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The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 48 times a year by the American Medical Association. It publishes original research, reviews, and editorials covering all aspects of biomedicine. The journal was established in 1883 with Nathan Smith Davis as the foundin... | {"Edited": "Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo", "Publisher": "United States", "Frequency": "48/year", "History": "1883-present", "OCLC": "1124917", "LCCN": "82643544", "CODEN": "JAMAAP", "ISSN": "1538-3598"} |
Juri Lotman (; 28 February 1922 - 28 October 1993) was a prominent Russian-Estonian literary scholar, semiotician, and historian of Russian culture, who worked at the University of Tartu. He was elected a member of the British Academy (1977), Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (1987), Royal Swedish Academy of Sci... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "20th-century philosophy", "Institutions": "University of Tartu", "School": "Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School"} |
Ladislaus the Magnanimous (, ; 15 February 1377 - 6 August 1414) was King of Naples from 1386 until his death and an unsuccessful claimant to the kingdoms of Hungary and Croatia. Ladislaus was a skilled political and military leader, protector and controller of Pope Innocent VII; however, he earned a bad reputation con... | {"Father": "Charles III of Naples", "Mother": "Margaret of Durazzo", "Born": "Naples, Kingdom of Naples", "Died": "Naples, Kingdom of Naples", "Burial": "San Giovanni a Carbonara"} |
The Open University of Israel (, Ha-Universita ha-Ptuha) is a distance-education university in Israel. It is one of ten public universities in Israel recognized by the Council of Higher Education (CHE). The Open University is unique in that it does not require a matriculation certificate, psychometric exam, or other e... | {"Type": "Distance education Public", "Motto": "הרבה מעבר לתואר (In Hebrew)", "President": "Mimi Ajzenstadt", "Chancellor": "Dorit Beinisch", "Chairman": "(of the executive Committee): Uri Yaron", "Director": "Ruth Shoham", "Students": "52,102 (2022)", "Undergraduates": "49,399 (2022)", "Postgraduates": "2,703 (2022)",... |
Caumont-l'Éventé () is a former commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Caumont-sur-Aure.Arrêté préfectoral 8 September 2016
Population
International relations
It is twinned with the Devon town of Uffculme.
Administration
Caumont-l'Éventé was ... | {"Name": "Caumont-l'Éventé", "Arrondissement": "Bayeux", "Canton": "Les Monts d'Aunay", "Postal code": "14240", "Coordinates": "49.0911 -0.8039 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "245", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "125", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "247", "Area (square km)": "6.27", "Population": "1346", "Popula... |
Caumont-sur-Orne (, literally Caumont on Orne) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom.Arrêté préfectoral 22 December 2015
The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normand... | {"Name": "Caumont-sur-Orne", "Image": "Caumont-sur-Orne mairie.JPG", "Caption": "Town hall", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Le Hom", "Postal code": "14220", "Coordinates": "48.9575 -0.4789 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "50", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "26", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "145", "Area (s... |
Cauvicourt () is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France.
Population
See also
Communes of the Calvados department
References
Category:Communes of Calvados (department)
Category:Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia | {"Name": "Cauvicourt", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Cauvicourt église.JPG", "Caption": "The church in Cauvicourt", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Le Hom", "Postal code": "14190", "Mayor": "Vanessa DupuyRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934... |
Cauville () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
The commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.
Population
See also
Communes of the Calvados department
References
Category:Communes of Calvados (department)
Category:Calvados communes articles needing trans... | {"Name": "Cauville", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The church in Cauville", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Le Hom", "Postal code": "14770", "Mayor": "Delphine TasteyreRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr, Plate... |
Cernay () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Population
See also
Communes of the Calvados department
References
Category:Communes of Calvados (department)
Category:Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia | {"Name": "Cernay", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The church and surroundings in Cernay", "Arrondissement": "Lisieux", "Canton": "Livarot-Pays-d'Auge", "Postal code": "14290", "Mayor": "Geneviève WassnerRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19e... |
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Cerqueux' () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.Arrêté préfectoral 24 December 2015
Population
References
Category:Former communes of Calvados (dep... | {"Name": "Cerqueux", "Arrondissement": "Lisieux", "Canton": "Livarot-Pays-d'Auge", "Postal code": "14290", "Coordinates": "48.995 0.3639 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "200", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "151", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "209", "Area (square km)": "5.66", "Population": "82", "Population Date... |
Cesny-aux-Vignes () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
On 1 January 1972, Ouézy and Cesny-aux-Vignes were amalgamated to become the commune of Cesny-aux-Vignes-Ouézy, but on 1 January 2006, Ouézy and Cesny-aux-Vignes were re-established as two separate communes.
See... | {"Name": "Cesny-aux-Vignes", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Cesny-aux-Vignes château.JPG", "Caption": "The chateau in Cesny-aux-Vignes", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Troarn", "Postal code": "14270", "Mayor": "Éric DuvalRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a... |
Cesny-Bois-Halbout () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Cesny-les-Sources.Arrêté préfectoral 24 September 2018, p. 124
Population
See also
Communes of the Calvados department
References
Category:For... | {"Name": "Cesny-Bois-Halbout", "Image": "Cesny-Bois-Halbout église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame.JPG", "Caption": "The church in Cesny-Bois-Halbout", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Le Hom", "Postal code": "14220", "Coordinates": "48.9878 -0.3764 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "192", "Minimum Elevation(me... |
Champ-du-Boult () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Noues de Sienne.Arrêté préfectoral 6 December 2016
Population
See also
Communes of the Calvados department
References
External links
Commune website... | {"Name": "Champ-du-Boult", "Caption": "Notre-Dame church in Champ-du-Boult", "Arrondissement": "Vire", "Canton": "Vire Normandie", "Postal code": "14380", "Coordinates": "48.7939 -1.0069 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "309", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "170", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "351", "Area (square ... |
La Chapelle-Engerbold ( or ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Condé-en-Normandie.Arrêté préfectoral 1 December 2015
The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.
Population
See al... | {"Name": "La Chapelle-Engerbold", "Image": "La Chapelle-Engerbold - Vue générale.JPG", "Caption": "La Chapelle-Engerbold", "Arrondissement": "Vire", "Canton": "Condé-en-Normandie", "Postal code": "14770", "Coordinates": "48.8922 -0.6075 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "50", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "98", "M... |
La Chapelle-Haute-Grue () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Val-de-Vie.Arrêté préfectoral 22 December 2015
Population
See also
Communes of the Calvados department
References
Category:Former commune... | {"Name": "La Chapelle-Haute-Grue", "Caption": "Manoir of Caudemone", "Arrondissement": "Lisieux", "Canton": "Livarot-Pays-d'Auge", "Postal code": "14140", "Coordinates": "48.9675 0.1483 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "90", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "70", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "192", "Area (square km)... |
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La Chapelle-Yvon () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Valorbiquet.Arrêté préfectoral 9 December 2015
Population
See also
Communes of the Calvados department
References
Cate... | {"Name": "La Chapelle-Yvon", "Arrondissement": "Lisieux", "Canton": "Livarot-Pays-d'Auge", "Postal code": "14290", "Coordinates": "49.0647 0.3408 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "91", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "71", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "169", "Area (square km)": "7.01", "Population": "549", "Populat... |
Sander Martin Levin (born September 6, 1931) is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2019, representing (numbered as the from 1983 to 1993 and as the from 1993 to 2013). Levin, a member of the Democratic Party from Michigan, is a former ranking member on the Ho... | {"Name": "Sander Levin", "Image": "Sander Levin, Official Portrait.JPG", "Term start": "January 3, 1983", "Term end": "January 3, 2019", "Birth name": "Sander Martin Levin", "Birth date": "1931 9 6", "Birth place": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Vicki Schlafer 1958 2008 diedPamela Cole 2012", "Education": "Un... |
Simon Leendert De Jong (April 29, 1942 - August 18, 2011) was an Indonesian-born Canadian parliamentarian. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1979 federal election as a New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) from Saskatchewan. He would spend five terms and 18 years in the House ... | {"Name": "Simon De Jong", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Regina East", "Predecessor 2": "James Balfour", "Successor 2": "riding disestablished", "Birth date": "1942 04 29", "Birth place": "Sidoarjo, Dutch East Indies", "Death date": "2011 08 18 1942 04 29", "Alma mater": "University of Regina"} |
I'm Alan Partridge is a British sitcom written by Steve Coogan, Peter Baynham and Armando Iannucci. Coogan stars as Alan Partridge, a tactless and inept radio DJ and television presenter who has been left by his wife and dropped from the BBC. The show follows Partridge as he lives alone in a roadside hotel and presents... | {"Genre": "SitcomCringe comedy", "Created by": "Peter BaynhamSteve CooganArmando Iannucci", "Starring": "Steve CooganFelicity MontaguSimon GreenallPhil CornwellBarbara DurkinSally PhillipsAmelia BullmoreJames Lance", "Voices of": "Andrew Burt (Radio Norwich announcer)", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Camera se... |
Cabin Fever is a 2002 American horror comedy film co-written and directed by Eli Roth (in his directorial debut) and starring Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent, Joey Kern, and Giuseppe Andrews. The story follows a group of college graduates who rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim t... | {"Directed by": "Eli Roth", "Produced by": "Lauren Moews\n Sam Froelich\n Evan Astrowsky\n Eli Roth", "Written by": "Eli Roth\n Randy Pearlstein", "Story by": "Eli Roth", "Starring": "Rider Strong\n Jordan Ladd\n James DeBello\n Cerina Vincent\n Joey Kern\n Arie Verveen\n Giuseppe Andrews", "Music by": "Nathan Barr", "... |
Howard Douglas McCurdy (December 10, 1932 - February 20, 2018) was a Canadian civil rights activist, politician and university professor.
Life and career
Born in London, Ontario, McCurdy's great-great grandfather Nasa McCurdy was an agent on the Underground Railroad by which African-American slaves escaped to Canada... | {"Name": "Howard McCurdy", "Honorific suffix": "CAN CM OOnt 100%", "Birth name": "Howard Douglas McCurdy", "Birth date": "yes 1932 12 10", "Birth place": "London, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "yes 2018 02 20 1932 12 10", "Death place": "Windsor, Ontario, Canada", "Residence": "Windsor, Ontario, Canada", "Term start... |
Jonathan Taylor Thomas (né Weiss; born September 8, 1981) is an American actor and director. He is known for portraying Randy Taylor on Home Improvement and voicing young Simba in Disney's 1994 animated feature film The Lion King and Pinocchio in New Line Cinema's 1996 film The Adventures of Pinocchio.
Early life and ... | {"Caption": "Thomas in 1998", "Birth name": "Jonathan Taylor Weiss", "Birth date": "1981 9 8", "Birth place": "Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor director", "Years active": "1987-2006, 2013-2016", "Education": "Harvard UniversityColumbia University (BA)\nUniversity of St Andrews", "Relatives": "Jeff W... |
Michael J. Anderson (born October 31, 1953) is a retired American actor known for his roles as The Man from Another Place in David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks, the prequel film for the series, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and as Samson Leonhart on the HBO series Carnivàle.
Early life and career
He has the g... | {"Caption": "Anderson in 2006", "Birth date": "1953 10 31", "Birth place": "Denver, Colorado, U.S.", "Height": "3 ft. 7 in.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1968-2013", "Known For": "Twin Peaks Carnivàle"} |
"Dolan's Cadillac" is a novella by Stephen King. It was originally published in Castle Rock, King's official newsletter, in monthly installments from February to June 1985. In 1993, "Dolan's Cadillac" was collected in Nightmares & Dreamscapes. The story is narrated by the protagonist, a schoolteacher, and there is only... | {"Author": "Stephen King", "Language": "English", "Genre(s)": "crime, thriller, novella", "Published in": "Castle Rock, Nightmares & Dreamscapes", "Publication type": "Anthology", "Publisher": "Viking", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover)", "Publication date": "1985"} |
Ian Gardiner Waddell (November 21, 1942March 15, 2021) was a Canadian politician, author and filmmaker. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1993, and in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2001.
Early life and career
Waddell was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 21, 19... | {"Name": "Ian Waddell", "Term start": "November 1, 2000", "Term end": "May 15, 2001", "Assembly 2": "British Columbia Legislative", "Predecessor 2": "Bernie Simpson", "Successor 2": "Ken Johnston", "Constituency AM 2": "Vancouver-Fraserview", "Other political party": "Liberal (before 1969)", "Birth date": "1942 11 21",... |
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 21 March 2004. Antonio Saca of the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party won the election with 57% of the vote, avoiding the need for a run-off on 2 May.
Candidates
There were two front-running candidates:
Antonio Saca of the ruling Nationalist Republican All... | {"Country": "El Salvador", "Type": "Presidential", "Turnout": "67.34% (28.77pp)", "Previous election": "1999 Salvadoran presidential election", "Previous year": "1999", "Next election": "2009 Salvadoran presidential election", "Next year": "2009", "Election date": "21 March 2004", "Image 1": "150x150px", "Nominee 1": "... |
The Nationalist Republican Alliance (, abbreviated ARENA) is a conservative, center-right to right-wing political party of El Salvador. It was founded on 30 September 1981 by retired Salvadoran Army Major Roberto D'Aubuisson. It defines itself as a political institution constituted to defend the democratic, republican,... | {"Abbreviation": "ARENA", "Founded": "30 September 1981", "Registered": "4 December 1981", "Headquarters": "Prolongación Calle Arce, entre 45 y 47 av N. #2429. Col. Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador", "Ideology": "\"auto\">El Salvador's presidential election: A nation divided The Economist 12 March 2009 http://www... |
Lake Tisza (), also known as Kisköre Reservoir (Hungarian: Kiskörei-víztározó), is the largest artificial lake in Hungary. It is located at the southeastern edge of Heves county, next to counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok.
As part of the ongoing Tisza River flood control project, the ... | {"Name": "Lake Tisza", "Coordinates": "47 36 N 20 40 E type:waterbody_region:HU inline,title", "Inflow": "Tisza River, Eger Stream, Laskó Stream", "Outflow": "Tisza River", "Basin Countries": "Hungary", "Length": "27 km on", "Area": "127 km2 on", "Depth": "1.3 m on", "Max Depth": "17 m on"} |
Rosa Anna Katharina Mittermaier-Neureuther (; 5 August 1950 - 4 January 2023) was a German alpine skier. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1976 and a double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
Mittermaier competed in alpine skiing from 1967 to 1976, retiring after a highly successful season in which she... | {"Disciplines": "Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined", "World Cup debut": "1 February 1967 (age 16)", "Retired": "31 May 1976 (age 25)", "Teams": "5 - (1968-76)includes 3 Olympics", "Medals": "3", "Seasons": "10 - (1967-1976)", "Wins": "10 - (1 GS, 8 SL, 1 K)", "Podiums": "41 - (4 DH, 11 GS, 22 SL, 4 K)", "Overall... |
Strictly Ballroom is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann in his feature directorial debut. The film is the first in his "Red Curtain Trilogy" of theatre-motif-related films; it was followed by 1996's Romeo + Juliet and 2001's Moulin Rouge!http://www.screensoundjournal.org/issu... | {"Directed by": "Baz Luhrmann", "Produced by": "Tristram Miall\n Antoinette Albert", "Screenplay by": "Baz Luhrmann\n Craig Pearce\n Andrew Bovell", "Based on": "Strictly Ballroom Baz Luhrmann", "Starring": "Paul Mercurio\n Tara Morice\n Bill Hunter\n Pat Thomson\n Gia Carides\n Peter Whitford\n Barry Otto", "Music by"... |
The Broken Ear (, originally published in English as Tintin and the Broken Ear) is the sixth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplement , it was serialised weekly from December 1935 to February ... | {"Publisher": "Methuen", "Date": "1975", "Series": "The Adventures of Tintin", "Language": "French", "Published in": "fr Le Petit Vingtième", "Preceded by": "1936", "Followed by": "1938"} |
James Brown Ray (February 19, 1794 - August 4, 1848) was an Indiana politician and the only Indiana Senate president pro tempore to be elevated to governor of the state of Indiana. Ray served during a time when the state transitioned from personal politics to political parties, but never joined a party himself. Taking ... | {"Name": "James B. Ray", "Term start": "February 12, 1825", "Term end": "December 7, 1831", "Office 2": "Indiana House of Representatives", "Birth date": "February 19, 1794", "Birth place": "Jefferson County, Kentucky", "Death date": "August 4, 1848 (aged 54)", "Death place": "Cincinnati, Ohio", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Ridd... |
Bajram Rexhepi (3 June 1954 - 21 August 2017), was a Kosovar politician who served as the first elected post-war prime minister and later as interior minister of Kosovo and as a member of the Kosovo Assembly. He was a member of the second largest political party in Kosovo, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).
Early l... | {"Image caption": "Rexhepi in 2004", "Name": "Bajram Rexhepi", "Office 2": "1st Prime Minister of Kosovo", "Predecessor 2": "Bujar Bukoshi", "Successor 2": "Ramush Haradinaj", "Birth date": "1954 6 3 y", "Birth place": "Kosovska Mitrovica, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia(now Kosovo)", "Death date": "2017 8 21 1954 6 3 y", "D... |
The Ilkhanate or Il-khanate, also known as the Ilkhanids (), and known to the Mongols as Hülegü Ulus (), was a Mongol khanate established from the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. The Ilkhanid realm was officially known as land of Iran or simply Iran. It was established after Hulagu Khan, the son of Tolui and... | {"Native name": "fa ایل خانان", "Conventional long name": "Ilkhanate", "Type of government": "Monarchy", "Map": "Ilkhanate in 1256-1353.PNG", "Capital": "Maragheh (1256-1265)\n Tabriz (1265-1306)\n Soltaniyeh (1306-1335)", "Religions": "Shamanism, Nestorianism, and Buddhism (1256-1295)\n Islam (1295-1335)", "Legislatur... |
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. (born February 4, 1938) is an American politician, author, and businessman from Michigan. He served for five terms as a Representative and for three terms as a Senator in the U.S. Congress.
Early life and family
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. was born on February 4, 1938, to Donald Wayne Riegle Sr., s... | {"Name": "Donald Riegle", "Image size": "200px", "Term start": "January 3, 1989", "Term end": "January 3, 1995", "District 2": "MI 7 7th", "Predecessor 2": "John C. Mackie", "Successor 2": "Dale Kildee", "Birth name": "Donald Wayne Riegle Jr.", "Birth date": "1938 2 4", "Birth place": "Flint, Michigan, U.S.", "Spouse(s... |
The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) is an independent campaigning organisation based in the United Kingdom which promotes electoral reform. It seeks to replace first-past-the-post voting with proportional representation, advocating the single transferable vote, and replacing the House of Lords. It is the world's oldest ... | {"Type": "Non-governmental organisation", "Location": "London, Cardiff, Edinburgh", "Affiliations": "Proportional Representation Society of Ireland (1911-1922)", "Website": "www.electoral-reform.org.uk"} |
Schafik Jorge Hándal Hándal (; October 14, 1930 - January 24, 2006) was a Salvadoran politician.
Biography
Born in Usulután, he was the son of Palestinian immigrants from the town of Bethlehem.Mendez, Diego. "Shafik Handal; leader of El Salvador's leftist party; 75." Associated Press at San Diego Union-Tribune. Januar... | {"Name": "Schafik Hándal", "Image": "Shafikhandal.JPG", "Image caption": "Schafik Hándal", "Term start": "1 February 1997", "Term end": "24 January 2006", "Birth date": "1930 10 14 y", "Birth place": "Usulután, El Salvador", "Death date": "2006 1 24 1930 10 14 y", "Death place": "San Salvador, El Salvador", "Official w... |
The director-general of the World Trade Organization is the officer of the World Trade Organization (WTO) responsible for supervising and directing the organization's administrative operations. Since the World Trade Organization's decisions are made by member states, either through a Ministerial Conference or through t... | {"Post": "Director-General", "Body": "the World Trade Organization", "Incumbent": "Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala", "Incumbent since": "1 March 2021", "Department": "World Trade Organization", "Style": "Madam Director-General(informal)Her Excellency(diplomatic)", "Status": "Chief Administrative Officer", "Reports to": "General Co... |
On January 23, 2004, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader Ernie Eves announced his intention to step down as leader before the fall of 2004. Eves was elected party leader in the party's 2002 leadership election, and became Premier of Ontario. He led the party to defeat in the 2003 provincial election.
... | {"Name": "2004 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election", "Country": "Ontario", "Type": "primary", "Vote type": "Popular", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "2002 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election", "Previous year": "2002", "Next election": "2009 Progressive Conserv... |
Goodbye (also called Goodbye Cream) is the fourth and final studio album by Cream, with three tracks recorded live, and three recorded in the studio. It was released in Europe by Polydor Records and by Atco Records in the United States, debuting in Billboard on 15 February 1969. It reached number one in the United King... | {"Released": "1969 02 5 y", "Recorded": "October 1968", "Venue": "The Forum, Los Angeles", "Studio": "IBC, London\nGoodbye Cream 1969 CD liner Polydor Records 31453 1815-2", "Genre": "Hard rock", "Label": "Polydor", "Producer": "Felix Pappalardi"} |
The Zygons are an extraterrestrial race in the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The Zygons have shape-shifting abilities, allowing them to replicate the appearance of another being. Limited by the small size of their force, they rely on shape-shifting and their organic space craft... | {"Type": "Shapechanging humanoids", "Home world": "Zygor", "First appearance": "Terror of the Zygons (1975)", "Last appearance": "\"The Zygon Inversion\" (2015)", "Created by": "Robert Banks Stewart"} |
An orchestra hit, also known as an orchestral hit, orchestra stab, or orchestral stab, is a synthesized sound created through the layering of the sounds of a number of different orchestral instruments playing a single staccato note or chord. The orchestra hit sound was propagated by the use of early samplers, particula... | {"Name": "Orchestra hit", "Caption": "Synthesized orchestra hit from Roland's VSC3", "Background": "other", "Classification": "Digital sample", "Developed": "Early 1980s", "Musicians": "David Vorhaus, Trevor Horn, Duran Duran"} |
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (, October 8, 1916April 15, 1990) was an American politician and attorney who served as United States Senator for Hawaii from 1977 until his death in 1990. Matsunaga also represented Hawaii in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Hawaii territorial house of representatives. A mem... | {"Name": "Spark Matsunaga", "Image caption": "Matsunaga in 1972", "Term start": "January 3, 1977", "Term end": "April 15, 1990", "Birth name": "Masayuki Matsunaga", "Birth date": "1916 10 8", "Birth place": "Kukuiula, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.", "Death date": "1990 4 15 1916 10 8", "Death place": "Toronto, Ontario, Can... |
Elías Antonio "Tony" Saca González (born 9 March 1965) is a Salvadoran politician who was President of El Salvador from 1 June 2004 to 1 June 2009. He is currently serving a minimum 10-year prison sentence on corruption charges.
Early life
Born in Santa Elena, Usulutan, Saca is of Palestinian descent on his father's s... | {"Name": "Tony Saca", "Vice president": "Ana Vilma de Escobar", "Term start": "1 June 2004", "Term end": "1 June 2009", "Birth name": "Elías Antonio Saca González", "Birth date": "1965 03 09 y", "Birth place": "Santa Elena, Usulután, El Salvador", "Other political party": "ARENA (Until 2009)", "Spouse(s)": "Ana Ligia M... |
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT; Turkish: ) is the national public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964. TRT was for many years the only television and radio provider in Turkey. Before the introduction of commercial radio in 1990, and subsequently commercial television in 1992, it held a monopoly on... | {"Type": "Incentive", "Industry": "Television station Radio station", "Founded": "yes 1964 05 01 (Ankara Radio) yes 1968 10 31 (TRT 1)", "Headquarters": "Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey", "Website": "https://www.trt.net.tr", "Parent": "Government of Turkey"} |
Zits is a comic strip written by cartoonist Jerry Scott and illustrated by Jim Borgman about the life of Jeremy Duncan, a 17-year-old high school junior (he was 15 when the comic started). The comic debuted in July 1997 in over 200 newspapers and has since become popular worldwide and received multiple awards. As of 20... | {"Author(s)": "Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman", "Current status/schedule": "Running", "Syndicate(s)": "King Features Syndicate", "Genre(s)": "Humor, Coming-of-age", "Launch date": "July 7, 1997http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/zits/about.htm King Features Syndicate 2007-07-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/200707... |
The Secret of Chimneys is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in June 1925 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. It introduces the characters of Superintendent Battle and Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent. The UK edition retailed... | {"Cover artist": "Percy Graves", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Bodley Head", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "310 (first edition, hardback)", "Preceded by": "The Road of Dreams", "Followed by": "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"} |
John Easton Mills (October 14, 1796 – November 12, 1847) served briefly as mayor of Montreal, Quebec.
In March 1846, Montreal city council deadlocked on the choice of a mayor. Mills had ten votes, and incumbent mayor James Ferrier had nine, but Ferrier voted for himself twice, in accordance with existing rules. Muni... | {"Name": "John Easton Mills", "Term start": "1846", "Term end": "1847", "Birth date": "October 14, 1796", "Birth place": "Tolland, Massachusetts, United States", "Death date": "1847 11 12 1796 10 14", "Death place": "Montreal, Lower Canada"} |
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor. He rose to prominence through his role as U.S. Marine Private/Sergeant J.T. "Joker" Davis in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987). Other films include Birdy (1984), Vision Quest (1985), Married to the Mob (1988), Gross Anatomy (1989), Pacific Height... | {"Name": "Matthew Modine", "Caption": "Modine in 2017", "Birth name": "Matthew Avery Modine", "Birth date": "yes 1959 03 22", "Birth place": "Loma Linda, California, U.S.", "Education": "Mar Vista High School", "Occupation": "Actor director producer screenwriter", "Website": "matthewmodine.com", "Years active": "1982-p... |
Cryptologia is a journal in cryptography published six times per year since January 1977. Its remit is all aspects of cryptography, with a special emphasis on historical aspects of the subject. The founding editors were Brian J. Winkel, David Kahn, Louis Kruh, Cipher A. Deavours and Greg Mellen.Cryptologia website page... | {"Edited": "Craig Bauer", "Publisher": "United Kingdom", "Frequency": "Bimonthly", "ISSN": "1558-1586"} |
Thomas Gibson Crawford (March 22, 1814 - October 10, 1857) was an American sculptor who is best known for his numerous artistic contributions to the United States Capitol, including the Statue of Freedom atop its dome.
Early life
Crawford was born in New York City in 1814, of Irish parentage, the son of Aaron and Mary... | {"Name": "Thomas Gibson Crawford", "Caption": "Thomas Crawford, 1846", "Birth name": "Thomas Gibson Crawford", "Birth date": "March 22, 1814", "Birth place": "New York City, US", "Death date": "1857 10 10 1814 03 22", "Death place": "London, UK", "Burial place": "Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York", "Occupation"... |
Kelvinbridge is the common name of the Great Western Bridge, a cast iron road and pedestrian bridge located in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, built to carry the Great Western Road (A82) at a high level across the River Kelvin.Great Western Bridge (Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection), The Glasgow Story... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NS574669", "Council area": "Glasgow City Council", "Lieutenancy area": "Glasgow", "UK Parliament": "Glasgow North", "Scottish Parliament": "Glasgow Maryhill", "Postcode district": "G", "Dialling code": "0141"} |
Tintin and the Lake of Sharks () is a 1972 French-Belgian animated adventure film based on The Adventures of Tintin, directed by Raymond Leblanc. It was not written by Hergé (who merely supervised), but by the Belgian comics creator Greg (Michel Regnier), a friend of Hergé.Les amis d'Hergé N°36, avril 2003: original s... | {"Directed by": "Raymond Leblanc", "Produced by": "Raymond Leblanchttp://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=57367 Bifi.fr Tintin et le lac aux requins French April 24, 2013", "Screenplay by": "Jos Marissen\t\nEddie Lateste\t\nRainer Gocksch\t\nJean-Michel Charlier", "Story by": "Greg", "Based on": "Characte... |
South Kensington is a district just west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton. Its name was supplanted with the advent of the railways in the late 19th century and the opening (and shutting) and naming of local t... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "London Assembly": "Westminster", "UK Parliament": "Cities of London and Westminster", "Postcode district": "SW7", "Dialling code": "020", "OS grid reference": "TQ265785"} |
Patrick George Binns (born October 8, 1948), is a Canadian diplomat, the 30th premier of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007 and Canadian Ambassador to Ireland from 2007 to 2010.Diplomatic Appointment, 30 August 2007, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada news release No. 121
Binns has a long history of ... | {"Order 2": "30th", "Office 2": "Premier of Prince Edward Island", "Monarch 2": "Elizabeth II", "Lieutenant governor 2": "Gilbert ClementsLéonce BernardBarbara A. Hagerman", "Predecessor 2": "Keith Milligan", "Successor 2": "Robert Ghiz", "Birth name": "Patrick George Binns", "Birth date": "1948 10 8", "Birth place": "... |
Clear Grits were reformers in the Canada West district of the Province of United Canada, a British colony that is now the Province of Ontario, Canada. Their name is said to have been given by David Christie, who said that only those were wanted in the party who were "all sand and no dirt, clear grit all the way through... | {"Leader": "George Brown", "Founded": "1850", "Merged into": "Liberal Party of Canada", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Canada West", "Ideology": "LiberalismClassical liberalism", "Preceded by": "Reformers"} |
The enzyme cholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.8, choline esterase; systematic name acylcholine acylhydrolase) catalyses the hydrolysis of choline-based esters:
an acylcholine + H2O = choline + a carboxylate
Several of these serve as neurotransmitters. Thus, it is either of two enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of these cho... | {"HGNC": "108", "IUPHAR": "ACHE", "Alt. symbols": "YT", "NCBI gene": "43", "OMIM": "100740", "RefSeq": "NM_015831", "UniProt": "P22303", "EC number": "3.1.1.7", "Locus": "22"} |
Cork Institute of Technology (CIT; ) was an institute of technology, located in Cork, Ireland. Upon its dissolution, the institute had 17,000 students studying in art, business, engineering, music, drama and science disciplines. The institute had been named as Institute of Technology of the Year in The Sunday Times Uni... | {"Motto": "gle", "Students": "17,000", "Campus": "CIT Cork, BishopstownNational Maritime College of Ireland, Ringaskiddy, CorkCork School of Music, Cork CityCrawford College of Art, Cork City", "Website": "https://www.cit.ie"} |
Norsewood is a small rural settlement in the Tararua District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is situated east of the Ruahine Mountain range and is located 20 kilometres northeast of Dannevirke.
Geography
The Norsewood area, as defined by Statistics New Zealand, covers 397.35 km²,... | {"Type": "Territorial Authority", "Body": "Tararua District Council", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+13"} |
Maastricht University (abbreviated as UM; ) is a public research university in Maastricht, Netherlands. Founded in 1976, it is the second youngest of the thirteen Dutch universities.
In 2021, 22,383 students studied at Maastricht University, 56% of whom were foreign students, with over 4,000 employees. About half of t... | {"Type": "Publichttps://www.edumaritime.net/netherlands/maastricht-university-maastricht Maastricht University - Supply Chain Management Education EduMaritime.net 24 Oct 2018", "Endowment": "€521 million annual income", "Students": "22,383", "Rector": "Pamela Habibović", "President": "Rianne Letschert", "Website": "htt... |
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Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown (ITB) () established in 1999, was a third-level institution, now amalgamated into Technological University Dublin. It was the last-founded Institute of Technology in Ireland. The campus is located within the Business and Technology Pa... | {"Type": "Institute of Technology", "President": "Dr. Diarmuid O’Callaghan", "Students": "5000", "Website": "http://www.itb.ie"} |
Gamelan gong kebyar is a style or genre of Balinese gamelan music of Indonesia. Kebyar means "to flare up or burst open", and refers to the explosive changes in tempo and dynamics characteristic of the style.
Gong kebyar music is based on a five-tone scale called pelog selisir (tones 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 of the 7-tone p... | {"Name": "Gamelan gong kebyar", "Caption": "Women gamelan played on opposite sides of a large open stage while dancers performed", "Inventors": "Balinese", "Developed": "Indonesia"} |
Bancroft () is a town located on the York River in Hastings County in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was first settled in the 1850s by United Empire Loyalists and Irish immigrants. From the mid-1950s to about 1982, mining was the primary industry. A village until 1999, Bancroft then merged with Dungannon Township... | {"Land": "229.56", "Density": "16.9", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.bancroft.ca"} |
Stepney Green is a London Underground station located on Mile End Road in Stepney, London, United Kingdom. It is between Whitechapel and Mile End on the District line and the Hammersmith & City line, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
History
The station was opened in 1902 by the Whitechapel and Bow Railway, a joint venture... | {"External links": "underground", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Fare zone": "2", "Location": "Stepney", "Local authority": "London Borough of Tower Hamlets", "Original company": "Whitechapel and Bow Railway", "Number of platforms": "2 \n<!--", "2006": "3.795", "2007": "4.033", "2008": "4.400", "2009": "4.138-->"... |
Mile End is a London Underground station in Mile End, London. It is served by the Hammersmith & City, District and Central lines. This station features a cross-platform interchange in both directions; District and Hammersmith & City lines stop on the inside tracks, and the Central line stops on the outside tracks. It i... | {"External links": "MIEhttps://content.tfl.gov.uk/station-abbreviations.pdf Station Codes Transport for London 27 September 2021", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Owner": "Transport for London", "Location": "Mile End", "Local authority": "London Borough of Tower Hamlets", "Number of platforms": "4", "Fare zone": "... |
The Brioni Agreement, also known as the Brioni Declaration (, , , ), is a document signed by representatives of Slovenia, Croatia, and Yugoslavia under the political sponsorship of the European Community (EC) on the Brijuni Islands on 7 July 1991. The agreement sought to create an environment in which further negotiati... | {"Name": "Brioni Agreement", "Image size": "300px", "Image caption": "Map of Slovenia (green), Croatia (pink) and the remainder of Yugoslavia (pale yellow) at the time of the Brioni Agreement", "Date drafted": "5 July 1991", "Date signed": "7 July 1991Brioni Agreement signed https://www.osce.org/node/58326 Organisati... |
Bow Road is a London Underground station located on Bow Road in Bow, London, England. It is on the District and Hammersmith & City lines. The station is interlinked as an out of station interchange (OSI) with Bow Church station on the Docklands Light Railway which is about away via Bow Road. The two stations are class... | {"External links": "underground", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Owner": "Transport for London", "Location": "Bow", "Local authority": "London Borough of Tower Hamlets", "Number of platforms": "2", "Fare zone": "2", "Original company": "Whitechapel and Bow Railway", "Listing grade": "II", "Added to list": "y 1973... |
Bromley-by-Bow is a London Underground station located on the Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach Road in the Bromley-by-Bow area of London, United Kingdom. The station is below the Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach Road and lies between Bow Road and West Ham stations on the District and Hammersmith & City lines, and i... | {"External links": "underground", "Location": "Bromley-by-Bow", "Local authority": "London Borough of Tower Hamlets", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Owner": "Transport for London", "Number of platforms": "4 (2 in use)", "Fare zone": "3", "Original company": "London, Tilbury and Southend Railway", "Pre-grouping": ... |
The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album has been presented since 1961. From 1962 to 1971 and 1979 to 1991 the award title specified instrumental performances. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
Name changes
The name of the award has b... | {"Awarded for": "quality large jazz ensemble albums", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1961", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
Franklin Rosborough Thomas (September 5, 1912 - September 8, 2004) was an American animator and pianist. He was one of Walt Disney's leading team of animators known as the Nine Old Men.
Biography
Thomas was born on September 5, 1912, in Santa Monica, California, to Frank Thomas, a teacher,1920 United States Federal ... | {"Name": "Frank Thomas", "Caption": "Thomas in 1974", "Birth name": "Franklin Rosborough Thomas", "Birth date": "1912 9 5", "Birth place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Death date": "2004 9 8 1912 9 5", "Death place": "La Cañada Flintridge, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Stanford University", "Occupation": "Ani... |
Joseph Jefferson III, commonly known as Joe Jefferson (February 20, 1829 - April 23, 1905), was an American actor. He was the third actor of this name in a family of actors and managers, and one of the most famous 19th century American comedians. Beginning as a young child, he continued as a performer for most of his 7... | {"Name": "Joseph Jefferson", "Birth name": "Joseph Jefferson III", "Birth date": "1829 02 20", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1905 04 23 1829 02 20", "Death place": "Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Actor", "Spouse(s)": "Margaret Clements Lockyer\n... |
Marinus van der Goes van Naters (21 December 1900 - 12 February 2005) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA) and lawyer.
Background and early career
He was born in Nijmegen. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1967 and in... | {"Name": "Marinus van der Goes van Naters", "Image caption": "Marinus van der Goes van Naters in 1946", "Term start": "1 January 1958", "Term end": "7 May 1967", "Parliamentary group": "Socialist Group", "Parliamentary group 1": "Socialist Group", "Office 2": "Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives", "Pre... |
William Annand (April 10, 1808 – October 12, 1887) was a Nova Scotia publisher and politician. He was a member of the North British Society.
Annand was born in Halifax. He was educated in Scotland and returned to Nova Scotia in the 1820s with his brother with an intention to become a farmer. Annand was first elected t... | {"Name": "William Annand", "Term start": "November 7, 1867", "Term end": "May 8, 1875", "Lieutenant governor": "Charles Hastings DoyleJoseph HoweAdams George Archibald", "Office 2": "Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly", "Birth date": "1808 04 10 yes", "Birth place": "Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada", "Death date"... |
The Niobrara River (; , , literally "water spread-out horizontal-the" or "The Wide-Spreading Water") is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. Many early settlers, such as Mari Sandoz, referred to the river as Running Water. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline d... | {"Native name": "oma Ní Ubthátha khe", "Etymology": "Ponca, Ní Ubthátha khe, translating to \"water spread-out horizontal-the\"", "Mouth": "gnis/> ft on", "Location": "Knox County, near Niobrara, Nebraska", "Coordinates": "42 45 58 N 98 02 50 W inline,title835960", "Basin size": "11580 sqmi on", "Left": "Rickman Creek,... |
Æthelhere (died 15 November 655) was King of East Anglia from 653 or 654 until his death. He was a member of the ruling Wuffingas dynasty and one of three sons of Eni to rule East Anglia as Christian kings. He was a nephew of Rædwald, who was the first of the Wuffingas of which more than a name is known.
Rædwald and h... | {"Name": "Æthelhere", "Succession": "King of the East Angles", "Reign": "653 or 654 - 655", "Death date": "15 November 655", "Death place": "Battle of the Winwaed", "Predecessor": "Anna", "Successor": "Æthelwold", "Father": "Eni", "Religion": "Christianity"} |
The Tyrrell P34 (Project 34), commonly known as the "six-wheeler", was a Formula One (F1) race car designed by Derek Gardner, Tyrrell's chief designer. The car used four specially manufactured 10-inch diameter (254 mm) wheels and tyres at the front, with two ordinary-sized wheels at the back. Along with the Brabham BT4... | {"Category": "Formula One", "Constructor": "Tyrrell Racing Organisation", "Designer(s)": "Derek Gardner", "Predecessor": "007", "Successor": "008", "Notable entrants": "Elf Team Tyrrell", "Notable drivers": "RSA 1928 Jody Scheckter\n FRA Patrick Depailler\n SWE Ronnie Peterson", "Suspension (front)": "Double wishbone, ... |
"Tuvix" is the 40th episode (24th in the second season) of the science fiction television program Star Trek: Voyager. The episode originally aired on May 6, 1996, and tells the story of Tuvok and Neelix being merged into a unique third character named Tuvix.
The episode was substantially rewritten from its original i... | {"Directed by": "Cliff Bole", "Story by": "Andrew Shepard Price\n Mark Gaberman", "Teleplay by": "Kenneth Biller", "Produced by": "Wendy Neuss\n Merri D. Howard\n Kenneth Biller\n Peter Lauritson\n Brannon Braga", "Featured music": "Jay Chattaway", "Cinematography by": "Marvin V. Rush", "Editing by": "Daryl Baskin", "R... |
The Montreal Screwjob (also called the Montreal Incident) was an infamous unscripted professional wrestling incident that occurred on November 9, 1997, at the Survivor Series pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in Montreal. During the WWF Championship match between Shawn Michaels and ... | {"Date": "November 9, 1997", "Venue": "Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Event": "Survivor Series", "Stipulation(s)": "Singles match for the WWF Championship", "Billed_from": "Calgary, Alberta, Canada", "Real name": "Bret Hart", "Height": "6 ft 0 in m", "Weight": "235 lb kg", "Entrance music": "\"Hart Attack\"... |
Nicholas Frederick Brady (born April 11, 1930) is an American politician from the state of New Jersey, who was the United States Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, and is also known for articulating the Brady Plan in March 1989. In 1982, he was appointed to succeed Harrison ... | {"Term start": "September 15, 1988", "Term end": "January 17, 1993", "Birth name": "Nicholas Frederick Brady", "Birth date": "1930 4 11", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Kitty Douglas 1954", "Education": "Yale University (BA)Harvard University (MBA)"} |
Into the Unknown is the second studio album by Bad Religion, which was released on November 30, 1983. The album marks a distinct departure from the band's previous album; instead of featuring hardcore punk, the album is characterized by slower tempos, use of electronic organ and pianos, and a prog-influenced hard rock ... | {"Released": "1983 11 30https://www.discogs.com/release/2648662-Into-The-Unknown/images Images for Bad Religion - Into The Unknown www.discogs.com", "Recorded": "1983", "Studio": "Perspective Sound, Sun Valley, California", "Genre": "Allmusic/>\n new waveGamboa Glenn March 30, 2010 Interview with Brian Baker, a Member ... |
Hugh John Flemming (January 5, 1899 - October 16, 1982) was a politician and the 24th premier of New Brunswick from 1952 to 1960.
He is always known as "Hugh John". Born in Peel, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of James Kidd Flemming, Premier of New Brunswick from 1911 to 1914, Hugh John Flemming was first elected to ... | {"Name": "Hugh John Flemming", "Term start": "June 25, 1968", "Term end": "October 30, 1972", "Predecessor 2": "Gage Montgomery", "Successor 2": "Riding abolished", "Birth date": "1899 01 05", "Birth place": "Peel, New Brunswick, Canada", "Death date": "1982 10 16 1899 01 05", "Death place": "Fredericton, New Brunswick... |
Howard Charles Green, (November 5, 1895 - June 26, 1989) was a Canadian federal politician.
Opposition career
He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1935 federal election as a Conservative from Vancouver, British Columbia in the election which saw the defeat of Prime Minister R. B. Bennett's go... | {"Name": "Howard Charles Green", "Office 2": "Minister of Public Works", "Predecessor 2": "Robert Winters", "Successor 2": "David James Walker", "Birth date": "1895 11 05", "Birth place": "Kaslo, British Columbia", "Death date": "1989 06 26 1895 11 05"} |
The XLR11, company designation RMI 6000C4, was the first liquid-propellant rocket engine developed in the United States for use in aircraft. It was designed and built by Reaction Motors Inc., and used ethyl alcohol and liquid oxygen as propellants to generate a maximum thrust of . Each of the four combustion chambers p... | {"Country of origin": "United States", "Date": "1947–1960", "Manufacturer": "Reaction Motors Inc.", "Successor": "XLR-99", "Pumps": "liquid", "Propellant": "LOX", "Thrust": "6000 lbf kN on on", "Dry weight": "210 lb on on"} |
Mark Rudolph MacGuigan, (February 17, 1931 – January 12, 1998) was a Canadian academic and politician.
Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the son of Mark Rudolph MacGuigan and Agnes Violet Trainor, he was educated at Saint Dunstan's University (B.A.), the University of Toronto (M.A., Ph.D. (Philosophy)), Os... | {"Name": "Mark MacGuigan", "Office 2": "JudgeFederal Court of Canada(Appeals Division)", "Term start": "March 3, 1980", "Term end": "September 9, 1982", "Birth name": "Mark Rudolph MacGuigan", "Birth date": "1931 2 17", "Birth place": "Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island", "Death date": "1998 1 12 1931 2 17", "Death pl... |
Tintin in the Congo (; ) is the second volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian comic strip artist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplement , it was serialised weekly from May 1930 to June 1931 before being published in a collected volume by Éditio... | {"Publisher": "Casterman\n Egmont", "Date": "1991 (black and white)\n 2005 (colour)", "Series": "The Adventures of Tintin", "Language": "French", "Published in": "fr Le Petit Vingtième", "Preceded by": "1930", "Followed by": "1932"} |
The Black Island () is the seventh volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplement , it was serialised weekly from April to November 1937. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Sno... | {"Publisher": "Methuen", "Date": "1966", "Series": "The Adventures of Tintin", "Language": "French", "Published in": "fr Le Petit Vingtième", "Preceded by": "1937", "Followed by": "1939"} |
Isiah Lord Thomas III ( ; born April 30, 1961), also known as "Zeke", is an American former professional basketball player, philanthropist, and coach who is an analyst for NBA TV. The 12-time NBA All-Star was named to the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams, and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of... | {"Born": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Listed height": "1", "Listed weight": "180", "High school": "St. Joseph (Westchester, Illinois)", "College": "Indiana (1979-1981)"} |
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David Brown Santasalo, formerly David Brown Engineering, is an English engineering company, principally engaged in the manufacture of gears and gearboxes. Their major gear manufacturing plant is in Swan Lane, Lockwood, Huddersfield, adjacent to Lockwood railway sta... | {"Formerly": "David Brown Engineering", "Founded": "1880", "Subsidiaries": "Vosper Thorneycroft", "Website": "www.dbsantasalo.com"} |
Eric William Kierans (February 2, 1914 - May 10, 2004) was a Canadian economist and politician.
Early life
Eric Kierans was born on February 2, 1914, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Irish immigrant parents. He grew up in a working-class neighborhood and attended Loyola College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in ... | {"Term start": "1963", "Term end": "1966", "Office 2": "MLA / MNA for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce", "Predecessor 2": "Riding established", "Successor 2": "William Tetley", "Birth name": "Eric William Kierans", "Birth date": "1914 02 02", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Death date": "2004 05 10 1914 02 02", "Death p... |
The Secret of the Unicorn () is the eleventh volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophone newspaper, from June 1942 to January 1943 amidst the Nazi German occupation of Belgium during World War II. The story revolves... | {"Publisher": "Methuen", "Date": "1959", "Series": "The Adventures of Tintin", "Language": "French", "Published in": "fr Le Soir", "Preceded by": "1942", "Followed by": "1944"} |
Red Rackham's Treasure () is the twelfth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophone newspaper, from February to September 1943 amidst the German occupation of Belgium during World War II. Completing an arc begun in... | {"Publisher": "Methuen", "Date": "1959", "Series": "The Adventures of Tintin", "Language": "French", "Published in": "fr Le Soir", "Preceded by": "1943", "Followed by": "1948"} |
Tintin and the Golden Fleece (in the original French, Tintin et le mystère de la toison d'or, meaning Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece) is a film first released in France on 6 December 1961. Featuring characters from The Adventures of Tintin comic book series written and drawn by the Belgian writer-artist He... | {"Directed by": "Jean-Jacques Vierne", "Produced by": "André Barret", "Written by": "André Barret Rémo Forlani", "Starring": "Jean-Pierre Talbot Georges Wilson", "Music by": "André Popp", "Cinematography": "Raymond Pierre Lemoigne", "Edited by": "Léonide Azar", "Distributed by": "Pathé (France)"} |
Fritz Kolbe (25 September 1900 - 16 February 1971) was a German diplomat who became a spy against the Nazis in World War II.
Early life
Kolbe was born on 25 September 1900 in Berlin to middle-class parents. His father was a saddle maker. Throughout his childhood he was influenced by his father's guidance to be courage... | {"Name": "Fritz Kolbe", "Birth date": "yes 1900 9 25", "Birth place": "Berlin, German Empire", "Death date": "yes 1971 2 16 1900 9 25", "Death place": "Bern, Switzerland", "Caption": "ca. 1946-47", "Movement": "Allies", "Organization": "Foreign Office (Germany)"} |
Alannah Myles (née Byles; born December 25, 1958) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has won both a Grammy and a Juno Award for the song "Black Velvet". The song was a top-ten hit in Canada; it was also a number one hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1990.
Early life
Myles was born Alannah Byles on Christmas Day 19... | {"Born": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Genres": "Rock\npop\nblues", "Labels": "Atlantic\nFascinate Inc.", "Website": "http://alannahmyles.com/"} |
Sir David Brown (10 May 1904 - 3 September 1993) was an English industrialist, managing director of his grandfather's gear and machine tool business David Brown Limited and more recently David Brown Tractors, and once the owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft and car manufacturers Aston Martin and Lagonda.
Early ... | {"Name": "Sir David Brown", "Birth date": "1904 5 10 y", "Birth place": "Huddersfield, Yorkshire", "Death date": "1993 9 3 1904 5 10 y", "Death place": "Monte Carlo", "Known For": "David Brown Ltd.Aston MartinVosper Thorneycroft", "Occupation": "Industrialist, entrepreneur", "Nationality": "British"} |
Deborah Anne Boone (born September 22, 1956) is an American singer, author, and actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, "You Light Up My Life", which spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist the following year. Boone later focused her music... | {"Born": "Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.", "Origin": "Los Angeles, California", "Genres": "Pop\ncountry\nChristian", "Labels": "Concord\nCurb", "Website": "debbyboone.net"} |
Angmering is a village and civil parish between Littlehampton and Worthing in West Sussex on the southern edge of the South Downs National Park, England; about two-thirds of the parish (mostly north of the A27 road) fall within the Park. It is north of the English Channel; Worthing and Littlehampton are to the east ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(Civil Parish.2011)Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ 11 February 2003 United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013", "OS grid ... |
The Oldsmobile Toronado is a personal luxury car manufactured and marketed by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors from 1966 to 1992 over four generations. The Toronado was noted for its transaxle version of GM's Turbo-Hydramatic transmission, making it the first U.S.-produced front-wheel drive automobile since th... | {"Manufacturer": "Oldsmobile (General Motors)", "Production": "1965-1992", "Class": "Full-size personal luxury car", "Body style": "2-door coupe", "Platform": "E-body", "Layout": "FF layout", "Related": "Cadillac EldoradoBuick Riviera"} |
The Wallaman Falls, a cascade and horsetail waterfall on the Stony Creek, is located in the UNESCO World Heritagelisted Wet Tropics in the locality of Wallaman, Shire of Hinchinbrook in the northern region of Queensland, Australia. The waterfall is notable for its main drop of , which makes it the country's tallest sin... | {"Coordinates": "Wallaman Falls (QLD) QLD3630836308 Wallaman Falls 13 September 2015", "Location": "North Queensland, Australia", "Type": "Cascade, horsetail", "Elevation": "533 - 554 m on onhttp://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=253170&cmd=sp Map of Wallaman Falls, QLD Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia 30 May 2014", "Tot... |
The PL/M programming language
(an acronym of Programming Language for Microcomputers)
is a high-level language conceived and developed by
Gary Kildall in 1973 for Hank Smith at Intel for its microprocessors.
Overview
The language incorporated ideas from PL/I, ALGOL and XPL, and had an integrated macro processor. As ... | {"Name": "PL/M", "Initial release date": "1973 yes", "Developer": "Gary Kildall at Microcomputer Applications Associates", "Influenced by": "ALGOL, PL/I, XPL"} |
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