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Laura D'Andrea Tyson (born June 28, 1947) is an American economist and university administrator who is currently a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School at the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley and a senior fellow at the Berggruen Institute. She served as the 16th Chair of the W... | {"Name": "Laura Tyson", "Term start": "February 21, 1995", "Term end": "December 12, 1996", "Office 2": "16th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers", "President 2": "Bill Clinton", "Predecessor 2": "Michael Boskin", "Successor 2": "Joseph Stiglitz", "Birth name": "Laura D'Andrea", "Birth date": "1947 6 28", "Birth ... |
Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford, PC, KC cites (22 October 1637 - 5 September 1685) was the third son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North, and his wife Anne Montagu, daughter of Sir Charles Montagu of Boughton House and Mary Whitmore. He was created Baron Guilford in 1683, after becoming Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in ... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lord Guilford", "Honorific suffix": "PC KC", "Image caption": "Portrait of Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford by John Riley, circa 1682", "Term start": "1682", "Term end": "1685", "Birth name": "Francis North", "Birth date": "22 October 1637", "Death date": "5 Se... |
Joseph Walsh (1 May 1943 - 9 November 2014) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Agriculture and Food from 1992 to 1994 and 1997 to 2004. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South-West constituency from 1977 to 1981 and 1982 to 2007. He was a Senator elected by the Cultural and Education... | {"Name": "Joe Walsh", "Term start": "26 June 1997", "Term end": "29 September 2004", "Office 2": "Minister of State", "Birth date": "1943 5 1 y", "Birth place": "Ballineen, County Cork, Ireland", "Death date": "2014 11 9 1943 5 1 y", "Death place": "Wilton, Cork, Ireland", "Nationality": "Irish", "Spouse(s)": "Marie Do... |
Southern Cross University (SCU) is an Australian public university, with campuses at Lismore and Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, and at Coolangatta, the most southern suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland. In 2019, it was ranked in the top 100 young universities in the world by the Times Higher Education Wo... | {"Type": "Public", "Chancellor": "Sandra McPhee AM", "Campus": "Urban and Regional", "Students": "18,817 (2021)Scu at a glance https://www.scu.edu.au/staff/business-intelligence-and-quality-biq/statistics/", "Website": "https://www.scu.edu.au/"} |
Wilbert Ross Thatcher, (May 24, 1917 - July 22, 1971) was the ninth premier of Saskatchewan, serving from May 22, 1964 to June 30, 1971. He led the Saskatchewan Liberal Party in four general elections, in 1960, 1964, 1967 and 1971. Thatcher was defeated in his first election in 1960, but won the next two elections i... | {"Lieutenant governor 1": "Robert HanbidgeStephen Worobetz", "Predecessor 2": "John Gordon Ross", "Successor 2": "District abolished", "Birth name": "Wilbert Ross Thatcher", "Birth date": "1917 05 14", "Birth place": "Neville, Saskatchewan", "Death date": "1971 07 22 1917 05 24", "Death place": "Regina, Saskatchewan", ... |
The Rome and Vienna airport attacks were two major terrorist attacks carried out on 27 December 1985. Seven Arab terrorists attacked two airports in Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria, with assault rifles and hand grenades. Nineteen civilians were killed and over a hundred were injured before four of the terrorists were ... | {"Title": "Rome and Vienna airport attacks", "Caption": "Aftermath in a fast food restaurant in the Leonardo da Vinci International Airport after the attack", "Location": "Fiumicino, ItalySchwechat, Austria", "Map": "Europe Europe blank laea location map before 1990.svg center infobox \nEurope 41 48 01 N 012 14 20 E ... |
Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is a retired American track and field athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the heptathlon as well as long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals in those two events at four different Olympic Games. Sports Illustrated for Women... | {"Image caption": "Joyner-Kersee in 2014", "Birth date": "Jacqueline Joyner1962 3 3", "Place of birth": "East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.", "Height": "5 ft 10 inJackie Joyner-Kersee https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/Jo/Jackie-Joyner-Kersee-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040708/https://www.s... |
Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century. She was the most popular American novelist of her day."Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth", in Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture, Retrieved 7 March 2016Baym, Nina. ... | {"Born": "1819 12 26", "Died": "1899 06 30 1819 12 26", "Resting place": "Oak Hill CemeteryWashington, D.C., U.S.", "Occupation": "Novelist", "Nationality": "American"} |
Barbera is a red Italian wine grape variety that, as of 2000, was the third most-planted red grape variety in Italy (after Sangiovese and Montepulciano). It produces good yields and is known for deep color, full body, low tannins and high levels of acidity.J. Robinson (ed) The Oxford Companion to Wine Third Edition pg ... | {"VIVC": "974", "Species": "Vitis vinifera", "Also called": "(more)", "Origin": "Italy", "Notable regions": "Montferrat (Italy), California, Australia and Argentina", "Notable wines": "Nizza, Barbera d'Asti"} |
Dark Season is a British science-fiction television serial for adolescents, screened on BBC1 in late 1991. Comprising six 25-minute episodes, the two linked three-part stories tell the adventures of three teenagers and their battle to save their school and their classmates from the actions of the sinister Mr Eldritch. ... | {"Running time": "25 minutes", "Created by": "Russell T Davies", "Starring": "Victoria LambertBen ChandlerKate WinsletBrigit ForsythGrant ParsonsJacqueline Pearce", "Directed by": "Colin Cant", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "BBC1", "Original release": "1991 12 19 y"} |
Oval is an area in south London, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is part of Kennington near The Oval cricket ground, situated 2.1 miles (3.38 km) to the south-east of Charing Cross. Oval straddles the border of south-west London and south-east London, and is where the postcode SE11 converges with the postcodes SW8... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census.Ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688933&c=Oval&d=14&e=62&g=6332519&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476285438750&enc=1 Lambeth Ward population 2011 12 October 2016 Office for National Statistics Neigh... |
Boscombe is a suburb of Bournemouth, England. Historically in Hampshire, but today in Dorset, it is located to the east of Bournemouth town centre and west of Southbourne.
Originally a sparsely inhabited area of heathland, from around 1865 Boscombe developed rapidly from a small village into a seaside resort alongsid... | {"Population": "(2 wards, 2011)Boscombe East ward 2011 https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13690567&c=Boscombe+East&d=14&e=62&g=6392140&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1428404434509&enc=1 Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics 7 April 2015Boscombe West ward... |
Braunton is a large village, civil parish, ecclesiastical parish and former manor in Devon. The village is situated west of Barnstaple. It is one of the largest villages in Devon with a population at the 2021 census of 10,217 people. There are two electoral wards (East and West). Their joint population at the above ce... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-southwestengland.php?cityid=E35000220 South West England (United Kingdom): Counties and Unitary Districts & Settlements - Population Statistics, Charts and Map (2011)", "District": "North Devon", "Shire county": "Devon", "UK Parl... |
The Mitre Corporation (stylized as The MITRE Corporation and MITRE) is an American not-for-profit organization with dual headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts, and McLean, Virginia. It manages federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) supporting various U.S. government agencies in the aviation, defens... | {"Type": "Not-for-profit corporation", "Founded": "1958", "Headquarters": "Bedford, Massachusetts and McLean, Virginia, United States", "Revenue": "1.805 billion yes (2017)https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/42239742/10_2019_prefixes_01-04%2F042239742_201809_990_2019101816761012 2017 IRS Form 990 2... |
The Fashion and Textile Museum is the only museum in the UK dedicated to showcasing contemporary fashion and textile design. The museum is committed to presenting varied, creative, and engaging exhibitions alongside an exciting selection of educational courses, talks, events, and workshops. In place of a permanent coll... | {"Coordinates": "51 29 55 N 000 04 52 W type:landmark_region:GB inline,title", "Established": "2003", "Location": "Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark", "Type": "Fashion, textiles", "Founder": "Zandra Rhodes", "Public transit access": "London Bridge station", "Website": "https://fashiontextilemuseum.org"} |
Lorraine Sylvia Heggessey (born 16 November 1956) is a British television producer and executive. From 2000 until 2005, she was the first woman to be Controller of BBC One, the primary television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation. She has also served as the Chief Executive of the production company Talkba... | {"Name": "Lorraine Heggessey", "Caption": "Heggessey at the 66th Annual Peabody Awards", "Birth name": "Lorraine Sylvia Heggessey", "Birth date": "yes 1956 11 16", "Birth place": "Hillingdon, Middlesex, England", "Education": "Vyners Grammar School", "Alma mater": "Collingwood College, Durham (BA)", "Employer": "BBCTal... |
Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon (, literally Saint-Germain near Arpajon) is a commune in the Essonne department. It is a suburb of Paris located south of Paris via the N20, and north of Étampes.
History
Corbinian founded a religious community in the 7th century
Up into the 13th century, Saint-Germain was a dependence o... | {"Name": "Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "MairieEtEglise91180.JPG", "Caption": "The town hall and church in Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon", "Coordinates": "48.5946 2.2558 dms inline,title", "Arrondissement": "Palaiseau", "Canton": "Arpajon", "Postal code": "91180", "Mayor": "Norbert Santi... |
45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records is a double album released in 2002 by NOFX. There were 47 songs on the CD version, and all the songs easily fit onto one CD.
The band built up a list of songs that did not make it onto any of their albums, or had previously appeared on compilation albu... | {"Released": "May 21, 2002", "Recorded": "Various", "Genre": "Punk rock", "Label": "Fat Wreck Chords", "Producer": "Various"} |
Amy Jane Studt (born 22 March 1986) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Growing up in a musical family, with her father a violinist and conductor who had toured with Roy Orbison, and her mother a pianist, Studt began writing music at the age of six, teaching herself piano, guitar, and oboe. At 12 years old s... | {"Born": "Hammersmith, London, England", "Origin": "Bournemouth, England", "Genres": "Pop, alternative", "Labels": "Polydor, 19 Entertainment", "Website": "www.amystudt.com"} |
Joe Average (born October 10, 1957, as Brock David Tebbutt) is a Canadian artist who resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. Diagnosed HIV+ at age 27, Average made the decision to commit the rest of his life to art, and to challenge himself to live by his art.Not Your Average Joe : Pop icon and artist Joe Average on ... | {"Image": "frame|Banners designed by Joe Average decorate the Davie Village gaybourhood.", "Birth name": "Brock David Tebbutt", "Birth date": "1957 10 10", "Birth place": "Victoria, British Columbia, Canada", "Known For": "artist"} |
Varennes-Jarcy () is a commune in the Essonne department in northern France, located between Périgny (Val-de-Marne) and Combs-la-Ville (Seine-et-Marne) 25 km from the center of Paris.
Inhabitants of Varennes-Jarcy are known as Varennois.
Remarkable sites
Dedicated to Saint-Sulpice, bishop of Bourges, the church was b... | {"Name": "Varennes-Jarcy", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The town hall of Varennes-Jarcy", "Coordinates": "48.6789 2.5607 dms inline,title", "Postal code": "91480", "Arrondissement": "Évry", "Canton": "Épinay-sous-Sénart", "Intercommunality": "CC L'Orée de la Brie", "Mayor": "Bruno BezotRépertoire national d... |
Hannah More (2 February 1745 - 7 September 1833) was an English religious writer, philanthropist, poet, and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, who wrote on moral and religious subjects. Born in Bristol, she taught at a school her father founded there and began writing plays. She became involved ... | {"Name": "Hannah More", "Caption": "More in 1821", "Birth date": "yes 1745 02 02", "Birth place": "Fishponds, Bristol, England", "Death date": "yes 1833 09 07 1745 02 02", "Death place": "Clifton, Bristol, England", "Resting place": "Wrington, Somerset, England", "Known For": "Poetry drama philanthropy", "Occupation": ... |
Verrières-le-Buisson () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is from the centre of Paris, in the Essonne department just outside the inner ring of the Île-de-France.
The commune borders the river Bièvre.
History
The "Villa Vedrarias", was given by Childebert I in 543 to the Abbey of Saint-Germ... | {"Name": "Verrières-le-Buisson", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Verrieres-le-Buisson Hotel-de-Ville.JPG", "Caption": "The town hall in Verrières-le-Buisson", "Coordinates": "48.7464 2.2674 dms inline,title", "Arrondissement": "Palaiseau", "Canton": "Gif-sur-Yvette", "Postal code": "91370", "Mayor": "François-Gu... |
Vitry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris.
Name
Vitry-sur-Seine was originally called simply Vitry. The name Vitry comes from Medieval Latin Vitriacum, and before that Victoriacum, meaning "estate of Victorius", a Gallo-Roman landowner. In 1897 the name of ... | {"Name": "Vitry-sur-Seine", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Vitry Hotel de Ville DSCN1793.JPG", "Caption": "City hall", "Arrondissement": "L'Haÿ-les-Roses", "Canton": "Vitry-sur-Seine-1 Vitry-sur-Seine-2", "Postal code": "94400", "Mayor": "Pierre Bell-LlochRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.da... |
The Vice-President of the Executive Council () was the deputy prime minister of the 1922-37 Irish Free State, and the second most senior member of the Executive Council (cabinet). Formally the Vice-President was appointed by the Governor-General on the nomination of the President of the Executive Council, but by conven... | {"Post": "Vice-President of the Executive Council", "Body": "the Irish Free State", "Insignia caption": "Great Seal of the Irish Free State", "Residence": "No official residence", "Appointer": "Governor-General, upon the nomination of President", "Date of formation": "6 December 1922", "First holder": "Kevin O'Higgins"... |
Ealhswith or Ealswitha (died 5 December 902) was the wife of King Alfred the Great. Her father was a Mercian nobleman, Æthelred Mucel, Ealdorman of the Gaini, which is thought to be an old Mercian tribal group. Her mother was Eadburh, a member of the Mercian royal family. Ealhswith is commemorated as a saint in the Chr... | {"Father": "Æthelred Mucel", "Mother": "Eadburh", "Died": "5 December 902", "Burial": "New Minster, Winchester"} |
Hercules in New York is a 1970 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman and written by Aubrey Wisberg. It was released on home video under the title "Hercules Goes Bananas". It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger in his acting debut as the eponymous divine hero, who engages in escapades after traveling t... | {"Directed by": "Arthur Allan Seidelman", "Written by": "Aubrey Wisberg", "Produced by": "Aubrey Wisberg", "Starring": "Arnold Stang\n Arnold Schwarzenegger\n Deborah Loomis\n James Karen\n Ernest Graves\n Tanny McDonald\n Taina Elg", "Cinematography": "Leo Lebowitz", "Edited by": "Donald P. Finamore", "Music by": "Joh... |
Winterlude is an annual winter festival held in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec (collectively known as the National Capital Region).
Winterlude is run by the Department of Canadian Heritage and was started in 1979. The event is one of Ottawa's most important tourist draws, attracting hundreds of thousands of visi... | {"Genre": "Winter festival", "Frequency": "Annually", "Venue": "Confederation ParkJacques Cartier ParkRideau Canal Skateway", "Location(s)": "Ottawa, Ontario Gatineau, Quebec", "Country": "Canada", "Previous event": "31 January—17 February 2020", "Next event": "4—20 February 2022"} |
Charles Ellsworth "Pee Wee" Russell (March 27, 1906 - February 15, 1969), was an American jazz musician. Early in his career he played clarinet and saxophones, but he eventually focused solely on clarinet.
With a highly individualistic and spontaneous clarinet style that "defied classification", Russell began his care... | {"Born": "Maplewood, Missouri, U.S.", "Died": "Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.", "Origin": "Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.", "Genres": "Jazz, bebop, dixieland, swing, post-bop, free jazz"} |
Peter Salmon (born 15 May 1956) is a British television producer and executive. He is Chief Creative Officer of global content creator, producer and distributor Endemol Shine Group, leading the company’s creative direction globally and overseeing the Group’s UK business. Prior to taking his current role in April 2016, ... | {"Name": "Peter Salmon", "Caption": "Salmon at the Nations & Regions Media Conference in 2012", "Birth date": "1956 5 15 y", "Birth place": "Burnley, Lancashire, England", "Education": "St Theodore's RC High School", "Alma mater": "University of Warwick", "Employer": "Endemol Shine GroupBBCChannel 4Granada Television",... |
Astrophyllite is a very rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral. Belonging to the astrophyllite group, astrophyllite may be classed either as an inosilicate, phyllosilicate, or an intermediate between the two. It forms an isomorphous series with kupletskite, to which it is visually... | {"Category": "Inosilicates Astrophyllite group", "IMA symbol": "AstWarr L.N. 2021 IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291-320 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 2021MinM...85..291W 235729616 free", "Strunz classification": "9.DC.05", "Cleavage": "Perfect on [001] imperfect on [100]", "Fracture": "Uneven", "... |
Croyde is a village on the west-facing coastline of North Devon, England. The village lies on the South West Coast Path near to Baggy Point, which is owned by the National Trust. It lies within the North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Croyde village and its beach is on the Bristol Channel.The beach f... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/devon/E34001464__woolacombe/ Woolacombe City Population", "District": "North Devon", "Shire county": "Devon", "UK Parliament": "North Devon", "Postcode district": "EX", "Dialling code": "01271", "OS grid reference": "SS44... |
thumb|National flags on El Malecón, Havana
The national flag of Cuba () consists of five alternating stripes (three blue and two white) and a red equilateral triangle at the hoist, within which is a white five-pointed star. It was designed in 1849 and officially adopted May 20, 1902. The flag is referred to as the , or... | {"FIAV usage code": "111111", "IFIS symbol": "111111 normal Mirror", "Aspect ratio": "1:2flag of Cuba Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Cuba 2022-08-23 Britannica en Whitney Smith", "Adopted": "May 20, 1902flag of Cuba Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Cuba 2022-08-23 Brita... |
Adrian Carmack (born May 5, 1969) is an American video game artist and one of four co-founders of id Software, along with Tom Hall, John Romero, and John Carmack (no relation). The founders met while working at Softdisks Gamer's Edge division and started id in 1991. Adrian Carmack's primary role at the company was as a... | {"Name": "Adrian Carmack", "Birth date": "1969 5 5", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Video game artist", "Known For": "co-founder, id Software"} |
Mal Young (born 26 January 1957) is a British television producer, screenwriter and executive producer.
Career
Mersey TV
Young began his career in graphic design. At age 27 he began working in television, on the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. Over nearly a decade, he worked his way up from extra to become the show... | {"Name": "Mal Young", "Birth date": "1957 01 26 yes", "Birth place": "Huyton, England, UK", "Occupation": "Television producer Screenwriter", "Years active": "1984-present", "Spouse(s)": "Mari Wilson 2014", "Children": "1"} |
The National Capital Commission (NCC; , CCN) is the Crown corporation responsible for development, urban planning, and conservation in Canada's Capital Region (Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec), including administering most lands and buildings owned by the Government of Canada in the region.
The NCC is the capital... | {"Type": "Crown corporation", "Industry": "Property management,urban planning", "Founded": "1959", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Parent": "Government of Canada", "Website": "https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca"} |
Note: Within this article, "CAFTA" refers to the agreement as it stood before January 2004, and "CAFTA-DR" is used after that.
thumb|300px|Presidents Francisco Flores Pérez, Ricardo Maduro, George W. Bush, Abel Pacheco, Enrique Bolaños and Alfonso Portillo
The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Tra... | {"Name": "Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement", "Long name": "The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement", "Image": "frameless|upright=1.15", "Treaty type": "Free trade agreement", "Date signed": "5 August 2004", "Location signed": "Washington, D.C.", "Date effective":... |
Philip Collinson (born 26 August 1970)Researcha is a British television producer. He was initially an actor, before switching to working behind the cameras in the industry as a script editor and writer on programmes such as Springhill and Emmerdale, later becoming the producer of Peak Practice, Doctor Who and Coronatio... | {"Name": "Phil Collinson", "Birth date": "1970 8 26 y", "Nationality": "British", "Notable works": "See below", "Occupation": "TV producer, actor", "Years active": "1998present", "Employer": "ITV", "Television": "Coronation Street Doctor Who"} |
right|thumb|Swallowtailed version of the flag, unofficial, but popular on the Islands
thumb|The original flag now hangs in the church of Fámjin
The flag of the Faroe Islands (in Faroese: Merkið) is an offset cross, representing Christianity. It is similar in design to other Nordic flags - a tradition set by the Danneb... | {"FIAV usage code": "111100", "IFIS symbol": "111100 normal Mirror Vertical normal", "Aspect ratio": "8:11", "Adopted": "1940 04 25 y"} |
The F Virtual Window Manager is a virtual window manager for the X Window System. Originally a twm derivative, FVWM has evolved into a powerful and highly configurable environment for Unix-like systems.
History
thumb|FVWM running on SUSE 5.1
thumb|FVWM 1.24, an old version from the 1.x series
In 1993, during his work ... | {"Developer(s)": "Robert Nation", "Written in": "C, Perl, Unix Shell", "Type": "Window manager", "License": "GNU GPL v2,FVWM included in OpenBSD: BSD Licensehttp://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/xenocara/app/fvwm/COPYING?rev=1.1.1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup xenocara/app/fvwm/COPYING - view - 1.1.1.1 Cvsweb.... |
The Dead Milkmen is an American punk rock band formed in 1983 in Philadelphia. Their original lineup consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Rodney Linderman ("Rodney Anonymous"), guitarist and vocalist Joe Genaro ("Joe Jack Talcum"), bassist Dave Schulthise ("Dave Blood") and drummer Dean Sabatino ("Dean Clean").
The b... | {"Origin": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Genres": "Punk rock indie rock cowpunk comedy rock", "Labels": "Restless Records, Enigma Records, Hollywood Records", "Website": "www.deadmilkmen.com", "Members": "Joe GenaroRodney LindermanDean SabatinoDan Stevens"} |
Starsky & Hutch is an American action television series, which consisted of a 72-minute pilot movie (originally aired as a Movie of the Week entry) and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn (inspired by the success of the then recent movie Busting), produced by Spelling-Goldberg Producti... | {"Genre": "Action Crime Drama Mystery", "Created by": "William Blinn", "Starring": "David SoulPaul Michael GlaserAntonio FargasBernie Hamilton", "Country of origin": "United States", "Cinematography": "Travers Hill (S1-2)Keith C. Smith (S3)Eduardo J. Ricci (S4)", "Running time": "45-48 minutes", "Original network... |
The Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) is an international trade agreement between countries mostly located in Southeastern Europe. Founded by representatives of Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, CEFTA in 2006 expanded to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedo... | {"Conventional long name": "Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA)", "Native name": "background:transparent; text-align:center Native names sq Marrëveshja e Tregtisë së Lirë të Evropës Qendrorebs Centralnoevropski sporazum o slobodnoj trgovinimk Централноевропски договор за слободна трговијаro Acordul Central ... |
is a 1982 maze arcade video game developed by General Computer Corporation and published by Midway. It is the first sequel to Pac-Man (1980) and the first entry in the series to not be made by Namco. Controlling the title character, Pac-Man's wife, the player is tasked with eating all of the pellets in an enclosed maze... | {"Title": "Ms. Pac-Man", "Caption": "North American sales flyer", "Developer": "General Computer CorporationMidway", "Publisher": "Midway", "Designer": "Steve Golson", "Composer": "Chris Rode", "Released": "NA \"Copyright\">Ms. Pac-Man (Registration Number PA0000140275) https://cocatalog.loc.gov United States Copyrig... |
Franka Potente (; born 22 July 1974) is a German actress. She first appeared in the comedy film After Five in the Forest Primeval (1995), for which she won a Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actress. Her breakthrough came in 1998, when she portrayed the titular role in the acclaimed action thriller Run Lola Run, for ... | {"Name": "Franka Potente", "Caption": "Potente in 2019", "Birth date": "yes 1974 7 22", "Birth place": "Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1995-present", "Spouse(s)": "Derek Richardson 2012", "Children": "2"} |
Ginette Harrison (28 February 1958 - 24 October 1999) was a professional climber of British origin. She also lived in Australia and the United States.
thumb|Everest climbers receive Tengboche's
blessing. Ginette Harrison, David Hempleman-Adams, David Callaway,
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She... | {"Name": "Ginette Harrison", "Birth date": "yes 1958 02 28", "Death date": "yes 1999 10 24 1958 02 28", "Death place": "Dhaulagiri, Kingdom of Nepal", "Nationality": "British", "Known For": "Climbing high altitude mountains; First woman to summit Kangchenjunga", "Occupation": "Physician"} |
The state highway system of the U.S. state of California is a network of highways that are owned and maintained by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).
Each highway is assigned a Route (officially State Highway RouteCalifornia Streets and Highways Code, Section 231Caltrans, Other State Highway Route... | {"Interstate": "Interstate X (I-X)", "US Highways": "U.S. Route X (US X)", "State": "State Route X (SR X)", "Notes": "All classes of state-numbered highways are generally state-maintained."} |
The Unix command , which stands for 'substitute user' (or historically 'superuser'), is used by a computer user to execute commands with the privileges of another user account. When executed it invokes a shell without changing the current working directory or the user environment.
When the command is used without spec... | {"Original author(s)": "Dennis Ritchie\n Ken Thompson", "Developer(s)": "AT&T Bell Laboratories", "Initial release": "1971 11 3", "Type": "Command"} |
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN; ) is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. The fleet currently consists of nine ships. The Navy had its origins in the Naval Defence Act 1913, and the subsequent purchase of the cruiser , which by 1921 had been moored in Auckland as a training ship. A slow buildup occurred... | {"Website": "https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/navy/", "Type": "Navy", "Role": "Naval warfare", "Size": "2,219 active personnel\n 611 reserves\n9 commissioned ships", "Part of": "New Zealand Defence Force", "March": "Quick - \"Heart of Oak\" Heart of Oak.ogg PlaySlow - \"E Pari Ra\"", "Mascot(s)": "Anchor", "Anniversaries": "1 O... |
Karl Anthony Malone (born July 24, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Mailman", he is considered one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history. Malone spent his first 18 seasons (1985-2003) in the NBA with the Utah Jazz and formed ... | {"Born": "Summerfield, Louisiana, U.S.", "Listed height": "9", "Listed weight": "259", "High school": "Summerfield(Summerfield, Louisiana)", "College": "Louisiana Tech (1982-1985)"} |
Zhang Zhao (156-236), courtesy name Zibu, was a Chinese calligrapher, essayist, military general, and politician. He served as an official of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Born in the late Eastern Han dynasty, Zhang Zhao started his career as a scholar in his native Xu Province befo... | {"Name": "Zhang Zhao", "Native name": "張昭", "Image size": "150px", "Image caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Zhang Zhao", "Term start": "229", "Term end": "236", "Office 2": "Army Adviser (軍師)(under Sun Quan)", "Monarch 2": "Emperor Xian of Han", "Chancellor 2": "Cao Cao", "Birth date": "156de Crespigny 2007 109... |
Cao Zhang () (189 - 1 August 223), courtesy name Ziwen, nickname "The Yellow Goatee" (黃鬚兒), was a prince of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was a son of Cao Cao, a warlord who rose to power towards the end of the Han dynasty and laid the foundation of Wei. Cao Zhang was said to have w... | {"Born": "189", "Died": "223 8 1 ydeath date Cao Pi's biography in the Sanguozhi recorded that Cao Zhang died on the jiaxu day of the 6th month of the 4th year of the Huangchu era of Cao Pi's reign.([黃初四年]六月甲戌，任城王彰薨于京都。) Sanguozhi vol. 2. This date corresponds to 1 August 223 in the Gregorian calendar.", "Father": "Cao... |
Lithuanians () are a Baltic ethnic group. They are native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,378,118 people. Another two millions make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Russia, and Canada. Their native language is Lithuanian, one of only two ... | {"Name": "Lithuanians", "Native name": "Lietuviai", "Native name language code": "Lithuanian", "Population": "4.2 millionLietuviai https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/lietuviai-1/ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija 28 October 2022\ncenter|frameless|260x260px", "Languages": "Lithuanian", "Religions": "Predominantly Roman Catho... |
Farm Aid is an annual benefit concert held for American farmers.
History
On July 13, 1985, while performing at the Live Aid benefit concert for the 1983-1985 Ethiopian famine, Bob Dylan made comments about family farmers within the United States in danger of losing their farms through mortgage debt, saying to the worl... | {"Music festival name": "Farm Aid", "Image": "200px|alt=", "Location": "United States", "Founders": "Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young", "Years active": "1985-present"} |
Yuan Shao (, ; died 28 June 202), courtesy name Benchu (Benchu was also the era name used by Emperor Zhi of Han for his reign.), was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. He occupied the northern territories of China during the civil wars that occurred towards th... | {"Name": "Yuan Shao", "Native name": "袁紹", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Yuan Shao", "Term start": "196", "Term end": "28 June 202", "Office 2": "Governor of Ji Province (冀州牧)", "Monarch 2": "Emperor Xian of Han", "Predecessor 2": "Han Fu", "Successor 2": "Yuan Shang", "Birth d... |
Hazen Robert Argue (January 6, 1921 – October 2, 1991) was a Canadian politician who served in the House of Commons and the Senate. He was first elected as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) Member of Parliament (MP) in 1945 and was the last leader of the party, from 1960 to 1961. He crossed the floor to th... | {"Name": "Hazen Argue", "Term start": "August 11, 1960", "Term end": "August 2, 1961", "Predecessor 2": "Edward McCullough", "Successor 2": "Lawrence Watson", "Birth name": "Hazen Robert Argue", "Birth date": "1921 1 6", "Birth place": "Kayville, Saskatchewan, Canada", "Death date": "1991 10 2 1921 1 6", "Death place":... |
Yan Liang () (died 200) was a military general serving under the warlord Yuan Shao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was slain by Guan Yu at the Battle of Boma.
Life
Little is known about Yan Liang's life. The only historical records about him could be found in the Records of the Three Kingdoms, in the... | {"Name": "Yan Liang顔良", "Birth date": "Unknown", "Death date": "200", "Death place": "Boma (白馬; near present-day Hua County, Henan)", "Occupation": "Military General", "Caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Yan Liang"} |
Xun Yu (163-212), courtesy name Wenruo, was a Chinese military official and politician who served as an adviser to the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.
Early life
Xun Yu was from Yingchuan Commandery (around present-day Xuchang, Henan), and was born in a family of government officials. He ... | {"Name": "Xun Yu", "Native name": "荀彧", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Xun Yu (1734)", "Term start": "196", "Term end": "212", "Birth date": "163Xun Yu's biography in Records of the Three Kingdoms stated that he died at the age of 50 by East Asian age reckoning in the year Jian'... |
Wen Chou () (died 200) was a military general serving under the warlord Yuan Shao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. His force was defeated by that of rival warlord Cao Cao in the Battle of Yan Ford and he was killed in the midst of battle.
Life
Historical records pertaining to Wen Chou are scarce. Referenc... | {"Name": "Wen Chou文醜", "Caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Wen Chou", "Birth date": "Unknown", "Death date": "200", "Death place": "Yan Ford (延津; north of present-day Yanjin County, Henan)", "Occupation": "Military General"} |
Chunyu Qiong (died 200), courtesy name Zhongjian, was a military officer serving under the warlord Yuan Shao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He played a significant part in the Battle of Guandu in 200.
Life
Little is known about Chunyu's background other than that in 188, he was the Right Colonel (右校尉) i... | {"Name": "Chunyu Qiong", "Native name": "淳于瓊", "Term start": "?", "Term end": "189", "Birth date": "Unknown", "Death date": "200"} |
Xu Shu (180 - 230s), courtesy name Yuanzhi, originally named Xu Fu, was a Chinese politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was born in the late Eastern Han dynasty and used to be a vigilante swordsman in his early life. However, after running into trouble with the authorities, he... | {"Name": "Xu Shu", "Native name": "徐庶", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Xu Shu", "Term start": "220", "Term end": "?", "Birth date": "170sWhile Xu Shu's birth year is not recorded, Weilüe indicated that he was a young man during the late Zhong'ping era (184-189) of Emperor Ling's... |
Alan Yentob (born 11 March 1947) is a BBC presenter and retired British television executive. He stepped down as Creative Director in December 2015, and was chairman of the board of trustees of the charity Kids Company from 2003 until its collapse in 2015.
Early life
Alan Yentob was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in... | {"Name": "Alan Yentob", "Other names": "BotneyThe IndependentSeptember 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Independent:The Alan Yentob Experience", "Birth date": "y 1947 3 11", "Birth place": "Stepney, London, England", "Children": "2", "Education": "King's Ely", "Alma mater": "Leeds University", "Occupation": "Television e... |
Han Sui () (140sThe Dianlüe recorded that Han Sui was in his 70s when he died. (《典略》曰：遂字文约，....至是乃死，年七十馀矣。) Dianlüe annotation in Sanguozhi vol.01. Thus by calculation, his birth year should be in the 140s. - June or July 215According to Cao Cao's biography in Sanguozhi, Han Sui was killed in the 5th month of the 20th ... | {"Name": "Han Sui", "Native name": "韓遂", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Han Sui", "Office 2": "General Who Guards the West (鎮西將軍)", "Term 2": "192-195", "Monarch 2": "Emperor Xian of Han", "Birth date": "Unknown", "Death date": "215de Crespigny 2007 301"} |
The House of Borgia ( ,"Borgia, Lucrezia" (US) and ; Spanish and ; ) was an Italian-Aragonese Spanish noble family, which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance. They were from Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, the surname being a toponymic from the town of Borja, then in the Crown of Aragon, in Spain.
The Bo... | {"Country": "25px Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Spain bourbon Kingdom of France valois Andorra Kingdom of Naples Papal States old", "Etymology": "From the Spanish town of Borja", "Founded": "1455", "Founder": "Pope Callixtus III (de facto)", "Current head": "R.N. Borja; took over 2020; direct line extinct November 2020", ... |
Lu Su (172-217), courtesy name Zijing, was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty. In the year 200, when Sun Quan had just taken over the reins of power, his adviser Zhou Yu recommended Lu Su as a talent to Sun Quan. As one of Sun Quan's most imp... | {"Name": "Lu Su", "Native name": "魯肅", "Image size": "180px", "Image caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Lu Su", "Term start": "214", "Term end": "217", "Office 2": "Lieutenant-General (偏將軍)", "Birth date": "172birth and death dates \"Sanguozhi\">(肅年四十六，建安二十二年卒。) Sanguozhi vol. 54. By calculation, Lu Su's birth y... |
Guo Jia () (170- October 207), courtesy name Fengxiao, was an adviser to the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Throughout his 11 years of service, Guo Jia aided Cao Cao greatly with his brilliance and foresight, and his strategies were instrumental to Cao Cao's triumphs over rival warlords s... | {"Name": "Guo Jia", "Native name": "郭嘉", "Image size": "150px", "Image caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Guo Jia", "Term start": "196 or after", "Term end": "207", "Birth date": "170birth and death dates de Crespigny 2007 285. Guo Jia's biography in the Sanguozhi recorded that he fell ill after departing from L... |
The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA, ) was a United States federal law enacted by the Congress, and signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973 to train workers and provide them with jobs in the public service. The bill was introduced as S. 1559, the Job Training and Community Servic... | {"Short title": "Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)", "Legislature": "U.S. Congress", "Citation": "Pub. L. 93-203 Job Training and Community Services Act", "Territorial extent": "United States", "Enacted by": "U.S. Congress", "Date enacted": "December 28, 1973", "Date signed": "December 28, 1973", "Signed... |
The Walker Art Gallery is an art gallery in Liverpool, which houses one of the largest art collections in England outside London. It is part of the National Museums Liverpool group.
History of the Gallery
The Walker Art Gallery's collection dates from 1819 when the Liverpool Royal Institution acquired 37 paintings fro... | {"Established": "1877", "Location": "William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom", "Visitors": "391,765 (2019)ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions https://www.alva.org.uk/details.cfm?p=423 www.alva.org.uk 27 October 2020", "Coordinates": "53.4100 -2.9796 inline,title", "Founder": "Sir Andr... |
Indoor soccer or arena soccer (known internationally as indoor football, fast football, or showball) is a five-a-side or six-a-side version of minifootball, derived from association football and adapted to be played in walled hardcourt indoor arena. Indoor soccer, as it is most often known in the United States and Cana... | {"Nicknames": "Indoor football", "Governing body": "World Minifootball Federation", "Contact": "full", "Team members": "5-7 per side (including goalkeeper)", "Type": "team sport, ball sport", "Equipment": "Football", "Venue": "Indoor soccer field", "Olympic": "No", "Paralympic": "Yes"} |
Raymond Alan Whyberd (18 September 1930 - 24 May 2010) was an English ventriloquist, television entertainer, and writer. His career spanned over half a century, though he was most popular from the 1950s until the 1980s. He was associated primarily with the dummies Lord Charles and Ali Kat and later with the puppets Tic... | {"Name": "Ray Alan", "Birth name": "Raymond Alan Whyberd", "Birth date": "1930 9 18 yes", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "2010 5 24 1930 9 18 yes", "Death place": "Redhill, Surrey, England", "Occupation": "Entertainer writer", "Spouse(s)": "Greta Motherwell 1956 1972 divorced Jane Laycock 1991", "Year... |
John Colinton Moore (born 16 November 1936) is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Representatives for over 25 years, serving between 1975 and 2001, and was a minister in the Fraser and Howard governments.
Background and early career
Moore was born in Rockhampton, Queensland. He w... | {"Name": "John Moore", "Image caption": "Moore in 1999", "Order 2": "Vice-President of the Executive Council", "Prime minister 2": "John Howard", "Predecessor 2": "Gary Johns", "Successor 2": "David Kemp", "Birth name": "John Colinton Moore", "Birth date": "1936 11 16 y", "Birth place": "Rockhampton, Queensland", "Alma... |
Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in central London. It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre.
It is a large teaching hospital and is, with St Thomas' Hospital and King's C... | {"Location": "London", "Lists": "England", "Care system": "NHS England", "Type": "Teaching", "Affiliated university": "King's College London / KCLMS", "Beds": "400https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/about/vitalstatistics.aspx Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust: Vital Statistics 4 November 2008 dead https://we... |
The Walker Art Center is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is one of the most-visited modern and contemporary art museums in the U.S.: together with the adjacent Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and the Cowles Conservatory, it has... | {"Established": "1927", "Location": "725 Vineland PlaceMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States", "Coordinates": "44 58 05 N 93 17 19 W region:US-MN_type:landmark inline,title", "Type": "Art center", "Director": "Mary Ceruti", "Website": "walkerart.org"} |
Albert Gordon MacRae (March 12, 1921 - January 24, 1986) was an American actor, singer, and television and radio host. He appeared in the film versions of two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956), and played the leading man opposite Doris Day in On Moonlight Bay (1951) and sequel By Th... | {"Name": "Gordon MacRae", "Image": "Gordon MacRae 1953.JPG", "Caption": "MacRae in 1953", "Birth name": "Albert Gordon MacRae", "Birth date": "1921 3 12", "Occupation": "Actor singer TV and radio show host", "Years active": "1939-1980", "Birth place": "East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "1986 1 24 1921 3 12"... |
The Devils is a 1971 historical drama horror film written, produced and directed by Ken Russell, and starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave. A dramatised historical account of the fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft after the possessions in Loudun, France, the plot als... | {"Directed by": "Ken Russell", "Screenplay by": "Ken Russell", "Based on": "The Devils John Whiting\n The Devils of Loudun Aldous Huxley", "Produced by": "Robert H. Solo\n Ken Russell", "Starring": "Vanessa Redgrave\n Oliver Reed", "Cinematography": "David Watkin", "Edited by": "Michael Bradsell", "Music by": "Peter Ma... |
thumb|1970 Morane-Saulnier Rallye Minerva MS.894A
thumb|Morane-Saulnier MS.317
Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier was a French aircraft manufacturing company formed in October 1911 by Raymond Saulnier (1881-1964) and the Morane brothers, Léonfindagrave Leon Morane, Cimitiere du Pere Lachaise (1885-1918) and Robertfindagrave R... | {"Industry": "Aerospace", "Fate": "bought out by Potez on January 7, 1962", "Founded": "1911", "Headquarters": "France", "Products": "Aircraft", "Parent": "-->"} |
The Beacon Street Collection is the second studio album by American rock band No Doubt. It was released on March 25, 1995, by Beacon Street Records. Produced by the band and recorded in a homemade studio in the garage of their house on Beacon Avenue in Anaheim, California, from which the album takes its name, The Beaco... | {"Released": "March 25, 1995", "Recorded": "1993-1994", "Genre": "\"EW\"/>\npunk rock\ngrunge", "Label": "Beacon Street", "Producer": "No Doubt"} |
Abu Dhabi TV () is an Emirates-based television channel that was originally launched in 1969. It broadcasts content from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and is owned by Abu Dhabi Media.
Abu Dhabi TV is managed by the Abu Dhabi Media. It is managed through its previous attachment to the Ministry of ... | {"Launched": "1969 8 4 y", "Picture format": "1080i HDTV(downscaled to 576i/480i for the SDTV feed)", "Owner": "Abu Dhabi Media", "Country": "United Arab Emirates", "Language(s)": "Arabic", "Broadcast area": "Arab WorldEuropeNorth AmericaAustralia", "Sister channels": "Drama TV AD Sports Yas Sports Edge Sport Majid Kid... |
Peter Brough (26 February 1916 – 3 June 1999) was an English radio ventriloquist who became a well-known name to audiences in the 1950s. He is associated with his puppet Archie Andrews.
Early career
Brough’s father Arthur was a ventriloquist and a frequent performer on the variety stages around London. Brough senior g... | {"Caption": "Peter Brough with his doll Archie Andrews", "Name": "Peter Brough", "Birth date": "1916 2 26 y", "Birth place": "London, UK", "Death date": "1999 6 3 1916 2 26 y", "Death place": "England", "Birth name": "Peter Brough", "Occupation": "Actor, ventriloquist", "Spouse(s)": "Peggy Mary Franklin 1940 dissolved"... |
thumb|Map of the Rybinsk Reservoir basin
Rybinsk Reservoir (, ), informally called the Rybinsk Sea, is a water reservoir on the Volga River and its tributaries Sheksna and Mologa, formed by Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station dam, located in the Tver, Vologda, and Yaroslavl Oblasts. At the time of its construction, it was th... | {"Coordinates": "58 22 N 38 26 E region:RU_type:waterbody_scale:2000000 inline,title", "Primary inflows": "Volga, Sheksna, Mologa", "Basin": "Russia", "Average depth": "5.6 m ft on", "Max. depth": "30 m ft on", "Surface elevation": "102.4 m ft on", "Settlements": "CherepovetsVesyegonsk"} |
DevilDriver is an American heavy metal band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2002, consisting of vocalist Dez Fafara, lead guitarist Mike Spreitzer, bassist Jon Miller, rhythm guitarist Alex Lee and drummer Davier Pérez. The band was originally named Deathride, however, due to copyright issues and the name bei... | {"Origin": "Santa Barbara, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Groove metal\n melodic death metal", "Labels": "Napalm\n Roadrunner\n Echo", "Spinoff of": "Coal Chamber", "Spinoffs": "Bad Wolves", "Website": "devildriver.com", "Members": "Dez Fafara\n Mike Spreitzer\n Jon Miller\n Alex Lee\n Davier Pérez"} |
Homesick and Happy to Be Here is an album by the Los Angeles pop band Aberdeen, released in 2002.
Critical reception
CMJ New Music Report deemed Homesick and Happy to Be Here "a gentle collection of guitar pop with elegant vocals." The Los Angeles Times wrote that "the album is a charming combination of strummy bedroo... | {"Released": "2002", "Recorded": "2001", "Genre": "Twee pop", "Label": "Better LookingSantangelo Antonia The Week's Best New Music CMJ New Music Report Jun 24, 2002 72 1 5", "Producer": "Aberdeen with David Newton"} |
Europa Europa (, lit., "Hitler Youth Salomon") is a 1990 historical war drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland, and starring Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, Hanns Zischler, and André Wilms. It is based on the 1989 autobiography of Solomon Perel, a German-Jewish boy who escaped the Holocaust by masquerading as a Nazi... | {"Directed by": "Agnieszka Holland", "Produced by": "Artur BraunerMargaret Ménégoz", "Screenplay by": "Agnieszka Holland", "Based on": "I Was Hitler Youth Salomon Solomon Perel", "Starring": "Marco Hofschneider\n Julie Delpy\n Hanns Zischler\n André Wilms", "Music by": "Zbigniew Preisner", "Cinematography": "Jacek Petr... |
thumb|Preble's 1873 photo of the Ft. McHenry flag in the Boston Navy Yard
George Henry Preble (February 25, 1816 - March 1, 1885) was an American naval officer and writer, notable for his history of the flag of the United States and for taking the first photograph of the Fort McHenry flag that inspired the U.S. nationa... | {"Born": "Portland, Maine, U.S.", "Died": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States 1865 23px", "Commands held": "Katahdin 1861 2Oneida 1861 2St. Louis 1828 2State of Georgia 1851 2Pensacola 1859 2South Pacific Station", "Relations": "Edward Preble (uncle)", "Other work": "Writer of historical and gen... |
George Allen "Pat" Summerall (May 10, 1930 - April 16, 2013) was an American football player and television sportscaster who worked for CBS, Fox, and ESPN. In addition to football, he announced major golf and tennis events. Summerall announced 16 Super Bowls on network television (more than anyone else), 26 Masters Tou... | {"Born:": "Lake City, Florida, U.S.", "Died:": "Dallas, Texas, U.S.", "Height:": "4", "Weight:": "228", "NFL Draft:": "45", "High school:": "Columbia (Lake City, Florida)", "College:": "Arkansas (1949-1951)"} |
Prospect is a monthly British general-interest magazine, specialising in politics, economics and current affairs. Topics covered include British and other European, and US politics, social issues, art, literature, cinema, science, the media, history, philosophy and psychology. Prospect features a mixture of lengthy ana... | {"Frequency": "Monthly", "Categories": "Politics, world affairs, arts and culture", "Company": "Prospect Publishing Ltd", "First issue": "1995 10", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Based in": "London", "Language": "English", "Website": "prospectmagazine.co.uk", "ISSN": "1359-5024"} |
Gonzalo Pizarro y Alonso (; 1510 - April 10, 1548) was a Spanish conquistador and younger paternal half-brother of Francisco Pizarro, the conqueror of the Inca Empire. Bastard son of Captain Gonzalo Pizarro y Rodríguez de Aguilar (senior) (1446-1522) who as colonel of infantry served in the Italian campaigns under Gonz... | {"Name": "Gonzalo Pizarro", "Occupation": "Conquistador", "Birth date": "1510", "Birth place": "Trujillo, Spain", "Nationality": "Spanish", "Death date": "April 10, 1548 1510", "Death place": "Cusco, Viceroyalty of Peru"} |
Gold Against the Soul is the second studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 21 June 1993 by record label Columbia.
Noted for its lyrics reflecting melancholia, Gold Against the Soul integrated a variation of styles, including funk and grunge.
Recording
The band stated ... | {"Released": "21 June 1993", "Recorded": "January-March 1993", "Studio": "Outside Studios, Checkendon, England", "Genre": "Hard rock\nglam rock\npop rock\nglam metal\ngrunge", "Label": "Columbia", "Producer": "Dave Eringa"} |
Key Tower (formerly known as Society Center) is a skyscraper on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Designed by architect César Pelli, it is the tallest building in the state of Ohio, the 39th-tallest in the United States, and the 165th-tallest in the world. The building reaches 57 stories or to the top of its ... | {"Preceded by": "Terminal Tower", "Location": "127 Public SquareCleveland, Ohio", "Coordinates": "41 30 04 N 81 41 37 W region:US-OH_source:dewiki inline,title", "Status": "Complete", "Construction started": "October 17, 1988", "Type": "Office"} |
John Henry Hammond II (December 15, 1910 - July 10, 1987) was an American record producer, civil rights activist, and music critic active from the 1930s to the early 1980s. In his service as a talent scout, Hammond became one of the most influential figures in 20th-century popular music. He is the father of blues music... | {"Name": "John Hammond", "Birth name": "John Henry Hammond II", "Birth date": "1910 12 15", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, United States", "Death date": "1987 07 10 1910 12 15", "Burial place": "Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum, Staten Island, New York, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Known For": "... |
Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Indiana Pacers. He was known for his precision three-point shooting, especially in pressure situations and most notably against the... | {"Born": "Riverside, California, U.S.", "Listed height": "7", "Listed weight": "195", "High school": "Riverside Polytechnic(Riverside, California)", "College": "UCLA (1983-1987)"} |
San Pedro, officially the City of San Pedro (), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 326,001 people.
It is named after its patron saint, Saint Peter.San Pedro, Laguna Official Website - History
San Pedro has been dubbed as “dormitor... | {"Named for": "Saint Peter", "Type": "government_type", "Rank": "4 out of 30 (in Laguna)Laguna (province)#Administrative divisionsMay 2017", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
Calamba, officially the City of Calamba (), is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 539,671 people.
Calamba is the regional center of the Calabarzon region. It is situated south of Manila and west of Santa Cruz. The city is known as t... | {"Type": "government_type", "Rank": "21st", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
Pushing hands, Push hands or tuishou (alternately spelled tuei shou or tuei sho) is a two-person training routine practiced in internal Chinese martial arts such as Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, Taijiquan (tài jí quán), and Yiquan. It is also played as an international sport akin to Judo, Sumo and wrestling, such as in Taiw... | {"Infobox title": "Tuishou", "Picture caption": "Two students receive instruction in tuishou", "Name in Chinese": "推手", "Pinyin transcription": "tuī shǒu", "Wade-Giles": "t'ui1 shou3"} |
Version 2.0 is the second studio album by American rock band Garbage. It was released on May 11, 1998, by Mushroom Records worldwide, with the North American release on Almo Sounds the following day. With this album, the band aimed to improve and expand upon the style of their 1995 eponymous debut rather than reinventi... | {"Released": "1998 5 11", "Recorded": "March 1997 - February 1998", "Studio": "Smart (Madison, Wisconsin)", "Genre": "Alternative rock\n synth-rockWeber Theon https://www.spin.com/2016/06/review-garbage-strange-little-birds/ Review: Garbage Have Finally Upgraded to Version 3.0 on 'Strange Little Birds' Spin June 1... |
The langeleik, also called langleik, is a Norwegian stringed folklore musical instrument, a droned zither.
Description
The langeleik has only one melody string and up to 8 drone strings. Under the melody string there are seven frets per octave, forming a diatonic major scale. The drone strings are tuned to a triad. Th... | {"Name": "Langeleik", "Background": "string", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "314.122-6", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "chordophone / box zither sounded by a plectrum", "Developed": "Possibly 16th century", "Related": "Scheitholt (Germany)\n Epinette des Vosges (France)\n Langspil (Iceland)\n Hummel (Sweden)\n Appalachian dulc... |
The Round Rock Express are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. They are located in Round Rock, Texas, and play their home games at the Dell Diamond. The team is named for Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, who was nicknamed "The Ryan Express." ... | {"Class": "Triple-A (2005-present)", "Previous classes": "Double-A (2000-2004)", "League": "Pacific Coast League (2022-present)", "Division": "East Division", "Previous teams": "Houston Astros (2019-2020)\nTexas Rangers (2011-2018)\nHouston Astros (2000-2010)", "Name": "Round Rock Express (2000-present)", "Colors": "Na... |
The Finsteraarhorn () is a mountain lying on the border between the cantons of Bern and Valais. It is the highest mountain of the Bernese Alps and the most prominent peak of Switzerland. The Finsteraarhorn is the ninth-highest mountain and third-most prominent peak in the Alps. In 2001 the whole massif and surrounding ... | {"Elevation": "4274", "Prominence": "The key col is located west of the Simplon Pass (1,994 m)Ranked 3rd in the Alps", "Isolation": "Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is north of the Nadelhorn.", "Location": "Bern/Valais, Switzerland", "Coordinates": "46 32 14.9 N 8 07 33.7 E type:mount... |
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George John Mitchell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. A leading member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995, and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. After retiring from the Senate, Mitchell played a leading role in... | {"Name": "George Mitchell", "Image caption": "Mitchell in 1980", "Term start": "January 22, 2009", "Term end": "May 13, 2011", "Office 2": "8th Chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast", "Predecessor 2": "David Orr", "Successor 2": "Kamalesh Sharma", "Birth name": "George John Mitchell Jr.", "Birth date": "1933 8 ... |
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