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Andrés Pérez de Ribas
[ [ "Andrés Pérez de Ribas", "occupation", "Historian" ], [ "Andrés Pérez de Ribas", "occupation", "Missionary" ], [ "Andrés Pérez de Ribas", "religious order", "Society of Jesus" ], [ "Andrés Pérez de Ribas", "country of citizenship", "Spain" ] ]
Spanish historian and missionary
Andrés Pérez De Ribas (born at Cordova, Spain, 1576; died in Mexico, 26 March 1655) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary, and historian of north-western Mexico. Life He joined the Society of Jesus in 1602, coming at once to America, and finishing his novitiate in Mexico in 1604. In the same year he was sent to undertake the...
[ "Andres Perez de Ribas" ]
Andrés Pérez de Ribas
[ [ "Andrés Pérez de Ribas", "place of death", "Mexico City" ] ]
Spanish historian and missionary
with a church, while all of the Ahome and a large part of the Suaqui had been baptized. The two tribes together numbered about 10,000. In 1613, being then superior of the Sinaloa district, he was instrumental in procuring the submission of a hostile mountain tribe. In 1617, in company with other Jesuit missionaries who...
[ "Andres Perez de Ribas" ]
Andrés Pérez de Ribas
[ [ "Andrés Pérez de Ribas", "occupation", "Historian" ] ]
Spanish historian and missionary
to Mexico to assist in the college. He was ultimately appointed provincial, which post he held for several years. After a visit to Rome in 1643 to take part in the election of a general of the order, he devoted himself chiefly to study and writing until his death. Works He left numerous works, religious and historical,...
[ "Andres Perez de Ribas" ]
Is There Something I Should Know?
[ [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "performer", "Duran Duran" ], [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "form of creative work", "Song" ] ]
Song by Duran Duran
"Is There Something I Should Know?" is the eighth single by British pop band Duran Duran, released on 19 March 1983. The song was released as a stand-alone single and became the band's first UK number one record. It debuted in the number one position on the UK Singles Chart on 26 March 1983. The single also had great s...
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Is There Something I Should Know?
[ [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "performer", "Duran Duran" ], [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "composer", "Nick Rhodes" ], [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "lyrics by", "Nick Rhodes" ] ]
Song by Duran Duran
million copies. Background "Is There Something I Should Know?" was recorded in London, with producer Ian Little in December 1982. Rumour has it, its production and release was prompted by reaction from the rest of the band to Nick Rhodes' writing & producing "Too Shy", a UK chart-topper for the previously unknown Kajag...
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Is There Something I Should Know?
[ [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "performer", "Duran Duran" ], [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "form of creative work", "Song" ] ]
Song by Duran Duran
success - which they duly achieved. Although generally regarded as a stand-alone single, it was added to the 1983 US re-issue of the band's 1981 debut album, Duran Duran. The first album on which the song featured in the UK was the inaugural Now That's What I Call Music compilation at the end of the year. The singles f...
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Is There Something I Should Know?
[ [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "performer", "Duran Duran" ] ]
Song by Duran Duran
at that time. However, by the end of 1982, the band's Rio album was rapidly climbing the American charts, fueled by saturation airplay of various Duran Duran videos on MTV. The band and their label, Capitol/EMI, decided to re-release the debut album in the United States with the inclusion of this newly recorded single....
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Is There Something I Should Know?
[ [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "performer", "Duran Duran" ], [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "form of creative work", "Song" ] ]
Song by Duran Duran
was the song Duran Duran used to open their 1983/84 Seven and the Ragged Tiger album tour shows with and also Duran Duran's charity concert at Aston Villa football ground 1983. In a retrospective review of the song, Allmusic journalist Donald A. Guarisco wrote that the lyrics "deal with a difficult romantic relationshi...
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Is There Something I Should Know?
[ [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "performer", "Duran Duran" ], [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "form of creative work", "Song" ] ]
Song by Duran Duran
the lyrics, he praised the melody in the song. He wrote: "The melody of 'Is There Something I Should Know?' is one of Duran Duran's catchiest, matching twisty verse melodies full of ear-catching hooks with a harmonized chorus." Music video The memorable and much-played video for "Is There Something I Should Know?" feat...
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Is There Something I Should Know?
[ [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "performer", "Duran Duran" ] ]
Song by Duran Duran
the Duran Duran video album for details.) The video was directed by Russell Mulcahy, and was one of the most popular videos of 1983 on MTV. When asked if there was anything about their videos they'd like to change, drummer Roger Taylor commented, "The only part of a video I would change is the end of "Is There Somethin...
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Is There Something I Should Know?
[ [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "performer", "Duran Duran" ] ]
Song by Duran Duran
the UK is the instrumental "Faith in This Colour". An "Alternate Slow Mix" of "Faith in this Colour" was used on the 7" single, some pressings of which included brief unauthorized sound samples from the movie Star Wars -- these were promptly withdrawn when copyright concerns were raised, although on the "Alternate Slow...
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Is There Something I Should Know?
[ [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "form of creative work", "Song" ] ]
Song by Duran Duran
producers Ian Little and Alex Sadkin and Phil Thornalley at RAK studio One. In the US, the song "Careless Memories" is the B-side of "Is There Something I Should Know?". Formats and track listing 7": EMI. / EMI 5371 United Kingdom "Is There Something I Should Know?" – 4:11 "Faith in This Colour (Alternate Slow Mix)" – ...
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Is There Something I Should Know?
[ [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "form of creative work", "Song" ] ]
Song by Duran Duran
(Monster Mix) – 6:40 "Faith in This Colour (Alternate Slow Mix)" – 4:05 "Monster Mix" remixed by Alex Sadkin, Ian Little and Phil Thornalley. Covers, samples and media references The band Sugar Ray took elements from the video and featured them in a segment of the music video for their single "When It's Over". Cover ve...
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Is There Something I Should Know?
[ [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "performer", "Duran Duran" ], [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "form of creative work", "Song" ] ]
Song by Duran Duran
The Night". The line "you're about as easy as a nuclear war" was the inspiration for the Duran Duran song "Yo Bad Azizi", included as a b-side to the "Serious" single released seven years later. Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts Other appearances Apart from the single, "Is There Something I Should Know?" ...
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Is There Something I Should Know?
[ [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "performer", "Duran Duran" ], [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "composer", "Simon Le Bon" ], [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "composer", "Nick Rhodes" ], [ "Is There Something I Should Know?", "lyrics by", ...
Song by Duran Duran
and the Ragged Tiger (2010 remastered version) Singles: Capitol Gold Cuts (1990) Come Undone (1993) Personnel Duran Duran are: Simon Le Bon - vocals, harmonica Nick Rhodes - keyboards John Taylor - bass guitar Roger Taylor - drums Andy Taylor - guitar, vocals Also credited: Ian Little - producer Alex Sadkin - Mixer Phi...
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Brute Bernard
[ [ "Brute Bernard", "family name", "Bernard" ] ]
Canadian professional wrestler
James Prudhomme (June 6, 1921 – July 14, 1984), was a Canadian professional wrestler. better known by the ring names Brute Bernard or Jim 'Brute' Bernhard. He spent much of his career wrestling as part of a tag team with Skull Murphy. He competed for several wrestling promotions associated with the National Wrestling A...
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Brute Bernard
[ [ "Brute Bernard", "family name", "Bernard" ] ]
Canadian professional wrestler
become a wrestler. He made his debut in 1957, competing in Ontario. He initially wrestled under his real name, but he later took on the name Brute Bernard. He also competed as in Detroit for a promotion run by Ed Farhat. He teamed up with fellow Canadian wrestler Skull Murphy throughout the 1960s. Their first champions...
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Brute Bernard
[ [ "Brute Bernard", "family name", "Bernard" ] ]
Canadian professional wrestler
Florida, an NWA territory. They participated in a tag team tournament and won the vacant Florida version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship in 1964. Bernard and Murphy feuded with Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomurka over the belts and traded the belts back and forth before losing them to Matsusa and Keomurka for good. B...
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Brute Bernard
[ [ "Brute Bernard", "family name", "Bernard" ] ]
Canadian professional wrestler
Erich, patriarch of the Von Erich family for the Texas version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship in March 1967. That year, he had four more title reigns, as he won the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship twice and teamed with his manager Mike Paidousis to win the NWA American Tag Team Championship twi...
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Brute Bernard
[ [ "Brute Bernard", "family name", "Bernard" ] ]
Canadian professional wrestler
These bouts went against the tradition of having faces (fan favorites) competing against heels (villains), as Bernard and Murphy competed against fellow heels the Blond Bombers (Swede Hanson and Rip Hawk). Murphy died of a heart attack on March 23, 1970. Bernard took on a new partner, Larry Hamilton, and the pair won t...
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Brute Bernard
[ [ "Brute Bernard", "family name", "Bernard" ] ]
Canadian professional wrestler
the belt for three weeks before dropping it back to Arion. He also won the country's World Brass Knuckles Championship twice. Back in Jim Crockett Promotions, he formed a tag team with Jay York. They had rivalries with the team of George Scott and Nelson Royal as well as the Anderson family (Gene and Ole). Bernard and ...
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Brute Bernard
[ [ "Brute Bernard", "family name", "Bernard" ] ]
Canadian professional wrestler
wrestled for several promotions in his final years as a wrestler. He returned to Detroit, where he competed as The Brute. He also teamed with Frank Morrell in Texas to win the NWA Western States Tag Team Championship in 1977. He returned to the Carolinas and wrestled for Jim Crockett Promotions until he was released du...
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Brute Bernard
[ [ "Brute Bernard", "family name", "Bernard" ] ]
Canadian professional wrestler
nose and was fired as a result. Personal life Bernard was married to female professional wrestler Betty Joe Hawkins. He died in 1984 of a self-inflicted gunshot; it was not determined if his death was a suicide or an accident. One story states that Bernard was playing Russian roulette. Championships and accomplishments...
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Buckshot Hoffner
[ [ "Buckshot Hoffner", "occupation", "Politician" ], [ "Buckshot Hoffner", "place of birth", "Esmond, North Dakota" ], [ "Buckshot Hoffner", "place of death", "Bismarck, North Dakota" ] ]
American politician
Sebastian Fabian "Buckshot" Hoffner (January 20, 1924 – December 17, 2015) was an American politician who was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives and North Dakota State Senate for 18 years in total. He was raised in Esmond, North Dakota and was a veteran of World War II. He was a founder of Buckstop J...
[ "Sebastian Fabian Hoffner" ]
Buckshot Hoffner
[ [ "Buckshot Hoffner", "country of citizenship", "United States" ] ]
American politician
in the 1971 session. During his eight years in the Senate from 1972 to 1980, he was its minority leader from 1975 to 1980. He was an unsuccessful candidate to the United States House of Representatives in 1966 losing to incumbent 1st district Representative Mark Andrews. He also unsuccessfully sought the office of Nort...
[ "Sebastian Fabian Hoffner" ]
Portavadie
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village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Portavadie () is a village on the shores of Loch Fyne on the west coast of the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. The Portavadie complex was built by the then Scottish Office for the purpose of constructing concrete platforms for extraction of oil from the North Sea. However, the intention was soon...
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Portavadie
[ [ "Portavadie", "instance of", "Village" ] ]
village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
report in the Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard, says that the derelict "village", known as Polphail, was sold to a forestry company who plan to demolish the buildings and build new houses. It remains in situ currently. Portavadie Marina In late 2009 the marina was used for the first time to tie up yachts for th...
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Portavadie
[ [ "Portavadie", "located on terrain feature", "Cowal" ] ]
village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
restaurant, conference suites and a retail space. The second phase, The Lodge, arrived shortly after, consisting of hotel style accommodation, fully accessible studio apartments, staff accommodation and a second "family style" restaurant. The third phase was officially launched in August 2016, with a luxury spa and lei...
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Susan K. Gilmour
[ [ "Susan K. Gilmour", "given name", "Susan" ], [ "Susan K. Gilmour", "educated at", "University of Virginia" ], [ "Susan K. Gilmour", "occupation", "Biologist" ], [ "Susan K. Gilmour", "employer", "Lankenau Institute for Medical Research" ] ]
American cancer biologist
Susan K. Gilmour (born 1953) is an American cancer biologist and professor at Lankenau Institute for Medical Research. Gilmour earned a BA with distinction in biology from the University of Virginia in 1975 then attended Memorial Hospital School of Medical Technology (now Danville Regional Medical Center) in Danville, ...
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Susan K. Gilmour
[ [ "Susan K. Gilmour", "educated at", "Rutgers University" ] ]
American cancer biologist
1981, she entered the newly formed joint program in toxicology at Rutgers University/University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, earning Rutgers’ first PhD in toxicology in 1984. As a pre-doctoral Eli Lilly fellow, she studied the role of metabolism in the toxicology and carcinogenicity of benzene. Gilmour cont...
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Steckrübeneintopf
[ [ "Steckrübeneintopf", "country of origin", "Germany" ] ]
food
Steckrübeneintopf () is a German dish that, today, is especially common in North Germany. It generally consists of a stew made from swede, carrots and potatoes in varying proportions and diverse, usually smoked or pickled, types of meat or sausage. Occasionally special cooking pears used as well. The stew may be season...
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Frank Reaugh
[ [ "Frank Reaugh", "occupation", "Photographer" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "occupation", "Artist" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "occupation", "Inventor" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "occupation", "Teacher" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "given name", "Charles" ] ]
American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945)
Charles Franklin Reaugh (December 29, 1860 – May 6, 1945), known as Frank Reaugh, was an artist, photographer, inventor, patron of the arts, and teacher, who was called the "Dean of Texas Painters". He devoted his career to the visual documentation in pastel and paint, portraying the vast, still unsettled regions of th...
[ "Charles Franklin Reaugh", "F. Reaugh" ]
Frank Reaugh
[ [ "Frank Reaugh", "place of death", "Dallas" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "country of citizenship", "United States" ] ]
American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945)
in west central Illinois. Reaugh (pronounced RAY), moved with his family in 1876 to Terrell in Kaufman County east of Dallas. The original family name was "Castelreaugh", but the Irish family shortened it to "Reaugh" when they entered the United States. The Reaughs initially made their living in Terrell by planting cot...
[ "Charles Franklin Reaugh", "F. Reaugh" ]
Frank Reaugh
[ [ "Frank Reaugh", "educated at", "Académie Julian" ] ]
American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945)
to join them on cattle drives near Wichita Falls in Wichita County south of the Red River. The Houstons may have also provided financial support for Reaugh to further his artistic studies. During the winter of 1884–1885, Reaugh studied at the School of Fine Arts in St. Louis. From 1888 to 1889 he spent time at the Acad...
[ "Charles Franklin Reaugh", "F. Reaugh" ]
Frank Reaugh
[ [ "Frank Reaugh", "place of death", "Dallas" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "occupation", "Painter" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "residence", "Oak Cliff" ] ]
American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945)
Potter. In 1890, the Reaughs moved from Terrell to the Oak Cliff section of Dallas. There, he and his father built a metal studio building in the back yard called "The Iron Shed". Reaugh's works soon gained attention and national recognition through art exhibitions, including showing at the World's Fairs in Chicago (18...
[ "Charles Franklin Reaugh", "F. Reaugh" ]
Frank Reaugh
[ [ "Frank Reaugh", "occupation", "Inventor" ] ]
American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945)
of the Texas steer." Reaugh recalled that his mother had particularly encouraged him in the mastery of painting true-to-life forms: "I would sit in the midst of the herds to study their form, the workings of their muscles, their character and habits, their characteristic spots and markings, and their wonderfully rich a...
[ "Charles Franklin Reaugh", "F. Reaugh" ]
Frank Reaugh
[ [ "Frank Reaugh", "place of death", "Dallas" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "occupation", "Artist" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "given name", "Charles" ] ]
American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945)
a patented folding lap easel and compact carrying case for pastels. He created and marketed his own brand of pastels, each cast in a hexagonal shape to facilitate handling in the field. He patented a rotary pump and served on the board of directors for the Limacon Pump Company in Dallas. Reaugh as art instructor Reaugh...
[ "Charles Franklin Reaugh", "F. Reaugh" ]
Frank Reaugh
[ [ "Frank Reaugh", "place of death", "Dallas" ] ]
American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945)
and Louis Oscar Griffith, sometimes accompanied him on these trips. Many of his students, including Reveau Bassett, Florence McClung, Harry Carnohan, Lucretia Donnell, John Douglass, Olin Travis, Edward G. Eisenlohr, Lloyd Goff, Alexandre Hogue, and Josephine Oliver, gained regional and national prominence. Several of ...
[ "Charles Franklin Reaugh", "F. Reaugh" ]
Frank Reaugh
[ [ "Frank Reaugh", "place of death", "Dallas" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "occupation", "Painter" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "has works in the collection", "Dallas Museum of Art" ] ]
American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945)
the Dallas Museum of Art in the early twentieth century. Legacy Reaugh was passionate about his adopted state. Several of his paintings are displayed at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. Many of his other works are held by the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, where he shared t...
[ "Charles Franklin Reaugh", "F. Reaugh" ]
Frank Reaugh
[ [ "Frank Reaugh", "instance of", "Human" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "given name", "Charles" ] ]
American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945)
the aging Reaugh described his legacy in terms that his painting ". . . aside from any artistic merit that they may possess, will tell their story, and will be preserved because of historical value; for the steer and the cowboy have gone, the range has been fenced and plowed, and the beauty of the early days is but a m...
[ "Charles Franklin Reaugh", "F. Reaugh" ]
Frank Reaugh
[ [ "Frank Reaugh", "place of death", "Dallas" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "occupation", "Painter" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "occupation", "Artist" ] ]
American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945)
Reaugh saw the ideal of pastoral harmony through the herds that meandered across the prairie. With the help of Lucretia Donnell, Reaugh wrote an autobiography entitled From Under the Mesquite Tree: An Artist's LIfe on the Texas Plains. Historian J. Evetts Haley in 1960 published F. Reaugh: Man and Artist. In Reaugh’s w...
[ "Charles Franklin Reaugh", "F. Reaugh" ]
Frank Reaugh
[ [ "Frank Reaugh", "place of death", "Dallas" ] ]
American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945)
that these pictures be kept together if only for historical reasons. They create the spirit of the time. They show the sky unsullied by smoke, and the broad opalescent prairies not disfigured by wire fences or other signs of man." Having given away most of his possessions, Reaugh died in poverty in Dallas in 1945 at th...
[ "Charles Franklin Reaugh", "F. Reaugh" ]
Frank Reaugh
[ [ "Frank Reaugh", "given name", "Charles" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "archives at", "Harry Ransom Center" ] ]
American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945)
2015, the Harry Ranson Center in Austin, Texas, staged the retrospective exhibit "Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West" and published the book Windows on the West: The Art of Frank Reaugh. References Sources Michael R. Grauer. Rounded Up in Glory: Frank Reaugh, Texas Renaissance Man. Denton Universit...
[ "Charles Franklin Reaugh", "F. Reaugh" ]
Frank Reaugh
[ [ "Frank Reaugh", "place of birth", "Jacksonville, Illinois" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "place of death", "Dallas" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "residence", "Terrell, Texas" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "place of burial", "Terrell, Texas" ], [ "Frank Reaugh", "archi...
American photographer, painter, inventor, teacher (1860-1945)
Frank Reaugh Gallery at the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Frank Reaugh at Askart.com Papers, 1902–1960, in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University The Frank Reaugh digital collection from the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Category:1860 births Catego...
[ "Charles Franklin Reaugh", "F. Reaugh" ]
David C. Copley
[ [ "David C. Copley", "place of birth", "San Diego" ], [ "David C. Copley", "employer", "Copley Press" ], [ "David C. Copley", "occupation", "Philanthropist" ] ]
American publisher
David C. Copley (January 31, 1952 – November 20, 2012) was an American publishing heir, on the board of the Copley Press for over thirty years, becoming president and owner, as well as publisher of the San Diego Union-Tribune. He was a noted philanthropist. Early life Copley was born as David Hunt in San Diego in 1952,...
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David C. Copley
[ [ "David C. Copley", "place of birth", "San Diego" ], [ "David C. Copley", "employer", "Copley Press" ] ]
American publisher
1975. His mother worked for James Copley, the owner of Copley Press, as secretary, marrying him in 1965. On her husband's death she became owner of the Copley Press chain of some 20 newspapers and a wire service, the Copley News Service. Copley was formally adopted two months after the wedding. Ownership of Copley Pres...
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David C. Copley
[ [ "David C. Copley", "place of birth", "San Diego" ], [ "David C. Copley", "place of death", "La Jolla" ] ]
American publisher
publisher, the U-T won two Pulitzer Prizes: one was in 2006 for its role in uncovering the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal; the other was in 2009 for the work of editorial cartoonist Steve Breen. In 2007/2008, the paper also won the California Newspaper Publishers Association's Best in the State award. In May 2009 the ...
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David C. Copley
[ [ "David C. Copley", "place of birth", "San Diego" ], [ "David C. Copley", "place of death", "La Jolla" ] ]
American publisher
a billionaire. After his heart transplant there in June 2005, Copley donated a reported $5 million to Sharp Healthcare, operator of Sharp Memorial Hospital., allowing the founding of the David C. Copley Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center. Copley was a noted sponsor of the arts, both personally and through the ...
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David C. Copley
[ [ "David C. Copley", "place of birth", "San Diego" ] ]
American publisher
C. Copley Building, and from 2011 until his death he served as President of the Board of Trustees of the museum. He established The David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design at UCLA with a $6 million grant in 2008. He also gave to animal shelters in San Diego and Escondido, as well as the San Diego Crew Cl...
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David C. Copley
[ [ "David C. Copley", "place of death", "La Jolla" ] ]
American publisher
theatre and was a Tony-winning producer of the 2008 Broadway musical Memphis, directed by the La Jolla Playhouse artistic director Christopher Ashley. Copley was a motoring enthusiast, and collector of classic cars. His collection included an Aston Martin, a Porsche, a Cadillac, and a Maybach. Between 1986 and 2002, he...
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James H. Dooley
[ [ "James H. Dooley", "place of birth", "Richmond, Virginia" ], [ "James H. Dooley", "educated at", "Georgetown University" ], [ "James H. Dooley", "occupation", "Lawyer" ], [ "James H. Dooley", "occupation", "Politician" ], [ "James H. Dooley", ...
American businessman and politician
James Henry Dooley (January 17, 1841 – November 16, 1922) was a Virginia lawyer, business leader, politician, and philanthropist based in Richmond during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age. [He] represented Richmond in the Virginia House of Delegates[for three terms], Early life James Henry Dooley was the son of Irish i...
[ "Major James Dooley", "James Henry Dooley", "James Dooley" ]
James H. Dooley
[ [ "James H. Dooley", "residence", "Virginia" ] ]
American businessman and politician
the first student to rank at the head of his class during each of his four years, graduating in 1860. Soon after, James and his brother John enlisted in the Confederate Army, joining their father's unit, the First Virginia Infantry. James Dooley was wounded at the Battle of Williamsburg during the Peninsula Campaign in...
[ "Major James Dooley", "James Henry Dooley", "James Dooley" ]
James H. Dooley
[ [ "James H. Dooley", "residence", "Virginia" ] ]
American businessman and politician
began to rebuild its business district, Dooley began a legal career. Upon his father's death in 1868, James Dooley started using his father's honorific "Major," although he himself never attained that rank. The following year, Dooley married Sarah ("Sallie") O. May of Staunton, Virginia in Augusta County, although she ...
[ "Major James Dooley", "James Henry Dooley", "James Dooley" ]
James H. Dooley
[ [ "James H. Dooley", "residence", "Virginia" ] ]
American businessman and politician
overlooking the James River in [Henrico County, west of Richmond],<ref. Bayliss, pp. 138 and 151</ref> which he and his wife named Maymont. By 1912 the Dooleys also completed an enormous mountain retreat, Swannanoa, in the Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockfish Gap near Waynesboro, Virginia in Nelson County. According to Ric...
[ "Major James Dooley", "James Henry Dooley", "James Dooley" ]
James H. Dooley
[ [ "James H. Dooley", "residence", "Virginia" ] ]
American businessman and politician
also served on the board of the Medical College of Virginia and, in 1919, gave the funds to construct the Dooley Hospital (now part of Virginia Commonwealth University). Death and legacy Major Dooley died in Richmond at the age of 81. He was [interred] in Hollywood Cemetery, and later reinterred with his wife Sallie in...
[ "Major James Dooley", "James Henry Dooley", "James Dooley" ]
Alphawezen
[ [ "Alphawezen", "record label", "Mole Listening Pearls" ] ]
band
Alphawezen is a German electronic duo formed in 1998, consisting of Asu Yalcindag (vocals, lyrics) and Ernst Wawra (music). In the beginning, Alphawezen was an instrumental project, but with the first official album L'après-midi d'un Microphone (2001, Mole Listening Pearls) and with the co-operation of singer Asu it be...
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Alphawezen
[ [ "Alphawezen", "record label", "Mole Listening Pearls" ] ]
band
Mole Listening Pearls. In November 2009, the double CD Snow/Glow was released, including remixes by Nightmares on Wax and The Timewriter. A single entitled "Smile" has been released in August 2011. Discography Albums Comme Vous Voulez (re-titled Freeze in France) (2007 / CD Album) En Passant (2004 / CD Album) L'après-m...
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Tarlabaşı
[ [ "Tarlabaşı", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Istanbul" ], [ "Tarlabaşı", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Beyoğlu" ], [ "Tarlabaşı", "country", "Turkey" ] ]
neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey
Tarlabaşı is a neighbourhood in the Beyoğlu district in Istanbul, Turkey stretching from Taksim Square and Talimhane in the north to in the south. It is bordered on the east side by the four-lane Tarlabaşı Bulvarı and by Dolapdere Caddesi on the west. On Tatlı Badem ("Sweet Almond') Street, there is a museum dedicated ...
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Tarlabaşı
[ [ "Tarlabaşı", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Istanbul" ], [ "Tarlabaşı", "country", "Turkey" ] ]
neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey
a popular bazaar with hundreds of vendors. In the second half of 19th century, Tarlabaşı became a new residential area for the middle income and low-income class, while the other neighbourhoods around Tarlabaşı were the high-class residential area. Tarlabaşı was a place of non-Muslim people including Jews, Armenians an...
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The Test of Donald Norton
[ [ "The Test of Donald Norton", "publication date", "1926" ], [ "The Test of Donald Norton", "director", "B. Reeves Eason" ], [ "The Test of Donald Norton", "cast member", "George Walsh" ] ]
1926 film by B. Reeves Eason
The Test of Donald Norton is a 1926 silent western starring George Walsh and Tyrone Power and directed by B. Reeves Eason. Synopsis Donald Norton, a man of mixed race, grew up under the care of the Layards. He becomes the manager of a fur trading post for Hudson's Bay Company but has some struggles when he goes to be r...
[ "Test of Donald Norton" ]
The Test of Donald Norton
[ [ "The Test of Donald Norton", "cast member", "George Walsh" ] ]
1926 film by B. Reeves Eason
convinced that Corrigal is his father. After taking a post in a rival company, Donald hears his mother has almost choked to death. Both he and Corrigal rush to her side, but she dies before she can clear up the paternity mystery. Millington abducts the Layards' daughter and Donald's love, Janet, but Donald brings them ...
[ "Test of Donald Norton" ]
St Mullin's
[ [ "St Mullin's", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "County Carlow" ], [ "St Mullin's", "historic county", "County Carlow" ] ]
village in Leinster, Ireland
St. Mullins (, formerly anglicised as Timoling or Tymoling) is a village on the eastern bank of the River Barrow in the south of County Carlow, Ireland. It is less than 2 km off the R729 regional road. History The village is named after Saint Moling (or Mo Ling, 614–697), who founded a monastery there in the early 7th ...
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Joan F. Kessler
[ [ "Joan F. Kessler", "country of citizenship", "United States" ], [ "Joan F. Kessler", "occupation", "Lawyer" ], [ "Joan F. Kessler", "occupation", "Judge" ], [ "Joan F. Kessler", "educated at", "University of Kansas" ], [ "Joan F. Kessler", "e...
American judge
Joan F. Kessler (born 1944) is an American lawyer and a retired judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, serving from 2004 to 2020. Kessler previously served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin under President Jimmy Carter. Life and career A native of Louisiana, Kessler graduated from the Un...
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Joan F. Kessler
[ [ "Joan F. Kessler", "country of citizenship", "United States" ] ]
American judge
nomination in 1976; in 1978, Carter appointed her United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. As United States Attorney, Kessler received praise for her performance in court and her open-door policy toward criminal defense attorneys, but clashed with Milwaukee City Attorney James Brennan over her inve...
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Joan F. Kessler
[ [ "Joan F. Kessler", "occupation", "Judge" ] ]
American judge
In 2004, Kessler challenged incumbent Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Charles B. Schudson for his seat on the court's Milwaukee-based District I. The campaign was hotly contested; Kessler's campaign alleged that Schudson had committed several violations of judicial ethics, charges he vehemently denied; Schudson later ...
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Joan F. Kessler
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American judge
Governor Scott Walker when he served as Milwaukee County Executive. In July 2015, Kessler wrote a concurring opinion in a decision reinstating Milwaukee's employee residency rules, which had been voided by a Milwaukee County circuit judge. Electoral history Wisconsin Court of Appeals (2004, 2010, 2016) | colspan="6" st...
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Cal Lampley
[ [ "Cal Lampley", "occupation", "Composer" ], [ "Cal Lampley", "occupation", "Record producer" ] ]
American record producer
Cal Lampley (March 4, 1924 – July 6, 2006) was an American composer and record producer. He was the second child of Hettie Marina and William Lorenzo Lampley, and had a brother named William Elwood. He graduated with a B.S. from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina. H...
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Cal Lampley
[ [ "Cal Lampley", "occupation", "Composer" ], [ "Cal Lampley", "occupation", "Pianist" ], [ "Cal Lampley", "instrument", "Piano" ], [ "Cal Lampley", "educated at", "Juilliard School" ] ]
American record producer
Navy B-1 Band." Lampley himself served two and a half years in the Army Infantry. Lampley moved to New York City in 1946 to continue his education at the Juilliard School Of Music. With an Artist Diploma in 1949 in piano after three years under the direction of piano teacher Irwin Freundlich and composer Richard Franko...
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Cal Lampley
[ [ "Cal Lampley", "occupation", "Record producer" ], [ "Cal Lampley", "genre", "Jazz" ] ]
American record producer
Department. He was later hired by record producer George Avakian, which would later become his assistant, to work as an A&R and as a record producer for music labels such as Columbia, Warner Bros., RCA/Victor, and Prestige. He worked with artists including Miles Davis, Mahalia Jackson, Dave Brubeck, Art Blakey, Leonard...
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Cal Lampley
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American record producer
"Misty" by jazz musician Richard "Groove" Holmes was Prestige's Records biggest single in its entire history; it peaked at number 44 on the Billboard charts in 1966. In tribute to his musical contribution to the city and the state, Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke officially promulgated the "Cal Lampley Day" on May 1, 1994 in Bal...
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The Tale of the Unknown Island
[ [ "The Tale of the Unknown Island", "author", "José Saramago" ], [ "The Tale of the Unknown Island", "genre", "Short story" ] ]
book by José Saramago
"The Tale of the Unknown Island" () is a short story by Portuguese author José Saramago. It was published in Portuguese in 1997, and English in 1999. Plot A man requests the king of his country to give him a boat so he can go in search for "the unknown island". The king questions him about the existence of such an isla...
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Teslić
[ [ "Teslić", "country", "Bosnia and Herzegovina" ] ]
town and municipality in north-central Bosnia and Herzegovina
Teslić () is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the central part of the Republika Srpska, on the banks of Usora River. As of 2013, the town has a population of 7,518 inhabitants, while the municipality has 38,536 inhabitants. About to the south-ea...
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Teslić
[ [ "Teslić", "country", "Bosnia and Herzegovina" ] ]
town and municipality in north-central Bosnia and Herzegovina
the chemical industry. Long before Tesliċ began to rise a nearby village called Čečava existed as one of the oldest places people inhabited, there is archaeological evidence that Čečava existed as early as the 10th century. From 1929 to 1941, Teslić was part of the Vrbas Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Teslić wa...
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Teslić
[ [ "Teslić", "country", "Bosnia and Herzegovina" ] ]
town and municipality in north-central Bosnia and Herzegovina
Banja Vrućica, а health spa for healing cardio-vascular diseases. With a complex of five hotels and a capacity of over 1000 beds, Banja Vrućica has the biggest tourist capacity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The nearby mountain Borja is an attractive tourist destination with two hotels and sports facilities. Demographics A...
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George P. Scriven
[ [ "George P. Scriven", "military branch", "United States Army" ], [ "George P. Scriven", "place of birth", "Philadelphia" ] ]
Chief Signal Officer, U.S. Army
George Percival Scriven (February 21, 1854March 7, 1940) was the seventh Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army (1913–1917). In this position he commanded the Aeronautical Division (1913–1914),and later the Aviation Section (1914–1917) of U.S. Signal Corps, the forerunner of the United States Air Force. Scriven...
[ "George Percival Scriven", "G. P. Scriven" ]
George P. Scriven
[ [ "George P. Scriven", "conflict", "Spanish–American War" ] ]
Chief Signal Officer, U.S. Army
attaché in Rome, Italy. In 1896, Secretary of War Daniel S. Lamont directed Maj. Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook (ret.), and Scriven to be the official US delegates to the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia. In April, 1897 Scriven requested to observe the Turkish army in their war with Greece. Where he was soon appoint...
[ "George Percival Scriven", "G. P. Scriven" ]
George P. Scriven
[ [ "George P. Scriven", "conflict", "Spanish–American War" ] ]
Chief Signal Officer, U.S. Army
his career, including recognition for gallantry in action against Chinese Boxer forces at Yang Tsun on August 6, 1900, and at Peking on August 14–15, 1900. He also received badges for his service during the Spanish–American War, the Philippines Invasion, the Army of Cuban Occupation, the China Relief Expedition, and th...
[ "George Percival Scriven", "G. P. Scriven" ]
George P. Scriven
[ [ "George P. Scriven", "military branch", "United States Army" ] ]
Chief Signal Officer, U.S. Army
by the people of the country at large, is to the army a vital necessity. The time for serious effort in this new military science is at hand." Scriven, noting the situation as "critical," called for an increase in funding to support trained personnel for aeroplane and reconnaissance work. Acknowledging the efforts of t...
[ "George Percival Scriven", "G. P. Scriven" ]
NGC 7006
[ [ "NGC 7006", "constellation", "Delphinus" ], [ "NGC 7006", "instance of", "Globular cluster" ], [ "NGC 7006", "instance of", "Star" ], [ "NGC 7006", "instance of", "Galaxy" ], [ "NGC 7006", "part of", "Milky Way" ] ]
globular cluster in the constellation Delphinus
NGC 7006 (also known as Caldwell 42) is a globular cluster in the constellation Delphinus. NGC 7006 resides in the outskirts of the Milky Way. It is about 135,000 light-years away, five times the distance between the Sun and the centre of the galaxy, and it is part of the galactic halo. This roughly spherical region of...
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Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "member of sports team", "Sierra Leone national football team" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "place of birth", "Kenema" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "country of citizenship", "Sierra Leone" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "family name", "Kallon" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
Mohamed Kallon, MOR (born 6 October 1979) is a Sierra Leonean international manager and former footballer who played as a forward. He is widely considered the most famous footballer from Sierra Leone. He last played for the Sierra Leone club Kallon F.C., as well as making 35 appearances for the Sierra Leone national fo...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "place of birth", "Kenema" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "country of citizenship", "Sierra Leone" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "family name", "Kallon" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
and Musa Kallon. Mohamed Kallon attended primary school in Kenema and completed his secondary education at St. Edwards Secondary School in Freetown. During his early international career for Sierra Leone, Kallon was given the nickname Small Kallon by Sierra Leonean football fans because he was the youngest of the three...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "member of sports team", "Inter Milan" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "member of sports team", "Spånga IS" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "member of sports team", "Bologna F.C. 1909" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "member of sports team", "Inter Milan" ], ...
Sierra Leonean footballer
the age of 15. During the 1994–95 season, he struck fifteen goals in 24 league games for Old Edwardians and became the youngest player to ever play and score in Sierra Leone National Premier League. After the 1994–95 season, Kallon left Old Edwardians and signed for Lebanese club Tadamon Sour. He spent one season with ...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "member of sports team", "Inter Milan" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "member of sports team", "Inter Milan" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "family name", "Kallon" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
undisclosed fee and 9,000 billion lire respectively (€4,648,112). He played with Cristiano Zanetti at Cagliari, whom he later worked with again at Inter Milan. Inter Milan 2001–02 After the abolition of the non-EU quota for each team halfway through the 2000–01 season, Kallon returned to Italian giants Inter Milan befo...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "family name", "Kallon" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
29 Serie A matches, scoring 9 goals and becoming the team's 2nd highest scorer of the 2001–02 Serie A season, behind Vieri, as the club narrowly missed out on the league title, finishing in third place, also reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. 2002–03 He only played 9 times (scoring 5 goals) in Serie A in 2002–03...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "family name", "Kallon" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
League semi-final against A.C. Milan as Batistuta was unable to register. He played in both games as a second-half substitute, for Álvaro Recoba and Hernán Crespo respectively. 2003–04 Kallon tested positive for the banned substance nandrolone after the Serie A match against Udinese Calcio on 27 September 2003 and was ...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "country of citizenship", "Sierra Leone" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "family name", "Kallon" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
He played 14 Ligue 1 games in his last season for Monaco. He played his last match in Ligue 1 on 11 August 2007 against FC Lorient, the 2nd match of the season, before he was released by Monaco. He underwent a trial with Birmingham in September 2007, after previously being linked with Derby County in July. However, Kal...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "family name", "Kallon" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
but this later collapsed. AEK FC Kallon signed a 6-month contract with Greek giants AEK F.C. on 29 January 2008. He played for the capital club in the UEFA Cup 2007–08 round of 32 against Getafe CF, but AEK lost 1–4 on aggregate, with no goals from Kallon. He also played in the Super League Greece playoffs to determine...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "family name", "Kallon" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
with a chip shot outside the box. Al-Shabab He moved to Al-Shabab of the United Arab Emirates in 2008. He was released after picking up a serious injury in an international match. Kallon FC In October 2009, he signed for his own club Kallon FC. Shaanxi Zhongjian Chanba On 1 March 2010, he joined the Chinese championshi...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "country of citizenship", "Sierra Leone" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "participant in", "1996 African Cup of Nations" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "family name", "Kallon" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
family. He returned to Kallon F.C. ahead of the 2012 CAF Confederation Cup, and scored the winning goal that got them to the second round. On 26 June 2014, was named the head coach of Sierra Leone u-17 side. On 22 March 2016 he announced his retirement as a player, having last played in 2014. International career Kallo...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "country of citizenship", "Sierra Leone" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "family name", "Kallon" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
which he scored the winner. At the age of 16, Kallon was the youngest player at the 1996 African Nations cup in South Africa. He scored one of his country's two goals as Sierra Leone defeated Burkina Faso 2–1 in their opening group match at the 1996 African Nations Cup, played at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein,...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "country of citizenship", "Sierra Leone" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "family name", "Kallon" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
the Sierra Leone national team but quit his captaincy after the team failed to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2010 African Cup of Nations. Club owner Kallon is the founder and owner of the Sierra Leonean football club Kallon F.C., currently playing in the Sierra Leone National Premier League. Kallon is one...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "country of citizenship", "Sierra Leone" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "family name", "Kallon" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
the Sierra Leone League title in 2006, and qualifying for the African Champions League. Personal life Mohamed Kallon is a devout Muslim and a member of the Mandingo ethnic group. Kallon is married to his childhood girlfriend M'mah Mansaray. The couple celebrated their wedding at the Freetown Central Mosque in Freetown ...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "country of citizenship", "Sierra Leone" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "family name", "Kallon" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
Kallon is also about to launch his charity foundation, the MKCF, Mohamed Kallon Children's Foundation, which will cater for the needs of hundreds of Sierra Leone's street children. Recently Mohamed Kallon told SierraEye Magazine that as a boy himself who grew up in the streets of Freetown he is moved by the state of Si...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "member of sports team", "Cagliari Calcio" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "member of sports team", "AS Monaco FC" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "member of sports team", "Reggina 1914" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "member of sports team", "FC Lugano" ], ...
Sierra Leonean footballer
HIV/AIDS sensitisation programme in Sierra Leone. x The setting up of MKCF by Kallon gained massive media coverage and even the BBC reported on it. Career statistics Club International Honours Sierra Leone: Order of the Rokel (2013) Al-Ittihad AFC Champions League: 2005 References External links Category:1979 births Ca...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Mohamed Kallon
[ [ "Mohamed Kallon", "place of birth", "Kenema" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "country of citizenship", "Sierra Leone" ], [ "Mohamed Kallon", "sport", "Association football" ] ]
Sierra Leonean footballer
F.C. players Category:Beijing Renhe F.C. players Category:Chinese Super League players Category:Swiss Super League players Category:Al-Shaab CSC players Category:Serie A players Category:Serie B players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Super League Greece players Category:Doping cases in association football Category:...
[ "Mohammed Kallon" ]
Operation Maslenica
[ [ "Operation Maslenica", "location", "Maslenica" ] ]
Croatian Army offensive launched in January 1993 during the Croatian War of Independence
Operation Maslenica was a Croatian Army offensive launched in January 1993 to retake territory in northern Dalmatia and Lika from Krajina Serb forces, with the stated military objective of pushing the Serbs back from approaches to Zadar, Maslenica and Karlobag, allowing a secure land route between Dalmatia and northern...
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Operation Maslenica
[ [ "Operation Maslenica", "part of", "Croatian War of Independence" ], [ "Operation Maslenica", "location", "Maslenica" ] ]
Croatian Army offensive launched in January 1993 during the Croatian War of Independence
stages of the Croatian War of Independence, Serb-dominated units of the Knin Corps of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), under the command of Colonel Ratko Mladić and supported by the ethnic Serb Krajina militia, conducted offensive operations against areas under the Croatian government's control in Northwestern Dalmati...
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Operation Maslenica
[ [ "Operation Maslenica", "instance of", "Battle" ], [ "Operation Maslenica", "location", "Maslenica" ] ]
Croatian Army offensive launched in January 1993 during the Croatian War of Independence
the JNA and Krajina Serbs managed to gradually expand territories under their control and even threaten the major urban centre of Zadar. The Maslenica bridge was blown up in November by the Serb forces. In January, 1992, the Sarajevo armistice and the arrival of UNPROFOR solidified battle lines into the boundary betwee...
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Operation Maslenica
[ [ "Operation Maslenica", "instance of", "Battle" ] ]
Croatian Army offensive launched in January 1993 during the Croatian War of Independence
offensive operations in neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina, but also used the lack of major military operations on Croatian soil to improve its equipment, organisation, personnel and tactics. The core of the Croatian military were professional Guards brigades - three of which would ultimately see action in the subsequent b...
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Operation Maslenica
[ [ "Operation Maslenica", "location", "Maslenica" ] ]
Croatian Army offensive launched in January 1993 during the Croatian War of Independence
the offensive in the Maslenica and Zadar area on January 22. RSK forces were completely taken by surprise and initially failed to offer any meaningful resistance. One of the reasons for the initial Croatian success was the unprecedented use of Croatian naval and air forces - which was the only instance of Croatian grou...
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