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Sarit Hadad (, ) (born on September 20, 1978) is an Israeli singer. In October 2009, the Israeli Music TV Channel (Channel 24) named Hadad "best female singer of the 2000s".Mitz'ad He-Asor (Decade Parade), Israeli Channel 24, October 2009. She represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, in Tallinn, with the... | {"Born": "Afula, Israel", "Origin": "Hadera, Israel", "Genres": "Mizrahi, Pop, Arabesque, Dance", "Labels": "Avi Guetta Records/Play Records (1995-2000)Avi Guetta Records (2001-2004)Avi Guetta Records/Miss Music (2005-2008)Hed Arzi (2009-present)"} |
Karolina Gočeva (, ; born 28 April 1980), sometimes credited as Karolina Gocheva or known only as Karolina, is a Macedonian singer. She launched her music career in 1991 with a performance at a local children's show and continued participating in the following years, receiving recognition for her talent. In 1992, she r... | {"Name": "Karolina Gočeva", "Native name": "Каролина Гочева", "Native name language": "mk", "Caption": "Gočeva performing in 2018", "Other names": "Karolina", "Birth date": "y 1980 4 28", "Birth place": "Bitola, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia", "Occupation": "Singer", "Spouse(s)": "Mihail Korubin 2017", "Years active": "... |
Ta' Dmejrek is the highest point of Malta, located on the Dingli Cliffs, with an elevation of 253 metres (830 ft) above sea level.
See also
Geography of Malta
Extreme points of Malta
List of highest points of European countries
References
External links
"Ta'Dmejrek - Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering" on Mount... | {"Elevation": "253", "Prominence": "253", "Location": "Siġġiewi, Malta", "Coordinates": "35 50 45 N 14 23 49 E type:mountain_region:MT_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Étienne Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald,Le Petit Robert des noms propres, French edition, 2018, entry « Macdonald (Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre) ». As a French citizen, his name has been registered as "Macdonald", without an upercase "D" after the prefix "Mac"... 1st Duke of Taranto (17 November 176525 September... | {"Born": "Sedan, France", "Died": "Beaulieu-sur-Loire, France", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of FranceKingdom of the FrenchFrench First RepublicFirst French EmpireFrance 1814 Bourbon RestorationJuly Monarchy July Monarchy", "Awards": "Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour", "Other work": "Chancellor of the Legion of Honour"} |
Henry Louis Stram (; January 3, 1923 - July 4, 2005) was an American football coach. He is best known for his 15-year tenure with the Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL).
Stram won three AFL championships, more than any other coach in the league'... | {"Born:": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Died:": "Covington, Louisiana, U.S.", "High school:": "Lew Wallace (Gary, Indiana)", "College:": "Purdue", "Regular season:": "131-97-10 (131 97 10)", "Postseason:": "5-3 (5 3)", "Career:": "136-100-10\n(136 100 10)"} |
Lamar Hunt (August 2, 1932 - December 13, 2006) was an American businessman most notable for his promotion of American football, soccer, and tennis in the United States.
He was the principal founder of the American Football League (AFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS), as well as MLS's predecessor, the North American So... | {"Born:": "El Dorado, Arkansas, U.S.", "Died:": "Dallas, Texas, U.S.", "High school:": "The Hill(Pottstown, Pennsylvania)", "College:": "SMU"} |
Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont (20 July 1774 - 22 March 1852) was a French general and nobleman who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Empire and was awarded the title (). In the Peninsular War Marmont succeeded the disgraced André Masséna in the command of the French army in northern Spain, but lost decisiv... | {"Born": "Châtillon-sur-Seine, France", "Died": "Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia", "Allegiance": "French First RepublicFirst French EmpireFrance 1814 Bourbon Restoration", "Awards": "Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour"} |
The World Fantasy Awards are a set of awards given each year for the best fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention, the awards are given each year at the eponymous annual convention as the central focus of the event. They were first given in 197... | {"Country": "International", "Awarded for": "Best fantasy works of the previous year", "Presented by": "World Fantasy Convention", "First awarded": "1975", "Website": "worldfantasy.org"} |
Louis-Alexandre Berthier (20 November 1753 - 1 June 1815), Prince of Neuchâtel and Valangin, Prince of Wagram, was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was twice Minister of War of France and was made a Marshal of the Empire in 1804. Berthier served as ... | {"Name": "Louis-Alexandre Berthier", "Honorific prefix": "Marshal of the Empire", "Honorific suffix": "Prince of Neuchâtel and Valangin, Prince of Wagram", "Office 2": "Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel and Valangin", "Term 2": "25 February 1806 - 3 June 1814", "Successor 2": "Frederick William III of Prussia", "Predecesso... |
The World Fantasy Convention is an annual convention of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of fantasy. The World Fantasy Awards are presented at the event. Other features include an art show, a dealer's room, and an autograph reception.
The convention was conceived and begun by T. E. D. Kle... | {"Status": "Active", "Genre": "Fantasy, science fiction", "Frequency": "Annually", "Country": "United States", "Years active": "1975 10 31", "Website": "http://www.worldfantasy.org"} |
Faverges (; ) is a former commune located in Haute-Savoie department situated in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (south-east of France). On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Faverges-Seythenex.Arrêté préfectoral 30 September 2015
It occupies a glacial valley which gave birth to the Lake Annecy.
Ge... | {"Name": "Faverges", "Image": "Faverges depuis le crêt de Chambellon.JPG", "Caption": "A general view of Faverges", "Arrondissement": "Annecy", "Canton": "Faverges", "Postal code": "74210", "Coordinates": "45.7472 06.2944 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "510", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "472", "Maximum Elevat... |
Robert Norman Munsch (born June 11, 1945) is an American-Canadian children's author.
Personal life and career
Robert Munsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 11, 1945. He grew up in a family of 9 children. Munsch graduated from Fordham University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and from... | {"Born": "1945 06 11", "Occupation": "Author", "Nationality": "American / Canadian", "Education": "Master of Education (Child studies)", "Alma mater": "Fordham UniversityBoston UniversityTufts UniversityUniversity of Guelph", "Period": "1979-2021", "Children": "3", "Notable awards": "Order of Canada"} |
Montmin () is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Talloires-Montmin.Arrêté préfectoral 23 November 2015
Inhabitants of the commune are known as Montminois (male) and Montminoises (female).
... | {"Name": "Montmin", "Caption": "A panorama of Montmin", "Arrondissement": "Annecy", "Canton": "Faverges", "Postal code": "74210", "Coordinates": "45.8033 06.265 dms inline,title", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "635", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "2338", "Area (square km)": "16.29", "Population": "326", "Population Date"... |
Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 - 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. After serving in wars against Napoleonic France and the United States, he led two expeditions into the Canadian Arctic and through the islands of the Arctic Archipelago, in 1819 and 1825, and served as Lieutenant-Gov... | {"Name": "John Franklin", "Image caption": "1828 portrait by Thomas Phillips", "Birth date": "1786 04 16 y", "Birth place": "Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England", "Death date": "1847 06 11 1786 04 16 y", "Death place": "King William Island, North-Western Territory", "Spouse(s)": "Eleanor Anne Porden 19 August 1823 22 Februa... |
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The Welsh Government () is the devolved government of Wales. The government consists of ministers and deputy ministers, and also of a counsel general. Ministers only attend the Cabinet Meetings of the Welsh Government. It is led by t... | {"Background colour": "000000", "Native names": "Llywodraeth Cymru", "Image": "150px", "Established": "1999 5 12 y", "Country": "Wales", "Headquarters": "Crown Buildings Cardiff, Wales", "Leader title": "First Minister (Mark Drakeford)", "Appointed by": "First Minister approved by the Senedd, ceremonially appointed by ... |
is a collection of video games and related media produced by Square, now Square Enix. The series was created by Toshiro Tsuchida and developed by G-Craft, a studio that was later absorbed by Square and existed within Square Enix as Product Development Division-6. Since the release of the original Front Mission in 1995,... | {"Title": "Front Mission", "Alt": "The text \"Front Mission\"", "Caption": "Series logo", "Developer": "G-Craft, Square, Square Enix, Omiya Soft, Winds, h.a.n.d., Double Helix Games, Ilinx, Forever Entertainment", "Publisher": "Square, Square Enix, Forever Entertainment", "Creator": "Toshiro Tsuchida", "Platforms": "Su... |
"Annabel Lee" is the last complete poemwww.eapoe.org composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman.Meyers, Jeffrey. Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy. New York: Cooper Square Press, 1992. p. 243. The narrator, who fell in love with Ann... | {"Name": "Annabel Lee", "Image caption": "Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art, January, 1850, Philadelphia", "Author": "Edgar Allan Poe", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Sartain's Union Magazine, John Sartain", "Date of publication": "1849", "Wikisource": "Annabel Lee"} |
The Ateneo de Manila University (), simply Ateneo de Manila or Ateneo, is a private, research, basic and higher education institution in Quezon City, Philippines. Founded in 1859 by the Jesuits, it is the second-oldest Jesuit-administered institution of higher learning in the Asia-Pacific.
Considered one of the top un... | {"Motto": "la", "Type": "Private, research, non-profit, coeducational basic and higher education institution", "Chairman": "Bernadine T. Siy", "Students": "15,269 (university level)", "Undergraduates": "8,614", "Postgraduates": "6,655", "Campus": "Urban (main campus) - 133 acre 1", "Website": "http://ateneo.edu"} |
Brenda W. Clough (also credited as B.W. Clough) (pronounced Cluff)Brenda Visits, by Sue Lange, at BookviewCafe.com; published April 31, 2009; retrieved February 14, 2021; "rhymes with rough" is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She has been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2002 for her novella ... | {"Name": "Brenda Clough", "Birth name": "Brenda Wang", "Birth date": "1955 11 13", "Birth place": "Washington, D.C.", "Nationality": "American", "Other names": "B.W. Clough", "Education": "Carnegie Mellon University", "Occupation": "Science fiction and fantasy writer", "Notable works": "May Be Some Time", "Spouse(s)": ... |
Australian Survivor is an Australian adventure reality game show based on the international Survivor format. Following the premise of other versions of the Survivor format, the show features a group of contestants, referred to as "castaways" as they are marooned in an isolated location. The castaways must provide food,... | {"Genre": "Reality competition", "Created by": "Charlie Parsons", "Presented by": "Lincoln Howes\n Ian \"Dicko\" Dickson\n Jonathan LaPaglia", "Starring": "Australian Survivor contestants", "Country of origin": "Australia", "Running time": "60 minutes (inc. including adverts) (2002, 2006) 70-90 minutes (inc. including... |
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (also known as thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, or abbreviated TSH) is a pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroxine (T4), and then triiodothyronine (T3) which stimulates the metabolism of almost every tissue in the body. It is a glycoprotein hormone produced by... | {"HGNC": "1885", "IUPHAR": "CGA", "Alt. symbols": "HCG, GPHa, GPHA1", "NCBI gene": "1081", "OMIM": "118850", "RefSeq": "NM_000735", "UniProt": "P01215", "Locus": "-q21"} |
Ono () was a biblical town of Benjamin in the "plain of Ono" (1 Chr. 8:12; Ezra 2:33). The modern Kiryat Ono is not to be confused with the biblical Ono.
History
The biblical town of Ono (1 Chronicles 8:12; Nehemiah 6:2) has been identified by most scholars with the Palestinian village, Kafr 'Ana, whereon is now built... | {"Alternative name": "Kafr 'Ana", "Region": "Sdot Dan", "Coordinates": "32 01 38 N 34 52 05 E type:city_region:IL inline,title", "Periods": "Chalcolithic period to present", "Cultures": "Canaanite, Jewish, Greco-Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Ottoman, Israeli", "Excavation dates": "1998", "Archaeologists": "A. Gorzalczany,... |
A Very Peculiar Practice is a surreal black-comedy drama set in the health centre of a British university, produced by the BBC, which ran for two series in 1986 and 1988. The two series were followed by a 90-minute made-for-television film, A Very Polish Practice (1992), following some of the characters to a new settin... | {"Running time": "50 minutes", "Written by": "Andrew Davies", "Directed by": "David Tucker", "Starring": "Peter DavisonGraham CrowdenDavid TroughtonBarbara FlynnAmanda HillwoodJohn BirdMichael J. ShannonJoanna Kanska", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "BBC2", "Original release": "1992 9 6 yes"... |
Jules Auguste Armand Marie de Polignac, Count of Polignac (; 14 May 178030 March 1847),Encyclopædia Britannica then Prince of Polignac, and briefly 3rd Duke of Polignac in 1847, was a French statesman and ultra-royalist politician after the Revolution. He served as prime minister under Charles X, just before the July R... | {"Name": "Jules de Polignac", "Term start": "8 August 1829", "Term end": "29 July 1830", "Birth date": "1780 5 14 y", "Birth place": "Versailles, Île-de-France, Kingdom of France", "Death date": "yes 1847 3 2 1780 5 14", "Death place": "Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France", "Resting place": "Picpus Cemetery", "Spou... |
Marco Antonio Muñiz (born September 16, 1968), known professionally as Marc Anthony, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. A four-time Grammy Award and eight-time Latin Grammy Award winner, he has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide. Known for his ... | {"Name": "Marc Anthony", "Caption": "Anthony in 2009", "Birth name": "Marco Antonio Muñiz", "Birth date": "1968 9 16", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Height": "5'8\"March 2023", "Occupation": "Singer\n songwriter\n actor", "Years active": "1988-present", "Spouse(s)": "Dayanara Torres 2000 2004 divorced Jennifer... |
Ewing Marion Kauffman (September 21, 1916 August 1, 1993) was an American pharmaceutical entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Major League Baseball owner.
Early life and education
Ewing Kauffman was born on September 21, 1916, on a farm near Garden City, Missouri. He was the son of John S. Kauffman and Effie May Winders... | {"Name": "Ewing Kauffman", "Birth name": "Ewing Marion Kauffman", "Birth date": "1916 9 21", "Birth place": "Near Garden City, Missouri, United States", "Death date": "1993 8 1 1916 9 21", "Death place": "Mission Hills, Kansas, U.S.", "Alma mater": "\"nyt obit\"/> \"nyt obit\"/>", "Occupation": "American pharmaceutical... |
Jean Victor Marie Moreau (, 14 February 1763 - 2 September 1813) was a French general who helped Napoleon Bonaparte rise to power, but later became a rival and was banished to the United States. He is among the foremost French generals in military history.
Biography
Rise to fame
Moreau was born at Morlaix in Brit... | {"Born": "Morlaix, Kingdom of France", "Died": "Louny, Austrian Empire", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of the FrenchFrance First French RepublicRussian Empire", "Commands held": "Army of ItalyArmy of the Rhine and Moselle"} |
Althea Neale Gibson (August 25, 1927September 28, 2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first African American to win a Grand Slam title (the French Championships). The following year she ... | {"Country (sports)": "United States", "Born": "Clarendon County, South Carolina, U.S.", "Died": "East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.", "Height": "5 ft 11 in m on", "Retired": "1958", "Plays": "Right-handed", "Career titles": "56Networks A&E Television Althea Gibson https://www.biography.com/athlete/althea-gibson Biograph... |
Constant ("Stan") Ockers (3 February 1920 - 1 October 1956) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist.
He was runner-up in the Tour de France in 1950 and 1952, and the best sprinter in that Grand Tour in 1955 and 1956. In 1955 he won the Classic "Ardennes double" by winning La Flèche Wallonne and the Liège-Bastogne-Li... | {"Name": "Stan Ockers", "Image caption": "Stan Ockers at the 1951 Tour de France", "Full name": "Constant Ockers", "Birth date": "1920 2 3 y", "Birth place": "Borgerhout, Belgium", "Death date": "1956 10 1 1920 2 3 y", "Death place": "Antwerp, Belgium", "Discipline": "Road Track", "Role": "Rider", "Rider type": "Sprint... |
Binti Jua (born March 17, 1988) is a female western lowland gorilla in the Brookfield Zoo, in Brookfield, Illinois, outside of Chicago, US. She received media attention after a situation in 1996 in which she tended to a three-year-old boy who had been injured by falling into her enclosure.
Binti Jua (whose name means... | {"Sex": "Female", "Born": "Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois", "Offspring": "Koola, Bakari", "Notable role": "Tended to three-year-old boy who had fallen into her enclosure."} |
Joyce Clyde Hall (August 29, 1891 - October 29, 1982), better known as J. C. Hall, was an American businessman and the founder of Hallmark Cards.
Early life
Joyce Clyde Hall was born on August 29, 1891, in David City, Nebraska, to Nancy "Nannie" Dudley (née Houston) and George Nelson Hall, a traveling Methodist minist... | {"Name": "J. C. Hall", "Caption": "Joyce C. Hall, founder of Hallmark Cards", "Birth name": "Joyce Clyde Hall", "Birth date": "1891 8 29", "Birth place": "David City, Nebraska, U.S.", "Death date": "1982 10 29 1891 8 29", "Death place": "Leawood, Kansas, U.S.", "Resting place": "Forest Hill Calvary CemeteryKansas City,... |
A Moon Pie is an American snack, popular across much of the United States, which consists of two round graham cookies, with marshmallow filling in the center, dipped in a flavored coating. The snack is often associated with the cuisine of the American South, where they are traditionally accompanied by an RC Cola. Toda... | {"Name of food": "Moon Pie", "Alternate name": "MoonPie", "Year": "1917 4 29", "Place of origin": "United States of America", "Region of origin": "Tennessee", "Course served": "Dessert", "Type of dish": "Confectionery", "Main ingredient": "Graham cracker cookies, marshmallow, flavored coating"} |
Tupi-Guarani (/tuːˈpiː ɡwɑˈrɑːni/ /ɡwɑˈɾɑ-/; Tupi-Guarani: [tuˈpi ɡwaɾaˈni];) is the most widely distributed subfamily of the Tupian languages of South America. It consists of about fifty languages, including Guarani and Old Tupi.
The words petunia, jaguar, piranha, ipecac, tapioca, jacaranda, anhinga, carioca, and ca... | {"Name": "Tupi-Guarani", "Geographic distribution": "Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru", "Language family color": "American", "Language Family": "Tupian", "Glottolog code": "tupi1276", "Glottolog reference name": "Tupi-Guarani", "Child 1": "Guarani", "Child 2": "Guarayu", "Child 3": "Tupi", "Chi... |
Siddhartha: An Indian novel (; ) is a 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. The book, Hesse's ninth novel, was written in German, in a simple, lyrical style. It was published in the United States in 1951 and b... | {"Country": "Germany", "Language": "German", "Publisher": "New Directions (U.S.)", "Media type": "Print (paperback)", "Pages": "152", "Original title": "Siddhartha: Eine Indische Dichtung"} |
The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani.
Homeland and urheimat
Rodrigues (2007) considers the Proto-Tupian urheimat to be somewhere between the Guaporé and Aripuanã rivers, in the Madeira River basin. Much of this area ... | {"Name": "Tupian", "Geographic distribution": "Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, North-East Argentina, Southern Colombia, Northern Peru", "Language family color": "American", "Language Family": "Je-Tupi-Carib?", "Protolanguage name": "Proto-Tupian", "ISO 639-2": "tup", "ISO 639-5": "tup", "Glottolog code": "tupi1275"... |
The Israel Border Police () is the gendarmerie and border security branch of the Israel National Police. It is also commonly known by its Hebrew abbreviation Magav (), meaning border guard; its members are colloquially known as magavnikim (; singular magavnik). "Border Guard" is often used as the official name of the I... | {"Uniformed as": "Israel Border Police", "Common name": "Magav", "Formed": "1953", "Employees": "≈8,000 soldiers and officers", "Multinational agency": "Israel", "General nature": "Yes"} |
Yahoo! Groups was a free-to-use system of electronic mailing lists offered by Yahoo!.
Prior to February 2020, Yahoo! Groups was one of the world's largest collections of online discussion boards. It allowed members to subscribe to various groups, read subscribed discussions online, view and share photos, files and boo... | {"URL": "https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://groups.yahoo.com * Archived official website", "Commercial": "Yes", "Launched": "2001 1 30http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=173882 Yahoo! Opens A New Place For Communities With Yahoo! Groups Yahoo! Santa Clara, California January 3... |
The Deschutes River ( ) in central Oregon is a major tributary of the Columbia River. The river provides much of the drainage on the eastern side of the Cascade Range in Oregon, gathering many of the tributaries that descend from the drier, eastern flank of the mountains. The Deschutes provided an important route to an... | {"Etymology": "From Rivière des Chutes, used by early-19th-century fur traders McArthur Lewis A. McArthur, Lewis L. Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition Oregon Historical Society Press 2003 Portland, Oregon 282–83 0-87595-277-1", "Mouth": "164 ft on Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) United ... |
The 3rd Armored Division (also known as "Spearhead", 3rd Armored, and 3AD) was an armored division of the United States Army. Unofficially nicknamed the "Third Herd", the division was first activated in 1941 and was active in the European Theater of World War II. The division was stationed in West Germany for much of t... | {"Branch": "United States Army Army", "Type": "Armor", "Role": "Armored warfare", "Size": "Typically 15,000+", "Nickname(s)": "\"Spearhead\"Special Unit Designations http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-ra_ar.html United States Army Center of Military History 21 April 2010 23 June 2010 https://web... |
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (8 November 1874 – 3 January 1924) was a Mexican journalist, politician and revolutionary who became known for his efforts at reconciliation between the Yucatec Maya and the Mexican government after the Caste War. He was governor of the Mexican state of Yucatán from 1922 to 1924.Fallaw, B. (1998)... | {"Name": "Felipe Carrillo", "Image": "Felipe Carrillo Puerto.JPG", "Image caption": "Felipe Carrillo Puerto", "Term start": "1922", "Term end": "1924", "Birth date": "1874 11 8 y", "Birth place": "Motul, Yucatán", "Death date": "1924 1 3 1874 11 8 y", "Death place": "Mérida, Yucatán", "Spouse(s)": "Isabel Palma (wife);... |
Rockport is a seaside town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,992 in 2020. Rockport is located approximately northeast of Boston at the tip of the Cape Ann peninsula. Rockport borders Gloucester to its west, and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean in all other directions.
Part of the ... | {"Type": "Open town meeting", "Land": "18.1", "Water": "27.3", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-4", "Website": "https://www.rockportma.gov/ Town of Rockport, Massachusetts, Official Web Site"} |
Sam Adams (born June 13, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies, earning consensus All-American honors, and was selected eighth overall by the Seattle Seahawks in the 19... | {"Born:": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Height:": "3", "Weight:": "350", "High school:": "Cypress Creek (Houston, Texas)", "College:": "Texas AM", "NFL Draft:": "8"} |
The Assiniboine River (; ) is a river that runs through the prairies of Western Canada in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It is a tributary of the Red River. The Assiniboine is a typical meandering river with a single main channel embanked within a flat, shallow valley in some places and a steep valley in others. Its main ... | {"Mouth": "230 m on", "Location": "The Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba", "Coordinates": "49 53 09 N 97 07 44 W inline,title", "Basin size": "182000 km2 on"} |
Belmont Park is a thoroughbred horse racetrack in Elmont, New York, United States, just east of the New York City limits. It was opened on May 4, 1905, and is one of the major tracks in the northeastern United States.
It is operated by the non-profit New York Racing Association, as are the Aqueduct Racetrack and Sarat... | {"Location": "2150 Hempstead Turnpike Elmont, New York, United States", "Coordinates": "40 42 54 N 73 43 22 W type:landmark_region:US-NY inline, title", "Owned by": "State of New York", "Operated by": "New York Racing Association", "Screened on": "SportsNet New York (restricted to cable systems in New York City, North... |
Antonio Sánchez (born November 1, 1971) is a Mexican drummer and composer. He is best known for his work with jazz guitarist Pat Metheny and as a composer of the film score for the 2014 film Birdman. The score earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and BAFTA Award for Best Film Music... | {"Born": "Mexico City, Mexico", "Genres": "Jazz", "Labels": "CAM Jazz", "Website": "antoniosanchez.net"} |
Princess Victoria (Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary; 6 July 1868 - 3 December 1935) was the fourth child and second daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and the younger sister of King George V.
Early life and education
thumb|260px|Princess Victoria of Wales (left) as a teenager, together with her sisters Mau... | {"Father": "Edward VII", "Mother": "Alexandra of Denmark", "Born": "Marlborough House, London, England", "Died": "Coppins, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England", "Burial": "St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle; 8 January 1936 Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore"} |
thumbtime=0|upright=1.5|thumb|October: Ten Days That Shook the World; Russian intertitles, with subtitles
October: Ten Days That Shook the World (; translit. Oktyabr': Desyat' dney kotorye potryasli mir) is a 1928 Soviet silent historical film written and directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov. It is a c... | {"Directed by": "Grigori Aleksandrov\n Sergei Eisenstein", "Written by": "Grigori Aleksandrov\n Sergei Eisenstein", "Produced by": "Arkadiy Alekseyev", "Starring": "Vladimir Popov\n Vasili Nikandrov\n Layaschenko", "Music by": "Dmitri Shostakovich", "Cinematography": "Vladimir Nilsen\n Vladimir Popov\n Eduard Tisse", "... |
Eliza Johnson (née McCardle; October 4, 1810 - January 15, 1876) was the first lady of the United States from 1865 to 1869 as the wife of President Andrew Johnson. She also served as the second lady of the United States March 1865 until April 1865 when her husband was vice president. Johnson was relatively inactive as ... | {"Image caption": "Official portrait, as engraved 1883", "Term start": "April 15, 1865", "Term end": "March 4, 1869", "Office 2": "First Lady of Tennessee", "Governor 2": "Andrew Johnson", "Predecessor 2": "Frances Owen", "Successor 2": "Martha Mariah Travis", "Birth name": "Eliza McCardle", "Birth date": "1810 10 4", ... |
Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid; 21 November 1887 - 4 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist, republican, poet, journalist, revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. Joseph Mary Plunkett married Grace Gifford in 1916, seven hours before his execution.
Background
Plunkett was born at 26 Up... | {"Born": "Dublin, Ireland", "Died": "Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland", "Allegiance": "Irish VolunteersIrish Republican Brotherhood", "Commands held": "General Post Office, Dublin", "Spouse(s)": "Grace Gifford (married. 1916-1916)"} |
The 7th Infantry Division is an active duty infantry division of the United States Army based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord charged with sustaining the combat readiness of two Stryker brigade combat teams (BCT), a combat aviation brigade, and a Division Artillery Unit, as well as participating in several yearly partnered... | {"Branch": "United States 23px", "Type": "Stryker infantry", "Part of": "Flag of the United States Army I Corps.svg 23px I Corps", "Size": "Division", "Nickname(s)": "\"Hourglass Division\"\"Bayonet Division\"\"California Division\"Gardener Stahura 1997 6", "Motto(s)": "\"Light, Silent, and Deadly\"\n\"Trust in Me\"", ... |
thumb|right|Arms of Astor family.
John Jacob Astor III (June 10, 1822 - February 22, 1890) was an American financier, philanthropist and a soldier during the American Civil War. He was a prominent member of the Astor family, becoming the wealthiest member in his generation and the founder of the English branch of the f... | {"Name": "John Jacob Astor III", "Birth date": "1822 6 10", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1890 2 22 1822 6 10", "Death place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Burial place": "Trinity Church Cemetery, New York City, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Financier, philanthropist", "Alma mate... |
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The Chicago Tylenol murders were a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982. The victims consumed Tylenol-branded acetaminophen capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide. Seven people died in the original poisonings, and there were several more ... | {"Title": "Chicago Tylenol murders", "Image": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OaZb3b2eTJDARICcv0_7pgRsb160hmY9Prbf7Wze-DFTkGlFT-dBYBZRQuPcLR0mKXyifnk=s85", "Image size": "1500x1500", "Location": "Chicago metropolitan area, U.S.", "Target": "Retail consumers", "Date": "September – October 1982", "Type of attack": "Ma... |
thumb|right|Bilingual sign in French and Reunionese Creole
Saint-Denis (, ; ), unofficially Saint-Denis de La Réunion for disambiguation, is the prefecture (administrative capital) of the French overseas department and region of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. It is located at the island's northernmost point, close to th... | {"Name": "Saint-Denis", "Commune Status": "Prefecture and commune", "Image": "SaintDenisReunion002.jpg\n SaintDenisReunion005.JPG\n SaintDenisRéunion Cathedral.jpg\n Bâtiment-Palais-Source.JPG\n Mairie-saint-denis.JPG\n ReU StDenis MuseumNHN.jpg\n Saint Denis au crépuscule - panoramio.jpg\n 280\n #FFFFFF"... |
Rebecca Rose Lobo-Rushin (born October 6, 1973) is an American television basketball analyst and former women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 2003. Lobo, at 6'4", played the center position for much of her career. Lobo played college basketball at the University of... | {"Listed height": "4", "Listed weight": "185", "Born": "Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.", "High school": "Southwick-Tolland(Southwick, Massachusetts)", "College": "UConn (1991-1995)"} |
thumb|William T. Rock, Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton, 1916
Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907, it was the... | {"Industry": "Motion picture exhibition, distribution and production", "Fate": "Acquired by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.Subsequently folded into Warner Bros.", "Founded": "1897", "Defunct": "1926", "Headquarters": "United States", "Products": "Motion pictures, film distribution", "Parent": "Independent (1914-1925)Warner... |
Reginald Maudling (7 March 1917 - 14 February 1979)The Papers of Reginald Maudling Churchill Archives Centre, Archivesearch. Retrieved 29 October 2021 was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1962 to 1964 and as Home Secretary from 1970 to 1972. From 1955 until the late 1960s, he was spo... | {"Name": "Reginald Maudling", "Image caption": "Maudling in 1974", "Term start": "20 June 1970", "Term end": "18 July 1972", "Office 2": "Secretary of State for the Colonies", "Prime minister 2": "Harold Macmillan", "Predecessor 2": "Iain Macleod", "Successor 2": "Duncan Sandys", "Birth date": "1917 3 7 y", "Birth plac... |
Dashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton, Florida, formed in 1999 and led by singer Chris Carrabba. The name of the band is derived from the song "The Sharp Hint of New Tears" off their debut album, The Swiss Army Romance.
History
Early history (1999-2002)
Dashboard Confessional's first recordi... | {"Origin": "Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.", "Genres": "Alternative rock\n emo\n indie rock\n acoustic rock", "Labels": "Fiddler\n Vagrant\n Interscope\n Fueled by Ramen", "Website": "dashboardconfessional.com", "Members": "Chris Carrabba\n Scott Schoenbeck\n Armon Jay\n Chris Kamrada\n Kenny Bridges\n Abigail Kelly"} |
James Stuart Blackton (January 5, 1875 - August 13, 1941) was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era. One of the pioneers of motion pictures, he founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897. He was one of the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation, is considered a father... | {"Name": "James Stuart Blackton", "Caption": "Blackton in 1912", "Birth name": "James Stuart Blacktin", "Birth date": "1875 1 5", "Birth place": "Sheffield, England", "Death date": "1941 8 13 1875 1 5", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Known For": "Vitagraph Studios", "Spouse(s)": "Isabelle MacArthur (m... |
Kavminvodyavia (KMV Avia) was an airline based in Mineralnye Vody in the Caucasus, Russia. It operated scheduled services to over 20 destinations in the northern Caucasus region and abroad, as well as charter services. Its main base was Mineralnye Vody Airport, which was also operated by the company.
History
The first... | {"Airline name": "Federal State Unitary Air Enterprise \"Kavminvodyavia\"ФГУАП «КМВ»", "Image size (px)": "250", "Current Fleet Size": "6", "Number of Destinations": "18", "IATA Designator": "KV", "ICAO Designator": "MVD", "Callsign": "AIR MINVODY", "Parent Company": "Government owned", "Founded": "1995", "Ceased opera... |
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The Yi or Nuosu people (Nuosu: , ), historically known as the Lolo, are an ethnic group in China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. Numbering nine million people, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the P... | {"Name": "Yi people", "Image caption": "Yi woman in Yunnan", "Languages": "Yi, Southwestern Mandarin", "Religions": "Majority: Bimoism (native Yi variety of Shamanism); minority: Taoism", "Related ethnic groups": "Bamar (Burman), Naxi, Qiang, Tujia"} |
English, in various dialects, is the most widely spoken language of the United Kingdom, but a number of regional and migrant languages are also spoken. Regional indigenous languages are Scots and Ulster Scots and the Celtic languages, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and, as a revived language with few speakers, Cornish. ... | {"Main": "English (98%;According to the 2011 census, 53,098,301 people in England and Wales, 5,044,683 people in Scotland, and 1,681,210 people in Northern Ireland can speak English \"well\" or \"very well\"; totalling 59,824,194. Therefore, out of the 60,815,385 residents of the UK over the age of three, 98% claim the... |
Austin William "Goose" Gonsoulin (June 7, 1938 - September 8, 2014) was an American professional football player who was a safety in the American Football League (AFL) for the Denver Broncos and in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers. The football player was raised in Port Arthur, TX. He was ... | {"Born:": "Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.", "Died:": "Beaumont, Texas, U.S.", "Height:": "3", "Weight:": "210", "College:": "Baylor", "NFL Draft:": "203", "AFL Draft:": "Second Selections(by the Dallas Texans)"} |
Six Flags AstroWorld, also known simply as AstroWorld, was a seasonally operated amusement park in Houston, Texas. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park was situated between Kirby Drive and Fannin Street, directly south of I-610. The park opened on June 1, 1968, and was developed originally and constructed as part ... | {"Park Name": "Six Flags AstroWorld", "Park Photo Caption": "Entrance gate, 2004, one year before demolition", "Park Location (City)": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Park Coordinates": "29.6755 -95.4074 type:landmark_region:US-TX title,inline", "Park Owner": "Hofheinz family (1968-1975)\n Six Flags (1975-2005)", "Park Openin... |
The 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (39th IBCT), also officially known as The Arkansas Brigade, is an infantry brigade combat team of the Army National Guard composed of personnel from the U.S. states of Arkansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. The unit is the largest Army National Guard command in Arkansas and is headquart... | {"Allegiance": "Arkansas", "Branch": "United States Army Army", "Type": "Infantry", "Role": "Headquarters", "Size": "Brigade combat team", "Part of": "23px Arkansas Army National Guard", "Nickname(s)": "\"The Arkansas Brigade\"", "Motto(s)": "Courage", "Decorations": "Meritorious Unit Commendation", "Anniversaries": "O... |
thumb|200px|Bouyei minority Shitou village, West Guizhou
thumb|300px|Geographic distribution of Bouyei people
The Bouyei (also spelled Puyi, Buyei and Buyi; self called: Buxqyaix, or "Puzhong", "Burao", "Puman"; ; ), otherwise known as the Zhongjia, are an ethnic group living in Southern Mainland China. Numbering 2.5 ... | {"Image caption": "A Bouyei woman in front of her house", "Name": "BouyeibuxQyaix", "Languages": "Bouyei • Mandarin Chinese", "Religions": "Shigongism • Buddhism", "Related ethnic groups": "Zhuang"} |
The Kam people (Kam: , ), officially known in China as Dong people (), are a Kam-Sui people and one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live mostly in eastern Guizhou, western Hunan and northern Guangxi. Small pockets of Kam speakers are found in Tuyên Quang Province in... | {"Name": "KamDong", "Image": "280px", "Image caption": "Ethnic Kam women and man in holiday dresses. Liping County, Guizhou, China.", "Population": "2,960,293", "Religions": "Polytheism", "Languages": "Kam, Chinese"} |
Terence Joseph Nation (8 August 19309 March 1997) was a Welsh screenwriter and novelist. Especially known for his work in British television science fiction, he created the Daleks and Davros for Doctor Who, as well as the series Survivors and Blake's 7.
Nation first made his name as a comedy writer before becoming a p... | {"Born": "1930 8 8 y", "Died": "1997 03 9 1930 8 8 y", "Occupation": "Screenwriter novelist", "Years active": "1955-1997", "Children": "2"} |
thumb|300px|Typical daily attire of ethnic Hani in China. In Yuanyang County, Yunnan Province.
thumb|A Ho (Hani) woman and her child in Laos, circa 2003.
The Hani or Ho people (Hani: Haqniq; ; / 𠊛何贰) are a Lolo-speaking ethnic group in Southern China and Northern Laos and Vietnam. They form one of the 56 officially ... | {"Name": "Hani", "Native name": "Haqniq, Hà Nhì", "Image": "250px|An ethnic Hani girl with a typical Hani headgear for children. Near Yuanyang, Yunnan Province, China.", "Image caption": "An ethnic Hani girl with a typical Hani headgear for children. Near Yuanyang, Yunnan Province, China.", "Population": "2,716,000", "... |
Lance Dwight Alworth (born August 3, 1940), nicknamed "Bambi", is an American former professional football wide receiver who played for the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL) and Dallas Cowboys of the NFL. Often considered one of the greatest wide receivers o... | {"Born:": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Height:": "0", "Weight:": "184", "High school:": "Brookhaven (Brookhaven, Mississippi)", "NFL Draft:": "8", "AFL Draft:": "9"} |
The Lisu people (Lisu: ; , ; ; ) are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group who inhabit mountainous regions of Myanmar (Burma), southwest China, Thailand, and the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
About 730,000 Lisu live in Lijiang, Baoshan, Nujiang, Dêqên and Dehong prefectures in Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province, China. ... | {"Name": "Lisu", "Image": "110px 110px109px 110px", "Native name": "lis ꓡꓲ‐ꓢꓴ my လီဆူ zh 傈僳", "Population": "1,200,000 (est.)", "Languages": "Lisu, Lipo, Laemae, Naw; Southwestern Mandarin (Chinese), Burmese, Thai", "Religions": "Christianity, Animism, and Buddhism"} |
The Gelao people (also spelled Gelo) (Gelao: Klau, ) are an ethnic group of China and Vietnam. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. However, many Gelao are also variously classified as Yi, Miao, and Zhuang by the Chinese government.
They number approximately 43... | {"Name": "Gelao", "Population": "550,000 (est.)", "Languages": "Gelao", "Religions": "Taoism • Buddhism"} |
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The Lahu people ( Lāhùzú; Lahu: Ladhulsi / Kawzhawd; ) are an ethnic group of China and Mainland Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The Chinese name "Lahu" literally means "to drag favour from heaven" (拉, lā, "to drag"; 祜, hù, "blessing, favour"). It replaced the older and more-offensive "Luohe... | {"Name": "Lahu people 拉 祜 族", "Image": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Lahu_tribe_depiction,_1900s.jpg/250px-Lahu_tribe_depiction,_1900s.jpg -->", "Population": "About 1,000,000 Matisoff\n James A.\n English-Lahu Lexicon\n University of California Press\n 2006\n Google Books\n ... |
The Dongxiang people (autonym: Sarta or Santa (撒爾塔); , Xiao'erjing: دْوثِيَانْزُو) are a Mongolic people and one of 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Half of the population live in Dongxiang Autonomous County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, China. According to the 2010 censu... | {"Name": "Dongxiang", "Native name": "دْوثِيَانْزُو", "Image": "240px", "Image caption": "A Dongxiang student in school", "Population": "<621,500", "Languages": "Santa", "Religions": "Sunni Islam", "Related ethnic groups": "Mongolic peoples, Hui, Bonan, Salar"} |
The Sui people (; autonym: ai33 sui33Diller, Anthony, Jerold A. Edmondson, and Yongxian Luo eds. 2008. The Tai-Kadai Languages. Routledge Language Family Series. Psychology Press.), also spelled as Shui people, are an ethnic group living mostly in Guizhou Province, China. They are counted as one of the 56 ethnic groups... | {"Name": "Sui people水族", "Image caption": "A Sui woman in Guizhou, China", "Languages": "Mandarin Chinese, Sui", "Religions": "Buddhism, Taoism", "Population": "430,000 (est.)"} |
Sydney Cecil Newman (April 1, 1917 - October 30, 1997) was a Canadian film and television producer, who played a pioneering role in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. After his return to Canada in 1970, Newman was appointed Acting Director of the Broadcast Programs Branch for the Canadian ... | {"Name": "Sydney Newman", "Post-nominals": "100% OC", "Alt": "Sydney Newman", "Caption": "Newman at the Canadian media delegation to China in 1974", "Birth name": "Sydney Cecil NudelmanWho created Doctor Who? Graeme Burk Doctor Who Magazine 510 April 2017 65 Panini Comics", "Birth date": "yes 1917 4 1", "Birth place": ... |
The Monguor (Monguor language: Mongghul), the Tu people (), the White Mongol or the Tsagaan Mongol, are Mongolic people and one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in China. The "Tu" ethnic category was created in the 1950s.
According to the 2000 census, the total population was 241,198, who mostly lived in ... | {"Name": "Monguor/Tu/Mongghul", "Image": "250px|A Monguor woman in Huzhu County, Xining, Qinghai Province", "Image caption": "A Monguor woman in Huzhu County, Xining, Qinghai Province", "Population": "289,565 (2010 census)", "Languages": "Monguor and Wutun", "Religions": "Predominantly Yellow Sect (or Tibetan) Buddhism... |
Brioche (, also , , ) is a bread of French origin whose high egg and butter content gives it a rich and tender crumb. The chef Joël Robuchon described it as "light and slightly puffy, more or less fine, according to the proportion of butter and eggs". It has a dark, golden, and flaky crust, frequently accentuated by an... | {"Name of food": "Brioche", "Width of image": "250px", "Place of origin": "France", "Course served": "Breakfast, dessert, snack and main course as a burger bun", "Type of dish": "Bread or pastry", "Main ingredient": "Flour, eggs, butter, milk, water, cream"} |
National Amusements, Inc. is an American privately owned movie theater operator and mass media holding company incorporated in Maryland and based in Norwood, Massachusetts.
The company owns more than 1,500 cinema theaters throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and Latin America under several brands, such a... | {"Formerly": "Northeast Theater Corporation (1936-1959)", "Type": "Private", "Founded": "1936 in Dedham, Massachusetts", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Industry": "Entertainment", "Products": "Movie theaters", "Parent": "Shari Redstone", "Divisions": "Showcase Cinemas", "Subsidiaries": "Paramount Global (9.7% equity, 79.9% v... |
The Mulao people (; own name: Mulam) are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. In their name, Mulam, mu6 is a classifier for human beings and lam1 (in some dialects it is kyam1) is another form of the name used by the Dong (Kam), to whom the Mula... | {"Name": "Mulao people", "Native name": "仫佬族Mulam", "Population": "216,257 (2010)", "Languages": "Mulam", "Religions": "Mostly Buddhist, Taoistwith strong Animist influence", "Related ethnic groups": "Dong, Zhuang"} |
The Daur people, Dagur, Daghur or Dahur (Dagur:Daure; Khalkha Mongolian: , ; ; Russian: Дауры, Daury) are a Mongolic people in Northeast China (and Siberia, Russia in the past). The Daur form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognised in the People's Republic of China. They numbered 131,992 according to the late... | {"Name": "Daur", "Native name": "mongol ᡩᠠᡤᡠᠷ text-align:left", "Native name language code": "https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/dta", "Image caption": "Daur woman in Inner Mongolia, (China)", "Population": "131,393 (2010 census)Multicultural China: A Statistical Yearbook (2014), p349", "Religions": "Mongolian shamanism and... |
The Jingpo (Jinghpaw) people () are an ethnic group who are the largest subgroup of the Kachin peoples. The greater name for all the Kachin peoples in their own Jingpo language is the Jinghpaw. Other endonyms include Zaiwa, Lechi, Lisu, Maru, Hkahku,
The Kachin people are an ethnic affinity of several tribal groups, ... | {"Name": "Jingpo (Jinghpaw)people\"pol\"/>", "Image caption": "Kachin traditional dress", "Languages": "Jingpo, Lisu, Zaiwa, Maru, Lashi, Azi, Burmese, and Southwestern Mandarin", "Religions": "Animism,January 2023 source only states Buddhism/refers to Jinpo in China only Theravāda Buddhism,china.org.cn - The Jingpo E... |
The Salar people () are a Turkic ethnic minority of China who largely speak Salar, an Oghuz language. The Salar people numbered 130,607 people in the census of 2010.
The Salars live mostly in the Qinghai-Gansu border region, on both sides of the Yellow River, namely in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, Hualong Hui Auton... | {"Name": "Salar people", "Native name": "Salar (撒拉族)", "Image": "ChinaSalarNovruz.JPG", "Image caption": "Salars celebrate Novruz in China.", "Population": "130,607 (2010)", "Languages": "SalarMandarin Chinese, Amdo Tibetan", "Religions": "Sunni Islam", "Related ethnic groups": "Other Turkic peoples, Tibetan Muslims, H... |
thumb|300px|The Blang village of Manpo, Xishuangbanna.
The Bulang (布朗族, Bùlǎngzú; also spelled Blang) people are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
Names
Yan & Zhou (2012:147)Yan Qixiang [颜其香] & Zhou Zhizhi [周植志] (2012). Mon-Khmer languages o... | {"Name": "Blang 75% (Bulang)", "Population": "92,000", "Languages": "Blang, U", "Religions": "Theravada Buddhism, Animist", "Related ethnic groups": "Va"} |
The Maonan people (; Maonan: Anan, literally "local people") are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. There are a total of 101,192 Maonan as of 2010, mostly living northern Guangxi and southern Guizhou in southern China.
The Maonan people's autonyms are ʔai1 na:n6 (a Ma... | {"Name": "Maonan毛南Anan", "Population": "101,192", "Languages": "Maonan", "Religions": "Taoism and animismPeople's Daily Online The Maonan ethnic minority", "Related ethnic groups": "Dong, Zhuang"} |
The Pumi (also Primi or Premi) people (Tibetan: བོད་མི་, Wylie: bod mi, , autonym: ) are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China.
Ethnically related to the Tibetans of the Mili Tibetan Autonomous County and Yanyuan County in Sichuan,Harrell, Stevan. 2001. Ways of Being Eth... | {"Name": "Pumi", "Image": "200px\nAlternative names:P'umi, Primi, Pimi, Prummi", "Population": "30,000", "Languages": "Pumi", "Religions": "Bon, Tibetan Buddhism, Dingba", "Related ethnic groups": "Tibetan (mainly those living in Mili, Sichuan)"} |
The Achang (), also known as the Ngac'ang (their own name) is an ethnic group.They are one of Tibeto-Burman languages speaking people. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They also live in Myanmar, where they're known as Maingtha () in Shan State and Ngochang i... | {"Name": "Achang", "Image": "Achang woman brocade dress - Yunnan Nationalities Museum - DSC04291.JPG", "Image caption": "Achang woman's dress", "Population": "~29,000", "Languages": "Achang, Xiandao (SIL, khan31tao31), Burmese, and Southwestern Mandarin", "Religions": "Theravada Buddhism, Taoism, and a mixture of animi... |
The Jino (also spelled Jinuo) people (, endonym: ) are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live in an area called the Jino Mountains (Jinuoshan 基诺山) in eastern Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province.
The Jino are one of the... | {"Name": "Jino", "Image": "200 px", "Population": "22,000", "Languages": "Jino", "Religions": "Animism, Buddhism", "Related ethnic groups": "Yi, Qiang"} |
thumb|A Burmese depiction of the Palaung in the early 1900s.
The Palaung ( ; Thai: ปะหล่อง, also written as Benglong Palong) or Ta'ang are a Mon-Khmer ethnic minority found in Shan State of Burma, Yunnan Province of China and Northern Thailand. In China, they are referred to as the De'ang ( also spelt Deang) people.
T... | {"Name": "PalaungDe'ang", "Flag": "90px", "Image caption": "A Ta'ang tribal woman near Kalaw, Shan State, Burma", "Population": "557,000 (est.)", "Languages": "Ta'ang", "Religions": "Theravada Buddhism"} |
Jackpot is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The population was 855 as of the 2020 census. Located less than from the Idaho border on US 93, Jackpot has been a popular casino gaming destination for residents of Idaho and other neighboring states since ... | {"Land": "10.09", "Water": "0.11", "Density": "219.51", "DST": "-6"} |
The Yugurs, Yughurs, Yugu (; Western Yugur: Sarïg Yogïr; Eastern Yugur: Šera Yogor), traditionally known as Yellow Uyghurs, are a Turkic-Mongolic ethnic group and one of China's 56 officially recognized ethnic groups, consisting of 16,719 persons according to the 2000 census. The Yugur live primarily in Sunan Yugur Aut... | {"Name": "Yugur", "Image caption": "A Yugur family in Lanzhou, Gansu, 1944", "Population": "18,000 (est.)", "Languages": "Western Yugur, Eastern Yugur", "Religions": "Tibetan Buddhism, Tengrism (Shamanism)", "Related ethnic groups": "Old Uyghurs, Salars, other Turkic and Mongolic peoples"} |
The Bonan people () are a distinct ethno-linguistic group from all other Mongolic peoples, living in Gansu and Qinghai provinces in Northwestern China. They are one of the "titular nationalities" of Gansu's Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County, which is located south of the Yellow River, near Gansu's ... | {"Name": "Bonan people", "Population": "22,500", "Religions": "Predominantly Sunni Islam, minority Tibetan Buddhism (Qinghai)", "Languages": "Mandarin Chinese, Bonan (traditional)", "Related ethnic groups": "Mongols, Daurs, Dongxiang"} |
The Oroqen people (Oroqen: Oroqen; ; Mongolian: ; also spelt Orochen or Orochon) are an ethnic group in northern China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The Oroqen people are largely concentrated in the northern Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Inner Mo... | {"Name": "OroqenAlternative names:Elunchunzu, Orochon, Orochen", "Native name": "Oroqen", "Population": "8,689 (est.)", "Languages": "Oroqen, Chinese", "Religions": "Shamanism, Tibetan Buddhism", "Related ethnic groups": "Evens, Evenks, other Tungusic peoples, Mongols, Yakuts, Oroch people"} |
The Derung (also spelt Drung or Dulong) people (; endonym: ) are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China. Their population of 6,000 is found in the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan in the Derung Valley of Gongshan Derung and Nu Autonomous County. Another 600 can... | {"Name": "DerungTrung, Dulong, Drung", "Image caption": "A traditional Derung dance", "Population": "7,000", "Population source": "estimate", "Languages": "Derung", "Religions": "Animism, Christianity", "Related ethnic groups": "Nu, Nung Rawang, Taron"} |
Amos Oz (; born Amos Klausner (); 4 May 1939 - 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onwards, Oz was a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
... | {"Born": "y 1939 5 4", "Died": "yes 2018 12 28 1939 5 4", "Nationality": "Israeli", "Occupation": "Writer novelist journalist academic", "Notable awards": "Bialik Prize (1986)\n Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (1992)\n Legion of Honour (1997)\n Israel Prize (1998)\n Ovid Prize (2004)\n Goethe Prize (2005)\n Pri... |
The Nanai people () are a Tungusic people of East Asia who have traditionally lived along Heilongjiang (Amur), Songhuajiang (Sunggari) and Wusuli River on the Middle Amur Basin. The ancestors of the Nanai were the Wild Jurchens of northernmost Manchuria (outside China- Russian Manchuria).
The Nanai language belongs to... | {"Name": "Nanai / Hezhen", "Native name": "нанай, нани, хэдзэни", "Native name language code": "gld", "Image caption": "Nanai children wearing Pokto.", "Population": "18,000 (est.)", "Languages": "Nanai, Russian (in Russia), Mandarin Chinese (in China)", "Religions": "Majority: Shamanism Minority: 15px Tibetan Buddh... |
is a Japanese anime television and film director, best known for directing the critically acclaimed and commercially successful anime series Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and Space Dandy. An auteur of the industry, Watanabe's work is characterized by evocative uses of music, mature themes, and the incorporation of mu... | {"Name": "Shinichirō Watanabe", "Caption": "Watanabe at the 2009 Japan Expo", "Native name": "渡辺 信一郎", "Birth date": "1965 5 24", "Birth place": "Kyoto, Japan", "Occupation": "Anime television director, film director", "Years active": "1990-present"} |
thumb|Painting of the Vanderbilt family, 1874
The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy. Cornelius Vanderbilt's... | {"Current region": "United States East Coast", "Earlier spellings": "Van der Bilt, van Derbilt", "Place of origin": "De Bilt, Netherlands", "Connected families": "Cecil familyWhitney family", "Estate(s)": "Vanderbilt houses", "Etymology": "Van der Bilt (\"from de Bilt\")"} |
Noddy is an English character created by English children's author Enid Blyton. Noddy first appeared in a book series published between 1949 and 1963, illustrated by the Dutch artist Harmsen van der Beek from 1949 until his death in 1953, after which the work was continued by Peter Wienk. Television shows based on the ... | {"First appearance": "Noddy Goes to Toyland", "Created by": "Enid Blyton", "Voiced by": "Denise Bryer (1955-1969; The Adventures Of Noddy and \"His Master's Voice\")Kathryn Beaumont (1963; Noddy Goes to Toyland) Pat Kerr (1971-1972; audio adaptations of Noddy Wins a Prize/Noddy and the Aeroplane and Noddy Goes To Schoo... |
Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompassing Rotorua and several other nearby towns. Rotorua has an estimated residen... | {"Urban density": "y", "Metro density": "y", "Density": "R", "DST": "+13", "Website": "www.rotorualakescouncil.nz"} |
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL).
The ECHL and the AHL are the only minor leagues recognized by the collective bar... | {"Current season": "2022-23 ECHL season", "Map size": "200px", "Sport": "Ice hockey", "Founded": "1988", "Teams": "28", "Headquarters": "Shrewsbury, New Jersey, U.S.", "Country": "United States (26 teams) Canada (2 teams)", "Champion": "Florida Everblades (3rd title)", "Most titles (player)": "Alaska Aces Florida Everb... |
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