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Jason Sean Donovan (born 1 June 1968) is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap Neighbours, playing Scott Robinson, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records. His debut album Ten Good Reasons was the highest-selling album in the U... | {"Name": "Jason Donovan", "Caption": "Donovan performing at the Here and Now Tour in 2011", "Birth date": "1968 06 01 yes", "Birth place": "Malvern, Victoria, Australia", "Occupation": "Actor, singer", "Television": "Neighbours\nMDA", "Years active": "1980-present", "Spouse(s)": "Angela Malloch 2008", "Children": "3, i... |
Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five national free-to-air networks, 10's owned-and-operated stations can be foun... | {"Launched": "1964 08 01 y", "Type": "Free-to-air television network", "Owner": "Paramount Networks UK & Australia (ultimately owned by Paramount Global)", "Parent": "Ten Network Holdings", "Picture format": "1080i HDTVAvailable on 10 HD and 10 Bold. (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)", "Country": "Australi... |
Workers' Fight has been the name of several Trotskyist groups and publications in Britain.
Organisations
Workers' Fight is also the name of a group in England linked to the French Lutte Ouvrière that focuses on activity in large factory workplaces, rather than trade union or community-based work. They publish the jou... | {"Leader": "none", "European affiliation": "none", "European Parliament group": "none", "Headquarters": "London"} |
The Independent Working Class Association (IWCA) is a minor working-class political party in the United Kingdom that aims to promote the political and economic interests of the working class, regardless of the consequences to existing political and economic structures.Independent Working Class Association - national we... | {"Slogan": "Working-class rule for working-class areas", "Leader": "None", "Founded": "1995", "Ideology": "Workerism"} |
The University of Geneva (French: Université de Genève) is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th century, when it became a center for enlightenment scholarship. Today, it is the third l... | {"Motto": "Post tenebras lux (Latin)", "Type": "Public university", "Rector": "Yves Flückiger", "Students": "17,271", "Campus": "Urban", "Language": "FrenchEnglish", "Website": "www.unige.ch"} |
Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich, (22 February 1890 - 1 January 1954), known as Duff Cooper, was a British Conservative Party politician and diplomat who was also a military and political historian.
First elected to Parliament in 1924, he lost his seat in 1929 but returned to Parliament in the 1931 Westminste... | {"Name": "The Viscount Norwich", "Office 2": "Secretary of State for War", "Monarch 2": "George VEdward VIIIGeorge VI", "Prime minister 2": "Stanley Baldwin", "Predecessor 2": "The Viscount Halifax", "Successor 2": "Leslie Hore-Belisha", "Birth name": "Alfred Duff Cooper", "Birth date": "1890 02 22 yes", "Birth place":... |
The Cali Cartel () was a drug cartel based in southern Colombia, around the city of Cali and the Valle del Cauca. Its founders were the brothers Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela and José Santacruz Londoño. They broke away from Pablo Escobar and his Medellín associates in 1988, when Hélmer "Pacho" ... | {"Founded": "Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia", "Years active": "1977-1996https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2006/September/06_crm_646.html Cali Cartel Leaders Plead Guilty to Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges 26 September 2006 United States Department of JusticeThirty Years of America's Drug War: A Ch... |
Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; March 22, 1912 - July 1, 2009) was an American stage, movie and television actor who first achieved acclaim in the original Broadway productions of Arthur Miller's All My Sons and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire in 1946-7. Recreating the role of Mitch in the 195... | {"Name": "Karl Malden", "Caption": "Publicity photo, 1950s", "Birth name": "Mladen George Sekulovich", "Birth date": "1912 03 22", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "2009 07 01 1912 03 22", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Resting place": "Westwood Villag... |
Jerome Siegel ( ; October 17, 1914 - January 28, 1996)Roger Stern. Superman: Sunday Classics: 1939-1943 DC Comics/Kitchen Sink Press, Inc./Sterling Publishing; 2006 was an American comic book writer. He is the co-creator of Superman, in collaboration with his friend Joe Shuster, published by DC Comics. They also create... | {"Born": "Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.", "Died": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Children": "2", "Awards": "Inkpot Award, 1975Inkpot AwardWill Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame, 1992Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, 1993The Bill Finger Award For Excellence in Comic Book Writing, 2005"} |
Franz König (3 August 1905 - 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope John XXIII, he was the second-oldest and longest-serving cardinal worldwide at the t... | {"Archdiocese": "Vienna", "See": "Vienna", "Predecessor": "Theodor Cardinal Innitzer", "Successor": "Hans Hermann Groër", "Ordination": "Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani", "Consecration": "Michael Memelauer", "Created cardinal": "Pope John XXIII", "Rank": "Cardinal-Priest", "Other post(s)": "Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Euse... |
Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd (; October 796 - 5 January 842), better known by his regnal name al-Muʿtaṣim biʾllāh (, ), was the eighth Abbasid caliph, ruling from 833 until his death in 842. A younger son of Caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786-809), he rose to prominence through his formation of a private army com... | {"Father": "Harun al-Rashid", "Mother": "Marida bint Shabib", "Born": "Khuld Palace, Baghdad", "Died": "Jawsaq Palace, Samarra", "Burial": "Jawsaq Palace, Samarra", "Religion": "IslamSunni Islam with Muʿtazila creed"} |
Donald Jeffry Herbert (July 10, 1917 - June 12, 2007), better known as Mr. Wizard, was the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard (1951-65, 1971-72) and Mr. Wizard's World (1983-90), which were educational television programs for children devoted to science and technology. He also produced many short video programs about... | {"Name": "Don Herbert", "Image": "Don Herbert 1971.JPG", "Caption": "Herbert in 1971", "Spouse(s)": "Maraleita Dutton (1939-1972); Norma Kasell (1972-2007; his death)http://www.nndb.com/people/726/000031633/ Don Herbert", "Birth name": "Donald Herbert Kemske", "Birth date": "1917 7 10", "Birth place": "Waconia, Minnes... |
Watch Mr. Wizard was an American television program for children that demonstrates the science behind ordinary things. The show's creator and on-air host was Don Herbert. Author Marcel LaFollette says of the program, "It enjoyed consistent praise, awards, and high ratings throughout its history. At its peak, Watch Mr. ... | {"Genre": "Science education", "Starring": "Don Herbert", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "30 minutes", "Original network": "NBC", "Original release": "1965 6 27"} |
Shin Saimdang (Hangul: 신사임당, Hanja: 申師任堂; 29 October 1504 - 17 May 1551In Lunar Calendar) was a Korean artist, writer, calligraphist, and poet, who lived during the Joseon period. She was born in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. Her birth home, Ojukheon, which is also her maternal family's home, is well-preserved to this d... | {"Name": "Shin Saimdang", "Birth date": "1504 10 29", "Birth place": "Ojukheon, Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Kingdom of Joseon", "Death date": "1551 5 17 1504 12 5", "Death place": "Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Kingdom of Joseon", "Nationality": "Korean", "Children": "5 sons including Yi I, and 3 daughters", "Family": "Pye... |
Yi I (; 1536 - 1584) was a Korean philosopher, writer, and Confucian scholar of the Joseon Dynasty.Daehwan, Noh. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Korea Journal. Winter 2003. Yi is often referred to by his pen name Yulgok ("Chestnut valley"). He was also ... | {"Hangul name": "이 이", "Hanja": "李 珥", "Revised Romanization": "I I", "McCune-Reischauer": "Yi I", "Hangul ja": "숙 헌", "Hanja ja": "叔 獻", "RR ja": "Sukheon", "MR ja": "Sukhŏn", "Hangul ho": "율 곡", "Hanja ho": "栗 谷", "RR ho": "Yulgok", "MR ho": "Yulgok"} |
Yi Hwang (1501 - 1570) was the most important Korean philosopher, writer, and Confucian scholar of the Joseon Dynasty.Daehwan, Noh. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Korea Journal. Winter 2003. He was a figure of the Neo-Confucian literati, established the... | {"Hangul name": "이황", "Hanja": "李滉", "Revised Romanization": "I Hwang", "McCune-Reischauer": "Yi Hwang", "Hangul ho": "퇴계", "Hanja ho": "退溪", "RR ho": "Toegye", "MR ho": "T'oegye", "Hangul ja": "경호", "Hanja ja": "景浩", "RR ja": "Gyeongho", "MR ja": "Kyŏngho", "Hangul ph": "문순", "Hanja ph": "文純", "RR ph": "Munsun", "MR p... |
The Namibia dollar (symbol: N$; code: NAD) has been the currency of Namibia since 1993. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively N$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is divided into 100 cents.
History
The dollar replaced the South African rand, which had been ... | {"ISO 4217 code": "NAD", "Pegged with": "South African rand at par", "Subunit": "1 100", "Symbol": "$, N$"} |
The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (; : CPLP), also known as the Lusophone Community (), is an international organization and political association of Lusophone nations across four continents, where Portuguese is an official language. The CPLP operates as a privileged, multilateral forum for the mutual coop... | {"Geopolitical organisation name": "Community of Portuguese Language Countries", "Native name": "pt Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa", "Symbol width": "200px", "Symbol type": "Flag", "Map caption": "Map of CPLP member states (blue), associate observers (green).", "Administrative center type": "Headquarters", ... |
Stadium Australia (currently known as Accor Stadium for sponsorship purposes) is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The stadium, which in Australia is sometimes referred to as Sydney Olympic Stadium, Homebush Stadium or simply the Olympic Stadium, wa... | {"Former names": "Stadium Australia (1999-2002, 2020-2021)Telstra Stadium (2002-2007)ANZ Stadium (2008-2020)", "Location": "Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, Australia (shape-inverse 16 no)", "Coordinates": "33 50 50 S 151 03 47 E type:landmark_scale:2000 inline,title", "Record attendance": "114,714: 2000 Olympics ... |
John Lewis Gaddis (born 1941) is an American international relations scholar, military historian, and writer. He is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University. He is best known for his work on the Cold War and grand strategy, and he has been hailed as the "Dean of Cold War Historian... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "Contemporary philosophy", "School": "Neorealism", "Institutions": "Ohio UniversityYale UniversityNaval War CollegeUniversity of OxfordPrinceton University"} |
Vile Bodies is the second novel by Evelyn Waugh, published in 1930. It satirises the bright young things, the rich young people partying in London after World War I, and the press which fed on their doings.
The original title Bright Young Things, which Waugh changed because he thought the phrase had become too clichéd... | {"Set in": "England, late 1920s", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Chapman & Hall", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "254", "ISBN": "0-14-118287-3", "Preceded by": "Decline and Fall", "Followed by": "Black Mischief"} |
The Angry Beavers is an American animated television series created by Mitch Schauer for Nickelodeon. The series revolves around the zany hijinks of Norbert and Daggett Beaver, two young beaver brothers who have moved out of their parents' home to become bachelors in the forest near the fictional Wayouttatown, Oregon. ... | {"Genre": "Animated sitcom\n Slapstick", "Created by": "Mitch Schauer", "Developed by": "Mitch Schauer\n Keith Kaczorek", "Directed by": "Michael Gerard (supervising)", "Voices of": "Nick Bakay\n Richard Steven Horvitz\n Cynthia Mann\n John Garry\n Victor Wilson\n Mark Klastorin\n Tom Kane", "Country of origin": "Unite... |
Heike Makatsch (; born 13 August 1971) is a German actress. She is known for her roles as Lisa Addison in Resident Evil (2002), Mia in Love Actually (2003), and as Liesel's mother in The Book Thief (2013).
Early life
Makatsch was born in Düsseldorf, West Germany, the daughter of former German national ice hockey team ... | {"Name": "Heike Makatsch", "Caption": "Makatsch at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival", "Birth date": "y 1971 8 13", "Birth place": "Düsseldorf, West Germany", "Occupation": "Actress, voice actress, singer", "Years active": "1993-present", "Partner(s)": "Daniel Craig (1996-2004)Max Martin Schröder (2004-2014)T... |
Gilgamesh the King is a 1984 historical novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, presenting the Epic of Gilgamesh as a novel. In the afterword the author wrote "at all times I have attempted to interpret the fanciful and fantastic events of these poems in a realistic way, that is, to tell the story of Gilgamesh as t... | {"Cover artist": "Loretta Trezzo", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Arbor House", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover & Paperback)", "Pages": "320 pp", "ISBN": "0-87795-599-9"} |
Frederic Anthony Rzewski ( ; April 13, 1938 - June 26, 2021) was an American composer and pianist, considered to be one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. His major compositions, which often incorporate social and political themes, include the minimalist Coming Together and the variation set ... | {"Name": "Frederic Rzewski", "Caption": "Rzewski in 2011", "Birth name": "Frederic Anthony Rzewski", "Birth date": "1938 04 13", "Birth place": "Westfield, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "2021 06 26 1938 04 13", "Death place": "Montiano, Italy", "Education": "Phillips Academy\n Harvard University\n Princeton Unive... |
Roma Eterna is a science fiction fixup novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, published in 2003, which presents an alternative history in which the Roman Empire survives to the present day. Each of the ten chapters was first published as a short story, six of them in Asimov's Science Fiction, between 1989 and 2003... | {"Cover artist": "Chris Moore", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Eos Books", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "416", "ISBN": "0-380-97859-8"} |
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thumb|Youth Sitting on a Stone, by F. Holland Day (1907)
thumb|Portrait of Edward Carpenter, the early gay rights activist, by F. Holland Day
Fred Holland Day (July 23, 1864 - November 23, 1933) was an American photographer and publisher. He was... | {"Caption": "Photograph of Day by Gertrude Käsebier, 1898", "Birth name": "Fred Holland Day", "Birth place": "Boston, Massachusetts, US", "Birth date": "July 23, 1864", "Death date": "1933 11 12 1864 07 23 y", "Death place": "Norwood, Massachusetts, US", "Occupation": "Photographer, publisher"} |
McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical Gardens. It operates six academic faculties: the DeGroote School of Business, Engi... | {"Motto": "el Τὰ πάντα ἐν Χριστῷ συνέστηκεν", "Affiliation": "ACU CARL COU Fields Institute IAU Universities Canada U15 U21", "Type": "Public university", "President": "David H. Farrar", "Provost": "Susan Tighe", "Chancellor": "Santee Smith", "Students": "37,370 (2021-2022)", "Undergraduates": "32,119", "... |
They Live is a 1988 American science fiction action horror film written and directed by John Carpenter, based on the 1963 short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson. Starring Roddy Piper, Keith David, and Meg Foster, the film follows an unnamed drifter who discovers through special sunglasses that the rul... | {"Directed by": "John Carpenter", "Produced by": "Larry Franco", "Screenplay by": "John CarpenterFor the screenplay, Carpenter was credited by the pseudonym \"Frank Armitage\".", "Based on": "\"Eight O'Clock in the Morning\" Ray Nelson", "Starring": "Roddy Piper\n Keith David\n Meg Foster", "Music by": "John Carpenter\... |
The Seagram Building is a skyscraper at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd and 53rd Streets, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe along with Philip Johnson, Ely Jacques Kahn, and Robert Allan Jacobs, the high-rise tower is tall with 38 stories. The International Style... | {"Type": "Office", "Architectural style": "International Style", "Location": "375 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York 10152, United States", "Coordinates": "40 45 31 N 73 58 20 W region:US-NY_type:landmark Seagram Building it"} |
Diana Cooper, Viscountess Norwich (née Lady Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners; 29 August 1892 - 16 June 1986) was an English actress and aristocrat who was a well-known social figure in London and Paris.
As a young woman, she moved in a celebrated group of intellectuals known as the Coterie, most of whom were killed... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Viscountess Norwich", "Birth name": "Lady Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners", "Birth date": "1892 08 29 y", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "1986 06 16 1892 08 29 y", "Death place": "London, England", "Occupation": "Actress, socialite", "Spouse(... |
Sir Alfred Cooper (28 January 1838 - 3 March 1908) was a fashionable English surgeon and clubman of the late 19th century whose patients included Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.
Cooper was born in Bracondale, Norfolk, England, the son of William Cooper, barrister, by his wife Anna, née Marsh. He was educated at Merc... | {"Name": "Sir Alfred Cooper", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% FRCS", "Caption": "Cooper as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, December 1897", "Birth date": "y 1838 01 28", "Birth place": "Bracondale, Norfolk, England", "Death date": "y 1908 03 03 1838 01 28", "Death place": "Menton, France", "Spouse(s)": "Lady... |
WNET (channel 13), branded on-air as "Thirteen" (stylized as "THIRTEEN"), is a primary PBS member television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York City area. Owned by The WNET Group (formerly known as the Educational Broadcasting Corporation and later as WNET.org), it is a sister s... | {"City": "Newark, New Jersey", "Branding": "Thirteen (stylized as THIRTEEN)", "Channel": "13", "Affiliations": "13.1: PBS rei>Digital TV Market Listing for WNET http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WNET#station RabbitEars.Info January 26, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20161201212225/... |
Mark Strickson (born 6 April 1959) is a British TV producer and actor best known for his acting role as the character of Vislor Turlough, a companion of the Fifth Doctor, on the television series Doctor Who.
Early life
Strickson was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School in hi... | {"Name": "Mark Strickson", "Birth date": "1959 4 6 y", "Birth place": "Stratford-upon-Avon, England", "Years active": "1982-present", "Spouse(s)": "Julie Brennon divorced Delny Britton divorced Lisa Strickson", "Children": "1"} |
Patrick Houston Shaw-Stewart (17 August 1888 - 30 December 1917) was a British scholar and poet of the Edwardian era who died on active service as a battalion commander in the Royal Naval Division during the First World War. He is best remembered today for his "Achilles in the Trench", one of the best-known war poems o... | {"Name": "Patrick Houston Shaw-Stewart", "Alt": "Picture of a woman standing in a crowded street, looking away from the camera", "Birth date": "y 1888 08 17", "Birth place": "near Llanbedr, Merionethshire, Wales", "Death date": "y 1917 12 30 1888 08 17", "Death place": "France", "Death cause": "Killed in action", "Rest... |
Bishop's University () is a small English-language liberal arts university in Lennoxville, a borough of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.Research Collections in Canadian Libraries. National Library of Canada; 1972. p. 3. The founder of the institution was the Anglican Bishop of Quebec, George Mountain, who also served as the... | {"Motto": "la Recti cultus pectora roborant", "Type": "Liberal arts college", "Endowment": "C$ 32.5 millionhttp://www.petersons.com/college-search/bishops-university-school-facilities-000_10000631_10009.aspx Bishop's University School Facilities Peterson's 2011-10-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20170421094549/https://w... |
Great Barrington is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,172 at the 2020 census. Both a summer resort and home to Ski Butternut, a ski resort, Great Barrington includes the villages of Van Deusenville a... | {"Land": "44.8", "Water": "1.0", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.townofgb.org"} |
Raymond Herbert Asquith (6 November 1878 - 15 September 1916) was an English barrister and eldest son of British prime minister H. H. Asquith. A distinguished Oxford scholar, he was a member of the fashionable group of intellectuals known as the Coterie, which included, Lady Diana Manners (with whom he had a long flirt... | {"Name": "Raymond Asquith", "Birth date": "6 November 1878", "Birth place": "Hampstead, London, England1881 England Census", "Death date": "yes 1916 9 15 1878 11 06", "Death place": "near Ginchy, France", "Death cause": "Killed in action", "Resting place": "CWGC Guillemont Road Cemetery", "Nationality": "British", "Edu... |
BlackBerry Limited (formerly Research In Motion) is a Canadian software company specializing in cybersecurity. Founded in 1984, it originally developed the BlackBerry brand of interactive pagers, smartphones and tablets. In 2016, it transitioned to a cybersecurity enterprise software and services company under CEO John... | {"Type": "Public", "Formerly": "Research in Motion Limited (1984-2013)", "Founded": "1984 3 7Waterloo, Ontario, Canada", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Industry": "Software", "Products": "BlackBerry BlackBerry Messenger BlackBerry Enterprise Server BlackBerry Internet Service QNX", "Revenue": "718 million yes (2022)https:/... |
Fei Xiaotong or Fei Hsiao-tung (November 2, 1910 - April 24, 2005) was a Chinese anthropologist and sociologist. He was a pioneering researcher and professor of sociology and anthropology; he was also noted for his studies in the study of China's ethnic groups as well as a social activist. Starting in the late 1930s, h... | {"Name": "Fei Xiaotong", "Image caption": "Fei at the LSE in 1986.", "Term start": "13 April 1988", "Term end": "5 March 1998", "Office 2": "Chairman of the China Democratic League", "Predecessor 2": "Chu Tunan", "Successor 2": "Ding Shisun", "Birth date": "1910 11 2", "Birth place": "Wujiang, Jiangsu, Qing China", "De... |
The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is a political body that comprises the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is currently composed of 205 full members and 171 alternate members (see list). Members are nominally electe... | {"Type": "Highest decision-making organ when National Congress is not in session.", "Established": "by 2nd National Congress on 1922 7 23 y", "First convocation": "23 July 1922", "Elected by": "National Congress", "Term limits": "None", "Length of term": "Five years", "General Secretary": "Xi Jinping, General Secretary... |
Charlie's Angels is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by McG in his feature film directorial debut, and written by Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon, and John August. It is the first installment in the Charlie's Angels film series, a continuation of the television series of the same name created by Ivan Goff and Ben Robe... | {"Directed by": "McG", "Produced by": "Drew Barrymore\n Leonard Goldberg\n Nancy Juvonen", "Written by": "Ryan Rowe\n Ed Solomon\n John August", "Based on": "Charlie's Angels Ivan Goff Ben Roberts", "Starring": "Cameron Diaz\n Drew Barrymore\n Lucy Liu\n Bill Murray\n Sam Rockwell\n Tim Curry\n Kelly Lynch", "Music by"... |
The North Caucasian languages, sometimes called simply Caucasic, is a proposed language family consisting of a pair of well established language families spoken in the Caucasus, predominantly in the north, consisting of the Northwest Caucasian family (also called Pontic, Abkhaz-Adyghe, Circassian, or West Caucasian) an... | {"Name": "North Caucasian", "Alternative name": "Caucasic", "Acceptance": "controversial", "Geographic distribution": "Caucasus", "Language family color": "Caucasian", "Family": "Proposed language family", "Child 1": "Northwest Caucasian", "Child 2": "Northeast (or Alarodian)", "ISO 639-5": "ccn", "Glottolog code": "no... |
Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991) is the second philosophical novel by Robert M. Pirsig, who is best known for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Lila: An Inquiry into Morals was a nominated finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992. This semi-autobiographical story takes place in the autumn as the... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Bantam Books", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "Pages": "409 pp", "ISBN": "(first edition, hardback)", "Preceded by": "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values"} |
Lakehead University is a public research university with campuses in Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', is non-denominational and provincially supported. It has undergraduate programs, graduate programs, the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, the only internationally accr... | {"Motto": "Ad augusta per angusta", "Type": "Public university", "Endowment": "$31.14 million", "Chancellor": "Rita Deverell", "President": "Dr. Gillian Siddall", "Provost": "Dr. David Barnett", "Students": "6,729 (2017)Lakehead University Enrolment History https://www.lakeheadu.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/66/ENR%2... |
The University of Windsor (U of W, UWindsor, or UWin) is a public research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has approximately 12,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and 4,000 graduate students. The university was incorporated by the provincial government ... | {"Motto": "Bonitatem, disciplinam, scientiam", "Type": "Public university", "President": "Robert Gordon", "Chancellor": "Mary Jo Haddad", "Students": "16,321 (2018)University of Windsor Fall Enrolment Summary 2018 http://www.uwindsor.ca/institutional-analysis/sites/uwindsor.ca.institutional-analysis/files/enrolment_ove... |
Road to Perdition is a 2002 American crime drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by David Self, based on the graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner. It stars Tom Hanks, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Daniel Craig, Tyler Hoechlin, and Paul Newman, in his fina... | {"Directed by": "Sam Mendes", "Produced by": "Richard D. Zanuck\n Dean Zanuck\n Sam Mendes", "Screenplay by": "David Self", "Based on": "Road to Perdition Max Allan Collins Richard Piers Rayner", "Starring": "Tom Hanks\n Paul Newman\n Jude Law\n Jennifer Jason Leigh\n Stanley Tucci\n Daniel Craig\n Tyler Hoechlin", "Mu... |
Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the third-largest city in the Dalmatian region. A... | {"Type": "Mayor-Council", "Density": "auto", "Metro density": "46332", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.sibenik.hr/"} |
Tyler Lee Hoechlin (; born September 11, 1987) is an American actor. Initially earning recognition for starring as Michael Sullivan Jr. in the 2002 film Road to Perdition, Hoechlin went on to star as Martin Brewer on 7th Heaven between 2003 and 2007. In television, he is also known for portraying Derek Hale on Teen Wol... | {"Name": "Tyler Hoechlin", "Caption": "Hoechlin in 2022", "Birth name": "Tyler Lee Hoechlin", "Birth place": "Corona, California, U.S.", "Birth date": "1987 9 11", "Years active": "1998-present", "Occupation": "Actor"} |
Nipissing University is a public university located in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. The campus overlooks Lake Nipissing.
History
Northeastern University (1960-1967)
The roots of Nipissing University date back to 1947, when residents of North Bay formed a committee with the goal of establishing a university within the c... | {"Motto": "Integritas", "Type": "Public University", "Endowment": "C$11.642 million (2018)Financial Statement 2018 -Endowments https://www.nipissingu.ca/sites/default/files/2018-10/Annual-Financial-Statements_April-30-2018.pdf Nipissing University 30 July 2018", "Chancellor": "Paul Cook", "President": "Kevin WamsleyNip... |
Ontario College of Art & Design University, commonly known as OCAD University or OCAD, is a public art university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus is spread throughout several buildings and facilities within downtown Toronto. The university is a co-educational institution which operates... | {"Type": "Public university", "Endowment": "C$19.9 million (2022)https://www.ocadu.ca/sites/default/files/assets/files/Ont%20College%20of%20Art%20%20Design%2021405%20AUD%20Cons%2022%20ASNPO%20Final.pdf OCAD University 3 October 2022 6 November 2022 www.ocadu.ca Financial Statements of Ontario College of Art & Design Un... |
Audrey Justine Tautou (; born 9 August 1976) is a French actress. She made her acting debut at age 18 on television, and her feature film debut in Venus Beauty Institute (1999), for which she received critical acclaim and won the César Award for Most Promising Actress.
Tautou achieved international recognition for her... | {"Name": "Audrey Tautou", "Caption": "Tautou in 2015", "Birth name": "Audrey Justine Tautou", "Birth date": "yes 1976 8 9", "Birth place": "Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France", "Occupation": "Actress, model", "Years active": "1996-present", "Alma mater": "Catholic University of Paris"} |
The 933rd "Nahal" Brigade is one of the Israel Defense Forces main infantry brigades. From August 2019 to June 2021, the brigade was led by . On June 28, was appointed as the new commander. However, three days later, on July 1, Asman suddenly died during morning training. As a result, Shomer was issued command again ... | {"Type": "Infantry", "Branch": "Israel", "Role": "Infantry", "Part of": "162nd Division (Israel), Southern Command", "Size": "4 battalions", "Nickname(s)": "\"Sticklights\"", "Motto(s)": "\"The Human Advantage\"", "March": "\"Ha-Nachal Kan\"\"The Nahal is here\""} |
Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall (born September 25, 1977) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director. She is known for her appearances in films such as The Faculty (1998), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), Identity (2003), Zodiac (2007), Conviction (2010), and Argo (2012).
On television, she played Sofie in Carniv... | {"Name": "Clea DuVall", "Caption": "DuVall in 2019", "Birth name": "Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall", "Birth date": "1977 9 25", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Years active": "1996-present", "Occupation": "Actress\nfilmmaker"} |
8-Bit Sampled Voice (8SVX) is an audio file format standard developed by Electronic Arts for the Amiga computer series. It is a data subtype of the IFF file container format. It typically contains linear pulse-code modulation (LPCM) digital audio.
Description
The 8SVX subtype stores 8-bit audio data within chunks ... | {"Name": "8-Bit Sampled Voice (8SVX)", "Extension": ".8svx, .iff", "MIME type": "audio/8svx, audio/x-8svx", "Type code": "8SVX", "Developed by": "Electronic Arts and Commodore International", "Initial release": "1985http://amigan.1emu.net/reg/8SVX.txt \"8SVX\" IFF 8-Bit Sampled Voice Steve Hayes Jerry Morrison amp ... |
Royal Air Force Halton, or more simply RAF Halton, is one of the largest Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom. It is located near the village of Halton near Wendover, Buckinghamshire. The site has been in use since the First World War but is due to close by December 2027.
History
alt=Apprentices of No. 1 Sch... | {"Coordinates": "51 47 30 N 000 44 10 W region:GB_type:airport inline,title", "Type": "Royal Air Force training station", "Area": "297 hectare acrehttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defence-estates-development-plan-dedp-2009 Defence Estates Development Plan 2009 - Annex A 3 July 2009 GOV.UK Ministry of Defence ... |
Marlborough ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath. The town is on the River Kennet, 24 miles (39 km) north of Salisbury and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Swindon.
History
The earliest sign of human habitation is the Marlb... | {"OS grid reference": "SU1969", "Unitary authority": "Wiltshire", "Ceremonial county": "Wiltshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)Marlborough https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/wiltshire/E04011769__marlborough/ City population 25 October 2022", "Postcode district":... |
Citizens Bank Park is a baseball stadium located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the city's South Philadelphia Sports Complex. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies. The stadium opened April 3, 2004, and hosted its first regular season baseball game on April 12 of the same year, with the... | {"Location": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Coordinates": "39 54 21 N 75 9 59 W type:landmark it", "Broke ground": "June 28, 2001", "Opened": "April 3, 2004", "Owner": "City of PhiladelphiaCitizens Bank Park http://ballparkdigest.com/201007061019/major-league-baseball/visits/ballpark-visit-citizens-bank-park-phil... |
Richard Jay Potash (June 26, 1946 - November 24, 2018), was an American stage magician, actor and writer. In a 1993 profile for The New Yorker, Mark Singer called Jay "perhaps the most gifted sleight of hand artist alive". In addition to sleight of hand, he was known for his card tricks, card throwing, memory feats, an... | {"Birth name": "Richard Jay Potash", "Name": "Ricky Jay", "Caption": "Jay at the premiere of Redbelt in April 2008", "Birth date": "1946 6 26", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "2018 11 24 1946 6 26", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Known For": "Sleight of hand, card tricks, history ... |
WWE SmackDown, also known as Friday Night SmackDown or simply SmackDown, is an American professional wrestling television program produced by WWE. It airs live every Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Fox. Fox Deportes simulcasts the program with Spanish-language commentary. The show features characters from the Sma... | {"Also known as": "SmackDown! (1999-2008)https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/17/business/upn-keeps-its-focus-on-youth-so-its-leader-talks-the-talk.html UPN Keeps Its Focus on Youth, So Its Leader Talks the Talk The New York Times May 17, 2002 Rutenberg Jim SmackDown Live (2016-2019)", "Genre": "Professional wrestling"... |
New Zealand First (), commonly abbreviated to NZ First, is a nationalist and populist political party in New Zealand. The party formed in July 1993 following the resignation on 19 March 1993 of its leader and founder, Winston Peters, from the then-governing National Party. Peters had been the sitting Member of Parliame... | {"Abbreviation": "NZ First", "Leader": "Winston Peters", "President": "Julian PaulCheng Derek Winston Peters announces New Zealand First will be back in 2023 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/winston-peters-announces-new-zealand-first-will-be-back-in-2023/HYW3IUM7ZVRDH7X7IRCHBZWRBQ/ 20 June 2021 The New Zeala... |
Corning Incorporated () is an American multinational technology company that specializes in specialty glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced optics, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was named Corning Glass Works until 1989. Corning divested its consum... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Technology Glass & Ceramic Materials", "Founded": "1851 asBay State Glass Co.", "Headquarters": "Corning, New York, U.S.", "Products": "Specialty glassCeramicsOptical fiberCable, hardware & equipmentEmissions control technologyLCD glassLife sciences products", "Revenue": "14.19 billion y... |
Stansted (referred to in older texts as Stanstead)Chelsfield Parish Census dated 1891 from Kent Online Parish Clerk.org indicating former use of "Stanstead" is a village and rural parish in the Tonbridge and Malling district of the county of Kent in the United Kingdom (not to be confused with Stansted Mountfitchet or L... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128974&c=Stansted&d=16&e=62&g=6478770&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1474708602326&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 24 September 2016 Office for National Statistics Neighbour... |
Saint-Émilion (; Gascon: Sent Milion) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in Southwestern France. In 2016, it had a population of 1,938.
In the heart of the country of Libournais (the area around Libourne), in a region of wine hills, Saint-Émilion is a medieval city located at the crossroads o... | {"Name": "Saint-Émilion", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "An aerial view of Saint-Émilion", "Arrondissement": "Libourne", "Canton": "Les Coteaux de Dordogne", "Postal code": "33330", "Mayor": "Bernard LauretRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-... |
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Gewürztraminer () is an aromatic wine grape variety, used in white wines, and performs best in cooler climates. In English, it is sometimes referred to colloquially as Gewürz (; although this is never the case in German, because "Gewürz" means "herb" or "spice"), and in English and... | {"Species": "Vitis vinifera", "Also called": "Gewurztraminer, Traminec, Gewürz, Gertie, Gentil Rose Aromatique, Traminer Musque (more)", "Origin": "Tramin, Italy", "Notable regions": "Alsace, Germany, Northeast Italy, Macedonia, New Zealand, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Southern Australia, Somontano in Spain, Stellenbosch... |
William James Te Wehi Taitoko (17 January 1948 - 7 August 1991) better known by his stage name Billy T. James, was a New Zealand entertainer, comedian, musician and actor. He became a key figure in the development of New Zealand comedy and was a household name during his lifetime.
Early life
Taitoko was of Waikato Ta... | {"Name": "Billy T. James", "Post-nominals": "NZL MBE 100%", "Birth name": "William James Te Wehi Taitoko", "Birth date": "yes 1948 1 17", "Birth place": "Cambridge, New Zealand", "Death date": "yes 1991 8 7 1948 1 17", "Death place": "Auckland, New Zealand", "Resting place": "Mount Taupiri", "Occupation": "Comedian Act... |
Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 - June 29, 1975) was an American guitarist and singer. He began his career based in folk rock, but subsequently experimented with genres such as psychedelia, jazz, the avant-garde, and funk as well as unconventional vocal stylings. His commercial peak came with the 1969 al... | {"Born": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Died": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Psychedelic folkDavid Fudger Peter Silverton 1982 The Rock Diary 1983 https://books.google.com/books?id=N6V0qzYYVYIC Proteus Books 2 9780862760205 \"Aston\"/> \"Aston\"/> avant-folkHudson Alex Tim Buckley's Self-Titled Debut to Get... |
thumb|Soho House (middle building); rear view with side buildings, as seen from today's access road.
Soho House is a museum run by Birmingham Museums Trust, celebrating Matthew Boulton's life, his partnership with James Watt, his membership of the Lunar Society of Birmingham and his contribution to the Midlands Enligh... | {"Coordinates": "52.4996 -1.9229 dms inline,title region:GB-BIR_scale:2000", "OS grid reference": "SP 05332 89078", "Location": "Handsworth", "Area": "Birmingham", "Built": "c. 1756", "Governing body": "Birmingham Museums Trust", "Owner": "Birmingham City Council"} |
Ungjin, also known as Gomanaru (Hangul: 고마나루, literally "bear port") is a former city on the Korean Peninsula. It was located in modern-day Gongju, South Chungcheong province, South Korea. It was the capital of Baekje from AD 475 to 538, during a period when Baekje was under threat from Goguryeo, the previous capital... | {"Hangul name": "웅 진", "Hanja": "熊 津", "Revised Romanization": "Ungjin", "McCune-Reischauer": "Ungjin"} |
Great Barr Hall is an 18th-century mansion situated at Pheasey, Walsall, on the border with Great Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It has associations with the Lunar Society and is a Grade II listed building. It is, however, in a very poor state of repair and is on the Buildings at Risk Register.
History
The... | {"Status": "Derelict, at risk", "Type": "Mansion", "Architectural style": "Strawberry Hill gothic", "Town or city": "Pheasey, Walsall", "Coordinates": "52.556283 -1.920961 region:GB-WAL inline,title", "Construction started": "18th century"} |
The Yser ( , ; ) is a river that rises in French Flanders (the north of France), enters the Belgian province of West Flanders and flows through the Ganzepoot and into the North Sea at the town of Nieuwpoort.
The source of the Yser is in Buysscheure (Buisscheure), in the Nord department of northern France. It flows th... | {"Native name": "pcd Yser nl IJzer", "Location": "North Sea", "Coordinates": "51 9 10 N 2 43 23 E dms inline,title", "Basin size": "1101 km2 mi2 on"} |
Vygruppen, branded as Vy, formerly the Norwegian State Railways (Norges statsbaner), branded as NSB, is a government-owned railway company which operates most passenger train services and many bus services in Norway. The company is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport. Its sub-brands include Vy Buss coach servi... | {"Type": "State-owned", "Founded": "1 December 1996", "Headquarters": "Oslo, Norway", "Industry": "Transport", "Revenue": "NOK 11 billion (2009)", "Parent": "Ministry of Transport and Communications", "Subsidiaries": "Vy BussVy GjøvikbanenVy Tåg (Sweden)CargoNet", "Website": "www.vy.no"} |
Birmingham Central Library was the main public library in Birmingham, England, from 1974 until 2013, replacing a library opened in 1865 and rebuilt in 1882. For a time the largest non-national library in Europe,; it closed on 29 June 2013 and was replaced by the Library of Birmingham. The building was demolished in 20... | {"Status": "Demolished", "Type": "Public library", "Architectural style": "Brutalist", "Location": "Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, England", "Coordinates": "52 28 49.07 N 1 54 17.17 W type:landmark inline,title", "Construction started": "April 1969"} |
Positano (Campanian: ) is a village and comune on the Amalfi Coast (Province of Salerno), in Campania, Italy, mainly in an enclave in the hills leading down to the coast.
Climate
The climate of Positano is very mild, of the Mediterranean type; the winters are very warm with minimum temperatures that almost never fall ... | {"Name": "Positano", "Official name": "Codi Positano", "Shield size": "73px", "Map": "Positano pos SA.gif", "Map caption": "Positano within the Province of Salerno", "Coordinates": "40 38 N 14 29 E type:city(3900)_region:IT inline,title", "Region": "Campania", "Province": "Salerno (SA)", "Frazioni": "Montepertuso, Noce... |
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Beijing Institute of Technology (abbreviated BIT; Simplified Chinese: 北京理工大学), is a national leading co-educational public university located in Beijing, China. It was established in 1940 in Yan'an, Shaanxi. It is a major research university under the supervision of the Ministry of In... | {"Motto": "德以明理 学以精工", "Type": "Public", "President": "Zhang Jun", "Students": "26,358 (2010)", "Undergraduates": "14,010 (2010)", "Postgraduates": "8,205 (2010)", "Campus": "Urban, 4,734 ha", "Website": "https://english.bit.edu.cn/"} |
The Flight of Dragons is a 1982 animated fantasy film produced and directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. loosely combining the speculative natural history book of the same name (1979) by Peter Dickinson with the novel The Dragon and the George (1976) by Gordon R. Dickson. It stars the voices of John Ritter, Vict... | {"Directed by": "Arthur Rankin Jr. Jules Bass", "Written by": "Romeo Muller (screenplay) Peter Dickinson (book) Gordon R. Dickson (novel)", "Starring": "John Ritter Victor Buono James Gregory James Earl Jones Harry Morgan", "Produced by": "Arthur Rankin Jr. Jules Bass", "Based on": "The Flight of Dragons Peter Dickins... |
Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Shorts was founded in 1908 in London, and was the first company in the world to make production aeroplanes.Barnes 1966 p. 8 It was particularly notable for its flying boat designs manufactured into t... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "Battersea, 1908", "Headquarters": "Northern Ireland", "Industry": "Aerospace", "Revenue": "£810 million (2006)", "Parent": "Spirit Aerosystems"} |
Kristen Britain (born October 18, 1965) is an American author. She wrote Green Rider (which was nominated for the Crawford Award), First Rider's Call, The High King's Tomb, Blackveil (which was nominated for the David Gemmell Legend Award), and Mirror Sight. The sixth book in the Green Rider series, Firebrand, was rele... | {"Name": "Kristen Britain", "Website": "https://kristenbritain.com", "Birth date": "1965 10 18", "Occupation": "Author", "Nationality": "American", "Alma mater": "Ithaca College"} |
thumb|250px|right|Bronze sculpture of Mercy Otis Warren stands in front of the Barnstable County Courthouse
Mercy Otis Warren (September 25, 1728 - October 19, 1814) was an American activist poet, playwright, and pamphleteer during the American Revolution. During the years before the Revolution, she had published poems... | {"Pen name": "A Columbian Patriot", "Born": "September 25, 1728", "Died": "October 19, 1814 September 28, 1728", "Resting place": "41.956 -70.666 region:US-MA", "Occupation": "Poet and political writer", "Language": "English", "Education": "Writer (History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revoluti... |
Jeane Dixon (January 5, 1904 - January 25, 1997) was one of the best-known American psychics and astrologers of the twentieth century, owing to her prediction of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, her syndicated newspaper astrology column, some well-publicized predictions, and a best-selling biography.
Ea... | {"Name": "Jeane Dixon", "Occupation": "Astrologer, psychic", "Birth date": "January 5, 1904", "Birth place": "Medford, Wisconsin, US", "Birth name": "Lydia Emma Pinckert", "Death date": "1997 1 25 1904 1 5 yes", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., US"} |
The Hall of Memory is a war memorial in Centenary Square, Birmingham, England, designed by S. N. Cooke and W. N. Twist. Erected 1922-25 by John Barnsley and Son, it commemorates the 12,320 Birmingham citizens who died in World War I.
Built directly over a filled-in canal basin of Gibson's Arm, it was the first structu... | {"Elevation": "Roof is 159.64 m ft on ASL", "Type": "War memorial", "Architectural style": "Art Deco", "Address": "Centenary Square", "Town or city": "Birmingham", "Coordinates": "United Kingdom", "Construction started": "12 June 1923"} |
Crumpsall is an outer suburb and electoral ward of Manchester, England, north of Manchester city centre, bordered by Cheetham Hill, Blackley, Harpurhey, Broughton, and Prestwich. The population at the 2011 census was 15,959. Historically part of Lancashire, Crumpsall was a township within the parish of Manchester, Sal... | {"Named for": "Crumpsall, Manchester", "Type": "Unicameral", "Body": "Manchester City Council", "Density": "15,959"} |
Buyeo or Puyŏ (Korean: 부여; ; or 扶餘 Fúyú), also rendered as Fuyu, was an ancient kingdom that was centered in northern Manchuria in modern-day northeast China. It is considered a Korean kingdom, and had ties to the Yemaek people, who are considered to be the ancestors of modern Koreans. Buyeo is a major predecessor of ... | {"Native name": "ko 夫餘 (Hanja)ko 부여 (Hangul) zh 夫餘/扶餘", "Conventional long name": "Buyeo", "Type of government": "Monarchy", "Capital": "Buyeo", "Common languages": "Buyeo,Classical Chinese (literary)", "Religions": "Buddhism,Shamanism", "Leader 1": "Hae Mo-su?", "Leader 1 years": "?-?", "Leader's title": "Wang", "Tod... |
Bishop Auckland ( ) is a market town and civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, England. It is northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham.
Much of the town's early history surrounds the Bishops of Durham and the establishment of Auckland Castle's predecessor, a... | {"Unitary authority": "County Durham", "Ceremonial county": "County Durham", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Bishop Auckland", "Postcode district": "DL", "Dialling code": "01388", "OS grid reference": "NZ208294"} |
Aston is an area of inner Birmingham, England. Located immediately to the north-east of Central Birmingham, Aston constitutes a ward within the metropolitan authority. It is approximately 1.5 miles from Birmingham City Centre.
History
Aston was first mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as "Estone", having a mill, ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Metropolitan borough": "City of Birmingham", "Metropolitan county": "West Midlands", "UK Parliament": "Birmingham Ladywood", "Population": "(2011. Ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689684&c=Aston&d=14&e=62&g=6361075&i=1001x1003x1032x1... |
The Church of Saint Joan of Arc () is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Nice, France. Noticeable for its original architecture, the church is dedicated to Joan of Arc.
The style of this church is controversial among the inhabitants of Nice, judged ugly by some. The church is sometime nicknamed "the Meringue" f... | {"Location": "Nice, France", "Geographic coordinates": "43 42 48.28 N 7 15 45.36 E type:landmark_scale:1000_region:FR inline,title", "Affiliation": "Roman Catholic", "Architect(s)": "Louis Castel, Jacques Droz", "Type": "Church", "Style": "Art deco", "Groundbreaking": "1914 (crypt)", "Completed": "1934"} |
Christian Fittipaldi (born 18 January 1971) is a Brazilian former racing driver who has competed in various forms of motorsport including Formula One, Champ Car, and NASCAR. He was a highly rated young racing driver in the early 1990s, and participated in 43 Formula One Grands Prix for Minardi and Footwork between and... | {"Nationality": "BRA Brazilian", "Born": "São Paulo, Brazil", "Related to": "Wilson Fittipaldi (father)Emerson Fittipaldi (uncle)Pietro Fittipaldi (first cousin once-removed)Enzo Fittipaldi (first cousin once-removed)", "Racing licence": "12px FIA Gold", "Debut season": "2014", "Current team": "Action Express Racing", ... |
Rational ClearCase is a family of computer software tools that supports software configuration management (SCM) of source code and other software development assets. It also supports design-data management of electronic design artifacts, thus enabling hardware and software co-development. ClearCase includes revision co... | {"Original author(s)": "Atria Software", "Developer(s)": "IBM", "Initial release": "1992", "Platform": "AIX: Power ISA, big-endian\n HP-UX: IA-64\n Linux: IA-32, x86-64, ppc64, ppc64le, IBM Z\n macOS: x86-64\n Solaris: SPARC, x86-64\n Windows: IA-32, x86-64", "Type": "Software configuration management", "License": "IBM... |
Smethwick () is an industrial town in Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It lies west of Birmingham city centre. Historically it was in Staffordshire and then Worcestershire before being placed into then West Midlands County.
In 2019, the ward of Smethwick had an estimated population of 15,246, while the wider built-u... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2019 est, built-up-area subdivision)Smethwick in West Midlands (West Midlands) Built-up Area Subdivision https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/west_midlands/E35000380__smethwick/ City Population 3 May 2021 5 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/2021030520... |
Hugh Clopton (c. 1440 - 15 September 1496) was a Lord Mayor of London, a member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers and a benefactor of his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.
Origins
Hugh Clopton was born in about 1440 at Clopton House near Stratford-upon-Avon, where the Clopton family had lived since ... | {"Name": "Hugh Clopton", "Image caption": "Arms of Clopton of Clopton, in the parish of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire: Per pale or and gules, a cross patée fitchée counterchanged. As seen on the monument to George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes (1555-1629), and his wife Joyce Clopton (died 1637) in the Church of the Hol... |
The Stratford Festival is a theatre festival which runs from April to October in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada.Canadian Encyclopedia - Stratford Festival Founded by local journalist Tom Patterson in 1952, the festival was formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, the Shakespeare Festival and the ... | {"Location(s)": "55 Queen St, Stratford, Ontario, Canada", "Years active": "1953-present", "Genre": "Repertory Theatre Festival", "Website": "stratfordfestival.ca"} |
British Leyland was an automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British Motor Holdings. It was partly nationalised in 1975, when the UK government created a holding company calle... | {"Industry": "Automotive", "Fate": "Renamed as Rover Group", "Founded": "1968 1 17 y", "Defunct": "1986", "Headquarters": "United Kingdom", "Products": "Motor vehicles", "Brands": "Austin\n Land Rover\n Leyland\n MG\n Riley\n Wolseley\n Vanden Plas\n Princess\n Jaguar\n Mini\n Innocenti (U... |
Mary Wilson (March 6, 1944 - February 8, 2021) was an American singer. She gained worldwide recognition as a founding member of The Supremes, the most successful Motown act of the 1960s and the best-charting female group in U.S. chart history, as well as one of the best-selling girl groups of all-time. The trio reached... | {"Name": "Mary Wilson", "Caption": "Wilson at the Peabody institute in Baltimore in September 1994", "Birth date": "1944 3 6", "Birth place": "Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.", "Death date": "yes 2021 2 8 1944 3 6", "Death place": "Henderson, Nevada, U.S.", "Occupation": "Singer", "Years active": "1959-2021", "Spouse(s)"... |
The Rover Group plc was the British vehicle manufacturing conglomerate known as "BL plc" until 1986 (formerly British Leyland), which had been a state-owned company since 1975.Hansard: "Rover Group (Privatisation)" debate, 29 Mar 1988 It initially included the Austin Rover Group car business (comprising the Austin, Rov... | {"Brands": "Rover\n Austin\n Land Rover (until 2000)\n MG \n Sterling\n Leyland (until 1987)\n Mini (until 2000)", "Defunct": "2000 5", "Fate": "Split", "Industry": "Automobiles", "Products": "Motor vehicles", "Parent": "British Leyland (1986-1987)\n British Aerospace (1988-1994)\n BMW (1994-2000)", "Su... |
British Motor Holdings Limited (BMH) was a British vehicle manufacturing company known until 14 December 1966 as British Motor Corporation Limited (BMC).British Motor Takes That New Label The Times, 15 December 1966; pg. 17 Issue 56815 BMH was created as a holding company following BMC's takeover of both Jaguar Cars an... | {"Fate": "Merged in 1968 with Leyland Motor Corporation", "Founded": "14 December 1966", "Defunct": "17 January 1968", "Headquarters": "Longbridge, Birmingham, England, UK", "Industry": "Automotive"} |
Cragside is a Victorian Tudor Revival country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England. It was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the Armstrong Whitworth armaments firm. An industrial magnate, scientist, philanthropist and inventor of the hydraulic crane and the Armstrong g... | {"Type": "House", "Coordinates": "55.3136 -1.8853 region:GB inline,title", "Location": "Rothbury, Northumberland, United Kingdom", "Built": "1869-1895", "Built for": "William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Cragside", "Architectural style(s)": "Tudor Revival", "Governing body": "National Trust"} |
Henry Wise Wood, CMG (May 31, 1860 – June 10, 1941) was an American-born Canadian agrarian thinker and activist. He became director in 1914 and was elected president of the United Farmers of Alberta in 1916. Under his leadership the UFA became the most powerful political lobby group in the province. In 1919, Wood overs... | {"Name": "Henry Wise Wood", "Post-nominals": "CMG", "Caption": "Portrait of Henry Wise Wood", "Birth date": "1860 05 31", "Birth place": "Ralls County, Missouri", "Death date": "1941 06 10 1860 05 31", "Death place": "Carstairs, Alberta", "Citizenship": "Canadian", "Known For": "Agrarian theorist", "Title": "President"... |
is a fighting video game for the PlayStation developed by DreamFactory and published by Square in 1996. The game was DreamFactory's first release, as well as Square's first release on the CD-based console.
Tobal No. 1 marks Square's first incursion into the fighting game genre, although an adventure-like quest mode is... | {"Caption": "North American cover art", "Developer": "DreamFactory", "Publisher": "JP Square WW Sony Computer Entertainment", "Director": "Seiichi Ishii", "Producer": "Koji Yamashita", "Artist": "Akira Toriyama", "Composer": "Masashi HamauzuKenji ItoYasuhiro KawakamiNoriko MatsuedaYasunori MitsudaJunya NakanoRyuji Sasa... |
Gladys Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx (; 12 January 19166 June 2018) was an English poet and the wife of Harold Wilson, who twice served as British prime minister. She was the first British prime minister's spouse to become a centenarian, living to the age of .
Life
She was born in Diss, Norfolk, the daugh... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lady Wilson of Rievaulx", "Image": "Mary Wilson at the White House.tiff", "Caption": "Mary Wilson in 1970", "Known For": "Former spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1964-1970, 1974-1976)", "Birth name": "Gladys Mary Baldwin", "Birth date": "yes 1... |
Matlock is the county town of Derbyshire, England. It is in the south-eastern part of the Peak District, with the National Park directly to the west. The spa resort of Matlock Bath is immediately south of the town and also Cromford. The civil parish of Matlock Town had a population in the 2011 UK census of 9,543.
Mat... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(civil parish 2011)1170212812 Matlock Town Parish 15 March 2018", "OS grid reference": "SK298601", "Postcode district": "DE4", "Dialling code": "01629", "UK Parliament": "Derbyshire Dales", "District": "Derbyshire Dales", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "Website": "www.matloc... |
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