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OpenDX stands for Open Data Explorer and is IBM's scientific data visualization software. It can handle complex domains (such as a mechanical gear or a human brain) along with measured or computed data. The data may be scalar (such as the concentration of a chemical agent in the brain), vector or tensor fields (like t... | {"Written in": "Mainly C", "Type": "Plotting", "License": "IBM Public License", "Website": "www.opendx.org"} |
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (11 September 1656 - 26 July 1693) was Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Charles XI. She is often admired for her generosity and charity.
The name Ulrike is a Danish version of the name; in Swedish she is called Ulrika Eleonora den äldre (English: Ulrica Eleanor the Elder), to distinguish ... | {"Father": "Frederick III, King of Denmark", "Mother": "Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg", "Born": "Copenhagen", "Died": "Karlberg Palace"} |
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus ( - ) was a Roman statesman who served as consul in 115 BC. He was also a long-standing princeps senatus, occupying the post from 115 until his death in late 89 or early 88 BC, and as such was widely considered one of the most prestigious and influential politicians of the late Republic.
After ... | {"Name": "Marcus Aemilius Scaurus", "Birth date": "159 BC", "Death date": "mid-Nov 89-Feb 88 BC", "Nationality": "Roman", "Title": "Consul (115 BC)\n Censor (109 BC; abdicated)\n la princeps senatus", "Opponents": "L Appuleius Saturninus Q Servilius Caepio", "Spouse(s)": "Caecilia Metella", "Children": "2"} |
Kathryn ("Kathy") Ann Watt (born 11 September 1964) is an Australian racing cyclist who won two medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain (gold in the road race, and silver in the pursuit).Kathy Watt Cycling - Road Cycling - Track. Corporate.olympics.com.au. Retrieved 2 August 2012.Kathy Watt. Sports Refer... | {"Name": "Kathy Watt", "Image caption": "Watt at the 1999 Women's Challenge", "Full name": "Kathryn Ann Watt", "Birth date": "yes 1964 9 11", "Discipline": "Road and track", "Role": "Rider", "Medal templates": "Women's road cycling\nOlympic Games\n1992 Barcelona Road Race\nCommonwealth Games\n1994 Victoria BC Road race... |
West Ealing railway station is on the Great Western Main Line in Ealing, situated in west London. It is down the line from London Paddington and is situated between to the east and to the west. Its three-letter station code is WEA.
Most trains serving the station are operated by the Elizabeth line running between A... | {"External links": "rail", "Managed by": "Transport for LondonStation facilities for West Ealing", "Owner": "Network Rail", "Fare zone": "3", "Location": "West Ealing", "Local authority": "London Borough of Ealing", "Number of platforms": "3\n<!--", "2004-05": "1em 0.384", "2005-06": "0.371", "2006-07": "1.079", "2007-... |
Bazilio Olara-Okello (1929 – 9 January 1990) was a Ugandan military officer and one of the commanders of the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) that together with the Tanzanian army organized the coup d'état that overthrew Idi Amin in 1979. In 1985, he was briefly the chairman of the ruling Military Council and de ... | {"Name": "Bazilio Olara-Okello", "Term start": "27 July 1985", "Term end": "29 July 1985", "Birth name": "Bazilio Olara-Okello", "Birth date": "1929", "Death date": "1990 1 9 1929 y", "Battles fought": "East African Campaign1972 invasion of UgandaUganda-Tanzania WarUgandan Bush War"} |
Spasim is a 32-player 3D networked space flight simulation game and first-person space shooter developed by Jim Bowery for the PLATO computer network and released in March 1974. The game features four teams of eight players, each controlling a planetary system, where each player controls a spaceship in 3D space in firs... | {"Title": "Spasim", "Developer": "Jim Bowery", "Released": "March 1974", "Genre": "Space flight simulation", "Modes": "Multiplayer", "Platforms": "Mainframe computer (PLATO)"} |
BatMUD is a medieval fantasy MUD, established in 1990. BatMUD is Finland-based and operated and owned by a non-profit organization, Balanced Alternative Techniques ry ("B.A.T. ry"), officially registered 1994 in Helsinki, Finland.The official site of B.A.T. ry , accessed 2008-12-31
By 2006, over 100,000 players had f... | {"Title": "BatMUD", "Image": "BatMUD Logo", "Developer": "Project community", "Engine": "LPMud", "Platforms": "Platform independent", "Released": "1990", "Genre": "Fantasy MUD", "Modes": "Multiplayer"} |
The Rank Organisation (founded as J. Arthur Rank), was a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937, Rank also served as the company chairman. It quickly became the largest and most vertically integrated film company in the United Kingdom, owning production, distribution an... | {"Type": "Public", "Fate": "Assets sold to Rank Group\nFilm assets acquired by Carlton Communications", "Founded": "1937 4 23 y as J. Arthur Rank", "Defunct": "1996 2 7 y", "Headquarters": "London, England, United Kingdom", "Industry": "Film and media industry", "Products": "Film production, distribution and exhibition... |
Butlin's is a chain of large seaside resorts in the United Kingdom. Butlin's was founded by Billy Butlin to provide affordable holidays for ordinary British families.
Between 1936 and 1966, ten camps were built, including one in Ireland and one in the Bahamas. In the 1970s and 1980s, Butlin's also operated numerous la... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Leisure", "Founded": "yes 1936 1 1 (First site, Skegness) yes 2000 4 9 (As present company)", "Headquarters": "Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England", "Products": "Seaside resorts", "Revenue": "£184.6m (2010)Butlins Skyline Ltd, Report and Financial Statements 31 December 2010", "P... |
Beanie Babies are a line of stuffed toys created by American businessman H. Ty Warner, who founded Ty Inc. in 1986. The toys are stuffed with plastic pellets ("beans") rather than conventional soft stuffing. They come in many different forms, mostly animals.
Created in 1993, Beanie Babies emerged as a major fad and co... | {"Type": "Stuffed toy", "Inventor(s)": "Ty Warner", "Country": "United States", "Company": "Ty Inc.https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/12/nyregion/on-the-trail-of-a-beanie-burglar.html?scp=3&sq=beanie%20bears&st=cse The New York Times On the Trail of a Beanie Burglar David M. Halbfinger 1999-03-12 live https://web.a... |
The Gongman (also known as the "man-with-the-gong") is a company trademark for the J. Arthur Rank Organisation. It was used as the introduction to all Rank films, many of which were shot at their Pinewood Studios, and included those Rank distributed. The Gongman logo first appeared on films distributed by General Film ... | {"Industry": "Logo of the Rank Organisation", "Fate": "Shut down in 1997", "Founded": "1935 with the GFD logo", "Defunct": "1997", "Headquarters": "United Kingdom", "Products": "Logo", "AUM": "The Rank Group"} |
Terry Wallace (born 13 December 1958) is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach.
As a player, his career spanned three VFL/AFL clubs; most notably Hawthorn where he played in three premierships. After one season with Richmond, he then played with Footscray Football Club where he earned two Be... | {"Name": "Terry Wallace", "Full Name": "Terry Wallace", "Nickname": "Plough", "Birth Date": "1958 12 13 y", "Birth Place": "Victoria", "Original Team": "Camberwell (VFA)", "Position": "Midfielder", "Stats End": "1991", "Career Highlights": "3× VFL premiership player: 1978, 1983, 1986\n2× Peter Crimmins Perpetual Memori... |
St Neot ( ) ()Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel . Cornish Language Partnership. is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish population at the 2011 census was 947. It is between the towns of Bodmin and Liskeard.
The ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Cornwall", "Ceremonial county": "Cornwall", "UK Parliament": "South East Cornwall", "Postcode district": "PL", "Dialling code": "01579", "OS grid reference": "SX185678"} |
The 2004 Canadian federal election was held on June 28, 2004, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority but was able to continue in office as a minority government after the election. This was the first ele... | {"Name": "2004 Canadian federal election", "Country": "Canada", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "2000 Canadian federal election", "Previous year": "2000", "Election date": "2004 6 28", "Next election": "2006 Canadian federal election... |
Hands Across America was a public fundraising event on Sunday, May 25, 1986, when 5 to 6.5 million people held hands for 15 minutes in an attempt to form a continuous human chain across the contiguous United States. The attempt to have a complete line of people across the country failed, although the number of particip... | {"Music festival name": "Hands Across America", "Caption": "Hands Across America at Eakins Oval along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "Location": "Across the contiguous United States", "Founders": "Ken Kragen", "Dates": "May 25, 1986"} |
The 9M133 Kornet (; "Cornet", NATO reporting name AT-14 Spriggan, export designation Kornet-E) is a Russian man-portable anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) intended for use against main battle tanks. It was first introduced into service with the Russian army in 1998.
The Kornet is among the most capable Russian ATGMs. It... | {"Place of origin": "Russia", "Type": "Anti-tank missile", "Transport": "yes", "In service": "1998-present", "Used by": "See Operators", "Wars": "Iraq War\n 2006 Lebanon War\n Israeli-Palestinian conflict\n Libyan Crisis (2011-present)\n Syrian Civil War\n War in Iraq (2013-2017)\n Russo-Ukrainian War\n Yemeni Civil Wa... |
Chris Cross (born Christopher Thomas Allen, 14 July 1952, Tottenham, London ) is an English musician, best known as the bass guitarist in the new wave band Ultravox.
Biography
Early years
Cross went to Belmont Secondary Modern School, William Forster Comprehensive. He began his music career playing in different b... | {"Born": "1952 7 14 y", "Origin": "Tottenham, London, England", "Genres": "New wave art rock post-punk synth-pop glam rock", "Formerly of": "Stoned Rose Tiger Lily Ultravox"} |
House Party is a 1990 American comedy film directed by Reginald Hudlin. It stars Christopher "Kid" Reid and Christopher "Play" Martin of the hip hop duo Kid 'n Play, and also stars Paul Anthony, Bow-Legged Lou and B-Fine from Full Force, and Robin Harris (who died of a heart attack nine days after the film was released... | {"Directed by": "Reginald Hudlin", "Produced by": "Warrington Hudlin", "Written by": "Reginald Hudlin", "Starring": "Kid 'n Play\n Full Force\n Robin Harris", "Music by": "Lenny WhiteMarcus Miller", "Cinematography": "Peter Deming", "Edited by": "Earl Watson", "Distributed by": "New Line Cinema", "Budget": "$2.5 millio... |
Chris Stockwell (March 9, 1957 - February 10, 2018) was a Canadian politician from Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2003, and served as Speaker of the legislature and cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. Before entering ... | {"Name": "Chris Stockwell", "Term start": "October 3, 1996", "Term end": "October 19, 1999", "Lieutenant governor": "Hal JackmanHilary Weston", "Predecessor 2": "Linda LeBourdais", "Successor 2": "Riding abolished", "Birth date": "1957 03 09", "Birth place": "London, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "2018 02 10 1957 03 ... |
Visage were a British synth-pop band formed in London in 1978. The band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s, and are best known for their hit "Fade to Grey" which was released in late 1980. In the UK, the band achieved two Top 20 albums (Visage and The Anvil) and fiv... | {"Origin": "London, England", "Genres": "Synth-pop\n new wave", "Labels": "Polydor\n Radar\n Blitz Club/Control Room", "Website": "http://therealvisage.com"} |
Peter Orseolo, or Peter the Venetian (; 1010 or 1011 - 1046, or late 1050s), was the King of Hungary twice. He first succeeded his uncle, King Stephen I, in 1038. His favoritism towards his foreign courtiers caused an uprising which ended with his 1041 deposition. Peter was restored in 1044 by Henry III, Holy Roman Emp... | {"Father": "Otto Orseolo", "Mother": "Grimelda of Hungary", "Born": "Venice", "Died": "Székesfehérvár, Hungary", "Burial": "Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Pécs", "Religion": "Chalcedonian Christianity"} |
George Alexander Trebek (; July 22, 1940 - November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American game show host and television personality. He is best known for hosting the syndicated general knowledge quiz game show Jeopardy! for 37 seasons from its revival in 1984 until his death in 2020. Trebek also hosted a number of other ga... | {"Name": "Alex Trebek", "Post-nominals": "CAN OC 100%", "Alt": "Trebek in 2012 wearing a dark grey suit", "Caption": "Trebek at the Peabody Awards in 2012", "Birth name": "George Alexander Trebek", "Birth date": "1940 7 22 yes", "Birth place": "Sudbury, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "2020 11 8 1940 07 22", "Death pla... |
The Fairy with Turquoise Hair (; often simply referred to as The Blue Fairy, La Fata Turchina) is a fictional character in the 1883 Italian book The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, repeatedly appearing at critical moments in Pinocchio's wanderings to admonish the little wooden puppet to avoid bad or risky beh... | {"First appearance": "The Adventures of Pinocchio", "Created by": "Carlo Collodi", "Gender": "Female", "Family": "Pinocchio", "Nationality": "Italian"} |
The Austin Lounge Lizards are a musical group from Austin, Texas, formed in 1980. The band includes founding members Hank Card and Conrad Deisler, along with Tim Wilson and Kirk Williams. The third founding member, Tom Pittman, retired from the band in the spring of 2011.
The band started out experimenting with folk, ... | {"Genres": "Progressive bluegrass,Bogdanov Vladimir Woodstra Chris Erlewine Stephen Thomas All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidedef00bogd registration 2001 Backbeat Books/All Media Guide 9780879306274 701 Satire,Jones Loyal Country Music Humorists and Comedians... |
The Mi'kmaq (also Mi'gmaq, Lnu, Miꞌkmaw or Miꞌgmaw; ; ) see page 418, note 2Sock, S., & Paul-Gould, S. (2011). Best Practices and Challenges in Miꞌkmaq and Maliseet/Wolastoqi Language Immersion Programs. are a First Nations people of the Northeastern Woodlands, indigenous to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces, p... | {"Name": "Mi'kmaq", "Native name": "Lnu", "Flag caption": "Grand Council Flag of the Miꞌkmaq Nation.http://flagspot.net/flags/ca_micmc.html Flags of the World 2009-11-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20170704133026/https://flagspot.net/flags/ca_micmc.html 2017-07-04 dead Although the flag is meant to be displayed h... |
Jascha Heifetz (; December 10, 1987) was a Russian-American violinist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time. Born in Vilnius, he moved to the United States as a teenager, where his Carnegie Hall debut was rapturously received. He was a virtuoso from childhood. Fritz Kreisler, another lead... | {"Name": "Jascha Heifetz", "Caption": "Heifetz in 1920s", "Birth date": "1901 02 02", "Birth place": "Vilnius, Russian Empire (now Lithuania)", "Death date": "1987 12 10 1901 02 02", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California", "Occupation": "Violinist"} |
The Jade Emperor or Yudi ( or ) in Chinese culture, traditional religions and myth is one of the representations of the first god ( ).
In Daoist theology he is the assistant of Yuanshi Tianzun, who is one of the Three Pure Ones, the three primordial emanations of the Tao. However, some Taoists in history were skeptica... | {"Infobox title": "Jade Emperor", "Picture caption": "Jade Emperor in a Ming Dynasty ink and color painting on silk, 16th century", "Literal meaning": "Jade Emperor", "Pinyin transcription": "Yù Huáng", "Name in Chinese": "玉皇", "Peh-oe-ji": "Gio̍k-hông", "Peh-oe-ji 2": "Gio̍k-tè", "Second alternate name in Chinese": "天... |
In common law, a hue and cry is a process by which bystanders are summoned to assist in the apprehension of a criminal who has been witnessed in the act of committing a crime.
History
By the Statute of Winchester of 1285, 13 Edw. 1. St. 2. c. 4, it was provided that anyone, either a constable or a private citizen, wh... | {"Short title": "Hue and Cry Act 1734", "Type": "Act", "Parliament": "Parliament of Great Britain", "Long title": "An Act for the Amendment of the Law relating to Actions on the Statute of Hue and Cry.", "Year": "1734", "Citation": "8 Geo. 2. c. 16", "Royal Assent": "15 May 1735", "Repealed by or Revoked by (if type is... |
Lara Croft is a character and the main protagonist of the video game franchise Tomb Raider. She is presented as a highly intelligent and athletic British archaeologist who ventures into ancient tombs and hazardous ruins around the world. Created by a team at British developer Core Design that included Toby Gard, the ch... | {"First game": "Tomb Raider (1996)", "Created by": "Toby Gard", "Voiced by": "Various \"btva\">http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Tomb-Raider/Lara-Croft/ Behind The Voice Actors - Voice of Lara Croft Behind The Voice Actors 11 September 2015 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150924165231/http://www.be... |
The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is a large H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), forming its south-east corner (from Earth's perspective).
Discovery
thumb|left|upright=1.2|The brilliant stars in the Tarantula Nebula unleash a torrent of ultraviolet light and stellar winds that etch away at t... | {"Distance": "\"seds\">SEDS Students for the Exploration and Development of Space\n Results for Tarantula Nebula\n 30 Doradus .. 49 kpc +- 3 kpc\n http://messier.seds.org/xtra/ngc/n2070.html\n 2007-05-08 2008ApJ...680..398L\n Chemical Composition and Mixing in Giant H II Regions: NGC 3603, 30 Doradus, and N66... |
Sa Kaeo (, ) is one of the 76 provinces (changwat) and lies in eastern Thailand about 200 km from Bangkok. Neighboring provinces are (from south clockwise) Chanthaburi, Chachoengsao, Prachinburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, and Buriram. To the east it borders Banteay Meanchey and Battambang of Cambodia.
History
Sa Kaeo became ... | {"Rank": "Ranked 64th", "Density": "78", "ISO 3166 code": "TH-27", "Website": "http://www.sakaeo.go.thMay 2021"} |
Saffron Walden is a market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and north of London. It retains a rural appearance and some buildings of the medieval period. The population was 15,504 at the 2011 census.
History
Archaeological evidence suggests continuou... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 census)https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/essex/E63003866__saffron_walden/ Saffron Walden (Essex, East of England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information", "District": "Uttlesford", "Shire county": "... |
Mexica is a board game designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling and published in 2002 by Ravensburger in German and Rio Grande Games in English. Mexica was awarded 5th prize in the 2002 Deutscher Spiele Preis.
Mexica is the third game in the Mask Trilogy, after Tikal and Java. In the game, players attempt to... | {"Players": "2-4", "Age range": "10 +", "Setup time": "10 minutes", "Playing time": "60-75 minutes", "Random chance": "None", "Skills required": "Strategic thought"} |
Missile d'Infanterie Léger Antichar (French for "Lightweight Infantry Anti-tank Missile") or MILAN is a Franco-West German anti-tank guided missile system. Design of the MILAN began in 1962; it was ready for trials in 1971, and accepted for service in 1972. It is a wire-guided semi-automatic command to line of sight (S... | {"Transport": "yes", "Type": "Anti-tank missile", "Place of origin": "France, West Germany", "Wars": "South African Border WarChadian-Libyan conflictToyota WarWestern Sahara WarRoland Delcour À Ras-el-Khanfra, les efforts du Polisario pour rompre le mur de sécurité entourant le \"Sahara utile\" ont échoué 19 January 1... |
Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was a lawyer and politician who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907. He served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. After the war, he was politically ac... | {"Name": "Edmund Pettus", "Image": "Senator Edmund Winston Pettus as a Member of the 55th US Congress.jpeg", "Image caption": "Pettus in 1899", "Term start": "March 4, 1897", "Term end": "July 27, 1907", "Birth name": "Edmund Winston Pettus", "Birth date": "1821 7 06 y", "Birth place": "Limestone County, Alabama, U.S."... |
Rozonda Ocielian Thomas (born February 27, 1971), better known by her stage name Chilli, is an American singer, dancer and actress who is a member of the group TLC, one of the best-selling girl groups of the late 20th century.
Early life
Thomas was born in Columbus, Georgia and graduated from Benjamin Elijah Mays High... | {"Born": "Columbus, Georgia, U.S.", "Genres": "R&B\npop\nhip hop soul\nnew jack swing\nfunkhttps://www.allmusic.com/artist/tlc-mn0000007689 TLC - Biography, Albums, Streaming Links AllMusic", "Labels": "LaFace\nArista\nEpic", "Member of": "TLC"} |
The International Birdman was a series of English competitions held in the West Sussex towns of Bognor Regis, Selsey and Worthing. The competition involved human 'birdmen' attempting to fly off the end of a pier into the sea for prize money. The event began in 1971 and was held on piers in West Sussex, on the south co... | {"Location(s)": "Bognor Regis, West Sussex and Worthing, West Sussex", "Years active": "1971-2016 (1971-1977 - Selsey)(1978-2007; 2010-2013; 2015-2016 - Bognor Regis)(2008-2015 - Worthing)", "Genre": "Birdman Rally", "Website": "Bognor BirdmanWorthing Birdman"} |
Metacomet (1638 - August 12, 1676), also known as Pometacom, Metacom, and by his adopted English name King Philip,Lepore, Jill. The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Note: King Philip "was also known as Metacom, or Metacomet. King Philip may well have ... | {"Name": "Metacomet", "Image": "Philip King of Mount Hope by Paul Revere.jpeg", "Birth date": "1638", "Death date": "1676 8 12 1638", "Death place": "Bristol, Rhode Island"} |
Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 - January 29, 1962) was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer. One of the most noted violin masters of his day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Like many great violinists of his g... | {"Name": "Fritz Kreisler", "Birth date": "1875 2 2", "Birth place": "Vienna, Austria-Hungary", "Death date": "1962 1 29 1875 2 2", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Composer, violinist", "Years active": "1903-1950"} |
Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer, conductor and orchestrator noted for his film scores.Handy, Bruce 'Lord of the Rings' Composer Howard Shore Talks Hobbits, His Start on 'SNL' and Working With Martin Scorsese Billboard. February 25, 2015 He has composed the scores for over 80 films, m... | {"Born": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Genres": "Film score, classical", "Website": "http://www.howardshore.com/", "Spouse(s)": "Elizabeth Cotnoir 1990"} |
Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey castle located in the village of Carisbrooke (near Newport), Isle of Wight, England. Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial.
Early history
The site of Carisbrooke Castle may have been occupied in pre-Roman times. A ruined wall suggests ... | {"Coordinates": "50.6874 N 1.3133 W type:landmark_region:GB-IOW inline,title", "Type": "Castle", "Built": "Begun in 12th century", "In use": "Until 1944", "Owner": "Managed by English Heritage", "Open tothe public": "Yes", "Pastcommanders": "Sir Nicholas Wadham (died 1542) Captain of the Isle of Wight, 1509-1520", "Occ... |
Andrew Lesnie ACS ASC (1 January 1956 - 27 April 2015) was an Australian cinematographer. He was best known as the cinematographer for The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003) and its prequel The Hobbit trilogy (2012-2014), both directed by New Zealand director Peter Jackson. He received the Academy Award for Best Cin... | {"Name": "Andrew Lesnie", "Post-nominals": "ACS, ASC", "Birth date": "1 January 1956", "Birth place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Death date": "2015 04 27 1956 01 01 yes", "Death place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Occupation": "Cinematographer", "Years active": "19782014", "Awards": "Academy Awar... |
Nellore is a city located on the banks of Penna River, in Nellore district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of the district, as well as Nellore mandal and Nellore revenue division. It is the fourth most populous city in the state. It is at a distance of 700 km from Visakhapatnam and ... | {"Named for": "Indian gooseberry", "Type": "Municipal Corporation", "Body": "Nellore Municipal Corporation", "Density": "auto", "Rank": "4th (in AP)", "Metro density": "6,00,869 https://spsnellore.ap.gov.in/nellore-municipal-corporation/ NELLORE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District, Government ... |
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 - December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill, Robards received two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He is one of 24 performers to have achieved... | {"Name": "Jason Robards", "Caption": "Robards in 1956", "Birth name": "Jason Nelson Robards Jr.", "Birth date": "1922 07 26", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "2000 12 26 1922 07 26", "Death place": "Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.", "Resting place": "Oak Lawn CemeteryFairfield, Connecticut, U.S.",... |
Ensign (later Lieutenant Commander) George Henry Gay Jr. (March 8, 1917 - October 21, 1994) was a Douglas TBD Devastator pilot in United States Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 operating from the aircraft carrier in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. Of the 30 VT-8 aircrew from Hornet that participated in t... | {"Born": "Waco, Texas, U.S.", "Died": "Marietta, Georgia, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States of America", "Awards": "35 px Navy Cross\n 35px Purple Heart"} |
The German American Bund, or the German American Federation (), was a German-American Nazi organization which was established in 1936 as a successor to the Friends of New Germany (FoNG, FDND in German). The organization chose its new name in order to emphasize its American credentials after the press accused it of bein... | {"Also known as": "German American Federation", "Country": "United States", "Foundation": "1936 3 19", "Dissolved": "1941 12Bell L. V. The Failure of Nazism in America: The German American Bund, 1936-1941. Political Science Quarterly 1970 85 4 598 10.2307/2147597 2147597", "Active regions": "New York,Federal Bu... |
P'an Ku (, ) is a primordial being and creation figure in Chinese mythology who separated heaven and earth, and his body later became geographic features such as mountains and rivers.
Legends
The first writer to record the myth of P'an Ku was thought to be Xu Zheng during the Three Kingdoms period. However, his name w... | {"Infobox title": "P'an Ku", "Picture caption": "Portrait of P'an Ku from Sancai Tuhui", "Literal meaning": "ancient dome", "Name in traditional characters": "盤古", "Name in simplified characters": "盘古", "Mandarin IPA": "p an 2 . g u 3", "Pinyin transcription": "Pángǔ", "Peh-oe-ji": "Phoân-kó͘", "Wade-Giles": "P'an2-ku3... |
is a 1961 Japanese samurai film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film stars Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, and Atsushi Watanabe. In the film, a rōnin arrives in a small town where competing crime lords vie ... | {"Directed by": "Akira Kurosawa", "Screenplay by": "Ryūzō Kikushima\n Akira Kurosawa\n Hideo OguniGalbraith IV 1996 448", "Story by": "Akira Kurosawa", "Produced by": "Tomoyuki Tanaka\n Ryūzō Kikushima\n Akira KurosawaGalbraith IV 1996 448", "Starring": "Toshiro Mifune\n Tatsuya Nakadai\n Yoko Tsukasa\n Isuzu Yamada\n ... |
Teti, less commonly known as Othoes, sometimes also Tata, Atat, or Athath in outdated sources, was the first king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. He was buried at Saqqara. The exact length of his reign has been destroyed on the Turin King List but is believed to have been about 12 years.
Biography
Teti had several wive... | {"Reign": "2323–2291 BC", "Predecessor": "Unas", "Successor": "Userkare", "Children": "Pepi ITetiankhkem", "Dynasty": "6th Dynasty", "Burial": "Pyramid of Teti", "Mother": "Sesheshet"} |
A muffin is an individually portioned baked product; however, the term can refer to one of two distinct items: a part-raised flatbread (like a crumpet) that is baked and then cooked on a griddle (typically unsweetened), or a (often sweetened) quickbread that is chemically leavened and then baked in a mold. While quickb... | {"Name of food": "Quickbread muffin", "Image filename": "250px", "Place of origin": "United States", "Course served": "Traditionally breakfast", "Type of dish": "Quick bread", "Main ingredient": "Flour, eggs, leavening, vegetable oil, sugar", "Minor ingredients": "Blueberries, chocolate, poppyseeds, or bran", "Alternat... |
is a Japanese word processor produced by JustSystems, a Japanese software company. Ichitaro occupies the second share in Japanese word-processing software, behind Microsoft Word. It is one of the main products of the company. Its proprietary file extension is ".JTD". ATOK, an IME developed by JustSystems, is bundled wi... | {"Developer(s)": "JustSystems", "Type": "Word processor", "License": "Proprietary", "Website": "http://www.ichitaro.com"} |
Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912December 26, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in Washington, D.C. in 1976. He was known as the "Conscience of the Senate". He is the namesake of the Hart Senate Office ... | {"Name": "Philip Hart", "Birth name": "Philip Aloysius Hart", "Term start": "January 3, 1959", "Term end": "December 26, 1976", "Office 2": "Lieutenant Governor of Michigan", "Order 2": "51st", "Governor 2": "G. Mennen Williams", "Preceded 2": "Clarence A. Reid", "Succeeded 2": "John Swainson", "Birth date": "1912 12 1... |
Daniel Richard Hollie (born October 3, 1977) is an American retired professional wrestler. Hollie is best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment between 2003 and 2006 under the ring name Danny Basham, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Damaja.
Professional wrestling career
... | {"Birth name": "Daniel Richard Hollie", "Ring name(s)": "The DamajaDanny BashamDanny Holliday", "Billed height": "6 ft 3 inhttp://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profile/damaja/ OWW:Danny Basham OnlineWorldofWrestling.com September 27, 2007", "Billed weight": "250 lb", "Born": "Seymour, Indiana", "Billed from": "Columbu... |
was a Japanese swordsman and samurai of the late Edo period. He was the fourth generation master of Tennen Rishin-ryū and was famed for his role as commander of the Shinsengumi.Stephane Lun (2021) "A Guide on Shinsengumi: the background and management." [Kindle paperwhite version] Retrieved from amazon.com
Background
... | {"Name": "Kondō Isami", "Native name": "近藤 勇", "Native name language": "ja", "Image caption": "Kondō Isami (1834-1868)", "Term start": "1863", "Term end": "1868", "Birth name": "Miyagawa Katsugorō", "Birth place": "Kamiishihara Village, Musashi Province, Japan", "Birth date": "y 1834 11 09", "Death date": "y 1868 5 17 ... |
Katie Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler is a fictional character and the protagonist in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind and in the 1939 film of the same name, where she is portrayed by Vivien Leigh. She also is the main character in the 1970 musical Scarlett and the 1991 book Scarlett, a sequel ... | {"First appearance": "Gone with the Wind", "Created by": "Margaret Mitchell", "Portrayed by": "Vivien Leigh (Gone with the Wind)Joanne Whalley (Scarlett)", "Full name": "Katie Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler", "Gender": "Female", "Family": "Gerald O'Hara (father, deceased)Ellen O'Hara née Robillard (mother, dec... |
Central Mountain Air Ltd. is a Canadian regional airline based in Smithers, British Columbia."Contact Us." Central Mountain Air. Retrieved on December 26, 2010. "Central Mountain Air Ltd. Box 998 6431 Airport Road Smithers, BC V0J 2N0" It operates scheduled, charter, and transborder services. Its main base is Smithers ... | {"Airline name": "Central Mountain Air", "Image size (px)": "250px", "Air Carrier Operator's Certificate # (AOC)": "39992019-08-30 39-99 Central+Mountain+Air", "Current Fleet Size": "27", "Number of Destinations": "14", "IATA Designator": "9M", "ICAO Designator": "GLR", "Callsign": "GLACIERCentral Mountain Air GLR GLAC... |
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The East German mark ( ), commonly called the eastern mark ( ) in West Germany and after reunification), in East Germany only Mark, was the currency of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Its ISO 4217 currency co... | {"ISO 4217 code": "DDM", "Pegged with": "Deutsche Mark = (DM1 - M1)a a", "Subunit": "1 100", "Symbol": "pf", "Plural": "Pfennig", "Nickname": "alu-chips", "Is obsolete": "yes"} |
(born Yokoi Tokiari; September 22, 1809 - February 15, 1869) was a Bakumatsu and early Meiji period scholar and political reformer in Japan, influential around the fall of the Tokugawa bakufu.
Life and career
Yokoi was a samurai born in Kumamoto, Higo Province (present-day Kumamoto Prefecture), and a distant descen... | {"Name": "Yokoi Shōnan", "Caption": "Yokoi Shōnan", "Birth date": "1809 09 22", "Birth place": "Kumamoto, Japan", "Death date": "1869 02 15 1809 09 22", "Other names": "Yokoi Tokiari", "Occupation": "Politician, political theorist", "Nationality": "Japanese"} |
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Saskatoon Public Schools (SPS) or Saskatoon S.D. No. 13 is the largest school division in Saskatchewan serving approximately 24,000 students.
Saskatoon Public Schools operates 49 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 3 associate or affiliate schools ... | {"Type": "Public", "Grades": "Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12", "Coordinates": "52.126873 -106.662188 dim:250_region:US-_type:edu District office inline,title", "Schools": "62 Division Information http://www.saskatoonpublicschools.ca/division/Pages/default.aspx 2017-09-04", "Budget": "CA$259.4 million", "Staff": "Approx. ... |
James E. Casey (March 29, 1888 – June 6, 1983) was an American businessman, known for being the founder of the American Messenger Company, today known as UPS.
In 1907, 19-year-old James Casey founded the American Messenger Company in Seattle, Washington. He served as president, CEO and chairman. Claude Ryan was his pa... | {"Name": "James E. Casey", "Birth date": "1888 3 29 y", "Birth place": "Pickhandle Gulch, Nevada", "Death date": "1983 6 6 1888 3 29 y", "Death place": "Seattle, Washington", "Occupation": "Founder American Messenger Company in Seattle, Washington, the predecessor to UPS"} |
Nicholas Meyer (born December 24, 1945) is an American screenwriter, director and author known for his best-selling novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, and for directing the films Time After Time, two of the Star Trek feature films, the 1983 television film The Day After, and the 1999 HBO original film Vendetta.
Meyer ... | {"Name": "Nicholas Meyer", "Caption": "Meyer in 2016", "Birth date": "1945 12 24", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of Iowa", "Occupation": "Screenwriter\n film producer\n film director\n novelist", "Website": "nicholas-meyer.com"} |
is an American football sports video game that was developed and published in Japan by Irem for arcades in 1983. It was published overseas by Taito in the Americas, by Electrocoin in Europe, and by ADP Automaten GmbH in West Germany.
Gameplay
thumb|left|Screenshot of 10-Yard Fight (arcade version)
10-Yard Fight is vie... | {"Title": "10-Yard Fight", "Caption": "North American arcade flyer", "Developer": "Irem", "Publisher": "Irem\n Arcade JP Irem NA/SA Taito EU Electrocoin DE ADP Automaten GmbH Famicom/NES JP Irem NA/EU Nintendo", "Composer": "Ichiro Takagi", "Platforms": "Arcade\n Famicom/NES, MSX", "Released": "December 5, 1983\n ... |
John Jay McCloy (March 31, 1895 - March 11, 1989) was an American lawyer, diplomat, banker, and presidential advisor. He served as Assistant Secretary of War during World War II under Henry Stimson, helping deal with issues such as German sabotage, political tensions in the North Africa Campaign, and opposing the atomi... | {"Name": "John McCloy", "Image caption": "McCloy in 1950", "Office 2": "American High Commissioner for Occupied Germany", "President 2": "Harry Truman", "Predecessor 2": "Position established", "Successor 2": "Walter J. Donnelly", "Birth name": "John Snader McCloy", "Birth date": "1895 3 31", "Birth place": "Philadelph... |
Schindler's Ark is a historical fiction published in 1982 by the Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The United States edition of the book was titled Schindler's List; it was later reissued in Commonwealth countries under that name as well. The novel won the Booker Prize and was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Priz... | {"Country": "Australia", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Hodder and Stoughton", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover and Paperback)", "Pages": "380 pp (hardcover edition)", "ISBN": "(hardcover edition)"} |
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of Fremantle, a stronghold of Australian rules football in Western Australia. The... | {"Full name": "Fremantle Football Club LimitedCurrent details for ABN 83 066 055 249 https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=83066055249 ABN Lookup November 2014 Australian Business Register 4 August 2020", "Nickname(s)": "Dockers, FreoIndigenous rounds: Walyalup", "After finals": "AFL: 6th AFLW: 4th", "Leading goalk... |
Harlem World is the debut album by American hip hop recording artist Mase, released on October 28, 1997, by Bad Boy Records and Arista Records. The album was nominated at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album. It went on to sell 4.9 million copies in the United States, going quadruple Platinum in the United ... | {"Released": "October 28, 1997", "Studio": "Daddy's House Recording Studio, New York", "Genre": "East Coast hip hop", "Label": "Bad Boy Arista", "Producer": "Sean \"Puffy\" Combs (exec.)\n D-Dot (also exec.)\n The Hitmen\n Jermaine Dupri\n The Neptunes\n Dame Grease\n Mo-Suave-A"} |
The Hellenic Statistical Authority ( ), known by its acronym ELSTAT (), is the national statistical service of Greece.
The purpose of ELSTAT is to produce, on a regular basis, official statistics, as well as to conduct statistical surveys which:
cover all the fields of activity of the public and private sector,
unde... | {"Formed": "1956 (as ESYE) 1986 (as G.G. ESYE) 2010 (as ELSTAT)", "Headquarters": "46 Pireos and Eponiton street, 18510, Piraeus, Greece", "Employees": "740", "Website": "statistics.gr"} |
Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright (née Poulter; born 7 November 1943) is a New Zealand jurist who served as the 18th Governor-General of New Zealand, from 2001 to 2006. She was the second woman to hold the office, after Dame Catherine Tizard.
Early life
Cartwright is a former student at Otago Girls' High School, and is a g... | {"Name": "Silvia Cartwright", "Term start": "4 April 2001", "Term end": "4 August 2006", "Order 2": "3rd Chief District Court judge", "Predecessor 2": "Peter Trapski", "Successor 2": "Ron Young", "Birth name": "Silvia Rose Poulter", "Birth date": "1943 11 7 y", "Birth place": "Dunedin, New Zealand", "Spouse(s)": "Peter... |
Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis ("of Utica"; , ; 95 BC - April 46 BC), also known as Cato the Younger (), was an influential conservative Roman senator during the late Republic. His conservative principles were focused on the preservation of what he saw as old Roman values in decline. A noted orator and a follower of Sto... | {"Image upright": "0.8", "Caption": "Inscribed bronze bust from Volubilis", "Birth date": "95 BC", "Birth place": "Roman Republic", "Death date": "April 46 BC (aged 49)", "Death place": "Utica, Africa, Roman Republic", "Death cause": "Suicide", "Nationality": "Roman", "Occupation": "Politician", "Known For": "Oppositio... |
The Frankfurt Parliament (, literally Frankfurt National Assembly) was the first freely elected parliament for all German states, including the German-populated areas of the Austrian Empire,Karl Obermann: Die Wahlen zur Frankfurter Nationalversammlung im Frühjahr 1848. Die Wahlvorgänge in den Staaten des Deutschen Bund... | {"Type": "German Empire", "Disbanded": "1849 05 30 y", "Preceded by": "Federal Convention", "Succeeded by": "Federal Convention", "Seats": "-->"} |
Oor Wullie () is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper The Sunday Post. It features a character called Wullie; Wullie is a Scots nickname for boys named William, equivalent to Willie. His trademarks are spiky hair, dungarees and an upturned bucket, which he uses as a seat: most strips since ear... | {"Publisher(s)": "DC Thomson", "Original language": "Scotshttps://digital.nls.uk/oor-wullie/meet-oor-wullie/ Meet Oor Wullie digital.nls.uk 2023-02-11 https://www.oorwullie.com/oor-wullie/ About Oor Wullie oorwullie.com 2023-02-11", "Author(s)": "R.D. Low", "Launch date": "8 March 1936 - present"} |
Dominicans () are people identified with the Dominican Republic. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Dominicans, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Dominican.
"Dominican" was historically the name for the inhabitants of the... | {"Name": "DominicansDominicanos", "Image caption": "Map of the Dominican people around the world", "Population": "16 million Diaspora 2.5 million", "Languages": "Dominican Spanish", "Religions": "Predominantly Roman Catholic;2020-01-22 Central America :: Dominican Republic — The World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/th... |
Tron (stylized as TRON) is a 1982 American science fiction action adventure film written and directed by Steven Lisberger from a story by Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird. The film stars Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a computer programmer and video game developer who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe c... | {"Directed by": "Steven Lisberger", "Produced by": "Donald Kushner", "Screenplay by": "Steven Lisberger", "Story by": "Steven Lisberger\n Bonnie MacBird", "Starring": "Jeff Bridges\n Bruce Boxleitner\n David Warner\n Cindy Morgan\n Barnard Hughes", "Music by": "Wendy Carlos", "Cinematography": "Bruce Logan", "Edited by... |
Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb (27 August 1841 - 9 December 1905) was a British classical scholar and MP for Cambridge.
Life
thumb|upright|left|"Ajax MP". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1904.
Jebb was born in Dundee, Scotland, to Robert, a well-known Irish barrister, and Emily Harriet Horsley, daughter o... | {"Name": "Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb", "Term start": "1891", "Term end": "1905", "Birth date": "y 1841 8 27", "Birth place": "Dundee, Scotland", "Death date": "y 1905 12 9 1841 8 27", "Death place": "Springfield House, Cambridge, England", "Resting place": "St Giles Cemetery, Cambridge, England"} |
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Benno Moiseiwitsch CBE (22 February 18909 April 1963) was a Russian-British pianist.
Biography
Moiseiwitsch was born to Jewish parents in Odessa, in those times Russian Empire (today part of Ukraine), and began his studies at age seven with Dmitry Klimov at the Odessa Music Academy. He won the Anton Rubinstein P... | {"Name": "Benno Moiseiwitsch", "Caption": "Moiseiwitsch in 1920", "Birth date": "22 February 1890", "Death date": "9 April 1963 22 February 1890", "Occupation": "Pianist"} |
Frederick William Faber (28 June 1814 - 26 September 1863) was a noted English hymnwriter and theologian, who converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism in 1845. He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood subsequently in 1847. His best-known work is the hymn "Faith of Our Fathers".
Early life
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F... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Reverend Father", "Name": "Frederick William Faber", "Post-nominals": "CO", "Caption": "Faber in an engraving by Joseph Brown", "Birth date": "yes 1814 6 28", "Birth place": "Calverley, England", "Death date": "yes 1863 9 26 1814 6 28", "Death place": "London, England", "Alma mater": "Universi... |
Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti (; 2 December 1950) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was cut short by his death from effects related to Hodgkin's disease at age 33. He was elected posthumously to the Romanian Academy. He composed few works, all of which demonstrated a strong influence from Bartok.
... | {"Born": "Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania", "Died": "Geneva, Switzerland", "Genres": "Classical Music", "Labels": "EMI"} |
Walter Wilhelm Gieseking (5 November 1895 - 26 October 1956) was a French-born German pianist and composer. Gieseking was renowned for his subtle touch, pedaling, and dynamic control—particularly in the music of Debussy and Ravel; he made integral recordings of all their published works which were extant during his lif... | {"Name": "Walter Gieseking", "Caption": "Gieseking on 8 October 1949", "Birth date": "5 November 1895", "Birth place": "Lyon, France", "Death date": "1956 10 26 1895 11 5 yes", "Nationality": "German", "Occupation": "Pianist, composer"} |
Jorge Bolet (November 15, 1914October 16, 1990) was a Cuban-born American concert pianist, conductor and teacher. Among his teachers were Leopold Godowsky, and Moriz Rosenthal - the latter an outstanding pupil of Franz Liszt.http://www.lib.umd.edu/binaries/content/assets/public/ipam/resources-reviews-and-links/rosentha... | {"Name": "Jorge Bolet", "Image": "Jorge Bolet 1975.JPG", "Caption": "Bolet in 1975", "Birth date": "1914 11 15", "Birth place": "Havana, Cuba", "Death date": "1990 10 16 1914 11 15", "Death place": "Mountain View, California, United States", "Occupation": "Pianist"} |
Sir Clifford Michael Curzon CBE (né Siegenberg; 18 May 19071 September 1982) was an English classical pianist.
Curzon studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and subsequently with Artur Schnabel in Berlin and Wanda Landowska and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. In his early career he was known for his performances o... | {"Name": "Clifford Curzon", "Post-nominals": "CBE", "Caption": "Clifford Curzon in 1960", "Birth date": "1907 5 18", "Birth place": "Islington, London, England", "Death date": "1982 9 1 1907 5 18", "Death place": "London, England https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/04/obituaries/sir-clifford-curzon-is-dead-at-75-one-of-the... |
Reasons and Persons is a 1984 book by the philosopher Derek Parfit, in which the author discusses ethics, rationality and personal identity.
It is divided into four parts, dedicated to self-defeating theories, rationality and time, personal identity and responsibility toward future generations.
Summary
Self-defeati... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Oxford University Press", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "560 (Hardcover and Paperback)", "ISBN": "0-19-824908-X"} |
Mămăligă (;) is a porridge made out of yellow maize flour, traditional in Romania, Moldova, Western Ukraine and among Poles in Ukraine, the Black Sea regions of Georgia and Turkey, and Thessaly and Fthiotis, in Greece. It is traditional also in Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Brazil, with the name polenta.
His... | {"Name of food": "Mămăligă", "Place of origin": "Romania", "Region of origin": "Romania, Moldova", "Creator": "-->", "Course served": "Main course", "Main ingredient": "boiling water\n salt\n cornmeal", "Serving size": "100 ghttp://www.csid.ro/diet-sport/dieta-si-nutritie/mamaliga-o-alternativa-sanatoasa-cu-mai-putine-... |
Sporting Life is a sporting retailer shop based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Sporting Life sells sporting goods specially made for runners, cyclers, skiers, snowboarders, and hikers.
History
Sporting life was founded in 1979 as a privately owned company by David, Patti Russell (husband and wife), and Brian McGrath. Th... | {"Industry": "Retail", "Founded": "1979", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Website": "http://sportingLife.ca"} |
Antonie “Anton” Pannekoek (; 2 January 1873 - 28 April 1960) was a Dutch astronomer, philosopher, Marxist theorist, and socialist revolutionary. He was one of the main theorists of council communism ().
Biography
Pannekoek studied mathematics and physics in Leiden from 1891. Even before he went to college he was int... | {"Fields": "Astronomy, socialism", "Institutions": "Leiden University, University of Amsterdam", "Doctoral students": "J. J. M. Reesinck, N. W. Doorn, Sijtze Verweij, Gale Bruno van Albada, Theodore Walraven, Johan Weenen, David Koelbloed", "Influences": "Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Joseph Dietzgen", "Influenced": "Pa... |
Basse-Terre (, ; ; , ) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the prefecture (capital city) of Guadeloupe.Commune de Basse-Terre (97105), INSEE The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western half of Guadeloupe.
Although it is the administ... | {"Name": "Basse-Terre", "Commune Status": "Prefecture and commune", "Image": "Hôtel-de-Ville de Basse-Terre.JPG", "Caption": "The Town Hall", "Map": "Basse-Terre.PNG", "Arrondissement": "Basse-Terre", "Canton": "Basse-Terre", "Postal code": "97100", "Mayor": "André AtallahRépertoire national des élus: les maires https:... |
Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the south bank of the River Thames and opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the diocese of Rochester, it is the administrative centre of the Borough of Gravesham. Gravesend marks the eastern l... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "Census, 2021", "District": "Gravesham", "Shire county": "Kent", "UK Parliament": "Gravesham", "Postcode district": "DA", "Dialling code": "01474", "OS grid reference": "TQ647740"} |
Sainte-Anne (; ) is a city in the southern part of Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe in the French West Indies It is one of the most popular tourist destinations of the island, along with Le Gosier and Saint-François).
The commune has developed its tourist infrastructure in recent decades, but still remains dependent on agricu... | {"Name": "Sainte-Anne", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Matin à la plage de la caravelle - 07 2006.JPG", "Caption": "Morning view at La Carevelle beach", "Arrondissement": "Pointe-à-Pitre", "Canton": "Sainte-Anne and Saint-François", "Postal code": "97180", "Mayor": "Francs BaptisteRépertoire national des élus: ... |
Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor and producer who has worked in film and on television. He is most known for playing Paco Aguilar in Blood In, Blood Out. He has also had supporting film roles in the 1990s in Demolition Man (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), and The River Wild (1994). F... | {"Name": "Benjamin Bratt", "Caption": "Bratt in 2013", "Birth date": "1963 12 16", "Birth place": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Education": "University of California, Santa Barbara (BFA)American Conservatory Theater", "Occupation": "Actor, producer", "Years active": "1987-present", "Spouse(s)": "Talisa Soto April... |
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC; ) is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at CIBC Square in the Financial District of Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was formed through the 1961 merger of the Canadian Bank of Commerce (founded in 1867) ... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Financial services Banking", "Founded": "1961 06 01A New Bank, 1961-1986 http://www.cibc.com:80/ca/inside-cibc/history/story-cibc-3.html The Story of CIBC Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce August 31, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20050209115927/http://www.cibc.com/ca/inside-cibc/hist... |
Adolph Dubs (August 4, 1920 - February 14, 1979), also known as Spike Dubs, was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan from May 13, 1978, until his death in 1979. He was killed during a rescue attempt after his kidnapping.
Career
Dubs was born in Chicago, Illinois. A 1938 gradu... | {"Name": "Adolph Dubs", "Term start": "July 12, 1978", "Term end": "February 14, 1979", "Birth date": "yes 1920 8 4", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "yes 1979 2 14 1920 8 4", "Death place": "Kabul, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan", "Resting place": "Arlington National Cemetery", "Spouse(s)":... |
Lee Ann Womack Liddell (; born August 19, 1966) is an American country music singer. Her 2000 single, "I Hope You Dance" was a major crossover music hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart and the Top 15 of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her signature song.
When Womack emerged as a contemporary country art... | {"Born": "Jacksonville, Texas, U.S.", "Genres": "\"allmusic\"/> \"allmusic\"/> Americanahttps://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/9k39za/lee-ann-womack-feels-a-lot-better-now-than-she-used-to Lee Ann Womack Feels a Lot Better Now Than She Used To September 14, 2017 vice.com March 19, 2018", "Labels": "Decca Nashville MCA N... |
Anse-Bertrand (; ) is a commune in Guadeloupe, an overseas region and department of France in the Lesser Antilles.
The inhabitants in Anse-Bertrand are called Ansois.
Geography
Anse-Bertrand is located in northern Grande-Terre. The town is , north-north-east of Pointe-à-Pitre. The Atlantic Ocean face the town and pro... | {"Name": "Anse-Bertrand", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Les Portes de l'Enfer, Anse Bertrand.JPG", "Caption": "La Porte d'Enfer (The Gate of Hell), Anse-Bertrand", "Map": "Anse-Bertrand.PNG", "Arrondissement": "Pointe-à-Pitre", "Canton": "Petit-Canal", "Postal code": "97121", "Mayor": "Édouard DeltaRépertoire ... |
The Velvet Glove was a short-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile designed by CARDE (today DRDC Valcartier) and produced by Canadair starting in 1953. 131 Velvet Gloves had been completed when the program was terminated in 1956, officially because of concerns about its ability to be launched at supersonic ... | {"Place of origin": "Canada", "Type": "Air-to-air missile", "Transport": "Yes", "Used by": "Royal Canadian Air Force (Testing only)", "Designed": "1948-1951", "Manufacturer": "Canadair", "Produced": "1952 (Limited production for testing)"} |
William Stamps Farish II (February 23, 1881 - November 29, 1942) was a pioneer in East Texas oilfield development, president of Standard Oil and a founding member and president of the American Petroleum Institute. He was a member of the influential Farish family.
Early life
Farish was born in Mayersville, Mississipp... | {"Office 2": "3rd Chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey", "Predecessor 2": "George H. Jones", "Successor 2": "Walter C. Teagle", "Name": "William Stamps Farish II", "Birth date": "1881 2 23", "Birth place": "Mayersville, Mississippi", "Death date": "1942 11 29 1881 2 23", "Death place": "Millbrook, New York", "Alma ma... |
Camel is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in the United States and by Japan Tobacco outside the U.S.
Most recently Camel cigarettes contain a blend of Turkish tobacco and Virginia tobacco. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the city where R. J. Reynold... | {"Product type": "Cigarette", "Owner": "R. J. Reynolds", "Produced by": "R. J. Reynolds (U.S.)Japan Tobacco (outside U.S.)", "Country": "United States", "Introduced": "1913", "Markets": "See Markets", "Tagline": "\"The Camels are coming\"\n \"I'd walk a mile for a Camel!\"\n \"For digestion's sake - smoke Camels\"\n \"... |
Fritz X was the most common name for a German guided anti-ship glide bomb used during World War II. Fritz X was the world's first precision guided weapon deployed in combat and the first to sink a ship in combat. Fritz X was a nickname used both by Allied and Luftwaffe personnel. Alternative names include Ruhrstahl SD ... | {"Place of origin": "Nazi Germany", "Type": "Anti-ship glide bomb", "Transport": "yes", "In service": "1943-44", "Used by": "Nazi Germany (Luftwaffe)", "Wars": "World War II", "Designer": "Max Kramer", "Designed": "1938-1943", "Manufacturer": "Ruhrstahl", "Mass": "1570 kg lb on", "Length": "3.32 m ft on", "Width": "1.4... |
Nüwa, also read Nügua, is a mother goddess, culture hero, and/or member of the Three Sovereigns of Chinese mythology. She is a god in Chinese folk religion and Taoism. She is credited with creating humanity and repairing the Pillar of Heaven.
As creator of mankind, she molded humans individually by hand with yellow cl... | {"Infobox title": "Nüwa", "Picture caption": "Nuwa repairing the pillar of heaven by Xiao Yuncong (1596-1673)", "Name in traditional characters": "女媧", "Name in simplified characters": "女娲", "Pinyin transcription": "Nǚwā", "Wade-Giles": "Nü3-wa1", "Peh-oe-ji": "Lú-o", "Jyutping": "Neoi5 Wo1", "Yale Romanization (Canton... |
The Henschel Hs 293 was a World War II German radio-guided glide bomb. It is the first operational anti-shipping missile, first used unsuccessfully on 25 August 1943 and then with increasing success over the next year, ultimately damaging or sinking at least 25 ships. Allied efforts to jam the radio control link were i... | {"Place of origin": "Nazi Germany", "Type": "Anti-ship glide bomb", "Transport": "yes", "In service": "1943-1945", "Used by": "Luftwaffe", "Wars": "World War II", "Designed": "1940-1943", "Manufacturer": "Henschel Flugzeug-Werke AG", "Produced": "1942 - ?", "Mass": "1045 kg lb", "Length": "3.82 m ft", "Width": "3.1 m f... |
Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi ( , , ; 24 February 1934 - 19 January 2000)Profile of Bettino Craxi was an Italian politician, leader of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) from 1976 to 1993, and the 45th prime minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987. He was the first PSI member to become prime minister and the third from a social... | {"Term start": "4 August 1983", "Term end": "18 April 1987", "Birth name": "Benedetto Craxi", "Birth date": "yes 1934 2 24", "Death date": "yes 2000 1 19 1934 2 24", "Birth place": "Milan, Kingdom of Italy", "Death place": "Hammamet, Tunisia", "Spouse(s)": "Anna Maria Moncini 1959"} |
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