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Bellingdon is a village in the civil parish of Chartridge (where the 2011 Census was included), in Buckinghamshire, England. The name derives from the Anglo Saxon Bellingdenu or Bella's Valley, and is recorded as Belenden in the 15th century. It is arranged along a ridge, typical of the Chiltern Hills to the north of C... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Amersham", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01494", "OS grid reference": "SP9404"} |
Biddlesden is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in north-west Buckinghamshire, England on the boundary with Northamptonshire. It is about east-north-east of Brackley, Northamptonshire and north-west of Buckingham. The River Great Ouse forms part of the western boundary of the parish, separating th... | {"OS grid reference": "SP6339", "Population": "(2011 Census)Neighbourhood Statistics Census 2011, Accessed 3 February 2013", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Buckingham", "Postcode district": "NN", "Dialling code": "01280"} |
Bishopstone is a small, rural village in the civil parish of Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell in Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England.
History
The village name is a common one in England, and means Bishop's Estate. It is not known to which Bishop this refers though as the village lies within the ancient dioc... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Buckingham", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01296", "OS grid reference": "SP 80467 10283"} |
Kiwanis International ( ) is an international service club founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan. It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, and is found in more than 80 nations and geographic areas. The organization began accepting women as members in 1987. Membership in Kiwanis and its family of club... | {"Type": "Service", "Location": "Indianapolis, Indiana, United States", "Origins": "Detroit, Michigan, United States", "Named after": "\"Serving the Children of the World\" (slogan)", "Website": "www.kiwanis.org"} |
Brill is a village and civil parish in west Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Oxfordshire. It is about north-west of Long Crendon and south-east of Bicester. At the 2011 Census, the population of the civil parish was 1,141. Brill has a royal charter to hold a weekly market, but has not done so for ma... | {"Population": "(2011)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121194&c=brill&d=16&e=62&g=6403713&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359856055130&enc=1 2011 census Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics 3 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074... |
St. Joseph's College also referred to by its acronym SJC is an elite Catholic all-boys secondary education institution run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Central Mid-Levels district, Hong Kong. It was established by the French De La Salle Christian Brothers on 7 November 1875. It is the ol... | {"Coordinates": "22 16 36 N 114 9 31 E type:edu_region:HK_source:kolossus-zhwiki title,inline", "Religious affiliation(s)": "Roman Catholic (Christian Brothers)", "Patron saint(s)": "Saint Joseph", "Yearbook": "Green and White Magazine", "Website": "www.sjc.edu.hk"} |
Brill railway station was the terminus of a small railway line in Buckinghamshire, England, known as the Brill Tramway. Built and owned by the 3rd Duke of Buckingham, it was later operated by London's Metropolitan Railway, and in 1933 briefly became one of the two north-western termini of the London Underground, despit... | {"Location": "Brill, Buckinghamshire", "Local authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Owner": "Wotton Tramway", "Number of platforms": "1"} |
Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed missiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard.
Points can be scored by hitting specific marked areas of the board, though unlike in sports such as archery, these areas are distributed all... | {"Governing body": "WDF", "Nicknames": "Arrows", "Registered players": "655 WDF ranked players679 PDPA ranked players", "Team members": "Team events exist, see World Cup and PDC World Cup of Darts", "Mixed-sex": "Separate men's & women's championship although no restrictions on women competing against men.", "Type": "T... |
Miss Porter's School (MPS) is an elite American private college preparatory school for girls founded in 1843 in Farmington, Connecticut. The school draws students from 21 states, 31 countries (with dual-citizenship and/or residence), and 17 countries (citizenship alone) and international students comprised 14% as of th... | {"Coordinates": "41 43 21 N 72 49 46 W type:edu_region:US-CT inline,title", "CEEB code": "070210", "Campus type": "Township", "Campus size": "55 acre m2 on", "Faculty": "52", "Average class size": "10", "Student to teacher ratio": "7:1", "Athletics": "18 Interscholastic teams", "Mascot": "Daisy", "Website": "https://ww... |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is a 1986 American black comedy slasher film directed by Tobe Hooper, written by L. M. Kit Carson, and starring Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, and Jim Siedow. A sequel to Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), it follows Vanita "Stretch" Williams, a ra... | {"Directed by": "Tobe Hooper", "Written by": "L. M. Kit Carson", "Produced by": "Menahem Golan\n Yoram Globus", "Starring": "Dennis Hopper\n Caroline Williams\n Jim Siedow\n Bill Moseley\n Bill Johnson", "Music by": "Tobe Hooper\n Jerry Lambert", "Edited by": "Alain Jakubowicz", "Cinematography": "Richard Kooris", "Dis... |
Air Marshal Robert Leckie, (16 April 1890 - 31 March 1975) was an air officer in the Royal Air Force and the Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1944 to 1947. He initially served in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, where he became known as one of "the Zeppelin killers fro... | {"Born": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Died": "Ottawa, Canada", "Allegiance": "United KingdomCanada", "Commands held": "Chief of the Air Staff, RCAF (1944-47)RAF Mediterranean (1938-40)RAF Hendon (1933-35)No. 210 Squadron RAF (1931-33)RAF Bircham Newton (1929-31)No. 1 Wing CAF (1919)No. 228 Squadron RAF (1918-19)", "Awards": "... |
Lee Alexander McQueen (17 March 1969 - 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier. He founded his own Alexander McQueen label in 1992, and was chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001. His achievements in fashion earned him four British Designer of the Year awards (1996, 1997, 2001 and 2003), a... | {"Name": "Alexander McQueen", "Post-nominals": "CBE 100", "Caption": "McQueen at his Autumn 2009 collection", "Birth date": "1969 3 17 y", "Birth name": "Lee Alexander McQueen", "Birth place": "Lewisham, London, England", "Death date": "2010 2 11 1969 3 17 yhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8511115.stm Alexander McQu... |
Donald Rogers Maynard (January 25, 1935 - January 10, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver known for playing for the New York Jets in the National Football League (NFL). He also played with the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals; and the Shreveport Steamer of the World Footba... | {"Born:": "Crosbyton, Texas, U.S.", "Died:": "Ruidoso, New Mexico, U.S.", "Height:": "0", "Weight:": "180", "NFL Draft:": "109", "High school:": "Colorado (Colorado City, Texas)", "College:": "Texas Western"} |
Bledlow is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is about WSW of Princes Risborough, and is on the county boundary with Oxfordshire. In 1931 the parish had a population of 925. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished to form "Bledlow cum Saunde... | {"OS grid reference": "SP778021", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Aylesbury", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01844", "Website": "Bledlow-cum-Saunderton Parish Council"} |
Vladimir-Suzdal (, Vladimirsko-Suzdal'skaya), formally known as the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal or Grand Principality of Vladimir (1157-1331) (; Introduction into the Latin epigraphy (Введение в латинскую эпиграфику).), also as Vladimir-Suzdalian Rus', was one of the major principalities that succeeded Kievan Rus' ... | {"Native name": "Владимиро-Су́здальское кня́жествоVladimiro-Suzdal'skoye knyazhestvo", "Conventional long name": "Principality of Vladimir-SuzdalMartin 2007 103, 149Grand Principality of VladimirMartin 2007 xix, xxi, 190, 194, 196, 202, 207-208, 230, 232, 234", "Flag border": "no", "Symbol type": "Seal of Alexander Nev... |
Robert Hugh Leckie (December 18, 1920 – December 24, 2001) was a United States Marine and an author of books about the military history of the United States, sports books, fiction books, autobiographies, and children's books. As a young man, he served with the 1st Marine Division during World War II; his service as a m... | {"Born": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Died": "Byram Township, New Jersey, U.S.", "Nickname(s)": "\"Lucky\", \"Peaches\"", "Allegiance": "United States", "Awards": "Purple HeartNavy Commendation Medal with \"V\" Device", "Other work": "Writer"} |
Bledlow Ridge is a village in the civil parish of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton in Buckinghamshire, England. In 2004 the population was 940. It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, about 4 miles SSW of Princes Risborough and on the road between the High Wycombe and Chinnor.
Originally the hamlet was within the ecclesiastical ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2004)", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Aylesbury", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01494", "OS grid reference": "SU798976"} |
Bennachie ( ; Scottish Gaelic: Beinn na Cìche)G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 13. is a range of hills in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Whiteley, A.W.M. (Ed.) (1976). The Book of Bennachie. The Bailies of Bennachie. . Mostly anecdotes and verse about the mountain and its surround... | {"Elevation": "1732", "Prominence": "1037", "English translation": "Hill of the breast", "Language of name": "Gaelic", "Pronunciation": "lang b ɛ n æ ˈ h iː", "Location": "Scotland", "Coordinates": "57.29275 -2.56244 type:mountain_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(NJ662226) inline,title"} |
Bletchley is a constituent town of Milton Keynes,Official map of Milton Keynes showing original designated area boundary Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated in the south-west of Milton Keynes, and is split between the civil parishes of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford and West Bletchley.
Bletchley is best known for ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)", "Unitary authority": "City of Milton Keynes", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Milton Keynes South", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01908", "OS grid reference": "SP872336"} |
Meneñ Stadium is a former stadium on the island Nauru. It is located in the Meneng District. Constructed in 2006, it had a capacity of 3,500 spectators. Unlike other stadiums on the island, Meneñ Stadium had bleachers for spectators.
History
thumb|left|220px|A map of Nauru showing the location of Meneñ Stadium
The a... | {"Official name": "Meneñ Stadium", "Location": "Meneng, Nauru", "Date of opening": "2006", "Surface": "Grass", "Max. legal occupancy": "3,500"} |
Spencer Fullerton Baird (; February 3, 1823 - August 19, 1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum curator. Baird was the first curator to be named at the Smithsonian Institution. He eventually served as assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1850 to 1878, and as Sec... | {"Name": "Spencer Fullerton Baird", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Spencer Fullerton Baird, as photographed by William Bell, 1867", "Successor 2": "Samuel Pierpont Langley", "Birth date": "1823 2 3", "Birth place": "Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1887 8 19 1823 3 2", "Death place": "Woods Hole, ... |
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, (1 December 16906 March 1764) was an English lawyer and politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a close confidant of the Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister between 1754 and 1756 and 1757 until 1762.
Background
A son of Philip Yorke, an attorney, he wa... | {"Name": "The Earl of Hardwicke", "Image caption": "Portrait by William Hoare", "Birth date": "1690 12 1 y", "Birth place": "Dover, Kent, England", "Death date": "1764 3 6 1690 12 1 y", "Death place": "London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Education": "Middle Temple", "Office 2": "12th Chancellor of the College ... |
Mark David Danner (born November 10, 1958) is an American writer, journalist, and educator. He is a former staff writer for The New Yorker and frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. Danner specializes in U.S. foreign affairs, war and politics, and has written books and articles on Haiti, Central America,... | {"Caption": "Danner in the garden of his New York apartment", "Name": "Mark Danner", "Birth date": "1958 11 10", "Birth place": "Utica, New York, US", "Nationality": "American", "Alma mater": "Harvard University", "Occupation": "Author, journalist, professor", "Organization": "UC BerkeleyBard CollegeThe New YorkerThe N... |
Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, PC, FRS (9 March 1720 - 16 May 1790), styled Viscount Royston between 1754 and 1764, was an English politician and writer.
Life
The eldest son of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, he was educated at Newcome's School and later Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was appointed T... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Earl of Hardwicke", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% PC FRS", "Alt": "Oil on canvas portrait", "Caption": "Lord Hardwicke in the parliamentary robes of an earl, by George Romney c. 1776", "Birth name": "Philip Yorke", "Birth date": "9 March 1720", "Death date": "16 Ma... |
Boarstall is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, about west of Aylesbury. The parish is on the county boundary with Oxfordshire and the village is about southeast of the Oxfordshire market town of Bicester.
History
According to legend King Edward the Confessor gave some lan... | {"OS grid reference": "SP6214", "Population": "(2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120878&c=boarstal&d=16&e=62&g=6403712&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359855827224&enc=1 Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics Neighbourhood Statistics: 2011 census Of... |
Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, KG, PC, FRS (31 May 1757 - 18 November 1834), known as Philip Yorke until 1790, was a British politician.
Background and education
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Born in Cambridge, England, he was the eldest son of Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor, by his first wife, Catherine Freman. He w... | {"Name": "The Earl of Hardwicke", "Alternative text": "Oil on canvas portrait", "Image caption": "Lord Hardwicke in the robes of the Order of the Garter by Thomas Lawrence", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Cambridgeshire", "Predecessor 2": "Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt", "Successor 2": "Charles Philip Yorke", "Birth ... |
Boarstall Tower is a 14th-century moated gatehouse located in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, and now, with its surrounding gardens, a National Trust property.
Until March 2020, the National Trust offered tours on Wednesday afternoons. The tower was closed during the Covid pandemic but recently reopened for selec... | {"Type": "moated gatehouse", "Coordinates": "51 49 24 N 001 05 44 W region:GB_type:landmark inline,title", "Owner": "National Trust", "Built": "1312", "In use": "1312-Unknown", "Open tothe public": "Wednesday afternoons"} |
Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, PC (2 April 1799 - 17 September 1873) was a British naval commander and Conservative politician.
Background
Born at Sydney Lodge, in Hamble le Rice, Hardwicke was the eldest son of Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, second son of Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor, by his... | {"Name": "The Earl of Hardwicke", "Image size": "200px", "Order 2": "Lord Privy Seal", "Monarch 2": "Victoria", "Prime minister 2": "The Earl of Derby", "Predecessor 2": "The Marquess of Clanricarde", "Successor 2": "The Duke of Argyll", "Birth date": "yes 1799 04 2", "Birth place": "Sydney Lodge, Hamble le Rice, Hamps... |
Günter Wallraff (born 1 October 1942) is a German writer and undercover journalist.
Research methods
Wallraff came to prominence thanks to his striking journalistic research methods and several major books on lower class working conditions and tabloid journalism. This style of research is based on what the reporter ex... | {"Name": "Günter Wallraff", "Caption": "Wallraff in 2022", "Birth date": "1942 10 1 y", "Birth place": "Burscheid, German Reich", "Occupation": "Writer, undercover journalist"} |
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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography () is a short book published in 1980 by the French literary theorist and philosopher Roland Barthes. It is simultaneously an inquiry into the nature and essence of photography and a eulogy to Barthes' late mother. The book investigates the effects of photography on the specta... | {"Original title": "La Chambre claire", "Country": "France", "Language": "French", "Publisher": "Hill and Wang", "Media type": "Print (Softcover)", "ISBN": "0-8090-3340-2"} |
Odra was a line of computers manufactured in Wrocław, Poland. The name comes from the Odra river that flows through the city of Wrocław.
Overview
The production started in 1959-1960. Models 1001, 1002, 1003, 1013, 1103, 1204 were of original Polish construction. Models 1304 and 1305 were functional counterparts of ICL... | {"Image size": "250px", "Image caption": "Odra model 1304", "Manufacturer": "Elwro", "Release date": "1959", "Operating system": "SODA (Odra 1204)"} |
thumb|200px|Lord Talbot by Gerhard Bockman.
Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot, (168514 February 1737) was a British lawyer and politician. He was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1733 to 1737.
Life
Talbot was the eldest son of William Talbot, Bishop of Durham, a descendant of the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury. He w... | {"Name": "The Lord Talbot", "Image caption": "Portrait by John Vanderbank", "Birth date": "1685", "Death date": "1737 2 14 y", "Death place": "Lincoln's Inn Fields", "Alma mater": "Oriel College, Oxford", "Education": "Eton College"} |
Henry Koster (born Hermann Kosterlitz, May 1, 1905 – September 21, 1988) was a German-born film director. He was the husband of actress Peggy Moran.
Early life
Koster was born to Jewish parents in Berlin, Germany. He was introduced to cinema around the year 1910 when his uncle opened a movie theater in Berlin. Koster'... | {"Name": "Henry Koster", "Birth name": "Hermann Kosterlitz", "Birth date": "1905 5 1", "Birth place": "Berlin, German Empire", "Death date": "1988 9 21 1905 5 1", "Death place": "Camarillo, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Kató Király (1935-1941; divorced; 1 child)NNDBPeggy Moran (1942-1988; his death; 2 children)PBS",... |
thumb|right|The 369th in action. After being detached and seconded to the French, they wore the Adrian helmet, while retaining the rest of their U.S. uniform. Seen here at Séchault, France on 29 September 1918, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, they wear the U.S. Army-issue Brodie helmet, correct for that time.
The ... | {"Nickname(s)": "Hell-fighters, Men Of Bronze, Black Rattlers", "Motto(s)": "\"Don't Tread On Me, God Damn, Let's Go\"", "Type": "Infantry", "Branch": "USAFrance (attached during WWI)", "Size": "Regiment", "Notablecommanders": "William Hayward (American attorney)\nBenjamin O. Davis Sr."} |
James Wilkinson (March 24, 1757 - December 28, 1825) was an American soldier, politician, and double agent who was associated with several scandals and controversies.
He served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, but he was twice compelled to resign. He was twice the Senior Officer of the U.... | {"Name": "James Wilkinson", "Image caption": "Portrait of Wilkinson by Charles Willson Peale, 1797", "Term start": "June 15, 1800", "Term end": "January 27, 1812", "Office 2": "1st Governor of Louisiana Territory", "President 2": "Thomas Jefferson", "Predecessor 2": "William Henry Harrison (as Governor of the District ... |
William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 - May 4, 1873) was an American college professor and president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, the first widely used series of elementary school-level textbooks. More than 120 million copies of McGuffey Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its ... | {"Name": "William Holmes McGuffey", "Birth date": "1800 09 23", "Birth place": "Claysville, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1873 05 04 1800 09 23", "Death place": "Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.", "Known For": "McGuffey Readers", "Occupation": "Educator, Academic Author"} |
According to the Book of Judges, Deborah (, Dəḇōrā, "bee") was a prophetess of the God of the Israelites, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel and the only female judge mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Many scholars contend that the phrase, "a woman of Lappidot", as translated from biblical Hebrew in Judges 4:4 denot... | {"Caption": "Deborah as portrayed in Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum (1553)", "Occupation": "Prophetess of God, Fourth Judge of Israel", "Predecessor": "Shamgar", "Successor": "Gideon", "Other names": "Debora, Débora, Dvora, Debra", "Spouse(s)": "Lapidoth (possibly)"} |
Nothing Gold Can Stay is the debut studio album by American rock band New Found Glory, released on May 1, 1999, through independent record label Eulogy Recordings. At the time, the band was then named "A New Found Glory", but later dropped the indefinite article "A" due to some fans struggling to find their records in ... | {"Released": "May 1, 1999", "Studio": "Tapeworm Studios, Miami, Florida", "Genre": "Pop punkhttp://www.allmusic.com/artist/new-found-glory-p384007/biography Biography: New Found Glory Allmusic (Rovi Corporation) Ankeny, Jason 10 March 2009", "Label": "Eulogy", "Producer": "A New Found Gloryhttp://www.cduniverse.com/pro... |
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is a Japanese politician and retired female judoka.
Competing in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) class, she won a record seven world titles and five Olympic medals including two golds at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. After her retirement, the International Judo Federation named her "best female judoka ever".
In 2010, sh... | {"Native name": "谷 亮子, Tani Ryōko", "Language of the native name": "ja", "Birth name": "Ryoko Tamura 田村 亮子 Tamura Ryōko", "Nickname": "Yawara-chan, Tawara", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Birth date": "1975 9 6", "Place of birth": "Fukuoka, Japan", "Height": "1.46 m ftin on", "Weight class": "-48 kg", "Medal templates": "... |
Derby Dam is a diversion dam built from 1903 to 1905 on the Truckee River, located about east of Reno in Storey and Washoe counties in Nevada, United States. It diverts water into the Truckee Canal that would otherwise enter Pyramid Lake. The canal feeds Lake Lahontan reservoir in the Carson River watershed, where it... | {"Location": "Storey / Washoe counties, Nevada", "Nearest city": "Sparks, Nevada", "Built": "1903", "MPS": "Newlands Reclamation TR (AD)"} |
Sarah Chang (; born Young Joo Chang; December 10, 1980) is a Korean American classical violinist. Recognized as a child prodigy, she first played as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1989. She enrolled at Juilliard School to study music, graduated in 1999, and continued univers... | {"Born": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Genres": "Classical", "Labels": "EMI Classics\n IMG Artistshttps://imgartists.com/roster/sarah-chang/ Sarah Chang IMG Artists imgartists.com en-GB", "Website": "http://sarahchang.com/"} |
thumb|upright|Sean Young portrays Chani in Dune (1984).
thumb|upright|Barbora Kodetová portrays Chani in Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) and Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003).
Chani ( ) is a fictional character featured in Frank Herbert's novels Dune (1965) and Dune Messiah (1969). Known mainly as the Fremen wife and... | {"Created by": "Frank Herbert", "Title": "Imperial concubine", "Children": "Leto (murdered while an infant)\n Leto II Atreides\n Ghanima Atreides", "Relatives": "Liet-Kynes (father)", "Portrayed by": "Sean Young (1984 film)\n Barbora Kodetová (2000 miniseries / 2003 sequel)\n Zendaya (2021 film / 2024 sequel)", "First ... |
whitehouse.com is a political entertainment website that first came online in May 1996. According to a statement on the web, it was originally created by Ransom Scott as a known place where uncensored discussion of government policies could occur before adult content was added to make it more profitable. In June 2022, ... | {"URL": "www.whitehouse.com", "Commercial": "Yes", "Available in": "English", "Launched": "1997 5 21http://whois.domaintools.com/whitehouse.com WhiteHouse.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools WHOIS 2016 2016-02-21", "Current status": "Active"} |
The Ballon d'Or (; ) is an annual football award presented by French news magazine France Football since 1956. Between 2010 and 2015, in an agreement with FIFA, the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year (founded in 1991) and known as the FIFA Ballon d'Or. That partnership ended in 2016, an... | {"Date": "1956", "Country": "France", "Presented by": "France Football", "First awarded": "1956", "Most awards": "ARG Lionel Messi(7 awards)", "Most nominations": "POR Cristiano Ronaldo(18 nominations)Ballon d'Or: Players who have received the most nominations https://www.90min.com/posts/ballon-dor-players-who-have-re... |
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport , is an international airport that serves Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. Established in 1932, it is the first airport in the state of Kerala and the fifth international airport of India, officially declared in 1991. It is the operating base of Air India, ... | {"Airport type": "Public Private Partnership", "Opened": "1991 01 01 y n n (upgraded to international)", "Website": "www.adani.com/thiruvananthapuram-airport Official website", "Serves": "Thiruvananthapuram", "Location": "Chacka, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India", "Built": "1932 y n n", "Hub": "Air India Express", "AM... |
Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (6 December 1810 - 14 January 1890) was a British Indian Army officer. He fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War and the Second Anglo-Sikh War before seeing action as chief engineer during the second relief of Lucknow in March 1858 during the Indian Rebelli... | {"Birth name": "Robert Cornelis Napier", "Born": "Colombo, British Ceylon", "Died": "London, England, UK", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "Bombay Army"} |
The Kansas City Monarchs are a professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Kansas. Formerly known as the Kansas City T-Bones, they are members of the American Association of Professional Baseball; which, in 2020, became designated as a Major League Baseball partner league. They have played their home games at Lege... | {"League": "American Association of Professional Baseball (2011-present)", "Former leagues": "Northern League (1993-2010)", "Former names": "Kansas City T-Bones (2003-2020)\n Duluth-Superior Dukes (1993-2002)", "Retired numbers": "1 (Dennis Pierce)\n 22 (Buck O'Neil)", "League championship seasons... |
Sebastian Lewis Shaw (29 May 1905 - 23 December 1994) was an English actor, theatre director, novelist, playwright and poet. During his 65-year career, he appeared in dozens of stage performances and more than 40 film and television productions.
Shaw was born and brought up in Holt, Norfolk, and made his acting debut ... | {"Name": "Sebastian Shaw", "Image": "Sebastian shaw 1979.JPG", "Caption": "Shaw in a 1979 episode of Rumpole of the Bailey", "Birth name": "Sebastian Lewis Shaw", "Birth date": "yes 1905 5 29", "Birth place": "Holt, Norfolk, England", "Death date": "yes 1994 12 23 1905 5 29", "Death place": "Brighton, Sussex, England",... |
Andrea del Boca (born 18 October 1965, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actress and singer. She began her career as a child actress and subsequently became popular in the 1980s and 1990s for her roles in telenovelas, such as Estrellita mía, Celeste, Antonella and Perla negra. She has also appeared in numerous films and... | {"Name": "Andrea del Boca", "Caption": "Andrea del Boca in 2019", "Birth date": "1965 10 18 y", "Birth place": "Buenos Aires, Argentina", "Occupation": "Actress, singer", "Years active": "1969-present", "Partner(s)": "Silvestre (1982-1987)Raúl de la Torre (1988-1995)Jeffrey A. Sachs (1995-1997)", "Children": "Anna Chia... |
Stephen Russell Davies (born 27 April 1963), better known as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer whose works include Queer as Folk, The Second Coming, Casanova, the 2005 revival of the BBC One science fiction franchise Doctor Who, Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Cucumber, A Very Eng... | {"Name": "Russell T Davies", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% OBE FRSL", "Alt": "Davies outside Cardiff Central railway station, sitting with his back towards a marble-effect wall.", "Caption": "Davies in 2008", "Birth date": "1963 04 27 yes", "Birth name": "Stephen Russell Davies", "Birth place": "Swansea, Wales", "Alma mat... |
Le donne curiose (English: The Inquisitive Women) is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to a text by after Carlo Goldoni's play .
Performance history
The first dramatic work by Wolf-Ferrari to achieve more than local notice, it was first performed in Munich on 27 November 1903 in a German translation as D... | {"Translation": "The Inquisitive Women", "Librettist": "Luigi Sugana it", "Language": "Italian", "Based on": "Le donne curiose (play) it Le donne curiose Le donne curiose Carlo Goldoni", "Premiere": "Hoftheater, Munich"} |
Claster Television, Inc. was a Baltimore, Maryland-based television distributor founded in 1953 by Bertram H. (Bert) Claster and Nancy Claster (Goldman) as Romper Room Inc. It was originally a producer of the children's show Romper Room, one of the first preschool children's programs.
Production
Romper Room was fair... | {"Formerly": "Bert Claster's Romper Room Inc. BV (1953-1969)", "Industry": "Television productionTelevision syndication", "Fate": "Closed", "Founded": "1953 in Baltimore, Maryland as Bert Claster's Romper Room Inc. BV", "Defunct": "2000", "Headquarters": "United States", "Parent": "Hasbro", "Products": "Television prog... |
The Weekenders (also known as Disney's The Weekenders) is an American animated television series created by Doug Langdale that ran on February 26, 2000, with the last episode airing on February 29, 2004, spanning four seasons. It centers on the weekend life of four 12-year-old 7th graders: Tino, Lor, Carver, and Tish. ... | {"Also known as": "Disney's The Weekenders", "Genre": "Comedy", "Running time": "30 minutes", "Created by": "Doug Langdale", "Directed by": "Steve Lyons", "Starring": "Jason MarsdenGrey DeLislePhil LaMarrKath SoucieJeff Bennett", "Opening theme": "\"Livin' for the Weekend\" by Wayne Brady and Roger Neill", "Country of ... |
I quatro rusteghi (The Four Curmudgeons, The Four Ruffians, in Edward J. Dent's translation School for Fathers, also translated by James Benner as Foolish Fathers ) is a comic opera in three acts, music by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to a libretto by and Giuseppe Pizzolato based on Carlo Goldoni's 18th-century play I rustegh... | {"Translation": "The Four Curmudgeons", "Librettist": "Luigi Sugana it\n Giuseppe Pizzolato", "Language": "Italian (Venetian dialect)", "Based on": "I rusteghi Carlo Goldoni", "Premiere": "Hoftheater, Munich"} |
Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 - 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer of Jewish-German descent. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual... | {"Name": "Alfred Schnittke", "Caption": "Profile of Schnittke, 1989", "Birth date": "1934 11 24 y", "Birth place": "Engels, Volga-German Republic, Russian SFSR", "Death date": "1998 08 03 1934 11 24 y", "Death place": "Hamburg, Germany", "Notable works": "List of compositions"} |
is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series and weekly science fiction manga created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. The original airing consisted of a total of 98 episodes and were broadcast from April 3, 1971, to February 10, 1973, on Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET (now TV Asahi). The manga adaptati... | {"Genre": "TokusatsuSuperheroHorror", "Running time": "24 minutes", "Created by": "Shotaro Ishinomori", "Developed by": "Masaru Igami", "Directed by": "Koichi Takemoto", "Starring": "Hiroshi FujiokaTakeshi SasakiJirō ChibaAkiji KobayashiWakako Oki", "Voices of": "Gorō Naya", "Narrated by": "Shinji Nakae", "Country of o... |
A hypospray is a medical device from the science fiction television series Star Trek. It's similar to a jet injector, a real medical device, with the main difference being that the fictional medical device doesn't penetrate the skin.
The concept of the hypospray was developed when producers of the original Star Trek s... | {"Created by": "Gene Roddenberry", "Type": "Medical tool", "Genre": "Science fiction", "Function": "Used to inject medication into a patient's body", "Affiliation": "Starfleet"} |
The is a major rapid transit system in the Osaka Metropolitan Area of Japan, operated by the Osaka Metro Company, Ltd. It serves the city of Osaka and the adjacent municipalities of Higashiosaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Sakai, Suita, and Yao. Osaka Metro forms an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greate... | {"Name": "Osaka Metro", "Size of first image": "100px", "Size of second image": "300px", "Third image": "OsakaSubway-32608F.JPG", "Size of third image": "300px", "Third image caption": "Top: 10 series and 21 series trains on the Midōsuji Line. Bottom: A 30000 series train on the Tanimachi Line.", "Native name": "大阪メトロ... |
Hugh O'Brien (July 13, 1827 - August 1, 1895) served as the mayor of Boston from 1884 to 1888. O'Brien is notable as Boston's first Irish and Catholic mayor, having emigrated from Ireland to America in the early 1830s. O'Brien was the editor of the Shipping and Commercial List and served as a Boston alderman from 1875 ... | {"Name": "Hugh O'Brien", "Term start": "January 5, 1885", "Term end": "January 7, 1889", "Predecessor 2": "Solomon B. Stebbins", "Successor 2": "Solomon B. Stebbins", "Birth date": "1827 7 13", "Birth place": "Ireland", "Death date": "1895 8 1 1827 7 13", "Death place": "Massachusetts"} |
is a Japanese video game developer best known for developing games published by Nintendo with the Fire Emblem, Paper Mario, WarioWare, and Wars video game series. Originally, the company was headquartered at the Nintendo Kyoto Research Center in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, but later moved to a building near Nintendo's main ... | {"Type": "Kabushiki gaisha", "Industry": "Video games", "Founded": "1986 12", "Headquarters": "Japan", "Products": "Fire Emblem series Paper Mario series WarioWare series Wars series", "Subsidiaries": "Purejio Co., Ltd. (株式会社プレジオ)インテリジェントシステムズに就職したい！会社の概要と就職の際のポイント https://game-creators.jp/media/career/299/ game-crea... |
John Noyes (April 2, 1764October 26, 1841) was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont.
Biography
Noyes was born in Atkinson in the Province of New Hampshire to Humphrey Noyes and Elizabeth Little. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from D... | {"Name": "John Noyes", "Term end": "S", "Office 2": "Member of the Vermont House of Representatives", "Term 2": "1808-1810", "Birth date": "1764 4 2", "Birth place": "Atkinson, Province of New Hampshire, British America", "Death date": "1841 10 26 1764 4 23", "Death place": "near Putney, Vermont, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "P... |
Ann Lee (29 February 1736 - 8 September 1784), commonly known as Mother Ann Lee, was the founding leader of the Shakers, later changed to United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing following her death. She was born during a time of the Evangelical revival in England, and became a figure that greatly influ... | {"Honorific prefix": "Mother", "Name": "Ann Lee", "Birth date": "yes 1736 2 29", "Birth place": "Manchester, England, Kingdom of Great Britain", "Death date": "yes 1784 9 8 1736 1 29", "Death place": "Watervliet, New York, U.S.", "Burial place": "Watervliet Shaker Village, Colonie, New York", "Burial place coordinates"... |
Dame Gracie Fields (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 189827 September 1979) was an English actress, singer, comedian and star of cinema and music hall who was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and was considered the highest paid film star in the world in 1937. She was known affectionately as Ou... | {"Honorific prefix": "Dame", "Name": "Gracie Fields", "Post-nominals": "DBE OStJ", "Caption": "Fields on Capri (Allan Warren, 1973)", "Birth name": "Grace Stansfield", "Birth date": "yes 1898 01 09", "Birth place": "Rochdale, Lancashire, England", "Nationality": "British/Italian\"Prima facie, Miss Fields has, by her ma... |
The Am386 CPU is a 100%-compatible clone of the Intel 80386 design released by AMD in March 1991. It sold millions of units, positioning AMD as a legitimate competitor to Intel, rather than being merely a second source for x86 CPUs (then termed 8086-family).
History and design
thumb|Wafer of an Am386 processor with In... | {"Launched": "1991", "CPU": "MHz", "FSB": "MHz", "Marketed by": "AMD", "Designed by": "AMD", "Common manufacturer(s)": "AMD", "Package(s)": "DE variant: 132-pin PGA 132-pin PQFP", "Instruction set": "x86 (IA-32)", "Product code": "23936", "Cores": "1", "Cache": "Motherboard dependent", "L2 cache": "none", "Application"... |
The National Industrial Basketball League was founded in 1947 to enable U.S. mill workers a chance to compete in basketball. The league was founded by the industrial teams (teams sponsored by the large companies and made up of their employees) belonging to the National Basketball League (NBL) that did not join the Nati... | {"Title": "National Industrial Basketball League", "Sport": "Basketball", "Map size": "100px", "Founded": "1947", "Country": "United States", "Teams": "25", "Folded": "1963", "Champion": "Cleveland Pipers (1st title)", "Most titles (player)": "Phillips 66ers (11)"} |
Aeroperú Flight 603 (PL603/PLI603) was a scheduled passenger flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, with stopovers in Quito, Ecuador, and Lima, Peru. On October 2, 1996, the Boeing 757-23A aircraft flying the final leg of the flight ... | {"Date": "1996 10 02 y", "Summary": "Instrument failure due to static port obstruction caused by maintenance error leading to controlled flight into water", "Site": "12 02 S 77 30 W source:kolossus-plwiki inline,title", "Flight origin": "Miami International AirportMiami, Florida, United States", "1st stopover": "Marisc... |
Emilio Cándido Portes Gil (; 3 October 1890 - 10 December 1978) was President of Mexico from 1928 to 1930, one of three to serve out the six-year term of President-elect General Álvaro Obregón, who had been assassinated in 1928. Since the Mexican Constitution of 1917 forbade re-election of a serving president, incumben... | {"Name": "Emilio Portes Gil", "Image caption": "Emilio Portes Gil, 1928", "Term start": "1 December 1928", "Term end": "4 February 1930", "Office 2": "Secretary of the Interior", "President 2": "Pascual Ortiz Rubio", "Predecessor 2": "Carlos Riva Palacio", "Successor 2": "Carlos Riva Palacio", "Birth date": "1890 10 3 ... |
Sing As We Go is a 1934 British musical film starring Gracie Fields, John Loder and Stanley Holloway. The script was written by Gordon Wellesley and J. B. Priestley.
Considered by many to be British music hall star Gracie Fields' finest vehicle, this film was written for her by leading novelist J.B. Priestley. In this... | {"Directed by": "Basil Dean", "Produced by": "Basil Dean", "Written by": "J.B. Priestley Gordon Wellesley", "Starring": "Gracie Fields John Loder Dorothy Hyson Stanley Holloway", "Music by": "Ernest Irving", "Cinematography": "Robert Martin", "Edited by": "Thorold Dickinson", "Distributed by": "ABFD"} |
The Exocet () is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
Etymology
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The missile's name was given by M. Guillot, then the technical director at Nord Aviation. It is the French word for... | {"Transport": "yes", "Place of origin": "France", "Type": "Anti-ship missile", "Used by": "See operators", "Wars": "Iran-Iraq War Falklands War", "Designer": "1967-1970: Nord Aviation1970-1974: Aérospatiale", "Manufacturer": "1979-1999: Aérospatiale1999-2001: Aérospatiale-Matra2001-present: MBDA France", "Designed": "... |
The Russian Naval Infantry (), often referred to as Russian Marines in the West, operate as the naval infantry of the Russian Navy. Established in 1705, they are capable of conducting amphibious operations as well as operating as more traditional light infantry.
The Naval Infantry also fields the Russian Navy's only s... | {"Branch": "Russian Navy", "Type": "Naval infantry and Naval special forces", "Size": "12,000 personnel, incl. 800 commando frogmenInternational Institute for Strategic Studies: The Military Balance 2014, p.185These are the elite Russian troops that are allegedly fighting some of the most crucial battles in Ukraine, bu... |
The Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (HKPA) was a pro-Beijing, pro-business political party in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was established in 1994 and was merged into the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) in 2005. The DAB then renamed as the De... | {"Founded": "yes 1994 07 07", "Merger of": "Liberal DemocraticFederation of Hong Kong", "Headquarters": "11/F., Chung NamBuilding, 1 LockhartRoad, Hong Kong", "Merged into": "Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong", "Ideology": "Chinese nationalismConservatism (HK)Economic liberalism", "Politi... |
The HandBook was a very small and lightweight subnotebook originally introduced by Gateway 2000 in 1992. It quickly achieved critical acclaim and a cult-like following, especially in Japan.
It was designed by IQV and Tottori Sanyo and manufactured by Tottori Sanyo in Japan. The lead engineer on the product was Howard ... | {"CPU": "Intel 80286 (original) Intel 486 (HandBook 486)", "Dimensions": "9.7 by 5.9 by 1.6 in mm", "Mass": ">3 lb kg", "Memory": "640 KB RAM stock (original) 4 MB RAM stock (HandBook 486)", "Lifespan": "1992-1996", "Release date": "1992", "Developer": "Gateway 2000 Howard Fullmer Bob Burnett Rick Murayama", "Manufactu... |
Todd Blackadder (born 20 September 1971) is a retired New Zealand rugby union player and professional rugby coach. He captained the national team, the All Blacks, 14 times playing a total of 25 games and 12 tests. Blackadder captained the Crusaders to three Super Rugby titles during his time with the franchise while al... | {"Name": "Todd Blackadder", "Caption": "Blackadder in 2020", "Full birth name": "Todd Julian Blackadder", "Birth date": "yes 1971 9 20", "Birth place": "Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand", "All black ID": "62", "All black number": "947", "Height": "1.90 m ftin on", "Weight": "100 kg stlb lb 0 on", "Rugby union position... |
thumb|290px|Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882)
John Carver was one of the Pilgrims who braved the Mayflower voyage in 1620 which resulted in the creation of Plymouth Colony in America. He is credited with writing the Mayflower Compact and was its first signer, and he was also the first governor of P... | {"Name": "John Carver", "Term start": "November 1620", "Term end": "April 1621", "Birth date": "before 1584", "Birth place": "England", "Death date": "April 1621", "Death place": "Plymouth Colony", "Nationality": "English", "Spouse(s)": "Mary de Lannoy 1609 1609 deathKatherine White 1615 1621marriage may have been ear... |
April Fifth Action () is a Hong Kong left-wing group named after the first Tiananmen incident of 5 April 1976. While the organization's Chinese name translates as "April Fifth Action", English-language media in Hong Kong usually refer to it as the April Fifth Action Group (AFAG).
Beliefs
The April Fifth Action Group w... | {"Founded": "1988第一部份：解放馬克思主義者‧四五行動‧929事件 http://www.thinkinghk.org/v702--part-1 Thinking Hong Kong", "Regional affiliation": "Pro-democracy camp", "Ideology": "Socialism", "Political position": "Left-wing"} |
Dru Katrina Sjodin (September 26, 1981 - November 22, 2003) was an American woman who was abducted from the Columbia Mall parking lot in Grand Forks, North Dakota, by Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., on November 22, 2003. Her disappearance and murder garnered great media coverage throughout the United States and prompted the cr... | {"Name": "Dru Sjodin", "Birth name": "Dru Katrina Sjodin", "Birth date": "1981 09 26 y", "Birth place": "Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, United States", "Death date": "2003 11 22 1981 09 26 y", "Death place": "Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States"} |
thumb|Book celebrating the 25 anniversary of the founding of the Catholic University of Louvain, November 3, 1859.
The Université catholique de Louvain (also known as the Catholic University of Louvain, the English translation of its French name, and the University of Louvain, its official English name) is Belgium's l... | {"Motto": "lat", "Type": "Public, state funded university", "Endowment": "€1.1 billionUne nouvelle spin-off.January 2019", "Rector": "Vincent Blondel", "Campus": "Planned community", "Students": "33,473 (2021)", "Website": "https://uclouvain.be/en/index.html www.uclouvain.be"} |
id Tech 1, also known as the Doom engine, is the game engine used in the id Software video games Doom and Doom II: Hell on Earth. It is also used in Heretic, Hexen: Beyond Heretic, Strife: Quest for the Sigil, Hacx: Twitch 'n Kill, Freedoom, and other games produced by licensees. It was created by John Carmack, with au... | {"Title": "id Tech 1", "Caption": "Doom running on the Doom Engine.", "Developer": "id Software, (John Carmack, John Romero, Dave Taylor)", "Replaces": "Ray casting", "Replaced by": "Quake engine", "Latest release version": "1.9", "Latest release date": "1995 02 01", "Source code repository": "github.com/id-Software/DO... |
Nathan Mayer Rothschild (16 September 1777 - 28 July 1836) was an English-German banker, businessman and financier. Born in Frankfurt am Main, he was the third of the five sons of Mayer Amschel Rothschild and his wife, Guttle (née Schnapper). He was the founder of the English branch of the prominent Rothschild family.... | {"Name": "Nathan Mayer Rothschild", "Caption": "Portrait by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, 1853", "Birth date": "1777 9 16 yes", "Birth place": "Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire", "Death date": "1836 7 28 1777 9 16 yes", "Death place": "Frankfurt, German Confederation", "Known For": "Rothschild banking family of England", "Spous... |
Baron Abraham Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild (Hebrew: הברון אברהם אדמונד בנימין ג'יימס רוטשילד - HaBaron Avraham Edmond Binyamin Ya'akov Rotshield; 19 August 1845 - 2 November 1934) was a French member of the Rothschild banking family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his large donations lent significant support t... | {"Birth name": "Edmond James de Rothschild", "Name": "Baron Edmond James de Rothschild", "Birth date": "1845 8 19 y", "Birth place": "Boulogne-Billancourt, France", "Death date": "1934 11 2 1845 8 19 y", "Death place": "Boulogne-Billancourt, France", "Resting place": "Ramat HaNadiv (Israel)Père Lachaise (France) (1935-... |
Waddesdon Manor is a country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England. Owned by the National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation, it is one of the National Trust's most visited properties, with over 463,000 visitors in 2019.
The Grade I listed house was built in a mostly Neo-Renaissanc... | {"Name": "Waddesdon Manor", "Image size": "300px", "Caption": "The north-facing entrance facade", "Architectural_style": "Neo-classical", "Address": "Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0JH", "Location_country": "United Kingdom", "Groundbreaking_date": "1874 (est.)", "Start_date": "18 August 1877", "Completion_... |
Waddesdon is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, west-north-west of Aylesbury on the A41 road. The village also includes the hamlets of Eythrope and Wormstone, Waddesdon was an agricultural settlement with milling, silk weaving and lace making enterprises.
History
The name 'Waddesdon' means 'hill of a man named W... | {"Population": "(2011, including Fleet Marston and Upper Winchendon)E04001544 Waddesdon Parish 17 November 2021", "OS grid reference": "SP743168", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "HP18", "Dialling code": "01296", "UK Parl... |
Ernest Christopher Dowson (2 August 186723 February 1900) was an English poet, novelist, and short-story writer who is often associated with the Decadent movement.
Biography
Ernest Dowson was born in Lee, then in Kent, in 1867. His great-uncle was Alfred Domett, a Prime Minister of New Zealand. Dowson attended The Que... | {"Name": "Ernest Dowson", "Birth name": "Ernest Christopher Dowson", "Birth date": "1867 08 02 yes", "Birth place": "Lee, Kent, England", "Death date": "1900 02 23 1867 08 02 yes", "Death place": "Catford, Kent, England", "Alma mater": "The Queen's College, Oxford", "Occupation": "Poet, novelist, and short-story writer... |
The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) is a Hong Kong pro-democracy social-liberal political party catering to grassroots interest with a strong basis in Sham Shui Po. Established on 26 October 1986, it was one of the three major pro-democracy groups along with the Meeting Point and the ... | {"Abbreviation": "ADPL", "Founded": "1986 10 26 yes", "Headquarters": "Rm. 1104, Sunbeam Commercial Bldg., 469-471 Nathan Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong", "Political position": "Centre-left", "Ideology": "Liberalism (HK)Political Dictionary for Hong Kong Hong Kong 1990 Macmillan Publishers (HK) Ltd Stephen Davies... |
Ian Robertson Hamilton KC (13 September 1925 - 3 October 2022) was a Scottish lawyer and nationalist, best known for his part in the return of the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey to Arbroath Abbey in 1950."Ian R. Hamilton," Publisher’s author biography. Birlinn Limited. 2009. (Retrieved 9 January 2010.)
Early... | {"Name": "Ian Hamilton", "Post-nominals": "KC", "Birth name": "Ian Robertson Hamilton", "Birth date": "y 1925 9 13", "Birth place": "Paisley, Scotland", "Death date": "2022 10 3 1925 9 13 y", "Death place": "North Connel, Scotland", "Education": "University of Glasgow", "Occupation": "Advocate"} |
William Hall Macy Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor. His film career has been built on appearances in small, independent films, though he has also appeared in mainstream films. Some of his best known starring roles include those in Fargo (1996), Air Force One (1997), Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), ... | {"Name": "William H. Macy", "Caption": "Macy in 2012", "Birth name": "William Hall Macy Jr.", "Birth date": "1950 3 13", "Birth place": "Miami, Florida, U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/44480/William-H-Macy/biography https://web.archive.org/web/20140306130236/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/44480/Willia... |
The Semang are an ethnic-minority group of the Malay Peninsula. They live in mountainous and isolated forest regions of Perak, Pahang, Kelantan and Kedah of Malaysia and the southern provinces of Thailand. The Semang are among the different ethnic groups of Southeast Asia who, based on their dark skin and other perceiv... | {"Name": "Semang", "Native name": "Sakai / Pangan / Ngò' Pa", "Image": "300px", "Image caption": "A Batek family in Kuala Tahan, Pahang, Malaysia", "Population": "Approximately 4,800", "Languages": "Jedek,https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/listen-unknown-language-discovered-in-southeast-asia LISTEN: Unknown lang... |
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, and cultural reflections on Brazil.
The firstborn son of Sérgio Buarque... | {"Name": "Chico Buarque", "Caption": "Buarque in 2023", "Birth name": "Francisco Buarque de Hollanda", "Birth date": "yes 1944 6 19", "Birth place": "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Alma mater": "University of São Paulo", "Years active": "1962-present", "Occupation": "Singer-songwriter\n writer\n poet\n playwright", "Notable... |
is a 2003 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation 2. Unlike most Final Fantasy games, which use self-contained stories and characters, X-2 continues the story of Final Fantasy X (2001). The story follows Yuna as she searches for Tidus, the main character of the previous game, while... | {"Title": "Final Fantasy X-2", "Caption": "North American box art depicting the main playable characters Rikku, Yuna and Paine", "Developer": "Square Product Development Division 1", "Publisher": "JP SquareNA Square EnixPAL Electronic Arts https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/09/23/ea-to-publish-ff-x-2-in-europe EA to Pu... |
Citizens Party () was a small pro-democracy political party existed in Hong Kong from 1997 to 2008. It was founded by Legislative Council member Christine Loh in May 1997.
Beliefs
Being part of the pro-democracy camp, the Citizens Party demanded democratisation with the ultimate aims of universal suffrage which was st... | {"Founded": "1997 5 4 yes", "Ideology": "Liberalism Environmentalism", "Political position": "Centre-left", "Regional affiliation": "Pro-democracy camp"} |
Laxey () is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Man. Its name derives from the Old Norse Laxa meaning 'Salmon River'. Its key distinguishing features are its three working vintage railways and the largest working waterwheel in the world. It is also the location of King Orry's Grave.
The village lies on the A2, ... | {"Crown dependency": "Isle of Man", "Population": "(Isle of Man census 2006)", "Parish": "Garff (Parish District)", "Sheading": "Garff", "House of Keys": "Garff", "Postcode district": "IM", "Dialling code": "01624", "OS grid reference": "SC434840"} |
Onchan (; ) is a village in the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man. It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after Douglas, with which it forms a conurbation.
In Manx the name for the village is Kione Droghad meaning "bridge... | {"Crown dependency": "Isle of Man", "Population": "(2006 census)", "Parish": "Onchan", "Sheading": "Middle", "House of Keys": "Onchan\nGarff", "Postcode district": "IM", "Dialling code": "01624", "OS grid reference": "SC407780"} |
Peel ( - Port of the Island) is a seaside town and small fishing port in the Isle of Man, in the historic parish of German but administered separately. Peel is the third largest town in the island after Douglas and Ramsey but the fourth largest settlement, as Onchan has the second largest population but is classified a... | {"Crown dependency": "Isle of Man", "Population": "2016 Isle of Man Census Report https://www.gov.im/media/1355784/2016-isle-of-man-census-report.pdf 19 July 2019 Gov.im", "Parish": "German", "Sheading": "Glenfaba", "House of Keys": "Glenfaba & Peel", "Postcode district": "IM", "OS grid reference": "SC246839", "Webs... |
Port St Mary ( or Purt-noo-Moirrey) is a village district in the south-west of the Isle of Man. The village takes its name from the former Chapel of St Mary () which is thought to have overlooked Chapel Bay in the village. Its population is 1,953 according to the 2011 census. In the 19th century it was sometimes called... | {"Crown dependency": "Isle of Man", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "Parish": "Rushen", "Sheading": "Rushen", "House of Keys": "Rushen", "Postcode district": "IM", "Dialling code": "01624", "OS grid reference": "SC209677"} |
Port Erin (, meaning lord's port) is a seaside village in the south-west of the Isle of Man, in the historic parish of Rushen. It was previously a seaside resort before the decline of the tourist trade. Administratively it is designated as a village district, with its own board of commissioners. The district covers aro... | {"Crown dependency": "Isle of Man", "Population": "(2011 census)", "Parish": "Rushen", "Sheading": "Rushen", "House of Keys": "Rushen", "Postcode district": "IM", "Dialling code": "01624"} |
Ramsey () is a coastal town in the north of the Isle of Man. It is the second largest town on the island after Douglas. Its population is 7,845 according to the 2016 Census. It has one of the biggest harbours on the island, and has a prominent derelict pier, called the Queen's Pier (currently under restoration). It was... | {"Crown dependency": "Isle of Man", "Population": "7,845", "Parish": "Ramsey", "Sheading": "Ayre", "House of Keys": "Ramsey Town", "Postcode district": "IM", "Dialling code": "+44 (0) 1624 / +44 (0) 7624", "OS grid reference": "SC449943"} |
is a Japanese video game designer and writer. Matsuno was first introduced to video games in arcades while waiting for the train, and first played Space Invaders and Xevious there. He attended Hosei University for foreign policy but dropped out, and after working for a time as an economic reporter, he joined Quest Corp... | {"Name": "Yasumi Matsuno", "Native name": "松野 泰己", "Birth date": "1965 10 24", "Occupation": "Video game designer writer", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Years active": "1989-present", "Known For": "Tactical role-playing games", "Notable works": "Ogre Battle Tactics Ogre Final Fantasy Tactics Vagrant Story Final Fantasy X... |
Antanas Smetona (; 10 August 1874 - 9 January 1944) was a Lithuanian intellectual, journalist and the first President of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and again from 1926 to 1940, before its occupation by the Soviet Union. In the second of these periods, he ruled as a dictator. He was one of the most important Lithuanian... | {"Name": "Antanas Smetona", "Prime minister 2": "Pranas DovydaitisMykolas SleževičiusErnestas Galvanauskas", "Successor 2": "Aleksandras Stulginskis", "Birth date": "yes 1874 8 10", "Birth place": "Užulėnis, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire", "Death date": "yes 1944 1 9 1874 8 10", "Death place": "Cleveland, Ohio, U.S... |
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