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Hatfield is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,352 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The census-designated place of Hatfield consists of the town center and surrounding areas.
History
thumb|left|175px|Cornelia Bi... | {"Type": "Open town meeting", "Land": "41.2", "Water": "2.4", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.townofhatfield.org"} |
Newton-le-Willows is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. The population at the 2011 census was 22,114. Newton-le-Willows is on the eastern edge of St Helens, south of Wigan and north of Warrington.
Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the Newton township ... | {"OS grid reference": "SJ580949", "Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "Metropolitan borough": "St Helens", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "St Helens North", "Postcode district": "WA", "Dialling code": "01925"} |
Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his leading man roles in film and television. The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
Quaid is known for his starring roles in Breaking Away (1979), The Right Stuff (1983), The Big ... | {"Name": "Dennis Quaid", "Caption": "Quaid at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.", "Birth name": "Dennis William Quaid", "Birth date": "1954 4 9", "Birth place": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1975-present", "Spouse(s)": "P. J. Soles 1978 1983 div Meg Ryan 1991 2001 div Kimbe... |
Exotica is a musical genre, named after the 1957 Martin Denny album of the same name that was popular during the 1950s to mid-1960s with Americans who came of age during World War II. The term was coined by Simon "Si" Waronker, Liberty Records co-founder and board chairman. The musical colloquialism exotica means tropi... | {"Name": "Exotica", "Stylistic origins": "Jazz space age pop world music light music", "Cultural origins": "1950s, United States", "Derivative forms": "Lounge music", "Other genre topics": "single\n An excerpt of Quiet Village by Martin Denny.ogg\n \"Quiet Village,\" by Martin Denny"} |
Edge Hill is a district of Liverpool, England, south east of the city centre, bordered by Kensington, Wavertree and Toxteth.
Edge Hill University was founded here, but moved to Ormskirk in the 1930s.
History
The area was first developed in the late 18th-early 19th century Georgian era. Many of the Georgian houses of ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Metropolitan borough": "Liverpool", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "Liverpool Wavertree", "Postcode district": "L", "Dialling code": "0151", "OS grid reference": "SJ365900"} |
Game Developer was a magazine for video game creators, originally started in March 1994 by Miller Freeman, Inc as quarterly, later bimonthly, and finally monthly. In each issue, industry leaders and experts shared technical solutions, reviewed new game development tools, and discussed strategies for creating innovative... | {"Frequency": "Monthly", "Categories": "Video game industry", "Company": "UBM Tech", "First issue": "1994 3", "Country": "USA", "Based in": "San Francisco", "Language": "English", "Website": "gdmag.com", "ISSN": "1073-922X"} |
Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944) is an American retired professional basketball player who starred at the NCAA, American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) levels. Barry ranks among the most prolific scorers and all-around players in basketball history. He is th... | {"Born": "Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.", "Listed height": "7", "Listed weight": "205", "High school": "Roselle Park(Roselle Park, New Jersey)", "College": "Miami (Florida) (1962-1965)"} |
Play-Doh is a modeling compound for young children to make arts and crafts projects. The product was first manufactured in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, as a wallpaper cleaner in the 1930s. Play-Doh was then reworked and marketed to Cincinnati schools in the mid-1950s. Play-Doh was demonstrated at an educational con... | {"Slogan": "Fun to play with, not to eat", "Type": "Modelling clay", "Inventor(s)": "Kay Zufall Brian Joseph McVickerBill Rhodenbaugh", "Country": "United States", "Company": "Kutol (1955)Rainbow Crafts (1956-1971)Kenner (1971-1991) Hasbro (1991-present)", "Availability": "present"} |
Nathaniel Thurmond (July 25, 1941 - July 16, 2016) was an American basketball player who spent the majority of his 14-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Golden State Warriors franchise. He played the center and power forward positions. Thurmond was a seven-time All-Star and the first play... | {"Listed height": "11", "Listed weight": "225", "Born": "Akron, Ohio, U.S.", "Died": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "High school": "Central (Akron, Ohio)", "College": "Bowling Green (1960-1963)"} |
Glasgow Central () is one of two principal mainline rail terminals in Glasgow, Scotland. The railway station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 1 August 1879 and is one of 20 managed by Network Rail. It is the northern terminus of the West Coast Main Line ( north of London Euston).Thomas (1971); Chapter VIII - Gla... | {"Name": "Glasgow Central", "Native name": "gd Glaschu MheadhainBrailsford 2017 Gaelic/English Station Index", "Symbol Location": "gb", "Symbol": "rail", "Caption": "The main concourse", "Administrative subdivision": "Glasgow", "Country": "Scotland", "Coordinates": "55.858 -4.258 type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:100... |
thumb|Paul J. Arizin in his Quantico Marine basketball uniform
Paul Joseph Arizin (April 9, 1928 - December 12, 2006), nicknamed "'Pitchin Paul", was an American basketball player who spent his entire National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Philadelphia Warriors from 1950 to 1962. He retired with the thir... | {"Listed height": "4", "Listed weight": "190", "Born": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Died": "Springfield Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "High school": "La Salle (Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania)", "College": "Villanova (1947-1950)"} |
Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. (March 4, 1877 - July 27, 1963) was an American inventor, businessman, and community leader. His most notable inventions were a type of three-way traffic light, and a protective 'smoke hood' notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue. Morgan also discovered and developed a c... | {"Birth name": "Garrett Augustus Morgan", "Name": "Garrett Morgan", "Image": "Garrett Morgan.gif", "Birth date": "1877 3 4", "Birth place": "Claysville, Harrison County, Kentucky, U.S.", "Death date": "1963 7 27 1877 3 4", "Death place": "Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.", "Other names": "Big Chief Mason", "Occupation": "Entrepre... |
Zendo is a game of inductive logic designed by Kory Heath in which one player (the "Master") creates a rule for structures ("koans") to follow, and the other players (the "Students") try to discover it by building and studying various koans which follow or break the rule. The first student to correctly state the rule w... | {"Name": "Zendo", "Subtitle": "The Game of Inductive Logic", "Image caption": "The beginning of a game of Zendo. According to the marker stones, the koan on the left follows the Master's rule, but the one on the right does not.", "Designers": "Kory Heath", "Publishers": "Looney Labs", "Publication": "n 1999 12 31", "Ge... |
Strand (or the Strand) is a major thoroughfare in the City of Westminster, Central London. The street, which is part of London's West End theatreland, runs just over from Trafalgar Square eastwards to Temple Bar, where the road becomes Fleet Street in the City of London, and is part of the A4, a main road running west... | {"Name": "Strand <!--City of Westminster do not use the definite article - see lengthy discussion on talk page", "Maintained by": "Transport for London", "Part of": "A4", "Coordinates": "51.5114 -0.1190 type:landmark_region:GB-ENG inline,title", "Length": "0.8"} |
GROningen MOlecular Simulation (GROMOS) is the name of a force field for molecular dynamics simulation, and a related computer software package. Both are developed at the University of Groningen, and at the Computer-Aided Chemistry GroupComputer-Aided Chemistry Group, ETH Zurich at the Laboratory for Physical Chemistry... | {"Developer(s)": "Wilfred van Gunsteren. Philippe Hünenberger, Sereina Riniker, Chris Oostenbrink", "Initial release": "1978", "Written in": "Fortran <= 1996,C++ => 2011", "Platform": "x86", "Available in": "English", "Type": "Molecular dynamics", "License": "Proprietary", "Website": "www.gromos.net"} |
Joseph Franklin "Jumping Joe" Fulks (October 26, 1921 - March 21, 1976) was an American professional basketball player, sometimes called "the first of the high-scoring forwards". He was posthumously enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978.
Early life
Fulks was born in Birmingham, Kentucky, a... | {"Listed height": "5", "Listed weight": "190", "Born": "Birmingham, Kentucky, U.S.", "Died": "Eddyville, Kentucky, U.S.", "High school": "Kuttawa (Kuttawa, Kentucky)", "College": "Murray State (1941-1943)"} |
A square wave is a non-sinusoidal periodic waveform in which the amplitude alternates at a steady frequency between fixed minimum and maximum values, with the same duration at minimum and maximum. In an ideal square wave, the transitions between minimum and maximum are instantaneous.
The square wave is a special cas... | {"General definition": "x(t) = 4 \\left\\lfloor t \\right\\rfloor - 2 \\left\\lfloor 2 t \\right\\rfloor + 1, 2 t \\notin \\mathbb{Z}", "Fields of application": "Electronics, synthesizers", "Domain": "\\mathbb{R} \\setminus \\left\\{ \\tfrac{n}{2} \\right\\}, n \\in \\mathbb{Z}", "Parity": "Odd", "Period": "1"} |
Chemistry at Harvard Macromolecular Mechanics (CHARMM) is the name of a widely used set of force fields for molecular dynamics, and the name for the molecular dynamics simulation and analysis computer software package associated with them. The CHARMM Development Project involves a worldwide network of developers workin... | {"Developer(s)": "Martin Karplus, Accelrys", "Initial release": "1983", "Written in": "FORTRAN 77-95, CUDA", "Platform": "x86, ARM, Nvidia GPU; Cray XT4, XT5", "Available in": "English", "Type": "Molecular dynamics", "License": "Proprietary", "Website": "https://www.academiccharmm.org/"} |
Bernard Brendan "Brian" Farrell (9 January 1929 - 10 November 2014) was an Irish author, journalist, academic and broadcaster. He presented programmes such as Today Tonight, and Prime Time on RTÉ.
Early life
Born in Manchester, England to Irish parents, Farrell moved to Dublin, Ireland during the Second World War. He ... | {"Name": "Brian Farrell", "Birth name": "Bernard Brendan Farrell", "Birth date": "1929 01 09 y", "Birth place": "Manchester, England", "Death date": "2014 11 10 1929 01 09 y", "Death place": "Dublin, Ireland", "Education": "University College Dublin, Harvard University", "Spouse(s)": "Marie-Thérèse Dillon", "Children"... |
Charles Gerald Anthony Mitchel (8 November 1920Dictionary of Irish Biography, Patrick Long, "Mitchel, Charles Gerald" , retrieved 19 August 2016 - 18 August 1996) was an Irish actor and broadcaster, best known as an RTÉ television newscaster for almost 23 years.
Early life
Born in Dublin, Mitchel was educated at Clong... | {"Name": "Charles Mitchel", "Caption": "Mitchel on his last news broadcast in 1984", "Birth name": "Charles Gerald Mitchel", "Birth date": "1920 11 8 yes", "Birth place": "Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland", "Death date": "1996 8 18 1920 11 8 yes", "Death place": "Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland", "Education": "Trinity Col... |
Manchester Oxford Road railway station is a railway station in Manchester, England, at the junction of Whitworth Street West and Oxford Street. It opened in 1849 and was rebuilt in 1960. It is the second busiest of the four stations in Manchester city centre.
The station serves the southern part of Manchester city cen... | {"Name": "Manchester Oxford Road", "Symbol Location": "gb", "Symbol": "rail", "Image": "Oxford Road railway station entrance.JPG", "Caption": "The Grade-II listed timber facade of the station", "Administrative subdivision": "Manchester city centre, City of Manchester", "Country": "England", "Coordinates": "53.4739 -2.2... |
Frank Hall (24 February 1921 - 21 September 1995)Hall, Francis James (‘Frank’) was an Irish broadcaster, journalist, satirist and film censor. He is best remembered for his satirical revue programme Hall's Pictorial Weekly.
Early life
Born in Newry, County Down, Hall received little more than a primary education as h... | {"Name": "Frank Hall", "Birth name": "Frank Hall", "Birth date": "24 February 1921", "Birth place": "Newry, County Down, Ireland", "Death date": "21 September 1995 1921", "Death place": "Dublin, Ireland", "Occupation": "Broadcaster, journalist, satirist, film censor", "Spouse(s)": "Aideen Hall", "Children": "5", "Years... |
Thomas Joseph Gola (January 13, 1933 - January 26, 2014) was an American basketball player and politician. He is widely considered one of the greatest NCAA basketball players of all-time. Gola was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1976 and National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 197... | {"Born": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Died": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Listed height": "6", "Listed weight": "205", "High school": "La Salle College HS(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)", "College": "La Salle (1951-1955)"} |
The Mask of Dimitrios is a 1944 American film noir directed by Jean Negulesco and written by Frank Gruber, based on the 1939 novel of the same title written by Eric Ambler (in the United States, it was published as A Coffin for Dimitrios).
The film features Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott (as Dimitrios Makropoulos),... | {"Directed by": "Jean Negulesco", "Produced by": "Henry Blanke", "Screenplay by": "Frank Gruber", "Based on": "The Mask of Dimitrios1939 novel Eric Ambler", "Starring": "Sydney GreenstreetZachary ScottFaye EmersonPeter Lorre", "Music by": "Adolph Deutsch", "Cinematography": "Arthur Edeson", "Edited by": "Frederick Rich... |
Simon the Zealot (, ) or Simon the Canaanite or Simon the Canaanean (, ; ; ; ) was one of the most obscure among the apostles of Jesus. A few pseudepigraphical writings were connected to him, but Jerome does not include him in De viris illustribus written between 392 and 393 AD.
Identity
thumb|upright=0.8|Saint Simon ... | {"Born": "Cana, Galilee, Judaea, Roman Empire", "Died": "place of death disputed", "Feast": "October 28 (Western Christianity)May 10 (Byzantine Christianity)Pashons 15 (Coptic Christianity)ግንቦት 15 (Ethiopian Christianity)July 1 (medieval Hispanic liturgy as attested by sources of the time, such as the Antiphonary of Le... |
Jadis are a British neo-progressive rock group. They play guitar-driven rock with the use of synthesisers to add depth and atmosphere, and an emphasis on melody. They were previously signed to InsideOut Music.
The name Jadis is taken from the novel The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis. The same character appears as t... | {"Origin": "Southampton, England, United Kingdom", "Genres": "Progressive rock", "Labels": "InsideOut Music, Giant Electric Pea, Jadismusic", "Website": "http://www.jadismusic.com/", "Members": "Gary ChandlerSteve ChristeyAndy MarlowMartin Orford"} |
Longreach is a town and a locality in the Longreach Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre of the Longreach Regional Council, which was established in 2008 as a merger of the former Longreach, Ilfracombe, and Isisford shires. Longreach is a well known tourist destination due to its aviation hist... | {"Type": "town", "Name": "Longreach", "State Abbreviation": "qld", "Caption": "Longreach Shire Hall and Water Tower", "Coordinates": "-23.4422 144.2491 type:city_region:AU-QLD inline,title Longreach (town centre)", "Population": "3124", "Population Year": "2021", "Established": "1888", "Postcode": "4730", "Area": "2349... |
William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an American analytic philosopher, Christian apologist, author, and Wesleyan theologian who upholds the view of Molinism and neo-Apollinarianism. He is currently a Professor of Philosophy at Houston Christian University and a Research Professor of Philosophy at Biola Universi... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "Contemporary philosophy", "School": "Analytic philosophyMolinismneo-Apollinarianism", "Institutions": "Biola University Houston Christian University Westmont College Wheaton College University of Louvain Trinity Evangelical Divinity School University of Birmingham ... |
Benbecula Records was a Scottish independent record label. Established in 1999 in Edinburgh, Scotland, by local musicians Phase 6 and Beluga, Benbecula Records began as a CD-R-based record label before moving towards large-run commercial vinyl record and CD releases in 2000.
The label closed on 1 November 2009.
Biogr... | {"Founded": "1999", "Defunct": "2009", "Founder": "Beluga, Phase 6, Steven McConnell", "Country of origin": "UK", "Location": "Edinburgh", "Genre": "Electronic Downtempo IDM"} |
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian former politician and businessman who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
Turnbull graduated from the University of Sydney as a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of La... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Honourable", "Honorific suffix": "AUS AC 100", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2015", "Alternative text": "Image of Malcolm Turnbull", "Term start": "15 September 2015", "Term end": "24 August 2018", "Deputy 2": "Julie Bishop", "Predecessor 2": "Brendan Nelson", "Successor 2": "Tony Abbot... |
WSR-74 radars were Weather Surveillance Radars designed in 1974 for the National Weather Service. They were added to the existing network of the WSR-57 model to improve forecasts and severe weather warnings. Some have been sold to other countries like Australia, Greece, and Pakistan.
Radar properties
There are two t... | {"Country of origin": "United States", "Introduced": "1974", "Type": "Weather radar", "Frequency": "2890 MHz (WSR-74S S band)5400 MHz (WSR-74C C band)", "PRF": "259 Hz (WSR-74C)545 and 162 Hz (WSR-74S)", "Pulsewidth": "3 μs (WSR-74C)1 and 4 μs (WSR-74S)", "Range": "579 km", "Diameter": "2.6 m ft on (WSR-74C)3.7 m ft on... |
WSR-57 radars were the USA's main weather surveillance radar for over 35 years. The National Weather Service operated a network of this model radar across the country, watching for severe weather.
History
thumb|left|Radar image of tornado-producing supercells over Minneapolis, 1965
The WSR-57 (Weather Surveillance Ra... | {"Country of origin": "United States", "Introduced": "1957", "Type": "Weather radar", "Frequency": "2890 MHz (S band)", "PRF": "164 Hz (long range) or 545 Hz (short range)", "Pulsewidth": "0.5 or 4 μs", "Range": "915 or 275 km (according to PRF used)", "Diameter": "3.66 m ft on", "Precision": "0.15 km mi on or 1.2 km m... |
Villers-Cotterêts () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France, France. It is notable as the signing-place in 1539 of the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts discontinuing the use of Latin in official French documents, and as the birthplace in 1802 of French novelist Alexandre Dumas père.
Geography
It is loc... | {"Name": "Villers-Cotterêts", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Main square with a statue of Alexandre Dumas père and church", "Arrondissement": "Soissons", "Canton": "Villers-Cotterêts", "Postal code": "02600", "Mayor": "Franck BriffautRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datase... |
Mary Genevieve Gaudron (born 5 January 1943), is an Australian lawyer and judge, who was the first female Justice of the High Court of Australia. She was the Solicitor-General of New South Wales from 1981 until 1987 before her appointment to the High Court. After her retirement in 2002, she joined the International La... | {"Name": "Mary Gaudron", "Image caption": "Mary Gaudron (left) with PM Julia Gillard, GG Quentin Bryce, AG Nicola Roxon in 2011", "Term start": "6 February 1987", "Term end": "31 January 2003", "Birth name": "Mary Genevieve Gaudron", "Birth date": "yes 1943 01 05", "Birth place": "Moree, New South Wales", "Spouse(s)": ... |
Villers-Bocage () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in Northern France.
History
Second World War
The Battle of Villers-Bocage was a significant battle between British and German forces on 13 June 1944 during the Battle of Normandy.Daniel Taylor: Villers-Bocage through the Lens. 1999, .
Fu... | {"Name": "Villers-Bocage", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Mairie, Villers-Bocage.JPG", "Caption": "Town hall", "Arrondissement": "Vire", "Canton": "Les Monts d'Aunay", "Postal code": "14310", "Mayor": "Stéphanie LeberrurierRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-... |
Mr. Baseball is a 1992 American sports comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Dennis Haysbert, and Aya Takanashi. It depicts a tumultuous season in the career of veteran New York Yankees first baseman Jack Elliot, who is traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central League d... | {"Directed by": "Fred Schepisi", "Screenplay by": "Monte Merrick\n Gary Ross\n Kevin Wade", "Story by": "Theo Pelletier\n John Junkerman", "Produced by": "Fred Schepisi\n Doug Claybourne\n Robert Newmyer", "Starring": "Tom Selleck\n Dennis Haysbert\n Ken Takakura", "Music by": "Jerry Goldsmith", "Cinematography": "Ian ... |
thumb|Video of a woman hula hooping in Times Square, New York
thumb|A Hoop busker balancing a guitar & hula hoop at the Pike Place Market in Seattle
thumb|A new circus hula hoop performer using glow stick and LED technologies
thumb|A boy hula hooping using his neck in Lusaka
A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled ar... | {"Type": "toy", "Company": "various", "Country": "various", "Availability": "Ancient times", "Materials": "various"} |
St Mary's () is the largest and most populous island of the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago off the southwest coast of Cornwall in England, United Kingdom.
Description
thumb|left|St Mary's (in red) and the other Isles of Scilly
St Mary's has an area of — 40 percent of the total land area of the Isles of Scilly — this... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)Neighbourhood Statistics Census 2011: St Mary's CP: Population density", "Unitary authority": "Isles of Scilly", "Ceremonial county": "Cornwall", "UK Parliament": "St Ives", "Postcode district": "TR", "Dialling code": "01720", "OS grid reference": "SV915115"} |
Captain Patrick Logan (1791 - October 1830) was the commandant of the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement from 1826 until his death in 1830 at the hands of Aboriginal Australians who objected to him entering their lands. As he had been hated by convicts, there were rumours that escaped convicts living in the bush had attacked... | {"Born": "Berwickshire, Scotland", "Died": "near Mount Beppo", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Spouse(s)": "Letitia O'Beirne"} |
The University of Zürich (UZH, ) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine which go back to 1525, and a new faculty of philosophy... | {"Type": "Public university", "Budget": "1.42 billion Swiss francsAnnual Report 2018 https://www.uzh.ch/en/about/portrait/annualreport.html#3-8 University of Zurich 2018", "President": "Michael Schaepman", "Students": "25,732", "Campus": "Urban", "Website": "www.uzh.ch"} |
George Chapman (Hitchin, Hertfordshire, - London, 12 May 1634) was an English dramatist, translator and poet. He was a classical scholar whose work shows the influence of Stoicism. William Minto speculated that Chapman is the unnamed Rival Poet of Shakespeare's sonnets. Chapman is seen as an anticipator of the metaphy... | {"Born": "1559", "Died": "1634 5 12 y", "Occupation": "Writer", "Period": "Elizabethan"} |
John Roy Hooper (also Johan Hoper; c. 1495 – 9 February 1555) was an English churchman, Anglican Bishop of Gloucester, later of Worcester and Gloucester, a Protestant reformer and a Protestant martyr. A proponent of the English Reformation, he was executed for heresy by burning during the reign of Queen Mary I.
Early ... | {"Church": "Church of England", "Diocese": "Worcester and Gloucester", "Quashed": "<!-- or", "Retired": "-->", "Predecessor": "Nicholas Heath", "Successor": "Nicholas Heath (restored)", "Other post(s)": "Bishop of Gloucester (1551–1552)", "Consecration": "Thomas Cranmer", "Died": "Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England",... |
Nicholas Heath (c. 1501-1578) was the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor. He previously served as Bishop of Worcester.
Life
Heath was born in London and graduated BA at Oxford in 1519.Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 He then migrated to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1520, MA ... | {"Church": "Roman Catholic", "Predecessor": "Robert Holgate", "Successor": "Thomas Young", "Consecration": "Stephen Gardiner", "Born": "London, England", "Died": "Chobham, Surrey"} |
Mirko Filipović (; born 10 September 1974), better known by his ring name Mirko Cro Cop, is a retired Croatian professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and amateur boxer. He is mostly known for his time in Pride Fighting Championships. Cro Cop fought in the UFC, K-1, RIZIN and Bellator. He is widely considered one ... | {"Born": "Vinkovci, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia", "Nationality": "Croatian", "Height": "6 ft 2 in", "Weight": "234 lb", "Division": "Heavyweight", "Reach": "73 inhttp://www.ufc.com/fighter/Mirko-Cro-Cop?id= Mirko Cro Cop UFC en 2017-03-07", "Style": "Kickboxing", "Stance": "South paw", "Fighting out of": "Zagreb, Croati... |
Edward Foxe (c. 1496 - 8 May 1538) was an English churchman, Bishop of Hereford. He played a major role in Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon, and he assisted in drafting the Ten Articles of 1536.
Early life
He was born at Dursley in Gloucestershire, and may have been related to Richard Fox, Bishop of Exete... | {"Church": "Church of England", "Diocese": "Diocese of Hereford", "Predecessor": "Charles Booth", "Successor": "Edmund Bonner", "Other post(s)": "Archdeacon of Leicester, Archdeacon of Dorset, Dean of Salisbury", "Born": "Dursley Gloucestershire", "Died": "8 May 1538 (age 41-42)", "Education": "Eton College"} |
The Korea Strait is a sea passage in East Asia between Korea and Japan, connecting the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan in the northwest Pacific Ocean. The strait is split by the Tsushima Island into the Western Channel and the Tsushima Strait or Eastern Channel. It is economically important, as many... | {"Infobox title": "Korea Strait", "Picture caption": "Map showing the Korea Strait.", "Hide romanizations?": "no", "Japanese name in Kanji": "対馬海峡/朝鮮海峡", "Japanese hiragana": "つしまかいきょう/ちょうせんかいきょう", "Japanese Hepburn romanization": "Tsushima Kaikyō /Chōsen kaikyō"} |
Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby union system.
Premiership clubs qualify for Europe's two main club competiti... | {"Title": "Premiership Rugby", "Current season": "2023-24 Premiership Rugby", "Map size": "300px", "Last season": "2021-22 Premiership Rugby", "Sport": "Rugby union", "Founded": "1987", "Administrator": "RFU", "Teams": "10", "Country": "England England", "Champions": "Saracens (6th title)", "Season (for most recent or ... |
The Roches were an American vocal trio of sisters Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche, from Park Ridge, New Jersey.
Career
In the late 1960s, eldest sister Maggie (October 26, 1951 - January 21, 2017) and middle sister Terre (pronounced "Terry", born April 10, 1953) attended Park Ridge High School,Karas, Matty. "'Uncool' Ro... | {"Origin": "Park Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.", "Genres": "Folk folk pop pop rock", "Labels": "Warner Bros. Real Live Paradox MCA Rhino Baby Music Boom Rykodisc 429", "Website": "roches.com"} |
Patrick Cox (born 28 November 1952) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician, journalist and television current affairs presenter who served as President of the European Parliament from 2002 to 2004 and Leader of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group from 1998 to 2002. He served as a Member of the Europea... | {"Image caption": "Cox in 2009", "Vice president": "Gérard Onesta", "Term start": "15 January 2002", "Term end": "20 July 2004", "Office 2": "Member of the European Parliament", "Birth name": "Patrick Cox", "Birth date": "1952 11 28 y", "Birth place": "Dublin, Ireland", "Nationality": "Irish", "Other political party": ... |
thumb|House in Pilsen where Fučík lived in 1913-1937
Julius Fučík () (23 February 1903 - 8 September 1943) was a Czech journalist, critic, writer, and active member of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. For his part at the forefront of the anti-Nazi resistance during the Second World War, he was imprisoned and torture... | {"Born": "yes 1903 2 23", "Died": "yes 1943 9 8 1903 2 23", "Occupation": "Journalist and literary critic", "Citizenship": "Austrian, Czechoslovak", "Notable awards": "Honorary International Peace Prize (1950)", "Alma mater": "Faculty of Arts, Charles University"} |
thumb|Richard Foxe, portrait after Johannes Corvus, late 16th century, National Portrait Gallery, London. At left are the arms of the See of Exeter impaling Foxe (Azure, a pelican in her piety or) at right are the arms of the See of Winchester impaling Foxe, the whole circumscribed by the Garter
thumb|Arms of Richard F... | {"Denomination": "Roman Catholic", "Predecessor": "Thomas Langton", "Successor": "Thomas Wolsey", "Consecration": "John Morton", "Born": "Ropsley, Lincolnshire, England", "Died": "England", "Church": "Roman Catholic"} |
thumb|Arms of Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall, Durham Castle. See of Durham impaling Tunstall (Sable, three combs argent), "which arose from the first of the name and family in England, being barber to William the Conqueror"Historical Anecdotes of Heraldry and Chivalry: Tending to Shew the Origin of, By Mrs. Dobson (Susannah)... | {"Church": "Roman Catholic", "Diocese": "Diocese of Durham", "Predecessor": "Cardinal Thomas Wolsey", "Successor": "James Pilkington", "Other post(s)": "Bishop of London1522-1530", "Consecration": "William Warham", "Born": "Hackforth, Yorkshire, England", "Died": "1559 11 18 y", "Nationality": "English", "Parents": "Th... |
William Hooker Gillette (July 24, 1853 – April 29, 1937) was an American actor-manager, playwright, and stage-manager in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best remembered for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage and in a 1916 silent film.
Gillette's most significant contributions to the theater were in devi... | {"Name": "William Gillette", "Birth name": "William Hooker Gillette", "Birth date": "1853 7 24 y", "Birth place": "Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.", "Death date": "1937 4 29 1853 7 24", "Death place": "Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor, playwright, inventor, stage manager, director"} |
Andreas Maria Maximilian Freiherr von Mauchenheim genannt Bechtolsheim (born 30 September 1955List of richest Germans diereichsten.de; accessed 30 June 2017.) is a German electrical engineer, entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 and was its chief hardware designer. As of September 2023, hi... | {"Name": "Andy Bechtolsheim", "Education": "Technical University of MunichCarnegie Mellon UniversityStanford University", "Birth date": "1955 9 30 y", "Birth place": "Hängeberg am AmmerseeFinning, Landsberg, Bavaria, West Germany", "Known For": "Co-founder Sun MicrosystemsGoogle investor", "Boards": "Arista Networks"} |
Wham-O Inc. is an American toy company based in Carson, California, United States. It is known for creating and marketing many popular toys for nearly 70 years, including the Hula hoop, Frisbee, Slip 'N Slide, Super Ball, Trac-Ball, Silly String, Hacky sack, Wham-O Bird Ornithopter and Boogie Board, many of which have... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Toys", "Founded": "1948 yes", "Headquarters": "966 Sandhill Ave, Carson, California 90746", "Website": "wham-o.com/"} |
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Premier League, following their promotion from the 2022-23 EFL Championship. They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at Br... | {"Nickname(s)": "The Blades", "Capacity": "32,050 https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/document/2023/08/31/132475d9-6ce7-48f3-b168-0d9f234c995a/PL_Handbook_2023-24_DIGITAL_29.08.23.pdf Premier League Handbook\nhttps://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.sheffieldunited.co.uk/bb5cfa70-9011-11ed-a... |
The Halls, Wolverhampton is a music venue in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It has been one of the most notable live music venues in the county for several decades. It is part of a complex including The Civic Hall, Wulfrun Hall and the Slade Rooms (previously known as The Little Civic). The complex is owned by ... | {"Location": "Wolverhampton, England", "Opened": "yes 1938 05 16", "Expanded": "2001 and 2023", "Owner": "City of Wolverhampton Council", "Operator": "AEG Presents", "Capacity": "3,404 (Civic Hall)1,289 (Wulfrun Hall)550 (Slade Rooms)"} |
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thumb|Ceiling showing coats of arms of the See of Durham (Azure, a cross or between four lions rampant argent) and of Bishop John Cosin (Azure, a fret or), Chapel, Auckland Castle
thumb|left|Entrance to almshouses for 8 paupers established in Durham in 1666 by John Cosin, Bishop of... | {"Diocese": "Diocese of Durham", "Predecessor": "Thomas Morton (before the Interregnum)", "Successor": "Nathaniel Crew", "Other post(s)": "Archdeacon of the East Riding (1625-1660)Master of Peterhouse (1635-1643, 1660)Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University (1639-1640)Dean of Peterborough (November 1640-1660)Master of ... |
Richard Neile (or Neale; 1562 - 31 October 1640) was an English churchman, bishop successively of six English dioceses, more than any other man, including the Archdiocese of York from 1631 until his death. He was involved in the last burning at the stake for heresy in England, that of the Arian Edward Wightman in 1612.... | {"Predecessor": "Samuel Harsnett", "Successor": "John Williams", "Died": "1640 10 31 1562 3 11 y", "Nationality": "British", "Denomination": "Church of England", "Education": "Westminster School"} |
"Pedro Navaja" () is a salsa song written and performed by Rubén Blades from the 1978 collaboration with Willie Colón, Siembra, about a criminal of the same name. Navaja means "knife" or "razor blade" in Spanish. Inspired by the song "Mack the Knife", it tells the story of a panderer's life and presumed death. The song... | {"Language": "Spanish", "Released": "March 1979", "Recorded": "May - June 1978", "Studio": "La Tierra Sound Studios (New York)", "Genre": "Salsa", "Label": "Fania", "Songwriter(s)": "Rubén Blades", "Producer(s)": "Willie Colón\nJerry Masucci"} |
Sir Francis Windebank (1582 - 1 September 1646) was an English politician who was Secretary of State under Charles I.
Biography
Francis was the only son of Sir Thomas Windebank of Hougham, Lincolnshire, who owed his advancement to the Cecil family, Francis entered St John's College, Oxford, in 1599, coming there under... | {"Name": "Sir Francis Windebank", "Birth date": "1582", "Death date": "1646 1582 yes", "Image": "SirFrancisWindebank.gif", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Alma mater": "St John's College, Oxford", "Children": "Thomas Windebank\n Francis Windebank\n Christopher Windebank\n John Windebank", "Father": "Sir Thomas Windeba... |
Litherland is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside. It was an urban district, which included Seaforth and Ford. It neighbours Waterloo to the north, Seaforth to the west, and Bootle to the south and is approximately north of Liverpool city centre.
History
thumb|left|Litherland Town Hall
Historical... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2001)", "Metropolitan borough": "Sefton", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "Bootle", "Postcode district": "L", "Dialling code": "0151", "OS grid reference": "SJ340944"} |
Thomas Morton (20 March 156420 September 1659) was an English churchman, bishop of several dioceses. Well-connected and in favour with James I, he was also a significant polemical writer against Roman Catholic views. He rose to become Bishop of Durham, but despite a record of sympathetic treatment of Puritans as a dioc... | {"Diocese": "Diocese of Durham", "Predecessor": "John Howson", "Successor": "Vacant (Civil War)", "Other post(s)": "Dean of Gloucester (June 1607-1609)Dean of Winchester (1609-1616)Bishop of Chester (1616-1619)Bishop of Lichfield & Coventry (February 1619-1632)", "Ordination": "1594", "Consecration": "1616", "Born": "P... |
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Formby is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England.
Historically in Lancashire, three manors are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under "Fornebei", Halsall, Walton and Poynton. Cockle raking and shrimp fishing lasted into the ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "Population": "(2021)", "Metropolitan borough": "Sefton", "UK Parliament": "Sefton Central", "Postcode district": "L", "Dialling code": "01704", "OS grid reference": "SD293074"} |
The Sheffield Supertram is a tram and tram-train network covering Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. The infrastructure is owned by the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE), with Stagecoach responsible for the operation and maintenance of rolling stock under a concession until 2024, u... | {"Name": "Sheffield Supertram", "Second image": "Sheffield supertram at Cathedral stop - DSC07446.JPG", "Second image caption": "A Siemens-Duewag Supertram, operating a service to Halfway, seen in July 2010.", "Locale": "South Yorkshire\n Derbyshire (bypass)", "Area(s) served": "Rotherham\n Sheffield", "Transit type(s)... |
Jacques Rancière (; born 10 June 1940) is a French philosopher, Professor of Philosophy at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII: Vincennes—Saint-Denis. After co-authoring Reading Capital (1965) with the structuralist Marxist philosopher Louis Althusse... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "20th-/21st-century philosophy", "School": "Continental philosophyStructural Marxism", "Institutions": "University of Paris VIII"} |
United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court unanimously ordered President Richard Nixon to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials related to the Watergate scandal to a federal district court. Decided on July 24, 1974, ... | {"Date argued": "July 8", "Year argued": "1974", "Date decided": "July 24", "Year decided": "1974", "Full case name": "United States v. Richard Milhous Nixon, President of the United States, et al.", "United States Reports volume number": "418", "United States Reports page number": "683", "Parallel citations": "94 S. C... |
Gary Earl Johnson (born January 1, 1953) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 29th governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003 as a member of the Republican Party. He has been a member of the Libertarian Party since 2011 and was the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 and ... | {"Name": "Gary Johnson", "Image caption": "Johnson in 2016", "Term start": "January 1, 1995", "Term end": "January 1, 2003", "Birth name": "Gary Earl Johnson", "Birth date": "1953 1 1", "Birth place": "Minot, North Dakota, U.S.", "Other political party": "Republican (before 2011)", "Spouse(s)": "Denise Simms 1977 2005 ... |
Richard de Bury (24 January 1287 - 14 April 1345), also known as Richard Aungerville or Aungervyle, was an English priest, teacher, bishop, writer, and bibliophile. He was a patron of learning and one of the first English collectors of books. He is chiefly remembered for his Philobiblon, written to inculcate in the c... | {"Denomination": "Catholic", "Predecessor": "Lewis de Beaumont", "Successor": "Thomas Hatfield", "Born": "near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England", "Died": "Bishop Auckland, Durham, England"} |
Daniel "Dee" Snider (born March 15, 1955)Tayler, Letta, Twisted Sister's Dee Snider remembers his challenging Long Island upbringing, "Newsday", March 15, 2016. Archived here is an American singer, songwriter, radio personality, and actor. He was the lead singer and songwriter of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. He... | {"Born": "New York City, U.S.", "Genres": "Heavy metal hard rock shock rock glam metal", "Member of": "Van Helsing's Curse Telergy", "Formerly of": "Twisted Sister Bent Brother Desperado Widowmaker SMFs (Sick Mother Fuckers)", "Website": "deesnider.com"} |
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is a book about the history of science by philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn. Its publication was a landmark event in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science. Kuhn challenged the then prevailing view of progress in science in which scientific progress was viewed as "developmen... | {"Cover artist": "Ted Lacey", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "University of Chicago Press", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover and Paperback)", "Pages": "264", "ISBN": "9780226458113"} |
Maghull ( ) is a town and civil parish in Sefton, Merseyside (historically a part of Lancashire). The town is north of Liverpool and west of Kirkby. The area also contains Ashworth Hospital.
Maghull had a population of 20,444 at the 2011 Census. Housing in the town is almost entirely a 20th-century settlement of semi-... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "Metropolitan borough": "Sefton", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "Sefton Central", "Postcode district": "L", "Dialling code": "0151", "OS grid reference": "SD373027"} |
thumb|The default login screen on VM/370 Release 6.
VM (often: VM/CMS) is a family of IBM virtual machine operating systems used on IBM mainframes System/370, System/390, zSeries, System z and compatible systems, including the Hercules emulator for personal computers.
The following versions are known:
Virtual Machine... | {"Developer": "IBM", "Source model": "1972-1986 Open source, 1977-present Closed source", "Platforms": "System/370, System/390, zSeries, IBM zEnterprise System", "OS family": "VM family", "Initial release": "1972", "Marketing target": "IBM mainframe computers", "Available in": "English", "Working state": "Current", "Li... |
Aigburth () is a suburb of Liverpool, England. Located to the south of the city, it is bordered by Dingle, Garston, Mossley Hill, and Toxteth.
Description
Historically a part of Lancashire, Aigburth is mainly residential and covers an area following Aigburth Road (A561) and the areas either side of it until it reach... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Metropolitan borough": "City of Liverpool", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "Liverpool Riverside", "Postcode district": "L", "Dialling code": "0151", "OS grid reference": "SJ385864"} |
Allerton is a suburb of Liverpool, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is located southeast of the city centre and is bordered by the suburbs of Garston, Hunt's Cross, Mossley Hill, and Woolton. It has a number of large houses in the prestigious Calderstones Park area, with mainly 1930s semi-detached housing aroun... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "Metropolitan borough": "City of Liverpool", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "Garston and Halewood", "Postcode district": "L", "Dialling code": "0151", "OS grid reference": "SJ415865"} |
The Other is a 1972 American horror psychological thriller film directed by Robert Mulligan, adapted for film by Thomas Tryon from his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, and twins Chris and Martin Udvarnoky, with Victor French, John Ritter, and Jenny Sullivan in supporting roles.
Plot
In 1... | {"Directed by": "Robert Mulligan", "Produced by": "Thomas TryonRobert Mulligan", "Screenplay by": "Thomas Tryon", "Based on": "The Other1971 novel Thomas Tryon", "Starring": "Uta HagenDiana MuldaurChris UdvarnokyMartin Udvarnoky", "Cinematography": "Robert L. Surtees", "Edited by": "Folmar BlangstedO. Nicholas Brown", ... |
Sarah Harrison (born 1990), also known as LadyInTheTrap (LITT), is an English-Maltese DJ and singer.
Early life
Born in Malta, Harrison began her career as a child, hosting a children's television show on ONE TV in Malta. At the age of 12, she moved to London, where she began attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School.... | {"Born": "Malta", "Origin": "London, England, UK", "Genres": "Hip hop, R&B, pop", "Website": "imsarahharrison.com"} |
Wewelsburg () is a Renaissance castle located in the village of Wewelsburg, which is a district of the town of Büren, Westphalia, in the Landkreis of Paderborn in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The castle has a triangular layout, with three round towers connected by massive walls. After 1934 it was u... | {"Type": "Castle", "Architectural style": "Renaissance", "Current tenants": "Kreismuseum Wewelsburg, Youth hostel", "Town or city": "Wewelsburg", "Coordinates": "51 36 23 N 8 39 06 E region:DE-NW_type:landmark title,inline", "Construction started": "1603"} |
The Quileute ,"Quileute". Forvo. are a Native American people in western Washington state in the United States, currently numbering approximately 2,000. They are a federally recognized tribe: the Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation.
The Quileute people were forced onto the Quileute Indian Reservation () after s... | {"Name": "Quileute", "Flag": "Flag of the Quileute Tribe.PNG", "Population": "Enrolled members: 2,000", "Languages": "English, formerly Quileute language", "Related ethnic groups": "Chimakum (extinct)"} |
David Robert Filo (born April 20, 1966) is an American billionaire businessman and the co-founder of Yahoo! with Jerry Yang. His Filo Server Program, written in the C programming language, was the server-side software used to dynamically serve variable web pages, called Filo Server Pages, on visits to early versions of... | {"Name": "David Filo", "Caption": "Filo in 2007", "Birth name": "David Robert Filohttp://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002307&mediaType=application%2Fpdf Centennial Year Commencement Exercises Stanford University 69 June 16, 1991 June 26, 2018 December 22, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/201912221009... |
Douglas James Rain (May 9, 1928 - November 11, 2018) was a Canadian actor and narrator. Although primarily a stage actor, he is perhaps best known for his voicing of the HAL 9000 computer in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and its sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984).
Early life
Rain was born in Winnip... | {"Caption": "Rain in 1968", "Name": "Douglas Rain", "Birth name": "Douglas James Rain", "Birth date": "1928 05 09", "Birth place": "Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada", "Death date": "2018 11 11 1928 03 13", "Death place": "St. Marys, Ontario, Canada", "Alma mater": "University of ManitobaBanff School of Fine ArtsOld Vic Theat... |
Andrea Pia Yates ( Kennedy; born July 3, 1964) is an American woman from Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001. The case of Yateswho had exhibited severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and schizophrenia leading up to the murdersplaced the M'Naghten r... | {"Name": "Andrea Yates", "Birth name": "Andrea Pia Kennedy", "Birth date": "1964 7 3", "Birth place": "Hallsville, Texas, U.S.", "Disappeared status": "Institutionalized"} |
Darlie Lynn Peck Routier (born January 4, 1970) is an American woman from Rowlett, Texas, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of her five-year-old son Damon in 1996. She has also been charged with capital murder in the death of her six-year-old son, Devon, who was murdered at the same time as Damon... | {"Name": "Darlie Routier", "Birth name": "Darlie Lynn Peck", "Birth date": "1970 1 4", "Birth place": "Altoona, Pennsylvania, U.S."} |
Gülben Ergen (; born 25 August 1972) is a Turkish singer and actress.
Ergen started her career as an actress, and later decided to enter the music industry. She started her music career as a headliner. In 2001, for her role as Melek in the comedy series Dadı which is an adaptation of The Nanny, she won the award for B... | {"Name": "Gülben Ergen", "Image": "Gülben Ergen (cropped).jpeg", "Caption": "Ergen in 2013", "Birth date": "1972 8 25 yes", "Birth place": "Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey", "Education": "Erenköy Girls High SchoolKadıköy Business High School", "Occupation": "Singer songwriter model (formerly) actress TV presenter", "Years ac... |
Perry is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, approximately south-west of Huntingdon. Perry is in Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and historic county of England. Perry is on the shore of a reservoir, Grafham Water, a few miles from the market town of St Neots.
Before b... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "TL148664", "Postcode district": "PE28", "Shire county": "Cambridgeshire", "District": "Huntingdonshire", "Population": "(2011)", "UK Parliament": "Huntingdon"} |
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a British comedy panel game show with a pop music theme. It has aired on Sky Max since September 2021, having originally aired between November 1996 and January 2015 on BBC Two. The original series was first hosted by Mark Lamarr, then by Simon Amstell, and later by a number of guest present... | {"Also known as": "Buzzcocks", "Genre": "Comedy panel game", "Created by": "Bill MatthewsSimon Bullivant", "Presented by": "Mark LamarrSimon AmstellRhod GilbertGreg Davies", "Starring": "Phill JupitusSean HughesBill BaileyNoel FieldingDaisy May CooperJamali Maddix", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time"... |
The Tulalip Tribes of Washington (, ), formerly known as the Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, is a federally recognized tribe of Duwamish, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, and Stillaguamish people. They are South and Central Coast Salish peoples of indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest C... | {"Name": "Tulalip Tribes of Washington", "Image": "250px", "Image caption": "Tulalip tribal flag", "Population": "2,500-2,800 enrolled members\"Who We Are.\" Tulalip Tribes. Retrieved September 25, 2013.\"Tulalip Tribe.\" Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board. Retrieved September 25, 2013.", "Religions": "Traditi... |
The Ford Parklane is a station wagon that was produced by Ford for the 1956 model year. In line with the Chevrolet Nomad, the Parklane was a premium two-door station wagon, combining the body of the two-door Ford Ranch Wagon with trim elements of the Ford Fairlane sedan.
For the 1957 model year, the Parklane was ... | {"Class": "Full-size car", "Body style": "2-door station wagon", "Transmission": "3-speed manualFord-O-Matic automatic", "Length": "197.6 in mm 0 on", "Width": "75.9 in mm 0 on", "Related": "Ford Ranch WagonFord Fairlane", "Successor": "Ford Del Rio", "Manufacturer": "Ford Motor Company", "Platform": "1955 Ford"} |
(known as Virtua Squad for the North American Windows version) is a 1994 light gun shooter game developed by Sega AM2 and designed by Yu Suzuki. It was originally an arcade game on the Sega Model 2 system, and was ported to the Sega Saturn in 1995 and Windows in 1996. The Saturn version included support for both the Vi... | {"Title": "Virtua Cop", "Caption": "Japanese arcade flyer for Virtua Cop", "Developer": "Sega AM2", "Publisher": "SegaAcclaim Entertainment (PS2, PAL)", "Producer": "Yu Suzuki", "Programmer": "Katsunori Itai", "Artist": "Akihito Hiroyoshi", "Composer": "Kentaro Koyama", "Platforms": "Arcade, Saturn, Windows, PlayStatio... |
Sartoris is a novel, first published in 1929, by the American author William Faulkner. It portrays the decay of the Mississippi aristocracy following the social upheaval of the American Civil War. The 1929 edition is an abridged version of Faulkner's original work. The full text was published in 1973 as Flags in the ... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Harcourt Brace", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)"} |
King's Cross Thameslink station is a closed railway station in central London, England. It is located on Pentonville Road, around east of King's Cross mainline station. At the time of closure, in 2007, it was served by Thameslink trains and managed by First Capital Connect. Services have been transferred to a new stat... | {"Name": "King's Cross Thameslink", "Caption": "King's Cross Thameslink before its closure", "Administrative subdivision": "Kings Cross, London Borough of Camden", "Country": "England", "Coordinates": "51.5308 -0.1202 type:railwaystation_region:GB inline,title", "Original company": "Metropolitan Railway", "Pre-grouping... |
Metronidazole, sold under the brand name Flagyl among others, is an antibiotic and antiprotozoal medication. It is used either alone or with other antibiotics to treat pelvic inflammatory disease, endocarditis, and bacterial vaginosis. It is effective for dracunculiasis, giardiasis, trichomoniasis, and amebiasis. It is... | {"AHFS": "monograph metronidazole", "Pregnancycategory": "B2", "Routes ofadministration": "By mouth, topical, rectal, intravenous, vaginal", "Metabolism": "Urine (77%), faeces (14%)"} |
Kenneth Eugene St. Andre (born April 28, 1947) is an American fantasy author and game designer, best known for his work with Tunnels & Trolls and Wasteland. He was born in Ogden, Utah, and has been an active member of The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America since 1989.
Game design
Ken St. Andre first saw th... | {"Born": "1947 4 28 y", "Occupation": "Game designer, writer", "Period": "1975-present", "Nickname": "\"Trollgod\", \"Trollgodfather\"", "Nationality": "American"} |
Martin Hayter Short (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and writer. Short is known as an energetic comedian who gained prominence for his roles in sketch comedy. He has also acted in numerous films and television shows. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awa... | {"Name": "Martin Short", "Post-nominals": "100% CAN OC", "Caption": "Short in 2014", "Birth name": "Martin Hayter Short", "Birth date": "1950 03 26 y", "Birth place": "Hamilton, Ontario, Canada", "Citizenship": "Canada\n United States", "Alma mater": "McMaster University", "Occupation": "Actor comedian writer", "Years ... |
NorthPoint Communications Group, Inc. was a competitive local exchange carrier focused on data transmission via digital subscriber lines. The company had relationships with Microsoft, Tandy Corporation, Intel, Verio, Cable & Wireless, Frontier Corporation, Concentric Network, ICG Communications, Enron, Network Plus, an... | {"Fate": "Bankruptcy, assets acquired by ATT", "Founded": "1997", "Defunct": "2001", "Headquarters": "California"} |
The University of Mary Washington (UMW) is a public liberal arts university in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the Fredericksburg Teachers College, the institution was named Mary Washington College in 1938 after Mary Ball Washington, mother of the first president of the United States, George Washington. Th... | {"Motto": "Pro Deo Domo Patria (Latin)", "Type": "Public liberal arts university", "Endowment": "$58.8 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year ... |
Roy Harper (born 12 June 1941) is an English folk rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has released 22 studio albums (and 10 live ones) across a career that stretches back to 1966. As a musician, Harper is known for his distinctive fingerstyle playing and lengthy, lyrical, complex compositions, reflecting his lov... | {"Born": "Rusholme, Manchester, England", "Genres": "Folk\nfolk baroque\nfolk rock\nindie folk\nprogressive folk", "Labels": "Science Friction\nLiberty\nCBS\nHarvest\nChrysalis\nBeggars Banquet\nI.R.S.\nBella Union", "Website": "royharper.co.uk"} |
Melanie Hamilton Wilkes is a fictional character first appearing in the 1936 novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. In the 1939 film she was portrayed by Olivia de Havilland. Melanie is Scarlett O'Hara's sister-in-law and eventually her best friend. Mitchell likely based the character on her cousin Sister Mary... | {"First appearance": "Gone with the Wind", "Created by": "Margaret Mitchell", "Portrayed by": "Olivia de Havilland", "Children": "Beau Wilkes (son, with Ashley)Unborn child (second child with Ashley; deceased)", "Relatives": "John Wilkes (father-in-law; deceased)Mrs Wilkes (mother-in-law and aunt; deceased)India Wilkes... |
Redwall is a series of children's fantasy novels by British writer Brian Jacques, published from 1986 to 2011. It is also the title of the first book of the series, published in 1986, as well as the name of the abbey featured in the book, and is the name of an animated TV series based on three of the novels (Redwall, M... | {"Illustrator": "Various", "Cover artist": "Various", "Translator": "Various", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)"} |
Babbitt (1922), by Sinclair Lewis, is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930.Phelps, Willia... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Pages": "432 (paperback)", "Publisher": "Harcourt, Brace & Co.", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Preceded by": "Main Street", "Followed by": "Arrowsmith"} |
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