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Shang Yang (; c. 390 - 338 BC), also known as Wei Yang () and originally surnamed Gongsun,Antonio S. Cua (ed.), 2003, p. 362, Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy "The fifth important legalist, Shang Yang (Wei Yang, c. 390-338 B.C.E.), was born in Wei; his original surname was Gongsun." was a Chinese jurist, philosopher... | {"Infobox title": "Shang Yang", "Picture caption": "Statue of pivotal reformer Shang Yang", "Name in Chinese": "商鞅", "Pinyin transcription": "Shāng Yāng", "Wade-Giles": "Shang1 Yang1", "Mandarin IPA": "sh ang 1 - yang 1", "Gwoyeu Romatzyh": "Shang Iang", "Bopomofo (Zhuyin)": "ㄕㄤㄧㄤˇ", "Jyutping": "Soeng1 Joeng1", "Yale ... |
The New York Herald Tribune was a newspaper published between 1924 and 1966. It was created in 1924 when Ogden Mills Reid of the New-York Tribune acquired the New York Herald. It was regarded as a "writer's newspaper" and competed with The New York Times in the daily morning market. The paper won twelve Pulitzer Prizes... | {"Owner(s)": "Reid Family (1924-1958)\n John Hay Whitney (1958-1966)", "Founder(s)": "Herald: James Gordon Bennett Sr.\n Tribune: Horace Greeley", "Publisher": "Ogden Mills Reid(1924-1946)\n Whitelaw Reid(1947-1955)\n Ogden Rogers Reid(1955-1958)\n John Hay Whitney(1958-1966)", "Political alignment": "Rockefeller Repub... |
thumb|182px|C&A store in Berlin, with the Swissôtel Berlin on the upper floors.
thumb|182px|C&A store in Sneek (the Netherlands).
C&A is a multinational of retail clothing stores, with European head offices in Vilvoorde, Belgium, and Düsseldorf, Germany. The company operates approximately 1,300 stores in Europe and app... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1841 in Sneek, Netherlands", "Headquarters": "Vilvoorde, BelgiumDüsseldorf, Germany", "Parent": "COFRA Group", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Apparel/footwear specialty", "Website": "https://www.c-and-a.com/"} |
thumb | right | Germinal, by Émile Zola, in French. Part I - Chapter 1. LibriVox recording by Françoise.
Germinal is the thirteenth novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Often considered Zola's masterpiece and one of the most significant novels in the French tradition, the novel - an uncomprom... | {"Country": "France", "Language": "French", "Series": "Les Rougon-Macquart", "Publisher": "G. Charpentier", "Media type": "Print (hardback and paperback)", "Pages": "591", "Preceded by": "La Bête humaine", "Followed by": "Nana"} |
Benson is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 13, 1979, to April 19, 1986. The show stars Robert Guillaume in the title role of Benson DuBois, the head of the household for Governor Eugene X. Gatling, played by James Noble. The show focused on the conflicts and relationships wit... | {"Genre": "Sitcom", "Running time": "24-25 minutes", "Created by": "Susan HarrisGolden Girls' Creator Adds Shows Los Angeles Times September 10, 1991 http://articles.latimes.com/1991-09-10/entertainment/ca-2286_1_golden-girls 2022-01-19 subscription", "Starring": "Robert GuillaumeJames NobleInga SwensonMissy GoldRené A... |
Swanee Grace Hunt (born May 1, 1950) is an American writer, academic, and former diplomat.
Hunt is a lecturer in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School and was the founding director of the Women and Public Policy Program at the Kennedy School. From 1993 to 1997, she served as United States Ambassador to Austria. She ... | {"Name": "Swanee Hunt", "Image caption": "Swanee Hunt in 2021", "Term start": "November 4, 1993", "Term end": "October 18, 1997", "Birth date": "1950 5 1", "Education": "Texas Christian University (BA)Ball State University (MA)Iliff School of Theology (MA, D.Th.)", "Spouse(s)": "Charles Ansbacher", "Official website": ... |
Mitchell William Sharp (May 11, 1911 - March 19, 2004) was a Canadian politician and a Companion of the Order of Canada, most noted for his service as a Liberal Cabinet minister. He did, however, serve in both private and public sectors during his long career.
Background
Sharp was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He earne... | {"Name": "Mitchell Sharp", "Term start": "April 20, 1968", "Term end": "August 7, 1974", "Riding 2": "Eglinton", "Predecessor 2": "Donald Fleming", "Successor 2": "Rob Parker", "Spouse(s)": "Daisy Boyd 1938 1975 died Jeannette Dugal 1976 1998 died Jeanne d'Arc Labrecque 2001", "Birth name": "Mitchell William Sharp", "B... |
București Mall (known locally as Mall Vitan) is a shopping mall located in the Vitan neighborhood of Bucharest, Romania, close to the Dudești and Văcărești neighbourhoods. At the time of its completion it was the first shopping mall in Romania.București Mall and Plaza România
Located on Calea Vitan approximately out... | {"Location": "Bucharest, Romania", "Coordinates": "44 25 13.04 N 26 7 35.53 E inline,title", "Opening date": "September 1999", "Owner": "Anchor Group", "No. of stores and services": "140", "Total retail floor area": "37444 m2 sqft onhttp://www.anchorgrup.ro/index.php?section=life_centers# About București Mall 2015-07... |
Sky Cinema is a British subscription film service owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). In the United Kingdom, Sky Cinema channels currently broadcast on the Sky satellite and Virgin Media cable platforms, and in addition Sky Cinema on demand content are available through these as well as via Now TV, BT TV and Ta... | {"Launched": "1989 02 05 y", "Former names": "Sky Movies (1989-1998, 2002-2016)", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Headquarters": "London, England", "Sister channels": "List of Sky UK channels", "Broadcast area": "United KingdomIreland", "Picture format": "2160p UHDTV(downscaled to 1080i and 16:9 576i for their HDTV and S... |
Andrew Houston Longino (May 16, 1854 - February 24, 1942) was an American politician from Mississippi who served as a Democrat in the Mississippi State Senate (1880-1884), the U.S. District Attorney's (1888-1890), and Governor's offices (1900-1904).
Early life and education
Longino was born in Lawrence County, Mississ... | {"Name": "Andrew H. Longino", "Lieutenant 1": "James T. Harrison", "Office 2": "Member of the Mississippi Senate", "Term 2": "1880-1884", "Birth date": "1854 05 16 y", "Birth place": "Lawrence County, Mississippi", "Death date": "1942 02 24 1854 05 16 y", "Death place": "Jackson, Mississippi", "Spouse(s)": "Marion Buck... |
Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 - 10 August 1896) was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the "flying man". He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful flights with gliders,DLR baut das erste Serien-Flugzeug der Welt nach 2017. Retrieved: 3 March 2017. therefore making t... | {"Name": "Otto Lilienthal", "Caption": "Lilienthal, c. 1895", "Birth name": "Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal", "Birth date": "1848 05 23 y", "Birth place": "Anklam, Pomerania Province, Prussia", "Death date": "1896 08 10 1848 05 23 y", "Death place": "Berlin, Prussia, German Empire", "Death cause": "Cervical fracture sust... |
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ReactOS is a free and open-source operating system for amd64/i686 personal computers intended to be binary-compatible with computer programs and device drivers developed for Windows Server 2003 and later versions of Microsoft Windows. ReactOS has been noted as a pote... | {"Developer": "Community contributors The ReactOS developers", "Written in": "C, C++ReactOS on Open Hub https://www.openhub.net/p/reactos/analyses/latest/languages_summary openhub.net Black Duck Open Hub 2014-10-24", "OS family": "Windows NT-like", "Working state": "Alpha", "Source model": "Open-sourceReactOS on Gi... |
The Northeast Regional is an intercity rail service operated by Amtrak in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. In the past it has been known as the NortheastDirect, Acela Regional, or Regional. It is Amtrak's busiest route, carrying 8,686,930 passengers in fiscal year (FY) 2018, a 1.4% increase over the 8.5... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail, higher-speed rail", "Locale": "Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States", "First service": "2008 (renamed from Regional)", "Annual ridership": "Northeast Regional", "Termini": "Washington, D.C. or Newport News, Norfolk, Roanoke, or Richmond, Virginia", "Stops": "55 (including all b... |
Arusha City is a Tanzanian city, with a population of 617,631,Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Tanzania and the regional capital of the Arusha Region, with a population of 2,356,255 (2022 census).
Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, Arusha ... | {"Type": "City council", "Density": "93November 2014", "DST": "+3", "Website": "http://www.arusha.go.tz/ City website"} |
The Three Rivers was an Amtrak passenger train that ran daily between New York City and Chicago via Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Akron. It started in 1995, replacing the Broadway Limited, and ran until March 7, 2005, when Amtrak cancelled a contract with the United States Postal Service that was specific to the train.... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail", "Status": "Discontinued", "Locale": "Northeastern United StatesMidwestern United States", "Predecessor": "Broadway Limited", "First service": "September 10, 1995", "Last service": "March 7, 2005", "Successor": "Pennsylvanian", "Termini": "Chicago, Illinois", "Stops": "19", "Distance ... |
The TenDRA Compiler is a C/C++ compiler for POSIX-compatible operating systems available under the terms of the BSD license.
It was originally developed by the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) in the United Kingdom. In the beginning of 2002 TenDRA was actively developed again by Jeroen Ruigrok van der Wer... | {"Written in": "C", "Type": "Compiler", "License": "BSD license", "Website": "http://www.tendra.org"} |
was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. A highly skilled swordsman, he was one of the four most notable assassins of the Bakumatsu period. Gensai's high-speed sword discipline allowed him to assassinate targets in broad daylight.
Early life
He was born in Kumamoto, Higo Province, Japan in 1834 as the second ... | {"Native name": "ja", "Birth name": "Komori Genjiro 小森 彦次郎", "Other name(s)": "Kouda Genbei 高田 源兵衛", "Nickname(s)": "Hitokiri", "Born": "Kumamoto, Higo Province, Japan", "Died": "Kodemmachōin, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan", "Allegiance": "Ishin Shishi (former) Chōshū Domain (former) Kumamoto Domain", "Spouse(s)": "Misawa ... |
The Empire Service is an Inter-city rail service operated by Amtrak within the state of New York in the United States. The brand name originated with the New York Central Railroad in 1967. Trains on the line provide frequent daily service along the Empire Corridor between New York City and Niagara Falls via Albany, th... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail", "Locale": "New York", "Predecessor": "New York Central corridor trains", "First service": "1967 12 03", "Annual ridership": "Empire South\n Empire West/Maple LeafToronto-Albany: combines Empire Service and Maple Leaf ridership.", "Termini": "New York City, New York", "Stops": "16... |
This Year's Model is the second studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, released on 17March 1978 through Radar Records. After being backed by Clover for his debut album My Aim Is True (1977), Costello formed the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (no ... | {"Released": "1978 03 17 yes", "Recorded": "December 1977 - January 1978", "Studio": "Eden (London)", "Genre": "New wave power pop punk rock pop rock", "Label": "Radar", "Producer": "Nick Lowe"} |
James Sacra Albus (May 4, 1935 - April 17, 2011) was an American engineer, Senior NIST Fellow and founder and former chief of the Intelligent Systems Division of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Biography
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Albus received... | {"Name": "James Sacra Albus", "Caption": "James S. Albus, ca. 2000.", "Birth date": "1935 5 4", "Birth place": "Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.", "Death date": "2011 4 17 1935 5 4", "Alma mater": "Wheaton College (BS)\n Ohio State University (MS)\n University of Maryland, College Park (PhD)", "Occupation": "Engineer", "Empl... |
Hugh Lawson White (October 30, 1773April 10, 1840) was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. After filling in several posts particularly in Tennessee's judiciary and state legislature since 1801, thereunder as a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, he was chosen to succeed former presi... | {"Name": "Hugh White", "Term start": "December 3, 1832", "Term end": "December 15, 1833", "Birth name": "Hugh Lawson White", "Birth date": "1773 10 30", "Birth place": "Rowan County, North Carolina, British America (now Iredell County)", "Death date": "1840 4 10 1773 10 30", "Death place": "Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.",... |
Jessica McClure Morales (born March 26, 1986; widely known as "Baby Jessica" in 1987) fell into a well in her aunt's backyard in Midland, Texas, on October 14, 1987, at the age of 18 months.
Over the next 56 hours, rescuers worked to free her from the well casing, about below grade.
The story garnered worldwide att... | {"Name": "Jessica McClure", "Caption": "McClure in 1989", "Birth name": "Jessica McClure", "Birth date": "1986 3 26", "Birth place": "Midland, Texas, U.S.", "Known For": "Falling into a well at 18 months", "Other names": "Jessica McClure Morales", "Spouse(s)": "Daniel Morales 2006", "Children": "2"} |
Joanna Cole (August 11, 1944July 12, 2020) was an American author of children's books, best known as the author of the Magic School Bus series, which sold more than 93 million copies in 13 countries. She wrote more than 250 books, ranging from her first book Cockroaches to her famous series Magic School Bus, which is i... | {"Born": "1944 8 11", "Died": "2020 7 12 1944 8 11", "Occupation": "Author librarian", "Education": "City College of New York"} |
Qin () was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Traditionally dated to 897 BC,The Cambridge History of China: Volume 1, The Ch'in and Han Empires Google Books it took its origin in a reconquest of western lands previously lost to the Rong; its position at the western edge of Chinese civilization permitted ... | {"Native name": "zh 秦*Dzin", "Conventional long name": "Qin", "Today part of": "China", "Type of government": "9th century BCE-207 BCE:Monarchy", "Event 1": "Founded by Feizi", "Event 1 date": "860 BCE?", "Event ending the country": "defunct", "Event 2": "Declared empire", "Event 2 date": "221 BC", "Capital": "Quanqiu ... |
The Paper Lads is a children's television series produced by Tyne Tees Television and broadcast nationally from 1977 to 1979. It was set in the northern industrial city of Newcastle upon Tyne, although much of the series was filmed in Gateshead, and recounted the adventures of a group of newspaper delivery boys and a ... | {"Written by": "Ian Cullen", "Directed by": "Derek Martinus", "Starring": "Tony NeilsonJohn BowlerAndrew EdwardsPeter YoungerGlynn EdwardsAnne Jameson", "Opening theme": "\"Back Home Once Again\"performed by Renaissance", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "ITV", "Original release": "1979 01 22 ... |
Rock Around the Bunker is a 1975 studio album by French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, containing songs which combined pseudo-1950s musical arrangements with lyrics relating to Nazi Germany and World War II and drawing from Gainsbourg's experiences as a Jewish child in occupied France.
Track listing
Personne... | {"Released": "1975 01", "Recorded": "November 1974 - December 2, 1974", "Studio": "Philips Studios, London", "Genre": "AM/>", "Label": "Polygram International", "Producer": "Alain Hortu"} |
McCain Foods Limited is a Canadian multinational frozen food company established in 1957 in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada.
It is the world's largest manufacturer of frozen potato products. Its major competitors are Simplot and Lamb Weston.
History
thumb|A plate with McCain Smiles, a face-shaped mashed potato b... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada (1957)", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Industry": "Frozen food", "Products": "French fries, appetizers, vegetables, desserts, entrees, and oven meals", "Revenue": "$6.8 billion USD (2017)", "Website": "mccain.com"} |
Sofia Carmina Coppola ( ; born May 14, 1971) is an American filmmaker and actress. Her films often deal with themes of loneliness, wealth, privilege, isolation, youth, femininity, and adolescence in America. Coppola has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Golden Lion, and a Cannes Film Festival Award, as... | {"Name": "Sofia Coppola", "Birth name": "Sofia Carmina Coppola", "Birth date": "1971 5 14", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Caption": "Coppola in 2013", "Other names": "Domino Coppola", "Spouse(s)": "Spike Jonze 1999 2003 divorced\n Thomas Mars 2011", "Children": "2", "Parent(s)": "Francis Ford Coppola (father)\... |
Finger Eleven is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 1990. They have released seven studio albums (six as Finger Eleven and one as Rainbow Butt Monkeys), with their album The Greyest of Blue Skies bringing them into the mainstream. Their 2003 self-titled album achieved Gold status in the United Sta... | {"Origin": "Burlington, Ontario, Canada", "Discography": "Finger Eleven discography", "Labels": "Mercury Wind-up Concord Bicycle Music", "Website": "fingereleven.com", "Members": "Scott Anderson\n James Black\n Rick Jackett\n Sean Anderson\n Steve Molella"} |
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, or simply Sagwa, is a children's animated television series based on the children's book of the same name by Amy Tan which aired on PBS Kids, co-produced by Canada-based animation studio CinéGroupe and Sesame Street creator Sesame Workshop.
In the series, which is set , after the cinema... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Created by": "Amy Tan", "Directed by": "Joseph Jacques", "Voices of": "Holly Gauthier-Frankel\n Hiro Kanagawa\n Rick Jones\n Oliver Grainger\n Jesse Vinet\n Ellen David\n Arthur Holden\n Khaira Ledeyo\n Kathy Tsoi\n Leanne Adachi\n Rosa Yee\n Raugi Yu\n Russel Yuen\n Jaclyn Linetsky", "C... |
The chalumeau (; ; plural chalumeaux) is a single-reed woodwind instrument of the late baroque and early classical eras. The chalumeau is a folk instrument that is the predecessor to the modern-day clarinet. It has a cylindrical bore with eight tone holes (seven in front and one in back for the thumb) and a broad mou... | {"Name": "Chalumeau", "Caption": "A Modern School Chalumeau", "Background": "woodwind", "Classification": "aerophone", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "422.211.2", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "single-reed aerophone with cylindrical bore and fingerholes", "Developed": "from earliest single-reed instruments, in which the soundin... |
Madurodam (, opened 1952) is a miniature park and tourist attraction in the Scheveningen district of The Hague in the Netherlands. It is home to a range of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch landmarks, historical cities and large developments. The park was opened in 1952 and has since been visited by tens of mil... | {"Park Name": "Madurodam", "Park Photo": "250px", "Park Photo Caption": "Madurodam entrance in 2007", "Park Location (City)": "George Maduroplein 1nl Madurodam, Den Haag Marketing. Retrieved on 7 February 2015.The Hague, Netherlands", "Park Coordinates": "52.0995 N 4.2975 E type:landmark title,inline", "Park Webpage/UR... |
Les Liaisons dangereuses (; English: Dangerous Liaisons) is a French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu from March 23, 1782.
It is the story of the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, two amoral lovers-turned-rivals who amuse themselves by ruin... | {"Original title": "Les Liaisons dangereuses", "Country": "France", "Language": "French", "Publisher": "Durand Neveu", "Media type": "Print (Paperback)", "Pages": "400"} |
Kiss Me Kate is a British sitcom that ran from 1998 until 2000. It followed the everyday life of a counsellor, Kate (Caroline Quentin), who must not only manage her clients' problems, but must also help her neighbours and unsuccessful business partner, Douglas, played by Chris Langham. Amanda Holden played Mel, the r... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Starring": "Caroline QuentinChris LanghamAmanda HoldenDarren Boyd", "Directed by": "John StroudNick Wood", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "BBC One", "Original release": "2000 12 26 y"} |
Kota Kinabalu (; formerly known as Jesselton), colloquially referred to as KK, is the state capital of Sabah, Malaysia. It is also the capital of the Kota Kinabalu District as well as the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahma... | {"Type": "City council", "Body": "Kota Kinabalu City Hall", "Density": "auto", "Metro density": "731406", "Website": "dbkk.sabah.gov.my/"} |
Spetters (English translation: Splashes) is a Dutch film released in 1980 and directed by Paul Verhoeven.The New York Times The film follows the lives of three young men who have little in common but their love for dirt-bike racing. Set on the outskirts of Rotterdam, the film depicts three characters who are hoping to ... | {"Directed by": "Paul Verhoeven", "Produced by": "Joop van den Ende", "Written by": "Gerard SoetemanJan Wolkers (uncredited)", "Starring": "Hans van TongerenRenée SoutendijkToon AgterbergMaarten SpanjerMarianne BoyerJeroen KrabbéRutger Hauer", "Music by": "Ton ScherpenzeelKayak", "Cinematography": "Jost Vacano", "Edite... |
Bernard Sanders (born September8, 1941) is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont, a seat he has held since 2007. He was the U.S. representative for the state's at-large congressional district from 1991 to 2007. Sanders is the longest serving independent in U.S. co... | {"Name": "Bernie Sanders", "Alternative text": "Bernie Sanders smiling", "Image caption": "Sanders in 2020", "Term start": "January 3, 2007", "Office 2": "Chair of the Senate Democratic Outreach CommitteeFrom January 3, 2015 to January 3, 2017 Amy Klobuchar was the Chair of the Steering & Outreach Committee. At the sta... |
Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court holding that a New York State statute that prescribed maximum working hours for bakers violated the bakers' right to freedom of contract under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.. The decision has been effectively... | {"Date argued": "February 24", "Year argued": "1905", "Date decided": "April 17", "Year decided": "1905", "Full case name": "Joseph Lochner, Plaintiff in Error v. People of the State of New York", "United States Reports volume number": "198", "United States Reports page number": "45", "Parallel citations": "25 S. Ct. 5... |
thumb|250px|Streltsy by Sergey Ivanov
Streltsy (; ) were the units of Russian firearm infantry from the 16th to the early 18th centuries and also a social stratum, from which personnel for streltsy troops were traditionally recruited. They are also collectively known as streletskoye voysko (стрелецкое войско, rifleme... | {"Allegiance": "Streltsy Department", "Type": "Infantry", "Role": "-->", "Part of": "Russian Army", "Patron": "Saint George", "Notablecommanders": "Ivan the Terrible"} |
Montbard () is a commune and subprefecture of the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Montbard is a small industrial town on the river Brenne. The Forges de Buffon, ironworks established by Buffon, are located in the nearby village of Buffon. There has been a cricket team in... | {"Name": "Montbard", "Commune Status": "Subprefecture and commune", "Caption": "Brenne river", "Arrondissement": "Montbard", "Canton": "Montbard", "Postal code": "21500", "Mayor": "Laurence PorteRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gou... |
Come and Go is a short play (described as a "dramaticule" on its title page) by Samuel Beckett. It was written in English in January 1965 and first performed (in German) at the Schillertheater, Berlin on 14 January 1966. Its English language premiere was at the Peacock Theatre, Dublin on 28 February 1968, and its Briti... | {"Written by": "Samuel Beckett", "Characters": "Flo, Vi, Ru", "Setting": "Non-specific", "Date premiered": "14 January 1966", "Place premiered": "Schiller-Theater Werkstatt, Berlin", "Original language": "English"} |
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The 1913 Armory Show, also known as the International Exhibition of Modern Art, was a show organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors in 1913. It was the first large exhibition of modern art in America, as well as one of the many exhibitions that have been held in the vast ... | {"Title": "1913 Armory Show", "Image alt text": "Armory Show button, 1913", "Image caption": "Armory show button, 1913", "Also known as": "The International Exhibition of Modern Art"} |
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The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is an organisation founded in 1932 for the study of birds in the British Isles. The Prince of Wales has been patron since October 2020.
History
Beginning
In 1931 Max Nicholson wrote:
In the United States, Hungary, Holland and ... | {"Abbreviation": "BTO", "Legal status": "Non-profit company", "Headquarters": "The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU", "Website": "BTO"} |
Krapp's Last Tape is a 1958 one-act play, in English, by Samuel Beckett. With a cast of one man, it was written for Northern Irish actor Patrick Magee and first titled "Magee monologue". It was inspired by Beckett's experience of listening
to Magee reading extracts from Molloy and From an Abandoned Work on the BBC Thi... | {"Written by": "Samuel Beckett", "Characters": "Krapp", "Date premiered": "1958 10 28 yes", "Original language": "English", "Genre": "Play (theatre)"} |
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as three full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with two series before returning to BBC Two for another three series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hoste... | {"Genre": "Surreal comedy, Slapstick comedy, British comedy", "Created by": "Vic ReevesBob Mortimer", "Presented by": "Vic ReevesBob Mortimer", "Starring": "Team captains\nJonathan Ross (1993 pilot)\nDanny Baker (1993 pilot)\nMark Lamarr (1995-1997)\nUlrika Jonsson (1995-2011)\nSara Cox (2002 special)\nWill Self (2002)... |
Rough for Theatre II (also known simply as Theatre II) is a short play by Samuel Beckett. "Although this discarded piece of theatre is dated 'circa 1960' in End and Odds, a manuscript from two years earlier exists in Trinity College, Dublin, Library. This situates a first version, written in French [as Fragment de théâ... | {"Written by": "Samuel Beckett", "Characters": "A (Bertrand)B (Morvan)C (Croker)", "Setting": "An apartment", "Original language": "French"} |
The Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (PT&T) is a telecommunications services provider in the Philippines since its establishment in 1962. The company caters to corporate, small/medium business, and residential segments across the country.
PT&T's business is categorized into two major services: Connectiv... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1962 11 14", "Products": "Broadband (Connectivity)\n IT Services", "Website": "https://www.ptt.com.ph"} |
John Graham, 7th of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee (21 July 1648 - 27 July 1689) was a Scottish soldier and nobleman, a Tory and an Episcopalian. He was responsible for policing southwest Scotland during and after the religious unrest and rebellion of the late 17th century, and went on to lead the Jacobite rising of ... | {"Born": "Glen Ogilvie, near Glamis, Angus, Scotland", "Died": "Killiecrankie, Perthshire, Scotland", "Nickname(s)": "Bluidy Clavers, Bonnie Dundee", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of France 1672-1674 Dutch Republic Dutch Republic 1674-1678 Kingdom of Scotland 1678-1689", "Commands held": "Jacobite Commander in Chief for Sco... |
Glenfield is a large village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Glenfields, in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. At the 2011 Census, Glenfields had a population of 9,643. Its located at the northwestern fringe of the city of Leicester.
The village is directly to the west of Leicester and is ju... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(parish; 2011 Census)", "District": "Blaby", "Shire county": "Leicestershire", "UK Parliament": "Charnwood", "Postcode district": "LE3", "Dialling code": "0116", "OS grid reference": "SK538060"} |
Hertford ( ) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The parish had a population of 26,783 at the 2011 census.
The town grew around a ford on the River Lea, near its confluences with the rivers Mimram, Beane, and Rib. The Lea is navigab... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census, parish)Hertford Parish E04004734 29 December 2021", "District": "East Hertfordshire", "Shire county": "Hertfordshire", "UK Parliament": "Hertford and Stortford", "Postcode district": "SG", "Dialling code": "01992", "OS grid reference": "TL325125", "Website":... |
thumb|Clockwise from top: Parrott, Oliver Hardy, and Stan Laurel, c. 1930
James Parrott (August 2, 1897 - May 10, 1939) was an American actor and film director; and the younger brother of film comedian Charley Chase.
Biography
Early years
James Gibbons Parrott was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Charles and Blanche Th... | {"Name": "James Parrott", "Caption": "Jobyna Ralston with Parrott in The White Blacksmith, 1922", "Birth date": "1897 08 02", "Birth place": "Baltimore, Maryland", "Death date": "1939 05 10 1897 08 02", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California", "Other names": "Paul Parrott", "Occupation": "Film director, actor", "Years... |
Oracle Park is a baseball stadium in the SoMa district of San Francisco, California. Since 2000, it has served as the ballpark of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants. Previously named Pacific Bell Park, SBC Park, and AT&T Park, the stadium's current name was purchased by the Oracle Corporation in 2019.
The st... | {"Location": "San Francisco, California", "Coordinates": "37 46 43 N 122 23 21 W type:landmark_scale:2000_region:US-CA inline,title", "Public transit": "tram 1 sanfrancisco metro 2nd and King sanfrancisco N \n tram 1 sanfrancisco metro 4th and King sanfrancisco T\n us rail caltrain San Francisco\n ferry Gol... |
Gesang der Jünglinge (literally "Song of the Youths") is an electronic music work by Karlheinz Stockhausen. It was realized in 1955-56 at the Westdeutscher Rundfunk studio in Cologne and is Work Number 8 in the composer's catalog. The vocal parts were supplied by 12-year-old Josef Protschka. It is exactly 13 minutes, 1... | {"English": "Song of the Youths", "Catalogue": "8", "Text": "Fiery furnace from the Book of Daniel", "Performed": "1955-56", "Scoring": "boy soprano tape"} |
George Morris Baker, MBE (1 April 19317 October 2011) was an English actor and writer. He was best known for portraying Tiberius in I, Claudius, and Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries.
Early life
Baker was born in Varna, Bulgaria. His father was an English businessman and honorary vice consul and his moth... | {"Name": "George Baker", "Post-nominals": "MBE", "Birth name": "George Morris Baker", "Birth date": "yes 1931 4 1", "Birth place": "Varna, Bulgaria", "Death date": "yes 2011 10 7 1931 4 1", "Death place": "West Lavington, Wiltshire, England", "Occupation": "Actor, writer", "Years active": "1947-2007", "Spouse(s)": "Jul... |
Curt Ernst Carl Schumacher, better known as Kurt Schumacher (13 October 1895 - 20 August 1952), was a German politician who became chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1946 and the first Leader of the Opposition in the West German Bundestag in 1949; he served in both positions until his death. An opp... | {"Name": "Kurt Schumacher", "Image caption": "Schumacher between 1945 and 1948", "Term start": "10 May 1946", "Term end": "20 August 1952", "Office 2": "Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag", "Deputy 2": "Erich Ollenhauer Carlo Schmid", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "Erich Oll... |
thumb|Building at 33 in Brussels, where Bruegel has been located since 2005
Bruegel is a think tank devoted to policy research on economic issues. Based in Brussels, it launched its operations in 2005 and currently conducts research in five different focus areas with the aim of improving economic debate and policy-ma... | {"Established": "2005", "Focus": "European and international economic policy", "Chair": "Erkki Liikanen", "Location": "Belgium", "Address": "Rue de la Charité/Liefdadigheidsstraat 33", "Website": "http://www.bruegel.org"} |
Sons of the Desert is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. Directed by William A. Seiter, it was released in the United States on December 29, 1933. In the United Kingdom, the film was originally released under the title Fraternally Yours.
In 2012, the film was deemed "culturally, historical... | {"Directed by": "William A. Seiter", "Produced by": "Hal Roach", "Written by": "Frank CravenByron Morgan (continuity)", "Starring": "Stan LaurelOliver HardyCharley Chase", "Music by": "Marvin Hatley", "Cinematography": "Kenneth Peach", "Edited by": "Bert Jordan", "Distributed by": "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer"} |
Moorgate is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station on Moorgate in the City of London. Main line railway services for Hertford, Welwyn Garden City and Stevenage are operated by Great Northern, while the Underground station is served by the Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan and ... | {"External links": "MOG", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Owner": "Network Rail", "Location": "Moorgate", "Local authority": "City of London", "Number of platforms": "10 (7 in use)", "DfT category": "E", "Fare zone": "1", "2002-03": "1em 7.04", "2004-05": "7.135", "2005-06": "7.263", "2006-07": "1em 9.236", "2007-... |
Fenchurch Street railway station, also known as London Fenchurch Street, is a central London railway terminus in the southeastern corner of the City of London. It takes its name from its proximity to Fenchurch Street, a key thoroughfare in the City. The station and all trains are operated by c2c. Services run on lines ... | {"External links": "FST", "Managed by": "c2c", "Location": "City of London", "Local authority": "City of London", "Number of platforms": "4", "Fare zone": "1", "DfT category": "A", "Original company": "London and Blackwall Railway", "Pre-grouping": "Great Eastern Railway", "Post-grouping": "London and North Eastern Rai... |
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a UK government agency responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare, and for research into occupational risks in Great Britain. It is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom with its headquarters in Bootle, E... | {"Formed": "1 January 1975", "Headquarters": "Bootle, Merseyside, England", "Parent department": "Department for Work and Pensions", "Website": "https://www.hse.gov.uk", "Type": "Crown status non-departmental public body"} |
Gregorio Martínez Sierra (6 May 1881 - 1 October 1947) was a Spanish writer, poet, dramatist, and theatre director, a key figure in the revival of the Spanish theatrical avant-garde in the early twentieth century.
Work as a poet and playwright
Martínez Sierra's literary career began at the age of 17 with the publicati... | {"Born": "yes 1881 5 6", "Died": "yes 1947 10 1 1881 5 6", "Occupation": "Writer, poet, dramatist, theatre director", "Nationality": "Spanish", "Period": "Modernism"} |
British American Tobacco plc (BAT) is a British multinational company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products. The company, established in 1902, is headquartered in London, England. As of 2021, it is the largest tobacco company in the world based on net sales.
BAT has operations in ... | {"Type": "Public limited company", "Industry": "Tobacco", "Founded": "1902 9", "Headquarters": "London, England, UK", "Products": "Cigarettes Nicotine pouches", "Revenue": "£27.655 billion (2022)Preliminary Results 2022 https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DOCNUNN9/$file/FY_2022_Announcement.pd... |
The Curia Hostilia was one of the original senate houses or "curiae" of the Roman Republic. It was believed to have begun as a temple where the warring tribes laid down their arms during the reign of Romulus (r. c. 771-717 BC). During the early monarchy, the temple was used by senators acting as a council to the king. ... | {"Coordinates": "41 53 35 N 12 29 07 E type:landmark_region:IT inline,title", "Location": "Region VIII Forum Romanum", "Founded": "7th century BC", "Builder": "Tullus Hostilius", "Type": "Government building"} |
Southern Airways was a regional airline (known at the time as a "local-service air carrier" as designated by the federal Civil Aeronautics Board) in the United States, from its founding by Frank Hulse in 1949 until 1979, when it merged with North Central Airlines to become Republic Airlines. Southern's corporate headqu... | {"Airline name": "Southern Airways", "Image size (px)": "200", "IATA Designator": "SO", "ICAO Designator": "SOU", "Callsign": "SOUTHERN", "Founded": "1944 02 01 y", "Ceased operations": "1979 07 01 y(merged with North Central Airlines to become Republic Airlines)", "Headquarters": "Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Internatio... |
The Swiss franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is also legal tender in the Italian exclave of Campione d'Italia which is surrounded by Swiss territory. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) issues banknotes and the federal mint Swissmint issues coins.
In the various languages of Switzerl... | {"ISO 4217 code": "CHF", "Symbol comment": "None. Abbreviations used: SR941/>\nfr., c.\nfr., ct.\nfr., rp.\nInternational (any other language): CHF", "Plural": "de Franken\nfr francs\nit franchi\nrm francs", "Subunit": "1 100", "Nickname": "swg group=note>Can be pronounced (and written) differently among different regi... |
The president of the European Council is the person presiding over and driving forward the work of the European Council on the world stage.Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, Article 9 B This institution comprises the college of heads of state or go... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "the European Council", "Insignia caption": "Emblem of European Council", "Flag size": "130", "Flag caption": "Flag of Europe", "Incumbent": "Charles Michel", "Incumbent since": "1 December 2019", "Department": "European Council", "Style": "PresidentEnglish Style Guide: A handbook for auth... |
The 1982 World's Fair, officially known as the Knoxville International Energy Exposition (KIEE) and simply as Energy Expo '82 and Expo '82, was an international exposition held in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Focused on energy and electricity generation, with the theme Energy Turns the World, it was officially ... | {"Category": "2", "Name": "Knoxville International Energy Exposition (official)\n Expo '82 (simple)", "Motto": "Energy Turns the World", "Building(s)": "Sunsphere, Tennessee Amphitheater", "Area": "28 ha acre off", "Invention(s)": "Touch-screen technology\n pay-at-the-pump\n cordless telephone\n Coca-Cola Cherry", "Vis... |
Suzanne Spaak, née Augustine Lorge known as Suzette Spaak (6 July 1905 - 12 August 1944) was a World War II French Resistance operative. On 21 April 1985, Yad Vashem recognized Spaak as Righteous Among the Nations, for helping to smuggle several Jewish children to safety, by providing them with ration cards and clothin... | {"Name": "Suzanne Spaak", "Caption": "Portrait of Suzanne Spaak sitting in a chair.", "Birth date": "6 July 1905 6 July 1905", "Birth place": "Brussels", "Death date": "1944 8 12 1905 6 7", "Death place": "Fresnes Prison", "Death cause": "Shot"} |
The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland (together forming Tyne and Wear). The network opened in stages from August 1980 and now serves a total of 60 stations, with two line... | {"Infobox width": "340px", "Name": "Tyne and Wear Metro", "Size of first image": "120px", "Size of second image": "300px", "Second image caption": "A Metrocar at Monument in 2015, branded in the current black and yellow colour scheme.", "Size of third image": "300px", "Third image caption": "System map of the Tyne and ... |
Belgravia () is a district in Central London, covering parts of the areas of the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Belgravia was known as the 'Five Fields' during the Tudor Period, and became a dangerous place due to highwaymen and robberies. It was developed in the early 19th centur... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "London Assembly": "Kensington and Chelsea", "UK Parliament": "Chelsea and Fulham", "Postcode district": "SW1X, SW1W", "Dialling code": "020", "OS grid reference": "TQ275795"} |
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Reinhard Scheer (30 September 1863 - 26 November 1928) was an Admiral in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). Scheer joined the navy in 1879 as an officer cadet and progressed through the ranks, commanding cruisers and battleships, as well as senior staff positions on land. At the outb... | {"Born": "Obernkirchen, Electorate of Hesse", "Died": "Marktredwitz, Weimar Republic", "Allegiance": "German Empire", "Commands held": "GazelleElsassII Battle SquadronIII Battle SquadronHigh Seas FleetChief of Naval Staff", "Awards": "See below"} |
The Christian National Trade Union Federation (, CNV) is a federation of trade unions of the Netherlands.
History
The CNV was founded on 13 May 1909, in Arnhem as a federation of several Christian unions. It was founded in reaction to the socialist Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions (NVV), which was founded in 1906. ... | {"Name": "CNV", "Location country": "Netherlands", "Membership": "350,000http://www.cnv.nl/english/ English 2012-05-03 2012-05-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20120524122427/http://www.cnv.nl/english/ dead", "Full name": "Christian National Trade Union Federation", "Image": "150px", "Formation": "13 May 1909", "Hea... |
Ion Storm, L.P. was an American video game developer founded by John Romero and Tom Hall, both formerly of id Software. Despite an impressive pedigree and high expectations, the company only produced one commercial and critical success, 2000's Deus Ex.
The company was founded in Dallas, Texas in November 1996; a branc... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Video games", "Fate": "Dissolved", "Founded": "1996 11 15 in Dallas, Texas, US", "Defunct": "2005 02 09", "Headquarters": "US", "Parent": "Eidos Interactive (1999-2005)"} |
One Hot Minute is the sixth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 12, 1995, by Warner Bros. Records. The worldwide success of the band's previous album Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) caused guitarist John Frusciante to become uncomfortable with their popularity, eventually quitti... | {"Released": "1995 9 12", "Recorded": "June 1994 - February 1995", "Studio": "The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California", "Genre": "Funk metalhttps://consequence.net/2008/06/guilty-pleasure-one-hot-minute/ Guilty Pleasure: Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute Young Alex June 11, 2008 Consequence of Sound August 16, 20... |
Joe South (born Joseph Alfred Souter; February 28, 1940 - September 5, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Best known for his songwriting, South won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for "Games People Play" and was again nominated for the award in 1972 for "Rose Garden".... | {"Born": "Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.", "Died": "Buford, Georgia, U.S.", "Genres": "Country folk rock", "Labels": "Capitol", "Website": "joesouth.com/"} |
The Dress Act 1746, also known as the Disclothing Act, was part of the Act of Proscription which came into force on 1 August 1746 and made wearing "the Highland Dress" — including the kilt — by men and boys illegal in Scotland north of the Highland line running from Perth in the east to Dumbarton in the west. The rest ... | {"Short title": "Dress Act 1746", "Type": "Act", "Parliament": "Parliament of Great Britain", "Long title": "An act for the more effectual disarming the highlands in Scotland; and for the more effectual securing the peace of the said highlands; and for restraining the use of the highland dress; and for further indemnif... |
Sylvester Pennoyer (July 6, 1831May 30, 1902) was an American educator, attorney, and politician in Oregon. He was born in Groton, New York, attended Harvard Law School, and moved to Oregon at age 25. A Democrat, he served two terms as the eighth Governor of Oregon from 1886 to 1895. He joined the Populist cause in the... | {"Name": "Sylvester Pennoyer", "Image size": "130px", "Term start": "January 12, 1887", "Term end": "January 14, 1895", "Office 2": "30th Mayor of Portland, Oregon", "Predecessor 2": "George P. Frank", "Successor 2": "William S. Mason", "Birth date": "1831 7 6 y", "Birth place": "Groton, New York", "Death date": "1902 ... |
In number theory, the second Hardy-Littlewood conjecture concerns the number of primes in intervals. Along with the first Hardy-Littlewood conjecture, the second Hardy-Littlewood conjecture was proposed by G. H. Hardy and John Edensor Littlewood in 1923..
Statement
The conjecture states that
\pi(x+y) \leq \pi(x) + \p... | {"Name": "Second Hardy-Littlewood conjecture", "Caption": "Plot of \\pi(x) + \\pi(y) - \\pi(x+y) for x, y \\leq 200", "Field": "Number theory", "Conjectured by": "G. H. HardyJohn Edensor Littlewood", "Conjectured in": "1923", "Open problem": "yes"} |
TG4 (; , ) is an Irish free-to-air public service television network. The channel launched on 31 October 1996 and is available online and through its on demand service TG4 Player in Ireland and beyond.
TG4 was formerly known as (TnaG), before a rebranding campaign in 1999. TG4 was the third national station to be lau... | {"Launched": "31 October 1996", "Timeshift": "TG4 +1TG4 +2 (online only)", "Owner": "ga Teilifís na Gaeilge", "Country": "Ireland", "Language(s)": "Irish, English", "Broadcast area": "IrelandNorthern IrelandWorldwide (online with both live streaming and some of its programming)", "Picture format": "576i (SDTV) 16:91080... |
Nicolae Iorga (; sometimes Neculai Iorga, Nicolas Jorga, Nicolai Jorga or Nicola Jorga, born Nicu N. Iorga;Iova, p. xxvii. 17 January 1871 - 27 November 1940) was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, Albanologist, poet and playwright. Co-founder (in 1910) of the Democratic Nationalist Party (PN... | {"Name": "Nicolae Iorga", "Nationality": "Romanian", "Image caption": "Nicolae Iorga in 1914 (photograph published in Luceafărul)", "Term start": "19 April 1931", "Term end": "6 June 1932", "Order 2": "President of the Assembly of Deputies", "Monarch 2": "Ferdinand I", "Predecessor 2": "Alexandru Vaida-Voevod", "Succes... |
The Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (, FNV) is a national trade union centre in the Netherlands. The FNV is a significant player in the field of work and income. The trade union consists of a central federation, complemented by several sectoral unions representing specific professional groups and sectors. The FNV aims... | {"Name": "FNV", "Location country": "Netherlands", "Membership": "1.000.000", "Full name": "Dutch Federation of Trade Unions", "Formation": "1976", "Headquarters": "Utrecht", "Website": "www.fnv.nl"} |
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is the fourth compilation album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 5 November 2001 by EMI internationally and a day later by Capitol Records in the United States. It debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart on 24 November 2001, with sales of 214,650 copies. It rema... | {"Released": "5 November 2001", "Recorded": "1967-1993", "Genre": "Progressive rock, psychedelic rock", "Label": "EMI", "Producer": "James Guthrie\n Pink Floyd"} |
Lee Patrick Brown (born October 4, 1937) is an American politician, criminologist and businessman; in 1997 he was the first African-American to be elected mayor of Houston, Texas. He was re-elected twice to serve the maximum of three terms from 1998 to 2004.
He has had a long career in law enforcement and academia; l... | {"Name": "Lee Brown", "Term start": "January 2, 1998", "Term end": "January 2, 2004", "Office 2": "Police Commissioner of New York City", "Appointer 2": "David Dinkins", "Predecessor 2": "Richard Condon", "Successor 2": "Ray Kelly", "Birth date": "1937 10 4", "Birth place": "Wewoka, Oklahoma, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Yvonn... |
Thomas Pennant (16 December 1798) was a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian. He was born and lived his whole life at his family estate, Downing Hall near Whitford, Flintshire, in Wales.
As a naturalist he had a great curiosity, observing the geography, geology, plants, animals, birds, reptiles, amphibi... | {"Name": "Thomas Pennant", "Image": "ThomasPennant oil.jpeg", "Caption": "Thomas Pennant by Thomas Gainsborough (1776)", "Birth date": "27 June 1726 14 June", "Birth place": "Downing Hall, Whitford, Flintshire, Wales", "Death date": "1798 12 16 1726 6 14 y", "Death place": "Downing Hall, Whitford, Flintshire, Wales", "... |
Floriana ( or Il-Floriana), also known by its title Borgo Vilhena, is a fortified town in the South Eastern Region area of Malta, just outside the capital city Valletta. It has a population of 2,205 as of March 2014. Floriana is the birthplace of many famous Maltese, amongst which the composer of the national anthem, '... | {"Founded by": "António Manoel de Vilhena", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "ISO 3166 code": "MT-09", "Website": "www.florianalocalcouncil.com"} |
KCET (channel 28) is a secondary PBS member television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California alongside the market's primary PBS member, Huntington Beach-licensed KOCE-TV (channel 50). The two stations share studios at The Pointe (on West Alameda ... | {"Branding": "KCET", "Channel": "28", "Affiliations": "28.1: PBS (1970-2010, 2019-present) 28.2: Create 28.3: NHK World", "Translator(s)": "See below", "Owner": "Public Media Group of Southern California", "ERP": "155 kW150 kW (CP)", "HAAT": "926.4 m ft 0 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "34 13 26 N 118 3 47 W type:land... |
Jacob of Serugh (, ; ; 451 - 29 November 521), also called Mar Jacob (), was one of the foremost Syriac poet-theologians, perhaps only second in stature to Ephrem the Syrian and equal to Narsai. Where his predecessor Ephrem is known as the 'Harp of the Holy Spirit', Jacob is the 'Flute of the Holy Spirit' (Kenor Ruho)... | {"Canonized": "Pre-congregation", "Attributes": "Staff, pointed hood", "Feast": "29 November (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox)3 Koiak (Coptic Calendar)", "Born": "Kurtam on the Euphrates (near Harran)", "Died": "Batnan daSrugh, Byzantine Empire(modern-day Suruç, Urfa, Turkey)"} |
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquis of Estella, GE (8 January 1870 - 16 March 1930), was a Spanish dictator and military officer who ruled as prime minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930 during the last years of the Bourbon Restoration.
He was born into a landowning family of Andalusian aristocrats. He met hi... | {"Honorific suffix": "GE", "Image caption": "Primo de Rivera 1920", "Term start": "15 September 1923", "Term end": "28 January 1930", "Birth name": "Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja", "Birth date": "1870 01 08 yCharles Petrie Charles Alexander Petrie, Sir bart. King Alfonso XIII and His Age https://books.google.com/bo... |
John David Waihee III (born May 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the fourth governor of Hawaii from 1986 to 1994. He was the first American of Native Hawaiian descent to be elected to the office from any state of the United States. After his tenure in the governor's office, Waihee became a nationally p... | {"Name": "John Waiheʻe", "Term start": "December 2, 1986", "Term end": "December 2, 1994", "Birth name": "John David Waiheʻe III", "Birth date": "1946 5 19", "Birth place": "Honokaa, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Lynne Kobashigawa", "Education": "Andrews University (BA)University of Hawaii, Manoa (JD)"} |
Bette MacDonald is a Canadian comedian, actress, and writer, best known for her comedic television series Rideau Hall.
A premier Atlantic Canadian comedian, she has been compared to Carol Burnett, John Candy and Bette Midler; described as a comic genius with impeccable timing, or as the Halifax Herald described: "To w... | {"Medium": "Stand-up, television, film", "Genres": "Sketch comedy, satire", "Years active": "1984-present", "Spouse": "Maynard Morrison", "Website": "http://www.bettemacdonald.com/"} |
Stephanie Zimbalist (born October 8, 1956) is an American actress best known for her role as Laura Holt in the NBC detective series Remington Steele.
Background
Stephanie Zimbalist was born in New York City, the daughter of Loranda Stephanie (née Spalding) and actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr., who helmed the television se... | {"Name": "Stephanie Zimbalist", "Birth date": "1956 10 08https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/08/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-8-Bella-Thorne-Chevy-Chase/4741665185464/ April 2023", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Education": "Juilliard School", "Years active": "1977-present", "Father": "Efrem Zimbalist Jr.... |
thumb|275px|The Nuyorican Poets Café in Alphabet City, Manhattan
Nuyorican is a portmanteau of the terms "Nueva York", the Spanish name for "New York", and "Puerto Rican" and refers to the members or culture of the Puerto Ricans located in or around New York City, or of their descendants (especially those raised or cur... | {"Name": "Nuyoricans", "Population": "Nuyoricans1,112,123 Americans (2017)https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_15_1YR_DP05&prodType=table=American https://archive.today/20200122140442/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_1... |
The Hongxi Emperor (16 August 1378 - 29 May 1425), personal name Zhu Gaochi (朱高熾), was the fourth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1424 to 1425. He was the eldest son of the Yongle Emperor and Empress Renxiaowen and the maternal grandson of Xu Da, Prince of Zhongshan. His era name "Hongxi" means "vastly bright... | {"Father": "Yongle Emperor", "Mother": "Empress Renxiaowen", "Born": "16 August 1378Hongwu 11, 23rd day of the 7th month(洪武十一年七月二十三日)", "Died": "Hall of Imperial Peace, Forbidden City, Beijing, Ming dynasty", "Burial": "Xianling Mausoleum, Ming tombs, Beijing, China"} |
Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron) is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audiences. It was founded as the American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by merging with Los Angeles-based Coffin, Cooper, and Clay in the early 1950s. The c... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "Washington, D.C. (1949)", "Headquarters": "Columbia, Maryland", "Industry": "Media market (research)", "Products": "Ratings data", "Revenue": "US$422.31 million(FY 2010)http://pdf.secdatabase.com/1862/0001193125-12-078137.pdf Arbitron, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Feb 24, 20... |
Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michel Wisser (March 7, 1809 - September 18, 1879), better known as the Malbim (), was a rabbi, master of Hebrew grammar, and Bible commentator. The name Malbim was derived from the Hebrew initials of his name. He used this acronym as his surname in all his published works and became known by it... | {"Honorific Prefix": "Rabbi", "Name": "Meïr Leibush ben Yehiel Michel Wisser", "Title": "Malbim", "Caption": "Rabbi Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michal, \"the Malbim\""} |
Truman State University (TSU or Truman) is a public university in Kirksville, Missouri. It had 3,960 enrolled students in the fall of 2022 pursuing degrees in 55 undergraduate and twelve graduate programs.
The university is named for U.S. President Harry Truman, who was a Missouri native. From 1972 until 1996, the sch... | {"Type": "Public university", "Endowment": "$67.9 million (2021)http://www.truman.edu/giving/about-the-foundation/endowment-value Endowment Value Truman State University May 24, 2022", "President": "Susan L. Thomas", "Students": "3,960 http://www.truman.edu/about/facts-about-truman/at-a-glance Truman State Universi... |
Remington Steele is an American television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from October 10, 1982, to February 17, 1987. The series blended the genres of romantic co... | {"Genre": "Action-adventure\n Crime thriller\n Detective procedural\n Drama\n Romantic comedy\n Spy-fi", "Created by": "Robert Butler\n Michael Gleason", "Starring": "Stephanie Zimbalist\n Pierce Brosnan\n Doris Roberts", "Narrated by": "Stephanie Zimbalist in character as Laura Holt (Season 1 titles only)", "Opening t... |
Doris May Roberts ( Green; November 4, 1925 - April 17, 2016) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which began in 1951.
Roberts studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of t... | {"Name": "Doris Roberts", "Caption": "Roberts in April 2011", "Birth name": "Doris May Green", "Birth date": "1925 11 04", "Birth place": "St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.", "Death date": "2016 04 17 1925 11 04", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery", "Occup... |
Colonial National Historical Park is a large national historical park located in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia operated by the National Park Service. It protects and interprets several sites relating to the Colony of Virginia and the history of the United States more broadly. These range from the site of the fir... | {"Location": "York and James City counties and Williamsburg, Virginia", "Nearest city": "Williamsburg, VA", "Area": "9316.4 acre --->", "Visitation": "Annual Park Ranking Report for Recreation Visits in: 2022 National Park Service https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/National%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Ranking%20Repo... |
Urban Male Magazine (a.k.a. UMM) was a Canadian men's interest magazine created and operated by Abbis Mahmoud, an Ontario entrepreneur that also operates several nightclubs like Lobby, Mansion, Tila Tequila, Buddha Bar, Tequila Jacks and the Brunswick House. The magazine was launched in 1998 and published its last issu... | {"Frequency": "Bimonthly", "Categories": "Men's magazine", "Founded": "1998", "Country": "Canada", "Based in": "Ottawa", "Website": "http://www.umm.ca", "ISSN": "1480-9230"} |
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