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Congress Poland, ; , Congress Kingdom of Poland, or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It was established when the French ceded a part of Polish territory to the Ru... | {"Native name": "pl Królestwo Polskieru Царство Польское off", "Conventional long name": "Kingdom of Poland", "ISO 3166 code": "omit", "Date established": "9 June 1815", "Starting event": "Congress of Vienna", "Event 1": "Constitution adopted", "Event 1 date": "27 November 1815", "Event 2": "NovemberUprising", "Event 2... |
Neagoe Basarab (; c.1459 - 15 September 1521) was the Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between 1512 and 1521. Born into the boyar family of the Craiovești (his reign marks the climax of the family's political influence) as the son of Pârvu Craiovescu or Basarab Țepeluș cel Tânăr, Neagoe Basarab, who replaced Vlad cel Tână... | {"Born": "c. 1459", "Died": "15 September 1521 (aged с. 62)", "Burial": "Curtea de Argeș Cathedral", "Father": "Pârvu Craiovescu or Basarab Țepeluș cel Tânăr", "Mother": "Doamna Neaga", "Religion": "Eastern Orthodox Church"} |
Dunchurch is a large village and civil parish on the south-western outskirts of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, approximately southwest of central Rugby. The civil parish, which also includes the nearby hamlet of Toft, had a population of 4,123 at the 2021 Census, a significant increase from 2,938 at the 2011 Census.
... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 census)", "OS grid reference": "SP485712", "Postcode district": "CV22", "Dialling code": "01788", "UK Parliament": "Kenilworth and Southam", "District": "Rugby", "Shire county": "Warwickshire"} |
BBC Monitoring (BBCM) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation which monitors, and reports on, mass media worldwide using open-source intelligence. Based at New Broadcasting House, the BBC's headquarters in central London, it has overseas bureaux in Cairo, Delhi, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Kyiv, Miami, Nairobi, ... | {"Headquarters": "London", "Services": "Open-source intelligence", "Abbreviation": "BBCM", "Website": "monitoring.bbc.co.uk"} |
Peter George Sissons (17 July 1942 - 1 October 2019) was an English journalist and broadcaster. He was a newscaster for ITN, providing bulletins on ITV and Channel 4, before becoming the presenter of the BBC's Question Time between 1989 and 1993, and a presenter of the BBC Nine O'Clock News and Ten O'Clock News between... | {"Birth name": "Peter George Sissons", "Birth date": "1942 07 17 yes", "Birth place": "Liverpool, England", "Death date": "2019 10 01 1942 07 17 yes", "Death place": "Maidstone, England", "Education": "Liverpool Institute for Boys", "Alma mater": "University College, Oxford", "Years active": "1964-2009", "Known For": "... |
Jean-Louis Roux (May 18, 1923 - November 28, 2013) was a Canadian politician, entertainer and playwright who was briefly the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
Biography
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he originally studied medicine at the Université de Montréal, but gave it up to pursue acting. After travelling and perf... | {"Name": "Jean-Louis Roux", "Term start": "August 8, 1996", "Term end": "January 30, 1997", "Office 2": "Senator for Mille Isles, Quebec", "Predecessor 2": "Solange Chaput-Rolland", "Successor 2": "Léonce Mercier", "Birth date": "1923 05 18", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec", "Death date": "2013 11 28 1923 05 18", "De... |
Blackheath is a town in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, in the county of West Midlands, England.
History
Before 1841, Bleak Heath or Blake Heath was a small group of farm houses and inns on the turnpike road from Oldbury to Halesowen, within Rowley Regis. The changes brought about by the industrial revolution led t... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)population Blackheath electoral ward.http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689766&c=Blackheath&d=14&e=62&g=6365979&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1450350013266&enc=1 Sandwell Ward population 2011 17 December 2015", "OS gri... |
"God Save the Queen" is a song by the English punk rock band the Sex Pistols. It was released as the band's second single and was later included on their only studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The song was released during Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee in 1977.
The record's lyrics, as... | {"B-side": "\"No Feeling\" (A&M release)/\"Did You No Wrong\" (Virgin release)", "Released": "1977 5 27 yes", "Recorded": "October 1976 March 1977", "Studio": "Wessex, London", "Genre": "Punk rock http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-03-15/the-10-best-punk-rock-singles-by-the-undertones-michael-bradley The 10 best punk r... |
The Black Country Living Museum (formerly the Black Country Museum) is an open-air museum of rebuilt historic buildings in Dudley, West Midlands, England. It is located in the centre of the Black Country, 10 miles west of Birmingham. The museum occupies of former industrial land partly reclaimed from a former railway ... | {"Coordinates": "52 31 18 N 2 04 36 W region:GB-DUD_type:landmark dms inline,title", "Location": "Dudley, West Midlands", "Established": "1975", "Type": "Open-air living museum", "Director": "Andrew Lovett", "Website": "http://www.bclm.com/"} |
Przemysł I (4 June 1221The rank of Przemysł I's birth date is based in the Chronicle of Greater Poland, Warsaw 1965, p. 257, which specifies that he died aged 36. See Kazimierz Jasiński, Genealogia Piastów wielkopolskich. Potomstwo Władysława Odonica, [in:] Nasi Piastowie, "Kronika Miasta Poznania" 1995, No 2, p. 40. -... | {"Image size": "270px", "Image caption": "Przemysł I's seal, dated from 1252", "Father": "Władysław Odonic", "Mother": "Jadwiga", "Birth date": "4 June 1221", "Birth place": "Trzebnica, Silesia", "Death date": "4 June 1257 (aged 36)", "Death place": "Poznań, Greater Poland", "Buried": "Poznań Cathedral"} |
Dover is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,923 at the time of the 2020 United States Census. With a median income of more than $250,000, Dover is the wealthiest town in Massachusetts.
Located about southwest of downtown Boston, Dover is a residential town nestled on the sout... | {"Type": "Open town meeting", "Land": "15.3", "Water": "0.1", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.doverma.gov"} |
Clarice Cliff (20 January 1899 - 23 October 1972) was an English ceramic artist and designer. Active from 1922 to 1963, Cliff became the head of the factory creative department.
Early life
right|thumb|Clarice's 'Ravel' pattern on conical shape coffee pot, sugar, and cream - 1930.
Cliff's ancestors moved from the Ec... | {"Name": "Clarice Cliff", "Caption": "Clarice Ciff", "Birth date": "y 1899 01 20", "Birth place": "Tunstall, England", "Death date": "y 1972 10 23 1899 01 20", "Death place": "Clayton, Staffordshire, England", "Known For": "Ceramic designs and other artworks", "Occupation": "Designer", "Spouse(s)": "Arthur C A Shorter"... |
Westlife are an Irish pop group formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1998. The group consists of members Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, and Nicky Byrne. Brian McFadden was a member before leaving in 2004. The group disbanded in 2012 after 14 years and later reunited in 2018.
In Ireland, the group has 11 number-one alb... | {"Origin": "Dublin, Ireland", "Genres": "Pop", "Labels": "Warner East West (current) Universal Virgin EMI RCA Syco Sony Sony BMG S Arista BMG (former)", "Website": "westlife.com", "Members": "Nicky Byrne\n Kian Egan\n Mark Feehily\n Shane Filan"} |
Beaminster ( ) is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset Council administrative area approximately northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is sited in a bowl-shaped valley near the source of the small River Brit. The 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of Beaminster parish is 3,100... | {"Population": "(2013 estimate)", "OS grid reference": "ST4701", "Postcode district": "DT8", "Dialling code": "01308", "Unitary authority": "Dorset", "Ceremonial county": "Dorset", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "West Dorset", "Website": "Beaminster Town Council"} |
Piedmont Park is an urban park in Atlanta, Georgia, located about northeast of Downtown, between the Midtown and Virginia Highland neighborhoods. Originally the land was owned by Dr. Benjamin Walker, who used it as his out-of-town gentleman's farm and residence. He sold the land in 1887 to the Gentlemen's Driving Club... | {"Type": "Municipal", "Location": "Atlanta, Georgia", "Coordinates": "33 47 10 N 84 22 24 W dms inline,title", "Area": "189 acres", "Open": "All year"} |
Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and five Tony Awards.
Linney made her Broadway debut in 1990 before receiving Tony Award nominat... | {"Name": "Laura Linney", "Caption": "Linney in 2017", "Birth name": "Laura Leggett Linney", "Birth date": "1964 2 5", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Brown University (BA) Juilliard School (GrDip)", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1990-present", "Spouse(s)": "David Adkins 1995 2000 divor... |
Bedlington is a town and former civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 18,470 measured at the 2011 Census.
Bedlington is an ancient market town, with a rich history of industry and innovative residents. Located roughly 10 miles northeast of Newcastle and Newcastle Airport, Bedlington is roughly... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "18,470", "Unitary authority": "Northumberland", "Ceremonial county": "Northumberland", "UK Parliament": "Wansbeck", "Postcode district": "NE", "Dialling code": "01670", "OS grid reference": "NZ258819"} |
The New Haven Colony was a small English colony in Connecticut from 1638 to 1664, with outposts in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.Charles M. Andrews, The Colonial Period of American History: The Settlements II (1936) pp 144-94
The history of the colony was a series of disappointments and failures. T... | {"Conventional long name": "New Haven Colony", "Type of government": "Self-governing colony", "Starting event": "Established", "Event ending the country": "Merged with Connecticut Colony", "Capital": "New Haven", "Common languages": "English", "Religions": "Puritanism", "Currency": "Pound sterling", "Representative 1":... |
Caversham is a suburb of Reading, England, located directly north of the town centre across the River Thames. Caversham rises from the River Thames, lying on flood plain and the lowest reaches of the Chiltern Hills. Two road bridges, including Caversham Bridge, and two footbridges join Caversham to the rest of Reading.... | {"OS grid reference": "SU7174", "Population": "(2011 census)n n Excludes Reading 001A, B and D which are Emmer GreenKey Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005", "Unitary authority": "Reading", "Ceremonial county": "Berkshire", "Sovereign state": "England"... |
Ronald Gordon Honeycombe (27 September 1936 - 9 October 2015), known professionally as Gordon Honeycombe, was a British newscaster, author, playwright and stage actor.
Honeycombe was born in Karachi, in the British Raj. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and read English at University College, Oxford. He comple... | {"Name": "Gordon Honeycombe", "Birth name": "Ronald Gordon Honeycombe", "Birth date": "1936 9 27 y", "Birth place": "Karachi, British Raj", "Death date": "2015 10 9 1936 9 27 y", "Death place": "Australia", "Education": "Edinburgh AcademyUniversity College, Oxford,", "Occupation": "Broadcaster, author, playwright, acto... |
Freeman Woodcock Thorpe (or Thorp; June 16, 1844 - October 20, 1922), born in Geneva, Ohio, was an American painter who painted portraits of many notable people such as Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, Ulysses Grant, Simon Cameron, Salmon Chase, Robert Smith, Horace Greeley, Walter F... | {"Name": "Freeman Thorpe", "Term start": "January 7, 1878", "Term end": "January 4, 1886", "State house 2": "Ohio", "Birth name": "Freeman Woodcock Thorpe", "Birth date": "1844 6 16", "Birth place": "Geneva, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "1922 10 20 1844 6 16", "Death place": "Crow Wing County, Minnesota, U.S.", "National... |
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is the central bank for the Eastern Caribbean dollar and is the monetary authority for the members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), with the exception of the British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe and Martinique. It was established in 1983, succeeding the Bri... | {"Headquarters": "Basseterre, St. Kitts", "Established": "October 1983", "Ownership": "100% state ownershipWeidner Jan The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks https://d-nb.info/1138787981/34 Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek 2017 PDF", "Reserves": "1 560 million USD", "Bank of": "OECS Anguilla, Antig... |
The Canadian Museum of History () is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage of Canada, as well as support related research. The museum is based in a designed by Douglas Cardinal.
The museum ... | {"Coordinates": "45 25 47 N 075 42 32 W region:CA-QC_type:landmark_scale:5000 title,inline", "Established": "1856 The following year was when the Geological Museum (later renamed the National Museum of Canada) was formed by the Geological Survey of Canada, through an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of C... |
In music, montage (literally "putting together") or sound collage ("gluing together") is a technique where newly branded sound objects or compositions, including songs, are created from collage, also known as montage. This is often done through the use of sampling, while some playable sound collages were produced by gl... | {"Name": "Sound collage", "Cultural origins": "17th century", "Derivative forms": "Musique concrète plunderphonics", "Other genre topics": "Avant-garde music"} |
La Catedral was a personal prison overlooking the city of Medellín, in Colombia. The prison was built to specifications ordered by Medellín Cartel leader Pablo Escobar, under a 1991 agreement with the Colombian government in which Escobar would surrender to authorities and serve a maximum term of five full years and th... | {"Location": "Medellín", "Coordinates": "6 7 4 N 75 35 6 W type:landmark_region:CO title, inline", "Status": "Closed", "Opened": "19 June 1991", "Closed": "22 July 1992", "Country": "Colombia"} |
Warminster () is a historic market town and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. The parish had a population of 18,173 in 2021.
The name Warminster occurs first in the early 10th century and the Minster Church of St Denys was begun in the 11th century. The High Street ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)Warminster https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/wiltshire/E04012702__warminster/ City population 25 October 2022", "Unitary authority": "Wiltshire", "Ceremonial county": "Wiltshire", "UK Parliament": "South West Wiltshire", "Postcode di... |
Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the nearby towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverhampton are also nearby.
Cannock lies to the north of the West Midlands conu... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Cannock Chase", "Shire county": "Staffordshire", "UK Parliament": "Cannock Chase", "Postcode district": "WS", "Dialling code": "01543", "OS grid reference": "SJ980101", "Population": "(2011 Census)"} |
The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers referred to as The Furniture Makers' Company, is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The organisation was formed in 1952, and was granted Livery status by the City in 1963 being the 83rd in order of precedence. Its church is St Mary-le-Bow
The Furniture Makers... | {"Motto": "Straight and Strong", "Location": "Furniture Makers' Hall 12 Austin Friars City of London", "Date of formation": "1952", "Company association": "UK Furnishing Industry", "Order of precedence": "83rd", "Master of company": "Dids Macdonald OBE (2019-20)", "Website": "The Furniture Makers Company"} |
The M21 Sniper Weapon System (SWS) in the US Army is a national match grade M14 rifle, selected for accuracy, and renamed the M21 rifle.FM 23-8, "M14 and M14A1 Rifles and Rifle Marksmanship". Headquarters, Department of the Army, April 1974, p. 178 The M21 uses a commercially procured 3 to 9× variable power telescopic ... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Sniper rifle/Designated marksman rifle", "Sights": "Front: National Match front blade. Rear: Match-grade hooded aperture with one-half minute adjustments for both windage and elevation26 3 4 in sight radius.", "In service": "1968-present", "Used by": "See Users", "Wars": ... |
The long rifle, also known as the longrifle, Kentucky rifle, Pennsylvania rifle, or American longrifle, is a muzzle-loading firearm used for hunting and warfare. It was one of the first commonly-used rifles. The American rifle was characterized by a very long barrel of relatively small caliber, uncommon in European ri... | {"Sights": "yes", "Type": "Muzzle-loaded long gun", "Place of origin": "Lancaster, Pennsylvania", "Designed": "Circa 1700s", "Designer": "Martin Meylin and/or Robert Baker", "In service": "Circa 1700 - Circa 1900", "Used by": "British American colonies (until 1776)United States (1776-20th century)", "Wars": "French and... |
Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (; 17 January 19406 December 2020) was a Uruguayan politician who served as the 39th and 41st president of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020. A physician (oncologist), he was a member of the leftist Broad Front coalition.
Before his first presidential term, Vázquez was presiden... | {"Name": "Tabaré Vázquez", "Image caption": "Vázquez in 2017", "Vice president": "Raúl Sendic (Mar 2015 - Sep 2017)Lucía Topolansky (Sep 2017 - Mar 2020)", "Term start": "1 March 2015", "Term end": "1 March 2020", "Office 2": "President pro tempore of UNASUR", "Predecessor 2": "José Mujica", "Successor 2": "Luis Lacall... |
The Seventh Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy. It is headquartered at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the United States Pacific Fleet. At present, it is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets, with 50 to 70 ships, 150 aircraft and 27,000 ... | {"Branch": "United States 25px", "Type": "Fleet", "Part of": "25px United States Pacific Fleet", "Nickname(s)": "'Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club' (Vietnam War)", "Website": "https://www.c7f.navy.mil/"} |
Robert Wentworth John Holness (12 November 1928 - 6 January 2012) was a British-South African radio and television presenter and occasional actor. He presented the British version of Blockbusters.
Early life
Holness was born in Vryheid, Natal, South Africa. When he was seven, his family moved to England, initially to ... | {"Caption": "Holness in 1989", "Name": "Bob Holness", "Birth date": "1928 11 12 yes", "Birth place": "Vryheid, Natal, South Africa", "Birth name": "Robert Wentworth John Holness", "Death date": "2012 1 6 1928 11 12 yes", "Death place": "Pinner, London, Englandhttp://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary_bob_holness... |
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl is a 1982 concert comedy film directed by Terry Hughes (with the film segments by Ian MacNaughton) and starring the Monty Python comedy troupe (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) as they perform many of their sketches at the Hol... | {"Directed by": "Live segments:\n Terry Hughes\n Film segments:\n Ian MacNaughton", "Produced by": "Terry Hughes", "Written by": "Monty Python\n Additional material:\n Tim Brooke-Taylor\n Marty Feldman\n Angus James\n David Lipscomb", "Starring": "Graham Chapman\n John Cleese\n Terry Gilliam\n Eric Idle\n Terry Jones\n... |
The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers is one of the 110 livery companies of the City of London. It ranks 84th in the order of precedence for the livery companies.
History
The Company was originally formed in 1956 when science and manufacturing were key to the UK economy and the memory of war time d... | {"Motto": "Sine Nobis Scientia LanguetLatin for Science Languishes Without Us", "Location": "Glaziers Hall, Montague Close, Southwark", "Date of formation": "1956", "Company association": "Scientific instrument-makers", "Order of precedence": "84th", "Master of company": "Mr Martyn E Wheatley", "Website": "wcsim.co.uk"... |
Adrian Albert Mole is the fictional protagonist in a series of books by English author Sue Townsend. The character first appeared (as "Nigel") as part of a comic diary featured in a short-lived arts magazine (called simply magazine) published in Leicester in 1980, and shortly afterward in a BBC Radio 4 play in 1982. Th... | {"First appearance": "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (1982)", "Last appearance": "The Prostrate Years (2009)", "Created by": "Sue Townsend", "Portrayed by": "Simon Schatzberger (1984 play)Gian Sammarco (TV 1985-87)Stephen Mangan (TV 2001)Joel Fossard-Jones, Lewis Andrews, Sebastian Croft, Toby Murray, Benjam... |
Michael Shea (July 3, 1946 - February 16, 2014) was an American fantasy, horror, and science fiction author. His novel Nifft the Lean won the World Fantasy Award, as did his novella Growlimb.
Life and work
Shea was born to Irish parents in Los Angeles in 1946. There he frequented Venice Beach and the Baldwin Hills f... | {"Born": "1946 7 3", "Died": "2014 2 16 1946 7 3", "Occupation": "Author", "Alma mater": "University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Berkeley"} |
Zeuxis (; ) (of Heraclea) was a Greek painter who flourished during the 5th century BCE and became famous for his ability to imitate nature and especially still life with his art.
Life and work
thumb|right|Victor Mottez, Zeuxis choosing his models (1858)
Zeuxis was an innovative Greek painter. Although his paintings h... | {"Name": "Zeuxis", "Birth date": "5th century BCE", "Birth place": "Heraclea Lucania", "Death cause": "Death from laughter", "Occupation": "Painter"} |
The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff (1SL/CNS) is a statutory position in the British Armed Forces usually held by a four star admiral. As the highest-ranking officer to serve in the Royal Navy, the chief is the principal military advisor on matters pertaining to the navy and a deputy to the Secretary of Sta... | {"Post": "First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "White Ensign of the Royal Navy", "Insignia caption": "Ensign of the British Armed Forces", "Incumbent": "Admiral Sir Ben Key", "Incumbent since": "8 November 2021", "Type": "Naval officer", "Status": "Military branch chief", ... |
The Worshipful Company of Marketors is one of the 110 livery companies of the City of London. The company was founded in 1975.
The Marketors' Company ranks ninetieth in the order of precedence for livery companies. Its church is St Bride's Church.
Marketing as a recognised professional skill standing in its own right... | {"Motto": "Mercatura Adiuvat Omnes - Marketing benefits everyone", "Location": "Plaisterers Hall, EC2", "Date of formation": "1975", "Company association": "Marketing", "Order of precedence": "90th", "Master of company": "Dr. Glyn Cartwright", "Website": "www.marketors.org"} |
Mahan Airlines, operating under the name Mahan Air (), is a privately owned Iranian airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates scheduled domestic services and international flights to the Far East, Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. Its main home bases are Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport and Mehrabad Inte... | {"Image size (px)": "200px", "Airline name": "Mahan Airfa هواپیمایی ماهان", "IATA Designator": "W5", "ICAO Designator": "IRM", "Callsign": "MAHAN AIR", "Major hubs": "Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport\n Tehran Mehrabad International Airport", "Focus Cities": "Kerman Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Airport\n Mashh... |
The Independent State of Croatia (, NDH; ; ) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany"Independent State of Croatia", Britannica Online Encyclopedia; retrieved 8 September 2009."Croatia" . Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia; retrieved 8 September 2009."Yugoslavia", Holocaust Encyclopedia. United States Hol... | {"Native name": "hr Nezavisna Država Hrvatska", "Conventional long name": "Independent State of Croatia", "Type of government": "Fascist one-partytotalitarian dictatorship(1941-1945) under aconstitutional monarchy(1941-1943)\"Rodogno\"/>Pavlowitch, 2008, p. 289Massock, Richard G.; Italy from Within; p. 306; Seabrook Pr... |
Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) is a free and open international standard file format for 2D vector graphics, raster graphics, and text, and is defined by ISO/IEC 8632.ISO/IEC 8632
Overview
All graphical elements can be specified in a textual source file that can be compiled into a binary file or one of two text repr... | {"Name": "Computer Graphics Metafile", "Extension": ".cgm", "MIME type": "image/cgmIANA Image Media Types", "Developed by": "ANSI, ISO/IEC, W3C", "Initial release": "1986(ANSI X3 122-1986)", "Type of format": "Vector image format", "Extended from": "Graphical Kernel System", "Standard": "ISO/IEC 8632", "Website": "stan... |
DHLDHL is an acronym for Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn, the surnames of the original company's founders. is an American-founded German logistics company providing courier, package delivery and express mail service, delivering over 1.8 billion parcels per year. A subsidiary of the German logistics firm DHL Group, its expres... | {"Type": "Subsidiaryhttps://www.dpdhl.com/content/dam/dpdhl/en/media-center/media-relations/documents/2020/fact-sheet-dhl-2020-en.pdf facts & figures April 2020 Deutsche Post DHL Group", "Founded": "San Francisco, U.S. (1969 9 25)", "Headquarters": "Bonn, Germany", "Industry": "Courier", "Services": "Package delive... |
The True Whig Party (TWP), also known as the Liberian Whig Party (LWP), is the oldest political party in Liberia and one of the oldest parties in Africa. Founded in 1869 by primarily darker-skinned Americo-Liberians in rural areas, its historic rival was the Republican Party. Following the decline of the latter, it dom... | {"Abbreviation": "TWP", "Leader": "Reginald Goodridge", "Founded": "1869 (first incarnation)", "Preceded by": "Opposition Party", "Merged into": "Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia", "Headquarters": "Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia", "Ideology": "Black conservatismPower and Press Freedom in Liberia, 1830... |
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Deutsche Post AG, trading as DHL Group, is a German multinational package delivery and supply chain management company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is one of the world's largest courier companies. The postal division, Deutsche Post, delivers 61 millio... | {"Type": "Public (Aktiengesellschaft)", "ISIN": "n y DE0005552004", "Founded": "1995 1 2 y", "Headquarters": "Post Tower, Bonn, Germany", "Parent": "Public float (79%)\n Federal Republic of Germany via KfW bank (21%)", "Brands": "DHL\n Deutsche Post", "Industry": "Courier", "Services": "Letter post, parcel service, EMS... |
The Roman Republic () was a short-lived state declared on 9 February 1849, when the government of the Papal States was temporarily replaced by a republican government due to Pope Pius IX's departure to Gaeta. The republic was led by Carlo Armellini, Giuseppe Mazzini, and Aurelio Saffi. Together they formed a triumvir... | {"Conventional long name": "Roman Republic", "Native name": "it Repubblica Romana", "Currency": "Roman scudo", "Date established": "9 February", "End date": "2 July", "Event 1": "Election", "Event 1 date": "21 January 1849", "National motto": "it Dio e Popolo", "Motto in English": "God and People", "Capital": "Rome", "... |
William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819March 11, 1898) was an American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War. He was the victor at prominent Western Theater battles, but his military career was ... | {"Name": "William S. Rosecrans", "Term start": "March 4, 1881", "Term end": "March 3, 1885", "Office 2": "U.S. Minister to Mexico", "President 2": "Andrew Johnson", "Predecessor 2": "Marcus Otterbourg", "Successor 2": "Thomas H. Nelson", "Birth date": "1819 9 6", "Birth place": "Delaware County, Ohio, US", "Death date"... |
Ernest Augustus (Ernest Augustus Christian George, German: Ernst August Christian Georg); 17 November 1887 - 30 January 1953) was Duke of Brunswick from 2 November 1913 to 8 November 1918. He was a grandson of George V of Hanover, thus a Prince of Hanover and a Prince of the United Kingdom. He was also a maternal grand... | {"Father": "Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover", "Mother": "Princess Thyra of Denmark", "Born": "Penzing, Vienna, Austria-Hungary", "Died": "Marienburg Castle, Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany", "Burial": "Berggarten Mausoleum, Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany"} |
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
The states of India are self governing administrative divisions, each having a state government. The governing... | {"Category": "Federated states", "Location": "Republic of India", "Number": "28 States8 Union territories", "Populations": "States: Sikkim - 610,577 (lowest)Uttar Pradesh - 199,812,341 (highest)\nUnion Territories: Lakshadweep - 64,473 (lowest)Delhi - 16,787,941 (highest)", "Areas": "States: Goa - 3702 km2 sqmi on (sma... |
Anthony Charles Edwards (born July 19, 1962) is an American actor, director, and producer. He played Dr. Mark Greene on the first eight seasons of ER, for which he received a Golden Globe Award and six Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was nominated for four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. He has appeared in various f... | {"Name": "Anthony Edwards", "Caption": "Edwards in 2018", "Birth name": "Anthony Charles Edwards", "Birth date": "1962 7 19", "Birth place": "Santa Barbara, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor director producer", "Years active": "1973-present", "Spouse(s)": "\"eloped\">Jackson Dory 2022-02-23 Anthony Edwards and... |
Halifax f.p. is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane Halifax, a forensic psychiatrist investigating cases involving the mental state of suspects or victims. The series is set in Melbourne.
The producers of the film were Beyond ... | {"Genre": "Crime", "Created by": "Roger Simpson", "Starring": "Rebecca Gibney", "Country of origin": "Australia", "Original network": "Nine Network", "Original release": "yes 2002 7 7"} |
is a major railway station in the Takanawa and Konan districts of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), and the private railway operator Keikyu. The Tokaido Shinkansen and other trains to the Miura Peninsula, Izu Peninsula, and the Tōkai regi... | {"Name": "4 SGW 40JT 03 1 40JO 17 2 40JK 20 3 40JY 25 4 40 01 50 Shinagawa Station", "Native name": "品川駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "Exterior of Shinagawa Station, May 2011", "Address": "3 Takanawa, Minato, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Coordinates": "35 37 43 N 139 44 21 E type:railwaystation inline,tit... |
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The Falls Creek Alpine Resort is an alpine ski resort in the Hume region in northeastern Victoria, Australia. It is located in the Alpine National Park in the Victorian Alps, approximately by road from Melbourne, with the nearest town being Mount Beauty, whic... | {"Name": "Falls Creek", "Location": "Alpine National ParkAustralian AlpsVictoria, Australia", "Nearest City": "Mount Beauty - 30 km -1 onWodonga", "Coordinates": "-36.865 147.273 type:landmark_region:AU inline,title\n<!--", "Owner": "Alpine Resorts Victoria (ARV)", "Vertical": "280 m 0 on", "Top elevation": "1780 m 0 o... |
is a 1999 Canadian live-action television film created as part of the Gundam anime franchise, produced by Polestar Entertainment under the supervision of Sunrise and distributed by Bandai Visual.
The film was produced as part of the "Gundam Big Bang Project", which was a series of works made to celebrate the 20th anni... | {"Genre": "Military science fiction", "Story by": "Stephanie Pena-Sy", "Directed by": "Graeme Campbell", "Starring": "Brennan ElliottEnuka OkumaCatharina ContiDavid Lovgren", "Country of origin": "CanadaJapan", "Cinematography": "Joel Ransom", "Running time": "93 minutes", "Original network": "TV Asahi", "Original rele... |
William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Frisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant in the Downtown Scene in New York City, where he ... | {"Born": "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.", "Genres": "Jazz, jazz fusion, folk jazz, Americana, classical", "Labels": "ECM, Elektra, Nonesuch", "Website": "billfrisell.com/"} |
Lake Clifton Eastern High School (LCEHS) was a public high school closed in 2003, located in the Clifton Park area of northeast Baltimore, Maryland. Originally called Lake Clifton High School (LCHS), although it was commonly known as Lake High School or Lake Clifton, it is now called the Lake Clifton Campus (LCC).
Alo... | {"School number": "40", "Closed": "2003", "School district": "Baltimore City Public Schools", "Slogan": "\"Home of the Lakers\"", "Area": "Urban", "Mascot": "Dolphin", "Team name": "Lakers"} |
Rebecca Catherine Gibney (born 14 December 1964) is a New Zealand actress known for her roles on Australian television in The Flying Doctors, Halifax f.p., Packed to the Rafters, Winter and Wanted. She is a Gold Logie winner and has featured in a number of Australian films including Mental and The Dressmaker.
Early li... | {"Name": "Rebecca Gibney", "Caption": "Rebecca Gibney, February 2013", "Birth name": "Rebecca Catherine Gibney", "Birth date": "1964 12 14 y", "Birth place": "Levin, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1980–present", "Notable works": "The Flying DoctorsAll Together NowHalifax f.p... |
Soundsystem is the fifth studio album by 311, released on October 12, 1999. Soundsystem, which was certified Gold by the RIAA, was the last 311 album on Capricorn Records before the band switched to Volcano Records in 2000. Recording processes for the album began on March 11, 1999.
Reception
"Soundsystem" was met wit... | {"Released": "October 12, 1999", "Recorded": "March - June 1999", "Label": "Capricorn", "Producer": "311Hugh PadghamScotch Ralston"} |
The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabokoboko), is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union. The Springboks play in green and gold jerseys with white shorts. Their emblem is a native antelope, the Springbok, which i... | {"Nickname(s)": "SpringboksBokkeAmabokoboko", "Emblem": "Springbok", "Union": "SA Rugby", "Head coach": "Jacques Nienaber", "Captain": "Siya Kolisi", "Caps": "Victor Matfield (127)", "Top scorer": "Percy Montgomery (893)", "Top try scorer": "Bryan Habana (67)", "Home stadium": "Various", "Current": "28 August 2023", "H... |
thumb|250px|Typical tango rhythmBlatter, Alfred (2007). Revisiting Music Theory: A Guide to the Practice (New York: Routledge), . (cloth); (pbk).
Tango is a style of music in or time that originated among European and African immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay (collectively, the "Rioplatenses"). It is ... | {"Name": "Tango", "Image": "240px|center|border", "Image caption": "The bandoneon, an accordion-like instrument closely associated with tango", "Stylistic origins": "Polka contradanza flamenco mazurka contradanse other European music styles candombe Peruvian waltz milonga", "Cultural origins": "Argentina, Uruguay", "Su... |
thumb|right|300px|Grange Hall in Solon, Maine, circa 1910
The Grange, officially named The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, is a social organization in the United States that encourages families to band together to promote the economic and political well-being of the community and agriculture. The ... | {"Founded at": "Washington, D.C.", "Type": "Advocacy groupFraternal organization", "Headquarters": "National Grange Headquarters Building1616 H Street NWWashington, DC", "Origins": "Farmers' movement", "Website": "https://www.nationalgrange.org/"} |
William Joseph Hardee (October 12, 1815November 6, 1873) was a career U.S. Army and Confederate States Army officer. For the U.S. Army, he served in the Second Seminole War and in the Mexican-American War, where he was captured and exchanged. In the American Civil War, he sided with the South and became a general. Hard... | {"Born": "Camden County, Georgia", "Died": "Wytheville, Virginia", "Nickname(s)": "\"Old Reliable\"", "Allegiance": "United States of America 1861Confederate States of America", "Commands held": "First Corps, Army of Tennessee"} |
thumb|Karl von Drais on his original Laufmaschine, the earliest two-wheeler, or hobbyhorse in 1819
thumb|A Draisine from around 1820, built with cherry wood and softwood. Displayed at the Kurpfälzisches Museum in Heidelberg, Germany.
Karl Freiherr von Drais (full name: Karl Friedrich Christian Ludwig Freiherr Drais von... | {"Name": "Karl Freiherr von Drais", "Caption": "Karl Drais, c. 1820, then still a baron", "Birth date": "1785 4 29 yes", "Birth place": "Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany", "Birth name": "Karl Friedrich Christian Ludwig Freiherr Drais von Sauerbronn", "Death date": "1851 12 10 1785 4 29 yes", "Death place": "Karlsr... |
Love and Rockets are an English rock band formed in 1985 by former Bauhaus members Daniel Ash (vocals, guitar and saxophone), David J (bass guitar and vocals) and Kevin Haskins (drums and synthesisers) after that group split in 1983. Ash and Haskins had recorded and performed in another band, Tones on Tail, between 198... | {"Origin": "Northampton, England", "Genres": "Alternative rock post-punk", "Labels": "Beggars Banquet, RCA, American, Red Ant", "Spinoff of": "Bauhaus Tones on Tail", "Spinoffs": "The Bubblemen Poptone"} |
The Rotary Lombardi Award is an award for college football in the United States. Awarded by the Rotary Club of Houston, Texas annually to the college football player "who best embodies the values and spirit of NFL's legendary coach Vince Lombardi" the Rotary Lombardi Award program was created in 1970 shortly after the ... | {"Awarded for": "The best college football lineman of the year", "Presented by": "Rotary Club of Houston", "Country": "United States", "First award": "1970", "Most recent": "Will Anderson Jr., Alabama (2022)", "Website": "http://www.rotarylombardiaward.org"} |
Streetcars in New Orleans have been an integral part of the city's public transportation network since the first half of the 19th century. The longest of New Orleans' streetcar lines, the St. Charles Avenue line, is the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world. Today, the streetcars are operated... | {"Name": "New Orleans Streetcars", "Image caption": "Streetcars on the Canal Street line.", "Locale": "New Orleans, Louisiana", "Opening date": "September 1835 (steam locomotives and horsecars)February 1893 (electric streetcars/trams)", "Lines (single era)": "5 operating", "Operator(s) (single era)": "New Orleans Regio... |
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The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best college football interior lineman in the United States as adjudged by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named an All-American at two positions, Outland garnered consensus All-America honors in 1... | {"Awarded for": "Best interior lineman in college football", "Presented by": "Football Writers Association of America", "Country": "United States", "First award": "1946", "Most recent": "Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan", "Website": "sportswriters.net"} |
Kath & Kim (also written as Kath and Kim) is an Australian sitcom created by Jane Turner and Gina Riley, who portray the title characters of Kath Day-Knight, a cheery, middle-aged suburban mother, and Kim, her self-indulgent daughter. The cast also includes Glenn Robbins, Peter Rowsthorn and Magda Szubanski as, respect... | {"Genre": "Comedy", "Created by": "Gina RileyJane Turner", "Directed by": "Ted Emery", "Starring": "Jane TurnerGina RileyMagda SzubanskiPeter RowsthornGlenn Robbins", "Opening theme": "The Joker", "Country of origin": "Australia", "Running time": "25 minutes", "Original network": "ABC (2002-2005)Seven Network (2007, 20... |
The National Audubon Society (Audubon; ) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats. Located in the United States and incorporated in 1905, Audubon is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world. There are completely independent Audubon Societies... | {"Type": "Nonprofit organization", "Headquarters": "Manhattan, New York", "Coordinates": "40 43 45 N 74 0 19 W", "Website": "https://audubon.org"} |
David Dacko (; 24 March 1930 - 21 November 2003) was a Central African politician who served as the first president of the Central African Republic from 14 August 1960 to 1 January 1966, and 3rd President from 21 September 1979 to 1 September 1981. After his second removal from power in a coup d'état led by General And... | {"Name": "David Dacko", "Image caption": "Dacko in 1962", "Term start": "14 August 1960", "Term end": "1 January 1966", "Predecessor 2": "Bokassa I", "Successor 2": "André Kolingba", "Vice president 2": "Henri MaïdouBradshaw Fandos-Rius 2016", "Birth date": "24 March 1930Meldrum Andrew 2003-11-25 David Dacko en-GB ... |
Samuel Todd Francis (April 29, 1947 - February 15, 2005), known as Sam Francis, was an American columnist and writer known for his paleoconservative and white nationalist views. He was a columnist and editor for the conservative Washington Times until he was dismissed after making racist remarks at the 1995 American Re... | {"Occupation": "Columnist writer", "Birth name": "Samuel Todd Francis", "Birth date": "1947 4 29", "Birth place": "Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.", "Death date": "2005 2 15 1947 4 29", "Death place": "Cheverly, Maryland, U.S.", "Resting place": "Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Johns H... |
Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss-German actress, former model and sex symbol who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962). She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the 1967 Bond parody Casino Royale. Othe... | {"Name": "Ursula Andress", "Image": "Ursula Andress at Somerset House in 2004.JPG", "Caption": "Andress in 2004", "Birth date": "1936 3 19 y", "Birth place": "Ostermundigen, Switzerland", "Spouse(s)": "John Derek 1957 1966 divorced", "Partner(s)": "Jean-Paul Belmondo (1965-1972) Fabio Testi (1973-1977) Harry Hamlin (... |
Sunset High School is a public high school in Beaverton, Oregon, United States. The school currently offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It opened in 1959 and is the second oldest of the six high schools in the Beaverton School District. Sunset's athletic teams are known as the Apollos.
History
T... | {"Coordinates": "45.5285 -122.8201 type:edu_source:googlemaps_region:US-OR inline,title dms", "Campus type": "Suburban", "School district": "Beaverton School District", "Teaching staff": "84.59 (FTE) (2021-22)", "Student to teacher ratio": "23.68 (2021-22)", "Team name": "Apollos", "Athletics conference": "OSAA Metro L... |
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (born 22 April 1956) is a Finnish conductor and violinist.
Biography
Saraste was born in Heinola He was trained as a violinist. He later studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula in the same class as Esa-Pekka Salonen and Osmo Vänskä. Before becoming a conductor, Saraste was co-p... | {"Name": "Jukka-Pekka Saraste", "Caption": "Jukka-Pekka Saraste in 2014", "Birth date": "1956 04 22 y", "Birth place": "Heinola, Finland", "Education": "Sibelius Academy", "Occupation": "Classical violinist Conductor", "Organization": "Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Finnish Chamber Orchestra Toronto Symphony Or... |
Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from 24 to 26 December 1974. The small, developing easterly storm had initially appeared likely to pass clear of the city, but then turned towards it early on 24 December. After 10:00 p.m. ACST, damag... | {"Name": "Cyclone Tracy", "Caption": "Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day 1974", "Formed": "1974 12 21 y", "Extratropical": "1974 12 26 y"} |
Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 - June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells. Tormé won 2 Grammy Awards a... | {"Born": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Died": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Candy Toxton (1949-55)Arlene Miles (1956-65)Janette Scott (1966-77)Ali Severson(June 5, 1984-99)", "Genres": "Jazz", "Labels": "Decca, Musicraft, Capitol, Bethlehem, Columbia, Concord"} |
The Matrix is an American cyberpunkStarrs, Paul F., and Lynn Huntsinger. "The Matrix, cyberpunk literature, and the apocalyptic landscapes of information technology." Information technology and libraries 14.4 (1995): 251.Starrs, Paul F., and Lynn Huntsinger. "The Matrix, cyberpunk literature, and the apocalyptic landsc... | {"Created by": "The Wachowskisoldcredits The films' credits listed \"The Wachowski Brothers\" as the writers and directors.", "Owner": "Village Roadshow PicturesWarner Bros. Entertainment", "Original work": "The Matrix (1999)", "Comics": "The Matrix Comics Series 1-3 (1999-2003)\n The Matrix Comics Volumes 1 and 2 (... |
Theobald III (; 13 May 1179 - 24 May 1201) was Count of Champagne from 1197 to his death. He was designated heir by his older brother Henry II when the latter went to the Holy Land on the Third Crusade, and succeeded him upon his death. He cooperated closely with his uncle and suzerain King Philip II of France. He died... | {"Image caption": "Seal of Theobald III", "Father": "Henry I, Count of Champagne", "Mother": "Marie of France", "Birth date": "13 May 1179", "Birth place": "Troyes", "Death date": "1201 5 24 1179 5 13 yes", "Death place": "Troyes"} |
Albert Hamilton Schultz (; born July 30, 1963) is a former Canadian actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company. He resigned his position with Soulpepper after sexual allegations against Schultz became public in January 2018.
Education
Albert Hamilton Schultz was born in... | {"Caption": "Schultz in 2013", "Name": "Albert Schultz", "Birth name": "Albert Hamilton Schultz", "Birth date": "yes 1963 7 30", "Birth place": "Port Hope, Ontario, Canada", "Occupation": "Actor, director", "Spouse(s)": "Susan Coyne 1992 2015 divorce\n Leslie Lester 2017", "Children": "Julia Coyne Schultz, James Coyne ... |
Theobald I (, ; 30 May 1201 - 8 July 1253), also called the Troubadour and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne (as Theobald IV) from birth and King of Navarre from 1234. He initiated the Barons' Crusade, was famous as a trouvère, and was the first Frenchman to rule Navarre.
Rule of Champagne
Regency of Champagne
B... | {"Father": "Theobald III, Count of Champagne", "Mother": "Blanche of Navarre", "Born": "Troyes, County of Champagne", "Died": "Pamplona, Kingdom of Navarre", "Burial": "Pamplona Cathedral", "Religion": "Roman Catholicism"} |
is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyōto, Japan. It has Japan's second-largest station building (after Nagoya Station) and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan department store, and several local government facilities under one 15-story... | {"Name": "Kyōto Station", "Native name": "京都駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "Kyōto Station Building (Karasuma side)", "Address": "Shimogyo-ku, Kyōto City", "Administrative subdivision": "Kyōto Prefecture", "Country": "Japan", "Connections": "bus Bus terminal"} |
Oakland is a town in Kennebec County in the U.S. state of Maine. The population was 6,230 at the 2020 census. Oakland is 4 miles (6 km) west of Waterville and approximately 18 miles (29 km) north of Augusta, the state capital. Waterville and Augusta are service centers for Oakland, and many Oakland residents commute to... | {"Land": "25.67", "Water": "2.50", "Density": "93.7", "DST": "-4", "Website": "Town website"} |
Flying Nun Records is a New Zealand independent record label formed in Christchurch in 1981 by music store manager Roger Shepherd. Described by The Guardian as "one of the world's great independent labels", Flying Nun is notable for bringing global attention to the Dunedin sound, a cultural and musical movement in earl... | {"Founded": "1981", "Founder": "Roger Shepherd", "Genre": "Indie pop indie rock", "Official website": "www.flyingnun.co.nz/", "Country of origin": "New Zealand", "Location": "Auckland"} |
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (, Jawi: ), also known as the Supreme Head of the Federation, the Paramount Ruler or simply the Agong, and unofficially known as the King of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957, when the Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) g... | {"Post": "Supreme Head", "Body": "the Federation", "Native name": "ms Yang di-Pertuan Agongms-Arab Arab يڠ دڤرتوان اݢوڠ", "Insignia caption": "Royal coat of arms", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Royal Standard", "Image caption": "16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia", "Incumbent": "Abdullah of Pahang", "Incum... |
Glenn Maxwell Robbins (born 30 December 1957) is an Australian comedian, writer, actor, television and radio presenter. He is best known for The Comedy Company, portraying Kel Knight in Kath & Kim and adventurer Russell Coight in All Aussie Adventures. Robbins has appeared on The Panel, Thank God You're Here and Have Y... | {"Name": "Glenn Robbins", "Caption": "Robbins in character as Kel Knight at Kath & Kimderella film premiere, August 2012", "Birth name": "Glenn Maxwell Robbins", "Birth date": "yes 1957 12 30", "Birth place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Occupation": "Comedian writer actor television and radio presenter", "Years ... |
Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: Tranung, Jawi: ), formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and federal state of Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, Dāru l-Īmān ("Abode of Faith"). The coastal city of Kuala Terengganu, which stands at the mouth of the broad Terengganu River, is both... | {"Type": "Parliamentary constitutional monarchy", "Rank": "1519", "Density": "auto", "Website": "http://www.terengganu.gov.my"} |
, abbreviated as or , is a private research university located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
It is the oldest institute of western higher education in Japan. Its founder, Fukuzawa Yukichi, originally established it as a school for Western studies in 1858 in Edo.
The university has eleven campuses, primarily in Tokyo and ... | {"Motto": "Calamus gladio fortior", "Type": "Private research coeducational higher education institution", "Endowment": "706M US$", "President": "Kohei Itoh", "Students": "33,437 (As of May 1, 2022)https://www.keio.ac.jp/en/assets/download/about/learn-more/facts/2022-student.pdf Keio University 2022-05-01 Student Enrol... |
thumb|right|A sign marking the boundary of Victory Downs, the beginning of the original Gunbarrel Highway. This section is now known as Mulga Park Road.
thumb|right|A sign at Wiluna, Western Australia.
The Gunbarrel Highway is an isolated desert track in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. It... | {"Junction type": "track", "Type": "Gunbarrel Highway", "Coordinates": "East", "Length": "https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-25.7963479,122.9532509/-25.9822778,132.9808333/@-25.491036,126.4184879,7.69z/data=!4m29!4m28!1m25!3m4!1m2!1d126.5958813!2d-25.4515304!3s0x2b0ef7cca397991f:0x23c23abf75f16bb9!3m4!1m2!1d127.917355... |
Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: Nogoghi Sombilan, Nismilan), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the south.
Negeri Sembilan has diverse tropical ra... | {"Type": "Parliamentary constitutional elective monarchy", "Rank": "4796", "Density": "auto", "Website": "http://www.ns.gov.my"} |
The Singapore Zoo, formerly known as the Singapore Zoological Gardens or Mandai Zoo, is a zoo located on the margins of Upper Seletar Reservoir within Singapore's heavily forested central catchment area. Opened in 1973, the zoo was built at a cost of $9 million that was granted by the government of Singapore.
It is o... | {"Zoo name": "Singapore Zoo", "Date opened": "yes 1973 6 27", "Location": "Mandai, Singapore 80 Mandai Lake Road, Singapore 729826", "Total area": "28 ha on", "Coordinates": "1.403782 103.79414 type:landmark_scale:2500 dms it", "Number of animals": "2,530", "Number of species": "315", "Public transit access": "20px 138... |
The Malaysian Islamic Party, also known as the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (; ) or its Jawi-based acronym PAS, is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. Ideologically focused on Islamic fundamentalism, PAS's electoral base is largely centered around Peninsular Malaysia's rural and eastern coasts and conservative nort... | {"President": "Abdul Hadi Awang", "Founded": "24 November 1951 (as Malayan Islamic Organisation)", "Ideology": "nowrap \n Islamism\n Islamic fundamentalism\n Pan-Islamism\n Islamic nationalism\n Ketuanan MelayuAfter Anwar slams Hadi for harping on race, PAS president insists only Malay-Muslims should lead Malaysia... |
The Matrix Online (abbreviated as MxO) was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) initially developed by Monolith Productions and later, a few months after launch, by Sony Online Entertainment. It was advertised as a continuation of the storyline of The Matrix films, as The Wachowskis, the franchise... | {"Title": "The Matrix Online", "Developer": "Monolith Productions", "Publisher": "SegaWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment", "Producer": "Joel SilverTroy Skinner", "Director": "The Wachowskis", "Artist": "Kevin Kilstrom", "Writer": "Paul Chadwick", "Composer": "Nathan Grigg", "Engine": "Lithtech Discovery", "Platform... |
Cube is a 1997 Canadian independent science fiction horror film directed and co-written by Vincenzo Natali. A product of the Canadian Film Centre's First Feature Project, Nicole de Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Julian Richings, Wayne Robson, and Maurice Dean Wint star as individuals trapped in a b... | {"Directed by": "Vincenzo Natali", "Produced by": "\"cube-cc\">http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2759&DotsIdNumber= Collections Canada Cube 16 February 2018 4 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190404114957/http://www.bac-la... |
Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher,Title is not (as often erroneously reported) "Baron Fisher of Kilverstone" (25 January 1841 - 10 July 1920), commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a British Admiral of the Fleet. With more than sixty years in the Royal Navy, his efforts to reform... | {"Born": "Ramboda, Ceylon", "Died": "London, England", "Nickname(s)": "Jacky", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "First Sea Lord (1904-1910, 1914-1915) Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth (1903-1904) Second Naval Lord (1902-1903) Mediterranean Fleet (1899-1902) North America and West Indies Station (1897-1899... |
Midgard is an open source persistent storage framework. It provides an object-oriented and replicated environment for building data-intensive applications.
Midgard also ships with MidCOM content management system (CMS) built on the Midgard framework. MidCOM's features include web-based authoring WYSIWYG interfaces and... | {"Developer(s)": "The Midgard Community", "Type": "Content Management Framework", "License": "LGPL", "Website": "http://www.midgard-project.org/"} |
Sir Clive Ronald Woodward (born 6 January 1956) is an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also coached the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, losing the test series 3-0. He is currently a pundit ... | {"Name": "SirClive Woodward GBR OBE", "Full birth name": "Clive Ronald Woodward", "Birth place": "Ely, Cambridgeshire, England", "Height": "180 cm ftin on flip", "Weight": "80 kg stlb lb 0 on flip", "Rugby union position": "Centre", "Occupation": "Part-time pundit\n<!--", "School": "HMS Conway Naval School", "Universi... |
The 40th Flight Test Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 96th Operations Group, based at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
History
thumb|40th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair TF-102A-45-CO Delta Dagger 56-2360, Johnson AB, Japan, 1963
"Combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, 2 June 194... | {"Branch": "USA", "Role": "Flight Testing", "Part of": "Air Force Materiel Command", "Nickname(s)": "Fighting Fortieth (1959-1982)", "Decorations": "Distinguished Unit CitationAir Force Outstanding Unit AwardPhilippine Presidential Unit CitationRepublic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation"} |
thumb|3D model of a truncated dodecahedron
In geometry, the truncated dodecahedron is an Archimedean solid. It has 12 regular decagonal faces, 20 regular triangular faces, 60 vertices and 90 edges.
Geometric relations
This polyhedron can be formed from a regular dodecahedron by truncating (cutting off) the corners so ... | {"Vertices": "60", "Edges": "90", "Automorphisms": "120", "Properties": "Cubic, Hamiltonian, regular, zero-symmetric"} |
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