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Wilson Cruz (born Wilson Echevarría; December 27, 1973) is an American actor known for playing Rickie Vasquez on My So-Called Life, Dr. Hugh Culber on Star Trek: Discovery, and the recurring character Junito on Noah's Arc. As a gay man of Afro-Puerto Rican ancestry, he has served as an advocate for gay youth, especiall... | {"Name": "Wilson Cruz", "Caption": "Cruz in 2018", "Birth name": "Wilson Echevarría", "Birth date": "1973 12 27", "Birth place": "Brooklyn, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor producer activist singer", "Years active": "1994-present"} |
Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama ( ; born January 30, 1980) is an American actor, producer, and television personality. He is known for his role as Fez in the sitcom That '70s Show (1998-2006), Agustín Madrigal in Encanto, and as Carlos Madrigal in From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (2014-2016). He was also host of the MTV serie... | {"Name": "Wilmer Valderrama", "Caption": "Valderrama at the 2012 VidCon", "Birth name": "Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama", "Birth date": "1980 1 30https://mobile.twitter.com/WValderrama/status/1090716802106019842 Tweet twitter.com September 3, 2021 March 20, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190320235442/https://mobile... |
The Patria Pasi (earlier known as the Sisu Pasi) is a Finnish-made six-wheeled armoured personnel carrier (APC) originally designed for Finnish Defence Forces. The first variant was produced in 1983 and serial production began in 1984. It was designed to operate with ease of use, simple structure and low-cost maintenan... | {"Place of origin": "Finland", "Type": "6×6 Amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "In service": "1984 - present", "Designer": "Sisu-Auto", "Manufacturer": "Sisu-Auto (1984 - 1997)Patria (1997 - 2003)", "Produced": "1984 - 2003", "Mass": "13.5 t", "Length": "7.35 m on", "Width": "2.9 m on", "H... |
Clifford Charles Arquette (December 27, 1905 - September 23, 1974) was an American actor and comedian. Famous for his persona Charley Weaver, played on numerous television shows.According to the State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Servic... | {"Name": "Cliff Arquette", "Image": "Cliff Arquette 1941.JPG", "Caption": "Arquette in 1941", "Birth name": "Clifford Charles Arquette", "Birth date": "1905 12 27 y", "Birth place": "Toledo, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "1974 9 23 1905 12 28 y", "Death place": "Burbank, California, U.S.", "Other names": "Charley Weaver",... |
Eynhallow (; ; ) is a small, presently uninhabited island, part of Orkney, off the north coast of mainland Scotland.
Geography
thumb|left|An aerial view of Eynhallow in 1980
Eynhallow lies in Eynhallow Sound between Mainland, Orkney and Rousay. It is in area.
An unnamed skerry is situated approximately to the north-... | {"Coordinates": "59.14 -3.11 inline", "OS grid reference": "HY359291", "Scots": "Eynhallowhttps://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/document/Map_of_Scotland_in_Scots-Guide_and_gazetteer.pdf Map of Scotland in Scots - Guide and gazetteer", "Meaning of name": "\"Holy Island\"", "Area": "75 ha sqmi 2", "Population ra... |
Lamb Holm is a small uninhabited island in Orkney, Scotland. The Italian Chapel, constructed during the Second World War, is the island's main attraction.
Lamb Holm is classified by the National Records of Scotland as an uninhabited island that "had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses."
... | {"OS grid reference": "HY486003", "Coordinates": "58.89 -2.89 inline", "Area": "40 ha sqmi 2", "Population rank": "220=", "Highest elevation": "20 m ft 0", "Population": "0", "Island group": "Orkney", "Council area": "Orkney Islands", "References": "Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 6 Orkney (Mainland) 978031922812... |
Eastern Connecticut State University (Eastern, Eastern Connecticut, Eastern Connecticut State, or ECSU) is a public university in Willimantic, Connecticut. Founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest campus in the Connecticut State University System and third-oldest public university in the state. Eastern is located on Wi... | {"Motto": "Connecticut's Public Liberal Arts University", "Type": "Public university", "President": "Elsa Nuñez", "Undergraduates": "3,929 (Spring 2022)", "Postgraduates": "169 (Spring 2022)", "Students": "4,125 (Spring 2022)", "Campus": "Suburban, 182 acre", "Website": "https://www.easternct.edu"} |
Top Secret is an espionage-themed tabletop role-playing game written by Merle M. Rasmussen and first published in 1980 by TSR, Inc.
Top Secret (original edition)
thumb|right|Original edition logo
The original version of Top Secret was designed by Merle M. Rasmussen,Rasmussen, M. W. (1981). Top Secret Espionage Role P... | {"Name": "Top Secret", "Subtitle": "An espionage role playing game", "Image caption": "Core rule book cover (first edition)", "Designers": "Merle M. Rasmussen (original edition) Douglas Niles (Top Secret/S.I.)", "Publishers": "TSR, Inc.", "Publication": "1980 (1st ed) 1981 2nd ed 1987 Top Secret/S.I.", "Genres": "Spy f... |
The Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Club (), located in Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau, China, was a greyhound racing stadium in Asia. Around 120 dogs took part in 16 races five days per week. It had two grandstands, several private boxes and a VIP lounge. It shared the venue with Lin Fong Sports Centre, a sport complex.
... | {"Location": "Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau, China", "Coordinates": "22 12 32 N 113 32 46 E type:city_source:kolossus-plwiki it", "Date opened": "1932", "Date closed": "2018"} |
Cayenne (;Cayenne , Oxford Dictionaries ; ) is the capital city of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic coast. The city's motto is "fert aurum industria", which means "work brings wealt... | {"Name": "Cayenne", "Commune Status": "Prefecture and commune", "Image": "Cayenne place des palmistes rue de Remire 2013.jpg\n Cayenne Banque française commerciale place des palmistes 2013.jpg\n Cayenne Anse de Montabo 2013.jpg\n 270", "Caption": "From top to bottom: city center (Place des Palmistes, LCL Bank) and b... |
Dawid Markelowicz Janowski (25 May 1868 - 15 January 1927; often spelled David) was a French chess player. Several openings variations are named after Janowski.
Biography
Born into a Jewish-Polish family"JEWS RANKED AMONG THE 64 STRONGEST CHESS PLAYERS OF ALL TIME", JINFO.ORG. in Wołkowysk, Russian Empire (now Bela... | {"Full name": "Dawid Markelowicz Janowski", "Country": "France", "Born": "Wołkowysk, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire(modern Vawkavysk, Belarus)", "Died": "Hyères, Var, France"} |
Leonardo is a masculine given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese equivalent of the English, German, and Dutch name, Leonard.
People
Notable people with the name include:
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance scientist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, and painter
Artists
Leonardo Schulz Cardos... | {"Gender": "Male", "Word/name": "Italian, Spanish, Portuguese", "Pronunciation": "leoˈnardo lang", "Meaning": "strong as a lion"} |
No Substance is the tenth full-length album by the punk rock band Bad Religion. It was the band's third (or fourth, if the reissue of Recipe for Hate is counted) release on Atlantic Records, and their second studio album since guitarist Brett Gurewitz's departure.
No Substance was anticipated by both music critics and... | {"Released": "May 5, 1998", "Recorded": "June 1997 - February 1998", "Studio": "Pyramid Sound, Polypterus Studio, Ithaca, New York", "Genre": "Punk rock", "Label": "Atlantic", "Producer": "Bad Religion, Alex Perialas, Ronnie Kimball"} |
The Plan of Iguala, also known as The Plan of the Three Guarantees ("Plan Trigarante") or Act of Independence of North America,ARENAL Jaime Del, "la independencia de la entonces llamada América Septentrional", Instituto de México En España was a revolutionary proclamation promulgated on 24 February 1821, in the final s... | {"Created": "24 February 1821", "Ratified": "24 August 1821 Plan de Iguala Historia Universal Portillo Luis http://www.historiacultural.com/2011/05/plan-iguala-1821-mexico.html 31 October 2014", "Date effective": "25 August 1821", "Location": "Iguala, Mexico", "Signatories": "Agustín de Iturbide, Vicente Guerrero"... |
The Prague Metro () is the rapid transit network of Prague, Czech Republic. Founded in 1974, the system consists of three lines (A, B and C) serving 61 stationsCounting the three interchange stations, Můstek, Muzeum, and Florenc, twice. If they are counted only once, the total number of stations is 58. (predominantly w... | {"Infobox width": "auto", "Name": "Prague Metro", "Size of first image": "170px", "Size of second image": "305px", "Second image caption": "Malostranská station on Line A", "Native name": "Pražské metro", "Locale": "Prague, Czech Republic", "Transit type(s)": "Rapid transit (subway)", "Number of lines/routes": "3 (plus... |
Matthias "Matt" Frei (born 26 November 1963) is a British-German television news journalist and writer, formerly the Washington, D.C. correspondent for Channel 4 News. He is now the channel's Europe editor and a presenter of the main Channel 4 News at 7pm.
Personal life
Frei was born in 1963 in Essen, West Germany. Hi... | {"Name": "Matt Frei", "Caption": "Frei in 2015", "Birth name": "Matthias Frei", "Birth date": "1963 11 26 y", "Birth place": "Essen, West Germany", "Education": "Westminster SchoolSt Peter's College, Oxford", "Occupation": "Journalist, newsreader, news anchor, author", "Other names": "Matt Frei", "Children": "4", "Nota... |
Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Association (CCA)) is a sanctioning body for the sport of Curling in Canada. It is associated with more than a dozen provincial and territorial curling associations across the country, and organizes Canada's national championships in the sport. It was formed in 1990 by the ... | {"Name": "Curling Canada", "Sport": "Curling", "Jurisdiction": "National", "Founded": "1990", "Headquarters": "Ottawa", "Chairman": "Amy Nixon", "Chief Executive Officer (CEO)": "Danny Lamoureux (interim)", "Sponsor": "Sport Canada", "Official website": "curling.ca", "Flag icon of country/region/city represented": "Can... |
Daniel Richler (born 1957) is a Canadian arts and pop culture broadcaster and writer."The apprenticeship of Daniel Richler". Montreal Gazette, May 19, 1991.
Biography
Richler was born in London, England."When it's time to stop looking like a teenager". Toronto Star, August 31, 1989. His biological father is screenwrit... | {"Name": "Daniel Richler", "Birth name": "Daniel Mann", "Birth date": "1957", "Birth place": "London, England", "Nationality": "British-Canadian", "Occupation": "broadcaster, writer", "Relatives": "Mordecai Richler, adoptive stepfatherJacob Richler, brotherNoah Richler, brotherEmma Richler, sisterMartha Richler, sister... |
Prisoners of Gravity was a Canadian television news magazine program. Produced by TVOntario, the show was created by Mark Askwith and Daniel Richler, and was hosted by Rick Green."Six Toronto TV shows ahead of their time". Toronto Star, Ed Conroy, March 25, 2016 The series aired 139 episodes over five seasons from 1989... | {"Genre": "Documentary", "Running time": "0:25", "Created by": "Mark Askwith", "Developed by": "Mark AskwithDaniel Richler", "Starring": "Rick Green", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Original network": "TVOntario", "Original release": "1994 4 28"} |
is a side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade game produced by Technōs Japan in 1990. It is the third arcade game in the Double Dragon series. Unlike the previous two games in the series Double Dragon 3 was not developed internally at Technōs, but development was instead contracted to the company East Technology, resulting in... | {"Title": "Double Dragon 3:The Rosetta Stone", "Image": "Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone", "Caption": "The Japanese brochure from the arcade version, with illustration by Kazumi Kakizaki.", "Publisher": "Technōs JapanAcclaim Entertainment (Game Boy/Genesis)Released under the Flying Edge brand on the Genesis", "Devel... |
Richard "Rick" Green, BSc (born November 4, 1953) is a Canadian comedy writer, producer, director and performer. He is most well known as co-creator of The Red Green Show, creator of ADD & Loving It?!, creator of History Bites, founder of Rick Wants to Know, and co-founder of comedy troupe The Frantics. Green also ho... | {"Name": "Rick Green", "Post-nominals": "CAN CM OOnt 100%", "Image": "Rick Green ADHD shirt.jpeg", "Image upright": "1", "Caption": "Rick Green, producer, director, writer, performer", "Birth name": "Richard Green", "Birth date": "yes 1953 11 4", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Alma mater... |
Six Flags Darien Lake (also known as Six Flags Darien Lake Resort and formerly known as Darien Lake Fun Country, Darien Lake, Six Flags Darien Lake and Darien Lake Theme Park Resort) is a 1,200-acre (4.86 km2) amusement park and resort located in Corfu, New York, off of Interstate 90 between Buffalo and Rochester. Six ... | {"Park Name": "Six Flags Darien Lake", "Park Location (City)": "Corfu", "Park Location (State/Province)": "New York", "Park Location (Country)": "U.S.", "Park Coordinates": "42.92851 -78.38488 region:US-NY_type:landmark inline,title", "Park Webpage/URL": "Six Flags Darien Lake", "Park Owner": "EPR Properties", "Park Op... |
At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length. It was originally serialized in the February, March, and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories... | {"Cover artist": "Howard V. Brown", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Published": "February-April 1936 (Astounding Stories)", "Media type": "Print (periodical)"} |
The Patria AMV (Armored Modular Vehicle) is an 8×8 multi-role military vehicle produced by the Finnish defence industry company Patria.
The main feature of the AMV is its modular design, which allows the incorporation of different turrets, weapons, sensors, or communications systems on the same carriage. Designs exist... | {"Place of origin": "Finland", "Type": "Armoured personnel carrier", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "In service": "2004-present", "Produced": "2004 - present", "Used by": "See Operators below", "Wars": "War in AfghanistanSaudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemenhttp://newsnowfinland.fi/finland-international/investigation-finni... |
The Galton Bridge is a cast-iron bridge in Smethwick, near Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Opened in 1829 as a road bridge, the structure has been pedestrianised since the 1970s. It was built by Thomas Telford to carry a road across the new main line of the Birmingham Canal, which was built in a deep cutt... | {"Carries": "Roebuck Lane", "Crosses": "Birmingham Canal New Main Line", "Locale": "Smethwick, West Midlands, England", "Coordinates": "52.5019 N 1.9794 W region:GB_type:landmark inline,title", "Maintained by": "Canal and River Trust", "Material": "cast iron", "Total length": "150 ft m", "Width": "26 ft m", "Height": "... |
Kalamalka Lake ( "Kal Lake") is a large lake in the interior plateau of southern central British Columbia, Canada, east of Okanagan Lake. The lake is located approximately south of the city of Vernon and is its main drinking water supply. The lake is named after the Okanagan (Okanogan U.S. spelling) First Nation chief... | {"Location": "Southern Central British Columbia", "Coordinates": "50 10 25 N 119 19 48 W region:CA-BC_type:waterbody inline,title", "Primary inflows": "Coldstream Creek, Vernon Creek, Oyama Creek", "Primary outflows": "Vernon Creek", "Basin": "Canada", "Max. length": "16 km ft on", "Max. width": "3 km ft on", "Average ... |
The Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL; , ) is a national university in Sri Lanka. It is unique within the Sri Lankan national university system for being the only university to offer programs of study leading to certificate, diploma, degrees and postgraduate degrees up to PhD level through the Open and Distance Mode o... | {"Motto": "Vidya sarvsya vruddhaye", "Type": "Public", "Chancellor": "Prof. Dhammika Tantrigoda", "Students": "35,000+a a none", "Campus": "Urban", "Accreditation": "University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka)", "Website": "http://www.ou.ac.lk/"} |
The IBM 8100 Information System, announced Oct. 3, 1978, was at one time IBM’s principal distributed processing engine, providing local processing capability under two incompatible operating systems (DPPX and DPCX) and was a follow-on to the IBM 3790.
The 8100, when used with the Distributed Processing Programming Ex... | {"Predecessor": "IBM 3790", "Release date": "1978", "Image caption": "IBM 8100 distributed system; IBM 8775 terminals on the right, 81#0 processor in the center", "Image size": "270px", "Logo size": "120px"} |
Welcome Interstate Managers is the third studio album by the American rock band Fountains of Wayne. It was released by S-Curve Records on June 10, 2003. The album contains the power pop single "Stacy's Mom," which reached number 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's highest-charting hit in the United Stat... | {"Released": "June 10, 2003", "Recorded": "2001-2002", "Studio": "Stratosphere Sound, New York City, New York\nQ Division, Somerville, Massachusetts\nThe Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, New York", "Genre": "Alternative rock\n power pop\ngeek rock", "Label": "S-Curve\nVirgin", "Producer": "Adam Schlesinger\n Chris Collingwood\n M... |
The Martin Marietta Corporation was an American company founded in 1961 through the merger of Glenn L. Martin Company and American-Marietta Corporation. In 1995, it merged with Lockheed Corporation to form Lockheed Martin.
History
Martin Marietta formed in 1961 by the merger of the Glenn L. Martin Company and America... | {"Industry": "Manufacturing", "Founded": "1961", "Defunct": "1995", "Fate": "Merged with Lockheed Corporation", "Headquarters": "United States", "Parent": "-->"} |
thumb|250px|right|Okanagan Lake winds between Kelowna (foreground) and Westbank (background).
Okanagan Lake () is a lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The lake is long, between wide, and has a surface area of 348 km2 (135 sq. mi.).
Hydrography
Okanagan Lake is called a fjord lake as it has b... | {"Coordinates": "49 54 40 N 119 30 45 W region:CA-BC_type:waterbody_dim:100000 inline,title", "Primary inflows": "Mission Creek, Vernon Creek, Trout Creek, Penticton Creek, Equesis Creek, Kelowna Creek, Peachland Creek, Powers Creek, Whiteman Creek", "Primary outflows": "Okanagan River", "Catchment area": "6,200 km2 on... |
Krems an der Donau () is a town of 23,992 inhabitants in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria. It is the fifth-largest city of Lower Austria and is approximately west of Vienna. Krems is a city with its own statute (or Statutarstadt), and therefore it is both a municipality and a district.
Geography
Krems i... | {"Density": "465", "Urban density": "c. 50000", "DST": "+2", "Website": "www.krems.at"} |
ViolaWWW is a discontinued web browser, the first to support scripting and stylesheets for the World Wide Web (WWW). It was first released in 1991/1992 for Unix and acted as the recommended browser at CERN, where the WWW was invented, but eventually lost its position as most frequently used browser to Mosaic.
Viola
Re... | {"Developer(s)": "Pei-Yuan Weihttp://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html#browser What were the first WWW browsers? World Wide Web Consortium Tim Berners-Lee Tim Berners-Lee 2010-06-15", "Initial release": "1992 03 09", "Written in": "ViolaSee Viola in a Nutshell https://web.archive.org/web/20190909144946/http:/... |
Kenneth Rafe Mair (31 December 1931 - 9 October 2017) was a Canadian lawyer, political commentator, radio personality and politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as the member for Kamloops from 1975 to 1981 in the caucus of the Social Credit Party.
In his post-pol... | {"Name": "Rafe Mair", "Birth name": "Kenneth Rafe Mair", "Birth date": "y 1931 12 31", "Death date": "y 2017 10 09 1931 12 31", "Birth place": "Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada", "Death place": "Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada", "Alma mater": "University of British Columbia"} |
is a fictional city from the Final Fantasy media franchise. First appearing in the 1997 video game Final Fantasy VII, Midgar is depicted as a bustling metropolis built, occupied and controlled by the fictional megacorporation . The city is powered by electricity drawn from reactors which run on , the processed form of ... | {"Created by": "Yoshinori Kitase Yusuke Naora", "Genre": "Role-playing video game", "Location": "Gaia", "Type": "Corpocratic city-state", "Ruler": "Shinra Electric Power Company", "First appearance": "Final Fantasy VII (1997)", "Characters": "Cloud Strife Barret Wallace Tifa Lockhart Aerith Gainsborough Sephiroth"} |
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the fifth main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following 2002's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and the seventh installment overall. It was released in October 2004 for the PlayStation 2, ... | {"Title": "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas", "Developer": "Rockstar NorthPorted to iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Fire OS, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 by War Drum Studioshttp://wardrumstudios.com/wdwp/portfolio/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas/ Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas War Drum Studios 6 January 2016 live https://web.... |
Christopher Nicholas Parsons (10 October 1923 - 28 January 2020) was an English actor, straight man and radio and television presenter. He was the long-running presenter of the comedy radio show Just a Minute and hosted the game show Sale of the Century during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Parsons was born and grew up i... | {"Name": "Nicholas Parsons", "Post-nominals": "CBE", "Caption": "Parsons recording Just a Minuteat the Pleasance Grand, Edinburgh, in 2007", "Birth name": "Christopher Nicholas Parsons", "Birth date": "1923 10 10 y", "Birth place": "Grantham, Lincolnshire, England", "Death date": "2020 1 28 1923 10 10 y", "Death place"... |
Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov (; born 1 September 1950) is a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 2004 to 2007. An Independent, he was the longest serving director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service from 2007 to 2016. Since 4 January 2017, Fradkov has been Director of the Russian Institute ... | {"Name": "Mikhail Fradkov", "Image caption": "Fradkov in 2016", "Term start": "4 January 2017", "Order 2": "Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service", "President 2": "Vladimir PutinDimitry MedvedevVladimir Putin", "Predecessor 2": "Sergei Lebedev", "Successor 2": "Sergey Naryshkin", "Birth name": "Mikhail Yefimovic... |
The REVAi, known as G-Wiz in the United Kingdom, is a small micro electric car, made by the Indian manufacturer Reva Electric Car Company between 2001 and 2012. By late 2013 Reva had sold about 4,600 vehicles worldwide, in 26 countries. Sales in the United Kingdom, its main market, ended by the end of 2011. Production ... | {"Manufacturer": "Reva Electric Car Company", "Also called": "G-Wiz i", "Production": "2001-2019", "Assembly": "Bangalore, India", "Layout": "Rear motor, Rear wheel drive", "Length": "2600 mm in 1 on", "Width": "1300 mm in 1 on", "Height": "1500 mm in 1 on", "Successor": "Reva e2o"} |
Sterling Rufus Lyon (January 30, 1927 - December 16, 2010) was a Canadian lawyer, cabinet minister, and the 17th premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981. His government introduced several fiscally-conservative measures, and was sometimes seen as a local version of the government of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdo... | {"Name": "Sterling Rufus Lyon", "Lieutenant governor": "Francis L. JobinPearl McGonigal", "Term start": "November 24, 1977", "Term end": "November 30, 1981", "Office 2": "Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Souris-Killarney", "Predecessor 2": "Earl McKellar", "Successor 2": "Brian Ransom", "Birth date": ... |
Wonderfalls is an American comedy-drama television series created by Todd Holland and Bryan Fuller that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004.
The show centers on Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas), a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a N... | {"Genre": "Comedy dramaFantasyhttp://www.allmovie.com/movie/wonderfalls-tv-series-v305155 Allmovie Wonderfalls [TV Series] November 21, 2012 Dillard, Brian J.", "Running time": "42 minutes", "Created by": "Todd HollandBryan Fuller", "Starring": "Caroline DhavernasKatie FinneranTyron LeitsoLee PaceWilliam SadlerDiana Sc... |
Major James Rennell, (3 December 1742 - 29 March 1830) was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography. Rennell produced some of the first accurate maps of Bengal at one inch to five miles as well as accurate outlines of India and served as Surveyor General of Bengal. Rennell has been called the Fat... | {"Post-nominals": "FRS, FRSE, FRGS", "Name": "James Rennel", "Alt": "Profile engraving of James Rennell (1799)", "Caption": "Profile engraving of James Rennell (1799)", "Birth date": "yes 1742 12 03", "Birth place": "Chudleigh, Devon, UK", "Death date": "yes 1830 03 29 1742 12 03", "Death place": "London", "Resting pla... |
Songs in A Minor is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys, released on June 5, 2001, by J Records.
Keys began writing songs for the album in 1995 at age 14 and recording the album in 1998 for Columbia Records, but after they rejected it, she signed a recording contract with Clive Davis's... | {"Released": "2001 6 5", "Recorded": "1998-2001", "Studio": "Battery (New York City)Track 1\n Southside (Atlanta)Track 2\n KrucialKeys (New York City)Tracks 3-6, 10 and 13-16\n Doppler (Atlanta)Track 8\n Backroom (Glendale, California)Track 9\n The Hit Factory (New York City)Track 11\n Unique (New York City)Track 12", ... |
Zooropa is the eighth studio album by Irish rock band U2. Produced by Flood, Brian Eno, and the Edge, it was released on 5 July 1993 on Island Records. Inspired by the band's experiences on the Zoo TV Tour, Zooropa expanded on many of the tour's themes of technology and media oversaturation. The record was a continuati... | {"Released": "1993 07 05 yes", "Recorded": "February-May 1993 in Dublin, Ireland", "Studio": "The Factory\nWindmill Lane\nWestland", "Genre": "Alternative rock", "Label": "Island", "Producer": "Flood\nBrian Eno\nThe Edge"} |
Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (12 September 1800, Monflanquin - 29 October 1872) was a leading French chess master and an editor of the chess periodical Le Palamède. He is best known for losing a match against Howard Staunton in 1843 that is often considered to have been an unofficial match for the World Chess... | {"Full name": "Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant", "Country": "France", "Born": "Monflanquin, Lot-et-Garonne, France", "Died": "French Algeria"} |
The University of New Haven (UNH) is a private university in West Haven, Connecticut. Between its main campus in West Haven and its graduate school campus in Orange, Connecticut, the university grounds cover about 122 acres of land. The university also operates a satellite campus in Prato, Italy. The university is a me... | {"Type": "Private university", "President": "Sheahon Zenger (interim)", "Students": "7,513http://www.newhaven.edu/about/facts-figures.php Fast Facts Newhaven.edu March 7, 2019 September 2, 2023", "Undergraduates": "5,023http://www.newhaven.edu/about/facts-figures.php Fast Facts Newhaven.edu March 7, 2016 Septem... |
Marmaduke Wyvill (22 December 1815 in Constable Burton - 25 June 1896 in Bournemouth) was a leading English chess master and Liberal Party politician. He was among the world's strongest players in the 1840s and 1850s.
He was born the son of Marmaduke Wyvill of Constable Burton Hall (1791-1872), MP for York.
Regarded ... | {"Name": "Marmaduke Wyvill", "Image size": "100", "Term start": "1847", "Term end": "1865", "Birth date": "22 December 1815", "Birth place": "Constable Burton, Richmondshire, North Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Death date": "1896 6 25 1815 12 22 y", "Death place": "Bournemouth, Dorset, England", "Spouse(s)": "Laura I... |
Delaware State University (DSU or Del State) is a privately governed, state-assisted historically black land-grant research university in Dover, Delaware. DSU also has two satellite campuses: one in Wilmington and one in Georgetown. The university encompasses four colleges and a diverse population of undergraduate and ... | {"Motto": "\"Enter to Learn, Go Forth and Serve\"", "Accreditation": "MSCHE", "Type": "Privately governed, state-assisted historically black land-grant research university", "Endowment": "$43 million (2021)Delaware State University: Portfolio Review, Goldman Sachs Institutional Client Solutions, December 21, 2021, Univ... |
Bharathan (14 November 1946 – 30 July 1998) was an Indian film maker, artist, and art director. Bharathan is noted for being the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Padmarajan and K. G. George, in the 1980s, which created films that were widely received while also being critically acc... | {"Name": "Bharathan", "Birth date": "yes 1946 11 14", "Birth place": "Wadakkancherry, Kingdom of Cochin, British India(present day Thrissur, Kerala, India)", "Death date": "1998 07 30 1946 11 14 yes", "Death place": "Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India", "Occupation": "Art director Sculptor Poster designer Film director Lyricis... |
The Dolby Theatre (formerly known as the Kodak Theatre) is a live-performance auditorium in the Ovation Hollywood shopping mall and entertainment complex, on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Since its opening on November 9, 2001, it has be... | {"Former names": "Kodak Theatre (2001-2012)", "Location": "6801 Hollywood BoulevardHollywood, California90028", "Coordinates": "34 06 10 N 118 20 25 W type:landmark title,inline", "Public transit": "Red Hollywood/Highland", "Owner": "Canyon Partners", "Type": "Indoor theatre", "Seating type": "Reserved", "Capacity": "3... |
Stetson is an American brand of hat manufactured by the John B. Stetson Company. "Stetson" is also used as a generic trademark to refer to any campaign hat, particularly in Scouting.
John B. Stetson gained inspiration for his most famous hats when he headed west from his native New Jersey for health reasons. On his re... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1865", "Industry": "Retail", "Website": "http://www.stetson.com"} |
Kulakkattil Geevarghese George (born 24 May 1946) is an Indian film maker and screenwriter who worked in the Malayalam cinema. He was the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Bharathan and P. Padmarajan, in the 1980s. He was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, Government of Kerala's highes... | {"Name": "K. G. George", "Native name": "കെ.ജി. ജോർജ്", "Birth name": "Kulakkattil Geevarghese George", "Birth date": "y 1946 05 24", "Birth place": "Thiruvalla, Kingdom of Travancore, British India(present day Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India)", "Nationality": "Indian", "Occupation": "Film director screenwriter", "Years ... |
Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker, Baron Gordon-Walker, (7 April 1907 - 2 December 1980) was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for nearly 30 years and twice a cabinet minister. He lost his Smethwick parliamentary seat at the 1964 general election in a bitterly-racial campaign conducted in ... | {"Name": "The Lord Gordon-Walker", "Image caption": "Gordon Walker in 1969", "Term start": "29 August 1967", "Term end": "6 April 1968", "Office 2": "Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs", "Prime minister 2": "Harold Wilson", "Predecessor 2": "Rab Butler", "Successor 2": "Michael Stewart", "Birth name": "Patrick Chre... |
Palappurathu Kesavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 - 24 September 2012) was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films.'The Malayalam superstars are highly insecure' . Rediff.com (31 December 2004). Thilakan was known for his elaborate method acting, realistic and spontaneous appeara... | {"Name": "Thilakan", "Native name": "തിലകൻ", "Birth name": "P. K. Surendranatha Thilakan", "Birth date": "yes 1935 07 15", "Birth place": "Ayiroor,Movie | Thilakan - The Unique Style of Acting. Manorama Online. Kingdom of Travancore(present day Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India)", "Death date": "yes 2012 09 24 1935 07 15",... |
Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 - 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Malayalam and also in Tamil in a career spanning nearly five decades.
He wrote s... | {"Name": "Nedumudi Venu", "Caption": "Nedumudi Venu in 2008", "Birth name": "Kesavan Venugopal", "Birth date": "1948 05 22 yes", "Birth place": "Nedumudi, Kingdom of Travancore, India(present day Alappuzha district, Kerala, India)", "Death date": "2021 10 11 1948 05 22 yes", "Death place": "Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, ... |
Maskerade is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the eighteenth book in the Discworld series. The witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg visit the Ankh-Morpork Opera House to find Agnes Nitt, a girl from Lancre, and get caught up in a story similar to The Phantom of the Opera.
Plot summary
The story be... | {"Cover artist": "Josh Kirby", "Language": "English", "Series": "Discworld 18th novel - 5th witches story", "Publisher": "Victor Gollancz", "ISBN": "0-575-05808-0", "Preceded by": "Interesting Times", "Followed by": "Feet of Clay"} |
Mildred Trouillot-Aristide (born 1963) is an American lawyer who married Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former President of Haïti, in 1996.
Mildred Trouillot grew up in the Bronx. Both her father, Emile, and mother, Carmelle, were natives of Haïti. He left Haïti in 1958, she in 1960. They found work in New York City, whe... | {"Name": "Mildred Trouillot", "Image caption": "Mildred Trouillot and Jean-Bertrand Aristide", "Term start": "February 4, 2001", "Term end": "February 29, 2004", "Predecessor 2": "Marie-Thérèse Jonassaint (1994)", "Successor 2": "Guerda Benoît", "President 2": "Jean-Bertrand Aristide", "Birth date": "1963", "Birth plac... |
Control is the third studio album by American singer Janet Jackson, released on February 4, 1986, by A&M Records. Her collaborations with the songwriters and record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis resulted in an unconventional sound: a fusion of rhythm and blues, rap vocals, funk, disco, and synthesized percussion ... | {"Released": "1986 2 4 y", "Recorded": "June - October 1985", "Studio": "Flyte Tyme (Minneapolis)", "Genre": "Pop\nRB", "Label": "AM", "Producer": "Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis\nMonte Moir"} |
Alvin Ailey Jr. (January 5, 1931 - December 1, 1989) was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). He created AAADT and its affiliated Alvin Ailey American Dance Center (later Ailey School) as havens for nurturing Black artists and expressing t... | {"Name": "Alvin Ailey", "Caption": "photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955", "Birth date": "1931 01 05", "Birth place": "Rogers, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "1989 12 01 1931 01 05", "Death place": "Manhattan, New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Dancer, choreographer", "Awards": "Presidential Medal of Freedom Kennedy C... |
William Gordon Claxton DSO, DFC & Bar (June 1, 1899 - September 28, 1967) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with 37 victories. He became the leading ace in his squadron.
Background
Born on June 1, 1899, in Gladstone, Manitoba, Claxton enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in Canada upon his eighteen... | {"Born": "Gladstone, Manitoba", "Died": "Toronto", "Nickname(s)": "Dozy", "Allegiance": "British Empire", "Awards": "Distinguished Service OrderDistinguished Flying Cross & Bar"} |
Footfall is a 1985 science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The book depicts the arrival of members of an alien species called the Fithp that have traveled to the Solar System from Alpha Centauri in a large spacecraft driven by a Bussard ramjet. Their intent is conquest of the planet ... | {"Cover artist": "Michael Whelan", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Del Rey Books", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "495 pages (first edition, hardcover)", "ISBN": "(first edition, hardcover)"} |
Ubu Roi (; "Ubu the King" or "King Ubu") is a play by French writer Alfred Jarry, then 23 years old. It was first performed in Paris in 1896, by Aurélien Lugné-Poe's Théâtre de l'Œuvre at the Nouveau-Théâtre (today, the Théâtre de Paris). The production's single public performance baffled and offended audiences with it... | {"Written by": "Alfred Jarry", "Date premiered": "1896 12 10", "Place premiered": "Paris", "Original language": "French", "Series": "Ubu CocuUbu Enchaîné"} |
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ninth largest bank in the world. It is also one of fifty most valuable banks in ... | {"Type": "Sociedade Anônima", "ISIN": "n y US0594603039", "Founded": "1943 03 10 in Marília, São Paulo, Brazil", "Headquarters": "Brazil", "Industry": "Financial services", "Services": "Banking Financing Insurance", "Products": "BankingInvestment bankingPrivate equityAsset managementPrivate bankingInsuranceRetail Banki... |
Miss Puerto Rico is a national beauty pageant in Puerto Rico. Currently, there are two separate televised pageants held annually: Miss Universe Puerto Ricohttp://misspuertorico.wapa.tv/ to select the representative for Miss Universe and Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico to select the representative for Miss World. Additionally... | {"Type": "Beauty pageant", "Headquarters": "San Juan", "Location": "Puerto Rico", "Website": "muniversepr.com/"} |
CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which (regardless of language) are outlined below.
English
CBC Radio operates three English language networks.
CBC Radio O... | {"Name": "CBC Radio", "Logo size": "150px", "Country": "Canada", "Broadcast area": "Canada and border areas of the United States via terrestrial transmission, worldwide via the internet and satellite", "Radio stations": "CBC Radio OneCBC MusicCBC Radio 3", "Website": "www.cbc.ca/radio/"} |
NUnit is an open-source unit testing framework for the .NET Framework and Mono. It serves the same purpose as JUnit does in the Java world, and is one of many programs in the xUnit family.
Features
Tests can be run from a console runner, within Visual Studio through a Test Adapter, or through 3rd party runners.
Te... | {"Original author(s)": "Charlie Poole, James Newkirk, Alexei Vorontsov, Michael Two, Philip Craig, Rob Prouse, Simone Busoli, Neil Colvin", "Developer(s)": "The NUnit Project,.NET Foundation", "Repository": "https://github.com/nunit", "Written in": "C#", "Type": "Unit testing tool", "License": "MIT License for 3.0, BSD... |
Kuldīga () () is a town in the Courland region of Latvia, in the western part of the country. It is the center of Kuldīga Municipality with a population of approximately 13,500.
Kuldīga was first mentioned in 1242. It joined the Hanseatic League in 1368. In the 17th century, Kuldīga (along with Jelgava (Mitau)) was on... | {"Land": "properties raw qualifiers best raw P2046 Q11081619", "Density": "auto", "Metro density": "auto", "DST": "+3", "Website": "http://www.kuldiga.lv/"} |
Weapons of Mass Distraction is a 1997 television film directed by Stephen Surjik and written by Larry Gelbart, about two media moguls and their fight over ownership of a professional American football team. The film starred Gabriel Byrne and Ben Kingsley, with an ensemble supporting cast including Illeana Douglas, Mimi... | {"Directed by": "Stephen Surjik", "Written by": "Larry Gelbart", "Starring": "Gabriel ByrneBen Kingsley", "Cinematography": "Alar Kivilo", "Original release": "1997 05 17", "Running time": "100 min", "Country of origin": "United States"} |
Hoeryong concentration camp (or Haengyong concentration camp) was a death camp in North Korea that was reported to have been closed in 2012. The official name was Kwalliso (penal labour colony) No. 22. The camp was a maximum security area, completely isolated from the outside world.
In 2012, satellite image analysis a... | {"Context": "north", "Hangul name": "회령 제22호 관리소", "Hanja": "會 寧 第 二 十 二 號 管 理 所", "Revised Romanization": "Hoeryeong Je Isipi-ho Gwalliso", "McCune-Reischauer": "Hoeryŏng Che Isibi-ho Kwalliso", "Hangul other name 1": "회령 정치범 수용소", "Hanja other name 1": "會 寧 政 治 犯 收 容 所", "RR other name 1": "Hoeryeong Jeongchibeum Suy... |
Georges-Henri Denys Arcand (; born June 25, 1941) is a French Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. His film The Barbarian Invasions won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004."The Barbarian Invasions" Wins Foreign Language Film: 2004 Oscars His films have also been nominated three further times,... | {"Caption": "Arcand at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival", "Name": "Denys Arcand", "Post-nominals": "CAN CC GOQ 100%", "Birth name": "Georges-Henri Denys Arcand", "Birth date": "1941 06 25", "Birth place": "Deschambault, Quebec, Canada", "Spouse(s)": "Denise Robert", "Occupation": "Film director, screenwrite... |
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A chocolate brownie, or simply a brownie, is a chocolate baked confection. Brownies come in a variety of forms and may be either fudgy or cakey, depending on their density. Brownies often, but not always, have a glossy "skin" on their upper crust. Th... | {"Name of food": "Chocolate brownie", "Image filename": "Chocolatebrownie.JPG", "Width of image": "250px", "Image caption": "A homemade chocolate brownie", "Place of origin": "United States", "Region of origin": "Worldwide", "Type of dish": "Square or bar", "Main ingredient": "Flour, butter, eggs, chocolate and/or coco... |
Córas Iompair Éireann (Irish Transport Company), or CIÉ, is a statutory corporation of Ireland, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for most public transport within the republic and jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company for the railway service betwe... | {"Type": "Statutory Corporation", "Founded": "1945 1 1 yes", "Headquarters": "Dublin Heuston Dublin 8 D08 E2CV", "Industry": "Infrastructure & Public Transport State Administrator", "Parent": "Department of Transport", "Revenue": "€1.315 billion (2018)CIÉ CIÉ Annual Report 2019 https://www.cie.ie/AR/CIE/2018AR-CIE-En... |
thumb|250px|Monument to Gustavs Zemgals in Džūkste
Gustavs Zemgals (12 August 1871 - 6 January 1939) was a Latvian politician and the second President of Latvia. He also was twice the mayor of Riga.
Zemgals was born in Džūkste, Latvia. He attended elementary school in a small parish of Saka, and later continued educat... | {"Name": "Gustavs Zemgals", "Birth date": "12 August 1871", "Birth place": "Džūkste parish, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire(now Tukums Municipality, Latvia)", "Death date": "6 January 1939 12 August 1871", "Death place": "Riga, Latvia", "Spouse(s)": "Emīlija Zemgals", "Awards": "Order of the Three StarsLegion of H... |
Augustus Mongredien (1807-1888) was a corn merchant, also known as a political economist and writer. He was a leading amateur British chess master.
Life
He was born in London in 1807, of French parents. His father was a French officer who fled to England after Bonaparte's coup d'état in 1798.
He was educated in the ... | {"Name": "Augustus Mongredien", "Caption": "Augustus Mongredien (right) with George Walker (center) and William Lewis (left).", "Birth date": "1807", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "1888 3 30 1807 y", "Death place": "London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Occupation": "corn merchant", "Known For"... |
TradeStation Group, Inc. is the parent company of online securities and futures brokerage firms and trading technology companies. It is headquartered in Plantation, Florida, and has offices in New York; Chicago; Richardson, Texas; London; Sydney; and Costa Rica. TradeStation is best known for the technical analysis sof... | {"Type": "Corporation (TradeStation Group. Inc)", "Founded": "1982 (formed as Omega Research, Inc.)http://www.tradestation.com/en/about-us/about-tradestation TradeStation About Us", "Headquarters": "Florida, United States", "Industry": "Financial services", "Products": "Electronic trading platform", "Services": "Broker... |
Beith is a small town in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, Scotland approximately south-west of Glasgow. The town is situated on the crest of a hill and was known originally as the "Hill o' Beith" (hill of the birches) after its Court Hill.
History
left|thumb|300px|upright|Beith Auld Kirk and The Cross
Name
Beith'... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NS349542", "Postcode district": "KA15", "Dialling code": "01505", "UK Parliament": "North Ayrshire and Arran", "Council area": "North Ayrshire", "Lieutenancy area": "Ayrshire and Arran", "Scottish Parliament": "Cunninghame North"} |
Alberts Kviesis (22 December 1881 - 9 August 1944) was a Latvian politician who served as third President of Latvia from 1930 to 1936.
Alberts Kviesis was born in Kalnamuiža (Tērvete) parish (now Dobele Municipality) in the Courland Governorate. Having received his primary education from his parents, he thereafter fi... | {"Name": "Alberts Kviesis", "Image size": "220px", "Image caption": "Kviesis in 1930", "Term start": "9 April 1930", "Term end": "11 April 1936", "Office 2": "Minister of the Interior of Latvia", "Prime minister 2": "Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics", "Predecessor 2": "Arveds Bergs", "Successor 2": "Pēteris Berģis", "Birth dat... |
The UCL Institute of Education (IOE) is the faculty of education and society of University College London (UCL). It specialises in postgraduate study and research in the field of education and is one of UCL's 11 constituent faculties. Prior to merging with UCL in 2014, it was a constituent college of the University of ... | {"Endowment": "£90.5 million", "Chancellor": "The Princess Royal (University of London)", "Director": "Li Wei", "Campus": "Urban", "Website": "ucl.ac.uk/ioe"} |
The Delinquents is a 1957 American drama film written, produced, and directed by Robert Altman. As the directorial debut of Altman, he filmed it in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri during the summer of 1956 on a $63,000 budget. It is not only the first film Altman directed, but also the first to star Tom Laughlin.... | {"Directed by": "Robert Altman", "Produced by": "Elmer Rhoden Jr.Robert Altman", "Written by": "Robert Altman", "Starring": "Tom LaughlinPeter MillerRichard Bakalyan", "Music by": "Gene GarfLouis Palange", "Cinematography": "Charles Paddock", "Edited by": "Helene Turner", "Distributed by": "United Artists", "Budget": "... |
Deschambault-Grondines is a municipality of about 2,200 inhabitants in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in Portneuf Regional County Municipality. The municipality was incorporated in 2002 by the merger of the formerly independent villages of Deschambault and Grondines.
The name Grondines was named by Samuel d... | {"Land": "124.02", "Density": "17.0", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.deschambault-grondines.com"} |
1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne, in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07. Köln competes in the Bundesliga after promotion... | {"Full name": "1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V.", "Nickname(s)": "Die Geißböcke (The Billy Goats) Effzeh", "Founded": "yes 1948 2 13", "Capacity": "50,000", "League": "FCKöln", "Website": "https://fc.de/en/fc-info/home/"} |
is a 1986 Japanese adventure comedy-drama film about two animals, Milo (an orange tabby cat) and Otis (a pug). The original Japanese version, narrated by Shigeru Tsuyuki and with poetry recitation by Kyōko Koizumi, was released on July 12, 1986. Columbia Pictures removed 15 minutes from the original film and released a... | {"Directed by": "Masanori HataKon Ichikawa", "Produced by": "Masuru KakutaniSatoru Ogata", "Written by": "Masanori HataMark Saltzman (English version)", "Narrated by": "Shigeru Tsuyuki (Japan)\n Dudley Moore (United States)", "Music by": "Ryuichi Sakamoto (Japan)\n Michael Boddicker (United States)", "Cinematography": ... |
Andrew Turnbull, Baron Turnbull, (born 21 January 1945) is a British politician and civil servant who served as the head of Her Majesty's Civil Service and Cabinet Secretary between 2002 and 2005, when he was succeeded by Sir Gus O'Donnell. He now sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.
Education
Turnbull was e... | {"Name": "The Lord Turnbull", "Image caption": "Turnbull in 2019", "Term start": "2 September 2002", "Term end": "31 July 2005", "Office 2": "Permanent Secretary to the Treasury", "Chancellor 2": "Gordon Brown", "Predecessor 2": "Terence Burns", "Successor 2": "Sir Gus O'Donnell", "Birth date": "1945 01 21 yes", "Natio... |
Alexandra Rebecca Parks (born 26 July 1984) is an English singer-songwriter. Parks was entered into the BBC Television programme, Fame Academy by her father. It was a show that she went on to win. Soon after winning Fame Academy, she released her first album entitled Introduction, which went double platinum in the Unit... | {"Born": "yes 1984 07 26", "Origin": "Mount Hawke, Cornwall, England", "Genres": "Folk-pop, alternative, indie rock", "Labels": "Polydor (2003-2006)"} |
was a province of Japan in the area modern Chiba Prefecture, and Ibaraki Prefecture.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shimōsa" in . It lies to the north of the Bōsō Peninsula (房総半島), whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Province and its second from Kazusa and Shimōsa Provinces. Its abbreviated form n... | {"Native name": "ja 下総国", "Conventional long name": "Shimōsa Province", "Common name": "Shimōsa Province", "Capital": "Kōnodai (Ichikawa City)", "Today part of": "Chiba Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture", "Year founded": "7th century", "Year dissolved": "1871"} |
Peter Jonathan Hitchens (born 28 October 1951) is an English conservative author, broadcaster, journalist, and commentator. He writes for The Mail on Sunday and was a foreign correspondent reporting from both Moscow and Washington, D.C. Peter Hitchens has contributed to The Spectator, The American Conservative, The Gua... | {"Name": "Peter Hitchens", "Caption": "Hitchens in 2015", "Birth name": "Peter Jonathan Hitchens", "Birth date": "1951 10 28 y", "Birth place": "Sliema, Crown Colony of Malta", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of York", "Occupation": "Journalist author", "Party": "International Socialists (1969-1975)... |
Trim Castle () is a castle on the south bank of the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland, with an area of 30,000 m2.Trim Castle, Meath Tourism-Ireland. http://www.meath.ie/Tourism/Heritage/HeritageSites/TrimCastle/Heritage Ireland: Trim Castle. Over a period of 30 years, it was built by Hugh de Lacy and his son ... | {"Coordinates": "53.555 -6.7897 type:landmark inline,title", "Type": "Medieval castle", "Built": "from the 12th century", "Built by": "Hugh de Lacy (keep)", "In use": "Open to public", "Owner": "Currently the Irish Government through the Office of Public Works"} |
The ; )Hooper & Whyld (1996), p. 153. Giuoco Piano. "The name means 'quiet game' and until the 19th century was often applied to any opening that was not a gambit." is a chess opening beginning with the moves:
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5
"White aims to develop quickly - but so does Black. White can construct a but... | {"Moves": "1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5", "ECO": "C50-C54", "Origin": "16th century", "Named after": "Italian: \"Quiet Game\"", "Parent": "Italian Game", "Synonym(s)": "Italian OpeningHooper & Whyld (1996), p. 183. Italian Opening. \"Italian Opening, often called the Giuoco Piano (Quiet Game).\""} |
The Two Knights Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6
First recorded by Giulio Cesare Polerio (c. 1550 - c. 1610) in the late 16th century, this line of the Italian Game was extensively developed in the 19th century. Black's third move is a more aggressive defense than t... | {"Moves": "1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6", "ECO": "C55-C59", "Origin": "Late 16th century", "Parent": "Italian Game"} |
The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
1. e4 e5
2. f4
White offers a pawn to divert the black e-pawn. If Black accepts the gambit, White may play d4 and Bxf4, regaining the gambit pawn with domination, or direct their forces against the weak square f7 with moves such as Nf3, Bc4, 0-0, and g3... | {"Moves": "1.e4 e5 2.f4", "ECO": "C30-C39", "Origin": "No later than 16th century", "Parent": "Open Game"} |
The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves:
1. e4 c5
The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4. Opening 1.d4 is a statistically more successful opening for White because of the high success rate of the Sicilian defence against 1.e4. New In C... | {"Moves": "1.e4 c5", "ECO": "B20-B99", "Origin": "Giulio Cesare Polerio, 1594", "Named after": "Sicily", "Parent": "King's Pawn Game"} |
The Pirc Defence (pronounced ) is a chess opening characterised by the response of Black to 1.e4 with 1...d6 and 2...Nf6, followed by ...g6 and ...Bg7, while allowing White to establish a with pawns on d4 and e4. It is named after the Slovenian grandmaster Vasja Pirc.
The Pirc Defence is usually defined by the openi... | {"Moves": "1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6", "ECO": "B07–B09", "Named after": "Vasja Pirc", "Parent": "King's Pawn Game", "Synonym(s)": "Pirc-Ufimtsev DefenceRussian: защита Пирца — УфимцеваUfimtsev Defence Yugoslav Defence"} |
The Modern Defense (also known as the Robatsch Defence after Karl Robatsch) is a hypermodern chess opening in which Black allows White to occupy the with pawns on d4 and e4, then proceeds to attack and undermine this "ideal" center without attempting to occupy it. The opening has been most notably used by British gran... | {"Moves": "1.e4 g6", "ECO": "B06", "Parent": "King's Pawn Game", "Synonym(s)": "Robatsch Defence"} |
The Queen's Gambit is the chess opening that starts with the moves:
1. d4 d5
2. c4
It is one of the oldest openings and is still commonly played today. It is traditionally described as a gambit because White appears to sacrifice the c-pawn; however, this could be considered a misnomer as Black cannot retain the pawn w... | {"Moves": "1.d4 d5 2.c4", "ECO": "D06-D69", "Origin": "late 15th century", "Parent": "Closed Game"} |
The King's Indian Defence (or KID) is a common chess opening. It is defined by the following moves:
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
Black intends to follow up with 3...Bg7 and 4...d6 (the Grünfeld Defence arises when Black plays 3...d5 instead and is considered a separate opening). White's major third move options are 3.Nc3, 3.Nf... | {"Moves": "1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6", "ECO": "E60-E99", "Parent": "Indian Defence", "Synonym(s)": "King's Indian KID"} |
The Bogo-Indian Defense is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 Bb4+
The position arising after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 is common. The traditional move for White here is 3.Nc3, threatening to set up a big pawn centre with 4.e4. However, 3.Nf3 is often played instead as a way of avoiding the N... | {"Moves": "1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+", "ECO": "E11", "Named after": "Yefim Bogolyubov", "Parent": "Indian Defense"} |
The Queen's Indian Defense (QID) is a chess opening defined by the moves:
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 b6
The opening is a solid defense to the Queen's Pawn Game.Pein, Malcolm (14 December 2007). Three Indian tales, The Daily Telegraph. 3...b6 increases Black's control over the central light squares e4 and d5 by preparin... | {"Moves": "1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6", "ECO": "E12-E19", "Parent": "Indian Defense", "Synonym(s)": "QID"} |
The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
1. d4 f5
Black's 1...f5 stakes a claim to the e4-square and envisions an attack in the middlegame on White's ; however, it also weakens Black's kingside to an extent (especially the e8-h5 diagonal).See this trap for a dramatic example. Like its 1.e4 coun... | {"Moves": "1.d4 f5", "ECO": "A80-A99", "Named after": "Elias Stein, Nouvel essai sur le jeu des échecs, avec des réflexions militaires relatives à ce jeu, 1789", "Parent": "Queen's Pawn Game"} |
The English Opening is a chess opening that begins with the move:
1. c4
A flank opening, it is the fourth most popular and, according to various databases, one of the four most successful of White's twenty possible first moves. White begins the fight for the by staking a claim to the d5-square from the wing, in hyper... | {"Moves": "1.c4", "ECO": "A10-A39", "Origin": "Staunton vs. Saint-Amant, 1843", "Named after": "Howard Staunton, English player and World Champion (unofficial)"} |
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