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William Nelson (born 18 December 1948) is an English singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, painter, video artist, writer and experimental musician. He rose to prominence as the chief songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of the rock group Be-Bop Deluxe, which he formed in 1972. Nelson has been described as "one of the... | {"Born": "Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Genres": "Experimental rock art rock glam rock electronic rock new wave post-punk ambient", "Labels": "Harvest/EMI Enigma CBS Cocteau Twentythree Populuxe Virgin Caroline Sonoluxe", "Formerly of": "Be-Bop Deluxe Bill Nelson's Red Noise", "Website": "billnelson.c... |
Augustinas Voldemaras (16 April 1883 - 16 May 1942) was a Lithuanian nationalist political figure. He briefly served as the country's first prime minister in 1918 and continued serving as the minister of foreign affairs until 1920, representing the fledgling Lithuanian state at the Versailles Peace Conference and the L... | {"Name": "Augustinas Voldemaras", "Term start": "11 November 1918", "Term end": "26 December 1918", "Office 2": "Minister of Foreign Affairs", "Successor 2": "Juozas Purickis", "Prime minister 2": "HimselfMykolas SleževičiusPranas DovydaitisErnestas Galvanauskas", "Birth date": "1883 04 16 y", "Birth place": "Dysna, Sv... |
Brian Reynolds (born 1967) is an American videogame designer. Reynolds has designed at SecretNewCo, Zynga, Big Huge Games, and MicroProse and has been chairman of the International Game Developers Association. He has played a major part in designing a number of multi-million selling games including Civilization II, Ris... | {"Name": "Brian Reynolds", "Caption": "Reynolds at E3 in 2003", "Birth date": "1967", "Occupation": "Videogame Designer", "Spouse(s)": "Jill Reynolds"} |
Electronic City is an information technology hub in Bangalore, India, located in Anekal taluk. Spread over 800 acres (3.2 km²) near Konappana Agrahara and Doddathogur it houses a large number of electronic/IT industrial parks.
Electronic City was established by KEONICS (Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporat... | {"Founded by": "R. K. Baliga MD. KEONICS", "Body": "BBMP, Industrial area: ELCITA Residential Area: Dodda Thogur Gram Panchayat", "Density": "auto", "Website": "www.electronic-city.in/", "ISO 3166 code": "IN-KA"} |
Charles Bernstein (born April 4, 1950) is an American poet, essayist, editor, and literary scholar. Bernstein is the Donald T. Regan Professor, Emeritus, Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is one of the most prominent members of the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=EKenneth Goldsmith, Duchamp Is My Lawyer: The Po... | {"Name": "Charles Bernstein", "Caption": "Charles Bernstein, New Zealand, 1986", "Birth date": "1950 04 04", "Birth place": "New York City, US", "Education": "Bronx High School of Science (1968)", "Alma mater": "Harvard College (AB, 1972)", "Occupation": "Poet\n essayist\n editor\n professor", "Employer": "University o... |
Harlon Junius Hill (May 4, 1932 - March 21, 2013)
was an American professional football end who played for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Hill played for the Chicago Bears, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Detroit Lions. He was the NFL Rookie of the Year in 1954 and winner of the Jim Thorpe Trophy... | {"Born:": "Killen, Alabama, U.S.", "Died:": "Florence, Alabama, U.S.", "Height:": "3", "Weight:": "199", "High school:": "Lauderdale (Rogersville, Alabama)", "College:": "Florence State", "NFL Draft:": "174"} |
"Echoes" is a song by the rock band Pink Floyd, and the sixth and last track on their 1971 album Meddle. It is 23 and a half minutes long and takes up the entire second side of the original LP. The track evolved from a variety of different musical themes and ideas, including instrumental passages and studio effects, re... | {"Released": "1971 10 30 yes", "Recorded": "3 March1 May 1971", "Studio": "Abbey Road, AIR and Morgan, London", "Genre": "Progressive rockMurphy Sean 22 May 2011 The 25 Best Progressive Rock Songs of All Time https://www.popmatters.com/141547-best-25-rock-songs-of-all-time-2496025727.html/2 live https://web.archive.org... |
Samuel William Smith (August 23, 1852 - June 19, 1931), was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
He was born in Independence Township and attended the common schools in Clarkston and Detroit. He began teaching school in 1869, served as superintendent of schools in Waterford Township in 1875 and also served a... | {"Name": "Samuel William Smith", "Term start": "March 4, 1897", "Term end": "March 3, 1915", "Birth date": "1852 8 23", "Birth place": "Independence Township, Michigan", "Death date": "1931 6 19 1852 8 23", "Death place": "Detroit, Michigan"} |
Francis Gwynne Tudor (29 January 1866 - 10 January 1922) was an Australian politician who served as the leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1916 until his death. He had previously been a government minister under Andrew Fisher and Billy Hughes.
Tudor was born in Melbourne to Welsh immigrant parents. He left scho... | {"Name": "Frank Tudor", "Term start": "17 February 1917", "Term end": "10 January 1922", "Office 2": "4th Leader of the Labor Party", "Deputy 2": "Albert Gardiner", "Predecessor 2": "Billy Hughes", "Successor 2": "Matthew Charlton", "Birth date": "1866 1 29 yes", "Birth place": "Williamstown, Victoria Colony, British E... |
Freedom from Torture (previously known as The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture) is a British registered charity which provides therapeutic care for survivors of torture who seek protection in the UK.About Freedom from Torture, accessed 13 March 2017 Since it was established in 1985, over 57,000 sur... | {"Type": "Charity", "Location": "United Kingdom (Birmingham, Glasgow, London, Manchester and Newcastle)", "Services": "Treating survivors of torture, advocacy", "Website": "http://www.freedomfromtorture.org/"} |
Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (12 November 1755 - 28 June 1813) was a Hanoverian-born general in Prussian service from 1801. As the first Chief of the Prussian General Staff, he was noted for his military theories, his reforms of the Prussian army, and his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars. Scharnhorst limit... | {"Birth name": "Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst", "Born": "Bordenau, Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire", "Died": "Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire", "Allegiance": "Prussia 1803 Prussia", "Awards": "Pour le Mérite"} |
The Gripping Hand is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, published in 1993. A sequel to their 1974 work The Mote in God's Eye, The Gripping Hand is, chronologically, the last novel to be set in the CoDominium universe (though in 2010, Pournelle's daughter, Jennifer, published ... | {"Cover artist": "Lee MacLeod", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "CoDominium", "Publisher": "Pocket Books", "Pages": "401", "ISBN": "0-671-79573-2", "Preceded by": "The Mote in God's Eye", "Followed by": "Outies"} |
Margaret Eleanor Whiting (July 22, 1924 - January 10, 2011) was an American popular music and country music singer who gained popularity in the 1940s and 1950s.Mapes, Jillian. "Margaret Whiting, Iconic Standards Singer, Dies at 86". Billboard, January 12, 2011.
Biography
Youth
Whiting was born in Detroit.Heckman, Don... | {"Born": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Died": "Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.", "Genres": "Jazz, traditional pop", "Labels": "Capitol, Dot, Verve, London, Audiophile, DRG", "Website": "Musical biography of Margaret Whiting"} |
The Ubaid period (c. 5500-3700 BC)Carter, Robert A. and Philip, Graham Beyond the Ubaid: Transformation and Integration in the Late Prehistoric Societies of the Middle East (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization, Number 63) The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (2010) p. 2; "Radiometric data suggest ... | {"Culture name": "Ubaid period", "Image name": "Iraq 265 yes center none A clickable map of Iraq detailing important sites that were occupied during the Ubaid period.\n \nIraq 30.815833 45.996111 left 50 Tell Abu Shahrain\nIraq 30.972222 46.030556 right 50 Tell al-'Ubaid\nIraq 31.243 45.885 top 50 Tell el-'Oueili\nIraq... |
Darren Stanley Hayes (born 8 May 1972) is an Australian singer, songwriter, music producer and composer. He was the frontman and singer of the pop duo Savage Garden until their disbandment. Their 1997 album Savage Garden peaked at number 1 in Australia, number 2 in the United Kingdom and number 3 in the United States. ... | {"Name": "Darren Hayes", "Caption": "Hayes in 2012", "Birth name": "Darren Stanley Hayes", "Birth date": "1972 05 08 y", "Birth place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Spouse(s)": "Colby Taylor 1994 2000 divorced Richard Cullen 2013 2023 separated", "Occupation": "Singer songwriter music producer composer", "Years ... |
Edward Mulhare (8 April 1923 - 24 May 1997) was an Irish actor whose career spanned five decades. He is best known for his starring roles in two television series: The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Knight Rider.
Early life and career
Mulhare, one of three brothers, was born at 22 Quaker Road, Cork City, County Cork, Ireland, ... | {"Name": "Edward Mulhare", "Image": "Edward Mulhare Hope Lange The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.JPG", "Caption": "Mulhare and Hope Lange in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, in 1968.", "Birth date": "yes 1923 04 08", "Birth place": "Quaker Road, Cork, Ireland", "Death date": "yes 1997 05 24 1923 04 08", "Death place": "Van Nuys, Califor... |
Johann David Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (born von Yorck; 26 September 1759 – 4 October 1830) was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall instrumental in the switching of the Kingdom of Prussia from a French alliance to a Russian alliance during the War of the Sixth Coalition. Ludwig van Beethoven's "Yorckscher Marsch" is... | {"Birth name": "Johann David Ludwig von Yorck", "Born": "Potsdam, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire", "Died": "Klein-Öls, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia German Confederation(Present-day Oleśnica Mała, Silesia Voivodeship, Poland)", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of Prussia 1750Dutch Rep... |
Apache Nutch is a highly extensible and scalable open source web crawler software project.
Features
thumb|Nutch robot mascot
Nutch is coded entirely in the Java programming language, but data is written in language-independent formats. It has a highly modular architecture, allowing developers to create plug-ins for ... | {"Original author(s)": "Doug Cutting, Mike Cafarella", "Developer(s)": "Apache Software Foundation", "Repository": "https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?pnutch.git Nutch Repository", "Written in": "Java", "Type": "Web crawler", "License": "Apache License 2.0", "Website": "//nutch.apache.org"} |
The Boondocks was a daily syndicated comic strip written and originally drawn by Aaron McGruder that ran from 1996 to 2006. Created by McGruder in 1996 for Hitlist.com, an early online music website, it was printed in the monthly hip hop magazine The Source in 1997. As it gained popularity, the comic strip was picked u... | {"Author(s)": "Aaron McGruder", "Illustrator(s)": "Aaron McGruderJennifer Seng (2003-2004)Carl Jones", "Current status/schedule": "Concluded daily strip", "Launch date": "February 8, 1996", "Publisher(s)": "Three Rivers PressAndrews McMeel Publishing", "Genre(s)": "Satire"} |
Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Seydlitz (3 February 1721 - 8 November 1773) was a Prussian officer, lieutenant general, and among the greatest of the Prussian cavalry generals. He commanded one of the first Hussar squadrons of Frederick the Great's army and is credited with the development of the Prussian cavalry to i... | {"Born": "Kalkar, Duchy of Clèves in the Holy Roman Empire", "Died": "Ohlau, Prussian Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia in the Holy Roman Empire", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of Prussia 1750", "Awards": "Order of the Black EaglePour le Mérite Name inscribed on the Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great"} |
Gujranwala (Punjabi/; ) is a city and capital of Gujranwala Division located in Pakistan. It is also known as "City of Wrestlers" and is quite famous for its food. It is the 5th most populous city proper after Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi respectively. Founded in the 18th century, Gujranwala is a relative... | {"Type": "Metropolitan Corporation", "Density": "auto", "Rank": "5th, Pakistan", "Website": "http://gujranwaladivision.gop.pk/"} |
Neruda is the third studio album by the Canadian rock band Red Rider, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). The album was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Toronto, Ontario. The figure on the album cover was inspired by Denise Sexton. The instrumental track "Light In The Tunnel" followed by "Power" (with vocals) have ... | {"Released": "January 18, 1983", "Studio": "Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, ON", "Genre": "Rock", "Label": "Capitol", "Producer": "David Tickle(except tracks 6 and 7 produced by Ed Thacker)"} |
James Gadsden (May 15, 1788December 26, 1858) was an American diplomat, soldier and businessman after whom the Gadsden Purchase is named, pertaining to land which the United States bought from Mexico, and which became the southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico. James Gadsden served as Adjutant General of the U.S. ... | {"Name": "James Gadsden", "Alt": "Lieutenant James Gadsden", "Caption": "painted by Charles Fraser, circa 1831", "Birth date": "May 15, 1788", "Birth place": "Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "December 26, 1858 (aged 70)", "Occupation": "Diplomat soldier businessman", "Known For": "Gadsden Purchase", "R... |
Hans Karl Friedrich Anton Graf von Diebitsch und Narten (, tr. ; 13 May 1785 – 10 June 1831) was a German-born soldier serving as Russian field marshal.
Career
Hans Karl was educated at the Berlin cadet school, but by the desire of his father, Frederick II's aide-de-camp who had passed into the service of Russia, he... | {"Other name(s)": "Ivan Ivanovich Dibich-Zabalkansky", "Born": "Groß Leipe, Lower Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia", "Died": "Kleszewo, Kingdom of Poland", "Allegiance": "Russian Empire", "Awards": "Order of St. GeorgePour le MériteOrder of the Red EagleOrder of St. VladimirOrder of Saint AnnaOrder of Saint Alexander Nevsky... |
Christopher Gadsden (February 16, 1724 - August 28, 1805) was an American politician who was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Lieut... | {"Name": "Christopher Gadsden", "Alternative text": "Christopher Gadsden", "Image caption": "Portrait by Charles Fraser", "Term start": "January 24, 1780", "Term end": "January 31, 1782", "Birth place": "Charleston, South Carolina, British America", "Death place": "Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.", "Birth date": "1724... |
Villahoz is a village and municipality in the Province of Burgos, Spain. The village is in the wine region known as Ribera del Arlanza, 15 km from Lerma.
References
External links
Guide about Villahoz
Category:Municipalities in the Province of Burgos | {"Land": "51", "Water": "0.00", "Density": "population_total", "DST": "+2", "Website": "https://web.archive.org/web/20051214204427/http://www.aytovillahoz.com:80/"} |
Redwall is a fantasy novel by Brian Jacques. Originally published in 1986, it is the first book of the Redwall series. The book was illustrated by Gary Chalk, with the British cover illustration by Pete Lyon and the US cover by Troy Howell. It is also one of the three Redwall novels to be made into an animated televisi... | {"Cover artist": "Pete Lyon", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "Redwall", "Publisher": "Hutchinson (UK) Philomel (US)", "Media type": "Print (hardback and paperback)", "Pages": "311 (UK hardback) 351 (US hardback)", "ISBN": "(UK hardback) 0-399-21424-0 yes (US hardback)", "Followed by": ... |
10 Things I Hate About You is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Gil Junger and starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik. The screenplay, by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, is a modernization of William Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew, retold i... | {"Directed by": "Gil Junger", "Produced by": "Andrew Lazar", "Based on": "The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare", "Written by": "Karen McCullah\n Kirsten Smith", "Starring": "Julia Stiles\n Heath Ledger\n Joseph Gordon-Levitt\n Larisa Oleynik\n Larry Miller\n Andrew Keegan\n David Krumholtz\n Susan May Pratt", "M... |
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie; 10 March 1776 - 19 July 1810) was Queen of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William III. The couple's happy, though short-lived, marriage produced nine children, including the future monarchs Frederick William IV of Prussia and Wilhelm I, German Empe... | {"Born": "Hanover, Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire", "Died": "Schloss Hohenzieritz, Kingdom of Prussia", "Burial": "Mausoleum at Charlottenburg Palace", "Father": "Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz", "Mother": "Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt", "Religion": "Lutheran"} |
Engineering and Research Corporation (ERCO) was started by Henry Berliner in 1930. Berliner was the son of Emile Berliner, who had patented numerous inventions relating to sound and acoustics, and pioneer of helicopter development with the experimental Berliner Helicopter.
The younger Berliner founded ERCO to produce ... | {"Founded": "1930", "Headquarters": "Riverdale, Maryland", "Industry": "Aerospace and defense", "Products": "Erco Ercoupe", "Parent": "ACF"} |
Civil Force () is a district-based pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong. Since 2014, the Civil Force has entered an alliance with the New People's Party of Regina Ip. Headed by chairman Pun Kwok-shan, it had its stronghold in the Sha Tin and Sai Kung Districts and had once the majority of seats in the Sha Tin Distr... | {"Founded": "December 1993", "Headquarters": "Flat F, 1st Floor,Kam Fai Building,74 Chik Fuk Street,Tai Wai", "Ideology": "Conservatism", "Political position": "Centre-right", "Regional affiliation": "New People's Party(Pro-Beijing camp)"} |
The Rideau Centre () (corporately styled as CF Rideau Centre) is a three-level shopping centre on Rideau Street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It borders on Rideau Street, the ByWard Market, the Rideau Canal, the Mackenzie King Bridge, and Nicholas Street in Downtown Ottawa. Over 20 million people visit the mall annually.... | {"Address": "50 Rideau StreetOttawa, OntarioK1N 9J7", "Coordinates": "45.4243 N 75.6907 W type:landmark_region:CA-ON inline,title", "Opening date": "March 16, 1983", "Developer": "Viking Rideau, Eaton's", "No. of stores and services": "180http://www.shopping-canada.com/shopping-malls-centers/ontario/ottawa/rideau-cente... |
Mary Morello (born October 1, 1923) is an American activist who founded the anti-censorship group Parents for Rock and Rap in 1987.
Early life
Morello was born in 1923 in Marseilles, Illinois. In 1954, she earned a master's degree in African and Latin American/Peru history at Loyola University in Chicago. She spent th... | {"Name": "Mary Morello", "Birth date": "1923 10 01", "Birth place": "Marseilles, Illinois", "Education": "M.S. Loyola University", "Occupation": "High school teacher Activist", "Spouse(s)": "Ngethe Njoroge", "Children": "Tom Morello", "Family": "Njoroge Mungai (brother-in-law) Jemimah Gecaga (sister-in-law)"} |
Scott Douglas Meyers (born April 9, 1959) is an American author and software consultant, specializing in the C++ computer programming language. He is known for his Effective C++ book series. During his career, he was a frequent speaker at conferences and trade shows.
Biography
He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from... | {"Name": "Scott Meyers", "Birth date": "yes 1959 4 9", "Alma mater": "Stanford University (M.Sc), Brown University (PhD)", "Known For": "Effective Software Development Series"} |
Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík (MR; official name in English: Reykjavik Junior College) is a junior college in Iceland. It is located in Reykjavík.
The school traces its origin to 1056, when a school was established in Skálholt, and it remains one of the oldest institutions in Iceland. The school was moved to Reykjavík in ... | {"Coordinates": "64.1460 N 21.9368 W region:IS_type:edu inline,title", "National ranking": "1st (2012)http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2012/05/23/mr_og_mh_i_efstu_saetum/ MR og MH í efstu sætum", "Classrooms": "40", "Song": "Faðir andanna", "Nickname": "MR", "Nobel laureate": "2", "Website": "mr.is"} |
Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal (; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
She began her career as a teenager with small roles in several of her father's fil... | {"Name": "Maggie Gyllenhaal", "Caption": "Gyllenhaal in 2021", "Birth name": "Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal", "Birth date": "1977 11 16", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Education": "Columbia University (BA)", "Occupation": "Actress filmmaker", "Years active": "1992-present", "Spouse(s)": "Peter Sarsgaard 2009", "Chi... |
Camino Real is a 1953 play by Tennessee Williams. In the introduction to the Penguin edition of the play, Williams directs the reader to use the Anglicized pronunciation "Cá-mino Réal." The play takes its title from its setting, alluded to El Camino Real, a dead-end place in a Spanish-speaking town surrounded by desert... | {"Written by": "Tennessee Williams", "Characters": "Kilroy Gutman Casanova Marguerite Gautier The Gypsy Esmeralda (the Gypsy's daughter) Don Quixote Lord Byron Baron de Charlus Lady Mulligan Lord Mulligan", "Setting": "The end of Camíno Re-ál and the beginning of Camino Real", "Date premiered": "Mar... |
Alaska is a 1988 historical novel by James A. Michener. Like other Michener titles, Alaska spans a considerable amount of time, traced through the gradual interlinking of several families.
Plot introduction
Alaska is 868 pages long. Along with the reading, Michener provides a table of contents, a list of acknowledgeme... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Random House", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover)", "Pages": "868 pp", "ISBN": "0-394-55154-0"} |
Palmitos Park is a botanical garden, aviary and zoo on the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.
Geography & climate
The park is located in a countryside area, near Pilancones Natural Park, towards south of the island; about north of the tourist beaches and dunes of Maspalomas, but towards the interior. The... | {"Zoo name": "Palmitos Park", "Date opened": "1978Re-opened:2008", "Location": "Gran Canaria, Spain", "Owner": "Aspro Parks", "Total area": "49 acres", "Coordinates": "27.833621 -15.617162 type:landmark inline,title", "Number of species": "Cacti:160Palm trees:42Birds:230", "Exhibits": "Dolphins, birds of prey, eagles, ... |
Joshua Lionel Cowen (August 25, 1877 - September 8, 1965), born Joshua Lionel Cohen, was an American inventor and cofounder of Lionel Corporation, a manufacturer of model railroads and toy trains that gained prominence in the market before and after World War II.
Early life
Joshua Lionel was born in New York on Augus... | {"Name": "Joshua Lionel Cowen", "Caption": "circa 1903", "Nationality": "American", "Birth date": "1877 8 25", "Birth place": "Queens, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "yes 1965 9 8 1877 8 25", "Death place": "Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Cecelia \"Mimia\" Liberman 1904 1946 died\n Lillian Appel Herman 1949"... |
Josephine Grace Brand (born 23 July 1957) is an English comedian, writer, presenter and actress. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up scene and early performances on Saturday Live, she went on to appear on The Brain Drain, Channel 4's Jo Brand Throug... | {"Birth name": "Josephine Grace Brand", "Born": "yes 1957 07 23", "Alma mater": "Brunel University", "Spouse": "Bernie Bourke 1997", "Medium": "Stand-up television film", "Years active": "1986-present", "Genres": "Observational comedy alternative", "Children": "2"} |
Thomas Reid Pearson (born 1956) is an American writer. Pearson also writes crime fiction under the pen name Rick Gavin.
Biography
Pearson was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was a student at North Carolina State University, where he gained a BA and MA in English. He went on to teach at Peace College in Ral... | {"Born": "1956", "Pen name": "Rick Gavin", "Occupation": "Writer", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "North Carolina State University (BA, MA)"} |
Hat Trick Productions is an independent British production company that produces television and radio programmes, mainly specialising in comedy, based in London.
History
Hat Trick Productions was founded in 1986 by Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville, and Denise O'Donoghue. Its first commission was Chelmsford 123, a situatio... | {"Type": "Limited company", "Founded": "1986", "Headquarters": "London, England, UK", "Industry": "Television production"} |
Benjamin Lincoln (January 24, 1733 (O.S. January 13, 1733) - May 9, 1810) was an American army officer. He served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Lincoln was involved in three major surrenders during the war: his participation in the Battles of Saratoga (sustaining a wo... | {"Name": "Benjamin Lincoln", "Image caption": "1784 portrait by Charles Wilson Peale", "Term start": "1789", "Term end": "1809", "Office 2": "1st United States Secretary at War", "Predecessor 2": "Position established", "Successor 2": "Henry Knox", "Birth date": "1733 1 24", "Birth place": "Hingham, Massachusetts Bay, ... |
Room 101 is a BBC comedy television series based on the radio series of the same name, in which celebrities are invited to discuss their pet hates and persuade the host to consign those hates to oblivion in Room 101, a location whose name was inspired by the torture room in George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Fo... | {"Also known as": "Room 101 - Extra Storage (extended repeats)", "Genre": "Comedy panel game", "Directed by": "John F. D. Northover (1994-1997) Phil Chilvers (1999) Geraldine Dowd (2000-2007) Paul Wheeler (2012) Ian Lorimer (2012-2018)", "Presented by": "Nick Hancock (1994-1997) Paul Merton (1999-2007) Frank Skinner (2... |
The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins) are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They belong to the Pancha Gauda Brahmin group from the Kashmir Valley, a mountainous region located within the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Kashmiri Pandits... | {"Name": "Kashmiri Pandits", "Image": "200px", "Image caption": "Kashmiri Pandits in Srinagar, 1895 CE", "Population": "300,000Singh Devinder 21 November 2014 Reinventing Agency, Sacred Geography and Community Formation: The Case of Displaced Kashmiri Pandits in India en Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 397-414 1... |
Daniel John-Jules (born 16 September 1960) is a British actor, singer and dancer. He is best known for playing Cat in the sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf, Barrington in the comic children's series Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, and policeman Dwayne Myers in the crime drama Death in Paradise. He was also a protagonist in... | {"Name": "Danny John-Jules", "Image": "DannyJohn-JulesPlaycomLive08.2 (cropped).JPG", "Caption": "John-Jules in 2008", "Birth name": "Daniel John-Jules", "Birth date": "y 1960 09 16", "Birth place": "Paddington, London, England", "Known For": "Red DwarfMaid Marian and Her Merry MenBlade IIDeath in ParadiseM.I. High", "... |
Sir David Paradine Frost (7 April 1939 - 31 August 2013) was an English television host, journalist, comedian and writer. He rose to prominence during the satire boom in the United Kingdom when he was chosen to host the satirical programme That Was the Week That Was in 1962. His success on this show led to work as a h... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "David Frost", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% OBE", "Caption": "Frost during an interview with Donald Rumsfeld in 2005", "Birth name": "David Paradine Frost", "Birth date": "1939 4 7 yes", "Birth place": "Tenterden, Kent, England", "Death date": "2013 8 31 1939 4 7 yes", "Death place": "... |
The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization is a book by Peter Senge (a senior lecturer at MIT) focusing on group problem solving using the systems thinking method in order to convert companies into learning organizations that learn to create results that matter as an organization. The five ... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Currency", "ISBN": "(first edition) 0-385-51725-4 (second edition)"} |
Martin Seamus "Marty" McFly is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Back to the Future franchise. He is a high school student who accidentally becomes a time traveler and alters history after his friend Emmett Brown invents a DeLorean time machine.
Canadian actor Michael J. Fox portrays him in the film tri... | {"First appearance": "Back to the Future (1985)", "Last appearance": "Back to the Future Part III (1990)", "Created by": "Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale", "Portrayed by": "Michael J. Fox", "Voiced by": "Mark Campbell (singing voice; Part I)\n David Kaufman (The Animated Series)\n A. J. Locascio (The Game)\n Michael J. Fox (T... |
Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor, filmmaker and artist. He is known for portraying eccentric character roles on screen. His breakout role was as George McFly in Back to the Future (1985), which he followed by playing Layne, one of the leading roles in River's Edge (1986). Through the 19... | {"Name": "Crispin Glover", "Caption": "Glover in 2010", "Birth name": "Crispin Hellion Glover", "Birth date": "1964 4 20", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1981-present", "Father": "Bruce Glover", "Website": "crispinglover.com"} |
Mount Kitchener is a mountain located within the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park, which is part of the Canadian Rockies. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway (highway 93) near Sunwapta Pass.
Mt. Kitchener was originally named Mount Douglas by J. Norman Collie after David Douglas. In 1916, the ... | {"Elevation": "735 Mount Kitchener 2007-08-31", "Prominence": "25 Mount Kitchener 2013-05-17", "Location": "Location in SE Alberta", "Coordinates": "IABQE Mount Kitchener 2021-03-31"} |
Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and director.
She is best known for her role as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985-1990), Beverly Switzler in Howard the Duck (1986), and Amanda Jones in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987). Other films for whi... | {"Name": "Lea Thompson", "Image": "Lea Thompson February 2015 crop.JPG", "Caption": "Thompson in 2015", "Birth name": "Lea Katherine Thompson", "Birth date": "1961 5 31", "Birth place": "Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress, director, singer, dancer", "Years active": "1982-present (acting)\n 2006-presen... |
Summerside is a Canadian city in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is the second largest city in the province and the primary service centre for the western part of the island.
History
Summerside was officially incorporated as a town on April 1, 1877. On April 1, 1995, the Town of Summerside amalgamated with ... | {"Density": "auto", "Metro density": "auto", "DST": "-3", "Website": "http://www.city.summerside.pe.ca"} |
Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (HMKG) (lit., His Majesty The King's Guard; the Royal Guards) is a battalion of the Norwegian Army. The battalion has two main roles; it serves as the Norwegian King's bodyguards, guarding the royal residences (the Royal Palace in Oslo, Bygdøy Kongsgård and Skaugum) and Akershus Fortress in ... | {"Allegiance": "30px Monarchy of Norway", "Type": "Foot Guards", "Branch": "Norway", "Role": "Multi-Role Light InfantryUrban WarfarePublic Duties", "Part of": "Norwegian Army", "Size": "1300; 1100 conscripts151 others", "Nickname(s)": "GardenThe Black Devils", "Motto(s)": "Alt for Kongen!(Everything for the King!)", "M... |
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (12 January 1759) was the second child and eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his consort Caroline of Ansbach. She was the wife of William IV, Prince of Orange, the first hereditary stadtholder of all seven provinces of the Northern Netherlands. She was Re... | {"Father": "George II of Great Britain", "Mother": "Caroline of Ansbach", "Born": "Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire", "Died": "The Hague, Dutch Republic", "Burial": "Nieuwe Kerk, Delft"} |
Botley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chesham, in Buckinghamshire, England.
The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means Botta's Clearing.
Botley includes the Hen and Chickens public house and Goose Acre pond. Most of the houses in Botley are on Botley Road. Botley is divided between the civil parishes of ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Chesham and Amersham", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01494", "OS grid reference": "SP9802"} |
200px|thumb|Sign at the top of Parbold Hill showing which landmarks can be seen in different directions
Parbold is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England.
Local government
Parbold had a population of 2,582 at the 2011 Census.
West Lancashire is divided into 19 parish councils, the first tier of local ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(settlement) 3,784(ward) (2011 census)", "District": "West Lancashire", "Shire county": "Lancashire", "UK Parliament": "West Lancashire", "Postcode district": "WN", "Dialling code": "01257", "OS grid reference": "SD495115"} |
Paul Adolph Volcker Jr. (September 5, 1927 - December 8, 2019) was an American economist who served as the 12th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987. During his tenure as chairman, Volcker was widely credited with having ended the high levels of inflation seen in the United States throughout the 1970s and ... | {"Name": "Paul Volcker", "Term start": "February 6, 2009", "Term end": "February 6, 2011", "Office 2": "12th Chairman of the Federal Reserve", "President 2": "Jimmy CarterRonald Reagan", "Deputy 2": "Frederick H. SchultzPreston MartinManuel H. Johnson", "Predecessor 2": "G. William Miller", "Successor 2": "Alan Greensp... |
Botolph Claydon is a hamlet in the civil parish of East Claydon, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated about east of Bicester in Oxfordshire, and north west of Aylesbury.
Anciently the hamlet was called Botyl Claydon. The prefix comes from the Anglo-Saxon word botyl meaning 'house'. The word Claydon is also... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Aylesbury", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01296", "OS grid reference": "SP7324"} |
Bourne End is a village mostly in the parish of Wooburn, but partly in that of Little Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England. It is about five miles (8 km) south-east of High Wycombe and three miles (5 km) east of Marlow, near the boundary with Berkshire and close to where the Buckinghamshire River Wye empties into the Tha... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "5320", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Beaconsfield", "Postcode district": "SL", "Dialling code": "01628", "OS grid reference": "SU895875"} |
Winterbourne is a large village in South Gloucestershire, England, situated just beyond the north fringe of Bristol.OS Explorer Map, Bristol and Bath, Keynsham & Marshfield. Scale: 1:25 000.Publisher: Ordnance Survey B4 edition (2013). The village had a population of 8,965 according to the 2011 census. This has risen ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)WINTERBOURNE https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/south_gloucestershire/E04012636__winterbourne/ City population 25 October 2022", "Unitary authority": "South Gloucestershire", "Ceremonial county": "Gloucestershire", "UK Parliament": "F... |
Boveney is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dorney, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated near Windsor, between the villages of Eton Wick in Berkshire, and Dorney and Dorney Reach in Buckinghamshire. Since boundary changes in 1974 and 1995, Boveney is the southernmost village in Buckinghams... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Beaconsfield", "Postcode district": "SL", "Dialling code": "01753", "OS grid reference": "SU938777"} |
William Howard Gass (July 30, 1924 - December 6, 2017) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic, and philosophy professor. He wrote three novels, three collections of short stories, a collection of novellas, and seven volumes of essays, three of which won National Book Critics Circle Award prizes... | {"Born": "1924 7 30", "Died": "2017 12 06 1924 7 30", "Occupation": "Short story writer\n novelist\n essayist\n critic\n philosophy professor", "Nationality": "American", "Alma mater": "Kenyon College (AB) Cornell University (PhD)", "Period": "1959-2017", "Literary movement": "Postmodernism, metafiction"} |
Rankin Inlet (;Rankin Inlet Inuktitut syllabics: ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅResearch Database or Kangirliniq, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, or Kangir&iniq'Language watchdog needed in Nunavut meaning deep bay/inlet) is an Inuit hamlet on the Kudlulik Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. It is the largest hamlet and second-largest settlement in Nunavut, after the territo... | {"Type": "Hamlet Council", "Density": "148.5", "DST": "-05:00", "Website": "www.rankininlet.net"} |
Bow Brickhill is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is bounded to the north, west and east by the Milton Keynes urban area, approximately east of Fenny Stratford, west of Woburn Sands and south-east of Central Milton Keynes.
The villag... | {"OS grid reference": "SP9034", "Population": "(2011 Census)E04012177 Bow Brickhill 17 November 2019", "Unitary authority": "Milton Keynes", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Milton Keynes South", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01908"} |
Bradenham is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is near Saunderton, off the main A4010 road between Princes Risborough and High Wycombe.
Village
thumb|left|Bluebells in Bradenham Woods, Buckinghamshire
The village name is Anglo-Saxon and means 'broad enclosure', referring to the fact that the... | {"Population": "(2011 Census)E04001593 Bradenham Parish 12 July 2022", "OS grid reference": "SU823971", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "HP14", "Dialling code": "01494", "UK Parliament": "Wycombe"} |
Innocence Project, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal organization that is committed to exonerating individuals who have been wrongly convicted, through the use of DNA testing and working to reform the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. The group cites various studies estimating that in the United St... | {"Legal status": "501(c)(3)https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/search-for-tax-exempt-organizations Innocence Project Inc. (within Search for Tax Exempt Organizations) Internal Revenue Service August 11, 2021", "Type": "Nonprofit organization", "Headquarters": "40 Worth Street, New York, NY 10013", "Affiliations":... |
Bradwell is an ancient village and modern district in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, situated approximately north-west of Central Milton Keynes. It has also given its name to a modern civil parish that is part of the City of Milton Keynes. The village was adjacent to Bradwell Abbey, a Benedictine priory, f... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)(Civil Parish) E04012178 Bradwell 17 November 2019", "Unitary authority": "Milton Keynes", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Milton Keynes North", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01908", "OS grid reference": "SP835395", "Web... |
Broughton (, ) is a historic village, modern district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, situated approximately east of Central Milton Keynes. , it is governed by Broughton and Milton Keynes Joint Parish Council, which it shares with the neighboring Milton Keynes parish. Today, Broughton is a... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)E04012179 Broughton 17 November 2019", "Unitary authority": "Milton Keynes", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Milton Keynes North", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01908", "OS grid reference": "SP895399"} |
The 1972 Canadian federal election was held on October 30, 1972, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 29th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party led by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, which won 109 seats, compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progres... | {"Name": "1972 Canadian federal election", "Country": "Canada", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1968 Canadian federal election", "Previous year": "1968", "Election date": "October 30, 1972", "Next election": "1974 Canadian federal e... |
Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor. His career began with a leading role in King of the Gypsies (1978) for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. He was nominated again at the Golden Globes for his role in Bob Fosse's Star 80 (1983). Roberts' performance in Runaway Train... | {"Name": "Eric Roberts", "Caption": "Roberts in 2015", "Birth name": "Eric Anthony Roberts", "Birth date": "1956 4 18", "Birth place": "Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1974-present", "Notable works": "Full list", "Spouse(s)": "Eliza Garrett 1992", "Partner(s)": "Sandy Dennis (1980-19... |
Buckland is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is near the boundary with Hertfordshire, close to Aston Clinton. The hamlet of Buckland Wharf is in the parish. It takes its name from its wharf on the Wendover Branch of the Grand Union Canal that passes through ... | {"OS grid reference": "SP8812", "Population": "(2011 Census)Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Aylesbury", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01296"} |
Argeo Paul Cellucci (; April 24, 1948 - June 8, 2013) was an American politician and diplomat from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Republican, he served as the 69th governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2001, and as the United States Ambassador to Canada from 2001 to 2005. He also served as the Commonwealth's 68t... | {"Name": "Paul Cellucci", "Term start": "April 17, 2001", "Term end": "March 18, 2005", "Lieutenant 1": "Jane Swift", "Office 2": "68th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts", "Governor 2": "Bill Weld", "Predecessor 2": "Evelyn Murphy", "Successor 2": "Jane Swift", "Birth name": "Argeo Paul Cellucci", "Birth date": "194... |
Cayman Airways is the flag carrier airline of the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands. With its head office in Grand Cayman, it operates mainly as an international and domestic scheduled passenger carrier, with cargo services available on most routes. Its operations are based at Owen Roberts International ... | {"Airline name": "Cayman Airways", "Image size (px)": "250", "IATA Designator": "KX", "ICAO Designator": "CAY", "Callsign": "CAYMAN", "Major hubs": "Owen Roberts International Airport", "Subsidiaries": "Cayman Airways Express", "Founded": "1968 (as Cayman Brac Airways)Norwood Tom Wegg, John North American Airlines Hand... |
Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) is a supermax prison facility in Crescent City, California. The prison takes its name from a shallow bay on the Pacific coast, about to the west.
Facilities
thumb|Location of Crescent City in Del Norte county and location of Del Norte in California
The prison is located in a detached ... | {"Location": "Crescent City, Del Norte County, California", "Coordinates": "41.855 -124.15 region:US-CA_type:landmark_source:wikimapia inline,title", "Status": "Operational", "Security class": "SupermaxFebruary 2022", "Capacity": "2,380February 2022", "Population": "July 2022https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/research/wp-content/... |
HM Prison Holloway was a closed category prison for adult women and young offenders in Holloway, London, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. It was the largest women's prison in western Europe, until its closure in 2016.
History
thumb|right|220px|British police began using covert photography as a mean... | {"Location": "Holloway, London, England", "Coordinates": "51 33 15 N 00 07 30 W type:landmark_scale:2000_region:GB inline,title", "Security class": "Adult female/Young offenders", "Population": "January 2008", "Opened": "1852", "Closed": "2016", "Managed by": "HM Prison Services", "Website": "holloway Holloway"} |
The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, formerly and still informally called the Hotel Vancouver, is a historic hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. Located along West Georgia Street the hotel is situated within the city's Financial District, in Downtown Vancouver. The hotel was designed by two architects, John Smith Archibald,... | {"Name": "Fairmont Hotel Vancouver", "Former names": "Hotel Vancouver(1939-2001)", "Highest_region": "Vancouver", "Highest_start": "1939", "Highest_end": "1972", "Highest_prev": "Marine Building", "Highest_next": "TD Tower", "Architectural_style": "Châteauesque", "Caption": "Present day Hotel Vancouver", "Location": "9... |
The Victorian Certificate of Education (often abbreviated VCE) is one credential available to secondary school students who successfully complete year 11 and 12 in the Australian state of Victoria as well as in some international schools in China, Malaysia, Philippines, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.
About 67% of all 19-ye... | {"Acronym": "VCE", "Type": "Paper-based Standardised Exam", "Developer / administrator": "Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority", "Purpose": "Admission to undergraduate programs of universities and colleges", "Year started": "1987", "Duration": "Various", "Score / grade range": "0-50 study scores", "Knowledge /... |
Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2. It is generally opaque, but it is translucent in thin crystals. Its luster and multiple crystal faces produce a desirable gem. Cassiterite was the chief tin ore throughout ancient history and remains the most important source of tin today.
Occurrence
thumb|left|Cassiterite bi... | {"Category": "Oxide minerals", "IMA symbol": "CstWarr L.N. 2021 IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291-320 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 2021MinM...85..291W 235729616 free", "Strunz classification": "4.DB.05", "Unit cell": "a = 4.7382(4) Å, c = 3.1871(1) Å; Z = 2", "Twinning": "Very common on {011}, a... |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates, typically shortened to Skadden, is an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York City. The company is known for its work on company mergers and takeovers.
History
The firm was founded in 1948 in New York by Marshall Skadden, John Slate and Les Ar... | {"Headquarters": "One Manhattan WestNew York CityUnited States https://www.skadden.com/locations/americas/new-york New York Skadden May 24, 2020", "Major practice areas": "Transactions, litigation/controversy and regulatoryhttp://www.skadden.com/index.cfm?contentID=4&viewType=1 Practices Skadden.com 2014-02-08 de... |
Richard Allen York (September 4, 1928 - February 20, 1992) was an American radio, stage, film, and television actor. He was the first actor to play Darrin Stephens on the ABC fantasy sitcom Bewitched. He played teacher Bertram Cates in the film Inherit the Wind (1960).
York's career was hampered by a serious back inj... | {"Name": "Dick York", "Image": "Dick York 1965.JPG", "Caption": "Dick York in 1965", "Birth name": "Richard Allen YorkDick York; Co-Starred in TV Series 'Bewitched' Oliver, Myrna February 22, 1992 Los Angeles Times 22 Born in South Bend, Ind., and reared in Depression-era Chicago, Richard Allen York claimed that he beg... |
Gertrude Chandler Warner (April 16, 1890 - August 30, 1979) was an American author, mainly of children's stories. She was most famous for writing the original book of The Boxcar Children and for the next eighteen books in the series.
Biography
Warner was born on April 16, 1890, in Connecticut, to Edgar Morris Warner a... | {"Name": "Gertrude Chandler Warner", "Birth date": "1890 4 16", "Birth place": "Putnam, Connecticut", "Death date": "1979 8 30 1890 4 16", "Death place": "Connecticut", "Nationality": "American", "Known For": "The Boxcar Children book series"} |
Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U.S. 497 (1954), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Constitution prohibits segregated public schools in the District of Columbia. Originally argued on December 10-11, 1952, a year before Brown v. Board of Education, Bolling was reargued on December 8-9... | {"Year argued": "1952", "Year reargued": "1953", "Date decided": "May 17", "Year decided": "1954", "Full case name": "Spottswood Thomas Bolling, et al., Petitioners, v. C. Melvin Sharpe, President of the District of Columbia Board of Education, et al.", "Parallel citations": "74 S. Ct. 693; 98 L. Ed. 884; 1954 U.S. LEX... |
Bewitched is an American fantasy sitcom television series that originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife. The show was popular, finishing as the second-rated show ... | {"Genre": "Fantasy Sitcom", "Created by": "Sol Saks", "Written by": "Variousnb first A full list of directors and writers can be seen at this link.", "Directed by": "William Asher (most episodes)nb first", "Starring": "Elizabeth Montgomery Dick York Agnes Moorehead Dick Sargent David White", "Country of origin": "Unite... |
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Electric Sheep is a volunteer computing project for animating and evolving fractal flames, which are in turn distributed to the networked computers, which display them as a screensaver.
Process
The process is transparent to the casual user, who can simply install the software as a scr... | {"Developer(s)": "Scott Draves", "Initial release": "1999", "Type": "Screensaver", "License": "Client: GNU General Public LicenseServer: not available for 2.7.x", "Website": "www.electricsheep.org"} |
Banca Transilvania S.A. (also BT or TLV) is a banking institution with headquarters in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The bank was founded in 1993 in Cluj-Napoca with a capital of 2 billion RON, of which 79% was Romanian and 21% foreign.
BT is the largest bank in Romania in terms of assets, with a market share of over 16%. Its... | {"Type": "Societate pe Acțiuni", "ISIN": "n y ROTLVAACNOR1", "Industry": "Banking, Financial services", "Founded": "1993", "Headquarters": "Romania", "Products": "Commercial banking, Investment banking, Private banking, Asset management", "Revenue": "2021", "Website": "bancatransilvania.ro"} |
Prince Ilia Chavchavadze (; 27 October 1837 - 12 September 1907) was a Georgian public figure, journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism during the second half of the 19th century and ensured the survival of the Georgian language, literature, and culture during the last... | {"Native name": "ილია ჭავჭავაძე", "Born": "yes 1837 10 27", "Died": "yes 1907 9 12 1837 11 8", "Resting place": "Mtatsminda Pantheon, Tbilisi", "Occupation": "jurist, poet, novelist, humanist, publisher, philosopher", "Nationality": "Georgian", "Literary movement": "Realism Historical fiction"} |
The South China University of Technology (SCUT; ) is a public research university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The university is co-sponsored by the China Ministry of Education and the Guangdong Provincial People's Government.
The university is a multidisciplinary university focusing on engineering, combined with ... | {"Motto": "博学慎思 明辨笃行", "Type": "Public coeducational", "President": "Gao Song (2018/10-)", "Undergraduates": "24,861 (full-time, 2018)", "Postgraduates": "17,144 (2018)", "Campus": "Multiple Sites", "Website": "www.scut.edu.cn/ zhwww.scut.edu.cn/en en"} |
The Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa, is a celebrated graduate-level creative writing program. At 87 years, it is the oldest writing program offering a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in the United States. It is widely considered the nation's best graduate writing program, with The New Yorker in 2009 ... | {"Type": "MFA degree program", "Director": "Lan Samantha Chang", "Students": "90 (Fall 2022)", "Website": "https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu"} |
Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (, ; born March 10, 1963) is an American record executive and record producer. He is a co-founder (alongside Russell Simmons) of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records.
Rubin helped popularize hip hop by producing records for acts such... | {"Born": "Long Beach, New York, U.S.", "Origin": "Lido Beach, New York, U.S.", "Genres": "Hip hop\n alternative rock\n heavy metal\n country", "Labels": "Def Jam\n American\n Columbia\n Warner Bros."} |
Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport is an airport serving the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Initially known as Someșeni Airport, it is located east of the city centre, in the Someșeni area, which is now within the Cluj-Napoca city limits. The airport is named in honour of Romanian revolutionary Avram Iancu.
In te... | {"Opened": "1932", "AMSL": "1,036", "Coordinates": "46 47 06 N 023 41 10 E type:airport_region:RO inline,title Cluj-Napoca International Airport", "Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Cluj County, Romania", "Website": "airportcluj.ro"} |
Cinderella is a 1950 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale of the same title, it is the 12th Disney animated feature film. The film was directed by Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi. It... | {"Directed by": "Wilfred Jackson\n Hamilton Luske\n Clyde Geronimi", "Story by": "William Peet\n Ted Sears\n Homer Brightman\n Kenneth Anderson\n Erdman Penner\n Winston Hibler\n Harry Reeves\n Joe Rinaldi", "Based on": "Cinderella Charles Perrault", "Produced by": "Walt DisneyBen Sharpsteen", "Starring": "Ilene Woods\... |
Christie Ann Hefner (born November 8, 1952) is an American businesswoman. She was chairman and CEO of Playboy Enterprises from 1988 to 2009, and is the daughter of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner.
Early life
Hefner was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is the daughter of Mildred (Williams) and Hugh Hefner. Her pare... | {"Name": "Christie Hefner", "Caption": "Hefner at the Hilton Chicago in 2007", "Birth date": "yes 1952 11 8", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Known For": "Playboy Enterprises", "Alma mater": "Brandeis University", "Occupation": "Publisher", "Parent(s)": "Hugh HefnerMildred Williams", "Relatives": "Cooper Hef... |
Mario's Time Machine is an educational video game originally released for MS-DOS and then for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super NES consoles. The Software Toolworks both developed and published the MS-DOS and Super NES versions in 1993, while the NES version was developed by Radical Entertainment and publishe... | {"Title": "Mario's Time Machine", "Caption": "North American SNES box art", "Developer": "The Software ToolworksRadical Entertainment (NES)Knowledge Adventure (MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows)", "Publisher": "The Software Toolworks", "Designer": "Don Lloyd", "Programmer": "Joe Senior (SNES)Kevin Shapiro (SNES)Brian Carpen... |
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is a 2003 role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It was re-released for the Wii U's Virtual Console in 2014, Nintendo Switch Online Service in 2023, and remade for the Nintendo 3DS as Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Mini... | {"Title": "Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga", "Caption": "Western box art", "Developer": "AlphaDreamMinigames developed by Vanpoolhttp://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy-advance/mario-luigi-superstar-saga/credits Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Game Boy Advance, 2003) credits", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Yoshihik... |
Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart (born Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart y Caballero; August 13, 1954) is a Cuban-American attorney and politician. He was the U.S. representative for from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He r... | {"Name": "Lincoln Díaz-Balart", "Term start": "January 3, 1993", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "State house 2": "Florida", "District 2": "110th", "Predecessor 2": "Ileana Ros-Lehtinenhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=225492 Our Campaigns - FL State House 110 Race - Nov 04, 1986", "Successor 2": "Mig... |
Pocahontas is a 1995 American animated musical historical drama film based on the life of Powhatan woman Pocahontas and the arrival of English colonial settlers from the Virginia Company. The film romanticizes Pocahontas's encounter with John Smith and her legendary saving of his life. The film was produced by Walt Dis... | {"Directed by": "Mike Gabriel\n Eric Goldberg", "Produced by": "Jim Pentecost", "Written by": "Carl Binder\n Susannah Grant\n Philip LaZebnik", "Story by": "Glen Keane\n Joe Grant\n Ralph Zondag\n Burny Mattinson\n Ed Gombert\n Kaan Kalyon\n Francis Glebas\n Robert Gibbs\n Bruce Morris\n Todd Kurosawa\n Duncan Marjorib... |
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella is a 1976 British musical film retelling the classic fairy tale of Cinderella. The film was chosen as the Royal Command Performance motion picture selection for 1976.
Directed by Bryan Forbes, the film stars Gemma Craven as the heroine, Richard Chamberlain as the princ... | {"Directed by": "Bryan Forbes", "Produced by": "Stuart Lyons", "Based on": "\"Cinderella\" (folk tale)", "Screenplay by": "Robert B. ShermanRichard M. ShermanBryan Forbes", "Music by": "Songs:Richard M. ShermanRobert B. ShermanScore:Angela Morley", "Starring": "Richard ChamberlainGemma CravenAnnette CrosbieEdith EvansC... |
Nenê (; born Maybyner Rodney Hilário; September 13, 1982) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. Known previously as Nenê Hilario, he legally changed his name to simply Nenê in 2003.
Early life
Born Maybyner Rodney Hilário in São Carlos, Brazil, he was nicknamed "Nenê" (a variation of Brazilian Portugue... | {"Born": "São Carlos, Brazil", "Nationality": "Brazilian", "Listed height": "11", "Listed weight": "250"} |
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