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Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American avant-garde jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader.
Early life and education
Shipp was raised in Wilmington, Delaware. His mother was a friend of trumpeter Clifford Brown.
He began playing piano at five years old. Shipp was strongly attracted to jazz, but also pl... | {"Born": "Wilmington, Delaware, United States", "Genres": "Free jazz, avant-garde jazz, free improvisation, post bop", "Labels": "Thirsty Ear, FMP, No More, hatOLOGY, RogueArt, ESP-Disk, AUM Fidelity", "Website": "http://michaelbisio.com/shipp/"} |
Edward Patrick "Mickey" Walker (July 13, 1903 (some sources indicate 1901) - April 28, 1981) was an American professional boxer who held both the world welterweight and world middleweight championships at different points in his career. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he was also an avid golfer and would later be recogn... | {"Nationality": "American", "Real name": "Mickey Walker", "Nickname(s)": "Toy Bulldog", "Weight(s)": "WelterweightMiddleweightLight HeavyweightHeavyweight", "Height": "5 ft 7 in m 2 on", "Reach": "67 in cm 0 on", "Born": "Elizabeth, New Jersey", "Died": "1981 04 28", "Stance": "Orthodox", "Total fights": "164", "Wins":... |
Bertie Charles Forbes (; May 14, 1880 - May 6, 1954) was a Scottish-American financial journalist and author who founded Forbes magazine.
Early life and education
Forbes was born in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Agnes (Moir) and Robert Forbes, a storekeeper and tailor at Whitehill, one of their ten chi... | {"Caption": "Forbes 1917", "Birth name": "Bertie Charles Forbes", "Birth date": "1880 5 14", "Birth place": "New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland", "Death date": "1954 5 6 1880 5 14", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of St Andrews", "Occupation": "Journalist author publisher", "Spouse(s)": "... |
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (August 19, 1919 - February 24, 1990) was an American entrepreneur and politician most prominently known as the publisher of Forbes magazine, founded by his father B. C. Forbes. He was known as an avid promoter of capitalism and free market economics and for an extravagant lifestyle, spending o... | {"Name": "Malcolm Forbes", "Image caption": "Forbes in 1957", "Term start": "January 1952", "Term end": "September 8, 1958", "Birth name": "Malcolm Stevenson Forbes", "Birth date": "1919 8 19", "Birth place": "Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "1990 2 24 1919 8 19", "Death place": "Far Hills, New Jersey, U.S.... |
Scheherazade () is a major female character and the storyteller in the frame narrative of the Middle Eastern collection of tales known as the One Thousand and One Nights.
Name
According to modern scholarship, the name Scheherazade derives from the Middle Persian name , which is composed of the words () and (). The... | {"Portrayed by": "Mili Avital, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Claude Jade, Anna Karina, María Montez, Cyrine Abdelnour, Sulaf Fawakherji, Annette Haven, Meredith Stepien", "Gender": "Female", "Family": "The chief vizier (father) Dunyazad (sister)", "Children": "3 sons"} |
Souls of Mischief is a hip hop group from Oakland, California, that is also part of the hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. The Souls of Mischief formed in 1991 and is composed of rappers A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai.
History
East Oakland native Tajai began rhyming with future bandmate A-Plus at age 8, while both wer... | {"Origin": "East Oakland, California, U.S.", "Genres": "West Coast hip hop, alternative hip hop", "Labels": "Hieroglyphics Imperium, Jive/BMG", "Members": "A-Plus Phesto Opio Tajai"} |
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr. (; born July 18, 1947) is an American publishing executive and politician who is the editor-in-chief of Forbes, a business magazine. He is the son of longtime Forbes publisher Malcolm Forbes and the grandson of that publication's founder B.C. Forbes. He is an adviser at the Forbes School of... | {"Name": "Steve Forbes", "Caption": "Forbes in 2016", "Birth name": "Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr.", "Birth date": "1947 7 18 y", "Birth place": "Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.", "Party": "Republican", "Spouse(s)": "Sabina Beekman 1971", "Children": "5, including Moira", "Father": "Malcolm Forbes", "Family": "Forbes", "Re... |
A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the thirteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in the UK on 7 September 1987 by EMI and the following day in the US on Columbia. It was recorded primarily on guitarist David Gilmour's converted houseboat, Astoria.
A Momentary Lapse of Reason was the... | {"Released": "1987 09 07 y", "Recorded": "November 1986 - March 1987", "Studio": "Astoria, Mayfair, Britannia Row, and Audio International in London A&M, Village Recorders, and Can Am in Los Angeles, California Le Mobile", "Genre": "Progressive rock", "Label": "EMI\n Columbia", "Producer": "Bob Ezrin\n David Gilmour"} |
The Alcor Life Extension Foundation, most often referred to as Alcor, is an American nonprofit, federally tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization based in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Alcor advocates for, researches, and performs cryonics, the freezing of human corpses and brains in liquid nitrogen after legal death,... | {"Type": "501(c)(3)RAPID: Readiness And Procedure Innovation Deployment - Alcor", "Registration no.": "F-0715896-5", "Location": "7895 East Acoma Drive Suite 110, Scottsdale, Arizona 85260", "Coordinates": "33 37 2.52 N 111 54 39.36 W type:landmark", "Website": "alcor.org"} |
The Greatest Story Ever Told is a 1965 American epic film produced and directed by George Stevens. It is a retelling of the Biblical account about Jesus of Nazareth, from the Nativity through to the Ascension. With an ensemble cast, it is Claude Rains' final film role.
The Greatest Story Ever Told originated as a hal... | {"Directed by": "George Stevens", "Produced by": "George Stevens", "Based on": "The Greatest Story Ever Told Fulton OurslerHenry DenkerBible", "Screenplay by": "George StevensJames Lee Barrett", "Starring": "Max von SydowJosé FerrerCharlton HestonDorothy McGuire", "Music by": "Alfred Newman", "Cinematography": "Loyal G... |
Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole (May 20, 1959June 26, 1997), also called Bruddah Iz or just simply IZ, was a Hawaiian singer. He achieved commercial success outside Hawaii when his album Facing Future was released in 1993. His medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" was released on his albums Ka ʻA... | {"Name": "Israel Kamakawiwoʻole", "Caption": "Kamakawiwoʻole in 1993", "Birth name": "Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole", "Birth date": "1959 05 20", "Birth place": "Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii", "Death date": "1997 06 26 1959 05 20", "Death place": "Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.", "Occupation": "Musician singer songwriter act... |
Edward Daniel Howard (November 5, 1877 - January 2, 1983) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Auxiliary Bishop of Davenport from 1924 to 1926 and the Archbishop of Portland from 1926 to 1966. At the time of his death in 1983 he was the oldest Catholic bishop in the world.
Early life ... | {"See": "Portland", "Predecessor": "Alexander Christie", "Successor": "Robert Joseph Dwyer", "Ordination": "June 12, 1906", "Consecration": "April 8, 1924", "Other post(s)": "Auxiliary Bishop of Davenport (1924-26)", "Born": "Cresco, Iowa", "Died": "Beaverton, Oregon", "Denomination": "Roman Catholic Church"} |
The California Republic (), or Bear Flag Republic, was an unrecognized breakaway state from Mexico, that for 25 days in 1846 militarily controlled an area north of San Francisco, in and around what is now Sonoma County in California.Bancroft V: 131-144
In June 1846, thirty-three American immigrants in Alta California ... | {"Conventional long name": "California Republic", "Starting event": "Independence from Mexico declared", "Date established": "June 14,", "Event ending the country": "Occupation of Sonoma by the U.S. military", "End date": "July 9,", "Capital": "n/a", "Common languages": "Spanish, indigenous languages, and English", "Le... |
Weybridge () is a town in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England, around southwest of central London. The settlement is recorded as Waigebrugge and Weibrugge in the 7th century and the name derives from a crossing point of the River Wey, which flows into the River Thames to the north of the town centre. The earli... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census) http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk United Kingdom Census 2011 Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density 11 February 2003 Office for National Statistics 21 November 2013 11 February 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http... |
The Persians (, Persai, Latinised as Persae) is an ancient Greek tragedy written during the Classical period of Ancient Greece by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. It is the second and only surviving part of a now otherwise lost trilogy that won the first prize at the dramatic competitions in Athens' City Dionysia festiva... | {"Written by": "Aeschylus", "Chorus": "Persian Elders", "Characters": "AtossaMessengerGhost of DariusXerxes", "Setting": "Susa", "Date premiered": "472 BC", "Place premiered": "Athens", "Original language": "Ancient Greek"} |
Mary Joe Matalin (born August 19, 1953) is an American political consultant well known for her work with the Republican Party. She has served under President Ronald Reagan, was campaign director for George H. W. Bush, was an assistant to President George W. Bush, and counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney until 2003. ... | {"Name": "Mary Matalin", "Caption": "Matalin in 2011", "Birth name": "Mary Joe Matalin", "Birth date": "1953 8 19", "Birth place": "Burnham, Illinois, U.S.", "Party": "Republican (before 2016) Libertarian (since 2016)", "Spouse(s)": "James Carville November 25, 1993", "Education": "Western Illinois University (BA) Hofs... |
Angel Airlines was a private airline with its base at Băneasa Airport (the capital's second airport), Bucharest, Romania. It operated domestically, to main cities in Romania.
History
Angel Airlines was founded in August 2001, first flying from Bucharest to Baia Mare and Iași. It was founded as a result of Romania's ra... | {"Airline name": "Angel Airlines", "Current Fleet Size": "2", "Number of Destinations": "11", "IATA Designator": "8K", "ICAO Designator": "KOZ", "Callsign": "ANGEL WINGS", "Founded": "2001", "Ceased operations": "2004", "Headquarters": "Bucharest, Romania", "Major hubs": "Băneasa Airport"} |
Gideon Algernon Mantell MRCS FRS (3 February 1790 - 10 November 1852) was an English obstetrician, geologist and palaeontologist. His attempts to reconstruct the structure and life of Iguanodon began the scientific study of dinosaurs: in 1822 he was responsible for the discovery (and the eventual identification) of the... | {"Name": "Gideon Mantell", "Birth date": "yes 1790 2 3", "Birth place": "Lewes, Sussex, England", "Death date": "yes 1852 11 10 1790 2 3", "Death place": "London, England", "Occupation": "Surgeon, palaeontologist", "Known For": "Describing Iguanodon", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Ann Mantell", "Awards": "Wollaston Medal (1835)Ro... |
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Naim bey Frashëri, more commonly Naim Frashëri (; ; 25 May 184620 October 1900), was an Albanian historian, journalist, poet, rilindas and translator who was proclaimed as the national poet of Albania. He is regarded as a pioneer of modern Albanian literature and one of the most influential Albanian cultural icons of t... | {"Born": "y 1846 5 25", "Died": "y 1900 10 20 1846 5 25", "Occupation": "Educator historian journalist poet politician rilindas translator writer", "Language": "Albanian Greek Ottoman Turkish Persian", "Alma mater": "Zosimaia School", "Literary movement": "Albanian Renaissance", "Relatives": "Abdyl Frashëri (brother) S... |
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (, abbreviated FMLN) is a Salvadoran political party and former guerrilla rebel group.
The FMLN was formed as an umbrella group on 10 October 1980, from five leftist guerrilla organizations; the Farabundo Martí Popular Liberation Forces (FPL), the People's Revolutionary Ar... | {"Abbreviation": "FMLN", "Founded": "1980 10 10 y", "Registered": "1992 12 14 y", "Merger of": "FPL\n ERP\n National Resistance\n Communist Party\n PRTC", "Headquarters": "27 Calle Poniente N. 1316. Colonia Layco, San Salvador, El Salvador", "Newspaper": "Frente", "Ideology": "Socialism of the 21st centuryAugust 2022\n... |
The Bucharest Metro () is an underground rapid transit system that serves Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It first opened for service on 16 November 1979. The network is run by Metrorex. One of two parts of the larger Bucharest public transport network, Metrorex has an average of approximately 720,000 passenger trip... | {"Name": "Bucharest Metro", "Size of first image": "150px", "Size of second image": "250px", "Second image caption": "Metro train at Eroilor in 2022", "Native name": "Metroul București", "Locale": "Bucharest, Romania", "Transit type(s)": "Rapid transit", "Number of lines/routes": "5", "Line/Route number(s)": "M1, M2, M... |
Versatile Real-Time Executive (VRTX) is a real-time operating system (RTOS) developed and marketed by the company Mentor Graphics. VRTX is suitable for both traditional board-based embedded systems and system on a chip (SoC) architectures. It has been superseded by the Nucleus RTOS.https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/te... | {"Developer": "Hunter & ReadyReady SystemsMicrotec ResearchMentor Graphics", "Kernel": "Real-time", "Platforms": "Z8002, i8086, i80186, ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, SPARC, RISC, M68K, AMD29K, i960, M88K, i860, i80386, CPU32, StrongARM", "OS family": "Real-time operating systems", "Initial release": "1981", "Marketing target": "... |
David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and commanded Apollo 15, the fourth lunar landing; he is one of four surviving Moon wal... | {"Rank": "Colonel, United States Air Force", "Selection": "1963 NASA Group 3", "Missions": "Gemini 8 Apollo 9 Apollo 15", "Retirement": "September 30, 1977"} |
Assassination Tango is a 2002 American crime thriller film written, produced, directed by, and starring Robert Duvall. Other actors include Rubén Blades, Kathy Baker and Duvall's Argentine wife, Luciana Pedraza. Francis Ford Coppola was one of the executive producers.
The film centers on the life of a hitman who trave... | {"Directed by": "Robert Duvall", "Produced by": "Rob CarlinerRobert Duvall", "Screenplay by": "Robert Duvall", "Starring": "Robert DuvallRubén BladesKathy BakerLuciana Pedraza", "Music by": "Luis Enríquez Bacalov", "Cinematography": "Félix Monti", "Edited by": "Stephen Mack", "Distributed by": "MGM Distribution Co.", "... |
Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I (), also known as Pacal or Pacal the Great (March 24, 603 - August 29, 683),In the Maya calendar: born 9.8.9.13.0, 8 Ajaw 13 Pop; died 9.12.11.5.18, 6 Etzʼnab 11 Yax (Tiesler & Cucina 2004, p. 40). was ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque in the Late Classic period of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica... | {"Father": "Kʼan Moʼ Hiix", "Mother": "Sak Kʼukʼ", "Born": "Palenque (now in Chiapas, Mexico)", "Died": "Palenque", "Burial": "Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque", "Religion": "Maya religion"} |
Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 - 26 September 2003) was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful, soulful voice and sartorial elegance, and for his stylistic explorations, combining soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, reggae, and blues. While his "four-decade career incorporated every genre of mus... | {"Born": "Batley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Died": "Paris, France", "Genres": "Rock pop blue-eyed soul hard rock blues rock", "Labels": "Island EMI", "Formerly of": "Vinegar Joe The Power Station"} |
RadioShack (formerly written as Radio Shack) is an American electronics retailer founded in 1921. It was initially established as an amateur radio mail-order business centered in Boston, Massachusetts. Its parent company, Radio Shack Corporation, was purchased by Tandy Corporation in 1962, shifting its focus from radio... | {"Founded": "1921Boston, Massachusetts, US", "Headquarters": "Fort Worth, Texas, US", "Industry": "E-commerce, retail", "Products": "Consumer electronics", "Website": "https://radioshack.com", "Formerly": "Radio Shack Corporation (1921-1962)Tandy Corporation (1962-2000)RadioShack Corporation (2000-2015)General Wireless... |
Vacuum Diagrams is a collection of science fiction short stories by British writer Stephen Baxter. The collection connects the novels of the Xeelee Sequence and also shows the history of mankind in the Xeelee universe, and ultimately the universe. While each short story in the collection is self-contained, the stories... | {"Cover artist": "Chris Moore", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "Xeelee Sequence", "Published": "1997 (Voyager/UK)", "Media type": "Print (Paperback)", "ISBN": "0-00-225425-5", "Preceded by": "Ring", "Followed by": "Reality Dust"} |
Mailly-Champagne () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.
Population (2017): 661. Inhabitant Name: maillotin(e).
Mailly-Champagne is a small village inserted in Champagne vineyard on the north of the Montagne de Reims, 8 km south of Reims, and on the north of Épernay.
Champagne
Mailly is know... | {"Name": "Mailly-Champagne", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Mailly-Champagne - mairie.JPG", "Caption": "The town hall in Mailly-Champagne", "Arrondissement": "Reims", "Canton": "Mourmelon-Vesle et Monts de Champagne", "Postal code": "51500", "Mayor": "Michel HutasseRépertoire national des élus: les maires https... |
Searchlight is a British magazine, founded in 1975 by Gerry Gable, which publishes exposés about racism, antisemitism and fascism in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
Searchlight'''s main focus is on the far right in the United Kingdom, as well as covering similar entities in other countries. The magazine is published... | {"Frequency": "Monthly", "Language": "English", "Categories": "Politics", "Publisher": "Gerry Gable", "Founded": "1975 02", "Company": "Searchlight Magazine Ltd", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Based in": "London", "ISSN": "0262-4591", "Website": "http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/ searchlightmagazine.com"} |
() is the martial art of stick fighting using a bō, which is the Japanese word for staff.The Evolution of Classical JojutsuSticks and Stones Will Break Your Bones: A Look at Jo and Bo Staffs have been in use for thousands of years in Asian martial arts like Silambam. Some techniques involve slashing, swinging, and stab... | {"Also known as": "Art of The Staff", "Focus": "Weaponry", "Country of origin": "Ryūkyū KingdomJapan", "Creator": "Various", "Olympic sport": "No"} |
Choe Sejin (, [t͡ɕʰwe̞ sʰed͡ʑin]; 1465 – February 10, 1542) was a Korean linguist, and a translator and interpreter of the Chinese language during the Joseon Dynasty. He is of the Goesan Choe clan and his courtesy name was Gongseo (공서; 公瑞). He is widely known for his research with the Korean hangul letters, and compara... | {"Name": "Choe Sejin", "Native name": "최세진 (崔世珍)", "Native name pronunciation": "Ch'oe Se(-)jin", "Birth date": "1465 \n(Seoul, Korea)", "Death date": "February 10, 1542 (aged 77)\nSeoul, Korea", "Nationality": "Korean", "Occupation": "Translator, interpreter, linguist", "Known For": "Translation of Chinese texts; Comp... |
The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c 9) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the laws on granting of planning permission for building works, notably including those of the listed building system in England and Wales.
Secondary Legislation
The Planning (Listed B... | {"Short title": "The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 94(1) of this Act.", "Type": "Act", "Parliament": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Long title": "An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to special controls... |
Anne Catherine Emmerich (also Anna Katharina Emmerick; 8 September 1774 - 9 February 1824) was a Roman Catholic Augustinian Canoness Regular of Windesheim, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist.
She was born in Flamschen, a farming community at Coesfeld, in the Diocese of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, and ... | {"Born": "Flamschen, Coesfeld, Prince-Bishopric of Münster, Holy Roman Empire", "Died": "Dülmen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation", "Feast": "9 February", "Beatified": "Pope John Paul II", "Attributes": "Bedridden with bandaged head and holding a crucifix"} |
Mijailo Mijailović (; born 6 December 1978) is the self-confessed and convicted assassin of the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh, whom he stabbed on 10 September 2003 at the NK department store in Stockholm. Lindh died early the following day after unsuccessful surgical treatment to try to save her life.... | {"Name": "Mijailo Mijailović", "Caption": "Surveillance photo of Mijailović at crime scene", "Birth date": "1978 12 6 y", "Birth place": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Nationality": "Serbian, formerly also Swedish (renounced)", "Criminal charge(s)": "Murder", "Criminal penalty": "Life imprisonment", "Criminal status": "Imprison... |
Hutton Peter Gibson (August 26, 1918 - May 11, 2020) was an American writer on sedevacantism, a World War II veteran, the 1968 Jeopardy! grand champion and the father of 11 children, one of whom is the actor and director Mel Gibson.
Gibson was an outspoken critic both of the post-Vatican II Roman Catholic Church and o... | {"Name": "Hutton Gibson", "Birth date": "1918 8 26", "Birth place": "Peekskill, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2020 05 11 1918 8 26", "Death place": "Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Anne Patricia Reilly May 1, 1942 December 1990 d Teddy Joye Hicks January 2002 2013 div", "Occupation": "Writer", "Childr... |
During most of the Joseon Dynasty, Korea was divided into eight provinces (do; ; ). The eight provinces' boundaries remained unchanged for about 480 years from 1413 to 1895, and formed a geographic paradigm that is still reflected today in the Korean Peninsula's administrative divisions, dialects, and regional distinc... | {"Title": "Eight Provinces", "Hangul name": "팔도", "Hanja": "八道", "Revised Romanization": "Paldo", "McCune-Reischauer": "P'alto"} |
Kirstie Louise Alley (January 12, 1951 - December 5, 2022) was an American actress. Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom Cheers (1987-1993), for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991. From 1997 to 2000, she starred as the lead in the sitcom Veronica's Closet, earning additional ... | {"Name": "Kirstie Alley", "Caption": "Alley at the 46th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1994", "Birth name": "Kirstie Louise Alley", "Birth date": "1951 01 12", "Birth place": "Wichita, Kansas, U.S.", "Death date": "2022 12 05 1951 01 12 yes", "Death place": "Clearwater, Florida, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress television perso... |
Toussaint Charbonneau (March 20, 1767 – August 12, 1843) was a Canadian-born explorer, fur trapper and merchant who is best known for his role in the Lewis and Clark Expedition as the husband of Sacagawea.
Early years
Charbonneau was born in Boucherville, Québec (near Montréal) around 1759 or 1767.Dates and locations ... | {"Name": "Toussaint Charbonneau", "Birth date": "1767 03 22February 2021", "Birth place": "Boucherville, Quebec", "Death date": "1843 08 12 1767 03 20February 2021", "Death place": "Fort Mandan, Dakota Territory", "Occupation": "Explorer, fur trapper", "Spouse(s)": "Sacagawea, Otter Woman", "Children": "Jean Baptiste C... |
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (21 June 1845 - 9 August 1920) was an Australian judge and politician who served as the inaugural Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1903 to 1919. He also served a term as Chief Justice of Queensland and two terms as Premier of Queensland, and played a key role in the drafting of the... | {"Term start": "5 October 1903", "Term end": "17 October 1919", "Office 2": "3rd Chief Justice of Queensland", "Nominator 2": "Sir Thomas McIlwraith", "Predecessor 2": "Sir Charles Lilley", "Successor 2": "Pope Cooper", "Birth date": "1845 6 21 y", "Birth place": "Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales", "Death date": "1920 ... |
André-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus (22 June or 26 June 165329 January 1743) was a French cardinal who served as the chief minister of Louis XV.
Life and government
He was born in Lodève, Hérault, the son of a tax farmer of a noble family. He was sent to Paris as a child to be educated by the Jesuits in philosop... | {"Archdiocese": "Aix", "Diocese": "Fréjus", "Predecessor": "Louis d'Aquin", "Successor": "Pierre de Castellane", "Other post(s)": "Cardinal-priest; no title assigned", "Ordination": "1679", "Consecration": "Louis Antoine de Noailles", "Created cardinal": "Pope Benedict XIII", "Rank": "Cardinal-priest", "Born": "Lodève,... |
Locomotive Basic is a proprietary dialect of the BASIC programming language written by Locomotive Software on the Amstrad CPC (where it was built-in on ROM) and the later Locomotive BASIC-2 as a GEM application on the Amstrad PC1512 and 1640. It was the main descendant of Mallard BASIC, the interpreter for CP/M supplie... | {"Name": "Locomotive BASIC", "Logo": "180px", "Initial release date": "1984", "Influenced by": "Mallard BASIC BBC BASIC", "Operating system": "AMSDOS", "License": "Proprietary"} |
MSX BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language. It is an extended version of Microsoft's MBASIC Version 4.5, adding support for graphic, music, and various peripherals attached to MSX microcomputers. Generally, MSX BASIC is designed to follow GW-BASIC, released the same year for IBM PCs and clones. During the... | {"Name": "MSX BASIC", "Paradigm": "imperative", "Initial release date": "1983", "Developer": "Microsoft Corporation", "Latest release version": "4.1", "Influenced by": "GW-BASIC", "Influenced": "Vilnius BASIC", "Operating system": "Optional; Any suitable OS is O.K.", "License": "MS-EULA", "Website": "www.microsoft.com"... |
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Lucy Cavendish College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
The college is named in honour of Lucy Cavendish (1841-1925), who campaigned for the reform of women's education.
History
The college was founded in 1965 by female academics of... | {"Abbreviation": "LCUniversity of Cambridge University of Cambridge 6 March 2019 Notice by the Editor https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2018-19/special/05/section1.shtml Cambridge University Reporter 149 Special No 5 1 20 March 2019", "Established": "1965", "Location": "Lady Margaret Road (map)", "Gender": ... |
The Joe Schmo Show is a reality television hoax show created by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. The series was broadcast in the U.S. on the cable network Spike. The show's premise is that a target person or people are led to believe that they are contestants on a reality television show; in reality, all of the other par... | {"Genre": "Reality television hoax", "Created by": "Paul WernickRhett Reese", "Starring": "Ralph Garman", "Country of origin": "United States", "Camera setup": "Multi camera", "Running time": "60 minutes", "Original network": "Spike", "Original release": "2013 3 5"} |
The prime minister of Croatia, officially the president of the government of the Republic of Croatia (), is Croatia's head of government, and is de facto the most powerful and influential state officeholder in the Croatian system of government. Following the first-time establishment of the office in 1945, the 1990-2000... | {"Post": "President of the Government", "Body": "the Republic of Croatia", "Native name": "Predsjednik Vlade Republike Hrvatske", "Insignia image": "Zastava predsjednika Vlade RH.svgborder", "Insignia size": "130px", "Insignia caption": "Flag of the president of the Croatian government", "Incumbent": "Andrej Plenković"... |
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Spondon is a ward of the city of Derby, England. Originally a small village, Spondon dates back to the Domesday Book and it became heavily industrialised in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with companies ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "UK Parliament": "Mid Derbyshire", "Postcode district": "DE", "OS grid reference": "SK403360", "Unitary authority": "Derby", "Ceremonial county": "Derbyshire"} |
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Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War published in 1883. It is also a travel book, recounting his trips on the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans and then from New Orleans to Saint Paul many years after the ... | {"Country": "United States and England", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "James R. Osgood & Co., Boston (U.S. edition)Chatto & Windus, London (English edition)", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "624 Facsimile of the original 1st edition.", "Preceded by": "The Prince and the Pauper", "Followed by": "Adventures of Hu... |
Harper's Bazaar is an American monthly women's fashion magazine. It was first published in New York City on November 2, 1867, as the weekly Harper's Bazar. Harper's Bazaar is published by Hearst and considers itself to be the style resource for "women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture". Since it... | {"Language": "English", "Categories": "Fashion", "Frequency": "Monthly", "Publisher": "1867-1913, Harper & Brothers", "Company": "Hearst Magazines", "Founded": "1867 11 2, New York City", "First issue": "1867 11 2, New York City", "Country": "United States", "Based in": "New York City", "Website": "harpersbazaar.com", ... |
William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (August 29, 1805April 29, 1877) was an American newspaper publisher, Methodist minister, book author, prisoner of war, lecturer, and politician who served as the 17th Governor of Tennessee from 1865 to 1869 and as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1869 to 1875. Brownlow rose... | {"Name": "Parson Brownlow", "Image size": "150px", "Term start": "April 5, 1865", "Term end": "February 25, 1869", "Office 2": "United States Senator from Tennessee", "Predecessor 2": "David T. Patterson", "Successor 2": "Andrew Johnson", "Birth name": "William Gannaway Brownlow", "Birth date": "1805 8 29", "Birth plac... |
thumb|A section of the Intracoastal Waterway in Pamlico County, North Carolina, crossed by the Hobucken Bridge
The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the souther... | {"Country": "United States", "Length": "3000", "Date completed": "1949 6 18", "Branch(es)": "Gulf Intracoastal Waterway", "Connects to": "Atlantic portionGulf portion", "Start point": "Annisquam River", "End point": "Brownsville, Texas"} |
The Whig was a polemical American newspaper published and edited by William G. "Parson" Brownlow (1805–1877) in the mid-nineteenth century. As its name implies, the paper's primary purpose was the promotion and defense of Whig Party political figures and ideals. In the years leading up to the Civil War, the Whig beca... | {"Type": "Weekly newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Founder(s)": "William G. BrownlowMason R. Lyon", "Publisher": "William G. Brownlow(1840 – 1869);Mason R. Lyon(1839–1840);\"About Knoxville weekly Whig. (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1869-1870\", Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress. Retrieved... |
Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) are a federation of U.S. and Canadian non-profit organizations that employ grassroots organizing and direct advocacy on issues such as consumer protection, public health and transportation. The PIRGs are closely affiliated with the Fund for the Public Interest, which conducts fu... | {"Named after": "Standing up to powerful interests", "Type": "Advocacy organization", "Location": "United States", "Website": "https://uspirg.org/"} |
Margaret Clap (died c. 1726), better known as Mother Clap, ran a coffee house from 1724 to 1726 in Holborn, Middlesex, a short distance from the City of London. As well as running a molly house (an inn or tavern primarily frequented by homosexual men), she was heavily involved in the ensuing legal battles after her pre... | {"Name": "Margaret Clap", "Death date": "circa 1726", "Nationality": "English", "Other names": "Mother Clap", "Known For": "Running a popular molly house in the early 18th century", "Occupation": "Coffee house operator"} |
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It is a navigable inland waterway running approximately from Saint Marks, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas.
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Kaseya Center (formerly American Airlines Arena, FTX Arena, and Miami-Dade Arena) is a multi-purpose arena located along Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida a... | {"Public transit": "miami Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre\nbrightline MiamiCentralmiami metromover Freedom Towermiami metromover Park West", "Former names": "American Airlines Arena (1999-2021)FTX Arena (2021-2023)Miami-Dade Arena (2023)", "Location": "Miami, Florida, U.S.", "Coordinates": "25 46 53 N 80 11 17 W type:l... |
Danger Mouse is a British animated television series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television. It features the eponymous Danger Mouse who worked as a secret agent and is a parody of British spy fiction, particularly the Danger Man series and James Bond. It originally ran from 28 September 1981 to 19 March ... | {"Genre": "Action Adventure Comedy Spy-Fi", "Running time": "5-22 minutes", "Created by": "Brian Cosgrove Mark Hall", "Voices of": "David Jason\n Terry Scott\n Edward Kelsey\n Brian Trueman\n Jimmy Hibbert", "Narrated by": "David Jason", "Opening theme": "\"Danger Mouse\" by Mike Harding", "Ending theme": "\"Danger Mou... |
Adrian Mutu (; born 8 January 1979) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is in charge of Azerbaijan Premier League club Neftchi Baku. During his playing career, he was deployed as a forward or an attacking midfielder.
Mutu started his career playing two years for Argeș Pitești and half a ... | {"Name": "Adrian Mutu", "Picture caption": "Mutu playing for Fiorentina in 2007", "Birth date": "yes 1979 1 814348 29 November 2017", "Birth place": "Călinești, Romania", "Height": "1.81 m", "Position": "Forward, attacking midfielder", "Current club": "Neftchi Baku (head coach)", "Youth club 1 years": "1987-1996", "You... |
Vladimir Viktorovich Smirnov (, ; 20 May 1954 - 29 July 1982) was a Ukrainian SSR Soviet foil and épée fencer. He was the 1980 Olympic champion in men's foil, and the 1981 world champion in men's foil. He was killed accidentally in a bout during the 1982 World Fencing Championships in Rome, Italy,
Early life
Smirnov w... | {"Name": "Vladimir Viktorovich Smirnov", "Image caption": "Tombstone of Vladimir Smirnov on his grave", "Birth name": "Влади́мир Ви́кторович Смирно́в", "Birth date": "1954 5 20 yes", "Place of birth": "Rubizhne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union", "Death date": "1982 7 29 1954 5 20 yeshttps://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/29/sport... |
Narnia is a fantasy world created by C. S. Lewis as the primary location for his series of seven fantasy novels for children, The Chronicles of Narnia. The world is named after the country of Narnia, where much of the Chronicles takes place.
In Narnia, some animals talk, mythical beasts abound, and magic is common. Th... | {"Created by": "C. S. Lewis", "Genre": "Juvenile fantasy", "Type": "Fantasy world", "Ethnic group(s)": "Narnians, Wild Westerners, Telmarines, Western Islanders (possibly), Archenlanders, Calormenes, Southerners (speculated), Ettinsmoorish, Northerners, Underlanders, Bismites, Merpeople, Galmanes, Terabithians, Seven I... |
Armando Giovanni Iannucci (; born 28 November 1963) is a Scottish satirist, writer, director, producer, performer and panellist. Born in Glasgow to Italian parents, Iannucci studied at the University of Glasgow followed by the University of Oxford. Starting on BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4, his early work with Chris M... | {"Name": "Armando Iannucci", "Post-nominals": "UK 100% OBE", "Caption": "Iannucci in 2017", "Birth name": "Armando Giovanni Iannucci", "Birth date": "yes 1963 11 28", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Alma mater": "University of GlasgowUniversity College, Oxford", "Module": "yes\n Sitcom, political satire\n Televi... |
The Day Today is a British comedy television show that parodies television news and current affairs programmes, broadcast from 19 January to 23 February 1994 on BBC2. It was created by Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris and is an adaptation of the radio programme On the Hour, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 9... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Created by": "Chris Morris\n Armando Iannucci", "Directed by": "Andrew Gillman", "Starring": "Chris Morris\n Steve Coogan\n Rebecca Front\n Doon Mackichan\n Patrick Marber\n David Schneider", "Narrated by": "Michael Alexander St John", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original net... |
On the Hour was a British radio programme that parodied current affairs broadcasting, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1991 and 1992. Written by Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Steven Wells, Andrew Glover, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring and David Quantick, On the Hour starred Morris as the overzealous and self-important ... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Home station": "BBC Radio 4", "Hosted by": "Christopher Morris", "Original release": "1992", "No. of series": "2", "No. of episodes": "12"} |
Betty Hutton (born Elizabeth June Thornburg; February 26, 1921 - March 12, 2007)
was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedian, dancer, and singer. She rose to fame in the 1940s as a contract player for Paramount Pictures, appearing primarily in musicals, and became one of the studio's most valuable sta... | {"Name": "Betty Hutton", "Caption": "Hutton 1945", "Birth name": "Elizabeth June Thornburg", "Birth date": "1921 02 26 y", "Birth place": "Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.", "Death date": "2007 03 12 1921 02 26 y", "Death place": "Palm Springs, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Desert Memorial Park", "Alma mater": "Sal... |
Merseyrail is a metro railway system serving the Liverpool City Region and adjacent areas of Cheshire and Lancashire. Merseyrail operates 66 railway stations across two lines - the Northern Line and the Wirral Line, which are dedicated electrified lines converging into underground sections in the centres of Liverpool ... | {"Owner(s)": "Merseytravel, Network Rail", "Area(s) served": "Liverpool City Region and surrounding areas", "Locale": "Liverpool City Region (Merseyside and Halton) Cheshire Lancashire", "Transit type(s)": "Metro railway", "Number of stations/stops": "68 (66 managed)", "Annual ridership": "2019: 30.6million 2020: 9.0mi... |
Russell William Thaw (October 25, 1910 – May 6, 1984) was an American airplane pilot. While working as the chief pilot for the Guggenheim family, he was sponsored for air races and excursions. He served during World War II in the United States Army Air Force, and later became a test pilot for the Douglas Aircraft Compa... | {"Name": "Russell Thaw", "Birth date": "1910 10 25", "Birth place": "Berlin, Germany", "Death date": "1984 5 6 1910 10 25", "Death place": "Santa Barbara, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Katherine Emily Roberts 1936 1941 div Barbara Hall 1943", "Children": "3", "Parent(s)": "Harry Kendall Thaw Evelyn Nesbit"} |
James William Johnson (born July 16, 1943) is an American sports analyst and former football coach. Johnson served as a head football coach on the collegiate level from 1979 to 1988 and in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. He is the first head football coach to win both a college football national ch... | {"Born:": "Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.", "High school:": "Thomas Jefferson(Port Arthur, Texas)", "College:": "Arkansas", "Undrafted:": "1965"} |
Isoflurane, sold under the brand name Forane among others, is a general anesthetic. It can be used to start or maintain anesthesia; however, other medications are often used to start anesthesia, due to airway irritation with isoflurane. Isoflurane is given via inhalation.
Side effects of isoflurane include a decreased... | {"Trade name": "Forane, others", "AHFS": "pro isoflurane", "Pregnancycategory": "Isoflurane Use During Pregnancy Drugs.com 2 September 2020 https://www.drugs.com/pregnancy/isoflurane.html 9 September 2020", "Routes ofadministration": "Inhalation", "IUPHAR/BPS": "2505"} |
Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky (January 8, 1986 - September 8, 2003) was a Canadian actress who played the title character on Caillou and Megan O'Connor on 15/Love.
Early life
Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky was born on January 8, 1986, at the Jewish General Hospital to Jewish parents, Terry (née Weiner) and Larry Linetsky. She... | {"Name": "Jaclyn Linetsky", "Birth name": "Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky", "Birth date": "1986 01 08", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Death date": "2003 09 08 1986 01 08", "Death place": "Saint-Césaire, Quebec, Canada", "Death cause": "Traffic collision", "Resting place": "Kehal Israel Memorial Cemetery, Dollar... |
John Leonard Hines (May 21, 1868 - October 13, 1968) was an American general who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1924 to 1926.
Early career
Hines was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, to Irish parents, Edward and Mary. Having won a competitive examination for a congressional appoint... | {"Born": "White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States", "Died": "Washington, D.C., United States", "Allegiance": "United States 1912", "Commands held": "Philippine DepartmentIX Corps AreaChief of Staff of the United States ArmyVIII Corps Area2nd Division5th DivisionIII Corps4th Division1st Brigade", "Awards": "... |
John Ellis Wool (February 20, 1784 - November 10, 1869) was an officer in the United States Army during three consecutive U.S. wars: the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. He also participated in the Rogue River Indian War and the Trail of Tears ethnic cleansing of Native Americans. By th... | {"Born": "Newburgh, New York", "Died": "Troy, New York", "Allegiance": "United States of AmericaUnion", "Commands held": "Department of the EastDepartment of the PacificDepartment of VirginiaVIII Corps"} |
Anthony Drew Dorsett Sr. (born April 7, 1954) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos.
Raised in western Pennsylvania, Dorsett attended the nearby University of Pittsburgh, where he led the Panthers to the... | {"Born:": "Rochester, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Height:": "11", "Weight:": "192", "NFL Draft:": "2", "High school:": "Hopewell(Aliquippa, Pennsylvania)", "College:": "Pittsburgh (1973-1976)"} |
Albert Jean Amateau (April 20, 1889 - February 9, 1996) was a Turkish rabbi, businessman, lawyer, social activist, and denier of the Armenian genocide.
Early years
Born a Sephardic Jew in Milas, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey), Amateau attended the American International College in İzmir (Smyrna), Turkey. He emigrated to... | {"Name": "Albert Jean Amateau", "Birth date": "1889 4 20", "Birth place": "Milas, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey)", "Death date": "1996 2 9 1889 4 20", "Death place": "Santa Rosa, California, U.S.", "Nationality": "Turkish", "Known For": "Activism", "Occupation": "Rabbi, lawyer"} |
The News Quiz is a British topical panel game broadcast on BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 1977. The show, created by John Lloyd from an idea by Nicholas Parsons, has seen several hosts, including Barry Norman, Barry Took, Simon Hoggart, Sandi Toksvig, and Miles Jupp. Andy Zaltzman was announced as the permanent host a... | {"Genre": "Panel game", "Running time": "19:00", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Language(s)": "English", "Home station": "BBC Radio 4", "Syndicates": "BBC Radio 4 Extra", "Hosted by": "Barry Norman (Series 1-2) Barry Took (Series 3-5 & 13-35) Simon Hoggart (Series 5-13 & 36-59) Sandi Toksvig (Series 60-88) Mil... |
Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Stockton-on-Tees unitary authority borough of County Durham, England. With a population of 84,815 in the 2021 UK census. It is part of the Teesside and the devolved Tees Valley area, on the northern banks of the River Tees.
The Tees was st... | {"Population": "84,815", "Unitary authority": "Stockton-on-Tees", "Ceremonial county": "County Durham", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Stockton South", "Postcode district": "TS", "Dialling code": "01642", "OS grid reference": "NZ440200"} |
The University of Nebraska system is the public university system of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Founded in 1869 with one campus in Lincoln, the system has four university campuses, a two-year technical agriculture college, and a high school.
Schools
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is the state's flagship, land-gr... | {"Motto": "Literis Dedicata et Omnibus Artibus", "Type": "Public university system", "Budget": "$2.65 billion (FY 2019)https://nebraska.edu/docs/budget/GOB_2019.pdf PDF University of Nebraska : 2019 Budget Nebraska.edu 20 May 2019", "President": "Ted Carter", "Students": "51,835http://webapp.nebraska.edu/public-factboo... |
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama, US. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second-largest university in Alabama. It is one of the state's two flagship public univers... | {"Motto": "\"Research, Instruction, Extension\"\"For the Advancement of Science and Arts\"", "Type": "Public land-grant research university", "Endowment": "$1.05 billion (2021)As of December 2021. https://auburngiving.org/wp-content/uploads/AUF_AR_FY21.pdf Fiscal Year 2021 Endowment Market Value National Association o... |
The Minnesota Fighting Pike were an Arena football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They joined the Arena Football League (AFL) in 1996 as an expansion team. The Fighting Pike were the first ever attempt at an arena/indoor football team in the state of Minnesota. The owner of the Fighting Pike was Tom Scallen. The... | {"Team colors": "Green, gold, white#003431 #B1946C white", "Head coach": "Ray Jauch", "Owner(s)": "Tom Scallen", "President": "Tom Scallen"} |
Charles II (9 November 1467 - 30 June 1538) was a member of the House of Egmond who ruled as Duke of Guelders and Count of Zutphen from 1492 until his death. He was the son of Adolf of Egmond and Catharine of Bourbon. He had a principal role in the Frisian peasant rebellion and the Guelders Wars.
Life
Charles was born... | {"Image caption": "Charles II, Duke of Guelders", "Father": "Adolf of Egmond", "Mother": "Catharine of Bourbon", "Birth date": "9 November 1467", "Birth place": "Grave, Netherlands", "Death date": "1538 6 30 1467 11 9 yes", "Death place": "Arnhem"} |
The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama as well as the University of Alabama System. It is cl... | {"Motto": "\"The Capstone of Higher Education\"https://www.ua.edu/ The University of Alabama www.ua.edu August 9, 2015 August 9, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150809032150/http://www.ua.edu/ live", "Type": "Public research university", "Endowment": "$1.09 billion (2022)As of September 30, 2021. https://thecrimsonw... |
The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected for four-year terms. To qualify as a member of the House candidates must be at ... | {"Type": "Lower house", "Authority": "Article IV, Mississippi Constitution", "Salary": "$10,000/year + per diem", "Seats": "122", "Redistricting": "Legislative Control"} |
Marie-Antoine Carême (; 8 June 1783 or 178412 January 1833), known as Antonin Carême, was a leading French chef of the early 19th century.
Carême was born in Paris to a poor family and, when still a child, worked in a cheap restaurant. Later he became an apprentice to a leading Parisian pâtissier and quickly became k... | {"Name": "Antonin Carême", "Alt": "head and shoulders painting of a youngish white man, clean shaven, with short dark hair, in early 19th-century clothes.", "Caption": "Carême, by Charles de Steuben", "Birth name": "Marie-Antoine Carême", "Birth date": "8 June 1783 or 1784n dob", "Birth place": "Paris", "Death date": "... |
Gilbert Lewis (April 6, 1936 – May 7, 2015) was an American actor who is best known for playing The King of Cartoons in the first season of the 1986 children's show, Pee-wee's Playhouse. Lewis played the King of Cartoons in thirteen episodes before being replaced by actor William Marshall. He also made guest appearance... | {"Birth date": "1936 4 6", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "2015 5 7 1936 4 6", "Death place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1970-1995"} |
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, he debuted in the comic book Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). By the time of his creation there was already another... | {"Species": "Human Mutant", "Place of origin": "Bavaria, Germany", "Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Created by": "Len Wein (writer)Dave Cockrum (artist)", "Team affiliations": "X-MenExcaliburQuiet Council of Krakoa", "Abilities": "Teleportation\n Enhanced agility, flexibility, and night vision\n Prehensile tail\n Ability... |
Maja Tatić () (born 30 October 1970 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian Bosnian singer. She represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest.
At the age of seven, she appeared in a children's contest and started her professional career as a singer when she was 17. Tatić sang in bands such a... | {"Born": "30 October 1970", "Origin": "Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia", "Genres": "pop music", "Website": "https://web.archive.org/web/20070523170903/http://www.majatatic.net/"} |
Orthomolecular medicine is a form of alternative medicine that aims to maintain human health through nutritional supplementation. The concept builds on the idea of an optimal nutritional environment in the body and suggests that diseases reflect deficiencies in this environment. Treatment for disease, according to this... | {"Name": "Orthomolecular medicine", "Claims": "Health effects of dietary supplements, particularly vitamin megadoses.", "Related fields": "Naturopathy", "Original proponents": "Linus Pauling (coined term)", "MeSH": "D009974"} |
Charles Moss Duke Jr. (born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot. As Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the 10th and youngest person to walk on the Moon, at age 36 years and 201 days. Duke remains the youngest person to walk on the Moon.... | {"Rank": "USAFO7 25 Brigadier general,United States Air Force 23px", "Selection": "1966 NASA Group 5", "Missions": "Apollo 16", "Retirement": "January 1, 1976"} |
Vesna Pisarović (born 9 April 1978) is a Croatian pop and jazz singer.
Life and career
1978-1999: Early life
Pisarović was born in Brčko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia and grew up in Požega, SR Croatia, a part of the same country until she was 13. From her earliest childhood she attended a music school, w... | {"Born": "Brčko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia", "Origin": "Croatia", "Genres": "Pop, Teen pop 1997-2006Jazz 2012-present", "Spouse(s)": "Ozren Pupovac 2009"} |
Seagate Technology Holdings plc is an American data storage company. It was incorporated in 1978 as Shugart Technology and commenced business in 1979. Since 2010, the company has been incorporated in Dublin, Ireland, with operational headquarters in Fremont, California, United States.
Seagate developed the first 5.25-... | {"Type": "Public limited company", "Industry": "Computer storage", "Founded": "1979 11 1 (as Shugart Technology)", "Headquarters": "Fremont, California, United States (operational)Dublin, Ireland (legal domicile)", "Products": "Hard disk drives hybrid drives solid-state drives", "Revenue": "7.38 billion yes (2023)", ... |
Winchester rifle is a comprehensive term describing a series of lever action repeating rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Developed from the 1860 Henry rifle, Winchester rifles were among the earliest repeaters. The Model 1873 was particularly successful, being marketed by the manufacturer as... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Lever action rifle", "Sights": "Graduated rear sightsfixed-post front sights", "In service": "1866-1945 (United States)", "Used by": "United StatesCanadaFranceJapanChilePeruhttps://issuu.com/camilapesse/docs/jornada_antofagasta Jornada de Historia Militar en Antofagasta. G... |
The Arizona Rattlers are a professional indoor American football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team in the Arena Football League and were the third oldest active franchise in the AFL until their departure... | {"Team colors": "Black, Copper, Teal, Whiteblack #e97c3a #00d1d8 white", "Head coach": "Kevin Guy", "Owner(s)": "Ron Shurts", "General manager": "Kevin Guy", "Mascot": "Fang and Stryker"} |
MGM Records was a record label founded by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946 for the purpose of releasing soundtrack recordings (later LP albums) of their musical films. It transitioned into a pop music label that continued into the 1970s. The company also released soundtrack albums of the music for some of th... | {"Parent company": "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1946-1972)PolyGram (1972-1982)", "Founded": "1946", "Defunct": "1982", "Status": "Merged into PolyGram, former music catalog now owned by Universal Music Group, most soundtracks catalog now owned by WaterTower Music.", "Founder": "Geoffrey Mill", "Distributor(s)": "Self-distribu... |
The Indiana Firebirds were a team in the Arena Football League. The team was based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Home games were played at the Conseco Fieldhouse, also the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association and Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.
History
Albany Fir... | {"Team colors": "Black, royal blue, red, burnt orange, gold, whiteblack #2F4C67 #CC0000 #BA4D00 #E7B700 white", "Head coach": "Mike Wilpolt", "Owner(s)": "Glenn MazulaDave Lageschulte", "General manager": "Joe HennessyJohn Kolner"} |
The Colorado Crush were an arena football team based in Denver, Colorado. They began play as a 2003 Arena Football League expansion team. The Crush played in the Central Division of the American Conference until the Arena Football League suspended operations in 2009. They were last coached by Mike Dailey and owned by a... | {"Team colors": "Navy, burnt orange, beige#005 #e80 #C2B280", "Head coach": "Mike Dailey", "Owner(s)": "John ElwayPat BowlenStan Kroenke", "General manager": "John Elway", "Mascot": "Crusher"} |
Ball Arena (formerly known as Pepsi Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Denver, Colorado. It is situated at Speer Boulevard, a main thoroughfare in downtown Denver, and is served by two nearby exits off Interstate 25. A light rail station is on the western side of the complex. Opened in 1999, it is the h... | {"Former names": "Pepsi Center (1999-2020)", "Location": "Denver, Colorado", "Coordinates": "39 44 55 N 105 0 27 W type:landmark_scale:2000 inline,title", "Public transit": "RTD:tram denver E denver Wat Ball Arena-Elitch Gardens station", "Owner": "Kroenke Sports and Entertainment", "Capacity": "18,000https://www.thest... |
William David Mensch, Jr. (born February 9, 1945) is an American electrical engineer born in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. He was a major contributor to the design of the Motorola 6800 8-bit microprocessor and was part of the team led by Chuck Peddle that created the MOS Technology 6502. He also designed the 16-bit success... | {"Name": "Bill Mensch", "Caption": "Mensch in 2014", "Birth date": "1945 02 09", "Birth place": "Quakertown, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "B.S.; University of ArizonaA.S.; Temple University", "Known For": "Motorola 6800MOS Technology 6502Western Design Center", "Occupation": "Microproces... |
Cabaret is a 1966 musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Joe Masteroff. The musical was based on John Van Druten's 1951 play I Am a Camera which was adapted from Goodbye to Berlin (1939), a semi-autobiographical novel by Anglo-American writer Christopher Isherwood which drew upon his experie... | {"Name": "Cabaret", "Image size": "200px", "Caption": "Original 1966 Broadway poster by Tom Morrow", "Composer(s)": "John Kander", "Lyricist(s)": "Fred Ebb", "Book-writer": "Joe Masteroff", "Based on?": "I Am a Camera John Van DrutenGoodbye to Berlin Christopher Isherwood", "Premiere date": "November 20, 1966", "Premie... |
David Paden Marchand (born David Paden Passaro, November 20, 1975), known professionally as Davey Havok, is an American singer and musician who is the lead vocalist of the rock band AFI, the synth-pop band Blaqk Audio, the hardcore punk band XTRMST, and the new wave band Dreamcar. Among various other ventures, he perfo... | {"Born": "Rochester, New York, U.S.", "Origin": "Ukiah, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Alternative rock\n hardcore punk\n gothic rock\n horror punk\n electronic rock\n synth-pop\n new wave", "Member of": "AFI\n Blaqk Audio\n Dreamcar", "Formerly of": "Son of Sam\n XTRMST"} |
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