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James Edwin Webb (October 7, 1906 - March 27, 1992) was an American government official who served as Undersecretary of State from 1949 to 1952. He was the second Administrator of NASA from February 14, 1961, to October 7, 1968. Webb led NASA from the beginning of the Kennedy administration through the end of the Johns... | {"Image caption": "Official NASA photo, 1966", "Term start": "February 14, 1961", "Term end": "October 7, 1968", "Office 2": "7th Director of the Bureau of the Budget", "President 2": "Harry S. Truman", "Predecessor 2": "Harold D. Smith", "Successor 2": "Frank Pace", "Birth name": "James Edwin Webb", "Birth date": "190... |
Post is the second studio album by Icelandic singer Björk. It was released on 7 June 1995 by One Little Indian Records. Continuing the style developed on her first album Debut (1993), Björk conceived of Post as a bolder and more extroverted set of songs than its predecessor, featuring an eclectic mixture of electronic ... | {"Released": "1995 6 7 y", "Genre": "Art pop\n electronica\n trip hop\n experimental", "Label": "One Little Indian\n Elektra\n Mother\n Polydor", "Producer": "Björk\n Nellee Hooper\n Graham Massey\n Tricky\n Howie B"} |
Robert Smigel (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, and puppeteer, known for his Saturday Night Live "TV Funhouse" cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer and voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. He also co-wrote the first two Hotel Transylvania films and You Don't Mess w... | {"Name": "Robert Smigel", "Caption": "Smigel in 2008 with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and Doug Dale on the laptop", "Birth date": "1960 2 7", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor comedian writer director producer puppeteer", "Years active": "1985-present", "Notable works": "Triumph the ... |
Kill Bill: Volume 2 is a 2004 American neo-Western martial arts film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is the sequel to Kill Bill: Volume 1, and stars Uma Thurman as the Bride, who continues her campaign of revenge against the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, and Viv... | {"Directed by": "Quentin Tarantino", "Produced by": "Lawrence Bender", "Written by": "Quentin Tarantino", "Starring": "Uma Thurman\n David Carradine\n Michael Madsen\n Daryl Hannah\n Gordon Liu\n Michael Parks", "Music by": "RZA\n Robert Rodriguez", "Cinematography": "Robert Richardson", "Edited by": "Sally Menke", "Di... |
Thomas Keith Glennan (September 8, 1905 - April 11, 1995) was the first Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, serving from August 19, 1958 to January 20, 1961.
Early career
Born in Enderlin, North Dakota, the son of Richard and Margaret Glennan, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau... | {"Birth name": "Thomas Keith Glennan", "Image size": "200", "Term start": "August 19, 1958", "Term end": "January 20, 1961", "Birth date": "1905 9 8", "Birth place": "Enderlin, North Dakota", "Death date": "1995 4 11 1905 9 8", "Death place": "Mitchellville, Maryland", "Nationality": "American", "Alma mater": "Universi... |
Hidalgo is a 2004 epic biographical western film based on the legend of the American distance rider Frank Hopkins and his mustang Hidalgo. It recounts Hopkins' racing his horse in Arabia in 1891 against Bedouins riding pure-blooded Arabian horses. The movie was written by John Fusco and directed by Joe Johnston. It sta... | {"Directed by": "Joe Johnston", "Produced by": "Casey Silver", "Written by": "John Fusco", "Starring": "Viggo Mortensen\n Omar Sharif\n Saïd Taghmaoui", "Music by": "James Newton Howard", "Cinematography": "Shelly Johnson", "Edited by": "Robert Dalva", "Distributed by": "Buena Vista Pictures Distribution", "Budget": "$... |
Man on Fire is a 2004 action thriller film directed by Tony Scott from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland, and based on the 1980 novel of the same name by A. J. Quinnell. The novel had previously been adapted into a feature film in 1987. In this film, Denzel Washington portrays John Creasy, a despondent, alcoholic former ... | {"Directed by": "Tony Scott", "Produced by": "Lucas Foster \n Arnon Milchan \n Tony Scott", "Screenplay by": "Brian Helgeland", "Based on": "Man on Fire A. J. Quinnell", "Starring": "Denzel Washington\n Dakota Fanning\n Christopher Walken\n Giancarlo Giannini\n Radha Mitchell\n Marc Anthony\n Rachel Ticotin\n Mickey Ro... |
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. IBGE performs a decennial national census; questionnaires account for information such as age, household income, lite... | {"Formed": "29 May 1936", "Headquarters": "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Employees": "11,850https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/periodicos/223/relatorio_gestao_2021.pdf Relatório de Gestão 2021 July 9, 2022 IBGE 20, 122 pt-br", "Annual budget": "R$ R$ 2.45 billion (2022)https://www.portaltransparencia.gov.... |
In the mathematical field of graph theory, a complete bipartite graph or biclique is a special kind of bipartite graph where every vertex of the first set is connected to every vertex of the second set... Electronic edition, page 17.
Graph theory itself is typically dated as beginning with Leonhard Euler's 1736 work o... | {"Automorphisms": "\\left\\{\\begin{array}{ll}2 m! n! & n = m\\\\ m! n! & \\text{otherwise}\\end{array}\\right.", "Vertices": "n + m", "Edges": "mn", "Radius": "\\left\\{\\begin{array}{ll}1 & m = 1 \\vee n = 1\\\\ 2 & \\text{otherwise}\\end{array}\\right.", "Diameter": "\\left\\{\\begin{array}{ll}1 & m = n = 1\\\\ 2 & ... |
Fort George was a military fortification in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. The fort was used by the British Army, the Canadian militia, and the United States Armed Forces for a brief period. The fort was mostly destroyed during the War of 1812. The site of the fort has been a National Historic Site of Canada sin... | {"Coordinates": "43 15 03 N 79 03 40 W region:CA-ON_type:landmark title, inline", "Location": "51 Queen's Parade,Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada", "Built": "1796-1799", "Original use": "Military fortification", "Rebuilt": "1937-1939The entire fort was rebuilt from 1937 to 1939, excluding the stone gunpowder magazi... |
Thomas S. Wootton High School or Wootton High School (WHS) is a public high school in Rockville, Maryland. Its namesake is Thomas S. Wootton, the founder of Montgomery County. The school was founded in 1970 and is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system. Robert Frost Middle School along with half of Cabin J... | {"Coordinates": "39.07661 N 77.18376 W inline,title", "School district": "Montgomery County Public Schools", "NCES": "240048000934 Thomas S. Wootton High 23 February 2023 \"nces\"", "Educational authority": "Maryland Department of Education", "School code": "MD-15-150234", "CEEB code": "210909", "Faculty": "111.80", "G... |
Europol, officially the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, is the law enforcement agency of the European Union (EU). Established in 1998, it is based in The Hague, Netherlands, and serves as the central hub for coordinating criminal intelligence and supporting the EU's member states in their efforts... | {"Formed": "1 October 1998", "Jurisdiction": "European Union", "Headquarters": "Eisenhowerlaan 73The Hague, Netherlands\n52.0928 4.2815 region:NL-ZH_type:landmark title,inline", "Employees": "1,432 (January 2022)", "Annual budget": "€116.4 million (FY 2017)", "Website": "https://www.europol.europa.eu/ Europol.europa.eu... |
Samuel Timothy “Tim” McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has released 16 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, four for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those albums have reached number one on the Top Country Albums charts, with his ... | {"Name": "Tim McGraw", "Caption": "McGraw in 2015", "Birth name": "Samuel Timothy McGraw", "Birth date": "1967 5 1", "Birth place": "Start, Louisiana, U.S.", "Years active": "1990-present", "Spouse(s)": "Faith Hill 1996", "Relatives": "Tug McGraw (father)", "Children": "3", "Occupation": "Singer songwriter record produ... |
The All-America City Award is a community recognition program in the United States given by the National Civic League. The award recognizes the work of communities in using inclusive civic engagement to address critical issues and create stronger connections among residents, businesses and nonprofit and government lead... | {"Awarded for": "communities that leverage civic engagement, collaboration, inclusiveness, and innovation to successfully address local issues", "Country": "United States", "Presented by": "National Civic League", "First awarded": "1949History https://www.nationalcivicleague.org/history/ National Civic League May 21, 2... |
West Orchard is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale in the North Dorset administrative district, approximately halfway between the towns of Shaftesbury and Sturminster Newton. It is separated from the adjacent settlement of East Orchard by a... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "50", "District": "North Dorset", "Shire county": "Dorset", "UK Parliament": "North Dorset", "Postcode district": "SP7", "Dialling code": "01747", "OS grid reference": "ST823164"} |
East Orchard is a small village and parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale within the North Dorset administrative district. It is situated roughly midway between the hilltop town of Shaftesbury and the riverside town of Sturminster Newton. It is separated from the neighbouring... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882 Parish Population Data Dorset County Council 20 January 2015 20 January 2015", "District": "North Dorset", "Shire county": "Dorset", "UK Parliament": "North Dorset", "Postcode district": "SP7", "Dialling code": "01747", "OS grid refer... |
250px|thumb|right|Girls' basketball game with crosstown rival Parker during the 2004-2005 season
Joseph A. Craig High School is a public high school located in the city of Janesville, Wisconsin. Craig, a part of the School District of Janesville, has a student enrollment of approximately 1,800. Located on the east side... | {"Faculty": "120.50 (FTE)", "Student to teacher ratio": "13.49", "Coordinates": "42.68152 -89.00074 type:edu_region:US-WI inline,title", "Team name": "Cougars", "Nickname": "Big Blue", "Athletics conference": "WIAA Big Eight Conference", "Yearbook": "The Phoenix", "Newspaper": "The Criterion", "Website": "Craig High Sc... |
Craig Lawrence Kilborn (born August 24, 1962) is an American television host, actor, comedian, and sports commentator. Kilborn began a career in sports broadcasting in the late 1980s, leading to an anchoring position at ESPN's SportsCenter from 1993 to 1996. He was later the first host of The Daily Show, which he hoste... | {"Birth name": "Craig Lawrence Kilborn", "Born": "Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.", "Education": "Hastings High School", "Alma mater": "Montana State University", "Medium": "Television, film, books", "Years active": "1986-present", "Genres": "Political/news satire, observational comedy, cringe comedy, blue comedy, insult c... |
The Mission is a 1986 British period drama film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th-century South America. Directed by Roland Joffé and written by Robert Bolt, the film stars Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi, and Liam Neeson.
It won the Cannes Film Festival Palme ... | {"Directed by": "Roland Joffé", "Produced by": "Fernando Ghia\n David Puttnam\n Máximo Berrondo", "Written by": "Robert Bolt", "Starring": "Robert De Niro\n Jeremy Irons", "Music by": "Ennio Morriconehttps://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-mission-1986 The Mission RogerEbert.com November 14, 1986 December 9, 2018 R... |
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets () is the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper as anti-communist satire for its children's supplement , it was serialised weekly from January 1929 to May 1930 before being published ... | {"Publisher": "Sundancer", "Date": "1989", "Series": "The Adventures of Tintin", "Language": "French", "Published in": "fr Le Petit Vingtième", "Followed by": "1931"} |
Carey Means (born December 4, 1966) is an American voice and stage actor best known for playing Frylock on the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Thundercleese on The Brak Show. He has also performed in several theatrical musicals and plays, including South Pacific, Two Trains Running, A Soldier's Play, and Wa... | {"Name": "Carey Means", "Caption": "Means in 2018", "Birth date": "1966 12 4", "Alma mater": "Lincoln University (BS)", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1995-present", "Known For": "Frylock on Aqua Teen Hunger ForceJonah Bishop on Welcome to the Wayne", "Spouse(s)": "Leah Means"} |
Iona Victoria Campagnolo, (née Hardy, born October 18, 1932) is a Canadian politician who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 2001 to 2007; Campagnolo was the first woman to hold that office. Prior to becoming Lieutenant Governor, she was a Cabinet member in the Liberal government of Prime ... | {"Image size": "175px", "Name": "Iona Campagnolo", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Term start": "September 25, 2001", "Term end": "September 30, 2007", "Birth date": "1932 10 18 y", "Birth place": "Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada", "Spouse(s)": "Louis Campagnolo", "Birth name": "Iona Victoria Hardy"} |
Ronald Dean Coleman (born May 13, 1964) is an American retired professional bodybuilder. The winner of the Mr. Olympia title for eight consecutive years, he is widely regarded as either the greatest bodybuilder of all time or one of the two greatest along with Arnold Schwarzenegger and as the most dominant bodybuilding... | {"Nickname": "The King", "Born": "Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.", "Height": "5 ft 11 in cm onRonnie Coleman http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/ronniecoleman.html bodybuildingpro.com https://web.archive.org/web/20200808022900/http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/ronniecoleman.html August 8, 2020 March 20, 2022", "Weight": "Contest: 287... |
George S. Parker High School is a comprehensive public high school located on the west side of the city of Janesville, Wisconsin. The school, named for George S. Parker, founder of the Parker Pen Company, is a part of the School District of Janesville and was constructed in 1967. The rival east side school is Joseph A.... | {"Coordinates": "42.68555 -89.06432 type:edu_region:US-WI inline,title", "School district": "School District of Janesville", "Superintendent": "Karen Schulte", "Staff": "98.64 (FTE)", "Student to teacher ratio": "12.78", "Athletics conference": "WIAA Big Eight Conference", "Team name": "Vikings", "Nickname": "Cow Pie H... |
Fox Lane High School is a public high school located in Bedford, New York, United States. It is named after the road, Fox Lane, that begins just to the side of the school's driveway. It is a part of the Bedford Central School District.
Administration
The interim principal is Susan Ostrofsky. There are three assistant ... | {"Teaching staff": "119.22 (FTE)", "Student to teacher ratio": "10.92", "Coordinates": "41 11 31 N 73 40 43 W region:US-NY inline,title", "Yearbook": "Fox Trails", "Website": "https://www.bcsdny.org/Domain/112"} |
Sir Michael Patrick Cashin, (29 September 1864 - 30 August 1926) was a Newfoundland businessman and politician.
He was elected to the legislature in 1893 as an independent but worked closely with the Liberal Party. In 1907 he joined the Newfoundland People's Party of Sir Edward Patrick Morris and became minister of f... | {"Name": "Michael Patrick Cashin", "Nationality": "Newfoundlander", "Term start": "22 May 1919", "Term end": "17 November 1919", "Birth date": "yes 1864 09 29", "Birth place": "Cape Broyle, Newfoundland Colony", "Death date": "yes 1926 08 30 1859 05 08", "Death place": "St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland"} |
Pierre Bourgault (January 23, 1934 – June 16, 2003) was a politician and essayist, as well as an actor and journalist, from Quebec, Canada. He is most famous as a public speaker who advocated sovereignty for Quebec from Canada.
Biography
Bourgault was born in East Angus in the Estrie (Eastern Townships) region of Qu... | {"Name": "Pierre Bourgault", "Birth date": "1934 01 23", "Birth place": "East Angus, Quebec, Canada", "Death date": "2003 06 16 1934 01 23", "Death place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Resting place": "Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery", "Awards": "Prix Condorcet (2001) Prix Jules-Fournier (2000) Prix Georges-Émile-Lapa... |
Don Cossacks (, ) or Donians (, ), are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (, ), which was either an independent or an autonomous democratic republic in present-day Southern Russia and parts of the Donbas region of Ukraine, from the end of the... | {"Name": "Don Cossacks", "Image": "200px", "Image caption": "Flag of the Don Cossackshttps://www.fotw.info/flags/ru_cdon.html Don Cossacks' flags (Russia)", "Population": "0.2-2 million", "Languages": "Don Gutar (Southern Russian dialect), Don Balachka (Eastern Ukrainian dialect)", "Religions": "Eastern Orthodox Christ... |
Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978) is an American auto racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2022, driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry TRD for 23XI Racing. He is the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion and the 2017 Daytona 500 winner. He is the older brother of two-time Cup Series champion ... | {"Born": "Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.", "Height": "5 ft 11 in", "Weight": "160 lb kg on", "Achievements": "2004 Nextel Cup Series Champion2003 IROC Champion2010 Coca-Cola 600 Winner2010 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Winner2011 Budweiser Shootout Winner2017 Daytona 500 Winner1999 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion\n H... |
The Berlin U-Bahn (; short for , "underground railway") is a rapid transit system in Berlin, the capital and largest city of Germany, and a major part of the city's public transport system. Together with the S-Bahn, a network of suburban train lines, and a tram network that operates mostly in the eastern parts of the c... | {"Infobox width": "auto", "Name": "U-Bahn Berlin", "Size of first image": "75px", "Size of second image": "250px", "Second image caption": "U1 crossing Oberbaum Bridge", "Locale": "Berlin", "Transit type(s)": "Rapid transit", "Opening date (past)": "1902 1 15 y", "Operator(s)": "de Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe no (BVG)", ... |
Sir William Frederick Lloyd (December 17, 1864 - June 13, 1937) was a newspaper editor and Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1918 to 1919.
Born in Stockport, England, Lloyd emigrated to Newfoundland in 1890 where he taught school before becoming a journalist and becoming editor of The Telegram. He was first elect... | {"Name": "William F. Lloyd", "Nationality": "Newfoundlander", "Term start": "January 5, 1918", "Term end": "May 22, 1919", "Birth name": "William Frederick Lloyd", "Birth date": "1864 12 17", "Birth place": "Stockport, Cheshire, England", "Death date": "1937 6 13 1864 12 17", "Death place": "St. John's, Newfoundland"} |
The Seversky Donets () or Siverskyi Donets (), usually simply called the Donets, is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts) and then again through Russia (Rostov Oblast) to jo... | {"Mouth": "5.5 m on", "Location": "Rostov Oblast, Russia", "Coordinates": "47 36 1 N 40 53 48 E inline,title", "Basin size": "98900 km2 on"} |
Kevin Maurice Garnett ( ; born May 19, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player who played for 21 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed KG by his initials, and the "Big Ticket" for his emphatic dunking and athleticism, Garnett is considered one of the greatest power forwards ... | {"Listed height": "11", "Listed weight": "240", "Born": "Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.", "High school": "Mauldin (Mauldin, South Carolina)\n Farragut Academy (Chicago, Illinois)"} |
Kirribilli House is the secondary official residence of the Prime Minister of Australia. Located in the Sydney harbourside suburb of , New South Wales, the house is at the far eastern end of Kirribilli Avenue. It is one of two official Prime Ministerial residences, the primary official residence being The Lodge in Canb... | {"Name": "Kirribilli House", "Caption": "Kirribilli House, pictured in 2019", "Image size": "250", "Coordinates": "title,inline -33.851286 151.21915 type:landmark_region:AU-NSW dms", "Address": "109 Kirribilli Avenue, Kirribilli, New South Wales", "Location_country": "Australia", "Current_tenants": "Not occupied", "Arc... |
Albert Edgar Hickman (August 2, 1875 - February 9, 1943) was the seventeenth Prime Minister of Newfoundland and has the distinction of having served the shortest term of any Prime Minister.
Biography
Albert Hickman was born in Grand Bank on August 2, 1875. He married Mary Louise Laurie on December 24, 1906, and they h... | {"Name": "Albert Hickman", "Nationality": "Newfoundlander", "Term start": "May 10, 1924", "Term end": "June 9, 1924", "Birth name": "Albert Edgar Hickman", "Birth date": "1875 08 02", "Birth place": "Grand Bank, Newfoundland Colony", "Death date": "1943 02 09 1875 08 02 yes", "Death place": "St. John's, Newfoundland", ... |
Admiralty House is the Sydney official residence of the governor-general of Australia. It is located in the suburb of Kirribilli, on the northern foreshore of Sydney Harbour (adjacent to Kirribilli House, which is the Sydney official residence of the Australian Prime Minister). This large Victorian Regency and Italiana... | {"Former names": "Wotonga", "Status": "Completed", "Type": "Viceregal residence of the Governor-General", "Architectural style": "Victorian Regency Victorian Italianate", "Location": "109 Kirribilli Avenue, Kirribilli, Sydney, New South Wales", "Town or city": "-->", "Coordinates": "-33.851735 151.218245 type:landmark_... |
The Berlin S-Bahn () is a rapid transit railway system in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It has been in operation under this name since December 1930, having been previously called the special tariff area Berliner Stadt-, Ring- und Vorortbahnen (Berlin city, orbital, and suburban railways). It compleme... | {"Infobox width": "auto", "Name": "S-Bahn Berlin", "Size of first image": "75px", "Size of second image": "300px", "Second image caption": "Berlin Friedrichstrasse railway station, crossing point for the Stadtbahn and the Nord-Süd-Tunnel routes of the Berlin S-Bahn", "Locale": "Berlin", "Transit type(s)": "Rapid transi... |
Katherine is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is situated on the Katherine River, after which it is named, southeast of Darwin. It is the fourth largest settlement in the Territory and is known as the place where "The outback meets the tropics".
Katherine had an urban population of approximately 6,30... | {"Type": "town", "Name": "Katherine", "State Abbreviation": "nt", "Caption": "Katherine Main Street", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "Town of Katherine", "Coordinates": "14 28 0 S 132 16 0 E inline,title", "Postcode": "0850, 0852", "Established": "1926", "Population": "6,303", "Population Year": "2016", "Population Foo... |
King's Bounty is a turn-based fantasy video game designed by Jon Van Caneghem and published by New World Computing in 1990. The game follows the player's character, a hero of King Maximus, appointed with the job of retrieving the Sceptre of Order from the forces of chaos, led by Arech Dragonbreath. King's Bounty is not... | {"Title": "King's Bounty", "Developer": "New World Computing", "Publisher": "New World ComputingElectronic Arts (Genesis)", "Designer": "Jon Van Caneghem", "Programmer": "Mark Caldwell", "Artist": "Vincent DeQuattro", "Composer": "Rob Wallace (GEN), Takeshi Abo (PC-98 and FM Towns)Takeshi Abo Interview: Behind the Scie... |
Arthur Bryce Courtenay, (14 August 1933 - 22 November 2012) was a South African-Australian advertising director and novelist. He is one of Australia's best-selling authors, notable for his book The Power of One.
Background and early years
Arthur Bryce Courtenay was born in the Lebombo Mountains, South Africa, the son... | {"Born": "yes 1933 08 14", "Died": "yes 2012 11 22 1933 08 14", "Resting place": "Hall Cemetery", "Occupation": "Novelist", "Nationality": "South African/Australian", "Period": "1989-2012", "Notable awards": "British Book Awards 1990 The Power of OneAPA Who Weekly Reader's Choice Award 1998 Tommo & HawkAPA Who Weekly R... |
Orange is a city in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. It is west of the state capital, Sydney [ on a great circle], at an altitude of . Orange had an urban population of 41,920 at the 2021 Census, making the city a significant regional centre. A significant nearby landmark is Mount Canobola... | {"Type": "city", "Name": "Orange", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Caption": "Byng Street", "Coordinates": "33 17 0 S 149 06 0 E it", "Population": "41920", "Population Year": "2021", "Population Rank": "38th", "Established": "1846", "Postcode": "2800", "Elevation": "863.2", "Elevation Footnotes": "Australian Government\... |
In Fiji, the Leader of the Opposition (or Opposition Leader) is a senior politician who commands the support of the Official Opposition. The Leader of the Opposition is, by convention, the leader of the largest political party in the Parliament of Fiji that is not in government. This is usually this is the parliamentar... | {"Post": "Leader of the Opposition", "Body": "theRepublic of Fiji", "Insignia size": "125px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms ofthe Republic of Fiji", "Image size": "165px", "Incumbent": "Inia Seruiratu", "Incumbent since": "29 March 2023https://www.fijitimes.com/seruiratu-is-the-new-opposition-leader/ Seruiratu is ... |
Sir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, (August 10, 1853 – October 18, 1918) was born in Saint-Martin (today part of Laval, Quebec).
He was a Quebec Conservative Party leader but never premier. First elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election in 1882 in the riding of Laval, he served as leader of the Opposition from 1... | {"Name": "Pierre-Évariste Leblanc", "Term start": "February 8, 1915", "Term end": "October 18, 1918", "Office 2": "Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Laval", "Predecessor 2": "Louis-Onésime Loranger", "Successor 2": "Amédée Gaboury", "Birth date": "1853 08 10", "Birth place": "Saint-Martin (Laval), Lower ... |
thumb|200px|right|Road entry sign to Boorowa on the Lachlan Valley Way
Boorowa () is a farming village in the Hilltops Region in the south west slopes of New South Wales, Australia.
It is located in a valley southwest of Sydney around above sea-level. The town is in Hilltops Council local government area.
History
... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Boorowa", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Caption": "Boorowa Court House", "Coordinates": "34 26 S 148 43 E inline,title", "Established": "1843", "Postcode": "2586", "Elevation": "490", "Distance 1": "40", "Direction 1": "E", "Location 1": "Young", "Distance 2": "70", "Direction 2": "ENE", "Lo... |
The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum of France and a of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities. The main museum, with four galleries, is located in Paris, France, within the Jardin des Plantes on the left bank of the... | {"Coordinates": "48 50 32 N 02 21 22 E type:landmark_region:FR title", "Established": "1793 06 10", "Collection size": "67 million specimenshttp://www2.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/joconde/fr/partenaires/AIDEMUSEES/journee_RDterr_2014/diaporama-MCL.pdf BILAN DU PREMIER RECOLEMENT DECENNAL DES MUSEES DE FRANCE www.mn... |
Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters patent by Queen Victoria in 1863. Goulburn had a population of 23,835 at June 2018. ... | {"Type": "city", "Name": "Goulburn", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Image": "Goulburn Auburn Street 001.JPG", "Caption": "Goulburn city centre", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "Goulburn Mulwaree Council", "County": "Argyle", "Parish": "Goulburn", "Postcode": "2580", "Population": "23835", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0... |
Jerilderie Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. is a small, rural town in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Murrumbidgee Local Government Area. At the , Jerilderie had a population of 922 people.
It can be found along the Ne... | {"Type": "town", "Name": "Jerilderie", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Coordinates": "35 21 0 S 145 44 0 E inline,title", "Population": "1029", "Population Year": "2016", "Population Footnotes": "SSC12014 Jerilderie (State Suburb) 3 February 2018 on", "Established": "1859", "Postcode": "2716", "Distance 1": "618", "Dire... |
Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama (Fijian: [tʃoˈsɛia βoˈreŋɡe mbɛiniˈmarama]; born 27 April 1954) is a Fijian politician and former naval officer who served as the prime minister of Fiji from 2007 until 2022. A member of the FijiFirst party, which he founded in 2014, he began his career as an officer in the Fijian nav... | {"Name": "Frank Bainimarama", "Term start": "5 January 2007", "Term end": "24 December 2022a", "Office 2": "Minister for Foreign Affairs", "Predecessor 2": "Inia Seruiratu", "Successor 2": "Sitiveni Rabuka", "Birth name": "Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama", "Birth date": "1954 4 27 y", "Birth place": "Kiuva, Fiji", "Spouse(s)... |
Several sister companies that design and manufacture firearms use the brand name SIG Sauer . The original company, Schweizerische Waggonfabrik (SWF), later Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft (SIG), went through several selloffs, leaving the SIG Sauer brand spread over several companies. The original SIG is now known... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1976 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany", "Defunct": "2020", "Headquarters": "Germany", "Industry": "Weapons", "Products": "Firearms and accessories", "Parent": "Lüke & Ortmeier Holding Gruppe, aka L&O Holding", "Website": "http://sigsauer.de/"} |
Mehmed "Meša" Selimović (; ; 26 April 1910 - 11 July 1982) was a Yugoslav writer, whose novel Death and the Dervish is one of the most important literary works in post-World War II Yugoslavia. Some of the main themes in his works are the relations between individuality and authority, life and death, and other existenti... | {"Native name": "sr-Cyrl", "Born": "1910 04 26 y", "Died": "1982 07 11 1910 04 26 y", "Resting place": "Belgrade New Cemetery", "Occupation": "Writer, professor, art director", "Language": "Serbo-Croatian", "Alma mater": "University of Belgrade", "Nationality": "Yugoslavia", "Children": "Daughters Maša and Jesenka"} |
Aurelijus Rūtenis Antanas Mockus Šivickas (; born 25 March 1952) is a Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician. He has a master's degree in philosophy from the National University of Colombia, and a Honoris Causa PhD from the University of Paris.
He is the son of Lithuanian immigrants. He left office as th... | {"Name": "Antanas Mockus Šivickas", "Image caption": "Mockus in 2012", "Term start": "1 January 2001", "Term end": "31 December 2003", "Office 2": "Rector of the National University of Colombia", "Predecessor 2": "Darío Valencia Restrepo", "Successor 2": "Guillermo Páramo Rocha", "Birth date": "yes 1952 03 25", "Birth ... |
Bunratty Castle (, meaning "castle at the mouth of the Ratty") is a large 15th-century tower house in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the centre of Bunratty village (), by the N18 road between Limerick and Ennis, near Shannon Town and its airport. The castle and the adjoining folk park are run by Shannon Herita... | {"Coordinates": "52 41 48 N 8 48 42 W region:IE_type:landmark inline,title", "Location": "Bunratty village, County Clare, Ireland", "Built": "c. 1425", "Restored": "1956", "Restored by": "7th Viscount Gort", "Governing body": "Shannon Heritage"} |
Adi Kuini Teimumu Vuikaba Speed (23 December 1949 - 31 December 2004) was a Fijian chief and politician, who served as Deputy Prime Minister in 1999 and 2000.
She was the head girl at Adi Cakobau School in 1968, and went on to graduate from the University of the South Pacific and from the Australian National Universit... | {"Name": "Kuini Speed", "Image caption": "Adi Kuini in 1988", "Birth date": "1949 12 23 y", "Death date": "2004 12 31 y", "Spouse(s)": "Timoci Bavadra"} |
Marina Golbahari (born 1989) is an Afghan actress who earned international fame for her role as the title character in the 2003 film Osama, playing a girl who had to dress and act as a boy to support her family during the Taliban years.
Career
Golbahari was cast as Osama by the Afghan film director Siddiq Barmak, who ... | {"Birth date": "1989http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/today/others.html Marina Golbahari 2016-06-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20161026121324/http://www.afghan-web.com/bios/today/others.html 2016-10-26 dead", "Birth place": "Kabul, Afghanistan", "Nationality": "Afghan", "Occupation": "Actress", "Spouse(s)": "Noorull... |
IBM Airline Control Program, or ACP, is a discontinued operating system developed by IBM beginning about 1965. In contrast to previous airline transaction processing systems, the most notable aspect of ACP is that it was designed to run on most models of the IBM System/360 mainframe computer family. This departed from ... | {"Developer": "IBM", "Platforms": "most models of the IBM System/360 mainframe computer family", "OS family": "Transaction Processing Facility (TPF)", "Initial release": "1968 (as part of PARS; separated in 1969)", "Marketing target": "Programmed Airline Reservations System", "Available in": "English", "Working state":... |
Wawona (formerly Big Tree Station, Clark's Station, Clarks Station, Wah-wo-nah, and Clark's Ranch) is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States. The population was 111 at the 2020 census.
It is located entirely within Yosemite National Park, as it preceded the founding of the park as a na... | {"Land": "1.076", "Water": "0", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-7"} |
Verapamil, sold under various trade names, is a calcium channel blocker medication used for the treatment of high blood pressure, angina (chest pain from not enough blood flow to the heart), and supraventricular tachycardia. It may also be used for the prevention of migraines and cluster headaches. It is given by mouth... | {"Chirality": "Racemic mixture", "Pronunciation": "v ɛ ˈ r æ p ə m ɪ lve RAP ə mil", "Trade name": "Isoptin, Calan, others", "AHFS": "monograph verapamil-hydrochloride", "Pregnancycategory": "Verapamil Use During Pregnancy Drugs.com 18 November 2019 https://www.drugs.com/pregnancy/verapamil.html 26 March 2020", "Ro... |
Charles-Irénée Castel, abbé de Saint-Pierre (18 February 1658 – 29 April 1743) was a French author whose ideas were novel for his times. His proposal of an international organisation to maintain peace was among the first in history, with possible exceptions such as George of Poděbrady's Tractatus (1462-1464) and Émeric... | {"Name": "Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre", "Birth date": "1658 02 18 y", "Birth place": "Saint-Pierre-Église, France", "Death date": "1743 04 29 1658 02 18 y", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Occupation": "Author", "Awards": "Académie française"} |
The Forest Recreation Ground is an open space and recreation ground in Nottingham, England, approximately one mile north of the city centre. This urban space is bounded by the neighbourhoods of Forest Fields to the north, Mapperley Park to the east, Arboretum to the south and Hyson Green to the west. It is best known a... | {"Location": "Nottingham, England", "Coordinates": "52.965 N 1.16 W region:GB dms inline,title", "Area": "80 acres (0.324 km2)", "Status": "Open year round", "Website": "http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/ForestRec"} |
Cavite City, officially the City of Cavite (, Spanish and ), is a 2nd class component city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 100,674 people.
The city was the capital of Cavite province from the latter's establishment in 1614 until 1954, when it was transferred to the newly create... | {"Type": "government_type", "Rank": "143rd out of 145", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
Leslie Ferdinand MBE (born 8 December 1966)Weekend birthdays, "The Guardian", (11 August 2007); retrieved 15 August 2007. is an English football coach, former professional footballer and television pundit.
A striker, his playing career included notable spells in the Premier League with Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle U... | {"Name": "Les FerdinandMBE", "Picture": "LesFerdinandMay2015 (cropped).JPG", "Picture caption": "Ferdinand watching a Queens Park Rangers match in 2015", "Full name": "Leslie Ferdinand6284 22 March 2020", "Birth date": "1966 12 8 yhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4080346.stm 'Sir' Les to arise with an MBE BBC... |
The Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Cracow with its Territory, more commonly known as the Free City of Cracow, and the Republic of Cracow, was a city republic created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815, which included the Polish city of Cracow and its surrounding areas.
It was jointly controlled by its ... | {"Native name": "pl Wolne, Niepodległe i Ściśle Neutralne Miasto Kraków i jego Okręg", "Conventional long name": "Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Cracow with its Territory", "Type of government": "Constitutional republic", "Date established": "3 May", "Starting event": "Established", "Event 1": "Novembe... |
The Karakash or Black Jade River, also spelled Karakax (, , Қарақаш Дәряси), is a river in the Xinjiang autonomous region of the People's Republic of China that originates in Aksai Chin. It passes through the historical settlement of Xaidulla (Shahidulla or Saitula) and passes by the city of Khotan (Hotan) to flow nor... | {"Location": "Hotan River", "Coordinates": "38.0858 80.5613 it", "Landmarks": "Xaidulla, Hotan", "Basin size": "19983 km2 mi2 on"} |
The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati, informally Cincy) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,000 students, making it the second largest u... | {"Motto": "la Juncta Juvant (Latin)la Alta Petit (Latin)", "Type": "Public research university", "Endowment": "$1.775 billion (2022)Retrieved June 18, 2023. https://www.uc.edu/content/dam/refresh/af-62/controller%27s-office/AuditedFinancialReport2022.pdf Audited Financial Report 2022 June 18, 2023", "President": "Nev... |
Riksgränsen, (), The National Border in Swedish, is a ski-resort in Kiruna Municipality, Lappland, Sweden, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. The skiing season is from February to June. From end of May the lifts operate under the midnight sun. One of the pistes cross the border to Norway and back to Sweden. No border c... | {"Name": "Riksgränsen", "Coordinates": "68 25 40 N 18 07 20 E region:SE_type:city(100) inline,title", "Vertical": "410 m on", "Top elevation": "909", "Base elevation": "520", "Runs": "28", "Lift system": "6", "Lift capacity": "7400 passengers/hr"} |
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Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED) is an environmentally friendly housing development in Hackbridge, London, England. It is in the London Borough of Sutton, north-east of the town of Sutton itself. Designed to create zero carbon emissions, it was the first large... | {"Location": "Hackbridge, London Borough of Sutton", "Coordinates": "51 22 55.5 N 00 09 21.67 W title, inline", "Status": "Environmentally friendly housing development", "Constructed": "2000-2002", "Governingbody": "Peabody Trust"} |
Sir Joseph-Mathias Tellier (January 15, 1861 – October 18, 1952) was a Canadian politician born in Sainte-Mélanie, Canada East.
Biography
He was a Quebec Conservative Party leader, but never Premier (his party lost the 1912 election, and Lomer Gouin became Premier of Quebec) . He was in the Legislative Assembly of Que... | {"Name": "Sir Joseph-Mathias Tellier", "Term start": "1892", "Term end": "1916", "Office 2": "Leader of the Official Opposition of Quebec", "Predecessor 2": "Pierre-Évariste Leblanc", "Successor 2": "Philémon Cousineau", "Birth date": "1861 1 15", "Birth place": "Sainte-Mélanie, Canada East", "Death date": "1952 10 18 ... |
The Liangzhu () culture or civilization (3300-2300 BC) was the last Chinese Neolithic jade culture in the Yangtze River Delta. The culture was highly stratified, as jade, silk, ivory and lacquer artifacts were found exclusively in elite burials, while pottery was more commonly found in the burial plots of poorer indivi... | {"Culture name": "Liangzhu culture", "Geographical range": "Jiangsu, Shanghai, & Zhejiang in China", "The period of the culture": "Neolithic China", "The absolute date range of the culture": "3300-2300 BC", "Preceded by": "Songze culture, Hemudu culture"} |
Sedna (minor-planet designation 90377 Sedna) is a dwarf planet in the outermost reaches of the Solar System discovered in 2003. Spectroscopy has revealed that Sedna's surface composition is largely a mixture of water, methane, and nitrogen ices with tholins, similar to those of some other trans-Neptunian objects. Its ... | {"Background": "C2E0FF", "Name of planet": "90377 Sedna", "Symbol": "24px|⯲ (mostly astrological)", "Image size": "250", "Caption": "Sedna only spans a single pixel in this image from the Hubble Space TelescopeSedna mystery deepens as Hubble offers best look at farthest planetoid\n esahubble.org\n ESA/Hubble Outreach... |
Thrall-Demonsweatlive is an EP by American heavy metal band Danzig. It was released in 1993 on Def American Recordings and has been certified Gold.
Music and recording
The EP is split into two sections. The first section, Thrall, consists of three new studio recordings that were tracked live and completed by the band ... | {"Released": "May 25, 1993", "Recorded": "October 31, 1992 [Live tracks]; January 1993 [Studio tracks]http://www.misfitscentral.com/danzig/sessions.php Danzig Recording Sessions misfitscentral.com 15 January 2017", "Venue": "Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre", "Studio": "Hollywood Sound Recorders", "Genre": "Heavy metal", "L... |
Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur (born 8 July 1976) is a retired English sailor, from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, Isle of Wight.
MacArthur is a successful solo long-distance yachtswoman. On 7 February 2005, she broke the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe, ... | {"Honorific prefix": "Dame", "Name": "Ellen MacArthur", "Post-nominals": "GBR DBE 100%", "Alt": "Ellen MacArthur in 2010", "Caption": "MacArthur in 2010", "Birth date": "yes 1976 7 8", "Birth place": "Whatstandwell, Derbyshire, England", "Occupation": "Sailor and charity founder", "Known For": "Previous holder of faste... |
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is the fifth studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in November 1973. It was produced by the band and recorded at Morgan Studios in London in September 1973. The writing process for the album, which began in Los Angeles, California, was initially hampered in part by the ... | {"Released": "1973 11 y Popoff Martin Martin Popoff Sabotage 2nd Wymer Publishing 2020 190 978-1-912782-31-4", "Recorded": "September 1973", "Studio": "Morgan, London", "Genre": "Heavy metal", "Label": "Vertigo", "Producer": "Black Sabbath"} |
The 1995 Rugby World Cup (), was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country.
The World Cup was the first major sporting event to take place in South Africa following the end of apartheid. It was also the first World C... | {"Dates": "24 June (31 days)", "No. of nations": "16 (52 qualifying)", "Champions": "1", "10px": "France 1974", "Points scored": "32", "Attendance": "938486", "Top scorer(s)": "FRA 1974 Thierry Lacroix (112)", "Most tries": "NZL Jonah Lomu NZL Marc Ellis(7 tries each)"} |
Yakisoba ( ), "fried noodle", is a Japanese noodle stir-fried dish. Usually, soba noodles are made from buckwheat flour, but soba in yakisoba are Chinese-style noodles () made from wheat flour, typically flavored with a condiment similar to Worcestershire sauce. The dish first appeared in food stalls in Japan around th... | {"Name of food": "Yakisoba", "Type of dish": "Japanese noodles", "Main ingredient": "Noodles (wheat flour), Worcestershire sauce, pork or chicken, vegetables (usually cabbage, onions, and carrots)", "Variations": "Sara udon, Yaki udon"} |
Louis Jean Népomucène Lemercier (20 April 1771 - 7 June 1840) was a French poet and playwright.
Life
Lemarcier was born in Paris. His father had been intendant successively to the duc de Penthièvre, the comte de Toulouse and the unfortunate princesse de Lamballe, who was the boy's godmother. Lemercier was a prodigy; b... | {"Name": "Népomucène Lemercier", "Birth date": "1771 04 20 yes", "Birth place": "Paris", "Death date": "1840 6 7 1771 04 20 yes", "Nationality": "French", "Occupation": "Playwright, poet", "Known For": "Agamemnon"} |
Dance-pop is a subgenre of pop music that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a combination of dance and pop with influences of disco, post-discoSmay, David ... | {"Name": "Dance-pop", "Stylistic origins": "Pop dance disco post-disco \"apell423\">Glenn Appell, David Hemphill https://books.google.com/books?id=YCwYAQAAIAAJ American popular music: a multicultural history Thomson Wadsworth 2006 0155062298 Belmont, CA 423 The 1980s brought the dawning age of the synthesizer i... |
Fu Mingxia (born August 16, 1978, in Wuhan, Hubei) is a retired Chinese diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She won the platform-diving world championship in 1991 at the age of 12, making her the youngest diving champ of all time. She is also famous for being one of the youngest Olympic diving ... | {"Name": "Fu Mingxia", "Country": "People's Republic of China", "Birth date": "1978 8 16", "Place of birth": "Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China", "Spouse(s)": "Anthony Leung (m.2002-present)", "Alma mater": "Tsinghua University", "Show medals?": "yes", "Medal templates": "Women's diving\n \nUniversiade\n 1999 P... |
Deng Yaping (; born February 6, 1973) is a Chinese table tennis player, who won eighteen world championships including four Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997. She is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.
Early life and education
Deng was born in Zhengzhou, Henan, on February 6,... | {"Native name": "zh-hans-CN", "Nationality": "Chinese", "Born": "Zhengzhou, Henan, China", "Height": "1.5 m"} |
Buzz was a 2000-2005 Canadian comedy television series that aired on The Comedy Network. The show was hosted by "Mista Mo" (Morgan Oliver Smith) and Daryn Jones. The show originally aired in the mid-90s as a community channel show on Rogers Television before getting a network deal in 1999. In 2001, the show won a Ge... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Starring": "Daryn JonesMista Mo (Morgan Smith)", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Original network": "CTV Television Network", "Original release": "2005"} |
The Kunlun Mountains constitute one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending for more than . In the broadest sense, the chain forms the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau south of the Tarim Basin.
The exact definition of Kunlun Mountains varies over time. Older sources used Kunlun to mean the mountain belt ... | {"Elevation": "7167", "Coordinates": "36 N 84 E type:mountain_region:CN_scale:300000 dms inline,title", "Length": "N/S", "Width": "E/W"} |
Bai Ling (, born October 10, 1966) is a Chinese-American actress and musician. She is best known for her work in the films The Crow, Nixon, Red Corner, Crank: High Voltage, Dumplings, Wild Wild West, Anna and the King, Southland Tales, and Maximum Impact, as well as TV shows Entourage and Lost. Notably, she won the Bes... | {"Name": "Bai Ling", "Caption": "Bai in 2016", "Birth date": "1966 10 10https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019960/bio https://web.archive.org/web/20100910005611/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019960/bio 2010-09-10 Bai Ling Biography - Yahoo! Movies Movies.yahoo.com 2015-12-31https://www.... |
, Buddhist name , was one of the six senior disciples of Nichiren and was the former Chief Priest of Kuon-ji temple in Mount Minobu, Japan. Various Nichiren sects in Japan claim to have been founded by Nikkō, the most prominent being Nichiren Shōshū and some lineages within Nichiren Shū.
Nikkō kept meticulous records... | {"Born": "Kajikazawa, Kai Province, Japan", "Died": "Suruga Province, Japan", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Religion": "Nichiren Buddhism", "Title": "Byakuren Ajari Nikko ShoninOther names: Hokibo, Hōki-bō Nikkō was the Buddhist name given to Nikkō when he was thirteen and became the Daishonin’s disciple in 1258.Hōki-kōH... |
Christopher Roy Sutton (born 10 March 1973) is an English former professional football player and manager. He later became a pundit and commentator for TNT Sports, regularly working on their coverage of Scottish football. He is now also a pundit and occasional match co-commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live.
He played as a f... | {"Name": "Chris Sutton", "Picture size": "300", "Picture caption": "Sutton in 2019", "Full name": "Christopher Roy Sutton19077 12 March 2017", "Birth date": "1973 3 10 y", "Birth place": "Nottingham, England", "Height": "6 ft 3 inhttp://www.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~6845,00.html Player profile: Chr... |
Edward Paul Sheringham, MBE (born 2 April 1966) is an English football manager and former player. He played as a forward, mostly as a second striker, in a 24-year professional career.
Sheringham began his career at Millwall, where he scored 111 goals between 1983 and 1991, and is the club's second all-time leading sco... | {"Name": "Teddy SheringhamMBE", "Picture caption": "Sheringham in 2012", "Full name": "Edward Paul Sheringham", "Birth date": "1966 4 2 y", "Birth place": "Highams Park, London, England", "Height": "6 1", "Position": "Striker", "Youth club 1": "Leytonstone & Ilford", "Youth club 1 years": "1982-1983", "Club 1 years": "... |
The Fleischer Superman cartoons are a series of seventeen animated superhero short films released in Technicolor by Paramount Pictures and based upon the comic book character Superman, making them his first animated appearance.
They were originally produced by Fleischer Studios, which completed the initial short and e... | {"Directed by": "Dave Fleischer\n Seymour Kneitel\n Isadore Sparber\n Dan Gordon", "Story by": "Seymour Kneitel\n I. Sparber\n Bill Turner\n Tedd Pierce\n Dan Gordon\n Carl Meyer\n Jay Morton\n Robert Little", "Based on": "Superman Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster", "Produced by": "Max Fleischer Sam Buchwald Dan Gordon Seym... |
The Government Legal Department (previously called the Treasury Solicitor's Department) is the largest in-house legal organisation in the United Kingdom's Government Legal Profession.
The department is headed by the Treasury Solicitor. This office goes back several centuries. The office was enshrined in law by the Tre... | {"Formed": "1876", "Jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "Headquarters": "102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9GL", "Employees": "2,000+", "Annual budget": "£114.7 million (2009-2010) http://www.tsol.gov.uk/Publications/Scheme_Publications/Resource_Accounts_09_10.pdf HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor Resource Accoun... |
In computing, Quark is an operating system kernel used in MorphOS. It is a microkernel designed to run fully virtualized computers, called boxes (see sandbox). , only one box is available, the ABox, that lets users run extant AmigaOS software compiled for Motorola 68000 series (MC680x0 or 68k) and PowerPC central proce... | {"Developer": "Ralph Schmidt, Teemu Suikki", "OS family": "AmigaOS", "Working state": "Current", "Initial release": "<!-- 201y If known, add", "Marketing target": "Amiga", "Written in": "C, assembly language", "Available in": "English", "Update method": "Compile from source code", "Platforms": "Motorola 68000 series (M... |
The Arabian Plate is a minor tectonic plate in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres.
It is one of the three continental plates (along with the African and Indian plates) that have been moving northward in geological history and colliding with the Eurasian Plate. This collision is resulting in a mingling of plate piece... | {"Type": "Minor", "Approximate area": "5,000,000 km2http://geology.about.com/library/bl/blplate_size_table.htm Sizes of Tectonic or Lithospheric Plates Geology.about.com 2014-03-05 2016-01-23 2016-06-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20160605161523/http://geology.about.com/library/bl/blplate_size_table.htm dead", "... |
Dwight Eversley Yorke CM (born 3 November 1971) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian professional football coach and former player who was most recently in charge of Australian A-League club Macarthur FC. Yorke formed a prolific strike partnership with Andy Cole at Manchester United, where he won numerous honors, including ... | {"Name": "Dwight YorkeCM", "Picture caption": "Yorke in 2012", "Full name": "Dwight Eversley Yorke21861 8 October 2019", "Birth date": "1971 11 3 y", "Birth place": "Canaan, Trinidad and Tobago", "Height": "1.78 m", "Position": "ForwardMidfielder", "Youth club 1 years": "1988-1989", "Youth club 1": "Signal Hill Compreh... |
The convertible mark (Serbo-Croatian: , Cyrillic: ; sign: KM; code: BAM) is the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is divided into 100 or (/) and locally abbreviated KM. While the currency and its subunits are uniform for both constituent polities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, namely the Federation of Bosnia and Her... | {"ISO 4217 code": "BAM", "Date of introduction": "22 June 1998", "Pegged with": "Euro (€) = KM 1.95583", "Subunit": "1 100", "Symbol": "pf", "Plural": "Y", "Printer": "Imprimerie Oberthur(by François-Charles Oberthür)", "Mint": "Royal Mint, Llantrisant"} |
The Laser is a class of single-handed, one-design sailing dinghies using a common hull design with three interchangeable rigs of different sail areas, appropriate to a given combination of wind strength and crew weight. Ian Bruce and Bruce Kirby designed the Laser in 1970 with an emphasis on simplicity and performance... | {"Crew": "1", "LOA": "4.2 m ftin on", "LWL": "3.81 m ftin on", "Beam": "1.39 m ftin on", "Draft": "0.787 m ftin on", "Hull": "58.97 kg on", "D-PN": "91.1", "RYA PN": "1088", "Year": "1969"} |
thumb|250px|Neighborhoods in Berlin-Mitte: Old Cölln [1] (with Museum Island [1a], Fisher Island [1b]), Alt-Berlin [2] (with Nikolaiviertel [2a]), Friedrichswerder [3], Neukölln am Wasser [4], Dorotheenstadt [5], Friedrichstadt [6], Luisenstadt [7], Stralauer Vorstadt (with Königsstadt) [8], Alexanderplatz Area (Königs... | {"Subdivision type 1": "Residential", "Type of settlement": "sub-neighborhood", "Pushpin map": "Germany", "Coordinates": "52 31 34 N 13 24 36 E region:DE_type:landmark title, inline"} |
The Masterplan is a compilation album by English rock band Oasis. It was released on 2 November 1998 by Creation Records, the band's final release through the label. It comprises B-sides which never made it onto an album up to that point. Originally intended for release only in areas such as the United States and Japan... | {"Released": "1998 11 2 yes", "Recorded": "1994-1997", "Genre": "Britpop", "Label": "Creation", "Producer": "Owen Morris\n Noel Gallagher"} |
1000 Blank White Cards is a party game played with cards in which the deck is created as part of the game. Though it has been played by adults in organized groups worldwide, 1000 Blank White Cards is also described as well-suited for children in Hoyle's Rules of Games.Hoyle's Rules of Games, Third Revised and Updated E... | {"Italic title": "no", "Name": "1000 Blank White Cards", "Image caption": "A sample card in the typical 3\" x 2.5\" US format.", "Years active": "1996 to present", "Genres": "Party game Card game Nomic", "Players": "Variable", "Setup time": "Variable", "Playing time": "Variable", "Random chance": "Variable", "Skills re... |
The European Patent Convention (EPC), also known as the Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973, is a multilateral treaty instituting the European Patent Organisation and providing an autonomous legal system according to which European patents are granted. The term European patent is used to refe... | {"Name": "European Patent Convention", "Long name": "Convention on the Grant of European Patents", "Image size": "250px", "Image caption": "European Patent Convention Contracting States in dark green, extension agreement states in light green and validation agreement states in violet", "Date signed": "1973 10 05 y", "L... |
The Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History is a museum that showcases the various stages and forms of culture in South Africa. It is part of the Ditsong Museums of South Africa. The museum is located in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
History
The Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History is housed in the old... | {"Coordinates": "25 45 12 S 28 11 4 E inline,title", "Location": "149 Visagie Street, Pretoria, Gauteng", "Type": "Cultural history", "Public transit access": "Gautrain bus dropoff", "Website": "https://ditsong.org.za/en/our-museums/museum-of-cultural-history/ Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History"} |
The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, formerly the Transvaal Museum, is a natural history museum situated in Pretoria, South Africa. It is located on Paul Kruger Street, between Visagie and Minnaar Streets, opposite the Pretoria City Hall. The museum was established in 1895 by the former South African Republi... | {"Coordinates": "-25.75325 28.18899 inline", "Established": "1892 12 1", "Location": "Pretoria, Gauteng,", "Type": "Natural history", "Founder": "J. W. B. Gunning", "Public transit access": "A Re Yeng Bus route F5", "Website": "http://www.ditsong.org.za/"} |
The Explorer Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, which is partially subducted under the North American Plate. Along with the Juan de Fuca Plate and Gorda Plate, the Explorer Plate is a remnant of the ancient Farallon Plate, which has been subducte... | {"Type": "Microplate", "Coordinates": "49.5 -129.5", "Approximate area": "18,000 km2 (6950 sq mi)http://geology.about.com/library/bl/blplate_size_table.htm Sizes of Tectonic or Lithospheric Plates Geology.about.com 2014-03-05 2017-04-05", "Movement1": "north-east", "Speed1": "Up to 20 mm/year Riddihough Robin 1984-... |
Tin Toy is a 1988 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter. The short film, which runs five minutes, stars Tinny, a tin one-man band toy, attempting to escape from Billy, an infant. The third short film produced by the company's small animation division, it was a risky inves... | {"Directed by": "John Lasseter", "Produced by": "William Reeves", "Story by": "John Lasseter", "Budget": "$300,000http://topmdi.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1804:steve-jobs-19-eng&catid=198:steve-jobs-english&Itemid=274 https://web.archive.org/web/20120426004952/http://topmdi.net/index.php?option=co... |
Walter Scott Murch (born July 12, 1943) is an American film editor, director, writer and sound designer. With a career stretching back to 1969, including work on THX 1138, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather I, II, and III, American Graffiti, The Conversation, Ghost and The English Patient, with three Academy Award wins (fro... | {"Name": "Walter Murch", "Caption": "Murch in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 11, 2008", "Birth date": "1943 07 12", "Birth place": "New York City, US", "Education": "Johns Hopkins University", "Alma mater": "USC School of Cinematic Arts", "Occupation": "Film editor director writer sound designer", "Years active": "1... |
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