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thumb|The French anthropologists Germaine Dieterlen (1903-1999) and Jean Rouch (1917-2004) with three of their local male informants, Sangha, Mali, 1980.
Jean Rouch (; 31 May 1917 - 18 February 2004) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist.
He is considered one of the founders of cinéma vérité in France. Rouch's p... | {"Name": "Jean Rouch", "Birth name": "Jean Rouch", "Birth date": "1917 5 31 y", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Death date": "2004 2 18 1917 5 31 y", "Death place": "Birni-N'Konni, Niger", "Nationality": "French", "Occupation": "Filmmaker, anthropologist", "Years active": "1947-2002", "Notable works": "Moi, un noir (I... |
Nunzio "Nick" Discepola (November 27, 1949 - November 21, 2012) was an Italian-born Canadian politician and businessman.
Education and career
Discepola obtained a Bachelor of Science (1972) and a Master of Business Administration (1977) from McGill University.
Before founding his own company in the high tech sector "... | {"Name": "Nick Discepola", "Birth date": "1949 11 27", "Birth place": "Avellino, Italy", "Death date": "2012 11 21 1949 11 27", "Death place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Term start": "October 25, 1993", "Term end": "June 28, 2004", "Spouse(s)": "Mary-Alice Discepola"} |
Just Married is a 2003 American romantic comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, written by Sam Harper, and stars Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy as a young newlywed couple from different social classes who take their honeymoon to Europe, where obstacles challenge their ability to sustain in marriage. Produced by Robert... | {"Directed by": "Shawn Levy", "Produced by": "Robert SimondsLauren Shuler Donner", "Written by": "Sam Harper", "Starring": "Ashton Kutcher\n Brittany Murphy\n Christian Kane", "Music by": "Christophe Beck", "Cinematography": "Jonathan Brown", "Edited by": "Scott HillDon Zimmerman", "Distributed by": "20th Century Fox",... |
Harold Sydney Bride (11 January 1890 - 29 April 1956) was a British merchant seaman and the junior wireless officer on the ocean liner during her ill-fated maiden voyage.
After the Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 pm 14 April 1912, Bride and his senior colleague, Jack Phillips, were responsible for relaying CQD mes... | {"Name": "Harold Bride", "Caption": "Harold Bride in April 1912", "Birth date": "1890 01 11 y", "Birth place": "Nunhead, London, England", "Death date": "1956 04 29 1890 01 11 y", "Death place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Spouse(s)": "Lucy Downie 1920", "Children": "3", "Nationality": "British", "Known For": "Junior Wireles... |
Baron Kingsale is a title of the premier baron in the Peerage of Ireland. The feudal barony dates to at least the thirteenth century. The first peerage creation was by writ.
Name and precedence
In the early times the name was "Kinsale" or "Kinsale and Ringrone", but the spelling Kingsale has imposed itself with time... | {"Creation date": "1223", "Created by": "Henry III of England", "Peerage": "Peerage of Ireland", "Motto": "Vincit omnia veritas"} |
The Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone, approximately long, in the states of Wyoming and Montana in the western United States. The river was named in 1805 by fur trader François Larocque for the bighorn sheep he saw along its banks as he explored the Yellowstone.
The upper reaches of the Bighorn, south ... | {"Native name": "cro Iisaxpúatahcheeaashisee", "Mouth": "2687 ft on", "Location": "Bighorn, Montana, Treasure County", "Coordinates": "46 09 18 N 107 28 28 W inline,title779903 Bighorn River, MT", "Basin size": "22885 sqmi on", "Left": "East Fork Wind River, Greybull River, Shoshone River", "Right": "Little Wind River... |
Wallace Maynard Cox (December 6, 1924 - February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He began his career as a standup comedian and then became the title character of the popular early U.S. television series Mister Peepers from 1952 to 1955. He also appeared as a character actor in over 20 films and dozens of television e... | {"Name": "Wally Cox", "Image": "Wally Cox 1962.JPG", "Caption": "Cox in 1962", "Birth name": "Wallace Maynard Cox", "Birth date": "December 6, 1924", "Birth place": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Death date": "1973 2 15 1924 12 6", "Death place": "Hollywood, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor comedian", "Years active... |
, also known as , is a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce flavored with dashi (fish and seaweed stock), soy sauce and mirin (sweet rice wine). It may sometimes also be served with toppings such as raw or soft poached eggs, Welsh onions (negi), grated c... | {"Name of food": "Gyūdon", "Image caption": "Gyūdon from a Yoshinoya restaurant", "Alternate name": "gyūmeshi ('beef [and] rice'), beef bowl", "Main ingredient": "rice, beef and onion"} |
Andrew Moray (; ), also known as Andrew de Moray, Andrew of Moray, or Andrew Murray, was an esquire,Barrow, Robert Bruce, fourth edition, p. 98. who became one of Scotland's war-leaders during the First Scottish War of Independence. Moray, son and heir to Sir Andrew Moray of Petty, initially raised a small band of supp... | {"Name": "Andrew Moray", "Birth place": "Scotland, exact location of birth is not known", "Death date": "1297", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Battles fought": "First War of Scottish Independence:\n Battle of Stirling Bridge"} |
Pedro Alonso López (born 8 October 1948), also known as The Monster of the Andes, is a Colombian serial killer, child rapist, and fugitive who murdered a minimum of 110 people, mostly young women and girls, from 1969 to 1980. López claimed to have murdered over 300 people. He is considered by many as one of the most pr... | {"Name": "Pedro López", "Birth name": "Pedro Alonso López", "Birth date": "yes 1948 10 8", "Birth place": "Venadillo, Colombia"} |
thumb|Meskhetian Turks in Karabük, Turkey
Meskhetian Turks, also referred to as Turkish Meskhetians, Ahiska Turks, and Turkish Ahiskans, (;page78. Meskhetis turk'ebi) are a subgroup of ethnic Turkish people formerly inhabiting the Meskheti region of Georgia, along the border with Turkey. The Turkish presence in Meskhe... | {"Name": "Meskhetian Turks", "Population": "1944 deportee population only: est. 400,000 in 1990Khazanov 1995 202 : \"Because of the high birthrates their number is constantly increasing and, according to sources, has already reached 400,000 (Panesh and Ermolov, 1990)... It is true that the last Soviet census of 1989 g... |
Halo 2 is a 2004 first-person shooter game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox console. Halo 2 is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved. The game features new weapons, enemies, and vehicles, another player cha... | {"Developer": "BungieAdditional work on the Windows version was done by Microsoft Game Studios and Pi Studios.Matei, Robert December 11, 2006 Vista Halo 2 Plans Details http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vista-Halo-2-Plans-Details-42033.shtml dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110406182631/http://news.softpedia.com/ne... |
thumb|right|Christmas lights in Sloane Square.
alt=B&W photo of Sloane Square from the air|thumb|Sloane Square from above, 1909
Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the central London districts of Belgravia and Chelsea, located southwest of Charing Cross, in the Royal Borough of Kensing... | {"Name": "Sloane Square", "Former name(s)": "Hans Town", "Namesake": "Sir Hans Sloane", "Location": "Chelsea, London, England", "Maintained by": "Borough of Kensington and Chelsea", "Coordinates": "51.492521 -0.157188 type:landmark inline,title", "Designer": "Henry Holland Snr. and Henry Holland Jnr.", "Completion": "1... |
The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains and high plains of southern Montana and northern Wyoming, and stretching eas... | {"Mouth": "Missouri River", "Location": "McKenzie County, near Buford, North Dakota", "Coordinates": "47 58 42 N 103 58 56 W inline,title", "Basin size": "70000 sqmi onhttp://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/386_flows_of_largest_u_s_rivers.html Flows of Largest U.S. Rivers -- Length, Discharge, and Drainage Area U.S. Cens... |
Louis William Tordella (May 1, 1911 – January 9, 1996) was the longest serving deputy director of the National Security Agency.
Biography
Tordella was born in Garrett, Indiana, on May 1, 1911 and grew up in the Chicago environs. He displayed an early affinity for mathematics, and obtained bachelors, masters, and docto... | {"Name": "Louis William Tordella", "Birth date": "1911 5 1", "Birth place": "Garrett, Indiana, U.S.", "Death date": "1996 1 9 1911 5 1", "Death place": "Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Barbra Tordella", "Education": "Loyola University of ChicagoUniversity of Illinois", "Battles fought": "World War II"} |
Joseph John Rochefort (May 12, 1900"Social Security Death Index Search" 10 April 2010 - July 20, 1976) was an American naval officer and cryptanalyst. He was a major figure in the United States Navy's cryptographic and intelligence operations from 1925 to 1946, particularly in the Battle of Midway. His contributions an... | {"Born": "Dayton, Ohio, U.S.", "Died": "Torrance, California, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States", "Commands held": "Station HypoUSS ABSD-2", "Awards": "Navy Distinguished Service MedalLegion of MeritPresidential Medal of Freedom"} |
Agnes Meyer Driscoll (July 24, 1889 - September 16, 1971), known as "Miss Aggie" or "Madame X'", was an American
cryptanalyst during both World War I and World War II and was known as "the first lady of naval cryptology."
Early years
Born Agnes May Meyer in Geneseo, Illinois, in 1889, Driscoll moved with her family to... | {"Name": "Agnes Meyer Driscoll", "Caption": "Agnes Meyer, aged 21", "Birth name": "Agnes May Meyer", "Birth date": "July 24, 1889", "Birth place": "Geneseo, Illinois, United States", "Death date": "1971 9 16 1889 7 24", "Education": "Otterbein College\nOhio State University", "Other names": "Miss AggieMadame X"} |
The Jeffersons is an American sitcom television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, to July 2, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The Jeffersons is one of the longest-running sitcoms in history, the second-longest-running series with a primarily African American cast by episode co... | {"Genre": "Sitcom", "Created by": "Don Nicholl Michael Ross Bernie West", "Developed by": "Norman Lear", "Directed by": "Bob Lally Oz Scott Jack Shea Tony Singletary Arlando Smith", "Starring": "Isabel Sanford Sherman Hemsley Marla Gibbs Roxie Roker Franklin Cover Paul Benedict Mike Evans Berlinda Tolbert Zara Cully Da... |
The Oracle is a fictional character in The Matrix franchise. She was created by The Wachowskis, and portrayed by Gloria Foster in the first and second film and Mary Alice in the third film. The character also appears in the video game Enter the Matrix and the massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Matrix On... | {"First appearance": "The Matrix (1999)", "Last appearance": "The Matrix Online (2005)", "Created by": "The Wachowskis", "Portrayed by": "ny1/>\n Mary Alice (The Matrix Revolutions)", "Voiced by": "Mary Alice", "Title": "A one eyed program designed to investigate the human psyche."} |
Graeme Lloyd Murphy AO (born 2 November 1950) is an Australian dancer and choreographer. With his fellow dancer (and wife since 2004) Janet Vernon, he guided Sydney Dance Company to become one of Australia's most successful and best-known dance companies.
Biography
Murphy was born in Melbourne, and grew up in Tasmania... | {"Name": "Graeme Murphy (AO)", "Birth name": "Graeme Lloyd Murphy", "Birth place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Birth date": "1950 11 2 y", "Occupation": "Choreographer", "Known For": "Work with the Sydney Dance Company and The Australian Ballet"} |
thumb|Pomors in a pre-revolutionary photograph
Pomors or Pomory (, seasiders) are an ethnographic group descended from Russian settlers, primarily from Veliky Novgorod, living on the White Sea coasts and the territory whose southern border lies on a watershed which separates the White Sea river basin from the basins o... | {"Name": "Pomors", "Population": "2232 (2020 census) Росстат — Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 https://rosstat.gov.ru/vpn_popul 2023-01-03 rosstat.gov.ru 2020-01-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20200124160257/http://rosstat.gov.ru/vpn_popul dead", "Languages": "Dialect of Russian: Pomor dialects", "Religions... |
Discover is an American general audience science magazine launched in October 1980 by Time Inc. It has been owned by Kalmbach Publishing since 2010.
History
Founding
Discover was created primarily through the efforts of Time magazine editor Leon Jaroff. He noticed that magazine sales jumped every time the cover featu... | {"Frequency": "6 per year", "Categories": "Science", "Company": "Kalmbach Publishing", "First issue": "1980", "Country": "United States", "Based in": "Waukesha, Wisconsin", "Language": "English", "Website": "http://discovermagazine.com", "ISSN": "0274-7529"} |
Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy (born June 13, 1962) is an American actress. She made her feature film debut in Bad Boys (1983) and came to prominence as a member of the Brat Pack with roles in Oxford Blues (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), and Blue City (1986). She received three Saturn Award nomin... | {"Name": "Ally Sheedy", "Caption": "Sheedy in 2011", "Birth name": "Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy", "Birth date": "1962 06 13", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of Southern California", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1975-present", "Spouse(s)": "David Lansbury 1992 2009 ... |
Triangle is a fraternity for male students majoring in engineering, architecture, and the physical, mathematical, biological, and computer sciences. It is the only member of the North American Interfraternity Conference to limit its membership recruitment to these majors.
Triangle Fraternity organized at the Universit... | {"Founded": "University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign", "Affiliation": "NIC", "Type": "Social", "Emphasis": "Engineers, Architects, and Scientists", "Scope": "National", "Motto": "Veritas Omnia Vincit(Truth Conquers All)", "Colors": "#8D1B3D Old Rose#5E6A71 Grayhttp://triangle.org/graphics/ Graphics Library 2015-05... |
Sylver are a Belgian Eurodance and pop group, which originally consists of lead vocalist Silvy De Bie (born 4 January 1981) and keyboardist/songwriter Wout Van Dessel (born 19 October 1974). They were active between 2000 until 2014, when De Bie decided to focus on her solo career, but returned in 2016.
History
2000-02... | {"Origin": "Belgium", "Genres": "Eurodance trance pop", "Members": "Wout Van Dessel(2000-present)John Miles Jr. (2009-present)Silvy De Bie (2000-2013, 2016-present)", "Website": "http://www.sylversite.be"} |
Latrobe is a town in northern Tasmania, Australia on the Mersey River. It is 8 km south-east of Devonport on the Bass Highway. It is the main centre of the Latrobe Council. At the 2006 census, Latrobe had a population of 2,843. By the 2016 census, this had increased to 4,169.
The locality is in the Latrobe Council ar... | {"Type": "town", "Name": "Latrobe", "State Abbreviation": "tas", "Caption": "Mersey Community Hospital as seen from Perrin Court, 2007", "Coordinates": "41 14 S 146 45 E inline,title", "Locator Map Pushpin Label Position": "top", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "Latrobe Council", "Postcode": "7307", "Population": "4,169... |
Howard Wallace Pollock (April 11, 1920 - January 9, 2011) was an American politician and Republican Representative from Alaska.
Biography
Pollock was born in Chicago to Olga (née Deblanc) and Oscar Tobias Pollock, and grew up in New Orleans.
He went to high school in Perkinston, Mississippi and graduated from Perkins... | {"Name": "Howard Pollock", "Term start": "January 3, 1967", "Term end": "January 3, 1971", "Birth name": "Howard Wallace Pollock", "Birth date": "1920 4 11", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "2011 1 9 1920 4 11", "Death place": "Coronado, California, U.S.", "Education": "Mississippi Gulf Coast Co... |
The Australian Pink Floyd Show, more frequently referred to as the Australian Pink Floyd, is a Pink Floyd tribute band formed in 1988 in Adelaide, South Australia. Their live shows attempt to recreate the look, feel, and sound of Pink Floyd's later world tours,Petridis, Alexis. "The copycats who got the cream", The Gua... | {"Genres": "Progressive rock, psychedelic rock", "Origin": "Adelaide, Australia", "Labels": "Black Hill Pictures", "Website": "aussiefloyd.com", "Members": "Steve MacColin WilsonJason SawfordPaul BonneyDavid Domminney FowlerMike KidsonLorelei McBroomEmily LynnLara SmilesChris BarnesRicky Howard"} |
The University of California, Merced (UC Merced) is a public land-grant research university and Hispanic-serving institution located in Merced, California, and is the tenth and newest of the University of California (UC) campuses. Established in 2005, UC Merced was founded to "address chronically low levels of educatio... | {"Motto": "Fiat lux (Latin)", "Accreditation": "WSCUC", "Type": "Public land-grant research university", "Endowment": "$55.5 million (2019)As of June 30, 2019; includes UC Regents portion allocated to UC Merced. https://www.ucop.edu/investment-office/investment-reports/annual-reports/annual-endowment-report-2018-19.pdf... |
Lost Dogs is a two-disc compilation album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 11, 2003 through Epic Records. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States.
Overview
Lost Dogs is a double-disc collection of B-sides and other released and unreleased rarities. Lost D... | {"Released": "November 11, 2003", "Recorded": "1991-2003", "Genre": "Alternative rock\ngrunge", "Label": "Epic", "Producer": "Tchad Blake, Stone Gossard, Adam Kasper, Brendan O'Brien, Rick Parashar, Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, Westwood One Broadcast"} |
thumb|Workers leave the Pullman Palace Car Works in 1893
The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman, was a manufacturer of railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States. Through rapid late-19th century development of mass ... | {"Industry": "Rail transport", "Fate": "Absorbed by Bombardier Transportation (1987)", "Founded": "yes 1862: partial; full in 1900\n yes 1930: became Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company", "Defunct": "December 31, 1968 (as Pullman Company)", "Headquarters": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Products": "High-speed trai... |
The University of Buenos Aires (, UBA) is a public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Established in 1821, it is the premier institution of higher learning in the country and one of the most prestigious universities of Ibero-America. It has educated 17 Argentine presidents, produced four of the country's f... | {"Motto": "la Argentum virtus robur et studium (Latin)", "Type": "Public", "Budget": "US$700 million (2015)https://www.ambito.com/economia/en-2015-se-sigue-ampliando-el-presupuesto-las-universidades-publicas-n3863604 En 2015 se sigue ampliando el presupuesto para las universidades públicas www.ambito.com 29 October 202... |
"The Neutral Zone" is the season finale of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, originally aired within the United States on May 16, 1988, in broadcast syndication. The episode originated as a story submission purchased by Paramount written by Deborah McInty... | {"Teleplay by": "Maurice Hurley", "Story by": "Deborah McIntyre\n Mona Clee", "Directed by": "James L. Conway", "Cinematography by": "Edward R. Brown", "Featured music": "Ron Jones"} |
Earth Crisis is an American metallic hardcore band from Syracuse, New York, active from 1989 until 2001, reuniting in 2007. Since 1993 the band's longest serving members are vocalist Karl Buechner, lead guitarist Scott Crouse, bassist Ian Edwards and drummer Dennis Merrick. Their third and current rhythm guitarist Eric... | {"Origin": "Syracuse, New York, U.S.", "Genres": "am>Mudrian, Albert (2000). Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore. Feral House. 1-932595-04-X. p. 222-223.\nalternative metal", "Labels": "Roadrunner\n Victory\n Century\n Candlelight", "Spinoffs": "Path of Resistance, Freya, Framework, Isol... |
Jules Asner (born Julie Ann White; February 14, 1968) is an American screenwriter, author, former entertainment journalist, television personality, and model.
Early life
Asner was born Julie Ann White in Tempe, Arizona.Jules Asner profile at Film Reference.com At age 16, she was discovered at a modeling convention in ... | {"Caption": "Asner at Venice Film Festival 2012", "Name": "Jules Asner", "Birth name": "Julie Ann White", "Birth date": "1968 2 14", "Birth place": "Tempe, Arizona, U.S.", "Occupation": "Entertainment journalist, former fashion model", "Television": "Revealed with Jules Asner", "Spouse(s)": "Matthew Asner 1992 1996\n S... |
Billy Howerdel (born May 18, 1970) is an American musician, best known as a founding member, guitarist, backing vocalist, songwriter, and producer for the band A Perfect Circle, as well as for his former solo project, Ashes Divide. Howerdel has recorded six studio albums across his career: four with A Perfect Circle, o... | {"Born": "1970 5 18", "Origin": "New Jersey, United States", "Genres": "Rock hard rock alternative rock alternative metal experimental rock industrial", "Member of": "A Perfect Circle", "Website": "billyhowerdel.com"} |
The Glass Bead Game (, ) is the last full-length novel by the German author Hermann Hesse. It was begun in 1931 in Switzerland, where it was published in 1943 after being rejected for publication in Germany due to Hesse's anti-Fascist views.
"The Glass Bead Game" is a literal translation of the German title, but the ... | {"Original title": "Das Glasperlenspiel", "Country": "Switzerland", "Language": "German", "Publisher": "Holt, Rinehart and Winston", "Media type": "print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "558"} |
Sir John Boorman (; born 18 January 1933) is a British filmmaker. He is best known for directing feature films such as Point Blank (1967), Hell in the Pacific (1968), Deliverance (1972), Zardoz (1974), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Excalibur (1981), The Emerald Forest (1985), Hope and Glory (1987), The General (199... | {"Name": "John Boorman", "Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% on CBE", "Caption": "Boorman at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2006", "Birth date": "1933 01 18 yes", "Birth place": "Shepperton, Middlesex, England", "Spouse(s)": "Christel Kruse 1956 1990\n Isabella Weibrecht 19... |
The Russian Constitution of 1906 refers to a major revision of the 1832 Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire, which transformed the formerly absolutist state into one in which the emperor agreed for the first time to share his autocratic power with a parliament. It was enacted on 1906, on the eve of the opening of ... | {"Created": "6 May 23 April 1906", "Ratified": "6 May 23 April 1906", "Location": "Saint Petersburg, RussiaPlace where document signed, not location of copies", "Author(s)": "Mikhail SperanskyOriginal 1833 versionPeter KharitinovRevised 1906 version", "Signatories": "Emperor Nicholas II of Russia", "Purpose": "Constitu... |
Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend (born July 4, 1951) is an American attorney who was the sixth lieutenant governor of Maryland from 1995 to 2003. She ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Maryland in 2002. She was the first female lieutenant governor of Maryland.
In 2010, Townsend became the chair of the non-profit A... | {"Term start": "January 18, 1995", "Term end": "January 15, 2003", "Birth name": "Kathleen Hartington Kennedy", "Birth date": "1951 7 4", "Birth place": "Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "David Townsend 1973", "Education": "Radcliffe College (BA)University of New Mexico (JD)", "Image caption": "Townsend in 2... |
The Macau Jockey Club (MJC; , Portuguese: Jockey Clube de Macau) is an organization providing horse racing and betting entertainment in Macau, China. MJC is one of the largest private employers of Macau with around 1,400 employees and around 1,100 part-timers.
History
The club began as the Macau Trotting Club in 1980 ... | {"Founded": "1980 (as Macau Trotting Club)", "Headquarters": "Macau", "Products": "Betting, sports", "Website": "http://www.mjc.mo/"} |
Yvon Charbonneau, (July 11, 1940 - April 22, 2016) was a Canadian politician.
Charbonneau was born in Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec and was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the constituency of Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies from 1997 to 2004. He is a former administrator... | {"Name": "Yvon Charbonneau", "Term start": "1997", "Term end": "2004", "Birth date": "1940 7 11", "Birth place": "Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec", "Death date": "2016 4 22 1940 7 11", "Death place": "Florida, United States"} |
Marlene Jennings (born November 10, 1951) is a former Canadian politician. She was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, and represented the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine from 1997 to 2011.
Jennings was born in Longueuil, Quebec. Her father, Preston Jennings, was an Africa... | {"Name": "Marlene Jennings", "Term start": "1997", "Term end": "2011", "Birth date": "1951 11 10", "Birth place": "Longueuil, Quebec", "Residence": "Montreal", "Spouse(s)": "Luciano Del Negro"} |
Laura Guadalupe Zapata Miranda ( born July 31, 1956) is a Mexican telenovela actress, singer, and dancer. She has acted in Televisa productions.
Life and career
Born in Mexico City, Zapata is the daughter of Guillermo Zapata Pérez de Utrera (a Mexican boxer, model, and businessman) and Yolanda Miranda Mange. She is ... | {"Name": "Laura Zapata", "Birth name": "Laura Guadalupe Zapata Miranda", "Birth date": "1956 07 31In most of the verifiable sources appears 1954 as year of her birth, however this is disputed,August 2020 since between her and her sister, the famous singer and actress Thalía, there is a 19-year age difference, and Thalí... |
Jean-Charles Lapierre (May 7, 1956 - March 29, 2016) was a Canadian politician and television and radio broadcaster.
After retiring from the government in 2007, he served as a political analyst in a variety of venues.
He was Paul Martin's Quebec lieutenant during the period of the Martin government. He was first elec... | {"Birth name": "Jean-Charles Lapierre", "Term start": "July 20, 2004", "Term end": "February 5, 2006", "Predecessor 2": "Martin Cauchon", "Successor 2": "Thomas Mulcair", "Birth date": "1956 05 07", "Birth place": "Bassin, Quebec, Canada", "Death date": "2016 03 29 1956 05 07", "Death place": "Iles de la Madeleine, Que... |
The Little Bighorn River is a tributary of the Bighorn River in the United States in the states of Montana and Wyoming. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, was fought on its banks on June 25-26, 1876, as well as the Battle of Crow Agency in 1887.
Geography
The Little Bigho... | {"Native name": "cro Iisaxpúatahcheeaashe AliakáateCrow Dictionary Online https://dictionary.crowlanguage.org/#/E/little%20bighorn%20river", "Location": "Bighorn River near Hardin, Montana", "Coordinates": "773405 Little Bighorn River", "Mouth": "2884 ft m"} |
Stormbringer is the ninth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in November 1974. It was the band's second studio album to feature the Mk III lineup including vocalist David Coverdale and bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes.
Album cover and title
The cover image of Stormbringer is based on a photo. On 8 Ju... | {"Released": "8 November 1974https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/6305-1581-2 Stormbringer certification", "Recorded": "August-September 1974", "Studio": "Musicland (Munich) Record Plant (Los Angeles)", "Genre": "Hard rock funk rock blues rock", "Label": "Purple", "Producer": "Martin Birch & Deep Purple"} |
Tulle (; ) is a commune in central France. It is the third-largest town in the former region of Limousin and is the capital of the department of Corrèze, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Tulle is also the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulle.
Stretching over more than three kilometres in the narro... | {"Name": "Tulle", "Native Name": "oc Tula", "Commune Status": "Prefecture and commune", "Caption": "Prefecture building in Tulle", "Arrondissement": "Tulle", "Canton": "Tulle", "Postal code": "19000", "Mayor": "Bernard CombesRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4... |
thumb|300px|right|Inside Hexham Abbey
thumb|left|The Choir in 2019
Hexham Abbey is a Grade I listed place of Christian worship dedicated to St Andrew, in the town of Hexham, Northumberland, in the North East of England. Originally built in AD 674, the Abbey was built up during the 12th century into its current form, w... | {"OS grid reference": "Hexham Abbey", "Founded": "c.674 AD", "Dedication": "Andrew the Apostle", "Status": "Active", "Functional status": "Parish church", "Heritage designation": "Grade I Listed Building, Scheduled Monument", "Style": "Romano-Gothic", "Years built": "c.1170-1250", "Location": "Hexham, Northumberland, E... |
On Saturday, November 11, 1911, a cold snap, known as the Great Blue Norther or 11/11/11, affected the Central United States. Many cities broke record highs, going into the 70s and 80s early that afternoon. By nightfall, cities were dealing with temperatures in the teens and single-digits on the Fahrenheit scale. This ... | {"Name": "Great Blue Norther of November 11, 1911", "Image alternative text": "Map of the United States with coloured overlays highlighting temperature gradients", "Image caption": "Low temperatures recorded at midnight EST (05:00 UTC) on November 12, 1911", "Type": "Extratropical cycloneWinter stormCold waveBlizzardTo... |
Seven Days in New Crete, also known as Watch the North Wind Rise, is a seminal future-utopian speculative fiction novel by Robert Graves, first published in 1949. It shares many themes and ideas with Graves' The White Goddess, published a year earlier.
Summary
The novel takes place in a future society (first establish... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Cassell", "Pages": "281"} |
Kresge College is one of the residential colleges that make up the University of California, Santa Cruz. Founded in 1971 and named after Sebastian Kresge, Kresge college is located on the western edge of the UCSC campus. Kresge is the sixth of ten colleges at UCSC, and originally one of the most experimental. The first... | {"Motto": "\"We Shall Overcome\"", "Type": "Residential college", "Provost": "Mayanthi Fernando", "Undergraduates": "1352Fall Quarter Undergraduates by College (Historical), Fall 2006 data, accessed July 17, 2007", "Campus": "Suburban/Sylvan"} |
The National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada, commonly known as the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), was one of Canada's largest labour unions. In 2013, it merged with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, forming a new union, Unifor. While rooted in Ontario'... | {"Abbreviation": "CAW", "Predecessor": "United Auto Workers", "Type": "Trade union", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Location": "Canada", "Affiliations": "Canadian Labour Congress International Metalworkers' Federation International Transport Workers' Federation"} |
Benjamin F. Porter College, known colloquially as Porter College, is a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It is located on the lower west side of the university, south of Kresge College and north of Rachel Carson College. The college was founded in 1969 as College Five and formally dedicat... | {"Motto": "Ars Longa, Vita BrevisAbout Porter https://web.archive.org/web/20100522121656/http://www2.ucsc.edu/porter/about.html 2010-05-22 , accessed March 24, 2010", "Type": "Residential college", "Provost": "Sean Keilen", "Undergraduates": "1,526Fall Quarter Undergraduates by College (Historical), Fall 2006 data, ac... |
JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU) was an American company that designed and manufactured products for optical communications networks, communications test and measurement equipment, lasers, optical solutions for authentication and decorative applications, and other custom optics. It was headquartered in Milpitas, Califor... | {"Type": "Public", "Headquarters": "Milpitas, California, USA", "Industry": "Optical products and broadband communications", "Defunct": "2015", "Fate": "Split into Viavi Solutions and Lumentum Holdings", "Products": "Communications test and measurement equipment; optical communications components, modules, and subsyste... |
Martha Mills Noxon (born August 25, 1964) is an American television and film writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her work as a screenwriter and executive producer on the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003). She was also executive producer, writer, and creator of the Bravo co... | {"Name": "Marti Noxon", "Caption": "Noxon in May 2016", "Birth name": "Martha Mills Noxon", "Birth date": "1964 08 25", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of California, Santa Cruz", "Occupation": "Screenwriter, television writer, television producer", "Years active": "1998-presen... |
Margaret Nixon McEathron (February 22, 1930 - July 24, 2016), known professionally as Marni Nixon, was an American soprano and ghost singer for featured actresses in musical films. She was the singing voice of leading actresses on the soundtracks of several musicals, including Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie Wo... | {"Name": "Marni Nixon", "Image": "Marni_Nixon_09.JPG", "Caption": "Nixon at the Metropolitan Room, New York City (2009)", "Birth name": "Margaret Nixon McEathron", "Birth date": "1930 02 22", "Birth place": "Altadena, California, U.S.", "Death date": "2016 07 24 1930 02 22", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occup... |
Whipsnade Zoo, formerly known as ZSL Whipsnade Zoo and Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, is a zoo and safari park located at Whipsnade, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England. It is one of two zoos (the other being London Zoo in Regent's Park, London) that are owned by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), a charity devot... | {"Zoo name": "Whipsnade Zoo", "Image": "ZSL Whipsnade Gate.JPG", "Date opened": "1931", "Annual visitors": "648,945 (2019)ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions https://www.alva.org.uk/details.cfm?p=423 www.alva.org.uk 23 October 2020", "Location": "Whipsnade, near Dunstable, England", "Total area": "600 ... |
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Samotlor Field is the largest oil field of Russia and the sixth largest in the world, owned and operated by Rosneft. The field is located at Lake Samotlor in Nizhnevartovsk district, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast. It covers . The field is
... | {"Country": "Russia", "Region": "Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast", "Location": "Lake Samotlor, Nizhnevartovsk district,", "Offshore/onshore": "onshore", "Coordinates": "61 7 N 76 45 E region:RU_type:landmark inline,title", "Discovery": "1965", "Start of development": "1967", "Start of production": "1969", ... |
Bilzingsleben (, lit. discovery site Bilzingsleben) is a former stone quarry in Thuringia, Germany, notable for its wealth of palaeolithic human fossils and artifacts.
One of the oldest buildings in the world and one of the oldest pieces of art was found at the site.http://stanzon.husemann.net/download.php?id=201533&t... | {"Alternative name": "Bilzingsleben Paleolithic Site", "Coordinates": "51 16 52 N 11 04 07 E inline,title", "Location": "near Bilzingsleben, Sömmerda district", "Region": "state of Thuringia, Germany", "Periods": "Paleolithic", "Associated with": "Homo erectus", "Archaeologists": "1922, 1971 to 1992"} |
Furosemide is a loop diuretic medication used to treat edema due to heart failure, liver scarring, or kidney disease. It had many trade names including Discoid, Frusemide, Lasix and Uremide. Furosemide may also be used for the treatment of high blood pressure. It can be taken intravenously or orally. When given intra... | {"Pronunciation": "f j ʊ ˈ ɹ oʊ s ə ˌ m aɪ d", "Trade name": "Lasix, Furoscix, others", "AHFS": "monograph furosemide", "Pregnancycategory": "C", "Routes ofadministration": "oral, intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous", "Metabolism": "Kidneys (66%), bile (33%)", "Other names": "Furosemide"} |
Robert John Wagner Jr. (born February 10, 1930) is an American actor of stage, screen, and television. He is known for starring in the television shows It Takes a Thief (1968-1970), Switch (1975-1978), and Hart to Hart (1979-1984). He later had a recurring role as Teddy Leopold in the TV sitcom Two and a Half Men (2007... | {"Image": "Robert Wagner 1967.JPG", "Caption": "Wagner in 1967", "Birth name": "Robert John Wagner Jr.", "Birth date": "1930 2 10", "Birth place": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1950-present", "Spouse(s)": "Natalie Wood December 28, 1957 April 27, 1962 div July 16, 1972 November 28, ... |
Livio Berruti (born 19 May 1939) is an Italian former athlete who was the winner of the 200-meter dash in the 1960 Summer Olympics.
He won five medals, at individual level, and three medals with the national relay team at the International athletics competitions.
Biography
thumb|left|200px|The victorious finish of th... | {"Name": "Livio Berruti", "Image": "Berruti.JPG", "Image caption": "Livio Berruti in 2010", "Nationality": "Italian", "Sport": "Athletics", "Event": "Sprint", "Club": "G.S. Fiamme Oro", "Birth date": "1939 5 19 yes", "Place of birth": "Turin, Italy", "Coach": "Peppino Russohttp://www.fidal.it/content/Addio-a-Peppino-Ru... |
Ba Jin (Chinese: 巴金; pinyin: Bā Jīn; 1904-2005) was a Chinese anarchist, translator, and writer. In addition to his impact on Chinese literature, he also wrote three original works in Esperanto,(en) Geoffrey Sutton, Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto , p. 180, Ed. Mondial, New York, and as a ... | {"Pen name": "Ba Jin", "Born": "1904 11 25 y", "Died": "2005 10 17 1904 11 25 y", "Occupation": "Novelist", "Children": "Li XiaolinLi Xiao", "Notable awards": "1983: Legion of Honour1990: Fukuoka Prize (special prize)"} |
Shen Congwen (28 December 1902 - 10 May 1988), formerly romanized as Shen Ts'ung-wen, was a Chinese writer who is considered one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, on par with Lu Xun. Regional culture and identity plays a much bigger role in his writing than that of other major early modern Chinese writers. He was... | {"Name": "Shen Congwen", "Caption": "Shen Congwen (far right) with Gu Chuan (far left) and Zhou Youguang (middle) in 1946", "Birth name": "Shen Yuehuan", "Birth date": "1902 12 28 y", "Birth place": "Fenghuang, Hunan, Qing dynasty", "Death date": "1988 5 10 1902 12 28 y", "Death place": "Beijing, China", "Spouse(s)": "... |
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (IATA: AQ243, ICAO: AAH243) was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, a Boeing 737-297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight, caused by part of the fuselage breaking due to poor maintenance an... | {"Date": "April 28, 1988", "Summary": "Explosive decompression caused by metal fatigue and maintenance error Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988 https://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/04/27/photo-galleries/aloha-airlines-flight-243-april-28-1988/ Star-Advertiser April 27, 2018 May 9, 2018 Hurley Timothy ... |
The New Zealand men's national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket. Named the Black Caps, they played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956, more than 26 years, for its first ... | {"Nickname(s)": "Black Caps,http://www.nzc.nz/international/blackcaps NZC Blackcaps 10 March 2021 4 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210304094640/https://www.nzc.nz/international/blackcaps live Kiwishttps://www.newzealand.com/int/feature/new-zealand-people/ New Zealand People New Zealand 10 March 2021... |
The Topper is an 11 foot sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor. The Topper was a one-design boat until 2023 when a new version was produced, and is sailed mostly around the British Isles. It was recognised as a World Sailing Class. The boat previously constructed from polypropylene, and now roto moulded, is popular a... | {"Name": "Topper", "Crew": "1", "Type": "Monohull", "Design": "One-Design", "Construction": "Polypropylene", "Rig type": "Cat rig", "Keel/board type": "Daggerboard", "LOA": "11 ft 1 in m on", "Beam": "3 ft 11 in m on", "Hull": "94 lb kg on", "D-PN": "110.4http://offshore.ussailing.org/Portsmouth_Yardstick/Current_Table... |
Prince Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi (; 27 August 1928 - 9 September 2023) was a South African politician and Zulu prince who served as the traditional prime minister to the Zulu royal family from 1954 until his death in 2023. He was appointed to this post by King Bhekuzulu, a son of King Solomon, who was a brother to Bu... | {"Image caption": "Buthelezi in 1983", "Term start": "10 May 1994", "Term end": "13 July 2004", "Office 2": "President of the Inkatha Freedom Party", "Predecessor 2": "Position established", "Successor 2": "Velenkosini Hlabisa\n yes\n Bantustan offices 19701977\n border:1px dashed lightgrey;\n yes\n Chief Minister o... |
21 Jump Street is an American police procedural television series that aired on the Fox network and in first-run syndication from April 12, 1987 to April 27, 1991, running for 103 episodes. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in schools, gangs, and other tee... | {"Genre": "Police crime drama", "Created by": "Patrick Hasburgh\n Stephen J. Cannell", "Starring": "Johnny Depp\n Holly Robinson\n Peter DeLuise\n Dustin Nguyen\n Richard Grieco\n Steven Williams\n Michael Bendetti\n Michael DeLuise\n Sal Jenco\n Frederic Forrest", "Opening theme": "\"21 Jump Street Theme\" performed b... |
Johann Jacob Dillen Dillenius (1684 - 2 April 1747) was a German botanist. He is known for his Hortus Elthamensis ("Eltham Garden") on the rare plants around Eltham, London, and for his Historia muscorum ("History of Mosses"), a natural history of lower plants including mosses, liverworts, hornworts, lycopods, algae, l... | {"Fields": "Botany", "Institutions": "Oxford University", "Author abbrev. (botany)": "Dill.", "Influences": "William Sherard", "Influenced": "Carl Linnaeus"} |
The Citigroup Centre is a building complex in London. It houses Citigroup's EMEA headquarters and is located in Canary Wharf in the city's Docklands. The centre provides of floor space across two buildings - 33 Canada Square and 25 Canada Square, and houses the bulk of Citi's UK employee base. The buildings were separ... | {"Location": "Canary WharfLondon, E 14United Kingdom", "Coordinates": "51 30 14.4 N 0 1 4.1 W region:GB_scale:5000 inline,title", "Construction started": "1998", "Type": "Commercial"} |
The Macanese pataca or Macau pataca (; ; sign: $; abbreviation: P; ISO code: MOP) is the currency of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It is subdivided into 100 avos (; sin), with 10 avos called ho () in Cantonese.
Macau has a currency board system under which the pataca is 100... | {"ISO 4217 code": "MOP", "Pegged with": "Hong Kong dollar (HK$) HK$1 = MOP 1.03", "Subunit": "1 100", "Symbol": "$", "Unit": "pataca", "Plural": "patacas (Portuguese only)", "Printer": "Issuing banks:\nBanco Nacional UltramarinoBanco da China\nPrinter:\nHong Kong Note Printing"} |
Orcus (minor-planet designation 90482 Orcus, provisional designation ) is a trans-Neptunian dwarf planet with a large moon, Vanth. It has a diameter of , the size of or somewhat smaller than the asteroid Ceres. The surface of Orcus is relatively bright with albedo reaching 23 percent, neutral in color and rich in water... | {"Name of planet": "90482 Orcus", "Symbol": "24px|🝿 (mostly astrological)", "Background": "C2E0FF", "Image": "Orcus-Vanth orbit.gif", "Image size": "250", "Caption": "Orcus and its moon Vanth imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2006", "Discovered": "17 February 2004", "Discoverer": "M. E. BrownC. TrujilloD. Rabino... |
Mohanlal Viswanathan (/mo:hanla:l/; born 21 May 1960) is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Mohanlal has a prolific career spanning over f... | {"Name": "Mohanlal", "Image": "200px", "Birth name": "Mohanlal ViswanathanPresident of India President Kovind presents Padma Bhushan to Mohanlal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9LwAdl84ys YouTube President of India 29 September 2022 22 March 2019Web desk തനിക്ക് ജാതിവാൽ ഇല്ലാത്തതിന് കാരണം പറഞ്ഞ് മോഹൻലാൽ https://www.m... |
Brassó was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Brassó (Brașov in Romanian, Kronstadt in German).
Geography
thumb|left|alt=''Map of Brassó County in the Kingdom of Hungary|Map of Brassó County... | {"Native name": "1.1em la Comitatus Brassoviensishu Brassó vármegyede Komitat Kronstadtro Comitatul Brașov", "Conventional long name": "Brassó County", "Common name": "Brassó", "Year founded": "1876", "Year dissolved": "1920", "Capital": "Brassó", "Today part of": "Romania"} |
After Forever was a Dutch symphonic metal band with strong progressive metal influences. The band relied on the use of both soprano vocals and death growls.
In February 2009, it was announced that After Forever had disbanded. Singer Floor Jansen and keyboardist Joost van den Broek both collaborated again in ReVamp and... | {"Origin": "North Brabant, Netherlands", "Genres": "Symphonic metal\n gothic metal\n progressive metal\n power metal", "Labels": "Transmission\n Nuclear Blast", "Spinoffs": "MaYaN\n ReVamp", "Website": "www.afterforever.com"} |
Adam Hamilton Ingram (born 1 May 1951) is a Scottish politician who was a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 1999 to 2016. He was first a MSP for the South of Scotland region from 1999 to 2011, then the MSP for the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency from 2011 to 2016.
... | {"Name": "Adam Ingram", "Image caption": "Ingram in 2011", "Term start": "17 May 2007", "Term end": "25 May 2011", "First minister": "Alex Salmond", "Office 2": "Member of the Scottish Parliamentfor Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley", "Predecessor 2": "Cathy Jamieson", "Successor 2": "Jeane Freeman", "Birth date": "1951... |
Cour Saint-Émilion () is a station on Line 14 of the Paris Métro. Opened in 1998, it is named after the wine of Saint-Émilion because it was built at the old railway station of Bercy where wine from Southern France arrived in Paris.
The entrance of the station opens onto Bercy Village, which is a commercial area of Pa... | {"Name": "Cour Saint-Émilion", "Symbol Location": "paris", "Symbol": "m", "Type": "Paris Métro station", "Caption": "Station view", "Address": "12th arrondissement of Paris", "Administrative subdivision": "Île-de-France", "Country": "France", "Coordinates": "48.834 2.386 region:FR_scale:2000 dms inline,title", "Owned":... |
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga (March 23, 1814 - February 1, 1873) was a 19th-century Cuban-born Spanish writer. Born in Puerto Príncipe, now Camagüey, she lived in Cuba until she was 22. Her family moved to Spain in 1836, where she started writing as La Peregrina (The Pilgrim) and lived there until 1859, whe... | {"Pen name": "La Peregrina", "Born": "March 23, 1814", "Died": "yes 1873 02 1 1814 03 23", "Occupation": "writer, poet, novelist, playwright", "Nationality": "Spanish-Cuban", "Language": "Spanish"} |
Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (; born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and served as Member of the State Duma since 1993. He is also the Chair of the Union of Communist Parties - Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP-CPSU) since ... | {"Name": "Gennady Zyuganov", "Birth name": "Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov", "Image caption": "Zyuganov in 2022", "Nationality": "Russian", "Term start": "22 January 2001", "Office 2": "General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation", "Predecessor 2": "Valentin Kuptsov", "Birth date": "1944 6 26 y", "... |
Peleg Arnold (1751-1820) was a lawyer, tavern-keeper, jurist, and statesman from Smithfield, Rhode Island (now North Smithfield). He represented Rhode Island as a delegate to the Continental Congress in the 1787-1788 session. He later served as the chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from June 1795 to June ... | {"Name": "Peleg Arnold", "Predecessor 2": "Thomas Arnold", "Successor 2": "Daniel Lyman", "Birth date": "June 10, 1751", "Birth place": "Smithfield, Rhode Island", "Death date": "1820", "Alma mater": "Brown University"} |
Elisha Reynolds Potter (November 5, 1764September 26, 1835) was a statesman in the Federalist Party from Kingston, Rhode Island, who served several times as the Speaker in the Rhode Island State Assembly.
Personal life
Elisha Reynolds Potter was born in Little Rest (now known as Kingston) in the Colony of Rhode Island... | {"Name": "Elisha Reynolds Potter", "Birth date": "1764 11 5", "Birth place": "Little Rest, Rhode Island Colony, British America", "Death date": "1835 9 26 1764 11 5", "Death place": "South Kingstown, Rhode Island, U.S.", "Term start": "November 15, 1796", "Term end": "1797", "District 2": "at-large", "Preceded 2": "Isa... |
Elisha Reynolds Potter (June 20, 1811 - April 10, 1882) was a politician, jurist and historian from Kingston, Rhode Island. He was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and served one term in the United States House of Representatives.
Biography
Elisha Reynolds Potter Jr. was born in Little Rest (now Kingston)... | {"Name": "Elisha Reynolds Potter Jr.", "Birth date": "1811 6 20", "Birth place": "Kingston, Rhode Island, US", "Death date": "1882 4 10 1811 6 20", "Death place": "Kingston, Rhode Island, US", "Office 2": "Member of the Rhode Island Senate", "Term 2": "1847-18521861-1863", "Resting place": "Colonel Thomas Potter Cemete... |
Scottish & Newcastle plc was a brewing company headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, which expanded from its home base to become an international business with beer volumes growing almost tenfold.
The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Heineken and Carlsberg in 2008 and its assets... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1749", "Defunct": "April 2008", "Fate": "Acquired by consortium of Heineken and Carlsberg", "Headquarters": "Edinburgh, Scotland, UK", "Products": "Beer", "Subsidiaries": "S&N UK; Alken-Maes; Beamish & Crawford; Brasseries Kronenbourg; Central de Cervejas; Hartwall; Home Ales; Mythos; Wav... |
Vijayanagara () is a city in the Vijayanagara district in the Indian state of Karnataka.Vijayanagara, Encyclopaedia Britannica Vijayanagara was the capital city of the historic Vijayanagara Empire. Located on the banks of the Tungabhadra River, it spread over a large area and included the modern era Group of Monuments ... | {"Founded by": "Harihar and Bukka", "Named for": "City of Victory", "Type": "City Municipal Council", "Body": "CMC", "Density": "auto", "Metro density": "244048", "Rank": "224th India, 14th Karnataka", "Website": "www.vijayanagara.in"} |
The Fiat 127 is a supermini car produced by Italian car manufacturer FIAT from 1971 to 1983. It was introduced in 1971 as the replacement for the Fiat 850. Production of the 127 in Italy ended in 1983 following the introduction of its replacement, the Fiat Uno, although the nameplate continued to be used on cars import... | {"Manufacturer": "Fiat", "Production": "1971-1983", "Designer": "Dante Giacosa, Pio ManzùDante Giacosa I miei 40 anni di progettazione alla Fiat My 40 years of designing at Fiat Centro Storico Fiat 2014 1st pub. Automobilia, 1979 http://www.fcagroup.com/it-IT/group/history/Documents/Dante_Giacosa_-_I_miei_40_an... |
The Public Policy Institute of California is an independent, non-profit research institution. Based in San Francisco, California, the institute was established in 1994 by Bill Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard, Roger Heyns, and Arjay Miller, with a $70 million endowment from Hewlett.
Research by the institute focuses on pop... | {"Established": "1994", "Budget": "Revenue: $24,537,528Expenses: $15,136,305(FYE June 2015)http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/943/943207299/943207299_201506_990.pdf World Policy Institute 2 February 2016 Foundation Center 24 April 2017", "Address": "500 Washington Street, Suite 600San Francisco, Calif... |
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) was a program run by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, surveying the sky for near-Earth objects. NEAT was conducted from December 1995 until April 2007, at GEODSS on Hawaii (Haleakala-NEAT; 566), as well as at Palomar Observatory in California (Palomar-NEAT; 644). With the disc... | {"Abbreviation": "NEAT", "Predecessor": "Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey", "Successor": "Near Earth Object Program", "Founded at": "Haleakalā Observatory, Maui, Hawaii", "Type": "Space observation program", "Legal status": "Disbanded", "Website": "http://neat.jpl.nasa.gov/"} |
Ross Castle () is a 15th-century tower house and keep on the edge of Lough Leane, in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland. It is the ancestral home of the Chiefs of the Clan O'Donoghue, later associated with the Brownes of Killarney.Castleden, Rodin. The Castles of Britain and Ireland. Quercus, 2013
The ca... | {"Area": "Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland", "Architectural style(s)": "Tower house and keep", "Built for": "O'Donoghue family", "Coordinates": "52.041 -9.531 region:Ireland inline,title", "Built": "15th century", "Governing body": "Office of Public Works"} |
Goran Višnjić (; born 9 September 1972) is a Croatian-American actor who has appeared in American and British films and television productions. He is best known in the United States for his roles as Dr. Luka Kovač in ER and Garcia Flynn in Timeless, both NBC television series. For ER, he and the cast were nominated for... | {"Name": "Goran Višnjić", "Caption": "Višnjić at Rome Film Festival in 2014", "Birth date": "1972 9 9 yes", "Birth place": "Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia", "Citizenship": "Croatia United States (since 2013)http://www.croatiaweek.com/croatias-most-famous-hollywood-export-gets-u-s-citizenship Croatia Week Croatia's... |
The Fiat 124 is a small family car manufactured and marketed by Italian company Fiat between 1966 and 1974. The saloon superseded the Fiat 1300 and was the basis for several variants including a station wagon, a four-seater coupé (124 Sport Coupé), and a two-seater convertible (124 Sport Spider)
The Russian-built VAZ... | {"Manufacturer": "Fiat", "Also called": "Seat 124 Tofaş Murat 124", "Production": "1966-1974", "Assembly": "Italy: Turin Straitscars> http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19680504-1.2.108.aspx Assembly of cars: 'No more' decision The Straits Times 4 May 1968 20 13 February 2016 ... |
Grande-Digue (2011 pop.: 2,182) is a community in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada, near Shediac.
The local service district of Grande-Digue takes its name from the community.
Geography
The community is located in Dundas Parish, on the north-east shoreline of the Shediac Bay. Grand-Digue is located around the inte... | {"Land": "46.04", "Density": "47.4", "DST": "-3", "Rank": "0", "Website": "http://www.grande-digue.net/"} |
The Lada / VAZ-2105, 2104 and 2107, collectively marketed as Lada Riva for right-hand drive models (in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand), the Lada Nova in Germany, and by multiple other names and markets, are a series of compact sedans of the Zhiguli line-up (Fiat 124-based cars), built by Russian car manu... | {"Manufacturer": "AvtoVAZ", "Also called": "Dennis / Lada Signet (Canada)Lada Signet http://unique-autos.ru/blog/prototypes/139.html Unique-autos.ru 25 February 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160303111203/http://unique-autos.ru/blog/prototypes/139.html 3 March 2016Lada 1500 (Colombia, Canada)Lada 2104 / V... |
Yell () is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland. In the 2011 census it had a usually resident population of 966. It is the second largest island in Shetland after the Mainland with an area of ,Penrith, James & Deborah (2007) Orkney & Shetland (part of The Scottish Islands series). Richmond. Crimson Publishing. ... | {"Coordinates": "60.62 -1.1 inline", "OS grid reference": "HU492935", "Scots": "Yellhttps://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": "Possibly of Pictish origin or from Old Norse for 'barren'", "A... |
thumb|right|Leagarth House, Houbie
Fetlar () is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland, with a usually resident population of 61 at the time of the 2011 census. Its main settlement is Houbie on the south coast, home to the Fetlar Interpretive Centre. Other settlements include Aith, Funzie, Herra and Tresta. Fetl... | {"Coordinates": "60.60 -0.87 inline,title", "OS grid reference": "HU620919", "Scots": "Fetlarhttps://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": "Unclear", "Area": "4078 ha sqmi 8", "Population rank"... |
The History of Sexuality () is a four-volume study of sexuality in the Western world by the French historian and philosopher Michel Foucault, in which the author examines the emergence of "sexuality" as a discursive object and separate sphere of life and argues that the notion that every individual has a sexuality is a... | {"Original title": "Histoire de la sexualité", "Country": "France", "Language": "French", "Publisher": "Éditions Gallimard", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover and Paperback), Audio (Vol 1-3)", "Pages": "168 (English ed., vol. 1)293 (English ed., vol. 2) 279 (English ed., vol. 3)416 (English ed., vol. 4)", "ISBN": "(vol. ... |
thumb|left|Huimin Yuan Apartments, Zhengtai Li, Lunan, Tangshan, Hebei
Tangshan () is a coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province. It is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain. It is located in the central area of the Bohai Rim... | {"Density": "auto", "Metro density": "auto", "Urban density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "CN-HE-02", "Website": "tangshan.gov.cn"} |
is a Japanese master of aikido. He is a grandson of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of aikido, and son of Kisshomaru Ueshiba. Ueshiba is the third and current Doshu (hereditary head) of the Aikikai.
Biography
Ueshiba was born on April 2, 1951, in Tokyo, Japan.Pranin, S. A. (c. 2009): The Encyclopedia of Aikido: Ueshiba, Mori... | {"Native name": "jp", "Born": "Tokyo, Japan", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Residence": "Japan", "Teacher(s)": "Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Morihei Ueshiba", "Style": "Aikido"} |
Unst (; ; ) is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third-largest island in Shetland after Mainland and Yell. It has an area of .
Unst is largely grassland, with coastal cliffs. Its main village is Baltasound, formerly the second-lar... | {"Coordinates": "60.75 -0.89 region:GB_type:isle inline,title", "OS grid reference": "HP600091", "Scots": "Unsthttps://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/document/Map_of_Scotland_in_Scots-Guide_and_gazetteer.pdf Map of Scotland in Scots - Guide and gazetteer", "Area": "120.68 km²", "Population rank": "19", "Highest... |
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