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Philip Charles Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham (born 15 September 1942), is an English businessman and politician. A prominent Conservative Party donor, Harris is a member of the House of Lords.
He is the sponsor of a large multi-academy trust, the Harris Federation.
Interests
Business
Harris is currently an advisor... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lord Harris of Peckham", "Birth name": "Philip Harris", "Birth date": "y 1942 09 15", "Birth place": "Peckham, London, England", "Occupation": "Businessman", "Known For": "Carpetright, Harris Federation, Arsenal FC", "Party": "Conservative Party", "Spouse(s)": "... |
The postal counties of the United Kingdom, now known as former postal counties,Royal Mail Programmers' Guide, Edition 7, version 5.0, Royal Mail Group Ltd, 2009, p.65 were postal subdivisions in routine use by the Royal Mail until 1996. The purpose of the postal county - as opposed to any other kind of county - was to ... | {"Category": "Postal geography", "Location": "United Kingdom", "Created": "Major revision 1974", "Abolished": "1996", "Number": "1996", "Possible types": "Wales (8)", "Subdivisions": "Post town"} |
Scion was a marque of Toyota that debuted in 2003. Intended to appeal to younger customers, the Scion brand emphasized inexpensive, stylish, and distinctive sport compact vehicles, and used a simplified "pure price" sales concept that eschewed traditional trim levels and dealer haggling; each vehicle was offered in a s... | {"Type": "Division of Toyota", "Founded": "2003https://pressroom.toyota.com/scion-fact-sheet/ Scion Fact Sheet Toyota US February 3, 2016 December 11, 2019", "Defunct": "2016 02 3", "Headquarters": "Torrance, California, U.S.", "Fate": "Absorbed back into Toyota", "Industry": "Automotive industry", "Parent": "Toyo... |
Basil Samuel Feldman, Baron Feldman (23 September 1923 - 19 November 2019) was a British businessman who was a Conservative member of the House of Lords. He sat in the House from 1996 until his retirement in 2017.
Biography
Feldman was born in September 1923 to Tilly (née Katz; 1902-1977) and Philip Feldman,'Feldman... | {"Image caption": "Feldman in 2010", "Father": "Philip Feldman", "Mother": "Tilly née Katz", "Birth date": "1923 09 23 y", "Death date": "2019 11 19 1923 09 23 y"} |
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Church Square (Afrikaans: Kerkplein), originally Market Square (Dutch: Marktplein), is the square at the historic centre of the city of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius, determined that the square be used as a market place and church yard. It was subsequen... | {"Name": "Church Square", "Coordinates": "-25.7465 28.1882 inline,title", "Native name": "af Kerkplein", "Former name(s)": "Market Square", "Area": "1 ha", "North": "Palace of Justice", "East": "Tudor Chambers", "South": "Ou Raadsaal", "West": "Old Netherlands Bank building, Old Capitol Theatre"} |
Judith Ann Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox (née Freeman; born 31 October 1939) is a businesswoman and a life peer. She was awarded her peerage in 1996 as one of the first Working Peers for her services to Consumer Services. She sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative until her retirement in 2020.
She was appointed Under-... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Baroness Wilcox", "Birth name": "Judith Ann Freeman", "Birth date": "1939 10 31 y", "Birth place": "Plymouth, Devon, England", "Alma mater": "University of Plymouth (BA)", "Spouse(s)": "Keith Davenport 1961 1979 divSir Malcolm Wilcox 1986 1986 d."} |
is a Japanese entertainment company known for its film and television productions. The name Nikkatsu amalgamates the words Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Motion Pictures".
Shareholders are Nippon Television Holdings (35%) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (28.4%).
History
Founding in 1912
Nikkatsu was found... | {"Type": "Private (Kabushiki gaisha)", "Founded": "1912", "Headquarters": "Japan", "Industry": "Television production and film", "Subsidiaries": "Django FilmsKantana Japan", "Parent": "Nippon Television Holdings (35%)SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (28.4%)", "Website": "http://www.nikkatsu.com"} |
Solidarity is a revolutionary multi-tendency socialist organization in the United States, associated with the journal Against the Current. Solidarity is an organizational descendant of the International Socialists, a Third Camp Marxist organization which argued that the Soviet Union was not a "degenerated workers' stat... | {"Political position": "Left-wing", "Founded": "1986", "Ideology": "Revolutionary socialismSocialist feminism", "Headquarters": "7012 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48210"} |
Rear Admiral Sir Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock (2 July 1862 - 1 November 1914) was an English senior officer of the Royal Navy. He earned a reputation for great gallantry.
Appointed to the royal yacht, he was close to the British royal family. Prior to the First World War, his combat service during the M... | {"Born": "Hartforth, North Yorkshire, England", "Died": "Good Hope 1901 6, off Coronel, Chile", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom United Kingdom", "Commands held": "Alacrity 1885 6Andromeda 1897 6Bacchante 1901 6Leviathan 1901 6Swiftsure 1903 6Royal Naval Barracks, PortsmouthNorth America and West Indies Station", "Awards"... |
Brian Arthur John SmithArthur Smith, IMDb. Retrieved 2020-90-18. (born 27 November 1954) is an English alternative comedian, presenter and writer.
Early life
Smith was born on 27 November 1954 in Bermondsey, south London. His eldest brother is Richard Smith, a medical doctor, editor and businessman. His younger brothe... | {"Name": "Arthur Smith", "Image": "Arthur Smith (cropped).JPG", "Caption": "Impersonating Leonard Cohen in the cabaret tent at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival", "Birth date": "yes 1954 11 27", "Birth place": "Bermondsey, London, England", "Occupation": "Comedian, presenter, writer", "Years active": "1977-present"} |
The Rally Sweden (), formerly the International Swedish Rally, and later the Uddeholm Swedish Rally, is an automobile rally competition held in February in Värmland, Sweden and relocated to Umeå in 2022. First held in 1950, as a summer rally called the Rally to the Midnight Sun () with start and finish at separate loca... | {"Status": "active", "Genre": "motorsporting event", "Frequency": "annual", "Location(s)": "Umeå, Västerbotten", "Country": "Sweden"} |
Avalon is a 1990 American drama film written and directed by Barry Levinson and starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elizabeth Perkins, Joan Plowright and Aidan Quinn. It is the third in Levinson's semi-autobiographical tetralogy of "Baltimore films" set in his hometown during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: Diner (1982), Tin Me... | {"Directed by": "Barry Levinson", "Produced by": "Mark Johnson Barry Levinson", "Written by": "Barry Levinson", "Starring": "Armin Mueller-Stahl\n Elizabeth Perkins\n Joan Plowright\n Aidan Quinn", "Music by": "Randy Newman", "Cinematography": "Allen Daviau", "Edited by": "Stu Linder", "Distributed by": "Tri-Star Pictu... |
The Santa Clara River () is an longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 16, 2011 river in Ventura and Los Angeles counties in Southern California. It drains parts of four ranges in the Transverse Ranges System north and northwest of Los A... | {"Native name": "es Río Santa Clara", "Mouth": "0 ft on", "Location": "Between Ventura and Oxnard, Ventura County", "Coordinates": "34 14 07 N 119 15 49 W inline,title", "Basin size": "1600 sqmi on", "Right": "San Francisquito Creek, Castaic Creek, Piru Creek, Sespe Creek"} |
Dame Joyce Anne Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, (born 17 July 1947), is a British Conservative Party politician, previously serving as Minister of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from August 2014 to June 2017. Anelay was appointed as Minister of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union ... | {"Name": "The Baroness Anelay of St Johns", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "1 July 2019", "Term end": "31 January 2023", "Office 2": "Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth", "Prime minister 2": "Theresa May", "Predecessor 2": "The Baroness Warsi", "Successor 2": "The Lord Ahma... |
The Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) is a British period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England. Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after an 18th-century organisation of the same name (originally the Academy of Vocal Music). The musicians play on either original instruments from... | {"Short name": "AAM", "Former name": "Academy of Vocal Music", "Founded": "1726 (revived 1973)", "Location": "Cambridge", "Concert hall": "Barbican Centre", "Music director": "Laurence Cummings", "Website": "www.aam.co.uk"} |
right|thumb|260px|Location of Muisca in Colombia.
right|thumb|260px|View of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian AndesLake Tota is clearly visible
right|thumb|260px|The Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges; territory of the Muisca
right|thumb|260px|Southwestern Altiplano; Bogotá savanna, territory of the south... | {"Name": "Muisca", "Native name": "cba Muysca", "Native name language code": "cba", "Image caption": "Muisca raft (1200-1500 CE)representation of the initiation of the new zipa at the lake of Guatavita", "Population": "14,051", "Population source": "census", "Languages": "Chibcha, Colombian Spanish", "Religions": "Muis... |
thumb|250px|Façade of the Communal Palace.
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thumb|250px|The Bridge at Narni by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, 1826
Narni () is an ancient hilltown and of Umbria, in central Italy, with 19,252 inhabitants (2017). At an altitude of , it overhangs a narrow gorge of the Nera River in t... | {"Name": "Narni", "Official name": "Comune di Narni", "Image caption": "Narni.", "Coordinates": "42 31 N 12 31 E inline, title", "Region": "Umbria", "Province": "Terni (TR)", "Frazioni": "Narni Scalo, Borgaria, Capitone, Guadamello, Gualdo, Itieli, La Cerqua, Montoro, San Faustino, San Liberato, Sant'Urbano, San Vito, ... |
Dame Janet Abbott Baker (born 21 August 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer.Blyth, Alan, "Baker, Dame Janet (Abbott)" in Sadie, Stanley, ed.; John Tyrell; exec. ed. (2001). New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed. London: Macmillan; (hardcover) (eBook).
B... | {"Honorific prefix": "Dame", "Name": "Janet Baker", "Post-nominals": "GBR CH DBE FRSA", "Caption": "Janet Baker in 1967", "Birth name": "Janet Abbott Baker", "Birth date": "y 1933 8 21", "Birth place": "Hatfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Occupation": "Opera singer (mezzo-soprano)", "Years active": "1950s-19... |
Joan Christabel Jill Knight, Baroness Knight of Collingtree, (; 9 July 1923 - 6 April 2022) was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1966 to 1997. She was created a life peer as "Baroness Knight of Collingtree, of Collingtree in... | {"Name": "The Baroness Knight of Collingtree", "Birth name": "Joan Christabel Jill Christie", "Birth date": "1923 07 09 yes", "Birth place": "Bristol, England", "Death date": "2022 04 06 1923 07 09 y", "Term start": "23 September 1997", "Term end": "24 March 2016Life peerage", "Spouse(s)": "James Montague Knight 1947 1... |
thumb|Vanity Fair caricature of Goschen: "The Theory of Foreign Exchanges"
George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (10 August 1831 - 7 February 1907) was a British statesman and businessman best remembered for being "forgotten" by Lord Randolph Churchill. He was initially a Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist befor... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Viscount Goschen", "Honorific suffix": "PC DL FBA", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "George Goschen, 1883", "Term start": "29 June 1895", "Term end": "12 November 1900"} |
Subterranean is the first EP by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in 1995. It was remastered and re-released in 2003 by Regain Records and reissued again in 2014, featuring additional tracks. The song "The Inborn Lifeless" is also featured on the album The Jester Race, but with a different name ("Dead God in... | {"Released": "15 June 1995Subterranean http://www.inflames.com/releases/albums/subterranean/default.asp dead https://web.archive.org/web/20061108091336/http://www.inflames.com/releases/albums/subterranean/default.asp 2006-11-08 inflames.com", "Recorded": "1994Subterranean - Info http://www.inflames.com/releases/albums/... |
Lunar Strain is the debut studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in April 1994. The album is known for its "folky elements", with the inclusion of violins and acoustic guitars.
It is the only In Flames album to not feature Anders Fridén as the vocalist and Björn Gelotte as either drummer or lead ... | {"Released": "1994", "Recorded": "Mid-late 1993Lunar Strain http://www.inflames.com/releases/albums/lunar_strain/info.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20061018233134/http://www.inflames.com/releases/albums/lunar_strain/info.html 18 October 2006 inflames.com", "Studio": "Studio Fredman, Gothenburg", "Genre": "Melod... |
Black-Ash Inheritance is the second EP by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in 1997. It was released as a preview of their upcoming album Whoracle. Its tracks were later included in the Japanese release of Whoracle as well as the later reissue of The Jester Race.
The title is a lyric from the song "Dead God... | {"Released": "15 August 1997", "Genre": "Melodic death metal", "Label": "Nuclear Blast", "Producer": "Fredrik Nordström"} |
Desktop Communication Protocol (DCOP) was an inter-process communication (IPC) daemon by KDE used in K Desktop Environment 3. The design goal for the protocol was to allow applications to interoperate, and share complex tasks. Essentially, DCOP was a ‘remote control’ system, which allowed applications or scripts to enl... | {"Original author(s)": "KDE", "Developer(s)": "KDE", "Successor": "D-Bus", "Type": "IPC daemon", "License": "GNU LGPL"} |
Curtis Michael Hennig (March 28, 1958 - February 10, 2003), better known by the ring name Mr. Perfect, was an American professional wrestler. He performed under his real name for promotions including the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now WWE), World Championship Wrestling (W... | {"Birth name": "Curtis Michael Hennig", "Ring name(s)": "Curt HennigMr. Perfect", "Billed height": "6 ft 3 in", "Billed weight": "260 lbs", "Born": "Robbinsdale, Minnesota, U.S.", "Died": "Brandon, Florida, U.S.", "Cause of death": "Combined drug intoxication", "Family": "Larry Hennig (father)", "Spouse(s)": "Leonice L... |
The Tokyo Showdown is the first live album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames. It was recorded during their Japanese tour in 2000 at their show in Tokyo. During their performance of "Scorn" they incorporated the opening riffs of Slayer's "Raining Blood".
The album title was inspired by the action film Showdown in L... | {"Released": "4 September 2001", "Recorded": "November 2000Tokyo, Japan", "Genre": "Melodic death metal", "Label": "Nuclear Blast", "Producer": "Anders FridénIn Flames"} |
The Iolani Palace () was the royal residence of the rulers of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi beginning with Kamehameha III under the Kamehameha Dynasty (1845) and ending with Queen Liliʻuokalani (1893) under the Kalākaua Dynasty, founded by her brother, King David Kalākaua. It is located in the capitol district of downtown Hon... | {"Part of": "78001020", "Location": "Honolulu, HI", "Area": "10.6 acre", "Built": "1879", "Architect": "Thomas J. Baker, Charles J. Wall, Isaac Moore", "Architectural style": "American Florentine"} |
Trigger is a song by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames from their 2002 album Reroute to Remain. A standalone version of the song was released as an EP on 10 June 2003, including bonus tracks. The title song was used on the soundtrack for the 2003 film Freddy vs. Jason.
Track listing
Music video
The music video for "... | {"Released": "10 June 2003", "Genre": "Melodic death metal, alternative metal", "Label": "Nuclear Blast", "Producer": "Daniel Bergstrand, In Flames"} |
Janet Evelyn Fookes, Baroness Fookes, (born 21 February 1936) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, she is a life peer in the House of Lords. She was previously a member of the House of Commons from 1970 to 1997, representing the constituencies of Merton and Morden (1970-74) and Plymouth Drake (... | {"Name": "The Baroness Fookes", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2023", "Term start": "9 December 2002", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth date": "1936 2 21 y", "Nationality": "British"} |
Surrey Docks is a largely residential area of Rotherhithe in south-east London, occupied until 1970 by the Surrey Commercial Docks. The precise boundaries of the area are somewhat amorphous, but it is generally considered to comprise the southern half of the Rotherhithe peninsula from Canada Water to South Dock; electo... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "London Assembly": "Southwark", "Postcode district": "SE16", "Dialling code": "020", "OS grid reference": "TQ356789"} |
Sarah Ann Ludford, Baroness Ludford (born 14 March 1951) is a British-Irish Liberal Democrat politician and member of the House of Lords. She served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for London from 1999 until 2014.
Early life and education
Ludworth was born in the Blyth Rural District of East Suffolk to an... | {"Name": "The Baroness Ludford", "Term start": "10 June 1999", "Term end": "22 May 2014", "Birth date": "1951 3 14 y", "Birth place": "Halesworth, East Suffolk, England", "Nationality": "British • Irish", "Spouse(s)": "Steve Hitchins", "Residence": "London", "Alma mater": "LSE"} |
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is an annual conference for video game developers. The event includes an expo, networking events, and awards shows like the Game Developers Choice Awards and Independent Games Festival, and a variety of tutorials, lectures, and roundtables by industry professionals on game-related t... | {"Event name": "Game Developers Conference", "Genre": "Video game development", "Venue": "Moscone Convention Center", "Location": "San Francisco, California", "Country": "United States", "First event date": "1988 4 (as Computer Game Developers Conference)", "Next event": "2024 3 18", "Organisers": "Informa", "Attendanc... |
Muslim Muhammad oghlu Magomayev ( / ) or Muslim Magometovich Magomayev (; 17 August 1942 – 25 October 2008), known simply as Muslim Magomayev and dubbed the "Soviet Sinatra", was a Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian opera and pop singer.Opera singer Magomayev dies at age 66. UPI. 25 October 2008. He achieved widespread re... | {"Name": "Muslim Magomayev", "Native name": "ru Муслим Магомаев", "Birth name": "Muslim Muhammad oghlu Magomayev", "Birth date": "1942 8 17 yes", "Birth place": "Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union", "Death date": "2008 10 25 1942 8 17 yes", "Death place": "Moscow, Russia", "Resting place": "Alley of Honor, Baku, Azerba... |
Punahou School (known as Oahu College until 1934) is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii. More than 3,700 students attend the school from kindergarten through 12th grade. Protestant missionaries established Punahou in 1841.
In 2006, it was ranked the greenest school in America. I... | {"Religious affiliation(s)": "Christian (Nondenominational)", "President": "Mike Latham '86", "Faculty": "300+", "Campus type": "Urban", "Team name": "\"Buffanblu\"colloquially \"Puns\" or \"Buff 'n Blue\"", "Athletics conference": "Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH)", "Newspaper": "Ka Punahou", "Publication": "L... |
Otis "Jet" Johnson (born February 3, 1932) was an American athlete who competed mainly in sprint events. Running under coach Edward P. Hurt he was a key component of the Morgan State relay teams. From 1953 to 1955, he was the national outdoor champion and a three-time winner of the Penn Relays. Johnson later served in... | {"Name": "Otis Johnson", "Nickname": "Jet", "Nationality": "United States of America", "Birth date": "1932 02 03", "Place of birth": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "Country": "USA", "Sport": "Track and fieldFootball", "Event": "60 yard dashRelayRunning back", "Team": "Morgan State College (1951-1955)United States Army (... |
Stephanie McIntosh (born 5 July 1985)"Stephanie McIntosh Bio" Retrieved 20 May 2015 is an Australian actress and singer. She played the role of Sky Mangel in the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 2003 to 2007. She made a brief appearance for one episode in 2015 as part of the show's 30th anniversary celebrations, a... | {"Name": "Stephanie McIntosh", "Birth name": "Stephanie McIntosh", "Birth date": "1985 7 5 yes", "Birth place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupation": "Actress, singer", "Years active": "2001-present", "Mother": "Sue McIntosh", "Relatives": "Jason Donovan (half-brother)Jemma Donovan (niece)", "Partner(s)":... |
Ancient Anguish, abbreviated AA, is a fantasy-themed MUD, a text-based online role-playing game. Founded in 1991 by Balz "Zor" Meierhans and Olivier "Drake" Maquelin, it opened to the public on February 2, 1992. It is free-to-play, but has been supported by player donations since 1994.
Ancient Anguish is based on a "m... | {"Title": "Ancient Anguish", "Developer": "Balz \"Zor\" Meierhans, Olivier \"Drake\" Maquelin, project community", "Engine": "LPMud 3.2 (Amylaar)", "Platforms": "Platform independent", "Released": "1992", "Genre": "Role-playing", "Modes": "Multiplayer"} |
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1 August 1630 - 17 October 1673) was an English statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1672 when he was created Baron Clifford. He was one of five leading politicians who formed the Cabal ministry between 1668 and 1674 in the reign of Charles II.
Backgr... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lord Clifford of Chudleigh", "Term start": "1660", "Term end": "1673", "Office 2": "Chief Minister of Great BritainLord High Treasurer", "Predecessor 2": "In Commission", "Successor 2": "The Viscount Latimer", "Birth name": "Thomas Clifford", "Birth date": "1630... |
thumb|Human rights activist Joachim Gauck attending a press conference of the International Society for Human Rights
The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) is an international non-governmental, non-profit human rights organization with Participative Status with the Council of Europe and is a member of the L... | {"Abbreviation": "ISHR", "Type": "international, non-governmental organization", "Headquarters": "Frankfurt, Germany", "Website": "www.ishr.org"} |
Bonnie Francesca WrightBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.; at ancestry.com (born 17 February 1991) is an English actress, filmmaker, and environmental activist. She is best known for her role as Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter film series.
Born in London, Wright made her professional act... | {"Name": "Bonnie Wright", "Caption": "Wright in 2017", "Birth name": "Bonnie Francesca Wright", "Birth date": "yes 1991 2 17", "Birth place": "London, England", "Alma mater": "London College of Communication (B.A.)", "Occupation": "Actress director screenwriter model activist author YouTuber", "Years active": "2001-pre... |
Christopher William Rankin (born 8 November 1983) is a New Zealand-born British actor who is best known for playing Percy Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise.
Early life
Rankin was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He was adopted. Rankin lived in Rothesay Bay until he was six, attending Kristin School in Albany. H... | {"Name": "Chris Rankin", "Birth name": "Christopher William Rankin", "Birth date": "1983 11 08 yes", "Birth place": "Auckland, New Zealand", "Nationality": "British", "Occupation": "Actor producer", "Years active": "2001-present", "Known For": "Percy Weasley in Harry Potter franchise"} |
Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, Marquis de Custine (18 March 1790 – 25 September 1857) was a French aristocrat and writer who is best known for his travel writing, in particular his account of his visit to Russia, La Russie en 1839. This work documents not only Custine's travels through the Russian Empire, but also the social f... | {"Birth name": "Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, Marquis de Custine", "Birth date": "18 March 1790", "Birth place": "Niderviller, France", "Death date": "25 September 1857 (Aged 67)", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Buried": "Chapelle d'Auquainville, Auquainville, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France", "Mother": "Delphine de Sabran... |
The Franklin Center is a 60-story supertall skyscraper completed in 1989 as the AT&T Corporate Center to consolidate the central region headquarters of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T). It stands at a height of and contains in the Loop neighborhood of downtown Chicago. It is located two blocks east o... | {"Location": "227 West Monroe StreetChicago, Illinois", "Coordinates": "41.880681 -87.634184 region:US-IL inline,title", "Status": "completed", "Type": "Office", "Construction started": "1981"} |
People's Artist () was a Russian music competition television series, based on the popular British reality television series Pop Idol. It was produced by RTR in association with FBI Music and FremantleMedia. Season 1 and 2 were hosted by Fyokla Tolstaya and Ivan Urgant.
People's Artist remains today the only Idol seri... | {"Created by": "Rossiya", "Country of origin": "Russia", "Original network": "Rossiya", "Original release": "2006"} |
The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is a commodity futures exchange owned and operated by CME Group of Chicago. NYMEX is located at One North End Avenue in Brookfield Place in the Battery Park City section of Manhattan, New York City.
The company's two principal divisions are the New York Mercantile Exchange and ... | {"Type": "Subsidiary of the CME Group", "Founded": "1882", "Headquarters": "One North End AvenueManhattan, New York City, NY 10285United States", "Website": "www.cmegroup.com"} |
SuperStar () was an Arabic television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol created by Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment & developed by Fremantle Media. The show unites the Arab community by democratically choosing the next singing sensation. The show is broadcast worldwide on Future TV, a Lebanese television ... | {"Running time": "Varies", "Created by": "Simon Fuller", "Presented by": "Rania Kurdi Ayman Kaissouni Majdala KhattarWael Mansour", "Judges": "Gehan Al-NasserElias Rahbani Abdullah Al-Qoud Fadia Tanb Al-HajjZiad Boutros", "Country of origin": "Arab world", "Original network": "Future Television", "Original release": "y... |
Ronald Melzack (July 19, 1929 – December 22, 2019) was a Canadian psychologist and professor of psychology at McGill University. In 1965, he and Patrick David Wall revolutionized pain research by introducing the gate control theory of pain. In 1968, Melzack published an extension of the gate control theory, in which h... | {"Post-nominals": "CAN OC OQ FRSC 100%", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Birth date": "1929 7 19", "Death place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Death date": "2019 12 22 1929 7 19", "Alma mater": "McGill University", "Occupation": "Psychologist, Professor", "Nationality": "Canadian"} |
Diego Marani (born 1959) is an Italian novelist and European civil servant.
Biography
Born in Tresigallo, Marani attended the Liceo Ginnasio Ariosto in Ferrara till 1978 and graduated in interpretation and translation from the Scuola superiore di lingue moderne per traduttori e interpreti in Trieste in 1983. Upon grad... | {"Name": "Diego Marani", "Birth date": "1959", "Birth place": "Tresigallo, Ferrara, Italy", "Occupation": "novelist, European civil servant", "Known For": "Inventor of Europanto"} |
To Tell the Truth is an American television panel show in which four celebrity panelists are presented with three contestants (the "team of challengers", each an individual or pair) and must identify which is the "central character" whose unusual occupation or experience has been read aloud by the show's moderator/host... | {"Genre": "Panel show", "Created by": "Bob Stewart", "Presented by": "Bud Collyer\n Garry Moore\n Joe Garagiola\n Robin Ward\n Gordon Elliott\n Lynn Swann\n Alex Trebek\n John O'Hurley\n Anthony Anderson", "Narrated by": "Bern Bennett\n Johnny Olson\n Bill Wendell\n Alan Kalter\n Burton Richardson\n David Scott\n Antho... |
QuikAir (QuikAir Airline Service) was a small Canadian regional airline based in Calgary, Alberta, serving business travellers. QuikAir ceased its operations on October 24, 2006.
Code data
IATA Code: Q9 Airline Codes (November 2006) Airline name deleted from link.
Services
QuikAir was launched in 2001, operating ... | {"Airline name": "QuikAir Airline Service", "IATA Designator": "Q9", "ICAO Designator": "-", "Callsign": "QuikAir", "Commenced operations": "2001", "Ceased operations": "October 24, 2006", "Current Fleet Size": "See Fleet below", "Number of Destinations": "EdmontonFort McMurrayPenticton", "Headquarters": "Calgary, Albe... |
Hardcore is a 1979 American neo-noir thriller crime-drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, and Dick Sargent. Its plot follows a conservative Midwestern businessman whose teenage daughter goes missing in California. With the help of a prostitute, his se... | {"Directed by": "Paul Schrader", "Produced by": "Buzz Feitshans", "Written by": "Paul Schrader", "Starring": "George C. Scott\n Peter Boyle\n Season Hubley\n Dick Sargent", "Music by": "Jack Nitzsche", "Cinematography": "Michael Chapman", "Edited by": "Tom Rolf", "Distributed by": "Columbia Pictures"} |
(June 11, 1662 - November 12, 1712) was the sixth shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Tsunashige, thus making him the nephew of Tokugawa Ietsuna and Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the grandson of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the great-grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the great-great-grandson of Toku... | {"Name": "Tokugawa Ienobu", "Image caption": "Tokugawa Ienobu", "Birth date": "1662 06 15 y", "Birth place": "Kōfu, Yamanashi, Tokugawa shogunate", "Death date": "1712 11 12 1662 06 11 y", "Death place": "Tokugawa shogunate(now Japan)"} |
Tokugawa Ietsugu; 徳川 家継 (August 8, 1709 - June 19, 1716) was the seventh shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1713 until his death in 1716. He was the son of Tokugawa Ienobu, thus making him the grandson of Tokugawa Tsunashige, daimyō of Kofu, great-grandson of Tokugawa Iemitsu, great-great grandson of Tokuga... | {"Name": "Tokugawa Ietsugu", "Term start": "1713", "Term end": "1716", "Spouse(s)": "Yoshiko no Miya", "Birth date": "1709 08 08", "Birth place": "Edo, Tokugawa shogunate(now Tokyo, Japan)", "Death date": "1716 06 19 1709 08 08", "Death place": "Tokugawa shogunate"} |
Cowdenbeath (;) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 1890. According to a 2008 estimate, the town has a population of 14,081.
The wider civil parish of... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NT160916", "Postcode district": "KY", "Dialling code": "01383", "Council area": "Fife", "Lieutenancy area": "Fife", "UK Parliament": "Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath", "Scottish Parliament": "Cowdenbeath"} |
Crouch End is an area of North London, approximately from the City of London in the western half of the borough of Haringey. It is within the Hornsey postal district (N8). It has been described by the BBC as one of "a new breed of urban villages" in London. It was recently voted the best place to live in London by the... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census. Ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688776&c=Crouch+End&d=14&e=62&g=6326977&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1477157918284&enc=1 Haringey Ward population 2011 22 October 2015 Office for National Statisti... |
Donald Lawrence Keene (June 18, 1922 - February 24, 2019) was an American-born Japanese scholar, historian, teacher, writer and translator of Japanese literature. Keene was University Professor emeritus and Shincho Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature at Columbia University, where he taught for over fifty years. S... | {"Name": "Donald Keene", "Post-nominals": "Junior Third Rank", "Caption": "Keene in his Tokyo home in 2002", "Native name": "キーン ドナルド", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth name": "Donald Lawrence Keene", "Birth date": "1922 6 18", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2019 2 24 1922 6 18", "De... |
was a Sengoku period Japanese samurai and the second early-Edo period daimyō of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maeda clan. He was the eldest son of Maeda Toshiie. His childhood name was "Inuchiyo" (犬千代).
Biography
Toshinaga was born in what is now part of the c... | {"Name": "Maeda Toshinaga", "Native name": "前田利長", "Image caption": "Portrait of Maeda Toshinaga", "Birth name": "Inuchiyo", "Birth date": "February 15, 1562", "Birth place": "Owari Province, Japan", "Death date": "1614 6 27 1562 2 15 y", "Death place": "Takaoka, Toyama, Japan", "Resting place": "Takaoka, Toyama, Japan... |
Sidney Gottlieb (August 3, 1918March 7, 1999) was an American chemist and spymaster who headed the Central Intelligence Agency's 1950s and 1960s assassination attempts and mind-control program, known as Project MKUltra.
Early years and education
Gottlieb was born to Hungarian Jewish immigrant parents Fanny and Louis G... | {"Name": "Sidney Gottlieb", "Caption": "Gottlieb in 1977", "Birth date": "1918 08 03", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1999 03 07 1918 08 03", "Death place": "Washington, Virginia, U.S.", "Education": "Arkansas Tech University University of Wisconsin California Institute of Technology", "... |
Jack Thompson, AM (born John Hadley Pain; 31 August 1940) is an Australian award-winning actor, who is a major figure of Australian cinema, particularly Australian New Wave.
He is best known as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films, including such classics as Petersen in 1974, Sunday Too Far Away in 1975... | {"Name": "Jack Thompson", "Caption": "Thompson in 2014", "Birth name": "John Hadley Pain", "Birth date": "yes 1940 08 31", "Birth place": "Manly, New South Wales, Australia", "Years active": "1963-present", "Spouse(s)": "Leona King", "Children": "2", "Occupation": "Actor", "Agent": "DPN", "Awards": "Inductee into the A... |
Tokugawa Ieharu (徳川家治) (June 20, 1737 - September 17, 1786) was the tenth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1760 to 1786.
His childhood name was Takechiyo (竹千代).
Ieharu died in 1786 and given the Buddhist name Shunmyoin and buried at Kan'ei-ji.
Family
Father: Tokugawa Ieshige
Mother: ... | {"Name": "Tokugawa Ieharu", "Term start": "1760", "Term end": "1786", "Birth date": "1737 6 20", "Birth place": "Edo, Tokugawa shogunate(now Tokyo, Japan)", "Death date": "1786 9 17 1737 6 20", "Death place": "Sunpu Castle, Shizuoka, Tokugawa shogunate"} |
David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His music career spans more than five decades, beginning in the early 1970s as a keyboardist for the ... | {"Born": "Victoria, British Columbia, Canada", "Spouse(s)": "B.J. Cooke div Rebecca Dyer October 27, 1982 1986 divorced Linda Thompson 1991 2005 divorced Yolanda Hadid November 11, 2011 2017 divorced Katharine McPhee June 28, 2019", "Genres": "Classical pop rock gospel R&B jazz", "Labels": "Verve Reprise 143 Atlantic",... |
(July 17, 1846 - August 29, 1866) was the 14th shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1858 to 1866.
During his reign there was much internal turmoil as a result of the "re-opening" of Japan to western nations. Iemochi's reign also saw a weakening of the shogunate.
Iemochi died in 1866 and wa... | {"Name": "Tokugawa Iemochi", "Term start": "August 14, 1858", "Term end": "August 29, 1866", "Spouse(s)": "Princess Kazu", "Birth date": "1846 7 17", "Birth place": "Minato, Edo, Japan", "Death date": "1866 8 29 1846 7 17", "Death place": "Osaka Castle, Japan"} |
Tokugawa Ienari (, November 18, 1773 - March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837.Hall, John Whitney et al. (1991). Early Modern Japan, p. 21. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (... | {"Name": "Tokugawa Ienari", "Term start": "1787", "Term end": "1837", "Birth date": "1773 11 18", "Birth place": "Edo, Tokugawa shogunate(now Tokyo, Japan)", "Death date": "1841 3 22 1773 11 18", "Death place": "Tokugawa shogunate"} |
was the 13th shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He held office for five years from 1853 to 1858. He was physically weak and was therefore considered by later historians to have been unfit to be shōgun.Ravina, Mark. (2004). The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori, pp. 62-63. His reign marks the ... | {"Name": "Tokugawa Iesada", "Term start": "1853", "Term end": "1858", "Spouse(s)": "Princess Takatsukasa AtsukoPrincess Ichijō HidekoPrincess Atsu", "Birth date": "1824 5 6 y", "Birth place": "Edo, Tokugawa shogunate(now Tokyo, Japan)", "Death date": "1858 8 14 1824 5 6 y", "Death place": "Tokugawa shogunate"} |
Tokugawa Ieshige; 徳川 家重 (January 28, 1712 - July 13, 1761) was the ninth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.
The first son of Tokugawa Yoshimune, his mother was the daughter of Ōkubo Tadanao, known as Osuma no kata. His mother died in 1713 when he was only 2 years old, so he was raised by Yoshimune's concubine,... | {"Name": "Tokugawa Ieshige", "Term start": "1745", "Term end": "1760", "Birth date": "1712 1 28", "Birth place": "Minato City, Edo, Tokugawa shogunate(now Tokyo, Japan)", "Death date": "1761 7 13 1712 1 28", "Death place": "Tokugawa shogunate"} |
was the fourth shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan who was in office from 1651 to 1680. He is considered the eldest son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, which makes him the grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Early life (1641-1651)
Tokugawa Ietsuna was born in 1641, allegedly the eldest so... | {"Name": "Tokugawa Ietsuna", "Image caption": "Tokugawa Ietsuna", "Birth date": "1641 09 07 y", "Birth place": "Edo, Tokugawa shogunate", "Death date": "1680 06 04 1641 09 07 y", "Death place": "Edo Castle, Edo, Tokugawa shogunate"} |
Giuseppe Pizzardo (13 July 1877 – 1 August 1970) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as prefect of the Congregation for Seminaries and Universities from 1939 to 1968, and secretary of the Holy Office from 1951 to 1959. Pizzardo was elevated to the cardinalate in 1937.
Biography
Born in Savona, P... | {"Predecessor": "Gaetano Bisleti", "Successor": "Gabriel-Marie Garrone", "Other post(s)": "Cardinal-Bishop of Albano", "Ordination": "19 September 1903", "Consecration": "Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli", "Created cardinal": "13 December 1937", "Rank": "Cardinal-bishop", "Born": "Savona, Italy", "Died": "1970 0... |
Robin and the 7 Hoods is a 1964 American musical film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Bing Crosby. It features Peter Falk and Barbara Rush, with an uncredited cameo by Edward G. Robinson.
Written by David R. Schwartz, the film reimagines the Robin Hood legend in ... | {"Directed by": "Gordon Douglas", "Produced by": "Frank Sinatra", "Screenplay by": "David R. Schwartz", "Starring": "Frank Sinatra\n Dean Martin\n Sammy Davis Jr.\n Bing Crosby", "Music by": "Nelson Riddle", "Cinematography": "William H. Daniels", "Edited by": "Sam O'Steen", "Distributed by": "Warner Bros.", "Box offic... |
Bernardin Gantin (8 May 1922 - 13 May 2008) was a Beninese prelate of the Catholic Church who held senior positions in the Roman Curia for twenty years and the highest position in the College of Cardinals for nine years. His prominence in the hierarchy of the Church was unprecedented for an African and has been equaled... | {"Church": "Roman Catholic Church", "See": "Palestrina", "Predecessor": "Carlo Confalonieri", "Successor": "José Saraiva Martins", "Ordination": "Louis Parisot", "Consecration": "Eugène Tisserant", "Created cardinal": "Pope Paul VI", "Born": "Toffo, Benin", "Died": "Paris, France"} |
John Bracken (June 22, 1883 – March 18, 1969) was a Canadian agronomist and politician who was the 11th and longest-serving premier of Manitoba (1922-1943) and later the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942-1948).
Bracken was born in Ontario, and was a professor of animal husbandry at the Univ... | {"Name": "John Bracken", "Term start": "August 8, 1922", "Term end": "January 14, 1943", "Lieutenant governor": "James A. M. AikinsTheodore A. BurrowsJames D. McGregorWilliam J. TupperRoland F. McWilliams", "Predecessor 2": "Frederick Donald Mackenzie", "Successor 2": "The electoral district was abolished in 1947.", "B... |
"Muslims" (Serbo-Croatian Latin and , Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic and ) is a designation for the ethnoreligious group of Serbo-Croatian-speaking Muslims and people of Muslim heritage, inhabiting mostly the territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The term, adopted in the 1971 Constitution of Yugosl... | {"Name": "Muslims", "Native name": "sh-Latn Muslimanish-Cyrl Муслимани", "Population": "c. 100,000", "Languages": "Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian and Gora dialect", "Religions": "Sunni Islam", "Related ethnic groups": "Other mainly Muslim South Slavs(Bosniaks Gorani Torbeši Pomaks)"} |
thumb|350px|The Military Demarcation Line within the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
The Military Demarcation Line (MDL), sometimes referred to as the Armistice Line, is the land border or demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea. On either side of the line is the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The MDL and DM... | {"Hangul name": "군사분계선 / 휴전선", "Hanja": "軍事分界線 / 休戰線", "Revised Romanization": "Gunsabungyeseon / Hyujeonseon", "McCune-Reischauer": "Kunsabungyesŏn / Hyujŏnsŏn"} |
The Progressive Party of Manitoba, Canada, was a political party that developed from the United Farmers of Manitoba (UFM), an agrarian movement that became politically active following World War I.
See also
List of political parties in Canada
Progressive Party of Canada
References
Category:1920 establishments in Man... | {"Leader": "John Bracken", "Founded": "1920", "Ideology": "ProgressivismAgrarianism", "Merged into": "Manitoba Liberal Party"} |
Sue Taylor Grafton (April 24, 1940 - December 28, 2017) was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" ("A" Is for Alibi, etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. The daughter of detective novelist C. W.... | {"Name": "Sue Grafton", "Caption": "Grafton in 2009", "Birth name": "Sue Taylor Grafton", "Birth date": "1940 04 24", "Birth place": "Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.", "Death date": "2017 12 28 1940 04 24", "Death place": "Santa Barbara, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Novelist", "Nationality": "American", "Spouse(s)": "S... |
Leigh Raymond Matthews (born 1 March 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and coached and the in the VFL and renamed Australian Football League (AFL).
Squat, short-legged and barrel-chested, Matthews earned the iconic nickname "Lethal ... | {"Name": "Leigh Matthews", "Image Caption": "Statue of Matthews outside the MCG", "Full Name": "Leigh Raymond Matthews", "Nickname": "Lethal, Barney Rubble", "Birth Date": "1952 3 1 y", "Birth Place": "Frankston, Victoria", "Original Team": "Chelsea (MPNFL)", "Position": "Midfielder/Forward", "Stats End": "1985", "Coac... |
The M48 Patton is an American first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun Tank: M48. It was designed as a replacement for the M26 Pershing, M4 Sherman, M46 and M47 Patton tanks, and was the main battle tank of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam W... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Main battle tank", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "In service": "1952–present United States Army (historical) 1952–1987United States Marine Corps (historical) 1954–1973", "Used by": "See Operators", "Wars": "Cold War 1958 Lebanon crisis Portuguese Colonial War Dominican Civil War... |
The M47 Patton was an American Medium tank, a development of the M46 Patton mounting an updated turret, and was in turn further developed as the M48 Patton. It was the second American tank to be named after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during World War II and one of the earliest American a... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Medium tank2015_Hunnicutt 35", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "In service": "1951-early 1960s (US)", "Used by": "See Operators below", "Wars": "Korean War Suez Crisis 1965 Indo-Pakistani War Six-Day War 1971 Indo-Pakistani War Turkish invasion of Cyprus Ogaden War Iran-Iraq War S... |
The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT). It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially christened as a Patton tank. The US Army considered it a "product-improved de... | {"Type": "Main battle tank", "Place of origin": "United States", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "In service": "1959-presentHunnicutt 1984 165United States Army (historical) (1959-2005)United States Marine Corps (historical) (1962-1991)", "Used by": "See Operators", "Wars": "Cold War Yom Kippur War Western Sahara War Ogade... |
Christian Brothers University is a private Roman Catholic university in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded in 1871 by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, a Catholic teaching order.
History
thumb|120px|left|Saint John Baptist de la Salle
A Christian Brothers college was established in Pass Christian. It was in the f... | {"Motto": "Virtus et Scientia (Latin)", "Type": "Private university", "Endowment": "$35,000,000", "President": "David Archer", "Students": "1,918 (Spring 2022)", "Undergraduates": "1,548", "Postgraduates": "370", "Campus": "Urban, 76 acres sqm", "Website": "www.cbu.edu"} |
George Dixon (July 29, 1870 – January 6, 1908) was a Canadian professional boxer. After winning the bantamweight title in 1892, he became the first ever black athlete to win a world championship in any sport; he was also the first Canadian-born boxing champion. Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer ranked Dixon as the #1... | {"Nickname(s)": "Little Chocolate", "Weight(s)": "Bantamweight\nFeatherweight", "Height": "5 ft 3+1/2 in", "Reach": "66 in", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Born": "Africville, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada", "Died": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Stance": "Orthodox", "Total fights": "163", "Wins": "74", "Wins by KO": "3... |
John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 - April 5, 1991) was an American politician and military officer who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas since Reconstruction. Tower is known for leading the Tower Commission, which inve... | {"Name": "John Tower", "Image caption": "Tower in 1966", "Term start": "July 17, 1990", "Term end": "April 5, 1991", "Predecessor 2": "Bill Blakley", "Successor 2": "Phil Gramm", "Birth name": "John Goodwin Tower", "Birth date": "1925 9 29", "Birth place": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "1991 4 5 1925 9 29", "De... |
Southgate is one of the 14 residential neighbourhoods in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex, England. Crawley was planned and laid out as a New Town after the Second World War, based on the principle of self-contained neighbourhoods surrounding a town centre of civic and commercial buildings. Southgate was on... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "8,106", "District": "Crawley", "Shire county": "West Sussex", "UK Parliament": "Crawley", "Postcode district": "RH", "Dialling code": "01293", "OS grid reference": "TQ265365"} |
Cholecalciferol, also known as vitamin D3 and colecalciferol, is a type of vitamin D that is made by the skin when exposed to sunlight; it is found in some foods and can be taken as a dietary supplement.
Cholecalciferol is made in the skin following UVB light exposure. It is converted in the liver to calcifediol (25-h... | {"Pronunciation": "ˌ k oʊ l ə k æ l ˈ s ɪ f ə r ɒ l", "AHFS": "ppa cholecalciferol", "Routes ofadministration": "By mouth, intramuscular injection", "Other names": "vitamin D3, calciol, activated 7-dehydrocholesterol", "Solubility in water": "Practically insoluble in water, freely soluble in ethanol, methanol and some ... |
Ergocalciferol, also known as vitamin D2 and nonspecifically calciferol, is a type of vitamin D found in food and used as a dietary supplement. As a supplement it is used to prevent and treat vitamin D deficiency. This includes vitamin D deficiency due to poor absorption by the intestines or liver disease. It may also ... | {"Trade name": "Drisdol, Calcidol, others", "AHFS": "monograph ergocalciferol", "Routes ofadministration": "By mouth, intramuscular", "Other names": "viosterol"} |
Ferritin is a universal intracellular protein that stores iron and releases it in a controlled fashion. The protein is produced by almost all living organisms, including archaea, bacteria, algae, higher plants, and animals. It is the primary intracellular iron-storage protein in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, keeping... | {"Symbol": "Ferritin", "Caption": "Structure of the murine ferritin complex1lb3; Granier T, Langlois d'Estaintot B, Gallois B, Chevalier JM, Précigoux G, Santambrogio P, Arosio P 20756710 January 2003 Structural description of the active sites of mouse L-chain ferritin at 1.2 A resolution Journal of Biological Inor... |
Taebong (; ) was a state established by Kung Ye () on the Korean Peninsula in 901 during the Later Three Kingdoms.
Name
The state's initial name was Goryeo, after the official name of Goguryeo, a previous state in Manchuria and the northern Korean Peninsula, from the 5th century. Kung Ye changed the state's name to Ma... | {"Native name": "ko 후고구려 (後高句麗)Hugoguryeoko 고려 (高麗)Goryeoko 마진 (摩震)Majinko 태봉 (泰封)Taebong", "Conventional long name": "Later Goguryeo", "Type of government": "Buddhist Theocratic monarchy", "Starting event": "Establishment", "Event ending the country": "Fall", "Map": "History of Korea-Later three Kingdoms Period-915 CE... |
Norman "Hurricane" Smith (22 February 1923 - 3 March 2008)Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed March 2011 was an English musician, record producer and engineer.
Early life
Smith was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, and served as an RAF glider pilot during World War II. After an unsuccessful career as a jazz trumpeter, Smi... | {"Name": "Norman \"Hurricane\" Smith", "Birth date": "1923 2 22 yes", "Birth place": "Edmonton, Middlesex, England", "Death date": "2008 3 3 1923 2 22 yes", "Death place": "East Sussex, England", "Occupation": "Musician, record producer", "Years active": "1959-2007"} |
The Royal Montreal Golf Club (French: Le Club de Golf Royal Montréal) is the oldest golf club in North America, and the oldest in continuous existence. In 2023, it will be celebrating 150 years. It was founded in Montreal by eight men in 1873. Permission was granted by Queen Victoria to use the prefix "Royal" in 1884.... | {"Abbreviation": "RMGC", "Type": "Private", "Location": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Affiliations": "Royal Canadian Golf Association", "Website": "https://rmgc.org/"} |
Jim Crockett Promotions Inc. is a family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1931, the promotion emerged as a cornerstone of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). By the 1980s, Jim Crockett Promotions was, along with the World Wrestling Federatio... | {"Fate": "Sold to Turner Broadcasting System and relaunched as World Championship Wrestling", "Type": "Private", "Founded": "1935 (Original V1)March 1965 (Original V2) (in North Carolina)2022 (Revival)", "Defunct": "February 1965 (Original V1)April 1993 (Original V2)", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Prof... |
Dharamshala (, ; also spelled Dharamsala) is the winter capital of Himachal Pradesh, India, as well as the site of the Tibetan Government-in-exile. It serves as administrative headquarters of the Kangra district after being relocated from Kangra, a city located away from Dharamshala, in 1855.
The city has been select... | {"Named for": "Derives its name from an old Hindu sanctuary, called Dharamsàla which stood there once.https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s348aedb8880cab8c45637abc7493ecddd/uploads/2018/03/2018032931.pdf#page=104 Gazetteer of the Kangra District 1883-1884 Calcutta Central Press", "Type": "Municipal Corporation", "Body": "Dhar... |
A private, non-affiliated institution, the University of the North (), also nicknamed Uninorte, is the main academic center for higher education in northern Colombia. It is located in Barranquilla, Atlántico, the largest city and second largest port in the country's Caribbean region. It was founded in 1966 by a busines... | {"Type": "Private", "Rector": "Adolfo Meisel", "Undergraduates": "13,082", "Postgraduates": "3,071", "Website": "http://www.uninorte.edu.co"} |
Starman is an American science fiction television series starring Robert Hays and Christopher Daniel Barnes which continues the story from the 1984 film of the same name. The series aired on ABC from September 19, 1986 to May 2, 1987.
Storyline
thumb|left|Christopher Daniel Barnes (left) as Scott Hayden Jr. and Robert... | {"Genre": "Science fiction", "Developed by": "James Henerson James Hirsch Mike Gray John Mason", "Written by": "Michael Marks Mike Gray John Mason Randall Wallace", "Directed by": "Bill Duke Robert Chenault Bob Dahlin Mike Gray Robert Hays Nancy Malone Nick Marck Bob Sweeney", "Starring": "Robert Hays Christopher Danie... |
Christopher Daniel Barnes (born November 7, 1972), also known professionally as C. D. Barnes, C. B. Barnes and Chris Barnes, is an American actor, writer, and former child model. He is best known for his voice role as the title superhero of the 1990s animated series Spider-Man (1994-1998) and as Prince Eric in The Litt... | {"Name": "Christopher Daniel Barnes", "Caption": "Barnes in 2022", "Birth date": "1972 11 7", "Birth place": "Portland, Maine, U.S.", "Other names": "C. B. Barnes, C. D. Barnes, Chris Barnes", "Occupation": "Actor writer child model", "Years active": "1981-present", "Website": "https://christopherdanielbarnes.com/"} |
Three Days of the Condor is a 1975 American political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. The screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel was based on the 1974 novel Six Days of the Condor by James Grady.
Set mainly in New York ... | {"Directed by": "Sydney Pollack", "Produced by": "Stanley Schneider", "Screenplay by": "Lorenzo Semple Jr.\n David Rayfiel", "Based on": "Six Days of the Condor James Grady", "Starring": "Robert Redford\n Faye Dunaway\n Cliff Robertson\n Max von Sydow", "Music by": "Dave Grusin", "Cinematography": "Owen Roizman", "Edit... |
Anthony Cruz (born March 9, 1972), better known by his stage name AZ, is an American rapper known for being a longtime and frequent music partner of East Coast rapper Nas and also a member of hip hop group The Firm alongside Nas, Foxy Brown, Cormega and Nature. Online magazine About.com listed AZ as the "Most Underrate... | {"Born": "New York City, U.S.", "Genres": "East Coast hip hop, mafioso rap", "Labels": "Quiet Money Real Talk Koch Noo Trybe Virgin EMI 300 Entertainment", "Member of": "The Firm"} |
Constellation Records is a Canadian independent record label based in Montreal, Quebec. It has released albums by many post-rock bands, including Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band and Do Make Say Think.
Label philosophy
The package of the Godspeed You! Black Emperor ... | {"Founded": "1997", "Founder": "Ian Ilavsky and Don Wilkie", "Genre": "Experimental rock, experimental, indie rock, folk", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Location": "Montreal, Quebec", "Official website": "cstrecords.com"} |
Miguel Induráin Larraya (; born 16 July 1964) is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. Induráin won five Tours de France from 1991 to 1995, the fourth, and last, to win five times, and the only five-time winner to achieve those victories consecutively.
He won the Giro d'Italia twice, becoming one of seven people to a... | {"Name": "Miguel Induráin", "Image caption": "Induráin in 2009", "Full name": "Miguel María Induráin Larraya", "Nickname": "Miguelón, Big Mig (English)", "Birth date": "1964 7 16 y", "Birth place": "Villava, Navarre, SpainL'Équipe, France, 15 July 2000", "Height": "1.86http://premierendurance.ie/the-cycling-physiology-... |
Francis Lazarro Rizzo (October 23, 1920 - July 16, 1991) was an American police officer and politician. He served as commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) from 1968 to 1971 and mayor of Philadelphia from 1972 to 1980. He was a member of the Democratic Party throughout the entirety of his career in pu... | {"Name": "Frank Rizzo", "Term start": "January 3, 1972", "Term end": "January 7, 1980", "Birth name": "Francis Lazarro Rizzo", "Birth date": "1920 10 23", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1991 7 16 1920 10 23", "Death place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S."} |
The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (), or HAVA, is a United States federal law which passed in the House 357-48 and 92-2 in the SenateCongressional Record of Action and was signed into law by President Bush on October 29, 2002.United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Voting Section Home Page, The Help A... | {"Long title": "An Act to establish a program to provide funds to States to replace punch card voting systems, to establish the Election Assistance Commission to assist in the administration of federal elections and to otherwise provide assistance with the administration of certain federal election laws and programs, t... |
The Constitutional Democratic Party (, K-D), also called Constitutional Democrats and formally the Party of People's Freedom (), was a political party in the Russian Empire that promoted Western constitutional monarchy — among other policies — and attracted a base ranging from moderate conservatives to mild socialists.... | {"Abbreviation": "K-D ; Kadets", "President": "Pavel Miliukov", "Founded": "yes 1905 10 12", "Headquarters": "Saint Petersburg", "Slogan": "Skill and work for the good of the Motherland (Умение и труд на благо Родине)", "Newspaper": "Rech", "Merger of": "Union of Zemstvists-Constitutionalists ru Союз земцев-конституцио... |
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