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The Pennsylvanian is a daily daytime Amtrak train running between New York City and Pittsburgh via Philadelphia. The trains travel across the Appalachian Mountains, through Pennsylvania's capital Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, suburban and central Philadelphia, and New Jersey en route to New York. The ent... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail", "First service": "April 27, 1980", "Annual ridership": "Pennsylvanian", "Termini": "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania", "Stops": "17", "Distance travelled": "444 mi", "Average journey time": "\"timetable\">January 8, 2018 Pennsylvanian Timetable https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/d... |
Damnation and a Day (subtitled From Genesis to Nemesis...) is the fifth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 10 March 2003 and is Cradle of Filth's only album on a major label, Sony Records, after which they transferred to Roadrunner. It features the one hundred and one-piece B... | {"Released": "10 March 2003", "Recorded": "Parkgate Studios, Battle, East Sussex, and New Rising Studios, Peldon, England, August-September 2002", "Genre": "Extreme metal", "Label": "Sony (Europe)Epic (US)", "Producer": "Doug Cook and Cradle of Filth"} |
The Ethan Allen Express is a daily passenger train operated by Amtrak in the United States between New York City and Burlington, Vermont, via Albany, New York. One daily round trip is operated on a north-south route with a 7-hour 35 minute scheduled running time. The train is subsidized by New York and Vermont for the... | {"Service type": "Intercity rail", "First service": "December 2, 1996", "Annual ridership": "Ethan Allen", "Termini": "Burlington, Vermont", "Stops": "15", "Distance travelled": "310 mi", "Average journey time": "7 hours, 35 minutes", "Service frequency": "One daily round trip", "Class(es)": "Coach, business", "Disable... |
The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away in the mildly northern constellation of Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and independently by Johan... | {"Helio radial velocity": "410", "Galactocentric velocity": "400 4", "Distance": "5.30 Mpc Mly flip on", "Group": "CVn I", "Type": "(R)SA(rs)ab, HIISy2", "Size": "16.51 kpc ly 3 off on(diameter, 25.0 mag/arcsec2 B-band isophote)https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=2MASX+J13250547-2014151&extend=no&hco... |
The 2004 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 9 October 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the National Party of Austr... | {"Name": "2004 Australian federal election", "Country": "Australia", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "2001 Australian federal election", "Previous year": "2001", "Next election": "2007 Australian federal election", "Next year": "2007", "Outgoing members": "Members of the Australian House... |
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC; , CRDI) is a Canadian federal Crown corporation. As part of Canada’s foreign affairs and development efforts, IDRC champions and funds research and innovation within and alongside developing regions to drive global change. IDRC invests in high-quality research in dev... | {"Formed": "1970", "Jurisdiction": "Government of Canada", "Headquarters": "45 O'Connor St, Ottawa, ON K1P 1A4", "Annual budget": "$201.6 m CAD (2021-22)https://idrc.ca/sites/default/files/2022-10/IDRC-Annual-Report-2021-22-Eng.pdf Annual Report 2021-2022 | IDRC - International Development Research Centre", "Website": ... |
The Rock of Gibraltar (from the Arabic name Jabel-al-Tariq) is a monolithic limestone promontory located in the British territory of Gibraltar, near the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula, and near the entrance to the Mediterranean.Welcome To The Rock of Gibraltar! by costarsure.com It is high. Most o... | {"Elevation": "426", "Prominence": "9870 Rock of Gibraltar, Gibraltar 2 August 2014", "Location": "Gibraltar", "Coordinates": "36 07 28.1 N 05 20 35.2 W type:mountain_region:GI_scale:20000 dms inline,titlehttps://www.google.com/maps/place/Peak:+Highest+Point/@36.12449,-5.343064,109m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x2ecd94... |
Cold Lazarus is a four-part British television drama written by Dennis Potter with the knowledge that he was dying of pancreatic cancer.Jasper Rees and Dominic Cavendish."Dennis Potter: the end game". The Independent. 24 April 1996. It forms the second half of a pair with the television serial Karaoke.
Production
Kar... | {"Running time": "60 minutes", "Created by": "Dennis Potter", "Directed by": "Renny Rye", "Starring": "Albert Finney", "Original network": "Channel 4BBC One", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original release": "26 May 1996"} |
Gaston Egmond Thorn (3 September 192826 August 2007) was a Luxembourg politician who served in a number of high-profile positions, both domestically and internationally. Amongst the posts that he held were the 19th prime minister of Luxembourg (1974-1979), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1975), and th... | {"Name": "Gaston Thorn", "Office 2": "19th Prime Minister of Luxembourg", "Monarch 2": "Jean", "Deputy 2": "Raymond VouelBernard Berg", "Predecessor 2": "Pierre Werner", "Successor 2": "Pierre Werner", "Birth name": "Gaston Egmond Thorn", "Birth date": "3 September 1928", "Birth place": "Luxembourg, Luxembourg", "Death... |
The Syrian pound or lira (; abbreviation: LS or SPThe Central Bank of Syria uses this abbreviation on the security strips of banknotes. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note268783.html in Latin, ل.س in Arabic, historically also £S, and £Syr; ISO code: SYP) is the currency of Syria. It is issued by the Central Bank of ... | {"ISO 4217 code": "SYP", "Symbol comment": "None official. The abbreviations LS, SP, or ل.س are used.", "Subunit": "1 100", "Value": "US$1 = LS 9,900 (official)https://cb.gov.sy/downloads/files/1689663082.PDF Official exchange rate US$1 = LS 12,100 (parallel market)2023 7 21https://sp-today.com/en/currency/us_dollar US... |
Herbert Czaja (November 5, 1914 – April 18, 1997) was a German Christian democratic politician. Czaja was born to a multi-ethnic and multilingual family in Cieszyn in Poland, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time of his birth. During the Second Polish Republic he was politically active in the German Christian P... | {"Name": "Herbert Czaja", "Image caption": "Czaja CDU electoral poster, 1976", "Term start": "6 October 1953", "Term end": "20 December 1990", "Birth date": "5 November 1914", "Birth place": "Teschen (Cieszyn), Austria-Hungary (now Poland)", "Death date": "18 April 1997", "Death place": "Stuttgart, Germany", "Alma mate... |
The Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation (TWSE; ) is a financial institution, located in Taipei 101, in Taipei, Taiwan. The TWSE was established in 1961 and began operating as a stock exchange on 9 February 1962. It is regulated by the Financial Supervisory Commission.
As of 31 December 2013, the Taiwan Stock Exchange ha... | {"Type": "Stock exchange", "Location": "Taiwan", "Coordinates": "25 2 1 N 121 33 54 E", "Founded": "yes 1961 10 23", "Owner": "Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation", "Currency": "New Taiwan dollar", "Indices": "Taiwan Weighted (TAIEX)", "Website": "twse.com.tw"} |
Charles "Trip" Tucker III, portrayed by Connor Trinneer, is a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise.
Tucker was the chief engineer on the Enterprise and also briefly served in the same role aboard at the Enterprise's sister ship Columbia.
Biography
Tucker was born in 2121. His nickname "T... | {"Portrayed by": "Connor Trinneer", "First appearance": "\"Broken Bow\" (2001)", "Last appearance": "\"These Are the Voyages...\" (2005)", "Created by": "Rick Berman\n Brannon Braga", "Gender": "Male", "Family": "Charles Tucker II (father)Elizabeth Tucker (sister)Charles Tucker (grandfather)", "Children": "Lorian Tucke... |
Percival (, also written Perceval, Parzival, Parsifal), alternatively called Peredur (), is a figure in the legend of King Arthur, often appearing as one of the Knights of the Round Table. First mentioned by the French author Chrétien de Troyes in the tale Perceval, the Story of the Grail, he is best known for being th... | {"Title": "Sir", "Family": "Various depending on version, including Pellinore, Lamorak, Aglovale, Tor, his sister, Feirefiz", "Children": "Lohengrin in Parzival", "Religion": "Christian", "Nationality": "Welsh"} |
Dr. Hernán Padilla Ramírez (born May 5, 1938) is a retired physician and former two-term Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Biography
After training as a nephrologist, he entered private practice and joined the military with the Puerto Rico National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve in Fort Meade Maryland. He was sent to... | {"Name": "Hernán Padilla", "Image size": "150px", "Term start": "January 12, 1977", "Term end": "January 2, 1985", "Birth place": "Mayagüez, Puerto Rico", "Birth name": "May 5, 1938"} |
is a novel by Japanese writer Jun'ichirō Tanizaki that was serialized from 1943 to 1948. It follows the lives of the wealthy Makioka family of Osaka from the autumn of 1936 to April 1941, focusing on the family's attempts to find a husband for the third sister, Yukiko. It depicts the decline of the family's upper-middl... | {"Original title": "ja", "Country": "Japan", "Language": "Japanese", "Media type": "Print"} |
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected in the October 1974 general election, held on 10 October. This Parliament was dissolved in 1979.
Composition
These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in the October 1974 general election.
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Note: The Scottish National Party... | {"Legislative body": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Election": "October 1974 United Kingdom general election", "Government": "Fourth Wilson ministryCallaghan ministry", "Term": "1979 06 03 y", "Members": "635"} |
is a 1983 drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa based on the serial novel of the same name by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. It depicts the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka with parallels to the seasons in Japan.
Plot
The story takes place in Japan primarily during the late 1930s (Shōwa period). The sist... | {"Directed by": "Kon Ichikawa", "Written by": "Shinya Hidaka\nKon Ichikawa\nJunichiro Tanizaki", "Based on": "The Makioka Sisters (novel) Jun'ichirō Tanizaki", "Starring": "Yoshiko Sakuma\nSayuri Yoshinaga\nYuko Kotegawa\nJuzo Itami\nTakenori Emoto\nToshiyuki Hosokawa\nKoji Ishizaka\nKeiko Kishi", "Distributed by": "To... |
Metrosexuality is a British television comedy drama, which aired on Channel 4 in 2001 as a short-run series of six episodes. It was later re-edited into a single feature for DVD release by TLA Releasing. It depicts the interactions of a racially and sexually diverse group of friends and family living in Notting Hill.Ph... | {"Genre": "ComedyDrama", "Created by": "Rikki Beadle-Blair", "Starring": "Rikki Beadle-BlairNoel ClarkeRebecca Varney", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "Channel 4", "Original release": "2001 3 3 y"} |
Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester ( – 25 April 1264), (Roger de Quincy is a subarticle in his father's article.) His dates are given as 1195?-1265 at the beginning of the subarticle, but his death date is given as 25 April 1264 near the bottom of the page. hereditary Constable of Scotland, was a nobleman of Angl... | {"Image caption": "Arms of Roger de Quincy: Gules, seven mascles or 3,3,1.", "Father": "Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester", "Mother": "Margaret de Beaumont", "Birth date": "c. 1195", "Death date": "25 April 1264 1195", "Buried": "Brackley"} |
Alveley is a village in the Severn Valley in southeast Shropshire, England, about south-southeast of Bridgnorth. It is in the civil parish of Alveley and Romsley. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 2,098. It is served by bus service 297 (Kidderminster - Bridgnorth) operated by Arriva Midlands. It is mos... | {"OS grid reference": "SO760844", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "Unitary authority": "Shropshire", "Ceremonial county": "Shropshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Ludlow", "Postcode district": "WV", "Dialling code": "01746", "Website": "Alveley and Romsley Parish Council"} |
is a Japanese film director from Kumamoto. He served as assistant director on Shunji Iwai's Love Letter, April Story, and Swallowtail Butterfly.
Filmography
Director
Open House (1998)
(Sunflower) (2000)
A Closing Day (閉じる日) (2000)
Luxurious Bone (贅沢な骨) (2001)
Go! (2001)
Rock 'n' Roll Missing (2002)
Justice (20... | {"Name": "Isao Yukisada", "Caption": "Yukisada in 2022", "Alt": "Yukisada at press event in three-quarter profile wearing suit", "Birth date": "1968 8 3 y", "Birth place": "Kumamoto, Japan"} |
Xbox Game Studios (previously known as Microsoft Studios, Microsoft Game Studios, and Microsoft Games) is an American video game publisher and part of the Microsoft Gaming division based in Redmond, Washington. It was established in March 2000, spun out from an internal Games Group, for the development and publishing o... | {"Formerly": "Microsoft Games (2000-2001)\n Microsoft Game Studios (2001-2011)\n Microsoft Studios (2011-2019)", "Type": "Division", "Industry": "Video games", "Founded": "2000 03", "Headquarters": "US", "Products": "See List of Xbox Game Studios video games", "Parent": "Microsoft", "Subsidiaries": "See Subsidiaries an... |
Charles Inglis (1734 – 24 February 1816) was an Irish Anglican clergyman and ardent Tory who was consecrated the first Anglican bishop in North America for the Diocese of Nova Scotia. He died at Kingston, Nova Scotia. He is buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Church (Halifax).
Early and family life
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Illinois Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college in Bloomington, Illinois. Founded in 1850, the central portion of the present campus was acquired in 1854 with the first building erected in 1856.
History
The university was founded in 1850 as a private four-year college in Bloomington, Illinois.
Illino... | {"Motto": "Scientia et Sapientia (Latin)", "Type": "Private liberal arts college", "Endowment": "$198.9 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year... |
Sir Arnold Wesker (24 May 1932 - 12 April 2016) was an English dramatist. He was the author of 50 plays, four volumes of short stories, two volumes of essays, much journalism and a book on the subject, a children's book, some poetry, and other assorted writings. His plays have been translated into 20 languages, and pe... | {"Honorific (prefix)": "Sir", "Honorific (suffix)": "GBR 100% FRSL", "Image caption": "Wesker at the Durham Book Festival in 2008", "Birth date": "yes 1932 05 24", "Birth place": "Stepney, London, England", "Death date": "2016 4 12 1932 5 24 yeshttps://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/apr/13/sir-arnold-wesker-obituary S... |
Earl of Guilford is a title that has been created three times in history. The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1660 (as Countess of Guilford) for Elizabeth Boyle. She was a daughter of William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh, and the widow of Lewis Boyle, 1st Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky.... | {"Creation date": "1670 (first creation)1752 (second creation)", "Created by": "Charles II of England", "Peerage": "Peerage of England (first creation)Peerage of Great Britain (second creation)", "First holder": "Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford (first creation)", "Heir apparent": "Frederick Edward George North, Lor... |
Wishmaster is a 1997 American fantasy horror film directed by Robert Kurtzman. The film was executive produced by Wes Craven, and is the only film of the Wishmaster series with his name attached. Its plot concerns a djinn, a wish-granting, evil genie who is released from a jewel and seeks to capture the soul of the wom... | {"Directed by": "Robert Kurtzman", "Produced by": "Wes Craven, Pierre David, Clark Peterson, David Tripet", "Written by": "Peter Atkins", "Narrated by": "Angus Scrimm", "Starring": "Tammy Lauren\n Andrew Divoff\n Kane Hodder\n Tony Todd\n Robert Englund", "Music by": "Harry Manfredini", "Cinematography": "Jacques Haitk... |
The Fire Engines were a post-punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Fire Engines were an influence on many bands that followed, including Franz Ferdinand and The Rapture, with Meat Whiplash and The Candyskins both taking their names from Fire Engines songs.Kellman, Andy "Codex Teenage Premonition Review", Allmusic, r... | {"Origin": "Edinburgh, Scotland", "Genres": "Post-punk", "Labels": "Pop:Aural", "Members": "Davy HendersonMurray SladeGraham MainRussell Burn"} |
The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA; , , Chapter 33) is an Act of Congress passed in 1972 to encourage coastal states to develop and implement coastal zone management plans (CZMPs). This act was established as a United States National policy to preserve, protect, develop, and where possible, restore or enhan... | {"Other short titles": "Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966 Amendment", "Long title": "An Act to establish a national policy and develop a national program for the management, beneficial use, protection, and development of the land and water resources of the Nation's coastal zones, and for other pu... |
Tesfaye Gebre Kidan Geletu (, - 4 June 2004) was an Ethiopian general who was the acting president of Ethiopia for one week in late May 1991.
Biography
Military career
Prior to joining the Holetta Military Academy, Tesfaye took a one year teacher training course to become an elementary school teacher. After completin... | {"Name": "Tesfaye Gebre Kidan", "Native name": "ተስፋዬ ገብረ ኪዳን", "Office 2": "Vice President of Ethiopia", "President 2": "Mengistu Haile Mariam", "Term start 2": "26 April 1991", "Term end 2": "21 May 1991", "Predecessor 2": "Fisseha Desta", "Successor 2": "Post abolished", "Birth date": "1935", "Birth place": "Hararghe... |
Nenad Zimonjić (, ; born 4 June 1976) is a Serbian professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles.
He is an eight-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2008 and 2009 Wimbledon Championships as well as the 2010 French Open in men's doubles partnering Daniel Nestor. In mixed doubles, Zimonjić won th... | {"Country (sports)": "(1995-2003) (2003-2006) (2006-)", "Residence": "Belgrade, Serbia", "Born": "Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia", "Height": "1.91 m ftin on", "Turned pro": "1995", "Plays": "Right-handed (one-handed backhand)", "Coach": "Marko Nesic", "Prize money": "US$8,437,703", "Official website": "nenadzimonj... |
The Subaru Vivio is a kei car that was introduced in March 1992, and manufactured by Subaru until October 1998. It is small enough to place it in the kei car class, giving its owners large tax breaks in Japan. The Vivio has a spacious interior considering its small size, thanks to a relatively tall profile and large wi... | {"Manufacturer": "SubaruTakada Kogyo, Yokohama (T-top)ja:髙田工業株式会社: 会社紹介: 沿革: 1990～1999 Takada Kogyo - About Us: History: 1990-99 Japanese http://www.takada-kogyo.jp/company/history.html#y1990 Takada Kogyo 2009", "Production": "1992–1998", "Class": "Kei car", "Assembly": "Subaru-chō Plant, Ōta, Gunma, Japan", "... |
Houdan () is a commune of the Yvelines department west of Paris in the north of France.
History
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The name has evolved from the Saxon "Hoding," meaning "settlement on the hill". Houdan is thought to have been inhabited since the 5th century. By the 12th century, two churches and a châte... | {"Name": "Houdan", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Town hall", "Arrondissement": "Mantes-la-Jolie", "Canton": "Bonnières-sur-Seine", "Postal code": "78550", "Mayor": "Jean-Marie TétartRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.... |
The Servarayan hills, with the anglicised name Shevaroy Hills, are a towering mountain range (1620 m) near the city of Salem, in Tamil Nadu state, southern India. It is one of the major hill stations in Tamil Nadu and in the Eastern Ghats.
The local Tamil name comes from a local deity, Servarayan.
Geography
The Serva... | {"Location": "Salem, Tamil Nadu, India", "Elevation": "1620", "Coordinates": "11 50 0 N 78 16 0 E type:mountain_region:IN_scale:100000 dms inline,title", "Language of name": "ta Servarayan Hills"} |
thumb|upright=1.4|Administrative divisions of Italy: - Regions (black borders)- Provinces (dark gray borders)- (light grey borders)
A (; plural: ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions (regioni)... | {"Category": "Regionalised unitary state", "Location": "Italian Republic", "Number": "7,904", "Populations": "32 (Morterone) - 2,758,454 (Rome)", "Areas": "0.1206 sqkm on (Atrani) -1,287.36 sqkm on (Rome)", "Government": "Communal Government, Provincial Government, Regional Government, National Government", "Subdivisio... |
Fry's Food and Drug is a chain of American supermarkets that has a major presence in the U.S. state of Arizona. Fry's also operates under the banner of Fry's Marketplace, a combination of groceries and general merchandise comparable to a Walmart Supercenter. Fry's is a division of Kroger, an American retail company bas... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1954 y in Contra Costa County, California", "Headquarters": "Tolleson, Arizona, United States", "Industry": "Retail", "Divisions": "Fry's MarketplaceFry's SignatureFry's Mercado", "Products": "Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks... |
Georges René Louis Marchais (7 June 1920 - 16 November 1997) was the head of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1972 to 1994, and a candidate in the 1981 French presidential election.
Early life
Born in La Hoguette into a Roman Catholic family, he became a mechanic, just before the beginning of World War II, with ... | {"Name": "Georges Marchais", "Image": "Georges Marchais (cropped).JPG", "Image caption": "Georges Marchais in 1981", "Term start": "1972", "Term end": "1994", "Birth date": "1920 6 7 yes", "Birth place": "La Hoguette, Calvados, France", "Death date": "1997 11 16 1920 6 7 yes", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Nationali... |
Samuel Nicholas (1744 - August 27, 1790) was an American marine and officer who was the first officer commissioned in the United States Continental Marines (predecessor to the United States Marine Corps) and by tradition is considered to be the first Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Early life
Nicholas was born in Phil... | {"Born": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Died": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Allegiance": "Betsy Ross flag.svg United States", "Commands held": "Commandant of the Marine Corps"} |
Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen (; 9 December 1889 - 11 January 1966) was a Finnish four-time Olympic Gold medalist and a world record holder in middle- and long-distance running. He was the first in a generation of great Finnish long-distance runners, often named the "Flying Finns". Kolehmainen competed for a number... | {"Image size": "240px", "Image caption": "Hannes Kolehmainen in 1920", "Birth date": "9 December 1889", "Place of birth": "Kuopio, Finland", "Death date": "11 January 1966 (aged 76)", "Place of death": "Helsinki, Finland", "Height": "1.68 m ftin on", "Weight": "57 kg lb on", "Sport": "Running", "Club": "Helsingin Jyry ... |
Studham is a village and civil parish in the county of Bedfordshire. It has a population of 1,128.Office for National Statistics: Census 2001 & Census 2011: Parish Headcounts: South Bedfordshire Retrieved 31 October 2010 The parish bounds to the south of the Buckinghamshire border, and to the east is the Hertfordshir... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2001 & 2011)", "OS grid reference": "TL022157", "Postcode district": "LU6", "Dialling code": "01582", "UK Parliament": "South West Bedfordshire", "Unitary authority": "Central Bedfordshire", "Ceremonial county": "Bedfordshire"} |
Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, (1 May 1929 - 17 June 2009) was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician. A class conflict theorist, Dahrendorf was a leading expert on explaining and analysing class divisions in modern society. Dahrendorf wrote multiple articles a... | {"Name": "The Lord Dahrendorf", "Image caption": "Dahrendorf in 1980", "Term start": "15 July 1993", "Term end": "17 June 2009Life Peerage", "Office 2": "European Commissioner for Trade", "President 2": "Sicco MansholtFranco Maria Malfatti", "Predecessor 2": "Jean-François Deniau", "Successor 2": "Christopher Soames", ... |
Denver is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated on the River Great Ouse, approximately south of the small town of Downham Market, south of the larger town of King's Lynn, and west of the city of Norwich.Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 236 - King's Lynn, Downham ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "TF613016", "Population": "(2011 census)", "District": "King's Lynn and West Norfolk", "Shire county": "Norfolk", "UK Parliament": "South West Norfolk", "Postcode district": "PE"} |
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Travis Mayweather is a fictional character, portrayed by Anthony Montgomery, in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, serving as a navigator and helm officer aboard the starship Enterprise. He holds the rank of ensign, and is in the command division... | {"Portrayed by": "Anthony Montgomery", "First appearance": "\"Broken Bow\" (2001)", "Last appearance": "\"These Are the Voyages...\" (2005)", "Created by": "Rick Berman\n Brannon Braga"} |
March is a Fenland market town and civil parish in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England. It was the county town of the Isle of Ely which was a separate administrative county from 1889 to 1965. The administrative centre of Fenland District Council is located in the town.
The town grew by becoming an importan... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "District": "Fenland", "Shire county": "Cambridgeshire", "UK Parliament": "North East Cambridgeshire", "Postcode district": "PE", "Dialling code": "01354", "OS grid reference": "TL4196"} |
Baxter Black (January 10, 1945 - June 10, 2022) was an American cowboy poet and veterinarian. He wrote over 30 books of poetry, fiction—both novels and children's literature—and commentary, selling over two million books, CDs, and DVDs.
Biography
Black was born in Brooklyn Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, but gre... | {"Born": "1945 01 10", "Died": "2022 06 10 1945 01 10", "Occupation": "Cattle Feeder\n Cowboy poet\n Columnist\n Novelist\n Philosopher\n Publisher - Coyote Cowboy Company\n Raconteur\n National Public Radio Commentator\n Former large animal Veterinarian", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "Doctor of Veterinary M... |
Maidan Wardak or Maidan (Dari and Pashto: ), also called Wardag or Wardak, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central region of Afghanistan. It is divided into eight districts and has a population of approximately 500,000. The capital of the province is Maidan Shar, while the most populous distri... | {"Land": "10348", "Water": "0", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "AF-WAR"} |
Jere Cooper (July 20, 1893 – December 18, 1957) was a Democratic United States Representative from Tennessee.
Biography
Cooper was born on a farm near Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee, son of Joseph W. and Viola May (Cooper) Cooper. He attended public schools and then was graduated from the Cumberland School of Law i... | {"Name": "Jere Cooper", "Birth date": "July 20, 1893", "Death date": "December 18, 1957 July 20, 1893", "Birth place": "Dyer County, Tennessee, U.S.", "Death place": "Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Rankley Cooper", "Alma mater": "Cumberland School of Law", "Battles fought": "World War I\n(France and Belg... |
Frederic René Coudert Jr. (May 7, 1898 - May 21, 1972) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1947 to 1959 though better known for his role in New York's Rapp-Coudert Committee.
Background
Coudert was born in New York City on May 7, 1898, to Frederic René Coudert II (1871-1955). ... | {"Name": "Frederic René Coudert Jr.", "Term start": "January 3, 1947", "Term end": "January 3, 1959", "State senate2": "New York State", "District 2": "17th", "Predecessor 2": "Leon A. Fischel", "Successor 2": "Robert S. Bainbridge", "Birth date": "1898 5 7", "Death date": "1972 5 21 1898 5 7", "Birth place": "New York... |
J T Rutherford (May 30, 1921November 6, 2006), was an American lawyer and World War II veteran who served as a Democratic United States Congressional Representative for 4 terms from 1955 to 1963. He previously served as a state legislator from the state of Texas.
Early life and career
He was born to James Thaddeus Ru... | {"Name": "J. T. Rutherford", "Term start": "January 3, 1955", "Term end": "January 3, 1963", "State house 2": "Texas", "District 2": "88th", "Preceded 2": "George W. Elliott", "Succeeded 2": "Elbert Reeves", "Birth name": "J T Rutherford", "Birth date": "1921 5 30", "Birth place": "Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.", "Death ... |
Phoenix Venture Holdings (PVH), also known as the Phoenix Consortium, was an English company formed by four businessmen (John Towers, Peter Beale, Nick Stephenson and John Edwards). Following BMW's break-up of the Rover Group a financially complex deal involving a £500 million "dowry payment" from BMW, resulted in PVH ... | {"Type": "Holding Company", "Founded": "2000", "Headquarters": "Longbridge, Birmingham, England", "Industry": "Automobiles", "Fate": "Dissolved in 2006", "Subsidiaries": "MG RoverPowertrain LtdMG Rover Financial ServicesMG Rover Heritage LtdMG Sport & Racing LtdMG Rover Property HoldingsPhoenix DistributionStudley Cast... |
HM Prison Whitemoor is a Category A men's prison near March, Cambridgeshire, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
History
Whitemoor Prison was built on the site of an old railway marshalling yard and was opened in 1991 by Norma Major. In September 1994 while under the governorship of Brodie Clark, six pr... | {"Location": "March, Cambridgeshire", "Security class": "Adult Male/Category A", "Population": "December 2011", "Opened": "1992", "Managed by": "HM Prison Services", "Governor": "Ruth Stephens", "Website": "whitemoor Whitemoor"} |
Craig Anthony Washington (born October 12, 1941) is an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Texas who served in the Texas State Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
The son of Roy and Azalia Washington, Washington graduated from Prairie View A&M University in 1966 and was originally i... | {"Name": "Craig Anthony Washington", "Term start": "December 9, 1989", "Term end": "January 3, 1995", "State senate2": "Texas", "Predecessor 2": "Walter Mengden", "Successor 2": "Rodney Ellis", "District 2": "13th", "Birth name": "Craig Anthony Washington", "Birth date": "1941 10 12", "Birth place": "Longview, Texas, U... |
Rick Swenson, sometimes known as the "King of the Iditarod", (born 1950 in Willmar, Minnesota), is an American dog musher who was first to win the 1,049-mile (1688.2 km) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska five times, a record he held for 30 years, until Dallas Seavey matched it by winning the ... | {"Name": "Rick Swenson", "Image caption": "Rick Swenson at the beginning of the 2012 Iditarod", "Nickname": "\"King of the Iditarod\"", "Nationality": "American", "Birth date": "1950", "Place of birth": "Willmar, Minnesota", "Years active": "1976-2012", "Sport": "Dog mushing", "Event": "Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race"} |
Robin Trevor Gray (born 1 March 1940) is a former Australian politician who was Premier of Tasmania from 1982 to 1989. A Liberal, he was elected Liberal state leader in 1981 and in 1982 defeated the Labor government of Harry Holgate on a policy of "state development," particularly the building of the Franklin Dam, a hy... | {"Name": "Robin Gray", "Term start": "26 May 1982", "Term end": "29 June 1989", "Birth date": "1940 3 1 y", "Birth place": "Kew, Victoria, Australia", "Nationality": "Australian", "Alma mater": "University of Melbourne"} |
Great American Ball Park is a baseball stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. It serves as the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds, and opened on March 31, 2003, replacing Cinergy Field (formerly Riverfront Stadium), the Reds' former ballpark from 1970 to 2002. Great American Insurance bought the naming rights t... | {"Location": "Cincinnati, Ohio", "Coordinates": "39 5 51 N 84 30 24 W type:landmark it", "Broke ground": "2000 8 1", "Opened": "2003 3 31", "Owner": "Hamilton County", "Operator": "Cincinnati Reds", "Surface": "Kentucky BluegrassLord Stephen I can tell you that graphic isn’t up to date no matter when it was posted. F... |
The Franklin River is a major perennial river located in the Central Highlands and western regions of Tasmania, Australia. The river is located in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park at the mid northern area of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Its source is situated at the western edge of the Cen... | {"Etymology": "Sir John Franklin", "Mouth": "11 m on", "Coordinates": "42 35 27 S 145 44 24 E inline,title", "Left": "Surprise River, Loddon River, Jane River", "Right": "Collingwood River, Lucan River, Andrew River"} |
Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a naval board wargame simulating naval combat during the Age of Sail that was published by Battleline Publications in 1974, then revised and republished by Avalon Hill the following year.
Name
The name should come from the phrase attributed to Austrian admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff about ... | {"Name": "Wooden Ships and Iron Men", "Image caption": "Cover of Avalon Hill 1st edition (1975)", "Designers": "S. Craig Taylor", "Illustrator(s)": "Edward Moran", "Publishers": "Battleline, Avalon Hill", "Publication": "n 1974", "Players": "2 +", "Age range": "12+", "Playing time": "60 minutes"} |
The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, abbreviated to TWWHA, is a World Heritage Site in Tasmania, Australia. It is one of the largest conservation areas in Australia, covering , or almost 25 per cent of Tasmania. It is also one of the last expanses of temperate wilderness in the world, and includes the South We... | {"Location": "Tasmania, Australia", "Criteria": "Cultural: iii, iv, vi, vii; natural: viii, ix, x", "Reference": "181", "Inscription": "1982"} |
The 6th Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War. Despite its name, the 6th was actually the second of two airborne divisions raised by the British Army during the war, the other being the 1st Airborne Division. The 6th Airborne Division was formed in the Seco... | {"Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Paratrooper", "Role": "Airborne forcesRaidingReconnaissance", "Size": "Division", "Notablecommanders": "Sir Richard GaleSir James CasselsSir Hugh Stockwell", "Nickname(s)": "Red Devils The 1st Parachute Brigade had been called the \"Rote Teufel\" or \"Red Devils\" by the German tro... |
The Trebbia (stressed Trèbbia; ) is a river predominantly of Liguria and Emilia Romagna in northern Italy. It is one of the four main right-bank tributaries of the river Po, the other three being the Tanaro, the Secchia and the Panaro.
Along its eastern banks in 218 BC was fought one of the battles of the Second Punic... | {"Mouth": "61 m ft on", "Location": "just upstream from Piacenza", "Coordinates": "45.0702 9.6849 region:IT_type:river it", "Basin size": "1150 km2 mi2 on"} |
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The Royal Library () in Copenhagen is the national library of Denmark and the university library of the University of Copenhagen. It is among the largest libraries in the world and the largest in the Nordic... | {"Location": "Copenhagen", "Type": "National library, university library", "Scope": "National Library of Denmark - Main library of the University of Copenhagen - Danish Museum of Books and Printing, National Museum of Photography, Museum of Danish Cartoon Art.", "Established": "1648 yes(University Library founded 1482)... |
William George Fargo (May 20, 1818August 3, 1881) was a pioneer American expressman who helped found the modern-day financial firms of American Express Company and Wells Fargo with his business partner, Henry Wells. He was also the 27th Mayor of Buffalo, serving from 1862 until 1866 during the U.S. Civil War.
Early li... | {"Name": "William Fargo", "Birth name": "William George Fargo", "Birth date": "May 20, 1818", "Birth place": "Pompey, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1881 08 03 1818 05 20", "Death place": "Buffalo, New York, U.S.", "Resting place": "Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York", "Spouse(s)": "Anna Hurd Williams"} |
PIRCH or pIRCh is a shareware Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client published by Northwest Computer Services. Its name is an acronym – PolarGeek's IRC Hack.
The last version of the program, known as PIRCH98, was released in 1998. PIRCH has in the past been considered to be the number-two Windows IRC client behind mIRC.
P... | {"Developer(s)": "Northwest Computer Services", "Type": "IRC client", "License": "SharewarePirch Download http://pirchat.com/licwarr.html https://web.archive.org/web/19981207065814/http://www.pirchat.com/licwarr.html dead 1998-12-07", "Website": "http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020914162855/http://www.pirchat.com/ ... |
Stick Around for Joy is the third and final studio album by Icelandic alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. It was released in 1992 by Elektra. The album was supported by four singles: "Hit", which reached number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US and number 17 on the UK Singles Chart, "Walkabout", "Vitamin"... | {"Released": "18 February 1992", "Studio": "Bearsville (Woodstock, New York)http://bjork.purplelodge.net/images/cocy-9486_back.jpg Stick Around for Joy Booklet Summa (Los Angeles)", "Genre": "Alternative rock\n dance-popScapelliti Christopher Björk/Sugarcubes Graff Gary Durchholz Daniel December 1, 1998 MusicHound Rock... |
Life's Too Good is the debut studio album by Icelandic alternative rock group the Sugarcubes. It was released in April 1988 by One Little Indian in the UK and Europe and in May 1988 by Elektra Records in the US. The album was an unexpected success and brought international attention for the band, especially to lead sin... | {"Released": "25 April 1988", "Studio": "Studio Sýrland, Reykjavík Berry Street Studio, London \"AV\"/>", "Genre": "Post-punkMackay Emily 25 Years On: Life's Too Good By The Sugarcubes http://thequietus.com/articles/13705-the-sugarcubes-lifes-too-good-review The Quietus 29 October 2013 9 December 2016", "Label": "One L... |
Elijah "Lije" Baley is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Robot series. He is the main character of the novels The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun and The Robots of Dawn, and of the short story "Mirror Image." He is seen in flashbacks several times and talked about frequently in Robots and Empire, which is set rough... | {"First appearance": "The Caves of Steel", "Last appearance": "Robots and Empire", "Created by": "Isaac Asimov", "Portrayed by": "Peter Cushing (BBC TV 1962)Paul Maxwell (BBC TV 1969)Stephen Rowe (1988 interactive movie)Ed Bishop (BBC Radio 4)", "Gender": "Male", "Children": "Bentley (son)", "Nationality": "American"} |
The Revolutionary Communist Group (RCG) is a communist, Marxist and Leninist political organisation in the United Kingdom.
According to its own statements, the group "exists in order to defend and develop an anti-imperialist trend within Britain, based on the long term interests of the entire working class and the opp... | {"Founded": "1974", "Ideology": "Communism\nMarxism-Leninism\nAnti-imperialism", "Split from": "International Socialists", "Political position": "Far-left", "Newspaper": "Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!"} |
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Franz Klammer (born 3 December 1953) is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. Klammer dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975-78). He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Pat... | {"Disciplines": "Downhill, giant slalom, combined", "World Cup debut": "December 1972 (age 19)", "Retired": "March 1985 (age 31)", "Teams": "5 - (1974-85)includes 1976 Olympics", "Medals": "2", "Seasons": "13 - (1973-85)", "Wins": "26 - (25 DH, 1 K)", "Podiums": "45 - (41 DH, 1 GS, 3 K)", "Overall titles": "0 - (3rd in... |
Tiddlywinks is a game played on a flat felt mat with sets of small discs called "winks", a pot, which is the target, and a collection of squidgers, which are also discs. Players use a "squidger" (nowadays made of plastic) to shoot a wink into flight by flicking the squidger across the top of a wink and then over its ed... | {"Italic title": "no", "Name": "Tiddlywinks", "Image caption": "Box Cover, 1897Irwin Stephen Tiddlywinks https://blackburnmuseum.org.uk/blog/fun-and-games-tiddlywinks-by-stephen-irwin/ Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery 2 August 2022 19 January 2021Milton Bradley Tiddledy Winks game cover https://fineartamerica.c... |
Slow Learner is the 1984 published collection of five early short stories by the American novelist Thomas Pynchon, originally published in various sources between 1959 and 1964.
The book is also notable for its introduction, written by Pynchon. His comments on the stories after reading them again for the first time i... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Little, Brown", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "193", "ISBN": "0-316-72442-4", "Preceded by": "Gravity's Rainbow", "Followed by": "Vineland"} |
The US Textile Workers' Strike of 1934, colloquially known later as The Uprising of '34 was the largest textile strike in the labor history of the United States at the time, involving 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the U.S. Southern states, lasting twenty-two days.
The background... | {"Date": "Sept. 1, 1934 - Sept. 23, 1934", "Location": "East Coast of the United States", "Caused by": "Stretch-outs, reduction in real wages, retaliation", "Fined": "One mill guard death"} |
Spanair S.A. was a Spanish airline, with its head office in the Spanair Building in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, near Barcelona. Until 2009, it was a subsidiary of the SAS Group; the same parent company in control of Scandinavian Airlines and held slightly under 20% of the company. Spanair provided a scheduled passenger ... | {"Airline name": "Spanair", "Image size (px)": "200", "Current Fleet Size": "27", "Number of Destinations": "40", "IATA Designator": "JK", "ICAO Designator": "JKK", "Callsign": "SPANAIR", "Parent Company": "Consortium of Investors (led by Consorci de Turisme de Barcelona and Catalana d'Iniciatives) (80.1%)iberiojet (19... |
Thaipusam or Thaipoosam () is a Tamil Hindu festival celebrated on the full moon of the Tamil month of Thai (January/February), usually coinciding with Pushya star, known as Pusam in Tamil.
The festival commemorates the legend of the goddess Parvati offering her son, Murugan (Kartikeya) a vel (a divine spear) so he c... | {"Observed by": "Hindus in South India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Kenya, Russia, Mauritius", "Next time": "First full moon in the month of Thai in the Tamil calendar", "Type": "Hindu", "Significance": "Commemoration of Murugan's victory over Surapadman and his brothers."} |
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Chimalman or Chīmalmā /t͡ʃiːmalmaː/ is a goddess in Aztec mythology, and was considered by the Aztecs to be the mother of the Toltec gods Quetzalcoatl and Xolotl. Her name means "shield-hand."
Several oral traditions say that Chimalman is a spirit which accompanied the Azteca from the homel... | {"Other names": "Chimalmatl, Chimalman", "Siblings": "Coatlicue and Xochitlicue (Codex Ríos)Susan D. Gillespie Los Reyes Aztecas: La Construcción del Gobierno en la Historia Mexica 1989 Siglo XXI Editores 968-23-1874-2 spanish 192", "Parents": "Tlaltecuhtli and Tlalcihuatl (Codex Zumarraga)Otilia Meza El Mundo Mágico d... |
Zeng Guofan, Marquis Yiyong (; 26 November 1811 – 12 March 1872), birth name Zeng Zicheng, courtesy name Bohan (), was a Chinese statesman and military general of the late Qing dynasty. He is best known for raising and organizing the Xiang Army to aid the Qing military in suppressing the Taiping Rebellion and restoring... | {"Name": "Zeng Guofan", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Zeng Guofan", "Term start": "1868", "Term end": "1872", "Office 2": "Viceroy of Liangjiang", "Predecessor 2": "Ma Xinyi", "Successor 2": "He Jing", "Education": "Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination", "Birth date": "1811 11 26 y", "Birth place": "Xia... |
Gretna () is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, originally part of the historic county of Dumfriesshire.Thomson Atlas of Scotland, 1832 It is located close to the A74(M) on the border of Scotland and England and near the mouth of the River Esk.1:50,000 OS map 85 It is the most southeasterly settlement in Scotla... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NY320671", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Dumfries and Galloway", "Lieutenancy area": "Dumfries", "Postcode district": "DG", "Dialling code": "01461", "UK Parliament": "Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale", "Scottish Parliament": "Dumfriesshi... |
Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau and national nature reserve in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in England. Part of the moor, at above sea level, is the highest point in the Peak District, in Derbyshire and the East Midlands; in an early text this summit was identified as the Peak, and the whole area i... | {"Elevation": "Bathurst David 2012 Walking the county high points of England Chichester Summersdale 978-1-84-953239-6 234-241 The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 2: England\n Nuttall J.\n Nuttall\n A.\n 1990\n Cicerone \n Milnthorpe\n 1-85284-037-4\n http://www.nuttalls.com... |
CTV 2 is a Canadian English-language television system owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. The system consists of four terrestrial owned-and-operated television stations (O&Os) in Ontario, one in British Columbia and two regional cable television channels, one in Atlantic Canada and the other in Alberta (the... | {"Type": "Free-to-air television system", "Country": "Canada", "Broadcast area": "Nationwide", "Picture format": "1080i HDTV", "Former names": "NewNet (1998-2005)\nA-Channel (2005-2008)\nA (2008-2011)\nCTV Two (2011-2018)", "Owner": "BCE Inc.", "Parent": "CTV Inc.(Bell Media)", "Founder": "Moses Znaimer (as creator of ... |
Franz Müntefering (; born 16 January 1940) is a German politician. He was Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2004 to 2005 and again from 18 October 2008 to 13 November 2009. He served as the minister of Labour and Social Affairs, as well as the vice-chancellor of Germany, in the cabinet of Chancellor An... | {"Name": "Franz Müntefering", "Term start": "18 October 2008", "Term end": "13 November 2009", "Office 2": "Vice-Chancellor of Germany", "President 2": "Horst Köhler", "Chancellor 2": "Angela Merkel", "Predecessor 2": "Joschka Fischer", "Successor 2": "Frank-Walter Steinmeier", "Birth date": "1940 1 16 y", "Birth place... |
Bell-Northern Research (BNR) was a telecommunications research and development company established In 1971 when Bell Canada and Northern Electric combined their R&D organizations. It was jointly owned by Bell Canada and Northern Telecom. BNR was absorbed into Nortel Networks when that company changed its name from N... | {"Fate": "absorbed into Nortel Networks", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Industry": "Telecommunications, Networking", "Products": "Telecommunications and computer network equipment and software research and development", "Website": "www.bnr.ca"} |
John Moore (26 April 1730 - 18 January 1805) was Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England.
Life
Moore was the son of Thomas Moore, a butcher, and his wife Elizabeth. He was born in Gloucester and was baptised at St. Michael's Church, Gloucester. He was educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester. He was a studen... | {"Church": "Church of England", "Province": "Canterbury", "Diocese": "Canterbury", "Predecessor": "Frederick Cornwallis", "Successor": "Charles Manners-Sutton", "Other post(s)": "Dean of Canterbury (1771-1775)Bishop of Bangor (1774-1783)", "Consecration": "Frederick Cornwallis", "Born": "Gloucester, Gloucestershire, En... |
The Gender Recognition Act 2004The citation of this act by this short title is authorised by section 29 of this act. is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that allows people who have gender dysphoria to change their legal gender. It came into effect on 4 April 2005.
Operation of the law
The Gender Recognit... | {"Short title": "Gender Recognition Act 2004", "Parliament": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Long title": "An Act to make provision for and in connection with change of gender.", "Year": "2004", "Territorial extent": "England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland", "Royal Assent": "1 July 2004", "Commencement": "4... |
The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 (c.44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It set the age of consent for male homosexual sexual activities and for heterosexual anal sex at 16 (17 in Northern Ireland), which was the age of consent for lesbian and heterosexual sexual activities which did not incl... | {"Short title": "Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000", "Parliament": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Long title": "An Act to reduce the age at which, and to make provision with respect to the circumstances in which, certain sexual acts are lawful; to make it an offence for a person aged 18 or over to engage in se... |
Wilbert Colin Thatcher (born August 25, 1938) is a Canadian politician who was convicted for the murder of his ex-wife, JoAnn Wilson.
Early life
Colin Thatcher was born in Toronto, Ontario, on August 25, 1938. His father, Saskatchewan-born Ross Thatcher, was working for Canada Packers, a predecessor of Maple Leaf Food... | {"Name": "Colin Thatcher", "Birth name": "Wilbert Colin Thatcher", "Birth date": "1938 8 25", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Term start": "June 11, 1975", "Term end": "1984", "Other political party": "Saskatchewan Liberal Party (1975-1977)", "Spouse(s)": "JoAnn Wilson"} |
The Passion of Joan of Arc () is a 1928 French silent historical film based on the actual record of the trial of Joan of Arc. The film was directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and stars Renée Jeanne Falconetti as Joan. It is widely regarded as a landmark of cinema,The Criterion Collection: Passion of Joan of Arc, The - Syno... | {"Directed by": "Carl Theodor Dreyer", "Written by": "Joseph DelteilCarl Theodor Dreyer", "Starring": "Renée Jeanne FalconettiEugène SilvainAndré BerleyMaurice Schutz", "Cinematography": "Rudolph Maté", "Edited by": "Marguerite BeaugéCarl Theodor Dreyer", "Music by": "Léo PougetVictor Alix", "Distributed by": "Société ... |
Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college in Cambridge. In 1948, it was granted full college status by the university, marking the official admittance of women to the universi... | {"Abbreviation": "GUniversity of Cambridge 6 March 2019 Notice by the Editor https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2018-19/special/05/section1.shtml Cambridge University Reporter 149 Special No 5 1 20 March 2019", "Established": "16 October 1869", "Location": "Huntingdon Road (map)", "Undergraduates": "551 (2010... |
Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern, (often known as Independent Community And Health Concern and abbreviated as ICHC) is a political party based in Kidderminster, United Kingdom. The party was founded in 2000, having grown out of the campaign to restore the casualty unit at Kidderminster Hospital. Si... | {"Leader": "Harry GroveMarch 2022", "President": "Richard Taylor", "Founded": "2000 01 27 y", "Ideology": "Single-issue politics", "National affiliation": "National Health Action Party", "Headquarters": "Station Approach, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1QX"} |
Pandora's Box () is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, and starring Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer. The film follows Lulu, a seductive young woman whose uninhibited nature brings ruin to herself and those who love her. It is based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist ("Ear... | {"Directed by": "G. W. Pabst", "Produced by": "Seymour Nebenzal", "Written by": "G.W. PabstLadislaus Vajda", "Based on": "Die Büchse der Pandora (\"Pandora's Box\") and Erdgeist (\"Earth Spirit\") Frank Wedekind", "Starring": "Louise BrooksFrancis LedererCarl GoetzAlice Roberts", "Cinematography": "Günther Krampf", "Di... |
Kameradschaft (, known in France as La Tragédie de la mine) is a 1931 dramatic film directed by Austrian director G. W. Pabst. The French-German co-production drama is noted for combining expressionism and realism.Butler, Craig "Review" on Allmovie.com. Quote: "Pabst brings a sense of realism to the proceedings, aided ... | {"Directed by": "G. W. Pabst", "Produced by": "Seymour Nebenzal", "Screenplay by": "Peter Martin LampelHerbert RappaportLadislaus Vajda", "Story by": "Karl Otten", "Starring": "Alexander GranachFritz KampersDaniel MendailleErnst BuschElisabeth WendtGustav Püttjer", "Music by": "G. von Rigelius", "Cinematography": "Frit... |
Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American former U.S. Marine Corps officer and politician who served as the 64th governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 and a United States senator representing Virginia from 1989 until 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Robb sought a third term in the U.S. Senate in ... | {"Name": "Chuck Robb", "Image": "Chuck Robb (2019).jpeg", "Image caption": "Robb in 2016 at the LBJ library", "Order 2": "64th Governor of Virginia", "Predecessor 2": "John N. Dalton", "Successor 2": "Gerald L. Baliles", "Birth name": "Charles Spittal Robb", "Birth date": "1939 6 26", "Birth place": "Phoenix, Arizona, ... |
Jean Paul Gustave Ricœur (; ; 27 February 1913 - 20 May 2005) was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutics. As such, his thought is within the same tradition as other major hermeneutic phenomenologists, Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Gabriel Marcel. In 2000... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "20th-century philosophy", "Institutions": "University of Paris University of Chicago", "School": "Continental philosophyHermeneutic phenomenologyDon Ihde, Hermeneutic Phenomenology: The Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur, Northwestern University Press, 1971, p. 198.PsychoanalysisChris... |
Lloyd Norton Cutler (November 10, 1917 – May 8, 2005) was an American attorney who served as White House Counsel during the Democratic administrations of Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
Early life and education
Cutler was born in New York City. His father was a trial lawyer. He graduated from Yale University... | {"Name": "Lloyd Cutler", "Term start": "March 8, 1994", "Term end": "October 1, 1994", "Birth name": "Lloyd Norton Cutler", "Birth date": "November 10, 1917", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2005 5 8 1917 11 10", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Education": "Yale University (BA, ... |
Patricia Ann McGowan Wald (; September 16, 1928 - January 12, 2019) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1986 until 1991. She was the Court's first female chief judge and its first woman to be elevated, having bee... | {"Name": "Patricia Wald", "Office 2": "Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit", "Appointer 2": "Jimmy Carter", "Predecessor 2": "Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629.", "Successor 2": "Thomas B. Griffith", "Birth name": "Patricia Ann McGowan", "Birth date": "1928 9 12", "Birth pla... |
Richard Charles Levin (born April 7, 1947) is an American economist and academic administrator. From 1993 to 2013, he was the 22nd President of Yale University. From March 2014 to June 2017, he was Chief Executive Officer of Coursera.
Early life and education
Born in San Francisco, California, to Jewish-American paren... | {"Name": "Rick Levin", "Term start": "1993", "Term end": "2013", "Birth date": "1947 04 07 y", "Birth place": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Stanford University (BA)Merton College, Oxford (BL)Yale University (PhD)", "Spouse(s)": "Jane Levin"} |
William Oliver Studeman (born January 16, 1940) is a retired admiral of the United States Navy and former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, with two extended periods as acting Director of Central Intelligence. As deputy director of Central Intelligence, he served in the administrations of George H. W.... | {"Born": "Brownsville, Texas, U.S.https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/directors-and-deputy-directors-of-central-intelligence/stude.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070613233819/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publi... |
Donkervoort Automobielen BV is a manufacturer of hand-built and ultra light weight sports cars based in Lelystad, Netherlands. The car brand was founded in 1978 by Joop Donkervoort.
In 1996, Donkervoort's Ford engines were replaced by Audi engines. Donkervoort's motto - "No Compromise" - means driving without any elect... | {"Founded": "1978 07 01 y", "Headquarters": "Lelystad, Netherlands", "Industry": "Automotive", "Products": "Hand-built ultra-light weight sport cars", "Website": "Donkervoort site - English homepage"} |
The Liberal People's Party (, DLF) was a social liberal political party in Norway, established by a split in the Liberal Party over the issue of Norway's accession to the European Economic Community in 1972. The party was originally called the New People's Party until changing its name in 1980.
History
The new party, ... | {"Split from": "Liberal Party", "Founded": "9 December 1972", "Merged into": "Liberal Party", "Ideology": "Social liberalismPro-Europeanism", "Political position": "Centre"} |
Peter Pilz (born 22 January 1954) is an Austrian politician (JETZT). From 1986 to 2017, he was a member of the Austrian Green Party.
Political career
Born in Kapfenberg, Styria, Pilz has been a member of the Austrian Parliament (Nationalrat) between 1986 and 1991 and since 1999. From 1992 to 1994 he also was federal s... | {"Name": "Peter Pilz", "Term start": "10 June 2018", "Term end": "29 September 2019", "Birth date": "1954 1 22 y", "Birth place": "Kapfenberg, Styria, Austria", "Other political party": "The Greens (before 2017)"} |
Jane Elliott ( Jennison; born on November 30, 1933) is an American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, she became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class on April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The publication of compos... | {"Name": "Jane Elliott", "Birth name": "Jane Jennison", "Birth date": "1933 11 30https://books.google.com/books?id=1A5WDQAAQBAJ Deprived of a Fighting Chance: An Inside Look at Rehabilitation in a Canadian Prison Dean, Ghi 1996 7 Google Books BookBaby 9781483531311", "Birth place": "Riceville, Iowa, U.S.", "Nationalit... |
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