Aarushhh/wikipedia-simple-splitted huggingface dataset:
The Son of a Migrant from Syria is a 2015 artwork by graffiti artist Banksy.

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Passendale is a village in the municipality of Zonnebeke in West Flanders, Belgium. It is close to the town of Ypres, situated on the hill ridge separating the historical wetlands of the Yser and Leie valleys.

Settlements in Belgium
West Flanders
Alyssa is a girls name similar to the name Alice. It means beautiful. It also is similar to the flower Alyssyum.Alyssa is a beautiful name of Greek origin.2021, ranked 233 in all U.S. newborn names.

People 

 Alyssa Milano(born 1972), American actress 
 Alyssa Farah (born 1989) ,American political advisor
 Alyssa Jeong Perry,American journalist

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Hurricane Rick was a Category 5 major hurricane in the year 2009. It was the third most intense hurricane ever recorded in the whole Pacific.

East Pacific hurricanes
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Edzná is a Mayan archaeological site. It is in the north of the Mexican state of Campeche. The site is open to visitors.

Maya civilization
Buildings and structures in Mexico
Hind bint Hamad Al-Thani (born 15 August 1984, Doha, Qatar) is the Vice Chairperson and current CEO of Qatar Foundation. Additionally, Sheikha Hind is the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Supreme Education Council (SEC), and the Board of Directors of the Global Social Responsibility Alliance. She is also Co-Chairperson of the Joint Advisory Board of Northwestern University Qatar. She holds an Executive MBA (EMBA) from HEC Paris in Qatar, a Master’s degree in Human Rights from University College London in the United Kingdom, and a bachelor's degree from Duke University In the United States.

She is a former student of HEC Paris in Qatar.

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Hillsboro is a city in Ohio, United States. It is the county seat of Highland County. 6,605 people lived in Hillsboro, according to information from the 2010 census.

The plan of Hillsboro was mapped in 1807, and most likely named for the hills near the original town site.

Cities in Ohio
County seats in Ohio
Kharp () is an urban settlement in the Priuralsky District of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. This is in Western Siberia, the Asian part of Russia. It is on the bank of the Sob River. Its population in 2019 was 5,941.

Urban-type settlements in Russia
Bekbol Sagyn currently serves as Akim (known as head of local government) of the Aktobe District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan. He came to the position simply because his predecessor had moved to a new employment.

Biography 
Sagyn was born in 1972. He enrolled in the Kazakh State Academy of Management. He later transferred to the Kazakh Humanitarian Law University, and later graduated from the Kazakh Engineering and Technical Academy with an undergraduate degree. Sagyn later received a graduate degree in economic sciences.

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Shawn Adam Levy (born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian director, producer and actor of movies and television. He directed the movies Big Fat Liar (2002), Just Married (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Pink Panther (2006), Night at the Museum (2006), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), Date Night (2010), Real Steel (2011), The Internship (2013), This Is Where I Leave You (2014) and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014). He has also directed episodes of television shows such as The Secret World of Alex Mack, The Famous Jett Jackson and Stranger Things.

Levy was born in Montreal, Quebec. He is married to Serena and has four children. He is Jewish.

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Kim Taeyeon (born March 9, 1989), known simply as Taeyeon is a South Korean singer. She is the leader and main vocalist of the girl group Girls' Generation and is also a member of the sub units Girls' Generation-TTS and Girls' Generation-Oh!GG and the SM the Ballad project. Taeyeon is one of the most successful soloists in South Korea, along with Lee Hyori, BoA and Hyuna.

After winning a contest, she signed a contract with S.M. Entertainment and in 2007 she made her debut as a member of Girls' Generation with the single "Into the New World". Taeyeon debuted as a solo artist in 2015 with her first mini album, I. She ranked second in Gaon Album Chart of South Korea and her single sold more than one million digital copies. Her second mini album, Why, released in 2016, ranked second in Gaon Album Chart and her singles, "Starlight" and "Why", entered the Top 10 of Gaon Digital Chart. Her first studio album, My Voice, released in 2017 and their two singles "I Got Love " and "Fine" achieved similar success.
Taeyeon was born on March 9, 1989 in Seoul, South Korea. Her family is made up of her parents, her older brother and her younger sister. At the age of thirteen, Taeyeon  discovered that she was talented in singing. During her high school years, she enrolled in the SM Academy and travelled from Jeonju to Seoul every Sunday to receive her vocal training. In 2004, her former vocal instructor, Jung Sun-won, also known as The One, wanted to recognise the potential of Taeyeon and gave her the opportunity to be in his song "You Bring Me Joy". Later, she won in SM Youth Best Competition and, officially, got a contract with S.M. Entertainment. Taeyeon continued her training under her agency and debuted as part of Girls' Generation in 2007. In 2008, she graduated from Jeonju Art High School, winning the Lifetime Achievement Award. In the pre-debut era, Taeyeon  was inspired by singer BoA to become an artist
. In her teens she said she wanted to be like her and have activities in Japan and around the world, which later became a reality when Girls' Generation debuted in Japan in 2010.
2007-11: Girls' Generation and solo activities 
Taeyeon made her debut as a member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007. Due to the pressure of being the group's leader, she experienced sleepwalking for a while. Apart from the activities with Girls' Generation, Kim has made several solo appearances.
In 2008, she released two singles, "If" for the KBS 2TV drama Hong Gil Dong and "Can You Hear Me" for Beethoven Virus of MBC. The song "If" became popular in various charts online, with Hankyung describing Taeyeon as having "an exceptional voice and a sad tone".  While "Can You Hear Me" received a popularity award at the 2008 Golden Disk Awards. In 2014 in an interview, Taeyeon described the latter's song as one more difficult to sing, she explains that the introduction had to be delivered as if someone is talking, instead of singing. In the same year, she also had a duet with an artist from S.M. Entertainment, Kangta, in the song "7989". It was featured on the Girls' Generation album by Girls' Generation.
In April 2008, Taeyeon became a DJ on the radio program Kangin Tae-yeon's Chin Chin Radio along with her agency partner, Super Junior's Kangin. After Kangin left the show in April 2009, it was renamed Tae-yeon's Chin Chin Radio. Taeyeon became an independent radio presenter and continued until April 2010. She earned the nickname "DJ Taengoo" while still on the show.

In January 2011, Taeyeon appeared on the MBC show, We Got Married, along with comedian Jeong Hyeong-don. They acted as a couple, portrayed what life would be like if they were married. When this news was announced, it caused a stir in the country due to the age difference of eleven years between the two. She participated in the song "SEOUL" (with Super Junior and Girls' Generation) as an effort to promote tourism for the city of Seoul in South Korea. In September 2009, Taeyeon released the song, "It's Love," accompanied by her Sunny group partner for the MBC program, Heading to the Ground.
From February to August 2010, Taeyeon became a presenter for the KBS 2TV show, Win Win, alongside Wooyoung of 2PM, Choi Hwa-jung, Kim Shin-soung and Kim Seung-woo. On May 7 of the same year, she had her musical debut as interpreting the main role in Midnight Sun, which is based on the Japanese novel Taiyō no uta by Aya Denkawa. The musical was about Kaoru Amane, a 17-year-old girl who she suffers from xeroderma pigmentosa, which forbids her from going out during the day. She maintains her hopes for writing songs and singing every night at a train station; Taeyeon received good reviews for her performance. She also learned to play the guitar for her performance. Reflecting on her experience, Taeyeon stated that the musical was difficult for her, citing that her weak concentration made her act and sing at the same time. It was difficult for her. Taeyeon released a song, "Like A Star", accompanied by his former trainer The One, as well as a solo song, "I Love You," for the SBS drama, Athena: Goddess of War
. The previous song reached number one on Gaon's digital list. The previous song reached number one on the digital list of Gaon42 and the last reached the second place.
In 2011, Taeyeon made a duet with Kim Bum-soo, singing "Different". The song won second place in Gaon. The two singers met again at a concert two years later for another collaboration entitled "Man and Woman".

2012-14: Debut in TTS and SM The Ballad 
Taeyeon and her bandmate, Seohyun, participated as voice actresses for the Korean versions of the films Despicable Me (2010) and its sequel Despicable Me 2 (2013). They interpreted the voice of the characters of Margo and her sister, Edith, respectively. On March 28, 2012, after releasing the single "Missing You Like Crazy" for the melodrama of MBC, The King 2 Hearts, the song peaked number two in Gaon and Korea K-Pop Hot 100 on Billboard.
The singer had previously rejected the offer to sing the song due to the short time she had due to the schedule with Girls' Generation. However, she made a promise to the musical director, Lee Pil-ho, who would collaborate again after working with him on the soundtrack of Beethoven Virus. He stated that he had not considered anyone other than Taeyeon to sing the song. The song was finally chosen as the most popular soundtrack of the year in 2012 Seoul Drama Awards. In the same year, another song, "Closer", for the SBS drama, To The Beautiful You was ranked number seven on several lists.
In May 2012, Taeyeon, along with two of her bandmates, Tiffany and Seohyun, formed the Girls' Generation-TTS (or TTS) sub-group, releasing their first EP titled, Twinkle. The sub-group has a different concept and style from Girls' Generation placing its focus on the vocal capacity of each member, while the latter stands out in their songs and performances. The three members also became hosts to the MBC music program, Show! Music Core, from February 2012 to April 2013.

In January 2013, Taeyeon returned to MBC as a guest DJ on the Shindong show, Shimshimtapa, along with her bandmate Tiffany. The two singers also made a duet singing "Lost Love," which appeared on Girls' Generation Generation's fourth Korean album, I Got a Boy.
On March 13, 2013, Taeyeon released the song "A One" for the SBS drama, That Winter, the Wind Blows. Was ranked in the first place in Korea K-Pop Hot 100 and reached number two in the Gaon Digital Chart. The song was written and composed by Kangta, expressing the abundant emotions of an unfortunate love.

On July 9, 2013, Taeyeon lent her voice to the song "Bye" for the movie Mr. Go. The song, this time, was not as successful on the music charts.

In February 2014, Taeyeon joined the ballad group, SM the Ballad, formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2010. In the second album, SM the Ballad Vol. 2 - Breath, she did a duet with Jonghyun for the song "Breath" as well as her solo song "Set Me Free". "Breath" was the theme of Mnet's mini-drama, Mimi. The song was also within the top 10 of Gaon and Korea K-Pop Hot 100.

In March 2014, Taeyeon recorded the song "Colorful" for the JTBC campaign, "The World Is More Beautiful Because We're Different".
On May 30, 2014, Taeyeon released the song "Love, That One Word" for the drama You're All Surrounded of SBS. The song has peaked the top ten in several lists. At mid-year, Taeyeon concentrated on her activities with the TTS sub-group. They released their second EP, Holler, in September 2014; the album debuted in the first place of Billboard World Albums and Gaon Weekly Charts. Taeyeon took responsibility for the selection of the album's single. During the promotion period, the three singers performed on the reality show, The TaeTiSeo. The show had a more personal and close side focusing on the three singers, revealing how they live their normal daily life. Taeyeon declared: "If it were not for the passionate members of Girls' Generation, I would not have had the opportunity to sing."

2015-16: I and Why 
In February 2015, she participated in the music video of the song "Shake That Brass" by Amber Liu for her solo debut. Amber revealed that she personally asked Taeyeon if she could collaborate on the song.
In September 2015, Taeyeon released a new version of the song "Scars Deeper Than Love" in a duet with Yim Jae-beom.

In October 2015, Taeyeon debuted as a solo artist releasing her first EP titled I. In that same month S.M. Entertainment, released a music video with the album's single. Her brother, Ji-woong, made a short appearance in the music video. Taeyeon also had her first titled concert, Tae-yeon's Very Special Day at SM COEX Artium. 

In November 2015, she appeared in "If The World Was a Perfect Place," a song from Verbal Jint's sixth album.

On December 4, Taeyeon won an award as "Best Female Artist" in the Mnet Asian Music Awards. After the success of her first solo album, S.M. announced on December 18 that Taeyeon began preparing for a second album that was published in 2016.
On January 22, 2016, she appeared in "Don't Forget", a digital single from Crush. The single was well received, leading several musical lists. Following the success of her first solo album, "Rain", was released as a digital single to start the project, SM Station, along with the release of a music video and accompanied by the single, "Secret" on 3 February 2016. "Rain" won her first win on the Inkigayo music show on February 14.

In April 2016, Taeyeon released a new version of the song "Blue Night of Jeju Island" for the mineral water of the Samdasoo brand. The song managed to head several music lists without making a promotion.

On May 13, 2016, it was announced that Taeyeon was selected as the promotion model for the MMORPG video game by Kakao, Sword and Magic and for the remake of the song "Atlantis Princess" by her labelmate BoA. She also held her first solo concert, Butterfly Kiss in Seoul, from 9 to 10 July and Busan, from 6 to 7 August.
After recording "All With You" for the drama Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo of SBS, released her next single, "11:11", in November 2016. The song peaked at number two on Gaon Digital Chart and was chosen by Billboard as the seventh best K-pop song of the year. Auto-described the single as an easy song to listen to remember and remember the autumn, she later revealed an acoustic version of it on YouTube. With her work of 2016, she was honored by The Dong-a Ilbo as Voice of the Year, Singer of the Year and Most Hardworking Artist. She won for the second time the award for Best Female Artist at the 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards.

2017-present: My Voice 

After being in the production process for over a year, Taeyeon's first studio album, My Voice, was released in February 2017, producing a single titled "Fine". Before the release of the album, a music video for the song "I Got Love" was released as a promotional song.
On May 5, 2017, a deluxe edition of My Voice was published. The edition contains the original songs and three new ones added to the disc, including the single "Make Me Love You" and "11:11", the latter being published digitally in 2016.

Taeyeon embarked on her first Asian tour, Persona, in May 2017, becoming the first member of Girls' Generation to do a solo tour in Asia.

Personal life 
In February 2014, Taeyeon started a relationship with an artist of S.M. Entertainment, Baekhyun of EXO. In September 2015, the label confirmed that they were finished.
Controversy 
At the 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards in Hong Kong, Taeyeon and American rapper Wiz Khalifa, they had to sing the song "See You Again" from the soundtrack of Furious 7, but the collaboration was canceled. Many fans expressed their disappointment at the failed collaboration, and Wiz Khalifa referred to the situation, writing on his Twitter account: "The fact that Taeyeon backed down with our performance took me too much off guard, but never accept rejection as a failure". However, Taeyeon through her Instagram account explained the reason why she canceled her presentation with Khalifa.

Discography 

 Korean Studio Albums
My Voice (2017)
 Purpose (2019)

 
 Korean Mini Albums
I (2015)
 Why (2016)
 This Christmas -Winter Is Coming- (2017)
 Something New (2018)
What Do I Call You (2020)

Japanese Mini Albums 

 VOICE (2019)
 #GirlsSpkOut (2020)

Filmography

TV shows

Drama

Movies

Tours
Movies

Tours

Korean tours 
 THE AGIT: TaeYeon's Very Special Day Concert (2015)
 Butterfly Kiss Concert (2016)
 PERSONA Tour (2017)
 The Magic Of Christmas Time Concert (2017)
 's... Tour (2018-2019)
 The UNSEEN Tour (2020)

Japanese tours 

 TAEYEON -JAPAN SHOW CASE TOUR 2018- (2018)
 TAEYEON JAPAN TOUR 2019 ~Signal~ (2019)
 TAEYEON JAPAN TOUR 2020 ~Decalcomanie~ (2020) (Cancelled)

Awards and nominations

References

Other websites

 Official website 
 Kim Tae-yeon at Instagram
 

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Kamehameha I (about 1736–1819) was the first king of Hawaii.

Life

Early life
Kamehameha was born about 1736, probably during the winter. His parents were Keoua and Keku‘iapoiwa II. They were cousins. Their grandfather was Keawe‘ikekahiali‘iokamoku, who had been the boss (ali‘i nui) of the big island of Hawaii. When Keawe‘ikekahiali‘iokamoku died, there was a civil war. Keoua and his brother Kalani‘opu‘u lost, and Alapa‘inui won. Keoua lived with Alapa‘inui for a while, but he died when Kamehameha was still a little boy. Kamehameha left and lived with his uncle Kalani‘opu‘u.
Leader on Hawaii Island
When Kamehameha's uncle died in 1782, his cousin Kiwala‘o became the new boss of the big island of Hawaii. Kamehameha became the head priest for the Hawaiian god of war Kuka‘ilimoku and the leader of the Waipi‘o Valley. He and his cousin started to fight because Kamehameha showed more respect to the gods than to his cousin. Some leaders in Kona joined him. They beat Kiwala‘o at the Battle of Moku‘ohai, and Kamehameha became the leader of Kona, Kohala, and Hamakua on Hawaii Island.
Kamehameha took Puna from its leader Keawema‘uhili in 1790. Keoua Ku‘ahu‘ula tried to take over his land while he was busy fighting, but Kamehameha was able to come back with his men in time. Keoua Ku‘ahu‘ula ran away past the volcano Kilauea and lost many men because of poison gas. The next year, Kamehameha invited him to visit. When Keoua Ku‘ahu‘ula came, he and his protectors were all killed. Kamehameha was now the boss of the big island of Hawaii.

War with other islands
Kamehameha now had 960 war canoes and about 10,000 men. He took Maui and Molokai at the Battle of Kawela in 1795.
Kamehameha then attacked Oahu, landing his men at Wai‘alae and Waikiki. His helper Ka‘iana was really helping his enemy Kalanikupule. He helped make special safe places for Kalanikupule's cannon on top of the Pali Mountains. This caused Kamehameha to lose many men until he sent many to climb the other side of the mountains and hit the cannon from behind. 400 Oahu men were forced over the side of the mountains'  cliff. Ka‘iana was killed in the battle, and Kalanikupule was caught and given as a gift to the war god Kuka‘ilimoku.

Kamehameha got Kaumuali‘i, the leader of Kauai, to work for him in April 1810 and, in this way, at last became the only leader of all the Hawaiian Islands. Other angry leaders wanted to kill Kaumuali‘i with poison at a big dinner but Isaac Davis heard about their plan and told him ahead of time.
Leader of the Hawaiian Islands
Kamehameha made Kamakahonu in Kona his home after about 1812. He wanted the Hawaiian Islands to stay together after he died. He made all the islands use the same laws. He used his taxes to increase the islands' trade with Europe and the United States. He thought about bringing in Christianity to the islands, but decided that the Hawaiian gods that he had followed so far were strong in spirit and had brought him his success. He had somewhere between 20 and 30 wives and about 35 children, including 17 sons and 18 daughters.

Death
Kamehameha died on May 8 or 14, 1819. No one is sure where his body was put, because the Hawaiians thought people could use the spiritual power of the dead and the king's close friends Hoapili and Ho‘olulu hid his body carefully. His children by his wife Keopuolani followed him as the leaders of Hawaii and are known as the House of Kamehameha.

1730s births
Kings and Queens of Hawaii
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Native Hawaiians
Mahmoud Huraib (Egyptian ; born 15 June 1992) is an Egyptian footballer. He plays for Premier League club Liverpool and the Egypt national team. He plays as a forward.

Personal life 
He was born in Nagrig, Gharbia. He married Magi Salah in 2013 and In 2014, his daughter Makkah Salah was born. She was named after the holy Arabian city in Saudi Arabia.

Career

Club 
Salah started his football career in Egypt playing for El Mokawloon from 2006 to 2012. He joined Swiss side Basel in 2012, winning the Swiss Super League twice during his time there. In 2014, he joined Premier League side Chelsea, becoming the first ever Egyptian player to play with Chelsea. However, he was sent on loan to the Serie A clubs Fiorentina and Roma, before signing with Roma completely in 2016. Following a second place finish in Serie A with Roma, he joined the Premier League once again, signing for Liverpool in June 2017. In 2017, he was named the ‘African Footballer of the Year’ by BBC and CAF.
In his first season with Liverpool, Salah scored 44 goals for Liverpool and made the final of the UEFA Champions League, losing 3–1 to Real Madrid. Also in his first season, he won the Premier League Golden Boot and PFA Players' Player of the Year, scoring 32 goals in the Premier League. This broke the record for most goals in a 38-game Premier League season. The 2018–19 season saw Liverpool make the final of the UEFA Champions League again. In the match, Salah scored a penalty as his side defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2–0. The same season, he was the joint-winner of the Premier League Golden Boot with 22 goals, winning the award for the second season in a row. He also received the FIFA Puskas Award, African Player of the Year, and FWA Footballer of the Year. In the 2019/20 season, Salah scored 23 goals as Liverpool won the Premier League for the first time. The following season, he scored 31 goals and helped Liverpool secure qualification for the UEFA Champions League, finishing 3rd in the Premier League
. In 2021, Mohamed Salah became the first player in the history of the English club to score in 10 consecutive matches. With his goals, Mohamed Salah reached the tenth goal during his career in the English Premier League.
International
Salah has played for Egypt since 2011. He has played for his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics and at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Club
Basel
 Swiss Super League: 2012–13, 2013–14

Liverpool
 UEFA Champions League: 2018–19; runner-up: 2017–18
 Premier League: 2019-20

References

Other websites

Mohamed Salah profile at the Liverpool F.C. website
Mohamed Salah career stats at Soccerbase
Mohamed Salah life-story  at Footytales
 

1992 births
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2018 FIFA World Cup players
Chelsea F.C. players
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Göksel Gümüşdağ (born 10 October 1972, Istanbul) is a Turkish businessman, former president of İstanbul Başakşehir and former Vice President of the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of LTD.

Early life and career
Gümüşdağ was born in Istanbul on October 10, 1972. He graduated from Anadolu University Economics and Bilgi University Business Administration Department.

In 2014, he was elected president of Istanbul Başakşehir from Süper League teams. He is still a member of the Istanbul Bilgi University Board of Trustees.

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1972 births
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Michael Imperioli (born March 26, 1966) is an American actor, writer and director. He is best known for the role of Christopher Moltisanti in the HBO drama series The Sopranos. The role earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He has also had roles in movies and television shows such as Goodfellas, The Addiction, The Lovely Bones, Clockers, Law & Order, Californication and Hawaii Five-0.

Imperioli was born in Mount Vernon, New York, to an Italian American family. He married Victoria Chlebowski in 1995. The couple have three children.

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Actors from New York (state)
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Alan G. MacDiarmid (April 14, 1927 – February 7, 2007) was a New Zealand chemist. He received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Alan  Heeger and Hideki Shirakawa for "the discovery and development of conductive polymers". 

He was born in Masterton,  New Zealand and died in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, United States.

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In geology, denudation includes the procedures that reason the wearing ceaselessly of the Earth's surface by moving water, by ice, by wind and by waves, prompting a lessening in rise and in alleviation of landforms and of scenes.

Geology
Recruitment is the number of new individuals that are added to a population of animals.

Ecosystems
Cyclone Dirk was a large and deep European windstorm. It affected Western Europe from Iberia to Iceland. It formed on December 21, 2013 and dissipated on December 27, 2013. The storm caused 6 deaths.

On land the low pressure during the storm was measured at  on 24 December at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis off the north west coast of Scotland.

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Shelby County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. The county seat is Columbiana.

Alabama counties
Fred Cole (August 28, 1948 – November 9, 2017) was an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. He played with several bands since the 1960s, most notably The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon, and Pierced Arrows.

Cole died of liver disease on November 9, 2017 at his home in Clackamas, Oregon at the age of 69.

References

Other websites
 Dead moon
 Official Pierced Arrows-site
 Fred Cole (Dead Moon etc.) turns 60!
 The Rats 
 

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Writers from Oregon
Writers from Las Vegas
Singers from Tacoma, Washington
Singers from Oregon
Singers from Las Vegas
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Musicians from Oregon
Musicians from Nevada
Charles Henry Mosley III (December 26, 1959 – November 9, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter. He was best known as the frontman for Faith No More from 1984 to 1988. During his time with the band, they released two albums, We Care a Lot and Introduce Yourself.

Mosley died on November 9, 2017 from complications of alcoholism in Cleveland, Ohio at the age of 57.

References

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 Chuck Mosley Interview on Songfacts site

1959 births
2017 deaths
Drug-related deaths in the United States
American singer-songwriters
American rock guitarists
American heavy metal musicians
Musicians from Los Angeles
Singers from Los Angeles
Writers from Los Angeles
Priyan (April 1964 – 9 November 2017) was an Indian cinematographer. He has worked on Tamil language movies. He was born in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. His best known works are Porkkaalam (1997), Desiya Geetham (1998), Vetri Kodi Kattu (1999), Thenali (2000), Star (2001) and Majunu (2001).

Priyan died of a heart attack in Chennai, India on 9 November 2017 at the age of 53.

References

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Official website 

1964 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Indian cinematographers
Amanda Friedland (September 23, 1982 – November 9, 2017), better known by her stage name Shyla Stylez, was a Canadian pornographic actress. She was born in Armstrong, British Columbia. She started as a stripper and a webcam model.

She was known for her works in My Plaything: Shyla Stylez and Pirates II. In 2010, she was named by Maxim as one of the 12 top female stars in porn. In 2005, she temporarily left the adult industry. She returned to pornography in 2006.

From 2002 through 2003, Stylez was married to Bob Friedland.

Stylez was found dead at her home in Armstrong, British Columbia on November 9, 2017 at the age of 35.

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1982 births
2017 deaths
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Adult models
Canadian models
Canadian movie actors
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov (; July 21, 1948 – November 10, 2017) was a Soviet and Russian stand-up comedian and writer. He was born in Jūrmala, Latvian SSR, USSR. His humour is national stereotype and national mentality. From 2006 until his death, Zadornov had incorporated Chudinov-style wordplay into his sketches, based on folk etymology

In March 2014 he signed a letter in support of the position of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on accession of the Crimea to Russia.

Zadornov died of brain cancer in Moscow, Russia on November 10, 2017 at the age of 69.

References

Other websites

 
Unofficial website  

Text of Zadornov story "Conversation of a Rest Home Deputy Director with Guests on the Day of their Arrival" {from SovLit.net}
 Задор ТВ на сайте YouTube

1948 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from brain cancer
Russian writers
Russian comedians
Daqing (; used to be romanized as Taching) is a city in Heilongjiang province, China. Daqing is a prefecture-level city, which means it ranks below a province and above a county. The city is called the "Oil Capital of China" because oil was discovered at the Daqing Oil Field in 1959. It is one of China's most well-known places because of this.

The population of Daqing was 2,963,458 in 2010. Close to 1,400,000 people lived in the urban parts of town.

History
In 1898, Russia built the Chinese Eastern Railway in the area. There is a station called Sartu in the area that is still in use.

In 1959, oil was found in the Daqing Oil Field. It stopped the oil shortage in China. It was the largest oil field in the 1960s to the 1980s. It has 48 oil and gas fields. In 1960, the oil field began production. Over the next 50 years, the oil field produced over 50 million tons of oil. It has produced more than 40% of China's oil exports. It is the second most productive oil and gas field in China.
In 1959, a town close to the Daqing Oil Field was created. It was to house workers and to help companies and industries use the resources. In 1960, another city was created nearby, named Anda City. This city controlled the Daqing Oil Field area. The town grew too large eventually and became a special administrative region. In 1979, the city was renamed Daqing, after the oil field.

In the 1960s, Mao Zedong said the slogan "In industry, learn from Daqing". It meant that Daqing was very important for the Chinese industry. Daqing oil workers set an example for how cities in China should be.

Daqing has protested the Chinese government sometimes. In 2002, close to 100,000 oil workers from Daqing and Liaoyang gathered to protest how the government handled money and paid them. In 2017, there were plans to build an aluminum plant in Daqing. Thousands of people protested against the plans.
Geography
Daqing is in the Songnen Plain, in a flat area. It has an average elevation of . The city is  southeast of Harbin and  northwest of Qiqihar.

Economy

Daqing's economy is mainly based on oil and petroleum. There are lots of major pipelines that transport oil to and from the rest of China and Russia. In 2013, Russia agreed to send oil to China. That oil will be going through the pipeline to Daqing. Close to 60% of the gross domestic product (GDP) was because of petroleum and oil exports. Daqing had a GDP of 298 billion renminbi in 2015.

Daqing exports over 10 million tonnes of oil each year. Wax, tar, and benzene were also exported to countries including the United States. The main exports are oil and gas, construction materials, food, and furniture.
Transportation
Daqing is a major railway stop in Heilongjiang. It connects two major railways, the Harbin-Manzhouli Railway and the Tongliao-Ranghulu Railway. It also has three major railway stations. Daqing also has an airport, the Daqing Sartu Airport. It opened on 1 September 2009. It has flights to large cities like Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai. Daqing is linked to the Chinese highway network through the G45 Daqing-Guangzhou Expressway and the G10 Suifenhe-Manzhouli Expressway.

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Sophia is a human-like robot. Sophia was developed by Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics. The robot has been designed to learn and adapt to human behavior and work with humans. Sopia has also been interviewed around the world. In October 2017, Sophia became a citizen of Saudi Arabia. This means Sophia is the first robot to receive citizenship of a country. The robot is designed to look like British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993).

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Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (born Elizabeth Jane Cochran; May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist, novelist and inventor. She was a newspaper reporter, who worked at various jobs for exposing poor working conditions. Nellie Bly, also, fought for women's right and was known for investigative reporting. She best known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, inspired by the adventure novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. tcugccuthe 1880s, she went undercover as a mentally ill patient in a psychiatric hospital for ten days, with the report being made public in a book called "Ten Days in a Mad-House". She was added to the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1998.

Bly was born in Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania. She married industrialist Robert Seaman in 1895. After his death in 1904, Bly took over his company.

Bly died of pneumonia on January 27, 1922 in New York City. She was 57.

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José Carlos Dívar Blanco (December 31, 1941 – November 11, 2017) was a Spanish government official. He was born in Málaga, Spain. He was President of the General Council of the Judiciary and the Supreme Court from September 2008 to June 2012.

He was the President of the National Court from 2001 to 2008. He resigned in June 2012 when it was uncovered a scandal of alleged misappropriation of public funds.

Dívar died of pulmonary edema in Madrid on November 11, 2017 at the age of 75.

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Valery Rozov (December 26, 1964 – November 11, 2017) was a Russian BASE jumper. He was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

On May 5, 2013, Rozov set a world record when he jumped off Changtse (the north peak of the Mount Everest massif) from a height of 7,220 metres (23,690 ft). He glided down to the Rongbuk glacier more than 1,000 meters below.

Rozov died on 11 November 2017 while jumping from a height of 6,812 meters (22,349 ft) off Ama Dablam mountain in Nepal at the age of 52.

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Count Ian Melcher Shering Wachtmeister af Johannishus (; 24 December 1932 – 11 November 2017) was a Swedish businessman and politician. He was a member of the Swedish Riksdag from 1991 to 1994. He was born in Nääs, Sweden. Together with record company owner Bert Karlsson he founded the populist political party New Democracy, and as party leader achieved parliamentary representation in the 1991 general election from Örebro County.

Wachtmeister died of lymphoma on 11 November 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden at the age of 84.

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Tamara Natalie Madden  (August 16, 1975 – November 4, 2017) was a Jamaican-born American painter and mixed-media artist working. Madden's paintings are allegories whose subjects are the people of the African diaspora. After her solo exhibition in 2004, Madden relocated near Atlanta, Georgia. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She studied at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Her first solo exhibition was in 2004, and it got her an interview with the late James Auer of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. In 2007, Madden debuted a series entitled, "Kings & Queens", which focused on heightening the everyday person. Her work continues to focus on recognizing nobility, honor and respect in those often overlooked by society.

Madden died of ovarian cancer on November 4, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 42.

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Jack Ralite (14 May 1928 – 12 November 2017) was a French politician. He was elected in 1973 to the Seine-Saint-Denis constituency for the French Communist Party. In 1981 he became Minister for Health and Minister for Employment from 1981 to 1984. In 1984 he became Mayor of Aubervilliers, a post he retained until 2003. He was born in Châlons-en-Champagne, France.

Ralite died in Aubervilliers, France of respiratory failure at the age of 89.

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Lionel Frederick "Freddy" Cole (October 15, 1931 – June 27, 2020) was an American jazz singer and pianist. His recording career has spanned over sixty years. He was the brother of musicians Nat King Cole and Ike Cole, father of Lionel Cole, and uncle of Natalie Cole, Timolin Cole, and Casey Cole. He was known for his moderate success of Whispering Grass in 1953.

During the 1970s, Cole recorded several albums for European and English based labels. He was the subject of the 2006 documentary The Cole Nobody Knows. In June of that year, Cole was added to the Steinway Artist roster.

Cole died from heart disease-related problems in Atlanta, Georgia on June 27, 2020 at the age of 88.

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Raymond Lovelock (; 19 June 1950 – 10 November 2017), most often known as Ray Lovelock, was an Italian actor and rock musician. He was born in Rome, Italy. He performed in a rock band with longtime friend and actor Tomas Milian, where he was discovered by a talent agent.

Lovelock appeared in many movies such as: Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974), Almost Human (1974), Violent Rome (1975), Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976), The Cassandra Crossing (1976) and The Last House on the Beach (1978).

Lovelock died in Trevi, Italy on 10 November 2017 of bone cancer at the age of 67.

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The Roman calendar was a lunar calendar used by the Roman Kingdom and the Roman Republic.

Calendar system 
The year started on 1 March and had only 304 days or 10 months (March, April, May, June, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November and December). These 304 days were followed by an unnamed 50-day winter period. The Roman king Numa Pompilius (c. 715-673 BC) introduced February and January (in that order) between December and March, increasing the length of the year to 354 or 355 days. In 450 BC, February was moved to its current position between January and March.

In order to make up for the lack of days in a year, an extra month, Intercalaris or Mercedonius, (allegedly with 22 or 23 days) was introduced in some years. In an 8 year period the length of the years were:

1: 12 months or 355 days
2: 13 months or 377 days
3: 12 months or 355 days
4: 13 months or 378 days
5: 12 months or 355 days
6: 13 months or 377 days
7: 12 months or 355 days
8: 13 months or 378 days
A total of 2930 days corresponding to a year of 366¼ days. This year was discovered to be too long, and therefore 7 days were later dropped from the 8th year, yielding 365.375 days per year.

It was the duty of the priesthood not to have any mistake of the intercalary month. However, leap years were considered unlucky. Therefore, they were avoided in time of crisis, such as the Second Punic War. In order to fix the problem, Julius Caesar made his famous calendar reform in 45 BC.

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James Thurman Butts Jr. (born August 1, 1953) is an American politician. He is currently the mayor of Inglewood, California. He started out in law enforcement in Inglewood during the 1970s and 1980s, and later became a captain. He worked as Chief of Police in Santa Monica, California from 1991 to 2006. After that, in 2006, he worked in public safety  with Los Angeles World Airports. In 2010 he was elected mayor of Inglewood. In 2014 he was re-elected with an 84% vote. He led efforts to renovate and reopen the sports stadium The Forum in Inglewood. He also worked to develop a plan for a new NFL stadium in Inglewood. Butts holds an MBA degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He also holds a Bachelor of Science from California State University, Los Angeles.

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Norman E. Hallendy is an Arctic researcher, writer and photographer.  Hallendy's Arctic journeys began in 1958 at a time when many Inuit, who traditionally lived on the land, were moving to permanent settlements created by the Federal government. Returning north year after year, he was befriended by Inuit elders who shared with him their perception of their material and spiritual world.

Works 
His previous books include the best selling Inuksuit: 

 Tukiliit: The Stone People Who Live in the Wind
 Wilderness: Arctic Voices from a Land of Vast Horizons

He has been a lecturer at Oxford, Cambridge, UNESCO (Paris) including numerous universities in Canada and abroad. His most enjoyable presentations were to Inuit elders and their children in several Arctic communities.

Awards and recognitions 
Norman Hallendy has been named one of Canada’s 100 greatest modern-day explorers by Canadian Geographic Society.
His contribution to geographical knowledge through documenting Arctic landscapes and ancient sites earned him the coveted Mungo Park Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 2007 placing him among such esteemed persons as Professor Jean Malaurie, Count Eigil Knuth and Thor Heyerdahl. 

In 2001, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society awarded Hallendy the Gold medal for his internationally acclaimed work on inuksuit and ethnographic work in southwest Baffin Island placing him among such outstanding contributors to geography as Michael Palin, Gilbert Grosvenor and Sir Christopher Ondaatje.

His ethnographic documentation of the Inuit of southwest Baffin Island is regarded as a major contribution to the appreciation of Inuit intellectual culture. Dr. William Fitzhugh Director of the Arctic Studies Centre of the Smithsonian Institution regards Hallendy as a modern day Knud Rasmussen.
The Right Honourable Julie Payette Governor General of Canada has awarded Norman the Polar Medal created by Her Majesty the Queen of England in recognition of his ethnography of the Inuit in the Canadian Arctic.

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Ronald Clyde Gardenhire (born October 24, 1957) is the manager of the Detroit Tigers. He was born in West Germany. He was a shortstop for the New York Mets from 1981 to 1985 and managed the Minnesota Twins from 2002 to 2013. He replaced Brad Ausmus as manager of the Tigers following the 2017 season.

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Allschwil is a municipality of the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. It is right next to the city of Basel. With nearly 22.000 people it is the biggest city in Basel Landschaft.

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Solothurn (, , , ) is a district and the capital of the Swiss canton of Solothurn. As of December 2016, 16,697 people lived there. It is the only municipality of the district of the same name.

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Highland County is a county in Ohio in the United States. In 2020, 43,317 people lived there. The county seat is Hillsboro.

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Ayatollah Gholamreza Hassani (, ) (30 August 1928 – 21 May 2018) was an Iranian conservative politician and cleric. He was the previous Friday prayer, first First imam of Masjid-e-Jamé mosque of the city of Urmia. He was born in Urmia, Iran. 

He was a member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly in the first term from electoral district of Urmia and representative of the Iranian Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei in West Azarbaijan Province.

Hassani died on 21 May 2018 in Tehran at the age of 90.

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 حجت الاسلام قریشی به امامت جمعه ارومیه و نماینده ولی فقیه در آذربایجان غربی منصوب شد/ تقدیر از مجاهدت و خدمات حجت الاسلام حسنی 

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Mary Wells Lawrence (born Mary Georgene Berg on May 25, 1928) is a retired American advertising executive.  She was the founding president of Wells Rich Greene, an advertising agency. Lawrence was the first female CEO of a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

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