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Great Dunmow is a historic market town and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is situated on the north of the A120 road, approximately midway between Bishop's Stortford and Braintree, east of London Stansted Airport.
Originally the site of a Roman settlement on Stane Street, the town thrive... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 census)http://citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/essex/E63004165__great_dunmow/ Great Dunmow (Essex, East of England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information", "District": "Uttlesford", "Shire county": "Essex", "... |
South Holland is a local government district of Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Spalding. Other notable towns and villages include Crowland, Sutton Bridge, Donington, Holbeach and Long Sutton. The district is named after the historical division of Lincolnshire known as the Parts of Holland.
The neighbou... | {"Type": "South Holland District Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000140", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1"} |
North Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Sleaford. The district also contains the town of North Hykeham, which adjoins the neighbouring city of Lincoln, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
The neighbouring districts are Lincoln, West Lindsey,... | {"Type": "North Kesteven District Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000139", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1"} |
Dronfield is a town in North East Derbyshire, England, which includes Dronfield Woodhouse and Coal Aston. It lies in the valley of the River Drone between Chesterfield and Sheffield. The Peak District National Park is to the west. The name comes from the Old English Dranfleld, probably meaning an open land infested wi... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)", "District": "North East Derbyshire", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "UK Parliament": "North East Derbyshire", "Postcode district": "S", "Dialling code": "01246", "OS grid reference": "SK355785"} |
The Monkey Sanctuary was founded in 1964 by Len Williams, father of classical guitarist John Williams,Martin Lewin, "John Williams and John Etheridge: Hey, Joe!" , Camden New Journal."John Williams biography". as a cooperative to care for rescued woolly monkeys. Based in Looe, Cornwall, England, the sanctuary is home ... | {"Zoo name": "Monkey Sanctuary", "Location": "Looe, Cornwall, England", "Date opened": "1964", "Coordinates": "50.3654 -4.4136 type:landmark_scale:1000 it", "Number of species": "3", "Number of animals": "36", "Annual visitors": "30,000", "Website URL": "http://www.monkeysanctuary.org"} |
Miranda Otto (born 16 December 1967) is an Australian actress. She is the daughter of actors Barry and Lindsay Otto and the paternal half-sister of actress Gracie Otto. Otto began her acting career in 1986 at age 18 and appeared in a variety of independent and major studio films in Australia. She made her major film de... | {"Name": "Miranda Otto", "Caption": "Otto at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International", "Birth name": "Miranda Otto", "Birth date": "1967 12 16 yes", "Birth place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1986-present", "Education": "National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)", "Spo... |
thumb|Salmon P. Chase, Treasury Secretary, scribes "In God is Our Trust," scratches out "is Our" and overwrites "We" to arrive at "In God We Trust" in a December 9, 1863, letter to James Pollock, Director of the Philadelphia Mint.
James Pollock (September 11, 1810 - April 19, 1890) was the 13th governor of Pennsylvania... | {"Name": "James Pollock", "District 2": "13th", "Predecessor 2": "Henry Frick", "Successor 2": "Joseph Casey", "Term start": "January 16, 1855", "Term end": "January 19, 1858", "Birth date": "1810 9 11", "Birth place": "Milton, Pennsylvania", "Death date": "1890 4 19 1810 9 11", "Death place": "Lock Haven, Pennsylvania... |
Grange-over-Sands is a town and civil parish located on the north side of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria, England, a few miles south of the Lake District National Park. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,042, increasing at the 2011 census to 4,114. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "UK Parliament": "Westmorland and Lonsdale", "Postcode district": "LA", "Dialling code": "015395", "OS grid reference": "SD4077", "Ceremonial county": "Cumbria", "Unitary authority": "Westmorland and Furness"} |
Abbott Joseph Liebling (October 18, 1904 - December 28, 1963) was an American journalist who was closely associated with The New Yorker from 1935 until his death. His New York Times obituary called him "a critic of the daily press, a chronicler of the prize ring, an epicure and a biographer of such diverse personages a... | {"Name": "A. J. Liebling", "Birth name": "Abbott Joseph Liebling", "Birth date": "1904 10 18 y", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "1963 12 28 1904 10 18 y", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Journalist", "Spouse(s)": "Ann Beatrice McGinn 1934 1949 divorcedLucille Spectorsky 1949 19... |
William Fisher Packer (April 2, 1807September 27, 1870) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as the 14th governor of Pennsylvania from 1858 to 1861."The Governors of Pennsylvania." Mount Union, Pennsylvania: The Mount Union Times, January 27, 1911, p. 1 (subscription required).
Early and personal li... | {"Name": "William Fisher Packer", "Office 2": "Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives", "Term 2": "1847", "Birth date": "April 2, 1807", "Birth place": "Howard, Pennsylvania, US", "Death date": "1870 9 27 1807 4 2", "Death place": "Williamsport, Pennsylvania, US", "Nationality": "American", "Spouse(s)": "M... |
John White Geary (December 30, 1819February 8, 1873) was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco, a governor of the Kansas Territory, and the 16th governor of Pennsylvania."The Governors of Pennsylvania." Mount U... | {"Birth name": "John White Geary", "Image caption": "Geary in the Civil War", "Order 2": "1st", "Office 2": "Mayor of San Francisco", "Predecessor 2": "Himself as Alcalde", "Successor 2": "Charles James Brenham", "Term start": "January 15, 1867", "Term end": "January 21, 1873", "Birth date": "1819 12 30 y", "Birth plac... |
John Frederick Hartranft (December 16, 1830 - October 17, 1889) was an American military officer who read the death warrant to the individuals who were executed on July 7, 1865, for conspiring to assassinate American President Abraham Lincoln. Previously having achieved the rank of major general of the Union Army durin... | {"Lieutenant 1": "John Latta", "Office 2": "Pennsylvania Auditor General", "Governor 2": "Andrew Gregg CurtinJohn W. Geary", "Preceded 2": "Isaac Slenker", "Succeeded 2": "Harrison Allen", "Birth name": "John Frederick Hartranft", "Birth date": "1830 12 16 y", "Birth place": "New Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.", ... |
Gottlob Christian Berger (16 July 1896 - 5 January 1975) was a senior German Nazi official who held the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS (lieutenant general) and was the chief of the SS Main Office responsible for Schutzstaffel (SS) recruiting during World War II. At the post-war Nuremberg trials,... | {"Birth name": "Gottlob Christian Berger", "Born": "Gerstetten, near Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg (now in Heidenheim district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)", "Died": "Gerstetten, West Germany", "Nickname(s)": "Praise GodDuke of SwabiaAlmighty Gottlob", "Allegiance": "German EmpireNazi Germany", "Commands held": "SS Main ... |
Monster is a 2003 American biographical crime drama film written and directed by Patty Jenkins in her feature directorial debut. The film follows serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a street prostitute who murdered seven of her male clients between 1989 and 1990 and was executed in Florida in 2002. It stars Charlize Theron (... | {"Directed by": "Patty Jenkins", "Produced by": "Donald Kushner Brad Wyman Charlize Theron Mark Damon Clark Peterson", "Written by": "Patty Jenkins", "Starring": "Charlize Theron Christina Ricci Bruce Dern Lee Tergesen Annie Corley", "Music by": "BT", "Cinematography": "Steven Bernstein", "Edited by": "Arthur Coburn Ja... |
right|thumb|Official portrait of Col. Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf (Badge#1), 1st Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police.
Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf (; August 28, 1895 - November 25, 1958) was the first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police. He is best known for his involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping... | {"Birth name": "Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf", "Born": "Newark, New Jersey, US", "Died": "Mineola, New York, US", "Allegiance": "United States", "Commands held": "Commandant of School of Military Government", "Awards": "Army Distinguished Service MedalPurple Heart", "Relations": "Norman Sally Ruth Ann", "Other work": "Su... |
Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (, ; August 22, 1934 - December 27, 2012) was a United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War against Ba'athist Iraq.
Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Schwarzkopf grew up in the United States and late... | {"Birth name": "Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.", "Nickname(s)": "\"Stormin' Norman\"Pyle 1991 85 \"The Bear\"Pyle 1991 85", "Born": "Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.", "Died": "Tampa, Florida, U.S.", "Commands held": "United States Central Command I Corps 24th Mechanized Infantry Division 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division 1s... |
John Laurance (sometimes spelled "Lawrence" or "Laurence") (1750 - November 11, 1810) was a delegate to the 6th, 7th, and 8th Congresses of the Confederation, a United States representative and United States Senator from New York and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of... | {"Name": "John Laurance", "Image": "John Laurance (1750-1810) 1909 19.jpeg", "Term start": "December 4,1798", "Term end": "December 27, 1798", "Office 2": "Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New York", "Appointer 2": "George Washington", "Predecessor 2": "James Duane", "Successor 2": "Robert ... |
thumb|Henry Martyn Hoyt, circa 1903
Henry Martyn Hoyt, Sr. (June 8, 1830 - December 1, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician and the 18th governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883,"The Governors of Pennsylvania." Mount Union, Pennsylvania: The Mount Union Times, January 27, 1911, p. 1 (subscription required). as... | {"Name": "Henry Martyn Hoyt, Sr.", "Term start": "January 21, 1879", "Term end": "January 16, 1883", "Birth date": "1830 06 08", "Birth place": "Kingston, Pennsylvania", "Death date": "1892 12 1 1830 06 8", "Death place": "Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania", "Battles fought": "American Civil War\nPeninsula Campaign\nSecond Ba... |
Robert Emory Pattison (December 8, 1850August 1, 1904) was an American attorney and politician serving as the 19th governor of Pennsylvania from 1883 to 1887 and 1891 to 1895."The Governors of Pennsylvania." Mount Union, Pennsylvania: The Mount Union Times, January 27, 1911, p. 1 (subscription required). Pattison was t... | {"Name": "Robert E. Pattison", "Image size": "220px", "Term start": "January 20, 1891", "Term end": "January 15, 1895", "Birth name": "Robert Emory Pattison", "Birth date": "1850 12 8", "Birth place": "Quantico, Maryland, U.S.", "Death date": "1904 8 1 1850 12 8", "Death place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S."} |
James Addams Beaver (October 21, 1837 - January 31, 1914) was an American attorney, recruiter and field commander of Pennsylvania Infantry who was wounded four times during the American Civil War, and politician who served as the 20th governor of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1891."The Governors of Pennsylvania." Mount Uni... | {"Name": "James A. Beaver", "Image caption": "Beaver pictured in La Vie 1908, Penn State yearbook", "Term start": "January 18, 1887", "Term end": "January 20, 1891", "Birth date": "1837 10 21 y", "Birth place": "Millerstown, Pennsylvania", "Death date": "1914 1 31 1837 10 21 y", "Death place": "Bellefonte, Pennsylvania... |
Daniel Hartman Hastings (February 26, 1849January 9, 1903) was the 21st governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1895 to 1899."The Governors of Pennsylvania." Mount Union, Pennsylvania: The Mount Union Times, January 27, 1911, p. 1 (subscription required).
Biography
Daniel H. Hastings was born in Salona, Clinton County,... | {"Name": "Daniel Hartman Hastings", "Term start": "January 15, 1895", "Term end": "January 17, 1899", "Birth date": "1849 2 26", "Birth place": "Salona, Clinton County, Pennsylvania", "Death date": "1903 1 9 1849 2 26", "Death place": "Bellefonte, Pennsylvania", "Spouse(s)": "Jane Armstrong Rankin (married 1877)", "Nat... |
William Alexis Stone (April 18, 1846March 1, 1920) was an American politician who served as the 22nd governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1899 to 1903."The Governors of Pennsylvania." Mount Union, Pennsylvania: The Mount Union Times, January 27, 1911, p. 1 (subscription required).
Early life and family
thumb|left|Mr... | {"Name": "William A. Stone", "Term start": "January 17, 1899", "Term end": "January 20, 1903", "Order 2": "Member of theU.S. House of Representativesfrom Pennsylvania's 23rd district", "Predecessor 2": "Thomas McKee Bayne", "Successor 2": "William Harrison Graham", "Birth date": "April 18, 1846", "Birth place": "Wellsb... |
Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker (April 9, 1843 - September 2, 1916) was an American politician and the 23rd governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1903 to 1907."The Governors of Pennsylvania." Mount Union, Pennsylvania: The Mount Union Times, January 27, 1911, p. 1 (subscription required).
A judge assigned to Pennsylvan... | {"Image caption": "Samuel W. Pennypacker circa 1905", "Term start": "January 20, 1903", "Term end": "January 15, 1907", "Birth name": "Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker", "Birth date": "1843 4 9 y", "Birth place": "Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1916 9 2 1843 4 9 y", "Death place": "Schwenksville, Pennsylv... |
Wesley Critz George (1888-1982) was an American academic. He was Professor of histology and embryology and Chair of the Department of Anatomy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1940 to 1949. He was a eugenicist and a segregationist.
Early life
Wesley Critz George was born in 1888. He graduated fro... | {"Name": "Wesley Critz George", "Birth date": "1888", "Death date": "1982", "Education": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill", "Occupation": "Academic"} |
Stratford-on-Avon is a local government district in southern Warwickshire, England.
The district is named "Stratford-on-Avon" unlike its main town of Stratford-upon-Avon where the district council is based.
The district is mostly rural and covers most of the southern half of Warwickshire. As well as Stratford, other ... | {"Type": "Non-metropolitan district", "Rank": "Ranked E07000221", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "stratford.gov.uk"} |
Warwick is a local government district of central Warwickshire in England. It borders the Borough of Rugby and Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire as well as the West Midlands County (of which Coventry and Solihull are within the historic boundaries of Warwickshire). The City of Coventry is to the north and nort... | {"Rank": "143rd", "Density": "524", "DST": "+1", "Website": "warwickdc.gov.uk"} |
Dragutin Lerman (24 August 1863 - 12 July 1918) was a Croatian explorer.
Biography
Lerman was born in Požega, Slavonia, but he left his home very early. He was a member of the 1882 Henry Morton Stanley expedition to Congo and was one of Stanley's most trusted men. ("The Croat is energetic, cautious, in high spirits..... | {"Name": "Dragutin Lerman", "Birth date": "yes 1863 8 24", "Death date": "yes 1918 7 12 1863 8 24", "Birth place": "Požega, Slavonia, Austrian Empire", "Death place": "Kreševo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary", "Nationality": "Croatian", "Occupation": "explorer of Africa", "Known For": "discovery of the waterfa... |
Days of Heaven is a 1978 American romantic period drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick, and starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard and Linda Manz. Set in 1916, it tells the story of Bill and Abby, lovers who travel to the Texas Panhandle to harvest crops for a wealthy farmer. Bill persuades Abby... | {"Directed by": "Terrence Malick", "Produced by": "Bert SchneiderHarold Schneider", "Written by": "Terrence Malick", "Starring": "Richard Gere\n Brooke Adams\n Sam Shepard\n Linda Manz", "Narrated by": "Linda Manz", "Music by": "Ennio MorriconeLeo Kottkehttps://www.allmusic.com/album/days-of-heaven-mw0000959017 Allmusi... |
Agartala (, , ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Tripura, situated on the banks of Hoara River, about east of the border with Bangladesh and about 2,499 km (1,52 mi) from the national capital, New Delhi. According to 2022 census, Agartala is the second-most populous city in Northeast India wi... | {"Type": "Municipal Corporation", "Body": "Agartala Municipal Corporation", "Density": "auto", "Website": "agartalacity.nic.in", "Metro density": "512,264"} |
Carol Owens (born 4 June 1971) is a former New Zealand-based squash player who won the World Open in 2000 and 2003.
Owens was born in Melbourne, Australia, and would eventually change her nationality when she moved to Auckland, New Zealand. A right-hander, she made her competitive debut in 1990 in the Swiss Open where... | {"Country": ",", "Residence": "Auckland, New Zealand", "Born": "Melbourne, Australia", "Retired": "2004", "Highest ranking": "November 2002"} |
The Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at 2027 Fairmount Avenue between Corinthian Avenue and North 22nd Street in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. The penitentiary refined the revolutionary system of sepa... | {"Location": "2027 Fairmount AvenuePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania", "Coordinates": "39.96839 -75.172652 region:US-PA_type:landmark title,inline", "Status": "Closed (now a museum)", "Population": "~400 prisoners (from 1829 to 1877)", "Opened": "1829", "Closed": "1971", "Warden": "Samuel R. Wood (1829-40)Robert McKenty (1908... |
The Victoria Bridge (), previously known as Victoria Jubilee Bridge, is a bridge over the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore city of Saint-Lambert.
Opened in 1859, originally as a tubular bridge designed by Robert Stephenson, the bridge was the first to span the St. Lawrence River, and as... | {"Carries": "Route 112 20px\n Canadian National Railway, RTM Mont-Saint-Hilaire line, Via Rail, and Amtrak", "Crosses": "St. Lawrence Riverand Saint Lawrence Seaway", "Locale": "Saint-Lambert, Quebec and Montreal, Quebec (Neighbourhood of Victoriatown)", "Design": "Tubular bridge, original\n Truss bridge, replacementin... |
The Royle Family is a British sitcom produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for three series from 1998 to 2000, and specials from 2006 to 2012. It centres on the lives of a television-fixated Manchester family, the Royles, comprising family patriarch Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson), his wife Barbara (Sue Joh... | {"Genre": "Sitcom", "Running time": "26-59 mins", "Created by": "Caroline AherneCraig CashHenry Normal", "Starring": "Ricky TomlinsonSue JohnstonCaroline AherneRalf LittleCraig CashLiz Smith Jessica HynesPeter MartinDoreen KeoghGeoffrey HughesSheridan Smith", "Written by": "Caroline AherneCraig CashHenry Normal (1998)C... |
Huw Edwards (, ; born 18 August 1961) is a Welsh journalist, presenter and newsreader. He presents BBC News at Ten, the flagship evening news programme of the BBC.
Edwards anchors BBC coverage of state and international events, and was occasionally seen as relief or as chief presenter on BBC News at Six, BBC News at O... | {"Name": "Huw Edwards", "Alt": "Huw Edwards", "Caption": "Edwards in 2021", "Birth date": "1961 8 18 yes", "Birth place": "Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales", "Education": "Cardiff University (BA)University of Wales Trinity Saint David (PhD)", "Occupation": "Journalist, newsreader, television presenter", "Years active": "1984... |
Barbara Bain (born Mildred Fogel, September 13, 1931 See also:
) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Cinnamon Carter CrawfordIn the season 2 episode The Photographer, Cinnamon is invited to a photoshoot. Her full name on the invitation card is Cinnamon Carter Crawford. on the action television s... | {"Name": "Barbara Bain", "Caption": "Bain in 2006", "Birth name": "Mildred Fogel", "Birth date": "1931 9 13", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign", "Known For": "Mission: ImpossibleSpace: 1999", "Occupation": "Actress dancer model", "Years active": "1957-p... |
John Richard Whiteley (28 December 1943 - 26 June 2005) was an English presenter, and journalist, best known for his twenty-three years as host of the game show Countdown. Countdown was the launch programme for Channel 4 at 4:45 pm on 2 November 1982, and Whiteley was the first person to be seen on the channel (not co... | {"Name": "Richard Whiteley", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% OBE DL", "Caption": "Whiteley in the early 2000s", "Birth name": "John Richard Whiteley", "Birth date": "1943 12 28 yes", "Birth place": "Bradford, England", "Death date": "2005 06 26 1943 12 28 yes", "Death place": "Leeds, England", "Alma mater": "Christ's Colleg... |
Motor Coach Industries (MCI) is a North American multinational bus manufacturer, specializing in production of motorcoaches. Best known for coaches produced for intercity transit and commuter buses, MCI produces coaches for a variety of applications, ranging from tour buses to prison buses.
Currently, MCI is headquar... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1933", "Headquarters": "Des Plaines, Illinois", "Industry": "Bus manufacturing", "Products": "Motorcoaches", "Parent": "NFI Group", "Website": "mcicoach.com"} |
The United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB), colloquially known as Leavenworth, is a military correctional facility located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army post in Kansas.
It is one of three major prisons built on Fort Leavenworth property, the others being the federal civilian United States Penitentiary,... | {"Location": "Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S.", "Coordinates": "39 22 42 N 94 56 07 W region:US-KS_type:landmark_source:dewiki2625161", "Status": "Operational", "Security class": "Minimum-maximum security, Level III (Maximum Security)", "Capacity": "515", "Population": "440", "Opened": "1874, rebuilt in 2002", "Managed ... |
Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger (29 April 1837 - 30 September 1891), nicknamed Général Revanche ("General Revenge"), was a French general and politician. An enormously popular public figure during the second decade of the Third Republic, he won multiple elections. At the zenith of his popularity in January 1889, ... | {"Name": "Georges Ernest Boulanger", "Image caption": "Boulanger, photographed by Nadar", "Term start": "7 January 1886", "Term end": "30 May 1887", "Birth date": "yes 1837 04 29", "Birth place": "Rennes, France", "Death date": "yes 1891 09 30 1837 04 29", "Death place": "Brussels, Belgium", "Resting place": "Ixelles C... |
Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll, Chief of Clan Campbell (March 160727 May 1661) was a Scottish nobleman, politician, and peer. The de facto head of Scotland's government during most of the conflict of the 1640s and 1650s known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, he was a major figure in the Co... | {"Name": "The Marquess of Argyll", "Caption": "The Marquess of Argyll, by David Scougall", "Birth date": "7 March 1607", "Death date": "27 May 1661 (aged 54)", "Death place": "Edinburgh, Scotland", "Death cause": "Execution", "Resting place": "Kilmun Parish Church", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Occupation": "Chief of Cl... |
Marbella ( , , ) is a city and municipality in southern Spain, belonging to the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the region; it is also the head of the judicial district that bears its name.
Mar... | {"Type": "Mayor-council", "Body": "Ayuntamiento de Marbella", "Land": "114.3", "Water": "0.00", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "www.marbella.es"} |
Combustion was a computer program for motion graphics, compositing, and visual effects developed by Discreet Logic, a division on Autodesk, and originally released in July 2000. https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/exclusive_combustion_3_on_osx/ It shares a timeline-based interface and also a node-based interface with ... | {"Developer(s)": "Autodesk Media and Entertainment", "Type": "Digital video compositor", "License": "Proprietary", "Website": "http://usa.autodesk.com"} |
Round the Twist is an Australian children's comedy drama television series which follows the supernatural adventures of the Twist family, who leave their conventional residence to live in a lighthouse, in the fictional coastal town of Port Naranda.
The series was created and produced by Patricia Edgar, and developed b... | {"Running time": "25 minutes", "Created by": "Patricia EdgarEsben StormPaul Jennings", "Developed by": "Australian Children's Television Foundation", "Directed by": "Esben StormSteve JodrellMark LewisPino AmentaRay BoseleyDavid SwannArnie Custo", "Opening theme": "Round The Twist lyrics and music by Andrew Duffieldsung... |
Primm (formerly known as State Line) is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada, United States, primarily notable for its position straddling Interstate 15 at the Nevada-California border. It sits on Ivanpah Dry Lake, which extends to the north and south of town.
Primm was named State Line before being ren... | {"Founded by": "Pete MacIntyre", "Named for": "Ernest Jay Primm", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-7"} |
Norris Arm is a town in north-central Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 6, on the Bay of Exploits.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Norris Arm had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 ... | {"Type": "Town Council", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-2:30", "Website": "https://municipalnl.ca/municipality/norris-arm/"} |
Catch That Kid is a 2004 family action comedy film directed by Bart Freundlich, written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, and starring Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot, Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards, John Carroll Lynch, and James Le Gros. It is a remake of the Danish film Klatretøsen (2002) and tells the story ... | {"Directed by": "Bart Freundlich", "Produced by": "Andrew Lazar\n Uwe Schott", "Written by": "Michael Brandt\n Derek Haas", "Based on": "Klatretøsen Nikolaj Arcel Hans Fabian Wullenweber Erlend Loe", "Starring": "Kristen Stewart\n Corbin Bleu\n Max Thieriot\n Jennifer Beals\n Sam Robards\n John Carroll Lynch\n James Le... |
Grand Falls-Windsor is a town located in the central region of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with a population of 13,853 at the 2021 census. The town is the largest in the central region, the sixth largest in the province, and is home to the annual Exploits Valley Salm... | {"Land": "54.67", "Density": "259.2", "DST": "-02:30", "Website": "Town of Grand Falls-Windsor"} |
Digos, officially the City of Digos (; ; ), is a 2nd class component city and capital of the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 188,376 people.
The city lies on the western shores of Davao Gulf and southern foothills of Mount Apo on the island of Mindanao, cen... | {"Type": "government_type", "Rank": "0", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
Wahibre Psamtik I (Ancient Egyptian: ) was the first pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, the Saite period, ruling from the city of Sais in the Nile delta between 664-610 BC. He was installed by Ashurbanipal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, against the Kushite rulers of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, but later gained mo... | {"Reign": "664-610 BC", "Died": "610 BC", "Predecessor": "Necho I", "Successor": "Necho II", "Dynasty": "26th Dynasty", "Children": "Necho IINitocris I", "Mother": "Queen Istemabet", "Father": "Necho I"} |
The Genesee River ( ) is a tributary of Lake Ontario flowing northward through the Twin Tiers of Pennsylvania and New York in the United States. The river contains several waterfalls in New York at Letchworth State Park and Rochester.
The river was historically used as a border between the lands of the Seneca to the ... | {"Native name": "tus Čunehstí•yu•History of Rochester and Monroe county, New York Peck William 1908 15 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_IvssAAAAYAAJ April 4, 2009 The Pioneer publishing companyNOTE: Čunehstí•yu• is from the Seneca tribe name Chin-u-shio (Tuscarora language) meaning a beautiful open valley.", "... |
Psamtik II (Ancient Egyptian: , pronounced ), known by the Graeco-Romans as Psammetichus or Psammeticus, was a king of the Saite-based Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (595 BC - 589 BC). His prenomen, Nefer-Ib-Re, means "Beautiful [is the] Heart [of] Re."Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames and Hudson, 1994. p... | {"Reign": "595-589 BC", "Died": "589 BC", "Predecessor": "Necho II", "Successor": "Apries", "Dynasty": "26th dynasty", "Father": "Necho II", "Mother": "Khedebneithirbinet I", "Children": "Apries, Ankhnesneferibre"} |
The San Gabriel Valley (), often referred to by its initials as SGV, is one of the principal valleys of Southern California, lying immediately to the east of the eastern limits of the city of Los Angeles and occupying the vast majority of the southeastern part of Los Angeles County. Surrounding landforms and other feat... | {"Native name": "es Valle de San Gabriel", "Location": "California, United States", "Area": "200 sqmi km2", "Borders on": "San Gabriel Mountains (north), San Rafael Hills (west), Puente Hills (south), Chino Hills and San Jose Hills (east)"} |
Brave Saint Saturn (stylized as braveSaintSaturn, brave saint saturn or BS2) is a Christian rock band formed in Denver, Colorado in 1999. The band is a side-project of members of Five Iron Frenzy started by Reese Roper. The band calls their music style "astro-rock", although Roper has stated that this "doesn't mean any... | {"Origin": "Denver, Colorado", "Genres": "Astro-rock, Christian rock, progressive rock", "Labels": "5 Minute Walk, Tooth & Nail, Department of Biophysics", "Members": "Reese RoperKeith HoerigDennis CulpAndrew Verdecchio"} |
Hook is a 1991 American fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. It stars Robin Williams as Peter Banning / Peter Pan, Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook, Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell, Bob Hoskins as Mr. Smee, and Maggie Smith as Granny Wendy. It serves as a s... | {"Directed by": "Steven Spielberg", "Produced by": "Kathleen Kennedy \n Frank Marshall\n Gerald R. Molen", "Screenplay by": "Jim V. Hart\n Malia Scotch Marmo", "Story by": "Jim V. Hart\n Nick Castle", "Based on": "Peter and Wendy J. M. Barrie", "Starring": "Dustin Hoffman\n Robin Williams\n Julia Roberts\n Bob Hoskins\... |
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99 Ranch Market () is an American supermarket chain owned by Tawa Supermarket Inc., which is based in Buena Park, California. 99 Ranch has 58 stores in the U.S. (as of April 2023), primarily in California, with other stores in Nevada, Oregon, Washington, New Jersey... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1984 as 99 Price Market in Westminster, California", "Headquarters": "Buena Park, California", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, grocery, meat, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor", "Website": "https://99ranch.com/", "Parent": "Tawa Supermarket Inc."} |
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Canandaigua Lake is the fourth largest of the Finger Lakes in the U.S. state of New York. The City of Canandaigua is located at the northern end of the lake and the village of Naples is several miles south of the southern end.... | {"Location": "Ontario / Yates counties, New York, United States", "Group": "Finger Lakes", "Coordinates": "42 45 24 N 77 19 04 W region:US-NY_type:waterbody inline,title", "Primary inflows": "West River", "Primary outflows": "Canandaigua Outlet", "Basin": "United States", "Max. length": "16 mi on", "Max. width": "1.5 m... |
Joanna Clare MacGregor (born 16 July 1959) is a British concert pianist, conductor, composer, and festival curator. She is Head of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music and a professor of the University of London. She was artistic director of the International Summer School & Festival at Dartington Hall from 2015 to 201... | {"Name": "Joanna MacGregor", "Post-nominals": "GBR CBE 100%", "Landscape": "yes", "Caption": "Joanna MacGregor at a recital at the University of Bath in May 2015", "Birth date": "y 1959 7 16", "Occupation": "Pianist, composer, conductor", "Website": "https://soundcircus.com/"} |
The Rifle No. 5 Mk I, nicknamed the "Jungle Carbine" for its use in jungle warfare, was a bolt action carbine derivative of the British Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I.Wilson (2006) It was developed per jungle fighting experiences in the Pacific War that led the British to decide "a rifle shorter and lighter" than the regular L... | {"Place of origin": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Bolt-action carbine", "Sights": "Flip-up rear aperture sights, fixed-post front sights", "In service": "1944-1960 (UK)", "Used by": "United KingdomCommonwealth of NationsIndonesiaDairi Chief of Police Inspecting Warehouse, Ammunition, and Firearm. May 8, 2015 (In Indonesia... |
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected in the 1979 general election, held on 3 May. This Parliament was dissolved in 1983.
Parliament, which consists of the House of Lords and the elected House of Commons, was convened on Tuesday 15 May 1979 at the Palace of Westminster by Queen Elizabeth II.
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thumb|Soviet soldiers with SVT-40 rifles.
The SVT-40 (Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva, Obrazets 1940 goda, "Tokarev self-loading rifle, model of 1940", Russian: Самозарядная винтовка Токарева, образец 1940 года, often nicknamed "Sveta") is a Soviet semi-automatic battle rifle that saw widespread service during and af... | {"Type": "Semi-automatic rifle", "Place of origin": "Soviet Union", "Designer": "Fedor Tokarev", "Designed": "1938 (updated 1940)Modern Firearms article on SVT-40 https://web.archive.org/web/20031216033834/http://world.guns.ru/rifle/rfl06-e.htm 16 December 2003", "Produced": "1938-1942\"К исходу 1942 года производство... |
Fort Amsterdam was a fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan Island at the confluence of the Hudson and East rivers. The fort and the island were the center of trade and the administrative headquarters for the Dutch and then British/Colonial rule of the colony, of New Netherland and thereafter the Province of Ne... | {"Built": "1625", "In use": "1626-1788", "Materials": "Earthworks, stone", "Fate": "After 165 years of service, the aging fort was leveled and replaced with the Government House.", "Battles/wars": "Second Anglo-Dutch WarThird Anglo-Dutch WarLeisler's RebellionAmerican Revolution"} |
Idaho Transfer is a 1973 science fiction film directed by Peter Fonda. It stars Kelley Bohanon, The IMDb lists her first name with the spelling "Kelly". It is spelled "Kelley" in the credits of the film. Kevin Hearst, Dale Hopkins, and Keith Carradine.
It is the only film Fonda directed in which he did not appear.
Pl... | {"Directed by": "Peter Fonda", "Produced by": "William HaywardAnthony Mazzola", "Written by": "Thomas Matthiesen", "Starring": "Kelley BohanonKevin HearstDale HopkinsKeith Carradine", "Music by": "Bruce Langhorne", "Cinematography": "Bruce Logan", "Edited by": "Chuck McClelland", "Distributed by": "Cinemation Industrie... |
8:30 is the second live album from the jazz fusion group Weather Report, issued in 1979 by ARC/Columbia Records. The album rose to No. 3 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and No. 47 on the Billboard 200 chart. 8:30 also won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance.
Recording
The album takes its name from th... | {"Released": "August 1979", "Recorded": "November 28, 1978 (and other dates in late 1978)8:30 Bianchi Curt http://www.weatherreportdiscography.org/eight-thirty/ www.WeatherReportDiscography.org 11 September 2018", "Venue": "Terrace Theater, Long Beach, California (plus \"other locations\")", "Genre": "Jazz fusion", ... |
The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House (originally the New York Custom House) is a government building, museum, and former custom house at 1 Bowling Green, near the southern end of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. Designed by Cass Gilbert in the Beaux-Arts style, it was erected from 1902 to 1907 b... | {"Part of": "07000063", "Location": "1 Bowling GreenManhattan, New York", "Built": "1901-1907", "Architect": "Cass Gilbert", "Architectural style": "Beaux-Arts"} |
thumb|300px|right|Dave Weckl live with the Mike Stern Band in 2009
thumb|300px|right|Playing with the Chick Corea Elektric Band at the Blue Note in New York in December 2007
Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American jazz fusion drummer and the leader of the Dave Weckl Band. He was inducted... | {"Born": "1960 1 8", "Genres": "Jazz fusion, post-bop", "Labels": "GRP, Stretch", "Website": "daveweckl.com"} |
The president of the Republic of Yemen () is the head of state of Yemen. Under the Constitution of Yemen, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and head of the executive branch of the Yemeni government.
As of 7 April 2022, the powers of the president are exercised by the Presidential Leadersh... | {"Post": "Chairman", "Body": "thePresidential Leadership Councilof the Republic of Yemen", "Insignia image": "Presidential Standard of Yemen.svgborder", "Insignia size": "125px", "Insignia caption": "Presidential Standard", "Incumbent": "Rashad al-Alimi", "Incumbent since": "7 April 2022Claimed byMahdi al-Mashat(Suprem... |
Bloody Sunday was an event which took place in London, England on 13 November 1887, when a crowd of marchers protesting about unemployment and the Irish Coercion Acts, as well as demanding the release of MP William O'Brien, clashed with the Metropolitan Police. The demonstration was organised by the Social Democratic F... | {"Date": "November 13, 1887 y", "Location": "Trafalgar Square, London, England", "Caused by": "Coercion in Ireland Unemployment in Ireland Arrest and imprisonment of William O'Brien Long Depression", "Methods": "Political demonstration", "Injuries": "75 badly injured (all sides)", "Arrested": "400"} |
Bloody Sunday or Red SundayA History of Modern Europe 1789-1968 by Herbert L. Peacock m.a. () was the series of events on Sunday, in St Petersburg, Russia, when unarmed demonstrators, led by Father Georgy Gapon, were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace to present a pe... | {"Date": "22 January 1905 9 January", "Location": "St. Petersburg, Russian Empire", "Methods": "Demonstration march", "Fined": "Deaths 143-234Injuries439-800Arrests6,831"} |
Songs of a Circling Spirit is an album by Canadian musician Tom Cochrane released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). The album contains newly recorded acoustic versions of selected songs written by Cochrane, and previously recorded either by Cochrane or Red Rider.
Track listing
Personnel
Tom Cochrane - guitar, vocals, mix... | {"Released": "September 23, 1997", "Genre": "Heartland rock", "Label": "Capitol", "Producer": "Tom Cochrane"} |
Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge ( ) is a fictional character in comedic stories by author P. G. Wodehouse. Ukridge appears in one novel and nineteen short stories.
Ukridge is a charismatic opportunist who will do anything to increase his capital—except, of course, work. The stories in which he appears generally invol... | {"First appearance": "Love Among the Chickens (1906)", "Last appearance": "Ukridge Starts a Bank Account (1966)", "Created by": "P. G. Wodehouse", "Portrayed by": "Malcolm Graeme (1940)\nMichael Shepley (1956)\n Naunton Wayne (1959)\nAnton Rodgers (1968)\nGriff Rhys Jones(1992-1993)", "Gender": "Male", "Relatives": "Ju... |
The International Peace Garden is a park located adjacent to the International Peace Garden Border Crossing along the Canada-United States border between the province of Manitoba and the state of North Dakota. It was established on July 14, 1932, as a symbol of the peaceful relationship between the two countries.
Th... | {"Coordinates": "48.999364 -100.052641 region:US_type:garden inline,title", "Established": "1932", "Location": "Municipality of Boissevain - Morton, CanadaRolette County, North Dakota, U.S.", "Visitors": "Over 100,000/yearhttps://www.peacegarden.com/ Botanical Gardens, Cactus Conservatory and Campsites International... |
Due South is a Canadian crime comedy-drama television series created by Paul Haggis, and produced by Alliance Communications from its premiere on April 26, 1994, to its conclusion after four seasons on March 14, 1999. The series starred Paul Gross, David Marciano, Gordon Pinsent, Beau Starr, Catherine Bruhier, Camilla ... | {"Running time": "45 minutes (approx.)", "Genre": "Comedy drama", "Created by": "Paul Haggis Setting A New Course Sun Sentinel http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-01-06/lifestyle/9801050200_1_detective-ray-vecchio-david-marciano-benton-fraser October 25, 2010", "Starring": "Paul GrossDavid MarcianoBeau StarrDaniel ... |
Helmut Jahn (January 4, 1940 - May 8, 2021) was a German-American architect, known for projects such as the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany; the Thompson Center in Chicago; One Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Bangkok, Thail... | {"Name": "Helmut Jahn", "Birth date": "1940 01 04", "Birth place": "Zirndorf, Bavaria, Germany", "Death date": "2021 05 08 1940 01 04", "Death place": "Campton Hills, Illinois, US", "Nationality": "German", "Education": "Technical University of MunichIllinois Institute of Technology", "Occupation": "Architect", "Notabl... |
Muḥarram () is the first month of the Islamic calendar, and one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is forbidden. The tenth of Muharram is known as Ashura, an important day of commemoration in Islam. For Sunni Muslims, the day marks the parting of the Red Sea by Moses and the salvation of the Israelites,... | {"Native name": "ar ٱلْمُحَرَّم", "Month number": "1", "Number of days": "29-30 (depends on actual observation of the moon's crescent)", "Significant days": "Ashura"} |
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The Treaty House () at Waitangi in Northland, New Zealand, is the former house of the British Resident in New Zealand, James Busby. The Treaty of Waitangi, the document that established the British Colony of New Zealand, was signe... | {"Name": "Treaty House", "Native name": "Whare Tiriti", "Caption": "The restored Treaty House (2006)", "Coordinates": "-35.2658 174.0816 region:NZ-NTL_type:landmark inline, title", "Embedded": "yes NZ Category I 6 23 June 1983"} |
Stella () is a 1955 Greek film is a retelling of Carmen featuring Melina Mercouri. The film was directed by the Greek Cypriot Michael Cacoyannis and written by Cacoyannis and Iakovos Kambanelis. The music was composed by Manos Hadjidakis and Vassilis Tsitsanis.
Stella was originally intended to be a stage play with t... | {"Directed by": "Michael Cacoyannis", "Written by": "Iakovos KambanelisMichael Cacoyannis", "Starring": "Melina MercouriGiorgos FountasAlekos Alexandrakis", "Music by": "Manos Hadjidakis", "Distributed by": "Joseph Burstyn Inc. (United States)"} |
"Mills bomb" is the popular name for a series of British hand grenades which were designed by William Mills. They were the first modern fragmentation grenades used by the British Army and saw widespread use in the First and Second World Wars.
Development
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The Orkhon River (; ) is a river in Mongolia.
The Orkhon river derives its name from the Old Turkic prefix "or" meaning "middle", and "khan" or king.
It rises in the Khangai Mountains in the Tsenkher sum of Arkhangai aimag at the foot of the Suvraga Khairkhan mounta... | {"Native name": "mn Орхон гол", "Mouth": "Selenga", "Location": "Sükhbaatar city, Selenge aimag", "Coordinates": "50 15 0 N 106 8 20 E inline,title", "Basin size": "132835 km2 on", "Left": "Tamir River", "Right": "Tuul River, Kharaa River"} |
The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since its inauguration in 1954, and the first since the 2000 tournament. The tournament was held in Australia from 26 October, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 22 November.
The tournament was the fourt... | {"Number of teams": "10", "Winner": "1", "Tries scored": "156", "Attendance": "293442", "Points scored": "890"} |
The III Corps is a formation of the Indian Army that was formed during World War I in Mesopotamia during its respective campaign. Prior to the reorganization of the British and Indian forces in Mesopotamia, it was designated as the Tigris Corps.
A new III Corps was formed by the Indian Army during World War II for se... | {"Branch": "India", "Type": "Mountain troops", "Size": "Corps", "Part of": "Eastern Command", "Nickname(s)": "Spear Corps", "Notablecommanders": "General Dalbir Singh SuhagGeneral Bipin RawatLieutenant General Sir Lewis MacClesfield Heath"} |
Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the 14th prime minister of India since May 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtri... | {"Image caption": "Official portrait, 2022", "Term start": "26 May 2014", "Office 2": "Leader of the House, Lok Sabha", "Deputy 2": "Rajnath Singh", "Predecessor 2": "Sushilkumar Shinde", "Birth name": "Narendrabhai Damodardas Modi", "Birth date": "1950 9 17 y", "Birth place": "Vadnagar, Bombay State, India (present-da... |
Inter-Asterisk eXchange (IAX) is a communications protocol native to the Asterisk private branch exchange (PBX) software, and is supported by a few other softswitches, PBX systems, and softphones. It is used for transporting voice over IP telephony sessions between servers and to terminal devices.
The original IAX pr... | {"Title or name": "Inter-Asterisk eXchange", "Abbreviation": "IAX", "Purpose": "VoIP", "Developer(s)": "Mark Spencer", "Influenced": "IAX2", "OSI layer": "Application layer", "Port(s)": "4569", "RFC(s)": "5456 no"} |
Hoffa is a 1992 American biographical crime drama film directed by Danny DeVito and written by David Mamet, based on the life of Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa. Most of the story is told in flashbacks before ending with Hoffa's mysterious disappearance. The story makes no claim to be historically accurate, and in fact is... | {"Directed by": "Danny DeVito", "Produced by": "Caldecot Chubb Danny DeVito Edward R. Pressman", "Written by": "David Mamet", "Starring": "Jack Nicholson\n Danny DeVito", "Music by": "David Newman", "Cinematography": "Stephen H. Burum", "Edited by": "Ronald Roose Lynzee Klingman", "Distributed by": "20th Century Fox", ... |
The PrimePages is a website about prime numbers originally created by Chris Caldwell at the University of Tennessee at Martin who maintained it from 1994 to 2023.
The site maintains the list of the "5,000 largest known primes", selected smaller primes of special forms, and many "top twenty" lists for primes of various... | {"Available in": "English", "Founder(s)": "Chris Caldwell", "Commercial": "No", "Registration": "Required for submissions onlyPrimePages Privacy Statement https://t5k.org/notes/privacy.html t5k.org 10 January 2023", "Current status": "Active", "URL": "t5k.org/"} |
Vonage (, legal name Vonage Holdings Corp.) is an American cloud communications provider operating as a subsidiary of Ericsson. Headquartered in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, the organization was founded in 1998 as Min-X as a provider of residential telecommunications services based on voice over Internet Protocol (VoI... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1998 (as Min-X)2001 (as Vonage) Edison, New Jersey, U.S.", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Industry": "Cloud Communications services", "Products": "Unified Communications, Contact Center, Communications APIs, Home VoIP Phone Service Provider", "Services": "Business Cloud Communications Servi... |
Legally Blonde is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic in his feature-length directorial debut and scripted by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith from Amanda Brown's 2001 novel of the same name. It stars Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, and Jennifer Coolidg... | {"Directed by": "Robert Luketic", "Produced by": "Marc Platt\n Ric Kidney", "Screenplay by": "Karen McCullah Lutz\n Kirsten Smith", "Based on": "Legally Blonde Amanda Brown", "Starring": "Reese Witherspoon\n Luke Wilson\n Selma Blair\n Matthew Davis\n Victor Garber\n Jennifer Coolidge", "Music by": "Rolfe Kent", "Cinem... |
South Prussia (; ) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1793 to 1807.
History
South Prussia was created out of territory annexed in the Second Partition of Poland and in 1793 included:
the Poznań, Kalisz and Gniezno Voivodeships of Greater Poland;
the lands of Sieradz and Łęczyca;
the Kuyavian voivodeship of... | {"Native name": "Südpreußen (de)Prusy Południowe (pl)", "Conventional long name": "South Prussia", "Common name": "South Prussia", "Year founded": "1793", "Year dissolved": "1807", "Capital": "Poznań (Posen)Warsaw (Warschau) from 1795"} |
The University of Indianapolis (UIndy) is a private United Methodist Church-affiliated university in Indianapolis, Indiana. It offers Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees. It was founded in 1902 as Indiana Central University and was popularly known as Indiana Central College from 1921 until 1975. In 19... | {"Motto": "Education for Service", "Type": "Private university", "Endowment": "$134 - $140 million (2022)As of Apr 26, 2022. University of Indianapolis, Full Faculty Meeting", "Budget": "$80 million", "President": "Tanuja Singh https://www.uindy.edu/about-uindy/leadership/president/ Dr. Tanuja Singh live 2023-08-04... |
CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. CKLW has a news/talk format. It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings. Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV ... | {"Broadcast area": "Southwestern OntarioDetroit-Windsor", "Branding": "AM 800 CKLW", "Format": "News/Talk", "Affiliations": "CHWI-DTThe Canadian PressWindsor Spitfires", "Power": "50,000 watts", "Class": "B", "Owner": "Bell Media Radio", "Website": "iheartradio.ca/am800"} |
Michael Angel Nava (born September 16, 1954) is an American attorney and writer. He has worked on the staff for the California Supreme Court, and ran for a Superior Court position in 2010. He authored a ten-volume mystery series featuring Henry Rios, an openly gay protagonist who is a criminal defense lawyer. His novel... | {"Name": "Michael Nava", "Birth date": "1954 9 16", "Birth place": "Stockton, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "George Herzog", "Alma mater": "Stanford Law School (JD)Colorado College (BA)", "Occupation": "Lawyer, writer", "Website": "http://www.michaelnavawriter.com"} |
Phi Iota Alpha (), established on December 26, 1931, is the oldest Latino Fraternity in existence, and works to motivate people, develop leaders, and create innovative ways to unite the Latino community. The organization has roots that stem back to the late 19th century to the first Latin American fraternity, and the f... | {"Motto": "Semper ParatiSemper Juncti", "Founded": "Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute", "Type": "Social", "Mission statement": "Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity is a brotherhood dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Latin American Culture.", "Philanthropy": "National Hispanic Institute (NHI)", "Affiliation": "NIC", "S... |
Goodness Gracious Me is a BBC sketch comedy show originally aired on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998 and later televised on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001. The ensemble cast were four British Indian actors, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia. The show explored British Asian culture, and the conflict an... | {"Genre": "Sketch comedy", "Running time": "30-50 mins", "Created by": "Sanjeev BhaskarMeera SyalAnil Gupta", "Starring": "Sanjeev BhaskarMeera SyalKulvinder GhirNina Wadia", "Opening theme": "Goodness Gracious Me (Bhangra version)", "Ending theme": "Goodness Gracious Me (Bhangra version)", "Country of origin": "United... |
Miguel Piñero (December 19, 1946 - June 16, 1988) was a playwright, actor and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café. He was a leading member of the Nuyorican literary movement.
Early years
Piñero was born on December 19, 1946, in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, to Miguel Angel Gómez Ramos and Adelina Piñero. In 1950, when Mig... | {"Born": "1946 12 19 y", "Died": "1988 06 16 1946 12 19 y", "Occupation": "Playwright, actor", "Nationality": "Puerto Rican", "Children": "Ismael Castro (adopted)", "Literary movement": "Nuyorican Poets Café", "Notable awards": "New York Critics Circle Award, Obie Award, Drama Desk Award"} |
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), also known as extracorporeal life support (ECLS), is an extracorporeal technique of providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to persons whose heart and lungs are unable to provide an adequate amount of gas exchange or perfusion to sustain life. The technology for E... | {"Other names": "Extracorporeal life support (ECLS)", "ICD-10-PCS": "5A15223", "ICD-9-CM": "39.65", "MeSH": "29295", "HCPCS-L2": "36822"} |
CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation and founded in 1928, with consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s, and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s. The broadcasting company was sold to Entercom (now kno... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Radio broadcasting", "Fate": "Acquired by Entercom (now Audacy, Inc.)", "Founded": "1928 (Foundation of CBS) 1997 (relaunched as Infinity Broadcasting) 2005 (relaunched as CBS Radio)", "Defunct": "November 17, 2017", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Formerly": "Infinity Broadcasting (1997–... |
Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen (15 May 1867 - 3 January 1913) was a Norwegian polar explorer. He participated on the first and third Fram expeditions. He shipped out with the Fridtjof Nansen expedition in 1893-1896, and accompanied Nansen to notch a new Farthest North record near the North Pole. Johansen also participated i... | {"Name": "Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen", "Birth date": "yes 1867 5 15", "Birth place": "Skien, Norway", "Death date": "yes 1913 1 3 1867 5 15", "Death place": "Christiania, Norway", "Education": "Royal Frederick University", "Spouse(s)": "Hilda Øvrum (1868-1956)", "Occupation": "Polar explorer"} |
Johannes Sigfrid Edström (11 November 1870 – 18 March 1964) was a Swedish industrialist, chairman of the Sweden-America Foundation, and 4th President of the International Olympic Committee.
Early life
Edström was born in the tiny village of Morlanda, on the island of Orust, Bohuslän. He studied at Chalmers University... | {"Name": "Sigfrid Edström", "Image caption": "Sigfrid Edström during the early 1910s", "Term start": "1942", "Term end": "15 August 1952", "Office 2": "Honorary President of the IOC", "Predecessor 2": "vacant, last held by Pierre de Coubertin (1937)", "Successor 2": "vacant, next held by Avery Brundage (1975)", "Birth ... |
This is a complete list of members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1945 general election, held on 5 July 1945. See also, Constituency election results in the 1945 United Kingdom general election.
Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Michael Stewart, George Brown, Hart... | {"Legislative body": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Election": "1945 United Kingdom general election", "Government": "First Attlee ministry", "Term": "1950 10 23 y", "Members": "640"} |
This is a complete list of members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1950 general election, held on 23 February 1950.
Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Edward Heath, Horace King, Fred Mulley, Bernard Braine, Harry Hylton-Foster, Iain Macleod, Gerald Nabarro, Reginald... | {"Legislative body": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Election": "1950 United Kingdom general election", "Government": "Second Attlee ministry", "Term": "1951 10 26 y", "Members": "625"} |
Sarah Elizabeth Fitz-Gerald AM (born 1 December 1968) is an Australian former professional squash player who won five World Open titles - 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002. She ranks alongside Janet Morgan, Nicol David, Susan Devoy, Michelle Martin and Heather McKay as the sport's greatest female players of all time.
Ca... | {"Born": "Melbourne, Australia", "Turned Pro": "1988", "Racquet used": "Dunlop", "Coached by": "Roger Flynn &Mike Johnson", "Highest ranking": "November 1996", "Retired": "2003"} |
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