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In the Country of Last Things is a dystopian epistolary novel written by American author Paul Auster, first published in 1987.
Plot summary
The novel takes the form of a letter from a young woman named Anna Blume. Anna has ventured into an unnamed city that has collapsed into chaos and disorder. In this environment,... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Viking Press (US)Faber & Faber (UK)", "Media type": "Print (hardback)", "Pages": "188 pp", "ISBN": "0-670-81445-8", "Preceded by": "The New York Trilogy", "Followed by": "Moon Palace"} |
Katharina von Bora (; 29 January 1499 - 20 December 1552), after her wedding Katharina Luther, also referred to as "die Lutherin" ('the Lutheress'), was the wife of the German reformer Martin Luther and a seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation. Although little is known about her, she is often considered to have b... | {"Name": "Katharina von Bora", "Caption": "Portrait of Catherine von Bora by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526 oil on panel", "Birth date": "29 January 1499", "Birth place": "Lippendorf, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire", "Death date": "1552 12 20 1499 1 29 y", "Death place": "Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roma... |
Hollingworth is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It is about 11 miles (19 km) east of Manchester on the Derbyshire border near Glossop. Historically part of Cheshire, it gave its name to a family who owned much of the surrounding area from before the time of the Norman ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2001 Census)", "Metropolitan borough": "Tameside", "Metropolitan county": "Greater Manchester", "UK Parliament": "Stalybridge and Hyde", "Postcode district": "SK", "Dialling code": "01457", "OS grid reference": "SK006962"} |
Flowery Field is an area of Hyde, Greater Manchester, England.
It is a mainly residential area once dominated by Ashton Brothers Textile Mill.
Cricket
The area is home to Flowery Field Cricket Club, one of the foremost amateur clubs in the Tame Valley. They were champions of the Saddleworth and District Cricket Leagu... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "Estimated", "Metropolitan borough": "Tameside", "Metropolitan county": "Greater Manchester", "UK Parliament": "Stalybridge and Hyde", "Postcode district": "SK", "Dialling code": "0161", "OS grid reference": "SJ944955"} |
Audenshaw is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester. Historically part of Lancashire, in 2011 it had a population of 11,419.
The name derives from Aldwin, a Saxon personal name, and the Old English suffix shagh meaning "Woodland". Nico Ditch, an early-medieval linear earthwork poss... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "Metropolitan borough": "Tameside", "Metropolitan county": "Greater Manchester", "UK Parliament": "Denton and Reddish", "Postcode district": "M", "Dialling code": "0161", "OS grid reference": "SJ925975"} |
Hattersley is an area of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England; it is located west of Glossop and east of Manchester city centre, at the eastern terminus of the M67. Historically part of Tintwistle Rural District in Cheshire until 1974, it is the site of an overspill estate built by Manchester City Council in the 19... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "SJ982945", "Postcode district": "SK14", "Dialling code": "0161", "UK Parliament": "Stalybridge and Hyde", "Metropolitan borough": "Tameside", "Metropolitan county": "Greater Manchester"} |
Leigham is the name of an area of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.
Originally a hamlet and manor separate from the city, urban expansion of the 20th century has meant that the area has become widely built up. The area is located to the north east of Plymouth itself.
The place name is Anglo Saxon ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Plymouth", "Shire county": "Devon", "UK Parliament": "Plymouth Moor View", "Postcode district": "PL", "Dialling code": "01752"} |
Henry Khaaba Olonga (born 3 July 1976) is a Zimbabwean former cricketer, who played Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket for Zimbabwe. In domestic first-class cricket in Zimbabwe, Olonga played for Matabeleland, Mashonaland and Manicaland. When he made his Test debut in January 1995, he was the first black cric... | {"Full name": "Henry Khaaba Olonga", "Born": "Lusaka, Zambia", "Batting": "Right-handed", "Bowling": "Right-arm fast", "Role": "Bowler"} |
The prime minister of the Faroe Islands is the head of government of the Faroe Islands.
The Faroese term (plural: ) literally means "lawman" and originally referred to the legal function of lawspeaker. This old title was brought back into use to refer to the head of government after the islands obtained Home Rule in ... | {"Post": "Prime Minister", "Body": "the Faroe Islands", "Native name": "fo Føroya løgmaður", "Insignia size": "100", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands", "Flag size": "125", "Flag caption": "Flag of the Faroe Islands", "Image": "Aksel V Johannesen 2015.JPG", "Image size": "200", "Incumbent": "Aksel ... |
Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Barbara, California, in 1986. The band at the time consisted of vocalist/guitarist Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss, who stopped touring in 2017 and left the band in 2020. Guss was replaced by d... | {"Origin": "Santa Barbara, California, US", "Genres": "Alternative rock\n folk rock\n pop rock\n jangle pop (early)", "Labels": "Columbia Records, Abe's Records", "Website": "toadthewetsprocket.com", "Members": "Glen PhillipsTodd NicholsDean DinningJosh Daubin"} |
Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 - January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass lived most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musical fame as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. After leaving t... | {"Born": "Kingstree, South Carolina, U.S.", "Died": "Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Genres": "R&B soul disco funk", "Labels": "Philadelphia International Asylum Elektra CleopatraGail Mitchell \"Angie Stone Duets With the Late Soul Great Teddy Pendergrass on Classic 'Love TKO': Exclusive Song Premiere\", Billboard.com... |
The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its parent company, National World, also publishes the Edinburgh Evening News. It had an... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Compact", "Political alignment": "Nonehttps://www.jpimedia.co.uk/readers-charter/ Readers Charter - JPIMedia Ltd", "Owner(s)": "National World", "Sister newspapers": "Edinburgh Evening NewsScotland on Sunday", "Headquarters": "Edinburgh, Scotland, UK", "Editor": "Neil McIntoshhtt... |
Mutt is a text-based email client for Unix-like systems. It was originally written by Michael Elkins in 1995 and released under the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
The Mutt slogan is "All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less."
Operation
Mutt supports most mail storing formats (notabl... | {"Original author(s)": "Michael Elkins", "Initial release": "1995", "Developer(s)": "Kevin McCarthy", "Written in": "C The mutt Open Source Project on Ohloh : Languages Page\n http://www.ohloh.net/p/mutt/analyses/latest/languages_summary\n 2013-03-22\n August 2023 InternetArchiveBot yes", "Type": "Email client", ... |
Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola (27 January 1806 - 17 January 1826) was a Spanish Basque composer. He was nicknamed "the Spanish Mozart" after he died, because, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was both a child prodigy and an accomplished composer who died young. They also shared the same first and ... | {"Name": "Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola", "Caption": "Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga", "Birth date": "1806 1 27 y", "Birth place": "Bilbao, Spain", "Death date": "1826 1 17 1806 1 27 y", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Occupation": "Composer", "Parent(s)": "Juan Simón de Arriaga"} |
thumb|213x213px|Ian McKaye in 2002
The Teen Idles were an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C., in September 1979. Consisting of teenagers Nathan Strejcek, Geordie Grindle, Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, they recorded two demo sessions and the 1980 Minor Disturbance EP before breaking up in November 198... | {"Origin": "Washington, D.C.", "Genres": "Hardcore punk", "Labels": "Dischord", "Website": "www.dischord.com/band/teenidles Label webpage"} |
Ten Years After are a British blues rock group, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, the band had eight consecutive Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart. In addition, they had twelve albums enter the US Billboard 200. They are best known for tracks such as "I'm Going Home", "Hear Me Ca... | {"Origin": "Nottingham, England", "Genres": "Blues rockBillboard https://books.google.com/books?id=1Q8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 19 January 2002 Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 24 0006-2510", "Labels": "PolyGram\n Deram\n Chrysalis\n EMI\n CBS", "Website": "ten-years-after.co.uk", "Members": "Chick ChurchillRic LeeMarcus BonfantiC... |
Pacific Science Center is an independent, non-profit science center in Seattle with a mission to ignite curiosity and fuel a passion for discovery, experimentation, and critical thinking. Pacific Science Center serves more than 1 million people each year at its campus adjacent to Seattle Center, at the Mercer Slough En... | {"Coordinates": "47.6192 -122.3511 type:landmark_region:US-WA inline,title", "Established": "1962", "Location": "Seattle, Washington, US", "Type": "Science center", "Director": "Will Daugherty (President and CEO)", "Website": "https://www.pacificsciencecenter.org/"} |
Charlie Patton (April 1891 (probable) - April 28, 1934), more often spelled Charley Patton, was an American Delta blues musician and songwriter. Considered by many to be the "Father of the Delta Blues", he created an enduring body of American music and inspired most Delta blues musicians. The musicologist Robert Palmer... | {"Born": "Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S.", "Died": "Heathman Plantation, Sunflower County, Mississippi, U.S.", "Genres": "Delta blues\ncountry blues\ngospel blues", "Labels": "Paramount\nVocalion"} |
Replicator was an American noise rock band from Oakland, California. The band consisted of Conan Neutron (electric guitar/vocals/tape deck operation), Ben Adrian (bass guitar/vocals/keyboard), and Chris Bolig (drums). The band was joined by Todd Grant on rhythm guitar for live performances in later years.
The band me... | {"Origin": "Oakland, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Noise rock, post-hardcore, post-punk, math rock, indie rock", "Labels": "Radio Is Down Substandard Feedback Loop", "Members": "Conan Neutron\n Ben Adrian\n Chris Bolig\n Todd Grant"} |
Marie-Josée Croze (; born February 23, 1970) is a Canadian actress. She also holds French citizenship, which she obtained in December 2012.
Early life
Croze was born in Montreal, Quebec, was adopted, and grew up in Longueuil with four other children. She studied fine arts at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal from 1986 to 19... | {"Name": "Marie-Josée Croze", "Caption": "Marie-Josée Croze, 2016", "Birth date": "1970 2 23", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1989–present"} |
The Blueprint is the sixth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on September 11, 2001, through Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. Its release was set a week earlier than initially planned in order to combat bootlegging. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2001 at Manhattan Center Stud... | {"Released": "2001 9 11 y", "Recorded": "May-July 2001", "Studio": "Baseline Studios (New York City)", "Genre": "East Coast hip hop", "Label": "Roc-A-Fella Def Jam", "Producer": "Kanye West Just Blaze Bink Timbaland The Trackmasters Eminem Luis Resto"} |
The Montreal International Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts (including 450 free outdoor p... | {"Name": "Montreal International Jazz Festival", "Caption": "Festival International de Jazz de Montréal at night", "Genre": "Jazz", "Dates": "June/July", "Location": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Coordinates": "45 30 N 73 34 W title", "Years active": "1980-present", "Founders": "Alain Simard", "Attendance": "2,000,000 (... |
Guru Gobind Singh (; born Gobind Das;Guru Gobind Singh in the final verse of his composition, Chaupai Sahib, refers to himself as Gobind Das. 22 December 1666 - 7 October 1708) was the tenth and last human Sikh Guru. He was a warrior, poet, and philosopher. In 1675, at the age of nine he was formally installed as the l... | {"Religion": "Sikhism", "Born": "Patna Sahib, Bihar Subah, Mughal Empire", "Died": "Hazur Sahib, Nanded, Bidah Subah, Mughal Empire", "Children": "Ajit Singh\n Jujhar Singh\n Zorawar Singh\n Fateh Singh\n Zorawar Singh Palit (Adopted)Singh Harbans The encyclopaedia of Sikhism 1992-1998 Punjabi University Patiala ... |
Giovanni Battista Viotti (12 May 1755 - 3 March 1824) was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness. He was also a director of French and Italian opera companies in Paris and London. He personally knew Joseph Haydn and L... | {"Name": "Giovanni Battista Viotti", "Birth date": "y 1755 05 12", "Birth place": "Fontanetto Po, Savoia, Kingdom of Sardinia", "Death date": "y 1824 03 03 1755 05 12", "Death place": "London, England", "Occupation": "Violinist\n Composer"} |
Joseph-Armand Bombardier (; April 16, 1907 - February 18, 1964) was a Canadian inventor and businessman who was the founder of Bombardier. His most famous invention was the snowmobile.
Biography
Born in Valcourt, Quebec, Joseph-Armand Bombardier dabbled in mechanics from an early age. He built his first snow vehicle a... | {"Name": "Joseph-Armand Bombardier", "Caption": "Bombardier in his B-12 snowbus", "Birth date": "1907 04 16", "Birth place": "Valcourt, Quebec, Canada", "Death date": "1964 02 18 1907 04 16", "Death place": "Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada", "Known For": "Founder of Bombardier", "Children": "Claire Bombardier-Beaudoin, Yvon... |
Long Island University (LIU) is a private university with two main campuses, LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York. It offers more than 500 academic programs at its main campuses, online, and at multiple non-residential. LIU has NCAA Division I athletics and hosts the annual George Polk Awards in jou... | {"Type": "Private", "Motto": "Urbi et Orbi (Latin)", "Endowment": "$224.4 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value a... |
The Rutherford Institute is a conservative ChristianNew book scrutinizes Rutherford Institute from c-ville.com public interest law firm dedicated to the defense of civil liberties, human rights, and religious liberties. Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, the non-profit organization's motto is "its our job to make the ... | {"Type": "public interest law firm", "Headquarters": "Charlottesville", "Location": "United States", "Services": "Legal services", "Website": "Rutherford.org"} |
King Kong is a 1976 American monster adventure film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin. It is a modernized remake of the 1933 film about a giant ape that is captured and taken to New York City for exhibition. It stars Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange in her first film role, a... | {"Directed by": "John Guillermin", "Produced by": "Dino De Laurentiis", "Screenplay by": "Lorenzo Semple Jr.", "Based on": "King Kong James Creelman Ruth Rose Merian C. Cooper Edgar Wallace", "Starring": "Jeff BridgesCharles GrodinJessica Lange", "Music by": "John Barry", "Cinematography": "Richard H. Kline", "Edited b... |
Guru Angad (31 March 1504 - 29 March 1552; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅੰਗਦ, pronunciation: ) was the second of the ten Sikh gurus of Sikhism. After meeting Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, becoming a Sikh, and serving and working with Guru Nanak for many years, Guru Nanak gave Lehna the name Angad ("my own limb"), and chose Ang... | {"Religion": "Sikhism", "Born": "Matte-di-Sarai (Sarainaga), Sri Muktsar Sahib, Panjab", "Died": "Khadur Sahib, Tarn Taran districtH. S. Singha The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 Entries) https://books.google.com/books?id=gqIbJz7vMn0C 2000 Hemkunt Press 978-81-7010-301-1 20", "Children": "Baba Dasu (1521-1598) Bab... |
Jeff Hyslop ( ; born May 30, 1951) is a Canadian actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, and director. Many of his roles have been in musical theatre. His most famous roles were as Jeff the mannequin in the children's show Today's Special and as the title role in the Canadian production of The Phantom of the Opera in 19... | {"Name": "Jeff Hyslop", "Birth name": "Jeffrey Hyslop", "Birth date": "1951 5 30", "Birth place": "Vancouver, British Columbia"} |
was a Japanese voice actress. Having graduated from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, she was a member of Production Baobab.
Career
Kawakami debuted in 1994 as a role of a boy in Metal Fighter Miku. Her first regular performance was in 1995 as Chiriko in Fushigi Yuugi. Two years after, she landed her first s... | {"Name": "Tomoko Kawakami", "Native name": "川上 とも子", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth name": "Rinko Kawakami", "Birth date": "1970 04 25", "Birth place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Death date": "2011 06 09 1970 04 25", "Death place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Occupation": "Voice actress", "Years active": "1994-2010", "Employer": "Pro... |
The Raven is a 1963 American comedy gothic horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman. The film stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as a trio of rival sorcerers. The supporting cast includes Jack Nicholson as the son of Lorre's character.
It was the fifth in the so-called Corman-Poe cycle of eig... | {"Directed by": "Roger Corman", "Produced by": "Roger Corman", "Screenplay by": "Richard Matheson", "Based on": "\"The Raven\" Edgar Allan Poe", "Starring": "Vincent Price\n Peter Lorre\n Boris Karloff\n Hazel Court\n Olive Sturgess\n Jack Nicholson", "Music by": "Les Baxter", "Cinematography": "Floyd Crosby", "Edited ... |
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte () was painted from 1884 to 1886 and is Georges Seurat's most famous work. A leading example of pointillist technique, executed on a large canvas, it is a founding work of the neo-impressionist movement. Seurat's composition includes a number of Parisians at a park on... | {"Subject": "People relaxing at la Grande Jatte in Paris", "Medium": "Oil on canvas", "Dimensions": "in", "Location": "Art Institute of Chicago"} |
Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981), also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer, actress, and talk show host. Throughout her career, she has received various accolades for her works in recorded music, film, television, and theater. Hudson became the youngest woman and second African-American wo... | {"Name": "Jennifer Hudson", "Caption": "Hudson in 2018", "Birth name": "Jennifer Kate Hudson", "Birth date": "1981 9 12", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Occupation": "Singer actress talk show host", "Education": "Langston UniversityKennedy-King College", "Partner(s)": "James Payton (1999-2007) David Otunga ... |
The second incarnation of Kraft Foods (a division of Kraft Heinz; doing business as Kraft Foods Group) was an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate, split from Kraft Foods Inc. on October 1, 2012 and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It became part of Kraft Heinz on July 2, 2015.
A merger with... | {"Type": "DivisionProspectus Filed Pursuant to Rule 424 http://ir.kraftheinzcompany.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-15-210617&CIK=1637459 The Kraft Heinz Company July 2, 2015 February 11, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160216132810/http://ir.kraftheinzcompany.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-15-210617&CIK=1637... |
Villains is the third studio album by Stray from the Path. The album was released on May 13, 2008, on Sumerian Records and Victory Records.
Track listing
"Callous" - 1:41
"Villain" - 2:33
"To Vanish" - 2:13
"The White Flag" - 1:42
"Superstructure" - 1:40
"Soviet" - 1:45
"Lessons in Freud" - 1:41
"The Art of Re... | {"Released": "May 13, 2008", "Genre": "Metalcore, hardcore punk", "Label": "Sumerian, Victory", "Producer": "Kurt Ballou"} |
Crusader, in full "Tank, Cruiser Mk VI, Crusader", also known by its General Staff number A.15, was one of the primary British cruiser tanks during the early part of the Second World War. Over 5,000 tanks were manufactured and they made important contributions to the British victories during the North African campaign... | {"Place of origin": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Cruiser tank", "Steeringsystem": "Wilson epicyclic steering", "In service": "1941-1949", "Wars": "World War II", "Designer": "Nuffield", "Designed": "1939/1940", "Manufacturer": "Nuffield Mechanizations and Aero Ltd", "Produced": "1940-1943", "Length": "20 ft 8.5 inBoyd 20... |
The voiceless velar plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in almost all spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is k.
The sound is a very common sound cross-linguistically. Most languages have at least a plain ... | {"IPA symbol 1": "k", "IPA number": "109", "Decimal HMTL codepoint 1": "107", "X-SAMPA": "k"} |
Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, (6 November 1870 - 5 February 1963) was a British Liberal politician who was the party leader from 1931 to 1935.
He was the first nominally-practising Jew to serve as a Cabinet minister and to become the leader of a major British political party. Samuel had promoted Zionism ... | {"Name": "The Viscount Samuel", "Birth name": "Herbert Louis Samuel", "Term start": "4 November 1931", "Term end": "26 November 1935", "Order 2": "1st High Commissioner for Palestine", "Predecessor 2": "Position created", "Successor 2": "Sir Herbert Plumer", "Birth date": "yes 1870 11 6", "Birth place": "Toxteth, Liver... |
Hezb-e-Islami (also Hezb-e Islami, Hezb-i-Islami, Hezbi-Islami, Hezbi Islami), lit. Islamic Party, was an Islamist organization that was commonly known for fighting the Communist Government of Afghanistan and their close ally the Soviet Union. Founded and led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, it was established in Afghanistan in... | {"Leader": "Juma Khan Hamdard", "Founded": "1975", "Preceded by": "Muslim Youth", "Succeeded by": "HIGHIKHIKF", "Ideology": "Islamism"} |
The voiced velar plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages.
Some languages have the voiced pre-velar plosive,Instead of "pre-velar", it can be called "advanced velar", "fronted velar", "front-velar", "palato-velar", "post-palatal", "retracted palatal" or "backed palatal". which is a... | {"IPA symbol 1": "ɡ", "IPA number": "110", "Decimal HMTL codepoint 1": "609", "X-SAMPA": "g", "Image size": "150px"} |
The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington that formed in 1960. Their aggressive, hard-edged sound has been a major influence on punk and garage music worldwide, and they have been named inspirations to the White Stripes, LCD Soundsystem, Nirvana and other musical artists.
The band performed s... | {"Origin": "Tacoma, Washington, U.S.", "Genres": "Garage rock proto-grunge rock and roll garage punk proto-punk", "Labels": "Etiquette Jerden Bomp Revox", "Members": "Gerry Roslie Rob Lind Larry Parypa Dusty Watson Freddie Dennis"} |
British Forces Germany (BFG) was the generic name for the three services of the British Armed Forces, made up of service personnel, UK Civil Servants, and dependents (family members), based in Germany. It was established following the Second World War, the largest parts of it becoming known as the British Army of the ... | {"Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Branch": "United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom", "Type": "Military headquarters", "Part of": "UK Ministry of Defence", "Nickname(s)": "BFG"} |
Ground Force was a British garden makeover television series originally broadcast by the BBC between 1997 and 2005. The series was originally hosted by Alan Titchmarsh, Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh.
Production
The series was created by Peter Bazalgette and was first broadcast on 19 September 1997 on BBC Two. In eac... | {"Genre": "Gardening, makeover", "Created by": "Peter Bazalgette", "Presented by": "Alan Titchmarsh (1997-2002)Charlie DimmockTommy WalshWill ShanahanKirsty King", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "30 minutes", "Original network": "BBC Two (1997)BBC One (1998-2005)", "Original release": "2005 07 2... |
NAIA independent schools are four-year institutional members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that do not have formal conference affiliations. NAIA schools that are not members of any other athletic conference are members of the Continental Athletic Conference (CAC), formerly the Associat... | {"Founded": "2008 (as the AII)", "Association": "NAIA", "Teams": "17 (16 in 2024)", "Sports fielded": "6", "Region": "United States and Canada (British Columbia)", "Former": "Association of Independent Institutions", "Commissioner": "Ted Breidenthal", "Official website": "http://www.continentalathletics.com/", "Map siz... |
Raymond Otto Stark (October 3, 1915 - January 17, 2004) was an American film producer and talent agent. Stark's background as a literary and theatrical agent prepared him to produce some of the most profitable films of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, such as The World of Suzie Wong (1960), West Side Story (1961), T... | {"Name": "Ray Stark", "Caption": "Ray Stark with Nancy Kwan at the London premiere of The World of Suzie Wong", "Birth name": "Raymond Otto Stark", "Birth date": "1915 10 3", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "2004 1 17 1915 10 3", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Rutgers... |
Galusha Aaron Grow (August 31, 1823 - March 31, 1907) was an American politician, lawyer, writer and businessman, who served as 24th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863. Elected as a Democrat in the 1850 congressional elections, he switched to the newly organized Republican Party in the mid-1... | {"Birth name": "Aaron Galusha Grow", "Term start": "July 4, 1861", "Term end": "March 4, 1863", "Office 2": "Leader of the House Republican Conference", "Predecessor 2": "William Pennington", "Successor 2": "Schuyler Colfax", "Birth date": "August 31, 1823", "Birth place": "Ashford, Connecticut, U.S.", "Death date": "M... |
Chaquan () is a Chinese martial art that features graceful movements and some acrobatic aerial maneuvers and includes a large range of weapons. Chaquan falls under the classification Changquan, a type of Northern Chinese martial arts known for their extended, long movements.
The style is associated with the Hui people... | {"Also known as": "Chuan Na Cha Quan, Chuan Na Quan, Cha Fist", "Focus": "Striking, weapons training", "Country of origin": "China China", "Creator": "Sha Da Chuan (attributed as founder)Xiu Yiqian (developed the art)", "Parenthood": "Tai chi Yuan Gong", "Famous practitioners": "Wang ZipingZhang WenguangMa JinbiaoLiu H... |
The voiced velar nasal, also known as agma, from the Greek word for 'fragment', is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. It is the sound of ng in English sing as well as n before velar consonants as in English and ink. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ... | {"IPA symbol 1": "ŋ", "IPA number": "119", "Decimal HMTL codepoint 1": "331", "Image size": "150px", "X-SAMPA": "N"} |
Neil Sedaka (; born March 13, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Since his music career began in 1957, he has sold millions of records worldwide and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard "Howie" Greenfield and Phil Cody.
Aft... | {"Born": "Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.", "Genres": "Pop \n Brill Building\n rock and roll\ndoo-wop", "Labels": "RCA Victor, MGM Records, Polydor Records, Rocket, Elektra Records, Neil Sedaka Music, Razor & Tie Records", "Website": "neilsedaka.com"} |
The voiceless velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. It was part of the consonant inventory of Old English and can still be found in some dialects of English, most notably in Scottish English, e.g. in loch, broch or saugh (willow).
The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabe... | {"IPA symbol 1": "x", "IPA number": "140", "Decimal HMTL codepoint 1": "120", "X-SAMPA": "x"} |
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The Tokyo Express was the name given by Allied forces to the use of Imperial Japanese Navy ships at night to deliver personnel, supplies, and equipment to Japanese forces operating in and around New Guinea and the Solomon Islands during the Pacific campaign of Wo... | {"Allegiance": "Imperial Japanese Armed Forces", "Branch": "Imperial Japanese Navy", "Type": "Ad hoc military logistics organization", "Role": "Supply and reinforcement to Japanese Army and Navy units located in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea", "Size": "Varied", "Nickname(s)": "Cactus Express\"Rat\" or \"Ant\" tran... |
Michael Berrin (born May 6, 1967), best known by his stage name MC Serch, is an American rapper and music executive. He gained fame as a member of the group 3rd Bass, which was active in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Serch has also worked as a solo artist and as a producer for other artists. In 1994, Serch executive ... | {"Born": "Far Rockaway, New York City, U.S.", "Genres": "Golden age hip hop", "Labels": "Def Jam Recordings Psycho+Logical-Records", "Website": "mcserch.com"} |
The Shadows of Knight were an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, that played a version of British blues influenced by their native city. When they began recording in 1965, the band's self-description was "the Stones, Animals and the Yardbirds took the Chicago blues and gave it an English interpretation. We've t... | {"Origin": "Chicago, Illinois, United States", "Genres": "Garage rock\n psychedelic rock\n hard rock\n pop rock\n blues rock\n rhythm & blues", "Labels": "Dunwich, Radar, Team, Sundazed, Rhino, Atlantic, Atco, Collectables, Wicked Cool", "Website": "Shadows Of Knight Official Facebook"} |
thumb|right|300px|The old Ganong factory has become the Chocolate Museum, where one can learn about the history of Ganong Brothers.
thumb|right|100px|The new Ganong factory opened in 1990, located appropriately on "Chocolate Drive"
thumb|right|The new factory as it appeared in 2006
Ganong Bros., Limited is Canada's ol... | {"Type": "Privately held company", "Founded": "1873", "Headquarters": "One Chocolate DriveSt. Stephen New BrunswickCanada", "Products": "Confectionery", "Website": "https://ganong.com/"} |
thumb|right|200px|Tombstone of Nader and Ferdowsi, at the Mashhad 1970s
thumb|right| The vast Haruniyeh Dome in Tus. Some say it is the tomb of Ghazali, but this is disputed.
Tus () was an ancient city in Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran near Mashhad. To the ancient Greeks, it was known as Susia (). It was also known... | {"Coordinates": "36 28 45.0 N 59 30 35.0 E inline,title", "Location": "Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran", "Type": "Settlement", "Condition": "In ruins"} |
Jack Smith is an American businessman who co-founded the first free web-based email service, Hotmail.com in 1996.
He has been the CEO of Proximex since 2007.
Career
Jack Smith worked at FirePower Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Canon Inc., where he designed integrated circuits for use in high performance PowerPC workst... | {"Name": "Jack Smith", "Birth date": "1968", "Occupation": "CEO of Proximex", "Known For": "co-founded Hotmail.com"} |
The voiceless alveolar, dental and postalveolar plosives (or stops) are types of consonantal sounds used in almost all spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiceless dental, alveolar, and postalveolar plosives is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is t. The voiceless dent... | {"Label above": "Voiceless alveolar plosive", "IPA symbol 1": "t", "IPA number": "103", "Decimal HMTL codepoint 1": "116", "X-SAMPA": "t"} |
Helmut Hirsch (; January 27, 1916 - June 4, 1937) was a German Jew and Strasserite who was executed for his part in a bombing plot intended to destabilize the German Reich. Although a full and accurate account of the plot is unknown, his targets were understood to be the Nazi Party headquarters in Nuremberg, (Germany),... | {"Name": "Helmut Hirsch", "Birth date": "1916 1 27", "Birth place": "Stuttgart, German Empire", "Death date": "1937 6 4 1916 1 27", "Death place": "Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany", "Death cause": "Execution by guillotine", "Party": "Black Front"} |
Secret Window is a 2004 American psychological thriller film starring Johnny Depp and John Turturro. It was written and directed by David Koepp, based on the novella Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King, featuring a musical score by Philip Glass and Geoff Zanelli. The story appeared in King's 1990 collection Fo... | {"Directed by": "David Koepp", "Produced by": "Gavin Polone\n Ezra Swerdlow", "Screenplay by": "David Koepp", "Based on": "Secret Window, Secret Garden Stephen King", "Starring": "Johnny Depp\n John Turturro\n Maria Bello\n Timothy Hutton\n Charles S. Dutton", "Music by": "Philip Glass\n Geoff Zanelli", "Cinematography... |
William Edward Dodd (October 21, 1869 - February 9, 1940) was an American historian, author and diplomat. A liberal Democrat, he served as the United States Ambassador to Germany from 1933 to 1937 during the Nazi era. Initially a holder of the slightly antisemitic notions of his times, he went to Germany with instruc... | {"Name": "William Dodd", "Birth name": "William Edward Dodd", "Image caption": "International News Photos photograph of Professor Dodd, shortly after his nomination as Ambassador to Germany.", "Ambassador from": "United States", "Term start": "1933 8 30", "Term end": "1937 12 29", "Birth date": "1869 10 21", "Birth pla... |
The virginals is a keyboard instrument of the harpsichord family. It was popular in Europe during the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.
Description
A virginals is a smaller and simpler rectangular or polygonal form of harpsichord with only one string per note running more or less parallel to the keyboard on ... | {"Name": "Virginals", "Caption": "Flemish virginals by Hans Ruckers, 1583, Antwerp (Paris, Musée de la Musique). Note the inset keyboard placed left of centre.", "Classification": "Keyboard instrument", "Range": "C2/E2 to C6 (45 notes); some Italian models C2 to F6 (54 notes)", "Related": "harpsichord, spinet, clavicyt... |
Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have been praised for their elaborate shock rock theatricality. He has sold an estimated 15 millio... | {"Name": "Rob Zombie", "Caption": "Zombie performing in July 2010", "Other names": "Rob Straker", "Birth name": "Robert Bartleh Cummings", "Birth date": "1965 1 12 yes", "Birth place": "Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Occupation": "Singer\nsongwriter\nrecord producer\nfilmmaker\nactor", "Years active": "1985-present"... |
The Société de télédiffusion du Québec (; ), branded as Télé-Québec (), is a Canadian French-language public educational television network in the province of Quebec. It is a provincial Crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec. The network's main studios and headquarters are located at the corner of de Lorim... | {"Branding": "Télé-Québec", "Channel": "see Stations", "Founded": "1968 2 22", "Owner": "Société de télédiffusion du Québec", "Website": "telequebec.tv fr"} |
Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Fleming has been nominated for 18 Grammy Awards and has won five times."Renée Fleming - Wins & nominations",... | {"Name": "Renée Fleming", "Birth date": "yes 1959 2 14", "Birth place": "Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Alma mater": "SUNY Potsdam (BA) Eastman School of Music (MA) Juilliard School", "Occupation": "Singer (lyric soprano) and Arts advocate", "Spouse(s)": "Rick Ross 1989 2000 divorced\n Tim Jessell September 3, 2011", "... |
The International Workers' Association - (IWA-AIT) is an international federation of anarcho-syndicalist labor unions and initiatives.
Based on the principles of revolutionary unionism, the international aims to create unions capable of fighting for the economic and political interests of the working class and eventu... | {"Name": "IWA/AIT", "Location country": "International", "Full name": "International Workers' Association", "Native name language": "de", "Image": "IWA (AIT) logo", "Formation": "1922 12", "Headquarters": "C/Joaquim Costa 34 baixos Barcelona, Spain", "Website": "www.iwa-ait.org"} |
Quebecor Inc. is a Canadian diversified media and telecommunications company serving Québec based in Montreal. It was spelled Quebecor in both English and French until May 2012, when shareholders voted to add the acute accent, Québecor, in French only.
The company was founded in 1965 by Pierre Péladeau and remains run... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1965Quebecor's Founder http://www.quebecor.com/en/content/quebecors-founder Quebecor Inc. 20 June 2014", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Industry": "Telecommunications, Diversified media and broadcasting", "Services": "Advertising Marketing Publishing", "Revenue": "CA$4.532 billion (Fiscal Y... |
Abu Ali Hasan ibn Ali Tusi (April 10, 1018 - October 14, 1092), better known by his honorific title of Nizam al-Mulk () was a PersianGustave E. Von Grunebaum, Katherine Watson, Classical Islam: A History, 600 A.D. to 1258 A.D., Translated by Katherine Watson Published by Aldine Transaction, 2005. page 155 scholar, juri... | {"Name": "Nizam al-Mulk", "Term start": "29 November 1064", "Term end": "14 October 1092", "Birth date": "April 10, 1018", "Birth place": "Tus, Ghaznavid Empire", "Death date": "October 14, 1092 (aged 74)", "Death place": "Nahavand, Seljuk Empire", "Spouse(s)": "Unnamed Bagrationi princessBosworth 1984 642-643Bosworth ... |
ZeD was a Canadian variety television program and website. The series premiered on CBC Television on March 18, 2002 and ran to 2006. Hosted primarily by Sharon Lewis and Ziya Tong, ZeD publicized creative works from Canada and other countries, including a substantial portion of material created by viewers and new arti... | {"Created by": "Rae Hull & McLean Greaves", "Presented by": "Sharon LewisZiya Tong", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Original network": "CBC", "Original release": "2006"} |
Tulsidas (; born Rambola Dubey also known as Goswami Tulsidas; 11 August 1511pp. 23-34.-30 July 1623) was a Sri-Vaishnava Hindu saint and poet, renowned for his devotion to the deity Rama. He wrote several popular works in Sanskrit and Awadhi, Braj, but is best known as the author of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retellin... | {"Name": "Tulsidas", "Religion": "Hinduism", "Caption": "Shri Tulsidas composing the Ramcharitamanas", "Alt": "Stamp on Tulsidas", "Birth date": "y 1511 08 11", "Birth place": "As many as three places are mentioned as his birthplace, most scholars identify the place with Rajapur, a town of Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pr... |
Cedar Fair, L.P., formally Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, is a publicly traded master limited partnership headquartered at its Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. The company owns and operates eleven amusement parks, nine included-with-admission outdoor water parks, four separate-admission outdoor water p... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Amusement Parks", "Founded": "1983", "Headquarters": "Sandusky, Ohio", "Revenue": "US$1.82 billion (2022)https://www.cedarfair.com/blog/2022/cedar-fair-reports-record-results-for-2022-fourth-quarter-and-full-year Cedar Fair Reports Record Results for 2022 Fourth Quarter and Full Year - C... |
thumb|upright|The John Guy Flag Site in Cupids, created in 1910 to mark the settlement's 300th anniversary. The flagstaff is used to fly a giant Union Jack.
John Guy (25 December 1568 - February 1629) was an English merchant adventurer, colonist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1624. He was... | {"Name": "John Guy", "Birth date": "25 December 1568", "Birth place": "Bristol", "Death date": "February 1629", "Death place": "Bristol", "Nationality": "English"} |
Captain John Mason (1586-1635) was an English sailor and colonist who was instrumental to the establishment of various settlements in colonial America. Born in 1586 at King's Lynn, Norfolk, and educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1610, he was appointed by James I to help reclaim the Hebrides. As a reward, he was gran... | {"Name": "John Mason", "Term start": "1615", "Term end": "1621", "Birth date": "1586", "Birth place": "King's Lynn, Norfolk", "Death date": "1635", "Death place": "St Stephens church, Bristol", "Nationality": "English"} |
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series based on the Sailor Moon manga created by Naoko Takeuchi. It was produced by Toei Company.
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (commonly referred to as PGSM) was first broadcast by Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting, airing on that station in Nagoya and on the Japan News Network nati... | {"Genre": "Magical girl, Sentai, Tokusatsu, superhero fiction", "Written by": "Yasuko Kobayashi", "Directed by": "Ryuta TasakiMasataka TakamaruKenzo MaiharaNobuhiro SuzukiTakemitsu Sato", "Starring": "Miyuu SawaiRika IzumiKeiko KitagawaMew AzamaAyaka KomatsuRina KoikeJouji ShibueAya Sugimoto", "Voices of": "Keiko HanKa... |
Thomas Terrell Brandon (born May 20, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player. He played for three teams during his 11-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A two-time All-Star, Brandon was a key starter on three NBA franchises before a series of injuries ultimately forced him to p... | {"Born": "Portland, Oregon, U.S.", "Listed height": "11", "Listed weight": "180", "High school": "Grant (Portland, Oregon)", "College": "Oregon (1989-1991)"} |
The Sydney Film Festival is an annual competitive film festival held in Sydney, Australia, usually over 12 days in June. A number of awards are given, the top one being the Sydney Film Prize.
, the festival's director is Nashen Moodley.
History
Influenced by the experience of Australian film makers with the Edinburg... | {"Frequency": "Annually", "Location(s)": "Sydney, Australia", "Years active": "1954 06 11", "Genre": "Film festival", "Website": "https://sff.org.au/"} |
Luis Ramón "Yori Boy" Campas Medina (born August 6, 1971) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 2019. He held the IBF light middleweight title from 1997 to 1998.
Background
He is a native of Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico, where the word Yori means white. When he was young and he walked into a gym ... | {"Real name": "Luis Ramón Campas Medina", "Nickname(s)": "Yori Boy", "Weight(s)": "Welterweight\nLight middleweight\nMiddleweight", "Height": "5 ft 7+1/2 inHBO Sports tale of the tape prior to the Fernando Vargas fight.", "Reach": "68 in", "Born": "Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico", "Stance": "Orthodox", "Total fights": "127", ... |
The Shebelle River (, , ) begins in the highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu. Near Mogadishu, it turns sharply southwest, where it follows the coast. Below Mogadishu, the river becomes seasonal. During most years, the river dries up near the mouth of the Jubba River, while in s... | {"Mouth": "14 m ft on", "Location": "Jamame, Somalia", "Coordinates": "0.1659 42.7727 dms region:SO inline,title", "Basin size": "295900 km2 mi2 on"} |
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a gun rights organization in the United States. It makes efforts to differentiate itself from the larger National Rifle Association (NRA) and has publicly criticized the NRA on multiple occasions for what it considers to be compromising on gun rights.
The GOA was outspoken in opposing Jo... | {"Headquarters": "Springfield, Virginia, US", "Coordinates": "38.8075 -77.2196 type:landmark_region:US-VA inline, title", "Legal status": "501(c)(4)", "Website": "http://www.gunowners.org"} |
Barranquitas (, ) is a small mountain town and municipality located in the Cordillera Central region of Puerto Rico, south of Corozal and Naranjito; north of Coamo and Aibonito; west of Comerío and Cidra; and east of Orocovis. Barranquitas is spread over 6 barrios and Barranquitas Pueblo (the downtown area and the admi... | {"Land": "86", "Water": ".01", "Density": "auto", "Website": "http://barranquitaspr.net/pueblo/", "Rank": "42nd in Puerto Rico"} |
Passion is the fourth studio album by American singer Jennifer Rush, released in November 1988.Official website | Biography
Background
Following on from the success of her previous album Heart over Mind, Rush continued working with much of the same team of writers and producers. Passion, however, failed to find the s... | {"Released": "November 1988", "Genre": "Pop rock adult contemporary", "Label": "CBS Records", "Producer": "Harold Faltermeyer Keith Forsey Michael Omartian Ric Wake Jellybean"} |
, known as Block Hole outside Japan, is a hybrid puzzle/shoot 'em up game developed by Konami which was released in 1989 as an arcade game. Besides the arcade version, there were also ports of the game to the MSX2 (with a built-in SCC chip), Famicom, and Game Boy—home releases used the Quarth name worldwide (with the e... | {"Title": "Quarth", "Caption": "Arcade flyer", "Developer": "Konami", "Publisher": "Konami and subsidiaries (Ultra Games in US)", "Composer": "Norio Hanzawa", "Released": "Arcade JP October 9, 1989Block Hole (Registration Number PA0000441885) https://cocatalog.loc.gov United States Copyright Office 20 September 2021... |
The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, Act No. 55 of 1949, was an apartheid-era law in South Africa that prohibited marriages between "whites" and "non-whites". It was among the first pieces of apartheid legislation to be passed following the National Party's rise to power in 1948. Subsequent legislation, especially t... | {"Short title": "Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1948", "Long title": "Act to prohibit marriages between white and black people, and to provide for matters incidental thereto.", "Citation": "Act No. 55 of 1949", "Enacted by": "Parliament of South Africa", "Assented to by": "Governor-General Gideon Brand van Zyl", "... |
John Anthony Burns (March 30, 1909 – April 5, 1975) was an American politician. Burns was born in Montana and became a resident of Hawaii in 1913. He served as the second governor of Hawaii from 1962 to 1974.
Early life
thumb|left|300px|Hawaii Congressmembers Spark Matsunaga & Patsy Mink, Pres. Lyndon Johnson, Gov. J... | {"Name": "John Burns", "Term start": "December 3, 1962", "Term end": "December 2, 1974On leave: October 17, 1973 - December 2, 1974", "Birth date": "1909 3 30", "Birth place": "Fort Assinniboine, Montana, U.S.", "Death date": "1975 4 5 1909 3 30", "Death place": "Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Beatrice Van Vlee... |
The Isetta is an Italian-designed microcar built under license in a number of different countries, including Argentina, Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Because of its egg shape and bubble-like windows, it became known as a bubble car, a name also given to other similar vehicles.
In 195... | {"Production": "Iso Isetta (1953-56)\nBMW Isetta (1955-62)\nVELAM Isetta (1955-58)\nRomi-Isetta (1956-61)", "Manufacturer": "Iso Autoveicoli\nBMW\nVELAM\nRomi", "Layout": "MR layout", "Body style": "Cabriolet\nVan\nPick-up"} |
Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 - 27 June 1839), popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab or "Lion of Punjab", was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. He survived smallpox in infancy but lost sight in his left eye. He fought his first battle... | {"Born": "Gujranwala, Sukerchakia Misl, Sikh Confederacy (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)", "Died": "Lahore, Sikh Empire (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)", "Burial": "Cremated remains stored in the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, Lahore", "Father": "Sardar Maha Singh", "Mother": "Raj Kaur", "Religion": "Sikhism"} |
Jegog is a form of gamelan music indigenous to Bali, Indonesia, played on instruments made of bamboo. The tradition of jegog is centered in Jembrana, a region in Western Bali. In recent years jegog has started to become popular in other regions of Bali with a few groups being established in central Bali to entertain to... | {"Name": "Gamelan Jegog", "Caption": "A Gamelan Jegog performance in 1989", "Inventors": "Balinese", "Developed": "Indonesia"} |
The Action libérale nationale (ALN)('National Liberal Action') was a short-lived provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It was founded during the Great Depression and led by Paul Gouin. The ALN played an important role in the foundation of the Union Nationale.Patricia G. Dirks, The Failure of L'Action Libérale... | {"Leader": "Paul Gouin", "Founded": "1934 6 6", "Ideology": "Quebec NationalismProgressivismCorporativism Political catholicism", "Merged into": "Union Nationale", "Split from": "Quebec Liberal Party"} |
The Whole Earth Catalog (WEC) was an American counterculture magazine and product catalog published by Stewart Brand several times a year between 1968 and 1972, and occasionally thereafter, until 1998. The magazine featured essays and articles, but was primarily focused on product reviews. The editorial focus was on se... | {"Categories": "Catalog", "Founder": "Stewart Brand", "First issue": "1968 09 01", "Language": "English"} |
The Ulster Scots (Ulster-Scots: Ulstèr-Scotch; ), also called Ulster Scots people (Ulstèr-Scotch fowk) or, in North America, Scotch-Irish (Scotch-Airisch) or Scots-Irish, are an ethnic group in Ireland, who share a common history, culture and ancestry, some of whom speak an Ulster Scots dialect of the Scots language, ... | {"Name": "Ulster-ScotsScots-Irish, Ulstèr-Scotch", "Languages": "Ulster English, Ulster Irish, Ulster Scots, Scots Gaelic (small numbers historically)", "Religions": "Mainly Presbyterian, some Church of Ireland and other Protestant denominations", "Related ethnic groups": "Irish\n Anglo-Irish\n English Scottish\n ... |
Kareem Lamar Rush (born October 30, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. Rush's younger brother, Brandon, last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, while older brother JaRon played college basketball for UCLA.Where Brothers Faltered, Rush Hopes to Carry On
College career
After graduating from ... | {"Listed height": "6", "Listed weight": "215", "Nationality": "American", "Born": "Kansas City, Missouri", "High school": "Pembroke Hill(Kansas City, Missouri)", "College": "Missouri (1999-2002)"} |
Screamo (also referred to as skramz) is an aggressive subgenre of emo that emerged in the early 1990s and emphasizes "willfully experimental dissonance and dynamics".Jason Heller, "Feast of Reason". Denver Westword, June 20, 2002. Access date: June 15, 2008 San Diego-based bands Heroin and Antioch Arrow pioneered the ... | {"Name": "Screamo", "Other names": "Skramz", "Image caption": "Orchid performing in 2000", "Stylistic origins": "Emo hardcore punk post-hardcore", "Cultural origins": "Early 1990s, San Diego, California, U.S.", "Subgenres": "Pop screamo sass", "Fusion genres": "Emoviolence post-screamo", "Other genre topics": "Bands\n ... |
Moshe Mordechai Epstein (7 March 1866-28 November 1933) was rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Knesseth Yisrael in Slabodka, Lithuania and is recognized as having been one of the leading Talmudists of the twentieth century. He is also one of the founders of the city of Hadera.
Childhood
Epstein was born in Bakst, in the Vilna di... | {"Name": "Moshe Mordechai Epstein", "Caption": "The Rosh yeshiva of Slabodka visiting the United States.", "Birth date": "1866 3 7 (20 Adar, 5626 Anno Mundi)", "Birth place": "Bakst, Lithuania", "Death date": "1933 11 28 1866 3 7 (10 Kislev 5694 Anno Mundi)", "Death place": "Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel)", "Educati... |
Spectravideo International Limited (SVI) was an American computer manufacturer and software house. It was originally called SpectraVision, a company founded by Harry Fox in 1981. The company produced video games and other software for the VIC-20 home computer, the Atari 2600 home video game console, and its CompuMate p... | {"Founded": "United States, 1981", "Defunct": "1988", "Industry": "Computer hardware Video games", "Products": "SV-318SV-328SV-728SV-738Joysticks"} |
Warith Deen Mohammed (born Wallace D. Muhammad; October 30, 1933 - September 9, 2008), also known as W. Deen Mohammed, Imam W. Deen Muhammad and Imam Warith Deen, was an African-American Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher, Muslim revivalist, and Islamic thinker.
He was a son of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the N... | {"Name": "Warith Deen Mohammed", "Birth name": "Wallace D. Mohammed", "Term start": "February 26, 1975", "Term end": "1976", "Order 2": "Leader of the American Society of Muslims", "Birth date": "October 30, 1933", "Birth place": "Hamtramck, Michigan, U.S.", "Death date": "2008 09 09 1933 10 30 yes", "Death place": "Ch... |
Angra is a Brazilian power metal band formed in 1991. They have released nine regular studio albums, five EPs, and three live CD/DVDs to date. Led by Rafael Bittencourt, the band has gained a degree of popularity in Japan and Europe.
History
thumb|upright|Andre Matos, original lead singer of the band
Formation
Angra ... | {"Origin": "São Paulo, Brazil", "Genres": "Power metal progressive metal neoclassical metal", "Labels": "Victor Entertainment Edel earMUSIC SPV Universal", "Members": "Rafael Bittencourt\n Felipe Andreoli\n Fabio Lione\n Bruno Valverde\n Marcelo Barbosa", "Website": "angra.net"} |
Paul Gouin (May 20, 1898 – December 4, 1976) was a politician in Quebec, Canada, was the son of Lomer Gouin and the grandson of Honoré Mercier.
Life and career
He was born in Montreal, Quebec to Lomer Gouin and Éliza Mercier. He fought in World War I as a tank commander, studied at Université Laval, and was admitted t... | {"Caption": "Paul Gouin in 1945", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Birth date": "May 20, 1898", "Death place": "Montreal, Quebec", "Death date": "1976 12 4 1898 5 20", "Occupation": "politician"} |
UTV (formerly Ulster Television, branded on air as ITV1) is the ITV region covering Northern Ireland, ITV subsidiary and the former on-air name of the free-to-air public broadcast television channel serving the area. It is run by ITV plc and is responsible for the regional news service and other programmes made princip... | {"Launched": "yes 1959 10 31 (as Ulster Television)", "Network": "ITV", "Owner": "ITV plc", "Picture format": "1080i HDTV\n (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language(s)": "English", "Broadcast area": "Northern Ireland", "Headquarters": "City Quays 2, Belfast, Northern Ireland", "Fo... |
Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013, holding office as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She previously served as the 13th deputy prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010, under Prime Minist... | {"Name": "Julia Gillard", "Image caption": "Gillard in 2010", "Term start": "24 June 2010", "Term end": "27 June 2013", "Office 2": "19th Leader of the Labor Party", "Deputy 2": "Wayne Swan", "Predecessor 2": "Kevin Rudd", "Successor 2": "Kevin Rudd", "Birth name": "Julia Eileen Gillard", "Birth date": "1961 9 29 y", "... |
Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It is located in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, south-east of Oldham and east of Manchester.
The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire meet in Mossley and local gover... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)", "Metropolitan borough": "Tameside", "Metropolitan county": "Greater Manchester", "UK Parliament": "Stalybridge and Hyde", "Postcode district": "OL", "Dialling code": "01457", "OS grid reference": "SD9702", "Website": "www.mossley-council.co.uk"} |
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