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Jonathan Lucas Hunt (born 2 December 1938) is a New Zealand politician, and was New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2005 to March 2008.New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade web site He formerly served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is a member of the Labou... | {"Name": "Jonathan Hunt", "Nationality": "New Zealand", "Image caption": "Jonathan Hunt in 2006, in the penthouse in New Zealand House, London", "Term start": "April 2005", "Term end": "March 2008", "Office 2": "16th Minister of Housing", "Prime minister 2": "Geoffrey PalmerMike Moore", "Predecessor 2": "Helen Clark", ... |
Jonathan Hunt (August 12, 1787May 15, 1832) was an American lawyer and politician from Vermont. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the state of Vermont and was a member of the prominent Hunt family of Vermont.
Early life
Born in Vernon in the Vermont Republic, Hunt graduated from Dartmou... | {"Name": "Jonathan Hunt", "Image caption": "Brattleboro, Vermont, home of the Hunt family", "Term start": "March 4, 1827", "Term end": "May 15, 1832", "Office 2": "Member of the Vermont House of Representatives", "Term 2": "18111816-18171824", "Birth date": "1787 08 12", "Birth place": "Vernon, Vermont Republic", "Deat... |
1942 is a vertically scrolling shooter by Capcom that was released as an arcade video game in 1984. Designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, it was the first game in the 194X series, and was followed by 1943: The Battle of Midway.
1942 is set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, and is loosely based on the Battle of Midway. De... | {"Title": "1942", "Caption": "North American arcade flyer", "Developer": "Capcom Elite Systems (C64) Micronics (Famicom/NES) Digital Eclipse (GBC)", "Publisher": "Capcom\n Arcade WW Capcom NA RomstarThe Arcade Flyer Archive - Video Game Flyers: 1942, Romstar Daniel Hower Eric Jacobson http://flyers.arcade-museum.c... |
Frederick Joseph "Fred" Noonan (born April 4, 1893 - disappeared July 2, 1937, declared dead June 20, 1938) was an American flight navigator, sea captain and aviation pioneer, who first charted many commercial airline routes across the Pacific Ocean during the 1930s. Navigator for Amelia Earhart, they disappeared somew... | {"Name": "Fred Noonan", "Birth name": "Frederick Joseph Noonan", "Birth date": "1893 4 4", "Birth place": "Cook County, Illinois, U.S.", "Disappeared date": "1937 7 2 1893 4 4", "Disappeared place": "Pacific Ocean, en route to Howland Island from Lae, New Guinea", "Disappeared status": "Declared dead in absentiaOakland... |
Night Trap is a 1992 interactive movie developed by Digital Pictures and published by Sega for the Sega CD. Presented primarily through full-motion video (FMV), Night Trap tasks the player to observe teenage girls having a sleepover visiting a house which, unbeknownst to them, is infested with vampires. The player watc... | {"Title": "Night Trap", "Developer": "Digital Pictures", "Publisher": "font-weight:normal;font-size:inherit;background:transparent;text-align:left\n Sega\n Sega (Sega CD & 32X)Virgin Interactive (3DO)Digital Pictures (MS-DOS & Mac OS) Screaming Villains (PS4, Vita, PC, Switch)", "Director": "James Riley", "Producer": "... |
Hugh Guthrie, (13 August 1866 – 3 November 1939) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as a minister in the governments of Sir Robert Borden, Arthur Meighen and R. B. Bennett.
Biography
He was born in Guelph, Canada West, the son of Donald Guthrie, and studied there and at Osgoode Hall, becoming a barrist... | {"Name": "Hugh Guthrie", "Birth date": "1866 08 13 y", "Birth place": "Guelph, Canada West", "Death date": "yes 1939 11 03 1866 08 13", "Death place": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Term start": "1926", "Term end": "1927"} |
Mġarr (), formerly known as Mgiarro, is a village in the Northern Region of Malta. Mġarr is a typical rural village situated in an isolated region, west of Mosta. It is surrounded with rich farmland and vineyards. Many of its 4,840 inhabitants are farmers or are engaged in some sort of agricultural activity. Maltese po... | {"Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "ISO 3166 code": "MT-31", "Website": "Official website"} |
Richard Leslie Vranch (born 29 June 1959) is an English actor, improviser, comedian, writer and musician. He is known for providing the music for the British TV series Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Early life
Vranch graduated from Cambridge University with a PhD in physics.Interview, livingonfascination.com, 15 June 2014; ... | {"Name": "Richard Vranch", "Caption": "Richard Vranch performing at the Glastonbury Festival on his 60th birthday, 29 June 2019, with the Stephen Frost Improv All Stars", "Birth name": "Richard Leslie Vranch", "Birth date": "yes 1959 6 29", "Birth place": "Frome, Somerset, England", "Nationality": "English", "Occupatio... |
Aklavik (Inuvialuktun: Akłarvik) (from the Inuvialuktun meaning barrenground grizzly place) is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Until 1961, with a population over 1,500, the community served as the regional administrative centre for the territorial government.
Because of rep... | {"Land": "14.47", "Density": "40.8", "DST": "-6", "Website": "www.aklavik.ca"} |
John Edmund Andrew Phillips (August 30, 1935 - March 18, 2001) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was the leader of the vocal group the Mamas & the Papas and remains frequently referred to as Papa John Phillips. In addition to writing the majority of the group's compositions, he also wrote "San Franc... | {"Born": "Parris Island, South Carolina, U.S.", "Died": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Susan Adams 1957 1962 divorcedMichelle Phillips 1962 1969 divorcedGeneviève Waïte 1972 1985 divorcedFarnaz Arasteh 1995", "Genres": "Folk rock\npop", "Labels": "Dunhill"} |
Ethel Dorothy Blondin-Andrew (born 25 March 1951) is a Canadian politician, educator, and public servant. She became the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the Parliament of Canada in 1988 when she became a member of Parliament for the district of Western Arctic in the Northwest Territories.
She is also the firs... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Honourable", "Name": "Ethel Blondin-Andrew", "Honorific suffix": "CAN PC OC 100%", "Term start": "20 July 2004", "Term end": "5 February 2006", "Office 2": "Minister of State (Children and Youth)", "Prime minister 2": "Paul Martin", "Predecessor 2": "Position established", "Successor 2": "Posi... |
Shelton Hank Williams (born December 12, 1972), known as Hank Williams III, is an American musician, singer and multi-instrumentalist, known for his fusion of traditional and honky-tonk country music with rockabilly and punk rock. He was the drummer of hardcore punk band Arson Anthem, and bassist of Phil Anselmo's band... | {"Born": "Nashville, Tennessee, U.S", "Genres": "Busdeker/> Abbott/> Busdeker/>", "Labels": "Hank3\n Megaforce\n Curb", "Member of": "Assjack\n The Damn Band", "Formerly of": "Arson Anthem\n Superjoint Ritual"} |
thumb|An Olympic Aviation Boeing 717 thumb|An Olympic Aviation ATR 72thumb|An Olympic Shorts 330, Skiathos 1986Olympic Aviation was a subsidiary of Olympic Airways, the Greek national flag carrier.
History
Olympic Aviation began as the light aircraft and helicopter division of Aristotle Onassis's Olympic Airways. It w... | {"Airline name": "Olympic Aviation", "Current Fleet Size": "32 (at December 2003)", "Number of Destinations": "served the Olympic Airways network", "IATA Designator": "ML", "ICAO Designator": "OLYOperators by state http://www.icao.int/safety/ism/Accident%20Incident%20Reporting%20Guidance/R4CDOperatorsbystate.pdf icao.i... |
The Beja people (, Beja: Oobja, ) are an ethnic group native to the Eastern Desert, inhabiting a coastal area from southeastern Egypt through eastern Sudan and into northwestern Eritrea. They are descended from peoples who have inhabited the area since 4000 BC or earlier, although they were Arabized by Arabs who settle... | {"Name": "Beja", "Native name": "البجا", "Image caption": "Beja Nomads", "Population": "1,900,000-2,200,0002015-06-19 Beja https://minorityrights.org/minorities/beja/ 2022-09-04 Minority Rights Group en-GB", "Languages": "Arabic (Sudanese Arabic), Beja, Tigre", "Religions": "Sunni Islam", "Related ethnic groups": ... |
Richard Barton (30 August 1790 - 20 August 1866) was the first European resident of Trentham, Upper Hutt, in New Zealand. He was born in Newport, Isle of Wight, England.W. M. Smallfield, p10, Our First Hundred Years . . . ., Parish of Trentham, New Zealand. Upper Hutt, 1962. Available online from Upper Hutt City Librar... | {"Name": "Richard Barton", "Caption": "Richard Barton as a young boy", "Birth date": "yes 1790 08 30", "Birth place": "Newport, Isle of Wight, England", "Death date": "yes 1866 08 20 1790 08 30", "Death place": "Trentham, New Zealand", "Known For": "Early New Zealand settler, Establishment of Trentham", "Nationality": ... |
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album was awarded from 1987 to 2011. Until 1993 the award was known as the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Recording.
An award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was also presented. Prior to 1987 contemporary and traditional folk were combined as the Best Ethnic or Tra... | {"Awarded for": "quality traditional folk music albums", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1987", "Last awarded": "2011", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
thumb|Petone Wharf on a stormy day
Petone (Māori: Pito-one), a large suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, stands at the southern end of the Hutt Valley, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour. The Māori name means "end of the sand beach".
Te Ara: The encyclopaedia of New Zealand - Hutt Valley - south Retrieved: 13 J... | {"Suburb name": "Petone", "Image caption": "Aerial view of Petone and Seaview", "City": "Lower Hutt", "Community board": "Petone Community Boardhttp://www.huttcity.govt.nz/Documents/maps/HuttCityWardsSuburbs.pdf Hutt City Wards and Suburbs Hutt City Council 25 May 2022 dead https://web.archive.org/web/201302091452... |
The Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the Native American music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony a... | {"Awarded for": "Quality works in the Native American music genre", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "2001", "Last awarded": "2011", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
Scoundrel Days is the second studio album by Norwegian new wave band a-ha, released on 6 October 1986 by Warner Bros. Records. A remastered edition with additional tracks was released in 2010.
Production
Scoundrel Days was the second long-player release from a-ha, which was highly anticipated after the success of thei... | {"Released": "1986 10 6 yes", "Recorded": "1986", "Studio": "RG Jones (Wimbledon, London)", "Genre": "Synth-pop new wave pop rock", "Label": "Warner Bros.", "Producer": "Mags Alan Tarney Pål Waaktaar"} |
The War Crimes Act 1991 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It confers jurisdiction on courts in the United Kingdom to try people for war crimes committed in Nazi Germany or German-occupied territory during the Second World War by people who were not British citizens at the time, but have since become Br... | {"Short title": "War Crimes Act 1991", "Type": "Act", "Long title": "An Act to confer jurisdiction on United Kingdom courts in respect of certain grave violations of the laws and customs of war committed in German-held territory during the Second World War; and for connected purposes.", "Year": "1991", "Citation": "199... |
Yinka Dare (October 10, 1972 - January 9, 2004) was a Nigerian professional basketball player. A , center, he played four seasons in the National Basketball Association.
Early years
Born in Kano, Dare was discovered by Nigerian-born lawyer Lloyd Ukwu during a visit to Lagos in 1991. While Ukwu was driving, he noticed... | {"Position": "Center", "Listed height": "0", "Listed weight": "265", "Born": "Kano, Nigeria", "Died": "Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.", "Nationality": "Nigerian", "High school": "Milford Academy(New Berlin, New York)", "College": "George Washington (1992-1994)"} |
The South African Navy (SA Navy) is the naval warfare branch of the South African National Defence Force.
The Navy is primarily engaged in maintaining a conventional military deterrent, participating in counter-piracy operations, fishery protection, search and rescue, and upholding maritime law enforcement for the ben... | {"Type": "Navy", "Role": "Naval warfare", "Size": "6,816 active personnel \n1,071 reserve personnel", "Part of": "South Africa South African NDF", "Website": "http://www.navy.mil.za", "Notablecommanders": "Admiral Hugo Biermann, \nVice Admiral Refiloe Johannes Mudimu"} |
is a Spanish automotive-engineering company. It was founded in 1904 by Marc Birkigt and Damian Mateu as an automobile manufacturer and eventually had several factories in Spain and France that produced luxury cars, aircraft engines, trucks and weapons. In 1923, its French luxury car arm became a semi-autonomous partner... | {"Fate": "Automobiles: active Aviation: now part of Safran and Peralada Group", "Founded": "June 14, 1904", "Headquarters": "Spain", "Industry": "Manufacturing", "Products": "Automobiles, formerly also aviation components", "Website": "hispanosuizacars.com"} |
Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) was an American publisher of board wargames and related magazines, particularly its flagship Strategy & Tactics, in the 1970s and early 1980s. It produced an enormous number of games and introduced innovative practices, changing the course of the wargaming hobby in its bid to take c... | {"Fate": "Loan foreclosure by TSR resulting in assets seizure", "Founded": "1969", "Defunct": "1982", "Headquarters": "44 East 23rd Street, New York City; later moved to 257 Park Avenue South", "Industry": "Gaming", "Products": "Strategy & Tactics magazine, Ares magazine, board games, wargames"} |
The Washington Navy Yard (WNY) is the former shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy in Southeast Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore establishment of the U.S. Navy.
The Yard currently serves as a ceremonial and administrative center for the U.S. Navy, home to the Chief of Naval Operations, and is he... | {"Type": "Naval support base", "Coordinates": "38 52 24 N 76 59 49 W inline,title", "Owner": "Department of Defense", "Operator": "US Navy", "Controlled by": "Naval District Washington", "Built": "1799", "In use": "1799 - present", "Events": "Labor strike (1835)\nMass shooting (2013)", "Currentcommander": "Rear Admiral... |
Aragatsotn (, ) is a province (marz) of Armenia. It is located in the western part of the country. The capital and largest city of the province is the town of Ashtarak. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 132,925 in the 2011 census.
Etymology
Literally meaning "the foot of Aragats" (the h... | {"Water": "Negligible", "Rank": "9th", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "AM.AG", "Website": "Official website"} |
Ararat (, ) is a province (marz) of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat.
The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic from the south. It surrounds the Karki exclave of Nakhichevan which has been c... | {"Water": "Negligible", "Rank": "3rd", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "AM.AR", "Website": "Official website"} |
The is a hybrid electric vehicle that is manufactured and marketed by Honda. Its first generation was a two-door, two passenger liftback (1999-2006) and in its second generation was a four-door, five passenger liftback (2009-2014). In its third generation, it became a four-door sedan (2018-2022). It was Honda's first... | {"Manufacturer": "Honda", "Production": "1999-20062009-20142018-2022", "Class": "Subcompact car (2000-2006)Compact car (2010-2022)", "Body style": "3-door liftback (2000-2006)5-door liftbackhttps://www.motorhog.co.uk/breaking-vehicles/details/honda-insight-petrolelectric-cvt/443 Body chassis of Insight dead 2018-09-03 ... |
Armavir (, ), is a province (marz) in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the north, the province's capital is the town of Armavir while the largest city is Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin). The province shares a -long border with Turkey to ... | {"Water": "Negligible", "Rank": "2nd", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "AM.AV", "Website": "Official web"} |
Gegharkunik (, ) is a province (marz) of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar.
Gegharkunik Province is located at the eastern part of Armenia, bordering Azerbaijan. It includes the exclave of Artsvashen, which has been under Azerbaijani occupation since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. With an area of , Gegha... | {"Water": "23.8%", "Rank": "7th", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "AM.GR", "Website": "Official website"} |
Kotayk (, ), is a province (marz) of Armenia. It is located at the central part of the country. Its capital is Hrazdan and the largest city is Abovyan. It is named after the Kotayk canton of the historic Ayrarat province of Ancient Armenia.
Kotayk is bordered by Lori Province from the northwest, Tavush Province from t... | {"Water": "Negligible", "Rank": "4th", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "AM.KT", "Website": "Official website"} |
Lori (, ), is a province (marz) of Armenia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Georgia. Vanadzor is the capital and largest city of the province. Other important towns include Stepanavan, Alaverdi, and Spitak. It is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Haghpat and Sanahin monasteries and the wel... | {"Water": "Negligible", "Rank": "6th", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "AM.LO", "Website": "Official website"} |
Shirak (, ) is a province () of Armenia. It is located in the north-west of the country, bordering the provinces of Lori to the east and Aragatsotn to the south and southeast, and the countries of Turkey to the west and Georgia to the north. Its capital and largest city is Gyumri, which is the second largest city in Ar... | {"Water": "Negligible", "Rank": "4th", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "AM-SH", "Website": "Official website"} |
Syunik (, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. Its capital and largest city is the town of Kapan. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported i... | {"Water": "Negligible", "Rank": "8th", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "AM-SU", "Website": "Official website"} |
Tavush (, ) is a province of Armenia located at the northeast of Armenia, bordered by Georgia from the north and Azerbaijan from the east. Internally, Tavush borders the Gegharkunik Province from the south, Kotayk Province from the southwest, and the Lori Province from west. The capital and largest city of the province... | {"Water": "Negligible", "Rank": "10th", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "AM.TV", "Website": "Official website"} |
Vayots Dzor (, ) is a province (marz) of Armenia. It lies at the southeastern end of the country, bordering the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan to the west and the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan to the east. It covers an area of . With a population of only 52,324 (2011 census), it is the most sparsely populated provi... | {"Water": "Negligible", "Rank": "11th", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "AM-VD", "Website": "Official website"} |
Nils Ferlin (11 December 1898 - 21 October 1961) was a Swedish poet and lyricist.A History of Swedish Literature by Ingemar Algulin, (Stockholm: Swedish Institute, 1989) pp. 247-248.
Biography
thumb|Ferlin (right) and Finnish poet Elmer Diktonius in Helsinki, 1936.
Nils Ferlin was born in Karlstad, Värmland, where hi... | {"Name": "Nils Ferlin", "Birth name": "Nils Johan Einar Ferlin", "Birth date": "1898 12 11 y", "Birth place": "Karlstad, Sweden", "Death date": "1961 10 21 1898 12 11 y", "Death place": "Uppsala, Sweden", "Occupation": "poet, lyricist", "Spouse(s)": "Henny Lönnqvist"} |
was Japan's first commercially circulated gay men's magazine. It began publication in July 1971 by Daini Shobō's owner's son and editor , although before that, there had been Adonis and Apollo, its extra issue, around 1960 serving as a members-only magazine. Barazoku was Japan's oldest and longest-running monthly magaz... | {"Frequency": "Monthly", "Categories": "Gay", "Company": "Daini Shobō", "First issue": "1971", "Country": "Japan", "Language": "Japanese"} |
The premier of Alberta is the first minister for the Canadian province of Alberta, and the province's head of government. The current premier is Danielle Smith, leader of the United Conservative Party, who was sworn in on October 11, 2022.
The premier of the province deals with specific areas relating to Alberta and A... | {"Post": "Premier", "Body": "Alberta", "Native name": "fr Premier ministre de l'Alberta", "Incumbent": "Danielle Smith", "Incumbent since": "October 11, 2022", "Department": "Office of the Premier", "Style": "The Honourable (formal)\n Premier (informal)", "Status": "Head of Government", "Member of": "Legislative Assemb... |
The premier of Manitoba () is the first minister (i.e., head of government or chief executive) for the Canadian province of Manitoba—as well as the de facto President of the province's Executive Council.
In formal terms, the premier receives a commission to form a government from the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, w... | {"Post": "Premier", "Body": "Manitoba", "Native name": "fr Premier ministre du Manitoba", "Incumbent": "Heather Stefanson", "Incumbent since": "November 2, 2021", "Department": "Office of the Premier", "Style": "The Honourable (formal)\n Premier (informal)", "Status": "Head of Government", "Member of": "Legislative Ass... |
Judy A. Sgro (born December 16, 1944) is a Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, she currently represents the electoral district of Humber River—Black Creek in the House of Commons of Canada. Sgro currently serves as the chair of the Standing Committee on International Trade and as a Chair on t... | {"Name": "Judy Sgro", "Term start": "November 15, 1999", "Office 2": "Chair of the Standing Committee on International Trade", "Predecessor 2": "Mark Eyking", "Birth date": "1944 12 16", "Birth place": "Moncton, New Brunswick", "Spouse(s)": "Sam Sgro", "Residence": "Thornhill, OntarioSearch For Contributions https://ww... |
The premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister to the lieutenant governor of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of the political party which has the most seats in the Nova Scotia House of Ass... | {"Post": "Premier", "Body": "Nova Scotia", "Native name": "fr Premier ministre de la Nouvelle-Écossegd Prìomhaire Alba Nuadh", "Image size": "200px", "Incumbent": "Tim Houston", "Incumbent since": "August 31, 2021", "Department": "Office of the Premier", "Style": "The Honourable (formal)\n Premier (informal)", "Status"... |
The premier of Prince Edward Island is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island.
The current premier of Prince Edward Island is Dennis King, from the Progressive Conservative Party.
See also
Prime Minister of Canada
Premier (Canada)
List of premiers of Prince E... | {"Post": "Premier", "Body": "Prince Edward Island", "Native name": "fr Premier ministre de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard", "Image size": "200px", "Incumbent": "Dennis King", "Incumbent since": "May 9, 2019", "Department": "Office of the Premier", "Style": "The Honourable (formal)\n Premier (informal)", "Status": "Head of Gov... |
The premier of Saskatchewan is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The current premier of Saskatchewan is Scott Moe, who was sworn in as premier on February 2, 2018, after winning the 2018 Saskatchewan Party leadership election. The first premier of Saskatchewan was Libe... | {"Post": "Premier", "Body": "Saskatchewan", "Native name": "fr Premier ministre de la Saskatchewan", "Image size": "200px", "Incumbent": "Scott Moe", "Incumbent since": "February 2, 2018", "Department": "Office of the Premier", "Style": "The Honourable (formal)\n Premier (informal)", "Status": "Head of Government", "Me... |
The Opening of Misty Beethoven is an American pornographic comedy film released in 1976. It was produced with a relatively high budget and filmed on elaborate locations in Paris, New York City and Rome with a musical score, and owes much to its director Radley Metzger (directing this film as "Henry Paris"). According t... | {"Directed by": "Radley Metzger(as \"Henry Paris\")", "Produced by": "Radley Metzger", "Written by": "Radley Metzger(as \"Jake Barnes\")", "Starring": "Constance MoneyJamie GillisJacqueline BeudantGloria LeonardTerri Hall", "Music by": "George CraigGioacchino Rossini", "Cinematography": "Paul Glickman(as \"Robert Roche... |
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The Suzuki SV650 and its variants are street motorcycles manufactured since 1999 by Suzuki. In 2009, Suzuki replaced the standard SV650 with th... | {"Manufacturer": "Suzuki", "Production": "1999-20122016-present", "Assembly": "Hamamatsu, Japan", "Class": "Standard (SV650) Sports (SV650S)"} |
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Humber River—Black Creek is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904 and since 1917. Prior to the 2015 election, the riding was known as York West. The former name reflects t... | {"First contested": "1867", "MP": "Liberal", "District webpage": "35121", "District created": "1867", "Last contested": "2021"} |
Moody Gardens is an educational tourist destination, with a golf course and hotel in Galveston, Texas which opened in 1986. The non-profit destination uses nature to educate and excite visitors about conservation and wildlife.
Moody Gardens features three main pyramid attractions: the Aquarium Pyramid, which is one of... | {"Zoo name": "Moody Gardens", "Location": "Galveston, Texas, United States", "Coordinates": "29.2741 -94.8513 type:landmark_dim:1km_region:US-TX inline,title", "Memberships": "Association of Zoos and Aquariums", "Total area": "242 acre ha 0", "Number of animals": "over 9,000", "Annual visitors": "2 million per year(op... |
is a Japanese film director, film critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to foreign audiences as Omura in The Last Samurai and as Mr Mita in Fearless. In both his acting roles he portrayed the villain who wants Japan to westernize under the Meiji Restoration in the meantime trying to remove the old ways.
Ear... | {"Name": "Masato Harada", "Birth date": "1949 7 3", "Birth place": "Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan", "Occupation": "Film director, film critic, actor", "Years active": "1979-present", "Children": "Eugene Harada"} |
Patras ( ; Katharevousa and ; ) is Greece's third-largest city and the regional capital of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, west of Athens. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaikon, overlooking the Gulf of Patras.
As of the 2021 census, the city of Patras has a population of 173,600; the municip... | {"Type": "Mayor-council government", "Density": "215,922", "Urban density": "auto", "Metro density": "auto", "DST": "+3", "Rank": "10", "Website": "www.e-patras.gr"} |
is a Japanese film director. She was also known as , with her former husband's surname. Many of her works have been documentaries, including Embracing, about her search for the father who abandoned her as a child, and Katatsumori, about the grandmother who raised her.
Early life and education
Growing up in the rural r... | {"Name": "Naomi Kawase", "Caption": "Kawase at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2010", "Birth place": "Nara, Japan", "Other names": "Naomi Sento", "Spouse(s)": "Takenori Sento October 1997 March 2000 div.", "Occupation": "Filmmaker", "Years active": "1992-present"} |
Anitra Linnéa Steen (born Anitra Linnéa Bergström on 13 May 1949) is a Swedish politician, civil servant and the wife of former Prime Minister Göran Persson.
Between 1999 and May 2009, when she retired, she was the manager of Systembolaget, the Swedish state alcoholic beverage retailing monopoly. In that role she was ... | {"Birth name": "Anitra Linnéa Bergström", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Anitra Steen with Göran Persson in 2010.", "Term start": "6 December 2003", "Term end": "6 October 2006", "Birth date": "1949 5 13 y", "Birth place": "Västanfors, Fagersta, Västmanland, Sweden", "Spouse(s)": "Göran Persson (2003-present)... |
WHA (970 AM) is a non-commercial radio station, licensed since 1922 to the University of Wisconsin and located in Madison, Wisconsin. It serves as the flagship for the Wisconsin Public Radio talk-based "Ideas Network"."Ideas Network", Wisconsin Public Radio (wpr.org) WHA's programming is also broadcast by two low-power... | {"Broadcast area": "Madison metropolitan area", "Branding": "Ideas Network", "Translator(s)": "100.3 W262DD Janesville 107.9 W300BM Madison", "Format": "Public radio", "Power": "5,000 watts day51 watts night", "HAAT": "78.7 m ft us", "Class": "D", "Owner": "Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System", "Website": ... |
Garrison Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Missouri River in central North Dakota, U.S.
Constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1947 to 1953, at over in length, the dam is the fifth-largest earthen dam in the world. The reservoir impounded by the dam is Lake Sakakawea, which extends to Williston ... | {"Coordinates": "47 29 55 N 101 24 43 W type:landmark_scale:50000 inline,title", "Country": "United States", "Location": "McLean/Mercer Counties, North Dakota", "Status": "O", "Construction began": "1947", "Opening date": "1953", "Construction cost": "US $300 million", "Owner(s)": "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha D... |
was a Japanese filmmaker and actor. His best-known films include the silent avant-garde films A Page of Madness and Crossroads and the Academy Award-winning historical drama Gate of Hell.
Biography
Kinugasa was born in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture. He began his career as an onnagata (actor specializing in female roles) at... | {"Name": "Teinosuke Kinugasa", "Image": "Kinugasa Teinosuke.JPG", "Caption": "Kinugasa in 1952", "Birth date": "yes 1896 1 1", "Birth place": "Kameyama, Mie, Japan", "Death date": "yes 1982 2 26 1896 1 1", "Death place": "Kyoto, Japan", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Occupation": "Film director, actor"} |
Camp Concentration is a 1968 science fiction novel by American author Thomas M. Disch. After being serialized in New Worlds in 1967, it was published by Hart-Davis in the UK in 1968 and by Doubleday in the US in 1969. Translations have been published in Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Serbian and Polish.
Th... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Rupert Hart-Davis", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover & Paperback)", "Pages": "177"} |
Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson (4 July 1924 – 23 December 1993) was an Icelandic religious leader and singer of rímur who was instrumental in helping to gain Icelandic government's recognition of the pre-Christian Heathenry in the country.
Biography
Sveinbjörn lived his entire life in West Iceland Borgarfjörður. From 1944 ... | {"Name": "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson", "Caption": "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson at a blót in 1991", "Birth date": "4 July 1924", "Birth place": "Iceland", "Death date": "1993 12 23 1924 7 4 yes", "Death place": "Iceland", "Nationality": "Icelandic", "Occupation": "allsherjargoði, sheep farmer, poet", "Spouse(s)": "Svanfríður H... |
Jill Elizabeth Pitkeathley, Baroness Pitkeathley, (née Bisson; born 4 January 1940) is a British Labour Party member of the House of Lords.
Her first job was working for Manchester City Council as a trainee child care officer in 1961. She was paid £660 a year.
She worked in the voluntary sector, as chief executive ... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Baroness Pitkeathley", "Honorific suffix": "GBR 100% OBE", "Term start": "29 November 2010", "Birth date": "1940 01 04 y"} |
Waheed Alli, Baron Alli (born 16 November 1964) is a British media entrepreneur and politician. He is the co-creator of the television series Survivor and has held executive positions at several television production companies including the Endemol Shine Group, Carlton Television Productions (now ITV Studios), Planet 2... | {"Name": "The Lord Alli", "Image caption": "Lord Alli in 2010", "Term start": "2006", "Term end": "2015", "Office 2": "Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal", "Birth name": "Waheed Alli", "Birth date": "yes 1964 11 16", "Birth place": "Croydon, London, UK", "Nationality": "British"} |
Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, KC, FRSA, HonFRSE (born 12 May 1950), is a Scottish barrister, broadcaster, and Labour member of the House of Lords. She was Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, from 2011 to 2018.
Early life and education
Kennedy was born on 12 May 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland, one o... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Baroness Kennedyof The Shaws", "Honorific suffix": "KC FRSA HonFRSE", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "September 2011", "Term end": "2018", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth name": "Helena Ann Kennedy", "Bi... |
Tex G. Hall ("Ihbudah Hishi" "Red Tipped Arrow"), (born 18 September 1956) is a Native American who was tribal chairman of Three Affiliated Tribes from 1998 to 2006. He lost the 2006 election to Marcus Levings, but in the 2010 tribal election, Hall defeated Levings.Watkins, Joe Edward. Sacred Sites and Repatriation. C... | {"Name": "Tex G. Hall", "Caption": "Tex Hall, Secretary Gale Norton, and Yurok Tribe Chairwoman Susan Masten", "Birth date": "1956 09 18", "Alma mater": "University of Mary"} |
The Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo, duo/groups or collaborative (vocal or ... | {"Awarded for": "Quality vocal or instrumental gospel and CCM recordings", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1968", "Last awarded": "2014", "Website": "www.grammy.com"} |
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La Cantatrice chauve - translated from French as The Bald Soprano or The Bald Prima Donna - is the first play written by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco.
Nicolas Bataille directed the premiere on 11 May 1950 at the Théâtre des Noctambules, Paris... | {"Written by": "Eugène Ionesco", "Characters": "Mr. Smith\nMrs. Smith\nMr. Martin\nMrs. Martin\nMary, the maid\nThe Fire Chief", "Setting": "A middle-class English home. An English evening.", "Date premiered": "1950 5 11 y", "Place premiered": "Théâtre des NoctambulesParis, France", "Original language": "French", "Genr... |
The Brough of Birsay is an uninhabited tidal island off the north-west coast of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Birsay. It is located around 13 miles north of Stromness and features the remains of Pictish and Norse settlements as well as a modern light house.
Geography and geology
The island is acce... | {"Coordinates": "59.14 -3.33 inline", "OS grid reference": "HY236285", "Meaning of name": "fort island", "Area": "16 haRick Livingstone's Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.", "Highest elevation": "46 m off", "Population": "0", "Island group": "Orkney", "Council area": ... |
Barbara Scott Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone, (born 8 April 1948) is a Scottish Labour member of the House of Lords. She was created a life peer on 4 November 1997 as Baroness Young of Old Scone, of Old Scone in Perth and Kinross.
Baroness Young is currently chair of the Woodland Trust. She joined the Trust's Boa... | {"Name": "The Baroness Youngof Old Scone", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "2010", "Term end": "2020", "Birth name": "Barbara Scott Young", "Birth date": "1948 4 8 y", "Birth place": "Perth, Scotland", "Nationality": "British", "Other political party": "Non-affiliated (2000-2015)"} |
Mary Teresa Goudie, Baroness Goudie (née Brick; born 2 September 1946) is a British politician and life peer, currently sitting for the Labour Party. In 1998, she was made a life peer as Baroness Goudie, of Roundwood in the London Borough of Brent. She is on the board of Vital Voices and is involved in promoting gender... | {"Name": "The Baroness Goudie", "Birth date": "1946 09 02 yes", "Birth name": "Mary Teresa Brick", "Other political party": "Non-affiliated(during 2022-23 suspension)", "Spouse(s)": "James Goudie", "Residence": "London, England Cape Cod, Massachusetts"} |
Edmund James Flynn (November 16, 1847 – June 7, 1927) was a Canadian politician and the tenth premier of Quebec, from 1896 to 1897.
Background
Flynn, the son of Jacques Flynn and Elizabeth Tostevin, was born at Percé on November 16, 1847. He studied law at the Université Laval in Quebec City from 1871 to 1873, obtain... | {"Name": "Edmund James Flynn", "Lieutenant governor": "Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau", "Term start": "May 11, 1896", "Term end": "May 24, 1897", "Office 2": "Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Gaspé", "Predecessor 2": "Pierre-Étienne Fortin", "Successor 2": "Achille-Ferdinand Carrier", "Birth date": "1847 11 16... |
Camembert (, also , ) is a moist, soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow's milk cheese. It was first made in the late 18th century in Camembert, Normandy, in northwest France. It is sometimes compared in look and taste to brie cheese, albeit with a slightly lower butterfat content than brie's
typical 60% and 75% by weigh... | {"Country of origin": "France", "Region, town": "Normandy, Camembert", "Source of milk": "Cows", "Pasteurized": "Not traditionally", "Texture": "Soft-ripened", "Aging time": "At least 3 weeks", "Certification": "Camembert de Normandie\nAOC 1983, PDO 1992"} |
Albion College is a private liberal arts college in Albion, Michigan. The college was founded in 1835 and its undergraduate population was approximately 1,500 students as of Fall 2021.
The college competes in NCAA Division III and the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).
History
thumb|left|19th-cent... | {"Motto": "Lux Fiat", "Type": "Private liberal arts college", "Endowment": "$161.1 million (2019)As of June 30, 2019. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2019-Endowment-Market-Values--Final-Feb-10.ashx U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowmen... |
Peta Jane Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe (née O'Flynn,"Forthcoming Marriages", The Times, 21 March 1980 born 12 March 1954) is an English barrister, regulator and politician. She is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Lady Buscombe was Chief Executive of the Advertising Association from 2007 to 2009. She served ... | {"Name": "The Baroness Buscombe", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2022", "Birth date": "1954 3 12 y", "Office 2": "Baroness-in-WaitingGovernment Whip", "Prime minister 2": "Theresa May", "Predecessor 2": "The Baroness Mobarik", "Spouse(s)": "Philip Buscombe 1980", "Alma mater": "Rosebery Grammar School Inns of Cou... |
Camembert () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
It is the place where camembert cheese originated.
Geography
The commune has one river running through it the Viette in addition to four streams, the Fontaine de la Motte, Besion, the Moulin Neuf, plus the Costillets.
History
The village is m... | {"Name": "Camembert", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The road into Camembert", "Arrondissement": "Mortagne-au-Perche", "Canton": "Vimoutiers", "Postal code": "61120", "Coordinates": "48.8938 0.1783 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "137", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "111", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": ... |
René Garcia Préval (; 17 January 1943 - 3 March 2017)
was a Haitian politician and agronomist who twice was President of Haiti, from early 1996 to early 2001, and again from mid-2006 to mid-2011. He was also Prime Minister from early to late 1991 under the presidency of Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
In addition to being t... | {"Name": "René Préval", "Image caption": "Préval in 2006", "Predecessor 2": "Jean-Bertrand Aristide", "Prime minister 2": "Claudette WerleighRosny SmarthJacques-Édouard Alexis", "Successor 2": "Jean-Bertrand Aristide", "Birth name": "René Garcia Préval", "Birth date": "1943 1 17 y", "Birth place": "Port-au-Prince, Hait... |
Dorothea Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton (born 16 October 1952), known as Glenys Thornton, is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 1998. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, she was a Government Whip and Health Minister between 2008 and 2010.
Career
Thornton was raised in... | {"Name": "The Baroness Thornton", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "19 February 2010", "Term end": "6 May 2010", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth name": "Dorothea Glenys Thornton", "Birth date": "yes 1952 10 16", "Alma mater": "London School of Economics (BSc)"} |
Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, (born 24 February 1938) is a British Methodist minister. Created a life peer in 1998, she served as a crossbench member of the House of Lords until 2018.
Early life and education
Richardson was born on 24 February 1938 to Francis and Margaret Fountain. She w... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Reverend and Right Honourable", "Name": "The Baroness Richardsonof Calow", "Honorific suffix": "GBR 100% OBE", "Term start": "3 August 1998", "Term end": "20 December 2018", "Office 2": "President of the Methodist Conference", "Vice president 2": "Dr Edmund Marshall MP", "Predecessor 2": "Rona... |
The Whole Man is a 1964 science fiction novel by John Brunner. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1965. In the UK, it was published under the title Telepathist.
This novel is often considered a turning point in Brunner's career, a step up from the space operas he'd been turning out as Ace Doubles and ... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Ballantine Books", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover & Paperback)", "Pages": "188 pp"} |
Onora Sylvia O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, (born 23 August 1941) is a British philosopher and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Early life and education
Onora Sylvia O'Neill was born on 23 August 1941 in Aughafatten. The daughter of Sir Con O'Neill, she was educated partly in Germany and at St Pau... | {"Name": "The Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve", "Term start": "2005", "Term end": "2009", "Order 2": "10th", "Office 2": "Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge", "Predecessor 2": "Sheila Browne", "Successor 2": "Patricia Hodgson", "Birth name": "Onora Sylvia O'Neill", "Birth date": "1941 8 23 y", "Birth place": "Aughafa... |
Diana Mary Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (born 16 July 1945) is a Labour member of the House of Lords.
Background
Warwick was educated at Bedford College, University of London, BSc Sociology, 1967, now part of Royal Holloway, University of London.Royal Holloway College, Higher Magazine No.17, autumn 2012, a... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Baroness Warwickof Undercliffe", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2023", "Term start": "10 July 1999Life Peerage", "Birth name": "Diana Mary Warwick", "Birth date": "y 16 July 1945", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Bedford College, London (BSc)"} |
SSL, formerly Space Systems/Loral, LLC (SS/L), of Palo Alto, California, is a wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary of Maxar Technologies.
SSL designs and builds satellites and space systems for a wide variety of government and commercial customers. Its products include high-powered direct-to-home broadcast satellites... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1957 (as Philco WDL)1990 (as Space Systems/Loral)", "Headquarters": "Palo Alto, California, USA", "Industry": "Aerospace", "Parent": "Maxar Technologies", "Website": "http://www.sslmda.com/ SSL"} |
Vivien Helen Stern, Baroness Stern (born 25 September 1941) is a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Stern was educated at Kent College and read English literature at Bristol University where she graduated in 1963. She was awarded an MLitt in 1964 and a Certificate in Education in 1965. Between 1967 and 1969 she... | {"Name": "The Baroness Stern", "Term start": "13 July 1999Life Peerage", "Birth date": "1941 09 25 y", "Spouse(s)": "Professor Andrew Coyle"} |
Joan Brownlow Hanham, Baroness Hanham, CBE (née Spark; born 23 September 1939) is a former member of the House of Lords. She sat as a Conservative.
She was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2010 to 2013, and was leader of the Kensington and Chelsea Londo... | {"Name": "The Baroness Hanham", "Birth date": "1939 09 23 y", "Birth place": "United Kingdom", "Birth name": "Joan Brownlow Spark", "Spouse(s)": "Ian (or Iain) William Fergusson Hanham (m. 1964)"} |
The Triplets of Belleville () is a 2003 animated comedy film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It was released as Belleville Rendez-vous in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The film is Chomet's first feature film and was an international co-production among companies in France, Belgium, Canada and the United Kingd... | {"Directed by": "Sylvain Chomet", "Written by": "Sylvain Chomet", "Produced by": "Viviane Vanfleteren\n Regis Ghezelbash\n Colin Rose", "Starring": "Béatrice Bonifassi\n Lina Boudreault\n Michel Robin", "Edited by": "Dominique Brune\n Chantal Colibert Brunner\n Dominique Lefever", "Music by": "Ben Charest", "Distribute... |
The Henry Hudson Bridge is a steel arch toll bridge in New York City across the Spuyten Duyvil Creek. It connects Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx with Inwood in Manhattan to the south, via the Henry Hudson Parkway (NY 9A). On the Manhattan side, the parkway goes into Inwood Hill Park. Commercial vehicles are not permitted ... | {"Official name": "Henry Hudson Bridge", "Carries": "7 lanes (3 upper, 4 lower) of20px|link=20px|link=NY NY 9A Parkway Henry Hudson", "Crosses": "Spuyten Duyvil Creek", "Locale": "Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx and Inwood, Manhattan, New York City", "Maintained by": "MTA Bridges and Tunnels", "Designer": "David B. Steinman", "D... |
Usha Kumari Prashar, Baroness Prashar, (born 29 June 1948) is a British politician and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Since the 1970s, she has served as a director or chair of a variety of public and private sector organisations. She became the first chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission upon its c... | {"Name": "The Baroness Prashar", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2022", "Term start": "3 April 2006", "Term end": "7 February 2011", "Office 2": "Members of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth name": "Usha Kumari Prashar", "Birth date": "yes 1948 06 29", "Nationality": "British"} |
Volga Bulgaria or Volga-Kama Bulgaria was a historical Bulgar state that existed between the 7th and 13th centuries around the confluence of the Volga and Kama River, in what is now European Russia. Volga Bulgaria was a multi-ethnic state with large numbers of Bulgars, Volga Finns, Varangians and many East Slavs. Its s... | {"Conventional long name": "Volga Bulgaria", "Religions": "Tengrism, later Sunni Islam (after Almish Iltäbär)", "Event 1": "Conversion to Islam", "Event 1 date": "922", "Event ending the country": "Conquered by the Mongols", "Capital": "BolgharBilär", "Common languages": "Bulgar", "Type of government": "Monarchy", "Lea... |
The Lions Gate Bridge, opened in 1938 and officially known as the First Narrows Bridge, is a suspension bridge that crosses the first narrows of Burrard Inlet and connects the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, to the North Shore municipalities of the District of North Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, and West... | {"Official name": "First Narrows Bridge", "Carries": "Three lanes of British Columbia Highway 1A/99, pedestrians and bicycles", "Crosses": "Burrard Inlet", "Locale": "Vancouver\n West Vancouver", "Owner": "British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastruture", "Designer": "Charles Nicholas MonsarratPhilip Loui... |
The Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge (originally and often referred to as the Marine Parkway Bridge) is a vertical-lift bridge in New York City, New York, that crosses Rockaway Inlet. The bridge, which opened on July 3, 1937, connects the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, with Flatbush Avenue to Floyd Bennett Fiel... | {"Locale": "Brooklyn and Queens, New York", "Carries": "4 lanes of Flatbush Avenue", "Crosses": "Jamaica Bay", "Maintained by": "MTA Bridges and Tunnels", "Clearance below": "55 ft m at mean high water; 150 ft m in raised position", "Design": "Vertical lift", "Longest span": "164.6 m ft flip", "Total length": "1225.9 m... |
Rosalind Patricia-Anne Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids COG (born 10 January 1931) is a British Labour politician, who formerly served as member of the House of Lords.Hansard: "Retirement of a Member: Baroness Howells of St Davids"
Having been awarded an OBE in the 1994 New Year's Honours, she was made a Life p... | {"Name": "The Baroness Howellsof St Davids", "Birth date": "yes 1931 1 10", "Birth place": "St Davids, Grenada", "Spouse(s)": "John Charles Howells (m. 1955)", "Education": "St Joseph's College, ReadingSouth West London College", "Alma mater": "University of the District of Columbia"} |
The American University of Beirut (AUB) () is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, autonomous board of trustees and offers programs leading to bachelor's, master's, MD, and PhD degrees.
AUB has an operating budget o... | {"Motto": "Ut vitam abundantius habeant (Latin)", "Type": "Private university", "President": "Fadlo R. Khuri", "Chairman": "Philip S. Khoury", "Endowment": "$779.3 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-202... |
The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge (originally Cross Bay Bridge or Cross Bay Parkway Bridge) is a toll bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York City, between Broad Channel and the Rockaway Peninsula.
Description and history
Planning for a bridge across Jamaica Bay, connecting ... | {"Carries": "Cross Bay Boulevard", "Crosses": "Jamaica Bay", "Locale": "Broad Channel and Rockaway Peninsula, in New York City", "Maintained by": "MTA Bridges and Tunnels", "Longest span": "275 ft m", "Total length": "3000 ft m", "Clearance below": "55 ft m", "Daily traffic": "24,150 (2016)http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/d... |
Doreen Elizabeth Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen (born 5 September 1938), is a Labour member of the House of Lords.
Early life
She was educated at the University of Birmingham (BA, DipEd, vice-pres Student Union, Hockey and Cricket blues), and the University of London (MA).
Career
A former teacher and education adv... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Baroness Massey of Darwen", "Image caption": "Official portrait", "Term start": "26 July 1999Life peerage", "Birth name": "Doreen Elizabeth Massey", "Birth date": "y 5 September 1938", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of Birmingham (BA DipEd) ... |
The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, officially the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel and commonly referred to as the Battery Tunnel or Battery Park Tunnel, is a tolled tunnel in New York City that connects Red Hook in Brooklyn with the Battery in Manhattan. The tunnel consists of twin tubes that each carry two traffic lanes under the mout... | {"Official name": "Hugh L. Carey Tunnel", "Other name(s)": "Battery Tunnel", "Route": "NY I-Toll 478 (unsigned)", "Crosses": "East River", "Location": "Brooklyn and Manhattan, New York", "Operator": "MTA Bridges and Tunnels", "Length": "9117 ft m", "Tunnel clearance": "12 ft 1 in m", "Traffic": "54,076 (2016)http://www... |
Audrey Caroline Emerton, Baroness Emerton, (born 10 September 1935) is a former member of the House of Lords. She sat as a crossbencher.
Appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1989 New Year Honours, she was created a life peer as Baroness Emerton, of Tunbridge Wells in the County of Ke... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Baroness Emerton", "Honorific suffix": "DBE FRCN", "Image caption": "Official Portrait of Baroness Emerton", "Term start": "17 February 1997", "Term end": "1 November 2019Life Peerage", "Birth name": "Audrey Caroline Emerton", "Birth date": "y 10 September 1935"... |
Manzila Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin (; born 17 July 1959) is a British non-affiliated life peer and community activist of Bangladeshi descent. In 2009 she was included on The Guardian's Muslim Women Power List for Britain. She previously sat for Labour when, in 2012, Uddin was required to repay £125,349, the largest amo... | {"Name": "The Baroness Uddin", "Native name": "মঞ্জিলা পলা উদ্দিন", "Native name language": "bn", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "21 July 1998Life Peerage", "Birth name": "Manzila Pola Khan", "Birth date": "1959 7 17 y", "Birth place": "Rajshahi, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)", "Nationality"... |
Loral Space & Communications Inc. is a Delaware-domiciled satellite communications company headed by Michael B. Targoff. The company was formed in 1996 from the remnants of Loral Corporation when Loral divested its defense electronics and system integration businesses to Lockheed Martin for $9.1 billion. In 2006, Berna... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1996", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Communications, Space manufacturing", "Products": "Communications satellite Manufacturing, Satellite Services", "Revenue": "FY 2007", "Website": "http://www.loral.com"} |
The Queens–Midtown Tunnel (often referred to as the Midtown Tunnel) is a vehicular tunnel under the East River in New York City, connecting the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. The tunnel consists of a pair of tubes, each carrying two lanes. The west end of the tunnel is located on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, ... | {"Official name": "Queens Midtown Tunnel", "Other name(s)": "Midtown Tunnel", "Route": "NY I-Toll 495", "Crosses": "East River", "Location": "Manhattan and Queens, New York City, New York, US", "Operator": "MTA Bridges and Tunnels", "Length": "6414 ft m (northern tube)6272 ft m (southern tube)", "Tunnel clearance": "12... |
Doxygen ( ) is a documentation generator and static analysis tool for software source trees. When used as a documentation generator, Doxygen extracts information from specially-formatted comments within the code. When used for analysis, Doxygen uses its parse tree to generate diagrams and charts of the code structure. ... | {"Developer(s)": "Dimitri van Heesch", "Initial release": "1997 10 26 yesANNOUNCE: doxygen 0.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20111004073015/http://lists.trolltech.com/qt-interest/1997-10/thread00297-0.html\n October 4, 2011, Announcing: the first release of Doxygen, a C++ documentation system. , From: Dimitri van Hees... |
The Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female was awarded in from 1984 to 1990. From 1984 to 1989 it was titled the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Female.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
Recipients
thumb|upright=0.7|Am... | {"Awarded for": "quality female vocal performances in the gospel music genre", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1984", "Last awarded": "1990", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992. It is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 7,700 episodes and 31 years, and is one of the most watched television p... | {"Genre": "Medical dramaSoap opera", "Created by": "Jason Daniel", "Directed by": "Lauren PorteousMana EpihaEmmett SkiltonCurtis VowellMia Blake\nJacqueline NairnIan HughesGhazaleh GolbakhshGeoffrey Cawthornhttp://tvnz.co.nz/shortland-street/meet-directors-take-2-5458076 Shortland Street TVNZ Ondemand", "Starring": "(E... |
Oberheim is an American synthesizer manufacturer founded in 1969 by Tom Oberheim.
History and products
Tom Oberheim founded the company in 1969, originally as a designer and contract manufacturer of electronic effects devices for Maestro, including the PS-1A Phase Shifter and RM-1 Ring Modulator, and briefly a retai... | {"Industry": "Electronic musical instruments", "Founded": "1969 in Los Angeles, United States", "Headquarters": "United States", "Products": "Synthesizers, Sequencers, Signal processing, Drum machines", "Parent": "-->", "Website": "oberheim.com"} |
Maria van Riebeeck (née de la Queillerie; 28 October 1629 – 2 November 1664) was a French Huguenot who was the first wife of Jan van Riebeeck, the Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the settlement at the Cape.
Life
She was the daughter of Abraham de la Queillerie (1589-1630) from Tournai, Belgium and ... | {"Name": "Maria van Riebeeck", "Post-nominals": "<!--", "Caption": "-->", "Birth name": "Maria de la Queillerie", "Birth date": "yes 1629 10 28", "Birth place": "Rotterdam, Dutch Republic", "Death date": "yes 1664 11 02 1629 10 28", "Death place": "Dutch Malacca", "Spouse(s)": "Jan van Riebeeck", "Children": "Abraham v... |
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