cahya/wikipedia-simple-en huggingface dataset:
Hypnic jerk

A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk or sleep twitch sometimes happens when a person is falling asleep. It is an involuntary movement, that is, not done on purpose. It may cause them to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment.  

Hypnic jerks are one form of involuntary muscle twitches called myoclonus. Such movements do occur in healthy people. They have been associated with causes such as irregular sleep patterns or stress. Certain substances such as caffeine may also cause them.

Sleep
Mads Mikkelsen

Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. He is best known for his roles in the movies King Arthur (2004), Casino Royale (2006), Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009), The Hunt (2012) and Doctor Strange and Rogue One (both 2016). He also played Hannibal Lecter in the NBC television series Hannibal (2013–15).

Mikkelsen was born in Østerbro, Copenhagen. His older brother, Lars, is also an actor. He married Hanne Jacobsen in 2000. The couple have two children.

References

Other websites

 
 

1965 births
Living people
Actors who played Bond villains
Danish movie actors
Danish television actors
Actors from Copenhagen
Voice actors
Jiang Wen

Jiang Wen (born 5 January 1963) is a Chinese movie actor, screenwriter and director. He directed and starred in the movies In the Heat of the Sun (1994), Devils on the Doorstep (2000), Let the Bullets Fly (2010) and Gone with the Bullets (2014). He also directed a segment of the movie New York, I Love You (2008). In 2016, he starred as Baze Malbus in the Star Wars anthology movie Rogue One.

Jiang was born in Tangshan, Hebei. He moved to Beijing when he was ten. He has been married twice and has three children.

References

Other websites

 

1963 births
Living people
Chinese television actors
Chinese movie directors
Chinese screenwriters
Chinese movie actors
Dick Latessa

Richard Robert "Dick" Latessa (September 15, 1929 – December 19, 2016) was an American stage, movie, and television actor. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He was known for his stage role as Wilbur in the musical Hairspray. In 2003, he won a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award in 2003.

Latessa died of heart failure in Manhattan, New York City, New York on December 19, 2016, aged 87.

References

Other websites
 
 TonyAwards.com Interview with Dick Latessa 

Tony Award winning actors
Drama Desk Award winners
1929 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from heart failure
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
Actors from Cleveland, Ohio
Actors from New York City
Sharpeville massacre

The Sharpeville massacre was when a crowd of between 5,000 and 7,000 black people protested at the police station in Sharpeville, South Africa on March 21, 1960. The police started shooting into the crowd. A total of 69 people were killed including 8 women and 10 children, and 180 people were injured, including 31 women and 19 children. In South Africa today, this day is a public holiday in honor of human rights.

The demonstration was to protest against pass laws. The crowd went to the police station demanding to be arrested for not carrying their passes. At some point the South African Police started shooting. People have different explanations to what the crowd was doing. Some say that the crowd was peaceful. Others say that the crowd were throwing stones at the police. The shooting started when the crowd started going toward the fence around the police station. Some say this was what led Nelson Mandela to engaging in more violent protests.

References

Apartheid-related violence
20th century in South Africa
Tullio De Mauro

Tullio De Mauro (31 March 1932 – 5 January 2017) was an Italian linguist and politician. He was the Italian Minister of Education from 2000 to 2001, under Prime Minister Giuliano Amato (2nd government). He was also a professor of general linguistics at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Rome. He was born in Torre Annunziata, Campania.

De Mauro died on 5 January 2017 in Rome at the age of 84.

References

Other websites

 

1932 births
2017 deaths
Italian politicians
Italian writers
Linguists
Kafr Bara

Kafr Bara is an Israeli-Arab local council in Israel's Central District, Kafr Bara is a village located in the southern triangle area near Jaljulia under 2,400 square-dunum area of influence.

Population and families 
According to the latest statistics, Kafr bara has a population (3,500 inhabitants), the population grows by 5% and its population are Arab Muslims.

Institutions 
There is a Community Center and retirement Centre shabib. and there is 3 mosques, a public library, a post office, a mother and child care centre, and 2 clinics. And a football playground.

Schools 
There is 2 schools in Kafr Bara:
 Omar Bin Khattab primary school, The number of students towards (700 students).
 Comprehensive secondary school of Kafr Bara, Opened in the academic year (2009-2010) number of students (250-300) student.

Local government in Israel
Settlements in Israel
Villages in Asia
Snowy owl

The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) is an owl native to the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. They hunt rodents.  

Lemmings are a favourite prey. They will also hunt fish and small mammals

The male's mating call sounds like krek-krek, while the female's mating call sounds like pyee-pyee or prek-prek.

In the novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (USA edition: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), Harry is assigned a female snowy owl as his animal companion. Her name is Hedwig.

References

Strigiformes
Poyang Lake

Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China. It is in the Jiangxi Province. Poyang is fed by the Gan, Xin, and Xiu rivers. They connect to the Yangtze through a channel.

Lake Poyang has always shrunk in the dry season and expanded in the wet season. It reached its greatest size during the Tang Dynasty, when its area reached . It is now around . Lake Pohang became much smaller because of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.

References

Lakes of China
Nanuqsaurus

Nanuqsaurus ('meaning polar bear lizard') is a genus of  theropod dinosaur. It is only known from one specimen, DMNH 21461, a partial skull roof found in Alaska. This dinosaur may grown to about 6 m (~20 ft) long, half the size of Tyrannosaurus.

The skull would have been about 50 cm (1.65 ft) when complete.

References 

Tyrannosaurids
Madoc (poem)

Madoc is a long poem by Robert Southey. The author is famous as the third of the Lake Poets. Madoc is an epic poem. It was first published in 1805. The poet worked on the poem for ten years. It tells about legendary Welsh prince Madog, ab Owain Gwynedd. He lived in 12th century. According to the legend, he explored America long before Christopher Columbus. The poem is divided into two parts. The first is named Madoc in Wales while the second Madoc in Aztlan.  The poem is written in Blank verse that is in unrhymed iambic pentameter.

Fair blows the wind, the vessel drives along,
Her streamers fluttering at their length, her sails
All full, she drives along, and round her prow
Scatters the ocean spray. What feelings then
Filled every bosom, when the mariners,
After the peril of that weary way,
Beheld their own dear country ! Here stands one,
Stretching his sight toward the distant shore,
And, as to well known forms his busy joy
Shapes the dim outline, eagerly he points
The fancied headland and the cape and bay,
Till his eyes ache, o'erstraining.

The poem was reviewed in The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry.

Irish poet Paul Muldoon named his book Madoc: A Mystery (1990) after Robert Southey's poem.

References

Bibliography 
 Matthew Leporati, "Authority from Heaven": Robert Southey's Madoc and Epic Christian Imperialism.

Other websites 
 Madoc by Robert Southey, London 1853 at Archive.org

Epic poems
Arrondissements of the Bouches-du-Rhône department

There are 4 arrondissements in the Bouches-du-Rhône department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

The arrondissements of Bouches-du-Rhône are:

History
Bouches-du-Rhône is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was divided in six districts: Tarascon, Apt, Aix, Marseille, Salon and Arles, with Aix as is capital.

In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the six districts were changed into three arrondissements: Marseille, Aix and Tarascon. The prefecture was moved from Aix to Marseille.

In 1817, the subprefecture of Tarascon was moved to Arles. The arrondissement of Istres was created in 1981.

Related pages
List of arrondissements of France

References

Bouches-du-Rhone
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence

The arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence is an arrondissement of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Aix-en-Provence.

History
When the Bouches-du-Rhône department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence is in the northeast of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north by the Vaucluse department, to the east by the Var department, to the southeast by the Marseille arrondissement, to the southwest by the Istres arrondissement and to the northwest by the Arles arrondissement.

The arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence is the second largest arrondissement of the department both in area, , and population (429,436 inhabitants).

Composition

Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are 9 cantons in the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence and 5 of them do not have all their communes in the arrondissement:

 Aix-en-Provence-1 (1301)
 Aix-en-Provence-2 (1302)
 Berre-l'Étang (1306) (partly)
 Gardanne (1309)
 Pélissanne (1325) (partly)
 Salon-de-Provence-1 (1326) (partly)
 Salon-de-Provence-2 (1327) (partly)
 Trets (1328)
 Vitrolles (1329) (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence has 44 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Aix-en-Provence (13001)
 Aurons (13008)
 Beaurecueil (13012)
 Bouc-Bel-Air (13015)
 Cabriès (13019)
 Charleval (13024)
 Châteauneuf-le-Rouge (13025)
 Cornillon-Confoux (13029)
 Coudoux (13118)
 Fuveau (13040)
 Gardanne (13041)
 Grans (13044)
 Jouques (13048)
 La Barben (13009)
 La Fare-les-Oliviers (13037)
 La Roque-d'Anthéron (13084)
 Lambesc (13050)
 Lançon-Provence (13051)
 Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade (13080)
 Le Tholonet (13109)
 Les Pennes-Mirabeau (13071)
 Meyrargues (13059)
 Meyreuil (13060)
 Mimet (13062)
 Peynier (13072)
 Peyrolles-en-Provence (13074)
 Puyloubier (13079)
 Pélissanne (13069)
 Rognes (13082)
 Rousset (13087)
 Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon (13090)
 Saint-Cannat (13091)
 Saint-Estève-Janson (13093)
 Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde (13095)
 Saint-Paul-lès-Durance (13099)
 Salon-de-Provence (13103)
 Septèmes-les-Vallons (13106)
 Simiane-Collongue (13107)
 Trets (13110)
 Vauvenargues (13111)
 Velaux (13112)
 Venelles (13113)
 Ventabren (13114)
 Éguilles (13032)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Aix-en-Provence
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Arrondissement of Arles

The arrondissement of Arles is an arrondissement of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Arles.

History
When the Bouches-du-Rhône department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Arles was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Arles is in the west of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north by the Vaucluse department, to the northeast by the Aix-en-Provence arrondissement, to the southeast by the Istres arrondissement, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the west by the Gard department.

The arrondissement of Arles is the largest arrondissement of the department in area,  but the one with fewest people living in it, with a population of 205,529 inhabitants.

Composition

Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are 4 cantons in the arrondissement of Arles and 2 of them do not have all their communes in the arrondissement:
 Arles (1304)
 Châteaurenard (1307)
 Pélissanne (1325) (partly)
 Salon-de-Provence-1 (1326) (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Arles has 36 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Alleins (13003)
 Arles (13004)
 Aureille (13006)
 Barbentane (13010)
 Boulbon (13017)
 Cabannes (13018)
 Châteaurenard (13027)
 Eygalières (13034)
 Eyguières (13035)
 Eyragues (13036)
 Fontvieille (13038)
 Graveson (13045)
 Lamanon (13049)
 Les Baux-de-Provence (13011)
 Maillane (13052)
 Mallemort (13053)
 Mas-Blanc-des-Alpilles (13057)
 Maussane-les-Alpilles (13058)
 Mollégès (13064)
 Mouriès (13065)
 Noves (13066)
 Orgon (13067)
 Paradou (13068)
 Plan-d'Orgon (13076)
 Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône (13078)
 Rognonas (13083)
 Saint-Andiol (13089)
 Saint-Martin-de-Crau (13097)
 Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues (13061)
 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (13100)
 Saint-Étienne-du-Grès (13094)
 Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (13096)
 Sénas (13105)
 Tarascon (13108)
 Vernègues (13115)
 Verquières (13116)
 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Arles
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Arrondissement of Istres

The arrondissement of Istres is an arrondissement of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Istres.

History
The arrondissement of Istres was created in 1981.

Geography
The arrondissement of Istres is in the south of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north and east by the Aix-en-Provence arrondissement, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the west by the Arles arrondissement.

The arrondissement of Istres is the smallest arrondissement of the department in area, ; it has a population of 312,489 inhabitants.

Composition

Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are 6 cantons in the arrondissement of Istres and 3 of them do not have all their communes in the arrondissement:

 Berre-l'Étang (1306) (partly)
 Istres (1310)
 Marignane (1311)
 Martigues (1324)
 Salon-de-Provence-2 (1327) (partly)
 Vitrolles (1329) (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Istres has 18 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Berre-l'Étang (13014)
 Carry-le-Rouet (13021)
 Châteauneuf-les-Martigues (13026)
 Ensuès-la-Redonne (13033)
 Fos-sur-Mer (13039)
 Gignac-la-Nerthe (13043)
 Istres (13047)
 Le Rove (13088)
 Marignane (13054)
 Martigues (13056)
 Miramas (13063)
 Port-de-Bouc (13077)
 Rognac (13081)
 Saint-Chamas (13092)
 Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts (13098)
 Saint-Victoret (13102)
 Sausset-les-Pins (13104)
 Vitrolles (13117)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Istres
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Nata de coco

Nata de coco (also called coconut gel) is a chewy, translucent, jelly-like food produced by the fermentation of coconut water, which gels through the production of microbial cellulose by Acetobacter xylinum. Originating in the Philippines, nata de coco is most commonly sweetened as a candy or dessert, and can accompany a variety of foods, including pickles, drinks, ice cream, puddings, and fruit mixes.

References

Foods
Arrondissement of Marseille

The arrondissement of Marseille is an arrondissement of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of Marseille.

History
When the Bouches-du-Rhône department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Marseille was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Marseille is in the southeast of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north and west by the Aix-en-Provence arrondissement, to the east by the Var department and to the south by the Mediterranean Sea.

The arrondissement of Marseille is the second smallest arrondissement in area of the department but the one with more people living in it. It has an area of  and a population of 1,058,615 inhabitants.

Composition

Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are 15 cantons in the arrondissement of Marseille and all of them have all their communes' in the arrondissement:

 Allauch (1303)
 Aubagne (1305)
 La Ciotat (1308)
 Marseille-1 (1312)
 Marseille-2 (1313)
 Marseille-3 (1314)
 Marseille-4 (1315)
 Marseille-5 (1316)
 Marseille-6 (1317)
 Marseille-7 (1318)
 Marseille-8 (1319)
 Marseille-9 (1320)
 Marseille-10 (1321)
 Marseille-11 (1322)
 Marseille-12 (1323)

Communes
The arrondissement of Marseille has 37 communes, including 16 subdivisions ("municipal arrondissements") of the city of Marseille; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Allauch (13002)
 Aubagne (13005)
 Auriol (13007)
 Belcodène (13013)
 La Bouilladisse (13016)
 Cadolive (13020)
 Cassis (13022)
 Ceyreste (13023)
 La Ciotat (13028)
 Cuges-les-Pins (13030)
 La Destrousse (13031)
 Gémenos (13042)
 Gréasque (13046)
 Marseille (13055)
 La Penne-sur-Huveaune (13070)
 Peypin (13073)
 Plan-de-Cuques (13075)
 Roquefort-la-Bédoule (13085)
 Roquevaire (13086)
 Saint-Savournin (13101)
 Carnoux-en-Provence (13119)
 Marseille 1er Arrondissement (13201)
 Marseille 2e Arrondissement (13202)
 Marseille 3e Arrondissement (13203)
 Marseille 4e Arrondissement (13204)
 Marseille 5e Arrondissement (13205)
 Marseille 6e Arrondissement (13206)
 Marseille 7e Arrondissement (13207)
 Marseille 8e Arrondissement (13208)
 Marseille 9e Arrondissement (13209)
 Marseille 10e Arrondissement (13210)
 Marseille 11e Arrondissement (13211)
 Marseille 12e Arrondissement (13212)
 Marseille 13e Arrondissement (13213)
 Marseille 14e Arrondissement (13214)
 Marseille 15e Arrondissement (13215)
 Marseille 16e Arrondissement (13216) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Marseille
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Carl Johnson

Carl "CJ" Johnson is the main playable character of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The game's main storyline begins with Carl returning to Los Santos following the tragic demise of his mother.

CJ is a member of the Grove Street Families, a street gang located in Los Santos.

Prior to events in San Andreas, CJ causes the accidental death of his brother. Eventually he decides to leave his gang life behind by moving to Liberty City, where he commences to work with Joey Leone in the car theft business.

He is voiced by rapper Young Maylay.

Enemy Officer Tenpenny

References 

Video game characters
Nisha Ayub

Nisha Ayub is a transgender rights activist from Malaysia.  She started the the SEED Foundation to help transgender people and Justice for Sisters for legal help.    In 2016, she received the International Women of Courage Award.

When Nisha was 21 years old, she was sentenced to prison under Sharia law (Islamic law) for wearing women's clothing.   When she got out of prison, she started working for the rights of transgender people in Malaysia.

Awards 

 Alison Des Forges Award from Human Rights Watch, 2015
 International women of courage Award from U.S. Department of State, 2016

Other websites 

 2016 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

References  

Human rights activists
Jeremy Stone

Jeremy J. Stone (November 23, 1935 – January 1, 2017) was an American nuclear arms-control activist. He served as president of the Federation of American Scientists from 1970 to 2000. It led initiatives in arms control, human rights, and foreign policy. He retied inn 2000. Stone continued his work at a new organization called Catalytic Diplomacy.

Stone was born in New York City, New York. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Swarthmore College. Stone died in Carlsbad, California on January 1, 2017 from complications of prostate cancer, aged 81.

References

Other websites
Eric Alterman, "Of Scientists and Spies", The Nation (January 13, 2000) 

1935 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from prostate cancer
Cancer deaths in California
American activists
Writers from New York City
Willie Evans

Willie R. Evans (December 1, 1937 – January 4, 2017) was an American football player. He was the running back for the University at Buffalo football team in the late 1950s. He was born in Buffalo, New York.  After his football career, Evans taught in Buffalo area schools for more than 30 years.

Evans died on January 4, 2017 in Buffalo, New York, aged 79.

References

1937 births
2017 deaths
American football players
Sportspeople from Buffalo, New York
Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje

Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje (18 April 1932 – 4 January 2017) was a Spanish painter. He was born in Barcelona, Spain. He was known for his traditional figurative and realistic paintings and drawings of the landscape of Cadaqués and Barcelona. His career began in 1948. He retired in 2014.

Pagans died in Barcelona, Spain from congestive heart failure on 4 January 2017, aged 84.

References

Other websites
Official Website

1932 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from congestive heart failure
Spanish painters
People from Barcelona
Christopher Weeramantry

Christopher Gregory Weeramantry, AM (November 17, 1926 – January 5, 2017) was a Sri Lankan lawyer. He was a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1991 to 2000. He was the ICJ's Vice-President from 1997 to 2000. 

Weeramantry was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He studied at Royal College Colombo, at King's College London, and at the University of Ceylon.

Weeramantry was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka from 1967 to 1972. He was also an Emeritus Professor at Monash University and the President of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms.

Weeramantry died in Colombo, Sri Lanka of natural causes on January 5, 2017, aged 90.

References

Other websites
 A Great Son of Lanka"  S. Pathiravitana (2007), Sri Lanka Daily News. Accessed 2007-11-08
 International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
 German Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
 Christopher Weeramantry-The 2007 Right Livelihood Award Recipients 

1926 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from natural causes
Sri Lankan lawyers
Judges
People from Colombo
Om Puri

Om Prakesh Puri  (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor. He has appeared in mainstream commercial Pakistani, Indian, British, and Hollywood movies. He was also in independent and art movies. 

Puri was known for his roles in Gandhi (1982), Ardh Satya (1983), City of Joy (1992), Wolf (1994), East Is East (1999) and in The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014). His career began in 1972. He also narrated the widely known Indian nature documentary Bharat Ek Khoj (1988).

He has been awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India. He won two National Film Awards in 1981 and in 1983. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1999 for his role as George Khan in East Is East. 

Puri was born in Ambala, Haryana, India. He studied at the Film and Television Institute of India and in the National School of Drama. He was married to Nandita Puri from 1993 until they divorced in 2013. 

Puri died in his sleep of a heart attack at his home in Andheri, Mumbai, India on 6 January 2017, aged 66.

References

Other websites

1950 births
2017 deaths
Cardiovascular disease deaths in India
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Indian movie actors
Indian television actors
Haryana
Honorary Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Jill Saward

Jill Saward (14 January 1965 – 5 January 2017) was an English campaigner on issues relating to sexual violence. She was born in Liverpool. Saward was the victim of the 1986 Ealing vicarage rape, a crime whose sentencing scandalized the UK and led indirectly to changes in the law.

In 2009, she campaigned against a European Court of Justice ruling that DNA of people cleared of crimes must be deleted from the DNA Database after six years, or 12 years for serious crimes.

Saward stood against David Davis in the 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election in 2008. She lost the election after winning only 2.1% of the votes.

Saward died on 5 January 2017 in Wolverhampton from a cerebral hemorrhage, aged 51.

References

1965 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from cerebral hemorrhage
English activists
Crime victims
English politicians
Writers from Liverpool
Smurfs: The Lost Village

Smurfs: The Lost Village is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated adventure-comedy movie. It is directed by Kelly Asbury. It is based on The Smurfs comic book series. It premiered on April 7, 2017.

Voice Cast 
Mandy Patinkin as Papa Smurf 
Demi Lovato a Smurfette
Rainn Wilson as Gargamel
Joe Manganiello as Hefty Smurf
Jack McBrayer as Clumsy Smurf 
Danny Pudi as Brainy Smurf.
Julia Roberts as Smurfwillow
Michelle Rodriguez as Smurfstorm
Ariel Winter as Smurflily
Ellie Kemper as Smurfblossom
Meghan Trainor as Smurfmelody
Jake Johnson as Grouchy Smurf
Gordon Ramsay as Baker Smurf
Tituss Burgess as Vanity Smurf
Gabriel Iglesias as Jokey Smurf
Jeff Dunham as Farmer Smurf
Kelly Asbury as Nosey Smurf

Plot 
Smurfette finds a creature in the Forbidden Forest who leaves a mysterious map. With Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty she goes on a mission to find the lost village.

Release 
It is set for release on August 5, 2016, and is previously set for release on May 20, 2016.

References 

2017 comedy movies
2010s animated movies
2010s adventure movies
American animated movies
American comedy movies
American adventure movies
Smurfs
Movies directed by Kelly Asbury
Penelope Wilton

Dame Penelope Alice Wilton  (born 3 June 1946) is a British actress. On television, she is best known for her roles in Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989) and Downton Abbey. She appeared in the TV film Half Broken Things in 2007. She also played the recurring role of Harriet Jones in Doctor Who (2005–08).

Wilton's movie appearances include Clockwise (1986), Cry Freedom (1987), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Match Point (2005), Pride & Prejudice (2005), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and The BFG (2016).

Wilton was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. She has been married twice. She has a daughter, Alice (born 1977), with actor Daniel Massey.

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1946 births
Living people
Actors from Yorkshire
English movie actors
English stage actors
English television actors
Knights and Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
People from North Yorkshire
Mighty Magiswords (International TV Series)

Mighty Magiswords is a French-German-Italian animation series produced by Alphanim and Nickelodeon Productions, and distributed by Nelvana, Discovery Kids and Globosat.

The series deals with the two light warriors, Prohyas and Vambre, with their dragon pet Gulp, go on adventures with their magiswords and the powerful imagination of the twins who was carefree and stayed with him. With Gulp, an anthropomorphic dragon that is the pet of Prohyas and Vambre.

In May 2005, the series was first broadcast in Jetix Germany and Nickelodeon Germany on the German worlds, and then was devoted to another in Jetix France, Jetix Italy, Nickelodeon Italy and Nickelodeon France.

In July 2006, the series was broadcast on Nickelodeon Latin America until 2009. In 2007, it was aired on Jetix Latin America through 2008 through the Jetix Original series. The series introduces the producer before inviting Jetix Animation Concepts, a 2006-2009 company that was produced by Yin Yang Yo, Get Ed and Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go.

During episodes, the series has three seasons and episodes with five episodes each season.

'Robin's Tales'  was the end of an hour of the series issued on May 1, 2009, and its sequel  Robin's Halloween Debuts  was the other end of an hour of the series was issued on 4 September 2010. His two last episodes are characterized first, Steven and the Titans with the Army Robin has discovered stealing his evil man, and in the second and final adventure continues with a special Halloween during the October season , Everyone has halloween, and then Steven and Connie love and have to leave the adventures through the final door during the Halloween extremes.

During the last five years, to his farewell messages Powerful Magistrates, 2005-2010 ''

After five years, Alphanim canceled new seasons and new five episodes during the total of 5x5 episodes. When Jetix replaced by Disney XD, Disney XD eliminated the series, and Disney XD was emitted the series currently in Europe.

Characters 
 Prohyas - He is twin brother of Vambre and sent to the adventures with Vambre along with magistrates without Gulp.
 Vambre - It is twin sister of a Prohyas and also sent to the adventures with Prohyas and magiswords without Gulp
 Gulp - It is an anthropomorphic dragon who is too young to send to the adventures while working with Prohyas and Vambre.

Voices

Related pages
 Nickelodeon
 Jetix
 Disney Channel

2005 American television series debuts
2010 American television series endings
English-language television programs
¡Mucha Lucha!: Gigante

¡Mucha Lucha!: Gigante is an animated American-Mexican-Canadian series produced by 20th Century Fox Television.

The series was released on FOX on February 26, 2005 and then premiered on ABC on March 11, 2005 and April 9, 2005 on ABC Family.

The series has only twenty-six episodes broadcasted in Japan, Europe and Latin America, along with his direct-to-video film. It was aired on Discovery Kids, Nickelodeon and Jetix on May 11, 2005 in Latin America and on Kids' CBC on June 11, 2005 in Canada.

It was aired on ABC Family, ABC, Disney Channel Europe and FOX Japan.

The series also had only fifty-two episodes with a season instead of the regular standard of three seasons.

Plot

The Began in 2005 
Rikochet, Buena Girl, and The Flea must rescue Blue Demon Jr. from a group of vampires who'll be at large during the solar eclipse.

The Finale in 2009 
The world of Lucha Libre is threatened when a dark force named El Maléfico is accidentally released. Our three Mascaritas, Rikochet, Buena Girl, and The Flea must rise to the challenge and send this evil back from whence it came. Their battle with El Maléfico will decide the fate of the universe!

Characters 
 Rikochet
 Buena Girl
 The Flea
 Minotauro
 El Perrito
 French Twist
 El Loco Mosquito
 Megawatt

International Broadcast 
 : ABC, ABC Family and FOX
 Latin America: Discovery Kids, Nickelodeon and Jetix
 : Azteca 7
 : Kids' CBC
 : Disney Channel
 : Disney Channel
 : Disney Channel
 : Disney Channel
 : Disney Channel
 : Disney Channel
 : Disney Channel
 : Disney Channel
 : Disney Channel
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 : Disney Channel
 : FOX

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 ABC
 ABC Family
 FOX
 TV Azteca
 CBC Television
 Disney Channel
 Nickelodeon
 Jetix

2005 American television series debuts
2009 American television series endings
English-language television programs
Mint (money)

A mint is an industrial facility which makes coins that can be used in currency.

In coin collecting, the term "mint condition" means the coin has never been used ("in circulation"), just like it came out of the mint where it was made.

The earliest metallic money did not consist of coins, but of unminted metal in the form of rings and other ornaments or of weapons. These were used for thousands of years by the Egyptian, Chaldean and Assyrian empires.

The first mint was perhaps in Lydia in the 7th century BC, for coining gold, silver and electrum. The Lydian innovation spread to neighboring Greece, where several city-states operated their own mints. Some of the earliest Greek mints were in city-states on Greek islands such as Crete. A mint existed at the ancient city of Cydonia on Crete at least as early as the fifth century BC.

References 

Money
Manufacturing
Coins
Vlissingen

Vlissingen, Zeelandic: Vlissienge, English: Flushing, is a city, municipality and seaport in the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands.

The city has about 33,000 people. The municipality has about 44,000 (2016). It has been an important harbor for centuries. Most of the Royal Netherlands Navy ships are built in Vlissingen.

References

Other websites

Port cities and towns of the North Sea
Cities in the Netherlands
Settlements in Zeeland
Municipalities of Zeeland
BOAC Flight 911

British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 911, was a Boeing 707 that was flying from San Francisco to Hong Kong, with stopovers at, Honolulu, Fukuoka, and Tokyo. On the 5th of March, 1966 the aircraft broke up in mid-air and crashed into Mount Fuji due to faulty maintenance to the vertical stabiliser. All 113 passengers and 11 crew members on board the plane were killed, in the 6th worst aviation accident on Japanese soil.

Aviation disasters in Asia
1966
1960s in Japan
Dracorex

Dracorex  is a genus of pachycephalosaur dinosaur. It lived 87.565 million years ago in the Hell Creek Formation in the United States. Its name Dracorex hogswartsia means 'dragon king of Hogwarts'.

This specimen and that of Stygimoloch may be juvenile Pachycephalosaurus. The skull and four cervical vertebrae are all that was found.

References

Dinosaurs
Pachycephalosauria
Bermuda rig

A Bermuda rig, also called a Marconi rig, is a fore-and-aft rig that uses a triangular mainsail. The sail is usually attached to a boom at its foot. It has a number of variations. Due to the physics of the wind, the tall thin sails of the Bermudian rigs have more power sailing into the wind than other types. This is why it is such a popular rig with modern sailboats. It was called a Marconi rig after the inventor Guglielmo Marconi because its system of mast stays that looked like the early wireless masts. However, the name Bermuda rig was in use two centuries earlier. It came from the late 1600s when European sailors noticed how well the small sloops in Bermuda worked.

History 

It was developed in Bermuda in the 17th century. It was based on the leg-of-mutton sail. The strong gusty winds around the Bermuda islands made sailing around the waters difficult to navigate. The prevailing winds came out of the west which lined up with the islands. In addition, the number of reefs around the islands required caution. Most other sail designs did not address these issues.

It is widely thought the first of these designs was a fore-and-aft rig built by in the 17th century by a Dutch-born Bermudan. While his name is not remembered, he may have seen the Moorish lateen rigs that were widely used during the time Spain ruled Holland. The Dutch modified early lateen rigs turning the yards into angled masts. This design was called bezaanjacht in Dutch (in English this meant "leg of mutton"). By the 19th century the design had evolved into using tall triangular sails and jibs. They also used Bermuda cedar for the hulls which is much lighter than oak. This made the Bermuda sailboats very fast and easily maneuverable. They could travel into the wind with ease and were especially fast when heading downwind. Very soon they were being raced.

Named for Marconi 
The name Marconi rig came from the 1899 America's Cup yacht race held in New York City. Guglielmo Marconi demonstrated his new wireless radio by reporting on the race. The masts of the Bermudan rigged vessels with their supporting cables looked like the wireless mast of Marconi's radio. This is how they came to be named Marconi rigs.

References

Other websites 
 

Sailing
ships
Agricultural fencing

Agricultural fencing is a type of fence that is often used in agriculture. Fencing is often used to help control livestock on farms. The fence can make sure they do not leave the farm. On farms that grow produce, fencing can be used to keep out wildlife that may eat or damage the crops.

Agriculture
Robotics

Robotics is a part of engineering and science. It is the work of creating and building robots. It is interdisciplinary, involving people who have studied mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or computer programming. It also needs people who understand the work of the robot. As an example, geologists need to be involved in making a robot that will take soil samples on another planet.

Robots are sometimes used to do things that humans cannot, like finding and destroying bombs, or going places that are too hot, small, dangerous or distant for humans. Some robots look like humans, but most just look like machines. Some robots can move by themselves, others need to be partly or completely controlled by a human.

Robotics comes from the word robot, which in turn comes from the Slavic word robota. Robota means labor, or work. Karel Čapek invented the word robot to use in a play.  This play was called R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots). The word robotics was first used by Isaac Asimov in his story "Liar!" published in 1941.
Robots
Time in Armenia

Armenia Time (AMT) is the standard time that is used in Armenia. It is 4 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+4). During its DST period, it used Armenia Summer Time (AMST) which was 5 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+5). The time zone was discounted in 2012.

References 

Armenia
Armenia
SilkAir Flight 185

On December 19, 1997 a SilkAir Boeing 737-300 operated as SilkAir Flight 185 was a flight from Jakarta to Singapore with 97 passengers and 7 crew members on-board, which crashed into the Musi River for unknown reasons killing all 104 people on-board.

The cause of the crash remains disputed for the National Transportation Safety Committee, but the National Transportation Safety Board concludes the crash as a pilot suicide by the captain. But the Los Angeles Court thinks that the cause of the crash was a rudder malfunction.

Passengers and crew
SilkAir issued a press release on 19 December 1997 with a passenger count by nationality, and another the following day with crew details and a complete passenger manifest.

References

Aviation disasters in the 1990s
December events
1997 in Asia
James Adomian

James Adomian (born January 31, 1980) is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor.

Filmography
 Storks (2016), Additional Voice
 Hits (2014), Donovan
 Freak Dance (2011), Mickey Stardust, Zip Fleestreet, & Fraggle McWinkerbean
 The Treasure Hunt: A Chad, Matt & Rob Interactive Adventure (2011), The Gunslinger
 Miss March (2009), Deadbeat Dad (voice)
 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), George W. Bush

Television
 Comedy Bang! Bang! (2016), Maximilian Blanc
 Take My Wife (2016), Theater Owner
 Future-Worm! (2016–present), Future-Worm!
 Star Wars Rebels (2016), Imperial Captain
 @midnight (2015), Bernie Sanders
 The Venture Bros (2015–present), Phineas Phage, Night Dick
 Talking Tom & Friends (2014–present), Talking Ben
 Childrens Hospital (2015), Reporter, Madonna
 Major Lazer (2015), General Rubbish, various voices
 Comedy Bang! Bang! (2015), Paul Giamatti, Jerry Jocks
 Kroll Show (2015), Alan the Limo Driver
 Drunk History (2014), Alexander Cochrane
 Comedy Bang! Bang! (2014), Giles Duggard, Jesse Ventura
 Childrens Hospital (2013), Louis C.K., Madonna, Freddie Mercury, Rihanna, Kate Upton
 Comedy Bang! Bang! (2013), Informant, Cab Driver
 Adventure Time (2013), Ogdoad
 Gravity Falls (2012), additional voices
 Childrens Hospital (2012), Madonna
 Comedy Bang! Bang! (2012), Huell Howser
 Conan (2011–2012), various sketch characters
 Money From Strangers (2011–2012), himself
 Last Comic Standing (2010), himself (standup)
 WordGirl (2007–present), Captain Huggyface, additional voices (voice)
 Players (2010), Barfly
 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2009), George W. Bush
 MADtv (2006–2009), George W. Bush (voice)
 Popzilla (2009), various characters (voice)
 The Jay Leno Show (2009), Mad Doctor
 Atom TV (2008), George W. Bush
 Recount (2008), George W. Bush (voice)
 The Right Now Show (2007), Ensemble Sketch Cast Member/Various
 Cavemen (2007), Waiter
 Short Circuitz (2007), George W. Bush
 Celebrity Deathmatch (2007), Jimmy Kimmel (voice)
 Mind of Mencia (2006–2007), George W. Bush
 Yacht Rock (2005), Vincent Price

References

Other websites 
 
 
 Official website

1980 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
American radio actors
Comedians from Omaha, Nebraska
American television personalities
American radio personalities
American television presenters
Actors from Omaha, Nebraska
Writers from Omaha, Nebraska
Grass jelly

Grass jelly, or leaf jelly, is a jelly-like dessert eaten in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia and Taiwan. It is made using the Platostoma palustre plant (a member of the mint family). It has a mild, slightly bitter taste. It is served chilled, with other toppings such as fruit, or in bubble tea or other drinks. Outside of Asia, it is sold in Asian supermarkets.

Desserts
Sago

Sago  is a starch that comes from the spongy centre of tropical palm stems. In many cases, it comes from Metroxylon sagu. It is a major staple food for many people living in New Guinea and the Moluccas. It is called saksak, rabia, and sagu in those areas. 

The largest suppliers are usually in Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia and Malaysia. Big quantities of sago are often sent to Europe and North America for cooking purposes.

Cooking 
It is traditionally cooked and eaten in various forms. It can be rolled into balls by boiling it in hot water. It forms a glue-like paste (papeda), or as a pancake. 

Sago is often sold in the form of "pearls". These small rounded starch which becomes gelatinized by heating. Sago pearls can be boiled with water or milk and sugar to make a sweet sago pudding. Sago pearls look similar to other pearled starches. For example, pearls made out of cassava starch (tapioca) and potato starch. They may be used interchangeably in some dishes or snacks.

References

Carbohydrates
Food ingredients
Tapioca

Tapioca () is a starch extracted from cassava root (Manihot esculenta). This species is native to the North Region of Brazil, but spread throughout the South American continent. The plant was carried by Portuguese and Spanish explorers to most of the West Indies, and continents of Africa and Asia, including the Philippines and Taiwan. It is now cultivated worldwide.

Uses 
Tapioca starch has been used to make some foods, such as pão de queijo.

References 

Carbohydrates
Food ingredients
Konjac

Konjac ( ; Amorphophallus konjac; syn. A. rivieri; Japanese: 蒟蒻/菎蒻; こんにゃく; konnyaku; ; gonyak; ), also known as konjak, konjaku, konnyaku potato, devil's tongue, voodoo lily, snake palm, or elephant yam (though this name is also used for A. paeoniifolius), is a plant of the genus Amorphophallus. 

Araceae
Plants of Asia
Iveta Mukuchyan

Iveta Mukuchyan () is an Armenian-German singer-songwriter, model and actress. She was born in Yerevan, Armenia. She moved to Hamburg, Germany in 1992. In 2009, Mukuchyan returned to Armenia. She competed in the Hay Superstar content where she finished fifth. In 2010, Mukuchyan received the "Discovery of the Year" award at the Armenia Awards in Moscow, Russia. In 2012, she took part in the The Voice of Germany. She was also named as "Sexiest Armenian".

In May 2016, Mukuchyan represented her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. She sang the song "LoveWave" and finished in the top 10. In the same year, she was also in the cast of the movie Run Away Or Get Married.

Early life
Iveta Mukuchyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia on 14 October 1986. Her family moved to Germany in 1992. She returned to Armenia in 2009 where she studied jazz-vocal at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan.

Discography

EPs

"Dashterov" collaboration

Source:

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

Other websites 

Official website
 

1986 births
Living people
Leg-of-mutton sail

A leg-of-mutton sail (LOM) is a simple triangular sail set on a long spar mounted horizontally on the mast. It runs in a fore-and-aft direction. The leg-of-mutton uses a spar mounted high instead of a boom. This gives the helmsman more visibility and there is no boom hit his or her head on. It is a favorite type of sail for small boats. These include puddle ducks and canoes. A LOM is very similar to a spritsail. But instead of being square or having four corners, the LOM has three. Instead of the spar being mounted diagonally, as with the spritsail, it is mounted horizontally.

References

Other websites 
 Leg-of-mutton sail; YouTube

Sailing
Medical laboratory

A medical laboratory or  clinical laboratory is a laboratory where tests are usually done on laboratory specimens. This is to get information about the health of a patient. Labs perform tests on tissue, blood and other body fluids. Medical labs analyze data in five major categories. These are chemistry, immunology, hematology, microbiology and transfusion medicine.

References 

Health care
Central Africa Time

Central Africa Time (CAT) also known as South Africa Standard Time (SAST) in South Africa, is a time zone in Africa that is 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+2). It is the same time as Eastern European Time (EET) during winter, and Central European Summer Time (CEST) during summer. This time zone does not observe daylight saving time, because it is near the equator.

This time zone is used in:
 
 eastern sections of the 
 
  (as South Africa Standard Time (SAST))
 
 
 , since September 2017
  (as South Africa Standard Time (SAST))
  (as South Africa Standard Time (SAST))
 , since November 2017
 
 

Time zones
Africa
Lelio Lagorio

Lelio Lagorio (9 November 1925 – 7 January 2017) was an Italian politician. He was a member of the Italian Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiano, PSI). He served as the first President of Tuscany from 1970 until 1978. Before that, he was mayor of Florence from 1964 to 1965. He was born in Trieste.

Lagorio died on 7 January 2017 in Florence. He was 91.

References

1925 births
2017 deaths
Italian politicians
People from Trieste
Socialist politicians
Buckingham Canal

The Buckingham Canal is a  canal in India. It runs from Kakinada city in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh to cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. It is a freshwater navigational canal. It runs parallel to the Coromandel Coast. The canal connects natural backwater areas along the coast to the Chennai port. 

Buckingham Canal was built by the British during their rule in India. It was first constructed in 1806 from Chennai North to present Ennore. Later it was extended up to the Pulicat Lake, about  north of Chennai. In 1837 it was extended about  from north of Chennai to Vijayawada and  south of Chennai to Parangipettai.

References

Chennai district
Kosasthalaiyar River

The Kosasthalaiyar River is one of the three rivers flowing in the Chennai Metropolitan area. It is a  long river that starts near Pallipattu, Thiruvallur District. Its northern tributary, the Nagari River, starts in Chitoor district, Andhra Pradesh. It joins the main river in the Poondi Resorvoir. It pass over the pulicat lake

Kosasthalaiyar River catchment area spreads in Vellore, Chitoor, North Arcot, Thiruvallur and Chennai districts. The discharge capacity of the river is 110000m3/sec. The flood discharge capacity is about 125000m3/sec.

Reference

Rivers of Tamil Nadu