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The Indo-Australian plate is a major tectonic plate. 

It includes the continent of Australia and surrounding ocean. To the northwest it includes the Indian subcontinent and adjacent waters. It was formed by the fusion of Indian and Australian plates about 43 million years ago.

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Tectonic plates
Geography of India
Geography of Australia
In the Book of Genesis, Eve is the world’s first woman created by God to be a wife to Adam.  Eve is placed in the Garden of Eden and allowed to eat any fruit except the fruit of The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil because if she eats it she will die. A snake convinces her to eat it anyway. She then gives it to her husband who also eats it.  They then realize they are naked. An angel is then sent to banish her and Adam from the garden so that they can’t eat the fruit of The Tree of Life and live forever.   God gives them clothes and says that Eve will become the mother of all humans and be very respected but that her husband will rule over her. Eve gives birth to a son and she names him Cain. She then gives birth to a second son named Abel. Cain kills Abel and is exiled. Eve gives birth to a son named Seth (son of Adam) and also has daughters. 
Old Testament people
Leonard Hofstadter is a fictional character in the television show The Big Bang Theory.  Leonard is from New Jersey. His father is an anthropologist and his mother is a neuroscientist.  Leonard’s parents made him learn to play the cello and become a scientist even though he wanted to be a rapper “like Snoop Dogg but with a little more healthy respect for the police”. Leonard was on the debate team in school and says that if he had not had glasses, he would have been “the coolest kid on the debate team to get constantly shoved into his locker.” Leonard also mentions that he once had a bully who gave him such a terrible wedgie that it temporarily moved one of his testicles.  He also says that he hated high school because he was never popular and that his mother never let him celebrate his birthday because “that was her accomplishment, not mine” and that his parents never paid attention to his achievements.  Leonard got his Phd at Princeton and got a job working at Caltech
.  He became a roommate of Sheldon Cooper because he couldn’t afford an apartment with only his own money.  He almost accidentally gave American nuclear secrets to his girlfriend Joyce Kim not realizing that she was a North Korean spy but Sheldon Cooper annoyed her so much that she left before he could give her anything.  When a beautiful  girl named Penny moves in across the hall from Leonard and Sheldon, Leonard falls in love with her.  Leonard tried to get her to like him but thanks to Sheldon she finds out that Leonard has Luke Skywalker shampoo and Darth Vader conditioner uses the periodic table as a shower curtain and plays boggle in Klingon with his friends including Sheldon, Rajesh Koothrapalli and Howard Wolowitz leading her to think that he is a nerd.  For most of the show Leonard is trying to start a relationship with Penny and they eventually date and get married.
Beurre noisette is a type of warm sauce used in French cuisine.

It is clarified butter cooked for long enough for the milk proteins to caramelize and almost burn. This produces a nutty flavor. It is also used in French pastry.

References 

French food
Cooking methods
Sauces
A swirly or swirlie is a form of bullying in which the victim's head is put into a toilet.  Some people have questioned whether swirlies are real or whether they were invented for television and other fiction.

In fiction

On television, one or more bigger people, usually high school boys, pick up the victim.  Then they dunk the victim's head in a toilet and flush it.  The swirling water gives the swirly its name.  For example, on the television show Archer, Archer tells Lana about how he got pneumonia from getting a swirly in high school: Two bigger boys had picked him up, turned him upside down, and put his head in a toilet.  On The Simpsons, Bart Simpson gets a swirly from Jimbo Jones. In Cobra Kai, Kenny gets revenge against Anthony LaRusso by dunking his head into a used toilet.

In real life
In real life

There are a few reports of swirlies in real life.  In some, the "victim" agreed to be part of the swirly. In other reports, the victim describes the swirly almost exactly like a swirly in fiction.  One Blair Academy wrestler talked about being given swirlies and other abuse from older teammates.  In others, the person giving the swirly is an adult or even a parent and not an older child.

References

Bullying
Fredderick Edmund VanVleet Sr. (born February 25, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the NBA.

1994 births
Living people
Toronto Raptors players
Sportspeople from Rockford, Illinois
African-American basketball players
American basketball players
Candice Pitts (born Belize City) is a Belizean diplomat, educator and politician. She is serving as Belize’s ambassador to Republic of China on Taiwan and Japan. She served as a councillor for Belize City from March 2018 to 2021 and PUP standard bearer for the Mesopotamia Constituency since August 2019. Pitts has also served as a professor at the University of Belize and at Albany State University in the United States.

Early life and education

Candice Pitts was born in Belize City, Belize. After her primary and secondary education, Pitts studied at St. John’s College Junior College in Belize. Pitts then got her bachelor’s degree from Albany State University. She earned her master’s degree from The Ohio State University and her Ph.D. from Howard University.

Career
Career

After graduation from Howard University, Pitts returned to Albany State University. She taught there for three years. After this, she returned to Belize to teach at the University of Belize for three years. Pitts entered politics in 2017 as a candidate for the People’s United Party. The PUP won the Belize City Council elections. Pitts got the most votes. Pitts was a candidate in the 2020 General Elections as the Standard Bearer for the Mesopotamia Constituency. She lost by 150 votes. As of 2022. Pitts is ambassador to R.O.C. Taiwan and Japan.

References 

Living people
Ambassadors to Japan
Taiwan
Belizean politicians
Academics
Brecknockshire, also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and a former administrative county. Named after its county town of Brecon, the county is mountainous and primarily rural.

Counties of Wales
Buddha is Blink-182's 1998 album release and the last album to feature the original drummer Scott Raynor before being replaced by current drummer Travis Barker. Buddha is a mostly fast paced album if you mainly listen to modern Blink-182, but it definitely shows where they got their roots from, containing many off-beats whilst maintaining a fast tempo with breaks for pre-emo emo bouts. (like a soft sort of punk)

Songs 
 Carousel 2:40
 T.V. 1:37
 Strings 2:29
 Fentoozler 2:03
 Time 2:46
 Romeo & Rebecca 2:32
 21 Days 4:02
 Sometimes 1:05
 Point of View 1:12
 My Pet Sally 1:37
 Reebok Commercial 2:36
 Toast & Bananas 2:27
 The Girl Next Door 2:32
 Don't 2:25

1994 albums
Marion County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, 27,088 people lived there. Its county seat is Columbia. The county is named for American Revolutionary War guerrilla leader Francis Marion also known as The Swamp Fox.

References

Other websites 

 Marion County Sheriff's Office
 Official website of Marion County

1810s establishments in Mississippi Territory
1811 establishments in the United States
Mississippi counties
Marshall County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, 37,144 people lived there. Its county seat is Holly Springs. The county is named for Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall.

References

Other websites 

 Official website of Marshall County
McAlexander/Marshall County Collection (MUM00287) owned by the University of Mississippi, Archives and Special Collections.

1836 establishments in Mississippi
Mississippi counties
Monroe County is a county on the northeast border of the U.S. state of Mississippi next to Alabama. As of the 2010 census, 36,989 people lived there. Its county seat is Aberdeen. The name is in honor of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States.

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1820s establishments in Mississippi
1821 establishments in Mississippi
Mississippi counties
Perry County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, 12,250 people lived there. Its county seat is New Augusta.

References 

1820s establishments in Mississippi
1820 establishments in the United States
Mississippi counties
Newton County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, 21,720 people lived there. Its county seat is Decatur.

References 

1836 establishments in Mississippi
Mississippi counties
Ramah  is a town in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The population was 111 at the 2020 census. The name comes from from India.

References 

Towns in Colorado
Mont-sur-Rolle is a municipality in Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is  from Lake Geneva (Lac Léman), above the lake-side town of Rolle.

References

Other websites 

 Official website  

Municipalities in Nyon
Perroy is a municipality in Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is about  northeast of Nyon.

References

Other websites 

 Official website 

Municipalities in Nyon
Prangins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is next to Lake Geneva.

References

Other websites 

 Official website 
 Swiss National Museum
 International Fly-in La Côte
 Aerodrome de la Cote

Municipalities in Nyon
Königsheim is a municipality in Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

References

Other websites 

 Official website of the municipality of Königsheim 

Tuttlingen
Melvin Andrew Aull (December 23, 1928 – October 12, 2019) was a Canadian football player. He played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders and Saskatchewan Roughriders. He won the Grey Cup with the Rough Riders in 1951. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario.

Aull died on October 12, 2019 in Mississauga, Ontario at the age of 90.

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1928 births
2019 deaths
Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
Ottawa Rough Riders players
Saskatchewan Roughriders players
Sportspeople from Ontario
Peggy McIntosh (born November 7, 1934) is an American feminist, anti-racism activist, scholar, speaker, and Senior Research Scientist of the Wellesley Centers for Women. She is the founder of the National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity). 

In 1988, she published the article "White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women’s Studies". This analysis, and its shorter version, "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" (1989) was later published and made her well known.

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1934 births
Living people
American feminist writers
American political activists
Academics from Massachusetts
American essayists
Writers from New York City
The USS Iowa (BB-61) was a battleship used by America in World War II and the Korean War. It was retired in October 1990 because it was a huge target that was too expensive to lose.

Naval ships of the United States
Jeffrey Spalding (November 5, 1951 – October 14, 2019) was a Scottish-born Canadian artist, curator, author, and educator.  

Spalding died on October 14, 2019 at the age of 67. 

For more than forty years, Spalding taught at various education institutions and was actively involved as a museum professional. He worked as a curator and director at various visual arts institutions including the University of Lethbridge, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, the Glenbow Museum, and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.  

Between 1999 and 2002 Spalding was the director of the Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala, Florida.  From 2014 to 2017, he was the Chief Curator of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

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1951 births
2019 deaths
Canadian artists
Canadian writers
Goodland is a city in Sherman County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Sherman County. In 2010, 4,489 people lived there. It was named after Goodland, Indiana.  Goodland has the Northwest Kansas Technical College.

Geography
Goodland is at  (39.3508330, −101.7101722). It has an elevation of 3,681 feet (1,122 m).  It is on the south side of the Middle Fork of Sappa Creek, which is part of the Republican River watershed, in the High Plains region of the Great Plains. It is at the intersection of Interstate 70 and K-27 in northwest Kansas. Goodland is about  east of the Colorado state line, 176 miles east-southeast of Denver,  northwest of Wichita, and  west of Kansas City.

The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.
Weather
Because Goodland has a higher elevation, Goodland has stronger wind and more snow than other places in Kansas. Wind speed averages . On average, Goodland gets 19.75 inches (502 mm) of precipitation every year. Goodland gets about 41.9 inches (1,064 mm) of snow per year. On average, January is the coldest month, and July is both the hottest month and the wettest month. The hottest temperature ever in Goodland was 111 °F (44 °C) in 1940; the coldest temperature ever was −27 °F (−33 °C) in 1989.

People

2010 census
The 2010 census says that there were 4,489 people, 1,985 households, and 1,161 families living in Goodland.
Media
The Goodland Star-News is the city's only newspaper. It is published twice per week.
Four radio stations are licensed to and/or broadcast from Goodland. KLOE broadcasts a full service News/Talk format on 730 AM. KKCI plays a Classic Rock format, and they broadcast on 102.5 FM. KWGB is licensed to Colby, Kansas, and they broadcast from Goodland on 97.9 FM. They play country music. KGCR broadcasts on 107.7 FM from near Brewster, Kansas. They are licensed to Goodland. They play Christian Contemporary music.

Goodland is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas television market. CBS affiliate KBSL-DT is licensed to Goodland, and they broadcast on digital channel 10.

Due to Goodland and the rest of Sherman County observing Mountain time, prime-time television programming airs from 6 to 9 p.m., instead of 7 to 10 like in the Central time zone.

Culture
Culture

Attractions
A reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's painting 3 Sunflowers in a Vase was created in 2001 by artist Cameron Cross. It is 80 feet tall. After it was built, the weather damaged it. Cross came back in 2012 to repaint it using brighter paint.

Famous people
 Milo Baughman (1923–2003), furniture designer
 Brook Berringer (1973–1996), football quarterback for University of Nebraska
 John Delehant (1890–1972), U.S. federal judge
 Harry Felt (1902–1992), U.S. Navy Admiral
 Mike Friede (1957- ), football wide receiver 
 Dave Jones (1947– ), football wide receiver
 Tinker Keck (1976– ), actor and former NFL for the New York Giants and football player for University of Cincinnati
 Marla Luckert (1955– ), Kansas Supreme Court justice
 Charles Sparks (1872–1937), U.S. Representative from Kansas
 Deanell Tacha (1946– ), U.S. federal judge

References

Other websites
Other websites

City
 City of Goodland
Schools
 USD 352, local school district
Photos
 Giant van Gogh painting Part of the Big Easel Project
Maps
 Goodland City Map, KDOT

Cities in Kansas
County seats in Kansas
1887 establishments in Kansas
Michael David Reynolds  ( – October 15, 2019) was an American educator and astrology. He was professor of astronomy at Florida State College at Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida. He was the director of Chabot Space and Science Center in Alameda County, California. 

Reynolds was best known for his work in science education, both in lecture halls and less formal settings. He also participated in astronomy and space exploration outreach.

Reynolds died of cardiac arrest in his home in Jacksonville on October 15, 2019 at the age of 65.

References

1954 births
2019 deaths
Deaths from cardiac arrest
Educators from Jacksonville, Florida
American astronomers
Scientists from Jacksonville, Florida
Tonganoxie (pronounced ) is a city in Leavenworth County, Kansas. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. In 2010, 4,996 people lived there.

History
Tonganoxie was platted in 1866. It was named after a local Native American Chief from the Delaware Tribe whose name means "shorty" in the Delaware language. Tonganoxie was incorporated as a city in the late 1870s.

Geography
Tonganoxie is at  (39.108880, -95.086885). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

Weather
Tonganoxie has hot, humid summers and generally cold winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Tonganoxie has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

People

2010 census
The 2010 census says that there were 4,996 people, 1,884 households, and 1,338 families living in Tonganoxie.
Famous people
 Danni Boatwright, winner of Survivor: Guatemala, Miss Kansas USA 1996
 Connie O'Brien, member of the Kansas House of Representatives

References

Other websites
 City of Tonganoxie
 Tonganoxie - Directory of Public Officials
 Tonganoxie City Map, KDOT

Cities in Leavenworth County, Kansas
1866 establishments in Kansas
Vicki Ann Funk (November 26, 1947 – October 22, 2019) was an American botanist and researcher. She was a Senior Research Botanist and Curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

She was known for her work on members of the composite family (Asteraceae) including collecting plants in many parts of the world, as well as her synthetic work on phylogenetics and biogeography.

Funk died on October 22, 2019 at the age of 71.

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1947 births
2019 deaths
American botanists
People from Owensboro, Kentucky
Hildegard Bachert (April 3, 1921 – October 17, 2019) was a German-born American art dealer and gallery director. Bachert moved to the United States in 1936 to escape the Nazi regime. In 1940, she began working at the Galerie St. Etienne, a Manhattan gallery focusing in Austrian and German expressionist art, where she worked until her death. She was born in Mannheim, Germany.

Bachert died at her home in Brattleboro, Vermont on October 17, 2019 at the age of 98.

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1921 births
2019 deaths
Naturalized citizens of the United States
German artists
American artists
People from Brattleboro, Vermont
Brattleboro (), originally Brattleborough, is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. Brattleboro is located about  north of the Massachusetts state line. In 2010, Brattleboro's population was 12,046.

References

Towns in Vermont
Ole Henrik Laub (3 December 1937 – 22 October 2019) was a Danish novelist and children's writer. He was also an art painter and cartoonist. He was born in Aarhus, Denmark. Laub made his debut in 1967 with  Et Sværd Dyppet i Honning, a collection of short stories. He wrote more than fifty books, short stories, novels, and books for children.

Laub died on 22 October 2019 in Denmark at the age of 81.

Novels

 Fondamenta Nuove 1996
 Hovedrollen 1997
 Alle Himlens Farver 2002 
 Fugle flyver hjem 2005
 Fjolsernes Konge (King of Fools) 2007

References

1937 births
2019 deaths
Danish artists
Writers from Aarhus
Alfred Znamierowski (21 June 1940 – 23 October 2019) was a Polish vexillologist, heraldist, illustrator, and journalist. During his career he published many books and designed hundreds of coats of arms, flags, banners and seals for over 200 different cities and institutions. He was born in Warsaw. From 1985 to 1994, Znamierowski was an editor of the Polish Service of Voice of America in Washington, D.C..

Znamierowski died on 23 October 2019 in Prague from a heart attack at the age of 79.

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1940 births
2019 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Illustrators
Polish journalists
Editors
Writers from Warsaw
Walter Franco (6 January 1945 – 24 October 2019) was a Brazilian rock singer, guitarist, record producer and composer. In 1998 he worked with Rosa Passos for their debut album Especial Tom Jobim. His 1975 album Revolver was No. 50 on Rolling Stones list of the Top 100 Brazilian albums. He was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Other ablums include Respire Fundo, Vela Aberta, Walter Franco and Tutano.

Franco died on 24 October 2019 at a São Paulo hospital from a stroke, aged 74.

References

1945 births
2019 deaths
Deaths from stroke
Singers from São Paulo
Brazilian guitarists
Rock guitarists
Brazilian composers
Record producers
Musicians from São Paulo
Salvador Freixedo, (23 April 1923 – 25 October 2019) was a Spanish Catholic priest. He was a member of the Jesuit Order.

He was known as a Ufologist and researcher of paranormal subjects. He wrote many books on the relationship between religion and extraterrestrial beings, and was a speaker in several international UFO congresses in Europe, the Americas, and  Asia.

He was also a contributor to a number of parascientific magazines, such as Mundo Desconocido (Unknown World), Karma 7 and Más allá (Beyond) among others.

References

1923 births
2019 deaths
Jesuits
Ufologists
Spanish Roman Catholic priests
Spanish writers
Johannes Wolfgang Zender (22 November 1936 – 22 October 2019) was a German conductor and composer. He was the chief conductor of several opera houses.

As a conductor, he worked at the Theater Freiburg, Theater Bonn, Opernhaus Kiel and Hamburg State Opera, and led the radio orchestra Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern. 

He taught at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt. His opera Stephen Climax premiered in 1986 at the Oper Frankfurt, and his third opera, Chief Joseph, premiered in 2005 at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.

Zender died on 22 October 2019 in Meersburg, Germany at the age of 82.

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1936 births
2019 deaths
German conductors
People from Wiesbaden
20th-century German composers
21st-century German composers
ShopHQ, formerly known as Evine until 2019, is an American cable, satellite and broadcast television network owned by iMedia Brands Inc. The channel is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

The home shopping channel's main competitors are Qurate's HSN and QVC.

References

Other websites 
 
 iMedia Brands, Inc., corporate website

1990s establishments in Minnesota
1991 establishments in the United States
American television networks
Minnesota
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It's Showtime (commonly known as Showtime!) is a long-running noon-time variety show from the Philippines. It airs weekdays at 12:00 PM to 3:30 PM and Saturdays at 11:45 AM to 2:30 PM. The show premiered on October 24, 2009 and it's currently celebrating its 10th anniversary in Philippine television.
Emmett W. Chappelle (24 October 1925 – 14 October 2019) is an African-American scientist. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He worked for NASA.

He also was a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the American Society of Photobiology, the American Society of Microbiology, and the American Society of Black Chemists.

Chappelle died of kidney failure in Baltimore, Maryland on 14 October 2019, one week before his 94th birthday.

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1925 births
2019 deaths
Deaths from renal failure
American military personnel of World War II
American astronomers
Scientists from Arizona
People from Phoenix, Arizona
Military people from Arizona
Oktibbeha County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, 47,671 people lived there. The county seat is Starkville.

References

Other websites 

 Official county website

1833 establishments in Mississippi
Mississippi counties
The Town of Firestone is a town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 16,381 at the 2020 census.

References 

Towns in Colorado
Cessières-Suzy is a new commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France  region in north France. It was created on 1 January 2019 and is made of the former communes of Cessières and Suzy.

References 

2019 establishments in France
Communes in Aisne
Villeneuve-sur-Aisne is a commune in the Aisne department in the Hauts-de-France  region in northern France. It was created on 1 January 2019. It is made of the former communes of Guignicourt and Menneville.

Related pages 
 Communes of the Aisne department

References

Other websites 

 INSEE commune file

2019 establishments in France
Communes in Aisne
Velma is a city in Stephens County, Oklahoma in the United States.

Cities in Oklahoma
Pocola is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.

Towns in Oklahoma
Freedom is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.

References

Towns in Oklahoma
Saint-George is a municipality in Nyon in the Swiss canton of Vaud.

References

Other websites 

 Official municipality website of Saint-George 

Municipalities in Nyon
Purfleet is a town just east of London on the banks of the River Thames in Essex, England. Purfleet is in the Civil Parish of West Thurrock and has some industries within it. It is also part of the Thames Gateway redevelopment area and is also a conservation area.

References 

Towns in Essex
Thurrock () is a unitary authority area with borough status in the English ceremonial county of Essex.

References 

English boroughs
Unitary authorities
Settlements in Essex
Signy-Avenex is a municipality in Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

References

Other websites 

 Official website 

Municipalities in Nyon
Prentiss County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, 25,275 people lived there. Its county seat is Booneville.

References 

1870 establishments in Mississippi
Mississippi counties
(8 May 1965 – 15 August 2018) was a Japanese cartoonist, essayist, songwriter, and screenwriter. Sakura is famous for writing the manga series  Chibi Maruko-chan in which the protagonist has the same name as her, and in which the story is based on her childhood.

Sakura was born in Shimizu City in the Shizuoka prefecture of Japan.

Over the years the Chibi Maruko-chan book series has gotten a lot of success. More than 30 million copies were sold. Sakura was also a very popular author, as she had a very unique viewpoint and narrative in her stories, especially in the stories Momokanzume, Saru no Koshikake and Tai no Okashira which have sold over a million copies.

Japanese manga artists
1965 births
2018 deaths
A corn dog is a sausage on a stick coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter and deep-fried. The sausage used in a corn dog is usually the same types that are used in hot dogs. It is a popular type of fast food or street food.

Corn dogs originate from the United States in the 1920s. It is commonly found in American cuisine. They are found as a frozen food at most supermarkets.

History

Corn dogs were first introduced by German Texans in the 1920s. The corn dog was first made as just a sausage rolled in cornbread battered and fried. Many years later, sticks were added to corn dogs as a unique food-holding tool that would later create the modern corn dog.
Many current corn dog vendors believed that they invented or popularized the corn dog. Carl and Neil Fletcher claimed that they had popularized the corn dog by introducing "Corny Dogs" at the State Fair of Texas sometime between 1938 and 1942. The Pronto Pup vendors at the Minnesota State Fair claim to have invented the corn dog in 1941. On June 16, 1946, Cozy Dog Drive-in, in Springfield, Illinois, claims to have been the first to serve corn dogs on sticks. Also on 1946, Dave Barham opened the first location of Hot Dog on a Stick at Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, California.

Varieties 
Several variants of corn dog exist.

 Mini corn dogs are smaller versions of the corn dog.
 Sausage sticks are a breakfast variant of the corn dog.

References

Sausage
Fast food
The Wave in the Mind is a book by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is a collection of essays. Shambhala Publications published the book in 2004. The ISBN is .

American essays
Books by Ursula K. Le Guin
2004 books
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Mariner and the Mutinous Crew is a 1998 nonfiction book by Ursula K. Le Guin. The book started as a writers' workshop led by Le Guin. There self-guided exercises and discussions in the book about how to write stories.

References

Other websites 
 excerpt at Le Guin's site 
 

Books about writing
Books by Ursula K. Le Guin
A black site is a place where prisoners are kept in secret.

The term was invented for places controlled by the CIA and used by the U.S. government in its War on Terror. They are used to hold people the CIA think are 'unlawful enemy combatants'.

U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged the existence of secret prisons operated by the CIA during a speech on September 6, 2006. A claim that the black sites existed was made by The Washington Post in November 2005 and before this by human rights NGOs.

On the one hand, there is little or no legal authority for the operation of black sites by the United States or any other countries. On the other hand, many of the atrocities committed by anti-Western groups against civilians are far beyond the Geneva Conventions of war.

References 

Prisons
United States intelligence agencies
Human rights abuses
George W. Bush
Mr. Satan (also known as Hercule in English dubs) is a fictional character from the manga Dragon Ball and anime Dragon Ball Z. He also appears in Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Super. 

He is portrayed as a great fighter, champion of the world, cheered by all humanity. In reality he hides a clumsy and cowardly personality. Usually this duality is used for comedic gags.

He also has a daughter, Videl who will marry Son Gohan, son of Goku. In the Majin buu saga he befriends the good side of the antagonist.

Because "Satan" is also the name of the main evil spirit in Christianity, the character's name sparked so much controversy that when Dragon Ball was imported to North America, his name was changed to Hercule.

References 

 

anime characters
Dragon Ball characters
Fictional characters introduced in 1992
Basshunter, a Swedish singer, record producer and DJ, has released five studio albums, two compilation albums, 29 singles, five promotional singles and seven remixes. The Bassmachine, Basshunter's debut studio album, was released by Alex Music on 25 August 2004. In April 2006, he signed his first contract with Extensive Music and Warner Music Sweden. His single "Boten Anna" charted at number one on the Danish singles chart, where it stayed for fourteen weeks; it was certified triple platinum by IFPI Danmark. "Boten Anna" also reached number one in the Swedish singles chart and was certified platinum by IFPI Sverige. His second studio album LOL, released on 28 August 2006, charted in the top five in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The album was certified platinum by IFPI Finland and double platinum by IFPI Danmark. In late 2006, Basshunter released his albums The Bassmachine and The Old Shit through his own website
. Basshunter's third single "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" was certified gold by IFPI Danmark. Basshunter collaborated with the duo Patrik & Lillen on his single "Vifta med händerna".
The single "Now You're Gone", which uses the same music as "Boten Anna", was originally recorded by Mental Theo and sung by Sebastian Westwood but in 2007, Basshunter recorded a shorter version of "Now You're Gone" to appeal to international audiences. The song subsequently charted at number one on the British and Irish singles charts, and stayed there for five weeks. It was also certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry and Recorded Music NZ. The second single released was a cover of the KC and the Sunshine Band song "Please Don't Go". The third single was "All I Ever Wanted", which uses the music from "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" in the style of "Now You're Gone". It charted at number one in Ireland and at number two in the United Kingdom, and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry and Recorded Music NZ. Now You're Gone – The Album was released on 14 July 2008 and like the single was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry and Recorded Music NZ
. The fourth single was "Angel in the Night", which was followed by a cover of Westlife's song "I Miss You". Basshunter's sixth and final single from Now You're Gone – The Album was "Walk on Water", which accompanied a deluxe edition re-release of the album featuring new remixes and the previous four singles from the album.
The single "Every Morning" was released before Basshunter's fifth studio album Bass Generation, which was released on 25 September 2009. The album was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry. The second single was "I Promised Myself", a cover of a Nick Kamen song. A compilation album titled The Early Bedroom Sessions was released on 3 December 2012; it Includes seven songs from The Old Shit, all ten songs from The Bassmachine, and the tracks "Go Down Now", "Trance Up" and "Wacco Will Kick Your Ass", which had previously appeared on singles, and three unreleased songs. On 13 May 2013 he released his sixth studio album Calling Time. The album charted on the American Dance/Electronic Albums chart at number 25. Five tracks from the album were released as singles: "Saturday" (2010), "Fest i hela huset" (2011), "Northern Light", "Dream on the Dancefloor" (2012), "Crash & Burn" and "Calling Time" (2013). "Saturday" was certified gold by Recorded Music NZ
. "Fest i hela huset" charted at number five in Sweden; it was recorded in collaboration with participants from the Swedish Big Brother series.
Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

As lead artist

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Remixes

Singles

Promotional singles

Writing discography

Related pages
 List of songs recorded by Basshunter

Notes

References

Other websites
 

Discographies
Discography
Piccolo is a fictional character from the manga Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama. The character also appears in the Anime Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Super. He is the child and embodiment of Piccolo Daimao, who was defeated by Goku. First goal of Piccolo Junior is to defeat Goku in a battle, avenging his father's death. However Piccolo is defeated by his rival in the final match of The martial art tournament, instead of killing him Goku let him live. 
Later in the story he trains Son Gohan,son of Goku, while Goku was dead in order to make him stronger. 

 

Dragon Ball characters
Fictional characters introduced in 1988
Fictional characters with slowed ageing
Fictional extraterrestrial characters
Anime characters
Videl is a character from the manga Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama. She appears in the Anime Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super. She is the only daughter of Mr. Satan. Later she becomes Son Gohan 's wife and mother of Pan.

Her name is derived from the anagram of the English word "devil".

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Dragon Ball characters
Fictional characters introduced in 1993
anime characters
Paul Lambert (born 7 August 1969) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of Ipswich Town.

References 

1969 births
1998 FIFA World Cup players
Association football midfielders
Living people
Scottish football managers
Footballers from Glasgow
Aston University is a public university in the city centre of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter from Queen Elizabeth II on 22 April 1966.

Aston is famous for having a placement year as part of many of its undergraduate degree courses. It pioneered the integrated placement year concept from its start in 1966.

History

Predecessor institutions
 
In 1875, a School of Metallurgy was formed in the Birmingham and Midland Institute. In 1895, the Birmingham Municipal Technical School separated from the Institute. It taught chemistry, physics, metallurgy and electrical engineering. In 1911, commercial classes were introduced. By 1916, this had grown into an independent School of Commerce. In 1927, the school changed its name to the Birmingham Central Technical College. This was to reflect its changing approach to teaching technology.
In 1951, the Technical College was renamed the College of Technology, Birmingham.
Work began on the Main Building at Gosta Green. Princess Margaret laid one of the first foundation stones at the base of the new building in 1951. The building is said to be one of Europe's largest freestanding brick buildings. In 1956 it became the UK's first College of Advanced Technology. It had a major expansion. The college expanded again to a design by the City Architect of Birmingham Alwyn Sheppard Fidler between 1957 and 1965.

University status
On 22 April 1966, it it was given its Royal Charter. It became the University of Aston in Birmingham. On 10 May 1966, the first Chancellor of the University, Lord Nelson of Stafford, was installed. The Charter of the University outlines its objectives. These are appropriate to a technological university:
Due to the history of the institution, there is emphasis given to the sandwich course system and the maintenance of strong links with industry. The motto of the University is the same as that of the City of Birmingham – Forward.

In 1983, Aston University, Birmingham City Council, and Lloyds Bank, established Birmingham Technology Ltd.. This company manages the Aston Science Park. The science park is next to the university site. In 1984, the area was granted its own postal address "The Aston Triangle". This made the campus an official district of Birmingham. The logo of the establishment takes from the shape of the area.

2000 to present
2000 to present

In September 2010, Aston University hosted the British Science Festival. This is one of Europe's largest public science events. Since May 2011, Sir John Sunderland has been the Chancellor. The university is a lead sponsor of Aston University Engineering Academy. This university technical college (UTC) opened in September 2012. The UTC is for students aged 14 to 19 wishing to study and have a career in engineering. It is located at the edge of the Aston University campus.

In October 2014, the University announced a £35 million cash injection for a major upgrade of the campus. This included a new £19 million revamp of Aston Business School and improvement work to the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies and the School of Languages and Social Sciences. In October 2015, Aston launched the Aston Medical School. This was for postgraduate research students. In September 2018 the first Bachelor of Medicine MBChB course started. The course takes five years.
In February 2017, the University launched its online programme website. Four MSc programmes are offered 100% online to students in the UK and worldwide. It also offers the Aston Business School's MBA. In July 2017, Aston became the first University in the UK to award degree apprenticeship graduates. Aston began working in close partnership with Capgemini, to create the first degree apprenticeship: Digital and Technology Solutions in 2012.

Campus

The university sits on a 40-acre campus at Gosta Green, in the city centre of Birmingham, England.  The campus has accommodation for over 3000 students. It has sports facilities, a library, cafés, restaurants, pubs, shops, travel centre, hairdresser, health centre, dentist, places of worship, opticians, a bank, automated teller machines and outside leisure space.
Library
Aston University Library is on four floors. It contains over 250,000 books and 800 current printed periodicals. It has over 700 reader places. It provides online access over 3,400 electronic journals. The Library is open 24 hours a day to Aston students and staff during exam time,and 12 hours a day during term time.

IT
Around the campus there are open-access IT suites. They offer computer and internet access 24 hours a day. They offer access to software packages, database systems and computer-aided learning materials.
Sports
Aston University sports facilities include a 25m swimming pool, sauna and steam room, two sports halls, a gym, weights and fitness rooms, and a two storey dance studio. It has 35 sports clubs. The campus also has two floodlit sports pitches. Many of the University clubs train and compete in the British Universities and Colleges Sports (BUCS) Leagues. Away from the campus, the University manages a 40-acre sports ground with floodlit pitches and a pavilion for all outdoor sports.

Organisation and administration

Faculties and departments
All of the Aston University's faculties are based on one campus. They are organised into the following five schools:

School of Engineering and Applied Science
 Applied Physics
 Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
 Computer Science
 Electronic Engineering
 Engineering Systems and Management
 Mathematics
 Mechanical Engineering and Design
School of Life and Health Sciences
 Audiology
 Biology
 Biomedical Science
 Optometry
 Pharmacy
 Psychology
School of Languages and Social Sciences
 Modern languages & translation studies
 International relations, politics & European studies
 English language
 English literature
 History
 Sociology & public policy
Aston Business School
 Aston Law
 Economics and Strategy
 Finance and Accounting
 Marketing Group
 Operations and Information Management Group
 Work and Organisational Psychology
Aston Medical School

Coat of arms

The university's arms were granted on 18 March 1955 by Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms to the Birmingham Corporation. This was for use by the former College of Technology. They were designed to show the College's connection with the City and with the teaching of technology. The arms consist of a shield and crest.
The shield has two sections – the field (the main background) and a chief (the broad band across the top of the shield). The field is
coloured blue. The chief is coloured silver. On the field is a diagonal line of five gold diamonds joined one to the other. This is similar to the first quarter of the Arms of the City of Birmingham. It is incorporated in the Arms of the College to show its connection to the City. On the chief is depicted an open book bound in red placed between two black hammers. This shows the connection of the University with technology. The book represents learning. The hammers represent engineering and allied trades.
In 2016, Her Majesty's College of Arms granted the favour of supporters to Aston University's arms. This marked the 50th anniversary of the University. Professor Julia King, the Baroness Brown of Cambridge, the Vice-Chancellor, had made the request.
The Letters Patent was formally presented to Aston University by the York Herald, Michael Peter Desmond O'Donoghue Esq.. This was made in a service at St Phillips Cathedral, Birmingham, on 29th September 2016.
The arms are supported by a Canada goose and a red squirrel. The Canada goose is a symbol. It represents the family of geese living on the University campus. The squirrel is the crest of the arms of Aston Manor. This is a rebus. (The picture is a pun on the persons name. The owners of Aston Manor were the Holte family and a squirrel's nest is called a holt). This explains the ancient connection between the squirrel and Aston. The animal also appears on the University mace. It also appears on the Chancellor's chain of office. This chain was originally the property of the Mayor of Aston Manor.

The gorse around the animals' necks is a reference to Gosta Green. It was known as Gostie Green during the 18th century. This combined the name of the landowner (William de Gorsty) with the local plant called 'gorse'

Academic dress
The academic dress for graduates of the University is as follows:
 Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering
 Gown: Black stuff of special design, having coat-type sleeve, narrow facings which continue round the neck and with extra wide gathers round the back
 Hood: Black stuff, modified simple shape, faced inside for three inches with University lining
 Hat: Black mortar board
 Master of Science
 Gown: Black stuff of special design, having coat-type sleeve, narrow facings which continue round the neck and with extra wide gathers round the back
 Hood: Black stuff, modified simple shape, fully lined with University lining
 Hat: Black mortar board
 Master of Philosophy
 Gown: Black stuff of special design, having coat-type sleeve, narrow facings which continue round the neck and with extra wide gathers round the back
 Hood: Blue stuff, modified simple shape, fully lined with University lining
 Hat: Black mortar board
 Doctor of Philosophy
Gown: Claret colour cloth robe, having coat-type sleeve, narrow facings which continue round the neck and with extra wide gathers round the back
 Hood: Modified simple shape, in University Red stuff, faced inside for three inches with University lining
 Hat: Black cloth bonnet with cord and tassels of University Red
 Doctor of Science
 Gown: Same shape as for Doctor of Philosophy but in University Red, with facings on collar of University lining and gold cuffs on sleeves
 Hood: Same shape as for Doctor of Philosophy but of gold silk and fully lined with University lining
 Hat: Black velvet bonnet with cord and tassels in gold
Academic profile

Research
In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, Aston University was ranked in the top 12 in the UK in all four of its broad subject areas. Of the research undertaken, 86% was described as 'internationally significant'. 88% of Aston academic staff were submitted for research assessment. This is one of the highest proportions in the UK. According to the Research Assessment Exercise, the university's strengths include Business and Management, General Engineering, subjects allied to Medicine (Optometry, Biology, Pharmacy and Psychology), Languages and European Studies.

Rankings
In the 2012 QS World University Rankings, graduate employers ranked Aston University 51st for graduate employability. Aston was ranked in the top ten of all UK universities for its graduate employment record.

In 2012, Aston University was responsible for educating 2.3 per cent of the UK's millionaires. This placed Aston at number 8 in the UK.
In 2015, Aston was ranked as the 42nd best university in the world under 50 years old.

For 2018, it was put in the top 55 universities in the UK. It was ranked 18th for student experience in the Sunday Times Good University Guide.

Aston is ranked 34th in the University League Tables 2020.

Aston Business School

Founded in 1947, Aston Business School (ABS) is one of the largest and oldest business schools in the UK.

In 1999, ABS was the first UK business school to be awarded the prestigious EQUIS accreditation.

The school's most recent Research Assessment Exercise was in 2008. All research areas submitted ranked in the top 12 in the UK. 45% of the research submitted was judged to be "excellent" or "world-leading".

In 2012, the business school's Masters Management course was ranked by the Financial Times as 36th in the world.