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is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. Chapters of the series that run in Weekly Shōnen Jump are collected and published in volumes under the Jump Comics imprint ... | {"Former editors": "Tadashi NaganoKazuhiko TorishimaHisashi Sasaki", "Categories": "Shōnen mangaManga: The Complete Guide Thompson Jason Jason Thompson (writer) Del Rey Books 978-0-345-48590-8 2007 xxiii-xxivhttp://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14._cd=34 Boy's Ma... |
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Thrapston is a market town and civil parish in the North Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. It was the headquarters of the former East Northamptonshire district, and at the time of the 2011 census, had a population of 6,239. Office for National Statistics: Thrapston CP... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "Unitary authority": "North Northamptonshire", "Ceremonial county": "Northamptonshire", "UK Parliament": "Corby", "Postcode district": "NN", "Dialling code": "01832", "OS grid reference": "SP997784"} |
Kimbolton is a town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. Kimbolton is about west of Huntingdon and north of Bedford.
Kimbolton was also situated within historic Huntingdonshire when it was a county of England. The parish includes the hamlet of Stonely. Catherine of Aragon, aft... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "TL102681", "Postcode district": "PE28", "Population": "(Including Stonely) (2011 census)", "UK Parliament": "Huntingdon", "District": "Huntingdonshire", "Shire county": "Cambridgeshire"} |
The Lummi ( ; Lummi: Xwlemi ; also known as Lhaq'temish (), or People of the Sea), governed by the Lummi Nation, are a Native American tribe of the Coast Salish ethnolinguistic group. They are based in the coastal area of the Pacific Northwest region of Washington state in the United States.
With a historic territory ... | {"Image": "252px", "Name": "LummiXwlemi", "Population": "6,590", "Population source": "2000 census", "Religions": "American Indian pantheism, Christianity, other", "Languages": "English, Lummi", "Related ethnic groups": "Nooksack and other Coast Salish peoples"} |
El Mariachi is a 1992 Spanish language American independent neo-Western action film and the first part of the saga that came to be known as Robert Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy. It marked the feature-length debut of Rodriguez as writer and director. The Spanish language film was shot with a mainly amateur cast in the nort... | {"Directed by": "Robert Rodriguez", "Produced by": "Robert Rodriguez\nCarlos Gallardo", "Written by": "Robert Rodriguez", "Starring": "Carlos GallardoConsuelo GómezPeter Marquardt", "Music by": "Eric Guthrie\nChris Knudson\nÁlvaro Rodriguez\nCecilio Rodriguez\nMark Trujillo", "Cinematography": "Robert Rodriguez", "Edit... |
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The Swinomish () are a historically Lushootseed-speaking Native American people in western Washington state in the United States. The Tribe lives in the southeastern part of Fidalgo Island in northern Puget Sound, near the San Juan Islands, in Skagit County, Washington. ... | {"Name": "Swinomish", "Native name": "lut swədəbš", "Native name language code": "lut", "Image caption": "Dr. Joe,Sampson Martin J Indians of Skagit County Skagit County Historical Society 2014 6th La Conner, WA. 11 a Swinomish medicine man, c. 1907", "Population": "978Swinomish Indian Tribal Community NCAI ht... |
Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey. Founded in 1994, the band consists of guitarist Michael Romeo, keyboardist Michael Pinnella, drummer Jason Rullo, lead vocalist Russell Allen and bassist Michael LePond.
They achieved some commercial success with the 2007 album Paradise Lost... | {"Genres": "Progressive metal\npower metal\nneoclassical metal\nsymphonic metal", "Origin": "Middletown, New Jersey, U.S.", "Labels": "Nuclear Blast Inside Out Zero Corporation", "Members": "Michael Romeo\nMichael Pinnella\nRussell Allen\nJason Rullo\nMichael LePond", "Website": "http://www.symphonyx.com symphonyx.com"... |
Manga Entertainment was a producer, licensee, and distributor of anime in the United States and the United Kingdom. Originally founded in the UK in 1987, the UK branch became Funimation UK and Ireland in 2021, also currently known as Crunchyroll Ltd. since 2022, while its U.S. branch was absorbed into Starz Inc. (now ... | {"Fate": "Absorbed into Starz Inc. (later Lionsgate Home Entertainment) (U.S. branch)Acquired by Funimation (now known as Crunchyroll LLC) (UK branch)", "Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Entertainment (anime)", "Products": "Anime", "Parent": "Lionsgate Home Entertainment", "Founded": "1991 1 17 (UK branch) 1993 (U.S. ... |
Charles Oscar Finley (February 22, 1918 - February 19, 1996), nicknamed Charlie O or Charley O, was an American businessman who owned Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics. Finley purchased the franchise while it was located in Kansas City, moving it to Oakland in 1968. He is also known as a short-lived owner of t... | {"Name": "Charlie Finley", "Birth date": "1918 02 22", "Birth place": "Ensley, Alabama, U.S.", "Birth name": "Charles Oscar Finley", "Death date": "1996 02 19 1918 02 22", "Death place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Baseball franchise owner and executive", "Known For": "Owner of ... |
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (born Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain, September 8, 1828February 24, 1914)Trulock, p. 26. was an American college professor from Maine who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army. He became a highly respected and decorated Union officer, reaching the rank of brigadier ge... | {"Name": "Joshua L. Chamberlain", "Birth name": "Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain", "Image": "Joshua Chamberlain - Brady-Handy.jpgborder", "Image caption": "Chamberlain in the 1860s", "Term start": "January 2, 1867", "Term end": "January 4, 1871", "Office 2": "6th President of Bowdoin College", "Predecessor 2": "Samuel Harr... |
Karl Richter (15 October 1926 - 15 February 1981) was a German conductor, choirmaster, organist, and harpsichordist.
Early life and education
Karl Richter was born in Plauen to Christian Johannes Richter, a Protestant pastor, and Clara Hedwig Richter. He studied first in Dresden, where he was a member of the Dresdner ... | {"Name": "Karl Richter", "Caption": "Karl Richter in Munich, 1956", "Birth date": "1926 10 15 y", "Birth place": "Plauen, Weimar Republic", "Death date": "1981 02 15 1926 10 15 y", "Death place": "Munich, West Germany", "Spouse(s)": "Gladys Müller 1952", "Children": "Tobias Richter (b. 1953) Simone Richter (b. 1961)", ... |
American Express Company (Amex) is an American multinational financial services corporation that specializes in payment cards. Headquartered in New York City, it is one of the most valuable companies in the world and one of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company's logo, adopted in 1958, is a... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Banking Payment card services", "Founded": "1850 3 18, in Buffalo, New York, U.S.", "Headquarters": "200 Vesey StreetManhattan, New York City, NY 10285United States", "Products": "Charge cardsCredit cardsDebit cardsTraveler's chequesCorporate banking", "Services": "Payment card servicesI... |
Charles Louis Brown (August 22, 1936 - May 16, 2012) was an American guitarist, bandleader and singer known as "The Godfather of Go-Go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed around the Washington, D.C., area in the mid-1970s. While its musical classification, influences, and origins are debated, Brown is regarde... | {"Alt": "Close-up of Brown singing", "Caption": "Brown performing in 2011", "Birth name": "Charles Louis Brown", "Other names": "The Godfather of Go-Go", "Birth date": "1936 08 22", "Birth place": "Gaston, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "2012 05 16 1936 08 22 y", "Death place": "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.", "Occup... |
The Korea Railroad Corporation (Korean: 한국철도공사, Hanja: ), branded as KORAIL (코레일, officially changed to in November 2019), is the national railway operator in South Korea. Currently, KORAIL is a public corporation, managed by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation.
KORAIL operates intercity/regional, com... | {"Type": "Government-owned corporation", "Founded": "yes 1963 09 01 (as Korean National Railroad)yes 2005 01 01 (renamed as Korail)", "Headquarters": "Soje-dong, Dong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea", "Industry": "Rail transport", "Revenue": "₩ 4.4 trillion (2020) ₩ 5.6 trillion (2019)https://www.jobkorea.co.kr/company/1738... |
The Geumgang River is located in South Korea. It is a major river that originates in Jangsu-eup, North Jeolla Province. It flows northward through North Jeolla and North Chungcheong Provinces and then changes direction in the vicinity of Greater Daejeon and flows southwest through South Chungcheong Province before empt... | {"Native name": "ko 금강", "Mouth": "Yellow Sea", "Location": "Esturay bank, Seocheon, South Chungcheong", "Basin size": "9912 km2 on", "Left": "Gapcheon, Ganggyeongcheon", "Right": "Miho River"} |
YAML () (see ) is a human-readable data-serialization language. It is commonly used for configuration files and in applications where data is being stored or transmitted. YAML targets many of the same communications applications as Extensible Markup Language (XML) but has a minimal syntax which intentionally differs fr... | {"Name": "YAML", "No code style in extension": "on", "Extensions": ".yaml, .yml", "No code style in MIME": "on", "MIME type": "application/yamlhttps://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpapi-yaml-mediatypes-10.html YAML Media Type YAML Media Type RFC draft IETF", "Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)": "public.yamlhttps... |
Honam (; literally "south of the lake") is a region coinciding with the former Jeolla Province in what is now South Korea. Today, the term refers to Gwangju, South Jeolla and North Jeolla Provinces. The name "Jeonla-do" is used in the names of the Honam railway line and Honam Expressway, which are major transportation ... | {"Hangul name": "호 남", "Hanja": "湖 南", "McCune-Reischauer": "Honam", "Revised Romanization": "Honam"} |
Get Fuzzy is an American gag-a-day comic strip written and drawn by Darby Conley. It features Boston advertising executive Rob Wilco and his two anthropomorphic pets, a dog, Satchel Pooch, and a cat, Bucky Katt. While there have been no new comics produced since 2019, the reruns continue to appear in newspapers.
The s... | {"Author(s)": "Darby Conley", "Current status/schedule": "Running (on hiatus)", "Syndicate(s)": "United Feature Syndicate/ Andrews McMeel Syndication", "Publisher(s)": "Andrews McMeel Publishing", "Genre(s)": "Humor, Pets, Family", "Launch date": "September 6, 1999", "End date": "New installments:November 9, 2013 (Dail... |
The name Gyeongbu refers to the Seoul-Busan corridor in South Korea. It is used as the name of the Gyeongbu railway line and Gyeongbu Expressway, both of which connect Seoul—the South Korean capital and largest city—to Busan—the largest port and second-largest city. The name "Gyeongbu" is formed from the first charac... | {"Hangul name": "경 부", "Hanja": "京 釜", "Revised Romanization": "Gyeongbu", "McCune-Reischauer": "Kyŏngbu"} |
Mafalda () is an Argentine comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Quino. The strip features a six-year-old girl named Mafalda, who reflects the Argentinian middle class and progressive youth, is concerned about humanity and world peace, and has an innocent but serious attitude toward problems. The comic strip ran ... | {"Author(s)": "Quino", "Current status/schedule": "Ended", "Launch date": "1964 9 29 y", "End date": "1973 6 25 y", "Publisher(s)": "Primera Plana (196465)El Mundo (196567)Siete Días Ilustrados (196873)", "Genre(s)": "Humor, social commentary"} |
Roberta Brooke Astor (née Russell; March 30, 1902 - August 13, 2007) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and writer. She served as the chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation, established by her third husband, Vincent Astor, who was a member of the Astor family. Brooke Astor was the author of two novels and t... | {"Name": "Brooke Astor", "Caption": "Brooke Astor in 2002 in her apartment", "Birth name": "Roberta Brooke Russell", "Birth date": "1902 03 30", "Birth place": "Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.", "Death date": "2007 08 13 1902 03 30", "Death place": "Briarcliff Manor, New York, U.S.", "Education": "The Madeira School Ho... |
William Backhouse Astor Sr. (September 19, 1792 - November 24, 1875) was an American business magnate who inherited most of his father John Jacob Astor's fortune. He worked as a partner in his father's successful export business. His massive investment in Manhattan real estate enabled major donations to the Astor Libra... | {"Name": "William Backhouse Astor Sr.", "Caption": "Astor, c. 1850", "Birth name": "William Backhouse Astor", "Birth date": "1792 9 19", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1875 11 24 1792 9 19", "Death place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Burial place": "Trinity Church Cemetery, New Yor... |
The Church of Euthanasia (CoE) is a religion and antinatalist activist organization founded by Chris Korda and Robert Kimberk (Pastor Kim) in Boston, Massachusetts in 1992.Potts, Grant. (2005) "Church of Euthanasia". In The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, ed. by Bron Taylor, pp. 384-85. London & New York: Continuu... | {"Abbreviation": "CoE", "Founder": "Chris Korda, Robert Kimberk", "Origin": "Registered in the state of Delaware", "Headquarters": "Boston, Massachusetts, United States", "Official website": "http://churchofeuthanasia.org"} |
James Stillman Rockefeller (June 8, 1902 - August 10, 2004) was a member of the prominent U.S. Rockefeller family. He won an Olympic rowing title for the United States, then became president of what eventually became Citigroup. He was a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History and a member of the board of over... | {"Name": "James Stillman Rockefeller", "Caption": "Rockefeller in Time magazine in 1924", "Birth date": "1902 6 8", "Birth place": "Manhattan, New York City, US", "Death date": "2004 8 10 1902 6 8", "Death place": "Greenwich, Connecticut, US", "Education": "The Taft School (1920); Yale University (1924)", "Spouse(s)": ... |
Thomas Jasper "Tom" Cat Sr. is a fictional character and one of the two titular main protagonists (the other being Jerry Mouse) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of Tom and Jerry theatrical animated short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, he is a grey and white anthropomorphic domestic short haired mute... | {"First appearance": "Jasper:\n Puss Gets the Boot (1940)\n Tom or Thomas:\n The Midnight Snack (1941)", "Created by": "William Hanna Joseph Barbera", "Voiced by": "Harry E. Lang (1940-1953)\n William Hanna (1941-1958, 2006, 2014-present)\n Mel Blanc (1946, 1953-1956, 1963-1967)\n Daws Butler (1957)\n ... |
William Henry Vanderbilt (May 8, 1821 - December 8, 1885) was an American businessman and philanthropist. Known as "Billy," he was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family. Vanderbilt became the richest American after he took over his fathe... | {"Name": "William Henry Vanderbilt", "Birth date": "1821 5 8 y", "Birth place": "New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "1885 12 8 1821 5 8", "Death place": "Manhattan, New York City, U.S.", "Education": "Columbia College (1841)", "Occupation": "Owner of the New York Central Railroad and other railroads.", "Ch... |
Cornelius "Corneil" Vanderbilt II (November 27, 1843 - September 12, 1899) was an American socialite
and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family.
Noted forebears
He was the favorite grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, who bequeathed him $5 million, and the eldest son of William Henry "Billy"... | {"Caption": "Portrait of Vanderbilt by John Singer Sargent", "Birth date": "1843 11 27", "Birth place": "Staten Island, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1899 9 12 1843 11 27", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Resting place": "Vanderbilt Family Mausoleum, Staten Island, New York, U.S.", "Employer": "New York Centra... |
Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science is a 1994 book about the philosophy of science by the biologist Paul R. Gross and the mathematician Norman Levitt.
Summary
Levitt states he is a leftist trying to save the "academic left" from itself by exposing misuses and abuses of science to adva... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Johns Hopkins University Press", "Media type": "Print (hardcover and paperback)", "ISBN": "0-8018-5707-4"} |
Harry A. Cole (January 1, 1921 – February 14, 1999) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician. He was a member of the Maryland State Senate from Baltimore, Maryland. He was the first African-American ever elected to the Maryland Senate and the first African-American to serve on the Maryland Court of Appeals.
Backg... | {"Name": "Harry A. Cole", "Image size": "200px", "Term start": "1977", "Term end": "1991", "Order 2": "Judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City", "Appointer 2": "Spiro T. Agnew", "Birth date": "1921 1 1", "Birth place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Death date": "1999 2 14 1921 1 1", "Death place": "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S... |
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 - April 18, 1942) was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. She was a prominent social figure and hostess, who was born into the wealthy Vanderbilt family and married into the Whitney famil... | {"Name": "Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney", "Caption": "circa 1909", "Birth name": "Gertrude Vanderbilt", "Birth date": "1875 1 9", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "1942 04 18 1875 01 09", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Parent(s)": "Cornelius Vanderbilt IIAlice Claypoole Gwynne", "Spouse(s)": "H... |
John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, (13 April 1926 - 16 October 2014) was a British peer. He was the elder son of the 10th Duke of Marlborough and his wife, the Hon. Alexandra Mary Hilda Cadogan. He was known as "Sunny" after his courtesy title of Earl of Sunderland.
His principa... | {"Name": "The Duke of Marlborough", "Image caption": "Portrait in 1984 by Allan Warren", "Birth name": "John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill", "Birth date": "y 1926 4 13", "Birth place": "Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England", "Death date": "y 2014 10 16 1926 4 13", "Death place": "Woodstock, Oxfordshire, En... |
Henry Tang Ying-yen (; born 6 September 1952) is a Hong Kong politician who served as the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong between 2007 and 2011. He held the position of Financial Secretary from 2003 to 2007. In 2012, he lost the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election to Leung Chun-ying.
Background and education
Tang was bor... | {"Name": "Henry Tang Ying-yen", "Native name": "唐英年", "Native name language": "zh-hk", "Image size": "180px", "Nationality": "Hong Konger", "Term start": "1 July 2007", "Term end": "30 September 2011", "Office 2": "Chief Executive of Hong KongActing", "Predecessor 2": "Sir Donald Tsang (Acting)", "Successor 2": "Sir Do... |
William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 - June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he backed artists such as Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, the Everly Brothers, ... | {"Born": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Origin": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Died": "Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.", "Genres": "R&B soul funk rock gospel", "Labels": "Derby, Vee-Jay, Capitol, Apple, Buddah, A&M, Motown", "Website": "billypreston.net"} |
Charles Ellis Schumer ( ; born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New York, a seat he has held since 1999. A member of the Democratic Party, Schumer has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and has served as Senate Majority Leader since 2021. The dean of... | {"Name": "Chuck Schumer", "Office 2": "Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus", "Predecessor 2": "Harry Reid", "Birth name": "Charles Ellis Schumer", "Birth date": "1950 11 23", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Iris Weinshall September 21, 1980", "Education": "Harvard University (AB, JD)", "... |
Zounds are an English anarcho punk/post-punk band from Reading, Berkshire, formed in 1977. Originally they were part of the cassette culture movement, releasing material on the Fuck Off Records label, and were also involved in the squatting and free festival scene. The name of the band is derived from the old English m... | {"Origin": "Reading, Berkshire, England", "Genres": "Anarcho-punk\npost-punk", "Labels": "Crass RecordsRough Trade RecordsOverground Records", "Website": "www.zoundsonline.co.uk", "Members": "Steve LakePaul GilbertPaul O'DonnellDominic Perez-Silva"} |
Joaquín José Lavín Infante (born 23 October 1953) is a Chilean politician of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party and former mayor of Las Condes, in the northeastern zone of Santiago. Formerly Lavín has also been mayor of Santiago, Minister of Education and Minister of Social Development. He ran for president t... | {"Name": "Joaquín Lavín", "Nationality": "Chilean", "Term start": "6 December 2016", "Term end": "28 June 2021", "Office 2": "Mayor of Santiago", "Predecessor 2": "Jaime Ravinet de la Fuente", "Successor 2": "Raúl Alcaíno", "Birth date": "1953 10 23 y", "Birth place": "Santiago, Chile", "Alma mater": "Universidad Catól... |
King Wu of Zhou (; died 1043 BC) was the founder and first king of the Zhou dynasty. The chronology of his reign is disputed but is generally thought to have begun around 1046 BC and ended with his death three years later.These dates are those of the People's Republic of China's official Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Proj... | {"Born": "Ji Fa (姬發)", "Died": "Haojing, Zhou dynasty", "Father": "King Wen of Zhou", "Mother": "Tai Si"} |
The Esquipulas Nicaraguan Peace Agreement, also known as the Central American Peace Accords, was a peace initiative in the mid-1980s to settle the military conflicts that had plagued Central America for many years, and in some cases (notably Guatemala) for decades. It built upon groundwork laid by the Contadora Group f... | {"Name": "Esquipulas II", "Long name": "Procedure for the Establishment of a Firm and Lasting Peace in Central America", "Image alternative text": "MOS:ACCESS -->", "Image caption": "Central America presidents signing the Esquipulas Accords", "Treaty type": "Peace treaty", "Treaty context": "Cold war", "Date signed": "... |
Henri Langlois (; 13 November 1914 - 13 January 1977) was a French film archivist and cinephile. A pioneer of film preservation, Langlois was an influential figure in the history of cinema. His film screenings in Paris in the 1950s are often credited with providing the ideas that led to the development of the auteur th... | {"Name": "Henri Langlois", "Birth date": "1914 11 13 y", "Birth place": "İzmir, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey)", "Death date": "1977 1 13 1914 11 13 y", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Known For": "Film preservation, film archiving, film history, cinephilia", "Occupation": "Co-founder and director of the Cinémathèque Fra... |
King Cheng of Zhou (; 1055-1021 BC), was the second king of the Zhou dynasty. The dates of his reign are 1042-1021 BCE or 1042/35-1006 BCE. His parents were King Wu of Zhou (周武王) and Queen Yi Jiang (邑姜).Book of Rites, Tan Gong I, 1. Accessed 4 Nov 2012.
Life
King Cheng was young when he ascended the throne. His uncle,... | {"Born": "1055 BC", "Died": "1021 BC", "Father": "King Wu of Zhou", "Mother": "Yi Jiang"} |
King Kang of Zhou (; died 996/78 BC) was the third king of the Zhou Dynasty and son of King Cheng of Zhou. The dates of his reign are 1020-996 BC or 1005-978 BC.Cambridge History of Ancient China
King Kang followed his father's policy and expanded the Zhou territory in the North and in the West.Confucius & Confucianis... | {"Born": "Ji Zhao (姬釗)", "Died": "996/78 BC", "Father": "King Cheng of Zhou", "Mother": "Wang Si"} |
"Funky Drummer" is a single released by James Brown in 1970. Its drum break, improvised by Clyde Stubblefield, is one of the most frequently sampled music recordings.
Recording and composition
"Funky Drummer" was recorded on November 20, 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is an extended vamp, with individual instruments (... | {"B-side": "Funky Drummer (Part 2)", "Released": "1970 03", "Recorded": "November 20, 1969", "Studio": "King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio", "Genre": "Funk", "Label": "King", "Songwriter(s)": "James Brown", "Producer(s)": "James Brown"} |
Hanover Zoo is located in the city centre, or Mitte borough, of Hanover, Germany. The zoo was established on 4 May 1865, and comprises an area of . It contains about 3,414 animals in 237 species, which are cared for by more than 400 employees in the summer season.
History
Hanover Zoo is the fifth-oldest German zoo. ... | {"Zoo name": "Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover (Hannover Adventure Zoo)", "Location": "Zoo Quarter, Mitte, Hanover, Germany", "Date opened": "property P571", "Coordinates": "52.380537 N 9.771062 E region:DE_scale:5000 it", "Total area": "22 ha", "Number of species": "237 (2010)", "Number of animals": "3414 (2010)", "Annual visit... |
thumb|Fangyi with cast inscription of 187 characters (one of the longest texts from the early Zhou period) which commemorates three days of administrative meetings and ritual ceremonies held in Chengzhou during the reign of King Zhao. Freer Gallery of Art
King Zhao of Zhou (; 1027-957 BC) was the fourth king of the Zho... | {"Born": "Ji Xia (姬瑕)", "Died": "957 BC", "Father": "King Kang of Zhou", "Mother": "Wang Jiang"} |
The Order of Merit () is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by Edward VII, admission into the order remains the personal gift of its Sovereign—currently Edward VII's great-great-... | {"Type": "Order of merit", "Motto": "For Merit", "Eligibility": "All living citizens of the Commonwealth realms", "Status": "Currently constituted", "Next (higher)": "Dependent on state", "Next (lower)": "Dependent on state"} |
King Mu of Zhou () was the fifth king of the Zhou dynasty. The dates of his reign are 976-922 BC or 956-918 BC.Cambridge History of Ancient ChinaSources of Western Zhou History: Inscribed Bronze Vessels by Edward L. Shaughnessy
Life
thumb|Joseon painting Yoji yeondo (요지연도) depicting King Mu visiting the goddess Queen ... | {"Born": "Ji Man (姬滿)", "Died": "922/18 BC", "Father": "King Zhao of Zhou", "Mother": "Queen Fang"} |
McGruff the Crime Dog is an anthropomorphic animated bloodhound created by Dancer Fitzgerald Sample advertising executive Jack Keil (who also voiced the character) through the Ad Council and later the National Crime Prevention Council to increase crime awareness and personal safety in the United States. McGruff costume... | {"First appearance": "July 1980", "Created by": "Dancer Fitzgerald Sample through the Ad Council", "Gender": "Male", "Family": "Scruff (nephew)"} |
Maria Owings Shriver (born November 6, 1955)Shriver known for her political bloodlines (October 9, 2003) Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
is an American journalist, author, a member of the Kennedy family, former First Lady of California, and the founder of the nonprofit organization The Women's Alzh... | {"Image caption": "Shriver in 2018", "Term start": "November 17, 2003", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Birth name": "Maria Owings Shriver", "Birth date": "1955 11 6", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Other political party": "Democratic (until 2011)", "Spouse(s)": "Arnold Schwarzenegger 1986 2021 divorced", "... |
Hugh Gregg (November 22, 1917September 24, 2003) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 68th governor of New Hampshire from 1953 to 1955, and was the youngest person ever elected to that office. He is the father of former U.S. Senator and Governor Judd Gregg of New Hampshire.
Life and career
A na... | {"Name": "Hugh Gregg", "Term start": "January 1, 1953", "Term end": "January 6, 1955", "Birth date": "November 22, 1917 November 22, 1917", "Birth place": "Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S.", "Death date": "September 24, 2003 September 24, 2003 (aged 85)", "Death place": "Lebanon, New Hampshire, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Catheri... |
The name Gyeongin refers to the Seoul-Incheon corridor in South Korea, and is used as a name for the Gyeongin railway line, the Gyeongin Expressway, and the Gyeongin Canal (which was completed in 2011 and is now called the Arabaetgil Canal), all of which link Seoul—the South Korean capital and largest city—to nearby In... | {"Hangul name": "경인", "Hanja": "京仁", "Revised Romanization": "Gyeong-in", "McCune-Reischauer": "Kyŏng-in"} |
Castleton is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, at the western end of the Hope Valley on the Peakshole Water, a tributary of the River Noe, between the Dark Peak to the north and the White Peak to the south. The population was 642 at the 2011 Census.
History
thumb|left|St Edmund's Church in ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "2001 UK census", "District": "High Peak", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "UK Parliament": "High Peak", "Postcode district": "S", "Dialling code": "01433"} |
Hope is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England. The population at the 2011 Census was 864. It lies in the Hope Valley, at the point where Peakshole Water flows into the River Noe. To the north, Win Hill and Lose Hill stand either side of the Noe.
History
Pre-history
There is evide... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "District": "High Peak", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "UK Parliament": "High Peak", "Postcode district": "S", "Dialling code": "01433"} |
Hathersage ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Peak District in Derbyshire, England. It lies slightly to the north of the River Derwent, approximately south-west of Sheffield.
Toponymy
The origin of its name is disputed, although it is generally accepted that the second half derives from the Old English word ecg... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "District": "Derbyshire Dales", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "UK Parliament": "Derbyshire Dales", "Postcode district": "S", "Dialling code": "01433", "OS grid reference": "SK229815"} |
Meldrim Thomson Jr. (March 8, 1912 - April 19, 2001) was an American politician who served three terms as the 73rd governor of New Hampshire from 1973 to 1979. A Republican, he was known as a strong supporter of conservative political values.
Early life
Thomson was born in 1912 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, the son o... | {"Name": "Meldrim Thomson Jr.", "Term start": "January 4, 1973", "Term end": "January 4, 1979", "Birth date": "March 8, 1912 March 8, 1912", "Birth place": "Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "2001 4 19 1912 03 8", "Death place": "Orford, New Hampshire, U.S.", "Other political party": "American Independent... |
Silambam is an Indian martial art originating in Tamil Nadu, South India in the Indian subcontinent. This style is mentioned in Tamil Sangam literature. The World Silambam Association is the official international body of Silambam.
Origin
References in the Silappadikkaram and other works of the Sangam literature show ... | {"Also known as": "Silambattam, Chilambam, Chilambattam", "Focus": "Weapons", "Hardness": "Semi-contact", "Country of origin": "India", "Olympic sport": "No", "Creator": "Traditionally Agastya"} |
Belisario Betancur Cuartas (4 February 1923 - 7 December 2018) was a Colombian politician who served as the 26th President of Colombia from 1982 to 1986. He was a member of the Colombian Conservative Party. His presidency was noted for its attempted peace talks with several Colombian guerilla groups. He was also one of... | {"Name": "Belisario Betancur", "Image caption": "Betancur in 1985", "Term start": "1982 08 07 yes", "Term end": "1986 08 07 yes", "Office 2": "Ambassador of Colombia to Spain", "President 2": "Alfonso López Michelsen", "Predecessor 2": "Álvaro Lloreda Caicedo", "Successor 2": "Samuel Hoyos Arango", "Birth name": "Belis... |
John William Warner III (February 18, 1927 - May 25, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 2009. Warner served as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1999 ... | {"Name": "John Warner", "Image": "Senator John Warner portrait.JPG", "Image caption": "Warner in 2008", "Term start": "January 2, 1979", "Term end": "January 3, 2009", "Predecessor 2": "Strom Thurmond", "Successor 2": "Carl Levin", "Birth name": "John William Warner III", "Birth date": "1927 2 18", "Birth place": "Wash... |
Corrado Bafile (4 July 1903 - 3 February 2005) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from 1975 to 1980, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1976. At the time of his death, he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.
Early life
The... | {"Archdiocese": "Antiochia in Pisidia (Titular)", "Predecessor": "Luigi Raimondi", "Successor": "Pietro Palazzini", "Ordination": "11 April 1936", "Consecration": "Pope John XXIII", "Created cardinal": "Pope Paul VI", "Rank": "Cardinal deacon", "Born": "L'Aquila, Italy", "Died": "Clinica Pio XI, Rome", "Nationality": "... |
Ragnvald Anderson Nestos (April 12, 1877July 15, 1942) was a Norwegian-American politician who served as the 13th Governor of North Dakota from 1921 to 1925.
Early life
Ragnvold Anderson Nestos was a native of Voss, Norway. He was the son of Andres R. Nestos and Herborg Saue. One of ten children, he was sixteen and sp... | {"Lieutenant 1": "Howard R. WoodFrank H. Hyland", "Office 2": "Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives", "Term 2": "1911-1912", "Birth name": "Ragnvald Anderson Nestos", "Birth date": "1877 4 12", "Birth place": "Voss, Sweden-Norway", "Death date": "1942 7 15 1877 4 12", "Death place": "Minot, North Dakota,... |
Calendar Girls is a 2003 British comedy film directed by Nigel Cole. Produced by Touchstone Pictures, it features a screenplay by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi, based on a true story of a group of middle-aged Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia Research (now Blood Cancer UK) under... | {"Directed by": "Nigel Cole", "Produced by": "Suzanne MackieNick Barton", "Written by": "Tim FirthJuliette Towhidi", "Starring": "Helen Mirren\n Julie Walters\n Linda Bassett\n Annette Crosbie\n Celia Imrie\n Penelope Wilton\n Harriet Thorpe", "Music by": "Patrick Doyle", "Cinematography": "Ashley Rowe", "Edited by": "... |
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The Nigger of the "Narcissus": A Tale of the Forecastle (sometimes subtitled A Tale of the Sea), first published in the United States as The Children of the Sea, is an 1897 novella by Polish-British... | {"Original title": "en", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Set in": "A ship on the Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean", "Publisher": "Heinemann", "Media type": "Print: hardback", "Pages": "120", "Preceded by": "An Outcast of the Islands", "Followed by": "Heart of Darkness"} |
Peace Orchestra is a musical solo project from Viennese trip hop-dub producer Peter Kruder, best known as one half of Kruder & Dorfmeister.
History
In parallel to his partnership with Dorfmeister, Peter Kruder has always followed his solo projects. After the Kruder and Dorfmeister releases "DJ Kicks" (!K7, 1996) and... | {"Origin": "Vienna, Austria", "Genres": "Electronic music, downtempo", "Labels": "Studio !K7 G Stone Recordings", "Website": "Label Website"} |
Nigel Allan Havers (born 6 November 1951)England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007, Name: Nigel A Havers
Registration Date: Oct 1951
[Nov 1951]
[Dec 1951]
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Edmonton
Inferred County: Essex
Mother's Maiden Name: Lay
Volume Number: 5e
Page Number: ... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Honourable", "Name": "Nigel Havers", "Caption": "Havers in 2004", "Birth name": "Nigel Allan Havers", "Birth date": "1951 11 6 y", "Birth place": "Edmonton, Middlesex, England", "Occupation": "Actor and presenter", "Years active": "1970-present", "Spouse(s)": "Carolyn Cox 1974 1989 div\n Polly... |
The South Saskatchewan River is a major river in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The river begins at the confluence of the Bow and Oldman Rivers in southern Alberta and ends at the Saskatchewan River Forks in central Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan River Forks is the confluence of the South and North... | {"Mouth": "380 m", "Location": "Saskatchewan River Forks, Saskatchewan", "Coordinates": "53 14 6 N 105 4 58 W inline,title", "Basin size": "146100 km2", "Left": "Bow River Red Deer River", "Right": "Oldman River"} |
Pigs in a Polka is a 1942 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon series directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on December 2, 1942.
The film is a parody of two Walt Disney Productions films: 1933's Three Little Pigs and 1940's Fantasia. The familiar story of the Three Little Pigs is set in this film to several... | {"Directed by": "I. Freleng", "Story by": "Michael Maltesehttps://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/lost-warner-bros-original-titles/ Lost Warner Bros. Original Titles 2021-06-14 2021-11-29 Cartoon Research Beck Jerry Jerry Beck", "Animation by": "Richard Bickenbach", "Starring": "Mel BlancSara BernerCartoon Voices from th... |
Livable Rotterdam () is a local political party in the municipality of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, which was founded by Ronald Sørensen in 2001.
Livable Rotterdam won the council elections of March 2002 due to the charismatic leadership of Pim Fortuyn who had been selected to lead the party. This made it the city's... | {"Leader": "Robert Simons", "Founded": "December 2001", "Ideology": "Conservative liberalism Fortuynism", "Political position": "Right-wing", "National affiliation": "Pim Fortuyn List (2002) Forum for Democracy (2018-2020) JA21 (2021-present),(partial)https://chrisaalberts.nl/2020/12/18/ja21-als-joost-eerdmans-leefb... |
The martini is a cocktail made with gin and vermouth, and garnished with an olive or a lemon twist. Over the years, the martini has become one of the best-known mixed alcoholic beverages. A popular variation, the vodka martini, uses vodka instead of gin for the cocktail's base spirit.
Preparation
By 1922 the martini r... | {"Type": "cocktail", "Served": "straight", "Standard garnish": "Olive or lemon twist", "Standard drinkware": "cocktail", "Preparation": "Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled martini cocktail glass.", "Commonly served": "Before dinner", "Notes": "Squeeze oil from lemon pe... |
Pacer was the operational name of the British Rail Classes 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144 diesel multiple unit railbuses, built between 1980 and 1987. They were inexpensively developed using a passenger body based on the Leyland National bus on top of a chassis based on the HSFV1 research vehicle. The railbuses were intend... | {"Background": "cc9966", "Name": "Pacer", "Image Size": "300px", "Image Caption": "A Class 142 and Class 143 at Exeter St Davids in 2011", "Year(s) of Service": "1984-2021", "Family": "Pacer", "Year(s) of Construction": "1980-1987", "Number Built": "165 sets", "Number Scrapped": "79 sets (141/142/143/144)", "Formation"... |
Aqila al-Hashimi (Arabic عقيلة الهاشمي cAqīla al-Hāshimī; 1953 - September 25, 2005) was an Iraqi politician who served on the Iraqi Governing Council.
Aqila al-Hashimi was born in 1953 into a prominent Shi'ite religious family in Najaf. She gained a degree in law in Iraq and a doctorate in French Literature at the So... | {"Name": "Aqila al-Hashimi", "Native name": "عقيلة الهاشمي", "Term start": "July 2005", "Term end": "September 25, 2005", "Birth date": "1953", "Birth place": "Najaf, Iraq", "Death date": "September 25, 2005 (aged 52)", "Death place": "Baghdad, Iraq"} |
Rotuma is a self-governing heptarchy, generally designated a dependency of Fiji. 'Rotuma' commonly refers to Rotuma Island, the only permanently inhabited and by far the largest of all the islands in the Rotuma Group. Officially, the Rotuma Act declares that Rotuma consists of Rotuma Island as well as its neighbouring... | {"Conventional long name": "Rotuma", "Native name": "Rotuma", "Map caption": "Location of Rotuma in Polynesia", "Map 2 caption": "The island of Rotuma, located to the far north, in relation to mainland Fiji", "Administrative center": "Ahau", "Coordinates": "12 29.9 S 177 2.82 E type:city", "Official languages": "Rotuma... |
Quicksilver is a historical novel by Neal Stephenson, published in 2003. It is the first volume of The Baroque Cycle, his late Baroque historical fiction series, succeeded by The Confusion and The System of the World (both published in 2004). Quicksilver won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and was nominated for the Locus A... | {"Cover artist": "Shubhani Sarkar", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Baroque Cycle", "Publisher": "William Morrowimprint of HarperCollins", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "944(1st ed., hardback)", "ISBN": "(1st ed., hardback)", "Followed by": "The Confusion"} |
The National Speleological Society (NSS) is an organization formed in 1941 to advance the exploration, conservation, study, and understanding of caves in the United States. Originally headquartered in Washington D.C., its current offices are in Huntsville, Alabama. The organization engages in the research and scientifi... | {"Abbreviation": "NSS", "Location": "Huntsville, Alabama, US", "Affiliations": "American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Union of Speleology", "Website": "caves.org"} |
Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz."Archie Shepp: American Musician and Educator", Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Biography
Early life
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but r... | {"Born": "Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States", "Genres": "Jazz, free jazz, avant-garde jazz", "Labels": "Impulse!, SteepleChase, Denon, BYG Actuel, Marge", "Website": "www.archieshepp.org"} |
George Macartney should not be confused with Sir George Macartney, a later British statesman.
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (14 May 1737 - 31 May 1806) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat who served as the governor of Grenada, Madras and the British-occupied Cape Colony. He is ofte... | {"Name": "The Earl Macartney", "Birth date": "1737 5 14 y", "Birth place": "Loughguile, County Antrim, Ireland", "Death date": "1806 5 31 1737 5 14 y", "Death place": "Chiswick, Middlesex, England", "Alma mater": "Trinity College Dublin", "Office 2": "Governor of the Cape Colony", "Term 2": "1797-1798", "Monarch 2": "G... |
Samuel Gompers (; January 27, 1850December 13, 1924) was a British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924. He prom... | {"Name": "Samuel Gompers", "Caption": "Gompers c. 1902", "Birth name": "Samuel Gumpertz", "Birth date": "1850 1 27 y", "Birth place": "Spitalfields, London, England", "Death date": "1924 12 13 1850 1 27", "Death place": "San Antonio, Texas, U.S.", "Resting place": "Sleepy Hollow Cemetery", "Spouse(s)": "Sophia Julian N... |
Arthur Morgan "Arto" Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He was a member of the pioneering 1970s no wave group DNA, which featured on the 1978 compilation No New York. In the 1980s, he formed the group Ambitious Lovers. He also performed with The Gold... | {"Born": "1953 5 28", "Origin": "Richmond, Virginia, U.S.", "Genres": "No wave, noise, avant-garde jazz, MPB, art pop", "Labels": "ZE, Righteous Babe", "Website": "artolindsay.com"} |
Ronald Shannon Jackson (January 12, 1940 - October 19, 2013) was an American jazz drummer from Fort Worth, Texas. A pioneer of avant-garde jazz, free funk, and jazz fusion, he appeared on over 50 albums as a bandleader, sideman, arranger, and producer. Jackson and bassist Sirone are the only musicians to have performed... | {"Born": "Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.", "Died": "Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.", "Genres": "Avant-garde jazz free jazz free funk jazz fusion", "Labels": "Antilles, DIW, Moers", "Website": "https://ronaldshannonjackson.bandcamp.com/"} |
David Agmon (; born 1947) was a brigadier general in the Israel Defense Forces. Following his time in the IDF, Agmon served briefly as bureau chief for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
Born in 1947 in Casablanca, Morocco, David moved to Israel when he was one year old. He joined the Israeli Defense Force i... | {"Birth name": "David Agmon", "Born": "1947", "Allegiance": "ISR Israel", "Spouse(s)": "Eva", "Children": "3"} |
The (lit. ) or ("Eighty-Thousand Tripiṭaka") is a Korean collection of the (Buddhist scriptures, and the Sanskrit word for "three baskets"), carved onto 81,258 wooden printing blocks in the 13th century.
It is the oldest intact version of Buddhist canon in Hanja script. It contains 1,496 titles, divided into 6,568 ... | {"Location": "South Korea", "Criteria": "Cultural: iv, vi", "Reference": "737", "Inscription": "1995"} |
Nicholas Adolf von Hessen (born Nicholas Marcel Hoogstraten, formerly known as Adolph von Hessen better known as Nicholas van Hoogstraten; born 25 February 1945) is a British businessman involved in property and a convicted criminal.
In 1968, he was convicted and sent to prison for four years after paying a gang to at... | {"Name": "Nicholas van Hoogstraten", "Caption": "Nicholas van Hoogstraten in 1988", "Birth name": "Nicholas Marcel Hoogstraten", "Birth date": "yes 1945 2 25", "Birth place": "Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England", "Occupation": "Property tycoon, entrepreneur, businessman"} |
Knoydart (Scottish Gaelic: Cnòideart) is a peninsula in Lochaber, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. Knoydart is sandwiched between Lochs Nevis and Hourn — often translated as "Loch Heaven" (from the Gaelic Loch Néimh) and "Loch Hell" (Gaelic: Loch Iutharn) respectively, although the somewhat poetic nature of th... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/area.html 2011 Census Profile for Output Area S00117868 National Records of Scotland 2018-04-04", "Postcode district": "PH41", "Dialling code": "01687", "Council area": "Highland", "Lieutenancy area": "Inverness", "UK Parliament": ... |
OJSC "Yukos Oil Company" (, ) was an oil and gas company based in Moscow, Russia. Yukos was acquired from the Russian government by Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Bank Menatep during the controversial "loans for shares" auctions of the mid 1990s. Between 1996 and 2003, Yukos became one of the biggest and most ... | {"Fate": "Bankrupted", "Founded": "Moscow, Russia (1993 04 15)", "Defunct": "2007 11 21", "Headquarters": "Russia", "Industry": "Oil and gas exploration Oil and gas production"} |
The Id Kah Mosque (, ; ; from Persian: عیدگاه, Eidgāh, meaning "Place of Festivities") is a historic mosque and tourist site located in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.
History
The mosque was built in 1442 (although it incorporated older structures dating back to 996) by Saqsiz Mirza, the elder of two sons of Amir Sayyid Ali... | {"Location": "Kashgar, Xinjiang, China", "Geographic coordinates": "39.47227 N 75.984106 E source:dewiki_region:CN-65_type:landmark dms inline,title", "Affiliation": "Islam", "Architect(s)": "Saqsiz Mirza", "Type": "mosque", "Completed": "1442"} |
is a 2002 third-person shooter video game developed and published by Red Entertainment (Sega in North America and Activision in Europe) for the PlayStation 2. Gungrave follows its main character through a variety of stages on a path of revenge.
While the gameplay received moderate reviews, Gungrave received acclaim fo... | {"Title": "Gungrave", "Developer": "Red Entertainment", "Publisher": "JP Red Entertainment NA Sega PAL Activision KR Sony Computer Entertainment Korea", "Designer": "Naohito HanaiTomohiro MaruyamaHidenori Tanaka", "Programmer": "Naohito Hanai", "Artist": "Yasuhiro Nightow", "Composer": "Tsuneo Imahori", "Platforms": "P... |
King You of Zhou (; 795-771 BC), personal name Ji Gongsheng, was the twelfth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the last from the Western Zhou dynasty. He reigned from 781 to 771 BC.
History
In 780 BC, a major earthquake struck Guanzhong. A soothsayer named Bo Yangfu (伯陽甫) considered this an omen foretelling the des... | {"Born": "Ji Gongsheng", "Died": "771 BC", "Father": "King Xuan of Zhou", "Mother": "Queen Jiang"} |
Michael Robert Paradinas (born 26 September 1971), better known by his stage name μ-Ziq (pronounced "music" or mu-zik), is an English electronic musician from Wimbledon, London. He was associated with the electronic style intelligent dance music (IDM) during the 1990s, and recorded on Rephlex Records and Reflective R... | {"Born": "Wimbledon, London, England", "Genres": "Electronic techno IDM drill 'n' bass", "Labels": "Rephlex, Astralwerks, Planet Mu", "Website": "www.planet.mu"} |
The Gimpo Line is a former freight railway line operated by Korean National Railroad that served Gimpo International Airport, southwest of Seoul. The line was a 9.2 km spur line that terminated near the airport and connected to the Gyeongin Line (Seoul Subway Line 1) at Bucheon Station. The line was opened on August 20... | {"Hangul name": "김 포 선", "Hanja": "金 浦 線", "Revised Romanization": "Gimposeon", "McCune-Reischauer": "Kimp'osŏn"} |
James Starley (21 April 1830 - 17 June 1881)James Starley findagrave.com was an English inventor and father of the bicycle industry. He was one of the most innovative and successful builders of bicycles and tricycles. His inventions include the differential gear and the perfection of the bicycle chain drive.
Childhood... | {"Name": "James Starley", "Caption": "James Starley", "Birth date": "yes 1830 04 21", "Birth place": "Albourne, Sussex, England", "Death date": "yes 1881 06 17 1830 04 21", "Death place": "Coventry, Warwickshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Known For": "Development of the bicycle", "Occupation": "Inventor"} |
Six Companies, Inc. was a joint venture of construction companies that was formed to build the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in Nevada and Arizona.
They later built Parker Dam, a portion of the Grand Coulee Dam, the Colorado River Aqueduct across the Mojave and Colorado Deserts to urban Southern California, and man... | {"Industry": "Construction Railroad", "Founded": "1931 02", "Parent": "Kaiser-Bechtel (30%) MacDonald and Kahn (20%) Utah Construction Company (20%) Morrison-Knudsen (10%) Pacific Bridge Company (10%) J.F. Shea Co (10%)", "Type": "Joint venture"} |
Ralph Carney (January 23, 1956 – December 17, 2017) was an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer. While his primary instruments were various saxophones and clarinets, Carney also collected and played many instruments, often unusual or obscure ones.
He is best known for his long association with Tom Waits... | {"Born": "Akron, Ohio, U.S.", "Died": "Portland, Oregon, U.S.", "Genres": "Jazz avant-garde experimental rock", "Labels": "Shimmy Disc Birdman Black Beauty Akroncracker", "Formerly of": "Tin Huey Oranj Symphonette", "Website": "https://ralphcarney.bandcamp.com/"} |
Donisthorpe is a village in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, historically an exclave of Derbyshire.
History
In 1086 Donisthorpe was part of the land given to Nigel of Stafford by William the Conqueror. It was then known as "Durandestorp" The Domesday Book which has been interpreted ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "North West Leicestershire", "Shire county": "Leicestershire", "UK Parliament": "North West Leicestershire", "Postcode district": "DE", "Dialling code": "01530", "OS grid reference": "SK313140"} |
Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944) is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. He came to prominence in the 1970s leading ensembles rooted in jazz but with unusual instrumentation and often incorporating other genres of music. He has performed and recorded with several ensembles: Air, Aggregation Orb, Mak... | {"Born": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Genres": "Jazz, avant-garde jazz, free jazz", "Labels": "Arista/Novus, About Time, Black Saint, Columbia, Pi", "Website": "www.henrythreadgill.com"} |
250px|thumbnail|Communist Party of Turkey founder Mustafa Suphi (left), general secretary Ethem Nejat (middle) and İsmail Hakkı (right) (bottom row)
The Communist Party of Turkey (, TKP) was a political party in Turkey. The party was founded by Mustafa Suphi in 1920, and was soon to be banned. It worked as a clandestin... | {"Leader": "Mustafa Suphi", "General Secretary": "Ethem Nejat", "Founded": "1920 9 10 y", "Merged into": "United Communist Party of Turkey", "Ideology": "CommunismMarxism-Leninism", "International affiliation": "Comintern"} |
James Leonard Farmer Jr. (January 12, 1920 - July 9, 1999) was an American civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement "who pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle segregation, and served alongside Martin Luther King Jr." He was the initiator and organizer of the first Freedom Ride in 1961, which e... | {"Image caption": "Farmer in 1964", "Birth name": "James Leonard Farmer Jr.", "Birth date": "1920 1 12", "Birth place": "Marshall, Texas, US", "Death date": "1999 7 9 1920 1 12", "Death place": "Fredericksburg, Virginia, US", "Alma mater": "Wiley College", "Spouse(s)": "Winnie Christie 1945 1946 Lula Peterson 1949 1977... |
Chudleigh Knighton is a small village in Devon, England, near to Newton Abbot and Bovey Tracey.
Amenities
Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary School has around 167 pupils, aged 5 to 11. The school has six classrooms on two floors.
There is a village hall, a hairdressers, and a public house, The Claycutter's ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2017 Census)", "District": "Teignbridge", "Shire county": "Devon", "UK Parliament": "Central Devon", "Postcode district": "TQ", "Dialling code": "01626", "OS grid reference": "SX844770"} |
Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (August 19, 1969 - March 15, 2011), known professionally as Nate Dogg, was an American singer and rapper. He gained recognition for providing guest vocals for a multitude of hit rap songs between 1992 and 2007, earning the nickname "King of Hooks".Garth Cartwright, "Nate Dogg obituary", The Guardi... | {"Born": "Long Beach, California, U.S.", "Died": "Long Beach, California, U.S.", "Genres": "West Coast hip hop\n G-funk\n R&B", "Labels": "Death Row\n Elektra\n Doggy Style\n Atlantic\n Nate Dogg, Inc.\n Love & Happiness", "Formerly of": "213\n D.P.G.C."} |
The Oregon Treatyofficially titled the Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America, for the Settlement of the Oregon Boundary and styled in the United States as the Treaty with Great Britain, in Regard to Limits Westward of the Rocky Mountains, and also known as the Buchanan-Pakenham (or Packenham) Trea... | {"Name": "Oregon Treaty", "Long name": "Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America, for the Settlement of the Oregon Boundary", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Map of the lands in dispute", "Treaty type": "Bilateral treaty", "Date signed": "yes 1846 6 15", "Location signed": "Washington, D.C.,... |
The Humber River (, meaning: "little thundering waters")Humber College, INDIGENOUS CULTURAL MARKERS is a river in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin, is a tributary of Lake Ontario and is one of two major rivers on either side of the city of Toronto, the other being the Don River to the east. It w... | {"Native name": "oj Gabekanaang-ziibi", "Mouth": "74 m on", "Location": "Toronto", "Coordinates": "43 37 56 N 79 28 19 W inline,title", "Basin size": "903 km2 on"} |
Oregon Country was a large region of the Pacific Northwest of North America that was subject to a long dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 19th century. The boundaries of the area, which had been created by the Treaty of 1818 without recognizing indigenous claims to the area, consisted... | {"Geopolitical organisation name": "Oregon Country", "Symbol width": "85px", "Symbol type": "Flag of the United Kingdom", "Date established": "October 20,", "Event 1 date": "July 1821", "Event 1": "North West Company merges with Hudson's Bay Company", "Event 2 date": "1824", "Event 2": "Fort Vancouver built", "Event 3"... |
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William Parker (born January 10, 1952) is an American free jazz double bassist. Beginning in the 1980s, Parker played with Cecil Taylor for over a decade, and he has led the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra since 1981. The Village Voice named him "the most consistently bri... | {"Born": "New York City, U.S.", "Genres": "Free Jazz", "Labels": "Centering, 577 Records, AUM Fidelity, Intakt, Tzadik, Thirsty Ear, RogueArt", "Website": "williamparker.net"} |
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