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The Parliament House ( ) is the seat of the parliament of Sweden, the Riksdag. It is located on nearly half of Helgeandsholmen (island), in the (old town) district of central Stockholm.
Architecture
The building complex was designed by Aron Johansson in the Neoclassical style, with a centered Baroque Revival style fa... | {"Architectural style": "Neoclassical, with Baroque Revival elements.", "Location": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Coordinates": "59 19 39 N 18 04 03 E inline,title region:SE_type:landmark", "Construction started": "1897"} |
Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 - August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses influenced political opinion during the American suffrage movement, and her verse novel The White Cliffs influenced political thought during the U.S.'s entry into World War ... | {"Name": "Alice Duer Miller", "Caption": "Miller, circa 1920", "Birth date": "July 28, 1874", "Birth place": "Staten Island, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1942 8 22 1874 7 28", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Writer", "Alma mater": "Barnard College", "Family": "Caroline King Duer (sister)\nWilliam Alexander... |
On 21 September 2001, an explosion occurred at the AZF (French initialism for AZote Fertilisant, i.e. nitrogen fertiliser) fertiliser factory in Toulouse, France, belonging to the Grande Paroisse branch of the Total group.
Three hundred tonnes of ammonium nitrate was stored (the maximum capacity was 2,000 tonnes) in h... | {"Title": "Toulouse chemical factory explosion", "Image caption": "AZF from city center, 4 or 5 km (through tourist public telescope)", "Venue": "AZF factory", "Injuries": "2,500"} |
Bernard John Manning (13 August 1930 - 18 June 2007) was an English comedian and nightclub owner.
Manning gained a high profile on British television during the 1970s, appearing on shows such as The Comedians and The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. His act became controversial as attitudes changed, with the res... | {"Birth name": "Bernard John Manning", "Born": "Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire, England", "Died": "Crumpsall, Manchester, England", "Medium": "Stand-up", "Years active": "1950s-2007", "Genres": "Blue comedy, insult comedy", "Spouse": "Veronica Finneran(1986; her death)", "Children": "Bernard Manning Jr", "Notable wo... |
Hacker Culture is a cultural criticism book written by Douglas Thomas that deals with hacker ethics and hackers.
Reception
Publishers Weekly reviewed Hacker Culture as "an intelligent and approachable book on one of the most widely discussed and least understood subcultures in recent decades."
San Francisco Chronic... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "University of Minnesota Press", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover and Paperback)", "Pages": "266 p", "ISBN": "(first edition, hardcover)"} |
Mary Robinson (née Darby; 27 November 1757 - 26 December 1800) was an English actress, poet, dramatist, novelist, and celebrity figure. She lived in England, in the cities of Bristol and London; she also lived in France and Germany for a time. She enjoyed poetry from the age of seven and started working, first as a tea... | {"Name": "Mary Robinson", "Caption": "Portrait of Mary Robinson by Thomas Gainsborough, 1781", "Birth name": "Mary Darby", "Birth date": "yes 1757 11 27", "Birth place": "Bristol, England", "Death date": "yes 1800 12 26 1757 11 27", "Death place": "Englefield Green, England", "Spouse(s)": "Thomas Robinson", "Children":... |
Kirsteen Anne "Kirsty" Wark FRSE (born 3 February 1955) is a Scottish television presenter with a long career at the BBC.
Starting on Radio Scotland, where she became a producer, Wark switched to television, presenting The Late Show and Newsnight, as well as hosting her own interview programme and launching a producti... | {"Name": "Kirsty Wark", "Post-nominals": "FRSE", "Caption": "Wark in 2008", "Birth name": "Kirsteen Anne Wark", "Birth date": "yes 1955 2 3", "Birth place": "Dumfries, Scotland", "Education": "Wellington School, Ayr", "Alma mater": "University of Edinburgh", "Occupation": "Television journalist", "Employer": "BBC", "Sp... |
Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (; born November 29, 1964) is an American actor. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including two Grammy Awards, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also earned nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards and 11 Primetim... | {"Caption": "Don Cheadle on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2022", "Name": "Don Cheadle", "Birth date": "1964 11 29", "Birth name": "Donald Frank Cheadle Jr.", "Birth place": "Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.", "Years active": "1984-present", "Organization": "Not On Our Watch Project", "Notable works": "Full list", "Alma mater": "Cal... |
Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John,Allen's brothers Richard and John were co-founders and shareholders, though Allen was the dominant figure in the company. John died in service in 1942, Richard sold his share to Allen before t... | {"Status": "Active", "Founded": "yes 1935", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Headquarters location": "City of Westminster, London, England", "Distribution": "United Kingdom, Ireland, India, United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Spanish-speaking world, Brazil, Germany, Portugal", "Key peo... |
Forchess is a four-player chess variant developed by T. K. Rogers, an American engineer. It uses one standard chessboard and two sets of standard pieces.
History and motivation
Forchess was developed around the year 1975. Its inventor T. K. Rogers wanted to create a pure strategy game with the social dynamic of card g... | {"Italic title": "no\n subject_name=Forchess", "Players": "4", "Age range": "any", "Setup time": "2 minutes", "Playing time": "30-90 minutes", "Random chance": "None", "Skills required": "Chess strategy"} |
The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially (depending on body type) as the Transporter, Kombi or Microbus, or, informally, as the Bus (US), Camper (UK) or Bulli (Germany), is a forward control light commercial vehicle introduced in 1950 by the German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model. Following - and initially ... | {"Manufacturer": "Volkswagen", "Also called": "Volkswagen Bus\n Volkswagen Kombi\n Volkswagen Transporter", "Production": "November 1949 - present", "Successor": "Volkswagen ID. Buzz (Type 2 RWD)", "Class": "Light commercial vehicle (M)", "Body style": "4/5-door panel van\n 4/5-door minibus\n 2-door pickup ... |
Walter Iooss Jr. ( ;Meyers, John A. "Letter from the Publisher," Sports Illustrated, January 3, 1977. Retrieved November 16, 2020 born September 15, 1943) is an American photographer noted for his images of athletes, including Michael Jordan, Kelly Slater, Tiger Woods, Scottie Pippen, and Muhammad Ali. He has been call... | {"Name": "Walter Iooss Jr.", "Birth date": "1943 09 15", "Birth place": "Temple, Texas", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Photographer", "Years active": "1968-present", "Spouse(s)": "Eva Iooss", "Children": "2"} |
Gosu (고수) is a Korean term used to refer to a highly skilled person. In computer gaming the term is usually used to refer to a person who dominated games like StarCraft, Counter-Strike, Tekken, Warcraft III, Diablo II, DotA, League of Legends, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, Overwatch 2, Apex Legends and others. The ... | {"Hangul name": "고수", "Hanja": "高手", "Revised Romanization": "Gosu", "McCune-Reischauer": "Kosu"} |
The Vietnam Veterans is a French psychedelic band, hailing originally from Chalon-sur-Saône, a commune in eastern France. They released six full-length albums during the 1980s, starting in 1983. The band was praised by many alternative music publications, including Bucketfull of Brains during the 1980s. After a 21-year... | {"Origin": "Chalon-sur-Saône, France", "Genres": "Psychedelic rock", "Labels": "Lolita RecordsMusic Maniac Records", "Website": "The Vet's MySpace page", "Members": "Mark EnbattaLucas TroubleJames KibutEric Lenoir"} |
Reaper Man is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. Published in 1991,Fantastic Fiction Reaper Man (Discworld, book 11) Terry Pratchett Retrieved 2009-05-9 it is the 11th Discworld novel and the second to focus on Death. The title is a reference to Alex Cox's movie Repo Man.The L-Space Web The Annotated Pr... | {"Cover artist": "Josh Kirby", "Language": "English", "Series": "Discworld 11th novel - 2nd Death story", "Publisher": "Victor Gollancz", "ISBN": "0-575-04979-0", "Preceded by": "Moving Pictures", "Followed by": "Witches Abroad"} |
Men at Arms is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 15th book in the Discworld series, first published in 1993. It is the second novel about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch on the Discworld. Lance-constable Angua von Überwald, later in the series promoted to the rank of Sergeant, is introduced in this boo... | {"Cover artist": "Josh Kirby", "Language": "English", "Series": "Discworld 15th novel - 2nd City Watch novel (3rd story)", "Publisher": "Victor Gollancz", "ISBN": "0-575-05503-0", "Preceded by": "Lords and Ladies", "Followed by": "Soul Music"} |
Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, and a 1997 British Fantasy Award nominee. It was first released in 1996 and published by Victor Gollancz. It came in 137th place in The Big Read, a BBC survey of the most loved British books of all time, making it one of fifteen books by Pratchett in the Top 200... | {"Cover artist": "Josh Kirby", "Language": "English", "Series": "Discworld 20th novel – 4th Death story", "Publisher": "Victor Gollancz", "ISBN": "0-575-06403-X", "Preceded by": "Feet of Clay", "Followed by": "Jingo"} |
Terry Patchett (11 July 1940 - 11 October 1996) was a politician in the United Kingdom.
Patchett served as Member of Parliament for Barnsley East from 1983 until his death, and was a member of the Labour Party.
Early life
Patchett was born in Darfield, South Yorkshire on 11 July 1940. He studied politics and econom... | {"Name": "Terry Patchett", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "11 October 1996", "Birth date": "11 July 1940", "Birth place": "Darfield, South Yorkshire", "Death date": "y 1996 10 11 1940 7 11", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Glenys Veal"} |
Maria Stuarda (Mary Stuart) is a tragic opera (tragedia lirica), in two acts, by Gaetano Donizetti, to a libretto by Giuseppe Bardari, based on Andrea Maffei's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 1800 play Maria Stuart.
The opera is one of a number of operas by Donizetti which deal with the Tudor period in English his... | {"Librettist": "Giuseppe Bardari", "Language": "Italian", "Based on": "Maria Stuart Friedrich Schiller", "Premiere": "La Scala, Milan"} |
thumb|right|300px|The Mansfield Hotel 2021
thumb|Aerial view of Mansfield.
Mansfield is a small town
in the foothills of the Victorian Alps in the Australian state of Victoria. It is approximately north-east of Melbourne by road. The population around Mansfield was as at the 2016 census. The town itself has 3410 per... | {"Type": "town", "Name": "Mansfield", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "Mansfield Police Memorial and Mansfield Hotel.JPG", "Caption": "Police memorial with the Mansfield Hotel in the background", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "Shire of Mansfield", "Locator Map Set to LGA Map": "yes", "Postcode": "3722", "Populat... |
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (), (1909-11 October 1980), known as Abu Salma (), was a famous Palestinian poet and one of the Arab poets, was born in Tulkarm, and was a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He was the recipient of several awards and he chairman of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Journa... | {"Native name": "ar", "Born": "1909", "Died": "1980 10 11 1909 y", "Occupation": "Poet\n Writer\n Politician", "Language": "Arabic\n English", "Nationality": "Palestine Palestinian", "Citizenship": "Palestine Palestinian", "Notable awards": "Lotus International Reward for Literature (1978)\n Order of Palestinian revolu... |
Jacob Otto Dietrich (31 August 1897 - 22 November 1952) was a German SS officer during the Nazi era, who served as the Press Chief of the Nazi regime and was a confidant of Adolf Hitler.
Biography
thumb|upright|Hitler visits Paris in 1940 with Dietrich
Otto Dietrich was born in Essen, he served as a soldier during Wor... | {"Name": "Dr. Otto Dietrich", "Term start": "1 August 1931", "Term end": "30 March 1945", "Order 2": "Reichsleiter", "Birth name": "Jacob Otto Dietrich", "Birth date": "1897 8 31 y", "Birth place": "Bruchsal, German Empire", "Death date": "1952 11 22 1897 8 31 y", "Death place": "Düsseldorf, West Germany", "Nationality... |
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Roberto Devereux (in full , ; "Robert Devereux, or the Earl of Essex") is a , or tragic opera, by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian libretto after François Ancelot's tragedy (1829), and based as well on the (1787) by Jacques Lescène des Mais... | {"Librettist": "Salvadore Cammarano", "Language": "Italian", "Based on": "fr Elisabeth d'Angleterre François Ancelot", "Premiere": "Teatro San Carlo, Naples"} |
Alderson Broaddus University (AB) was a private Baptist university in Philippi, West Virginia. It was founded in 1838 and suspended its academic operations on August 31, 2023.
It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. It was formed in 1932 as Alderson-Broaddus College by the union of two Baptist institu... | {"Motto": "\"From the darkness into the light\"", "Type": "Private university", "President": "Andrea J. Bucklew", "Provost": "James M. Owston", "Students": "863 (766 undergraduate)https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Alderson+Broaddus+University&s=all&id=237118 College Navigator - Alderson Broaddus University", "Ca... |
Thief of Time is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 26th book in his Discworld series. It was the last Discworld novel with a cover by Josh Kirby.
Plot summary
The Auditors hire young clockmaker Jeremy Clockson to build a perfect glass clock, without telling him that this will stop time and thereby... | {"Cover artist": "Josh Kirby", "Language": "English", "Series": "Discworld 26th novel - 5th Death story", "Publisher": "Doubleday", "ISBN": "0-06-019956-3", "Preceded by": "The Truth", "Followed by": "The Last Hero"} |
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Chigwell School is a co-educational independent boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located in Chigwell, in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It consists of a pre-prep (ages 4-8), Junior School (ages 8-11), Senior School (ages 11-16) and sixth form. A pre-prepar... | {"Coordinates": "51.6250 0.0810 type:edu_region:GB_dim:100 dms inline,title", "Religious affiliation(s)": "Church of England", "Houses": "(Senior School) #228b22 Caswalls'#C80815 Lambourne#DAA520 Penn's#ADD8E6 Swallow's (Junior School)WindsorsStuarts, Tudors, Hanovers.", "Publication": "Ranked - D-", "Website": "http... |
The Vision of the Anointed (1995) is a book by economist and political columnist Thomas Sowell which brands the anointed as promoters of a worldview concocted out of fantasy impervious to any real-world considerations.
Sowell asserts that these thinkers, writers, and activists continue to be revered even in the face of... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Basic Books", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover and Paperback), Audiobook, E-book)", "Pages": "320", "ISBN": "978-0-465-08995-6", "Preceded by": "Race And Culture: A World View", "Followed by": "Knowledge and Decisions"} |
The Coastal Athletic Association (CAA), formerly the Colonial Athletic Association, is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I whose full members are located in East Coast states, from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Most of its members are public universities, and the conference is head... | {"Logo size": "250", "Founded": "1979", "Association": "NCAA", "Division": "Division I", "Teams": "14", "Sports fielded": "11", "Region": "East Coast", "Former": "ECAC South,Colonial Athletic Association", "Headquarters": "Richmond, Virginia", "Commissioner": "2016", "Official website": "www.caasports.com", "Map size":... |
A are a British alternative rock band from Suffolk, England, which formed in 1993. They have released 4 studio and 2 live albums, including their debut How Ace Are Buildings and the UK top 20 album Hi-Fi Serious. Single releases have also achieved chart success, with one UK top 10, four UK top 40 and seven UK top 100 ... | {"Origin": "Suffolk, UK", "Genres": "Alternative rock pop punk hard rock post-grunge", "Labels": "London Mammoth", "Website": "acommunication.co.uk", "Members": "Jason Perry\n Adam Perry\n Giles Perry \n Mark Chapman \n Richard Trigg"} |
Jakob Hermann (16 July 1678 - 11 July 1733) was a mathematician who worked on problems in classical mechanics. He is the author of Phoronomia, an early treatise on Mechanics in Latin, which has been translated by Ian Bruce in 2015-16. In 1729, he proclaimed that it was as easy to graph a locus on the polar coordinate s... | {"Name": "Jakob Hermann", "Birth date": "1678 7 16", "Birth place": "Basel, Switzerland", "Death date": "1733 7 11 1678 7 16", "Death place": "Basel, Switzerland"} |
Woodford is a London Underground station in the town of Woodford in the London Borough of Redbridge, East London. The station is on the Central line, between South Woodford and Buckhurst Hill stations and is in Travelcard Zone 4. The station also acts as a terminus for services via the Hainault loop.
History
The stati... | {"External links": "underground", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Location": "Woodford", "Local authority": "London Borough of Redbridge", "Number of platforms": "3", "Fare zone": "4", "2005": "3.64", "2006": "3.965", "2007": "4.247", "2008": "4.35", "2009": "4.477-->", "Accessible": "yes"} |
Charles Atlas (born Angelo Siciliano; October 30, 1892December 24, 1972) was an Italian-American bodybuilder best remembered as the developer of a bodybuilding method and its associated exercise program which spawned a landmark advertising campaign featuring his name and likeness; it has been described as one of the lo... | {"Name": "Charles Atlas", "Caption": "Atlas 1920", "Birth name": "Angelo Siciliano but sometimes known as Bruno Veroni.", "Birth date": "October 30, 1892Charles Atlas Biography & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Atlas 2023-04-08 www.britannica.com en", "Birth place": "Acri, Province ... |
Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public research university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approxim... | {"Motto": "la", "Type": "Public", "Budget": "€ 268.7 million (2021)https://www.uni-kiel.de/ueberblick/statistik/eckdaten.shtml Statistische Eckdaten de Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 5 July 2022Third-party funding: € 65 mio", "President": "Simone Fulda", "Students": "27,455 (2021)", "Campus": "Urban", "Web... |
Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Gothenburg metal scene, which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates. Dark Tranquillity is regarded as the Gothenburg fathers in the film entitled Out of Nothing: A DT Documenta... | {"Origin": "Billdal, Gothenburg, Sweden", "Genres": "Melodic death metal", "Labels": "Slaughter (1992-1993)\nCarnage (1993-1994)\nSpinefarm (1993-1994)\nOsmose (1994-1998)\nMetal Invader (1998)\nCentury (1998-present)", "Website": "darktranquillity.com", "Members": "Mikael Stanne\nJohan Reinholdz\nMartin Brandstrom \nC... |
"Rusty Cage" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Rusty Cage" was released in 1992 as the third single from the band's third studio album, Badmotorfinger (1991). The song became an instant hit and was released as a single in several different formats. The song was include... | {"B-side": "\"Big Bottom\"/\"Earache My Eye\" (live)", "Released": "March 3, 1992", "Recorded": "March-April 1991", "Genre": "Alternative metalhttps://www.treblezine.com/10-essential-alternative-metal-singles/ 10 Essential Alternative Metal Singles Terich Jeff Blyweiss Adam October 3, 2012 Treblezine en-US December 26,... |
Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams, FBA (21 September 1929 - 10 June 2003) was an English moral philosopher. His publications include Problems of the Self (1973), Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985), Shame and Necessity (1993), and Truth and Truthfulness (2002). He was knighted in 1999.
As Knightbridge Professor ... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "Contemporary philosophy", "School": "Analytic philosophy, Postanalytic philosophy", "Institutions": "All Souls College, Oxford New College, Oxford University College, London Bedford College, London King's College, Cambridge University of California, Berkeley Corpus Christi Colle... |
right|thumb|upright=1.5|Athore, son of the Timucuan king Saturiwa, showing Laudonnière the monument placed by Ribault.
Jean Ribault (also spelled Ribaut) (1520 - October 12, 1565) was a French naval officer, navigator, and a colonizer of what would become the southeastern United States. He was a major figure in the Fre... | {"Name": "Jean Ribault", "Birth date": "1520", "Birth place": "Dieppe, Kingdom of France", "Death date": "1565 10 12 1520", "Death place": "St. Augustine, Florida", "Occupation": "Naval officer, explorer"} |
The Mighty Ducks (also known as D1: The Mighty Ducks) is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film about a youth league hockey team, directed by Stephen Herek and starring Emilio Estevez. It was produced by The Kerner Entertainment Company and Avnet-Kerner Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the f... | {"Directed by": "Stephen Herek", "Produced by": "Jon Avnet\n Jordan Kerner", "Written by": "Steven Brill", "Starring": "Emilio Estevez\n Joss Ackland\n Lane Smith", "Music by": "David Newman", "Cinematography": "Thomas Del Ruth", "Edited by": "Larry Bock\n John F. Link", "Distributed by": "Buena Vista Pictures Distribu... |
The Hoggar Mountains (, Berber: idurar n Ahaggar) are a highland region in the central Sahara in southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer. The mountains cover an area of approximately 550,000 km².
Geography
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This mountainous region is located about south of the capital,... | {"Language of name": "ar جبال هقار ber-Latn Idurar n Uhaggar", "Elevation": "2908", "Location": "Location in southern Algeria", "Coordinates": "23 17 20 N 05 32 01 E type:mountain_region:DZ inline,title"} |
London 0 Hull 4 is the debut album by The Housemartins, released in June 1986. It contains the singles "Flag Day" (#124 UK), "Sheep" (#54 UK), "Happy Hour" (#3 UK) and "Think for a Minute" (#18 UK).
The title refers to the band's home city of Kingston upon Hull and is in the format of a football score. It also refers... | {"Released": "June 1986", "Studio": "Strongroom Studios, London", "Genre": "Indie rock jangle pop", "Label": "Go! Discs", "Producer": "John Williams"} |
thumb|Sir Nigel Shadbolt was President of BCS from 2006 to 2007
thumb|Dame Wendy Hall was President of BCS from 2003 to 2004
thumb|Prince Edward, Duke of Kent was President of BCS from 1982 to 1983
thumb|Louis Mountbatten was President of BCS from 1966 to 1967
thumb|Sir Maurice Wilkes served as the first President of ... | {"Type": "Professional Organisation", "Website": "https://www.bcs.org/", "Location": "London, United Kingdom", "Origins": "London Computer Group"} |
The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is an established statistical society. It has three main roles: a British learned society for statistics, a professional body for statisticians and a charity which promotes statistics for the public good.
History
thumb|right|The early seal of the Statistical Society of London, a w... | {"Abbreviation": "RSS", "Type": "Professional body, learned society, charity", "Legal status": "Non-profit company", "Headquarters": "London, EC 1United Kingdom", "Affiliations": "American Statistical Association"} |
The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death is the second and final studio album by The Housemartins. It was released in 1987, and produced three singles - "Five Get Over Excited" (#11 UK), "Me and the Farmer" (#15) and "Build" (#15 UK). The title song is about the British Royal Family, which found them gaining controve... | {"Released": "21 September 198712 September 1987 Index Record Mirror 2 0144-5804", "Studio": "Yellow 2, Stockport, Greater Manchester", "Genre": "Indie rock jangle pop", "Label": "Go! Discs (UK) Elektra Entertainment (US)", "Producer": "John Williams"} |
Now That's What I Call Quite Good was the post-breakup greatest hits album from The Housemartins, released in 1988. As well as singles (such as the UK number one "Caravan of Love"), the compilation includes various album tracks, B-sides and radio session recordings. It includes many humorous liner notes from the band (... | {"Released": "1988", "Recorded": "Various", "Genre": "Indie rock", "Label": "Go! Discs", "Producer": "Various"} |
Dylan William Moran ( ; born 3 November 1971) is an Irish comedian, writer, actor, artist and poet. He is best known for his observational comedy, the comedy series Black Books (which he co-wrote and starred in), and his work with Simon Pegg in films such as Shaun of the Dead and Run Fatboy Run. He was also one of two ... | {"Born": "Navan, County Meath, Ireland", "Medium": "Stand-up film television", "Spouse": "Elaine Moran 1997 2022 divorced", "Children": "2", "Years active": "1992-present", "Genres": "Observational comedy black comedy deadpan satire surreal humour", "Website": "dylanmoran.com"} |
The MICA, abbreviated from its full name Missile d’Interception, de Combat et d’Auto-défense () or alternate translation ("missile for BVR interception, for close-up combat (dogfight), & for self-defense") is a French anti-air multi-target, all weather, fire-and-forget short and medium-range missile system manufactured... | {"Transport": "yes", "Place of origin": "France", "Type": "Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile", "Used by": "See Operators", "Manufacturer": "MBDA France", "In service": "1996-present", "Mass": "112 kg lb on http://www.mbda-systems.com/products/gbad/vl-mica/8-4/ MBDA VLS MICA 24 November 2014 https://web.arc... |
Terry Major-Ball (2 July 193213 March 2007) was a British columnist, banker and media personality who was the elder brother of the former British prime minister John Major, who during his brother's six-year premiership had a brief career as a television and radio personality and newspaper columnist. Despite the media a... | {"Name": "Terry Major-Ball", "Birth date": "1932 07 02 yes", "Birth place": "Worcester Park, Surrey, England", "Death date": "2007 03 13 1932 07 02 yes", "Death place": "Chard, Somerset, England", "Occupation": "banker, businessman, columnist, and media personality", "Years active": "1952-2003", "Spouse(s)": "Shirley W... |
Glenn Hoddle (born 27 October 1957) is an English former football player and manager. He currently works as a television pundit and commentator for ITV Sport and TNT Sports. He is deemed to be one of the most gifted and creative English footballers of his generation.
He played as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, Mo... | {"Name": "Glenn Hoddle", "Picture caption": "Hoddle in 2014", "Full name": "Glenn HoddleBarry J. Hugman The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005 2005 Queen Anne Press 978-1852916657 291", "Birth date": "1957 10 27 y", "Birth place": "Hayes, Middlesex, England", "Position": "Midfielder", "Youth clu... |
Karri Kathleen Turner (born December 21, 1966) is an American television actress who is best known for playing Lieutenant Harriet Sims in the television series JAG (1997-2005).
Biography
Turner was born in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in Bentonville, Arkansas. She originally considered a Drama/Tele/Film degree at Okl... | {"Name": "Karri Turner", "Caption": "Turner at the American Freedom Festival", "Birth name": "Karri Kathleen Turner", "Birth date": "1966 12 21", "Birth place": "Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1994-present"} |
604 is the debut studio album by English electronic music band Ladytron, released in the United States on 6 February 2001 by Emperor Norton Records and in the United Kingdom on 12 March 2001 by Invicta Hi-Fi. It was co-produced, engineered and mixed by Lance Thomas. Some of the tracks had been previously released on th... | {"Released": "2001 2 6 yes", "Recorded": "1997-2000 (Liverpool, England)", "Genre": "Synth-popPhares Heather https://www.allmusic.com/album/gravity-the-seducer-mw0002135144 Gravity the Seducer - Ladytron AllMusic 14 December 2018\n industrial dance", "Language": "English\n Bulgarian", "Label": "Invicta Hi-Fi", "Pr... |
Venetia Katharine Douglas Burney (married name Phair, 11 July 1918 - 30 April 2009) was an English accountant and teacher. She is remembered as the first person to suggest the name Pluto for the dwarf planet discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. At the time, she was 11 years old.
Biography
Venetia Burney was the dau... | {"Name": "Venetia Burney", "Caption": "Venetia Burney aged 11", "Alt": "Head-and-shoulders black and white photograph of subject as a young girl. She wears a light-coloured blouse and faces right, looking out of the picture, with a slight smile. Her short hair is pulled back from her face and pinned up.", "Birth name":... |
Susan Blakely (born September 7, 1948) is an American actress. She is best known for her leading role in the 1976 ABC miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama and an Emmy nomination for Best Actress. Blakely also has appeared in films includin... | {"Name": "Susan Blakely", "Birth date": "1948 9 7", "Birth place": "Frankfurt, Germany", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1972-present", "Spouse(s)": "Todd Merer 1969 1981 divorcedSteve Jaffe 1982"} |
Christopher Graham Collins (born 28 January 1957), professionally known as Frank Skinner, is an English comedian, actor, presenter and writer. At the 2001 British Comedy Awards, he was named Best Comedy Entertainment Personality. His television work includes Fantasy Football League from 1994 to 2004, The Frank Skinner... | {"Birth name": "Christopher Graham Collins", "Born": "West Bromwich, West Midlands, England", "Medium": "Radio, stand-up, television", "Years active": "1987-present", "Genres": "Blue comedy, musical comedy, observational comedy", "Partner(s)": "Cath Mason", "Children": "1"} |
The Bronx River (), approximately long, flows through southeast New York in the United States and drains an area of . It is named after colonial settler Jonas Bronck. Besides the Hutchinson River, the Bronx River is the only fresh water river in New York City.; all the other rivers within the city are straits and tida... | {"Mouth": "0 ft on", "Location": "Hunts Point and Soundview in The Bronx", "Coordinates": "40 48 11 N 73 51 49.0 W inline,title", "Basin size": "38.4 sqmi on", "Right": "Troublesome BrookGrassy Sprain Brook"} |
Claire Berenice Rayner, OBE (; Berkovitch, later Chetwynd; 22 January 1931 - 11 October 2010) was an English journalist, broadcaster, novelist and nurse, best known for her role for many years as an advice columnist.
Early life
Rayner was born to Jewish parents in Stepney,Jane Reed, "Rayner [née Berkovitch], Claire B... | {"Post-nominals": "OBE", "Name": "Claire Rayner", "Birth name": "Claire Berenice Berkovitch (later Chetwynd)", "Birth date": "yes 1931 1 22", "Birth place": "Stepney, London, England", "Death date": "yes 2010 10 11 1931 1 22", "Death place": "Harrow, London, England", "Education": "City of London School for Girls", "Oc... |
Powers Allen Boothe (June 1, 1948 - May 14, 2017) was an American actor known for his commanding character actor roles on film and television. He received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for... | {"Name": "Powers Boothe", "Caption": "Boothe in 2005", "Birth name": "Powers Allen Boothe", "Birth date": "1948 06 01", "Birth place": "Snyder, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "2017 05 14 1948 06 01", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Education": "Texas State University (BA) Southern Methodist University (MF... |
Randy Mario Poffo (November 15, 1952 - May 20, 2011), better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
Savage was described by sportswriter Bill Simmons as "one of the gr... | {"Birth name": "Randy Mario PoffoHarris Elizabeth A. Randy Savage, Pro Wrestling's Macho Man, Dies at 58 https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/21/sports/randy-savage-58-pro-wrestlings-macho-man-dies.html March 27, 2020 The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20200327174455/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/21/spor... |
Christopher "Chris" William Pearson (April 29, 1931 - February 14, 2014) was the second leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party and the first premier of the Yukon in the Yukon.
Born in Lethbridge, Alberta,Pierre G. Normandin and A. Léopold Normandin, Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1984. P.G. Normandin, 1984. ... | {"Name": "Chris Pearson", "Term start": "December 14, 1978", "Term end": "March 23, 1985", "Order 2": "MLA for", "Office 2": "Riverdale North", "Predecessor 2": "Position established", "Successor 2": "Doug Phillips", "Birth date": "1931 4 29", "Birth place": "Lethbridge, Alberta", "Death date": "2014 02 14 1931 4 29", ... |
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (born 17 August 1941) is a Nigerian retired general and statesman who served as military president of Nigeria from 1985 until his resignation in 1993. He rose through the ranks to serve from 1984 to 1985 as Chief of Army Staff; going on to orchestrate his seizure of power in a coup d'état ag... | {"Honorific prefix": "General", "Honorific suffix": "GCFR", "Name": "Ibrahim Babangida", "Image caption": "Babangida in 2010", "Term start": "27 August 1985", "Term end": "26 August 1993", "Vice president": "Ebitu Ukiwe(1985-1986)\n Augustus Aikhomu(1986-1993)", "Office 2": "Chief of Army Staff", "Predecessor 2": "Moha... |
Wanadoo was the Internet service provider division of Orange S.A. It operated in France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Senegal, Mauritius, Madagascar, Lebanon and Jordan. It ceased to operate as a worldwide brand on 1 June 2006, when it was rebranded as Orange.
The ori... | {"Industry": "ISP provider", "Fate": "Rebranded to Orange on 1 June 2006", "Parent": "Orange S.A.", "Website": "www.orange.fr"} |
Arthur Bowden Askey, (6 June 1900 - 16 November 1982) was an English comedian and actor. Askey was known for his short stature (5' 2", 1.58 m) and distinctive horn-rimmed glasses, and his playful humour incorporating improvisation and catchphrases including "Hello playmates!", "I thank you" (pronounced "Ay-thang-yaw")... | {"Born": "Dingle, Liverpool, England", "Died": "Lambeth, London, England", "Resting place": "Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium Wimbledon, London, England", "Genres": "Stand-up, comedic acting", "Spouse": "Elizabeth Swash 1925 1974 her death", "Children": "Anthea", "Parent(s)": "Samuel Askey Betsy Bowden"} |
The Manila galleon (; ), originally known as La Nao de China,Bernabéu Albert, Salvador, ed. (2013). La Nao de China, 1565-1815. Navegación, comercio e intercambios culturales. Universidad de Sevilla. ISBN 8447215377, 9788447215379. and Galeón de Acapulco,. "El Galeón de Manila. La ruta española que unió tres continente... | {"Title": "Galeón de Manila", "Image caption": "Manila galleon (1590 Boxer Codex)", "Also known as": "Nao de China or Galeón de Acapulco", "Native name": "Galeón de Manila, Galyon ng Maynila", "Duration of the event": "From 1565 to 1815 (250 years)", "Venue": "Between Manila and Acapulco", "Organizers": "Spanish Crown"... |
Willard Leroy Phelps (born October 23, 1941) is a former Yukon politician, who briefly served as the second premier of Yukon in 1985.Index: Pe-Ph at rulers.org
Background
Born in 1941, he was the grandson of Willard "Deacon" Phelps and the son of John Phelps, both former members of the Yukon Territorial Council. He gr... | {"Name": "Willard Phelps", "Order 2": "Legislative Assembly of Yukon", "Predecessor 2": "riding established", "Successor 2": "Dave Keenan", "Birth date": "1941 10 23 y", "Birth place": "Vancouver, British Columbia"} |
right|thumb|300px|Map of the watersheds of the Great Miami River (beige) and Little Miami River (yellow).
The Great Miami River (also called the Miami River) (Shawnee: Msimiyamithiipi) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dat... | {"Location": "Ohio River, Miami Township, Hamilton County, Ohio", "Coordinates": "39 06 31 N 84 48 52 W region:US-OH Great Miami River mouth inline,title", "Mouth": "449 ft m", "Basin size": "5,373 sqmi km2 on"} |
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Jake Matthew Lloyd (born March 5, 1989), also known as Jake Broadbent, is an American retired actor who portrayed young Anakin Skywalker in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and Jamie Langsto... | {"Name": "Jake Lloyd", "Birth name": "Jake Matthew Lloyd", "Caption": "Lloyd in 2010", "Birth date": "1989 03 05", "Birth place": "Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.", "Education": "Carmel High School", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1996-2001", "Other names": "Jake Broadbent"} |
Indian Lake (formerly Lewistown Reservoir) is a reservoir in Logan County, western Ohio, in the United States. It is approximately southeast of Lima. It is fed by the north and south forks of the Upper Great Miami River, Cherokee Mans Run, Blackhawk Creek, and Van Horn Creek. The outlet of the lake, at the bulkhead or... | {"Location": "Logan County, Ohio, United States", "Coordinates": "40 28 03 N 83 52 31 W region:US-OH_type:waterbody_source:GNIS inline,title", "Primary inflows": "North and south forks of the Upper Great Miami River, Cherokee Mans Run, Blackhawk Creek, Van Horn Creek", "Primary outflows": "Great Miami River", "Basin": ... |
The Fly is a 1958 American science fiction horror film and the first installment in The Fly film series. The film was produced and directed by Kurt Neumann and stars David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, and Herbert Marshall. The screenplay by James Clavell is based on the 1957 short story of the same name by G... | {"Directed by": "Kurt Neumann", "Produced by": "Kurt Neumann", "Screenplay by": "James Clavell", "Based on": "\"The Fly\" George Langelaan", "Starring": "Al Hedison\n Patricia Owens\n Vincent Price\n Herbert Marshall", "Music by": "Paul Sawtell", "Cinematography": "Karl Struss", "Edited by": "Merrill G. White", "Distri... |
Robert Hardie Bruce Crawford (born 16 February 1955) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy from 2011 to 2012, having held the junior ministerial position of Minister for Parliamentary Business from 2007 to 2011. Crawford served a... | {"Name": "Bruce Crawford", "Image": "BruceCrawfordMSP20110509.JPG", "Term start": "19 May 2011", "Term end": "5 September 2012", "First minister": "Alex Salmond", "Office 2": "Minister for Parliamentary Business", "First minister 2": "Alex Salmond", "Predecessor 2": "George Lyon", "Successor 2": "Brian Adam", "Birth da... |
Richard James Baker (born 29 May 1974) is a Scottish Labour politician and former member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland region. He was first elected in the 2003 general election, when he was the youngest sitting MSP. He is a former member of Labour's Shadow Cabinet in the Scottish Parliame... | {"Name": "Richard Baker", "Term start": "1 May 2003", "Term end": "11 January 2016", "Birth date": "1974 05 29 yes", "Birth place": "Edinburgh, Scotland", "Spouse(s)": "Claire Baker", "Alma mater": "University of Aberdeen"} |
Linda Fabiani (born 14 December 1956) HonFRIAS OSSI FCIH is a Scottish politician who served as a Deputy Presiding Officer in the Scottish Parliament from 2016 to 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the East Kilbride constituency from 2011 until h... | {"Name": "Linda Fabiani", "Image caption": "Fabiani in 2019", "Alternative text": "Colour photograph of Linda Fabiani", "Term start": "12 May 2016", "Term end": "14 May 2021", "Office 2": "Minister for Europe, External Affairs, Culture and Gaelic", "First minister 2": "Alex Salmond", "Predecessor 2": "Patricia Ferguson... |
Robert McKay Gibson (born 10 October 1945) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 2003 until 2016, first as a Highlands and Islands regional member from 2003 until 2011, then representing the Caithness, Sutherland and Ross constituency from 2011 until 2016.
... | {"Name": "Rob Gibson", "Image": "RobGibsonMSP20110510.JPG", "Image size": "220px", "Image caption": "Gibson in 2011", "Term start": "15 June 2011", "Term end": "23 March 2016", "Office 2": "Member of the Scottish Parliamentfor Caithness, Sutherland and Ross", "Predecessor 2": "Jamie Stone", "Successor 2": "Gail Ross", ... |
Christine Grahame (formerly Creech; born 9 September 1944) is a Scottish politician who served as a Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2016 to 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderd... | {"Name": "Christine Grahame", "Image size": "220px", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2021", "Term start": "12 May 2016", "Term end": "14 May 2021", "Predecessor 2": "Alasdair Morgan", "Successor 2": "Pauline McNeill", "Birth date": "1944 09 9 yes", "Birth place": "Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England", "Birth n... |
Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., commonly referred to as UNAM or their nickname Pumas, is a professional football club based in Ciudad Universitaria of Mexico City, Mexico. The club competes in the Liga MX, the top division in the Mexican football league system. Founded in 1954, they play their home games at Estadio Ol... | {"Full name": "Club Universidad Nacional, A.C.https://pumas.mx/noticias/2018/06/01/el-club-universidad-nacional,-informa/ El Club Universidad Nacional, informa Club Universidad Nacional Pumas.mx", "Nickname(s)": "Pumas Universitarios (Collegiates) Universidad (University) Auriazules (Gold-and-Blues)https://www.sporting... |
Richard Neilson Lochhead (born 24 May 1969) is a Scottish politician serving as the Minister for Small Business, Trade and Innovation since 2023. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he served as the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and Environment from 2007 to 2016. Lochhead has been a member of the... | {"Name": "Richard Lochhead", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2021", "Term start": "29 March 2023", "First minister": "Humza Yousaf", "Office 2": "Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science", "First minister 2": "Nicola Sturgeon", "Predecessor 2": "Shirley-Anne Somerville", "Successor 2": "Jamie H... |
Fiona Jane Hyslop (born 1 August 1964) is a Scottish politician who served in various cabinet and junior ministerial offices under first ministers Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf; first as education secretary from 2007 to 2009, then culture secretary from 2011 to 2020, and latterly as economy secretary f... | {"Name": "Fiona Hyslop", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2023", "Term start": "14 June 2023", "First minister": "Humza Yousaf", "Office 2": "Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture", "First minister 2": "Nicola Sturgeon", "Predecessor 2": "Derek Mackay", "Successor 2": "Office abolished", "Birth date"... |
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Campbell Martin (born 10 March 1960) is a Scottish journalist and former politician.
At the 2003 Scottish Parliament election, he was elected on the Scottish National Party (SNP) list as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West of Scotland. He was expelled from the SNP in 2004, and... | {"Name": "Campbell Martin", "Term start": "1 May 2003", "Term end": "2 April 2007", "Birth date": "1960 03 10 yes", "Other political party": "Independent (July 2004 - April 2007)"} |
Freddie Dalton ThompsonMathews, Joe. “An in-law-made man”, Los Angeles Times (2007-09-06): "Thompson stopped using the name Freddie in his professional dealings and became Fred." (August 19, 1942 - November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the... | {"Name": "Fred Thompson", "Term start": "December 2, 1994", "Term end": "January 3, 2003", "Predecessor 2": "Ted Stevens", "Successor 2": "Joe Lieberman", "Birth name": "Freddie Dalton Thompson", "Birth date": "1942 8 19", "Birth place": "Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.", "Death date": "2015 11 1 1942 9 19", "Death place": "N... |
Bruce James McFee (18 May 1961 - 9 September 2021) was a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West of Scotland region at the 2003 election. McFee served on the Scottish Parliament's Procedures and Justice 1 Committees. He was involved in local cam... | {"Name": "Bruce McFee", "Term start": "1 May 2003", "Term end": "2 April 2007", "Birth date": "y 1961 5 18People of Today (2006), pg. 1039", "Birth place": "Johnstone, Scotland", "Death date": "y 2021 9 9 1961 5 18", "Death place": "Paisley, Scotland"} |
The National Trust of Australia, officially the Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT), is the Australian national peak body for community-based, non-government non-profit organisations committed to promoting and conserving Australia's Indigenous, natural and historic heritage. The umbrella body was incorporated ... | {"Type": "National peak body for national trusts; public company, limited by guarantee", "Registration no.": "ACN: 008 444 684", "Location": "Canberra, Australia", "Website": "https://www.nationaltrust.org.au"} |
John Ostashek (May 10, 1936 - June 10, 2007) was a Yukon politician. An entrepreneur, he was elected leader of the Yukon Party in June 1992 and led it to victory in the fall 1992 election in which he also won a seat in the legislature for the first time.
Ostashek declined to use the title Premier adopted by his predec... | {"Name": "John Ostashek", "Birth date": "May 10,October 2020 1936", "Birth place": "High Prairie, Albertahttps://books.google.com/books?id=mf8LAQAAMAAJ&q=%22OSTASHEK,+John,+MLA;+politician;+b.+High+Prairie+***********%22 The Canadian Who's who 1997 9780802049964", "Death date": "2007 6 10 1936 5 10", "Death place": "Va... |
The Danube-Black Sea Canal () is a navigable canal in Romania, which runs from Cernavodă on the Danube river, via two branches, to Constanța and Năvodari on the Black Sea. Administered from Agigea, it is an important part of the waterway link between the North Sea and the Black Sea via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal. The ... | {"Location": "Constanța County", "Country": "Romania", "Length": "95.6 km mi on(Main branch: 64.4 km mi on)(Northern branch: 31.2 km mi on)", "Boat length": "296 m on (main branch)119.4 m on (northern branch)", "Boat beam": "22.8 m on (main branch)11.4 m on (northern branch)", "Boat draft": "5.5 m on (main branch)4 m o... |
A Matter of Life and Death is a 1946 British fantasy-romance film set in England during World War II.
Written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the film stars David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter and Marius Goring. The film was originally released in the United States u... | {"Directed by": "Michael Powell\n Emeric Pressburger", "Produced by": "Michael Powell\n Emeric Pressburger", "Written by": "Michael Powell\n Emeric Pressburger", "Narrated by": "John Longden", "Starring": "David Niven\n Roger Livesey\n Raymond Massey\n Kim Hunter\n Marius Goring", "Music by": "Allan Gray", "Cinematogra... |
Katrina Elizabeth Leskanich ( ; born April 10, 1960) is an American musician and the former lead singer of the pop rock band Katrina and the Waves. Their song "Walking on Sunshine" was an international hit in 1985. In 1997, the band won the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom with the song "Love Shine a Ligh... | {"Born": "Topeka, Kansas, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Sher Harper", "Genres": "New wave, pop rock", "Labels": "Capitol, UMG, Virgin, Warner Bros., BMG, EMI, Katsweb", "Website": "katrinasweb.com"} |
Galactokinase is an enzyme (phosphotransferase) that facilitates the phosphorylation of α-D-galactose to galactose 1-phosphate at the expense of one molecule of ATP. Galactokinase catalyzes the second step of the Leloir pathway, a metabolic pathway found in most organisms for the catabolism of α-D-galactose to glucose... | {"HGNC": "4118", "IUPHAR": "GALK1", "Alt. symbols": "GALK", "NCBI gene": "2584", "OMIM": "604313", "RefSeq": "NM_000154", "UniProt": "P51570", "EC number": "2.7.1.6", "Locus": "-q25"} |
John Donovan Cannon (April 24, 1922 – May 20, 2005) was an American actor. An alumnus of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, he is best known for his co-starring role of Chief of Detectives Peter B. Clifford in the television series McCloud with Dennis Weaver from 1970 until 1977, and for his part a... | {"Name": "J. D. Cannon", "Birth name": "John Donovan Cannon", "Birth date": "1922 04 24", "Birth place": "Salmon, Idaho, U.S.", "Death date": "2005 05 20 1922 04 24", "Death place": "Hudson, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1960–1991", "Alma mater": "American Academy of Dramatic Arts", "Spouse(s... |
The Government of Ireland () is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland.
The Constitution of Ireland vests executive authority in a government which is headed by the , the head of government. The government is composed of ministers, each of whom must be a member of the , which consists of and . The ... | {"Background colour": "006b54", "Official name": "Government of Ireland", "Native names": "Rialtas na hÉireann", "Image size": "280px", "Established": "29 December 1937; 85 years ago", "Country": "Ireland", "Polity": "Unitary parliamentary republic", "Leader title": "Taoiseach (Leo Varadkar)", "Appointed by": "Presiden... |
Diana Muldaur (born August 19, 1938) is an American film and television actress. Muldaur's television roles include Rosalind Shays on L.A. Law and Dr. Katherine Pulaski in the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She also appeared in two episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series in the late 1960s, playing ... | {"Name": "Diana Muldaur", "Caption": "Muldaur in 1974's Born Free", "Birth date": "1938 08 19https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/137044%7C38186/Diana-Muldaur/#overview", "Birth place": "Brooklyn, New York, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "James Vickery 1969 1979 died\n Robert Dozier 1981 2012 died", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years ac... |
The commissioner of Yukon () is the representative of the Government of Canada in the Canadian federal territory of Yukon. The commissioner is appointed by the federal government and, in contrast to the governor general of Canada or the lieutenant governors of the Canadian provinces, is not a viceroy and therefore not ... | {"Post": "Commissioner of Yukon", "Native name": "Commissaire du Yukon", "Flag caption": "Flag of the Commissioner of Yukon", "Insignia caption": "Badge of the Commissioner of Yukon", "Incumbent": "Adeline Webber", "Incumbent since": "31 May 2023", "Style": "The Honourable", "Date of formation": "August 17, 1897", "Web... |
The Reason Foundation is an American libertarian think tank that was founded in 1978. The foundation publishes the magazine Reason. Based in Los Angeles, California, it is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. According to its web site, the foundation is committed to advancing "the values of individual freedom and choi... | {"Founder(s)": "Robert W. Poole Jr., Manuel S. Klausner, Tibor R. Machan", "Established": "1978", "Mission": "Advancing a free society by developing, applying, and promoting libertarian principles, including individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law", "Focus": "Public policy", "President": "David Nott", "Ch... |
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM provides for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history. It is dedicated to helping leaders and citizens of the world confront... | {"Coordinates": "38 53 12 N 77 01 57 W region:US-DC_type:landmark inline,title", "Established": "April 22, 1993", "Location": "100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, Southwest, Washington, D.C.", "Type": "Holocaust museum", "Visitors": "1.6 million (2016)https://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2016-ThemeMuseum-In... |
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 23 March 2004. The result was a victory for the opposition United Progressive Party (UPP), which defeated the incumbent Antigua Labour Party. Baldwin Spencer, leader of the UPP, replaced Lester Bird as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, with Bird being one of ei... | {"Type": "parliamentary", "Country": "Antigua and Barbuda", "Election date": "23 March 2004", "Previous year": "1999", "Next year": "2009", "Seats for election": "All 17 seats in the House of Representatives", "Majority seats": "9", "Turnout": "91.19% ( 27.58pp)", "Image size": "130x130px", "Leader 1": "Baldwin Spencer... |
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, commonly known by the acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1876 as the Dacca Survey School and gained university status in 1962, it is the oldest institution for the study of engineering, architecture, and urban... | {"Type": "Public, Research", "Accreditation": "IEB IAB ACU Bangladesh Institute of PlannersIEB - The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh http://www.iebbd.org/member/accreditation.jsp live 10 September 2021 www.iebbd.org https://web.archive.org/web/20191215105745/http://www.iebbd.org:80/member/accreditation.jsp 15 Dece... |
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published late in 1893 with 1894 date. It was first published in the UK by G. Newnes Ltd., and was published in the US by Harper & Brothers in February 1894. It was the second collection featuring the consulting ... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "Sherlock Holmes", "Publisher": "George Newnes", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Pages": "viii, 279", "Preceded by": "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "Followed by": "The Hound of the Baskervilles"} |
The commissioner of the Northwest Territories () is the Government of Canada's representative in the Northwest Territories. Similar in certain functions to a lieutenant governor, the commissioner swears in the members of the legislative assembly, swears in members of the executive council, assents to bills, opens sessi... | {"Post": "Commissioner of the Northwest Territories", "Native name": "Commissaire des Territoiresdu Nord-Ouest", "Flag size": "150px", "Flag caption": "Flag of the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories", "Insignia size": "120px", "Insignia caption": "Badge of the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories", "Incumbe... |
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve (out of a total of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Strand Magazine between October 1921 and April 1927.
Title of collection
The first British edition of the collection, published by John Mur... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "Sherlock Holmes", "Publisher": "John Murray", "Media type": "Print (hardback)", "Pages": "320", "Preceded by": "His Last Bow"} |
Major Ralph Lowell (July 23, 1890 – May 15, 1978) was a World War I veteran, banker, and philanthropist from Boston.
Lowell was born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, to John and Mary Emlen Lowell (Lowell 1899, p 302).Lowell, Delmar. (1899) The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899, Rutland VT:... | {"Name": "Ralph Lowell", "Birth date": "1890 7 23", "Birth place": "Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts", "Death date": "1978 5 15 1890 7 23", "Death place": "Boston, Massachusetts", "Known For": "WGBH-TV, WGBH radio"} |
Formica Laminate is a laminated composite material invented at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in the United States in 1912. Originally used to replace mica in electrical applications, it has since been manufactured for multiple applications. It has been produced by Formica Group manufacturing sites across the gl... | {"Title": "Formica Laminate", "Image alternative text": "Formica logo", "Type": "Composite material", "Inventor": "Daniel J. O'Conor\n Herbert A. Faber", "Inception": "1913", "Manufacturer": "Formica Group", "Website": "www.formica.com"} |
The Arch of Constantine () is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great. The arch was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in AD 312. Situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill, the arch spans the Via... | {"Location": "Regio X Palatium", "Founded": "AD 315", "Builder": "Constantine I", "Type": "Triumphal arch", "Coordinates": "41 53 23 N 12 29 27 E type:landmark_region:IT it"} |
Sir Ronald Darling Wilson, (23 August 192215 July 2005) was a distinguished Australian lawyer, judge and social activist serving on the High Court of Australia between 1979 and 1989 and as the President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission between 1990 and 1997.
Wilson is probably best known as the co... | {"Name": "Sir Ronald Wilson", "Term start": "21 May 1979", "Term end": "13 February 1989", "Birth name": "Ronald Darling Wilson", "Birth date": "1922 08 23 y", "Birth place": "Geraldton, Western Australia", "Death date": "2005 07 15 1922 08 23 y", "Death place": "Perth, Western Australia", "Nationality": "Australian", ... |
Forever Young is the debut studio album by German synth-pop band Alphaville. It was released on 27 September 1984 by Warner Music Group. Four singles supported the album, "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody", "Forever Young", and "Jet Set". The album charted well, hitting the Top 20 in six European countries and reac... | {"Released": "27 September 1984", "Recorded": "January-August 1984", "Studio": "Studio 54, Berlin", "Genre": "Synth-pop new wave", "Label": "Warner Atlantic Rhino", "Producer": "Colin Pearson Wolfgang Loos Andreas Budde"} |
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