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Suzanne Bianchetti (24 February 1889 - 17 October 1936) was a film actress.
Suzanne Bianchetti appeared in her first film in the early 1900s and quickly became one of France's most loved and respected actresses. She appeared as Marie Antoinette in Abel Gance's 1927 epic, Napoléon and worked with many of the early nota... | {"Name": "Suzanne Bianchetti", "Birth date": "yes 1889 2 24", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Death date": "yes 1936 10 17 1889 2 24", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Spouse(s)": "René Jeanne"} |
The (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan. Forming one of the military branches of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces (IJAF), it was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Army Ministry, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor of Japan, the supreme c... | {"Type": "Army", "Role": "Military ground force", "Size": "6,095,000 in August 1945", "Part of": "Imperial Armed Forces"} |
Journey Back to Youth (, Puteshestvie v yunost)"Russia - A Journey Back to Youth", film website is a 2001 documentary film by Russian film makers Alexander Gutman and Sergey Litvyakov. The film is an interview of four German women who tell the story of four young German girls from East Prussia placed into a Soviet lab... | {"Directed by": "Alexander GutmanSergey Litvyakov", "Produced by": "-->", "Written by": "-->", "Narrated by": "-->", "Distributed by": "-->"} |
Anne Elizabeth Applebaum (born July 25, 1964) is an American and naturalized-Polish journalist and historian. She has written extensively about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe.
She has worked at The Economist and The Spectator, and was a member of the editori... | {"Name": "Anne Applebaum", "Caption": "Applebaum in 2013", "Birth name": "Anne Elizabeth Applebaum", "Birth date": "1964 7 25http://www.citypaper.ee/interview_with_anne_applebaum/ Interview with Anne Applebaum Petrone Justine City Paper Baltic News Ltd October 3, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110720124829/h... |
Antonio de la Rúa Pertiné (born 7 March 1974) is an Argentine lawyer, and the son of former president Fernando de la Rúa (who governed Argentina from 1999 to 2001) and Inés Pertiné. He was an advisor to his father during his father's presidency and one of the heads of his father's presidential campaign.
Politics
Th... | {"Name": "Antonio de la Rúa", "Caption": "de la Rúa in 2009", "Birth date": "1974 3 7 y", "Birth place": "Córdoba, Argentina", "Birth name": "Antonio de la Rúa Pertiné", "Occupation": "Lawyer", "Partner(s)": "Shakira (2000-2010)Daniela Ramos (2012-2019)", "Children": "2 May 2023", "Father": "Fernando de la Rúa", "Mothe... |
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, commonly referred to as the Jefferson Bible, is one of two religious works constructed by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson compiled the manuscripts but never published them. The first, The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth, was completed in 1804, but no copies exist today. The seco... | {"Material": "Red Morocco goatskin leather, handmade wove paper, iron gall ink", "Size": "8.3 x 5.2 x 1.3 in cm on", "Writing": "Greek, Latin, French, and English", "Created": "1819, at Monticello", "Discovered": "Acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1895", "Present location": "Smithsonian National Museum of Amer... |
William Earl Bergey (born February 9, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 12 seasons, most notably with the Philadelphia Eagles of National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals of the American Football League (AFL) in 1969, the year before the AFL... | {"Born:": "South Dayton, New York, U.S.", "Height:": "4", "Weight:": "243", "College:": "Arkansas State", "NFL Draft:": "31"} |
Bill "Bull" Davidson (January 21, 1935 - May 2, 1999) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State University from 1971 to 1978, compiling a record of 51-32-1. Davidson coached his 1975 team to a perfect season during its first y... | {"Born": "1935 1 21", "Died": "Stuttgart, Arkansas, U.S.http://capitolwords.org/date/1999/05/06/E891_tribute-to-bill-bull-davidson/ Tribute to Bill Bull Davidson | Capitol Words https://archive.today/20130703212408/http://capitolwords.org/date/1999/05/06/E891_tribute-to-bill-bull-davidson/ July 3, 2013 dead", "Posi... |
List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actor ().
Winners and nominees
1970s
Year Actor English title Original title Role(s)1976(1st)Jean RochefortLet Joy Reign SupremeQue la fête commence... Abbot DuboisJean BouiseThe Old GunLe Vieux Fusil François Patrick DewaereThe French Detective... | {"Awarded for": "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role", "Presented by": "Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma", "Country": "France", "First awarded": "1976", "Website": "academie-cinema.org"} |
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night is a 1988 Cinemax television special originally broadcast on January 3, 1988, starring triple Hall of Fame inductee (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame) rock/pop singer/songwriter Roy Orbison and backing band TCB B... | {"Released": "February 3, 1989", "Recorded": "September 30, 1987", "Genre": "Rock'n'roll, rockabilly, country", "Label": "Orbison", "Producer": "T Bone Burnett"} |
Jean Carmet (25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor.
Life and career
Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internationally for his role as a French colonist in the 1976 film, La Victoire en Chantan... | {"Name": "Jean Carmet", "Caption": "Jean Carmet in 1993", "Birth date": "1920 4 25 y", "Birth place": "Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France", "Death date": "1994 4 20 1920 4 25 y", "Death place": "Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1941-1994"} |
The César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (French: César de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize the outstanding performance in a supporting role of an actress who has worked within the French f... | {"Awarded for": "Best Actress in a Supporting Role", "Presented by": "Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma", "Country": "France", "First awarded": "1976", "Website": "academie-cinema.org"} |
Euine Fay Jones (January 31, 1921 - August 30, 2004) was an American architect and designer. An apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright during his professional career, Jones is the only one of Wright's disciples to have received the AIA Gold Medal (1990), the highest honor awarded by the American Institute of Architects. He a... | {"Name": "Euine Fay Jones", "Birth date": "yes 1921 01 31", "Birth place": "Pine Bluff, Arkansas", "Death date": "yes 2004 08 30 1921 01 31", "Death place": "Fayetteville, Arkansas", "Nationality": "American", "Alma mater": "University of Arkansas", "Occupation": "Architect", "Known For": "Thorncrown Chapel", "Spouse(s... |
Jean Sablon (Nogent-sur-Marne 25 March 1906 - Cannes 24 February 1994) was a French singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He was one of the first French singers to immerse himself in jazz. The man behind several songs by big French and American names, he was the first to use a microphone on a French stage in 1936. St... | {"Name": "Jean Sablon", "Caption": "Sablon in 1939", "Birth name": "Jean Georges Sablon", "Birth date": "y 1906 03 25", "Birth place": "Nogent-sur-Marne, France", "Death date": "y 1994 02 24 1906 03 25", "Death place": "Cannes, France", "Nationality": "French nationality", "Occupation": "Singer, songwriter, actor", "St... |
Mireille Hartuch (30 September 1906 - 29 December 1996) was a French singer, composer, and actress. She was generally known by the stage name "Mireille," it being a common practice of the time to use a single name for the stage.
Biography
Mireille was born in Paris to Jewish immigrant parents. Her father, Henri (Hende... | {"Name": "Mireille Hartuch", "Other names": "Mireille", "Birth date": "y 1906 09 30", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Occupation": "Actorcomposersinger", "Years active": "1928–55", "Death date": "y 1996 12 29 1906 09 30", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Resting place": "Cimetière du Montparnasse", "Spouse(s)": "Emman... |
Adolphine Fletcher Terry (1882-1976) was an American political and social activist in the state of Arkansas. Terry leveraged her position within the Little Rock community to affect change in causes related to social justice, women's rights, racial equality, housing, and education. Fletcher is most remembered for her ro... | {"Name": "Adolphine Fletcher Terry", "Caption": "Adolphine Fletcher Terry wedding photo, 1910", "Birth name": "Adolphine Fletcher", "Birth date": "1882 02 11", "Birth place": "Little Rock, Arkansas, US", "Death date": "1976 07 25 1882 02 11", "Death place": "Little Rock, Arkansas, US", "Burial place": "Mount Holly Ceme... |
thumb|Davy Jones pictured by George Cruikshank in 1832, as described by Tobias Smollett in The Adventures of Peregrine PickleHowever, the depicted character is a fake created by Pipes, Perry and Pickle to scare Mr. Trunnion; see:
Davy Jones's locker is a metaphor for the oceanic abyss, the final resting place of drown... | {"First appearance": "Four Years Voyages of Capt. George Roberts (1726)", "Genre": "Nautical folklore", "Type": "Euphemism for oceanic abyss, the resting place for sailors drowned at sea.", "Characters": "Davy Jones"} |
Cimetière parisien de Bagneux is one of the three Parisien cemeteries extra muros, located in Bagneux. The cemetery has a large Jewish section (many of the divisions have exclusively Jewish graves) and is sometimes known as the Jewish cemetery. Burial of Claude Berri
History
Before the site became a cemetery, it was t... | {"Year or Date established": "1886", "Country": "France", "Location": "Bagneux", "Coordinates": "48.806 2.309 inline,title", "Type": "Public (non-denominational)", "Style": "Rural", "Owned by": "Mairie de Paris", "Size": "61.5 ha acre"} |
Jean Dasté, born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté, (18 September 1904 - 15 October 1994)Les gens du cinéma for birth and death certificates was a French actor and theatre director.
Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and... | {"Name": "Jean Dasté", "Birth name": "Jean Georges Gustave Dasté", "Birth date": "1904 9 18 y", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Death date": "1994 10 15 1904 9 18 y", "Death place": "Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Loire, France"} |
Thomas Dale Alford, Sr. (January 28, 1916 - January 25, 2000)Social Security Death Index Interactive Search was an American ophthalmologist and politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas who served as a conservative Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from Little Rock from 1959 to 1963.
Early years ... | {"Image caption": "Dale Alford", "Term start": "January 3, 1959", "Term end": "January 3, 1963", "Office 2": "Little Rock School Board", "Birth name": "Thomas Dale Alford", "Birth date": "1916 01 28", "Birth place": "Newhope, Arkansas, U.S.", "Death date": "2000 01 25 1916 01 28", "Death place": "Little Rock, Arkansas,... |
Charles Garnier, S.J., (baptised at Paris, May 25, 1606 – martyred December 7, 1649) was a Jesuit missionary working in New France. He was killed by Iroquois in a Petun (Tobacco Nation) village on December 7, 1649.
Biography
The son of a secretary to King Henri III of France, Garnier was born in Paris in 1606. He atte... | {"Born": "Paris, France", "Died": "Tobacco Nation country near Collingwood, Ontario, Canada", "Feast": "October 19", "Canonized": "Pope Pius XI"} |
Dominique Laffin (June 3, 1952, in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France - June 12, 1985, in Paris) was a French actress who appeared in 19 films between 1975 and 1985.
Laffin made her major film debut in 1977, gaining critical acclaim for her role in Jacques Doillon's 1979 film, La Femme qui pleure. For her performance, ... | {"Name": "Dominique Laffin", "Birth date": "1952 06 03 yes", "Birth place": "Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France", "Death date": "1985 06 12 1952 06 03 yes", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Resting place": "Cimetière de Montmartre", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1977-1985", "Spouse(s)": "Yvan Dautin"} |
Tracy Lee Lawrence (born January 27, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Atlanta, Texas, and raised in Foreman, Arkansas, Lawrence began performing at age 15 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1990 to begin his country music career. He signed to Atlantic Records Nashvi... | {"Born": "Atlanta, Texas, U.S.", "Origin": "Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.", "Genres": "\"allmusic\"/>", "Labels": "Atlantic Nashville Warner Bros. Nashville DreamWorks Nashville Mercury Nashville Rocky Comfort Lawrence Music Group", "Website": "http://www.tracylawrence.com", "Spouse(s)": "Frances Weatherford 1993 1996 div... |
Harry Zell Thomason (born November 30, 1940) is an American film and television producer and director, best known for the television series Designing Women. Thomason and his wife, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, are close friends of President Bill Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and played a major role ... | {"Name": "Harry Zell Thomason", "Birth name": "Harry Zell Thomason", "Birth date": "1940 11 30", "Birth place": "Hampton, Arkansas, U.S.", "Occupation": "Film & television director/producer, screenwriter", "Years active": "1983-present"} |
Chester "Chet" Lauck (February 9, 1902 – February 21, 1980) was a comic actor who played the character of Lum Edwards on the classic American radio comedy Lum and Abner.
Early life and career
Chester Lauck was born in Alleene, Arkansas and
raised in Mena, Arkansas. He graduated from Mena High School in 1920. In Mena,... | {"Name": "Chester Lauck", "Caption": "Lauck as Lum in The Bashful Bachelor (1942)", "Birth name": "Chester Lauck", "Birth date": "1902 02 09", "Birth place": "Alleene, Arkansas, U.S.", "Death date": "1980 02 21 1902 02 09", "Death place": "Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1931–1954"... |
Sarah Caldwell (March 6, 1924March 23, 2006) was an American opera conductor, impresario, and stage director.
Early life
Caldwell was born in Maryville, Missouri, and grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was a child prodigy and gave public performances on the violin by the time she was ten years old. She graduate... | {"Name": "Sarah Caldwell", "Birth date": "1924 03 06", "Birth place": "Maryville, Missouri, U.S.", "Death date": "2006 03 23 1924 03 06", "Death place": "Portland, Maine, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "Hendrix College University of Arkansas New England Conservatory of Music", "Occupation": "Opera c... |
John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He is one of the few men to have attained a world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. At the majors, he won seven singles titles, a former record 17 men's doubles titles, and two mixed doubles titles. He also contri... | {"Country (sports)": "AUS", "Full name": "John David Newcombe", "Born": "Sydney, Australia", "Residence": "Sydney, Australia", "Height": "1.83 m ftin on", "Turned pro": "1967 (amateur from 1960)", "Retired": "1981", "Plays": "Right-handed (one-handed backhand)", "Prize money": "US$1,062,408", "Int. Tennis HoF": "john-n... |
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 - April 19, 2012) was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Helm was known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, multi-instrumental abi... | {"Name": "Levon Helm", "Caption": "Helm performing in 2004", "Birth name": "Mark Lavon Helm", "Birth date": "1940 5 26", "Birth place": "Elaine, Arkansas, U.S.", "Death date": "2012 4 19 1940 5 26 yes", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Resting place": "Woodstock Cemetery", "Occupation": "Musician", "Years active"... |
Ronald Cornett Hawkins (January 10, 1935 - May 29, 2022) was an American rock and roll singer, long based in Canada, whose career spanned more than half a century. His career began in Arkansas, United States, where he was born and raised. He found success in Ontario, Canada, and lived there for most of his life. He wa... | {"Born": "Huntsville, Arkansas, U.S.", "Died": "Peterborough, Ontario, Canada", "Genres": "Rockabilly\nrock and roll\nR&B\ncountry\nbluegrass", "Labels": "Roulette Columbia Cotillion Monument Atlantic Polydor Pye United Artists Epic Cosmic Cowboy", "Website": "ronniehawkins.com", "Spouse(s)": "Wanda H... |
is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). It features the Japanese comedian Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult physical challenges for players (or a volunteer army) to get to him.
The show became a cult ... | {"Starring": "Takeshi Kitano Hayato Tani", "Narrated by": "Shizuo Miyauchi Runpei Masui", "Country of origin": "Japan", "Running time": "47 minutes", "Original network": "Tokyo Broadcasting System", "Original release": "1990 10 19"} |
Barbara Hendricks (born November 20, 1948) is an American operatic soprano and concert singer. Hendricks has lived in Europe since 1977, and in Switzerland in Basel since 1985. She is a citizen of Sweden following her marriage to a Swedish citizen.
Early life and education
Hendricks was born in Stephens, Arkansas. Gro... | {"Name": "Barbara Hendricks", "Image upright": "1.3", "Caption": "Hendricks at The Hague Jazz festival 2008", "Birth date": "1948 11 20", "Birth place": "Stephens, Arkansas, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Juilliard School of Music", "Awards": "Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres\nChev... |
Citation (April 11, 1945 - August 8, 1970) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the eighth winner of the American Triple Crown. He won 16 consecutive stakes races and was the first horse in history to win .
Background
Owned and bred by Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, Citation was a bay colt by Bu... | {"Sire": "Bull Lea", "Grandsire": "Bull Dog", "Dam": "Hydroplane (GB)", "Damsire": "Hyperion", "Sex": "Stallion", "Foaled": "1945", "Country": "United States", "Breeder": "Calumet Farm", "Owner": "Calumet Farm", "Trainer": "Ben A. JonesJimmy Jones", "Record": "45: 32-10-2", "Earnings": "$1,085,760"} |
Arthur Lee Porter Jr. (August 3, 1961 - November 23, 1996) was an American jazz saxophonist. He was the son of jazz musician Art Porter Sr. and the namesake of "The Art Porter Bill".
Early life
Art Porter Jr. was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1961. Porter joined his father's band (The Art Porter Trio) as a drummer ... | {"Born": "Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.", "Died": "Sai Yok, Thailand", "Genres": "Smooth jazz", "Labels": "Verve Forecast, PolyGram"} |
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Foreign Film ().
Winners and nominees
1970s
YearWinner and nomineesOriginal titleCountryDirector1976(1st)Scent of a WomanProfumo di donnaDino RisiAguirre, the Wrath of GodAguirre, der Zorn GottesWerner HerzogThe Magic FluteTrollflöjtenIngmar Bergman... | {"Presented by": "Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma", "Country": "France", "First awarded": "1976", "Website": "academie-cinema.org"} |
Lewis Alan Hoad (23 November 1934 - 3 July 1994) was an Australian tennis player whose career ran from 1950 to 1973. Hoad won four Major singles tournaments as an amateur (the Australian Championships, French Championships and two Wimbledons). He was a member of the Australian team that won the Davis Cup four times bet... | {"Full name": "Lewis Alan Hoad", "Country (sports)": "Australia", "Born": "Glebe, Australia", "Died": "Fuengirola, Spain", "Height": "1.79", "Turned pro": "1957 (amateur tour from 1950)", "Retired": "1973", "Plays": "Right-handed (one-handed backhand)", "Int. Tennis HoF": "lew-hoad", "Career record": "937-592 (61.2%) L... |
Kenneth Robert Rosewall (born 2 November 1934) is an Australian former world top-ranking professional tennis player. Rosewall won 147 singles titles, including a record 15 Pro Majors and 8 Grand Slam titles for a total 23 titles at pro and amateur majors. He also won 15 Pro Majors in doubles and 9 Grand Slam doubles t... | {"Full name": "Kenneth Robert Rosewall", "Country (sports)": "AUS Australia", "Residence": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Born": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Height": "1.70 0", "Turned pro": "1956(amateur since 1950)", "Retired": "1980", "Plays": "Right-handed (one-handed backhand)", "Prize money": "U... |
Roy Stanley Emerson (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam titles. All of his singles Grand Slam victories and 14 of his Grand Slam doubles victories were achieved before the open era began in 1968... | {"Full name": "Roy Stanley Emerson", "Residence": "Newport Beach, California, U.S.", "Born": "Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia", "Height": "183Roy Emerson http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Em/R/Roy-Emerson.aspx atpworldtour.com Association of Tennis Professionals 20 January 2014", "Turned pro": "1968 (amateur ... |
Peri Gilpin (born Peri Kay Oldham; May 27, 1961) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Roz Doyle in the NBC sitcom Frasier and Kim Keeler in the ABC Family drama series Make It or Break It.
Early life
Gilpin was born in Waco, Texas, as Peri Kay Oldham, daughter of James Franklin Oldham, a broadcaster wh... | {"Name": "Peri Gilpin", "Caption": "Gilpin in 2011", "Birth name": "Peri Kay Oldham", "Birth date": "1961 05 27", "Birth place": "Waco, Texas, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of Texas at Austin", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1988-present", "Notable works": "Roz Doyle in Frasier Kim Keeler in Make It or Br... |
Peintre Celebre (17 March 1994 - 19 October 2018) was an American-bred, French-trained champion thoroughbred racehorse. He won the French Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1997.
Background
Peintre Celebre was bred and owned by Daniel Wildenstein (1917-2001), the French art dealer and horseman. Peintre Celebre... | {"Sire": "Nureyev", "Grandsire": "Northern Dancer", "Dam": "Peinture Bleue", "Damsire": "Alydar", "Sex": "Stallion", "Foaled": "17 March 1994", "Country": "United States", "Breeder": "Allez France Stables", "Owner": "Daniel Wildenstein", "Trainer": "André Fabre", "Record": "7: 5-1-1", "Earnings": "£935,001"} |
Robert Sargent Shriver III (born April 28, 1954) is an American activist, attorney, and journalist. He was a member of the Santa Monica City Council from 2004 to 2012, serving as mayor pro tem in 2006 and as mayor during part of 2010. A member of the Kennedy family, he is a nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kenne... | {"Name": "Bobby Shriver", "Image size": "175px", "Term start": "May 25, 2010", "Term end": "December 7, 2010", "Order 2": "Member of the Santa Monica City Council", "Birth name": "Robert Sargent Shriver III", "Birth date": "1954 04 28", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Yale University (BA, JD)",... |
The Flat River (Ottawa: Quabahquasha, "Winding Stream") is a tributary of the Grand River in the western part of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises as the outflow of First Lake, the last in a chain of geographically close, connected lakes known as Six Lakes in Belvidere Township, west of Edmore in Montcalm County. It... | {"Location": "Grand River", "Coordinates": "42 55 40 N 85 20 19 W inline,title", "Mouth": "617 ft on", "Basin size": "560 sqmi on"} |
Timothy Perry Shriver (born August 29, 1959) is an American disability rights activist, film producer, and former educator who has been Chairman of Special Olympics since 1996Inspiring Theme Song - Sports - China Travel Community and is the founder of UNITE. He is a member of the Kennedy family as the third child of Eu... | {"Caption": "Shriver in 2010", "Birth date": "1959 8 29", "Birth place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/religionfromtheheart/2008/03/opening_day_op.html dead Time Begins Again on Opening Day Shriver Timothy March 31, 2008 The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/2008041318... |
Mark Kennedy Shriver (born February 17, 1964) is an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for two consecutive terms, from 1995 to 2003.
Since 2014, he has served as President of Save the Children Action Network, where he campaigns to end child mortality. He is also Se... | {"Image caption": "Shriver in January 2013", "Birth name": "Mark Kennedy Shriver", "Birth date": "1964 2 17", "Birth place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "State delegate": "Maryland", "Term start": "1995", "Term end": "January 8, 2003", "Spouse(s)": "Jeanne Ripp June 26, 1992", "Alma mater": "College of the Holy Cross (BA... |
Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver (born July 20, 1965) is an American activist for people with intellectual disabilities. In 1989, he founded Best Buddies International, an international organization that helps people with intellectual disabilities to find employment and social opportunities. Through his mother, he is a nep... | {"Name": "Anthony Shriver", "Birth name": "Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver", "Birth date": "1965 7 20", "Birth place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Georgetown University", "Spouse(s)": "Alina Mojica 1993 2018 div."} |
Jews and Judaism in China are predominantly composed of Sephardi Jews and their descendants. Other Jewish ethnic divisions are also represented, including Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews and a number of converts.
The Jewish Chinese community manifests a wide range of Jewish cultural traditions and it also encompasses the... | {"Name": "Chinese Jews", "Native name": "中国犹太人יהודים סיניים", "Population": "3,000 (2021)Jewish Population of the World https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-population-of-the-world Jewish Virtual Library 3 April 2022", "Languages": "Hebrew (liturgical), English, Mandarin, Cantonese formerly Judeo-Persian (histo... |
thumb|right|275px|Aerial view of United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA or Kings Point) is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. It trains its midshipmen (as students at the academy are called) to serve as officers in the United States Merchant Marine... | {"Motto": "Acta Non Verba (Latin)", "Type": "U.S. Service Academy", "Superintendent": "Vice admiral Joanna M. Nunan, USMShttps://www.usmma.edu/leadership/superintendent/superintendent Vice Admiral Joanna M. Nunan, 14th Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy 8 December 2022 10 December 2022 United S... |
Skin is the seventh album by singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released in 2001. The album explores the pain, confusion, grief, and recovery Etheridge went through following her split from Julie Cypher, her companion of 12 years. "Heal Me" features background vocals by Laura Dern and Meg Ryan. Etheridge plays almo... | {"Released": "July 10, 2001", "Recorded": "2000-2001", "Studio": "The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California", "Genre": "Rock", "Label": "Island", "Producer": "Melissa Etheridge David N. Cole"} |
thumb|upright|Leland Stanford's death mask on display at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts
Leland Stanford Jr. (May 14, 1868 - March 13, 1884), known as Leland DeWitt Stanford until he was nine,Stanford Founders was the only son of American industrialist and politician Leland Stanford and his wife Jane... | {"Name": "Leland Stanford Jr.", "Caption": "Leland Stanford in 1872", "Birth name": "Leland DeWitt Stanford", "Birth date": "1868 05 14", "Birth place": "Sacramento, California, U.S.", "Death date": "1884 03 13 1868 05 14", "Death place": "Florence, Italy", "Father": "Leland Stanford", "Mother": "Jane Stanford", "Known... |
Indulis Emsis (born 2 January 1952) is a Latvian biologist and politician. He was Prime Minister of Latvia for ten months in 2004, the first Green politician to lead a country in the history of the world. He was Speaker of the Saeima, the Latvian parliament from 2006 to 2007. Emsis' political views are described as rat... | {"Name": "Indulis Emsis", "Image caption": "Emsis in 2004", "Term start": "9 March 2004", "Term end": "2 December 2004", "Birth date": "yes 1952 1 2", "Birth place": "Salacgriva, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic", "Alma mater": "University of Latvia"} |
David Barsamian (born 1945) is an Armenian-American radio broadcaster, writer, and the founder and director of Alternative Radio, a Boulder, Colorado-based syndicated weekly public affairs program heard on some 250 radio stations worldwide.
Barsamian started working in radio in 1978 at KGNU in Boulder, Colorado and th... | {"Name": "David Barsamian", "Caption": "David Barsamian giving a lecture called 'The Twilight of Capitalism' at a ZOMTalks event in Lebanon hosted by ARF's Zavarian Student Association on February 23, 2016.Reference from Aztag Daily, the daily newspaper of the Lebanese Armenian community.", "Alt": "David Barsamian phot... |
The Latvian Green Party (, LZP) is a green political party in Latvia.
It was founded in 1990. It was a member of the European Green Party from 2003 until its expulsion in 2019. It is positioned in the centre and leans towards the centre-right on the political spectrum,FIBS Report: Central Eurasia, 1993, p. 107.Marja N... | {"Abbreviation": "LZP", "Founded": "1990 1 13 yes", "Ideology": "Green politics Social conservatism", "Political position": "Centre to centre-right", "National affiliation": "Union of Greens and Farmers (2002-2022)United Latvian List (2022-)", "European affiliation": "European Greens (2003-2019)", "Headquarters": "Skol... |
Breakdown is the sixth album by singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). A Limited Edition version of the album was simultaneously released featuring three bonus tracks.
"Scarecrow" is dedicated to the memory of Matthew Shepard, and his family and friends.
"Into the Dark" appeared in... | {"Released": "October 5, 1999", "Recorded": "1998-1999", "Studio": "A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California", "Genre": "Rock", "Label": "Island", "Producer": "Melissa Etheridge,John Shanks"} |
Augusta Maria Leigh (née Byron; 26 January 1783 - 12 October 1851) was the only daughter of John "Mad Jack" Byron, the poet Lord Byron's father, by his first wife, Amelia, née Darcy (Lady Conyers in her own right and the divorced wife of Francis, Marquis of Carmarthen).
Early life
Augusta's mother died soon after her... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Honourable", "Name": "Augusta Leigh", "Caption": "Augusta Maria Leigh", "Birth name": "Hon. Augusta Maria Byron", "Birth date": "1783 1 26 y", "Death date": "1851 10 12 1783 1 26 y", "Spouse(s)": "Lt.-Colonel George Leigh", "Children": "Elizabeth Medora Leigh", "Parent(s)": "John \"Mad Jack\" ... |
thumb|right|167px|William Ewart Gladstone in 1884.
In the United Kingdom under the premiership of William Gladstone, the Representation of the People Act 1884 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 3, also known informally as the Third Reform Act) and the Redistribution Act of the following year were laws which further extended the suffrag... | {"Short title": "Representation ofthe People Act 1884", "Type": "Act", "Parliament": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Long title": "An Act to amend the Law relating to the Representation of the People of the United Kingdom.", "Introduced by": "William Gladstone", "Territorial extent": "United Kingdom", "Royal Assen... |
Become You is the eighth studio album by American folk rock duo the Indigo Girls. It was released on March 12, 2002 by Epic Records.
Track listing
These bonus tracks were only available when the album was purchased at Borders Books. The original version of Everything In Its Own Time was released on the album Shaming ... | {"Released": "2002 03 12", "Genre": "Folk rock", "Label": "Epic", "Producer": "Peter Collins"} |
Kurt Matthias Robert Martin Hahn (5 June 1886 - 14 December 1974) was a German educator. He was decisive in founding Stiftung Louisenlund, Schule Schloss Salem, Gordonstoun, Outward Bound, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, and the first of the United World Colleges, Atlantic College.
Life
Early life
Born in Berlin ... | {"Name": "Kurt Hahn", "Post-nominals": "UK CBE OOnt 100%", "Birth date": "y 1886 06 05", "Birth place": "Berlin", "Death date": "y 1974 12 14 1886 06 05", "Death place": "Hermannsberg (Heiligenberg), Baden-Württemberg", "Education": "Oxford University, Heidelberg University, Freiburg University, Göttingen University", ... |
Swamp Ophelia is the fifth studio album by the Indigo Girls, released in 1994.
Track listing
Personnel
Indigo Girls
Amy Ray - vocals, acoustic and electric guitar (lead on Fugitive, rhythm elsewhere)
Emily Saliers - vocals, acoustic, classical and electric guitar (rhythm and lead), bouzouki
Musicians
Jerry Marotta - ... | {"Released": "1994 05 10", "Recorded": "1994", "Studio": "Woodland Studios, East Nashville; Triclops Recording, Atlanta, Georgia; A Major Studios, Shepherds Bush, London; Abbey Road Studios, London", "Genre": "Folk rock", "Label": "Epic", "Producer": "Peter Collins (for Jill Music, Inc.) with Indigo Girls"} |
The state controller of California is a constitutional office in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of California. Thirty-three individuals have held the office of state controller since statehood. The incumbent is Malia Cohen, a Democrat. The state controller's main office is located at 300 Capit... | {"Post": "State Controller", "Body": "California", "Insignia size": "120", "Insignia caption": "Seal of the California state controller", "Flag size": "135", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Flag of California", "Alt text": "=", "Incumbent": "Malia Cohen", "Incumbent since": "January 2, 2023", "Style": "The Honor... |
Orenburg Oblast (, Orenburgskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast () in honor of Valery Chkalov. Population: 1,862,767 (2021 Census).
350px|thumb|right|The House of the Soviets (oblast administrative... | {"English name": "Orenburg Oblast", "Russian name": "Оренбургская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "123702", "Area rank": "29th", "ISO 3166-2:RU code": "RU-ORE", "Leader title": "Governo... |
Penza Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,266,348.
Geography
The highest point of Penza Oblast is an unnamed hill of the Khvalynsk Mountains reaching above sea level located at the southeastern end, near Neve... | {"English name": "Penza Oblast", "Russian name": "Пензенская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "43352", "Area rank": "59th", "ISO 3166-2:RU code": "RU-PNZ", "Leader title": "Governor", "L... |
Anamorphosée is the fourth studio album by Mylène Farmer, released on 17 October 1995. Led by the number-one single "XXL", the album was something of a departure from her previous work. Although it received mixed reviews from critics, the album was very successful, peaking at no.1 and staying on the French album chart ... | {"Released": "17 October 1995", "Recorded": "Los Angeles, California", "Genre": "Pop, rock", "Label": "Polydor", "Producer": "Laurent Boutonnat"} |
Samara Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Samara. From 1935 to 1991, it was known as Kuybyshev Oblast (). As of the 2021 Census, the population of the oblast was 3,172,925.
The oblast borders Tatarstan in the north, Orenburg Oblast in the east, Kazakhstan (We... | {"English name": "Samara Oblast", "Russian name": "Самарская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Anthem": "Anthem of Samara Oblast", "Anthem reference": "Law On the State Symbols of Samara Oblast", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in... |
Walter Campbell Short (March 30, 1880 – September 3, 1949) was a lieutenant general (temporary rank) and major general of the United States Army and the U.S. military commander responsible for the defense of U.S. military installations in Hawaii at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
E... | {"Born": "Fillmore, Illinois, U.S.", "Died": "Dallas, Texas, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States United States of America 1912", "Commands held": "1st Infantry DivisionI CorpsHawaiian Department", "Awards": "Army Distinguished Service Medal"} |
Ulyanovsk Oblast (, Ul’janovskaja oblast’) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Ulyanovsk. It has a population of 1,292,799 (2010 Census).
Geography
thumb|left|Volga River (Kuybyshev Reservoir) near Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk Oblast... | {"English name": "Ulyanovsk Oblast", "Russian name": "Ульяновская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Anthem": "Anthem of Ulyanovsk Oblast", "Anthem reference": "Law #197-ZO", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "37181", "Ar... |
Kurgan Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan. According to the 2021 Census, the population was 776,661, down from 910,807 recorded in the 2010 Census.
History
Formed by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 6, 1943. The re... | {"English name": "Kurgan Oblast", "Russian name": "Курганская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "71488", "Area rank": "43rd", "ISO 3166-2:RU code": "RU-KGN", "Leader title": "Governor", "... |
Sverdlovsk Oblast () is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as Sverdlovsk. Its population is 4,268,998 (according to the 2021 Census).
Geography
thumb|left|Landmark indicating the border between Europe and... | {"English name": "Sverdlovsk Oblast", "Russian name": "Свердловская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "194307", "Area rank": "17th", "Area reference": "The area of the Sverdlovsk region h... |
Eqbal Ahmad (1933 – 11 May 1999) was a Pakistani political scientist, writer and academic known for his anti-war activism, his support for resistance movements globally and academic contributions to the study of the Near East. Born in Bihar, British India, Ahmad migrated to Pakistan as a child and went on to study econ... | {"Birth name": "Eqbal Ahmad", "Birth date": "1933", "Birth place": "Gaya, Bihar, British India", "Death date": "11 May 1999 1933", "Death place": "Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan", "Spouse(s)": "Julie Diamond", "Children": "1", "Module two": "yes\n Pakistan\n 25px Pakistan Army\n First Kashmir War\n... |
Dirk Wears White Sox is the debut studio album by English new wave band Adam and the Ants. It was released on 30 November 1979 by record label Do It. It was the first number one album on the UK Independent Albums Chart when the chart debuted in Record Week in 1980.
Background
Dirk Wears White Sox was made with an ea... | {"Released": "1979 11 30 yes", "Recorded": "12-24 August 1979", "Studio": "Sound Development Studios, London", "Genre": "Post-punk", "Label": "Do It", "Producer": "Adam Ant"} |
Shediac (official in both languages; Shédiac is colloquial French) is a heavily Acadian town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The town is home to the famous Parlee Beach and is known as the "Lobster Capital of the World". It hosts an annual festival every July which promotes its ties to lobster fishing. At the wes... | {"Type": "Town Council", "Land": "64.00", "Density": "117.7", "DST": "-3", "Website": "http://www.shediac.org"} |
The Nenets Autonomous OkrugOccasionally referred to as Nenetsia in English (; ) is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of Arkhangelsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Naryan-Mar. It has an area of and a population of 42,090 as of the 2010 Census, making it the least populous federal sub... | {"English name": "Nenets Autonomous Okrug", "Russian name": "Ненецкий автономный округ", "Local name 1": "Hенёцие автономной ӈокрук", "Local language 1": "Nenets", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Autonomous okrug", "Type of polity article": "Autonomous okrugs of Russia... |
thumb|Hot dry noodles (right), doupi (left), and jiuniang (sweet rice wine).
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Hot dry noodles (), known in Chinese as reganmian, also transliterated as dried and spicy noodles, is a traditional dish of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in central China.
OotTheMonk. (2012, Feb 20). [Web log... | {"Name of food": "Hot dry noodles", "Alternate name": "热干面", "Place of origin": "China", "Region of origin": "Wuhan", "Course served": "Breakfast", "Main ingredient": "Alkaline noodles, soy sauce, sesame paste, pickled carrots, garlic, chili oil", "Type of dish": "Noodles", "Image alt string": "A bowl of hot dry noodle... |
Koryak Okrug (; Koryak: , Cav’cәvaokrug), or Koryakia (), is an administrative division of Kamchatka Krai, Russia.[http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=61449;div=LAW;ref=s (Federal Constitutional Law #2-FKZ of July 12, 2006 On Creation of a New Federal Subject Within the Russian Federation ... | {"Native name": "Коря́кский о́круг", "Conventional long name": "Koryak Okrug", "Common name": "Koryak", "Capital": "Palana", "Year founded": "1931", "Year dissolved": "2007", "Today part of": "Russia RussiaFlag of Kamchatka Krai.svg Kamchatka Krai"} |
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra (Russian and Mansi: Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ — Югра, Khanty-Mansiysky avtonomny okrug — Yugra; Khanty: Хӑнты-Мансийской Aвтономной Округ) or Khantia-Mansia is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast). It has a population of 1,532,243 as of the 2010 ... | {"English name": "Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra", "Russian name": "Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ — Югра", "Local name 1": "Хӑнты-Мансийской Aвтономной Округ", "Local language 1": "Khanty", "Local name 2": "Ханты-Мансийский Aвтономный Oкруг", "Local language 2": "Mansi", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms",... |
The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YaNAO; , ; , ) or Yamalia () is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Salekhard, and its largest city is Noyabrsk. The 2010 Russian Census recorded its population as 522,904.
The autonomous okrug borders Krasno... | {"English name": "Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug", "Russian name": "Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ", "Local name 1": "Ямалы-Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук", "Local language 1": "Nenets", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Anthem reference": "Law #119-ZAO", "Type of polity": "Autonomous okrug",... |
right|thumb|250px|Map of Taymyr
Taymyr Dolgano-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (, ; Enets: Таймыр Оша-Дюрак район, Nenets: Таймыр Долганы-Ненэцие район), was a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Krasnoyarsk Krai), the northernmost in Siberian Russia (and thus North Asia). It was named after the Taymyr Peninsula... | {"English name": "Taymyr Dolgano-Nenets Autonomous Okrug", "Russian name": "Таймырский автономный округ", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Autonomous Okrug", "Type of polity article": "Autonomous okrugs of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "879,929", "Area rank": "7th", "Leade... |
The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), known until 2018 as the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), is an independent agency of the United States government that broadcasts news and information. It is considered an arm of U.S. diplomacy.
The USAGM supervises Voice of America (VOA) and Office of Cuba Broa... | {"Formed": "1999 10 1 y", "Headquarters": "Wilbur J. Cohen Federal BuildingWashington, D.C.", "Annual budget": "$810 million (FY 2022)USAGM https://www.usagm.gov/news-and-information/press-room/ 2022-03-08 usagm.gov en March 8, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220308211007/https://www.usagm.gov/news-and-informa... |
Barbu Catargiu (26 October 1807 - ) was a conservative Romanian politician and journalist. He was the first Prime Minister of Romania, in 1862, until he was assassinated on 20 June that year. He was a staunch defender of the great estates of the boyars,Keith Hitchins, The Romanians 1774-1866 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1... | {"Name": "Barbu Catargiu", "Term start": "15 February 1862", "Term end": "20 June 1862", "Birth date": "1807 10 26 y", "Birth place": "Bucharest, Wallachia", "Death date": "y 1862 06 20 1807 10 26", "Death place": "Bucharest, Romanian United Principalities"} |
thumb|Map of Tokyo City before the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
thumb|Tokyo Prefectural Office and Tokyo City Hall
thumb|Administrative map of "Greater Tokyo" (大東京 Dai-Tōkyō), the merger of 82 municipalities into Tokyo City in 1932, and two smaller mergers in 1936
was a municipality in Japan and part of Tokyo-fu wh... | {"Conventional long name": "Tokyo City", "Native name": "東京市", "Common name": "Tokyo", "Year founded": "1889", "Year dissolved": "1943"} |
The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror. It began life in 1915 as the Sunday Pictorial and was renamed the Sunday Mirror in 1963. In 2016 it had an average weekly circulation of 620,861, dropping markedly to 505,508 the following year. Competing closely with other papers, in July 2011, on the ... | {"Type": "Weekly newspaper", "Format": "Tabloid", "Owner(s)": "Reach plc", "Political alignment": "Labour", "Headquarters": "One Canada Square, London, United Kingdom", "Editor": "Gemma Aldridge", "Website": "mirror.co.uk", "Circulation": "Sunday Mirror https://www.abc.org.uk/product/3426 Audit Bureau of Circulations... |
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, commonly referred to as IUPUI, is a public research university in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is a collaboration between Indiana University and Purdue University that offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees from both universities. Administ... | {"Type": "Public research university", "Endowment": "$1.15 billion (2020) https://datausa.io/profile/university/indiana-university-purdue-university-indianapolis? DATAUSA DATAUSA", "Chancellor": "Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch (interim)https://dentistry.iu.edu/about/news-events/school-news/murdoch-kinch-interim-chancellor.... |
thumb|The abbey in the 1840s
Dunbrody Abbey () is a former Cistercian monastery in County Wexford, Ireland.J.T. Gilbert (ed.), Chartularies of St Mary's Abbey, Dublin, with the Register of its House at Dunbrody, and Annals of Ireland, 2 vols, Rolls Series, Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores LXXX (Longman & Co., ... | {"Order": "Cistercians", "Founder(s)": "Hervey de Monte Marisco, Marshal of our Lord the King in Ireland and Senechal of Richard de Clare, Second Earl of Pembroke (Strongbow)", "Established": "1182", "Disestablished": "1536", "Status": "Ruin", "Location": "Dunbrody, County Wexford, Ireland", "Public access": "Yes"} |
The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) is a public university in Monroe, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System.
History
200px|right|thumb|ULM Road Sign 1969
ULM opened in 1931 as Ouachita Parish Junior College. Three years later it became the Northeast Center of Louisiana State University. I... | {"Type": "Public university", "President": "Ronald BerryDr. Ronald Berry named 9th president of the University of Louisiana Monroe https://www.ulm.edu/news/2020/ron_berry_new_pres_9820.html 15 December 2020 www.ulm.edu September 8, 2020 en", "Campus": "Urban Main Campus: 238 acre km2", "Endowment": "$73 millionUni... |
was a Japanese government entity that existed between 1868 and 1943.Tokyo Metropolitan Government, 東京都年表 ; retrieved 2018-09-19.
History
right|thumb|200px|Tokyo Prefectural Office and Tokyo City Hall, 1930s
When the prefecture was established with the merger of the two shogunate city administrations in the Meiji resto... | {"Conventional long name": "Tokyo Prefecture", "Native name": "東京府", "Common name": "Tokyo", "Capital": "Tokyo City", "Year founded": "1868", "Year dissolved": "1943", "Today part of": "Part of the Tokyo Metropolis"} |
The 555 timer IC is an integrated circuit (chip) used in a variety of timer, delay, pulse generation, and oscillator applications. Derivatives provide two (556) or four (558) timing circuits in one package. The design was first marketed in 1972 by Signetics and used bipolar junction transistors. Since then, numerous co... | {"Name": "555 timer IC", "Image": "Signetics NE555N.JPG", "Image size": "250", "Caption": "Signetics NE555 in 8-pin DIP package", "Type": "Active, integrated circuit", "Inventor and date of invention": "Hans Camenzind (1971)", "First produced when?": "1972", "Circuit symbol": "250px", "Circuit symbol caption": "Interna... |
The Museo Egizio () or Egyptian Museum is an archaeological museum in Turin, Italy, specializing in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology. It houses one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities, with more than 30,000 artifacts, and is considered the second most important Egyptological collection in the world,... | {"Established": "1824", "Location": "Via Accademia delle Scienze, 6 Turin, Italy", "Coordinates": "45.068 N 7.684 E", "Type": "Egyptian museum", "Visitors": "853,320 (2019)", "Founder": "Charles Felix of Sardinia", "Director": "Christian Greco", "Website": "https://www.museoegizio.it"} |
Maggie Cassella is an American-Canadian actress, comedian and writer, best known for hosting the Canadian television talk show Because I Said So and founding the We're Funny That Way! comedy festival."They're really funny that way". Toronto Star, September 26, 1996.
Biography
Cassella's double degree in philosophy an... | {"Name": "Maggie Cassella", "Birth place": "Hartford, Connecticut, United States", "Nationality": "American-Canadian", "Occupation": "Actress comedian writer", "Years active": "1998-present"} |
Hat Yai (, , also Haad Yai or Had Yai) is a city in southern Thailand near the Malaysian border and the fifth largest city in Thailand. It is south of Bangkok, has a population of 156,802 (2019) in the city municipality (thesaban nakhon / city proper) itself and an urban population of 404,044 (2021) in the entire dist... | {"Type": "City Municipality", "Rank": "4th", "Land": "8.00", "Water": "2.38", "Density": "7,467", "Website": "hatyaicity.go.th", "Urban density": "404,044"} |
Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002. The band's original line-up was composed of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards), Nick McCarthy (rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals), Bob Hardy (bass guitar, percussion) and Paul Thomson (drums, percussion, backing vocals). Julian Corrie ... | {"Origin": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Genres": "Indie rock\n post-punk revival\n dance-punk\n dance-rock\n art rock", "Discography": "Franz Ferdinand discography", "Labels": "Domino", "Spinoffs": "FFS", "Spinoff of": "The Yummy Fur", "Members": "Alex Kapranos\n Bob Hardy\n Julian Corrie\n Dino Bardot\n Audrey Tait", "Websit... |
Nicoletta Vallorani (born 7 February 1959) is an Italian science fiction writer.
Born in Offida, in the Marche region, she holds a degree in Foreign Languages with a dissertation on Contemporary American Literature, honed her writing skills as a translator and currently teaches English Language and Literature in the U... | {"Born": "yes 1959 02 07", "Occupation": "Writer, translator, academic, blogger", "Alma mater": "University of Milan", "Language": "Italian", "Nationality": "Italian", "Years active": "1992-present"} |
Spot "Spotty" Fetcher (March 17, 1989 - February 21, 2004) was U.S. President George W. Bush's dog. She was an English Springer Spaniel, named after Scott Fletcher, a baseball player with the Major League Baseball team Texas Rangers, a team George W. Bush owned before becoming Governor of Texas in 1994.
thumbnail|200p... | {"Sex": "Female", "Born": "March 17, 1989", "Died": "2004 2 21 1989 3 17 yes", "Known for": "Pet of First Family of the United States", "Parent(s)": "Tug Farish (sire) Millie (dam)", "Named after": "Scott Fletcher"} |
Bressay () is a populated island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland.
Geography and geology
Bressay lies due south of Whalsay, west of the Isle of Noss, and north of Mousa. With an area of , it is the fifth-largest island in Shetland. The population is around 360 people, concentrated in the middle of the west coas... | {"Coordinates": "60.15 -1.08 inline", "OS grid reference": "HU507406", "Scots": "Bressahttps://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/document/Map_of_Scotland_in_Scots-Guide_and_gazetteer.pdf Map of Scotland in Scots - Guide and gazetteer", "Meaning of name": "Old Norse for 'broad island' or 'Brusi's island'", "Area": ... |
The DLX (pronounced "Deluxe") is a RISC processor architecture designed by John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson, the principal designers of the Stanford MIPS and the Berkeley RISC designs (respectively), the two benchmark examples of RISC design (named after the Berkeley design).
The DLX is essentially a cleaned up... | {"Designer": "John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson", "Bits": "32-bit", "Introduced": "1994", "Version": "1.0", "Design": "RISC", "Type": "Register-Register & Load-store", "Encoding": "Fixed", "Branching": "Condition register", "Extensions": "None, but MDMX & MIPS-3D could be used", "Open": "Yes", "General-purpose": ... |
Papa Stour () is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of under fifteen people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents in the 1970s. Located to the west of mainland Shetland and with an area of 828 hectares (3.2 square miles), Papa Stour is the eighth largest island in Shetland. Eros... | {"Coordinates": "60.33 -1.68 inline", "OS grid reference": "HU169607", "Meaning of name": "Norse for 'big island of the papar (priests)", "Area": "828 ha sqmi", "Population rank": "66", "Highest elevation": "Virda Field 87 m ft 0", "Population": "15", "Population density": "1.8 people/km2", "Largest settlement": "Biggi... |
Monyash (/muhn-ee-ash/ munyash) is a village and civil parish in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, west of the market town Bakewell. It is centred on a village green above sea level at the head of Lathkill Dale in the limestone area known as the White Peak.Monyash websiteOrdnance Survey 1:25,000 Outdoor Leisu... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "District": "Derbyshire Dales", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "UK Parliament": "Derbyshire Dales", "Postcode district": "DE", "OS grid reference": "SK149665"} |
Whalsay (; or Hvals-øy, meaning 'Whale Island') is the sixth largest of the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland.
Geography
thumb|left|Road between Symbister and Isbister
Whalsay, also known as "The Bonnie Isle", is a peat-covered island in the Shetland Islands. It is situated east of the Shetland Mainland and h... | {"Coordinates": "60.3333 -0.983333 inline", "OS grid reference": "HU560638", "Scots": "Whalsahttps://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": "whale island", "Area": "1970 ha sqmi 1Haswell-Smith (... |
Baslow is a village in Derbyshire, England, in the Peak District, situated between Sheffield and Bakewell, just over north of Chatsworth House. It is sited by the River Derwent, which is spanned by a 17th-century bridge, alongside which is a contemporary toll house.
Baslow village is composed of several distinct are... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "1,178", "District": "Derbyshire Dales", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "UK Parliament": "Derbyshire Dales", "Postcode district": "DE", "OS grid reference": "SK252723"} |
Mousa ( "moss island") is a small island in Shetland, Scotland, uninhabited since the nineteenth century. The island is known for the Broch of Mousa, an Iron Age round tower, and is designated as a Special Protection Area for storm-petrel breeding colonies.
Geography
thumb|400px|left|Mousa as seen from the mainland; ... | {"Coordinates": "60.00 -1.17 inline", "OS grid reference": "HU460240", "Meaning of name": "Old Norse: moor or mossy island411-14", "Area": "180 ha sqmi", "Population rank": "115=", "Highest elevation": "55 m ft 0", "Population": "0", "Island group": "Shetland", "Council area": "Shetland Islands", "References": "Anderso... |
thumb|Cottages in the village of Ilam.
Ilam () is a village in the Staffordshire Peak District of England, lying on the River Manifold. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 402.
Ilam village
Ilam is best known as the location of the neo-Gothic Ilam Hall, a stately home built in the 182... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Staffordshire Moorlands", "Shire county": "Staffordshire", "Postcode district": "DE6", "UK Parliament": "Staffordshire Moorlands", "Population": "(2011 Census)"} |
Anathema were an English rock band from Liverpool. The group was formed in 1990 by Vincent and Daniel Cavanagh, bassist Jamie Cavanagh, drummer/keyboardist John Douglas, and vocalist Darren White.
The band maintained an active concert schedule throughout their career. They first toured in 1992 with the American death ... | {"Origin": "Liverpool, Merseyside, England", "Genres": "Badd265/> (early)\n\n death-doomBaddeley 2002, pp. 265-6 http://media.www.cm-life.com/media/storage/paper906/news/2000/08/02/EtCetera/Metalfest.2000-2477512.shtml\n Metalfest 2000\n Rudolph, Mark\n Central Michigan Life\n 2 August 2000\n 18 January 2008\... |
The King of Comedy is a 1982DVD of the Week: The King of Comedy|The New Yorker American satirical mystery black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro (in his fifth collaboration with Scorsese), Jerry Lewis and Sandra Bernhard.The Jerry Lewis Films by James L. Neibaur and Ted Okuda. Jeffers... | {"Directed by": "Martin Scorsese", "Written by": "Paul D. Zimmerman", "Starring": "Robert De Niro\n Jerry Lewis\n Sandra Bernhard\n Diahnne Abbott", "Cinematography": "Fred Schuler", "Edited by": "Thelma Schoonmaker", "Music by": "Robbie Robertson", "Produced by": "Arnon Milchan", "Distributed by": "20th Century Fox", ... |
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