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Academic fencing () or is the traditional kind of fencing practiced by some student corporations () in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Latvia, Estonia, and, to a minor extent, in Belgium, Lithuania, and Poland. It is a traditional, strictly regulated épée fight between two male members of different fraternities with sh... | {"Focus": "Weaponry", "Country of origin": "Germany", "Creator": "Various", "Parenthood": "German school of fencing", "Olympic sport": "No"} |
thumb|right|Peshtigo Fire Museum
thumb|right|Peshtigo map before fire, September 1871
thumb|Peshtigo Fire Cemetery
Peshtigo ( ) is a city in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,420 at the 2020 census The city is surrounded by the Town of Peshtigo. It is part of the Marinette, WI-MI Micropol... | {"Land": "2.91", "Water": "0.17", "Density": "1148.30", "DST": "-5", "Website": "ci.peshtigo.wi.us"} |
Berthold Bartosch (29 December 1893 - 13 November 1968) was a film-maker, born in Polaun, in the Bohemia region of Austria-Hungary (now part of the Czech Republic).
Work with Lotte Reiniger
He moved to Berlin in 1920 and collaborated with Lotte Reiniger on her paper silhouette animations:
The Ornament of the Loving He... | {"Name": "Berthold Bartosch", "Birth date": "1893 12 29 y", "Birth place": "Polubný, now part of Kořenov, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)", "Notable works": "L'Idée (The Idea)", "Death date": "1968 11 13 1893 12 29 y", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Occupation": "Film-maker"} |
Jesse William Dirkhising (May 24, 1986 - September 26, 1999), also known as Jesse Yates, was an American teenager from Prairie Grove, Arkansas. He was staying with two men (with his parents’ permission) who bound, drugged, tortured, and repeatedly raped him. He died from drugging and positional asphyxia during the orde... | {"Name": "Jesse Dirkhising", "Caption": "Dirkhising", "Birth date": "1986 5 24", "Birth name": "Jesse William Dirkhising", "Birth place": "Oxford, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "1999 9 26 1986 5 24", "Death place": "Rogers, Arkansas, U.S.", "Death cause": "Drugging and positional asphyxia", "Resting place": "Friendship Ce... |
The SVD (СВД; ), GRAU index 6V1, is a semi-automatic designated marksman rifle chambered in the fully-powered 7.62×54mmR cartridge, developed in the Soviet Union. The SVD was designed to serve a squad support role to provide precise long-range engagement capabilities to ordinary troops following the Warsaw Pact adoptio... | {"Place of origin": "Soviet Union", "Type": "Designated marksman rifleSniper rifle", "Sights": "PSO-1 telescopic sight, 1PN51/1PN58 night vision sights and iron sights with an adjustable rear notch sight", "In service": "1963-present", "Used by": "See Users", "Wars": "See Conflicts", "Designer": "Yevgeny Dragunov", "De... |
Tatyana Nikolayevna Savicheva (), commonly referred to as Tanya Savicheva ( - ), was a Russian girl who kept a diary in 1942, whilst enduring the siege of Leningrad during World War II. During the siege, Savicheva recorded the successive deaths of each member of her family in her diary, with her final entry indicating ... | {"Name": "Tanya Savicheva", "Caption": "6-year-old Tanya Savicheva, 1936", "Birth name": "Tatyana Nikolayevna Savicheva", "Birth date": "1930 01 23 yes", "Birth place": "Dvorishche, Gdovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Pskov Oblast, Russian Federation)", "Death date": "1944 07 01 1930 01... |
Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Kolhapur, an epitome of beauty and richness in the Indian state of Maharashtra, stands tall as one of the most significant cities in South Maharashtra. With its rich cultural heritage, this city has bee... | {"Founded by": "Shilahara", "Type": "Municipal Corporation", "Body": "KMC", "Density": "auto", "Metro density": "985,736", "Rank": "India : 80th Maharashtra : 11th", "Website": "https://kolhapur.gov.in"} |
Nicole, Erica, and Jaclyn Dahm, commonly known as Dahm triplets (born in that order on December 12, 1977) are identical triplets from Minnesota. The Dahm triplets have appeared on many TV shows and movies and have been in magazines such as Teen and Playboy. They are best known as being only the second set of triplets... | {"Born": "Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.", "Height": "5 8", "Preceded by": "Tiffany Taylor", "Succeeded by": "Jaime Bergman"} |
Norsk Hydro ASA (often referred to as just Hydro) is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. It is one of the largest aluminium companies worldwide. It has operations in some 50 countries around the world and is active on all continents. The Norwegian state owns 34.3% of the compan... | {"Type": "Allmennaksjeselskap", "Industry": "Metals", "Products": "Aluminium and related products; hydropower and solar power technologies", "Revenue": "NOK 109,220 million (2017)https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/NHYDY/financials OTC Markets - Official site of OTCQX, OTCQB and Pink Markets Otcmarkets.com 24 June 2019", ... |
Bayswater is a London Underground station in the Bayswater area of the City of Westminster. The station is on the Circle and District lines, between Notting Hill Gate and Paddington stations and is in Travelcard Zone 1. It is less than away from the Central line's Queensway station.
Location
The station is located on... | {"External links": "underground", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Location": "Queensway", "Local authority": "City of Westminster", "Number of platforms": "2", "Fare zone": "1", "2005": "1em 8.55", "2006": "6.85", "2007": "6.04", "2008": "5.98", "2009": "6.44 -->"} |
The Evans Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5
4. b4
The Evans Gambit is an aggressive line of the Giuoco Piano. White offers a pawn to divert the black bishop on c5. If Black accepts, White can follow up with c3 and d4, ripping open the , while also opening diagonals t... | {"Moves": "1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4", "ECO": "C51-C52", "Origin": "1827", "Named after": "William Davies Evans", "Parent": "Giuoco Piano"} |
Voyagers! is an American science-fiction television series about time travel that aired on NBC from October 3, 1982, to July 10, 1983, during the 1982-1983 season. The series starred Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce.
Opening narration
Plot
Phineas Bogg (Jon-Erik Hexum) was one of a society of time travelers called Voy... | {"Genre": "Science fiction", "Created by": "James D. Parriott", "Written by": "Jill Donner\n Robert Janes\n James D. Parriott\n Harry Longstreet\n Renee Longstreet", "Directed by": "Peter Crane\n Alan J. Levi\n Bernard McEveety\n Ron Satlof\n Paul Stanley\n Virgil W. Vogel", "Starring": "Jon-Erik Hexum\n Meeno Peluce",... |
Amersham is a London Underground and National Rail station in Amersham in the Chiltern district of Buckinghamshire, England.
Amersham station is a terminus of the London Underground's Metropolitan line. It is 23.7 miles (38.1 km) northwest of Charing Cross, making it the second furthest Underground station from centra... | {"External links": "AMR\n<!--", "Managed by": "London UndergroundNational Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Amersham", "Fare zone": "9", "Location": "Amersham", "Local authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Number of platforms": "3", "2003": "1.61", "2004": "1.856", "2005": "1.90", "2006": "1.963", "2007": "2.34", "2008... |
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, (11 August 1852 - 2 December 1928) was a British aristocrat who served as the second governor-general of Australia, in office from 1903 to 1904. He was previously Governor of South Australia from 1899 to 1902.
Tennyson was born in Twickenham, Middlesex, and educated at Marlborough... | {"Name": "The Lord Tennyson", "Term start": "9 January 1903", "Term end": "21 January 1904Acting: 17 July 1902 - 9 January 1903", "Order 2": "14th", "Office 2": "Governor of South Australia", "Monarch 2": "VictoriaEdward VII", "Premier 2": "Charles KingstonVaiben SolomonFrederick HolderJohn Jenkins", "Predecessor 2": "... |
Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck (; 3 January 1876 - 7 September 1960) was a German communist politician who served as the chairman of the Socialist Unity Party from 1946 to 1950 and as president of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1960.Rolf Badstübner and Wilfried Loth (eds) Wilhelm Pieck - Aufzeichnungen z... | {"Name": "Wilhelm Pieck", "Image caption": "Pieck 1946", "Term start": "22 April 1946", "Term end": "25 July 1950", "Office 2": "Member of the Volkskammer", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency established", "Successor 2": "Willi Stoph", "Birth date": "1876 1 3 y", "Birth name": "Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck", "Birth pla... |
The mayor of London is head of London City Council. The 65th and current mayor of the city is Josh Morgan. London was incorporated as a town in 1848, and became a city in 1855. Originally, mayors were elected on January 1 for one-year terms.
The following is a list of mayors of London:
Chain of office
Since 1957, eac... | {"Post": "Mayor", "Body": "London", "Flag caption": "Flag of London", "Incumbent": "Josh Morgan", "Incumbent since": "November 15, 2022", "Style": "His Worship\n Mayor (informal)", "Member of": "London City Council", "Reports to": "London City Council", "Residence": "London", "Seat": "London City Hall", "Appointer": "D... |
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita (June 28, 1932 - November 24, 2005) was an American actor and comedian. He was best known for his roles as Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days, Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid film series, Captain Sam Pak on the comedy series M*A*S*H, Ah Chew in Sanford and Son, Mike Woo in The Mystery Files of ... | {"Name": "Pat Morita", "Caption": "Morita in 1971", "Birth name": "Noriyuki Morita", "Birth date": "1932 06 28", "Birth place": "Isleton, California, U.S.", "Death date": "2005 11 24 1932 06 28", "Death place": "Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor comedian", "Years active": "1962-2005", "Spouse(s)": "Kathlee... |
Raymond Clarence Ewry (October 14, 1873 - September 29, 1937) was an American track and field athlete who won eight gold medals at the Olympic Games and two gold medals at the Intercalated Games (1906 in Athens). This puts him among the most successful Olympians of all time.
Personal life and early career
Ewry was bor... | {"Name": "Ray Ewry", "Image caption": "Ewry at the 1908 Olympics", "Full name": "Raymond Clarence Ewry", "Birth date": "1873 10 14", "Place of birth": "Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.", "Death date": "1937 09 29 1873 10 14", "Place of death": "Long Island, New York, U.S.", "Height": "1.85 m ftin on flip", "Weight": "79 kg lb ... |
Snuff is a 1976 splatter film directed by Michael Findlay and Horacio Fredriksson. Originally an exploitation film loosely based on the 1969 murders committed by the Manson Family, it is most notorious for being falsely marketed as if it were an actual snuff film."Cashing in on rumors that a 'snuff' film had been smugg... | {"Directed by": "Michael Findlay Horacio Fredriksson Simon Nuchtern (additional footage)", "Produced by": "Jack Bravman Allan Shackleton", "Written by": "Michael Findlay", "Starring": "Margarita Amuchástegui Ana Carro Liliana Fernández Blanco Alfredo Iglesias Enrique Larratelli Mirta Massa Aldo Mayo Clao Villanueva", "... |
thumb|The two Qiaos, as painted by Gai Qi, 1799
The Two Qiaos of Jiangdong () were two sisters of the Qiao family who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. In ahistorical tales, the two Qiaos were sisters of exceptional beauty who were the pivot to the Battle of Chibi, one of the most impactful battles o... | {"Name": "Da Qiao大橋", "Caption": "A Qing dynasty block print of Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao", "Birth date": "Unknown", "Death date": "Unknown", "Father": "Lord Qiao", "Relatives": "Xiao Qiao (sister)", "Spouse(s)": "Sun Ce"} |
Victory Day
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is a holiday that commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (9 May Moscow Time). The S... | {"Type": "national", "Official name": "День Победы etc.", "Observed by": "Russia and some former states of Soviet Union, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Israel, and Mongolia", "Next time": "same day each year"} |
Vålerenga Fotball () is a Norwegian association football club from Oslo and a part of the multi-sport club Vålerengens IF. Founded in 1913, the club is named after the neighbourhood of Vålerenga. Vålerenga's home ground is Intility Arena, located in Valle-Hovin. Vålerenga are five-time league champions and four-time No... | {"Full name": "Vålerenga Fotball", "Nickname(s)": "EngaVål'engaThe BohemiansThe Pride of OsloSt. Hallvard's Men", "Founded": "1913 7 29 yes", "Capacity": "16,555http://www.vif-fotball.no/om-stadion/fakta-om-stadion FAKTA OM INTILITY ARENA VIF-Fotball.no 15 August 2018 no Facts About the Intility Arena", "League": "Elit... |
Ace of Wands is a British fantasy children's television show broadcast on ITV between 1970 and 1972. Created by Trevor Preston and Pamela Lonsdale and produced by Thames Television, the series starred Michael MacKenzie as Tarot. It ran for two seasons of thirteen episodes, and a third season of twenty.
Premise
The tit... | {"Genre": "Children's television\n Contemporary fantasy\n Science fiction", "Created by": "Trevor Preston", "Directed by": "Pamela Lonsdale\n John Russell", "Starring": "Michael MacKenzie", "Opening theme": "\"Tarot\"", "Ending theme": "\"Tarot\"", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "c. 25 mins", "O... |
Sean Carl Roland PertweeEngland & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 (born 4 June 1964) is an English actor, narrator and producer with an extensive career since the 1980s in television and cinema productions.
He is known for the role of Sgt. Wells in the film Dog Soldiers, W.F. "Smitty" Smith in Event ... | {"Name": "Sean Pertwee", "Caption": "Pertwee at the 2017 Heroes and Villains Fan Fest for Gotham", "Birth name": "Sean Carl Roland Pertwee", "Birth date": "1964 6 4 y", "Birth place": "Hammersmith, London, England", "Occupation": "Actor, narrator and producer", "Years active": "1975-present", "Spouse(s)": "Jacqueline H... |
originally released as in Japan, is a 1982 arcade video game developed by Data East, initially for its DECO Cassette System. The player is chef Peter Pepper, who must walk over hamburger ingredients in a maze of platforms and ladders while avoiding anthromorphic hot dogs, fried eggs, and pickles which are in pursuit.
... | {"Title": "BurgerTime", "Caption": "Arcade flyer", "Developer": "Data East", "Publisher": "WW \"cashbox\"/>Video Game Flyers: BurgerTime, Data East (EU) https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=162 The Arcade Flyer Archive 23 April 2021 NA \"cashbox\"/>", "Genre": "Platform", "Modes": "1-2 players... |
Sadie Liza Frost (née Vaughan; born 19 June 1965) is an English actress, producer and fashion designer. Her credits as an actress include Empire State (1987), Diamond Skulls, also known as Dark Obsession (1989), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Krays (1990), Magic Hunter (1994), Shopping (1994), A Pyromaniac's Love St... | {"Name": "Sadie Frost", "Caption": "Frost in the short film Fortune's Smile in 2015", "Birth name": "Sadie Liza Vaughan", "Birth date": "yes 1965 06 19", "Birth place": "London, England", "Spouse(s)": "Gary Kemp 1988 1995 div\n Jude Law 1997 2003 div", "Father": "David Vaughan", "Children": "4", "Occupation": "Actre... |
Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American horror film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. It stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, and Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker.
Dracula was thea... | {"Directed by": "Francis Ford Coppola", "Screenplay by": "James V. Hart", "Based on": "Dracula Bram Stoker", "Produced by": "Francis Ford Coppola\n Fred Fuchs\n Charles Mulvehill", "Starring": "Gary Oldman\n Winona Ryder\n Anthony Hopkins\n Keanu Reeves", "Cinematography": "Michael Ballhaus", "Edited by": "Nicholas C. ... |
Philip Francis Little (1824 – October 21, 1897) was the first Premier of Newfoundland between 1855 and 1858. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Little studied law there with Charles Young and was admitted to the bar in 1844.
He came to Newfoundland in 1846 and articled in law, the first Roman Catholic... | {"Name": "Philip Francis Little", "Birth date": "1824", "Birth place": "Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Colony", "Death date": "1897 10 21 1824", "Death place": "Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland", "Term start": "7 May 1855", "Term end": "15 July 1858", "Lieutenant governor": "Charles Henry DarlingAlexander Bannerm... |
John Kent (1805 – 1 September 1872) arrived in Newfoundland in 1820 and started working for his uncle, Patrick Morris, a successful businessman and entrepreneur.
He was elected to the first House of Assembly in 1832 as a Liberal. Kent was a champion of Catholic rights on an island that was then deeply divided along re... | {"Name": "John Kent", "Birth date": "1805", "Birth place": "County Waterford, Ireland", "Death date": "yes 1872 9 1 1805", "Death place": "St. John's, Colony of Newfoundland", "Term start": "16 July 1858", "Term end": "March 1861", "Lieutenant governor": "Alexander Bannerman"} |
The Floating Admiral is a collaborative detective novel written by fourteen members of the Detection Club in 1931. The twelve chapters of the story were each written by a different author, in the following sequence: Canon Victor Whitechurch, G. D. H. Cole and Margaret Cole, Henry Wade, Agatha Christie, John Rhode, Mil... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Hodder & Stoughton", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "Pages": "351 pp (first edition, hardback)"} |
The Slavey (also Slave and South Slavey) are a First Nations indigenous peoples of the Dene group, indigenous to the Great Slave Lake region, in Canada's Northwest Territories, and extending into northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta.
Name
Cree exonym "slave"
Slavey or just Slave is a translation of t... | {"Name": "South Slavey(Dene Tha' & Dehcho)", "Image caption": "Slavey girls, Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories", "Population": "2,630 (2016 census)", "Languages": "English, North and South Slavey language", "Religions": "Christianity, Animism", "Related ethnic groups": "Sahtu (North Slavey)"} |
Groo the Wanderer is a fantasy/comedy comic book character created by Sergio Aragonés. His stories are written and drawn by Aragonés, dialogued and edited by Mark Evanier, lettered by Stan Sakai and colored by Tom Luth. Over the years, Groo has been published by Pacific Comics, Eclipse Comics (one special issue), Marv... | {"Publisher": "Pacific ComicsEclipse ComicsEpic/Marvel ComicsImage ComicsDark Horse Comics", "Created by": "Sergio Aragonés", "Notable aliases": "Prince of Chichester", "Abilities": "Master swordsman"} |
Athabaskan (also spelled Athabascan, Athapaskan or Athapascan, and also known as Dene) is a large family of indigenous languages of North America, located in western North America in three areal language groups: Northern, Pacific Coast and Southern (or Apachean). Kari and Potter (2010:10) place the total territory of t... | {"Name": "Athabaskan", "Alternative name": "Dene", "Geographic distribution": "Western North America", "Protolanguage name": "Proto-Athabaskan", "Language family color": "Na-Dené", "Language Family": "Dené-Yeniseian?", "Language Family 2": "Na-Dené", "Child 1": "Northern Athabaskan", "Child 2": "Pacific Coast Athabaska... |
The 35th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1993 and recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. The nominations were announced on January 7, 1993. The evening's host was the American stand-up comedian Garry Shandling, who hosted the ceremony for the third time. The CBS network broadcast... | {"Date": "February 24, 1993", "Viewership": "30.0 million viewers", "Most awards": "Eric Clapton (6)", "Most nominations": "Eric Clapton (9)", "Website": "www.grammy.com", "Produced by": "Matt Sager · Tzvi Smallhttp://fs5.directupload.net/images/170423/s8b5xzzs.png 35th Annual Grammy Awards Production Credits Direct Up... |
thumb|Spooner as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, April 1898
William Archibald Spooner (22 July 1844 - 29 August 1930) was a British clergyman and long-serving Oxford don. He was most notable for his absent-mindedness, and for supposedly mixing up the syllables in a spoken phrase, with unintentionally c... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Reverend", "Name": "William Archibald Spooner", "Caption": "Spooner in 1924", "Birth date": "y 1844 07 22", "Birth place": "Grosvenor Place, London", "Death date": "y 1930 08 29 1844 07 22", "Nationality": "English", "Known For": "Spoonerisms", "Spouse(s)": "Frances Wycliffe Goodwin (1878)"} |
Martín Vargas Fuentes (born 24 January 1955) is a Chilean former professional boxer who challenged for a world title four times. As an amateur, he represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.Olympic results
Professional career
On March 23, 1973, Vargas made his professional debut... | {"Real name": "Martín Vargas Fuentes", "Weight(s)": "FlyweightSuper flyweight", "Nationality": "Chilean", "Born": "Osorno, Chile", "Died": "-", "Stance": "Orthodox", "Total fights": "109", "Wins": "91", "Wins by KO": "63", "Losses": "15", "Draws": "3", "No contests": "0"} |
Shirin Ebadi (; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer, a former judge and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. In 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her pioneering efforts for democracy and women's, children's, and refugee rights.
She has lived in exile in London si... | {"Name": "Shirin Ebadi", "Caption": "Ebadi in 2017", "Birth date": "1947 6 21 yDaniel P. O'Neil Fatima's sword: Everyday female resistance in post-revolutionary Iran https://books.google.com/books?id=e6OACOoqokEC&pg=PA55 15 January 2012 2007 978-0-549-40947-2 55-61", "Birth place": "Hamadan, Iran", "Occupation": ... |
The Shield is an American crime drama television series starring Michael Chiklis that premiered on March 12, 2002, on FX in the United States, and concluded on November 25, 2008, after seven seasons. Known for its portrayal of corrupt police officers, it was originally advertised as Rampart in reference to the true-lif... | {"Genre": "\"OralHistory\">Lawrence Derek 'People were repulsed and fascinated': An oral history of The Shield https://ew.com/tv/the-shield-oral-history/ Entertainment Weekly February 22, 2022 August 19, 2022", "Created by": "Shawn Ryan", "Starring": "Michael Chiklis\n Catherine Dent\n Reed Diamond\n Walton Goggi... |
Newport (; ) is a city and county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, northeast of Cardiff. With a population of 145,700 at the 2011 census, Newport is the third-largest authority with city status in Wales, and seventh most populous overall.2011 Census: Usual re... | {"Type": "County borough and city", "Body": "Newport City Council", "Length": "17.98", "Width": "22.70", "Rank": "2011 Census • 2nd (Wales) • 55th (UK)", "Density": "795.21", "Urban density": "3,688.36", "Metro density": "465.47", "Website": "www.newport.gov.uk"} |
The Saskatchewan Party is a centre-right to right-wing political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Since 2007, it has been the province's governing party; both the party and the province are currently led by Premier Scott Moe. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressi... | {"Leader": "Scott Moe", "President": "Derek Tallon (interim)Benson Andrew Sask. Party president steps down after nine years https://globalnews.ca/news/9562226/sask-party-president-steps-down-after-nine-years/ Global News Corus Entertainment 18 March 2023 13 September 2023", "Founded": "1997 8 8", "Registered": "... |
Dukes County was a county of the Province of New York from 1683 to 1691. It was established on November 1, 1683, at the same time as Kings County, Queens County, and Dutchess County. It consisted of the Elizabeth Islands, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Island, all east of Long Island. In 1691, the county was transfer... | {"Conventional long name": "Dukes County", "Year founded": "1683", "Year dissolved": "1691", "Today part of": "United States"} |
Ruth Crawford Seeger (born Ruth Porter Crawford; July 3, 1901 - November 18, 1953) was an American composer and folk music specialist. Her music was a prominent exponent of the emerging modernist aesthetic and she became a central member of a group of American composers known as the "ultramoderns". Though she composed ... | {"Name": "Ruth Crawford Seeger", "Caption": "Crawford Seeger during her years in Chicago, early 1920s", "Birth date": "1901 7 3", "Birth place": "East Liverpool, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "1953 11 18 1901 7 3", "Death place": "Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.", "Alma mater": "American Conservatory of Music", "Occupation": ... |
Eric, stylized as Eric, is the ninth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. It was originally published in 1990BookLore Review - Eric by Terry Pratchett Retrieved 2009-06-9 as a "Discworld story", in a larger format than the other novels and illustrated by Josh Kirby. It was later reissued as a normal paperback without a... | {"Language": "English", "Series": "Discworld 9th novel - 4th Rincewind story", "Publisher": "Victor Gollancz / Corgi", "ISBN": "0-575-05191-4 (non-illustrated)", "Preceded by": "Guards! Guards!", "Followed by": "Moving Pictures"} |
Leonard Nelson (; ; 11 July 1882 - 29 October 1927), sometimes spelt Leonhard, was a German mathematician, critical philosopher, and socialist. He was part of the neo-Friesian school (named after post-Kantian philosopher Jakob Friedrich Fries) of neo-Kantianism and a friend of the mathematician David Hilbert. He devise... | {"Era": "20th-century philosophy", "Region": "Western philosophy", "School": "Neo-Friesian", "Institutions": "University of Göttingen"} |
Stuart Allen Roosa (August 16, 1933 - December 12, 1994) was an American aeronautical engineer, smokejumper, United States Air Force pilot, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. The mission lasted from January 31 to February 9, 1971, and was the third mission to la... | {"Rank": "USAFO6 25 Colonel,United States Air Force 23px", "Selection": "1966 NASA Group 5", "Missions": "Apollo 14", "Retirement": "February 1, 1976"} |
The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) is a professional society of actuaries in North America specializing in property and casualty insurance.
The two levels of CAS membership are Associate (ACAS) and Fellow (FCAS). Requirements for these levels of membership include a comprehensive series of exams. Topics covered in t... | {"Type": "Professional body", "Headquarters": "Arlington, VA", "Location": "United States", "Website": "http://www.casact.org/"} |
The Alexandroni Brigade (3rd Brigade) is an Israel Defense Forces brigade that has fought in multiple Israeli wars.
During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the Alexandroni Brigade was involved in the Tantura massacre of around 40-200 Palestinian villagers.
History
Along with the 7th Armoured Brigade both units had 139 kill... | {"Allegiance": "Israel Defense Forces", "Branch": "Infantry", "Type": "Reserves", "Size": "Brigade"} |
Cardiff University () is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It merged with the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (UWIST) in 1988 as t... | {"Motto": "Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgordhttp://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/our-profile/history History Cardiff University 15 May 2016", "Type": "Public", "Endowment": "£45.6 million (2022)Annual Report and Financial Statements Year ended 31 July 2022 https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2698055/CU_Annua... |
The Sirens of Titan is a comic science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., first published in 1959. His second novel, it involves issues of free will, omniscience, and the overall purpose of human history. Much of the story revolves around a Martian invasion of Earth.
Plot
This novel begins with an omniscient comment... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Delacorte (hardcover), Dell (paperback)", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "319 (first edition)", "ISBN": "(1967, Hodder & Stoughton)"} |
The diaphragm is a barrier method of birth control. It is moderately effective, with a one-year failure rate of around 12% with typical use. It is placed over the cervix with spermicide before sex and left in place for at least six hours after sex. Fitting by a healthcare provider is generally required.
Side effects a... | {"Type": "Barrier", "First use": "1880s", "Perfect use": "Trussell James 2011 Contraceptive efficacy Hatcher Robert A. Trussell James Nelson Anita L. Cates Willard Jr. Kowal Deborah Policar Michael S. Contraceptive technology 20th revised New York Ardent Media 978-1-59708-004-0 0091-9721 781956734 779-863 http://www.c... |
Cockfosters is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly line, for which it is the northern terminus. The station is located on Cockfosters Road (A111) approximately nine miles () from central London and serves Cockfosters. It is on the boundary of the London Borough of Barnet and the London Borough of Enfield. Th... | {"External links": "underground", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Location": "Cockfosters", "Local authority": "London Borough of Enfield/London Borough of Barnet", "Number of platforms": "3", "Fare zone": "5", "Listing grade": "II", "Added to list": "26 May 1987", "Entry number": "1358718 COCKFOSTERS LONDON REGI... |
Sidney Arthur Kilworth Keyes (27 May 1922 - 29 April 1943) was an English poet of World War II.
Life
Early years and education
Keyes was born on 27 May 1922.Kendall 2009, p. 398 His mother died shortly afterwards and he was raised by his paternal grandparents. Keyes started writing poetry when still very young, w... | {"Born": "1922 05 27 yes", "Died": "1943 04 29 1922 05 27 yes", "Occupation": "Poet", "Alma mater": "University of Oxford", "Notable awards": "Hawthornden Prize"} |
James Beaton (or Bethune) (1473-1539) was a Roman Catholic Scottish church leader, the uncle of David Cardinal Beaton and the Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland.
Life
James Beaton was the sixth and youngest son of John Beaton of Balfour, in Fife. He graduated as Master of Arts at St. Andrews University in 1493, was ... | {"Archdiocese": "St Andrews", "Predecessor": "Andrew Forman", "Successor": "David Beaton", "Consecration": "15 April 1509", "Died": "St Andrews, Scotland", "Parents": "John Beaton of Balfour", "Church": "Roman Catholic Church"} |
Thérèse of Lisieux ( ; born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 - 30 September 1897), also known as Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (), was a French Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun who is widely venerated in modern times. She is popularly known in English as the Little Flower of Jesus, o... | {"Born": "Alençon,http://www.louiszeliemartin-alencon.com/eng/ St. Therese's birthplace Sanctuaire d'Alençon (Shirne of Alençon) Simar Jean-Marie Boubli Nathalie 2013-12-07 2018-04-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131207082644/http://www.louiszeliemartin-alencon.com/eng/ 2013-12-07 Orne, France", "Died"... |
Sea-Doo is a Canadian brand of personal watercraft (PWC) and boats manufactured by Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP). All Sea-Doo models are driven by an impeller-driven waterjet. All Sea-Doo PWC models are produced at BRP's plants in Querétaro and Juárez, Mexico. Its Rotax engines are produced at BRP's plant in G... | {"Product type": "Personal watercraft", "Produced by": "Bombardier Recreational Products", "Country": "Canada", "Introduced": "1968", "Related brands": "Sea-Doo XP, Ski-Doo", "Markets": "Worldwide", "Website": "www.sea-doo.com"} |
"Player's Ball" is the debut single from hip hop duo Outkast. Originally released two weeks prior on the compilation A LaFace Family Christmas, the single was released on November 19, 1993, to promote the forthcoming debut album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. The song itself discusses the nature of living in the Sou... | {"Released": "November 19, 1993", "Recorded": "1993", "Genre": "Hip hop\n G-funk", "Label": "LaFace Arista RCA", "Songwriter(s)": "André Benjamin Patrick Brown Ray Murray Antwan Patton Rico Wade", "Producer(s)": "Organized Noize"} |
Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail. Named after the nearby Victoria Street (itself named after Queen Victoria), the main line station is a terminus of the Brighton... | {"External links": "VIC", "Managed by": "Network Rail", "Owner": "Network Rail", "Location": "Belgravia", "Local authority": "City of Westminster", "Number of platforms": "19", "Fare zone": "1", "DfT category": "A", "Cycle parking": "Yes - platforms 7-8 & 17-18", "Toilet facilities": "Yes\n<!--", "2004-05": "48.047", "... |
The Tramp (Charlot in several languages), also known as the Little Tramp, was English actor Charlie Chaplin's most memorable on-screen character and an icon in world cinema during the era of silent film. The Tramp is also the title of a silent film starring Chaplin, which Chaplin wrote and directed in 1915.
The Tramp... | {"Created by": "Charlie Chaplin", "Portrayed by": "Charlie Chaplin", "First appearance": "Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)", "Last appearance": "Modern Times (1936)http://www.charliechaplin.com/en/biography/articles/6-Modern-Times Charlie Chaplin: Filming Modern Times", "Nationality": "British", "Religion": "Christianit... |
Frederick Andrew Seaton (December 11, 1909 – January 16, 1974) was an American newspaperman and politician. He represented the U.S. state of Nebraska in the U.S. Senate and served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior during Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration.
Early life
Seaton was born in Washington, D.C., on Decem... | {"Name": "Fred Seaton", "Image caption": "Seaton as Interior Secretary 1960", "Term start": "June 8, 1956", "Term end": "January 20, 1961", "Appointer 2": "Val Peterson", "Predecessor 2": "Kenneth S. Wherry", "Successor 2": "Dwight Griswold", "Birth place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Birth date": "1909 12 11", "Death d... |
Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews: A History (2001) is a book by James Carroll, a former priest, which documents the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the long European history of religious antisemitism as a precursor to racial antisemitism. The primary source of anti-Jewish violence is the perennial obse... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Published": "2001", "Publisher": "Mariner Books (Houghton Mifflin)", "Pages": "xii + 756", "ISBN": "0395779278"} |
Hart Stores Inc. is a mid-sized value-driven department store in Eastern Canada. It was founded in 1960 by Harry Hart, in Rosemère, Quebec. Hart stores is based in the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, and Ontario. The head office used to be in the Montreal borough of Anjou but moved to Laval, Quebec, a northern subu... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1960", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Website": "hartstores.com"} |
Polaris Inc. is an American automotive manufacturer headquartered in Medina, Minnesota, United States. Polaris was founded in Roseau, Minnesota, where it still has engineering and manufacturing facilities. The company manufactured motorcycles through its Victory Motorcycles subsidiary until January 2017, and currently ... | {"Formerly": "Polaris Industries Inc.", "Type": "Public", "Founded": "1954", "Headquarters": "Medina, Minnesota, U.S.", "Industry": "MotorsportsAutomotiveDefense", "Products": "SnowmobilesAll-terrain vehiclesMotorcyclesMoto-RoadstersBoatsCommercial vehicles Ultra-Light Tactical VehiclesParts, Garments and Accessories",... |
Samguk yusa (; ) or Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms is a collection of legends, folktales and historical accounts relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea (Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla), as well as to other periods and states before, during and after the Three Kingdoms period. "Samguk yusa is a historical record compil... | {"Hangul name": "삼국유사", "Hanja": "三 國 遺 事", "Revised Romanization": "Samguk yusa", "McCune-Reischauer": "Samguk yusa"} |
Robert Berkey Crosby (March 26, 1911 – January 7, 2000) was an American Republican politician who served as the 27th governor of Nebraska from 1953 to 1955.
Crosby was born in North Platte, Nebraska. After attending Hastings College, Crosby transferred to the University of Minnesota. He received a B.A. degree from th... | {"Name": "Robert B. Crosby", "Image caption": "Robert Crosby, c. 1953", "Term start": "January 8, 1953", "Term end": "January 6, 1955", "Birth date": "1911 3 26", "Birth place": "North Platte, Nebraska", "Death date": "2000 1 7 1911 3 26", "Death place": "Lincoln, Nebraska", "Alma mater": "Hastings College, University ... |
Aflac Inc. (American Family Life Assurance Company) is an American insurance company and is the largest provider of supplemental insurance in the United States. The company was founded in 1955 and is based in Columbus, Georgia. In the U.S., Aflac underwrites a wide range of insurance policies, but is perhaps more know... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "InsuranceHuman resources services", "Products": "Supplemental health &life insurance", "Revenue": "19.5 billion yes (2022)", "Website": "aflac.com", "Founded": "1955 11 17https://www.aflac.com/about-aflac/our-company/our-history.aspx Our History Aflac (as American Family Life Insurance C... |
Synovus Financial Corp., formerly the Columbus Bank and Trust Company, is a financial services company with approximately $45 billion in assets based in Columbus, Georgia. Synovus provides commercial and retail banking, investment, and mortgage services through 249 branches and 335 ATMs in Georgia, Alabama, South Carol... | {"Formerly": "Columbus Bank and Trust Company", "Type": "Public company", "Founded": "1888", "Headquarters": "Columbus, Georgia, U.S.", "Industry": "Banks", "Products": "Financial Services", "Revenue": "1.512 billion yes (2020)", "Website": "www.synovus.com"} |
Belinda Joanna Carlisle ( ; born August 17, 1958) is an American singer. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, the most successful all-female rock band of all time, and went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist.
Raised in Southern California, Carlisle became the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's aft... | {"Name": "Belinda Carlisle", "Caption": "Carlisle performing in 2014", "Birth name": "Belinda Joanna Carlisle", "Birth date": "1958 8 17", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Education": "Newbury Park High School", "Known For": "Our Lips Are SealedWe Got the BeatHeaven Is a Place on EarthMad About You", "O... |
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year, making the ROM the most-visited museum in Canada. The museum is north of Q... | {"Established": "1912 04 16 yes", "Location": "100 Queen's ParkToronto, OntarioM5S 2C6", "Coordinates": "43.667679 -79.394809 type:landmark_region:ON-CA inline,title", "Visitors": "1,440,000https://www.rom.on.ca/en/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/the-royal-ontario-museum-draws-highest-attendance-numbers-in-its The Roy... |
Edward Charles Morice Fox (born 13 April 1937) is an English actor.
Fox starred in the film The Day of the Jackal (1973), playing the part of a professional assassin, known only as the "Jackal", who is hired to assassinate the French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963. Fox is also known for his roles i... | {"Name": "Edward Fox", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% OBE", "Caption": "Fox in 2011", "Birth date": "yes 1937 4 13", "Birth place": "Chelsea, London, England", "Education": "Harrow School", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1958-present", "Spouse(s)": "Tracy Reed 1958 1961 divorced\n Joanna David 2004", "Children": "... |
James William Fox (born William Fox; 19 May 1939) is an English actor. He won a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for The Servant (1963). Other credits include The Miniver Story (1950), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965),... | {"Name": "James Fox", "Caption": "Fox in 2014", "Birth name": "William Fox", "Birth date": "yes 1939 5 19", "Birth place": "London, England", "Years active": "1950-1970, 1981-present", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Elizabeth Piper 1973 2020 her death", "Children": "5, including Jack and Laurence", "Parent(s)": "Robin Fox (father)... |
Emperor Gaozu of Han (Liu Bang; 256 - 1 June 195 BCAccording to Liu Bang's biography in Book of Han, he died on the jiachen day of the 4th month of the 12th year of his reign (including his tenure as King of Han). This corresponds to 1 Jun 195 BC in the proleptic Julian calendar.), courtesy name Ji (季), was the founder... | {"Born": "Feng, Pei, State of Chu 李祖德 2012 刘邦祭祖考——兼论春秋战国以来的社会变革 中国史研究 [Journal of Chinese Historical Studies] CNKI 34 3 11-58", "Died": "Chang'an, Han dynasty", "Father": "Liu Tuan", "Mother": "Wang Hanshi"} |
Dominion was a national chain of supermarkets in Canada, which was known as the Dominion of Canada when the chain was founded. The chain was founded in 1919 in Ontario and was later acquired by the Argus Corporation. It was later sold to The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P), which restricted the chain to the ... | {"Type": "Division", "Industry": "Supermarket", "Founded": "1919 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Defunct": "2008 12", "Fate": "Rebranded as Metro", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Brands": "Private labels:Master ChoiceEquality", "Parent": "Metro Inc.", "Website": "www.metro.ca"} |
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Atlantic Superstore is a Canadian supermarket chain. The chain operates 54 stores in the Maritimes of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. It is owned by George Weston Limited through Loblaw Companies Limited, and oper... | {"Type": "Supermarket", "Founded": "1986", "Headquarters": "3711 Joseph Howe DriveHalifax, Nova ScotiaB3L 4H8", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Bakery, beer, charcuterie, clothing, dairy, deli, electronics (select locations), frozen foods, gardening centre, gasoline (select locations), general grocery, general merch... |
thumb|2017 demonstration against the ties of President Park Geun-hye (center) to chaebols, including Samsung (left) and Hyundai (right)
A chaebol (; ; ) is the name for a large industrial South Korean conglomerate run and controlled by an individual or family. A chaebol often consists of multiple diversified affiliat... | {"Hangul name": "재벌", "Hanja": "財閥", "Revised Romanization": "Jaebeol", "McCune-Reischauer": "Chaebŏl"} |
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Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (20 August 151721 September 1586), Comte de La Baume Saint Amour, was a Burgundian statesman, made a cardinal, who followed his father as a leading minister... | {"Archdiocese": "Besançon", "Ordination": "1540", "Consecration": "Juan Pardo de Tavera", "Created cardinal": "Pius IV", "Rank": "Cardinal-Bishop", "Other post(s)": "Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1578-1586)", "Born": "Ornans, Besançon, Holy Roman Empire", "Died": "Madrid, Kingdom of Spain", "Motto": "Durate"} |
Arthur Kenneth Chesterton (1 May 1899 - 16 August 1973) was a British far-right journalist and political activist. From 1933 to 1938, he was a member of the British Union of Fascists (BUF). Disillusioned with Oswald Mosley, he left the BUF in 1938. Chesterton established the League of Empire Loyalists in 1954, which m... | {"Birth name": "Arthur Kenneth Chesterton", "Birth date": "1899 05 01 yes", "Birth place": "Krugersdorp, South African Republic", "Death date": "1973 08 16 1899 05 01 yes", "Death place": "London, United Kingdom"} |
Natasja Crone Back (born 12 June 1970) is a Danish journalist and TV show presenter. She is well known from several big shows on Danish television.
Early life and career
Crone was raised in Holte north of Copenhagen and is of Danish and Belarusian Jewish parentage. 8 In 1996 she finished journalist school. During her ... | {"Name": "Natasja Crone Back", "Caption": "Natasja Crone in 2022.", "Birth name": "Natasja Crone", "Birth date": "1970 6 12 y", "Birth place": "Copenhagen, Denmark]", "Education": "Danish School of Media and Journalism", "Occupation": "Journalist and television presenter", "Spouse(s)": "Nikolaj Back 1998 2004 div", "Ch... |
South Kensington is a London Underground station in the district of South Kensington, south west London. It is served by the District, Circle and Piccadilly lines. On the District and Circle lines it is between Gloucester Road and Sloane Square, and on the Piccadilly line between Gloucester Road and Knightsbridge. It i... | {"External links": "underground", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Location": "South Kensington", "Local authority": "Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea", "Number of platforms": "4", "Fare zone": "1", "2003": "24.122", "2004": "24.12", "2005": "23.97", "2006": "26.919", "2007": "28.251", "2008": "28.480", "200... |
thumb|Anling (安陵), the tomb of Han Huidi, in Xianyang, Shaanxi
Emperor Hui of Han (Chinese: 漢惠帝 Hàn Huìdì; Liu Ying 劉盈; 210 BCEmperor Hui's biography in Book of Han indicated that he was 5 (by East Asian reckoning) when his father Liu Bang became King of Han. - 26 September 188 BCwuyin day of the 8th month of the 7th ... | {"Father": "Emperor Gaozu", "Mother": "Empress Gao", "Born": "Pei County, Qin Empire", "Died": "Chang'an, Han Empire"} |
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 - April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1890s, he was one of the "Big Four" key Republicans who largely controlled the major ... | {"Birth name": "Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich", "District 2": "1st", "Predecessor 2": "Benjamin T. Eames", "Successor 2": "Henry J. Spooner", "Birth date": "1841 11 6 y", "Birth place": "Foster, Rhode Island, U.S.", "Death date": "1915 4 16 1841 11 6", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Abigail Pearce Truman... |
William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 - August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in the United States Senate. By the 1890s, Allison had become one of the "big four"... | {"Image caption": "Allison in 1870", "Predecessor 2": "James Harlan", "Successor 2": "Albert B. Cummins", "Birth name": "William Boyd Allison", "Birth date": "1829 3 2", "Birth place": "Perry, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "1908 8 4 1829 3 2", "Death place": "Dubuque, Iowa, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Anna Carter AllisonMary Nea... |
The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM or CENTCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the U.S. Department of Defense. It was established in 1983, taking over the previous responsibilities of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF).
Its Area of Responsibility (AOR) includes the Middle East (... | {"Type": "Unified combatant command", "Role": "Geographic combatant command", "Part of": "United States Department of Defense", "Motto(s)": "Persistent Excellencehttps://www.centcom.mil/ABOUT-US/COMMAND-NARRATIVE/ COMMAND NARRATIVE www.centcom.mil", "Website": "https://www.centcom.mil/ www.centcom.mil"} |
Sonic the Hedgehog is an animated television series based on the video game series of the same name. It was story edited by Len Janson and produced by DIC Productions, Sega of America, and the Italian studio Reteitalia in association with Telecinco. It is the second of DiC's Sonic cartoons, following Adventures of Soni... | {"Also known as": "Sonic SatAMhttp://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/10/feature_a_supersonic_history_of_sonic_cartoons Feature: A Supersonic History of Sonic Cartoons Plant Gaz October 18, 2013 Nintendo Life July 6, 2017 August 18, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140818065606/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/... |
Simpson College is a private Methodist liberal arts college in Indianola, Iowa. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and has about 1,250 full-time and 300 part-time students. In addition to the Indianola residential campus, Simpson has a facility in West Des Moines.
Simpson is known for its commitment to... | {"Type": "Private liberal arts college", "Endowment": "$78.6 millionAs of May 31, 2013. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments National Association of College ... |
Bank of America Plaza is a supertall skyscraper between Midtown Atlanta and Downtown Atlanta. At , the tower is the 125th-tallest building in the world . It is the 23rd tallest building in the U.S., the tallest building in the Southeastern region of the United States, and the tallest building in any U.S. state capital,... | {"Former names": "NationsBank BuildingC & S Plaza", "Location": "600 Peachtree Street NEAtlanta, Georgia, United States", "Coordinates": "33.7708 -84.3861 region:US-GA inline,title", "Construction started": "1991", "Type": "Commercial offices"} |
Christopher William Burford III (born January 31, 1938) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football for the Stanford Indians where he served as the team captain, leading the NCAA in receptions with 61 in 1959. The following year, he was a first round draft pick of the Dallas Texans in the Am... | {"Born:": "Oakland, California, U.S.", "Height:": "3", "Weight:": "220", "High school:": "Oakland (CA)", "College:": "Stanford (1957-1959)", "NFL Draft:": "105", "AFL Draft:": "First selections"} |
Truist Plaza is a 60 story skyscraper in downtown Atlanta. It was designed by John C. Portman, Jr. of John Portman & Associates and built from 1989 to 1992. In the mid-1990s, Portman sold half of his interest in the building to SunTrust Banks, which then moved its headquarters to the building and prompted a name chang... | {"Alternative names": "One Peachtree Center, SunTrust Plaza, 303 Peachtree", "Location": "303 Peachtree Street NEAtlanta, Georgia", "Construction started": "1989", "Coordinates": "33.763 -84.387 region:US-GA inline,title", "Type": "Commercial offices", "Architectural style": "Postmodernism"} |
One Atlantic Center, also known as IBM Tower, is a skyscraper located in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. It is the third tallest building in Atlanta.
History
It is the third-tallest in Atlanta, reaching a height of with 50 stories of office space with a total building area of 1,187,676 sq.ft. It was completed in 1987 and ... | {"Alternative names": "IBM Tower", "Location": "1201 West Peachtree StreetAtlanta", "Coordinates": "33.786944 -84.387222 region:US-GA inline,title", "Construction started": "1986", "Type": "Commercial offices"} |
One Ninety One Peachtree Tower is a 50-story skyscraper in Atlanta, Georgia. Designed by Johnson/Burgee Architects and Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc, the building was completed in 1990 and is the fourth tallest in the city, winning the BOMA Building of the Year Awards the next year, repeating in 1998 and 2003.
Tenant... | {"Location": "191 Peachtree Street NortheastAtlanta, Georgia", "Coordinates": "33.7589 -84.3867 region:US-GA inline,title", "Construction started": "1990", "Type": "Commercial offices"} |
Dame Jennifer Mary Shipley (née Robson; born 4 February 1952) is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 36th prime minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999. She was the first female prime minister of New Zealand, and the first woman to have led the National Party.Skard, Torild (2014) "Jenny Shipley and Hel... | {"Name": "Jenny Shipley", "Image caption": "Shipley in 2018", "Term start": "8 December 1997", "Term end": "10 December 1999", "Birth name": "Jennifer Mary Robson", "Birth date": "1952 2 4 y", "Birth place": "Gore, New Zealand", "Spouse(s)": "Burton Shipley 1972"} |
Emperor Wen of Han (, Liu Heng 劉恆; 203/202 - 6 July 157 BCE) was the fifth emperor of the Western Han dynasty in China from 180 to his death in 157 BCE. The son of Emperor Gao and Consort Bo, his reign provided a much needed stability within the ruling Liu clan after the unstable and violent regency of Empress Lü, who ... | {"Born": "Chang'an, Han Empire", "Died": "Chang'an, Han Empire", "Burial": "漢霸陵 zh Baling mausoleum", "Father": "Emperor Gaozu", "Mother": "Empress Gao"} |
Georgia-Pacific Center is a , 1,567,011 sq.ft skyscraper in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It contains 52 stories of office space and was finished in 1982. Before the six-year era of tall skyscrapers to be built in Atlanta, it was Atlanta's second-tallest building (only surpassed by the Westin Peachtree Plaz... | {"Status": "Complete", "Location": "133 Peachtree Street NEAtlanta, Georgia, United States", "Coordinates": "33.7577 -84.3875 region:US-GA inline,title", "Construction started": "1979", "Type": "Office"} |
The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), also referred to as the Freedom Democratic Party, was an American political party created in 1964 as a branch of the populist Freedom Democratic organization in the state of Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement. It was organized by African Americans and whites fr... | {"Founded": "1964", "Merged into": "Mississippi Democratic Party", "Headquarters": "Jackson, Mississippi", "Ideology": "DesegregationLiberalismSocial liberalismProgressivism", "Political position": "Center-left", "National affiliation": "Democratic Party"} |
Four Seasons Hotels Limited, trading as Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, is an international luxury hotel and resort company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Four Seasons currently operates more than 100 hotels and resorts worldwide.David Segal, Pillow Fights at the Four Seasons, The New York Times, June 28, ... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Hospitality", "Revenue": "US$4.3 billion (2015)http://fortune.com/best-companies/2016/four-seasons-hotels-resorts-70/ Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts Financials and News | 100 Best Companies to Work For 6 January 2019 7 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190107074009/http://fortun... |
Liverpool Castle was a castle in Liverpool, England, that stood from the early 13th century to the early 18th century (1237-1726).
Construction
The castle was probably erected in the 1230s, between 1232 and 1235, under the orders of William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby. No records of the castle construction survive, ... | {"Caption": "Painting of Liverpool Castle in 1689, published in 1878", "Name": "Liverpool Castle", "Location_town or location_city": "Liverpool, Merseyside", "Location_country": "England", "Map_type": "Merseyside", "Coordinates": "53.404934 -2.988891 type:landmark_region:GB inline,title", "Client": "William de Ferrers,... |
Chadron State College (CSC) is a public college in Chadron, Nebraska. It is one of three public colleges in the Nebraska State College System. It practices open admissions.
The school opened in June 1911, although a previous institution dated from the late 19th century. The college has an enrollment of about 3,000 stu... | {"Motto": "Follow Your Frontier", "Type": "Public college", "Endowment": "Chadron State Foundation", "President": "Ron K. Patterson", "Students": "3,000", "Campus": "281 acre ha", "Accreditation": "HLC", "Website": "www.csc.edu"} |
Neo-Confucianism (, often shortened to lǐxué 理學, literally "School of Principle") is a moral, ethical, and metaphysical Chinese philosophy influenced by Confucianism, which originated with Han Yu (768-824) and Li Ao (772-841) in the Tang dynasty, and became prominent during the Song and Ming dynasties under the formula... | {"Name in traditional characters": "宋明理學", "Name in simplified characters": "宋明理学", "Literal meaning": "\"Song-Ming [dynasty] rational idealism\"", "Pinyin transcription": "Sòng-Míng lǐxué", "Wade-Giles": "Sung4-Ming2 li3-hsüeh2", "Mandarin IPA": "s ong 4 - m ing 2 - l i 3 x üe 2", "Gwoyeu Romatzyh": "Sonq-Ming liishyu... |
Yvonne Caples (born 14 June 1972) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1999 and 2014. She held the IFBA light flyweight title in 2003 and challenged for multiple world championships during her career; the WIBF light flyweight title in 2002; the WIBA minimumweight title twice in 2004 and 2005; a... | {"Real name": "Yvonne Tara Caples", "Weight(s)": "Mini flyweight\nLight flyweight", "Height": "5 ft 4 in", "Reach": "64 in", "Born": "Pune, Maharashtra, India", "Stance": "Southpaw", "Total fights": "22", "Wins": "7", "Wins by KO": "1", "Losses": "12", "Draws": "2", "No contests": "1", "Website": "http://yvonnecaples.o... |
thumb|Sir Henry Parnell was the last Treasurer of the Navy
The Treasurer of the Navy, originally called Treasurer of Marine Causes or Paymaster of the Navy, was a civilian officer of the Royal Navy, one of the principal commissioners of the Navy Board responsible for naval finance from 1524 to 1832. The treasurer was... | {"Post": "Office of the Treasurer of the Navy", "Insignia size": "150px", "Insignia caption": "Navy Board flag", "Department": "Department of the Admiralty", "Member of": "Navy Board (1546-1832)", "Reports to": "First Lord of the Admiralty", "Nominator": "First Lord of the Admiralty", "Appointer": "Prime Minister", "Ap... |
Robert Foster "Bob" Bennett (September 18, 1933 - May 4, 2016) was an American politician and businessman. He was a United States Senator from Utah as a member of the Republican Party from 1993 to 2011. Bennett held chairmanships and senior positions on a number of key Senate committees, including the Banking, Housing ... | {"Name": "Bob Bennett", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2005", "Term start": "January 3, 1993", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Birth name": "Robert Foster Bennett", "Birth date": "1933 9 18", "Birth place": "Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.", "Death date": "2016 5 4 1933 9 18", "Death place": "Arlington, Virginia, U.S.... |
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