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European polecat

The European polecat (Mustela putorius)  is a species of mustelid native to western Eurasia and north Morocco. It is also known as common ferret, black or forest polecat, foumart, or fitch. It is dark brown, with a pale underbelly and a dark mask across the face. Occasionally, there are other color variations, such as albinos. The family it is in also contains minks and other weasels. Compared to them, the polecat has a shorter, more compact body; a more powerfully built skull and teeth; and is less agile. It is well known for its ability to secrete a particularly foul-smelling liquid to mark its territory.

It is much less territorial than other mustelid. Animals of the same sex frequently share home ranges. Like other mustelids, the European polecat is polygamous, with pregnancy occurring after mating, with no induced ovulation. It usually gives birth in early summer to litters consisting of five to ten kits, which become independent at the age of two to three months. The European polecat feeds on small rodents, birds, amphibians and reptiles. It occasionally cripples its prey by piercing its brain with its teeth and stores it, still living, in its burrow for future consumption.

The European polecat originated in Western Europe during the Middle Pleistocene. its closest living relatives are the steppe polecat, the black-footed ferret and the European mink. It can produce fertile offspring with the steppe polecat and the black-footed ferret. Hybrids of polecat and mink tend to be sterile, and are distinguished from their parent species by their larger size and more valuable pelts.

The European polecat is the only ancestor of the ferret, which was domesticated more than 2000 years ago for hunting vermin. The species has otherwise been historically viewed negatively by humans. In the British Isles especially, the polecat was persecuted by gamekeepers, and became synonymous with promiscuity in early English literature. During modern times, the polecat is still scantly represented in popular culture when compared to other rare British mammals, and misunderstandings of its behaviour still persist in some rural areas. , it is classed by the IUCN as Least Concern due to its wide range and large numbers.

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Latin name 
As well as the several indigenous names referring to smell (see above), the scientific name Mustela putorius is also derived from this species' foul smell. The Latin putorius translates to "stench" or "stink" and is the origin of the English word putrid.

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Other websites 
 The Polecat Project
 Pictures, sightings and distribution maps of European polecats in the Netherlands
 European polecat (Mustela putorius)—ARKive.org

Mammals of Europe
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White County, Indiana

White County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, 24,643 people lived there. The county seat is Monticello.

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Arthur (season 3)

The third season of Arthur first aired on November 16, 1998 and ended on January 1, 1999.

This is the final season for Michael Caloz to voice D.W. Read because his voiced deepened after this season ended.

Episodes

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1999 television seasons
Porter County, Indiana

Porter County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, 164,343 people lived there. The county seat is Valparaiso.

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Wabash County, Indiana

Wabash County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, 32,888 people lived there. The county seat is Wabash.

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1835 establishments in the United States
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Ohio County, Indiana

Ohio County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, 6,128 people lived there and has an area of  which makes it the smallest county in Indiana in both area and population. The county seat and only incorporated municipality is Rising Sun. The county was created in 1844.

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Pike County, Indiana

Pike County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, 12,845 people lived there. The county seat is Petersburg.

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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 2005 stop motion animated movie made by Aardman and DreamWorks Animation. It follows a man and a dog on a quest to win the vegetable competition. It is part of the Wallace and Gromit franchise.

Cast
Peter Wallis as Wallace and Hutch
Ralph Fiennes as Victor Quartermain
Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Tottington

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Shelby County, Indiana

Shelby County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, 44,436 people lived there. The county seat is Shelbyville.

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Brunsbüttel

Brunsbüttel is a town of the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the location of the western entrance to the Kiel Canal, the busiest artificial waterway in the world. As of 31 December 2018, 12,554 people lived there.

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Heroldstatt

Heroldstatt is a municipality of the district of Alb-Donau in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 31 December 2018, 2,857 people lived there.

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Bullenkuhlen

Bullenkuhlen is a municipality of the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein
Leer

Leer is a town of the district of Leer in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany.

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Aichach

Aichach (; Central Bavarian and Swabian: Oacha) is a town in the state of Bavaria in Germany. It is the capital of the district of Aichach-Friedberg.

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Aichach-Friedberg
Keith Thomas (historian)

Sir Keith Vivian Thomas  (born 2 January 1933) is a Welsh historian. His area of focus is the history of the early modern world. He is best known for writing Religion and the Decline of Magic and Man and the Natural World. From 1986 to 2000, he was president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Thomas was born in Wick, Glamorgan. He is married to Lady Valerie Thomas and has two children.

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Sullivan County, Indiana

Sullivan County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, 21,475 people lived there. The county seat is Sullivan.

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Tipton County, Indiana

Tipton County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana, north of the state capital of Indianapolis. As of 2010, 15,936 people lived there which is a decrease of 3.9% from 16,577 in 2000. The county seat is Tipton.

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Sean Arnold

Sean Arnold (30 January 1941 – 15 April 2020) was an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Mr Llewelyn in the children's TV series Grange Hill and as Barney Crozier in the BBC series Bergerac. He also appeared in TV's James the Cat and Merseybeat. His movie credits include North Sea Hijack (1979), Remembrance (1982), Haunters of the Deep (1984), Speaking of the Devil (1991) and Red Rose (2004).

Arnold was born in Wickwar, Gloucestershire. He died on 15 April 2020 at the age of 79.

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Vanderburgh County, Indiana

Vanderburgh County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, 179,703 people lived there which makes it the seventh-largest county by population in the state. The county seat is Evansville. It is also the eighth-smallest county by area in Indiana. The county was founded on January 7, 1818.

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Vermillion County, Indiana

Vermillion County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, 16,212 people lived there. The county seat is Newport.

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Warren County, Indiana

Warren County is a county in the state of Indiana, in the United States. As of 2010, 8,508 people lived there. The county seat is Williamsport.

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Whitley County, Indiana

Whitley County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, 33,292 people lived there. The county seat is Columbia City.

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Rust, Baden-Württemberg

Rust is a municipality of the district of Ortenau in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the home of the famous theme park Europa-Park.

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 Official website of the municipality of Rust (Baden)
Butler, Illinois

Butler is a village in Illinois in the United States.

Villages in Illinois
Gash-Barka Region

Gash-Barka is a region in Eritrea. The capital city is Barentu. Other towns include Agordat (the former capital), Molki, Sebderat and Teseney. 

The region also includes the following subregions: 
 Agordat City
 Barentu City
 Dghe
 Forto
 Gogne
 Haykota
 Logo Anseba
 Mensura
 Mogolo
 Molki
 Omhajer
 Shambuko
 Tesseney 
 Upper Gash

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Southern Region (Eritrea)

Southern Region is a region of Eritrea. It is also known as Debub Region. The capital city is Mendefera. The region was formed on 15 April 1996, from the historical provinces of Serae and Akele Guzai.

Mount Soira , the highest point in Eritrea, is in the region.

The region has the following subregions:
 Adi Keyh Subregion
 Adi Quala Subregion
 Debarwa Subregion
 Dekemhare Subregion
 Hadidia Subregion
 Kudo Be'ur Subregion
 Mai-Mne Subregion
 Mendefera Subregion
 Segeneiti Subregion
 Senafe Subregion
 Tera-Emni Subregion
 Tsorona Subregion
 Shiketi Subregion

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Northern Red Sea Region

The Northern Red Sea Region is a region in Eritrea. The capital city is Massawa.

It is along the northern three quarters of the Red Sea, and includes the Dahlak Archipelago. The lowest point in Eritrea, Lake Kulul, is in this region.

The region also includes the following subregions: 
 Afabet Subregion
 Dahlak Subregion
 Ghelalo Subregion
 Foro Subregion
 Ghinda Subregion
 Karura Subregion
 Massawa Subregion
 Nakfa Subregion 
 She'eb Subregion

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Southern Red Sea Region

The Southern Red Sea Region is a region of Eritrea. The capital city is Assab.

The Southern Red Sea Region extends over  along Red Sea coast but is only around  wide. It forms the major part of the Danakil Desert.

The region has the following subregions: Are'eta Subregion, Central Denkalya Subregion and Southern Denkalya Subregion.

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Rikhakot

Rikhakot is a village in Nainital district, Uttarakhand, India. It has the population of 479 people.

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Supersessionism

Superssessionism is the idea that one religion was true but that it stopped being true after another religion showed up to supersede it. For example, Christianity believes that Judaism was true once but that because the Jews rejected Jesus they stopped being the Chosen People and that the New Testament and a faith-based religion replaced Jewish Law.  Islam also believes that God gave the Torah (or something similar to it) to the Israelites at Mount Sinai but that the Quran ultimately replaced it.
Convent, Louisiana

Convent is a census-designated place in Louisiana in the United States. It is the parish seat of St. James Parish.

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Erongo Region

Erongo is a region in Namibia. The capital is Swakopmund.The region is named after Mount Erongo.

Neville Andre Itope became Governor in 2020.

There are 7  electoral constituencies:
 Arandis
 Dâures (formerly Brandberg Constituency)
 Karibib
 Omaruru
 Swakopmund
 Walvis Bay Rural
 Walvis Bay Urban

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Hardap Region

Hardap is a region in Namibia. The capital is Mariental. It is home to the Hardap Dam.

Salomon April became Governor in 2020.

The region has 8 political constituencies:
 Gibeon
 Mariental Rural
 Mariental Urban
 Rehoboth Rural
 Rehoboth Urban East
 Rehoboth Urban West
 Aranos
 Daweb

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Hennstedt, Steinburg

Hennstedt is a municipality of the district Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Neligh, Nebraska

Neligh is a city in Nebraska in the United States. It is the county seat of Antelope County.

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Greensburg, Louisiana

Greensburg is the parish seat of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Hahnville, Louisiana

Hahnville is the parish seat of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Aebtissinwisch

Aebtissinwisch is a municipality of the district Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Steinburg (district)
Oshana Region

Oshana is a region in Namibia. The capital is Oshakati.

Omahangu (pearl millet) is the main staple crop grown in Oshana. Cattle also do well here and there are many herds.

There are eleven constituencies:
 Okaku
 Okatana
 Okatyali
 Ompundja
 Ondangwa Rural
 Ondangwa Urban
 Ongwediva
 Oshakati East
 Oshakati West
 Uukwiyu
 Uuvudhiya

References

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Beidenfleth

Beidenfleth is a municipality of the district Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein
Steinburg (district)
Goldthwaite, Texas

Goldthwaite is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.

Cities in Texas
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ǁKaras Region

ǁKaras is a region in Namibia. The capital is Keetmanshoop. It was originally called "Karas Region" until the name was changed in August 2013 to include the "ǁ" symbol.

Aletta Fredericks became Governor in 2020.

The Karas mountain range is in the southern part. Fish River Canyon is also in the region.

There are 7  constituencies:
 Berseba
 Karasburg East
 Keetmanshoop Rural
 Keetmanshoop Urban
 ǃNamiǂNûs (formerly Lüderitz Constituency)
 Oranjemund
 Karasburg West

References 

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Heiligenstedtenerkamp

Heiligenstedtenerkamp is a municipality of the district Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the municipality with the second longest name in Germany with its 21 characters, after Gottfriedingerschwaige with its 22 characters.

Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein
Steinburg (district)
Brokdorf

Brokdorf is a municipality of the district Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant is in the municipality.

Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein
Steinburg (district)
Khomas Region

Khomas is a region in Namibia. The capital is Windhoek, which is also the national capital of Namibia.

There are 10 constituencies:
 John Pandeni
 Katutura Central
 Katutura East
 Khomasdal North
 Moses ǁGaroëb
 Samora Machel
 Tobias Hainyeko
 Windhoek West
 Windhoek East
 Windhoek Rural

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Kunene Region

Kunene is a region in Namibia. The capital city is Opuwo.

The name comes from the Kunene River. It forms the northern border with Angola. Kunene's western edge is the Atlantic Ocean.

The region has seven constituencies:
 Epupa
 Kamanjab
 Khorixas
 Opuwo Rural
 Opuwo Urban
 Outjo
 Sesfontein

References

Regions of Namibia
Omusati Region

Omusati is a region in Namibia. The capital city is Outapi.

The region is home to the Ruacana Falls. Omusati is also home to the Omugulugwombashe Heritage Site. This is where the Namibian struggle for independence started in 1966.

The region has twelve constituencies:
 Anamulenge
 Elim
 Etayi
 Ogongo
 Okahao
 Okalongo
 Onesi
 Oshikuku
 Otamanzi
 Outapi
 Ruacana
 Tsandi

References

Regions of Namibia
Zombie High

Zombie High (also known as The School That Ate My Brain) is a 1987 horror comedy movie directed by Ron Link and stars Virginia Madsen, Paul Feig, Sherilyn Fenn, Clare Carey and Scott Coffey.

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Less Than Zero (movie)

Less Than Zero is a 1987 drama movie directed by Marek Kanievska and is adapted from the Bret Easton Ellis 1985 novel of the same name. It stars Andrew McCarthy, James Spader, Robert Downey Jr., and Jami Gertz. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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Black Widow (1987 movie)

Black Widow is a 1987 mystery crime thriller movie directed by Bob Rafelson and stars Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Dennis Hopper, and Terry O'Quinn. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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Stardust Memories

Stardust Memories is a 1980 comedy drama movie directed by Woody Allen (who also stars) and starring Charlotte Rumping, Daniel Stern, Sharon Stone, Jessica Harper, and Cynthia Gibb. It was distributed by United Artists.

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American comedy-drama movies
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Down by Law (movie)

Down by Law is a 1986 independent movie directed by Jim Jarmusch and stars Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, and Ellen Barkin. It was distributed by Island Pictures.

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1980s road movies
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He Said, She Said

He Said, She Said is a 1991 romantic comedy movie directed by Ken Kwapis and Marisa Silver and stars Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Nathan Lane, Sharon Stone, and Anthony LaPaglia. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 romantic drama movie directed by Randa Haines and based on the Tony Award winning stage play of the same name by Mark Medoff. It stars Marlee Matlin in her Oscar winning role, William Hurt, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco and it was distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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Cobra (1986 movie)

Cobra is a 1986 action movie. It was directed by George P. Cosmatos. The movie is based on the 1978 novel Fair Game by Paula Gosling. It was remade in 1995 as Fair Game. Cobra stars Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Brian Thompson, and John Herzfeld. It was distributed by Warner Bros..

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Never Cry Wolf (movie)

Never Cry Wolf is a 1983 adventure drama movie directed by Carroll Ballard and is based on the 1963 autobiographical novel by Farley Mowat. It stars Brian Dennehy and Charles Martin Smith and was distributed by Walt Disney Studios.

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 Never Cry Wolf selected scenes from film at YouTube

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Alipur, Delhi

Alipur is a town in the state of Delhi, India. In 2001, there were 16,623 people living there.

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Delhi
Nighthawks (1981 movie)

Nighthawks is a 1981 action thriller movie directed by Bruce Malmuth and stars Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner, Nigel Davenport, Rutger Hauer, and Robert Pugh. It was distributed by Universal Pictures.

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Bad Timing

Bad Timing is a 1980 British psychological drama movie directed by Nicolas Roeg. It stars Harvey Keitel, Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Denholm Elliott and Daniel Massey.

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1980s erotic movies
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Blue Collar (movie)

Blue Collar is a 1978 crime drama movie directed by first time director Paul Schrader and stars Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto and Richard Pryor. It was distributed by Universal Pictures.

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Stir Crazy (movie)

Stir Crazy is a 1980 American comedy movie directed by Sidney Poitier, produced by Hannah Weinstein and stars Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, and Barry Corbin. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and was a major success led to the unsuccessful TV series by CBS in 1985.

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Peter Beard

Peter Hill Beard (January 22, 1938 – March 31 or April 2020) was an American artist, photographer, diarist and writer. He lived and worked in New York and Kenya. His photographs of Africa and African animals were widely shown and published since the 1960s.

Beard was born in New York. He was married three times. His second wife was supermodel Cheryl Tiegs. He had a child with his third wife.

On March 31, 2020, Beard wandered away from his home in Montauk, New York. At the time of his disappearance, he was suffering from dementia and ill health after a stroke. On April 19, 2020, he was found dead in a wooded area by a hunter. He was 82.

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Brewster's Millions (1985 movie)

Brewster's Millions is a 1985 sports comedy movie directed by Walter Hill and it is seventh adaption of the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. The movie stars Alec Baldwin, John Goodman, Jerry Orbach, Lonette McKee and was distributed by Universal Pictures.

Other websites 
 
 Brewster's Millions at the 80s Movie Gateway
 
 
 

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Harry Davenport (actor)

Harold George Bryant Davenport (January 19, 1866 – August 9, 1949) was an American actor. His roles include Dr. Meade in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Grandpa in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).

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Canton, Pennsylvania

Canton is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,976 at the 2010 census.

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Towanda, Pennsylvania

Towanda is a borough and the county seat of Bradford County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located  northwest of Wilkes-Barre. As of the 2010 census the population of Towanda was 2,919.

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Trevor Platt

Trevor Charles Platt, FRS, FRSC (August 12, 1942 – April 6, 2020) was a British biological oceanographer. He was known for his fundamental works to quantifying primary production by phytoplankton at many scales of space and time in the ocean. He was born in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. 

Platt worked with the Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO). He was a visiting Professor there in 2005, and then as its Executive Director from 2008 to 2015.

Platt died on April 6, 2020 in Plymouth, Devon, England at the age of 77.

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Jean-François Bazin

Jean-François Bazin (26 July 1942 – 17 April 2020) was a French politician, journalist, and writer. He was born in Dijon, France. Bazin was Municipal Councillor for Dijon from 1971 to 2008. A journalist, he worked for Les Echos, Le Moniteur Universel, Le Nouvel Économiste, and Le Spectacle du Monde. 

Bazin died on 17 April 2020 in Dijon, aged 77.

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2020 deaths
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a 1939 American political comedy-drama movie directed by Frank Capra. It stars Jean Arthur and James Stewart, and featuring Claude Rains, Harry Carey and Edward Arnold. The movie is about a newly appointed United States Senator who fights against a corrupt political system. It was written by Sidney Buchman, based on Lewis R. Foster's unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana". 

The movie was controversial when it was first released, but successful at the box office, and it made Stewart a major star. It was also loosely based on the life of Montana U.S. Senator Burton Wheeler.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, winning for Best Original Story. It is thought to be one of the greatest movies of all time. It was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1989.

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Burton K. Wheeler

Burton Kendall Wheeler (February 27, 1882January 6, 1975) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Democratic Party in Montana. He was a United States Senator from 1923 until 1947. He was Robert M. La Follette's running mate for the 1924 election.

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Montauk, New York

Montauk ( ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, on the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 3,326.

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Some Girls (movie)

Some Girls is a 1988 coming of age romantic comedy drama movie directed by Michael Hoffman and stars Patrick Dempsey, Jennifer Connelly, Sheila Kelley. It was distributed by United Artists.

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Ronald J. Kurth

Ronald James Kurth (July 1, 1931 – April 10, 2020) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy. His career included service in the Cold War and Vietnam War. He was a naval aviator and Russian area studies scholar fluent in the Russian language. He was Chief of Naval Operations from 1981 to 1983 and was President of the Naval War College from 1987 to 1990. 

Kurth was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He died on April 10, 2020 at the age of 88.

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John A. Baldwin Jr.

John Ashby Baldwin Jr. (born April 20, 1933) is a vice admiral of the United States Navy. He was active during the Cold War.  

He commanded destroyers and a carrier battle group. He worked on the staffs of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of Defense.

He was President of the Naval War College and of the National Defense University from 1986 to 1987.

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Edmond Baraffe

Edmond Baraffe (19 October 1942 – 19 April 2020) was a French professional football striker and manager. He was born in Annoeulin, France. He played for the national team from 1964 to 1966. He also played for Toulouse. He managed Le Touquet from 1985 to 1989. 

Baraffe died on 19 April 2020, aged 77.

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2020 deaths
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French football managers
Noach Dear

Noach Dear (November 20, 1953 – April 19, 2020) was an American attorney, Democratic politician, and jurist. He was a New York Supreme Court judge. Dear was elected in 2008 as a civil court judge, in 2010 as an Acting Supreme Court Justice. In 2015, he was made a permanent justice to the court. He was a member of the New York City Council from 1983 to 2001.

Dear was born in New York City. He died on April 19, 2020 of COVID-19 in New York City, aged 66.

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Papyrus Fouad 266

Papyrus Fouad 266 (signed as LXXP. Fouad Inv. 266; Rahlfs 847, 848 and 940;  TM nr: 62290; LDAB id: 3451: VH: 0056) is a copy of the Book of Deuteronomy in Koine Greek of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint. It is a papyrus manuscript in roll form. The manuscript has been assigned palaeographically to the 1st century BC (50 BCE). The manuscript has survived in a fragmentary condition. It has been discussed whether if this manuscript is or is not a later recension of the standard Septuagint text.

Description 
The Greek text was written on papyrus in uncial letters. The text is written in 33 lines per column. The uncial letters are upright and rounded. Iota adscript occurs.

It is the second oldest known manuscript of the Septuagint and the oldest which used the Hebrew Tetragrammaton in Aramaic "square" or Ashuri script in following places: De 18:5, 5, 7, 15, 16; 19:8, 14; 20:4, 13, 18; 21:1, 8; 23:5; 24:4, 9; 25:15, 16; De 26:2, 7, 8, 14; 27:2, 3, 7, 10, 15; 28:1, 1, 7, 8, 9, 13, 61, 62, 64, 65; 29:4, 10, 20, 29; 30:9, 20; 31:3, 26, 27, 29; 32:3, 6, 19.

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Claude Lafortune

Claude Lafortune (5 July 1936 – 19 April 2020) was a Canadian television host and artist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec. He had an exhibit dedicated to his work, Colle, papier, ciseaux, at the Musée des cultures du monde in Nicolet, Quebec. He hosted the children's television show Sol et Gobelet from 1968 to 1971.

Lafortune died on 19 April 2020 in Longueuil, Quebec of COVID-19, aged 83.

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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 3522

The Papyrus LXX Oxyrhynchus 3522, (signed as P.Oxy.L 3522: Rahlfs 857) – is a small fragment of the Greek Septuagint (LXX) written on papyrus. It is a scroll. This manuscript was discovered at Oxyrhynchus, about south of Cairo. It has been catalogued with the number 3522. Palaeographically it has been dated to the 1st century CE.

This fragment contains Job 42,11-12, and the tetragrammaton in paleo-Hebrew (). According to Philip Wesley Comfort, YHWH was written from right to left.

Greek text according to A. R. Meyer:

κ]αι εθαυμασαν οσα επ[ηγα
γε]ν ο  επαυτον εδ[ωκε
δε ]αυτω εκαστος αμναδα μι
αν] και τετραχμον χρυσουν
α]σημον ο δε ‎‎ ευλογη
σ]εν τα εσχατα ϊωβ η τα [εμ
π]ροσθεν ην δε τα κτ[ηνη
αυτου προβα]τα μυρια[ τε

Location 
The manuscript is kept in the Papyrology department of the Sackler library in Oxford as (P.Oxy.L 3522).

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1st-century BC biblical manuscripts
Septuagint manuscripts
Philippe Nahon

Philippe Nahon (; 24 December 1938 – 19 April 2020) was a French actor. He was born in Paris. His best known roles were in High Tension, I Stand Alone and in Calvaire. He also starred as the nameless butcher in three movies by Gaspar Noé – Carne, I Stand Alone, and Irréversible (cameo).

Nahon died of COVID-19 in Paris on 19 April 2020, aged 81.

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Alexander Vustin

Alexander Kuzmich Vustin, also Voustin or Wustin (, 24 April 1943 – 19 April 2020) was a Russian composer. His best known opera was The Devil in Love. His career began in 1962. He also worked for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. 

Vustin died on 19 April 2020 from pneumonia, aged 76.

References

Other websites
About the opera Boosey & Hawkes
Vustin's works from Boosey & Hawkes

1943 births
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Russian composers
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 biographical comedy drama movie directed by and starring Richard Pryor as Jo Jo Dancer a popular stand up comedian, who is burned himself alive while freebasing cocaine.

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Ha Jae-se

Ha Jae-se(河在世, August 26, 1885 ~ January 28, 1944) is a Confucian and educator of the Korean Empire. It is a direct descendant of Sir. Ha Yeon, who was an able premier and a prime minister during the Sejong the Great period.

Life 
He was born from the Confucian scholar's Prestigious family in Jodong of Sacheon city, and his grandfather had already died before he was born, with no influence from his grandfather. Under the guidance of my father, I started learning Confucianism from the age of 7 and completed my study of coming-age.

He suffered various troubles as one of the leaders of the local Confucian society among the rioters and strong points of the Japanese imperialism's occupation after the end of the turbulent period of Joseon Dynasty.
He repudiated the colonial modernization education of the Japanese imperialism until the moment he died, and emphasized the importance of Confucian education.  He was a Confucian scholar, and as a "Professor" in the field of Confucianism education, he firmly maintained his attitude to the end.

Direct descendants 
 Ha Chiho(致鎬)
 Ha Hong-sul(Yeong-sul, 洪述)
 Ha Hong-sun(Sun-mu, 洪順)
 Ha Seung Moo(Hong-chang, 洪昌)

Notes 
 Jin-Yang Hassi Daedongbo(晉陽河氏大同譜 乾隆丙子譜,1756年)
 Jin-Yang Hassi Daedongbo(晉陽河氏大同譜 乾隆壬辰譜,1772年)
 Jin-Yang Hassi Daedongbo(晉陽河氏大同譜 乾隆乙酉譜,1789年)
 Jin-Yang Hassi Daedongbo(晉陽河氏大同譜 道光戊子譜,1828年)
 Jin-Yang Hassi Daedongbo(晉陽河氏大同譜 咸豐丁巳譜,1857年)
 Jin-Yang Hassi Daedongbo(晉陽河氏大同譜 戊午譜,1858年)
 Jin-Yang Hassi Daedongbo(晉陽河氏大同譜 庚辰譜,1880年)
 Jin-Yang Hassi Daedongbo(晉陽河氏大同譜 庚子譜,1900年)
 The Person studies of Ha Seung-moo about Ha’s Clan(河承武의 晉陽河氏 家門人物硏究(2015年)

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Korean educators
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The Last American Hero

The Last American Hero (also known as Hard Driver) is a 1973 sports drama movie based on the true story NASCAR driver Junior Johnson. It was directed by Lamont Johnson and stars Jeff Bridges, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey, Ed Lauter and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha is a low budget 1972 romantic crime drama based on the novel Sister of the Road by Ben L. Reitman. It was directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Roger Corman and starred Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, John Carradine, Barry Primus, and Bernie Carey.

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Lady Sings the Blues (movie)

Lady Sings the Blues is a 1972 biographical drama movie about jazz singer Billie Holiday and was directed by Sidney J. Furie and stars Diana Ross, Richard Pryor, and Billy Dee Williams. It was nominated for 5 Oscars in 1973.

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Lars Ahlfors

Lars Valerian Ahlfors (18 April 1907 – 11 October 1996) was a Finnish mathematician known for his work in the field of complex analysis.

Bibliography
 Complex Analysis: an Introduction to the Theory of Analytic Functions of One Complex Variable (1953, 1966, 1979) ()
 Contributions to the Theory of Riemann Surfaces: Annals of Mathematics Studies (1953) () (co-author and co-editor)

Other websites

 Ahlfors entry on Harvard University Mathematics department web site.
Papers of Lars Valerian Ahlfors : an inventory (Harvard University Archives)
Lars Valerian Ahlfors The MacTutor History of Mathematics page about Ahlfors
The Mathematics of Lars Valerian Ahlfors, Notices of the American Mathematical Society; vol. 45, no. 2 (February 1998).
Lars Valerian Ahlfors (1907–1996), Notices of the American Mathematical Society; vol. 45, no. 2 (February 1998).

National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
Author profile in the database Zentralblatt_MATH

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Kiyoshi Oka

was a Japanese mathematician who made the theory of complex analysis with several variables. Therefore, there are some theorems named after him in this field.

Bibliography
 - Includes bibliographical references.

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Oka library at NWU
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1901 births
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Green Army

The Green Army was an organisation of militias in Ukraine during the Russian Civil War. They occupied small parts of land, but rarely launched actual campaings against any of the sides. They never achieved their goal of gaining Ukrainian independance. They dissolved in 1922 after the Soviet Union was established.

History of Ukraine
Amberg (CDP), Wisconsin

Amberg is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wisconsin in the United States.

Census-designated places in Wisconsin
Kavango East

Kavango East is a region in Namibia. The capital is Rundu. The region was created in 2013, when the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West.

The region has the western half of the Caprivi Strip.

There are 6 constituencies:
 Mashare
 Mukwe
 Ndiyona
 Ndonga Linena
 Rundu Rural
 Rundu Urban

2010s establishments in Africa
2013 establishments
Regions of Namibia
Heherson Alvarez

Heherson "Sonny"  Turingan Alvarez (October 16, 1939 – April 20, 2020) was a Filipino politician. He was born in Santiago, Isabela. He served as a member of the House of Representatives (1998–2001) and the Senate of the Philippines (1987–1998). Alvarez was also Minister of Agrarian Reform (1986–1987) and Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (2001–2002). 

On April 20, 2020, during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, Alvarez died of COVID-19. He was 80.

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Rudratej Singh

Rudratej Singh (1973 or 1974 – 20 April 2020) was an Indian businessman. He was the first Indian president and CEO of BMW India from 2019 until his death in 2020. Singh is also known for positions as global president of Royal Enfield (India) and vice-president of Unilever in Singapore.

Singh grew up in New Delhi. On 20 April 2020, he died due to cardiac arrest at the age of 46.

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The Other Side of Midnight (movie)

The Other Side of Midnight is a 1977 drama movie directed by Charles Jarrott and adapted from the 1973 novel of the same name by Sidney Sheldon. It stars Susan Sarandon, John Beck, Marie-France Pisier, Clu Gulager, Christian Marquand and was nominated for an Oscar in 1978. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers () is a 1972 Swedish period drama movie directed by Ingmar Bergman and stars Harriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin. It was nominated for 5 Oscars and won for Best Cinematography in 1974.

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Paul Scully-Power

Paul Desmond Scully-Power  (born 28 May 1944) is an Australian-American oceanographer and astronaut. In 1984, he flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-41-G as a payload specialist. At the time, he was a civilian employee of the United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center. He was the first Australian-born person to journey into space. He was also the first astronaut with a beard.

During his time in space, Scully-Power was able to confirm spiral eddies existed. He also saw them with the naked eye.

Scully-Power was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He is married and has six children.

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Paul Scully-Power NASA biography

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Andy Thomas

Andrew Sydney Withiel Thomas  (born December 18, 1951) is an Australian-American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut. He flew aboard a number of Space Shuttle missions. He has 177 days logged in space. His first mission was STS-77 (1996). His final mission was STS-114 (2005), the first Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster of 2003.

Thomas was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He is married to fellow astronaut Shannon Walker.

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 Andy Thomas NASA biography

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Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday is a 1971 British drama movie directed by John Schlesinger and written by Penelope Gilliatt. It stars Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft, and Daniel Day-Lewis. It was nominated for four Oscars in 1972 and was distributed by United Artists.

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Eliza Scanlen

Eliza Jane Scanlen (born 6 January 1999) is an Australian actress. She first became known for her role as Tabitha Ford in the Seven Network soap opera Home and Away (2016). She then notably played Amma Crellin in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018). Her movie credits include Babyteeth (2019), Little Women (2019) and The Devil All the Time (2020).

Scanlen was born in Sydney, New South Wales. She has a fraternal twin sister named Annabel.

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Stephen Amell

Stephen Adam Amell (born May 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor and producer. He is best known for playing Oliver Queen / Green Arrow in The CW superhero series Arrow (2012–2020). He has also appeared as the character in The Flash (2014–2019), Vixen (2015–2016), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2020),  Supergirl (2017–2019) and Batwoman (2019). His other credits include the HBO series Hung (2011) and the movies Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) and Code 8 (2019).

Amell was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is a first cousin of actor Robbie Amell. He was married to Carolyn Lawrence from 2007 to 2010. He married actress and model Cassandra Jean in 2012. The couple's daughter was born in 2013.

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Robbie Amell

Robert Patrick Amell IV (born April 21, 1988) is a Canadian actor and producer. He is known for playing Stephen Jameson in The CW series The Tomorrow People (2013–2014) and Ronnie Raymond / Firestorm in The CW series The Flash (2014–2017). 

Amell also played Fred Jones in the movies Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster, and Max in The Babysitter (2017) and, its sequel, The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020). His other TV roles include series such as Life with Derek, True Jackson, VP, Unnatural History and Revenge. His movie other credits The Hunters (2013), The DUFF (2015) and Code 8 (2019).

Amell was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is a first cousin of actor Stephen Amell. He is married to fellow Canadian actor Italia Ricci. The couple have a son. In January 2020, Amell and Ricci became citizens of the United States.

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Arsen Yegiazarian

Arsen Yegiazarian (; 18 May 1970 – 20 April 2020) was an Armenian chess player. He was born in Yerevan. He became a Grandmaster in 2000, and a FIDE senior trainer in 2010–11. He was part of winning team of 1995's European Chess Club Cup. He also competed at the Chess Olympiad in 1994 and 1996.

Yegiazarian died on 20 April 2020 at the age of 49.

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Arsen Yegiazarian rating card at FIDE

1970 births
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Armenian sportspeople
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Wau, South Sudan

Wau (, Wāw), also known as Wow, Waw or Wau Town, is a city in northwestern South Sudan. It lies on the western bank of the Jur River and is the capital of Western Bahr el Ghazal (and formerly Wau State).

Notable people
Luol Deng, basketball player.
Thon Maker, basketball player.
Alek Wek, model.

Cities in Africa
South Sudan
Alek Wek

Alek Wek (born 16 April 1977) is a South Sudanese-British model and designer. She began her fashion career at the age of 18 in 1995. She has been praised for her influence on the perception of beauty in the fashion industry.

Wek was born in Wau, Sudan (now South Sudan). She is from the Dinka ethnic group. She fled to Britain in 1991 to escape the civil war in Sudan. As of 2009, she lives in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

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Thon Maker

Thon Marial Maker (born 25 February 1997) is a South Sudanese-born Australian professional basketball player. He plays as a centre and power forward. He currently plays for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also plays for the Australian national team. He formerly played for the Milwaukee Bucks (2016–2019).

Maker was born in Wau, Sudan (now South Sudan). He grew up in Perth, Western Australia from around age five. He also attended high school in the United States and Canada.

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Australian basketball players
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