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The SEAT León (), also spelled Leon in some other languages (named after the city of León, which also means "Lion" in Spanish), is a hatchback compact car built by the Spanish car manufacturer SEAT since October 1999.ETKA
The first two León generations used two differing variants of the Volkswagen Group A platform, an... | {"Also called": "Cupra León (2020-present)", "Manufacturer": "SEAT", "Production": "October 1999 - present", "Class": "Compact car/small family car (C)", "Body style": "3-door hatchback (2013-2018https://www.motor.es/noticias/seat-leon-sc-mii-3-puertas-eliminados-201849077.html SEAT elimina las últimas versiones de 3 ... |
Bridgewater College is a private liberal-arts college in Bridgewater, Virginia. Established in 1880, Bridgewater College admitted both men and women from the time of its founding and was the first four-year liberal arts college in Virginia to do so. Approximately 1,800 students are enrolled.
History
240px|left|thumb|... | {"Motto": "College of Character, Community of Excellence", "Type": "Private liberal arts college", "Endowment": "$91.9 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... |
The SEAT Alhambra is a seven-seater minivan that was built from 1996 to 2020. It was manufactured under the SEAT brand from June 1996 onwards at the Volkswagen Group's AutoEuropa plant in Palmela, Portugal. It shares the same platform with the Volkswagen Sharan, and the first generation was also related to the Ford Gal... | {"Manufacturer": "SEAT", "Production": "1996-2020 (497,987 Produced)", "Assembly": "Portugal: Palmela (Autoeuropa)", "Class": "Large MPV (M)", "Layout": "Front-engine, front-wheel-drive/four-wheel-drive", "Body style": "5-door multi-purpose vehicle", "Also called": "Volkswagen SharanFord Galaxy (1996-2006)"} |
The Philipps University of Marburg () is a public research university located in Marburg, Germany. It was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the world. It is now a public university of the state of ... | {"Type": "Public", "Budget": "€335.6 millionhttps://www.uni-marburg.de/profil/statistik/zahlen Aktuelle Zahlen auf einen Blick de University of Marburg 21 June 2017", "Chancellor": "vacant", "President": "Thomas Nauss de sup", "Students": "22,380Studierendenstatistik https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/universitaet/prof... |
The Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick (primarily in New York) and the Hoosuck (mostly archaic), is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed October 3, 2011 tributary of the Hudson River in the northeastern United States. The dif... | {"Mouth": "65 ft on", "Location": "Schaghticoke, New York", "Coordinates": "42 55 40 N 73 39 29 W inline,title", "Basin size": "720 sqmi on", "Left": "Green River, Little Hoosic River", "Right": "North Branch Hoosic River, Walloomsac River"} |
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Dame Alison Fettes Richard, (born 1 March 1948) is an English anthropologist, conservationist and university administrator. She was the 344th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, the third Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge since the post became full-time, and the second ... | {"Name": "Dame Alison Richard", "Term start": "2004", "Term end": "2010", "Office 2": "Provost of Yale University", "Predecessor 2": "Judith Rodin", "Successor 2": "Susan Hockfield", "Birth date": "1948 3 1 y", "Birth place": "Bromley, Kent, England", "Spouse(s)": "Robert E. Dewarhttp://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v31.n13... |
Blackboard Jungle is a 1955 American social drama film about an English teacher in an interracial inner-city school, based on the 1954 novel The Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter and adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks. It is remembered for its innovative use of rock and roll in its soundtrack, for cas... | {"Directed by": "Richard Brooks", "Produced by": "Pandro S. Berman", "Screenplay by": "Richard Brooks", "Based on": "The Blackboard Jungle1954 novel Evan Hunter", "Starring": "Glenn FordAnne FrancisLouis CalhernMargaret Hayes", "Music by": "Max C. Freedman, Jimmy DeKnight (song \"Rock Around the Clock\") (uncredited), ... |
The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection is a book by Ronald Fisher which combines Mendelian genetics with Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, with Fisher being the first to argue that "Mendelism therefore validates Darwinism"The Structure of Evolutionary Theory (2002) by Stephen Jay Gould, Chapter 7, sectio... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "The Clarendon Press", "Preceded by": "Statistical Methods for Research Workers", "Followed by": "The Design of Experiments"} |
A.M.A.N., was a Greek television parody show and the natural continuation of another TV show called Comfuzio that was aired by ERT3 in the early 1990s. A.M.A.N began after the death of their friend and broadcaster Antonis Pararas and the capital letters translates the word "Αντώνη Μας Άφησες Νωρίς" which means "Antonis... | {"Also known as": "A.M.A.N. - Etairia Perpatimenis Euthinis", "Genre": "Parody/Satire Show", "Directed by": "Antonis Kanakis", "Developed by": "A.M.A.N. Productions", "Presented by": "Antonis KanakisSotiris Kalivatsis", "Country of origin": "Greece", "Running time": "60 minutes", "Original network": "Mega Channel (1997... |
An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument intentionally made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body. It can also refer to a violin fitted with an electric pickup of some type, although "amplified violin" or ... | {"Name": "Electric violin", "Image size": "200", "Caption": "Front, back and headstock detail of a Leo Fender's Electric Violin", "Classification": "Bowed string instrument", "Related": "Violin"} |
Eleni Menegaki (; born October 29, 1969), is a Greek TV presenter. In 2010, Forbes ranked Menegaki as the second-most powerful and influential celebrity in Greece and top-ranked female.
Career
Television
MEGA Channel (1991-1994)
Eleni Menegaki started her career as a model. In 1991, she participated in the MEGA ... | {"Name": "Eleni Menegaki", "Birth date": "1969 10 29 y", "Birth place": "Athens, Greece", "Occupation": "TV Hostess", "Years active": "1991-present", "Spouse(s)": "Stavros Garderis 1989 1990 div.\n Giannis Latsios 2001 2010 div.\n Makis Pantzopoulos 2015", "Children": "Aggelos Latsios Laura Latsiou Valeria Latsiou M... |
Kalimera Ellada (; ) is a television morning program aired by ANT1 on 28 April 1992 until 1 July 2011 and revived on 7 September 2015 and hosted by Giorgos Papadakis. Contents of the program, which is very famous in its country, includes country and local news, daily presentation of newspaper's frontpages, etc.
See al... | {"Genre": "morning show", "Presented by": "Giorgos Papadakis", "Country of origin": "Greece", "Original network": "ANT1", "Original release": "present"} |
Greece
ΤΑ ΝΕΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤ1 (also branded on air as ANT1 News) is a famous news television programme in Greece, aired by ANT1 since 1989 and is currently hosted by Nikos Hadjinikolaou, as well as the rest of the ANT1 News Team.
It has previously been hosted by Terrence Quick, Dimitris Stamou, Elli Stai, Nikos Evagelatos an... | {"Also known as": "ANT1 News", "Genre": "News", "Presented by": "Nikos Hadjinikolaou", "Country of origin": "Greece", "Original network": "ANT1", "Original release": "present"} |
Skencil, formerly called Sketch, is a free software vector graphics editor, released under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Its first public version, Sketch 0.5.0, was released on October 31, 1998.
As claimed on its website, "Skencil is implemented almost completely in Python, a very high-level, object oriented,... | {"Initial release": "1998 10 31", "Type": "Vector graphics editor", "License": "GNU Library General Public License", "Website": "www.skencil.org"} |
Daniel Abraham (Abe) Yanofsky (March 25, 1925 - March 5, 2000) was a Canadian chess player, chess arbiter, writer, lawyer, and politician. An eight-time Canadian chess champion, Yanofsky was Canada's first grandmaster and the first grandmaster of the British Commonwealth.
Early life
Yanofsky was born to a Jewish famil... | {"Full name": "Daniel Abraham (Abe) Yanofsky", "Country": "Canada", "Born": "Brody, Poland (now western Ukraine)", "Died": "Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada", "Title": "GrandmasterInternational Arbiter", "Peak rating": "2460 (July 1971)"} |
The SIG P210 (Swiss Army designation Pistole 49, the civilian model was known as SP47/8 prior to 1957) is a locked breech self loading, semi-automatic pistol designed and manufactured in Neuhausen am Rheinfall (Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland) by SIG from 1948 to 2006.
It is of all-steel construction chambered in ... | {"Place of origin": "Switzerland", "Type": "Semi-automatic pistol", "Sights": "Fixed iron sights; adjustable in target variants", "In service": "1949-present", "Used by": "See Users", "Designer": "Max Müller\n Charles Petter\n SIG Neuhausen", "Designed": "1947 as SP47/8", "Manufacturer": "SIG, SIG Sauer", "Produced": "... |
Ye Jiangchuan (born November 20, 1960) is a Chinese chess player. He is the second Chinese player, after Ye Rongguang, to achieve the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 1993. On 1 January 2000, he became the first ever Chinese player to cross the 2600 elo rating mark.
Career
Born in Wuxi, Jiangsu,中国国际象棋... | {"Country": "China", "Born": "Wuxi, Jiangsu", "Title": "Grandmaster (1993)", "Peak rating": "2684 (April 2003)", "Peak ranking": "No. 17 (October 2000)", "Rating": "8600040"} |
Peter Harry Steve Griffiths (24 May 1928 - 20 November 2013) was a British Conservative politician best known for gaining the Smethwick seat by defeating the Shadow Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker in the 1964 general election, against the national trend, by using anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric.
Early life... | {"Name": "Peter Griffiths", "Term start": "3 May 1979", "Term end": "8 April 1997", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Smethwick", "Predecessor 2": "Patrick Gordon Walker", "Successor 2": "Andrew Faulds", "Birth name": "Peter Harry Steve Griffiths", "Birth date": "yes 1928 5 24", "Birth place": "West Bromwich, Staf... |
Konsole is a free and open-source terminal emulator graphical application which is part of KDE Applications and ships with the KDE desktop environment. Konsole was originally written by Lars Doelle. It ls licensed under the GPL-2.0-or-later and the GNU Free Documentation License.
KDE applications, including Dolphin, K... | {"Developer(s)": "Lars Doelle, Robert Knight", "Repository": "https://github.com/KDE/konsole\nhttps://invent.kde.org/kde/konsole", "Written in": "C++ (KDE Frameworks, Qt)", "Type": "Terminal emulator", "License": "GPL-2.0-or-later"} |
The Zagros Mountains (; ; ; ; Luri: Kuh hā-ye Zāgros کویا زاگرس or کوه یل زاگرس) are a long mountain range in Iran, northern Iraq, and southeastern Turkey. This mountain range has a total length of . The Zagros mountain range begins in northwestern Iran and roughly follows Iran's western border while covering much of s... | {"Elevation": "4,409", "Coordinates": "30 57 N 51 26 E region:IR_type:mountain inline", "Location": "Iran, Iraq, and TurkeyMiddle East or Western Asia", "Length": "Zagros Mountains https://www.britannica.com/place/Zagros-Mountains Encyclopedia Britannica 17 August 2017", "Width": "240", "Listing": "ALL"} |
Carl Stumpf (; 21 April 1848 - 25 December 1936) was a German philosopher, psychologist and musicologist. He is noted for founding the Berlin School of experimental psychology.
He studied with Franz Brentano at the University of Würzburg before receiving his doctorate at the University of Göttingen in 1868. He also t... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "20th-century philosophy", "School": "School of Brentano (early)Berlin School of experimental psychologyPhenomenology", "Doctoral students": "Edmund HusserlWolfgang KöhlerKurt Lewin"} |
Tropicana Field (commonly known as the Trop) is a multi-purpose domed stadium located in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. The stadium has been the ballpark of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB) since the team's inaugural season in 1998. The stadium is also used for college football, and from Decem... | {"Location": "St. Petersburg, Florida", "Coordinates": "27 46 6 N 82 39 12 W type:landmark inline,title", "Broke ground": "November 22, 1986Stadium Ground Broken https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uhdVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6216,8363265&dq Boca Raton News November 24, 1986 September 20, 2011", "Opened": "March 3, 1990", "Renov... |
Carling is a township in Ontario, Canada, located in the District of Parry Sound on Georgian Bay. Killbear Provincial Park is located in the municipality.
The CBC Television series The Rez was shot in the township at Harrison Landing.
Communities
Adanac
Brooks Landing
Carling
Dillon is located on central Georgian Bay... | {"Type": "Township", "Land": "248.85", "Density": "4.5", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.carlingtownship.ca"} |
Addington Highlands (2021 population 2,534) is a township in central eastern Ontario, Canada, in the County of Lennox and Addington. Bon Echo Provincial Park is located primarily in Addington Highlands.
History
Addington Highlands was formed in 1998 through the amalgamation of the Township of Kaladar, Anglesea and Eff... | {"Type": "Township", "Land": "1328.32", "Density": "2.0", "DST": "-4"} |
Margaret Carolyn Schott (née Unnewehr; August 18, 1928 - March 2, 2004) was an American baseball executive. Serving as managing general partner, president and CEO of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999, she was the second woman to own a North American major-league team without inheriting... | {"Name": "Marge Schott", "Alt": "Schott smiling and giving a thumbs up", "Birth name": "Margaret Carolyn Unnewehr", "Birth date": "yes 1928 8 18", "Birth place": "Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "yes 2004 03 02 1928 08 18", "Death place": "Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.", "Occupation": "Owner of the Cincinnati Reds", "Y... |
Jean Pelletier, (; February 21, 1935 – January 10, 2009) was a Canadian politician who served as the 37th mayor of Quebec City, Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister's Office, and chairman of Via Rail. He was a leading organizer of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Early career
Born in Chicoutimi, Quebec, the son of Burrou... | {"Name": "Jean Pelletier", "Birth date": "February 21, 1935", "Birth place": "Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada", "Death date": "2009 1 10 1935 2 21", "Death place": "Quebec City", "Term start": "December 1, 1977", "Term end": "November 5, 1989", "Office 2": "7th Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister", "Prime minister 2": "Jea... |
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA ) is a trade organization of participants in the market for over-the-counter derivatives.
It is headquartered in New York City, and has created a standardized contract (the ISDA Master Agreement) to enter into derivatives transactions. In addition to legal and ... | {"Type": "Trade association", "Founded": "1985", "Headquarters": "New York City", "Website": "www.isda.org"} |
Jeanette Anna MacDonald (June 18, 1903 - January 14, 1965) was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (The Love Parade, Love Me Tonight, The Merry Widow and One Hour With You) and Nelson Eddy (Naughty Marietta, Rose-Marie, and Maytime). During the 1930s ... | {"Name": "Jeanette MacDonald", "Caption": "MacDonald in 1934", "Birth name": "Jeannette Anna McDonaldSweethearts, 2001 486 photograph of baptismal record", "Birth date": "1903 06 18 y", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1965 01 14 1903 06 18 y", "Death place": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Re... |
The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC, , , , ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council.
Organisation
The department is composed of the following offices:
General Secretariat
Federal Office for Spati... | {"Formed": "1848", "Jurisdiction": "Federal administration of Switzerland", "Headquarters": "Bern", "Employees": "2,500The Swiss Confederation - a brief guide 2009 Swiss Federal Chancellery http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=en 4 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20130514013106/http://www.... |
The Music Lovers is a 1971 British drama film directed by Ken Russell and starring Richard Chamberlain and Glenda Jackson. The screenplay by Melvyn Bragg, based on Beloved Friend, a collection of personal correspondence edited by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck, focuses on the life and career of 19th-centu... | {"Directed by": "Ken Russell", "Produced by": "Ken Russell", "Screenplay by": "Melvyn Bragg", "Based on": "Beloved Friend, a collection of letters edited by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck", "Starring": "Richard ChamberlainGlenda Jackson", "Music by": "André Previn", "Cinematography": "Douglas Slocombe", "... |
Ignacy Domeyko or Domejko, pseudonym: Żegota (, ; 31 July 1802 - 23 January 1889) was a Polish geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile. Domeyko spent most of his life, and died, in his adopted country, Chile.
After a youth passed in partitioned Poland, Domeyko participate... | {"Name": "Ignacy Domeyko", "Birth date": "31 July 1802", "Death date": "23 January 1889 31 July 1802", "Birth place": "Niedźwiadka Wielka, Russian Empire", "Death place": "Santiago, Chile", "Nationality": "Polish", "Occupation": "geologist, mineralogist", "Education": "Vilnius University"} |
Bedale ( ), locally pronounced the same as ‘beadle’, is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is north of Leeds, south-west of Middlesbrough and south-west of the county town of Northallerton. It was originally in Richmondshire and listed i... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(Including Firby 2011 census)1170216801 Bedale Parish 2 March 2018", "Unitary authority": "North Yorkshire", "Ceremonial county": "North Yorkshire", "UK Parliament": "Richmond", "Postcode district": "DL", "Dialling code": "01677", "OS grid reference": "SE266883"} |
right|thumb|2 Harrison Plaza at the University of North Alabama in Florence. The school was chartered as LaGrange College by the Alabama Legislature in 1830.
The University of North Alabama (UNA) is a public university in Florence, Alabama. It is the state's oldest public university. Occupying a campus in a resident... | {"Motto": "la Veritas Lux Orbis Terrarum (Latin)", "Type": "Public university", "President": "Kenneth D. Kittshttps://www.una.edu/administration/meet-the-president.html Kenneth D. Kitts, Ph.D.", "Students": "8,832https://www.una.edu/pressroom/2021/11/unas-enrollment-breaks-records-tops-8800-students-for-first-time.ht... |
The University of South Alabama (USA) is a public research university in Mobile, Alabama. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in May 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. The first classes were held in June 1964, with an enrollment of 276 students; the fir... | {"Motto": "\"Research, Teaching, Service\"", "Accreditation": "SACS", "Type": "Public research university", "Endowment": "$667 million (total of USA's two separate endowment funds 2021)As of June 30, 2021. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2021-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--REVISED... |
Polegate is a town and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England, United Kingdom.OS Explorer map Eastbourne and Beachy Head Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey - Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009. It is located five miles (8 km) north of the seaside resort of Eastbourne and is par... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021)", "OS grid reference": "TQ587058", "Postcode district": "BN26", "Dialling code": "01323", "UK Parliament": "Lewes", "District": "Wealden", "Shire county": "East Sussex", "Website": "http://www.polegate-tc.co.uk/"} |
Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor, active in theatre, film and television since the 1960s. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, four Drama Desk Awards, two Helen Hayes Awards and nominations for a Primetime Emmy and a Tony Award.
Trained at the Yale Sc... | {"Name": "Stacy Keach", "Caption": "Keach in 2007", "Birth name": "Walter Stacy Keach Jr.", "Birth date": "1941 6 2", "Birth place": "Savannah, Georgia, U.S.", "Citizenship": "United StatesPoland (since 2015)", "Education": "University of California, Berkeley\n Yale University", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active"... |
Henry Warren Hartsfield Jr. (21 November 1933 - 17 July 2014) was a United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space. He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2006.
Personal data
Henry Hartsfield was born in Birmingham, Alabama on 21 November 1933. He was ... | {"Rank": "25px Colonel, USAF", "Selection": "1966 USAF MOL Group1969 NASA Group 7", "Missions": "STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A", "Retirement": "March 1998"} |
Potton is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, about east of the county town Bedford. The parish had a population in 2021 of 5,727. In 1783 the Great Fire of Potton destroyed a large part of the town. The parish church dates from the 13th century, and is dedicated to S... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "5,727 (Parish, 2021)Potton parish https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/central_bedfordshire/E04011976__potton/ City Population 3 September 20235,230 (Built-up area, 2021)Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales https://ww... |
thumb|Former offices of the Monetary and Foreign Exchange Authority of Macau at 45 Rua Pedro Nolasco da Silva, now the
The Monetary Authority of Macao (; , AMCM) is the currency board and the de facto central bank of Macau. The regulatory institution was established on December 20, 1999, upon the transfer of sovereig... | {"Headquarters": "Calçada do Gaio, n.os 24 e 26, Macauhttps://www.amcm.gov.mo/en/about-amcm/contact-us Contact us | Monetary Authority of Macao", "Bank name": "Monetary Authority of Macao", "Established": "1999 12 20", "Ownership": "Government of Macao SAR", "Leader": "Chan Sau San (陳守信)", "Leader title": "Chairman", ... |
Agnieszka Holland (; born 28 November 1948) is a Polish film and television director and screenwriter, best known for her political contributions to Polish cinema. She began her career as assistant to directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, and emigrated to France shortly before the 1981 imposition of the martia... | {"Name": "Agnieszka Holland", "Caption": "Agnieszka Holland in 2017", "Birth name": "Agnieszka Holland", "Birth date": "y 1948 11 28", "Birth place": "Warsaw, Poland", "Nationality": "Polish", "Alma mater": "Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague", "Occupation": "film and television director, sc... |
The island of Vatersay (; ) is the southernmost and westernmost inhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, and the settlement of Caolas on the north coast of the island is the westernmost permanently inhabited place in Scotland. The main village, also called Vatersay, is in the south of the island.
Geography
... | {"Coordinates": "56.93 -7.53 region:GB inline, title", "OS grid reference": "NL635955", "Meaning of name": "Water island", "Area": "960 ha sqmi 8", "Population rank": "45=", "Highest elevation": "Heiseabhal Mòr, 190 m ft 0", "Population": "90", "Population density": "9.4 PD/km2", "Largest settlement": "Baile Bhatarsaig... |
The lieutenant governor of North Carolina is the second-highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the only elected official to have powers in both the legislative and executive branches of state government. A member of the North Carolina Council of State, the lieutenant governor serves a four-... | {"Post": "Lieutenant Governor", "Body": "North Carolina", "Insignia size": "150px", "Insignia caption": "State seal", "Image size": "200px", "Incumbent": "Mark Robinson", "Incumbent since": "2021 1 9", "Style": "Lieutenant Governor(informal) The Honorable(formal) Mr. President(as President of the Senate)", "Member of":... |
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue is a television series and the eighth season of the Power Rangers franchise, based on the 23rd Super Sentai series Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive (1999).
Lightspeed Rescue had, for the first time, a Power Ranger with no Super Sentai counterpart in the Titanium Ranger, as there was no Titanium... | {"Also known as": "Saban's Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", "Genre": "ActionAdventureScience fantasySuperhero", "Created by": "Haim Saban Toei Company", "Developed by": "Saban EntertainmentToei Company", "Directed by": "Ryuta TasakiKoichi SakamotoIsaac FlorentineJonathan TzachorJudd LynnWorth KeeterMakoto Yokoyama", ... |
The State Auditor of North Carolina is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The state auditor is a constitutional officer responsible for overseeing and reviewing the financial accounts of all state government agencies. The auditor also conducts performance audits of state agencies, ensures s... | {"Post": "State Auditor", "Body": "North Carolina", "Insignia caption": "Logo of the North Carolina State Auditor", "Incumbent since": "2009 1 10", "Incumbent": "Beth Wood", "Member of": "Council of State Local Government Commission", "Department": "Office of State Auditor", "Seat": "Raleigh, North Carolina", "Term len... |
The North Carolina Secretary of State is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of North Carolina, and is fourth in the line of succession to the office of Governor of North Carolina. The secretary maintains the official journal of the North Carolina General Assemb... | {"Post": "Secretary of State", "Body": "North Carolina", "Insignia size": "150px", "Insignia caption": "Seal of the North Carolina Secretary of State", "Image size": "180px", "Incumbent": "Elaine Marshall", "Incumbent since": "January 6, 1997", "Status": "Constitutional officer", "Member of": "Council of State", "Seat"... |
Ælfric of Eynsham (; ; ) was an English abbot and a student of Æthelwold of Winchester, and a consummate, prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies, biblical commentaries, and other genres. He is also known variously as Ælfric the Grammarian (Alfricus Grammaticus), Ælfric of Cerne, and Ælfric the Homilist... | {"Name": "Ælfric of Eynsham", "Birth date": "955", "Death date": "1010 (aged 55)", "Occupation": "Monk"} |
The North Carolina State Treasurer is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina responsible for overseeing the financial operations of state government. The current state treasurer is Dale Folwell.
The office of state treasurer has existed since 1715 in the Province of North Carolina; at that time... | {"Post": "State Treasurer", "Body": "North Carolina", "Insignia size": "150px", "Insignia caption": "Seal of the North Carolina Department of the Treasury", "Incumbent": "Dale Folwell", "Incumbent since": "2017 1 1", "Member of": "Council of State", "Seat": "Raleigh, North Carolina", "Term length": "Four years, no term... |
Standard Chartered plc is a British multinational bank with operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom, it does not conduct retail banking in the UK, and around 90% of its profits come from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Sta... | {"Type": "Public limited company", "Headquarters": "London, England, UK", "Founded": "As Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China on yes 1853 12 29\n As Standard Chartered on yes 1969 11 18", "Revenue": "US$ 16.318 billion (2022)Annual Results 2022 https://av.sc.com/corp-en/content/docs/standard-chartered-plc-fu... |
MiniScribe Corporation was a manufacturer of disk storage products, founded in Longmont, Colorado in 1980. MiniScribe designed and sold stepper motor-based hard disk drives with a large amount of onboard logic for the time. They eventually moved into higher-profile voice coil motor designs, and won major contracts with... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Data storage", "Founded": "1980 in Longmont, Colorado", "Defunct": "1990", "Fate": "Acquired by Maxtor", "Products": "Hard disk drives"} |
Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain (November 25, 1857 – January 30, 1942) was a lawyer and a long-serving Canadian politician and judge. His career in provincial and territorial legislatures stretched into four decades. He served as the first premier of the Northwest Territories from 1897 to 1905 as is recogni... | {"Name": "Sir Frederick W. A. G. Haultain", "Image caption": "1916 painting by V.A. Long", "Term start": "October 7, 1897", "Term end": "September 1, 1905", "Lieutenant governor": "Charles H. MackintoshMalcolm Colin CameronAmédée E. Forget", "Lieutenant governor 1": "Joseph RoyalCharles H. Mackintosh", "Predecessor 2":... |
3i Group plc is a British multinational private equity and venture capital company based in London, England. 3i is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
History
The company was formed in 1945, as the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (ICFC), by the Bank of England ... | {"Type": "Public limited company", "Industry": "Corporate finance", "Formerly": "Investors in Industry", "ISIN": "n y GB00B1YW4409", "Founded": "1945", "Headquarters": "London, England, UK", "Services": "Private equity Infrastructure investment", "AUM": "£22.9 billion (2022)https://www.3i.com/about-us/our-business-at-a... |
A Mighty Wind is a 2003 American mockumentary comedy film about a folk music reunion concert in which three folk bands reunite for a television performance for the first time in decades. Co-written (with Eugene Levy), directed, and composed by Christopher Guest, the film is widely acknowledged to reference folk music p... | {"Directed by": "Christopher Guest", "Produced by": "Karen Murphy", "Written by": "Christopher GuestEugene Levy", "Starring": "Bob Balaban\n Christopher Guest\n John Michael Higgins\n Eugene Levy\n Jane Lynch\n Michael McKean\n Catherine O'Hara\n Parker Posey\n Harry Shearer\n Fred Willard", "Music by": "Christopher Gu... |
Northern Rock, formerly the Northern Rock Building Society, was a British bank. Based at Regent Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Northern Rock was originally a building society. It demutualised and became Northern Rock bank in 1997, when it floated on the London Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol NRK. ... | {"Type": "Plc", "Founded": "1850 (Northern Counties)1865 (Rock)1965 yes (merger, as Northern Rock)", "Defunct": "2012 10 12 yes", "Fate": "Sold to Virgin Money", "Headquarters": "England, UK", "Industry": "Bank", "Services": "Banking, Mortgages", "Revenue": "£5 billion (2006)", "Parent": "Virgin Money"} |
was a Japanese camera and optical equipment manufacturer, and currently, it exists as the Pentax Life Care Business Division of Hoya's medical endoscope business, as well as the digital camera brand of Ricoh Imaging, a subsidiary of Ricoh.
Pentax, founded in 1919 as a town workshop specializing in polishing eyeglass l... | {"Formerly": "Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Gōshi gaisha (1919-1938)\n Asahi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki gaisha (1938-2002)", "Type": "Public 7750 (-2007); Subsidiary of Hoya Corporation (2007-2008)", "Fate": "Merged into Hoya; digital camera business spun off to Ricoh", "Founded": "1919 11Tokyo, Japan", "Defunct": "2008 3 31", "Headq... |
Wang Yung-ching (; 18 January 1917 - 15 October 2008), also called YC Wang, was an entrepreneur who founded a large business empire in Taiwan.
In 2008, Forbes ranked him as the 178th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$5.5 billion.
Despite lacking any formal schooling beyond elementary sch... | {"Name": "Wang Yung-ching", "Native name": "王永慶", "Native name language": "zh", "Caption": "Portrait of Wang Yung-ching, collection of Formosa Plastics Group Museum", "Birth date": "1917 1 18 y", "Birth place": "Chyokutan jō, Shinden ku, Shinden shichō, Taihoku Chō, Japanese Taiwan", "Death date": "2008 10 15 1917 1 18... |
Grimsay () is a tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Geography
Grimsay is the largest of the low-lying stepping-stones which convey the Oitir Mhòr (North Ford) causeway, a arc of single track road linking North Uist and Benbecula via the western tip of Grimsay. Until it opened in 1960, a ferry linked Carin... | {"Coordinates": "57.49 -7.24 inline", "OS grid reference": "NF855572", "Meaning of name": "ON: Grim's Island", "Area": "833 ha sqmi 8", "Population rank": "36", "Highest elevation": "22 m", "Population": "169", "Population density": "20 PD/km2", "Largest settlement": "Bàgh Mòr and Ceallan", "Island group": "Uist and Ba... |
Alexander Gennadyevich Zaitsev (, born 16 June 1952 in Leningrad) is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With partner Irina Rodnina, he is a two-time (1976, 1980) Olympic champion, six-time World champion and seven-time European champion. They were coached by Stanislav Zhuk and later Tatiana Tarasov... | {"Full name": "Alexander Gennadyevich Zaitsev", "Country represented": "Soviet Union", "Born": "Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union", "Height": "5 ft 10 in on", "Former partner": "Irina Rodnina", "Former coach": "Tatiana Tarasova Stanislav Zhuk", "Retired": "1980"} |
Honor Blackman (22 August 1925 - 5 April 2020) was an English actress, known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The AvengersAaker, Everett (2006). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 58. (1962-1964), Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964), Julia Daggett in Shalako (1968), an... | {"Name": "Honor Blackman", "Caption": "Blackman in 1969", "Birth date": "1925 8 22 y", "Birth place": "Plaistow, Essex, England", "Death date": "2020 4 5 1925 8 22 yes", "Death place": "Lewes, East Sussex, England", "Occupation": "Actress singer", "Years active": "1947-2015", "Spouse(s)": "Bill Sankey 1948 1956 div\n M... |
The South African Army is the principal land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the South African Air Force, South African Navy and South African Military Health Service. The Army is commanded by the Chief of the Army, who is subordinate to the Chief of... | {"Branch": "Army", "Role": "Land warfare", "Size": "StaffingTargets>SANDF not meeting staffing targets http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36949:sandf-not-meeting-staffing-targets&catid=111:SA%20Defence&Itemid=242 defenceweb.co.za DefenceWeb 12 November 2014 11 November 2014 https:/... |
Elizabeth Nuttall (née Lynch, formerly McColgan; born 24 May 1964) is a Scottish former middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships and a silver over the same distance at the 1988 Olympic Games. McColgan earned a silver in the 3000 metres at the 1989 Wo... | {"Name": "Liz McColgan-NuttallMBE", "Birth name": "Elizabeth Lynch", "Birth date": "yes 1964 05 24", "Place of birth": "Dundee, Scotland, UK", "Height": "1.70 m", "Weight": "45 kg", "Country": "Great BritainScotland", "Sport": "Athletics", "Event": "10,000 metresMarathon3000 metres", "Club": "Dundee Hawks", "Medal temp... |
The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) is an online database of integer sequences. It was created and maintained by Neil Sloane while researching at AT&T Labs. He transferred the intellectual property and hosting of the OEIS to the OEIS Foundation in 2009. Sloane is the chairman of the OEIS Foundation.
O... | {"URL": "https://oeis.org/", "Commercial": "Nohttp://oeisf.org/index.html#GOALS Goals of The OEIS Foundation Inc. The OEIS Foundation Inc. 2017-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20131206172532/http://oeisf.org/index.html#GOALS 2013-12-06 dead", "Registration": "OptionalRegistration is required for editing entri... |
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Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ( - 23 June 1324) was an Anglo-French nobleman. Though primarily active in England, he also had strong connections with the French royal house. One of the wealthiest and most powerful ... | {"Birth date": "1270", "Death date": "23 June 1324 1275", "Death place": "Ponthieu", "Image caption": "19th-century depiction of Pembroke", "Wars and battles": "First War of Scottish Independence\nBattle of Methven\nBattle of Loudoun Hill\nBattle of Bannockburn\nBattle of Old Byland", "Father": "William de Valence, 1st... |
Aymer de Valence ( 1222 – 4 December 1260) was a Bishop of Winchester around 1250.
Life
Valence was a half brother of King Henry III of England;British History Online Bishops of Winchester accessed on 2 November 2007 his mother was Isabella of Angoulême, the second wife of King John, his father was Hugh X of Lusignan... | {"Denomination": "Catholic", "Predecessor": "William de Raley", "Successor": "Andrew of London", "Consecration": "16 May 1260", "Died": "Paris"} |
James Thomas Milton Anderson (July 23, 1878 - December 29, 1946) was the fifth premier of Saskatchewan and the first Conservative to hold the office.
Early career
Anderson was chosen as leader of the Conservatives in 1924 and was one of the party's three Members of the Legislative Assembly elected in the 1925 election... | {"Name": "James Thomas Milton Anderson", "Image caption": "Anderson, c. 1930", "Lieutenant governor": "Henry William NewlandsHugh Edwin Munroe", "Term start": "September 9, 1929", "Term end": "July 19, 1934", "Office 2": "Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Saskatoon City", "Predecessor 2": "Harris T... |
Soukous (from French secousse, "shock, jolt, jerk") is a genre of dance music originating from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) and the Republic of the Congo (formerly French Congo). It derived from Congolese rumba in the 1960s, with faster dance rhythms and bright, intricate guitar improvisation, ... | {"Name": "Soukous", "Stylistic origins": "Congolese rumba Maringa Likembe", "Cultural origins": "Late 1960s in DRC and Republic of the Congo, 1980s in France", "Derivative forms": "Muziki wa dansi", "Subgenres": "Kwassa kwassa, ndombolo", "Regional scenes": "Congolese sound (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania), fast-paced soukou... |
The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. All students attend on full scholarship.
History
20th century
thumb|upright=1.2|Curtis Institute of Music at 1726 Locus... | {"Type": "Private conservatory", "Endowment": "$253.2 million (2019)As of June 30, 2019. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2019-Endowment-Market-Values--Final-Feb-10.ashx? U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value, and Percenta... |
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is a public historically black land-grant research university in Princess Anne, Maryland. It is part of the University System of Maryland. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities - High research activity".
History
thumb|UMES is a member of the Thurgood Marshall Col... | {"Motto": "Facta, Non Verba", "Type": "Public historically black land-grant research university", "Endowment": "$26.2 million (2017)", "President": "Heidi M. Anderson", "Provost": "Nancy S. Niemi", "Undergraduates": "2,333 (fall 2019)", "Campus": "Rural, 1,138 acres", "Website": "www.umes.edu", "Postgraduates": "553 (f... |
Autun () is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France. It was founded during the Principate era of the early Roman Empire by Emperor Augustus as Augustodunum to give a Roman capital to the Gallic people Aedui, who had Bibracte as their political cen... | {"Name": "Autun", "Commune Status": "Subprefecture and commune", "Image": "center\n Ecole militaire d'Autun et cimetière.jpg\n 112 Autun L'hôtel de ville et le théâtre.jpg\n Cathédrale St Lazare Autun 29.jpg\n Temple de Janus, Autun - 04.jpg\n Bourgogne Autun Theatre Romain 17072009 - panoramio.jpg\n Passag... |
Erol Otus is an American artist and game designer, known internationally for his contributions to the fantasy role-playing game (RPG) genre, especially early in the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. He is also known for his artwork on the multiple award winning Star Control II as well as providing the voice for one of the ... | {"Name": "Erol Otus", "Birth place": "United States", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Artist, game designer", "Years active": "1977-present", "Known For": "Dungeons & Dragons"} |
The Finnish Democratic Republic ( or Suomen kansantasavalta, , Russian: Финляндская Демократическая Республика), also known as the Terijoki Government (), was a short-lived communist puppet state of the Soviet Union in occupied Finnish territory from December 1939 to March 1940.
The Finnish Democratic Republic was est... | {"Native name": "Suomen kansanvaltainen tasavalta Demokratiska Republiken Finland", "Conventional long name": "Finnish Democratic Republic", "Type of government": "One-party socialist republic under a totalitarian dictatorship", "Date established": "1 December", "Event ending the country": "Merged into the Karelo-Finn... |
Alpha Gamma Delta (), also known as Alpha Gam, is an international women's fraternity and social organization. It was founded on May 30, 1904, by eleven female students at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, and thus it is the youngest member of the Syracuse Triad of North American social sororities that also in... | {"Founded": "Syracuse University, (Syracuse, New York)", "Affiliation": "NPC", "Type": "Social", "Scope": "International", "Vision statement": "Inspire the Woman. Impact the World.", "Motto": "Loving. Leading. Lasting.", "Colors": "#FF0000 Red #F0DC82 Buff #008000 Green", "Flower": "Red and Buff Roses with Green aspara... |
The Institute of Technology, Tralee (IT Tralee; ) was an institute of technology, located in Tralee, Ireland. It was established in 1977 as the Regional Technical College, Tralee. In January 2021, itself and the Cork Institute of Technology were dissolved to become the Munster Technological University, Ireland's second... | {"Type": "Public", "President": "Oliver Murphyhttp://www.kerryman.ie/news/new-acting-president-appointed-at-it-tralee-2533850.html New acting President appointed at IT Tralee Simon Brouder 9 February 2011 The Kerryman 2 June 2011 14 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120314154237/http://www.kerryman.ie/ne... |
El Nido, officially the Municipality of El Nido (, ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 50,494 people.
It is about south-west of Manila, and about north-east of Puerto Princesa, capital of Palawan. A managed resource protected ar... | {"Type": "government_type", "Rank": "0", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
Byron Ingemar "Boss" Johnson (born Björn Ingimar Jónsson; December 10, 1890 - January 12, 1964), served as the 24th premier of British Columbia, from 1947 to 1952. To his contemporaries he was often referred to by his nickname, Boss Johnson, which had nothing to do with his personality, but was an anglicization of the... | {"Name": "Boss Johnson", "Image caption": "Byron I. Johnson", "Term start": "December 29, 1947", "Term end": "August 1, 1952", "Lieutenant governor": "Charles Arthur BanksClarence Wallace", "Office 2": "MLA for New Westminster", "Predecessor 2": "Arthur Wellesley Gray", "Successor 2": "Rae Eddie", "Birth name": "Björn ... |
The September Massacres were a series of killings of prisoners in Paris that occurred in 1792, from Sunday, 2 September until Thursday, 6 September, during the French Revolution. Between 1,176 and 1,614 peopleL. Madelin, Chapter XXI, p. 256 were killed by fédérés, guardsmen, and sans-culottes, with the support of gend... | {"Title": "September Massacres", "Part of": "the French Revolution", "Image caption": "Massacres des 2 et 3 septembre 1792 by Auguste Raffet", "Native name": "Massacres de Septembre", "Language of native name": "fr", "Patrons": "-->", "Organizers": "Cordeliers", "Participants": "235 fédérés, guardsmen and sansculottes"... |
Lucius II: The Prophecy is a psychological horror stealth sandbox game developed and published by Shiver Games for Microsoft Windows. It serves as a loose sequel to the game Lucius. Focusing on addressing the criticisms of linearity in the original Lucius, Lucius II offers players a variety of ways to complete their ob... | {"Title": "Lucius II: The Prophecy", "Developer": "Shiver Games", "Publisher": "Shiver Games", "Designer": "Johannes AikioHeikki PulkkinenAlessandro Laina", "Artist": "Heikki Pulkkinen", "Programmer": "Johannes AikioHenrik Lidstrom", "Composer": "Johannes Aikio", "Engine": "Unity", "Platforms": "Microsoft Windows", "Re... |
thumb|240px|Attendees at AX 2022
thumb|240px|Re:Zero cosplayers at AX 2018
thumb|240px|Homestuck meet-up at AX 2012
thumb|240px|Attendees gather at the LA Convention Center's South Hall during AX 2016.
thumb|240px|People at Anime Expo 2015
Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an American anime convention held in Los Angeles... | {"Event name": "Anime Expo", "Status": "Active", "Genre": "Anime Manga Video games", "Venue": "Los Angeles Convention Center", "Location": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Coordinates": "34.039737 -118.270293 title,inline", "Country": "United States", "First event date": "1992 7 3", "Most recent event date": "2023 7 1... |
The Lebombo Mountains, also called Lubombo Mountains (), are an , narrow range of mountains in Southern Africa. They stretch from Hluhluwe in KwaZulu-Natal in the south to Punda Maria in the Limpopo Province in South Africa in the north. Parts of the mountain range are also found in Mozambique and Eswatini.
Descriptio... | {"Elevation": "776", "Location": "South Africa", "Coordinates": "26 15 0 S 32 0 0 E type:mountain_region:ZA_source:GNS-enwiki dms inline,title", "Length": "N/S", "Width": "E/W"} |
Paul Bins, comte de Saint-Victor (11 July 1827 in Paris - 9 July 1881 in Paris), known as Paul de Saint-Victor, a French author and critic. He is likely most known today as a French cultural figure mentioned by Marcel Proust in the novel In Search of Lost Time.
Personal
Saint-Victor was born in Paris. His father Jacqu... | {"Born": "yes 1827 7 11", "Died": "yes 1881 7 9 1827 7 11", "Occupation": "Essayist", "Language": "French", "Nationality": "French"} |
The 1st South African Infantry Division was an infantry division of the army of the Union of South Africa. During World War II the division served in East Africa from 1940 to 1941 and in the Western Desert Campaign from 1941 to 1942. The division was disbanded on 1 January 1943, for conversion into what would become th... | {"Allegiance": "Allied forces of World War II", "Branch": "Union of South Africa", "Type": "Infantry", "Size": "Division", "Disbanded": "1 January 1943"} |
The Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Tempe, Arizona. It is seen as a front group for the fossil fuel industry, and as promoting climate change denial. The Center produces a weekly online newsletter called CO2Science.
The Center was founded and is ... | {"Name": "Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change", "Type": "501(c)(3)", "Key people": "Sherwood B. Idso, PresidentCraig D. Idso, ChairmanKeith E. Idso, Vice-President", "Purpose": "CO2 Science", "Revenue": "$1,001,003"} |
The Borough of Guildford is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. With around half of the borough's population, Guildford is its largest settlement and only town, and is the location of the council.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 by an amalga... | {"Type": "Non-metropolitan district", "Body": "Guildford Borough Council", "Rank": "E07000209", "Density": "E07000209", "DST": "+1"} |
A Coruña (; ; also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. A Coruña is the second most populated city in Galicia, the first one is Vigo. The city is the provincial capital of the province of the same name, having also served as political c... | {"Type": "Ayuntamiento", "Body": "Concello da Coruña", "Density": "6613", "Metro density": "431,332", "DST": "CEST (GMT +2)", "Website": "http://www.coruna.gal"} |
Clare Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. Founded in 1966 by Clare College, Clare Hall is a college for advanced study, admitting only postgraduate students alongside postdoctoral researchers and fellows. It was established to serve as an Institute of Advanced Studies and has slowly g... | {"Abbreviation": "CLHUniversity 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", "Established": "1966", "Location": "Herschel Road (map)", "Undergraduate... |
Stephen Reed Benson (born January 2, 1954) is an American editorial cartoonist.
Biography
Stephen Benson was born on January 2, 1954, in Sacramento, California. As the grandson of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and former LDS Church president Ezra Taft Benson, he attended Brigham Young University, from which he ... | {"Name": "Stephen Reed Benson", "Caption": "Benson at the Freedom From Religion Foundation 2019 National Convention in Madison, Wisconsin", "Birth date": "1954 01 02", "Birth place": "Sacramento, California, U.S.", "Notable works": ", which produces label \"Works\" -->", "Spouse(s)": "Claire Ferguson (m. 2020)", "Relat... |
The Highwayman’s hitch is a quick-release draw hitch used for temporarily securing a load that will need to be released easily and cleanly. The hitch can be untied with a tug of the working end, even when under tension. The highwayman's hitch can be tied in the middle of a rope, and so the working end does not need to... | {"Names": "Highwayman's hitch, draw hitch, Highwayman’s cutaway, Bank Robbers Knot, Getaway hitch or Quick-release knot", "Category": "hitch", "Related": "Tumble hitch, Mooring Hitch", "Releasing": "Non-jamming", "Typical use": "Quick-release, draw loop hitch", "Caveat": "Potentially unstable, especially when tied arou... |
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Its headquarters are located in Washington, D.C. The AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach programs, and collaborates with other stakeholders in the design and... | {"Abbreviation": "AIA", "Type": "Nonprofit", "Headquarters": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Website": "http://www.aia.org"} |
Commander Abraham Whipple (September 26, 1733 - May 27, 1819) was an American naval officer best known for his service in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War and being one of the founders of Marietta, Ohio. Born near Providence, Colony of Rhode Island, Whipple chose to be a seafarer early in his life and ... | {"Name": "Abraham Whipple", "Image caption": "Abraham Whipple, by Edward Savage", "Birth date": "1733 9 26", "Death date": "1819 5 27 1733 9 26", "Birth place": "Providence, Colony of Rhode Island", "Death place": "Marietta, Ohio", "Resting place": "Mound Cemetery, Marietta", "Battles fought": "American Revolutionary W... |
Mount Pinatubo; ; ; ; is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains, located on the tripoint boundary of the Philippine provinces of Zambales, Tarlac and Pampanga, all in Central Luzon on the northern island of Luzon."Report of the Philippine Commission to the President, 1901 Vol. III" , pg. 141. Government Pr... | {"Location": "Luzon", "Elevation": "1486 m ft (current)\n1745 m ft (before 1991 eruption)", "Language of name": "Tagalog", "Pronunciation": "ˌ p iː n ə ˈ t uː b oʊ", "Coordinates": "15 08 30 N 120 21 00 E type:mountain_region:PH_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Bona Drag is a compilation album by Morrissey released on 15 October 1990. The album features an array of Morrissey's most popular songs from his early solo career, most of which had not been released on any previous album. The album name meaning nice outfits is an example of the subculture slang Polari explored furthe... | {"Released": "15 October 1990", "Recorded": "1987-1989", "Genre": "Alternative rock", "Label": "HMVMajor Minor (reissue)", "Producer": "Stephen Street; Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley"} |
Bremen Airport (German: Flughafen Bremen, ) is the international airport of the city and state of Bremen in Northern Germany. It is located south of the city and handled 630,000 passengers in 2022. It mainly features flights to European metropolitan and leisure destinations.
History
Early years
The beginnings of the ... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Bremen, Germany", "AMSL": "4", "Website": "bremen-airport.com", "Coordinates": "53 02 51 N 008 47 12 E region:DE inline,title"} |
Scalpay (; or Sgalpaigh na Hearadh; i.e. "Scalpay of Harris" to distinguish it from Scalpay off Skye) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Toponym
Mac an Tàilleir (2003) suggests the name derives from "ship island" from the Norse.Mac an Tàilleir p. 103 However, Haswell-Smith states that the Old Norse name... | {"Coordinates": "57 51 54 N 06 40 39 W inline,title", "OS grid reference": "NG214965", "Meaning of name": "scallop island or ship Island", "Area": "653 ha sqmi 4 on", "Population rank": "26", "Highest elevation": "Beinn Scorabhaig 104 m ft 0 on", "Population": "291", "Population density": "44.5 PD/km2 on", "Largest set... |
Lev Zalmanovich (Zinovyevich) Kopelev (, German: Lew Sinowjewitsch Kopelew, 9 April 1912, Kyiv - 18 June 1997, Cologne) was a Soviet author and dissident.
Early life
Kopelev was born in Kyiv, then Russian Empire, to a middle-class Jewish family. In 1926, his family moved to Kharkiv. While a student at Kharkiv State ... | {"Name": "Lev Zalmanovich (Zinovyevich) Kopelev", "Native name": "Лев Залма́нович (Зино́вьевич) Ко́пелев", "Caption": "Lev Kopelev at a reading in Bad Münstereifel, the 1980s", "Birth date": "1912 4 9", "Birth place": "Kyiv, Russian Empire (modern Ukraine)", "Death date": "1997 6 18 1912 4 9", "Death place": "Cologne, ... |
Sir David Rippon Hare (born 5 June 1947) is an English playwright, screenwriter and theatre and film director. Best known for his stage work, Hare has also enjoyed great success with films, receiving two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for writing The Hours in 2002, based on the novel written by ... | {"Born": "1947 6 5 yes", "Occupation": "Playwright, screenwriter, director", "Education": "Jesus College, Cambridge (MA)", "Notable awards": "Full awards"} |
Mystic Pizza is a 1988 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Donald Petrie in his feature directorial debut, and starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts and Lili Taylor. It follows the coming-of-age of three young Portuguese-American friends who work at a pizza parlor in a seaside Connecticut town. The film rec... | {"Directed by": "Donald Petrie", "Produced by": "Mark Levinson Scott Rosenfelt", "Screenplay by": "Amy Holden Jones Perry Howze Randy Howze Alfred Uhry", "Story by": "Amy Holden Jones", "Starring": "Annabeth Gish\n Julia Roberts\n Lili Taylor\n Vincent D'Onofrio\n William R. Moses\n Adam Storke\n Conchata Ferrell", "Mu... |
Great Bernera (; ), often known just as Bernera (), is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. With an area of just over , it is the thirty-fourth largest Scottish island.
Great Bernera lies in Loch Roag on the north-west coast of Lewis and is linked to it by a road bridge. Built in 1953, the bridge... | {"Coordinates": "58.2 -6.85 inline", "OS grid reference": "NB162344", "Meaning of name": "Bjørn's island from Norse", "Area": "2122 ha acre", "Population rank": "29", "Highest elevation": "87 m ft 0", "Population": "252", "Population density": "11.9 PD/km2", "Largest settlement": "Breaclete", "Island group": "Lewis and... |
Timothy Murphy ( - ) was an American soldier who fought during the Revolutionary War. In the Saratoga campaign, Murphy is reputed to have shot and killed British Army officers Sir Francis Clerke and Simon Fraser. Murphy's life is the subject of a 1953 novel titled The Rifleman.
Early life
Relatively few details of Mur... | {"Name": "Timothy Murphy", "Caption": "A monument to Murphy", "Birth date": "1751", "Birth place": "Pennsylvania, British America", "Death date": "1818 (aged 66-67)", "Death place": "Fultonham, New York", "Occupation": "Soldier", "Spouse(s)": "Margaret Feeck \n Mary Robertson", "Children": "13"} |
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.
Career
Urawa Reds
Ono grew up in the Shizuoka Prefecture and began his professional career with Urawa Reds in the J1 League in 1998. The same year, he became the youngest Japanese player to play at 1998 World... | {"Name": "Shinji Ono小野 伸二", "Picture caption": "Ono playing for Western Sydney Wanderers in 2013", "Full name": "Shinji Onohttps://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Japan FIFA 16 21 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/http... |
thumb|The House of Lords entrance to the Parliament House (east view). The entrance, which was part of an extension to the original building, was designed by renowned architect James Gandon by 1789.
The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medieval times until 1800. It... | {"Type": "Upper house", "Succeeded by": "House of Lords of the United Kingdom", "Disbanded": "1800 12 31 y", "Seats": "typically 122-147The Active Irish Peers in the Early Eighteenth Century F. G. James 23 May 1979 Journal of British Studies 18 2 52-69 175512 10.1086/385737", "Salary": "nil"} |
Marshall Bertram Rosenberg (October 6, 1934February 7, 2015) was an American psychologist, mediator, author and teacher. Starting in the early 1960s, he developed nonviolent communication, a process for supporting partnership and resolving conflict within people, in relationships, and in society. He worked worldwide as... | {"Name": "Marshall B. Rosenberg", "Caption": "Marshall Rosenberg in 2005", "Birth date": "yes 1934 10 6", "Birth place": "Canton, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "yes 2015 2 7 1934 10 6", "Death place": "Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "PeacemakerAuthor", "Known For": "Nonviolent com... |
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