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Hotel Adolphus (often referred to as "The Adolphus") is an upscale hotel in the Main Street District of Downtown Dallas Dallas, Texas. A Dallas Landmark, it was for several years the tallest building in the state. Today, the hotel is part of Marriott Hotel's Autograph Collection.
History
The Adolphus was opened on Oct... | {"Part of": "040008942013a", "Location": "1321 Commerce St.,Dallas, Texas", "Area": "less than one acre", "Built": "1911", "Architect": "Barnett, Haynes & Barnett; Tom P. Barnett", "Architectural style": "Beaux-Arts", "Website": "http://www.adolphus.com/ The Adolphus Hotel"} |
Steward Observatory is the research arm of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona (UArizona). Its offices are located on the UArizona campus in Tucson, Arizona (US). Established in 1916, the first telescope and building were formally dedicated on April 23, 1923. It now operates, or is a partner in t... | {"Organization": "University of Arizona", "Location": "Tucson, Arizona", "Coordinates": "32.2333 N 110.9490 W type:landmark inline,title", "Altitude": "792 m ft us", "Established": "1916", "Website": "http://www.as.arizona.edu/ Steward Observatory", "Commercial telescopes": "10 m Submillimeter Telescope1.8 m VATT2 x 8.... |
The Chipewyan ( , also called Denésoliné or Dënesųłı̨né or Dënë Sųłınë́, meaning "the original/real people") Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh are a Dene Indigenous Canadian people of the Athabaskan language family, whose ancestors are identified with the Taltheilei Shale archaeological... | {"Name": "Dënesųłı̨ne", "Population": "30,910 (2016 census)", "Languages": "English, Denesuline", "Religions": "Christianity, Animism", "Related ethnic groups": "Dene, Yellowknives, Tłı̨chǫ, Slavey, Sahtu", "Image caption": "A Chipewyan woman and child set out to hunt muskrat in Garson Lake, Saskatchewan"} |
Wheatley Place is a neighborhood in South Dallas, Texas, that is designated as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and as a somewhat smaller Dallas Landmark District by the city. Included among the buildings that compose the historic district is the Juanita J. Craft Civil Rights House... | {"Location": "Bounded by Warren, Atlanta, McDermott, Meadow, Oakland and Dathe, Dallas, Texas", "Area": "98 acre", "Built": "1916", "Architectural style": "Bungalow/Craftsman", "MPS": "East and South Dallas MPS"} |
Trevor Martin Chappell (born 12 October 1952) is a former Australian cricketer, a member of the South Australian Chappell family which excelled at cricket. He played 3 tests and 20 One Day Internationals for Australia. He won the Sheffield Shield with New South Wales twice, and scored a century for Australia against In... | {"Full name": "Trevor Martin Chappell", "Born": "Glenelg, South Australia", "Batting": "Right-handed", "Bowling": "Right-arm underarm,medium", "Relations": "Ian Chappell (brother)\nGreg Chappell (brother)\nVic Richardson (grandfather)"} |
The Sims 2 is a 2004 strategic life simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the second major title in The Sims series, and is the sequel to The Sims. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on September 14, 2004, and a port for MacOS was released on June 17, 2005. Eight expa... | {"Title": "The Sims 2", "Developer": "Maxis Redwood ShoresAmaze Entertainment co-developed the handheld game console versions (PSP, DS, Mobile, GBA)", "Publisher": "Electronic ArtsAspyr published the Mac OS X version", "Director": "Charles London", "Producer": "Jonathan KnightMargaret Ng", "Programmer": "David GregoryM... |
Lustron houses are prefabricated enameled steel houses developed in the post-World War II era United States in response to the shortage of homes for returning G.I.s by Chicago industrialist and inventor Carl Strandlund. Considered low-maintenance and extremely durable, they were expected to attract modern families who ... | {"Title": "Lustron house", "Image": "Jermain Street Albany.JPG", "Image caption": "Lustron houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Albany, New York", "Type": "Prefabricated enameled steel houses", "Inventor": "Carl Strandlund", "Inception": "1947", "Manufacturer": "Lustron Corporation, Columbus, Ohio", "L... |
No. 206 Squadron is a Test and Evaluation Squadron of the Royal Air Force. Until 2005 it was employed in the maritime patrol role with the Nimrod MR.2 at RAF Kinloss, Moray. It was announced in December 2004 that 206 Squadron would disband on 1 April 2005, with half of its crews being redistributed to Nos. 120 and 201 ... | {"Branch": "23px Royal Air Force", "Type": "Flying squadron", "Role": "Test and evaluation", "Part of": "Air Warfare Centre", "Motto(s)": "la Nihil nos effugit Nothing escapes us yesPine L.G. A dictionary of mottoes 1983 Routledge & Kegan Paul London 0-7100-9339-X 149 1 registration https://archive.org/details/dictiona... |
Tupperware is an American household products company that develops, manufactures, and internationally distributes preparation, storage, and serving containers for the kitchen and home. It was founded in 1942 by Earl Tupper, who developed his first bell-shaped container and introduced the products to the public in 1946.... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1946 in Leominster, Massachusetts", "Products": "Preparation, storage, serving products for the kitchen and home, and beauty products", "Revenue": "US$2.26 billion (2017)", "Parent": "Tupperware Brands", "Website": "https://www.tupperware.com/"} |
Broadcast.com was an Internet radio company founded as AudioNet in September 1995 by Cameron Christopher Jaeb. Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban later led the organization and eventually sold to Yahoo! on April 1, 1999, for $5.7 billion, making it the most expensive acquisition Yahoo! has made.Forbes: Broadcast.com The servic... | {"Commercial": "Yes", "Founder(s)": "Cameron C. JaebTodd WagnerMark CubanMartin Woodall", "Launched": "1995 9 (as AudioNet)", "Current status": "Discontinued"} |
Carnac (; , ) is a commune beside the Gulf of Morbihan on the south coast of Brittany in the Morbihan department in north-western France.
Its inhabitants are called Carnacois in French. Carnac is renowned for the Carnac stones - one of the most extensive Neolithic menhir collections in the world - as well as its beach... | {"Name": "Carnac", "Native Name": "Karnag", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Kermario Carnac.JPG", "Caption": "Standing stones in the Kermario alignment", "Coordinates": "47.5847 -3.0794 dms inline,title", "Arrondissement": "Lorient", "Canton": "Quiberon", "Postal code": "56340", "Mayor": "Olivier Lepickhttps://w... |
The (; ; abbreviation: ₶.) was one of numerous currencies used in medieval France, and a unit of account (i.e., a monetary unit used in accounting) used in Early Modern France.
The 1262 monetary reform established the as 20 , or 80.88 grams of fine silver. The was a gold coin of one minted in large numbers from 13... | {"Is obsolete": "yes", "Symbol": "₶", "Unit": "livre", "Subunit": "1 240"} |
Saint Nicholas (Kasatkin), Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Japan, born Ivan Dmitrovich Kasatkin (; – 16 February 1912) was a Russian Orthodox priest, monk, and bishop. He introduced the Eastern Orthodox Church to Japan."Святый Николае, иерарше равноапостольне... молися о всем мире", Pravoslavie.RU, February 2007,... | {"Born": "Smolensk, Russian Empire", "Died": "Tokyo City, Empire of Japan", "Feast": "3 February16 February (old style)", "Canonized": "Tokyo, Japan"} |
ConFurence was the first exclusively furry convention, held annually in southern California from 1989 to 2003. The large furry presence at the BayCon science fiction conventions instigated Mark Merlino and Rod O'Riley to throw "furry parties" at Westercon, Baycon, and other west coast sci-fi conventions in the late 80'... | {"Event name": "ConFurence", "Image": "100px", "Status": "Inactive", "Genre": "Furry", "Location": "California", "Country": "United States", "First event date": "1989", "Most recent event date": "2003", "Official website": "http://www.confurence.com/"} |
Andrew Archibald Macdonald, (14 February 1829 – 21 March 1912) served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1 August 1884 to 2 September 1889, and was one of the fathers of Canadian Confederation.
Birth and early career
Born in Three Rivers, Prince Edward Island, Andrew Archibald Macdonald ... | {"Name": "Andrew Archibald Macdonald", "Image caption": "Andrew Archibald Macdonald", "Term start": "18 July 1884", "Term end": "2 September 1889", "Birth date": "yes 1829 2 14", "Birth place": "Three Rivers, Prince Edward Island Colony", "Death date": "yes 1912 3 21 1829 2 14", "Death place": "Ottawa, Ontario, Dominio... |
30 Rockefeller Plaza (officially the Comcast Building; formerly RCA Building and GE Building) is a skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States. Completed in 1933, the 66-story, building was designed in the Art Deco style by Raymond H... | {"Former names": "RCA BuildingGE Building", "Alternative names": "30 Rock", "Location": "30 Rockefeller PlazaNew York, New York 10112", "Coordinates": "40 45 32 N 73 58 45 W type:landmark_region:US-NY_scale:10000 inline,title", "Status": "Complete", "Type": "Offices and television studios (NBC)"} |
The Monkey Wrench Gang is a novel written by American author Edward Abbey (1927-1989), published in 1975.
Abbey's most famous work of fiction, the novel concerns the use of sabotage to protest environmentally damaging activities in the Southwestern United States, and was so influential that the term "monkeywrench," of... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Lippincott Williams & Wilkins", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "352 pp (hardback edition)", "ISBN": "(hardback edition)", "Followed by": "Hayduke Lives!"} |
The Chenango River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in central New York in the United States. It drains a dissected plateau area in upstate New York at the northern end of the Susquehann... | {"Mouth": "820 ft on", "Location": "Binghamton, Broome County, New York, New York, United States", "Coordinates": "42 05 32 N 75 55 02 W inline,title", "Basin size": "1582 sqmi onVan Alstyne Henry A. Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York January 1, 1905 Albany Brandow Printing Compan... |
thumbnail|right|300px|West Okoboji Lake (highlighted in purple), in the Iowa Great Lakes region.
West Okoboji Lake (sometimes known as West Lake Okoboji) is a natural body of water, approximately in area, in Dickinson County in northwestern Iowa in the United States. It is part of the chain of lakes known as the Iow... | {"Location": "Dickinson County, Iowa", "Coordinates": "43 23 04 N 095 09 34 W region:US_type:waterbody_source:gnis inline,title", "Catchment area": "125 sqmi on", "Basin": "United States", "Average depth": "39 ft on", "Max. depth": "154 ft on", "Surface elevation": "1398 ft on", "Settlements": "Arnolds ParkOkobojiWahpe... |
thumbnail|right|300px|Spirit Lake, in the Iowa Great Lakes region.
thumb|300px|This excerpt from the Lewis and Clark map of 1814 shows western Iowa. Spirit Lake is near the upper center of the map.
Big Spirit Lake is a natural body of water, approximately in area, in Dickinson County in northwest Iowa in the United S... | {"Location": "Dickinson County, Iowa", "Coordinates": "43.4739 -95.1018 type:waterbody_region:US-IA inline,title", "Basin": "United States", "Average depth": "17 ft on", "Max. depth": "24 ft on"} |
Ca' Foscari University of Venice (, simply Università Ca' Foscari) is a public university in Venice, Italy. Since its foundation in 1868, it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca' Foscari, from which it takes its name. The palace stands on the Grand Canal, between the Rialto and San Marco, in the sestiere... | {"Type": "Public", "Rector": "Tiziana Lippiello", "Students": "21,000", "Website": "unive.it/"} |
The Alternative Music Foundation located at 924 Gilman Street, often referred to by its fans simply as "Gilman", is a non-profit, all-ages, collectively organized music club. It is located in the West Berkeley area of Berkeley, California, about a mile and a half west of the North Berkeley BART station and a quarter-mi... | {"Location": "West Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States", "Genre(s)": "Punk rock\npop punk\nhardcore punk\nska punk\nheavy metal\nindustrial metal\ngrindcore\nhip hop", "Opened": "1986", "Owner": "None", "Operator": "Alternative Music Foundation"} |
Workers' Cause Party (, PCO) is a political party in Brazil. Its origins can be traced back to 1978. On that year, several Trotskyist activists who were not satisfied with the socialist international united under the name Tendência Trotskista do Brasil (Brazilian Trotskyist Tendency, TTB). However, the registered party... | {"Split from": "Workers' Party", "President": "Rui Costa Pimenta", "Founded": "1995 12 7 y", "Registered": "1997 9 30 y", "Ideology": "Trotskyism https://pco.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Programa-e-Estatuto-PCO.pdf Programa e Estatuto do PCO 30 January 2021 6 June 2022 19 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web... |
Red Cloud (; 1822 - December 10, 1909) was a leader of the Oglala Lakota from 1865 to 1909. He was one of the most capable Native American opponents whom the United States Army faced in the western territories. He defeated the United States during Red Cloud's War, which was a fight over control of the Powder River Coun... | {"Name": "Red Cloud", "Native name": "Maȟpíya Lúta", "Native name language": "lkt", "Caption": "Red Cloud in 1880", "Birth date": "1822", "Birth place": "near North Platte, Nebraska", "Death date": "1909 12 10 1822", "Death place": "Pine Ridge, South Dakota", "Burial place": "Red Cloud Cemetery, Pine Ridge", "Burial pl... |
Doublemint is a variety of chewing gum made by the Wrigley Company; according to early advertisements, it is "double strength" peppermint flavored. It was launched in the United States in 1914,
and has had variable market share since then.
The Doublemint Twins history
thumbnail|upright|1914 newspaper ad for the new D... | {"Product type": "Chewing gum", "Owner": "Wrigley Company", "Country": "United States", "Introduced": "1914", "Related brands": "Juicy FruitWrigley's Spearmint", "Website": "Mars Wrigley"} |
Anti-Monopoly is a board game made by San Francisco State University Professor Ralph Anspach in response to Monopoly. The idea of an anti-monopoly board game dates to 1903 when Lizzie Magie created The Landlord's Game, which later inspired Monopoly.
Background and history
Anspach created Anti-Monopoly in part as a r... | {"Name": "Anti-Monopoly", "Manufacturer(s)": "Ralph Anspach", "Publishers": "University Games", "Publication": "1973", "Genres": "Board game", "Website": "http://www.antimonopoly.com"} |
The Norm Smith Medal is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best on ground in the Grand Final of the Australian Football League (AFL). Prior to 1990, the competition was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL). It was first presented in the 1979 VFL Grand Final, and it ... | {"League": "Australian Football League", "Awarded for": "The best on ground in the VFL/AFL Grand Final", "First award": "1979", "First winner": "Wayne Harmes", "Most wins": "Dustin Martin (3)", "Most recent": "Isaac Smith (2022)"} |
The Respect Party was a left-wing to far-left, socialist political party active in the United Kingdom between 2004 and 2016. At the height of its success in 2007, the party had one Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons and nineteen councillors in local government.
The Respect Party was established in Londo... | {"Founded": "2004 1 25 y", "Ideology": "SocialismAnti-capitalismAnti-imperialismAnti-warAnti-ZionismEuroscepticism日帰り旅行でベビーカーはどうしよう？迷った時の考え方！ http://www.respectparty.org/2016/02/22/respect-to-campaign-to-leave-the-european-union/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160303080320/http://www.respectparty.org/2016/02/22/respec... |
Football Park, known commercially as AAMI Stadium, was an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, Australia. It was built in 1973 by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and opened in 1974. Until the end of the 2013 AF... | {"Location": "Turner Drive, West Lakes, Adelaide, South Australia", "Coordinates": "34 52 48 S 138 29 44 E it", "Broke ground": "1971", "Opened": "1974", "Expanded": "2001", "Closed": "2015", "Surface": "Grass", "Record attendance": "66,897 (Sturt v Port Adelaide, 1976 SANFL Grand Final)", "Field size": "165 metres x 1... |
Open Financial Exchange (OFX) is a data-stream format for exchanging financial information that evolved from Microsoft's Open Financial Connectivity (OFC) and Intuit's Open Exchange file formats.
History
Microsoft, Intuit and CheckFree announced the OFX standard on 16 January 1997. The first OFX specification, version... | {"Name": "Open Financial Exchange", "Extension": ".ofx", "Developed by": "Microsoft, Intuit and CheckFree", "Initial release": "February 14, 1997Open Financial Exchange FAQ http://www.ofx.net/faq.html October 22, 2020August 2022", "Latest release version": "2.3http://ofx.net OFX.net August 2022", "Container fo... |
Juicy Fruit is an American brand of chewing gum made by the Wrigley Company, a U.S. company that since 2008 has been a subsidiary of the privately held Mars, Incorporated. It was introduced in 1893, and in the 21st century the brand name is recognized by 99 percent of Americans, with total sales in 2002 of 153 million ... | {"Product type": "Chewing gum", "Owner": "Wrigley Company", "Country": "United States", "Introduced": "1893", "Related brands": "Wrigley's Spearmint, Doublemint", "Website": "http://www.juicyfruit.com/"} |
I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname (title on the original British posters and on the DVD cover) or I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT'S 'iSNAME (title on the original print, trailer and soundtrack album) is a 1967 British comedy-drama film directed and produced by Michael Winner. It stars Oliver Reed and Orson Welles. The film deals... | {"Directed by": "Michael Winner", "Produced by": "Michael Winner", "Written by": "Peter Draper", "Starring": "Orson WellesOliver ReedCarol WhiteHarry AndrewsMichael HordernLyn AshleyFrank Finlay", "Music by": "Francis Lai", "Cinematography": "Otto Heller", "Edited by": "Bernard Gribble", "Distributed by": "Rank Film Di... |
270px|thumb|Location map of Hornsby based on NASA satellite images
Hornsby is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia, approximately north-west of the Sydney central business district. It is the administrative centre of the local government area of Hornsby Shire.
Histor... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Hornsby", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "City": "Sydney", "Caption": "Florence Street Mall with Hornsby Water Clock", "Local Map Enabled": "yes", "Local Map Zoom Level": "13", "Population": "22,462", "Population Year": "2021", "Population Footnotes": "SAL11943 Hornsby (State Suburb) 23 Januar... |
Hot Topic, Inc. (stylized as HOT TOPIC) is an American retail chain specializing in counterculture-related clothing and accessories, as well as licensed music. The stores are aimed towards an audience interested in rock music and video gaming, and most of their audience ranges from teens to young adults. Approximately ... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "clothing, accessories, music, jewelry", "Revenue": "US$741.8 million (FY 2013)https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017712/000115752313001515/a50590453.htm#item6", "Parent": "Sycamore Partners", "Divisions": "Blackheart LingerieBoxLunch", "Website": "www.hottopi... |
Mark Anthony Ricciuto ( ;2011 Hall of Fame - Mark Ricciuto, Adelaide FC, 9 June 2011. Accessed 20 November 2016. born 8 June 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). From Ramco, South Australia, Ricciuto started as a junior with the... | {"Name": "Mark Ricciuto", "Full Name": "Mark Anthony Ricciuto", "Nickname": "\"Roo\"", "Birth Date": "1975 6 8 y", "Birth Place": "Waikerie, South Australia", "Original Team": "West Adelaide", "Position": "Midfielder, Resting Forward", "Guernsey": "32", "Stats End": "2007", "Career Highlights": "Brownlow Medal: 2003\nA... |
George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 - 25 April 1972) was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth, baritone voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is remembered for his roles as Jack Favell in Rebecca (1940), Sco... | {"Name": "George Sanders", "Caption": "Portrait of Sanders by Allan Warren, 1972", "Birth name": "George Henry Sanders", "Birth date": "yes 1906 7 3", "Birth place": "Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire", "Death date": "yes 1972 4 25 1906 7 3", "Death place": "Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spanish State", "Alma mater": "Manch... |
Sprengel Museum is a museum of modern art in Hanover, Lower Saxony, holding one of the most significant collections of modern art in Germany. It is located in a building situated adjacent to the Masch Lake () approximately south of the state museum. The museum opened in , and the building, designed by Peter and Ursula... | {"Coordinates": "region:DE-NI_type:landmark_dim:property qualifier raw P625 P2386 %q inline,title dmsP625", "Established": "property P571 P571", "Location": "Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany", "Type": "Art museum"} |
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is a congressional caucus affiliated with the Democratic Party in the United States Congress. The CPC represents the most left-leaning faction of the Democratic Party. "[T]he Congressional Progressive Caucus, the umbrella group for left-leaning Democratic members of Congress".... | {"Abbreviation": "CPC", "Founded": "1991", "Ideology": "nowrap \n \"Issues\">What We Stand For https://progressives.house.gov/what-we-stand-for July 23, 2022Ellison Offers Progressive View Of Debt Deal https://www.npr.org/2011/08/01/138903245/ellison-offers-progressive-view-of-debt-deal August 1, 2011 NPR March 29, 20... |
Triumph Engineering Co Ltd was a British motorcycle manufacturing company, based originally in Coventry and then in Meriden. A new company, Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, based in Hinckley, gained the name rights after the end of the company in the 1980s and is now one of the world's major motorcycle manufacturers.
Origins
... | {"Fate": "Bankrupt", "Founded": "1885", "Defunct": "23 August 1983", "Headquarters": "Meriden, England", "Industry": "Motorcycles", "Products": "List of Triumph motorcycles"} |
Allegiance is a multiplayer online game initially developed by Microsoft Research. It is notable for providing a mix of real-time strategy and player piloted space combat gameplay.
Although the game was well received upon release, its sales turned out disappointing, selling fewer than 29,000 copies in its first year. ... | {"Title": "Allegiance", "Designer": "Rick Rashid", "Developer": "Microsoft Research", "Publisher": "Microsoft", "Released": "NA March 31, 2000I. G. N. Staff 2000-04-01 Allegiance in Stores https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/04/01/allegiance-in-stores 2023-03-26 IGN en EU April 28, 20002000-04-28 UK releases en-g... |
Kay Scarpetta is a fictional character inspired by former Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Marcella Farinelli Fierro MD (retired).MSN.com She is the protagonist in a series of crime novels written by Patricia Cornwell noted for its use of recent forensic technology in Scarpetta's investigations.
The name Scarpetta is ... | {"First appearance": "Postmortem", "Created by": "Patricia Cornwell", "Gender": "Female", "Nationality": "American"} |
Robert Michael Winner (30 October 1935 - 21 January 2013) was a British filmmaker, writer, and media personality. He is known for directing numerous action, thriller, and black comedy films in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, including several collaborations with actors Oliver Reed and Charles Bronson.
Winner's best-known ... | {"Name": "Michael Winner", "Caption": "Winner in 2010", "Other names": "Arnold Crust", "Birth name": "Robert Michael Winner", "Birth date": "1935 10 30 yes", "Birth place": "Hampstead, London, England", "Death date": "2013 1 21 1935 10 30 yes", "Death place": "Woodland House, Kensington, London, England", "Resting plac... |
Sina Corporation () is a Chinese technology company. Sina operates four major business lines: Sina Weibo, Sina Mobile, Sina Online, and Sinanet. Sina has over 100 million registered users worldwide. Sina was recognized by Southern Weekend as the "China's Media of the Year" in 2003.
Sina owns Sina Weibo, a Twitter-l... | {"Type": "Private (since 2021)Public (2000-21)", "Founded": "1998 11 30", "Headquarters": "Shanghai\n Beijing\n Guangzhou\n Cayman Islands", "Industry": "IT, telecom, manufacturing", "Products": "Sina Weibo, Portal, Sina Mobile", "Revenue": "$1.584 billion (2017)https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sina-reports-fou... |
thumb|300x300px|Memphis College of Art, Rust Hall
thumb|James Lee House in Victorian Village
Memphis College of Art (MCA) was a private art college in Memphis, Tennessee. It was in Overton Park, adjacent to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. It offered Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Arts in Art ... | {"Type": "Private art college", "Students": "450", "Undergraduates": "350", "Postgraduates": "100", "Campus": "8 acres", "Website": "https://memphiscollegeofart.com/"} |
David Wenham (born 21 September 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He is known for his roles as Faramir in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Friar Carl in Van Helsing, Dilios in 300 and its sequel 300: Rise of an Empire, Al Parker in Top of the Lake, Lieutenant John Scarf... | {"Name": "David Wenham", "Post-nominals": "AUS AM 100%", "Caption": "Wenham in 2014", "Birth date": "yes 1965 9 21", "Birth place": "Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia", "Education": "University of Western Sydney (BA)", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1987-present", "Partner(s)": "Kate Agnew (1994-present... |
thumb|Rafters on the Poudre River near the Grey Rock trailhead
thumb|View of the Poudre River from the Big South trail
The Cache la Poudre River ( ), also known as the Poudre River, is a river in the state of Colorado in the United States.
Name
The name, , is a corruption of the original , or "cache of powder". It ref... | {"Mouth": "4600 ft on", "Location": "Near Greeley", "Coordinates": "40 25 17 N 104 36 3 W inline,title", "Left": "North Fork Cache la Poudre River", "Right": "South Fork Cache la Poudre River"} |
Cha Chi-ming (1914 - 28 March 2007), was a Hong Kong industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was the Chairman of CDW International Limited, Mingly Corporation Limited, and Hong Kong Resort International Limited and also a member of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Preparatory Committee, a member ... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Honourable", "Name": "Cha Chi-ming", "Post-nominals": "HKG 100% GBM JP", "Birth date": "1914", "Birth place": "Haining, Zhejiang, Republic of China", "Death date": "28 March 2007 (aged 92-93)", "Death place": "Hong Kong, People's Republic of China", "Nationality": "Chinese", "Other names": "Zh... |
Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 - July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than 50 years. Building on the work of his predecessor bassists Jimmy Blanton and Charles Mingus, Haden revolutionized the harmonic concept of bass playing in jazz, ... | {"Born": "Shenandoah, Iowa, U.S.", "Died": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Free jazz\n mainstream jazz\n post-bop\n hard bop\n folk jazz", "Website": "charliehadenmusic.com"} |
The Swinging Sixties was a youth-driven cultural revolution that took place in the United Kingdom during the mid-to-late 1960s, emphasising modernity and fun-loving hedonism, with Swinging London denoted as its centre. It saw a flourishing in art, music and fashion, and was symbolised by the city's "pop and fashion exp... | {"Title": "Swinging Sixties", "Part of": "the Counterculture of the 1960s", "Image caption": "A scene from Carnaby Street, in London's West End, 1966", "Also known as": "Swinging London"} |
The São Francisco River (, ) is a large river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil (after the Amazon, the Paraná and the Madeira). It used to be known as the by the indigenous people before colonis... | {"Native name": "pt Rio São Francisco", "Mouth": "0 m", "Location": "near Piaçabuçu, Alagoas / Sergipe border", "Coordinates": "-10.49960341381051 -36.39546430246904 dms it", "Basin size": "641000 km2 on"} |
thumb|Photograph of the tree house set from Mr. Dressup in the foyer of the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto.
Mr. Dressup is a Canadian children's television series, starring Ernie Coombs, a former understudy of Fred Rogers, in the title role. It originally ran on CBC from 1967 to 1996, soon becoming an iconic pre... | {"Running time": "26 minutes", "Created by": "Ernie Coombs", "Starring": "Ernie CoombsJudith Lawrence", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Original network": "CBC", "Original release": "1996 2 14"} |
Ethel Kennedy ( Skakel ; born April 11, 1928) is an American human rights advocate. She is the widow of U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, a sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy, and the sixth child of George and Ann (Brannack) Skakel. Shortly after her husband's 1968 assassination, Kennedy founded the Robert F. Ken... | {"Caption": "Kennedy in 2018", "Birth name": "Ethel Skakel", "Birth date": "1928 4 11", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Education": "Manhattanville College (BA)", "Party": "Democratic", "Spouse(s)": "Robert F. Kennedy 1950 1968 died", "Children": "11, including \n Kathleen\n Joseph II\n Robert Jr.\n Michael\... |
Horsetooth Mountain is a mountain summit in the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The peak is located in the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, west (bearing 265°) of downtown Fort Collins in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
Mountain
The mountain is easily distinguishable b... | {"Elevation": "LL1298 HORSETOOTH November 4, 2014The elevation of Horsetooth Mountain includes an adjustment of +1.018 m (+3.34 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.", "Prominence": "5600 Horsetooth Mountain, Colorado November 4, 2014", "Isolation": "3.46", "Location": "Colorado", "Coordinates": "40.5395593 N 105.1967559 W type... |
Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Shropshire and of Clandon Park in the County of Surrey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1801 for George Onslow, 4th Baron Onslow.
History
The Onslow family descends from Arthur Onslow, who represented Bramber, Sussex and Guildford in the Hous... | {"Creation date": "19 June 1801", "Created by": "King George III", "Peerage": "Peerage of the United Kingdom", "First holder": "George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow", "Heir presumptive": "Anthony Onslow", "Status": "Extant", "Motto": "Festina Lente (\"Be quick without impetuosity\" lit. \"Hurry slowly\")"} |
Earl of Romney (pronounced "Rumney") is a title that has been created twice.
It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1694 in favour of the soldier and politician Henry Sydney. He had been made Baron Milton and Viscount Sydney at the same time in 1689. Sydney was the younger son of Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of ... | {"Creation date": "1801 06 22 y", "Creation": "Second", "Created by": "King George III", "Peerage": "Peerage of the United Kingdom", "First holder": "Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney", "Heir apparent": "David Marsham, Viscount Marsham", "Status": "Extant", "Seat(s)": "Gayton Hall", "Former seat(s)": "Mote House", "M... |
The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) is the school of international relations at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It is consistently ranked among the world's leading international affairs schools,Foreign Policy Magazine "The Best International Relations Schools in the World", Inside the Ivory To... | {"Type": "Private", "Dean": "Joel Hellman", "Students": "2,273", "Undergraduates": "1,423", "Postgraduates": "850", "Campus": "Urban", "Website": "http://sfs.georgetown.edu/"} |
The Brussels Metro (, ) is a rapid transit system serving a large part of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It consists of four conventional metro lines and three premetro lines. The metro-grade lines are M1, M2, M5, and M6 with some shared sections, covering a total of , with 59 metro-only stations. The premetro... | {"Name": "Brussels Metro", "Size of first image": "75px", "Size of second image": "265px", "Second image caption": "Brussels Metro train (M6 \"Boa\" series) at Erasme/Erasmus metro station", "Native name": "fr Métro de Bruxellesnl Brusselse metro", "Locale": "Brussels-Capital Region", "Transit type(s)": "Rapid transit"... |
Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the was 142,163, having grown at an average annual rate of 1.45% over the previous two... | {"Type": "city", "Name": "Toowoomba", "State Abbreviation": "qld", "Image": "Thomas Memorial, Toowoomba Botanic Gardens 08.jpgThomas Memorial\n Toowoomba City Hall front.jpgToowoomba City Hall\n Toowoomba Court House 06.JPGToowoomba Court House\n Toowoomba Queens Park Botanical Gardens 01.jpgQueens Park\n Toowoomba... |
Henk Brouwer Rogers is a Dutch video game designer and entrepreneur of partial Indo descent. He is known for producing Japan's first major turn-based role-playing video game The Black Onyx, securing the rights to distribute the Russian puzzle video game Tetris on video game consoles where the game found popularity, and... | {"Name": "Henk Rogers", "Birth date": "1953 12 24", "Birth place": "Amsterdam, Netherlands", "Occupation": "Video game designer, entrepreneur", "Website": "https://henkrogers.com/"} |
was a Japanese dramatist of jōruri, the form of puppet theater that later came to be known as bunraku, and the live-actor drama, kabuki. The Encyclopædia Britannica has written that he is "widely regarded as the greatest Japanese dramatist". His most famous plays deal with double-suicides of honor bound lovers. Of his ... | {"Name": "Chikamatsu Monzaemon", "Birth name": "Sugimori Nobumori", "Birth date": "1653", "Birth place": "Echizen Province (Currently Fukui Prefecture, Japan)", "Death date": "1724 1 6 1653Kamikaji Ai 2003 Review of Chikamatsu: Five Late Plays https://www.jstor.org/stable/4146120 Bulletin of the School of Oriental and ... |
Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd (5 October 1894 - 2 February 1948) was a South African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 metres.
Biography
Rudd was born in Kimberley. He was the son of Henry Percy Rudd and Mable Mina Blyth; paternal grandson of Charles Rudd, who co-founded the De Beers diamond mining company, an... | {"Name": "Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd", "Birth date": "1894 10 05 yes", "Place of birth": "Kimberley, Northern Cape", "Death date": "1948 02 02 1894 10 05 yes", "Place of death": "South Africa", "Date updated": "3 February 2016"} |
Lower Class Brats are an American street punk band founded in Austin, Texas in January 1995, based out of Southern California since 2017. The play a mix of Punk, Oi!, 70s Glam and straight ahead rock and roll.
Line-up
Current
Bones: vocals/founding member (1995 - present)
Marty Volume: guitar/founding member (199... | {"Origin": "Austin, Texas, U.S.", "Genres": "Street punk", "Labels": "USA •Pair-O-Docs •Second To None •GMM •Punk Core •TKO •Turkey Baster •Loud Punk •Orphan Records Group ENGLAND •Helen of Oi! FRANCE •Combat Rock •Dirty Punk SWITZERLAND •T.S.O.R. GERMANY •Randale", "Website": "lcbarmy.com", "Members":... |
The Socialist Party of Canada (SPC) was a political party that existed from 1904 to 1925, led by E. T. Kingsley. It published the socialist newspaper, Western Clarion.
History
Establishment
The Socialist Party of Canada was founded at the Socialist Party of British Columbia's fourth annual convention on December 30-3... | {"Leader": "E.T. Kingsley", "Founded": "1904", "Headquarters": "Victoria, British Columbia", "Newspaper": "Western Clarion (1903-1918, 1920-1925), The Red Flag (1919)", "Ideology": "nowrap Socialism Classical Marxism Impossibilism"} |
The Confederation of Regions Party (CoR) was a right-wing federal political party in Canada founded in 1984 by Elmer Knutson. It was founded as a successor to the Western Canada Federation (West-Fed), a non-partisan organization, to fight the Liberal Party of Canada. The CoR aimed to fill the void on the right of the p... | {"Founded": "1984", "Split from": "Social Credit Party", "Merged into": "Reform Party of Canada (de facto)", "Ideology": "ConservatismRegionalismAnti-bilingualism", "Political position": "Right-wing"} |
In the Company of Men is a 1997 American black comedy film, written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy, and Stacy Edwards. The film, which was adapted from a play written by LaBute, and served as his feature film debut, won him the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.
Th... | {"Directed by": "Neil LaBute", "Based on": "In the Company of Men Neil LaBute", "Produced by": "Mark ArcherStephen Pevner", "Written by": "Neil LaBute", "Starring": "Aaron Eckhart\n Stacy Edwards\n Matt Malloy", "Music by": "Karel RoessinghKen Williams", "Cinematography": "Tony Hettinger", "Edited by": "Joel Plotch", "... |
The Fartown Ground or just simply Fartown is a sports ground located in the Huddersfield suburb of Fartown in West Yorkshire, England and is predominantly famous for being the home ground of Huddersfield Rugby League Club from 1878 to 1992. The grounds consisted of a rugby ground, a cricket ground used by Yorkshire Cou... | {"Full name": "Fartown Ground", "Former names": "St John's Ground", "Location": "Fartown, Huddersfield", "Coordinates": "53 39 46 N 1 47 4 W inline,title", "Built": "1878", "Closed": "1992", "Surface": "Grass", "Capacity": "5,000 (reduced from 36,000 and 28,000 in its later years)", "Record attendance": "35,136 Challen... |
The Kostroma () is a river in the European part of Russia. It flows through the Kostroma and Yaroslavl Oblasts, and becomes a left tributary of the Volga, which it enters at the Gorky Reservoir, at the city of Kostroma.
Prior to the flooding of the Gorky Reservoir in 1955-1957 the Kostroma River flowed into the Volga ... | {"Location": "Gorky Reservoir at Kostroma", "Coordinates": "55.9283 34.5382 region:RU it", "Basin size": "16000 km2 mi2", "Left": "Vocha, Mezenda, Vyoksa, Tyobza, Shacha", "Right": "Shugoma, Svetitsa, Selma, Monza, Obnora"} |
Dame Frances Margaret Anderson, (10 February 18973 January 1992), known professionally as Judith Anderson, was an Australian actress who had a successful career in stage, film and television. A pre-eminent stage actress in her era, she won two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award and was also nominated for a Grammy Award and ... | {"Honorific prefix": "Dame", "Name": "Judith Anderson", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% AC DBE", "Caption": "Anderson in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)", "Birth name": "Frances Margaret Anderson", "Birth date": "yes 1897 2 10", "Birth place": "Adelaide, Colony of South Australia", "Death date": "yes 1992 1 3 1897 2... |
There is a 3D online virtual world created by Will Harvey and Jeffrey Ventrella. There Inc. was founded in the spring of 1998. Closed beta began in July 2001, with various stages of beta following, and ending with an October 2003 launch date. On March 9, 2010 - one week after the announcement of its closure on March 2,... | {"Title": "There", "Developer": "Makena Technologies", "Publisher": "Makena Technologies", "Released": "January 9, 2003 (original version) May 2, 2012 (new version)", "Genre": "Virtual world", "Modes": "Multiplayer", "Platforms": "Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X (Private Alpha)"} |
LucasVarity plc was a UK automotive parts manufacturer, created by a merger of the British Lucas Industries plc, and the North American Varity Corporation in August 1996.
History
LucasVarity traces its history back to the 1850s when Joseph Lucas, a jobless father of six, sold paraffin oil from a barrow cart around th... | {"Fate": "Acquired", "Founded": "1996", "Defunct": "1999", "Headquarters": "United Kingdom", "Industry": "Automotive and aerospace", "Products": "Braking, diesel systems, diesel engines electrical, aftermarket and aerospace systems", "Subsidiaries": "Lucas CAV/Simms/RotoDiesel/Condiesel,Girling,Lucas Automotive,Lucas A... |
Gauche Socialiste is an officially recognised faction within the political party Quebec solidaire and an affiliate of the reunified Fourth International.
Origins
It was formed in 1983 by Trotskyists who left or were expelled from the Revolutionary Workers League/Ligue Ouvrière Révolutionnaire when the group turned ... | {"Founded": "1983 09 11", "Political position": "Far-left", "Ideology": "Marxism Trotskyism Revolutionary socialism Anti-capitalism Left-wing nationalism", "International affiliation": "Fourth International (USec)"} |
alt=|thumb|250x250px|Image of ΟΤΕ HQ in Marousi, Athens.
Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation S.A. (OTE Group) is the largest technology company in Greece. It is one of the three largest companies listed in the Athens Stock Exchange, according to market capitalization.
OTE Group offers fixed-line and mobile teleph... | {"Type": "Anónimi Etaireía", "Industry": "Telecommunications", "Products": "Fixedline telephonyMobile TelephonyBroadband internetDigital televisionFiber-optic communicationIT Services", "Revenue": "€4.08 billion (2022)", "Parent": "Deutsche Telekom (52.5%)Government of Greece (1.2%)EFKA (6.4%)Public float (39.9%)Genera... |
thumb|400px|Constitution of 3 May 1791, by Matejko. Foreground: King Stanisław August (left) enters St John's Cathedral, in Warsaw, where deputies will swear to uphold the Constitution. Background: the Royal Castle, where the Constitution has just been adopted.
The Constitution of 3 May 1791, titled the Governance Act,... | {"Created": "6 October 1788 - 3 May 1791", "Ratified": "1791 05 03 y", "Location": "Central Archives of Historical Records, Warsaw", "Author(s)": "King Stanisław August Poniatowski\n Stanisław Małachowski\n Hugo Kołłątaj\n Ignacy Potocki\n Stanisław Staszic\n Scipione Piattoli et al."} |
The Kama (, ; ; ) is a long«Река КАМА», Russian State Water Registry river in Russia. It has a drainage basin of . It is the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one in discharge. At their confluence, in fact, the Kama is even larger than the Volga.
It starts in the Udmurt Republic, near Kuliga, flowin... | {"Native name": "ru Кама", "Mouth": "45 m ft on", "Location": "Kamsko-Ustyinsky District, Tatarstan", "Coordinates": "55 21 50 N 49 59 52 E type:waterbody_region:RU it", "Basin size": "507,000 km2 mi2 on"} |
Klubi Futbollistik Teuta Durrës, commonly referred to as Teuta, is an Albanian professional football club based in Durrës. They currently compete in the Kategoria Superiore and they play their home games at the Niko Dovana Stadium.
The club was founded on 29 January 1920 as Klubi Sportiv Urani (Uranium Sport Club), an... | {"Full name": "Klubi Futbollit Teuta (Teuta Football Club)", "Nickname(s)": "Djemtë e Detit (Boys of the Sea - Sea Boys)Durrësakët (Durrës City Boys)", "Founded": "1920 1 29 yesas Klubi Sportiv Urani (Uranus Sport Club)https://int.soccerway.com/teams/albania/ks-teuta-durres/71 Albania - KS Teuta Durrës - Results, fixtu... |
Alphaville is a German synth-pop band formed in Münster in 1982. They gained popularity in the 1980s. The group was founded by singers Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, and Frank Mertens. They achieved chart success with the singles "Forever Young", "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody", "The Jet Set", and "Dance with Me".... | {"Origin": "Münster, West Germany", "Genres": "Synth-pop\n new wave", "Labels": "Atlantic\n Metropolis\n Polydor\n Warner Bros.", "Website": "http://alphaville.info", "Members": "Marian Gold\n David Goodes\n Jakob Kiersch\n Carsten Brocker\n Alexandra Merl"} |
Cathedral of the Divine Saviour (), located in the center of Ostrava, is the second largest Roman Catholic cathedral in Moravia and Silesia (after the basilica in Velehrad near Uherské Hradiště). This three-nave Neo-Renaissance basilica with a semi-circular apse and two 67m high towers is dating since 1889 (building st... | {"OS grid reference": "Cathedral of the Divine Saviour", "Location": "Ostrava", "Country": "Czech Republic", "Denomination": "Roman Catholic", "Founded": "1883", "Dedication": "Divine Saviour", "Status": "Active", "Functional status": "Cathedral", "Architect(s)": "Gustav Meretta", "Architectural type": "Church", "Style... |
Impromptu is a 1991 period drama film directed by James Lapine, written by Sarah Kernochan, produced by Daniel A. Sherkow and Stuart Oken, and starring Hugh Grant as Frédéric Chopin and Judy Davis as George Sand. It was shot entirely on location in France as a British production by an American company. Its main filming... | {"Directed by": "James Lapine", "Produced by": "Stuart Oken Daniel A. Sherkow", "Written by": "Sarah Kernochan", "Starring": "Judy Davis\n Hugh Grant\n Mandy Patinkin\n Bernadette Peters\n Julian Sands\n Ralph Brown\n Georges Corraface\n Anton Rodgers\n Emma Thompson", "Music by": "Frédéric Chopin\n Franz Liszt\n Ludwi... |
The Hats () were a Swedish political faction active during the Age of Liberty (1719-1772). Their name derives from the tricorne hat worn by officers and gentlemen. They vied for power with the opposing Caps party. In 18th century Swedish politics, the Hats represented conservatives, the Caps represented liberals. The H... | {"Founded": "1737", "Preceded by": "Holstein Party", "Headquarters": "Stockholm", "Ideology": "Swedish nationalismConservatismFrancophilia", "Political position": "Centre-right"} |
William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. He started his career with the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and made his London debut with the Royal National Theatre starting with The Illuminatus! in 1977. There he gained acclaim for his roles in David Hare's Pravda in 1985, Harold Pinter's Betrayal... | {"Name": "Bill Nighy", "Caption": "Nighy at the Berlinale in 2020", "Birth name": "William Francis Nighy", "Birth date": "y 1949 12 12", "Birth place": "Caterham, Surrey, England", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1969-present", "Notable works": "Full list", "Partner(s)": "Diana Quick (1982-2008)", "Children": "... |
Peter Jozzeppi Burns (5 August 1959 - 23 October 2016) was an English singer, songwriter and television personality who formed the band Dead or Alive in 1980 and acted as the band's lead vocalist and principal songwriter. Their debut album, Sophisticated Boom Boom, was released in 1984, producing a series of minor hits... | {"Name": "Pete Burns", "Caption": "Burns in 1984", "Birth name": "Peter Jozzeppi Burns", "Birth date": "1959 8 5 y", "Birth place": "Port Sunlight, England", "Death date": "2016 10 23 1959 8 5 y", "Death place": "London, England", "Resting place": "West London Crematorium", "Spouse(s)": "Lynne Corlett 1980 2006 divorce... |
Xidian University () is a public research university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, that is administered by the Ministry of Education of China. In 2020, U.S. News & World Report ranked Xidian 8th nationally and 22nd globally for computer science. It is a member of the Chinese Double First Class University Plan. It was also ... | {"Motto": "zh-hans 厚德 求真 砺学 笃行", "Type": "Public", "President": "Yang Zongkai (zh-hans 杨宗凯)", "Undergraduates": "21,650", "Postgraduates": "11,072", "Campus": "Urban, 667 acre km2 on", "Website": "http://www.xidian.edu.cn"} |
Étienne Émile Marie Boutroux (; 28 July 1845 - 22 November 1921) was an eminent 19th-century French philosopher of science and religion, and a historian of philosophy. He was a firm opponent of materialism in science. He was a spiritual philosopher who defended the idea that religion and science are compatible at a tim... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "19th-century philosophy", "Institutions": "University of NancyUniversity of Paris", "School": "French spiritualism"} |
Shortbread or shortie is a traditional Scottish biscuit usually made from one part white sugar, two parts butter, and three to four parts plain wheat flour. Shortbread does not contain any leavening, such as baking powder or baking soda. Shortbread is widely associated with Christmas and Hogmanay festivities in Scotlan... | {"Name of food": "Shortbread", "Width of image": "250px", "Image caption": "A shortbread round", "Type of dish": "Biscuit", "Main ingredient": "Flour, butter, white sugar"} |
Conpoy or dried scallop is a type of Cantonese dried seafood product that is made from the adductor muscle of scallops. The smell of conpoy is marine, pungent, and reminiscent of certain salt-cured meats. Its taste is rich in umami due to its high content of various free amino acids, such as glycine, alanine, and gluta... | {"Infobox title": "Conpoy", "Picture": "BCfood17.JPG", "Name in traditional characters": "江瑤柱", "Name in simplified characters": "江瑶柱", "Pinyin transcription": "jiāng yáo zhù", "Jyutping": "gong¹ jiu⁴ cyu⁵", "Yale Romanization (Cantonese)": "gōng yìuh chyúh", "Literal meaning": "river scallop", "Alternate name in tradi... |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC; also called Taiwan Semiconductor) is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is the world's most valuable semiconductor company, the world's largest dedicated independent ("pure-play") semiconductor foundry, and its ... | {"Type": "Public", "ISIN": "n y US8740391003", "Industry": "Semiconductors", "Founded": "Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan(1987 2 21 y)", "Headquarters": "Taiwan", "Services": "Manufacture of integrated circuits mask services integrated circuits packaging multi wafer foundry services", "Revenue"... |
The Gamble House, also known as the David B. Gamble House, is an iconic American Craftsman home in Pasadena, California, designed by the architectural firm Greene and Greene. Constructed in 1908-1909 as a home for David B. Gamble, son of the Procter & Gamble founder James Gamble, it is today a National Historic Landmar... | {"Location": "4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, California", "Built": "1909", "Architect": "Greene & Greene", "Architectural style": "Bungalow in American Craftsman style of Arts and Crafts Movement"} |
Briskeby is an electropop band from Larvik, Norway. Bjørn Bergene, Claus Heiberg Larsen and Bård Helgeland are from Larvik, while Lise Karlsnes is from Tønsberg.
Biography
Their debut album Jeans for Onassis was released in 2000, sold 130,000 copies, gathered four Spellemannprisen and gave Briskeby and their front v... | {"Origin": "Larvik, Norway", "Genres": "Electropop", "Labels": "Warner Music", "Members": "Lise Karlsnes Bjørn Bergene Claus Heiberg Larsen Bård Helgeland"} |
Jonathan Simon Speelman (born 2 October 1956) is a British chess player and author. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 1980.
Early life and education
Speelman was educated at St Paul's School, London and Worcester College, Oxford, where he read mathematics.The Spectator, Volumes 258-259, Issue 8306, 1987, p. 9... | {"Full name": "Jonathan Simon Speelman", "Country": "England", "Born": "Cromer, England", "Title": "International Master (1978) Grandmaster (1980)", "Peak rating": "2645 (July 1988)", "Peak ranking": "No. 5 (July 1988)", "Rating": "400033"} |
thumb|Statues of mother and daughter celebrating the Lantern Festival. Xi'an
The Lantern Festival (), also called Shangyuan Festival (), is a Chinese traditional festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar, during the full moon. Usually falling in February or early Mar... | {"Type": "Cultural, Religious", "Official name": "no Yuánxiāo jié (zh-Hant 元宵節) / no Shàngyuán jié (zh-Hant 上元節)", "Observed by": "Chinese", "Significance": "Marks the end of the Chinese New Year", "Next time": "15th day of the 1st lunar month", "Observances": "Flying of paper lanterns;Consumption of tangyuan"} |
Leo R. Smith (born 1947) is an American sculptor and folk artist from Winona, Minnesota, Minnesota. He works primarily in wood. Life on the Mississippi River, past and present, local people, and the flora & fauna provide inspiration for Smith's lifelike folk figures. His innovative work has been exhibited in museums, ... | {"Name": "Leo Smith", "Birth date": "1947", "Birth place": "Winona, Minnesota", "Citizenship": "America", "Occupation": "Sculptor"} |
thumb|Instrumental recording of the anthem
Trei culori (; ) was the national anthem of the Socialist Republic of Romania from 1977 to 1990. On 24 January 1990, after the Romanian Revolution, it was officially replaced by "Deșteaptă-te, române!". Before 1977, the national anthem was "E scris pe tricolor Unire".
"Trei c... | {"Lyrics": "1977", "Music": "Ciprian Porumbescu", "Adopted": "1977", "Relinquished": "1990"} |
Mindless Self Indulgence (often referred to as MSI) is an American electropunk band formed in New York City in 1997. Their music has a mixed style which includes punk rock, alternative rock, electronica, techno, industrial, hip hop, and breakbeat hardcore.
History
Between 1987 and 1996, Jimmy Urine recorded about 35... | {"Origin": "New York City, U.S.", "Genres": "Electropunk\n industrial rock\n digital hardcore", "Labels": "Elektra\n Metropolis\n The End\n Uppity Cracker", "Website": "mindlessselfindulgence.com", "Members": "Jimmy Urine\n Steve, Righ?\n Kitty\n Lyn-Z"} |
thumb|right|The Wrigley Building, former HQ
The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, known as the Wrigley Company, is an American multinational chewing gum company, based in the Global Innovation Center (GIC) in Goose Island, Chicago, Illinois.
Wrigley's is wholly owned by Mars, Incorporated, and, along with Mars chocolate bars ... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Headquarters": "Global Innovation Center", "Industry": "Food", "Products": "Juicy Fruit, Wrigley's Spearmint, Doublemint, others", "Revenue": "2007", "Parent": "Mars, Incorporated", "Founded": "1891 4 1Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Website": "https://www.mars.com/made-by-mars/mars-wrigley Mars Wrig... |
Priscilla Chan Wai-han (; born 28 July 1965) is a Hong Kong-based veteran pop singer who focuses on the genre of Cantopop. She is renowned for her contralto singing voice, and her maturely clear, technically skilled and emotion-rich vocals.
Debuted in 1983 at age 18 from a trio album project named Girls' Magazine (少女雜... | {"Born": "British Hong Kong", "Website": "PriscillaChanWaiHan Priscilla ChanPriscillaChanWaiHan Priscilla Chanpriscillachan728 Priscilla Chan", "Genres": "Cantopop, Mandopop", "Labels": "Various \nFiori Productions Ltd. (1983-1986)\nPolyGram Records Ltd., Hong Kong (1986-1997)\nCinepoly Records Ltd. (1998-2001)\nUniver... |
Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica is an American reality television series that aired on MTV. It followed the marriage of then husband and wife Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson. It premiered on August 19, 2003 and ended on March 30, 2005, with a total of 40 episodes over the course of 3 seasons.
Part of the show's gimmick i... | {"Running time": "23 minutes", "Opening theme": "\"This I Swear\" by Nick Lachey", "Starring": "Nick Lachey\n Jessica Simpson", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "MTV", "Original release": "2005 3 30"} |
El Oso (Spanish for The Bear) is the third and final studio album by the New York City band Soul Coughing, released on September 29, 1998 by Slash Records and Warner Bros. Records. The album received generally positive critical reception upon release.
El Oso made it to #1 on KTUH's charts on the week of January 25, 19... | {"Released": "September 29, 1998", "Recorded": "1998", "Genre": "\"AMG\"/>\n electronic rock\n trip hop", "Label": "Slash/Warner Bros. Records", "Producer": "Soul Coughing Tchad Blake Pat Dillett Optical"} |
Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG (), branded as airberlin or airberlin.com was a major German airline. At its peak, it was Germany's second-largest airline, as well as Europe's tenth-largest airline in terms of passengers carried.Air Berlin Strategy and Business Model. Air Berlin, retrieved on 19 January 2011. It ... | {"Image size (px)": "175", "Airline name": "Air Berlin", "IATA Designator": "AB", "ICAO Designator": "BER", "Callsign": "AIR BERLIN", "Major hubs": "Berlin-Tegel", "Secondary hubs": "Düsseldorf", "Focus Cities": "Palma de Mallorca", "Frequent Flyer Program": "topbonus", "Airline Alliance": "Oneworld (2012—2017)", "Pare... |
Kyle McCulloch (born November 11, 1962) is a Canadian writer for the TV cartoon South Park, and is largely responsible for the show's Canadian culture themes. He will also occasionally provide the voice for one-time use characters, such as Gary Harrison in "All About Mormons". He was a story editor and writer on Sponge... | {"Name": "Kyle McCulloch", "Caption": "McCulloch at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010", "Birth date": "yes 1962 11 11", "Birth place": "Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada", "Known For": "Creator of Mr Wong", "Occupation": "Writer", "Years active": "1988-present", "Nationality": "Canadian"} |
The China Youth Daily () is the newspaper of the Communist Youth League of China since 1951 with editorial and financial independence in the People's Republic of China.
In the 1980s, it was regarded as the best newspaper in mainland China with a circulation of 5 million a day. Its present circulation is estimated to b... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "Communist Youth League of China", "Political alignment": "Chinese Communist Party", "Headquarters": "Beijing, China", "Language": "Chinese", "Website": "http://www.cyol.com cyol.com (China Youth Online)"} |
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