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Media Lens is a British media analysis website established in 2001 by David Cromwell and David Edwards. Cromwell and Edwards are the site's editors and only regular contributors. Their aim is to scrutinise and question the mainstream media's coverage of significant events and issues and to draw attention to what they c... | {"URL": "https://www.medialens.org/", "Registration": "None", "Available in": "English", "Launched": "2001"} |
Euhemerus (; also spelled Euemeros or Evemerus; Euhēmeros, "happy; prosperous"; late fourth century BC) was a Greek mythographer at the court of Cassander, the king of Macedon. Euhemerus' birthplace is disputed, with Messina in Sicily as the most probable location, while others suggest Chios or Tegea.
The philosophy ... | {"Born": "Fourth century BC", "Died": "Third century BC", "Occupation": "Writer, philosopher, mythographer, historian", "Nationality": "Greek"} |
Lucky is the eighth album by singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released in 2004. Lucky made a debut on Billboard chart at No. 15 with almost 92,000 copies sold.
"Tuesday Morning" is dedicated to the memory of Mark Bingham, his family and friends, paying tribute to all the heroes of 9/11.
Shortly after the album's ... | {"Released": "February 10, 2004", "Recorded": "2003", "Studio": "The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California NRG Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California", "Genre": "Rock", "Label": "Island", "Producer": "Melissa Etheridge,David N. Cole,Ross Hogarth,Rick Parashar,John Shanks"} |
Sir Henry Edward Bolte (20 May 1908 - 4 January 1990) was an Australian politician who served as the 38th Premier of Victoria. To date he is the longest-serving Victorian premier, having been in office for over 17 consecutive years.
Early years
Henry Bolte () was born in Ballarat, the son of a publican of German de... | {"Name": "Henry Bolte", "Nationality": "Australian", "Image size": "150px", "Term start": "7 June 1955", "Term end": "23 August 1972", "Predecessor 2": "Raymond Hyatt", "Successor 2": "Tom Austin", "Birth date": "20 May 1908", "Birth place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Death date": "1990 1 4 1908 5 20 y", "Death ... |
Kendell Airlines was a regional airline of Australia, in the 1990s the largest in the country. It served major regional centres in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney. Many of its services were in co-operation with its parent company Ansett Australia from the 199... | {"Airline name": "Kendell Airlines", "Logo": "Kendell_Logo.PNG", "Image size (px)": "175", "IATA Designator": "KD", "ICAO Designator": "KDA", "Callsign": "KENDELL", "Parent Company": "Ansett Australia (1990—2001)", "Founded": "1967 yes(as Premiair Aviation)", "Ceased operations": "2001 09 14 yes(merged with Hazelton Ai... |
The Leader of the Opposition () in Ireland is a term sometimes used to describe the politician who leads the largest party in the Parliamentary Opposition in the lower house of the Irish Parliament, Dáil Éireann. In the Dáil, the Leader of the Opposition sits on the right-hand side of the Ceann Comhairle and directly ... | {"Post": "Leader of the Opposition", "Native name": "Ceannaire an Fhreasúra", "Insignia caption": "Logo of the largest party in opposition", "Incumbent": "Mary Lou McDonald", "Incumbent since": "27 June 2020", "Term length": "While leader of the largest political party in the Dáil that is not in government", "Date of f... |
Lake Shore Drive (officially Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable Lake Shore Drive, and called DuSable Lake Shore Drive, The Outer Drive, The Drive, LSD or DLSD) is an expressway that runs alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan, and adjacent to parkland and beaches, in Chicago. Except for the portion north of Foster Avenue ... | {"Name": "Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable Lake Shore Drive", "Part of": "IL US 41 Tour LMCT", "Length": "(as of 2006, does not include 2013 extension)", "Completion": "1937"} |
Zambo ( or ) or Sambu is a racial term historically used in the Spanish Empire to refer to people of mixed Indigenous and African ancestry. Occasionally in the 21st century, the term is used in the Americas to refer to persons who are of mixed African and Indigenous American ancestry.
The equivalent term in Brazil i... | {"Name": "Zambo", "Image caption": "16th-century painting of Zambo caciques from Esmeraldas, Ecuador", "Population": "5,804,800 in South America, unknown number overall", "Languages": "Spanish, Portuguese and English", "Religions": "Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholic, minority practices Protestantism), African ... |
Philippe-Antoine Merlin, known as Merlin de Douai (, 30 October 1754 - 26 December 1838) was a French politician and lawyer.
Early life
Merlin de Douai was born at Arleux, Nord, and was called to the Flemish bar association in 1775.Chronicle of the French Revolution, Longman Group 1989 p.37 He collaborated in the Répe... | {"Term start": "26 May 1799", "Term end": "18 June 1799", "Office 2": "Member of the Directory", "Predecessor 2": "Lazare Carnot", "Successor 2": "Jean-François Moulin"} |
Jay Norwood Darling (October 21, 1876 - February 12, 1962), better known as Ding Darling, was an American cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes. He was an important figure in the 20th century conservation movement and founded the National Wildlife Federation. In addition, he was known to be close friends with Walt Dis... | {"Name": "Ding Darling", "Birth name": "Jay Norwood Darling", "Birth date": "1876 10 21", "Birth place": "Norwood, Michigan, U.S.", "Death date": "1962 02 12 1876 10 21", "Death place": "Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.\"Pulitzer Prize Cartoonist, 'Ding' Darling Dies At 85\". The Baltimore Sun. February 13, 1962. p. 15.", "Occup... |
Wok racing is a sport developed by the German TV host and entertainer Stefan Raab in which modified woks are used to make timed runs down an Olympic bobsleigh track. There are competitions for and , the latter using four woks per sled.
History
Wok racing was inspired by a bet in the German TV show Wetten, dass..?. ... | {"Team members": "Teams of 1 or 4", "Type": "Winter sport, Time trial", "Equipment": "Wok", "Venue": "Bobsleigh tracks"} |
The Ontario Science Centre (OSC, originally the Centennial Museum of Science and Technology), is a science museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located near the Don Valley Parkway about northeast of downtown on Don Mills Road in the former city of North York. It is built down the side of a wooded ravine formed by... | {"Coordinates": "43 43 00 N 79 20 18 W region:CA-ON_type:landmark inline,title", "Established": "1969 09 26", "Location": "770 Don Mills RoadToronto, OntarioM3C 1T3", "Type": "Science centre", "Accreditation": "Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC)", "CEO": "Paul Kortenaar", "Visitors": "900,225https://w... |
thumb|Looking west across the Straight from Iona Park in Richmond towards Gabriola and Valdes Islands.
The Strait of Georgia () or the Georgia StraitBCGNIS "Georgia Strait" is an arm of the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the extreme southwestern mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada, and the extreme nort... | {"Location": "British Columbia and Washington", "Coordinates": "49 17 39 N 123 48 26 W type:waterbody_scale:1500000 it", "Part of": "Salish Sea", "River sources": "Fraser River, Squamish River", "Ocean/sea sources": "Pacific Ocean", "Basin": "Canada and United States", "Average depth": "156 m ft on", "Max. depth": "420... |
The Arizona Rangers is a noncommissioned civilian auxiliary that supports law enforcement in the state of Arizona.
In 2002, the modern-day Arizona Rangers were officially recognized by the State of Arizona when the Legislature passed Arizona Revised Statute (ARS) 41-4201 authorizing the Arizona Rangers to provide arme... | {"Uniformed as": "Arizona Rangers", "Formed": "1901 3 21 (initial)1957 (revival)", "Dissolved": "1909 (initial)", "Volunteers": "500+", "Multinational agency": "United States", "Legal jurisdiction": "Arizona", "Secondary governing body": "Arizona Rangers Board of Governors", "General nature": "Yes", "Headquarters": "Ph... |
SOGo (formerly named Scalable OpenGroupware.org) is an open source collaborative software (groupware) server with a focus on simplicity and scalability.
SOGo provides collaboration for Mozilla Thunderbird/Lightning, Microsoft Outlook, Apple iCal/iPhone and BlackBerry client users. Its features include the ability to s... | {"Developer(s)": "Inverse Inc / Alinto", "Available in": "Arabic, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Sl... |
Microsoft Exchange Server is a mail server and calendaring server developed by Microsoft. It runs exclusively on Windows Server operating systems.
The first version was called Exchange Server 4.0, to position it as the successor to the related Microsoft Mail 3.5. Exchange initially used the X.400 directory service but... | {"Developer(s)": "Microsoft", "Initial release": "1996 04 2", "Platform": "x64", "Type": "Collaborative software", "License": "Proprietary commercial software"} |
The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel. It was first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, and was the best-selling work of fiction that year.
Premise
The Bridge of San Luis Rey tells the story of several interrelated people who die in t... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Albert & Charles Boni", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "235"} |
Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (;Gig Patta: Good, good. And, um, just to wrap things up, I know you've been asked, you know, hundreds of times—I mean, how do you really pronounce your last name?Gyllenhaal: How do you think you pronounce my last name?Gig Patta: I thought it was pronounced /ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/.Gyllenhaal: You got it... | {"Name": "Jake Gyllenhaal", "Caption": "Gyllenhaal at the premiere of Spider-Man: Far From Home in 2019", "Birth name": "Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal", "Birth date": "1980 12 19", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Columbia University", "Occupation": "Actor producer", "Years active": "1991-pres... |
Apache Groovy is a Java-syntax-compatible object-oriented programming language for the Java platform. It is both a static and dynamic language with features similar to those of Python, Ruby, and Smalltalk. It can be used as both a programming language and a scripting language for the Java Platform, is compiled to Java ... | {"Name": "Groovy", "Logo caption": "Groovy Logo", "Paradigm": "Multi-paradigm: object-oriented, imperative, functional, aspect-oriented, scripting", "Initial release date": "2003", "Latest preview version": "4.0.0-beta-1", "Latest preview date": "2021 09 06", "Designer": "James Strachan", "Developer": "Guillaume Laforg... |
Nicolae Văcăroiu (; born on 5 December 1943 in Cetatea Albă, now Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine) is a Romanian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), who served as Prime Minister between 1992 and 1996. Before the 1989 Revolution, he worked at the Committee for State Planning, together with Theodor S... | {"Name": "Nicolae Văcăroiu", "Term start": "20 April 2007", "Term end": "23 May 2007", "Order 2": "Prime Minister of Romania", "President 2": "Ion IliescuEmil Constantinescu", "Predecessor 2": "Theodor Stolojan", "Successor 2": "Victor Ciorbea", "Birth date": "1943 12 5 y", "Birth place": "Cetatea Albă, Kingdom of Roma... |
The Owl Service is a low fantasy novel for young adults by Alan Garner, published by Collins in 1967. Set in modern Wales, it is an adaptation of the story of the mythical Welsh woman Blodeuwedd, an "expression of the myth" in the author's words.
Garner won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recog... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "William Collins, Sons", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "156 pp (first edition)", "ISBN": "0001846035"} |
Victor Ciorbea (; born on 26 October 1954) is a Romanian jurist, politician, and civil/public servant. He was the Mayor of Bucharest between 1996 and 1997 and, after his resignation from this public dignity/position, Prime Minister of Romania from 12 December 1996 to 30 March 1998. He had also served as the Ombudsman b... | {"Name": "Victor Ciorbea", "Image": "Victor Ciorbea (1).JPG", "Term start": "12 December 1996", "Term end": "30 March 1998", "Office 2": "Member of the Senate of Romania", "Birth date": "1954 10 26 y", "Birth place": "Ponor, Romanian People's Republic", "Other political party": "Christian Democratic National Peasants' ... |
Mary Eileen McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles as Stands With A Fist in Dances with Wolves and May-Alice Culhane in Passion Fish. McDonnell is well known for her performances as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Gal... | {"Name": "Mary McDonnell", "Caption": "McDonnell at the 2019 GalaxyCon Raleigh", "Birth name": "Mary Eileen McDonnell", "Birth date": "1952 04 28", "Birth place": "Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Education": "State University of New York at Fredonia", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1977-present", "Spouse... |
Dimitrie Brătianu (1818-1892) was the Prime Minister of Romania from 22 April to 21 June 1881 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 April 1881 until 8 June 1881. He was the son of Dincă Brătianu and the older brother of Ion C. Brătianu. As mayor of Bucharest, he witnessed a major event in Romania's history: the arriv... | {"Name": "Dimitrie Brătianu", "Term start": "10 April 1881", "Term end": "8 June 1881", "Office 2": "Minister of Foreign Affairs", "Predecessor 2": "Vasile Boerescu", "Successor 2": "Eugeniu Stătescu", "Birth date": "1818", "Death date": "1892 1818"} |
Petru Groza (7 December 1884 - 7 January 1958) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician, best known as the first Prime Minister of the Communist Party-dominated government under Soviet occupation during the early stages of the Communist regime in Romania, and later as the President of the Presidium of the Great... | {"Name": "Petru Groza", "Nationality": "Romanian", "Term start": "12 June 1952", "Term end": "7 January 1958", "Order 2": "Vice President of the Council of Ministers", "Prime minister 2": "Constantin SănătescuNicolae Rădescu", "Monarch 2": "Michael I", "Predecessor 2": "Mihai Antonescu", "Successor 2": "Gheorghe Tătăre... |
Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an American actress. Known for her work on stage and screen she has received a Tony Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
She began her career with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1977, w... | {"Name": "Joan Allen", "Caption": "Allen in 2000", "Birth date": "1956 08 20 y", "Birth place": "Rochelle, Illinois, U.S.", "Years active": "1977-present", "Occupation": "Actress", "Spouse(s)": "Peter Friedman 1990 2002 divorced", "Alma mater": "Eastern Illinois UniversityNorthern Illinois University", "Children": "1"} |
Bandit Queen is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language biographical action-adventure film based on the life of Phoolan Devi as covered in the book India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi by the Indian author Mala Sen. It was written, produced, and directed by Shekhar Kapur and starred Seema Biswas as the title chara... | {"Directed by": "Shekhar Kapur", "Written by": "Mala Sen", "Based on": "India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi Mala Sen", "Produced by": "Bobby Bedi", "Starring": "Seema Biswas\n Nirmal Pandey", "Cinematography": "Ashok Mehta", "Edited by": "Renu Saluja", "Music by": "Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan", "Distributed ... |
Cornelius Bumpus (May 7, 1945 - February 3, 2004) was an American woodwind, brass and keyboard player and vocalist from Santa Cruz, California.
Biography
Bumpus began his musical career playing alto saxophone at ten for his school band, and by age twelve he was playing at Luso-American dances. He attended Santa Cruz H... | {"Born": "Dallas, Texas, U.S.", "Died": "Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.", "Origin": "Santa Cruz, California", "Genres": "Jazz, rock", "Website": "www.corneliusbumpus.com"} |
Active Exploits is a diceless set of role-playing game rules by Precis Intermedia Gaming. The core rules (which contain no setting) are distributed for free as a PDF file, or for a fee as a printed book. There are a number of published game settings and official game conversions which use these rules.
The system is co... | {"Name": "Active Exploits", "Image caption": "Active Exploits diceless roleplaying", "Publishers": "Precis Intermedia Gaming", "Designers": "Brett M. Bernstein", "Publication": "2002-2003", "Genres": "Universal"} |
Ahmad Tavakkoli (; born 5 March 1951) is an Iranian conservative and principlist politician, journalist. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Also he is currently managing-director of Alef news website and founder of the corruption watchdog, non-governmental organization Justice and Transparenc... | {"Name": "Ahmad Tavakkoli", "Term start": "14 August 2017", "Office 2": "Minister of Labour", "President 2": "Ali Khamenei", "Prime minister 2": "Mir-Hossein Mousavi", "Predecessor 2": "Mohammad Mir-Mohammad Sadeqi", "Successor 2": "Abolqasem Sarhadizadeh", "Birth date": "1951 3 5", "Birth place": "Behshahr, Iran", "Ot... |
Annecy ( , ; or ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, south of Geneva, Switzerland. Nicknamed the "Pearl of the French Alps" in Raoul Blanchard's monograph describing its location betwe... | {"Name": "Annecy", "Native Name": "frp È(n)neci", "Commune Status": "Prefecture and commune", "Image": "center\n Préfecture de Haute-Savoie (Annecy) (cropped).JPG\n Annecy (16424794220).jpg\n Annecy, France (37635411615).jpg\n Lac d'Annecy.jpg\n 270\n 2\n #FFFFFF\n 0\n Clockwise from... |
Amber Rose Tamblyn (born May 14, 1983) is an American actress and author. She first came to national attention in her role on the soap opera General Hospital as Emily Quartermaine at the age of 11. She followed with a starring role on the prime-time series Joan of Arcadia, portraying the title character, Joan Girardi, ... | {"Name": "Amber Tamblyn", "Caption": "Tamblyn in 2014", "Birth name": "Amber Rose Tamblyn", "Birth date": "1983 5 14", "Birth place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress writer", "Years active": "1995-present", "Spouse(s)": "David Cross 2012", "Children": "1", "Father": "Russ Tamblyn", "Relatives":... |
thumb|Statue of The 1st Baron Swansea in Swansea.
Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea (6 July 1821 – 28 November 1894), known between May 1882 and June 1893 as Sir Hussey Vivian, 1st Baronet, was a Welsh industrialist and politician from the Vivian family.
Biography
Born at Singleton Abbey, Swansea, Henry was the... | {"Name": "The Lord Swansea", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "\"Swansea\". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1886.", "Birth date": "1821 7 6 y", "Birth place": "Swansea, Wales", "Death date": "1894 11 28 1821 7 6 y", "Death place": "Swansea, Wales", "Term start": "1885", "Term end": "1893", "Predece... |
Willard Herman Scott Jr. (March 7, 1934 - September 4, 2021) was an American weather presenter, radio and television personality, actor, narrator, clown, comedian, and author, whose broadcast career spanned 68 years, 65 years with the NBC broadcast network. Scott is best known as a weather reporter on NBC's Today show ... | {"Name": "Willard Scott", "Caption": "Scott in 1995", "Birth name": "Willard Herman Scott Jr.", "Birth date": "1934 03 07", "Birth place": "Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.", "Death date": "2021 9 4 1934 3 7", "Death place": "Delaplane, Virginia, U.S.", "Education": "American University", "Occupation": "Weather presenter aut... |
Ivan Petrovich Rybkin (; born 20 October 1946) is a Russian politician. He was Chairman of Russia's State Duma in 1994-96 and Secretary of the Security Council in 1996-1998. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
He ran for the Russian presidency ... | {"Name": "Ivan Rybkin", "Term start": "14 January 1994", "Term end": "17 January 1996", "Order 2": "5th Secretary of the Security Council", "Predecessor 2": "Alexander Lebed", "Successor 2": "Andrei Kokoshin", "Birth date": "yes 1946 10 20", "Birth place": "Semigorka, Voronezh Oblast, USSR", "Birth name": "Ivan Petrovi... |
alt=silver tetrobol issued under Achaean League|thumb|280x280px|Silver tetrobol issued under the Achaean League circa 175-168 BC. Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right; Reverse: AX monogram, lyre above, ΔΩ - PO in left and right fields; Size: 15mm, 2.27 g; Reference: BCD Peloponnesos 27.1; McClean 6431-2; Benner 4; HN 2... | {"Native name": "Κοινὸν τῶν ἈχαιῶνKoinon ton Achaion", "Conventional long name": "League of the Achaeans", "Type of government": "Republican Confederacy", "Starting event": "Re-founded", "Event ending the country": "Conquered by the Roman Republic in the Achaean War", "Symbol type": "Achaean coin probably depicting a s... |
John Joseph Haley Jr. (August 10, 1897 - June 6, 1979) was an American actor, comedian, dancer, radio host, singer, drummer and vaudevillian. He was best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart Hickory in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz.
Early life
Haley was born on Augu... | {"Name": "Jack Haley", "Caption": "Haley in Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)", "Birth name": "John Joseph Haley Jr.", "Birth date": "1897 8 10https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LLS-33D?i=188&cc=1536925&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFXXK-K5F Jack Haley birth www.familysearch.org 2020-03-24", "Birt... |
Newton Diehl Baker Jr. (December 3, 1871 - December 25, 1937) was an American lawyer, Georgist,Noble, Ransom E. "Henry George and the Progressive Movement." The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol. 8, no. 3, 1949, pp. 259-269. www.jstor.org/stable/3484179. politician, and government official. He served as ... | {"Name": "Newton Baker", "Term start": "March 9, 1916", "Term end": "March 4, 1921", "Birth name": "Newton Diehl Baker Jr.", "Birth date": "1871 12 3", "Birth place": "Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S.", "Death date": "1937 12 25 1871 12 3", "Death place": "Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S.", "Resting place": "Lake View Cemete... |
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 - July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983). Torn's portrayal of Artie the producer on The Larry Sanders Show received six Emmy ... | {"Name": "Rip Torn", "Caption": "Torn in 1994", "Birth name": "Elmore Rual Torn Jr.", "Birth date": "1931 2 6", "Birth place": "Temple, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "2019 7 9 1931 2 6", "Death place": "Lakeville, Connecticut, U.S.", "Burial place": "Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1... |
Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the late 1980s, she has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, and sixteen NAACP Image Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards. T... | {"Name": "Angela Bassett", "Caption": "Bassett at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con", "Birth name": "Angela Evelyn Bassett", "Birth date": "1958 08 16Angela Bassett 9780791058107 2001 Chelsea House Publishers Dawn Fitzgerald 92 1958: Angela Bassett is born on August 16 in Harlem in New York City", "Birth place": "New York C... |
Clarion is a commercial, proprietary, fourth-generation programming language (4GL), multi-paradigm, programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) from SoftVelocity used to program database applications. It is compatible with indexed sequential access method (ISAM), Structured Query Language (SQL), a... | {"Name": "Clarion", "Family": "Pascal", "Developer": "Jensen & Partners International (JPI), Clarion International, SoftVelocity", "Initial release date": "1986 04", "Latest release version": "11", "Latest release date": "2018 10", "Operating system": "DOS, Windows", "Platform": "IA-32", "License": "Proprietary", "Webs... |
Isaac René Guy Le Chapelier (12 June 1754 - 22 April 1794) was a French jurist and politician of the Revolutionary period.
Biography
Le Chapelier was born in Rennes in Brittany, where his father was bâtonnier of the corporation of lawyers, a title equivalent to President of the Bar. He entered the law profession, and ... | {"Name": "Isaac Le Chapelier", "Image caption": "Le Chapelier", "Term start": "9 July 1789", "Term end": "30 September 1791", "Birth name": "Isaac René Guy le Chapelier", "Birth date": "y 1754 6 12", "Birth place": "Rennes, Brittany, France", "Death date": "y 1794 4 22 1754 6 12", "Death place": "Paris, Seine, France",... |
John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860July 12, 1926) was an American banker and politician from Massachusetts. A Republican, he served as Mayor of Newton from 1902 to 1903, a United States representative from 1905 to 1913, United States Senator from 1913 to 1919, and Secretary of War from 1921 to 1925.
Life and career
thu... | {"Name": "John Weeks", "Term start": "March 5, 1921", "Term end": "October 13, 1925", "Office 2": "Member of theU.S. House of Representativesfrom Massachusetts", "Predecessor 2": "Samuel L. Powers", "Successor 2": "John Mitchell", "Birth name": "John Wingate Weeks", "Birth date": "1860 4 11", "Birth place": "Lancaster,... |
The Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF, or Second AIF) was the name given to the volunteer expeditionary force of the Australian Army in the Second World War. It was formed following the declaration of war on Nazi Germany, with an initial strength of one infantry division and related auxiliary components. After ... | {"Branch": "Australian Army", "Role": "Expeditionary warfare", "Size": "307,000", "Nickname(s)": "2nd AIF", "Notablecommanders": "Sir Thomas Blamey"} |
Robert Alphonse Picardo (born October 27, 1953) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the Cowboy in Innerspace, Coach Cutlip on The Wonder Years, Captain Dick Richard on the ABC series China Beach, the Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager and Richard Woolsey in the Stargate franchise. He is a frequent collaborator... | {"Name": "Robert Picardo", "Caption": "Picardo at the 2011 San Diego Comic Con", "Birth name": "Robert Alphonse Picardo", "Birth date": "1953 10 27", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "Education": "Yale University (BA)", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1975-present", "Spouse(s)": "Linda Pawlik 1984 2... |
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Baron Strathclyde is a title that has been created twice in British history, both times in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created on 15 January 1914 when the politician and judge Alexander Ure was made Baron Strathclyde, of Sandyford in Lanarkshire. This creation became extinc... | {"Creation date": "4 May 1955", "Created by": "Queen Elizabeth II", "Peerage": "Peerage of the United Kingdom", "First holder": "Thomas Galbraith", "Heir presumptive": "Hon. Charles Galbraith", "Remainder to": "Heirs male of the first baron's body", "Former seat(s)": "Barskimming House", "Motto": "Ab obice suavior (\"S... |
The Netherlands Marine Corps () is the elite naval infantry corps of the Royal Netherlands Navy, one of the four Armed Forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The marines trace their origins to the establishment of the on 10 December 1665, by the then grand pensionary of the Dutch Republic, Johan de Witt and famous ... | {"Allegiance": "King of the Netherlands", "Branch": "Royal Netherlands Navy", "Type": "Marines", "Role": "Expeditionary warfareAmphibious warfareArctic warfareSpecial operations", "Size": "2,500", "Nickname(s)": "\"The Black Devils\"", "Motto(s)": "la Qua Patet Orbis on\"As Far as the World Extends\"", "March": "Defile... |
WWEV-FM (91.5 MHz) is a non-commercial Christian radio station licensed to Cumming, Georgia, and serving the Northeast Atlanta metropolitan area. It is owned by RLN Global, Inc. and calls itself Victory 91.5. The station has a contemporary Christian format with some Christian talk and teaching programs. WWEV-FM funds i... | {"Broadcast area": "Northeast Atlanta metropolitan area", "Branding": "Victory 91.5", "Format": "Contemporary worship music; Christian talk and teaching", "ERP": "8,900 watts", "HAAT": "293 m ft us", "Class": "C2", "Owner": "RLN Global, Inc.", "Website": "Victory.Radio"} |
WCLK (91.9 FM) - branded Jazz 91.9 - is a non-commercial jazz radio station licensed to serve Atlanta, Georgia. Owned by Clark Atlanta University, the station covers much of the Atlanta metropolitan area. The WCLK studios are located on the Clark University campus at the Robert W. Woodruff Library, while the station tr... | {"Broadcast area": "Metro Atlanta", "Branding": "Jazz 91.9", "Translator(s)": "99.3 W257DF Atlanta", "Format": "Jazz", "Subchannels": "HD2: Jazz", "ERP": "480 watts", "HAAT": "302 meters (991 ft)", "Class": "A", "Affiliations": "NPR", "Owner": "Clark Atlanta University", "Website": "wclk.com"} |
WVFJ-FM (93.3 MHz, "The JOY FM") is a Christian radio station that serves western central Georgia, including portions of Metro Atlanta and the Columbus-Auburn-Opelika area. Its city of license is Greenville, Georgia. The WVFJ studio is located in Tyrone, Georgia. It broadcasts a Contemporary Christian format.
History... | {"Broadcast area": "Mid-Western Georgia", "Branding": "93.3 & 102.1 The JOY FM", "Format": "Contemporary Christian", "Subchannels": "HD2: Christian worshipHD3: Christian hip hop", "Owner": "Radio Training Network", "Class": "C0", "ERP": "38,000 watts57,000 watts (CP Construction permit)", "HAAT": "491 m ft us", "Transl... |
William Wolcott Ellsworth (November 10, 1791 - January 15, 1868) was a Yale-educated attorney who served as the 30th governor of Connecticut, a three-term United States Congressman, a justice of the State Supreme Court.
Biography
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Born in Windsor on November 10, 1791, Ellsworth was the son of Found... | {"Name": "William Wolcott Ellsworth", "Image": "William Wolcott Ellsworth (3x4a).jpeg", "Lieutenant 1": "Charles Hawley", "District 2": "At-large", "Predecessor 2": "David Plant", "Successor 2": "Joseph Trumbull", "Birth date": "November 10, 1791", "Birth place": "Windsor, Connecticut", "Death date": "1868 1 15 1791 11... |
WSBB-FM (95.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Doraville, Georgia, and serving Metro Atlanta. It is owned by the Cox Media Group. WSBB-FM is simulcast with WSB, both airing a news/talk radio format. On the air, the stations are referred to as "95.5 WSB", only occasionally mentioning the FM station's call... | {"Broadcast area": "Metro Atlanta", "Branding": "95.5 WSB", "Language(s)": "English", "Format": "Talk radio", "ERP": "100000 watts commas", "HAAT": "279 m ft us", "Class": "C1", "Network": "CBS News Radio", "Affiliations": "Fox News Radio\n Compass Media Networks\n Premiere Networks\n Georgia Bulldogs\n WSB-TV", "Owner... |
WSRV (97.1 FM, "97.1 The River") is a commercial radio station licensed to Gainesville, Georgia, and serving Metro Atlanta. It is owned by the Cox Media Group. WSRV broadcasts a classic rock radio format. The studios and offices are in the Cox Television and Radio Facility on West Peachtree Street near the Brookwood... | {"Broadcast area": "Atlanta metropolitan area", "Branding": "97.1 The River", "Translator(s)": "93.5 W228CA Suwanee HD2\n 97.7 W249CK Duluth HD2\n 96.5 W243CE Winder HD4", "Language(s)": "English", "Format": "Classic rock", "Subchannels": "HD2: Alternative rockHD3: Talk radio (WSB)HD4: Latin pop (WCHK)", "ERP": "100000... |
Gallia Belgica ("Belgic Gaul") was a province of the Roman Empire located in the north-eastern part of Roman Gaul, in what is today primarily northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, along with parts of the Netherlands and Germany.
In 50 BC, after the conquest by Julius Caesar during his Gallic Wars, it became one of... | {"Native name": "Belgic Gaul", "Conventional long name": "Gallia Belgica", "Common name": "Belgica", "Historical era": "Antiquity", "Capital": "Durocortorum (Reims) Augusta Treverorum (Trier)", "Year founded": "22 BC", "Year dissolved": "5th century"} |
WUMJ (97.5 FM, "Majic 107.5/97.5") is a radio station simulcasting an urban adult contemporary format with sister station WAMJ 107.5 FM. Licensed to the suburb of Fayetteville, Georgia, it serves the Atlanta metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 1978 under the call sign WKUE-FM. The station is currently own... | {"Broadcast area": "Metro Atlanta", "Branding": "Majic 97.5/107.5", "Format": "Urban adult contemporary", "Subchannels": "HD2: Classix 102.9 (Urban oldies)", "ERP": "8,500 watts", "HAAT": "165 m ft us", "Class": "C3", "Affiliations": "Compass Media NetworksPremiere Networks", "Owner": "Radio One Licenses, LLC", "Websit... |
WNSY (100.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in northwest Georgia, licensed to Talking Rock. It is owned by Davis Broadcasting of Atlanta and it simulcasts WJZA on 1310 kHz in Decatur. The two stations, along with an Atlanta FM translator station at 101.1 MHz, simulcast a smooth jazz radio format. The stations use ... | {"Broadcast area": "Atlanta metropolitan area", "Branding": "Smooth Jazz 101.1/100.1", "Format": "Smooth jazz (WJZA simulcast)", "ERP": "7,000 watts", "HAAT": "188 meters", "Class": "C3", "Owner": "Davis Broadcasting of Atlanta, L.L.C.", "Website": "https://www.smoothjazzatl.com"} |
WNNX (100.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to College Park, Georgia, featuring a classic alternative format as "99X". Owned by Cumulus Media, the station serves the Atlanta metropolitan area. WNNX's studios are located in Sandy Springs, while the transmitter resides atop the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel in ... | {"Broadcast area": "Atlanta metro area", "Branding": "99X", "Repeater(s)": "99.7 WWWQ-HD2 Atlanta", "Format": "Classic alternative", "ERP": "13,500 watts", "HAAT": "298 m ft us", "Class": "C2", "Owner": "Radio License Holding SRC LLC", "Website": "https://99xatl.com/"} |
WFSH-FM (104.7 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Athens, Georgia, and serving Metro Atlanta. The station is owned by Salem Media Group and it airs a Christian contemporary radio format. It is branded as The Fish 104.7 and describes itself as "Safe For The Whole Family." Between Thanksgiving and the weekend after C... | {"Broadcast area": "Atlanta metropolitan area", "Branding": "104.7 The Fish", "Language(s)": "English", "Format": "Contemporary Christian music", "Subchannels": "HD2: Christian (WNIV)HD3: Talk radio (WGKA)", "ERP": "24000 watts commas", "HAAT": "505 m ft us", "Class": "C1", "Owner": "Salem Communications Holding Corpor... |
WREK (91.1 FM "Wreck", from the Ramblin' Wreck) is the radio station staffed by the students of the Georgia Institute of Technology. It is also located on channel 17 on the Georgia Tech cable TV network, GTCN. Starting as a 10-watt class D, WREK currently broadcasts a 100,000-watt ERP signal throughout metropolitan Atl... | {"Broadcast area": "Atlanta metropolitan area", "Branding": "WREK Atlanta, Georgia Tech Student Radio", "Format": "College radio", "HAAT": "102 m ft off", "ERP": "100,000 watts", "Class": "C1", "Owner": "Georgia Tech Radio Communications Board", "Website": "https://www.wrek.org/"} |
WRDG (105.3 FM, "105-3 The Beat") is an Atlanta radio station broadcasting a mainstream urban radio format. The station's transmitter is located in Newnan, Georgia and targets metro Atlanta, also covering its city of license of Bowdon, Georgia. It is owned by iHeartMedia and operates from studios located at the Peachtr... | {"Broadcast area": "Atlanta metropolitan area Midwest Georgia", "Branding": "\"105-3 The Beat\"", "Format": "Mainstream urban", "Language(s)": "English", "ERP": "61,000 watts", "HAAT": "367 meters", "Class": "C1", "Owner": "iHM Licenses, LLC", "Website": "1053thebeat.iheart.com", "Affiliations": "Premiere Networks"} |
WSTR (94.1 MHz, "Star 94") is an FM radio station licensed to Smyrna, Georgia, and serving the Atlanta metropolitan area. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it broadcasts a rhythmic adult contemporary format. Its studios are located at Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta, while the station transmitter resides in Atlanta's Reynoldstow... | {"Broadcast area": "Atlanta metropolitan area", "Branding": "Star 94", "Translator(s)": "100.9 W265AV Woodstock (Off the air)", "Language(s)": "English", "Format": "Rhythmic adult contemporary", "Subchannels": "HD1: WSTR analogHD2: Channel Q", "ERP": "100000 watts commas", "HAAT": "316 m ft us", "Class": "C0", "Affilia... |
Julia O'Hara Stiles (born March 28, 1981) is an American actress. Born and raised in New York City, Stiles began acting at the age of 11 as part of New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Her film debut was a small role in I Love You, I Love You Not (1996), followed by a lead role in Wicked (1998) for which she r... | {"Caption": "Stiles in 2007", "Birth name": "Julia O'Hara Stiles", "Birth date": "1981 3 28", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress", "Education": "Columbia University (BA)", "Years active": "1993-present", "Spouse(s)": "Preston J. Cook 2017", "Children": "2"} |
WVEE (103.3 FM, "V-103") is a commercial radio station in Atlanta, Georgia. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs an urban contemporary radio format. WVEE is one of the highest-rated stations in the Atlanta radio market according to Nielsen Audio, reaching number one on many reports. Its studios and offices are located ... | {"Broadcast area": "Metro Atlanta", "Branding": "V-103", "Language(s)": "English", "Format": "Urban contemporary", "Subchannels": "HD2: International hitsHD3: Talk radio (WAOK)", "ERP": "100000 watts commas", "HAAT": "310 m ft us", "Class": "C0", "Owner": "Audacy License, LLC", "Website": "https://www.audacy.com/v103"} |
WAKL (106.7 MHz, branded 106.7 K-Love) is a non-commercial FM Christian contemporary radio station licensed to Gainesville, Georgia. Owned by the Educational Media Foundation, WAKL serves the Atlanta metropolitan area as the local affiliate for the national K-Love network. Besides a standard analog transmission, WAKL ... | {"Broadcast area": "Atlanta metropolitan area", "Branding": "106.7 K-Love", "Translator(s)": "92.5 W223BP (Dallas)92.3 W222AF (Marietta, relays HD2)", "Format": "FM/HD1: Contemporary Christian musicHD2: Air1HD3: K-Love 2000s", "ERP": "77,000 watts", "HAAT": "505 meters (1657 ft)", "Class": "C", "Affiliations": "K-Love"... |
WAMJ (107.5 FM, "Majic 107.5/97.5") is a commercial radio station licensed to Roswell, Georgia, and serving Metro Atlanta. It airs an urban adult contemporary radio format, simulcasting with sister station 97.5 WUMJ in Fayetteville. The station is currently owned by Radio One, via licensee Radio One Licenses, LLC. ... | {"Broadcast area": "Metro Atlanta", "Branding": "Majic 107.5/97.5", "Translator(s)": "102.9 W275BK Decatur HD2", "Repeater(s)": "97.5 WUMJ Fayetteville 97.5 WUMJ-HD2 Fayetteville HD2", "Format": "Urban adult contemporary", "Subchannels": "HD2: Classix 102.9 (Urban oldies)", "Language(s)": "English", "ERP": "18,000 watt... |
WHTA (107.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Hampton, Georgia, and serving the Atlanta metropolitan area. It is owned by Urban One and it airs an mainstream urban radio format, focused on hip hop and r&b music. The studios and offices are located inside the Centennial Tower building in downtown Atlanta.
... | {"Broadcast area": "Metro Atlanta", "Branding": "\"Hot 107.9\"", "Format": "Mainstream Urban", "Language(s)": "English", "ERP": "35,000 watts", "HAAT": "177 m ft 0 off", "Class": "C2", "Owner": "Radio One Licenses, LLC", "Website": "hotspotatl.com"} |
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Nikolaus Alois Maria Vinzenz Negrelli, Ritter von Moldelbe (bo... | {"Name": "Alois Negrelli", "Birth date": "1799 1 23 yes", "Birth place": "Fiera di Primiero", "Death date": "1858 10 1 1799 1 23 yes", "Death place": "Vienna", "Occupation": "Engineer", "Known For": "Various railroads, Société d'Études du Canal de Suez, International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez",... |
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College of San Mateo (CSM) is a public community college in San Mateo, California. It is part of the San Mateo County Community College District. College of San Mateo is located at the northern corridor of Silicon Valley and situated on a 153-acre site in the San ... | {"Type": "Public community college", "President": "Richard Storti", "Students": "10,000http://datamart.cccco.edu/Students/Enrollment_Status.aspx California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office - Data Mart", "Motto": "Gateway to Achievement", "Campus": "153 acres", "Website": "collegeofsanmateo.edu"} |
thumb|left|Sgùrr nan Gillean and the Pinnacle Ridge from Basteir gorge
Sgùrr nan Gillean is a peak in the northern part of the Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. With a height of , it is one of eleven Munros in the Cuillins. It is the Munro peak nearest to the settlement of Sligachan, and its impressive... | {"Elevation": "http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=M&rf=1246 Sgùrr nan Gillean 2019 Hill Bagging - the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH) 19 June 2019", "Prominence": "c. 205 m", "English translation": "peak of the young menhttps://www.ainmean-aite.scot/placename/sg... |
Port Harcourt (Pidgin: Po-ta-kot or Pi-ta-kwa) is the capital and largest city of Rivers State in Nigeria. It is the fifth most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos, Kano, Ibadan and Benin. It lies along the Bonny River and is located in the Niger Delta. As of 2023, Port Harcourt's urban population is estimated at 3.5m... | {"Named for": "Lewis Vernon Harcourt", "Type": "Mayor-Council", "Body": "Port Harcourt City Council", "Land": "360", "Water": "9", "Density": "auto", "Urban density": "auto", "Metro density": "auto"} |
Dónde Están los Ladrones? () is the fourth studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, released on 29 September 1998 by Sony Music Colombia. After attaining success in Latin America with her major-label debut, Pies Descalzos (1995), Shakira met producer Emilio Estefan, who identified her potential to break int... | {"Released": "29 September 1998", "Recorded": "1998", "Studio": "Crescent Moon Studios; Criteria Recording Studios(Miami, Florida)", "Genre": "Rock en españolHenderson Alex http://www.allmusic.com/album/d%C3%B3nde-est%C3%A1n-los-ladrones-mw0000045951 Dónde Están los Ladrones? - Shakira 31 December 2016 AllMusic \n lati... |
Laundry Service () is the fifth studio album and first English-language album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, globally released on 13 November 2001 by Epic Records. After her fourth studio album Dónde Están los Ladrones? became a success in Latin America, Spain, the Middle East and the Latin community in the Un... | {"Released": "13 November 2001", "Recorded": "2000-2001", "Studio": "Crescent Moon (Miami)\nCriteria (Miami)\nCompass Point (Nassau, Bahamas)Keck William http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,277730,00.html Hear and Now: This week on the music beat EW.com September 29, 2000 February 27, 2012 25 April 2009 https://web... |
Yolanda Yvonne Montes Farrington (born January 3, 1932), better known by her stage-name Tongolele, is an American dancer, actress and vedette.
Early life
As a child, she danced for the International Ballet of San Francisco, California as part of a Tahitian Revue.
In 1947, she moved to Mexico and was hired as a dancer... | {"Name": "Yolanda Montes\"Tongolele\"", "Caption": "Montes, 1950s", "Birth name": "Yolanda Yvonne Montes Farrington", "Birth date": "1932 01 03", "Birth place": "Spokane, Washington, U.S.", "Occupation": "Vedette dancer actress", "Years active": "1947-present", "Spouse(s)": "Joaquín González"} |
New England Sports Network, popularly known as NESN , is an American regional sports cable and satellite television network owned by a joint venture of Fenway Sports Group (which owns a controlling 80% interest, and is the owner of the Boston Red Sox, Liverpool Football Club, and the Pittsburgh Penguins) and Delaware N... | {"Type": "Regional sports network", "Country": "United States", "Broadcast area": "New England (except Fairfield County, CT)Nationwide (via satellite)", "Headquarters": "Watertown, Massachusetts", "Language(s)": "English", "Picture format": "480i (SDTV)1080i (HDTV)2160p (4K UHD)", "Owner": "Fenway Sports Group (80%)Del... |
King Zhuangxiang of Qin (281- 6 July 247 BCEVolume 05 of Records of the Grand Historian indicated that King Zhuangxiang died on the bingwu day of the 5th month of the 4th year of his reign. Using the Zhuanxu calendar, the date corresponds to 6 Jul 247 BCE on the proleptic Julian calendar. ([四年]...。五月丙午，庄襄王卒...)), perso... | {"Born": "281 BCE", "Died": "6 July 247 BCE (aged 33-34)", "Burial": "Zhiyang", "Father": "King Xiaowen of Qin", "Mother": "Queen Dowager Xia"} |
is an airport located in the city of Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The airport services are primarily domestic flights and international flights to China and Taiwan: however, seasonal international charter flights also service Toyama from April to June.
Located approximately 7 kilometers south of central Toyama,AI... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Location": "Toyama", "AMSL": "127", "Coordinates": "36 38 54 N 137 11 15 E region:JP inline,title", "Website": "https://www.toyama-airport.jp"} |
Simón Trinidad (born July 30, 1950) is the alias of Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera Pineda, a high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and reputedly the first high-ranking member of that guerrilla group to be captured. "Simón Trinidad" is currently serving a 60-year sentence in solitary... | {"Birth name": "Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera Pineda", "Born": "Valledupar, Cesar Colombia", "Nickname(s)": "\"Simón Trinidad\" \"Federico Bogotá\"", "Allegiance": "Patriotic Union (UP) (until 1987)Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) (from 1987)"} |
Andrés Pastrana Arango (born 17 August 1954) is a Colombian politician who was the 30th President of Colombia from 1998 to 2002,"Andrés Pastrana Arango." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 21 Jan. 2010 . following in the footsteps of his father, Misael Pastrana Borrero, who was president fro... | {"Honorific prefix": "His Excellency", "Name": "Andrés Pastrana Arango", "Image caption": "Pastrana in 2001", "Term start": "7 August 1998", "Term end": "7 August 2002", "Vice president": "Gustavo Bell Lemus", "Office 2": "30th Ambassador of Colombia to the United States", "President 2": "Álvaro Uribe", "Predecessor 2"... |
Bostik is a manufacturer and distributor of adhesives and sealants for the construction, industrial and consumer markets. With annual sales of €2.1 billion, the company employs 6,000 people and has a presence in more than 40 countries. Bostik is part of the French-based, Arkema group.
History
In 1889, the Boston Bl... | {"Formerly": "Boston Blacking Company", "Type": "Limited company", "Founded": "1889", "Headquarters": "420 rue d’Estienne d’Orves, 92705 Colombes, France", "Products": "Adhesives and sealants for construction, durable goods, advanced packaging, disposable hygiene (non-woven) and consumer goods", "Brands": "Blu Tack (Pr... |
François Denis Tronchet (23 March 1726 - 10 March 1806) was a French jurist, best remembered for having defended Louis XVI of France at his trial (with Malesherbes and Deseze) and for having contributed to the writing of the French civil code.
Life
Born in Paris, he became an avocat at the Parliament of Paris, and gai... | {"Image": "AduC 105 Tronchet (F.D., 1726-1806).JPG", "Birth date": "1726 3 23 y", "Birth place": "Paris, Kingdom of France", "Death date": "1806 3 10 1726 3 23 y", "Death place": "Paris, First French Empire"} |
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Leica Geosystems (formerly known as Wild Heerbrugg or just Wild) based in eastern Switzerland produces products and systems for surveying and geographical measurement (geomatics). Its products employ a variety of technologies including GPS satellite navigation and laser rangefind... | {"Type": "part of Hexagon AB", "Founded": "Heerbrugg, Switzerland (1921)", "Headquarters": "Heerbrugg, Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland", "Industry": "Surveying & EngineeringGeographic Information Systems (GIS)High Precision Measurement instruments", "Website": "www.leica-geosystems.com"} |
Paisley railway station was located on the Werribee line of the Melbourne suburban rail system in Australia. It was located between Newport and Galvin stations, adjacent to the Millers Road level crossing (later replaced by a road overpass).
Paisley was opened on 14 October 1929. Although it was a public platform, it ... | {"Name": "Paisley", "Type": "Closed commuter rail station", "Style template": "Australian closed station", "Caption": "Closed platform looking towards Melbourne", "Date opened": "1929", "Date closed": "1985"} |
Kristiansund Airport (; ) is an international airport serving Kristiansund, Norway. It is situated at Kvernberget on the island of Nordlandet and is the sole scheduled airport serving Nordmøre. The airport features a runway aligned 07/25. In addition to scheduled services operated by Scandinavian Airlines and Widerøe,... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Kristiansund, Norway", "Location": "Kvernberget, Nordlandet, Kristiansund", "AMSL": "62", "Website": "https://avinor.no/en/airport/kristiansund-airport/ avinor.no", "Coordinates": "63 06 43 N 007 49 34 E region:NO inline,title"} |
Fort Lauderdale Stadium was a baseball stadium located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida next to Lockhart Stadium. The stadium was demolished in June 2019 as part of the construction of Inter Miami CF Stadium for Inter Miami CF.
The New York Yankees announced in March 1961 that they would move spring training from St. Peter... | {"Full name": "Fort Lauderdale Municipal Stadium", "Location": "1401 NW 55th Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309", "Coordinates": "26 11 44 N 80 9 40 W it", "Opened": "1962", "Demolished": "June 15, 2019June 2019", "Owner": "City of Fort Lauderdale", "Surface": "Grass", "Construction cost": "$800,000Hurtibise Ron ... |
The prime minister of Lebanon, officially the president of the Council of Ministers, is the head of government and the head of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon. The prime minister is appointed by the president of Lebanon, with the consent of the plurality of the members of the Parliament of Lebanon (after the Taif ... | {"Post": "President of the Council of Ministers", "Body": "Lebanon", "Style": "His/Her Excellency", "Insignia image": "PCM_Logo.gif", "Insignia size": "218px", "Appointer": "President", "Insignia caption": "Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the Lebanese Republic", "Image size": "165px", "Incumbent": "Najib Mika... |
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (, ), also called Khomutovo (), is an airport in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on the Russian island of Sakhalin. The airport was established in 1945 as a military airfield. With currently one 3,400 m concrete runway, one passenger terminal, two cargo terminals and 16 aircraft stands, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk A... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia", "Hub": "Aurora", "AMSL": "18", "Website": "www.airportus.ru", "Coordinates": "46 53 13 N 142 43 19 E region:RU-SAK inline,title"} |
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Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba) is the main village in Sunart, an area in western Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, on the A861 road. Prior to 1975 it was part of Argyllshire. It lies on the north shore of Loch Sunart, close to the head... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NM8161", "Council area": "Highland", "UK Parliament": "Ross, Skye and Lochaber", "Scottish Parliament": "Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch", "Postcode district": "PH", "Dialling code": "01967"} |
JSC Vladivostok Air (also Vladivostok Avia; ) was an independent airline with its head office at the airport in Artyom, Primorski Krai, Russia."Directory: World airlines." Flight International. 30 March-5 April 2004. 92. "Portovaya str 41 Airport, Primorski Krai, Artyom, Primorski Region, 692756, Russia" In 2011, it w... | {"Airline name": "Vladivostok Air", "Image size (px)": "175", "Current Fleet Size": "23 aircraft (+4 orders), 11 helicopters", "Number of Destinations": "42", "IATA Designator": "XF", "ICAO Designator": "VLK", "Callsign": "VLADAIR", "Parent Company": "Aeroflot (52.1%)", "Founded": "1932 (as Aeroflot) 1992 (independent)... |
Transaero (), officially OJSC Transaero Airlines () was a Russian airline that operated scheduled and charter flights to over 150 domestic and international destinations. Transaero's main hubs were Moscow Vnukovo Airport and Saint Petersburg Airport, with further bases throughout Russia. For much of its history the hea... | {"Airline name": "TransaeroТрансаэро", "Image size (px)": "300px", "Current Fleet Size": "97", "Number of Destinations": "156", "IATA Designator": "UN", "ICAO Designator": "TSO", "Callsign": "TRANSOVIET", "Parent Company": "Atlantic aviation", "Founded": "28 December 1990", "Commenced operations": "5 November 1991", "C... |
JSC Dalavia (), also known as Dalavia — Far Eastern Airways () was an airline based in Khabarovsk, Russia. It operated scheduled and charter flights within Russia, and international flights to Asia. Its main base was Khabarovsk Novy Airport.Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", A... | {"Airline name": "DalaviaАвиакомпания «Дальавиа»", "Image size (px)": "240", "Current Fleet Size": "40", "Number of Destinations": "39 scheduled4 charter", "IATA Designator": "H8", "ICAO Designator": "KHB", "Callsign": "DALAVIA", "Parent Company": "Government owned", "Founded": "1953", "Ceased operations": "2008", "Hea... |
Afterglow is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan. Released on 4 November 2003, on Nettwerk in Canada and 4 November 2003, on Arista Records in the United States, it was her first album of new material in six years, after the success of Surfacing and the Lilith Fair festival.
Unlike pas... | {"Released": "2003 11 4 yes", "Recorded": "August 2002 - 2003", "Genre": "Pop", "Label": "Nettwerk (Canada) Arista (United States)", "Producer": "Pierre Marchand"} |
Fred F. Steen II served as the chief lobbyist/legislative liaison for North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory until 2016 when McCrory appointed him to the Board of Review. From 2004 through 2012, Steen served as a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 76th House District, includi... | {"Name": "Fred F. Steen II", "State house": "North Carolina", "Term start": "February 16, 2004", "Term end": "January 1, 2013", "Birth date": "1960 6 16http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/41559 The Voter's Self Defense System", "Birth place": "Landis, North Carolina", "Spouse(s)": "Tena", "Residence": "Landis, Nor... |
Afterglow is a 1997 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Alan Rudolph and starring Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle and Jonny Lee Miller. It was produced by Robert Altman and filmed in Montreal.
Christie's performance earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film is... | {"Directed by": "Alan Rudolph", "Produced by": "Robert AltmanJames McLindon", "Written by": "Alan Rudolph", "Starring": "Nick Nolte\n Julie Christie\n Lara Flynn Boyle\n Jonny Lee Miller", "Music by": "Mark Isham", "Cinematography": "Toyomichi Kurita", "Edited by": "Suzy Elmiger", "Distributed by": "Sony Pictures Class... |
The Republican Left () was a Spanish republican party founded in 1934.
History
The party was founded in 1934 following the left's defeat in the 1933 election, by the merger of Manuel Azaña's Republican Action, part of Marcelino Domingo's Independent Radical Socialist Republican Party and Santiago Casares Quiroga's Aut... | {"Leader": "Manuel Azaña", "Founded": "1934", "Merger of": "ARPRRSIORGA", "Headquarters": "Madrid (1934-1939)Mexico City (1939-1946)Paris (1946-1959)", "Newspaper": "Política", "Ideology": "RepublicanismAnti-clericalismAnti-fascismSocial liberalism", "Political position": "Centre-leftGraham Helen Helen Graham (histori... |
Endgame, by Samuel Beckett, is an absurdist, tragicomic one-act play about a blind, paralyzed, domineering elderly man, his geriatric parents and his doddering, dithering, harried, servile companion in an abandoned house in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, who mention they are awaiting some unspecified "end" which seems t... | {"Written by": "Samuel Beckett", "Characters": "Hamm Clov Nagg Nell", "Date premiered": "1957 04 03 yes", "Place premiered": "Royal Court Theatre, London", "Original language": "French", "Genre": "Tragicomedy"} |
The Greens of the Community of Madrid (, LVCM) is a Spanish political party.
References
Category:Political parties in the Community of Madrid | {"Secretary": "Nicolás González Fernández", "Founded": "1995", "Ideology": "EcologismAnti-capitalism", "Headquarters": "Apdo. de Correos 137,28220, Majadahonda, Madrid"} |
The Oyster card is a payment method for public transport in London (and certain areas around it) in England, United Kingdom. A standard Oyster card is a blue credit-card-sized stored-value contactless smart card. It is promoted by Transport for London (TfL) and can be used on travel modes across London including London... | {"Location": "London, England", "Launched": "30 June 2003London's Oyster travel smartcard turns 10 BBC News July 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23120759 23 May 2022", "Validity": "gb rail National Rail Services inside of the grey line on this maphttp://content.tfl.gov.uk/london-rail-and-tube-serv... |
thumb|Whole wheat soda bread (known as wheaten bread in parts of Ireland)|alt=round bread loaf with craggy brown surface marked with an x
thumb|Polish flat soda bread (known as proziaki in Podkarpacie)|alt=basket filled with round, flat pieces of bread with some browning and charring on the surface
Soda bread is a var... | {"Name of food": "Soda bread", "Width of image": "250px", "Image caption": "An Irish soda farl, made by cutting a flattened round of dough into four pieces, then baking", "Place of origin": "IrelandSociety for the Preservation of the Soda Bread Society for the Preservation of the Irish Soda Bread http://www.sodabread.i... |
An empanada is a type of baked or fried turnover consisting of pastry and filling, common in Spanish, other Southern European, Latin American, and Iberian-influenced cultures around the world. The name comes from the Spanish (to bread, i.e., to coat with bread), and translates as 'breaded', that is, wrapped or coated ... | {"Name of food": "Empanada", "Image filename": "Tapa de empanadillitas.JPG", "Image caption": "Empanadillas from Spain", "Alternate name": "Pastry", "Place of origin": "Spain", "Region of origin": "Galicia", "Associated cuisine": "Spanish, Argentinian, Ecuadorian, Sicilian, Mexican, Malaysian, Indonesian, Filipino, Col... |
thumb|upright=1.5|User interface of a feed reader
The name Atom applies to a pair of related Web standards. The Atom Syndication Format is an XML language used for web feeds, while the Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub or APP) is a simple HTTP-based protocol for creating and updating web resources.
Web feeds allow s... | {"Name": "Atom", "Icon": "128px", "Caption": "The feed icon used in several browsers", "MIME type": "application/atom+xml", "Developed by": "Internet Engineering Task Force", "Type of format": "Web syndication", "Initial release": "4287 2005 12", "Open format?": "Yes", "Website": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc428... |
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