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Pentti Uolevi Tiusanen (6 March 1949 – 8 December 2018) was a Finnish politician. He was born in Kotka, Finland. He was a member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Left Alliance. He was elected to Finnish Parliament in 1995. He left office in 2011.

Tiusanen died on 8 December 2018 from stomach cancer in Helsinki, aged 69.

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James Aloysius "Ace" Lyons Jr. (September 28, 1927 – December 12, 2018) was an American admiral in the United States Navy. He was Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet from 1985 to 1987. He was born in New Jersey. Lyons was known for writing a column about Seth Rich, a murdered lobbyist, that was retracted by The Washington Times. Lyons claimed Hillary Clinton was responsible for the killing.

Lyons died on December 12, 2018 from respiratory failure in Warrenton, Virginia at the age of 91.

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William Alfred Newsom III (February 15, 1934 – December 12, 2018) was an American politician and lawyer. He was born in San Francisco, California. He was an administrator of the Getty family trust. He was the father of California governor Gavin Newsom.

In 1975, Jerry Brown appointed Newsom to the Superior Court bench in Auburn (Placer County) and later to the state Court of Appeal in San Francisco, where he was until 1995.

Newsom died on December 12, 2018, at his home, in San Francisco, California, aged 84.

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Noah Klieger (; July 31, 1925 – December 13, 2018) was an Israeli journalist and sports administrator. He was born in Strasbourg, France. As a journalist, he worked for L'Équipe.

During the Holocaust Klieger survived the concentration camps Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora, and Ravensbruck. After World War II, he worked as a sports journalist in Israel. He was the president of the basketball club Maccabi Tel Aviv and chairman of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA)'s media council. 

In 2010 Noah Klieger was awarded the FIBA Order of Merit, and 2015 he was inducted into FIBA Hall of Fame for his contributions to international basketball.

In 2012 he became a Knight of the Legion of Honour (Legion d'Honneur), France's award for civilian merit. 

Klieger died on December 13, 2018 in Ramat Gan, Israel, from complications of heart disease, aged 92.

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Sheshan is the name for a pair of hills in Songjiang District in Shanghai, China. These two hills are West Sheshan, which is 97 meters high, and East Sheshan, which is 100.8 meters high.

The Chinese name is Shéshān (佘山). Shé (佘) is the name of a Chinese family, and shān (山) is a word that can mean "mountain", "mountains", "hill", or "hills". Some people say that the hills' name used to be Shéshān (蛇山), meaning "Snake Hill", but that the Chinese character was changed because people don't like snakes.

The hills are part of a forest park that is 64.08 square kilometers big. The park is open from 8  to 4:30 .

The top of the West Hill has Our Lady of Sheshan Catholic Church and the Sheshan Observatory. The East Hill has an amusement park.

Sheshan Station is a Shanghai Subway station on Line 9.

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SAM Colombia Flight 501 was a SAM Colombia Boeing 727-46 that crashed on May 19, 1993, killing all 132 on board, including several Panamanian dentists on their way to a convention. The crew reported over the Abejorral NDB beacon at FL160, approaching Medellín. The flight was then cleared to descend to FL120. The 727 had actually not yet reached the beacon, and descended into mountainous terrain. The flight struck Mount Paramo Frontino at 12,300 feet. Thunderstorm activity in the area made ADF navigation more difficult and the Medellín VOR/DME had been attacked by terrorists and was unserviceable.

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The star apple (Chrysophyllum cainito) is a fruit found in the lower regions of Eastern Mongolia. It is a hybrid fruit, ("Star", "Apple"). It is not poisonous. It is like a apple but more sweet 

Fruits
Sapotaceae
EgyptAir Flight 864 was a flight from Rome Fiumicino Airport to Tokyo International Airport in Tokyo. On 25 December 1976, the Boeing 707 on the route crashed into an building in Bangkok. All 52 people on board were killed, as well as 19 on the ground in the crash. Pilot error was determined to be the cause of the crash. EgyptAir said that the Bangkok control tower had not given enough weather information to the crew of Flight 864.

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The Salesforce tower is a skyscraper in the City of London, England. Its official name is 110 Bishopsgate and was formerly The Heron Tower, which it is still often called. When completed in 2011 it became the third tallest building in the United Kingdom and the tallest in the City of London after Tower 42. The Heron Tower is  on Bishopsgate. 

Construction lasted from 2007 to 2011. It is owned by Heron International. In 2014 there was naming dispute between Salesforce.com and Heron International. The City of London ruled in favour of it being named 110 Bishopsgate.

Construction
In March 2007, it was confirmed that Heron had signed a funding deal with the State General Reserve Fund of Oman to provide the equity for the development. The works were carried out by Skanska and completed in January 2011.

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Mesquite is a large city in north-central Texas. It is a part of a much larger group of cities called the Metroplex. Its population in 2013 was 143,484. The city manager of the city is Stan Pickett.

History 
The city was founded on March 14, 1878. It was named after the Mesquite Creek. The city was officially created on December 3, 1887.

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McLeod County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 36,651 people lived there. The county seat is Glencoe.

Minnesota counties
Martin County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 20,840 people lived there. The county seat is Fairmont.

Minnesota counties
Meeker County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 23,300. Its county seat is Litchfield.

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Mille Lacs County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 26,097 people lived there. The county seat is Milaca.

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Morrison County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 33,198 people lived there. The county seat is Little Falls.

Minnesota counties
Mower County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010 census, 39,163 people lived there. The county seat is Austin.

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Grellingen is a municipality of the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Blauen is a municipality of the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Burg im Leimental is a municipality of the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Dittingen is a municipality of the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Murray County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 8,725 people lived there. The county seat is Slayton.

Minnesota counties
Russell T. Vought (born March 26, 1976) is an American political aide and government official. He was the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Before this, he was  the vice president of Heritage Action for seven years. He also was a legislative assistant for U.S. Senator Phil Gramm.

In January 2019, Vought became Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

On March 18, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate him to be the full time Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought became the permanent director on July 22, 2020.

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Jean-Pierre Van Rossem (29 May 1945 – 14 December 2018) was a Belgian economist, author, philosopher, and politician that was convicted for fraud in the 1990's.

Biography 
He was a member of the Belgian from 1991 to 1995 and Flemish Parliaments from 1992 to 1995. Van Rossem was born in Bruges, Belgium. He was a member of the ROSSEM party. In 1991, he was sentenced to five years in prison for his money scams.

Van Rossem died on 14 December 2018 from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Brussels, Belgium, aged 73.

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Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid (; March 20, 1953 – December 25, 2018) was a German-American soccer coach. He worked as head coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer (MLS) from 1999 to 2004 and again from 2017 to 2018. He was born in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg.

Schmid worked for the UCLA's soccer men's soccer team from 1972 to 1999. From 2006 to 2008, he coached Columbus Crew. Schmid also coached for Seattle Sounders FC from 2009 to 2016.

Schmid was hospitalized several times during his later career, including with pneumonia in 2009. He had weight and heart issues that later lead to his decision to retire from the LA Galaxy in 2018.

Schmid was hospitalized again on December 10, 2018 in intensive care at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He died on December 25, 2018 from heart failure while waiting for a heart transplant, at the age of 65.

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Olivier Jean Blanchard (; born December 27, 1948) is a French economist. He worked for the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He was the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, from September 1, 2008 to October 2015. He is also Robert M. Solow Professor of Economics emeritus at MIT.

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French economists
Olmsted County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 144,248. Its county seat and largest city is Rochester. The county was founded in 1855 and named for David Olmsted.

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The discography of Britt Nicole, an American Christian pop singer-songwriter, consists of five studio albums, three extended plays, eleven singles, three promotional singles, five music videos and three album appearances. On May 22, 2007 she released her second album Say It. It peaked at fourth on Hot Christian Albums. The debut single from the album, "You", was released on March 27, 2007 and reached the Top 10 on Hot Christian Songs. The second single, "Sunshine Girl", was featured on MTV's teen reality show Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County. Nicole's first music video, for the song "Believe", premiered on the Gospel Music Channel on September 22, 2007. "Set the World On Fire" was released as third single.

The third album, The Lost Get Found, was released on August 11, 2009 and peaked No. 1 on Hot Christian Albums. The same month, a music video for her song "Holiday" surfaced on the internet. Her second single, "Walk on The Water", peaked No. 17 on the Hot Christian Songs. Overseas, the song "Headphones" was promoted as her second single in the United Kingdom. In March 26, 2012 she released her fourth album, Gold. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Hot Christian Albums and 41 on the Billboard 200. The singles "Stand" and "Breakthrough" were released to United States and United Kingdom Christian radio, respectively, in the fall of 2012. The former peaked at No. 11 on U.S. Christian contemporary hit radio and the latter peaked at No. 3 on UK Christian radio. In December 2012, she released two Christmas music videos, "Jingle Bell Rock" and "O Holy Night". Britt Nicole is co-signed to Capitol Records and released "Gold" as her debut mainstream single on December 4, 2012. The following year Gold was re-released as a mainstream album. In March 2015, she released a full-length remix album, The Remixes. On October 7, 2016 she released her fifth studio album, Britt Nicole.

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As lead artist

As featured artist

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Other charted songs

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Notes
A: as Brittany Waddell

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Prudnik is a city in Poland in Opole Voivodeship. About 21,000 people live there. Its area is about 21 km². The historical German name of the city is Neustadt, and the Czech name is Prudník. The Prudnik River goes through the city. The mayor of the city is Grzegorz Zawiślak.

History 
Prudnik is one of the oldest towns in Poland. It was originally a Czech town. During the Middle Ages it became a German city. It was called Neustadt for a long time. After the Second World War the city once again became Polish, and the German citizens were forced to leave. It has been called by its Polish name Prudnik ever since.

Famous people from Prudnik 
 Gerard Bernacki
 Dietrich von Choltitz
 Jan Góra
 Franciszek Surmiński
 Stanisław Szozda

Twin towns 
 Bohumín (Czech Republic)
 Northeim (Germany)
 Krnov (Czech Republic)
 Nadvirna (Ukraine)
 San Giustino (Italy)

Cities in Poland
Kędzierzyn-Koźle is a city in Poland in Opole Voivodeship. It has about 57,000 people living in it and is 123 km² in area.

Other websites 
 The Jewish Community in Kędzierzyn-Koźle , on Virtual Shtetl

Cities in Poland
Brzeg is a city in Poland in Opole Voivodeship. It has about 36,000 people living in it and is 14,6 km² in area.

Cities in Poland
Nysa is a city in Poland in Opole Voivodeship. It has about 44,000 people living in it and is 27,5 km² in area.

Cities in Poland
Opole Voivodeship is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland. It can be found in the southern Poland. It is mostly in the historical land Upper Silesia. The capital of the Voivodeship is Opole.

It was created on 1 January 1999.

Administrative division
Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties (powiats): 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.

Protected areas
Protected areas in Opole Voivodeship include three Landscape Parks. These are listed below.
Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park
Góra Świętej Anny Landscape Park
Stobrawa Landscape Park

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Nicollet County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 32,727 people lived there. The county seat is St. Peter.

Minnesota counties
Nobles County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 21,378 people lived there. The county seat is Worthington.

Minnesota counties
Norman County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 6,852 people lived there. The county seat is Ada.

Minnesota counties
Otter Tail County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 57,303 people lived there. The county seat is Fergus Falls.

Minnesota counties
Pennington County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, 13,930 people lived there. The county seat is Thief River Falls. It was founded on November 23, 1910.

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Pine County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 29,750 people lived there. The county seat is Pine City.

Minnesota counties
Duggingen is a municipality of the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Municipalities of Basel-Landschaft
Liesberg is a municipality of the district Laufen of the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Municipalities of Basel-Landschaft
Biel-Benken is a municipality of the district Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Nenzlingen is a municipality of the district Laufen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Roggenburg  is a municipality of the district Laufen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Röschenz is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Municipalities of Basel-Landschaft
Wahlen is a municipality of the district Laufen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Municipalities of Basel-Landschaft
Zwingen is a municipality of the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Dénia (;  ), is a historical coastal city in the province of Alicante, Spain. It is on the Costa Blanca halfway between Alicante and Valencia. It is  the capital and judicial seat of the comarca of Marina Alta. , 41,672 people live there.

Climate
Dénia has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa), with mild and short winters and hot and long summers. The average temperature of the coldest month (January) is , while the average temperature of the hottest month (August) is . The city enjoys around 3,000 sunshine hours per year.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Denia was 42°C (108°F) and the lowest was -4°C (24°F) on 5 December 2017.

Twin towns 
 Cholet, France

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Municipalities in Valencia (autonomous community)
Alicante Province
Steele County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 36,576 people lived there. The county seat is Owatonna.

Minnesota counties
Pipestone County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 9,596 people lived there. The county seat is Pipestone.

Minnesota counties
Stearns County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 150,642 people lived there. The county seat is St. Cloud.

Minnesota counties
Polk County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 37,600 people lived there. The county seat is Crookston.

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Pope County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 10,995 people lived there. The county seat is Glenwood.

Minnesota counties
Ramsey County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, 508,640 people lived there, making it the second-most populous county in Minnesota. The county seat is Saint Paul, which is also Minnesota's state capital. The county was founded in 1849 and is named for Alexander Ramsey (W), the first governor of the Minnesota Territory.

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Red Lake County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 4,089 people lived there. The county seat is Red Lake Falls.

Minnesota counties
Redwood County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 16,059 people lived there. The county seat is Redwood Falls.

Redwood County is along the Redwood River near its confluence with the Minnesota River.

Minnesota counties
Renville County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 15,730 people lived there. The county seat is Olivia.

Minnesota counties
Dar or Dhar is the name of a Kashmiri tribe. People with the surname Dar are living in different regions in the world, especially in Kashmir, Pakistan, India, and also outside South Asia.

Notable people 

Farooq Ahmed Dar,JKLF leader
 Abdul Majeed Dar, Hizbul Mujahideen Commander
Meeraji (born Mohammed Sanaullah Dar), Urdu poet-scholar, considered one of the fathers of modernism in Urdu literature
Aneek Dhar, Indian singer
Anuj Dhar, Indian author and journalist
Birbal Dhar, leader of Kashmiri resistance to Afghan rule
Divya Dhar
Durga Prasad Dhar, ambassador of India to the Soviet Union
Kiran Kumar, Indian actor
Mirza Pandit Dhar
Muhammad Ahsan Dar, founder and former Hizbul Mujahideen commander
 Muhammad Nasir Dar, PAF Shaheed
P. N. Dhar, Principal Secretary to Indira Gandhi
Sandeepa Dhar, Bollywood actress
Sheila Dhar, Kashmiri Indian author and singer
Sudhir Dar (b. 1934), cartoonist
Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar, Urdu novelist
Rumeli Dhar, Indian cricketer
KSHMR (real name Niles Hollowell-Dhar), Indo-American EDM artist
Angira Dhar, Indian actress

Pakistani sportspeople 

Aleem Dar, Pakistani cricket umpire
Haroon Rasheed, former Pakistani test cricketer and manager
Nida Dar, female Pakistani test cricketer 
Tabarak Dar, Bangkok cricketer 
Munir Ahmed Dar, field hockey
Tanvir Dar, field hockey
Asif Dar, boxer

Pakistani politicians 

Ishaq Dar, Pakistani Finance Minister
Sh Rohail Asghar Dar, Pakistani Member of Parliament
Kiran Imran Dar, politician and MNA for women from Punjab

Ethnic groups in Pakistan
Ethnic groups in India
Pakistani tribes
Kashmir
Philippe Moureaux (12 April 1939 – 15 December 2018) was a Belgian politician. He was born in Etterbeek, Belgium. He was a professor at Université libre de Bruxelles. He was the first and third Minister-President of the French Community from 1981 to 1985 and again in 1988. He was a member of the Parti socialiste. He was also mayor of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek.

Moureaux died on 15 December 2018 in Brussels, Belgium from cancer, aged 79.

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Walloon politicians
Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States.

Superintendent of Finance in 1784.
As Superintendent of Finance and Chairman of the United States Government's Secret Committee on Foreign Affairs Correspondence, Robert Morris between 1782 and 1785, he corresponded with Luis de Unzaga y Amézaga, key help for this birth de USA.

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United States senators from Pennsylvania
1862 in the United States
American Civil War
American Old West
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Western United States
The Homestead Acts are a series of acts made by the United States from 1850 to 1916. They essentially declared that the United States government would give a piece of land (typically 160 acres), especially that West of the Mississippi River, to an applicant for free for the individual to farm. Negroes were explicitly included, though discrimination barriers made inclusion difficult.  Homesteading was officially ended in 1976, though very little actually took place after the 1930s. The Homestead Acts were significant to post-Civil War America for its immense westward expansion. Homesteads accounted for about 10 percent of the United States. Additionally, they were significant for their inclusion. Women and Negroes were eligible to claim a homestead. Only some minor exclusions were made, such as the exclusion of those who had previously taken up arms against the United States federal government.
Keetmanshoop is a city in the Karas Region of southern Namibia, on the Trans-Namib Railway from Windhoek to Upington in South Africa. It is named after Johann Keetman, a German industrialist and benefactor of the city.

The town is in a semi-arid area, normally receiving an annual average rainfall of only , although in 1977  was measured.

Geography

Climate 
Keetmanshoop has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with long, very hot summers and mild to warm winters. The annual average rainfall is only . Keetmanshoop is one of the sunniest places year-round on the planet with a mean sunshine duration over 3,870 h yearly or 10.7 sunny hours daily or well above 87% of the time. The annual mean temperature is 21.1 °C (70.0 °F) with a mean annual high of 28.8 °C (83.8 °F) and a low of 13.3 °C (55.9 °F). The climate is characterized by sunshine and dryness as well as moderate heat all year long.

The highest temperature yet recorded in Keetmanshoop was 42.8 °C (109.0 °F) on 8 & 9 January 2012 and the coldest was -2.7 °C (27.1 °F) on 18 July 1989.

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Cities in Africa
Geography of Namibia
Roseau County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota, along the Canada–US border. As of the 2010 census, 15,629 people lived there. The county seat is Roseau. It is south of the border with Manitoba.

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The earliest known life forms found on Earth are fossils of microorganisms in 3.46 billion year old rocks in Western Australia.  Life forms, as microorganisms, may have lived much earlier. The earliest time that life forms first appeared on Earth is unknown. Such life forms may have lived as early as 4.28 billion years ago, not long after the oceans were formed 4.41 billion years ago, and not long after the formation of the Earth 4.54 billion years ago.

A life form, or lifeform, is an organism that is living. Estimates of the number of species of life forms on Earth range from 14 million, to as many as 1 trillion species. More than 99% of all species of life forms that have ever lived on Earth are thought to be extinct. Life forms may be found everywhere on Earth. This includes underground, possibly at least 12 miles deep underground, and the deepest parts of the oceans. Life can be found at least 47 miles high in the atmosphere and, under test conditions, it survives the vacuum of outer space.
 
According to one researcher, "You can find microbes everywhere — [they are] extremely adaptable to conditions, and survive wherever they are".

Earliest life forms 

Fossil evidence is at the basis of most studies about the origin of life. The age of the Earth is about 4.54 billion years; the best evidence of early life on Earth dates from at least 3.46 billion years ago.

In 2017, fossils of fossilized microorganisms were reported to have been discovered near hydrothermal vents in Quebec, Canada. These fossils are thought to be at least 3.779 million years old.

Also in 2017, evidence of life on land may have been found in 3.48 billion-year-old rocks, discovered in Western Australia, that are usually found around hot springs and geysers.

In November 2017, a study by the University of Edinburgh suggested that life on Earth may have originated from biological particles carried by streams of space dust.

Nonetheless, according to biologist Stephen Blair Hedges, "If life arose relatively quickly on Earth … then it could be common in the universe."

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Related pages 

 Astrobiology
 Extraterrestrial life
 Extremophile
 Stromatolite
 Life timeline
 Last universal common ancestor
 Oldest dated rocks
 Panspermia

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Earth sciences
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Molecular biology
Prokaryotes
Scott County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 129,928 people lived there. The county seat is Shakopee.

Minnesota counties
Sherburne County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 88,499 people lived there. The county seat is Elk River.

Minnesota counties
Sibley County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 15,226 people lived there. The county seat is Gaylord.

Minnesota counties
Stevens County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 9,726 people lived there. The county seat is Morris.

Minnesota counties
Swift County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 9,783 people lived there. The county seat is Benson.

Minnesota counties
Todd County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 24,895 people lived there. The county seat is Long Prairie.

Minnesota counties
Traverse County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 3,558 people lived there. The county seat is Wheaton.

Minnesota counties
Wabasha County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 21,676 people lived there. The county seat is Wabasha.

Minnesota counties
Wadena County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 13,843 people lived there. The county seat is Wadena.

Minnesota counties
Ettingen is a municipality of the district Arlesheim of the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Municipalities of Basel-Landschaft
Daniel Hernandez (born May 8, 1996), also known as 6ix9ine (pronounced "six nine"), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and Internet personality. Hernandez is known for his distinctive rainbow-themed look, tattoos, aggressive style of rapping, public feuds with fellow celebrities, legal issues, and controversial public persona.

Hernandez rose to mainstream fame in late 2017 with the release of his debut single "Gummo", which was certified platinum by the RIAA. In early 2018, Hernandez released his debut mixtape, Day69, which debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart. He later earned his first top-five entry on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Fefe", featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz, which peaked at number three on the chart. His debut studio album, Dummy Boy, was released on November 27, 2018, after being delayed a week earlier due to his arrest, and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart.

Hernandez pled guilty to using a 13-year-old child in a sexual performance in 2015. He was arrested in November 2018 on racketeering and firearm charges, among others, for which he is facing a possible life sentence in federal prison. Hernandez pled guilty to nine charges in February 2019. On December 18, 2019, Hernandez was given a sentence of 2 years after testifying against the Nine Trey Gang. On March 22, 2020, Hernandez requested to serve prison at home because he is at a higher risk of attracting the COVID-19 due to his asthma.

He is of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent.

References

 US Rapper Tekashi69 gets two-year sentence after helping feds

1996 births
Living people
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Eliot Lance Engel (; born February 18, 1947) is an American politician. He was the U.S. Representative for  from January 3, 2013 until January 3, 2021. Engel was first elected in the House in January 3, 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. 

In 1977, Engel entered the special election for a seat in the New York State Assembly.  He was the Liberal Party nominee in the special election, and on March 1, 1977, he defeated Democratic nominee Ted Weinstein and Republican nominee Arlene Siegel.

In the 2020 election, Engel lost the Democratic nomination to school principal Jamaal Bowman in a highly contested primary re-election.

References

Other websites
 Congressman Eliot Engel  official House site
 Eliot Engel for Congress 
 
 
 Profile at SourceWatch
 Quotes at BrainyQuote.com
 Engel's War Record Draws Red Flagg 
 Congressional incumbent Engel and challenger Micah Flagg clash over Engel's record
 2008 congressional screening questionnaire response  from the 504 Democratic Club

1947 births
Living people
United States representatives from New York
Politicians from New York City
US Democratic Party politicians
José Enrique Serrano (born October 24, 1943) is an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1990 until 2021. Serrano is a Democrat from New York. 

He is not running for re-election in 2020 due to a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.

References

Other websites
Congressman José E. Serrano  official U.S. House site

 
Profile  at SourceWatch
Rep. Jose Serrano: One of Three Congress members to Vote for Immediate U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq, December 1, 2005

1943 births
Living people
People with Parkinson's disease
United States representatives from New York
Politicians from New York City
US Democratic Party politicians
Thomas Kent Wetherell (December 22, 1945 – December 16, 2018) was an American politician and educator. He was born in Daytona Beach, Florida. He was a Democrat. Wetherell was the 86th Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 1991 to 1992. He was the 13th President of Florida State University from 2003 to 2010.

Wetherell died from complications of prostate cancer on December 16, 2018 in Tallahassee, Florida, aged 72.

References

Other websites
FSU: Office of the President

1945 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from prostate cancer
Cancer deaths in Florida
Educators from Florida
Politicians from Florida
US Democratic Party politicians
People from Daytona Beach, Florida
Greenwood is a town in southern Caddo Parish, in the northwest corner of the U.S state of Louisiana. The population was 3,219 at the 2010 census.

Greenwood is  west of downtown Shreveport.

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Towns in Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Ángel Mario Ponce Camacho ( Ángela Maria Ponce Camacho, according to his wishes) is a Spanish model and beauty pageant titleholder. He won Miss Spain 2018. Ponce made history on June 29, 2018, when he became the first biologically male transgender  to ever be crowned Miss Spain. He represented Spain at Miss Universe 2018, where he became the first transgender contestant competing for the title. He was born in Pilas, Spain.

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Middle East Airlines Flight 438, a Boeing 720B, callsign CEDAR JET 438, was flying from Beirut to Abu Dhabi on 1 January 1976, when a bomb exploded in the forward cargo compartment. 

The aircraft broke up at an altitude of  and crashed 37 km (23 mi) northwest of Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia. 81 passengers and crew were killed. The bombers were never identified.

References

 UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary (ICAO Summary 4/76)

Mass murder in Asia
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20th century in Lebanon
20th century in Saudi Arabia
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January events
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (born 28 June 1995) is a South African model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Universe 2017. She was crowned Miss South Africa 2017, and is the second Miss Universe winner from South Africa. 

Nel-Peters got married with Tim Tebow on 20 January 2020.

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1995 births
Living people
South African models
Miss Universe winners
South African people
Armi Helena Kuusela (born 20 August 1934) is a Finnish model and beauty queen. In 1952 she won the national beauty contest Suomen Neito. She was presented with a trip to the United States to participate in the first-ever Miss Universe pageant. She is the first titleholder in history.

Biography 
Armi's parents, Aarne Kuusela and Martta Kürö, met in the Canadian province of Ontario, where they soon got married and where their first child was born. After spending several years in Canada, they returned to Finland, settling in the town of Muhosa in Northern Ostrobothnia. Martta gave birth to one boy and five girls, one of whom died at the age of two and a half. Martta's fourth daughter was born on August 20, 1934. In 1951, at the age of 17, Armi began attending a women's college in Porvoo. She was fond of swimming, skiing, gymnastics and was going to enter the Faculty of Gymnastics at the University of Helsinki.

References

Other websites
 Official Miss Universe website – Past titleholders

1934 births
Living people
Finnish people
Miss Universe winners
Carol Ann Laverne Morris (born April 8, 1936) is an American actress, model and beauty queen. She was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant's fifth edition in 1956.  She was born in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1956, she was crowned Miss Iowa USA.

References

Other websites
 Miss 2011 - Carol Morris Miss Universe 1956 A Universal International News movie clip.
 

1936 births
Living people
Models from Nebraska
American movie actors
Miss Universe winners
Actors from Omaha, Nebraska
Actors from Des Moines, Iowa
Miss USA
Winnsboro is a town in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,550 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Fairfield County. Winnsboro is a suburb of Columbia, South Carolina.

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County seats in South Carolina
Aesch is a city in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. It is in the Arlesheim district.

References

Other websites 

 Official website 

Municipalities of Basel-Landschaft
Cities in Switzerland
Waseca County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 19,136 people lived there. The county seat is Waseca.

Minnesota counties
Watonwan County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 11,211 people lived there. The county seat is St. James.

Minnesota counties
Wilkin County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 6,576 people lived there. The county seat is Breckenridge.

Minnesota counties
Winona County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010, 51,461 people lived there. The county seat is Winona.

Minnesota counties
Yellow Medicine County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, 10,438 people lived there. The county seat is Granite Falls.

Minnesota counties
Yotta is the largest decimal unit prefix in the metric system, denoting a factor of  1024 or ; that is, one million million million million, or one septillion. It has the unit symbol Y. The prefix name is derived from the Ancient Greek  (), meaning "eight", because it is equal to 1,0008. It was added as an SI prefix to the International System of Units (SI) in 1991.

Usage examples:
The mass of the Earth is 5,972.6 Yg.
The mass of the oceans is about 1.4 Yg.
The total power output of the Sun is approximately 385 YW.
The observable universe is estimated to be 880 Ym in diameter.
One yottabyte (YB) is a unit of digital information or information storage capacity  that contains one septillion bytes or 1,000 zettabytes.  The yobibyte (YiB) is a related unit that uses a binary prefix, and means 1,0248 bytes, which is approximately 1.2 septillion bytes.

Related pages
Metric prefix
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Schönenbuch is a municipality of the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Municipalities of Basel-Landschaft
Binningen is a municipality of the district Arlesheim of the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Other websites 

 Official website 

Municipalities of Basel-Landschaft
Cities in Switzerland
Bottmingen (Swiss German: Bottmige) is a municipality of the district Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Other websites 

  
 

Municipalities of Basel-Landschaft
Pfeffingen is a municipality of the district Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

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Municipalities of Basel-Landschaft
Arlesheim District is one of the five districts in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. The capital is Arlesheim. As of 31 March 2017, 156,222 people lived there.

The district has 15 municipalities:
 Aesch
 Allschwil
 Arlesheim
 Biel-Benken
 Binningen
 Birsfelden
 Bottmingen
 Ettingen
 Münchenstein
 Muttenz
 Oberwil
 Pfeffingen
 Reinach
 Schönenbuch
 Therwil

Districts of Basel-Landschaft
Laufen District () is one of the five districts in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. The capital is the town of Laufen. As of 31 March 2017, 19,949 people lived there.

The district has 13 municipalities:
 Blauen
 Brislach
 Burg im Leimental
 Dittingen
 Duggingen
 Grellingen
 Laufen
 Liesberg
 Nenzlingen
 Roggenburg
 Röschenz
 Wahlen
 Zwingen

Districts of Basel-Landschaft
Liestal District is one of the five districts in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. The capital is the city of Liestal, which is also the capital of the canton of Basel-Landschaft. As of 31 March 2017, 60,655 people lived there.

The district has 14 municipalities:
 Arisdorf
 Augst
 Bubendorf
 Frenkendorf
 Füllinsdorf
 Giebenach
 Hersberg
 Lausen
 Liestal
 Lupsingen
 Pratteln
 Ramlinsburg
 Seltisberg
 Ziefen

Districts of Basel-Landschaft
Sissach District is one of the five districts in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. The capital is Sissach. As of 31 March 2017, 35,743 people lived there.

The district has 29 municipalities:
 Anwil
 Böckten
 Buckten
 Buus
 Diepflingen
 Gelterkinden
 Häfelfingen
 Hemmiken
 Itingen
 Känerkinden
 Kilchberg
 Läufelfingen
 Maisprach
 Nusshof
 Oltingen
 Ormalingen
 Rickenbach
 Rothenfluh
 Rümlingen
 Rünenberg
 Sissach
 Tecknau
 Tenniken
 Thürnen
 Wenslingen
 Wintersingen
 Wittinsburg
 Zeglingen
 Zunzgen

Districts of Basel-Landschaft
Waldenburg District is one of the five districts in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. The capital is Waldenburg. As of 31 March 2017, 16,091 people lived there.

The district has 15 municipalities:
 Arboldswil
 Bennwil
 Bretzwil
 Diegten
 Eptingen
 Hölstein
 Lampenberg
 Langenbruck
 Lauwil
 Liedertswil
 Niederdorf
 Oberdorf
 Reigoldswil
 Titterten
 Waldenburg

Districts of Basel-Landschaft
Basnet () with ancient spelling Basnyat () is a surname belonging to Kshetri caste in Nepal.

Basnet clans
Some of the Basnet clans are Shreepali Basnet, Khapatari Basnet, Khulal Basnet, Lamichhane Basnet and others.

Shreepali Basnet
Shreepali Basnet is clan among Basnet. They claim Bharadwaj Gotra. This clan was politically significant than other Basnet clans. Shivaram Singh Basnyat, the commander of Gorkhali forces belonged to Shreepali Basnet clan. Abhiman Singh Basnet was a minister of Kshetri caste.

Khapatari Basnet
Khapatari/Khabatari Basnet is another clan among Basnets. They claim Kaushik Gotra. Khabatari claim their lineage to Raghuvanshi King Ram. Some of the Khabatari Basnets were warriors in the Nepalese Army. Colonel Pahalman Singh Basnyat of this clan was awarded with the title of "Shree 1" prefix. General Singha Bahadur Basnyat, the Chief of Nepalese Army belonged to this clan.

Notable Basnets
Shovit Basnet
Salon Basnet
Nischal Basnet
Niroj Basnet

References

Surnames
Nepali culture
Chinook Jargon is a nearly extinct American indigenous language.

The U.S. state of Washington uses the Chinook Jargon phrase Al-ki (English: "By and by") as its state motto.

Languages
Selsey is a seaside town and civil parish, about eight miles (12 km) south of Chichester in West Sussex, England. Selsey is at the southernmost point of the Manhood Peninsula, almost cut off from mainland Sussex by the sea. It is bounded to the west by Bracklesham Bay, to the north by Broad Rife (rife being the local word for stream or creek), to the east by Pagham Harbour and ends in the south at Selsey Bill. There are significant rock formations beneath the sea off both of its coasts, named the Owers rocks and Mixon rocks. Coastal erosion has been an ever-present problem for Selsey.

The B2145 is the only road in and out of the town crossing a bridge over the water inlet at Pagham Harbour at a point known as "the ferry". At one time Selsey was  inaccessible at flood tide, and a boat was stationed at the ferry to take horses and passengers to and from Sidlesham.

Climate
Selsey's climate is classified as warm and temperate. Although Selsey is the sunniest place in the UK, there is rainfall throughout the year and even the driest month still has rain.  Probably the most problematic climatic hazard is wind. The town is in an area where tornadoes and waterspouts are common. A tornado in 1986 damaged 200 houses and cut a swathe 70 metres wide.  Another tornado in 1998 left an estimated £10m of destruction and damaged Patrick Moore's observatory.

The warmest recorded temperature in Selsey between 1981 and 2010 was 29.0°C on 10 July 1995 and the coldest was -8.6°C on 7 February 1991.

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Towns in West Sussex
Churchill County is a county in the western U.S. state of Nevada. In 2010, 24,877 people lived there. The county seat is Fallon.

Nevada counties
Douglas County is a county in the state of Nevada in the United States. In 2010, 46,997 people lived there. The county seat is Minden.

Nevada counties
Elko County is a county in the state of Nevada in the United States. In 2010, 48,818 people lived there. The county seat is Elko.

Nevada counties
Esmeralda County is a county in the state of Nevada in the United States. In 2010, 783 people lived there. The county seat is Goldfield.

Nevada counties
Eureka County is a county in the state of Nevada in the United States. In 2010, 1,987 people lived there. The county seat is Eureka.

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Eureka is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is the county seat of Eureka County.

It is the birthplace of the CIA spy, Tony Mendez. 

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Humboldt County is a county in the state of Nevada in the United States. In 2010, 16,528 people lived there. The county seat is Winnemucca.

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Lander County is a county in the state of Nevada in the United States. In 2010, 5,775 people lived there. The county seat is Battle Mountain.

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The Theory of forms is a philosophical idea held by the famous Greek philosopher Plato. Plato believed that behind every single thing in our world there is a form, which is the true eternal essence of that thing. We can explain this view with an example. In the world there are many different horses: big horses and small horses, grey horses and white horses, old horses and young horses and so forth.  According to Plato each horse is an imperfect copy of the horse 'form', the one true horse. In other words, they are all imitations of the perfect horse. Plato uses shadows as an analogy: Like a tree forms a shadow, so is the tree itself a shadow of the 'form', the one true tree. The Theory of forms applies not only to physical objects but also to abstract concepts such as beauty, anger, good and evil.

Plato also explains that it is impossible for us to perceive these forms through our senses, like our sense of hearing or sense of seeing. The only way we can truly understand a form is through the use of logic and mathematics. Through mathematics, we have discovered the form of the triangle: a polygon with 3 sides. However we will never be able to truly see with our eyes such a triangle. Even if we tried to draw it on a whiteboard with a ruler, it's lines will never be perfectly straight and two-dimensional.

Philosophy
Lincoln County is a county in the state of Nevada in the United States. In 2010, 5,345 people lived there. The county seat is Pioche.

Nevada counties
The Nissan 240SX was a sports car produced by Nissan.

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