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Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was a regional U.S. airline headquartered in San Diego, California, that operated from 1949 to 1988. It was the first large discount airline in the United States. PSA called itself "The World's Friendliest Airline" and painted a smile on the nose of its airplanes, the PSA Grinningbirds.... | {"Airline name": "Pacific Southwest Airlines", "Image size (px)": "220", "IATA Designator": "PS", "ICAO Designator": "PSA", "Callsign": "PSA", "Founded": "1949 y", "Ceased operations": "1988 04 09 y(integrated into USAir)", "Major hubs": "Los Angeles\n San Diego\n San Francisco", "Parent Company": "PSA Inc. (1949—1... |
Ta Kung Pao (; formerly L'Impartial) is the oldest active Chinese language newspaper in China. Founded in Tianjin in 1902, the paper is state-owned, controlled by the Liaison Office of the Central Government after the Chinese Civil War. It is widely regarded as a veteran pro-Beijing newspaper. In 2016, it merged with H... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper; state media", "Owner(s)": "Hong Kong Liaison Office", "Founder(s)": "Ying Lianzhi", "Editor": "Wong Wai-Keung", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Political alignment": "Pro-Beijing camp"} |
Rockhurst University is a private Jesuit university in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 as Rockhurst College, Rockhurst University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. It enrolled 2,980 students in 2019.
History
In 1909, Fr. Michael Dowling, S.J., the founder of Rockhurst, purchased of land at 53rd... | {"Motto": "Sapientia Aedificavit Sibi Domum'(Latin)", "Type": "Private", "Accreditation": "HLC", "Endowment": "$35.8 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 b... |
Glycyrrhizin (glycyrrhizic acid or glycyrrhizinic acid) is the chief sweet-tasting constituent of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice) root. Structurally, it is a saponin used as an emulsifier and gel-forming agent in foodstuffs and cosmetics. Its aglycone is enoxolone.
Pharmacokinetics
After oral ingestion, glycyrrhizin i... | {"Trade name": "Epigen, Glycyron", "AHFS": "international glycyrrhizin", "Routes ofadministration": "Oral, intravenous", "Metabolism": "Faeces, urine (0.31-0.67%) Ploeger B, Mensinga T, Sips A, Seinen W, Meulenbelt J, DeJongh J The pharmacokinetics of glycyrrhizic acid evaluated by physiologically based pharmacokinet... |
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 was a scheduled flight of Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) from Sacramento to Los Angeles and San Diego. On September 25, 1978, the Boeing 727-214 serving the flight, registration N533PS, collided with a private Cessna 172 light aircraft, registration N7711G, over San Diego, Califo... | {"Date": "September 25, 1978 y", "Summary": "Mid-air collision resulting from pilot error on the Boeing 727 and ATC error", "Site": "32 44 38.2 N 117 07 13.4 W region:US-CA_type:event inline,title", "Total fatalities": "144", "Total injuries": "9", "Total survivors": "0", "Operator": "Gibbs Flite Center, Inc.", "Call s... |
East Week (, Jyutping: dung1 zau1 hon1) is a Hong Kong-based weekly Chinese language magazine which was established by Oriental Press Group (the publisher of Oriental Daily News) on 29 October 1992 and sold to the Emperor Group in September 2001. It is now owned by Sing Tao News Corporation (former name: Global China G... | {"Founded": "1992 by Oriental Press Group", "Categories": "Pro-Beijing", "First issue": "29 October 1992", "Company": "Sing Tao News Corporation formerly: Emperor Group formerly: Oriental Press Group", "Country": "Hong Kong", "Language": "Chinese/Cantonese (in Traditional Chinese character)", "Website": "https://eastwe... |
Bacoor (), officially the City of Bacoor (), is a 1st class component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 664,625 people, making it the 15th most populous city in the Philippines and the second largest city in the province of Cavite after Dasmariñas.
Etymol... | {"Type": "government_type", "Rank": "0", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
Bernard Edwards (October 31, 1952 - April 18, 1996) was an American bass player and record producer, known primarily for his work in disco music with guitarist Nile Rodgers, with whom he co-founded Chic. In 2017, Edwards was selected as the 53rd greatest bassist of all time by Bass Player magazine.
Biography
Edwards w... | {"Born": "Greenville, North Carolina, U.S.", "Died": "Tokyo, Japan", "Genres": "R&B, funk, soul, disco, rock", "Labels": "Atlantic"} |
SuperCollider is an environment and programming language originally released in 1996 by James McCartney for real-time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition.J. McCartney, SuperCollider: A new real time synthesis language, in Proc. International Computer Music Conference (ICMC’96), 1996, pp. 257-258.J. McCartney, R... | {"Original author(s)": "James McCartney", "Initial release": "1996", "Repository": "https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider", "Written in": "C++", "Type": "Audio programming language", "License": "GPL-3.0-or-laterhttp://doc.sccode.org/Other/Licensing.html SuperCollider Licensing live https://web.archive.org/we... |
Joseph Kevin Keegan (born 14 February 1951) is an English former footballer and manager. A forward, he played for several professional clubs from 1968 to 1984. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Keegan was recognised for his dribbling ability as well as his finishing and presence in the air. H... | {"Name": "Kevin Keegan OBE", "Picture caption": "Keegan playing for England circa 1980.", "Full name": "Joseph Kevin Keegan", "Birth date": "1951 2 14 y", "Birth place": "Armthorpe, Doncaster, England", "Height": "5 8", "Position": "Forward", "Youth club 1": "Enfield House YC", "Youth club 2 years": "1967-1968", "Yout... |
The Wassermann test or Wassermann reaction (WR) is an antibody test for syphilis, named after the bacteriologist August Paul von Wassermann, based on complement fixation. It was the first blood test for syphilis and the first in the nontreponemal test (NTT) category. Newer NTTs, such as the RPR and VDRL tests, have mos... | {"Name": "Wassermann test", "Image caption": "The test was sufficiently familiar to American movie audiences that the 1934 exploitation film The Road to Ruin simply showed a card with a positive Wassermann test (misspelled in the film) without any further explanation to indicate a character had contracted syphilis.", "... |
"Hate You" is a single by American punk rock band Daredevils, the side project of Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz that followed after his exit from Bad Religion in 1994.
The band has only released one single with two songs on it, "Hate You" and "Rules, Hearts". "Hate You" was allegedly about the Bad Religion ba... | {"Released": "March 26, 1996", "Genre": "Hardcore punk\n punk rock", "Label": "Epitaph Records", "Songwriter(s)": "Brett Gurewitzhttps://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/905806377 ASCAP Repertory entry for this song ASCAP June 4, 2021", "Producer(s)": "Jerry Finn and Brett Gurewitz"} |
Stranger than Fiction is the eighth full-length studio album and major label debut by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released in 1994. It was a major breakthrough for Bad Religion, being certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and becoming the band's first album to chart on the Billboard ... | {"Released": "1994 08 30", "Recorded": "April-May 1994", "Studio": "Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, Los Angeles", "Genre": "\"rs\"/>https://www.altpress.com/features/best-punk-albums-1994/ 15 punk albums that set up 1994 to be a year of major change for the genre April 21, 2021 Alternative Press Magazine \"rs\"/> melod... |
The Lowell Spinners were a baseball team based in Lowell, Massachusetts. From 1996 to 2020, they were members of Minor League Baseball's New York-Penn League (NYPL) as the Class A Short Season affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. With Major League Baseball's reorganization of the minor leagues after the 2020 season, Lowell... | {"Colors": "Navy blue, red, green, white#13264B #D0202D #1CB052 #FFF", "Class": "Class A Short Season (1996-2020)", "League": "New York-Penn League (1996-2020)", "Name": "Lowell Spinners (1996-2020)", "Ballpark": "Edward A. LeLacheur Park (1998-2020)Stoklosa Alumni Field (1996-1997)"} |
Suspiria () is a 1977 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Dario Argento, who co-wrote the screenplay with Daria Nicolodi, partially based on Thomas De Quincey's 1845 essay Suspiria de Profundis. The film stars Jessica Harper as an American ballet student who transfers to a prestigious dance academy but realize... | {"Directed by": "Dario Argento", "Screenplay by": "Dario Argento\n Daria Nicolodi", "Produced by": "Claudio Argento", "Based on": "Suspiria de Profundis Thomas De Quincey", "Starring": "Jessica Harper\n Stefania Casini\n Flavio Bucci\n Miguel Bosé\n Barbara Magnolfi\n Susanna Javicoli\n Eva Axén\n Alida Valli\n Joan Be... |
In computing, RELAX NG (REgular LAnguage for XML Next Generation) is a schema language for XML—a RELAX NG schema specifies a pattern for the structure and content of an XML document. A RELAX NG schema is itself an XML document but RELAX NG also offers a popular compact, non-XML syntax.RELAX NG Compact Syntax Compared t... | {"Name": "RELAX NG", "Extension": ".rng", "MIME type": "application/xml, text/xml", "Type of format": "XML schema language", "Extended from": "XML"} |
Samuel Brannan (March 2, 1819 - May 5, 1889) was an American settler, businessman, journalist, and prominent Mormon who founded the California Star, the first newspaper in San Francisco, California. He is considered the first to publicize the California Gold Rush and was its first millionaire. He used the profits fro... | {"Name": "Samuel Brannan", "Caption": "Samuel Brannan", "Birth date": "1819 03 02", "Birth place": "Saco, Massachusetts (District of Maine), United States", "Death date": "1889 05 05 1819 03 02", "Death place": "Escondido, California, United States", "Resting place": "Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, California, United ... |
Brown Hill Creek, also known as Willawilla in the Kaurna language, is a watercourse flowing from the Adelaide Hills through in the inner south suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area, in the Australian state of South Australia. It is part of the Patawalonga River catchment.
Course and features
The creek rises on the... | {"Native name": "zku Willawilla", "Mouth": "Patawalonga River", "Location": "south of Mitcham", "Coordinates": "34.984 S 138.651 E source:wikidata_type:river_region:AU-SA title,inline dms"} |
PSA Airlines is an American regional airline headquartered at Dayton International Airport in Dayton, Ohio, United States. The airline is a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Airlines Group and it is paid by fellow group member American Airlines to staff, operate and maintain aircraft used on American Eagle flight... | {"Airline name": "PSA Airlines", "Current Fleet Size": "119", "Number of Destinations": "71", "IATA Designator": "OH", "ICAO Designator": "JIA", "Callsign": "BLUE STREAK", "Air Carrier Operator's Certificate # (AOC)": "VNAA111A", "Parent Company": "American Airlines Group", "Founded": "1979 (as Vee Neal Airlines)", "He... |
ZZT is a 1991 action-adventure puzzle video game and game creation system developed and published by Potomac Computer Systems for MS-DOS. It was later released as freeware in 1997. It is an early game allowing user-generated content using object-oriented programming. Players control a smiley face to battle various crea... | {"Image": "ZZT_Title_screen.gif", "Caption": "Title screen of Town of ZZT", "Developer": "Potomac Computer Systems", "Publisher": "Potomac Computer Systems", "Platforms": "MS-DOS", "Released": "NA January 15, 1991", "Genre": "Action-adventure, game creation system, puzzle", "Modes": "Single-player", "Designer": "Tim Sw... |
Arthur William Donaldson (13 December 1901 - 18 January 1993) was a Scottish journalist and Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was leader of the Scottish National Party from 1960 to 1969.
Early years
Donaldson was born in Dundee, the son of George Donaldson, a yarn dresser. He was educated at Harris Academy,... | {"Name": "Arthur Donaldson", "Image caption": "Donaldson, 1945", "Birth date": "yes 1901 12 13", "Birth place": "Dundee, Scotland", "Death date": "yes 1993 1 18 1901 12 13", "Death place": "Forfar, Angus, Scotland", "Spouse(s)": "Violet Bruce (m. 1932-1993)", "Alma mater": "Detroit Institute of Technology"} |
The SNP Trade Union Group (TUG) is a constituent structure and the largest affiliated organisation of the Scottish National Party (SNP). Formed in the mid to late 1960s as the Association of Scottish Nationalist Trade Unionists (ASNTU), the original goals of the organisation were to recruit members to the SNP in the t... | {"Name": "SNP Trade Union Group", "Location country": "Scotland", "Membership": "16,500 (2016)Meeting of the Parliament 26 January 2016 https://www.parliament.scot/api/sitecore/CustomMedia/OfficialReport?meetingId=10333 26 January 2016 44 Scottish Parliament", "Formation": "2014 (1965Brand Jack National Movement i... |
Chip's Challenge is a top-down tile-based puzzle video game originally published in 1989 by Epyx as a launch title for the Atari Lynx. It was later ported to several other systems and was included in the Windows 3.1 bundle Microsoft Entertainment Pack 4 (1992), and the Windows version of the Best of Microsoft Entertain... | {"Title": "Chip's Challenge", "Caption": "Cover art", "Developer": "Epyx", "Publisher": "Atari (Atari Lynx)\n U.S. Gold (Atari ST, Amiga, ZX Spectrum)\n Epyx (MS-DOS)\n Microsoft Home (Windows)", "Designer": "Chuck Sommerville", "Programmer": "Chuck Sommerville", "Artist": "Paul Vernon", "Composer": "Robert VieiraAlex ... |
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thumb|right|George Elmy Lifeboat Memorial
Seaham is a seaside town in County Durham, England. Located on the Durham Coast, Seaham is situated south of Sunderland and east of Durham. The town grew from the late 19th century onwards as a result of investments in its harbour and coal mines. T... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "20,172", "Unitary authority": "County Durham", "Ceremonial county": "County Durham", "UK Parliament": "Easington", "Postcode district": "SR", "Dialling code": "0191", "OS grid reference": "NZ426496"} |
thumb|right|View from space of Lake Bracciano and surroundings
Lake Bracciano () is a lake of volcanic origin in the Italian region of Lazio, northwest of Rome. It is the second largest lake in the region (second only to Lake Bolsena) and one of the major lakes of Italy. It has a circular perimeter of approximately . ... | {"Location": "Northern part of the Province of Rome, Lazio", "Coordinates": "42 07 16 N 12 13 55 E region:IT_type:waterbody_source:dewiki inline", "Primary outflows": "Arrone", "Catchment area": "150 km2 sqmi on", "Basin": "Italy", "Max. depth": "165 m ft on", "Surface elevation": "160 m ft on", "Settlements": "Braccia... |
Adam John Walsh (November 14, 1974 July 27, 1981) was an American child who was abducted from a Sears department store at the Hollywood Mall in Hollywood, Florida, on July 27, 1981. His severed head was found two weeks later in a drainage canal alongside Highway 60/ Yeehaw Junction in rural Indian River County, Florida... | {"Name": "Adam Walsh", "Caption": "Walsh 1981", "Birth name": "Adam John Walsh", "Birth date": "1974 11 14", "Birth place": "Hollywood, Florida, U.S.", "Death date": "1981 07 27 1974 11 14", "Death place": "Indian River County, Florida, U.S.", "Body discovered": "August 10, 1981", "Death cause": "Asphyxiation", "Fathe... |
John Edward Walsh, Jr. (born December 26, 1945) is an American television presenter, criminologist, victims' rights activist, and the host/creator of America's Most Wanted. He is known for his anti-crime activism, with which he became involved following the murder of his son, Adam, in 1981; in 2008, the late serial kil... | {"Name": "John Walsh", "Birth name": "John Edward Walsh, Jr.", "Caption": "Walsh in September 2008, filming for America's Most Wanted at the now-defunct National Museum of Crime and Punishment (of which he was a co-owner)", "Birth date": "1945 12 26", "Birth place": "Auburn, New York, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University a... |
The Oberon System is a modular, single-user, single-process, multitasking operating system written in the programming language Oberon.Wirth, Niklaus: The Programming Language Oberon. Software - Practice and Experience, 18:7, 671-690, Jul. 1988 It was originally developed in the late 1980s at ETH Zurich. The Oberon Syst... | {"Developer": "Niklaus WirthJürg Gutknecht", "OS family": "Oberon", "Working state": "Current", "Source model": "Open source", "Initial release": "1987http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/ Oberon: Welcome to Oberon Kulka Irena ETH 27 November 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170106174033/http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/ ... |
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu MC (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, ; 26 August 1910 - 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa, was an Albanian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, at the age of 18 she moved to Ireland and later to India, where she liv... | {"Born": "Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu", "Died": "Calcutta, West Bengal, India", "Feast": "5 Septemberhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-teresa-of-kolkata-585 St. Teresa of Kolkata Catholic News Agency 29 August 2023 6 September 2023", "Beatified": "Pope John Paul II", "Canonized": "Pope Francis", "Patronage": "Worl... |
The 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on October 21, 2003, to elect the 48 members of the 45th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. The election was called on September 29 by Premier Roger Grimes of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Results
This election marked only the ... | {"Name": "2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election", "Country": "Newfoundland and Labrador", "Type": "parliamentary", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1999 Newfoundland general election", "Previous year": "1999", "Election date": "October 21, 2003", "Elected members": ... |
The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1720 and the work, which included eleven locks, was completed in 1732. An unusual clause in the enabling Act of... | {"Mouth": "0 m on", "Location": "Weston Point Docks, Runcorn, Cheshire", "Coordinates": "53.3141 -2.7505 inline,title", "Right": "River Dane"} |
The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (, abbr. MPLA), for some years called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Labour Party (), is an Angolan social democratic political party. The MPLA fought against the Portuguese Army in the Angolan War of Independence from 1961 to 1974, and defeated ... | {"Abbreviation": "MPLA", "Slogan": "\"Peace, Work and Liberty\"", "Founded": "1956 12 10 y", "Merger of": "PLUAA, MINE and PCA", "Headquarters": "Luanda", "Newspaper": "Jornal de Angola", "Ideology": "Since 1992:Social democracyDemocratic socialismEstatuto do MPLA https://mpla.ao/ao/documentos/estatuto-do-mpla/ MPLA.... |
Pitman shorthand is a system of shorthand for the English language developed by Englishman Sir Isaac Pitman (1813-1897), who first presented it in 1837. Like most systems of shorthand, it is a phonetic system; the symbols do not represent letters, but rather sounds, and words are, for the most part, written as they are... | {"Script type": "geometric", "Creator": "Isaac Pitman", "Published": "1837", "Languages": "English"} |
The White MainRivers of Europe by Klement Tockner, Urs Uehlinger, Christopher T. Robinson (2009), Academic Press, London.*The Rhythm of the River at www.mainriver.de.*Main River Cruises at www.avalonwaterways.com. Retrieved on 11 May 2010.*Mountains in Germany at www.everythingaboutgermany.com. ( or Weißmain, not to be... | {"Location": "confluence: south of Kulmbach, near Steinenhausen Castle with the Red Main into the Main", "Coordinates": "50 05 13.65 N 11 23 51.21 E type:river_region:DE-BY dms inline", "Mouth": "298 DE-NN true", "Basin size": "636 km2 on DE-BY GV"} |
Anita Pallenberg (6 April 1942 - 13 June 2017) was a German-Italian actress, artist, and model. A style icon and "It Girl" of the 1960s and 1970s, Pallenberg was credited as the muse of the Rolling Stones: she was the romantic partner of the Rolling Stones founder, multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones, and later, from 196... | {"Name": "Anita Pallenberg", "Caption": "Pallenberg and her son in 1970", "Birth date": "1942 4 6 y", "Birth place": "Rome, Italy or Hamburg, Germany", "Death date": "2017 6 13 1942 4 6 y", "Death place": "Chichester, West Sussex, England", "Occupation": "Actress, artist, model", "Spouse(s)": "Gabriel Roux 1982", "Part... |
The everyday happenings of Weebl and sometimes Weebl's friend, Bob (best known as Weebl and Bob, and renamed Wobbl and Bob for its DVD release) is a Flash animated cartoon series created by Jonti Picking and co-scripted by Chris Vick.
About the series
Main summary
The two main characters, Weebl and Bob, are best frie... | {"Created by": "Jonti Picking", "Written by": "Jonti PickingChris VickSarah DarlingDavid Kirkham", "Voices of": "Jonti PickingSarah DarlingChris Vick", "Original release": "2002 6 6"} |
Datapoint Corporation, originally known as Computer Terminal Corporation (CTC), was a computer company based in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Founded in July 1968 by Phil Ray and Gus Roche, its first products were, as the company's initial name suggests, computer terminals intended to replace Teletype machines con... | {"Type": "Private", "Fate": "Taken over by Asher B. Edelman, and broken up between 1984 - 2000", "Founded": "1968 07", "Defunct": "May 3, 2000 (Bankruptcy)", "Headquarters": "United Kingdom", "Industry": "Computing services, Systems integration", "Website": "www.datapoint.com"} |
thumb|Gregg Porter, host of Says You! from 2017 to 2019
Says You! is a word game quiz show that airs weekly in the United States on public radio stations. Richard Sher created the show in 1996 with the guiding philosophy: "It's not important to KNOW the answers: it's important to LIKE the answers." The first episode t... | {"Genre": "Word game", "Running time": "60 minutes (2006-2021)30 minutes (1997-2006)", "Country of origin": "United States", "Home station": "WGBH", "Syndicates": "PRX", "Hosted by": "Richard SherBarry NolanGregg PorterDave Zobel", "Created by": "Richard Sher", "Produced by": "Pipit & Finch", "Executive producer(s)": "... |
Page Samuel McConnell (born May 17, 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American multi-instrumentalist, most noted for his work as the keyboardist and a songwriter for the band Phish.
In addition to having been a member of Phish since 1985, McConnell has been part of a number of other side projects, including le... | {"Born": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Genres": "Alternative rock rock jazz electronica", "Labels": "Sony BMG", "Member of": "Phish Vida Blue", "Formerly of": "Phil Lesh and Friends", "Website": "Official website"} |
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (also known simply as New Nightmare) is a 1994 American meta slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, creator of 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street. A standalone film and the seventh installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, it is not part of the same continuity as previou... | {"Directed by": "Wes Craven", "Produced by": "Marianne Maddalena", "Written by": "Wes Craven", "Based on": "Characters Wes Craven", "Starring": "Heather Langenkamp\n Robert Englund\n Miko Hughes\n John Saxon", "Music by": "J. Peter Robinson", "Cinematography": "Mark Irwin", "Edited by": "Patrick Lussier", "Distributed ... |
Elkhorn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Montana, United States, in the Elkhorn Mountains of the southwestern part of the state. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 10. The community is considered a ghost town, and two of its buildings are preserved as Elkhorn State Park.
History
Lodes ... | {"Named for": "Elkhorn Mountains", "Land": "6.74", "Water": "0.00", "Density": "1.78", "DST": "-6"} |
The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa is an American animated buddy comedy television series created by Walt Disney Television Animation. It was based on Disney's 1994 animated feature film The Lion King, the series centers on Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog, as they continue to live by their problem-free philosophy ... | {"Also known as": "The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa", "Genre": "Adventure\n Comedy\n Slapstick", "Developed by": "Bobs Gannaway Tony Craig", "Voices of": "Ernie Sabella\nNathan Lane\nQuinton Flynn\nKevin Schon\nCam Clarke\nRobert Guillaume\nEdward Hibbert\nRob Paulsen\nJim Cummings\nTress MacNeille\nCorey Burton\nCharlie... |
Basement Jaxx are an English electronic music duo consisting of Felix Buxton (born 30 April 1973) and Simon Ratcliffe (born 28 November 1972). The pair got their name from the regular club night they held in Brixton, London, UK. They first rose to popularity in the underground house scene of the mid-1990s, but would go... | {"Origin": "London, England", "Genres": "\"Allmusic\">http://www.allmusic.com/artist/basement-jaxx-p168739/biography Biography Bush John Allmusic 15 September 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120513215652/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/basement-jaxx-p168739/biography 13 May 2012 electronic UK garage big beathttp... |
The Iranian Revolution (, ), or the Islamic Revolution (, ),*"Islamic Revolution | History of Iran." Iran Chamber Society. .
Brumberg, Daniel. [2004] 2009."Islamic Revolution of Iran." MSN Encarta. Archived on 31 October 2009.
Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi. 1998."The Islamic Revolution ." Vis à Vis Beyond the Veil. Interne... | {"Date": "1978 01 07 yes - 1979 02 11 yes(01 07 1978 02 11 1979)", "Location": "Iran", "Caused by": "Discontent with the Shah's rule\nExile of Ruhollah Khomeini\nSocial injustice\nReligious motives\nand others", "Methods": "Demonstrations\nStrikes\nCivil resistance\nRiotingYarshater Ehsan Ehsan Yarshater IRAN ii. IRANI... |
Levi Strauss ( ; born Löb Strauß, ; February 26, 1829 - September 26, 1902) was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) began in 1853 in San Francisco, California.James Sullivan, Jeans: a cultural history of an American icon (Go... | {"Name": "Levi Strauss", "Birth date": "1829 2 26", "Birth name": "Löb Strauß", "Birth place": "Buttenheim, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation", "Death date": "1902 9 26 1829 2 26 yes", "Death place": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Businessman", "Citizenship": "German Confederation (1829-1853)U... |
Ezra Cornell (; January 11, 1807 - December 9, 1874) was an American businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He was the founder of Western Union and a co-founder of Cornell University. He also served as President of the New York Agriculture Society and as a New York State Senator.
Early life
Cornell was born in W... | {"Name": "Ezra Cornell", "State senate2": "New York", "District 2": "24th", "Preceded 2": "Lyman Truman", "Succeeded 2": "Orlow W. Chapman", "Birth date": "1807 1 11", "Birth place": "Westchester Landing, The Bronx, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1874 12 9 1807 1 11", "Death place": "Ithaca, New York, U.S."} |
August Paul von Wassermann (21 February 1866 - 16 March 1925) was a German bacteriologist and hygienist.
Born in Bamberg, with Jewish origins, he studied at several universities throughout Germany, receiving his medical doctorate in 1888 from the University of Strassburg. In 1890 he began work under Robert Koch at the... | {"Name": "August von Wassermann", "Birth date": "1866 2 21 yes", "Birth place": "Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany", "Birth name": "August Paul von Wassermann", "Death date": "1925 3 16 1866 2 21 yes", "Nationality": "German", "Occupation": "Bacteriologist, hygienist"} |
Raymond Bonner is an American lawyer, journalist, author and bookstore owner. He has been a staff writer at The New York Times, The New Yorker and has contributed to The New York Review of Books; received an Emmy for a documentary he produced with Alex Gibney about the CIA's torture program for 9/11 suspects. He now a... | {"Name": "Raymond Bonner", "Birth place": "Jefferson City, Missouri, United States", "Occupation": "journalist, author, bookstore owner", "Agent": "Gloria Loomis", "Notable works": "Weakness and Deceit\nWaltzing with a Dictator\nAt the Hand of Man\nAnatomy of Injustice", "Awards": "Pulitzer Prize, 1999; Emmy, 2022, In... |
The rapid plasma reagin test (RPR test or RPR titer) is a type of rapid diagnostic test that looks for non-specific antibodies in the blood of the patient that may indicate an infection by syphilis or related non-venereal treponematoses. It is one of several nontreponemal tests for syphilis (along with the Wassermann t... | {"Name": "Rapid plasma reagin", "Image caption": "Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis", "Purpose": "test to indicate a syphilis infection", "Synonym(s)": "RPR titer"} |
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The case involved Mildred Loving, a woman of co... | {"Date argued": "April 10", "Year argued": "1967", "Date decided": "June 12", "Year decided": "1967", "Full case name": "Richard Perry Loving, Mildred (Jeter) Loving v. Virginia", "United States Reports volume number": "388", "United States Reports page number": "1", "Parallel citations": "87 S. Ct. 1817; 18 L. Ed. 2d ... |
Theodora Kroeber ( ; ; March 24, 1897 - July 4, 1979) was an American writer and anthropologist, best known for her accounts of several Native Californian cultures. Born in Denver, Colorado, Kroeber grew up in the mining town of Telluride, and worked briefly as a nurse. She attended the University of California, Berkel... | {"Birth name": "Theodora Covel Kracaw", "Name": "Theodora Kroeber", "Caption": "Kroeber in 1919", "Birth date": "1897 3 24", "Birth place": "Denver, Colorado, U.S.", "Death date": "1979 7 4 1897 3 24", "Death place": "Berkeley, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of California, Berkeley", "Occupation": "Writer... |
Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá y Arcelay (March 9, 1940 - October 24, 1994) was a Puerto Rican actor. He was known for his intense and varied roles on stage and screen. He started his career in the Public Theatre before transitioning to film. He received numerous accolades including a Drama Desk Award, a Primetime Emmy Award... | {"Name": "Raul Julia", "Caption": "Julia as Dracula (1977)", "Birth name": "Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay", "Birth date": "1940 3 9 y", "Birth place": "Floral Park, San Juan, Puerto Rico", "Death date": "1994 10 24 1940 3 9 y", "Death place": "Manhasset, New York, U.S.", "Resting place": "Buxeda Memorial Park Cemetery, R... |
St James's Palace is the most senior royal palace in London, the capital of the United Kingdom. The palace gives its name to the Court of St James's, which is the monarch's royal court, and is located in the City of Westminster in London. Although no longer the principal residence of the monarch, it is the ceremonial m... | {"Location": "London, United Kingdom", "Coordinates": "51 30 17 N 00 08 16 W inline,title", "Construction started": "1531", "Architectural style": "Tudor"} |
Call My Bluff is a British panel game show based on the short-lived US version of the same name. It was originally hosted by Robin Ray and later, most notably, by Robert Robinson. Its most prominent panellist was Frank Muir. The theme music for the show was Ciccolino by Norrie Paramor.
Format
The game comprised two te... | {"Genre": "Panel game show", "Created by": "Mark GoodsonBill Todman", "Presented by": "Robin Ray (1965-66)Joe Melia (1966-67)Peter Wheeler (1967)Robert Robinson (1967-88, 1994)Bob Holness (1996-2002)Fiona Bruce (2003-04)Angus Deayton (2011)", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "30 minutes", "Origina... |
Johann "Hans" Joseph Kmoch (July 25, 1894 - February 13, 1973) was an Austrian-Dutch-American chess International Master (1950), International Arbiter (1951), and a chess journalist and author, for which he is best known.
Playing career
Kmoch had most of his best competitive results between 1925 and 1931. He won at ... | {"Full name": "Johann Joseph Kmoch", "Country": "Austria Netherlands (1930s) United States (1947-1973)", "Born": "Vienna", "Died": "New York City", "Title": "International Master (1950) International Arbiter (1951)"} |
Emperor Wu of Jin (; 236 - 16 May 290According to Sima Yan's biography in Book of Jin, he died aged 55 (by East Asian reckoning) on the jiyou day of the 4th month of the 1st year of the Taixi era of his reign. This corresponds to 16 May 290 on the proleptic Gregorian calendar. By calculation, his birth year should be 2... | {"Born": "236", "Died": "yes 290 5 16 236Fang Xuanling et al. Book of Jin, Volume 3, Biography of Emperor Wu", "Father": "Sima Zhao", "Mother": "Empress Wenming"} |
The Second Baptist Church, located at 441 Monroe Street within Greektown in Detroit, Michigan, is the oldest African-American church in the Midwestern United States. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974 listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
History
The church was organized in ... | {"Part of": "82002902", "Location": "441 Monroe StreetDetroit, Michigan", "Built": "1914; 1926, 1968 (additions)", "Architect": "William E. N. Hunter", "Architectural style": "Gothic Revival, Brutalist"} |
thumb|A Lao-style larb ped (with duck) in Chiang Mai
thumb|upright|Larb khua mu, a stir-fried northern Thai larb made with pork, in Chiang Mai
Laab / Larb (; , , , also spelled , , or ) is a type of Lao meat salad that is the national dish of Laos, along with green papaya salad and sticky rice. Laab is of Lao origin, ... | {"Name of food": "Laab / Larb", "Image filename": "LaoFood LarbNeua.JPG", "Width of image": "250px", "Image caption": "Larb made with cooked beef in Vientiane, Laos", "Alternate name": "Lap, Larp, Lahp, Lahb, Laab", "Place of origin": "Laos", "Creator": "Lao", "Type of dish": "Salad", "Main ingredient": "Meat (chicken,... |
The series (typically localized as River City) is a video game series started by Technōs Japan. The series is now handled by Arc System Works who purchased all of the intellectual property rights from Technōs' successor, Million Corp. The first game in the series is fully titled , which roughly translates to "Hot Bloo... | {"Title": "Kunio-kun", "Caption": "Arcade flyer for Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun, the first game in the series", "Creator": "Yoshihisa Kishimoto", "Developer": "Technōs JapanWayForward TechnologiesAlmanic Corp.A+ GamesArc System Works", "Publisher": "Technōs JapanSNKMillion Corp.AtlusArc System Works", "Platforms": "Arcade,... |
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Fred Allen Berry (March 19, 1951 - October 21, 2003) was an American actor and street dancer. He was best known for his role as Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs on the 1970s television show What's Happening!!
Career
Berry was born on March 19, 1951, in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in an inner-city housing estat... | {"Name": "Fred Berry", "Birth name": "Fred Allen Berry", "Birth date": "1951 3 19", "Birth place": "St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.", "Death date": "2003 10 21 1951 3 19", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor, str... |
Raúl González Blanco (; born 27 June 1977), known as Raúl, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Real Madrid Castilla, the reserve team of La Liga club Real Madrid. Raúl is regarded as one of the greatest players of his era.
Raúl was born in the San Crist... | {"Name": "Raúl", "Picture caption": "Raúl in 2012", "Full name": "Raúl González Blanco2006 FIFA World Cup Germany List of Players https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf FIFA https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.p... |
David Swinson "Doc" Maynard (March 22, 1808March 13, 1873) was an American pioneer, doctor, and businessman. He was one of Seattle's primary founders. He was an effective civic booster and, compared to other white settlers, a relative advocate of Native American rights. His friendship with Chief Seattle was important i... | {"Name": "David Swinson \"Doc\" Maynard", "Caption": "Doc Maynard, circa 1868", "Birth date": "1808 3 22", "Birth place": "Castleton, Vermont, United States", "Death date": "yes 1873 3 13 1808 3 22Ferguson Robert L. The Pioneers of Lake View: A Guide to Seattle's Early Settlers and Their Cemetery 1995 Thistle Press... |
thumb|right|Crème anglaise over a slice of pain d'épices
Crème anglaise (French for "English cream"), custard sauce, pouring custard, or simply custardAlan Davidson, The Oxford Companion to Food, s.v. 'custard', 'crème' is a light, sweetened pouring custard used as a dessert cream or sauce. It is a mix of sugar, egg y... | {"Name of food": "Crème Anglaise", "Width of image": "250px", "Image caption": "Crème anglaise with vanilla seeds", "Alternate name": "English CreamDrinking Custard", "Type of dish": "Custard", "Main ingredient": "Sugar, egg yolks, milk, vanilla", "Cookbook page": "Crème Anglaise"} |
Estonians or Estonian people () are a Finnic ethnic group who speak the Estonian language. Their nation state is Estonia.
The Estonian language is spoken as the first language by the vast majority of Estonians; it is closely related to other Finnic languages, e.g. Finnish, Karelian and Livonian. The Finnic languages a... | {"Name": "Estonianseestlased", "Flag caption": "Countries with significant Estonian population and descendants.", "Population": "1.1 millionEstai", "Languages": "Primarily Estonianalso Võro and Seto", "Religions": "Majority irreligious Historically Protestant Christian (Lutheranism) Ivković Sanja Kutnjak Haberfeld M... |
The Foreign Correspondents' Club in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, is a public bar and restaurant along the Tonle Sap river, not far from the confluence with the Mekong river. It is often referred to as 'the FCC,' or just simply 'the F.'
It is in a three-story colonial-style building with wonderful views over the ri... | {"Address": "Preah Sisowath Quay", "Town or city": "Phnom Penh", "Coordinates": "11.566936 104.931457 type:landmark inline,title", "Current tenants": "Foreign Correspondents' Club", "Construction started": "1993 6"} |
The Critique of Pure Reason (; 1781; second edition 1787) is a book by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, in which the author seeks to determine the limits and scope of metaphysics. Also referred to as Kant's "First Critique", it was followed by his Critique of Practical Reason (1788) and Critique of Judgment (1790)... | {"Original title": "Critik a der reinen Vernunft", "Country": "Germany", "Language": "German", "Published": "1781", "Pages": "856 (first German edition)https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Seite:Kant_Critik_der_reinen_Vernunft_856.png Seite:Kant Critik der reinen Vernunft 856.png - Wikisource de.wikisource.org"} |
Oliver Rolf Kahn (; born 15 June 1969) is a German football executive and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team in 1975. Twelve years later, Kahn made his debut match in the professional squad. In 1994, he was transferred to Bayern Munich for the f... | {"Name": "Oliver Kahn", "Picture caption": "Kahn in 2022", "Full name": "Oliver Rolf Kahnhttps://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Germany FIFA 12 21 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fw... |
thumb|ETS' welcome sign, as seen from Rosedale Road in Lawrence Township
thumb|right|Messick Hall at ETS headquarters
thumb|right|Lord Hall at ETS headquarters
Educational Testing Service (ETS), founded in 1947, is the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization.History of the Educ... | {"Type": "501(c)(3)", "Founded": "1947", "Headquarters": "660 Rosedale Road, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.", "Products": "TOEFL and TOEIC tests, GRE General and Subject Tests, CET1 by Certified English Services tests and Praxis Series assessments", "Services": "Testing, assessments and research for educational use", "Sub... |
Jonathan Adolf Wilhelm Zenneck (15 April 1871 - 8 April 1959) was a German physicist and electrical engineer who contributed to researches in radio circuit performance and to the scientific and educational contributions to the literature of the pioneer radio art. Zenneck improved the Braun cathode ray tube by adding a ... | {"Name": "Jonathan Adolf Wilhelm Zenneck", "Image caption": "Zenneck in 1951", "Term start": "1925", "Term end": "1927", "Birth date": "1871 4 15", "Birth place": "Ruppertshofen, Württemberg, German Empire", "Death date": "1959 4 8 1871 4 15", "Death place": "Althegnenberg, West Germany", "Alma mater": "University of T... |
The International English Language Testing System (IELTS ), is an international standardized test of English language proficiency for non-native English language speakers. It is jointly managed by the British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge Assessment English, and was established in 1989. IELTS is one of th... | {"Acronym": "IELTS", "Type": "Standardised test (either computer-delivered or paper-based). Available in 2 modules: \"Academic\" and \"General Training\". The IELTS test partners also offer IELTS Life Skills, a speaking and listening test used for UK Visas and Immigration.", "Developer / administrator": "British Counci... |
Ruokolahti (; ;Namn på kommuner från finska till svenska; Kotimaisten kielten keskus literally translated the "Reed Bay") is a municipality of Finland, situated in south-eastern Finland, in the region of South Karelia. Neighbouring municipalities are Imatra, Lappeenranta, Taipalsaari, Puumala, Sulkava, Punkaharju, Pari... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Ruokolahti", "Water": "area_water_km2 Ruokolahti", "Rank": "population_rank Ruokolahti", "Density": "population_density_km2 Ruokolahti", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.ruokolahti.fi"} |
Karen Ackerman (born October 10, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American author of children's books.
Background
She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and she graduated from Woodward High School in 1969.
Career
Ackerman's first children's book was published in 1982. She has since published over twenty-five books. Her book... | {"Born": "1951 10 09", "Occupation": "children's author", "Language": "English", "Nationality": "American", "Notable awards": "Caldecott Medal (1989)", "Education": "Woodward High School"} |
Eternal Champions is a 1993 fighting game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was one of the few fighting games of its time developed from the ground up as a home console title, rather than being released in arcades first and later ported to home systems.
Sega released Eternal Champions in hopes o... | {"Title": "Eternal Champions", "Caption": "Cover of the Sega Mega Drive version, painted by Julie Bell", "Developer": "Sega", "Publisher": "Sega", "Released": "NA December 11, 1993 PAL January 16, 1994 JP February 18, 1994", "Director": "Christopher Warner", "Designer": "Michael Latham", "Artist": "Albert Co", "Program... |
is a Japanese politician. She is the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and his official wife Hana.
Early life
Tanaka attended high school at Germantown Friends School in the United States and graduated from Waseda University. She spent most of her early adulthood working with her father's political machi... | {"Name": "Makiko Tanaka", "Native name": "田中 眞紀子", "Native name language": "ja", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Image size": "230px", "Image caption": "Tanaka in 2001", "Term start": "1 October 2012", "Term end": "26 December 2012", "Office 2": "Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan", "Prime minister 2": "Junichirō Koizumi... |
John Parker Hale (March 31, 1806November 19, 1873) was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and in the United States Senate from 1847 to 1853 and again from 1855 to 1865. He began his Congressional career as a Democrat, but helpe... | {"Name": "John P. Hale", "Term start": "September 30, 1865", "Term end": "July 29, 1869", "Predecessor 2": "Jared W. Williams", "Successor 2": "Aaron H. Cragin", "Birth name": "John Parker Hale", "Birth date": "1806 3 31", "Birth place": "Rochester, New Hampshire, U.S.", "Death date": "1873 11 19 1806 3 31", "Death pla... |
Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 - November 12, 1988) was a United States Army general who served as the fourth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1963 to 1969.
Early life and education
thumb|left|150px|Lemnitzer at West Poi... | {"Born": "Honesdale, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Died": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States", "Commands held": "Supreme Allied Commander EuropeChairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffChief of Staff of the ArmyEighth Army7th Infantry Division11th Airborne Division34th Coast Artillery Brigade", "Awards": "Army ... |
Abdul Ali Mazari(; 5 June 194613 March 1995) was an ethnic Hazara politician and leader of Hezb-e Wahdat during and following the Soviet-Afghan War, who advocated for a federal system of governance in Afghanistan.Mazari, Abdul Ali (1995 (1374 AH)) Iḥyā-yi huvyyat: majmū‘ah-’i sukhanrānīha-yi shahīd-i mazlūm ... Ustād ‘... | {"Honorific prefix": "Ustad", "Name": "Abdul Ali Mazariاستاد عبدالعلی مزاری none", "Image": "Abdul Ali Mazari.jpeg", "Birth date": "5 June 1946", "Birth place": "Charkent, Balkh province, Afghanistan", "Death date": "yes 1995 3 13 1946 6 5", "Death place": "Ghazni, Afghanistan", "Nationality": "Afghan", "Awards": "Mim ... |
The Jagdpanzer 38 (Sd.Kfz. 138/2), originally the Leichter Panzerjäger 38(t), known mostly post-war as Hetzer, was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War based on a modified Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t) chassis.
German armoured forces in World War II created a variety of vehicles by mounting anti-tank g... | {"Place of origin": "Nazi Germany, German-occupied Czechoslovakia", "Type": "Light tank destroyer", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "In service": "1944-1945", "Used by": "Nazi Germany Hungary Czechoslovakia (ST-I) Switzerland (G-13) Poland (Chwat, one captured) Romania (two captured)", "Wars": "World War II", "Designer": "BMM... |
Melissa Del Valle (born June 2, 1969, in New York) is an American multiple champion in women's boxing.
A member of a sports-minded family of Puerto Rican decent. Del Valle took up boxing in the early 1990s, while her older brother Lou Del Valle was making a name for himself as a light-welterweight boxer.
Then fightin... | {"Real name": "Melissa Del Valle", "Nickname(s)": "Honey Girlhttps://qns.com/2003/02/queensbridges-melissa-del-valles-rough-road-to-boxing-glory/ Queensbridge's Melissa Del Valle's rough road to boxing glory Arthur V. Claps 6 February 2003 Qns.com 7 June 2022", "Weight(s)": "Light welterweight", "Nationality": "USA Ame... |
Ernest Henry Gruening ( ; February 6, 1887 - June 26, 1974) was an American journalist and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Gruening was the governor of the Alaska Territory from 1939 until 1953, and a United States Senator from Alaska from 1959 until 1969.
Born in New York City, Gruening pursued a career... | {"Name": "Ernest Gruening", "Image caption": "Gruening in 1935", "Term start": "January 3, 1959", "Term end": "January 3, 1969", "Order 2": "7th Governor of Alaska Territory", "Predecessor 2": "John Troy", "Successor 2": "Frank Heintzleman", "Birth name": "Ernest Henry Gruening", "Birth date": "1887 2 6", "Birth place"... |
John Campbell Greenway (July 6, 1872 - January 19, 1926) was an American businessman and senior officer of the U.S. Army Reserve who served with Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War and commanded infantry in World War I. He was the husband of U.S. congresswoman Isabella Greenway.
Early life and educ... | {"Name": "John Campbell Greenway", "Birth date": "1872 07 06", "Death date": "1926 01 19 1872 07 06", "Birth place": "Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Resting place": "Dinsmore Cemetery, Boone County, Kentucky, U.S.", "Resting place coordinates": "39 00 02.2 N 84 48 54.8 W region:US-NJ... |
Giovanni "Nino" Benvenuti (born 26 April 1938) is an Italian former professional boxer and actor. He held world titles in two weight classes, having held the undisputed super-welterweight championship from June 1965 to June 1966 and the undisputed middleweight championship twice, from April to September 1967, and from ... | {"Real name": "Giovanni Benvenuti", "Nickname(s)": "Nino", "Weight class": "Light middleweight\n Middleweight\n Light heavyweight", "Weight(s)": "79.5 kg", "Height": "1.77 m ftin on", "Nationality": "Italian", "Born": "Isola d'Istria, Kingdom of Italy(now Izola, Slovenia)", "Stance": "Orthodox", "Total fights": "90", "... |
Kingston Lacy is a country house and estate near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. It was for many years the family seat of the Bankes family who lived nearby at Corfe Castle until its destruction in the English Civil War after its incumbent owners, Sir John Bankes and Dame Mary, had remained loyal to Charles I.
The ... | {"Alternative names": "Kingston Hall", "Type": "Country house", "Architectural style": "Italianate architecture", "Town or city": "Wimborne Minster, Dorset", "Coordinates": "50 48 39.39 N 2 1 56.12 W inline, title", "Construction started": "1663"} |
Lap-Chee Tsui (; born 21 December 1950) is a Chinese-born Canadian geneticist and served as the 14th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong.
Personal life
Tsui was born in Shanghai. He grew up in Kowloon, Hong Kong and attended Homantin Government Secondary School.
He studied Biology at the New... | {"Name": "Lap-Chee Tsui", "Native name": "徐立之", "Term start": "2002", "Term end": "2014", "Birth date": "yes 1950 12 21", "Birth place": "Shanghai, China", "Residence": "Hong Kong", "Alma mater": "Chinese University of Hong Kong (BS, MPhil)University of Pittsburgh (PhD)"} |
The University of Newcastle is a public university in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1965, it has a primary campus in the Newcastle suburb of Callaghan. The university also operates campuses in Central Coast, Singapore, Newcastle City in the Hunter as well as Sydney.
Historically, the University... | {"Motto": "\"I look ahead\"", "Type": "Public", "Accreditation": "TEQSA", "Budget": "A$784.4m (2020)https://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/735469/University-of-Newcastle-Annual-Report-2020-R.pdf 2020 Annual Report University of Newcastle 27 October 2021 22 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web... |
Robert James Brown (born 27 December 1944) is an Australian former politician, medical doctor and environmentalist. He was a senator and the parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens. Brown was elected to the Australian Senate on the Tasmanian Greens ticket, joining with sitting Greens Western Australia senator Dee... | {"Name": "Bob Brown", "Office 2": "Senator for Tasmania", "Successor 2": "Peter Whish-Wilson", "Term start": "28 November 2005", "Term end": "13 April 2012", "Birth name": "Robert James Brown", "Birth date": "yes 1944 12 27", "Birth place": "Oberon, New South Wales, Australia", "Other political party": "Independent (un... |
Noir Désir (, "Black Desire") was a French rock band from Bordeaux. They were active during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and have had two albums certified double platinum in France and three certified gold. They have been an influence on numerous French musicians including Cali, Louise Attaque and Miossec. While a... | {"Origin": "Bordeaux, Aquitaine, Occitania, France", "Genres": "\"MoveOverSeattle\"> 18 August 1993 Move Over Seattle: France Has Its Own Grunge-Rock https://www.csmonitor.com/1993/0818/18122.html live The Christian Science Monitor Paris Christian Science Publishing Society Associated Press 0882-7729 https://web.archiv... |
The Bank of America Corporation (often abbreviated BofA or BoA) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, with investment banking and auxiliary headquarters in Manhattan. The bank was founded in... | {"Type": "Public company", "ISIN": "n y US0605051046", "Industry": "Financial services", "Founded": "1998 (via the merger of BankAmerica & NationsBank) 1956 (as BankAmerica) 1784 (as its predecessor, the Massachusetts Bank, through the merger with FleetBoston in 1999)", "Headquarters": "United States", "Services": "Ass... |
Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and film historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives. He is perhaps best known for his book of film capsule reviews, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, published annually from 1... | {"Name": "Leonard Maltin", "Caption": "Maltin at the March 2022 Santa Barbara International Film Festival", "Birth date": "1950 12 17", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Education": "Teaneck High School", "Alma mater": "New York University", "Occupation": "Film critic film historian animation historian food critic... |
Gala Dalí (born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, Елена Ивановна Дьяконова; – 10 June 1982), usually known simply as Gala, was the wife of poet Paul Éluard and later of artist Salvador Dalí, who were both prominent in surrealism. She also inspired many other writers and artists.
Early years
Gala was born as Elena Ivanovna Di... | {"Name": "Gala Dalí", "Caption": "Salvador Dalí, Portrait of Galarina (1940-1945)", "Birth name": "Elena Ivanovna Diakonova (Елена Ивановна Дьяконова)", "Birth date": "y 1894 09 07", "Birth place": "Kazan, Russian Empire", "Death date": "y 1982 06 10 1894 09 07", "Death place": "Port Lligat, Spain", "Resting place": "C... |
Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to speculation and debate. The club is owned by the club's supporters through t... | {"Full name": "Exeter City Football Club", "Nickname(s)": "The Grecians", "Founded": "\"Hamilton\"> Hamilton Aidan 12 July 2014 Have you ever played Brazil?: The story of Exeter City's 1914 tour of South America Exeter Exeter City FC Supporters Society 978-0992967604", "Capacity": "8,720St James Park Capacity ht... |
Parsons School of Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is a private art and design college located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhattan art academies in protest of limited creative autonomy, Parsons is one of... | {"Accreditation": "AICADhttps://www.newschool.edu/parsons/accreditation/ Accreditation | Parsons School of Design www.newschool.eduNASADNYSEDMSCHENAABProgram Detail Parsons School of Design https://www.naab.org/school-view/?record_id=20508 www.newschool.edu", "Type": "Private Art and Design School", "Students": "5,75... |
The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces. The medal was established on July 2, 1926, and is currently awarded to any persons who, after April 6, 1917, distinguish themselves by single acts of heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight... | {"Presented by": "U.S. Department of the Armyhttp://govdocs.rutgers.edu/mil/army/r600_8_22.pdf Archived copy 2018-01-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20180111110243/http://govdocs.rutgers.edu/mil/army/r600_8_22.pdf 2018-01-11 dead \n U.S. Department of the Navyhttps://awards.navy.mil/awards/webdoc01.nsf/(vwDocsByID)... |
The Prisoner of War Medal is a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was authorized by Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on 8 November 1985. The United States Code citation for the POW Medal statute is .
The Prisoner of War Medal may be awarded to any person who was a prisoner of... | {"Presented by": "the Department of Defensehttp://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodm/134833v2_dodm_2016.pdf DOD MANUAL 1348.33, VOLUME 2 : MANUAL OF MILITARY DECORATIONS AND AWARDS: DOD SERVICE AWARDS - CAMPAIGN, EXPEDITIONARY, AND SERVICE MEDALS Esd.whs.mil 28 September 2018 https://web.archive.org... |
Total Annihilation: Kingdoms, or shortened to Kingdoms, is a real-time strategy game developed and released by Cavedog Entertainment on June 25, 1999. It was the last major title from Cavedog. An expansion pack, The Iron Plague, was released in 2000.
The game was released with a book titled The Chronicles of Darien wh... | {"Title": "Total Annihilation: Kingdoms", "Developer": "Cavedog Entertainment", "Publisher": "GT InteractiveThe expansion was published by Infogrames, releasing under the GT Interactive brand name.", "Producer": "Ron GilbertLet Sleeping Dogs Die http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/cavedog_rip Eurogamer Gamer Network 4 Se... |
The 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election took place on Thursday, 25 June 1998. This was the first election to the new devolved Northern Ireland Assembly. Six members from each of Northern Ireland's eighteen Westminster Parliamentary constituencies were elected by single transferable vote, giving a total of 108 Membe... | {"Name": "1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "Northern Ireland Forum", "Previous year": "1996", "Next election": "2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election", "Next year": "2003", "Seats for election": "All 108 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly", ... |
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company was formed in 1982 with the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. The company operates 19,420 route miles (31,250 kilometers) in 22 eastern states, the Dist... | {"Locale": "Northeastern, Southern and Midwestern United States", "Dates of operation": "present", "Length": "19335 mi", "Headquarters": "Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.", "Website": "nscorp.com"} |
Justice Vaidyanathapuram Rama Iyer Krishna Iyer (15 November 1915 - 4 December 2014) was an Indian judge who became a pioneer of judicial activism. He pioneered the legal-aid movement in the country. Before that, he was a state minister and politician.
As an activist lawyer, he served jail terms for the cause of his p... | {"Honorific prefix": "Justice", "Name": "V. R. Krishna Iyer", "Birth date": "yes 1915 11 15", "Birth place": "Palghat, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India(present day Palakkad, Kerala, India)", "Death date": "2014 12 04 1915 11 15 yes", "Death place": "Kochi, Ernakulam, Kerala, India", "Nationality": "I... |
The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, California, is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and was designed by Frank Gehry. It was opened on October 23, 2003. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, and 1st and 2nd Streets, it seats 2,265 people and serves, among other ... | {"Location": "111 South Grand AvenueLos Angeles, California, U.S.", "Coordinates": "34 03 19 N 118 15 00 W inline,title type:landmark_scale:1000", "Type": "Concert hall", "Built": "1999-2003", "Opened": "2003 10 23 y", "Owner": "Los Angeles Music Center", "Architect": "Frank Gehry", "Construction cost": "$130 million (... |
thumb|upright|Frank Mullen (left) and Guy Marchais (right) in 2014
Suffocation is an American death metal band formed in 1988 in Centereach, New York, currently consisting of lead guitarist Terrance Hobbs, bassist Derek Boyer, rhythm guitarist Charlie Errigo, drummer Eric Morotti, and vocalist Ricky Myers. The band ro... | {"Origin": "Centereach, New York, U.S.", "Genres": "\"TDM\"/>\nbrutal death metalhttp://loudwire.com/best-metal-bands-different-subgenres/#photogallery-1=5 Best Metal Bands From 40 Different Subgenres Loudwirehttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/suffocation-gramercy-theatre-frank-mullen-final-show-review-75816... |
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