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The Man-eaters of Tsavo is a semi-autobiographical book written by Anglo-Irish military officer and hunter John Henry Patterson. Published in 1907, it recounts his experiences in East Africa while supervising the construction of a railroad bridge over the Tsavo river in Kenya, in 1898. It is titled after a pair of man-... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Macmillan and Co., Limited", "Media type": "Print"} |
Little Birdy were an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia, in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue. They gained public attention when their single "Relapse" gained popularity on alternati... | {"Origin": "Perth, Western Australia", "Genres": "Indie rock, alternative rockhttp://www.allmusic.com/artist/little-birdy-p648320 Biography Jason Ankeny Allmusic Australian alt-rock unit Little Birdy formed in Perth in 2002. 30 August 2011", "Labels": "Eleven, Virgin, EMI, Universal", "Members": "Matt ChequerSimon... |
Destination Games was an American computer game development company created in April 2000 by Richard Garriott, Robert Garriott and Starr Long, following their departure from Origin Systems. ("Destination" is a play on "Origin", the company the Garriotts founded nearly two decades earlier.)
Destination was founded in A... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Formerly": "NCSOFT Austin(2001-2009)", "Founded": "Austin, Texas, United States, April 2000", "Defunct": "2009", "Headquarters": "6801 North Capital of Texas Highway,Austin, Texas, United States78731", "Fate": "Dissolved", "Parent": "NCSOFT (2001-2009)", "Industry": "Video games", "Products": "T... |
The Infinity Gauntlet is an American comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics. In addition to an eponymous, six-issue limited series written by Jim Starlin and pencilled by George Pérez and Ron Lim, crossover chapters appeared in related comic books. Since its initial serialization from July to December 1991, th... | {"Schedule": "Monthly", "Format": "Y", "Genre": "y", "Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Publication date": "1991", "Main character(s)": "AvengersAdam WarlockMephistoThanosSilver SurferNebula", "Written by": "Jim Starlin", "Penciller(s)": "George PérezRon Lim", "Inker(s)": "Josef RubinsteinTom ChristopherBruce N Solotoff", ... |
The New Zealand National Front was a small white nationalist organisation in New Zealand.
History
thumb|right|NZ National Front members at a protest in 2007, with a policeman watching nearby.
First formation in 1967
Mirroring developments in the UK, a group called the National Front evolved from the New Zealand branc... | {"Leader": "Colin King-Ansell", "Ideology": "UltranationalismWhite nationalismHomophobiaAnti-immigration", "Political position": "Far-right", "Founded": "1968"} |
Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is a major city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital of Gandhinagar. The railway line and National Highway 8, which connect Delhi with Mumbai... | {"Body": "Vadodara Municipal Corporation", "Rank": "(4nd in Gujarat State )", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "ISO 3166-2:IN", "Website": "www.vmc.gov.in", "Type": "Municipal Corporation"} |
McFly are an English pop rock band formed in London in 2003. The band took their name from the Back to the Future character Marty McFly. The band consists of Tom Fletcher (lead vocals, guitar, and piano), Danny Jones (lead vocals, harmonica, and guitar), Dougie Poynter (bass guitar, vocals) and Harry Judd (drums). They... | {"Origin": "London, England", "Genres": "Pop rock\n pop punkhttp://www.starpulse.com/Music/McFly/ McFly Biography Star Pulse 4 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208155031/http://m.starpulse.com/Music/McFly/ 8 December 2015 dead", "Labels": "Island\n Super\n BMG", "Website": "mcfly.com", "Members": "T... |
The Ghost and the Darkness is a 1996 American historical adventure film directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. The screenplay, written by William Goldman, is a fictionalized account of the Tsavo man-eaters, a pair of male lions that terrorized workers in and around Tsavo, Kenya during... | {"Directed by": "Stephen Hopkins", "Produced by": "Gale Anne Hurd\n Paul B. Radin\n A. Kitman Ho", "Written by": "William Goldman", "Based on": "The Man-eaters of Tsavo John Henry Patterson", "Starring": "Michael Douglas\n Val Kilmer", "Music by": "Jerry Goldsmith", "Cinematography": "Vilmos Zsigmond", "Edited by": "Ro... |
Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud is a 1996 PBS American Masters documentary drama film on the inventor, visionary, and thinker R. Buckminster Fuller produced and directed by Academy Award nominees Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon. Cinematography by Buddy Squires, edited by Sara Fishko, and a production of Simon & Good... | {"Directed by": "Karen GoodmanKirk Simon", "Produced by": "Karen GoodmanKirk Simon", "Narrated by": "Morley Saferhttps://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/buckminster-fuller-thinking-out-loud-1200445331/ Leydon Joe Joe Leydon Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud Variety March 11, 1996", "Cinematography": "Buddy Squires", ... |
Wicksteed Park is a Grade II listed park in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, which includes an amusement park within its grounds. The park is located in the south-east of Kettering, on the western edge of Barton Seagrave village. The park is owned by the Wicksteed Charitable Trust, with the amusement park being ru... | {"Park Name": "Wicksteed Park", "Park Photo": "280px", "Park Photo Caption": "Locomotive \"Merlin\" hauling a passenger train on the Wicksteed Park Railway", "Park Location (City)": "Kettering, Northamptonshire", "Park Location (State/Province)": "England", "Number of Park Rides": "27", "Number of Park Roller Coasters"... |
The Goodrich Corporation, formerly the B.F. Goodrich Company, was an American manufacturing company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in Akron, Ohio in 1870 as Goodrich, Tew & Co. by Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, the company name was changed to the "B.F. Goodrich Company" in 1880, to BFGoodrich in the 1980s... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1870 (as B.F. Goodrich Company)Akron, Ohio U.S.", "Defunct": "2012 7 26", "Fate": "Acquired by United Technologies Corporation Tire division sold to Michelin", "Headquarters": "Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.", "Industry": "Aerospace", "Products": "Actuation systemsAerostructuresAircraft... |
Earthquake is a 1974 American ensemble disaster drama film directed and produced by Mark Robson and starring Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner. The plot concerns the struggle for survival after a catastrophic earthquake destroys most of the city of Los Angeles, California.
Directed by Robson with a screenplay by George ... | {"Directed by": "Mark Robson", "Produced by": "Mark Robson", "Written by": "George FoxMario Puzo", "Starring": "Charlton Heston\n Ava Gardner\n George Kennedy\n Lorne Greene\n Geneviève Bujold\n Richard Roundtree\n Marjoe Gortner\n Barry Sullivan\n Lloyd Nolan\n Victoria Principal", "Music by": "John Williams", "Cinema... |
Benjamin Franklin Goodrich (November 4, 1841 - August 3, 1888) was an American industrialist in the rubber industry and founder of B.F. Goodrich Company.Goodrich Corporation website
Early life
Goodrich was born in the farming town of Ripley, New York on November 4, 1841. He was a son of Anson Goodrich (1792-1847) an... | {"Name": "Benjamin Goodrich", "Birth name": "Benjamin Franklin Goodrich", "Birth date": "1841 11 4", "Birth place": "Ripley, New York U.S.", "Death date": "1888 8 3 1841 11 4", "Death place": "Manitou Springs, Colorado, U.S.", "Education": "Fredonia AcademyCleveland Medical CollegeUniversity of Pennsylvania", "National... |
Eels (often typeset as eels or EELS) is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1991 by singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett, known by the stage name E. Band members have changed over the years, both in the studio and on stage, making Everett the only official member for most of the ba... | {"Origin": "Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Alternative rock\n indie rockGreg Prato http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eels-mn0000174752/biography Eels | Biography & History AllMusic January 15, 2017", "Labels": "DreamWorks\n Vagrant\n E Works", "Members": "E (Mark Oliver Everett)The Chet (Jeff Ly... |
Switched-On Bach is the debut album by American composer Wendy Carlos, originally released in October 1968 by Columbia Records. Produced by Carlos and Rachel Elkind, the album is a collection of pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Carlos and Benjamin Folkman on a Moog synthesizer. It played a key role in bring... | {"Released": "October 1968", "Recorded": "1967-1968", "Genre": "Electronic baroque", "Label": "Columbia Masterworks", "Producer": "Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind"} |
Eraserheads (sometimes stylized as ERASƎRHEADS or ƎRASƎRHƎADS) are a Filipino alternative rock band formed in 1989. With a line-up comprising Ely Buendia, Buddy Zabala, Marcus Adoro, and Raimund Marasigan, the band became the most influential and successful in the history of Filipino music. Often dubbed as "The Beatles... | {"Origin": "Quezon City, Philippines", "Genres": "Alternative rock pop experimental Pinoy rock", "Labels": "Musiko Greater East Asia Sony Music Philippines Offshore Music Philippines", "Website": "www.eraserheads.ph"} |
thumb|A 1990s Shelvoke Dempster Roadchief TD Leyland engined
thumb|1934 Freighter
Shelvoke and Drewry was a Letchworth, Hertfordshire manufacturer of special purpose commercial vehicles. It was best known for its innovative waste collection vehicles that were the preferred choice of municipal authorities in the UK to... | {"Fate": "Merged", "Founded": "1921", "Defunct": "1991", "Headquarters": "Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England", "Industry": "Waste collection vehicle", "Products": "Revopak, Welfreighter"} |
Mark Oliver Everett (born April 10, 1963) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and the frontman of the rock band Eels. Also known as E, he is known for writing songs tackling subjects such as death, loneliness, divorce, childhood innocence, depression, and unrequited love, often from personal experi... | {"Born": "Virginia, U.S.", "Origin": "Los Feliz, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Alternative rock", "Labels": "Polydor DreamWorks EWorks Vagrant", "Website": "eelstheband.com"} |
Braastad is a brand of cognac. It's a range of product from the cognac House Tiffon. The name Braastad was introduced when Sverre Braastad (1879 – May 16, 1979) from Gjøvik, Norway, married the daughter of cognac producer Tiffon, Edith Rousseau, in 1913, and took over Tiffon, founded by Médéric Rousseau in 1875. The ho... | {"Type": "public", "Founded": "1875", "Headquarters": "Cognac, France", "Products": "Tiffon Braastad Bonaparte", "Website": "www.braastad.com", "Industry": "Wine & Spirits"} |
The 1993 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 6 June 1993, to elect the 5th of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 256 seats in the Senate.
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party under Felipe González achieved the largest number of votes and se... | {"Name": "1993 Spanish general election", "Country": "Spain", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1989 Spanish general election", "Previous year": "1989", "Next election": "1996 Spanish general election", "Next year": "1996", "Seats for election": "All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies ... |
Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches (; July 19, 1885 – April 3, 1954) was a Portuguese consul during World War II.
As the Portuguese consul-general in the French city of Bordeaux, he defied the orders of António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo regime, issuing visas and passports to an undetermined num... | {"Name": "Aristides de Sousa Mendes", "Caption": "Aristides in his 20s", "Birth name": "Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches", "Birth date": "1885 07 19", "Birth place": "Cabanas de Viriato, Viseu, Portugal", "Death date": "1954 04 03 1885 07 19", "Death place": "Lisbon, Portugal", "Nationality": "Portuguese... |
Fairlight is a digital audio company based in Sydney. In 1979, they released their Series I Fairlight CMI, one of the earliest digital audio workstations (DAW) with a digital audio sampler. Their subsequent Series II and III CMIs featured a graphic sequencer known as Page R, during a time when most computerized music s... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1975", "Headquarters": "Australia", "Parent": "Blackmagic Design", "Website": "blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/fairlight"} |
Göbekli Tepe (, ; known as Girê Mirazan or Xirabreşkê in Kurdish) is a Neolithic archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The settlement was inhabited from 9500 to at least 8000 BCE, during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic. It is famous for its large circular structures that contain massive stone pi... | {"Coordinates": "37 13 25 N 38 55 18 E type:landmark_region:TR inline,title", "Location": "Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey", "Region": "Southeastern Anatolia", "Type": "Settlement", "Founded": "9500 BCEClare 2020", "Abandoned": "8000 BCEClare 2020", "Periods": "Pre-Pottery Neolithic A\n Pre-Pottery Neolithic B", "Discovered... |
Entre Ríos (, "Between Rivers") is a central province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires (south), Corrientes (north) and Santa Fe (west), and Uruguay in the east.
Its capital is Paraná (250,000 inhabitants), which lies on the Paraná River, opposite the city of San... | {"Density": "auto", "Rank": "8th", "ISO 3166 code": "AR-E", "Website": "entrerios.gov.ar"} |
Monkey Dust is a British adult animated satirical sketch comedy series created by Harry Thompson and Shaun Pye. The series is characterised by its dark humour, frequent shifts in animation styles, and handling of taboo topics such as bestiality, murder, suicide and paedophilia. Three series were broadcast on BBC Three ... | {"Genre": "Black comedyhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/16/credits-roll-final-time-bbc3-television-online-only Credits Roll for the Final Time as BBC3 Becomes Online-Only Media The Guardian Ellis-Peterson Hannah 16 February 2016 Animated black comedy which satirised every taboo from bestiality and mu... |
Jens Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson (; 22 September 1932 - 30 January 2009) was a Swedish professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1963. He held the world heavyweight title from 1959 to 1960, and was the fifth heavyweight champion born outside the United States. Johansson won the title by defeating Floyd Patterson via th... | {"Nickname(s)": "Ingo\nThe Hammer of Thorhttp://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9043724/Ingemar-Johansson Ingemar Johansson Encyclopædia Britannica 24 June 2015", "Weight(s)": "Heavyweight", "Height": "183 cm https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-tale-of-the-tape-offers-a-physical-comparison-between-news-phot... |
Mount Cameroon is an active volcano in the South West region of Cameroon next to the city of Buea near the Gulf of Guinea. Mount Cameroon is also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako (the name of the higher of its two peaks) or by its indigenous name Mongo ma Ndemi ("Mountain of Greatness").
It is the highest point in ... | {"Language of name": "dua Mongo ma Ndemi", "Elevation": "A higher elevation of 4095 m ft 0 on is often given, but this is not compatible with SRTM data, which shows no 3\" cells higher than 4027 m ft 0 on or 1\" cells higher than 4029 m ft 0 on.A hand-held GPS reading of 4045 m ft 0 on was reported in 2015. The elevati... |
Mount Karisimbi is an extinct stratovolcano in the Virunga Mountains on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. At , Karisimbi is the highest of the eight major mountains of the mountain range, which is a part of Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. Karisimbi is flanked b... | {"Elevation": "\"Africa Ultra-Prominences\" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20.", "Prominence": "Ranked 61st", "Location": "Democratic Republic of the Congo - Rwanda border", "Coordinates": "1 30 30 S 29 26 42 E type:mountain_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 - 12 April 2006), better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian cinema and a versatile actor, he is considered a cultural icon and holds a matiné... | {"Name": "Dr. Rajkumar", "Caption": "Rajkumar stamp released in 2009", "Birth name": "Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj", "Birth date": "1929 4 24 y", "Birth place": "Dodda Gajanur,https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article30255448.eceBritish Indiahttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/02/the-bandi... |
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD; ), founded in 1925, is the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation.
Organisation
thumb|DAAD headquarters in Bonn
DAAD is a private, federally funded and state-funded, self-governing national agency of the institutions of higher... | {"Abbreviation": "DAAD", "Type": "Eingetragener Verein (registered association)", "Headquarters": "Bonn, Germany", "Website": "www.daad.de/en/index.html www.daad.de"} |
Medusa is the second studio album by British rock band Trapeze. Recorded in 1970 at Morgan Studios, it was produced by The Moody Blues bassist John Lodge and released in November 1970 by Threshold Records. The album was preceded by the release of the single "Black Cloud" in 1970.
Background
Following the release of Tr... | {"Released": "1970 11", "Recorded": "1970", "Studio": "Morgan Studios, London", "Genre": "Hard rock funk rock blues rock", "Label": "Threshold", "Producer": "John Lodge"} |
thumb|250px|NSE building at Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE, राष्ट्रीय शेअर बाजार) is one of the leading stock exchanges in India, based in Mumbai. NSE is under the ownership of various financial institutions such as banks and insurance companies. It is the world's largest de... | {"Type": "Stock exchange", "Location": "India", "Founded": "1992", "Owner": "Various group of domestic and global financial institutions, public and privately owned entities and individualshttps://www.nseindia.com/investor-relations/shareholding Shareholding www.nseindia.com", "Key people": "Girish Chandr Chaturvedi(Ch... |
Trapeze is the debut studio album by British rock band Trapeze. Recorded in 1969 at Morgan Studios and Decca Studios, it was produced by the Moody Blues bassist John Lodge and released in May 1970 as the second album on Threshold Records, a record label founded by Lodge's band. Trapeze is the band's only album to featu... | {"Released": "1970 5", "Recorded": "1969", "Studio": "Morgan Studios and Decca Studios (London, England)", "Genre": "Progressive rock psychedelic rock pop rock", "Label": "Threshold", "Producer": "John Lodge"} |
Tongue ( from ) is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal on the A836. To the north lies the area of Braetongue.
Tongue is the main villag... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/standard-outputs.html Standard Outputs - Census Data Explorer - Scotland's Census (2011 census)", "OS grid reference": "NC591570", "Council area": "Highland", "Lieutenancy area": "Sutherland", "UK Parliament": "Caithness, Sutherla... |
Puch () is a manufacturing company located in Graz, Austria. The company was founded in 1899 by the industrialist Johann Puch and produced automobiles, bicycles, mopeds, and motorcycles. It was a subsidiary of the large Steyr-Daimler-Puch conglomerate.
History
Foundation
thumb|Johann Puch in the 1890s
From 1889 Johan... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1899", "Headquarters": "Graz, Austria", "Industry": "Vehicle", "Products": "Automobiles, bicycles, motorcycles, mopeds", "Revenue": "part of Magna Steyr", "Parent": "Cycleurope", "Website": "Puch-bikes.com"} |
250px|thumb|Aneto's summit and glacier seen from the upper Portillon
thumb|280 px|Mountaineer on the last stretch to Aneto' summit, Mohammed's Pass
Aneto (pic d'Aneto in French, formerly pic de NéthouSpanish Nature: Aneto.) is the highest mountain in the Pyrenees and in Aragon, and Spain's third-highest mountain,Follow... | {"Elevation": "9796 Aneto 2010-03-07", "Prominence": "Ranked 123rd", "Location": "Location in the Pyrenees", "Coordinates": "42 37 56 N 00 39 28 E type:mountain_region:ES-AR_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Prince Maria Emanuel of Saxony, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen (31 January 1926 - 23 July 2012) was the head of the Royal House of Saxony.Adam Bilinski. Have Poles pretender for their throne? (polish) [in:] Verbum Nobile. Nr 17. 2008. p. 8
Life
Born at Prüfening Abbey in Regensburg, Bavaria, he was the eldest chi... | {"Father": "Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen", "Mother": "Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis", "Born": "Prüfening Abbey, Regensburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Weimar Republic", "Died": "La Tour-de-Peilz, Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland", "Burial": "Royal Chapel in Königska... |
Mount Nyiragongo ( ) is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Albertine Rift. It is located inside Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about north of the town of Goma and Lake Kivu and just west of the border with Rwanda. The main crater ... | {"Elevation": "3470 m 0 on", "Prominence": "1,443", "Location": "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "Coordinates": "1 31 09 S 29 15 15 E region:CD_type:mountain_scale:1000000 inline,title"} |
The Gemfields is a former locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , The Gemfields had a population of 1,449 people.
On 17 April 2020, the Queensland Government re-drew the boundaries of localities within the Central Highlands Region by removing the locality of The Gemfields in order to... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "The Gemfields", "State Abbreviation": "qld", "Caption": "Rubyvale, one of towns in The Gemfields", "Coordinates": "-23.5425 147.8108 type:city_region:AU-QLD inline,title The Gemfields (centre of locality)", "Population": "1449", "Population Year": "2016", "Postcode": "4702", "Area": "1077.8"... |
Rubyvale is a rural town and locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the town of Rubyvale had a population of 640 people.
Rubyvale was one of three towns within the locality of The Gemfields (the others being Sapphire and Anakie) until 17 April 2020, when the Queensland Government d... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Rubyvale", "State Abbreviation": "qld", "Caption": "Main street of Rubyvale", "Coordinates": "-23.4191 147.6983 type:city_region:AU-QLD inline,title Rubyvale (town centre)", "Population": "640", "Population Year": "2016", "Area": "337.1", "Postcode": "4702", "Time Zone": "AEST", "UTC Time": ... |
Wang Guangya (born March 1950; ) is a Chinese diplomat who is the former Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. A career diplomat, Wang was previously Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. He served as Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of C... | {"Name": "Wang Guangya", "Native name": "王光亚", "Native name language": "zh-cn", "Birth date": "1950 3", "Birth place": "Funing County, Jiangsu, China", "Alma mater": "London School of EconomicsJohns Hopkins University", "Term start": "October 2010", "Term end": "22 September 2017"} |
Willows Gemfields is a rural town in the locality of Willows in the Central Highlands Region of Queensland, Australia. In the , Willows Gemfields had a population of 114 people.
Sapphires are extensively mined.
History
The town was named on 1 October 1979.
At the , the Willows Gemfields town had a population of 10... | {"Type": "town", "Name": "Willows Gemfields", "State Abbreviation": "qld", "Coordinates": "-23.7392 147.5400 type:city_region:AU-QLD inline,title Willows Gemfields (town centre)", "Population": "114", "Population Year": "2016", "Postcode": "4702", "Time Zone": "AEST", "UTC Time": "+10:00", "Distance 1": "39", "Directio... |
Nyamuragira, also known as Nyamulagira, is an active shield volcano in the Virunga Mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated about north of Lake Kivu. The name is derived from the Bantu verb Kuragira nyamu, meaning to herd animals; nyamu means animal or cows.
It has been described as Africa's most a... | {"Elevation": "223020 Nyamuragira 2 March 2020", "Prominence": "784", "Location": "Democratic Republic", "Coordinates": "1.408 S 29.2 E type:mountain_region:CD_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Island Davaar or Davaar Island () is located at the mouth of Campbeltown Loch off the east coast of Kintyre, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is a tidal island, linked to the mainland by a natural shingle causeway called the Doìrlinn near Campbeltown at low tide. The crossing can be made in around 40 minutes.
History
... | {"Coordinates": "55.42 -5.54 inline", "OS grid reference": "NR760200", "Meaning of name": "\"Saint Barre's island\"", "Area": "52 ha", "Population rank": "198", "Highest elevation": "115 m", "Population": "0", "Island group": "Firth of Clyde", "Council area": "Argyll and Bute", "References": "http://www.ordnancesurvey.... |
Sapphire Central is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. The town of Sapphire is within the locality (). Sapphires are mined extensively in the area. At the , the locality had a population of 1214 people.
Sapphire was one of three towns within the locality of The Gemfields (the othe... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Sapphire Central", "State Abbreviation": "qld", "Coordinates": "-23.4839 147.7369 type:city_region:AU-QLD inline,title Sapphire Central (centre of locality)", "Area": "140.8", "Postcode": "4702", "Time Zone": "AEST", "UTC Time": "+10:00", "Distance 1": "886", "Direction 1": "NW", "Location 1... |
The La Grande-3 or LG-3 is a hydroelectric dam on the La Grande River in northern Quebec, part of Hydro-Québec's James Bay Project. The station can generate 2,418 MW and was commissioned in 1982-1984. It generates electricity through the reservoir and dam system. The dam and reservoir both are named La Grande-3. The co... | {"Official name": "La Grande-3", "Impounds": "La Grande River", "Location": "Baie-James, Quebec, Canada", "Spillway capacity": "10000 m3/s ft3/s on", "Opening date": "1984", "Owner(s)": "Hydro-Québec", "Creates": "La Grande-3 Reservoir", "Surface area": "2420 km2 mi2 0 on", "Turbines": "12 × 201.5 MW (Francis turbine)"... |
Warren Herbert Wagner Jr. (August 29, 1920 - January 8, 2000) was an eminent American botanist who was trained at Berkeley with E.B. Copeland and lived most of his professional career in Michigan.
History
Wagner was instructed in the ways of plant microphotograph and embryology by Marion S. Cave. Wagner was a longti... | {"Fields": "Botany", "Institutions": "University of Michigan", "Author abbrev. (botany)": "W.H.Wagner", "Influences": "Marion Elizabeth Stilwell Cave"} |
is a fictional anthropomorphic crocodile and the main antagonist in Nintendo's Donkey Kong video game franchise, as well as the archnemesis of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. K. Rool is the villainous leader of a group of crocodilian raiders known as the Kremlings, who have crossed paths with the Kongs on many occasions. F... | {"First appearance": "Donkey Kong Country (1994)", "Created by": "Gregg Mayles", "Designed by": "Steve MaylesMark Stevenson (scientist)Mark Stevenson talking about Baron K. Roolenstein", "Voiced by": "Chris Sutherland (1994-1996, 1999-2005)\n Toshihide Tsuchiya (2007-2008)\n Benedict Campbell (1997-2000, 2023)\n Jūrōta... |
Jesse Gregory James (born April 19, 1969) is an American entrepreneur, automotive mechanic, and television personality. He is the founder of West Coast Choppers and former partner of Austin Speed Shop and current CEO of Jesse James Firearms Unlimited, both based in Austin, Texas. He was the focus of a show chronicling ... | {"Name": "Jesse James", "Caption": "James at the 2007 Scream Awards", "Birth name": "Jesse Gregory James", "Birth date": "1969 4 19", "Birth place": "Long Beach, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Entrepreneur, television personality", "Years active": "1992-present", "Spouse(s)": "Karla James 1991 2002 div\n Janine Lind... |
Scarp () is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, west of Hushinish on Harris. Once inhabited, the island was the scene of unsuccessful experiments with rocket mail, since commemorated in two films.
Geography
Scarp has an area of , divided into 16 crofts. The majority of the land is rocky and uncult... | {"Coordinates": "58.03 -7.12 inline", "OS grid reference": "NA970151", "Meaning of name": "\"Barren\", from Norse", "Area": "1045 ha sqmi 8 on", "Population rank": "48", "Highest elevation": "Sròn Romul 308 m ft 0 on", "Population": "0", "Island group": "Harris and Lewis", "Council area": "Western Isles", "References":... |
Lilith Sternin (formerly Sternin-Crane), M.D., Ph.D., Ed.D, A.P.A. Lilith states her degrees and APA membership in the episode. is a fictional character on the American television sitcoms Cheers and Frasier, portrayed by Bebe Neuwirth. The character first appears as a date for Frasier Crane, though mutual hostility and... | {"First appearance": "Cheers: \"Second Time Around\" (season 4, episode 17)", "Last appearance": "Frasier: \"Guns N' Neuroses\" (season 11, episode 9)", "Portrayed by": "Bebe Neuwirth", "Gender": "Female", "Family": "Betty Sternin (mother)Blaine Sternin (half-brother)", "Children": "Frederick Crane (son, with Frasier)... |
William Lee Knous (February 2, 1889 - December 12, 1959) was an American attorney serving as Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, the 31st Governor of Colorado and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
The National Governors Association states that he ... | {"Name": "William Lee Knous", "Term start": "1954", "Term end": "1959", "Order 2": "31st", "Office 2": "Governor of Colorado", "Predecessor 2": "John Charles Vivian", "Successor 2": "Walter Walford Johnson", "Birth name": "William Lee Knous", "Birth date": "1889 02 02", "Birth place": "Ouray, Colorado, U.S.", "Death da... |
Clifford C. Clavin, Jr. (born 1947 or 1949) is a fictional character on the American television show Cheers played by John Ratzenberger. A postal worker, he is the bar's know-it-all and was a contestant on the game show Jeopardy! Cliff was not originally scripted in the series' pilot episode, "Give Me a Ring Sometime"... | {"First appearance": "Cheers: \"Give Me a Ring Sometime\" (season 1, episode 1)", "Last appearance": "Frasier: \"Cheerful Goodbyes\" (season 9, episode 21)", "Portrayed by": "John Ratzenberger", "Gender": "Male", "Family": "Esther Clavin (mother)Cliff Clavin, Sr. (father)", "Nationality": "American"} |
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Paramount Media Networks (founded as MTV Networks in 1984 and known under this name until 2011) is an American mass media division of Paramount Global that oversees the operations of many of its television channels and online brands. Its related international di... | {"Formerly": "MTV Networks (1984-2011)\n Viacom Media Networks (2011-2019)\n ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks (2019-2022)", "Type": "Division", "Industry": "Entertainment Cable television Satellite television", "Founded": "1977 12 1 (as Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment)\n1984 6 25 (as public company)", "Headquarter... |
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a 1995 book by the astrophysicist Carl Sagan and co-authored by Ann Druyan, in which the authors aim to explain the scientific method to laypeople and to encourage people to learn critical and skeptical thinking. They explain methods to help distinguish betwee... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Random House", "Media type": "Print (hardcover and paperback)", "Pages": "457", "ISBN": "0-345-40946-9", "Preceded by": "Pale Blue Dot", "Followed by": "Billions and Billions"} |
Good Morning, Miami is an American sitcom created by David Kohan and Max Mutchnick. The series ran on NBC from September 26, 2002, to December 18, 2003, and centered around the personal and professional life of Jake (Mark Feuerstein), the executive producer of an incredibly low-rated morning show in Miami, Florida. The... | {"Genre": "Sitcom", "Running time": "23 minutes", "Created by": "David Kohan\nMax Mutchnick", "Starring": "Mark Feuerstein\nAshley Williams\nMatt Letscher\nJere Burns\nTessie Santiago\nConstance Zimmer\nBrooke Dillman\nSuzanne Pleshette", "Opening theme": "\"Once in a Lifetime\" performed by John Rzeznik", "Country of ... |
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Dell EMC (EMC Corporation until 2016) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and Round Rock, Texas, United States. Dell EMC sells data storage, information security, virtualization, analytics, cloud computing and other products and serv... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1979", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Computer storage", "Products": "See EMC products", "Revenue": "41.224 billion yes (2021)", "Parent": "Dell Technologies (2016-present)", "Website": "https://www.dell.com"} |
Roaring Fork River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long, in west central Colorado in the United States. The river drains a populated and economically vital area of the Colorado Western Slope called the Roaring Fork Valley or Roaring Fork Watershed, which includes the resort city of Aspen and the re... | {"Mouth": "5718 ft on", "Location": "Glenwood Springs, Garfield County", "Coordinates": "39 32 57 N 107 19 47 W inline,title", "Basin size": "1453 sqmi on", "Left": "Crystal River", "Right": "Fryingpan River"} |
Kelvinside Academy is an independent day school in Glasgow, Scotland, founded in 1878. It has a capacity of over 600 pupils and spans two years of Nursery, six years of Junior School (primary school), a transition year of Senior Preparatory, and six years of Senior School (secondary school), comprising fifteen years in... | {"Coordinates": "55.88293 -4.29464 type:edu_region:GB_dim:100 dec inline,title", "Religious affiliation(s)": "Non-denominational Christian", "Staff": "120", "Website": "http://www.kelvinside.org/"} |
The Fryingpan River is a tributary of the Roaring Fork River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed March 18, 2011 in Eagle and Pitkin counties in Colorado, United States.
History
The reason for the unusual name of the river ... | {"Mouth": "6591 ft on", "Location": "Basalt, Eagle County", "Coordinates": "39 22 00 N 107 02 03 W inline,title", "Basin size": "237 sqmi on", "Left": "Marten Creek, South Fork Fryingpan River, Rocky Fork Creek", "Right": "Ivanhoe Creek, North Fork Fryingpan River, Lime Creek"} |
The Crystal River is a tributary of the Roaring Fork River. It is approximately long and is located in Gunnison, Pitkin and Garfield counties in Colorado, United States.
The river is a popular fly fishing and outdoor tourism destination.DIY Fly Fishing, "DIY Guide to Fly Fishing the Crystal River in Colorado"; retrie... | {"Location": "Confluence with Roaring Fork River", "Coordinates": "39 25 07 N 107 14 10 W inline,title", "Progression": "Roaring Fork—Colorado", "Mouth": "6060 ft m on"} |
Laura Pausini (; born 16 May 1974) is an Italian singer. She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with her debut single "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit. Her self-titled debut album was released in Italy on 23 April 199... | {"Name": "Laura Pausini", "Post-nominals": "OMRI", "Caption": "Pausini performing in 2009", "Birth date": "yes 1974 5 16", "Birth place": "Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy", "Occupation": "Singer songwriter television personality", "Years active": "1993-present", "Spouse(s)": "Paolo Carta 22 March 2023", "Children": "1", ... |
The Kwanza River, also known as the Coanza, the Quanza, and the Cuanza, is one of the longest rivers in Angola. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean just south of the national capital Luanda.
Geography
The river is navigable for about from its mouth, located south of Luanda. Its tributaries include the Cutato and Luca... | {"Mouth": "Atlantic Ocean", "Location": "60 km mi on south of Luanda", "Coordinates": "9 21 S 13 9 E inline", "Left": "Kukema, Cunhinga, Ngango, Cutato", "Right": "Cuiva, Luando, Cuige, Lucala", "Waterbodies": "Cambambe reservoir"} |
The 1962 Quebec general election was held on November 14, 1962, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Lesage, was re-elected, defeating the Union Nationale (UN) led by Daniel Johnson, Sr.
In an unusual move, the election was cal... | {"Name": "1962 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1960 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1960", "Next election": "1966 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1966", "Elected mem... |
International Computers Limited (ICL) was a British computer hardware, computer software and computer services company that operated from 1968 until 2002. It was formed through a merger of International Computers and Tabulators (ICT), English Electric Computers (EEC) and Elliott Automation in 1968. The company's most s... | {"Type": "Private", "Fate": "Acquired", "Founded": "yes 1968", "Defunct": "2002", "Headquarters": "England, UK", "Industry": "Computer hardware, computer software", "Services": "Computer services"} |
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? is a full-length play written in 2000 by Edward Albee which opened on Broadway in 2002. It won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play, the 2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, and was a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Overview
The tale of a married, middle-aged architect, ... | {"Written by": "Edward Albee", "Characters": "MartinStevieBillyRoss", "Setting": "Drama", "Date premiered": "March 10, 2002", "Place premiered": "John Golden TheatreNew York City, New York", "Original language": "English", "Genre": "Drama"} |
Jerry Butler Jr. (born December 11, 1939) is an American soul singer-songwriter, producer, musician, and retired politician. He was the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group the Impressions, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. After leaving the group in 1960, Butler achieved over 55 Billboard Po... | {"Name": "Jerry Butler", "Term start": "1994", "Term end": "2018", "Birth date": "yes 1939 12 11", "Birth place": "Sunflower, Mississippi, U.S.", "Residence": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Annette Butler 1959 2019 d", "Awards": "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1991)"} |
Alberto Ángel Fernández (; born 2 April 1959) is an Argentine politician, lawyer, and professor, serving as president of Argentina since 2019. Born in Buenos Aires, Fernández attended the University of Buenos Aires, where he earned his law degree at age 24, and later became a professor of criminal law. He entered publi... | {"Name": "Alberto Fernández", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2021", "Term start": "10 December 2019", "Vice president": "Cristina Fernández de Kirchner", "Office 2": "President pro tempore of CELAC", "Predecessor 2": "Andrés Manuel López Obrador", "Successor 2": "Ralph Gonsalves", "Birth name": "Alberto Ángel Fer... |
are a Japanese rock band formed in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1979. Their music has mixed rock and roll, punk rock, British blues, ska, and new wave. Originally active from 1979 to 1988, they performed at the 2004 Fuji Rock Festival before restarting activities in 2009. Through the years, guitarist Hiroyuki Hanada remained ... | {"Origin": "Fukuoka, Japan", "Genres": "Rhythm and blues, pub rock, new waveプロフィール・バイオグラフィ・リンク https://www.barks.jp/artist/?id=52001867 Barks 2020-03-17 Japanese", "Labels": "Nippon Columbia", "Website": "http://roosters.gate40.com/", "Members": "Shinya OeHiroyuki HanadaTomio InoueJunzi Ikehata"} |
Clarence Albert Poindexter (May 4, 1905 - January 28, 1984), known as Al Dexter, was an American country musician and songwriter. He is best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama," a 1943 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the World War II years and later became a hit again with a cover by Bing Crosby and Th... | {"Born": "Jacksonville, Texas, U.S.", "Died": "Lewisville, Texas, U.S.", "Genres": "Country", "Website": "Archived Al Dexter Website"} |
Allen Richard Toussaint (; January 14, 1938 - November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, described as "one of popular music's great backroom figures."Richard Williams, "All... | {"Born": "Gert Town, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.", "Died": "Madrid, Spain", "Origin": "New Orleans, Louisiana, United States", "Genres": "R&B\nsoul\nsouthern soul\nfunk\nblues\njazz", "Labels": "RCA Victor\nScepter\nMinit\nInstant\nReprise\nWarner Bros.\nNonesuch\nElektra\nRounder"} |
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Meredith Ann Brooks (born June 12, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A member of the Oregon music scene since the mid-1970s, she received international acclaim in the 1990s with her solo album Blurring the Edges and its 1997 single, "Bitch", which reached ... | {"Born": "Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.", "Origin": "Oregon City, Oregon, U.S.", "Labels": "CapitolGold CircleKissing Booth\nAriola", "Website": "https://meredithbrooks.com/"} |
Anthony John Soprano Sr. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the HBO crime drama television series The Sopranos, and portrayed by James Gandolfini. Soprano is a member of the Italian-American Mafia and, especially later in the series, acts as the boss of the fictional North Jersey DiMeo crime family (later ... | {"First appearance": "\"The Sopranos\" (1999)", "Last appearance": "The Many Saints of Newark (2021)", "Created by": "David Chase", "Portrayed by": "James Gandolfini Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints of Newark) Bobby Borriello (as a child) Mark Damiano II (as a child) Danny Petrillo (as a teenager) William Ludwig (Th... |
Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, ODTÜ) is a public technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The university emphasizes research and education in engineering and natural sciences, offering about 41 undergraduate programs within 5 faculties, ... | {"Motto": "Scientia Dux Vitae Certissimus", "Endowment": "$120 million (2022)Üniversitelere 57,7 milyar lira bütçe https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/amp/egitim/universitelere-57-7-milyar-lira-butce-41889449", "Type": "Public university", "President": "Mustafa Verşan KökUniversity Administration METU Middle East Technical ... |
The Knights of the White Camelia was an American political terrorist organization that operated in the Southern United States in the late 19th century. Similar to and associated with the Ku Klux Klan, it supported White supremacy and opposed freedmen's rights.
History
The Knights of the White Camelia (named apparently... | {"Name": "Knights of the White Camelia", "Native name": "White Camelia", "Native name language": "en", "Logo caption": "Alcibiades DeBlanc, the group's founder."} |
Michael David Edwards (born 5 December 1963), better known as Eddie the Eagle, is an English ski jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the Normal Hill and Large Hill events. He held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 200... | {"Full name": "Michael David Edwards", "Born": "Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England", "Height": "1.73 m", "Seasons": "1987-1989"} |
Carmela Soprano (née DeAngelis), played by Edie Falco, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. She is married to Mafia boss Tony Soprano. A young Carmela, portrayed by Lauren DiMario, appears in the 2021 prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark.
Edie Falco's performance as Carmela was universally la... | {"First appearance": "\"The Sopranos\" (1999)", "Last appearance": "The Many Saints of Newark (2021)", "Created by": "David Chase", "Portrayed by": "Edie Falco Lauren DiMario (The Many Saints of Newark)", "Gender": "Female", "Family": "Hugh DeAngelis (father)Mary DeAngelis (mother)Livia Soprano (mother-in-law)Giovanni ... |
The Boston Latin School is a public exam school in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established on April 23, 1635, making it both the oldest public school in British America and the oldest existing school in the United States.
History
Plaque on School Street commemorating the site of the first Boston Latin School build... | {"Coordinates": "42.338 -71.102 type:edu_region:US-MA inline,title", "School district": "Boston Public Schools", "Teaching staff": "117.17 (FTE)", "Student to teacher ratio": "20.94", "Athletics conference": "Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) District A - Dual County League", "Mascot": "\"Wolfie... |
Meadow Mariangela Soprano, portrayed by Jamie-Lynn Sigler is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. In the early seasons, Meadow is introduced as a smart but spoiled partygoer, whose over-dramatic personality and state of being in denial reveal a somewhat troubled upbringing. In the later seasons, her... | {"First appearance": "\"The Sopranos\" (1999)", "Last appearance": "\"Made in America\" (2007)", "Created by": "David Chase", "Portrayed by": "Jamie-Lynn Sigler (credited as Jamie-Lynn DiScala in season 5)", "Full name": "Meadow Mariangela Soprano", "Gender": "Female", "Family": "Tony Soprano (father)Carmela Soprano (m... |
Anthony John Soprano Jr. is a fictional character on the HBO television series The Sopranos, portrayed by Robert Iler. He is the son of Carmela and Tony Soprano and the little brother of Meadow Soprano.
Biography
Anthony was born January 8, 1986 and is the younger, more troubled child of Tony and Carmela. A chronic ... | {"Full name": "Anthony John Soprano Jr.", "Portrayed by": "Robert Iler", "Created by": "David Chase", "First appearance": "\"The Sopranos\" (1999)", "Last appearance": "\"Made in America\" (2007)", "Family": "Tony Soprano (father)Carmela Soprano (mother)Meadow Soprano (sister)Johnny Soprano (paternal grandfather) Livia... |
Alexandra Nechita (born August 27, 1985) is a Romanian-American cubist painter and philanthropist. At age 12 she was dubbed the "Petite Picasso" by the media and the art community. She has been praised for her paintings and vision of art.
Early life and education
Nechita was born in Vaslui, three months after her fat... | {"Name": "Alexandra Nechita", "Caption": "Nechita in 2020", "Birth date": "1985 08 27", "Birth place": "Vaslui, Romania", "Spouse(s)": "Dimitry Tcharfas 2014", "Children": "1", "Nationality": "American", "Movement": "Cubism", "Alma mater": "University of California, Los Angeles"} |
Jennifer Melfi is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. She is the psychiatrist of Mafia boss Tony Soprano. She is portrayed by Lorraine Bracco.
Character description
Melfi is an Italian-American, with her father's family hailing from Caserta. She is a graduate of Bard College and Tufts University S... | {"First appearance": "\"The Sopranos\" (1999)", "Last appearance": "\"The Blue Comet\" (2007)", "Created by": "David Chase", "Portrayed by": "Lorraine Bracco", "Full name": "Jennifer Melfi", "Gender": "Female", "Title": "Doctor", "Family": "Aida Melfi (mother)Joseph Melfi (father)Unnamed sister", "Children": "Jason LaP... |
Judith Miller (born January 2, 1948) is an American journalist and commentator known for her coverage of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program both before and after the 2003 invasion, which was later discovered to have been based on inaccurate information from the intelligence community. She worked in The Ne... | {"Name": "Judith Miller", "Caption": "Miller in 2018", "Birth date": "1948 1 2", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Jason Epstein 1993 2022 died", "Relatives": "Bill Miller (father)Jimmy Miller (half-brother)", "Education": "Columbia University (BA)Princeton University (MPA)"} |
is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He has previously worked with Haikyō. He is honorary president of and affiliated with Atomic Monkey and the chairman of theater company HeroHero Q. He is a special lecturer at Japan Newart College.
Career
Seki landed his first role in 1993 anime Mobile Suit Victory Gundam as Tomac... | {"Name": "Tomokazu Seki", "Caption": "Seki at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2018", "Native name": "関 智一", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1972 09 08", "Birth place": "Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan", "Occupation": "Voice actor\n singer\n manga writer", "Years active": "1991-present", "A... |
Christopher Moltisanti, portrayed by Michael Imperioli, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He is Tony Soprano's protégé and a member of the DiMeo crime family, rising from associate to captain over the course of the series.
In the TV series, Tony Soprano has been a father figure to Christophe... | {"First appearance": "\"The Sopranos\" (1999)", "Last appearance": "The Many Saints of Newark (2021)", "Created by": "David Chase", "Portrayed by": "Michael Imperioli", "Gender": "Male", "Title": "Associate (seasons 1-3)Soldier (seasons 3-5)Acting Captain (season 4)\nCaptain (season 6)", "Family": "Joanne Moltisanti (m... |
Peter Bichsel (born 24 March 1935) is a popular Swiss writer and journalist representing modern German literature. He was a member of the Gruppe Olten.
Bichsel was born 1935 in Lucerne, Switzerland, the son of manual labourers. Shortly after he was born, the Bichsels moved to Olten, also in Switzerland. After finishin... | {"Name": "Peter Bichsel", "Caption": "Peter Bichsel in Solothurn, 2011", "Birth date": "1935 3 24 y", "Birth place": "Lucerne, Switzerland", "Known For": "Short stories", "Occupation": "Writer, journalist", "Years active": "Since 1960", "Spouse(s)": "Therese Bichsel-Spörri († 2005)"} |
Charles Bridge ( ) is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the early 15th century.; The bridge replaced the old Judith Bridge built 1158-1172 that had been badly damaged by a flood i... | {"Official name": "Karlův most", "Other name(s)": "Stone Bridge (Kamenný most), Prague Bridge (Pražský most)", "Carries": "Pedestrian only", "Crosses": "Vltava River", "Locale": "Prague", "Designer": "Peter Parler", "Design": "Stone", "Longest span": "13.4 mhttp://www.prague-spot.com/charles-bridge Charles' Bridge (Ka... |
Simone Johnson (born Simone Gooden) (born 2 July 1970), better known by her stage name Monie Love, is a British rapper, actress, and radio personality known for her singles during the late 1980s through the 1990s. Love is a radio personality for urban adult contemporary station KISS 104.1 WALR-FM in Atlanta, Georgia. L... | {"Born": "Battersea, London, England", "Genres": "Progressive rapJohnson Kevin C. December 23, 2011 https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/q-a-local-artists-pay-tribute-to-native-tongues-rap-acts/article_61a7f8d4-5a87-5d5e-934e-8a4fc316acec.html Q&A: Local artists pay tribute to Native Tongues rap acts St. Louis ... |
Hero Games (DOJ, Inc dba Hero Games) is the publisher of the Hero System, a generic roleplaying rules set that can be used to simulate many different genres, and was the co-developer of the Fuzion system.
History
In 1981, George MacDonald and Steve Peterson, from San Mateo, California, printed 1,000 copies of a 64-pa... | {"Founded": "1981", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Role-playing game publisher", "Products": "Champions"} |
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Lezgins or Leks (. lezgijar) are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native predominantly to southern Dagestan, a republic of Russia, and northeastern Azerbaijan, and speak the Lezgin language. Their social structure is firmly based on equality and deference to individuality. Lezgin society is structured around djamaat... | {"Name": "LezginsЛезгияр", "Population": "700,000 +", "Religions": "Sunni Islam, minority Shia Islamhttps://books.google.com/books?id=nrcWAQAAIAAJ&q=lezgins+minority+shia The Role of Ethnic Minorities in Border Regions: Forms of their composition, problems of development and political rights 9788371261749 18 December 2... |
Admiral Sir David Murray Anderson, (11 April 1874 - 30 October 1936) was a British naval officer and governor. Anderson served in the Royal Navy from the age of 13 and served in many colonial wars and was given various Empire postings, rising to the rank of admiral in 1931. He retired a year later and took up the post... | {"Name": "Sir Murray Anderson", "Image caption": "Anderson at Government House upon his arrival in Sydney", "Lieutenant 1": "Sir Philip Street", "Office 2": "Governor of Newfoundland", "Order 2": "66th", "Monarch 2": "George V", "Prime minister 2": "Frederick C. Alderdice", "Predecessor 2": "John Middleton", "Successor... |
Force Five is an American adaptation of five different anime television series. In the United States, this series was primarily shown only in New England, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, though it did make brief appearances in other markets, such as Texas and Northern California on KICU-TV 36. It was also shown in Toronto,... | {"Running time": "23 minutes", "Directed by": "Jim TerryCollins Walker", "Written by": "Collins WalkerMike HallerLynn Garrison", "Created by": "Go Nagai(Gaiking, Starvengers & Grandizer)Leiji Matsumoto(Danguard Ace & Spaceketeers)", "Country of origin": "United StatesJapan (o.v. Original version)", "Original network": ... |
The president of Greece, officially the President of the Hellenic Republic (), commonly referred to in Greek as the President of the Republic (), is the head of state of Greece. The president is elected by the Hellenic Parliament; the role has been mainly ceremonial since the 1986 constitutional reform. The office was ... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "the Hellenic Republic", "Native name": "Πρόεδρος της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας", "Flag image": "Flag of the President of Greece.svgborder", "Flag size": "125px", "Flag caption": "Presidential standard", "Incumbent": "Katerina Sakellaropoulou", "Incumbent since": "13 March 2020", "Style": "Her... |
is a video game by Taito released in 1991. It is a sequel to Rainbow Islands and the third game in the Bubble Bobble series.
Gameplay
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Bubby and Bobby (the characters' human names) star once again as the main characters, retaining their human forms from Rainbow Islands. However, Parasol St... | {"Title": "Parasol Stars:The Story of Bubble Bobble III", "Caption": "Japanese PC Engine box art", "Developer": "Taito (PC Engine)Ocean (other formats)", "Publisher": "Taito (PC Engine)Working Designs (Turbografx-16)Ocean (other formats)", "Composer": "Noriyuki IwadareMatthew Cannon (NES)Jonathan Dunn (Game Boy, NES)",... |
Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is one of the most successful female Jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary GiddinsGiddins, Gary. (2000). Visions of Jazz: The First Century. Oxford University Press, , p. 643. as "a ... | {"Born": "Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.", "Genres": "Jazz", "Labels": "JMT, Blue Note", "Website": "cassandrawilson.com"} |
James Graham Fair (December 3, 1831December 28, 1894) was an Irish immigrant to the United States who became a highly successful mining engineer and businessman. His investments in silver mines in Nevada made him a millionaire, and he was one of the famous "silver kings" who became wealthy on the Comstock Lode. Fair la... | {"Name": "James G. Fair", "Term start": "March 4, 1881", "Term end": "March 3, 1887", "Birth date": "1831 12 3", "Birth place": "Clogher, Ireland", "Death date": "1894 12 28 1831 12 3", "Death place": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Spouse(s)": "Theresa Rooney (divorced)", "Residence": "G... |
Kirby's Dream Land, known in Japan as is a 1992 platform video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It is the first game in the Kirby series and marks the debut of Kirby. It introduced many conventions that would appear in later games in the series. The game follows Kirby as he ... | {"Title": "Kirby's Dream Land", "Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "HAL Laboratory", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Producer": "Makoto Kanai", "Director": "Masahiro Sakurai", "Programmer": "Satoru Iwata", "Artist": "Masahiro Sakuraihttps://www.famitsu.com/news/201705/17132636.html 桜井政博氏が語る、初代『星のカービィ』開発秘話。当時の企... |
The president of Cuba (), officially the president of the Republic of Cuba (), is the head of state of Cuba. The office in its current form was established under the Constitution of 2019. The President is the second-highest office in Cuba and the highest state office. Miguel Díaz-Canel became President of the Council o... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "the Republic of Cuba", "Native name": "es Presidente de la República de Cuba", "Insignia size": "75", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of Cuba", "Flag caption": "Presidential standard", "Incumbent": "Miguel Díaz-Canel", "Incumbent since": "19 April 2021", "Department": "Presidential Offi... |
The president of Haiti (, ), officially called the president of the Republic of Haiti (, , ), is the head of state of Haiti. Executive power in Haiti is divided between the president and the government, which is headed by the prime minister of Haiti. Prime Minister Ariel Henry currently serves as Acting President follo... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "the Republic of Haiti", "Native name": "fr-HT Président de la République d'Haïti2(French)ht Prezidan Repiblik Ayiti", "Insignia caption": "Haitian Presidential Insignia", "Flag caption": "Presidential standard", "Incumbent": "Ariel Henryhttps://www.thenation.com/article/world/haiti-presid... |
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