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Night of the Stormrider is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Iced Earth, released in 1991 through Century Media Records. It is a concept album centered on an idea that was created by the band's leader Jon Schaffer. Night of the Stormrider is the only Iced Earth album to feature lead singer John G... | {"Released": "November 11, 1991", "Recorded": "1991", "Studio": "Morrisound Studios", "Genre": "Thrash metal\n heavy metal", "Label": "Century Media", "Producer": "Tom Morris\n Jon Schaffer"} |
John F. Tierney (born September 18, 1951) is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1997 to 2015. He is a Democrat who represented the state's , which includes the state's North Shore and Cape Ann. Born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, Tierney graduated from Salem State Co... | {"Name": "John Tierney", "Birth date": "1951 09 18", "Birth place": "Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Patrice Tierney", "Residence": "Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Education": "Salem State College (BA)Suffolk University (JD)", "Term start": "January 3, 1997", "Term end": "January 3, 2015"} |
Turbo is the tenth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on 21 March 1986 by Columbia Records. The album is notable for the band's change to a commercial glam metal sound, that had them using synthesizers for the first time.
A remastered CD was released in 2001, including two bonus tracks. On... | {"Released": "1986 03 21 y https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Judas+Priest&ti=Turbo&lab=&genre=&format=Album&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section RIAA certifications Recording Industry Association of America", "Recorded": "June 1985 - February 1986"... |
Dennis Ray RehbergDennis Rehberg Bio Washington Times. (born October 5, 1955) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party. He served as the Lieutenant Governor of Montana from 1991 to 1997 and as the U.S. representative for from 2001 to 2013. Rehberg was the Republican nominee for the United States S... | {"Name": "Denny Rehberg", "Term start": "January 3, 2001", "Term end": "January 3, 2013", "Birth name": "Dennis Ray Rehberg", "Birth date": "1955 10 5", "Birth place": "Billings, Montana, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Jan (1988-present)", "Education": "Washington State University (BA)"} |
Jenna Morasca (born February 15 1981) is an American actress, former swimsuit model, professional wrestler and American reality TV contestant who was the million-dollar grand prize winner of Survivor: The Amazon in 2003. In 2009, she worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
In 2011, Morasca and her then-boyfriend, f... | {"Name": "Jenna Morasca", "Caption": "Morasca at the 2009 Big Apple Conventionin Manhattan", "Birth date": "1981 02 15", "Birth place": "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Education": "Duquesne University, University of Pittsburgh", "Known For": "Survivor: The Amazon (winner), Survivor: All-Stars, The Amazing Race 19"} |
CodeView is a standalone debugger created by David Norris at Microsoft in 1985 as part of its development toolset. It originally shipped with Microsoft C 4.0 and later. It also shipped with Visual Basic for MS-DOS, Microsoft BASIC PDS, and a number of other Microsoft language products. It was one of the first debuggers... | {"Original author(s)": "David Norris", "Developer(s)": "Microsoft", "Initial release": "1985", "Platform": "x86", "Type": "Debugger"} |
Lin Haiyin (; 18 March 1918 - 1 December 2001) was a Taiwanese writer. She is best known for her 1960 book My Memories of Old Beijing (), a novelistic tribute to her childhood reminiscences of Beijing.
Biography
Lin was born in Osaka, Japan, where her father (of Toufen, Miaoli County origin) worked as a merchant. Lin'... | {"Native name": "zh", "Born": "18 March 1918", "Died": "y 2001 12 01 1918 03 18", "Occupation": "Writer", "Nationality": "Republic of China", "Alma mater": "News and Broadcast Institute"} |
Shell USA, Inc. (formerly Shell Oil Company, Inc.) is the United States-based wholly owned subsidiary of Shell plc, a UK-based transnational corporation "oil major" which is amongst the largest oil companies in the world. Approximately 18,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. Its U.S. headquarters are in Houston, ... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Petroleum industry", "Founded": "1912U.S.", "Headquarters": "United States", "Revenue": "US$ 37.376 billion (2013/2016)Revenue and Financial Reports http://www.vault.com/company-profiles/oil-gas/shell-oil-company/company-overview.aspx www.vault.com", "Parent": "Shell plc", "Website":... |
Madeleine Kunin (née May; born September 28, 1933) is a Swiss-born American diplomat, author and politician. She served as the 77th governor of Vermont from 1985 until 1991, as a member of the Democratic Party. She also served as United States Ambassador to Switzerland from 1996 to 1999. She was Vermont's first and, to... | {"Name": "Madeleine Kunin", "Image caption": "Official portrait as Deputy Education Sec., 1993", "Term start": "March 14, 1997", "Term end": "August 16, 1999", "Office 2": "United States Deputy Secretary of Education", "President 2": "Bill Clinton", "Predecessor 2": "David T. Kearns", "Successor 2": "Marshall S. Smith"... |
George Speaker Mickelson (January 31, 1941April 19, 1993) was an American politician and Vietnam War veteran who served as the 28th governor of South Dakota from 1987 until his death in 1993 in a plane crash near Zwingle, Iowa.
His father, George T. Mickelson, was also governor of South Dakota, from 1947 to 1951. To d... | {"Image": "George S. Mickelson.jpeg", "Image caption": "Mickelson in May 1989", "Term start": "January 6, 1987", "Term end": "April 19, 1993", "Birth name": "George Speaker Mickelson", "Birth date": "1941 1 31", "Birth place": "Mobridge, South Dakota, U.S.", "Death date": "1993 4 19 1941 1 31", "Death place": "Otter Cr... |
Verizon is an American wireless network operator that previously operated as a separate division of Verizon Communications under the name Verizon Wireless. In a 2019 reorganization, Verizon moved the wireless products and services into the divisions Verizon Consumer and Verizon Business, and stopped using the Verizon W... | {"Formerly": "Bell Atlantic", "Type": "Division", "Industry": "Telecommunications", "Founded": "2000 04 04 in Bedminster, New Jersey, United States", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Services": "Mobile telephonyWireless broadband", "Parent": "Verizon Communications", "Divisions": "Visible by Verizon", "Website": "https://www.v... |
Africa was a Roman province on the northern coast of what is now known as the African continent. It was established in 146 BC, following the Roman Republic's conquest of Carthage in the Third Punic War. It roughly comprised the territory of present-day Tunisia, the northeast of Algeria, and the coast of western Libya a... | {"Native name": "Africa Proconsularis", "Common name": "Africa", "Historical era": "Classical antiquity · Late antiquity", "Capital": "Zama Regia, then Carthago", "Year founded": "146 BC", "Year dissolved": "698", "Today part of": "TunisiaLibyaAlgeria"} |
AT&T Wireless Services, formerly part of AT&T Corp., was a wireless telephone carrier founded in 1987 in the United States, based in Redmond, Washington, and later traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol "AWE", as a separate entity from its former parent.
On October 26, 2004, AT&T Wireless was acq... | {"Formerly": "McCaw Cellular CommunicationsAT&T Wireless Services", "Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Telecommunications", "Founded": "1987", "Defunct": "2005 4 26", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Products": "GoPhone", "Parent": "AT&T Mobility"} |
William Maclay (July 20, 1737April 16, 1804) was a politician from Pennsylvania during the eighteenth century. Maclay, along with Robert Morris, was a member of Pennsylvania's first two-member delegation to the United States Senate. He assisted John Harris, Sr. with the planning the layout of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania i... | {"Name": "William Maclay", "Office 2": "Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives", "Term 2": "1795-1797", "Birth date": "1737 7 20", "Birth place": "New Garden Township, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, British North American colony", "Death date": "1804 4 16 1737 7 20", "Death place": "Dauphin, Pen... |
The Gravelly Hill Interchange, popularly known as Spaghetti Junction, is a road junction in Birmingham, England. It is junction 6 of the M6 motorway where it meets the A38(M) Aston Expressway in the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham. The interchange was opened on 24 May 1972.
Background
The asymmetrical junction prov... | {"Coordinates": "52.511 N 1.866 W region:GB-BIR_type:landmark inline,title", "Roads atjunction": "GBR M 6\n GBR AM 38\n GBR A 38\n GBR A 5127", "Type": "Free-flow interchange", "Opened": "1972 05 24 y", "Maintained by": "National Highways"} |
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina (lived 3rd century BC) was a Roman general and statesman who fought in the First Punic War.Polybius, The Histories, 1.20.4-7; Zonaras, Extracts of History, 8, fr.10.
Scipio Asina belonged to the patrician family of the Cornelii Scipiones. He was son of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus and... | {"Name": "Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina", "Known For": "First Punic War", "Father": "Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus", "Relatives": "Lucius Cornelius Scipio (brother)", "Family": "Cornelii Scipiones"} |
The Union Buildings () form the official seat of the South African Government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa. The imposing buildings are located in Pretoria, atop Meintjieskop at the northern end of Arcadia, close to historic Church Square. The large gardens of the Buildings are nestled bet... | {"Town or city": "Meintjieskop, Arcadia, Pretoria", "Coordinates": "South Africa", "Construction started": "1910 11 1 y", "Architectural style": "Neoclassicism of Italian Renaissance, with Cape Dutch and Edwardian style detail."} |
The Eastern Province ( ), also known as the Eastern Region, is the easternmost of the 13 provinces of Saudi Arabia. It is the largest province by area and the third most populous after the Riyadh Province and the Mecca Province. In 2017, the population was 4,900,325. Of these, 3,140,362 were Saudi citizens and 1,759,96... | {"Common name": "Eastern Province", "Area rank": "1", "Subdivision type 3": "Locality", "Subdivision type 4": "Municipalities", "Unit preference": "metric", "Population density (per square km)": "auto", "Population total figure's year": "2017", "Subdivision type 2": "Governorates", "Area code": "1234", "Postal code": "... |
The Provinces of Saudi Arabia, also known as Regions, and officially the Emirates of the Provinces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (), are the 13 first-level administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
History
After the unification of Saudi Arabia, the kingdom was divided into seven provinces: the 'Asir Pr... | {"Category": "Provinces within a unitary state", "Location": "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia", "Number": "13", "Populations": "373,577 (Northern Borders) - 8,591,748 (Riyadh Region)", "Areas": "3831 sqmi km2 flip on (Al-Bahah) - 259662 sqmi km2 flip on (Eastern Province)", "Government": "State Government, National Government"... |
Louis Moréri (25 March 1643 - 10 July 1680) was a French priest and encyclopedist.
Life
Moréri was born in 1643 in Bargemon, a village in the ancient province of Provence. His great-grandfather, Joseph Chatranet, a native of Dijon, had settled in Provence under King Charles IX of France and taken the name of the villa... | {"Name": "Louis Moréri", "Caption": "Louis Moréri, frontispiece, etching by Gerard Edelinck after a drawing by De Troyes, 17th century", "Birth date": "25 March 1643", "Birth place": "Bargemon, France", "Death date": "10 July 1680 (aged 37)", "Death place": "Paris, France"} |
Cartel is a 1995 Turkish hip hop CD project involving three groups of rappers from different German cities, which received attention and popularity in both Turkey and Germany. It was notable for using samples of traditional Turkish music instruments in hip hop music. Cartel was the first Turkish-language project to ge... | {"Members": "Karakan, M.Ali, Babalu, İnceEfe, Olcay, Erci E, DJ A-Bomb", "Origin": "Turkey, Germany", "Genres": "Rap, hip hop, world", "Labels": "PolyGram (1995-2011) GRGDN (2011-present)"} |
Brigadier-General Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, (born 5 July 1941) (often referred to as Na Turaga Mai Naisogolaca) is a Fijian chief who was President of Fiji from 2009 to 2015. He has had a long career in the Military, diplomatic service, and government. From 2001 to 2006 he served as Speaker of the House of Representative... | {"Name": "Epeli Nailatikau", "Term start": "11 February 2019", "Term end": "24 December 2022", "Office 2": "Speaker of the House of Representatives of Fiji", "Term start 2": "2001", "Term end 2": "2006", "Predecessor 2": "Apenisa Kurisaqila", "Successor 2": "Pita Nacuva", "Birth date": "1941 7 5 y", "Birth place": "Suv... |
Giovanni Florio (1552-1625), known as John Florio, was an English linguist, poet, writer, translator, lexicographer, and royal language tutor at the Court of James I. He is recognised as the most important Renaissance humanist in England. Florio contributed 1,149 words to the English language, placing third after Chauc... | {"Name": "John Florio", "Caption": "Engraving by William Hole, 1611", "Birth date": "1552", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "October 1625", "Death place": "Fulham, London", "Occupation": "Linguist poet translator", "Era": "Elizabethan Jacobean", "Movement": "English Renaissance", "Spouse(s)": "Anna Sore... |
Yatton is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located south-west of Bristol. Its population in 2011 was 7,552. The parish includes Claverham, a small village which was originally a farming hamlet.
The origins o... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "7,552", "Unitary authority": "North Somerset", "Ceremonial county": "Somerset", "UK Parliament": "North Somerset", "Postcode district": "BS", "Dialling code": "01934", "OS grid reference": "ST425655"} |
Juliana Berners, O.S.B., (or Barnes or Bernes) (born 1388), was an English writer on heraldry, hawking and hunting, and is said to have been prioress of the St Mary of Sopwell, near St Albans in Hertfordshire.
Life and Work
Very little is known about Juliana Berners, and that which is known cannot be verified with cer... | {"Honorific prefix": "Dame", "Name": "Juliana Berners, O.S.B.", "Image": "JulianaBerners.JPG", "Caption": "Purported image of Dame Juliana Berners, O.S.B. (1904)", "Birth date": "ca. 1388", "Nationality": "English", "Occupation": "nun and writer", "Notable works": "The Boke of Saint Albans"} |
thumb|371x371px|A Catalogue of Books Printed by (or ascribed to the Press of) William Caxton, In which is included the Pressmark of every Copy contained in the Library of the British Museum compiled by William Blades
thumb|421x421px|The Enemies of Books by William Blades, Third Edition, London, 1881
William Blades (5 D... | {"Name": "William Blades", "Birth date": "1824 12 5 y", "Birth place": "Clapham, London, England", "Death date": "1890 4 27 1824 12 5 y", "Death place": "Sutton, London, England", "Occupation": "Printer Bibliographer", "Nationality": "English"} |
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (28 May 1925 - 18 May 2012) was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music. One of the most famous Lieder (art song) performers of the post-war period, he is best known as a singer of Franz Schubert's Lieder, particularly "Winterreise" of which his recordings with accompanists Ger... | {"Name": "Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau", "Birth name": "Albert Dietrich Fischer", "Birth date": "1925 05 28 yes", "Birth place": "Berlin, Germany", "Death date": "2012 05 18 1925 05 28 yes", "Death place": "Berg, Upper Bavaria, Germany", "Occupation": "Opera/lieder singer (baritone)\n conductor\n singing teacher", "Years a... |
thumb|Arms of Rowe of Lamerton, Devon: Gules, three paschal lambs or staff cross and banners argentVivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.661; these arms are displayed on the monument to Nicholas Rowe in Westminster A... | {"Name": "Nicholas Rowe", "Term start": "1 August 1715", "Term end": "6 December 1718", "Image caption": "Portrait of Nicholas Rowe", "Birth date": "20 June 1674", "Birth place": "Little Barford, Bedfordshire, England", "Death date": "y 1718 12 6 1674 6 20", "Death place": "City of Westminster, London, England", "Resti... |
Noel Lynch (20 January 1947 - 3 August 2021) was an Irish politician living in England and a member of the Green Party of England and Wales. He represented the Green Party on the London Assembly between 2 May 2003 and 10 June 2004, after replacing Victor Anderson who resigned. Due to a fall in the Green vote, he did no... | {"Name": "Noel Lynch", "Term start": "2 May 2003", "Term end": "10 June 2004", "Birth date": "yes 1947 01 20", "Death date": "2021 8 3 1947 1 20 yes", "Nationality": "Irish", "Spouse(s)": "Diane Burstein Lynch", "Residence": "North Finchley"} |
Anne Oldfield (168323 October 1730) was an English actress and one of the highest paid actresses of her time.
Early life and discovery
She was born in London in 1683. Her father was a soldier, James Oldfield. Her mother was either Anne or Elizabeth Blanchard. Her grandfather owned a tavern and left her father several ... | {"Name": "Anne Oldfield", "Caption": "Portrait of Oldfield, National Portrait Gallery (artist unknown)", "Birth date": "1683", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "1730 10 23 1683 01 01 y", "Death place": "Grosvenor Street, London, England", "Burial place": "Westminster Abbey", "Occupation": "Actress", "Par... |
Susanna Verbruggen (née Percival) (c. 1667-1703), aka Susanna Mountfort, was an English actress working in London.
Life
She was the daughter of Thomas Percival, a member of the Duke's Company for more than a decade. Her first recorded stage appearance may have been as early as 1681 in D'Urfey's Sir Barnaby Whigg. In 1... | {"Name": "Susanna Verbruggen", "Birth name": "Susanna Percival", "Birth date": "c. 1667", "Death date": "1703", "Occupation": "Actress", "Spouse(s)": "William MountfortJohn Verbruggen"} |
Patrick Bateman is a fictional character created by novelist Bret Easton Ellis. He is the villain protagonist and unreliable narrator of Ellis's 1991 novel American Psycho and is portrayed by Christian Bale in the film adaption American Psycho (2000).
Bateman is a wealthy and materialistic yuppie and Wall Street inve... | {"First appearance": "The Rules of Attraction (1987)", "Last appearance": "Lunar Park (2005)", "Created by": "Bret Easton Ellis", "Portrayed by": "\"riverdaleinamericanpsycho\">https://www.tvfanatic.com/2022/06/riverdale-season-6-episode-17-review-chapter-one-hundred-and-twe/amp/ Riverdale Season 6 Episode 17 Review: C... |
Margaret Elizabeth Wright (20 February 1940 - 22 June 2012) was a Green Party politician and from 2008 to 2012 a city councillor for Abbey Ward2008 election results on Cambridge City Council in England. She was one of the Principal Speakers of the Green Party, a post she held with Darren Johnson, from 1999 to 2003.
S... | {"Name": "Margaret Elizabeth Wright", "Term start": "1999", "Term end": "2003", "Birth date": "20 February 1940", "Birth place": "Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England", "Death date": "22 June 2012 (aged 72)", "Death place": "Cambridge, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of Oxford"} |
Glen Iris is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Boroondara and Stonnington local government areas. Glen Iris recorded a population of 26,131 at the 2021 census.
Glen Iris has been Melbourne's geographical centre of population s... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Glen Iris", "City": "Melbourne", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Caption": "High Street", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "City of Boroondara", "Local Government Area (LGA) 2": "City of Stonnington", "Locator Map Alternative Map File": "Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne", "Coordinates":... |
Aquiles Serdán Alatriste (2 November 1876 – 18 November 1910) was a Mexican politician. He was born in the city of Puebla, Puebla, and was a supporter of the Mexican Revolution led by Francisco I. Madero.
His family was politically active and involved. His grandfather, Miguel C. Alatriste, was a strong liberal during ... | {"Name": "Aquiles Serdán", "Birth date": "1876 11 02", "Birth place": "Puebla, Mexico", "Death date": "1910 11 18 1876 11 02", "Death place": "Puebla, Mexico", "Nationality": "Mexican", "Parent(s)": "Manuel Serdán (father)"} |
The Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales is the most senior political figure within the Green Party of England and Wales. The role was introduced alongside that of deputy leader in 2008. Prior to this, the party's public spokespersons were principal speakers. There were two principal speakers, one female and ... | {"Post": "Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales", "Incumbent": "Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay", "Incumbent since": "1 October 2021", "Appointer": "Members of the Green Party of England and Wales", "Appointer qualification": "through leadership elections held biennially", "Precursor": "Principal Speakers", "Da... |
Frank Romer Pierson (May 12, 1925 - July 22, 2012) was an American screenwriter and film director.Byrge, Duane (July 23, 2012). [Frank Pierson, Former Movie Academy President, Writer and Director, Dies at 87.] The Hollywood ReporterYardley, William (July 24, 2012).Frank Pierson, Oscar-Winning Writer, Dies at 87. The Ne... | {"Caption": "Frank Pierson in 2009", "Name": "Frank Pierson", "Birth date": "1925 5 12 y", "Birth place": "Chappaqua, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2012 7 22 1925 5 12 y", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery", "Nationality": "American", "Education"... |
James Burbage (1530-35 - 2 February 1597) was an English actor, theatre impresario, joiner, and theatre builder in the English Renaissance theatre. He built The Theatre, the first permanent dedicated theatre built in England since Roman times.
Life
James Burbage was born about 1531, probably in Bromley in Kent. He wa... | {"Name": "James Burbage", "Birth date": "c. 1531", "Death date": "1597 (aged about 66)", "Known For": "Building The Theatre", "Occupation": "Actor theatre impresario joiner builder", "Children": "Cuthbert Richard Ellen Alice", "Spouse(s)": "Ellen Burbage (nee Brayne)"} |
Blaise de Vigenère (5 April 1523 – 19 February 1596)Date of birth: Métral 1939, p. 6, citing Bouchard 1861, p. 196. Date of death: Métral 1939, pp. 29-30, citing Moreri 1759 vol. 10, p. 606 ( "Vigenere, Blaise de"). () was a French diplomat, cryptographer, translator and alchemist.
Biography
Vigenère was born into ... | {"Name": "Blaise de Vigenère", "Birth date": "5 April 1523", "Birth place": "Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule", "Death date": "1596 2 19 1523 4 5 y", "Death place": "Paris", "Nationality": "French", "Occupation": "diplomat, cryptographer, alchemist"} |
Lieutenant-Colonel Ibrahim al-Hamdi (30 September 1943 - 11 October 1977) () was the leader of a military coup d'etat in the Yemen Arab Republic that overthrew the regime of President Abdul Rahman al-Iryani on 13 June 1974. After the revolt, he was President of the Military Command Council that governed the country. Du... | {"Name": "Ibrahim al-Hamdi", "Term start": "13 June 1974", "Term end": "11 October 1977", "Birth date": "30 September 1943", "Death date": "11 October 1977 (aged 34)", "Birth place": "Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen.svg Qa'atabah District, Yemen", "Death place": "North Yemen Sana'a, North Yemen", "Battles fo... |
Metcard was the brand name of an integrated ticketing system used to access public transport in Melbourne, Australia. It was a universal ticket which allowed users to ride on the city's Metlink and Metropolitan Transit Authority network, consisting of suburban trains, trams, and buses, including the NightRider network.... | {"Location": "Melbourne", "Launched": "May 1998", "Retailed": "Stations", "Currency": "AUD", "Manager": "Transport Ticketing Authority", "Discontinued": "December 2012", "Successor": "Myki"} |
Yang Fujia (; 11 June 1936 - 17 July 2022) was a Chinese nuclear physicist. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a renowned nuclear physicist and a Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, England. He was President of the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC).
Biography
Yang's ancestral ... | {"Office 2": "President of Fudan University", "Predecessor 2": "Hua Zhongyi zh 华中一", "Successor 2": "Wang Shenghong zh 王生洪", "Name": "Yang Fujia", "Native name": "杨福家", "Native name language": "zh", "Birth date": "11 June 1936", "Birth place": "Shanghai, China", "Death date": "yes 2022 07 17 1936 06 11", "Death place":... |
Lynne Choona Featherstone, Baroness Featherstone, (née Ryness; born 20 December 1951) is a British politician, businesswoman and Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.
Prior to entering politics, Featherstone was a successful businesswoman owning and running a London design company. She was also a director of... | {"Name": "The Baroness Featherstone", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2022", "Term start": "29 July 2015", "Term end": "7 February 2019", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Crime Prevention", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "Norman Baker", "Successor 2": "The Lord Bates", "Birth name": "Lynne... |
George Sandys ( "sands"; 2 March 1578Sandys, George, in: Encyclopædia Britannica online. - March 1644) was an English traveller, colonist, poet, and translator. He was known for his translations of Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Passion of Jesus, as well as his travel narratives of the Eastern Mediterranean region, which... | {"Name": "George Sandys", "Caption": "Portrait of George Sandys", "Birth date": "1578", "Birth place": "Bishopsthorpe, England", "Death date": "1644", "Death place": "Boxley, England", "Nationality": "English", "Occupation": "author, traveller, colonist, poet, translator", "Years active": "1610-1640", "Notable works": ... |
María Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martínez del Río Moreno-Ruffo (born May 31, 1962) better known as Victoria Ruffo is a Mexican actress notable for her roles in telenovelas.
Biography
1980s
Ruffo began her acting career in 1980, starring in supporting roles in telenovela Conflictos de un Médico under the direction... | {"Name": "Victoria Ruffo", "Image upright": "0.9", "Birth name": "María Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martínez del Río Moreno-Ruffo", "Birth date": "1962 5 31http://espectaculos.televisa.com/famosos/biografias/820276/victoria-ruffo/ Victoria Ruffo biografia August 29, 2015 Famosos Biografias es", "Birth place": "Mexico Ci... |
Sally Rachel Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee (born 12 January 1947) is a Liberal Democrat politician and their Lead Home Affairs Spokesperson in the House of Lords. She is a Life Peer and former chair of the London Assembly.
Biography
Hamwee was educated at the Manchester High School for Girls, and Girton College, Cambridge... | {"Name": "The Baroness Hamwee", "Term start": "4 May 2000", "Term end": "1 May 2008", "Birth date": "1947 01 12 y", "Nationality": "British"} |
Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes, (2 April 1901 - 5 November 1974) was a British Conservative politician and the only Governor-General of the short-lived West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962.
Background and education
Buchan-Hepburn was the youngest son of Sir Archibald Buchan-Hepburn, 4th... | {"Name": "The Lord Hailes", "Term start": "3 January 1958", "Term end": "31 May 1962", "Birth date": "1901 04 02 y", "Death date": "1974 11 05 1901 04 02 y", "Alma mater": "Trinity College"} |
Graham Norman Tope, Baron Tope, (born 30 November 1943) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He was also a councillor in the London Borough of Sutton until 2014.
In 1972, Tope captured the seat of Sutton and Cheam at a parliamentary by-election from the Conservatives for the Liberal Party. The Cons... | {"Name": "The Lord Tope", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "4 October 1994Life Peerage", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Sutton and Cheam", "Predecessor 2": "Richard Sharples", "Successor 2": "Neil Macfarlane", "Birth date": "1943 11 30 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
John Birt, Baron Birt (born 10 December 1944) is a British television executive and businessman. He is a former Director-General (1992-2000) of the BBC.
After a successful career in commercial television, initially at Granada Television and later at London Weekend Television, Birt was appointed Deputy Director-General... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lord Birt", "Honorific suffix": "Kt", "Image caption": "John, Lord Birt in 2019", "Term start": "11 February 2000Life peerage", "Office 2": "12th Director-General of the BBC", "Predecessor 2": "Michael Checkland", "Successor 2": "Greg Dyke", "Birth date": "1944 ... |
Michael Connell Biehn ( ; born July 31, 1956) is an American actor, primarily known for his roles in science fiction films directed by James Cameron; as Sgt. Kyle Reese in The Terminator (1984), Cpl. Dwayne Hicks in Aliens (1986), and Lt. Coffey in The Abyss (1989). His other films include The Fan (1981), Tombstone (19... | {"Name": "Michael Biehn", "Caption": "Biehn at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con", "Birth name": "Michael Connell Biehn", "Birth date": "1956 7 31Screen World Volume 53 2002 Crown Publishing Group 53 9781557835987 https://books.google.com/books?id=bdZkAAAAMAAJ", "Birth place": "Anniston, Alabama, U.S.", "Education": "L... |
Vodafone Group plc () is a British multinational telecommunications company. Its registered office and global headquarters are in Newbury, Berkshire, England. It predominantly operates services in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania.
, Vodafone owns and operates networks in 21 countries, with partner networks in 48 furt... | {"Type": "Public limited company", "Founded": "1991 9 16 y", "Headquarters": "Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK", "Industry": "Telecommunications", "Products": "Fixed telephony\n Mobile telephony\n Broadband\n Digital television \nInternet television\n IPTV\n IoT", "Revenue": "€45.706 billion (2023)Annual Report 2022 ht... |
thumb|318px|The East India House at Norra Hamngatan in Gothenburg, Sweden, built by Det svenske Ostindiska kompaniet in 1750. The inscription on the frieze states: "This Building was erected in the year of 1750 by the East India Comp. The Gothenburg museum remodelled it for its collections in the year of 1895".
The Swe... | {"Type": "Public company", "Fate": "Dissolved", "Founded": "1731 06 14 yesKjellberg 1975 39", "Defunct": "1813 12 13 yesKjellberg 1975 163", "Headquarters": "Sweden", "Industry": "Trade", "Website": "http://www.ostindiskakompaniet.se/"} |
Michael William Tuffrey is a British businessman and former Liberal Democrat politician who served as a member of the London Assembly (AM) from 2002 to 2012. He took his seat on 18 February 2002 replacing Louise Bloom who had resigned. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2008 leading the Liberal Democrat group and chairing v... | {"Name": "Mike Tuffrey", "Term start": "18 February 2002", "Term end": "3 May 2012", "Office 2": "Member of Greater London Council for Vauxhall", "Birth date": "1959 09 30 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (; born 9 May 1945) is an Iranian philosopher, conservative and principlist politician and former chairman of the Parliament. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
He was the first non-cleric in the post since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. He was one of the candidates ... | {"Name": "Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel", "Term start": "14 March 2012", "Order 2": "21st Speaker of the Parliament of Iran", "Deputy 2": "Mohammad-Reza BahonarHassan Aboutorabi", "Predecessor 2": "Mehdi Karroubi", "Successor 2": "Ali Larijani", "Birth date": "yes 1945 05 09", "Birth place": "Tehran, Iran", "Birth name": "Gho... |
Edwin Washington Edwards (August 7, 1927 - July 12, 2021) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the U.S. representative for from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972-1980, 1984-1988, and 1992-1996), twice as many elected terms as any other Louisi... | {"Name": "Edwin Edwards", "Image caption": "Edwards in 1986", "Term start": "January 13, 1992", "Term end": "January 8, 1996", "Lieutenant 1": "Robert Louis Freeman Sr.", "Predecessor 2": "John McKeithen", "Successor 2": "Dave Treen", "Birth name": "Edwin Washington Edwards", "Birth date": "1927 8 7", "Birth place": "A... |
Thunderbirds is a 2004 science fiction action-adventure film directed by Jonathan Frakes, written by William Osborne and Michael McCullers, and based on the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.
The film's plot concerns the Hood, who traps International Rescue (IR) leader Jeff Tracy and fo... | {"Directed by": "Jonathan Frakes", "Produced by": "Tim Bevan\n Eric Fellner\n Mark Huffam", "Screenplay by": "William Osborne\n Michael McCullers", "Story by": "Peter Hewitt\n William Osborne", "Based on": "Thunderbirds Gerry and Sylvia Anderson", "Starring": "Bill Paxton\n Anthony Edwards\n Sophia Myles\n Ben Kingsley... |
Ignacio Gregorio Comonfort de los Ríos (; 12 March 1812 - 13 November 1863), known as Ignacio Comonfort, was a Mexican politician and soldier who was also president during La Reforma.
He played a leading role in the liberal movement under the Plan of Ayutla to overthrow the dictatorship of Santa Anna in 1855; he then ... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Most Excellent", "Name": "Ignacio Comonfort", "Nationality": "Mexican", "Image caption": "Portrait made by José Carrillo in 1855, oil on canvas, Museo de Historia Mexicana.", "Term start": "11 December 1855", "Term end": "21 January 1858", "President 2": "Benito Juárez", "Predecessor 2": "Feli... |
Jennette Arnold, OBE is a Labour Co-op politician who served as chair of the London Assembly for five terms. From 2004 to 2021, Arnold represented the North East constituency, comprising the London Boroughs of Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest.
Born in Montserrat, Arnold trained as a nurse. She then worked as an I... | {"Name": "Jennette Arnold", "Image caption": "Arnold in 2012", "Term start": "2 May 2019", "Term end": "15 May 2020", "Predecessor 2": "Roger Evans", "Successor 2": "Tony Arbour", "Birth place": "Montserrat", "Nationality": "British"} |
Skies of Arcadia is a 2000 role-playing video game developed by Overworks and published by Sega. Players control Vyse, a young air pirate, and his friends as they attempt to stop the Valuan Empire from reviving ancient weapons with the potential to destroy the world. The game was released for the Dreamcast in late 2000... | {"Title": "Skies of Arcadia", "Caption": "North American Dreamcast cover art", "Developer": "Overworks", "Publisher": "Sega", "Producer": "Rieko Kodama", "Director": "Atsushi Seimiya Shuntaro Tanaka", "Composer": "Yutaka Minobe Tatsuyuki Maeda", "Writer": "Shuntaro Tanaka", "Released": "DreamcastJP October 5, 2000 NA N... |
John Robert Biggs (born 19 November 1957) is a British Labour Co-op politician who was Mayor of Tower Hamlets between 2015 and 2022.
Biggs was first elected to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council in 1988 where he served as a Councillor for St Katharine’s Ward and later St Dunstan's Ward until 2002. He was selected as... | {"Name": "John Biggs", "Image caption": "Biggs speaking following his 2008 re-election to the London Assembly", "Term start": "15 June 2015", "Term end": "8 May 2022", "Birth date": "1957 11 19 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Christine Sibley 1993 2015 div", "Residence": "Wapping", "Alma mater": "Universi... |
Moyobamba () or Muyupampa (Quechua muyu circle, pampa large plain, "circle plain") is the capital city of the San Martín Region in northern Peru. Called "Santiago of eight valleys of Moyobamba" or "Maynas capital". There are 50,073 inhabitants, according to the 2017 census. Some 3,500 species of orchids are native to t... | {"Founded by": "Juan Pérez de Guevara", "Density": "auto", "Metro density": "56452", "Urban density": "56452"} |
David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter Ansible and holds the all-time record for most Hugo Awards, with a total of 29 wins.
Personal background
David Langford was born ... | {"Name": "David Langford", "Caption": "David Langford", "Birth name": "David Rowland Langford", "Birth date": "1953 4 10 y", "Birth place": "Newport, Wales, United Kingdom", "Occupation": "Author, editor, critic", "Relatives": "Jon Langford (brother)"} |
is a Japanese actor.
Early life
Kase was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture. He moved to Bellevue, Washington in the United States soon after his birth, due to his father's job being transferred.
His father Yutaka Kase was former chairman and representative director of Sojitz, a Japanese general trading company.
... | {"Name": "Ryo Kase", "Caption": "Kase at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival", "Native name": "加瀬 亮", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1974 11 09 y", "Birth place": "Yokohama, Japan", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "2000-present", "Agent": "Ryo Kase Office", "Known ... |
Frederik Christoffel Hendrik "Frik" du Preez (born 28 November 1935) is a former South African rugby union player who represented Northern Transvaal and the Springboks. He was born on a farm near Rustenburg and went to school at Parys High School in Parys (Orange Free State). Du Preez mostly played in the flank or lock... | {"Name": "Frik du Preez", "Full birth name": "Frederik Christoffel Hendrik du Preez", "Birth date": "1935 11 28 yes", "Birth place": "Rustenburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa", "Height": "1.89 m ftin on", "Weight": "106 kg stlb on", "Rugby union position": "Lock, flanker", "School": "Parys High School"} |
, previously known as Arata, is a Japanese actor, model and fashion designer. He is the Director of fashion brand Elnest Creative Activity. He holds the position of Director at the Artisan Culture Organisation Institute.
Biography
Iura co-starred in Yukio Ninagawa's Snakes and Earrings with Yuriko Yoshitaka and Keng... | {"Name": "Arata Iura", "Caption": "Iura at opening ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2017", "Birth date": "1974 9 15", "Birth place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Other names": "Arata", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1998-present", "Spouse(s)": "Married"} |
Synaptic is a GTK-based graphical user interface for the APT package manager used by the Debian Linux distribution and its derivatives. Synaptic is usually used on systems based on deb packages but can also be used on systems based on RPM packages. It can be used to install, remove and upgrade software packages and to ... | {"Original author(s)": "Alfredo Kojima, Gustavo Niemeyer and Michael Vogt", "Developer(s)": "Canonical Ltd", "Initial release": "2001 11 13", "Written in": "C, C++, Python", "Available in": "English", "Type": "Package manager", "License": "GNU GPLv2"} |
, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor.
Personal life
Joe Odagiri was born in Tsuyama, Okayama prefecture. Though he was accepted by Kochi University, he turned it down for an opportunity to study in the United States. He had originally intended to study film directing at California State University, F... | {"Name": "Joe Odagiri", "Caption": "Odagiri at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival", "Native name": "オダギリ ジョー", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth name": "Jō Odagiri 小田切 譲 Odagiri Jō", "Birth date": "1976 02 16", "Birth place": "Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan", "Other names": "Odajo", "Spouse(s)": "Yuu Kashii 2008", ... |
The archiver, also known simply as ar, is a Unix utility that maintains groups of files as a single archive file. Today, ar is generally used only to create and update static library files that the link editor or linker uses and for generating .deb packages for the Debian family; it can be used to create archives for a... | {"Original author(s)": "Ken Thompson,Dennis Ritchie(AT&T Bell Laboratories)", "Developer(s)": "Various open-source and commercial developers", "Initial release": "1971 11 3", "Written in": "C", "Platform": "Cross-platform", "Type": "Command", "License": "Plan 9: MIT License"} |
is a Japanese director and screenwriter. Nishikawa received a degree in literature from the University of Waseda, and after working on several independent films as well as catching the eye of Hirokazu Kore-eda, her film making career took off with her first film, Wild Berries, which won the award for best screenplay a... | {"Name": "Miwa Nishikawa", "Caption": "Nishikawa in 2013", "Birth date": "1974 7 8", "Birth place": "Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan", "Occupation": "Film directorScreenwriter"} |
thumb|right|A few volumes of the CFR at a law library (titles 12-26)
In the law of the United States, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent regulations promulgated by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States. The CFR is divid... | {"Title": "Code of Federal Regulations", "Image": "Title 3 CFR 2005 Compilation.djvu", "Caption": "The Code of Federal Regulations", "Language": "English", "Discipline or subject": "Administrative law", "Abbreviated title (formal)": "Code Fed. Regul.", "Bluebook abbreviation": "C.F.R.", "Publisher": "Office of the Fede... |
Leonard Lloyd Duvall OBE (born 26 September 1961) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician serving as the Leader of the Labour Group in the London Assembly since 2004, and has been the Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Greenwich and Lewisham since 2000. Duvall is a former chair of both the Metropolitan Poli... | {"Name": "Len Duvall", "Image caption": "Len Duvall speaking in Excel in 2008", "Term start": "2004http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/members/duvalll.jsp https://web.archive.org/web/20040805204516/http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/members/duvalll.jsp London Assembly Member Len Duvall 5 August 2004 7 October 2019 london.... |
"Y.M.C.A." is a song by American disco group Village People. It was released in October 1978 as the only single from their third studio album, Cruisin' (1978). The song was written by Jacques Morali (also the record's producer) and singer Victor Willis. A medley with "Hot Cop" reached No. 2 on Billboard Dance Music/Clu... | {"B-side": "The Women", "Released": "October 17, 1978", "Recorded": "1978", "Studio": "Sigma Sound Studios (New York City, New York)", "Genre": "Disco", "Label": "Casablanca", "Songwriter(s)": "Jacques Morali\n Victor Willis", "Producer(s)": "Jacques Morali"} |
Jonathan Toby Harris, Baron Harris of Haringey (born 11 October 1953) is a Labour Party politician in the House of Lords.
Family and education
Harris was born in North London, the son of geneticist Professor Harry Harris and Muriel Harris (née Hargest), a teacher. He was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' Schoo... | {"Name": "The Lord Harris of Haringey", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2021", "Term start": "3 July 2000", "Term end": "10 June 2004", "Constituency AM 2": "Brent and Harrow", "Assembly 2": "London", "Predecessor 2": "New constituency", "Successor 2": "Bob Blackman", "Birth date": "y 1953 10 11", "Nationality": "... |
Ovintiv Inc. is an American independent petroleum company. The company was formed in 2020 through a restructuring of its Canadian predecessor, Encana. Ovintiv is incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
History
On January 24, 2020, after receiving shareholder approval, the company completed th... | {"Type": "Public company", "ISIN": "n y US69047Q1022", "Founded": "2020 1 24", "Headquarters": "Denver, Colorado", "Industry": "Petroleum", "Products": "PetroleumNatural gasNatural gas liquids", "Revenue": "8.658 billion yes (2021)", "Website": "www.ovintiv.com/"} |
His excellency King Patrick Ramaano Mphephu ( 1924 - 17 April 1988) was the first President of the bantustan of Venda, which was granted nominal independence from South Africa on 13 September 1979.
Mphephu was born in Dzanani settlement and after graduating from high school worked for the Johannesburg City Council. A... | {"Name": "Patrick Mphephu", "Office 2": "Chief Minister of Venda", "Predecessor 2": "None", "Successor 2": "None", "Birth name": "Patrick Ramaano Mphephu", "Birth date": "1924", "Birth place": "Dzanani, Transvaal, South Africa", "Death date": "17 April 1988https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/21/obituaries/patrick-mphephu-h... |
Samantha Heath (6 June 1960 - 29 March 2019) was the Chief Executive of London Sustainability Exchange from 2005 to 2018; a voluntary organisation supporting the delivery of London as the most sustainable world city. She was a member and former co-chair of the London Sustainable Development Commission and was a member ... | {"Name": "Samantha Heath", "Term start": "4 May 2000", "Term end": "10 June 2004", "Birth date": "1960 6 6 yes", "Death date": "2019 3 29 1960 6 6 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Residence": "Battersea", "Alma mater": "Heriot Watt"} |
The Old Course at St Andrews, also known as the Old Lady or the Grand Old Lady, is considered the oldest golf course.
It is a public course over common land in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland and is held in trust by the St Andrews Links Trust under an act of Parliament. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews clubhou... | {"Picture of course": "220px220px", "Caption for picture": "The Old Course's Swilcan Bridge, 2019", "Location": "St Andrews, Scotland", "Coordinates": "56.343 -2.803 type:landmark inline,title", "Year course established": "1552 (470 years ago)", "Type of course": "Public", "Owner of course": "Fife Councilhttp://www.sco... |
Dame Margaret Olivia Hillier (born 14 February 1969), known as Meg Hillier, is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney South and Shoreditch at the 2005 general election, was a junior government minister (2007-10) and was succeeded by Caroline Flint as S... | {"Honorific prefix": "Dame", "Name": "Meg Hillier", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Identity", "Predecessor 2": "Joan Ryan (Under-Secretary of State for Nationality, Citizenship and Immigration)", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Successor 2": "Dam... |
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is an action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. The sequel to Metroid Prime (2002) and the first Metroid game with a multiplayer feature, Echoes was released in North America, Europe and Australia in 2004 and in Japan under the name Metroid Prim... | {"Title": "Metroid Prime 2: Echoes", "Caption": "North American and PAL region box art", "Developer": "Retro Studios", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Mark Pacini", "Producer": "Bryan Walker Kenji Miki Kensuke Tanabe", "Programmer": "Frank Lafuente", "Artist": "Todd Keller", "Composer": "Kenji Yamamoto", "Series"... |
Dame Diana Ruth Johnson (born 25 July 1966) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull North since the 2005 general election. A member of the Labour Party, she was elected as Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee on 15 December 2021, replacing Yvette Cooper.
D... | {"Name": "Diana Johnson", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Predecessor 2": "Sarah McCarthy-Fry", "Successor 2": "The Lord Hill of Oareford", "Birth name": "Diana Ruth Johnson", "Birth date": "1966 07 25 yes", "Birth place": "Northwich, Cheshire, Engl... |
Hwarang segi (lit. Annals of Hwarang or Generations of the Hwarang) was a historical record of the Hwarang (lit. flower boys but referring to an elite warrior group of male youth) of the Silla kingdom in ancient Korea. It is said to have been written by Silla historian Kim Daemun 金大問 (fl. 704) in the reign of Seongdeo... | {"Hangul name": "화랑세기", "Hanja": "花郞世記", "Revised Romanization": "Hwarang segi", "McCune-Reischauer": "Hwarang segi"} |
The following is a list of viceroys of New Spain.
In addition to viceroys, the following lists the highest Spanish governors of the viceroyalty of New Spain, before the appointment of the first viceroy or when the office of viceroy was vacant. Most of these individuals exercised most or all of the functions of viceroy... | {"Post": "Viceroy", "Body": "New Spain", "Image caption": "Juan O'Donojú", "Residence": "Palace of the Viceroy", "Appointer": "King of Spain", "Date of formation": "14 November 1535", "First holder": "Antonio de Mendoza", "Last holder": "Juan O'Donojú", "Abolished": "28 September 1821"} |
Richard Michael Barnes (born 1 December 1947) is a British politician, who was the Deputy Mayor of London from 2008 to 2012. A former member of the Conservative Party, Barnes served as the Leader of the Conservatives on the London Assembly from 2007 to 2008, and was the Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Ealing a... | {"Name": "Richard Barnes", "Image caption": "Barnes on stage at the St George's Day festival, 2010", "Term start": "6 May 2008", "Term end": "4 May 2012", "Office 2": "Member of the London Assembly for Ealing and Hillingdon", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency Created", "Successor 2": "Onkar Sahota", "Birth date": "yes 19... |
Manuel del Refugio González Flores (18 June 1833 - 8 May 1893)Don M. Coerver, "Manuel González" in Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, vol. 3, p. 83. was a Mexican military general and liberal politician who served as the 35th President of Mexico from 1880 to 1884. Before initiating his presidential car... | {"Name": "Manuel González Flores", "Nationality": "Mexican", "Term start": "1 December 1880", "Term end": "30 November 1884", "Office 2": "Governor of Guanajuato", "Predecessor 2": "Pablo Rocha y Portu", "Successor 2": "Joaquín Obregón González", "Birth name": "Manuel del Refugio González Flores", "Birth date": "1833 0... |
Angela Lavinia Bray, Baroness Bray of Coln (born 13 October 1953) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of the London Assembly for West Central from 2000 to 2008, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Central and Acton from 2010 to 2015.
Early life and career
Bray was born in Croydon to Bene... | {"Name": "The Baroness Bray of Coln", "Term start": "8 November 2022Life Peerage", "Order 2": "Leader of the Conservative Partyin the London Assembly", "Predecessor 2": "Bob Neillhttp://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/members/neillb.jsp https://web.archive.org/web/20060705182739/http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/members/nei... |
The Ardagh Hoard, best known for the Ardagh Chalice, is a hoard of metalwork from the 8th and 9th centuries. Found in 1868 by two young local boys, Jim Quin and Paddy Flanagan, it is now on display in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. It consists of the chalice, a much plainer stemmed cup in copper-alloy, and f... | {"Material": "Copper-alloy", "Created": "8th century", "Discovered": "1868", "Present location": "National Museum of Ireland, Dublin"} |
Toblerone ( , ) is a Swiss chocolate brand owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods). Produced in Bern, Switzerland, sometimes manufactured elsewhere in the past, and planned to be made in Slovakia from the end of 2023. Toblerone is known for its distinctive shape, a series of joined triangular prisms a... | {"Product type": "Chocolate bar", "Owner": "Mondelēz International (U.S.)", "Country": "Switzerland", "Introduced": "1908", "Related brands": "List of Kraft brands", "Previous owners": "Kraft Foods Inc.(1990-2012)\n Jacobs Suchard AG(1982-90)\n Interfood S.A.(1970-82)\n Tobler(1908-70)", "Website": "https://www.toblero... |
Brian Coleman FRSA (born 25 June 1961) is a former Independent Conservative politician and a former councillor in the London Borough of Barnet. He was a Conservative Party member of the London Assembly for Barnet and Camden between 2000 and 2012, and in Barnet was Mayor for 2009-2010. He was also chairman and leader of... | {"Name": "Brian Coleman", "Constituency AM": "Barnet and Camden", "Term start": "4 May 2000", "Term end": "4 May 2012", "Birth date": "1961 6 25 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Other political party": "Conservative (?-2012)"} |
Jeremy Roger Evans (born 23 Jun 1964) is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London under Boris Johnson from 2015 to 2016. A member of the Conservative Party, he is a former member of the London Assembly for Havering and Redbridge and a former councillor and leader of the Conservative group in the London... | {"Name": "Roger Evans", "Image caption": "Evans in 2008", "Term start": "13 May 2015", "Term end": "9 May 2016", "Office 2": "Deputy Leader of the Conservative Partyin the London Assembly", "Predecessor 2": "Richard Barnes", "Successor 2": "Richard Tracey", "Birth date": "1964 6 23 yes", "Birth place": "Lancashire", "N... |
is a Japanese film director. His film First Love was the 3rd Best Film at the 22nd Yokohama Film Festival.
Filmography
Running High (1989)
Work on the Grass (1993)
One More Time, One More Chance (1996)
Aku no hana (1997)
Sentakuki wa ore ni makasero (1999)
Kimi no tame ni dekiru koto (1999)
First Love (2000)
S... | {"Name": "Tetsuo Shinohara", "Birth date": "yes 1962 2 9", "Birth place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Occupation": "Film director"} |
Elizabeth Howlett (born November 1938) is a Conservative Party politician and former member of the London Assembly for Merton and Wandsworth.
Political career
Howlett was elected to the London Assembly on 4 May 2000 and re-elected on 10 June 2004. She served until May 2008. Her positions included:
Deputy Chair of ... | {"Name": "Elizabeth Howlett", "Constituency AM": "Merton and Wandsworth", "Term start": "4 May 2000", "Term end": "1 May 2008", "Nationality": "British"} |
Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English actor, comedy writer and stand-up comedian. He has written, produced and acted in several television and film projects, and has written three books.
Born and brought up in Farnworth, Kay studied media performance at the University of Salford. He began working part-time a... | {"Birth name": "Peter John Kay", "Born": "Farnworth, Lancashire, England", "Years active": "1996-present", "Alma mater": "University of Salford", "Notable works and roles": "That Peter Kay Thing (1999)Phoenix Nights (2001-2002)Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004)Peter Kay's Car Share (2015-2018)", "Medium": "Film, st... |
Sir Robert James MacGillivray Neill (born 24 June 1952) is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromley and Chislehurst since a by-election on 29 June 2006, following the death of the previous incumbent Eric Forth. He served as a Parliamentary Under S... | {"Name": "Bob Neill", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "19 June 2015", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Bromley and Chislehurst", "Majority 2": "10,891 (23.9%)", "Predecessor 2": "Eric Forth", "Successor 2": "Incumbent", "Birth name": "Robert James MacGillivray Neill", "Birth date": "1952... |
was a Japanese film director and actor. He went to America along with a younger brother to visit an uncle living in Los Angeles. There he enrolled in an acting school, and upon hearing that Thomas H. Ince was looking for Japanese extras to work in his studios, he applied and was accepted in 1914. He appeared in such fi... | {"Name": "Yutaka Abe", "Caption": "As seen in The Golden Chance (1915)", "Birth date": "February 2, 1895", "Birth place": "Yamoto, Miyagi, Japan", "Death date": "1977 1 3 1895 2 1", "Death place": "Kyoto, Japan", "Occupation": "ActorFilm director", "Years active": "1915-"} |
Andrew John Pelling (born 20 August 1959) is a British politician. First elected as a Conservative he was an independent Member of Parliament for Croydon Central and on 30 March 2010 announced his intention to contest the seat as an Independent at the 2010 general election, but lost the seat to his former party. He was... | {"Name": "Andrew John Pelling", "Term start": "6 May 2005", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Office 2": "Member of the London Assembly for Croydon and Sutton", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency created", "Successor 2": "Steve O'Connell", "Birth date": "yes 1959 8 20", "Birth place": "Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England", ... |
The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America. They span the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington and are officially named in the U.S. and Canada as the Cascade Mountains. The portion in Canada is known to Americans as the Canadian ... | {"Length": "North-South", "Width": "East-West", "Elevation": "3286", "Location": "Location map of the North Cascades and the Canadian Cascades"} |
Helene Valerie Hayman, Baroness Hayman, (née Middleweek; born 26 March 1949) is a British politician who was Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. As a member of the Labour Party she was a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979. When she became an MP at age 25, she was the younges... | {"Name": "The Baroness Hayman", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2023", "Birth name": "Helene Valerie Middleweek", "Birth date": "1949 3 26 y", "Term start": "4 July 2006", "Term end": "31 August 2011", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health", "Monarch 2": "Elizabeth II", "Prime minister 2":... |
Midgard is a fantasy role-playing game from Germany. It was the first role-playing game published in German and the first to be created in Germany.
Midgard is also the name of the world on which the game is usually played (originally named Magira but later renamed due to legal problems). However, the rules of the game... | {"Name": "Midgard", "Image caption": "Original rulebook", "Designers": "Jürgen E. Franke", "Publishers": "Midgard Press", "Publication": "1981 (1st edition)1985 (2nd edition)1989 (3rd edition)2000 (4th edition)2013 (5th edition)", "Years active": "1981-present", "Random chance": "Dice rolling", "Genres": "Fantasy", "Sk... |
, born , was a Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed eleven films (one short and ten features), all of which he wrote himself.
Early life
Itami was born Yoshihiro Ikeuchi in Kyoto.The Independent The name Itami was passed on from his father, Mansaku Itami, a renowned satirist and film director be... | {"Name": "Juzo Itami", "Caption": "Itami in 1992", "Native name": "伊丹 十三", "Native name language": "jpn", "Birth name": "Yoshihiro Ikeuchi 池内 義弘", "Birth date": "1933 5 15 y", "Birth place": "Kyoto, Japan", "Death date": "1997 12 20 1933 5 15 y", "Death place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Occupation": "Film director, screenwriter... |
John Buttifant Sewel, Baron Sewel, (; born 15 January 1946), is a British politician, life peer, and former academic. He served as Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords, its deputy speaker. He is also a former senior vice principal of the University of Aberdeen and a former parliamentary under-secretary of stat... | {"Name": "The Lord Sewel", "Term start": "9 May 2012", "Term end": "26 July 2015", "Birth name": "John Buttifant Sewel", "Birth date": "yes 1946 01 15", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Durham University University College of Wales, Swansea University of Aberdeen", "Spouse(s)": "\"Hebditch\">https://www.press... |
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