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Cyclone Viyaru

Cyclonic Storm Viyaru, formerly known as Cyclonic Storm Mahasen, was an active tropical cyclone. It passed over the Bay of Bengal. It threatened Myanmar and Bangladesh. Its origin was a low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal. The low pressure area was created in the first week of May. Viyaru slowly developed. It became a depression on May 10 by almost remaining still. Gradually it gained speed on May 11 and became a cyclonic storm. It was the first storm of the season. At first the system's ultimate direction was not clear, but moved closer to eastern India. On May 14, the circulation of Viyaru turned northeastward.

Myanmar recommended a large evacuation in order to be prepared for the storm; however, for this reason people wanted to escape by boat. As a result, they made boats overcrowded, and one or more boats capsized. This killed at least eight people. The storm had extensive cloud mass, which brought unsettled weather to Sri Lanka, Thailand, and southeastern India. Severe storms in India and Sri Lanka killed 15 people and caused major damage. One person was killed in Thailand. 

The name Mahasen caused some argument from nationalists and officials in Sri Lanka. They claimed that the name Mahasen comes from a Sinhala king. He brought prosperity to the island. So naming a destructive force of nature after him would be improper. Sri Lankan authorities instead have not given the storm a name.

Cyclone Viyaru struck Southern Bangladesh on 16 May 2013. The speed of the wind was about 100 kph.

Weather history

An area of convection first appeared on May 4. It slowly moved eastwards and organized into a low pressure area on May 8. A pulse in the Madden–Julian oscillation, together with a convective Kelvin wave allowed the system to develop. These oscillations also caused Tropical Storm Jamala to form. The JTWC later issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) on May 10, after the system became more organized. The IMD upgraded it to a well-marked low pressure area. Later the same day, JTWC issued the first warning for the storm. JTWC designed it 01B, followed by the IMD upgrading the storm into a depression, and later into a deep depression.

Recent storm information
As of 0830 IST (0300 UTC), 16 May 2013, Cyclonic Storm Mahasen was located near latitude 21°N and longitude 90°E, about  south-southeast of Kolkata and  southwest of Chittagong. The storm is forecast to maintain power. It is moving northeastwards. It is expected to cross the Bangladesh coast close to Chittagong by evening of 16 May. Sustained maximum surface wind speed is estimated at , gusting to . Estimated minimum central pressure is at 988 mbar. Dvorak intensity of the storm is at T2.5.

Reference

Other websites

 India Meteorological Department 
 Joint Typhoon Warning Center 
 Corporate Disaster Resource Network, India 

For the latest information
 The IMD's Cyclone warning for Indian coast .
 The IMD's Tropical Cyclone Advisory  and forecast track .
 The JTWC's Tropical Cyclone warning  and forecast track.

Cyclonic storms
May 2013 events
2013 in weather
21st century in Sri Lanka
2010s in Thailand
History of Myanmar
2010s in Bangladesh
2013 in India
Thomas Nolte

Thomas Nolte (born June 13, 1984) is a skier from Germany.  He has a disability and uses a wheelchair.  He skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships and was the third skier to finish in the sitting men's  slalom race.

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1984 births
Living people
German skiers
Henrieta Farkašová

Henrieta Farkašová (born May 23, 1986)   is a skier from Slovakia. She has a disability: she cannot see everything.  She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.  She was the first skier to finish the women's visually impaired downhill race, slalom race, giant slalom race and super combined race. Because she cannot see, Natália Šubrtová was her guide and told her where to go when going down the mountain.

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Slovakian skiers
1986 births
Living people
Competitors at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Natália Šubrtová

Natália Šubrtová (born 1 May 1989 in Kežmarok) is a skier from Slovakia. She helps skiers who cannot see by telling them where to go on a mountain.  She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships with Henrieta Farkašová. They were the first skiers to finish the women's visually impaired downhill race, slalom race, giant slalom race and super combined race.

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1989 births
Living people
Sighted guides
Slovakian skiers
Engineering tolerance

Engineering tolerance is the ability of a machine to cope with changes while still continuing to work. This includes changes to size, quality (for example, the smoothness of the surface), the outside world (for example, dampness or heat). When a machine is made the needed engineering tolerance is set to provide a balance between performance and the need to cope with the changes it may experience.

 

Engineering
Melissa Perrine

Henrieta Farkašová (born 21 February 1988) is a skier from Australia.  She has a disability: she cannot see everything.  She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.  She was the second skier to finish the women's visually impaired downhill race, and the third skier to finish in the Super-G race and the Super Combined race. Because she cannot see, Andrew Bor was her guide and told her where to go when going down the mountain.

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Australian skiers
1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from New South Wales
Sportspeople with disabilities, type B2
Competitors at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Andrew Bor

Andrew Bor (born 14 April 1963) is a skier and ski coach from Australia. He helps skiers who cannot see by telling them where to go on a mountain.  He skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships with Melissa Perrine. They were the second skiers to finish the women's visually impaired downhill race, and the third skiers to finish in the Super-G race and the Super Combined race.

References

Sportspeople from Queensland
Australian skiers
Living people
1963 births
Coaches
Sighted guides
Alexandra Frantseva

Alexandra Frantseva (born 24 April 1987) is a skier from Russia. She has a disability: she cannot see everything.  She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.  She was the second skier to finish in the women's visually impaired Super-G race, Giant slalom race and Super Combined race, and the third skier to finish the women's visually impaired downhill race and slalom race. Because she cannot see, Evgenia Kolosovskaya was her guide and told her where to go when going down the mountain.

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Russian sportspeople
Skiers
Living people
1987 births
Bioturbation

Bioturbation is the reworking of soils and sediments by animals or plants. It disturbs and changes sediment. Any animal living in the soil or on the bottom under water may disturb the sediment by moving it around. Burrowing, eating and defecation of sediment grains, building galleries (etc.) all disturb the sediment.

Common bioturbators include annelids ("ringed worms") such as oligochaetes, bivalves like mussels, clams, gastropods, holothurians. 

Fossil sites with bioturbation do not leave traces of soft-bodied animals. In contrast, fossil sites with undisturbed sediment have given rise to important lagerstätten with many impressions of small soft-bodied invertebrates.

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Ecology
Sedimentology
Paradip

Paradip (also Paradeep) is a major seaport town in India. It is a designated notified area in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha.

Geography
Paradip is located at . It has an average elevation of .

Reference

Other websites
 
 About Paradip
 Port of Paradip
 At Hannover, India’s big infrastructure idea: Special Economic Regions

Towns in India
Odisha
European badger

The European badger (Meles meles) is a species of badger. Its genus is Meles. It is native to almost all of Europe. It is classed as Least Concern for extinction by the IUCN because of its wide distribution and large population.

The European badger is a social, burrowing animal. It eats a wide variety of plants and animals. It is very fussy over the cleanliness of its burrow, and defecates in latrines. It is known of European badgers that they bury their dead family members. Although they are ferocious when provoked, the European badger is generally a peaceful animal. It has been known to share its burrows with other species such as rabbits, red foxes and raccoon dogs. Although it does not usually prey on domestic animals, the species is sometimes reported to damage livestock through spreading bovine tuberculosis.

Reference

Other websites
 ARKive  Photographs and video
 Badgerland - The Definitive On-Line Guide to Badgers (Meles meles) in the UK
 Badgerwatcher.com - A guide to watching badgers in the UK
 Wildlifeonline - Natural History of the European Badger
 Lancashire Badger Group.
 Science & Nature: Animals , BBC.
 Badgers in the Netherlands, Badgergroup Brabant Foundation.
 Badger Survey in the Netherlands 2000-2001 , The Census Foundation.
 Waarneming.nl  Originally a Dutch site, but you can change language at the top of the page. Sightings, pictures and distribution maps of European badgers in the Netherlands.
 Badgers in France, L’assiociation Meles.
 A video of an adult european badger. This is a close up video showing their behaviour

Mustelids
Mammals of Europe
Outrigger skis

Outrigger skis are skis that are used by para-skiers to help with balance, turn, control their rate of motion, stop and make greater the direction of turns.   They be different in size and level, and have different things. Being dependent on the total number of skis used by the skier (1 or 2), outrigger ski form  is sometimes named "Three Track Skiing" or "Four Track Skiing".  When falling, skiers are taught to move their arms to put a stop to falling on the outrigger ski and damaging themselves.

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Other websites
 

Skiing equipment
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC) (; ; , more commonly just  ) is the largest bank in the world by profit and market capitalization. It is one of China's 'Big Four' state-owned commercial banks. The other three banks are Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, and China Construction Bank.
It was founded on January 1, 1984. At first it was a private company. It had assets of RMB 12.55 trillion (US$1.9 trillion). It also had over 18,000 outlets including 106 overseas branches and agents globally. In 2013, it was ranked number 1 on Forbes Global 2000 list of world's biggest public companies.

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1984 establishments in Asia
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1980s establishments in China
Nellaiappar Temple

The Swami Nellaiappar Temple () is a Hindu temple in the city of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a the main centre of attraction in the city.

The Nellaiappar Temple is in the middle of Tirunelveli. It is surrounded by roads on all four sides. All the roads are filled with small stores, hotels and other small businesses. The other name for Tirunelveli is Nellai, which is derived from the god of this temple "Nellaiappar", means the Protector of Nellai.

The Nellaiappar Temple was constructed by Nindraseer Nedumaran who reigned in the 7th century A.D. There is a flower garden in the centre of the temple. In the centre of the garden, there is a square vasantha mandapam with 100 pillars. It is said that this whole place used to be full of bamboo trees and was destroyed, and so inside the temple they still have some bamboo trees.

Hindu temples
Temples in India
Tirunelveli district
7th-century establishments in India
Cooling tower

Cooling towers are towers that are used to transfer waste heat to the atmosphere. Cooling towers may use the evaporation of water to remove heat and cool the working fluid to near the wet-bulb air temperature. They may also use only air to cool the working fluid to near the dry-bulb air temperature. Cooling towers are used in oil refineries, petrochemical plants and power stations, especially nuclear power stations. In a nuclear power plant, the cooling tower is isolated from the nuclear reactor by a heat exchanger, and the steam from the cooling tower is not radioactive. The cooling tower is usually the tallest and most visible part of a nuclear power plant, much taller than the reactor building or turbine hall. 

Towers
Engineering
Gakkel Ridge

The Gakkel Ridge (formerly known as the Nansen Cordillera and Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge) is a mid-oceanic ridge. It is located in the Arctic Ocean between Greenland and Siberia. It is a divergent tectonic plate boundary between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is  in length.  Geologically, it connects the northern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge with the Laptev Sea Rift.

The existence and approximate location of the Gakkel Ridge were predicted by Soviet polar explorer Yakov Yakovlevich Gakkel. It was confirmed on Soviet expeditions in the Arctic around 1950. The ridge is named after him. The name was recognized in April 1987 by SCUFN (under that body's old name, the Sub-Committee on Geographical Names and Nomenclature of Ocean Bottom Features).

Reference

More reading
 Jokat, Wilfried, and Mechita C. Schmidt-Aursch. 2007. "Geophysical Characteristics of the Ultraslow Spreading Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean". Geophysical Journal International. 168, no. 3: 983-998. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03278.x

Other websites
 Polar Discovery: Gakkel Ridge
 NOAA scientist and colleagues find hot springs in cold waters

Mountain ranges
Arctic
Oceanography
Autotransplantation

Autotransplantation is  transplanting tissues from one part of the body to another part of the same person. Skin grafts are a common example. 

Another example: a piece of bone (usually from the hip) is removed and ground into a paste when reconstructing another portion of bone.

Related pages
Xenotransplantation

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Xenotransplantation

Xenotransplantation (from the Greek -  meaning "foreign"), is the transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another.

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Autotransplantation

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Surgery
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Animal tissues
Eddie Mabo

Eddie Koiki Mabo ( 29 June 1936 – 21 January 1992) was an Indigenous Australian activist from the Torres Strait Islands. He became well known for campaigning for indigenous land rights. In particular, he became famous for his role in an historic decision by the High Court of Australia in 1992, which overturned the idea that Australia was terra nullius (land belonging to nobody).

Early life 
Mabo was born as Eddie Koiki Sambo. He changed his surname to Mabo when he was adopted by his mother's brother, Benny Mabo. He was born on Mer (Murray Island) in the Torres Strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea. He worked on a number of jobs before becoming a gardener with James Cook University in Townsville, when he was 31 years old. The time he spent on the university campus had a major impact on his life. In 1974, Mabo was surprised to learn that his family did not legally own the land they lived on. In a conversation with Noel Loos and Henry Reynolds, he learned that legally that land belonged to the Crown.

Activism and legacy 
In 1981, a conference on land rights was held at James Cook University. Mabo made a speech to the audience where he explained the indigenous customary land inheritance system on Murray Island. One of the people who attended the conference, a lawyer, suggested they should make a case to claim land rights through the court system. A case was made, and took 10 years to reach a decision. Mabo died a few months before the decision. He died on 21 January 1992, of cancer at the age of 55.

Five months later, on 3 June 1992, the High Court overturned the legal doctrine of terra nullius - which was the term applied to the attitude of the British Empire towards land ownership on the continent of Australia. That decision is now commonly called "Mabo v Queensland" in Australia and is widely recognised for its importance. Later in 1992, Mabo was awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal for his work over many years to gain legal recognition for indigenous people's rights.

Three years after Mabo died, which is the traditional mourning period for the people of Murray Island, a memorial service was held in Townsville. Overnight, his grave was vandalised; it was spray-painted with swastikas and the word "abo" (a derogatory slang term for an Aboriginal person). His family decided to have his body reburied on Murray Island.

Related pages 
Aboriginal title

References

Other websites
 Mabo Papers at the National Library of Australia
 Biography by Gail Mabo, his daughter 
 Collection of art works by Edward Koiki Mabo - held and digitised by the National Library of Australia

1936 births
1992 deaths
Indigenous Australian activists
Deaths from cancer
People from Queensland
Cecilia Bolocco

Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fönck (born May 19, 1965 in Santiago) is a Chilean television presenter, actress, model, fashion designer and former Miss Universe 1987 of italian and german origin. She is the older sister of Diana Bolocco.

Television

Programs

TV series

Other websites 
 

1965 births
Living people
People from Santiago
Chilean models
Chilean television presenters
Chilean television actors
Fashion designers
Júnior Fernándes

Antenor Junior Fernandes da Silva Vitoria (born 4 October 1988 in Tocopilla) is a Chilean footballer of Brazilian descent who currently plays for Fußball-Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen as a striker.

International career 
He has been summoned to Chile national football team to face friendly matches during the second half of 2011 by team manager Claudio Borghi. He debuted in the national team on 11 September 2012, on a qualifying match for the 2014 FIFA World Cup against Colombia.

References

Other websites
 Junior Fernándes at Football Lineups
 BDFA Profile 

1988 births
Living people
People from Antofagasta Region
Chilean footballers
Johanns Dulcien

Johanns Alexander Dulcien Neira (born 26 March 1991) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for the Chilean Primera División side Colo-Colo as an Attacking midfielder.

Other websites
BDFA Profile

1991 births
Living people
People from Antofagasta Region
Chilean footballers
Ross Turnbull

Ross Turnbull (born 4 January 1985) is an English footballer. He plays for Chelsea as a goalkeeper.

Early life
Ross attended Byerley Park Primary School and Woodham Community Technology College. He grew up supporting Newcastle United.

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1985 births
Living people
English footballers
Sportspeople from County Durham
Premier League players
Football Champ

Football Champ is an arcade-style football video game. The game was developed by Taito in Japan. It was first released in arcades in 1990.

Other websites

1990 video games
Arcade games
Sports video games
Bar-tailed godwit

The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)  is a water bird. It is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae. It breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra mainly in the Old World, and winters on coasts in temperate and tropical regions of the Old World.

Its migration is the longest known non-stop flight of any bird and also the longest journey without pausing to feed by any animal.

Migrations 

The bar-tailed godwit migrates in flocks to coasts in East Asia, Alaska, Australia, Africa, northwestern Europe and New Zealand, where the sub-species Limosa lapponica baueri is called Kūaka in Māori.

In 2007 birds in New Zealand were tagged and tracked by satellite to the Yellow Sea in China. According to Clive Minton (Australasian Wader Studies Group) "The distance between these two places is , but the actual track flown by the bird was ". The flight took about nine days.This is the longest known non-stop flight of any bird. At least three other bar-tailed godwits reached the Yellow Sea after non-stop flights from New Zealand.

One female in the flock, nicknamed "E7", flew onward from China to Alaska and stayed there for the breeding season. Then on 29 August 2007 she departed on a non-stop flight from the Avinof Peninsula in western Alaska to the Piako River near Thames New Zealand, setting a new known flight record of .

References 

Scolopacidae
Sandpiper

Sandpipers are a large family of waders or shorebirds, the Scolopacidae. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. Most species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Different lengths of bills allow different species to feed in the same habitat on the coast without direct competition for food.

Sandpipers have long bodies and legs, and narrow wings. Most species have a narrow bill, but otherwise the form and length are quite variable. They are small to medium sized birds, measuring  cm in length. The bills are sensitive, allowing the birds to feel the mud and sand as they probe for food. They generally have dull plumage, with cryptic brown, grey, or streaked patterns, although some display brighter colours during the breeding season.

Most species nest in open areas, and defend their territories with aerial displays. The nest itself is a simple scrape in the ground, in which the bird usually lays three or four eggs. The young of most species are precocial.

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Scolopacidae
Saint Helena plover

The Saint Helena plover (Charadrius sanctaehelenae), locally known as the wirebird, is a small bird (a plover) endemic to the island of Saint Helena.

The bird was first mentioned in 1638, and is the national bird of Saint Helena; it appears on the top half of the island's coat of arms. Some older coins of Saint Helena (before 1998) have the Wirebird on its reverse.

Description and biology 
The Saint Helena plover is the only bird species endemic to the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena that is still living.

It is a small bird (length: 15 cm) with long and thin legs, like wires; because of that, the bird is known as wirebird in Saint Helena.

Kittlitz's plover (Charadrius pecuarius) is the Saint Helena bird's closest relative; for some authors, the Saint Helena Plover is a subspecies of the Kittlitz's plover but most zoologists think that they are two different species.

The Saint Helena plover spends most of its time on the ground and does not fly frequently; it is most commonly found in pairs, or sometimes in small groups of young birds, looking for food (snails, beetles and other invertebrates) in grassland o in semi-desert areas.

Breeding takes place throughout the year, but mainly during the dry season, from late September to January. The nest is on the ground where they lay two eggs. After leaving the nest, the young birds move throughout the island in small groups.

Range and habitat

The Saint Helena plover is endemic to the island of Saint Helena; it does not exist in any other place. Over the past 20 years, the species has used only  of the whole island. The best places in the island to see them are Deadwood and Properous Bay Plains and Woody Ridge.

Saint Helena plovers like areas of land with grasses (pastures) that are at middle elevations, mainly in flat, dry areas with low plants.

Threats and conservation
Because of changes in the use of the land and the introduction of predators (rats, cats, dogs and other species), the number of individuals of the Saint Helena plover is critically low. A census carried out during 2005 and 2006 showed that this species had been reduced in about 40 percent in just five years to only 235 individuals. There has since been a small increase in numbers, however.

The Saint Helena plover is protected by law on Saint Helena since 1894, and several organisations work to conserve this species; one of the organizations helping to conserve this species is The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, which has a project named "Enabling the people of St Helena to conserve the St Helena wirebird", as part of the Overseas Territories Environment Programme of the UK.

References

Other websites

 St Helena National Trust - leading the conversation of the Wirebird 
 Website with information on the bird 
 Animal Diversity Web
  Catalogue of Life : Charadrius sanctaehelenae (Harting, 1873)
 ITIS Charadrius sanctaehelenae (Harting, 1873)
 World Birds Taxonomic List

Charadriiformes
Saint Helena
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
The Good Dinosaur

The Good Dinosaur is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy-drama adventure movie produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It was the studio's sixteenth movie. It was released on June 19, 2015. The movie is directed by Bob Peterson, who came up with the idea for the story, and co-directed by Peter Sohn.

Cast 
 Raymond Ochoa as Arlo, the youngest of the Apatosaurus family
 Jack Bright as Spot, a 6-7-year-old human caveman 
 Jeffrey Wright as Poppa Henry, father of the Apatosaurus family
 Frances McDormand as Momma Ida, mother of the Apatosaurus family
 Marcus Scribner as Buck, Arlo's brother
 Steve Zahn as Thunderclap, a Pteranodon
 Sam Elliott as Butch, a Tyrannosaurus
 A. J. Buckley as Nash, a Tyrannosaurus and Butch's son
 Anna Paquin as Ramsey, a Tyrannosaurus and Butch's daughter
 John Ratzenberger as Earl, a Velociraptor who is a member of Bubbha's pack

Soundtrack 
Walk the Dinosaur by Green Day
Greatest Day by Ryan Watson
Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift
Fire with Fire by Scissor Sisters
2 Billion Years Later by Owl City

References 

2010s adventure movies
2015 animated movies
2015 comedy-drama movies
2010s fantasy movies
2010s computer-animated movies
American adventure movies
American animated movies
American comedy-drama movies
American family movies
American fantasy movies
Computer-animated movies
Movies about dinosaurs
Pixar movies
Jessica DiCicco

Jessica Sonya DiCicco (born June 10, 1980) is an American actress, voice actress, and singer. She is perhaps best known for her voice acting in animated television series and video games.

Filmography

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Other websites
 

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Actors from New York City
American child actors
American movie actors
American voice actors
American television actors
American video game actors
Living people
Actors from Los Angeles, California
Singers from Los Angeles, California
Singers from New York City
Dick Trickle

Richard "Dick" Trickle (October 27, 1941 – May 16, 2013) was an American race car driver. He raced for decades around the short tracks of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way. Trickle competed in the ASA, ARTGO, ARCA, All Pro, IMCA, NASCAR, and USAC. In more than an estimated 2,200 races, Trickle logged one million laps and is believed to have won over 1,200 feature races.

Trickle was born on October 27, 1941 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. He was never married and had no children. Trickle died on May 16, 2013 after shooting himself with a gun at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boger City, North Carolina.

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NASCAR drivers
People from Wisconsin
Henrique Rosa

Henrique Pereira Rosa (16 January 1946 – 15 May 2013) was a politician from Guinea-Bissau. He was interim President of Guinea-Bissau from 2003 to 2005. 

Rosa was born on 16 January 1946 in Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau. Rosa handed over power to Vieira on 1 October 2005.

Rosa stood as an independent candidate in the Guinea-Bissau presidential election, 2009, finishing in third place.

On 15 May 2013, Rosa died at a hospital in Porto, in northern Portugal, after losing a nine month battle with lung cancer. He was 67 years old.

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1946 births
2013 deaths
Deaths from lung cancer
Presidents of Guinea-Bissau
Paul Shane

Paul Shane (George Frederick Speight; 19 June 1940 – 16 May 2013) was an English comedian and actor, best known for his television work such as playing the part of Ted Bovis in Hi-de-Hi!, a sitcom broadcast on the BBC in the mid 1980s.

Shane was born on 19 June 1940 in Thrybergh, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He was married to Dory Shane until her death in 2001. They had three children. Shane died on 16 May 2013 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England from an illness, aged 72.

References

Other websites
 Official website 
 

1940 births
2013 deaths
Actors from Yorkshire
Comedians from Yorkshire
Disease-related deaths in England
English movie actors
English stage actors
English television actors
English voice actors
P. J. Carlesimo

Peter John "P. J." Carlesimo (born May 30, 1949) is an American basketball coach. Most recently he was the interim head coach of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets.

Carlesimo was born on May 30, 1949 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He is the son of college basketball coach and athletic director Peter A. Carlesimo. Carlesimo studied at Fordham University. He is married and has two sons.

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1949 births
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National Basketball Association coaches
People from Scranton, Pennsylvania
Sportspeople from Pennsylvania
Thaler

The Thaler (or Taler or Talir) was a silver coin that was used throughout Europe for almost four hundred years. It was named after the "Joachimsthaler", a type of coin from the city of Joachimsthal (Jáchymov) in Bohemia. It is where the names "dollar" and "tolar" come from. The Thaler was first made in 1518. In Habsburg Spain and the Spanish Empire it was called "Peso". 

Currency
History of Europe
Ann Sheridan

Ann Sheridan (Clara Lou Sheridan; February 21, 1915 – January 21, 1967) was an American actress. She worked regularly from 1934 to her death in 1967, first in movie and later in television. Notable roles include Angels With Dirty Faces (1938), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), Kings Row (1942) and I Was a Male War Bride (1949).

Sheridan was born Clara Lou Sheridan on February 21, 1915 in Denton, Texas. She studied at the University of North Texas. 

Sheridan was married to Edward Norris from 1936 until they divorced in 1939. Then she was married to George Brent from 1942 until they divorced in 1943. Then she was married to Scott McKay from 1966 until her death in 1967. She had one son, Richard that she gave up for adoption, but later located him when she was in poor health. The father of Richard is not known.

Sheridan died on January 21, 1967 in Los Angeles, California from esophageal cancer and liver cancer, aged 51. She is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

References

Other websites

 
 
 
 Interview with Ann Sheridan biographer
 Photographs and literature

1915 births
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Deaths from esophageal cancer
Deaths from liver cancer
American silent movie actors
American movie actors
American television actors
American radio actors
American stage actors
Actors from Texas
People from Denton, Texas
Fay Wray

Fay Wray (born Vina Fay Wray; September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress. She is best known for playing Ann Darrow in King Kong. Her acting career spanned 57 years, Wray received international renown as an actress in horror movie roles.

In 1989, Wray received the Women in Film Crystal Award. Wray received a "Legend in Film" award at the 2003 Palm Beach International Film Festival. For her contribution to the movie industry, Wray received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6349 Hollywood Blvd. She received a star posthumously on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto on June 5, 2005. 

A small park near Lee's Creek on Main Street in Cardston, Alberta, her birthplace, was named "Fay Wray Park". The small sign at the edge of the park on Main Street has a silhouette of King Kong on it, remembering her role in the film King Kong. A large oil portrait of Wray by Alberta artist Neil Boyle is on display in the Empress Theatre in Fort Macleod, Alberta. In May 2006, Wray became one of the first four entertainers to ever be honored by Canada Post by being featured on a postage stamp.

Two days after her death, the lights of the Empire State Building were extinguished for 15 minutes in her memory.

References

Other websites

 
 
 
 
 Northern Stars 
 CBC.ca News: Fay Wray dies at 96
 Literature on Fay Wray

Actors from Alberta
Canadian movie actors
Canadian television actors
Canadian stage actors
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
Deaths from natural causes
1907 births 
2004 deaths
Jon Hamm

Jonathan Daniel "Jon" Hamm (born March 10, 1971) is an American actor and director. He is known for his role as Don Draper in Mad Men.

Hamm was born on March 10, 1971 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at the University of Missouri. Hamm is partners with Jennifer Westfeldt since 1997 until 2015. Hamm and his partner identify as Democrats.

References

Other websites

 Jon Hamm at Emmys.com

1971 births
Living people
Democrats (United States)
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
American stage actors
Actors from St. Louis, Missouri
Screen Actors Guild Award winners
Golden Globe Award winning actors
Kelly Gallagher

Kelly Gallagher (born 24 April 1987) is a skier from Northern Ireland. She has a disability: she cannot see everything.  She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.  She was the second skier to finish in the women's visually impaired slalom race.  She was the third skier to finish in the women's slalom race. Because she cannot see, Charlotte Evans was her guide and told her where to go when going down the mountain.

References

1987 births
Living people
Competitors at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Northern Irish sportspeople
Skiers
Charlotte Evans

Charlotte Evans is a skier from the United Kingdom. She helps skiers who cannot see by telling them where to go on a mountain.  She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships with Kelly Gallagher.  They were the second skiers to finish in the women's visually impaired slalom race.  They were the third skiers to finish in the women's slalom race.

References

British sportspeople
Skiers
Living people
Sighted guides
Andrea Rothfuss

Andrea Rothfuss (born 20 October 1989 in Freudenstadt) is a skier from Germany. She has a disability: she was born without a left hand.  She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.  She was the first skier to finish in the standing women's downhill race and the slalom race.  She was the second skier to finish in the Super Combined.  She was the third skier to finish in the Super G race and the Giant Slalom Race.

References

Other websites
 Official website

Living people
1989 births
German skiers
Sportspeople from Baden-Württemberg
Frankenweenie (2012 movie)

Frankenweenie is a 2012 American 3D stop-motion animated supernatural comedy-horror family movie directed by Tim Burton. It stars Charlie Tahan, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Landau, Atticus Shaffer and Winona Ryder. It was nominated for many awards including the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It was released on October 5, 2012. Roger Ebert gave the movie 3/4 stars. It is a remake of a 1984 short film by Burton. It was released by Walt Disney Pictures.

2012 movies
2012 animated movies
American animated movies
2010s American comedy movies
American horror movies
Black-and-white movies
Disney movie remakes
Movies about dogs
Movies directed by Tim Burton
Movies produced by Allison Abbate
Movies composed by Danny Elfman
English-language movies
Marie Bochet

Marie Bochet (born February 9, 1994 in Chambéry) is a skier from France.  She was 5 when she started skiing.  She has a disability.  She was the first skier to finish in the Giant Slalom race.  She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.  She was the second skier to finish in the standing women's downhill race and the  Super G.

Bocket skiied in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, where she won four gold medals.

References

French skiers
Living people
1994 births
Competitors at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Bergen (disambiguation)

Bergen is a city in Norway.

Bergen might also mean:

Mons, a town in Belgium that is called Bergen in Flemish
Bergen County, New Jersey
A Christmas Carol (2009 movie)

A Christmas Carol is a 2009 American 3D computer-animated fantasy comedy-drama Christmas movie. It was directed and written by Robert Zemeckis. It stars Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright and Cary Elwes. The movie was released on November 6, 2009. It was based on the Charles Dickens book A Christmas Carol. Roger Ebert gave it 3/4 stars.

2009 animated movies
2009 3D movies
2009 comedy-drama movies
2000s American fantasy movies
American animated movies
American comedy-drama movies
Christmas movies
Disney movies
English-language movies
Movies based on books
Movies based on books by Charles Dickens
Movies directed by Robert Zemeckis
Puss in Boots (2011 movie)

Puss In Boots is a 2011 animated movie. It is a spin-off prequel in the Shrek series of animated movies. It follows the character Puss in Boots, who first appeared in Shrek 2. It is about his adventures before appearing in Shrek 2. A sequel titled Puss In Boots 2: 9 Lives And 40 Thieves will be released on November 2, 2018.

The movie was directed by Chris Miller, produced by Guillermo del Toro, and written by Brian Lynch. It stars Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots, Zach Galifianakis as Humpty Dumpty, Salma Hayek as Kitty Softpaws, and Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris as Jack and Jill. Like the Shrek movies, this movie is a parody of fairy tales.

Home media release 
Puss in Boots was released on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on February 24, 2012. The movie has a short animation called Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos. 7.2 million home entertainment units have been sold worldwide.

Another featured extra short is "Klepto Kitty"; a three-minute profile of Dusty the Klepto Kitty, a notorious cat in California who steals items from neighbors' yards. Some of it was filmed on a night vision kitty-cam, hung around Dusty's neck by the Animal Planet network for their own documentary.

References

Other websites
Official website 
Puss in Boots at the Internet Movie Database

2011 animated movies
American animated movies
Movie spin-offs
Prequel movies
Shrek
English-language movies
Movies about cats
Solène Jambaqué

Solène Jambaqué (born April 14, 1988) is a skier from France.   She has a disability.  She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.  She was the third skier to finish in the standing women's downhill race and was the first skier to finish in the Super G race and Super Combined race.

References

French skiers
Living people
1988 births
Our Lady of La Salette

Our Lady of La Salette is a title given to the Virgin Mary who is believed to have appeared at the village of La Salette, France. The apparition was reported by two children, Maximin Giraud, and Melanie Calvat. In French she is called .

History 

On 19 September 1846, Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat reported seeing the Virgin Mary weeping on Mount Sous-les Baisses. According to their account, the Virgin Mary continued to weep as she spoke to them, first in French, then in their own dialect. After the woman spoke to them, she vanished. The following day the children's account of the apparition was put into writing and signed by the children and those who had heard the story.

Recognition 

When Maximin and Melanie made the woman's message public, it caused a sensation in the community. Soon thereafter, the bishop of Grenoble began to investigate the apparition. During the investigation, several accusations were made against the children. One of the accusations was that the apparition was just a young woman named Lamerliere. In 1851, the bishop said that the apparition was worthy of belief. This was the first step in approval by the Catholic church.

The visionaries sent two secrets to Pope Pius IX - one given to each of them, which they never revealed to one another. The Pope never made the two secrets public. However Melanie published the secrets in a pamphlet with the local bishop's approval. The Church condemned the published secret. Melanie, later in life, was known to have been disturbed by reading apocalyptic books and similar materials.

Message 
John Paul II stated: As I wrote on the occasion of the 150th anniversary, "La Salette is a message of hope, for our hope is nourished by the intercession of her who is the Mother of mankind".

The message of the visionaries of La Salette focuses on the conversion of all humanity to Christ. Though La Salette's message is embedded in the bygone environment of the nineteenth century, rural France, it has had a tremendous impact on the modern world. Saints (for example, John Vianney), pastors (such as Don Bosco), and religious writers (like J.K. Huysmans) have all been influenced by La Salette. The spirit of La Salette is one of prayer, conversion, and commitment.

References

Marian apparitions
History of France
Petra Smarzova

Petra Smaržová (born 4 June 1990) is a skier from Slovakia.  She has a disability.  She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.  She was the second skier to finish in the standing women's slalom race and giant slalom race.

Samarzova also took part in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi where she again competed in the Giant Slalom. She is coached by Peter Matiasko and Branislav Mazgut.

References

1990 births
Living people
2014 Winter Olympics
Slovakian skiers
Division of Blaxland

The Division of Blaxland is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. It covers the western suburbs of Sydney, including Bass Hill, Birrong, Carramar, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Fairfield East,  Georges Hall, Guildford West,  Old Guildford, Lansdowne, Potts Hill, Regents Park, Sefton, Villawood, Woodpark, Yagoona and Yennora and parts of Auburn, Bankstown, Berala, Fairfield, Granville, Guildford, Merrylands, Smithfield and South Granville. 

The division was created in 1949 and is named after Gregory Blaxland. He was a farmer and an early Australian explorer of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.

Members

It has been held by the Australian Labor Party since it was set up. Western Sydney has supported Labor for over a century. Its most notable member has been Paul Keating, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1991–96. In 2007, Keating's successor, Michael Hatton, lost preselection for this seat to Jason Clare. Clare had worked for former New South Wales Premier Bob Carr. Clare became Cabinet Secretary, Minister for Justice, and Minister for Home Affairs.

Election results
 2004 election result
 2007 election result
 2010 election result
 2013 election results

References

Other websites
 Australian Electoral Commission
 Jason Clare's website

Electoral divisions of Australia
New South Wales
1949 establishments in Australia
Alana Nichols

Alana Nichols (born March 21, 1983)  is a skier and wheelchair basketball athlete from the United States.  She has a disability.  She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.  She was the first skier to finish in the sitting women's downhill race and the Super G race.  She was the third skier to finish the Slalom and Giant Slalom.

References

American wheelchair basketball players
American skiers
Sportspeople from New Mexico
Living people
1983 births
Division of Bennelong

The Division of Bennelong is an Australian electorate in New South Wales. The division was set up in 1949. It is named for Bennelong, an Indigenous Australian man who became a friend of the first Governor of New South Wales, Arthur Phillip. Bennelong includes the suburbs of Eastwood, Carlingford, Epping and Ryde.

Electoral history
When the Division of Bennelong was created in 1949, it covered mainly the suburbs of Ryde, Hunters Hill and Lane Cove. These were (and still are) richer areas, and Bennelong was a "safe" Liberal seat.

Over the years Bennelong has changed into a marginal seat for two reasons. Firstly, the electoral boundary of Bennelong has been changed many times, where it has moved west into Labor voting areas.  Rich suburbs like Lane Cove and Hunters Hill in the east are no longer included. The division now includes Eastwood, Epping, Carlingford and working class Ermington in the north and west. Secondly, the type of people living in the division has changed. Since the early 1990s, there has been an increase in migrants from China, Hong Kong, South Korea and India. These are wealthy and conservative people who would support the Liberal Party, but they have not like the Liberal policies on immigration and multiculturalism.

 In the Australian federal 2007 election, the Member for Bennelong, and Prime Minister John Howard, lost the seat to Labor candidate Maxine McKew, after holding it for 33 years. This was only the second time in Australian history that a Prime Minister had lost his own seat in Parliament. The first was Stanley Bruce in 1929.

Members

Bennelong was held by the John Howard, the second longest serving Prime Minister of Australia. In 2010 the seat was won by former tennis star, John Alexander.

Election results
 2004 election results
 2007 election results
 2010 election results
 2013 election results

References

Other websites
 Division of Bennelong – Australian Electoral Commission
 John Alexander's website

Electoral divisions of Australia
New South Wales
1949 establishments in Australia
Laurie Stephens

Laurie Stephens is a skier from the United States.  She has a disability. She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.  She was the second skier to finish in the sitting women's downhill race and the Super G race.  She was the third skier to finish the Super Combined.

References

American skiers
Living people
Murugan

Lord of the universe tamil lord Murugan (), also known as Kandhan  is the Tamil god of war and victory. Murugan is the main god worshipped in India, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Singapore, Malaysia and many other places of the world where Tamils live. Murugan has six shrines in Tamil Nadu, which are known as Arupadaiveedu. In Tamil Nadu, Murugan has continued to be popular with all classes of society since the Sangam age.

Murugan is considered as the son of Shiva and Parvathi, who was created to kill the Asuras and be the eternal protector of the Devas and other living beings. The Asuras were demigods who frequently warred against the Devas or gods. The six sites (padaiveedu) in Tamil Nadu where Murugan sojourned while leading his armies are Palani, Swamimalai,Thiruparamkundram, Pazhamudirsolai, Thiruthani and Thiruchendur, the Arupadaiveedu.

Murugan is considered the God of Tamil language and he is mentioned a lot in Sangam literature. The six abodes of Murugan are all in Tamil Nadu. Each of these temples has a unique history and different reason to worship Lord Murugan. 

Thirupparamkunram Murugan Temple he is worshiped as he (Lord Kartikeya) worshiped Lord Shiva. As per tradition, devotes who go to the six abodes of Murugan tonsure their head in imitation of Palani deity.

Thai Poosam during January – February month is celebrated as a 6-day festival. On Thai Poosam day, Kavadis and Palkudams are taken by devotees in procession around Chhedanagar. Special Abhishekams are performed to the Moolavar and Utsavar. Annadhanam is provided to all devotees participating in the functions. In the night, Lord Muruga is taken in procession accompanied by Nadaswaram, Veda Parayanam around Chhedanagar.

Vaikasi Visakam day, (during May –June month), Kavadis and Palkudams are taken by devotees in procession around Chhedanagar.

Kanda Sashti during October-November month is celebrated as a 6-day festival. Devotees of Murugan will do fasting for 6 days. On the evening of the 6th day, Soorasamharam (correcting sooran) will be held at every Murugan temple around the world. Soorasamharam (correcting sooran) at Thiruchendur is every special.

References

Hindu gods and goddesses
Tamil culture
Claudia Lösch

Claudia Lösch (born 19 October 1988) is a skier athlete from Austria. She has a disability.  She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships. She was the third skier to finish in the sitting women's downhill race and the Super G race.  She was the second skier to finish the Super Combined race, Slalom race and Giant Slalom race.

References

1988 births
Living people
Competitors at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Skiers
Sportspeople from Vienna
Anna Schaffelhuber

Anna Schaffelhuber (born January,26 1993 in Regensburg) is a skier athlete from Germany.  She has a disability.   She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships. She was the first skier to finish in the sitting women's Super Combined race, Slalom race and Giant Slalom race.

References

1993 births
Living people
German skiers
People from Regensburg
Sportspeople from Bavaria
Competitors at the 2018 Winter Paralympics