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thumb|Isachar, from Jacques de Gheyn II's prints (c. 1584-94)
Issachar () was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fifth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's ninth son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar. However, some Biblical scholars view this as an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology ... | {"Name": "Issachar", "Native name": "יִשָּׂשכָר", "Native name language": "he", "Native name pronunciation": "Yissakhar", "Birth place": "Paddan Aram", "Birth date": "10 Av", "Death date": "(aged 122)", "Resting place": "maybe in Sidon", "Father": "Jacob", "Mother": "Leah", "Caption": "Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán... |
Carolyn Ann Bennett (born December 20, 1950) is a Canadian physician and politician who served as minister of mental health and addictions, and associate minister of health from October 26, 2021 until July 26, 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, she has represented Toronto—St. Paul's in the House of Commons since 199... | {"Name": "Carolyn Bennett", "Term start": "October 26, 2021", "Term end": "July 26, 2023", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Public Health", "Prime minister 2": "Paul Martin", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "Office abolished", "Birth name": "Carolyn Ann Bennett", "Birth date": "1950 12 20", "Bir... |
James William "Bill" Grant (born September 21, 1943) is an American banker and former politician from Madison, Florida. From 1987 to 1991, he served two terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Biography
A graduate of Florida State University, he attended the University of Florida for graduate studies. ... | {"Name": "James W. Grant", "Term start": "January 3, 1987", "Term end": "January 3, 1991", "Birth date": "1943 9 21", "Birth place": "Lake City, Florida, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Florida State University (BA)"} |
right|thumb|1931 American Austin
The American Austin Car Company Inc. was an American automobile manufacturing corporation incorporated in the state of Delaware. The company was founded on February 23, 1929,Entity Name Search: American Austin Retrieved 13 July 2022 and produced motorcars licensed from the British Aust... | {"Fate": "Liquidated", "Founded": "23 Feb 1929", "Defunct": "1935", "Headquarters": "Butler, Pennsylvania", "Industry": "Automobile", "Products": "Vehicles", "Parent": "Austin Motor Company (United Kingdom)"} |
Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, (12 October 1920 - 16 September 1987) was a British Conservative politician who served as a European Commissioner and the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia. He was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedford from 1950 to 1966. He held several government posts and att... | {"Name": "The Lord Soames", "Alternative text": "Soames, 45, in a monochrome photograph", "Image caption": "Soames in 1966", "Term start": "11 December 1979", "Term end": "18 April 1980", "Office 2": "European Commissioner for External Relations", "President 2": "François-Xavier Ortoli", "Predecessor 2": "Jean-François... |
"" or "" () is a former national anthem of Slovenia, used from 1860 to 1989. It is now used as the official service song of the Slovenian Armed Forces.
Lyrics and music
It tells about a boy who goes to defend his homeland, meaning him more than his mother or sweetheart. As such, it is a patriotic recruiting poem. It w... | {"Music": "1860", "Lyrics": "1860", "Succeeded by": "\"Zdravljica\"", "Adopted": "1919 (as part of Anthem of Yugoslavia)1995 (by the Slovenian Armed Forces)", "Relinquished": "1941 (as part of Anthem of Yugoslavia)1989 (by Slovenia)"} |
Fernando Sor (baptised 14 February 1778 - 10 July 1839) was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer of the early Romantic era. Best known for writing solo classical guitar music, he also composed an opera (at the age of 19), three symphonies, guitar duos, piano music, songs, a Mass, and at least two successful balle... | {"Name": "Fernando Sor", "Alt": "A monotone image of Fernando Sor playing the guitar", "Caption": "A lithographed painting of Fernando Sor, c. 1825", "Birth name": "José Fernando Macario Sors", "Baptised": "1778 2 14 y", "Birth place": "Barcelona", "Death date": "1839 7 10 1778 2 14 y", "Death place": "Paris", "Occupat... |
SSD (Society System Decontrol) was a straight edge hardcore band from Boston. They released two records as SS Decontrol and then formally changed their name to SSD. As SSD they released two more records with a heavy metal influenced sound. However, the group is often simply referred to, including all its periods, as... | {"Origin": "Boston, Massachusetts, United States", "Genres": "Hardcore punk \"Robbins\" />", "Labels": "X-Claim, Modern Method, Homestead", "Members": "SpringaAl BarileJaime SciarappaChris FoleyFrancois Levesque"} |
A-Train III, known internationally as A-Train, is a 1992 computer game, is the third game in the A-Train series. It was originally developed and published by Japanese game developer Artdink for Japan, and was later published by Maxis for the United States.
Overview
The game places players in command of a railway compa... | {"Title": "A-Train III", "Caption": "North American PC boxart", "Developer": "Artdink", "Publisher": "JP Artdink NA Maxis EU Ocean Software", "Series": "A-Train", "Released": "JP December 1990 (PC-9800, FM-Towns, X68000) JP April 1991 (PC-9800, FM-Towns editor) NA/EU October 1992 (Amiga, DOS, Mac) JP March 2000 (Window... |
Caijing is an independent magazine based in Beijing that covers societal, political, and economic issues, with a focus on civil rights, public affairs, and business.James F. Scotton, "New Media for a New China," John Wiley & Sons, 8 March 2010, p. 71
History and profile
Caijing was established by Hu Shuli in 1998 an... | {"Frequency": "Biweekly", "Founder": "Wang Boming", "First issue": "June 1998", "Country": "People's Republic of China", "Based in": "Beijing", "Language": "Mandarin", "Website": "caijing.com.cn", "ISSN": "1671-4725", "OCLC": "50760677"} |
Doghouse Records is an American record label currently based in New York City.Alan O'Connor, Punk Record Labels and the Struggle for Autonomy. Lexington Books, 2008, p. 41. Google Books The company was founded by Dirk Hemsath in late 1987 while living in Toledo, Ohio, in order to release the recordings of his hardcore ... | {"Parent company": "Warner Music Group", "Founded": "1987", "Founder": "Dirk Hemsath", "Distributor(s)": "INgrooves\n Mordam-Lumberjack\n WEA", "Genre": "Alternative rock\n emotional hardcore\n indie rock\n melodic hardcore\n pop punk\n punk rock", "Country of origin": "U.S.", "Location": "New York City", "Official web... |
thumb|left|alt=BK Channel Diagram|BK Channel Structure
BK channels (big potassium), are large conductance calcium-activated potassium channels, also known as Maxi-K, slo1, or Kca1.1. BK channels are voltage-gated potassium channels that conduct large amounts of potassium ions (K+) across the cell membrane, hence their... | {"HGNC": "6284", "IUPHAR": "KCNMA1", "Alt. symbols": "SLO", "NCBI gene": "3778", "OMIM": "600150", "RefSeq": "NM_002247", "UniProt": "Q12791", "Locus": "22"} |
Antipolo, officially the City of Antipolo (), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 887,399 people. It is the most populous city in the Calabarzon region, and the seventh most-populous city in the Philippines. And also, it i... | {"Type": "government_type", "Rank": "7th", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
thumb|Map of the Northern Dvina basin
thumb|275px|Northern Dvina Quay in Arkhangelsk
The Northern Dvina (, ; ) is a river in northern Russia flowing through Vologda Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. Along with the Pechora River to the east, it drains most of Northwest Russia into the Ar... | {"Native name": "ru Северная Двина", "Location": "Dvina Bay", "Mouth": "0 m ft on", "Basin size": "357052 km2 mi2"} |
Transport Tycoon is a city-based pixel video game designed and programmed by Chris Sawyer, and published by MicroProse on 15 November 1994 for DOS. It is a business simulation game, presented in an isometric view in 2D with graphics by Simon Foster, in which the player acts as an entrepreneur in control of a transport ... | {"Title": "Transport Tycoon", "Caption": "DOS cover art", "Publisher": "MicroProse", "Producer": "Steve Ramsden", "Designer": "Chris Sawyer", "Programmer": "Chris Sawyer", "Artist": "Simon Foster", "Composer": "John Broomhall", "Released": "November 15, 1994\n MS-DOSNA November 15, 1994 DE November 15, 1994\nMacintosh... |
Earl of Bessborough is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1739 for Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, who had previously represented Newtownards and County Kildare in the Irish House of Commons. In 1749, he was given the additional title of Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby, in the County of Leicester... | {"Creation date": "6 October 1739", "Created by": "King George II", "Peerage": "Peerage of Ireland", "First holder": "Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough", "Heir apparent": "Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon", "Remainder to": "the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten.", "Seat(s)": "Stansted P... |
The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind. It is also the world's highest-impact academic journal. It was founded in England in 1823.
The journal publishes original research articles, review articles ("seminars" and "reviews"), editorials, book reviews, corresponden... | {"Edited": "Richard Horton", "Publisher": "United Kingdom", "Frequency": "Weekly", "History": "1823-present", "OCLC": "01755507", "LCCN": "sf82002015", "CODEN": "LANCAO", "ISSN": "1474-547X"} |
George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 - September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 to 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politically prominent in 18th- and 19th-century New England.
An abolitionist and Radical Republic... | {"Name": "George F. Hoar", "Image caption": "Hoar c. 1870s", "Office 2": "Member of theU.S. House of Representativesfrom Massachusetts", "Predecessor 2": "John Denison Baldwin", "Successor 2": "William W. Rice", "Birth date": "1826 8 29", "Birth place": "Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1904 9 30 1826 8 29... |
The Buy American Act (originally , now ) passed in 1933 by the Congress and signed by President Hoover on his last full day in office (March 3, 1933), required the United States government to prefer U.S.-made products in its purchases. Other pieces of federal legislation extend similar requirements to third-party purch... | {"Other short titles": "Buy American Act of 1933", "Long title": "An Act making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes.", "Nicknames": "Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriations Act of 1933", "Enacted by": "72nd", "Effective... |
Vladimir Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Vladimir, which is located east of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, the oblast's population was 1,443,693.
The UNESCO World Heritage List includes the 12th-century cathedrals of Vladimir, Suzdal, Bogolyubovo, and Kid... | {"English name": "Vladimir Oblast", "Russian name": "Владимирская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "29084", "Area rank": "66th", "ISO 3166-2:RU code": "RU-VLA", "Leader title": "Governor... |
Kostroma Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma and its population as of the 2021 Census is 580,976. It was formed in 1944 on the territory detached from neighboring Yaroslavl Oblast.
Textile industries have been developed there since the early 18th cent... | {"English name": "Kostroma Oblast", "Russian name": "Костромская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "60211", "Area rank": "47th", "ISO 3166-2:RU code": "RU-KOS", "Leader title": "Governor"... |
Ivanovo Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It had a population of 927,828 as of the 2021 Russian Census.
Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (the administrative center), Kineshma, and Shuya. The principal center of tourism is Plyos. The Volga flows through the northern part of the oblast.
History
... | {"English name": "Ivanovo Oblast", "Russian name": "Ивановская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "21437", "Area rank": "73rd", "ISO 3166-2:RU code": "RU-IVA", "Leader title": "Governor", ... |
Vologda Oblast (, ; ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The oblast has a population of 1,202,444 (2010 Census). The largest city is Cherepovets, the home of the Severstal metallurgical plant, the largest industrial enterprise in the oblast.
Vologda Oblast is home to many... | {"English name": "Vologda Oblast", "Russian name": "Вологодская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "144527", "Area rank": "25th", "ISO 3166-2:RU code": "RU-VLG", "Leader title": "Governor"... |
Tver Oblast (, ; ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. From 1935 to 1990, it was known as Kalinin Oblast (). Population:
Tver Oblast is a region of lakes, such as Seliger and Brosno. Much of the remaining area is occupied by the Valdai Hills, where the Volga, the... | {"English name": "Tver Oblast", "Russian name": "Тверская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "84201", "Area rank": "39th", "ISO 3166-2:RU code": "RU-TVE", "Leader title": "Governor", "Lead... |
Fort Irwin National Training Center (Fort Irwin NTC) is a major training area for the United States military in the Mojave Desert in northern San Bernardino County, California. Fort Irwin is at an average elevation of . It is located northeast of Barstow, in the Calico Mountains.
The National Training Center is part ... | {"Type": "Training center", "Coordinates": "35 14 47 N 116 40 55 W region:US_type:city inline,title", "Built": "1940", "In use": "1940-1942;1951-1972;1980-present.", "Owner": "United States Army", "Controlled by": "US Army Forces Command", "Currentcommander": "BG Curtis Taylor (Commanding General)COL Jason Clarke (Garr... |
Zócalo/Tenochtitlan metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the historic center of the city, in the Cuauhtémoc borough. It is an underground station with two side platforms, served by Line 2 (the Blue Line). It lies between Allende and Pino Suárez metro stations. The station's pictogram features the coat... | {"Name": "25px|alt=Pictogram of Zócalo/Tenochtitlan metro station. It features the silhouette of an eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a snake. Zócalo/Tenochtitlan", "Previous names": "Zócalo", "Symbol Location": "mexicocity", "Style template": "2", "Symbol": "mcm", "Type": "STC rapid transit", "Owned": "... |
Steven Weldon Squyres (born January 9, 1956) is an American geologist and planetary scientist. He was the James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York."Steve Squyres." Almanac of Famous People. Gale, 2011. Biography in Context. Retrieved May 23, 2014.Cornell University Departm... | {"Name": "Steven W. Squyres", "Birth date": "1956 01 09", "Birth place": "Wenonah, New Jersey, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Alma mater": "Cornell University (B.A. and PhD)", "Occupation": "Astronomer", "Known For": "Spirit rover and Opportunity rover", "Awards": "Harold C. Urey Prize (1987)Carl Sagan Memorial Awa... |
The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of 12 terrorist bombings that took place in Bombay, Maharashtra, on 12 March 1993. The single-day attacks resulted in 257 fatalities and 1,400 injuries. The attacks were coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim, leader of the Mumbai-based international organised crime syndicate D-Company. Ib... | {"Title": "1993 Bombay bombings", "Location": "Bombay, Maharashtra, India", "Target": "Hotels Office buildings Banks Petrol pumps Markets Bombay Airport", "Date": "12 March 1993", "Time": "13:30-15:40", "Timezone": "UTC+05:30", "Type of attack": "Car bombings Scooter bombs Grenades", "Fatalities": "257 Chris Quillen ... |
thumb|right|Jordan Weisman and Chris Taylor at USC IMD in October 2006.
Chris Taylor is a Canadian video game designer best known for Total Annihilation and the Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander series and co-founding the now-defunct studio Gas Powered Games. In 2002, GameSpy named him the "30th most influential per... | {"Name": "Chris Taylor", "Caption": "Taylor in 2006", "Birth place": "British Columbia, Canada", "Occupation": "Video game developer", "Known For": "Co-founder ofGas Powered Games", "Notable works": "Total Annihilation Dungeon Siege Supreme Commander", "Spouse(s)": "Kimberly Taylor"} |
George Fox University is a private Christian university in Newberg, Oregon. Founded as a school for Quakers in 1891, it is now the largest private university in Oregon with more than 4,000 students combined between its main campus in Newberg, its centers in Portland, and Redmond, and online. The main campus is near do... | {"Motto": "Christianity and Culture", "Type": "Private university", "Endowment": "$32.2 million (2021)As of June 30, 2021. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_audit/11637420211 Form 990 for period ending June 2021 9 May 2013 January 30, 2020", "Undergraduates": "2,289https://www.georgefox.edu/about/qu... |
Samuel Hoar (May 18, 1778 - November 2, 1856) was a United States lawyer and politician. A member of a prominent political family in Massachusetts, he was a leading 19th century lawyer of that state. He was associated with the Federalist Party until its decline after the War of 1812. Over his career, Hoar developed a ... | {"Name": "Samuel Hoar", "Office 2": "Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives", "Term 2": "1850", "Birth date": "1778 05 18", "Birth place": "Lincoln, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1856 11 2 1778 05 18", "Death place": "Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Harvard College"} |
The First Air Force (Air Forces Northern & Air Force Space; 1 AF-AFNORTH & AFSPACE) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Its primary mission is the air defense of the Contiguous United States (CONUS), United States Virgi... | {"Branch": "USA (18 September 1947 - present) 25px United States Army (23px Army Air Forces, 20 June 1941 - 18 September 1947; 23px Army Air Corps 19 October 1940 - 20 June 1941)", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Provide forces for Air defense of the Continental United States and serve as the air component for U... |
The Second Air Force (2 AF; 2d Air Force in 1942) is a USAF numbered air force responsible for conducting basic military and technical training for Air Force enlisted members and non-flying officers. In World War II the CONUS unit defended the Northwestern United States and Upper Great Plains regions and during the Co... | {"Branch": "USA (18 September 1947 - present) 23px United States Army (23px Army Air Forces, 20 June 1941 - 18 September 1947; 23px Army Air Corps 19 October 1940 - 20 June 1941)", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "To provide basic military training and technical training for enlisted Airmen and non-flying officer... |
The Third Air Force (Air Forces Europe) (3 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA). Its headquarters is Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It is responsible for all U.S. air forces in Europe and Africa, and operations and support activities in the U.S. Europea... | {"Branch": "USA (18 September 1947 - present) 23px United States Army (23px Army Air Forces, 20 June 1941 - 18 September 1947; 23px Army Air Corps 19 October 1940 - 20 June 1941)", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Provides combat-ready air forces for U.S. European Command and U.S. African Commandhttp://www.usafe.... |
The Fourth Air Force (4 AF) is a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California.
4 AF directs the activities and supervises the training of more than 30,000 Air Force Reservists. If called to active duty, 4 AF's ready reserve units would be assign... | {"Branch": "USA (18 September 1947 - present) 23px United States Army (23px Army Air Forces, 20 June 1941 - 18 September 1947; 23px Army Air Corps 19 October 1940 - 20 June 1941)", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Provide combat-ready reserve air mobility and support forcesJanuary 2023 Fourth Air Force Fact Shee... |
The Fifth Air Force (5 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). It is headquartered at Yokota Air Base, Japan. It is the U.S. Air Force's oldest continuously serving Numbered Air Force. The organization has provided 80 years of continuous air power to the Pacific since its ... | {"Branch": "USA (18 September 1947 - present) 23px United States Army (23px Army Air Forces, 16 August 1941 - 18 September 1947)", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Provide combat-ready air forces for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Japan, along with serving as the air component for U.S. Forces Japanhttp... |
The Seventh Air Force (Air Forces Korea) (7 AF) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). It is headquartered at Osan Air Base, South Korea.
The command's mission is to plan and direct air component operations in the Republic of Korea and in the Northwest Pacific.
Established on 19 Octo... | {"Branch": "USA (18 September 1947 - present) 23px United States Army (23px Army Air Forces, 20 June 1941 - 18 September 1947; 23px Army Air Corps 19 October 1940 - 20 June 1941)", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Provide combat-ready air forces to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea, along with servi... |
The Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The command serves as Air Forces Strategic - Global Strike, one of the air components of United States Strategic... | {"Branch": "USA (18 September 1947 - present) 23px United States Army (23px Army Air Forces, 19 January 1942 - 18 September 1947)", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Provides conventional and nuclear bomber forces to U.S. Strategic Command and serves as the air component for global strike for U.S. Strategic Comman... |
The Ninth Air Force (9 AF) was a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC). It was headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, from activation on 5 August 2009 until it was replaced by Fifteenth Air Force on 20 August 2020. The prior and current Ninth Air Force is known as... | {"Branch": "23px United States Air Force", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Provide combat-ready air forces to Air Combat Command2013-06-04 Ninth Air Force http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/9af.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20220504205236/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/... |
The Tenth Air Force (10 AF) is a unit of the U.S. Air Force, specifically a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). 10 AF is headquartered at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base/Carswell Field (formerly Carswell AFB), Texas.
The command directs the activities of 14,000 Air Force Reservi... | {"Branch": "USA (18 September 1947 - present) 23px United States Army (23px Army Air Forces, 4 February 1942 - 18 September 1947)", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Provide combat-ready reserve air forces to Air Combat Command, Air Force Global Strike Command, Pacific Air Forces, Air Education and Training Comman... |
George Coles (September 20, 1810 – August 21, 1875) was a Canadian politician, being the first premier of Prince Edward Island, and a Father of Canadian Confederation.
Coles was born in Queens Royalty, Prince Edward Island, the son of James Coles, a farmer, and Sarah Tally. Although he had little formal education he b... | {"Name": "George Coles", "Lieutenant governor 1": "Sir Alexander Bannerman", "Predecessor 2": "John Holl", "Successor 2": "Edward Palmer", "Monarch 2": "Victoria", "Lieutenant governor 2": "Sir Dominick Daly", "Birth date": "1810 09 20", "Birth place": "Queens Royalty, Prince Edward Island Colony", "Death date": "1875 ... |
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, (9 June 1888 - 18 August 1973), styled Sir Basil Brooke, 5th Baronet, between 1907 and 1952, and commonly referred to as Lord Brookeborough, was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who served as the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from May 1943, until M... | {"Name": "The Viscount Brookeborough", "Image caption": "Brooke in 1941", "Term start": "1 May 1943", "Term end": "26 March 1963", "Office 2": "6th Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh", "Monarch 2": "Elizabeth II", "Predecessor 2": "Earl of Enniskillen", "Successor 2": "Vacant (1969-71) Thomas Scott (1971-76)", "Birth date":... |
The Twelfth Air Force (12 AF; Air Forces Southern, (AFSOUTH)) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.
The command is the air component to United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) conducting security cooperation an... | {"Branch": "USA (18 September 1947 - present) 23px United States Army (23px Army Air Forces, 20 August 1941 - 18 September 1947)", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Air component to U.S. Southern Commandhttp://www.12af.acc.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/5922/Article/667427/12th-air-force-afsouth-history.a... |
Chlodomer, also spelled Clodomir or Clodomer (c. 495 - 524) was the second of the four sons of Clovis I, King of the Franks.
History
Clodomir was the eldest son of Clovis and his wife, Clotilde. On the death of his father, in 511, he divided the kingdom of the Franks with his three brothers: Theuderic I, Childebert I,... | {"Father": "Clovis I", "Mother": "Clotilde", "Born": "c. 495", "Died": "Battle of Vézeronce"} |
The Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force (13 EAF) is a provisional numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). It is headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It has never been stationed in the continental United States.
The command plans, commands ... | {"Branch": "USA (18 September 1947 - present) 25px United States Army (25px Army Air Forces, 14 December 1942 - 18 September 1947)", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Provide combat-ready air forces for U.S. Pacific Command2012-10-03 Thirteenth Air Force https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/13af.... |
The Fourteenth Air Force (14 AF; Air Forces Strategic) was a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). It was headquartered at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
The command was responsible for the organization, training, equipping, command and control, and employment of Air Force sp... | {"Branch": "USA (18 September 1947 - 20 December 2019) 23px United States Army (23px Army Air Forces, 5 March 1943 - 18 September 1947)", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Provides space forces and serves as the space component for U.S. Strategic Commandhttps://www.vandenberg.af.mil/Units/14th-Air-Force/ 14th Air ... |
The Fifteenth Air Force (15 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base. It was reactivated on 20 August 2020, merging the previous units of the Ninth Air Force and Twelfth Air Force into a new numbered air force responsible for gene... | {"Branch": "US", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Part of": "Air Combat Command", "Decorations": "150pxAir Force Outstanding Unit Award (10x)", "Website": "https://www.15af.acc.af.mil/"} |
The Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) (16 AF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) organization responsible for information warfare, which encompasses intelligence gathering and analysis, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber warfare and electronic warfare operations. Its headquarters is at Joint Base San Antonio-Lac... | {"Branch": "United States 23px", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Cyber warfare\nElectronic warfare\nInformation operations\nIntelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance", "Part of": "23px Air Combat Command", "Decorations": "150pxAir Force Outstanding Unit Award (7x)", "Notablecommanders": "Winfield S. Harpe"} |
Eighteenth Air Force (Air Forces Transportation) (18 AF) is the only Numbered Air Force (NAF) in Air Mobility Command (AMC) and one of the largest NAFs in the United States Air Force. 18 AF was activated on 28 March 1951, inactivated on 1 January 1958, and re-activated on 1 October 2003. 18 AF is headquartered at Sco... | {"Branch": "United States 23px", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Provide combat-ready air mobility forces to U.S. Transportation Commandhttp://www.18af.amc.af.mil/Units/ Units www.18af.amc.af.mil live https://web.archive.org/web/20170519040835/http://www.18af.amc.af.mil/Units/ 19 May 2017 dmy-all", "Part of": "2... |
The Nineteenth Air Force (19 AF) is an active Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force. During the Cold War it was a component of Tactical Air Command, with a mission of command and control over deployed USAF forces in support of United States foreign policy initiatives. The command was reactivated in 1993... | {"Branch": "23px United States Air Force", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Provide flying, airmanship and SERE training to Air Force Officers, enlisted Airmen, and cadetshttp://www.aetc.af.mil/Units/19th-Air-Force/ Air Education and Training Command > Units > 19th Air Force www.aetc.af.mil 1 May 2018 live https:... |
Twenty-Second Air Force (22 AF) is a Numbered Air Force component of Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It was activated on 1 July 1993 and is headquartered at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.
In the event of mobilization, some of the Twenty-Second Air Force's subordinate units would come under the operational contr... | {"Branch": "USA", "Type": "Numbered Air Force", "Role": "Provide combat-ready reserve air forceshttps://www.22af.afrc.af.mil/About-Us/ About Us 22af.afrc.af.mil", "Part of": "23px Air Force Reserve Command", "Decorations": "200pxAir Force Outstanding Unit Award"} |
The Voortrekker Monument is located just south of Pretoria in South Africa. The granite structure is located on a hilltop, and was raised to commemorate the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854. It was designed by the architect Gerard Moerdijk.
On 8 July 2011, the Voortrekker Monument was declar... | {"Location": "Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa", "Designer": "Gerard Moerdijk", "Material": "Granite", "Length": "40 m", "Width": "40 m", "Height": "40 m", "Beginning date": "13 July 1937", "Completion date": "12 December 1949", "Opening date": "16 December 1949", "Dedicated to": "Voortrekkers"} |
Vericon is an annual science fiction convention at Harvard University, organized by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. Lasting over a three-day weekend, for the first nine years of its existence it took place on the last weekend of January; for 2010, however, it was moved to mid-March to accommodate cha... | {"Event name": "Vericon", "Status": "Defunct", "Genre": "Science fiction", "Venue": "Harvard University", "Location": "Cambridge, Massachusetts", "Country": "United States", "Official website": "http://www.vericon.org/"} |
The Vetluga (, ; ) is a river that flows through Kirov Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, Mari El and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Volga.Ветлуга (река), Great Soviet Encyclopedia Their confluence is near Kozmodemyansk. The river is navigable. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Its large... | {"Native name": "ru Ветлуга", "Mouth": "Volga", "Coordinates": "56 27 44 N 46 14 14 E region:RU-ME_type:waterbody_source:kolossus-etwiki it", "Basin size": "39400 km2 mi2 on"} |
Ostrava (; , ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava, Ostravice and Lučina. Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic in ter... | {"Density": "auto", "Metro density": "982000Vymezení území pro Integrované teritoriální investice (ITI) v ČR https://mmr.cz/getmedia/420ae22b-fe35-4b75-88d0-5824612a4e85/PrF_200120_ZAVERECNY-DOKUMENT_FINAL_02042020.pdf.aspx?ext=.pdf mmr.cz Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic 16-17 cs March 2020", "DS... |
Charibert I (; ; 517 - December 567) was the Merovingian King of Paris, the second-eldest son of Chlothar I and his first wife Ingund. His elder brother Gunthar died sometime before their father's death. He shared in the partition of the Frankish kingdom that followed his father's death in 561, receiving the old kingd... | {"Born": "c. 517", "Died": "December 567 (aged around 50)", "Burial": "Blavia castellum, Tractatus Armoricani", "Father": "Clotaire I", "Mother": "Ingund", "Religion": "Chalcedonian Christianity (excommunicated)"} |
The Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) was a horse-drawn plateway that linked Wandsworth and Croydon via Mitcham, all then in Surrey but now suburbs of south London, in England. It was established by Act of Parliament in 1801, and opened partly in 1802 and partly in 1803. It was a toll railway on which carriers used horse tract... | {"Dates of operation": "1846", "Length": "9 mi", "Headquarters": "Wandsworth", "Locale": "England"} |
Ned Ray McWherter (October 15, 1930April 4, 2011) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th Governor of Tennessee, from 1987 to 1995. Prior to that, he served as Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1973 to 1987, the longest tenure as Speaker up to that time.Billy Stair, The L... | {"Name": "Ned Ray McWherter", "Term start": "January 17, 1987", "Term end": "January 21, 1995", "Office 2": "77th Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives", "Predecessor 2": "James McKinney", "Successor 2": "Ed MurrayHistorical and Constitutional Officers of Tennessee: Speakers of the House https://web.archive... |
Saint Gontrand (c. 532 in Soissons - 28 March 592 in Chalon-sur-Saône), also called Gontran, Gontram, Guntram, Gunthram, Gunthchramn, and Guntramnus, was the king of the Kingdom of Orléans from AD 561 to AD 592. He was the third-eldest and second-eldest-surviving son of Chlothar I and Ingunda. On his father's death in ... | {"Born": "Soissons", "Died": "Chalon-sur-Saône", "Father": "Chlothar I", "Mother": "Ingund"} |
The Bad News Bears is a 1976 American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Bill Lancaster. It stars Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex-baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team known as the Bears. Alongside Matthau, the film's cast includes Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Va... | {"Directed by": "Michael Ritchie", "Produced by": "Stanley R. Jaffe", "Written by": "Bill Lancaster", "Starring": "Walter Matthau\n Tatum O'Neal\n Vic Morrow", "Music by": "Jerry Fielding", "Cinematography": "John A. Alonzo", "Edited by": "Richard A. Harris", "Distributed by": "Paramount Pictures", "Budget": "$9 millio... |
Spencer Gifts LLC, doing business as Spencer's, is a North American mall retailer with over 600 stores in the United States and Canada. Its stores specialize in novelty and gag gifts, and also sell clothing, band merchandise, sex toys, room decor, collectible figures, fashion and body jewelry, fantasy and horror items.... | {"Type": "Private company", "Founded": "1947 6 19", "Industry": "Retail", "Parent": "Universal Studios (1996-2003)", "Subsidiaries": "Spirit Halloween", "Headquarters": "Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, U.S.", "Website": "spencersonline.com"} |
Adrien Arcand (October 3, 1899 - August 1, 1967) was a Canadian journalist and politician who is best known for advocating fascism between 1929 and until his death in 1967. During his political career, he proclaimed himself as the "Canadian Führer".
He was detained by the federal government for the duration of the Sec... | {"Alt": "Adrien Arcand in 1933", "Caption": "Arcand in 1933", "Birth date": "1899 10 03", "Birth place": "Montreal, Canada", "Death date": "1967 08 01 1899 10 03", "Death place": "Montreal, Canada", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Party": "National Unity Party", "Movement": "Canadian fascist movement"} |
Bradley Grant Kent (22 June 1958 - 3 February 2016) was a Canadian musician who played guitar with many of the early Vancouver punk rock bands, particularly Victorian Pork, the band which spawned D.O.A., Pointed Sticks and the Subhumans. Later he went to San Francisco to play guitar for the Avengers with Penelope Houst... | {"Born": "22 June 1958", "Died": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada", "Origin": "Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada", "Genres": "punk rock"} |
Coheed and Cambria are an American progressive rock band from Nyack, New York, formed in 1995. The band consists of Claudio Sanchez (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Travis Stever (guitars, vocals), Josh Eppard (drums, keyboards, backing vocals), and Zach Cooper (bass, backing vocals). The group's music incorporates aspect... | {"Origin": "Nyack, New York, US", "Genres": "Progressive metal\n progressive rock\n alternative rock\n alternative metal\n post-hardcore\n emo", "Labels": "300\n Evil Ink\n Hundred Handed/Everything Evil\n B-Unique\n Columbia\n Equal Vision\n Roadrunner\n Sony", "Spinoffs": "The Prize Fighter Inferno", "Website": "http... |
Westworld is a 1973 American science fiction Western film written and directed by Michael Crichton. The film follows adult guests visiting an interactive amusement park containing lifelike androids that unexpectedly begin to malfunction. The film stars Yul Brynner as an android in the amusement park, with Richard Benja... | {"Directed by": "Michael Crichton", "Produced by": "Paul N. Lazarus III", "Written by": "Michael Crichton", "Starring": "Yul Brynner\n Richard Benjamin\n James Brolin", "Music by": "Fred Karlin", "Cinematography": "Gene Polito", "Edited by": "David Bretherton", "Distributed by": "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer", "Budget": "$1.2 m... |
The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye () was signed on 10 September 1919 by the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand and by the Republic of German-Austria on the other. Like the Treaty of Trianon with Hungary and the Treaty of Versailles with Germany, it contained the Covenant of the League of Nations and as ... | {"Name": "Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye", "Long name": "Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Austria", "Image caption": "Austrian chancellor Renner addressing the delegates during the signing ceremony", "Date signed": "10 September 1919", "Location signed": "Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Î... |
Long Tall Weekend is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants, released in 1999. It was released exclusively online through the digital music service eMusic. The album was the band's first since their departure from the major label Elektra. Long Tall Weekend was also the first full... | {"Released": "July 19, 1999", "Recorded": "1990-1999", "Genre": "Alternative rock", "Label": "eMusic", "Producer": "Pat Dillett, They Might Be Giants"} |
The National Unity Party of Canada (NUPC) was a Canadian far-right political party which based its ideology on Adolf Hitler's Nazism and Benito Mussolini's fascism. It was founded as the (PNSC) by Nazi sympathizer Adrien Arcand on February 22, 1934. The party's activities were originally limited to Quebec, but it late... | {"Abbreviation": "NUPC (English)PUNC (French)", "Leader": "Adrien Arcand", "Founded": "1934 2 22As the fr Parti national social chrétien du Canada", "Ideology": "Neo-Nazism\n Neo-fascism\n White nationalism\n Before 1945:\n Nazism\n Fascism (classical)", "Headquarters": "7337 Chemin ParkinsonRawdon, QuebecJ0K 1S0", "Po... |
Fiend Folio is the name of three separate products published for successive editions of the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). All three are collections of monsters.
The bulk of the material in the first edition came from the British gaming magazine White Dwarf, rather than being authored by Gary Gyg... | {"Publisher": "TSR", "Media type": "Print (Hardback)", "Pages": "128", "ISBN": "0-935696-21-0"} |
The Monstrous Compendium is a series of accessories for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game released from 1989 to 1998. The title was then used for a series of 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons supplements released on D&D Beyond.
Volumes
MC1 Monstrous Compendium, Volume One was published by TSR in 1... | {"Name": "Monstrous Compendium", "Italic title": "yes", "Publication": "1989", "Image caption": "MC1, Monstrous Compendium, Volume One", "Publishers": "TSR, Inc.Wizards of the Coast", "Languages": "English", "Years active": "1989-1998, 2022", "Random chance": "Dice rolling", "Genres": "Role-playing game", "Systems": "A... |
Melanie Thandiwe Newton ( ; born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton ( ), is a British actress.
Newton is known for starring roles such as the title character in Beloved (1998), Nyah Nordoff-Hall in Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Tiffany in Shade (2003), Dame Vaako in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004... | {"Name": "Thandiwe Newton", "Post-nominals": "UK 100% OBE", "Caption": "Newton at San Diego Comic Con in July 2019", "Birth name": "Melanie Thandiwe Newton", "Birth date": "1972 11 6 y", "Birth place": "London, England", "Other names": "Thandie Newton", "Occupation": "Actress", "Education": "Downing College, Cambridge ... |
Laurence G. Hanscom Field , commonly known as Hanscom Field, is a public use airport operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority, located outside Boston in Bedford, Massachusetts, United States.
Hanscom is mainly a general aviation airport, the largest in New England. Both runways can accommodate jets, and are used ... | {"Airport type": "Public / military", "Location": "Bedford, Massachusetts", "Opened": "1941 06 26 n yes yes", "DST": "UTC-04:00:00", "AMSL": "40", "Website": "www.hanscomfield.com", "Coordinates": "42 28 12 N 071 17 20 W region:US-MA inline,title"} |
Soul Blazer, released in Japan as , is an action role-playing video game developed by Quintet and published by Enix for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in 1992 in Japan and North America, but not released in Europe until 1994.
It is an action role-playing game where the player takes the role o... | {"Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "Quintet", "Publisher": "Enix", "Director": "Masaya Hashimoto", "Producer": "Yasuyuki Sone", "Writer": "Tomoyoshi Miyazaki", "Programmer": "Masaya Hashimoto", "Composer": "Yukihide Takekawa", "Platforms": "Super Nintendo Entertainment System", "Released": "JP January 3... |
Gen Con is the largest tabletop game convention in North America by both attendance and number of events. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, and strategy games. Gen Con also features com... | {"Event name": "Gen Con Indy", "Image": "230px", "Genre": "Gaming", "Venue": "Indiana Convention Center", "Location": "Indianapolis, Indiana", "Country": "United States", "First event date": "1968", "Organisers": "Gen Con LLC", "Attendance": "50,000 in 2022http://youtube.com/watch?v=E84nBtKAiTQ&t=283 Peter Adkison | G... |
is a 1990 hybrid platformer, god game, and city-building game with light action RPG elements for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Quintet and published by Enix, combining traditional side-scrolling platforming with urban planning god game sections. A sequel, ActRaiser 2, was released for the Super N... | {"Title": "ActRaiser", "Caption": "Western Super NES cover art", "Publisher": "Enix", "Developer": "Quintet", "Director": "Masaya Hashimoto", "Producer": "Yasuyuki Sone", "Designer": "Ayano Koshiro", "Writer": "Tomoyoshi Miyazaki", "Composer": "Yuzo Koshiro", "Released": "Super NESJP December 16, 1990 NA November 1991 ... |
Souvlaki is the second studio album by English rock band Slowdive. It was recorded in 1992, and released on 1 June 1993 by Creation Records.
On its initial release, Souvlaki peaked at number 51 on the UK Albums Chart and was greeted with tepid reviews from critics. It has since received retrospective critical acclaim ... | {"Released": "1993 06 01 yes", "Recorded": "1992", "Studio": "Protocol (London)\n Courtyard (Sutton Courtenay)\n The White House (Weston-super-Mare)", "Genre": "\"PitchforkShoegaze\"/>https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best/dream-pop-albums-of-all-time-cocteau-twins/ The 25 Best Dream Pop Albums of All Time Paste 2... |
The prime minister of the Cook Islands is the head of government of the Cook Islands, a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand. The office was established in 1965, when self-government was first granted to the islands. Originally, the title "Premier" was used, but this was replaced by the title o... | {"Post": "Prime Minister", "Body": "the Cook Islands", "Native name": "rar Minitia Ma‘ata o te Kūki ‘Airanipnh Paraimi Minita o te Kūki Airani", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of the Cook Islands", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Flag of the Cook Islands", "Image size": "150px", "Incumbent": "Mark Brown", "In... |
Catharina "Nina" Hagen (; born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rise to prominence during the punk and Neue Deutsche Welle movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is known as "The Godmother of German Punk".
Born and raised in the former Ea... | {"Name": "Nina Hagen", "Caption": "Hagen at the premiere of The Seventh Dwarf, September 2014", "Birth name": "Catharina Hagen", "Birth date": "yes 1955 03 11", "Birth place": "East Berlin, East Germany", "Occupation": "Singer\n songwriter\n actress", "Years active": "1971-present", "Spouse(s)": "David Lynn 1996 2000\n... |
The Mull of Kintyre is the southwesternmost tip of the Kintyre Peninsula (formerly Cantyre) in southwest Scotland. From here, the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland is visible on a calm and clear day, and a historic lighthouse, the second commissioned in Scotland, guides shipping in the intervening North Channel. The are... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NR5908", "Council area": "Argyll and Bute", "Lieutenancy area": "Argyll and Bute", "UK Parliament": "Argyll and Bute", "Scottish Parliament": "Argyll and Bute", "Postcode district": "PA", "Dialling code": "01586"} |
Madigan's Millions (It: Un dollaro per 7 vigliacchi, Sp: El Millón de Madigan) is a 1968 Italian-Spanish comedy crime film directed by Stanley Prager and produced by Sidney W. Pink.
The movie was shot in 1966 but was not released for two years. It stars Dustin Hoffman, in his first movie role, as Jason Fister, a young... | {"Directed by": "Stanley Prager", "Produced by": "Sidney W. Pink", "Written by": "José Luis Bayonas", "Starring": "Dustin HoffmanElsa MartinelliCesar Romero", "Cinematography": "Manuel Rojas", "Distributed by": "Altamira Films (Spain) (theatrical)American International Pictures (USA) (theatrical)Troma Entertainment (Ho... |
The 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army. The division fought in the First World War in the trenches of the Western Front, in the fields of France and Flanders. During the Second World War, the division fought in the Norwegian Campaign and in North-western Europe. After the ... | {"Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "InfantryArmoured", "Size": "Division", "Notablecommanders": "Sir Evelyn BarkerSir Gordon MacMillan", "Nickname(s)": "\"Barker's Bears\"\"The Polar Bears\"\"The Polar Bear Butchers\""} |
A bonfire of the vanities () is a burning of objects condemned by religious authorities as occasions of sin. The phrase itself usually refers to the bonfire of 7 February 1497, when supporters of the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola collected and burned thousands of objects such as cosmetics, art, and books in the p... | {"Title": "Bonfire of the vanities", "Image caption": "Bernardino of Siena organising a vanities bonfire, Perugia, from the Oratory of San Bernardino, by Agostino di Duccio, built between 1457 and 1461", "Native name": "Falò delle vanità", "Language of native name": "it"} |
Between the Sheets is a 2003 British television miniseries. This dramedy depicts the romantic and sexual challenges of several different couples who are all linked in some way.
Hazel Delany walks out on her husband, owner of a stripclub, hours after their daughter's wedding; she's upset with him because he has had a s... | {"Starring": "Alun ArmstrongBrenda BlethynJulie GrahamRichard ArmitageGaynor Faye", "Created by": "Kay Mellor", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "ITV", "Original release": "2003 12 22 yes"} |
The prime minister of Malta () is the head of government, which is the highest official of Malta. The prime minister chairs Cabinet meetings, and selects its ministers to serve in their respective portfolios. The prime minister holds office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the Parliament, as such... | {"Post": "Prime Minister", "Body": "Maltamt Prim Ministru ta' Malta", "Insignia size": "125px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of the Republic of Malta", "Image size": "165px", "Incumbent": "Robert Abela", "Incumbent since": "13 January 2020", "Member of": "Cabinet of MaltaEuropean Council", "Style": "The Honourable... |
Henry Gustav Molaison (February 26, 1926 - December 2, 2008), known widely as H.M., was an American who had a bilateral medial temporal lobectomy to surgically resect the anterior two thirds of his hippocampi, parahippocampal cortices, entorhinal cortices, piriform cortices, and amygdalae in an attempt to cure his epil... | {"Name": "Henry Molaison", "Caption": "Molaison in 1953 before his surgery", "Birth name": "Henry Gustav Molaison", "Birth date": "February 26, 1926", "Birth place": "Manchester, Connecticut, U.S.", "Death date": "2008 12 2 1926 2 26", "Death place": "Windsor Locks, Connecticut, U.S."} |
Kuwait International Airport (, ) is an international airport located in the Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait, south of the centre of Kuwait City, spread over an area of . It serves as the primary hub for Kuwait Airways and Jazeera Airways. A portion of the airport complex is designated as Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base, w... | {"Location": "Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait", "Hub": "Kuwait Airways\nJazeera Airways", "AMSL": "206", "Airport type": "Public / military", "Serves": "Kuwait City, Kuwait", "Website": "kuwaitairport.gov.kw", "Coordinates": "29 13 36 N 047 58 48 E region:KW it"} |
The Pakistan International is a squash tournament that takes place in Islamabad.
Past Results
Men's
Year Champion Runner-up Score in final 2020 Tayyab Aslam Nasir Iqbal 11-7, 6-11, 3-11, 12-10, 13-11 2019 (Dec.) Tayyab Aslam Farhan Mehboob 11-8, 13-11, 11-4 2019 (Apr.) Mohamed ElSherbini Farhan Mehboob 11-5, 5-... | {"Event name": "Pakistan International Squash Championship", "Category": "Challenger 10 (2020)", "Prize money": "$12,000", "Most recent champion(s)": "PAK Tayyab Aslam (2020)"} |
The Auditor General of Canada (French: La vérificatrice générale du Canada) is an officer of the Parliament of Canada to aid accountability and oversight by conducting independent financial audits of federal government operations. These audits provide members of parliament with objective evidence to help them examine t... | {"Post": "Auditor General of Canada", "Native name": "fr La vérificatrice générale du Canada", "Incumbent": "Karen Hogan", "Incumbent since": "June 3 2020", "Official abbreviation": "OAG", "Reports to": "Parliament of Canada", "Nominator": "Prime Minister of Canada", "Appointer": "Governor in Council", "Term length": "... |
Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on January 18, 1980, through Anthem Records. After touring to support their previous album, Hemispheres (1978), the band began working on new material for a follow-up in July 1979. This material showed a shift in the group's sound towards ... | {"Released": "1980 1 1812 January 1980 News https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1980/Music-Week-1980-01-12.pdf Music Week 2 17 March 2023 Phonogram is planning a heavy advertising campaign for leading rock group Rush who have a new album released on January 18 called Permanent Waves.", "Recorded": "September-Oc... |
Bahrain International Airport (, romanized: Maṭār al-Baḥrayn al-dwalī) is the international airport of Bahrain. Located on Muharraq Island, adjacent to the capital Manama and the city Al Muharraq, it serves as the hub for the national carrier Gulf Air. The airport is managed by the Bahrain Airport Company. Established... | {"Website": "https://www.bahrainairport.bh", "Coordinates": "26 16 15 N 050 38 01 E region:BH_type:airport it", "Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Bahrain", "Location": "Al Muharraq", "Opened": "1927 y n n", "Hub": "Gulf Air\nKalitta Air\nSNAS/DHL\nTexel Air", "AMSL": "2.4"} |
Grace Under Pressure is the tenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released April 12, 1984 on Anthem Records. After touring for the band's previous album, Signals (1982), came to an end in mid-1983, Rush started work on a follow-up in August. The band had decided to not work with longtime producer Terry Brown, ... | {"Released": "1984 04 12", "Recorded": "November 1983-March 1984", "Studio": "Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Quebec", "Genre": "Progressive rockhttp://spectrumculture.com/2016/02/15/revisit-rush-grace-under-pressure/ Revisit: Rush: Grace Under Pressure 16 February 2016 12 July 2016 15 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web... |
Sheila Fraser (born September 16, 1950) served as Auditor General of Canada from 2001 to 2011.
Early life and education
Fraser was born in Dundee, Quebec, Canada to Kenneth Fraser (1917-2005), a Quebec Member of the National Assembly for Huntingdon from 1966 to 1976. She earned a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill Univ... | {"Term start": "May 31, 2001", "Term end": "May 30, 2011", "Birth date": "1950 9 16", "Birth place": "Dundee, Quebec"} |
Sharjah International Airport () () is an international airport located east-southeast of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It is spread over an area of . It has one runway, and is the only airport in Sharjah capable of international flights as of 2022.
Overview
Sharjah International Airport is the third largest Middle ... | {"Airport type": "Military/Public", "Serves": "Sharjah, Dubai", "Location": "Sharjah", "Hub": "Air Arabia", "AMSL": "116", "Coordinates": "25 19 45 N 055 30 58 E region:AE inline,title", "Website": "www.sharjahairport.ae"} |
The Principle of Evil Made Flesh is the debut studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 24 February 1994 through Cacophonous Records, following three demos released between 1991 and 1993. The album's sound is significantly more raw than on subsequent releases, and frontman Dani Filt... | {"Released": "24 February 1994", "Recorded": "Academy Music Studio, Dewsbury, England, September-November 1993", "Genre": "Extreme metal", "Label": "Cacophonous", "Producer": "Robert \"Mags\" Magoolagan"} |
The Ghost Festival or Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival in Taoism and the Yulanpen Festival in Buddhism, is a traditional festival held in certain East and Southeast Asian countries. According to the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the sevent... | {"Type": "East Asian", "Official name": "Zhongyuan Festival (Taoism) Yulanpen Festival (Buddhism)", "Also called": "Spirit Festival", "Observed by": "Buddhists and Taoists", "Significance": "The opening of the gates of Hell and Heaven, permitting all ghosts to receive food and drink", "Next time": "15th night of the ... |
Dusk... and Her Embrace is the second studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on August 28, 1996. and is their first release on the label Music for Nations.
Background
Much of the material for the album was written while the band were still under Cacophonous Records' contract. Spe... | {"Released": "28 August 1996", "Recorded": "September-November 1995", "Studio": "DEP International Studios, Birmingham, England", "Genre": "Extreme metal", "Label": "Music for Nations", "Producer": "Kit Woolven\n Cradle of Filth"} |
Jin Ping Mei () — translated into English as The Plum in the Golden Vase or The Golden Lotus — is a Chinese novel of manners composed in vernacular Chinese during the latter half of the 16th century during the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Consisting of 100 chapters, it was published under the pseudonym Lanling Xiaoxi... | {"Original title": "zh", "Country": "China (Ming dynasty)", "Language": "Written vernacular Chinese", "Set in": "China, 1111-1127", "Media type": "Print"} |
Carole Landis (born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste; January 1, 1919 - July 5, 1948) was an American actress and singer. She worked as a contract player for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her breakout role was as the female lead in the 1940 film One Million B.C. from United Artists. She was known as "The Ping Girl" an... | {"Name": "Carole Landis", "Image": "Carole Landis-publicity.JPG", "Caption": "Landis in 1941", "Birth name": "Frances Lillian Mary Ridste", "Birth date": "1919 01 01 yes", "Birth place": "Fairchild, Wisconsin, U.S.", "Death date": "1948 07 05 1919 01 01 yes", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Death cause... |
is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade video game released in 1981. It was developed by Konami and manufactured and distributed by Leijac in Japan and Stern in North America. It was the first side-scrolling shooter with forced scrolling and multiple distinct levels,Game Genres: Shmups, Professor Jim Whitehead, Janu... | {"Title": "Scramble", "Caption": "North American flyer", "Developer": "Konami", "Publisher": "ArcadeJP Konami/Leijac NA Stern Ports NA GCE EU Compu-Games A/SEU Milton Bradley", "Released": "ArcadeJP \"Akagi\">Akagi Masumi アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005) 13... |
Sidney W. Pink (1916-2002) was an American film producer and occasional director.Pink, Sidney (1989). So You Want to Make Movies: My Life As an Independent Film Producer. Pineapple Press, Inc. pp. 3. . He has been called the father of feature-length 3-D movies. He is also noted for producing early Spaghetti Westerns an... | {"Name": "Sidney W. Pink", "Birth name": "Sidney William Pink", "Birth date": "1916 04 06", "Birth place": "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States", "Death date": "2002 11 12 1916 04 06", "Death place": "Pompano Beach, Florida, United States", "Occupation": "Film director, producer"} |
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