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Draupadi (), also referred to as Krishnaa, Panchali, and Yagyaseni is the main female protagonist of the Hindu epic Mahabharata, and the common consort of the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva. She is noted for her beauty, courage, and polyandrous marriage.
In Mahabharata, Draupad... | {"Other names": "Krishnaa Yajnaseni Panchali Drupadakanya", "Gender": "Female", "Parents": "Drupada (father) Prishati (mother)", "Siblings": "Dhristadyumna (twin-brother) Shikhandi (sister turned brother)", "Born": "Panchala", "Died": "Himalayas", "Dynasty": "Kuru dynasty by marriage"} |
Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the European Cricket Council (ECC) and, until Aug... | {"Location": "St John's Wood, London, England", "Coordinates": "51.5294 N 0.1727 W type:landmark_scale:2000_region:GB it", "Establishment": "yes 1814", "Capacity": "31,100https://www.thecricketpaper.com/latest-news-international-news-2/381441/lords-cleared-to-have-full-capacity-for-england-pakistan-odi/ Lord's cleared... |
Liu Yongfu () (1837-1917) was a Chinese warlord and commander of the celebrated Black Flag Army. Liu won fame as a Chinese patriot fighting against the French Empire in northern Vietnam (Tonkin) in the 1870s and early 1880s. During the Sino-French War (August 1884 - April 1885), he established a close friendship with t... | {"Name": "Liu Yongfu", "Native name": "劉永福", "Native name language": "zh-hant", "Birth date": "1837 10 10 y", "Birth place": "Qinzhou, Guangdong (now Guangxi), Qing dynasty", "Death date": "1917 1 1837 10 10 y", "Death place": "Qinzhou, Guangdong (now Guangxi), Republic of China", "Nationality": "Chinese", "Battles fou... |
The New York University Tandon School of Engineering (commonly referred to as Tandon) is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United States.
The school dates back to 1854 when its predecessor institutions were s... | {"Type": "Private", "Dean": "Jelena Kovačević", "Students": "6,323", "Undergraduates": "2,761", "Postgraduates": "3,562", "Campus": "Urban, 15 acres (excluding CUSP and leased space)http://therealdeal.com/2008/03/07/brooklyn-s-polytechnic-university-approves-nyu-merger/ Brooklyn's Polytechnic University approves NYU me... |
Katharine, Duchess of Kent, (born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley; 22 February 1933), is a member of the British royal family. She is married to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a grandson of King George V.
The Duchess of Kent converted to Catholicism in 1994; she was the first member of the royal family to convert publicly ... | {"Born": "Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire, England", "Father": "Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet", "Mother": "Joyce Brunner", "Religion": "Catholic(prev. Anglican)"} |
thumb|A view of Mount Carmel in 1894.
thumb|Coloured postcard of "Haifa, Mount Carmel", by Karimeh Abbud,
Mount Carmel (; ), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias (), is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. The range is a UNESCO biosphere reserve. A... | {"Location": "Israel haifa", "Elevation": "525.4", "Coordinates": "32 44 N 35 03 E type:mountain_region:IL dms inline,title", "Length": "39", "Width": "8"} |
The is a fictional principality in Nintendo's Mario franchise. It is the primary setting of the franchise and has appeared in the vast majority of Mario video games and related media since its first appearance in Super Mario Bros. (1985), though its presentation, geography, and included regions have never been formall... | {"Created by": "Shigeru Miyamoto", "Ruler": "Princess Peach", "Genre": "Video game", "Race(s)": "Various", "Type": "Principality", "First appearance": "Super Mario Bros. (1985)", "Population": "Unspecified (games) At least 6,436,213 (The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3)6,436,213 voters participated in the election de... |
Wario's Woods is a puzzle video game developed by TEC and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in Japan and North America in 1994 and Europe in 1995. A spin-off of the Mario series, players control Toad in his mission to defeat Wario, who has taken control of the Peaceful Woods. ... | {"Title": "Wario's Woods", "Caption": "North American NES box art", "Developer": "TEChttps://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Author&SA=TEC%20Company%2C%20Ltd%2E&PID=7yqziQBaZTMdBF-cO-NKInY9jqYZ5M&BROWSE=1&HC=8&SID=2 WebVoyage", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Kenji Miki", "Producer": "Kenji Miki", "Se... |
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, known in Japan as , is a 2003 sports game developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the sequel to the 1999 Nintendo 64 title Mario Golf, and is the third game in the Mario Golf series. It was released in North America on July 28, 2003, in Japan ... | {"Title": "Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour", "Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "Camelot Software Planning", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Haruki Kodera", "Producer": "Shinji HatanoHiroyuki TakahashiShugo Takahashi", "Designer": "Hiroyuki TakahashiShugo Takahashi", "Programmer": "Haruki KoderaToru Tak... |
New Romney is a market town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour began to silt up. New Romney, one of the original Cinque Ports, was once a sea port, with the harbour adjacent to the church, but is now more than a mile from the ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126878&c=New+Romney&d=16&e=62&g=6438462&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1444051253950&enc=1 Town population 2011 5 October 2015 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111802/h... |
Northwich is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane. The town is about east of Chester, south of Warrington, and south of Manchester.
The ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021)E35001305 3 April 2023 Overview Profile: Northwich Town Council\"; downloaded from .gov.uk/find_out_more/datasets_and_statistics/statistics/census_2011/population_profiles Cheshire West and Chester: Population Profiles, 16 May 2019", "OS grid reference": "SJ651733", ... |
Rosmarie Waldrop (born Rosmarie Sebald; August 24, 1935) is an American poet, novelist, translator, essayist and publisher. Born in Germany, she has lived in the United States since 1958 and has settled in Providence, Rhode Island since the late 1960s. Waldrop is a co-editor and publisher of Burning Deck Press.
Early ... | {"Born": "1935 08 24", "Occupation": "poet, professor, translator", "Alma mater": "University of Michigan", "Notable awards": "Chevalier des arts et des lettres"} |
Painswick is a town and civil parish in the Stroud District in Gloucestershire, England. Originally the town grew from the wool trade, but it is now best known for its parish church's yew trees and the local Rococo Garden. The village is mainly constructed of locally quarried Cotswold stone. Many of the buildings featu... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127390&c=Painswick&d=16&e=62&g=6427986&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1427714758793&enc=1 Parish population 2011 30 March 2015", "District": "Stroud", "Shire county": "Gloucestershire", "UK Pa... |
Ross-on-Wye is a market town and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, near the border with Wales. It had a population estimated at 10,978 in 2021.City Population. Retrieved 2 January 2022 It lies in south-east of the county, on the River Wye and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean.
History
thumb|left|The Mar... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011) http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128029&c=Ross&d=16&e=62&g=6386104&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1448021422951&enc=1 Town population 2011 20 November 2015", "Unitary authority": "Herefordshire", "Ceremonial county... |
Rothbury is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the River Coquet. It is northwest of Morpeth and of Newcastle upon Tyne. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 2,107.
Rothbury emerged as an important town because of its location at a crossroads over a ford on the River Coquet. Turnpike ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "Unitary authority": "Northumberland", "Ceremonial county": "Northumberland", "UK Parliament": "Berwick-upon-Tweed", "Postcode district": "NE", "Dialling code": "01669", "OS grid reference": "NU056017"} |
Rye is a small town and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, two miles from the sea at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede. An important member of the mediaeval Cinque Ports confederation, it was at the head of an embayment of the English Channel, and almost ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(Parish-2012)", "OS grid reference": "TQ920206", "Postcode district": "TN31", "Dialling code": "01797", "UK Parliament": "Hastings and Rye", "District": "Rother", "Shire county": "East Sussex", "Website": "Town Council"} |
Tavistock ( ) is an ancient stannary and market town within West Devon, England. It is situated on the River Tavy from which its name derives. At the 2011 census the three electoral wards (North, South and South West) had a population of 13,028. It traces its recorded history back to at least 961 when Tavistock Abbey, ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 census)Tavistock https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/west_devon/E04003354__tavistock/ City population 25 October 2022", "District": "West Devon", "Shire county": "Devon", "UK Parliament": "Torridge and West Devon", "Postcode district": "PL", ... |
Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just east of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of , in 2011 had a population of 24,340./
There has been a settlement at Thetford since the Iron Age, and parts of... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "District": "Breckland", "Shire county": "Norfolk", "UK Parliament": "South West Norfolk", "Postcode district": "IP", "Dialling code": "01842", "OS grid reference": "TL8783", "Website": "thetfordtowncouncil.gov.uk"} |
Wareham ( ) is a historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset. The town is situated on the River Frome eight miles (13 km) southwest of Poole.
Situation and geography
The town is built on a strategic dry point between the River Frome and the River Piddle at the... | {"Population": "(Town parish)8,270 (both parishes)", "OS grid reference": "SY923873", "Unitary authority": "Dorset", "Ceremonial county": "Dorset", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "BH20", "Dialling code": "01929", "UK Parliament": "Mid Dorset and North Poole"} |
Wells-next-the-Sea is a port town on the north coast of Norfolk, England.
The civil parish has an area of and in 2001 had a population of 2,451,Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes . Retrieved 2 December 2005... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "District": "North Norfolk", "Shire county": "Norfolk", "UK Parliament": "North Norfolk", "Postcode district": "NR", "Dialling code": "01328", "OS grid reference": "TF 914 430"} |
Whitstable () is a town in the Canterbury district, on the north coast of Kent adjoining the convergence of the Swale Estuary and the Greater Thames Estuary in southeastern England, north of Canterbury and west of Herne Bay. The 2011 Census reported a population of 32,100.
The town, formerly known as Whitstable-on-S... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-southeastengland.php?cityid=E35000473 Town Population 2011 11 September 2016 City Populations 18 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160918210545/http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-southeastengland.p... |
Winchcombe () is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Tewkesbury in the county of Gloucestershire, England, it is 6 miles north-east of Cheltenham. The population was recorded as 4,538 in the 2011 census and estimated at 5,347 in 2019.City Population. Retrieved 3 December 2020. The town is located in the Co... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)Winchcombe https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/tewkesbury/E04004432__winchcombe/ 25 October 2022", "District": "Tewkesbury", "Shire county": "Gloucestershire", "UK Parliament": "Tewkesbury", "Postcode district": "GL", "Dialling code": ... |
Winchelsea () is a small town in the county of East Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately south west of Rye and north east of Hastings. The current town, which was founded in 1288, replaced an earlier town of the same name, known as Old Winchelsea, that was lost to coasta... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "600", "OS grid reference": "TQ9017", "Postcode district": "TN36", "Dialling code": "01797", "UK Parliament": "Hastings and Rye", "District": "Rother", "Shire county": "East Sussex", "Website": "http://www.winchelsea.com"} |
Windermere () is a town in the Westmorland and Furness district in Cumbria, England; it is within the Lake District National Park. In the 2001 census, the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness had a population of 8,245, increasing at the 2011 census to 8,359. The town lies about half a mile (1 km) east of the lake, Wi... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "UK Parliament": "Westmorland and Lonsdale", "Postcode district": "LA", "Dialling code": "01539", "OS grid reference": "SD4198", "Unitary authority": "Westmorland and Furness", "Ceremonial county": "Cumbria"} |
Wooler ( ) is a small town in Northumberland, England. It lies on the edge of the Northumberland National Park, near the Cheviot Hills. It is a popular base for walkers and is referred to as the "Gateway to the Cheviots". As well as many shops and pubs, the town has a youth hostel, many hotels, and campsites. It lies o... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census (including Earle))http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130923&c=NE71+6AE&d=16&e=62&g=6452933&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1435921398378&enc=1 Town population 2011 3 July 2015", "Unitary authority": "Northumberlan... |
Tring is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England. It is situated in a gap passing through the Chiltern Hills, classed as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, from Central London. Tring is linked to London by the Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41 road, by the Gra... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "11730", "District": "Dacorum", "Shire county": "Hertfordshire", "UK Parliament": "South West Hertfordshire", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01442", "OS grid reference": "SP924117", "Website": "http://www.tring.gov.uk"} |
Woburn (, meaning twisted or crooked stream) is a town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, about southeast of Milton Keynes and south of junction 13 of the M1 motorway. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 933.
History
thumb|upright|left|Woburn Town Hall
Woburn was first recorded as a hamlet in 969 and... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "Unitary authority": "Central Bedfordshire", "Ceremonial county": "Bedfordshire", "UK Parliament": "Mid Bedfordshire", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01525", "OS grid reference": "SP949331"} |
Pershore is a market town and civil parish in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. At the 2011 census, the population was 7,125. The town is best known for Pershore Abbey. Pershore is situated west of Evesham and east of Upton-upon-Severn in the Vale of Evesham.
History
... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)Pershore https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/wychavon/E04010425__pershore/ City population 25 October 2022", "District": "Wychavon", "Shire county": "Worcestershire", "UK Parliament": "West Worcestershire", "Postcode district": "WR10", "Di... |
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon (, Ptolemaĩos Euergétēs Tryphōn, "Ptolemy the Benefactor, the Opulent"; c. 184 BC - 28 June 116 BC), nicknamed Physcon (, Physkōn, "Fatty"), was a king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt.For the names and epithets, see Hölbl 2008: 92, 183, 195; for the pharaonic titulary, Beckerath 1999... | {"Reign": "170-164 BC with Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II145-132/1 BC with Cleopatra II and Cleopatra III127/6-116 BC with Cleopatra III and (from 124 BC) with Cleopatra II", "Predecessor": "Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II", "Successor": "Ptolemy IX and Cleopatra II and Cleopatra III", "Children": "Ptolemy Apion, King of Cyre... |
Dalkeith ( ; , IPA:[ˈt̪alˈçe]) is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, on the River Esk. It was granted a burgh of barony in 1401 and a burgh of regality in 1540. The settlement of Dalkeith grew southwestwards from its 12th-century castle (now Dalkeith Palace).
Dalkeith has a population of 12,342 people according to the 20... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "UK Parliament": "Midlothian", "Scottish Parliament": "Midlothian North and Musselburgh", "Postcode district": "EH22", "Dialling code": "0131", "Lieutenancy area": "Midlothian", "Council area": "Midlothian"} |
Dingwall (, ) is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,491. It was an east-coast harbour that now lies inland. Dingwall Castle was once the biggest castle north of Stirling. On the town's present-day outskirts lies Tulloch Castle, parts of which may date back to th... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NH550587", "Council area": "Highland", "Lieutenancy area": "Ross and Cromarty", "UK Parliament": "Ross, Skye and Lochaber", "Scottish Parliament": "Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch", "Postcode district": "IV", "Dialling code": "01349", "... |
Dufftown ( ) is a burgh in Moray, Scotland. While the town is part of the historic Mortlach parish, the town was established and laid out in the early 19th century as part of a planned new town settlement. The town has several listed 19th century buildings and serves as a regional centre for agriculture, tourism and se... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NJ323399", "Council area": "Moray", "Lieutenancy area": "Banffshire", "UK Parliament": "Moray", "Scottish Parliament": "Moray", "Postcode district": "AB", "Dialling code": "01340"} |
Bonneville Lock and Dam consists of several run-of-the-river dam structures that together complete a span of the Columbia River between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington at River Mile 146.1. The dam is located east of Portland, Oregon, in the Columbia River Gorge. The primary functions of Bonneville Lock and D... | {"Impounds": "Columbia River", "Creates": "Lake Bonneville", "Location": "Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Multnomah County, Oregon / Skamania County, Washington, United States", "Type of dam": "Concrete gravity, run-of-the-river", "Owner(s)": "US Army Corps of Engineers (Operator)Bonneville Power Administrat... |
"Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" is an American folk song written in 1941 by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, who popularized the song through his own recording of it. The song glamorized the harnessing of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. The 11 hydroelectric dams built on the American stretch of the Columb... | {"Written": "1941", "Songwriter(s)": "Woody Guthrie", "Composer(s)": "based on \"Goodnight, Irene\"", "Lyricist(s)": "Woody Guthrie"} |
The Magic of Oz is the thirteenth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum. Published on June 7, 1919, one month after the author's death, The Magic of Oz relates the unsuccessful attempt of the Munchkin boy Kiki Aru and former Nome King Ruggedo to conquer Oz.
The novel was dedicated to "the Children of our Soldie... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Oz books", "Publisher": "Reilly & Lee", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Preceded by": "The Tin Woodman of Oz", "Followed by": "Glinda of Oz"} |
The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is an exhibition centre located in Marston Green, England, near to Birmingham and Solihull. It is near junction 6 of the M42 motorway, and is adjacent to Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International railway station. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1976.
History
The NEC w... | {"Name": "National Exhibition Centre", "Caption": "The main entrance to the NEC (July 2015)", "Location": "National Exhibition CentreMarston Green, England", "Coordinates": "52 27 12 N 1 43 10 W type:landmark_region:GB inline,title", "Owner": "The Blackstone Group (since 2018)", "Operator": "NEC Group", "Built": "16 Fe... |
Arena Birmingham (known for sponsorship reasons as Utilita Arena Birmingham, and previously as The Barclaycard Arena and originally as the National Indoor Arena) is an indoor arena and sporting venue in central Birmingham, United Kingdom. It is owned by parent company the NEC Group. When it was opened in 1991, it was t... | {"Former names": "National Indoor Arena (1991-2014)Barclaycard Arena (2014-2017)Arena Birmingham (2017-2020)", "Coordinates": "52 28 47 N 01 54 54 W type:landmark inline,title", "Owner": "NEC Group", "Opened": "4 October 1991", "Renovated": "2013-14", "Capacity": "15,800 (arena)https://www.necgroup.co.uk/our-brands/uti... |
Bexley is an area of south-eastern Greater London, England and part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is sometimes known as Bexley Village or Old BexleyBexley Council road signs indicate this: www.bexley.gov.uk to differentiate the area from the wider borough. It is located east-southeast of Charing Cross and south ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "TQ465755", "Postcode district": "DA5", "Dialling code": "01322", "UK Parliament": "Old Bexley & Sidcup", "London Assembly": "Bexley"} |
Bourne is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the eastern slopes of the limestone Kesteven Uplands and the western edge of the Fens, north-east of Stamford, west of Spalding and north of Peterborough. The population at the 2011 census was 14,456. A 2019 ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)Bourne https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmidlands/admin/south_kesteven/E04005884__bourne/ City population 25 October 2022", "District": "South Kesteven", "Shire county": "Lincolnshire", "UK Parliament": "Grantham and Stamford", "Postcode district": "PE... |
Brightlingsea () is a coastal town and an electoral ward in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is situated between Colchester and Clacton-on-Sea, at the mouth of the River Colne, on Brightlingsea Creek. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 8,076. The town is an active though small port.
Its traditional ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "District": "Tendring", "Shire county": "Essex", "UK Parliament": "Harwich and North Essex", "Postcode district": "CO", "Dialling code": "01206", "OS grid reference": "TM087168"} |
Church of St Mark is a Church of England parish church in the Sheffield suburb of Broomhill, in the United Kingdom.
History
The church was originally built in 1868–1871 to a standard neo-Gothic design by William Henry Crossland. This building was destroyed by an incendiary bomb during the "Sheffield Blitz" of 12 Dece... | {"OS grid reference": "Church of St Mark, Broomhill", "Location": "Broomhill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2SE", "Country": "England", "Denomination": "Church of England", "Website": "http://www.stmarkssheffield.co.uk Church website", "Status": "Active", "Functional status": "Parish church", "Architect(s)": "William... |
Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs (also known as the "Wizard of Oz" and, during his reign, as "Oz the Great and Terrible" or the "Great and Powerful Oz") is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum.Jack Snow, Who's Who in Oz, Chicago, Reilly & L... | {"First appearance": "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)", "Created by": "Frank Baum", "Title": "The Wizard of Oz", "Family": "A prominent Omaha politician and his wife (parents)", "Portrayed by": "J. Charles HaydonCharles MurrayFrank MorganRichard PryorJeffrey TamborChristopher LloydAndré De ShieldsJames FrancoCarter K... |
Princess Ozma is a fictional character from the Land of Oz, created by American author L. Frank Baum. She appears in every book of the Oz series except the first, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).
She is the rightful ruler of Oz, and Baum indicated that she would reign in the fairyland forever, being immortal.
Baum ... | {"First appearance": "The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904)", "Created by": "L. Frank Baum", "Gender": "Female Male (as Tip)", "Title": "Queen of Oz (officially) Princess of Oz (more commonly)", "Family": "Pastoria (father) Lurline (mother) Ozana (first cousin) Ozga (cousin) Mist Maidens (cousins)", "Children": "N/A, t... |
The Republic of Nauru Phosphate Corporation (RONPhos) is a government-owned company controlling phosphate mining in Nauru. The company was previously known as the Nauru Phosphate Corporation (NPC).
Failed investments
In the early years of the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Development Trust, it financed the construction of... | {"Type": "State-owned enterprise", "Founded": "2005", "Headquarters": "Nauru", "Products": "Phosphate mining", "Website": "http://ronphos.com.au/"} |
Birmingham City University (abbrev. BCU) is a university in Birmingham, England. Initially established as the Birmingham College of Art with roots dating back to 1843, it was designated as a polytechnic in 1971 and gained university status in 1992.
The university has two main campuses serving four faculties, and offer... | {"Motto": "Age Quod Agis", "Type": "Public", "Endowment": "£5.3 m (2015)http://www.bcu.ac.uk/Download/Asset/aee1f895-c29d-e511-80ce-005056831842 March 2022", "Chancellor": "Sir Lenny Henry", "Students": "0052 HE ()", "Undergraduates": "0052 ()", "Postgraduates": "0052 ()", "Campus": "Urban (multiple)", "Website": "www.... |
Shirley, Lady Porter (née Cohen; born 29 November 1930), styled between 1991 and 2003 as Dame Shirley Porter, is a British politician who led Westminster City Council in London, representing the Conservative Party. She is the daughter and heiress of Sir Jack Cohen, the founder of Tesco supermarkets. She was appointed D... | {"Image size": "200px", "Term start": "1991", "Term end": "1992", "Birth name": "Shirley Cohen", "Birth date": "1930 11 29 yes", "Birth place": "Clapton, London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Leslie Porter 1949 2005 his death", "Residence": "Park Lane, Mayfair, London Tel Aviv, Israel"} |
Simon Ammann (; born 25 June 1981) is a Swiss ski jumper. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals in 2002 and 2010. His other achievements include winning the 2007 Ski Jumping World Championships, the 2010 Ski Flying World Championship... | {"Country": "Switzerland", "Born": "Grabs, Switzerland", "Height": "1.73 mSimon Ammann - Player Profile https://www.eurosport.com/ski-jumping/simon-ammann_prs38152/person.shtml eurosport.com 16 March 2023", "Ski club": "SSC Toggenburg", "Personal best": "239.5 m ft on 18px|National recordVikersund, 2017", "Seasons":... |
René Reynaldo Harris (11 November 1947 – 5 July 2008) was President of the Republic of Nauru four times between 1999 and 2004. He was a Member of Parliament from 1977 to 2008."Former Nauru president Rene Harris dead at 61", AFP (ABC News Australia), 6 July 2008.
Background and early career
Rene Reynaldo Harris was bor... | {"Honorific prefix": "His Excellency The Honourable", "Term start": "27 April 1999", "Term end": "20 April 2000", "Deputy 2": "Remy Namaduk", "Predecessor 2": "Bernard Dowiyogo", "Successor 2": "Bernard Dowiyogo", "Birth date": "11 November 1947", "Birth place": "Aiwo, Nauru", "Death date": "yes 2008 7 5 1947 11 11", "... |
Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 - July 1, 1999) was a Canadian-born American film director and editor. He was known for his 1940s noir films and received an Oscar nomination for Best Director for Crossfire (1947). In 1947, he was named as one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals wh... | {"Name": "Edward Dmytryk", "Birth date": "1908 09 04", "Birth place": "Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada", "Nationality": "Canadian (1908-1939)American (1939-1999)", "Death date": "1999 07 01 1908 09 04", "Death place": "Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States", "Resting place": "Forest Lawn Memorial Park, H... |
Morrison Hotel is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Doors, released on February 9, 1970, by Elektra Records. After the use of brass and string arrangements recommended by producer Paul A. Rothchild on their previous album, The Soft Parade (1969), the Doors returned to their blues rock style and this albu... | {"Released": "1970 02 09", "Recorded": "August 19, 1966 (\"Indian Summer\") &\nNovember 1969January 1970", "Studio": "Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles", "Genre": "Blues rock\n psychedeliaRichard Buskin Classic Tracks: The Doors 'Strange Days' https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-doors-strange-d... |
Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. ( Manczarek; February 12, 1939 - May 20, 2013) was an American keyboardist. He is best known as a member of the rock band the Doors, co-founding the band in 1965 with fellow UCLA Film School student Jim Morrison. Along with Alan Price of the Animals, Manzarek is credited for his abilities on... | {"Name": "Ray Manzarek", "Caption": "Manzarek in 1971", "Birth name": "Raymond Daniel Manczarek Jr.", "Birth date": "1939 02 12", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "2013 05 20 1939 02 12", "Death place": "Rosenheim, Germany", "Occupation": "Musician", "Years active": "1959-2013", "Spouse(s)": "Dor... |
Lars Olof Göran Kropp (11 December 1966 - 30 September 2002) was a Swedish adventurer and mountaineer, the first Scandinavian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen. He made a solo ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen or Sherpa support on 23 May 1996, for which he travelled by bicycle, alone, from Sweden and p... | {"Name": "Göran Kropp", "Image": "Goran 95.gif", "Caption": "Kropp in October 1995", "Birth name": "Lars Olof Göran Kropp", "Birth date": "1966 12 11 y", "Birth place": "Jönköping, Sweden", "Death date": "2002 09 30 1966 12 11 y", "Death place": "Vantage, Washington, U.S.", "Occupation": "Adventurer, mountaineer", "Kno... |
Daniel Eugene Butler (born December 2, 1954) is an American actor known for his role as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe on the TV series Frasier (1993-2004); Art in Roseanne (1991-1992); for the voice of Mr. Simmons on the Nickelodeon TV show Hey Arnold (1997-2002), later reprising the role in Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie (2017... | {"Caption": "Butler in 1995", "Birth name": "Daniel Eugene Butler", "Birth date": "1954 12 2", "Birth place": "Huntington, Indiana, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor, voice actor", "Years active": "1982-present", "Spouse(s)": "Richard Waterhouse"} |
Mother, Mother, Mother Pin a Rose on Me is a film, produced by Out of the Inkwell Studios in the Phonofilm sound-on-film system, and released on March 1, 1925, as part of the Song Car-Tunes series.
Max Fleischer, Lee de Forest, Hugo Riesenfeld, and Edwin Miles Fadiman formed Red Seal Pictures to release the Song Car-T... | {"Directed by": "Dave Fleischer", "Produced by": "Max Fleischer", "Music by": "song \"Mother, Pin a Rose on Me\"", "Distributed by": "Red Seal Pictures"} |
The Sword of the Lord is a Christian fundamentalist, Independent Baptist biweekly newspaper.
The Sword of the Lord is published by Sword of the Lord Ministries, a non-profit organization based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, which also publishes religious books, pamphlets, and tracts from a fundamentalist Christian persp... | {"Type": "Biweekly newspaper", "Owner(s)": "Sword of the Lord Ministries", "Founder(s)": "John R. Rice", "Editor": "Shelton Smith", "Headquarters": "Murfreesboro, Tennessee", "ISSN": "0039-7547", "Website": "http://www.swordofthelord.com"} |
The Oregon Constitution is the governing document of the U.S. state of Oregon, originally enacted in 1857. As amended the current state constitution contains eighteen sections, beginning with a bill of rights.Constitution of Oregon: 2015 Edition. Oregon Legislative Assembly, accessed October 19, 2007. This contains mos... | {"Created": "September 18, 1857", "Ratified": "November 9, 1857 (effective on February 14, 1859)", "Location": "State Archives", "Author(s)": "Delegates of the Oregon Constitutional Convention", "Signatories": "52 of 60 delegates"} |
London River Services Limited is a division of Transport for London (TfL), which manages passenger transport—leisure-oriented tourist services and commuter services—on the River Thames in London. It does not own or operate any boats itself, except those of the Woolwich Ferry, but licenses the services of operators.
R... | {"Locale": "London, England", "Transit type": "Commuter boats, ferries and tourist/leisure services", "Began operation": "1999", "No. of terminals": "25 (8 managed by TfL)", "Operator": "Various boat companies", "Owner": "Transport for London", "Website": "http://www.tfl.gov.uk/river"} |
Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, GC (1 January 1914 - 13 September 1944), also known as Nora Inayat-Khan and Nora Baker, was a British resistance agent in France in World War II who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in countries occupied... | {"Born": "Moscow, Russian Empire", "Died": "Dachau concentration camp, Bavaria, Nazi Germany", "Other name(s)": "Nora BakerMadeleine (SOE codename)Nurse (SOE callsign)Jeanne-Marie Renier (SOE alias)", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Awards": "border|23px George Crossborder|23px Croix de Guerre 1939-1945Mentioned in di... |
William Lisle Bowles (24 September 17627 April 1850) was an English priest, poet and critic."Rev. William Lisle Bowles",
S. C. Hall, in The Book of Gems. The Modern Poets and Artists of Great Britain (1838) p.226.
Life and career
Bowles was born at King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, where his father was vicar. At the ag... | {"Name": "William Lisle Bowles", "Birth date": "y 1762 9 24", "Birth place": "King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, England", "Death date": "y 1850 4 7 1762 9 24", "Occupation": "Clergyman, poet, critic"} |
Westminster Pier is a pier on the River Thames, in the City of Westminster in London, England. It is operated by Uber Boat by Thames Clippers and served by various river transport and cruise operators. It is located next to Westminster Bridge on the north bank of the Thames, and is close to one of London's most promin... | {"Locale": "River Thames, London, UK", "Type": "River tourist/leisure services", "Owner": "London River Services", "Operator": "Uber Boat by Thames Clippers", "Coordinates": "51.501901 N 0.123223 W region:GB_type:landmark inline,title"} |
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Tadalafil, sold under the brand name Cialis among others, is a medication used to treat erectile dysfunction, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and pulmonary arterial hypertension. It is taken by mouth. Onset is typically within half an hour and the duration is up to 36 hours.
... | {"Pronunciation": "t ə ˈ d æ l ə f ᵻ l tə DAL ə-fil", "Trade name": "Cialis, Adcirca, others", "AHFS": "monograph tadalafil", "Pregnancycategory": "Tadalafil Use During Pregnancy Drugs.com 14 March 2019 https://www.drugs.com/pregnancy/tadalafil.html 20 August 2020 1 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201... |
Thomas Aird (28 August 180225 April 1876) was a Scottish poet, best known for his 1830 narrative poem The Captive of Fez.
Early life and education
Aird was born in 1802 at Bowden, Roxburghshire. His parents were James Aird, a builder, and Isabella née Paisley. After completing his education at the local parish school,... | {"Name": "Thomas Aird", "Birth date": "1802 8 28 y", "Birth place": "Bowden, Roxburghshire", "Death date": "1876 4 28 1802 8 28 y", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Occupation": "poet"} |
British Togoland, officially the Mandate Territory of Togoland and later officially the Trust Territory of Togoland, was a territory in West Africa under the administration of the United Kingdom, which subsequently entered a union with Ghana, part of which became its Volta Region. The territory was effectively formed i... | {"Conventional long name": "Territory of British Togoland", "Capital": "Ho", "Common languages": "English, French, Ewe, Gur, and Ghana-Togo", "Starting event": "Partitioning", "Date established": "27 December", "Event 1": "Admission by the Gold Coast", "Event 1 date": "27 December 1916 - 13 December 1956", "Event 2": "... |
The Order of Ontario () is the most prestigious official honour in the Canadian province of Ontario. Instituted in 1986 by Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander, on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier David Peterson, the civilian order is administered by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council and is intended to honour ... | {"Type": "Provincial order", "Eligibility": "All present or former long-term residents of Ontario who are not elected representatives in government", "Status": "Currently constituted", "Post-nominals": "OOnt", "First induction": "1987", "Total inductees": "707", "Next (higher)": "Saskatchewan Order of Merit", "Next (lo... |
Wirksworth is a market town in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. Its population of 4,904 in the 2021 census was estimated at 5,220 in 2023.City Population. Retrieved 13 January 2021. Wirksworth contains the source of the River Ecclesbourne. The town was granted a market charter by Edward I in 1306 a... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2023 Estimate)1170212845 Wirksworth Parish 17 March 2018", "District": "Derbyshire Dales", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "UK Parliament": "Derbyshire Dales", "Postcode district": "DE", "Dialling code": "01629", "OS grid reference": "SK2853"} |
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The George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine, also commonly referred to as simply the George Foreman Grill, is a portable double-sided electrically heated grill manufactured by Spectrum Brands. It is promoted by two-time world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman. Since... | {"Title": "George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine", "Inventor": "Michael Boehm, Robert Johnsonhttp://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN/5606905 US Patent 5,606,905 October 28, 2012", "Inception": "1994... |
The Chief Jean Baptiste de Richardville House was built near Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1827. Subsidized by the U.S. federal government through the 1826 Treaty of Mississinewas, it is believed to be one of only three treaty houses built east of the Mississippi River. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on Marc... | {"Location": "5705 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana", "Built": "1827", "Architect": "Hugh Hann; A. G. Ballard", "Architectural style": "Mid-nineteenth-century revival, I-house", "Area": "0.8 acre"} |
Francis Everett Townsend (; January 13, 1867 - September 1, 1960) was an American physician and political activist in California. In 1933, he devised an old-age pension scheme to help alleviate the Great Depression. Known as the "Townsend Plan", this proposal would pay every person over age 60 $200 per month, with the... | {"Name": "Francis Townsend", "Alt": "Francis Townsend, seated at desk, with microphones, c. 1939", "Caption": "Townsend 1939", "Birth name": "Francis Everett Townsend", "Birth date": "1867 01 13", "Birth place": "Fairbury, Illinois", "Death date": "1960 09 01 1867 01 13", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California", "Nat... |
St Thomas' Hospital is a large NHS teaching hospital in Central London, England. It is one of the institutions that compose the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre. Administratively part of the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, together with Guy's Hospital, King's College Hospital, Univer... | {"Location": "Westminster Bridge RoadLondon, SE 1 7EH", "Lists": "England", "Care system": "NHS England", "Type": "Teaching", "Affiliated university": "King's College London GKT School of Medical Education", "Beds": "840http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/about-us/quality-story/our-quality-story.aspx Guy's and St Thomas'... |
In Indiana folklore, the Beast of Busco is an enormous snapping turtle which citizens claimed to have seen in 1949. Despite a month-long hunt that briefly gained national attention, the "Beast of Busco" was never found.The name "Beast of Busco" was coined by Cliff Milnor, a columnist for the Fort Wayne, Indiana, Journa... | {"Sub grouping": "Lake monster", "Similar entities": "alligator snapping turtle", "Country": "United States", "Region": "Maumee Valley, Northern Indiana", "Details": "Found in water", "First attested": "1898"} |
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The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret at 9a St Thomas Street is a museum of surgical history and one of the oldest surviving operating theatres. It is located in the garret of St Thomas's Church, Southwark, in London, on the original site of St Thomas' Hospital.
History
There is little... | {"Coordinates": "51.50506 -0.08850 type:landmark_region:GB dms inline,title", "Established": "1962 10 27 y50th Anniversary of the Opening of the Old Operating Theatre Museum 29 October 2012 http://www.thegarret.org.uk/50th_officialopening.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20161122061846/http://thegarret.org.uk/50th_offic... |
The Saint Mary's Huskies are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their primary home turf is Huskies Stadium, located in the centre of the university's campus.
In September 2007, Saint Mary's announced the plans to build the new Homburg Centre for... | {"Athletic director": "Scott Gray", "Football stadium": "Huskies Stadium", "Other arenas/venues": "Halifax Forum", "Website url": "http://www.smuhuskies.ca"} |
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The University of Saskatchewan began in 1907 and has operated teams that compete with others since 1911. The term Huskie Athletics is defined as those student athletes from the University of Saskatchewan that compete in elite interuniversity competition administered by U ... | {"Athletic director": "Shannon Chinhttps://huskies.usask.ca/staff-directory/shannon-chinn/187 Shannon Chinn - Chief Athletics Officer - Staff Directory", "Number of sports": "15", "Football stadium": "Griffiths Stadium", "Other arenas/venues": "SaskTel Centre", "Fight song": "\"Saskatchewan, Our University\"", "Websit... |
The Manitoba Bisons are the athletic teams that represent the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The football team plays their games at Investors Group Field. The soccer team play their home games at the University of Manitoba Soccer Fields while the track and field teams use the University Stadium a... | {"Athletic director": "Gene Muller", "Football stadium": "IG Field", "Other arenas/venues": "Investors Group Athletic Centre", "Website url": "http://gobisons.ca", "Fight song": "\"Brown and Gold\""} |
William Frederick Lemke (August 13, 1878 - May 30, 1950) was an American politician who represented North Dakota in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party. He was also the Union Party's presidential candidate in the 1936 presidential election.
Life and career
He was born in Alba... | {"Name": "William Lemke", "Alternative text": "William Frederick Lemke", "Term start": "January 3, 1943", "Term end": "May 30, 1950", "Office 2": "11th Attorney General of North Dakota", "Governor 2": "Lynn FrazierRagnvald Nestos", "Predecessor 2": "William Langer", "Successor 2": "Sveinbjorn Johnson", "Birth name": "W... |
National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is an annual LGBT awareness day observed on October 11, to support anyone "coming out of the closet". First celebrated in the United States in 1988, the initial idea was grounded in the feminist and gay liberation spirit of the personal being political, and the emphasis on the most basic ... | {"Type": "LGBT awareness day", "Observed by": "LGBT community", "Next time": "true", "Observances": "Coming out"} |
According to the Bible, Tola () was one of the Judges of Israel. His career is summarised in Judges 10:1-2. He judged Israel for 23 years after Abimelech died. He lived at Shamir in Mount Ephraim, where he was also buried.
His name means "Crimson worm" or "scarlet stuff.""Tola" International Standard Bible Encyclopedi... | {"Name": "Tola", "Native name language": "Hebrew", "Native name": "תּוֹלָע", "Caption": "Portrait of Tola from Epitome historico-chronologica (1751)", "Predecessor": "Abimelech", "Successor": "Jair"} |
In the Biblical Book of Judges, Jair or Yair ( Yā’īr, "he enlightens") was a man from Gilead of the Tribe of Manasseh, east of the River Jordan, who judged Israel for 22 years, after the death of Tola, who had ruled of 23 years. His inheritance was in Gilead through the line of Machir, the son of Manasseh. Yair was the... | {"Name": "Jair", "Native name": "יָאיר", "Caption": "Portrait of Jair from Bartolomeo Gai's Epitome historico-chronologica (1751)", "Predecessor": "Tola", "Successor": "Jephthah"} |
Hermosillo International Airport , also known by its ceremonial name, General Ignacio L. Pesqueira International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional General Ignacio L. Pesqueira), is an international airport located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. The airport handles several domestic flights, as well as flights to the U.S... | {"Airport type": "Military/Public", "Hub": "Aéreo Servicio Guerrero", "Location": "Hermosillo, Sonora", "AMSL": "191", "Coordinates": "29 05 45 N 111 02 52 W type:airport"} |
The Montlake Cut is the easternmost section of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which passes through the city of Seattle, linking Lake Washington to Puget Sound. It opened in 1916 after 56 years of conversation and construction to create the manmade canal.
The path along the cut was designated a National Recreation Tra... | {"Location": "Seattle, Washington", "Country": "United States", "Coordinates": "47 38 50 N 122 18 15 W type:waterbody_region:US-WA title,inline", "Length": "0.76", "Current owner": "City of Seattle", "Original owner": "Duwamish Tribe", "Construction began": "1860", "Date completed": "1916", "Start point": "Portage Bay,... |
The Korowai, also called the Kolufo, are the people who live in southeastern Papua in the Indonesian provinces of South Papua and Highland Papua. Specifically their tribal area is split by the borders of Boven Digoel Regency, Mappi Regency, Asmat Regency, and Yahukimo Regency. They number about 3,000 people.Nathalia, T... | {"Name": "Korowai", "Native name": "Kosenirowai, Kolufo", "Image": "250px", "Image caption": "A Korowai man", "Population": "2,900June 2019", "Languages": "Korowai, Indonesian", "Related ethnic groups": "Kombai people"} |
Duxford is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, about south of Cambridge. It is part of the Hundred Parishes area.
History
The village formed on the banks of the River Cam, a little below its emergence from the hills of north Essex. One of the more populous settlements in its hundred, it was split into two ecclesias... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "2001 Census https://web.archive.org/web/20060401014159/http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3BDAD9E6-731E-4D1C-BA88-64249A9B33CF/0/Duxford.pdf 2006-04-01 2,099 (2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122896&... |
The Concordia Stingers are the athletic teams that represent Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They compete with other schools in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, and more specifically in Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ; French for "Quebec Student Sports Network"). The Stingers were established... | {"Athletic director": "D'Arcy Ryan", "Number of sports": "Football, basketball, ice hockey, rugby, soccer, wrestling", "Football stadium": "Concordia Stadium", "Website url": "http://www.stingers.ca"} |
The UBC Thunderbirds are the athletic teams that represent the University of British Columbia in the University Endowment Lands just outside the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In Canadian intercollegiate competition, the Thunderbirds are the most successful athletic program both regionally in the C... | {"Athletic director": "Kavie Toor", "Number of sports": "26", "Football stadium": "Thunderbird Stadium", "Basketball arena": "War Memorial Gym", "Baseball field": "Tourmaline West Baseball Stadium", "Ice hockey arena": "Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre", "Fight song": "\"Hail, UBC!\"", "Website url": "http://www... |
The Calgary Dinos are the athletic teams that represent the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. They were known as the "Dinosaurs" but usually referred to as the "Dinos" until 1999, when the name was officially shortened. Some of its venues are the Jack Simpson Gymnasium (basketball m/w, volleyball m/w, track and... | {"Athletic director": "Ben Matchetthttps://godinos.com/news/2021/7/19/athletics-news-ben-matchett-appointed-director-of-dinos-athletics.aspx Ben Matchett appointed director of Dinos Athletics godinos.com 2021-07-19 2021-11-21 en", "Number of sports": "19", "Football stadium": "McMahon Stadium", "Website url": "www.godi... |
The Western Mustangs are the athletic teams that represent Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. The school's athletic program supports 46 varsity teams. Their mascot is a Mustang named J.W. and the school colours are purple and white. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics ... | {"Athletic director": "Christine Stapleton", "Football stadium": "Western Alumni Stadium", "Basketball arena": "Alumni Hall", "Fight song": "\"Western\"", "Website url": "http://www.westernmustangs.ca/", "Soccer stadium": "Mustang Field", "Number of sports": "46 (23 men's and 23 women's)", "Other arenas/venues": "Doug ... |
The Queen's Gaels (also known as the Queen's Golden Gaels) is the Athletics program representing Queen's University at Kingston in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Team colours are blue, red, and gold. The main athletics facilities include Richardson Memorial Stadium, the Queen's Athletics and Recreation Centre, Nixon Field ... | {"Athletic director": "Linda Melnick (interm)", "Football stadium": "Richardson Memorial Stadium", "Other arenas/venues": "Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC)Kingston Memorial Centre", "Fight song": "Oil Thigh", "Website url": "http://www.gogaelsgo.com"} |
Grosvenor Bridge, originally known as, and alternatively called Victoria Railway Bridge, is a railway bridge over the River Thames in London, between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. Originally constructed in 1860, and widened in 1865 and 1907, the bridge was extensively rebuilt and widened again in the 1960s as an ... | {"Locale": "London, England", "Carries": "Railway", "Crosses": "River Thames", "Maintained by": "Network Rail", "Named for": "Sir Richard Grosvenor", "Design": "Arch bridge", "Longest span": "53.3 m ftin on", "Total length": "283.5 m ftin on", "Width": "54 m ftin on"} |
City Thameslink is a central London railway station within the City of London, with entrances on Ludgate Hill and Holborn Viaduct. The station is on the Thameslink route between to the south and to the north.
The station opened in 1990 to replace Holborn Viaduct railway station. It was part of the Thameslink projec... | {"External links": "CTK", "Managed by": "Thameslink", "Fare zone": "1", "Location": "Holborn Viaduct / Ludgate Hill", "Local authority": "City of London", "DfT category": "C1", "Owner": "Network Rail", "Number of platforms": "2\n<!--", "2015-16": "6.340", "2016-17": "6.339 -->", "2017-18": "6.433", "2018-19": "7.150", ... |
Gremlins is a 1984 American comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus, and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, and Frances Lee McCain, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo, the main mogwai character. It draws on legends of folkloric mischievous creatures... | {"Directed by": "Joe Dante", "Produced by": "Michael Finnell", "Written by": "Chris Columbus", "Starring": "Zach Galligan\n Phoebe Cates\n Hoyt Axton\n Frances Lee McCain\n Polly Holliday", "Music by": "Jerry Goldsmith", "Cinematography": "John Hora", "Edited by": "Tina Hirsch", "Distributed by": "Warner Bros.", "Budge... |
Dominic Mintoff (, ; often called il-Perit, "the Architect"; 6 August 1916 - 20 August 2012) was a Maltese Socialist politician, architect, and civil engineer who was leader of the Labour Party from 1949 to 1984, and was 8th Prime Minister of Malta from 1955 to 1958, when Malta was still a British colony, and again, f... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Honourable", "Name": "Dom Mintoff", "Honorific suffix": "KUOM", "Monarch 2": "Elizabeth II", "Governor 2": "Robert Laycock", "Predecessor 2": "Giorgio Borg Olivier", "Successor 2": "George Borg Olivier (1962)", "Birth date": "6 August 1916", "Birth place": "Cospicua, Malta", "Death date": "y 2... |
The Sopwith Aviation Company was a British aircraft company that designed and manufactured aeroplanes mainly for the British Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force during the First World War, most famously the Sopwith Camel. Sopwith aircraft were also used in varying numbers by th... | {"Formerly": "Sopwith Aviation Company", "Fate": "Ceased trading", "Founded": "15 December 1913", "Defunct": "16 September 1920", "Headquarters": "Kingston-on-Thames, UK", "Industry": "Aviation", "Products": "Aircraft"} |
Stanford Law School (SLS) is the law school of Stanford University, a private research university near Palo Alto, California. Established in 1893, Stanford Law had an acceptance rate of 6.28% in 2021, the second-lowest of any law school in the country."2021 Standard 509 Information Report (2021 First Year Class)". Stan... | {"Parent school": "Stanford University", "Established": "1893Stanford University https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/stanford-university-03014 U.S. News & World Report 20 May 2020", "School type": "Private law school", "Parent endowment": "$37.8 billion (2021)https://news.stanford.edu/2021/10/2... |
Primrose Hill is a Grade II listed public park located north of Regent's Park in London, England, first opened to the public in 1842.Mills, A., Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001) It was named after the natural hill in the centre of the park, the second highest natural point in the London Borough of Camden. The h... | {"Type": "Public Park", "Location": "London Borough of Camden, London, UK", "OS grid": "TQ282838", "Coordinates": "51.5396 -0.1608 inline", "Area": "25.18 haESRI Satellite Imagery", "Elevation": "64 mhttps://opentopomap.org/#marker=17/51.53952/-0.16075 Primrose Hill OpenTopoMap 2020-04-02", "Status": "Open", "Websit... |
The Canadian Kennel Club (or CKC), founded in 1888 and chartered under the Animal Purebred Act, is one of the national kennel clubs of Canada. It maintains breed registries services for those purebred dogs approved for its control by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and provides governance for all CKC-approved dog con... | {"Abbreviation": "CKC", "Type": "Kennel club", "Legal status": "Active", "Website": "www.ckc.ca/"} |
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne is a Canadian science fiction television series that aired on CBC in Canada from June to December 2000, lasting for one season. The show is a fictionalized telling of the life of French author Jules Verne, placing him into the settings of the stories he wrote such as Twenty Thousand... | {"Running time": "60 min.", "Created by": "Gavin Scott", "Starring": "Michael Praed Michel Courtemanche Chris Demetral", "Opening theme": "\"The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne Theme\" by Nick Glennie-Smith", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Original network": "CBC", "Original release": "2000 12 16 y"} |
The Mozilla Foundation (stylized as moz://a) is an American non-profit organization that exists to support and collectively lead the open source Mozilla project. Founded in July 2003, the organization sets the policies that govern development, operates key infrastructure and controls Mozilla trademarks and copyrights. ... | {"Type": "501(c)(3)", "Registration no.": "C2543436", "Origins": "Mountain View, California", "Subsidiaries": "Mozilla Corporation Beijing Mozilla Online Ltd MZLA Technologies Corporation", "Website": "https://foundation.mozilla.org"} |
was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and cabinet minister before World War II, the 5th principal of Takushoku University, and twice Governor-General of Korea. Nicknamed Ugaki Issei, he served as Foreign Minister of Japan in the Konoe cabinet in 1938.
Biography
Military career
Ugaki was the fifth son of... | {"Name": "Kazushige Ugaki", "Native name": "宇垣 一成", "Native name language": "jpn", "Birth date": "1868 08 09", "Death date": "1956 04 30 1868 08 09", "Birth place": "Okayama, Bizen, Japan", "Death place": "Izunokuni, Shizuoka, Japan", "Image caption": "Ugaki as Army Minister (1924)", "Office 2": "12th Minister of Colon... |
Vincent of Beauvais ( or Vincentius Burgundus; c. 1264) was a Dominican friar at the Cistercian monastery of Royaumont Abbey, France. He is known mostly for his Speculum Maius (Great mirror), a major work of compilation that was widely read in the Middle Ages. Often retroactively described as an encyclopedia or as a fl... | {"Name": "Vincent of Beauvais", "Alt": "Fresco of Friar Vincent of Beauvais, author of The Great Mirror", "Birth date": "c. 1184/1194", "Death date": "c. 1264", "Other names": "Vincentius Bellovacensis, Vincentius Burgundus, Vincent de Beauvais", "Occupation": "Friar", "Known For": "Author/Compiler", "Notable works": "... |
Behind the Green Door is a 1972 American feature-length pornographic film, widely considered one of the genre's "classic" pictures and one of the films that ushered in The Golden Age of Porn (1969-1984). Featuring Marilyn Chambers, who became a mainstream celebrity, it was one of the first hardcore films widely release... | {"Directed by": "Artie Mitchell &Jim Mitchell", "Produced by": "Artie Mitchell", "Written by": "Elliot Wax (original story), Artie Mitchell (screen adaptation)", "Starring": "Marilyn Chambers", "Music by": "Daniel Le Blanc", "Cinematography": "Jon Fontana", "Edited by": "Jon Fontana", "Distributed by": "Mitchell Brothe... |
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