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is a conservative Peruvian newspaper based in Lima. Founded in 1839, it is the oldest newspaper in Peru and one of the oldest Spanish-language papers in the world. It has a daily circulation of more than 120,000. It is one of the most influential media in Peru.
History
thumb|left|Headquarters in the Historic Centre o... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Berliner (Monday-Friday)Broadsheet (Saturday-Sunday)", "Owner(s)": "El Comercio Group", "Website": "http://elcomercio.pe", "Editor": "Juan José Garrido Koechlin", "Language": "Spanish", "Political alignment": "Conservatism", "Circulation": "120,000", "Headquarters": "Lima", "Siste... |
The computer tool patch is a Unix program that updates text files according to instructions contained in a separate file, called a patch file. The patch file (also called a patch for short) is a text file that consists of a list of differences and is produced by running the related diff program with the original and up... | {"Original author(s)": "Larry Wall", "Developer(s)": "Paul Eggert, Wayne Davison, David MacKenzie, Andreas Grünbacher", "Initial release": "1985 05 24", "Platform": "Cross-platform", "Type": "Command"} |
The North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party (abbreviated Democratic-NPL or simply D-NPL) is the North Dakota affiliate of the national Democratic Party. It was formed as the outcome of a merger of two parties; the state previously had a three-party political system. It is one of only two state Democratic Party... | {"Abbreviation": "D-NPL", "Founded": "1956 (merging of North Dakota Democratic Party and Nonpartisan League)", "Headquarters": "Kennedy Center1902 East Divide AveBismarck, ND 5850146.82362 -100.76246 type:landmark inline,title", "Ideology": "ProgressivismModern liberalismDemocratic socialismLeft-wing populism", "Nation... |
Mary Kathryn "Heidi" Heitkamp ( ; born October 30, 1955) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from North Dakota from 2013 to 2019. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party, she was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from North Dakota. Heitkamp served as the 28t... | {"Name": "Heidi Heitkamp", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2013", "Term start": "January 3, 2013", "Term end": "January 3, 2019", "Office 2": "20th Tax Commissioner of North Dakota", "Governor 2": "George Sinner", "Predecessor 2": "Kent Conrad", "Successor 2": "Robert Hanson", "Birth name": "Mary Kathryn Heitkamp"... |
Yvon Godin (born May 12, 1955) is a Canadian politician.
Godin was a New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Acadie—Bathurst from 1997 until his retirement in 2015. Previously, Godin was a labour representative for the United Steelworkers. He w... | {"Name": "Yvon Godin", "Image caption": "Yvon Godin in 2014", "Term start": "May 26, 2011", "Term end": "April 18, 2012", "Riding 1": "Acadie—Bathurst", "Birth date": "1955 05 12", "Birth place": "Bathurst, New Brunswick", "Official website": "https://web.archive.org/web/20110623045024/http://yvongodin.ndp.ca:80/", "Re... |
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Brookgreen Gardens is a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve, located just south of Murrells Inlet, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The property includes several themed gardens featuring American figurative sculptures, the Lowcountry Zoo, and trails through several ecosystems in nature reserves on the p... | {"Nearest city": "Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, U.S.", "Area": "9100 acre km2 on", "Architect": "Anna Hyatt Huntington", "Architectural style": "Sculpture gardens", "Part of": "84002045"} |
Britain's Road to Socialism is the programme of the Communist Party of Britain, and is adhered to by the Young Communist League and the editors of the Morning Star newspaper.
It proposes that socialism can be achieved in Britain by the working class leading various political forces in a popular democratic alliance aga... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Pages": "71", "ISBN": "978-1-907464-43-0"} |
Brent J. St. Denis (born May 27, 1950) is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2008. First elected to represent the Ontario riding of Algoma, he went on to serve successor ridings Algoma—Manitoulin and latterly Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing.
Born in Blind River,... | {"Name": "Brent St. Denis", "Term start": "January 17, 1994", "Term end": "September 7, 2008", "Birth date": "1950 5 27", "Birth place": "Blind River, Canada", "Spouse(s)": "Martine Fabris", "Residence": "Spanish, Ontario, Canada"} |
Ushant (; , ; , ) is a French island at the southwestern end of the English Channel which marks the westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany and, in medieval terms, Léon. In lower tiers of government, it is a commune in the Finistère department. It is the only place in Brittany, save for Brittan... | {"Name": "Ushant", "Native Name": "br Eusa fr Ouessant", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Satellite image of Ushant in 2003", "Arrondissement": "Brest", "Canton": "Saint-Renan", "Postal code": "29242", "Mayor": "Denis PalluelRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a34... |
Sue Rodriguez (August 2, 1950 - February 12, 1994) was a Canadian right-to-die activist. In August 1991, she was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) and was given two to five years to live.Sue Rodriguez at CBC Archives page She ultimately made the decision to end her life and she ... | {"Name": "Susan Rodriguez", "Birth name": "Susan Jane Shipley", "Birth date": "1950 08 02", "Birth place": "Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada", "Death date": "1994 02 12 1950 08 02", "Death place": "Victoria, British Columbia, Canada", "Children": "1", "Known For": "Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) sufferer who unsuccessfu... |
The cron command-line utility is a job scheduler on Unix-like operating systems. Users who set up and maintain software environments use cron to schedule jobs (commands or shell scripts), also known as cron jobs, to run periodically at fixed times, dates, or intervals. It typically automates system maintenance or admin... | {"Developer(s)": "AT&T Bell Laboratories", "Initial release": "1975 5", "Written in": "C", "Type": "Job scheduler"} |
The Criminal Code ()The citation of this Act by these short titles is authorised by the English and French texts of section 1. is a law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada. Its official long title is An Act respecting the Criminal Law (French: ),R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, as amended. and it is so... | {"Short title": "Criminal Code", "Long title": "An Act respecting the Criminal Law", "Citation": "RSC 1985, c C-46", "Enacted by": "Parliament of Canada", "Date enacted": "First enacted: SC 1892, c 29; carried forward in statute revisions, RSC 1906, c 146 and RSC 1927, c 36; substantially revised and re-enacted, SC 19... |
The Park Estate is a private residential housing estate to the west of Nottingham city centre, England. It is noted for its Victorian architecture, although many of the houses have been altered, extended or converted into flats. The estate uses gas street lighting, which is believed to be one of the largest networks in... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "SK 56094 39652", "Population": "http://www.nottinghaminsight.org.uk/d/64321 https://web.archive.org/web/20180108062603/http://www.nottinghaminsight.org.uk/d/64321 2001 Census - The Park Community Profile City of Nottingham 8 January 2018 dead", "Postcode distric... |
Just for Laughs Gags (French: Juste pour rire les gags) is a Canadian live-action silent comedy/hidden camera reality television show that is under the Just for Laughs brandJust for Laughs Gags "This crazy but amazing team of Quebec-based comedian troupe uses the city as its stage, and its inhabitants, or victims, as ... | {"Also known as": "Just for Laughs", "Genre": "Comedy", "Created by": "Pierre GirardJacques Chevalier", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Running time": "15 minutes", "Original network": "TVACBC TelevisionThe Comedy NetworkTVOntario (Canada)\n ABCTelemundoLaff (United States)", "Original release": "present"} |
Whatstandwell () is a village on the River Derwent in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England.
It is about five miles south of Matlock and about four miles north of Belper. Whatstandwell railway station is on the Derby-Matlock Derwent Valley Line, and the A6 trunk road crosses the River Derwent in the village.... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Amber Valley", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "UK Parliament": "Derbyshire Dales", "Postcode district": "DE", "Dialling code": "01773"} |
Kanata (, ) is a suburb and former city within Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located about west of the city's downtown core. As of 2021, the former City of Kanata had a population of 98,938, with the population centre (which includes next-door Stittsville) having a population of 137,118. Before it was amalgamated int... | {"Land": "132.21", "Density": "98,938 (Former city)", "Urban density": "137,118 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810001101 Population Centres 9 February 2022 Statistics Canada", "DST": "-4"} |
Red Flag Linux () is a Linux distribution developed by Red Flag Software. , the executive president of Red Flag Software is Jia Dong ().
thumb|Screenshot of Red Flag Linux Workstation version 5.0 in Japanese
Beside specialised solutions, Red Flag Linux had the following products:
Red Flag Asianux Server 8.0
Red Fla... | {"Developer": "Red Flag Software", "OS family": "Linux (Unix-like)", "Source model": "Open source", "Working state": "Current", "Initial release": "1.0 yes 1999 08https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5784 Linux Journal 20 February 2021 2002-01-30 Raising the Red Flag Doc Searls", "Kernel": "Monolithic (Linux kernel)", ... |
Rory O'Hanlon (born 7 February 1934) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 2002 to 2007, Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1997 to 2002, Minister for the Environment from 1991 to 1992, Minister for Health from 1987 to 1991 and Minister of State for Social ... | {"Term start": "6 June 2002", "Term end": "14 June 2007", "Office 2": "Minister for the Environment", "Taoiseach 2": "Charles Haughey", "Predecessor 2": "John Wilson", "Successor 2": "Michael Smith", "Birth date": "1934 2 7 y", "Birth place": "Dublin, Ireland", "Nationality": "Irish", "Spouse(s)": "Teresa Ward 1960", "... |
James Joseph McDaid (born 3 October 1949) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal North-East constituency from June 1989 until he resigned in November 2010. He served as Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation between 1997 and 2002 and as Minister of State for Tran... | {"Nationality": "Irish", "Office 2": "Teachta Dála", "Birth name": "James Joseph McDaid", "Birth date": "1949 10 03 y", "Birth place": "Termon, County Donegal, Ireland", "Spouse(s)": "Marguerite McDaid (div.) Siobhan McDaid", "Education": "St Eunan's College", "Alma mater": "University College Galway"} |
The Vampire Chronicles is a series of gothic vampire novels and a media franchise, created by American writer Anne Rice, that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century.
Rice said in a 2008 interview that her vampires were a "metaphor for l... | {"Original title": "The Vampire Chronicles", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Knopf", "Published": "1976-2018", "Country": "United States"} |
San Miguel de Tucumán (), usually called simply Tucumán, is the capital and largest city of Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth-largest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario and Mendoza and the most important of the northern region. The Spanish conquistad... | {"Metro density": "830,000", "Urban density": "548,866", "Density": "5862.3", "Website": "smt.gob.ar"} |
Wendy Jane Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian actress and producer. She began her career appearing on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in 1991 dramatic film The Doctor.
Crewson has appeared in many Hollywood films, including The Good Son (1993), The Santa Clause (1994) and its sequels The Santa ... | {"Name": "Wendy Crewson", "Caption": "Crewson in 2011", "Birth name": "Wendy Jane Crewson", "Birth date": "1956 5 9https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/wendy-crewson/5113/ Wendy Crewson biography and filmography | Wendy Crewson movies Tribute", "Birth place": "Hamilton, Ontario, Canada", "Occupation": "Actress, prod... |
At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story is a 1998 Canadian television film about the life of Canadian right to die advocate Sue Rodriguez.
The film was written by Linda Svendsen based on the book by Lisa Hobbs Birnie and directed by Sheldon Larry.
Cast
Politician Svend Robinson was portrayed by a different ac... | {"Directed by": "Sheldon Larry", "Produced by": "Laszlo Barna", "Written by": "Linda Svendsen", "Starring": "Wendy CrewsonCarl Marotte", "Music by": "Mychael DannaAndrew Lockington", "Cinematography": "Albert J. Dunk", "Edited by": "Stephen Lawrence", "Distributed by": "Alliance Atlantis Communications"} |
Patrick Joseph McGilligan (12 April 1889 - 15 November 1979) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as the 14th Attorney General of Ireland from 1954 to 1957, Minister for Finance from 1948 to 1951, Minister for External Affairs from 1927 to 1932 and Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1924 to 1932. He served... | {"Name": "Patrick McGilligan", "Term start": "2 June 1954", "Term end": "20 March 1957", "Office 2": "Minister for External Affairs", "President 2": "W. T. Cosgrave", "Predecessor 2": "W. T. Cosgrave", "Successor 2": "Éamon de Valera", "Birth date": "y 1889 4 12", "Birth place": "Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland"... |
Abdou Diouf ( ; Serer: ; born 7 September 1935)Biography at Socialist Party website . is a Senegalese politician who was the second President of Senegal, in office from January 1981 to April 2000.
Diouf is notable both for coming to power by peaceful succession and leaving willingly after losing the 2000 presidential... | {"Name": "Abdou Diouf", "Image caption": "Diouf in 2008", "Term start": "1 January 2003", "Term end": "31 December 2014", "Office 2": "1st President of Senegambia", "Vice president 2": "Dawda Jawara", "Birth date": "1935 09 07 y", "Birth place": "Louga, French West Africa(now Senegal)", "Spouse(s)": "Elizabeth Diouf", ... |
Mickey Hargitay (January 6, 1926 - September 14, 2006), born Miklós Karoly Hargitay, was a Hungarian-American actor and the 1955 Mr. Universe.
Born in Budapest, Hargitay moved to the United States in 1947 and eventually became a U.S. citizen. He was married to actress Jayne Mansfield and is the father of actress Mari... | {"Name": "Mickey Hargitay", "Image": "Mickey Hargitay 1964.JPG", "Caption": "Hargitay in 1964", "Birth name": "Miklós Karoly Hargitay", "Birth date": "1926 1 6", "Birth place": "Budapest, Hungary", "Death date": "2006 9 14 1926 1 6", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor bodybuilder", "Sp... |
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Biskupin is an archaeological site and a life-size model of a late Bronze Age fortified settlement in north-central Poland that also serves as an archaeological open-air museum. When first discovered it was thought to be early evidence of a West Slavic settlement, but archaeologists... | {"Coordinates": "52 47 18 N 17 44 40 E inline,title", "Location": "Biskupin, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland", "Type": "Settlement", "Material": "Wood", "Founded": "747-748 BChttp://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,163883,23844377,biskupin-odmlodnial-o-200-lat-85-rocznica-odkrycia-osady.html Biskupin 'postarzał się'... |
The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the most prestigious competitive award and the final award presented at the annual MTV Video Music Awards. The award was created by the U.S. network MTV to honor artists with the best music videos. At the first MTV Video Music Awards ceremony in , the Video of the Year... | {"Awarded for": "Music videos", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1984", "Most awards": "Taylor Swift (4)", "Most nominations": "Eminem (7)", "Website": "https://www.mtv.com/vma Official website"} |
Nina Wang, born Kung Yu Sum () 29 September 1937 龔如心傳奇一生 , Ming Pao; accessed 4 April 2007. - 3 April 2007) was Asia's richest woman, with an estimated net worth of US$4.2 billion at the time of her death. She was the widow of Hong Kong chemical magnate Teddy Wang, who was kidnapped and disappeared in 1990.
Early life... | {"Name": "Nina Wang", "Birth name": "Kung Yu Sum", "Birth date": "1937 9 29 yes", "Birth place": "Shanghai, Republic of China", "Death date": "2007 4 3 1937 9 29 yes", "Death place": "Hong Kong", "Spouse(s)": "Teddy Wang (m.1955, missing in 1990, declared legally dead in 1999)"} |
"51st State" is a single by New Model Army, which appeared on their 1986 album The Ghost of Cain. The lyrics to the song were believed to be behind a ban by the American Musician's Union on the band, which prevented them touring the Ghost of Cain album in the United States.
The track was released as a single, on EMI a... | {"B-side": "\"Ten Commandments\"\"A Liberal Education\" (live)\"No Rest\" (live)\"No Man's Land\" (live)", "Released": "September 1986", "Genre": "Post-punk", "Label": "EMI", "Songwriter(s)": "Ashley Cartwright, New Model Army", "Producer(s)": "Glyn Johns"} |
Coll (; ; )Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 31 is an island located west of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and for Breacachadh Castle. It is in the council area of Argyll and Bute.
Geology
Coll is formed large... | {"Coordinates": "56.64 -6.55 inline", "OS grid reference": "NM207584", "Scots": "Collhttps://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": "Pre-Celtic and unclear", "Area": "7685 ha sqmi 8", "Populatio... |
Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria (17 December 1802 – 8 March 1878) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the father of two emperors: Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico. Through his third son Karl Ludwig, he was the grandfather of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria - whose assas... | {"Born": "Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire", "Died": "Vienna, Austria-Hungary", "Burial": "Imperial Crypt", "Father": "Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor", "Mother": "Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily", "Religion": "Roman Catholicism"} |
A fife ( ) is a small, high-pitched, transverse aerophone, that is similar to the piccolo. The fife originated in medieval Europe and is often used in fife and drum corps, military units, and marching bands. Someone who plays the fife is called a fifer. The word fife comes from the German , meaning pipe, which comes ... | {"Name": "Fife", "Background": "woodwind", "Image": "Fife-wooden, civil war era.jpeg", "Caption": "Crosby-style fife made by George and Frederick Cloos", "Classification": "Wind\nWoodwind\nAerophone\nEdge-blown aerophone", "Related": "Bansuri\nDaegeum\nPiccolo\nWestern concert flute", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "421.121.12", ... |
Tiree (; , ) is the most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The low-lying island, southwest of Coll, has an area of and a population of around 650.
The land is highly fertile, and crofting, alongside tourism, and fishing are the main sources of employment for the islanders. Tiree, along with Colonsay,... | {"Coordinates": "56.5 -6.88 inline", "OS grid reference": "NL999458", "Meaning of name": "Gaelic for 'land of corn'", "Area": "7834 ha sqmi 8", "Population rank": "18", "Highest elevation": "Ben Hynish 141 m ft 0", "Population": "653", "Population density": "8.3 PD/km2", "Largest settlement": "Scarinish", "Island group... |
Margot Elisabeth Dreschel, also spelled Drechsler, or Drexler (17 May 1908 – May/June 1945), was a prison guard at Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
Before her enlistment as an SS auxiliary, she worked at an office in Berlin. On 31 January 1941, Dreschel arrived at Ravensbrück concentration camp to receive... | {"Name": "Margot Dreschel", "Birth date": "1908 05 17 y", "Birth place": "Neugersdorf, Saxony, German Empire", "Death date": "May/June 1945 (aged 36/37)", "Death place": "Bautzen, Soviet-occupied Germany", "Death cause": "Execution by hanging", "Nationality": "German", "Occupation": "Prison guard"} |
thumb|300px|New Madrid fault and earthquake-prone region considered at high risk today
The 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes () were a series of intense intraplate earthquakes beginning with an initial earthquake of moment magnitude 7.2-8.2 on December 16, 1811, followed by a moment magnitude 7.4 aftershock on the same... | {"UTC": "1811-12-16 08:15:00", "USGS-ANSS": "official18111216081500000", "Local date": "16 December 1811", "Local time": "02:15", "Aftershocks": "w 6.3,M 6.3 - Near New Madrid, Missouri (New Madrid Seismic Zone) https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official18111216090000000/executive earthquake.usgs.gov ... |
The Mounth ( ) is the broad upland in northeast Scotland between the Highland Boundary and the River Dee, at the eastern end of the Grampians.
Name and etymology
The name Mounth is ultimately of Pictish origin. The name is derived from *monɪð, meaning "mountain" (c.f. Welsh mynydd).
It is invariably referred to as... | {"English translation": "\"Mountain\"", "Language of name": "Pictish/Common Brittonic", "Location": "Scotland", "Coordinates": "57.043 -2.627 dim:30000_region:GB inline,title"} |
Scartho () is a suburban village in the southern part of Grimsby, England, and in the unitary authority of North East Lincolnshire. Scartho's population is approximately 11,000. Up until the end of the Second World War it was a village; subsequent post-war expansion on the greenfield areas between Scartho and Grimsby h... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011.Ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128941&c=DN41+8AZ&d=16&e=62&g=6381778&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1439822700423&enc=1 Grimsby ward population 2011 17 August 2015", "Ceremonial county": "Lincolnshire", "UK Par... |
Haydée Mercedes Sosa (; 9 July 1935Mercedes Sosa at BrainyHistory.com - 4 October 2009), sometimes known as La Negra (, an affectionate nickname for people with a darker complexion in Argentina), was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Ar... | {"Caption": "Portrait by Annemarie Heinrich, 1960s", "Birth name": "Haydée Mercedes Sosa", "Birth date": "1935 7 9 y", "Birth place": "San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina", "Death date": "2009 10 4 1935 7 4 y", "Death place": "Buenos Aires, Argentina", "Occupation": "Singer", "Years active": "1950-2009", "Module"... |
Captain, U.S.N. Laurance Frye Safford (October 22, 1893 – May 15, 1973) was a U.S. Navy cryptologist. He established the Naval cryptologic organization after World War I, and headed the effort more or less constantly until shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His identification with the Naval effort was s... | {"Born": "Somerville, Massachusetts, US", "Died": "Bethesda, Maryland, US", "Allegiance": "United States 1912", "Commands held": "Assistant Director of Naval Communications for Cryptographic Research", "Awards": "Legion of Merit"} |
is a 1943 Japanese martial arts drama film and the directorial debut of the Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa. First released in Japan on 25 March 1943 by Toho film studios, the film was eventually released in the United States on 28 April 1974. The film is based on the novel of the same name written by Tsuneo Tomi... | {"Directed by": "Akira Kurosawa", "Produced by": "Keiji Matsuzaki", "Screenplay by": "Akira KurosawaTsuneo Tomita", "Based on": "Sanshiro Sugata Tsuneo Tomita", "Starring": "Denjirō ŌkōchiSusumu FujitaYukiko TodorokiTakashi Shimura", "Music by": "Seiichi Suzuki", "Cinematography": "Akira Mimura", "Edited by": "Toshio G... |
Dominique Ellen Dunne (November 23, 1959 – November 4, 1982) was an American actress. Born and raised in Santa Monica, California, she made her on-screen debut with the television film Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker, and thereafter played the recurring roles of Erica on the drama series Family (1980), and Paulina Bornst... | {"Name": "Dominique Dunne", "Caption": "Dunne on set in 1979", "Birth name": "Dominique Ellen Dunne", "Birth date": "1959 11 23 yes", "Birth place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Death date": "1982 11 04 1959 11 23 yes", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Death cause": "Homicide by strangulation", "B... |
The Cybiko is a Russian handheld computer introduced in the United States by David Yang's company Cybiko Inc. as a retail test market in New York on April 2000, and rolled out nationwide in May 2000. It is designed for teens, featuring its own two-way radio text messaging system. It has over 430 "official" freeware gam... | {"Image caption": "Cybiko Classic with antenna extended, displaying the main desktop", "Generation": "Sixth generation", "Release date": "2000 04", "CPU make and model": "Hitachi H8S Family", "Dimensions": "2.2x7.1x14.5 cm", "Mass": "122 g", "Successor": "Cybiko Xtreme"} |
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame (CFHOF) is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is maintained by the Canadian Football League (CFL). It includes displays about the CFL, Canadian university football and Canadian junior football history... | {"Established": "1972", "Location": "Tim Hortons Field\n 64 Melrose Avenue North, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada", "Type": "Canadian football museum", "Executive director": "Eric Noivo", "Website": "www.cfhof.ca"} |
The Ford Fiesta is a supermini car that was marketed by Ford from 1976 to 2023 over seven generations. Over the years, the Fiesta has mainly been developed and manufactured by Ford's European operations, and had been positioned below the Escort (later the Focus).
Ford had sold over 22 million Fiestas since 1976, makin... | {"Manufacturer": "Ford", "Production": "June 1976 - July 2023", "Class": "Supermini (B)", "Body style": "3- and 5-door hatchback4-door sedan/saloon (some countries, Mk4-Mk6 only)3-door van (Europe only)", "Layout": "Front-engine, front-wheel drive", "Successor": "Ford Puma (electric; indirectly)Thanos Pappas https://ww... |
50 First Dates is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Segal and starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, with Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Blake Clark and Dan Aykroyd in supporting roles. It follows the story of Henry, a womanizing marine veterinarian who falls for an art teacher named Lu... | {"Directed by": "Peter Segal", "Produced by": "Jack Giarraputo\n Steve Golin\n Nancy Juvonen", "Written by": "George Wing", "Starring": "Adam Sandler\n Drew Barrymore\n Rob Schneider\n Sean Astin\n Dan Aykroyd", "Music by": "Teddy Castellucci", "Cinematography": "Jack N. Green", "Edited by": "Jeff Gourson", "Distribute... |
Clyde Donovan (formerly known as Clyde Goodman and Clyde Harris) is a fictional character in the adult animated television series South Park. He is voiced by series co-creator Trey Parker. Clyde is a student at South Park Elementary School, and is a member of Craig's Gang. He debuted as an unnamed background character ... | {"First appearance": "\"Cartman Gets an Anal Probe\" (1997)", "Created by": "Trey ParkerMatt Stone", "Designed by": "Trey ParkerMatt Stone", "Voiced by": "Trey ParkerMatt Stone (as Mosquito; 2010)", "Gender": "Male", "Family": "Roger Donovan (father)Betsy Donovan (mother, deceased)Unnamed sisterRex (pet)", "Religion": ... |
Edmund Leonard Thigpen (December 28, 1930 - January 13, 2010) was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with the Oscar Peterson trio from 1959 to 1965. Thigpen also performed with the Billy Taylor trio from 1956 to 1959.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Thigpen was raised in Los Angeles,... | {"Born": "1930 12 28", "Died": "Copenhagen, Denmark", "Genres": "Jazz", "Website": "www.edthigpen.com"} |
US Airways Shuttle was the brand name for US Airways' hourly air shuttle service operating in the Northeastern United States. It served Logan International Airport in Boston, LaGuardia Airport in New York City, and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C.
The shuttle had various food and beverage ... | {"Airline name": "US Airways Shuttle", "Number of Destinations": "Boston\n New York-LaGuardia\n Washington-National", "IATA Designator": "US", "ICAO Designator": "USA", "Callsign": "US AIR", "Parent Company": "US Airways Group", "Founded": "1992 04 07", "Commenced operations": "1992 04 12(as USAir Shuttle)", "Cea... |
Topologika Software Ltd was an independent British publisher of educational software. Established in Stilton, Cambridgeshire in 1983, the company spent most of its life in Penryn, Cornwall before moving to Brighton, Sussex. The company was dissolved at the end of June 2013. Its educational software continues to be sold... | {"Industry": "Software development", "Founded": "1983 in Stilton, Cambridgeshire", "Headquarters": "United Kingdom", "Defunct": "2013 06", "Website": "topologika.co.uk"} |
thumb|right|The entrance to Southward Car Museum from Otaihanga Road.
The Southward Car Museum is an automobile museum and event centre in Otaihanga, New Zealand. It was established by Len Southward in the 1970s to house his collection of over 450 vehicles and several aircraft and is now run by a charitable trust. The ... | {"Established": "1979", "Type": "Car museum", "Founder": "Len Southward", "Website": "https://www.southwardcarmuseum.co.nz/"} |
Michael Lowry (born 13 March 1953) is an Irish independent politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) since 1987, currently for the Tipperary constituency. He previously served as Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications from 1994 to 1996 and Chairman of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party from 1993 to 199... | {"Image caption": "Lowry in 2022", "Term start": "15 December 1994", "Term end": "30 November 1996", "Office 2": "Teachta Dála", "Birth date": "1953 03 13 y", "Birth place": "Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland", "Nationality": "Irish", "Other political party": "Fine Gael (until 1997)", "Education": "CBS Thurles", "Offi... |
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, 542 U.S. 1 (2004), was a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.. The lawsuit, originally filed as Newdow v. United States Congress, Elk Grove Unified School District, et al. in 2000, led to a 2002 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that the w... | {"Date argued": "March 24", "Year argued": "2004", "Date decided": "June 14", "Year decided": "2004", "Docket number": "02-1624", "Oral argument URL": "https://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2003/2003_02_1624/argument/", "Full case name": "Elk Grove Unified School District et al. v. Michael A. Newdow et al.", "United Sta... |
Donal Conor David Dermot Donat Cruise O'Brien (3 November 1917 - 18 December 2008"Former minister and journalist Conor Cruise O'Brien dies", The Irish Times, 18 December 2008), often nicknamed "The Cruiser", was an Irish diplomat, politician, writer, historian and academic, who served as Minister for Posts and Telegrap... | {"Name": "Conor Cruise O'Brien", "Term start": "14 March 1973", "Term end": "5 July 1977", "Office 2": "Teachta Dála", "Birth name": "Donal Conor David Dermot Donat Cruise O'Brien", "Birth date": "1917 11 3 y", "Birth place": "Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland", "Death date": "2008 12 18 1917 11 3 y", "Death place": "Howth, D... |
Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American country and folk music singer-songwriter. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C.-area clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records. Carpenter's first album, 1987's Hometown Girl, did not produce any charting singles. She br... | {"Name": "Mary Chapin Carpenter", "Caption": "Carpenter in 1995", "Alt": "A head shot of singer Mary Chapin Carpenter.", "Birth date": "1958 2 21", "Birth place": "Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Brown University", "Occupation": "Singer songwriter", "Awards": "Full list", "Module": "yes\n \nVocals\nacoust... |
Matthew Kelly (born David Allan Kelly, 9 May 1951) is an English actor and television presenter. Having been trained as a theatre actor, he first came to public prominence as a television sitcom actor, game-show panellist and television presenter of ITV light entertainment shows such as Game for a Laugh, You Bet! and S... | {"Name": "Matthew Kelly", "Birth name": "David Allan Kelly", "Birth date": "1950 5 9 y", "Birth place": "Davyhulme, Lancashire, England", "Nationality": "English", "Known For": "Television presenter and actor", "Television": "Game for a Laugh (1981-1985)You Bet! (1991-1995)Stars In Their Eyes (1993-2004)After They Were... |
Terence Vincent Powderly (January 22, 1849 - June 24, 1924) was an American labor union leader, politician and attorney, best known as head of the Knights of Labor in the late 1880s. Born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, he was later elected mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, for three 2-year terms, starting in 1878. A Repub... | {"Name": "Terence Vincent Powderly", "Term start": "1878", "Term end": "1884", "Birth date": "1849 1 22 yes", "Birth place": "Carbondale, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1924 6 24 1849 1 22 yes", "Death place": "Petworth, Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Resting place": "Rock Creek CemeteryWashington, D.C., U.S.", "Spouse... |
Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 - September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer.Obituary Variety, September 25, 1974. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938) and The Westerner (1940), making him one of only three male actors to win t... | {"Name": "Walter Brennan", "Image": "Walter brennan real mccoys 1958.JPG", "Caption": "Brennan in 1958", "Birth name": "Walter Andrew Brennan", "Birth date": "1894 7 25 y", "Birth place": "Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1974 9 21 1894 7 25 y", "Death place": "Oxnard, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "San... |
Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton (17 September 190418 August 1988) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer. He also worked as a director and choreographer in opera, film and revue.
Determined to be a dancer despite the opposition of his conventional middle-class family, Ashton was accepted as a pupil by... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Frederick Ashton", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% OM CH CBE", "Birth name": "Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton", "Birth date": "1904 09 17 y", "Birth place": "Guayaquil, Ecuador", "Nationality": "British", "Death date": "1988 08 18 1904 09 17 y", "Death place": "Chandos Lodge, Eye, S... |
The University of Patras (UPatras; , Panepistímio Patrón) is a public university in Patras, Greece. It is the third-largest university in Greece with respect to the size of the student body, the staff, and the number of departments."The EEC recommends that the Institution should develop and implement a pragmatic strat... | {"Type": "PublicHigher Education InstitutionGreece University System", "Rector": "Christos J. Bouras", "Students": "33.832", "Undergraduates": "29.901", "Postgraduates": "3.931 Postgraduate students", "Campus": "Rio campus, 7 kilometres east of the city centre of Patras", "Website": "www.upatras.gr/en"} |
Maurice Béjart (; 1 January 1927 - 22 November 2007) was a French-born dancer, choreographer and opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He developed a popular expressionistic form of modern ballet, talking vast themes. He was awarded Swiss citizenship posthumously.
Biography
Maurice-Jean Ber... | {"Name": "Maurice Béjart", "Caption": "Béjart in 1988", "Birth name": "Maurice-Jean Berger", "Birth date": "1927 01 01 y", "Birth place": "Marseille, France", "Death date": "2007 11 22 1927 01 01 y", "Death place": "Lausanne, Switzerland", "Occupation": "Dancer, choreographer and opera director"} |
Michael Fokine ( – 22 August 1942) was a groundbreaking Imperial Russian choreographer and dancer.
Career
Early years
thumb|Fokine costumed for the role of Lucien d'Hervilly, in Marius Petipa's 1905 production of the ballet Paquitathumb|Fokine as the spectre in a 1914 production of the Ballets Russes' Le Spectre de la... | {"Name": "Michael Fokine", "Caption": "Fokine in Arlequin, 1914", "Native name": "Михаил Фокин", "Birth name": "Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin", "Birth date": "yes 1880 4 23", "Birth place": "Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire", "Death date": "yes 1942 8 22 1880 4 23", "Death place": "New York City, United States", "Occupati... |
Saint Catherine's Monastery ( ; ), officially the Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Katherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, is a Christian monastery located in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Located at the foot of Mount Sinai, it was built between 548 and 565, and is the world's oldest continuously ... | {"Full name": "Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Katherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai", "Order": "Church of Sinai", "Established": "AD 565", "Founder(s)": "Justinian I", "Denomination": "Greek Orthodox Church", "Location": "Saint Catherine, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt", "Coordinates": "28 33 20... |
William Forsythe (born December 30, 1949) is an American dancer and choreographer formerly resident in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and now based in Vermont. He is known for his work with the Ballet Frankfurt (1984-2004) and The Forsythe Company (2005-2015). Recognized for the integration of ballet and visual arts, whic... | {"Name": "William Forsythe", "Caption": "Forsythe in 2012", "Birth date": "1949 12 30", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S."} |
Liberty is a libertarian journal, founded in 1987 by R. W. Bradford (who was the magazine's publisher and editor until he died from cancer in 2005) in Port Townsend, Washington, and then edited from San Diego by Stephen Cox. Unlike Reason, which is printed on glossy paper and has full-color photographs, Liberty was pri... | {"Frequency": "Bi-monthly, 1987-1998\n Monthly, 1999-2010\n Online only, November 2010 forward", "Categories": "public policy, libertarianism", "Founded": "1987", "Country": "United States", "Based in": "Port Townsend, Washington", "Language": "English", "Website": "www.libertyunbound.com", "ISSN": "0894-1408"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video was one of four original general awards that have been handed out every year since the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. In 2007, though, the award was briefly renamed Male Artist of the Year, and it awarded the artist's whole body of work for that year rather than a sp... | {"Awarded for": "Male music videos", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1984", "Last awarded": "2016", "Most awards": "Eminem (3)", "Most nominations": "Eminem (9)", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video is one of the original general awards that has been handed out every year since the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984.
In 2007, however, the award was briefly renamed Female Artist of the Year, and it awarded the artist's whole body of work for that year rather... | {"Awarded for": "Female music videos", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1984", "Last awarded": "2016", "Most awards": "Madonna, Taylor Swift & Beyoncé (3)", "Most nominations": "Madonna (12)", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Group of the Year (also known as the MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video and MTV Video Music Award for Best Group) is given to recording artists at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). The award was introduced at the inaugural ceremony in 1984 by vocalist Ric Ocasek of the Cars. Ameri... | {"Country": "United States", "Presented by": "MTV", "Formerly called": "Best Group Video", "First awarded": "1984", "Most awards": "BTS (4)", "Most nominations": "U2 (7)", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Concept Video was first given out in 1984, awarding the best videos that involved the conceptual interpretation of a song.
As the years went on, however, the majority of videos aired on MTV became concept videos, and so the need for this category diminished.
The category was retired... | {"Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1984", "Last awarded": "1988", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The Béjart Ballet Lausanne is a Swiss ballet company. It is based in the city of Lausanne and performs all over the world.
The Béjart Ballet Lausanne was founded in 1987. It was established by Maurice Béjart, a well-known choreographer who had previously founded and managed the Ballet of the 20th Century in Brussels, ... | {"Name": "Béjart Ballet Lausanne", "Year founded": "1987", "Website": "https://www.bejart.ch/en/", "Executive Director": "Jean Ellgass", "Artistic Director": "Gil Roman 2007-2021", "Resident Choreographers": "Maurice Béjart, Gil Roman"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist has been given out since the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. Until 2006, the award was named Best New Artist in a Video. In 2007 its name was changed to Best New Artist, as the category underwent a format change to recognize the artist's body of work for the fu... | {"Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1984", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction is an award given to the artist, the artist's manager, and the director of the music video. From 1984 to 2006, the full name of the award was Best Direction in a Video, and in 2007, it was briefly renamed Best Director. The category acquired its current name with the 2008 aw... | {"Awarded for": "Direction", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1984", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography is a craft award given to the artist, the artist's manager, and choreographer of the music video. From 1984 to 2007, the full name of the award was Best Choreography in a Video. The biggest winner is Frank Gatson with six wins. Michael Rooney follows closely behind with ... | {"Awarded for": "Choreography", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1984", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects is a craft award given to the artist, the artist's manager, and the visual effects artists and/or visual effects company of the music video. From 1984 to 2006, the award's full name was Best Special Effects in a Video, and after a brief removal in 2007, its name was sho... | {"Awarded for": "Visual effects", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1984", "Last awarded": "2023", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction is a craft award given to both the artist as well as the art director of the music video. From 1984 to 2006, the award's full name was Best Art Direction in a Video, and after a brief removal in 2007, its name was shortened to its current form starting in 2008. The bigge... | {"Awarded for": "Art direction", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1984", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing is a craft award given to the artist, the artist's manager, and the editor of the music video. From 1984 to 2007, the award's full name was Best Editing in a Video, before acquiring its current name in 2008.
The biggest winners are Jarrett Fijal and Ken Mowe with three wins e... | {"Awarded for": "Editing", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1984", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography is a craft award given to both the artist as well as the cinematographer/director of photography of the music video.
From 1984 to 2006, the award's full name was Best Cinematography in a Video. After a brief absence in 2007, the category acquired its current, shortened... | {"Awarded for": "Cinematography", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1984", "Website": "VMA website"} |
Wax Poetic is a New York-based trip hop band. The band came together in 1997 founded by Turkish musician Ilhan Erşahin, who is still a current member, playing tenor saxophone and keys. The group originated at the now defunct club Save the Robots, and consisted of a group of musicians jamming together. The band's music ... | {"Origin": "New York City, New York, United States", "Genres": "Trip hop, electronica, nu jazz, downtempo", "Labels": "Nublu, Atlantic", "Website": "http://www.waxpoetic.net/", "Members": "İlhan Erşahin\nSissy Clemens\nGabriel Gordon\nKenny Wollesen\nTina Kristina\nZeke Zima"} |
Peter Arend Stoffer (born January 6, 1956) is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Sackville—Eastern Shore or its redistributed equivalents from the 1997 election until his defeat in the 2015 election. A member of the New Democratic Party, Stoffer served as the Official Opposition Critic for Veterans Af... | {"Image caption": "Stoffer in the spring of 2007 at Lockview High School, Fall River, Nova Scotia, Canada", "Term start": "May 26, 2011", "Term end": "November 19, 2015", "Riding 1": "Sackville—Eastern Shore", "Riding 2": "Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore", "Predecessor 2": "Riding Established", "Successor 2... |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B was first awarded in 1993 under the name Best R&B Video, and it was given every year until 2006. The following year MTV revamped the VMAs and eliminated all the genre categories. However, in 2008, when MTV returned the Video Music Awards to their previous format, Best R&B Video di... | {"Awarded for": "Music songs", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1993", "Most awards": "Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, En Vogue, Destiny's Child & The Weeknd (2)", "Most nominations": "Alicia Keys (8)", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop was first given out at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. The award, according to MTV, was originally intended for hip hop-inspired songs, not necessarily actual hip hop music videos (which were instead honored by Best Rap Video). This explains the recognition of non-hip hop son... | {"Awarded for": "hip hop music videos", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1999", "Most awards": "Nicki Minaj (5)", "Most nominations": "Drake (13)", "Website": "VMAs website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance was first awarded in 1989, and it was one of the original four genre categories that were added to the MTV Video Music Awards that year.
With a revamp of the awards in 2007, the category was cut out along with several others, yet it returned for the 2008 awards, where it was g... | {"Awarded for": "quality dance/electronic music videos", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1989", "Last awarded": "2019", "Most awards": "En Vogue, The Pussycat Dolls, Calvin Harris & Zedd (2)", "Most nominations": "Madonna & Janet Jackson (6)", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock was first given out in , one of the four original genre categories added to the VMAs that year. In its first year, the award was called Best Heavy Metal Video, and from 1990 to 1995, it was renamed Best Metal/Hard Rock Video. The category underwent a third, brief name change in 1... | {"Awarded for": "rock music videos", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1989", "Most awards": "Aerosmith (4)", "Most nominations": "Foo Fighters (10)", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop was first given out in under the name of Best Pop Video, as MTV began to put several teen pop acts in heavy rotation. Nominations, however, were not just limited to pop acts, as dance, R&B, pop/rock, and reggaeton artists have also received nominations throughout the award's hist... | {"Awarded for": "Pop music videos", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1999", "Most awards": "Britney Spears (3)", "Most nominations": "Britney Spears (7)", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative (also known as Best Alternative Music Video) was first given out at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. Prior to being called Best Alternative Video, it was known as Best Post-Modern Video in 1989 and 1990.
After the 1998 ceremony, this award was eliminated, and it was not p... | {"Awarded for": "Alternative rock music videos", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1991", "Most awards": "Nirvana (3)", "Most nominations": "Various (3)", "Website": "VMA website"} |
Gordon S. Earle (born February 27, 1943) is a Canadian politician. Earle is a member of the New Democratic Party and a former member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Halifax West from 1997 to 2000. Earle is the first black Member of Parliament elected from Nova Scotia.
Career
Earle was ... | {"Name": "Gordon Earle", "Term start": "June 2, 1997", "Term end": "November 27, 2000", "Birth date": "1943 02 27", "Birth place": "Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada", "Spouse(s)": "Jane Earle"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video was first awarded in 1988, replacing the award for Most Experimental Video. Along with Best Direction in a Video, this award was considered to be one of the most important professional categories at the VMAs, as every once in a while it was even presented during the main... | {"Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1988", "Last awarded": "2010", "Most awards": "R.E.M. & Fatboy Slim (2)", "Website": "VMA website"} |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Long Form Video was first given out in 1991. It was re-introduced in 2016 as Breakthrough Long Form Video and in 2022 under the original name.
Recipients
Year Winner(s) Nominees Ref. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection Beyoncé - Lemonade Taylor Swift - All Too Well: The Short F... | {"Awarded for": "Long form music video", "Presented by": "MTV", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1991", "Website": "VMA website"} |
thumb|right|British One Sheet, 1910s
The Thanhouser Company (later the Thanhouser Film Corporation) was one of the first motion picture studios, founded in 1909 by Edwin Thanhouser, his wife Gertrude and his brother-in-law Lloyd Lonergan. It operated in New York City until 1920, producing over a thousand films.
Corpor... | {"Fate": "Absorbed into First National Attraction", "Founded": "1909, New Rochelle, New York", "Defunct": "1920", "Products": "Film", "Parent": "-->", "Website": "thanhouser.org"} |
thumb|250px|right|Mathew Brady's February 9, 1864, portrait of Lincoln is used for the current $5 bill (series 1999 issue and later).
The United States five-dollar bill ($5) is a denomination of United States currency. The current $5 bill features U.S. president Abraham Lincoln and the Great Seal of the United States o... | {"Value": "$5", "Width": "6 9/64 inches ≈ 156", "Height": "2 39/64 inches ≈ 66.3", "Weight": "0.035 oz. ≈ 1Currency Facts https://www.uscurrency.gov/about-us/currency-facts uscurrency.gov U.S. Currency Education Program 15 July 2020", "Security features": "Security fibers, watermark, security thread, micro printing, r... |
The United States ten-dollar bill ($10) is a denomination of U.S. currency. The obverse of the bill features the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, who served as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, two renditions of the torch of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), and the words "We the People" fr... | {"Value": "$10", "Width": "156", "Height": "66.3", "Weight": "Approx. 1Currency Facts https://www.uscurrency.gov/about-us/currency-facts uscurrency.gov U.S. Currency Education Program June 14, 2020", "Security features": "Security fibers, security thread, watermark, color shifting ink, microprinting, raised printing, E... |
The United States twenty-dollar bill ($20) is a denomination of U.S. currency. A portrait of Andrew Jackson, the seventh U.S. president (1829-1837), has been featured on the obverse of the bill since 1928; the White House is featured on the reverse.
As of December 2018, the average life of a $20 bill in circulation is... | {"Value": "$20", "Width": "156", "Height": "66.3", "Weight": "c. 1.0Currency Facts https://www.uscurrency.gov/about-us/currency-facts uscurrency.gov U.S. Currency Education Program 15 July 2020", "Security features": "Security fibers, watermark, security thread, color shifting ink, micro printing, raised printing, E... |
Robin Morgan (born January 29, 1941) is an American poet, writer, activist, journalist, lecturer and former child actor. Since the early 1960s, she has been a key radical feminist member of the American Women's Movement, and a leader in the international feminist movement. Her 1970 anthology Sisterhood Is Powerful was ... | {"Caption": "Morgan in 2012", "Birth date": "1941 1 29", "Birth place": "Lake Worth, Florida, U.S.", "Education": "Columbia University (BA)", "Occupation": "Poet writer activist journalist lecurer", "Years active": "1940s-present", "Notable works": "Sisterhood anthologies", "Spouse(s)": "Kenneth Pitchford 1962 1983", "... |
The United States fifty-dollar bill ($50) is a denomination of United States currency. The 18th U.S. president (1869-1877), Ulysses S. Grant, is featured on the obverse, while the U.S. Capitol is featured on the reverse. All current-issue $50 bills are Federal Reserve Notes.
As of December 2018, the average life of a ... | {"Value": "$50", "Width": "156", "Height": "66.3", "Weight": "Approx. 1.0U.S. Currency Education Program Weight of a US Banknote https://www.uscurrency.gov/about-us/currency-facts uscurrency.gov U.S. Currency Education Program 15 July 2020", "Security features": "Security fibers, watermark, security thread, color sh... |
Georges Farrah, (born August 23, 1957) is a Canadian politician.
Background
Born in Cap-aux-Meules, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, the son of Arthur Farrah and Hilda Boudreau, he was educated in administration at the University of Moncton.
Member of the legislature
Farrah was first elected to the National Assembly of Q... | {"Name": "Georges Farrah", "Birth date": "1957 8 23", "Birth place": "Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec, Canada", "Term start": "November 27, 2000", "Term end": "June 28, 2004", "Other political party": "Quebec Liberal Party"} |
The United States one-hundred-dollar bill ($100) is a denomination of United States currency. The first United States Note with this value was issued in 1862 and the Federal Reserve Note version was first produced in 1914. Inventor and U.S. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin has been featured on the obverse of the bill ... | {"Value": "no 100", "Width": "156", "Height": "66.3", "Weight": "≈ 1.0Currency Faacts https://www.uscurrency.gov/about-us/currency-facts uscurrency.gov U.S. Currency Education Program 14 July 2020", "Security features": "Security fibers, watermark, 3D security ribbon, security thread, color shifting ink, microprintin... |
Kaiser Permanente (; KP) is an American integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield. Kaiser Permanente is made up of three distinct but interdependent groups of entities: the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan... | {"Type": "Consortium of for-profit and not-for-profit entities.", "Founded": "1945 7 21", "Headquarters": "Ordway BuildingOakland, California, U.S.", "Industry": "Healthcare", "Revenue": "$95.4 billion USD (2022)", "Website": "kaiserpermanente.org"} |
The Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary was awarded from 1978 to 1983. From 1978 to 1982 it was titled the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance Contemporary or Inspirational. Before and after this time from 1968 to 1977 and from 2005 this category was a part of the Grammy Award for Best Gospel/C... | {"Awarded for": "quality contemporary performances in the gospel music genre", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1978", "Last awarded": "1983", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
The Régence (, Regency) was the period in French history between 1715 and 1723 when King Louis XV was considered a minor and the country was instead governed by Philippe d'Orléans (a nephew of Louis XIV of France) as prince regent.
Philippe was able to take power away from the Duke of Maine (illegitimate son of Louis ... | {"Name": "La Régence", "Image size": "200px", "Term start": "1 September 1715", "Term end": "15 February 1723", "Image caption": "Philippe with Marie-Madeleine de Parabère as Athena; Jean-Baptiste Santerre, 1716"} |
250px|thumb|right|The balloon ride was the first attraction to open at the Great Park
The Great Park is a public park located in Irvine, California, with a focus on sports, agriculture, and the arts. It is a non-aviation reuse of the decommissioned Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro. The Orange County park compris... | {"Type": "Regional park", "Location": "Irvine, California", "Coordinates": "33.67 N 117.73 W type:landmark inline,title", "Area": "27.5 acre ha (eventually 1347 acre ha)", "Status": "Open, under development and delays", "Website": "ocgp.org"} |
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