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Susan Tyrrell (born Susan Jillian Creamer; March 18, 1945 - June 16, 2012) was an American character actress. Tyrrell's career began in theater in New York City in the 1960s in Broadway and off Broadway productions. Her first film was Shoot Out (1971). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress... | {"Name": "Susan Tyrrell", "Caption": "Publicity still for Camino Real, 1970", "Birth name": "Susan Jillian Creamer", "Birth date": "1945 3 18 yes", "Birth place": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Death date": "2012 6 16 1945 3 18 yes", "Death place": "Austin, Texas, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1... |
Henry Warington Smyth Baden-Powell KC (3 February 1847 - 24 April 1921), known as Warington, was a British admiralty lawyer, master mariner and canoeist. He wrote a book on Sea Scouting and held positions in The Boy Scouts Association, formed by his brother, Robert Baden-Powell.
Life
thumb|left|The Baden-Powell fami... | {"Name": "Warington Baden-Powell", "Caption": "Monument to Warington Baden-Powell at Gilwell Park, the Scout Association's national headquarters in Essex.", "Birth date": "1847 2 3 y", "Birth place": "Oxford, England", "Known For": "Sea Scouting, Canoe sailing.", "Death date": "1921 4 24 1847 2 3 y", "Death place": "Ch... |
Kim Jae-gyu (Hangul: 김재규, April 9, 1924 - May 24, 1980) was a South Korean politician, army lieutenant general and the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. He assassinated South Korean President Park Chung-hee—who had been one of his closest friends—on October 26, 1979, and was subsequently executed by h... | {"Name": "Kim Jae-gyu 金載圭", "Image caption": "Kim in Taiwan in 1968", "Term start": "February 4, 1976", "Term end": "October 26, 1979", "Birth date": "1924 4 9", "Birth place": "Zensan, Keishōhoku-dō, Korea", "Death date": "1980 5 24 1924 4 9", "Death place": "Seoul Detention Center, Seoul, South Korea", "Residence": ... |
Centre Wellington is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, located in Wellington County. The primary communities are Elora and Fergus.
The area is agricultural but also includes industries such as manufacturing. In the Canada 2016 Census, the population was stated as 28,191.
History
The township was establishe... | {"Type": "Township", "Land": "407.54", "Density": "69.2", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.centrewellington.ca"} |
Richard Francis Kneip (January 7, 1933March 9, 1987) was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 25th governor of South Dakota from 1971 until 1978 and the 6th United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the first Catholic Governor of South Dakota.
E... | {"Name": "Richard Kneip", "Term start": "August 7, 1978Richard Francis Kneip https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/kneip-richard-francis Office of the Historian", "Term end": "September 25, 1980", "Order 2": "25th", "Office 2": "Governor of South Dakota", "Predecessor 2": "Frank Farrar", "Successor 2": "... |
Murray Edwards College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1954 as New Hall and renamed in 2008. The name honours a gift of £30 million by alumna Ros Edwards and her husband Steve, and the first President and woman Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Rosemar... | {"Full name": "Murray Edwards College, founded as New Hall, in the University of Cambridgehttp://www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/giving/previouscampaigns/edwardsendowment/ The Edwards' Endowment Murray Edwards College website 16 August 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140813062010/http://www.murrayedwards.cam.a... |
The Township of Wellesley is the rural, north-western township of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. It encompasses and had a population of 11,260 in the Canada 2016 Census.
History
thumb|Looking north on Nafziger Rd. halfway through Wellesley
thumb|Typical Mennonite farm near Linwood
thumb|Typ... | {"Type": "Township", "Land": "277.76", "Density": "40.5", "DST": "-06:00", "Website": "www.wellesley.ca"} |
The Atlas Supervisor was the program which managed the allocation of processing resources of Manchester University's Atlas Computer so that the machine was able to act on many tasks and user programs concurrently.
Its various functions included running the Atlas computer's virtual memory (Atlas Supervisor paper, secti... | {"Developer": "University of Manchester", "Working state": "Historic", "Initial release": "1962", "Platforms": "Atlas Computer", "License": "Proprietary"} |
Westwood One was an American radio network that was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, and was later purchased by the private equity firm, The Gores Group. Due to purchases, mergers and other forms of consolidation in the 1980s and 1990s, at one time or another, it had ownership stakes in... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Radio Broadcasting", "Founded": "1976", "Defunct": "2011", "Headquarters": "U.S."} |
thumb|Former TV Tokyo Toranomon headquarters
thumb|Tennōzu Isle studios
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as , is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network."Corporate Data. . TV Tokyo. Retrieved on June 21, 2010. It is owned and operated by itself a subsidiary of in turn a subsidiary of... | {"Type": "Public KK", "Founded": "1964 4 22 in Tokyo", "Headquarters": "Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower, Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo", "Revenue": "¥128,667 million (consolidated, March 2015)", "Industry": "Media", "Services": "Broadcasting Television production", "Parent": "Nikkei, Inc. (32.24%)", "Subsidiaries": "AT... |
Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicent Garrett Fawcett. It was the second women's college to be founded at Cambri... | {"Abbreviation": "NUniversity of Cambridge University of Cambridge 6 March 2019 Notice by the Editor https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2018-19/special/05/section1.shtml Cambridge University Reporter 149 Special No 5 1 20 March 2019", "Blazon": "Argent, on a chevron azure between in chief two crosses botonny... |
Turlough Hill (), also known as Tomaneena (), is a mountain in County Wicklow in Ireland and site of Ireland's only pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant. The power station is owned and operated by the ESB and can generate up to of electricity at times of peak demand.
The mountain
thumb|left|A photo of the Generator... | {"Elevation": "681", "Prominence": "54", "Location": "Location in Ireland", "Coordinates": "53 01 27 N 6 24 59 W type:mountain_region:IE_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Homerton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Its first premises were acquired in Homerton, London in 1768, by an informal gathering of Protestant dissenters with origins in the seventeenth century. In 1894, the college moved from Homerton High Street, Hackney, London, to Cambridge. Homerton... | {"Abbreviation": "HOUniversity of Cambridge 6 March 2019 Notice by the Editor https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2018-19/special/05/section1.shtml Cambridge University Reporter 149 Special No 5 1 20 March 2019 University of Cambridge", "Motto": "Respice Finem", "Established": "1768", "Location": "Hills Road ... |
The Book of Lost Tales is a collection of early stories by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, published as the first two volumes of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume series The History of Middle-earth, in which he presents and analyses the manuscripts of those stories, which were the earliest form (begun in 1917) of t... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "The History of Middle-earth", "Publisher": "George Allen & Unwin (UK)Houghton Mifflin (US)", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "297 (Vol. 1, first edition)400 (Vol. 2, first edition)", "ISBN": "(Vol. 1)0-395-36614-3 (Vol. 2)", "Followed by": "The Lays of Bel... |
The Lays of Beleriand, published in 1985, is the third volume of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume book series, The History of Middle-earth, in which he analyzes the unpublished manuscripts of his father J. R. R. Tolkien.
Book
Inscription
There is an inscription in the Fëanorian characters (Tengwar, an alphabet Tolk... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Series": "The History of Middle-earth", "Publisher": "George Allen & Unwin (UK)", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "400 (paperback)", "ISBN": "978-0-2611-0226-2", "Preceded by": "The Book of Lost Tales", "Followed by": "The Shaping of Middle-earth"} |
The Shaping of Middle-earth - The Quenta, The Ambarkanta and The Annals (1986) is the fourth volume of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume series The History of Middle-earth in which he analysed the unpublished manuscripts of his father J. R. R. Tolkien.
Book
Inscription
There is an inscription in the Fëanorian char... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "George Allen & Unwin (UK)", "Media type": "Print (hardback and paperback)", "Pages": "400 (paperback)", "ISBN": "978-0261102187", "Preceded by": "The Lays of Beleriand", "Followed by": "The Lost Road and Other Writings", "Series": "The History of Middle... |
Tweed is a municipality located in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, in Hastings County.
History
The Municipality of Tweed is an amalgamated municipality comprising the former Village of Tweed and the former Hungerford Township and former Elzevir & Grimsthorpe Townships. The Municipality was incorporated on 1 January 1... | {"Type": "Municipality", "Land": "953.47", "Density": "6.6", "DST": "-4", "Website": "twp.tweed.on.ca"} |
thumb|upright|William Wilberforce, the leader of the British campaign to abolish the slave trade.
thumb|upright|Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville by Sir Thomas Lawrence
thumb|upright|Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion created as part of anti-slavery campaign by Josiah Wedgwood, 1787.
The Slave Trade Act 1807, officiall... | {"Short title": "Slave Trade Act 1807", "Parliament": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Long title": "An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.", "Year": "1807", "Citation": "47 Geo. 3 Sess. 1. c. 36", "Introduced by": "William Grenville", "Territorial extent": "British Empire", "Royal Assent": "25 March 1807", "... |
Metropolitan State Hospital is an American public hospital specializing in psychiatric care for those with mental health concerns, located at 11400 Norwalk Blvd in the city of Norwalk in Los Angeles County, California. As of August 2016 it had 780 patients.
Services
The hospital is operated by the California Departmen... | {"Location": "11400 Norwalk Blvd, Norwalk", "Lists": "United States", "Funding": "Government", "Type": "Specialist", "Opened": "1913", "Former name(s)": "Norwalk State Hospital", "Website": "https://www.dsh.ca.gov/Metropolitan/ Metropolitan State Hospital"} |
The Metropolitan State Hospital was an American public hospital for the mentally ill, on grounds that extended across parts of Waltham, Lexington, and Belmont, Massachusetts. Founded in 1927, it was at one time the largest and most modern facility of its type in Massachusetts. It was closed in January 1992 as a result... | {"Lists": "Massachusetts", "Care system": "US", "Funding": "Public", "Type": "Specialist", "Opened": "1927", "Closed": "1992"} |
The 75th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2002. The ... | {"Date": "March 23, 2003", "Site": "Kodak TheatreHollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Produced by": "Gilbert Cates", "Directed by": "Louis J. Horvitz", "Most awards": "Chicago (6)", "Most nominations": "Chicago (13)", "Network": "ABC", "Duration": "3 hours, 30 minutesIsherwood Charles Review: '75th Annual Acad... |
The Order, also known as The Sin Eater, is a 2003 mystery thriller film written and directed by Brian Helgeland, starring Heath Ledger, Benno Fürmann, Mark Addy, and Shannyn Sossamon. Helgeland directed Ledger, Addy and Sossamon in the 2001 film A Knight's Tale. It was poorly received by critics and was a box office fa... | {"Directed by": "Brian Helgeland", "Produced by": "Craig BaumgartenBrian Helgeland", "Written by": "Brian Helgeland", "Narrated by": "Heath Ledger", "Starring": "Heath Ledger\n Shannyn Sossamon\n Benno Fürmann\n Mark Addy\n Peter Weller\n Francesco Carnelutti", "Music by": "David Torn", "Cinematography": "Nicola Pecori... |
thttpd (tiny/turbo/throttling HTTP server) is an open source software web server from ACME Laboratories, designed for simplicity, a small execution footprint and speed.
Design and features
thttpd is single-threaded and portable: it compiles cleanly on most Unix-like operating systems, including FreeBSD, SunOS 4, S... | {"Original author(s)": "Jef Poskanzer", "Written in": "C", "Available in": "English", "Type": "Web server", "License": "BSD licenses variant", "Website": "www.acme.com/software/thttpd/"} |
The California Zephyr was a passenger train that ran between Chicago, Illinois and Oakland, California via Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, Winnemucca, Oroville and Pleasanton. It was operated by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q), Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) and Western Pacific (WP) railroads, all of which ... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail", "Locale": "Western United States", "Predecessor": "Exposition Flyer", "First service": "March 20, 1949", "Last service": "March 22, 1970", "Successor": "Rio Grande Zephyr", "Termini": "Oakland, California Oakland Mole/Oakland Long Wharf (to 1958) Western Pacific Depot (after 1958)"... |
Jesus of Montreal () is a 1989 Canadian comedy drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand, and starring Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening and Johanne-Marie Tremblay. The film tells the story of a group of actors in Montreal who perform a Passion play in a Quebec church (the film uses the grounds of Saint Josep... | {"Directed by": "Denys Arcand", "Produced by": "Roger FrappierPierre GendronMonique Létourneau", "Written by": "Denys Arcand", "Starring": "Lothaire BluteauCatherine WilkeningJohanne-Marie Tremblay", "Music by": "Yves Laferrière", "Cinematography": "Guy Dufaux", "Edited by": "Isabelle Dedieu", "Distributed by": "Cinepl... |
The City of New Orleans is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on an overnight schedule between Chicago and New Orleans. The train is a successor to the Illinois Central Railroad's Panama Limited.
The original City of New Orleans began in 1947 as part of the Illinois Central Railroad, and was the longes... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail", "Locale": "Central United States", "Predecessor": "Panama Limited", "First service": "1947 04 27", "Annual ridership": "City of New Orleans", "Termini": "New Orleans, Louisiana", "Stops": "17", "Distance travelled": "934 mi out", "Average journey time": "19 hours, 30 minutesAmtrak Ti... |
Machina/The Machines of God is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on February 29, 2000, by Virgin Records. A concept album,Interview with Billy Corgan, May 24, 2000, KROQ-FM it marked the return of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and was intended to be the band's final... | {"Released": "2000 02 29", "Recorded": "November 1998 - October 1999", "Studio": "Sadlands (Chicago) Pumpkinland (Chicago) CRC (Chicago)", "Genre": "Alternative rockhttp://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,996280,00.html Music: Machina/The Machines of God - The Smashing Pumpkins Time March 6, 2000 July ... |
The Hiawatha Service, or simply Hiawatha, is an 86-mile (138 km) train route operated by Amtrak on the western shore of Lake Michigan between Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. However, the name was historically applied to several different routes that extended across the Midwest and to the Pacific Ocean. As o... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail", "Locale": "Illinois/Wisconsin", "First service": "1971 05 01", "Predecessor": "Milwaukee Road corridor trains", "Annual ridership": "Hiawatha", "Termini": "Chicago, Illinois", "Stops": "5", "Distance travelled": "86 mi out", "Average journey time": "1 hour, 29 minutes", "Service freq... |
The Lake Shore Limited is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak that runs overnight between Chicago and either New York City or Boston via two sections east of Albany. The train began service in 1975; its predecessor was Amtrak's Chicago-New York Lake Shore, which operated during 1971-72. It is named for t... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail", "Locale": "Midwest and Northeast United States", "Predecessor": "Lake Shore", "First service": "October 31, 1975", "Ridership": "Lake Shore Limited", "Termini": "New York CityBoston, Massachusetts", "Stops": "20 (Chicago-New York)22 (Chicago-Boston)", "Distance travelled": "959 mi km... |
The Southwest Chief (formerly the Southwest Limited and Super Chief) is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flagstaff. Amtrak bills the route as one of its most scenic, with views of the Painte... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail, higher-speed rail", "Locale": "Midwestern and Southwestern United States", "Predecessor": "Super Chief, El Capitan", "First service": "1984 10 28\n1974 05 19", "Annual ridership": "Southwest Chief", "Termini": "Los Angeles, California", "Stops": "31", "Distance travelled": "2265 mi ou... |
The Texas Eagle is a long-distance passenger train operated daily by Amtrak on a route between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, with major stops in St. Louis, Little Rock, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin. Three days per week, the train joins the Sunset Limited in San Antonio and continues to Los Angeles via E... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail, higher-speed rail", "Locale": "Midwest and Southwestern United States (daily)", "Predecessor": "Inter-American", "First service": "1981 10 02", "Annual ridership": "Texas Eagle", "Termini": "San Antonio, Texas or Los Angeles, California", "Stops": "43", "Distance travelled": "1306 mi ... |
The Federal Department of Justice and Police (, , , ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government. As of 2023, it is headed by Federal Councillor Élisabeth Baume-Schneider. Until 1979, the department was known as the Department of Justice and Police.
Organisation
The department is composed of the... | {"Formed": "1848", "Jurisdiction": "Federal administration of Switzerland", "Headquarters": "Federal Palace (west wing), Bern", "Employees": "2,203The 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/we... |
Curtis Ousley (born Curtis Montgomery; February 7, 1934 - August 13, 1971), known professionally as King Curtis, was an American saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock and roll. A bandleader, band member, and session musician, he was also a musical director and record producer. A master of the instrume... | {"Born": "Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.", "Died": "New York City, U.S.", "Genres": "R&B jazz rock and roll", "Labels": "Atco, Atlantic, Prestige, Capitol"} |
Thutmose I (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis I, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; meaning "Thoth is born") was the third pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He received the throne after the death of the previous king, Amenhotep I. During his reign, he campaigned deep into the Levant and Nubi... | {"Reign": "12 yrs; 1506–1493 BC (low chronology); 1526 BC to 1513 BC (high chronology)", "Predecessor": "Amenhotep I", "Successor": "Thutmose II", "Children": "Thutmose II Hatshepsut Amenmose Wadjmose Nefrubity", "Dynasty": "18th Dynasty", "Father": "Unknown (possibly Amenhotep I or Ahmose Sapair)", "Mother": "Senseneb... |
Milo Đukanović (Serbian-Montenegrin | Мило Ђукановић), ; born 15 February 1962) is a Montenegrin politician who served as the president of Montenegro from 2018 to 2023, previously serving in the role from 1998 to 2002. He also served as the prime minister of Montenegro (1991-1998, 2003-2006, 2008-2010 and 2012-2016) an... | {"Image": "thumb", "Image caption": "Đukanović in 2023", "Term start": "20 May 2018", "Term end": "20 May 2023", "Birth date": "1962 2 15 y", "Birth place": "Nikšić, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia", "Nationality": "Montenegrin", "Other political party": "Coalition for a European Montenegro (1998-2016)", "Spouse(s)": "Li... |
The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER, ; ; ) is one of the seven departments of the federal government of Switzerland, headed by a Member of the Swiss Federal Council.
The department was renamed from Federal Department of Economic Affairs (FDEA) effective on 1 January 2013 based on d... | {"Formed": "1848", "Jurisdiction": "Federal administration of Switzerland", "Headquarters": "Federal Palace (east wing), Bern", "Employees": "1,919The 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/we... |
Lake Turkana () formerly known as Lake Rudolf, is a lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, in northern Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia.
The boundary between Ethiopia and Kenya has been a contentious rational distinction. A brief consideration of the topic can be found in the State Department document, ... | {"Location": "Northwest Kenya and stick with Southwest Ethiopia", "Coordinates": "3 35 N 36 7 E type:waterbody_scale:1500000 inline,title", "Primary inflows": "Omo River, Turkwel River, Kerio River", "Primary outflows": "Evaporation", "Catchment area": "130860 km2 on", "Basin": "Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan", "Max. len... |
Philip Danforth Armour Sr. (16 May 1832 – 6 January 1901) was an American meatpacking industrialist who founded the Chicago-based firm of Armour & Company. Born on a farm in upstate New York, he initially gained financial success when he made $8,000 during the California gold rush from 1852 to 1856. He later opened a ... | {"Name": "Philip Danforth Armour", "Birth date": "1832 5 16 y", "Birth place": "Stockbridge, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1901 1 6 1832 5 16 y", "Death place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Burial place": "Graceland Cemetery", "Spouse(s)": "Malvina Bell Ogden", "Children": "J. Ogden Armour (1863-1927)Philip Danforth A... |
Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (; born 29 July 1980) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. During his career, he reached at least the quarterfinals of all four major tournaments. He contested his only major final at the 2007 Australian Open, losing to top-seeded Roger Federer. González is the fourth ma... | {"Residence": "La Reina, Santiago", "Born": "Santiago, Chile", "Height": "1.83 m ftin on", "Turned pro": "1999", "Retired": "2012", "Plays": "Right-handed (one-handed backhand)", "Prize money": "$8,862,276", "Career record": "3-2", "Career titles": "0", "Highest ranking": "No. 25 (4 July 2005)", "Wimbledon": "2R (2006)... |
is a Japanese horror film series that consists of six films, as well as two making-of documentaries. The series' original concept, envisioned by manga artist Hideshi Hino (who wrote and directed two films in the series), was to create film adaptations of his manga work. The series primarily focuses on situations involv... | {"Created by": "Satoru OguraHideshi Hino", "Original work": "Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment (1985)", "Comics": "Manga by Hideshi Hino", "Film(s)": "List of films"} |
The Visual Memory Unit (VMU), also referred to as the (VMS) in Japan and Europe, is the primary memory card produced by Sega for the Dreamcast home video game console. The device features a monochrome liquid crystal display (LCD), multiplayer gaming capability (via connectors at the top), second screen functionality, ... | {"Image size": "200px", "Manufacturer": "SEGA", "Generation": "Sixth", "Release date": "JP July 30, 1998NA September 9, 1999EU October 14, 1999AUS November 30, 1999", "Lifespan": "1998-2001", "Discontinuation date": "JP March 30, 2001", "Storage device": "100 KB (200 blocks) accessible28 KB (56 blocks) system data", "C... |
"The Colour Out of Space" is a science fiction/horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in March 1927. In the tale, an unnamed narrator pieces together the story of an area known by the locals as the "blasted heath" (most likely after a line from either Milton's Paradise Lost or Shakespeare's Macb... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Genre(s)": "Science fiction, horror", "Published in": "Amazing Stories", "Media type": "Print (Magazine)", "Publication date": "September 1927"} |
Madeline Bassett is a fictional character in the Jeeves stories by English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being an excessively sentimental and fanciful young woman to whom Bertie Wooster intermittently, and reluctantly, finds himself engaged.
Life and character
The daughter of Sir Watkyn Bassett and the cousin of Step... | {"First appearance": "Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)", "Last appearance": "Much Obliged, Jeeves (1971)", "Created by": "P. G. Wodehouse", "Portrayed by": "Bridget ArmstrongFrancesca FolanElizabeth Morton and others", "Gender": "Female", "Family": "Sir Watkyn Bassett (father)", "Relatives": "Stiffy Byng (cousin)", "Nationality... |
Whatever and Ever Amen is the second album by Ben Folds Five, released in 1997. Three singles were released from the album, including the lead single, "Battle of Who Could Care Less", which received significant airplay on alternative radio and on MTV, and peaked at #26 on the UK Singles Chart and #22 on the Billboard ... | {"Released": "March 18, 1997", "Recorded": "September-October 1996, Chapel Hill, North Carolina", "Genre": "Alternative rockJuly 25, 2013 10 Essential '90s Alt-Rock Albums https://www.treblezine.com/10-best-alternative-rock-albums-of-the-90s/ May 3, 2021 Treble", "Label": "550, Caroline, Epic", "Producer": "Ben Folds, ... |
Andrew Niccol (born 10 June 1964) is a New Zealand screenwriter, producer, and director. He wrote and directed Gattaca (1997), Simone (2002), Lord of War (2005), In Time (2011), The Host (2013), and Good Kill (2014). He wrote and co-produced The Truman Show, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best... | {"Name": "Andrew Niccol", "Caption": "Niccol in 2012", "Birth date": "yes 1964 6 10", "Birth place": "Paraparaumu, Kāpiti Coast, New Zealand", "Occupation": "Screenwriter, Film director, Film producer", "Spouse(s)": "Susan Jennifer Sullivan 1991 2002 div Rachel Roberts 2002", "Children": "3"} |
The 21st Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 24, 2001, at the Radisson-Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica, California, USA, to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 2000.
Science fiction bomb Battlefield Earth swept the awards, claiming victory in all seven categories in which it was nominated (from... | {"Date": "March 24, 2001", "Site": "Radisson-Huntley Hotel, Santa Monica, California", "Most awards": "Battlefield Earth (7)", "Most nominations": "Battlefield Earth (8)"} |
Sarah McLeod (born 18 July 1971) is a New Zealand film and television actress. Her most notable role was in the Peter Jackson films The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Rosie Cotton, a female hobbit who marries Samwise Gamgee. McLeod also co-starred in t... | {"Name": "Sarah McLeod", "Birth date": "yes 1971 7 18", "Birth place": "Putāruru, New Zealand", "Years active": "1994-2012"} |
Carpentras (, formerly ; Provençal Occitan: Carpentràs in classical norm or Carpentras in Mistralian norm; ) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
As capital of the Comtat Venaissin, it was frequently the residence of the Avignon popes; the Papal State... | {"Name": "Carpentras", "Commune Status": "Subprefecture and commune", "Image": "Hotel de Ville de Carpentras.JPG", "Caption": "Town hall", "Arrondissement": "Carpentras", "Canton": "Carpentras", "Postal code": "84200", "Mayor": "Serge AndrieuRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/... |
Rimbach-près-Masevaux (; variant form of name: Rimpach) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Villages, hamlets and quarters in the commune: Basse Bers (Niederebersche, Unterbers, Untere Bers), Ermensbach (Armspach, Ermenspach, Ermerspach, Ermspach), Grossenberg (Grosberg), Hau... | {"Name": "Rimbach-près-Masevaux", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The town hall in Rimbach-près-Masevaux", "Arrondissement": "Thann-Guebwiller", "Canton": "Masevaux-Niederbruck", "Postal code": "68290", "Mayor": "André SchmuckRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a... |
is a party video game series originally created by Dragon Quest designer Yuji Horii. It is currently owned by Square Enix and Kadokawa. The first game was released in Japan on Nintendo's Famicom console in 1991. Since then, new installments in the series have been released for the Super Famicom, PlayStation, PlayStatio... | {"Title": "Itadaki Street", "Creator": "Yuji Horii", "Caption": "North American cover of the 2011 video game Fortune Street", "Developer": "Various", "Publisher": "ASCII (1991)Enix (1994-2002)Square Enix (2004-present)Nintendo (Wii, INT)", "Genre": "Board game", "Platforms": "Famicom, Super Famicom, PlayStation, PlaySt... |
The Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC; , Shanghainese: Zånhae Guejieu Cinyon Tsonsin) is a supertall skyscraper located in the Pudong district of Shanghai. It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by the Mori Building Company, with Leslie E. Robertson Associates as its structural engineer and China State ... | {"Location": "100 Century Avenue, Pudong, Shanghai", "Status": "green Completed", "Construction started": "27 August 1997", "Type": "Office, hotel, museum, observation, parking garage, retail", "Architectural style": "Neo-Futurism"} |
Thetford Mines (Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality.
The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 141 miles northeast of Montreal and 107 km south of Quebec City.Thetford Mines, thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
It ... | {"Land": "225.97", "Density": "115.4", "Urban density": "1129.2", "Metro density": "69.7", "DST": "-4"} |
Bernard Heuvelmans (10 October 1916 – 22 August 2001) was a Belgian-French scientist, explorer, researcher, and writer probably best known, along with Scottish-American biologist Ivan T. Sanderson, as a founding figure in the pseudoscience and subculture of cryptozoology. His 1958 book On the Track of Unknown Animals (... | {"Name": "Bernard Heuvelmans", "Caption": "Heuvelmans with a gorilla in 1993", "Birth date": "1916 10 10 y", "Birth place": "Le Havre, France", "Death date": "2001 8 22 1916 10 10 y", "Death place": "Le Vésinet, France", "Education": "Free University of Brussels, (PhD)", "Occupation": "ZoologistCryptozoologist", "Organ... |
Quinnipiac University ( ) is a private university in Hamden, Connecticut. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees. It also hosts the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
History
thumb|right|272px|The Mount Carmel campus, from atop Sleeping Giant (April 2009)
What became Quinnipiac U... | {"Motto": "Qui Transtulit Sustinet (Latin) QU Graphic Guide Quinnipiac University http://www.quinnipiac.edu/prebuilt/pdf/publications/QU_graphic_guide.pdf 2013-07-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141127132523/http://www.quinnipiac.edu/prebuilt/pdf/publications/QU_graphic_guide.pdf 2014-11-27", "Type": "Priv... |
The University of Hartford (UHart) is a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut. Its main campus extends into neighboring Hartford and Bloomfield. The university is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.U.S. News & World Report, Best National Universities 2011 http://colleges.usnews.ran... | {"Motto": "Latin", "Type": "Private university", "Accreditation": "NECHE", "Endowment": "$175.9 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 En... |
The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover and moved to Durham in 1893, and adopted its current name in 1923.
The university's Durham campus comprises six col... | {"Motto": "\"Science, Arts, Industry\"", "Type": "Public land-grant research university", "Accreditation": "NECHE", "President": "James W. Dean Jr.", "Students": "14,784 (2019)https://unh.box.com/s/psy47ic6pdepxe93azz2kdq59hwd0ud7 Common Data Set 2019-2020, Part A University of New Hampshire June 3, 2020", "Undergra... |
The University of Mobile is a private, Baptist university in Mobile, Alabama. It is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention).
History
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The university was founded in 1961 by the Alabama Baptist State under the name of Mobile College.The Sun, University o... | {"Motto": "Higher Education for a Higher Purpose", "Type": "Private", "Endowment": "$86,000,000", "President": "Lonnie Burnett", "Students": "1,885", "Campus": "Suburban", "Website": "www.umobile.edu"} |
Lake Balkhash (, Balqaş kölı, ; ) is a lake in southeastern Kazakhstan, one of the largest lakes in Asia and the 15th largest in the world. It is located in the eastern part of Central Asia and sits in the Balkhash-Alakol Basin, an endorheic (closed) basin. The basin drains seven rivers, the primary of which is the Ili... | {"Location": "Kazakhstan", "Coordinates": "46 10 N 74 20 E type:waterbody_region:KZ_scale:2500000 inline,title", "Primary inflows": "Ili, Karatal, Aksu, Lepsy, Byan, Kapal, Koksu rivers", "Primary outflows": "evaporation", "Basin": "Kazakhstan", "Max. length": "605 km on", "Max. width": "East 19 km on West 74 km on", "... |
Post University is a private for-profit university in Waterbury, Connecticut. It was founded in 1890 as Post College. From 1990 to 2004 it was affiliated with Teikyo University in Tokyo, Japan and during that time it was named Teikyo Post University. The university offers over 25 undergraduate and graduate programs in ... | {"Motto": "\"Post Makes It Personal\"", "Type": "Private for-profit university", "Students": "7,317", "President": "John L. Hopkins", "Campus": "Urban 58 acre ha 1", "Website": "http://post.edu/"} |
Shade's Children is a young adult science fiction novel by Garth Nix.National Library of Australia - Shade's Children by Garth Nix It was first published in Australia in 1997 by HarperCollins.
Background
Shade's Children takes place in a not-so-distant future where evil Overlords have ruled for fifteen years due to a... | {"Cover artist": "Elliot Earls (paperback edition)", "Country": "Australian", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "HarperCollins", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "310 (first edition, hardback)", "ISBN": "(first edition, hardback) & 0-06-447196-9 (paperback edition)"} |
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Killingworth, formerly Killingworth Township, is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. Lying within the historic county of Northumberland.
Killingworth was built as a new town in the 1960s, next to Killingworth Village, which existed for centuries before the new town was built. Other nearby villages inclu... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(Killingworth and Camperdown wards 2011)1237320783 Killingworth Ward (as of 2011) 4 August 2020", "Metropolitan borough": "North Tyneside", "Metropolitan county": "Tyne and Wear", "UK Parliament": "North Tyneside", "Postcode district": "NE", "Dialling code": "0191", "OS gri... |
Robert Field Stockton (August 20, 1795 - October 7, 1866) was a United States Navy commodore, notable in the capture of California during the Mexican-American War. He was a naval innovator and an early advocate for a propeller-driven, steam-powered navy. Stockton was from a notable political family and also served as ... | {"Name": "Robert F. Stockton", "Image caption": "Stockton 1860-1865", "Term start": "March 4, 1851", "Term end": "January 10, 1853", "Battles fought": "War of 1812Mexican-American War", "Awards": "Fort Stockton, Texas, Stockton, Missouri\nStockton, California, named after him", "Birth name": "Robert Field Stockton", "B... |
Sigma Nu () is an undergraduate college fraternity founded at the Virginia Military Institute in 1869. Since its founding, Sigma Nu has chartered more than 279 chapters across the United States and Canada and has initiated more than 235,000 members. It is part of the Lexington Triad, a trio of national fraternities tha... | {"Founded": "Virginia Military Institute", "Affiliation": "NIC", "Type": "Social", "Nicknames": "Sig Nu, Snu", "Scope": "International", "Chapters": "279", "Members": "235,000+", "Vision statement": "Excelling with Honor", "Slogan": "Love, Honor, Truth", "Colors": "#000000 Black #FFFFFF White gold Gold", "Flower": "Whi... |
General elections were held in Malaysia on Monday, 29 November 1999. Voting took place in all 193 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections also took place in 394 state constituencies in 11 out of 13 states of ... | {"Country": "Malaysia", "Type": "parliamentary", "Previous election": "1995 Malaysian general election", "Previous year": "1995", "Next election": "2004 Malaysian general election", "Next year": "2004", "Seats for election": "All 193 seats in the Dewan Rakyat", "Election date": "yes 1999 11 29", "Majority seats": "97",... |
NationStates (formerly Jennifer Government: NationStates) is a multiplayer government simulation browser game created and developed by Max Barry. Based loosely on Barry's novel Jennifer Government, the game was publicly released on 13 November 2002 with the site originally founded as an independent vehicle publicizing ... | {"Available in": "English", "Key people": "Max Barry (owner and creator)", "URL": "https://www.nationstates.net/", "Commercial": "Yes", "Registration": "Yes", "Users": "286,013 active nations\n (as of 1 September 2023)", "Launched": "2002 11 13 y", "Current status": "Active"} |
Heiligenbeil was a subcamp of the German Stutthof concentration camp, operated from September 1944 to January 1945. It was named after the town Heiligenbeil (now Mamonovo, Russia).
Its prisoners were 1,100 Jewish women and 100 Jewish men. The prisoners were subjected to Forced labour.
The commanders of the subcamp we... | {"Coordinates": "54.491624 19.934132 dms inline,title type:landmark", "Known for": "Forced labour", "Location": "Mamonovo", "Commandant": "Hermann Kleiss, September-October 1944\nJohann Mayer, October-November 1944\nErnst Thulke, October 1944-January 1945\nWolförer, January 1945", "Operational": "21 September 1944 - ca... |
Dennis "Red" Gendron (November 27, 1957 - April 9, 2021) was an ice hockey coach, most recently for the University of Maine men's ice hockey team. Gendron previously served as head coach for the Albany River Rats and Indiana Ice and held multiple positions for the New Jersey Devils, Albany River Rats, University of Ma... | {"Born": "Boston, Massachusetts", "Died": "Orono, Maine", "Alma mater": "New England College, BA (1979) University of Maine, ME (1993)", "Overall": "103-137-33 (103 137 33)"} |
thumb|Biegler Hall, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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The USC Viterbi School of Engineering (formerly the USC School of Engineering) is the engineering school of the University of Southern California. It was renamed following a $52 million donation b... | {"Type": "Private", "Dean": "Yannis C. Yortsos", "Campus": "Urban", "Website": "viterbi.usc.edu", "Undergraduates": "2700", "Postgraduates": "5900"} |
Taejong of Joseon (16 May 1367 - 10 May 1422), personal name Yi Bang-won (Korean: 이방원; Hanja: 李芳遠), was the third ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea and the father of Sejong the Great. He was the fifth son of King Taejo, the founder of the dynasty. Before ascending to the throne, he was known as Prince Jeongan (Korea... | {"Father": "Taejo of Joseon", "Mother": "Queen Sinui", "Born": "Yi Seong-gye's private residence, Dongbuk-myeon, Goryeo(present-day Hamhŭng, South Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea)", "Died": "Sugang Palace, Hanseong, Joseon", "Burial": "Heonneung Mausoleum, Heoninneung Cluster, Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea", "Reli... |
Come Away with Me is the debut studio album by American recording artist Norah Jones, released on February 26, 2002, by Blue Note Records. Recording sessions took place at Sorcerer Sound Studio in New York City and Allaire Studios in Shokan, New York.
Come Away with Me peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200, and... | {"Released": "2002 02 26", "Recorded": "September 2000 - December 2001", "Studio": "Sorcerer Sound Studio, New York City Allaire Studios, Shokan, New York", "Genre": "Acoustic pop", "Label": "Blue Note", "Producer": "Arif Mardin\n Jay Newland\n Norah Jones\n Craig Street"} |
Bowie State University (Bowie State or BSU) is a public historically black university in Prince George's County, Maryland, north of Bowie. It is part of the University System of Maryland. Founded in 1865, Bowie State is Maryland's oldest historically black university and one of the ten oldest in the country. Bowie Stat... | {"Type": "Public historically black university", "Endowment": "US$33 million", "President": "Aminta H. Breaux", "Provost": "Carl Goodman", "Students": "6,171", "Undergraduates": "5,227", "Postgraduates": "944", "Campus": "Suburban, 338½ acres (1.4 km²)", "Website": "www.bowiestate.edu"} |
Wayne Keith Goss (26 February 1951 - 10 November 2014) was Premier of Queensland from 7 December 1989 until 19 February 1996, becoming the first Labor Premier of the state in over thirty two years. Prior to entering politics, Goss was a solicitor, and after leaving politics he served as Chairman of the Queensland Art G... | {"Name": "Wayne Goss", "Term start": "7 December 1989", "Term end": "19 February 1996", "Office 2": "Minister for the Arts", "Predecessor 2": "Paul Clauson", "Successor 2": "Dean Wells", "Birth name": "Wayne Keith Goss", "Birth date": "1951 2 26 y", "Birth place": "Mundubbera, Queensland, Australia", "Death date": "201... |
Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 18 September 1984), known professionally as Dizzee Rascal, is a British MC and rapper. A pioneer of grime music, his work has also incorporated elements of UK garage, bassline, British hip hop, and R&B.
Dizzee Rascal released his debut album Boy in da Corner in 2003. It earned him the 2003 M... | {"Born": "London, England", "Origin": "Bow, London, England", "Genres": "British hip hop Grime [Bassline] UK garage", "Labels": "XL (2003-2008)\n Dirtee Stank (2003-present)\n Island (2011-present)", "Website": "dizzeerascal.co.uk"} |
Broken beat (sometimes referred to as "bruk") is an electronic dance music genre characterized by syncopated beats and tense rhythms, including staggered or punctuated snare beats and/or hand claps. It has been heavily influenced by styles such as jazz-funk and R&B.[ AMG Allmusic: Broken Beat] Artists in this area typi... | {"Name": "Broken beat", "Other names": "Bruk", "Stylistic origins": "House drum and bass jazz-funk R&B acid jazz dub", "Cultural origins": "Mid-to-late 1990s, London, UK"} |
The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter ... | {"Cover artist": "Fred Marcellino", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Farrar Straus Giroux", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "Pages": "690", "ISBN": "0-312-42757-3", "Followed by": "A Man in Full"} |
TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is named after its sponsor, TD Bank, a subsidiary of the Toronto-Dominion Bank of Toronto, Ontario. It opened in 1995 as a replacement for the original Boston Garden and has been known as FleetCenter, and TD Banknorth Garden. The arena is located directly ... | {"Former names": "Shawmut Center (1995)\nFleetCenter (1995-2005)\nTD Banknorth Garden (2005-2009)", "Location": "Boston, Massachusetts", "Coordinates": "42 21 58.69 N 71 3 44.02 W type:landmark_scale:2000 inline,title", "Broke ground": "1993 04 29", "Opened": "1995 09 30", "Renovated": "2006, 2009, 2014, 2019", "Owner"... |
Pewsey is a large village and civil parish at the centre of the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire, about south of Marlborough and west of London. It is within reach of the M4 motorway and the A303 and is served by Pewsey railway station on the Reading to Taunton line.
The parish includes these small settlements:
Kepnal -... | {"OS grid reference": "SU165600", "Population": "(2021 Census)Pewsey https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/wiltshire/E04013045__pewsey/ City population 25 October 2022", "Unitary authority": "Wiltshire", "Ceremonial county": "Wiltshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "SN", "... |
The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, or M1873) is a single-action revolver handgun. It was designed for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1872 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company (today known as Colt's Manufacturing Company) and was adopted as the standard-is... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Revolver", "Sights": "yes", "In service": "1873-Present", "Used by": "United StatesCanadaNative AmericansMexicoIrelandUnited KingdomSouth Africa", "Wars": "American Indian Wars\nRange wars\nNorth-West Rebellion\nSpanish-American War\nPhilippine-American War\nMexican Revolut... |
Busuanga, officially the Municipality of Busuanga (), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,617 people.
History
Oral tradition has it, that the entire island of Busuanga was once the realm of a Cuyonon datu named Datu Macanas. The i... | {"Type": "government_type", "Rank": "0", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
Coron, officially the Municipality of Coron (), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,855 people.
The main population center of the municipality is composed of Poblacion barangays 1 to 6, where the Municipal Building, the Municipal... | {"Type": "government_type", "Rank": "0", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
are a mountain range in Nagano and Gifu prefectures in Japan. They are also called the and they combine with the Hida Mountains ("Northern Alps") and the Akaishi Mountains ("Southern Alps") to form a group collectively known as the Japanese Alps.
Outline
The mountain range consists of granite. The Komagatake Ropewa... | {"Language of name": "ja 木曽山脈 ja 中央アルプス", "Length": "65", "Width": "15", "Elevation": "2956", "Coordinates": "35 47 22 N 137 48 16 E type:mountain dms inline,title"} |
Kerio Technologies, Inc. is a former technology company specializing in collaboration software and unified threat management for small and medium organizations. Founded in 2001, Kerio is headquartered in San Jose, California. In January 2017, GFI Software acquired Kerio. GFI Software is owned by Aurea SMB Solutions, wh... | {"Type": "Private", "Fate": "Acquired by GFI Software", "Founded": "2001", "Headquarters": "San Jose, California", "Industry": "Information technologySoftwareNetwork security", "Products": "Kerio Connect, Kerio Control, Kerio Operator, Samepage", "Website": "kerio.com"} |
Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded on 28 July 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only college, and also the first to admit both men and women. The college is named after one of the university's most famous families and alumni, that of Charles Darwin. The ... | {"Abbreviation": "DARUniversity of Cambridge 6 March 2019 Notice by the Editor https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2018-19/special/05/section1.shtml Cambridge University Reporter 149 Special No 5 1 20 March 2019", "Established": "1964", "Location": "Silver Street", "Coordinates": "52.2006 0.1137 dms region:GB_... |
aRts (which stands for analog real time synthesizer) is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It was best known for previously being used in K Desktop Environment 2 and 3 to simulate an analog synthesizer.
A key component of aRts was the sound server which mixes several sound streams in real time. Th... | {"Original author(s)": "Stefan Westerfeld", "Developer(s)": "KDE", "Type": "Sound server", "License": "GNU General Public License", "Website": "http://www.arts-project.org/ March 2014"} |
The GC-45 (Gun, Canada, 45-calibre) is a 155 mm howitzer designed by Gerald Bull's Space Research Corporation (SRC) in the 1970s. Versions were produced by a number of companies during the 1980s, notably in Austria and South Africa.
The most publicized use of the design was in Iraq, where the GHN-45 variant used by so... | {"Place of origin": "Canada", "Type": "Howitzer", "Sights": "yes", "In service": "1970s-present", "Used by": "See users", "Wars": "Iran-Iraq War, Gulf War, Cambodian-Thai border stand-off", "Designer": "Gerald Bull", "Designed": "1970s", "Manufacturer": "Space Research Corporation, Noricum, NORINCO", "Produced": "1980s... |
Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 - February 28, 2004) was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. He was instrumental in the creation of the Cente... | {"Term start": "November 12, 1975", "Term end": "September 14, 1987", "Birth name": "Daniel Joseph Boorstin", "Birth date": "1914 10 1", "Birth place": "Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.", "Death date": "2004 2 28 1914 10 1", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Alma mater": "Harvard University (AB)Balliol College, Oxford (B... |
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Barkas was the East German manufacturer of small delivery vans and minibuses named the B 1000. In addition to delivery vans, Barkas also made engines for Trabant cars.
The van was built in a new factory in Chemnitz (then known as Karl-Marx-Stadt) on a site which was formerly... | {"Type": "State-owned", "Founded": "1958", "Defunct": "1990", "Headquarters": "Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany", "Industry": "Automotive", "Products": "Automobiles"} |
William Cheselden (; 19 October 168810 April 1752) was an English surgeon and teacher of anatomy and surgery, who was influential in establishing surgery as a scientific medical profession. Via the medical missionary Benjamin Hobson, his work also helped revolutionize medical practices in China and Japan in the 19th ce... | {"Fields": "surgery", "Institutions": "St George's Hospital", "Influences": "William Cowper", "Influenced": "Alexander MonroSamuel Sharp"} |
Hot Wheels is an American brand of scale model cars invented by Elliot Handler and introduced by his company Mattel on May 18, 1968. It was the primary competitor of Matchbox until Mattel bought Matchbox owner Tyco Toys in 1997.
Many automobile manufacturers have since licensed Hot Wheels to make scale models of their... | {"Product type": "Scale model cars", "Owner": "Mattel", "Produced by": "Mattel", "Country": "United States", "Introduced": "1968 5 18May 16, 2018 'Hot Wheels' turns 50: How much do you know about the famous toy cars? http://www.fox9.com/fox-content-hub/hot-wheels-turns-50-how-much-do-you-know-about-the-famous-toy-cars ... |
thumb|220px|Generalleutnant Otto Liman von Sanders at the Ottoneum in Kassel circa 1913
thumb|Hans-Joachim Buddecke, Otto Liman von Sanders, and Oswald Boelcke in Turkey, 1916
Otto Viktor Karl Liman von Sanders (; 17 February 1855 - 22 August 1929) was an Imperial German Army general who served as a military adviser t... | {"Birth name": "Otto Viktor Karl Liman", "Born": "Stolp, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia(now Słupsk, Poland)", "Died": "Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic", "Allegiance": "German EmpireOttoman Empire", "Commands held": "I. Armee-Korps\n22nd Division\nHusaren-Regiment Nr. 6\nFifth Army (Ottoman Empire)\nYildirim Army Group ... |
Emanuel Hirsch Cohen (June 1, 1915 - February 24, 2004), better known by the stage name John Randolph, was an American film, television and stage actor.
Early life
Randolph was born Emanuel Hirsch Cohen in New York City on June 1, 1915, the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Romania. His mother, Dorothy (née Sho... | {"Name": "John Randolph", "Birth name": "Emanuel Hirsch Cohen", "Birth date": "1915 6 1 y", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "2004 2 24 1915 6 1 y", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1938-2003", "Spouse(s)": "Sarah Cunningham 1942 1986 died", "Chi... |
Reduce is a general-purpose computer algebra system geared towards applications in physics.
The development of the Reduce computer algebra system was started in the 1960s by Anthony C. Hearn. Since then, many scientists from all over the world have contributed to its development under his direction.
Reduce is written... | {"Developer(s)": "Anthony C. Hearn et al.", "Written in": "Portable Standard Lisp", "Type": "Computer algebra system", "License": "BSD license", "Website": "www.reduce-algebra.com"} |
The Metro is a supermini car, later a city car that was produced by British Leyland (BL) and, later, the Rover Group from 1980 to 1998. It was launched in 1980 as the Austin mini Metro. It was intended to complement and eventually replace the Mini, and was developed under the codename LC8. The Metro was named by What C... | {"Manufacturer": "British Leyland (1980-1986)Rover Group (1986-1998)", "Also called": "Austin mini Metro MG Metro Rover Metro Rover 100", "Production": "1980-1998Mini Metro at 30 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/7985206/Mini-Metro-at-30.html The Daily Telegraph 22 July 2015 9 September 2010 Roberts An... |
Cathcart (; , )List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic - NewsNetScotland is an area of Glasgow between Battlefield, Mount Florida, King's Park, Muirend and Newlands. The White Cart Water flows through Cathcart, downstream from Linn Park. In 2014, it was rated one of the most attractive postcode area... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NS580608", "Council area": "Glasgow City", "Lieutenancy area": "Glasgow", "UK Parliament": "Glasgow South", "Scottish Parliament": "Glasgow Cathcart", "Postcode district": "G", "Dialling code": "0141"} |
Akzo Nobel N.V., stylized as AkzoNobel, is a Dutch multinational company which creates paints and performance coatings for both industry and consumers worldwide. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the company has activities in more than 150 countries. AkzoNobel is the world's third-largest paint manufacturer by revenue after ... | {"Type": "Public (NV)", "Founded": "yes 1994", "Headquarters": "Amsterdam, Netherlands", "Industry": "Chemicals", "Brands": "Dulux", "Products": "Chemicals\nDecorative paints\nIndustrial finishing products \nCoatings", "Website": "https://www.akzonobel.com/"} |
WBEN (930 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Buffalo, New York, featuring a talk radio format. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station serves Western New York, the Niagara Falls region, and parts of Southern Ontario. WBEN's studios are located in Amherst, while the transmitter site is in Grand Island. In addi... | {"Broadcast area": "Western New York", "Branding": "NewsRadio 930 WBEN", "Repeater(s)": "98.5 WKSE-HD3 Niagara Falls", "Founded": "1922 09 22 y yes", "Language(s)": "English", "Format": "Talk radio", "Power": "5000 watts commas", "Class": "B", "Affiliations": "ABC News Radio NBC News Radio Premiere Networks Radio Ameri... |
Albert Venn Dicey, (4 February 1835 - 7 April 1922) was a British Whig jurist and constitutional theorist. He is most widely known as the author of Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885).; The 8th edition, 1915, is the last by Dicey himself. The final revised edition was the 10th, 1959, edi... | {"Name": "A. V. Dicey", "Post-nominals": "GBR KC FBA 100%", "Birth name": "Albert Venn Dicey", "Birth date": "4 February 1835", "Birth place": "Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England", "Death date": "7 April 1922 4 February 1835", "Known For": "Authority on the Constitution of the United Kingdom", "Occupation": "Jurist, ... |
George Frederick Marter (6 June 1840 - 10 May 1907) was a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He led the Ontario Conservative Party from 1894 to 1896. Marter and Patrick Brown are the only permanent Ontario Conservative leaders who did not lead the party into an election.
Early career
After graduating fro... | {"Name": "George Frederick Marter", "Office 2": "Ontario MPP", "Predecessor 2": "New riding", "Successor 2": "William Beattie Nesbitt", "Birth date": "6 June 1840", "Birth place": "Brantford, Upper Canada", "Death date": "1907 05 10 1840 06 06", "Death place": "Toronto, Ontario"} |
Jadeclaw is a role-playing game set in the same world as Ironclaw, in a far off kingdom called Zhongguo (lit: Mandarin for "China"), inspired by Chinese Mythology, where anthropomorphic fantasy creatures control the fates of both Heaven and Earth.
Description
Jadeclaw uses the same system as the prior Ironclaw RPG. Ch... | {"Name": "Jadeclaw", "Image": "200px", "Designers": "Chuan Lin", "Publishers": "Sanguine Productions", "Publication": "2002", "Genres": "Furry, oriental"} |
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