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Johann Jacob Löwenthal (; 15 July 1810 - 24 July 1876) was a professional chess master. He was among the top 3 players of the 1850s.
Biography
Löwenthal was born in Budapest, the son of a Jewish merchant. He was educated at the gymnasium of his native city. In 1846, he won a match against Carl Hamppe in Vienna (wit... | {"Full name": "Johann Jacob Löwenthal", "Country": "Hungary (until 1849)United States (1849-1851)United Kingdom (1851-1876)", "Born": "Budapest, Hungary", "Died": "Hastings, England", "Title": "Master"} |
Wrigley Field was a ballpark in Los Angeles, California. It hosted minor league baseball teams in the region for more than 30 years. It was the home park for the minor league Los Angeles Angels during their run in the Pacific Coast League, as well as for the inaugural season of the major league team of the same name in... | {"Coordinates": "34 0 27 N 118 15 58 W type:landmark it", "Broke ground": "1925", "Opened": "September 29, 1925", "Closed": "1969", "Demolished": "1969", "Owner": "William Wrigley Jr,City of Los Angeles", "Operator": "City of Los Angeles", "Surface": "Natural grass; Ivy (walls)", "Construction cost": "$1.5 million($US ... |
Fucecchio () is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany. The main economical resources of the city are the leather industries, shoes industry and other manufacturing activities, although in the recent years their number has been decreasing because of a slight recession ... | {"Name": "Fucecchio", "Official name": "Comune di Fucecchio", "Region": "Tuscany", "Metropolitan city": "Florence (FI)", "Frazioni": "Galleno, Le Botteghe, Massarella, Pinete, Ponte a Cappiano, Querce, San Pierino, Torre", "Mayor": "Alessio Spinelli", "Elevation": "25", "Area": "65", "Population as of": "31 August 2017... |
The Limey is a 1999 American crime film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Lem Dobbs. The film features Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán, Barry Newman, Nicky Katt, and Peter Fonda.. The plot concerns an English career criminal (Stamp) who travels to the United States to investigate the recent sus... | {"Directed by": "Steven Soderbergh", "Produced by": "John Hardy Scott Kramer", "Written by": "Lem Dobbs", "Starring": "Terence Stamp\n Lesley Ann Warren\n Luis Guzmán\n Barry Newman\n Peter Fonda", "Music by": "Cliff Martinez", "Cinematography": "Edward Lachman", "Edited by": "Sarah Flack", "Distributed by": "Artisan E... |
Shiva is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language action drama film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. It was a remake of Varma's debut Telugu film, Siva (1989). The film has Nagarjuna (in his Hindi debut) and Amala in lead roles with Raghuvaran and J. D. Chakravarthy as the antagonists. All four actors reprise their roles f... | {"Directed by": "Ram Gopal Varma", "Produced by": "Akkineni VenkatYarlagadda Surendra", "Written by": "Ram Gopal VarmaIqbal Durrani (dialogues)", "Based on": "Siva (Telugu) Ram Gopal Varma", "Starring": "NagarjunaAmalaRaghuvaranJ. D. Chakravarthy", "Music by": "Ilaiyaraaja", "Cinematography": "S. Gopal Reddy", "Edited ... |
The UltraSPARC is a microprocessor developed by Sun Microsystems and fabricated by Texas Instruments, introduced in mid-1995. It is the first microprocessor from Sun to implement the 64-bit SPARC V9 instruction set architecture (ISA). Marc Tremblay was a co-microarchitect.
Microarchitecture
The UltraSPARC is a four... | {"Launched": "1995", "Discontinued": "1997", "CPU": "MHz", "Designed by": "Sun Microsystems", "Instruction set": "SPARC V9", "Predecessor(s)": "SuperSPARC II", "Successor(s)": "UltraSPARC II", "Cores": "1"} |
Sean Bean (born Shaun Mark Bean on 17 April 1959) is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983. Retaining his Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in t... | {"Caption": "Bean at 2017 Film Festival Cologne Awards", "Birth name": "Shaun Mark Bean", "Birth date": "yes 1959 4 17Sean Bean. Biography, news, photos and videos hellomagazine.com 22 November 1984 https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/sean-bean/ 20 October 2020", "Birth place": "Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshi... |
Roy Emerson Stryker (November 5, 1893 - September 27, 1975) was an American economist, government official, and photographer. He headed the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) during the Great Depression, and launched the documentary photography program of the FSA. It hired photographers to t... | {"Name": "Roy Stryker", "Caption": "Roy Stryker photographed in Washington, D.C., by Russell Lee (August 1938)", "Birth date": "1893 11 5", "Birth place": "Great Bend, Kansas, U.S. The Photographers: Roy Stryker\n pd\n http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/photog14.html\n 2009-05-12\n https://web.archive.org/web/2009083... |
Juana Manuela Gorriti (15 June 1818 - 6 November 1892) was an Argentine writer with extensive political and literary links to Bolivia and Peru. She held the position of First Lady of Bolivia from 1848 to 1855.
With the publication of La quena (1845), Gorriti became recognized as the earliest novelist in what would bec... | {"Name": "Juana Manuela Gorriti", "Term start": "6 December 1848", "Term end": "15 August 1855", "Birth name": "Juana Manuela Gorriti Zuviría", "Birth date": "15 June 1818", "Birth place": "Rosario de la Frontera, United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata", "Death date": "1892 11 06 1818 06 15 yes", "Death place": "Bueno... |
Chernozem (from ; "black ground"), also called black soil, is a black-colored soil containing a high percentage of humus (4% to 16%) and high percentages of phosphorus and ammonia compounds. Chernozem is very fertile soil and can produce high agricultural yields with its high moisture storage capacity.Chernozems are a ... | {"Used in": "WRB, other", "Profile": "AhBC", "Parent material": "Loess", "WRB": "CH", "Climate": "Humid continental"} |
Dorset Street (; Sráid Dorset in Irish) is an important thoroughfare on the northside of Dublin, Ireland, and was originally part of the Slighe Midh-Luchra, Dublin's ancient road to the north that begins where the original bridging point at Church Street is today. Subsequently, yet prior to the street being given its c... | {"Name": "Dorset Street", "Native name": "ga Sráid Dorset", "Former name(s)": "Drumcondra Lane", "Namesake": "Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset", "Length": "1.1", "Width": "21 m", "Location": "Dublin, Ireland", "Coordinates": "53 21 24 N 6 15 53 W region:IE_type:landmark it", "Known for": "cafés and restaurants"} |
Abbasanta (, , literally "holy water"; ) is a town and comune in the province of Oristano, Sardinia (Italy). It is located on the main road between Macomer and Oristano.
Description
Abbasanta sits on a lava plateau rich in cork oaks, olive trees and (mastic trees). The plateau arose from the lava flow of the Montifer... | {"Name": "Abbasanta", "Official name": "Comune di Abbasanta", "Image caption": "Church of Santa Caterina in Abbasanta", "Pushpin map": "Italy Sardinia", "Coordinates": "40 7 N 8 49 E type:city(1,037)_region:IT inline,title", "Region": "Sardinia", "Province": "Oristano (OR)", "Mayor": "Stefano Sanna", "Area": "39.85", "... |
Nasri Shamseddine (, also spelled Nasri Chamseddine; 27 June 1927 - 18 March 1983) was a Lebanese singer and actor.
Biography
Shamseddine was born Nasreddine Moustapha Shamesedine () in the village of Joun, in the southern part of the Chouf mountains to Shia family.
He became a teacher of the Arabic language first in... | {"Born": "Joun, Lebanon", "Died": "Damascus, Syria", "Origin": "Lebanon", "Labels": "EMI, Voix de l'Orient", "Genres": "Arabic Folk Music Lebanese music"} |
thumb|right|250px|River Mersey in Padgate
Padgate is a suburb of Warrington, in the civil parish of Poulton-with-Fearnhead, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
History
Overview
Historically part of Lancashire, until 1838 Padgate was an area of farmland in the Fearnhead district... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "WA1, WA2", "Dialling code": "01925", "Ceremonial county": "Cheshire", "Unitary authority": "Warrington", "UK Parliament": "Warrington North"} |
thumb|Joseph von Eichendorff as a young man
thumb|Eichendorff, etching by Franz Kugler, 1832
thumb|Eichendorff's birthplace, Lubowitz Castle, Ratibor (photo from 1939). It was destroyed in March 1945 during the Upper Silesian Offensive. The territory was awarded to Poland after World War II.
thumb|The remains of Lubowi... | {"Born": "1788 3 10 y", "Died": "1857 11 26 1788 3 10 y", "Education": "Heidelberg University", "Occupation": "Novelist, poet, essayist", "Period": "19th century", "Literary movement": "Romanticism"} |
Big Brother Brasil (commonly abbreviated to BBB) is the Brazilian version of the Big Brother reality franchised television show based on the original Dutch television series of the same name, that was created in 1997 by John de Mol.Carman, John (July 5, 2000). "'Big Brother' Watches Their Every Movement". San Francisco... | {"Also known as": "BBB", "Genre": "Reality competition", "Directed by": "Rodrigo Dourado (general)\n Pedro Carvana\n Mario Meirelles\n Mila Abrahão\n Mario Marcondes\n Vitor Campos\n Fábio Brandão\n Grasielle Bitencourt\n Ana Paula Morais\n Patricia Félix\n Warllem Machado\n Vanessa Rabello", "Presented by": "Marisa Or... |
The Society of the United Scotsmen was an organisation formed in Scotland in the late 18th century and sought widespread political reform throughout Great Britain. It grew out of previous radical movements such as the Friends of the People Society, and was inspired by the events of the French and American revolutions.... | {"Preceded by": "Society of the Friends of the People", "Ideology": "RepublicanismLiberalism", "Political position": "Left-wing", "International affiliation": "American Revolutionary politics, French Revolutionary Politics"} |
thumb|200px|John Dryden by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Absalom and Achitophel is a celebrated satirical poem by John Dryden, written in heroic couplets and first published in 1681. The poem tells the Biblical tale of the rebellion of Absalom against King David; in this context it is an allegory used to represent a story conte... | {"Name": "Absalom and Achitophel", "Author": "John Dryden", "Date of publication": "1681", "Country": "England", "Language": "English", "Genre": "Satire", "Rhyme scheme": "Heroic couplet", "Wikisource": "Absalom and Achitophel"} |
The M60, officially the Machine Gun, Caliber 7.62 mm, M60, is a family of American general-purpose machine guns firing 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges from a disintegrating belt of M13 links. There are several types of ammunition approved for use in the M60, including ball, tracer, and armor-piercing rounds.The M60. Federati... | {"Type": "General-purpose machine gun Medium machine gun", "In service": "1957-present", "Wars": "\"浴火重生——对越自卫反击战对我国轻武器发展的影响\">浴火重生——对越自卫反击战对我国轻武器发展的影响 https://m.fx361.com/news/2014/0923/3130795.html 23 Sep 2014 11 Nov 2022\nSalvadoran Civil War\nThe Troubles\nOperation Urgent Fury\nOperation Just Cause\nPersian Gu... |
thumb|Thomas Muir of Hunters Hill by David Martin, 1790, chalk drawing from life, National Portrait Gallery of Scotland
Thomas Muir (24 August 1765 - 25 January 1799), also known as Thomas Muir the Younger of Huntershill, was a Scottish political reformer and lawyer. Muir graduated from Edinburgh University and was adm... | {"Name": "Thomas Muir", "Alt": "marble bust with bandage over left eye", "Caption": "Thomas Muir depicted after being injured (bust by Alexander Stoddart)", "Birth date": "1765 08 24 yes", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain", "Death date": "1799 01 25 1765 08 25 yes", "Death place": "Chantilly,... |
Count Peder Griffenfeld (before ennoblement Peder Schumacher) (24 August 1635 - 12 March 1699) was a Danish statesman and royal favourite. He became the principal adviser to King Christian V of Denmark from 1670 and the de facto ruler of the dual kingdom of Denmark-Norway in the first half of the 1670s. In 1673 he was ... | {"Name": "Count Peder Griffenfeld", "Image caption": "Peder Schumacher portrayed by Abraham Wuchters in 1672", "Term start": "November 1673", "Term end": "March 12, 1699", "Birth date": "August 24, 1635", "Birth place": "Copenhagen, Denmark", "Death date": "March 12, 1699", "Death place": "Munkholmen, Norway"} |
Strouds Run State Park is a public recreation area abutting the city of Athens in Athens County, Ohio, in the United States. The state park is located primarily in Canaan Township, with a small part in Ames Township. Park boundaries coincide with Athens city limits in several places. The park comprises , and includes D... | {"Location": "Athens County, Ohio, United States", "Coordinates": "39.3492 -82.0323 dms region:US_type:landmark inline,title", "Area": "Land: 2606 acre Water: 161 acre", "Elevation": "705 ft1076982 Strouds Run State Park", "Website": "Strouds Run State Park"} |
Rose Bay is a harbourside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rose Bay is located seven kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of Waverley Council (east of Old South Head Road) and Municipality of Woollahra (on its western side towards t... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Rose Bay", "City": "Sydney", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Image 2": "yes\n 300\n 240\n center\n Rose Bay\n 13\n shape\n #C60C30\n 3\n Rose Bay", "Caption": "Rose Bay, New South Wales", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "Waverley Council", "Local Government Area (LGA) 2": "Municipality of Wooll... |
thumb|Entrance Hall of the museum
thumb|Hong Kong Museum of Art before renovation
thumb|Sculpture in grounds of HK Museum of Art
The Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) is the first and main art museum of Hong Kong, located in Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. It is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of ... | {"Coordinates": "it", "Established": "yes 1962 03 02", "Location": "10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong", "Type": "Art museum", "Collection size": "17,000 (2020)", "Owner": "Leisure and Cultural Services Department", "Website": "https://hk.art.museum/en_US/web/ma/home.html hk.art.museum"} |
John Pell (1 March 1611 - 12 December 1685) was an English mathematician and political agent abroad.
Early life
He was born at Southwick in Sussex. His father, also named John Pell, was from Southwick, and his mother was Mary Holland, from Halden in Kent. The second of two sons, Pell's older brother was Thomas Pell. B... | {"Fields": "Mathematician and linguist", "Institutions": "University of Amsterdam", "Doctoral students": "William Brereton", "Influences": "Henry Briggs"} |
The Wisconsin State Capitol, located in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor. Completed in 1917, the building is the fifth to serve as the Wisconsin capitol since the first territorial legislature convened in 1836 and... | {"Location": "2 East Main Street, Madison, WI 53703", "Built": "1906-1917", "Architect": "George B. Post", "Architectural style": "Beaux-Arts"} |
William Gates (born December 28, 1971) is an American former basketball player. Gates was the subject of the 1994 documentary film Hoop Dreams with Arthur Agee, another basketball player.
Biography
Gates was a young man from the Cabrini-Green housing projects. He and Arthur Agee hoped to have their basketball talent ... | {"Born": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Listed height": "0", "High school": "St. Joseph (Westchester, Illinois)", "College": "Marquette (1991-1995)"} |
The Tank, Infantry, Mk III, Valentine was an infantry tank produced in the United Kingdom during World War II. More than 8,000 of the type were produced in eleven marks, plus various specialised variants, accounting for approximately a quarter of wartime British tank production. The many variants included riveted and w... | {"Place of origin": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Infantry tank", "Steeringsystem": "clutch and brake", "Used by": "British Army, Red Army, New Zealand Army", "Designer": "Vickers-Armstrongs", "Designed": "1938", "Manufacturer": "Vickers-Armstrongs and others", "In service": "1940-1960", "Wars": "World War II1948 Arab-Isr... |
X-COM: Genesis was a Windows strategy video game in development in the X-COM series. It was being developed by MicroProse employees, then working for Hasbro Interactive who had bought out MicroProse. Production took place in the original MicroProse offices, and the game was planned "sometime for 2001". X-COM: Genesis w... | {"Developer": "MicroProse Chapel Hill", "Publisher": "Hasbro Interactive", "Series": "X-COM", "Platforms": "Microsoft Windows", "Released": "Unreleased", "Genre": "Strategy", "Modes": "Single player", "Designer": "Dave Ellis"} |
Graham Thomas Parker (born 18 November 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, who is best known as the lead singer of the British band Graham Parker & the Rumour.
Life and career
Early career (1960s-1976)
Parker was born in Hackney, East London, in 1950. He was a pupil at Chobham Secondary Modern School in Surrey. Aft... | {"Born": "Hackney, London, England", "Genres": "Rock, new wave, pub rock, soul, rhythm and blues", "Labels": "100% Records, Arista, Bloodshot, Buy or Die, Capitol, Dakota Arts, Demon, Elektra, Hannibal, Hip-O, Mercury, Razor & Tie, RCA, Rebound, Rock the House Entertainment Group, UpYours, Vertigo Canada & UK, Windsong... |
Croydon is a large town in South London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London, it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping district and night-time economy. The entire townIncluding South Cro... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)Croydon is made up of 13 wards in the London Borough of Croydon: Addiscombe, Ashburton, Broad Green, Croham, Fairfield, Fieldway, Heathfield, New Addington, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Selsdon and Ballards, Shirley, and Waddon. http://data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-... |
Chef! is a British situation comedy starring Lenny Henry that aired as twenty episodes over three series from 1993 to 1996 on the BBC. The show was created and primarily written by Peter Tilbury based on an idea from Lenny Henry and produced for the BBC by Henry's production company, Crucial Films.Henry, Lenny at the ... | {"Running time": "approx. 30 minutes", "Created by": "Peter Tilbury (based on an idea from Lenny Henry)", "Camera setup": "Single-camera (series 1 and 2)Multi-camera (series 3)", "Starring": "Lenny HenryCaroline Lee-JohnsonRoger Griffiths", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "BBC1", "Original re... |
Manuel Isidoro Belzu Humérez (4 April 1808 - 27 March 1865) was a Bolivian military officer and statesman who served as the 11th president of Bolivia from 1848 to 1855. Under his presidency, the current national anthem and flag of Bolivia were adopted.
Early life and education
Belzu was born in La Paz to mestizo paren... | {"Name": "Manuel Isidoro Belzu", "Image caption": "Portrait by Antonio Villavicencio, Museo de Charcas, Sucre", "Term start": "6 December 1848", "Term end": "15 August 1855In dissidence since 12 October 1848.1905 Presidencia de la República https://books.google.com/books?id=P4I7AQAAMAAJ&q=135 live 2021-10-28 Anuario ad... |
thumb|Ghent, Belgium: Boekentoren of Ghent University (to the right.)
Henry Clemens van de Velde (; 3 April 1863 - 15 October 1957) was a Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar, he is considered one of the founders of Art Nouveau in Belgium. He worke... | {"Name": "Henry Clemens van de Velde", "Portrait caption": "Henry van de Velde; portrait by Nicola Perscheid (1904)", "Significant buildings": "House \"Bloemenwerf\" in Uccle (1895)\nKunstgewerbeschule Weimar (1907)\nDeutsche Werkbund Theatre in Cologne (1914)\nUniversity Library with \"Boekentoren\" in Ghent (1933)", ... |
Super Double Dragon, released in Japan as , is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. It was published by Tradewest in North America and the PAL region and by Technōs Japan in Japan. Super Double Dragon is the fourth console game in the Double Dragon series developed ... | {"Title": "Super Double Dragon", "Image": "SNS-WD-USA.gif", "Caption": "North American cover art illustrated by Greg Winters.", "Developer": "Technōs Japan", "Publisher": "JP Technōs JapanNA / EU Tradewest", "Director": "Muneki EbinumaAtsuyuki Nishizawa", "Programmer": "Teruhiro MaedaGenei FukuharaNaritaka Nishimura", ... |
The Grammy Award for Best Recording Package is one of a series of Grammy Awards presented for the visual look of an album. It is presented to the art director of the winning album, not to the performer(s), unless the performer is also the art director.
The Grammy Award for Best Album Cover dates back to the first Gram... | {"Awarded for": "quality visual look of an album", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1959", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
The Javanese (; , Wong Jawa ; , Tiyang Jawi ) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the central and eastern part of the Indonesian island of Java. With more than 100 million people, Javanese people are the largest ethnic group in both Indonesia and in Southeast Asia as a whole. Their native language is Javanese, i... | {"Name": "Javanese", "Native name": "jv ꦮꦺꦴꦁꦗꦮ, Wong Jawa (in Ngoko register) jv ꦠꦶꦪꦁꦗꦮꦶ, Tiyang Jawi (in Krama register)Pramono S. B. Piwulang Basa Jawa Pepak Grafindo Litera Media 2013 https://books.google.com/books?id=AVdWngEACAAJ 978-979-3896-38-0", "Image": "250px", "Image caption": "A Javanese bride and groo... |
is a side-scrolling beat 'em up produced by Technōs Japan originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988. It is the first sequel to Double Dragon, released during the previous year. The sequel involves Billy and Jimmy Lee in a mission to avenge Billy's girlfriend Marian after she is shot to death by the Bla... | {"Title": "Double Dragon II: The Revenge", "Caption": "Arcade flyer", "Developer": "Technōs Japan", "Publisher": "Technōs Japan", "Composer": "Kazunaka Yamane", "Designer": "Yoshihisa Kishimoto", "Released": "NA \"Game-Machine\">Overseas Readers Column: Parallel Case Influenced Manufacturers' Marketing At AMOA Expo '88... |
Juan Bautista Alberdi (August 29, 1810 - June 19, 1884) was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo, Uruguay and in Chile, he influenced the content of the Constitution of Argentina of 1853.
Based on his classical liberal and federal constitutional ideas,... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "19th-century philosophy", "Language": "Spanish", "School": "Generation of '37's Classical liberalism - May Association"} |
is a 2003 side-scrolling beat-em-up released for the Game Boy Advance. It was published by Atlus and developed by Japanese studio Million. It is a remake of the 1987 arcade game Double Dragon and incorporates elements from its sequels and home versions.
Gameplay
thumb|left|A screenshot of the 1-Player Double Dragon mo... | {"Title": "Double Dragon Advance", "Caption": "In homage to the film Way of the Dragon, the cover depicts Billy and Jimmy in a fighting pose in the same way as the promotional shot of Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris (respectively).", "Developer": "Million", "Publisher": "Atlus", "Designer": "Muneki Ebinuma", "Series": "Doub... |
Sandra Diaz-Twine (born July 30, 1974) is an American television personality who became known for her appearances on the reality game show Survivor. She won the first two seasons she appeared on, Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, making her the show's first two-time winner. She returned for Sur... | {"Name": "Sandra Diaz-Twine", "Birth name": "Sandra Diaz", "Birth date": "1974 7 30 y", "Birth place": "Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.", "Television": "Survivor: Pearl Islands (winner)Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (winner)Survivor: Game Changers Survivor: Island of the Idols (mentor)Survivor: Winners at WarAustralian Surv... |
Spite and Malice, also known as Cat and Mouse, is a relatively modern American card game for two or more players. It is a reworking of the late 19th century Continental game Crapette, also known as Russian Bank, and is a form of competitive solitaire, with a number of variations that can be played with two or three reg... | {"Origin": "United States", "Alternative names": "Cat and Mouse", "Deck": "Single 52-card", "Rank (high→low)": "K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 A", "Players": "2 or more (originally 2)"} |
The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with 49,727 members as of 2021.
History
19th century
During the Centennial Exposition in Philadelph... | {"Abbreviation": "ALA", "Type": "Non-profitNGO", "Headquarters": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Location": "Chicago and Washington, D.C.", "Website": "www.ala.org"} |
Fabriano is a town and comune of Ancona province in the Italian region of the Marche, at above sea level. It lies in the Esino valley upstream and southwest of Jesi; and east-northeast of Fossato di Vico and east of Gubbio (both in Umbria). Its location on the main highway and rail line from Umbria to the Adriatic ... | {"Name": "Fabriano", "Official name": "Comune di Fabriano", "Map caption": "Fabriano within the Province of Ancona", "Coordinates": "43 20 N 12 55 E inline", "Region": "Marche", "Province": "Ancona (AN)", "Frazioni": "see list", "Mayor": "Gabriele Santarelli", "Area": "272.08", "Population": "30809", "Population as of"... |
Ponhea Yat ( ; c. 1390 - 1463), also known as Borom Reachea II ( ; , ), was the last king of the Khmer Empire and the first Khmer king of the post-Angkor period.
Ponhea Yat complained to the Yongle Emperor in 1408 and 1414 of raids by the Champa King Indravarman VI.Maspero, G., 2002, The Champa Kingdom, Bangkok: White... | {"Father": "Sri Soryovong", "Born": "Yasodharapura, Khmer Empire (now in Siem Reap, Cambodia)", "Died": "Krong Chaktomuk, Cambodia", "Burial": "Wat Phnom", "Religion": "Buddhism"} |
Terence Cooper (5 July 1933 - 16 September 1997) was a British film actor, best known for his roles in Australian and New Zealand television and film.
Biography
Born in 1933 at Carnmoney, a district of the modern-day borough of Newtownabbey in Northern Ireland, he became a stage actor and appeared in ITC British tele... | {"Name": "Terence Cooper", "Image": "Terence Cooper.gif", "Caption": "in Casino Royale (1967)", "Birth date": "1933 7 5 y", "Birth place": "Carnmoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland", "Death date": "1997 9 16 1933 7 5 y", "Death place": "Cairns, Queensland, Australia", "Other names": "Terrance CooperTerrence Cooper", ... |
Bartolomé Mitre Martínez (26 June 1821 - 19 January 1906) was an Argentine statesman, soldier and author. He was President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868 and the first president of unified Argentina.
Mitre is known as the most versatile statesman, military man, politician, journalist, historian, writer and poet. He wa... | {"Name": "Bartolomé Mitre", "Nationality": "Argentine", "Vice president": "Marcos Paz", "Term start": "12 October 1862", "Term end": "12 October 1868Interim: 12 December 1861 - 12 October 1862", "Office 2": "7th Governor of Buenos Aires", "Vice governor 2": "Manuel OcampoVicente Cazón", "Predecessor 2": "Felipe Llavall... |
BSE Limited, also known as the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE, मुंबई रोखे बाजार), is an Indian stock exchange which is located on Dalal Street in Mumbai. Established in 1875 by cotton merchant Premchand Roychand, it is the oldest stock exchange in Asia, and also the tenth oldest in the world. The BSE is one of the world's ... | {"Type": "Stock exchange", "Location": "India", "Founded": "9 July 1875 yesIndia BSE Corporate profile https://www.bseindia.com/downloads/Corporate_Profile.pdf 8 August 2020 25 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210925041127/https://www.bseindia.com/downloads/Corporate_Profile.pdf live", "Key people": "SS Mun... |
Metropolitan is a fantasy novel by American writer Walter Jon Williams, first published in 1995. A sequel, City on Fire, was published in 1997.
Setting
Metropolitan is set on an unnamed world where, in the distant past, some agency or agencies enclosed the planet in a barrier known as the Shield. The Shield emits lig... | {"Cover artist": "Phil Hefferman", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "HarperPrism", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "342", "ISBN": "0-06-105212-4", "Followed by": "City on Fire"} |
Doom is a 2005 science fiction film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. Loosely based on the video game series of the same name by id Software, the film stars Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Razaaq Adoti, and Dwayne Johnson (credited as The Rock). In the film, marines are sent on a rescue mission to a facility on Mars, where th... | {"Directed by": "Andrzej Bartkowiak", "Produced by": "John Wells\n Lorenzo di Bonaventura", "Screenplay by": "\"WGA\"/>\n Wesley Strick", "Story by": "David Callahamhttps://findawriter.wgaeast.org/v2/project/858225/doom/ Doom Writers Guilde of America East May 7, 2020", "Based on": "Doom id Software", "Starring": "Karl... |
Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi (7 December 1911 – 1 May/12 May 1986) was an Italian banking heir and a member of the House of Torlonia.
About
Born in Rome on 7 December 1911, Torlonia was the son of Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi and his American wife, Mary Elsie Moore. Don Ales... | {"Image caption": "Alessandro Torlonia of Civitella-Cesi.", "Birth date": "7 December 1911", "Birth place": "Rome, Italy", "Death date": "1 or 1986 5 12 1911 12 7 y", "Death place": "Palazzo Torlonia, Rome, Italy", "Father": "Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi", "Mother": "Mary Elsie Moore"} |
John Ball (20 August 1818 - 21 October 1889) was an Irish politician, naturalist and Alpine traveller.
Background and education
Ball was born in Dublin, the eldest son of Nicholas Ball, judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland) and his wife Jane Sherlock. He was educated at Oscott College near Birmingham, and at C... | {"Name": "John Ball", "Image caption": "John Ball.", "Birth date": "1818 8 20 y", "Birth place": "Dublin, Ireland", "Death date": "1889 10 21 1818 8 20 y", "Death place": "London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Christ's College, Cambridge"} |
John Ball ( 1338 - 15 July 1381) was an English priest who took a prominent part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Although he is often associated with John Wycliffe and the Lollard movement, Ball was actively preaching "articles contrary to the faith of the church" at least a decade before Wycliffe started attracting ... | {"Name": "John Ball", "Caption": "Medieval drawing of John Ball giving hope to Wat Tyler's rebels", "Birth date": "c. 1338", "Birth place": "Peldon, Colchester, Kingdom of England", "Death date": "15 July 1381 (aged 42/43)", "Death place": "St Albans, Kingdom of England", "Known For": "Peasants' Revolt", "Occupation": ... |
John Ball (November 12, 1794 - February 5, 1884) was a settler, educator, lawyer and member of the Michigan State Legislature.
Early life
Ball was born at Tenny Hill, Hebron, Grafton County, New Hampshire. He had a common school education that he got from short times at winter with a local clergyman when his father wo... | {"Name": "John Ball", "Birth date": "November 12, 1794", "Birth place": "Hebron, Grafton County, New Hampshire", "Death date": "1884 2 5 1794 11 12", "Death place": "Grand Rapids, Michigan", "Resting place": "Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan", "Resting place coordinates": "42°57'49.9896\", -085°38'52.8216... |
Fania Borach (October 29, 1891 - May 29, 1951), known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American comedian, illustrated song model, singer, and theater and film actress who made many stage, radio, and film appearances. She is known as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series The Baby... | {"Name": "Fanny Brice", "Caption": "Brice circa 1920", "Birth name": "Fania Borach", "Birth date": "1891 10 29", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "1951 5 29 1891 10 29", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Comedian, song model, singer, actress", "Years active": "1908-1951",... |
Duality is a collaborative album by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke released in 1998. It was Lisa Gerrard's second post-Dead Can Dance album after The Mirror Pool from 1995. Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry released their last album in 1996 and had officially disbanded Dead Can Dance earlier in 1998.
At the ARIA Music Aw... | {"Released": "14 April 1998", "Recorded": "1997", "Studio": "Lisa Gerrard's home studio, Gippsland, Australia", "Genre": "World fusion, baroque orchestral", "Label": "4AD", "Producer": "Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke"} |
The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the North Carolina Senate.
The qualifications to be a member of the House are found in... | {"Type": "Lower house", "Salary": "$13,951/year + per diem", "Seats": "120", "Redistricting": "Legislative control, no gubernatorial veto"} |
Leslie Merritt Jr. (born November 19, 1951) is an American accountant and politician. A Republican, he served as the State Auditor of North Carolina from January 15, 2005 to January 10, 2009. Merrit was born in Sampson County. After graduating from college and marrying he moved to Zebulon and ran an accounting firm. He... | {"Name": "Les Merritt", "Native name": "instead.-->", "Native name language": "<!--ISO 639-1 code, e.g., \"fr\" for French. If more than one, use in", "Image caption": "Merritt in 2005", "Term start": "January 15, 2005", "Term end": "January 10, 2009", "Birth date": "1946 11 19", "Birth place": "Sampson County, North ... |
The Forbes family is one of the components of the Boston Brahmins—they are a wealthy extended American family long prominent in Boston, Massachusetts. The family's fortune originates from trading opium and tea between North America and China in the 19th century plus other investments in the same period. The name desce... | {"Current region": "Boston, Massachusetts", "Place of origin": "Aberdeenshire, Scotland", "Connected families": "Kerry, Cabot, Griswold", "Estate(s)": "Les Essarts, Naushon Island"} |
The Hellbound Heart is a horror novella by Clive Barker, first published in November 1986 by Dark Harvest in the third volume of its Night Visions anthology series.ISBN database: Night Visions III The story features a hedonist criminal acquiring a mystical puzzle box, the Lemarchand Configuration, which can be used to ... | {"Cover artist": "Kirk Reinert", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Followed by": "The Scarlet Gospels", "Published": "November 1986, Dark Harvest, HarperPaperbacks", "Media type": "Print (hardcover), audiobook", "Pages": "186", "ISBN": "978-0-913165-13-3"} |
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A skipping rope or jump rope is a tool used in the sport of skipping/jump rope where one or more participants jump over a rope swung so that it passes under their feet and over their heads. There are multiple subsets of skip... | {"Type": "toy", "Company": "various", "Country": "various", "Availability": "16th century", "Materials": "various"} |
Mary Williams Dewson (1874-1962) was an American feminist and political activist. After graduating from Wellesley College in 1897, she worked for the Women's Educational and Industrial Union. She became an active member of the National Consumers League (NCL) and received mentorship from Florence Kelley, a famous advoca... | {"Name": "Mary W. Dewson", "Caption": "Mary W. Dewson", "Birth date": "1874 02 18", "Birth place": "Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1962 10 21 1874 02 18", "Death place": "Castine, Maine, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Wellesley College (BSW)", "Occupation": "Social Security Board Member"} |
General Sir Anthony Blaxland Stransham (22 December 1805 - 6 October 1900) was a senior officer in the Royal Marines.
Background
Stransham was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Stransham of the Royal Marines, and grandson of Major Samuel Stransham, also of the Royal Marines, who raised the Union Flag on the Falkl... | {"Birth name": "Anthony Blaxland Stransham", "Born": "Antingham, Norfolk, England", "Died": "Ealing, London, England", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Awards": "Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath"} |
The Pilbara () is a large, dry, thinly populated region in the north of Western Australia. It is known for its Aboriginal peoples; its ancient landscapes; the red earth; and its vast mineral deposits, in particular iron ore. It is also a global biodiversity hotspot for subterranean fauna.
Definitions of the Pilbara re... | {"Name": "Pilbara", "State Abbreviation": "wa", "Type": "region", "Image": "\"Location of the Pilbara region in Western Australia\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" zoom=\"4\" latitude=\"-20.18\" longitude=\"118\">\n{ \"type\": \"ExternalData\", \"service\": \"page\", \"title\": \"Western Australian region - Pilbara.map\" ... |
The Goldfields-Esperance region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is located in the south eastern corner of Western Australia, and comprises the local government areas of Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku, Ravensthorpe and Wiluna.
It also i... | {"Name": "Goldfields-Esperance", "State Abbreviation": "wa", "Type": "region", "Image": "\"Location of the Goldfields-Esperance region in Western Australia\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" zoom=\"4\" latitude=\"-29\" longitude=\"124.9\">\n{ \"type\": \"ExternalData\", \"service\": \"page\", \"title\": \"Western Australia... |
John Marshall Harlan (June 1, 1833 - October 14, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1877 until his death in 1911. He is often called "The Great Dissenter" due to his many dissents in cases that restricted civil liberties, includi... | {"Name": "John Marshall Harlan", "Term start": "December 10, 1877", "Term end": "October 14, 1911", "Birth date": "1833 6 1", "Birth place": "Boyle County, Kentucky, U.S.", "Death date": "1911 10 14 1833 6 1", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Resting place": "Rock Creek CemeteryWashington, D.C., U.S.", "Spouse... |
The Psion Series 5 was a personal digital assistant (PDA) from Psion. It came in two main variants, the Series 5 (launched in 1997) and the Series 5mx (1999), the latter having a faster processor, clearer liquid crystal display (LCD), and updated software. There was also a rare Series 5mx Pro, which differed only in ha... | {"Manufacturer": "Psion PLC", "Release date": "1997<!-- If known, add", "Retail availability": "1997", "Discontinuation date": "<!-- 20yy If known, add", "Operating system": "EPOC32", "CPU make and model": "CL-PS7110 @ 18-36 MHz5MX processor? November 2017", "Amount of memory installed": "4-16 MB", "Dimensions": "170 ×... |
OLT Express Germany (formerly OLT Ostfriesische Lufttransport GmbH or OLT) was an airline based in Bremen in Germany."Imprint." () OLT. Retrieved on 4 August 2011. "OLT Express Germany GmbH Henrich-Focke-Strasse 6 28199 Bremen" The company moved to Bremen from Emden in February 2012. It operated regional scheduled and ... | {"Airline name": "OLT Express Germany", "Image size (px)": "250px", "Current Fleet Size": "15", "Number of Destinations": "10", "IATA Designator": "S2", "ICAO Designator": "OLT", "Callsign": "OLTRA", "Parent Company": "Panta Holdings", "Founded": "1958 (as Ostfriesische Lufttaxi)", "Ceased operations": "30 January 2013... |
The Helvetic Republic (, , ) was a sister republic of France that existed between 1798 and 1803, during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was created following the French invasion and the consequent dissolution of the Old Swiss Confederacy, marking the end of the ancien régime in Switzerland. Throughout its existence, ... | {"Native name": "de Helvetische Republikfr République helvétiqueit Repubblica Elveticarm Republica helvetica", "Conventional long name": "Helvetic Republic", "Symbol type": "Official seal of the \"smaller council\" (Kleiner Rath)", "Official languages": "French, German, ItalianThe constitution of the Helvetic Republic ... |
The Peace Center is a performing arts center located in Greenville, South Carolina. It is composed of a concert hall, theater, and amphitheatre. Located adjacent to Falls Park, the center hosts over 300 events each year, including classical music, Broadway shows, pop stars, and magic shows including David Copperfield.
... | {"Former names": "Peace Center for the Performing Arts (planning/construction)", "Location": "Downtown Greenville", "Type": "Performing arts complex", "Opened": "1990 11 10 y", "Renovated": "2010", "Owner": "City of Greenville", "Construction cost": "$34 million$23 million (2010 renovations)", "Architect": "Craig, Gaul... |
Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu (born 15 March 1957)IBARRETXE MARKUARTU Juan José International Who's Who. accessed 1 September 2006. is a former president of the Basque Autonomous Community in Spain. Also a leading member of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) during the period, he held office from 2 January 1999 to 7 M... | {"Name": "Juan Jose Ibarretxe", "Term start": "2 January 1999", "Term end": "7 May 2009", "Office 2": "Deputy Lehendakari of the Basque Country", "President 2": "José Antonio Ardanza", "Predecessor 2": "Jon Imanol Azúa", "Successor 2": "Idoia Zenerrutzabeitia Beldarrain", "Birth name": "Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu", ... |
Theodore Meir Bikel ( ; May 2, 1924 - July 21, 2015) was an American actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist, and political activist. He appeared in films, including The African Queen (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952), The Kidnappers (1953), The Enemy Below (1957), I Want to Live! (1958), My Fair Lady (1964), The Ru... | {"Name": "Theodore Bikel", "Caption": "Bikel in 2009", "Birth name": "Theodore Meir Bikel", "Birth date": "1924 05 02", "Birth place": "Vienna, Austria", "Death date": "2015 07 21 1924 05 02", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery", "Occupation": "Actor, folk ... |
Danielle Andrea Harris (born June 1, 1977) is an American actress. She is known as a "scream queen" for her roles in multiple horror films, including four entries in the Halloween franchise: two films as Jamie Lloyd (Halloween 4 and 5; 1988-89), and the Halloween remake and its sequel as Annie Brackett (2007-09). Other... | {"Name": "Danielle Harris", "Caption": "Harris in 2014", "Birth name": "Danielle Andrea Harris", "Birth date": "1977 6 1", "Birth place": "Plainview, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress, film director", "Years active": "1985-present", "Spouse(s)": "David Gross 2014", "Children": "2", "Website": "danielleharris.com"... |
The Superjesus are an Australian rock band formed in Adelaide in late 1994. Their debut album, Sumo (February 1998), peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart, their second album, Jet Age (October 2000) reached No. 5 and their third album, Rock Music (May 2003) peaked at No. 14. Their top 40 singles include "Down Again"... | {"Origin": "Adelaide, South Australia, Australia", "Genres": "Alternative Rock\n Indie Rock", "Labels": "Aloha\n EastWest/Warner", "Website": "thesuperjesus.com", "Members": "Sarah McLeod\n Stuart Rudd\n Cam Blokland\n Murray Sheridan"} |
Loganair is a Scottish airline based at Glasgow Airport near Paisley, Scotland. It is the largest regional airline in the UK by passenger numbers and fleet size.
In addition to its main base at Glasgow, it has hubs at Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inverness and Newcastle airports. It holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Autho... | {"Airline name": "Loganair Limited", "Image size (px)": "250", "IATA Designator": "LMIATA Code search, selecting \"airline name\" as the search parameter and \"Loganair\" as the search term. Search conducted 17 February 2015", "ICAO Designator": "LOG", "Callsign": "LOGAN", "Parent Company": "Airline Investments Limited... |
Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, produced by Alan Marshall and written by Bruce Joel Rubin. The film stars Tim Robbins as Jacob Singer, an American infantryman whose experiences before and during his service in Vietnam result in strange, fragmentary visions and bizarr... | {"Directed by": "Adrian Lyne", "Produced by": "Alan Marshall\n Mario Kassar", "Written by": "Bruce Joel Rubin", "Starring": "Tim Robbins\n Elizabeth Peña\n Danny Aiello", "Music by": "Maurice Jarre", "Cinematography": "Jeffrey L. Kimball", "Edited by": "Tom Rolf", "Distributed by": "Tri-Star Pictures", "Budget": "$25 m... |
Ernesto Beckmann Geisel (, ; 3 August 1907 - 12 September 1996) was a Brazilian Army officer and politician, who was President of Brazil from 1974 to 1979, during the Brazilian military regime.
Early life and family
Ernesto Geisel was born in Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul province. His father was Guilherme August... | {"Name": "Ernesto Geisel", "Vice president": "Adalberto Pereira dos Santos", "Term start": "15 March 1974", "Term end": "15 March 1979", "Office 2": "Chair of Petrobras", "Nominator 2": "Emílio Garrastazu Médici", "Predecessor 2": "Waldemar Cardoso", "Successor 2": "Faria Lima", "Birth name": "Ernesto Beckmann Geisel",... |
Hans-Ulrich Rudel (2 July 1916 - 18 December 1982) was a German ground-attack pilot during World War II and a post-war neo-Nazi activist.
The most decorated German pilot of the war and the only recipient of the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, Rudel was credited with the destruction of 519 ... | {"Born": "Konradswaldau, German Empire", "Died": "Rosenheim, West Germany", "Allegiance": "Nazi Germany", "Commands held": "SG 2", "Awards": "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds", "Other work": "Founder of relief organization for Nazi war criminals Neo-Nazi activist Election ca... |
Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional football club based in Marseille that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Founded in 1899, the club has won nine league titles, ten Coupe de France titles, three Coupe de la Ligue... | {"Full name": "Olympique de Marseille", "Nickname(s)": "Les Phocéens (The Phocaeans)https://footnickname.wordpress.com/2020/05/03/33-olympique-de-marseille-les-phoceens/ #33 - Olympique de Marseille : les Phocéens fr 3 May 2020 Footnickname 30 August 2021Les Olympiens (The Olympians)Les Minots (The Youngs from Marse... |
The Beaufort Sea (; , Iñupiaq: Taġiuq) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska, and west of Canada's Arctic islands. The sea is named after Sir Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer. The Mackenzie River, the longest in Canada, empties into the Canadian part of... | {"Name": "Beaufort Sea", "Image": "Beaufortzee.PNG", "Coordinates": "72 N 137 W type:waterbody_scale:10000000 inline, title", "Type": "Sea", "Basin Countries": "Canada and United States", "Area": "476000 km2 on", "Depth": "124 m on", "Max Depth": "4683 m on", "Volume": "22000 km3 acre.ft on", "Frozen": "Almost all year... |
Alpinist is a quarterly American magazine focused on mountain literature and mountaineering ascents worldwide.
History and profile
Alpinist was founded in 2002 and was originally published out of Jackson, Wyoming. It was resurrected in 2009 and is now based in Jeffersonville, Vermont.
The magazine often focuses o... | {"Frequency": "Quarterly", "First issue": "2002 month", "Company": "Height of Land Publications", "Country": "United States", "Based in": "Jeffersonville, Vermont", "Language": "English", "Website": "http://www.alpinist.com", "ISSN": "1540-725X"} |
Count Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (Михаи́л Петро́вич Бесту́жев-Рю́мин; 1688 in Moscow - 1760 in Paris) was a Russian diplomat. He was the son of Pyotr Bestuzhev-Ryumin and elder brother of the more famous Aleksey Bestuzhev.
Mikhail Bestuzhev was brought up with his brother in Berlin. In 1705, Peter the Great co... | {"Honorific prefix": "Count", "Name": "Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin", "Native name": "Михаи́л Петро́вич Бесту́жев-Рю́мин", "Native name language": "ru", "Birth date": "1688", "Birth place": "Moscow", "Death date": "1760 1688", "Death place": "Paris", "Nationality": "Russian", "Occupation": "Diplomat", "Spouse(s)"... |
John Taylor (October 6, 1836 - February 10, 1909) was an American businessman and politician who served in the New Jersey Senate. He created pork roll in 1856 and formed Taylor Provisions Company in 1888, establishing the brand "Taylor's Prepared Ham", sometimes called Taylor Ham. He also founded the Taylor Opera House... | {"Name": "John Taylor", "Caption": "John Taylor", "Birth date": "1836 10 06", "Birth place": "Hamilton Square, New Jersey, US", "Death date": "1909 02 10 1836 10 06", "Known For": "Pork roll"} |
The Waldorf Astoria New York is a luxury hotel and condominium residence in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The structure, at 301 Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, is a 47-story Art Deco landmark designed by architects Schultze and Weaver, which was completed in 1931. The building was the world's tallest ... | {"Name": "Waldorf Astoria New York", "Caption": "The hotel from the north, with St. Bart's visible in the foreground.", "Location": "301 Park AvenueManhattan, New York City", "Coordinates": "40 45 23 N 73 58 27 W region:US-NY inline,title", "Opened_date": "1931", "Architect": "Schultze & Weaver", "Landlord": "Hilton Wo... |
The term bard () came to be used in the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, and continues to be used in Russia today, to refer to singer-songwriters who wrote songs outside the Soviet establishment, similarly to folk singers of the American folk music revival. Because in bard music songwriters perform their own songs, the... | {"Name": "Author song", "Native name": "ru Авторская песня, ru бардовская песня", "Other names": "Bard song", "Stylistic origins": "Russian romance Russian poetry", "Cultural origins": "1950s, Russian SFSR", "Typical instruments": "Guitar Vocals", "Subgenres": "Tourist song Political song Outlaw song Lyrical song Bard ... |
Lydia Susanna "Linda" Hunt (born April 2, 1945) is an American actress of stage and screen.
She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980). Hunt portrayed the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the ... | {"Name": "Linda Hunt", "Caption": "Hunt in 2015", "Birth name": "Lydia Susanna Hunt", "Birth date": "1945 4 2Bauer Pat Linda Hunt Encyclopedia Britannica 29 March 2022 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Linda-Hunt 21 February 2023", "Birth place": "Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years ... |
Home on the Range is a 2004 American animated Western musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 45th Disney animated feature film, it was the last traditionally animated Disney film released until The Princess and the Frog (2009). The film was written and di... | {"Directed by": "Will Finn\nJohn Sanford", "Produced by": "Alice Dewey Goldstone", "Written by": "Will Finn\nJohn Sanford", "Story by": "Will Finn\nJohn Sanford\nMichael LaBash\nSam Levine\nMark Kennedy\nRobert Lence", "Starring": "Roseanne Barr\nJudi Dench\nJennifer Tilly\nCuba Gooding Jr.\nRandy Quaid\nSteve Buscemi"... |
Video4Linux (V4L for short) is a collection of device drivers and an API for supporting realtime video capture on Linux systems. It supports many USB webcams, TV tuners, and related devices, standardizing their output, so programmers can easily add video support to their applications.
Video4Linux is responsible for cr... | {"Written in": "C", "Platform": "Linux kernel", "Repository": "https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git", "License": "GNU General Public License", "Website": "http://www.linuxtv.org/"} |
Maximilian Adelbert Baer (February 11, 1909 - November 21, 1959) was an American professional boxer and the world heavyweight champion from June 14, 1934, to June 13, 1935. He was known in his time as the Livermore Larupper and Madcap Maxie.Two of his fights (a 1933 win over Max Schmeling and a 1935 loss to James J. Br... | {"Real name": "Maximilian Adelbert Baer", "Nickname(s)": "The Livermore Larupper\nMadcap Maxie", "Nationality": "American", "Height": "6 ft 2+1/2 in m 2 on", "Weight(s)": "Heavyweight", "Reach": "81 inMax Baer. BoxrecMax Baer. Boxrec", "Born": "Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.", "Died": "Hollywood, California, U.S.", "Stance": "... |
John Gregory Taylor (born March 31, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and kick returner with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He attended Pennsauken High School and was one of six NFL players to come from PHS during the 1980s. Taylor attended ... | {"Born:": "Salisbury, Maryland, U.S.", "Height:": "1", "Weight:": "185", "NFL Draft:": "76", "High school:": "Pennsauken (NJ)", "College:": "Delaware State"} |
Caroline Chisholm (born Caroline Jones; 30 May 1808 - 25 March 1877) was a 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her support of immigrant female and family welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the calendar of saints of the Church of England. Her path to sainthood within the Catholic Churc... | {"Honorific prefix": "Servant of God", "Name": "Caroline Chisholm", "Caption": "Caroline Chisholm, 1852, by Angelo Collen Hayter", "Birth name": "Caroline Jones", "Birth date": "1808 5 30 y", "Birth place": "Northampton, England", "Death date": "1877 3 25 1808 5 30 y", "Death place": "Highgate, London, England", "Occup... |
San Juan, officially the City of San Juan (, Spanish: Ciudad de San Juan del Monte), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 126,347 people. It is geographically located at Metro Manila's approximate center and is also... | {"Named for": "St. John the Baptist", "Type": "government_type", "Rank": "145th out of 145", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
S.O.B. is a 1981 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Blake Edwards. It stars Julie Andrews, Richard Mulligan, Robert Preston, Larry Hagman, Robert Vaughn, Robert Webber, Loretta Swit, Shelley Winters, and William Holden in his final film role. The film was produced by Lorimar and was released b... | {"Directed by": "Blake Edwards", "Produced by": "Blake EdwardsTony Adams", "Written by": "Blake Edwards", "Starring": "Julie AndrewsWilliam HoldenRichard MulliganRobert PrestonRobert Vaughn Larry HagmanRobert Webber", "Music by": "Henry Mancini", "Cinematography": "Harry Stradling Jr.", "Edited by": "Ralph E. Winters",... |
Navotas, officially the City of Navotas (), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 247,543 people.
It was formerly part of the Province of Rizal in southern Luzon. It comprises what is known as the CAMANAVA area along... | {"Type": "government_type", "Rank": "144th out of 145", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
is a public holiday in Japan which takes place annually on May 5 and is the final celebration in Golden Week. It is a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness. It was designated a national holiday by the Japanese government in 1948, but has been a day of celebration in Japan si... | {"Type": "Public", "Official name": "子供の日 Kodomo no hi", "Observed by": "Japan", "Significance": "Celebrates children's personalities and their happiness", "Next time": "same day each year"} |
Power Rangers in Space is a television series and the sixth season of the Power Rangers franchise, based on the 21st Super Sentai series Denji Sentai Megaranger.
In Space was a turning point for the Power Rangers franchise, as the season brought closure to six seasons of plot, and it ended the practice of having regul... | {"Also known as": "Saban's Power Rangers in Space", "Running time": "20 minutes", "Genre": "Action-adventure\n Science fantasy\n Space opera\n Superhero", "Created by": "Haim SabanToei Company", "Developed by": "Saban EntertainmentToei Company", "Directed by": "Jonathan TzachorIsaac FlorentineBlair TreuWorth KeeterKoic... |
Captain Planet and the Planeteers is an American animated environmentalist superhero television series created by Barbara Pyle and Ted Turner and developed by Pyle, Nicholas Boxer, Thom Beers, Andy Heyward, Robby London, Bob Forward and Cassandra Schafausen. The series was produced by Turner Program Services and DIC En... | {"Also known as": "The New Adventures of Captain Planet", "Genre": "Superhero fictionActionAdventureEdutainment", "Running time": "22 minutes", "Created by": "Ted TurnerBarbara Pyle", "Developed by": "Nicholas BoxerThom BeersAndy HeywardRobby LondonBarbara PyleBob ForwardCassandra Schafausen", "Written by": "Doug Molit... |
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy is a tokusatsu television series and the seventh season of the Power Rangers franchise, based on the 22nd Super Sentai series Seijuu Sentai Gingaman.Power Rangers blast out of this world, The Dallas Morning News - April 25, 1999 The series was the first to follow the Sentai tradition of a new ... | {"Also known as": "Saban's Power Rangers Lost Galaxy", "Running time": "20 minutes", "Genre": "Action-adventure\n Drama\n Science fantasy\n Superhero", "Created by": "Haim Saban Toei Company", "Developed by": "Saban EntertainmentToei Company", "Directed by": "Jonathan TzachorWorth KeeterBlair TreuKoichi SakamotoRyuta ... |
Nepean High School (often abbreviated to NHS) is a high school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Westboro neighbourhood, at 574 Broadview Avenue. There were 1160 students enrolled for 2011-2012. Alan Johnson is the current principal replacing Kristy MacNamara, the principal from 2018 to 2019. The two cu... | {"Superintendent": "Frank Wiley", "Mascot": "Knight", "Team name": "Nepean Knights", "School board": "Ottawa-Carleton District School Board", "Language": "English, French Immersion, Spanish", "Website": "nepeanhs.ocdsb.ca"} |
Power Rangers Dino Thunder is the twelfth season of the television series, Power Rangers.
This incarnation of Power Rangers was adapted from Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger, the 27th entry of Toei Company's long-running Super Sentai franchise. Dino Thunder was also the subtitle of the Korean dub of Abaranger in South Korea an... | {"Genre": "Action-adventure\n Fantasy\n Science fiction\n Superhero\n Tokusatsu", "Developed by": "The Walt Disney CompanyToei Company", "Directed by": "Charlie HaskellAndrew MerrifieldPaul GrinderDouglas Sloan Britta Johnstone", "Starring": "See below", "Country of origin": "United StatesJapan", "Running time": "20-21... |
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