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is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. He is currently affiliated with Aoni Production.
He is most known for being voices for Kicchō Fukuda in Jūshirō Ukitake in Bleach, Slam Dunk, Auron in Final Fantasy X, Itachi Uchiha in Naruto, Squall Leonhart in Final Fantasy VIII and Kingdom Hearts,... | {"Name": "Hideo Ishikawa", "Caption": "Ishikawa at FanimeCon 2017", "Native name": "石川 英郎", "Native name language": "ja", "Other names": "Hide ヒデさん Hide-san", "Birth date": "1969 12 13", "Birth place": "Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan", "Occupation": "Voice actor, narrator", "Years active": "1993-present", "Agent"... |
Public holidays in the Philippines are of two types, regular holidays and special non-working days.
History
On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. Chapter 7 of this code specified a list of ten nationwide regular holidays and two nationwide special days and... | {"Observed by": "Filipinos", "Next time": "yes", "Celebrations": "Various", "Type": "Regular, special non-working, local"} |
is a Japanese voice actor.
For his portrayal of Saki Abdusha in You're Under Arrest alongside Etsuko Kozakura, Makoto Kurumizawa in BOYS BE, Setsuna Aoki in Sakura Wars, and Athrun Zala in Gundam SEED, Gundam Seed Destiny & Mobile Suite Gundam Seed Freedom 2024 alongside Sōichirō Hoshi, Naomi Shindō, Nanako Mori, & F... | {"Name": "Akira Ishida", "Caption": "Ishida in 2019", "Native name": "石田 彰", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1967 11 2", "Birth place": "Nisshin, Aichi, Japan", "Education": "Nihon University", "Occupation": "Actor\n voice actor", "Years active": "1987–present", "Notable works": "Saiyuki as Cho Hakkai \nYo... |
Namie Amuro ( ; ; born September 20, 1977) is a Japanese former recording artist, producer, dancer, model, actress and entrepreneur who was active between 1992 and 2018. A leading figure of the Japanese entertainment industry since the early 1990s, Amuro is known for breaking the youthful idol stereotype of J-Pop, chan... | {"Name": "Namie Amuro", "Caption": "Amuro at her 25th anniversary concert in Okinawa in September 2017", "Native name": "安室 奈美恵", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1977 09 20", "Birth place": "Naha, Okinawa, Japan", "Other names": "Namie Maruyama (legally, 1997-2002)", "Occupation": "Singer\ndancer\nmodel\na... |
is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer from Kanagawa Prefecture who released various solo CD albums. She is employed by 81 Produce.
Filmography
Anime
Iczer Reborn (1990 OVA), Nagisa Kasumi
The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn (1992 TV), Hotaru Sakurakoji
Hime-chan's Ribbon (1992 TV), Aiko Nonohara
YuYu Hakusho... | {"Name": "Yuri Shiratori", "Native name": "白鳥 由里", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1968 08 20", "Birth place": "Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan", "Occupation": "Voice actress, singer", "Years active": "1989-present", "Notable works": "Angelic Layeras Hatoko KobayashiRevolutionary Girl Utenaas Nanami KiryuuSaber... |
in Kōchi is a Japanese voice actress.
Filmography
Anime
Animation Runner Kuromi (Announcer, Yuri)
Animation Runner Kuromi 2 (Yuri)
Battle B-Daman (Asado)
Boys Be... (Jyunna Morio)
Futari wa Pretty Cure (Butler Zakenna A)
Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart (Pyuan)
Hijikata Toshizou - Shiro no Kiseki (Hijikata Toshizou (ch... | {"Native name": "小松 里歌", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1975 2 25", "Birth place": "Kōchi Prefecture, Japan", "Occupation": "Voice Actress"} |
is a Japanese voice actress.
Notable voice roles
Anime
Kamichama Karin (Miyon Yi)
Angelic Layer (Maria Shibata)
Boys Be... (Chiharu Nitta)
Digimon Adventure 02 (Jun Motomiya)
Devil Lady (Kazumi Takiura)
Full Metal Panic! (Dana)
Ginban Kaleidoscope (Kyōko Shitō)
Haibane Renmei (Nemu)
Magical Play (MyuMyu)
Magic User's... | {"Name": "Kazusa Murai", "Native name": "村井 かずさ", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1975 12 28", "Birth place": "Nagoya, Aichi, Japan", "Occupation": "Voice actress", "Years active": "1996-present"} |
The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) and the Japan Series twice (in 1954 and 2007). They were also champions in... | {"Former names": "Nagoya Dragons (1951-1953)\nChunichi Dragons (1948-1950)\nChubu Nippon Dragons (1947)\nChubu Nippon (1946)\nSangyo Club (1944)\nNagoya Club (1936-1943)", "League championship seasons": "9 (1954, 1974, 1982, 1988, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011)", "Series championship seasons": "2 (1954, 2007)", "Retired... |
is a Japanese former voice actress who was previously represented by Gekidan Moonlight and by Atomic Monkey at the time of her retirement. She was born in Atami, Shizuoka. On August 30, 2018, she announced her retirement from voice acting, which she attributed to personal reasons.
Filmography
Anime
{| class="wikitable... | {"Name": "Yuka Imai", "Native name": "今井 由香", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1970 09 19", "Birth place": "Atami, Shizuoka, Japan", "Occupation": "Voice actress", "Years active": "1994-2018", "Agent": "Atomic Monkey", "Children": "1", "Height": "161 cm (5 ft 3 in)"} |
Roger Thomas Staubach (, -; , -; born February 5, 1942), nicknamed "Roger the Dodger", "Captain America", and "Captain Comeback", is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys.
He attended the U.S. Naval Academy where he won the 1963 ... | {"Born:": "Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.", "Height:": "3", "Weight:": "197", "High school:": "Purcell Marian (Cincinnati, Ohio)", "College:": "NMMI (1960) Navy (1961-1964)", "NFL Draft:": "129", "AFL Draft:": "122"} |
Nathan Beverly Stubblefield (November 22, 1860 - March 28, 1928) was an American inventor best known for his wireless telephone work. Self-described as a "practical farmer, fruit grower and electrician","Kentucky Inventor Solves Problem of Wireless Telephony", The Sunny South, March 8, 1902, page 6. he received widespr... | {"Name": "Nathan B. Stubblefield", "Caption": "Stubblefield (1908) with his later, induction, wireless telephone", "Birth date": "1860 11 22", "Death date": "1928 3 28 1860 11 22", "Resting place": "Bowman Cemetery", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "inventor", "Known For": "wireless telephony", "Spouse(s)": "A... |
Ricardo Sanchez (born September 9, 1953) is a former lieutenant general in the United States Army. His career was most notable for authorizing the use of torture at the Abu Gharib prison between 2003 and 2004.
Early life and education
Sánchez was born into a poor Mexican American family in Rio Grande City, Texas. Dur... | {"Born": "Rio Grande City, Texas, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States of America 23px", "Commands held": "2nd Battalion, 69th Armor, 197th Infantry Brigade2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division1st Armored DivisionMulti-National Force - IraqV Corps", "Awards": "Defense Distinguished Service MedalArmy Distinguished Service M... |
thumb|500px|The JVLR & Powai Lake as seen from the top of Emerald Isle, Powai
thumb|Powai Lake
Powai Lake (Pronunciation: [pəʋəiː]) is an artificial lake, situated in Mumbai, in the Powai valley, where a Powai village with a cluster of huts existed. The city suburb called Powai shares its name with the lake.
Indian Ins... | {"Location": "Mumbai, Maharashtra", "Coordinates": "19.13 72.91 type:waterbody_region:IN-MH", "Catchment area": "6.61 km2 on", "Basin": "India", "Max. depth": "12 m on", "Surface elevation": "58.5 m ft 2 on", "Settlements": "Powai"} |
thumb|243px|Arms of Sir William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, KG
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham (c. 151012 January 1573) was an English diplomat and military leader. He served four monarchs, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I, in various official capacities, most notably on diplomatic... | {"Image caption": "William Howard (circa 1510-1573), 1st Baron Howard of Howard of Effingham", "Parents": "Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of NorfolkAgnes Tilney", "Birth date": "1510", "Death date": "1573 1 12 1510 yes"} |
is a drama of "Toshiba Nichiyo Gekijo (東芝日曜劇場 Tōshiba Nichiyō Gekijō)" on TBS Television. It was first shown in Japan from 16 January to 26 March 2000.Beautiful life profile on jdorama.com retrieved on 2018-07-09 Beautiful Life was a massive success, achieving a TV rating of 41.3% -- a record it held until it was eclip... | {"Genre": "drama, romance", "Written by": "Eriko Kitagawa", "Directed by": "Nobuhiro Doi", "Starring": "Takuya KimuraTakako Tokiwa", "Opening theme": "Kon'ya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni by B'z", "Country of origin": "Japan", "Original network": "TBS Television", "Original release": "2000 3 26"} |
Die Form is a French post-industrial and electronic band formed in 1977-78. The name 'Die Form' means '(the) form/shape' in German, like the Bauhaus diary, and is a play on the English homonym 'deform' and on the French homonym 'difforme' (deformed).
Biography
Die Form is the primary project of the French electronic... | {"Origin": "Rennes, France", "Genres": "Coldwave (early) Post-industrial Neoclassical dark wave", "Labels": "Bain Total Normal Parade Amoureuse Danceteria Hyperium Trisol Out of Line Metropolis", "Spinoffs": "D.Sign Ukiyo Société Anonyme Sombre Printemps Elektrode", "Website": "http://www.dief... |
Florent Schmitt (; 28 September 187017 August 1958) was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches. His most famous pieces are La tragédie de Salome and Psaume XLVII (Psalm 47). He has been described as "one of the most fascinating of France's lesser-known classical composers".
Biography
Early l... | {"Name": "Florent Schmitt", "Caption": "Schmitt in 1900", "Birth date": "y 1870 9 28", "Birth place": "Meurthe-et-Moselle, France", "Death date": "y 1958 8 17", "Death place": "Neuilly-sur-Seine, France", "Occupation": "Composer"} |
Roy Hampton Park (15 September 1910 - 25 October 1993) was an American entrepreneur and media mogul. He is known for creating the Duncan Hines brand of packaged food products, and for his television/radio/newspaper conglomerate, Park Communications. He created the Park Foundation, which has funded many programs in his ... | {"Name": "Roy H. Park", "Birth date": "1910 09 15", "Birth place": "Dobson, North Carolina, US", "Death date": "1993 10 25 1910 09 15", "Death place": "New York City, US", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "North Carolina State University", "Known For": "Duncan Hines Park Communications Park Foundation Triad... |
John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, PC FRS (25 April 165510 July 1700), known as Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, from 1675 to 1696, was an English politician.
Early life
He was born at Hackthorpe Hall, Lowther, Westmorland, the son of Col. John Lowther of Lowther (the eldest son of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet) and h... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Viscount Lonsdale", "Honorific suffix": "PC FRS", "Image caption": "Portrait of Viscount Lonsdale by Hyacinthe Rigaud", "Term start": "1699", "Term end": "1700", "Predecessor 2": "Sir Philip MusgraveSir Thomas Strickland", "Alongside 2": "Sir Philip Musgrave, Al... |
Kenneth Brian Edmonds (born April 10, 1959), better known by his stage name Babyface, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has written and produced over 26 number-one R&B hits throughout his career and has won 12 Grammy Awards. He was ranked number 20 on NME 50 of The Greatest Producers Ever list.... | {"Name": "Babyface", "Caption": "Babyface in 2013", "Other names": "Face\nY Corp", "Birth name": "Kenneth Brian Edmonds", "Birth date": "1959 4 10", "Birth place": "Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.", "Occupation": "Singer songwriter record producer record executive", "Education": "North Central High School", "Years active":... |
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (28 May 1748 - 4 September 1825) was a British peer, statesman, diplomat, and author.
Life
thumb|left|Lord Carlisle in the ceremonial robes of the Order of the Thistle, by Joshua Reynolds (1769)
He was the son of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle and his second wife Isabella By... | {"Name": "The Earl of Carlisle", "Alternative text": "oil-on-canvas", "Image caption": "Portrait by George Romney", "Birth date": "28 May 1748", "Death date": "1825 9 4 1748 5 28 y", "Spouse(s)": "Lady Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower"} |
George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle, (18 April 1802- 5 December 1864), styled Viscount Morpeth from 1825 to 1848, was a British statesman, orator, and writer.
Life
Carlisle was born in Westminster, London, the eldest son of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle by his wife Lady Georgiana Cavendish, el... | {"Name": "The Earl of Carlisle", "Image size": "200px", "Order 2": "Lord Lieutenant of Ireland", "Monarch 2": "Victoria", "Prime minister 2": "The Viscount Palmerston", "Predecessor 2": "The Earl of St Germans", "Successor 2": "The Earl of Eglinton", "Birth date": "yes 1802 04 18", "Birth place": "Berkeley Square, West... |
Boniface Alexandre (; 31 July 1936 - 4 August 2023) was a Haitian politician. Alexandre served as the provisional president of Haiti following the 2004 coup d'état that removed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office. He served until May 2006.
Biography
Alexandre was raised by his uncle, Martial Célestin, Haiti's... | {"Name": "Boniface Alexandre", "Image size": "200px", "Term start": "29 February 2004", "Term end": "14 May 2006", "Birth date": "1936 7 31 yes", "Birth place": "Ganthier, Haiti", "Death date": "2023 8 4 1936 7 31 yes", "Death place": "Port-au-Prince, Haiti", "Spouse(s)": "Célima Dorcély 1990 2020 her death"} |
Adrian Keith Goldsworthy (; born 1969) is a British historian and novelist who specialises in ancient Roman history.
Education
Adrian Goldsworthy attended Westbourne School, Penarth. He then read Ancient and Modern History at St John's College, Oxford, completing a D.Phil. in ancient military history from the Universi... | {"Name": "Adrian Goldsworthy", "Alt": "Adrian Goldsworthy", "Birth date": "1969", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "St John's College, Oxford", "Website": "http://www.adriangoldsworthy.com", "Module": "yes Adrian Goldsworthy - voice - en.flac\n Adrian Goldsworthy introducing himself speech recorded April... |
A japamala, , or simply mala (; , meaning 'garland') is a loop of prayer beads commonly used in Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism for counting recitations when performing japa (reciting a mantra or other sacred sound) or for counting some other sadhana (spiritual practice) such as pros... | {"Picture caption": "Japamala, Made from wood of sacred basil herbs, with guru bead in foreground", "Name in Chinese": "佛珠", "Literal meaning": "\"Garland recitation\"https://www.amarchitrakatha.com/mythologies/japamala-the-spiritual-string-of-beads/", "Pinyin transcription": "Fózhū", "Wade-Giles": "Fo2-chu1", "Mandari... |
Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1997, until April 30, 2002, for 119 episodes over five seasons.
The show starred Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a couple who married on their first date despite being polar opposites. The serie... | {"Genre": "Sitcom", "Created by": "Dottie Dartland Chuck Lorre", "Starring": "Jenna Elfman\n Thomas Gibson\n Joel Murray\n Mimi Kennedy\n Alan Rachins\n Mitchell Ryan\n Susan Sullivan\n Shae D'lyn\n Susan Chuang\n Helen Greenberg", "Opening theme": "\"Dharma & Greg\" by Dennis C. Brown", "Ending theme": "\"Dharma & Gre... |
African Lion Safari is a family-owned safari park in Southern Ontario, Canada, straddling the cities of Hamilton and Cambridge, located west of Toronto. Guests may tour seven game reserves, with a total area of about , on tour buses or in visitors' own vehicles, where animals roam freely in contained areas. Accompany... | {"Zoo name": "African Lion Safari", "Date opened": "August 22, 1969", "Location": "Hamilton and Cambridge, Ontario", "Coordinates": "43.341 N 80.180 W region:CA_type:landmark inline,title", "Total area": "300 ha acre", "Memberships": "CAZA, WAZA, IEF, and IAATE", "Website URL": "http://www.lionsafari.com"} |
The Sura (, , Săr) is a river in Russia, a north-flowing right tributary of the Volga. Its mouth on the Volga is about half way between Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. It flows through Penza Oblast, Mordovia, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Chuvashia and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .«Река СУРА», Russi... | {"Location": "Cheboksary Reservoir", "Progression": "Cheboksary Reservoir→", "Mouth": "60 m ft on", "Coordinates": "56 07 21 N 45 58 16 E region:RU-NIZ_type:river_source:dewiki it", "Basin size": "67500 km2 sqmi on", "Left": "Kadada, Uza, Alatyr, Pyana", "Right": "Inza, Barysh, Bezdna"} |
Royal Air Force Menwith Hill or more simply RAF Menwith Hill is a Royal Air Force station near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which provides communications and intelligence support services to the United Kingdom and the United States. The site contains an extensive satellite ground station and is a communications... | {"Type": "RAF station (US Visiting Forces)", "Coordinates": "54 00 29 N 001 41 24 W region:GB_type:landmark inline,title", "Owner": "Ministry of Defence", "Operator": "United States Air Force\nNational Security Agency", "Area": "605 acre", "Built": "1956 - 1959", "In use": "1959 - present", "Garrison": "421st Air Base ... |
The 1996 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 3 March 1996, to elect the 6th of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 257 seats in the Senate.
Ever since forming a minority government after its victory in the 1993 election, the Spanish Socialis... | {"Name": "1996 Spanish general election", "Country": "Spain", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1993 Spanish general election", "Previous year": "1993", "Next election": "2000 Spanish general election", "Next year": "2000", "Seats for election": "All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies ... |
The 2004 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 14 March 2004, to elect the 8th of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 259 seats in the Senate.
The electoral outcome was heavily influenced by the aftermath of the Madrid train bombings on 11 Mar... | {"Name": "2004 Spanish general election", "Country": "Spain", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "2000 Spanish general election", "Previous year": "2000", "Next election": "2008 Spanish general election", "Next year": "2008", "Seats for election": "All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies ... |
The Pirates of Dark Water is an American fantasy animated television series created by David Kirschner and produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series premiered as a five-part miniseries on Fox Kids early 1991. The first season, consisting of 13 episodes including the original five-part miniseries, aired on ABC from Septembe... | {"Genre": "Action\n Adventure\n Fantasy", "Created by": "David Kirschner", "Starring": "George Newbern\n Jodi Benson\n Jim Cummings\n Peter Cullen\n Tim Curry\n Frank Welker\n Earl Boen\n Hector Elizondo\n Brock Peters", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "Fox Kids\n ABC\n SyndicationMay 2023", "... |
is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals of the 1994 Australian Open, the 1995 French Open and the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, and won the Japan Open a record four times. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in 1995, and retired from professional tennis in November 1996.... | {"Residence": "Tokyo", "Born": "Kyoto, Japan", "Height": "1.63 m", "Turned pro": "March 1989", "Retired": "November 199612 September 2017", "Plays": "Right-handed (two-handed backhand)born left-handed", "Prize money": "$3,988,378", "Career record": "184 142", "Career titles": "6 WTA, 7 ITF", "Highest ranking": "No. 28 ... |
Kazanka (; ) is a river in the Russian Federation, a left tributary of the Volga. The Kazanka begins near the village of Bimeri in Arsk District and flows into the Kuybyshev Reservoir in Kazan, near the Kazan Kremlin. Other towns on the Kazanka are Arsk and historical Iske Kazan. The river is long, and has a drainage... | {"Mouth": "53 m ft on", "Location": "Kuybyshev Reservoir in Kazan", "Coordinates": "55.8341 49.078 region:RU it", "Basin size": "2600 km2 mi2 on"} |
thumb|Biddle as a boxer in 1909
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr. (October 1, 1874 - May 27, 1948) was a millionaire whose fortune allowed him to pursue theatricals, self-published writing, athletics, and Christianity on a full-time basis.p.253 Baltzell, Edward Digby Philadelphia Gentlemen: The Making of a National Uppe... | {"Name": "Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr.", "Caption": "Biddle in 1918", "Birth date": "1874 10 1", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1948 5 27 1874 10 1", "Death place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Resting place": "The Woodlands (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)", "Spouse(s)":... |
is a Japanese boy band made up of lead vocalist, Issa Hentona and MCs Ken Okumoto, Yukinari Tamaki and Shinobu Miyara. The band formed as students at Okinawa Actors School in 1996. They made their debut on the Avex Trax subsidiary avex tune under the guidance of producer Akio Togashi on June 11, 1997, with "Feelin' Goo... | {"Origin": "Japan", "Genres": "J-pop, EDM, Eurodance, hip hop", "Labels": "Avex Tune", "Website": "http://www.avexnet.or.jp/dapump avexnet.or.jp/dapumphttps://web.archive.org/web/20080518024723/http://www.dapump.jp/ Archived website", "Members": "Issa (1996-present)Kenzo (2008-present)Tomo (2008-present)Kimi (2008-pres... |
Toni Michele Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. She has sold over 70 million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling female artists in history. Braxton has won seven Grammy Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards, a... | {"Caption": "Braxton in 2015", "Birth name": "Toni Michele Braxtonhttps://books.google.com/books?id=ENoDAAAAMBAJ&q=Toni+Michele+Braxton&pg=PA166 Ebony June 2001 Johnson Publishing Company October 29, 2020 March 9, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230309191259/https://books.google.com/books?id=ENoDAAAAMBAJ&q=Toni+Mich... |
The Nekromantix is a Danish-American psychobilly band founded in Copenhagen in 1989. Their lyrics are generally structured around monster and horror themes. A central icon of the band's image is founder and frontman Kim Nekroman's "coffinbass", a custom-built double bass with a body in the shape of a coffin and a heads... | {"Origin": "Copenhagen, Denmark", "Genres": "Psychobilly", "Labels": "Hellcat, Intermusic, Record Music Denmark, E.S.P., Kick Music, Nervous, Tombstone", "Members": "Kim NekromanFrancisco MesaRene \"Delamuerte\" Garcia"} |
Adventure Soft is a British video game developer and publisher established by Mike Woodroffe, initially as an importer and reseller of Adventure International games as Adventure International (UK), and later using the names Horror Soft, Adventuresoft UK and Headfirst Productions.
The firm operates out of Sutton Coldfie... | {"Type": "Private", "Formerly": "Horror Soft", "Founded": "yes 1992", "Headquarters": "Sutton Coldfield, England, UK", "Industry": "Video games", "Products": "Simon the Sorcerer series", "Website": "http://adventuresoft.com/"} |
Guntis Ulmanis (born 13 September 1939), also known as Guntis Rumpītis from 1949 to 1989, is a Latvian politician and the fifth President of Latvia from 1993 to 1999.
Biography
Early life
Guntis Ulmanis was born in Riga on 13 September 1939. His great uncle Kārlis Ulmanis was Latvian Prime Minister. In 1941 following ... | {"Name": "Guntis Ulmanis", "Image caption": "Ulmanis in 2010", "Term start": "7 July 1993", "Term end": "7 July 1999", "Birth date": "1939 9 13 y", "Birth place": "Riga, Latvia", "Nationality": "Latvian", "Spouse(s)": "Aina Ulmane", "Alma mater": "University of Latvia"} |
Daniel Bell (May 10, 1919 - January 25, 2011)Daniel Bell, Harvard U. Sociologist, Is Dead at 91, The Chronicle of Higher Education], January 26, 2011 was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been describ... | {"Fields": "Sociology", "Institutions": "University of Chicago, Columbia University, Harvard University", "Doctoral students": "Mustafa Emirbayer", "Influences": "Karl Polanyi", "Influenced": "John Yoo"} |
The Château de Vincennes () is a former fortress and royal residence next to the town of Vincennes, on the eastern edge of Paris, alongside the Bois de Vincennes. It was largely built between 1361 and 1369, and was a preferred residence, after the Palais de la Cité, of French Kings in the 14th to 16th century. It is pa... | {"Coordinates": "48 50 34 N 2 26 09 E region:FR-J_type:landmark inline,title", "Type": "Medieval castle", "Built": "1340-1410", "Built by": "Charles V of France", "Events": "Hundred Years War Battle of Paris (1814) World War IIIt was used as the CnC Gamelin's HQ", "Website": "http://www.chateau-de-vincennes.fr/en"} |
Jānis Kristaps Čakste (14 September 1859 - 14 March 1927) was a Latvian politician and lawyer who served as the first head of an independent Latvian state as the Chairman of the People's Council (1918-1920), the Speaker of the Constitutional Assembly (1920-1922), and as the first President of Latvia (1922-1927).
Yout... | {"Name": "Jānis Kristaps Čakste", "Birth date": "14 September 1859", "Birth place": "Sesava Parish, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire(now (Viesturi Parish, Bauska Municipality, Latvia)", "Death date": "14 March 1927 (aged 67)", "Death place": "Riga, Latvia", "Image caption": "Čakste in 1926"} |
The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George, usually known as St George's Cathedral, Southwark, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark, south London, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Southwark.
The cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Province of Southwark which covers t... | {"OS grid reference": "St George's Cathedral, Southwark", "Location": "Southwark, Greater London", "Country": "England", "Denomination": "Roman Catholic", "Tradition": "Latin Rite", "Website": "http://www.stgeorgescathedral.org.uk/", "Consecrated": "1894", "Status": "Cathedral", "Functional status": "Active", "Architec... |
Richard Brome ; (c. 1590? - 24 September 1652) was an English dramatist of the Caroline era.
Life
Virtually nothing is known about Brome's private life. Repeated allusions in contemporary works, like Ben Jonson's Bartholomew Fair, indicate that Brome started out as a servant of Jonson, in some capacity. Scholars have ... | {"Name": "Richard Brome", "Caption": "Engraving by T. Cross from Five New Playes (1653)", "Birth date": "c. 1590", "Death date": "24 September 1652 (aged c. 60)", "Death place": "London", "Nationality": "English", "Occupation": "dramatist"} |
Charles Harting Percy (September 27, 1919 - September 17, 2011) was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964, and served as a Republican U.S. senator from Illinois from 1967 until 1985, following a defeat to Paul Simon. He was mentioned as a Republican ... | {"Image caption": "Percy, 1983-1984", "Term start": "January 3, 1981", "Term end": "January 3, 1985", "Birth name": "Charles Harting Percy", "Birth date": "1919 9 27", "Birth place": "Pensacola, Florida, U.S.", "Death date": "2011 9 17 1919 9 27", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Jeanne Valerie D... |
"Windowlicker" is a song by British electronic musician Aphex Twin, released on 22 March 1999 as a single by Warp Records. The artwork for the single was created by Chris Cunningham, with additional work by The Designers Republic. Cunningham also directed the song's music video, which was nominated for the Brit Award f... | {"B-side": "\"ΔMi-1 = -αΣn=1NDi[n] [Σj∈C[i]Fji[n - 1] + Fexti[n-1]]\"\n \"Nannou\"", "Released": "22 March 1999", "Genre": "\"Windowlicker Turns 20\">Weingarten Christopher R. \"Windowlicker\" Turns 20 https://www.stereogum.com/2036704/aphex-twin-windowlicker-turns-20/franchises/the-anniversary/ Stereogum 22 March... |
Columbia Data Products, Inc. (CDP) is a company which produced the first legally reverse-engineered IBM PC clones. It faltered in that market after only a few years, and later reinvented itself as a software development company.
History
1976-1986: As a hardware company
Columbia Data Products was founded by William D... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1976", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Data security", "Website": "www.cdpi.com"} |
Salient is the weekly students' magazine of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association (VUWSA) at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Salient was established in 1938 and originally published in newspaper format, but is now published as a magazine. Salient's style and editorial position can ... | {"Frequency": "Weekly (during non-summer trimesters), resulting in 25 issues annually.", "Circulation": "16,000Advertising http://salient.org.nz/advertising Salient.org.nz 5 October 2013", "Founded": "1938", "Company": "Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association", "Based in": "Wellington, New Zealand", "La... |
The was a small elite group of swordsmen that was organized by commoners and low rank samurai, commissioned by the (military government) during Japan's Bakumatsu period (late Tokugawa shogunate) in 1863. It was active until 1869.Watsuki, N. "Glossary of the Restoration." Rurouni Kenshin Volume 3. Viz Media p190.Steph... | {"Disbanded": "June 23, 1869", "Allegiance": "Tokugawa bakufu", "Branch": "Rōshigumi (disbanded in 1863) Bakufu Army", "Type": "Military unit", "Role": "To protect the Tokugawa bakufu representatives and Kyoto", "Size": "302", "Notablecommanders": "Serizawa Kamo (1863) Kondō Isami (1863-1868) Tonouchi Yoshio (1863) Hij... |
Carlos Jaime Alazraqui (born July 20, 1962) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, impressionist, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Deputy James Garcia on Reno 911! and for his voice acting roles. His extensive voice-over work includes the original voice of Spyro from Spyro the Dragon, Sham... | {"Name": "Carlos Alazraqui", "Caption": "Alazraqui at Flappers in Burbank, California in 2019", "Birth name": "Carlos Jaime Alazraqui", "Birth date": "1962 7 20", "Birth place": "Yonkers, New York, U.S.", "Party": "Democratic", "Other names": "Carlos Jaime AlazraquiCarlos J. AlazraquiDennis O'ConnorCarlos Higgins", "Al... |
Nicolae Titulescu (; 4 March 1882 - 17 March 1941) was a Romanian politician and diplomat, at various times ambassador, finance minister, and foreign minister, and for two terms president of the General Assembly of the League of Nations (1930-32).
Early years
Titulescu was born in Craiova, the son of a solicitor. He ... | {"Name": "Nicolae Titulescu", "Term start": "10 October 1934", "Term end": "28 August 1936", "Predecessor 2": "Ion I. C. Brătianu", "Successor 2": "Gheorghe Mironescu", "Monarch 2": "Michael I", "Birth date": "yes 1882 03 04", "Birth place": "Craiova, Romania", "Death date": "yes 1941 03 17 1882 03 04", "Death place": ... |
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The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span international bridge across the St. Clair River that links Port Huron, Michigan, United States, and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Water Bridge connects Highway 402 in Ontario with both Interstate 69 (I-69) and Inte... | {"Official name": "Blue Water Bridge", "Carries": "6 lanes of MI I 69 I 94 and ON Highway 402 (westbound span, 3 lanes; eastbound span, 3 lanes)", "Crosses": "St. Clair River", "Locale": "Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario", "Maintained by": "MDOT and Federal Bridge Corporation", "Design": "Cantilever truss (west... |
is a 1979 Japanese thriller film, directed by Hasegawa Kazuhiko.
Plot
Makoto Kido, a high school science and chemistry teacher, has decided to build his own atomic bomb. Before stealing plutonium isotopes from Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant, he is involved in the botched hijack of one of his school's buses during a field t... | {"Directed by": "Kazuhiko Hasegawa", "Story by": "Leonard SchraderGalbraith IV 2008 316", "Screenplay by": "*Leonard Schrader\n Kazuhiko Hasegawa", "Produced by": "* Mataichiro Yamamoto\n Kei IjichiGalbraith IV 2008 316", "Starring": "Kenji Sawada Bunta Sugawara", "Cinematography": "Tatsuo SuzukiGalbraith IV 2008 316",... |
The Tom (, ; ) is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob in central Siberia. Its watershed lies within the Republic of Khakassia, Kemerovo Oblast, and Tomsk Oblast.Томь (река, приток Оби), Great Soviet Encyclopedia It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The Tom flows from the Abakan Range (a northern conti... | {"Native name": "ru Томь", "Mouth": "Ob", "Location": "Novosibirsk", "Coordinates": "56.8904 84.4568 region:RU it", "Basin size": "62000 km2 on", "Left": "Mrassu, Kondoma, Aba, Chernovoy Naryk, Unga, Iskitim", "Right": "Belsu, Usa, Verchnaya Ters, Srednaya Ters, Nizhnaya Ters, Taydon, Basandayka, Ushayka"} |
The Private Life of Helen of Troy is a 1927 American silent comedy adventure film about Helen of Troy based on the 1925 novel of the same name by John Erskine, and adapted to screen by Gerald Duffy. The film was directed by Alexander Korda and starred María Corda as Helen, Lewis Stone as Menelaus, and Ricardo Cortez as... | {"Directed by": "Alexander Korda", "Produced by": "Richard A. Rowland", "Written by": "Gerald C. Duffy (intertitles)Ralph Spence (intertitles)Casey Robinson (intertitles)", "Based on": "The Private Life of Helen of Troy John Erskine", "Starring": "María CordaLewis StoneRicardo Cortez", "Music by": "Carl EdouardeCecil ... |
Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977) is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen-Bundesliga as well as the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Assoc... | {"Name": "Birgit Prinz", "Picture caption": "Prinz in 2018", "Full name": "Birgit Prinzhttps://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2011/pdf/FWWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 - List of Players: Germany FIFA 8 28 July 2014 18 February 2022 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20191122041659/https... |
Somethin' Else is a jazz album by alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, his only album on the Blue Note label, recorded and released in 1958. Also on the session is trumpeter Miles Davis in one of his handful of recording dates for Blue Note. Adderley was a member of Davis' group at the time, and the album was... | {"Released": "1958 8American Record Guide, September 1958", "Recorded": "March 9, 1958", "Studio": "Van Gelder (Hackensack)", "Genre": "Jazz, hard bop, bebop", "Label": "Blue Note", "Producer": "Alfred Lion"} |
The Elan Valley Reservoirs () are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs, which were built by the Birmingham Corporation Water Department, provide clean drinking water for Birmingham in the West Midlands of England. The five lakes ... | {"Location": "Elan Valley in Powys, Wales", "Coordinates": "52 16 20 N 3 41 20 W type:waterbody_region:GB", "Primary inflows": "River Elan River Claerwen", "Primary outflows": "Elan aqueduct River Elan", "Managing agency": "Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water", "Built": "1893", "First flooded": "1896", "Max. length": "5.9 km onhtt... |
Operation Infinite Reach was the codename for American cruise missile strikes on al-Qaeda bases that were launched concurrently across two continents on August 20, 1998. Launched by the U.S. Navy, the strikes hit the al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum, Sudan, and a camp in Khost Province, Afghanistan, in retal... | {"Planned": "7-20 August 1998", "Date": "1998 8 20 yes", "Executed by": "United States", "Outcome": "Strikes hit targets but failed objectivesFailure\n Al-Qaeda suffers casualties and material damage, but its senior leaders surviveWright 2006 284-286Crumpton 2012 111Coll 2005 411\n Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant destroy... |
Fado em Mim is the debut studio album of Portuguese fado singer Mariza, released in April 2002 by Dutch label World Connection. Later on a special collectors edition was released containing an additional CD with 8 live tracks recorded at the WOMAD 2002.
Release
Released in 2002, Fado em Mim is Mariza's debut studio ... | {"Released": "April 2002", "Studio": "Pé de Vento Studios (Portugal)", "Genre": "Fado, World Music", "Label": "World Connection, Parlophone", "Producer": "Jorge Fernando, Tiago Machado"} |
Anton Dostler (10 May 1891 - 1 December 1945) was a German army officer who fought in both World Wars. During World War II, he commanded several units as a General of the Infantry, primarily in Italy. After the Axis defeat, Dostler was executed for war crimes—specifically, ordering the execution of fifteen American pri... | {"Country": "Italy", "Victims": "15", "Date": "26 March 1944", "Motive": "Superior orders"} |
The New Era Party (, JL) was a centre-right political party in Latvia. Founded in 2002, the party merged with Civic Union and Society for Other Politics to form Unity in 2011.
New Era was a member of the European People's Party (EPP), and its MEPs sat in the European People's Party group (previously EPP-ED).
History
... | {"Leader": "Valdis Dombrovskis", "Founded": "2 February 2002", "Ideology": "\"Bakke\">Elisabeth Bakke Central and East European party systems since 1989 Central and Southeast European Politics Since 1989 Cambridge University Press 2010 80 9781139487504 https://books.google.com/books?id=oFXdiS25N78C&dq=new+era+l... |
The Federal Department of Finance (FDF, , , , ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government. The department is headquartered in Bern and headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council, Switzerland's finance minister. Initially, in 1848, the department was called "Department of Finance", then, from ... | {"Formed": "1848", "Jurisdiction": "Federal administration of Switzerland", "Headquarters": "Bern", "Employees": "8,048The Swiss Confederation - a brief guide 2009 Swiss Federal Chancellery http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=en 4 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20130514013106/http://www.... |
Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (; born 9 November 1955) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for co-directing the film City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films, which received international critical acclaim. For his work in the film, he was nomin... | {"Name": "Fernando Meirelles", "Image": "Fernando Meirelles 2012 (cropped).JPG", "Caption": "Meirelles at the Austrian premiere of 360 in 2012", "Birth name": "Fernando Ferreira Meirelles", "Birth date": "yes 1955 11 9", "Birth place": "São Paulo, Brazil", "Occupation": "Film director producer screenwriter", "Spouse(s)... |
Martin Laurent Picandet (; born 22 September 1976), better known by his stage name Martin Solveig (), is a French DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer. He hosts a weekly radio show called C'est La Vie on radio stations worldwide, including Radio FG in his homeland.
He has been active since 1994. Solveig manages ... | {"Born": "Paris, Francehttp://www.mtv.com/artists/martin-solveig/ MTV Music MTV", "Origin": "Neuilly-sur-Seine, France", "Genres": "House future house electro house EDM", "Labels": "Mixture Stereophonic Ministry of Sound Big Beat Mercury Spinnin'", "Member of": "Europa", "Website": "http://www.martinsolveig.com"} |
Alter Ego is a role-playing video game developed and published by Activision in 1986. It was created by Peter J. Favaro for the Commodore 64, DOS, Apple II, and the Apple Macintosh. The game allows the user to make decisions for an imaginary person (being therefore the player's alter ego) and shows what possible conseq... | {"Title": "Alter Ego", "Caption": "Cover art for the male version; the female version's cover is almost identical, but its logo is stylized to contain a Venus symbol.", "Developer": "Activision", "Publisher": "Activision", "Designer": "Peter J. Favaro", "Released": "NA 27 April 1986 EU 22 December 1986", "Genre": "Soci... |
Robert Doyle Marshall Jr.http://www.alumni.cmu.edu/s/1410/images/editor_documents/alumnirelations/getinvolved/alumniawards/all_honorees_2018june1.pdf (born October 17, 1960) is an American film and theater director, producer, and choreographer. He is best known for directing the film version of the Broadway musical Ch... | {"Caption": "Marshall in April 2011", "Name": "Rob Marshall", "Birth name": "Robert Doyle Marshall Jr.", "Birth date": "1960 10 17", "Birth place": "Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.", "Occupation": "Film director, film producer, theater director, choreographer", "Education": "Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)", "Partner(s)": "J... |
CLP Group () and its holding company, CLP Holdings Ltd (), also known as China Light and Power Company, Limited (now CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd., ), is an electricity company in Hong Kong. Incorporated in 1901 as China Light & Power Company Syndicate, its core business remains the generation, transmission, and retailing o... | {"ISIN": "n y HK0002007356", "Industry": "Public utility - Energy", "Founded": "1901 01 25 in Crown Colony of Hong Konghttps://www.clpgroup.com/en/about/overview/our-history.html Our History CLP Group 2022-08-27", "Headquarters": "Hong Kong", "Products": "Electric service", "Parent": "Kadoorie family (35%)https://www.c... |
Darrell Clayton Hammond (born October 8, 1955) is an American actor, comedian, impressionist, and announcer. Hammond was a regular cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2009, and has been its announcer since 2014.
Upon his departure from the cast in 2009, Hammond, at age 53, was ... | {"Name": "Darrell Hammond", "Caption": "Hammond in 2016", "Birth name": "Darrell Clayton Hammond", "Birth date": "1955 10 8", "Birth place": "Melbourne, Florida, U.S.", "Years active": "1980-present", "Occupation": "Actor comedian impressionist announcer", "Spouse(s)": "Elizabeth Hammond 1990 1994 div\n1997 2012 div", ... |
The Left Bloc (, ; abbr. BE, colloquially shortened as O Bloco) is a left-wing populist, democratic socialist political party in Portugal founded in 1999. It is currently led by Mariana Mortágua.
History
Formation and early history
thumb|left|Pro-Left Bloc graffiti on the façade of a vacant house in Rato, Lisbon
T... | {"Abbreviation": "BE", "Founded": "1999 03 24 y", "Ideology": "nowrap \n \"radleft\"/>\n Left-wing populismhttps://progressivepost.eu/wp-content/uploads/Populism-Report-Q3-2018.pdf Populism Report Q3 2018 Foundation for European Progressive Studies 27 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101204/https://prog... |
Edward "Ned"Duncan, Russel, ed., Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune Needles Hallowell (November 3, 1836 - July 26, 1871) was an officer in the Union Army in the duration of the American Civil War, commanding the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry following the death of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw at the Second Battle of Fort ... | {"Born": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "Died": "Medford, Massachusetts", "Allegiance": "USA 1861United States of America", "Commands held": "54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry", "Awards": "35px Brevet Brigadier General"} |
Anthony Irwin Kornheiser (; born July 13, 1948) is an American television sports talk show host and former sportswriter and columnist. Kornheiser is best known for his endeavors in three forms of media: as a writer for The Washington Post from 1979 to 2008, as a co-host of ESPN's Emmy Award-winning sports debate show P... | {"Name": "Tony Kornheiser", "Caption": "Kornheiser in 2011", "Birth name": "Anthony Irwin Kornheiser", "Birth date": "1948 07 13", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Sports columnist radio and podcast host television host color commentator", "Years active": "1970-prese... |
The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) is a non-profit organisation based in Munich, Germany, dedicated to establishing a free market in information technology, by the removal of barriers to competition. The FFII played a key organisational role and was very active in the campaign which resulted in... | {"Abbreviation": "FFII", "Type": "non-profit organization", "Legal status": "Foundation", "Headquarters": "Munich, Germany", "Website": "www.ffii.org"} |
Alberto Salazar (born August 7, 1958) is an American former track coach and long-distance runner. Born in Cuba, Salazar immigrated to the United States as a child with his family, living in Connecticut and then in Wayland, Massachusetts, where Salazar competed in track and field in high school. Salazar won the New Yor... | {"Name": "Alberto Salazar", "Image": "Salazar Eugene 08.JPG", "Image size": "225", "Image caption": "Salazar in 2008", "Full name": "Alberto Sequisha Salazar", "Birth date": "1958 8 7 y", "Place of birth": "Havana, CubaAlberto Salazar https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/alberto-salazar-1.html https://... |
Springhill is a 17th-century plantation house in the townland of Ballindrum near Moneymore, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. It has been the property of the National Trust since 1957Houses, Castles and Gardens of Ireland-16a Woodlands Park Blackrock Co Dublin Ireland and, in addition to the house, gardens and p... | {"Type": "House", "Location": "Moneymore, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland", "Coordinates": "54.686 -6.656 inline,title", "Construction started": "c.1680-1689 with notable extensions c.1765 and c.1820"} |
John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell (16 November 1921 - 16 December 1987), styled Viscount Amberley from 1931 to 1970, was the eldest son of the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell (the 3rd Earl) and his second wife, Dora Black. His middle name was a tribute to the writer Joseph Conrad, whom his father had... | {"Name": "The Earl Russell", "Birth date": "16 November 1921", "Death date": "16 December 1987 (aged 66)", "Education": "Dartington Hall School University of California Harvard University", "Spouse(s)": "Doniphan Lindsay"} |
Rick Law (born December 15, 1969) is an American entertainment illustrator and producer, best known for his career with The Walt Disney Company. His work has spanned across all forms of popular entertainment media: films, TV, music, theme park, print, toys, and video games.
Early life
Law was born in Maryland, and had... | {"Name": "Rick Law", "Caption": "Rick Law at Mouse-Con November 2022", "Birth date": "1969 12 15", "Birth place": "Maryland, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Illustrator, producer", "Years active": "1987-present"} |
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The GP14 is a wooden or fibreglass hulled double-handed fractional Bermuda rigged sailing dinghy designed by Jack Holt in 1949.
The class is active in the UK, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and parts of the north-eastern USA. With over 14,000 built, the GP14 is popular... | {"Crew": "2", "LOA": "4.27 m (14 ft)", "Beam": "1.54 m", "Draft": "1200 mm on", "Hull": "132.9 kg", "Upwind sail area": "12.85 m2", "D-PN": "100.9http://offshore.ussailing.org/Portsmouth_Yardstick/Current_Tables/Centerboard_Classes.htm Centerboard Classes US Sailing 31 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20... |
Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell, 5th Earl Russell, (15 April 1937 - 14 October 2004), was a British historian and politician. His parents were the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell and his third wife Patricia Russell. He was also a great-grandson of the 19th-century British Whig Prime Minister Lord John R... | {"Name": "The Earl Russell", "Honorific suffix": "GBR 100% FBA", "Image caption": "Lord Russell at the Liberal Democrat Federal Conference in Brighton, September 2003", "Predecessor 2": "Seat established", "Successor 2": "The 10th Earl of Glasgow", "Birth date": "1937 4 15 y", "Birth place": "Harting, West Sussex, Engl... |
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada () is a regulatory college which acts as a national, nonprofit organization established in 1929 by a special Act of Parliament to oversee the medical education of specialists in Canada.
The Royal College is an association of physicians concerned with setting natio... | {"Named after": "Mente Perspicua, Manuque Apta (With a perspicacious mind and apt hand)", "Type": "Medical royal college", "Legal status": "active", "Headquarters": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"} |
Alexei Yurievich Nemov (; born 28 May 1976 in Barashevo, Mordovia) is a former artistic gymnast from Russia. During his career, he won five world championships, three European championships and twelve Olympic medals.
Early life
Alexei Nemov grew up in Tolyatti on the Volga River. His father left him and his mother whe... | {"Full name": "Alexei Yurievich Nemov", "Born": "Barashevo, Mordovian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union", "Hometown": "Tolyatti", "Height": "173 cm ftin", "Discipline": "MAG", "Years on national team": "1992-2004 (RUS)", "Club": "Trade Union", "Retired": "2004"} |
Luss (Lus, 'herb' in Gaelic) is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the west bank of Loch Lomond. The village is within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
History
Historically in the County of Dunbarton, its original name is Clachan dhu, or 'dark village'. Ben Lomond, the most southerly Munro, do... | {"Population": "450", "Council area": "Argyll and Bute", "UK Parliament": "Argyll and Bute", "Scottish Parliament": "Dumbarton", "Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NS 35756 93004", "Postcode district": "G83", "Dialling code": "01436"} |
Arrested Development is an American television sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz. It aired on Fox for three seasons from November 2, 2003, to February 10, 2006, followed by two seasons on Netflix, season four being released in 2013 and season five being released in 2018 and 2019.
Arrested Development follows the Blut... | {"Genre": "Sitcom\n Absurdist humorLeston Ryan The Black Comedy That Inspired The Russo Brothers' Arrested Development Run https://www.slashfilm.com/929373/the-black-comedy-that-inspired-the-russo-brothers-arrested-development-run/ /Film July 17, 2022 January 29, 2023", "Camera setup": "Single-camera", "Running t... |
Captain Pugwash is a fictional pirate who appears in a series of British children’s comic strips, books and television shows created by John Ryan.
The eponymous hero - Captain Horatio Pugwash - sails the high seas in his ship called the Black Pig, assisted by cabin boy Tom, pirates Willy and Barnabas, and Master Mate... | {"Created by": "John Ryan", "Original work": "Eagle #1", "Years": "1950-2008", "Book(s)": "Captain Pugwash (1957)Pugwash Aloft (1958)Pugwash and the Ghost Ship (1962)Pugwash in the Pacific (1973)Pugwash the Smuggler (1976)Pugwash and the Sea Monster (1976)Pugwash and the Buried Treasure (1980)", "Comics": "The Quest of... |
Arrested Development is an American hip hop group, that was formed in Atlanta in 1988. It was founded by Speech and Headliner as a positive, Afrocentric alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the late 1980s. Baba Oje and frontman Speech met at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee when they were both students.
His... | {"Origin": "Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.\nMemphis, Tennessee, U.S. (on Speech's behalf)", "Genres": "Hip hop progressive rapHuey Steve n.d. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/arrested-development-mn0000599732/biography Arrested Development: Biography & History AllMusic March 1, 2021", "Labels": "Vagabond Records & Tapes Chrysal... |
is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, radio personality. He was the youngest member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy band in Asia. After the group's disbandment on 31 December 2016, Katori has been pursuing his solo career. He left Johnny & Associates on 9 September 2017, together with two other SMAP member... | {"Name": "Shingo Katori", "Native name": "香取 慎吾", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "y 1977 01 31", "Birth place": "Yokohama, Japan", "Occupation": "Singer, actor, television host, artist", "Years active": "1987-present", "Website": "atarashiichizu.com", "Module": "yes\n solo_singer\n \n \n J-pop\n Vocal... |
The Kuban is a river in Russia that flows through the Western Caucasus and drains into the Sea of Azov. The Kuban runs mostly through Krasnodar Krai for , but also in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Stavropol Krai and the Republic of Adygea.
The Kuban flows north and west from its source near Mount Elbrus in the Cauc... | {"Mouth": "0 m ft on", "Coordinates": "45 20 N 37 24 E region:RU_type:river it", "Basin size": "57900 km2 sqmi on", "Left": "Urup, Laba, Belaya"} |
Avranches (; ) is a commune in the Manche department, and the region of Normandy, northwestern France. It is a subprefecture of the department.Commune d'Avranches (50025), INSEE The inhabitants are called Avranchinais.Rene Andre, Avranches 2000 ans d'histoire, Publication Municipale
History
Middle Ages
By the end of t... | {"Name": "Avranches", "Commune Status": "Subprefecture and commune", "Image": "Avranchesjardindesplantes.JPG", "Caption": "Botanical garden", "Arrondissement": "Avranches", "Canton": "Avranches and Isigny-le-Buat", "Postal code": "50300", "Mayor": "David NicolasRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.... |
AchaiaBarrington Atlas, map 100 (), sometimes spelled Achaea,The spelling "Achaea" is based on an erroneous but well-established transliteration of the Greek original (which does not have a diphthong) and in disregard of the Latin spelling (Achaia). The Cambridge University Press's publication "Pausanias' Greece" claim... | {"Native name": "Achaiagrc Ἀχαΐα", "Common name": "Achaia", "Historical era": "Antiquity", "Capital": "Corinth", "Year founded": "27 BC", "Year dissolved": "7th century", "Today part of": "Greece"} |
Sir Matthew Crooks Cameron, (2 October 1822 – 25 June 1887) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1878. He represented the riding of Toronto East. He served in the cabinet of the first Premier, John Sandfield Macdonald. After Macdonald's d... | {"Name": "Matthew Crooks Cameron", "Image size": "175px", "Image caption": "Matthew Cameron, 1872", "Term start": "1867", "Term end": "1878", "Birth date": "1822 10 02", "Birth place": "Dundas, Upper Canada", "Death date": "1887 06 25 1822 10 02", "Death place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada"} |
Archibald McKellar (3 February 1816 – 11 February 1894) was briefly leader of Canada's Ontario Liberal Party from 1867 to 1868 and, unofficially, the first Leader of the Opposition in Ontario's new provincial legislature (though he was not officially recognised as such) and went on to serve as Commissioner of Public Wo... | {"Name": "Archibald McKellar", "Image caption": "Source: Library and Archives Canada", "Office 2": "Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Bothwell", "Predecessor 2": "first member", "Successor 2": "riding dissolved", "Birth date": "1816 2 3", "Birth place": "Inveraray, Scotland", "Death date": "1894 2 11 18... |
is a Japanese singer from Amami Ōshima. She sings in the shima-uta style particular to that region, with distinctive falsetto effects.
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Early life
Chitose Hajime began learning shamisen under her mother's encouragement from a young age. At age 10 she began to pick up shima-uta, a style of singing passed down t... | {"Born": "Setouchi, Kagoshima, Japan", "Genres": "Folk, World music", "Labels": "Central Gakki Records (1994-1997), Atsuga (2001), Epic (2001-present)", "Website": "www.hajimechitose.com/"} |
Sir William Ralph Meredith, (March 31, 1840 – August 21, 1923) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and judge. He served as Leader of the Ontario Conservatives from 1878 to 1894, Chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1900 until his death, and Chief Justice of Ontario from 1913 until his death. Through his principl... | {"Name": "Sir William Ralph Meredith", "Image caption": "Portrait of Meredith in the 1890s", "Term start": "1913", "Term end": "1923", "Assembly 2": "Ontario Legislative", "Constituency AM 2": "London", "Predecessor 2": "Sir John Carling", "Successor 2": "Francis Baxter Leys", "Birth date": "1840 03 31", "Birth place":... |
The Mego Corporation is an American toy company that in its original iteration was first founded in 1954. Originally known as a purveyor of dime store toys,Steinberg, Shirley R., Michael Kehler, and Lindsay Cornish, editors. Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, Jun 17, 2010). in 1971 the company shifted direction a... | {"Fate": "Bankruptcy", "Founded": "Original company 1954relaunch 2018", "Defunct": "1983 (original company)", "Headquarters": "United States", "Products": "dime store toys, dolls, celebrity & fashion dolls, games, electronic toys"} |
Ira William McCollum Jr. (born July 12, 1944) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was later redistricted to the 8th congressional district in 1993. As a member of ... | {"Name": "Bill McCollum", "Term start": "January 2, 2007", "Term end": "January 4, 2011", "Office 2": "Member of theU.S. House of Representativesfrom Florida", "Successor 2": "Ric Keller", "Predecessor 2": "Richard Kelly", "Birth name": "Ira William McCollum Jr.", "Birth date": "1944 7 12", "Birth place": "Brooksville,... |
Torrold DeShaun "Rod" Smart (born January 9, 1977) is a former professional American football running back. He played college football for Western Kentucky. He was originally signed by the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent after the 2000 NFL Draft.
Smart first played a... | {"Born:": "Lakeland, Florida, U.S.", "Height:": "11", "Weight:": "205", "High school:": "Lakeland (Lakeland, Florida)", "College:": "Western Kentucky", "Undrafted:": "2000"} |
Crimson Skies is a tabletop and a video game media franchise created by Jordan Weisman and Dave McCoy, first released as a board game in 1998 and then as a PC game in 2000.
The series' intellectual property is currently owned by Microsoft Corporation through its Xbox Game Studios division. Weisman's former company, Sm... | {"Created by": "Jordan WeismanDave McCoy", "Original work": "Crimson Skies (1998)", "Owner": "Microsoft", "Book(s)": "List", "Traditional": "Board game (1998)\n Miniatures game (2003)", "Video game(s)": "Crimson Skies (2000)\n High Road to Revenge (2003)"} |
The Chevrolet Chevette is a front-engine, rear-drive subcompact manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet for model years 1976-1987 as a three-door or five-door hatchback. Introduced in North America in September 1975, the Chevette superseded the Vega as Chevrolet's entry-level subcompact, and sold 2.8 million units over... | {"Also called": "Pontiac Acadian/T1000/1000Isuzu Gemini", "Manufacturer": "Chevrolet (General Motors)", "Production": "1975-1986", "Class": "Subcompact", "Layout": "FR layout", "Platform": "T-body", "Body style": "3-door hatchback5-door hatchback", "Transmission": "For gasoline models:4-speed Saginaw manual5-speed Borg... |
"Hatchery" is the seventeenth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the 69th overall. It was written by André Bormanis and Michael Sussman, and was directed by Michael Grossman; his first episode of Star Trek.
Set in the 22nd century, the series follows th... | {"Story by": "André Bormanis Michael Sussman", "Teleplay by": "André Bormanis", "Directed by": "Michael Grossman", "Featured music": "Paul Baillargeon"} |
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