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The World Snooker Championship is the longest-running and most prestigious tournament in professional snooker. It is also the richest, with total prize money in 2022 of £2,395,000, including £500,000 for the winner. First held in 1927, it is now one of the three tournaments (together with the UK Championship and the in... | {"Venue": "Crucible Theatre(since 1977)", "Location": "Sheffield", "Country": "England", "Established": "1927", "Format": "Ranking event"} |
Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon is a compilation album by American musician Warren Zevon, released in 2002.
Reception
Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Although there was the double-disc set I'll Sleep When I'm Dead and a 1986 hits collection, there was no set produced during the CD era that chron... | {"Released": "October 2002", "Recorded": "1975-2002", "Genre": "Rock", "Label": "Rhino", "Producer": "Gary PetersonWarren Zevon"} |
The Suquamish () are a Lushootseed-speaking Native American people, located in present-day Washington in the United States. They are a southern Coast Salish people. Today, most Suquamish people are enrolled in the federally recognized Suquamish Tribe,Suquamish.nsn.us a signatory to the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott. Chi... | {"Name": "Suquamish", "Image caption": "Suquamish woman photographed by Edward S. Curtis in 1913.", "Population": "~6,500", "Languages": "English, Lushootseed", "Related ethnic groups": "Coast Salish, Nlaka'pamux, Bitterroot Salish"} |
Ethyl Eichelberger (July 17, 1945 - August 12, 1990) was an Obie award-winning American drag performer, playwright, and actor. He became an influential figure in experimental theater and writing, and wrote nearly forty plays portraying women such as Jocasta, Medea, Nefertiti, Clytemnestra, and Lucrezia Borgia. He becam... | {"Name": "Ethyl Eichelberger", "Birth date": "1945 07 17", "Birth place": "Pekin, Illinois, United States", "Death date": "1990 08 12 1945 07 17", "Death place": "Staten Island, New York, USA"} |
First Nations () is a term used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Traditionally, First Nations in Canada were peoples who lived south of the tree line, and mainly south of the Arctic Circle. There are 634 recognized First Nations governments or bands across Canada. Roughly half a... | {"Name": "First Nationsfr Premières Nations", "Image": "upright|90x100px|borderupright|90x100px|border\nupright|90x100px|borderupright|90x70px|border\nupright|90x100px|borderupright|90x100px|border\nupright|90x100px|borderupright|90x100px|border\nupright|90x100px|border\nupright|90x100px|borderupright|90x100px|border",... |
Interscope Records is an American record label based in Santa Monica, California, owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. Founded in late 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a $20 million joint venture with Atlantic Records of Warner Music Group and Interscope Communications, it diff... | {"Parent company": "Universal Music Group", "Founded": "1990Interscope Complex Networks https://www.complex.com/tag/interscope January 5, 2019", "Founder": "Jimmy Iovine Ted Field", "Distributor(s)": "Interscope Geffen A&M (United States) Polydor (United Kingdom) Universal Music Group (International)", "Genre": "Variou... |
Albert Campion is a fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories by Margery Allingham. He first appeared as a supporting character in The Crime at Black Dudley (1929), an adventure story involving a ring of criminals, and would go on to feature in another 18 novels and over 20 short stories.
S... | {"First appearance": "The Crime at Black Dudley", "Created by": "Margery Allingham", "Portrayed by": "Bernard HorsfallBrian SmithPeter DavisonJames SnellRichard HurndallWilliam FoxBasil Moss", "Gender": "Male", "Family": "Herbert (brother)Valentine Ferris (sister)Emily K (mother)", "Children": "Rupert (son)", "National... |
Antonio Barichievich (October 10, 1925 - September 7, 2003), born Anton Barichevich and better known as The Great Antonio, was a Croatian-Canadian strongman, professional wrestler, and a Montreal eccentric artist. Barichievich was born in Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Nothing is known about his early ... | {"Name": "Antonio Barichievich", "Caption": "Antonio at 21 years old (c. 1946)", "Birth name": "Anton Baričević", "Birth date": "1925 10 10 yes", "Birth place": "Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes", "Death date": "2003 09 07 1925 10 10 yes", "Death place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Occupation": "Strongm... |
Spanish Fly is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Will Wallace, and follows the use of an aphrodisiac in a Los Angeles nightclub.
Cast
David Shackelford as Leonard
Will Wallace as Gordy
Judy Geeson as Miss England
Anthony Crivello as Tony
Carlos Alazraqui as Enrique
Robert Merrill as Oedipus boy
Joe ... | {"Directed by": "Will Wallace", "Written by": "Will WallaceDaniel Wulkan", "Produced by": "Daniel Wulkan", "Starring": "David ShackelfordWill WallaceJudy GeesonAnthony CrivelloCarlos AlazraquiJoe Estevez", "Cinematography": "Michael Santy", "Edited by": "Vince Filippone", "Music by": "Ruben Zahra"} |
Río Negro (, Black River) is a province of Argentina, located in northern Patagonia. Neighboring provinces are from the south clockwise Chubut, Neuquén, Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires. To the east lies the Atlantic Ocean.
Its capital is Viedma near the Atlantic outlet of the province's namesake river in the easter... | {"Density": "auto", "Rank": "15th", "ISO 3166 code": "AR-R", "Website": "rionegro.gov.ar"} |
Catherine Michelle Schwartz (born May 27, 1977) is an American television presenter. She was formerly a co-host on the TechTV television program Call for Help with Chris Pirillo and Leo Laporte.
Early years
Schwartz earned degrees in Broadcast Communication Arts and Sociology from San Francisco State University.
Care... | {"Name": "Catherine Schwartz", "Birth date": "1977 5 27", "Birth place": "San Francisco, California, US", "Other names": "Cat Schwartz", "Occupation": "Television presenter, producer", "Website": "http://www.dgtladvisors.com/http://www.hitechmommy.com/", "Children": "1"} |
In the early hours of March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old bartender, was raped and stabbed outside the apartment building where she lived in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of Queens in New York City, New York, United States. Two weeks after the murder, The New York Times published an article erroneously claimin... | {"Caption": "A 2019 view of the alleyway where Kitty Genovese was murdered", "Date": "1964 03 13", "Location": "Kew Gardens, Queens, New York City, New York, US", "Type of attack": "Murder by stabbing", "Perpetrator": "Winston Moseley", "Victim": "Catherine \"Kitty\" Susan Genovese", "Verdict": "Guilty on all counts", ... |
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin. It is one of Germany's most prestigious universities, with a particular emphasis on the humanities and political science.
The Free University of Berlin was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with Ameri... | {"Motto": "la", "Type": "Public", "Budget": "€601.4 millionhttps://www.berlin.de/sen/wissenschaft/service/leistungsberichte/fu_leistungsbericht-2020.pdf Leistungsbericht über das Jahr 2020 zur Umsetzung des Hochschulvertrags 2018 - 2022 de Senate Chancellery of Berlin 18 April 2022 36", "President": "Günter M. Zie... |
Skitgubbe, (pronounced "hoo-eet goo-beh") and also called Mas, Mjölis, Mjölnarmatte, or Flurst (in the United States), is a popular Swedish card game that is rated as one of the best for three players. It has two phases: in the first, players accumulate cards; in the second players aim to discard the accumulated hand. ... | {"Alternative names": "Mjölnarmatte, Mjölis, Mas, Flurst", "Players": "2-4 (3 best)https://www.pagat.com/beating/skitgubbe.html Skitgubbe pagat.com 28 January 2023", "Cards": "52", "Deck": "Modern Swedish pattern, French-suited pack", "Play": "Clockwise", "Rank (high→low)": "A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2", "Origin": "Swed... |
Edward Jerningham Wakefield (25 June 1820 - 3 March 1879), known as Jerningham Wakefield, was the only son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. As such, he was closely associated with his father's interest in colonisation. He worked for the New Zealand Company and later was a member of the Canterbury Association. He was active... | {"Name": "Jerningham Wakefield", "Image caption": "Portrait of Jerningham Wakefield from ca 1850", "Birth date": "25 June 1820", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "1879 3 3 1820 6 25 yes", "Death place": "Ashburton, New Zealand"} |
José Luis Félix Chilavert González (; born 27 July 1965) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sportivo Luqueño, Guaraní, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Real Zaragoza, Vélez Sarsfield, RC Strasbourg, Peñarol, and the Paraguay national team.
Chilavert won 12 club titles, including the 1... | {"Name": "José Luis Chilavert", "Picture caption": "Chilavert in 1985, while playing for Argentine side San Lorenzo", "Full name": "José Luis Félix Chilavert González", "Height": "1.88 m", "Birth date": "yes 1965 7 27", "Birth place": "Luque, Paraguay", "Position": "Goalkeeper", "Club 1 years": "1982-1984", "Club 1": "... |
Martin Osborne Johnson CBE (born 9 March 1970) is an English retired rugby union player who represented and captained England and Leicester in a career spanning 16 seasons. He captained England to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, and is regarded as one of the greatest locks ever to have played,Team of the Pro Era ... | {"Name": "Martin Johnson CBE", "Caption": "Martin Johnson playing for Leicester in a charity match in 2007 after retirement", "Full birth name": "Martin Osborne Johnson", "Birth date": "yes 1970 3 9", "Birth place": "Solihull, Warwickshire, England", "Height": "6 7", "Weight": "18 st 9 lb (119 kg)", "Relatives": "Will... |
Dhol () can refer to any one of a number of similar types of double-headed drum widely used, with regional variations, throughout the Indian subcontinent. Its range of distribution in Indian subcontinent primarily includes northern areas such as the Jammu, Himachal, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Kashmir, Sindh, Assam Valley,... | {"Name": "Dhol", "Classification": "Membranophone", "Related": "Dholki", "Articles": "Garba, Bhangra, Music of Punjab, Bihu Dance"} |
Simon Arthur Noël Raven (28 December 1927 - 12 May 2001) was an English author, playwright, essayist, television writer, and screenwriter. He is known for his louche lifestyle as much as for his literary output.
Expelled from Charterhouse School, he was commissioned in the infantry in National service, before studying... | {"Born": "1927 12 28 y", "Died": "2001 05 12 1927 12 28 y", "Occupation": "Author\n playwright\n essayist\n television writer\n screenwriter", "Citizenship": "British", "Language": "English"} |
The Rotes Rathaus (, Red City Hall) is the town hall of Berlin, Germany, located in the Mitte district on Rathausstraße near Alexanderplatz. It is the home to the governing mayor and the government (the Senate of Berlin) of the state of Berlin. The name of the landmark building dates from the façade design with red cli... | {"Type": "City hall", "Architectural style": "Renaissance Revival", "Location": "Berlin, Germany", "Coordinates": "52 31 07 N 13 24 30 E region:DE-BE_type:landmark inline,title", "Construction started": "1861"} |
Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (), operating as Korean Air, is the flag carrier of South Korea and its largest airline based on fleet size, international destinations, and international flights. It is owned by the Hanjin Group.
The present-day Korean Air traces its history to March 1, 1969 when Hanjin acquired government-... | {"Airline name": "Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd.", "IATA Designator": "KE", "ICAO Designator": "KAL", "Callsign": "KOREAN AIRJO 7340.2J - Contractions - Including Change 1 https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7340.2J_Chg_1_dtd_10_10_19.pdf Federal Aviation Administration 22 November 2019 3-1-53 10 October 2019 F... |
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (abbreviated IIT Roorkee) is a technical university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. It is the oldest engineering institution in India, and was founded as the College of Civil Engineering in British India in 1847 by the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces,... | {"Motto": "sa श्रमं विना न किमपि साध्यम् (Sanskrit)", "Type": "Public technical university", "Director": "Prof.Kamal Kishore Pant Luthra Swati 2023-02-17 CWC signs MoA with IIT-Roorkee to develop International Centre of Excellence https://www.livemint.com/news/india/cwc-signs-moa-with-iit-roorkee-to-develop-internat... |
Amerika, also known as The Man Who Disappeared,1996 English translation by Michael Hofmann, New Directions The Missing Person2008 English translation by Mark Harman, Schocken Books and as Lost in America (German: ), is the incomplete first novel by author Franz Kafka (1883-1924), written between 1911 and 1914Douglas Sh... | {"Working title": "Der Verschollene", "Country": "Germany", "Language": "German", "Published": "1927 (Kurt Wolff) (German)\n1938 (Routledge) (English)", "Media type": "Print", "ISBN": "978-0-8112-1569-5"} |
Biggleswade ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the River Ivel, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Bedford. Its population was 16,551 in the 2011 United Kingdom census, and its estimated population in mid-2019 had increased to 21,700, its growth encouraged by g... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2019-estimate)Ward population estimates 2019 https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/info/27/about_your_council/180/statistics_and_census_information/2 Central Bedfordshire 17 December 2021 Total of figures for Biggleswade North and Biggleswade South wards; comparing fig... |
Ex parte McCardle, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 506 (1869), is a United States Supreme Court decision that considered its jurisdiction to review decisions of lower courts under federal law..
Case history
During the Civil War Reconstruction, newspaper publisher William McCardle printed some "incendiary" articles, advocating oppos... | {"Year argued": "1868", "Date decided": "April 12", "Year decided": "1869", "Full case name": "Ex parte McCardle", "United States Reports volume number": "74", "United States Reports page number": "506", "Parallel citations": "7 Wall. 506; 19 L. Ed. 264; 1868 U.S. LEXIS 1028", "Majority opinion by": "Chase", "Majority ... |
In geometry, an isosceles triangle () is a triangle that has two sides of equal length. Sometimes it is specified as having exactly two sides of equal length, and sometimes as having at least two sides of equal length, the latter version thus including the equilateral triangle as a special case.
Examples of isosceles t... | {"Type": "triangle", "Edge": "3", "Symmetry group": "Dih2, [ ], (*), order 2", "Properties": "convex, cyclic"} |
Gamlingay is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England about west southwest of the county town of Cambridge.
The 2011 census gives the village's population as 3,247 and the civil parish's as 3,568.
In addition to Gamlingay village, the parish includes the outlying are... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "3,247", "District": "South Cambridgeshire", "Shire county": "Cambridgeshire", "UK Parliament": "South Cambridgeshire", "Postcode district": "SG", "Dialling code": "01767", "OS grid reference": "TL236526"} |
Abbots Bromley is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire and lies approximately east of Stafford, England. According to the University of Nottingham English Place-names project, the settlement name Abbots Bromley could mean 'clearing/wood frequented by broom'. The prefix 'abbots... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Shire county": "Staffordshire", "District": "East Staffordshire", "Population": "(2011)", "OS grid reference": "SK080245", "Postcode district": "WS15", "Dialling code": "01283", "UK Parliament": "Lichfield", "Website": "Abbots Bromley Parish Council"} |
Godmanchester ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is separated from Huntingdon, to the north, by the valley of the River Great Ouse. Being on the Roman road network, the town has a long history. It has a waterside location, surrounded by open countryside of hig... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021)", "District": "Huntingdonshire", "Shire county": "Cambridgeshire", "UK Parliament": "Huntingdon", "Postcode district": "PE", "Dialling code": "01480", "OS grid reference": "TL245704"} |
Ylva Anna Maria Lindh (19 June 1957 - 11 September 2003) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician and lawyer who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 until her death. She was also a Member of the Riksdag (member of parliament) for Södermanland County until her assassination. On 10 September 2003, four day... | {"Name": "Anna Lindh", "Image caption": "Lindh in 2002", "Term start": "7 October 1998", "Term end": "11 September 2003", "Office 2": "Member of the Riksdag", "Birth name": "Ylva Anna Maria Lindh", "Birth date": "1957 06 19 y", "Birth place": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Death date": "2003 09 11 1957 06 19 y", "Death place": ... |
Ralf Schumacher (born 30 June 1975) is a German former racing driver. He is the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher, and the pair are the only siblings to each win Formula One races.
Schumacher began karting at the age of three and achieved early success before making the transi... | {"Name": "Ralf Schumacher", "Caption": "Schumacher in 2016", "Birth date": "1975 6 30 y", "Birth place": "Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany", "Occupation": "Racing driver", "Spouse(s)": "Cora Brinkmann 2001 2015 divorced", "Relatives": "Michael Schumacher (brother)\n Corinna Schumacher (sister-in-law)\n Mic... |
St Michael's Hamlet, also known as St Michael-in-the-Hamlet or simply St Michael's, is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by Dingle, Aigburth and Mossley Hill.
History
During the Georgian and Victoria era, St Michael's was a ve... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Metropolitan borough": "Liverpool", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "Liverpool Riverside", "Postcode district": "L", "Dialling code": "0151", "OS grid reference": "SJ368870"} |
Sefton Park is a public park in south Liverpool, England. The park is in a district of the same name, located roughly within the historic bounds of the large area of Toxteth Park. Neighbouring districts include modern-day Toxteth, Aigburth, Mossley Hill, Wavertree and St Michael's Hamlet.
The park is in area and is d... | {"Type": "Public park", "Location": "Sefton Park, Liverpool, England", "Coordinates": "53 23 N 2 56 W region:GB_type:landmark_source:GNS-enwiki inline", "Area": "235 acre km2", "Status": "Open all year round"} |
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, officially known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the KingMetropolitan Cathedral website: The Cathedral Retrieved 13 August 2012 and locally nicknamed "Paddy's Wigwam", is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpo... | {"OS grid reference": "Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral", "Location": "Liverpool, England", "Denomination": "Roman Catholic", "Website": "liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk", "Architect(s)": "Sir Edwin LutyensSir Frederick Gibberd", "Completed": "1967", "Diameter": "59.43m", "Height": "84.86mMetropolitan Cathedral of Chris... |
Plockton () is a village in the Lochalsh, Wester Ross area of the Scottish Highlands with a 2020 population of 468.
Plockton settlement is on the shores of Loch Carron. It faces east away from the prevailing winds; this, together with the North Atlantic Drift, gives it a mild climate despite the far-north latitude, al... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "378", "OS grid reference": "NG803334", "Postcode district": "IV52", "Dialling code": "01599", "UK Parliament": "Ross, Skye and Lochaber", "Council area": "Highland", "Lieutenancy area": "Ross and Cromarty", "Scottish Parliament": "Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch", "Website": "... |
Frederick Bates (June 23, 1777 – August 4, 1825), was an American attorney and politician. He was elected in 1824 as the second governor of Missouri and died in office in 1825. Before that he had served as a justice of the Territorial Supreme Court for Michigan Territory, was appointed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary ... | {"Name": "Frederick Bates", "Birth date": "1777 06 23", "Birth place": "Belmont, Goochland County, Virginia, U.S.", "Death date": "1825 08 4 1777 06 23", "Death place": "Chesterfield, Missouri, U.S.", "Term start": "November 15, 1824", "Term end": "August 4, 1825", "Spouse(s)": "Nancy Opie Ball"} |
thumb|Folding map of Japan (1878) based on survey work performed by Inō Tadataka
was a Japanese surveyor and cartographer. He is known for completing the first map of Japan using modern surveying techniques.
Early life
Inō was born in the small village of Ozeki in the middle of Kujūkuri beach, in Kazusa Province (in ... | {"Name": "Inō Tadataka伊能 忠敬", "Image": "Ino-tadataka,sawara,katori-city,japan.JPG", "Caption": "Statue of Inō Tadataka in Katori City", "Birth date": "1745 02 11", "Birth place": "Kujūkuri, Chiba, Japan", "Death date": "1818 05 17 1745 02 11", "Nationality": "Japanese"} |
Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Bahr al-Uloom (; 17 December 1927 - 7 April 2015) was an Iraqi political figure and Twelver Shi'a Islamic leader who served as the President of the Governing Council of Iraq (43rd Prime Minister of Iraq).
Biography
Bahraluloom was born in Najaf in 1927 to Ali Bahraluloom, the son of Hadi B... | {"Name": "Mohammad Bahraluloom", "Term start": "1 March 2004", "Term end": "31 March 2004", "Birth date": "1927 12 17 y", "Birth place": "Najaf, Iraq", "Death date": "2015 4 7 1927 12 17 y", "Death place": "Najaf, Iraq", "Native name": "محمد بحر العلوم", "Honorific prefix": "Ayatollah Sayyid"} |
thumb|right|140px|The emblem (mon) of Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari (, 1559 – November 6, 1600) was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the late Sengoku period of Japan. He is probably best remembered as the commander of the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the Azuchi-Momoyama period of ... | {"Resting place": "Sangen-in, Daitoku-ji, Kyoto", "Spouse(s)": "Kogetsu-in", "Battles fought": "Siege of TottoriSiege of TakamatsuBattle of ShizugatakeBattle of Komaki and NagakuteSiege of OshiSiege of FushimiBattle of Sekigahara", "Birth name": "Sakichi (佐吉)", "Name": "Ishida Mitsunari", "Death place": "Kyoto", "Birth... |
Count was a Japanese politician. He was a leader of the "Freedom and People's Rights Movement" and founded Japan's first political party, the Liberal Party.
Biography
Early life
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Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, (present day Kōchi P... | {"Honorific prefix": "Count", "Name": "Itagaki Taisuke 板垣 退助", "Birth date": "1837 5 21", "Birth place": "Tosa Domain, Japan", "Death date": "1919 7 16 1837 5 21", "Death place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Occupation": "Politician, Cabinet Minister", "Module": "yes\n 板垣 退助\n Itagaki Taisuke\n いたがき た... |
A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia is a puzzle-platform game developed by Imagineering and published by Absolute Entertainment for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The video game was released in North America in 1989, in Europe by Nintendo in 1991 and in Japan by Jaleco in 1991. A Boy and His Blob follow... | {"Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "Imagineering", "Publisher": "NA Absolute EntertainmentJP JalecoEU Nintendo", "Designer": "David CraneGarry Kitchen", "Programmer": "David CraneRick Booth", "Artist": "Jesse Kapili", "Composer": "Mark Van Hecke", "Series": "A Boy and His Blob", "Released": "NA January ... |
Marcel Ophuls (; born 1 November 1927) is a German-French documentary film maker and former actor, best known for his films The Sorrow and the Pity and Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie.
Life and career
Ophuls was born in Frankfurt, Germany, the son of Hildegard Wall and the director Max Ophüls. His... | {"Name": "Marcel Ophuls", "Birth date": "1927 11 1 y", "Birth place": "Frankfurt, Germany", "Citizenship": "French and American https://www.filmmuseum.at/jart/prj3/filmmuseum/main.jart?rel=en&reserve-mode=active&content-id=1219068743272&schienen_id=1268131462423 Marcel Ophuls Austrian Film Museum 2013 19 August 201... |
Eynesbury is an urban area forming part of St Neots, in the civil parish of St Neots, in the Huntingdonshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It mainly consists of housing, although there is an area of light industry, and a large supermarket. Eynesbury is home to Ernulf AcademyErnulf Academy at and a... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Huntingdonshire", "Shire county": "Cambridgeshire", "UK Parliament": "Huntingdon", "Postcode district": "PE", "Dialling code": "01480"} |
Eaton Ford is an area of St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England. It is a mainly residential area also containing Riverside Park, a large area of riverside parkland. Much of the housing stock dates from the period of London overspill during the 1960s and subsequently. The former village green is still in place.
Eaton Ford l... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Huntingdonshire", "Shire county": "Cambridgeshire", "UK Parliament": "Huntingdon", "Postcode district": "PE", "Dialling code": "01480"} |
Ray MacSharry (born 29 April 1938) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Tánaiste from March 1982 to December 1982, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development from 1989 to 1993, Minister for Finance from March 1982 to December 1982 and 1987 to 1988, Minister for Agriculture from 1979 ... | {"Image caption": "MacSharry in May 1980", "Term start": "6 January 1989", "Term end": "4 January 1993", "Taoiseach 2": "Charles Haughey", "Predecessor 2": "John Bruton", "Successor 2": "Alan Dukes", "Birth name": "Raymond MacSharry", "Birth date": "1938 4 29 y", "Birth place": "Sligo, Ireland", "Nationality": "Irish",... |
Starstreak is a British short-range surface-to-air missile that can be used as a man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS) or used in heavier systems. It is manufactured by Thales Air Defence (formerly Shorts Missile Systems) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is also known as Starstreak HVM (High Velocity Missile). Afte... | {"Place of origin": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Man-portable/vehicle mounted surface-to-air missile", "Blast yield": "yes", "Transport": "yes", "In service": "1997-present", "Used by": "See #Operators", "Wars": "Russo-Ukrainian War", "Designed": "1980s", "Manufacturer": "Thales Air Defence", "Produced": "November 1986",... |
Tara Lyn Strong (née Charendoff; born February 12, 1973) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her voice work in animation, websites, and video games. Strong's voice roles include animated series such as The New Batman Adventures, Teen Titans, Teen Titans Go!, Rugrats, The Powerpuff Girls, The Fairly OddPare... | {"Name": "Tara Strong", "Caption": "Strong at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2022", "Birth name": "Tara Lyn Charendoff", "Birth date": "1973 02 12", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Citizenship": "Canadian American", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1986-present", "Spouse(s)": "Craig Strong 2000 2022 divorce... |
Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer. He won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Lion, and a Silver Bear. He was honoured with receiving the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1996.Ordre des Arts et des Lettres He is known for... | {"Name": "Neil Jordan", "Caption": "Jordan at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival", "Birth date": "yes 1950 02 25", "Birth place": "Sligo, Ireland", "Birth name": "Neil Patrick Jordan", "Years active": "1979-present", "Occupation": "Film director, screenwriter, novelist", "Spouse(s)": "Vivienne Shields (divorced)Brenda Rawn... |
The Shorts Blowpipe is a man-portable (MANPADS) surface-to-air missile that was in use with the British Army and Royal Marines from 1975. It also saw service in other military forces around the world. Most examples were retired by the mid-1990s. It is unique among MANPADS in that it is manually guided to its target wit... | {"Place of origin": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Man-portable air-defense systems", "Blast yield": "yes", "Transport": "yes", "In service": "1975 to 1985", "Used by": "See Operators", "Wars": "Falklands War, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Gulf War, Cenepa War", "Designer": "Short Brothers", "Designed": "1975", "Manufact... |
Javelin is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile, formerly used by the British Army and Canadian Army. It can be fired from the shoulder, or from a dedicated launcher named the Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML), that carries three rounds, and can be vehicle mounted.
The missile is an updated version of the e... | {"Place of origin": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Manportable surface-to-air missile", "Blast yield": "yes", "Transport": "yes", "Used by": "See Operators", "Manufacturer": "Thales Air Defence", "Mass": "11.1 kg (missile) 24.3 kg (system)", "Length": "1.39 m ftin", "Diameter": "76 mm 0", "Crew": "1", "Effective firing ra... |
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The FGM-148 Javelin, or Advanced Anti-Tank Weapon System-Medium (AAWS-M), is an American-made man-portable anti-tank system in se... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Anti-tank missile", "Sights": "Optical sight & thermal imaging", "Blast yield": "Penetration: Classified. 30 in mm on RHAIntroduction to Crew Served Weapons B3M4078 Student Handout https://www.trngcmd.marines.mil/Portals/207/Docs/TBS/B3M4078%20Introduction%20to%20Crew%20Se... |
The Halo Benders was a band formed in 1994 as a side project by Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening and Doug Martsch of Built to Spill. They released their first album, God Don't Make No Junk, in 1994. They followed up in 1996 with Don't Tell Me Now and in 1998 with The Rebels Not In.
Following a hiatus through the early... | {"Origin": "Boise, Idaho and Olympia, Washington, U.S.", "Genres": "Indie rock\nalternative rock\nart punk", "Labels": "K\nFire Records\nAtlas Records", "Website": "https://thehalobenders.bandcamp.com/"} |
is a Japanese video game console developer and publisher, and formerly a developer and manufacturer of arcade games as well. The company has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
The full name of the company that uses the brand is Irem Software Engineering. It was established in 1997 by its parent company Nanao (now Eiz... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "July 10, 1974 (Irem Corporation) April 15, 1997(Irem Software Engineering)", "Headquarters": "Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan", "Industry": "Video games", "Products": "Video gamesPachinko", "Parent": "Eizo", "Website": "https://www.irem.co.jp/ www.irem.co.jp"} |
P. J. Proby (born James Marcus Smith; November 6, 1938) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.
Proby recorded the singles "Hold Me", "Somewhere", and "Maria". In 2008, EMI released the greatest hits album Best of the EMI Years 1961-1972. He still writes and records on his own independent record label, Select Re... | {"Born": "Houston, Texas, US", "Genres": "Pop music, easy listening, r&b, soul, rock", "Labels": "Decca, London, Liberty, EMI, Select", "Website": "pjproby.net"} |
Thomas Trail Fenton (born 8 April 1930) is a former television correspondent who retired in 2004 after a 34-year career with CBS News.
Fenton graduated from Dartmouth College in 1952 with a B.A. in English and was an officer in the United States Navy from 1952 to 1961, serving on destroyers in the Atlantic and Mediter... | {"Name": "Tom Fenton", "Birth date": "1930 04 08", "Birth place": "Baltimore, Maryland", "Occupation": "Television correspondent"} |
The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (also "LMRDA" or the Landrum-Griffin Act), is a US labor law that regulates labor unions' internal affairs and their officials' relationships with employers.Bellace and Berkowitz (1979).
Background
After enactment of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947, the number of ... | {"Long title": "An act to provide for the reporting and disclosure of certain financial transactions and administrative practices of labor organizations and employers, to prevent abuses in the administration of trusteeships by labor organizations, to provide standards with respect to the election of officers of labor o... |
Jodi Marie Benson (née Marzorati; born October 10, 1961) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for providing the voice of Ariel in Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid and throughout other films, including its sequel, prequel, and television series spin-off, as well as many other Disney works g... | {"Name": "Jodi Benson", "Caption": "Benson in 2023", "Birth name": "Jodi Marie Marzorati", "Birth date": "1961 10 10", "Birth place": "Rockford, Illinois, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress singer", "Years active": "1982-present", "Children": "2", "Awards": "Disney Legend (2011)", "Spouse(s)": "Ray Benson 1984"} |
Emmanuel College is a private Roman Catholic college in Boston, Massachusetts. The college was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as the first women's Catholic college in New England in 1919. In 2001, the college officially became a coeducational institution. It is a member of the Colleges of the Fenway cons... | {"Motto": "\"God with us\"", "Type": "Private college", "Accreditation": "NECHE", "Affiliation": "Roman Catholic (Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur)", "Endowment": "$159.1 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-1... |
The governor of South Australia is the representative in South Australia of the monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the governor-general of Australia at the national level. In accordance with the conventions ... | {"Post": "Governor", "Body": "South Australia", "Flag size": "150px", "Flag caption": "Flag of the governor", "Insignia size": "100px", "Insignia caption": "Badge of the governor", "Image size": "150px", "Incumbent": "Frances Adamson", "Incumbent since": "7 October 2021", "Department": "Viceregal", "Style": "Her Excell... |
CP-67 is a hypervisor, or Virtual Machine Monitor, from IBM for its System/360 Model 67 computer.
CP-67 is the control program portion of CP/CMS, a virtual machine operating system developed by IBM's Cambridge Scientific Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was a reimplementation of their earlier research system CP-... | {"Developer": "IBM Cambridge Scientific Center (CSC)", "OS family": "CP/CMS", "Working state": "Historic", "Marketing target": "IBM mainframe computers", "Available in": "English", "Platforms": "IBM System/360-67", "Defaultuser interface": "Command-line interface", "License": "Proprietary", "Preceded by": "IBM CP-40", ... |
Leonidas "Leon" Jaworski (September 19, 1905 - December 9, 1982) was an American attorney and law professor who served as the second special prosecutor during the Watergate Scandal. He was appointed to that position on November 1, 1973, soon after the Saturday Night Massacre of October 19-20, 1973, which included the d... | {"Name": "Leon Jaworski", "Image caption": "Jaworski in 1977", "Term start": "November 1, 1973", "Term end": "October 25, 1974", "Birth name": "Leonidas Jaworski", "Birth date": "1905 9 19", "Birth place": "Waco, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "1982 12 9 1905 9 19", "Death place": "Wimberley, Texas, U.S.", "Education": "B... |
The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles, and the duties of citizens, based on the proposal suggested ... | {"Ratified": "yes 1949 11 26", "Date effective": "yes 1950 01 26", "Signatories": "284 members of the Constituent Assembly", "System": "Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Republic", "Entrenchments": "2", "Last amended": "10 August 2021 (105th)", "Citation": "http://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/COI.pdf Con... |
Anthony Kiedis ( ; born November 1, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter and rapper, best known as a founding member and lead vocalist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis and his fellow band members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
Kiedis spent his youth in Grand Rapids, Michiga... | {"Name": "Anthony Kiedis", "Caption": "Kiedis performing in 2022", "Birth name": "Anthony Kiedis", "Other names": "Tony\n Cole Dammett\n Tony Flow\n The Rainy Lithuanian\n Antoine the Swanhttp://anthonykiedis.net/about-the-man/nicknames/ Nicknames Anthony Kiedis.net July 24, 2011 June 24, 2013 May 27, 2013 https:... |
CP/CMS (Control Program/Cambridge Monitor System) is a discontinued time-sharing operating system of the late 1960s and early 1970s, known for its excellent performance and advanced features.Stuart E. Madnick (1969) Modern Data Systems, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 34-36.Stuart Madnick (1976) IBM Systems Journal, Vol. 15, No. ... | {"Developer": "IBM Cambridge Scientific Center", "Source model": "Source code (see text for details)", "Platforms": "IBM System/360-67; also System/370 with virtual memory hardware (not present in original S/370 models); also used on experimental hardware", "Defaultuser interface": "Command-line interface", "OS family"... |
The Panama Canal Zone (), also simply known as the Canal Zone, was an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the Isthmus of Panama, that existed from 1903 to 1979. It was located within the territory of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending on each side of the center... | {"Native name": "es Zona del Canal de Panamá", "Conventional long name": "Panama Canal Zone", "Today part of": "Panama", "Starting event": "Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty", "Date established": "November 18,", "Event ending the country": "Torrijos-Carter Treaties", "End date": "October 1,", "Symbol type": "Seal", "Leader's ti... |
Secure Digital, officially abbreviated as SD, is a proprietary non-volatile flash memory card format developed by the SD Association (SDA) for use in portable devices.
The standard was introduced in August 1999 by joint efforts between SanDisk, Panasonic (Matsushita) and Toshiba as an improvement over MultiMediaCards ... | {"Title": "Secure Digital(SD, SDHC, SDXC, SDUC)", "Image caption": "From top to bottom: SD, miniSD, microSD", "Media type": "Memory card", "Capacity": "SD: Up to 2 GB\n SDHC: over 2 GB to 32 GB\n SDXC: over 32 GB to 2 TB\n SDUC: over 2 TB to 128 TB", "Block size": "Variable", "Read mechanism": "Standard: 12.5 ... |
United States Steel Corporation, more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an American integrated steel producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production operations primarily in the United States of America and in Central Europe. The company produces and sells steel products, including flat-rolled and tub... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1901 03 02 by merger of Carnegie Steel with Federal Steel Company & the National Steel Company", "Headquarters": "U.S. Steel TowerPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US", "Industry": "Steel", "Products": "Flat-rolled steelTubular steelIron ore", "Revenue": "US$21.065 billion (2022)https://investors... |
Jamshedpur (, ) or Tatanagar is the largest and most populous city in Jharkhand and the first planned industrial city in India. It is a Notified Area Council and Municipal Corporation and also the headquarter of the East Singhbhum district. It is a popular tourist destination known for its forests, ancient temples and ... | {"Founded by": "Jamsetji Tata", "Named for": "Jamsetji Tata", "Density": "auto", "Urban density": "629,659", "Metro density": "1,337,131", "Website": "https://jamshedpur.nic.in/"} |
was a Japanese statesman during the Bakumatsu and Meiji period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iwakura Tomomi" in . He was one of the leading figures of the Meiji Restoration, which saw Japan's transition from feudalism to modernity.
Born to a noble family, he was adopted by the influential Iwakura family. By 1858 ... | {"Name": "Iwakura Tomomi 岩倉 具視", "Birth date": "1825 10 26", "Birth place": "Kyoto, Japan", "Death date": "1883 7 20 1825 10 26", "Death place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Known For": "Leadingreference_name_A a the Meiji Revolution Heading the Iwakura Mission", "Occupation": "Politician", "Module": "yes\n Iwakura Tomomi\n いわく... |
José Gervasio Artigas Arnal (; June 19, 1764 - September 23, 1850) was a soldier and statesman who is regarded as a national hero in Uruguay and the father of Uruguayan nationhood.
Born in Montevideo, Artigas enlisted in the Spanish military in 1797 and fought the British in the Anglo-Spanish War. At the outbreak of t... | {"Born": "Montevideo, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata", "Died": "Asunción, Paraguay", "Nickname(s)": "Karaí-Guasú", "Allegiance": "United Provinces of the Río de la Plata"} |
Perlis (Kedah Malay (Perlis dialect): Peghelih), also known by its honorific title Perlis Indera Kayangan, is a state of Malaysia in the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It is the smallest state in Malaysia by means of area and population, as well as the northernmost in the country. The state borders the Thai... | {"Type": "Parliamentary constitutional monarchy", "Rank": "733", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "MY-09", "Website": "www.perlis.gov.my www.perlisroyalty.gov.my"} |
Count , best known by his nickname , was a Japanese statesman and naval engineer during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Katsu Kaishū" in . Kaishū was a nickname which he took from a piece of calligraphy (Kaishū Shooku ) by Sakuma Shōzan. He went through a series of ... | {"Native name": "ja", "Birth name": "Katsu Yoshikuni", "Other name(s)": "Katsu Rintarō", "Nickname(s)": "Katsu Kaishū 勝 海舟 Awa Katsū", "Born": "Edo, Japan", "Died": "Tokyo, Japan", "Allegiance": "Flag of the Tokugawa Shogunate.svg Tokugawa Shogunate Empire of Japan", "Commands held": "Kanrin-maru (warship)\n Kobe Nav... |
Fulk IV (; 1043 - 14 April 1109), better known as Fulk le Réchin (), was the count of Anjou from around 1068 until his death. He was noted to be "a man with many reprehensible, even scandalous, habits" by Orderic Vitalis, who particularly objected to his many women and his influential footwear, claiming he popularized ... | {"Father": "Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais", "Mother": "Ermengarde of Anjou", "Born": "1043", "Died": "14 April 1109"} |
Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area of what is present-day Chhattisgarh. The Jharkhand state was formed on 15 Novem... | {"Body": "Ranchi Municipal Corporation", "Density": "auto", "Metro density": "1,456,528", "Rank": "38th", "Website": "www.ranchi.nic.in\nhttp://www.ranchimunicipal.com/"} |
Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs ( ; 11 February 1908 - 11 November 1999) was an English scientist-explorer and expedition organizer. He led the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition which reached the South Pole overland in 1958.
Biography
Fuchs was the son of the German immigrant Ernst Fuchs from the Jena area and of his... | {"Name": "Sir Vivian Fuchs", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% FRS", "Caption": "Sir Vivian Fuchs in Wellington, 1958.", "Birth name": "Vivian Ernest Fuchs", "Birth date": "1908 02 11 yes", "Birth place": "Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England", "Death date": "1999 11 11 1908 02 11 yes", "Death place": "Cambridge, Cambridgeshire... |
was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi-Momoyama period. His preferred weapon was a yari and he was known as "Yari no Mataza" (槍の又左), Matazaemon (又左衛門) being his common name. He was a member of the so-called Echizen Sanninshu (Echizen Triu... | {"Name": "Maeda Toshiie前田 利家", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Image caption": "Maeda Toshiie", "Term start": "1560", "Term end": "1599", "Birth name": "Inuchiyo (犬千代)", "Birth date": "January 15, 1538", "Birth place": "Arako, Japan", "Death date": "1599 4 27 1538 1 15 y", "Spouse(s)": "Maeda Matsu", "Battles fought": "Bat... |
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thumb|right|Nakanoshima Festival Tower EastAsahi Shimbun Osaka Head Office is on the 9th to the 12th floors.
is one of the five largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record... | {"Type": "Daily newspaperCompany type: Private", "Format": "Blanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)", "Founder(s)": "Murayama Ryōhei ja 村山龍平Ueno Riichi ja 上野理一", "Owner(s)": "Repurchased shares (25%)Murayama family (21.02%; 10% through the KOSETSU Museum of Art)Ueno family (total 14.22% by Shōichi Ueno's death in 2016)TV Asahi (1... |
thumb|Leipzig Bookcrossing.
thumb|Bookcrossing in Lyon.
thumb|Bookcrossing at Kozminski University in Warsaw.
BookCrossing (also BC, BCing or BXing) is defined as "the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise." The term is derived from bookcrossing.com, a fre... | {"URL": "bookcrossing.com", "Commercial": "No", "Registration": "Yes", "Available in": "Multilanguage", "Launched": "2001 4 21"} |
Bruce Arthur Johnston (born Benjamin Baldwin; June 27, 1942) is an American singer, musician and songwriter who is a member of the Beach Boys. He also collaborated on many records with Terry Melcher (his bandmate in Bruce & Terry, the Rip Chords, and California Music) and composed the 1975 Barry Manilow hit, "I Write ... | {"Born": "Peoria, Illinois, U.S.", "Origin": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Pop rock", "Member of": "The Beach Boys", "Formerly of": "Bruce & Terry California Music The Gamblers The Rip Chords"} |
The Farthest Shore is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, first published by Atheneum in 1972. It is the third book in the series commonly called the Earthsea Cycle. As the next Earthsea novel, Tehanu, would not be released until 1990, The Farthest Shore is sometimes referred to as the final book... | {"Cover artist": "Gail Garraty\n7655 The Farthest Shore", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Earthsea", "Publisher": "Atheneum Books", "Media type": "Print (hardcover & paperback)", "Pages": "223 pp (first edition)", "ISBN": "0-689-30054-9", "Preceded by": "The Tombs of Atuan", "Followed by"... |
Alfonso García Robles (20 March 1911 - 2 September 1991) was a Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.
García Robles was born in Zamora, Michoacán, and trained in law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the Institute of ... | {"Name": "Alfonso García Robles", "Image caption": "García Robles in 1981", "Birth date": "1911 3 20 yes", "Birth place": "Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico", "Death date": "1991 9 2 yes (aged 80)", "Alma mater": "UNAM", "Awards": "Nobel Peace Prize 1982"} |
Mysterio (Quentin Beck) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #13 (June 1964). He is primarily depicted as an adversary of the superheroes Spider-Man and Daredevil. While Mysterio does n... | {"Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Created by": "Stan LeeSteve Ditko", "Team affiliations": "Sinister SixMaggia", "Notable aliases": "Dr. Ludwig RinehartCage McKnightAmazing Spider-Man (vol. 5) #29GerdesNicholas MacabesRudolph HinesMystyAmazing Spider-Man (vol. 5) #1", "Abilities": "Suit embedding advanced technology and ... |
The Karolinska University Hospital () is a teaching hospital affiliated with Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, with two major sites in the municipalities of Solna and Huddinge. The hospital network is the second largest in Sweden, after Sahlgrenska University Hospital.
The present day Karolinska University H... | {"Location": "Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Solna, 171 76 and Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Huddinge, 141 86", "Lists": "Sweden", "Coordinates": "59 21 08 N 18 01 56 E region:SE inline,title", "Funding": "Public", "Type": "Teaching", "Affiliated university": "Karolinska Institutet", "Beds": "1,340https://www.ka... |
Eaton Socon is a community in the civil parish of St Neots, in the Huntingdonshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. Eaton Socon is a component of the town of St Neots, located on its south-west margin. Eaton Socon lies on the west side of the River Great Ouse, and is bounded on the west by the A1 ro... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "E05002781 St Neots Eaton Socon Ward 20 December 2019", "District": "Huntingdonshire", "Shire county": "Cambridgeshire", "UK Parliament": "Huntingdon", "Postcode district": "PE", "Dialling code": "01480", "OS grid reference": "TL165595"} |
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Nordiska Kompaniet (colloquially NK, and literally The Nordic Company) is the name of two luxury department stores located in Stockholm and Gothenburg, in Sweden.
The store in Stockholm receives some twelve million visitors annually, with the figure for the store in Gothenburg being about three mil... | {"Type": "Private", "Genre": "Department Store", "Founded": "1902 (Stockholm)1964 (Gothenburg)", "Headquarters": "HamngatanStockholm, SwedenandÖstra HamngatanGothenburg, Sweden", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Quality and luxury goods", "Parent": "Hufvudstaden AB", "Website": "http://www.nk.se NK.se"} |
NetKernel is a British software company and software platform by the same name that is used for High Performance Computing, Enterprise Application Integration, and Energy Efficient Computation.
It allows developers to cleanly separate code from architecture. It can be used as an application server, embedded in a Java ... | {"Original author(s)": "HP LaboratoriesAbout: History http://www.1060research.com/about/#history 1060 Research", "Developer(s)": "1060 Research", "Written in": "Java", "Type": "Application framework", "License": "1060 Public License1060 Public License v1.2 http://www.1060research.com/license/ 1060 Research", "Websi... |
James Francis Cauty (born 19 December 1956), also known as Rockman Rock, is an English artist and musician, best known as one-half of the duo The KLF, co-founder of The Orb and as the man who burnt £1 million.
He is married to artist and musician Alannah Currie, a former member of Thompson Twins.
Early life and caree... | {"Birth name": "James Francis Cauty", "Other names": "Rockman Rock Lord Rock Space Graybeard Scourge of the Earth Advanced Acoustic Armaments (AAA)", "Birth date": "1956 12 19 y", "Birth place": "Wirral, Cheshire, England", "Spouse(s)": "Cressida Bowyer (divorced) Alannah Currie 2011", "Children": "3", "Occupation": "M... |
Ernest "Ernie" "Big Hoss" Warlick (July 21, 1932 - November 24, 2012) was a tight end from North Carolina Central University who played American collegiate and Professional Football as well as Canadian Professional Football.
Warlick was born in Hickory, North Carolina. After starring at Ridgeview High School and then ... | {"Born:": "Hickory, North Carolina, U.S.", "Died:": "2012 11 24 1932 7 21", "Height:": "3", "Weight:": "235", "High school:": "Ridgeview(Hickory, North Carolina)", "College:": "North Carolina Central", "Undrafted:": "1954"} |
Queercore (or homocore) is a cultural/social movement that began in the mid-1980s as an offshoot of the punk subculture and a music genre that comes from punk rock. It is distinguished by its discontent with society in general, and specifically society's disapproval of the LGBT community. Queercore expresses itself in ... | {"Name": "Queercore", "Stylistic origins": "Musical\nPunk rock hardcore punk indie rock experimental\nIdeological\nQueer theory punk third-wave feminism straight edge", "Cultural origins": "Mid-1980s, Canada (Toronto), United States (Portland / San Francisco) and United Kingdom (London)", "Other genre topics": "Grunge\... |
Anne Spielberg (born December 25, 1949) is an American screenwriter and producer. The co-producer and co-writer of the screenplay for the 1988 movie Big, she is also the younger sister of film director Steven Spielberg."Walter Scott's Personality Parade." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Salt Lake Tribune, July 24, 1988, p. 1... | {"Name": "Anne Spielberg", "Birth date": "1949 12 25", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Occupation": "Screenwriter producer", "Years active": "1968-present", "Parent(s)": "Arnold Spielberg (father)", "Relatives": "Steven Spielberg (brother)"} |
Sestos (, ) was an ancient city in Thrace. It was located at the Thracian Chersonese peninsula on the European coast of the Hellespont, opposite the ancient city of Abydos, and near the town of Eceabat in Turkey.
In Greek mythology, Sestos is presented in the myth of Hero and Leander as the home of Hero.
History
Clas... | {"Coordinates": "40 13 58 N 26 25 21 E inline,title", "Location": "Akbaş Kalesi, Çanakkale Province, Turkey", "Region": "Thrace", "Type": "Settlement", "Founded": "c. 600 BC", "Public access": "Restricted"} |
The White Room is the fourth and final studio album by British electronic music group The KLF, released on 3 March 1991. The album features versions of the band's hit singles, including "What Time Is Love?", "3 a.m. Eternal", and "Last Train to Trancentral".
Originally scheduled for 1989 as the soundtrack to a film of... | {"Released": "4 March 1991", "Recorded": "1989-1990", "Studio": "Trancentral\nThe Village, Dagenham\nLillie Yard, London\nMatrix, London\nMixing:\nLillie Yard, London\nThe Townhouse, London\nThe Manor, Oxfordshire", "Genre": "Electronica\n acid house\n rave", "Label": "KLF Communications", "Producer": "The KLF"} |
Leopold "Butters" Stotch is a fictional character in the adult animated television series South Park. He is loosely based on co-producer Eric Stough and his voice is provided by co-creator Matt Stone. He is a student at South Park Elementary School.
Butters is depicted as more naive, optimistic, and gullible than the ... | {"First appearance": "\"Cartman Gets an Anal Probe\" (1997)", "Created by": "Trey ParkerMatt StoneEric Stough", "Designed by": "Trey ParkerMatt Stone", "Voiced by": "Matt StoneSkylar James Sandak (young)", "Full name": "Leopold Stotch", "Gender": "Male", "Family": "Stephen Stotch (father)Linda Stotch (mother)"} |
Habba Khatoon (born Zoon; 1554-1609; sometimes spelled Khatun), also known by the honorary title The Nightingale of Kashmir, was a Kashmiri Muslim poet and ascetic in the 16th century. Her compositions have been sung and recited countless times since their inception in the valley, and she's considered as one of the gre... | {"Father": "Abdi Rather", "Mother": "Janam", "Born": "Chandhara, Pampore, Kashmir", "Died": "Kashmir", "Burial": "Athwajan, Kashmir"} |
The Black Room is a never-completed album by the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty), intended to be the follow-up to their KLF album The White Room.
History
The Black Room was referred to in interviews even before The White Room was released. Originally it was planned to be hardcore techno (i... | {"Released": "Unreleased", "Recorded": "1990-1992", "Genre": "Electronica\nindustrial techno\nthrash metal\ngrindcore", "Label": "KLF Communications"} |
The Cleveland Elementary School shooting was a school shooting that took place on January 29, 1979, at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, United States. The principal and a custodian were killed; eight children and police officer Robert Robb were injured. A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, w... | {"Title": "Cleveland Elementary School shooting", "Part of": "mass shootings in the United States and school shootings in the United States", "Location": "San Diego, California", "Target": "Students and faculty at Grover Cleveland Elementary School", "Type of attack": "Mass shooting, school shooting, double-murder, att... |
thumb|upright=1.7|Provinces of Italy (grey borders), within Regions (solid borders)
The provinces of Italy () are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality () and a region (). Since 2015, provinces have been classified as "institutional bodies of... | {"Category": "Regionalised unitary state", "Location": "Italian Republic", "Number": "107", "Populations": "81,415 (Province of Isernia) - 4,231,451 (Metropolitan City of Rome Capital)", "Areas": "212.50 sqkm on (Province of Trieste) -7,691.75 sqkm on (Province of Sassari)", "Government": "Provincial Government, Region... |
Jonathan William Patrick Aitken (born 30 August 1942) is a British author, Church of England priest, convicted criminal and former Conservative Party politician. Beginning his career in journalism, he was elected to Parliament in 1974 (serving until 1997), and was a member of the cabinet during John Major's premiership... | {"Name": "Jonathan Aitken", "Term start": "20 July 1994", "Term end": "5 July 1995", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency established", "Successor 2": "Stephen Ladyman", "Birth date": "1942 8 30 y", "Birth place": "Dublin, Ireland", "Spouse(s)": "Lolicia Olivera Azucki 1979 1998 divElizabeth Rees-Williams 2003 2022 died", "E... |
Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello (22 February 1908 - 28 September 1981; ), known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was the president of Venezuela, from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Acción Democrática, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century.
Betancourt, one of V... | {"Name": "Rómulo Betancourt", "Term start": "13 February 1959", "Term end": "13 March 1964", "Office 2": "Senator for life", "Birth name": "Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello", "Birth date": "yes 1908 2 22", "Birth place": "Guatire, Miranda state, Venezuela", "Death date": "yes 1981 9 28 1908 2 22", "Death place": "New Yo... |
John Fante (April 8, 1909 - May 8, 1983) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel Ask the Dust (1939) about the life of Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in Depression-era Los Angeles. It is widely considered the great Los Angeles novel, and ... | {"Born": "1909 4 8 y", "Died": "1983 5 8 1909 4 8", "Occupation": "Novelist\n short story writer\n screenwriter", "Literary movement": "Psychological realism", "Period": "1936-82", "Children": "4, including Dan Fante"} |
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