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Ding Junhui (; born 1 April 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the most successful Asian player in the history of the sport and widely regarded as the greatest Asian player of all time. Throughout his career, he has won 14 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (2005, 2009, 2019). He ... | {"Nickname": "Ding Junhui", "Born": "Yixing, Jiangsu, China", "Professional": "2003-present", "Ranking": "14", "Minor-ranking": "4"} |
Socialist Studies is the name of a quarterly socialist periodical and of the group which publishes it. The group was founded in 1991 by sixteen expelled members of the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) who claim that their expulsions were the result of an anti-socialist conspiracy. Though small, the group has rem... | {"Founded": "1989", "Split from": "Socialist Party of Great Britain", "Ideology": "SocialismClassical MarxismImpossibilism", "Headquarters": "London", "International affiliation": "World Socialist Party of India (2003-2014)", "Slogan": "\"The establishment of a system of society based upon the common ownership and demo... |
Martin Galway (born 3 January 1966, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is one of the best known composers of chiptune video game music for the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum. His works include Rambo: First Blood Part II, Comic Bakery and Wizballs scores, as well as the music used in the loader for the C64 version of Arkanoid... | {"Name": "Martin Galway", "Caption": "Martin on vacation in Greece, 1985", "Birth name": "Martin Galway", "Birth date": "yes 1966 1 3", "Birth place": "Belfast, Northern Ireland", "Occupation": "Composer"} |
John Stanley Body (7 October 1944 - 10 May 2015) was a New Zealand composer, ethnomusicologist, photographer, teacher, and arts producer. As a composer, his work comprised concert music, music theatre, electronic music, music for film and dance, and audio-visual gallery installations. A deep and long-standing interest... | {"Born": "Te Aroha, New Zealand", "Died": "Wellington, New Zealand", "Labels": "Atoll Records", "Website": "www.jackbody.com/"} |
Further Confusion, or Furcon, is an annual furry convention held in San Jose, California each January, celebrating the anthropomorphics genre or furry fandom, including charitable benefits, educational seminars, art shows, panels and general social activities. It was the first event sponsored by Anthropomorphic Arts an... | {"Event name": "Further Confusion", "Image": "230px", "Status": "Active", "Genre": "Furry", "Venue": "San Jose McEnery Convention Center", "Location": "San Jose, California", "Country": "United States", "First event date": "1999", "Most recent event date": "2023", "Organisers": "Anthropomorphic Arts and Education, Inc.... |
"96 Tears" is a song recorded by the American garage rock band ? and the Mysterians in 1966 (see 1966 in music). In October of that year, it was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.Question Mark & the Mysterians, "96 Tears" US chart position Retrieved July 1, 2015 and on the RPM 100 in Canada.Question Mark & the Mys... | {"B-side": "Midnight Hour", "Released": "August 1966", "Recorded": "1966", "Genre": "Garage rockBill Dahl Motown: The Golden Years: More than 100 rare photographs https://books.google.com/books?id=8JRHnCMUVb8C&pg=PA300 16 October 2015 28 February 2011 Krause Publications 978-1-4402-2783-7 300Chris Morris Billboard http... |
Alfred John Gardyne Drummond de Chastelain (born 30 July 1937) is a British-Canadian retired army officer and diplomat.
De Chastelain was born in Romania to Scottish and American parents and was educated in England and Scotland before his family emigrated to Canada in 1954. There, de Chastelain became a Militia priva... | {"Name": "John de Chastelain", "Term start": "1997", "Term end": "2011", "Office 2": "More...", "Birth date": "y 1937 07 30", "Birth place": "Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Ann (née Laverty)", "Alma mater": "Royal Military College of CanadaMount Royal University", "Battles fought": "October CrisisOk... |
The Sanjak of Acre (; ), often referred as Late Ottoman Galilee, was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, located in modern-day northern Israel. The city of Acre was the Sanjak's capital.
Acre was captured by the Ottoman Sultan Selim I in 1517, but the city fell into disuse soon thereafter and was governed und... | {"Native name": "سنجق عكا", "Conventional long name": "Sanjak of AcreAkka Sancağı", "Common name": "Sanjak of Acre", "Year founded": "18th century", "Year dissolved": "1918", "Capital": "Acre"} |
Nicolas Michael Angelis (29 April 1944 - 30 May 2020) was an English actor. He was best known for his television roles as Chrissie Todd in Boys from the Blackstuff, Martin Niarchos in G.B.H. and as a UK narrator of the British children's series Thomas & Friends from 1991 to 2012, as well as several other products and m... | {"Name": "Michael Angelis", "Birth name": "Nicolas Michael Angelis", "Birth date": "1944 4 29 y", "Birth place": "Paddington, London, England", "Death date": "2020 5 30 1944 4 29 y", "Death place": "Thatcham, Berkshire, England", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1968-2015", "Spouse(s)": "Helen Worth 1991 2001 di... |
Francisco Anthony "Frank" Lorenzo (born May 19, 1940) is an American businessman. He managed Continental Airlines and Texas International Airlines between 1972 and 1990, through airline deregulation. Lorenzo also led the creation and management of the holding company for the group, Texas Air Corporation, through which... | {"Name": "Frank Lorenzo", "Caption": "Frank Lorenzo in 2012", "Birth name": "Francisco Anthony Lorenzo", "Birth date": "1940 05 19 yes", "Birth place": "United States", "Occupation": "Investment", "Children": "4", "Spouse(s)": "Sharon Neill Murray", "Alma mater": "Columbia UniversityHarvard Business School"} |
The Devils is the name of an English electronic pop band, formed by Nick Rhodes and Stephen Duffy.
The first incarnation of Duran Duran in 1978 included Rhodes as keyboardist, John Taylor on guitar and Duffy as songwriter/vocalist and bassist (along with Simon Colley). This line-up performed live for almost a year bef... | {"Released": "15 July 2002 (UK)6 May 2003 (U.S.)", "Recorded": "2001, 2002", "Genre": "Electronic", "Label": "Tape Modern", "Producer": "Andy Strange, Nick Rhodes, Stephen Duffy"} |
The Church Brew Works is a brewpub in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, set in the confines of a restored Roman Catholic church (formerly St. John the Baptist Church).
The brewpub is located at 3525 Liberty Avenue in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The church building was originally... | {"Headquarters": "3525 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania", "Website": "http://www.churchbrew.com/", "Founded": "1996", "Industry": "Alcoholic beverage", "Products": "Beer\n Church Brew Works(former St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church)\n yes\n PHLF\n 2001\n Built\n 1902-1903\n Architect\n Beezer... |
thumb|Norman Bel Geddes with part of the Shell Oil City of Tomorrow. Photo: Frances Resor Waite c.1937.
Norman Bel Geddes (born Norman Melancton Geddes; April 27, 1893 - May 8, 1958) was an American theatrical and industrial designer.
Early life
Bel Geddes was born Norman Melancton Geddes in Adrian, Michigan and was r... | {"Name": "Norman Bel Geddes", "Nationality": "American", "Birth name": "Norman Melancton Geddes", "Birth date": "1893 4 27", "Birth place": "Adrian, Michigan, U.S.", "Death date": "1958 5 8 1893 4 27", "Death place": "New York, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Theatrical designerIndustrial designer", "Notable works": "A... |
Yusuf al-Qaradawi (; or Yusuf al-Qardawi; 9 September 1926 - 26 September 2022) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. His influences included Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Qayyim, Sayyid Rashid Rida, Hassan al-Banna, Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Abul A'la ... | {"Title": "Sheikh", "Religion": "Islam", "Born": "Saft Turab, Kingdom of Egypt", "Died": "Doha, Qatar", "Children": "Abdul Rahman Yusuf Ilham Al-Qaradawi"} |
The Apprentice is a reality talent game show franchise originally aired in 2004 in the United States.
Created by U.S.-based British producer Mark Burnett, the show depicts contestants from around the country with various professional backgrounds in an elimination-style competition to become an apprentice to a business... | {"Created by": "Mark Burnett", "Owner": "MGM Television", "Original work": "The Apprentice", "Years": "2004-present", "Television series": "The Apprentice (independent international versions, see below)"} |
Accolade, Inc. (later Infogrames North America, Inc.) was an American video game developer and publisher based in San Jose, California. The company was founded as Accolade in 1984 by Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead, who had previously co-founded Activision in 1979. The company became known for numerous sports game series... | {"Formerly": "Accolade, Inc. (1984-1999)", "Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Video games", "Fate": "Acquired and consolidated", "Founded": "1984", "Defunct": "2000 10 03", "Headquarters": "US", "Products": "HardBall! series Test Drive series Jack Nicklaus series Star Control series Bubsy series", "Parent": "Infogrames... |
Cosmo Kramer, usually referred to as simply "Kramer", is a fictional character in the American television sitcom Seinfeld (1989-1998) played by Michael Richards.
The character is loosely based on comedian Kenny Kramer, Larry David's ex-neighbor across the hall. Kramer is the neighbor of the series' main character, Jer... | {"First appearance": "\"The Seinfeld Chronicles\" (1989)", "Last appearance": "\"Seinfeld\" (2009)", "Gender": "Male", "Family": "Babs Kramer (mother)", "Based on": "Kenny Kramer", "Portrayed by": "Michael Richards", "Created by": "Jerry SeinfeldLarry David"} |
Excess-3, 3-excess or 10-excess-3 binary code (often abbreviated as XS-3, 3XS or X3), shifted binary or Stibitz code (after George Stibitz, who built a relay-based adding machine in 1937) is a self-complementary binary-coded decimal (BCD) code and numeral system. It is a biased representation. Excess-3 code was used on... | {"Digits": "4", "Tracks": "4", "Weight(s)": "1..3", "Continuity": "No", "Cyclic": "No", "Minimum distance": "1", "Maximum distance": "4", "Redundancy": "0.7", "Lexicography": "1", "Complement": "9"} |
Mark Burnett (born 17 July 1960) is a television producer and author who is the former Chairman of MGM Worldwide Television Group. He created and produced the reality shows Survivor, The Apprentice, The Voice, and Shark Tank (which has been nominated for six NAACP Image Awards).
Burnett-produced TV series have been no... | {"Name": "Mark Burnett", "Caption": "Burnett in 2009", "Birth name": "James Mark BurnettMark Burnett Biography https://www.who2.com/bio/mark-burnett/ Who2 Biography", "Birth date": "y 1960 7 17", "Birth place": "London, England", "Occupation": "Television producer executive producer author", "Spouse(s)": "NewYorker-201... |
Carmine Caridi (January 23, 1934 - May 28, 2019) was an American film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his roles in the films The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990).
In 2004, Caridi became the first person to be expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Li... | {"Name": "Carmine Caridi", "Caption": "Caridi in 1981", "Birth date": "1934 01 23", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2019 05 28 1934 01 23", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1962-2019", "Height": "6'4\" (1.93 m)"} |
Cyberchase is an animated sci-fi children's television series that airs on PBS Kids. The series centers around three children from Earth: Jackie, Matt and Inez, who are brought into Cyberspace, a digital universe, in order to protect the world from the villainous Hacker (Christopher Lloyd). They are able to prevent Hac... | {"Genre": "Action\nAdventure\nScience fiction \nComedy\nEducational", "Created by": "Thirteen/WNET New York", "Directed by": "Larry Jacobs (seasons 1-4)\nYvette Kaplan (The Poddleville Case)\nJason Groh (season 5)\nBrandon Lloyd (seasons 6-8)\nJ. Meeka Stuart (seasons 9-13)", "Starring": "Bianca DeGroat\nMatthew A. Wil... |
The Belize dollar is the official currency in Belize (currency code BZD). It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively BZ$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies.
It is divided into 100 cents. The official value is pegged at BZ$2 = .
History
The first dollars to circulate i... | {"ISO 4217 code": "BZD", "Subunit": "1 100", "Symbol": "$", "Pegged with": "United States dollar", "Value": "2 BZD = 1 USD"} |
Mary Margaret ("Mollie") Kaye (21 August 1908 - 29 January 2004) was a British writer. Her most famous book is The Far Pavilions (1978).
Life
M. M. Kaye was born in Simla, British India, and lived in an Oakland, Shimla, a heritage property from 1915 to 1918. She was the elder daughter and one of three children born to... | {"Born": "1908 8 21 yes", "Died": "2004 1 29 1908 8 21 yes", "Occupation": "Author", "Nationality": "British", "Period": "1937-1999"} |
Trinity Continuum: Æon is a science fiction role-playing game previously published by White Wolf Game Studio in 1997 (and later by the ArtHaus imprint) under the name Trinity. The current game is owned and published by Onyx Path Publishing.
History
White Wolf had a hole in their 1997 publishing schedule, so CEO Steve... | {"Name": "Trinity Continuum: Æon\nthumb|right|Trinity Continuum - Aeon", "Image caption": "Trinity Continuum: Æon cover", "Designers": "Andrew Bates, Ken Cliffe, Richard Dansky, Greg Fountain, Robert Hatch, Chris McDonough, Richard Thomas, Stephan Wieck, Fred Yelk", "Publishers": "White Wolf Game Studio Onyx Path Publi... |
The , abbreviated JMA, is an agency of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. It is charged with gathering and providing results for the public in Japan that are obtained from data based on daily scientific observation and research into natural phenomena in the fields of meteorology, hydrology, se... | {"Formed": "1956 7 1 df", "Jurisdiction": "Government of Japan", "Headquarters": "35 39 57 N 139 44 45 E type:landmark_region:JP inline,title", "Employees": "5,539 (2010)https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/kishou/books/jma/jma2010.pdf ja:総合パンフレット「気象庁」 Japan Meteorological Agency January 2011 2012-04-01 PDF ja dead https:... |
Alyson Rae Stoner (born August 11, 1993) is an American actor, singer, and dancer. Their film roles include Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), and the Step Up franchise (2006-2014). Their television roles include serving as the host of Disney Channel's Mike's Super Short Show (2001-2007), playi... | {"Name": "Alyson Stoner", "Caption": "Stoner at the American Music Awards in 2019", "Birth name": "Alyson Rae Stoner", "Birth date": "yes 1993 8 11", "Birth place": "Toledo, Ohio, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor singer dancer", "Years active": "2001-present", "Module": "yes\n Pop R&B\n\n Vocals"} |
Space: 1889 is a tabletop role-playing game of Victorian-era space-faring, created by Frank Chadwick and originally published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) from 1989 to 1990. It was the first roleplaying game to feature space colonization using steam technology in the style of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Arthur Co... | {"Name": "Space: 1889", "Italic title": "yes", "Image caption": "Cover by David DietrickSchick Lawrence Heroic worlds : a history and guide to role-playing games 1991 Prometheus Books Buffalo 0-87975-652-7", "Designers": "Frank Chadwick", "Publishers": "Game Designers' Workshop Heliograph, Inc. Clockwork Publishi... |
TT scale (from "table top") is a model railroading scale using 1:120 scale with a gauge of 12 mm between the rails. It is roughly halfway between HO scale (1:87) and N scale (1:160). Its original purpose, as the name suggests, was to make a train set small enough to assemble and operate on a tabletop.
The scale origi... | {"Scale": "1/10 in mm 2 to 1 ft mm 0", "Scale ratio": "1:120", "Standard(s)": "NEM, NMRA", "Model gauge": "12mm"} |
deb is the format, as well as filename extension of the software package format for the Debian Linux distribution and its derivatives.
Design
thumb|right|GDebi installing a .deb package
Debian packages are standard Unix ar archives that include two tar archives. One archive holds the control information and another c... | {"Name": "Debian package", "Screenshot": "64px", "Caption": "The GNOME icon for deb files.(Showing the Debian logo on a package)", "Extension": ".deb, .udeb", "MIME type": "application/vnd.debian.binary-package Media Type Registration for vnd.debian.binary-package\n https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/applic... |
The Christian Heritage Party of Canada (), also referred to as CHP Canada, is a minor social conservative and Christian right federal political party in Canada; it was founded in 1987, the brainchild of two couples in British Columbia, namely Bill and Heather Stilwell who were Roman Catholics and Ed Vanwoudenberg and h... | {"Leader": "Rod Taylor", "President": "Jerome Dondo", "Founded": "1987", "Headquarters": "Ottawa, Ontario", "Ideology": "Christian right Social conservatism", "Political position": "Right-wing"} |
Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 - May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups as well as a "first call" guitarist for studio, film, and television recording sessions. Kessel was a memb... | {"Born": "Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.", "Died": "San Diego, California", "Genres": "Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock", "Labels": "Contemporary, Reprise, Black Lion, Concord Jazz, RCA Victor, Sonet, Savoy"} |
Castle Falkenstein is a steampunk-themed fantasy role-playing game (RPG) designed by Mike Pondsmith and originally published by R. Talsorian Games in 1994. The game is named for a legendary unbuilt castle in the Bavarian Alps. Players play the roles of gallant adventurers who take on quests of intrigue and derring-do ... | {"Name": "Castle Falkenstein", "Subtitle": "High adventure in the steam age", "Italic title": "yes", "Image": "256px", "Image caption": "1st edition cover", "Designers": "Mike Pondsmith", "Publishers": "R. Talsorian Games", "Publication": "1994 (1st edition)", "Genres": "Steampunk,March 2009 Fantasy"} |
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, (12 September 1847 - 9 October 1900) was a Scottish landed aristocrat, industrial magnate, antiquarian, scholar, philanthropist, and architectural patron.
When Bute succeeded to the marquisate at the age of just six months, his vast inheritance reportedly made him t... | {"Birth date": "1847 09 12 yes", "Birth place": "Mount Stuart, Scotland, United Kingdom", "Death date": "1900 10 09 1847 09 12 yes", "Known for": "Philanthropy"} |
Adventure! is a pulp action role-playing game originally printed by White Wolf Game Studio, the third and last book in the Trinity Universe line of games. The game, printed in black and white on pulp-like sepia paper to resemble a period piece, was conceived as a one-book game line, and was never supported by official ... | {"Name": "Adventure!", "Designers": "Andrew Bates, Bruce Baugh, Kraig Blackwelder, Ken Cliffe, Robert Hatch, Clayton A. Oliver, Richard Thomas, Fred Yelk", "Publishers": "White Wolf Game Studio", "Publication": "2001", "Genres": "Historical fiction, superhero fiction", "Systems": "Storyteller System,d20 System (from 20... |
Wizard of the Hood is the debut EP by Violent J. Released in 2003, it is the Insane Clown Posse member's first solo release. The EP is a concept album based on The Wizard of Oz, which is retold in an urban setting. Several tracks from the EP also sample music from the 1978 film The Wiz, another urban reimagining of The... | {"Released": "July 22, 2003", "Recorded": "The Lotus Pod, Novi, Michigan", "Genre": "Hip hop", "Label": "Psychopathic Records", "Producer": "Violent JMike Puwal"} |
Feudal is a chess-like board wargame for 2-6 players on two or four opposing sides. It was originally published by 3M Company in 1967 as part of its bookshelf game series, and was republished by Avalon Hill after they purchased 3M's game division. The object of the game is to either occupy one's opponent's castle or ... | {"Image caption": "\"Feudal\" box cover image", "Years active": "1967-present", "Publishers": "3M, Avalon Hill, Schmidt International", "Players": "2-6", "Setup time": "1-5 minutes", "Playing time": "90 minuteshttp://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/847/feudal Feudal Board Game Geek July 7, 2013", "Random chance": "Conce... |
Jehoram of Judah (, ) or Joram (; ; ), was the fifth king of Judah, and the son of king Jehoshaphat. Jehoram rose to the throne at the age of 32 and reigned for 8 years (, ), although he was ill during his last two years ().
Name
The name Jehoram is confusing in the biblical account. The author of Kings speaks of both... | {"Father": "Jehoshaphat", "Born": "882 BCE", "Died": "842 BCE (aged 39 or 40)", "Burial": "City of David"} |
Heather Pamela McKay (née Blundell) (born 31 July 1941) is an Australian retired squash player, who is considered by many to be the greatest female player in the history of the game, and possibly also Australia's greatest-ever sportswoman. She dominated the women's squash game in the 1960s and 1970s, winning 16 consec... | {"Full name": "Heather Pamela McKay", "Born": "Queanbeyan, New South Wales", "Retired": "1979", "Highest ranking": "1", "World Open": "W (1976, 1979)"} |
Logan Botanic Garden is a botanical garden near Port Logan on the Rhins of Galloway, at the south-western tip of Scotland.
The Botanic Garden was established in 1869 and was gifted to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1969. It is now operated as part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh's Living Collection.
The area... | {"Type": "Botanical garden", "Location": "Scotland", "Coordinates": "54 44 38 N 4 57 25 W type:landmark_region:GB title,inline", "Website": "Logan Botanic Garden"} |
The IBM ThinkPad 701 is a subnotebook in the ThinkPad line by IBM. The 701 is colloquially known as the Butterfly due to its sliding keyboard, which was designed by John Karidis. It was developed from 1993 and sold from March 1995 until later that year and priced between and . The 701 was the most sold laptop in 1995 ... | {"Developer": "Richard Sapper\n John Karidis\n Sam Lucente", "Manufacturer": "IBM\n Sharp CorporationFor the LCD panel", "Product family": "ThinkPad", "Type": "Subnotebook", "Release date": "1995 03 6720MB disk versions were available from 1995-09-05.1995-09-08 ThinkPad 701C - New 720MB Model - Announcement Letter Num... |
Exile in Guyville is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Liz Phair, released on June 22, 1993, by Matador Records. It was recorded at Idful Music Corporation in Chicago between 1992 and 1993 and produced by Phair and Brad Wood. The album received critical acclaim and in 2020, it was ranked 56 by Rolling Ston... | {"Released": "June 22, 1993", "Recorded": "1992-1993", "Studio": "Idful Music Corporation (Chicago)", "Genre": "Indie rock The New Yorker \"Exile in Guyville\" at Twenty Bill Wyman June 26, 2013 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/exile-in-guyville-at-twenty\n lo-fiCinquemani Sal Review: Liz Phair, Liz P... |
Colonel General Hussein Kamel Hassan al-Majid () (1954 – 23 February 1996) was the son-in-law and second cousin of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. He defected to Jordan and assisted United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspection teams assigned to look for weapons of mas... | {"Name": "Hussein Kamel al-Majid", "Image caption": "Hussein Kamel in 1995", "Term start": "4 February 1987", "Term end": "20 December 1995", "Birth date": "1954", "Birth place": "Tel Al Thahab, Kingdom of Iraq", "Death date": "1996 02 23 1954", "Death place": "Baghdad, Republic of Iraq", "Spouse(s)": "Raghad Hussein"} |
Tampa Stadium (nicknamed The Big Sombrero and briefly known as Houlihan's Stadium) was a large open-air stadium (maximum capacity about 74,000) located in Tampa, Florida, which opened in 1967 and was significantly expanded in 1974-75. The facility is most closely associated with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National... | {"Full name": "Tampa Stadium", "Location": "Tampa, Florida", "Coordinates": "27 58 44 N 82 30 13 W type:landmark_region:US-FL inline,title", "Broke ground": "October 9, 1966", "Opened": "November 4, 1967", "Expanded": "December 4, 1974 - June 5, 1975", "Renovated": "1983, 1990", "Closed": "September 13, 1998", "Demolis... |
is a novel by the Nobel Prize winning Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata.Yasunari Kawabata's biography on the Official Website of the Nobel Prize. From Nobel Lectures, Literature 1968-1980, Editor-in-Charge Tore Frängsmyr, Editor Sture Allén, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1993 First published in serial for... | {"Original title": "Meijin (名人)", "Country": "Japan", "Language": "Japanese", "Publisher": "Shincho magazine", "Media type": "Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback)", "ISBN": "(English)"} |
Frank Winston Ballance Jr. (February 15, 1942 - February 22, 2019) was an American politician and attorney who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2004, representing North Carolina's 1st congressional district.
In 2004, Ballance pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy t... | {"Name": "Frank Ballance", "Term start": "January 3, 2003", "Term end": "June 8, 2004", "State house 2": "North Carolina", "District 2": "7th", "Predecessor 2": "John Church Thomas Ellis William Watkins (Redistricting)", "Successor 2": "Thomas Hardaway", "Birth name": "Frank Winston Ballance Jr.", "Birth date": "1942... |
Bond or BOND (formerly often typeset as bond in deference to the owners of the 007 trademark) is an Australian/British string quartet that specialises in classical crossover and synth-pop music. The quartet has sold five million albums.
Creation
Bond was formed following initial conversations between Vanessa-Mae compo... | {"Origin": "London, United Kingdom", "Genres": "Classical crossover, synth-pop, electronica", "Labels": "MCA Music, Inc.Decca Records", "Website": "bondquartet.com", "Members": "Tania DavisEos CounsellElspeth HansonGay-Yee Westerhoff"} |
Keuka Lake ( ) is one of the major Finger Lakes in the U.S. state of New York. It is unusual because it is Y-shaped, in contrast to the long and narrow shape of the other Finger Lakes. Because of its shape, it was referred to in the past as Crooked Lake. Keuka means "canoe landing" or "lake with an elbow" in the Seneca... | {"Coordinates": "42 29 47 N 77 08 46 W region:US-NY_type:waterbody inline,title", "Location": "Steuben / Yates counties, New York, United States", "Group": "Finger Lakes", "Primary inflows": "Keuka Inlet, Sugar Creek, Glen Brook, Wagener Glen Creek", "Primary outflows": "Keuka Lake Outlet", "Basin": "United States", "M... |
, born , was the wife of Emperor Taishō and the mother of Emperor Shōwa of Japan. Her posthumous name, Teimei, means "enlightened constancy".
Biography
Sadako Kujō was born on 25 June 1884 in Tokyo, as the fourth daughter of Duke Michitaka Kujō, head of Kujō branch of the Fujiwara clan. Her mother was Ikuko Noma.
She... | {"Born": "Nishikichō, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan", "Father": "Michitaka Kujō", "Mother": "Ikuko Noma (concubine)", "Died": "Ōmiya Palace, Minato, Tokyo, Japan", "Burial": "Musashi Imperial Graveyard"} |
The 40th Infantry Division ("Sunburst Division") is a modular division of the United States Army. Following the army's modularization the division has become a four-brigade combat team with National Guardsmen from throughout the Pacific/Western United States and Oceania. Its division headquarters is located at Los Alam... | {"Branch": "United States 23px", "Type": "Mechanized Infantry", "Size": "Division", "Part of": "California Army National Guard", "Nickname(s)": "\"Sunburst Division\" (special designation) Special Designation Listing http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-arng.html United States Army Center of Military ... |
Michael Eugene Misick (; born 2 February 1966) is a Turks and Caicos Islander politician who was the 7th Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 15 August 2003 to 9 August 2006 and was the 1st Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 9 August 2006 to 23 March 2009. Misick is a member of the Progressive ... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Honourable", "Name": "Michael Misick", "Image caption": "Misick in 2008", "Term start": "9 August 2006", "Term end": "23 March 2009", "Office 2": "7th Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands", "Monarch 2": "Elizabeth II", "Governor 2": "Jim PostonMahala Wynns (Acting)Richard Tauwhare", ... |
A Gay-Straight Alliance, Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA) or Queer-Straight Alliance (QSA) is a student-led or community-based organisation, found in middle schools, high schools, colleges, and universities. These are primarily in the United States and Canada. Gay-straight alliance is intended to provide a safe and supp... | {"Nickname": "Gay-Straight", "Abbreviation": "GSA", "Type": "Student club", "Legal status": "In the US, the right of students to form a GSA at school is protected by the Constitution and by the judiciary.", "Location": "United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Mexico, Europe, India, Hong Kong and Austral... |
The National Crime Syndicate was a multi-ethnic, closely connected, American confederation of several criminal organizations. It mostly consisted of and was led by the closely interconnected Italian-American Mafia and Jewish mob; to a lesser extent, it also involved other criminal organizations such as the Irish Mob an... | {"Founded": "1929", "Founding location": "Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.", "Years active": "1929-1960s", "Territory": "United States; mainly active in New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Illinois, California, Nevada and Florida", "Ethnicity": "Mainly people of Italian and Jewish descent; to a lesser extent Irish-Ameri... |
Jyoti Prakash Mishra (born 30 July 1966), better known by his stage name White Town, is a British-Indian singer, musician, and producer. He is best known for his 1997 hit song "Your Woman".
Early life
Jyoti Prakash Mishra was born in Rourkela, India on 30 July 1966, and emigrated to England with his family at the age... | {"Born": "30 July 1966 y", "Origin": "Derby, England", "Genres": "Indie pop electronic alternative dance alternative rock trip hopJune 2022", "Labels": "Satya Parasol Chrysalis/EMI Elefant Bzangy", "Website": "whitetown.co.uk"} |
Saint-Cyr (; Vivaro-Alpine: Sant Circ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.
See also
Communes of the Ardèche department
References
External links
Saint-Cyr website
Category:Communes of Ardèche
Category:Ardèche communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia | {"Name": "Saint-Cyr", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The church in Saint-Cyr", "Arrondissement": "Tournon-sur-Rhône", "Canton": "Annonay-1", "Postal code": "07430", "Mayor": "Martine OllivierRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 da... |
was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido, and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is best known for his acclaimed anime films Perfect Blue (1997), Mill... | {"Name": "ja-Latn Satoshi Kon no", "Native name": "ja 今 敏", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1963 10 12", "Birth place": "Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan", "Death date": "2010 8 24 1963 10 12", "Death place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Other names": "Yoshihiro Wanibuchi 鰐淵 良宏", "Alma mater": "Musashino Art University", "Occ... |
was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.
Biography
Early life
Imamura was born to... | {"Name": "Shōhei Imamura", "Native name": "今村 昌平", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "yes 1926 9 15", "Birth place": "Tokyo, Empire of Japan", "Death date": "yes 2006 5 30 1926 9 15", "Death place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Years active": "1951-2002", "Movement": "Japanese New Wave", "Award... |
Minstrel in the Gallery is the eighth studio album by British rock band Jethro Tull, released in September 1975. The album sees the band going in a different direction from their previous work War Child (1974), returning to a blend of electric and acoustic songs, in a manner closer to their early 1970s albums such as B... | {"Released": "5 September 1975 (UK)8 September 1975 (US)", "Recorded": "15 May 1975 - 7 June 1975", "Studio": "Maison Rouge Mobile Studio, Monte Carlo, Monaco", "Genre": "Progressive rockBruce Eder http://www.allmusic.com/album/minstrel-in-the-gallery-mw0000193130 Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975) album re... |
The associate minister of national defence () is a member of the Canadian cabinet who is responsible for various files within the defence department as assigned by the prime minister or defence minister.
The position was created in 1940 during World War II under the War Measures Act along with the creation of a minist... | {"Post": "Associate Minister of National Defence", "Body": "Canada", "Insignia size": "200px", "Incumbent": "Lawrence MacAulay", "Incumbent since": "1 March 2019", "Department": "Department of National Defence", "Style": "The Honourable", "Member of": "House of Commons Privy Council Cabinethttps://www.ourcommons.ca/Abo... |
The Desert Mounted Corps was an army corps of the British Army during the First World War, of three mounted divisions renamed in August 1917 by General Edmund Allenby, from Desert Column. These divisions which served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign had been formed by Australian light horse, British yeomanry, and Ne... | {"Allegiance": "British Empire", "Type": "CavalryYeomanryMounted infantryHorse artillery", "Role": "Mounted warfare", "Size": "Army corps", "Part of": "Egyptian Expeditionary Force", "Notablecommanders": "Harry Chauvel"} |
Hattusa (also Ḫattuša or Hattusas or Hattusha) was the capital, during two periods, of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. Its ruins lie near modern Boğazkale, Turkey, (originally Boğazköy) within great loop of the Kızılırmak River (Hittite: Marashantiya; Greek: Halys). Hattusa was added to the UNESCO World Heri... | {"Coordinates": "40 01 11 N 34 36 55 E inline,title", "Location": "Near Boğazkale, Çorum Province, Turkey", "Region": "Anatolia", "Type": "Settlement", "Founded": "6th millennium BC", "Abandoned": "1200 BC", "Periods": "Bronze Age", "Cultures": "Hittite", "Condition": "In ruins"} |
AfterStep is a stacking window manager for the X Window System. The goal of AfterStep's development is to provide for flexibility of desktop configuration, improved aesthetics and efficient use of system resources, and was used in such distributions as MachTen. AfterStep originally was a variant of FVWM modified to res... | {"Written in": "C", "Type": "Window manager", "License": "2.x: MIThttps://github.com/afterstep/afterstep/blob/master/COPYRIGHT afterstep/COPYRIGHT GitHub 30 November 20041.x: GPL-2.0-or-laterhttps://github.com/afterstep/afterstep/blob/master/COPYRIGHT.OLD afterstep/COPYRIGHT.OLD GitHub 30 November 2004", "Website": ... |
Johann Gerhard Oncken (26 January 1800 - 2 January 1884) was a pioneer German Baptist preacher, variously referred to as the "Father of Continental Baptists", the "Father of German Baptists" and the "Apostle of European Baptists". Oncken, Gottfried Wilhelm Lehmann (1799-1882), and Julius Köbner (1806-1884) were known a... | {"Religion": "Christian", "Born": "Varel, Duchy of Oldenburg", "Died": "Zürich", "Children": "7"} |
Carole Penny MarshallBorn Carole Penny Marshall in 1943, as per My Mother Was Nuts, a Memoir, p. 10; . Copyright 2012 (October 15, 1943 - December 17, 2018) was an American actress, director and producer. She is known for her role as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976-1983), receiving thre... | {"Name": "Penny Marshall", "Caption": "Publicity photo for Laverne & Shirley (1976)", "Birth name": "Carole Penny Marshall", "Birth date": "1943 10 15", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "2018 12 17 1943 10 15", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Education": "Walton High School", "Restin... |
Sprite is an experimental Unix-like distributed operating system developed at the University of California, Berkeley by John Ousterhout's research group between 1984 and 1992. Its notable features include support for single system image on computer clusters and the introduction of the log-structured filesystem. The Tcl... | {"Developer": "University of California, Berkeley", "Kernel": "Monolithic kernel", "Platforms": "DECstation 5000 Model 200, SPARCstation 2", "Defaultuser interface": "Command-line interface", "OS family": "Unix-like", "Written in": "C (programming language)", "Working state": "Historic", "License": "MIT License", "Offi... |
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (often referred to simply as He-Man) is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel's toy line Masters of the Universe. The show was one of the most popular animated shows of the 1980s.
It made its television debut in September 1983 and ran until... | {"Genre": "Action\nAdventure\nSword and planet \nSuperhero", "Running time": "23 minutes", "Developed by": "Lou Scheimer", "Opening theme": "\"Masters of the Universe\"", "Voices of": "John Erwin\nAlan Oppenheimer\nLinda Gary\nLou Scheimer\nErik Gunden\nErika Scheimer", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original n... |
Los Baños, officially the Municipality of Los Baños (), colloquialy 'elbi' or simply LB, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 115,353 people.
It has a total land area of and is bordered on the south and south-west by Mount Makiling an... | {"Type": "government_type", "Rank": "2", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
The Des Moines River () is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the upper Midwestern United States that is approximately long from its farther headwaters.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed May 26, 2011 The largest river flowing across the... | {"Mouth": "597 ft on", "Location": "Clark County, Missouri / Lee County, Iowa, near Keokuk, Iowa", "Coordinates": "40.3812 -91.4224 inline,title", "Basin size": "14802 sqmi"} |
The Skunk River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the state of Iowa in the United States.
Geography
The Skunk River rises in two branches, the South Skunk ( long) and the North Skunk ( long).U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 13,... | {"Mouth": "518 ft on461664", "Location": "Burlington, Iowa, US", "Coordinates": "40.6978186 -91.1151447 inline,title", "Left": "South Skunk River", "Right": "North Skunk River"} |
The Iowa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the state of Iowa in the United States. It is about longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 and is open to small river craft to Iowa City, about from its mouth. Its majo... | {"Mouth": "Mississippi River", "Location": "near Toolesboro", "Coordinates": "41 9 38 N 91 1 26 W region:US-IA_type:river_source:gnis it", "Left": "Cedar River", "Right": "English River"} |
Sellotape () is a British brand of transparent, cellulose-based, pressure-sensitive tape, and is the leading brand in the United Kingdom. Sellotape is generally used for joining, sealing, attaching and mending.
In much the same way that Scotch Tape came to be used in Canada and the United States when referring to any ... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1930s, United Kingdom", "Headquarters": "United Kingdom", "Products": "Sellotape, other adhesive stationery", "Parent": "Henkel", "Website": "www.sellotape.co.uk"} |
The Gowanus Canal (originally known as the Gowanus Creek) is a canal in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the westernmost portion of Long Island. Once a vital cargo transportation hub, the canal has seen decreasing use since the mid-20th century, parallel with the decline of domestic waterborne shipping. It co... | {"Coordinates": "40.673 -73.997 region:US-NY_type:landmark", "CERCLIS ID": "NYN000206222", "Contaminants": "PAHs, VOCs, PCBs, pesticides, metals", "Proposed": "September 4, 2009", "Listed": "April 3, 2010"} |
The Big Sioux River is a tributary of the Missouri River in eastern South Dakota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. It flows generally southwardly for ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed March 30, 2011 and its watershed is . The Unite... | {"Native name": "lkt Tehankasandata", "Etymology": "Lakota people (Sioux Natives)", "Mouth": "Missouri River", "Location": "Sioux City, Iowa", "Coordinates": "42.490805 -96.445490 inline", "Progression": "generally southwardly", "Basin size": "9006 mi2 km2 on Drainage areas in the Big Sioux River basin in eastern Sou... |
Red Jacket (known as Otetiani in his youth and Sagoyewatha [Keeper Awake] Sa-go-ye-wa-tha as an adult because of his oratorical skills) (c. 1750 - January 20, 1830) was a Seneca orator and chief of the Wolf clan, based in Western New York. On behalf of his nation, he negotiated with the new United States after the Amer... | {"Name": "Red Jacket", "Image caption": "Red Jacket from an 1835 lithograph by Henry Corbould, after a painting by Charles Bird King, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, and published in History of the Indian Tribes of North America", "Birth date": "1750", "Death date": "January 20, 1830", "Resting place": "Forest La... |
thumb|Maureen Wheeler and Tony Wheeler, co-founders of Lonely Planet (2008)
Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher. Founded in Australia in 1973, the company has printed over 150 million books.
History
Early years
Lonely Planet was founded by married couple Maureen and Tony Wheeler. In 1972, they embarked o... | {"Founded": "1973", "Country of origin": "Australia", "Headquarters location": "Fort Mill, South Carolina", "Distribution": "Grantham Book Service (UK) Hachette Book Group (North America) United Book Distributors Australia https://www.lonelyplanet.com/trade Trade Lonely Planet", "Publication types": "BooksMobile a... |
Earl of Halifax is a title that has been created four times in British history—once in the Peerage of England, twice in the Peerage of Great Britain, and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The name of the peerage refers to Halifax, West Yorkshire.
The first and fourth creations were elevations for the holders ... | {"Creation date": "11 July 1944", "Creation": "Fourth", "Created by": "King George VI", "Peerage": "Peerage of the United Kingdom", "First holder": "Edward Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax", "Heir apparent": "James Wood, Lord Irwin", "Remainder to": "the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body", "Status": "Extant", "Seat(s)": "Gar... |
Frank Teschemacher (March 13, 1906 - March 1, 1932) was an American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist, associated with the "Austin High" gang (along with Jimmy McPartland, Bud Freeman and others).
Early life and education
He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, but spent most of his career based in Chicago, Illinois... | {"Born": "Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.", "Origin": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Died": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Genres": "Jazz"} |
Nicholas John Currie (born 11 February 1960), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a Scottish musician and writer.
For over forty years he has been releasing albums on labels in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan. In his lyrics and his other writing he mak... | {"Name": "Momus", "Caption": "Currie in 2005", "Birth name": "Nicholas John Curriehttps://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/883183000 BALONEY POLONIUS ASCAP American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers 13 March 2023", "Birth date": "1960 2 11 y", "Birth place": "Paisley, Scotland", "Other names": ... |
Jesse Harding Pomeroy (; November 29, 1859 - September 29, 1932) was a convicted American murderer and the youngest person in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to be convicted of murder in the first degree. He was found guilty by a jury trial held in the Supreme Judicial Court of Suffolk County in Decemb... | {"Name": "Jesse Pomeroy", "Birth date": "November 29, 1859", "Birth place": "Charlestown, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1932 9 29 1859 11 29"} |
Azurite is a soft, deep-blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits. During the early 19th century, it was also known as chessylite, after the type locality at Chessy-les-Mines near Lyon, France. The mineral, a basic carbonate with the chemical formula Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2, has been known since ancient ... | {"Category": "Carbonate mineral", "IMA symbol": "AzuWarr L.N. 2021 IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mineralogical-magazine/article/imacnmnc-approved-mineral-symbols/62311F45ED37831D78603C6E6B25EE0A Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291-320 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 2021MinM...85..291W 2357... |
The South Street Seaport is a historic area in the New York City borough of Manhattan, centered where Fulton Street meets the East River, and adjacent to the Financial District, in Lower Manhattan. The Seaport is a designated historic district, and is distinct from the neighboring Financial District. It is part of Manh... | {"Location": "Bounded by Burling (John St.) and Peck Slips, Water St. and East River in New York City, United States", "Architect": "multiple", "Architectural style": "Greek Revival", "Area": "3.5 acre 2"} |
Eurocorps, located in the French city of Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), is a multinational corps headquarters. Founded by France and Germany in 1992, it is today composed of personnel from six framework nations and five associated nations. The framework nations place the Eurocorps at the service of the European Union (EU) and ... | {"Branch": "Army", "Type": "Multinational military Corps headquarters", "Motto(s)": "A force for the European Union and NATO", "March": "European anthem", "Website": "https://www.eurocorps.org/"} |
The South End is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is bordered by Back Bay, Chinatown, and Roxbury. It is distinguished from other neighborhoods by its Victorian-style houses and the many parks in and around the area. The South End is the largest intact Victorian row house district in the country, as it is ma... | {"Location": "Boston, Massachusetts", "Website": "www.south-end-boston.com", "Architect": "Multiple", "Architectural style": "Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Italianate"} |
The National Eye Institute (NEI) is part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The mission of NEI is “to eliminate vision loss and improve quality of life through vision research.” NEI consists of two major branches for research: an extramural br... | {"Abbreviation": "NEI", "Type": "U.S. government agency", "Legal status": "Active", "Headquarters": "Bethesda, Maryland", "Affiliations": "United States Public Health Service", "Website": "http://www.nei.nih.gov www.nei.nih.gov"} |
Frederick James Prinze Jr. (born March 8, 1976) is an American actor. He has starred in films such as I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and its sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), She's All That (1999), Summer Catch (2001), Scooby-Doo (2002), and its sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004).... | {"Name": "Freddie Prinze Jr.", "Caption": "Prinze in June 2016", "Birth name": "Freddie James Prinze Jr.", "Birth date": "1976 3 8", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor screenwriter", "Years active": "1995-present", "Spouse(s)": "Sarah Michelle Gellar September 1, 2002", "Children": "2"... |
Yabucoa () is a town and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the eastern region, north of Maunabo; south of San Lorenzo, Las Piedras and Humacao; and east of Patillas. Yabucoa is spread over 9 barrios and Yabucoa Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-... | {"Founded by": "Carlos Morales", "Land": "143.11", "Water": "72.55", "Density": "auto", "Rank": "40th in Puerto Rico"} |
Phoenix FM is a community radio station serving the areas of Brentwood and Billericay, England on 98.0FM and online, covering an area of over 140,000 people.
History
The station was formed in 1996 and has been broadcasting full-time on FM since 23 March 2007, having completed twelve 28-day restricted service licence b... | {"Broadcast area": "Brentwood and Billericay", "Format": "Community radio", "Owner": "Phoenix FM Limited", "Website": "phoenixfm.com"} |
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (also known as Carter USM or simply Carter) were an English indie rock band formed in 1987 by singer Jim "Jim Bob" Morrison and guitarist Les "Fruitbat" Carter. They made their name with a distinctive style of power pop, fusing samples, sequenced basses and drum machines with rock 'n'... | {"Origin": "London, England", "Genres": "Alternative rock, indie rock, alternative dance, grebo, punk rock", "Labels": "Rough TradeChrysalisCooking Vinyl Major League Productions (MLP)", "Website": "www.carterusm.co.uk", "Members": "Jim BobFruitbat"} |
Richard Clayderman (; born Philippe Pagès , 28 December 1953 in Paris) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville, Olivier Toussaint and Marc Minier, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening... | {"Born": "1953 12 28 yes", "Origin": "Paris, France", "Genres": "Easy listeningRomantic", "Labels": "Delphine Records", "Website": "clayderman.co.uk"} |
The (; literally "Tricolour Arrows"), officially known as the ("313th Acrobatic Training Group, National Aerobatic Team (PAN) Frecce Tricolori"), is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force. Based at Rivolto Air Base, province of Udine, it was created on 1 March 1961 as a permanent group for the trai... | {"Branch": "Aeronautica Militare", "Role": "Aerobatic display team", "Fighter": "1961-63 Canadair F-86E1964-81 Fiat G.91 PAN", "Trainer": "1982-present Aermacchi MB-339-A/PAN"} |
Contact improvisation is a form of improvised partner dancing that has been developing internationally since 1972. It involves the exploration of one's body in relationship to others by using the fundamentals of sharing weight, touch, and movement awareness. It has evolved into a broad global community of social dancin... | {"Also known as": "CI, Contact, Contact Improv", "Country of origin": "United States", "Creator": "Steve Paxton", "Famous practitioners": "Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Lisa Nelson", "Parenthood": "modern dance, postmodern dance,Banes Sally Terpischore in sneakers: postmodern dance 1987 Wesleyan University Press Mid... |
Mark Roberts is an English streaker who has run naked during numerous international events. Roberts' streaking began when he saw a news report about a female streaker at a 1993 rugby sevens game in Hong Kong. After a bet in a bar, he exposed himself to the crowd the next day.
Roberts has done this, as of 2018, 565 ti... | {"Name": "Mark Roberts", "Caption": "Mark Roberts streaking at the 1994 Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament", "Birth place": "Liverpool, England", "Years active": "1993-present", "Known For": "Streaking"} |
Gary LeRoi Gray (born February 12, 1987) is an American actor, who has appeared in movies, television and animation.
Early life
Gary LeRoi Gray was born on February 12, 1987, in Chicago Illinois.
Career
He is best known for his childhood role as Nelson Tibideaux, the son of Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux and Elvin Tibidea... | {"Name": "Gary LeRoi Gray", "Birth date": "1987 2 12", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Other names": "Gary Gray", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1991-present"} |
Antje Vollmer (; 31 May 194315 March 2023) was a German Protestant theologian, academic teacher and politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. She became a member of the Bundestag in 1983 when the Greens first entered the West German parliament, before joining the party in 1985. From 1994 to 2005, she was Vice President... | {"Name": "Antje Vollmer", "Image caption": "Vollmer in 2013", "Term start": "November 1994", "Term end": "2005", "Birth date": "y 1943 5 31", "Birth place": "Lübbecke, Gau Westphalia-North, Nazi Germany (now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)", "Death date": "y 2023 3 15 1943 5 31", "Official website": "http://www.antje-... |
Lake Okeechobee ( ), also known as Florida's Inland Sea,Lake Okeechobee Area, Visit Florida is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the tenth largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the second-largest natural freshwater lake contained entirely within the c... | {"Location": "Florida", "Coordinates": "26 56 N 80 48 W type:waterbody_region:US-FL_dim:58000 inline,title", "Primary inflows": "Kissimmee River, Fisheating Creek, Taylor Creek", "Primary outflows": "Everglades, Caloosahatchee River, St. Lucie River", "Basin": "United States", "Max. length": "57.5 km mi 0 flip", "Max. ... |
The Territory of Oklahoma was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 2, 1890, until November 16, 1907, when it was joined with the Indian Territory under a new constitution and admitted to the Union as the state of Oklahoma.
The 1890 Oklahoma Organic Act organized the western ha... | {"Conventional long name": "Territory of Oklahoma", "Common name": "Oklahoma Territory", "Year founded": "1890", "Year dissolved": "1907", "Capital": "Guthrie", "Government type": "Organized incorporated territory"} |
The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (often referred to colloquially as Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta) was a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta that existed from 1905 to 2020. The party formed the provincial government, without interruption, from 1971 until the ... | {"Founded": "1905 09 01", "Merged into": "United Conservative Party", "Headquarters": "Calgary, Alberta", "Ideology": "Liberal conservatismRed ToryismKleiss Karen Alberta election pits PC's 'red' versus Wildrose's 'blue' conservatives, experts say https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/alberta-election-pits-pcs-red-versu... |
The Indiana Territory, officially the Territory of Indiana, was created by an organic act that President John Adams signed into law on May 7, 1800, to form an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1800, to December 11, 1816, when the remaining southeastern portion of the territ... | {"Conventional long name": "Territory of Indiana", "Common name": "Indiana Territory", "Capital": "Vincennes (1800-1813)Corydon (1813-1816)", "Government type": "Organized incorporated territory"} |
Frenzal Rhomb are an Australian punk rock band that formed in 1992 in Sydney. Three of the group's albums have entered the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart: A Man's Not a Camel (1999), Hi-Vis High Tea (2017) and Smoko at the Pet Food Factory (2011). Hi-Vis High Tea reached 9th position in the charts. The group has suppo... | {"Origin": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Genres": "Punk rock, skate punk, melodic hardcore", "Labels": "How Much Did I Fucking Pay for This Shock Shagpile Fat Wreck Chords Liberation Epic Sony Epitaph", "Members": "Jason Whalley\n Lindsay McDougall\n Gordy Forman\n Michael Dallinger"} |
Presidential elections were held in France on 23 April, with a second round on 7 May.
Background
The Socialist incumbent president François Mitterrand, who had been in office since 1981, did not stand for a third term. He was 78, had terminal cancer, and his party had lost the 1993 French legislative election in a l... | {"Country": "France", "Type": "presidential", "Previous election": "1988 French presidential election", "Previous year": "1988", "Next election": "2002 French presidential election", "Next year": "2002", "Election date": "23 April 1995 (first round)7 May 1995 (second round)", "Nominee 1": "Jacques Chirac", "Party 1": "... |
Roger North, KC (3 September 16531 March 1734) was an English lawyer, biographer, and amateur musician.
Life
thumb|Mural monument to Roger North, Rougham Church, Norfolk
North was the sixth son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North and his wife Anne Montagu and was the brother of Francis North, Elizabeth (became) Wiseman a... | {"Name": "Roger North", "Post-nominals": "KC", "Caption": "North, 1680 portrait after Peter Lely", "Birth date": "1653 09 03 y", "Birth place": "Tostock, Suffolk, England", "Death date": "1734 03 01 1653 09 03 y", "Death place": "Rougham, Norfolk, England", "Occupation": "Lawyer, biographer"} |
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