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The Druk (or Dzongkha: འབྲུག་) is a dragon that appears on the flag and coat of arms of Bhutan. It is an important national symbol that represents the country's identity and mythology.

In Bhutanese culture, the Druk is often associated with thunder and lightning, and is considered to be a powerful and benevolent creature. According to legend, the Druk was the emblem of the founder of Bhutan, the Tibetan saint and ruler, Ngawang Namgyal.

The Druk on the Bhutanese flag is depicted holding jewels that represent the wealth and prosperity of the country. Its white color represents purity and loyalty, while the snarling mouth symbolizes the strength and courage of the Bhutanese people. The overall design of the flag, which features a yellow and orange background, is said to represent the colors of Buddhism and the country's position between India and China.
Overall, the Druk is an important symbol of Bhutanese identity and cultural heritage, and is deeply ingrained in the country's history and mythology.
National symbols of Bhutan
Dragons
This is a list of Gambian Twenty20 International cricketers who have played for Gambia. Gambia played their first Twenty20 International against Eswatini on 1 December, 2022.

Key

List of Players
Statistics are correct as of 9 December 2022.

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Gambia
Anlia van Rensburg is a singer and actress, living in Cape Town, South Africa.

Career 
Anlia made her TV debut in South Africa's popular TV Series, Getroud Met Rugby, playing the feisty role of Sasha Richter.

Anlia's latest projects include roles in the HBO Ridley Scott TV Series, Raised by Wolves, and the local Horror film The Last Sacrament.

She took part in a scene that was a reenactment for Simone Starr's episode.

In 2021, Anlia signed a music record deal with AppelMusiek under the stage name, Anlia Star.

In 2021, Anlia portrayed the role of Simone Starr in an episode of Locked Up Abroad. Anlia acted in productions including: Mike&Mavis, Deep Sate, Playboyz, Die Spreeus, n Man Soos My Paand Agent 2000

In 2022, her single “Plaaslewe” was released.

Early Life 
She holds an honors degree in Performing Arts and graduated Cum Laude.

She sang South Africa's national anthem at Cape Town Stadium.

In 2022, Anlia got engaged to SA Rugby Player EbenEtzebeth

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The Negros forest frog (Platymantis negrosensis) is a frog.  It lives in the Philippines on Negros and Panay Islands.  People have seen it between 200 and 1800 meters above sea level.

Appearance

This frog is about 30-50 mm long from nose to rear end. It has large disks on its toes for cimbing trees.

Eggs

This frog moves around at night.  It climbs trees.  The female frog lays eggs in fern plants that grow on trees.  The eggs hatch into small froglets.  They are never tadpoles.

Threats

This frog is in danger because human beings change the places where it lives. Humans cut down trees in forests to get wood to build with. Humans let animals eat grass where the frog lives.

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Frogs of Asia
Anti-environmentalism is a political ideology where protecting the environment is not seen as necessary. Anti-environmentalists don't like strict rules that protect nature and say the Earth can take care of itself without humans getting involved. They don't like environmental groups and try to stop them from influencing politicians.

Political ideologies
A hut is a simple shelter that is built by humans. A hut is small, and most of the time, it is less well-built than a house, but is more complex than a tent. Some indigenous peoples use huts as their permanent place of safety. A hut can be built out of many things, such as wood, grass, or fabric.

The word hut
The word is, many times, used by people who think homes that are uncommon in their country are primitive. Sometimes, the word house is used to avoid this. Often, how the hut looks is based off of tradition. The design of the hut in tropical and sub-tropical areas is meant to allow air to come inside, reducing the heat inside of the hut.  Also, instead of being called a shed, something can be called a hut. The word has also been used to speak about structures that shelter climbers and backpackers. The word comes from the 1650s, from French hutte.
Modern use
Huts are used by shepherds when they are moving animals from one grassland to another. 
They are also used by people who are traveling in rural areas.
Some populations use huts during a diaspora, such as those on farms in the Amazon jungle.
Huts have been built to keep items safe, to build items, and to teach when regular classrooms cannot be used.

Construction
Many huts are planned to be built quick, and with a small amount of work. These huts only need a bit of understanding of architecture to be built, and do not need special tools.

Other uses
Sometimes, the word hut is used in the names of stores, to imply that it is a small place, and that it is friendly. Some stores that use the word in their name are Pizza Hut and Sunglass Hut. Buildings that sell things in a park or beach can look like huts.

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Buildings and structures
Culture diffusion refers to the spread of cultural traits or patterns from one society or group of people to another. This process can occur through various means, such as migration, trade, communication, or technological advancements.

For example, the diffusion of Buddhism from India to other parts of Asia is an example of cultural diffusion. Another example could be the spread of American fast food chains, such as McDonald's, to different parts of the world, where they have adapted their menus to local tastes.

Cultural diffusion can lead to the blending of different cultures and the creation of new cultural forms, such as creole languages or fusion cuisine. However, it can also result in the loss of traditional cultural practices and the homogenization of global cultures.
Ram Chandra Poudel (Nepali: राम चन्द्र पौडेल; born 15 October 1944) is a politician from Nepal who is the third President of Nepal (leader) since March 2023. He used to be a senior leader of the Nepali Congress. Poudel became president on 9 March 2023.

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Ford Madox Brown (16 April 1821 – 6 October 1893) was a British painter. He mostly used the Pre-Raphaelite style.  

His best know painting is called Work.  It is now in Manchester Art Gallery.

He spent the last years of his life painting murals in Manchester Town Hall.  They are about the importance of Christianity, commerce and the textile industry in Manchester's history.

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1821 births
1893 deaths
A limerick is a funny, silly, rude, or sexual poem that has five (or four) lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with each other and have eight (or more) syllables. Lines 3 and 4 have a different rhyme word and have five (or more) syllables each. The poem often begins with "There was a ...", but it doesn't have to.

This one is by Rudyard Kipling:

A limerick by Edward Lear, who is famous for writing this kind of poem, has four lines because he combines lines 3 and 4 into one ten-syllable line:

Related pages 
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Blank verse
Free verse
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Ballad
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Stanza
Ode
Sonnet

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Atropa is a genus of flowering plants, in the nightshade family. They are herbaceous perennials, with large leaves, and shiny berries. These berries are particularly dangerous to children, because they look like cherries, but they are highly poisonous.  Atropa species prefer temperate climates and alkaline soils. They often grow in light shade in woodlands near limestone hills and mountains. Their seeds can remain viable in the soil for long periods, germinating when the soil of sites in which plants once grew (but from which plants have long been absent) is disturbed by human activity or by natural causes, e.g. the windthrow of trees. The best-known member of the genus Atropa is deadly nightshade (A. belladonna) - the poisonous plant par excellence in the minds of many. Atropa species contain chemicals that are used in medicine, such as atropine, scopolamine, and hyoscyamine. These are all tropane alkaloids that have anticholinergic, deliriant, antispasmodic and mydriatic properties
. The genus is named for Άτροπος (Atropos) - lit. 'she who may not be turned (aside)' - one of the Three Fates and cutter of the thread of life / bringer of death. They are named after her because of the extreme toxicity of A. belladonna and its fellow species.
In some older classifications, the mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) has been placed in the genus Atropa, with the scientific name Atropa mandragora.

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Kvaløya is a large and mountainous island located in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. With a total area of , it is the fifth largest island in mainland Norway. The island is connected to neighboring islands and the mainland by bridges and tunnels.

Geography 
Kvaløya is home to at least ten mountains higher than 700 metres and three that are over 1,000 metres, including Store Blåmann, the highest peak on the island at 1,044 metres. The island is also characterized by several small fjords, including Kaldfjorden, Ersfjorden, and Kattfjorden, which almost divide the island into two or three parts.

The Rystraumen, a tidal current in the Straumsfjorden strait separating Kvaløya from the mainland, is a popular recreation area for fishing and is home to Ryøya, an island that was formerly home to a small population of musk oxen. The island is also home to Straumhella, a popular recreational area near the current.
Statistics 
Approximately 13,000 people live on Kvaløya, with most residing on the eastern side near Kvaløysletta, which is a suburban area of the city of Tromsø, located near the Sandnessund Bridge.

The west coast of Kvaløya, facing the open ocean, is the warmest part of Tromsø municipality, with the weather station at Sommarøy recording 24-hour averages of -1.9°C in January and 11.9°C in July, and a mean annual temperature of 3.9°C. Annual precipitation on the west coast of Kvaløya is approximately 940 millimetres.

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Islands of Norway
Troms og Finnmark
Kvaløysletta is a neighborhood within the city of Tromsø in Tromsø Municipality, located on the eastern shore of the island of Kvaløya. It is situated about 5 kilometers northwest of the city center of Tromsø, and is connected to the island of Tromsøya by the Sandnessund Bridge. The neighborhood has a population of 8,681 people as of 2017, with a population density of 2,782 inhabitants per square kilometer.

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Tromsø
Tromsø is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway, with an area  and a population of 77,992. The city center of Tromsø (settlement) is located on the island of Tromsøya, but the urban area also surrounds part of the nearby mainland and part of the island Kvaløya.  Tromsø is known for its nice weather because it's up north but still gets warm ocean water from the Gulf Stream. Tromsø's latitude of just below 70°N means there’s an annual midnight sun and polar night depending on the season. The city has a rich Norse and Sámi heritage, with evidence of them living there since the end of the ice age. The name Tromsø is believed to come from the Old Norse name of the island Trums, which means "(strong) current." However, the first part of the name's etymology is uncertain. Tromsø is a cultural hub for the region, with several festivals taking place in the summer. Many countries used to have consulates or missions in Tromsø in the 1990s.

Related pages
List of mayors in Norway that are elected until 2027
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Elliot Lipinsky (born 1986) is an attorney, author and politician from Alabama, United States.

Early life and education 
Lipinsky was born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1986. He attended Saint James School. He completed his Bachelors in History and Political Science from University of Alabama. Later, he studied law at Thomas Goode Jones School of Law.

Career 
Lipinsky has been working as 4th Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney, Alabama since June, 2017. He has previously served as Sixth Judicial Circuit Deputy District Attorney from June 2016 till May 2017.

In 2018, he was the Republican candidate for Alabama's State auditor. He was defeated by Jim Zeigler.

Electoral history 
State Auditor of Alabama election, 2018

Threshold > 50%

Publications 
In 2020, Elliott Lipinsky published the book, Space Pup: The Adventures of Elrod Cannon.
Controversies 
In 2019, Elliott Lipinsky was charged with two counts of computer tampering and one count of attempted computer tampering. He surrendered to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office on April 3, 2019. Later, the charges were dismissed by the state and his record was expunged.

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1986 births
Living people
...Like Clockwork is the sixth studio album by Queens of the Stone Age. Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band. The album was released on June 3, 2013 in the United Kingdom. It was released on June 4 in the United States. The album was released by Matador Records. It is the first Queens of the Stone Age album to have music with Michael Shuman (bass guitar) and Dean Fertita (keyboard, guitar). Both of them joined the band in 2007.

The band started recording the album in August 2012. At first, they wanted Trent Reznor to produce it. This did not happen. The band produced the album. Joey Castillo left the band while they were making the album. He was the band's drummer. Dave Grohl, who played the drums on Songs for the Deaf, played the drums for ...Like Clockwork.
Many copies of the album were sold when it was released. Many critics liked the album. It reached the number two spot on the UK Albums Chart. It went to number one on the Billboard 200. This is the first Queens of the Stone Age album to be number one on the Billboard 200. The album was nominated for three Grammy Awards.

Track listing

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2013 albums
Queens of the Stone Age albums
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" is a 1970 song by Canadian singer Neil Young and was taken from his third studio album After the Gold Rush. It went to number 33 in the United States. It has covered by various artists over the years including Saint Etienne in 1990 and went to number 39 in the United Kingdom and number 97 in the United States.

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Florence and the Machine songs
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Everlast (musician) songs
Troms og Finnmark, (Troms and Finnmark), is a county in northern Norway. It was created in 2020 by merging the former counties of Troms and Finnmark. The county has a population of about 244,000 and covers an area of 74,840 square kilometers.

On January 1, 2024, the county will be split into separate counties: Finnmark and Troms; Parliament decided that in June 2022; The Tjeldsund Municipality from Nordland county will belong to Troms county.

Geography and Landscape 

Troms og Finnmark is located in the northernmost part of Norway and is bordered by the counties of Nordland to the south, and Finnmark to the east. The county is also bordered by Sweden, Finland, and Russia to the east.

The landscape of Troms og Finnmark has both coastal and mountainous terrain. The county is home to several national parks, including Reisa National Park and Øvre Dividal National Park.

Cities and Communitites
Tromsø is the biggest city in the Troms og Finnmark region of Norway. It is located in the northern part of the country, above the Arctic Circle. Tromsø is known for its beautiful nature, including mountains, fjords, and Northern Lights. The city is also home to many cultural attractions, such as museums and festivals. It has a population of around 75,000 people.

The economy of Troms og Finnmark is largely based on fishing, aquaculture, and the oil and gas industry. The county is also home to several indigenous communities, including the Sámi people, who have a long history in the region.

Sámi People 
Indigenous communities are groups of people who have lived in a particular place for a very long time. In many countries, these communities have unique traditions, languages, and ways of life that are important to preserve and celebrate.
One such community in the Nordic countries is the Sámi. They have lived in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and parts of Russia for thousands of years. The Sámi have their own language, called Sámi, which has several different dialects.

The Sámi traditionally relied on reindeer herding, fishing, and hunting to sustain themselves. They also had a deep spiritual connection to the natural world and believed in the importance of respecting and protecting the environment.

Today, the Sami people continue to maintain their traditions and cultural practices, such as the Sámi National Day, which is celebrated on February 6th.

Tourism and Recreation 
Hiking is one of the most popular activities in the region, as there are numerous trails for hikers of all levels of experience. The mountainous landscape of Troms og Finnmark makes hiking in this region very popular.
Skiing is also a popular pastime in Troms og Finnmark, with its numerous mountains and ski resorts offering many ways to access skiing in Norway. Like hiking trails, there are also options available for all levels of experience.

Fishing is another popular activity in the region, with its rivers and lakes teeming with fish. The region is known for its salmon fishing.

Indigenous and Cultural Attractions 
The Sámi also play a role in tourism and recreation. There are several buildings in Tromsø built around Sámi cultures and traditions. There are also tours that teach people about their beliefs and ways of doing things.

One of the buildings that are associated with the Sámi includes the Arctic Cathedral. The Arctic Cathedral was built in 1965 in the shape of an iceberg and is known for its large stained-glass windows and wood carvings.
Another important cultural attraction in Tromsø is the Sami Siida Museum. The museum is dedicated to the Sámi, who are the indigenous people of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. The Sami Siida Museum allow visitors to learn about the culture and traditions of the Sámi. The museum features exhibits on traditional Sámi clothing, crafts, and music, as well as a collection of Sámi artifacts and artwork.

In addition to these two main attractions, there are many other cultural and historical sites to explore in Tromsø. For example, the Polar Museum features exhibits on the lives of Norwegian explorers such as Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, who were among the first to explore the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

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2020 establishments in Norway
John Wick: Chapter 4 is a 2023 neo-noir action thriller movie directed by Chad Stahelski. It is a sequel to John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019). It is the fourth movie in the John Wick franchise. It stars Keanu Reeves as the main character with Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, and Ian McShane.

The movie was released in the United States on March 24, 2023.

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2023 movies
Douglas J. La Follette (born June 6, 1940) is an American academic, environmental scientist, and politician. He was the 30th Secretary of State of Wisconsin from 1983 to 2023. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was re-elected in 2022 to a 12th term in office, but retired shortly after the start of the new term.

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Democratic Party (United States) politicians
Enemy of the State is a 1998 action film directed by Tony Scott and starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight and Gabriel Byrne. Released on November 20, 1998, it received positive reviews and was a box office success.

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1998 thriller movies
1990s action thriller movies
American action thriller movies
Movies about computing
Movies about security and surveillance
Movies set in Baltimore
Movies set in Washington, D.C.
Movies directed by Tony Scott
The Mask of Zorro is a 1998 movie directed by Martin Campbell and starring Antonio Banderas. Released on July 17, 1998, it received positive reviews and was a box office success. It was followed by The Legend of Zorro in 2005.

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Other websites
Rated R (also made as Rated X and Rated RX) is the second studio album by Queens of the Stone Age. Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band. The album was released on June 6, 2000 by Interscope Records. It was the band's first album with Nick Oliveri and Mark Lanegan.

Rated R was the band's first popular album. It went on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified gold by the BPI. The album had two singles: "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" and "Feel Good Hit of the Summer".

Track listing 
All tracks written by Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri, except where noted. Lead vocals by Homme, except where noted.

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Queens of the Stone Age albums
2000 albums
Interscope Records albums
Г l г or Inverted Reverse L is a lettre of the Latin Alphabet that looks similiar to the Russian Г It is used in the romanization of Bietnamese Ford an example vohile or for screaming VOHIГE the letter of г is a modified letter of the Latin Alphabet It is considerd a Fanmade Letter of the Latin Alphabet the Letter is now what we call Ge.

Latin letters
Scottville is a city in Mason County, Michigan, United States.

Cities in Michigan
Stephenson is a city in Menominee County, Michigan, United States.

Cities in Michigan
Coleman is a city in Midland County, Michigan, United States.

Cities in Michigan
McBain is a city in Missaukee County, Michigan, United States.

Cities in Michigan
Luna Pier is a city in Monroe County, Michigan, United States.

Cities in Michigan
Petersburg is a city in Monroe County, Michigan, United States.

Cities in Michigan
Carson City is a city in Montcalm County, Michigan, United States.

Cities in Michigan
Greenville is a city in Montcalm County, Michigan, United States.

Cities in Michigan
Montague is a city in Muskegon County, Michigan, United States.

Cities in Michigan
Spirit, also known as MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover – A) or MER-2, was a robotic rover that was active on Mars from 2004 to 2010. It was part of the Mars Exploration Rover program, and the rover's twin, Opportunity (also known as MER-B), was launched to the other side of the planet. Sprit got stuck in a sand trap, and, due to freezing temperatures, the rover made its last communication with NASA on March 22, 2010. ytvkg

NASA spacecraft
Planetary rovers
Spacecrafts launched in 2000s
SM City Olongapo Downtown Opened 2012 and soft opening in the 2011 the more floors the address is Magsaysay Drive, cor Gordon Ave, Olongapo, 2200 Zambales.

History
in 2000s SM mall in Construction started in 2000s and soft opening in the 2011 P10B more money value and opened 2012. the Mall in the money for SM Prime Holdings. the malls is open 2011 located in the Antipolo, Olongapo. is 2012s P50M money was big to SM Prime.

Gallery

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Baalveer 3 is a Indian fantasy television series. It premiered on 18 March 2023 on Sony SAB. It was produced by Vipul D. Shah under Optimystix Entertainment.

Cast
The series stars Dev Joshi and Aditi Sanwal.

 Dev Joshi as Baal Veer 
 Aditi Sanwal as Kaashvi

Production
The series was announced on Sony SAB by Optimystix Entertainment.  The shooting of the series started in February 2023, Dev Joshi as Baal Veer and Aditi Sanwal as Kaashvi were signed as the lead. The promo featuring Dev Joshi was released on February 2023.

References

Other websites 
 
 Baalveer S3 on SonyLIV

2023 Indian television series debuts
2020s Indian television series
Fantasy television series
Argentine Township is a civil township in Genesee County, Michigan, United States.

Townships in Michigan
Kate Moyer (born May 2, 2008) is a Canadian actress from the 2018 horror movie called Our House. at the age of 15 but she meet Violet Hicks in the 2024 boxing movie called Two Girls Still Fight.

Filmography

Movies

Television

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2008 births
Living people
Canadian movie actors
Canadian television actors
Actors from Toronto
Le papa de Simon is a book written by Guy de Maupassant. The book tells the story of a young boy Simon who has no father. Simon is harassed at school by his classmates because he doesn't have a father. Tired of this mockery, Simon decides to drown in the river, but is stopped by the blacksmith Philippe. It's a perfect opportunity for the little boy, who makes him an immediate deal: if Philippe agrees to play the role of father, he won't drown. If he refuses, he will return to the river.

French novels
The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2002.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
 Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

July 2002

1
Sid Avery, 83, American photographer (Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Marlon Brando, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn).
John Barr, 83, American professional basketball player (Penn State, St. Louis Bombers) and coach (Susquehanna University).
John Kenneth Haviland, 81, American pilot.
Mikhail Krug, 40,  Russian singer, wounds received after robbery.
William J. Van Ryzin, 88, United States Marine Corps lieutenant general.
K. Venkatalakshamma, 96, Indian Bharatanatyam dancer.
Maritta Wolff, 83, American author, novels adapted to film: Whistle Stop, The Man I Love.
2
Earle Brown, 75, American composer.
Ray Brown, 75, American jazz bassist, known for working with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald.
Robert I. Friedman, 51, American investigative journalist.
James Lee, 79, American screenwriter, heart failure and emphysema.

3
Henry Cianfrani, 79, American state senator, a fixture of Philadelphia politics who served prison time on corruption charges, stroke.
Jimmy Edwards, 49, American professional football player (Minnesota Vikings).
Earl Francis, 66, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals).
Josef Haiböck, 85, Austrian the  Air Force general.
Michel Henry, 80, French philosopher, phenomenologist and novelist.
4
Gerald Bales, 83, Canadian organist, choirmaster and composer.
Benjamin O. Davis Jr., 89, American U.S. Air Force four-star general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen.
Kenneth Ross MacKenzie, 90, American physicist.
Sir Jake Saunders, 84, British banker.
Winnifred Van Tongerloo, 98, British-American oldest living survivor of the Titanic.
Gene Wilson, 76, American professional football player (SMU, Green Bay Packers).
Mansoor Hekmat, 51, Iranian theorist.
5
Harold Dejan, 93, American New Orleans jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader, best remembered as leader of the Olympia Brass Band.
Brett Hill, 57, Australian Olympic swimmer (men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1964 Summer Olympics).
Katy Jurado, 78, Mexican actress.
Zdzisław Mrożewski, 93, Polish actor.
Paul Weiss, 101, American philosopher and author, founded The Review of Metaphysics and the Metaphysical Society of America.
Wallace Wilkinson, 60, American businessman and politician, 57th Governor of Kentucky.
Ted Williams, 83, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), manager (Washington Senators/Texas Rangers) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame.
6
Dhirubhai Ambani, 69, Indian businessman.
John Frankenheimer, 74, American film and television director (Birdman of Alcatraz, The Manchurian Candidate, Seven Days in May).
Kenneth Koch, 77, American poet and playwright.
William B. Ruger, 86, American firearms designer and entrepreneur.
Stuart Shorter, 33, British homeless activist.
Monroe Eliot Wall, 85, American chemist, co-discoverer of drugs that fight cancer.
7
Christian Bizot, 73, French winemaker and head of the Bollinger Champagne house.
Lester Brinkley, 37, American professional football player (University of Mississippi, Dallas Cowboys).
Kirkor Canbazyan, 90, Turkish Olympic cyclist (men's individual road race, men's team road race at the 1936 Summer Olympics).
Bison Dele, 33, American professional basketball player (Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons), murdered during a voyage on a catamaran.
C. Henry Glovsky, 84, American attorney and politician.
Phyllis Litoff, 63, American  singer, impresario, and artistic director, brain cancer.
Herbie Screaigh, 91, Australian rules footballer.
Dorle Soria, 101, publicist, music producer and journalist.
Decherd Turner, 79, American librarian and book collector.
John Butler Walden, 62, Tanzanian military officer.
Ray Wood, 71, English professional footballer.
8
Sir Robert Bellinger, 92, British businessman and Lord Mayor of London.
Ward Kimball, 88, American animator (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Peter Pan, Mary Poppins).
Lorna Marshall, 103, American anthropologist.
Patrick Rodger, 81, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Oxford.
William Sarjeant, 66, British-born Canadian geologist.

9
Antoine-Roger Bolamba, 88, Congolese journalist, writer and politician.
Gerald Campion, 81, English actor, starred in 1950s television series Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School.
George Elias, 88, Australian rower (men's eight rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics).
William Robinson, 85, Canadian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Ottawa.
Ron Scarlett, 91, New Zealand paleozoologist.
Madron Seligman, 83, British politician.
Kenneth Snowman, 82, British jeweller.
Dave Sorenson, 54, American NBA and Ohio State University basketball player.
Rod Steiger, 77, American actor (In the Heat of the Night, On the Waterfront, Doctor Zhivago), Oscar winner (1968), kidney failure.
10
Jean-Pierre Côté, 76, Canadian politician (Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Senator for Kennebec, Quebec, member of Parliament representing Longueuil, Quebec).
Laurence Janifer, 69, American science fiction writer.
Alan Shulman, 85, American composer and cellist.
Mariya Smirnova, 82, Soviet Air Forces officer during the Second World War.
John Wallach, 59, American journalist and author, founder of Seeds of Peace.

11
Rosco Gordon, 74, American blues singer and songwriter, heart attack.
Garry Kelly, 54, Australian politician, suicide.
Sun Li, 89, Chinese writer from Hebei Province.
Finnis D. McCleery, 74, US Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Roy Orrock, 81, British World War II pilot.
Tissa Wijeyeratne, 79, Sri Lankan politician, diplomat and barrister.
12
Imad Abu Zahra, 35, Palestinian freelance photo journalist, shot and killed during the Second Intifada.
Mary Carew, 88, American Olympic sprinter (women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics).
Edward Lee Howard, 51, American CIA agent who defected to the Soviet Union, broken neck after a fall.
Mani Krishnaswami, 72, Indian vocalist, cardiac arrest.
Ghanshyam Oza, 90, Indian Chief Minister.
Jorge Zaffino, 43, Argentine comic book artist (Punisher, Batman Black and White, Hellraiser), heart attack.

13
Mervyn Bessen, 88, Australian cricketer.
Yousuf Karsh, 93, Canadian portrait photographer, cancer
Eric Price, 83, English cricketer.
Elisabeth Targ, 40, American psychiatrist specializing in psychic phenomena, glioblastoma.
Percy Yutar, 90, South African attorney general, prosecuted Nelson Mandela resulting in a sentence of life imprisonment.
14
Igor Ansoff, 83, Russian-American economist, educator and author, known for his visionary theories on strategic business management.
David Asseo, 88, Turkish Chief Rabbi and spiritual leader of the Republic of Turkey from 1960 to 2002.
Joaquín Balaguer, 95, President of the Dominican Republic (1960 to 1962, 1966 to 1978, 1986 to 1996).
Nelson Barrera, 44, Mexican professional baseball player, led the Mexican League in career home runs (455) and RBIs (1,927).
Nabakanta Barua, 75, Assamese novelist and poet.
Alex Fraser, 78, British-American scientist, recognized as a pioneer in evolutionary computation.
Fayge Ilanit, 93, Zionist activist and Israeli politician.
Walter Sheffer, 83, American photographer and teacher.
Michael Stern, 80, British educator.
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Charles R. Burton, 59, English explorer, known for being a member of the Transglobe Expedition.
Gavin Muir, 50, British actor and musician.
Camillus Perera, 64, Sri Lankan cricket umpire.
Barbara Randolph, 60, American singer and actress, cancer.
Pete Seibert, 77, American skier, esophageal cancer.
Svetlana Zylin, 54, Canadian playwright and director.

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Alan Charles Clark, 82, British Roman Catholic prelate.
John Cocke, 77, American computer scientist.
George Edmund Lindsay, 85, American botanist, naturalist, and museum director.
Cletus Madsen, 96, American Roman Catholic priest.
Jack Olsen, 77, American "True crime" writer.
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Clare Fell, 89, British archaeologist, known for her study of the Langdale axe industry.
Charles I. Krause, 90, American labor leader.
Joseph Luns, 90, Dutch politician.
Ubiratan Pereira Maciel, 58, Brazilian basketball player.
Lee Maye, 67, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators).
George Rickey, 95, American kinetic sculptor.
Bobby Worth, 89, American songwriter, his songs were recorded by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Della Reese.

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Lee Siew Choh, 84, Singaporean politician and medical doctor, lung cancer.
Vince Howard, 72, American film and television actor.
Qiu Huizuo, 88, Chinese Army lieutenant general.
Metin Toker, 78, Turkish journalist and one time politician.
Joseph Toland, 73, American Olympic rower at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Del Wilber, 83, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox) and manager (Texas Rangers).
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Dave Carter, 49, American singer-songwriter.
Bill Craig, 72, Scottish television scriptwriter (The Vital Spark, The Borderers, Sunset Song, Cloud Howe, Grey Granite).
Alexander Ginzburg, 65, Soviet dissident.
Alan Lomax, 87, American documenter of blues and folk songs.
Spec Shea, 81, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Washington Senators).
Frank Taylor, 81. English sports journalist.

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Pedro Alberto Cano Arenas, 33, Spanish footballer, cerebral hemorrhage.
Carol Haerer, 70, American artist.
Jan Komski, 87, Polish painter.
Michalis Kritikopoulos, 56, Greek footballer, cardiac arrest.
Eagle Pennell, 49, American independent filmmaker.
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John Cunningham, 84, British World War II nightfighter pilot.
Millie Deegan, 82, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
Gus Dudgeon, 59, English record producer ("Space Oddity", "Your Song", "Rocket Man", "Daniel"), car accident.
Peter Elstob, 86, British soldier, adventurer, novelist and entrepreneur.
Esphyr Slobodkina, 93, Russian-American artist, author, and illustrator.

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Joyce Cooper, 93, British Olympic swimmer (one silver medal: 1928, three bronze medals: 1928, 1928, 1932).
Giuseppe Corradi, 70, Italian footballer.
James Doolin, 70, American painter and muralist, known for his moody paintings of Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the desert Southwest.
Marion Montgomery, 67, American jazz singer.
Prince Ahmed bin Salman, member of the Saudi Arabian royal family.
Chuck Traynor, 64, American pornographer.
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Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad, 89, Pakistani civil servant and banker.
Alan Burrough, 85, British businessman and rower, chairman of James Burrough Ltd, the distiller of Beefeater Gin.
Alberto Castillo, 87, Argentine tango singer and actor.
Clark Gesner, 64, American composer, songwriter, author, and actor, heart attack.
Hermann Lindemann, 91, German football player and manager.
Ned Martin, 78, American sportscaster, heart attack.
Leo McKern, 82, Australian actor.
William Pierce, American neo-Nazi, author of The Turner Diaries.
Chaim Potok, 73, American author.
Arnold Weinstock, 77, British industrialist and businessman, managing director of the General Electric Company.
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Edward James Boyle Sr., 88, American judge (United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana).
Mike Clark, 61, American professional football placekicker (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys).
Pete Coscarart, 89, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates).
Maurice Denham, 92, British character actor (The Purple Plain, Sink the Bismarck!, The Day of the Jackal).
Al Silvera, 66, American baseball player (Cincinnati Redlegs).
Barney White, 79, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
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Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian existentialist philosopher.
Bob Barr, 94, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
George Bruce, 93, Scottish poet and BBC producer.
Frank Connell, 92, American Olympic cyclist (men's individual road race, men's team road race at the 1932 Summer Olympics).
Rudi Dornbusch, 60, German macroeconomist, made fundamental contributions to international economics.
Walter A. Fallon, 84, American chemist and business executive, chief executive of the Eastman Kodak Company.
Izzy León, 91, Cuban-American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester, 63, British hereditary peer, heart attack.
Sadako Moriguchi, 94, American businesswoman (Uwajimaya), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Meg Patterson, 79, Scottish surgeon and medical missionary.
Alexander Ratiu, 86, Romanian-American priest of the Greek-Catholic Church.
Gearld Wright, 69, American politician.
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Tony Anholt, 61, British television actor (Howards' Way), brain tumor.
Buddy Baker, 84, American film composer (The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Apple Dumpling Gang, The Fox and the Hound).
Pat Douthwaite, 67, Scottish artist.
Kenny Gardner, 89, American singer for Guy Lombardo's band, the Royal Canadians.
John Currie Gunn, 85, British mathematician and physicist, pneumonia and heart failure.
Doug Heywood, 77, Australian rules footballer.
Kōbun Chino Otogawa, 64, Japanese Sōtō Zen priest, drowned.
27
Anatoli Bashashkin, 78, Russian footballer and coach (gold medal winner at the 1956 Summer Olympics).
Ronald Brown, 80, British politician (member of Parliament representing Shoreditch and Finsbury and Hackney South and Shoreditch).
Dick Cleveland, 72, American Olympic swimmer (men's 100 metre freestyle at the 1952 Summer Olympics).
Frank Inn, 86, American animal trainer.
Billy McCann, 82, American college basketball coach.
Roscoe Shelton, 70, American blues and R&B singer, cancer.
Krishan Kant, 75, Indian Politician, Vice President (1997 -2002), Governor of Tamil Nadu (1996 - 1997) and Governor of Andhra Pradesh (1990 -1997), Heart Attack .
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Anatol Fejgin, 91, Polish communist and political police commander.
Jack Karnehm, 85, British snooker commentator, heat stroke.
Ernest Manheim, 102, American sociologist, anthropologist and composer.
Archer Martin, 92, British chemist.
Steve Souchock, 83, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers).
Hal Spindel, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies).
Gerhard Wessel, 88, German intelligence officer, President of the Federal Intelligence Bureau.
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Peter Bayliss, 80, British actor (The Red Shoes, Darling, The Sweeney, Coronation Street, Lovejoy).
Elmar Frings, 63, German Olympic pentathlete (1964 pentathlon: team and individual, 1968 pentathlon: team and individual).
W. W. Law, 79, American  civil rights leader.
Sudhir Phadke, 83, accomplished Marathi singer-composer from India, brain haemorrhage.
Phil Smith, 50, American professional basketball player, complications from multiple myeloma cancer.
Ron Walotsky, 58, American science fiction and fantasy artist, his art appeared on about 500 book and magazine covers.
Charles Wysocki, 73, American painter.
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Lyle Benjamin Borst, 89, American nuclear physicist and inventor, worked on the Manhattan Project.
Ed Bruneteau, 82, Canadian professional ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).
Lucy Herndon Crockett, 88, American novelist (The Magnificent Bastards) and artist.
A. E. Dyson, 73, British literary critic, activist and gay rights campaigner, leukemia.
Gerald Gunther, 75, German born American constitutional law scholar.
Fred Jordan, 80, British folk singer.
Roy Wright, 73, Austrian rules football player.
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Boris Alexandrov, 46, Soviet and Kazakh ice hockey player (USSR champion team for CSKA Moscow, gold medal winner at 1976 Winter Olympics).
Erik Andersson, 80, Swedish Olympic athlete (men's decathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics).
Sir Peter Ashmore, 81, British admiral and Master of the Household to the Sovereign.
Raymond Brookes, Baron Brookes, 93, British industrialist and a life peer.
Pauline Chan Bo-Lin, 29, Hong Kong actress, suicide.
Gordon Chown, 79, Canadian politician, lawyer and barrister, member of Parliament (House of Commons representing Winnipeg South, Manitoba).
Sir Maldwyn Thomas, 84, Welsh businessman and politician.

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Bückeburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. 19,336 people live there. It was the capital of Schaumburg-Lippe. The Bückeburg Palace is where the Princes of Schaumburg-Lippe lived.

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Iain David McGeachy  (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009) was a Scottish singer, guitar player and songwriter. His stage name was John Martyn. He made music for over 40 years. He made 23 studio albums. Most of his music was folk rock and blues.

Martyn started making music when he was 17. He was in the Scottish folk music community. His music was inspired by English folk music and American blues. He joined Island Records and started making albums. He started to make his music sound similar to jazz and rock. His most popular albums were Bless the Weather (1971), Solid Air (1973) and One World (1977). He made music with other people, such as Phil Collins. He kept making music until he died in 2009.

Career
Career

1960s and 1970s 
Martyn became a musician when he was 17. He played a mix of folk music and blues. This made him an important person in the British folk music community in the 1960s. In 1967, he joined Island Records, a record label. He released an album named London Conversation in 1967. One year later, he released The Tumbler.

Martyn had a special way of playing the guitar. He played the acoustic guitar, but used many effect pedals with it. This made the guitar sound different. The first time he played the guitar in this way was on Stormbringer! in 1970. He made this album with his wife, Beverley Martyn. He made two albums with his wife. The second is named The Road to Ruin.
In February 1973, Martyn released Solid Air. The song "Solid Air" was made for singer Nick Drake. The album sold many copies. In 2009, a new version of Solid Air was made. It had more songs on it. A few months later, he made Inside Out. This album was about improvised music. Later, he made more music. He visited Jamaica, and met Lee Perry. Perry was a music producer, and worked with Martyn to make new music.

In 1977, he released One World. Many musicians helped Martyn make the album, such as Rico and Steve Winwood. Lee Perry helped him make the song "Big Muff". The album was influenced by dub music because of Perry. In 1978, he played guitar on Harmony of the Spheres by Neil Ardley.

1980s and 1990s
1980s and 1990s 

At the end of the 1970s, Martyn's marriage got worse. Some say that this was because he was addicted to drugs and was an alcoholic. Beverly said that John hurt her. Martyn said this was a "very dark" time in his life. Because of this, he made the album Grace and Danger. Phil Collins played the drums on the album. It was released in October 1980. Chris Blackwell, the owner of Island Records, did not want to release the album. This was because he was a good friend of Martyn and Beverley. He thought the album was too sad to release. Martyn wanted him to release the album, so he did. In the late 1980s, Martyn said Grace and Danger was his favorite album. It is one of his most popular albums.
In 1981, Martyn left Island Records. He joined WEA, another record label. He made two more albums: Glorious Fool and Well Kept Secret. Both of these albums went into the top 30 on the UK Albums Chart. He left WEA after making the albums, and joined Island Records again. He made three albums with Island, and then left the record label again in 1988.

Martyn joined Permanent Records and made two albums. These were The Apprentice (1990) and Cooltide (1991). Phil Collins helped him make No Little Boy in 1993. This album had new versions of some of his older songs. In the late 1990s, Martyn started mixing his music with trip-hop. Some of his albums that had this type of music were And and Glasgow Walker.
2000s 
Martyn had to have his right leg amputated below the knee. This was because a cyst opened on his leg, and he got sepsis. In July 2006, BBC made a documentary named Johnny Too Bad about this time. The documentary was also about Martyn writing and making music for On the Cobbles. This was an album that was released in 2004. The album had a more acoustic sound. 

On January 29, 2009, Martyn died in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He died because of acute respiratory distress syndrome. He had been living in Thomastown with his wife, Theresa Walsh. Martyn was put in the Order of the British Empire in 2009. Walsh accepted the award at Buckingham Palace for him. His last studio album, Heaven and Earth, was finished in 2011.

Studio albums
Studio albums 

 London Conversation (1967)
 The Tumbler (1968)
 Stormbringer! (1970)
 The Road to Ruin (1970)
 Bless the Weather (1971)
 Solid Air (1973)
 Inside Out (1973)
 Sunday's Child (1975)
 One World (1977)
 Grace and Danger (1980)
 Glorious Fool (1981)
 Well Kept Secret (1982)
 Sapphire (1984)
 Piece by Piece (1986)
 The Apprentice (1990)
 Cooltide (1991)
 Couldn't Love You More (1992)
 No Little Boy (1993)
 And (1996)
 The Church with One Bell (1998)
 Glasgow Walker (2000)
 On the Cobbles (2004)
 Heaven and Earth (2011)

Other websites 

 Official website – johnmartyn.com
 Big Muff – johnmartyn.info

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Armageddon is a 1998 disaster movie directed by Michael Bay and starring Bruce Willis. Released on July 1, 1998, the film received mixed reviews but was a box office success.

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Man on the Moon is a 1999 movie directed by Miloš Forman and starring Jim Carrey. It is a biographical comedy-drama film about the late American entertainer Andy Kaufman. Other actors were Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, and Paul Giamatti.

Released on December 22, 1999, it was a box office failure but it received mixed reviews.

Carrey won a Golden Globe for his performance, and the movie was also nominated for Best Musical or Comedy.

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Olajide Fashikun, also known as Olajide Ayodeji Fashikun, was a Nigerian journalist who was arrested in November 2011 over his stories alleging corruption in the Nigerian Football Federation. He was the editor of the National Accord Newspaper and the publisher of Gong News until his death in January 2019.
He was known for his anti-corruption crusade against corruption in Nigerian sports. He was also known for initiating the "Adopt an athlete" idea for promising athletes to be supported by corporate organizations leading to major competitions.

Birth and career
Fashikun was born in Kaduna, Nigeria on 14 September 1965.

He began as all round sportsman who played football, handball, volleyball, basketball and won victories for his country.

He played handball for Nigeria (1979-1999) when he retired from international duties. He played football for Zabgai of Bauchi (1984); El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri (1985); Zamalek of Egypt (1986-1988) when injuries ruled him out.