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The Cabinet of Fiji is a Government body of Ministers appointed by the Prime Minister of Fiji and responsible to the Parliament of Fiji. The Cabinet's constitutional basis is sections 90 to 96 of the 2013 Constitution of Fiji.Constitution of the Republic of Fiji, chapter 4, part B.
Cabinet consists of the Prime Minist... | {"Polity type": "Parliamentary Representative Democratic Republic", "Constitution": "Constitution of Fiji", "Name": "Cabinet of Fiji", "Type": "Unicameral", "Presiding officer": "Honorable Speaker", "Title": "Prime Minister", "Currently": "Sitiveni Rabuka", "Appointer": "President", "Current cabinet": "Cabinet of Sitiv... |
A king cake, also known as a three kings cake, is a cake associated in many countries with Epiphany. Its form and ingredients are variable, but in most cases a () such as a figurine, often said to represent the Christ Child, is hidden inside. After the cake is cut, whoever gets the fève wins a prize.Eliza Barclay: Is ... | {"Name of food": "King cake", "Image caption": "Part of a Louisiana-style king cake with the baby figurine on top", "Region of origin": "France", "Type of dish": "Cake", "Similar dishes": "Jésuite conversation tart"} |
The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). Congas were originally used in Afro-Cuban music genres such as conga (hence ... | {"Name": "Conga", "Names": "Tumbadora", "Caption": "Latin Percussion conga drum exhibited at the National Museum of World Cultures in Amsterdam", "Background": "percussion", "Classification": "Percussion", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "211.221.1", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "Directly struck membranophones in which the end ... |
The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a computer based test for admission in graduate management programs. The test consists of three sections: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Ability.The exam is taken online over a period of three hours, with one hour p... | {"Acronym": "CAT", "Type": "Computer-based standardized test", "Developer / administrator": "Indian Institutes of Management", "Knowledge / skills tested": "Quantitative Aptitude, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension", "Purpose": "Admission to post-graduate management prog... |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency.
With 2,400 employees of 100 different nationalities, AFP has an editorial presence in 260 cities across 151 countries. Its main regional headquarters are base... | {"Type": "Private organization with special status, operating under commercial rules", "Founded": "1835(as Havas)", "Headquarters": "Paris, France", "Industry": "News media", "Products": "Text, photo, video, audio, and graphics", "Revenue": "321.9 millions euros (2022)\n309.5 millions euros (2021)", "Subsidiaries": "Sp... |
The Bet365 Stadium (stylised as bet365 Stadium) is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England and the home of EFL Championship club Stoke City. The stadium was previously called the Britannia Stadium but was renamed on 1 June 2016 when the club entered into a new stadium-naming-rights agre... | {"Full name": "Bet365 Stadium", "Former names": "Britannia Stadium (1997-2016)", "Location": "Stanley Matthews WayStoke-on-TrentEnglandST4 4EG", "Coordinates": "52 59 18 N 2 10 32 W type:landmark_scale:3000_region:GB it", "Built": "1997", "Opened": "30 August 1997", "Surface": "Desso GrassMasterPitch Renovation Work Be... |
John Varick Tunney (June 26, 1934 - January 12, 2018) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator and Representative from the state of California in the 1960s and 1970s.
He was the son of Irish American boxing champion Gene Tunney. A fellow New England Catholic, Tunney was considered one of the be... | {"Image caption": "Tunney in 1964", "Term start": "January 2, 1971", "Term end": "January 1, 1977", "Birth name": "John Varick Tunney", "Birth date": "1934 06 26", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "2018 1 12 1934 06 26", "Death place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Mieke Sprengers 1... |
Xtra Vancouver (), formerly Xtra! West, was a gay bi-weekly newspaper, published by Pink Triangle Press in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Printed on newsprint in tabloid format from its establishment in 1993, Pink Triangle Press announced on January 14, 2015, that the paper edition will be discontinued and the p... | {"Type": "Bi-weekly newspaper", "Format": "Tabloid", "Owner(s)": "Pink Triangle Press", "Editor": "Robin Perelle", "City": "Vancouver, British Columbia", "Publisher": "Brandon Matheson", "ISSN": "1198-0613", "Website": "www.xtra.ca"} |
Xtra Ottawa (formerly Capital Xtra) was a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community newspaper published in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was launched in 1993. Xtra Ottawa, started as a monthly, and was later published 17 times a year, with a publication schedule of every three weeks. The Ottawa edition had a circu... | {"Format": "Tabloid", "Owner(s)": "Pink Triangle Press", "Editor": "Matthew DiMera", "Publisher": "Brandon Matheson", "Language": "English", "ISSN": "1195-6127", "OCLC": "259372779", "Website": "Xtra Ottawa"} |
Three Dog Night is an American rock band formed in 1967, founded by vocalists Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, and Chuck Negron. This lineup was soon augmented by Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards), Joe Schermie (bass), Michael Allsup (guitar), and Floyd Sneed (drums). The band had 21 Billboard Top 40 hits between 1969 and 1975, wi... | {"Origin": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Pop rock Holly George-Warren Patricia Romanowski The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneency00holl registration 2001 3rd Fireside Books 0-7432-9201-4 990 soft rock \"Patton 2022\"> Ali Patton ... |
thumb|alt=Map of Tuira river area|U.S. Defense Mapping Agency maps excerpt showing course of Tuira river The Tuira River is located in the Darién Province of eastern Panama. It flows into the Bay of San Miguel at the province capital of La Palma.
It is the largest river in Panama, and one of its tributaries, the Chuc... | {"Native name": "es Rio Tuira", "Coordinates": "8.3194 N 78.3086 W dms source:wikidata it", "Mouth": "0 m", "Basin size": "10664.42 km2"} |
Gigha (; ; ) or the Isle of Gigha (and formerly Gigha Island) is an island off the west coast of Kintyre in Scotland. The island forms part of Argyll and Bute and has a population of 163 people. The climate is mild with higher than average sunshine hours and the soils are fertile. The main settlement is Ardminish.
Gig... | {"Coordinates": "55.68 -5.75 inline", "OS grid reference": "NR647498", "Scots": "Gighahttps://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/document/Map_of_Scotland_in_Scots-Guide_and_gazetteer.pdf Map of Scotland in Scots - Guide and gazetteer", "Meaning of name": "Old Norse, probably \"God's island\" or \"good island\"", "A... |
Zuo Zongtang, Marquis Kejing (also spelled Tso Tsung-t'ang; ; November 10, 1812 – September 5, 1885), sometimes referred to as General Tso, was a Chinese statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty.
Born in Xiangyin County, Hunan Province, Zuo sat for the imperial examination in his youth but obtained only ... | {"Name": "Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠)", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Photograph of Zuo Zongtang, late 19th century", "Term start": "1881", "Term end": "1881", "Spouse(s)": "Zhou Yiduan (m. 1832)", "Battles fought": "Taiping Rebellion, Nian Rebellion, Dungan Revolt, Qing reconquest of Xinjiang", "Birth date": "1812 1... |
Joe Klein (born September 7, 1946) is an American political commentator and author. He is best known for his work as a columnist for Time magazine and his novel Primary Colors, an anonymously written roman à clef portraying Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. Klein is currently a member of the Council on Foreign... | {"Born": "1946 9 7", "Children": "4", "Occupation": "Columnist author", "Education": "Hackley SchoolUniversity of Pennsylvania", "Period": "1969-present"} |
Canna (; ) is the westernmost of the Small Isles archipelago, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is linked to the neighbouring island of Sanday by a road and sandbanks at low tide. The island is long and wide. The isolated skerries of Hyskeir and Humla lie south-west of the island.
The islands were left to the Nati... | {"Coordinates": "57.06 N 6.55 W type:isle_region:GB inline,title", "OS grid reference": "NG244058", "Area": "1130 ha sqmi 1", "Population rank": "67", "Highest elevation": "Càrn a' Ghaill 210 m ft 0", "Population": "15Development Plan from https://www.theisleofcanna.com/ioccdt(October 2021)", "Population density": "1... |
Viscount Bridgeman, of Leigh in the County of Shropshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1929 for the Conservative politician William Bridgeman, who had previously served as Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty. He was the son of Reverend John Robert Orlando Bridgeman, thir... | {"Creation date": "18 June 1929", "Created by": "King George V", "Peerage": "Peerage of the United Kingdom", "First holder": "William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman", "Heir apparent": "Luke Robinson Orlando Bridgeman", "Remainder to": "the 1st Viscount's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten.", "Seat(s)": "Watley... |
Philip Clive Roderick Tufnell (born 29 April 1966) is a former English international cricketer and current television and radio personality. A slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played in 42 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team, as well as playing for Middlesex County Cricket Club... | {"Full name": "Philip Clive Roderick Tufnell", "Nickname": "Tuffers, the Cat, Two Sugars, the Doctor", "Born": "Barnet, London, England", "Batting": "Right-handed", "Bowling": "Slow left-arm orthodox", "Role": "Bowler"} |
Matilda is a children's novel written by British writer Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It was published in 1988 by Jonathan Cape. The story features Matilda Wormwood, a precocious child with an uncaring mother and father, and her time in school run by the tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull.
The book... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Pages": "239", "Published": "1 October 1988", "Publisher": "Jonathan Cape"} |
Muck (; ) is the smallest of four main islands in the Small Isles, part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Today, much of the island is used for grazing. Residents use wool to make rugs and clothing.THE 20 MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS TO VISIT IN SCOTLAND There are several ancient monuments and some facilities for visitors. ... | {"Coordinates": "56.83 -6.25 inline", "OS grid reference": "NM408794", "Meaning of name": "\"sea pig\", from Gaelic muc, \"pig\", a short form of muc-mhara, \"whale\".Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 89", "Area": "559 ha sqmi 8", "Population rank": "61", "Highest elevation": "Beinn Airein, 137 m ft 0", "Population": "27", "Po... |
The Positronic Man is a 1992 novel by American writers Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg, based on Asimov's 1976 novelette "The Bicentennial Man".
It is about a robot that begins to display characteristics, such as creativity, traditionally the province of humans; the robot is ultimately declared an official human be... | {"Cover artist": "Peter MennimAsimov Isaac Silverberg Robert The Positronic Man https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?45459 1992 Gollancz London 978-0-575-04700-6", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Robot series", "Publisher": "Gollancz (UK)Doubleday (US)", "Media type": "Print", "Pa... |
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ESAB, Elektriska Svetsnings-Aktiebolaget (), is an American-Swedish industrial company.
The ultimate parent company of ESAB is ESAB Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange listed (Ticker: ESAB) with its principal executive office in North Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
ESAB products i... | {"Type": "Public company", "Industry": "Manufacturing, welding, fabrication", "Founded": "1904 in Gothenburg, Sweden", "Headquarters": "North Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.", "Parent": "ESAB Corporation", "Website": "esab.com"} |
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Sir Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, 4th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, KG (11 November 132826 February 1360) was an English ... | {"Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Conte de la Marsche, Roger, illustration from the Bruges Garter Book, c.1450. He displays the arms of Mortimer on his tabard.", "Birth date": "11 November 1328", "Birth place": "Ludlow Castle, Shropshire", "Death date": "1360 2 26 1328 11 11 y", "Death place": "Rouvray", "Burie... |
The Last Blade is a fighting game developed and released by SNK for the Neo Geo system in 1997. It was also ported to several home systems. A sequel, The Last Blade 2, was released in 1998. A second sequel, The Last Blade: Beyond the Destiny, was released in 2000.
The game takes place during the Bakumatsu era in Japan... | {"Title": "The Last Blade", "Developer": "SNK", "Publisher": "SNK", "Director": "Kimura Ken", "Producer": "Akira GotoHiroshi Matsumoto", "Designer": "Econo DaisukeEiji FukatsuH. Taniguchi", "Programmer": "Naoyan Apchiba", "Artist": "Toshiaki Mori", "Writer": "Hidetaka SuehiroSuehiro Hidetaka Hidetaka Suehiro https://ww... |
Antonio Fazio (born 11 October 1936 in Alvito, province of Frosinone) is an Italian banker, who was the Governor of Banca d'Italia from 1993 until his resignation amidst controversy at of 2005.
After graduating in economics in 1960, he continued his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was assistan... | {"Name": "Antonio Fazio", "Term start": "4 May 1993", "Term end": "19 December 2005", "Birth date": "1936 10 11 y", "Birth place": "Alvito, Italy", "Nationality": "Italian", "Alma mater": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology"} |
Robin George Collingwood (; 22 February 1889 - 9 January 1943) was an English philosopher, historian and archaeologist. He is best known for his philosophical works, including The Principles of Art (1938) and the posthumously published The Idea of History (1946).
Biography
Collingwood was born 22 February 1889 in Car... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "20th-century philosophy", "Institutions": "Pembroke College, Oxford", "School": "British idealismHistorismCollingwood himself used the term historicism, a term that he apparently coined, to describe his approach (for example, in his lecture \"Ruskin's Philosophy\" lecture, deliv... |
Scripps College is a private liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California. It was founded as a member of the Claremont Colleges in 1926, a year after the consortium's formation. Journalist and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps provided its initial endowment.
Scripps is a four-year undergraduate institutio... | {"Motto": "la Incipit Vita Nova (Latin)", "Type": "Private liberal arts women's college", "Students": "1,109 (2019)http://www.scrippscollege.edu/assessir/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2019-2020-CDS_FINAL-4.pdf Scripps College Common Data Set 2019-2020 Scripps College", "Undergraduates": "1,089 (2019)", "Postgraduates": ... |
Nicopolis () or Actia Nicopolis was the capital city of the Roman province of Epirus Vetus. It is located near Preveza, Greece. The city was founded in 29 BC by Octavian in commemoration of his victory in 31 BC over Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium nearby.Chronicon of Jerome, 2005 online edition (tertullia... | {"Alternative name": "Actia Nicopolis", "Coordinates": "39 00 30 N 20 44 01 E inline,title", "Location": "Preveza, Epirus, Greece", "Region": "Epirus", "Type": "Settlement", "Builder": "Octavian", "Founded": "29 BC", "Condition": "Ruined", "Ownership": "Public", "Management": "33rd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical... |
Deities & Demigods (abbreviated DDG), alternatively known as Legends & Lore (abbreviated L&L or LL), is a reference book for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game (D&D). The book provides descriptions and game statistics of gods and legendary creatures from various sources in mythology and fiction, and allo... | {"Publisher": "TSR", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover)", "Pages": "144 (1980 edition)128 (1981 edition)", "ISBN": "(first edition)"} |
Rona () is an uninhabited Scottish island in the North Atlantic. It is often referred to as North Rona to distinguish it from the island of South Rona in the Inner Hebrides. It has an area of and a maximum elevation of . It is included within the historic county of Ross-shire.
The island lies northwest of Cape Wrath... | {"Coordinates": "59.12 -5.82 inline", "OS grid reference": "HW811323", "Meaning of name": "possibly \"seal island\"", "Area": "109 ha", "Population rank": "145", "Highest elevation": "Tobha Rònaigh, 108 m ftGittings 2012", "Population": "0", "Island group": "North Atlantic", "Council area": "Comhairle nan Eilean Siar",... |
Elsie Eleanore Wayne (née Fairweather; April 20, 1932 - August 23, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Saint John from 1993 to 2004. She was born in Shediac, New Brunswick.
Political career
In 1977, she was elected to the Saint John municipal council. In 1... | {"Image size": "150px", "Image caption": "Wayne in 2007", "Riding 1": "Saint John", "Birth name": "Elsie Eleanore Fairweather", "Birth date": "1932 4 20", "Birth place": "Shediac, New Brunswick", "Death date": "2016 08 23 1932 4 20", "Death place": "Saint John, New Brunswick", "Other political party": "Progressive Cons... |
Mae Murray (born Marie Adrienne Koenig; May 10, 1885 - March 23, 1965) was an American actress, dancer, film producer, and screenwriter. Murray rose to fame during the silent film era and was known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "The Gardenia of the Screen".
Early life
Murray was born in New York City, the ... | {"Name": "Mae Murray", "Caption": "Murray in Photoplay, 1917", "Birth name": "Marie Adrienne Koenig", "Birth date": "1885 5 10 y", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "1965 3 23 1885 5 10 y", "Death place": "Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Valhalla Memorial Park Cemeter... |
Karl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913 - May 14, 2000) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1945 for his collection V-Letter and Other Poems. He was appointed the fifth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946.
Born and initially raised in Baltimore, Maryland,... | {"Born": "1913 11 10", "Died": "2000 05 14 1913 11 10", "Occupation": "Poet, essayist", "Alma mater": "University of VirginiaPeabody InstituteJohns Hopkins University", "Notable awards": "Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1945)Bollingen Prize in Poetry (1969)"} |
Scrambled eggs is a dish made from eggs (usually chicken eggs) stirred, whipped, or beaten together typically with salt, butter, oil, and sometimes other ingredients, and heated so that they form into curds.
History
The scrambling of eggs is an ancient technique. The earliest documented recipe for scrambled eggs was i... | {"Name of food": "Scrambled eggs", "Width of image": "250", "Image caption": "Scrambled eggs", "Place of origin": "worldwide", "Main ingredient": "Eggs", "Minor ingredients": "Salt, pepper, butter"} |
Donald LeRoi LaFontaine (August 26, 1940 - September 1, 2008) was an American voice actor who recorded more than 5,000 film trailers and hundreds of thousands of television advertisements, network promotions, and video game trailers over four decades.
He became identified with the phrase "In a world...", used in so ma... | {"Name": "Don LaFontaine", "Caption": "LaFontaine in 2007", "Birth name": "Donald LeRoi LaFontaine", "Birth date": "1940 08 26", "Birth place": "Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.", "Death date": "2008 09 01 1940 08 26", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles", "O... |
A soufflé is a baked egg-based dish originating in the Kingdom of France in the early 18th century. Combined with various other ingredients, it can be served as a savory main dish or sweetened as a dessert. The word soufflé is the past participle of the French verb which means "to blow," "to breathe," "to inflate," or... | {"Name of food": "Soufflé", "Width of image": "225px", "Image caption": "Bacon and cheddar cheese soufflé with chives", "Place of origin": "France", "Type of dish": "Egg-based dish", "Main ingredient": "Egg yolks, egg whites"} |
Sykes is a British sitcom that aired on BBC 1 from 1972 to 1979. Starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, it was written by Sykes, who had previously starred with Jacques in Sykes and a... (1960-1965) and Sykes and a Big, Big Show (1971). Forty-three of the 1970s colour episodes were remakes of scripts for the 1960s bla... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Starring": "Eric Sykes\n Hattie Jacques\n Deryck Guyler\n Richard Wattis", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "BBC1", "Original release": "1979 11 16 y"} |
Dionysius the Areopagite (; Dionysios ho Areopagitēs) was an Athenian judge at the Areopagus Court in Athens, who lived in the first century. A convert to Christianity, he is venerated as a saint by multiple denominations.
Life
thumb|left|Dionysius the Areopagite with Thomas Aquinas, Madonna and the Child. Madonna an... | {"Born": "1st century AD", "Died": "1st century AD", "Feast": "3 October\nThursday after fifth Sunday after feast of the Holy Cross (Armenian Apostolic Church)Domar: The calendrical and liturgical cycle of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Orthodox Theological Research Institute, 2002, p. 528.", "Attribu... |
Until 1 December 2005, Perm Oblast () was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal District. According to the results of the referendum held in October 2004, Perm Oblast was merged with Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug to form Perm Krai.
It was established in 1938 as part of the RSFSR. From ... | {"Native name": "Пе́рмская о́бласть", "Conventional long name": "Perm Oblast", "Common name": "Perm", "Government type": "Oblast", "Year founded": "1938", "Year dissolved": "2005"} |
Chuvashia (; ), officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvashia, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuvash people, a Turkic ethnic group. It borders with the Mari El Republic in the north, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in the west, the Republic of Mordovia in the southwest, Ulyanovsk Obl... | {"English name": "Chuvash Republic — Chuvashia", "Russian name": "Чувашская Республика — Чувашия", "Local name 1": "Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен", "Local language 1": "Chuvash", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Anthem": "\"State Anthem of the Chuvash Republic\"", "Type of polity": "Republ... |
Taboo is a word, guessing, and party game published by Parker Brothers in 1989 (subsequently purchased by Hasbro). The objective of the game is for a player to have their partners guess the word on the player's card without using the word itself or five additional words listed on the card.
The game is similar to Catch... | {"Name": "Taboo", "Publishers": "Hasbro", "Publication": "1989", "Genres": "party game", "Players": "2 or more", "Age range": "13 and up", "Setup time": "1 minute", "Playing time": "5 to 15 minutes", "Skills required": "verbal skills"} |
Oronsay (), also sometimes spelt and pronounced Oransay by the local community, is a small tidal island south of Colonsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides with an area of .
The island rises to a height of at Beinn Orasaigh and is linked to Colonsay by a tidal causeway called An Tràigh (The Strand) consisting of sands a... | {"Coordinates": "56.02 -6.24 inline", "OS grid reference": "NR351892", "Meaning of name": "\"tidal island\"Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 93 or \"Oran's isle\"", "Area": "543 ha acre on", "Population rank": "70=", "Highest elevation": "Beinn Orasaigh, 93 m ft 0 on", "Population": "8", "Population density": "1.5 PD/km2", "La... |
Carolyn Leckie (born 5 March 1965) is a Scottish politician. She was a member of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP), and held a number of senior positions in the party, but has since left the SSP. From 2003 to 2007 she was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region, having been elected ... | {"Name": "Carolyn Leckie", "Term start": "1 May 2003", "Term end": "2 April 2007", "Birth date": "y 1965 03 05", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Alma mater": "University of StrathclydeUniversity of Dundee"} |
Rosemary "Rosie" Kane (née McGarvey) (born on 5 June 1961 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Socialist Party politician. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow Region from 2003 to 2007.
Political history
Introduction to politics
Kane entered politics after becoming involved in a campaign against the... | {"Name": "Rosie Kane", "Term start": "1 May 2003", "Term end": "2 April 2007", "Birth date": "1961 06 5 yes", "Birth name": "Rosemary McGarvey", "Spouse(s)": "Divorced 1998. Married 2019."} |
Rosemary Byrne (born 3 March 1948, Irvine, North Ayrshire) is a Scottish politician who served as co-convenor of Solidarity from 2006 to 2019.
Byrne was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South of Scotland region from 2003 to 2007. She was elected as a Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) MSP but in Septemb... | {"Name": "Rosemary Byrne", "Term start": "3 September 2006", "Term end": "17 November 2019", "Birth date": "1948 3 3 yes", "Birth place": "Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland"} |
Frances Curran (born 21 May 1961) is a former co-chair of the Scottish Socialist Party. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West of Scotland region from 2003 to 2007.
Political career
A former member of the Labour Party and an organiser for the entryist Militant group,Roz Paterson "Scotland’s br... | {"Name": "Frances Curran", "Birth date": "1961 5 21 y", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Residence": "Partick, Scotland", "Term start": "1 May 2003", "Term end": "2 April 2007", "Spouse(s)": "none"} |
Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston, (born 15 July 1940) is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and Labour peer.
Early life
Robert Winston was born in London to Laurence Winston and Ruth Winston-Fox, and brought up as an Orthodox Jew. His mother was Mayor of the former Boroug... | {"Name": "The Lord Winston", "Image caption": "Winston in 2017", "Birth name": "Robert Maurice Lipson Winston", "Birth date": "yes 1940 07 15", "Birth place": "London, England", "Spouse(s)": "Lira Feigenbaum 1973 2021 d.", "Alma mater": "London Hospital Medical College", "Official website": "robertwinston.org.uk"} |
Choisy-le-Roi () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France.
Geography
Choisy-le-Roi is located southeast from the center of Paris, on both banks of the river Seine. The neighbouring communes are, from the north and clockwise: Vitry-sur-Seine, Alfortville, Créteil... | {"Name": "Choisy-le-Roi", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Mairie Choisy-le-Roi.JPG", "Caption": "The town hall of Choisy-le-Roi", "Coordinates": "48.763 2.409 dms inline,title", "Arrondissement": "L'Haÿ-les-Roses", "Canton": "Choisy-le-Roi", "Postal code": "94600", "Mayor": "Tonino PanettaRépertoire national des... |
Lighthouse Design Ltd. was an American software company that operated from 1989 to 1996. Lighthouse developed software for NeXT computers running the NeXTSTEP operating system. The company was founded in 1989 by Alan Chung, Roger Rosner, Jonathan Schwartz, Kevin Steele and Brian Skinner, in Bethesda, Maryland. Lighthou... | {"Industry": "Software", "Fate": "Acquired by Sun Microsystems", "Founded": "1989", "Defunct": "1996"} |
Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, (25 November 1920 - 6 May 2007) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1983 and 1992.
Family
He was the son of Annie Gertrude (, 1886-1966) and Bernard Bruce Weatherill (1883-1962). He married Lyn Eatwell (born 192... | {"Name": "The Lord Weatherill", "Image caption": "Weatherill as Speaker in 1989", "Term end": "9 April 1992", "Office 2": "Treasurer of the Household", "Prime minister 2": "Edward Heath", "Preceded 2": "Humphrey Atkins", "Succeeded 2": "Walter Harrison", "Birth name": "Bruce Bernard Weatherill", "Birth date": "1920 11 ... |
Per Yngve "Pelle" Ohlin (16 January 1969 - 8 April 1991), better known by his stage name Dead, was a Swedish metal musician who was best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem from 1988 until his death in 1991. Prior to Mayhem, he also performed as vocalist in the Swedish death... | {"Born": "Västerhaninge, Stockholm County, Sweden", "Died": "Kråkstad, Akershus, Norway", "Genres": "Black metal death metal thrash metal", "Formerly of": "Morbid Mayhem"} |
Joseph Baermann Strauss (January 9, 1870 - May 16, 1938) was an American structural engineer who revolutionized the design of bascule bridges. He was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
Life, beginnings and death
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to an artistic family of German-Je... | {"Name": "Joseph Strauss", "Caption": "The Joseph Strauss Memorial, in San Francisco", "Birth date": "1870 1 9", "Birth place": "Cincinnati, Ohio, US", "Death date": "1938 5 16 1870 1 9", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, US", "Resting place": "Forest Lawn Memorial Park", "Alma mater": "University of Cincinnati"... |
Free the Slaves is an international non-governmental organization and lobby group, established to campaign against the modern practice of slavery around the world. It was formed as the sister organization of Anti-Slavery International but has since become a separate entity and has no relationship with it. The organizat... | {"Abbreviation": "FTS", "Type": "NGO", "Headquarters": "Washington, D.C.", "Location": "United States", "Website": "https://www.freetheslaves.net/"} |
The 1955 doubled die cent is a die variety that occurred during production of the one cent coin at the United States Mint in 1955.1955 Doubled Die information
Origins
When a modern coin die is created, it is struck from a working hub, which places the incuse image onto the die that will subsequently be used to strike ... | {"Value": "U.S. dollars", "Mass": "3.11", "Diameter": "19.05", "Edge": "Plain", "Composition": "95% copper, 2.5% tin, 2.5% zinc", "Years of minting": "1955", "Design": "Wheat heads", "Designer": "Victor David Brenner", "Design date": "1909"} |
Brian James Adam (10 June 1948 - 25 April 2013) was a Scottish politician and biochemist who served as Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip from 2011 to 2012. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 1999 to 2013.
He was an MSP for the North Eas... | {"Name": "Brian Adam", "Office 2": "Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen North (2003-2011)", "Predecessor 2": "Elaine Thomson", "Successor 2": "Mark McDonald", "Birth date": "1948 06 10 y", "Birth place": "Newmill, near Keith, Moray, Scotland", "Death date": "2013 04 25 1948 06 10 y", "Death... |
William Mackie Aitken (born 15 April 1947) is a Scottish Conservative politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow from 1999 to 2011, Scottish Conservative Spokesperson for Justice, and Convener of the Justice Committee from 2007 to 2011.
Background, education and career
Aitken was born in ... | {"Name": "Bill Aitken", "Term start": "14 May 2007", "Term end": "21 February 2011", "Birth name": "William Mackie Aitken", "Birth date": "1947 04 15 yes", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Residence": "Glasgow"} |
Wendy Alexander (born 27 June 1963) is a retired Scottish politician and the former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Paisley North. She held various Scottish Government cabinet posts and was the Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2007 to 2008. In 2010-2011 she convened the Scotland Bill Committee on... | {"Name": "Wendy Alexander", "Image size": "220px", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1999-2002", "Term start": "14 September 2007", "Term end": "28 June 2008", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Prof Elizabeth Ashcroft", "Birth date": "yes 1963 6 27", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland, UK", "Alma mater": "Unive... |
Raymond Walter Goulding (March 20, 1922 – March 24, 1990) was an American comedian, who, together with Bob Elliott formed the comedy duo of Bob and Ray.
He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the fourth of five children of Thomas Goulding, an overseer in a textile mill, and his wife Mary. Upon graduation from high schoo... | {"Name": "Ray Goulding", "Image": "Bob and Ray Monitor 1960.JPG", "Caption": "Goulding at left with Bob Elliott on Monitor in 1960", "Birth name": "Raymond Walter Goulding", "Birth date": "1922 3 20", "Birth place": "Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1990 3 24 1922 3 20", "Death place": "Manhasset, New York,... |
During Operation Arc Light (sometimes Arclight) from 1965 to 1973, the United States Air Force deployed B-52 Stratofortresses from bases in the U.S. Territory of Guam to provide battlefield air interdiction during the Vietnam War. This included strikes at enemy bases, supply routes, and behind the lines troop concentra... | {"Commanded by": "United States Air Force; National Security Agency; Lyndon B. Johnson; \nRichard Nixon", "Date": "1965-1973", "Executed by": "U.S. Air Force, Strategic Air Command, Combat Skyspot; National Security Agency", "Casualties": "16 B-52 Stratofortresses lost"} |
University of the Arts (UArts) is a private arts university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its campus makes up part of the Avenue of the Arts in Center City, Philadelphia. Dating back to the 1870s, it is one of the oldest schools of art or music in the United States.
The university is composed of two colleges and two... | {"Type": "Private art university", "Endowment": "$54.1 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowm... |
The Qana massacre took place on April 18, 1996, near Qana, a village in Southern Lebanon, when the Israel Defense Forces fired artillery shells at a United Nations compound. The artillery barrage had been launched to cover an Israeli special forces unit after it had come under mortar fire launched from the vicinity of ... | {"Title": "Qana massacre", "Caption": "UNIFIL peacekeepers remove the remains of artillery attack victims", "Location": "UNIFIL compound, Qana, Lebanon", "Date": "1996 4 18", "Type of attack": "155 mm gun shelling", "Fatalities": "106 Lebanese civilians", "Injuries": "116 Lebanese civilians and 4 Fijian UN peacekeepers... |
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) was a performers' union that represented a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists (both royalty artists and background singers), promo and voice-over ... | {"Name": "American Federation of Television and Radio Artists", "Location country": "United States", "Membership": "74,449000-030 495994 LM2Form April 30, 2012", "Membership year": "2012", "Leader title": "President", "Leader name": "Roberta Reardon", "Logo size": "150px", "Formation": "1937 08 16", "Dissolved": "2012 ... |
Up! is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was released on November 19, 2002, by Mercury Nashville. As her first studio album in five years, three versions of the album were released: a pop version (red disc), a country version (green disc), and a version in the style of Indian film music (blue ... | {"Released": "November 19, 2002 (US)", "Recorded": "Fall 2001 - Summer 2002", "Genre": "Country pop world", "Label": "Mercury Nashville", "Producer": "Robert John \"Mutt\" Lange Simon & Diamond Duggal"} |
Come On Over is the third studio album by Canadian singer Shania Twain. Mercury Records in North America released it on November 4, 1997. Similar to her work on its predecessor, The Woman in Me (1995), Twain entirely collaborated with producer and then-husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange. With both having busy schedules, ... | {"Released": "1997 11 04", "Studio": "Emerald Sound GBT Masterfonics Tracking Room Seventeen Grand Recording (Nashville)\n Sven (Mamaroneck, New York)\n Sound Barries (New York)\n Glenn Gould (Toronto)", "Genre": "Country pop\n pop", "Label": "Mercury", "Producer": "Robert John \"Mutt\" Lange"} |
What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East is a book by Bernard Lewis released in January 2002, shortly after the September 11 terrorist attack, but written shortly before. The nucleus of this book appeared as an article published in The Atlantic Monthly in January 2002.
The book's the... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Harper Perennial", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover, Paperback), E-book", "Pages": "208", "ISBN": "978-0060516055"} |
Sir Brendan Paul Barber (born 3 April 1951) is a British trade union official. He served as chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) Council until 2020. He is a former general secretary of the United Kingdom's Trades Union Congress (TUC); a post he held from June 2003 until his retirement at t... | {"Name": "Brendan Barber", "Image": "Brendan Barber, Tolpuddle 2012.JPG", "Image caption": "Barber speaking at the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival and Rally in 2012", "Term start": "2014", "Office 2": "10th General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress", "Predecessor 2": "John Monks", "Successor 2": "Frances O'Grady", "Bi... |
The Woman in Me is the second studio album by Canadian country singer-songwriter Shania Twain and her first to be produced by long-time collaborator and then-husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Released on February 7, 1995, it went on to become her biggest-selling recording at the time, selling 4 million copies by the en... | {"Released": "February 7, 1995", "Recorded": "1994-1995", "Studio": "Sound Stage Studio (Nashville)Battery Studios (Nashville)Javelina Recording Studios (Nashville)Recording Arts (Nashville)A.R.P. Track Productions (St. Anne Des Lacs, Quebec, Canada)", "Genre": "Country pop", "Label": "Polygram Mercury", "Producer": "R... |
Shania Twain is the debut studio album by Canadian singer Shania Twain, released on April 20, 1993, by Polygram and Mercury Records. The album was a worldwide commercial failure when first released, but following the significant success of Twain's three subsequent albums, an interest in Shania Twain developed, leading ... | {"Released": "April 20, 1993", "Recorded": "1992-1993", "Genre": "Country", "Label": "Polygram Mercury", "Producer": "Harold Shedd Norro Wilson"} |
A&E is an American basic cable network, the flagship television property of A&E Networks. The network was originally founded in 1984 as the Arts & Entertainment Network, initially focusing on fine arts, documentaries, dramas, and educational entertainment. Today, the network deals primarily in non-fiction programming, ... | {"Launched": "1984 02 01", "Owner": "A&E Networks(Hearst Communications/The Walt Disney Company, formerly NBCUniversal (1984-2012))", "Language(s)": "English", "Picture format": "1080i (HDTV)(480i letterboxed for the SDTV feed)", "Country": "United States", "Headquarters": "New York City, U.S.", "Broadcast area": "Unit... |
The Betty Ford Center (BFC) is a non-profit, residential treatment center for persons with substance dependence in Rancho Mirage, California. It offers inpatient, outpatient, and residential day treatment for alcohol and other drug addictions, as well as prevention and education programs for family and children. The Be... | {"Coordinates": "33.7630802 -116.4013637 region:US-CA dms inline,title", "Location": "Rancho Mirage", "Lists": "California", "Care system": "US", "Opened": "1982 10 04Understanding Connections Between Substance Use and Other Life Problems https://www.cadillacnews.com/ap/business/understanding-connections-between-subst... |
The (German for Brockhaus Encyclopedia) is a German-language encyclopedia which until 2009 was published by the F. A. Brockhaus printing house.
The first edition originated in the Conversations-Lexikon published by Löbel and Franke in Leipzig 1796-1808. Renamed Der Große Brockhaus in 1928 and from 1966, the 21st th... | {"Country": "Germany", "Language": "German", "Publisher": "F. A. Brockhaus AG", "Media type": "30 volumes, hardbound (21st edition, 2006); after 2006 unavailable in print, but available online", "Pages": "24,500 (21st edition, 2006)", "ISBN": "978-3-76-531102-4", "Website": "https://brockhaus.de/ecs/"} |
The 2000 London mayoral election was held on 4 May 2000 to elect the Mayor of London. It was the first election to the office established that year; the idea of a London mayor of a Greater London Authority (GLA) had been included in Labour's 1997 election manifesto, and after their election a referendum in London was s... | {"Name": "2000 London mayoral election", "Turnout": "34.43%", "Ongoing?": "no", "Type": "presidential", "Next election": "2004 London mayoral election", "Next year": "2004", "Election date": "4 May 2000", "1 blank": "First round vote", "2 blank": "Percentage", "3 blank": "Second round vote", "4 blank": "Percentage", "I... |
Kathleen Coad Petre ( Defries; 10 May 1903 - 10 August 1994), known as Kay Petre, was an early motor racing star. She was born in York, Ontario, now part of Toronto.
Family
Kathleen Coad Defries was the daughter of Robert Leo Defries KC (died 1957) and his wife, Annie Gray. Her father was a barrister in Toronto. She s... | {"Caption": "Petre in 1938", "Birth name": "Kathleen Coad Defries", "Name": "Kay Petre", "Birth date": "1903 05 10 y", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario", "Death date": "1994 08 10 1903 05 10 y", "Occupation": "Racing driver", "Spouse(s)": "Langlois D. Lefroy (m. 1924-1924; his death)Henry Petre (m. 1929-1962; his death... |
The Rasheed (or sometimes known as the Rashidhttps://www.forgottenweapons.com/egyptian-rifle-overview/ ) is a semi-automatic carbine, derived from the Hakim Rifle and used by the Egyptian military. Only around 8,000 were made.
The Rasheed was designed by the Swedish engineer Erik Eklund, who based it on his previous H... | {"Type": "Semi-automatic carbine", "Place of origin": "Egypt", "Sights": "yes", "In service": "1960 - Present", "Used by": "See Users", "Designer": "Erik Eklund", "Manufacturer": "Ministry of Military Production, Factory 54", "Variants": "See Variants", "Mass": "4.19 kg lb (unloaded)", "Length": "1035 mm in", "Action":... |
Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote, and were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldeco... | {"Born": "1949 6 18", "Alma mater": "University of MichiganRhode Island School of Design", "Occupation": "Writer, illustrator", "Notable awards": "Caldecott Medal 1982, 1986", "Children": "2"} |
Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 - May 25, 1919) was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. Multiple sources mention that although other wo... | {"Birth name": "Sarah Breedlove", "Name": "Madam C.J. Walker", "Caption": "Walker 1914", "Birth date": "1867 12 23 y", "Birth place": "Delta, Fifth Military District (Louisiana), U.S.", "Death date": "1919 5 25 1867 12 23 y", "Death place": "Irvington, New York, U.S.", "Resting place": "Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New Yo... |
Secret Garden is an Irish-Norwegian band specialised in new instrumental music, led by the duo consisting of Irish violinist and singer Fionnuala Sherry and Norwegian composer, arranger and pianist Rolf Løvland.
The group came to fame when they won the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest, representing Norway with the composi... | {"Origin": "Norway and Ireland", "Genres": "Classical, Celtic, Nordic folk, New age", "Website": "secretgarden.no", "Members": "Fionnuala Sherry Rolf Løvland"} |
Collingwood is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is situated on Nottawasaga Bay at the southern point of Georgian Bay. Collingwood is well known as a tourist destination, for its skiing in the winter, and limestone caves along the Niagara Escarpment in the summer.
History
The land in the area was first inh... | {"Land": "33.15", "Density": "748.3", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.collingwood.ca"} |
Jumanji is a 1981 fantasy children's picture book written and illustrated by American author Chris Van Allsburg. The book is about an enchanted board game that implements wild animals and other jungle elements as the game is played in real life. The book was adapted into a 1995 film of the same name and spawned a franc... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Houghton Mifflin", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Pages": "32", "ISBN": "0-395-30448-2", "Followed by": "Zathura"} |
UFO is a 1970 British science fiction television series about the covert efforts of an international defence organisation (under the auspices of the United Nations) to prevent an alien invasion of Earth. It was created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grade's Ce... | {"Genre": "Science fiction", "Created by": "Gerry & Sylvia AndersonReg Hill", "Starring": "Keith AlexanderHarry BairdMichael BillingtonEd BishopAyshea BroughGabrielle DrakeAntonia EllisPeter GordenoDolores MantezGary MyersNorma RonaldGeorge SewellVladek SheybalGrant TaylorWanda Ventham", "Country of origin": "United Ki... |
Yasmine Bleeth (born June 14, 1968) is an American actress and model. Her television roles include Caroline Holden on Baywatch, Ryan Fenelli on Ryan's Hope, and LeeAnn Demerest on One Life to Live.
Early life and career
Bleeth was born in New York City, the daughter of Carina, a model, and Philip Bleeth, a business pr... | {"Name": "Yasmine Bleeth", "Caption": "Bleeth in 2006", "Birth date": "1968 6 14", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Actress, model", "Years active": "1980-2003, 2020-present", "Known For": "Baywatch", "Spouse(s)": "Paul Cerrito 2002"} |
The City of Lost Children () is a 1995 science fantasy film directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Jeunet and Gilles Adrien, and starring Ron Perlman. An international co-production of companies from France, Germany, and Spain, the film is stylistically related to the previous and subsequent Jeunet fi... | {"Directed by": "Marc Caro\n Jean-Pierre Jeunet", "Produced by": "Félicie Dutertre", "Written by": "Gilles Adrien\n Jean-Pierre Jeunet", "Starring": "Ron Perlman\n Daniel Emilfork\n Judith Vittet\n Dominique Pinon\n Jean-Claude Dreyfus\n Geneviève Brunet\n Odile Mallet\n Mireille Mossé\n Serge Merlin\n François Hadji-L... |
The Caps () were a political faction during the Age of Liberty (1719-1772) in Sweden. The primary rivals of the Caps were known as the Hats. The Hats are actually responsible for the Caps' name, as it comes from a contraction of Night-cap, a name used to suggest that the Caps were the soft and timid party. The Caps r... | {"Founded": "1737", "Headquarters": "Stockholm", "Ideology": "LiberalismWhiggismPeter Lawrence Tony Spybey https://books.google.com/books?id=hyFWDwAAQBAJ&dq=liberal+Caps+Sweden&pg=PT15 Management and Society in Sweden ... after all, independent landowners on a small scale in their own right, whilst the Caps, especi... |
Advanced Visualization Studio (AVS), is a music visualization plugin for Winamp. It was designed by Winamp creator, Justin Frankel and was first shipped in version 2.0a4 with Winamp 2.61. AVS has a customizable design which allows users to create their own visualization effects, or "presets". AVS was made open source s... | {"Developer(s)": "Nullsoft", "Initial release": "2000 03 03", "Written in": "C / C++", "Available in": "English", "Type": "Music visualization", "License": "BSD license", "Website": "www.nullsoft.com/free/avs"} |
Greyfriars Bobby (4 May 1855 - 14 January 1872) was a Skye Terrier or Dandie Dinmont Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died on 14 January 1872. The story continues to be well known in Scotland, through several books and films. A prominent c... | {"Born": "Edinburgh, Scotland August 2022", "Died": "Edinburgh, Scotland", "Resting place": "Greyfriars Kirkyard", "Known for": "Guarding the grave of his owner until he died himself on 14 January 1872", "Awards": "Key to the City of Edinburgh"} |
General Magnus André de Merindol Malan (30 January 1930 - 18 July 2011) was a South African military figure and politician during the last years of apartheid in South Africa. He served respectively as Minister of Defence in the cabinet of President P. W. Botha, Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), and Chi... | {"Name": "Magnus Malan", "Image caption": "Magnus Malan circa 1990.", "Term start": "1980", "Term end": "1991", "Birth name": "Magnus André de Merindol Malan", "Birth date": "1930 01 30 yes", "Birth place": "Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa", "Death date": "y 2011 7 18 1930 1 30", "Death place": "Pretoria, Gauteng, So... |
James Reynolds Bath (born August 18, 1936) is a Texas businessman who has business interests in aircraft sales and leasing and real estate. He is best known for his business relationships with Saudi businessmen Salem bin Laden and Khalid bin Mahfouz.
Biography
Bath was born in 1936 in Natchitoches, Louisiana. In 1965,... | {"Name": "James R. Bath", "Birth name": "James Reynolds Bath", "Birth date": "1936 8 18", "Birth place": "Natchitoches, Louisiana, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Businessman"} |
The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City across the East River connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan at Delancey Street with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn at Broadway near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (Interstate 278). Completed in 1903, it was the longest suspension bridge sp... | {"Carries": "8 lanes of roadway,2 tracks of the Williamsburg bullets of the New York City Subway,pedestrians, and bicycles", "Crosses": "East River", "Locale": "Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York City", "Maintained by": "New York City Department of Transportation", "Architect": "Henry Hornbostel", "Designer": "Leffert L.... |
Trevelyan College (known colloquially as Trevs) is a college of Durham University, England. Founded in 1966, the college takes its name from social historian George Macaulay Trevelyan (pronounced "Trevillian"), Chancellor of the university from 1950 to 1957. Originally an all-female college (the last to open in England... | {"Motto": "Vera fictis libentius", "Established": "1966", "Principal": "Adekunle Adeyeyehttps://www.palatinate.org.uk/durham-university-appoints-five-new-heads-of-college/ Durham University appoints five new Heads of College 16 July 2019 Josh Hurn and Tom Saunders Palatinate", "Vice principal": "Martin Braderhttps:... |
Shaanxi History Museum, which is located to the northwest of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in the ancient city Xi'an, in the Shaanxi province of China, is one of the first huge state museums with modern facilities in China and one of the largest. The museum houses over 370,000 items, including murals, paintings, pottery,... | {"Established": "20 June 1991", "Location": "Xi'an, Shaanxi, China", "Coordinates": "34 13 31 N 108 57 05 E type:landmark inline,title", "Public transit access": "Xiaozhai station xi'an 2xi'an 3 Dayanta station xi'an 3xi'an 4", "Visitors": "2,713,465 (2017)http://www.xinhuanet.com/city/2018-02/24/c_129815654.htm htt... |
thumb|The reverse side of the commemorative 10 ruble coin issued by the Bank of Russia, honoring the Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation; shown is the 10 ruble coin honoring Arkhangelsk Oblast (2007)
Arkhangelsk Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic archipelagos of Fr... | {"English name": "Arkhangelsk Oblast", "Russian name": "Архангельская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Anthem reference": "Law #413-21-OZ", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "413103", "Area rank": "8th", "ISO 3166-2:RU ... |
Brazil Red () () is a 2001 French historical novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin which recounts the unsuccessful French attempt to conquer Brazil in the 16th century, against a background of wars of religion and a rite-of-passage discovery of the charms and secrets of the Amerindian world.
Plot
The plot of this veritable e... | {"Original title": "Rouge Brésil", "Country": "France", "Language": "French", "Publisher": "Gallimard", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "550 p.", "ISBN": "9782070761982"} |
James Iredell Jr. (November 2, 1788 - April 13, 1853) was the 23rd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1827 and 1828.
Early life
Iredell was born in Chowan County, North Carolina. He was the son of well-known parents: his father, James Iredell, was a statesman and U.S. Supreme Court justice, and his m... | {"Name": "James Iredell Jr.", "Term start": "December 8, 1827", "Term end": "December 12, 1828", "Order 2": "United States Senatorfrom North Carolina", "Predecessor 2": "Nathaniel Macon", "Successor 2": "Willie Person Mangum", "Birth date": "1788 11 2", "Birth place": "Chowan County, North Carolina", "Death date": "185... |
SyQuest Technology, Inc. () was an early entrant into the hard disk drive market for personal computers. The company was founded on January 27, 1982 http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/syquest/brochures/SyQuest_Background198311xx.pdf by Syed Iftikar who had been a founder of Seagate, along with Ben Alaimo, Bill Krajewski, An... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Data storage", "Founded": "1982 in Fremont, California, United States", "Defunct": "2003", "Fate": "Partially acquired by Iomega"} |
is a rail shooter arcade video game developed and released by Sega in 1987. The player controls an American F-14 Tomcat fighter jet and must clear each of the game's eighteen unique stages by destroying incoming enemies. The plane is equipped with a machine gun and a limited supply of heat-seeking missiles. The game us... | {"Title": "After Burner", "Caption": "Japanese flyer", "Developer": "Sega AM2", "Publisher": "Sega", "Designer": "Yu Suzuki", "Programmer": "Satoshi Mifune", "Composer": "Hiroshi Kawaguchi", "Platforms": "Arcade font-weight:normal;font-size:12px;background:transparent;text-align:left After BurnerArcade, Master System, ... |
John Motley Morehead (July 4, 1796 - August 27, 1866) was an American lawyer and politician who became the 29th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina (1841 to 1845). He became known as "the Father of Modern North Carolina."
Early and family life
Born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Morehead was the son of Obe... | {"Name": "John Motley Morehead", "Office 2": "Member of the North Carolina General Assembly", "Birth date": "1796 7 4", "Birth place": "Pittsylvania County, Virginia", "Death date": "1866 8 27 1796 7 4", "Death place": "Rockbridge Springs, Virginia", "Nationality": "American", "Alma mater": "University of North Carolin... |
Westport is a village in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It lies at the west end of Upper Rideau Lake,Upper Rideau Lake Association at the head of the navigable Rideau Canal system, southwest of Ottawa.
The village of Westport was incorporated as an independent municipality in 1904. Surrounded by the Township of Rideau Lake... | {"Land": "1.68", "Density": "350.8", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.village.westport.on.ca"} |
Funny Face is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and written by Leonard Gershe, containing assorted songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Although having the same title as the 1927 Broadway musical Funny Face by the Gershwin brothers, and featuring the same male star (Fred Astaire), the ... | {"Directed by": "Stanley Donen", "Produced by": "Roger Edens", "Written by": "Leonard Gershe", "Starring": "Audrey Hepburn\n Fred Astaire\n Kay Thompson\n Michel Auclair\n Robert Flemyng", "Music by": "Adolph Deutsch\n Songs:\n George Gershwin\n Ira Gershwin\n Roger Edens", "Cinematography": "Ray June", "Edited by": "F... |
The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) is a bi-state government agency of the U.S. states of New Jersey and Delaware established by an interstate compact in 1962.
The authority operates the Delaware Memorial twin suspension bridges, the Cape May-Lewes Ferry between Cape May, New Jersey, and Lewes, Delaware, the F... | {"Formed": "1962", "Jurisdiction": "Delaware and New Jersey", "Headquarters": "P.O. Box 71, New Castle, DE 19720", "Website": "www.drba.net"} |
The State University of New York at Albany, commonly referred to as the University at Albany, UAlbany or SUNY Albany, is a public research university with campuses in Albany, Rensselaer, and Guilderland, New York. Founded in 1844, it is one of four "university centers" of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.... | {"Motto": "la Sapientia et sua et docendi causa (Latin)", "Type": "Public research university center", "Endowment": "$100.9 million (2022)As of June 18, 2023. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2022-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL.ashx?la=en&hash=362DC3F9BDEB1DF0C22B05D544AD24D1... |
War All the Time is the third studio album by American rock band Thursday. Following the release of their second album Full Collapse (2001), the group had a series of negative experiences with their label Victory Records regarding promotion. While this was happening, the group was contacted by major labels, and in May ... | {"Released": "September 16, 2003", "Recorded": "January-May 2003", "Studio": "Big Blue Meenie Recording, Jersey City, New Jersey;Longview Farm, North Brookfield, Massachusetts", "Genre": "Post-hardcore emo", "Label": "Island", "Producer": "Sal Villanueva"} |
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