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It is "altazimuth-mounted". An altazimuth or alt-azimuth mount is a simple two-axis mount. It supports and rotates an instrument about two perpendicular axes – one vertical and the other horizontal.
Rotation about the vertical axis varies the compass bearing of where the instrument points (the azimuth). Rotation about the horizontal axis varies the altitude (angle of elevation) of the pointing direction.
It was popularised by John Dobson in 1965. It increased the size of telescopes for amateur astronomers. Dobson's telescopes had a simplified mechanical design that was easy to make from readily available components. It made a large, portable, low-cost telescope.
The design works for looking at faint, deep-sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies. This type of observation needs a large objective diameter (i.e. light-gathering power) of relatively short focal length. It can be taken to less light-polluted places.
Arthur Berckmans
Arthur Berckmans (3 May 1929 – 28 December 2020), better known as Berck, was a Belgian comics writer. He wrote "Sammy". He was born in Leuven, Belgium. He retired in 1994. He also worked on "Zonneland".
Berckmans died on 28 December 2020 at the age of 91.
Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska
Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska (2 January 1936 – 27 December 2020) was a Polish cross-country skier. She competed in the women's 10 km and the women's 3 × 5 km relay events at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Bukowa-Kowalska was born in Kościelisko, Poland.
Bukowa-Kowalska died on 27 December 2020 at the age of 84.
Armando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1935 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican bolero singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He was born in Mérida, Yucatán. His career began in 1950. His record label was RCA Records. His best known singles were: "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)", "Mía" and "Adoro".
In 2014, Manzanero was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
On 17 December 2020, Manzanero was hospitalized in Mexico City after being diagnosed with COVID-19. He died five days later from the infection, aged 85.
Mérida, Yucatán
Mérida () is the capital and largest city in the Yucatán state in Mexico. It is also the largest city of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Chris Wilder (born 23 September 1967) is an English football manager and a former player. He is currently the manager of Premier League football club Sheffield United.
Yaël Braun-Pivet
Yaël Braun-Pivet (born 7 December 1970 in Nancy) is a French lawyer, activism associative and politician.
Yaël was member of the Socialist Party (PS) and then of En Marche (now La République en Marche). She was elected as member of the national assembly for Yvelines 5th constituency
She is Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Laws, Legislation and the General Administration of the Republic in the French National Assembly.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (movie)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy movie directed by David Yates. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 2003 novel of the same name. The fifth movie in the "Harry Potter" movie series, it was written by Michael Goldenberg and produced by David Heyman and David Barron.
The movie stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
The movie had a budget between £75 and 100 million ($150–200 million). Warner Bros. released the movie in North America on 11 July 2007 and in the United Kingdom on 12 July. It is the first "Potter" movie to be released in IMAX 3D.
"Order of the Phoenix" opened to a worldwide five-day opening of $333 million. The movie was nominated for two BAFTA Film Awards in 2008.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2009 fantasy movie directed by David Yates. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 2005 novel of the same name. The movie, which is the sixth one in the "Harry Potter" movie series.
It stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
With a budget of $250 million, it is one of the most expensive movies ever made and the most expensive movie in the "Harry Potter" movie series.
National Democratic Alliance
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is an Indian political alliance. It made up of center-right and right-wing political parties and led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded in 1998. It currently controls the Indian union government as well as the government of 18 Indian states.
Its first chairman was Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. L. K. Advani, the former Deputy Prime Minister, took over as chairman in 2004 and served until 2014. Afetr that, Amit Shah has been the chairman since 2014. The coalition ruled from 1998 to 2004. The alliance returned to power in the 2014 general elections with a combined vote share of 38.5%. Its leader, Narendra Modi, was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014. In the 2019 general election, the alliance further increased its tally to 353 seats with combined vote share of 45.43%.
The NDA was formed in May 1998 as a coalition to contest the general elections. The main aim of the NDA was to form a anti-Congress coalition. It was led by the BJP, and included several regional parties, including the Samta Party and the AIADMK, as well as Shiv Sena, the only member which shared the Hindutva ideology of the BJP. After the election, it was able to muster a slim majority with outside support from the Telugu Desam Party, allowing Atal Bihari Vajpayee to return as prime minister.
The government collapsed within a year because the AIADMK withdrew its support. After the entry of a few more regional parties, the NDA proceeded to win the 1999 elections with a larger majority. Vajpayee became Prime Minister for a third time, and this time served a full five-year term.
The NDA called elections in early 2004, six months ahead of schedule. Its campaign was based around the slogan of "India Shining" which attempted to depict the NDA government. It responsible for a rapid economic transformation of the country. However, the NDA suffered a defeat. They won with only a 186 seats in the Lok Sabha, compared to the 222 of the United Progressive Alliance led by the Congress, with Manmohan Singh. Singh has succeeded Vajpayee as prime minister. Commentators have argued that the NDA's defeat was due to a failure to reach out to the rural masses.
The National Democratic Alliance does not have a formal governing structure such as an executive board or politburo. It has been up to the leaders of the individual parties to make decisions on issues such as sharing of seats in elections, allocation of ministries and the issues that are raised in Parliament. Given the varied ideologies among the parties, there have been many cases of disagreement and split voting among the allies.
Owing to ill health, George Fernandes, who was the NDA convener until 2008, was discharged of his responsibility. He replaced by Sharad Yadav, the then national president of the JD(U) party. On 16 June 2013, the JD(U) left the coalition and Sharad Yadav resigned from the role of the NDA convener. Then the CM of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu was made the NDA convener.
On 27 July 2017 JD(U) with the help of BJP formed the government in Bihar. Later, on 19 August 2017 JD(U) formally rejoined the NDA after 4 years.
As of March 2020, the BJP holds a majority of Legislative Assembly in 12 states - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. In Haryana, BJP shares power as the senior partner (Chief Minister of BJP) with Jannayak Janta Party.
The Younger Dryas (around 12,900 to 11,700 years ago) was a cold period. It reversed the gradual climatic warming which started around 20,000 years ago.
At this time there was a sharp fall in temperature over most of the Northern Hemisphere. This occurred at the end of the Pleistocene epoch and just before the present, warmer, Holocene epoch.
The last glacial maximum (LGM) was about 27,000 to 24,000 years ago. The Younger Dryas was the most recent and longest of several interruptions to the gradual warming of the Earth's climate. The change was relatively sudden, and it resulted in a decline of temperatures in Greenland by 4 to 10 °C (7.2 to 18 °F) Glaciers and dry conditions spread over much of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. It may have been caused by an influx of fresh, cold water from North America to the Atlantic.
The Younger Dryas was a period of climatic change. The effects were complex and variable. In the Southern Hemisphere and some areas of the Northern Hemisphere, such as southeastern North America, a slight warming occurred.
Isolation centers (Belarus)
Isolation centers in Belarus are prisons where people are held in camera or with no one to turn to for some time.
The Belarusian "isolation centers" became very known as part of the 2020 Belarusian protests after 2020 Belarusian presidential election. The government and Alexander Lukashenko let punishments on protesters be done. People have been moved in isolation centers. There have been news on bad handling of people and torture in isolation centers. The most known isolation center is Okrestina.
GB DIY Store
GB DIY Store is a UK based company that offers a range of uPVC window and door repair parts, tools and fitting supplies to both the public and trade. It is the UK's largest specialised supplier of uPVC window and door repair parts to the public.
GB DIY Store started as a different company in 2002 which was founded by David Rourke where they manufactured and installed double glazed upvc windows and doors.
In 2012 Nathan Rourke, the son of David joined the company and made the decision to start an online store and sell upvc window and door hardware. In 2015 the success of the new venture grew well and they decided to stop manufacturing and installing windows and doors and focus on expanding their range of products for sale online and through a newly built local trade counter.
In 2017 they completely rebranded and opened the company known today as GB DIY Store.
The Headington Shark (Untitled 1986) is a sculpture on the top of a house. It is at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford. The sculpture is a shark breaking the roof of the house.
The shark was first put on the house on 9 August 1986. The house is owned by a radio presenter, Bill Heine. The sculpture is 4 long hundredweight and 25 feet long. It is made of painted fibreglass. It took 3 months to make the shark.
The statue was put together on the 41st anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. It was designed by John Buckley. Anton Castiau made the sculpture. Heine said that the shark is "saying something about CND, nuclear power, Chernobyl and Nagasaki".
On August 2007, the shark was renovated by Buckley. This was because of complaints of the quality of the sculpture.
On 26 August 2016, Heine's son Magnus Hanson-Heine bought the house. He bought it so that the shark can stay on top of the house.
The shark started controversy when it was first put on the house. Oxford City Council wanted the shark removed from the house because it was not safe for the people living near. There were no planning permissions for the shark. In 1992, Minister Tony Baldry from the Department of the Environment said that the shark can stay on the house because it does not cause any problems.
Fabinho (footballer, born 1993)
Fábio Henrique Tavares (born 23 October 1993), known as Fabinho, is a Brazilian professional football player who plays for Liverpool F.C and the Brazil national football team. Fabinho is a midfielder but can also play as a defender.
Bart vs. Itchy &amp; Scratchy
"Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy" is the 18th episode of the thirtieth season of the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons", and the 657th episode overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on March 24, 2019.
Prison–industrial complex
The prison–industrial complex is a term for the relationship between the government and businesses and how prisons are involved. Some sources say the government makes sure that many people are locked up in prison to provide cheap workers for businesses. It is similar to the term military–industrial complex.
The United States has the largest prison population in the world. Many of those prisons are private prisons run by companies rather than the government.
EcuRed
EcuRed is a Cuban online encyclopedia. Some people have called it the "Cuban Wikipedia". It was launched in 2010. As of now, it has over 200,000 articles.
EcuRed is short for Enciclopedia Cubana en la Red (Spanish for "Cuban encyclopedia on the Web"). The website is in Spanish.
EcuRed says that its goal "is the accumulation and development of knowledge with a non-profit, pro-democracy aim from a decolonizing point of view".
Articles on EcuRed are written from a Cuban point of view. For example, EcuRed's article about the United States said it had historically taken "territory and natural resources from other nations by force, to put at the service of its businesses and monopolies", and the George W. Bush article says that he continues a family tradition of corruption, deceit and intrigue.
A reactionary or reactionist is a person or organization that is against social progress and wants society to return to the old way of doing things.
The word reactionary comes from the word "reaction," which describes movement in the opposite direction. In this case, reactionary beliefs and actions are opposed to the direction of social progress.
Some parts of right-wing politics is based on reactionary thinking and a wish to return to the way things were. Being a reactionary should not be confused with being a conservative, which is someone who wishes to keep (conserve) things the way they are.
The words counter-revolutionary or anti-revolutionary are sometimes used in place of the word reactionary.
The word reactionary was first used during the French Revolution. The "réactionnaires" were people who wanted France to return to a monarchy.
In the 20th century, socialists and communists used the word reactionary to describe their enemies. In Marxist thinking, a reactionary is someone who supports causes like feudalism, capitalism, fascism, nationalism, or any other cause opposed to social reform and revolution.
Reactionary politics is still influential in politics. There are many people and political parties who have opinions that can be seen as reactionary because they want to go back to the old ways. For example, Donald Trump can be considered a reactionary politician.
Martin Lambie-Nairn
Martin John Lambie-Nairn (5 August 1945 – 25 December 2020) was an English designer and animator. He was the founder of Lambie-Nairn. He was known for creating the original Channel 4 logo. He was born in Croydon.
Lambie-Nairn died on 25 December 2020, aged 75.
Lambie-Nairn also animating the title sequence for British comedy TV series "Mind Your Language".
Lambie-Nairn held an Honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of Lincoln, and was a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design. He also held an Honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of Northampton.
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Football League Third Division North
The Third Division North was the 3rd division of the English football league system between 1921 to 1958. It ran along with the Third Division South, with clubs being either elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to either league based on their geographical location. Some clubs in the English Midlands shuffled between the Third Division North and the Third Division South based on the composition of the two leagues.
Its final season was the 1957–58 season. After that season, the North and South sections were merged to form the Third Division and the Fourth Division.
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Leg before wicket
Leg before wicket (LBW) is one way a batsman can get out in cricket. There must be an appeal to the umpire at the bowler's end, and he makes the decision.
LBW happens when the ball touches a batsman's body before it touches the bat or a hand/glove holding the bat, and the ball would otherwise have hit the wicket.
Leg before wicket first appeared in the laws of cricket in 1774, as batsmen began to use their pads to prevent the ball hitting their wicket.
The definition of leg before wicket (lbw) is currently Law 36 in the Laws of Cricket, written by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
Before a batter can be dismissed lbw, the fielding team must appeal to the umpire. If the bowler delivers a no-ball — an illegal delivery — the batter cannot be out lbw under any circumstances.
Otherwise, for the batter to be adjudged lbw, the ball, if it bounces, must hit the pitch in line with or on the off side of the wickets. For a right-handed batsman, the off side is the right-hand side of the pitch when viewed from his perspective. For a left-handed batsman, the off side is the left-hand side. Then the ball must strike part of the batsman's body without first touching his/her bat, In the Laws of Cricket, the batsman's bat is considered to include the hand or hands holding it. in line with the wickets and have been going on to hit the stumps.
The batter may also be out lbw if, having made no attempt to hit the ball with their bat, they are struck outside the line of off stump by a ball that would have hit the wickets. The umpire must assume that the ball would have continued on the same trajectory after striking the batter, even if it would have bounced before hitting the stumps.
Sometimes video replay and other technologies are used to decide if a batter is out LBW. For example, heat-tracking ("Hot Spot") can visually show when the ball has hit the bat or part of the batter's body, audio-tracking ("Snickometer") can show if there is a slight sound from the impact of the ball, and advanced simulations ("Hawkeye") can predict where the ball would have gone after impact with the batter's body if the batter had not been there.
Pramod Sawant
Pramod Pandurang Sawant (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian politician. He is the current Chief Minister of Goa.
Sawant represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He is an Ayurveda Medical practitioner by profession.
He was serving as the speaker of the Goa assembly before being sworn in as Chief Minister. After the death of the sitting chief minister Manohar Parrikar, he became chief minister of Goa.
Jean Graetz
Jean Graetz (born Jean Ellis; December 24, 1929 – December 16, 2020) was an American civil rights activist. She and her clergyman husband Robert Graetz were well known white supporters of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955. Graetz was born in East Springfield, Pennsylvania.
Graetz died of lung cancer in Montgomery, Alabama on December 16, 2020 at the age of 90.
Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Springfield Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. About 3,425 people lived here at the 2010 census.
Lyle Hanson
Lyle L. Hanson (May 11, 1935 – December 23, 2020) was an American politician and educator. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Hanson was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 12th district from 1979 to 2013. Hanson was born in Sargent County, North Dakota.
Hanson died on December 23, 2020 in Jamestown, North Dakota, aged 85.
Forman, North Dakota
Forman is a city in Sargent County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Sargent County. About 504 people lived here at the 2010 census.
Geoff Stephens
Geoffrey Stephens (1 October 1934 – 24 December 2020) was an English songwriter and record producer. His single "Winchester Cathedral" won him the 1967 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording. He was born in London. Other best known singles were "Sorry Suzanne", "Daughter of Darkness" and "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me".
Stephens died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 86.
Tomás Irribarra
Tomás Edison Irribarra de la Torre (19 May 1935 – 25 December 2020) was a Chilean politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Radical Party of Chile. Irribarra was born in Quirihue, Chile. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1969 to 1973 and Mayor of Quirihue from 1992 to 1996 and again from 2008 to 2012.
Irribarra died on 25 December 2020 in Quirihue at the age of 85.
Quirihue
Quirihue () is a Chilean city in Quirihue, Itata Province, Ñuble Region.
It is about 72 kilometers northwest of Chillán and 410 km southwest of Santiago.
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Florentino Domínguez Ordoñez
Florentino Domínguez Ordoñez (16 October 1962 – 27 December 2020) was a Mexican politician. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. In 2014, he became a member of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies representing Tlaxcala. He was born in Chiautempan, Tlaxcala.
Domínguez Ordoñez died during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico on 27 December 2020 at the age of 58.
Roberto Junguito
Roberto Junguito Bonnet (1943 – 27 December 2020) was a Colombian politician. He was Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from 1983 to 1984 and Minister of Finance and Public Credit from 1984 to 1985 and again from 2002 to 2003. He was born in Bogotá.
Junguito was the Ambassador to the European Union from 1983 to 1984 and of France from 1986 to 1987.
Junguito died on 27 December 2020 in Bogotá, aged 77.
Marc Basnight
Marc Basnight (May 13, 1947 – December 28, 2020) was an American politician and businessman. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Basnight was born in Manteo, North Carolina. From 1985 to 2011, he was a member of the North Carolina Senate. From 1993 to 2011, he was President pro tempore of the state senate.
Basnight died on December 28, 2020 in Manteo from problems caused by progressive bulbar palsy at the age of 73.
Manteo, North Carolina
Manteo () is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It is in Roanoke Island. 1,434 people lived here at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dare County.
Othón Cuevas Córdova
Othón Cuevas Córdova (2 July 1965 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican politician. He was a member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution. In 2006, he was elected to the Mexican Chamber of Deputies representing Oaxaca. He left congress in 2009. Cuevas Córdova was born in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Cuevas Córdova died on 28 December 2020 in Mexico City from COVID-19 at the age of 55
George Hudson (footballer)
George Anthony Hudson (14 March 1937 – 28 December 2020) was an English professional footballer. He born in Manchester, England. He played as a centre forward in the Football League. His career lasted from 1958 to 1970.
Hudson played for the Blackburn Rovers, Accrington Stanley, Peterborough United, Coventry City, Northampton Town, Tranmere Rovers and Altrincham.
Hudson died on 28 December 2020 at the age of 83.
Cy McClairen
Jack Forsyth "Cy" McClairen (March 2, 1931 – December 28, 2020) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as an end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1955 to 1960. McClairen was born in Panama City, Florida.
McClairen died on December 28, 2020 in Daytona Beach, Florida at the age of 89.
Nolan Mettetal
Henry Nolan Mettetal (November 19, 1945 – December 28, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican party. Mettetal was member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2012 to 2020. He also was a member of the Mississippi Senate from 1996 to 2012. Mettetal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Mettetal died of COVID-19 on December 28, 2020 at a hospital in Oxford, Mississippi at age 75.
Mageina Tovah
Mageina Tovah Begtrup (born July 26, 1979) is an American actress. She played Glynis Figliola in the TV series "Joan of Arcadia" (2003–2005) and Ursula Ditkovich in the final two movies of Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy (2004–2007).
Tovah was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She grew up in Tennessee. She is Jewish.
COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica
<noinclude>The COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().
Antarctica was the last continent to have confirmed cases of COVID-19 and was one of the last regions of the world affected by the pandemic.
The first cases were reported in December 2020, almost a year after the first cases of COVID-19 were seen in China.
Jaan Rääts
Jaan Rääts (15 October 1932  – 25 December 2020) was an Estonian composer. He worked on movie scores in the 1960s and 1970s. He became a member of the Estonian Composer's Union in 1957. He was born in Tartu, Estonia. He composed the movie scores for "Ohtlikud mängud" (1974) and "Aeg elada, aeg armastada" (1976).
Rääts died on 25 December 2020 in Tallinn, Estonia at the age of 88.
Peter Schmidhuber
Peter Schmidhuber (15 December 1931 – 26 December 2020) was a German politician. He was a member of the CSU party. Schmidhuber was born in Munich. He was a member of the Munich city council from 1960 to 1966. From 1965 to 1969 and again from 1972 to 1978, he was a member of the Bundestag.
Schmidhuber also held many political posts in the European Union during the Jacques Delors commission.
Schmidhuber died on 26 December 2020 in Munich at the age of 89.
Vic Stelly
Victor Theodore Stelly (January 11, 1941 – December 26, 2020) was an American politician and businessman. He was a member of the Republican Party. Stelly was born in Carencro, Louisiana. From From 1988 to 2004, he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Stelly died on December 26, 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana from problems caused by COVID-19 at the age of 79. His wife, Terry Bass, died hours after him from the same infection.
Carencro, Louisiana
Carencro (; historically ) is a small city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a suburb of Lafayette. 7,526 lived here at the 2010 census.
Nora Arnezeder
Nora Arnezeder (born 8 May 1989) is a French actress and singer. She played the lead role in the 2013 drama "Angélique".
In 2012, Arnezeder appeared in the movie "Safe House". In the same year she appeared in role of Celia in "The Words".
The Act (TV series)
The Act is an American true crime drama television series that was made by Hulu. The series had eight parts, the first episode was released on March 20, 2019. The final episode came out on May 1, 2019.
The show is about the real life story of Gypsy Blanchard and the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. Dee Dee abused her daughter Gypsy by lying about her age, faking medical illnesses about Gypsy and physically tying her up.
Joey King played Gypsy and Patricia Arquette played her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. AnnaSophia Robb, Chloë Sevigny, and Calum Worthy also star.
Calum Worthy
Calum Worthy (born January 28, 1991) is a Canadian actor, writer, and producer. He played Dez on the Disney Channel series "Austin & Ally", Alex Trimboli in the Netflix series "American Vandal", Nicholas Godejohn in the Hulu series "The Act", and himself in "The Coppertop Flop Show".
Haugesund
Haugesund is a town within the Municipality of Haugesund, and is the capital of the municipality. It is within the Rogaland county in the country of Norway. It had a population of roughly 32,000 (42,000 including all of the suburbs) as of January 2020. The "birthplace of Norway", as it is called, Avaldsnes, is approximately 8.5km away from the town. The town is named after the nearby Haugesundet strait which is close to the town.
The residents of the town are nicknamed ""Maake"" (Seagulls), especially those who live in the east side of the town and support the local soccer team.
Here is a list of tourist attractions which can be found within the town:
• (Natural attraction) The Haraldsvang hiking area. It is quite close to the Skelsvannet lake.
• (Natural attraction) The Skelsvannet lake is good for fishing, and you could be able to find some fish that are from the region. It would also be good for birdwatching, mostly seagulls which are commonly found in Haugesund.
• There is a North Sea cycling route which runs through, which would be good for cyclists
• Haugesund also has an airport (HAU) for people who like planespotting.
• Haugesund also hosts the Norwegian International Film Festival, and the ""Slidajazz"" festival in August every year.
Haugesund is home to the soccer club Haugesund FK (FKH), who currently play in the Eliteserien, the highest tier in Norwegian soccer (20/21 season).
The municipal council () of Haugesund is made up of 49 representatives that are elected every four years. The government is located at the Haugesund City Hall.
Haugesund is a sister city with the following places:
Each of the sister cities (except Emden) has been given its name to a street in Haugesund. The streets are located in the same area near the border to the neighbouring municipality.
Battle of Monmouth
The Battle of Monmouth or Battle of Monmouth Courthouse was a battle of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on June 28, 1778 in Monmouth, New Jersey. The British army retreated, but neither side won. Monmouth was the longest battle between the main Continental Army and the main British Army.
Four days earlier, the leaders of the Continental Army (the Americans) met. Some wanted to fight the British army head-on and some did not. Most of the leaders decided to fight small battles and win slowly.
General George Washington and General Charles Lee led the Continental Army to Englishtown. There, Washington ordered the army to attack British General Sir Henry Clinton's army. During the battle, Lee ordered his own Continental troops to retreat. Washington became angry and ordered Lee and "Mad" Anthony Wayne to slow the British down while he, Washington, took command. The Continental Army defended its position while the British attacked all day. That night, the British left in the dark.
There were about 10,000 Continental troops and about 11,000 British troops. About 100 British troops were killed or injured and about 150 Continentals. About 100 people fell or died from heatstroke. George Washington's horse also died of heatstroke.
June 28 was a very hot day. Mary Ludwig Hayes brought water to her husband and other gunners during the battle many times. One time, she brought water and found her husband had been shot and injured. She took over his job as gunner. People gave her the nickname "Molly Pitcher." There may have been more than one real-life woman who was given the name "Molly Pitcher."
Nathanael Greene and the Marquis de Lafayette also fought in this battle.
Both armies had muskets. The Highland Scots in the British army also had broadswords. The British and the German soldiers had bayonets, long blades attached to the ends of the muskets. The Continental army had been trying to get bayonets. Some of the Virginia troops had rifled firearms.
This was the first time the Continental army used the tactics and training they had learned at Valley Forge from then-Acting Inspector General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.
General Lee asked to be court-martialed for his actions in this battle. He was sentenced to one year suspension.
After the Battle of Monmouth, the war moved to the South.
Reenactors reenact the battle at Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Freehold, New Jersey.
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Edward Craven Walker
Edward Craven Walker (4 July 1918 – 15 August 2000) was a British inventor, who invented the lava lamp. He is also known for being a naturist.
Walker got the idea of a lava lamp from seeing what is now called a "blob light", a mix of oil and water heated by a lightbulb at the bottom. He thought it would look more interesting if the oil was thick enough to form shapes, and spent 10 years trying to make it good.
Eventually, his product was launched in 1963, and Walker's factory soon began production of it as it grew in popularity.
Apparently, Walker once said, "If you buy my lamp, you won't need drugs."
Lava lamps were featured in the sitcom series "Absolutely Fabulous", which some people think helped the lava lamp's popularity, which was declining at the time.
Eventually, as it become less popular in the 1980s, Walker sold the company to Elizabeth Granger. Her company, Mathmos, was one of Britain's fastest growing companies, mostly from the lava lamp. Walker believed the lava lamp would be good for her company.
"I think it will always be popular." he once said. "It's like the cycle of life. It grows, breaks up, falls down, and starts all over again."
Walker's interest in nudity began with a visit to the Isle du Levant in the 1950s. He liked the idea, and tried to make it popular. "Eves on Skies" was broadcast in 1958, and "Travelling Light" followed soon after in 1960.
The success of Travelling Light gave Walker the money to buy a nightclub in Bournemouth. He turned it into a nudist resort. He tried to ban overweight nudists from entering, but failed.
"We are all against these fat fogies, it's not what naturism is about," he said
Walker was suffering from cancer in the mid and late 1990s, and he eventually died because of it. He died in Ringwood, Hampshire at the age of 85 on the 15th of August 2000.
Luis Enrique Mercado
Luis Enrique Mercado Sánchez (19 January 1952 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican journalist and politician. He was a member of the National Action Party. From 2009 to 2012 he was Deputy of the Mexican Congress representing Zacatecas.
He began his career as a journalist for "El Universal" and founded "El Economista" in 1988.
Mercado died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico on 28 December 2020 at the age of 68.
For computers, a browser engine (also called a layout or rendering engine) is a main part of a web browser that is responsible for showing a web page. It is separate from other parts, such as a JavaScript engine.
In order to render, or make visible, a web page, it takes a Hyper Text Markup Language document and splits it up into elements. These elements, such as text, links, and images, are placed onto the Document Object Model (DOM), a way of finding the structure of the page. It then takes the Cascading Style Sheets code to tell it where to place the elements from the DOM, as well as other things, such as colors or backgrounds to put around the elements.
Some engines that are used include:
Electronic tagging
There are special electronic devices, that can be permanently attached to a person. These devices are called electronic tags. Using wireless or mobile phone networks, it is then possible to monitor where the person is, all the time. The device can also have extra functions, such as measuring certain parameters.
There are two basic use cases:
Especially in the case of monitoring old people, there have been concerns about privacy.
In the case of monitoring a criminal or someone on probation, the person has to report to a base station at given times. When the base station no longer detects the signal from the tag, it will alert the authorities.
Parviz Parastui
Parviz Parastui (also spelt Parastooee or Parastouei, ‎, born 24 June 1955) is an Iranian actor.
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Baskin, Louisiana
Baskin is a village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Gilbert, Louisiana
Gilbert is a village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Sumatra frog
Agni Sakshi (2017 TV Series)
Agni Sakshi (2017 TV Series) was an Indian Telugu Language Soap Opera aired on .
It Stars Arjun Ambati and Aishwarya Pisse in lead roles.
Kasthuri
Kasthuri is an Indian Telugu language soap opera airing on Star Maa.
The plot revolves around the life of a female doctor. She is happily serving the needy and another doctor falls in love with her. The story is about the romantic life of the couple after marriage and the challenges they face in life together.
It stars Nagarjun Ballappa and Aishwarya Pisse in lead roles.
Saracens () were Arab Muslims during the Middle Ages.
In the early centuries of the Common Era, Greek and Latin writings used the term to talk about the people who lived in desert areas in and near the Roman province of Arabia Petraea, and in Arabia Deserta.
The oldest known source mentioning "Saracen" dates to the 7th century.
Mole (espionage)
In espionage jargon a mole ("deep cover agent", or "sleeper") is a long-term spy.
The spy is recruited "before" having access to secret intelligence. Later, if he gets into the target organization, he or she becomes active.
However, it is popularly used to mean any long-term clandestine spy or informer in an organization, government or private. In police work, a mole is an undercover law-enforcement agent who joins an organization in order to collect incriminating evidence about its operations, and so bring its members to justice.
The term was introduced to the public by British spy novelist John Le Carré in his 1974 novel "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy".
Arnulf of Carinthia
Arnulf of Carinthia ( 850 – December 8, 899) was the duke of Carinthia who removed his uncle, Emperor Charles the Fat from power. He was the disputed King of Italy from 894 and the disputed Holy Roman Emperor from February 22, 896 until his death at Regensburg, Bavaria.
Lambert of Italy
Lambert (c. 880 – 15 October 898) was the King of Italy from 891, Holy Roman Emperor, co-ruling with his father from 892, and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino (as Lambert II) from his father's death in 894.
He was the son of Guy III of Spoleto and Ageltrude, born in San Rufino. He was the last ruler to issue a capitulary in the Carolingian tradition.
Lean on Me (movie)
Lean on Me is a 1989 American biographical drama movie written by Michael Schiffer, directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Morgan Freeman.
"Lean on Me" is based on the story of Joe Louis Clark, a real life high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey. The school is at risk of being taken over by the New Jersey state government unless students improve their test scores on the New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills Test.
This movie's title is based on the 1972 Bill Withers song of the same name.
Marcus D'Amico
Marcus D'Amico (4 December 1965 – 16 December 2020) was an German-born British actor. He was best known for his role as Michael "Mouse" Tolliver in the 1993 "Tales of the City" miniseries. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany.
D'Amico died on 16 December 2020 at the age of 55.
Frederik Batti Sorring
Frederik Batti Sorring, also known by FBS, (May 28, 1955 – December 21, 2020) was an Indonesian politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the Regent of North Toraja Regency from 2011 until 2016. He was the first Vice Regent of Asmat Regency in Papua province from 2005 to 2010.
In December 2020, Batti Sorring tested positive for COVID-19. He died from problems of COVID-19 at Grestelina Hospital at the age of 65.
William Link
William Theodore Link (December 15, 1933 – December 27, 2020) was an American screenwriter and producer. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Link was known for creating the television programs "Columbo", "Murder, She Wrote" and "Mannix". He won two Primetime Emmy Award in 1970 and 1972.
Link died on December 27, 2020 in Los Angeles from heart failure at the age of 87.
Csaba Ali
Csaba Ali (4 November 1946 – 27 December 2020) was a Hungarian swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Eger, Hungary.
Ali died on 27 December 2020 at the age of 74.
Paul Sueo Hamaguchi
Paul Sueo Hamaguchi (1 August 1948 – 28 December 2020) was a Japanese Roman Catholic bishop. Hamaguchi was born in Oita, Japan. He became a priest in 1975. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita, Japan, from 2011 until his death.
Hamaguchi died on 28 December 2020 at the age of 72.
Hatem Ali
Hatem Ali () (2 June 1962 – 29 December 2020) was a Syrian television and movie director and actor. His career began in 1988. He was born in Fiq, Syria. He was known for his television roles in "Al-Taghreba al-Falastenya", "Salah Al-deen", and "Omar TV series".
Ali died on 29 December 2020 in Cairo from a heart attack at the age of 58.
Josefina Echánove
Josefina Echánove (September 29, 1927 – December 29, 2020) was a Mexican actress, model and journalist. She was nominated for two Ariel Award nominations. Echánove was known for her movies roles on "El hombre de los hongos" (1976), "Amityville 3-D" (1983), "Gringo Viejo" (1989), "Cabeza de Vaca" (1991) and "Perdita Durango" (1997). She also appeared in many telenovelas.
Echánove died on December 29, 2020 in Mexico City at the age of 93.
Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Machado
Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Machado (26 March 1960 – 29 December 2020) was a Mexican politician. He was a member of the National Action Party. From 2000 to 2003, he was Deputy of the Mexican Congress from Yucatán.
Gutiérrez Machado died at age 60 from COVID-19, during the pandemic in Mexico.
Luke Letlow
Luke Joshua Letlow (December 6, 1979 – December 29, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives for in November 2020 but died before he could take office.
Before his election to Congress, Letlow served as chief of staff to retiring Representative Ralph Abraham and former Governor Bobby Jindal. He was born in Monroe, Louisiana.
On December 18, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Letlow announced that he had tested positive for the virus and was hospitalized in Monroe. He was later trasnferred to Shreveport, Louisiana on December 23. He died six days later at the age of 41.
Elaine McCoy
Elaine McCoy, (March 7, 1946 — December 29, 2020) was a Canadian politician. She was born in Brandon, Manitoba. McCoy was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. McCoy was a member of the Legislative Assembly from Alberta from 1986 to 1993. She was the Senator from Alberta from 2005 until her death.
McCoy died on December 29, 2020 in Ottawa, Alberta at the age of 74.
Nikhil Nandy
Nikhil Nandy (1932 – 29 December 2020) was an Indian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He played for the national team. He was born in Kolkata, India.
Nandy died on 29 December 2020 in Nagerbazar, India at the age of 88.
Corrado Olmi
Corrado Olmi (24 October 1926 – 29 December 2020) was an Italian actor and comedian. He was born in Jesi, Italy. His career lasted from 1956 to 2000. He played Bobino in "Wake Up and Die", Don Ermino in "Scandal in the Family" and as the Mayor in "Madly in Love".
Olmi died on 29 December 2020 in Rome from COVID-19 at the age of 93.
Daniel S. Paletko
Daniel S. Paletko (December 21, 1950December 29, 2020) was an American Democratic politician. He was born in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. From 2003 to 2004, he was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. Paletko was Mayor of Dearborn Heights from 2004 until his death.
Paletko died on December 29, 2020 in Dearborn Heights from COVID-19 at the age of 70.
Serafim Papakostas
Serafim Papakostas (21 January 1959 – 29 December 2020) was a Greek Orthodox prelate. He was bishop in the Metropolis of Kastoria from 1996 until his death.
Papakostas died of COVID-19 on 29 December 2020 at the age of 61.
List of animated television series by episode count
This is a list of animated television programs by episode count with 100 episodes minimum.
Howard J. Rubenstein
Howard J. Rubenstein (February 3, 1932 – December 29, 2020) was an American lawyer and public relations expert. Rudolph Giuliani called him "the dean of damage control". He was known for working with many top New York City officials. His clients included the New York Yankees, News Corporation, Columbia University, the New York Philharmonic, and The Metropolitan Opera.
Rubenstein died on December 29, 2020, at age 88.
Luigi Snozzi
Luigi Snozzi (29 July 1932 – 29 December 2020) was a Swiss architect. He was born in Mendrisio, Ticino. From 1962 to 1971, Snozzi worked with architect Livio Vacchini.
From 1982 to 1984, he was a Visiting Professor and in 1985 he was appointed Professor of Architecture at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Snozzi was a professor of the University of Sassari, at the Faculty of Architecture of Alghero, Sardinia.
Snozzi died in Minusio, Switzerland on 29 December 2020 from COVID-19, at the age of 88.
Arne A. Jensen
Arne Agnar Jensen (15 November 1954 – 29 December 2020) was a Norwegian media and corporate executive. He was born in Bergen, Norway. From 1989 to 1993, he was the chief executive of BSB Bates Group. He then became chief executive of TV 2, and then chief executive of the airline Braathens from 1999 until 2001.
He then became chief executive of Merkantildata, later Ementor, from 2001 to 2004.
Jensen died on 29 December 2020 at the age of 66.
Richard Choruma
Richard Choruma (23 November 1978 – 29 December 2020) was a Zimbabwean football winger. His career lasted from 1999 to 2011. He made 54 appearances with Bloemfontein Celtic from 2002 to 2006. Choruma played for Highlanders from 1999 to 2002, 2003 to 2004 and 2007 to 2011. He made eight appearances for the national team from 2001 to 2004.
Choruma died on 29 December 2020 in Thembisa, South Africa from kidney failure at the age of 42.
Pat Gillick
Lawrence Patrick David Gillick (born August 22, 1937) is an American professional baseball executive. He was the general manager of four MLB teams: the Toronto Blue Jays (1978–1994), Baltimore Orioles (1996–1998), Seattle Mariners (2000–2003), and Philadelphia Phillies (2006–2008). He was born in Chico, California.
In 2011, he was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Bridget Regan
Glynn Turman
Glynn Russell Turman (born January 31, 1947) is an American actor. He played Toledo in the 2020 Netflix movie "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".
Turman played Lew Miles on the prime-time soap opera "Peyton Place", Leroy "Preach" Jackson in "Cooley High", Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom "A Different World" and Mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series "The Wire".
Turman was married Aretha Franklin from 1978 and they divorced in 1984.
Ted White (manager)
John Fiedler
John Donald Fiedler (February 3, 1925 – June 25, 2005) was an American actor. He played Juror #2 in "12 Angry Men" (1957) and was the voice of Piglet in Disney's Winnie the Pooh movies.
Leslie Jordan
Leslie Allen Jordan (born April 29, 1955) is an American actor and writer. He played Lonnie Garr in "Hearts Afire" and Beverly Leslie in "Will & Grace". In 2006, he won an Emmy Award.
Lazar Matveev
Lazar Lazarevich Matveev (Russian: Ла́зарь Лазаре́вич Матве́ев; born 17 April 1927) is a Russian intelligence leader and former Soviet intelligence leader. He was a senior KGB liaison officer during 1982 to 1989. He was the boss of Vladimir Putin when Putin worked for the KGB. Matveev was born in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Soviet Union.
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan
Grosse Pointe Woods is a suburban city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. 16,135 people lived there at the 2010 census. It about northeast of downtown Detroit.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (movie)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 2020 American drama movie directed by George C. Wolfe and written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. It is based on the play of the same name by August Wilson.
The movie was produced by Denzel Washington, Todd Black, and Dany Wolf. It stars Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, with Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, and Michael Potts.
The movie is about Ma Rainey and talks about her career in Chicago during the 1920s and how her career was affected by racism.
It was released on a limited theatrical release on November 25, 2020, before beginning to stream on Netflix on December 18.
George C. Wolfe
George Costello Wolfe (born September 23, 1954) is an American playwright and movie-theatre director. He won a Tony Award in 1993 for directing "" and another Tony Award in 1996 for his direction of the musical "Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk".
He was Artistic Director of The Public Theater from 1993 until 2004.
James Hormel
James Catherwood Hormel (born January 1, 1933) is an American philanthropist, LGBT activist, and Democratic politician. He was the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1999 to 2001 during the Bill Clinton presidency. Hormel was born in Austin, Minnesota.
George Smiley
George Smiley OBE is a fictional character created by John le Carré. Smiley is an intelligence officer with "The Circus". This is the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6.