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Alès () is a commune and subprefecture in the Gard department in the Occitania region in Southern France. Until 1926, it was officially known as Alais. In 2019, it had a population of 41,837.
Geography
Alès lies north-northwest of Nîmes, on the left bank of the river Gardon d'Alès, which half surrounds it. It is loca... | {"Name": "Alès", "Commune Status": "Subprefecture and commune", "Image": "Cathédrale d'alès.JPG", "Caption": "Alès Cathedral", "Arrondissement": "Alès", "Canton": "Alès-1 Alès-2 Alès-3", "Postal code": "30100", "Mayor": "Max RoustanRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a3... |
Annemasse (; Arpitan: Anemâsse) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Even though it covers a relatively small territory (4.98 km2 or 1.92 sq mi), it is Haute-Savoie's second most populous commune after the prefecture Annecy, with 36,250 residents as of 2018.T... | {"Name": "Annemasse", "Native Name": "frp Anemâsse", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Annemasse Town Hall", "Arrondissement": "Saint-Julien-en-Genevois", "Canton": "Annemasse", "Postal code": "74100", "Mayor": "Christian DupesseyRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/287... |
Auch (; ) is a commune in southwestern France. Located in the region of Occitanie, it is the capital of the Gers department. Auch is the historical capital of Gascony.
Geography
Localization
thumb|center|300px|Auch and its surrounding communes
Hydrography
The River Gers flows through the town.
Transportation ... | {"Name": "Auch", "Commune Status": "Prefecture and commune", "Caption": "Cathedral", "Arrondissement": "Auch", "Canton": "Auch-1, Auch-2, Auch-3", "Postal code": "32000", "Mayor": "Christian LaprébendeRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 da... |
Edith Minturn Sedgwick Post (April 20, 1943 - November 16, 1971) was an American actress and fashion model, who was one of Andy Warhol's superstars.Watson, Steven (2003), "Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties" Pantheon Books, pp. 210–217 Sedgwick became known as "The Girl of the Year" in 1965 after starring in several ... | {"Name": "Edie Sedgwick", "Caption": "Sedgwick (center), with Pat Hartley, filming Ciao! Manhattan in 1967", "Birth name": "Edith Minturn Sedgwick", "Birth date": "1943 4 20 y", "Birth place": "Santa Barbara, California, U.S.", "Death date": "1971 11 16 1943 4 20", "Death place": "Santa Barbara, California, U.S.", "Res... |
is an American-born Japanese writer, blogger, and human rights activist. He was born in the United States and became a naturalized Japanese citizen in 2000. Arudou has since left Japan after living in the country for over 20 years.
Background
Early life and academic career
Arudou was born David Christopher Schofill i... | {"Name": "Debito Arudou", "Caption": "Debito Arudou in 2014", "Birth name": "David Christopher Schofill", "Birth date": "1965 01 13", "Birth place": "California, United States", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Other names": "David Christopher Aldwinckle, Sugawara Arudōdebito, Debito Beamer", "Alma mater": "Cornell Universi... |
alt=Brockley station's platforms covered in snow after a stormy night, December 2022|thumb|A view of the station after snow during the night.
Brockley railway station serves the south-east London district of Brockley and is on the main railway line between and . It is down the line from London Bridge.
The station is... | {"Managed by": "London Overground", "Owner": "Network Rail", "Fare zone": "2", "External links": "BCY", "Location": "Brockley", "Local authority": "Lewisham", "Number of platforms": "2\n<!--", "2004-05": "1.286", "2005-06": "1.256", "2006-07": "2.020", "2007-08": "1.825", "2008-09": "1.978", "2009-10": "2.000", "2010-1... |
Gladstone () is a coastal city in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. Gladstone has an urban population of 34,703, and together with Boyne Island and Tannum Sands, had an estimated population of 50,317 at August 2021. This urban area covers .
It is by road north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, and sout... | {"Type": "city", "Name": "Gladstone", "State Abbreviation": "qld", "Image": "Gladstone Landscape.jpgGladstone Marina with Mt Larcom in background\n Gladstone CBD & East Shores.jpgGladstone CBD & East Shores\n 2 0 #F2F2F2 270", "Caption": "Gladstone Marina with Mt Larcom in background & Gladstone Harbour", "Coor... |
(; The Power of Fate,Sadie 2006, p. 231 often translated The Force of Destiny) is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, (1835), by Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, with a scene adapted from Friedrich Schiller's Wallensteins Lager (Walle... | {"Librettist": "Francesco Maria Piave", "Language": "Italian", "Based on": "Ángel de Saavedra'sDon Álvaro o la fuerza del sino of 1835", "Premiere": "Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, Saint Petersburg"} |
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (28 December 18029 October 1894), known as Viscount Howick from 1807 until 1845, was an English statesman and cabinet minister in the government of the United Kingdom.
Background
Grey was the eldest son of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, who served as Prime Minister in the 1830s, by his ... | {"Name": "The Earl Grey", "Image size": "200px", "Order 2": "Secretary of State for War and the Colonies", "Monarch 2": "Queen Victoria", "Prime minister 2": "Lord John Russell", "Predecessor 2": "William Ewart Gladstone", "Successor 2": "Sir John Pakington, Bt", "Birth date": "28 December 1802", "Death date": "1894 10... |
Vivant is a small social-liberal political party in Belgium founded by millionaire Roland Duchâtelet. In the regional elections in June 2004, the party formed a strategic alliance with the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD). Both parties are founded on the principle of individualism and can be called liberal. In 2007... | {"Leader": "Roland Duchâtelet", "Founded": "1998", "Ideology": "\"Nordsieck\">http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/dg.html German-speaking Community/Belgium Parties and Elections in Europe Wolfram Nordsieck 2019https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/de/2014/05/07/die_wahlen_in_derdeutschsprachigengemeinschaft-1-1960401/ Die Wahlen ... |
On 13 June 2004, regional elections were held in Belgium, to choose representatives in the regional councils of the Flemish Parliament, the Walloon Parliament, the Brussels Parliament and the German-speaking Community of Belgium. The elections were held on the same day as the European elections.
Flemish Parliament
... | {"Name": "2004 Flemish parliamentary election", "Country": "Flanders", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1999 Belgian regional elections", "Previous year": "1999", "Next election": "2009 Belgian regional elections", "Next year": "2009", "Seats for election": "All 124 seats in the Flemish ... |
The Sydney Football Stadium, commercially known as Allianz Stadium and previously Aussie Stadium, was a football stadium in the Moore Park suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Built in 1988 next to the Sydney Cricket Ground, the stadium was Sydney's premier rectangular field venue for rugby league, rugby union... | {"Coordinates": "33 53 21 S 151 13 31 E region:AU-NSW_type:landmark it", "Broke ground": "1986", "Opened": "1988 1 24 y", "Closed": "2018 10 5 y", "Demolished": "2019 12 18 y", "Owner": "Government of New South Wales via the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust", "Operator": "Sydney Cricket Ground Trust", "Surface": "Grass", "S... |
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no term limits. The House meets at the State Capitol in Austin.
Leadership
The leadership for the 88th Legislature is as follow... | {"Type": "Texas State Legislature", "Authority": "Article 3, Texas Constitution", "Salary": "$7,200/year + per diem", "Seats": "150", "Redistricting": "Legislative control"} |
Prograph is a visual, object-oriented, dataflow, multiparadigm programming language that uses iconic symbols to represent actions to be taken on data. Commercial Prograph software development environments such as Prograph Classic and Prograph CPX were available for the Apple Macintosh and Windows platforms for many yea... | {"Name": "Prograph", "Logo": "150px", "Paradigm": "multi-paradigm: object-oriented, visual, dataflow", "Initial release date": "1983", "Designer": "Acadia University", "Developer": "Various", "Implementations": "Prograph CPX, Marten", "Influenced by": "functional programming, dataflow diagrams", "Operating system": "Cr... |
Solent University (formerly Southampton Solent University) is a public university based in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has approximately 10,500 students (2019/20). Its main campus is located on East Park Terrace near the city centre and the maritime hub of Southampton.
Solent University students are represented by... | {"Motto": "Ready for the futurehttps://www.solent.ac.uk/about/coat-of-arms Our Coat of Arms Solent University 18 November 2020", "Type": "Public", "Endowment": "£0.81M (2015)https://www.solent.ac.uk/about/documents/financial-statements-2014-15.pdf March 2022", "Chancellor": "Theo Paphitis", "Students": "0037 HE ()... |
KMSP-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving as the Fox network outlet for the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNetworkTV station WFTC (channel 9.2). Both stations share studios on Viking Dr... | {"City": "Minneapolis, Minnesota", "Branding": "Fox 9", "Channel": "9", "Translator(s)": "See below", "Affiliations": "9.9: Fox (1986-1988, 2002-present)\n 9.10: MyNetworkTV\n for others, see KMSP-TV/WFTC subchannels", "Owner": "Fox Television Stations, LLC", "ERP": "36.2 kW", "HAAT": "435 m ft 0 on", "Transmitter co... |
Chateaubriand (sometimes called chateaubriand steak) is a dish that traditionally consists of a large front cut fillet of tenderloin grilled between two lesser pieces of meat that are discarded after cooking. While the term originally referred to the preparation of the dish, Auguste Escoffier named the specific front c... | {"Name of food": "Chateaubriand", "Image caption": "Chateaubriand roast from the front cut of a beef tenderloin", "Width of image": "245px", "No recipes": "y", "No commons": "y", "Type of dish": "Tenderloin cut of beef", "Place of origin": "France", "Creator": "Chef Montmireil named this dish after Vicomte François-Ren... |
The River Itchen in Hampshire, England, rises to the south of New Alresford and flows to meet Southampton Water below the Itchen Bridge. The Itchen Navigation was constructed in the late 17th and early 18th centuries to enable barges to reach Winchester from Southampton Docks, but ceased to operate in the mid-19th cen... | {"Etymology": "Unknown", "Mouth": "0 metres", "Location": "Southampton, Hampshire", "Coordinates": "50.9052 -1.38565 region:GB-HAM dms inline,title", "Basin size": "119.619 km2 on", "Left": "Candover Brook River Alre Nun's Walk Stream Monks Brook", "Right": "Cheriton Stream"} |
The Highlands and Islands Alliance or Càirdeas was a minor Scottish electoral alliance that was active in the late 1990s. Founded in the autumn of 1998 by non-partisan politicians local to the Highlands and Islands, it only contested the inaugural Scottish Parliament election of 1999, where it collected a negligible 1.... | {"Leader": "Lorraine Mann", "Founded": "Autumn 1998", "Headquarters": "Midoxgate HouseFearn, Ross-shire IV20 1RP", "Ideology": "LocalismRegionalismSoft Euroscepticism"} |
River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life is a 1995 popular science book by Richard Dawkins. The book is about Darwinian evolution and summarizes the topics covered in his earlier books, The Selfish Gene, The Extended Phenotype and The Blind Watchmaker. It is part of the Science Masters series and is Dawkins's shorte... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Basic Books", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "172 pp.", "ISBN": "0-465-01606-5", "Preceded by": "The Blind Watchmaker", "Followed by": "Climbing Mount Improbable"} |
Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 - January 27, 2021) was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned nearly eight decades. She won many accolades, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations, making her the most nominated and, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most awarded performer in Emmy history... | {"Image": "Cloris Leachman 1970.JPG", "Caption": "Leachman in a publicity photo in July 1970", "Birth date": "1926 04 30", "Birth place": "Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.", "Death date": "2021 01 27 1926 04 30", "Death place": "Encinitas, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Northwestern University", "Occupation": "Actress model c... |
The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga) (; English: German Ice Hockey League) or DEL, is a German professional ice hockey league and the highest division in German ice hockey. Founded in 1994, it was formed as a replacement for the Eishockey-Bundesliga and became the n... | {"Title": "DEL", "Upcoming season": "2023-24 DEL season", "Map size": "260px", "Former": "Eishockey-Bundesliga", "Sport": "Ice hockey", "Founded": "1994", "Teams": "15", "Level": "Level 1", "Country": "Germany", "International cup(s)": "Champions Hockey League", "Champion": "EHC Red Bull München (4th title)", "Season (... |
The Democratic Party was a political party active in the United Kingdom between 1998 and 2005, although not officially deregistered until 2010.
It was founded in November 1998 by Malvern businessman Geoff Southall, who also funded the party. It was described as "right wing" or "hard right" in news reports, but claimed... | {"Leader": "Geoff Southall", "Founded": "1998 11 18 yes", "Ideology": "EuroscepticismDirect democracy", "Headquarters": "Enigma House, Grovewood Road, Malvern, Worcestershire"} |
Alfred Wallis (18 August 1855 - 29 August 1942) was a British fisherman and artist known for his port landscapes and shipping scenes painted in a naïve style. Having no artistic training, he began painting at the age of 70, using household paint on scraps of cardboard.Berlin, Sven (1992). Alfred Wallis, Primitive. Bris... | {"Caption": "The Hold House Port Mear Square Island Port Mear Beach, 1932, Tate Gallery", "Birth date": "1855 08 18 y", "Birth place": "Devonport, Devon, England", "Death date": "1942 08 29 1855 08 18 y", "Death place": "Madron workhouse, near Penzance, Cornwall, England", "Resting place": "Barnoon cemetery, St Ives", ... |
Xavier University ( ) is a private Jesuit university in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Xavier has an undergraduate enrollment of 4,860 students and graduate enrollment of 1,269 students. The school's system comprises the main campus in Cincinn... | {"Motto": "Vidit Mirabilia Magna (Latin)", "Type": "Private university", "Endowment": "$259 million (2021)As of June 30, 2021 . https://www.xavier.edu/treasury/index Treasury", "President": "Colleen Hanycz", "Provost": "Rachel Chrastil", "Students": "6,129", "Undergraduates": "4,860", "Postgraduates": "1,269", "Campu... |
Sky & Telescope (S&T) is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy, including the following:
current events in astronomy and space exploration;
events in the amateur astronomy community;
reviews of astronomical equipment, books, and computer software;
amateur telescope making; and
astrophoto... | {"Frequency": "Monthly", "Categories": "Astronomy", "Company": "American Astronomical Society", "Founded": "1941", "Country": "United States", "Based in": "Cambridge, Massachusetts", "Language": "English", "ISSN": "0037-6604"} |
James Alexander Murray (9 November 1864 in Moncton, New Brunswick - 16 February 1960) was a Conservative politician and the 16th premier of New Brunswick. Murray was first elected to the legislature in 1908 and served as Minister of Agriculture before becoming Premier in 1917 only to have his government defeated in th... | {"Name": "James Alexander Murray", "Term start": "February 1, 1917", "Term end": "April 4, 1917", "Lieutenant governor": "Josiah Wood", "Birth date": "1864 11 9 y", "Birth place": "Moncton, New Brunswick, British North American", "Death date": "y 1960 2 16 1864 11 9", "Death place": "Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada"} |
The region Northeast Ohio, in the US state of Ohio, in its most expansive usage contains six metropolitan statistical areas: Cleveland-Elyria, Akron, Canton-Massillon, Youngstown-Warren, Mansfield, and Weirton-Steubenville along with eight micropolitan statistical areas. Most of the region is considered either part of ... | {"Land": "8,520.29", "Water": "3,104.2", "Density": "508.89", "DST": "-4"} |
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The Lotus 340R is a limited edition sports car manufactured by Lotus Cars in 2000 at their Hethel factory.
Overview
Originally introduced as a concept car at the 1998 Birmingham Motor Show, the 340R is a special edition of the Lotus Elise. 340 were built, and all were sold before they were manufactured. It u... | {"Manufacturer": "Lotus Cars", "Layout": "MR layout", "Related": "Lotus Elise", "Transmission": "Rover 5 speed PG1 Close Ratio Gearbox", "Length": "142.2 in (3.61 m)", "Successor": "Lotus 2-Eleven"} |
James Boyle Uniacke (1799 – 26 March 1858) led the first responsible government in Canada as it is today or any colony of the British Empire. He was the first Premier of the colony of Nova Scotia from 1848 to 1854 serving concurrently as the colony's Attorney-General.
The son of Richard John Uniacke, James was born t... | {"Name": "James Boyle Uniacke", "Term start": "1848", "Term end": "1854", "Birth date": "1799", "Birth place": "Halifax, Nova Scotia", "Death date": "26 March 1858", "Death place": "Halifax, Nova Scotia"} |
WCCO-TV (channel 4), branded on-air as CBS Minnesota, is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving as the CBS outlet for the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, and maintains studios on South 11th Street along Nicollet Mall in... | {"City": "Minneapolis, Minnesota", "Branding": "WCCO; CBS News Minnesota", "Channel": "4", "Translator(s)": "See below", "Affiliations": "4.1: CBSfor others, see Subchannels", "Owner": "CBS Broadcasting Inc.", "ERP": "1,000 kW", "HAAT": "455.9 m ft 1 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "45 3 45 N 93 8 22 W type:landmark_sc... |
The Treaty of Aigun was an 1858 treaty between the Russian Empire and the Qing dynasty that established much of the modern border between the Russian Far East and China by ceding much of Manchuria (the ancestral homeland of the Manchu people), now known as Northeast China. Negotiations began after China was threatened... | {"Picture caption": "Changes to the China-Russia border in the 19th century. Territory ceded to Russia in the Treaty of Aigun is shown in yellow.", "Name in traditional characters": "璦琿條約", "Name in simplified characters": "瑷珲条约", "Pinyin transcription": "Àihún Tiáoyuē", "Russian name": "Айгунский договор"} |
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is an American multinational finance and insurance corporation with operations in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. , AIG companies employed 49,600 people. The company operates through three core businesses: general insurance, life & retirement, and a standalone technolo... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Financial services", "Founded": "1919 12 19Trent Goblin 1892-1968 http://starrfoundation.org/files/2017/10/cv_starr_book.pdf 6 March 29, 2018 April 14, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210414102551/http://starrfoundation.org/files/2017/10/cv_starr_book.pdf deadShanghai, China", "Headqu... |
The voiced bilabial plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is b. The voiced bilabial stop occurs in English, and it is the sound denoted by the letter in obey (obe... | {"IPA symbol 1": "b", "IPA number": "102", "Decimal HMTL codepoint 1": "98", "X-SAMPA": "b", "Image size": "50x50px"} |
The voiced alveolar, dental and postalveolar plosives (or stops) are types of consonantal sounds used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiced dental, alveolar, and postalveolar plosives is (although the symbol can be used to distinguish the dental plosive, an... | {"IPA symbol 1": "d", "IPA number": "104", "Decimal HMTL codepoint 1": "100", "X-SAMPA": "d"} |
right|thumb|The Amur basin. Nerchinsk is partway up the Shilka. The Stanovoy Range extends along the northern edge of the Amur basin.
thumb|Changes in the Russo-Chinese border in the 17th-19th centuries
The Treaty of Nerchinsk () of 1689 was the first treaty between the Tsardom of Russia and the Qing dynasty of China. ... | {"Name": "Treaty of Nerchinsk", "Image caption": "A copy of the Treaty of Nerchinsk in Latin", "Treaty type": "Border treaty", "Date signed": "1689 08 27 y", "Location signed": "Nerchinsk", "Date expired": "1858 05 28 y", "Negotiators": "Russian Empire Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin\nQing Dynasty Songgotu", "Signatories": ... |
is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Arts Vision. Some of his major anime roles include Son Goku in Saiyuki, Kira Yamato in Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny & Mobile Sute Gundam Seed Freedom 2024 alongside Rei Tanaka and Akira Ishida, Kazuki Fuuchouin in GetBackers, Masaru Daimon in Digimon Savers, Kao... | {"Name": "Sōichirō Hoshi", "Caption": "Hoshi in 2018", "Native name": "保志 総一朗", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1972 5 30", "Birth place": "Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan", "Other names": "Takeshi Aiba 相庭 剛志", "Occupation": "Voice actor\n singer", "Years active": "1995-present", "Agent": "Arts Vision", "H... |
Hiram Blanchard (January 17, 1820 – December 17, 1874) was a Nova Scotia lawyer, politician, and the first premier of Nova Scotia. Blanchard won election to the Nova Scotia legislative assembly in Inverness in 1859 as a Liberal.
Early life
Hiram Blanchard was born in West River, Nova Scotia on January 17, 1820 to fath... | {"Name": "Hiram Blanchard", "Term start": "July 4, 1867", "Term end": "September 30, 1867", "Lieutenant governor": "Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of KarsCharles Hastings Doyle", "Predecessor 2": "Hugh McDonald", "Successor 2": "Allan MacMaster", "Alongside 2": "Duncan J. Campbell, John McKinnon", "Birth date": "18... |
Anne Heggtveit, (born January 11, 1939) is a former alpine ski racer from Canada. She was an Olympic gold medallist and double world champion in 1960.
Early years
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Heggtveit was raised in New Edinburgh, one of the oldest areas of the city. She was encouraged into alpine skiing by her father, H... | {"Disciplines": "Downhill Giant slalom Slalom Combined", "Club": "Ottawa Ski Club", "Teams": "4 - (1954, 1956, 1958, 1960) includes two Olympics", "Medals": "2"} |
Capture the flag (CTF) is a traditional outdoor sport where two or more teams each have a flag (or other markers) and the objective is to capture the other team's flag, located at the team's "base" (or hidden or even buried somewhere in the territory), and bring it safely back to their own base. Enemy players can be "... | {"Name": "Capture the Flag", "Synonyms": "CTF", "Image caption": "An indoor game of capture the flag at the Bellaire Recreation Center's All Sports Camp in Bellaire, Texas in August 2014", "Players": "Large group, more than six players in a team", "Playing time": "10-30 minutes", "Skills required": "endurance\n observa... |
Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse, and was nominated for the 2003 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the latter.... | {"Name": "Emily Watson", "Post-nominals": "UK 100% OBE", "Caption": "Watson in 2016", "Birth name": "Emily Margaret Watson", "Birth date": "yes 1967 1 14", "Birth place": "Islington, London, England", "Alma mater": "University of Bristol", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1992-present", "Spouse(s)": "Jack Wate... |
Justin David Hawkins (born 17 March 1975) is an English musician, Internet personality, singer and songwriter best known as the founder, lead singer, and lead guitarist of the Darkness. He is also the lead singer and guitarist for the band Hot Leg, formed in 2008 and now on hiatus. As of 2021, Hawkins has been active o... | {"Born": "Chertsey, Surrey, England", "Genres": "Hard rock\n glam rock\n glam metal\n heavy metal", "Labels": "Cooking Vinyl\n Atlantic\n Must Destroy", "Member of": "The Darkness", "Formerly of": "Hot Leg", "Website": "http://www.thedarknesslive.com/"} |
Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas (born 24 May 1960) is a British actress who also holds French citizenship. A five-time BAFTA Award and Olivier Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and the Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2008 for the Royal C... | {"Honorific prefix": "Dame", "Birth name": "Kristin Ann Scott Thomas", "Name": "Kristin Scott Thomas", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% DBE", "Caption": "Scott Thomas in 2017", "Birth date": "y 1960 5 24", "Birth place": "Redruth, Cornwall, England", "Citizenship": "United Kingdom • France", "Years active": "1984-present", "... |
Kettle's Yard is an art gallery and house in Cambridge, England.Kettle's Yard, Culture 24, UK. The director of the art gallery is Andrew Nairne. Both the house and gallery reopened in February 2018 after an expansion of the facilities.
History and overview
thumb|The gallery facade on Castle Street as it looked befor... | {"Coordinates": "52.2109 N 0.1141 E type:landmark_region:GB", "Location": "Cambridge", "Visitors": "231,941 (2019)ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions https://www.alva.org.uk/details.cfm?p=423 www.alva.org.uk 9 November 2020", "Founder": "Jim Ede", "Director": "Andrew Nairne", "Owner": "University of Ca... |
TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Soacha. The system opened to the public in December 2000. As of 2022, 12 lines totalling run throughout the city.
It is part of the city's Integrated Public Transport System (Sistema Integrado de Transporte Público [SITP... | {"Name": "TransMilenio", "Second image": "Bogotá - Bus de Transmilenio.JPG", "First image caption": "TransMilenio logo", "Locale": "Bogotá and Soacha, Colombia", "Transit type(s)": "Bus rapid transit\n Gondola lift (TransMiCable)", "Opening date (past)": "December 2000", "System (route) length": "114.4 km 0 on", "Numbe... |
"Ode to Billie Joe" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry released by Capitol Records in July 1967, and later used as the title-track of her debut album. Five weeks after its release, the song topped Billboard's Pop singles chart. It also appeared in the top 10 of the Adult Contemporary and Hot R&B sing... | {"B-side": "Mississippi Delta", "Released": "July 1967", "Studio": "Capitol, Hollywood, California", "Genre": "Gothic countryhttps://www.treblezine.com/bobbie-gentry-ode-to-billie-joe-cruel-detachment-tragedy/ BOBBIE GENTRY'S \"ODE TO BILLIE JOE\" CAPTURED CRUEL DETACHMENT IN THE FACE OF TRAGEDY TERICH JEFF July 24... |
Air America (formerly Air America Radio and Air America Media) was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk radio. It was on the air from March 2004 to January 2010.
The network was founded as a left-wing alternative to counter talk radio with a right-wing perspective. Air America featured programs w... | {"Name": "Air America", "Logo": "225px", "Type": "Radio network", "Branding": "Progressive talk", "Country": "United States", "Founder": "Sheldon DrobnyAnita DrobnyJon Sinton", "Broadcast area": "United States (broadcast)Internet radio", "Owner": "Newsweb Radio Company", "Key people": "Al Franken, Rachel Maddow, Cenk U... |
Filbert Street was a football stadium in Leicester, England, which served as the home of Leicester City F.C. from 1891 until 2002. Although officially titled the City Business Stadium in the early 1990s, it remained known almost exclusively by its address, like many English football stadiums.
History
Early years
L... | {"Full name": "Filbert Street Stadium", "Location": "Filbert Street, Leicester", "Coordinates": "52 37 25 N 1 8 26 W type:landmark it", "Owner": "Leicester City F.C.", "Opened": "1891", "Closed": "2002", "Demolished": "2003", "Capacity": "22,000 (at closure)47,298 (record)", "Field size": "110 x 76 yards"} |
Gordon Leslie Arnold (August 14, 1941 - October 15, 1997) was an American man who claimed to have witnessed the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas.
Arnold did not become known as an eyewitness to the assassination until 1978, when on August 27 of that year, The Dallas Morning New... | {"Birth name": "Gordon Leslie Arnold", "Birth date": "1941 8 14", "Known For": "Alleged witness of JFK's assassination", "Occupation": "U.S. Army soldier", "Death date": "1997 10 15 1941 8 14"} |
Gnome sort (nicknamed stupid sort) is a variation of the insertion sort sorting algorithm that does not use nested loops. Gnome sort was originally proposed by Iranian computer scientist Hamid Sarbazi-Azad (professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Sharif University of Technology) in 2000. The sort was first cal... | {"Problem class": "Sorting algorithm", "Image": "Visualization of Gnome sort.gif", "Caption": "Visualisation of Gnome sort", "Data structure": "Array", "Worst-case time complexity": "O(n^2)", "Best-case time complexity": "O(n)", "Average time complexity": "O(n^2)", "Worst-case space complexity": "O(1) auxiliary"} |
Floyd Westerman, also known as Kanghi Duta ("Red Crow" in Dakota) (August 17, 1936 - December 13, 2007), was a Dakota Sioux musician, political activist, and actor. After establishing a career as a country music singer, later in his life he became an actor, usually depicting Native American elders in American films and... | {"Name": "Floyd \"Red Crow\" Westerman", "Caption": "Westerman aka Kanghi Duta", "Birth name": "Floyd Westerman", "Birth date": "1936 8 17", "Birth place": "Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, South Dakota, U.S.", "Death date": "2007 12 13 1936 8 17", "Death place": "Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, ... |
The Barcelona chair is a chair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich, for the German Pavilion at the International Exposition of 1929, hosted by Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
The chair was first used in Villa Tugendhat, a private residence, designed by Mies in Brno (Czech Republic).
Materials and manufa... | {"Designer": "Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich", "Date": "1929", "Materials": "Chrome on steel frame. Leather cushions filled with foam", "Style / tradition": "Modernist", "Height": "75 cm in on", "Width": "75 cm in on", "Depth": "75 cm in on"} |
George Edward Creel (December 1, 1876 - October 2, 1953) was an American investigative journalist and writer, a politician and government official. He served as the head of the United States Committee on Public Information, a propaganda organization created by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I.
Early life an... | {"Name": "George Edward Creel", "Birth date": "1876 12 1", "Birth place": "Blackburn, Missouri", "Death date": "1953 10 2 1876 12 1", "Death place": "San Francisco, California", "Resting place": "Mount Washington CemeteryIndependence, Missouri", "Title": "Head of the United States Committee on Public Information", "Occ... |
Paul Francis Kossoff (14 September 1950 - 19 March 1976) was an English guitarist, best known as the co-founder and guitarist for the rock band Free. He was ranked number 51 in Rolling Stones list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Early years
Kossoff was born on 14 September 1950 in Hampstead, London, th... | {"Born": "Hampstead, London, England", "Died": "en route to New York, US", "Genres": "Blues rock\n blues\n rock\n hard rock", "Formerly of": "Free\n Leaf Hound\n Black Cat Bones\n Back Street Crawler\n Kossoff/Kirke/Tetsu/Rabbit", "Labels": "Island\n Atlantic\n Atco", "Website": "https://paulkossoff.webs.com/"} |
The Loudness of Sam (Harcourt, ) is a 1999 American children's book written and illustrated by James Proimos.The Loudness of Sam at WorldCat
Overview
Sam is a child whose laughs and cries were extraordinarily loud. "Is that nuts and bolts in the blender?" "No, that's just the baby." One day, Sam visits his quiet aunt i... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Harcourt, Inc.", "ISBN": "0-15-202087-X"} |
Knapdale (, ) forms a rural district of Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands, adjoining Kintyre to the south, and divided from the rest of Argyll to the north by the Crinan Canal. It includes two parishes, North Knapdale and South Knapdale. The area is bounded by sea to the east and west (Loch Fyne and the Sound o... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(2011)", "OS grid reference": "NR700747", "UK Parliament": "Argyll and Bute", "Council area": "Argyll and Bute", "Lieutenancy area": "Argyll and Bute", "Scottish Parliament": "Argyll and Bute"} |
Harold Stanley Ede (7 April 1895 - 15 March 1990), also known as Jim Ede, was a British collector of art and friend to artists.
Life and career
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Jim Ede was born in Penarth, Wales, the son of solicitor Edward Hornby Ede and Mildred, a teacher.
Ede studied painting under Stanhope Forbes a... | {"Name": "Jim Ede", "Birth date": "1895 03 07 y", "Birth place": "Penarth, Wales", "Death date": "1990 03 15 1895 03 07 y", "Known For": "Art collecting", "Spouse(s)": "Helen Schlapp"} |
I Like Pumpkins is an illustrated book for young children written and illustrated by children's book author Jerry Smath in which a young girl vividly describes her fondness for pumpkins at Halloween. The book is written in rhyming text and includes five pages of pumpkin-related games and puzzles. It has been used in el... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Scholastic, Inc.", "ISBN": "0-439-52110-6"} |
The Treshnish Isles are an archipelago of small islands and skerries, lying west of the Isle of Mull, in Scotland. They are part of the Inner Hebrides. Trips to the Treshnish Isles operate from Ulva Ferry, Tobermory, Ardnamurchan and Tiree.
Geography
The archipelago extends over a distance of roughly , from the island... | {"Coordinates": "56.49 -6.42 inline", "OS grid reference": "NM278419", "Meaning of name": "unknown", "Area": "128 ha acre 0 onTreshnish Isles Management Plan p. 3", "Highest elevation": "Cruachan, on Lunga 103 m ft 0 on", "Population": "0", "Island group": "Mull", "Council area": "Argyll and Bute"} |
Kathleen Vaughan Wilkes (23 June 1946 - 21 August 2003) was an English philosopher and academic who played an important part in rebuilding the education systems of former Communist countries after 1990. She established her reputation as an academic with her contributions to the philosophy of mind in two major works and... | {"Name": "Kathy Wilkes", "Birth date": "23 June 1946", "Death date": "21 August 2003 (aged 57)", "Education": "MA Greats (Oxon); PhD in philosophy (Princeton)", "Alma mater": "St Hugh's College, Oxford, Princeton University", "Occupation": "Philosopher", "Employer": "St Hilda's College, Oxford", "Known For": "Jan Hus E... |
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American environmental lawyer and writer known for advocating anti-vaccine misinformation and public health-related conspiracy theories.Multiple sources:
He is a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2024 pres... | {"Name": "Robert F. Kennedy Jr.", "Caption": "Kennedy in 2017", "Birth name": "Robert Francis Kennedy Jr.", "Birth date": "1954 1 17", "Birth place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Education": "Harvard University (BA)London School of EconomicsUniversity of Virginia (JD)Pace University (LLM)", "Occupation": "Environmental l... |
Darton State College was a public college in Albany, Georgia. It was part of the University System of Georgia and had its higher enrollment, 6,097 students, in 2011. Prior to its merger with Albany State University in 2016, the college offered 84 two-year transfer and career associate degrees, 4 four-year baccalaureate... | {"Motto": "A Better Beginning", "Type": "Public college", "Students": "5,419http://www.usg.edu/research/documents/enrollment_reports/Fall_2012_Report_complete.pdf Semester Enrollment Report 2007-12-23 2007-11-12 PDF Office of Research and Policy Analysis University System of Georgia dead https://web.archive.org... |
The Ford RS200 is a mid-engined, four-wheel drive sports car that was produced by Ford Motorsport in Boreham, UK, from 1984 to 1986. The road-going RS200 was the basis for Ford's Group B rally car and was designed to comply with FIA homologation regulations, which required 200 parts kits to be produced and at least one... | {"Manufacturer": "Ford Europe", "Production": "1984–1986", "Layout": "Mid-engined four-wheel drive", "Class": "Sports car", "Body style": "2-door coupé", "Length": "3988 mm in 1 on", "Width": "1752 mm in 1 on", "Height": "1320 mm in 1 on", "Designer": "Tony SouthgateJohn WheelerIan CallumFilippo Sapino at Ghiahttps://r... |
Michael John Nelson (born October 11, 1964) is an American comedian and writer, most known for his work on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). Nelson was the head writer of the series for most of the show's original eleven-year run, and spent half of that time as the on-air host, also named Mike... | {"Image": "Mike J. Nelson 2011 (5975430730).jpeg", "Name": "Michael J. Nelson", "Caption": "Nelson at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con", "Birth date": "1964 10 11", "Birth place": "St. Charles, Illinois, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Bridget Jones (m. 1989)", "Children": "2", "Occupation": "Comedian\n writer", "Notable works": "Mys... |
thumb|A Shoshone encampment in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, photographed by W. H. Jackson, 1870
right|thumbnail|Green River Lakes and Squaretop Mountain
right|thumbnail|Titcomb Lakes
thumb|right|Looking across the Bonneville Basin to Mount Bonneville and Raid Peak.
The Wind River Range (or "Winds" for short) is... | {"Area": "2800", "Length": "NW/SE", "Width": "SW/NE", "Elevation": "13,804", "Coordinates": "43 11 04 N 109 39 12 W type:mountain dms inline,title", "Location": "The Wind River Range highlighted in pink"} |
thumb|263px|Advertisement for Typhoon (1940) featuring Preston and Dorothy Lamour
263px|thumb|right|Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett and Preston in The Macomber Affair (1947)
right|thumb|263px|Preston and Mary Martin in the Broadway play I Do! I Do! (1966)
Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 - March 21, 1987) was an Ameri... | {"Name": "Robert Preston", "Birth date": "1918 6 8 y", "Birth name": "Robert Preston Meservey", "Birth place": "Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1987 3 21 1918 6 9 y", "Death place": "Montecito, California, U.S.", "Years active": "1938-1987", "Occupation": "Actor, singer", "Spouse(s)": "Catherine Craig 1940... |
La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Neuquén and Mendoza.
History
thumb|left|240px|Stables at the former Roca-Luro Estate, now the Luro Prairie Preser... | {"Density": "auto", "Rank": "22nd", "ISO 3166 code": "AR-L", "Website": "www.lapampa.gob.ar"} |
National Velvet is a novel by Enid Bagnold (1889-1981), first published in 1935. It was illustrated by Laurian Jones, Bagnold's daughter, who was born in 1921. The novel tells the story of a teenaged girl who wins a horse racing competition. It was a best-seller, and adapted into a highly successful 1944 film and a 196... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Heinemann (UK)William Morrow (US)", "Pages": "306"} |
Lauren Lee Smith (born June 19, 1980) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her television roles, including Emma DeLauro in the syndicated science fiction drama Mutant X, Riley Adams in the CBS forensics drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, police Sergeant Michelle McCluskey in the CTV fantasy drama The Listener and... | {"Name": "Lauren Lee Smith", "Caption": "Smith at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival", "Birth date": "1980 6 19", "Birth place": "Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada", "Spouse(s)": "Erik Steingröver April 4, 2009", "Children": "1", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1997-present"} |
thumb|At the headquarters of Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde Road, Dublin 4
thumbnail|Engineers Ireland Headquarters at 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
The Institution of Engineers of Ireland () or the IEI, is the second oldest Engineering Society on the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and was established in 1... | {"Type": "Engineering society \nLearned societyProfessional body", "Origins": "By amalgamation of Cumann na nInnealtóirí into the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland", "Headquarters": "22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland", "Website": "http://www.engineersireland.ie"} |
Joel Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007, MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Time..
From 2007 to 2013, H... | {"Name": "Joel Hodgson", "Caption": "Hodgson in 2014", "Birth name": "Joel Gordon Hodgson", "Birth date": "1960 2 20", "Birth place": "Stevens Point, Wisconsin, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Bethel University (Minnesota)", "Occupation": "Writer, comedian, actor", "Website": "joelhodgson.com"} |
Winterreise (, Winter Journey) is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert (D. 911, published as Op. 89 in 1828), a setting of 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Müller. It is the second of Schubert's two song cycles on Müller's poems, the earlier being Die schöne Müllerin (D. 795, Op. 25, 1823).
Both were orig... | {"Catalogue": "D. 911", "Opus": "89", "Text": "poems by Wilhelm Müller", "Movements": "24", "Composed": "1827", "Scoring": "tenor piano", "Published": "1828"} |
Michael Antonio Cimino ( ;Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures. Library of Congress. Retrieved August 27, 2010. February 3, 1939 - July 2, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer and author. Notorious for his obsessive attention to detail and determination for perfection, Cimino... | {"Name": "Michael Cimino", "Caption": "Cimino in 2003", "Birth date": "Michael Antonio Cimino1939 02 3", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2016 07 02 1939 2 3", "Death place": "Beverly Hills, California, U.S.", "Education": "Michigan State University(BA Graphic Arts, 1959)Yale University(BF... |
San Luis () is a province of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country (on the 32° South parallel). Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, La Rioja, Córdoba, La Pampa, Mendoza and San Juan.
History
The city of San Luis was founded in 1594 by Luis Jufré de Loaysa y Meneses, but was su... | {"Density": "auto", "Rank": "19th", "ISO 3166 code": "AR-D", "Website": "sanluis.gov.ar"} |
Susan Powter (born 22 December 1957) is an Australian-born American motivational speaker, nutritionist, personal trainer, and author, who rose to fame in the 1990s with her catchphrase "Stop the Insanity!", the centerpiece of her weight-loss infomercial.
She hosted her own talk show The Susan Powter Show in the 1990s.... | {"Name": "Susan Powter", "Birth date": "yes 1957 12 22", "Birth place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupation": "Nutritionist\nmotivational speaker\nwriter\ntelevision personality"} |
Zoo Diaries is a Canadian documentary television series airing on Life Network. The series documents the live of animals and people at a zoo with a record of breeding endangered species. 74 episodes have been produced since 2000 by DocuTainment Productions. The final episode aired in 2007.
Each episode opens with a br... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Narrated by": "Vince Corazza\n Ben Gordon", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Original network": "Life Network", "Original release": "2007"} |
The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) is a non-profit organisation based in London. Its stated mission is to "work with different organisations from Muslim and non-Muslim backgrounds, to campaign for justice for all peoples regardless of their racial, confessional or political background." The group is based in Lo... | {"Type": "NGO", "Headquarters": "London, UK", "Affiliations": "Universal Justice Network, Decoloniality Europe, Convivencia Alliance", "Website": "ihrc.org.uk"} |
Dahir Riyale Kahin (, ) (born 12 March 1952) is a Somaliland politician who was President of Somaliland from 2002 to 2010. He previously served as a senior officer in the National Security Service in Somalia, and he was Vice President of Somaliland from 1997 to 2002.
Personal life
Kahin was born in the town of Quljee... | {"Name": "Dahir Riyale Kahin", "Native name": "Daahir Riyaale Kaahin", "Vice president": "Ahmed Yusuf Yasin", "Term start": "3 May 2002", "Term end": "27 July 2010", "Order 2": "4th", "Office 2": "Vice President of Somaliland", "President 2": "Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal", "Predecessor 2": "Abdirahman Aw Ali Farrah", "S... |
San Juan Province () is a province of Argentina, located in the western part of the country. Neighbouring provinces are, moving clockwise from the north, La Rioja, San Luis and Mendoza. It borders with Chile to the west.
The province has an area of 89,651 km2, covering a mountainous region with scarce vegetation, fert... | {"Density": "auto", "Rank": "13th", "ISO 3166 code": "AR-J", "Website": "http://sanjuan.cfired.org.ar/"} |
thumb|Duathlon, 2014
Duathlon is an athletic event that consists of a running leg, followed by a cycling leg and then another running leg in a format similar to triathlons. The International Triathlon Union governs the sport internationally.
Distance and format
Duathlons are conducted at sprint, standard, middle and l... | {"Governing body": "International Triathlon Union", "Country or region": "Worldwide", "Contact": "No", "Mixed-sex": "No", "Type": "Endurance sport", "Equipment": "Bicycle", "Olympic": "No"} |
Yes You Can was a Canadian children's television series broadcast on CBC Television from 1980 to 1983. Hosted by singer Kevin Gillis, and co-hosted by Trevor Bruneau and Tammy Bourne, the half-hour live-action series was sports-themed and encouraged fitness and good health. Also featured were the comedic Coach Cuddles ... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Presented by": "Kevin GillisTrevor BruneauTammy Bourne", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Original network": "CBC Television", "Original release": "1983 3 29"} |
XPM was a short-lived Canadian television sitcom broadcast in 2004 on CBC Television."CBC televises 'warm, family comedy': Show about ex-prime minister airs tonight". Journal-Pioneer, February 27, 2004. It was centred on shamed former Prime Minister Bennett Macdonald, played by Don Ferguson, who was trying to adjust to... | {"Running time": "22 minutes", "Created by": "Steven Barwin, Gabriel David Tick", "Starring": "Don FergusonKathy GreenwoodDave Broadfoot", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Original network": "CBC", "Original release": "2004 2 27"} |
La Rioja () is a province of Argentina located in the west of the country. The landscape of the province consist of a series of arid to semi-arid mountain ranges and agricultural valleys in between. It is in one of these valleys that the capital of the province, the city of la La Rioja, lies. Neighboring provinces are ... | {"Density": "auto", "Rank": "21st", "ISO 3166 code": "AR-F", "Website": "larioja.gov.ar"} |
X PixMap (XPM) is an image file format used by the X Window System, created in 1989 by Daniel Dardailler and Colas Nahaboo working at Bull Research Center at Sophia Antipolis, France, and later enhanced by Arnaud Le Hors.
It is intended primarily for creating icon pixmaps, and supports transparent pixels. Derived from... | {"Name": "X PixMap", "Screenshot size": "240px", "Caption": "Some text editors, for example gvim, can display xpm images in graphical form", "Extension": ".xpm", "MIME type": "image/x-xpixmap.xpm MIME type not registered at IANA", "Developed by": "BULL Research", "Type of format": "Image file formats", "Extended from":... |
Donal Neil "Mike" O'Callaghan (September 10, 1929 March 5, 2004) was an American politician and educator who served as the 23rd Governor of Nevada from 1971 to 1979. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Early life
Born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, O'Callaghan later moved to Sparta, where his family subsistence farmed.... | {"Name": "Mike O'Callaghan", "Term start": "January 4, 1971", "Term end": "January 1, 1979", "Birth name": "Donal Neil O'Callaghan", "Birth date": "1929 9 10", "Birth place": "La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.", "Death date": "2004 3 5 1929 9 10", "Death place": "Paradise, Nevada, U.S.", "Resting place": "Southern Nevada Vete... |
Sergio Ortega Alvarado (February 2, 1938 - September 15, 2003) was a Chilean composer, pianist, poet, teacher and politician. He is recognized for having composed important Chilean left-wing politics anthems, among them are "Venceremos" and "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido", as well as the anthem of the Radical Part... | {"Name": "Sergio Ortega", "Birth name": "Sergio Ortega Alvarado", "Birth date": "1938 02 02", "Birth place": "Antofagasta, Chile", "Death date": "2003 09 15 1938 02 02", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Alma mater": "National Conservatory, University of Chile", "Occupation": "Composer, pianist, poet, teacher and politi... |
John Haynes (May 1, 1594 – c. January 9, 1653/4Dates in this article are Old Style; in the old calendar the new year did not begin until March 25, so dates before then were often written with both years.), also sometimes spelled Haines, was a colonial magistrate and one of the founders of the Connecticut Colony. He se... | {"Name": "John Haynes", "Term start": "1635", "Term end": "1636", "Order 2": "1st", "Office 2": "Governor of the Colony of Connecticut", "Birth date": "May 1, 1594", "Birth place": "Essex, England", "Death date": "c. January 9, 1653/4 (aged 59)", "Death place": "Hartford, Connecticut"} |
Jarlshof ( ) is the best-known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles"." Jarlshof & Scatness" shetland-heritage.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2008. It contai... | {"Location": "Mainland, Shetland, Scotland", "Coordinates": "59.8693725 -1.2910305 dms region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(HU397095) inline,title", "Type": "Roundhouses, broch, wheelhouses, longhouse", "Periods": "Bronze Age Iron Age, Pictish, Norse", "Ownership": "Historic Scotland"} |
Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988), was a Supreme Court of the United States decision that determined the Independent Counsel Act was constitutional. Morrison also set important precedent determining the scope of Congress's ability to encumber the President's authority to remove Officers of the United States from o... | {"Date argued": "April 26", "Year argued": "1988", "Date decided": "June 29", "Year decided": "1988", "Full case name": "Alexia Morrison, Independent Counsel v. Theodore Olson, et al.", "United States Reports volume number": "487", "United States Reports page number": "654", "Parallel citations": "108 S. Ct. 2597; 101 ... |
J. R. R. Tolkien's The Fall of Gondolin is one of the stories which formed the basis for a section in his posthumously-published work, The Silmarillion, with a version later appearing in The Book of Lost Tales. In the narrative, Gondolin was founded by King Turgon in the First Age; the city was carefully hidden, enduri... | {"Original title": "ang", "Cover artist": "Alan Lee", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "HarperCollinsHoughton Mifflin Harcourt", "Published": "2018", "Media type": "Print (hardback)", "Pages": "304", "ISBN": "978-0008302757", "Preceded by": "Beren and Lúthien"} |
Stornoway is the name of the official residence of the leader of the Official Opposition in Canada, and has been used as such since 1950. It is provided in recognition of the opposition leader's position. Located at 541 Acacia Avenue in the Rockcliffe Park area of Ottawa, Ontario. Stornoway has assessed value $4,225,0... | {"Caption": "Exterior facade of Stornoway from the east", "Address": "541 Acacia Avenue, K1M 0M4", "Location_town or location_city": "Rockcliffe ParkOttawa", "Location_country": "Canada", "Coordinates": "45 27 10 N 75 40 43 W type:landmark_region:CA-ON inline,title", "Architect": "Alan Keefer", "Architectural_style": "... |
Stornoway (; ; ) is the main town of the Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland.
The town's population is around 6,953, making it by far the largest town in the Outer Hebrides, as well as the third largest island town in Scotland after Kirkwall in Orkney and Lerwick in Shetland. The traditional... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NB426340", "Council area": "Na h-Eileanan Siar", "Lieutenancy area": "Western Isles", "Scottish Parliament": "Na h-Eileanan an Iar", "UK Parliament": "Na h-Eileanan an Iar", "Postcode district": "HS", "Dialling code": "01851"} |
Donald Pearce Shiley (January 19, 1920 – July 31, 2010) was the inventor of the Bjork-Shiley valve, a prosthetic heart valve. He was a 1951 alumnus of the University of Portland, where he studied engineering.
Early life
He was born in Yakima, Washington on January 19, 1920. His family was homesteaders, and followed th... | {"Name": "Donald P. Shiley", "Birth name": "Donald Pearce Shiley", "Birth date": "January 19, 1920", "Death date": "July 31, 2010 (aged 90)", "Occupation": "biomedical engineering"} |
Gretchen Mol (born November 8, 1972) is an American actress and former model. She is best known for her role as Gillian Darmody on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014). She also appeared in films such as The Funeral (1996), Donnie Brasco (1997), Celebrity (1998), Rounders (1998), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), The Th... | {"Caption": "Mol in 2009", "Birth date": "1972 11 8", "Birth place": "Deep River, Connecticut, United States", "Occupation": "Actress, former model", "Years active": "1996-present", "Spouse(s)": "Tod Williams 2004", "Children": "2"} |
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Towcester on the former A43 main road, from the M1 motorway junction 15A and about from the M40 motorway junction 10, Northampton, Milton Keynes and Banbury. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,176. The ... | {"OS grid reference": "SP670440", "Population": "(2001 census)http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797379&c=Silverstone&d=16&e=15&g=473879&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1287439040894&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Area: Silverstone CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts Neighbourhood Statistics Off... |
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) is a private conservatory for the performing arts in New York City and Los Angeles, California. The conservatory offers both Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees and two-year certificates in professional performance. Programs are offered in acting, musical theatre, dance, and p... | {"Type": "Private conservatory for the performing arts", "President": "David Martin", "Campus": "Urban", "Students": "1600 (approx.)American Musical & Dramatic Academy https://www.niche.com/colleges/american-musical--and--dramatic-academy/ niche.com 2020 2022-04-23 2022-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/202201231... |
Roderick Kevin Woodson (born March 10, 1965) is an American former professional football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. Woodson was drafted in the 1987 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers and played his first ten years there, and was a key member of the Baltimore Ravens' Super Bowl XX... | {"Born:": "Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.", "Height:": "0", "Weight:": "205", "High school:": "R. Nelson Snider(Fort Wayne, Indiana)", "College:": "Purdue (1983-1986)", "NFL Draft:": "10"} |
Guan Ping () (died January or February 220) was a military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.
Life
Guan Ping was the eldest son of Guan Yu. Little about him is documented in historical records except that he was captured along with his father west of Maicheng (麦城, s... | {"Name": "Guan Ping關平", "Caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Guan Ping", "Birth date": "Unknown", "Death date": "January or February 220death date The Zizhi Tongjian recorded that Guan Yu was captured and executed in the 12th month of the 24th year of the Jian'an era of the reign of Emperor Xian of Han.([建安二十四年]十... |
John Forsyth Sr. (October 22, 1780October 21, 1841) was a 19th-century American politician from Georgia. He represented the state in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and also served as the 33rd Governor of Georgia. As a supporter of the policies of President Andrew Jackson, Forsyth was appointed the 13... | {"Name": "John Forsyth", "Term start": "July 1, 1834", "Term end": "March 4, 1841", "Predecessor 2": "George Troup", "Successor 2": "Freeman Walker", "Birth date": "1780 10 22", "Birth place": "Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.", "Death date": "1841 10 21 1780 10 22", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Education": ... |
The Royal Variety Performance is a televised variety show held annually in the United Kingdom to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity (of which King Charles III is life-patron). It is attended by senior members of the British royal family. The evening's performance is presented as a live variety show, usually from... | {"Also known as": "Royal Command Performance", "Genre": "Variety show", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "ITVATV from 1960-1981, LWT from 1982-1987, ITV from 1989-present (1960-present) BBC OneBBC TV in 1962, BBC1 from 1964-1996, BBC One from 1998-2010 (1962-2010)", "Original release": "1912, ... |
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