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(; English: A Song of Love) is French writer Jean Genet's only film, which he directed in 1950. Because of its explicit (though artistically presented) homosexual content, the 26-minute movie was long banned.
Plot
The film begins with a hand extended from prison bars, swinging a bouquet of flowers towards, but neve... | {"Directed by": "Jean Genet", "Produced by": "Nico Papatakis", "Written by": "Jean Genet", "Starring": "Java André Reybaz", "Music by": "Gavin Bryars (1973) Patrick Nunn (1996) Simon Fisher-Turner (2003)", "Cinematography": "Jacques Natteau", "Distributed by": "Connoisseur Video"} |
Inowrocław (; )Nazwa miasta is a city in central Poland with a total population of 70,713 in December 2021. It is situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, previously in the Bydgoszcz Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is one of the largest and most historically significant cities within Kuyavia.
Inowrocła... | {"Rank": "100", "Density": "70713 https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/dane/teryt/jednostka Local Data Bank 14 August 2022 Statistics Poland Data for territorial unit 0407011.", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.inowroclaw.pl"} |
The 21st Army Group was a British headquarters formation formed during the Second World War. It controlled two field armies and other supporting units, consisting primarily of the British Second Army and the First Canadian Army. Established in London during July 1943, under the command of Supreme Headquarters Allied Ex... | {"Branch": "Flag of the British Army.svg British Army", "Type": "Army Group", "Size": "1,020,581 officers and men (excluding US forces)9,248 tanks6,584 artillery pieces1,600 aircraft (2nd Tactical Air Force)Notes on the Operations of the 21st Army Group, 6 June 1944-5 May 1945. Retrieved 16 August 2018", "Part of": "Al... |
Świecie (; formerly ) is a town in northern Poland with 25,968 inhabitants (2006), capital of Świecie County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie.
Location
Świecie is located on the west bank of river Vistula at the mouth of river Wda, approximately north... | {"Rank": "86", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.um-swiecie.pl"} |
The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as Twelvetide, is a festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity of Jesus. In some Western ecclesiastical traditions, "Christmas Day" is considered the "First Day of Christmas" and the Twelve Days are 25 December to 5 January, inclusive, with 6 January being a "thirteenth d... | {"Type": "Christian", "Observed by": "Christians", "Next time": "25 December - 5 January, inclusive", "Observances": "Varies by denomination, culture, and nation"} |
Biała Podlaska () is a city in eastern Poland with 56,498 inhabitants It is situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the capital of Biała Podlaska Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Biała Podlaska County, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate ... | {"Rank": "137", "Density": "1144", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://bialapodlaska.pl/"} |
George Nicoll Barnes (2 January 1859 - 21 April 1940) was a British Labour politician and a Leader of the Labour Party (1910-1911).
Early life
Barnes was born on 2 January 1859 in Lochee, Dundee, the second of five sons of James Barnes, a skilled engineer and mill manager from Yorkshire, and his wife, Catherine Adam ... | {"Name": "George Barnes", "Term start": "14 February 1910", "Term end": "6 February 1911", "Office 2": "Minister of Pensions", "Prime minister 2": "David Lloyd George", "Predecessor 2": "Office Created", "Successor 2": "John Hodge", "Birth name": "George Nicoll Barnes", "Birth date": "1859 1 2 y", "Birth place": "Loche... |
Volvo Cars (, styled VOLVO in the company's logo) is a Swedish multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Torslanda, Gothenburg. The company manufactures SUVs, station wagons, and sedans. The company's main marketing arguments are safety and its Swedish heritage and design.
Volvo Cars has been sepa... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Automotive", "Founded": "1927", "Headquarters": "Gothenburg, Sweden", "Products": "Luxury cars", "Revenue": "2022", "Parent": "Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (82%)", "Subsidiaries": "Volvo Car Mobility\n Zenseact", "Website": "https://www.volvocars.com/intl volvocars.com"} |
Corscombe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, in the Dorset Council administrative area. The parish includes the small settlements of Benville and Toller Whelme to the south and in the 2011 census had a population of 445.
Corscombe village is sited "into hollows and along sunken lanes"Gant, ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122325&c=Corscombe&d=16&e=62&g=6418473&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1390581560812&enc=1 Area: Corscombe (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics Office for National Statistics... |
Sir Robert Giffen (22 July 1837 – 12 April 1910) was a Scottish statistician and economist.
Life
Giffen was born at Strathaven, Lanarkshire. He entered a solicitor's office in Glasgow, and while in that city attended courses at the university. He drifted into journalism, and after working for the Stirling Journal he... | {"Name": "Robert Giffen", "Birth date": "1837 7 22 y", "Birth place": "Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland", "Occupation": "Economist, statistician", "Alma mater": "University of Glasgow", "Death date": "1910 4 12 1837 7 22 y", "Death place": "Fort Augustus, Scotland"} |
Dynamite MC (born Dominic Smith, 7 October 1973) is an English rapper and MC. He originally gained prominence in jungle/drum and bass, working with Roni Size & Reprazent, but has also released hip hop material.
Career
He started his MCing career on pirate radio station Crush FM, broadcasting in Gloucester, South West... | {"Born": "yes 1973 10 7", "Origin": "Gloucester, England", "Genres": "Hip hop, drum and bass", "Labels": "Strong Records"} |
The University of Iceland ( ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland, and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' school to a modern comprehensive university, providing instruction for about 14,000 students in t... | {"Type": "Public", "Rector": "Jón Atli Benediktsson", "Students": "14,167 (2023) Facts and Figures https://english.hi.is/university/facts_and_figures July 10, 2023", "Undergraduates": "8,589 (2023)", "Postgraduates": "2,123 (2023)", "Campus": "Urban, suburban", "Website": "english.hi.is"} |
Dudley Zoological Gardens is a zoo located within the grounds of Dudley Castle in the town of Dudley, in the Black Country region of the West Midlands, England. The Zoo opened to the public on 18 May 1937. It contains 12 modernist animal enclosures and other buildings designed by the architect Berthold Lubetkin and th... | {"Zoo name": "Dudley Zoo", "Logo": "Dudley zoo logo.gif", "Date opened": "18 May 1937", "Location": "Dudley, West Midlands, England", "Total area": "40 acre", "Number of species": "200+ (2017)", "Number of animals": "1500+ (2017)", "Exhibits": "Tigers, Chimpanzees, Lemur Wood", "Website URL": "www.dudleyzoo.org.uk"} |
Dudley Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England. Originally a wooden motte and bailey castle built soon after the Norman Conquest, it was rebuilt as a stone fortification during the twelfth century but subsequently demolished on the orders of Henry II of England. Rebuilding of the ... | {"Coordinates": "52.5142 -2.0800 type:landmark inline", "Type": "Motte and Bailey", "Built": "1070", "Built by": "Ansculf de Picquigny", "Materials": "Limestone", "In use": "Until 1750", "Owner": "Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council", "Open tothe public": "Yes", "Controlled by": "Dudley and West Midlands Zoological Soc... |
New Rome (, Néa Rhṓmē; ; ; ) was the original name given by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great in 330 CE to his new imperial capital, which was built as an expansion of the city of Byzantium on the European coast of the Bosporus strait.
The city was founded as Byzantion () by Megarian colonists in 657 BCE. It wa... | {"Alternative name": "Byzantion (earlier Greek name)", "Coordinates": "41 0 50 N 28 57 20 E type:city_region:TR inline,title", "Location": "Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey", "Region": "Marmara Region", "Type": "Imperial city", "Part of": "Roman Empire", "Area": "6 km2 on enclosed within Constantinian Walls", "Builder": "Consta... |
Kevin Danell Mann (born January 10, 1970),California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.), 2005. better known by his stage name Brotha Lynch Hung, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Sacramento, California who has been described as "the creator of horrorcore rap." He i... | {"Born": "1970 1 10", "Origin": "Sacramento, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Hip hop\n hardcore hip hop\n horrorcore\n gangsta rap", "Labels": "Priority/EMI\n Madesicc Muzicc/Siccmade Muzicc\n Strange Music\n Black Market Records", "Website": "Madesicc.com"} |
The Volvo 140 Series is a line of mid-size cars manufactured and marketed by Volvo from 1966 to 1974 in two- and four-door sedan (models 142 and 144 respectively) as well as five door station wagon (model 145) body styles—with numerous intermediate facelifts. More than a million Volvo 140s were built.
Introduction
Vol... | {"Manufacturer": "Volvo Cars", "Assembly": "Sweden: Torslanda (Torslandaverken) Belgium: Ghent (VCG)http://media.ford.com/plant_display.cfm?plant_id=65 Facilities | Ford Motor Company Newsroom media.ford.com https://web.archive.org/web/20100615133128/http://media.ford.com/plant_display.cfm?plant_id=65 2010-06-15 ... |
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Anna Seward (12 December 1742[old style: 1 December 1742.]Often wrongly given as 1747.25 March 1809) was an English Romantic poet, often called the Swan of Lichfield. She benefited from her father's progressive views on female education.
Life
Family life
thumb|Bishop's Palace
Seward w... | {"Name": "Anna Seward", "Caption": "Seward by Tilly Kettle, 1762", "Birth date": "12 December 1742Barnard 2013 p. 26", "Birth place": "Eyam, Derbyshire", "Death date": "yes 1809 03 25 1742 12 12", "Death place": "Lichfield, Staffordshire", "Resting place": "Lichfield Cathedral", "Nationality": "English", "Occupation": ... |
Thomas William Osborne (born February 23, 1937) is a former American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and politician from Nebraska. He served as head football coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1973 to 1997 (25 seasons). After being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999, Os... | {"Name": "Tom Osborne", "Term start": "January 3, 2001", "Term end": "January 3, 2007", "Birth date": "1937 02 23", "Birth place": "Hastings, Nebraska, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Nancy Tederman 1962", "Education": "Hastings College (BA)University of Nebraska, Lincoln (MA, PhD)"} |
Joseph Wright (3 September 1734 - 29 August 1797), styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution".F. D. Klingender; quoted in Ellis Waterhouse, Painting in Britain 1530 to 1790, F... | {"Name": "Joseph Wright", "Caption": "Self-portrait 1780, oil on canvas,in the Yale Center for British Art", "Birth date": "1734 09 03 y", "Birth place": "Derby, England", "Death date": "1797 08 29 1734 09 03 y", "Death place": "Derby, England", "Nationality": "English", "Other names": "Wright of Derby", "Occupation": ... |
Alston is a town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Alston Moor on the River South Tyne. It shares the title of the 'highest market town in England', at about above sea level, with Buxton, Derbyshire. Despite its altitude, the town is easily accessible via the many roads which lin... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "1,128", "UK Parliament": "Penrith and The Border", "Postcode district": "CA", "Dialling code": "01434", "OS grid reference": "NY716462", "Unitary authority": "Westmorland and Furness", "Ceremonial county": "Cumbria"} |
Chagford is a market town and civil parish on the north-east edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, England, close to the River Teign and the A382, 4 miles (6 km) west of Moretonhampstead. The name is derived from chag, meaning gorse or broom, and the ford suffix indicates its importance as a crossing place. At the 2011 Census, i... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "District": "West Devon", "Shire county": "Devon", "UK Parliament": "Central Devon", "Postcode district": "TQ13", "Dialling code": "01647", "OS grid reference": "SX700876", "Website": "http://www.chagford-parish.co.uk"} |
Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (5 December 1870 - 18 July 1949) was a Czech composer and academic teacher at the Prague Conservatory. Stylistically, he was part of the neo-romantic tradition, and his music is considered an important example of Czech modernism. He worked towards a strong Czech identity in culture after... | {"Name": "Vítězslav Novák", "Caption": "Novák in 1899", "Birth name": "Viktor Novák", "Birth date": "1870 12 05 y", "Birth place": "Kamenice nad Lipou, Bohemia", "Death date": "1949 07 18 1870 12 05 y", "Death place": "Skuteč", "Education": "Prague Conservatory", "Occupation": "Composer Academic teacher", "Organizati... |
Petworth is a small town and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the junction of the A272 east-west road from Heathfield to Winchester and the A283 Milford to Shoreham-by-Sea road. Some twelve miles (21 km) to the south west of Petworth along the A285 road lies Chichester ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127543&c=Petworth&d=16&e=62&g=6473770&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1444988268448&enc=1 Petworth (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National ... |
Stamford is a town and civil parish in the South Kesteven District of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 and estimated at 20,645 in 2019.City Population site. Retrieved 28 November 2020. The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber-framed buildings and five medieval... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "19,701", "District": "South Kesteven", "Shire county": "Lincolnshire", "UK Parliament": "Grantham and Stamford", "Postcode district": "PE", "Dialling code": "01780", "OS grid reference": "TF0207"} |
Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer, February 3, 1927 - May 11, 2023) was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor, and author. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost 40 works beginning in 1937, nine of which have been grouped together as the "Magick Lantern Cycle". Anger's films v... | {"Name": "Kenneth Anger", "Caption": "Anger in 2019", "Birth name": "Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer", "Birth date": "1927 02 03", "Birth place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Death date": "2023 05 11 1927 02 03", "Death place": "Yucca Valley, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Filmmaker actor author", "Years active": "19... |
Dr. Dana Katherine Scully, MD, is a fictional character and one of the two protagonists in the Fox science-fiction, supernatural television series The X-Files, played by Gillian Anderson. Scully is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent and a medical doctor (MD), partnered with fellow Special Agent Fox M... | {"Gender": "Female", "Portrayed by": "Gillian Anderson \nTegan Moss (young Scully) \nZoe Anderson (young Scully 1976 - uncredited)", "Full name": "Dana Katherine Scully", "Family": "halfbrother>http://www.xfiles.news/index.php/2-uncategorised/324-the-x-files-2016-4-ishmael-part-one-review The X-Files 2016 #4 - \"Ishma... |
Cupar ( ; ) is a town, former royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland. It lies between Dundee and Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the ninth-largest settlement in Fife, and the civil parish a population of 11,183 (in 2011).Census of Scotland 2011, Tabl... | {"Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NO374146", "Council area": "Fife", "Lieutenancy area": "Fife", "Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Postcode district": "KY15", "Dialling code": "01334", "UK Parliament": "North East Fife", "Scottish Parliament": "North East Fife"} |
Eyemouth () is a small town and civil parish in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is east of the main north-south A1 road and north of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
The town's name comes from its location at the mouth of the Eye Water river. The Berwickshire coastline consists of high cliffs over deep... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NT944640", "Council area": "Scottish Borders", "Lieutenancy area": "Berwickshire", "UK Parliament": "Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk", "Scottish Parliament": "Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire", "Postcode district": "TD", "Diall... |
Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet (bapt. 12 July 1712 - 16 June 1779) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the provinces of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay. His uncompromising policies and harsh tactics in Massachusetts angered the colonists and were instrumental in the building of broad-based... | {"Name": "Sir Francis Bernard, Bt", "Term start": "27 January 1758", "Term end": "4 July 1760", "Order 2": "11th", "Office 2": "Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay", "Monarch 2": "George II George III", "Predecessor 2": "Thomas Hutchinson (acting)", "Successor 2": "Thomas Hutchinson (acting)", "Birth date":... |
Forres (; ) is a town and former royal burgh in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately northeast of Inverness and west of Elgin. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions."Forres in Bloom" ForresinBloom.co.uk There are many geographical and historical attractions ne... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NJ034578", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Moray", "Lieutenancy area": "Moray", "Postcode district": "IV", "Dialling code": "01309", "UK Parliament": "Moray", "Scottish Parliament": "Moray"} |
Robert William Dale (1 December 1829 – 13 March 1895) was an English Congregational church leader based in Birmingham.
Life
right|thumb|Blue plaque on the modern Carrs Lane Church, Birmingham
Dale was born in London and educated at Spring Hill College, Birmingham, for the Congregational ministry. In 1853 he was invit... | {"Name": "Robert William Dale", "Birth date": "1829 12 01 yes", "Birth place": "London", "Death date": "1895 03 13 1829 12 01 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Education": "Spring Hill College", "Occupation": "Congregational minister"} |
Haddington is a hamlet in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated just off the Fosse Way Roman road, now the A46, south-west from Lincoln and west from Aubourn. It is in the civil parish of Aubourn with Haddington.
Geography
Haddington is part of the civil parish of Aubourn and Hadding... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "North Kesteven", "Shire county": "Lincolnshire", "UK Parliament": "Sleaford and North Hykeham", "Postcode district": "LN", "OS grid reference": "SK915630"} |
Claude Bachand (born January 3, 1951 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec) is a Quebec politician who represented the riding of Saint-Jean in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 until 2011 as a member of the Bloc Québécois. Bachand was the National Defence critic for the Bloc Québécois. Before entering politics, Ba... | {"Name": "Claude Bachand", "Term start": "October 25, 1993", "Term end": "May 2, 2011", "Birth date": "1951 1 3", "Birth place": "Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec", "Residence": "Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec", "Spouse(s)": "divorced", "Official website": "795dab30-535c-483b-b685-50327f2cdcf2"} |
Tobermory (; ) is the capital of, and until 1973 the only burgh on, the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is located on the east coast of Mishnish, the most northerly part of the island, near the northern entrance of the Sound of Mull. The village was founded as a fishing port in 1788; its layout was base... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NM504551", "Council area": "Argyll and Bute", "Lieutenancy area": "Argyll and Bute", "UK Parliament": "Argyll and Bute", "Scottish Parliament": "Argyll and Bute", "Postcode district": "PA", "Dialling code": "01688"} |
The November 1982 Irish general election to the 24th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 24 November, three weeks after the dissolution of the 23rd Dáil on 4 November by President Patrick Hillery, on the request of Taoiseach Charles Haughey following a defeat of the government in a motion of confidence. The general election to... | {"Name": "November 1982 Irish general election", "Country": "Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "February 1982 Irish general election", "Previous year": "Feb 1982", "Next election": "1987 Irish general election", "Next year": "1987", "Seats for election": "166 seats in Dáil Éirean... |
Lawrence Bagnell (born December 19, 1949) is a former Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Yukon from 2000 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2021. He served as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Early life
Bagnell was born in Toronto, Ontario.
A graduate of the Univers... | {"Name": "Larry Bagnell", "Predecessor 2": "Louise Hardy", "Successor 2": "Ryan Leef", "Birth date": "1949 12 19", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Residence": "Whitehorse, Yukon"} |
The February 1982 Irish general election to the 23rd Dáil was held on Thursday, 18 February, three weeks after the dissolution of the 22nd Dáil on 27 January by President Patrick Hillery on the request of Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald on the defeat of the government's budget. The general election took place in 41 Dáil co... | {"Name": "February 1982 Irish general election", "Country": "Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1981 Irish general election", "Previous year": "1981", "Next election": "November 1982 Irish general election", "Next year": "Nov 1982", "Seats for election": "166 seats in Dáil Éirean... |
Pink gin was historically used to reference a type of cocktail made fashionable in England in the mid-19th century, consisting of Plymouth gin and a dash of Angostura bitters, a dark red bitters that makes the whole drink pinkish. In recent years, the term Pink gin has also been used to define a specific category of gi... | {"Type": "cocktail", "Served": "straight up\non the rocks", "Standard garnish": "lemon", "Standard drinkware": "cocktail", "Preparation": "Chill the glass, then coat the inside with the Bitters. Add the gin very well chilled, garnish and serve.", "Notes": "The traditional garnish is a shave of lemon rind. You can obta... |
The 1981 Irish general election to the 22nd Dáil was held on Thursday, 11 June, following the dissolution of the 21st Dáil on 21 May by President Patrick Hillery on the request of Taoiseach Charles Haughey. The general election took place in 41 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 166 seats in Dáil Éireann, the h... | {"Name": "1981 Irish general election", "Country": "Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1977 Irish general election", "Previous year": "1977", "Next election": "February 1982 Irish general election", "Next year": "Feb 1982", "Seats for election": "166 seats in Dáil ÉireannCC Inclu... |
Andrew J. G. Kershaw (born 9 November 1959) is a broadcaster and disc jockey, predominantly on radio, and known for his interest in world music.
Kershaw's shows feature a mix of country, blues, reggae, folk music, African music, spoken word performances and a wide variety of other music from around the world.
Early l... | {"Name": "Andrew Kershaw", "Caption": "At the unveiling of a blue plaque for the Who at the University of Leeds on 17 June 2006", "Birth name": "Andrew J. G. Kershaw", "Birth date": "1959 11 9 yes", "Birth place": "Littleborough, Lancashire, England", "Occupation": "Disc jockey", "Years active": "1981-present", "Relati... |
Roy Hardeman Bailey (December 16, 1928 - December 13, 2018) was a Canadian politician.
Formerly a member of the Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan, Bailey joined the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan when the Social Credit and PC parties merged under the PC name in 1971.
Bailey ran for the leadership of... | {"Name": "Roy H. Bailey", "Office 2": "MLA for Rosetown-Elrose", "Predecessor 2": "riding created", "Successor 2": "Herbert Swan (PC)", "Birth date": "1928 12 16", "Birth place": "Radville, Saskatchewan, Canada", "Death date": "2018 12 13 1928 12 16", "Death place": "Bengough, Saskatchewan, Canada", "Nationality": "Can... |
The 1977 Irish general election to the 21st Dáil was held on Thursday, 16 June, following the dissolution of the 20th Dáil on 25 May by President Patrick Hillery on the request of Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave. The general election took place in 42 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 148 seats in Dáil Éireann, the hou... | {"Name": "1977 Irish general election", "Country": "Republic of Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1973 Irish general election", "Previous year": "1973", "Election date": "16 June 1977", "Next election": "1981 Irish general election", "Next year": "1981", "Seats for election": "1... |
is a 2003 kart racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. This game is the fourth main entry in the Mario Kart series, succeeding Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001). It is the first game in the series to use 3D polygon graphics for the racers, as opposed to sprites, after Mario Kart 64 only u... | {"Title": "Mario Kart: Double Dash!!", "Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "Nintendo EAD", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Yasuyuki Oyagi Futoshi Shirai Daiji Imai", "Producer": "Shigeru Miyamoto Tadashi Sugiyama Shinya Takahashi Takashi Tezuka", "Composer": "Shinobu Tanaka Kenta Nagata"... |
Memorial University of Newfoundland, also known as Memorial University or MUN (), is a public research university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook, elsewhere in Newfoundland and in Labrador, Saint Pierre, and Harlow, England.
Memorial Universit... | {"Motto": "Provehito in Altum (Latin)", "Type": "Public", "Endowment": "CAD$93 million https://www.mun.ca/finance/financial_statements/MUN_Financial_Statements_Mar_31_2017.pdf Consolidated Financial Statements of Memorial University of Newfoundland (March 31, 2017) Mun.ca 15 January 2018 dead https://web.archive.o... |
Eleni Bakopanos, (born May 10, 1954 in Argos, Greece) is a Canadian politician.
Bakopanos was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Ahuntsic from 1997 to 2006, and Saint-Denis from 1993 to 1997 and is the first Greek-born woman to be elected to Parliamen... | {"Name": "Eleni Bakopanos", "Image size": "200px", "Predecessor 2": "Michel Daviault", "Successor 2": "Maria Mourani", "Residence": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Birth date": "1954 5 10 yes", "Birth place": "Argos, Greece"} |
EuroBillTracker (EBT) is a website designed for tracking euro banknotes. It was inspired by the US currency tracking website Where's George?Euro Bill Tracker Reaches 50,000 Registered Bills in 15 Weeks Time, press release published on April 12, 2002Saranow, J: "Follow the Money", The Wall Street Journal, 9 December 200... | {"URL": "www.eurobilltracker.com", "Commercial": "No", "Available in": "English, and others", "Launched": "2002", "Current status": "Online"} |
Colonel Florencio 'Chito' Flores Aguilar (c. 1931 - 28 March 2020) was a Panamanian army officer.
Flores served as Commander of Panamanian National Guard following the death of General Omar Torrijos on 31 July 1981. Colonel Flores assumed command of the Panamanian military, but unlike his predecessor or his successors... | {"Name": "Florencio Flores", "Birth name": "Florencio Flores Aguilar", "Birth date": "c. 1931", "Death date": "2020 03 28 1931 yesMuere exjefe militar http://elsiglo.com.pa/panama/muere-exjefe-militar/24153494 El Siglo 28 April 2020 es", "Death place": "Santa Fe Hospital, Panama City, Panama"} |
Rubén Darío Paredes del Río (born 11 August 1933) is a Panamanian army officer who was the military ruler of Panama from 1982 to 1983.
Colonel Paredes came to power after the displacement of Colonel Florencio Flores, due to the instability of Panamanian National Guard after the death of Omar Torrijos.Panama: Inter-Ame... | {"Name": "Rubén Darío Paredes", "Birth name": "Rubén Darío Paredes del Río", "Birth date": "1933 8 11 y", "Birth place": "Panama City"} |
Jack Bauer is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Fox television series 24. His character has worked in various capacities on the show, often as a federal agent of the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) based in Los Angeles, and working with the FBI in Washington, D.C. during season 7.
Within the 24 storyline, B... | {"First appearance": "Day 1 - Episode 1", "Last appearance": "Live Another Day - Episode 12", "Created by": "Joel SurnowRobert Cochran", "Portrayed by": "Kiefer Sutherland", "Family": "Phillip Bauer (father)Graem Bauer (brother)Josh Bauer (nephew)Stephen Wesley (son-in-law)Teri Wesley (granddaughter)Unnamed grandson", ... |
Oliver Evans (September 13, 1755 - April 15, 1819) was an American inventor, engineer and businessman born in rural Delaware and later rooted commercially in Philadelphia. He was one of the first Americans building steam engines and an advocate of high pressure steam (as opposed to low pressure steam). A pioneer in th... | {"Name": "Oliver Evans", "Caption": "\"Oliver Evans, the Watt of America\"Original portrait caption", "Birth date": "yes 1755 09 13", "Birth place": "Newport, Delaware Colony", "Death date": "yes 1819 04 15 1755 09 13", "Death place": "New York City, New York, USA", "Occupation": "Inventor, engineer", "Nationality": "A... |
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is a first-person shooter video game, the fifth installment of the Medal of Honor series, released by EA Games in November 2003. Rising Sun is set in World War II, during the Pacific War. It features single-player and multiplayer capabilities, with multiplayer terminated as of November 2006. ... | {"Title": "Medal of Honor: Rising Sun", "Developer": "EA Los Angeles", "Publisher": "EA Games", "Composer": "Christopher Lennertz", "Series": "Medal of Honor", "Platforms": "GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox", "Released": "NA November 11, 2003http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-ships-medal-of-honor-rising-sun/1100-6081752/... |
Mahendra Pal Chaudhry (; born 9 February 1942) is a Fijian politician and the leader of the Fiji Labour Party. Following a historic election in which he defeated the long-time former leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, the former trade union leader became Fiji's first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister on 19 May 1999, but exactly one yea... | {"Name": "Mahendra Chaudhry", "Native name": "hif महेन्द्र चौधरी", "Image caption": "Chaudhry in 2022", "Term start": "19 May 1999", "Term end": "27 May 2000", "Office 2": "Member for Ba", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "Office abolished", "Birth date": "1942 2 9 y", "Birth place": "Ba, Colony of... |
Mswati III (born Makhosetive; 19 April 1968)Genealogy:SWAZILAND , World of Royalty is Ngwenyama (King) of Eswatini and head of the Swazi royal family.
He was born in Manzini in the Protectorate of Swaziland to King Sobhuza II and one of his younger wives, Ntfombi Tfwala. He was crowned as Mswati III, Ingwenyama and Ki... | {"Religion": "Christianityhttps://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2005/51498.htm Swaziland U.S. Department of State", "Father": "Sobhuza II", "Mother": "Ntfombi Tfwala", "Born": "Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital, Manzini, Protectorate of Swaziland"} |
is a 1981 arcade action game developed by Konami and manufactured by Sega. In North America, it was released by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct a series of frogs to their homes by crossing a busy road and a hazardous river.
Frogger was positively received as one of the greatest video games ever made ... | {"Title": "Frogger", "Developer": "Konami", "Publisher": "JP/EU \"GM172\"/>http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=6431 Video Game Flyers: Frogger, Konami Daniel Hower Eric Jacobson The Arcade Flyer Archive 12 October 2017 NA Sega/Gremlin", "Series": "Frogger", "Platforms": "Arcade", "Released": "JP ... |
is a railway station in the Yūrakuchō district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is Tokyo Metro's fifteenth busiest station in 2016.
thumb|JR Yūrakuchō Station Ginza exit, 2020
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Yūrakuchō is served by the JR East Keihin-Tōhoku ... | {"Name": "JK 25 50 JY 30 50 Y 18 50Yūrakuchō Station", "Native name": "有楽町駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "Yūrakuchō Station Hibiya entrance in May 2017", "Address": "Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Connections": "C 09 H 08 I 08 Hibiya", "Date opened": "25 June 1910 y"} |
The Canada Cup () was an invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions between 1976 and 1991. The brainchild of Toronto lawyer Alan Eagleson, the tournament was created to meet demand for a true world championship that allowed the best players from participating nations to compete regardless o... | {"Title": "Canada Cup", "Caption": "Canada Cup in the Hockey Hall of Fame", "Sport": "Ice hockey", "Country": "Canada", "Founded": "1976", "Inaugural season": "1976", "Folded": "1991", "Replaced": "World Cup of Hockey", "Teams": "6", "Champion": "Canada (4 titles)", "Season (for most recent or last champion)": "1991"} |
Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited is a British manufacturer of ejection seats and safety-related equipment for aviation. The company was originally an aircraft manufacturer before becoming a pioneer in the field of ejection seats. The company's headquarters are in Higher Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, with othe... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1934", "Headquarters": "Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK", "Industry": "Aircraft ejection systems"} |
Spyke (Evan Daniels) is a fictional character created by writer Robert N. Skir and artist Steven E. Gordon for the WB animated superhero series X-Men: Evolution, which is based on American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Voiced by Neil Denis, the character is a high school student with the mutant ability to pro... | {"Species": "Human Mutant", "Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Created by": "Robert N. SkirSteven E. Gordon", "Team affiliations": "The MorlocksX-MenBrotherhood of Mutants", "Notable aliases": "ArmadilloPorcupine", "Abilities": "Can extend self-repairing exoskeleton\nProjectile spikes\nLater able to produce flaming spikes\... |
Gotanda Station (,) is a railway station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation, and the Tokyo subway operator Toei.
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Gotanda Station is served by the following lines:
JR East Yamanote Line
Toei Asakusa Line (Station numbe... | {"Name": "JY 23 45 IK 01 45 A 05 50Gotanda Station", "Native name": "五反田駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Image": "JR Gotanda Station - East exit - May 1 2021 various 14 23 33 805000.jpeg", "Caption": "Gotanda Station, east exit, 2021", "Address": "Higashigotanda , Shinagawa City , Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Date op... |
The Royal Victorian Order () is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or New Zealand monarch, members of the monarch's family, or to any viceroy or senior representative of the mona... | {"Type": "Dynastic order", "Motto": "Victoria", "Eligibility": "Ubiquitous", "Status": "Currently constituted", "First induction": "1896", "Next (higher)": "Dependent on state", "Next (lower)": "Dependent on state"} |
Federico Santa María Carrera (c. August 15, 1845 - December 20, 1925) was a Chilean businessman and philanthropist. He was of Basque descent and member of the notable Carrera family.http://diario.elmercurio.cl/detalle/index.asp?id={09b31ebd-bb5c-419c-87c7-3069540a13e3}
Federico Santa María was born in Valparaíso, the... | {"Name": "Federico Santa María", "Birth date": "1845 08 15 y", "Birth place": "Valparaíso, Chile", "Death date": "1925 12 20 1845 10 13 y", "Death place": "Paris, France"} |
Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 - May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway. He is also known as a founder of the cities of ... | {"Name": "Henry Flagler", "Caption": "Portrait of Henry Flagler", "Birth name": "Henry Morrison Flagler", "Birth date": "1830 1 2 y", "Birth place": "Hopewell, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1913 5 20 1830 1 2 y", "Death place": "Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.", "Resting place": "Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine... |
The Carrera family of Chile became politically influential during the colonial period, and played a significant role in the Chilean independence. They remained politically important throughout the 19th century. Their descendants make up the bulk of the Chilean upper-class .
Genealogy
María Nicolasa de Valdés y de l... | {"Country": "Chile", "Place of origin": "Basque Country", "Founded": "1620", "Founder": "Juan Ignacio de la Carrera Yturgoyen"} |
is a railway station in the Kamiōsaki district of Shinagawa, Tokyo, close to the boundary with Meguro ward.
Lines
Meguro Station is served by the following lines:
East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Yamanote Line
Tokyo Metro Namboku Line - through service with Tokyu Meguro Line
Toei Mita Line - through service with T... | {"Name": "JY 22 45 MG 01 45 N 01 50 I 01 50Meguro Station", "Native name": "目黒駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "The main entrance in January 2018", "Address": "Kamiōsaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Coordinates": "35.633983 N 139.71600 E dms region:JP_type:railwaystation inline,title", "Date ope... |
is a railway station in the Ebisu neighborhood of Tokyo's Shibuya ward, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. The station is named after Yebisu Beer, which was once brewed in an adjacent brewery, and which is itself named for the Japanese deity Ebisu.
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Ebisu i... | {"Name": "Ebisu Station", "Native name": "恵比寿駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "Statue outside Ebisu station", "Address": "1-chome Ebisu-Minami, Shibuya City, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Coordinates": "35.646643 N 139.710045 E dms region:JP_type:railwaystation inline,title"} |
The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toei Subway, with 2.85 million average daily rides.
Organization
thumb|The old TRT... | {"Name": "Tokyo Metro", "Size of first image": "200px", "Native name": "ja 東京メトロ Tōkyō Metoro", "Owner(s)": "Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd.", "Locale": "Greater Tokyo Area, Japan", "Transit type(s)": "Rapid transit", "Number of lines/routes": "9", "Number of stations/stops": "180", "Daily ridership": "6.84 million (FY2014)https... |
Khadaffy Abubakar Janjalani (also transliterated as Khadafy Janjalani, Khadafi Janjalani and Khaddafi Janjalani; March 3, 1975 – September 4, 2006) was a Filipino Islamist militant who was the leader of the Moro militant group known as Abu Sayyaf and the leader of one of its factions. He was a staunch Wahhabi follower.... | {"Name": "Khadaffy Janjalani", "Caption": "Khadafi Abubakar Janjalani", "Birth name": "Khadaffy Abubakar Janjalani", "Birth date": "1975 3 3", "Birth place": "Isabela, Basilan, Philippines", "Death date": "2006 9 4 1975 3 3", "Death place": "Patikul, Sulu, Philippines", "Death cause": "Gunshot wound", "Nationality": "M... |
Olavo Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac (16 December 1865 - 28 December 1918), known simply as Olavo Bilac (), was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and Raimundo Correia, he was a member of the "Parnassian Triad". He was elected the "Prince of Brazilian Poets" in 1907 ... | {"Born": "1865 12 16 y", "Died": "1918 12 28 1865 12 16 y", "Occupation": "Poet, journalist, translator", "Alma mater": "Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro", "Literary movement": "Parnassianism"} |
Samir Saleh Abdullah Al Suwailim (; 14 April 1963 or 1969 - 20 March 2002), more commonly known as Ibn al-Khattab or Emir Khattab (also transliterated as Amir Khattab and Ameer Khattab, meaning Commander Khattab, or Leader Khattab), was a Saudi mujahid emir, well known for his participation in the First and Second Chec... | {"Name": "Ibn al-Khattabابن الخطاب", "Birth date": "1969 4 14 y", "Death date": "2002 3 20 1969 4 14 y", "Birth place": "Arar, Saudi Arabia", "Death place": "Chechnya, Russia", "Battles fought": "Soviet-Afghan War\nAfghan Civil War (1989-1992)\nBattle of Jalalabad\nTajikistan Civil War\nFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War\nBosn... |
Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens, CBE (9 July 190614 April 1983) was an English composer.
Early life and education
Elisabeth Lutyens was born in London on 9 July 1906. She was one of the five children of Lady Emily Bulwer-Lytton (1874-1964), a member of the aristocratic Bulwer-Lytton family, and the prominent English archite... | {"Post-nominals": "CBE", "Caption": "Lutyens in 1939 (from the National Portrait Gallery)", "Birth date": "9 July 1906", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "14 April 1983 9 July 1906 y", "Death place": "London, England", "Occupation": "Composer", "Spouse(s)": "Ian Glennie 1933 1940 div\n Edward Clark 1942 ... |
is a major railway station in Tokyo's Taitō ward. It is the station used to reach the Ueno district and Ueno Park—which contains Tokyo National Museum, The National Museum of Western Art, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo University of the Arts and other famous cultural facilities. A major commuter hub, it is also the traditional termin... | {"Name": "4 UEN 40JU 02 1 40JK 30 2 40JY 05 3 40JJ 01 4 40 G 16 50 H 18 50Ueno Station", "Native name": "上野駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "Main building of the station", "Address": "7 Ueno (JR Station)3 Higashi-Ueno (Tokyo Metro)Taitō, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Connections": "KS 01 Keisei Ueno Station\... |
Nicholas of Tolentino (, (c. 1246September 10, 1305), known as the Patron of Holy Souls, was an Italian saint and mystic. He is particularly invoked as an advocate for the souls in Purgatory, especially during Lent and the month of November. In many Augustinian churches, there are weekly devotions to St. Nicholas on be... | {"Born": "Sant'Angelo in Pontano, Italy", "Died": "Tolentino, Italy", "Feast": "September 10", "Canonized": "Pope Eugene IV", "Attributes": "Augustinian holding a bird on a plate in the right hand and a crucifix on the other hand; holding a basket of bread, giving bread to a sick person; holding a lily or a crucifix ga... |
The Province of Lower Silesia (; Silesian German: Provinz Niederschläsing; ; ) was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1919 to 1945. Between 1938 and 1941 it was reunited with Upper Silesia as the Province of Silesia. The capital of Lower Silesia was Breslau (now Wrocław in Poland). The province was further d... | {"Native name": "Provinz Niederschlesien", "Conventional long name": "Province of Lower Silesia", "Common name": "Lower Silesia", "Capital": "Breslau", "Year founded": "1919", "Year dissolved": "1945", "Today part of": "GermanyPoland"} |
The Tasman Bridge is a bridge that carries the Tasman Highway over the River Derwent in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Including approaches, the bridge has a total length of and it provides the main traffic route from the Hobart city centre (on the western shore) to the eastern shore. The bridge has a separated pedestri... | {"Carries": "Tasman Highway", "Crosses": "River Derwent", "Locale": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Maintained by": "Department of State Growth", "Design": "Prestressed concrete Girder", "Longest span": "95 m", "Total length": "1395 m", "Width": "17.5 m", "Height": "60.5 m", "Clearance below": "46 m", "Daily traffic": ... |
William Jennings Bryan "Ben" Weber (July 23, 1916 in St. Louis - June 16, 1979 in New York City) was an American composer.
Weber He was "one of the first Americans to embrace the 12-tone techniques of Schoenberg, starting in 1938"; he was largely self-taught. He worked initially as a copyist and only came to recognit... | {"Name": "Ben Weber", "Birth name": "William Jennings Bryan Weber", "Birth date": "1916 7 23", "Birth place": "St. Louis", "Death date": "1979 6 16 1916 7 23", "Death place": "New York City)", "Occupation": "Composer"} |
Ikebukuro Station () is a major railway station located in the Ikebukuro district of Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, shared by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro, and the two private railway operators Seibu Railway and Tobu Railway. With 2.71 million passengers on an average daily in 200... | {"Name": "Ikebukuro Station", "Native name": "池袋駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Image": "Ikebukuro Station East|300px", "Caption": "The east side of Ikebukuro Station and the Seibu Department Store building in April 2023", "Address": "Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Coordinates": "35 43 49 N ... |
The Teton Dam was an earthen dam in the western United States, on the Teton River in eastern Idaho. It was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, one of eight federal agencies authorized to construct dams.Perrow, Charles. Normal Accidents. New York: Basic Books, 1984. , pp. 233-238 Located between Fremont and Madison... | {"Official name": "Teton Dam", "Impounds": "Teton River", "Creates": "Teton Reservoir", "Country": "United States", "Location": "Fremont & Madison counties, Idaho", "Purpose": "Flood control, irrigation", "Type of dam": "E", "Owner(s)": "U.S. Bureau of Reclamation", "Length": "3100 ft on", "Height": "305 ft on", "Width... |
is a major railway station in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Keio Corporation, Tokyu Corporation, and Tokyo Metro. With 2.4 million passengers on an average weekday in 2004, it is the fourth-busiest commuter rail station in Japan and the world (after Shinjuku, Ikebukuro... | {"Name": "Shibuya Station", "Native name": "渋谷駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "The station's Hachiko exit in August 2015", "Address": "Shibuya, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Coordinates": "35.658514 N 139.70133 E dms region:JP_type:railwaystation title, inline", "Connections": "bus Bus terminal", "Date open... |
The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1965 in Chicago by pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, pianist Jodie Christian, drummer Steve McCall, and composer Phil Cohran. The AACM is devoted "to nurturing, performing, and recording serious, original music," accord... | {"Abbreviation": "AACM", "Predecessor": "Experimental Band", "Type": "Non-profit organization", "Location": "Chicago, Illinois", "Affiliations": "Black Artists' Group", "Website": "aacmchicago.org"} |
Adolfo López Mateos (; 26 May 1909 - 22 September 1969Aniversario del nacimiento en Atizapán de Zaragoza, de Adolfo López Mateos , britannica.com, rulers.org and give a birth date of 26 May 1910. However, several other sources give a birth date of 26 May 1909: .) was a Mexican politician who served as President of Me... | {"Name": "Adolfo López Mateos", "Image caption": "Adolfo López Mateos in 1963", "Term start": "yes 1958 12 1", "Term end": "yes 1964 11 30", "Office 2": "Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare", "President 2": "Adolfo Ruiz Cortines", "Predecessor 2": "Manuel Ramírez Vázquez", "Successor 2": "Salomón González Blanco", "B... |
is a major interchange railway station in Tokyo's Minato Ward, located centrally and a 10-minute walk from the Ginza shopping district, directly south of Tokyo station.
Station layout
JR East
The JR East station consists of three surface platforms serving the Tōkaidō, Yamanote, and Keihin-Tōhoku lines, and an undergro... | {"Name": "4 SMB 40JK 24 1 40JT 02 2 40JY 29 3 40JO 18 4 40G 08 50 A 10 50 01 58 Shimbashi Station", "Native name": "新橋駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "East side of JR Shimbashi Station West Exit", "Address": "Minato City, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Date opened": "16 December 1909 y", "Previous names": "K... |
The Cold Six Thousand is a 2001 crime fiction novel by James Ellroy. It is the first sequel to American Tabloid in the Underworld USA Trilogy and continues many of the earlier novel's characters and plotlines. Specifically, it follows three rogue American law-enforcement officials and their involvement in the turmoil o... | {"Cover artist": "Jacket design by Chip KiddFront-of-jacket photograph by Mell Kilpatrick", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Underworld USA Trilogy", "Publisher": "Alfred A. Knopf", "Media type": "Print (hardcover & paperback), audio cassette, and audio download", "Pages": "672 pp (first Am... |
is a passenger railway station located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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thumb|The platforms in July 2021
Saitama-Shintoshin Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Takasaki Line, and Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line), and lies from Tokyo St... | {"Name": "JK 46 50 JU 06 50Saitama-Shintoshin Station", "Style template": "JR East", "Native name": "さいたま新都心駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "The station entrance in July 2021", "Address": "4 Kishiki-chō, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 330-0843", "Country": "Japan", "Coordinates": "35 53 38 N 139 38 01 ... |
Adolfo Tomás Ruiz Cortines ( 30 December 1889 - 3 December 1973) was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958. A member of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he previously served in the Constitutional Army during the Mexican Revolution, as Secretary of the Interior, as G... | {"Name": "Adolfo Ruiz Cortines", "Term start": "1952 12 1 y", "Term end": "1958 11 30 y", "Office 2": "Secretary of the Interior", "President 2": "Miguel Alemán Valdés", "Predecessor 2": "Ernesto P. Uruchurtu", "Successor 2": "Ernesto P. Uruchurtu", "Birth name": "Adolfo Tomás Ruiz Cortines", "Birth date": "1889 12 30 ... |
James Tully (18 September 1915 - 20 May 1992) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade unionist. He served as Minister for Defence from 1981 to 1982, Deputy leader of the Labour Party from 1981 to 1982 and Minister for Local Government from 1973 to 1977. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath constituency... | {"Name": "James Tully", "Term start": "30 June 1981", "Term end": "9 March 1982", "Office 2": "Minister for Local Government", "Taoiseach 2": "Liam Cosgrave", "Predecessor 2": "Bobby Molloy", "Successor 2": "Sylvester Barrett", "Birth date": "1915 9 18 y", "Birth place": "Kells, County Meath, Ireland", "Death date": "1... |
is a railway station in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). It is station E-26 under Toei's numbering system.
Station layout
JR East
The JR East station consists of two ground-level side platforms on either side of an ... | {"Name": "JY 18 50 JB 11 50 E 26 50Yoyogi Station", "Native name": "代々木駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "The main (west) entrance in July 2012", "Address": "1 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Date opened": "23 October 1906 y"} |
Isidor Feinstein "I. F." Stone (December 24, 1907 - June 18, 1989) was an American investigative journalist, writer, and author.
Known for his politically progressive views, Stone is best remembered for I. F. Stone's Weekly (1953-1971), a newsletter which the New York University journalism department in 1999 ranked 16... | {"Name": "I. F. Stone", "Caption": "I. F. Stone, April 1972", "Birth name": "Isidor Feinstein Stone", "Birth date": "1907 12 24", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1989 06 18 1907 12 24", "Death place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Resting place": "Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Ma... |
Roger Lee Reynolds (born July 18, 1934) is an American composer. He is known for his capacity to integrate diverse ideas and resources, and for the seamless blending of traditional musical sounds with those newly enabled by technology. Beyond composition, his contributions to musical life include mentorship, algorithmi... | {"Name": "Roger Reynolds", "Caption": "Roger Reynolds (2005)", "Birth date": "1934 7 18", "Birth place": "Detroit, Michigan, United States", "Alma mater": "University of Michigan", "Occupation": "Composer, writer, performer", "Years active": "1957-present", "Website": "rogerreynolds.com"} |
Desiree Rollocks (born 4 September 1970), better known by her stage name Daisy Dee, is a Dutch singer, actress, TV host, stylist, and television producer. She is well known in German-speaking media. Daisy Dee hosted the German television show Clubrotation on Viva/MTV until 2003.
Discography
Studio albums
Year Album D... | {"Born": "Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles", "Origin": "Roermond, Netherlands", "Genres": "Eurodance, hip house, electronica", "Labels": "DDProductions", "Website": "www. DDProductions.eu"} |
() is a private railway operator in Tokyo, Japan, and the central firm of the that is involved in transport, retail, real estate and other industries.
The name is derived from taking one character each from the places through which the railway runs: and . The Keio railway network connects the western suburbs of Tok... | {"Type": "Public (K.K)", "Founded": "Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (1948 06 01)", "Headquarters": "Japan", "Industry": "Public transportReal estateRetail", "Revenue": "¥429.19 billion (FY2008)", "Parent": "The Master Trust Bank of Japan (9.44%)Nippon Life (5.03%)Taiyo Life (4.80%)T&D Holdings (4.55%)Trust & Custody Services B... |
The Blaine Act, formally titled Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution, is a joint resolution adopted by the United States Congress on February 20, 1933, initiating repeal of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which established Prohibition in the Unite... | {"Nicknames": "Blaine Act", "Enacted by": "72nd", "Effective": "February 20, 1933", "Acts repealed": "Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution"} |
The Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, nicknamed Big Crown Stadium, is a football stadium in Ulsan in South Korea. It is home to the Ulsan Hyundai FC.
The stadium was built from 18 December 1998 to 28 April 2001 and its total cost was 151.4 billion won (US$116.5 million).
Located in a major industrial city, the Ulsan Mun... | {"Location": "San 5-1, Ok-dong, Nam-gu, Ulsan, South Korea", "Broke ground": "December 1998", "Opened": "2001 4 28 y", "Coordinates": "35 32 07 N 129 15 34 E type:landmark inline,title", "Operator": "Ulsan City", "Surface": "Grass", "Construction cost": "₩151.4 billion", "Capacity": "44,474https://www.mcst.go.kr/kor/s_... |
The EMD AEM-7 is a twin-cab four-axle B-B electric locomotive built by Electro-Motive Division (EMD) and ASEA between 1978 and 1988. The locomotive is a derivative of the Swedish SJ Rc4 designed for passenger service in the United States. The primary customer was Amtrak, which bought 54 for use on the Northeast Corrid... | {"Power type": "Electric", "Manufacturer": "General Motors Electro-Motive Division", "Build model": "SJ Rc", "Build date": "1978-1988", "Total production": "65", "Rebuilder": "Alstom", "Rebuild date": "1999-2002", "Number rebuilt": "29", "AAR wheel arangment": "B-B", "UIC classification": "Bo'Bo'", "Gauge": "ussg on", ... |
The Metroliners were extra-fare high-speed trains between Washington, D.C., and New York City which operated from 1969 to 2006. They were briefly first operated by Penn Central Transportation (successor to the Pennsylvania Railroad, which originally ordered the equipment), then by Amtrak for 35 years.
Service original... | {"Service type": "High speed Inter-city rail", "Status": "Discontinued", "Locale": "Northeast Corridor", "First service": "January 16, 1969", "Last service": "October 27, 2006", "Successor": "Acela Express", "Termini": "Washington, D.C.", "Distance travelled": "225 mi km", "Average journey time": "2.5 to 4 hours", "Ser... |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation.Keio Railway Map
It is a five-minute walk from JR East's Hachiōji Station.
Lines
Keiō-hachiōji Station is a terminus of the Keio Line, and is located 37.9 kilometers from the opposi... | {"Name": "KO 34 50Keiō-hachiōji Station", "Native name": "京王八王子駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "Keiō-hachiōji Station and Keiō-hachiōji Shopping Center \"K-8\"", "Address": "3-27-1 Myojin-cho, Hachiōji-shi, Tokyo 192-0046", "Country": "Japan", "Coordinates": "35.6578803 139.3431401 type:landmark inline, ti... |
Ratfor (short for Rational Fortran) is a programming language implemented as a preprocessor for Fortran 66. It provides modern control structures, unavailable in Fortran 66, to replace GOTOs and statement numbers.
Features
Ratfor provides the following kinds of flow-control statements, described by Kernighan and Pla... | {"Name": "Ratfor", "Initial release date": "1976", "Developer": "Brian Kernighan", "Influenced by": "Fortran, C", "Website": "sepwww.stanford.edu"} |
Thornton Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 157,865.
Incorporated in 1850, it is located immediately south of the city of Chicago. It is the second most populous township in Illinois as of the 2020 census, after Rockford Township (pop. 170,478) in Winne... | {"Type": "Township", "Body": "Township Board", "Land": "46.93", "Water": "0.49", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-5", "Website": "thorntontownship.com"} |
BLISS is a system programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) by W. A. Wulf, D. B. Russell, and A. N. Habermann around 1970. It was perhaps the best known system language until C debuted a few years later. Since then, C became popular and common, and BLISS faded into obscurity. When C was in its ... | {"Name": "BLISS", "Paradigm": "Structured, imperative (procedural)", "Designer": "W. A. Wulf, D. B. Russell, A. N. Habermann", "Developer": "Carnegie Mellon University", "Initial release date": "1970<!-- If known, add", "Latest release version": "BLISS-64", "Typing discipline": "Typeless", "Scope": "Lexical", "Dialects... |
Jython is an implementation of the Python programming language designed to run on the Java platform. The implementation was formerly known as JPython until 1999.
Overview
Jython programs can import and use any Java class. Except for some standard modules, Jython programs use Java classes instead of Python modules. Jy... | {"Initial release": "2001 01 17 https://hg.python.org/jython/file/tip/NEWS\n jython: 3d8067c56a1d NEWS\n March 22, 2015\n March 28, 2015\n Frank\n Wierzbicki", "Platform": "Java virtual machine", "Written in": "Python and Java", "Type": "Python Interpreter", "License": "Python Software Foundati... |
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