wikipedia_id stringlengths 2 8 | wikipedia_title stringlengths 1 243 | url stringlengths 44 370 | contents stringlengths 53 2.22k | id int64 0 6.14M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2508317 | Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fellowship%20of%20the%20Royal%20Colleges%20of%20Surgeons | Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons
their trade in a large city, they were examined and given a diploma; while physicians from the Middle Ages had to hold a university degree in medicine before they could practise.
Today, for most, the route to Fellowship is lengthy: one must qualify as a Doctor of medicine, ... | 34,300 |
2508317 | Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fellowship%20of%20the%20Royal%20Colleges%20of%20Surgeons | Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons
given without passing any examination based on the recommendation of referees or fellowship committee. One such category is called “Conferred Fellow. As per the guidelines available on Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow ( accessible on https://rcpsg.ac.uk/docu... | 34,301 |
2508317 | Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fellowship%20of%20the%20Royal%20Colleges%20of%20Surgeons | Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons
graduate, or licentiate of exceptional distinction, who is not within the fellowship or membership of the College. A fellow selected via this category will be entitled to use post-nominal FRCS(Glasg), and hence there will be no difference in terms of post-nominals between th... | 34,302 |
2508344 | List of places in Pennsylvania: R | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20places%20in%20Pennsylvania:%20R | List of places in Pennsylvania: R
List of places in Pennsylvania: R
This list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip ... | 34,303 |
2508323 | Seka Aleksić | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seka%20Aleksić | Seka Aleksić
Seka Aleksić
Svetlana Piljkić ("née" Aleksić; ; born 23 April 1981), professionally known as Seka, is a Bosnian-born Serbian pop-folk singer.
# Life and career.
Born in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina she comes from an ethnically mixed marriage, the daughter of a Bosnian Serb father, Milorad Aleksić, an... | 34,304 |
2508323 | Seka Aleksić | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seka%20Aleksić | Seka Aleksić
came next year with her second album and hit-song 'Crno i zlatno' ("Black and Gold"). Her 2007 album, titled 'Kraljica' ("Queen") remains the best-selling Serbian album. In 2006, Aleksić also starred in the popular Serbian movie and voiced Serbian synchronisation of the character Vexy in the animated featu... | 34,305 |
2508323 | Seka Aleksić | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seka%20Aleksić | Seka Aleksić
n the animated feature The Smurfs 2 in 2013. She released two clothing lines in 2005 and 2007 and had a reality show on TV Prva called "Moja desna ruka" (similar to Signed by Katie Price).
In September 2010, Aleksić got married to Veljko Piljikić. In 2016, they had a baby boy named Jakov. Aleksić along si... | 34,306 |
2508359 | Wright's Opera House | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wright's%20Opera%20House | Wright's Opera House
Wright's Opera House
Wright's Opera House, sometimes referred to as Wright's Hall, was constructed in 1888 and is located at 472 Main Street in Ouray, Colorado. For many years after the mining bust and subsequent end of performances it was used as a multi-use building for presentations and communi... | 34,307 |
2508356 | Sara Persson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sara%20Persson | Sara Persson
Sara Persson
Sara Lisa Sofia Persson (born 23 September 1980) is a Swedish badminton player. Persson won the women's singles title at the Swedish National Championships in 2002 representing Täby Badmintonförening (now Göteborgs BK), and repeating it consecutively from 2005-2008. She competed at the Beijin... | 34,308 |
2508330 | Larnelle Harris | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larnelle%20Harris | Larnelle Harris
Larnelle Harris
Larnelle Steward Harris (born July 6, 1947) is an American gospel singer and songwriter. During his 40-plus years of ministry, Harris has recorded 18 albums, won five Grammy Awards and 11 Dove Awards, and has had several number one songs on the inspirational music charts.
# Early life.... | 34,309 |
2508330 | Larnelle Harris | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larnelle%20Harris | Larnelle Harris
1984 through 1987.
# Music.
Perhaps Harris' best-known songs are his duets with Sandi Patty, "More than Wonderful" (1983) and "I've Just Seen Jesus" (1985). Others of his well received and popular songs are his self-penned "I Miss My Time With You" (1986) and "In It After All", written by Constant Cha... | 34,310 |
2508330 | Larnelle Harris | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larnelle%20Harris | Larnelle Harris
and Dan Schafer, reached the No. 1 spot on the CCM Inspirational chart, and stayed for five weeks. His 1995 album, "Unbelievable Love", received the 1996 Dove Award as Inspirational Album of The Year.
Harris has received an honorary doctorate of music from Campbellsville University in central Kentucky.... | 34,311 |
2508330 | Larnelle Harris | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larnelle%20Harris | Larnelle Harris
Kentucky, Harris has made many appearances on the WHAS Crusade for Children, a long-running local telethon benefitting children's charities.
# Personal life.
Harris met his wife Cynthia (Mitzi) while both were students at Western Kentucky University. They have two children Lonnie (Larnelle Jr.) and Te... | 34,312 |
2508330 | Larnelle Harris | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larnelle%20Harris | Larnelle Harris
Larnelle Harris" (Myrrh 6505)
- 1974: "Caution!Steep Hill Use First Gear" (Myrrh 6515)
## Solo.
- 1975: Tell It To Jesus
- 1977: "Larnelle...More"
- 1978: "Free"
- 1980: "Give Me More Love in My Heart"
- 1982: "Touch Me Lord"
- 1985: "I've Just Seen Jesus"
- 1986: "From a Servant's Heart"
- 19... | 34,313 |
2508330 | Larnelle Harris | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larnelle%20Harris | Larnelle Harris
2005: "I Want to Be a Star"
- 2017: "Disturb Us, Lord"
### Compilations.
- 1991: "The Best of 10 Years", Vol. 1&2
- 1986: "The Best of Larnelle"
## Appearances on other albums.
- 1991: "Live with Friends" The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir; "I Can Be Glad"
- 1992: "Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebrat... | 34,314 |
2508330 | Larnelle Harris | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larnelle%20Harris | Larnelle Harris
Messiah"; "Amen"
- 1995: "Master Pieces - Classic Songs Made New"; "Just A Little Talk With Jesus"
- 1995: "Hymns & Voices"; "It Is Well With My Soul", "The Lord's Prayer"
- 1996: "Emmanuel: A Musical Celebration of the Life of Christ"; "Rejoice Emmanuel"
- 1997: "God With Us: A Celebration of Chris... | 34,315 |
2508330 | Larnelle Harris | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larnelle%20Harris | Larnelle Harris
"More Than the Music ...Live" (VHS) various artists; "The Lord's Prayer"
- 2005: "Timeless: Concert of Faith & Inspiration" (various artists)
- 2013: "Live in Nashville"
## Gaither Homecoming performances.
- 1993: "A Christmas Homecoming" "Amen"
- 1996: "Homecoming Texas Style" "Amen"
- 1998: "Dow... | 34,316 |
2508330 | Larnelle Harris | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larnelle%20Harris | Larnelle Harris
"Dream On"
- 2005: "Israel Homecoming" "Amen"
- 2005: "Jerusalem Homecoming" "I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked"
- 2009: "Gaither Vocal Band Reunion" Volume 1 "Your First Day in Heaven", "Can't Stop Talking About Him", "A Few Good Men"
- 2009: "Gaither Vocal Band Reunion" Volume 2 "Dream On", "Build... | 34,317 |
2508330 | Larnelle Harris | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larnelle%20Harris | Larnelle Harris
Than Wonderful" with Sandi Patty
- 1985: Best Gospel Performance by Duo or Group for "I've Just Seen Jesus" with Sandi Patty
- 1985: Best Solo Gospel Performance for "How Excellent Is Thy Name"
- 1987: Best Gospel Performance, Male for "The Father Hath Provided"
- 1998: Best Gospel Performance, Male... | 34,318 |
2508330 | Larnelle Harris | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larnelle%20Harris | Larnelle Harris
1992: Inspirational Album of the Year for "Larnelle Live...Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs"
- 1993: Inspirational Album of the Year for "Generation 2 Generation"
- 1996: Inspirational Album of the Year for "Unbelievable Love"
Inducted into the Gospel Music Association Foundation Hall of Fame on Octob... | 34,319 |
2508330 | Larnelle Harris | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larnelle%20Harris | Larnelle Harris
onal Album of the Year for "Generation 2 Generation"
- 1996: Inspirational Album of the Year for "Unbelievable Love"
Inducted into the Gospel Music Association Foundation Hall of Fame on October 29, 2007
## Other honors.
- Silver Bell Award for Distinguished Public Service presented by Ad Council
-... | 34,320 |
2508362 | List of places in Pennsylvania: Sa–Si | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20places%20in%20Pennsylvania:%20Sa–Si | List of places in Pennsylvania: Sa–Si
List of places in Pennsylvania: Sa–Si
This list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and up... | 34,321 |
2508363 | Space War | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Space%20War | Space War
Space War
Space War is a video game cartridge for the Atari 2600, released in 1978 by Atari, Inc.. It's an Atari 2600 version of "Spacewar!", the 1962 computer game by Steve Russell. It was released by Sears as "Space Combat", for its Atari 2600-compatible Tele-Games system.
# Variations.
The cartridge com... | 34,322 |
2508374 | List of places in Pennsylvania: Sk–Sy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20places%20in%20Pennsylvania:%20Sk–Sy | List of places in Pennsylvania: Sk–Sy
List of places in Pennsylvania: Sk–Sy
This list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and up... | 34,323 |
2508373 | Shannon Pohl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shannon%20Pohl | Shannon Pohl
Shannon Pohl
# Career.
Shannon was the highest-ranked American badminton player in the world in women’s singles in 2009. Her top ranking is #69 in the world in women’s singles. Shannon was a member of the United States World Championship Badminton Team in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. She has represented th... | 34,324 |
2508373 | Shannon Pohl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shannon%20Pohl | Shannon Pohl
adminton player in the world in women’s singles in 2009. Her top ranking is #69 in the world in women’s singles. Shannon was a member of the United States World Championship Badminton Team in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. She has represented the United States in badminton tournaments in 46 countries.
She pla... | 34,325 |
2508361 | Lawrence Morley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lawrence%20Morley | Lawrence Morley
Lawrence Morley
Lawrence Whitaker Morley (February 19, 1920 – April 22, 2013) was a Canadian geophysicist and remote sensing pioneer. He was best known for his studies on the magnetic properties of ocean crust and their effect on plate tectonics and for starting the remote sensing program in Canada.
#... | 34,326 |
2508361 | Lawrence Morley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lawrence%20Morley | Lawrence Morley
Survey of Canada in Ottawa (1950–1969). In 1970 he founded the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing and served as its Director General from 1971 to 1980.
In 1974, Morley received an honorary degree from York University. He approached the university's faculty of science in 1985 to promote the creation of an... | 34,327 |
2508361 | Lawrence Morley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lawrence%20Morley | Lawrence Morley
al Science (ISTS).
Morley served as a radar officer for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War. He has published over 65 scientific and technical papers on mineral exploration and remote sensing.
Morely was the founding Chairman of the Canadian Remote Sen... | 34,328 |
2508394 | List of places in Pennsylvania: T | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20places%20in%20Pennsylvania:%20T | List of places in Pennsylvania: T
List of places in Pennsylvania: T
This list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip ... | 34,329 |
2508370 | Caishen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caishen | Caishen
Caishen
Caishen () is the mythological figure worshipped in the Chinese folk religion and Taoism. He has been identified with many historical figures, viewed as his embodied forms, among whom Zhao Gongming (, Wade–Giles: "Chao Kung-ming"; also known as Zhao Gong Yuanshuai "Lord Zhao the Marshal"), Fan Li, and ... | 34,330 |
2508370 | Caishen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caishen | Caishen
political affiliation and way of deification are circulated. It is unclear whether they are genuine historical figures, though most of the stories agree that Caishen's most popular incarnation lived during the early Qin dynasty. Most probably it represents the merging of several heterogeneous legends, the one o... | 34,331 |
2508370 | Caishen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caishen | Caishen
there is another legendary character of the Chinese God of Wealth which is generally known as Caibo Xingjun () amongst Chinese communities. Li Guizu () was born in the Zichuan District in Shandong Province and held position as a country magistrate. Li Guizu contributed significantly to the district, whilst peop... | 34,332 |
2508370 | Caishen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caishen | Caishen
wn as Caibo Xingjun () amongst Chinese communities. Li Guizu () was born in the Zichuan District in Shandong Province and held position as a country magistrate. Li Guizu contributed significantly to the district, whilst people built a temple to worship Li Guizu after his death. The late Li Guizu was then confer... | 34,333 |
2508400 | Zea Harbour Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zea%20Harbour%20Project | Zea Harbour Project
Zea Harbour Project
Zea Harbour Project is a Danish-Greek archaeological project in Piraeus, Greece.
The project began in 2002 and is directed by Dr. Bjørn Lovén, Associate Fellow in Maritime Archaeology at the University of Southern Denmark. The Zea Harbour Project's goal is to excavate and inves... | 34,334 |
2508400 | Zea Harbour Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zea%20Harbour%20Project | Zea Harbour Project
ea Harbour Project is a Danish-Greek archaeological project in Piraeus, Greece.
The project began in 2002 and is directed by Dr. Bjørn Lovén, Associate Fellow in Maritime Archaeology at the University of Southern Denmark. The Zea Harbour Project's goal is to excavate and investigate ancient Athenia... | 34,335 |
2508393 | Stuart Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stuart%20Lake | Stuart Lake
Stuart Lake
Stuart Lake, or Nak'albun () in the Carrier (Dakelh) language is a lake situated in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. The town of Fort St. James is situated by the lake near the outlet (Stuart River). Stuart Lake is 66 km long, 10 km wide and relatively shallow, with an average... | 34,336 |
2508393 | Stuart Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stuart%20Lake | Stuart Lake
area. Moorage is available at several marinas.
Fort St. James has several lumber mills as do several smaller aboriginal communities in the basin. The lake is usually ice-covered from mid-December to early May. Stuart Lake contains rainbow trout, char or lake trout, whitefish, kokanee, Dolly varden, and bur... | 34,337 |
2508393 | Stuart Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stuart%20Lake | Stuart Lake
major trade, travel and communication line. the Cheslatta Trail continues south to Cheslatta Lake.
Stuart Lake is important to British Columbia history, being the location of one of the oldest non-native settlements in the province, Fort St. James. The first non-native to visit the lake was James McDougall... | 34,338 |
2508393 | Stuart Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stuart%20Lake | Stuart Lake
the mountain that overlooks it, Nak'al (), known in English as "Mt. Pope". The changing of names of the lakes reflects the doctrine of discovery upheld by Canada's colonial government as well as the colonial history of the area.
The "Mayor and Council of the District of Fort St. James unanimously voted to ... | 34,339 |
2508393 | Stuart Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stuart%20Lake | Stuart Lake
istory of the area.
The "Mayor and Council of the District of Fort St. James unanimously voted to adopt a resolution declaring their opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project." Their decision was based on concerns for "the land base and our fresh water sources. Of particular concern locally is th... | 34,340 |
2508380 | Gaiters | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaiters | Gaiters
Gaiters
Gaiters are garments worn over the shoe and lower pants leg, and used primarily as personal protective equipment; similar garments used primarily for display are spats.
Originally, gaiters were made of leather. Today, gaiters for walking are commonly made of plasticized synthetic cloth such as polyest... | 34,341 |
2508380 | Gaiters | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaiters | Gaiters
thereafter. Leather gaiters were rare in military, though sometimes a calf-length cotton gaiter had leather kneecaps added. Leggings, however, were very often made of leather, but also canvas.
# On foot.
Gaiters are a type of protective clothing for a person's ankles and legs below the knee. Gaiters are worn ... | 34,342 |
2508380 | Gaiters | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaiters | Gaiters
snow, etc. from entering the top of the boot. Gaiters may also be worn as protection against snake bites.
Gaiters fill the same function as puttees, a part of numerous military uniforms. Gaiters known as "jambieres" (derived from the French word "jambe" for legs, hence leggings) were part of the uniform of Zou... | 34,343 |
2508380 | Gaiters | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaiters | Gaiters
Modern styles usually have a zipper or hook and loop fasteners on the outside of the leg.
# In the Anglican church.
Gaiters formed a part of the everyday clerical clothing of bishops and archdeacons of the Church of England until the middle part of the twentieth century. They were also worn by some cathedral ... | 34,344 |
2508380 | Gaiters | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaiters | Gaiters
e middle part of the twentieth century. They were also worn by some cathedral deans. They were made of black cotton, wool, or silk, and buttoned up the sides, reaching to just below the knee where they would join with black breeches. Gaiters would be worn with a clerical apron, a type of short cassock reaching ... | 34,345 |
4654342 | Abol-Bashar Mirza Farman Farmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abol-Bashar%20Mirza%20Farman%20Farmaian | Abol-Bashar Mirza Farman Farmaian
Abol-Bashar Mirza Farman Farmaian
Abol-Bashar Mirza Farman Farmaian is the son of the Qajar Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and his wife Batoul Khanoum.
Abol-Bashar attended Columbia University in New York, where he studied law. He later moved to Janatabad, one of th... | 34,346 |
4654342 | Abol-Bashar Mirza Farman Farmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abol-Bashar%20Mirza%20Farman%20Farmaian | Abol-Bashar Mirza Farman Farmaian
where he studied law. He later moved to Janatabad, one of the Farman-Farma villages, and became the il-Khan, or leader, of the Zuleh Tribe in an effort to aid in their recent settlement in the area. Initially planning to stay indefinitely, he left within a few years, after having raise... | 34,347 |
2508366 | Solid Rock (The Temptations album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solid%20Rock%20(The%20Temptations%20album) | Solid Rock (The Temptations album)
Solid Rock (The Temptations album)
Solid Rock is a 1972 album by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label, produced by Norman Whitfield. The LP was the first made primarily without founding members and original lead singers Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams. Frustrated by conflic... | 34,348 |
2508366 | Solid Rock (The Temptations album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solid%20Rock%20(The%20Temptations%20album) | Solid Rock (The Temptations album)
incapable of performing any longer, Williams followed his doctor's advice and retired from the act, although he remained on the Temptations' payroll as a choreographer until committing suicide on August 17, 1973. Williams's final Temptations recording, "It's Summer", is the only song ... | 34,349 |
2508366 | Solid Rock (The Temptations album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solid%20Rock%20(The%20Temptations%20album) | Solid Rock (The Temptations album)
took the temporarily four-man Temptations and re-recorded "It's Summer", the b-side to "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)", as a replacement release. "Smiling Faces Sometimes" was instead released as a single for The Undisputed Truth, and became a Top 5 hit on the "Bi... | 34,350 |
2508366 | Solid Rock (The Temptations album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solid%20Rock%20(The%20Temptations%20album) | Solid Rock (The Temptations album)
Temptations and Norman Whitfield released the single "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)", which addressed the rivalry and called Kendricks and Ruffin out as sell-outs. "Superstar" was the first Temptations song to feature Eddie Kendricks' and Paul Williams' replacements, ... | 34,351 |
2508366 | Solid Rock (The Temptations album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solid%20Rock%20(The%20Temptations%20album) | Solid Rock (The Temptations album)
"Take a Look Around" and several of the album tracks, including "What It Is?" and "Stop the War Now", were more of Norman Whitfield's psychedelic soul recordings. By 1972, such songs were being seen by critics and the public as outdated or heavy-handed, and the Temptations themselves ... | 34,352 |
2508366 | Solid Rock (The Temptations album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solid%20Rock%20(The%20Temptations%20album) | Solid Rock (The Temptations album)
Street, Otis Williams)
- 2. "Ain't No Sunshine" – 7:16 (Bill Withers) (lead singers: Richard Street, Damon Harris)
- 3. "Stop The War Now" – 12:28 (Strong, Whitfield) (lead singers: Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin)
## Side two.
- 1. "What It Is?" – 5:15 (Strong, Whitfield) (lead s... | 34,353 |
2508366 | Solid Rock (The Temptations album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solid%20Rock%20(The%20Temptations%20album) | Solid Rock (The Temptations album)
field) (lead singers: Dennis Edwards, Damon Harris, Melvin Franklin, Richard Street, Otis Williams)
- 4. "It's Summer" – 2:56 (Strong, Whitfield) (lead singer: Dennis Edwards)
- 5. "The End of Our Road" – 2:41 (Strong, Whitfield, Roger Penzabene) (lead singer: Richard Street)
# Per... | 34,354 |
2508403 | Tongues Untied | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tongues%20Untied | Tongues Untied
Tongues Untied
Tongues Untied is a 1989 experimental documentary film directed by Marlon T. Riggs, and featuring Marlon Riggs, Essex Hemphill, Brian Freeman, among others. The film seeks, in its author's words to, "...shatter the nation's brutalizing silence on matters of sexual and racial difference." ... | 34,355 |
2508403 | Tongues Untied | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tongues%20Untied | Tongues Untied
themselves because of the prejudices of white and black heterosexual society, as well as the white gay society.
Riggs brings awareness to the issues Black gay men face. They are excluded from gay communities because these communities are white-centered and fail to understand the intersecting identities ... | 34,356 |
2508403 | Tongues Untied | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tongues%20Untied | Tongues Untied
their voices are excluded from these LGBTQIA+ communities, but their bodies are sexualized for white viewing pleasure. Furthermore, Black men are supposed to represent hyper-masculinity, and when Black gay men associate with homosexuality, they are seen as being weak. With their gay identity, however, a ... | 34,357 |
2508403 | Tongues Untied | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tongues%20Untied | Tongues Untied
of "Tongues Untied" is both interesting and unconventional. Besides including documentary footage detailing North American black gay culture, Riggs also tells of his own experiences as a gay man. These include the realization of his sexual identity and of coping with the deaths of many of his friends to ... | 34,358 |
2508403 | Tongues Untied | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tongues%20Untied | Tongues Untied
central issues in the lives of lesbian and gay Black people. Riggs’ work challenged television’s generic boundaries of conformity during the late 80s and early 90s. The television documentary during this time was the conventional talking head, expert interviews, and personal testimonials commonly on publ... | 34,359 |
2508403 | Tongues Untied | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tongues%20Untied | Tongues Untied
of community standards is the assumption of only one central community (patriarchal, heterosexual and "usually" white) and only one overarching cultural standard "ditto"."
# Controversy over broadcast.
When "Tongues Untied" was scheduled to be aired on the POV television series on PBS (and even before ... | 34,360 |
2508403 | Tongues Untied | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tongues%20Untied | Tongues Untied
Endowment for the Arts in the amount of $250,000.
News of the film's impending airing sparked a national debate about whether or not it is appropriate for the Federal government of the United States to fund artistic creations that offended some.
Reverend Donald E. Wildmon, the president of the American... | 34,361 |
2508403 | Tongues Untied | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tongues%20Untied | Tongues Untied
party telling them what is going on; they can see for themselves."
Riggs defended the film, saying it was meant to "shatter this nation's brutalizing silence on matters of sexual and racial difference." He observed that the widespread attack on PBS and the National Endowment for the Arts in response to ... | 34,362 |
2508403 | Tongues Untied | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tongues%20Untied | Tongues Untied
which television programming must necessarily appeal." Riggs stated that ironically, the censorship campaign against "Tongues Untied" actually brought more publicity to the film than it would have otherwise received and thus enhanced its effectiveness in challenging societal standards regarding depiction... | 34,363 |
2508403 | Tongues Untied | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tongues%20Untied | Tongues Untied
objected to using taxpayer money to fund what they believed were repulsive artistic works. At the same time, the national broadcast of "Tongues Untied" was applauded by many who resoundingly defended the work, among them Norman Lear's People for the American Way.
In the 1992 Republican presidential prim... | 34,364 |
2508403 | Tongues Untied | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tongues%20Untied | Tongues Untied
successfully demonstrated Buchanan's copyright infringement.
In May, 2019, the Peabody Awards honored "Tongues Untied" with a tribute in recognition of the 30th anniversary of its release. Actor Billy Porter presented the tribute.
# Legacy.
2019 marked the 30 year anniversary of the release of "Tongue... | 34,365 |
2508403 | Tongues Untied | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tongues%20Untied | Tongues Untied
rris, New York Times critic-at-large, wrote "“Tongues Untied” is Riggs's unclassifiable scrapbook of black gay male sensibility (a hallucinatory whir of style, memory, psychology)... This is storytelling that arises from joy and pain and pride (Riggs’s clearest emotional forebear is James Baldwin)."
# S... | 34,366 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
Abdol Aziz Farmanfarmaian (Shiraz, 1920 – June 21, 2013 Spain) was an Iranian architect, offspring of Iranian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and a member of the Qajar dynasty of Iran.
In 1976, the company known as AFFA (Abdol Aziz Farman-Farmai... | 34,367 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
secondary school at Lycée Michelet in Paris until 1938. A brief trip to Iran during the short summer of 1935 was his first contact as an adolescent with his family.
His Baccalaureate degree was received in 1938. Abdol Aziz Farman-Farmaian and three other brothers were extremely lucky th... | 34,368 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
and had to leave for Iran in 1940 where he stayed until 1945. During this period of worldwide uncertainty he worked at different jobs such as: Teheran Municipality, Karnsaks, and the Ministry of Culture (Vezarate Pishehonar).
In 1942 he married with Leila Gharagozlou and formed a family... | 34,369 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
best thesis (diploma) of the year.
In 1950 Abdol Aziz Farman-Farmaian moved back to Teheran for good until 1979, where he proceeded to create one of Iran's most important modern-day architectural legacies.
The initial years—The Razmara period followed by the Mossadegh years—were marked... | 34,370 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
1957–58.
In 1954 Abdol Aziz Farman-Farmaian was admitted by the Plan Organization as a recognized consultant, At this time when Abdol Aziz Farman-Farmaian designed numerous private residences for his extended relatives, friends and clients. The legal entity that was set up was known as ... | 34,371 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
with the years.
Farman-Farmaian permanently moved to Paris in 1980 and afterwards to Spain, where he died aged 93. He was also in close contact with his partner Reza Majd, who still practiced architecture until recently in Palma, Mallorca, Spain.
# Project list.
In 1975 AFFA's rating ... | 34,372 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
of Roads, 14 story headquarter building, 1959
- National Iranian Television Center, Studios, offices and other facilities in Tehran, 1972
- Beh Shahr Group Office, Offices and other facilities, 1969
- Khaneh Center Commercial Complex, 3 three-story towers of 200,000 square metes half ... | 34,373 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
and football stadium, 100,000 seat stadium with all related facilities with an artificial lake at the north of the complex, 1970
- Multi purpose covered stadium (in collaboration with S.O.M San Francisco), 12,000 seat, 1979
- Covered swimming and diving pool (in collaboration with S.O.... | 34,374 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
170 apartment units, 1970
- Saman 2 tower apartment building, 3 thirteen-story towers, totaling 400 apartments, 1972
- Vanak Park Apartment Complex, 4 towards (6 & 20 story each), 1978
- Sarcheshmeh housing complex, 2,500 building units of single-family housing for the copper mining i... | 34,375 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
and apartments, 1978
Palaces
- New Niavaran Palace, 1967
- Old Niavaran Palace renovation, 1967
- Queen Mothe's Sad-abad residence, 1972
- Prince Mahmoud Reza's Sad-abad residence, 1965
- Airports
- Mehr-abad Airport Expansions Program
- Apron, 38 aircraft positions with undergro... | 34,376 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
Intl-World Bank Project), Master planning, site selection, design and construction of 49 schools and colleges in 19 cities and towns in Iran, 1974
- University of Tehran
- Tehran School of engineering laboratories, Electro mechanical laboratories, 1965
- Atomic Energy Project for Univ... | 34,377 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
Organization, Office building in 5 stories, 1964
- University of Ahwaz Hospital, 300-bed facility with doctors' training center, 1965
- Iranian army general hospital, Tehran, 200-bed hospital with a major surgical department, 1968
- Hospital, Abadan (in collaboration with Wilson, Maso... | 34,378 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
sorting complex, 1975
- Shemshak ski resort hotel, 30 rooms with sport resort facilities plus restaurant and locker rooms
- Industrial buildings
- Arj industrial complexes, 20,000 square meter factory and shop facility plus 5,000 square meters of office space units of staff apartments... | 34,379 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
in 3 floors plus basement level, 1966
- Telecommunication and earth satellite station for Northup Page Communications, 1970
- Master plans
- Comprehensive master plan of Tehran (with Gruen Associates), 25 years growth plan and policies, capital improvement program, land use and develo... | 34,380 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
west axis of Tehran, 1977
- Sarcheshmeh Community, 2,500 units, Residential development for the copper mining industries staff, 1978
- Khaneh Community Development
- Isfahan, 140 hectare development for a community of 15,000 persons, 1978
- Darya, Resort community on 250 hectares ext... | 34,381 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
Ambassador still exists.
- Note2, Since 1955 up to 1970, all now basic work for Oil Operating Company (Consortium), as schools, houses, clubs houses, hospital, clinics, etc. has been designed and built by AFFA and Wilson & Masons of London.
- Note3, Designed but not built, New Tehran I... | 34,382 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
Victor Gruen Associates, Farmanfarmaian proposed his most important project, the Master plan of Tehran. This comprehensive plan, which was approved in 1968, identified the city problems to be high density, expansion of new suburbs, air and water pollution, inefficient infrastructure, une... | 34,383 |
4654341 | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Aziz%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
and water pollution, inefficient infrastructure, unemployment, and rural-urban migration. To deal with these problems, the consortium envisioned a 25-year planning horizon which encouraged reducing the density and congestion of the city center through polycentric developments around Tehr... | 34,384 |
4654345 | Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Ali%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian
Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian
Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian (1935–1973) was an Iranian businessman and nobleman. He was the son of the Qajar Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and his wife Batoul Khanoum.
Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian was born on January 6, 1935. He stu... | 34,385 |
4654345 | Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Ali%20Mirza%20Farmanfarmaian | Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian
ompany, which became Iran's largest private petrochemical factory. Prince Abdol Ali Farmanfarmaian died in a ski accident at the Deezin Resort near Tehran February 2, 1973, leaving two sons, Salman and Abu-Ali.
He served as the vice president for the Chamber of Industries.
# See also.
... | 34,386 |
2508397 | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victor%20Child%20Villiers,%207th%20Earl%20of%20Jersey | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
Victor Albert George Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, (20 March 1845 – 31 May 1915) was a British banker, Conservative politician and colonial administrator from the Villiers family. He served as Governor of New South Wales between ... | 34,387 |
2508397 | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victor%20Child%20Villiers,%207th%20Earl%20of%20Jersey | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
principal proprietor of the family banking firm of Child & Co.
# Political career.
Lord Jersey served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) between 1875 and 1877 in the Conservative administration of Benjamin Disraeli. He returned to the government in 1... | 34,388 |
2508397 | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victor%20Child%20Villiers,%207th%20Earl%20of%20Jersey | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
difficulties during his term. He was described by Sir Henry Parkes as "amiable and well-intentioned", but "very much occupied with his own family". He "did not excel as a public speaker". He was the official host at the 1891 Australasian National Convention in Sydney. Jersey te... | 34,389 |
2508397 | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victor%20Child%20Villiers,%207th%20Earl%20of%20Jersey | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
He left Australia in March 1893.
Lord Jersey represented the United Kingdom at the 1894 Colonial Conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He also acted as New South Wales agent-general in London between 1903 and 1905 and through his ties with the banking institutions helped the ... | 34,390 |
2508397 | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victor%20Child%20Villiers,%207th%20Earl%20of%20Jersey | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
Other public appointments.
On 18 June 1875 the Earl was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 1st Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers. Lord Jersey was Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire from 1877 and from 1885 also served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Warwickshire and as a Justice of the ... | 34,391 |
2508397 | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victor%20Child%20Villiers,%207th%20Earl%20of%20Jersey | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
1865 in the Apollo University Lodge No. 357 at the age of 20. In December 1865 he was passed in the Churchill Lodge No. 478 and in February 1866 he was raised in his mother Lodge. In 1870 he was appointed Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England and served for a... | 34,392 |
2508397 | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victor%20Child%20Villiers,%207th%20Earl%20of%20Jersey | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
1872. They had six children:
- George Henry Robert Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey (1873–1923)
- Lady Margaret Child Villiers (1874–1874), died in infancy.
- Lady Margaret Child Villiers (1875–1959), married Walter Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor, and had issue.
- Lady Mary Juli... | 34,393 |
2508397 | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victor%20Child%20Villiers,%207th%20Earl%20of%20Jersey | Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
Margaret Child Villiers (1874–1874), died in infancy.
- Lady Margaret Child Villiers (1875–1959), married Walter Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor, and had issue.
- Lady Mary Julia Child Villiers (1877–1933), married Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford, and had issue.
- Lady Beatric... | 34,394 |
4654358 | Perrache | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perrache | Perrache
Perrache
Perrache can refer to :
- Perrache (quarter), a quarter of Lyon.
- Gare de Lyon-Perrache, one of the main two stations of Lyon, located in the quarter of the same name | 34,395 |
4654369 | Khodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khodadad%20Mirza%20Farman%20Farmaian | Khodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian
Khodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian
Khodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian (8 May 1928 – 16 December 2015) was the son of the Qajar Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and his wife Hamdam Khanoum. During the Pahlavi dynasty era, he held the post of governor of the Central Bank of Iran.
... | 34,396 |
4654369 | Khodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khodadad%20Mirza%20Farman%20Farmaian | Khodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian
of Iran.
He was a loving family man and was the chief architect of the 1960s Persian economic boom. He however often dismissed the Shah as incompetent.
He fled during the 1979 revolution in Iran to the West and to London.
He died of lung cancer at the age of 87 in London, United Kingdo... | 34,397 |
4654374 | Ali-Naghi Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ali-Naghi%20Farmanfarmaian | Ali-Naghi Farmanfarmaian
Ali-Naghi Farmanfarmaian
Son of the Qajar Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and his wife Fatemeh Khanoum.
President of The Bank of Industries.
# See also.
- Iran
- History of Iran
- Qajar Dynasty of Iran
# External links.
- The Qajar (Kadjar) Pages
# Sources.
- Daughter... | 34,398 |
2508381 | Greg Bahnsen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greg%20Bahnsen | Greg Bahnsen
Greg Bahnsen
Greg L. Bahnsen (September 17, 1948 – December 11, 1995) was an American Calvinist philosopher, apologist, and debater. He was a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and a full-time Scholar in Residence for the Southern California Center for Christian Studies (SCCCS). He is also consi... | 34,399 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.