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Tissington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tissington and Lea Hall, in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 158.Neighbourhood Statistics The population "Tissington and Lea Hall" at the 2011 census was 159. It is part of the estate of Tis... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2001)", "District": "Derbyshire Dales", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "UK Parliament": "Derbyshire Dales", "Postcode district": "DE", "Dialling code": "01335", "OS grid reference": "SK176523"} |
Ghana Airways Limited was the flag carrier of Ghana, with its main base of operation and hub at Kotoka International Airport in Accra. The airline ceased operations in 2004, although plans were discussed to revive it in 2020 in partnership with Egyptair.
History
Formative years
thumb|A Ghana Airways Vickers VC-10 at A... | {"Airline name": "Ghana Airways", "IATA Designator": "GH", "ICAO Designator": "GHA", "Callsign": "GHANA", "Founded": "dmy 1958 7 4", "Commenced operations": "dmy 1958 7 16", "Ceased operations": "dmy 2005 6", "Major hubs": "Kotoka International Airport", "Current Fleet Size": "2", "Number of Destinations": "4", "Parent... |
Ici Radio-Canada Première (formerly Première Chaîne) is a Canadian French-language radio network, the news and information service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known as Société Radio-Canada in French), the public broadcaster of Canada. It is the French counterpart of CBC Radio One, the CBC's similar Englis... | {"Name": "Ici Radio-Canada Première", "Logo": "200px", "Type": "Radio network", "Headquarters": "Quebec CityMontreal", "Country": "Canada", "Availability": "AM/FM: Canada, Sirius XM: Canada/United States", "Owner": "Canadian Broadcasting Corporation", "Launch date": "1937 (CBF)", "Former names": "Radio de Radio-Canada ... |
Ici Musique (stylized as ICI Musique) is the French-language music radio service of Canada's national public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada). It is the French equivalent of the English CBC Music, although it has a different programming focus.
History
The network was originally... | {"Name": "Ici Musique", "Logo size": "220px", "Country": "Canada", "Format": "Classical music/Jazz/French music", "Language(s)": "French", "Availability": "National, through regional stations", "Owner": "Canadian Broadcasting Corporation", "Launch date": "1974", "Former names": "Le FM de Radio-Canada (1974-1997)La chaî... |
The Freedom Party of Ontario (FPO, ) is a provincial political party in Ontario, Canada. It was founded on January 1, 1984, in London, Ontario by Robert Metz and Marc Emery. The Freedom Party has fielded candidates in every provincial election since 1985, and in several by-elections. It has also participated in numerou... | {"Leader": "Paul McKeever", "President": "Robert Metz", "Founded": "1984", "Preceded by": "Unparty", "Headquarters": "240 Commissioners Road WestLondon, OntarioN6J 1Y1", "Ideology": "Objectivism\n Secularism"} |
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (, ; 9 April 19383 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union (13 February 1985 - 17 July 1989), after which he became first chairman of Gazprom energy company and the second-longest-serving Prime Minister o... | {"Name": "Viktor Chernomyrdin", "Image size": "230 px", "Image caption": "Chernomyrdin in 2010", "Term start": "23 August 1998", "Term end": "11 September 1998Acting", "President 2": "Boris Yeltsin", "Predecessor 2": "Yegor Gaidar", "Successor 2": "Sergei Kiriyenko", "Birth name": "Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin", "Bi... |
The Ontario Libertarian Party (OLP; ) is a minor libertarian party in the Canadian province of Ontario. Founded in 1975 by Bruce Evoy and Vince Miller, the party was inspired by the 1972 formation of the United States Libertarian Party.Miller, Vince. Taking Liberty Global, archived version: , August 4, 2005. Retrieved ... | {"Leader": "Mark Snow", "President": "Serge Korovitsynhttp://www.libertarian.on.ca/content/party-officers Party Officers: Ontario Libertarian Party November 4, 2017", "Founded": "1975", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario", "Ideology": "Libertarianism"} |
Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, (born 30 June 1960) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2001 to 2007. McConnell served as the Minister for Finance from 1999 to 2000 and Minister for Education, Europe and External Af... | {"Name": "The Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "27 November 2001", "Term end": "16 May 2007", "Birth name": "Jack Wilson McConnell", "Birth date": "1960 6 30 y", "Birth place": "Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland", "Spouse(s)": "Bridget McLuckie 1990", "Alma mater": "... |
Metal Church is an American heavy metal band formed in 1980. Originally based in San Francisco, California, they relocated to Aberdeen, Washington the following year and briefly called themselves Shrapnel. Led by guitarist and songwriter Kurdt Vanderhoof, the band has released twelve studio albums and is considered to ... | {"Origin": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Heavy metal\n power metal\n thrash metal", "Labels": "Ground Zero\n Elektra\n I.R.S.\n Epic\n SPV\n Nuclear Blast\n Mercury", "Website": "metalchurchofficial.com", "Members": "Kurdt Vanderhoof\n Steve Unger\n Rick Van Zandt\n Stet Howland\n Marc Lopes"} |
The New Reform Party of Ontario (NRP; ) was a minor provincial political party in Ontario, Canada, that promoted a populist, fiscally conservative, socially conservative, libertarian, and localist ideology.
It was formed in Hamilton in 1987 as the Family Coalition Party of Ontario (FCP) through 11,000 signatures fulf... | {"Founded": "1987", "Ideology": "Right-wing populismFiscal conservatismSocial conservatismGrassroots democracyEconomic libertarianismLocalismFamilialism", "Headquarters": "Hamilton, Ontario", "Political position": "Right-wing"} |
The Grammy Award for Best Historical Album has been presented since 1979 and recognizes achievements in audio restoration. Since this category's creation, the award had several minor name changes:
In 1979 the award was known as Best Historical Repackage Album
In 1980 it was awarded as Best Historical Reissue
In 1981 i... | {"Awarded for": "quality historical albums", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1979", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is an American progressive think tank started in 1963 that is based in Washington, D.C. It was directed by John Cavanagh from 1998 to 2021. In 2021 Tope Folarin was announced as new Executive Director. It focuses on U.S. foreign policy, domestic policy, human rights, international... | {"Abbreviation": "IPS", "Named after": "Ideas into Action for Peace, Justice, and the Environment.", "Type": "Policy think tank", "Headquarters": "Washington, DC, United States", "Website": "https://www.ips-dc.org"} |
Stronsay () is an island in Orkney, Scotland. It is known as Orkney's 'Island of Bays', owing to an irregular shape with miles of coastline, with three large bays separated by two isthmuses: St Catherine's Bay to the west, the Bay of Holland to the south and Mill Bay to the east. Stronsay is in area, and in altitude ... | {"Coordinates": "59.1 -2.6 inline", "OS grid reference": "HY669239", "Meaning of name": "Old Norse for \"good fishing and farming island\"Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 370-72Orkney Placenames Orkneyjar. Retrieved 28. May 2012.", "Area": "3275 ha sqmi 0", "Population rank": "26", "Highest elevation": "Burgh Hill 44 m ft 0",... |
Eday (, ) is one of the islands of Orkney, which are located to the north of the Scottish mainland. One of the North Isles, Eday is about from the Orkney Mainland. With an area of , it is the ninth-largest island of the archipelago. The bedrock of the island is Old Red Sandstone, which is exposed along the sea-cliffs.... | {"OS grid reference": "HY560338", "Coordinates": "59.172 -2.783 inline", "Scots": "Aideehttps://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 \"isthmus island\"\"Orkney Placenames\" Orkn... |
Westray (, ) is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, with a usual resident population of just under 600 people. Its main village is Pierowall, with a heritage centre, the 15th-century Lady Kirk church and pedestrian ferry service to nearby Papa Westray island. Westray has a number of archeological sites dating from ... | {"Coordinates": "59.3 -3.0 inline", "OS grid reference": "HY461461", "Scots": "Westreehttps://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 'west island'", "Area": "47.13 km2 sqmi 1", "P... |
Ayutthaya Historical Park ( (Pronunciation)) covers the ruins of the old city of Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. The city of Ayutthaya was founded by King Ramathibodi I in 1351, though it is likely to be significantly older, based on evidence showing that the area was already populated during th... | {"Location": "Ayutthaya, Thailand", "Criteria": "Cultural: iii", "Reference": "576", "Inscription": "1991"} |
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The Ecologist Greens (, , OP) are a Greek green political party. They are a member of the European Green Party.
History
The Ecological Forum, the body that lead to the establish... | {"President": "Executive Committee (6 Members) of Panhellenic Council (34 Members)", "Founded": "7-8 December 2002", "Headquarters": "14, Eleftheria Square.,105 53 Athens", "Ideology": "Green politics", "Political position": "Left-wing", "International affiliation": "Global Greens", "European affiliation": "European Gr... |
Gabapentin, sold under the brand name Neurontin among others, is an anticonvulsant medication primarily used to treat partial seizures and neuropathic pain. It is commonly used medication for the treatment of neuropathic pain caused by diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, and central pain. It is moderately effe... | {"Trade name": "Neurontin, others", "AHFS": "monograph gabapentin", "Pregnancycategory": "Gabapentin Use During Pregnancy Drugs.com 2 December 2019 https://www.drugs.com/pregnancy/gabapentin.html 21 December 2019", "Dependenceliability": "Low - Moderate", "Addictionliability": "Low", "Routes ofadministration": "By ... |
The United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) is an association of Alberta farmers that has served different roles in its 100-year history - as a lobby group, a successful political party, and as a farm-supply retail chain. As a political party, it formed the government of Alberta from 1921 to 1935.
Since 1935, it has primarily... | {"Type": "Agricultural supply cooperative", "Founded": "1909", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Products": "Agriculture, Retail, Petroleum, Construction", "Revenue": "2018", "Members": "120,000", "Subsidiaries": "Spruceland Lumber, Bar-W Petroleum and Electric, Stirdon Betker, Maple Leaf Petroleum", "Website": "http://www.uf... |
Flotta () is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow. The island is known for its large oil terminal and is linked by Orkney Ferries to Houton on the Orkney Mainland, Lyness on Hoy and Longhope on South Walls. The island has a population of 80.
History
At the turn of the 20th century, the island was a ... | {"Coordinates": "58.83 -3.1 inline", "OS grid reference": "ND352938", "Meaning of name": "\"flat island\" (Norse)", "Area": "876 ha sqmi 1", "Population rank": "48", "Highest elevation": "West Hill 58 m ft 0", "Population": "80", "Population density": "9.1 people/km2", "Largest settlement": "Whome", "Island group": "O... |
thumb|Murrey is used on these de Jong arms: Azure, a bezant; a chief per saltire, murrey and azure, filleted argent, over the partition a fillet saltire nowy, also argent.
thumb|The name of the heraldic stain of murrey derives from the name of the mulberry, which is the fruit of the tree Morus nigra whose reddish purpl... | {"Class": "Stain", "Non-heraldic equivalent": "Mulberry, Maroon", "Hatching": "Murrey", "Jewel": "Sardonyx", "Heavenly body": "Dragon's Tail"} |
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Volhynian Voivodeship (, , , Volynske voievodstvo) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1566 until 1569 and of the Polish Crown within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ... | {"Conventional long name": "Volhynian Voivodeship", "Common name": "Volhynian", "Native name": "Palatinatus VolhynensisWojewództwo wołyńskieВолинське воєводство", "Year founded": "1566", "Year dissolved": "1795", "Capital": "Lutsk (Łuck)"} |
Mashed potato or mashed potatoes (American and Canadian English), colloquially known as mash (British English), is a dish made by mashing boiled or steamed potatoes, usually with added milk, butter, salt and pepper. It is generally served as a side dish to meat or vegetables. Roughly mashed potatoes are sometimes calle... | {"Name of food": "Mashed potato", "Width of image": "300px", "Image caption": "A serving of mashed potatoes in a bowl with two whole potatoes", "Place of origin": "United KingdomSmith, A. (2011) Potato: A Global History. London: Reaktion Books.", "Region of origin": "United Kingdom", "Course served": "Side dish, condim... |
.nfo (also written .NFO or NFO, a contraction of "info", or "information") is a filename extension for text files that accompany warez scene releases of pirated software or media.
NFO files contain information about the release, such as the digital media title, authorship, year, or license information. This informatio... | {"Screenshot size": "200px", "Caption": "Screenshot of a sample .nfo file", "Extension": ".nfo", "No code style in MIME": "no", "MIME type": "text/x-nfohttps://github.com/otsaloma/nfoview/blob/master/NEWS.md NFO Viewer NEWS file 2008-05-18 Remove mimetype installation files and use the new 'text/x-nfo' mimetype added w... |
Motor Booty Affair is the seventh album by funk band Parliament. Released on November 20, 1978. It contains two of the group's most popular tracks, "Rumpofsteelskin" and "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" which went to number one on the Billboard Soul Singles chart.
Artist Overton Loyd prepared the co... | {"Released": "November 20th, 1978", "Recorded": "August 1977-July 1978", "Genre": "Funk", "Label": "Casablanca", "Producer": "George Clinton"} |
Toad in the hole or sausage toad is a traditional English dish consisting of sausages in Yorkshire pudding batter, usually served with onion gravy and vegetables. Historically, the dish has also been prepared using other meats, such as rump steak and lamb's kidney.
Origins
Batter puddings became popular in the early 1... | {"Name of food": "Toad in the hole", "Image caption": "Toad in the hole, ready to be served", "Alternate name": "Sausage toad", "Serving temperature": "Hot", "Place of origin": "United Kingdom", "Region of origin": "England", "Main ingredient": "Sausages, Yorkshire pudding batter, onion gravy"} |
The Council of Vienne was the fifteenth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church and met between 1311 and 1312 in Vienne, France. One of its principal acts was to withdraw papal support for the Knights Templar at the instigation of Philip IV of France. The Council, unable to decide on a course of action, tabled the di... | {"Date": "1311-1312", "Accepted by": "Catholic Church", "Convoked by": "Pope Clement V", "President": "Pope Clement V", "Attendance": "20 cardinals, 122 bishops, 38 abbots (several more were barred by Philip IV of France)", "Topics": "Knights Templar"} |
A pork pie is a traditional English meat pie, usually served either at room temperature or cold (although often served hot in Yorkshire). It consists of a filling of roughly chopped pork and pork fat, surrounded by a layer of jellied pork stock in a hot water crust pastry. It is normally eaten as a snack or with a sala... | {"Name of food": "Pork pie", "Width of image": "250px", "Image caption": "Pork pies with holes in the crust for jelly or aspic", "Region of origin": "England", "Type of dish": "Meat pie", "Main ingredient": "Pork, pork jelly, hot water crust pastry", "Variations": "Gala pie, Melton Mowbray Pork Pie"} |
The córdoba (, sign: C$; code: NIO) is the currency of Nicaragua. It is divided into 100 centavos.
History
The first córdoba was introduced with the new National Bank of Nicaragua (Banco Nacional de Nicaragua Incorporado) which was created in 1912 , after which the government of Adolfo Díaz promulgated the Monetary ... | {"ISO 4217 code": "NIO", "ISO 4217 comment": "before 1991: NIC", "Subunit": "1 100", "Symbol": "C$"} |
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John Purroy Mitchel (July 19, 1879 – July 6, 1918) was the 95th mayor of New York, from 1914 to 1917."The Green Book: Mayors of the City of New York" on the official NYC website At 34, he was the sec... | {"Name": "John Purroy Mitchel", "Term start": "January 1, 1914", "Term end": "December 31, 1917", "Birth date": "1879 07 19", "Birth place": "New York City", "Death date": "1918 07 06 1879 07 19", "Death place": "Lake Charles, Louisiana", "Nationality": "American", "Spouse(s)": "Olive Child April 3, 1909", "Alma mater"... |
Bent, sometimes stylised as BENT, is a 1979 play by Martin Sherman. It revolves around the persecution of gays in Nazi Germany, and takes place during and after the Night of the Long Knives.
The title of the play refers to the slang word "bent" used in some European countries to refer to homosexuals. When the play was... | {"Written by": "Martin Sherman", "Setting": "Berlin, 1934 following the Night of the Long Knives", "Date premiered": "1979 05 03 yes", "Place premiered": "Royal Court Theatre, London", "Original language": "English", "Subject": "Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany"} |
Presidential elections were held in Slovakia on 3 April 2004, with a second round on 17 April.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 Although former Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar received the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by Ivan Gašparovič in the run-off.Noh... | {"Name": "2004 Slovak presidential election", "Country": "Slovakia", "Type": "presidential", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Previous election": "1999 Slovak presidential election", "Previous year": "1999", "Next election": "2009 Slovak presidential election", "Next year": "2009", "Election date": "3 Ap... |
The Alberta Liberal Party () is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1905, it is the oldest active political party in Alberta and was the dominant political party until the 1921 election, with the first three provincial Premiers being Liberals. Since 1921, it has formed the official opposition i... | {"Leader": "John Roggeveen", "President": "Helen Mcmenamin", "Founded": "1905", "Headquarters": "PO Box 94098 Elbow RiverCalgary, AlbertaT2S 0S4", "Ideology": "Liberalism", "Political position": "CentreRaj Sherman April 12, 2012 Alberta Leadership Debate http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/video/alberta+leadership+debat... |
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Eduard Kukan (26 December 1939 - 10 February 2022) was a Slovakian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2006. He was a candidate in the presidential election held on 3 April 2004, and although pre-election polls had suggested he would come first, he actually came in third behind the... | {"Name": "Eduard Kukan", "Image caption": "Kukan as member of parliament.", "Term start": "14 July 2009", "Term end": "2 July 2019", "Birth date": "yes 1939 12 26", "Birth place": "Tornóc, Hungary (now Trnovec nad Váhom, Slovakia)", "Death date": "yes 2022 2 10 1939 12 26", "Death place": "Bratislava, Slovakia", "Spous... |
Marjane Satrapi (; ; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel Persepolis and its film adaptation, the graphic novel Chicken with Plums, and the Marie Curie biopic Radioactive.
Biograp... | {"Name": "Marjane Satrapi", "Caption": "Satrapi at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival", "Birth date": "1969 11 22 yes", "Nationality": "Frenchhttp://www.lesechos.fr/info/loisirs/4575729.htm?xtor=RSS-2000 Vingt-deux films pour une palme d'Or Lesechos.fr 8 December 2018 \nIranian", "Occupation": "Artist and writer", "Notable... |
also known as Sonic Championship on arcade versions outside Japan, is a fighting game developed by Sega AM2. First released in 1996 in arcades on Sega's Model 2 arcade system, Sonic the Fighters pits players in one-on-one battles with a roster of characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Sonic the Fighters was b... | {"Title": "Sonic the Fighters", "Developer": "Sega AM2", "Publisher": "Sega", "Producer": "Yu Suzuki", "Director": "Hiroshi Kataoka", "Artist": "Masahiro Sugiyama", "Composer": "Maki MorrowTakenobu Mitsuyoshi", "Series": "Sonic the Hedgehog", "Released": "font-weight:normal;font-size:inherit;background:transparent;text... |
The Party of the Democratic Left (, SDĽ) was a social-democratic political party in Slovakia from 1990 to 2004. It was founded in 1990 out of the Communist Party of Slovakia.
History
At the party congress on 14 December 1991 in Trenčín, the congress adopted new party constitution and decided to leave federation of C... | {"Leader": "Peter Weiss (1991-1996)Jozef Migaš (1996-2001)Pavel Koncoš (2001-2002)Ľubomír Petrák (2002-2004)", "Headquarters": "Bratislava", "Preceded by": "Communist Party of Slovakia", "Founded": "22 November 1990", "Merged into": "Direction-Social Democracy", "Ideology": "Social democracyKoudelka Zdeněk Současná slo... |
Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de Azevedo (; 14 April 1857 - 21 January 1913) was a Brazilian novelist, caricaturist, diplomat, playwright and short story writer. Initially a Romantic writer, he would later adhere to the Naturalist movement. He introduced the Naturalist movement in Brazil with the novel O Mulato, in 1881. ... | {"Born": "1857 4 14 y", "Died": "1913 1 21 1857 4 14 y", "Occupation": "Short story writer, playwright, novelist, diplomat, caricaturist", "Period": "1879-1897", "Literary movement": "Romanticism; Naturalism", "Relatives": "Artur Azevedo"} |
The Afghanistan Meteorological Authority, also referred to as the Afghanistan Meteorological Department, is located in Kabul, Afghanistan. The agency operates under the Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority and is led by Abdul Qadeer.
History
During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the Afghanistan Meteorological... | {"Formed": "1955", "Jurisdiction": "Government of Afghanistan", "Headquarters": "Kabul, Afghanistan", "Parent department": "Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority", "Website": "http://www.amd.gov.af/"} |
Express Weekly was a British children's comic magazine, published between 1954 and 1962 under a progression of titles: Junior Express, Junior Express Weekly, Express Weekly, and TV Express Weekly.
The publication was similar in format to the popular children's comic Eagle: tabloid with photogravure colour, with a mixt... | {"Schedule": "Weekly", "Format": "Y", "Genre": "Adventure, Children's, Science fiction", "Publisher": "Beaverbrook (1954-1960)City Magazines (1960-1962)", "Publication date": "4 Sept. 1954 - 13 Jan. 1962", "Written by": "Mike Butterworth, Dave Wood", "Artist(s)": "Bruce Cornwall, Ron Embleton, Jack Kirby, Mike Noble, T... |
Expiration is an independent feature film, directed by Gavin Heffernan and released in 2003.Michael D. Reid, "Shoestring budget film launches star's career". Victoria Times-Colonist, February 1, 2004. The film stars Heffernan as Sam, a man who unwittingly walks in on a convenience store robbery in Montreal and must tea... | {"Directed by": "Gavin Heffernan", "Produced by": "Ben Dally Sebastian Grobys Samantha Gutterman", "Written by": "Gavin Heffernan", "Starring": "Janet Lane Gavin Heffernan Erin Simkin Yetide Badaki", "Music by": "Jon Day", "Cinematography": "Ben Dally Sebastian Grobys", "Edited by": "Gavin Heffernan"} |
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Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, 10th Earl of Argyll (25 July 1658 - September 1703) was a Scottish peer.
Biography
The eldest son of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll and Mary Stuart, daughter of James Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray, Campbell sought to recover his father... | {"Name": "Archibald Campbell", "Term start": "1701", "Term end": "1703", "Birth date": "25 July 1658", "Death date": "September 1703"} |
Nicholas Longworth III (November 5, 1869 - April 9, 1931) was an American lawyer and politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A Republican, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he initiated the successful Longworth Act of 1902, regulating the issuance of municipal bonds. As congr... | {"Name": "Nicholas Longworth", "Image caption": "Longworth in 1903", "Term start": "December 7, 1925", "Term end": "March 3, 1931", "Office 2": "Leader of the House Republican Conference", "Predecessor 2": "Frederick H. Gillett", "Successor 2": "Bertrand Snell", "Birth date": "1869 11 5 y", "Birth name": "Nicholas Long... |
The Corteno or is a breed of sheep from the Val Camonica, in the province of Brescia in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is raised in the comune of Corteno Golgi, from which it takes its name, and in the neighbouring comuni of Edolo, Malonno and Paisco Loveno, all lying within the Comunità Montana di Valle Camonica. It is... | {"Size of the image": "280px", "Distribution": "Val Camonica", "Use": "meat", "Alternative name(s)": "Pecora di Corteno", "Male Weight": "70 kg", "Female Weight": "60 kg", "Male Height": "77 cm", "Female Height": "73 cm", "Wool colour": "white", "Face colour": "white", "Horns": "hornless in both sexes"} |
The Christian Democratic Movement (, KDH) is a Christian-democratic political party in Slovakia that is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and an observer of the Centrist Democrat International.
History
The party was established in 1990. In the 1990s it was led by Ján Čarnogurský and then since 2000 by Pav... | {"Abbreviation": "KDH", "Headquarters": "Šafárikovo námestie 77/4, Bratislava", "Founded": "1990 2 17 yes", "Ideology": "nowrap \"Magone2010\"/> Social conservatismBernardína Bodnárova Social Policy Slovakia 2005: A Global Report on the State of Society Institute for Public Affairs 2006 307 Pro-Europeanism Lansfo... |
Field Marshal John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll (June 1723 – 24 May 1806), styled Marquess of Lorne from 1761 to 1770, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman. After serving as a junior officer in Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession, he was given command of a regiment and was redeployed to Scotland where he ... | {"Image caption": "5th Duke of Argyll", "Birth date": "June 1723", "Death date": "24 May 1806 (aged 82)", "Buried": "Argyll Mausoleum", "Nationality": "British", "Wars and battles": "Jacobite rising of 1745", "Parents": "John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll Mary Bellenden"} |
Inveraray Castle (pronounced or ; Scottish Gaelic Caisteal Inbhir Aora ) is a country house near Inveraray in the county of Argyll, in western Scotland, on the shore of Loch Fyne, Scotland's longest sea loch. It is one of the earliest examples of Gothic Revival architecture.
It has been the seat of the Dukes of Argyl... | {"Coordinates": "56.2374808 -5.0735762 dms type:landmark_region:GB inline,title", "Materials": "Stone", "Open tothe public": "Yes", "Events": "yes\n Scotland Category A\n \n 20 July 1971\n LB11552 yes\n http://www.inveraray-castle.com/"} |
Stephen Ray Mariucci (born November 4, 1955), nicknamed "Mooch", is an American sportscaster and former football coach who was the head coach of two National Football League (NFL) teams, the San Francisco 49ers (1997-2002) and the Detroit Lions (2003-2005), and for a year at the University of California, Berkeley.
Ear... | {"Born:": "Iron Mountain, Michigan, U.S.", "High school:": "Iron Mountain", "College:": "Northern Michigan", "Regular season:": "NFL: 72 67 yNCAA: 6 6 y", "Postseason:": "NFL: 3 4 yBowl games: 0 1 y", "Career:": "NFL: 75 71 yNCAA: 6 7 y"} |
The Alliance of the New Citizen (, ANO) was a liberal political party in Slovakia existing from 2001 to 2011. The acronym was a pun on áno, Slovak for "yes". It was founded and led by media entrepreneur Pavol Rusko. The party positioned itself as liberal and was a member of international liberal organisations. It was p... | {"Leader": "Pavol Rusko (2001-07)\n Robert Nemcsics (2007-11)", "Founded": "2001", "Ideology": "nowrap \"KAS\">Christoph Thanei 2002 Wahlen zum slowakischen Parlament Konrad Adenauer Stiftung https://www.kas.de/documents/252038/253252/7_dokument_dok_pdf_1054_1.pdf/199c67e7-4678-cab2-e3ce-fd6da955c07b?version=1.0&t=1539... |
thumb|Canting arms of Griffin: Sable, a griffin segreant argent beak and forelegs orDebrett, J., The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of England, London, 1790, p.395 as visible in Audley End House, Essex
thumb|Quartered arms of John Griffin Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden (1719-1797), Catton... | {"Born": "Oundle, Northamptonshire", "Died": "Audley End House, Essex", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of Great Britain", "Awards": "Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath"} |
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian road comedy film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot follows two drag queens, played by Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce, and a transgender woman, played by Terence Stamp, as they journey across the Australian Outback from Sydney to Alice Sp... | {"Directed by": "Stephan Elliott", "Produced by": "Al Clark\n Michael Hamlyn", "Written by": "Stephan Elliott", "Starring": "Terence Stamp\n Hugo Weaving\n Guy Pearce\n Bill Hunter", "Music by": "Guy Gross", "Cinematography": "Brian J. Breheny", "Edited by": "Sue Blainey", "Distributed by": "Roadshow EntertainmentThe A... |
The Western Design Center (WDC), located in Mesa, Arizona, is a company which develops intellectual property for, and licenses manufacture of, MOS Technology 65xx based microprocessors, microcontrollers (µCs), and related support devices. WDC was founded in 1978 by a former MOS Technology employee and coholder of the M... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Electronics", "Founded": "1978<!-- if known, add:", "Headquarters": "United States", "Products": "Microprocessors, microcontrollers, support devices", "Parent": "-->", "Website": "https://wdc65xx.com/"} |
Belarusian State University (BSU) (, ; ) is a university in Minsk, Belarus. It was founded on October 30, 1921. In 2021 it was ranked the number 1,201 university in the world in the THE World University Rankings by Times Higher Education, number 1,606 by Nature Index - Top Academic Institutions, and number 1,784 in the... | {"Type": "Public", "Rector": "Andrej Karol", "Students": "44 877 (incl. 2365 international)http://www.bsu.by/ru/main.aspx?guid=247521 БГУ. www.bsu.by", "Undergraduates": "29 655", "Website": "www.bsu.by"} |
Thomas Kenneth Whitaker (8 December 1916 - 9 January 2017) was an Irish economist, politician, diplomat and civil servant who served as Secretary (administrative head) of Ireland's Department of Finance from 1956 to 1969, as Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland from 1969 to 1976 and as a Senator from 1977 to 1982, a... | {"Name": "T. K. Whitaker", "Term start": "1 May 1969", "Term end": "8 September 1976", "Birth name": "Thomas Kenneth Whitaker", "Birth date": "1916 12 8 y", "Birth place": "Rostrevor, County Down, Ireland", "Death date": "2017 1 9 1916 12 8 yes", "Death place": "Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland", "Resting place": "Shanganagh... |
The Alberta New Democratic Party (), commonly shortened to Alberta's NDP, is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada. It is the provincial Alberta affiliate of the federal New Democratic Party, and the successor to the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the even earlier Alber... | {"Leader": "Rachel Notley", "President": "Nancy Janovicek", "Founded": "1932 08 1 yes(as Alberta CCF)", "Headquarters": "10544 114 Street NWSuite 201Edmonton, AlbertaT5H 3J7", "Ideology": "Social democracy", "Political position": "Centre-leftBritannica Book of the Year 2013 https://books.google.com/books?id=jXadAAAAQB... |
The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is the United States Army's second highest military decoration for soldiers who display extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree that they are above those required for all other U.S. ... | {"Presented by": "United States Department of the ArmyArmy Regulation 600-8-22 Military Awards http://govdocs.rutgers.edu/mil/army/r600_8_22.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20180111110243/http://govdocs.rutgers.edu/mil/army/r600_8_22.pdf 11 January 2018 dead Rapid Action Revision (RAR) Washington, D.C. Headquart... |
Tomás Mac Giolla (; born Thomas Gill; 25 January 1924 - 4 February 2010) was an Irish Workers' Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1993 to 1994, Leader of the Workers' Party from 1962 to 1988 and President of Sinn Féin from 1962 to 1970. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constitu... | {"Name": "Tomás Mac Giolla", "Term start": "November 1982", "Term end": "November 1992", "Office 2": "Leader of the Workers' Party", "Predecessor 2": "New office", "Successor 2": "Proinsias De Rossa", "Birth name": "Thomas Gill", "Birth date": "1924 1 25 y", "Birth place": "Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland", "Death da... |
Síle de Valera (; born 17 December 1954) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister of State for Adult Education, Youth Affairs and Educational Disadvantage and Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands from 1997 to 2002. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 1981 and from 19... | {"Name": "Síle de Valera", "Image caption": "`", "Office 2": "Teachta Dála", "Birth date": "1954 12 17 y", "Birth place": "Clonskeagh, Dublin, Ireland", "Nationality": "Irish", "Alma mater": "University College Dublin"} |
The Merck Group, branded and commonly known as Merck, is a German multinational science and technology company headquartered in Darmstadt, with about 60,000 employees and a presence in 66 countries. The group includes around 250 companies; the main company is Merck KGaA in Germany. The company is divided into three bus... | {"Type": "Public company (KGaA)", "Founded": "1668 yes", "Headquarters": "Germany", "Industry": "ChemicalsPharmaceuticals", "Products": "Liquid crystals, life science and performance chemicals, Bioprocessing-Solutions, small molecules and biopharmaceuticals", "Revenue": "€ 17.534 billion (2020)", "Parent": "E. Merck KG... |
Edward Adrian Wilson (23 July 1872 - 29 March 1912) was an English polar explorer, ornithologist, natural historian, physician and artist.
Early life
Born in Cheltenham on 23 July 1872, Wilson was the second son and fifth child of physician Edward Thomas Wilson and his wife, Mary Agnes, née Whishaw. A clever, sensi... | {"Name": "Edward Wilson", "Post-nominals": "GBR FZS 100%", "Birth name": "Edward Adrian Wilson", "Birth date": "1872 07 23 y", "Birth place": "Cheltenham, England", "Death date": "1912 03 29 1872 07 23 y", "Death place": "Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica", "Education": "Cheltenham College", "Alma mater": "nowrap Gonville and... |
Comfort Eagle is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Cake. It was released on July 24, 2001, on Columbia Records, their first with the company.
Release
In its opening week, Comfort Eagle sold about 72,000 copies, debuting at number 13 on the Billboard 200. By 2002, the album had sold 408,000 copi... | {"Released": "2001 7 24", "Recorded": "Paradise Studios in Sacramento, California, with additional recording at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco, California", "Genre": "Rock pop funk", "Label": "Columbia", "Producer": "Cake"} |
Abū ʿAlī al-Manṣūr (13 August 985 - 13 February 1021), better known by his regnal name al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh (), was the sixth Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismaili imam (996-1021). Al-Hakim is an important figure in a number of Shia Ismaili sects, such as the world's 15 million Nizaris and 1-2 million Musta'lis, in addition... | {"Born": "Cairo, Fatimid Egypt\n yes yes 1021 2 13 985 8 13 Mokattam, Cairo, Fatimid Egypt", "Religion": "Ismaili Shia Islam", "Father": "al-Aziz Billah", "Mother": "as-Sayyidah al-'Azīziyyah"} |
Ronald Chesney (born René Lucien Cadier; 4 May 1920 - 12 April 2018) and Ronald Wolfe (born Harvey Ronald Wolfe-Luberoff; 8 August 1922 - 18 December 2011) were British television comedy scriptwriters, best known for their 1960s and 1970s sitcoms The Rag Trade (1961-63, 1977-78), Meet the Wife (1963-66), On the Buses (... | {"Born": "1920 05 4 y (René Lucien Cadie)1922 08 08 y", "Died": "2018 04 12 1920 05 4 y (René Lucien Cadie)2011 12 18 1922 08 08 y (Harvey Ronald Wolfe-Luberoff)", "Occupation": "Screen writer", "Nationality": "British"} |
Fashion Nugget is the second studio album by alternative rock band Cake. It was released in 1996, and contains 14 songs. "The Distance" and "I Will Survive" became the most successful singles on the record, with the prior peaking at number 22 in the UK and at number 4 on the US Alternative Airplay Chart.
The album was ... | {"Released": "September 17, 1996", "Recorded": "1995-1996", "Genre": "Alternative rock\nfunk rock\nalternative country\nLatin rock", "Label": "Capricorn", "Producer": "Cake"} |
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Prolonging the Magic is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Cake. It was released on October 6, 1998, on Capricorn Records. The sole successful single was "Never There". The album was recorded after the departure of guitarist Greg Brown and features a rotating lineup of musicians to replace him. On... | {"Released": "October 6, 1998", "Genre": "Alternative rock, experimental rock, alternative country", "Label": "Capricorn", "Producer": "John McCrea"} |
The Komi ( also ), also called Komi-Zyryans or Zyryans, are an Indigenous Permian ethnic group whose homeland is in the northeast of European Russia around the basins of the Vychegda, Pechora and Kama rivers. They mostly reside in the Komi Republic, Perm Krai, Murmansk Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, and Yamalo-... | {"Name": "Komi", "Image": "300px", "Image caption": "Komi people photographed in 2006 in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug", "Population": "approx. 553,000 (2002)", "Religions": "Predominantly † Eastern Orthodox Christianity\n (Russian Orthodoxy)\n also Shamanism", "Languages": "Russian, Komi (Zyryan, Permyak, Yazva)"} |
Budd Schulberg (born Seymour Wilson Schulberg, March 27, 1914 - August 5, 2009) was an American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer. He was known for his novels What Makes Sammy Run? and The Harder They Fall; his Academy Award-winning screenplay for On the Waterfront, and his screenplay for A... | {"Born": "1914 03 27", "Died": "2009 08 05 1914 03 27", "Children": "5", "Relatives": "Sam Jaffe (uncle)", "Occupation": "Film writer\n sports writer\n novelist\n Sneak and informer H.U.A.C.", "Period": "1937-1982"} |
American Pastoral is a Philip Roth novel published in 1997 concerning Seymour "Swede" Levov, a successful Jewish American businessman and former high school star athlete from Newark, New Jersey. Levov's happy and conventional upper middle class life is ruined by the domestic social and political turmoil of the 1960s du... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Houghton Mifflin", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Pages": "423", "ISBN": "0-395-86021-0"} |
The New Brunswick New Democratic Party () is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party (NDP).
History
Origins and early history
The origins of the New Brunswick NDP can be traced back to the establishment of the Fredericton Socialist League in ... | {"Leader": "Alex White", "President": "Jeff Nearing", "Founded": "1933 as the New Brunswick branch of the CCF, succeeded by the New Brunswick NDP in 1962", "Ideology": "Social democracy", "Headquarters": "PO Box 30048 RPO Prospect Plaza Fredericton New Brunswick, E3B0H8", "Political position": "Centre-left", "National ... |
Mario Cipollini (; born 22 March 1967), often abbreviated to "Cipo", is a retired Italian professional road cyclist most noted for his sprinting ability, the longevity of his dominance (his first pro win came in 1988, his last in 2005; 170 professional wins, 192 including criteriums), and his colourful personality. Hi... | {"Name": "Mario Cipollini", "Image caption": "Cipollini at the 1993 Tour de France", "Full name": "Mario Cipollini", "Nickname": "Lion King, Super Mario, Cipo, Mooie Mario (Pretty Mario), Mousselini", "Birth date": "1967 3 22 y", "Birth place": "Lucca, Italy", "Height": "1.89", "Weight": "76 kg lb stlb 0 on", "Discipli... |
Raisin bran (sultana bran in some countries; see sultana grape) is a breakfast cereal containing raisins and bran flakes. Raisin bran is manufactured by several companies under a variety of brand names, including the popularly known Kellogg's Two Scoops Raisin Bran, General Mills' Total Raisin Bran, and Post Cereals' R... | {"Name of food": "Raisin bran", "Image caption": "Kellogg's Raisin Bran - Raisins and Toasted Bran Flakes with milk", "Alternate name": "Sultana bran", "Type of dish": "Breakfast cereal", "Place of origin": "United States", "Creator": "Skinner Manufacturing Company", "Year": "1926", "Main ingredient": "Raisins and bran... |
Colin Edward Quinn (born June 6, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. Quinn first gained widespread attention for his work as a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000, and he became known for anchoring Weekend Update, the show's news parody se... | {"Birth name": "Colin Edward Quinn", "Born": "New York City, U.S.", "Medium": "Stand-up television film radio literature one man show", "Years active": "1983-present", "Genres": "Observational comedy black comedy sketch comedy satire political satire news satire", "Spouse": "Jen Sochko 2019", "Notab... |
The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP; , ) was a province of British India from 1901 to 1947, of the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955, and of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan from 1970 to 2010. It was established on 9 November 1901 from the north-western districts of the British Punjab, during the British Raj. F... | {"Native name": "ur شمال مغربی سرحدی صوبہps شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ولایت", "Conventional long name": "North-West Frontier Province", "Common name": "NWFP", "Capital": "Peshawar", "Year founded": "1901", "Year dissolved": "2010", "Today part of": "Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa"} |
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois, 118 U.S. 557 (1886), also known as the Wabash Case, was a Supreme Court decision that severely limited the rights of states to control or impede interstate commerce. It led to the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The court
The majority's opinion w... | {"Year argued": "1886", "Date decided": "October 25", "Year decided": "1886", "Full case name": "Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. v. People of State of Illinois", "United States Reports volume number": "118", "United States Reports page number": "557", "Parallel citations": "7 S. Ct. 4; 30 L. Ed. 244", "Majority opinion by"... |
Frosted Flakes or Frosties is a breakfast cereal, produced by the Kellogg Company and consisting of sugar-coated corn flakes. It was introduced in the United States, in 1952, as "Sugar Frosted Flakes". The word "sugar" was dropped from the name in 1983.
Generic versions, such as store brands, are also available. Unli... | {"Product type": "Breakfast cereal", "Owner": "Kellogg's", "Country": "U.S.", "Introduced": "1952", "Website": "https://www.frostedflakes.com/en_US/home.html frostedflakes.com"} |
Baron Rayleigh, of Terling Place in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 18 July 1821 for Lady Charlotte Strutt, wife of Colonel Joseph Strutt, Member of Parliament for Maldon.
Joseph Strutt had earlier declined the offer of a peerage, 'under a cloak of false humility... | {"Creation date": "1821Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2000 Debrett's Peerage London 033354577X P1379", "First holder": "Lady Charlotte Strutt", "Heir apparent": "The Hon. John Frederick Strutt", "Seat(s)": "Terling Place", "Motto": "Tenax propositi (Latin for 'Tenacious of purpose')"} |
Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager (6 September 1917 - 1 May 2008) was the second-last surviving member of the 20 July Plot, a conspiracy of Wehrmacht officers to assassinate the German dictator Adolf Hitler in 1944.
Early life
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Born at Burg Heimerzheim, near Bonn, he was the fifth and the se... | {"Born": "Burg Heimerzheim, German Empire", "Died": "Burg Kreuzberg, Altenahr, Germany", "Allegiance": "Germany", "Other work": "economist, forester", "Awards": "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross", "Relations": "Georg von Boeselager, his brother"} |
Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is a British actor, presenter and producer. He is best known for portraying U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. He won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of U.S. Marine Gunnery Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the... | {"Name": "Damian Lewis", "Post-nominals": "GBR CBE 100%", "Caption": "Lewis in 2015", "Birth name": "Damian Watcyn Lewis", "Birth date": "yes 1971 2 11", "Birth place": "St John's Wood, London, England", "Occupation": "Actor presenter producer singer-songwriter musician", "Years active": "1993-present", "Alma mater": "... |
David Attell (born January 18, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer best known as the host of Comedy Central's Insomniac with Dave Attell, which earned him a cult following. His work has drawn admiration from many comedians.
Early life
Attell was born in the New York City borough of Queens to a Je... | {"Born": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Years active": "1988-present", "Medium": "Stand-up, television, film", "Genres": "Blue comedyInsult comedyBlack comedy", "Notable works and roles": "Saturday Night Live(writer, 1993-1994)The Jon Stewart Show(writer, 1993-1995)The Ugly American on The Daily ShowHost of Insomnia... |
Alan Lee Keyes (born August 7, 1950) is an American politician who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987. A member of the Republican Party, Keyes sought the nomination for President of the United States in 1996, 2000, and 2008.
A doctoral graduate of Harv... | {"Name": "Alan Keyes", "Image caption": "Keyes in 2015", "Term start": "November 13, 1985", "Term end": "November 17, 1987", "Birth name": "Alan Lee Keyes", "Birth date": "1950 8 7", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Other political party": "Constitution (2008)America's Independent Party (2008-2012)Pro-War Faction... |
The Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party (NL NDP) is a social democratic political party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in 1961 as the successor to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Newfoundland Democrat... | {"Leader": "Jim Dinn", "President": "Kyle Rees", "Founded": "1961", "Headquarters": "St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador", "Ideology": "Social democracy", "Political position": "Centre-left", "National affiliation": "New Democratic Party"} |
International Thomson Organization (ITO) was a holding company for interests in publishing, travel, and natural resources, that existed from 1978 to 1989. It was formed as a reorganisation of the Thomson Organization, which had been founded by Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet (Lord Thomson of Fleet; 1894-1976) i... | {"Industry": "Holding company", "Fate": "Merged with Thomson Newspapers", "Founded": "1978", "Defunct": "1989", "Parent": "-->"} |
GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library (GMP) is a free library for arbitrary-precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers, rational numbers, and floating-point numbers. There are no practical limits to the precision except the ones implied by the available memory (operands may be of up to 232-1 bits on 32-bit ... | {"Developer(s)": "GNU Project", "Initial release": "1991https://gmplib.org/download/gmp/archive/\n GNU MP archive\n 2018-12-03", "Written in": "C, (C++, assembly optionally)", "Type": "Mathematical software", "License": "Dual LGPLv3 and GPLv2", "Website": "https://gmplib.org", "Repository": "https://gmplib.org/repo/"... |
thumb|upright|Senator Roscoe Conkling, leader of the Stalwarts.
The Stalwarts were a faction of the Republican Party that existed briefly in the United States during and after Reconstruction and the Gilded Age during the 1870s and 1880s. Led by U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling—also known as "Lord Roscoe"—Stalwarts were so... | {"Leader": "• Roscoe Conkling• Zachariah Chandler• Oliver P. Morton• Benjamin Butler• Thomas C. Platt• Chester A. Arthur• Levi P. MortonAbout the Vice President | Levi Parsons Morton, 22nd Vice President (1889-1893). United States Senate via Internet Archive. Retrieved February 26, 2022.• John A. Logan• Simon CameronBa... |
Hafenstraße is a street in St. Pauli, a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, known for its legalized squats. The squats were occupied in 1981 and became a figurehead for autonomist and anti-imperialist politics. After a prolonged battle with the city council which involved demonstrations of over 10,000 people, the buildings we... | {"Location": "St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany", "Coordinates": "53 32 47 N 9 57 34 E region:DE-HH_type:landmark inline,title", "Known for": "Squatting", "Status": "Occupied"} |
Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the French Open singles title three times (1997, 2000, and 2001), and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. During his career he won 20 singles and 8 doubles titles.
Kuerten suffered many problems with inj... | {"Country (sports)": "Brazil", "Residence": "Florianópolis, Brazil", "Born": "Florianópolis, Brazil", "Height": "1.91Gustavo Kuerten http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/gustavo-kuerten/k293/bio atpworldtour.com Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) 24 January 2016", "Turned pro": "1995", "Retired": "25 May 2008"... |
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Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (; - 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).
Early life
Chkalov was born to a Russian family in 1904 in the upper Volga region, the town of Vasilyevo (the town is now named Chkalov in his honour), which lies near... | {"Birth name": "Valery Pavlovich Chkalov", "Born": "Vasilyevo, Balakhninsky Uyezd, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire(now Chkalovsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia)", "Died": "Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union", "Awards": "Hero of the Soviet UnionOrder of Lenin (2)Order of the Red Banner"} |
, also known by the abbreviations and SAS, are a Japanese rock band that first formed in 1974.
The band is composed of Keisuke Kuwata (lead vocals and guitars), Yuko Hara (vocals and keyboards), Kazuyuki Sekiguchi (bass), Hiroshi Matsuda (drums) and Hideyuki "Kegani" Nozawa (percussion). In addition to the present li... | {"Origin": "Kanagawa, Japan", "Genres": "Southern rock soft rock folk rock blues rock new wave kayōkyoku (early)", "Labels": "Victor Entertainment/Taishita", "Members": "Keisuke KuwataKazuyuki SekiguchiYuko HaraHiroshi MatsudaHideyuki \"Kegani\" Nozawa"} |
The Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies. It was established in 1989 following a merger between International Thomson Organization and Thomson Newspapers. In 2008, it purchased Reuters Group to form Thomson Reuters. The Thomson Corporation was active in financial services, healthcare... | {"Type": "Public TSX: TRINYSE: TOC", "Products": "Books, publishing", "Founded": "1989The Thomson Corporation History. FundingUniverse.", "Headquarters": "Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.", "Revenue": "US$6.641 billion (2006) http://finance.google.com/finance?q=TSE%3ATOC Thomson Reuters Corp Google Finance 2007-05-08"... |
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the commander of the expeditionary force sent to China in 1937. He was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity and also executed by the Allies for his involvement in the Nanjing Massacre.
Born in Nagoya, Matsui chose a military career and served in combat dur... | {"Born": "Nagoya, Aichi, Japan", "Died": "Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Occupied Japan\n yes\n Execution by hanging\n War crimesCrimes against humanity\n Death\n Executed\n International Military Tribunal for the Far East", "Allegiance": "Empire of Japan", "Commands held": "11th Division\n Taiwan Army of Japan\n Shanghai ... |
The domain name is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It is intended for use by individuals for representation of their personal name, nicknames, screen names, pseudonyms, or other types of identification labels.
History
The top-level domain was founded by Hakon Haugnes and Ge... | {"Introduced": "2001 8 17", "TLD": "Generic top-level domain", "Status": "Active", "Registry": "Verisign", "Sponsor": "None", "Intended use": "Personal sites of individuals", "Actual use": "Mostly used as intended.", "Registration restrictions": "No prior restriction on registration, but registrations can be challenged... |
thumb|Sugamo Prison in December 1948
Sugamo Prison (Sugamo Kōchi-sho, Kyūjitai: , Shinjitai: ) was a prison in Tokyo, Japan. It was located in the district of Ikebukuro, which is now part of the Toshima ward of Tokyo, Japan.
History
thumb|Sugamo Prison in 1945
Sugamo Prison was originally built in 1895, using the pris... | {"Location": "Tokyo, Japan", "Coordinates": "35.729583 N 139.717778 E source:dewiki_region:JP-13_type:landmark dms title,inline", "Status": "Closed", "Opened": "1895", "Closed": "1971"} |
Westlaw is an online legal research service and proprietary database for lawyers and legal professionals available in over 60 countries. Information resources on Westlaw include more than 40,000 databases of case law, state and federal statutes, administrative codes, newspaper and magazine articles, public records, law... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1975", "Industry": "Publishing", "Products": "Case law, articles, publications, news, court documents, lawyer marketing, law practice management tools", "Parent": "Thomson Reuters", "Website": "www.westlaw.com"} |
The Colossi of Memnon ( or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the ruined Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, the largest temple in the Theban Necropolis. They have stood since 1350 BC, and were well known to ancient Greeks and Romans, as well as early moder... | {"Location": "West of Luxor", "Type": "statue", "Material": "quartzite stone", "Height": "18 m on -1", "Completion date": "1350 BC", "Dedicated to": "Amenhotep III"} |
The Manitoba Liberal Party () is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late 19th century, following the province's creation in 1870.
History
Origins and early development (to 1883)
Originally, there were no official political parties in Manitoba, although many leading politicians wer... | {"Leader": "Dougald Lamont", "President": "Terry Hayward", "Founded": "1870", "Ideology": "Liberalism", "Headquarters": "635 BroadwayWinnipeg, ManitobaR3C 0X1", "Political position": "CentreBarber Paul 2010 Manitoba's Liberals: Sliding into Third Thomas Paul G. Brown Curtis Manitoba Politics and Government: Iss... |
General was the founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Japanese invasion of China and the Second World War. Son-in-law of Emperor Meiji and uncle by marriage of Emperor Hirohito, Prince Asaka was commander of Japanese forces in the final as... | {"Born": "Kyoto, Japan", "Died": "Atami, Shizuoka, Japan", "Father": "Asahiko, Prince Kuni", "Mother": "Sugako Tsunoda", "Religion": "Catholicism"} |
Carswell is a Canadian information source servicing legal, tax, accounting, and human resource professionals. Founded in 1864, it is a part of the professional division of Thomson Reuters.
Modern day
Carswell offers products, services, customized training, and technical support to practitioners and organizations acro... | {"Founded": "1864", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Headquarters location": "Toronto", "Nonfiction topics": "Law", "Imprint": "Yvon Blais", "Official website": "http://www.carswell.com"} |
Schering-Plough Corporation was an American pharmaceutical company. It was originally the U.S. subsidiary of the German company Schering AG, which was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering. As a result of nationalization, it became an independent company. In 1971, the Schering Corporation merged with Pl... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1971 (by merger with Plough, Inc.)", "Defunct": "2009 11", "Fate": "Merged with Merck & Co.", "Headquarters": "Kenilworth, New Jersey", "Parent": "Merck & Co.", "Industry": "Pharmaceuticals", "Revenue": "US$18.502 billion (2008)"} |
Sweet & Maxwell is a British publisher specialising in legal publications. It joined the Associated Book Publishers in 1969; ABP was purchased by the International Thomson Organization in 1987, and is now part of Thomson Reuters. Its British and Irish group includes W. Green in Scotland and Round Hall in Ireland.
Swee... | {"Founded": "As Stephen Sweet 1799 as Alexander Maxwell 1800 as Sweet & Maxwell 1802", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Headquarters location": "London Mytholmroyd Edinburgh", "Nonfiction topics": "Law", "Official website": "http://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk"} |
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