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Eric Magnusson (1268 - 15 July 1299) (Old Norse: Eiríkr Magnússon; Norwegian: Eirik Magnusson) was the King of Norway from 1280 until 1299.
Background
Eirik was the eldest surviving son of King Magnus the Lawmender of Norway, and his wife, Ingeborg, daughter of King Eric IV of Denmark. In 1273, when he was 5 years old... | {"Father": "Magnus VI of Norway", "Mother": "Ingeborg of Denmark", "Born": "1268", "Died": "Bergen", "Burial": "Old cathedral of Bergen", "Religion": "Roman Catholic"} |
Richard Wagstaff ClarkDick Clark's death record at Family Search (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American television and radio personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting American Bandstand from 1956 to 1989. He also hosted five incarnations of... | {"Name": "Dick Clark", "Image": "Dick Clark (cropped).JPG", "Caption": "Clark in 1974", "Birth name": "Richard Wagstaff Clark", "Birth date": "1929 11 30", "Birth place": "Bronxville, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2012 4 18 1929 11 30", "Death place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Organization": "Dick Clark Prod... |
William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, (10 August 1893 - 3 February 1961), was a British politician. He was a long-serving cabinet minister before serving as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1951 to 1959. He was then appointed as the 14th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1960 until his de... | {"Name": "The Viscount Dunrossil", "Image caption": "Morrison in 1960", "Term start": "2 February 1960", "Term end": "3 February 1961", "Office 2": "Postmaster General", "Monarch 2": "George VI", "Prime minister 2": "Neville ChamberlainWinston Churchill", "Predecessor 2": "George Tryon", "Successor 2": "Harry Crookshan... |
William Ferguson Massey (26 March 1856 - 10 May 1925) was a politician who served as the 19th prime minister of New Zealand from May 1912 to May 1925. He was the founding leader of the Reform Party, New Zealand's second organised political party, from 1909 until his death.
Massey was born in County Londonderry in I... | {"Name": "William Ferguson Massey", "Image caption": "Massey in 1919", "Term start": "10 July 1912", "Term end": "10 May 1925", "Office 2": "5th Leader of the Opposition", "Deputy 2": "James Allen", "Predecessor 2": "William Russell", "Successor 2": "Joseph Ward", "Birth date": "1856 3 26 y", "Birth place": "Limavady, ... |
Bandung (, Pegon: , ; ) is the capital city of West Java province of Indonesia.Badan Pusat Statistik 2020 Located in the island of Java, Greater Bandung (Bandung Basin Metropolitan Area / BBMA) is the country's second-largest and most populous metropolitan area, with over 11 million inhabitants. Situated above sea lev... | {"Body": "Bandung City Government", "Rank": "665", "Density": "14,661", "Urban density": "14,712.5", "Metro density": "4,453", "Website": "bandung.go.id"} |
Baie-Mahault (; ) is a commune in the overseas department and region of Guadeloupe, France.Commune de Baie-Mahault (97103), INSEE It is the second most populated commune of Guadeloupe, after Les Abymes. The extensive industrial zone of Jarry in Baie-Mahault is by far the most industrialized commune in the islands and t... | {"Name": "Baie-Mahault", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Mairie de Baie-Mahault.JPG", "Caption": "The town hall of Baie-Mahault", "Map": "Baie-Mahault.PNG", "Arrondissement": "Basse-Terre", "Canton": "Baie-Mahault-1 and 2", "Intercommunality": "CAP Excellence", "Postal code": "97122", "Mayor": "Hélène Polifonte ... |
Bouillante (; ) is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles.
History
Bouillante was founded about 1635 with the arrival of some of Guadeloupe's first colonists. It was originally named Islets à Goyaves ("Islet of Guavas") until the beginning of the 18th century, when... | {"Name": "Bouillante", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Malendure et ilets pigeon - Guadeloupe - 2006.JPG", "Caption": "Malendure Beach and the Pigeon Islets", "Map": "Bouillante.PNG", "Arrondissement": "Basse-Terre", "Canton": "Sainte-Rose-1 and Vieux-Habitants", "Postal code": "97125", "Mayor": "Thierry AbelliR... |
Deshaies (; ) is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is on the northwest coast of Basse-Terre Island.
The inhabitants are called Deshaisiens.
History
Deshaies, and its littoral zone of the Large Cape, preserve the vestiges of the primitive vegetation of Gua... | {"Name": "Deshaies", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Day_cruise_from_Deshaies.JPG", "Caption": "The view from a boat ride departing from Deshaies", "Map": "Deshaies.PNG", "Arrondissement": "Basse-Terre", "Canton": "Sainte-Rose-1", "Intercommunality": "CA Nord Basse-Terre", "Postal code": "97126", "Mayor": "Jeann... |
Generał Tadeusz Komorowski (1 June 1895 - 24 August 1966), better known by the name Bór-Komorowski (after one of his wartime code-names: Bór - "The Forest") was a Polish military leader. He was appointed commander in chief a day before the capitulation of the Warsaw Uprising and following World War II, 32nd Prime Minis... | {"Name": "General Tadeusz Komorowski", "Image caption": "Komorowski in 1945", "Term start": "2 July 1947", "Term end": "10 February 1949", "Birth date": "yes 1895 6 1", "Birth place": "Khorobriv, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary", "Death date": "yes 1966 8 24 1895 6 1", "Death place": "London, England"... |
The University of Indonesia (, abbreviated as UI) is a public university in Depok, West Java and Salemba, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is one of the oldest tertiary-level educational institutions in Indonesia (known as the Dutch East Indies when UI was established), and is generally considered one of the most prestigious uni... | {"Motto": "Veritas, Probitas, Iustitia (Latin)", "Type": "Public university", "Rector": "Prof. Ari Kuncoro, S.E., M.A., Ph.D.", "Students": "47,357 students (AY 2010)http://www.ui.ac.id Universitas Indonesia", "Undergraduates": "33,516 (AY 2010)", "Postgraduates": "13,841 (AY 2010)", "Campus": "Urban: Salemba CampusSub... |
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Rocky Reach Dam is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric dam in the U.S. state of Washington owned and operated by Chelan County Public Utility District. It has 11 generators rated in total 1300 MW. The ... | {"Impounds": "Columbia River", "Creates": "Lake Entiat", "Location": "Chelan / Douglas counties, Washington", "Operator(s)": "Chelan County Public Utility District", "Construction began": "1956 (Phase One)1969 (Phase Two)", "Construction cost": "$273.1 million", "Total capacity": "382000 acre feet km3 on", "Turbines": ... |
After the Funeral is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1953 under the title of Funerals are Fatal and in UK by the Collins Crime Club on 18 May of the same year under Christie's original title. The US edition retailed at $2.50 and the UK edit... | {"Country": "United States", "Publisher": "Dodd, Mead and Company", "Media type": "Print (hardback and paperback)", "Pages": "244 first edition, hardback", "Preceded by": "A Daughter's a Daughter", "Followed by": "A Pocket Full of Rye"} |
is a Pokémon species in the Pokémon franchise. Created by Motofumi Fujiwara, it first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue. It has later appeared in various merchandise, spinoff titles, as well as animated and printed adaptations of the franchise. It is also the game mascot and starter Pokémon for Pokémon: ... | {"First game": "Pokémon Red and Blue (1996)", "Created by": "Satoshi Tajiri", "Designed by": "Motofumi Fujiwara (sprites)Morrissy Kim Pokémon Designers Reflect on History of Eevee's Design https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-09-10/pokemon-designers-reflect-on-history-of-eevee-design/.136529 Anime News Ne... |
Mucia Tertia ( 79-31 BC) was a Roman matrona who lived in the 1st century BC. She was the daughter of Quintus Mucius Scaevola, the pontifex maximus and consul in 95 BC.
Around 79 BC, Mucia married Pompey, a leading and soon-to-be dominant figure in Roman politics. She was the mother of all three of Pompey's known chil... | {"Birth place": "Rome", "Death place": "Rome", "Known For": "Wife of Pompey, mistress of Julius Caesar", "Spouse(s)": "Gaius Marius the YoungerPompeyMarcus Aemilius Scaurus", "Children": "Gnaeus PompeiusPompeia MagnaSextus PompeyMarcus Aemilius Scaurus"} |
Rock Island Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River, in the U.S. state of Washington. Chelan County Public Utility District's Rock Island Dam and Hydro Project was the first dam to span the Columbia, having been built from 1929 to 1933. It is located near the geographical center of Washington, about downstrea... | {"Impounds": "Columbia River", "Creates": "Rock Island Pool", "Location": "Chelan / Douglas counties, Washington", "Construction began": "1930", "Opening date": "1933", "Total capacity": "131000 acre feet km3 on", "Turbines": "19 http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html Electricity - U.S. E... |
Wells Dam is a hydroelectric embankment dam located on the Columbia River, downstream from the confluence of the Okanogan River, Methow River, and the Columbia River in Washington state. The dam, associated structures, and machinery make up the Wells Hydroelectric Project. It is owned and operated by Douglas County Pub... | {"Impounds": "Columbia River", "Creates": "Lake Pateros", "Location": "Chelan / Douglas counties, Washington", "Operator(s)": "Douglas County Public Utility District", "Opening date": "August 22, 1967", "Total capacity": "331200 acre feet km3 on", "Turbines": "10 https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860M/ U.S. Ener... |
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Wanapum Dam is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric project located on the Columbia River downstream (south) from Vantage, Washington where Interstate 90 crosses the Columbia from Grant County into Kittitas County. It is owned by the Grant County Public Utility District. Its reser... | {"Official name": "Wanapum Dam", "Impounds": "Columbia River", "Creates": "Lake Wanapum", "Location": "Grant / Kittitas counties, Washington", "Length": "8320 ftGrant County Public Utility District Website", "Height": "185 ft", "Construction began": "1959", "Opening date": "1963", "Construction cost": "US$93,277,690", ... |
Priest Rapids Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete gravity dam; located on the Columbia River, between the Yakima Firing Range and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and bridges Yakima County and Grant County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The dam is 24 miles south of the town of Vantage, and 47 miles northwest of the cit... | {"Impounds": "Columbia River", "Creates": "Priest Rapids Lake", "Location": "Grant / Yakima counties, Washington", "Length": "10103 ft m 0 on", "Height": "178 ft m 0 on", "Construction began": "July 1956", "Opening date": "1959 (First Generation)1961 (Full Completion)", "Total capacity": "237100 acre feet km3 on", "Tur... |
The Wenatchee River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington, originating at Lake Wenatchee and flowing southeast for , emptying into the Columbia River immediately north of Wenatchee, Washington. On its way it passes the towns of Plain, Leavenworth, Peshastin, Dryden, Cashmere, Monitor, and Wenatchee, all within Che... | {"Mouth": "Columbia River", "Location": "Wenatchee", "Coordinates": "47 27 19 N 120 19 28 W inline,title", "Basin size": "1333 sqmi on"} |
Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had two powerhouses. The third powerhouse ("Nat"), completed in 1974 to increase energy producti... | {"Country": "United States", "Location": "Grant / Okanogan counties", "Purpose": "Power, regulation, irrigation", "Status": "O", "Construction began": "1933 07 16 yes yes", "Opening date": "1942 06 01 yes yes", "Construction cost": "Original dam: \n$163 million 1943Ortolano Cushing 2000 60Third powerplant: $730 million... |
Ebbw Vale (; ) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr conurbation has a population of roughly 33,000. It has direct access to the dualled A465 Heads... | {"Sovereign state": "Wales", "Principal area": "Blaenau Gwent", "UK Parliament": "Blaenau Gwent", "Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament": "Blaenau Gwent", "Postcode district": "NP", "Dialling code": "01495", "OS grid reference": "SO165095", "Population": "18,558"} |
Saint Brigid of Kildare or Saint Brigid of Ireland (; Classical Gaelic: Brighid; ; 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish hagiographies, she was an abbess who founded the important abbey of Kildare (Cil... | {"Born": "Faughart, Dundalk, Kingdom of UlaidStory of St. Brigid http://www.stbrigid.ie/story-of-st-brigid.html St. Brigid's GNS, Glasnevinhttps://www.irishcatholic.com/ Home The Irish Catholic 18 December 2022 Gaelic Ireland", "Died": "Kildare, Kingdom of Leinster, Gaelic Ireland", "Feast": "1 February", "Attributes... |
W & G Foyle Ltd. (usually called simply Foyles) is a bookseller with a chain of seven stores in England. It is best known for its flagship store in Charing Cross Road, London. Foyles was once listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest bookshop in terms of shelf length, at , and of number of titles on... | {"Type": "Private company", "Founded": "1903", "Headquarters": "107 Charing Cross Road, London", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Books", "Parent": "Christopher Foyle (1999-2018)\n Waterstones (2018- )", "Website": "http://www.foyles.co.uk"} |
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The Sino-Soviet split was the breaking of political relations between the People's Republic of China and the USSR caused by doctrinal divergences that arose from their different interpretations and practical applications of Marxism-Leninism, as influenced by their respective geopolitics during the C... | {"Date": "17 October 1961 - 18 May 1989Cold War: The Essential Reference Guide https://books.google.com/books?id=NRfWxeBOQ3MC James R. Arnold Roberta Wiener Lorenz Lüthi Sino-Soviet Split (1956-1966) 190-193 2012 ABC-CLIO 9781610690041 19 August 2020 9 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210509164443/https://books.g... |
Wikipedia holidays, or the Order of the Day, consist of Wikipedia's founding day of January 15 and four Wikipedia awards bestowed honoris causa by Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales, the site's 2001 co-founder. With the motto "We make the Internet not suck" derived from a 2005 interview with Wales, four of the five holidays celebrate... | {"Type": "Wikipedia award order", "Motto": "We make the Internet not suck", "First induction": "15 January 2001", "Last induction": "20 April 2012", "Total inductees": "5", "Next (higher)": "None", "Next (lower)": "Wikipedian of the Year"} |
Emmanuel N'Djoké "Manu" Dibango (12 December 1933 - 24 March 2020) was a Cameroonian musician and songwriter who played saxophone and vibraphone. He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk, and traditional Cameroonian music. His father was a member of the Yabassi ethnic group, while his mother was a Duala. He was b... | {"Born": "Douala, French Cameroon", "Died": "Melun, France", "Genres": "Makossa, African rumba, afrofunk, afrobeat, jazz,Nyamnjoh Francis B. Fokwang Jude 2005 Entertaining Repression: Music and Politics in Postcolonial Cameroon African Affairs Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal African Society 104 415... |
The London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council. The L... | {"Type": "County council for the County of London", "Preceded by": "Metropolitan Board of Works", "Succeeded by": "Greater London Council", "Disbanded": "1 April 1965", "Seats": "1889-1919: 118 councillors; 19 aldermen 1919-1949: 124 councillors; 20 aldermen 1949-1955: 129 councillors; 21 aldermen 1955-1965: 126 counci... |
Leicester railway station (formerly Leicester Campbell Street and Leicester London Road) is a mainline railway station in the city of Leicester in Leicestershire, England. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway and owned by Network Rail. The station is served by CrossCountry and East Midlands Railway services.... | {"Name": "Leicester", "Symbol Location": "gb", "Symbol": "rail", "Caption": "Leicester railway station as seen from London Road (Northern Entrance)", "Administrative subdivision": "Leicester, City of Leicester", "Country": "England", "Coordinates": "52.632 -1.124 type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000 inline,title",... |
Angela Olive Pearce (formerly Carter, Stalker; 7 May 1940 - 16 February 1992), who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. She is mainly known for her book The Bloody Chamber (1979). In 198... | {"Born": "1940 5 7 y", "Died": "yes 1992 2 16 1940 5 7", "Alma mater": "University of Bristol", "Occupation": "Novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist", "Children": "1"} |
Dub Syndicate is a dub band, formed by Adrian Sherwood, which became a showcase for Adrian Sherwood's collaboration with Lincoln "Style" Scott, former drummer with the Roots Radics, Suns of Arqa and Creation Rebel.
Dub Syndicate initially evolved out of Creation Rebel and had a classic dub sound until the third album... | {"Origin": "London", "Genres": "Reggae, dub", "Labels": "On-U Sound RecordsLion & Roots", "Members": "Adrian SherwoodStyle Scott"} |
Manchester Airport Holdings Limited, trading as MAG (originally Manchester Airports Group) is a holding company which is owned by the ten metropolitan borough councils of Greater Manchester, in North West England, and Australian investment fund IFM Investors. Founded in 2001, MAG is the largest UK-owned airport operato... | {"Type": "Public holding", "Founded": "2001", "Headquarters": "Manchester Airport,Manchester, Greater Manchester,England, United Kingdom", "Industry": "Transport", "Products": "Airport operations and services", "Revenue": "£893.4 million (2020) 3.7%", "Subsidiaries": "MAG DevelopmentsManchester AirportStansted Airport... |
Valençay () is a commune in the Indre department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Geography
Valençay is situated in the Loire Valley. It sits at the end of a plateau. on a hillside overlooking the River Nahon. Valençay is part of Berry.
History
The commune was formed by the union of three ... | {"Name": "Valençay", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image Flag": "Flag of Valençay.gif", "Caption": "Castle of Valençay", "Arrondissement": "Châteauroux", "Canton": "Valençay", "Postal code": "36600", "Mayor": "Claude DoucetRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-491... |
Jacques Alexandre Bernard Law, marquis de Lauriston (1 February 1768 - 12 June 1828) was a French soldier and diplomat of Scottish and Portuguese descent, and a general officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He was born in Pondicherry in French India, where his father, Jean Law de Lauriston, was Governo... | {"Born": "Pondicherry, French India", "Died": "Paris, France", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of FranceKingdom of the FrenchFrench First RepublicFirst French EmpireFrance 1814 Bourbon Restoration", "Awards": "Légion d'HonneurOrder of Saint-Louis", "Other work": "Diplomat"} |
Oshkosh is a town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,475 at the 2010 census. The City of Oshkosh is located adjacent to and partially within the town. The unincorporated communities of Nichols Shore Acres, Plummer Point, Shangri La Point, and Winnebago are located within the town.
Geog... | {"Land": "24.9", "Water": "130.8", "Density": "99.4", "DST": "-5", "Website": "http://www.townofoshkosh.com/"} |
Honoré d'Urfé, marquis de Valromey, comte de Châteauneuf (11 February 15681 June 1625) was a French novelist and miscellaneous writer.
Life
He was born at Marseille, the grandson of Claude d'Urfé, and was educated at the Collège de Tournon. A partisan of the League, he was taken prisoner in 1595, and, though soon se... | {"Born": "11 February 1568", "Died": "1625 6 1 1568 2 11 y", "Occupation": "Writer", "Period": "16th century", "Literary movement": "Précieuses"} |
Sir Thomas North (28 May 1535c. 1604) was an English translator, military officer, lawyer, and justice of the peace. His translation into English of Plutarch's Parallel Lives is notable for being the main source text used by William Shakespeare for his Roman plays.
Life
Thomas North was born between 9 and 10 o'clock a... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Thomas North", "Birth date": "28 May 1535", "Birth place": "London", "Death date": "1604 1535", "Death place": "London", "Nationality": "English", "Alma mater": "Peterhouse, Cambridge", "Occupation": "Justice of the Peace, author and translator", "Known For": "Translating Plutarch's... |
Jermaine La Juane Jackson (born December 11, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter and bassist. He is best known for being a member of the Jackson family. From 1964 to 1975, Jermaine was second vocalist after his brother Michael of the Jackson 5, and played bass guitar. Since 1983 he rejoined the group, now known as ... | {"Name": "Jermaine Jackson", "Caption": "Jackson in 2007", "Birth name": "Jermaine La Juane Jackson", "Birth date": "1954 12 11", "Birth place": "Gary, Indiana, U.S.", "Occupation": "Singer musician songwriter", "Education": "Birmingham High School", "Years active": "1965-presentCharlie Burton https://www.gq-magazine.c... |
Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Situated in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, Ridgefield has a population of 25,033 as of the 2020 census. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region. The town center, which was formerly a borough, is defined by the U.S. Cens... | {"Type": "Selectman-town meeting", "Land": "34.4", "Water": "0.5", "Density": "727.7", "DST": "−4", "Website": "http://www.ridgefieldct.org/"} |
The Grünfeld Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 d5
Black offers White the possibility of 4.cxd5, which may be followed by 4...Nxd5 and 5.e4, giving White an imposing duo. If White does not take the d5-pawn, Black may eventually play ...dxc4, when a White response of e4 ag... | {"Moves": "1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5", "ECO": "D70-D99", "Origin": "Bad Pistyan, Piešťany, 1922", "Named after": "Ernst Grünfeld", "Parent": "King's Indian Defence"} |
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The Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester, commonly known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in Leicester, England and the seat... | {"OS grid reference": "Leicester Cathedral", "Location": "Leicester, Leicestershire", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Denomination": "Church of England", "Previous denomination": "Catholic Church", "Website": "leicestercathedral.org", "Style": "Gothic", "Years built": "1086-1867", "Spire height": "67.1 m ft", "Province":... |
Stephen Lisle Carter (born October 26, 1954)"Carter, Stephen L. 1954-", Encyclopedia.com. is an American legal scholar who serves as the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He writes on legal and social issues.
Early life and education
Carter was born in Washington, D.C., the second of his pa... | {"Name": "Stephen L. Carter", "Caption": "Carter at the 2015 National Book Festival", "Birth name": "Stephen Lisle Carter", "Birth date": "1954 10 26", "Birth place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Known For": "Novels and social commentary", "Alma mater": "Stanford University (BA)Yale University (JD)", "Occupation": "Law p... |
BBC Kids was a Canadian specialty television channel carrying programming for children and teenagers. It was a joint venture between Knowledge West Communications, which managed the network and held the majority 80% interest and was a subsidiary of Knowledge Network, with BBC Studios licensing the BBC brand and holding... | {"Launched": "2001 11 5", "Closed": "2018 12 31", "Picture format": "480i (SDTV)1080i (HDTV)", "Owner": "Knowledge West Communications (80%)BBC Studios (20%)", "Country": "Canada", "Language(s)": "English", "Broadcast area": "Nationwide", "Headquarters": "Burnaby, British Columbia,Canada", "Sister channels": "Knowledge... |
The Point ("Independent Radio, The Point") is a radio network operating in the state of Vermont. The flagship station is WNCS (104.7 FM) in Montpelier, which signed on in 1977. It was started by Jeb Spaulding who later served as Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges, State Treasurer of Vermont, and Secretary of Admi... | {"Name": "The Point", "Broadcast area": "Northern Vermont", "Branding": "Independent Radio, The Point", "Radio stations": "See § Frequencies", "Format": "Adult album alternative", "Owner": "Northeast Broadcasting", "Webcast": "Listen live", "Website": "pointfm.com"} |
Elephant & Castle is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark in south London. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern line between Kennington and Borough stations, and is the southern terminus of the Bakerloo line, the next station being Lambeth North. The station is in both Travelcard Zones 1 ... | {"External links": "underground", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Owner": "London Underground", "Location": "Elephant and Castle, Newington", "Local authority": "London Borough of Southwark", "Number of platforms": "4", "Fare zone": "2", "2006": "18.325", "2007": "17.132", "2008": "18.540", "2009": "18.33-->", "Ac... |
The Oregon Trail is a text-based strategy video game developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) beginning in 1975. It was developed as a computer game to teach school children about the realities of 19th-century pioneer ... | {"Title": "The Oregon Trail", "Caption": "Picture of teleprinter output of the game, featuring a single round of gameplay", "Developer": "Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger", "Publisher": "MECC", "Platforms": "Minicomputer (HP 2100)Mainframe (CDC Cyber 70/73-26)PC (Apple II, Atari 8-Bit, Commodore 64)"... |
Evington is an area of Leicester, and electoral ward of the Leicester district, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. It used to be a small village centred on Main Street and the Anglican church of St Denys but was close enough to Leicester to become one of the outer suburbs in the 1930s. Today, the ward... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "OS grid reference": "SK628030", "Postcode district": "LE5", "Dialling code": "0116", "UK Parliament": "Leicester East", "Unitary authority": "Leicester", "Ceremonial county": "Leicestershire"} |
Alton Towers Resort ( ) (often referred to as Alton Towers) is a theme park and resort complex in Staffordshire, England, near the village of Alton. The park is operated by Merlin Entertainments Group and incorporates a theme park, water park, spa, mini golf and hotel complex. In 2021, it ranked first for attendance am... | {"Park Name": "Alton Towers Resort", "Park Location (City)": "Alton, Staffordshire", "Park Location (Country)": "England", "Park Coordinates": "52 59 15 N 1 53 27 W region:GB_type:landmark inline,title", "Park Operating Season": "Theme ParkMarch - November, December/January (Christmas) Alton Towers GardensMarch - Novem... |
Do As Infinity is a Japanese pop and rock band that formed in 1999 with three members: vocalist Tomiko Van, guitarist Ryo Owatari, and guitarist and composer Dai Nagao. The band's name is sometimes abbreviated as DAI, alluding to the fact that Do As Infinity was named after Nagao. Signed to Avex Trax, the band released... | {"Genres": "J-pop, rock", "Labels": "Avex Trax", "Website": "d-a-i.com", "Members": "Tomiko VanRyo Owatari"} |
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz (born 26 November 1956) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East for 32 years, from 1987 to 2019. He was the British Parliament's longest-serving British Asian MP.
Vaz served as the Minister for Europe between October 1999 and ... | {"Name": "Keith Vaz", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "26 July 2007", "Term end": "6 September 2016", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Leicester East", "Predecessor 2": "Peter Bruinvels", "Successor 2": "Claudia Webbe", "Birth name": "Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz", "Birth date": "1956 ... |
Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2. This opaque, green-banded mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often forms botryoidal, fibrous, or stalagmitic masses, in fractures and deep, underground spaces, where the water table and hydrothermal fluids prov... | {"Category": "Carbonate mineral", "IMA symbol": "MlcWarr L.N. 2021 IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291-320 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 2021MinM...85..291W 235729616 free", "Strunz classification": "5.BA.10", "Twinning": "Common as contact or penetration twins on 100 and 201. Polysynthetic twi... |
The University of Leicester ( ) is a public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park. The university's predecessor, University College, Leicester, gained university status in 1957.
The university had an income of £339.4 million in 2021/22, ... | {"Motto": "Ut Vitam Habeant", "Type": "public research university", "Endowment": "£24.3 million (2022)https://www.flipsnack.com/9759AAFF8D6/financial-statements-2021-22/download-pdf.html Annual report and accounts 2021-22 University of Leicester 19 January 2023", "Budget": "£339.4 million (2021-22)", "Chancellor": "Ma... |
Red Heat is a 1988 American buddy cop action comedy film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Walter Hill and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Soviet policeman Ivan Danko, and Jim Belushi as Chicago police detective Art Ridzik. Finding themselves on the same case, Danko and Ridzik work as partners to catch a cunni... | {"Directed by": "Walter Hill", "Produced by": "Walter Hill \"afi\" />Mario Kassar", "Screenplay by": "Walter Hill Harry Kleiner \"afi\" />", "Story by": "Walter Hill", "Starring": "Arnold Schwarzenegger\n James Belushi\n Peter Boyle\n Ed O'Ross", "Cinematography": "Matthew F. Leonetti", "Edited by": "Donn Aron Carmel D... |
Rudolf "Rudi" Völler (; born 13 April 1960) is a German professional football manager and former player, who is currently the director and interim manager of the Germany national team. In Germany, he is nicknamed "Tante Käthe" ("Aunt Kathy"), a name bestowed upon him by Thomas Berthold, and in Italy, he is nicknamed "I... | {"Name": "Rudi Völler", "Picture caption": "Völler in 2016", "Full name": "Rudolf Völler", "Birth date": "1960 4 13 y", "Birth place": "Hanau, West Germany", "Height": "1.80 m", "Position": "Forward", "Current club": "Germany (director)", "Youth club 1 years": "1966-1975", "Youth club 1": "TSV Hanau", "Youth club 2 yea... |
The Ladbroke Grove rail crash (also known as the Paddington rail crash) was a rail accident which occurred on 5 October 1999 at Ladbroke Grove in London, England, when two passenger trains collided almost head-on after one of them had passed a signal at danger. With 31 people killed and 417 injured, it was one of the w... | {"Name": "Ladbroke Grove rail crash", "Caption": "Cullen report cover", "Coordinates": "51 31 30 N 00 13 03 W region:GB_type:event inline,title", "Date": "08:08", "Location": "Ladbroke Grove, London, England", "Country": "England", "Line": "Great Western Main Line", "Operator": "Thames Trains & First Great Western", "I... |
New America, formerly the New America Foundation, is a think tank in the United States founded in 1999. It focuses on a range of public policy issues, including national security studies, technology, asset building, health, gender, energy, education, and the economy. The organization is based in Washington, D.C., and O... | {"Type": "Think tank", "Headquarters": "740 15th Street NW, Ste 900", "Location": "Washington, D.C.", "Website": "newamerica.org"} |
The TI-92 series of graphing calculators are a line of calculators produced by Texas Instruments. They include: the TI-92 (1995), the TI-92 II (1996), the TI-92 Plus (1998, 1999) and the Voyage 200 (2002). The design of these relatively large calculators includes a QWERTY keyboard. Because of this keyboard, it was giv... | {"Type": "Programmable Graphing", "Entry mode": "D.A.L.", "Introduced": "1995", "Discontinued": "1998", "Latest firmware": "1.12", "Successor": "TI-92 Plus", "Precision": "14", "Display type": "LCD Dot-matrix", "Display size": "240x128", "Programming language(s)": "TI-BASIC", "Processor": "Motorola MC68000", "Frequency... |
Neuberger Berman Group LLC is a private, independent, employee-owned investment management firm. The firm manages equities, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund portfolios for global institutional investors, advisors and high-net-worth individuals.
Overview
Founded in 1939, Neuberger Berman is a privately held ... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Financial services", "Founded": "1939 in New York City, New York, U.S.", "Headquarters": "1290 Avenue of the AmericasNew York City", "Products": "Investment management Mutual funds Equities Fixed income Private equity Hedge funds Alternative investments", "AUM": "$460 billio... |
Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade (October 27, 1800March 2, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator for Ohio from 1851 to 1869. He is known for his leading role among the Radical Republicans.Benjamin Wade. American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved February 13, 2022. Had the 1868 impea... | {"Name": "Benjamin Wade", "Preceded 2": "Thomas Ewing, Sr.", "Succeeded 2": "Allen G. Thurman", "Birth date": "1800 10 27 y", "Birth place": "Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1878 3 2 1800 10 27 y", "Death place": "Jefferson, Ohio, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Caroline Rosekrans Wade", "Image caption": "Wade 1... |
Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian war drama film directed by Peter Weir and produced by Patricia Lovell and Robert Stigwood, starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee. The film revolves around several young men from Western Australia who enlist in the Australian Army during the First World War. They are sent to the peninsula of Ga... | {"Directed by": "Peter Weir", "Produced by": "Robert Stigwood\n Patricia Lovell", "Screenplay by": "David Williamson", "Story by": "Peter Weir", "Starring": "Mel Gibson\n Mark Lee", "Cinematography": "Russell Boyd", "Edited by": "William Anderson", "Distributed by": "Roadshow Film Distributors (Australia)\n Paramount P... |
Stanley Thomas Meads (born 12 July 1938) is a New Zealand former rugby union player and brother of Colin Meads. He played as a lock, number eight and flanker, and scored four tries for New Zealand in 30 games (15 tests). He played for King Country between 1957 and 1966, when he abruptly announced his retirement to conc... | {"Name": "Stan Meads", "Caption": "Meads, 1960", "Full birth name": "Stanley Thomas Meads", "Birth date": "yes 1938 7 12", "Birth place": "Arapuni, New Zealand", "Height": "1.91 m", "Weight": "99 kg", "All black ID": "602", "All black number": "619", "Rugby union position": "Lock, loose forward", "School": "Te Kuiti Hi... |
DBLP is a computer science bibliography website. Starting in 1993 at Universität Trier in Germany, it grew from a small collection of HTML files and became an organization hosting a database and logic programming bibliography site. Since November 2018, DBLP is a branch of Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informat... | {"Commercial": "No", "Registration": "None", "Created by": "Michael Ley", "Launched": "1993"} |
Macrina the Elder (Greek: Μακρίνα; before AD 270 - ) was the mother of Basil the Elder, and the grandmother of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Macrina the Younger.
Life
The works of Basil indicate that she studied under Gregory Thaumaturgus, and that it was his teachings handed down through Ma... | {"Born": "AD 270", "Died": "AD 340", "Feast": "January 14", "Patronage": "Widows Invoked against poverty"} |
Angels Flight is a landmark and historic narrow gauge funicular railway in the Bunker Hill district of Downtown Los Angeles, California. It has two funicular cars, named Olivet and Sinai, that run in opposite directions on a shared cable. The tracks cover a distance of over a vertical gain of .
The funicular has ope... | {"Location": "Hill Street, Los Angeles, California", "Built": "1901", "Architect": "Merceau Bridge & Construction Co.; Train & Williams", "Architectural style": "Beaux-Arts", "Website": "angelsflight.org"} |
Moses the Black (, , ; 330 - 405), also known as Moses the Strong, Moses the Abyssinian, Moses the Robber, and Moses the Ethiopian, was an ascetic monk and priest in Egypt in the fourth century AD, and a Desert Father. He is highly venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church. According to... | {"Born": "Ethiopia\"Venerable Moses the Black of Scete\", Orthodox Church in America", "Died": "Scetis, Egypt", "Feast": "August 28 (Chalcedonian)July 1—Paoni 24 (Oriental)July 2 (Episcopal Church)https://books.google.com/books?id=bEq7DwAAQBAJ Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018 2019-12-17 Church Publishing, Inc. 978-1-64... |
was an early-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 2nd daimyō of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maeda clan. Toshitsune was a brother of Maeda Toshinaga and a son of Maeda Toshiie. He was the wealthiest daimyō within the Tokugawa shogunate, and his domain encompassed... | {"Name": "Maeda Toshitsune", "Native name": "前田利常", "Image caption": "Portrait of Maeda Toshitsune", "Birth date": "1594 1 16 y", "Death date": "1658 11 7 1594 1 16", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Term start": "1605", "Term end": "1639", "Battles fought": "Siege of Osaka"} |
thumb|upright|WD-40 spray can from Germany
WD-40 is an American brand and the trademark of a penetrating oil manufactured by the WD-40 Company based in San Diego, California. Its formula was invented for the Rocket Chemical Company as early as 1953 before it evolved into the WD-40 Company. WD-40 became available as a ... | {"Product type": "Water displacer", "Owner": "WD-40 Company", "Country": "San Diego, California, United States", "Introduced": "1953 09 23", "Website": "www.wd40.com"} |
Eagle Claw (; pinyin: yīng zhǎo pài; eagle claw school) is a style of Chinese martial arts known for its gripping techniques, system of joint locks, takedowns, and pressure point strikes, which is representative of Chinese grappling known as Chin Na. The style is normally attributed to the famous patriotic Song dynasty... | {"Also known as": "Eagle Claw, Eagle Fist, Eagle Hand, Ying Kuen, Ying Quan, Ying Sao, Ying Shou", "Focus": "Chin Na, Pressure point Striking, Grappling, Joint lock", "Country of origin": "China", "Creator": "Yue Fei (attributed)", "Parenthood": "Shaolin kung fu (credited), Chin Na, (later combined by Lai Chin)", "Desc... |
Still Life is the first studio album by American metalcore band American Standards, released on June 30, 2012.
Release
"Harvester" was the first single from Still Life with an accompanying music video released on June 30, 2012. The second single and video "The Still Life" was released August 19, 2012.
Track listin... | {"Released": "2012 6 30", "Studio": "JM Studios in Gilbert, Arizona", "Genre": "Metalcore hardcore punk post-hardcore mathcore", "Label": "Victory Records,Brown Surdus Still Life by American Standards https://www.welovemetal.com/newsite/wordpress/2013/02/11/review-still-life-by-american-standards/ We Love Metal We Love... |
The Graphical Kernel System (GKS) was the first ISO standard for low-level computer graphics, introduced in 1977. A draft international standard was circulated for review in September 1983.
Final ratification of the standard was achieved in 1985.
Overview
GKS provides a set of drawing features for two-dimensional vect... | {"Title": "Graphical Kernel System", "Year started": "1977", "Version": "ISO/IEC 7942-4:1998", "Version date": "1998", "Organization": "ANSI, ISO, IEC", "Related standards": "ANSI X3.124, ISO 8651, ISO 8805, ISO/IEC 8806, ISO 10303", "Abbreviation": "GKS", "Domain": "Computer graphics"} |
Donald Bengtsson Hamilton (March 24, 1916 – November 20, 2006) was an American writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction, but also crime fiction and westerns, such as The Big Country. He is best known for his long-runni... | {"Born": "1916 3 24", "Died": "2006 11 20 1916 3 24", "Occupation": "Novelist, writer", "Language": "English", "Nationality": "Swedish American", "Citizenship": "Sweden, United States"} |
right|250px|thumb|An engraving of Stanley's expedition ascending the Aruwimi, from his book In Darkest Africa, 1890
thumb|300px|Stanley's routes are indicated by the solid and dashed black lines.
The Aruwimi River (French: Rivière Aruwimi) is a tributary of the Congo River, located to the north and east of the Congo.St... | {"Mouth": "359 m on", "Location": "Basoko", "Coordinates": "1.223209 N 23.594298 E inline,title", "Basin size": "116,100 km2 on", "Left": "Nepoko River"} |
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (; 29 June 1890 - 30 August 2005) was a Dutch supercentenarian, who lived to the age of 115 years, 62 days. She is the oldest person ever from the Netherlands, breaking the previous record of Catharina van Dam on , and from was thought to be the oldest verified person in the world. She bec... | {"Name": "Henrikje van Andel-Schipper", "Caption": "Van Andel-Schipper on her 113th birthday", "Birth name": "Hendrikje Schipper", "Birth date": "1890 06 29 y", "Birth place": "Smilde, Netherlands", "Death date": "30 August 2005(aged 1890 06 29 2005 08 30 y)", "Death place": "Hoogeveen, Netherlands", "Known For": "Worl... |
is the name of a high-speed train service running on the Tokaido and San'yō Shinkansen "bullet train" lines in Japan. Slower than the premier Nozomi but faster than the all-stations Kodama, the Hikari is the fastest train service on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen that can be used with the Japan Rail Pass, which is no... | {"Service type": "Shinkansen", "First service": "25 April 1958 (Express)1 October 1964 (Shinkansen)", "Line(s) used": "Tōkaidō ShinkansenSan'yō Shinkansen", "Class(es)": "Green + Standard", "Catering facilities": "Trolley refreshment service", "Electrification": "25 kV AC, 60 Hz", "Operating speed": "285 km/h mph (Tōka... |
is one of the three train services running on the Tōkaidō and San'yō Shinkansen lines.
Stopping at every station, the Kodama is the slowest Shinkansen service for trips between major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka. The Kodama trains are used primarily for travel to and from smaller cities such as Atami. Travelers betwe... | {"Service type": "Shinkansen", "First service": "1958 (Limited express)1 October 1964 (Shinkansen)", "Termini": "Shin-Osaka (Tōkaidō Shinkansen)Hakata or Hakataminami (San'yō Shinkansen)", "Stops": "All-stop", "Line(s) used": "Tōkaidō ShinkansenSan'yō Shinkansen", "Class(es)": "Green/standard", "Catering facilities": "... |
William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, (23 May 1909 - 5 April 1991), known as Lord De L'Isle and Dudley between 1945 and 1956, was a British Army officer, politician and Victoria Cross recipient who served as the 15th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1961 to 1965. He was the last non-Australian to... | {"Name": "The Viscount De L'Isle", "Term start": "3 August 1961", "Term end": "7 May 1965", "Predecessor 2": "Sir Samuel Hoare", "Successor 2": "Allan Noble", "Birth date": "1909 5 23 y", "Birth place": "Chelsea, London, England", "Death date": "1991 4 5 1909 5 23 y", "Death place": "Tonbridge, Kent, England", "Alma ma... |
Azúcar Moreno (; Spanish for "brown sugar") is a Spanish music duo composed of sisters Antonia "Toñi" and Encarnación "Encarna" Salazar. The duo has sold more than 3 million albums and singles since 1984 domestically, and became famous in Europe, the United States and Latin America in the 1990s, with approximately 12 m... | {"Genres": "Latin pop, pop, flamenco", "Origin": "Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain", "Labels": "EMI, Capitol, CBS Records, Sony Music, Epic Records", "Members": "Antonia (Toñi) SalazarEncarnación (Encarna) Salazar"} |
The Yamuna () is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of Bandarpunch peaks of the Lower Himalaya in Uttarakhand, it travels a total length of and has a drainage system of... | {"Mouth": "74 m on", "Location": "Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj, India", "Coordinates": "25 25 11.44 N 81 53 5.80 E inline,title", "Basin size": "366223 km2 on", "Left": "Hindon, Tons, Hanuman Ganga, Sasur Khaderi", "Right": "Giri, Baghain, Sabi, Chambal, Betwa, Sindh, Ken"} |
Sir Harry Albert Atkinson (1 November 1831 - 28 June 1892) served as the tenth premier of New Zealand on four separate occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years. He was responsible for guiding the country during a time of economic depression, and was known as a cautious an... | {"Name": "Harry Atkinson", "Term start": "1 September 1876", "Term end": "13 October 1877", "Predecessor 2": "Frederick Whitaker", "Successor 2": "Robert Stout", "Birth name": "Harry Albert Atkinson", "Birth date": "1831 11 1 y", "Birth place": "Broxton, Cheshire, England", "Death date": "1892 6 28 1831 11 1 y", "Death... |
Rani Mukerji (pronounced ; born 21 March 1978) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. Noted for her versatility, she is the recipient of multiple accolades, including seven Filmfare Awards. Mukerji has featured in listings of the highest-paid actresses of the 2000s.
Born into the Mukherjee-Samarth family, Muke... | {"Name": "Rani Mukerji", "Alt": "Rani Mukerji looks directly at the camera", "Caption": "Mukerji promoting Hichki in 2018", "Birth date": "yes 1978 03 21", "Birth place": "Mumbai, Maharashtra, India", "Other names": "Rani MukherjeeRani Mukherji", "Alma mater": "SNDT Women's University", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years ... |
Quainton Road railway station was opened in 1868 in under-developed countryside near Quainton, in the English county of Buckinghamshire, from London. Built by the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway, it was the result of pressure from the 3rd Duke of Buckingham to route the railway near his home at Wotton House and to op... | {"Name": "Quainton Road", "Type": "Station on heritage railway", "Caption": "Up (southbound) platform and the main station building", "Administrative subdivision": "Quainton, Buckinghamshire", "Country": "England", "Coordinates": "51.86381 -0.92966 type:railwaystation_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SP738189) inline,tit... |
City Road is a disused London Underground station in Islington, central London. It was opened in 1901 as part of the City & South London Railway's extension from Moorgate Street to Angel. City Road was situated between Old Street and Angel. The railway is now part of the Northern line.
The station was closed in 1922 d... | {"Owner": "City & South London Railway", "Location": "City Road", "Local authority": "Islington", "Number of platforms": "2"} |
West Lake (; ) is a freshwater lake in Hangzhou, China. It is divided into five sections by three causeways. There are numerous temples, pagodas, gardens, and natural/artificial islands within the lake. Gushan (孤山) is the largest natural island and three artificial islands: Xiaoyingzhou (小瀛洲), Huixin Pavilion (湖心亭), an... | {"Native name": "zh 西湖", "Location": "Shangcheng District/Xiacheng District/Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang", "Coordinates": "30 14 49 N 120 08 39 E type:waterbody_region:CN-33 it", "Part of": "Qiantang River Basin", "Primary outflows": "Grand Canal", "Basin": "China", "Max. length": "3.2 km", "Max. width": "2.8 km",... |
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom. Based in London, ICE has over 92,000 members, of whom three-quarters are located in the UK, while the rest are located in more than 150 other countries. The ICE aims to su... | {"Named after": "Scientia et ingenio", "Abbreviation": "ICE", "Type": "Civil engineering professional association", "Headquarters": "One Great George StreetLondon, SW 1", "Subsidiaries": "Thomas Telford Ltd"} |
Borough Market is a wholesale and retail market hall in Southwark, London, England. It is one of the largest and oldest food markets in London, with a market on the site dating back to at least the 12th century. The present buildings were built in the 1850s, and today the market mainly sells specialty foods to the gene... | {"Environment": "Covered", "Goods sold": "Food", "Days normally open": "Tueday-Sunday (Monday Closed)", "Website": "https://boroughmarket.org.uk"} |
East Dulwich is an area of South East London, England in the London Borough of Southwark. It forms the eastern part of Dulwich, with Peckham to the east and Camberwell to the north. East Dulwich is home to the dog kennel hill statue which is lit in the snow. This South London suburb was first developed in the nineteent... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census. Ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689046&c=East+Dulwich&d=14&e=62&g=6336662&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476294589172&enc=1 Southwark Ward population 2011 12 October 2016 Office for National Stati... |
Jae-chul Shin (; 20 December 1936 - 9 July 2012) was a Korean martial artist and founder of the World Tang Soo Do Association.World Tang Soo Do Association
Biography
Jae-chul Shin began his study of martial arts in 1948 joining the Seoul Moo Duk Kwan Central Gym studying under Grandmaster Hwang Kee, the founder of t... | {"Nationality": "South Korean", "Born": "Seoul, Korea", "Died": "Burlington, North Carolina", "Style": "Tang Soo Do", "Teacher(s)": "Hwang Kee, Oh Se Jun", "Rank": "black 9th degree black belt", "Years active": "1948-2012"} |
Sir Simon Henry Ward Hughes (born 17 May 1951) is a British former politician. He is now the Chancellor of London South Bank University, an external adviser to The Open University, and a strategic adviser to Talgo, a Spanish manufacturer of trains. Hughes was deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2010 to 2014, an... | {"Name": "Simon Hughes", "Image caption": "Hughes addressing the Liberal Democrat conference in the ACC Liverpool, 2010", "Term start": "18 December 2013", "Term end": "8 May 2015", "Office 2": "President of the Liberal Democrats", "Leader 2": "Charles Kennedy Menzies Campbell Vince Cable (acting) Nick Clegg", "Predece... |
Capital London is an Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by the Global media company as part of its national Capital FM Network. As Capital Radio it was launched in the London area in 1973 as one of Britain's first two commercial radio stations. Its brief was to entertain, while its opposite number, Lon... | {"Broadcast area": "Greater London", "Branding": "London's No.1 Hit Music Station", "RDS": "Capital", "Format": "Contemporary hit radio", "ERP": "4 kW", "HAAT": "271 m", "Network": "Capital FM network", "Owner": "Global"} |
The Renault FT (frequently referred to in post-World War I literature as the FT-17, FT17, or similar) was a French light tank that was among the most revolutionary and influential tank designs in history. The FT was the first production tank to have its armament within a fully rotating turret.Although a rotating turret... | {"Type": "Light tank", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "In service": "1917-1949", "Wars": "World War I\n Russian Civil War\n Estonian War of Independence\n Turkish War of Independence\n Polish-Soviet War\n Warlord Era\n Rif War\n Paulista Revolt of 1924https://aventurasnahistoria.uol.com.br/noticias/historia-hoje/revolta-tene... |
Hulagu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulegu; ; ; ; ( 8 February 1265), was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Western Asia. Son of Tolui and the Keraite princess Sorghaghtani Beki, he was a grandson of Genghis Khan and brother of Ariq Böke, Möngke Khan, and Kublai Khan.
Hulagu's army greatly expanded the southwest... | {"Consort": "Guyuk Khatun\n Doquz Khatun\n Yesuncin Khatun\n Qutui Khatun\n Öljei Khatun", "Father": "Tolui", "Mother": "Sorghaghtani Beki", "Born": "Mongolia", "Died": "Zarrineh River", "Burial": "Shahi Island, Lake Urmia", "Religion": "BuddhismGrousset René The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia 1970... |
Harriet Ruth Harman (born 30 July 1950) is a British politician and solicitor who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Camberwell and Peckham, formerly Peckham, since 1982. A member of the Labour Party, she has served in various Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet positions. Since 29 June 2022 she has been Chair of the... | {"Name": "Harriet Harman", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "8 May 2015", "Term end": "12 September 2015", "Office 2": "Deputy Leader of the Labour PartyChair of the Labour Party", "Leader 2": "Gordon Brown Ed Miliband", "Predecessor 2": "John Prescott (Deputy Leader) Hazel Blears (Party Chair)... |
A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan counties. All of the metropolitan districts have been granted or regranted... | {"Category": "Local authority districts", "Location": "England", "Found in": "Metropolitan county", "Number": "2008", "Created by": "Local Government Act 1972", "Created": "1 April 1974", "Populations": "0.1 - 1.1 million", "Possible status": "City", "Additional status": "Borough"} |
An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal to be won: gold, silver, and bronze, awarded to first, second, and third place, respectively. The granting of awards is laid out in detail in the Olympic protocols.
Medal designs have varied considerably... | {"Awarded for": "Given to successful competitors in various Olympic Sports", "Presented by": "International Olympic Committee", "First award": "1896", "Website": "www.olympic.org/"} |
thumb|A 1961 1 inch = 1 mile series map. It covers the Hinckley-Nuneaton-Atherstone--Wolvey region. Harts Hill quarry is attached to a railway and in full swing. The coal mines near Griff Lodge Farm and Ansley Hall are in early decline. The mines are now shut and the quarry is (as far as I know) a rubbish-tip. Note th... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "District": "Hinckley and Bosworth", "Shire county": "Leicestershire", "UK Parliament": "Bosworth", "Postcode district": "LE", "Dialling code": "01455", "OS grid reference": "SP443923"} |
She, subtitled A History of Adventure, is a novel by the English writer H. Rider Haggard, published in book form in 1887 following serialisation in The Graphic magazine between October 1886 and January 1887. She was extraordinarily popular upon its release and has never been out of print.
The story is a first-person n... | {"Set in": "Cambridge and East Africa (Zanzibar), 1860s-80s", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "Ayesha series", "Publisher": "Longmans", "Media type": "Print (serial, hardback, paperback)", "Pages": "317 (1887 hardback)", "Preceded by": "King Solomon's Mines", "Followed by": "The Ancient Al... |
thumb|right|200px| Lefort worked mostly in Drôme Department for the Jockey network.
Cecily Margot Gordon Lefort (30 April 1899 - February 1945) served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and in France for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. The purpose ... | {"Nickname(s)": "Alice, Teacher, Cecile Marguerite Legrand", "Born": "London, England", "Died": "Ravensbrück concentration camp, Germany", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Awards": "Mentioned in DespatchesCroix de Guerre (France)"} |
São Luís (, Saint Louis) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city is located on Upaon-açu Island (Big Island, in Tupi Language) or Ilha de São Luís (Saint Louis' Island), in the Baía de São Marcos (Saint Mark's Bay), an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pinda... | {"Named for": "Saint Louis IX", "Density": "3064.9", "Metro density": "1227659", "Website": "http://www.saoluis.ma.gov.br"} |
Gen Digital Inc. (formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock) is a multinational software company co-headquartered in Tempe, Arizona and Prague, Czech Republic. The company provides cybersecurity software and services. Gen is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock-market index. The company also h... | {"Formerly": "Symantec Corporation(1982-2019)\n NortonLifeLock Inc.(2019-2022)", "Type": "Public", "Founded": "1982 3 1 in Sunnyvale, California, U.S.", "Headquarters": "Tempe, Arizona, U.S.\n Prague, Czech Republic", "Industry": "Computer software", "Products": "Cybersecurity software", "Services": "Computer security"... |
Peter Norton (born November 14, 1943) is an American programmer, software publisher, author, and philanthropist. He is best known for the computer programs and books that bear his name and portrait. Norton sold his software business to Symantec Corporation in 1990.
Norton was born in Aberdeen, Washington, and raised i... | {"Name": "Peter Norton", "Birth date": "1943 11 14", "Birth place": "Aberdeen, Washington, US", "Alma mater": "Reed College, Portland, Oregon", "Occupation": "ProgrammerSoftware publisherTechnical book authorPhilanthropist", "Years active": "1965-present", "Spouse(s)": "Eileen Harris 1983 2000\n Gwen Adams 2007", "Chil... |
Burmese Days is the first novel by English writer George Orwell, published in 1934. Set in British Burma during the waning days of empire, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as part of British India, the novel serves as "a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj." At the centre of the novel is John Flory, "the lone a... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Harper & Brothers (US)Victor Gollancz (UK)", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "300", "ISBN": "978-0-141-18537-8", "Preceded by": "Down and Out in Paris and London", "Followed by": "A Clergyman's Daughter"} |
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