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SCORE is a scorewriter program, written in FORTRAN for MS-DOS by Stanford University Professor Leland Smith (1925-2013) with a reputation for producing very high-quality results. It was widely used in engraving during the 1980s and 1990s and continues to have a small, dedicated following of engravers, many of whom hold... | {"Original author(s)": "Leland Smith", "Written in": "FORTRAN\nIntel x86 assembler\nVisual C++", "Initial release": "yes 1987", "Available in": "English", "Type": "Scorewriter", "License": "Proprietary", "Website": "http://scoremus.comhttp://www.winscore.info/"} |
Thesprotia (; , ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital and largest town is Igoumenitsa. Thesprotia is named after the Thesprotians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the region in antiquity.
History
Thesprotia was part of the proto-Greek region in the late Bronze Ag... | {"Density": "auto", "DST": "+3", "ISO 3166 code": "GR-32", "Website": "http://www.thesprotia.gr/"} |
Janet Rachael Margaret Morgan (later known by her married name, Janet Shardlow) (1921-1990) was an English squash player who dominated the game in the 1950s. She won the British Open on ten consecutive occasions and was the sport's most famous player until the rise of Heather McKay.
Born in Wandsworth, London, Morgan ... | {"Full name": "Janet Rachael Margaret Morgan", "Country": "England", "Born": "Wandsworth, London, England", "Turned Pro": "1948", "Retired": "1960"} |
Mizoram () is a state in northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo", the self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo language means "land." Thus "Mizo-ram" means "land of the Mizos".Sajnani, Encyclopaedia of Touri... | {"Name": "Mizoram", "Settlement Type": "State", "Motto": "Satyameva Jayate \n(Truth alone triumphs)", "Image": "Vantawng Khawhthla.jpg\n Champhai, Mizoram, from south, with Zotlang in the foreground.jpg\n Kolodyne castle in Mizoram.jpg\n Mizoram Bango Nirtya performed at the 44th India International Film Festival of I... |
Face the Nation is a weekly news and morning public affairs program airing Sundays on the CBS radio and television network. Created by Frank Stanton in 1954, Face the Nation is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television.
Typically, the program features interviews with prominent American offi... | {"Genre": "Public affairs/political talk program", "Created by": "Frank Stanton", "Directed by": "Sheldon Schwartzhttps://www.cbsnews.com/face-the-nation/about-us/ Face the Nation - About Us CBS News September 30, 2018", "Presented by": "Margaret Brennan (for past moderators, see section)", "Narrated by": "John Hart... |
The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986-2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom. First ... | {"Awarded for": "Best television productions in Canada", "Presented by": "Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television", "Country": "Canada", "First awarded": "1986", "Last awarded": "2011", "Related": "Canadian Screen AwardsPrix Gémeaux"} |
Lucius Cornelius Balbus, often referred to as Lucius Cornelius Balbus Minor, (not before 60 BC - after 13 BC) was a Roman politician and General. Similar to his uncle Balbus the Elder, Balbus Minor was also born in Gades with Punic origins, and became a distinguished member of the gens Cornelia through adoption. Despi... | {"Name": "Lucius Cornelius Balbus", "Image": "Lucio Cornelio Balbo \"El Menor\".JPG", "Caption": "Statue of Balbus in Cadiz, Spain", "Image upright": "1.1", "Birth date": "around 1st century BC", "Birth place": "Cádiz, Southern Spain", "Death date": "after 13 BClucio balbo minore https://www.romanoimpero.com/2019/11/l... |
Jalandhar is a city in the state of Punjab in India. With a considerable population, it ranks as the third most-populous city in the state and is the largest city in the Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the historical Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected junction for both rail and road networks.
The city is ... | {"Named for": "In Water", "Type": "Democratic", "Body": "Political", "Rank": "3rd in Punjab", "Density": "847", "Website": "https://jalandhar.nic.in"} |
The Reconstruction Party was a Canadian political party founded by Henry Herbert Stevens, a long-time Conservative Member of Parliament (MP). Stevens served as Minister of Trade in the Arthur Meighen government of 1921, and as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1930 to 1934 in the Depression-era government of R. B. B... | {"Founded": "1935", "Split from": "Conservative Party", "Ideology": "KeynesianismNational ConservatismIsolationism", "Political position": "Centre-right"} |
The Mystic River is a riverU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 in Massachusetts. In the Massachusett language, means "large estuary," alluding to the tidal nature of the Mystic River. The resemblance to the English word is a coi... | {"Etymology": "from Wampanoag Muhs-uhtuq meaning \"big river\"", "Mouth": "Boston Harbor", "Basin size": "76 sqmi on", "Left": "Alewife Brook", "Right": "Chelsea Creek, Island End River, Malden River"} |
The Doge of Genoa(, ; , "Commander of the Genoese and Defender of the People") was the head of state of the Republic of Genoa, a city-state and soon afterwards a maritime republic, from 1339 until the state's extinction in 1797. Originally elected for life, after 1528 the Doges were elected for terms of two years.
The... | {"Post": "Doge", "Body": "Genoa", "Insignia size": "120px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms", "Image size": "120px", "Image caption": "Giovanni Battista Durazzo", "Residence": "Palazzo Ducale", "Appointer qualification": "Great Council and Minor Council", "Date of formation": "23 December 1339", "First holder": "Simo... |
Andrea di Robilant (born in Rome, Italy) is an Italian journalist and writer.
Early life and education
Di Robilant was born in Rome and attended a Swiss boarding school, Institut Le Rosey. He moved to New York for university, where he earned his BA in History in 1979 from Columbia College and his MA in International... | {"Name": "Andrea di Robilant", "Birth place": "Rome, Italy", "Education": "Columbia University (BA, MIA)", "Alma mater": "Institut Le Rosey", "Occupation": "journalist, writer, professor", "Employer": "American University of Rome"} |
Aligarh (; formerly known as Allygarh, and Koil) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district, and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the capital, New Delhi. The cities and districts which adjoin Aligarh are: Gautam Bud... | {"Type": "Municipal Corporation", "Body": "Aligarh Municipal Corporation", "Density": "874408", "Rank": "53", "Website": "https://aligarh.nic.in/"} |
Power Rangers Turbo is a television series and the fifth season of the Power Rangers franchise. The show was prefaced with the franchise's second film, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie.
As with its predecessors, Power Rangers Turbo is based on one of the entries of the Super Sentai series; in Turbo's case, the source is ... | {"Also known as": "Saban's Power Rangers Turbo", "Genre": "Action-adventure\n Comedy\n Science fantasy\n Superhero", "Created by": "Haim Saban Toei Company", "Developed by": "Saban EntertainmentToei Company", "Starring": "See below", "Opening theme": "Ron Wasserman", "Running time": "20-21 minutes", "Country of origin... |
Hans-Jochen Vogel (3 February 192626 July 2020) was a German lawyer and a politician for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Mayor of Munich from 1960 to 1972, winning the 1972 Summer Olympics for the city and Governing Mayor of West Berlin in 1981, the only German ever to lead two cities with a million+ in... | {"Name": "Hans-Jochen Vogel", "Image caption": "Vogel in 1988", "Term start": "14 June 1987", "Term end": "29 May 1991", "Order 2": "Governing Mayor of West Berlin", "Predecessor 2": "Dietrich Stobbe", "Successor 2": "Richard von Weizsäcker", "Birth date": "1926 02 03 y", "Birth place": "Göttingen, Province of Hanover,... |
City of God () is a 2002 epic crime film co-directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. Bráulio Mantovani adapted the story from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins, but the plot is loosely based on real events. It depicts the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro... | {"Directed by": "Fernando Meirelles\n Kátia Lund (co-directors)", "Screenplay by": "Bráulio Mantovani", "Based on": "City of God Paulo Lins", "Produced by": "Andrea Barata Ribeiro\n Maurício Andrade Ramos", "Starring": "Alexandre Rodrigues\n Leandro Firmino Da Hora\n Jonathan Haagensen\n Phellipe Haagensen\n Douglas Si... |
The Last House on the Left is a 1972 American exploitation horror film written, directed and edited by Wes Craven in his directorial debut. The film follows Mari Collingwood (Sandra Peabody), a hippie teenager who is abducted, raped, tortured, and killed by a fugitive gang on her seventeenth birthday. When the gang unw... | {"Directed by": "Wes Craven", "Produced by": "Sean S. Cunningham", "Written by": "Wes Craven", "Starring": "Sandra Peabody\n Lucy Grantham\n David A. Hess\n Fred Lincoln\n Jeramie Rain\n Marc Sheffler\n Eleanor Shaw\n Richard Towers", "Music by": "David Alexander Hess", "Cinematography": "Victor Hurwitz", "Edited by": ... |
Mildenhall is a market town and civil parish in Suffolk, England. The town is near the A11 and is located north-west of Ipswich, the county town.Ordnance Survey (2006). OS Explorer Map 226 - Ely & Newmarket. . The large Royal Air Force station, RAF Mildenhall as well as RAF Lakenheath, are located north of the town. B... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011) inc. West Rowhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=799672&c=mildenhall&d=16&e=15&g=487572&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1210737380640&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics - Parish Headcounts 2008-05-13", "District": "... |
Lochore Welfare Junior Football and Athletic Club are a Scottish football club from the village of Crosshill, Fife. The club currently compete in the . Originally formed in 1934, the club are based at Central Park and their present home colours are black and white.
History
Lochore Welfare are a club formed from merger... | {"Full name": "Lochore Welfare Junior Football and Athletic Club", "Founded": "1934", "Capacity": "1,300", "League": "LochoreW"} |
The Grand Rapids Rampage was an arena football team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The team began play in 1998 in the Arena Football League as an expansion team. They were last coached by Steve Thonn. Their home arena was the Van Andel Arena.
History
In 1997, Dan DeVos was granted an expansion AFL franchise for the ... | {"Team colors": "Red, black, silver, white#d33 #000 silver white", "Head coach": "Steve Thonn", "Owner(s)": "Arena Football League", "Mascot": "Blitz"} |
House of Sand and Fog is a 2003 drama film directed by Vadim Perelman, with a screenplay written by Perelman and Shawn Lawrence Otto. It is based on the novel of the same name by Andre Dubus III.
The story concerns the battle between a young woman and an immigrant Iranian family over the ownership of a house in Northe... | {"Directed by": "Vadim Perelman", "Produced by": "Vadim Perelman\n Michael London", "Screenplay by": "Shawn Lawrence Otto\n Vadim Perelman", "Based on": "House of Sand and Fog Andre Dubus III", "Starring": "Jennifer Connelly\n Ben Kingsley\n Ron Eldard\n Frances Fisher\n Kim Dickens", "Music by": "James Horner", "Cinem... |
Cold Mountain is a 2003 epic period war film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the bestselling 1997 novel of the same name by Charles Frazier. It stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger with Eileen Atkins, Brendan Gleeson, Kathy Baker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Ja... | {"Directed by": "Anthony Minghella", "Produced by": "Sydney Pollack William Horberg Albert Berger Ron Yerxa", "Screenplay by": "Anthony Minghella", "Based on": "Cold Mountain Charles Frazier", "Starring": "Jude Law\n Nicole Kidman\n Renée Zellweger\n Eileen Atkins\n Brendan Gleeson\n Philip Seymour Hoffman\n Natalie Po... |
Guy is an American hip hop, R&B and soul group founded in 1987 by Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, and Timmy Gatling. Hall's younger brother Damion Hall replaced Gatling after the recording of the group's self-titled debut album. The group released their debut album, which went on to sell over a million copies and was certifie... | {"Genres": "R&B, new jack swing, hip hop soul", "Origin": "New York City, U.S.", "Labels": "Uptown/MCA (1987-1991)MCA (1998-2000)Hall of Fame/Universal (2008-present)", "Members": "Teddy RileyAaron HallDamion Hall"} |
Sanjay Kumar (born 1962) is the former chairman and CEO of Computer Associates International (now CA Technologies), serving from 2000 until April 2004.
He was sentenced to 12 years in prison in connection with the 35 day month accounting scandal and released in 2017.
Early childhood
He immigrated with his family to ... | {"Name": "Sanjay Kumar", "Birth name": "Sanjay Kumar", "Birth date": "1962", "Birth place": "Colombo, Sri Lanka", "Occupation": "CEO of CA Technologies (2000-2004)", "Alma mater": "Furman University"} |
Durham City Association Football Club is a football club based in Durham, England. Members of the Football League from 1921 until 1928, they currently play in the .
History
The club was established in 1918 and initially competed in the Victory League, which was set up in celebration of the end of World War I,History D... | {"Full name": "Durham City Association Football Club", "Nickname(s)": "The Citizens", "Founded": "1918", "League": "DurhamCi"} |
Mac McDonald (born Terence McDonald; June 18, 1949) is an American actor. He is known for playing Captain Hollister on the BBC TV series Red Dwarf and frequently plays American characters in other British TV shows. He has also had many movie roles in films such as Aliens, Batman and The Fifth Element, all of which were... | {"Name": "Mac McDonald", "Birth name": "Terence McDonald", "Birth date": "1949 6 18", "Birth place": "Long Island, New York, U.S.", "Known For": "Red Dwarfhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/thatvintageshow/2011/07/15/interview-with-actor-mac-mcdonald Interview with actor Mac McDonald Blog Talk Radio November 11, 2019", "Occ... |
Wahconah Park is a city-owned baseball park located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and nestled in a working-class neighborhood. One of the last remaining ballparks in the United States with a wooden grandstand, it was constructed in 1919 and seats 4,500. Through the park's history, 201 different Pittsfield players went o... | {"Location": "105 Wahconah St.,Pittsfield, Massachusetts", "Coordinates": "42.462319 -73.252582 title,inline", "Built": "1919", "Owner": "City of Pittsfield", "Capacity": "3,500"} |
thumb|right|250px|Cybersix as she appears in TMS/NOA's 1999 animated series.
Cybersix is an Argentinean comic book series published in 1991, created by the Argentine authors Carlos Trillo (story) and Carlos Meglia (art) for the comics magazine Skorpio (Eura Editoriale). The series first appeared in Spanish in November ... | {"Genre": "ActionCrimeScience fictionThriller", "Running time": "22 minutes", "Directed by": "Series director:Toshihiko MasudaEpisode directors:Hiroyuki AoyamaAtsuko TanakaNobuo TomizawaKazuhide TomonagaKeiko OyamadaKenji KodamaKeiichiro Furuya", "Developed by": "Barry WhittakerJudy Valyi", "Voices of": "Cathy Weseluck... |
Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, (7 June 1839 - 19 January 1934), was a British Anglo-Catholic ecumenist who served as president of the English Church Union from 1868 to 1919,
and from 1927 to 1934. In 1886, he was a former part of Northern Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry became a Deputy Lieutenant... | {"Name": "The Viscount Halifax", "Image caption": "Halifax 1920-1925", "Birth name": "Charles Lindley Wood", "Birth date": "y 1839 6 7", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "y 1934 1 19 1839 6 7", "Death place": "Hickleton Hall, Doncaster, England", "Nationality": "British", "Education": "Eton College", "Al... |
Michael Richard Jackson (born 11 February 1958) is a British television producer and executive. He was one of only three people to have been Controller of both BBC1 and BBC2, the main television channels of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and for being the first media studies graduate to reach a senior level in t... | {"Name": "Michael Jackson", "Birth name": "Michael Richard Jackson", "Birth date": "y 1958 2 11", "Birth place": "Macclesfield, Cheshire, England", "Education": "University of Westminster", "Title": "Controller of BBC2 (1993-1996)Controller of BBC1 (1996-1997)Chief Executive of Channel 4 (1997-2001) Chairman of Univers... |
Our Friends in the North is a British television drama serial produced by the BBC. It was originally broadcast in nine episodes on BBC2 in early 1996. Written by Peter Flannery, it tells the story of four friends from Newcastle upon Tyne over a period of 31 years, from 1964 to 1995. The story makes reference to certain... | {"Genre": "Drama serial", "Written by": "Peter Flannery", "Directed by": "Simon Cellan JonesPedr JamesStuart Urban", "Starring": "Christopher EcclestonGina McKeeDaniel CraigMark Strong Peter Vaughan", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Camera setup": "Single camera", "Running time": "63-75 minutes (each)", "Origin... |
Christopher Eccleston (; born 16 February 1964) is an English actor. A twice BAFTA Award nominee, he has been active in television and film, which includes his role as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who (2005), playing Matt Jamison in The Leftovers (2014-2017), and his collaboration... | {"Name": "Christopher Eccleston", "Caption": "Eccleston at the 2019 GalaxyCon Raleigh", "Birth date": "y 1964 2 16", "Birth place": "Salford, Lancashire, England", "Education": "University of SalfordRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama", "Known For": "Ninth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who", "Occupation": "A... |
La Plagne () is a French ski area in the alpine valley of the Tarentaise (Savoie). Since 2003, La Plagne and the neighbouring resort of Les Arcs form Paradiski's ski area. It is currently owned by Compagnie des Alpes.
In 2014, La Plagne was named the most popular ski resort in the world with more than 2.5 million visi... | {"Name": "La Plagne", "Location": "Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France", "Nearest City": "Chambéry", "Coordinates": "45.5064 N 6.67722 E source:kolossus-dewiki title", "Status": "Operating", "Owner": "Compagnie des Alpes", "Top elevation": "3250 m ft on", "Base elevation": "1250 m ft on", "Skiable area": "10... |
Nimrud (; ) is an ancient Assyrian city (original Assyrian name Kalḫu, biblical name Calah) located in Iraq, south of the city of Mosul, and south of the village of Selamiyah (), in the Nineveh Plains in Upper Mesopotamia. It was a major Assyrian city between approximately 1350 BC and 610 BC. The city is located in ... | {"Alternative name": "Calah, Kalakh, Kalhu", "Coordinates": "36 05 53 N 43 19 44 E inline,title", "Location": "Noomanea, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq", "Region": "Mesopotamia", "Type": "Settlement", "Area": "3.6 km2 on"} |
Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, (3 October 1912 - 19 March 1980), 4th Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton, 6th Baronet Wood of Barnsley in the County of York, and 2nd Baron Irwin of Kirby Underdale in the County of York, was a British peer, Conservative politician, Lord Lieutenant of Humberside and Hi... | {"Name": "The Earl of Halifax", "Image size": "160px", "Image caption": "Memorial in York Minster", "Term start": "23 December 1959", "Term end": "19 March 1980Hereditary peerage", "Birth date": "1912 10 3 y", "Birth place": "Garrowby, Yorkshire, England", "Death date": "1980 3 19 1912 10 3 y", "Death place": "Garrowby... |
Charles Edward Peter Neil Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax, (born 14 March 1944), is a British peer and Conservative politician.
Background
Lord Halifax is the third child and only son of Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, a grandson of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary. His mother, Ru... | {"Name": "The Earl of Halifax", "Image": "90px|center 100px", "Image caption": "Arms of the Earl of Halifax", "Term start": "19 March 1980", "Term end": "11 November 1999as a hereditary peer", "Birth date": "1944 3 14 y", "Birth place": "Yorkshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Eton CollegeChrist C... |
The Legend of Luke is a fantasy novel by Brian Jacques, published in 1999. It is the 12th book and fourth chronologically in the Redwall series.
Plot summary
The book begins during the construction of Redwall Abbey, when a roving female hedgehog named Trimp visits the abbey and sings a song to help the workers lifting... | {"Cover artist": "Chris Baker", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "Redwall", "Publisher": "Hutchinson (UK) & Philomel (US)", "Media type": "Print (hardback and paperback)", "Pages": "374 (UK Hardback) & 374 (US Hardback)", "ISBN": "(UK Hardback) & 0-399-23490-X (US Hardback)", "Preceded by":... |
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; , SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada (French: Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada), is the senior national, bilingual council of distinguished Canadian scholars, humanists, scientists, and artists. The primary objective o... | {"Abbreviation": "RSC (SRC in French)", "Type": "Learned society", "Legal status": "Nonprofit organization", "Headquarters": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"} |
Antonio Di Pietro (; born 2 October 1950) is an Italian politician, lawyer and magistrate. He was a minister in government of Romano Prodi, a Senator, and a Member of the European Parliament. He was a prosecutor in the Mani pulite corruption trials in the early 1990s.
Prosecutor
Di Pietro was born in Montenero di Bisa... | {"Name": "Antonio Di Pietro", "Image": "Antonio Di Pietro Siena 2010.JPG", "Term start": "17 May 2006", "Term end": "8 May 2008", "Order 2": "Minister of Public Works", "Prime minister 2": "Romano Prodi", "Deputy 2": "Antonio BargoneGianni Francesco Mattioli", "Predecessor 2": "Paolo Baratta", "Successor 2": "Paolo Cos... |
thumb|right|300px|David Rittenhouse's home as it appeared c. 1919. From its lawn, in 1769, Rittenhouse observed the transit of Venus.
David Rittenhouse (April 8, 1732 - June 26, 1796) was an American astronomer, inventor, clockmaker, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument craftsman, and public official. Rittenh... | {"Name": "David Rittenhouse", "Birth date": "1732 4 8 y", "Birth place": "Roxborough Township, Pennsylvania, British America", "Death date": "1796 6 26 1732 4 8 y", "Death place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Occupation": "Astronomer Inventor Mathematician"} |
Adelphia Communications Corporation was an American cable television company with headquarters in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1952 by brothers Gus and John Rigas after the pair purchased a cable television franchise for US$300. Combining various cable properties, the company became one of the most succ... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Telecommunications", "Fate": "Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, assets were acquired by Time Warner Cable and Comcast", "Defunct": "2006 7 31", "Products": "Cable television, Internet service provider", "Revenue": "$3.61 billion (2003)", "Founded": "1952", "Headquarters": "Coudersport, Pe... |
Laila Ligita Freivalds (born 22 June 1942) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician who served as Minister for Justice from 1988 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 2000, as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2006 and as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden briefly in 2004.
Freivalds was born in Riga, Latvia, during Wor... | {"Name": "Laila Freivalds", "Image caption": "Laila Freivalds in November 2004", "Term start": "1 October 2004", "Term end": "1 November 2004", "Office 2": "Minister for Justice", "Prime minister 2": "Ingvar Carlsson Göran Persson", "Predecessor 2": "Gun Hellsvik", "Successor 2": "Lena Hjelm-Wallén", "Birth name": "La... |
Metra is the commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area serving the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs via the Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, and other railroads. The system operates 242 stations on 11 rail lines. It is the fourth busiest commuter rail system in the United States by ridershi... | {"Name": "Metra", "Second image caption": "An outbound North Central Service train approaches the Schiller Park station in June 2019, being led by an Ex-Amtrak EMD F59PHI", "Owner(s)": "Regional Transportation Authority (RTA)", "Locale": "Chicago metropolitan area, United States", "Transit type(s)": "Commuter rail", "N... |
Deep Throat is a 1972 American pornographic film written and directed by Gerard Damiano, listed in the credits as "Jerry Gerard", and starring Linda Lovelace (Linda Susan Boreman). It is considered the forefront of the Golden Age of Porn (1969-1984).
One of the first pornographic films to feature a plot, character dev... | {"Directed by": "Jerry Gerard", "Produced by": "Louis \"Butchie\" Peraino", "Written by": "Jerry Gerard", "Starring": "Linda Lovelace\n Harry Reems\n Dolly Sharp\n Carol Connors", "Cinematography": "Harry Flecks", "Edited by": "Jerry Gerard", "Distributed by": "Bryanston Distributing Company", "Budget": "$47,500", "Box... |
Lewis Henry Morgan (November 21, 1818 - December 17, 1881) was a pioneering American anthropologist and social theorist who worked as a railroad lawyer. He is best known for his work on kinship and social structure, his theories of social evolution, and his ethnography of the Iroquois. Interested in what holds societi... | {"Name": "Lewis H. Morgan", "Birth date": "1818 11 21 y", "Birth place": "Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, US", "Death date": "1881 12 17 1818 11 21 y", "Death place": "Rochester, New York, US", "Occupation": "Anthropologist politician", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Elizabeth Steele 1851", "Parent(s)": "Jedediah Morgan Harri... |
The Intercolonial Railway of Canada , also referred to as the Intercolonial Railway (ICR), was a historic Canadian railway that operated from 1872 to 1918, when it became part of Canadian National Railways. As the railway was also completely owned and controlled by the Government of Canada, the Intercolonial was also o... | {"Locale": "Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec", "Dates of operation": "1918", "Previous gauge": "sections built to5ft6in on but converted in 1875 prior to opening", "Headquarters": "Moncton, New Brunswick"} |
Bargainville is a 1993 album by Canadian band Moxy Früvous, their first major-label release. This disc's subject matter is divided between comedy and serious personal, social, and ecological issues.
Bargainville was released on July 19, 1993, in Canada by Warner Music Canada and on February 8, 1994, in the US by WEA/A... | {"Released": "July 19, 1993", "Recorded": "1993, Hurley, New York", "Label": "Warner Music Canada, Atlantic", "Producer": "Moxy Früvous"} |
Around six million Polish citizensProject in Posterum, Poland World War II casualties. Retrieved 20 September 2013.Holocaust: Five Million Forgotten: Non-Jewish Victims of the Shoah. Remember.org.AFP/Expatica, Polish experts lower nation's WWII death toll , Expatica.com, 30 August 2009Tomasz Szarota & Wojciech Materski... | {"Title": "War crimes in occupied Polandduring World War II", "Image caption": "Auschwitz II-Birkenau", "Participants": "Wehrmacht, Gestapo, SS, Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz, Trawnikis, Sonderdienst, NKVD, SMERSH, Red Army, OUN-UPA, Lithuanian Security Police", "First group of or total casualties": "Around 5 - 6 million... |
Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956), known professionally as K. A. Applegate or Katherine Applegate, is an American young adult and children's fiction writer, best known as the author of the Animorphs, Remnants, Everworld, and other book series. She won the 2013 Newbery Medal for her 2012 children's novel ... | {"Born": "1956 10 9", "Occupation": "Writer", "Nationality": "American", "Period": "1991-2012; 2019-present", "Notable awards": "Newbery Medal 2013", "Children": "2Grant Michael According to @Wikipedia, Katherine and I have 3 kids. This is very concerning as we were pretty sure we only had the two. But we're getting... |
Karl "Quax" Schnörrer (22 March 1919 - 25 September 1979) was a German military aviator who served in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he claimed 46 enemy aircraft shot down in 536 combat missions, eleven of which while flying the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter in Defense of the Reich.
Born in Nu... | {"Born": "Nuremberg", "Died": "Nuremberg", "Nickname(s)": "Quax", "Allegiance": "Nazi Germany", "Commands held": "9./JG 7", "Awards": "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross"} |
Wrocław University of Science and Technology () is a technological university in Wrocław, Poland. With buildings and infrastructures dispersed throughout the city, its main facilities are gathered at a central location near Plac Grunwaldzki, alongside the Oder river. It operates three regional branches in Jelenia Góra,... | {"Type": "Public", "Rector": "Arkadiusz Wójs", "Students": "28,314", "Budget": "PLN 613 million (2012)http://www.imsig.pl/pdf/2013/181/13193.pdf Internetowy Monitor Sądowy i Gospodarczy Imsig.pl 2020-05-26", "Campus": "Urban", "Website": "https://pwr.edu.pl/en/"} |
Dunkin' Donuts LLC, doing business as Dunkin', is an American multinational coffee and doughnut company, as well as a quick service restaurant. It was founded by Bill Rosenberg (1916-2002) in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1950. The chain was acquired by Baskin-Robbins's holding company Allied Lyons in 1990; its acquisition... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Food and beverage\n Coffeehouse", "Founded": "1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Headquarters": "United States", "Products": "Baked goods\n Frozen beverages\n Hot beverages\n Iced beverages\n Sandwiches\n Soft drinks", "Parent": "Inspire Brands", "Revenue": "2019", "Website": "ht... |
To a God Unknown is a novel by John Steinbeck, first published in 1933. The book was Steinbeck's third novel (after Cup of Gold and The Pastures of Heaven). Steinbeck found To a God Unknown extremely difficult to write; taking him roughly five years to complete, the novel proved more time-consuming than either East of ... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Robert O. Ballou", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "hardcover: 247, paperback: 240", "Preceded by": "The Pastures of Heaven"} |
Winchell's Donuts House is an international doughnut company and coffeehouse chain founded by Verne Winchell on October 8, 1948, in Temple City, California. Currently, there are over 170 stores in 6 western states, as well as Guam, Saipan, and Saudi Arabia. Several stores also operated in Nagoya, Japan in the past, wit... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1948 10 18 in Temple City, California, U.S.", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Industry": "Coffeehouse", "Genre": "Fast casualBakery", "Products": "Doughnuts\n Coffee\n Sandwiches\n Tea\n Baked goods\n Breakfast", "Parent": "Denny's (1972-2004)Yum Yum Donut Shops, Inc. (2004-present)", "Websi... |
WHYY-TV (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Wilmington, Delaware, United States, serving as the primary PBS member station for the Philadelphia area. It is owned by WHYY, Inc., alongside NPR member station WHYY-FM 90.9. WHYY-TV and WHYY-FM share studios and offices on Independence Mall in Center City, Phil... | {"City": "Wilmington, Delaware", "Branding": "PBS WHYY", "Channel": "12", "Affiliations": "12.1: PBS 12.2: Y2 12.3: PBS Kids", "Owner": "WHYY, Inc.", "ERP": "30 kW", "HAAT": "294 m ft 0 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "40 2 30.9 N 75 14 21.9 W type:landmark_scale:2000 inline, title", "Website": "https://www.whyy.org/"} |
The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show is a half-hour American animated comedy television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and aired in 1995 as a spin-off of the show Marsupilami, a spinoff itself of Raw Toonage. The show represents Disney's attempt to do a more "edgy" cartoon in the vein of Nickelo... | {"Genre": "CartoonComedySlapstick", "Created by": "Bill Kopp", "Written by": "Bill Kopp", "Directed by": "Jeff DeGrandis", "Voices of": "Jason Marsden\n Frank Welker\n Charlie Adler\n Jeff Bennett\n Corey Burton\n Jim Cummings\n Brad Garrett\n Jess Harnell\n Steve Mackall\n Tress MacNeille\n April Winchell\n Patric Zim... |
Powderfinger were an Australian rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins and drummer Jon Coghill. The group's third studio album Internationalist peaked at No. 1 ... | {"Origin": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Genres": "Rock alternative rock hard rock grunge", "Discography": "Powderfinger discography", "Labels": "Finger, Polydor, Universal", "Website": "powderfinger.com"} |
The Decline of Western Civilization is a 1981 American documentary filmed through 1979 and 1980. The movie is about the Los Angeles punk rock scene and was directed by Penelope Spheeris. In 1981, the LAPD Chief of Police Daryl Gates wrote a letter demanding the film not be shown again in the city.
The film's title is ... | {"Directed by": "Penelope Spheeris", "Written by": "Penelope Spheeris", "Produced by": "Gordon BrownJeff PrettymanPenelope Spheeris", "Cinematography": "Steve Conant", "Edited by": "Charlie Mullin", "Distributed by": "Nu-Image Film (theatrical)Media Home Entertainment (home video)"} |
Zachlumia or Zachumlia (, ), also Hum, was a medieval principality located in the modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia (today parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, respectively). In some periods it was a fully independent or semi-independent South Slavic principality. It maintained relations w... | {"Native name": "ЗахумљеZahumlje", "Conventional long name": "Principality of Zachlumia", "Starting event": "Established", "Event ending the country": "Conquered by Duklja", "Leader 1": "Michael (first known)", "Leader 1 years": "910-935", "Leader's title": "Prince", "Type of government": "Monarchy", "Religions": "Chri... |
Tirana Year Zero (Tirana, année zéro), is a 2002 Albanian film produced, written and directed by Fatmir Koçi. It tells the story of a young couple in post-communist Albania, at a time when many Albanians left the country in search for a better life abroad.
Plot
The protagonist of the movie is Nik, who lives in the ca... | {"Directed by": "Fatmir Koçi", "Produced by": "Fatmir Koçi", "Written by": "Fatmir KoçiEnzo BrandnerMarco Nicoletti", "Starring": "Nevin MeçajEmilia Teli", "Music by": "Artem Denissov", "Cinematography": "Enzo Brandner", "Edited by": "Thomas KuhneMichel Klochendlerhttps://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/movies/film-festival... |
Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York, United States. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia College (formerly King's College).
In the 19th century, it beca... | {"Motto": "fr Sous les lois de Minerve nous devenons tous frères et soeurs (French)", "Type": "Private liberal arts college", "President": "David R. Harris", "Campus": "Urban: 120 acre, including 8 acre of formal gardens", "Endowment": "$600 million (2023)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Re... |
Kevin Graham Ogilvie (born December 5, 1962), known professionally as Nivek Ogre, is a Canadian musician, performance artist and actor, best known for his work with the industrial music group Skinny Puppy, which he co-founded with cEvin Key. Since 1982, he has served as Skinny Puppy's primary lyricist and vocalist, occ... | {"Born": "1962 12 5", "Origin": "Calgary, Alberta, Canada", "Genres": "Industrialhttp://exclaim.ca/music/article/ohgr-sunnypsyop ohGr - SunnyPsyOp Wolanski Coreen 1 September 2003 Exclaim! 26 March 2017\nelectro-industrialGood Dave Yelled at by Skinny Puppy (22 January 2014) http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/201... |
Edwin Richard Thiele (10 September 1895 - 15 April 1986) was an American Seventh-day Adventist missionary in China, editor, archaeologist, writer, and scholar of the Old Testament. He is best known for his chronological studies of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel.
Biography
Thiele was born and raised in Chicago, Ill... | {"Name": "Edwin R. Thiele", "Alt": "Edwin R. Thiele", "Caption": "Thiele working at his desk", "Birth date": "1895 09 10", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois", "Death date": "1986 04 15 1895 09 10", "Death place": "St. Helena, California", "Resting place": "Berrien Springs, Michigan", "Nationality": "American", "Educati... |
Chick-fil-A, Inc. ( , a play on the American English pronunciation of "filet") is an American fast food restaurant chain and the largest chain specializing in chicken sandwiches. Headquartered in College Park, Georgia, Chick-fil-A operates 2,973 restaurants across 48 states, as well as in the District of Columbia and P... | {"Formerly": "Dwarf Grill Dwarf House", "Type": "Private", "Headquarters": "United States", "Parent": "Cathy family", "Revenue": "US$11.3 billion (2019)Forbes.com https://web.archive.org/web/20210917130801/https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciakelso/2020/06/30/chick-fil-a-named-americas-favorite-restaurant-chain-for-the-s... |
Dwayne Rudolph Goettel (February 1, 1964August 23, 1995) was a Canadian electronic musician, best known for his work in the industrial music group Skinny Puppy. Starting his career playing for a variety of acts around Edmonton, he joined Skinny Puppy in 1986 following the departure of keyboardist Bill Leeb. A classical... | {"Born": "High Level, Alberta, Canada", "Died": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada", "Genres": "\"Interface\">Reed Aleander The Conscious Subconscious (1997) http://litany.net/interviews/reed_interface Interface Litany 31 January 2019", "Labels": "Subconscious Communications\n Nettwerk Records\n American Recordings\n Wax... |
Final Cut Pro (often abbreviated FCP or FCPX) is a professional non-linear video-editing application initially developed by Macromedia, and, since 1998, by Apple as part of its pro apps collection. Final Cut Pro allows users to import, edit, and process video footage, and output it to a wide variety of formats.
In th... | {"Original author(s)": "Macromedia Inc.", "Developer(s)": "Apple Inc.", "Initial release": "April 1999", "Type": "Video editing software", "License": "Proprietary", "Website": "https://apple.com/final-cut-pro/"} |
Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall CBE (22 November 1930 11 September 2017) was an English theatre, opera and film director. His obituary in The Times declared him "the most important figure in British theatre for half a century" and on his death, a Royal National Theatre statement declared that Hall's "influence on th... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Peter Hall", "Post-nominals": "CBE", "Caption": "Hall at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards, 2011", "Birth name": "Peter Reginald Frederick Hall", "Birth date": "1930 11 22 y", "Birth place": "Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, England", "Death date": "2017 9 11 1930 11 22 y", "Death place"... |
Fort Stanwix was a colonial fort whose construction commenced on August 26, 1758, under the direction of British General John Stanwix, at the location of present-day Rome, New York, but was not completed until about 1762. The bastion fort was built to guard a portage known as the Oneida Carry during the French and Indi... | {"Location": "100 North James St., Rome, New York", "Area": "16 acre", "Built": "1758", "Visitation": "2002", "Website": "Fort Stanwix National Monument"} |
Dorothy Snowden "Dar" Williams (born April 19, 1967) is an American pop folk singer-songwriter from Mount Kisco, New York. Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker has described Williams as "one of America's very best singer-songwriters." Fans Note Dar Williams, The New Yorker Magazine, Hendrik Hertzberg. November 5, 2011. ... | {"Born": "1967 4 19 yes", "Origin": "Mount Kisco, New York, US", "Genres": "Folk, Folk-pop, Alternative country", "Labels": "Burning Field MusicWaterbug RecordsRazor & Tie", "Website": "darwilliams.com"} |
Stephen Tvrtko I (; 1338 - 10 March 1391) was the first king of Bosnia. A member of the House of Kotromanić, he succeeded his uncle Stephen II as the ban of Bosnia in 1353. As he was a minor at the time, Tvrtko's father, Vladislav, briefly ruled as regent, followed by Tvrtko's mother, Jelena. Early in his personal rul... | {"Father": "Vladislav of Bosnia", "Mother": "Jelena of Bribir", "Born": "1338", "Died": "1391 3 10 1338 yes", "Burial": "Mile, Visoko", "Religion": "Roman Catholic"} |
thumb|right|300px|Box Hill Town Hall.
thumb|Aerial panorama of Box Hill, taken from Surrey Park. Taken April 2018|223x223px
The City of Whitehorse is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and an estimated residential population of 171,167 as of June 2021... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Whitehorse", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Whitehorse.gif", "Caption": "Map of Melbourne showing City of Whitehorse", "Population": "171167", "Population Year": "2021", "Population Footnotes": "Regional Population, 2021: Population estimates by LGA and Electoral Divisio... |
thumbnail|right|300px|East Okoboji Lake, in the Iowa Great Lakes region.
East Okoboji Lake is a natural body of water, approximately in area, in Dickinson County in northwest Iowa in the United States. It is part of the chain of lakes known as the Iowa Great Lakes. The area was long inhabited by the Santee or Eastern... | {"Location": "Dickinson County, Iowa", "Coordinates": "43 24 17 N 095 04 31 W region:US_type:waterbody inline,title", "Basin": "United States", "Average depth": "10 ft on", "Max. depth": "22 ft on", "Settlements": "Spirit Lake, Okoboji"} |
Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers) is a compilation album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, and consists of various B-sides, rarities and cover versions. It was released on 14 July 2003 by record label Sony, and reached number 11 on the UK Album Chart.
Content
Title
... | {"Released": "14 July 2003", "Recorded": "1989-2002", "Genre": "Alternative rock\n hard rock\n punk rock", "Label": "Sony", "Producer": "Various"} |
Charles B. Wang (; August 19, 1944 - October 21, 2018) was a Chinese-American billionaire, businessman, and philanthropist, who was a co-founder and CEO of Computer Associates International, Inc. (later renamed CA Technologies). He was a minority owner (and past majority owner) of the NHL's New York Islanders ice hocke... | {"Name": "Charles Wang", "Caption": "Wang in 2016", "Native name": "王嘉廉", "Birth date": "1944 8 19", "Birth place": "Shanghai, China", "Death date": "2018 10 21 1944 8 19", "Death place": "Cove Neck, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Owner, New York Islanders Investor", "Known For": "Co-founder, CA Technologies", "Spouse... |
Schlumberger NV (), doing business as SLB, also known as Schlumberger Limited, is an oilfield services company. As of 2022, it is both the world's largest offshore drilling company and the world's largest offshore drilling contractor by revenue.
Schlumberger is incorporated in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Oilfield services and equipment", "Founded": "1926 yes (as Electric Prospecting Company)Paris, France", "Headquarters": "Houston, Texas, United States", "Revenue": "\"Yahoo! Finance\">Schlumberger Limited (SLB) https://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=SLB+Profile Yahoo! Finance", "ISIN": "n y AN... |
Andrew Frederick James Gould (born 17 December 1946) is a British businessman, the former chairman and CEO of Schlumberger.
Education
Gould received his degree in Economic History from the University of Wales, Cardiff.
Career
Early Career
Gould started his career at Ernst & Young.
Schlumberger
In 1975, he joined ... | {"Name": "Andrew Gould", "Birth date": "1946 12 17 yes", "Birth place": "United Kingdom", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of Wales, Cardiff", "Occupation": "Partner at CSL Capital Management and Member of the Board at Saudi Aramco"} |
The prime minister of Bangladesh (), officially prime minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh () is the chief executive of the government of Bangladesh. The prime minister and the cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Parliament, to their political party and ultimately to th... | {"Post": "Prime Minister", "Body": "the People's Republic of Bangladesh", "Flag size": "165px", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Standard of the prime minister of Bangladesh", "Insignia size": "120px", "Insignia caption": "Seal of the prime minister of Bangladesh", "Image size": "230px", "Department": "Government... |
The prime minister of Pakistan (, romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Pakistan serving as the nominal head of executive. The prime minister is often the leader of ... | {"Body": "Pakistan", "Department": "Executive branch of theGovernment of Pakistan", "Native name": "وزِیرِ اعظم پاکستان", "Constituting instrument": "Constitution of Pakistan", "Flag size": "150px", "Flag caption": "Prime Ministerial Standard", "Insignia size": "120px", "Incumbent": "Anwar ul Haq Kakar (Caretaker)", "I... |
The Gagauz () are a Turkic ethnic group native to southern Moldova (Gagauzia, Taraclia District, Basarabeasca District) and southwestern Ukraine (Budjak). Gagauz are mostly Eastern Orthodox Christians. The term Gagauz is also often used as a collective naming of Turkic people living in the Balkans, speaking the Gagauz ... | {"Name": "Gagauz peopleGagauzlar", "Population": "200,000", "Image caption": "Gagauz people in traditional clothing", "Languages": "Gagauz Romanian Russian", "Religions": "Eastern Orthodox Church Michael Lipka https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/the-gagauz-christian-turks-between-two-worlds-57426 The Gagauz: 'Christian... |
Liaquat Ali Khan (1 October 189516 October 1951) was a Pakistani lawyer, politician and statesman who served as the first prime minister of Pakistan from 1947 until his assassination in 1951. He was one of the leading figures of the Pakistan Movement and is revered as Quaid-e-Millat ().
Khan was born in Karnal to an U... | {"Honorific prefix": "Shaheed-e-Millat", "Name": "Liaquat Ali Khan", "Native name": "لِیاقت علی خان", "Image caption": "Khan in 1945", "Term start": "15 August 1947", "Term end": "16 October 1951", "Order 2": "1st Minister of Foreign Affairs", "Deputy 2": "M. Ikramullah(Foreign Secretary)", "Predecessor 2": "Office est... |
Frank Forrester Church III (July 25, 1924 - April 7, 1984) was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Idaho from 1957 until his defeat in 1980. He was the longest serving Democratic senator from the state and the only Democrat from the state who se... | {"Name": "Frank Church", "Alternative text": "Portrait of Frank Church", "Term start": "January 3, 1957", "Term end": "January 3, 1981", "Birth name": "Frank Forrester Church III", "Birth date": "1924 7 25", "Birth place": "Boise, Idaho, U.S.", "Death date": "1984 4 7 1924 7 25", "Death place": "Bethesda, Maryland, U.S... |
Absolutely is a British comedy sketch show. The cast and crew are mainly Scottish; the principal writers and performers are Moray Hunter, Jack Docherty, Peter Baikie, Gordon Kennedy (all of whom had performed together as The Bodgers for many years), Morwenna Banks (English) and John Sparkes (Welsh). The original televi... | {"Also known as": "The Absolutely Radio Show", "Directed by": "Phil Chilvers\n Alan Nixon\n Alistair Clark\n Graham C Williams", "Starring": "Peter Baikie\n Morwenna Banks\n Jack Docherty\n Moray Hunter\n Gordon Kennedy\n John Sparkes", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Camera setup": "Multi-camera", "Running tim... |
The University of Wollongong (abbreviated as UOW) is an Australian public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney. As of 2023, the university had an enrolment of more than 33,000 students (including over 12,300 international students), ... | {"Motto": "Stands for purpose", "Type": "Public research university", "Accreditation": "TEQSA", "Budget": "A$624.6 million (2020)https://documents.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@pmcd/@smc/documents/doc/uow269503.pdf 2020 Annual Report University of Wollongong 2020 28 October 2021 2 July 2021 https://web.a... |
Tertangala is the student magazine of the University of Wollongong.
Content
The magazine features student investigative and feature articles, news, artwork, opinion, film and music reviews, as well as interviews and editorials. Submissions from staff and students (including student association representatives) makes u... | {"Type": "Student newspaper", "Format": "Magazine", "Editor-in-chief": "Alec Hall", "Language": "English", "Circulation": "1,250", "Headquarters": "Australia", "Website": "Tertangala.net"} |
Catherine Sophia Callbeck (born July 25, 1939) is a Canadian retired politician and the current and ninth Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island.
She was the 28th premier of Prince Edward Island from 1993 to 1996, the third female premier in Canadian history, and the first to win a general election (th... | {"Name": "Catherine S. Callbeck", "Lieutenant governor 1": "Marion L. ReidGilbert Clements", "Office 2": "Senator from Prince Edward Island", "Term start": "September 29, 2018", "Birth date": "1939 7 25", "Birth place": "Central Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, Canada", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Other political party":... |
Megami Tensei, marketed internationally as Shin Megami Tensei (formerly Revelations), is a Japanese media franchise created by Aya Nishitani, Kouji "Cozy" Okada, Ginichiro Suzuki, and Kazunari Suzuki. Primarily developed and published by Atlus, and currently owned by Atlus (and Sega, after acquisition), the franchise c... | {"Title": "Megami Tensei", "Alt": "The logo consists of the text \"Megami Tensei\" written horizontally using four red, cursive kanji characters. The third character is written further down than the rest.", "Creator": "Aya Nishitani Kouji Okada Gin'ichiro Suzuki Kazunari Suzuki", "Developer": "Atlus, Arc System Works, ... |
"The Sound of Silence", originally "The Sounds of Silence", is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel, written by Paul Simon. The duo's studio audition of the song led to a record deal with Columbia Records, and the original acoustic version was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia Studios in New York City fo... | {"B-side": "We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin'", "Released": "October 19, 1964 (original acoustic version); 1965 09 12 (overdubbed electric version)", "Recorded": "March 10, 1964", "Studio": "Columbia 7th Ave, New York City", "Genre": "Folk rockKruth John John Kruth This Bird Has Flown: The Enduring Beauty of Rubber Soul,... |
The Alberta Act (), effective September 1, 1905, was the act of the Parliament of Canada that created the province of Alberta. The Act is similar in nature to the Saskatchewan Act, which established the province of Saskatchewan at the same time. Like the Saskatchewan Act, the Alberta Act was controversial because (sec.... | {"Short title": "Alberta Act", "Long title": "An Act to establish and provide for the Government of the Province of Alberta", "Citation": "4 & 5 Edward VII, c. 3", "Enacted by": "Parliament of Canada", "Date assented to": "July 20, 1905", "Date commenced": "September 1, 1905Tattrie Jon Alberta and Confederation http... |
Ebba Magnusdotter Brahe (16 March 1596 - 5 January 1674) was a Swedish countess, landowner, and courtier. She is foremost known for being the love object of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, and because he wished to marry her prior to his marriage, plans which were however never realized. Their love affair has been fam... | {"Name": "Ebba Brahe", "Caption": "Ebba Brahe", "Other names": "Ebba Magnusdotter Brahe", "Birth date": "16 March 1596", "Death date": "1674 1 5 1596 3 16 y", "Parent(s)": "Magnus Brahe Britta Stensdotter Leijonhuvud", "Partner(s)": "Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden", "Spouse(s)": "Jacob De la Gardie (m. 1618-52; his death... |
The Yukon Party () is a conservative political party in Yukon, Canada. It is the successor to the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.
Formation
With Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative federal government's decreasing popularity, the Yukon Progressive Conservatives decided to sever its relation... | {"Leader": "Currie Dixon", "President": "Melanie Brais", "Founded": "1991", "Preceded by": "Progressive Conservative Party", "Headquarters": "Whitehorse, YT", "Ideology": "ConservatismYukon regionalismProvincehood", "Political position": "Centre-right"} |
Bamford is a village in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, close to the River Derwent. To the north-east is Bamford Edge, and to the north-west the Ladybower, Derwent and Howden Reservoirs. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 1,241."Area: Bamford (Parish)"
History
Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "1241", "District": "High Peak", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "UK Parliament": "High Peak", "Postcode district": "S", "Dialling code": "01433", "OS grid reference": "SK207835"} |
thumb|Lake Pleshcheyevo near the whitewalled Monastery of St Nicetas
Lake Pleshcheyevo () is a glacial lake in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. The historic town of Pereslavl-Zalessky is on the southeastern side of the lake.Lake information: Botik
The lake, which is part of Pleshcheyevo Ozero National Park, covers an area o... | {"Location": "Yaroslavl Oblast", "Coordinates": "56 45 59 N 38 47 04 E region:RU_type:waterbody inline,title", "Primary inflows": "Trubezh", "Primary outflows": "Vyoksa→ Nerl", "Basin": "Russia", "Settlements": "Pereslavl-Zalessky"} |
Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator, and former cricketer. Ponting was captain of the Australian national team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and is the most successful captain in international cricket histor... | {"Full name": "Ricky Thomas Ponting", "Nickname": "Punter", "Born": "Launceston, Tasmania, Australia", "Height": "175cm", "Batting": "Right-handed", "Bowling": "Right-arm medium", "Role": "Top-order batter", "Relations": "Greg Campbell (uncle)"} |
Melody Maker was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies; according to its publisher, IPC Media, the earliest. It was founded in 1926, largely as a magazine for dance band musicians, by Leicester-born composer, publisher Lawrence Wright; the first editor was Edgar Jackson. In January... | {"Frequency": "Weekly", "Company": "IPC Media", "First issue": "January 1926 Moore Hilary Inside British Jazz: Crossing Borders of Race, Nation and Class 2007 Ashgate Publishing 978-0754657446 26", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Based in": "London, England", "Language": "English", "ISSN": "0025-9012"} |
Claude Ryan, (January 26, 1925 – February 9, 2004) was a Canadian journalist and politician. He was the director of the newspaper Le Devoir from 1964 to 1978, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1978 to 1982, National Assembly of Quebec member for Argenteuil from 1979 to 1994 and Minister of Education from 1985 to... | {"Name": "Claude Ryan", "Image caption": "Claude Ryan, c. 1988", "Term start": "1979", "Term end": "1994", "Birth date": "1925 1 26", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec", "Death date": "2004 2 9 1925 1 26", "Death place": "Montreal, Quebec"} |
Dorothy-Grace Elder is a Scottish journalist and former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region 1999-2003. She sat as an Independent MSP 2002-2003, having first sat as a Scottish National Party member from 1999 until she left the party in 2002. Among achievements for campaigning, she was awarded ... | {"Name": "Dorothy-Grace Elder", "Term start": "6 May 1999", "Term end": "31 March 2003", "Birth date": "1942", "Birth place": "Dundee, Scotland"} |
Socialist Action is a Trotskyist political party in the United States. It publishes the monthly Socialist Action newspaper, has a youth affiliate called Youth for Socialist Action (YSA) and is associated with the Fourth International. In October 2019, a minority faction was expelled or resigned membership from Socialis... | {"Founded": "1983", "Ideology": "Trotskyism", "Political position": "Far-left", "International affiliation": "Fourth International"} |
John Edward Michael Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh, (26 November 1937 - 20 May 2019) was a British Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from February 1974 until 1992. During the Premiership of Margaret Thatcher he enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of government, whi... | {"Name": "The Lord Moore of Lower Marsh", "Image caption": "Moore in 1985", "Term start": "25 July 1988", "Term end": "23 July 1989", "Office 2": "Secretary of State for Health and Social Services", "Prime minister 2": "Margaret Thatcher", "Predecessor 2": "Norman Fowler", "Successor 2": "Himself (Social Security)Kenne... |
The Nova Scotia New Democratic Party is a social-democratic, progressive provincial party in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the provincial entity of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP). It was founded as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in 1932, and became the New Democratic Party in 1961. It became the go... | {"Leader": "Claudia Chender", "President": "Carol Ferguson", "Founded": "1932 (NS CCF)1961 (NS NDP)", "Ideology": "Social democracyProgressivism", "Headquarters": "5151 George StreetSuite 603Halifax, Nova ScotiaB3J 1M5", "Political position": "Centre-left to left-wing", "National affiliation": "New Democratic Party"} |
The Minister for Foreign Affairs () is the foreign minister of Sweden and the head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Tobias Billström of the Moderate Party.
History
The office was instituted in 1809 as a result of the constitutional Instrument of Government promulgated i... | {"Post": "Minister for Foreign Affairs", "Body": "Sweden", "Native name": "Statsråd och chef för utrikesdepartementet", "Insignia size": "130px", "Insignia caption": "Lesser coat of arms of Sweden", "Incumbent": "Tobias Billström", "Incumbent since": "18 October 2022", "Style": "Excellencywas used up to the 1970s in Sw... |
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