish history and religion. Although she had been writing since childhood, much of her work was published posthumously. Among those are her best known works, the novels Home Influence and A Mother's Recompense. Aguilar was the...
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The First Baptist Church of Jacksonville is a Baptist megachurch in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. As of 2014, First Baptist Church has 28,000 members and an average attendance of around 3,000 for Sunday services. The main Downtown Campus comprises several s...
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Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers is a Power Rangers mini-series set immediately after the end of the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. As with the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, this mini-series adapted footage and costumes from the eighteenth Super Sentai series, Ninja Sentai Kakuranger. During...
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Power Rangers Zeo is a television series and the fourth season of the Power Rangers franchise, based on the 19th Super Sentai series Chouriki Sentai Ohranger. It is the continuation of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which aired in 1996. Power Rangers Zeo is the first season of Power Rangers to follow the Super Sentai p...
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Kanotix, also referred to as KANOTIX, is an operating system based on Debian, with advanced hardware detection.Kanotix IntroductionThorhammer Beta-Review on tuxmachines.org, July 2007 (author: eco2geek) It can run from an optical disc drive or other media i.e. USB-stick without using a hard disk drive. Kanotix uses KD...
{"Developer": "Jörg Schirottke (Aka. Kano)", "OS family": "Linux (Unix-like)", "Source model": "Open-source", "Working state": "Current", "Kernel": "Monolithic", "Defaultuser interface": "KDE Plasma Desktop, LXDE", "License": "mostly DFSG, non-free firmware", "Official website": "http://www.kanotix.com"}
Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a British popular music genre that developed, particularly in and around Liverpool, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The genre melded influences from British and American rock and roll, rhythm and blues, skiffle, traditional pop and music hall. It rose to mainstream populari...
{"Name": "Beat", "Stylistic origins": "Rock and roll rhythm and blues rockabilly skiffle traditional pop Brill Building pop doo-wop", "Cultural origins": "Late 1950s - early 1960s, UK", "Derivative forms": "Garage rock power pop pop punk Britpop yé-yé psychedelic rock", "Subgenres": "Freakbeat", "Regional scenes": "Bru...
Survivor: All-Stars is the eighth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. It was filmed from November 3, 2003, through December 11, 2003, and premiered on February 1, 2004, after Super Bowl XXXVIII. It was filmed on the Pearl Islands of Panama, also the location of the previous season...
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Enigmail is a data encryption and decryption extension for Mozilla Thunderbird and the Postbox that provides OpenPGP public key e-mail encryption and signing. Enigmail works under Microsoft Windows, Unix-like, and Mac OS X operating systems. Enigmail can operate with other mail clients compatible with PGP/MIME and inli...
{"Developer(s)": "Ramalingam Saravanan (2001-2003)\nPatrick Brunschwig (2003-present)", "Initial release": "2009 11 30", "Written in": "JavaScripthttps://www.openhub.net/p/enigmail Описание проекта на Open Hub", "Type": "Cryptography", "License": "MPL 2.0https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/documentation/license-info...
Malice Mizer (stylized as MALICE MIZER) was a Japanese visual kei rock band active from August 1992 to December 2001. Formed by guitarists Mana and Közi, their earlier music and themes were characterized by their strong French and classical influences, later moving away from deliberate French romanticism and incorporat...
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Warren Minor Christopher (October 27, 1925March 18, 2011) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician. During Bill Clinton's first term as president, he served as the 63rd United States Secretary of State. Born in Scranton, North Dakota, Christopher clerked for Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas after gradu...
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The National Advancement Party () is a conservative political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 1989. In the 1990 and 1995 elections its presidential candidate was Álvaro Arzú who won in 1995, becoming Guatemala's 32nd president (1996-2000). Óscar Berger ran as the party's presidential candidate in the 1999 Guatem...
{"Leader": "Manuel Conde Orellana", "Founded": "1989", "Ideology": "ConservatismRobert M. Carmack Perspectives on the Politics of Human Rights in Guatemala Human Rights in the Maya Region: Global Politics, Cultural Contentions, and Moral Engagements Duke University Press 2008 61\n<!--", "Political position": "Rig...
O'Melveny & Myers LLP is an American multinational law firm founded in Los Angeles, California in 1885. The firm employs approximately 740 lawyers and has offices in California, Washington, D.C., New York City, Beijing, Brussels, Hong Kong, London, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo. History The firm was founded in...
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Brian Flemming is an American film director, playwright and activist. His films include Hang Your Dog in the Wind, Nothing So Strange, and The God Who Wasn't There. His musicals include Bat Boy: The Musical, which won the LA Weekly Theater Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award. He advocates for th...
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Nicholas Donabet Kristof (born April 27, 1959) is an American journalist and political commentator. A winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he is a regular CNN contributor and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times. Born in Chicago, Kristof was raised in Yamhill, Oregon, the son of two professors at nearby Portland State ...
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thumb|right|250px|Payton Hall on the Pasadena Campus Fuller Theological Seminary is an interdenominational Evangelical Christian seminary in Pasadena, California, with regional campuses in the western United States. It is egalitarian in nature. Fuller consistently has a student body that comprises over 4,000 student...
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2 mm scale, often 2 mm finescale is a specification used for railway modelling, largely for modelling British railway prototypes. It uses a scale of 2 mm on the model to 1 foot on the prototype, which scales out to 1:152. The track gauge used to represent prototype standard gauge (4 feet inches) is . Track and wheels ...
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Stanford University School of Medicine is the medical school of Stanford University and is located in Stanford, California. It traces its roots to the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific, founded in San Francisco in 1858. This medical institution, then called Cooper Medical College, was acquired by Stan...
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David William Hookes (3 May 1955 - 19 January 2004) grew up in Torrensville and was a South Australian and Australian cricketer, broadcaster and coach of the Victorian cricket team. An aggressive left-handed batsman, Hookes usually batted in the middle order. His international career got off to a sensational start in t...
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John Casper Branner (July 4, 1850 – March 1, 1922)Memorial Resolution: John Casper Branner, 1850-1922 , Stanford University Academic Council, April 7, 1922 was an American geologist and academic who discovered bauxite in Arkansas in 1887 as State Geologist for the Geological Survey of Arkansas. He was chair of the Depa...
{"Name": "John C. Branner", "Image caption": "Branner in 1896", "Term start": "1913", "Term end": "January 1, 1916", "Birth date": "July 4, 1850", "Birth place": "New Market, Tennessee", "Death date": "1922 3 1 1850 7 4", "Death place": "Palo Alto, California", "Alma mater": "Cornell University"}
Meadow Lemon III (April 25, 1932 - December 27, 2015),"Meadowlark Lemon: The Clown Prince Of Basketball (1932-2015)." www.meadowlarklemon.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017. known professionally as Meadowlark Lemon, was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister. Ordained in 1986, in 1994 he started Meadowlar...
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Philander Chase Knox (May 6, 1853October 12, 1921) was an American lawyer, bank director and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Knox served in the Cabinet of three different presidents and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. Born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, Knox became a prominent attorn...
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Under the Net is a 1954 novel by Iris Murdoch. It was Murdoch's first published novel. Set in London, it is the story of a struggling young writer, Jake Donaghue. Its mixture of the philosophical and the picaresque has made it one of Murdoch's most popular novels. It is dedicated to Raymond Queneau. When Jake leaves ...
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The Soundhouse Tapes is the debut EP by Iron Maiden, and features the first recordings by the band. Released on 9 November 1979, it features three songs taken from the demo tape recorded at Spaceward Studios on 30 and 31 December 1978. The three tracks ("Iron Maiden", "Invasion" and "Prowler") appear in a rougher form ...
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The Reichskonkordat ("Concordat between the Holy See and the German Reich") is a treaty negotiated between the Vatican and the emergent Nazi Germany. It was signed on 20 July 1933 by Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli, who later became Pope Pius XII, on behalf of Pope Pius XI and Vice Chancellor Franz von Pape...
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Mehmet Ali Talat (born 6 July 1952) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2005 to 2010. Talat was the leader of the social democratic Republican Turkish Party (, CTP), from 1996 to 2005 and 2015 to 2016. He became prime minister in 2004, and subsequently won the presidentia...
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