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was a Japanese Buddhist prelate during the Sengoku and early Edo Periods of Japanese history. He was a major figure in the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. Noted for his calligraphy, poetry, tea ceremony, he is also popularly credited with the invention of the takuan pickled radish.
Biography
Takuan Sōhō was born as the... | {"Born": "Izushi, Tajima Province, Japan", "Died": "Edo, Japan", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Religion": "Buddhism", "Title": "Rōshi"} |
North Hennepin Community College (NHCC) is a public community college in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. It was founded in 1966 and is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
History
The college was founded in 1966 as North Hennepin State Junior College, opening concurrently with two other state... | {"Motto": "Engaging students, changing lives", "Type": "Public community college", "President": "Rolando GarcíaNew President https://www.nhcc.edu/president-info 28 November 2020 www.nhcc.edu", "Provost": "Jesse Mason", "Students": "9,742 credit students enrolled in fiscal year 2018", "Website": "http://www.nhcc.edu"... |
The English Wikipedia is the primary English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on January 15, 2001, as Wikipedia's first edition.
English Wikipedia is hosted alongside other language editions by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organiza... | {"URL": "https://en.wikipedia.org/", "Commercial": "No", "Registration": "Optional; required for certain tasks", "Users": "users, administrators as of", "Launched": "yes 2001 1 15"} |
The Dallas Desperados were a professional arena football team based in Dallas, Texas. The Desperados played in the Eastern Division of the Arena Football League from 2002 to 2008.
The franchise began play in as an expansion team, and have posted a winning record in all but one of their seasons in existence. The team... | {"Team colors": "Blue, white, black#0F4D92 white black", "Head coach": "Will McClay", "Owner(s)": "Jerry Jones", "President": "Shy Anderson", "Mascot": "Kid Coyote"} |
The Chicago Rush were a professional arena football team based in Rosemont, Illinois. The team played at the Allstate Arena from 2001 to 2013. They were a member of the Central Division of the National Conference of the Arena Football League (AFL). Founded in 2001, the team qualified for the playoffs 11 out of 12 seas... | {"Team colors": "Navy blue, red, silver and white#00004d darkgray #E62020 darkgray silver darkgray white darkgray", "Owner(s)": "Arena Football League", "Mascot": "Grabowski", "Cheerleaders": "Adrenaline Rush"} |
The Cleveland Gladiators were an arena football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The Gladiators played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they shared with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association and the Cleveland Monsters of the American H... | {"Team colors": "Red, black, white#EE2D24 black white", "Head coach": "Ron Selesky", "Owner(s)": "Dan Gilbert", "President": "Kerry Bubolz", "Mascot": "Rudi"} |
The Los Angeles Avengers were an Arena Football League team based in Los Angeles, California, from 2000 through 2008. They folded on April 19, 2009.
History
The Los Angeles Avengers played their home games at the Staples Center, which is also the current home to the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League, the... | {"Team colors": "Red, blue, gold and white#FF003F darkgray #072D77 darkgray gold darkgray white darkgray", "Head coach": "Ed Hodgkiss", "Owner(s)": "Casey Wasserman", "President": "Matt Wikstrom", "Mascot": "TD"} |
Shigefumi Hino (日野 重文 Hino Shigefumi, born 1963) is a Japanese graphics designer, game director and planner from Nintendo. He is the creator of Yoshi from the Yoshi franchise. Hino later served as the director of the Pikmin series, alongside Masamichi Abe.
Career
Shigefumi Hino joined Nintendo in 1989, where his first... | {"Name": "Shigefumi Hino", "Native name": "日野 重文", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1963", "Birth place": "Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan", "Occupation": "Video game director, graphic designer, planner", "Employer": "Nintendo (since 1988)", "Years active": "1988-present", "Notable works": "Yoshi"} |
, formerly known as Itazuke Air Base, is an international and domestic airport located east of Hakata StationAIS Japan in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
Fukuoka Airport is the principal airport on the island of Kyushu and is the fourth busiest passenger airport in Japan. As of 2017, the airport is the fourth busiest sin... | {"Airport type": "Public / military", "Serves": "Fukuoka-Kitakyushu", "Location": "Fukuoka, Japan", "Opened": "1944 y n n", "AMSL": "30", "Coordinates": "33 35 04 N 130 27 06 E region:JP inline,title", "Website": "https://www.fukuoka-airport.jp"} |
The Georgia Force was an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States (part of suburban Atlanta) that played in the South Division of the American Conference. The team was owned by Doug MacGregor and Donn Jennings.
Following the termination of operations of the Arena Football Leagu... | {"Team colors": "Blue, black, white#084C9E black white", "Head coach": "Dean Cokinos", "Owner(s)": "Doug MacGregor", "President": "Corey Remillard", "Mascot": "Blu"} |
The Nashville Kats were an Arena Football League team, located in Nashville, Tennessee. They were last coached by Pat Sperduto, who coached the team's original incarnation to two ArenaBowl appearances prior to the original franchise's move to Atlanta in 2002 (then becoming the Georgia Force). Sperduto also coached the... | {"Team colors": "Sky blue, navy, white, and red#648fcc #0d254c white #C80815", "Head coach": "Pat Sperduto", "Owner(s)": "Mark Bloom (original incarnation)Bud Adams (second incarnation)", "Mascot": "Kool Kat"} |
William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier, Baron Napier () FRSE (13 October 1786 - 11 October 1834) was a British Royal Navy officer and trade envoy in China.
Early life
Napier was born in Kinsale, Ireland, on 13 October 1786.Laughton, J. K.. "Napier, William John, ninth Lord Napier of Merchistoun (1786-1834)". Oxford Di... | {"Name": "The Lord Napier", "Image size": "250", "Term start": "31 December 1833", "Term end": "11 October 1834", "Birth date": "13 October 1786", "Birth place": "Kinsale, Ireland", "Death date": "11 October 1834", "Death place": "Macau", "Spouse(s)": "Elizabeth Cochrane-Johnstone"} |
William Sheehan (born March 19, 1953) is an American musician known for playing bass guitar with acts such as Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Niacin, and The Winery Dogs. He is also known for his "lead bass" playing style, including the use of chording, two-handed tapping, "three-finger picking" technique a... | {"Born": "Buffalo, New York, U.S.", "Genres": "Hard rock heavy metal progressive metal instrumental rock progressive rock", "Member of": "Mr. Big The Winery Dogs Sons of Apollo", "Formerly of": "Talas UFO David Lee Roth Niacin", "Website": "billysheehan.com"} |
Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile (; 31 October 1926 - 29 October 2011) was an English DJ and television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It. During his lifetime, he was well-known in the United Kingdom for his eccentric image and his charitable work. After his death, h... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Jimmy Savile", "Post-nominals": "OBE KCSG", "Caption": "Savile in 2006", "Birth name": "James Wilson Vincent Savile", "Birth date": "1926 10 31 y", "Birth place": "Burley, Leeds, England", "Death date": "2011 10 29 1926 10 31 y", "Death place": "Roundhay, Leeds, England", "Resting p... |
Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing Persons. Bozzio has been a prolific sideman, playing on numerous releases by other... | {"Born": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Rock\njazz\nfusionhttp://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1105792/a/Group+87.htm Group 87 CD Album Cduniverse.com November 21, 2000 October 6, 2011 \nsynthpop", "Formerly of": "Frank Zappa bandU.K.Missing PersonsHoBoLeMa", "Website": "terrybozzio.com"} |
Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 - 15 April 2017)Brandle, Lars (17 April 2017). "Musicians React to Allan Holdsworth's Death". Billboard. Retrieved 17 April 2017. was a British jazz fusion and progressive rock guitarist, violinist and composer.
Holdsworth was known for his esoteric and idiosyncratic usage of advanced m... | {"Born": "Bradford, England", "Died": "Vista, California, US", "Genres": "Jazz fusion instrumental rock progressive rock", "Labels": "CTI JMS-Cream Warner Bros. Enigma Relativity Intima Restless Polydor Gnarly Geezer Megazoidal Sony Universal Eidolon Efformation"} |
John McLaughlin (born 4 January 1942), also known as Mahavishnu, is an English guitarist, bandleader, and composer. A pioneer of jazz fusion, his music combines elements of jazz with rock, world music, Indian classical music, Western classical music, flamenco, and blues.
After contributing to several key British groups... | {"Born": "Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England", "Genres": "Jazz fusion ethno jazz world fusion progressive rock psychedelic rock electric blues nuevo flamenco", "Labels": "Douglas Columbia Verve Warner Bros. Abstract Logix", "Website": "www.johnmclaughlin.com"} |
Lorient (; ) is a town (commune) and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France.
History
Prehistory and classical antiquity
Beginning around 3000 BC, settlements in the area of Lorient are attested by the presence of megalithic architecture. Ruins of Roman roads (linking Vannes to Quimper and ... | {"Name": "Lorient", "Native Name": "An Oriant", "Commune Status": "Subprefecture and commune", "Coordinates": "47.75 -3.36 dms inline,title", "Caption": "Aerial view of the harbour of Lorient", "Arrondissement": "Lorient", "Canton": "Lorient-1 and 2", "Postal code": "56100", "Mayor": "Fabrice Loherhttps://www.morbihan.... |
David Byrne SC (born 6 April 1947) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and barrister who served as Chancellor of Dublin City University from 2006 to 2011, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection from 1999 to 2004 and the Attorney General of Ireland from 1997 to 1999.
Early life and career
Byrne was bor... | {"Name": "David Byrne", "Term start": "4 June 2006", "Term end": "21 August 2011", "Order 2": "26th", "Office 2": "Attorney General of Ireland", "Taoiseach 2": "Bertie Ahern", "Predecessor 2": "Dermot Gleeson", "Successor 2": "Michael McDowell", "Birth name": "David Byrne", "Birth date": "1947 4 6 y", "Birth place": "M... |
The Common Object File Format (COFF) is a format for executable, object code, and shared library computer files used on Unix systems. It was introduced in Unix System V, replaced the previously used a.out format, and formed the basis for extended specifications such as XCOFF and ECOFF, before being largely replaced by... | {"Name": "COFF", "Extension": "none, .o, .obj, .libhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dv_vcce4/html/evgrflibreference.asp LIB Reference (Embedded Visual C++ Programmers Guide) msdn.microsoft.com 2021-02-04 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20030825233127/http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dv_vcce4/html/evgrfli... |
Frederik "Frits" Bolkestein (;Frits in isolation: born 4 April 1933) is a Dutch retired politician and businessman who served as Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) from 1990 to 1998 and European Commissioner for Internal Market from 1999 until 2004 under Romano Prodi.
Bolkestein studied Math... | {"Name": "Frits Bolkestein", "Image caption": "Frits Bolkestein in 2007", "Term start": "16 September 1999", "Term end": "22 November 2004", "Office 2": "Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy", "Deputy 2": "See list Loek Hermans (1990) Hans Dijkstal (1990-1998) Benk Korthals (1994-1998) Annemarie J... |
George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and to establish an Australian subsidiary in 1976. In 1990, Allen & Unwin was sold to HarperColli... | {"Founded": "1914 (United Kingdom) 1976 (Australian arm)", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Headquarters location": "Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia", "Distribution": "United Book Distributors (Australia)Atlantic Books (UK adult)Murdoch Books (UK children's)Trafalgar Square Publishing (North America, Chi... |
Arnprior is a town in Renfrew County, in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, Canada. It is located west of Downtown Ottawa, at the confluence of the Madawaska River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley. Arnprior has experienced significant growth in populations with the widening of the 417 Provincial Highway... | {"Type": "Town", "Density": "672.7", "Metro density": "10,426", "Website": "http://www.arnprior.ca/", "DST": "-04:00"} |
The 48th Highlanders of Canada is a Canadian Forces Primary Reserve infantry regiment based in Toronto, Ontario, parading out of Moss Park Armoury. The regiment is part of 4th Canadian Division's 32 Canadian Brigade Group.
Regimental Badge
Description
On a torteau the number 48 Argent above a scroll Azure edged a... | {"Branch": "Canadian Army", "Type": "Infantry", "Role": "Light infantry", "Size": "1 battalion", "Part of": "32 Canadian Brigade Group", "Nickname(s)": "The Glamour Boys The Dirty Four Dozen The Famous 48th", "Motto(s)": "gd Dileas gu brath faithful forever", "March": "\"48th Highlanders Slow March\"; Quick - \"Highlan... |
Sapphire & Steel is a British television supernatural sci-fi/fantasy series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. The series was created by Peter J. Hammond who conceived the programme under the working title The Time Menders, after... | {"Genre": "SupernaturalScience fictionFantasy", "Running time": "25 minutes", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "ITV", "Original release": "1982 8 31 y", "Created by": "Peter J. Hammond", "Starring": "Joanna LumleyDavid McCallum"} |
Arachnophobia is a 1990 American horror comedy film directed by Frank Marshall in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Don Jakoby and Wesley Strick. Starring Jeff Daniels and John Goodman, the film follows a small California town that becomes invaded by an aggressive and dangerous spider species. Its title refers... | {"Directed by": "Frank Marshall", "Produced by": "Kathleen Kennedy Richard Vane", "Screenplay by": "Don JakobyWesley Strick", "Story by": "Don JakobyAl Williams", "Starring": "Jeff Daniels Julian Sands Harley Jane Kozak John Goodman", "Music by": "Trevor Jones", "Cinematography": "Mikael Salomon", "Edited by": "Michael... |
The Other Wind is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Harcourt in 2001. It is the fifth and final novel set in the fictional archipelago Earthsea. It won the annual World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and was runner up for the Locus Award, Best Fantasy Novel, among other nominations.
"... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Earthsea", "Published": "2001 (Harcourt Brace & Company)", "Media type": "Print (hardcover & paperback)", "Pages": "246", "ISBN": "0-15-100684-9", "Preceded by": "Tales from Earthsea"} |
Nicholas M. Schenck (14 November 1880, Rybinsk, Russia – 4 March 1969, Florida) was a Russian-American film studio executive and businessman.
Biography
Early life
One of seven children, Schenck was born to a Jewish householdJewish Standard Letters, jstandard.com; accessed October 10, 2021. in Rybinsk, a town on the Vo... | {"Name": "Nicholas Schenck", "Birth date": "1880 11 14", "Birth place": "Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire", "Death date": "1969 03 04 1880 11 14", "Death place": "Florida, U.S.", "Nationality": "Russian American", "Occupation": "Film studio executive", "Relatives": "Joseph M. Schenck (brother)Ruth Selwyn ... |
Saanich ( ) is a district municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, within the Greater Victoria area. The population was 117,735 at the 2021 census, making it the most populous municipality in the Capital Regional District and Vancouver Island, and the eighth-most populous in the province. The district adop... | {"Land": "103.59", "Density": "1,136.6", "DST": "-07:00", "Website": "www.saanich.ca/"} |
David Keith McCallum Jr. (born 19 September 1933) is a British actor and musician. He gained wide recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. His other notable television roles include Carter in Colditz (1972-1974) and Steel in Sapphire & Steel (1979... | {"Name": "David McCallum", "Caption": "McCallum in 2015", "Birth name": "David Keith McCallum Jr.", "Birth date": "yes 1933 9 19", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Alma mater": "Royal Academy of Dramatic Art", "Occupation": "Actor musician", "Years active": "1947-present", "Spouse(s)": "Jill Ireland 1957 1967 div\n... |
Marvin Olasky (born June 12, 1950) is a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute and an affiliate scholar at the Acton Institute. He also chairs the Zenger House Foundation, serves as a Zenger Prize judge, and is the author of 29 books. From 1992 through 2021, he edited World.Olasky, Marvin (June 22, 2022) "The Sixty ... | {"Name": "Marvin Olasky", "Birth date": "1950 6 12", "Birth place": "Malden, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Education": "B.A. in American Studies, Yale University, 1971\n Ph.D. in American Culture, University of Michigan, 1976", "Occupation": "Editor, author, academic", "Years active": "1971-", "Employer": "Discovery Instit... |
Aqaba (, also ; , ) is the only coastal city in Jordan and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the Aqaba Governorate. The city had a population of 148,398 in 2015 and a land area of . Today, Aqaba plays a major role in the deve... | {"Density": "502", "Urban density": "148398", "DST": "+3 Arabia Standard Time", "Website": "http://www.aqabazone.com http://www.aqaba.jo"} |
Delta is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, as part of Greater Vancouver. Located on the Fraser Lowland south of Fraser River's south arm, it is bordered by the city of Richmond on the Lulu Island to the north, New Westminster to the northeast, Surrey to the east, the Boundary Bay and the ... | {"Type": "Mayor-council government", "Body": "Delta City Council", "Land": "179.66", "Density": "603.7", "Rank": "52nd in Canada", "DST": "PDT"} |
The Township of Langley is a district municipality immediately east of the City of Surrey in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It extends south from the Fraser River to the Canada-United States border, and west of the City of Abbotsford. Langley Township is not to be confused with the City of Langley, which is adj... | {"Type": "Mayor-council government", "Land": "307.22", "Density": "431.6", "Rank": "Ranked 44th in Canada", "DST": "-07:00", "Website": "www.tol.ca"} |
AFC Wimbledon is an English professional football club, based in Merton, London, that plays in the EFL League Two, after being relegated from the EFL League One following the 2021-22 season. The club's home stadium is Plough Lane.
The club was founded in 2002 by former supporters of Wimbledon F.C. after the Football A... | {"Nickname(s)": "The Dons, The Wombles", "Founded": "2002 5 30 yes", "Capacity": "9,215Plough Lane", "League": "AFCWimbl", "Website": "http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/"} |
Juan Domingo Roldán (6 March 1957 - 18 November 2020) was an Argentine professional boxer, best remembered for his strong showing in the early rounds of an undisputed world championship bout against Marvelous Marvin Hagler. After flooring Hagler in the opening seconds Roldan was able to further enjoy success against th... | {"Real name": "Juan Domingo Roldán", "Nickname(s)": "Martillo", "Weight(s)": "Middleweight", "Height": "5 8", "Nationality": "Argentine", "Born": "Freyre, Córdoba, Argentina", "Died": "San Francisco, Córdoba, Argentina", "Stance": "Orthodox", "Total fights": "75", "Wins": "67", "Wins by KO": "47", "Losses": "5", "Draws... |
Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, whose district offices are based here. The surrounding regio... | {"Type": "Elected city council", "Land": "299.25", "Density": "97902", "Metro density": "114142", "DST": "-07:00"} |
Sherwood Park is a large hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Strathcona County that is recognized as an urban service area. It is located on traditional Treaty 6 territory, and adjacent to the City of Edmonton's eastern boundary, generally south of Highway 16 (Yellowhead Trail), west of Highway 21 and north of Highway 630... | {"Type": "Unincorporated", "Density": "72017", "DST": "-6", "Website": "Strathcona County"} |
Sir Joseph Cook (7 December 1860 - 30 July 1947) was an Australian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of Australia, from 1913 to 1914, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party, having previously been leader of the Anti-Socialist Party from 1908 to 1909. His victory at the 1913 election marked t... | {"Term start": "24 June 1913", "Term end": "17 September 1914", "Prime minister 2": "Andrew Fisher", "Predecessor 2": "Alfred Deakin", "Successor 2": "Andrew Fisher", "Birth date": "yes 1860 12 7", "Birth place": "Silverdale, Staffordshire, England", "Birth name": "Joseph Cooke", "Death date": "yes 1947 7 30 1860 12 7"... |
James Corbitt Morris (June 20, 1907 - July 12, 1998), known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was an American folk music songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud". Driftwood wrote more than 6,000 folk songs, of which more than 300 were reco... | {"Born": "Timbo, Arkansas", "Died": "Fayetteville, Arkansas", "Genres": "FolkCountry PopCountry and Western", "Labels": "RCA, Rounder, Monument", "Website": "www.jimmydriftwood.com"} |
Harold Smith Prince (born Harold Smith; January 30, 1928 - July 31, 2019), commonly known as Hal Prince, was an American theatre director and producer known for his work in musical theatre.
One of the foremost figures in 20th century American theatre, Prince became associated throughout his career with many of the mos... | {"Caption": "Prince in 1988", "Birth name": "Harold Smith", "Birth date": "1928 1 30", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "2019 7 31 1928 1 30", "Death place": "Reykjavík, Iceland", "Other names": "Hal Prince\n Harold Smith Prince", "Occupation": "Theatre director producer", "Education": "Timothy Dwigh... |
Penetanguishene (, sometimes shortened to Penetang) is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeasterly tip of Georgian Bay. Incorporated on February 22, 1882, this bilingual (French and English) community has a population of 8,962 in the Canada 2016 Census.
The name Penetanguishene is beli... | {"Land": "25.58", "Density": "350.3", "DST": "-4", "Website": "http://www.penetanguishene.ca/"} |
Hanno the Navigator (sometimes "Hannon"; , ;. ) was a Carthaginian explorer of the fifth century BC, best known for his naval exploration of the western coast of Africa. The only source of his voyage is a periplus translated into Greek. He has sometimes been identified as a king.
Historians have attempted to identify ... | {"Name": "Hanno the Navigator", "Years active": "5th century BC", "Nationality": "Carthaginian", "Family": "Magonid", "Occupation": "Explorer, possibly king", "Known For": "Naval exploration of the western coast of Africa", "Notable works": "A periplus about his journey"} |
The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is a metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas encompassing 11 counties. Its core cities are Dallas and Fort Worth. It is the economic and cultural hub of North Texas. Residents... | {"Metro density": "880.4", "Urban density": "3,281.45", "DST": "-5", "Rank": "1368"} |
Midland is a town located on Georgian Bay in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Huronia/Wendat region of Central Ontario.
Located at the southern end of Georgian Bay's 30,000 Islands, Midland is the economic centre of the region, with a 125-bed hospital and a local airport (Midland/Huronia Airport). It... | {"Land": "35.34", "Density": "477.3", "Metro density": "177.2", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.Midland.ca"} |
Neville Thomas Bonner AO (28 March 19225 February 1999) was an Australian politician, and the first Aboriginal Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia. He was appointed by the Queensland Parliament to fill a casual vacancy in the representation of Queensland in the Senate, and later became the firs... | {"Name": "Neville Bonner", "Image caption": "Bonner in 1979", "Term start": "20 August 1971", "Term end": "4 February 1983", "Birth name": "Neville Thomas Bonner", "Birth date": "yes 1922 3 28", "Birth place": "Ukerebagh Island, New South Wales, Australia", "Death date": "yes 1999 2 5 1922 3 28", "Death place": "Ipswic... |
The Ansari X Prize was a space competition in which the X Prize Foundation offered a US$10,000,000 prize for the first non-government organization to launch a reusable crewed spacecraft into space twice within two weeks. It was modeled after early 20th-century aviation prizes, and aimed to spur development of low-cost... | {"Awarded for": "\"build and launch a spacecraft capable of carrying three people to 100 kilometers above the Earth's surface, twice within two weeks\"Ansari X Prize http://space.xprize.org/ansari-x-prize 2010-09-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20100923001722/http://space.xprize.org/ansari-x-prize 23 September 2010 dead... |
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA; ) is the national space agency of Canada, established in 1990 by the Canadian Space Agency Act.
The president is Lisa Campbell, who took the position on September 3, 2020. The agency is responsible to the minister of innovation, science and industry. The CSA's headquarters are located a... | {"Formed": "1989 3 1", "Jurisdiction": "Government of Canada", "Headquarters": "45.52239 -73.39582 type:landmark_region:Canada inline, title", "Employees": "789https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/innovation/human-resources-statistics/population-federal-public-service-department.html Population ... |
Ntare V of Burundi (born Charles Ndizeye; 2 December 1947 - 29 April 1972) was the last king of Burundi (or mwami), reigning from July to November 1966. Until his accession, he was known as Crown Prince Charles Ndizeye.
Early life
Charles Ndizeye was the son of King Mwambutsa IV (1912-1977) and Queen Baramparaye Ruhas... | {"Born": "Gitega, Burundi, Ruanda-Urundi", "Died": "Gitega, Burundi", "Father": "Mwambutsa IV Bangiricenge", "Mother": "Baramparaye Ruhasha", "Religion": "Catholicism"} |
Michel Micombero (26 August 194016 July 1983) was a Burundian politician and army officer who ruled the country as de facto military dictator for the decade between 1966 and 1976. He was the last Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Burundi from July to November 1966, and the first President of the Republic from November 1... | {"Name": "Michel Micombero", "Image caption": "Micombero as prime minister in 1966, at the coronation ceremony of King Ntare V", "Term start": "28 November 1966", "Term end": "1 November 1976", "Order 2": "8th Prime Minister of Burundi", "Predecessor 2": "Léopold Biha", "Successor 2": "Himself, as president", "Monarch ... |
John Christopher McGinley (born August 3, 1959) is an American actor. His best known roles include Perry Cox in Scrubs, Bob Slydell in Office Space, Captain Hendrix in The Rock, Sergeant Red O'Neill in Oliver Stone's Platoon, Marv in Stone's Wall Street, FBI agent Ben Harp in Point Break, and the serial killer Edgler F... | {"Name": "John C. McGinley", "Caption": "McGinley in 2022", "Birth name": "John Christopher McGinley", "Birth date": "1959 8 3", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Education": "Syracuse University (BFA)New York University (MFA)", "Occupation": "Actor producer", "Years active": "1985-present", "Spouse(s)": "Lauren L... |
Robert Carlyle (born 14 April 1961) is a Scottish character actor. His film work includes Trainspotting (1996), The Full Monty (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999), Angela's Ashes (1999), The Beach (2000), 28 Weeks Later (2007), and Yesterday (2019). He has been in the television shows Hamish Macbeth, Stargate Unive... | {"Name": "Robert Carlyle", "Post-nominals": "UK 100% OBE", "Caption": "Carlyle at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con", "Birth date": "1961 4 14 yes", "Birth place": "Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland", "Alma mater": "Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1990-present", "Spouse(s)": "An... |
MindWrite is word processor software for early Macintosh computers running classic Mac OS. It was released in 1986 by MindWork Software, making it among the earliest 3rd party word processors on the platform. It was later distributed by Access Technologies, who then transferred their Mac software to a spinoff, DeltaPoi... | {"Original author(s)": "Cary Wyman, Linda Moncrief, Frank Raab, Susan Raab", "Developer(s)": "MindWork Software", "Initial release": "1986", "Type": "Outliner/Word Processor", "License": "Proprietary"} |
The Colour of Magic is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series. The first printing of the British edition consisted of only 506 copies. Pratchett has described it as "an attempt to do for the classical fantasy universe what Blazing Saddles did for Westerns."Why Gan... | {"Cover artist": "Alan Smith", "Language": "English", "Series": "Discworld 1st novel - 1st Rincewind story", "Publisher": "Colin Smythe", "ISBN": "0-86140-324-X", "Followed by": "The Light Fantastic"} |
The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. It was published on 2 June 1986, the first printing being of 1,034 copies. The title is taken from L'Allegro, a poem by John Milton, and refers to dancing lightly with extravagance.
The events of the novel are a direc... | {"Cover artist": "Josh Kirby", "Language": "English", "Series": "Discworld 2nd novel - 2nd Rincewind story", "Publisher": "Colin Smythe", "ISBN": "0-86140-203-0", "Preceded by": "The Colour of Magic", "Followed by": "Equal Rites"} |
Rosanna Lisa Arquette (; born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film The Executioner's Song (1982) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). Her other film roles include After Hour... | {"Image": "Rosanna Arquette - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.JPG", "Caption": "Arquette at the 2012 Monte-Carlo Television Festival", "Birth name": "Rosanna Lisa Arquette", "Birth date": "1959 8 10", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1977-present", "Spouse(s)": "Anthony Gr... |
The Free Trade Party, officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states, was an Australian political party, formally organised in 1887 in New South Wales, in time for the 1887 colony election, which the party won. It advocated the abolitio... | {"Founded": "1887", "Merged into": "Liberal", "Ideology": "Economic liberalismFree tradeAnti-socialism", "Political position": "Centre-right"} |
The Protectionist Party, also known as the Protectionist Liberal Party or Liberal Protectionist Party, was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1887 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. The party advocated protective tariffs, arguing it would allow Australian industry to grow and provid... | {"Founded": "yes 1887August 2020", "Merged into": "Liberal", "Ideology": "Social liberalismProtectionismIndustrialisationAnti-socialism", "Political position": "CentreBrett Judith From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage How Australia Got Compulsory Voting 2019 Text Publishing Company 89-90"} |
The ABC islands is the physical group of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. These have a shared political history and a status of Dutch underlying ownership, since the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 ceded them back to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as C... | {"Conventional long name": "ABC islands", "Native name": "nl ABC-Eilanden\n pap Islanan ABC", "Map": "ABCEilandenLocatie.PNG", "Map caption": "dark green", "Administrative center type": "Capitals", "Administrative center": "background: transparent; text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\n 3 capitals \n Aruba Oranje... |
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba (29 October 150711 December 1582), known as the Grand Duke of Alba (, ) in Spain and Portugal and as the Iron Duke ( or shortly 'Alva') in the Netherlands, was a Spanish noble, general and diplomat. Alba achieved notoriety for his actions during the Eighty Years' ... | {"Name": "Fernando Álvarez de Toledo", "Honorific prefix": "The Most Excellent", "Honorific suffix": "3rd Duke of Alba GE", "Image caption": "Portrait by Antonis Mor", "Order 2": "1st Viceroy of Portugal and the Algarves", "Monarch 2": "Philip I of Portugal", "Predecessor 2": "New title", "Successor 2": "Archduke Alber... |
ONE is a boy band that first appeared in 1999, recognized as both Greece and Cyprus's first boy band. The band was formed by leading Cypriot-Greek composer Giorgos Theofanous and Minos EMI A&R Manager Vangelis Yannopoulos. Constantinos Christophorou and Philippos-Constantinos Philippou were on board quite early, chose... | {"Origin": "Greece / Cyprus", "Genres": "Pop", "Labels": "Minos EMI", "Members": "Constantinos Christophorou,Philippos-Constantinos Philippou,Demetres Koutsavlakis,Argyris Nastopoulos,Panos Tserpes,"} |
Malene Winther Mortensen (born 23 May 1982) is a Danish singer.
She entered the Danish music scene in 2001, during the first season of Stjerne for en aften, the Danish edition of Star for a Night. She made it to the finals, with her rendition of Moloko's "Sing It Back". The following year, she entered the Dansk Melodi... | {"Born": "Denmark", "Genres": "Jazz, pop", "Labels": "Stunt", "Website": "malenemortensen.dk/"} |
Sandown is a seaside resort town and civil parish on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the resort of Shanklin to the south and the settlement of Lake in between. Sandown has a population of 11,654 according to the 2021 Census and together with Shanklin and Lake forms a built-up area of aro... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)", "Unitary authority": "Isle of Wight", "Ceremonial county": "Isle of Wight", "UK Parliament": "Isle of Wight", "Postcode district": "PO", "Dialling code": "01983", "OS grid reference": "SZ600843"} |
Beaune () is the wine capital of Burgundy in the Côte d'Or department in eastern France. It is located between Lyon and Dijon. Beaune is one of the key wine centers in France, and the center of Burgundy wine production and business. The annual wine auction of the Hospices de Beaune is the primary wine auction in France... | {"Name": "Beaune", "Commune Status": "Subprefecture and commune", "Caption": "Hospices de Beaune", "Arrondissement": "Beaune", "Canton": "Beaune", "Postal code": "21200", "Mayor": "Alain SuguenotRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gou... |
The 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D), referred to variously as Delta Force, Combat Applications Group (CAG), Army Compartmented Elements (ACE), or within Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Task Force Green, is a special operations force of the United States Army, under operational cont... | {"Branch": "United States", "Type": "Special mission unit", "Role": "Special operations Counterterrorism", "Size": "ClassifiedHaney 2002see below", "Part of": "Joint Special Operations CommandU.S. Army Special Operations Command", "Nickname(s)": "The Unit, D-BoysNaylor 2015", "Decorations": "Presidential Unit CitationJ... |
Ellinikon International Airport, sometimes spelled Hellinikon (), was the international airport of Athens, Greece, for 63 years. Following its closure on 28 March 2001, it was replaced in service by the new Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos. The airport was located south of Athens, and just west of Gl... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Athens", "Location": "Elliniko, Athens", "Opened": "1938", "Closed": "28 March 2001", "Hub": "Olympic Airways", "AMSL": "yes", "Coordinates": "37 53 54 N 23 43 46 E type:airport", "Website": "http://www.hellinikon.com/"} |
Attica is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Attica Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, United States. Its population was 994 as of the 2010 census. Attica has a post office with ZIP code 48412.
Geography
Attica is in southeastern Lapeer County, north of the center of Attica Township. It is nor... | {"Land": "4.78", "Water": "0.19", "Density": "201.47", "DST": "-4"} |
Saltfleet is a coastal village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately north of Mablethorpe and east of Louth.
The village is part of the civil parish of Skidbrooke with Saltfleet Haven, which had a population of 523 at the 2001 Census, increasing to 543 at the 2011 Census.
Saltf... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "District": "East Lindsey", "Shire county": "Lincolnshire", "UK Parliament": "Louth and Horncastle", "Postcode district": "LN", "OS grid reference": "TF453939"} |
Korean mythology () is the group of myths told by historical and modern Koreans. There are two types: the written, literary mythology in traditional histories, mostly about the founding monarchs of various historical kingdoms, and the much larger and more diverse oral mythology, mostly narratives sung by shamans or pri... | {"Image size": "390px", "Caption": "Early 19th-century painting depicting thirty-two shamanic deities. The three young gods in white wearing conical caps (bottom center) are the Jeseok triplets, gods of fertility that appear in the Jeseok bon-puri, the most widespread Korean myth.", "Hangul name": "한국 신화", "Hanja": "韓國... |
The Korean Demilitarized Zone () is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula near the 38th parallel north. The demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a border barrier that divides the peninsula roughly in half. It was established to serve as a buffer zone between the countries of North Korea and South Korea under the p... | {"Type": "DMZ", "Built by": "Democratic People's Republic of Korea\nRepublic of Korea 1949\nUnited Nations United Nations Command", "Length": "250 km mi us", "In use": "since 1953 07 27 y (Jul 27 1953 years)", "Open tothe public": "No; access only granted by North Korea or United Nations Command.", "Events": "Division ... |
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948), known professionally as Rubén Blades (, but in Panama and within the family), is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in the salsa, and Latin jazz genres. As a songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical s... | {"Name": "Rubén Blades", "Caption": "Blades in 2019", "Birth name": "Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna", "Birth date": "1948 7 16", "Birth place": "Panama City, Panama", "Occupation": "Musician singer composer actor activist politician", "Years active": "1974-present", "Spouse(s)": "Luba Mason 2006", "Website": "www.rubenbl... |
The MCM/70 was a pioneering microcomputer first built in 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada"Idea nation". Canadian Business, Dec 25, 2006 Andy Holloway and released the next year. This makes it one of the first microcomputers in the world, the second to be shipped in completed form, and the first portable computer. The ... | {"Image caption": "MCM Model 70 microcomputer, 1974", "Manufacturer": "MCM Computers", "Release date": "1973", "Operating system": "APL language", "CPU make and model": "Intel 8008", "Amount of memory installed": "2 to 8 KB", "Mass": "9 kg", "CPU clock speed": "0.8 MHz"} |
James Polin Gray (born February 14, 1945) is an American jurist and writer. He was the presiding judge of the Superior Court of Orange County, California. Gray was the 2012 Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee, as well as the party's 2004 candidate for the United States Senate in California. He is the author of... | {"Name": "Jim Gray", "Caption": "Gray in 2012", "Birth name": "James Polin Gray", "Birth date": "1945 2 14", "Birth place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Party": "Libertarian (1998-present)", "Other party": "Republican (before 1998)", "Education": "University of California, LosAngeles (BA)University of SouthernCalifornia ... |
Later... with Jools Holland (also known as Even Later... with Jools Holland, and previously known as Later Live... with Jools Holland and ...Later with Jools Holland) is a contemporary British music television show hosted by Jools Holland. A spin-off of The Late Show, it has been running in short series since 8 October... | {"Genre": "Entertainment", "Running time": "60 minutes (pre-recorded version, 1992-2018; Even Later, 2019-2020; BBC Four compilations 2022https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006ml0l/later-with-jools-holland Later... With Jools Holland )45 minuteshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ct6v BBC Two - Later... With Jo... |
Sandline International was a private military company (PMC) based in London, established in the early 1990s. It was involved in conflicts in Papua New Guinea in 1997 and had a contract with the government under then-Prime Minister Julius Chan, causing the Sandline affair. In 1998 in Sierra Leone Sandline had a contrac... | {"Type": "Private military security firm", "Headquarters": "London, England", "Services": "Security management, full-service risk management consulting", "Industry": "Private military and security contractor", "Products": "Law enforcement training, logistics, Close quarter training, and security services", "Defunct": "... |
Maud of Wales (Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria; 26 November 1869 - 20 November 1938) was Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII. The youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, she was known as Princess Maud of Wales before her marriage, as her father was the Prince of Wales at... | {"Father": "Edward VII", "Mother": "Alexandra of Denmark", "Born": "Marlborough House, London, England", "Died": "Marylebone, London, England", "Burial": "Akershus Castle, Oslo, Norway"} |
Maple Ridge is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the northeastern section of Greater Vancouver between the Fraser River and the Golden Ears, which is a group of mountain summits which are the southernmost of the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains. Maple Ridge's population in 2021 was 90,990. Its... | {"Type": "Mayor-council government", "Body": "City of Maple Ridge Council", "Land": "267.82", "Density": "339.7", "DST": "-7"} |
Suicide Commando is a Belgian electro-industrial music act formed by Johan Van Roy in 1986. For live shows, it consists of Van Roy himself on vocals, Torben Schmidt on keyboards, and Mario Vaerewijck on drums.
History
Van Roy began experimenting with electronic music back in 1986. Two years later he released his fir... | {"Origin": "Leopoldsburg, Belgium", "Genres": "Electro-industrial EBM aggrotech", "Labels": "OffBeat Dependent Noise Terror Productions Metropolis Out of Line", "Spinoffs": "Kombat Unit", "Website": "suicidecommando.be", "Members": "Johan van Roy (all music & vocals)Torben Schmidt (live keys)Mario Vaerewijck (live drum... |
Children of the Atom is a 1953 science fiction novel by American writer Wilmar H. Shiras, which has been listed as one of "The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years, 1953-2002."Top 50 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books , list by the Science Fiction Book Club The book is a collection and expansion of t... | {"Cover artist": "Frank Kelly Freas", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Gnome Press", "Media type": "Print (hardback)", "Pages": "216", "ISBN": "(Reissue)"} |
Amazing Adult Fantasy, retitled Amazing Fantasy in its final issue, is an American superhero comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics from 1961 through 1962, with the latter title revived with superhero features in 1995 and in the 2000s. The final 1960s issue, Amazing Fantasy #15 (cover-dated Aug. 1962), ... | {"Schedule": "Monthly", "Format": "Ongoing", "Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Publication date": "Amazing Adventures #1-6 (June 1961 - Nov. 1961)Amazing Adult Fantasy #7-14 (Dec. 1961 - July 1962)Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 10, 1962)Amazing Fantasy #16-18 (Dec. 1995 - March 1996)Amazing Fantasy (vol. 2) (Aug. 2004 - Apri... |
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Repentigny () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located north of the city on the lower end of the L'Assomption River, and on the Saint Lawrence River. Repentigny and Charlemagne were the first towns off the eastern tip of the Island of Montreal. Repentigny is part of the Lanaudière region.
His... | {"Land": "60.89", "Density": "1395.4", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.ville.repentigny.qc.ca"} |
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Wikibooks (previously called Wikimedia Free Textbook Project and Wikimedia-Textbooks) is a wiki-based Wikimedia project hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation for the creation of free content digital textbooks and annotated texts... | {"URL": "https://www.wikibooks.org/", "Commercial": "No", "Available in": "Multilingual (active wikibooks active)", "Registration": "Optional", "Created by": "User Karl Wick and the Wikimedia Community", "Launched": "2003 07 10", "Current status": "Active"} |
St. Albert is a city in Alberta on the Sturgeon River northwest of the City of Edmonton. It was originally settled as a Métis community, and is now the second-largest city in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region. St. Albert first received its town status in 1904 and was reached by the Canadian Northern Railway in 1906.Edmo... | {"Land": "47.84", "Density": "1426.4", "DST": "-6", "Website": "http://www.stalbert.ca"} |
Port Coquitlam ( ) is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. Located east of Vancouver, it is on the north bank of the confluence of the Fraser River and the Pitt River. Coquitlam borders it to the north and west. Pitt Meadows lies across the Pitt River from it. ... | {"Type": "Mayor-council government", "Body": "Port Coquitlam City Council", "Land": "29.16", "Density": "2108.7", "Rank": "93rd in Canada", "DST": "-7", "Website": "https://www.portcoquitlam.ca"} |
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The Myers Motors NmG (formerly the Corbin Sparrow) was a single-passenger, three-wheeled, battery electric vehicle designed specifically for commuting and city driving, produced from 1999 into the early 2010s. It was initially produced by Corbin Motors, and made to order after 2005 b... | {"Manufacturer": "Corbin Motors (1999-2003)Myers Motors (2005-)", "Production": "1999–2003; 2005-2012", "Class": "Battery electric microcar", "Body style": "2-door coupe (Pizza Butt)1-door (Jelly Bean)", "Length": "96 in mm 0 on", "Width": "48 in mm 0 on", "Height": "57 in mm 0 on"} |
Árpád Göncz (; 10 February 1922 - 6 October 2015) was a Hungarian writer, translator, agronomist, and liberal politician who served as President of Hungary from 2 May 1990 to 4 August 2000. Göncz played a role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, for which he was imprisoned for six years. After his release, he worked a... | {"Name": "Árpád Göncz", "Nationality": "Hungarian", "Image caption": "Göncz in 1999", "Term start": "2 May 1990aaa a", "Term end": "4 August 2000", "Order 2": "Member of the National Assembly", "Birth date": "y 1922 2 10", "Birth place": "Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary", "Death date": "y 2015 10 6 1922 2 10", "Death plac... |
Andrés José Garchitorena Yllana Jr., known professionally as Anjo Yllana, is a Filipino actor-comedian, television host and politician. He is one of the hosts from Eat Bulaga! from 1998 until 2020.
Career
Yllana started in show business in 1984 with talent manager the late Douglas Quijano. He then auditioned for the t... | {"Name": "Andres Jose \"Anjo\" Garchitorena Yllana Jr.", "Term start": "June 30, 2013", "Term end": "June 30, 2019", "Office 2": "Vice Mayor of Parañaque", "Predecessor 2": "Florencio Bernabe, Jr.", "Successor 2": "Gustavo Tambunting", "Other political party": "Liberal (2015-2019)UNA (2012-2015) PMP (1997–2015)", "Res... |
The tres (Spanish for three) is a three-course chordophone of Cuban origin. The most widespread variety of the instrument is the original Cuban tres with six strings. Its sound has become a defining characteristic of the Cuban son and it is commonly played in a variety of Afro-Cuban genres. In the 1930s, the instrument... | {"Name": "Cuban tres", "Names": "Tres, tres cubano", "Caption": "Cuban tres", "Background": "string", "Classification": "String instrument", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "321.322", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "Composite chordophone", "Developed": "19th century in eastern Cuba", "Related": "Bandola, bandurria, laúd, Spanish ... |
Drummondville is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal on the Saint-François River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 79,258. The mayor of Drummondville is Stéphanie Lacoste.
Drummondville is the seat of Drummond Regional County Municipality, and of the judicial distri... | {"Type": "Drummondville City Council", "Land": "246.85", "Density": "1315.4http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=POPC&Code1=0240&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Drummondville&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All Census Profile, 2016 Census - Drummondville [Po... |
David Michael Stratton (April 10, 1941 - March 25, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for 12 seasons in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He won two AFL championships with the Buffalo Bills, where he was a six-time AFL All-Star. He was named to t... | {"Born:": "Vonore, Tennessee, U.S.", "Died:": "Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.", "Height:": "3", "Weight:": "224", "High school:": "Tellico Plains(Tellico Plains, Tennessee)", "College:": "Tennessee", "AFL Draft:": "100"} |
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (born 23 August 1956) is a Norwegian teacher, politician and civil servant.
She was leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Norway from 1995 to 2004. She was Minister of Children and Family Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and Minister of Culture from 2001 to 2005. Since 2019, she has been Coun... | {"Name": "Valgerd Svarstad Haugland", "Image": "230px", "Term start": "1 January 2019", "Office 2": "Minister of Culture", "Prime minister 2": "Kjell Magne Bondevik", "Predecessor 2": "Ellen Horn", "Successor 2": "Trond Giske", "Birth date": "1956 08 23 y", "Birth place": "Kvam, Hordaland, Norway"} |
Paul Leo Maguire (born August 22, 1938) is a former American professional football player and television sportscaster.
Early sports career
Maguire attended Ursuline High School in Youngstown, Ohio where he was an All State wide receiver and punter; he also played basketball and ran track. He played tight end at The Ci... | {"Born:": "Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.", "Height:": "0", "Weight:": "228", "College:": "The Citadel", "AFL Draft:": "1Pick: First Selections(by the Los Angeles Chargers)"} |
Son montuno is a subgenre of son cubano developed by Arsenio Rodríguez in the 1940s. Although son montuno ("mountain sound") had previously referred to the sones played in the mountains of eastern Cuba, Arsenio repurposed the term to denote a highly sophisticated approach to the genre in which the montuno section conta... | {"Name": "Son montuno", "Stylistic origins": "Son cubano by septetos and sextetos", "Cultural origins": "1940s, Cuba", "Typical instruments": "Tres trumpets piano double bass bongos congas cowbell claves maracas güiro timbales", "Fusion genres": "Son capetillo", "Other genre topics": "Clave"} |
Jan Petersen (born 11 June 1946, in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. Petersen was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1981, and was re-elected on six occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1973–1977. From 2001 to 2005, when the second c... | {"Name": "Jan Petersen", "Image caption": "Petersen in 2003 as Minister of Foreign Affairs.", "Term start": "2001 10 19 y", "Term end": "2005 10 17 y", "Office 2": "Leader of the Conservative Party", "Predecessor 2": "Kaci Kullmann Five", "Successor 2": "Erna Solberg", "Birth date": "1946 06 11 y", "Birth place": "Oslo... |
John Willard Hadl (February 15, 1940 - November 30, 2022) was an American football quarterback who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) for 16 years. He won an AFL championship with the San Diego Chargers in 1963. Hadl was named an AFL All-Star four times and was selected to t... | {"Born:": "Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.", "Died:": "2022 11 30 1940 2 15", "Height:": "1", "Weight:": "214", "High school:": "Lawrence (KS)", "College:": "Kansas (1959-1961)", "NFL Draft:": "10", "AFL Draft:": "24"} |
thumb|right|270px|Lake Biwa from Moriyama
is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 85,485 in 34366 households and a population density of 1533.63 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Moriyama is located on the south side of the alluvial fan where th... | {"Land": "45.56", "Water": "18.263", "Density": "auto", "Website": "http://www.city.moriyama.shiga.jp/"} |
Keith Payson Lincoln (May 8, 1939 - July 27, 2019) was an American professional football halfback who played for six seasons with the San Diego Chargers in the American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Washington State Cougars. Lincoln was a twice All-AFL selection and a five-time AFL All-Star.... | {"Born:": "Reading, Michigan, U.S.", "Died:": "Pullman, Washington, U.S.", "Height:": "1", "Weight:": "215", "High school:": "Monrovia (Monrovia, California)", "College:": "Washington State", "NFL Draft:": "61", "AFL Draft:": "16"} |
Jason Voorhees () is a character from the Friday the 13th series. He first appeared in Friday the 13th (1980) as the young son of camp-cook-turned-killer Mrs. Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini, Jason was not ori... | {"First appearance": "Friday the 13th (1980)", "Last appearance": "Friday the 13th (2009)", "Created by": "Victor MillerRon KurzSean S. CunninghamTom Savini", "Portrayed by": "Ari Lehman (1980) Warrington Gillette (1981) Steve Daskewisz (1981) Richard Brooker (1982) Ted White (1984) Tom Morga (1985) C. J. Graham (1986)... |
Choctaw Stadium, formerly Globe Life Park, is an American multi-purpose stadium in Arlington, Texas, between Dallas and Fort Worth. Originally built as a baseball stadium, it was home to the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball and the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame from 1994 through 2019, when the team vacated ... | {"Location": "Arlington, Texas, U.S.", "Coordinates": "32 45 5 N 97 4 58 W type:landmark it", "Broke ground": "April 2, 1992", "Opened": "April 1, 1994", "Owner": "City of Arlington", "Operator": "Rangers Baseball Express", "Surface": "Latitude36 Bermuda Grass", "Construction cost": "$191 million($US 191000000 1994 in ... |
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