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thumb|upright=1.4|Wildspitze (one third from left) seen from the mountain Hinterer Brunnkogel, the highest point of the Pitztal glacier ski resort. Right beside is the Hinterer Brochkogel, below the Wildspitze lies the glacier Taschachferner. In the lower left corner is the saddle Mittelbergjoch, through which one may ... | {"Location": "North Tyrol, Austria", "Elevation": "3770", "Prominence": "The key col is the Reschen Pass.Ranked 4th in the Alps", "Coordinates": "46 53 07 N 10 52 02 E type:mountain_region:AT_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
thumb|Geograpical position of San Miguel River Colorado
The San Miguel River is a tributary of the Dolores River, approximately long, in southwestern Colorado in the United States. It rises in the San Juan Mountains southeast of Telluride and flows northwest, along the southern slope of the Uncompahgre Plateau, past t... | {"Location": "Confluence with Dolores River", "Coordinates": "38 22 48 N 108 48 12 W inline,title", "Progression": "Dolores—Colorado", "Mouth": "4819 ft m on"} |
Manchester University (formerly Manchester College) is a private liberal arts university associated with the Church of the Brethren and two locations, a residential campus in North Manchester, Indiana, and a second location in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which hosts the university's doctorate programs in pharmacy and physical... | {"Motto": "Learning, Faith and Service", "Type": "Private Coeducational Liberal arts", "Affiliation": "Church of the Brethren", "Endowment": "$320 million https://www.nacubo.org/Research/2019/Public-NTSE-Tables U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowme... |
300px|thumb|right|The Little Snake River, a tributary of the Yampa River, is shown highlighted on a map of the western United States
The Little Snake River is a tributary of the Yampa River, approximately long, in southwestern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado in the United States.
It rises near the continental divi... | {"Location": "Confluence with Yampa River", "Coordinates": "40 27 09 N 108 26 32 W inline,title", "Progression": "Yampa—Green—Colorado", "Mouth": "5620 ft m on"} |
Margaret J. Winkler Mintz (April 22, 1895 - June 21, 1990) was a key figure in silent animation history, having a crucial role to play in the histories of Max and Dave Fleischer, Pat Sullivan, Otto Messmer, and Walt Disney. She was the first woman to produce and distribute animated films.Merritt and Kaufman. pg. 15-16M... | {"Name": "Margaret J. Winkler", "Birth place": "Hungary, Austria-Hungary", "Birth date": "April 22, 1895", "Death place": "Mamaroneck, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "June 21, 1990 (aged 95)", "Occupation": "Film studio executive, film producer and distributor, animation", "Spouse(s)": "Charles B. Mintz", "Known For": ... |
Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole is the busiest airport on the Island of Hawaiʻi. It is located in Kalaoa, Hawaii, United States, - The airport is on page 32000 map: Pages 1 and 2. near the town of Kailua-Kona. The airport serves leeward (western) Hawaiʻi island, including the resorts in North Ko... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Island of Hawaii", "Hub": "Mokulele Airlines", "Location": "Kalaoa, Hawaii", "AMSL": "14", "Coordinates": "19 44 20 N 156 02 44 W region:US-HI_type:airport inline,title Kona International Airport", "Website": "hawaii.gov/koa"} |
"Azati Prime" is the eighteenth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the 70th overall. The episode was written by Manny Coto from a story developed by Coto, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. It was directed by Allan Kroeker, his second of the season. The epis... | {"Story by": "Rick Berman\n Brannon Braga\n Manny Coto", "Teleplay by": "Manny Coto", "Directed by": "Allan Kroeker", "Featured music": "Jay Chattaway"} |
The Rio-Niterói Bridge (in Portuguese: Ponte Rio-Niterói), officially the President Costa e Silva Bridge, is a box girder bridge spanning the Guanabara Bay, connecting the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is currently the second longest bridge in Latin America, after the M... | {"Official name": "President Costa e Silva Bridge", "Carries": "8 lanes of BR-101", "Crosses": "Guanabara Bay", "Locale": "Rio de Janeiro and Niterói, Brazil", "Design": "Box girder bridge", "Longest span": "300 m", "Total length": "13.29 km (8.26 miles)", "Width": "27 m", "Daily traffic": "140,000", "Construction star... |
North Park University is a private Christian university in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1891 by the Evangelical Covenant Church. It is located on Chicago's north side and enrolls more than 2,600 undergraduate and graduate students.
History
The university has its origins in the founding of North Park Theologic... | {"Accreditation": "HLC", "Motto": "\"In Thy Light Shall We See Light\"\"Preparing Students for Lives of Significance and Service\"http://www.northpark.edu/home/index.cfm?northpark=Education.Ed_Main North Park University: Christian - Urban - Multicultural www.northpark.edu https://web.archive.org/web/20080913191717/h... |
thumb|The province of Verona within Veneto
Valpolicella (, , ) is a viticultural zone of the province of Verona, Italy, east of Lake Garda. The hilly agricultural and marble-quarrying region of small holdings north of the Adige is famous for wine production. Valpolicella ranks just after Chianti in total Italian (DOC)... | {"Type": "it Denominazione di origine controllata", "Year established": "1968", "Country": "Italy", "Part of": "Veneto", "Sub-regions": "Valpolicella Classico, Valpantena", "Size of planted vineyards": "7844 ha Valpolicella DOC\n Italian Wine Central\n 13 August 2019\n https://italianwinecentral.com/deno... |
Asiago ( , , ) is a cow's milk cheese, first produced in Asiago in Italy, that can assume different textures according to its aging, from smooth for the fresh Asiago (called , which means 'Pressed Asiago') to a crumbly texture for the aged cheese (, which means 'Breeding farm Asiago'). The aged cheese is often grated ... | {"Other names": "Asiago PressatoAsiago d'allevo", "Country of origin": "Italy", "Region": "Veneto, Trentino", "Town": "Asiago", "Source of milk": "Cows", "Pasteurized": "No", "Texture": "Medium-soft to hard, depending on age", "Certification": "PDO 1996"} |
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. It consists of lead vocalist Adam Levine, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, lead guitarist James Valentine, drummer Matt Flynn, keyboardist PJ Morton and multi-instrumentalist and bassist Sam Farrar. Original members Levine, Carmichael... | {"Origin": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Pop\n pop rock\n funk rock\n blue-eyed soul\n soft rock", "Discography": "Maroon 5 discography", "Labels": "Reprise\n Warner Bros.\n Octone\n J\n A&M Octone\n 222\n Interscope\n Polydor", "Website": "maroon5.com", "Members": "Adam Levine\n Jesse Carmichael\n James ... |
Knight's Armament Company (KAC) is an American firearms and firearms parts manufacturer, best known for producing the Rail Interface System (RIS) and the Rail Adapter System (RAS) grips for firearms use. They currently produce a variety of firearms, specifically AR-15 rifles. One of their best known rifles is the SR-25... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1982", "Headquarters": "Titusville, Florida, U.S.", "Industry": "Defense", "Products": "Firearms, weapons, firearm accessories", "Website": "http://www.knightarmco.com/ www.KnightArmCo.com"} |
Jean-Pierre Kingsley (born July 12, 1943) is a Canadian civil servant and businessman who served as the president and CEO of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).Kingsley to take international election monitoring post. CBC News. Retrieved 31 January 2007. He was the chief electoral officer of Elec... | {"Name": "Jean-Pierre Kingsley", "Term start": "1990", "Term end": "2007", "Birth date": "1943 7 12", "Birth place": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada", "Nationality": "Canadian"} |
The chief electoral officer of Canada () is the person responsible for the administration of elections, referendums and other aspects of the electoral system in Canada. The position was established in 1920 under the Dominion Elections Act to be the chief executive of the independent agency now known as Elections Canada... | {"Post": "Chief Electoral Officer", "Body": "Canada", "Incumbent": "Stéphane Perrault", "Incumbent since": "December 2016https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=abo&dir=ceo/bio&document=index⟨=e Biography of Stéphane Perrault Elections Canada www.elections.ca", "Department": "Elections Canada", "Appointer": "Parl... |
Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride cymbal to keep time rather than the hi-hat, along with the use of the bass drum for irregular accents ("dropping bom... | {"Born": "1914 1 9", "Died": "Montreuil, France", "Origin": "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States", "Genres": "Jazz"} |
alt= A man sits on a pillow facing away from the viewer, wearing only a belt and a bandanna. He holds a fanned hand of playing cards. An electric guitar and other objects frame the edges of the image.|thumb|A man plays a strip playing card game
Strip games or stripping games are games which have clothing removal as a ... | {"Name": "Strip poker", "Image caption": "Four people playing strip poker", "Genres": "Card game, strip game", "Players": "Two or more", "Playing time": "Amount varies", "Random chance": "Medium (shuffling)", "Skills required": "Counting, strategy, bluffing, probability"} |
Sara Bettine Storer (born 6 October 1973) is an Australian country music singer-songwriter and former teacher. She won a record breaking seven Golden Guitar awards in the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January 2004, and as of 2017, she has won 21 in total. Three of her six studio albums have reached the top 30 on t... | {"Born": "Wemen, Victoria", "Genres": "Country", "Labels": "ABC\n Universal\n EMI", "Website": "sarastorer.com.au"} |
Gross-Rosen was a network of Nazi concentration camps built and operated by Nazi Germany during World War II. The main camp was located in the German village of Gross-Rosen, now the modern-day Rogoźnica in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland; directly on the rail-line between the towns of Jawor (Jauer) and Strzegom (Str... | {"Other names": "Konzentrationslager Groß-Rosen", "Commandant": "Arthur Rödl, May 1941 - September 1942\nWilhelm Gideon, September 1942 - October 1943\nJohannes Hassebroek, October 1943 until evacuation", "Operational": "Summer of 1940 - 14 February 1945", "Inmates": "mostly Jews, Poles and Soviet citizens", "Number of... |
IDL, short for Interactive Data Language, is a programming language used for data analysis. It is popular in particular areas of science, such as astronomy, atmospheric physics and medical imaging. IDL shares a common syntax with PV-Wave and originated from the same codebase, though the languages have subsequently div... | {"Name": "IDL (Interactive Data Language)", "Paradigm": "vector-oriented programming", "Designer": "David Stern", "Developer": "David Stern & ITT Visual Information Solutions (ITT VIS)", "Latest release version": "IDL 8.9", "Latest release date": "May 3, 2023", "Typing discipline": "Dynamic", "Implementations": "IDL, G... |
Beautiful Circle is the second studio album by Australian country music singer Sara Storer. It was released in November 2002.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2003, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Country Album, losing to Golden Road by Keith Urban.
At the Country Music Awards of Australia in 2004, Storer ... | {"Released": "November 2002", "Genre": "Country", "Label": "Universal Records", "Producer": "Garth Porter"} |
Mister Mxyzptlk ( or ), sometimes called Mxy, is a character who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is usually presented as a trickster in the classical mythological sense. Mxyzptlk possesses reality-warping powers with which he enjoys tormenting Superman or making life difficult. His portraya... | {"Publisher": "DC Comics", "Created by": "Jerry Siegel (writer)Joe Shuster (artist)", "Species": "Fifth Dimensional Imp (Zrfffian)", "Place of origin": "Fifth Dimension", "Notable aliases": "Master MxyzptlkBen deRoy", "Partnerships": "Ms. Gsptlsnz", "Abilities": "Reality warping\nCartoon physics"} |
The Brabant killers, also named the Nijvel Gang in Dutch-speaking media (), and the mad killers of Brabant in French-speaking media (), are responsible for a series of violent attacks that mainly occurred in the Belgian province of Brabant between 1982 and 1985. A total of 28 people died and 22 were injured. The action... | {"Title": "Brabant Killings", "Part of": "Les Années de plomb (Years of Lead)", "Caption": "Gendarmerie-distributed poster with the likenesses of the gang's members", "Location": "Brabant (mostly), also in East Flanders, Hainaut, and Namur, Belgium. On one occasion, in the town of Maubeuge, France.", "Target": "Delhaiz... |
Joan of Arc (1412-1431) was formally canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 16 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV in his bull Divina disponente,Pope Benedict XV, Divina Disponente (Latin), 16 May 1920, https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xv/la/bulls/documents/hf_ben-xv_bulls_19200516_divina-disponente.html.... | {"Born": "Domrémy, Duchy of Bar, France.http://www.chemainustheatrefestival.ca/season_saint_timeline.html Chemainus Theatre Festival > The 2008 Season > Saint Joan > Joan of Arc Historical Timeline Chemainustheatrefestival.ca 30 November 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130602171425/http://www.chemainusthea... |
The Islamic Party of Britain is a defunct political party in the United Kingdom that was active from its formation in 1989 until 2006. The IPB was opposed to both capitalism and communism. David Musa Pidcock, a Sheffield man who converted from Roman Catholicism to Islam while working as an engineer in Saudi Arabia, fou... | {"Leader": "David Musa Pidcock", "Founded": "yes September 1989", "Ideology": "Islamism", "Headquarters": "Milton Keynes"} |
"The Ugly Little Boy" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the September 1958At the beginning of reading the story (Science Fiction Favorites) Asimov says: issue of Galaxy Science Fiction under the title "Lastborn", and was reprinted under its current title in th... | {"Original title": "Lastborn", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Genre(s)": "Science fiction", "Published in": "Galaxy Science Fiction", "Publisher": "Galaxy Publishing", "Media type": "Magazine", "Publication date": "September 1958"} |
RPL is a handheld calculator operating system and application programming language used on Hewlett-Packard's scientific graphing RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) calculators of the HP 28, 48, 49 and 50 series, but it is also usable on non-RPN calculators, such as the 38, 39 and 40 series.
RPL is a structured programming ... | {"Name": "RPL", "Paradigm": "Stack, structured, concatenative,https://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/showthread.php?mode=linear&tid=15509&pid=135732 The Joy of Programming? Museum of HP Calculators 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20211203131528/https://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/showthread.php?mode=linear&tid=15509&pid=135732... |
Blink are a pop rock band from Ireland. Noted for their melancholy humour, they have released four albums since their inception in the early 1990s. Their 1994 debut album, A Map of the Universe by Blink, was a Top Ten in the Irish album charts and their second album, 1998's The End is High, was a Billboard album of the... | {"Origin": "Dublin, Ireland", "Genres": "Alternative rock, dream pop, pop rock", "Labels": "EMI, Parlophone, Paradigm, Serenes", "Members": "Dermot LambertRobbie SextonBrian McLoughlinBarry Campbell"} |
Forward Wales () was a socialist political party operating in Wales. It evolved from the John Marek Independent Party (JMIP), formed by the ex-Labour member of the Welsh Assembly, John Marek who was the party's national convenor.
On 8 November 2003, the JMIP decided to rename itself Forward Wales. The party sought to ... | {"Leader": "John Marek", "Founded": "8 November 2003", "Ideology": "SocialismWelsh devolution", "Political position": "Left-wing"} |
Nicholas Butt (born 21 January 1975) is an English football coach and former player who was most recently the head of first-team development at Manchester United. He is also a co-owner and chief executive officer of Salford City.
He played professional football as a midfielder from 1992 to 2011. He began his career wi... | {"Name": "Nicky Butt", "Picture caption": "Butt playing for Newcastle United in 2009", "Full name": "Nicholas ButtBarry J. Hugman The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010-11 2010 Mainstream Publishing Edinburgh 978-1-84596-601-0 68", "Birth date": "1975 1 21 y", "Birth place": "Gorton, Manchester, England", "Height":... |
thumb|Bridge over the Selenga River in Ulan-Ude
The Selenga or Selenge ("Selenga", Dictionary.com ; ; , ) is a major river in Mongolia and Buryatia, Russia. Originating from its headwater tributaries, the Ider and the Delger mörön, it flows for H. Barthel, Mongolei-Land zwischen Taiga und Wüste, Gotha 1990, p.34f befor... | {"Native name": "ru Селенга mn Сэлэнгэ", "Mouth": "Lake Baikal", "Basin size": "447000 km2 on", "Right": "Uda"} |
Major Friedrich Wilhelm Kasiski (29 November 1805 - 22 May 1881) was a German infantry officer, cryptographer and archeologist. Kasiski was born in Schlochau, Kingdom of Prussia (now Człuchów, Poland).
Military service
Kasiski enlisted in East Prussia's 33rd Infantry Regiment on 20 March 1823 at the age of 17. In May ... | {"Name": "Friedrich Kasiski", "Birth date": "yes 1805 11 29", "Birth place": "Schlochau, Kingdom of Prussia", "Death date": "yes 1881 05 22 1805 11 29", "Death place": "Neustettin, German Empire", "Nationality": "German", "Known For": "First accounted procedure for attacking polyalphabetic substitution ciphers."} |
Mariano Rajoy Brey (; born 27 March 1955) is a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018, when a vote of no confidence ousted his government. On 5 June 2018, he announced his resignation as People's Party leader.
He became Leader of the People's Party in 2004 and Prime Minister in 2011... | {"Name": "Mariano Rajoy", "Image caption": "Mariano Rajoy in 2018", "Term start": "21 December 2011", "Term end": "2 June 2018", "Office 2": "Leader of the Opposition", "Monarch 2": "Juan Carlos I", "Prime minister 2": "José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero", "Predecessor 2": "José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero", "Successor 2": "Alfr... |
The German Army (, 'army') is the land component of the armed forces of Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr together with the Marine (German Navy) and the Luftwaffe (German Air Force). , the German Army had a strength of 62,766 soldiers.
History
... | {"Type": "Land force", "Size": "62,800 (2023)", "Part of": "Bundeswehr", "Motto(s)": "de Schützen, helfen, vermitteln, kämpfen ('Protect, help, moderate, fight')", "Anniversaries": "12 November 1955", "Decorations": "Awards and decorations", "Website": "deutschesheer.de", "Notablecommanders": "20px General Ulrich de ... |
James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson (October 19, 1828April 22, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War, and later as a two-term U.S. Senator from Iowa. He was a pioneer in the advancement of federal pr... | {"Name": "James Falconer Wilson", "District 2": "1st", "Term 2": "October 8, 1861 - March 3, 1869", "Preceded 2": "Samuel Ryan Curtis", "Succeeded 2": "George W. McCrary", "Birth date": "1828 10 19", "Birth place": "Newark, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "1895 04 22 1828 10 19", "Death place": "Fairfield, Iowa, U.S.", "Spo... |
Jeremy Philip Northam (born 1 December 1961) is an English actor and singer. After a number of television roles, he earned attention as Mr. Knightley in the 1996 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. He has appeared in the films An Ideal Husband, Gosford Park, Amistad, The Winslow Boy, Enigma, Cypher, Dean Spanley, an... | {"Caption": "Northam in 2010", "Birth date": "1961 12 1 y", "Birth name": "Jeremy Philip Northam", "Birth place": "Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England", "Alma mater": "Bedford College, London (B.A., 1984)Bristol Old Vic Theatre School", "Occupation": "Actor, singer", "Years active": "1987-present", "Spouse(s)": "Liz Mor... |
Stanisławów Voivodeship () was an administrative district of the interwar Poland (1920-1939). It was established in December 1920 with an administrative center in Stanisławów. The voivodeship had an area of 16,900 km2 and comprised twelve counties (powiaty). Following World War II, at the insistence of Joseph Stalin du... | {"Native name": "Województwo stanisławowskie", "Conventional long name": "Stanisławów Voivodeship", "Common name": "Stanisławów", "Government type": "Voivodeship", "Capital": "Stanisławów", "Year founded": "1920", "Year dissolved": "1939"} |
Abu ʿĀmir Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Abi ʿĀmir al-Maʿafiri (), nicknamed al-Manṣūr (, "the Victorious"), which is often Latinized as Almanzor in Spanish or Almansor in Catalan (c. 938 - 8 August 1002), was a Muslim Arab Andalusi military leader and statesman. As the chancellor of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba and ha... | {"Born": "Torrox, Axarquía", "Died": "1002 (aged 63-64)", "Burial": "Medinaceli, Spain", "Religion": "Islam"} |
James "Tama Jim" Wilson (August 16, 1835 – August 26, 1920) was a Scottish-American politician who served as United States secretary of agriculture for sixteen years during three presidencies, from 1897 to 1913. He holds the record as the longest-serving United States Cabinet member.
Personal background and family
th... | {"Name": "Jim Wilson", "Image": "James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture 1897-1913) 2003 902 275 f1881m24x.tiff", "Term start": "March 6, 1897", "Term end": "March 3, 1913", "Predecessor 2": "Francis W. Palmer", "Successor 2": "Rush Clark", "Birth date": "1835 8 16", "Birth place": "Ayrshire, Scotland", "Death date": "1... |
Sir James Milne Wilson, (29 February 1812 - 29 February 1880) served as Premier of Tasmania from 1869 to 1872.
Biography
Wilson was born in 1812 in Banff, Scotland; the third son of John Wilson, a shipowner, and his wife, Barbara Gray; maternal grandson of Alexander Gray and wife, Jean Bean (See Pedigree of Bean of ... | {"Name": "James Milne Wilson", "Term start": "4 August 1869", "Term end": "4 November 1872", "Birth date": "yes 1812 2 29", "Birth place": "Banff, Scotland, UK", "Death date": "yes 1880 2 29 1812 2 29", "Death place": "Hobart, Tasmania", "Nationality": "British"} |
thumb|President George W. Bush signing the No Child Left Behind Act.
thumb|President George W. Bush signs the No Child Left Behind Act into law
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (The No Child Left Behind Act of 2004) was a U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the ... | {"Long title": "An act to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind.", "Enacted by": "107th", "Public law": "107 110", "Acts amended": "Adult Education and Family Literacy Act Age Discrimination Act of 1975 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowsh... |
Auskerry (; , east skerry) is a small island in eastern Orkney, Scotland. It lies in the North Sea south of Stronsay and has a lighthouse, completed in 1866.
Description
Auskerry is a small, flat, red sandstone islet, south of Stronsay. A standing stone and mediaeval chapel are signs of early settlement. The island w... | {"Coordinates": "59.032267 -2.569761 inline", "OS grid reference": "HY675165", "Scots": "Soondhttps://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/document/Map_of_Scotland_in_Scots-Guide_and_gazetteer.pdf Map of Scotland in Scots - Guide and gazetteer", "Meaning of name": "east skerry", "Area": "85 ha sqmi 2", "Population ra... |
Faray (Old Norse: Færey) is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying between Eday and Westray. Previously inhabited, the low-lying island is now a successful grey seal breeding colony.
Geography
Faray and Holm of Faray are formed of a ridge of Old Red Sandstone which extends southwards from Weather Ness at the southe... | {"Coordinates": "59.2142 -2.8231 inline", "OS grid reference": "HY531364", "Meaning of name": "Old Norse sheep island", "Area": "180 ha sqmi 2 on", "Population rank": "115=", "Highest elevation": "32 m ft 0 on", "Population": "0", "Island group": "Orkney", "Council area": "Orkney Islands", "References": "Anderson, Jose... |
Clinoclase is a hydrous copper arsenate mineral, Cu3AsO4(OH)3. Clinoclase is a rare secondary copper mineral and forms acicular crystals in the fractured weathered zone above copper sulfide deposits. It occurs in vitreous, translucent dark blue to dark greenish blue colored crystals and botryoidal masses. The crystal s... | {"Category": "Arsenate minerals", "IMA symbol": "CnoWarr L.N. 2021 IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mineralogical-magazine/article/imacnmnc-approved-mineral-symbols/62311F45ED37831D78603C6E6B25EE0A Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291-320 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 2021MinM...85..291W 2357... |
The Kalenjin are a group of tribes indigenous to East Africa, residing mainly in what was formerly the Rift Valley Province in Kenya and the Eastern slopes of Mount Elgon in Uganda. They number 6,358,113 individuals per the Kenyan 2019 census and an estimated 273,839 in Uganda according to the 2014 census mainly in Kap... | {"Name": "Kalenjin", "Religions": "Christianity, Kalenjin Mythology", "Languages": "Kalenjin languages: Pokot, Kupsabiny, Nandi, Markwet, Elgeyo, Terik, Sabaot, Tugen, Ogiek and Kipsigis\nlanguage", "Related ethnic groups": "Daasanach people, Datooga people and Omotik people", "Native name": "Biikap Kuutiit ('Speech co... |
Timothy P. Minear (; born October 29, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director. He has been nominated for four Emmy Awards (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) for his role as an executive producer on American Horror Story and Feud.
Life and career
Minear was born in New York City, grew up in Whittier, California, and stu... | {"Name": "Tim Minear", "Alt": "Tim Minear in 2012", "Caption": "Tim Minear in 2012", "Nationality": "American", "Birth date": "1963 10 29", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Screenwriter, television director/producer", "Known For": "American Horror Story, Firefly, Angel, Lois and Clark"} |
Joseph Henry Blackburne (10 December 1841 - 1 September 1924) was a British chess player. Nicknamed "The Black Death", he dominated the British scene during the latter part of the 19th century. Blackburne learned the game at the relatively late age of 17 or 18, but he quickly became a strong player and went on to devel... | {"Name": "Joseph Henry Blackburne", "Birth date": "1841 12 10 y", "Birth place": "Manchester, England", "Death date": "1924 9 1 1841 12 10 y", "Death place": "London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Other names": "\"The Black Death\"", "Occupation": "chess player", "Years active": "1862-1914"} |
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thumb|M1935 slide open
The Beretta M1935 is a compact .32 ACP caliber blowback pistol that was manufactured by Italian firm Beretta.
History
In the early 1930s, the Italian army was impressed by the Walther PP pistol. Beretta did not want to lose a big Italian military contract and designed t... | {"Place of origin": "Kingdom of Italy", "Type": "Semi-automatic pistol", "Sights": "yes", "In service": "1937", "Used by": "Italy, Germany", "Wars": "World War II", "Manufacturer": "Beretta", "Produced": "1935-1967", "Action": "Blowback", "Muzzle velocity": "925 ft/s (282 m/s)", "Feed system": "8-round detachable box m... |
The Lada Оkа (VAZ-1111, SeAZ-1111, КаmАZ-1111, Astro 11301) () is a city car designed in the Soviet Union in the later part of the seventies by AvtoVAZ. It entered production in 1988 powered by a SOHC two-cylinder engine. While developed at AutoVAZ by a team led by Yuri Kuteev, no production models were built there. I... | {"Also called": "VAZ-1111SeAZ-1111KamAZ-1111SeAZ OkaKamAZ OkaAstro 11301Oka NEV ZEV", "Manufacturer": "AutoVAZKAMAZLadaGanja Auto PlantSeAZMIROX", "Assembly": "TolyattiSoviet UnionGanjaAzerbaijan", "Production": "1988-20082004-2008 (Azerbaijan)", "Class": "City car (A)", "Body style": "3-door hatchback2-door pickup tru... |
The Calf of Eday (; ) is an uninhabited island in Orkney, Scotland, lying north east of Eday. It is known for its wildlife and its prehistoric ruins.
History
There is a Neolithic chambered cairn in the southwest overlooking Calf Sound, which separates the island from Eday. Rectangular in shape, the cairn was excavate... | {"Coordinates": "59.23 -02.73 inline", "OS grid reference": "HY580393", "Scots": "Cauf o Aideehttps://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/document/Map_of_Scotland_in_Scots-Guide_and_gazetteer.pdf Map of Scotland in Scots - Guide and gazetteer", "Area": "243 ha sqmi 2", "Population rank": "98", "Highest elevation": "... |
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The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU), widely known as the Unification Church, is a new religious movement derived from Christianity, whose members are c... | {"Abbreviation": "FFWPU, UC", "Classification": "New religious movement", "Scripture": "BibleDivine Principle", "Founder": "Sun Myung Moon", "Origin": "Seoul, South Korea", "Official website": "familyfed.org", "Other name(s)": "Unification Movement Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (세계기독... |
Alan Harrison Berg (January 18, 1934 - June 18, 1984) was an American talk radio show host in Denver, Colorado. Born to a Jewish family, he had outspoken atheistic and liberal views and a confrontational interview style. Berg was killed by members of the white supremacist group The Order, who believed in killing all Je... | {"Name": "Alan Berg", "Birth name": "Alan Harrison Berg", "Birth date": "1934 01 18", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "1984 6 18 1934 1 18", "Death place": "Denver, Colorado, U.S.", "Death cause": "Murder", "Resting place": "Waldheim Jewish Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois", "Occupation": "Lawyer... |
Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (born November 18, 1957) is an American politician, clergyman, and athlete. Watts was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, represe... | {"Name": "J. C. Watts", "Image": "Watts.JPG", "Image caption": "Watts in September 2003", "Term start": "January 3, 1999", "Term end": "January 3, 2003", "Birth name": "Julius Caesar Watts Jr.", "Birth date": "1957 11 18", "Birth place": "Eufaula, Oklahoma, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Frankie Jones 1977", "Education": "Univer... |
Abdollah Ramezanzadeh () is an Iranian academic, writer and politician.
An ethnic Kurdish, he is the former spokesman and secretary of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the presidency of Muhammad Khatami.
Ramezanzadeh is an assistant professor in faculty of Law and Political Science of University ... | {"Name": "Abdollah Ramezanzadeh", "Office 2": "Governor of Kurdistan Province", "President 2": "Mohammad Khatami", "Predecessor 2": "Mohammad Reza Rahimi", "Successor 2": "Asadollah Razani", "Birth date": "1954 08 23", "Birth place": "Bijar, Iran", "Alma mater": "Katholieke Universiteit Leuven"} |
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Sud Express (also called Surexpreso and Sud Expresso ) is an overnight passenger train connecting Lisbon with Hendaye, a French commune on the Franco-Spanish border. The original service, operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, ran to Calais via Madrid and Paris.
The service was suspended in ... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail", "Status": "Suspended", "First service": "21 October 1887", "Last service": "16 March 2020", "Distance travelled": "1066 km", "Average journey time": "12 hours, 11 minutes", "Service frequency": "Daily", "Catering facilities": "Cafe-bar"} |
Graemsay () is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness.
Geography and geology
Graemsay lies between Hoy and Stromness on Mainland Orkney, separated from the Mainland by Clestrain Sound. The island... | {"Coordinates": "58.933 -3.2833 inline", "OS grid reference": "HY255055", "Meaning of name": "Grímr's Island", "Area": "409 ha sqmi 2 on", "Population rank": "60", "Highest elevation": "West Hill 62 m ft 0 on", "Population": "22", "Population density": "6.8 people/km2", "Largest settlement": "Sandside", "Island group... |
Pegaso (, "Pegasus") was a Spanish manufacturer of trucks, buses, tractors, armored vehicles, and, for a while, to train apprentices, and have a good brand image, some sports cars. The parent company, Enasa, was created in 1946 and based in the old Hispano-Suiza factory, under the direction of the renowned automotive ... | {"Fate": "Discontinued; merged into Iveco", "Founded": "1946", "Defunct": "1994", "Headquarters": "Barcelona, Spain", "Industry": "Automobile, defense, equipment", "Products": "Vehicles, tractors, armored cars"} |
Copinsay () is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying off the east coast of the Orkney Mainland. The smaller companion island to Copinsay, Horse of Copinsay lies to the northeast. The Horse is uninhabited, and is managed as a bird reserve. Copinsay is also home to a lighthouse.
Myths about the island include t... | {"Coordinates": "58.9 -2.67 inline", "OS grid reference": "HY607015", "Meaning of name": "\"Kobeinn's Island\"", "Area": "73 ha sqmi 2", "Population rank": "170", "Highest elevation": "64 m ft 0", "Population": "0", "Island group": "Orkney", "Council area": "Orkney Islands", "References": "2001 UK Census per List of is... |
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Looking North: Rysa Little with Hoy behind to left; Graemsay with Mainland behind centre and right; Cava to right.
Fara (, Old Norse: Færey ) is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow between the islands of Flotta and Hoy. It has been uninhabited since the 1960... | {"Coordinates": "58.85 -3.175 inline", "OS grid reference": "ND325955", "Meaning of name": "Island of Sheep (cf Faroe)", "Area": "295 ha sqmi 2", "Population rank": "89", "Highest elevation": "43 m ft 0 on", "Population": "0", "Island group": "Orkney", "Council area": "Orkney Islands Council", "References": "Ordnance S... |
The Windsor Star is a daily newspaper based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Postmedia Network, it is published Tuesdays through Saturdays.
History
The paper began as the weekly Windsor Record in 1888, changing its name to the Border Cities Star in 1918, when it was bought by W. F. Herman. The Border Cities Star ... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "Postmedia Network", "Headquarters": "300 Ouellette AvenueWindsor, OntarioN9A 7B4", "Circulation": "https://nmc-mic.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2015-Daily-Newspaper-Circulation-Report-by-Title-SPREADSHEET_FINAL.xlsx 2015 Daily Newspaper Circulation Sprea... |
Samuel Carthorne Rivers (September 25, 1923 - December 26, 2011) was an American jazz musician and composer. Though most famously a tenor saxophonist, he also performed on soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica, piano and viola.
Active in jazz since the early 1950s, he earned wider attention during the mid... | {"Born": "El Reno, Oklahoma, U.S.Panken, Ted, \"Ted Panken Interviews: Sam Rivers WKCR-FM New York, September 25, 1997\", Jazz Journalists Association Library, 1999https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sam-rivers-mn0000290775/biography Sam Rivers | Biography & History AllMusic July 31, 2021", "Died": "Orlando, Florida, U.S."... |
Switha is a small uninhabited island towards the south of Orkney, Scotland, approximately 41 hectares in area.
Geography and geology
Switha lies 2 km to the south of the island of Flotta and 2 km east of the South Walls area of Hoy. South Ronaldsay lies about 5 km further east. The island is roughly rectangular in sha... | {"Coordinates": "58.798 -3.098 inline", "OS grid reference": "ND365905", "Area": "41 ha sqmi 2", "Population rank": "217=", "Highest elevation": "28 m ft 0", "Population": "0", "Island group": "Orkney", "Council area": "Orkney Islands", "References": "Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 339-41Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet... |
Swona is an uninhabited privately-owned island in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland.
Geography and geology
left|thumb|Approaching the north head of Swona. Several houses can clearly be seen.
Swona is the more northerly of two islands in the Pentland Firth between the Orkney Islands and Caithness on th... | {"Coordinates": "58.74279 N 3.05815 W type:landmark_region:GB title,inline", "OS grid reference": "ND387844", "Meaning of name": "Sweyn's Island; Pig/whale island", "Area": "92 ha acre on", "Population rank": "153", "Highest elevation": "Warbister Hill 41 m ft 0 on", "Population": "0", "Island group": "Orkney", "Coun... |
Stroma is an uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth, between Orkney and the mainland of Scotland. It forms part of the civil parish of Canisbay in Caithness. The name comes from the Old Norse Straumey, meaning "island in the current".
Ancient stone structures testify to the presence of Stroma's earliest residents, w... | {"OS grid reference": "ND 35105 77539", "Coordinates": "58.680 N 3.120 W inline,title region:GB-HLD_type:isle", "Area": "375 ha", "Population rank": "78=", "Highest elevation": "Cairn Hill 53 m onOrdnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 12 Thurso & Wick (John O’Groats) 978-0-319-22612-4 Ordnance Survey 2014", "Population"... |
Oddworld is a video game series and fictional universe, created by developers Oddworld Inhabitants under the direction of Lorne Lanning. The series has been released on various platforms such as PlayStation, Xbox, PlayStation 3, Game Boy, Windows and Wii U.
Throughout games set in the Oddworld universe, the player's c... | {"Title": "Oddworld", "Image": "250px", "Caption": "Logo used for Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath", "Developer": "Oddworld InhabitantsDigital DialectSaffireJust Add WaterFrima StudioSquare One Games Fat Krakern Stduios, Sabotage Studios, Streamline Studio", "Publisher": "GT InteractiveInfogramesEA Games", "Platforms": "Play... |
Marcel Iureș (; born 2 August 1951) is a Romanian actor. He is one of Romania's most acclaimed stage and film actors. He has acted in films and on stage both in Romania and internationally, and has played at least ten roles on Romanian and British television. His work includes voiceovers for Disney and computer games. ... | {"Name": "Marcel Iureș", "Caption": "Marcel Iureș in 2013", "Birth date": "y 1951 8 2", "Birth place": "Băilești, Dolj County, Romanian People's Republic", "Awards": "National Order of Faithful Service", "Alma mater": "Theatrical Arts and Cinematography Institute"} |
All Dogs Go to Heaven is a 1989 animated musical fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Don Bluth and co-directed by Gary Goldman (his directorial debut) and Dan Kuenster. Set in New Orleans in 1939, it tells the story of Charlie B. Barkin (voiced by Burt Reynolds), a German Shepherd that is murdered by his former frien... | {"Directed by": "Don Bluth", "Screenplay by": "David N. Weiss", "Story by": "Don Bluth\n Ken Cromar\n Gary Goldman\n Larry Leker\n Linda Miller\n Monica Parker\n John Pomeroy\n Guy Schulman \n David J. Steinberg\n David N. Weiss", "Produced by": "Don Bluth\n Gary Goldman\n John Pomeroy", "Starring": "Loni Anderson\n Ju... |
The Yeniseian languages (sometimes known as Yeniseic or Yenisei-Ostyak;"Ostyak" is a concept of areal rather than genetic linguistics. In addition to the Yeniseian languages it also includes the Uralic languages Khanty and Selkup. occasionally spelled with -ss-) are a family of languages that are spoken by the Yeniseia... | {"Name": "Yeniseian", "Geographic distribution": "today along the Yenisei River historically large parts of Siberia and of Mongolia", "Language family color": "Dené-Yeniseian", "Glottolog code": "yeni1252", "Glottolog reference name": "Yeniseian", "Child 1": "Northern", "Child 2": "Southern †", "Protolanguage name": "P... |
Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian cannibal film directed by Ruggero Deodato and written by Gianfranco Clerici. It stars Robert Kerman as Harold Monroe, an anthropologist who leads a rescue team into the Amazon rainforest to locate a crew of filmmakers that have gone missing while filming a documentary on local canni... | {"Directed by": "Ruggero Deodato", "Produced by": "Franco Di Nunzio\n Franco Palaggi", "Written by": "Gianfranco Clerici", "Starring": "Robert Kerman\n Carl Gabriel Yorke\n Francesca Ciardi\n Luca Barbareschi\n Perry Pirkanen", "Music by": "Riz Ortolani", "Cinematography": "Sergio D'Offizi", "Edited by": "Vincenzo Toma... |
The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Unlike the usual manner of playing a traditional acoustic guitar, in which the performer's fingertips press the strings agains... | {"Name": "Lap steel guitar", "Names": "Hawaiian guitar, lap steel, console steel, kīkākila, Dobro", "Image size": "240", "Caption": "Fender Champion electric lap steel guitar", "Background": "string", "Classification": "String instrument, finger picked", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "Composite chordophone", "Invento... |
PvP, also known as Player vs Player, was a longrunning video game webcomic, written and drawn by Scott Kurtz. It was launched on May 4, 1998. The webcomic follows the events at a fictional video game magazine company, featuring many running gags and references with a focus on nerd culture. Dylan Meconis was added as a ... | {"Author(s)": "Scott Kurtz, Dylan Meconis", "Website": "www.pvponline.com", "Current status/schedule": "Unscheduledhttp://pvponline.com/news/proof-of-life PVP - News", "Launch date": "1998 05 04", "Genre(s)": "Video games, fantasy, geek culture"} |
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and administering and managing over of reservations held in trust ... | {"Formed": "1824 3 11", "Jurisdiction": "Federal Government of the United States", "Headquarters": "Main Interior Building1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240", "Employees": "4,569 (FY2020)", "Annual budget": "$2.159 billion (FY2021)Tana Fitzpatrick February 4, 2021 The Bureau of Indian Affairs: FY2021 Appropriatio... |
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The Kasai River ( ; called Cassai in Angola) is a left bank tributary of the Congo River, located in Central Africa. The river begins in central Angola and flows to the east until it reaches the border between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Con... | {"Mouth": "Congo River", "Location": "Kwamouth, DRC", "Coordinates": "-3.182 16.184 inline", "Basin size": "884,376 km2 onhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01671764 10.1016/j.jag.2017.11.015 Satellite-based estimates of surface water dynamics in the Congo River Basin 2018 Becker M. Papa F. Frappart F. Alsdo... |
Maria João Monteiro Grancha (born 27 June 1956) is a Portuguese jazz singer. She is known for her vocal flexibility and improvisational skills. Although considered a jazz singer, she incorporates folk music, avant-garde, and electronica.
Her main musical partner is Portuguese pianist Mário Laginha. She has also worked... | {"Born": "Lisbon, Portugal", "Genres": "Jazz, world, avant-garde, electronica", "Labels": "Universal", "Website": "mariajoao.org"} |
Irving Lester Janis (May 26, 1918 - November 15, 1990) was an American research psychologist at Yale University and a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley most famous for his theory of "groupthink" which described the systematic errors made by groups when making collective decisions. A Review of... | {"Name": "Irving Janis", "Birth date": "May 26, 1918", "Birth place": "Buffalo, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1990 11 15 1918 5 26", "Death place": "Santa Rosa, California, U.S.", "Education": "University of ChicagoColumbia University", "Employer": "Yale University", "Occupation": "Psychologist", "Spouse(s)": "Marjor... |
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Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, (23 July 1666 - 28 April 1732) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1705 to 1710. He was Lord Chief Justice from 171... | {"Name": "The Earl of Macclesfield", "Image caption": "Portrait after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1712).", "Term start": "12 May 1718", "Term end": "7 January 1725", "Birth date": "1666 7 23 yes", "Birth place": "Staffordshire, England", "Death date": "1732 4 28 1666 7 23 yes"} |
Robert Scott Lazar (; born January 26, 1959) is an American businessman and conspiracy theorist who claims he was hired in the late 1980s to reverse-engineer extraterrestrial technology. This work supposedly occurred at a secret site called "S-4", a subsidiary installation allegedly located several kilometers south of ... | {"Name": "Robert Lazar", "Caption": "Lazar in 1991", "Birth name": "Robert Scott Lazar", "Birth date": "1959 1 26", "Birth place": "Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.", "Occupation": "Owner of United Nuclear Scientific Equipment and Supplies", "Criminal charge(s)": "Pandering, trade of illegal goods", "Spouse(s)": "Joy White"... |
The American Basketball League (ABL) was an early professional basketball league. During six seasons from 1925-26 to 1930-31, the ABL was the first attempt to create a major professional basketball league in the United States.
Joseph Carr, who was in 1925 the president of then-new National Football League, organized t... | {"Sport": "Basketball", "Founded": "1925", "Teams": "40-50?", "Country": "United States", "Champion": "Manchester British-Americans", "Folded": "1955"} |
The Boykos (; ; ; ), or simply Highlanders (верховинці, verkhovyntsi or ґоралы, g̀oraly), are an ethnolinguistic sub-group of Rusyns, located in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland. Within Ukraine, the Boykos and other Rusyns are seen as a sub-group of ethnic Ukrainians.Vasyl Greshchuk. L... | {"Name": "Boykos", "Native name": "Бойки", "Image caption": "Boyko family of Maniava, late 19th century", "Languages": "Rusyn, Ukrainian", "Religions": "Eastern Catholic, Orthodox Christianity", "Related ethnic groups": "Ukrainians Rusyns Lemkos Hutsuls"} |
Courtney Solomon (born September 1, 1970) is a film producer from Toronto, Ontario. He has been involved with production, marketing, and distribution of over 80 movies. In 2000, at the age of 29, he produced and directed the critically panned Dungeons & Dragons film.
Life and career
At 19, he formed Sweetpea Entertai... | {"Name": "Courtney Solomon", "Birth date": "1970 9 1", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Occupation": "Producer\n director\n screenwriter", "Years active": "2000-present", "Employer": "After Dark Films"} |
The Lowry Hotel is located by the River Irwell in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The five-star hotel is named after the artist L. S. Lowry. Although within the boundaries of the City of Salford, it is close to Manchester city centre and is known as "The Lowry Hotel Manchester". Upon opening, Marco Pierre White w... | {"Name": "The Lowry Hotel", "Location": "SalfordGreater ManchesterEngland", "Coordinates": "53 28 58 N 2 15 03 W region:GB_type:landmark inline,title", "Opened_date": "2001", "Architect": "Consarc Design Architects https://www.hotelmanagement-network.com/projects/lowry/ Lowry Hotel, Manchester Hotelmanagement", "Landlo... |
Antelope is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States located approximately northeast of downtown Sacramento and southwest of Roseville. The population was 45,770 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of . Antelope ... | {"Land": "17.71", "Water": "0.00", "Density": "2752.39", "DST": "-9"} |
Waterfront station is a major intermodal public transportation facility and the main transit terminus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on West Cordova Street in Downtown Vancouver, between Granville and Seymour Street. The station is also accessible via two other street-level entrances, one on Howe... | {"Name": "Waterfront", "Type": "TransLink station", "Style template": "TransLink (BC)", "Address": "601 West Cordova Street, Vancouver\n439 Granville Street, Vancouver", "Coordinates": "49 17 09 N 123 06 42 W type:railwaystation inline,title", "Connections": "vancouver rapidbus r5 18 R5 Hastings St", "Structure": "At-g... |
The (; FAZ; "Frankfurt General Newspaper") is a German newspaper founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt. Its Sunday edition is the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (; FAS).
The paper runs its own correspondent network. Its editorial policy is not determined by a single editor, but cooperatively by ... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Nordisch", "Owner(s)": "Fazit-Stiftung", "Headquarters": "Frankfurt, Germany", "Language": "German", "Publisher": "Carsten KnopBerthold KohlerJürgen KaubeGerald Braunberger", "Political alignment": "Liberal conservatismJordana Silverstein, Rachel Stevens Refugee Journeys: Histori... |
TPC Sugarloaf is a 27-hole private golf club in the southeastern United States, located within the gated community at Sugarloaf Country Club outside the official city limits of Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta.
The facility consists of three 9-hole courses designed by Greg Norman, and is a member of the ... | {"Location": "Sugarloaf Club DriveDuluth, Georgia, U.S.", "Year course established": "1997, 1997", "Type of course": "Private", "Coordinates": "33.998 -84.109 region:US_type:landmark inline,title", "Elevation": "1000 ft", "Operator of course": "PGA Tour TPC Network", "Holes count": "27", "Greens": "Bentgrass", "Fairway... |
The Mausoleum of Tangun is an ancient burial site in Kangdong near Pyongyang, North Korea. It is claimed by North Korea to be the tomb of Tangun, legendary founder of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom.
A pyramid was built on top of the grave in 1994, consisting of 1994 blocks of stone. The complex occupies about 1.8 ... | {"Context": "north", "Hangul name": "단군릉", "Hanja": "檀君陵", "Revised Romanization": "Dangulleung", "McCune-Reischauer": "Tan'gullŭng", "Caption": "The Mausoleum of Tangun"} |
A wafer is a crisp, often sweet, very thin, flat, light biscuit, often used to decorate ice cream, and also used as a garnish on some sweet dishes. Wafers can also be made into cookies with cream flavoring sandwiched between them (e.g., Oreo). They frequently have a waffle surface pattern but may also be patterned with... | {"Name of food": "Wafer", "Image filename": "File:Akbar Mashti.JPG", "Image caption": "Ice cream sandwiches prepared with wafers", "Type of dish": "Cookie"} |
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid ( Zahā Ḥadīd; 31 October 1950 - 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-British architect, artist and designer, recognized as a major figure in architecture of the late-20th and early-21st centuries. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Hadid studied mathematics as an undergraduate and then enrolled at the Architectura... | {"Name": "Zaha Hadid", "Portrait caption": "Hadid in 2013", "Practice": "Zaha Hadid Architects", "Significant buildings": "Vitra Fire Station, MAXXI, Bridge Pavilion, Contemporary Arts Center, Heydar Aliyev Center, Riverside Museum"} |
The Odeon Luxe Leicester Square is a prominent cinema building in the West End of London. Built in the Art Deco style and completed in 1937, the building has been continually altered in response to developments in cinema technology, and was the first Dolby Cinema in the United Kingdom.
The cinema occupies the centre o... | {"Former names": "Odeon Leicester Square", "Location": "LondonWC 2H 7JY", "Coordinates": "51.51056 -0.12917 type:landmark inline,title", "Type": "Cinema", "Opened": "yes 1937 11 2", "Renovated": "yes 2018 1 21 2018 12 21", "Owner": "Odeon Cinemas", "Construction cost": "£232,755", "Architect": "Harry WeedonAndrew Mathe... |
King Senzangakhona kaJama (c. 1762 - 1816) was the king of the Zulu Kingdom, and primarily notable as the father of three Zulu kings who ruled during the period when the Zulus achieved prominence, led by his oldest son King Shaka.Omer-Cooper, J. D. (1965) "The Zulu Aftermath," London: Longman
Biography
His father wa... | {"Name": "King Senzangakhona kaJama", "Birth date": "1762", "Birth place": "Zululand", "Death date": "1816", "Death place": "Zululand", "Occupation": "King of the Zulu", "Children": "Shaka kaSenzangakhonaSigujana kaSenzangakhonaDingane kaSenzangakhonaMpande kaSenzangakhonaMhlangana kaSenzangakhona", "Mother": "Mthaniya... |
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Warner Village Cinemas was a chain of multiplex cinemas operated by Warner Bros in the various locations throughout Europe. Created in the late 1980s in the UK as Warner Bros. Cinemas, these locations acted as a rival to Paramount and Universal's UCI Cinemas chain. Thi... | {"Industry": "Entertainment", "Founded": "Late 1980s", "Defunct": "October 2009", "Parent": "Warner Bros.", "Formerly": "Warner Bros. Cinemas", "Fate": "Folded into Vue Cinemas"} |
The Odeon Luxe West End is a two-screen cinema on the south side of Leicester Square, London. It has historically been used for smaller film premieres and hosting the annual BFI London Film Festival. The site is on an adjacent side of the square to the much larger flagship Odeon Luxe Leicester Square.
Odeon Cinemas so... | {"Former names": "Leicester Square Theatre Odeon West End", "Architectural style": "Art Deco", "Classification": "Cinema", "Location": "London", "Address": "38 Leicester Square", "Town or city": "London", "Coordinates": "51.5099 -0.1303 type:landmark_region:GB-WSM inline,title"} |
Professor Maggie Walsh is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The character is portrayed by Lindsay Crouse.
History
Professor Maggie Walsh is introduced in Season Four, as Buffy's Psychology professor at the University of California, Sunnydale, but is later revealed as the leader ... | {"First appearance": "\"The Freshman\" (1999)", "Last appearance": "\"Primeval\" (2000)", "Created by": "Joss Whedon", "Portrayed by": "Lindsay Crouse"} |
The Mazda MX-3 is a four-seat, front wheel drive coupé manufactured and marketed by Mazda, introduced at the Geneva Auto Show in March 1991 and marketed for model years 1992-1998.
The MX-3 was also marketed as the Mazda MX-3 Precidia in Canada and as the Eunos Presso, Autozam AZ-3 and Mazda AZ-3 in Japan. In Australia... | {"Also called": "Mazda MX-3 PrecidiaEunos 30X (Australia) Mazda-Eunos 30X (Australia) Eunos PressoAutozam AZ-3Mazda AZ-3", "Manufacturer": "Mazdahttps://www.auto-data.net/en/mazda-brand-118 Mazda | Technical Specs, Fuel consumption, Dimensions", "Production": "1991–1998", "Assembly": "Hofu, Japan", "Class": "Sports ... |
The 5th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 24, 1985, at Vine Street Elementary School in Hollywood, California, to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1984. Classic German silent film Metropolis was nominated for two Razzies, both for Giorgio Moroder's new score for the 1984 re-release.
Winn... | {"Date": "March 24, 1985", "Site": "Vine Street Elementary School, Hollywood, California", "Most awards": "Bolero (6)", "Most nominations": "Bolero (9)"} |
Guy Paul Morin is a Canadian who was wrongly convicted of the October 1984 rape and murder of his nine-year-old next-door neighbour, Christine Jessop of Queensville, north of Toronto, Ontario. DNA testing led to a subsequent overturning of this verdict. On October 15, 2020, the Toronto Police Service announced a DNA ma... | {"Name": "Guy Paul Morin", "Birth date": "1961", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Known For": "wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of a neighbour's child"} |
A deadly series of at least 33 tornadoes hit at least 10 different U.S. states on May 9-11, 1953. Tornadoes appeared daily from Minnesota in the north to Texas in the south. The strongest and deadliest tornado was a powerful F5 tornado that struck Waco, Texas on May 11, causing 114 of the 144 deaths in the outbreak. A... | {"Name": "1953 Waco tornado outbreak", "Image caption": "The ALICO building looming over the destroyed downtown area of Waco.", "Type": "Tornado outbreak", "Duration": "May 9-11, 1953", "Tornadoes confirmed": "33", "Fujita scale / Enhanced Fujita scale": "F5", "Duration of tornado outbreak": "2 days and 25 minutes", "F... |
The Borough of Bedford is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is based in Bedford, its namesake and principal settlement, which is the county town of Bedfordshire. The borough contains one large urban area, the 71st largest in the United Kingdom th... | {"Type": "Unitary Authority", "Density": "E06000055", "Rank": "E06000055", "DST": "British Summer Time"} |
thumb|Wyberton, one of the many villages in the borough
The Borough of Boston is a local government district with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Boston. The borough covers a wider area that includes villages such as Wyberton, Butterwick, Kirton-in-Holland, Langrick Bridge, ... | {"Type": "Boston Borough Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000136", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "https://www.mybostonuk.com/"} |
The Borough of Scarborough () was a non-metropolitan district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England. In addition to the town of Scarborough, it covered a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey. It bordered Redcar and Cleveland to the north, the Ryedale and Hambleton districts to t... | {"Type": "Non-metropolitan district", "Body": "Scarborough Borough Council", "Rank": "E07000168", "Density": "E07000168", "DST": "+1", "Website": "www.scarborough.gov.uk"} |
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