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Medal of Honor is a series of first-person shooter video games created by American film director and producer Steven Spielberg. The first game was developed by DreamWorks Interactive and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation in 1999. Medal of Honor spawned a series of follow-up games including multiple expan... | {"Title": "Medal of Honor", "Image size": "200", "Genre": "First-person shooter", "Developer": "2015, Inc.\n Budcat Creations\n Danger Close Games\n EA Canada\n EA Digital Illusions CE\n Netherock Limited\n Rebellion Developments\n Team Fusion\n TKO Software\n Respawn Entertainment", "Publisher": "Electronic Arts", "Cr... |
Banyan VINES is a discontinued network operating system developed by Banyan Systems for computers running AT&T's UNIX System V.
VINES is an acronym for Virtual Integrated NEtwork Service. Like Novell NetWare, VINES's network services are based on the Xerox XNS stack.
James Allchin, who later worked as Group Vice Pres... | {"Title or name": "VINES", "Is stack?": "yes", "Purpose": "LAN", "Developer(s)": "Banyan Systems", "Introduction date": "1984", "Based on": "XNS", "OSI layer": "3 to 7", "Associated hardware": "Ethernet, others"} |
Dong Zhuo () (c. 140s - 22 May 192), courtesy name Zhongying, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. At the end of the reign of the Eastern Han, Dong Zhuo was a general and powerful minister of the imperial government. Originally from Liang Province, Dong Zhuo... | {"Name": "Dong Zhuo", "Native name": "董卓", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Dong Zhuo", "Term start": "189", "Term end": "22 May 192", "Office 2": "General of the Vanguard (前將軍)", "Term 2": "188-189", "Monarch 2": "Emperor Ling of Han / Emperor Shao of Han", "Birth date": "140s", ... |
Princes Risborough () is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, about south of Aylesbury and north west of High Wycombe. It lies at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, at the north end of a gap or pass through the Chilterns, the south end of which is at West Wycombe. The A4010 road follows this route... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792166&c=Princes+Risborough&d=16&e=15&g=425458&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216585252887&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census 20 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/2011... |
The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation was formed in November 2001, following the September 11 attacks, to plan the reconstruction of Lower Manhattan and distribute nearly $10 billion in federal funds aimed at rebuilding downtown Manhattan. It is a subsidiary of the Empire State Development Corporation, which is a... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "2001 11", "Parent": "Empire State Development Corporation", "Website": "renewnyc.com"} |
Scanners is a 1981 Canadian science fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are psychics with unusual telepathic and telekinetic powers. ConSec, a purveyor of weaponry and security systems, ... | {"Directed by": "David Cronenberg", "Produced by": "Claude Héroux", "Written by": "David Cronenberg", "Starring": "Jennifer O'Neill\n Stephen Lack\n Patrick McGoohan\n Lawrence Dane\n Michael Ironside", "Music by": "Howard Shore", "Cinematography": "Mark Irwin", "Edited by": "Ronald Sanders", "Distributed by": "New Wor... |
Eugene Kleiner (12 May 1923 - 20 November 2003) was an Austrian-American engineer and venture capitalist. He is considered a pioneer of Silicon Valley. He was one of the original founders of Fairchild Semiconductor, part of the Traitorous Eight, and Kleiner Perkins, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm which later b... | {"Name": "Eugene Kleiner", "Birth date": "1923 5 12 y", "Birth place": "Vienna, Austria", "Death date": "2003 11 20 1923 5 12", "Death place": "Los Altos Hills, California", "Occupation": "Engineer, venture capitalist", "Known For": "Semiconductor pioneer", "Alma mater": "Polytechnic University of New York (B.S., Mecha... |
Edmund Ignatius Rice, F.P.M., C.F.C. (; 1 June 1762 - 29 August 1844) was a Catholic missionary and educationalist. He was the founder of two religious institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers.
Rice was born in Ireland at a time when Catholics faced oppress... | {"Born": "Callan, Ireland", "Died": "Waterford, Ireland", "Feast": "5 May", "Beatified": "Pope John Paul II", "Attributes": "Irish Christian Brothers' Black Habit"} |
The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia. Chartered in 1785, it is one of the oldest public universities in the United States.Rudolph, Frederick (1961). The American College and University. University of Georgia Press. p. 275. . It is ... | {"Motto": "Et docere et rerum exquirere causas", "Endowment": "$1.82 billion (2021)As of June 30, 2021. https://president.uga.edu/ar/2021/foundation-report.php Foundation Report University of Georgia February 7, 2022U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Endowment Market Value, and Change* ... |
The Frick Collection is an art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection (normally at the Henry Clay Frick House, currently at the Frick Madison) features Old Master paintings and European fine and decorative arts, including works by Bellini, Fragonard, Goya, Holbein, Rembrandt, Titian, Turner, Velázquez, Verme... | {"Coordinates": "it", "Established": "1935", "Location": "Frick Madison, 945 Madison Avenue(ordinarily 1 East 70th Street)Manhattan, New York City", "Type": "ArtThe Frick Collection: About ARTINFO 2008 http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/22132/8650/about/the-frick-collection-new-york/ April 29, 2022 https://web.ar... |
Frederick Reginald "Michael" Ironside (born February 12, 1950) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is known for playing villains and antiheroes, but has also portrayed sympathetic characters.
Early life
Frederick Reginald Ironside was born in Toronto on February 12, 1950, the son of housewife Patricia June (née Pass... | {"Name": "Michael Ironside", "Caption": "Ironside in November 2009", "Birth name": "Frederick Reginald Ironside", "Birth date": "1950 2 12", "Birth place": "Toronto, Canada", "Occupation": "Actor filmmaker", "Years active": "1977-present", "Spouse(s)": "Karen Dinwiddie 1986", "Children": "2"} |
Dizzy Up the Girl is the sixth studio album by American rock band the Goo Goo Dolls, released on September 22, 1998, through Warner Bros. Records. The album is often noted for being the release which propelled the Goo Goo Dolls into a higher tier of stardom, although they had already scored a Billboard Top 5 hit with t... | {"Released": "1998 9 22", "Recorded": "1997-1998", "Genre": "Alternative rock\npop rockbr3ad_man https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/1325/Goo-Goo-Dolls-Dizzy-Up-The-Girl/ Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl (album review 4) Sputnikmusic January 16, 2005\npower popGreenburg Zack O'Malley September 2, 2011 Flashback: How T... |
The University of Padua (, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from Bologna. Padua is the second-oldest university in Italy and the world's fifth-oldest surviving university. In 20... | {"Motto": "Universa Universis Patavina Libertas (Latin)", "Type": "Public research university", "Budget": "€831 million (2023)", "Rector": "Daniela Mapelli", "Students": "72,280 (2021)", "Undergraduates": "38,969 (2021)", "Postgraduates": "31,827 (2021)", "Campus": "Urban (University town)", "Accreditation": "MIUR", "W... |
Xiaolin Showdown is an American animated television series that aired on Kids' WB and was created by Christy Hui. Set in a world where martial arts battles and Eastern magic are commonplace, the series follows Omi, Raimundo, Kimiko, and Clay, four young Xiaolin warriors in training who, alongside their dragon companion... | {"Created by": "Christy Hui", "Developed by": "Brandon Sawyer", "Voices of": "Tara Strong\n Tom Kenny\n Grey DeLisle\n Jeff Bennett\n Danny Cooksey\n Wayne Knight", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "21-22 minutes", "Original network": "Kids' WB", "Original release": "2006 5 13"} |
Mieszko III the Old (c. 1126/27 - 13 March 1202), of the Piast dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland from 1138 and High Duke of Poland, with interruptions, from 1173 until his death.
He was the fourth and second surviving son of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland, by his second wife Salomea, daughter of the German cou... | {"Father": "Bolesław III Wrymouth", "Mother": "Salomea of Berg", "Born": "c. 1126/1127http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/381769/Mieszko-III Mieszko III | Polish prince", "Died": "Kalisz", "Burial": "Cathedral of Saint Paul the Apostle, Kalisz", "Religion": "Roman Catholic"} |
The Creatures were an English band formed in 1981 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and drummer Budgie of the group Siouxsie and the Banshees. The Creatures released their first EP Wild Things in 1981. They recorded four studio albums: Feast in 1983, Boomerang in 1989, Anima Animus in 1999 and Hái! in 2003.
With Feast, the b... | {"Origin": "London, England", "Genres": "Post-punk exotica art rock art pop alternative rock experimental avant-garde", "Labels": "Polydor, Geffen, Sioux Records, Instinct Records, PIAS", "Website": "Official site"} |
Susan Janet Ballion (born 27 May 1957), known professionally as Siouxsie Sioux (, ), is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.Siouxsie is credited for playing tubular bells on "Obsession" in the inner sleeve of A Kiss in the Dreamhouse. (Polydor - POLD 5064)She is credited for playing piano on "Ev... | {"Born": "Southwark, London, England", "Genres": "Post-punk new wave gothic rock alternative rock exotica", "Labels": "Polydor Geffen Sioux Records W14 Universal Decca", "Formerly of": "Siouxsie and the Banshees The Creatures", "Website": "siouxsie.com"} |
The Great Milenko is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse, released on June 24, 1997, by Hollywood Records in association with Psychopathic Records. As the fourth Joker's Card in the group's Dark Carnival mythology, the album's lyrics focus on the titular Great Milenko, who is a necroman... | {"Released": "June 24, 1997 (recalled pressings)http://www.mtv.com/news/1430335/disney-silences-insane-clown-posse/ Disney Silences Insane Clown Posse MTVAugust 12, 1997 (reissue)http://www.mtv.com/news/1430329/insane-clowns-happy-with-their-new-home/ Insane Clowns Happy with Their New Home MTV", "Recorded": "1996-... |
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Damn Small Linux (DSL) is a discontinued computer operating system for the x86 family of personal computers. It is free and open-source software under the terms of the GNU GPL and other free and open source licenses. It was designed to run graphical user interface applications on ol... | {"Developer": "John Andrews, et al.", "OS family": "Linux (Unix-like)", "Source model": "Open source", "Working state": "Abandoned", "Initial release": "2005 04 13", "Kernel": "Monolithic Linux kernel", "Defaultuser interface": "Fluxbox, JWM", "License": "Free software licenses(mainly GPL)", "Official website": "www.da... |
The Wraith: Shangri-La is the eighth studio album by American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse, released on November 5, 2002, by Psychopathic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in 2002 at multiple recording studios throughout the United States. The album is the first of two albums representing the six... | {"Released": "2002 11 5", "Recorded": "2001-02", "Genre": "Rap rock https://www.wweek.com/music/2015/10/29/all-13-insane-clown-posse-albums-ranked/ All 13 Insane Clown Posse albums ranked MacMurdo Walker October 29, 2015 Willamette Week November 9, 2021", "Label": "Psychopathic Records, D3 Entertainment", "Produ... |
Clydesdale Bank () is a trading name used by Clydesdale Bank plc for its retail banking operations in Scotland.
In June 2018, it was announced that Clydesdale Bank's holding company CYBG would acquire Virgin Money for £1.7 billion in an all-stock deal, and that the Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank and B brands would be... | {"Type": "Trading name", "Founded": "1838 3 2 yMay 1838 (official opening)", "Headquarters": "Glasgow, Scotland, UK", "Industry": "Banking, Financial services", "Services": "Retail bankingSME banking", "Revenue": "See Parent company", "Parent": "Clydesdale Bank plc", "Website": "https://www.cbonline.co.uk"} |
Thomas James Perkins (January 7, 1932 - June 7, 2016) was an American businessman and venture capitalist who was one of the founders of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins.
Biography
Perkins received a B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1953. H... | {"Name": "Thomas Perkins", "Caption": "Perkins speaking at TechCrunch in San Francisco in 2013", "Birth name": "Thomas James Perkins", "Birth date": "1932 1 7Who's who in Finance and Industry Inc., Marquis Who's Who., 1989 edition, p. 601", "Birth place": "White Plains, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2016 06 07 1932 0... |
Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh (November 1640 - ) was a Dutch sea captain who explored the central west coast of New Holland (Australia) in the late 17th century, where he landed in what is now Perth on the Swan River. The mission proved fruitless, but he charted parts of the continent's western coast.The original maps we... | {"Name": "Willem de Vlamingh", "Caption": "Portrait thought to be of de Vlamingh", "Birth name": "Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh", "Birth place": "Oost-Vlieland, Dutch Republic", "Baptised": "28 November 1640", "Death date": "Unknown date, 1698 1640"} |
The Games Machine is a video game magazine that was published from 1987 until 1990 in the United Kingdom by Newsfield, which also published CRASH, Zzap!64, Amtix! and other magazines.
History
The magazine ran head to head with Future's recently launched ACE and EMAP's long running C&VG magazines. Unhappy with the prof... | {"Frequency": "bi-Monthly, monthly", "Categories": "Video game journalism", "Company": "Newsfield Publications", "First issue": "October / November 1987http://amr.abime.net/issue_814 The Games Machine 1 (October - November 1987) - Amiga Magazine Rack", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "ISSN": "0954-8... |
First lieutenant is a commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces; in some forces, it is an appointment.
The rank of lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations, but in most forces it is sub-divided into a senior (first lieutenant) and junior (second lieutenant) rank.
In navies, whi... | {"Country": "United States", "Service branch": "United States U.S. ArmyUnited States U.S. Marine CorpsUnited States U.S. Air ForceUnited States U.S. Space Force", "Abbreviation": "1LT (Army)1stLt (Marine Corps)1st Lt (Air Force and Space Force)", "Rank group": "Junior officer", "Rank code": "OF-1", "Pay grade": "O-2", ... |
The prime minister of Hungary () is the head of government of Hungary. The prime minister and the Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Parliament, to their political party and ultimately to the electorate. The current holder of the office is Viktor Orbán, leader of the Fidesz - Hun... | {"Post": "Prime Minister", "Body": "Hungary", "Insignia size": "120px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms used by the Prime Minister2011. évi CCII. törvény Magyarország címerének és zászlajának használatáról, valamint állami kitüntetéseiről http://net.jogtar.hu/jr/gen/hjegy_doc.cgi?docid=A1100202.TV CompLex Hatályos ... |
Vittorio Veneto is a city and comune situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of Italy, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers, borders with the following municipalities:
Alpago (BL), Belluno (BL), Cappella Maggiore, Colle Umberto, Conegliano, Fregona, Limana (BL), Revine... | {"Name": "Vittorio Veneto", "Official name": "Città di Vittorio Veneto", "Map alt text": "The municipal area in the province of Treviso", "Coordinates": "45 59 N 12 18 E inline,title", "Region": "Veneto", "Province": "Treviso (TV)", "Frazioni": "Carpesica, Confin, Cozzuolo, Fadalto, Formeniga, Longhere, Nove, San Loren... |
J D Wetherspoon plc (branded variously as Wetherspoon or Wetherspoons, and colloquially known as Spoons) is a pub company operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company was founded in 1979 by Tim Martin and is based in Watford. It operates the sub-brand of Lloyds No.1 bars, and around 50 Wetherspoon hotels. W... | {"Type": "Public limited company", "Founded": "1979 12 9 yes", "Headquarters": "Watford, England", "Industry": "Hospitality", "Products": "Public houses and hotels", "Revenue": "£1,740.5 million (2022)https://www.investors.jdwetherspoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Annual-Report-7-October-2022.pdf Annual Report 2022... |
Hendrik Brouwer (; 1581 - 7 August 1643) was a Dutch explorer and governor of the Dutch East Indies.
East Indies
Brouwer is thought to first have sailed to the Dutch East Indies for the Dutch East India Company in 1606. In 1610, he left again to the Indies, now as commander of three ships. On this trip he devised th... | {"Name": "Hendrik Brouwer", "Term start": "1632 04 18 y", "Term end": "1636 01 01 y", "Birth date": "Unknown date, 1581", "Birth place": "Spanish Netherlands", "Death date": "1643 08 07 62 y", "Death place": "Puerto Inglés, Chiloé"} |
Sir Peter Richard Caruana, (born 15 October 1956) is a Gibraltarian former politician who served as Chief Minister of Gibraltar from 1996 to 2011 and Leader of the Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) from 1991 to 2013.
Caruana is a barrister by profession. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel for Gibraltar in 1998 (which ... | {"Name": "Sir Peter Caruana", "Term start": "17 May 1996", "Term end": "9 December 2011", "Monarch 2": "Elizabeth II", "Predecessor 2": "Adolfo Canepa", "Successor 2": "Joe Bossano", "Birth date": "1956 10 15 y", "Birth place": "Gibraltar", "Spouse(s)": "Cristina Triay", "Nationality": "British (Gibraltarian)", "Alma m... |
Dirk Pitt is a fictional character created by American novelist Clive Cussler and featured in a series of novels published from 1976 to 2021. Pitt is a larger-than-life hero reminiscent of pulp magazine icon Doc Savage. Pitt is a citizen of the United States, on loan from the United States Air Force with the rank of Ma... | {"First appearance": "The Mediterranean Caper", "Last appearance": "Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea", "Gender": "Male", "Full name": "Dirk Eric Pitt", "Children": "Dirk Pitt Jr.Summer Pitt", "Relatives": "Senator George Pitt (father)\nSummer Pitt (sister)", "Portrayed by": "Richard JordanMatthew McConaughey", "Created ... |
is a railway station in Namba, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, Japan, adjacent to Namba Station (Nankai Railway, Osaka Subway) and Ōsaka Namba Station (Kintetsu, Hanshin Railway) operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
JR Namba is the western terminus of the Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line).
Layout
The station ha... | {"Name": "JR Namba Station", "Native name": "JR難波駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Style template": "JR West", "Caption": "Underground platform", "Address": "1-4-1 Minatomachi, Naniwa Ward, Osaka City", "Administrative subdivision": "Osaka Prefecture", "Country": "Japan", "Coordinates": "34 39 59.1 N 135 29 43.2 E reg... |
Kela, abbr. from , (Fpa), (SII), is a Finnish government agency in charge of settling benefits under national social security programs. Kela was founded in 1937 to handle retirement pay. In the 1980s and 1990s, its role was expanded to handle other fields like child benefits, unemployment benefits, sickness benefits,... | {"Formed": "December 16, 1937", "Jurisdiction": "Finland", "Headquarters": "Helsinki", "Employees": "6,092 (December 31, 2010)", "Annual budget": "12.6 billion € (2010)", "Website": "https://www.kela.fi/web/en"} |
The Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA, ) is an agency of the French government, responsible for investigating aviation accidents and incidents and making safety recommendations based on what is learned from those investigations.
Its headquarters are at Paris-Le Bourget Airport in Le Bourget... | {"Formed": "1946", "Jurisdiction": "French territory and French aircraft", "Headquarters": "Le Bourget Airport", "Employees": "96 (December 2019)", "Website": "bea.aero/en/"} |
Arrowsmith is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Ford and starring Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, and Myrna Loy. It was adapted from Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel Arrowsmith by Sidney Howard, departing substantially from the book regarding Arrowsmith's womanizing and other key plot element... | {"Directed by": "John Ford", "Produced by": "Samuel Goldwyn", "Written by": "Sidney Howard", "Starring": "Ronald ColmanHelen HayesRichard BennettMyrna Loy", "Music by": "Alfred Newman", "Cinematography": "Ray June", "Edited by": "Hugh Bennett", "Distributed by": "United Artists", "Box office": "$1.25 millionQuigley Pub... |
Dag Nasty is an American hardcore punk band from Washington D.C., formed in 1985 by guitarist Brian Baker of Minor Threat, drummer Colin Sears and bassist Roger Marbury, both of Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, and vocalist Shawn Brown (later of Swiz and Jesuseater). Their style of less aggressive, melodic hardcore was infl... | {"Origin": "Washington D.C., U.S.", "Genres": "Hardcore punk Blush Steven Steven Blush American Hardcore: A Tribal History Feral House 2001 0-922915-71-7 157 During the 'Revolution Summer' of '85 many harDCore types reinvented themselves. 'Emo,' for emotional post-Hardcore, described the move to softer, more emot... |
Arrowsmith is a novel by American author Sinclair Lewis, first published in 1925. It won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize (which Lewis declined). Lewis was greatly assisted in its preparation by science writer Paul de Kruif, who received 25% of the royalties on sales, although Lewis was listed as the sole author.
Arrowsmith i... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Harcourt Brace & Co. (US)Jonathan Cape (UK)", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback), digital, and audio cassette", "Pages": "440 pp (paperback)", "ISBN": "(paperback); 0-89966-402-4 (hardcover)"} |
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is the second and final studio album by American rock band Neutral Milk Hotel, released on February 10, 1998, by Merge Records. The music is predominantly indie rock and psychedelic folk, and is characterized by an intentionally low-quality sound. Traditional rock instruments like the guit... | {"Released": "February 10, 1998", "Recorded": "July-September 1997", "Studio": "Pet Sounds,\"Studio\" Listed in the liner notes as Elephant 6 Recording CompanyAnon. 1998a Denver, Colorado", "Genre": "Indie rock\npsychedelic folk\nlo-fi", "Label": "Merge", "Producer": "Robert Schneider"} |
Mega Millions (originally known as The Big Game in 1996 and renamed, temporarily, to The Big Game Mega Millions six years later) is an American multijurisdictional lottery game; as of June 30, 2023, it is offered in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The first (The Big Game) Mega Millions... | {"Region": "United States", "First draw": "2002 05 17 yeshttps://patch.com/ohio/cleveland/largest-mega-millions-jackpot-history-868-million Mega Millions Winning Numbers For Oct. 19: $1 Billion Jackpot Mosby Chris Patch.com October 17, 2018 March 31, 2019", "Operator": "Mega Millions Grouphttps://www.washingtonpost.com... |
Fidel Valdez Ramos (, ; March 18, 1928 - July 31, 2022), popularly known as FVR and Eddie Ramos, was a Filipino general and politician who served as the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He was the only career military officer who reached the rank of five-star general/admiral de jure. Rising from se... | {"Image caption": "Ramos in 1998", "Vice president": "Joseph Estrada", "Term start": "June 30, 1992", "Term end": "June 30, 1998", "Office 2": "17th Secretary of National Defense", "President 2": "Corazon Aquino", "Predecessor 2": "Rafael Ileto", "Successor 2": "Renato de Villa", "Birth name": "Fidel Valdez Ramos", "Bi... |
The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation"Welcome to the website of the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation." German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation. Retrieved on 29 March 2015. (, BFU) is the German federal agency responsible for air accident and incident inves... | {"Abbreviation": "BFU", "Type": "Federal agency", "Legal status": "Established by Law on the Investigation of Accidents and Malfunctions in Operation of Civil AircraftGesetz über die Untersuchung von Unfällen und Störungen bei dem Betrieb ziviler Luftfahrzeuge Flugunfall-Untersuchungs-Gesetz FLUUG 1998-08-26 2470", "He... |
is a subordinate unified command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. It was activated at Fuchū Air Station in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 July 1957 to replace the Far East Command. USFJ is headquartered at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo and is commanded by the Commander, US Forces Japan who is also commander of the Fifth Air F... | {"Type": "Subordinate unified combatant command", "Part of": "25px U.S. Indo-Pacific Command", "Size": "50,000 (approx.)", "Website": "https://www.usfj.mil/ www.usfj.mil"} |
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) investigates civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and crown dependencies. It is also the Space Accident Investigation Authority (SAIA) for the United Kingdom. The AAIB is a branch of the Department for Transport ... | {"Formed": "1915", "Jurisdiction": "United Kingdom\n British Overseas Territories\n Crown dependencies", "Employees": "64", "Annual budget": ">£18 million", "Headquarters": "Farnborough HouseFarnborough Airport, Rushmoor", "Parent department": "Department for Transport"} |
San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) system.
Located in downtown San Jose, the SJSU main campus is situated on , or ... | {"Motto": "Powering Silicon Valley", "Type": "Public university", "Accreditation": "WSCUC", "Endowment": "$233.7 million (2022-2023)SJSU 2022/2023 Annual Budget Report https://www.sjsu.edu/fabs/docs/2022-23_Annual_Budget_Report.pdf Finance and Business Services San Jose State University 13 March 2023 52", "Budget"... |
The Grand Duchy of Posen (; ) was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, created from territories annexed by Prussia after the Partitions of Poland, and formally established following the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. Per agreements derived at the Congress of Vienna it was to have some autonomy. However, in reality it was subordin... | {"Native name": "de Großherzogtum Posenpl Wielkie Księstwo Poznańskie", "Conventional long name": "Grand Duchy of Posen", "Common name": "Grand Duchy of Posen", "Year founded": "1815", "Year dissolved": "1848", "Capital": "Posen (Poznań)", "Government type": "Absolute Monarchy", "Legislature": "Sejm"} |
Bupropion, sold under the brand name Wellbutrin among others, is an atypical antidepressant primarily used to treat major depressive disorder and to support smoking cessation. It is also popular as an add-on medication in the cases of "incomplete response" to the first-line selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)... | {"Pronunciation": "b j uː ˈ p r oʊ p i ɒ nbew PROH pee on", "Trade name": "Wellbutrin, Zyban, others", "AHFS": "monograph bupropion-hydrochloride", "Pregnancycategory": "Bupropion Use During Pregnancy https://www.drugs.com/pregnancy/bupropion.html Drugs.com 24 December 2018 24 December 2018 https://web.archive.org... |
The president of Angola () is both head of state and head of government in Angola. According to the constitution adopted in 2010, the post of prime minister is abolished; executive authority belongs to the president who has also a degree of legislative power, as he can govern by decree.
The position of president date... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "Angola", "Native name": "pt Presidente de Angola", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Presidential Standard", "Incumbent": "João Lourenço", "Incumbent since": "26 September 2017", "Term length": "5 years,", "Term length qualification": "renewable once", "Precursor": "Colonial governor... |
Daniel Ray Ainge ( ;Jares, Joe. "A double Danny dandy," Sports Illustrated, January 29, 1979. Retrieved December 24, 2020 born March 17, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and professional baseball player who serves as an executive for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association... | {"Conference": "NBA", "Position": "CEO of basketball operations / alternate governor", "Born": "Eugene, Oregon, U.S.", "Listed height": "5", "Listed weight": "190", "High school": "North Eugene (Eugene, Oregon)", "College": "BYU (1977-1981)"} |
The president of the Republic of Botswana is the head of state and the head of government of Botswana, as well as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, according to the Constitution of Botswana.
Presidential term
The president is elected to a five-year term that runs concurrently with the term of the National ... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "theRepublic of Botswana", "Insignia image": "Flag of the President of Botswana.svgborder", "Insignia size": "125px", "Insignia caption": "Presidential flag", "Incumbent": "Mokgweetsi Masisi", "Incumbent since": "1 April 2018", "Appointer": "Parliament of Botswana", "Term length": "5 years... |
This is a list of heads of state of Burkina Faso since the Republic of Upper Volta gained independence from France in 1960.
A total of seven people have served as head of state of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso (not counting four Transitional Heads of State/Presidents and one Acting President in rebellion).
The current hea... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "Burkina Faso", "Native name": "fr Président du Burkina Faso", "Insignia image": "Presidential Standard of Burkina Faso.svgborder", "Insignia size": "125px", "Insignia caption": "Presidential Standard", "Image size": "165px", "Incumbent": "Ibrahim Traoré(Interim)", "Incumbent since": "30 S... |
Cassie René Bernall (November 6, 1981April 20, 1999) was an American student who was killed in the Columbine High School massacre, where 11 more students and a teacher were killed by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who then committed suicide. It was reported that Bernall had been asked whether or not she believed in God... | {"Name": "Cassie Bernall", "Caption": "Bernall in 1997", "Birth name": "Cassie René Bernall", "Birth date": "yes 1981 11 6", "Birth place": "Wheat Ridge, Colorado, U.S.", "Death date": "yes 1999 4 20 1981 8 5", "Death place": "Columbine, Colorado, U.S.\"2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Columbine CDP, CO https://web.arch... |
This article contains two versions of the list of kings of Burundi, the traditional version before 1680 and the modern genealogy. The Kingdom of Burundi was ruled by sovereigns, titled mwami (plural abami), whose regnal names followed a cycle: Ntare (meaning 'lion'), Mwezi (meaning 'moon'), Mutaga, and Mwambutsa. Tradi... | {"Style": "His", "First monarch": "Ntare III Rushatsi", "Last monarch": "Ntare V Ndizeye", "Formation": "1680", "Abolition": "28 November 1966", "Appointer": "Hereditary", "Pretender(s)": "Princess Rosa Paula Iribagiza"} |
Opus the Penguin (Opus T. Penguin) is a fictional character created by artist Berkeley Breathed. Breathed has described him as an "existentialist penguin" and the favorite of his many characters.
Opus has appeared in several of Breathed's creations, most notably his 1980s comic strip Bloom County. Breathed also includ... | {"First appearance": "June 26, 1981", "Created by": "Berkeley Breathed", "Voiced by": "Michael Bell", "Gender": "Male", "Nationality": "British (Falkland Islands)", "Relatives": "Ms. Opus (mother)"} |
This article lists the presidents of Cape Verde, an island country in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa, since the establishment of the office of president in 1975. Aristides Pereira was the first person to hold the office, taking effect on 8 July 1975. The incumbent is José Maria Neves, having taken offi... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "Cape Verde", "Native name": "pt Presidente de Cabo Verde", "Insignia size": "125px", "Insignia caption": "National emblem of Cape Verde", "Image size": "215px", "Incumbent": "José Maria Neves", "Incumbent since": "9 November 2021", "Residence": "Presidential Palace, Praia", "Department": ... |
This article lists the heads of state of the Central African Republic. There have been seven heads of state of the Central African Republic and the Central African Empire since independence was obtained from the French on 13 August 1960. This list includes not only those persons who were sworn into office as President ... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "theCentral African Republic", "Native name": "fr Président de laRépublique centrafricaine", "Insignia size": "125px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of the Central African Republic", "Image size": "165px", "Incumbent": "Faustin-Archange Touadéra", "Incumbent since": "30 March 2016", "R... |
This is a list of heads of state of Chad since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
A total of six people have served as head of state of Chad (not counting two Interim Heads of State). Additionally, one person, Goukouni Oueddei, has served on two non-consecutive occasions.
The curr... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "theRepublic of Chad", "Native name": "fr Président de laRépublique du Tchadar رئيس جمهورية تشاد off", "Insignia size": "125px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of Chad", "Image size": "165px", "Incumbent": "Mahamat Déby(Transitional)", "Incumbent since": "20 April 2021\"The East African... |
Star World (formerly known as Star Entertainment and Star Plus) is an English language entertainment television channel originally launched on 15 December 1991 by Star TV in Hong Kong as the old iteration of Star Plus.
On 30 March 1996, the channel was split into two, when the former became Star World in East and Sout... | {"Launched": "y 1991 12 15 (Star Entertainment)y 2001 01 01 (Taiwan)y 2022 01 01 (Officially relaunch in Taiwan)", "Closed": "y 2017 10 1 (Southeast Asia & Hong Kong)\n y 2020 2 1 (Taiwan; first incarnation)\n y 2023 3 15 (India)\n 2023 12 31 y (Taiwan; second incarnation)", "Owner": "Fox Networks Group (Disney Enterta... |
Chiang Hsiao-yen (; born 1 March 1942) or John Chiang, formerly surnamed Chang (), is a Taiwanese politician affiliated with the Kuomintang. He is the speculated illegitimate son of Chiang Ching-kuo, former leader of the Republic of China, which would make him the grandson of Chiang Kai-shek.
Biography
He and his iden... | {"Name": "Chiang Hsiao-yenJohn Chiang", "Native name": "蔣孝嚴", "Native name language": "zh-tw", "Office 2": "Member of the Legislative Yuan", "Successor 2": "Lo Shu-lei", "Birth date": "1942 3 1 y", "Birth place": "Second People's Hospital of Guilian, Guilin, Kwangsi, Republic of Chinahttp://www.gleyy.com/newsview.asp?i... |
Wayne Alan Northrop (born April 12, 1947) is an American actor known for his parts in soap operas such as Dynasty and Days of Our Lives.
Career
Northrop portrayed chauffeur Michael Culhane on Dynasty from the pilot episode, "Oil" (1981), until the season one finale, "The Testimony" (1981). He returned in the seventh s... | {"Name": "Wayne Northrop", "Birth name": "Wayne Alan Northrop", "Birth date": "1947 4 12", "Birth place": "Sumner, Washington", "Occupation": "Actor", "Spouse(s)": "Lynn Herring May 9, 1981", "Children": "2"} |
Dangdut () is a genre of Indonesian folk music that is partly derived and fused from Hindustani, Arabic and to lesser extent, Javanese, Malay and local folk music. Dangdut is the most popular musical genre in Indonesia and very popular in other Maritime Southeast Asian countries as well because of its melodious instrum... | {"Name": "Dangdut", "Native name": "Musik dangdut", "Stylistic origins": "Hindustani Arabic Javanese Malay", "Cultural origins": "1970s, Java, Indonesia", "Derivative forms": "Dangdut koplo (East Java, Central Java and Yogyakarta) Dangdut rampak (West Java and Banten) Dangdut gondang (North Sumatera) Dangdut tarling (... |
Jim Anderton's Progressive Party (formed in 2002 as the Progressive Party and renamed after its founder in 2005) was a New Zealand political party generally somewhat to the left of its ally, the Labour Party.
The party was established when Jim Anderton and his supporters left the Alliance party. The Progressive Party ... | {"Leader": "Jim Anderton", "Ideology": "ProgressivismDemocratic socialism", "Headquarters": "296 Selwyn Street, Spreydon, Christchurch", "Split from": "Alliance", "Founded": "2002", "Political position": "Centre-left to left-wing"} |
Sylvano Bussotti (1 October 1931 - 19 September 2021) was an Italian composer of contemporary classical music, also a painter, set and costume designer, opera director and manager, writer and academic teacher. His compositions employ graphic notation, which has often created special problems of interpretation. He was k... | {"Name": "Sylvano Bussotti", "Caption": "Bussotti in 2006", "Birth date": "1931 10 01 y", "Birth place": "Florence, Italy", "Death date": "2021 09 19 1931 10 01 y", "Death place": "Milan, Italy", "Education": "Florence Conservatory", "Occupation": "Composer, painter, designer", "Organization": "La Fenice\n Puccini Fest... |
BeauSoleil (French, beautiful sun) is a Cajun band from Louisiana, United States.
Band history
Founded in 1975, BeauSoleil (often billed as "BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet") released its first album in 1977 and became one of the most well-known bands performing traditional and original music rooted in the folk tunes o... | {"Origin": "Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.", "Genres": "Cajun, zydeco, folk", "Labels": "Swallow, Arhoolie, Rounder, Rhino, Vanguard, Yep Roc, Compass", "Website": "beausoleilmusic.com", "Members": "Michael Doucet\n David Doucet\n Billy Ware\n Tommy Alesi\n Chad Huval\n Bill Bennett"} |
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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (香港交易所, SEHK, also known as Hong Kong Stock Exchange) is a stock exchange based in Hong Kong. As of the end of 2020, it had 2,538 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of HK$47 trillion. It is reported as the fastest growing stock... | {"Type": "Stock exchange", "Location": "Hong Kong", "Coordinates": "22.28414 114.15768", "Founded": "yes 1891 2 3 (as Association of Stockbrokers in Hong Kong)yes 1914 2 21 (as Hong Kong Stock Exchange)", "Owner": "Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing", "Key people": "Nicolas Aguzin (CEO) Laura Cha (Chairman)", "Currency":... |
Greco Pizza Restaurant is a franchise restaurant chain consisting of over 100 outlets in Eastern Canada. The restaurants also deliver pizza. Greco bills itself as the largest pizza chain in Atlantic Canada.
History
The first Greco Pizza restaurant opened in 1977 in Moncton, New Brunswick, as Greco Donair...and Pizza. ... | {"Type": "Locally owned subsidiary", "Founded": "Moncton, New Brunswick (1977)", "Headquarters": "Truro, Nova Scotia", "Industry": "Fast food, Donairs, Pizza", "Products": "Pizza, Garlic Fingers, OvenSubs, Donairs", "Website": "www.greco.ca"} |
The Executive Yuan () is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Its leader is premier, who is appointed by president of the Republic of China and serves as the head of government of the nation.
Under the amended constitution, the head of the Executive Yuan is the Premier who is posit... | {"Formed": "25 October 1928 (in mainland China)10 March 1950 (in Taipei)", "Dissolved": "1 October 1949 (mainland China)", "Jurisdiction": "Government of the Republic of China", "Status": "Active in the Free area of the Republic of China, defunct in Mainland China", "Headquarters": "No. 1, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Zhongzheng,... |
Elimäki (Swedish: Elimä) is a former municipality of Finland.
It was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the region of Kymenlaakso. The municipality had a population of 8,199 and covered an area of 391.74 km² of which 4.27 km² was water. The population density was 21.2 inhabitants per km².
The... | {"Land": "387.47", "Water": "4.27", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+3"} |
Anjalankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. It had 16 379 inhabitants in 2008. About 4/5 of the people live in the vicinity of the Kymi River. The most densely populated communities are Myllykoski and Inkeroinen. In addition, there is plenty of countryside.
The town's major industry is forestry along th... | {"Land": "726.6", "Water": "26.32", "Density": "22.54", "DST": "+03:00"} |
Enonkoski () is a municipality of Finland. It is encircled by the city of Savonlinna in the Southern Savonia region. It is the smallest municipality in Southern Savonia in terms of population.
History
Enonkoski was founded in 1882. Before that it was part of Kerimäki and Heinävesi. The major reason for the foundation ... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Enonkoski", "Water": "area_water_km2 Enonkoski", "Rank": "population_rank Enonkoski", "Density": "population_density_km2 Enonkoski", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.enonkoski.fi"} |
Eura () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Kiukainen was consoli... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Eura", "Water": "area_water_km2 Eura", "Rank": "population_rank Eura", "Density": "population_density_km2 Eura", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.eura.fi"} |
Charles Olson (27 December 1910 – 10 January 1970) was a second generation modernist American poet who was a link between earlier modernist figures such as Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the third generation modernist New American poets. The latter includes the New York School, the Black Mountain School, an... | {"Born": "1910 12 27 y", "Died": "1970 01 10 1910 12 27 y", "Resting place": "Gloucester, Massachusetts", "Education": "Wesleyan University B.A., 1932; M.A., 1933Harvard University Graduate work in American Studies, 1936-1939", "Literary movement": "Postmodernism", "Children": "2"} |
Eurajoki (; ) is a municipality of Finland located in the region of Satakunta in the province of Western Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Economy
thumb|left|The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Pla... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Eurajoki", "Water": "area_water_km2 Eurajoki", "Rank": "population_rank Eurajoki", "Density": "population_density_km2 Eurajoki", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.eurajoki.fi"} |
The Judicial Yuan () is the judicial branch of the government of Taiwan.See Constitution arts. 77-82, available at See Additional Articles of the Constitution art. 5, available at It runs a Constitutional Court and oversees all systems of courts of Taiwan, including ordinary courts like the supreme court, high courts,... | {"Established": "1947", "Location": "Zhongzheng, Taipei", "Coordinates": "25.0379 N 121.5121 E source:wikidata inline,title", "Composition method": "Presidential appointment with Legislative Yuan consent", "Judge term length": "8 years", "Number of positions": "15", "Website": "www.judicial.gov.tw", "Currently": "Tsai ... |
Mastercard Inc. (stylized as MasterCard from 1979 to 2016, mastercard from 2016 to 2019) is the second-largest payment-processing corporation worldwide. It offers a range of payment transaction processing and other related-payment services (such as travel-related payments and bookings). Its headquarters are in Purchase... | {"Type": "Public company", "Industry": "Financial services", "Founded": "1966", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Brands": "Cirrus\n Maestro\n Mondex\n MasterPass", "Services": "Credit cards\n Debit cards\n Payment systems", "Revenue": "22.24 billion (2022)", "Website": "mastercard.com"} |
The Examination Yuan is the civil service commission branch, in charge of validating the qualification of civil servants, of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It has a president, a vice president, and seven to nine members, all of whom are nominated by the president of the republic and confirmed by the ... | {"Formed": "January 1930", "Jurisdiction": "Republic of China (Taiwan)", "Headquarters": "Wenshan, Taipei", "Website": "https://www.exam.gov.tw/en/ www.exam.gov.tw"} |
Renata Scotto (24 February 1934 - 16 August 2023) was an Italian soprano, opera director, and voice teacher. Recognised for her sense of style, her musicality, and as a remarkable singer-actress, Scotto is considered to have been one of the preeminent opera singers of her generation.
For more than 40 years, she perfor... | {"Name": "Renata Scotto", "Landscape": "yes", "Caption": "Scotto in 1967", "Birth date": "1934 02 24 yes", "Birth place": "Savona, Italy", "Death date": "2023 08 16 1934 02 24 yes", "Death place": "Savona, Italy", "Occupation": "Operatic soprano Opera director Voice teacher", "Organization": "La Scala Metropolita... |
Forssa is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located almost in the centre of a triangle defined by the three largest major cities in Finland (Helsinki, Turku and Tampere), in the Tavastia Proper region, and which is crossed by Highway 2 between Pori and Helsinki and Highway 10 between Turku and Hämeenlinna. The ... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Forssa", "Water": "area_water_km2 Forssa", "Rank": "population_rank Forssa", "Density": "population_density_km2 Forssa", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.forssa.fi"} |
Ii (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is situated by the Bothnian Bay, at the mouth of river Iijoki, and it is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Ii merge... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Ii, Finland", "Water": "area_water_km2 Ii, Finland", "Rank": "population_rank Ii, Finland", "Density": "population_density_km2 Ii, Finland", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "https://www.ii.fi/en"} |
Kajaani (), historically known as Cajanaburg. (), is the most populous town and the capital of the Kainuu Region of Finland. It is located southeast of Lake Oulu (Oulujärvi), which drains into the Gulf of Bothnia through the Oulu River (Oulujoki). As of , it had a population of .
The town was founded in the 17th centu... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Kajaani", "Water": "area_water_km2 Kajaani", "Rank": "population_rank Kajaani", "Density": "population_density_km2 Kajaani", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "Official website"} |
Kemi (; ; ; ; Swedish (historically): Kiemi) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located very near the city of Tornio and the Swedish border. The distance to Oulu is to the south and to Rovaniemi is to the northeast. It was founded in 1869 by a decree of the Emperor Alexander II of Russia because of its pro... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Kemi", "Water": "area_water_km2 Kemi", "Rank": "population_rank Kemi", "Density": "population_density_km2 Kemi", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.kemi.fi"} |
The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for... | {"Type": "Light machine gun\nAutomatic rifle", "In service": "1918-1973 (United States)", "Wars": "World War I\n1923 Revolution\nUnited States occupation of NicaraguaMacaulay Neill The Sandino Affair February 1998 Quadrangle Books Chicago 183 \nCuban Revolution of 1933Jowett, Phillip, Latin American Wars 1900-1941: Osp... |
Eamon Martin Dunphy (born 3 August 1945) is an Irish media personality, journalist, broadcaster, author, sports pundit and former professional footballer. He grew up playing football for several youth teams including Stella Maris. Since retiring from the sport, he has become recognisable to Irish television audiences a... | {"Name": "Eamon Dunphy", "Picture caption": "Dunphy in 2013", "Full name": "Eamon Martin Dunphy", "Birth date": "y 1945 8 3", "Birth place": "Dublin, Ireland", "Position": "Midfielder", "Youth club 1 years": "195x-1962", "Youth club 1": "Stella Maris", "Youth club 2 years": "1962-1965", "Youth club 2": "Manchester Unit... |
The Province of Silesia (; ; ) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919. The Silesia region was part of the Prussian realm since 1740 and established as an official province in 1815, then became part of the German Empire in 1871. In 1919, as part of the Free State of Prussia within Weimar Germany, Silesia was divide... | {"Native name": "de Provinz Schlesien", "Conventional long name": "Province of Silesia", "Common name": "Silesia", "Year founded": "1815", "Year dissolved": "1919", "Capital": "Breslau", "Today part of": "GermanyPolandCzech Republic"} |
The Province of Saxony (), also known as Prussian Saxony (), was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1944. Its capital was Magdeburg.
It was formed by the merger of various territories ceded or returned to Prussia in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna: most of the forme... | {"Native name": "Provinz Sachsen", "Conventional long name": "Province of Saxony", "Common name": "Saxony, Province", "Year founded": "1816", "Year dissolved": "1944", "Capital": "Magdeburg"} |
Zurab Zhvania (; 9 December 1963 - 3 February 2005) was a Georgian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Georgia and Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia.
Zhvania began his political career at young age, making his first political steps as a member of Green Party, in the beginning of 90s. In 1992 Zhvania was el... | {"Name": "Zurab Zhvaniaზურაბ ჟვანია", "Image": "Zurab zhavnia senate.JPG", "Image size": "200px", "Term start": "17 February 2004", "Term end": "3 February 2005", "Office 2": "State Minister of Georgia", "President 2": "Mikheil Saakashvili", "Predecessor 2": "Avtandil Jorbenadze", "Successor 2": "Office abolished; hims... |
Brooklyn Technical High School, commonly called Brooklyn Tech and administratively designated High School 430, is a public high school in New York City that specializes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It is one of the three original specialized high schools operated by the New York City Department... | {"Faculty": "283 full-time, 313 totalhttps://bths.edu/ BTHS Homepage (numbers found at bottom) September 18, 2018", "Teaching staff": "290.71", "Student to teacher ratio": "20.52", "Team name": "Engineers", "Nickname": "Brooklyn Tech, BTHS, Tech", "Athletics conference": "PSAL", "Coordinates": "40 41 20 N 73 58 37 W ... |
The Dorpat Voivodeship ( or województwo derpskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Duchy of Livonia, part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1598 until the Swedish conquest of Livonia in the 1620s. The seat of the voivode was in the town of Dorpat (Tartu), while the regional as... | {"Conventional long name": "Dorpat Voivodeship", "Native name": "Województwo dorpackie", "Common name": "Dorpat", "Year founded": "1598", "Year dissolved": "1621", "Capital": "Dorpat"} |
The president of Georgia () is the ceremonial head of state of Georgia as well as the commander-in-chief of the Defense Forces. The constitution defines the presidential office as "the guarantor of the country's unity and national independence."
The president is largely a figurehead as in many parliamentary democracie... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "Georgiaსაქართველოს პრეზიდენტი", "Insignia image": "Flag of the President of Georgia.svgborder", "Insignia size": "150px", "Insignia caption": "Presidential standard", "Incumbent": "Salome Zourabichvili", "Incumbent since": "16 December 2018", "Department": "Office of the President of Geor... |
The Jew's harp, also known as jaw harp, juice harp, or mouth harp, is a lamellophone instrument, consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo tongue or reed attached to a frame. Despite the colloquial name the Jew's harp most likely originated in Siberia, specifically in or around the Altai Mountains, and has no relation ... | {"Name": "Jew's harp", "Caption": "A typical U.S. Jew's harp", "Background": "percussion", "Names": "Jew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, Ozark harp, juice harp, murchunga, guimbarde, mungiga, vargan, trompe", "Classification": "Lamellophone", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "121.22", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "Heteroglot guimb... |
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" is a song, written in 1954 by Jesse Stone (usually credited as Charles Calhoun, his songwriting name). The original recording by Big Joe Turner is ranked number 127 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Background
In early 1954, Ahmet ErtegunRobert Greenfi... | {"B-side": "You Know I Love You", "Released": "1954 04", "Recorded": "New York City, February 15, 1954", "Genre": "Rock and rollBig Joe Turner https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/big-joe-turner Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 30 June 2013\nrhythm and bluesMichael Campbell James Brody Rock and Roll: An Introduction https://book... |
Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa, , (; born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand opera singer. She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". Her extensive discography includes three albums which featured in the top forty in cha... | {"Honorific prefix": "Dame", "Name": "Kiri Te Kanawa", "Post-nominals": "NZL ONZ CH DBE 100 AUS ACh 100", "Caption": "Te Kanawa in 2013", "Birth name": "Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron", "Birth date": "1944 03 06 yes", "Birth place": "Gisborne, New Zealand", "Occupation": "Opera singer (soprano)", "Years active": "1968-201... |
Conversano (Barese: ) is an ancient town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, south-eastern Italy. It is southeast of Bari and from the Adriatic coast, at above sea level.
The counts of Conversano owned a stud that they used to breed black Neapolitan stallions with Barb and Andalusian genetic backg... | {"Name": "Conversano", "Official name": "Comune di Conversano", "Pushpin label position": "bottom", "Coordinates": "40 58 N 17 07 E region:IT_type:city inline", "Region": "Apulia", "Metropolitan city": "Bari (BA)", "Frazioni": "Castiglione, Triggianello", "Mayor": "Pasquale Loiacono", "Area": "128.42", "Population foot... |
ClueFinders is an educational software series aimed at children aged 8-12 that features a group of mystery-solving teenagers. The series was created by The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey) as a counterpart to their Reader Rabbit series for older, elementary-aged students. The series has received praise for its balan... | {"Title": "The ClueFinders", "Caption": "The members of the ClueFinders team from left-to-right: Leslie, Santiago, Owen, LapTrap (above), and Joni.", "Genre": "Edutainment, Adventure, Mystery", "Developer": "The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey)", "Publisher": "The Learning Company (1998-1999)\n Mattel Interactive un... |
Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; , ; October 12, 1928 - July 6, 2021)allmusic gives birth year as 1928.Legendary Armenian duduk player Jivan Gasparayn dies aged 92 was an Armenian musician and composer. He played the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan is known as t... | {"Born": "Solak, Armenian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union", "Died": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Armenian folk", "Labels": "All Saints Records, SLG Records"} |
Pico is a programming language developed at the Software Languages Lab at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The language was created to introduce the essentials of programming to non-computer science students.
Pico can be seen as an effort to generate a palatable and enjoyable language for people who do not want to study ha... | {"Name": "Pico", "Paradigm": "Reflective, procedural", "Initial release date": "1997", "Developer": "Vrije Universiteit Brussel", "Influenced by": "Scheme", "Website": "pico.vub.ac.be"} |
is a franchise of techno-thriller stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, Metal Gear, was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces operative (usually Solid Snake or Big Boss), who is assigned the task of finding the tit... | {"Title": "Metal Gear", "Caption": "Three logos from games in the series", "Genre": "Action-adventure\n Hack and slash\n Stealth", "Developer": "Konami (1987-2005)Kojima Productions (2005-2015)Although Kojima had been working on games at Konami, Kojima Productions was not officially formed until 2005. yesDigital Dialec... |
Queenborough is a town on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in South East England.
Queenborough is south of Sheerness. It grew as a port near the Thames Estuary at the westward entrance to the Swale where it joins the River Medway. It is in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey parliamentary constituency.
Que... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127771&c=Queenborough&d=16&e=62&g=6438739&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1474539913399&enc=1 Town population 2011 22 September 2016 Office for National Statistics Neighbourhood ... |
Haywood Knowles Nelson Jr. (born March 25, 1960) is an American actor. He is best known for having portrayed Dwayne Nelson in the television series What's Happening!!, which aired from 1976 to 1979, as well as in its spin-off series What's Happening Now!!, from 1985 to 1988.
Biography
Haywood Nelson has been a member... | {"Name": "Haywood Nelson", "Caption": "Nelson in 2007", "Birth name": "Haywood Knowles Nelson Jr.", "Birth date": "1960 3 25 yes", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Years active": "1974-present", "Spouse(s)": "Sheryl Piland (1981-1984) Diana Ramos (1987-1998)Khnadya Skye (2014-2020)", "Occupation": "Acto... |
The Vienna State Opera (, ) is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll, and designs by Josef Hlávka. T... | {"Location": "Vienna, Austria", "Coordinates": "48 12 10 N 16 22 06.5 E type:landmark_region:AT-9", "Type": "Opera house", "Opened": "25 May 1869", "Owner": "City of Vienna", "Architect": "August Sicard von SicardsburgEduard van der Nüll", "Builder": "Josef Hlávka", "Former names": "Vienna Court Opera(Wiener Hofoper)"... |
Verwood is a town and civil parish in eastern Dorset, England. The town lies north of Bournemouth and north east of Poole as the crow flies. The civil parish comprises the town of Verwood together with the extended village of Three Legged Cross, and in 2014 had a population of 15,170 (according to Dorset County Counc... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(Source: Mid Year Estimates, Office for National Statistics Jul-22)", "OS grid reference": "SU0808", "Postcode district": "BH31", "Dialling code": "01202", "UK Parliament": "North Dorset", "Unitary authority": "Dorset", "Ceremonial county": "Dorset"} |
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