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Come On Pilgrim is the debut EP by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released on September 28, 1987, on 4AD. Produced by Gary Smith, the release consists of eight tracks from a seventeen-song recording session that the band had recorded at Fort Apache Studios in March 1987.
Signing the band based on the quali... | {"Released": "1987 9 28", "Recorded": "1987 3", "Studio": "Fort Apache, Roxbury", "Genre": "Alternative rock", "Label": "4AD", "Producer": "Gary Smith"} |
Carlisle Sessions Floyd (June 11, 1926September 30, 2021) was an American composer primarily known for his operas. These stage works, for which he wrote the librettos, typically engage with themes from the American South, particularly the Post-civil war South, the Great Depression and rural life. His best known opera, ... | {"Name": "Carlisle Floyd", "Image upright": "1.1", "Caption": "Carlisle Floyd with National Medal of Arts in 2004", "Birth date": "1926 06 11", "Birth place": "Latta, South Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "2021 09 30 1926 06 11", "Death place": "Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.", "Education": "Converse College\n Syracuse Univ... |
Dermot Christopher Ahern (born 20 April 1955) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Justice and Law Reform from 2008 to 2011, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2008, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources from 2002 to 2004, Minister for Social, Community and Fam... | {"Name": "Dermot Ahern", "Image": "Dermot Ahern.JPG", "Term start": "7 May 2008", "Term end": "19 January 2011", "Office 2": "Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources", "Taoiseach 2": "Bertie Ahern", "Predecessor 2": "Frank Fahey(Marine and Natural Resources)", "Successor 2": "Noel Dempsey", "Birth nam... |
The Score is a 2001 American heist film directed by Frank Oz, and starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, and Marlon Brando in his final film role. It was the only time that Brando and De Niro appeared onscreen together. The screenplay was based on a story by Daniel E. Taylor and Kario Salem.
Plot
Af... | {"Directed by": "Frank Oz Robert De Niro (uncredited)", "Produced by": "Gary Foster Lee Rich", "Screenplay by": "Daniel E. Taylor Kario Salem Lem Dobbs Scott Marshall Smith", "Story by": "Daniel E. Taylor Kario Salem", "Starring": "Robert De Niro\n Edward Norton\n Angela Bassett\n Marlon Brando", "Music by": "Howard Sh... |
Séamus Brennan (; 16 February 1948 - 9 July 2008) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism from 2007 to 2008, Minister for Social and Family Affairs from 2004 to 2007, Minister for Transport from 1989 to 1992 and 2002 to 2004, Government Chief Whip from 1997 to 2002, Minist... | {"Term start": "14 June 2007", "Term end": "6 May 2008", "Office 2": "Minister for Transport", "Taoiseach 2": "Bertie Ahern", "Predecessor 2": "Mary O'Rourke", "Successor 2": "Martin Cullen", "Birth date": "1948 2 16 y", "Birth place": "Salthill, Galway, Ireland", "Death date": "2008 7 9 1948 2 16 y", "Death place": "C... |
Saul Mark Cherniack, (January 10, 1917 - March 30, 2018) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1981, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Edward Schreyer. He was also a member of the Privy Council, the Order of Canada and the Order... | {"Name": "Saul Cherniack", "Term start": "May 2, 1973", "Term end": "January 8, 1975", "Premier 2": "Edward Schreyer", "Predecessor 2": "Gurney Evans", "Successor 2": "Edward Schreyer", "Birth date": "1917 01 10", "Birth place": "Winnipeg, Manitoba", "Death date": "2018 03 30 1917 01 10", "Death place": "Winnipeg, Mani... |
The Absaroka Range ( or ) is a sub-range of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. The range stretches about across the Montana-Wyoming border, and at its widest, forming the eastern boundary of Yellowstone National Park along Paradise Valley, and the western side of the Bighorn Basin. The range borders the Bearto... | {"Elevation": "5311 Francs Peak, Wyoming October 18, 2020", "Coordinates": "1599842 Francs Peak October 18, 2020", "Length": "150", "Width": "75", "Location": "Absaroka Range is shown highlighted in pink on a map of the western United States"} |
Greville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, (11 July 1928 - 19 December 2015) was a British politician, barrister and writer. He became a Labour Party Member of Parliament for Leicester in the 1970 general election as a last-minute candidate, succeeding his father. He was an MP until 1997, and then elevated to t... | {"Image caption": "Janner in 2009", "Name": "The Lord Janner of Braunstone", "Term start": "25 October 1997", "Term end": "19 December 2015", "Birth name": "Greville Ewan Janner", "Birth date": "yes 1928 07 11", "Birth place": "Cardiff, Wales", "Death date": "yes 2015 12 19 1928 07 11", "Death place": "London, England"... |
Seymour Myron "Sy" Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American investigative journalist and political writer. He gained recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. During the 1970s, Hersh covered t... | {"Name": "Seymour Hersh", "Caption": "Hersh in 2009", "Birth name": "Seymour Myron Hersh", "Birth date": "1937 4 8 y", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of Chicago (BA)", "Occupation": "Journalist, writer", "Spouse(s)": "Elizabeth Sarah Klein 1964", "Children": "3", "Other names": "Sy ... |
Manduessedum or Manduesedum was a Roman fort and later a civilian small town in the Roman Province of Britannia. It was located on and immediately to the east of the site of the modern village of Mancetter, located in the English county of Warwickshire, close to the modern town of Atherstone. The name is of Romano-Celt... | {"Coordinates": "52 34 01 N 01 31 12 W inline,title", "Location": "Mancetter, Warwickshire, England", "Region": "Brittania", "Type": "Fortification and settlement", "Founded": "50", "Periods": "Roman Imperial"} |
Mancetter is a village and civil parish adjoined with, and on the southeastern outskirts of Atherstone in North Warwickshire, at the crossing of Watling Street over the River Anker. The population had reduced from 2,449 to 2,339 at the 2011 census. It is situated on the B4111 road towards Hartshill and Nuneaton.
Histo... | {"OS grid reference": "SP3296", "Population": "(2001 census)http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=800166&c=Mancetter&d=16&e=15&g=493120&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1271808346915&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Area: Mancetter CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts Neighbourhood Statistics Offic... |
Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 - 2 August 1997), also known as Abami Eda, was a Nigerian musician, bandleader, composer, political activist, and Pan-Africanist. He is regarded as the King of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines West African music with America... | {"Born": "Abeokuta, British Nigeria", "Died": "Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria", "Genres": "Afrobeat", "Labels": "Barclay/PolyGram\nMCA/Universal\nCelluloid\nEMI Nigeria\nJofabro Nigeria \nJVC\nWrasse\nShanachie\nKnitting Factory", "Website": "http://felakuti.com/"} |
Charlyn Marie "Chan" Marshall ( ; born January 21, 1972), better known by her stage name Cat Power, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and model. Cat Power was originally the name of her first band, but has become her stage name as a solo artist.
Born in Atlanta, Marshall was raised throughout the southern Un... | {"Born": "Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.", "Genres": "Indie rock folk rock electric blues alternative rock lo-fiGoodman 2009 131 queen>http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-queen-of-sadcore-2135964 LA Weekly The Queen of Sadcore February 13, 2003 Payne, John January 14, 2018", "Labels": "Runt Smells Like Records Matad... |
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Frumentius (; died c. 383) was a Phoenician Christian missionary and the first bishop of Axum who brought Christianity to the Kingdom of Aksum. He is sometimes known by other names, such as Abuna ("Our Father") and Aba Salama ("Father of Peace").
He was ethnically a Phoenician, according to Rufinus, ... | {"Born": "Tyre, Eastern Roman Empire (modern-day Lebanon)", "Died": "Kingdom of Aksum", "Feast": "27 December (Ethiopian Orthodox Church)\n20 July (Catholic Church)\n30 November (Eastern Orthodox Church)\n18 December (Coptic Orthodox Church)", "Patronage": "Kingdom of Aksum"} |
William Rory Gallagher ( ; 2 March 1948 - 14 June 1995) was an Irish guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is known for his virtuosic style of guitar playing, and is often referred to as "the greatest guitarist you've never heard of".
A number other guitarists, including Alex Lifeson of Rush, Brian May of Queen, and Er... | {"Born": "Ballyshannon, Ireland", "Origin": "Cork, Ireland", "Died": "London, England", "Genres": "Blues rock\nhard rock", "Labels": "Polydor Atco Chrysalis Demon Capo", "Formerly of": "Taste", "Website": "rorygallagher.com"} |
Victor George Atiyeh (; February 20, 1923 - July 20, 2014) was an American politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Oregon from 1979 to 1987. He was also the first elected governor of Middle Eastern descent and of Syrian descent in the United States.
Atiyeh was elected in 1978, defeating incumbent Democratic Gove... | {"Name": "Vic Atiyeh", "Image caption": "Atiyeh in 2012", "Term start": "January 8, 1979", "Term end": "January 12, 1987", "Office 2": "Member of theOregon House of Representativesfrom Washington County", "Birth name": "Victor George Atiyeh", "Birth date": "1923 02 20", "Birth place": "Portland, Oregon, U.S.", "Death d... |
Johann Josef Wenzel Anton Franz Karl, Graf Radetzky von Radetz (; ; ; 2 November 1766 - 5 January 1858) was a Czech nobleman and Austrian field marshal. He served as chief of the general staff in the Habsburg monarchy during the later period of the Napoleonic Wars and afterwards began military reforms. A disciplined a... | {"Name": "Joseph Radetzky von Radetz", "Honorific prefix": "Field Marshal The Most Excellent Count", "Image caption": "Portrait by Georg Decker", "Term start": "1848", "Term end": "1857", "Birth date": "1766 11 02 y", "Birth place": "Třebnice, Kingdom of Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire (today Czech Republic)", "Death date":... |
Philip Foglio (born May 1, 1956) is an American cartoonist and comic book artist known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy art.
Early life and career
Foglio was born on May 1, 1956, in Mount Vernon, New York, and moved with his family to Hartsdale, New York, where he lived until he was 17. He attended the Chi... | {"Name": "Phil Foglio", "Caption": "Foglio at Gen Con Indy 2007 (Aaron Williams in the background)", "Birth date": "1956 5 1", "Birth place": "Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.", "Education": "DePaul University", "Occupation": "Cartoonist, artist", "Spouse(s)": "Kaja Foglio"} |
Noel Dempsey (born 6 January 1953) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Transport from 2007 to 2011, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources from 2004 to 2007, Minister for Education and Science from 2002 to 2004, Minister for the Environment and Local Government from 1... | {"Image caption": "Dempsey in 2003", "Term start": "14 June 2007", "Term end": "19 January 2011", "Office 2": "Minister for Education and Science", "Taoiseach 2": "Bertie Ahern", "Predecessor 2": "Michael Woods", "Successor 2": "Mary Hanafin", "Birth date": "1953 1 6 y", "Birth place": "Trim, County Meath, Ireland", "N... |
John O'Donoghue (born 28 May 1956) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 2007 to 2009, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism from 2002 to 2007, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform from 1997 to 2002 and Minister of State at the Department of Finance from 19... | {"Image": "John O'Donoghue.JPG", "Image caption": "O'Donoghue in 2015", "Term start": "14 June 2007", "Term end": "13 October 2009", "Office 2": "Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform", "Taoiseach 2": "Bertie Ahern", "Predecessor 2": "Nora Owen", "Successor 2": "Michael McDowell", "Birth date": "1956 5 28 y", "... |
The Heritage Foundation (sometimes referred to simply as Heritage) is an activist American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. It took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage Foundation studies, including its Mandate for L... | {"Type": "nonprofit", "Headquarters": "214 Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Location": "U.S.", "Affiliations": "Republican Party", "Abbreviation": "HeritageAbout Heritage http://www.heritage.org/about-heritage/mission Heritage's staff pursues this mission... The Heritage Foundation May 30, ... |
Ernst Gideon von Laudon, since 1759 Freiherr von Laudon (originally Laudohn or Loudon; 13 February 171714 July 1790), was a Baltic German-born Austrian military officer and one of the most successful opponents of the Prussian king Frederick the Great.
Background and early career
The Laudohn family, of mixed German a... | {"Born": "Toce Manor Tootzen Manor et Toce mõisa, Toce, Latvia Tootzen lv Toce, Swedish Livonia(in present-day Toce, Madona Municipality, Latvia)", "Died": "Nový Jičín, Moravian Margraviate, Holy Roman Empire", "Allegiance": "Russian EmpireHoly Roman Empire (from 1742)", "Awards": "Military Order of Maria Theresa, Knig... |
was a daimyō during late-Edo period Japan, who later served as chief senior councilor (Rōjū) in service to the Tokugawa shogunate. He is remembered for having instituted the Tenpō Reforms.
Biography
Mizuno Tadakuni was the second son of Mizuno Tadaaki, the daimyō of Karatsu Domain. As his elder brother died at an earl... | {"Name": "Mizuno Tadakuni 水野忠邦", "Caption": "contemporary portrait", "Birth date": "1794 7 19 y", "Death date": "1851 3 12 1794 7 19 y", "Death place": "Yamagata, Japan", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Occupation": "Daimyō; Rōjū"} |
"Anarchy in the U.K." is a song by English punk rock band the Sex Pistols. It was released as the band's debut single on 26 November 1976 and was later featured on their album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. "Anarchy in the U.K." was number 56 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs ... | {"B-side": "I Wanna Be Me", "Released": "26 November 1976", "Recorded": "17 October 1976", "Genre": "Punk rock", "Label": "EMI", "Songwriter(s)": "Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock", "Producer(s)": "Chris Thomas, Bill Price, Dave Goodman"} |
Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American filmmaker and actor. As an actor, Favreau has appeared in films such as Rudy (1993), PCU (1994), Swingers (1996), Very Bad Things (1998), Deep Impact (1998), The Replacements (2000), Daredevil (2003), The Break-Up (2006), Four Christmases (2008), Couples R... | {"Name": "Jon Favreau", "Image": "Jon Favreau 2016.jpeg", "Caption": "Favreau in 2016", "Birth name": "Jonathan Kolia Favreau", "Birth date": "1966 10 19", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Queens College", "Occupation": "Actor filmmaker", "Notable works": "Full list", "Years active": "1988-present",... |
Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel began practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and formed the band in 1991. The members met during the freshman Wilderness Orienta... | {"Origin": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Genres": "Rock alternative rock jangle pop indie rock", "Labels": "Aware Palm Sire Reprise Warner Bros. Columbia", "Website": "www.guster.com", "Members": "Ryan MillerAdam GardnerBrian RosenworcelLuke Reynolds"} |
Asher ( ’Āšēr), in the Book of Genesis, was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah (Jacob's eighth son) and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Asher.
Name
The text of the Torah states that the name of Asher means "happy" or "blessing", implying a derivation from the Hebrew term osher in two variations—beoshri... | {"Name": "Asher", "Native name": "אָשֵׁר", "Native name language": "he", "Caption": "Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán (from Jacob and his twelve sons, c. 1640-45)", "Native name pronunciation": "Asher", "Birth date": "15 Shevat", "Death date": "20 Shevat (aged 123)", "Father": "Jacob", "Mother": "Zilpah", "Spouse(s)":... |
Charles William Ashworth (born August 10, 1956), known professionally as Charlie Peacock, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, and author. His albums include Love Press Ex-Curio, Arc of the Circle and No Man's Land (2012). He is the founder of re:think, a record label that signed acts such as Sw... | {"Born": "Yuba City, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Contemporary Christian, jazz, pop", "Labels": "Exit\n A&M\n Island\n Sparrow\n re:think\n Runway Network/RED", "Formerly of": "Ten Out of Tenn", "Website": "charliepeacock.com"} |
The Swedish Army () is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces.
History
thumb|Depiction of the Kalmar War. The conflict, lasting from 1611 to 1613, was fought between Denmark-Norway and the Kingdom of Sweden.
Svea Life Guards dates back to the year 1521, when the men of Dalarna chose 16 young able men as body g... | {"Type": "Army", "Role": "-->", "Size": "6,850IISS The Military Balance 2022 2022 Routledge 978-1-032-27900-8 151", "Part of": "Swedish Armed Forces", "March": "\"Svenska arméns paradmarsch\"", "Anniversaries": "14 Januaryhttps://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/forsvarsmakten/pressreleases/idag-fyller-livgardet-och-armen-500... |
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (stylized as METRO) is a major public transportation agency based in Houston, Texas, United States. It operates bus, light rail, bus rapid transit, HOV and HOT lanes, and paratransit service (under the name METROLift) in the city as well as most of Harris County. It a... | {"Name": "Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County", "Opening date (past)": "January 1, 1979 (1979 1 1 years ago)", "Location of headquarters": "1900 Main St. Lee P. Brown Administration BuildingDowntown Houston, Texas", "Locale": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Transit type(s)": "Bus, light rail, paratransit, express ... |
METRORail is the light rail system in Houston, Texas (United States). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . METRORail ranks as the second most-traveled light rail system in the Southern United States and the 12th most-traveled light rail system in the United States, and has the highest rid... | {"Name": "METRORail", "Size of first image": "250px", "Alternative text for second image": "Two-car train running southbound towards Fannin South station on the METRORail Red Line. The skyscrapers of downtown Houston can be seen in the background, and overhead wires are visible to provide power to the train.", "Size of... |
Thomas B. Kin Chong (born May 24, 1938) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, musician and activist. He is known for his role/inspiration in the marijuana industry, and his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo on Fox's That '70s Show. He beca... | {"Birth name": "Thomas B. Kin Chong", "Born": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada", "Medium": "Film, stand-up, television", "Genres": "Character comedy political satire stoner comedy sketch comedy", "Years active": "1962-present", "Spouse": "Maxine Sneed 1960 1970 divorced Shelby Chong 1975", "Children": "6, including Rae, Robb... |
Oddjob (often written as "Odd Job") is a fictional character in the espionage novels and films featuring James Bond. He is a henchman to the villain Auric Goldfinger in the 1959 James Bond novel Goldfinger and its 1964 film adaptation, making a cameo appearance in the mid-credits scene of Inspector Gadget (1999). In th... | {"First appearance": "Goldfinger (novel, 1959)", "Last appearance": "GoldenEye 007 (video game, 2010)", "Created by": "Ian Fleming", "Portrayed by": "Harold Sakata", "Voiced by": "Jeff Bennett(James Bond Jr.)", "Gender": "Male", "Nationality": "Korean"} |
The Texas Medical Center (TMC) is a medical district and neighborhood in south-central Houston, Texas, United States, immediately south of the Museum District and west of Texas State Highway 288. Over 60 medical institutions, largely concentrated in a triangular area between Brays Bayou, Rice University, and Hermann P... | {"Type": "Non-profit corporation", "Body": "Texas Medical Center Corporation", "Density": "auto", "Website": "www.tmc.edu"} |
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The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is the largest public school system in Texas, and the eighth-largest in the United States.Houston ISD automates lunch. () eSchool News online Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several... | {"Type": "Public", "Grades": "Pre-K3-12", "Established": "1924", "Coordinates": "29.802779 -95.454267 dim:250_region:US-_type:edu District office inline,title", "Schools": "274", "NCES": "4823640 Houston ISD July 23, 2014", "Teachers": "10,982.91 (FTE) (2021-22)", "Staff": "\"nces_dist\"/>", "Student-teacher ratio": "1... |
Built to Spill is an American indie rock band that formed in Boise, Idaho, in 1992. Centered on lead vocalist and guitarist Doug Martsch, the only permanent member, Built to Spill has released nine full-length albums since its inception.
Martsch originally envisioned the band to feature a changing set of backing music... | {"Origin": "Boise, Idaho, U.S.", "Genres": "Indie rock alternative rock", "Labels": "C/Z Up City Slang Warner Bros. ATP Recordings Ernest Jenning Sub Pop", "Website": "http://www.builttospill.com/", "Members": "Doug MartschMelanie RadfordTeresa Esguerra"} |
was a prominent daimyō (feudal lord) in the western Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. The Mōri clan claimed descent from Ōe no Hiromoto (大江広元), an adviser to Minamoto no Yoritomo. Motonari was called the "Beggar Prince". He was known as a great strategist who began as a small local ... | {"Name": "Mōri Motonari", "Native name": "毛利 元就", "Native name language": "jpn 毛利元就", "Term start": "July 1523", "Term end": "1557", "Birth date": "April 16, 1497", "Death date": "July 6, 1571 (aged 74)", "Birth name": "Shōjumaru (松寿丸)", "Birth place": "Suzuo Castle, Aki", "Death place": "Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle, Aki",... |
Count was a Japanese diplomat and politician. He became Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1890 and worked to revise unequal treaties. He served as plenipotentiary at the peace conference in Shimonoseki after the First Sino-Japanese War.
Early life
Mutsu Munemitsu was born in Wakayama domain, Kii Province as the sixth so... | {"Honorific prefix": "Count", "Name": "Mutsu Munemitsu陸奥 宗光", "Caption": "Count Mutsu Munemitsu", "Birth date": "1844 08 20", "Birth place": "Kii Province, Japan", "Death date": "1897 08 24 1844 08 20", "Death place": "Takinogawa, Japan", "Other names": "Mutsu Yonosuke", "Spouse(s)": "Mutsu Ryōko", "Occupation": "Diplo... |
Doug Martsch (born September 16, 1969) is an American singer and musician. He is best known for his distinctive vocals and guitar playing style in the band Built to Spill.
Career
Martsch's first band was Farm Days, with Andy Capps and Brett Nelson in the early 1980s. His second band was Treepeople, with whom he releas... | {"Born": "yes 1969 9 16", "Origin": "Boise, Idaho, U.S.", "Genres": "Indie rock", "Labels": "Up, Sub Pop"} |
, also known as John Manjirō (or John Mung),Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Nakahama Manjirō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 688. was a Japanese samurai and translator who was one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States and an important translator during the opening of Japan.*
He was a fisherman before h... | {"Name": "Nakahama Manjirō 中濱 万次郎", "Caption": "Nakahama \"John\" Manjirō", "Birth date": "1827 01 27", "Birth place": "Nakanohama, Kochi, Tosa Province", "Death date": "1898 11 12 1827 01 27", "Death place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Nationality": "ese", "Other names": "John Mung", "Module": "yes\n 中濱 万次郎\n Nakahama Manjirō\... |
, also known as Ninomiya Kinjirō (二宮 金次郎), was a Japanese agriculturalist. He lost his parents when he was a boy, but through hard work and diligence, he rebuilt his fallen family at the age of 20. Later, he rebuilt approximately 600 villages and became a shogunate retainer. His ideas and actions were inherited as the ... | {"Name": "Ninomiya Sontoku", "Image": "Statue of Ninomiya Sontoku 02.JPG", "Caption": "Since the Meiji period, statues of Ninomiya have been installed in many schools in Japan as a model person of diligence and frugality.", "Native name": "二宮 尊徳", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth name": "二宮 金次郎 Ninomiya Kinjirō", "... |
Toyota Center is an indoor arena located in Houston. It is named after the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. The arena is home to the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and it was once the home of the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League (AHL), and the Houston Comets of the Wome... | {"Location": "Houston, Texas", "Coordinates": "29 45 3 N 95 21 44 W type:landmark_scale:1000 inline,title", "Public transit": "houston metro Bell houston red", "Broke ground": "July 31, 2001", "Opened": "October 6, 2003", "Owner": "Harris County Houston Sports Authority", "Operator": "Clutch City Sports and Entertainme... |
Judah Maccabee (or Judas Maccabeus, also spelled Machabeus, or Maccabæus, Hebrew: יהודה המכבי,The modern Hebrew spelling for Maccabaeus follows a reconstruction based on the Greek name Μακκαβαῖος (the double "kk" being rendered as the Hebrew character kaph = כ), while overlooking the more ancient spelling of this name ... | {"Name": "Judas Maccabeus", "Caption": "An imaginary depiction of Judas Maccabeus from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum (1553)", "Succession": "Leader of the Maccabees", "Predecessor": "Mattathias", "Successor": "Jonathan Apphus", "Father": "Mattathias", "Death date": "160 BCE", "Death place": "Elasa"... |
(May 30, 1824 - December 7, 1869) was a Japanese military leader and theorist in Bakumatsu period Japan. He was the "Father" of the Imperial Japanese Army, launching a modern military force closely patterned after the French system of the day.
Early life and education
Ōmura was born in what is now part of Yamaguchi ci... | {"Name": "Ōmura Masujirō 大村 益次郎", "Caption": "Ōmura Masujirō", "Birth date": "1824 05 30", "Birth place": "Yamaguchi, Chōshū Domain, Japan", "Death date": "1869 12 07 1824 05 30", "Death place": "Osaka, Japan", "Known For": "Founding the Imperial Japanese Army", "Occupation": "Military theorist and leader", "Nationali... |
was a Japanese statesman and waka poet in the Nara period. He was one of the Man'yō no Go-taika, the five great poets of his time, and was part of Fujiwara no Kintō's .
Ōtomo was a member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan. Like his grandfather and father before him, Yakamochi was a well-known politician, and by Enryaku ro... | {"Native name": "大伴 家持", "Born": "718", "Died": "785", "Occupation": "Statesman, warrior, poet"} |
Mount Hermon ( / ALA-LC: Jabal al-Shaykh ("Mountain of the Sheikh") or Jabal Haramun; , Har Hermon) is a mountain cluster constituting the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. Its summit straddles the border between Syria and Lebanon and, at above sea level, is the highest point in Syria. On the top, in t... | {"Elevation": "Mount Hermon 33.416111 35.8575 2023-04-03", "Prominence": "1804", "Location": "Mount Hermon's summit straddles the border between Lebanon and Syria.", "Coordinates": "33 24 58 N 35 51 27 E type:mountain_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
The Anti-Lebanon mountains (; Lebanese Arabic: , , "eastern mountains") are a southwest-northeast-trending mountain range that forms most of the border between Syria and Lebanon. The border is largely defined along the crest of the range. Most of the range lies in Syria.
Etymology
Its Western name Anti-Lebanon comes f... | {"Location": "Syria, Lebanon, Golan Heights (occupied by Israel)", "Elevation": "2814", "Length": "150", "Coordinates": "34 N 36.5 E region:SY inline,title"} |
was a Japanese samurai and nobleman. He was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration. Living during the late Edo and early Meiji periods, he later led the Satsuma Rebellion against the Meiji government. Historian Ivan Morris described him as... | {"Native name": "ja", "Birth name": "Saigō Kokichi", "Other name(s)": "Saigō NanshūSaigō KichinosukeKikuchi Gengo", "Born": "Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain", "Died": "Kagoshima, Empire of Japan", "Allegiance": "Satsuma Domain", "Spouse(s)": "Suga Ijuin 1852 1854 div\n Otoma Kane \"Aigana\" 1859 1862\n Iwayama Itoko 1865", "... |
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The Treaty of Saint Petersburg (; ) between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire was signed on 7 May 1875, and its ratifications exchanged at Tokyo on 22 August 1875. The treaty itself went into effect in 1877.
Its terms stipulated that Japan cedes to Russia the part of Sakha... | {"Name": "Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)", "Long name": "Treaty for the Exchange of Sakhalin for the Kurile Islands", "Date signed": "25 April (7 May) 1875", "Location signed": "Saint Petersburg, Russia", "Signatories": "Russian Empire Alexander Gorchakov\n Empire of Japan Takeaki Enomoto", "Language": "French", "Pa... |
Prince was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1912. He was elevated from marquis to prince in 1920. As the last surviving member of Japan's genrō, he was the most influential voice in Japanese politics from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s.
Ear... | {"Honorific prefix": "Prince", "Native name": "西園寺 公望", "Native name language": "ja", "Term start": "27 August 1900", "Term end": "13 July 1903", "Monarch 2": "Meiji", "Predecessor 2": "Katsura Tarō", "Successor 2": "Katsura Tarō", "Birth date": "1849 12 7 y", "Birth place": "Kyoto, Tokugawa shogunate", "Death date": "... |
NRG Stadium, or Reliant Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Houston, Texas, United States. Construction was completed in 2002, at a cost of $352 million and has a seating capacity of 72,220. It was the first NFL facility to have a retractable roof.
The stadium is the home of the National Football League's Houston T... | {"Location": "Houston, Texas", "Coordinates": "29 41 5 N 95 24 39 W type:landmark_scale:2000 inline,title", "Public transit": "houston metro Stadium Park/Astrodome", "Broke ground": "March 9, 2000", "Opened": "August 24, 2002", "Owner": "Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation", "Operator": "ASM Global", "Surfa... |
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Evander McNair (April 15, 1820 - November 13, 1902) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Early life
Evander McNair was born at Laurel Hill in Scotland County, North Carolina. His paren... | {"Born": "Laurel Hill, North Carolina", "Died": "Hattiesburg, Mississippi", "Allegiance": "United States 1837Confederate States of America", "Commands held": "4th Arkansas Infantry RegimentMcNair's Brigade"} |
Angband is a dungeon-crawling roguelike video game derived from Umoria. It is based on the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, in which Angband is the fortress of Morgoth. The current version of Angband is available for all major operating systems, including Unix, Windows, Mac OS X, and Android. It is identified as one of th... | {"Title": "Angband", "Developer": "Angband Development Team", "Released": "Initialyes 1993 04 11Angband Releases: 2.4.frog-knows - angband.github.io https://rephial.org/release/2.4.fk rephial.org 30 August 2023Stable4.2.5 / yes 2023 08 19", "Genre": "Roguelike", "Modes": "Single-player, multiplayer", "Platforms": "U... |
The Lakewood Church Central Campus is the main facility of Lakewood Church, a megachurch in Houston, Texas, five miles southwest of Downtown Houston and next to Greenway Plaza.
From 1975 to 2003 the building served as a multi-purpose sports arena for professional teams, notably the NBA's Houston Rockets. It was known ... | {"Location": "Houston, Texas", "Coordinates": "29 43 49 N 95 26 6 W type:landmark inline,title", "Broke ground": "December 1973", "Opened": "November 1, 1975", "Closed": "December 1, 2003 (as a sports arena)", "Reopened": "July 16, 2005", "Owner": "Lakewood Church", "Construction cost": "US$27 million($US 27000000 1973... |
Kanniyakumari (; , referring to Devi Kanya Kumari), also known as Cape Comorin, is a city in Kanniyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the southernmost tip of the Indian subcontinent and the southernmost city in mainland India, and thus referred to as "The Land's End". The city is situated south ... | {"Named for": "Devi Kanya Kumari", "Type": "Town Panchayat", "Body": "Kanniyakumari Town Panchayat", "Density": "665", "Website": "www.kanniyakumari.nic.in"} |
Three Week Hero is an album released by rock singer P.J. Proby on April 8, 1969, by Liberty Records. The album contains a mixture of dramatic pop, blues, rock, and country style songs. While it did not succeed commercially, it is best remembered today as the first time all four members of Led Zeppelin recorded together... | {"Released": "April 8, 1969", "Recorded": "September 1968", "Studio": "Olympic Studios, London", "Genre": "Rock, pop", "Label": "Liberty", "Producer": "Steve Rowland"} |
Dandridge McRae (October 10, 1829 – April 23, 1899) was an American lawyer, court official, and Inspector General of Arkansas State Troops, as well as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He served in several key battles that helped secure Arkansas for the Confederacy, prol... | {"Born": "Baldwin County, Alabama", "Died": "Searcy, Arkansas, U.S.", "Allegiance": "CSA 1864 Confederate States of AmericaArkansas State of Arkansas", "Commands held": "Arkansas 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Northwest)Arkansas 28th Arkansas Infantry RegimentMcRae's Brigade", "Other work": "lawyer, later Deputy Secr... |
The enzyme fructose bisphosphatase (EC 3.1.3.11; systematic name D-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate 1-phosphohydrolase) catalyses the conversion of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate to fructose 6-phosphate in gluconeogenesis and the Calvin cycle, which are both anabolic pathways:
D-fructose 1,6-bisphosphate + H2O = D-fructose 6-phos... | {"HGNC": "3606", "IUPHAR": "FBP1", "Alt. symbols": "FBP", "NCBI gene": "2203", "OMIM": "229700", "RefSeq": "NM_000507", "UniProt": "P09467", "EC number": "3.1.3.11", "Locus": "22.3"} |
is a Japanese martial art claimed to be a modified version of Shaolin Kung Fu. The name Shōrinji Kempo is the Japanese reading of Shàolínsì Quánfǎ. It was established in 1947 by , a Japanese martial artist and former military intelligence agent who lived in China for many years before and during World War II.
Shorinji... | {"Also known as": "• Nippon Shorinji Kempo • Shōrinji Kempō", "Focus": "Hybrid", "Country of origin": "JPN Japan", "Hardness": "Both hard and soft", "Creator": "Doshin So", "Parenthood": "Shaolin Kung Fu, Uechi-ryū Karate, Hakko-Ryu Jujutsu, Fusen-ryū jūjutsu", "Famous practitioners": "Yuki Kondo, Sonny Chiba, Etsuko ... |
The Duwamish (, , ) are a Lushootseed-speaking Native American people in western Washington, and the indigenous people of metropolitan Seattle, where they have been living since the end of the last glacial period (c. 8000 BCE, 10,000 years ago). The modern Duwamish descend from at least two separate groups: the , or Du... | {"Name": "Duwamish", "Native name": "dxʷdəwʔabš", "Native name language code": "lut", "Image": "250px", "Image caption": "Duwamish territory shown highlighted in green. Orange blocks are modern Indian reservations.Territories page for the Duwamish https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/duwamish/ Native Land Digital ... |
Jorn Barger (; born 1953) is an American blogger, best known as editor of Robot Wisdom, an influential early weblog. Barger coined the term weblog to describe the process of "logging the web" as he surfed. He has also written extensively on James Joyce and artificial intelligence, among other subjects; his writing is a... | {"Name": "Jorn Barger", "Image": "Jornbarger.JPG", "Caption": "Jorn Barger in 2008", "Birth date": "1953", "Birth place": "Yellow Springs, Ohio, U.S."} |
Larry Hovis (February 20, 1936 - September 9, 2003) was an American singer and actor best known for the 1960s television sitcom Hogan's Heroes.
Early life and career
Hovis was born in Wapato, Washington, and moved to Houston, Texas, as a small child. Wapato is within the external boundaries of the Yakama Nation and is... | {"Name": "Larry Hovis", "Image": "LarryHovis.jpg\n 400\n 220\n 230\n 14.5\n 95\n center", "Caption": "Hovis in a scene from Hogan's Heroes", "Birth date": "1936 2 20", "Birth place": "Wapato, Washington, U.S.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2nVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8BAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2128%2C5738668 Small Towns Have Pr... |
Brock Edward Lesnar ( ; born July 12, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, amateur wrestler, and professional American football player. He is currently signed to WWE where he is designated a "free agent", allowing him to appear on both the Raw and SmackDown brands. Often regarded ... | {"Name": "Brock Lesnar", "Caption": "Lesnar in March 2015", "Birth name": "Brock Edward Lesnar", "Birth date": "yes 1977 7 12", "Birth place": "Webster, South Dakota, U.S.", "Occupation": "Professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, American football player", "Years active": "2000-2007; 2012-present (wrestling) 2004 (... |
Darrell Huff (July 15, 1913 - June 27, 2001) was an American writer, and is best known as the author of How to Lie with Statistics (1954), the best-selling statistics book of the second half of the twentieth century. More than 50 years after it's publication, How to Lie with Statistics remains the most read statistics ... | {"Born": "1913 07 15", "Died": "2001 06 27 1913 07 15", "Alma mater": "University of Iowa", "Children": "4 daughters"} |
Sauk-Suiattle (), or Sah-Ku-Me-Hu, is a federally recognized Native American tribe in western Washington state in the United States. The tribe historically lived along the banks of the Sauk, Suiattle, Cascade, Stillaguamish, and Skagit rivers, in the area known as Sauk Prairie at the foot of Whitehorse Mountain in the ... | {"Name": "Sauk-Suiattle", "Population": "314 enrolled members", "Religions": "Christianity (incl. syncretistic forms)", "Languages": "English, Lushootseed dialect (endangered)", "Related ethnic groups": "Salishan tribes of coastal Northwest, especially Skagit, Swinomish"} |
Sleepycat Software, Inc. was the software company primarily responsible for maintaining the Berkeley DB packages from 1996 to 2006.
Berkeley DB is freely-licensed database software originally developed at the University of California, Berkeley for 4.4BSD Unix. Developers from that project founded Sleepycat in 1996 to ... | {"Type": "Private company", "Genre": "Database software", "Fate": "Acquired", "Founded": "1997", "Defunct": "2006", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Industry": "Computer software", "Products": "Berkeley DB"} |
The five laws of library science is a theory that S. R. Ranganathan proposed in 1931, detailing the principles of operating a library system. Many librarians from around the world accept the laws as the foundations of their philosophy.
These laws, as presented in Ranganathan's The Five Laws of Library Science, are:
Bo... | {"Country": "India", "Language": "English", "Series": "Madras Library Association Publication Series", "Publisher": "Madras Library Association", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "520 pages"} |
The United States ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the U.S. delegation, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. The position is formally known as the permanent representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary,... | {"Post": "Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations", "Insignia size": "120", "Insignia caption": "Seal of the Department of State", "Incumbent": "Linda Thomas-Greenfield", "Incumbent since": "February 25, 2021", "Department": "United States Department of State", "Style": "Madam Amb... |
Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 - March 28, 1929) was an American author and poet, chiefly remembered for her anthem "America the Beautiful", but also for her many books and articles on social reform, on which she was a noted speaker.
Bates enjoyed close links with Wellesley College, Massachusetts, where she had ... | {"Born": "1859 08 12", "Died": "1929 03 28 1859 08 12", "Occupation": "Author\n poet\n professor", "Notable awards": "Golden Rose Award"} |
thumb|right|Klallam chief Chits-a-man-han and his wife, ca. 1884
Klallam (also Clallam, although the spelling with "K" is preferred in all four modern Klallam communities) refers to four related indigenous Native American/First Nations communities from the Pacific Northwest of North America. The Klallam culture is cl... | {"Name": "Lower Elwha", "Image": "300px|center", "Image caption": "Hicks family (Klallam) pose with canoe near Chimacum Creek, Washington, ca. 1914", "Languages": "Klallam, English", "Related ethnic groups": "other Coast Salish peoples"} |
Enrique Arturo Laguerre Vélez (July 15, 1905 - June 16, 2005) was a teacher, novelist, playwright, critic, and newspaper columnist from Moca, Puerto Rico. He is the author of the 1935 novel La Llamarada (), which has been for many years obligatory reading in many literature courses in Puerto Rico.
Biography
Laguerre s... | {"Pen name": "Tristan Ronda; Luis Urayoan; Motial; Alberto Prado", "Born": "July 15, 1905", "Died": "2005 6 16 1905 7 15", "Occupation": "Writer\n poet\n critic\n teacher", "Nationality": "Puerto Rican"} |
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is simmered, smoked and fermented skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis, sometimes referred to as bonito). It is also known as bonito flakes or broadly as .
Shaved katsuobushi and dried kelp—kombu—are the main ingredients of dashi, a broth that forms the... | {"Image caption": "Katsuobushi shavings from a package", "Creator": "-->", "Serving size": "100 g", "No recipes": "false"} |
The Nooksack (; Nooksack: Noxwsʼáʔaq) are a federally recognized Native American tribe near the Pacific Northwest Coast. They are a sovereign nation, located in the mainland northwest corner of Washington state in the United States along the Nooksack River near the small town of Deming (in western Whatcom County), and ... | {"Flag": "200px", "Flag caption": "Clockwise from top: Koma Kulshan, bald eagle, Chinook salmon, Georgia Strait; supporters: sword ferns", "Name": "NooksackNoxws’áʔaq", "Image": "200px", "Population": "1,800", "Religions": "American Indian pantheism, Christianity, other", "Languages": "English, Nooksack", "Related ethn... |
Reagan Amyre Gomez-Preston (born April 24, 1980) is an American television, film and voice actress. She is known for her roles as Zaria Peterson on The WB sitcom The Parent 'Hood (1995–1999) and Roberta Tubbs on the FOX animated comedy The Cleveland Show (2009–2013). Gomez-Preston also starred in the short-lived UPN si... | {"Caption": "Gomez-Preston at the 2010 Comic-Con in San Diego, California", "Name": "Reagan Gomez-Preston", "Birth name": "Reagan Amyre Gomez-Preston", "Birth date": "1980 4 24", "Birth place": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1994–present", "Spouse(s)": "DeWayne Turrentine 1999", "C... |
Feroze Gandhi (born Feroze Gandhy 12 September 1912 - 8 September 1960) was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and journalist.
Gandhi published the newspapers The National Herald and The Navjivan. He served as a member of the provincial parliament between 1950 and 1952, and later a member of the Lok Sabha, the Lowe... | {"Name": "Feroze Gandhi", "Image caption": "Gandhi before 1950", "Term start": "17 April 1952", "Term end": "4 April 1957", "Successor 2": "Baij Nath Kureel", "Birth name": "Feroze Jehangir Ghandy", "Birth date": "1912 9 12 yes", "Birth place": "Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)... |
The Future Sound of London (often abbreviated FSOL) is a British electronic music duo composed of Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans. They have been described as a "boundary-pushing" electronic act, covering techno, ambient, house music, trip hop, psychedelia, and dub.
While keeping an enigmatic image and releasing music ... | {"Origin": "Manchester, England", "Genres": "Electronic, techno, psychedelic, ambient", "Labels": "Jumpin' & Pumpin', Astralwerks, Rephlex, Virgin, Quigley, Hypnotic, Future Sound of London Recordings, FSOLDigital, Electronic Brain Violence", "Website": "futuresoundoflondon.com", "Members": "Garry Cobain\nBrian Dougans... |
The Kenny Everett Video Show (later renamed The Kenny Everett Video Cassette) is a British television comedy and music programme that was made by Thames Television for ITV from 3 July 1978 to 21 May 1981.
Overview
Philip Jones, Thames Television's head of light entertainment, asked his son who he would like to see on ... | {"Also known as": "The Kenny EverettVideo Cassette (series 4)", "Running time": "38 minutes (series 1)\n 24 minutes (series 2-4)\n 50 minutes (special)", "Created by": "David Mallet", "Starring": "Kenny Everett\n Hot Gossip", "Written by": "Ray Cameron\n Barry Cryer\n Kenny Everett\n Dick Vosburgh (series 1)", "Directe... |
The Libertines are an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât (vocals/guitar) and Pete Doherty (vocals/guitar). The band, centred on the songwriting partnership of Barât and Doherty, has also included John Hassall (bass), and Gary Powell (drums) for most of its recording career. The band was ... | {"Origin": "London, England", "Genres": "Indie rock garage rock post-punk revival", "Labels": "Rough Trade Virgin EMI Harvest", "Website": "thelibertines.com", "Members": "Carl Barât\n Pete Doherty\n John Hassall\n Gary Powell"} |
CBS Radio Mystery Theater (a.k.a. Radio Mystery Theater and Mystery Theater, sometimes abbreviated as CBSRMT) is a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS Radio Network affiliates from 1974 to 1982, and later in the early 2000s was repeated by the NPR satellite feed.
The format was similar ... | {"Other names": "Mystery Theater", "Genre": "Radio drama", "Running time": "45 minutes", "Country of origin": "United States", "Language(s)": "English", "Home station": "WOR (AM)", "Hosted by": "E. G. Marshall (1974-82)Tammy Grimes (1982)", "Created by": "Himan Brown", "Written by": "Sam Dann, Ian Martin, Elspeth Eric,... |
The Macintosh IIx is a personal computer designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer from September 1988 to October 1990. This model was introduced as an update to the original Macintosh II, replacing the 16 MHz Motorola 68020 CPU and 68881 FPU with a 68030 CPU and 68882 FPU running at the same clock speed. Th... | {"Family": "Macintosh II", "Image caption": "A Macintosh IIx", "Release date": "1988 09 19", "Base price": "7769 1988", "CPU make and model": "Motorola 68030", "CPU clock speed": "16 MHz", "Operating system": "System 6.0.1-System 7.5.5", "Amount of memory installed": "1 MB or 4 MB, expandable to 128 MB", "Memory type":... |
The Passover massacreSources describing the incident as the "Passover massacre":
"Alleged Passover massacre plotter arrested", CNN, 26 March 2008.
Ohad Gozani, "Hotel blast survivors relive the Passover massacre", The Daily Telegraph, 29 March 2002.
"This reached a peak following the Passover massacre in the seaside... | {"Title": "Passover massacre", "Part of": "the Second Intifada", "Caption": "The dining hall of the Park Hotel following the attack", "Map": "Israel center ta The attack site", "Location": "Park Hotel, Netanya, Israel", "Coordinates": "32 19 57 N 34 51 03 E inline,title", "Date": "yes 2002 3 27", "Time": "19:30 pm", "T... |
Amul is an acronym of the Indian cooperative society named Gujarat Milk Marketing Federation based in Anand, Gujarat. It is under the ownership of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited, Department of Cooperation, Government of Gujarat. It is controlled by 3.6 million milk producers.
Tribhuvandas Kish... | {"Type": "Cooperative", "Industry": "Dairy", "Products": "Milk products", "Founded": "yes 1946 12 14", "Headquarters": "Anand, Gujarat, India", "Revenue": "2022", "Parent": "Dairy Producers of Gujarat", "Divisions": "Banas Dairy\n Dudhsagar Dairy", "Website": "https://amul.com/ amul.com"} |
Nicodemus (; ; ; ) is a New Testament figure venerated as a saint in a number of Christian traditions. Depicted as a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin who is drawn to hear Jesus' teachings, he is mentioned in three places in the Gospel of John:
He first visits Jesus one night to discuss Jesus' teachings. (John 3... | {"Born": "Galilee", "Died": "Judea", "Feast": "Various (see #Veneration): 3rdSunday of Pascha, 2August, 3August, 31August", "Canonized": "Pre-Congregation", "Attributes": "Pharisee", "Patronage": "CuriosityAugust 2023 Undertakers and pallbearersSaints Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus https://www.franciscanmedia.org/s... |
Jan Olov Karlsson (1 June 1939 – 19 September 2016) was a Swedish politician; former Minister for Development Cooperation, Migration and Asylum Policy (2002-2003) and acting Minister for Foreign Affairs (11 September-10 October 2003), following the murder of Anna Lindh. He also served as President of the European Court... | {"Name": "Jan O. Karlsson", "Term start": "11 September 2003", "Term end": "10 October 2003", "Office 2": "Minister for International Development Cooperation", "Predecessor 2": "Maj-Inger Klingvall", "Successor 2": "Carin Jämtin", "Prime minister 2": "Göran Persson", "Birth name": "Jan Olov Karlsson", "Birth date": "19... |
Vietnamese Americans () are Americans of Vietnamese ancestry. They comprise approximately half of all overseas Vietnamese and are the fourth-largest Asian American ethnic group following Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, and Indian Americans. There are approximately 2.2 million people of Vietnamese descent residin... | {"Name": "Vietnamese AmericansNgười Mỹ gốc Việt", "Population": "2,183,000https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Vietnamese&tid=ACSSPP1Y2018.S0201&vintage=2010&hidePreview=true&t=048%20-%20Vietnamese%20alone%20or%20in%20any%20combination%20%28450-459%29%20%26%20%28100-299%29%20or%20%28300,%20A01-Z99%29%20or%20%28400-99... |
The Finnish Army (, ) is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Finnish Army is divided into six branches: the infantry (which includes armoured units), field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, engineers, signals, and materiel troops. The commander of the Finnish Army since 1 January 2022 is Lieuten... | {"Part of": "15px|Coat of Arms of the Finnish Defence Forces Finnish Defence Forces", "Type": "Army", "Role": "Land warfare", "Size": "3,610 staff 770 civilians 18,400 conscripts 18,400 reservists in refresher training 760 deployed in crisis management \"maavaboutus\"> About us. Finnish Army. Retrieved 2022-01-12. en",... |
Ralph Johnson Bunche (; August 7, 1904 - December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist, diplomat, and leading actor in the mid-20th-century decolonization process and US civil rights movement, who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel. Among black Nobel laureates he is the f... | {"Name": "Ralph Bunche", "Caption": "Bunche at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom", "Birth name": "Ralph Johnson Bunche", "Birth date": "1904 8 7", "Birth place": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Death date": "1971 12 9 1904 8 7", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Known For": "Mediation in Israel, Nobel ... |
Mahir Çağrı (, born 1962) is a Turkish individual who became an Internet celebrity in 1999. His picture-laden personal homepage, which exclaimed, in broken English, his love of the accordion, travel, and women, was visited by millions and spawned numerous fansites and parodies, one of which was featured on Fox's MadTV ... | {"Name": "Mahir Çağrı", "Birth date": "1962", "Birth place": "Kars, Turkey", "Other names": "Internet Mahirİnternet MahirI kiss you MahirI kiss you Mahir", "Years active": "1999—present", "Known For": "Blogging (romance and personal life)", "Website": "https://www.ikissyou.co, archive of his famous website"} |
Andon Beça (7 September 1879- 31 October 1944) was an Albanian politician.
Under the Italian occupation of Albania during World War II he was Minister of Agriculture and Domestic Economy in Shefqet Vërlaci’s government which started functioning on 12 April 1939, and Minister of Finances in 1943. Beça was a loyal hange... | {"Name": "Andon Beça", "Nationality": "Albanian", "Term start": "21 April 1939", "Term end": "September 3, 1941", "Birth date": "1879 09 07", "Birth place": "Elbasan, Albania (then Ottoman Empire)", "Death date": "1944 10 31 1879 09 07", "Death place": "Tiranë, Albania"} |
"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by humorist, children's author, and poet Shel Silverstein and made popular by Johnny Cash. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969, at California's San Quentin State Prison for his At San Quentin album. Cash also performed the song (with comical variations on the ... | {"B-side": "San Quentin", "Released": "July 2, 1969http://www.45cat.com/record/444944us A Boy Named Sue / San Quentin - Johnny Cash 45cat 2021-05-08", "Recorded": "February 24, 1969", "Genre": "Country\ntalking blues", "Label": "Columbia", "Songwriter(s)": "Shel Silverstein", "Producer(s)": "Bob Johnston"} |
8 Simple Rules (originally 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter) is an American sitcom television series originally starring John Ritter and Katey Sagal as middle-class parents Paul and Cate Hennessy, raising their three children. Kaley Cuoco, Amy Davidson, and Martin Spanjers co-starred as their teenage ki... | {"Also known as": "8 Simple Rules ... for Dating My Teenage Daughter (season 12)", "Genre": "Sitcom", "Created by": "Tracy Gamble", "Starring": "John Ritter\n Katey Sagal\n Kaley Cuoco\n Amy Davidson\n Martin Spanjers\n James Garner\n David Spade\n Adam Arkin", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "22 ... |
Folsom State Prison (FSP) is a California State Prison in Folsom, California, U.S., approximately northeast of the state capital of Sacramento. It is one of 34 adult institutions operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Opened in 1880, Folsom is the state's second-oldest prison, after ... | {"Location": "Folsom, California, U.S.", "Coordinates": "38 41 42 N 121 09 45 W region:US-CA_type:landmark_source:wikimapia inline,title", "Status": "Operational", "Security class": "Minimum-medium", "Capacity": "2,066 men, 403 women", "Opened": "1880 7 26", "Population": "July 31, 2022https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/research/... |
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William Miller (February 15, 1782 - December 20, 1849) was an American Baptist minister who is credited with beginning the mid-19th-century North American religious movement known as Millerism. After his proclamation of the Second Coming did not occur as expected in the... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Reverend", "Name": "William Miller", "Birth date": "February 15, 1782", "Birth place": "Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1849 12 20 1782 2 15", "Death place": "Low Hampton, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "FarmerMilitary officerBaptist ministerAuthorLeader of the Millerite movem... |
Mastermind is a British television quiz show for the BBC, currently presented by Clive Myrie. Its creator, Bill Wright, drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II. The show features an intimidating setting and challenging questions. Four (and in later contests five or... | {"Also known as": "SupermindMastermind Cup Final/SportMastermind InternationalMastermind Champions/Champion of ChampionsJunior Mastermind", "Genre": "Game show", "Created by": "Bill Wright", "Presented by": "Magnus Magnusson (1972-1997)Peter Snow (1998-2000)Clive Anderson (2001-2002)John Humphrys (2003-2021)Clive Myrie... |
Frederick Antwon Taylor (born January 27, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. He played college football for the University of Florida, and he was recognized as an All-American. Taylor was sele... | {"Born:": "Pahokee, Florida, U.S.", "Height:": "0", "Weight:": "228", "High school:": "Glades Central (Belle Glade, Florida)", "College:": "Florida (1994-1997)", "NFL Draft:": "9"} |
The Government of the 28th Dáil or the 25th Government of Ireland (26 June 1997 - 6 June 2002) was the government of Ireland formed after the 1997 general election which had been held on 6 June 1997. It was a minority coalition government of Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats, led by Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ah... | {"Date formed": "26 June 1997", "Date dissolved": "6 June 2002", "Status in legislature": "Coalition", "Election(s)": "1997 general election", "Legislature term(s)": "28th Dáil 21st Seanad", "Predecessor": "24th Government", "Successor": "26th Government"} |
The Ford Torino is an automobile that was produced by Ford for the North American market between 1968 and 1976. It was a competitor in the intermediate market segment and essentially a twin to the Mercury Montego line.
Just as the Ford LTD had been the upscale version of the Ford Galaxie, the Torino was initially an u... | {"Also called": "Ford Fairlane (Venezuela)", "Manufacturer": "Ford", "Production": "1968-1976", "Class": "Mid-size car, muscle car", "Layout": "FR layout", "Related": "Mercury Montego", "Assembly": "Atlanta, Georgia, United States (⧉)\n Milpitas, California, United States (⧉)\n Lorain, Ohio, United States (⧉)\n ... |
Cold is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1986 by lead singer and rhythm guitarist Scooter Ward, drummer Sam McCandless, bassist Jeremy Marshall and lead guitarist Matt Loughran. The band has gone through numerous lineup changes during its existence, with Ward being the band’s only constant me... | {"Origin": "Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.", "Genres": "Post-grunge\n alternative metal\n nu metal\n alternative rock", "Labels": "Flip\n A&M\n Geffen\n Lava\n SonicStar\n Eleven Seven\n Napalm", "Website": "https://coldarmy.com", "Members": "Scooter Ward\n Lindsay Manfredi\n Tony Kruzska\n Ed Cuozzo \n Angelo Maruzzelli"... |
Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr. (May 8, 1919 - May 11, 1973), known as Lex Barker, was an American actor. He was known for playing Tarzan for RKO Pictures between 1949 and 1953, and portraying leading characters from Karl May's novels,Obituary Variety, May 16, 1973. notably as Old Shatterhand in a film series by the West... | {"Name": "Lex Barker", "Caption": "Lex Barker (1951)", "Birth name": "Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr.", "Birth date": "1919 5 8", "Birth place": "Rye, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1973 5 11 1919 5 8", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1945-1973", "Spouse(s)": "Constance Rhod... |
Louis IV (; 12 September 1837 - 13 March 1892) was the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until his death in 1892. Through his marriage to Queen Victoria's second daughter Alice, he was connected to the British royal family. Two of his daughters married into the House of Romanov.
Early life
Louis was b... | {"Father": "Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine", "Mother": "Princess Elisabeth of Prussia", "Born": "Prinz-Carl-Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Confederation", "Died": "New Palace, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire", "Burial": "Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire"} |
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