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Merrion Square () is a Georgian garden square on the southside of Dublin city centre.
History
The square was laid out in 1762 to a plan by John Smyth and Jonathan Barker for the estate of Viscount FitzWilliam. Samuel Sproule later laid out the East side around 1780 and the gardens were created through a competition ... | {"Type": "Georgian garden square", "Location": "Dublin, Ireland", "Coordinates": "53 20 23 N 6 14 57 W dim:300_scale:3000_region:IE-D_type:landmark_source:dewiki it", "Area": "4.73 ha", "Owned by": "Privately (1762-1974) Dublin City Council (1974 onwards)", "Designer": "John Smith and Jonathan Barker (1762 layout)", "F... |
Sir Edward William Stafford (23 April 1819 - 14 February 1901) served as the third premier of New Zealand on three occasions in the mid 19th century. His total time in office is the longest of any leader without a political party. He is described as pragmatic, logical, and clear-sighted.
Early life and career
Edward ... | {"Name": "Edward Stafford", "Term start": "2 June 1856", "Term end": "12 July 1861", "Governor 2": "George Bowen", "Predecessor 2": "William Fox", "Successor 2": "George Waterhouse", "Birth date": "1819 4 23 y", "Birth place": "Edinburgh, Scotland", "Birth name": "Edward William Stafford", "Death date": "1901 2 14 1819... |
Sydney Parade Avenue () Sandymount, Dublin 4, Ireland runs from the land formerly known as Ailesbury Park opposite the Merrion Centre at the Merrion Road end, to the sea of Dublin Bay at the Strand Road. Ailesbury Road joins Sydney Parade at the DART station known as Sydney Parade railway station, originally opened in... | {"Name": "Sydney Parade Avenue", "Native name": "ga Ascaill Pharáid Sydney\n https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/sydney-parade-irish-1.1092597 SYDNEY PARADE IRISH The Irish Times 20 August 2002 26 February 2022 \n ga Ascaill Pharáid Shidní", "Namesake": "S... |
Biovail Corporation was a Canadian pharmaceutical company, operating internationally in all aspects of pharmaceutical products. Its major production facility was located in Steinbach, Manitoba. It merged with Valeant Pharmaceuticals International in 2010.
History
As noted in the February 2009 Settlement Agreement wi... | {"Type": "Public", "Defunct": "2010", "Fate": "Merged with Valeant Pharmaceuticals International", "Industry": "BiotechnologyPharmaceutical", "Products": "MedicineDrugs", "Revenue": "$ 757.18 million (2008)", "Divisions": "Biovail Pharmaceuticals Canada (BPC)Biovail Contract Research (Canada)Biovail Corporation (Canada... |
Robin's Donuts (commonly shortened to Robin's) is a Canadian chain of over 160 fast food restaurants that operate in every province of Canada except Quebec."Robin's Locations" In 2017 a Maclean's Magazine Poll ranked Robin's as the 7th best coffee chain out of 15 in Canada."The results are in: Tim Hortons is no longer ... | {"Type": "Private Franchise", "Founded": "Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (1975 y)", "Headquarters": "Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada", "Industry": "Restaurants", "Products": "Baked goods Beverages Whole-bean coffee Soup Sandwiches", "Parent": "Chairman's Brand Corporation", "Website": "robinsdonuts.com"} |
Nurse with Wound (abbreviated NWW) is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Nurse with Wound was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak. The band's work has explored genres such as industrial, noise, dark ambient, and drone.
Musical output
Their early ... | {"Origin": "London, United Kingdom", "Genres": "Experimental\n industrial\n avant-garde\n dark ambient\n noise\n drone", "Labels": "United Dairies\n Rotorelief\n Third Mind\n Durtro\n Durtro Jnana\n Beta-lactam Ring\n Red Wharf", "Website": "nursewithwound.co.uk rotorelief.com/nurse-with-wound/", "Members": "Steven Sta... |
thumb|A Pizza Pizza restaurant on Danforth Avenue in Toronto
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Pizza Pizza Ltd. is a franchised Canadian pizza quick-service restaurant with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. Its restaurants are mainly in the province of Ontario while oth... | {"Type": "Private, with publicly traded royalty income fund", "Genre": "Pizzeria", "Founded": "1967 12 31", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Industry": "Food delivery Franchising Quick Service Restaurants", "Products": "Pizza Chicken Wings Panzerotti Calzone Chicken Sandwich Dessert", "Subsidiaries": "Pizza... |
Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York, founded in 1838, is the first municipal cemetery in the United States. It is the burial site of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Situated on of land adjacent to the University of Rochester on Mount Hope Avenue, the cemetery is the permanent resting place of over 350,... | {"Year or Date established": "1838", "Country": "United States", "Location": "Rochester, New York", "Coordinates": "43.127763 N 77.616265 W inline,title", "Type": "public", "Owned by": "City of Rochester", "Size": "196 acres ha on"} |
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah. On August 31, 1988, the flight, using a Boeing 727-200 series aircraft, crashed during takeoff, resulting in 14 deaths and 76 injuries of the 108 on board.
Aircraft
The aircraft was a Boei... | {"Date": "1988 08 31", "Summary": "Crashed on take-off due to incorrect takeoff configuration and Pilot error", "Site": "32 52 13 N 097 03 04 W region:US-TX_type:event inline,title", "Flight origin": "Jackson Municipal Airport", "Stopover": "Dallas/Fort Worth Int'l Airport", "Destination": "Salt Lake City Int'l Airport... |
Woolco was an American-based discount retail chain. It was founded in 1962 in Columbus, Ohio, by the F. W. Woolworth Company. It was a full-line discount department store unlike the five-and-dime Woolworth stores which operated at the time. At its peak, Woolco had hundreds of stores in the US, as well as in Canada and ... | {"Type": "Subsidiary of F. W. Woolworth Company", "Industry": "Discount department store", "Fate": "Rebranded as Woolworth in United States and UKCanadian chain later acquired by Walmart Canada", "Founded": "1962 (Columbus, Ohio, United States)", "Defunct": "1983 (United States) 1986 (UK) 1994 (Canada)", "Headquarters... |
Daniel Ken Inouye ( ;As pronounced by himself in "Asian Americans Should Run for Office". September 7, 1924 - December 17, 2012) was an American attorney, soldier, and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. Beginning in 1959, he was the first U.S. Representative... | {"Name": "Daniel Inouye", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2009", "Term start": "June 28, 2010", "Term end": "December 17, 2012", "District 2": "HI AL at-large", "Predecessor 2": "John Burns (Delegate)", "Successor 2": "Thomas Gill", "Birth name": "Daniel Ken Inouye", "Birth date": "1924 9 7", "Birth place": "Honol... |
Ataxx (アタックス) is a strategy video game published in arcades by Leland Corporation in 1990. Two players compete on a seven-by-seven square grid. The object of the game is for a player to have a majority of the pieces on the board at the end of the game, by converting as many of their opponent's pieces as possible. In a ... | {"Title": "Ataxx", "Caption": "Japanese arcade flyer", "Publisher": "CapcomLeland Corporation", "Platforms": "Arcade", "Released": "1990", "Genre": "Strategy", "Modes": "Single-player, multiplayer"} |
Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1884 - October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading writers, dir... | {"Name": "Louis B. Mayer", "Caption": "Mayer in 1953", "Birth name": "Lazar Meir", "Birth date": "July 12, 1884", "Birth place": "Russian Empire", "Death date": "1957 10 29 1884 07 12", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Home of Peace Cemetery (East Los Angeles)", "Nationality": "Canadian... |
The Kings River (), historically called Wimmel-che by the Yokuts, is a river draining the Sierra Nevada mountain range in central California in the United States. Its headwaters originate along the Sierra Crest in and around Kings Canyon National Park and form the eponymous Kings Canyon, one of the deepest river gorge... | {"Native name": "yok Wimmel-che255518 Kings River 1981-01-19 2010-09-14", "Mouth": "184 ft on", "Location": "San Joaquin Valley", "Coordinates": "36 03 00 N 119 49 28 W inline,title", "Basin size": "1544 sqmi on", "Left": "South Fork Kings River, Mill Creek", "Right": "Middle Fork Kings River, North Fork Kings River"} |
Colonial goose is a preparation of roast leg of lamb or mutton popular as a dish in New Zealand until the last quarter of the 20th century.
Early colonial pioneers in New Zealand had sheep aplenty, but goose was relatively scarce. To prepare dishes similar to those they had back home in the old country the pioneers we... | {"Name of food": "Colonial goose", "Place of origin": "New Zealand", "Creator": "-->", "Year": "1919", "Main ingredient": "mutton or lamb", "Minor ingredients": "honey, dried apricots, breadcrumbs, onion, parsley, thyme or sage", "Serving size": "100 g", "Cookbook page": "First Catch Your Weka"} |
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean.About the Inter-American Development Bank - Inter-Ameri... | {"Abbreviation": "IDB/BID", "Type": "International organization", "Headquarters": "1300 New York Avenue NWWashington, D.C.United States", "Website": "www.iadb.org"} |
Michel Courtemanche (; born December 11, 1964) is a Canadian comedian and actor from Quebec, performing in Quebec, France, Belgium and Switzerland.
Career
His debut one-man show, A New Comic is Born, ran for more than five hundred performances and earned him two Felix nominations. It was first performed in Montreal ... | {"Name": "Michael Courtemanche", "Birth date": "1964 12 11", "Birth place": "Laval, Quebec, Canada", "Occupation": "Actor, comedian"} |
thumb|200px|right|Dublin Bay in relation to Ireland
Dublin Bay () is a C-shaped inlet of the Irish Sea on the east coast of Ireland. The bay is about 10 kilometres wide along its north-south base, and 7 km in length to its apex at the centre of the city of Dublin; stretching from Howth Head in the north to Dalkey Point... | {"Coordinates": "53 20 N 6 07 W region:IE_type:waterbody inline,title", "Part of": "Irish Sea", "Primary inflows": "River Liffey River Tolka", "Settlements": "Dublin, Dún Laoghaire"} |
was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Working under the overall fleet commander, Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagu... | {"Born": "Katsuragi, Nara, Japan", "Died": "Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan", "Allegiance": "Empire of Japan", "Commands held": "Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi 2: 1st (flag), 2nd and 3rd air squadrons", "Other work": "Christian evangelist\n Author"} |
Telecom Éireann (; meaning "Telecommunications of Ireland") was an Irish state-owned telecommunications company that operated from 1983 to 1999. Prior to then a telephone and postal service was provided by the Department of Posts and Telegraphs (known as "P and T" or "P⁊T" in Gaelic script), as part of the civil servic... | {"Type": "State owned company", "Industry": "Telecommunications", "Fate": "Privatised", "Founded": "y 1983", "Defunct": "1999", "Headquarters": "Ardilaun Hall, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland", "Products": "Landline, Analog and digital cable (Cable television, Cable radio, Cable Internet, Cable telephony)", "Revenu... |
Eircell was an Irish mobile cellular network provider which was established in 1984, with operations commencing in 1986. Its access code was 088 for the original analogue TACS system and 087 for the later GSM system. Following the abolition of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, Eircell fell under the remit of Tele... | {"Type": "former: State-owned company", "Industry": "Telecommunications", "Founded": "1984 in Dublin, Ireland", "Defunct": "2001", "Fate": "Acquired by Vodafone", "Website": "-->"} |
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Syfy (in some countries named Sci Fi) is a family of pay television channels that broadcast programming owned or licensed by entertainment NBCUniversal around the world using the Syfy brand which is focused on science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural and paranormal programming... | {"Picture format": "1080i HDTV(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)", "Network": "NBCUniversal International Networks", "Owner": "NBCUniversal", "Former names": "Sci-Fi Channel", "Sister channels": "13th StreetCNBC EuropeDreamWorks ChannelE!Movies 24Sky News", "Website": "www.syfy.com"} |
Bewley's is an Irish hot beverage company, located in Dublin and founded in 1840, which operates internationally. Its primary business operations are the production of tea and coffee, and the operations of cafés. Bewley's has operations in Ireland, the UK and the United States; in the Boston area under the Rebecca's Ca... | {"Type": "Limited", "Industry": "Beverages", "Founded": "yes 1840 in Dublin, Ireland", "Revenue": "2019", "Headquarters": "Northern Cross, Malahide Road, Dublin, Ireland", "Products": "Coffee, tea", "Parent": "Bewley's Ltd", "Website": "https://www.bewleys.com/ie/"} |
Kai Budde (born 28 October 1979),Kai Budde 2005 Pro Player card (from the Magic: The Gathering Ravnica expansion) is a professional Magic: The Gathering player, who holds the record for Pro Tour victories, and for a long time held the records for earnings and lifetime Pro Points. His performances earned him the nicknam... | {"Nicknames": "The German Juggernaut", "Born": "Cologne, Germany", "Residence": "Hamburg, Germany", "Nationality": "German", "Pro Tour debut": "1997 Pro Tour New York (junior)1997 Pro Tour Mainz (senior)", "Winnings": "$426,720Top 200 All-Time Money Leaders http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/alltime Wizards of... |
The Helix, formally The Helix Centre for the Performing Arts, is a multi-purpose venue located on the Dublin City University main campus in Glasnevin, Dublin. Officially opened by then President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, on 5 March 1996, the Helix contains a concert hall, theatre, studio theatre, exhibition space, art... | {"Full name": "The Helix Centre for the Performing Arts", "Former names": "North Dublin Arts Centre", "Location": "Glasnevin", "Coordinates": "53 23 11 N 6 15 34 W type:landmark inline,title", "Broke ground": "2000 08 y", "Opened": "2002 10 21 y", "Owner": "Dublin City University", "Operator": "UAC Management DAC, a DC... |
The GloFish is a patented and trademarked brand of fluorescently colored genetically modified fish. They have been created from several different species of fish: zebrafish (Danio rerio) were the first GloFish available in pet stores, and recently tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi), tiger barbs (Puntius tetrazona), Rainbo... | {"Mode": "Transgenesis", "Method": "Insertion", "Vector": "Multiple including green fluorescent protein", "Developer": "Yorktown Technologies, L.P.", "Trait(s) conferred": "Fluorescent colors", "Genes introduced": "Multiple"} |
Ballymun () is an outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland, at the northern edge of the Northside, the green-field development of which began in the 1960s to accommodate a housing crisis in inner city areas of Dublin. While the newly built housing was state-of-the-art at the time, comprising high-rise tower blocks and flat comp... | {"Founded by": "Dublin City Council, formerly known as Dublin Corporation", "DST": "+1", "ISO 3166 code": "IE-D", "Website": "dublincity.ie"} |
Greystones () is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies on Ireland's east coast, south of Bray and south of Dublin city centre and has a population of 18,140 (2016). The town is bordered by the Irish Sea to the east, Bray Head to the north and the Wicklow Mountains to the west. It is th... | {"Type": "Municipal District", "Density": "2200", "Rank": "25th", "DST": "+1", "Website": "https://greystones.ie/"} |
The Tom Clarke Bridge (), formerly and commonly known as the East-Link Toll Bridge, is a toll bridge in Dublin, Ireland, on the River Liffey, owned and operated by Dublin City Council. The bascule-type lifting bridge, which links North Wall to Ringsend, is the last bridge on the Liffey, which opens out into Dublin Port... | {"Crosses": "River Liffey", "Locale": "Dublin", "Maintained by": "Dublin City Council", "Design": "Bascule bridge", "Daily traffic": "14,000-17,000", "Toll": "Cars: €1.90\n Buses / Commercials < 2T: €2.90\n Commercials > 2T (2 Axles): €3.90\n Commercials > 2T (3 Axles): €4.80 \n Commercials > 2T (4 Axles): €5.80", "Co... |
Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 - 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide variety of roles and worked with many acclaimed directors, being awarded with a ... | {"Name": "Michel Piccoli", "Caption": "Piccoli in 2013", "Birth date": "1925 12 27 y", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Death date": "2020 5 12 1925 12 27 yes", "Death place": "Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle, France", "Spouse(s)": "Eléonore Hirt 1954 1965 divorce\n Juliette Gréco 1966 1977 divorce\n Ludivine Clerc 1980", "Ch... |
Otford is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It lies on the River Darent, north of Sevenoaks. Otford's four churches are the Anglican Church of St Bartholomew in the village centre, the Otford Methodist Church, the Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, and the Otford Evangelical ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127302&c=Otford&d=16&e=62&g=6438040&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1474281134309&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 19 September 2016 Office for National Statistics Neighbourhoo... |
Felicia Nicolette C. Gavron (nee Coates)
is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London to Ken Livingstone from 2000 to 2003 and 2004 to 2008. She was a member of the London Assembly from 2000 to 2021 and was the former Labour candidate for the 2004 Mayor of London elections.
Biography
Gavron was born ... | {"Name": "Nicky Gavron", "Image size": "250px", "Image caption": "Gavron in 2008", "Term start": "14 June 2004", "Term end": "4 May 2008", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "Jenny Jones", "Birth name": "Felicia Nicolette Coates", "Birth place": "Worcester, Worcestershire, England", "Nationality": "B... |
Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), formerly the Magen division of the Israel Military Industries Ltd. (IMI), is an Israeli firearms manufacturer.
It was founded in 1933. Formerly owned by the State of Israel, the Small Arms Division of IMI was privatized and renamed IWI in 2005.
IWI is one of the world's most famous and... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1933(privatized in 2005)", "Headquarters": "Israel", "Industry": "Arms/Defense", "Products": "Firearms, weapons", "Website": "iwi.net"} |
Aalborg University (AAU) is an international public university with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1974, the university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variety of subjects within humanities, social sciences, information technology, design, engine... | {"Motto": "da Ad nye veje (Danish)la Viis Novis (Latin)", "Type": "Public university", "Budget": "DKK 3,092,985,000 (2021)", "Rector": "Per Michael Johansen", "Chairman": "André Rogaczewski", "Students": "19,410 (2021)", "Campus": "Aalborg, Esbjerg, Copenhagen", "Website": "en.aau.dk"} |
Kouvola () is a city and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located along the Kymijoki River in the region of Kymenlaakso, kilometers east of Lahti, west of Lappeenranta and northeast of the capital, Helsinki. With Kotka, Kouvola is one of the capital centers and is the largest city in the Kymenlaakso regio... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Kouvola", "Water": "area_water_km2 Kouvola", "Rank": "population_rank Kouvola", "Density": "population_density_km2 Kouvola", "Metro density": "267", "Urban density": "55,372", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.kouvola.fi"} |
Caroline Quentin (born Caroline Amanda Jane Jones; 11 July 1960) is an English actress, broadcaster and television presenter. Quentin became known for her television appearances: portraying Dorothy in Men Behaving Badly (1992-1998), Maddie Magellan in Jonathan Creek (1997-2000), and DCI Janine Lewis in Blue Murder (200... | {"Name": "Caroline Quentin", "Caption": "Quentin in 2011", "Birth name": "Caroline Amanda Jane Jones", "Birth date": "1960 7 11 yes", "Birth place": "Reigate, Surrey, England", "Occupation": "Actress presenter broadcaster", "Years active": "1980-present", "Spouse(s)": "Paul Merton 1990 1998 divorced\n Sam Farmer 2006",... |
High Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo (; ; born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian retired military officer and statesman who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its president from 1999 to 2007. Ideologically a Nigerian nationalist, he was a member of the Peoples Democrati... | {"Honorific prefix": "His ExcellencyChief", "Honorific suffix": "GCFR", "Name": "Olusegun Obasanjo Matthew", "Image caption": "Obasanjo in 2001", "Term start": "29 May 1999", "Term end": "29 May 2007", "Vice president": "Atiku Abubakar", "Office 2": "3rd Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters", "Predecessor 2": "J. E. A.... |
Pacific Forum Line (PFL) is a regional shipping line in Polynesia. Established in 1976 by the Pacific Islands Forum to ensure a regional shipping service, it was purchased in 2012 by the government of Samoa. It is currently operated as a joint venture with Neptune Pacific Line.
History
thumb|The Kokopo Chief, a PFL co... | {"Industry": "Shipping", "Founded": "1976", "Parent": "Pacific Forum Line Limited", "Website": "pacificforumline.com"} |
Chain Home, or CH for short, was the codename for the ring of coastal early warning radar stations built by the Royal Air Force (RAF) before and during the Second World War to detect and track aircraft. Initially known as RDF, and given the official name Air Ministry Experimental Station Type 1 (AMES Type 1) in 1940, t... | {"Country of origin": "UK", "Designer": "AMES", "Manufacturer": "Metropolitan-Vickers, AC Cossor", "Introduced": "1938", "Type": "early warning", "Frequency": "between 20 and 55 MHz", "PRF": "25 pps", "Pulsewidth": "6 to 25 µs", "Range": "160 km on", "Elevation": "2.5 to 40º", "Precision": "8 km on or better (1 km typi... |
The Icelandic Commonwealth, also known as the Icelandic Free State, was the political unit existing in Iceland between the establishment of the Althing in 930 and the pledge of fealty to the Norwegian king with the Old Covenant in 1262. With the probable exception of hermitic Irish monks known as Papar, Iceland was an ... | {"Native name": "Þjóðveldið Ísland (Icelandic)", "Conventional long name": "Icelandic Commonwealth", "Starting event": "Alþingi established", "Event ending the country": "Norwegian kingship", "Leader's title": "Important chieftains (goðar)", "Leader 1": "Sturla Sighvatsson", "Leader 1 years": "1199-1238", "Deputy 1": "... |
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, (11 July 1892 - 14 November 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Leigh-Mallory served as a Royal Flying Corps pilot and squadron commander during the First World War. Remaining in the newly formed RAF after the war, Leigh-Mallory served in a variety of staf... | {"Born": "Mobberley, Cheshire, England", "Died": "French Alps", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "Allied Expeditionary Air Force (1943-44)Fighter Command (1942-43)No. 11 Group (1940-42)No. 12 Group (1937-40)No. 2 Flying Training School (1934-35)School of Army Co-operation (1927-29)No. 8 Squadron (1917-1... |
Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher (; 21 October 18174 June 1894) was a German economist from Hanover.
Biography
Roscher studied at Göttingen, where he became a member of Corps Hannovera, and Berlin, and obtained a professorship at Göttingen in 1844 and subsequently at Leipzig in 1848.
The main origins of the historical... | {"School ortradition": "Historical School", "Field": "Economics", "Influences": "Dahlmann\n Müller\n Thucydides", "Contributions": "Coining the term Enlightened absolutism\n Social cycle theory"} |
Thomas Southwood Smith (17881861) was an English physician and sanitary reformer.
Early life
Smith was born at Martock, Somerset, into a strict Baptist family, his parents being William Smith and Caroline Southwood. In 1802 he won a scholarship to the Bristol Baptist College to train as a minister, but in 1807 funds w... | {"Name": "Thomas Southwood Smith", "Caption": "Southwood Smith, 1844 engraving by James Charles Armytage after a drawing by Margaret Gillies.", "Birth date": "yes 1788 12 21.", "Birth place": "Martock, Somerset", "Death date": "yes 1861 12 10 1788 12 21", "Death place": "Florence, Italy", "Occupation": "Physician and s... |
Johannes Peter Müller (14 July 1801 - 28 April 1858) was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist, known not only for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge. The paramesonephric duct (Müllerian duct) was named in his honor.
Life
Early years and education... | {"Fields": "Physiology", "Institutions": "University of BonnUniversity of Berlin", "Doctoral students": "Hermann von HelmholtzRudolf Virchow", "Influenced": "Charles Scott SherringtonJakob von Uexküll"} |
Sir John Hawkins (also spelled Hawkyns) (1532 - 12 November 1595) was an English naval commander, naval administrator, privateer and slave trader.
Hawkins pioneered, and was an early promoter of, English involvement in the Atlantic slave trade. He is considered to be the first English merchant to profit from the Trian... | {"Born": "Plymouth, England", "Died": "off Puerto Rico, Spanish Main", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of England", "Commands held": "Treasurer of the Navy\nAdmiral of the Narrow Seas", "Children": "Richard Hawkins (1562-1622)"} |
dyne:bolic GNU/Linux is a Live CD/DVD distribution based on the Linux kernel. It is shaped by the needs of media activists, artists and creators to be a practical tool with a focus on multimedia production, that delivers a large assortment of applications. It allows manipulation and broadcast of both sound and video w... | {"Developer": "Denis Roio", "Source model": "Open source", "OS family": "Linux (Unix-like)", "Initial release": "2005 03 15", "License": "Exclusively free licenses per GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG)https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html List of Free GNU/Linux Distributions - GNU Project - Fre... |
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on May 27, 1963 by Columbia Records. Whereas his self-titled debut album Bob Dylan had contained only two original songs, this album represented the beginning of Dylan's writing contemporary words to traditional melo... | {"Released": "1963 5 27", "Recorded": "April 24-25, July 9, October 16, November 1 and 15, December 6, 1962, and April 24, 1963", "Studio": "Columbia 7th Ave, New York CityHeylin 1995 13-19Heylin 1996 30-43", "Genre": "Folk\nblues", "Label": "Columbia", "Producer": "John Hammond Tom Wilson"} |
The Ikeda Elementary School stabbing was a school stabbing and mass murder that occurred in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, on 8 June 2001, in which Mamoru Takuma, a 37-year-old ex-convict with a history of mentally disturbed and anti-social behavior, stabbed eight students to death and seriously wounded fifteen others... | {"Title": "Ikeda Elementary School stabbing", "Caption": "The Ikeda Elementary School where the stabbing took place (pictured 2018)", "Location": "Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, Japan", "Target": "Students and staff at Ikeda Elementary School, particularly girls", "Date": "2001 6 8 y", "Type of attack": "Mass stabbing, schoo... |
thumb|Statue of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (c. 1531 - 23 January 1570)Spottiswoode, John, History of the Church in Scotland, vol. 2, Oliver & Boyd (1851), 120 gives date in Old Style as Saturday 23 January 1569/70, although Saturday was 21 Janua... | {"Name": "James Stewart, Earl of Moray", "Image caption": "The Earl of Moray, a detail from a wedding portrait by Hans Eworth", "Term start": "22 August 1567", "Term end": "23 January 1570", "Spouse(s)": "Christina StewartAgnes Keith", "Birth date": "1531", "Birth place": "Scotland", "Death date": "23 January 1570", "D... |
China Southern Airlines Company Limited, also known as China Southern, is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and is the largest airline in China. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of the CAAC Airlines that acquired and merged a number of domestic airlines, th... | {"Airline name": "China Southern Airlines", "Subsidiaries": "Chongqing Airlines (60%)\n GAMECO\n Sichuan Airlines (39%)\n XiamenAir (55%)\n Xiongan Airlines", "Current Fleet Size": "900 (including cargo)", "Number of Destinations": "216", "IATA Designator": "CZ", "ICAO Designator": "CSN", "Callsign": "C... |
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player and current tennis coach. He won the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year became the 21st player to hold the top ranking, which he held for eight weeks. He was runner-up at the 2002 Fr... | {"Full name": "Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat", "Born": "Ontinyent, Spain", "Height": "1.83 m ftin on", "Turned pro": "1998", "Retired": "2012", "Plays": "Right-handed (two-handed backhand)", "Prize money": "$13,992,895", "Career record": "6-24", "Career titles": "0", "Highest ranking": "No. 198 (3 February 2003)", "Wimbled... |
The leader of the Official Opposition (), formally known as the leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition (), is the politician who leads the Official Opposition in Canada, typically the leader of the party possessing the most seats in the House of Commons that is not the governing party or part of the governing coaliti... | {"Post": "Leader", "Body": "the Official Opposition", "Native name": "fr Chef de l'Opposition officielle", "Incumbent": "Pierre Poilievre", "Incumbent since": "September 10, 2022", "Department": "Official Opposition\n Parliament of Canada", "Style": "The Honourable", "Member of": "Parliament", "Residence": "Stornoway",... |
Nancy Kassebaum Baker (; born July 29, 1932) is an American politician who represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937 and the 1936 Republican nominee for president, and the widow of former Senator and di... | {"Name": "Nancy Kassebaum", "Term start": "January 3, 1995", "Term end": "January 3, 1997", "Birth name": "Nancy Jo Landon", "Birth date": "1932 7 29", "Birth place": "Topeka, Kansas, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Philip Kassebaum 1955 1979 div Howard Baker December 7, 1996 June 26, 2014 died", "Education": "University of Kansa... |
Margaret Livingston (born Marguerite Livingston; November 25, 1895"Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (5 December 2014), Marguerite Livingston, 25 Nov 1895; citing 12, Salt Lake, Utah, line 4122, Records Manager and Archive, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,121,037. – De... | {"Name": "Margaret Livingston", "Caption": "Livingston in 1929", "Birth name": "Marguerite Livingston", "Birth date": "1895 11 25", "Birth place": "Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.", "Death date": "1984 12 13 1895 11 25", "Death place": "Warrington, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Other names": "Margaret Livingstone\nMarguerite Living... |
The 1st Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War. The division was formed in late 1941 during the Second World War, after the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, demanded an airborne force, and was initially under command of Major-General Frederick A. M.... | {"Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Infantry", "Role": "Airborne forces", "Size": "Division, 12,148 menGregory, p.50", "Part of": "I Airborne Corps", "Notablecommanders": "Sir Frederick A.M. BrowningGeorge HopkinsonRoy Urquhart", "Nickname(s)": "Red DevilsThe 1st Parachute Brigade had been called the \"Rote Teufel\" ... |
Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Montague "Boy" Browning, (20 December 1896 - 14 March 1965) was a senior officer of the British Army who has been called the "father of the British airborne forces". He was also an Olympic bobsleigh competitor, and the husband of author Daphne du Maurier.
Educated at Eton Colle... | {"Nickname(s)": "BoyTommy", "Born": "Kensington, London", "Died": "Menabilly, Cornwall", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "I Airborne Corps (1943-44)1st Airborne Division (1941-43)24th Guards Brigade Group (1941)128th Infantry Brigade (1940-41)Small Arms School (1939-40)2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards (... |
Helen Gahagan Douglas (born Helen Mary Gahagan; November 25, 1900 - June 28, 1980) was an American actress and politician. Her career included success on Broadway, as a touring opera singer, and in Hollywood films. Her portrayal of the villain in the 1935 movie She inspired Disney's Evil Queen in Snow White and the Sev... | {"Name": "Helen Gahagan Douglas", "Image caption": "Douglas, 1945", "Term start": "January 3, 1945", "Term end": "January 3, 1951", "Birth name": "Helen Mary Gahagan", "Birth date": "1900 11 25", "Birth place": "Boonton, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "1980 6 28 1900 11 25", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Spo... |
Major General Robert Elliot "Roy" Urquhart, (28 November 1901 - 13 December 1988) was a British Army officer who saw service during the Second World War and Malayan Emergency. He became prominent for his role as General Officer Commanding the 1st Airborne Division, which fought with great distinction, although sufferi... | {"Nickname(s)": "\"Roy\"", "Born": "Shepperton, Middlesex, England", "Died": "Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "British Troops in Austria (1952-55)Malaya Command (1950-52)51st/52nd Scottish Division (1948-50)16th Airborne Division (1947-48)1st Airborne Division (1944-45)... |
The Vinča culture (), also known as Turdaș culture, Turdaș-Vinča culture or Vinča-Turdaș culture, is a Neolithic archaeological culture of Southeast Europe, dated to the period 5700-4500 BC or 5300-4700/4500 BC.. Named for its type site, Vinča-Belo Brdo, a large tell settlement discovered by Serbian archaeologist Miloj... | {"Culture name": "Vinča culture", "Alternative names": "Turdaş cultureTordos culture", "The period of the culture": "Neolithic-Chalcolithic", "Horizon": "First Temperate Neolithic", "The absolute date range of the culture": "c. 5700-4500 BC", "Major sites": "BelogradchikDrenovacGomolava Q1536893Gornja TuzlaPločnikRudna... |
Cebu Air, Inc., operating as Cebu Pacific (), is a Philippine low-cost airline based at Pasay in Metro Manila. Founded in 1988, it is Asia's oldest low-cost airline. It offers scheduled flights to both domestic and international destinations. The airline operates flights from two primary hubs in Cebu and Manila, five s... | {"Airline name": "Cebu Pacific", "Current Fleet Size": "61", "Number of Destinations": "62 (including Cebgo)", "IATA Designator": "5J", "ICAO Designator": "CEB", "Callsign": "CEBU AIRJO 7340.2J Contractions https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7340.2J_Chg_1_dtd_10_10_19.pdf Federal Aviation Administration 19... |
The Metropolitan Tabernacle is a large independent Reformed Baptist church in the Elephant and Castle in London. It was the largest non-conformist church of its day in 1861. The Tabernacle Fellowship have been worshipping together since 1650. Its first pastor was William Rider; other notable pastors and preachers inclu... | {"OS grid reference": "Metropolitan Tabernacle", "Denomination": "Independent Reformed Baptist", "Founded": "1650", "Founder(s)": "William Rider", "Pastor(s)": "Peter Masters, assistant pastor Ibrahim Ag Mohamed", "Location": "Elephant and Castle, London", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Website": "https://metropolitanta... |
Mary Ann Bickerdyke (July 19, 1817 - November 8, 1901), also known as Mother Bickerdyke, was a hospital administrator for Union soldiers during the American Civil War and a lifelong advocate for veterans. She was responsible for establishing 300 field hospitals during the war and served as a lawyer assisting veterans ... | {"Birth name": "Mary Ann Ball", "Nickname(s)": "\"Mother\" Bickerdyke", "Born": "Knox County, Ohio", "Died": "Bunker Hill, Kansas", "Spouse(s)": "Robert Bickerdyke", "Relations": "Two sons", "Other work": "lawyer, advocate for veterans"} |
Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas (), more commonly known by the acronym LAPA (and known as ARG Argentina Línea Privada and AIRG from 2001 to 2002), was an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At its heyday, the carrier operated international services to the United States and Uruguay, as well as an extensive domes... | {"Airline name": "LAPALíneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas", "Image size (px)": "250", "IATA Designator": "MJ", "ICAO Designator": "LPR", "Callsign": "LAPA", "Founded": "1977", "Ceased operations": "2003 4", "Major hubs": "Aeroparque Jorge Newbery", "Secondary hubs": "Ministro Pistarini International Airport", "Current Fl... |
is a railway station in the Tamachi neighborhood of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is served by the circular Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tōhoku Line. All trains stop at this station.
Mita Station on the Asakusa and Mita subway lines is within walking distance, although ... | {"Name": "JK 22 50 JY 27 50Tamachi Station", "Style template": "JR East", "Native name": "田町駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "Tamachi Station seen from Granpark Building, looking northeast.", "Address": "Minato-ku, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Structure": "Above ground", "Date opened": "1909 12 16 y"} |
The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is a court building in Westminster which houses the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales. The High Court also sits on circuit and in other major cities. Designed by George Edmund Street, who died before it was completed, it is a large grey ston... | {"Status": "Complete", "Type": "Court", "Architectural style": "Gothic Revival", "Address": "StrandCity of WestminsterWC2A 2LL", "Town or city": "London", "Coordinates": "51 30 49 N 0 06 48 W type:landmark inline,title", "Current tenants": "HM Courts & Tribunals Service", "Groundbreaking": "1873"} |
La Baule-Escoublac (; , ), commonly referred to as La Baule, is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, western France.
A century-old seaside resort in southern Brittany with villas, casino, luxury hotels and an original mix of old Breton and seaside culture with a 9 kilometre long sand beach, ... | {"Name": "La Baule-Escoublac", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Arrondissement": "Saint-Nazaire", "Canton": "La Baule-Escoublac", "Postal code": "44500", "Mayor": "Franck LouvrierRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ou... |
Goregrind is a fusion genre of grindcore and death metal. British band Carcass are commonly credited for the emergence of the genre. Goregrind is recognized for its heavily edited, pitch shifted vocals and abrasive musicianship rooted in grindcore.
History
Despite the early impact of albums such as Repulsion's Horrifi... | {"Name": "Goregrind", "Stylistic origins": "Grindcore\n death metal", "Cultural origins": "Late 1980s, England, United States", "Typical instruments": "Guitar bass guitar drums vocals", "Other genre topics": "Deathgrind pornogrind"} |
Frank Hague (January 17, 1876 - January 1, 1956) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the Mayor of Jersey City from 1917 to 1947, Democratic National Committeeman from New Jersey from 1922 until 1949, and Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1924 until 1949. During his 30 years a... | {"Name": "Frank Hague", "Image caption": "Hague in 1920", "Birth date": "1876 1 17 y", "Birth place": "Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "1956 1 1 1876 1 17 y", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Residence": "Jersey City, New Jersey", "Term start": "May 15, 1917", "Term end": "June 17, 1947", "Spouse(s)... |
The Pleasure of the Text () is a 1973 book by the literary theorist Roland Barthes.
Summary
Barthes sets out some of his ideas about literary theory. He divides the effects of texts into two: plaisir ("pleasure") and jouissance, translated as "bliss" but the French word also carries the meaning of "orgasm".
The disti... | {"Original title": "Le Plaisir du Texte", "Country": "France", "Language": "French", "Publisher": "Éditions du Seuil", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "105", "ISBN": "2-02-006060-4"} |
is a railway station in Hamamatsuchō, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and also by Tokyo Monorail.
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Hamamatsuchō Station is served by two JR East lines: the circular Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tōhoku Line. All trains on these lines stop at Hamamatsuchō.
It is also the terminus... | {"Name": "2 HMC 40JK 23 1 40JY 28 2 40 MO 01 50Hamamatsuchō Station", "Native name": "浜松町駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Image": "MonoHama.JPG", "Caption": "Hamamatsucho Station", "Address": "1-3-1 Kaigan District, Minato City, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Structure": "Ground Level (Keihin-Tōhoku and Yamanote Lines)... |
Camp Julien was the main base for the Canadian contingent of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The camp was named after Lance Corporal George Patrick Julien, a Canadian Army soldier who was awarded the Military Medal as a Private, for his actions at Hill 187 in Korea in May 1953... | {"Coordinates": "34 27 37 N 69 7 6 E inline,title", "Type": "Military army base", "Owner": "Department of National Defence", "Operator": "Canada2003 - 2005", "Built": "2003", "Built by": "Canada", "In use": "2003 - 2005"} |
Lionel Ngakane (17 July 1928 - 26 November 2003) was a South African filmmaker and actor, who lived in exile in the United Kingdom from the 1950s until 1994, when he returned to South Africa after the end of apartheid. His 1965 film Jemima and Johnny, inspired by the 1958 "race riots" in Notting Hill, London, won award... | {"Name": "Lionel Ngakane", "Birth date": "y 1928 07 17", "Birth place": "Pretoria, South Africa", "Death date": "y 26 November 2003 17 July 1928", "Death place": "South Africa", "Occupation": "Filmmaker and actor", "Education": "Fort Hare University CollegeUniversity of Witwatersrand", "Nationality": "South African", "... |
Good Times is an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons on CBS, from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear, it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which its... | {"Genre": "Sitcom", "Created by": "Eric Monte and Mike Evans", "Developed by": "Norman Lear", "Directed by": "Gerren Keith Herbert Kenwith Bob LaHendro Donald McKayle Perry Rosemond", "Starring": "Esther Rolle John Amos Ja'Net DuBois Ralph Carter Bern Nadette Stanis Jimmie Walker Johnny Brown Janet Jackson Ben Powers",... |
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales. It is headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The main responsibilities of the CPS are to provide legal advice to the police and other investigative agencies during the course of crimina... | {"Formed": "1986", "Jurisdiction": "England and Wales", "Headquarters": "102 Petty France London SW1H 9EA", "Employees": "5,794 (2019/20)Annual Report and Accounts 2019-21 https://www.cps.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/publications/CPS-Annual-Report-and-Accounts-2019-20.pdf Crown Prosecution Service 22 April ... |
Reach plc (known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher. It is one of Britain's biggest newspaper groups, publishing 240 regional papers in addition to the national Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, The Sunday People, Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star, Daily S... | {"Type": "Public limited company", "Industry": "Publishing", "Products": "National and regional newspapers, magazines(see list of titles)", "Revenue": "£601.4 million (2022)https://www.reachplc.com/content/dam/reach/corporate/documents/results-and-reports/ar_2022/Reach_2022_Annual_Report.pdf Reach 2022 Annual Report Re... |
Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (; February 6, 1914May 22, 2005) was an American actor and bass singer. He was known as one of the booming voices behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger for more than five decades. He was also the uncredited vocalist for the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from t... | {"Name": "Thurl Ravenscroft", "Caption": "Ravenscroft in 1967", "Birth name": "Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft", "Birth date": "1914 2 6", "Birth place": "Norfolk, Nebraska, U.S.", "Death date": "2005 5 22 1914 2 6", "Death place": "Fullerton, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Crystal Cathedral Memorial Gardens, Garden Gro... |
Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, 1943 - December 31, 2014) was an American actor, director, and writer. He was known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the miniseries Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and 1982 film musical Annie, Richard Gilmore in Amy Sherman-Palladino's comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls (200... | {"Name": "Edward Herrmann", "Birth name": "Edward Kirk Herrmann", "Birth date": "1943 7 21", "Birth place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Death date": "2014 12 31 1943 7 21", "Death place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor director writer", "Years active": "1971-2014", "Spouse(s)": "Leigh Curran 1978 ... |
is a railway station in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station takes its name from the area on its eastern side, Harajuku.
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This station is served by the circular Yamanote Line. It is also adjacent to Meiji-Jingumae Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda and Fukutoshin Li... | {"Name": "JY 19 50Harajuku Station", "Native name": "原宿駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Style template": "JR East", "Caption": "Harajuku Station building in March 2020", "Address": "1 Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo", "Connections": "C 03 F 15 Meiji-jingumae Station", "Website": "http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/inf... |
is a major railway station in the Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan. In Shinjuku, it is part of the Nishi-Shinjuku and Shinjuku districts. In Shibuya, it is located in the Yoyogi and Sendagaya districts.
Serving as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between Tokyo's special wards and Western Tokyo on the... | {"Name": "Shinjuku Station", "Native name": "新宿駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "Appearance on the south side of Shinjuku Station in November 2022", "Address": "Shinjuku and Shibuya wards, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Connections": "SS 01 Seibu-Shinjuku\nE 01 Shinjuku-nishiguchi\nM 09 F 13 S 02 Shinjuku-san... |
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a public research university in Long Beach, California. The 322-acre campus is the second largest in the California State University system (CSU). The university is one of the largest in the state of California by enrollment with a student body numbering 38,273 for the... | {"Motto": "Vox Veritas Vita (Latin)", "Accreditation": "WSCUC", "Type": "Public research university", "Endowment": "$122 million (2021)As of December 31, 2021. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx U.S. and Canadian Institutions ... |
Cheddi Berret Jagan (22 March 1918 – 6 March 1997) was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964. He later served as President of Guyana from 1992 to his death in 1997.Larry Rohter, "Cheddi Jagan, Guyana's Founder, Dies at 78", T... | {"Honorific prefix": "His Excellency", "Name": "Cheddi Jagan", "Birth name": "Cheddi Berret Jagan", "Image caption": "Jagan in 1962", "Office 2": "1st Premier of British Guiana", "Monarch 2": "Elizabeth II", "Governor 2": "Ralph GreyRichard Luyt", "Predecessor 2": "Inaugural holder", "Successor 2": "Forbes Burnham\n\nA... |
The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1973, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600.
The 510's engineering was inspired by contemporary European sedans, particularly the 1966 BMW 1600-2 - incorporating an overhead camshaft engine and four-wheel independent suspension b... | {"Manufacturer": "Nissan", "Assembly": "Oppama, Japan Melbourne, Australia Pedr Davis Tony Davis Volvo downunder: A Swedish success story 76 1990 Marque Blakehurst, NSW 0-947079-14-9Thames, New ZealandTaiwan1968 Datsun Bluebird 510 at earlydatsun.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110904115948/http://w... |
The Pacific Surfliner is a passenger train service serving the communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo.
The Pacific Surfliner is Amtrak's third-busiest service (exceeded in ridership only by the Northeast Regional and Acela Express), and the busiest outside the Northeast ... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail, higher-speed rail", "Locale": "Southern California", "Predecessor": "San Diegan", "First service": "2000 06 01", "Annual ridership": "Pacific Surfliner", "Website": "pacificsurfliner.com", "Termini": "San Diego", "Stops": "25", "Distance travelled": "350 mi out", "Average journey time... |
Mitel Networks Corporation is a Canadian telecommunications company. The company previously produced TDM PBX systems and applications, but after a change in ownership in 2001, now focuses almost entirely on Voice-over-IP (VoIP), unified communications, collaboration and contact center products. Mitel is headquartered i... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Telecommunications", "Products": "See here", "Parent": "Searchlight Capital Partners", "Founded": "1973", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Website": "http://www.mitel.com"} |
Joan I (14 January 1273 - 31 March/2 April 1305) () was Queen of Navarre and Countess of Champagne from 1274 until 1305; she was also Queen of France by marriage to King Philip IV. She founded the College of Navarre in Paris in 1305.
Joan never ruled Navarre, it being overseen by French governors. Given direct control... | {"Father": "Henry I of Navarre", "Mother": "Blanche of Artois", "Born": "fr Bar-sur-Seine no, Kingdom of France", "Died": "fr Château de Vincennes no, Kingdom of France", "Burial": "Paris"} |
thumb|A sketch of the battle of Drepana
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Adherbal (, ; died 230BC), also known as Atarbas (, Atárbas), was the admiral of the Carthaginian fleet which battled the Romans for domination of the Mediterranean Sea during the First Punic War (264-241BC). Polybius identified Adherbal during the Battle of Drepana as ... | {"Native name": "xpu", "Other name(s)": "Atarbas", "Died": "230 BC", "Allegiance": "Carthage"} |
The (; meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace") is the national police service of Ireland. It is more commonly referred to as the Gardaí (; "Guardians") or "the Guards". The service is headed by the Garda Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government. Its headquarters are in Dublin's Phoenix Park.
Since the fo... | {"Uniformed as": "Garda Síochána", "Common name": "Gardaí", "Formed": "22 February 1922McNiffe Liam A History of the Garda Síochána 1997 Wolfhound Press Dublin 0863275818 11 The Provisional Government of the Irish Free State set up a committee to organise a new police force. The committee first met in the Gresham Hotel... |
Time Cube was a pseudoscientific personal web page founded in 1997 by the self-proclaimed "wisest man on earth," Otis Eugene "Gene" Ray. It was a self-published outlet for Ray's theory of everything, also called "Time Cube," which polemically claims that all modern sciences are participating in a worldwide conspiracy t... | {"Commercial": "No", "Created by": "Otis Eugene \"Gene\" Ray", "Launched": "1997", "Current status": "Inactive (since 2016)"} |
Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 - 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, including "Strangers in the Night", “Danke... | {"Born": "Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany", "Died": "Mallorca, Spain", "Genres": "Easy listening, instrumental, jazz, big band", "Labels": "Polydor, Decca USA, MCA", "Website": "www.kaempfert.de/en/"} |
The Mirror is a type of popular sailing dinghy with more than 70,000 built.
The Mirror was named after the Daily Mirror, a UK newspaper with a largely working-class distribution. The Mirror was from the start promoted as an affordable boat, and as a design it has done a great deal to make dinghy sailing accessible to... | {"Crew": "2", "LOA": "3.30 m ftin on", "LWL": "2.95 m on April 2012", "Beam": "1.39 m on", "Draft": "0.70 m on", "Hull": "45.5 kg on", "Genoa": "1.9 m2 on", "D-PN": "113.1 http://offshore.ussailing.org/Portsmouth_Yardstick/Current_Tables/Centerboard_Classes.htm Centerboard Classes US Sailing 31 July 2012 dead htt... |
Stephen Dedalus is James Joyce's literary alter ego, appearing as the protagonist and antiheroJoyce, James, Abbreviated profile from World Authors 1900-1950. Accessed October 16, 2008. of his first, semi-autobiographic novel of artistic existence A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and an important characte... | {"First appearance": "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", "Last appearance": "Ulysses", "Created by": "James Joyce", "Gender": "Male", "Religion": "Roman Catholic, later agnostic", "Nationality": "Irish"} |
The Treaty of London (), signed on 18 August O.S. (28 August N.S.) 1604,see Old Style and New Style dates: the date in brackets the Gregorian Calendar used in Spain but not in England or Scotland at that timeRatified by the King of Spain on and ratified on 5/15 June 1605 and by King James I on 19/29 August 1604Davenpo... | {"Name": "Treaty of London", "Image size": "250px", "Image caption": "The Somerset House Conference, 19 August 1604, unknown artist", "Date signed": "1604 08 28", "Location signed": "London, England", "Languages": "English, Spanish, Latin"} |
right|thumb|Ethel with her brothers and their mother in 1890.
Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 - June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors.Obituary Variety, June 24, 1959. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades,... | {"Name": "Ethel Barrymore", "Caption": "Barrymore in 1896", "Birth name": "Ethel Mae Blythe", "Birth date": "1879 08 15", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1959 06 18 1879 08 15", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1895-1957", "Famil... |
Pieter Willem Botha, (; 12 January 1916 - 31 October 2006) was a South African politician. He served as the last prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president of South Africa from 1984 to 1989.
First elected to Parliament in 1948, Botha was an opponent of black majority rule... | {"Honorific prefix": "Staatspresident", "Image caption": "Botha in 1963", "Term start": "y 1984 9 3", "Term end": "y 1989 8 14Acting until 14 September 1984", "Office 2": "8th Prime Minister of South Africa", "President 2": "John VorsterMarais Viljoen", "Predecessor 2": "John Vorster", "Successor 2": "Office abolished"... |
The French Navy (), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in the world, ranking seventh in combined fleet tonnage and fifth in number of naval vessels. The French Navy is one of eight na... | {"Type": "Navy", "Role": "Naval warfare", "Website": "https://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine", "Size": "37,000 personnel (2021)http://www.defense.gouv.fr/english/portail-defense Defence Key Figures: 2016 Edition en Ministère des Armėes (download PDF file or see HTML version https://web.archive.org/web/20150906213134/htt... |
The Russian Navy () is the naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces. It has existed in various forms since 1696; its present iteration was formed in January 1992 when it succeeded the Navy of the Commonwealth of Independent States (which had itself succeeded the Soviet Navy following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in... | {"Branch": "Navy", "Size": "160,000 active duty (2023)Russian Armed Forces: Military Modernization and Reforms https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/IF11603.pdf 20 July 2020 29 June 2022 4 August 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220804193945/http://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/IF11603.pdf live Approx. 370 active shipsInternationa... |
Strother Douglas Martin Jr. (March 26, 1919 - August 1, 1980) was an American character actor who often appeared in support of John Wayne and Paul Newman and in Western films directed by John Ford and Sam Peckinpah. Among Martin's memorable performances is his portrayal of the warden or "captain" of a state prison camp... | {"Name": "Strother Martin", "Caption": "Martin in McLintock! (1963)", "Birth name": "Strother Douglas Martin Jr.", "Birth date": "1919 3 26", "Birth place": "Kokomo, Indiana, U.S.", "Death date": "1980 8 1 1919 3 26", "Death place": "Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywo... |
The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, commonly shortened to Laurier Golden Hawks, is the name used by the varsity sports teams of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports and, where applicable, in the west divi... | {"Athletic director": "Peter Baxter (administrator)", "Football stadium": "Knight-Newbrough Field, University Stadium (Waterloo, Ontario)", "Other arenas/venues": "Sun Life Arena, Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex", "Fight song": "\"Laurier We'll Praise Thee Ever\"", "Website url": "http://www.laurierathletics.com/"... |
Michael Wilbon (; born ) is an American commentator for ESPN and former sportswriter and columnist for The Washington Post. He is an analyst for ESPN and has co-hosted Pardon the Interruption on ESPN since 2001.
Early life and education
Wilbon was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from St. Ignatius Co... | {"Caption": "Wilbon in 2011", "Name": "Michael Wilbon", "Birth date": "55 2014 8 27", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Occupation": "Sports journalist, TV personality", "Years active": "1979-present", "Education": "Northwestern University", "Relatives": "Carole Simpson (cousin)", "Spouse(s)": "Cheryl Johnson ... |
Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950), was a U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson. The case was influential in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education four years later.
The case involved a ... | {"Date argued": "April 4", "Year argued": "1950", "Date decided": "June 5", "Year decided": "1950", "Full case name": "Heman Marion Sweatt v. Theophilus Shickel Painter", "Parallel citations": "70 S. Ct. 848; 94 L. Ed. 1114; 1950 U.S. LEXIS 1809", "United States Reports volume number": "339", "United States Reports pag... |
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