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eMachines was a brand of economical personal computers. In 2004, it was acquired by Gateway, Inc., which was in turn acquired by Acer Inc. in 2007. The eMachines brand was discontinued in 2013.
History
eMachines was founded in September 1998 by Lap Shun Hui as a joint venture of South Korean companies Korea Data Syste... | {"Product type": "Personal computers", "Owner": "Acer Inc. (2007-2013)", "Country": "United States", "Introduced": "1998 9", "Discontinued": "2013 1 17", "Previous owners": "Gateway, Inc. (2004-2007)"} |
Rodney Stephen Hull (13 August 1935 - 17 March 1999) was a British comedian and popular entertainer on television in the 1970s and 1980s. He rarely appeared without Emu, a mute and highly aggressive arm-length puppet modelled on the Australian bird.
Early life
Hull was born on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England in 19... | {"Name": "Rod Hull", "Caption": "Rod Hull with his puppet sidekick, Emu", "Birth name": "Rodney Stephen Hull", "Birth date": "yes 1935 8 13", "Birth place": "Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England", "Death date": "yes 1999 3 17 1935 8 13", "Death place": "Winchelsea, East Sussex, England", "Occupation": "Entertainer, comedian"... |
Weird TV, or Weird Television, was a programme that aired in 1991 on Canadian late-night TV, as well as American stations such as KCOP, Channel 13 in Los Angeles; KTZZ (now KZJO), Channel 22 in Seattle, and Columbus, Ga. NBC affiliate WLTZ, Channel 38.
Premise
The "host" of the show was Chuck Cirino, who was also one ... | {"Also known as": "Weird Television", "Genre": "Syndicated Television Program", "Created by": "Chuck Cirino, Todd Stevens, Arthur Maturo", "Written by": "Eric Trueheart, David Floyd, Dave Nichols, Shadoe Stevens", "Directed by": "Chuck Cirino, Paul Marshal", "Starring": "Skylaire Alfvegren, Franklin Ruehl and Eric True... |
Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda (, ; born Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman; 7 January 1858 - 16 December 1922) was a Hebrew linguist, grammarian, and journalist, renowned as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary, and the editor of HaZvi, one of the first Hebrew newspapers published in the Land of Israel. He was the main driving f... | {"Name": "Eliezer Ben-Yehuda", "Native name": "אליעזר בן־יהודה", "Birth name": "Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman", "Birth date": "1858 1 7 y", "Birth place": "Luzhki, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire", "Death date": "1922 12 16 1858 1 7 y", "Death place": "Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine", "Occupation": "Lexicographer journalis... |
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is a weekly medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is among the most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals as well as the oldest continuously published one.
History
In September 1811, John Collins Warren, a Boston physician, along with James J... | {"Edited": "Eric Rubin", "Publisher": "United States", "Frequency": "weekly", "History": "1812-present", "OCLC": "231027780", "LCCN": "20020456", "CODEN": "NEJMAG", "ISSN": "1533-4406"} |
CD+G (also known as CD-G, CD+Graphics and TV-Graphics) is an extension of the compact disc standard that can present low-resolution graphics alongside the audio data on the disc when played on a compatible device. CD+G discs are often used for karaoke machines, which use this functionality to present on-screen lyrics f... | {"Logo": "frameless", "Media type": "Optical disc", "Encoding": "Various", "Capacity": "Typically up to 800March 2022 MB (up to 80 minutes audio)", "Read mechanism": "780 nm wavelength semiconductor laser", "Standard": "Red Book for audio", "Developed by": "Philips & Sony", "Use": "Audio with primitive visuals", "Exten... |
West Norwood Cemetery is a rural cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery.
One of the first private landscaped cemeteries in London, it is one of the "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries of London, and is a site of major historical, architectural and ecological intere... | {"Year or Date established": "1837", "Country": "England", "Location": "Norwood Road, West Norwood, London, SE27 9JU", "Coordinates": "51.4330 N 0.0986 W region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(TQ323722) inline,title", "Type": "Public", "Owned by": "Lambeth London Borough Council", "Size": "16 ha acre", "Website": "http://www.l... |
thumb|right|250px|Freescale Semiconductor Logo.
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. was an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focused their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications marke... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "Spin-off from Motorola in 2004", "Fate": "Merged, 2015 12 7", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Semiconductors", "Revenue": "$4.186 billion (2013)", "Website": "freescale.com (Redirects to www.nxp.com)"} |
Jet Force Gemini is a 1999 third-person shooter developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64 video game console. The game follows the story of three members of a galactic law enforcement team as they try to stop a horde of drones led by an insectoid called Mizar. It features a single-player mode where the player... | {"Title": "Jet Force Gemini", "Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "Rare", "Publisher": "Rare", "Director": "Lee SchunemanPaul Mountain", "Producer": "Chris Stamper", "Designer": "Martin Wakeley", "Composer": "Robin BeanlandGraeme NorgateAlistair Lindsay", "Platforms": "Nintendo 64", "Released": "NA Octobe... |
The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is an online database of over 16 million astronomy and physics papers that are both from peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed sources. Abstracts are available online for free for almost all articles, and fully scanned articles are available in Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)... | {"Producer": "United States", "History": "1992 to present", "Cost": "Free", "Disciplines": "Astronomy and physics", "Record depth": "Index & abstract & full-text", "Geospatial coverage": "Worldwide", "Website": "www.adsabs.harvard.edu"} |
, provisional designation , and also known by the temporary name AL00667, is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 300 meters in diameter.
It was discovered on 13 January 2004, by astronomers of the LINEAR program at the Lincoln... | {"Name of planet": "(444004) 2004 AS 1", "Background": "FFC2E0", "Discoverer": "LINEAR", "Discovery site": "Lincoln Lab's ETS", "Discovered": "13 January 2004", "Alternate names": "2004 AS 1AL00667", "Epoch": "4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)", "Uncertainty_parameter": "0", "Observation_arc": "11.68 yr (4,265 days)", "A... |
Zacharias Janssen; also Zacharias Jansen or Sacharias Jansen; 1585 – pre-1632Birth dates range from 1580 to 1588, death given as late as 1638.) was a Dutch spectacle-maker who lived most of his life in Middelburg. He is associated with the invention of the first optical telescope and/or the first truly compound microsc... | {"Name": "Zacharias Janssen", "Caption": "Zacharias Janssen", "Birth date": "1585 (1580)", "Birth place": "The Hague", "Death date": "Given as before 1632 (sometimes 1638)", "Death place": "Amsterdam", "Nationality": "Dutch", "Other names": "Zacharias Janssen, Sacharias Jansen", "Occupation": "Spectacle-maker (sometime... |
Esmonde and Larbey were a British television screenwriting duo, consisting of John Gilbert Esmonde (21 March 1937 - 10 August 2008) and Robert Edward Larbey (24 June 1934 - 31 March 2014), who created popular sitcoms starting from the mid-1960s until the mid-1990s such as Please Sir!, The Good Life, Get Some In!, Ever ... | {"Born": "John Gilbert Esmonde1937 3 21 yResearchaNovember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Battersea, London, EnglandRobert Edward Larbey1934 6 24 yResearchaNovember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Clapham, London, England", "Died": "John Gilbert Esmonde2008 8 10 1937 3 21 ySpainRobert Edward Larbey2014 3 31 1934 6 29 yLon... |
Don Bosco Anthony Boselli Jr. (born April 17, 1972) is an American former football tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college football at USC, earning three first-team All-American selections. Boselli was the first player drafted by the Jag... | {"Born:": "Modesto, California, U.S.", "Height:": "7", "Weight:": "322", "High school:": "Fairview (Boulder, Colorado)", "College:": "USC (1991-1994)", "NFL Draft:": "2", "Expansion draft:": "1"} |
Samuel Davis Mills Jr. (June 3, 1959 - April 18, 2005) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers. He also played for three seasons for the Philadelphia / Baltimore Stars of the United States Foo... | {"Born:": "Neptune City, New Jersey, U.S.", "Died:": "Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.", "Height:": "9", "Weight:": "229", "High school:": "Long Branch (Long Branch, New Jersey)", "College:": "Montclair State (1977-1980)", "Undrafted:": "1981"} |
Michael Bullard (born June 12, 1957) is a Canadian stand-up comic and broadcaster. He is the former host of the late-night talk shows Open Mike with Mike Bullard on CTV and The Mike Bullard Show on Global and of the midday radio show, Beyond the Mic with Mike Bullard on CFRB.
Family and early life
Bullard was born in... | {"Name": "Mike Bullard", "Occupation": "broadcaster, stand-up comic", "Birth date": "1957 6 12 yes", "Birth place": "Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada", "Relatives": "Pat Bullard, Chuck Jackson"} |
Benjamin Hawkins (August 15, 1754June 6, 1816) was an American planter, statesman and a U.S. Indian agent. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Senator from North Carolina, having grown up among the planter elite. Appointed by George Washington in 1796 as one of three commissioners to the C... | {"Name": "Benjamin Hawkins", "Image": "NC-Congress-BenjaminHawkins.jpgborder", "Image size": "200px", "Term start": "November 27, 1789", "Term end": "March 4, 1795", "Office 2": "Member of the Congress of the Confederation", "Birth date": "1754 8 15", "Birth place": "Granville County, Province of North Carolina, Britis... |
Major Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer-Churchill (28 May 1911 - 6 June 1968) was an English journalist, writer, soldier, and politician. He served as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Preston from 1940 to 1945.
The only son of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine Churchill,... | {"Name": "Randolph Churchill", "Image caption": "Captain Churchill, 1941", "Term start": "29 September 1940", "Term end": "5 July 1945", "Birth name": "Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer-Churchill", "Birth date": "1911 5 28 y", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "1968 6 6 1911 5 28 y", "Death place": "East... |
Stevonne Latrall Smith Sr. (born May 12, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for sixteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Carolina Panthers, also playing for the Baltimore Ravens. He played college football for the Utah Utes, and was drafted ... | {"Born:": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Height:": "9", "Weight:": "195", "High school:": "University(Los Angeles, California)", "College:": "Santa Monica (1997-1998) Utah (1999-2000)", "NFL Draft:": "74"} |
The Appalachian dulcimer (many variant names; see below) is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, originally played in the Appalachian region of the United States. The body extends the length of the fingerboard, and its fretting is generally diatonic.
Name
The Appalach... | {"Name": "Appalachian dulcimer", "Names": "dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, lap dulcimer, fretted dulcimer, dulcimore, etc.", "Classification": "Plucked string fretted zither\n Hornbostel-Sachs: 314.122-5", "Range": "Typical modern: D3-D6 (diatonic)", "Related": "Epinette des Vosges (France)\n Hummel (instrument) (Sweden, ... |
Spencer Kimball is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and business executive. He is the CEO of Cockroach Labs, a company he co-founded in 2014. His work as a programmer includes creating GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) while still in college, and assisting the source code development of CockroachDB, t... | {"Name": "Spencer Kimball", "Education": "B.A., Computer Science", "Alma mater": "University of California, Berkeley", "Occupation": "CEO", "Employer": "Cockroach Labs", "Known For": "Computer Programming", "Website": "Spencer Kimball on LinkedIn"} |
Amblie () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Ponts sur Seulles.Arrêté préfectoral 8 September 2016
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ambliais or Ambliaises, alternatively Ambligeois or Ambligeois... | {"Name": "Amblie", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Thue et Mue", "Postal code": "14480", "Coordinates": "49.2922 -0.4858 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "25", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "2", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "53", "Area (square km)": "5.82", "Population": "274", "Population Date": "2018"} |
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan (; ; ; 25 November 1895 - 21 October 1978) was an Armenian Communist revolutionary, Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman. Having been elected to the Central Committee in 1923, he was the only Soviet politician who managed to remain at the highest levels of power within the Communist Party from t... | {"Name": "Anastas Mikoyanru Анастас Микоян\nhy Անաստաս Միկոյան", "Image caption": "Mikoyan in 1941", "Birth name": "Anastas Ovaneysovich Mikoyan", "Birth date": "yes 1895 11 25", "Birth place": "Sanahin, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire", "Death date": "yes 1978 10 21 1895 11 25", "Death place": "Moscow, Russian SFS... |
Amfreville () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Amfrevillais or AmfrevillaisesInhabitants of Calvados
Geography
Amfreville is located some 25 km north-west of Caen and 1 km south-east of Ouistreham mostly on the right b... | {"Name": "Amfreville", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The Square and Saint Martin church", "Arrondissement": "Lisieux", "Canton": "Cabourg", "Postal code": "14860", "Mayor": "Xavier MadelaineRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 da... |
Anctoville () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Aurseulles.Arrêté préfectoral 8 September 2016
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Anctovillais or AnctovillaisesInhabitants of Calvados
Geograph... | {"Name": "Anctoville", "Arrondissement": "Bayeux", "Canton": "Les Monts d'Aunay", "Postal code": "14240", "Coordinates": "49.1061 -0.7056 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "90", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "62", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "158", "Area (square km)": "17.48", "Population": "1081", "Population Da... |
Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding is a fictional character in the Broadway musical Animal Crackers and the film of the same name. He was originally played by actor Groucho Marx, one of the Marx Brothers, in both productions. Despite his middle name being Edgar, he is known as Jeffrey T. Spaulding; his first name is also spe... | {"First appearance": "Animal Crackers (musical)", "Last appearance": "Animal Crackers (film)", "Portrayed by": "Groucho Marx", "Full name": "Jeffrey T. Spaulding", "Gender": "Male", "Title": "Captain"} |
Angerville () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Angervillais or AngervillaisesInhabitants of Calvados
Geography
Angerville is located some 30 km east by north-east of Caen and 20 km west of Pont-l'Eveque on the A13 autor... | {"Name": "Angerville", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The church in Angerville", "Arrondissement": "Lisieux", "Canton": "Cabourg", "Postal code": "14430", "Mayor": "Gérard NaimiRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr, Pl... |
Angoville () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Cesny-les-Sources.Arrêté préfectoral 24 September 2018, p. 124
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Angovillais or AngovillaisesInhabitants of Ca... | {"Name": "Angoville", "Image": "Angoville Entry.JPG", "Caption": "The road into Angoville", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Le Hom", "Postal code": "14220", "Coordinates": "48.9458 -0.3775 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "220", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "173", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "248", "Area (... |
Anguerny () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Colomby-Anguerny.Arrêté préfectoral 30 September 2015
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Agernynois or AgernynoisesInhabitants of Calvados
Geogr... | {"Name": "Anguerny", "Image": "Maison ancienne à Anguerny.JPG", "Caption": "Old House at Anguerny", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Courseulles-sur-Mer", "Postal code": "14610", "Coordinates": "49.2775 -0.3969 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "49", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "44", "Maximum Elevation(meter... |
Anisy () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Anisiens or AnisiennesInhabitants of Calvados
Geography
Anisy is located some 8 km north by north-west of Caen and 4 km south of Douvres-la-Délivrande. It can be accessed by th... | {"Name": "Anisy", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Church of Saint Peter", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Courseulles-sur-Mer", "Postal code": "14610", "Mayor": "Nicolas DelahayeRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.f... |
Annebault () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Its population is 466 people (2018).
Geography
Annebault is located in the pays d'Auge, 17 kilometers from Lisieux.
Toponymy
The village Annebault was first mentioned as Olnebac in the beginning of the 12th centur... | {"Name": "Annebault", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Annebault - mairie 01.JPG", "Caption": "The town hall in Annebault", "Arrondissement": "Lisieux", "Canton": "Cabourg", "Postal code": "14430", "Mayor": "Chantal LeneveuRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d5... |
Arganchy () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arganchois or Arganchoises Inhabitants of Calvados
Geography
Arganchy is located in the area of Bessin in the valley of the Gourguichon Stream some 6.5 km south-west of Bayeu... | {"Name": "Arganchy", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The Church of Sainte-Radegonde", "Arrondissement": "Bayeux", "Canton": "Bayeux", "Postal code": "14400", "Mayor": "Daniel AvoineRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr,... |
Argences () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. It is in the urban area of Caen, 15 kilometres from the city.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Argençais or ArgençaisesInhabitants of Calvados
The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council... | {"Name": "Argences", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Argences.JPG", "Caption": "General view of Argences", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Troarn", "Postal code": "14370", "Mayor": "Dominique DelivetRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee0... |
Shohreh Aghdashloo (, ; née Vaziri-Tabar (); 11 May 1952) is an Iranian and American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Satellite Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award.
Following numerous starring roles on the stage, she made her film debut in Chess of... | {"Name": "Shohreh Aghdashloo", "Native name": "fa شهره آغداشلو", "Caption": "Aghdashloo at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019", "Birth name": "Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar", "Birth date": "1952 5 11 yes", "Birth place": "Tehran, Iran", "Citizenship": "Iran United States", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1976-present", "Spou... |
Asnelles () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Asnellois or Asnelloises.Inhabitants of Calvados
Geography
Asnelles is located at the seaside some 13 km north-east of Bayeux and 10 west of Courseulles-sur-Mer. Access to t... | {"Name": "Asnelles", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "View of the beach", "Arrondissement": "Bayeux", "Canton": "Courseulles-sur-Mer", "Postal code": "14960", "Mayor": "Alain ScribeRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr, ... |
Asnières-en-Bessin (; literally "Asnières in Bessin") is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Asnièrois or Asnièroises.Inhabitants of Calvados
Geography
Asnières-en-Bessin is located some 17 km west by north-west of Bayeux, 3... | {"Name": "Asnières-en-Bessin", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The Church of Saint-Vigor", "Arrondissement": "Bayeux", "Canton": "Trévières", "Postal code": "14710", "Mayor": "Patrick DeshayesRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 da... |
Auberville () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.Commune d'Auberville (14024), INSEE
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aubervillais or Aubervillaises.Inhabitants of Calvados
Geography
Auberville is located on the northern Normandy coast some 8 km east by... | {"Name": "Auberville", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The church in Auberville", "Arrondissement": "Lisieux", "Canton": "Cabourg", "Postal code": "14640", "Mayor": "Bertrand ChirotRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr,... |
Aubigny () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.Commune d'Aubigny (14025), INSEE
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Albinéains or Albinéaines.Inhabitants of Calvados
Geography
thumb|The N158 in Aubigny. The windfarm is also in Aubigny
Aubigny is located som... | {"Name": "Aubigny", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Aubigny (Calvados), mairie.JPG", "Caption": "Aubigny Town Hall", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Falaise", "Postal code": "14700", "Mayor": "Michel LecapitaineRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-491... |
Audrieu () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.Commune d'Audrieu (14026), INSEE
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aldériens or Aldériennes.Inhabitants of Calvados
Geography
Audrieu is located some 11 km south-east of Bayeux and 16 km west by north-west of... | {"Name": "Audrieu", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The Seulles river near Pont Roch", "Arrondissement": "Bayeux", "Canton": "Thue et Mue", "Postal code": "14250", "Mayor": "Philippe GautierRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data... |
Aunay-sur-Odon (, literally Aunay on Odon) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Les Monts d'Aunay.Arrêté préfectoral 26 September 2016
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aunais or Aunaises.Inhabita... | {"Name": "Aunay-sur-Odon", "Arrondissement": "Vire", "Canton": "Les Monts d'Aunay", "Postal code": "14260", "Coordinates": "49.0211 -0.6308 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "123", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "98", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "307", "Area (square km)": "12.74", "Population": "3188", "Population... |
Auquainville () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.Arrêté préfectoral 24 December 2015
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auquainvillais or Auquainvillaises.Inhabitants of ... | {"Name": "Auquainville", "Image": "France, Calvados, Auquainville (2).JPG", "Caption": "The centre of Auquainville", "Arrondissement": "Lisieux", "Canton": "Livarot-Pays-d'Auge", "Postal code": "14140", "Coordinates": "49.0575 0.24 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "250", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "67", "Maxim... |
Les Autels-Saint-Bazile () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.Arrêté préfectoral 24 December 2015
Geography
Les Autels-Saint-Bazile is located some 45 km south-east of Caen and 28 k... | {"Name": "Les Autels-Saint-Bazile", "Image": "Les Autels-Saint-Bazile Entry.JPG", "Arrondissement": "Lisieux", "Canton": "Livarot-Pays-d'Auge", "Postal code": "14140", "Coordinates": "48.9414 0.0839 dms inline,title", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "81", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "226", "Area (square km)": "5.53", "Po... |
Authie () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Althavillais or Althavillaises.Inhabitants of Calvados
The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cit... | {"Name": "Authie", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Authie mairie.JPG", "Caption": "Authie Town Hall", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Caen-2", "Postal code": "14280", "Mayor": "Olivier SimarRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 d... |
The Sambians were a Prussian tribe. They inhabited the Sambia Peninsula north of the city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad). Sambians were located in a coastal territory rich in amber and engaged in trade early on (see Amber Road). Therefore, they established contacts with foreign nations before any other Prussians. Howe... | {"Name": "Sambians", "Population": "Extinct in 17th-18th century", "Image caption": "Sambians (in orange) and other Prussian clans during the 13th century", "Languages": "Old Prussian, later also German", "Religions": "Prussian mythology (Paganism)"} |
Les Authieux-Papion () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mézidon Vallée d'Auge.Arrêté préfectoral 16 September 2016
Geography
Les Authieux-Papion is located some 14 km south-west of Lisieux and 11 km nor... | {"Name": "Les Authieux-Papion", "Image": "Les Authieux-Papion General View.JPG", "Arrondissement": "Lisieux", "Canton": "Mézidon Vallée d'Auge", "Postal code": "14140", "Coordinates": "49.0658 0.0539 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "59", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "30", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "79", "Are... |
Auvillars () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auvillargeois or Auvillargeoises.Inhabitants of Calvados
Geography
Auvillars is located some 14 km north-west of Lisieux and 17 km south-east of Cabourg. Access to the comm... | {"Name": "Auvillars", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Mairie d'auvillars.JPG", "Caption": "Town hall", "Arrondissement": "Lisieux", "Canton": "Mézidon Vallée d'Auge", "Postal code": "14340", "Mayor": "Sébastien MaheutRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-49... |
Avenay () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
Geography
Avenay is located some 12 km south-west of Caen just east of Évrecy. Access to the commune is by the D36 road from Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay in the south-west which passes through the heart of the commune and the v... | {"Name": "Avenay", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Tombstone in the old Fierville Church at Avenay", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Évrecy", "Postal code": "14210", "Mayor": "Françoise ParisRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e50... |
Balleroy () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Balleroy-sur-Drôme.Arrêté préfectoral 23 December 2015
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Biardais or Biardaises and Billards or Billardes.Inhabi... | {"Name": "Balleroy", "Image": "Balleroy 05.JPG", "Caption": "A street in Balleroy", "Arrondissement": "Bayeux", "Canton": "Trévières", "Postal code": "14490", "Coordinates": "49.1814 -0.8369 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "110", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "49", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "131", "Area (squa... |
Banneville-la-Campagne () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.Commune de Banneville-la-Campagne (14036), INSEE
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bannevillais or Bannevillaises.Inhabitants of Calvados
Geography
Banneville-la Campagne is located some 8 km e... | {"Name": "Banneville-la-Campagne", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Entrance to the Abbey of Saint Martin of Troarn", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Troarn", "Postal code": "14940", "Mayor": "Anne BaugasRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e... |
left|40pxBanneville-sur-Ajon is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Malherbe-sur-Ajon.Arrêté préfectoral 9 December 2015
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bannevillais or Bannevillaises.Inhabitan... | {"Name": "Banneville-sur-Ajon", "Caption": "The Chapel of Saint Clair", "Arrondissement": "Vire", "Canton": "Les Monts d'Aunay", "Postal code": "14260", "Coordinates": "49.0636 -0.5686 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "141", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "84", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "184", "Area (square km)... |
Windstar Cruises is a cruise line that operates a fleet of small luxury cruise ships. Its six yachts carry just 148 to 310 guests and cruise to 50 nations, calling at 150 ports throughout Europe, the South Pacific, the Caribbean, and Central America. In May 2014, Windstar added to its sailing yachts by adding the Star ... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1984", "Headquarters": "Miami, Florida, United States", "Industry": "Hospitality", "Services": "Cruise ship holidays", "Parent": "The Anschutz Corporation", "Website": "https://www.windstarcruises.com/"} |
Booths is a chain of high-end supermarkets in Northern England. Most of its branches are in Lancashire, but there are also branches in Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. It has been described as the "Waitrose of the North" by sources such as The Daily Telegraph.
History
thumb|Bo... | {"Type": "Private limited company", "Industry": "High-end supermarket", "Products": "Food, beverage & tobacco retailing", "Revenue": "£280.75m (2015)E.H. Booth & Co. Ltd., Directors' Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 28 March 2015, approved 31 July 2015", "Parent": "Booth Family and staff", "Website": "booths.co.u... |
Brigitte Le Brethon (born 8 March 1951) is a French politician, and a member of The Republicans. She was born in Campeaux, Calvados, France.
She was the mayor of Caen from 2001 to 2008. She was Caen's first woman mayor and was defeated in March 2008 by Philippe Duron, a member of the Socialist Party.
She was elected ... | {"Name": "Brigitte Le Brethon", "Image caption": "Brigitte Le Brethon at a meeting in 2008", "Term start": "24 March 2001", "Term end": "23 March 2008", "Office 2": "Deputy Mayor of Caen", "Birth date": "1951 03 08 yes", "Birth place": "Campeaux, France", "Alma mater": "University of Caen Normandy"} |
Tunstead Milton is a village in Derbyshire, England.
It is situated on the B5470 road west of, and in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith, near the northern edge of the Combs Reservoir.
It is the location of Tunstead Dickey, a "Screaming Skull", and is mentioned in Highways and Byways in Derbyshire by J B Frith, a guide... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "High Peak", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "Postcode district": "SK", "OS grid reference": "SK031797"} |
Daniel Louis Schorr (August 31, 1916 - July 23, 2010)Journalism Legend Daniel Schorr Dies At 93 was an American journalist who covered world news for more than 60 years. He was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio (NPR). Schorr won three Emmy Awards for his television journalism.
Early life
Sc... | {"Name": "Daniel Schorr", "Caption": "Schorr (left) and NPR's Scott Simon prepare for a Saturday broadcast", "Birth name": "Daniel Louis Schorr", "Birth date": "1916 08 31", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "2010 7 23 1916 08 31 y", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Occupation": "Journalist",... |
Red Rocks Park is a mountain park in Jefferson County, Colorado, owned and maintained by the city of Denver as part of the Denver Mountain Parks system. The park is known for its very large red sandstone outcrops. Many of these rock formations within the park have names, from the mushroom-shaped Seat of Pluto to the in... | {"Location": "Morrison, Colorado", "Area": "659 acre ha (landmarked area)", "Built": "1928", "Architect": "Hoyt, Burnham; Rosche, W. R.", "Architectural style": "Pueblo", "MPS": "Denver Mountain Parks MPS"} |
Shadoevision is an episode of "The Cinemax Comedy Experiment" that first aired in 1986, and was repeated on Weird TV in 1995. It was hosted, created and produced by Shadoe Stevens.
Plot
Norman Jones is just a run-of-the-mill CPA until he stumbles through a mysterious doorway into an alternate reality onto a spaceship... | {"Also known as": "Cinemax Comedy Experiment: Shadoevision", "Genre": "Sci-fi/Comedy", "Created by": "Shadoe Stevens", "Written by": "David P. Nichols", "Directed by": "Chuck Cirino", "Starring": "Shadoe Stevens, Gil Christner", "Narrated by": "Shadoe Stevens", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "29m... |
Biff Howard Tannen is a fictional character and a major antagonist in the Back to the Future trilogy. Thomas F. Wilson plays Biff in all three films as well as the Universal Studios ride, and voiced the character in the animated series. Aidan Cutler played him in the original West End production of the first film's sta... | {"First appearance": "Back to the Future (1985)", "Last appearance": "Back to the Future Part III (1990)", "Created by": "Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale", "Portrayed by": "Thomas F. Wilson", "Voiced by": "Kid Beyond (The Game)\n Thomas F. Wilson (The Animated series; The Game, 2015-re-release)", "Full name": "Biff Howard Tan... |
Eleanor of Arborea or Eleanor De Serra Bas (Sardinian: Elianora de Arbarée / Elianora De Serra Bas,Carta de Logu Italian: Eleonora d'Arborea / Eleonora De Serra Bas; 1347— June 1404) was one of the most powerful and important, and one of the last, judges of the Judgedom of Arborea in Sardinia, and Sardinia's most famo... | {"Born": "Molins de Rei, Crown of Aragon", "Died": "yes 1404 06 23 1347", "Father": "Marianus IV, King of Arborea", "Mother": "Timbora of Roccaberti", "Religion": "Catholicism"} |
thumb|255px|The Grand Trunk Head Office in Montreal, built in 1900.
The Grand Trunk Railway (; ) was a railway system that operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario and in the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.For pictures of the Grand Trunk in Ne... | {"Locale": "The Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia and the U.S states of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, Indiana, Maine and Illinois", "Dates of operation": "1923", "Previous gauge": "Built to 5ft6in on but converted by 1873", "Head... |
Elliott Sharp (born March 1, 1951) is an American contemporary classical composer, multi-instrumentalist, and performer.Classical Composers Database
A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City since the late 1970s,Atlantic Center has new batch of artists in residence Orlando Sent... | {"Born": "Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.", "Genres": "Contemporary classical, experimental, free improvisation, jazz, avant-garde", "Labels": "SST, Tzadik, Clean Feed, Intuition, Homestead, Atavistic, Intakt, Extreme, Knitting Factory, zOaR", "Website": "elliottsharp.com"} |
Millicent Vernon Fenwick (née Hammond; February 25, 1910 - September 16, 1992) was an American fashion editor, politician and diplomat. A four-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, she entered politics late in life and was renowned for her energy and colorful enthusiasm. ... | {"Name": "Millicent Fenwick", "Term start": "June 13, 1983", "Term end": "March 20, 1987", "State assembly2": "New Jersey", "District 2": "8th", "Predecessor 2": "Webster B. Todd Jr.", "Successor 2": "Victor A. Rizzolo", "Birth name": "Millicent Vernon Hammond", "Birth date": "1910 2 25", "Birth place": "New York City,... |
A semla, vastlakukkel, laskiaispulla, Swedish eclair, fastlagsbulle/fastelavnsbolle or vēja kūkas is a traditional sweet roll made in various forms in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Estonia,ERR News. Vastlakuklid: The history of Estonia's traditional Shrove Tuesday treat. Retrieved 21 Feb... | {"Name of food": "Semla", "Width of image": "367 px", "Image caption": "Traditional Swedish semla", "Alternate name": "Laskiaispulla and Lent buns", "Region of origin": "Northern Europe", "Year": "1500s", "Course served": "Dessert", "Type of dish": "Sweet roll", "Serving temperature": "Medium", "Main ingredient": "Whea... |
The Lemon Party of Canada () was a frivolous Canadian political party which has operated on a federal level, and provincially in Quebec. The party was registered on January 8, 1987
by then-leader Denis R. Patenaude, and deregistered on November 14, 1998 for failing to have at least ten candidates stand for election.
... | {"Leader": "Pope Terence I", "Ideology": "Joke political party", "Slogan": "For a bitter Canada", "Founded": "January 8, 1987", "Political position": "Big tent"} |
The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) () is the Ontario provincial wing of the Communist Party of Canada. Using the name Labor-Progressive Party from 1943 until 1959, the group won two seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: A.A. MacLeod and J.B. Salsberg were elected in the 1943 provincial election as "Labour... | {"Leader": "Drew Garvie", "President": "Dave McKeeRegistered Political Parties https://finances.elections.on.ca/en/registered-parties Elections Ontario 23 July 2023", "Founded": "1940", "Headquarters": "290A Danforth AveToronto, OntarioM4K 1N6", "Ideology": "CommunismMarxism-Leninism", "Political position": "Far-lef... |
Charles Gerrit DeWitt (November 7, 1789 - April 12, 1839) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of New York. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as United States Chargé d'Affaires to Guatemala.
Early life
DeWitt was born in Kingston, New York. He studied law and ... | {"Name": "Charles G. DeWitt", "Term start": "December 17, 1833", "Term end": "January 1, 1839", "District 2": "7th", "Preceded 2": "George O. Belden", "Succeeded 2": "John C. Brodhead", "Birth date": "1789 11 07", "Birth place": "Kingston, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1839 04 12 1789 11 07 yes", "Death place": "Newb... |
Friedberg (; official name: Friedberg (Hessen)) is a town and the capital of the Wetteraukreis district, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 26 km (16 miles) north of Frankfurt am Main. In 1966, the town hosted the sixth Hessentag state festival, in 1979 the 19th.
Division of the town
The town consists of 7 districts:
B... | {"Image caption": "Old town of Friedberg", "Bundesland or state": "Hesse", "Regierungsbezirk or region": "Darmstadt", "Kreis / Landkreis or district": "Wetteraukreis", "Höhe or elevation": "140", "Fläche or area": "50.17", "PLZ or postal_code": "61169", "Vorwahl or area_code": "06031", "Kfz or licence": "FB", "Gliederu... |
Murray Kaufman (February 14, 1922 - February 21, 1982), professionally known as Murray the K, was an influential New York City rock and roll impresario and disc jockey of the 1950s, '60s and '70s. During the early days of Beatlemania, he frequently referred to himself as the fifth Beatle.
Early life
Murray Kaufman cam... | {"Name": "Murray the K", "Caption": "Murray The K in 1966.", "Birth name": "Murray Kaufman", "Birth date": "1922 2 14", "Birth place": "New York City, United States", "Death date": "1982 2 21 1922 2 14", "Death place": "Los Angeles, United States", "Occupation": "Disc jockey", "Years active": "1958-1981"} |
Lonnie Ray Frisbee (June 6, 1949 - March 12, 1993) was an American Charismatic evangelist in the late 1960s and in the 1970s; he was a self-described "seeing prophet". He had a hippie appearance.Annette Cloutier, Præy To God: A Tasteful Trip Through Faith: Volume One, , , p. 437. He was notable as a minister and evange... | {"Name": "Lonnie Frisbee", "Caption": "Frisbee in the 1960s", "Birth name": "Lonnie Ray Frisbee", "Birth date": "1949 6 6", "Birth place": "Costa Mesa, California, U.S.", "Death date": "1993 3 12 1949 6 6", "Death place": "Orange County, California, U.S.", "Years active": "1966-1991", "Occupation": "Charismatic evangel... |
WisCon or Wiscon, a Wisconsin science fiction convention, is the oldest, and often called the world's leading, feminist science fiction convention and conference. It was first held in Madison, Wisconsin in February 1977, after a group of fans attending the 1976 34th World Science Fiction Convention in Kansas City was i... | {"Event name": "WisCon", "Genre": "Feminist science fiction", "Location": "Madison, Wisconsin", "Country": "United States", "First event date": "1977", "Frequency of event": "Annually", "Date or dates": "Memorial Day weekend", "Organisers": "(SF)3 -- http://www.sf3.org", "Participants": "c. 1,000", "Official website": ... |
The Province of New York (1664-1776) was a British proprietary colony and later royal colony on the northeast coast of North America. Together with 12 other colonies, the Province of New York achieved independence following the American Revolutionary War, becoming a part of the newly-formed United States.
In 1664, the... | {"Conventional long name": "Province of New York", "Type of government": "Proprietary colony(1664–1686)Crown colony(1689–1776)", "Starting event": "Capture of New Amsterdam", "Date established": "August 28,", "Event ending the country": "Declaration of Independence", "Coat of arms": "Seal_of_ny_1767.PNG", "Symbol type"... |
Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi () (born July 1960) is a Sudanese militant and paymaster for al-Qaeda.On Trial At Gitmo: Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi , CBS News, August 24, 2004 Qosi was held from January 2002 in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
His Guantanamo Inter... | {"Born": "Atbara, Sudan", "ISN": "54", "Charge(s)": "One of the ten captives to originally face charges before a military commission", "Status": "Guilty plea on July 7, 2010, repatriated to Sudan in 2012, rejoined al-Qaeda in 2014"} |
"Into the Void" is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from their third studio album, The Fragile, released in 1999. It is the album's third single and saw release early 2000. A music video was directed by Walter Stern and Jeff Richter.
Release and reception
"Into the Void" was released as a single... | {"Released": "2000 1 10", "Label": "Nothing Interscope", "Songwriter(s)": "Trent Reznor", "Producer(s)": "Trent Reznor Alan Moulder"} |
London Irish RFC is a professional rugby union club, currently in administration, which competed in the Premiership, the top division of English rugby union. The club had also competed in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, the European Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup. While playing in the Championship in 2016-17 and 2018-19... | {"Union": "Middlesex RFU, Surrey RFU, Irish RFU", "Founded": "yes 1898", "Chairman": "Kieran McCarthy", "CEO": "Adrian Alli", "President": "Mick Crossan"} |
Gullfoss ("Golden Falls"; ) is a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
History and description
thumb|thumbtime=0:58|right|Gullfoss in August 2013
The falls in winter|thumb
The Hvítá river flows southward, and about a kilometre above the falls it turns sharply to the west and flows ... | {"Location": "Southwest Iceland", "Coordinates": "64 19 34 N 20 07 16 W region:IS_type:waterbody inline,title", "Watercourse": "Hvítá River", "Type": "Tiered, Cataract", "Total height": "32 m", "Longest drop": "21 m", "Number of drops": "2", "Averageflow rate": "140 m3/s"} |
"We're in This Together" is a song by industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails released in 1999. It is the 15th official Nine Inch Nails release and is a single for the album The Fragile. It was released as a three-disc single (also known as a "triple single").
Background
According to The Fragile contributor Keith Hillebr... | {"Released": "September 27, 1999", "Genre": "\"Powers\"/>\nalternative rock", "Label": "Nothing", "Songwriter(s)": "Trent Reznor", "Producer(s)": "Trent Reznor\nAlan Moulder"} |
Chinese bronze inscriptions, also commonly referred to as bronze script or bronzeware script, are writing in a variety of Chinese scripts on ritual bronzes such as zhōng bells and dǐng tripodal cauldrons from the Shang dynasty (2nd millennium BC) to the Zhou dynasty (11th-3rd century BC) and even later. Early bronze in... | {"Picture size": "160px", "Picture caption": "Inscription on the Song ding, c. 800 BC", "Name in Chinese": "金文", "Pinyin transcription": "Jīnwén", "Wade-Giles": "Chin¹-wên²", "Jyutping": "Gam¹-man⁴", "Yale Romanization (Cantonese)": "Gām-màhn", "Literal meaning": "Bronze writing", "Alternate name in simplified characte... |
Charles DeWitt (April 27, 1727 - August 27, 1787) was an American statesman and miller from the U.S. state of New York. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress.
Early life
left|thumb|Site of the Mill Operated by De WittDeWitt was born in Kingston, New York, the eldest son of Johannes DeWitt and Mary (née B... | {"Name": "Charles DeWitt", "Birth date": "1727 04 27", "Birth place": "Kingston, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1787 08 27 1727 04 27 yes", "Death place": "Kingston, New York, U.S.", "Resting place": "Dutch Reformed CemeteryHurley, New York", "Known For": "Delegate to the Continental Congress", "Spouse(s)": "Blandina ... |
WSB-FM (98.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Atlanta, Georgia. It carries an adult contemporary radio format and is owned by the Cox Media Group, serving as the group's flagship FM station. WSB-FM is the oldest FM radio station in Atlanta. The studios and offices are on Peachtree Street NE in Atlanta, in the W... | {"Broadcast area": "Metro Atlanta", "Branding": "B98.5", "Language(s)": "English", "Format": "Adult contemporary", "Subchannels": "HD2: Soft adult contemporary HD3: Regional Mexican (WLKQ-FM)", "ERP": "100000 watts commas", "HAAT": "313 m ft us", "Class": "C0", "Owner": "Cox Radio, LLC", "Translator(s)": "107.1 W296BB ... |
Vespertine is the fourth studio album by Icelandic recording artist Björk. It was released on 27 August 2001 in the United Kingdom by One Little Independent Records and in the United States by Elektra Entertainment. Production on the album began during the filming of Dancer in the Dark. With Vespertine, Björk aspired t... | {"Released": "27 August 2001", "Recorded": "1999-2001", "Studio": "El Cortijo (San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain)\n Olympic (London, England)\n Avatar, Master Sound Astoria, Quad, Sear Sound, The Magic Shop, The Loft on Lafayette Street, and The Looking Glass (New York City)\n Greenhouse and Thule (Reykjavik, Iceland)", "G... |
thumb|200px|Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith (left), with William Lyon Mackenzie King, and Vincent Massey
Baron Howard of Penrith, of Gowbarrow in the County of Cumberland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1930 for the diplomat Sir Esme Howard, who had previously served as Brit... | {"Creation date": "10 July 1930", "Created by": "King George V", "First holder": "Esmé Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith", "Heir apparent": "Hon. Thomas Howard", "Status": "Extant", "Motto": "SOLA VIRTUS INVICTA (Virtue alone is unconquerable)"} |
K3b (from KDE Burn Baby Burn) is a CD, DVD and Blu-ray authoring application by KDE for Unix-like computer operating systems. It provides a graphical user interface to perform most CD/DVD burning tasks like creating an Audio CD from a set of audio files or copying a CD/DVD, as well as more advanced tasks such as burnin... | {"Original author(s)": "Sebastian Trüg", "Developer(s)": "KDE", "Written in": "C++ (Qt)http://www.ohloh.net/p/k3b Ohloh Analysis Summary - K3b Ohloh 2010-05-14", "Platform": "KDE Platform", "Type": "Optical disc authoring", "License": "GPL-2.0-or-laterhttp://websvn.kde.org/trunk/extragear/multimedia/k3b/COPYING?view... |
Emo Philips (born Philip Soltanec, February 7, 1956) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, writer and producer. His stand-up comedy persona makes use of paraprosdokians spoken in a wandering falsetto tone of voice. The confused, childlike delivery of his material produces the intended comic timing in a manner invoki... | {"Name": "Emo Philips", "Caption": "Philips in 2018", "Birth date": "1956 2 7", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Actor stand-up comedian producer writer", "Years active": "1976-presenthttps://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/aug/06/edinburghfestival2001.edinburghfestiv... |
thumb|The Amateur Photographer, Vol 1, No 1, rear cover
[[File:Alfred Stieglitz - The Last Joke Bellagio, 1887.jpg|thumb|Alfred Stieglitz's The Last Joke, Bellagio, also known as A Good Joke was to win first place in the Amateur Photographers "Photographic Holiday Work Competition", appearing in the 25 November 1887 is... | {"Frequency": "Weekly (Tuesday)", "Circulation": "13,673 (ABC Jan - Dec 2015)ABC Certificates and Reports: Amateur Photographer http://abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=1865 Audit Bureau of Circulations 15 February 2014Print and digital editions.", "Categories": "Photography", "Company": "Kelsey Media", "F... |
The Province of Georgia (also Georgia Colony) was one of the Southern colonies in British America. It was the last of the thirteen original American colonies established by Great Britain in what later became the United States. In the original grant, a narrow strip of the province extended to the Pacific Ocean.
The col... | {"Conventional long name": "Province of Georgia", "Type of government": "Proprietary colony(1732-1755)Crown colony(1755-1782)", "Capital": "Savannah", "Common languages": "English, Mikasuki, Cherokee, Muscogee, Shawnee, Yuchi", "Religions": "Church of England (Anglicanism)", "Currency": "Georgia pound", "Leader's title... |
The Bangkok Mass Transit System, commonly known as the BTS Skytrain ( [BTS]), is an elevated rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand. It is operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System PCL (BTSC), a subsidiary of BTS Group Holdings, under a concession granted by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) which owns th... | {"Infobox width": "285px", "Name": "BTS Skytrain", "Size of first image": "50px", "Size of second image": "275px", "Native name": "Bangkok Mass Transit System", "Locale": "Bangkok, Thailand", "Transit type(s)": "Rapid transit", "Number of lines/routes": "3http://www.bts.co.th/corporate/en/02-structure01.aspx BTS SkyTra... |
The Minister for Foreign Affairs () is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The Minister's office is located at Iveagh House, on St Stephen's Green in Dublin; "Iveagh House" is often used as a metonym for the department as a whole. From 1922 until 1971 the title o... | {"Post": "Minister for Foreign Affairs", "Insignia image": "250px", "Image size": "200px", "Incumbent": "Micheál Martin", "Incumbent since": "17 December 2022", "Department": "Department of Foreign Affairs", "Member of": "Government of Ireland Council of the European Union Dáil Éireann", "Reports to": "Taoiseach", "App... |
Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance is a book about the United States and its foreign policy written by American political activist and linguist Noam Chomsky. It was first published in the United States in November 2003 by Metropolitan Books and then in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books.
Choms... | {"Publisher": "Metropolitan Books", "Media type": "Print (Paperback)", "Pages": "304", "ISBN": "0-8050-7400-7"} |
Baron Gorell, of Brampton in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 February 1909 for Sir Gorell Barnes, President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice from 1905 to 1909. His eldest son, the second Baron, was killed in the First ... | {"Creation date": "16 February 1909", "Created by": "King Edward VII", "Peerage": "Peerage of the United Kingdom", "First holder": "John Gorell Barnes", "Heir apparent": "Oliver Barnes", "Remainder to": "the 1st Baron's heirs male lawfully begotten", "Status": "Extant", "Motto": "Frangas Non Flectes (You May Break, You... |
Daventry District was a local government district in western Northamptonshire, England, from 1974 to 2021. The district was named after its main town of Daventry, where the council was based.
The district was created on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the historic municipal borough of... | {"Type": "Daventry District Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000151", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "daventrydc.gov.uk"} |
The Minister for Defence () is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Defence. The current Minister for Defence is Micheál Martin, TD. He is also Minister for Foreign Affairs.
thumb|The Department of Defence headquarters are in Newbridge, County Kildare
The department is responsibl... | {"Post": "Minister for Defence", "Insignia size": "225px", "Image size": "200px", "Incumbent": "Micheál Martin", "Incumbent since": "17 December 2022", "Department": "Department of Defence", "Member of": "Government of Ireland Dáil Éireann", "Seat": "Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland", "Appointer": "President of Irela... |
One Worldwide Plaza is the largest tower of Worldwide Plaza, a three-building commercial and residential complex in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), One Worldwide Plaza measures tall and has an alternative address of 825 Eighth... | {"Location": "825 8th AvenueManhattan, New York City", "Coordinates": "40 45 44 N 73 59 13 W region:US-NY_type:landmark inline,title", "Construction started": "November 12, 1986", "Topped-out": "May 20, 1988", "Type": "Commercial offices", "Architectural style": "Postmodernism"} |
17-Mile Drive is a scenic road through Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula in California, much of which hugs the Pacific coastline and passes famous golf courses, mansions and scenic attractions, including the Lone Cypress, Bird Rock and the 5,300-acre Del Monte Forest of Monterey Cypress trees.
T... | {"Name": "17-Mile Drive", "Type": "Scenic toll road", "Maintained by": "Pebble Beach Company", "Length": "17 mi km", "Majorjunctions": "CA SR 68 road Sunset DrCarmel Way", "Completion": "1880", "Website": "https://www.pebblebeach.com/17-mile-drive/ Scenic 17-Mile Drive"} |
Thomas Hodgkin RMS (17 August 1798 - 5 April 1866) was a British physician, considered one of the most prominent pathologists of his time and a pioneer in preventive medicine. He is now best known for the first account of Hodgkin's disease, a form of lymphoma and blood disease, in 1832. Hodgkin's work marked the beginn... | {"Name": "Thomas Hodgkin", "Birth date": "17 August 1798", "Birth place": "Pentonville, Middlesex, England", "Death date": "yes 1866 4 5 1798 8 17", "Death place": "Jaffa, Jerusalem Sanjak, Ottoman Palestine", "Education": "University of Edinburgh", "Father": "John Hodgkin", "Module": "yes\n \n \n \n Preventive medici... |
Hans Gottlieb Leopold Delbrück (; 11 November 1848 - 14 July 1929) was a German historian. Delbrück was one of the first modern military historians, basing his method of research on the critical examination of ancient sources, using auxiliary disciplines, like demography and economics, to complete the analysis and the ... | {"Name": "Hans Delbrück", "Image caption": "Hans Delbrück before 1902", "Term start": "28 October 1884", "Term end": "20 February 1890", "Birth date": "1848 11 11 y", "Birth place": "Rügen, Bergen, Prussia", "Death date": "1929 07 14 1848 11 11 y", "Death place": "Berlin, Germany", "Spouse(s)": "Carolina \"Lina\" Thier... |
Espeland FallsGeneral Studies Paper I for Civil Services Preliminary Examinations. 2015. New Delhi: McGraw Hill, p. 60.Braekstad, H. L. 1896. The Right Way to See Norway. The English Illustrated Magazine, p. 467.Janus: The history of Janus. () is a tall waterfall located in the Espeland ValleyLangåker, Margrete Øie. 2... | {"Coordinates": "60.5988313 6.822525572 region:NO inline,title", "Location": "Vestland, Norway", "Elevation": "415 m", "Total height": "135 mEspelandsfossen https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/index.php/waterfall/490 World Waterfall Database 23 March 2023", "Longest drop": "90 m", "Number of drops": "2", "Total w... |
The Grey King is a contemporary fantasy novel by Susan Cooper, published almost simultaneously by Chatto & Windus and Atheneum in 1975. It is the fourth of five books in her Arthurian fantasy series The Dark is Rising.
The Grey King won the inaugural Tir na n-Og Award from the Welsh Books Council as the year's best En... | {"Cover artist": "Michael Heslop (UK, US)", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Dark is Rising", "Publisher": "Chatto & Windus (UK) Atheneum (US)", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "208 pp", "ISBN": "0-7011-5071-8", "Preceded by": "Greenwitch", "Followed by": "Silver... |
Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (c. 102 - 48 BC) was a politician of the Roman Republic. He was a conservative and upholder of the established social order who served in several magisterial positions alongside Julius Caesar and conceived a lifelong enmity towards him. In 59 BC he was consul alongside Julius Caesar. Their par... | {"Name": "Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus", "Birth place": "102 BC", "Death date": "48 BC", "Term start": "January 59 BC", "Term end": "December 59 BC", "Spouse(s)": "1 Unknown2 Porcia"} |
Maria Amalia Teresa of Naples and Sicily (26 April 1782 - 24 March 1866) was Queen of the French by marriage to Louis Philippe I, King of the French. She was the last queen of France.
Among her grandchildren were the monarchs Leopold II of Belgium, Empress Carlota of Mexico, with whom Maria Amalia regularly correspo... | {"Father": "Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies", "Mother": "Maria Carolina of Austria", "Born": "Caserta Palace, Naples", "Died": "Claremont House, Surrey, England", "Burial": "Royal Chapel, Dreux, France", "Religion": "Roman Catholicism"} |
Fanny and Alexander () is a 1982 period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. Following the death of the children's father (Allan Edwall), their mother (Ewa Fröling) remarries a prom... | {"Directed by": "Ingmar Bergman", "Produced by": "Jörn Donner", "Written by": "Ingmar Bergman", "Starring": "Pernilla Allwin\n Bertil Guve\n Jan Malmsjö\n Börje Ahlstedt\n Anna Bergman\n Gunn Wållgren\n Kristina Adolphson\n Erland Josephson\n Mats Bergman\n Jarl Kulle", "Music by": "Daniel Bell", "Cinematography": "Sve... |
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