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The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (VJCS)Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman - DSD/VJCS NEWS CONFERENCEDepartment of Defense - DSD/VJCS NEWS CONFERENCE is, by U.S. law, the second highest-ranking military officer in the United States Armed Forces, - Vice Chairman ranking just below the chairman of the J... | {"Post": "Vice Chairman", "Body": "the Joint Chiefs of Staff", "Insignia caption": "Seal of the Joint Chiefs of Staff", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Flag of the Vice Chairman of the JCS", "Incumbent": "Admiral Christopher W. Grady, USN", "Incumbent since": "December 20, 2021", "Department": "Joint Chiefs of S... |
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openMSX is a free software emulator for the MSX architecture. It is available for multiple platforms, including Microsoft Windows and POSIX systems such as Linux
For copyright reasons, the emulator cannot be distributed with original MSX-BIOS ROM images. Instead, openMSX includes C-B... | {"Developer(s)": "openMSX Team", "Written in": "C++ (core), Tcl, (openmsx-catapult: wxWidgets)https://packages.debian.org/jessie/openmsx-catapult Debian -- Details of package openmsx-catapult in jessie 2017-03-10", "Type": "Emulator", "License": "GNU GPLv2+", "Website": "//openmsx.org"} |
XY is a gay men's magazine which has been published in the United States since 1996. XY started as a gay male youth-oriented magazine and social network. Its name is a reference to the XY chromosome pair found in males.
XY published issue 50 in October 2016 (with its original staff) after an eight-year hiatus since 20... | {"Type": "Gay magazine", "Format": "Glossy Magazine", "Owner(s)": "XY Magazine", "Political alignment": "Left", "Headquarters": "West Hollywood, CA", "Circulation": "44,000", "Website": "www.xymag.org"} |
The Golden Oecumene is a science fiction trilogy by the American writer John C. Wright. It consists of three books, The Golden Age, The Phoenix Exultant and The Golden Transcendence.
Plot introduction
The author's first novel, it revolves around the protagonist Phaethon (full name Phaethon Prime Rhadamanth Humodified... | {"Cover artist": "Shelley Eshkar", "Country": "United States", "Series": "The Golden Age", "Publisher": "Tor Books", "Pages": "304", "ISBN": "0-312-84870-6", "Followed by": "The Phoenix Exultant"} |
Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, (born 6 October 1939), is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian. He is the editor and presenter of The South Bank Show (1978-2010, 2012-), and made the BBC Radio 4 documentary series In Our Time.
Earlier in his career, Bragg worked for the BBC in various roles including present... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lord Bragg", "Post-nominals": "GBR CH HonFRS FRSL FBA 100%", "Caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Birth date": "1939 10 6 y", "Birth place": "Carlisle, Cumberland, England", "Alma mater": "Wadham College, Oxford", "Party": "Labour", "Spouse(s)": "Marie-Elisabe... |
The South Bank Show is a British television arts magazine series originally produced by London Weekend Television and broadcast on ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new version of the series began 27 May 2012 on Sky Arts. Conceived, written, and presented by former BBC arts broadcaster Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring b... | {"Genre": "Arts", "Presented by": "Melvyn Bragg", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Opening theme": "Variation on Paganini's \"24th Caprice\" by Andrew Lloyd Webber", "Running time": "60mins (inc. adverts)", "Original network": "ITV (14 January 1978 – 30 May 2010)Sky Arts (27 May 2012 – present)", "Original relea... |
Hubert Gorbach (born 27 July 1956) is an Austrian politician and a member of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ). Until April 2005, he was a leading member in the Freedom Party. Born in Vorarlberg, he was vice-governor () of Vorarlberg until 2003.
In 2003, he succeeded Herbert Haupt as Vice-Chancellor of Aust... | {"Name": "Hubert Gorbach", "Image": "Gorbach Hubert 20050826 Lb Feier (052).JPG", "Term start": "21 October 2003", "Term end": "11 January 2007", "Birth date": "1956 7 27 y", "Birth place": "Frastanz, Vorarlberg"} |
Thorn Lighting Ltd, a subsidiary of the Zumtobel Group, is a global supplier of both outdoor and indoor luminaires and integrated controls.
Thorn was founded when Sir Jules Thorn started The Electric Lamp Service Company Ltd, in 1928, dealing in incandescent filament lamps. In 1936, renamed Thorn Electrical Industries... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "29 March 1928http://www.thornlighting.com/com/en/aboutus_history_f.htm THORN Lighting [HISTORY] Thorn Lighting Ltd 22 February 2012", "Headquarters": "England", "Parent": "Zumtobel Group", "Industry": "Lighting", "Products": "Professional luminaires and controls", "Revenue": "€109 mill... |
The Zumtobel Group is an Austrian company specialising in lighting headquartered in Dornbirn. Zumtobel engages in the development, production and sales of lighting, luminaires, lighting management and lighting components for indoor and outdoor applications. The company is a European market leader for professional light... | {"Type": "Aktiengesellschaft", "Founded": "1950", "Headquarters": "Dornbirn, Austria", "Revenue": "1,148.3 million EUR (2021/22)", "Industry": "Lighting technology"} |
Thomas Gallaudet (June 3, 1822 - August 27, 1902),No middle name an American Episcopal priest,Berg, Otto Benjamin and Henry L. Buzzard. 1989. Thomas Gallaudet--Apostle to the Deaf. New York : St. Ann's Church for the Deaf. was born in Hartford, Connecticut. His father, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, was the renowned pioneer... | {"Name": "Thomas Gallaudet", "Caption": "Photograph of Thomas Gallaudet.", "Birth date": "1822 6 3 y", "Birth place": "Hartford, Connecticut, US", "Death date": "1902 8 27 1822 6 3 y", "Death place": "New York, New York, US", "Occupation": "Episcopal priest", "Spouse(s)": "Elizabeth Budd"} |
Ernest Saves Christmas is a 1988 American Christmas comedy film directed by John Cherry and starring Jim Varney. This is the third film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, the second film in the Ernest series, and the highest-grossing film in the Ernest series. The film chronicles Ernest's attempt to help find ... | {"Directed by": "John Cherry", "Produced by": "Joseph Akerman", "Screenplay by": "Ed TurnerB. Kline", "Story by": "Ed Turner", "Starring": "Jim Varney\n Douglas Seale\n Oliver Clark\n Noelle Parker\n Gailard Sartain\n Bill Byrge", "Music by": "Mark Snow", "Cinematography": "Peter Stein", "Edited by": "Ian D. Thomas", "... |
Fort Niagara, also known as Old Fort Niagara, is a fortification originally built by New France to protect its interests in North America, specifically control of access between the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, the easternmost of the Great Lakes. The fort is on the river's eastern bank at its mouth on Lake Ontario. ... | {"Location": "Fort Niagara State Park, Porter, Niagara County, New York, USA", "Nearest city": "Youngstown, New York", "Area": "250 acre ha", "Built": "1726"} |
Donald's Cousin Gus is a 1939 Walt Disney cartoon in which It was released on May 19, 1939. Gus Goose debuted as a recurring character in Al Taliaferro's Donald Duck newspaper comic since 9 May 1938.Al Taliaferro. Posted on Lambiek:Comiclopedia.
This cartoon was also the first-ever pre-recorded program (in this case,... | {"Directed by": "Jack King", "Story by": "Jack HannahCarl Barks", "Animation by": "Dick Lundy", "Starring": "Clarence NashPinto Colvig", "Music by": "Oliver Wallace", "Produced by": "Walt Disney", "Distributed by": "RKO Radio Pictures", "Color process": "Technicolor"} |
Marmon Motor Car Company was an American automobile manufacturer founded by Howard Carpenter Marmon and owned by Nordyke Marmon & Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, US. It produced luxury automobiles from 1902 to 1933.
It was established in 1902 but not incorporated as the successor of Nordyke Mormon & Company until 19... | {"Fate": "Renamed", "Founded": "1902", "Defunct": "1933", "Headquarters": "Indianapolis, Indiana, United States", "Industry": "Automobile", "Products": "Vehicles, parts"} |
Brimstone and Treacle is a 1976 BBC television play by Dennis Potter. Originally intended for broadcast as an episode of the series Play for Today, it remained untransmitted until 1987. The play was made into a film version (released in 1982) co-starring Sting. Both versions also star Denholm Elliott.
The play feature... | {"Written by": "Dennis Potter", "Directed by": "Barry Davis", "Starring": "Michael KitchenDenholm ElliottPatricia LawrenceMichelle Newell", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Camera setup": "multi-camera video/film inserts", "Running time": "72 minutes", "Original network": "BBC2(originally intended forBBC1)", "Or... |
thumb|A view of the southern wadi and part of the walls of the city of Dura-Europos.
Dura-Europos was a Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman border city built on an escarpment above the southwestern bank of the Euphrates river. It is located near the village of Salhiyé, in present-day Syria. Dura-Europos was founded arou... | {"Location": "near Salhiyah, Syria", "Region": "Middle East", "Coordinates": "34.747 40.730 region:SY inline,title", "Type": "settlement", "Area": "Syrian Desert", "Material": "Various", "Founded": "c. 300 BC", "Abandoned": "256-257 AD", "Periods": "Classical antiquity", "Cultures": "Hellenistic, Parthian, Roman", "Exc... |
The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson and other branded automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., from 1909 until 1954. In 1954, Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator to form American Motors Corporation (AMC). The Hudson name was continued through the 1957 model year, after which it was discontinued.
Company strategy
th... | {"Fate": "Merged with Nash-Kelvinator", "Founded": "1909 5 25", "Defunct": "1954 7 4", "Headquarters": "Detroit, Michigan, United States", "Industry": "Automobile", "Products": "Vehicles"} |
There's Something About Miriam is a British reality television series broadcast by Sky1. The six-episode series premiered on 22 February 2004 and concluded on 24 March 2004. Set in Ibiza, Spain, the series depicted six men in competition for a £10,000 reward over who could make the best impression on 21-year-old Mexica... | {"Genre": "Reality television", "Presented by": "Tim Vincent", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "1 hour", "Original network": "Sky1", "Original release": "2004 03 24 yes"} |
The 18th Army Group was an Allied formation in the Second World War. It was formed on 20 February 1943 when British Eighth Army advancing from the east and British First Army advancing into Tunisia from the west came close enough to require coordinated command during the Tunisia Campaign.
History
The 18th Army Group w... | {"Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Army group", "Role": "Army Group Headquarters", "Size": "200,000", "Part of": "Allied Force Headquarters", "Notablecommanders": "Harold Alexander"} |
The American Tobacco Company was a tobacco company founded in 1890 by J. B. Duke through a merger between a number of U.S. tobacco manufacturers including Allen and Ginter and Goodwin & Company. The company was one of the original 12 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896. The American Tobacco Company domi... | {"Type": "Private (1890-1969) Subsidiary (1969-94)", "Industry": "Tobacco farming and manufacturing", "Fate": "Restructuring and sale to American Brands, Inc.", "Founded": "1890 1 31 in Durham, North Carolina", "Defunct": "1994 12 22", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Products": "Cigarettes and related tobacco products", "Bra... |
The Good Soldier Švejk () is an unfinished satirical dark comedy novel by Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek, published in 1921-1923, about a good-humored, simple-minded, middle-aged man who appears to be enthusiastic to serve Austria-Hungary in World War I.
The Good Soldier Švejk is the abbreviated title; the original Czech... | {"Language": "Czech", "Country": "Czechoslovakia", "Publisher": "Book 1: A. Sauer and V. Čermák\nBook 2: Jaroslav Hašek (distributor A. Synek)\nBooks 3 & 4: Jaroslav Hašek's Estate (distributor A. Synek)", "Original title": "cs", "Cover artist": "Josef Lada", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover, Paperback) & Amazon Kindle"... |
Eduard Hanslick (11 September 18256 August 1904) was an Austrian music critic, aesthetician and historian. Among the leading critics of his time, he was the chief music critic of the Neue Freie Presse from 1864 until the end of his life. His best known work, the 1854 treatise Vom Musikalisch-Schönen (On the Musically B... | {"Name": "Eduard Hanslick", "Caption": "Portrait of Hanslick, published in 1894", "Birth date": "1825 9 11", "Birth place": "Prague, Austrian Empire", "Death date": "1904 8 6 1825 9 11", "Death place": "Baden, Austria", "Occupation": "Music critic aesthetician historian"} |
Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 - April 9, 2011) was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before transitioning to film where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York dramas which focused on the working class, tackled social injustices and often questioned authority... | {"Name": "Sidney Lumet", "Caption": "Lumet in 1970", "Birth name": "Sidney Arthur Lumet", "Birth date": "1924 6 25 yes", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "2011 4 9 1924 6 25 yes", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Columbia University", "Years active": "1930-2007", "Occ... |
Paras is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language film starring: Sanjeev Kumar, Raakhee, Mehmood, Farida Jalal, Shatrughan Sinha and Madan Puri.
Plot
Dharam Singh is an honest farmer in rural India, and lives with his sister, Bela, who is now of marriageable age. One day both brother and sister witness a murder, and haul the kill... | {"Directed by": "C.P Dixit", "Produced by": "N.N Sippy M.A Madhu", "Written by": "S.M Abbas", "Starring": "Sanjeev Kumar Raakhee Mehmood Farida Jalal Shatrughan Sinha", "Music by": "Kalyanji Anandji", "Cinematography": "K.H Kapadia", "Edited by": "Waman Bhosle Guru Dutt"} |
The Nepali Congress ( ; abbr. NC) is a democratic socialist political party in Nepal and the largest party in the country. The party has 870,106 members as of the party's 14th general convention in December 2021 making them the largest party by membership in Nepal.
The party is led by former prime minister, Sher Bahad... | {"President": "Sher Bahadur Deuba", "Ideology": "Democratic socialismSingh Rishi 12 August 2006 NC-NC (D) unity should spur change: Poudel https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nc-nc-d-unity-should-spur-change-poudel 4 August 2023 The Himalayan Times en15 October 2022 BP Koirala's socialism: What Nepal needs now ... |
Turku and Pori Province (, , ) was a province of independent Finland from 1917 to 1997. The province was however founded as a county in 1634 when today's Finland was an integrated part of Sweden. It is named after the cities of Turku () and Pori ().
Åland was split into a separate province in 1918. In 1997 Turku and P... | {"Native name": "Turun ja Porin lääniÅbo och Björneborgs länАбо-Бьёрнеборгская губерния", "Conventional long name": "Turku and Pori Province", "Common name": "Turku and Pori", "Year founded": "1634", "Year dissolved": "1997", "Capital": "Turku"} |
thumb|right|300px|Provinces of the Swedish Empire aroundthe Gulf of Finland in the 17th century
thumb|right|300px|An engraving of Viborg Castle from Suecia antiqua et hodierna
thumb|right|300px|A photograph of St. Olaf's Castle at Nyslott
Viborg and Nyslott County (, ) was a county of the Swedish Empire from 1634 to 1... | {"Conventional long name": "Viborg and Nyslott County1", "Native name": "Viborgs och Nyslotts länViipurin ja Savonlinnan lääni", "Common name": "Viborg and Nyslott", "Year founded": "1634", "Year dissolved": "1721", "Capital": "Vyborg"} |
thumb|right|300px|Provinces of the Swedish Empire aroundthe Gulf of Finland in the 17th century.
thumb|right|300px|A photograph of the Castle of Kexholm at Priozersk.
thumb|right|300px|Coat of arms of the County of Kexholm.
Kexholm County (, ) was a county of the Swedish Empire from 1634 to 1721, when the southern par... | {"Conventional long name": "Kexholm County", "Native name": "Kexholms länKäkisalmen lääni", "Common name": "Kexholm", "Year founded": "1634", "Year dissolved": "1721", "Capital": "Kexholm"} |
Nyland and Tavastehus County (, ) was a county of the Swedish Empire in Finland from 1634 to 1809.
In 1775 whole northern part of the county (later Central Finland region) was transferred to the new Vasa County. Also a part of historical Satakunta was added to the Nyland and Tavastehus County from the Åbo and Björnebo... | {"Conventional long name": "Nyland and Tavastehus County", "Native name": "Nylands och Tavastehus länUudenmaan ja Hämeen lääni", "Common name": "Nyland", "Year founded": "1634", "Year dissolved": "1831", "Capital": "Tavastehus"} |
The Parachute Regiment, colloquially known as the Paras, is an airborne infantry regiment of the British Army. The first battalion is part of the Special Forces Support Group under the operational command of the Director Special Forces. The other battalions are the parachute infantry component of the British Army's rap... | {"Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "1st Battalion — United Kingdom Special Forces 2nd Battalion — Airborne Infantry3rd Battalion — Airborne Infantry4th Battalion — Airborne Infantry", "Role": "Expeditionary WarfareSpecial OperationsAir AssaultAirborne Forces", "Size": "Four battalions", "Part of": "18px 16 Air Assaul... |
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 - 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 years he served as director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, succeeding his father, William Jackson Hooker, and was... | {"Author abbrev. (botany)": "Hook.f.", "Influences": "George Bentham Charles Darwin William Jackson Hooker", "Influenced": "William Thiselton-Dyer", "Fields": "Botany", "Institutions": "Kew Gardens"} |
The governor-general of the Union of South Africa (, ) was the highest state official in the Union of South Africa between 31 May 1910 and 31 May 1961. The Union of South Africa was founded as a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire in 1910 and the office of governor-general was established as the representativ... | {"Status": "Abolished", "Post": "Governor-General", "Body": "the Union of South Africa", "Native name": "Goewerneur-generaal van die Unie van Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans)Goeverneur-generaal van de Unie van Zuid-Afrika (Dutch)", "Flag size": "170px", "Flag caption": "Flag of the governor-general", "Insignia size": "100px", "... |
Gary Anthony Soto (born April 12, 1952) is an American poet, novelist, and memoirist.
Life and career
Soto was born to Mexican-American parents Manuel (1910-1957) and Angie Soto (1924-). In his youth, he worked in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley. Soto's father died in 1957, when he was five years old. As his fami... | {"Born": "1952 4 12", "Occupation": "Author, poet", "Education": "MFA", "Alma mater": "UC Irvine, CSU Fresno", "Period": "1977-present", "Notable awards": "Academy of American Poets PrizeAmerican Book AwardNEA FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowship"} |
The summit of Mount Elbert at elevation is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America, the highest point in the U.S. State of Colorado, and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney. The ultra-prominent fourteener is the highest peak in the Sawatch Range, as well as ... | {"Elevation": "KL0637 MOUNT ELBERT 2019 June 20, 2023", "Prominence": "http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5736 Mount Elbert, Colorado Peakbagger.com December 30, 2015", "Isolation": "671 miles (1079 km)", "Location": "High point of Lake County and the State of Colorado, U.S.", "Coordinates": "39 07 03.9 N 106 26 ... |
thumb|Tokyo Station, Yaesu side in 2021
thumb|Tokyo Station, Nihombashi side in 2021
Tokyo Station (, ), also sometimes referred to as Tokyo Central Station, is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The ne... | {"Name": "Tokyo Station", "Native name": "東京駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "Tokyo Station's Marunouchi side in June 2023", "Alternative name(s)": "Tokyo Central Station", "Address": "Chiyoda, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Connections": "bus Bus terminal", "Date opened": "1914 12 20 n (JGR) 1956 3 20 n (Tok... |
Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the current and 19th president of Syria since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, which nominally espouses a neo-Ba'a... | {"Name": "Bashar al-Assad", "Native name": "بَشَارُ الْأَسَّد", "Native name language": "ar", "Image": "Bashar al-Assad meets with Khamenei 2022 (cropped).jpeg", "Image caption": "Assad in 2022", "Term start": "17 July 2000", "Vice president": "Abdul Halim KhaddamZuhair MasharqaFarouk al-SharaaNajah al-Attar", "Birth d... |
The Balkan mountain range (, , known locally also as Stara planina) is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border between Bulgaria and Serbia. It then runs for about , first in a south-easterl... | {"English translation": "'Old Mountain'", "Language of name": "bg Стара планина sr-Latn Stara planina bg Балкан sr-Latn Balkan", "Area": "11596", "Length": "west-east", "Width": "north-south", "Elevation": "Botev Peak 42.71713 24.91716 2023-05-18", "Coordinates": "43 15 N 25 0 E type:mountain_region:BG dms inline,ti... |
Midnight Club is a series of arcade-style racing video games developed by Rockstar San Diego (formerly known as Angel Studios) and published by Rockstar Games. Midnight Club is similar to the Midtown Madness series (previously developed by Angel Studios), with a focus on competitive street racing in open world urban en... | {"Title": "Midnight Club", "Caption": "Most recent version of the series logo, as seen in Midnight Club: Los Angeles.", "Platforms": "PlayStation 2Game Boy AdvanceXboxMicrosoft WindowsPlayStation PortablePlayStation 3Xbox 360", "Developer": "Rockstar San DiegoRebellion DevelopmentsRockstar LeedsRockstar London", "Publi... |
Li Xiannian (pronounced ; 23 June 1909 - 21 June 1992) was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, president of the People's Republic of China from 1983 to 1988 under paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and then chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1988 until his death. He was a... | {"Name": "Li Xiannian", "Native name": "李先念", "Native name language": "zh", "Image caption": "Li in 1954", "Image size": "200px", "Nationality": "Chinese", "Term start": "18 June 1983", "Term end": "8 April 1988", "Vice president": "Ulanhu", "Office 2": "Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party", "Birth date": "190... |
Saving Jessica Lynch is a 2003 American television film that aired on NBC and featured Canadian actress Laura Regan in the title role. The film begins with the ambush of Jessica Lynch's convoy in the middle of an Iraqi city and follows a version of events that credits an Iraqi citizen, Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief, with be... | {"Written by": "John Fasano", "Directed by": "Peter Markle", "Starring": "Laura Regan", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "94 minutes", "Original release": "2003 11 9"} |
Pathum Thani (, ) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise): Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Nakhon Nayok, Chachoengsao, Bangkok, and Nonthaburi.
The province is north of Bangkok and is part of the Bangkok metropolitan area. In many places, the boundar... | {"Rank": "Ranked 5th", "Density": "763", "ISO 3166 code": "TH-13", "Website": "http://www.eng.pathumthani.go.th pathumthani.go.th"} |
William Richard Werstine (born April 16, 1952), known professionally as Billy West, is an American voice actor, musician and former radio personality. His voice roles include Bugs Bunny in the 1996 film Space Jam and several subsequent projects, the title characters of Doug and The Ren & Stimpy Show, as well as the Fut... | {"Name": "Billy West", "Caption": "West at Animate! Columbus in 2023", "Birth name": "William Richard Werstine", "Birth date": "1952 04 16", "Birth place": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Occupation": "Voice actor musician radio personality", "Years active": "1980-present", "Spouse(s)": "Violet Benny 1992 2009 divorced", "... |
Irving Kupcinet (July 31, 1912 - November 10, 2003) was an American newspaper columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, television talk-show host, and radio personality based in Chicago, Illinois. He was popularly known by the nickname "Kup".
His daily "Kup's Column" was launched in 1943 and remained a fixture in the Sun-... | {"Name": "Irv Kupcinet", "Caption": "Kupcinet at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990", "Birth date": "1912 07 31", "Birth place": "North Lawndale, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "2003 11 10 1912 07 31", "Death place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Esther Solomon 1939 2001 died", "Children": "Karyn Kupci... |
The European Court of Auditors (ECA; French: Cour des comptes européenne) is one of the seven institutions of the European Union (EU). It was established in 1975 in Luxembourg in order to improve EU financial management. It has members (one from each EU member-state) supported by approximately 800 civil servants.
His... | {"Formed": "1977", "Jurisdiction": "European Union", "Headquarters": "49 37 22 N 6 8 49 E type:landmark inline", "Annual budget": "122.400.938 € (2020)", "Website": "eca.europa.eu"} |
Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (, ), also known as "The Call of South Africa" or simply "Die Stem" (), was the national anthem of South Africa during the apartheid era. There are two versions of the song, one in English and the other in Afrikaans, which were in use early on in the Union of South Africa alongside God Save the... | {"Lyrics": "1918 (English version: Collectively, 1952)", "Music": "1921", "Adopted": "NYT1938/>1957 05 02 y (as the sole national anthem)1994 05 10 y (jointly with \"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika\")", "Published": "1926", "Relinquished": "1994 05 10 y (as the sole national anthem)1997 10 10 y (as the co-national anthem)", "Pr... |
Margot Elisabeth Wallström (; born 28 September 1954)Address of Margot Wallström to the European Parliament conference on the Northern dimension europa.eu is a Swedish politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2019 and M... | {"Name": "Margot Wallström", "Image caption": "Wallström in 2006", "Term start": "3 October 2014", "Term end": "10 September 2019", "Office 2": "Minister for Nordic Cooperation", "Prime minister 2": "Stefan Löfven", "Predecessor 2": "Kristina Persson", "Successor 2": "Ann Linde", "Birth name": "Margot Elisabeth Wallstr... |
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a government agency that operates automobile and passenger ferry service in the U.S. state of Washington as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation. It runs ten routes serving 20 terminals located around Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands, designated as part of t... | {"Locale": "Washington", "Transit type": "Ferry", "Began operation": "1951 06 01", "No. of lines": "10", "No. of vessels": "21", "No. of terminals": "20", "Daily ridership": "WA Seattle Washington State Ferries total daily (dailydate)dailycitation", "Yearly ridership": "WA Seattle Washington State Ferries total annual ... |
Major-General Chaim Herzog (; 17 September 1918 - 17 April 1997) was an Irish-born Israeli politician, general, lawyer and author who served as the sixth President of Israel between 1983 and 1993. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Dublin, the son of Ireland's Chief Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, he immigrated to Ma... | {"Image caption": "Herzog in 1990", "Term start": "5 May 1983", "Term end": "13 May 1993", "Office 2": "Member of the Knesset", "Birth date": "1918 9 17 y", "Birth place": "Belfast, Ireland", "Death date": "1997 4 17 1918 9 17 y", "Death place": "Tel Aviv, Israel", "Resting place": "Mount Herzl, Jerusalem", "Nationalit... |
Theodore Dwight Weld (November 23, 1803 - February 3, 1895) was one of the architects of the American abolitionist movement during its formative years from 1830 to 1844, playing a role as writer, editor, speaker, and organizer. He is best known for his co-authorship of the authoritative compendium American Slavery as I... | {"Occupation": "Abolitionist, writer, teacher", "Birth date": "1803 11 23", "Birth place": "Hampton, Connecticut, US", "Death date": "1895 02 03 1803 11 23", "Death place": "Hyde Park, Massachusetts, US", "Alma mater": "Oneida Institute", "Known For": "One of Charles Grandison Finney's \"Holy Band\"; leader of Lane Reb... |
Prince Pierre of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois (born Count Pierre Marie Xavier Raphaël Antoine Melchior de Polignac; 24 October 1895 - 10 November 1964) was the father of Rainier III of Monaco. He was a promoter of art, music, and literature in Monaco and served as the head of the country's delegation to the United Natio... | {"Born": "Château de Kerscamp, Morbihan, France", "Died": "American Hospital, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France", "Burial": "Chapel of Peace, Monaco", "Father": "Count Maxence de Polignac", "Mother": "Susana de la Torre y Mier"} |
Jet Set Willy is a platform video game originally written by Matthew Smith for the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was published in 1984 by Software Projects and ported to most home computers of the time.
The game is a sequel to Manic Miner published in 1983, and the second game in the Miner Willy series. It spent over... | {"Title": "Jet Set Willy", "Developer": "Software Projects", "Publisher": "Software Projects\nTynesoft (Atari)", "Designer": "Matthew Smith", "Composer": "Rob Hubbard (Atari)", "Series": "Miner Willy", "Released": "1984: ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64\n1986: Atari 8-bit\n2012: Xbox 360https://diymag.com/archive/jet-set-will... |
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 - August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor. Hamlisch was one of only 18 people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, a feat dubbed the "EGOT". He and composer Richard Rodgers are the only people to have won those prizes and a Pulitzer Prize ("PEGOT").
Early l... | {"Born": "New York City, U.S.", "Died": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Musical theatre film music pops", "Website": "https://marvinhamlisch.com"} |
Mulhouse (, in Alsatian Mìlhüsa ( ); meaning "mill house" is a city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France), close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace after Strasbourg.
Mulhouse is famous for its mu... | {"Name": "Mulhouse", "Commune Status": "Subprefecture and commune", "Native Name": "gsw Mìlhüsa", "Arrondissement": "Mulhouse", "Canton": "Mulhouse-1, 2 and 3", "Postal code": "68100, 68200", "Mayor": "Michèle LutzRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19... |
Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (February 20, 1805 - October 26, 1879) was an American abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. She and her sister Sarah Moore Grimké were considered the only notable examples of white Southern women abolitionists.Gerda Lerner,... | {"Name": "Angelina Emily Grimké", "Birth date": "1805 02 20", "Birth place": "Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "1879 10 26 1805 02 20", "Death place": "Hyde Park, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Occupation": "Politician, abolitionist, suffragist", "Spouse(s)": "Theodore Dwight Weld May 1838", "Children": "3"} |
Lasers is the third studio album by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, released on March 7, 2011 by Atlantic Records. Production for the album took place between 2008 and 2010. Lasers features production by The Audibles, The Neptunes, Needlz, Alex da Kid, Syience, and long-time collaborator Soundtrakk, among others. Trey Son... | {"Released": "2011 03 07", "Recorded": "2008-2010", "Genre": "Hip hop", "Label": "1st & 15th Atlantic", "Producer": "Lupe Fiasco (exec.) Charles \"Chilly\" Patton (exec.) Darrale Jones (co-exec.) The Audibles Alex da Kid iSHi The Buchanans Kane Beatz King David Needlz The Neptunes Soundtrakk Jerry Duplessis Syience Ard... |
General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 - July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952-1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953-1955). Although he saw no combat service in World War I, he was intensively involved in Wor... | {"Nickname(s)": "\"Matt\"\"Old Iron Tits\"http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-08-18/entertainment/8502230826_1_airborne-troops-matthew-ridgway-clay-blair A Story Of The Airborne And Ridgway Richard Dunlop January 23, 2018 Chicago Tribunehttps://ww2gravestone.com/people/ridgway-matthew-bunker/ Ridgway, Matthew Bunke... |
Silent Movie is a 1976 American satirical comedy film co-written, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, released by 20th Century Fox in the summer of 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, and Sid Caesar, with cameos by Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Mar... | {"Directed by": "Mel Brooks", "Produced by": "Michael Hertzberg", "Screenplay by": "Mel Brooks\n Ron Clark\n Rudy De Luca\n Barry Levinson", "Story by": "Ron Clark", "Starring": "Mel Brooks\n Marty Feldman\n Dom DeLuise\n Sid Caesar\n Harold Gould\n Ron Carey\n Bernadette Peters", "Music by": "John Morris", "Cinematogr... |
Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People (commonly known as Sketches by Boz) is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and 1836. They were re-issued in book form, under their current title, in February and ... | {"Original title": "Sketches by \"Boz,\" Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People", "Cover artist": "George Cruikshank", "Country": "England", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "John Macrone, St. James's Square", "Published": "1833-1836 in newspapers and periodicals; in 1836 (two series); first one volume ... |
Emily Howland (November 20, 1827 – June 29, 1929) was a philanthropist and educator. Especially known for her activities and interest in the education of African-Americans, she was also a strong supporter of women's rights and the temperance movement. Howland personally financed the education of many black students a... | {"Name": "Emily Howland", "Caption": "Portrait of Emily Howland from American Women", "Birth date": "1827 11 20", "Birth place": "Sherwood, New York", "Death date": "1929 06 29 1827 11 20"} |
Carnotite is a potassium uranium vanadate radioactive mineral with chemical formula K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O. The water content can vary and small amounts of calcium, barium, magnesium, iron, and sodium are often present.
Occurrence
thumb|left|Carnotite from the Happy Jack Mine, Utah
Carnotite is a bright greenish-yellow m... | {"Category": "Vanadate mineral", "IMA symbol": "CntWarr L.N. 2021 IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291-320 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 2021MinM...85..291W 235729616 free", "Strunz classification": "4.HB.05", "Unit cell": "a = 10.47 Å, b = 8.41 Å, c = 6.91 Å; β = 103.83°; Z = 2", "Twinning": "On {0... |
Six Days, Seven Nights is a 1998 American action-adventure comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman, produced by Reitman and Roger Birnbaum, and starring Harrison Ford and Anne Heche. The screenplay was written by Michael Browning. It was filmed on location in Kauai, and released on June 12, 1998. The film received overall... | {"Directed by": "Ivan Reitman", "Produced by": "Ivan Reitman \n Roger Birnbaum", "Written by": "Michael Browning", "Starring": "Harrison Ford\n Anne Heche\n David Schwimmer\n Temuera Morrison", "Music by": "Randy Edelman \n Taj Mahal", "Cinematography": "Michael Chapman", "Edited by": "Wendy Gree... |
Woodlands is a model village 4 miles (6 km) north-west of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. The village lies adjacent to Highfields and Adwick le Street within the City of Doncaster. The colliery village was designed and built in the early 20th century by the architect Percy Houfton as tied cottages for the miners... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Metropolitan borough": "Doncaster", "Metropolitan county": "South Yorkshire", "UK Parliament": "Doncaster North", "Postcode district": "DN", "Dialling code": "01302"} |
Ginger Snaps is a 2000 Canadian supernatural horror film directed by John Fawcett and written by Karen Walton, from a story they jointly developed. The film stars Emily Perkins and Katharine Isabelle as Brigitte and Ginger Fitzgerald, two morbid teenage sisters whose relationship is tested when Ginger (who has started ... | {"Directed by": "John Fawcett", "Screenplay by": "Karen Walton", "Story by": "Karen Walton\n John Fawcett", "Produced by": "Karen Lee Hall\n Steve Hoban", "Starring": "Emily Perkins\n Katharine Isabelle\n Kris Lemche\n Mimi Rogers", "Music by": "Mike Shields", "Cinematography": "Thom Best", "Edited by": "Brett Sullivan... |
Katharine Isobel Murray (born November 2, 1981), known professionally as Katharine Isabelle, is a Canadian actress. She has been described as a scream queen due to her roles in various horror films. She started her acting career in 1989, playing a small role in the television series MacGyver. She gained fame for the ro... | {"Name": "Katharine Isabelle", "Caption": "Isabelle in 2014", "Birth date": "yes 1981 11 02", "Birth place": "Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada", "Birth name": "Katharine Isabelle Murray", "Other names": "Katie Murray, Katharine Isobel", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1989-present"} |
thumb|Appellplatz at the Mauthausen main camp
thumb|Wiener Graben quarry in 2016, "Stairs of Death" towards the right
Mauthausen was a Nazi concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen (roughly east of Linz), Upper Austria. It was the main camp of a group with nearly 100 further subcamps located th... | {"Location": "Mauthausen, Upper Austria", "Commandant": "Albert SauerFranz Ziereis", "Operational": "August 1938 - May 1945", "Inmates": "Political prisoners, Jews, Soviet POWs", "Number of inmates": "190,000Freund Kranebitter 2016 56", "Killed": "More than 90,000Freund Kranebitter 2016 56", "Liberated by": "United Sta... |
Emily Jean Perkins (born May 4, 1977) is a Canadian former actress, known for her roles as Crystal Braywood in the TV series Hiccups, young Beverly Marsh in Stephen King's It, and Brigitte Fitzgerald in Ginger Snaps. Since the late 1980s, she has appeared in various films and television series.
Early life and career
P... | {"Name": "Emily Perkins", "Caption": "Perkins at a Supernatural convention in Vancouver in 2013", "Birth name": "Emily Jean Perkins", "Occupation": "Actress, school teacher1299477991441874944 emily_perkins_ @jasone_history @glenhansman @tracysherlock I'm a TOC and a mom, and I find your perspective is actually really h... |
The current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic , and it replaced the Constitution of the Fourth Republic of 1946 with the exception of the preamble per a Constitutional Council decision in July 1971.Decision no. 71-44 DC, known as "Liberté... | {"Original title": "fr Constitution française du 4 octobre 1958", "Ratified": "yes 1958 09 28", "Date effective": "yes 1958 10 04", "System": "Unitary semi-presidential republic", "Last amended": "2009", "Chambers": "Two (Senate and National Assembly)", "Branches": "Three (executive, legislative and judiciary)", "Execu... |
is a Japanese aristocratic family.Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Konoe," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 24; retrieved 2013-8-13. The family is a branch of Hokke and, by extension, a main branch of the Fujiwara clan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "... | {"Parent house": "Fujiwara clan (Hokke)", "Titles": "Various", "Founder": "Konoe Motozane", "Founding year": "12th century", "Dissolution": "still extant", "Cadet branches": "Takatsukasa family\n Tokiwai family\n Miyagawa family"} |
The Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15, is a work for piano and orchestra completed by Johannes Brahms in 1858. The composer gave the work's public debut in Hanover, the following year. It was his first-performed orchestral work, and (in its third performance) his first orchestral work performed to audience approv... | {"Opus": "15", "Composed": "1858", "Performed": "1859 01 22 y Hanover", "Movements": "three"} |
Assemblage 23 is an electronic act from the United States, currently based in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1988 by Tom Shear who writes the music and lyrics and does the recording himself. Live performances are supported by Paul Seegers on keyboards and Mike Jenney on drums.
History
1980s-1990s (pre-Ass... | {"Origin": "Exton, Pennsylvania, United States", "Genres": "Futurepop Electro-industrial Synthpop Electronic body music", "Labels": "Gashed! Metropolis Accession", "Website": "www.assemblage23.com", "Members": "Tom Shear\nPaul Seegers\nMike Jenney", "Spinoffs": "Nerve Filter Surveillance Helix Ed Flesh ... |
Edgemont is a Canadian television series that aired from 2000 to 2004. Edgemont debuted January 4, 2000, on CBC Television and aired its final episode on July 21, 2004. There were a total of 70 episodes during its five-season run; the fifth season was shown commercial-free on the CBC. The series was created by Ian Weir... | {"Running time": "31 Minutes", "Created by": "Ian Weir", "Starring": "Dominic Zamprogna\n Sarah Lind\n Kristin Kreuk\n P.J. Prinsloo\n Myles Ferguson\n Richard Kahan\n Micah Gardener\n Elana Nep\n Grace Park\n Vanessa King", "Opening theme": "\"Start Again\" by Annette Ducharme", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Origina... |
No. 62 Commando or the Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF) was a British Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The unit was formed around a small group of commandos under the command of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). They carried out a number of raids before being disbanded in 1943.
Back... | {"Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Commando", "Role": "Amphibious warfareClose-quarters combatDesert warfareDirect actionRaiding", "Size": "55 men maximum", "Part of": "Combined OperationsSpecial Operations Executive", "Nickname(s)": "Small Scale Raiding Force"} |
The Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association (ITASA) (Chinese (Traditional): 美國台裔學生協會) was established by a group of students in the East Coast and Midwest of the United States to grow the Taiwanese American college community. ITASA is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization staffed by students and ... | {"Type": "NGO", "Legal status": "501(c)(3) religious/cultural", "Headquarters": "Evanston, Illinois", "Location": "Evanston, Illinois", "Affiliations": "Taiwanese American Student Associations, Official Partner of Taiwanese American Citizens League", "Website": "ITASA.org"} |
Andrew James Summers (born 31 December 1942) is an English guitarist who was a member of the rock band the Police. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a band member in 2003. Summers has recorded solo albums, collaborated with other musicians, composed film scores, and exhibited his photography in gal... | {"Born": "Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England", "Origin": "Bournemouth, Hampshire, England", "Genres": "Rock pop jazz jazz fusion new wave new-age avant-garde", "Labels": "A&M Private Music RCA Victor", "Formerly of": "The Police Dantalian's Chariot Soft Machine Eric Burdon and The Animals", "Website": "andysummers.c... |
Impression, Sunrise (French: Impression, soleil levant) is an 1872 painting by Claude Monet first shown at what would become known as the "Exhibition of the Impressionists" in Paris in April, 1874. The painting is credited with inspiring the name of the Impressionist movement.
Impression, Sunrise depicts the port of L... | {"Medium": "Oil on canvas", "Dimensions": "in", "Location": "Musée Marmottan Monet", "Movement": "Impressionism"} |
Henry Stuart Foote (February 28, 1804May 19, 1880) was a United States Senator from Mississippi and the chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1847 to 1852. He was a Unionist Governor of Mississippi from 1852 to 1854 and an American Party supporter in California. During the American Ci... | {"Name": "Henry S. Foote", "Term start": "January 10, 1852", "Term end": "January 5, 1854", "Predecessor 2": "Joseph W. Chalmers", "Successor 2": "Walker Brooke", "Birth name": "Henry Stuart Foote", "Birth date": "1804 2 28", "Birth place": "Fauquier County, Virginia, U.S.", "Death date": "1880 5 19 1804 2 28", "Death ... |
Anton Rop (born 27 December 1960) is a Slovenian politician. Currently, he is a vice-president of European Investment Bank. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia, from 2002 to 2004. Until 2005 he was also the president of the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije - LDS), the legal successor of the Slove... | {"Name": "Anton Rop", "Term start": "19 December 2002", "Term end": "3 December 2004", "Birth date": "1960 12 27 y", "Birth place": "Ljubljana, PR Slovenia, Yugoslavia", "Alma mater": "University of Ljubljana"} |
is a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from June 2010 to September 2011. Kan was the first Prime Minister since the resignation of Junichiro Koizumi in 2006 to serve for more than one year, with his predecessors Yukio Hatoyama, Tarō Asō, Yasuo Fukud... | {"Name": "Naoto Kan", "Native name": "菅 直人", "Native name language": "ja", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2010", "Term start": "8 June 2010", "Term end": "2 September 2011", "Office 2": "71st Minister of Finance", "Prime minister 2": "Yukio Hatoyama", "Predecessor 2": "Hirohisa Fujii", "Successor 2": "Yoshihiko N... |
Gul Agha Sherzai (), also known as Mohammad Shafiq, is a politician in Afghanistan. He is the former governor of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.
He previously served as Governor of Kandahar province, in the early 1990s and from 2001 until 2003. In October 2013, Sherzai resigned from his post as governor and... | {"Name": "Gul Agha Sherzaiگل آغا شیرزی", "Image caption": "Sherzai speaking at the Rule of Law Conference for Eastern Afghanistan in October 2009", "Term start": "12 July 2005", "Term end": "October 2013", "Birth date": "1954", "Birth place": "Kabul, Afghanistan", "Order 2": "Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs of A... |
Singularity Sky is a science fiction novel by British writer Charles Stross, published in 2003. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2004. A sequel, Iron Sunrise, was published that same year. Together the two are referred to as the Eschaton novels, after a near-godlike intelligence that exists in both... | {"Cover artist": "Danilo Ducak", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Ace Books", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "400", "ISBN": "0-441-01072-5", "Followed by": "Iron Sunrise"} |
Matthew Richard Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is best known for co-creating South Park (since 1997) and The Book of Mormon (2011) with his creative partner Trey Parker. Stone was interested in film and music as a child and at high school, and attended the Universi... | {"Caption": "Stone at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International", "Birth name": "Matthew Richard Stone", "Birth date": "1971 05 26", "Birth place": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of Colorado Boulder (BA)", "Occupation": "Actor animator writer producer composer", "Years active": "1989-present", "Nota... |
Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating South Park (since 1997) and The Book of Mormon (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. Parker was interested in film and music as a child and at high school and attended th... | {"Caption": "Parker at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International", "Birth date": "1969 10 19", "Birth name": "Randolph Severn Parker III", "Birth place": "Conifer, Colorado, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Berklee College of MusicUniversity of Colorado Boulder (BA)", "Occupation": "Actor animator writer producer director compos... |
The Big Texan Steak Ranch is a steakhouse restaurant and motel located in Amarillo, Texas, United States, which opened on the previous U.S. Route 66 in the 4500 block of East Amarillo Boulevard in 1960. It relocated to its present location on Interstate 40 in 1970. Fire gutted the west wing of the restaurant in 1976 an... | {"Established": "1960", "Food type": "Steakhouse", "Dress code": "Casual", "Street address": "7701 Interstate 40 Access Rd", "City": "Amarillo, Texas", "Coordinates": "United States", "Website": "https://www.bigtexan.com/"} |
Ruth Margaret Richardson (born 13 December 1950) is a retired New Zealand politician of the National Party who served as Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1993. Her 1991 budget, which she dubbed the "Mother of all Budgets", formed the catalyst for her party's economic reforms known in the media as "Ruthanasia".
Richard... | {"Name": "Ruth Richardson", "Image caption": "Richardson in 1991", "Term start": "2 November 1990", "Term end": "29 November 1993", "Predecessor 2": "Colin McLachlan", "Successor 2": "David Carter", "Birth date": "yes 1950 12 13", "Birth place": "Taranaki, New Zealand"} |
The Belly of an Architect is a 1987 drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, featuring original music by Glenn Branca and Wim Mertens. Starring Brian Dennehy and Chloe Webb, it was nominated for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) award at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
American architect Stourley Kracklite h... | {"Directed by": "Peter Greenaway", "Produced by": "Colin CallenderWalter Donohue", "Written by": "Peter Greenaway", "Starring": "Brian DennehyChloe WebbLambert Wilson", "Music by": "Wim Mertens", "Cinematography": "Sacha Vierny", "Edited by": "John Wilson", "Distributed by": "Hemdale Film Corporation", "Budget": "£1.8 ... |
Ferenc Mádl (; 29 January 1931 - 29 May 2011)Elhunyt Mádl Ferenc Index.hu was a Hungarian legal scholar, professor, and politician, who served as President of Hungary, between 4 August 2000 and 5 August 2005. Prior to that he had been minister without portfolio between 1990 and 1993 then Minister of Education between ... | {"Name": "Ferenc Mádl", "Nationality": "Hungarian", "Term start": "4 August 2000", "Term end": "5 August 2005", "Order 2": "Minister of Education", "Prime minister 2": "József AntallPéter Boross", "Predecessor 2": "Bertalan Andrásfalvy", "Successor 2": "Gábor Fodor", "Birth date": "1931 1 29 y", "Birth place": "Bánd, K... |
William Joseph Brennan Jr. (April 25, 1906 - July 24, 1997) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the seventh-longest serving justice in Supreme Court history, and was known for being a leader of the Court's liberal wing.... | {"Name": "William J. Brennan Jr.", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1972", "Alternative text": "Official portrait of United States Supreme Court justice William J. Brennan Jr.", "Term start": "October 16, 1956", "Term end": "July 20, 1990https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members_text.aspx Justices 1789 to Present... |
William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898January 19, 1980) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 until his retirement in 1975. He was known for his strong progressive and civil libertarian views, and is often cited as the U.S. Supreme Court's most ... | {"Image caption": "Douglas in the 1930s", "Alternative text": "Douglas in a judicial robe", "Office 2": "3rd Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission", "President 2": "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "Predecessor 2": "James M. Landis", "Successor 2": "Jerome Frank", "Birth name": "William Orville Douglas", "Birth dat... |
Laotian Americans () are Americans who trace their ancestry to Laos. Laotian Americans are included in the larger category of Asian Americans. The major immigrant generation were generally refugees who escaped Laos during the warfare and disruption of the 1970s, and entered refugee camps in Thailand across the Mekong ... | {"Name": "Laotian Americansຄົນອາເມລິກາລາວ", "Population": "263,298http://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/datahub/MPI-Data-Hub-Region-birth_1960-2015.xlsx U.S. Immigrant Population by Country of Birth, 2000-Present XLSX migrationpolicy.org February 14, 2017 January 27, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/201701... |
Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 - September 9, 2019) was a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker, who became an American binational. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled The Americans, earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and nuanced outsider's view of American society. Cri... | {"Name": "Robert Frank", "Birth date": "1924 11 09", "Birth place": "Zürich, Switzerland", "Death date": "2019 09 09 1924 11 09", "Death place": "Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada", "Nationality": "Swiss-American", "Known For": "Photography, film directing", "Notable works": "The Americans", "Spouse(s)": "Mar... |
The Americans is a photographic book by Robert Frank which was highly influential in post-war American photography. It was first published in France in 1958, and the following year in the United States. The photographs were notable for their distanced view of both high and low strata of American society. The book as a ... | {"Country": "France", "Language": "French, English", "Publisher": "Robert Delpire, Grove Press, Steidl", "Media type": "Hardback", "ISBN": "(Steidl edition)"} |
The Triumph Motor Company was a British car and motor manufacturing company in the 19th and 20th centuries. The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann of Nuremberg formed S. Bettmann & Co. and started importing bicycles from Europe and selling them under his own trade name in London. The trade name beca... | {"Fate": "Acquired by Leyland Motors (1960)marque retired (1984)marque acquired by BMW (1994)", "Founded": "y 1885 (as S. Bettmann & Co. Import Export Agency)", "Defunct": "1984", "Headquarters": "Coventry, England", "Parent": "Standard Motors Ltd, Leyland Motors Ltd., British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd, BL plc"} |
Li Chéngqián (李承乾) (618However, this date does not reconcile well with historical records also stating that his younger brother Li Tai was 35 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died in Jan 653 -- which would make Li Tai's birth year 619. As Li Tai was clearly younger and born of the same mother as Li Chengqian, the date... | {"Born": "618", "Died": "645 1 5 618 y", "Father": "Emperor Taizong of Tang", "Mother": "Empress Zhangsun"} |
Li Tai (; 620However, this date does not reconcile well with historical records also stating that his older brother Li Chengqian was eight (by East Asian reckoning) when he was created crown prince in September 626 -- which would make Li Chengqian's birth year 619. As Li Tai was clearly younger and born of the same mot... | {"Born": "620", "Died": "653 1 14 620 1 1 y", "Father": "Emperor Taizong of Tang", "Mother": "Empress Zhangsun"} |
Oliver Wellington "Billy" Sipple (November 20, 1941 - late January 1989) was an American man known for intervening to prevent an assassination attempt against U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975. A decorated U.S. Marine and disabled Vietnam War veteran, he grappled with Sara Jane Moore as she fired a pisto... | {"Born": "Detroit, Michigan", "Died": "San Francisco, California", "Birth name": "Oliver Wellington Sipple", "Allegiance": "United States of America"} |
The Triumph Stag is a 2+2 sports tourer which was sold between 1970 and 1978 by the British Triumph Motor Company, styled by Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti.
Design and styling
Envisioned as a luxury sports car, the Stag was designed to compete directly with the Mercedes-Benz SL class models. All Stags were fou... | {"Production": "1970-197725,939 madeRobson Graham A-Z British Cars 1945-1980 2006 Herridge & Sons 0-9541063-9-3 77797747 registration https://archive.org/details/azbritishcars1940000robs", "Manufacturer": "Triumph Motor Company", "Class": "Sports tourer", "Layout": "Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive", "Length": "1... |
The Triumph TR6 is a sports car that was built by the Triumph Motor Company of England. While production began several months earlier, the TR6 was officially introduced in January as a 1969 model year vehicle. The last TR6 was produced on the 20th of July 1976. Of the 91,850 TR6s produced, 83,480 were exported, almos... | {"Production": "1968-1976", "Manufacturer": "Triumph Motor Company", "Class": "Roadster", "Body style": "2 door convertible", "Predecessor": "TR250 and TR5", "Layout": "FR layout", "Transmission": "4-speed manualhttp://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=55836 1969 Triumph TR6 2008-01-01 carfolio.com all... |
Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbit ( or ) is a dish consisting of a hot cheese-based sauce served over slices of toasted bread. The original 18th-century name of the dish was the jocular "Welsh rabbit", which was later reinterpreted as "rarebit", as the dish contains no rabbit. Variants include English rabbit, Scottish rabb... | {"Name of food": "Welsh rarebit", "Image filename": "Welsh rarebit.JPG", "Width of image": "300", "Alternate name": "Welsh rabbit", "Place of origin": "United Kingdom", "Type of dish": "Savoury", "Main ingredient": "Cheese (mainly melted cheeses), bread", "Variations": "Buck rabbit, blushing bunny, Hot Brown"} |
Melissa Suzanne George (born 6 August 1976) is an Australian actress. A former national rollerskating champion and model, George began her acting career playing Angel Parrish in the Australian soap opera Home and Away (1993-1996). After moving to the United States, George made her feature debut with a supporting role i... | {"Name": "Melissa George", "Caption": "George in 2009", "Birth name": "Melissa Suzanne George", "Birth date": "1976 08 06 yes", "Birth place": "Perth, Australia", "Citizenship": "Australia United States United Kingdom", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1993-present", "Spouse(s)": "Claudio Dabed 2000 2011 divor... |
Ron Rifkin (born Saul M. Rifkin; October 31, 1939) is an American actor best known for his roles as Arvin Sloane on the spy drama Alias, Saul Holden on the drama Brothers & Sisters, and District Attorney Ellis Loew in L.A. Confidential.
Personal life
Saul M. Rifkin was born in New York City to Miriam and Herman Rifkin... | {"Name": "Ron Rifkin", "Caption": "Rifkin in 2014", "Birth name": "Saul M. Rifkin", "Birth date": "1939 10 31", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Spouse(s)": "Iva Rifkin 1966", "Years active": "1966-present"} |
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