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, better known by her stage name Chara, is a Japanese singer, actress and video jockey. She debuted in 1991 with the single Heaven. She is known for her song "Swallowtail Butterfly (Ai no Uta)", the theme song for the 1996 Shunji Iwai film Swallowtail Butterfly in which she starred, her 1997 hit single "Yasashii Kimoch... | {"Name": "Chara", "Caption": "Chara performing live, 2011", "Native name": "綿引 美和 (Watabiki Miwa)", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth name": "Miwa WatabikiExcite エキサイト ミュージック - Mean Machine http://www.excite.co.jp/music/feature/2001/meanmachine/ Tomoji Takeuchi Excite 2001 November 7, 2009 https://web.archive.org/we... |
Francis Herbert Bradley (30 January 1846 - 18 September 1924) was a British idealist philosopher. His most important work was Appearance and Reality (1893).
Life
Bradley was born at Clapham, Surrey, England (now part of the Greater London area). He was the child of Charles Bradley, an evangelical Anglican preacher, a... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "19th-century philosophy", "School": "British idealism IEP>Coherentism in Epistemology (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)", "Institutions": "Merton College, Oxford"} |
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF) is an English chamber orchestra, based in London.
John Churchill, then Master of Music at the London church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, and Neville Marriner founded the orchestra as "The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields", a small, conductorless string group. The ASMF ga... | {"Location": "London, England", "Founded": "1959", "Former name": "The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields", "Music director": "Joshua Bell", "Website": "asmf.org"} |
Bucky O'Hare is a fictional character and the hero of an eponymous comic book series and spin-off media, including an animated TV series and various toys and video games. He was created by comic book writer Larry Hama and comic book artist Michael Golden between 1977 and 1978 and made its publishing debut in Echo of Fu... | {"Publisher": "Continuity Comics", "Created by": "Larry HamaMichael Golden", "Team affiliations": "S.P.A.C.E (Sentient Protoplasm Against Colonial Encroachment)", "Abilities": "Master tactician and field commander"} |
(born February 4, 1966) is a Japanese singer and actress. She is signed to Victor Entertainment.
Career
In 1981, Kyoko Koizumi participated in and won the Star Tanjo! programme and released her first single in March 1982. She obtained several number one hits on the Oricon charts in 1984: "Nagisa no Haikara Ningyo / Ka... | {"Born": "Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan", "Genres": "Japanese pop", "Labels": "Victor Entertainment", "Website": "www.koizumix.com"} |
Fiji was a British Crown colony from 1874 to 1970, and an independent dominion in the Commonwealth from 1970 to 1987. During this period, the head of state was the British monarch, but in practice his or her functions were normally exercised locally by the governor prior to independence (on 10 October 1970), and by the... | {"Post": "Governor", "Body": "Fiji", "Insignia size": "220px", "Insignia caption": "Flag of the governor of Fiji from 1908 to 1970", "Image size": "120px", "Style": "His Excellency The Right Honourable", "Residence": "Government House, Suva", "Appointer": "King/Queen of the United Kingdom", "Date of formation": "10 Oct... |
Shuowen Jiezi () is an ancient Chinese dictionary compiled by Xu Shen during the Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 206 CE). Although not the first comprehensive Chinese character dictionary (the Erya predates it), it was the first to analyze the structure of the characters and to give the rationale behind them, as well as the... | {"Infobox title": "Shuowen Jiezi", "Picture caption": "Cover of a modern reprint of a Song dynasty \"veritable\" edition (真本) of the Shuowen Jiezi", "Picture size": "200px", "Name in traditional characters": "說文解字", "Name in simplified characters": "说文解字", "Literal meaning": "\"Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Character... |
The 1985 United States-Canada tornado outbreak, referred to as the Barrie tornado outbreak in Canada, was a major tornado outbreak that occurred in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, on May 31, 1985. In all 44 tornadoes were counted including 14 in Ontario, Canada. It is the largest and most intense tornado out... | {"Name": "1985 United States-Canada tornado outbreak", "Image": "1985-05-31 tornado outbreak map.PNG", "Image caption": "Tracks of all tornadoes that touched down during the outbreak", "Type": "Tornado outbreak", "Duration": "May 31 - June 1, 1985", "Tornadoes confirmed": "44 confirmed", "Fujita scale / Enhanced Fujita... |
is a Japanese actor. Though he has played a wide range of characters, he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of yakuza figures, most notably in the films of Takeshi Kitano.
Terajima made his acting debut in 1986's A Homansu. He joined Japan Music Entertainment in December 2018.
Early life
Terajima was born in F... | {"Name": "Susumu Terajima", "Native name": "寺島 進", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1963 11 12 y", "Birth place": "Fukagawa, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan", "Occupation": "Actor"} |
Patrick Cox (born March 19, 1963) is a Canadian-British fashion designer and an eponymous fashion label specializing in the creation of shoes, leather goods and accessories. Cox is most noted for the use of unusual materials and a mixture of avant-garde and traditional styles.
Cox was born in Edmonton, Alberta, to a b... | {"Name": "Patrick Cox", "Nationality": "Canadian/British", "Birth date": "1963 3 19", "Birth place": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada", "Education": "London College of Fashion (Formerly Cordwainer's Technical College)", "Notable works": "Patrick Cox Wannabe Charles Jourdan GEOX Designed by Patrick Cox Lathbridge", "Awards": ... |
White Aryan Resistance (WAR) is a white supremacist and neo-Nazi organization in the United States which was founded and formerly led by former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon Tom Metzger. It was based in Warsaw, Indiana, and it was also incorporated as a business. In 1993, the group expanded into Canada in what they dubbed ... | {"Leader": "Tom MetzgerDennis Mahon", "Founded": "1983 (as White American Resistance) in the United States", "Ideology": "Neo-NazismThird PositionAtkins 55", "Political position": "Far-right"} |
Mordovia (; ; ), officially the Republic of Mordovia, is a republic of Russia, situated in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Saransk. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the republic was 834,755. Ethnic Russians (53.1%) and Mordvins (39.8%) account for the majority of the population.
History
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Black No More: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, A.D. 1933-1940 is a 1931 Harlem Renaissance satire on American race relations by George S. Schuyler. In the novel, Schuyler targets both the Ku Klux Klan and NAACP in condemning the ways in which race functions as ... | {"Language": "English", "Publisher": "New York, Macaulay Co.", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "250"} |
The Komi Republic (; ), sometimes simply referred to as Komi,Komi is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar. The population of the republic as of the 2010 Census was 901,189.
History
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The Komi people first feature in the records of th... | {"English name": "Komi Republic", "Russian name": "Республика Коми", "Local name 1": "Коми Республика", "Local language 1": "Komi", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Anthem": "State Anthem of the Komi Republic", "Type of polity": "Republic", "Type of polity article": "Republics of Russia"... |
Benin is divided into 12 departments (French: départements), and subdivided into 77 communes (see Communes of Benin). In 1999, the previous six departments were each split into two halves, forming the current 12. Each of the six new departments was assigned a capital in 2008.
+ Map keyDepartmentCapitalCommuniqué du C... | {"Category": "Unitary State", "Location": "Republic of Benin", "Number": "12", "Populations": "495,307 (Mono) - 1,396,548 (Atlantique)", "Areas": "31 sqmi km2 flip on (Littoral) - 10132 sqmi km2 flip on (Alibori)", "Government": "Region government, National government", "Subdivisions": "Commume"} |
Mari El (; ; ), officially the Mari El Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is in the European region of the country, along the northern bank of the Volga River, and administratively part of the Volga Federal District. The republic has a population of 696,459 (2010 Census). Yoshkar-Ola is the capital and largest city.... | {"English name": "Mari El Republic", "Russian name": "Республика Марий Эл", "Local name 1": "Марий Эл Республик", "Local language 1": "Meadow Mari", "Local name 2": "Мары Эл Республик", "Local language 2": "Hill Mari", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Anthem": "\"State Anthem of the Mari... |
Edgeley is a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.
Edgeley is characterised largely by Victorian terraced housing around Alexandra Park. The population in 2021 was 14,182.
Edgeley Park is home to Stockport County F.C.
History
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References to ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "14182", "Metropolitan borough": "Stockport", "Metropolitan county": "Greater Manchester", "Postcode district": "SK3", "Dialling code": "0161"} |
Laurel Canyon is a 2002 American drama film written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko. The film stars Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Natascha McElhone, and Alessandro Nivola.
Plot
Sam and Alex are a newly engaged couple who move to Los Angeles to further their careers. Sam is a recently graduated me... | {"Directed by": "Lisa Cholodenko", "Produced by": "Jeff Levy-HinteSusan A. Stover", "Written by": "Lisa Cholodenko", "Starring": "Frances McDormandKate BeckinsaleChristian BaleNatascha McElhoneAlessandro Nivola", "Music by": "Craig Wedren", "Cinematography": "Wally Pfister", "Edited by": "Amy E. Duddleston", "Distribut... |
Karachay-Cherkessia (), officially the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus. It is administratively part of the North Caucasian Federal District. Karachay-Cherkessia has a population of 469,865 (2021 Census). Cherkessk is the largest city and the capital of the republic.
Ka... | {"English name": "Karachay-Cherkess Republic", "Russian name": "Карачаево-Черкесская Республика", "Local name 1": "Къарачай-Черкес Республика", "Local language 1": "Karachay-Balkar", "Local name 2": "Къэрэшей-Шэрджэс Республикэ", "Local language 2": "Kabardian", "Local name 3": "Карашай-Шеркеш Республикасы", "Local lan... |
Kaluga Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga. The 2021 Russian Census found a population of 1,069,904.
Geography
Kaluga Oblast lies in the central part of the East European Plain. The oblast's territory is located between the Central Russian Upland (with... | {"English name": "Kaluga Oblast", "Russian name": "Калужская область", "Local language 1": "Ukrainian", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Anthem": "Anthem of Kaluga Oblast", "Anthem reference": "Law #423-OZ", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area... |
Kamal Suleiman Salibi () (2 May 19291 September 2011)Lebanese historian Salibi died at 82 ilouban.com, 1 September 2011.Brooke Anderson,Friends remember Lebanese historian for his generosity and storytelling,' The Daily Star, 1 September 2011. was a Lebanese historian, professor of history at the American University of... | {"Honorific prefix": "Professor", "Name": "Kamal Salibi", "Caption": "Salibi in April 2009", "Birth name": "Kamal Suleiman Salibi", "Birth date": "1929 5 2 yes", "Death date": "2011 9 1 1929 5 2 yes", "Birth place": "Beirut, Lebanon", "Death place": "Beirut, Lebanon", "Occupation": "Historian, academic, researcher", "N... |
Steven Richard Rothman (born October 14, 1952) is an American former jurist and Democratic politician who served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 9th congressional district, serving for 16 years from January 3, 1997, to January 3, 2013.
Rothman was a member of the House Appropriations Committee, and also se... | {"Name": "Steve Rothman", "Office 2": "Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey", "Preceded 2": "Sondra Greenberg", "Succeeded 2": "Donald Aronson", "Birth name": "Steven Richard Rothman", "Birth date": "1952 10 14", "Birth place": "Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.", "Residence": "Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.", "Official website": "ww... |
Stavropol Krai (), also known as Stavropolye (), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia, and is administratively part of the North Caucasian Federal District. Stavropol Krai has a population of 2,786,281 (2010).
Stavropol is the largest cit... | {"English name": "Stavropol Krai", "Russian name": "Ставропольский край", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Krai", "Type of polity article": "Krais of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "66160", "Area rank": "45th", "ISO 3166-2:RU code": "RU-STA", "Leader title": "Governor", "Le... |
Natascha McElhone (; born Natascha Abigail Taylor, 14 December 1969) is a British actress. She is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In film, she is best known for her roles in Ronin (1998), The Truman Show (1998), and Solaris (2002).
On television, she has portrayed Karen van der Beek, the lo... | {"Name": "Natascha McElhone", "Caption": "McElhone in May 2018", "Birth name": "Natascha Abigail Taylor", "Birth date": "1969 12 14 y", "Birth place": "Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England", "Alma mater": "London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1990-present", "Spouse(s)": "Mar... |
Bad News Bears is a 2005 American sports comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, Sammi Kane Kraft and Jeffrey Tedmori. It is a remake of the 1976 sports film The Bad News Bears, produced by Paramount Pictures. U... | {"Directed by": "Richard Linklater", "Produced by": "Richard Linklater\n J. Geyer Kosinski", "Screenplay by": "Glenn Ficarra\n John Requa", "Based on": "The Bad News Bears Bill Lancaster", "Starring": "Billy Bob Thornton\n Greg Kinnear\n Marcia Gay Harden", "Music by": "Ed Shearmur", "Cinematography": "Rogier Stoffers"... |
Altai Krai () is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Oblasts, and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative centre is the city of Barnaul. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the krai was 2,1... | {"English name": "Altai Krai", "Russian name": "Алтайский край", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Anthem": "Anthem of the Altai Krai", "Type of polity": "Krai", "Type of polity article": "Krais of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "167996", "Area rank": "22nd", "ISO 3166-2:RU code": "RU-ALT", "... |
was a Japanese actor with a career spanning five decades. He appeared in nearly 300 film and television productions, both in leading and supporting roles, and was the winner of two Japan Academy Film Prizes.
At the height of his career, he was one of Japan's most esteemed and prolific leading men, and worked with man... | {"Name": "Tetsurō Tamba", "Native name": "丹波 哲郎", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth name": "Shozaburo Tanba", "Birth date": "1922 07 17 y", "Birth place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Death date": "2006 09 24 1922 07 17 yes", "Death place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Education": "Chuo University", "Occupation":... |
Randolph School is an American independent private Pre-K-through-12th-grade college preparatory school chartered in 1959 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. It started in a home on Randolph Avenue in downtown Huntsville with a handful of elementary classes. A few years later it moved to a much larger campus on Dra... | {"Coordinates": "34.706 -86.558 dms inline,title", "CEEB code": "011475", "Head of school": "Adam Dubé", "Faculty": "150", "Average class size": "13 students", "Student to teacher ratio": "8:1", "Slogan": "Seeking Truth. Building Character. Nurturing all.", "Team name": "Raiders", "School fees": "$22,391", "Campus type... |
Krasnodar Krai () is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of the Southern Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Krasnodar. The third most populous federal subject, the krai had a population of 5,838,273 as of the 2... | {"English name": "Krasnodar Krai", "Russian name": "Краснодарский край", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Anthem": "Anthem of Krasnodar Krai ru Гимн Краснодарского края", "Anthem reference": "Law #5-KZ", "Type of polity": "Krai", "Type of polity article": "Krais of Russia", "Area in sq. ... |
was a Japanese actress and film director. She had a career lasting over 50 years with more than 250 acting credits, but was best known for her 15 films with director Kenji Mizoguchi, such as The Life of Oharu (1952) and Ugetsu (1953). With her 1953 directorial debut, Love Letter, Tanaka became the second Japanese woman... | {"Name": "Kinuyo Tanaka", "Caption": "Tanaka in Burden of Life (1935)", "Birth date": "yes 1909 11 29", "Birth place": "Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan", "Death date": "yes 1977 3 21 1909 11 29", "Death place": "Japan", "Occupation": "Actress, film director", "Years active": "1924-1976", "Spouse(s)": "Hiroshi Shimizu (19... |
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a conservative political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories.
History
Early years, 1905-1934
It was the Saskatchewan successor to the eastern ha... | {"Leader": "Rose Buscholl (interim)", "President": "Alan Evans", "Founded": "1912", "Preceded by": "Provincial Rights Party", "Headquarters": "3928 Gordon Road\nRegina, Saskatchewan S4S 6Y3Registered Political Parties https://cdn.elections.sk.ca/upload/RPP-Info-for-Website-2023.07.19.pdf Elections Saskatchewan 19 Ju... |
The Wretched of the Earth () is a 1961 book by the philosopher Frantz Fanon, in which the author provides a psychoanalysis of the dehumanizing effects of colonization upon the individual and the nation, and discusses the broader social, cultural, and political implications of establishing a social movement for the deco... | {"Original title": "Les Damnés de la Terre", "Country": "France", "Language": "French", "Publisher": "François Maspero", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "251", "ISBN": "0-8021-5083-7"} |
Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903 - 17 April 1980) was a Swedish theatre and film director. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for Torment () (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 for his film Miss Julie () (an adaptation of August Strindberg's play which tied with Vittori... | {"Name": "Alf Sjöberg", "Birth name": "Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg", "Birth date": "1903 6 21 y", "Birth place": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Death date": "1980 4 17 1903 6 21 y", "Death place": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Nationality": "Swedish", "Occupation": "Film director", "Years active": "1925-1969", "Known For": "Director", "Spous... |
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The iAPX 432 (Intel Advanced Performance Architecture) is a discontinued computer architecture introduced in 1981. It was Intel's first 32-bit processor design. The main processor of the architecture, the general data pr... | {"Launched": "late 1981", "Discontinued": "ca 1985", "CPU": "MHz", "Common manufacturer(s)": "Intel"} |
The Mercury News (formerly San Jose Mercury News, often locally known as The Merc) is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is published by the Bay Area News Group, a subsidiary of Digital First Media. , it was the fifth largest daily newspaper in the United Stat... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "Digital First Media", "Founder(s)": "John C. Emerson et al.", "Publisher": "Sharon RyanContact Us The Mercury News July 28, 2016 Bay Area News Group June 22, 2018 https://www.mercurynews.com/contact-us/", "Editor": "Frank Pine", "Opinion editor": "Ed Clen... |
Use Your Illusion II is the fourth studio album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. The album was released on September 17, 1991, the same day as its counterpart Use Your Illusion I. Both albums were released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour. Bolstered by the lead single "You Could Be Mine", Use... | {"Released": "September 17, 1991", "Recorded": "January 13, 1990 - August 3, 1991", "Studio": "A&M (Hollywood)\n Record Plant (Los Angeles)\n Studio 56 (Los Angeles)\n Image Recording (Hollywood)\n Conway (Los Angeles)\n Metalworks (Mississauga, Ontario)\n Skip Saylor Recording (Los Angeles)", "Genre": "Hard rock, Heav... |
Timothy Warren Anglin (August 31, 1822 – May 4, 1896) was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada.
Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland, Anglin emigrated at the age of 26 as part of the exodus caused by the Great Famine. Following a sectarian riot in New Brunswick between members of the... | {"Name": "Timothy Warren Anglin", "Term start": "March 26, 1874", "Term end": "February 12, 1879", "Birth date": "1822 08 31", "Birth place": "Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland", "Death date": "1896 05 04 1822 08 31"} |
Jens Ingebret Evensen (5 November 1917 - 15 February 2004) was a Norwegian lawyer, judge, politician (for the Labour Party), trade minister, international offshore rights expert, member of the International Law Commission and judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
He negotiated Norway's trading deal... | {"Name": "Jens Evensen", "Image caption": "Evensen in 1974", "Term start": "16 October 1973", "Term end": "27 September 1974", "Office 2": "Minister of Maritime Law", "Prime minister 2": "Trygve Bratteli Odvar Nordli", "Predecessor 2": "Position established", "Successor 2": "Position abolished", "Birth name": "Jens In... |
Natalie Clein (born Poole, Dorset) is a British classical cellist. Her mother is a professional violinist. Her sister is the actress Louisa Clein.
Early life and education
Clein started playing the cello at the age of six, and attended Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth, Dorset. She studied with Anna Shuttleworth and... | {"Born": "Poole, Dorset, England", "Genres": "Classical", "Labels": "EMI Classics, Hyperion", "Website": "http://www.natalieclein.com/"} |
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by the American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1952. It is the second (by internal series chronology) of three books labeled the Galactic Empire series, but it was the last of the three to be written. Each occurs after humans have settled many worlds in the galaxy, a... | {"Cover artist": "George Guisti", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Empire series", "Publisher": "Doubleday", "Pages": "217", "Preceded by": "The Stars, Like Dust", "Followed by": "Pebble in the Sky"} |
Celartem, Inc., doing business as Extensis, is a software company based in Portland, Oregon.Our story — Extensis
History
Extensis and its parent company CreativePro.com were sold to ImageX in year 2000, which in turn sold Extensis to Japanese content-management company Celartem Technology in 2002.'Extensis, Inc. acqui... | {"Founded": "Portland, Oregon, United States", "Industry": "Computer software", "Products": "Suitcase FusionSuitcase TeamSyncUniversal Type ServerPortfolioSuitcase AttachéFontDoctor", "Website": "www.extensis.com"} |
Marcus Scott Chong (né Wyatt; born July 8, 1967) is an American actor. He is known for playing Miguel Mendez in the short-lived crime drama, Street Justice (1991-1993), real-life activist Huey P. Newton in Panther (1995), directed by Mario Van Peebles, and most notably, Tank in The Matrix (1999), directed by The Wachow... | {"Name": "Marcus Chong", "Caption": "Marcus Chong in the 1990s", "Birth name": "Marcus Scott Wyatt", "Birth date": "1967 7 8", "Birth place": "Seattle, Washington, U.S.", "Years active": "1977-2013", "Notable works": "Panther, The Matrix"} |
Unreal Tournament 2004 is a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. Part of the Unreal franchise, it is the third game in the Unreal Tournament series and the sequel to Unreal Tournament 2003.
Among significant changes to gameplay mechanics and visual presentation, one of th... | {"Title": "Unreal Tournament 2004", "Developer": "Epic GamesDigital Extremes", "Publisher": "Atari (Windows)MacSoft (OS X)Epic Games (Steam)", "Producer": "Jeff Morris", "Designer": "Cliff Bleszinski", "Programmer": "Steve Polge", "Composer": "Kevin RieplStarsky PartridgeWill Nevins", "Engine": "Unreal Engine 2.5", "Se... |
Vakhushti () (1696-1757) was a Georgian royal prince (batonishvili), geographer, historian and cartographer. His principal historical and geographic works, Description of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Geographical Atlas, were inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2013.
Life
Born as a royal bastard, ... | {"Father": "Vakhtang VI of Kartli", "Born": "Tbilisi, Kingdom of Kartli, Safavid Empire", "Died": "Moscow, Russian Empire", "Burial": "Donskoy Monastery", "Religion": "Georgian Orthodox Church"} |
Adolphus Egerton Ryerson (24 March 1803 - 19 February 1882) was a Canadian educator, author, editor, and Methodist minister who was a prominent contributor to the design of the Canadian public school system. Ryerson is considered to be the founder of the Ontario public school system.
An advocate against Christian sect... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Reverend", "Name": "Egerton Ryerson", "Caption": "Portrait of Ryerson by Théophile Hamel", "Birth date": "1803 03 24 y", "Birth name": "Adolphus Egerton Ryerson", "Birth place": "Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada", "Death date": "1882 02 19 1803 03 24 y", "Death place": "To... |
Morris Seligman Dees Jr. (born December 16, 1936) is an American attorney known as the co-founder and former chief trial counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), based in Montgomery, Alabama. He ran a direct marketing firm before founding SPLC. Along with his law partner, Joseph J. Levin Jr., Dees founded th... | {"Name": "Morris Dees", "Alma mater": "University of Alabama (LLB)", "Caption": "Dees in 2015", "Birth name": "Morris Seligman Dees Jr.", "Birth date": "1936 12 16", "Birth place": "Shorter, Alabama, U.S.SPLCenter.org: Morris Dees Biography Southern Poverty Law Center 2009 http://www.splcenter.org/center/history/dee... |
The Red Green Show is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada, with its ultimate home at CBC Television, and on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the U.S. (airing on more than 100 PBS affiliates at its peak), from April 4, 1991 until the final episode's airing on 7 April 2006. The Red G... | {"Created by": "Steve SmithRick Green", "Starring": "Steve SmithPatrick McKennaRick GreenJeff LumbyWayne RobsonBob Bainborough", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Camera setup": "Multiple-camera and Single camera", "Running time": "21 minutes", "Original network": "CHCH-TV (1991-1993)CFPL-TV (1993-1994)YTV (1993-1994)Glo... |
Foundation's Fear (1997) is a science fiction novel by American writer Gregory Benford, set in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe. It is the first book of the Second Foundation Trilogy, which was written after Asimov's death by three authors, authorized by the Asimov estate.
Plot summary
Emperor Cleon I wants to ap... | {"Cover artist": "J.P. Targete", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Second Foundation Trilogy", "Publisher": "Harper Prism", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "624", "ISBN": "978-0-06-105638-3", "Preceded by": "Forward the Foundation", "Followed by": "Foundation and C... |
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 175 U.S. 528 (1899), ("Richmond") was a class action suit decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.. It is a landmark case, in that it sanctioned de jure segregation of races in American schools. The decision was overruled by Brown v. Board of Education (1954)..
... | {"Date argued": "October 30", "Year argued": "1899", "Date decided": "December 18", "Year decided": "1899", "Full case name": "J. W. Cumming, James S. Harper, and John C. Ladeveze, Plaintiffs in Error, v. County Board of Education of Richmond County, State of Georgia", "United States Reports volume number": "175", "Uni... |
Parlez-moi (French for "Talk to Me") is an educational television series which was produced in Toronto by TVOntario and broadcast from 1978 to 1980, with repeat broadcasts for several years afterwards. The host was Quebecois comedian Marc Favreau, who also appeared in this series under the guise of his trademark charac... | {"Genre": "Children’s educational series", "Written by": "Denise BoiteauDavid Stansfield", "Directed by": "Peter McLean", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Running time": "10-15 mins.", "Original release": "1980"} |
Foundation and Chaos (1998) is a science fiction novel by Greg Bear, set in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe. It is the second book of the Second Foundation trilogy, which was written after Asimov's death by three authors, authorized by the Asimov estate.
Plot summary
The novel is the second part of the Second Foun... | {"Cover artist": "J.P. Targete", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Second Foundation Trilogy", "Publisher": "Harper Prism", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "352", "ISBN": "978-0-06-105242-2", "Preceded by": "Foundation's Fear", "Followed by": "Foundation's Triumph"... |
Foundation's Triumph (1999) is a science fiction novel by American writer David Brin, set in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe. It is the third book of the Second Foundation trilogy, which was written after Asimov's death by three authors, authorized by the Asimov estate. Brin synthesizes dozens of Foundation-Empire... | {"Cover artist": "J.P. Targete", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Second Foundation Trilogy", "Publisher": "Harper Prism", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "400", "ISBN": "978-0-06-105639-0", "Preceded by": "Foundation and Chaos"} |
The Seagull () is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. The Seagull is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatizes the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters: the famous middlebrow story writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue ... | {"Written by": "Anton Chekhov", "Setting": "Sorin's country estate", "Date premiered": "17 October 1896", "Place premiered": "Alexandrinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia", "Original language": "Russian", "Genre": "Comedy"} |
Honoré Beaugrand (24 March 1848 - 7 October 1906) was a French Canadian journalist, politician, author and folklorist, born in Berthier County, Quebec.
As a young graduate from military school Beaugrand joined the French military forces under General Bazaine in Mexico, supporting the ill-fated emperor Maximilian of M... | {"Image size": "180px", "Name": "Honoré Beaugrand", "Term start": "1885", "Term end": "1887", "Birth date": "24 March 1848", "Birth place": "Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie, Lower Canada", "Death date": "yes 1906 10 7 1848 3 24", "Death place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada"} |
Matilda Joslyn Gage ( Joslyn; March 24, 1826 – March 18, 1898) was an American writer and activist. She is mainly known for her contributions to women's suffrage in the United States (i.e. the right to vote) but she also campaigned for Native American rights, abolitionism (the end of slavery), and freethought (the free... | {"Born": "March 24, 1826", "Died": "1898 3 18 1826 3 24", "Occupation": "Abolitionist, free thinker, author", "Relatives": "Hezekiah Joslyn (father);L. Frank Baum, son-in-law", "Children": "5, including Maud"} |
Mother Jones (abbreviated MoJo) is a nonprofit American progressive magazine that focuses on news, commentary, and investigative journalism on topics including politics, environment, human rights, health and culture. Clara Jeffery serves as editor-in-chief of the magazine. Monika Bauerlein has been the CEO since 2015. ... | {"Frequency": "Bi-monthly", "Categories": "Politics\n<!--", "First issue": "1976 2", "Country": "United States", "Based in": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Language": "English", "Website": "https://www.motherjones.com/", "ISSN": "0362-8841"} |
is a Super Famicom sequel to Mario's Picross. The game is compatible with the Super Famicom Mouse. It is developed by Jupiter and Ape and published by Nintendo.
After the failure of Mario's Picross in North America, Nintendo decided not to release this game in that region. The game was made available for download on t... | {"Title": "Mario's Super Picross", "Developer": "Ape Jupiter", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Tsunekazu Ishihara", "Producer": "Takeshi Kawaguchi", "Designer": "Agura Tanaka", "Composer": "Toshiyuki Ueno", "Released": "JP September 14, 1995", "Genre": "Puzzle", "Series": "Mario's Picross", "Modes": "Single playe... |
Anzoátegui State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, located in the northeastern region of the country. Anzoátegui is well known for its beaches that attract many visitors. Its coast consists of a single beach approximately long. Its capital is the city of Barcelona, and significant cities include Puerto la Cru... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "8th", "Density": "1469747", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-B", "Website": "http://www.venezuelatuya.com/estados/anzoategui.htm"} |
Jan Kochanowski (; 1530 - 22 August 1584) was a Polish Renaissance poet who wrote in Latin and Polish and established poetic patterns that would become integral to Polish literary language. He has been called the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz (the latter, a leading Romantic writer) and one of the most inf... | {"Name": "Jan Kochanowski", "Caption": "Jan Kochanowski", "Birth date": "1530", "Birth place": "Sycyna, Kingdom of Poland", "Death date": "22 August 1584 (age 54 or 55)", "Death place": "Lublin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth", "Resting place": "Zwoleń", "Other names": "Jan z Czarnolasu", "Alma mater": "University of P... |
An Okie is a person identified with the state of Oklahoma, or their descendants. This connection may be residential, historical or cultural. For most Okies, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Oklahoman. While not an official demographic used or recognized by the U... | {"Name": "Oklahomans Okie", "Population": "4 millionRael Zach Gov. Kevin Stitt signs bill that would place near-ban on abortions in Oklahoma KOCO News 5 ABC April 12, 2021 https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-kevin-stitt-abortion-bill-signing/39701172 April 13, 2022", "Image caption": "\"Migrant Mother\" (1936) ... |
thumb|Thomas Peel's headstone
Thomas Peel (1793 - 22 December 1865)Alexandra Hasluck, 'Peel, Thomas (1793 - 1865)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 2, MUP, 1967, pp 320-322. retrieved 2009-11-04 organised and lead a consortium of the first British settlers to Western Australia. He was a leader of the colonial... | {"Name": "Thomas Peel", "Caption": "No photograph or portrait of Thomas Peel is known to exist. This is a contemporary caricature.", "Birth date": "1793", "Birth place": "Lancashire, England", "Death date": "22 December 1865", "Death place": "Mandurah, Western Australia", "Nationality": "British", "Education": "Harrow ... |
thumb|Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), Tropical Rain Forest, Woodland Park Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo is a wildlife conservation organization and zoological garden located in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the recipient of over 65 awards across multiple categories, and... | {"Zoo name": "Woodland Park Zoo", "Date opened": "1899", "Location": "Woodland Park, Seattle, Washington, U.S.", "Coordinates": "47.66834 N 122.34984 W source:placeopedia it", "Total area": "92 acre on", "Number of animals": "1,098 http://www.zoo.org/zoo_info/about.html About Us 2006-10-23 dead https://web.archive.... |
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III is a black limestone Neo-Assyrian sculpture with many scenes in bas-relief and inscriptions. It comes from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), in northern Iraq, and commemorates the deeds of King Shalmaneser III (reigned 858-824 BC). It is on display at the British Museum in London, and several... | {"Material": "black limestone", "Size": "c. 1.98 metres high, 45 cm wide", "Discovered": "Nimrud, Iraq", "Writing": "Akkadian", "Created": "827-824 BC", "Present location": "British Museum, London", "Registration": "ME 118885"} |
The Klemm Leichtflugzeugbau GmbH ("Klemm Light Aircraft Company") was a German aircraft manufacturer noteworthy for sports and touring planes of the 1930s.
The company was founded in Böblingen in 1926 by Dr. Hanns Klemm, who had previously worked for both Zeppelin and the Daimler Aircraft Company.
History
While worki... | {"Industry": "Aircraft manufacture", "Fate": "Merged", "Founded": "1926", "Defunct": "April 1959", "Headquarters": "Germany", "Parent": "-->"} |
Hilda Hilst (April 21, 1930 - February 4, 2004) was a Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright. She is lauded as one of the most important Portuguese-language authors of the twentieth century. Her work touches on the themes of mysticism, insanity, the body, eroticism, and female sexual liberation. Hilst greatly revered... | {"Born": "1930 04 21", "Died": "2004 02 04 1930 04 21", "Nationality": "Brazilian", "Occupation": "Writer", "Years active": "1950-2004"} |
Siebel was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in 1937 in Halle an der Saale.Gunston p.424
History
It originated in the Klemm-Flugzeugwerke Halle that had been founded in 1934 as a branch of Leichtflugzeugbau Klemm in Böblingen. Its name changed to Siebel Flugzeugwerke when it was taken over by Friedrich Siebel i... | {"Founded": "1937", "Headquarters": "Germany", "Formerly": "Siebel Flugzeugwerke Siebel Flugzeugwerke ATG (SIAT)(1948-1956)", "Defunct": "1968", "Fate": "Absorbed by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm", "Industry": "Aerospace"} |
Ndre Mjeda (20 November 18661 August 1937) was an Albanian philologist, poet, priest, rilindas, translator and writer of the Albanian Renaissance. He was a member of the Mjeda family.
He was influenced by the Jesuit writer Anton Xanoni and the Franciscan poet Leonardo De Martino.
Life
From 1880 until 1887, Mjeda s... | {"Born": "y 1866 11 20", "Died": "y 1937 8 1 1866 11 20", "Occupation": "Philologist poet priest rilindas writer", "Language": "Albanian Italian Latin Spanish", "Literary movement": "Albanian Renaissance"} |
The U.S. Steel Tower, also known as the Steel Building, UPMC Building, or USX Tower (1988-2001), is a 64-story skyscraper at 600 Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The interior has of leasable space. Standing tall, it is the tallest building in Pittsburgh, the fifth-tallest in Pennsylvania, and the 74... | {"Former names": "USX Tower (1988-2001)", "Location": "600 Grant StreetPittsburgh, Pennsylvania", "Coordinates": "40.4413 -79.9947 region:US-PA inline,title", "Construction started": "March 15, 1967", "Type": "Commercial offices (Authorized commercial offices)"} |
Tang Jingsong (; 1841-1903) was a Chinese general and statesman. He commanded the Yunnan Army in the Sino-French War (August 1884-April 1885), and made an important contribution to Qing dynasty China's military effort in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) by persuading the Black Flag leader Liu Yongfu to serve under Chinese com... | {"Name": "Tang Jingsong", "Native name": "唐景崧", "Native name language": "zh", "Office 2": "Governor of Taiwan Province", "Term 2": "1894 - 23 May 1895", "Predecessor 2": "Shao Youlian", "Successor 2": "Himself (as President of Formosa)", "Birth date": "1841", "Death date": "1903", "Death place": "Guilin, Guangxi, Qing ... |
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen is a 2004 American teen musical comedy film directed by Sara Sugarman from a screenplay by Gail Parent, based on Dyan Sheldon's 1999 novel of the same name. It stars Lindsay Lohan as an aspiring teenage actress whose family moves from New York City to New Jersey, Adam Garcia as her ... | {"Directed by": "Sara Sugarman", "Produced by": "Robert Shapiro\n Jerry Leider", "Screenplay by": "Gail Parent", "Based on": "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Dyan Sheldon", "Starring": "Lindsay Lohan\n Adam Garcia\n Glenne Headly\n Alison Pill\n Carol Kane", "Music by": "Mark Mothersbaugh", "Cinematography": "Step... |
Le Divorce is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film directed by James Ivory from a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Ivory, based on the 1997 novel of the same name by Diane Johnson.
Plot
Isabel Walker travels to Paris to visit her sister Roxy, a poet who lives with her husband, Frenchman Charles-Henri de Persand, an... | {"Directed by": "James Ivory", "Produced by": "Ismail Merchant\n Michael Schiffer", "Screenplay by": "Ruth Prawer Jhabvala\n James Ivory", "Based on": "Le Divorce Diane Johnson", "Starring": "Kate Hudson\n Naomi Watts\n Leslie Caron\n Stockard Channing\n Glenn Close\n Stephen Fry\n Thierry Lhermitte\n Matthew Modine\n ... |
Alex & Emma is a 2003 American romantic comedy film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson. Written by Jeremy Leven, the film is about a writer who must publish a novel in thirty days or face the wrath of loan sharks.
Plot
Alex Sheldon, a struggling writer, has writer's block and is heavily in... | {"Written by": "Jeremy Leven", "Starring": "Kate Hudson\n Luke Wilson\n Sophie Marceau\n David Paymer", "Directed by": "Rob Reiner", "Produced by": "Rob Reiner Jeremy Leven Alan Greisman Todd Black Elie Samaha", "Music by": "Marc Shaiman", "Cinematography": "Gavin Finney", "Edited by": "Alan Edward Bell Robert Leighton... |
Sheila McCarthy (born January 1, 1956) is a Canadian actress and singer. She has worked in film, television, and on stage. McCarthy is one of Canada's most honoured actors, having won two Genie Awards (film), two Gemini Awards (television), an ACTRA Award, and two Dora Awards (theatre), along with multiple nominations.... | {"Name": "Sheila McCarthy", "Caption": "McCarthy at the 2012 Genie Awards", "Birth date": "1956 1 1", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1982-present"} |
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. or just Ball Aerospace is an American manufacturer of spacecraft, components and instruments for national defense, civil space and commercial space applications. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ball Corporation (NYSE: BALL), with primary offices in Boulder, Colorado, and ... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1956", "Headquarters": "Broomfield, Colorado, U.S.", "Industry": "Spacecraft, defense, scientific instruments", "Parent": "Ball Corporation", "Website": "www.BallAerospace.com"} |
Michael George Bichard, Baron Bichard (born 31 January 1947) is a former public servant in the United Kingdom, first in local and then as a civil servant in central government. He was director of the Institute for Government, currently serves as one of its first fellows, and was chair of the Design Council. He was a c... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lord Bichard", "Honorific suffix": "GBR 100% KCB", "Birth name": "Michael George Bichard", "Birth date": "yes 1947 01 31", "Birth place": "Southampton, Hampshire, England", "Spouse(s)": "Sian Selves 1969 divChristine Wray 1987 divGillian Guy", "Alma mater": "Uni... |
Alison Pill (born November 27, 1985) is a Canadian actress. A former child actress, Pill began her career at age 12, appearing in numerous films and television series. She transitioned to adult roles and her breakthrough came with the television series The Book of Daniel (2006). That same year, she was nominated for a ... | {"Caption": "Pill in 2019", "Birth date": "1985 11 27", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Alma mater": "Vaughan Road Academy", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1995-present", "Spouse(s)": "Joshua Leonard May 24, 2015", "Children": "1"} |
LightWave 3D is a 3D computer graphics program developed by LightWave Digital. It has been used in films, television, motion graphics, digital matte painting, visual effects, video game development, product design, architectural visualizations, virtual production, music videos, pre-visualizations and advertising.
Over... | {"Original author(s)": "NewTek, Inc.", "Developer(s)": "LightWave Digital", "Initial release": "1990", "Type": "3D computer graphics", "License": "Trialware", "Website": "lightwave3d.com"} |
Nottingham High School is a private fee-charging day school for boys and girls in Nottingham, England, with an infant and junior School (ages 4-11) and senior school (ages 11-18). There were 1177 students enrolled as at January 2022, of whom 262 were in the sixth form, studying for advanced certificate examinations.
H... | {"Coordinates": "52.96253 -1.15912 type:edu_region:GB_dim:100 dms inline,title", "Local authority": "Nottingham", "Staff": "<130", "Houses": "Senior:Cooper'sMaples'Mellers'White'sJunior:Ball's Hardy'sTonkin'sTrease's", "Publication": "Former Senior School:Old NottinghamianFormer 'Junior School':Young NottinghamianForme... |
Seomoon Tak (born March 3, 1978), sometimes known mononymously as Tak, is a South Korean singer, noted for her powerful voice and technically skilled wide vocal range. Her debut album Asura has been among the top 20 popular karaoke songs in South Korea for more than 20 years. In 2002, she participated in the Red Devils... | {"Name": "Seomoon Tak", "Birth date": "1978 3 3", "Birth place": "Seoul, South Korea", "Occupation": "Singer, Musician, Songwriter, Actress, Entrepreneur", "Years active": "1999-present", "Agent": "Rocking Entertainment", "Education": "Berklee College of Music - Music Production & Engineering Korea University - Sociol... |
RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air Force's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it played the central role in the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II. From 1942 onward, the British bombing campaign against Germany became less restrictive and increasingly targe... | {"Branch": "Royal Air Force (RAF); attached squadrons & individual personnel of the RCAF, RAAF, and RNZAF.", "Role": "Strategic bombing", "Motto(s)": "Strike Hard Strike SurePine L.G. A dictionary of mottoes 1983 Routledge & Kegan Paul London 0-7100-9339-X 222 1 https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/2... |
Lough Erne ( , ) is the name of two connected lakes in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is the second-biggest lake system in Northern Ireland and Ulster, and the fourth biggest in Ireland. The lakes are widened sections of the River Erne, which flows north and then curves west into the Atlantic. The smaller sout... | {"Native name": "ga Loch Éirne", "Location": "County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland", "Coordinates": "54 28 N 7 49 W region:GB_type:waterbody_source:frwiki inline,title", "Primary inflows": "River Erne", "Primary outflows": "River Erne", "Catchment area": "4350 km2 mi2 on flip", "Basin": "Northern Ireland and Republic of ... |
The Moravian-Silesian Region (; ; ) is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (). The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most of the Czech part of the historical region of Silesia. The region borde... | {"Rank": "1491", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "https://www.msk.cz"} |
High Button Shoes is a 1947 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and book by George Abbott and Stephen Longstreet. It was based on the semi-autobiographical 1946 novel The Sisters Liked Them Handsome by Stephen Longstreet. The story concerns the comic entanglements of the Longstreet family with two ... | {"Name": "High Button Shoes", "Caption": "1947 Original Broadway Production Poster", "Composer(s)": "Jule Styne", "Lyricist(s)": "Sammy Cahn", "Book-writer": "Stephen LongstreetGeorge Abbott", "Based on?": "Novel by Stephen LongstreetThe Sisters Liked Them Handsome", "Productions": "1947 Broadway1948 West End1956 Telev... |
Stanley Ho Hung-sun (; 25 November 192126 May 2020) was a Hong Kong-Macau billionaire businessman. His original patrilineal surname was Bosman, which was later sinicized to 何 (Ho). He was the founder and chairman of SJM Holdings, which owns nineteen casinos in Macau including the Grand Lisboa.
Ho was nicknamed variou... | {"Name": "Stanley Ho", "Native name": "何鴻燊", "Native name language": "zh-hk", "Honorific suffix": "GBM GLM GBS GML OBE CStJ SPMP SPMT", "Image caption": "Ho in 2006", "Term start": "March 1998", "Term end": "March 2013", "Birth name": "Ho Hung-sun", "Birth date": "yes 1921 11 25", "Birth place": "British Hong Kong", "D... |
Gérard Debreu (; 4 July 1921 - 31 December 2004) was a French-born economist and mathematician. Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Biography
His father was the business partner of his ... | {"School ortradition": "Walrasian economics", "Field": "Mathematical economics", "Alma mater": "École Normale SupérieureUniversity of Paris", "Doctoralstudents": "Graciela ChichilniskyBeth E. AllenXavier VivesIshac Diwan", "Influences": "Léon Walras Henri Cartan Maurice Allais Bourbaki", "Contributions": "General eq... |
Saint John's Eve, starting at sunset on 23 June, is the eve of the feast day of Saint John the Baptist. This is one of the very few feast days marking a saint's birth, rather than their death. The Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:26-37, 56-57) states that John was born six months before Jesus; therefore, the feast of John the Ba... | {"Official name": "Saint John's Eve", "Also called": "Eve of the Feast of Saint John the Baptist", "Observed by": "Roman Catholic Church Lutheran Churches Anglican Communion", "Type": "Christian, Cultural", "Significance": "The eve of Saint John's Day, which celebrates the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist", "Next tim... |
Isaac Asimov's Utopia (1996) is a science fiction novel by American writer Roger MacBride Allen, set in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe.
Plot summary
Utopia takes place five years into the reign of Alvar Kresh as the governor of Inferno, who is now married to roboticist Fredda Leving. The re-terraforming effort is... | {"Cover artist": "Bruce Jensen", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Robot series", "Publisher": "Millennium (UK)", "Media type": "print (Hardback/Paperback)", "Preceded by": "Isaac Asimov's Inferno"} |
The Complete Robot (1982) is a collection of 31 of the 37 science fiction short stories about robots by American writer Isaac Asimov, written between 1939 and 1977.Introduction, The Complete Robot, Isaac Asimov Most of the stories had been previously collected in the books I, Robot and The Rest of the Robots, while fou... | {"Cover artist": "Kiyoshi Kanai", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Robot series", "Publisher": "Doubleday", "Media type": "print", "Pages": "557", "Preceded by": "I, Robot", "Followed by": "Robot Dreams", "ISBN": "0-385-17724-0"} |
MALÉV Ltd.It was previously Malév Rt. . The 1995 annual report refers to it as "Malév Plc." (), which did business as MALÉV Hungarian Airlines (, abbreviated MALÉV, ), was the flag carrier of Hungary from 1946 until 2012. Its head office was in Budapest, with its main hub at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport.... | {"Airline name": "MALÉV Hungarian AirlinesMagyar Légiközlekedési Vállalat", "Image size (px)": "230", "IATA Designator": "MA", "ICAO Designator": "MAH", "Callsign": "MALEV", "Parent Company": "MNV", "Founded": "1946 03 29 yes(as Hungarian-Soviet Civil Air Transport Joint Stock Company)", "Commenced operations": "1954 1... |
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman is a 2003 American animated superhero film based on the animated series The New Batman Adventures. Released in the U.S. in October 2003, the film was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and is the fourth film in the DC Animated Universe, taking place between the end of The New Batman Adve... | {"Directed by": "Curt Geda", "Produced by": "Margaret M. Dean", "Written by": "Michael Reaves", "Story by": "Alan Burnett", "Based on": "Batman created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane", "Starring": "Kevin Conroy\n Kimberly Brooks\n Kelly Ripa\n Elisa Gabrielli\n Kyra Sedgwick\n David Ogden Stiers\n Kevin Michael Richardson... |
DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (formerly known as Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited) is a Hong Kong-based retail company with legal bases in Bermuda and Singapore. A subsidiary of the Jardine Matheson Group, it is a major East and Southeast Asian retailer involved in the processing and wholesaling of food an... | {"Formerly": "Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited (until 2022)", "Type": "Public", "Founded": "yes 1886", "Headquarters": "Quarry Bay, Hong Kong (HQ)Bermuda (Legal base)Singapore (Legal base)", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Food, health and beauty products", "Parent": "Jardine Strategic (78%)", "Revenue": "U... |
Loughborough High School is a selective, independent school for girls in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It is one of four independent schools known collectively as the Loughborough Schools Foundation (LSF), Loughborough Grammar School for boys, Fairfield Preparatory School and Loughborough Amherst School. All f... | {"Religious affiliation(s)": "Christian", "Staff": "c.50 full-time", "Houses": "Burton, Fearon, Hastings and Storer", "Website": "http://www.lsf.org"} |
Forrest Grady "Spec" Towns (February 6, 1914 - April 9, 1991) was an American track and field athlete. He was the 1936 Olympic champion in the 110 m hurdles and broke the world record in that event three times.
Born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, Towns grew up in Augusta, Georgia, where he played football in high school at R... | {"Birth date": "February 6, 1914", "Place of birth": "Fitzgerald, Georgia, U.S.", "Death date": "April 9, 1991 (aged 77)", "Place of death": "Athens, Georgia, U.S.", "Height": "1.88 m ftin on", "Weight": "75 kg lb on", "Sport": "Athletics", "Event": "110 m hurdles", "Club": "Georgia Bulldogs, Athens", "Personal best(s)... |
Blue+ was a bi-monthly gay men's magazine from Australia that featured artistically composed images of nude and semi-nude men taken by top photographers from around the world. It also contained a variety of interviews and articles on art, films, music, culture, and travel. The magazine's format was oversized and it was... | {"Frequency": "Every other month", "Categories": "Gay men's magazine", "Company": "Studio Magazines Pty Ltd.", "Founded": "1995", "Country": "Australia", "Based in": "Sydney", "Language": "English", "Website": "http://www.studiomagazines.com (cybersquatted?, see archive)", "ISSN": "1323-0026"} |
The Limehouse Link tunnel is a long tunnel under Limehouse in East London on the A1203 road. The tunnel links the eastern end of The Highway to Canary Wharf in London Docklands. Built between 1989 and 1993 at a cost of £293,000,000 it has been calculated as the most expensive road scheme in Britain per mile, working ... | {"Location": "London Docklands", "Coordinates": "51.511 -0.033 type:landmark_region:GB inline,title", "Route": "GBR A 1203 road", "Status": "Active", "Start": "Limehouse", "End": "Limehouse", "Work begun": "1989", "Operator": "Transport for London", "Operating speed": "30mph"} |
This Left Feels Right is an album featuring new versions of Bon Jovi songs from previous albums. It was released in 2003 and charted at No. 14 on The Billboard 200. It's a "trip down memory lane" as Jon Bon Jovi described the album. It features revamped versions of many of Bon Jovi's biggest hits, often in a more sombe... | {"Released": "November 4, 2003", "Recorded": "2003", "Genre": "Acoustic rock, pop rock", "Label": "Island\n Mercury", "Producer": "Patrick Leonard\n Jon Bon Jovi\n Richie Sambora"} |
Saint-Brieuc (, Breton: Sant-Brieg , Gallo: Saent-Berioec) is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.
History
thumb|left|The historic bishoprics of Brittany
Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who Christianised the region in the 5th century and established an oratory ther... | {"Name": "Saint-Brieuc", "Native Name": "Sant-Brieg", "Commune Status": "Prefecture and commune", "Image": "Cathedrale2.JPG", "Caption": "Saint-Brieuc Cathedral", "Coordinates": "48.5136 -2.7653 dms inline,title", "Postal code": "22000", "Arrondissement": "Saint-Brieuc", "Canton": "Saint-Brieuc-1 and 2", "Mayor": "Herv... |
Robot Dreams (1986) is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Isaac Asimov, illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie. The title story is about Susan Calvin's discovery of a robot with rather disturbing dreams. It was written specifically for this volumeAsimov, Isaac. Robot Dreams. Ace, 1990, page xvi an... | {"Cover artist": "Ralph McQuarrie", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Robot series", "Publisher": "Berkley", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "349", "ISBN": "978-0-425-09345-0", "Preceded by": "The Complete Robot", "Followed by": "Robot Visions"} |
Martín de Porres Velázquez (9 December 1579 – 3 November 1639) was a Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII. He is the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, and all those seeking racial ... | {"Born": "Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru", "Died": "Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru (modern-day Peru)", "Feast": "November 3", "Beatified": "Pope Gregory XVI", "Canonized": "Pope John XXIII", "Attributes": "a dog, a cat, a bird, and a mouse eating together from a same dish; broom, crucifix, rosary, a heart", "Patronage": "Diocese... |
Kevin John Sheedy AO (born 24 December 1947) is a former Australian rules football coach and player in the Australian Football League. He played and coached in a combined total of 929 games over 47 years from 1967 until 2013, which is a VFL/AFL record. Sheedy was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 20... | {"Name": "Kevin Sheedy", "Image Caption": "Sheedy in March 2013", "Full Name": "Kevin John Sheedy", "Birth Date": "1947 12 24 y", "Birth Place": "Melbourne, Australia", "Nickname": "Sheeds", "Original Team": "Prahran (VFA)", "Position": "Defender", "Stats End": "1979", "Coach Stats end": "2013", "Career Highlights": "P... |
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