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Kyle Richard Gass (born July 14, 1960) is an American musician, comedian and actor best known for co-founding—and being a member of—Tenacious D, a Grammy-winning comedy band. He also co-founded the bands Trainwreck and the Kyle Gass Band, with which he also performs.
Early life
thumb|Gass with the Kyle Gass Band at th... | {"Born": "Walnut Creek, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Comedy rock\n heavy metal\n hard rock\n acoustic rock", "Member of": "Tenacious D\n Trainwreck\nKyle Gass Band", "Website": "kylegass.com"} |
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Pakistan, having served a total of more than 9 years across three tenures. Each term... | {"Name": "Nawaz Sharif", "Image caption": "PM Nawaz Sharif in 2013, at Prime Minister's Residence in Islamabad", "Term start": "5 June 2013", "Term end": "28 July 2017", "President 2": "Ghulam Ishaq Khan", "Predecessor 2": "Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (Caretaker)", "Successor 2": "Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (caretaker)", "Birth... |
Antonio J. Barrette (May 26, 1899 – December 15, 1968) was a Quebec politician born in Joliette, Quebec, Canada.
Member of the legislature
Barrette ran as a Conservative candidate in the provincial district of Joliette in the 1935 election but lost. He was elected as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1936 election a... | {"Name": "Antonio J. Barrette", "Birth date": "1899 5 26 y", "Birth place": "Joliette, Quebec", "Death date": "1968 12 15 1899 05 26", "Death place": "Montreal, Quebec", "Term start": "January 8, 1960", "Term end": "July 5, 1960", "Lieutenant governor": "Onésime Gagnon", "Spouse(s)": "Marie-Estelle Guilbault 1924"} |
Openbox is a free, stacking window manager for the X Window System, licensed under the GNU General Public License. Originally derived from Blackbox 0.65.0 (a C++ project), Openbox has been completely re-written in the C programming language and since version 3.0 is no longer based upon any code from Blackbox. Since at ... | {"Developer(s)": "Dana Jansens, http://openbox.org/wiki/User:DanaJansens User:DanaJansens 19 January 2015 Jansens Dana November 2007 http://cglab.ca/~dana/ Openbox Developer Dana Jansens 19 January 2015 Jansens Dana Mikael Magnussonhttp://git.openbox.org/?p=dana/openbox.git git.openbox.org Git - dana/openbox.gi... |
Joseph-Mignault-Paul Sauvé (March 24, 1907 - January 2, 1960) was a Canadian lawyer, World War II veteran, and politician. He was the 17th premier of Quebec in 1959 and 1960.
Life
Paul Sauvé was born in Saint-Benoit, Quebec, Canada to journalist and parliamentarian Arthur Sauvé and Marie-Louise Lachaîne. By 1923, his ... | {"Name": "Paul Sauvé", "Image caption": "Paul Sauvé, 1954", "Term start": "September 7, 1959", "Term end": "January 2, 1960", "Lieutenant governor": "Onésime Gagnon", "Predecessor 2": "Arthur Sauvé", "Successor 2": "Jean-Léo Rochon", "Birth name": "Joseph-Mignault-Paul Sauvé", "Birth date": "1907 3 24 y", "Birth place"... |
Joseph-Adélard Godbout (September 24, 1892 - September 18, 1956) was a Canadian agronomist and politician. He served as the 15th premier of Quebec briefly in 1936, and again from 1939 to 1944. He served as leader of the Parti Libéral du Québec (PLQ).
Youth and early career
Adélard Godbout was born in Saint-Éloi. H... | {"Name": "Adélard Godbout", "Lieutenant governor": "Ésioff-Léon PatenaudeEugène Fiset", "Term start": "November 8, 1939", "Term end": "August 30, 1944", "Lieutenant governor 1": "Ésioff-Léon Patenaude", "Office 2": "Senator for Montarville, Quebec", "Predecessor 2": "Charles-Philippe Beaubien", "Successor 2": "Henri Ch... |
thumb|Former logo used from 1991 to 2008
thumb|right|NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building in Shibuya, Tokyo
is a Japanese mobile phone operator. The name is officially an abbreviation of the phrase, "do communications over the mobile network", and is also from a compound word dokomo, meaning "everywhere" in Japanese. The compa... | {"Type": "Subsidiary KK", "Founded": "y 1991 8 14", "Headquarters": "Sanno Park TowerNagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan", "Industry": "Telecommunications", "Products": "PDC, i-mode, W-CDMA, FOMA, HSDPA, LTE, 5G NR, PHS", "Revenue": "6.06 trillion yes (2022)https://www.docomo.ne.jp/english/corporate/ir/binary/pdf/library/... |
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (; March 5, 1867 – July 6, 1952) was the 14th premier of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. He was a member of the Parti libéral du Québec.
Early life
Taschereau was born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Jean-Thomas Taschereau, lawyer and judge at the Supreme Court, and Marie-Louise-Joséphine Ca... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Honourable", "Name": "Louis-Alexandre Taschereau", "Term start": "July 8, 1920", "Term end": "June 11, 1936", "Lieutenant governor": "Charles FitzpatrickLouis-Philippe BrodeurNarcisse PérodeauLomer GouinHenry George CarrollEsioff-Léon Patenaude", "Birth date": "1867 3 5 y", "Birth place": "Que... |
Sir Jean Lomer Gouin, (March 19, 1861 – March 28, 1929) was a Canadian politician. He served as 13th premier of Quebec, as a Cabinet minister in the federal government of Canada, and as the 15th lieutenant governor of Quebec.
Biography
He was born in Grondines, Quebec to Dr. Joseph-Nérée Gouin, a doctor and Séraphin... | {"Name": "Sir Lomer Gouin", "Birth name": "Jean Lomer Gouin", "Term start": "March 23, 1905", "Term end": "July 8, 1920", "Lieutenant governor": "Louis-Amable JettéCharles Alphonse Pantaléon PelletierFrançois LangelierPierre-Évariste LeblancCharles Fitzpatrick", "Order 2": "15th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec", "Monarch... |
Pentamedia Graphics, formerly known as Pentafour Software, is a software and digital media company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The main activities are projects, products, consultancy and training in software and digital media.
The company has created numerous animated features, both traditionally and computer... | {"Type": "Anime Creators", "Industry": "Anime", "Fate": "public", "Parent": "-->", "Website": "http://www.pentamedia.in/"} |
In Major League Baseball, the Manager of the Year Award is an honor given annually since 1983 to two outstanding managers, one each in the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winner is voted on by 30 members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). Each submits a vote for first, secon... | {"Sport": "Baseball", "League": "Major League Baseball", "Awarded for": "Best manager of American League and National League", "Presented by": "Baseball Writers' Association of America", "Country": "United States, Canada", "First award": "1983", "Most recent": "Terry Francona (AL)Buck Showalter (NL)"} |
The Principality of Seborga () is an unrecognised micronation that claims a area located in the northwestern Italian Province of Imperia in Liguria, near the French border, and about from Monaco. The principality is coextensive with the town of Seborga; assertions of sovereignty were instigated in 1963 by a local cam... | {"Conventional long name": "Principality of Seborga", "Symbol type": "Coat of Arms", "National motto": "la Sub umbra sediBandiera, stemma, inno 8 February 2014 Principato di Seborga 23 August 2022 https://www.principatodiseborga.com/bandiera-stemma-inno it", "National anthem": "La Speranza", "Map": "Principato di... |
Padmabhushan Vasantdada Patil Pratishthan's College of Engineering (PVPP COE) is an engineering college in Mumbai, India, established in 1990.
The college is a tribute to the late Shri Vasantdada Patil, the Sahakar Maharshi and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. It is registered under Societies’ Registration Act, 1... | {"Principal": "Alam N. Shaikh Principal Padmabhushan Vasantdada Patil Pratishthan's College of Engineering http://www.pvppcoe.ac.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=248&Itemid=536 3 August 2011", "Accreditation": "NAAC Grade:B+List of Institutes with valid Accreditation http://naac.gov.in/images/doc... |
The Power Station was a British-American 1980s/1990s rock and pop music supergroup originally formed in New York City and London in 1984. It was made up of singer Robert Palmer, former Chic drummer Tony Thompson, and Duran Duran members John Taylor (bass) and Andy Taylor (guitar). Bernard Edwards, also of Chic, was inv... | {"Genres": "Pop rock hard rock dance-rock new wave funk rock", "Origin": "London, EnglandNew York City, U.S.", "Labels": "Capitol, Chrysalis", "Spinoffs": "Distance", "Spinoff of": "Duran Duran, Chic"} |
Check Your Head is the third studio album by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released by Grand Royal and Capitol Records on April 21, 1992. Three years elapsed between the releases of the band's second studio album Paul's Boutique and Check Your Head, which was recorded at the G-Son Studios in Atwater Village in 1... | {"Released": "1992 4 21", "Recorded": "1991-1992", "Studio": "G-Son, Atwater Village, California", "Genre": "\"allmusic-review\" />https://whatculture.com/music/10-perfect-albums-that-will-make-you-love-alternative-rock 10 Perfect Albums That Will Make You Love Alternative Rock WhatCulture Coffman Tim May 5, 2022 ... |
Chaudhry Ahmad Saeed (11 January 1941 – 28 September 2018) was the former chairman of the Pakistan's national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines. He resigned that position in 2005. He was also the former Chairman of Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited. He was also the chairman of Shalamar Hospital.
He served as chairma... | {"Name": "Chaudhary Ahmad Saeed", "Title": "Chairman Servis Industries Limited", "Birth date": "11 January 1941", "Death date": "y 2018 9 28 1941 1 11", "Birth place": "Lahore, Punjab, British India", "Death place": "Karachi, Pakistan", "Alma mater": "Forman Christian College", "Relatives": "Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar (bro... |
Eleanor Torrey Powell (November 21, 1912 - February 11, 1982) was an American dancer and actress. Best remembered for her tap dance numbers in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s, she was one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's top dancing stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Powell appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and ... | {"Name": "Eleanor Powell", "Caption": "1930s publicity photo", "Birth name": "Eleanor Torrey Powell", "Birth date": "1912 11 21", "Birth place": "Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1982 02 11 1912 11 21", "Death place": "Beverly Hills, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Hollywood Forever Cemetery", "Oc... |
Marie of Champagne ( – 29 August 1204Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Chronica s.a. 1204
(= L. Weiland (ed.), Monum. German. Histor.: Scriptores XXIII, Hannover, 1874, p. 884 ), Ralph of Coggeshall, Chronicon Anglicanum s.a. 1204 (= Monum. German. Histor.: Scriptores XXVII, Hannover, 1885, p. 354 ), Renier of St Laurent, An... | {"Father": "Henry I, Count of Champagne", "Mother": "Marie of France", "Born": "1174", "Died": "Acre, Palestine"} |
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman (; 29 June 18864 September 1963) was a Luxembourg-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democrat (Popular Republican Movement) political thinker and activist. Twice Prime Minister of France, a reformist Minister of Finance and a Foreign Minister, he was instrumental in buil... | {"Honorific prefix": "Venerable", "Image caption": "Robert Schuman, circa 1949.", "President 2": "Vincent Auriol", "Predecessor 2": "Paul Ramadier", "Successor 2": "André Marie", "Birth name": "Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman", "Birth date": "1886 6 29 y", "Birth place": "Luxembourg City, Luxembourg", "Death date"... |
Miriam Rogers (née Spickler; born January 27, 1956) is an American actress. Her notable film roles are Gung Ho (1986), Someone to Watch Over Me (1987), Desperate Hours (1990), and Full Body Massage (1995). She garnered the greatest acclaim of her career for her role in the religious drama The Rapture (1991), with criti... | {"Name": "Mimi Rogers", "Caption": "Rogers at the premiere for Earth in April 2009", "Birth name": "Miriam Ann Spickler", "Birth date": "yes 1956 1 27", "Birth place": "Coral Gables, Florida, US", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1981-present", "Spouse(s)": "Jim Rogers 1976 1980 div Tom Cruise 1987 1990 div C... |
, commonly referred to as (, originally the now a bit antiquated but still correctly or officially Dyrehavsbakken (in English "The Deer Park Hill"), Bakken to distinguish Bakken from Dyrehaven, the royal Deer Park (with public access). The amusement park Bakken is located in the southern part of the Deer Park, around ... | {"Park Name": "Dyrehavsbakken", "Park Photo": "250px", "Park Photo Caption": "Entrance to Bakken", "Park Location (City)": "Klampenborg, Denmark", "Park Coordinates": "55.775813 N 12.574818 E type:landmark_region:DK it", "Park Webpage/URL": "Bakken.dk", "Park General Manager": "Niels-Erik Winther", "Park Opening Date":... |
Papa John's International, Inc., d/b/a Papa Johns, is an American pizza restaurant chain. It is the fourth largest pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States, with headquarters in the Louisville, Kentucky and Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan areas.
Papa John's global presence has reached over 5,500 locations in... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1984 10 02", "Headquarters": "Jeffersontown, Kentucky, U.S.Cumberland, Georgia, U.S.", "Industry": "Restaurant", "Revenue": "US$1.81 billion (FY December 29, 2020)https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000155837020001393/pzza-20191229x10kcbc0c2.htm Papa John's International, Inc.... |
J. D. Tippit (September 18, 1924 - November 22, 1963) was an American World War II U.S. Army veteran and police officer who served as an 11-year veteran with the Dallas Police Department. About 45 minutes after the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, Tippit was shot and killed in a residential neighb... | {"Caption": "Tippit, 1963", "Birth name": "J. D. TippitSome sources give \"J. D.\" as standing for \"Jefferson Davis\", but it does not; the initials alone are his given name.Myers 1998 n.p.https://www.jdtippit.com/1924_bio.htm Biography: 1924-1943 - A Boy Named J. D. J. D. Tippit: An Ordinary Life - Official Home Page... |
MathWorld is an online mathematics reference work, created and largely written by Eric W. Weisstein. It is sponsored by and licensed to Wolfram Research, Inc. and was partially funded by the National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library grant to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
History
... | {"Type of business": "Private", "Available in": "English", "Created by": "Eric W. WeissteinMaking MathWorld Eric Weisstein Mathematica Journal 10 3 2007 http://www.mathematica-journal.com/issue/v10i3/MathWorld.html 2010-08-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20120709060020/http://www.mathematica-journal.com/issue/v1... |
The Adventures of Pete & Pete is an American sitcom created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi for Nickelodeon. It focuses on two brothers, both named Pete Wrigley, and their humorous and surreal adventures in suburbia among their equally eccentric friends, enemies, and neighbors.
The Adventures of Pete & Pete began on... | {"Created by": "Will McRobb Chris Viscardi", "Starring": "Michael Maronna\n Danny Tamberelli\n Alison Fanelli\n Hardy Rawls\n Judy Grafe\n Toby Huss\n Michelle Trachtenberg", "Narrated by": "Michael Maronna", "Opening theme": "\"Hey Sandy\" by Polaris", "Country of origin": "United States", "Camera setup": "Single-cam... |
The July Monarchy (), officially the Kingdom of France (), was a liberal constitutional monarchy in France under , starting on 26 July 1830, with the July Revolution of 1830, and ending 23 February 1848, with the Revolution of 1848. It marks the end of the Bourbon Restoration (1814-1830). It began with the overthrow of... | {"Native name": "fr Royaume de France", "Conventional long name": "Kingdom of FranceEven if Louis-Philippe I was titled King of the French, the name of the country remained Kingdom of France, as it can be seen in the Bulletin des Lois between 1830 and 1848.", "ISO 3166 code": "omit", "Type of government": "Unitary parl... |
Donald Mitchell Healey CBE (3 July 1898 - 15 January 1988) was a noted English car designer, rally driver and speed record holder.
Early life
Born in Perranporth, Cornwall, elder son of Frederick (John Frederick) and Emma Healey (née Mitchell) who at that time ran a general store there, Donald Healey became interes... | {"Name": "Donald Healey", "Post-nominals": "CBE", "Birth date": "yes 1898 07 03", "Birth place": "Perranporth, Cornwall, England", "Death date": "yes 1988 01 15 1898 07 03", "Death place": "Duchy Hospital, Truro, Cornwall", "Education": "Newquay College, Cornwall", "Occupation": "Car designer, rally driver", "Organizat... |
Datakortet is the Norwegian licensee of the European Computer Driving Licence. Datakortet is located in Kirkenes and its products are distributed through 400 test centers in Norway. Over 200,000 Norwegians participate in the ECDL program.
Datakortet's wholly owned subsidiary, Norsk Test AS, issues national boating lic... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "Kirkenes, Norway (1996 12 17", "Headquarters": "Norway", "Industry": "IKT Certifications", "Products": "Datakortet", "Subsidiaries": "Norsk Test AS", "Website": "www.datakortet.no"} |
Hudson Institute is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Corporation.
Kahn was a physicist and military consultant known for envisioning nuclear war scenarios. The institute's research ... | {"Founded at": "Croton-on-Hudson, NY", "Type": "nonprofit", "Legal status": "501(c)(3)\"Hudson Institute Inc\". Exempt Organizations Select Check. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved October 30, 2017.", "Headquarters": "Ste 400\n 1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW\n Washington, DC 20004-2453\n United States", "Origins": "RAND Co... |
JetBlue Airways Corporation, stylized as jetBlue, is a United States low-cost airline headquartered in the Long Island City neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. It also maintains corporate offices in Utah and Florida."JetBlue's HQ contest down to NYC, Orlando." Crain's New York Business. Retrieved Febru... | {"Airline name": "JetBlue Airways Corporation", "IATA Designator": "B6", "ICAO Designator": "JBU", "Callsign": "JETBLUE", "Founded": "1998 08(as NewAir)", "Commenced operations": "2000 02 11", "Air Carrier Operator's Certificate # (AOC)": "YENA176J", "Focus Cities": "Boston\n Fort Lauderdale\n Los Angeles\n ... |
Atlanta Airport is a public airport located one mile (2 km) northwest of the central business district of Atlanta, a town in Elmore County, Idaho, United States. It is owned by the State of Idaho, Idaho Transportation Department, Division of Aeronautics.
Facilities and aircraft
Atlanta Airport covers an area of an... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Atlanta, Idaho", "AMSL": "1,676", "Coordinates": "43 48 49 N 115 08 06 W type:airport_region:US title,inline"} |
Christopher Murray Grieve (11 August 1892 - 9 September 1978), best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid (; ), was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish Renaissance and has had a lasting impact on Scottish culture and politics. He w... | {"Born": "11 August 1892", "Died": "1978 9 9 1892 8 11 y", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Occupation": "Poet", "Literary movement": "Scottish Renaissance"} |
thumb|Father Franssen, head of the French Vincentian Mission in Urumiah, Iran (c. 1934)
The Congregation of the Mission (), abbreviated CM and commonly called the Vincentians or Lazarists, is a Catholic society of apostolic life of pontifical right for men founded by Vincent de Paul. It is associated with the Vincenti... | {"Abbreviation": "CM", "Nickname": "Vincentians, Paules, Lazarites, Lazarists, Lazarians", "Founded at": "Paris, France", "Type": "Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right (for Men)", "Headquarters": "General MotherhouseVia dei Capasso 30, 00164 Rome, Italy\"Congregation of the Mission (C.M.)\", GCatholic"} |
Maria Isabella Boyd (May 9, 1844The date in the Boyd Family Bible is May 4, 1844 (), but Boyd insisted that it was 1844 and that the entry was in error. () See also . Despite Boyd's assertion, many sources give the year of birth as 1844 and the date as May 10 (, ) - June 11, 1900), best known as Belle Boyd (and dubbed ... | {"Name": "Belle Boyd", "Caption": "Boyd in c. 1870", "Birth name": "Maria Isabella Boyd", "Birth date": "1844 5 9", "Birth place": "Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), US", "Death date": "1900 6 11 1844 5 9", "Death place": "Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, US", "Other names": "Belle Boyd, Cleopatra of the Secession,... |
Granita was a restaurant at number 127 Upper Street in Islington. It was founded in the early 1990s by Vicky Leffman. Its decor was bright and light with a Scandinavian style of pale wood. Its cuisine was modern British, fusing classic dishes such as mussels with exotic ingredients such as lemongrass.
It was the setti... | {"Established": "1990s", "Closed": "2003", "Food type": "British fusion", "Street address": "127 Upper Street", "City": "Islington, London", "Coordinates": "51.5388 -0.1025 type:landmark_region:GB-ISL inline, title"} |
Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show which started in 1979 and is still running today, albeit with some sizeable gaps.
The original series ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 on BBC1, hosted first by Terry Wogan from 1979 until 1983, then by Les Dawson from 1984 until 1990.
A revival hosted by Paul O'Gr... | {"Genre": "Comedy panel game", "Presented by": "Terry Wogan\n Les Dawson\n Lily Savage\n David Walliams\n Bradley Walsh", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "30-60 minutes", "Original network": "BBC One (1979-99, 2020-present)\n ITV (2001-02, 2016)", "Original release": "present"} |
Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia; August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer. Born in Brooklyn, New York City to musician parents, Stevens was raised there until age 12, when she was sent to live with family friends in rural Missouri after she witnessed a murder in the city. In 1953, at age 15, ... | {"Name": "Connie Stevens", "Caption": "Stevens in the 1960s", "Birth name": "Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia", "Birth date": "1938 8 8", "Birth place": "Brooklyn, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress director screenwriter producer cinematographer editor singer", "Years active": "1957-present", "Spouse(s)": "James Stacy... |
Fyshwick () is a retail and light industrial suburb of Canberra, Australia, east of the South Canberra district. At the , Fyshwick had a population of 56.
It has many motor vehicle dealers, stores selling home furnishings and hardware, and stores that sell goods wholesale. Fyshwick also has the Canberra Outlet Centre... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Fyshwick", "State Abbreviation": "act", "City": "Canberra", "Caption": "Fyshwick viewed from Mount Pleasant 2013", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "South Canberra", "Postcode": "2609", "Coordinates": "-35.329 149.174 region:AU_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki dms inline,title", "Gazetted": "20 Se... |
Chris Argyris (July 16, 1923 - November 16, 2013) was an American business theorist and professor at Yale School of Management and Harvard Business School. Argyris, like Richard Beckhard, Edgar Schein and Warren Bennis, is known as a co-founder of organization development, and known for seminal work on learning organiz... | {"Name": "Chris Argyris", "Birth date": "1923 7 16", "Birth place": "Newark, New Jersey", "Death date": "2013 11 16 1923 7 16", "Occupation": "Academic (management)"} |
Eckerö is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. The municipality has a population of
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which
is water. The population density is
.
The municipality is unilingually Swedish and of the population are Swedish speakers. It is the westernmost municipality ... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Eckerö", "Water": "area_water_km2 Eckerö", "Rank": "population_rank Eckerö", "Density": "population_density_km2 Eckerö", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.eckero.ax"} |
April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969 and based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Led by singer-guitarist-songwriter Myles Goodwyn from its inception in 1969 until his retirement in 2023, April Wine first experienced success with their second album, On Record (1972), which reached the top 40 in Canada and yielded tw... | {"Origin": "Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada", "Genres": "Rock, hard rock, blues rock", "Labels": "Aquarius, MCA, Capitol, DIR Broadcasting, Cherry Red, London, Flood Ross, Civilian, Universal, BGO, Telemedia Communications, PIAS_Recordings", "Website": "aprilwine.ca", "Members": "Brian GreenwayRichard LanthierRoy NicholM... |
Enontekiö (; ; ; ; ) is a municipality in the Finnish part of Lapland with approx. inhabitants. It is situated in the outermost northwest of the country and occupies a large and very sparsely populated area of about between the Swedish and Norwegian border. Finland's highest point, the Halti fell with a height of a... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Enontekiö", "Water": "area_water_km2 Enontekiö", "Rank": "population_rank Enontekiö", "Density": "population_density_km2 Enontekiö", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.enontekio.fi"} |
The speaker of the Riksdag () is the presiding officer of the national unicameral legislature in Sweden.
The Riksdag underwent profound changes in 1867, when the medieval Riksdag of the Estates was abolished. The new form of the Riksdag included two elected chambers, each with its own speaker. Since the de facto intro... | {"Post": "Speaker of the Riksdag", "Native name": "Riksdagens talman", "Flag size": "120px", "Flag caption": "Flag of Sweden", "Insignia size": "100px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of Arms of theSwedish Parliament", "Department": "The Riksdag", "Incumbent": "Andreas Norlén", "Incumbent since": "24 September 2018", "Style... |
Bridgnorth is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The River Severn splits it into High Town and Low Town, the upper town on the right bank and the lower on the left bank of the River Severn. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,079.
History
thumb|The ruins of Bridgnorth Castle
Bridgnorth is named after... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121171&c=Bridgnorth&d=16&e=62&g=6460202&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1448289485484&enc=1 Bridgnorth (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census Neighbourhood Statistics Office for Natio... |
thumb|340px|West Street in 1960; Bridport's wide main street is a result of the town's history as a rope-making centre
Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the Asker. Its origins are Saxon and it has a long history as a r... | {"Unitary authority": "Dorset", "Ceremonial county": "Dorset", "Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "13,569", "OS grid reference": "SY464925", "Postcode district": "DT6", "Dialling code": "01308", "UK Parliament": "West Dorset", "Website": "https://www.bridport-tc.gov.uk"} |
Hexham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden nearby, and close to Hadrian's Wall. Hexham was the administrative centre for the Tynedale district from 1974 to 2009. In 2011, it had a p... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "Unitary authority": "Northumberland", "Ceremonial county": "Northumberland", "UK Parliament": "Hexham", "Postcode district": "NE", "Dialling code": "01434", "OS grid reference": "NY9363"} |
Horncastle is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England. It is east of Lincoln. Its population was 6,815 at the 2011 census and estimated at 7,123 in 2019.City Population. Retrieved 7 January 2021. A section of the ancient Roman walls remains.
History
Romans
Although fortifi... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "District": "East Lindsey", "Shire county": "Lincolnshire", "UK Parliament": "Louth and Horncastle", "Postcode district": "LN", "Dialling code": "01507", "OS grid reference": "TF2669"} |
Robert Creel Davis (November 6, 1949 - September 8, 1991), known professionally as Brad Davis, was an American actor and is a Golden Globe award winner. He is known for starring in the films Midnight Express (1978), Chariots of Fire (1981) and Querelle (1982).
Early life
He was born in Tallahassee, Florida, to Eugene ... | {"Name": "Brad Davis", "Caption": "Davis in A Rumor of War (1980)", "Birth name": "Robert Creel Davis", "Birth date": "1949 11 6", "Birth place": "Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.", "Death date": "1991 9 8 1949 11 6 y", "Death place": "Studio City, California, U.S.", "Education": "American Academy of Dramatic Arts", "Years a... |
Hornsea is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The settlement dates to at least the early medieval period. The town was expanded in the Victorian era with the coming of the Hull and Hornsea Railway in 1864. In the First World War the Mere was briefly the site of RNAS Hornsea Mere, ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)", "Unitary authority": "East Riding of Yorkshire", "Ceremonial county": "East Riding of Yorkshire", "UK Parliament": "Beverley and Holderness", "Postcode district": "HU", "Dialling code": "01964", "OS grid reference": "TA203476"} |
Kirkby Lonsdale () is a town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, on the River Lune. Historically in Westmorland, it lies south-east of Kendal on the A65. The parish recorded a population of 1,771 in the 2001 census, increasing to 1,843 at the 2011 Census.
Notable buildings i... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "Unitary authority": "Westmorland and Furness", "Ceremonial county": "Cumbria", "UK Parliament": "Westmorland and Lonsdale", "Postcode district": "LA", "Dialling code": "015242", "OS grid reference": "SD6178"} |
An Enemy of the People (original Norwegian title: En folkefiende), an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, followed his previous play, Ghosts, which criticized the hypocrisy of his society's moral code. That response included accusations of both Ghosts and its author being "scandalous," "degenerate," and "i... | {"Written by": "Henrik Ibsen", "Original title": "En folkefiende", "Original language": "Norwegian", "Date premiered": "1883"} |
Okehampton ( ) is a town and civil parish in West Devon in the English county of Devon. It is situated at the northern edge of Dartmoor, and had a population of 5,922 at the 2011 census.Devon County Council: Okehampton Area Definition. devon.gov.uk. Retrieved on 1 August 2017. Two electoral wards are based in the tow... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "OS grid reference": "SX5895", "Postcode district": "EX20", "Dialling code": "01837", "UK Parliament": "Central Devon", "District": "West Devon", "Shire county": "Devon", "Website": "www.okehampton.gov.uk Official Town Website"} |
St Austell (; ) is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin
At the 2021 census it had a population of 20,900.
History
St Austell was a village centred around the parish church, until the arrival of sig... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021)", "Unitary authority": "Cornwall Council", "Ceremonial county": "Cornwall", "UK Parliament": "St Austell and Newquay", "Postcode district": "PL25", "Dialling code": "01726", "OS grid reference": "SX011524", "Website": "www.staustell.co.uk"} |
Seaton () is a seaside town, fishing harbour and civil parish in East Devon on the south coast of England, between Axmouth (to the east) and Beer (to the west). It faces onto Lyme Bay and is on the Dorset and East Devon Coast Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A sea wall provides access to the mostly shingle beach str... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "District": "East Devon", "Shire county": "Devon", "UK Parliament": "Tiverton and Honiton", "Postcode district": "EX", "Dialling code": "01297", "OS grid reference": "SY239900"} |
Ventnor () is a seaside resort town and civil parish established in the Victorian era on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England, from Newport. It is situated south of St Boniface Down, and built on steep slopes leading down to the sea. The higher part is referred to as Upper Ventnor (officially Lowtherville... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)", "Unitary authority": "Isle of Wight", "Ceremonial county": "Isle of Wight", "UK Parliament": "Isle of Wight", "Postcode district": "PO", "Dialling code": "01983", "OS grid reference": "SZ562775"} |
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Votians, also referred to as Votes, Vots and Vods (, vađđalaizõd; ; ; ) are a Finnic ethnic group native to historical Ingria, the part of modern-day northwestern Russia that is roughly southwest of Saint Petersburg and east of the Estonian border-town of Narva. The Finnic Votic language spoken b... | {"Name": "Votiansvađđalaizõd", "Flag caption": "Flag of Votians", "Population": "99+", "Languages": "Votic, Russian, Ingrian, Estonian", "Religions": "Eastern OrthodoxLutheranPoluverniki", "Related ethnic groups": "Other Baltic FinnsEspecially Estonians, Livonians, Setos, and Võros"} |
Lake Onega (; also known as Onego; , ; ; Livvi: Oniegujärvi; ) is a lake in northwestern Russia, on the territory of the Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast and Vologda Oblast. It belongs to the basin of the Baltic Sea, and is the second-largest lake in Europe after Lake Ladoga, slightly smaller than Lebanon. The lak... | {"Coordinates": "61 41 26 N 35 39 20 E region:RU_type:waterbody_scale:2500000 inline,title", "Primary inflows": "58 rivers (Shuya, Suna, Vodla, Vytegra, Andoma)", "Primary outflows": "Svir", "Basin": "Russia", "Max. length": "245 km on", "Max. width": "91.6 km on", "Average depth": "30 m ft on", "Max. depth": "127 m ft... |
The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem () and also known as St John International, is a British royal order of chivalry constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria and dedicated to St John the Baptist.
The order traces its origins back to the Knight... | {"Type": "Order of chivalry", "Motto": "la Pro Fide Pro Utilitate Hominum Elizabeth II 2004 10, s. 3", "Eligibility": "Service to the order", "Status": "Extant", "Next (higher)": "Dependent on State", "Next (lower)": "Dependent on State"} |
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; ) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia.
The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments, and six branches (including five foreign ones in the Commonwealth of Independent States countries). Alumni of the university includ... | {"Motto": "ru", "Type": "Public research university", "Rector": "Viktor Sadovnichiy", "Students": "47,000", "Undergraduates": "40,000", "Postgraduates": "7,000(estimate)", "Campus": "Urban", "Language": "Russian", "Website": "https://www.msu.ru/en/"} |
The Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology is a research institute located in Moscow, Russia that specializes in neuroscience, and is a part of the Russian Academy of Sciences.http://www.ihna.ru/files/academia.pdf
Leading scientists of the institute
1950-1952 - , Corresponding Member of the Academy ... | {"Other name": "Институт высшей нервной деятельности и нейрофизиологии РАН", "Established": "1950", "Founder(s)": "Esras Asratyan", "Address": "5A Butlerova St., Moscow 117485", "Location": ", Moscow", "Website": "http://www.ihna.ru/"} |
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk) consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such as libraries, publishing units, and hospitals.
Peter the Great established the a... | {"Established": "1724 2 8 yesSaint Petersburg, Russia", "President": "Gennady Krasnikov https://en.newizv.ru/news/society/20-09-2022/gennady-krasnikov-elected-new-president-of-the-russian-academy-of-sciences Gennady Krasnikov elected new President of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2022-09-20 Novye Izvestia (since... |
Yarmouth is a town, port and civil parishEnglish Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004 in the west of the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. The town is named for its location at the mouth of the small Western Yar river. The town grew near the river crossing, originally a ferry, which was replaced with a ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)1170212058 Yarmouth Parish 23 February 2018", "Unitary authority": "Isle of Wight", "Ceremonial county": "Isle of Wight", "UK Parliament": "Isle of Wight", "Postcode district": "PO", "Dialling code": "01983", "OS grid reference": "SZ356896"} |
Bolesław IV the Curly (; 1122 - 5 January 1173), a member of the Piast dynasty, was Duke of Masovia from 1138 and High Duke of Poland from 1146 until his death in 1173.
Early life
Bolesław was the third son of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland by his second wife Salomea of Berg. The death of his older brothers, Le... | {"Father": "Bolesław III Wrymouth", "Mother": "Salomea of Berg", "Born": "c. 1122", "Died": "5 January 1173 (aged 51)", "Religion": "Roman Catholic"} |
The gudok (, ), gudochek (, ) is an ancient Eastern Slavic string musical instrument, played with a bow.
thumb|left| A 12th century gudok or rebec, found in Novgorod.
A gudok usually had three strings, two of them tuned in unison and played as a drone, the third tuned a fifth higher. All three strings were in the sam... | {"Image": "Russ instr gudok.gif", "Caption": "Impression of the ancient Russian Gudok", "Name": "Gudok", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "Bowl lyre sounded by a bow", "Background": "string", "Related": "Byzantine lyra\n Classical Kemenche, (Turkish: Armudî kemençe, Greek: Πολίτικη Λύρα)\n Cello \n Lira (Calabrian) (Ita... |
John Mercer Johnson (October 1818 - November 8, 1868) was a Canadian lawyer and politician from the Province of New Brunswick, and a Father of Confederation. He represented Northumberland in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1850 to 1865, and again from 1866 to 1867, each time elected as a candidate aligne... | {"Image": "John Mercer Johnson.jpeg", "Term start": "1867", "Term end": "1868", "Birth date": "1818 10 01", "Birth place": "Liverpool, England", "Death date": "1868 11 08 1818 10 01", "Death place": "Chatham, New Brunswick"} |
Kasaragod () is a municipal town and administrative headquarters of Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1966, Kasaragod was the first municipal town in the district. It is the northernmost district of Kerala and is also known as Saptha Bhasha Sangama Bhoomi ('The Land of seven Languages').
... | {"Type": "District", "Body": "Kasaragod Municipality", "Density": "auto", "Metro density": "192,856", "Website": "http://kasargod.nic.in/index_main.htm kasargod.nic.in"} |
The Dream Center is a Pentecostal network of community centers in Los Angeles, California, established in 1994. The president of Dream Center is Matthew Barnett.
History
300px|thumb|right|Dream Center Headquarters in Los Angeles.
The organization was founded in 1994 by Matthew Barnett and Tommy Barnett of Dream City C... | {"Name": "Dream Center", "Founder": "Matthew Barnett Tommy Barnett", "Key people": "Matthew Barnett Tommy Barnett", "Purpose": "Healthcare, Development"} |
Alloa (Received Pronunciation ; Scottish pronunciation /ˈaloʊa/; , possibly meaning "rock plain") is a town in Clackmannanshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is on the north bank of the Forth at the spot where some say it ceases to be the River Forth and becomes the Firth of Forth. Alloa is south of the Ochil... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NS900920", "Postcode district": "FK10", "Dialling code": "01259", "UK Parliament": "Ochil and South Perthshire", "Council area": "Clackmannanshire", "Lieutenancy area": "Clackmannanshire", "Scottish Parliament": "Clackmannanshire an... |
Sir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy (14 September 1928 - 26 December 2004) was a British businessman. He is best known as the husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Ogilvy is also remembered for his role in a business scandal, known as the Lonrho affair, involving the breaking of sanctio... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable Sir", "Caption": "Ogilvy in Queensland in 1978", "Name": "Angus Ogilvy", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% KCVO", "Birth date": "1928 09 14 y", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "2004 12 26 1928 09 14 y", "Death place": "London, England", "Burial place": "Royal Burial G... |
Auchterarder (; , meaning Upper Highland) is a small town located north of the Ochil Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and home to the Gleneagles Hotel. The High Street of Auchterarder gave the town its popular name of "The Lang Toun" or Long Town.
The modern town is a shopping destination with a variety of indep... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NN945125", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Perth and Kinross", "Lieutenancy area": "Perth and Kinross", "Postcode district": "PH", "Dialling code": "01764", "UK Parliament": "Ochil and South Perthshire", "Scottish Parliament": "Perthshire South an... |
thumb|Maariv House at the Maariv intersection in Tel Aviv
260px|thumb|right|First edition of Maariv, 1948
Maariv () is a Hebrew-language daily newspaper published in Israel.
From Sunday to Thursday, it is printed under the Ma'ariv Hashavu'a () brand, while the weekend edition that is out on Friday is called Ma'ariv So... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Tabloid", "Political alignment": "Centristhttp://intelnews.org/2014/03/05/01-1430/ Israeli reports accuse US of denying entry visas to Israeli spies Fitsanakis Joseph 5 March 2014 Intelnews.org 6 March 2014", "Circulation": "About 90,000", "Language": "Hebrew", "Owner(s)": "Eli Az... |
Armadale () is a village near the southern end of the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of Skye, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Like most of Sleat, but unlike most of Skye, the area is fairly fertile, and though there are hills, most do not reach a great height. It looks out over the Sound of Sleat, to Morar and M... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Council area": "Highland", "Lieutenancy area": "Ross and Cromarty", "OS grid reference": "NG633036", "UK Parliament": "Ross, Skye and Lochaber", "Scottish Parliament": "Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch", "Postcode district": "IV45", "Dialling code": "01471"} |
Halton Hills is a town in the Regional Municipality of Halton, located in the northwestern end of the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada with a population of 61,161 (2016).
There are many natural features within these bounds; they include the Niagara Escarpment, and the Bruce Trail. Many of these local features are... | {"Land": "276.26", "Rank": "197", "Density": "221.4", "Urban density": "auto", "Rural density": "auto", "DST": "-04:00", "Website": "http://www.haltonhills.ca/"} |
Eric Alterman (born January 14, 1960) is an American historian, journalist, author, media critic, blogger, and educator. He is a CUNY Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism at Brooklyn College and the author of eleven books. From 1995 to 2020, Alterman was "The Liberal Media" columnist for The Nation. He is ... | {"Name": "Eric Alterman", "Caption": "Alterman in 2012", "Birth date": "1960 1 14", "Education": "Cornell University (BA) Yale University (MA) Stanford University (PhD)", "Occupation": "Journalist\n author\n professor", "Children": "1"} |
Edith Mary Tolkien ( Bratt; 21 January 1889 - 29 November 1971) was an Englishwoman known as the wife of the novelist J. R. R. Tolkien. She was the inspiration for his fictional Middle-earth characters Lúthien Tinúviel and Arwen Undómiel.
Biography
Early life
Edith Bratt was born in Gloucester on 21 January 1889.... | {"Name": "Edith Tolkien", "Caption": "Edith Bratt in 1906", "Birth name": "Edith Mary Bratt", "Birth date": "1889 1 21 yes", "Birth place": "Gloucester, England", "Death date": "1971 11 29 1889 1 21 yes", "Death place": "Bournemouth, England", "Spouse(s)": "J. R. R. Tolkien 22 March 1916", "Children": "John Francis Mic... |
Adobe ColdFusion is a commercial rapid web-application development computing platform created by J. J. Allaire in 1995.
(The programming language used with that platform is also commonly called ColdFusion, though is more accurately known as CFML.) ColdFusion was originally designed to make it easier to connect simple ... | {"Developer(s)": "Adobe Systems Incorporated", "Original author(s)": "J. J. Allaire", "Initial release": "1995", "Available in": "English", "Type": "Application server", "Written in": "Java", "License": "Proprietary"} |
was a Japanese politician, member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1986 to 1987. He was a close confidant of Nakasone, who appointed him Foreign Minister after his 1986 re-election. Kuranari had concentrated on agricultural issues and was director of the Economic Planning Agency... | {"Name": "Tadashi Kuranari", "Prime minister 2": "Kakuei Tanaka", "Predecessor 2": "Tsuneo Uchida", "Successor 2": "Takeo Fukuda", "Term start": "22 July 1986", "Term end": "6 November 1987", "Birth date": "1918 8 31 y", "Birth place": "Nagasaki, Japan", "Death date": "1996 7 3 1918 8 31 y", "Alma mater": "Tokyo Imperi... |
Pyramid is the collective name of a series of American television game shows that has aired several versions domestically and internationally. The original series, The $10,000 Pyramid, debuted on March 26, 1973, and spawned seven subsequent Pyramid series. Most later series featured a full title format matching the ori... | {"Genre": "Game show", "Created by": "Bob Stewart", "Written by": "Michael X. FerraroShawn Kennedyhttps://findawriter.wgaeast.org/member/e78d1473-ee96-43e9-aa2b-a8dd8e2e50cb August 2022Anna Lottohttps://findawriter.wgaeast.org/member/36da04eb-7b07-4ebc-b796-ffec5f3e0f81 August 2022Karen Luriehttps://findawriter.wgaeast... |
Erin is a town in Wellington County, approximately northwest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Erin is bordered by the Town of Caledon, Ontario to the east, the Town of Halton Hills to the south, the Township of Guelph/Eramosa to the west and the Township of East Garafraxa to the north.
The amalgamated town is composed of... | {"Density": "38.4", "Urban density": "656.1", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.erin.ca"} |
Elizabeth Van Lew (October 12, 1818 – September 25, 1900) was an American abolitionist and philanthropist who built and operated an extensive spy ring for the Union Army during the American Civil War. Many false claims continue to be made about her life. The single most reliable source is a 2002 biography by University... | {"Name": "Elizabeth Van Lew", "Birth date": "1818 10 12", "Birth place": "Richmond, Virginia", "Death date": "1900 09 25 1818 10 25", "Death place": "Richmond, Virginia", "Resting place": "Shockoe Hill Cemetery", "Resting place coordinates": "37.551816, -77.432016", "Nationality": "American", "Known For": "Espionage du... |
Sir-Tech Software, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher based in the United States and Canada.
History
In fall 1979, Sirotech Software was founded by Norman Sirotek, Robert Sirotek and Robert Woodhead. Sirotech Software published Info Tree, a database management program, Galactic Attack and a beta version of ... | {"Formerly": "Sirotech Software", "Industry": "Video games", "Founded": "1979", "Defunct": "2003", "Products": "Wizardry seriesJagged Alliance series"} |
The dime, in United States usage, is a ten-cent coin, one tenth of a United States dollar, labeled formally as "one dime". The denomination was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792.
The dime is the smallest in diameter and is the thinnest of all U.S. coins currently minted for circulation, being in diameter an... | {"Value": "U.S. dollar", "Mass": "2.268", "Diameter": "17.91", "Thickness": "1.35", "Edge": "118 reeds", "Composition": "Current—91.67% copper, 8.33% nickelPrior to 1965—90% silver, 10% copper", "Years of minting": "1796-1798, 1800-1805, 1807, 1809, 1811, 1814, 1820-1825, 1827-1931, 1934-present", "Design": "Olive bran... |
Settle is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town had a population of 2,421 in the 2001 census, increasing to 2,564 at the 2011 census.
History
Settle is thought to have 7th-century Anglian origins, its name being the Ang... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)", "OS grid reference": "SD816640", "Postcode district": "BD24", "Dialling code": "01729", "UK Parliament": "Skipton & Ripon", "District": "Craven", "Shire county": "North Yorkshire", "Website": "http://www.visitsettle.co.uk/"} |
The half dollar, sometimes referred to as the half for short or 50-cent piece, is a United States coin worth 50 cents, or one half of a dollar. In both size and weight, it is the largest United States circulating coin currently produced,U.S. MINT Catalog being in diameter and in thickness, and is twice the weight of ... | {"Value": "U.S. dollar", "Mass": "11.340", "Diameter": "30.61", "Thickness": "2.15", "Edge": "150 reeds", "Composition": "1964: 90% Ag 10% Cu;1965-1970: 60% Cu 40% Ag1971-present: 91.67% Cu 8.33% Ni", "Years of minting": "1794-1797, 1801-1803, 1805-1815, 1817-1921, 1923, 1927-1929, 1933-present", "Design": "Presidentia... |
The Stabilisation Force (SFOR) was a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Bosnian War. Although SFOR was led by NATO, several non-NATO countries contributed troops. It was replaced by EUFOR Althea in December 2004.
Mission
The stated mission of SFOR was to "deter hosti... | {"Type": "Command", "Part of": "NATO", "Role": "Peacekeeping", "Nickname(s)": "\"SFOR\""} |
Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band formed in 1972, originally from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and later based on Long Island, New York. Their best-known songs include "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", both of which were associated with music videos noted for their sense of slapstick humor.
Twisted... | {"Origin": "Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, U.S.", "Genres": "Heavy metal\n glam metal\n hard rock", "Labels": "Secret\n Atlantic\n Spitfire\n Razor & Tie", "Website": "twistedsister.com"} |
The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal favorite of the Oz books and tells of Cap'n Bill and Trot journeying to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow, overthrowing the cruel King Krewl of Jinxland. Cap'n Bill and Trot (May... | {"Cover artist": "John R. Neill", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Oz books", "Publisher": "Reilly & Britton", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Preceded by": "Tik-Tok of OzSky Island", "Followed by": "Rinkitink in Oz"} |
"It's a Good Life" is a short story by American writer Jerome Bixby, written in 1953. In 1970, the Science Fiction Writers of America selected it for The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, as one of the 20 best short stories in science fiction published prior to the Nebula Award. The story was first published i... | {"Country": "United States", "Genre(s)": "Horror, science fiction", "Published in": "Star Science Fiction Stories No.2", "Publication type": "Anthology", "Publisher": "Ballantine Books", "Media type": "Print (Paperback)", "Publication date": "1953"} |
Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 - March 20, 1988) was a Canadian-American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion. He is best ... | {"Born": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Died": "Cuernavaca, Mexico", "Genres": "Jazz cool jazz modal jazz free jazz fusion", "Labels": "Prestige World Pacific Impulse! RCA, Verve Columbia King EmArcy", "Website": "www.gilevans.com"} |
Scott Cardelle Bone (February 15, 1860January 26, 1936) was the fourth Territorial Governor of Alaska, serving from 1921 to 1925. A Republican, he was appointed by President Warren G. Harding. He is perhaps best known for making the decision to use dog sleds to transport diphtheria antitoxin 674 miles rather than use a... | {"Name": "Scott Cordelle Bone", "Term start": "June 15, 1921", "Term end": "June 16, 1925", "Birth date": "1860 2 15", "Birth place": "Shelby County, Indiana", "Death date": "1936 1 26 1860 2 15", "Death place": "Santa Barbara, California", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Worth"} |
thumb|Bank of Montreal headquarters in Old Montreal's Place d'Armes
thumb|Headquarters of Air Canada
The economy of Quebec is diversified and post-industrial with an average potential for growth. It is highly integrated with the economies of the rest of Canada and the United States. Manufacturing and service sectors d... | {"Country": "QuebecISQ. \"Comparaisons économiques internationales https://web.archive.org/web/20090831074612/http://stat.gouv.qc.ca/donstat/econm_finnc/conjn_econm/compr_inter/index.htm 2009-08-31 \" - \"Profils économiques par pays et territoire https://web.archive.org/web/20090824060239/http://stat.gouv.qc.ca/donst... |
The Genius and the Goddess (1955) is a novel by Aldous Huxley. It is the fictional account of John Rivers, a student physicist in the 1920s who was hired out of college as a laboratory assistant to Henry Maartens.
Plot summary
The story begins in 1951. John Rivers is speaking to a friend about his encounter with the M... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Chatto and Windus", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "Pages": "128 pp"} |
thumb|248px|Bradgate Park and surrounding villages
thumb|248px|Reginald Grey Pedigree of Grey of Groby displayed within Bradgate Hall ruins.
Bradgate Park () is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers . The park lies between the villages of Newtown Linford, Anste... | {"OS grid": "SK529107", "Coordinates": "52.6917 N 1.2214 W region:GB_dim:3km dec inline,title", "Type": "Medieval Deer Park", "Location": "Leicestershire, UK", "Area": "850 acre ha on", "Elevation": "75-80m to 212mplus trig. point, war memorial and/or Old John folly (or resultant cairns). (c.250 - 700ft)", "Visitors": ... |
Leszek II the Black (c. 1241 - 30 September 1288), was a Polish prince of the House of Piast, Duke of Sieradz since 1261, Duke of Łęczyca since 1267, Duke of Inowrocław in the years 1273-1278, Duke of Sandomierz and High Duke of Poland from 1279 until his death.
Early years
Leszek was the eldest son of Duke Casimir... | {"Father": "Casimir I of Kuyavia", "Mother": "Constance of Wrocław", "Born": "Brześć Kujawski", "Died": "Kraków", "Burial": "Dominican Church of the Holy Trinity, Kraków", "Religion": "Roman Catholic"} |
Berna Eli "Barney" Oldfield (January 29, 1878 – October 4, 1946) was an American pioneer automobile racer; his "name was synonymous with speed in the first two decades of the 20th century".
After success in bicycle racing, he began auto racing in 1902 and continued until his retirement in 1918. He was the first man to... | {"Nationality": "American", "Born": "near Wauseon, Ohio, US", "Died": "Holy Cross CemeteryCulver City, California, US", "Retired": "1918", "Years active": "1905, 1909-1918", "Starts": "49", "Wins": "8", "Poles": "7"} |
Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray (12 June 1760 - 25 August 1797) was a French novelist, playwright and journalist.
Life
Early life and literary works
Born in Paris as the son of a stationer, Louvet became a bookseller's clerk, and first attracted attention with the first part of his novel Les Amours du chevalier de Fa... | {"Born": "12 June 1760", "Died": "25 August 1797 12 June 1760", "Occupation": "Novelist, playwright, journalist", "Nationality": "French"} |
The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket. As the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first ever Test match in 1877, the team also plays One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, participating in both the first ODI, a... | {"Association": "Cricket Australia", "Test captain": "Pat Cummins", "One Day captain": "Pat Cummins", "T20I captain": "Mitchell Marsh", "Coach": "Andrew McDonald", "Test": "1877", "ICC status": "1909", "ICC region": "East Asia-Pacific", "First Test": "v. ENG at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 15-19 March 1877"... |
Conscious Party is Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers' third album. It was released in 1988. This album became popular with the hits "Tumblin' Down" and "Tomorrow People". It won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1989.
In 2009, "Tomorrow People" was voted the "85th Greatest One-Hit Wonder of the 80s" by VH1.
... | {"Released": "April 5, 1988", "Studio": "Sigma Sound Studios, New York", "Genre": "Reggae", "Label": "Virgin", "Producer": "Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth"} |
Mother's Milk is the fourth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on August 16, 1989 by EMI Records. After the death of founding guitarist Hillel Slovak and the subsequent departure of drummer Jack Irons, vocalist Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea regrouped with the addition of guitarist John... | {"Released": "1989 08 16", "Recorded": "November 1988 - March 1989", "Studio": "Ocean Way and Image (Hollywood)", "Genre": "Funk metal\n alternative metal\n funk rock", "Label": "EMI USA", "Producer": "Michael Beinhorn"} |
The 50 State quarters (authorized by ) was a series of circulating commemorative quarters released by the United States Mint. Minted from 1999 through 2008, they featured unique designs for each of the 50 US states on the reverse.
The 50 State Quarters Program was started to support a new generation of coin collectors... | {"Value": "0.25 US Dollar", "Mass": "6.25 (Ag); 5.67 (Cu-Ni)", "Diameter": "24.26", "Thickness": "1.75", "Edge": "119 reeds", "Composition": "91.67% Cu 8.33% Ni (standard)90% Ag 10% Cu (proof only)", "Years of minting": "1999-2008", "Design": "various; five designs per year (latest shown)", "Designer": "various", "Desi... |
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