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Edward Craven Walker

Edward Craven Walker (4 July 1918 – 15 August 2000) was a British inventor, who invented the lava lamp. He is also known for being a naturist.

Work on the lava lamp 
Walker got the idea of a lava lamp from seeing what is now called a "blob light", a mix of oil and water heated by a lightbulb at the bottom. He thought it would look more interesting if the oil was thick enough to form shapes, and spent 10 years trying to make it good.

Eventually, his product was launched in 1963, and Walker's factory soon began production of it as it grew in popularity.

Apparently, Walker once said, "If you buy my lamp, you won't need drugs."

Lava lamps were featured in the sitcom series "Absolutely Fabulous", which some people think helped the lava lamp's popularity, which was declining at the time.

Eventually, as it become less popular in the 1980s, Walker sold the company to Elizabeth Granger. Her company, Mathmos, was one of Britain's fastest growing companies, mostly from the lava lamp. Walker believed the lava lamp would be good for her company.

"I think it will always be popular." he once said. "It's like the cycle of life. It grows, breaks up, falls down, and starts all over again."

Naturism 
Walker's interest in nudity began with a visit to the Isle du Levant in the 1950s. He liked the idea, and tried to make it popular. "Eves on Skies" was broadcast in 1958, and "Travelling Light" followed soon after in 1960.

The success of Travelling Light gave Walker the money to buy a nightclub in Bournemouth. He turned it into a nudist resort. He tried to ban overweight nudists from entering, but failed.

"We are all against these fat fogies, it's not what naturism is about," he said

Death 
Walker was suffering from cancer in the mid and late 1990s, and he eventually died because of it. He died in Ringwood, Hampshire at the age of 85 on the 15th of August 2000.

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Luis Enrique Mercado

Luis Enrique Mercado Sánchez (19 January 1952 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican journalist and politician. He was a member of the National Action Party. From 2009 to 2012 he was Deputy of the Mexican Congress representing Zacatecas.

He began his career as a journalist for El Universal and founded El Economista in 1988.

Mercado died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico on 28 December 2020 at the age of 68.

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1955 births
2020 deaths
Politicians from Mexico City
Mexican journalists
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
Browser engine

For computers, a browser engine (also called a layout or rendering engine) is a main part of a web browser that is responsible for showing a web page. It is separate from other parts, such as a JavaScript engine.

Function 
In order to render, or make visible, a web page, it takes a Hyper Text Markup Language document and splits it up into elements. These elements, such as text, links, and images, are placed onto the Document Object Model (DOM), a way of finding the structure of the page. It then takes the Cascading Style Sheets code to tell it where to place the elements from the DOM, as well as other things, such as colors or backgrounds to put around the elements.

Notable engines 
Some engines that are used include:

 Blink, the engine used in the Google Chrome, Chromium, Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Brave web browsers.
 Gecko, the engine used by the Mozilla Firefox web browser, and the Mozilla Thunderbird email client.
 Webkit, the engine used by Apple Safari, and all browsers for IOS.
Web browsers
Electronic tagging

There are special electronic devices, that can be permanently attached to a person. These devices are called electronic tags. Using wireless or mobile phone networks, it is then possible to monitor where the person is, all the time. The device can also have extra functions, such as measuring certain parameters.

There are two basic use cases:
 People who have committed a crime can serve part or all of their sentence with an electronic tag. This is not available in all countries, and it is also not available for all crimes
 Certain people (mostly old people) have diseases or conditions where they often need help. Using such a device, it is possible to locate them easily.

Especially in the case of monitoring old people, there have been concerns about privacy.

In the case of monitoring a criminal or someone on probation, the person has to report to a base station at given times. When the base station no longer detects the signal from the tag, it will alert the authorities.

Electronics
Parviz Parastui

Parviz Parastui (also spelt Parastooee or Parastouei, ‎, born 24 June 1955) is an Iranian actor.

Related pages 
 List of Iranian actors

Other websites 
 
 His Profile on IranActor.com 
 TIFF.net | Toronto International Film Festival – Today
 FilmNetNews.com | Latest news about Parviz Parastooi 

Iranian actors
Midway, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Midway is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Census-designated places in Louisiana
Unincorporated communities in Louisiana
Trout, Louisiana

Trout is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Census-designated places in Louisiana
Unincorporated communities in Louisiana
Baskin, Louisiana

Baskin is a village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Villages in Louisiana
Gilbert, Louisiana

Gilbert is a village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Villages in Louisiana
Sumatra frog

The Sumatra frog ("Hylarana" persimilis) is a frog from Indonesia.

References

Animals of Asia
Frogs
Agni Sakshi (2017 TV series)

Agni Sakshi (2017 TV Series) was an Indian Telugu Language Soap Opera aired on Star Maa. 

It Stars Arjun Ambati and Aishwarya Pisse in lead roles.

2017 Indian television series debuts
Kasthuri

Kasthuri is an Indian Telugu language soap opera airing on Star Maa. 

The plot revolves around the life of a female doctor. She is happily serving the needy and another doctor falls in love with her. The story is about the romantic life of the couple after marriage and the challenges they face in life together.

It stars Nagarjun Ballappa and Aishwarya Pisse in lead roles.

Soap operas
Indian television series
Saracen

Saracens () were Arab Muslims during the Middle Ages. 

In the early centuries of the Common Era, Greek and Latin writings used the term to talk about the people who lived in desert areas in and near the Roman province of Arabia Petraea, and in Arabia Deserta. 

The oldest known source mentioning Saracen dates to the 7th century.

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Christian terminology
Mole (espionage)

In espionage jargon a mole ("deep cover agent", or "sleeper") is a long-term spy. 

The spy is recruited before having access to secret intelligence. Later, if he gets into the target organization, he or she becomes active. 

However, it is popularly used to mean any long-term clandestine spy or informer in an organization, government or private. In police work, a mole is an undercover law-enforcement agent who joins an organization in order to collect incriminating evidence about its operations, and so bring its members to justice.

The term was introduced to the public by British spy novelist John Le Carré in his 1974 novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

References 

Espionage
Arnulf of Carinthia

Arnulf of Carinthia ( 850 – December 8, 899) was the duke of Carinthia who removed his uncle, Emperor Charles the Fat from power. He was the disputed King of Italy from 894 and the disputed Holy Roman Emperor from February 22, 896 until his death at Regensburg, Bavaria.

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899 deaths
Kings and Queens in Germany
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Lambert of Italy

Lambert (c. 880 – 15 October 898) was the King of Italy from 891, Holy Roman Emperor, co-ruling with his father from 892, and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino (as Lambert II) from his father's death in 894. 

He was the son of Guy III of Spoleto and Ageltrude, born in San Rufino. He was the last ruler to issue a capitulary in the Carolingian tradition.

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898 deaths
Kings and Queens of Italy
Lean on Me (movie)

Lean on Me is a 1989 American biographical drama movie written by Michael Schiffer, directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Morgan Freeman.

Lean on Me is based on the story of Joe Louis Clark, a real life high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey. The school is at risk of being taken over by the New Jersey state government unless students improve their test scores on the New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills Test. 

This movie's title is based on the 1972 Bill Withers song of the same name.

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1980s biographical movies
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American biographical movies
American drama movies
Movies directed by John G. Avildsen
Marcus D'Amico

Marcus D'Amico (4 December 1965 – 16 December 2020) was an German-born British actor. He was best known for his role as Michael "Mouse" Tolliver in the 1993 Tales of the City miniseries. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany. 

D'Amico died on 16 December 2020 at the age of 55.

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1965 births
2020 deaths
German movie actors
German television actors
German stage actors
British movie actors
British television actors
British stage actors
People from Frankfurt
Frederik Batti Sorring

Frederik Batti Sorring, also known by FBS, (May 28, 1955 – December 21, 2020) was an Indonesian politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the Regent of North Toraja Regency from 2011 until 2016. He was the first Vice Regent of Asmat Regency in Papua province from 2005 to 2010.

In December 2020, Batti Sorring tested positive for COVID-19. He died from problems of COVID-19 at Grestelina Hospital at the age of 65.

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1955 births
2020 deaths
Indonesian politicians
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
William Link

William Theodore Link (December 15, 1933 – December 27, 2020) was an American screenwriter and producer. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Link was known for creating the television programs Columbo, Murder, She Wrote and Mannix. He won two Primetime Emmy Award in 1970 and 1972. 

Link died on December 27, 2020 in Los Angeles from heart failure at the age of 87.

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1933 births
2020 deaths
American television producers
American television writers
Screenwriters from Pennsylvania
Writers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Emmy Award winners
Deaths from heart failure
Csaba Ali

Csaba Ali (4 November 1946 – 27 December 2020) was a Hungarian swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Eger, Hungary.

Ali died on 27 December 2020 at the age of 74.

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1946 births
2020 deaths
Hungarian sportspeople
Hungarian swimmers
Paul Sueo Hamaguchi

Paul Sueo Hamaguchi (1 August 1948 – 28 December 2020) was a Japanese Roman Catholic bishop. Hamaguchi was born in Oita, Japan. He became a priest in 1975. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita, Japan, from 2011 until his death.

Hamaguchi died on 28 December 2020 at the age of 72.

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1948 births
2020 deaths
Japanese people
Roman Catholic bishops
Roman Catholic priests
Hatem Ali

Hatem Ali  () (2 June 1962 – 29 December 2020) was a Syrian television and movie director and actor. His career began in 1988. He was born in Fiq, Syria. He was known for his television roles in Al-Taghreba al-Falastenya, Salah Al-deen, and Omar TV series.

Ali died on 29 December 2020 in Cairo from a heart attack at the age of 58.

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1962 births
2020 deaths
Syrian people
Egyptian movie actors
Egyptian television actors
Movie directors
Television directors
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Josefina Echánove

Josefina Echánove (September 29, 1927 – December 29, 2020) was a Mexican actress, model and journalist. She was nominated for two Ariel Award nominations. Echánove was known for her movies roles on El hombre de los hongos (1976), Amityville 3-D (1983), Gringo Viejo (1989), Cabeza de Vaca (1991) and Perdita Durango (1997). She also appeared in many telenovelas.

Echánove died on December 29, 2020 in Mexico City at the age of 93.

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1920s births
2020 deaths
Mexican movie actors
Mexican television actors
Mexican models
Mexican journalists
Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Machado

Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Machado (26 March 1960 – 29 December 2020) was a Mexican politician. He was a member of the National Action Party. From 2000 to 2003, he was Deputy of the Mexican Congress from Yucatán.

Gutiérrez Machado died at age 60 from COVID-19, during the pandemic in Mexico.

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1960 births
2020 deaths
Mexican politicians
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
Luke Letlow

Luke Joshua Letlow (December 6, 1979 – December 29, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives for  in November 2020 but died before he could take office. 

Before his election to Congress, Letlow served as chief of staff to retiring Representative Ralph Abraham and former Governor Bobby Jindal. He was born in Monroe, Louisiana.

On December 18, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Letlow announced that he had tested positive for the virus and was hospitalized in Monroe. He was later trasnferred to Shreveport, Louisiana on December 23. He died six days later at the age of 41.

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1979 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Politicians from Louisiana
US Republican Party politicians
Elaine McCoy

Elaine McCoy,   (March 7, 1946 — December 29, 2020) was a Canadian politician. She was born in Brandon, Manitoba. McCoy was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. McCoy was a member of the Legislative Assembly from Alberta from 1986 to 1993. She was the Senator from Alberta from 2005 until her death.

McCoy died on December 29, 2020 in Ottawa, Alberta at the age of 74.

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1946 births
2020 deaths
Politicians from Alberta
People from Manitoba
People from Ottawa
Nikhil Nandy

Nikhil Nandy (1932 – 29 December 2020) was an Indian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He played for the national team. He was born in Kolkata, India.

Nandy died on 29 December 2020 in Nagerbazar, India at the age of 88.

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1932 births
2020 deaths
Indian footballers
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India
Olympians
Corrado Olmi

Corrado Olmi (24 October 1926 – 29 December 2020) was an Italian actor and comedian. He was born in Jesi, Italy. His career lasted from 1956 to 2000. He played Bobino in Wake Up and Die, Don Ermino in Scandal in the Family and as the Mayor in Madly in Love.

Olmi died on 29 December 2020 in Rome from COVID-19 at the age of 93.

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1926 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
Italian movie actors
Italian stage actors
Italian television actors
Comedians
Daniel S. Paletko

Daniel S. Paletko (December 21, 1950December 29, 2020) was an American Democratic politician. He was born in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. From 2003 to 2004, he was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. Paletko was Mayor of Dearborn Heights from 2004 until his death.

Paletko died on December 29, 2020 in Dearborn Heights from COVID-19 at the age of 70.

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1950 births
2020 deaths
State legislators of the United States
Politicians from Michigan
US Democratic Party politicians
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Serafim Papakostas

Serafim Papakostas (21 January 1959 – 29 December 2020) was a Greek Orthodox prelate. He was bishop in the Metropolis of Kastoria from 1996 until his death. 

Papakostas died of COVID-19 on 29 December 2020 at the age of 61.

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1959 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
Greek people
List of animated television series by episode count

This is a list of animated television programs by episode count with 100 episodes minimum.

Single series
Howard J. Rubenstein

Howard J. Rubenstein (February 3, 1932 – December 29, 2020) was an American lawyer and public relations expert. Rudolph Giuliani called him "the dean of damage control". He was known for working with many top New York City officials. His clients included the New York Yankees, News Corporation, Columbia University, the New York Philharmonic, and The Metropolitan Opera.

Rubenstein died on December 29, 2020, at age 88.

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1932 births
2020 deaths
Lawyers from New York City
Businesspeople from New York City
Luigi Snozzi

Luigi Snozzi (29 July 1932 – 29 December 2020) was a Swiss architect. He was born in Mendrisio, Ticino. From 1962 to 1971, Snozzi worked with architect Livio Vacchini.

From 1982 to 1984, he was a Visiting Professor and in 1985 he was appointed Professor of Architecture at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.  Snozzi was a professor of the University of Sassari, at the Faculty of Architecture of Alghero, Sardinia.

Snozzi died in Minusio, Switzerland on 29 December 2020 from COVID-19, at the age of 88.

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1932 births
2020 deaths
Swiss businesspeople
Academics
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
Architects
Arne A. Jensen

Arne Agnar Jensen (15 November 1954 – 29 December 2020) was a Norwegian media and corporate executive. He was born in Bergen, Norway. From 1989 to 1993, he was the chief executive of BSB Bates Group. He then became chief executive of TV 2, and then chief executive of the airline Braathens from 1999 until 2001.

He then became chief executive of Merkantildata, later Ementor, from 2001 to 2004.

Jensen died on 29 December 2020 at the age of 66.

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1954 births
2020 deaths
Norwegian businesspeople
Richard Choruma

Richard Choruma (23 November 1978 – 29 December 2020) was a Zimbabwean football winger. His career lasted from 1999 to 2011. He made 54 appearances with Bloemfontein Celtic from 2002 to 2006. Choruma played for Highlanders from 1999 to 2002, 2003 to 2004 and 2007 to 2011. He made eight appearances for the national team from 2001 to 2004.

Choruma died on 29 December 2020 in Thembisa, South Africa from kidney failure at the age of 42.

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1978 births
2020 deaths
Zimbabwean people
Deaths from renal failure
African footballers
Pat Gillick

Lawrence Patrick David Gillick (born August 22, 1937) is an American professional baseball executive. He was the general manager of four MLB teams: the Toronto Blue Jays (1978–1994), Baltimore Orioles (1996–1998), Seattle Mariners (2000–2003), and Philadelphia Phillies (2006–2008). He was born in Chico, California.

In 2011, he was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

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1937 births
Living people
Businesspeople from California
Sportspeople from California
Bridget Regan

Bridget Catherine Regan (born February 3, 1982) is an American actress. She played Kahlan Amnell in the television series Legend of the Seeker, Rebecca Lowe/Rachel Turner in White Collar, Rose Solano in Jane the Virgin and Dottie Underwood in Agent Carter.

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1982 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Actors from San Diego, California
Glynn Turman

Glynn Russell Turman (born January 31, 1947) is an American actor. He played Toledo in the 2020 Netflix movie Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

Turman played Lew Miles on the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place, Leroy "Preach" Jackson in Cooley High, Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom A Different World and Mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire. 

Turman was married Aretha Franklin from 1978 and they divorced in 1984.

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1947 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
American stage actors
Actors from New York City
Ted White (manager)

Theodore Richard White (born March 25, 1931), known professionally as Ted White, is an American businessman, songwriter, and producer. White was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was the manager and first husband of soul singer Aretha Franklin. White wrote or co-wrote many songs with Franklin such as "Think".

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1931 births
Living people
American songwriters
Record producers
Businesspeople from Detroit, Michigan
Writers from Detroit, Michigan
John Fiedler

John Donald Fiedler (February 3, 1925 – June 25, 2005) was an American actor. He played Juror #2 in 12 Angry Men (1957) and was the voice of Piglet in Disney's Winnie the Pooh movies.

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1925 births
2005 deaths
Actors from Wisconsin
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Cancer deaths in New Jersey
Leslie Jordan

Leslie Allen Jordan (born April 29, 1955) is an American actor and writer. He played Lonnie Garr in Hearts Afire and Beverly Leslie in Will & Grace. In 2006, he won an Emmy Award.

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Emmy Award winning actors
1955 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Actors from Tennessee
People from Chattanooga, Tennessee
Writers from Tennessee
Lazar Matveev

Lazar Lazarevich Matveev (Russian: Ла́зарь Лазаре́вич Матве́ев; born 17 April 1927) is a Russian intelligence leader and former Soviet intelligence leader. He was a senior KGB liaison officer during 1982 to 1989. He was the boss of Vladimir Putin when Putin worked for the KGB. Matveev was born in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Soviet Union.

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1927 births
Living people
Russian military people
Soviet military people
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan

Grosse Pointe Woods is a suburban city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. 16,135 people lived there at the 2010 census.  It about  northeast of downtown Detroit.

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Cities in Michigan
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (movie)

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 2020 American drama movie directed by George C. Wolfe and written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. It is based on the play of the same name by August Wilson. 

The movie was produced by Denzel Washington, Todd Black, and Dany Wolf. It stars Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, with Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, and Michael Potts.

The movie is about Ma Rainey and talks about her career in Chicago during the 1920s and how her career was affected by racism.

It was released on a limited theatrical release on November 25, 2020, before beginning to stream on Netflix on December 18.

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2020 drama movies
Netflix movies
Movies set in Chicago, Illinois
Movies set in the 1920s
American drama movies
Movies based on plays
George C. Wolfe

George Costello Wolfe (born September 23, 1954) is an American playwright and movie-theatre director. He won a Tony Award in 1993 for directing Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and another Tony Award in 1996 for his direction of the musical Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk.

He was Artistic Director of The Public Theater from 1993 until 2004.

References

Other websites
 
 George C. Wolf in the glbtq Encyclopedia
 George C. Wolf images

Tony Award winners
Drama Desk Award winners
1954 births
Living people
American movie directors
American playwrights
American theatre directors
Writers from Kentucky
James Hormel

James Catherwood Hormel (January 1, 1933 – August 13, 2021) was an American philanthropist, LGBT activist, and Democratic politician. He was the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1999 to 2001 during the Bill Clinton presidency. Hormel was born in Austin, Minnesota. He was the first openly gay ambassador ever nominated in the United States. 

Hormel died on August 13, 2021 in San Francisco, California at the age of 88.

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1933 births
2021 deaths
Ambassadors of the United States
American philanthropists
American LGBT rights activists
Businesspeople from Minnesota
Politicians from Minnesota
US Democratic Party politicians
LGBT businesspeople
LGBT politicians
Gay men
Politicians from San Francisco
Businesspeople from San Francisco
George Smiley

George Smiley OBE is a fictional character created by John le Carré. Smiley is an intelligence officer with "The Circus". This is the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6. 

He is a central character in the novels Call for the Dead, A Murder of Quality, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People, and a supporting character in The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, The Looking Glass War, The Secret Pilgrim and A Legacy of Spies. The character has also appeared in a number of film, television, and radio adaptations of le Carré's books.

Le Carré, who created Smiley, wanted to show that Ian Fleming's James Bond series was an inaccurate picture of espionage life. Smiley is polite, shy and humble. He often allows others to mistreat him, especially his unfaithful wife. But his humility masks his inner cunning, excellent memory, mastery of tradecraft, and occasional ruthlessness. His genius being underestimated helps Smiley achieve his goals. In the end, he becomes one of the most powerful agents in Britain.

The character is held in high esteem in Britain, where he has become a pop-culture icon on par with Bond. The Guardian called him "the sort of spy [Britain] believes it ought to have: a bit shabby, academic, basically loyal, and sceptical of...  his political masters".

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Fictional British people
Characters in written fiction
Fictional characters introduced in 1961
Intelligence officer

An intelligence officer is a person employed to collect and or analyze information (known as "intelligence") which is of use to the organization.

The word officer is a working title, not a  rank. It is used in the same way a "police officer" can be a sergeant, or in the military, where non-commissioned staff may serve as intelligence officers. 

Organizations which employ intelligence officers include armed forces, police, and customs agencies. Mainly, though, the term is used by government intelligence agencies like MI5 and MI6.

Spies
Researchers
Flag of Montserrat

The flag of Montserrat was first used after the West Indies Federation was taken apart in 1958.

Design
The flag is made of a British blue ensign with the coat of arms of Montserrat. They include Erin holding a harp which stands for Montserrat's history of Irish settlers and holding a cross to mean the island's Christian history.

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Montserrat
Montserrat
All This and Rabbit Stew

All This and Rabbit Stew is a cartoon with Bugs Bunny. It was first made for viewing on September 13, 1941. Tex Avery is the director of the cartoon. It is about an African American hunter trying to hunt Bugs Bunny.

The cartoon is a part of the Censored Eleven. The Censored Eleven is a group of cartoons that can not be shown on television because they use racial stereotypes. All This and Rabbit Stew shows stereotypes of African Americans.

References

Other websites 

 

1941 movies
English-language movies
American movies
Nectanebo II

Nectanebo II ruled in 360–342 BC. He was the third and last pharaoh of the Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt, and the last native ruler of ancient Egypt.

Under Nectanebo II, Egypt prospered. During his reign, the Egyptian artists developed a style on the reliefs of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. Nectanebo II started the enormous Egyptian temple of Isis (the Iseum).

For several years, Nectanebo II was successful in keeping Egypt safe from the Achaemenid Empire. However, he was betrayed by a former servant, Mentor of Rhodes.  Nectanebo II was finally defeated by combined Persian and Greek forces in the Battle of Pelusium (343 BC). The Persians occupied Memphis and then seized the rest of Egypt. They took the country into the Achaemenid Empire under Artaxerxes III. Nectanebo fled south and was influential for some time; his final fate is unknown.

References 

Pharaohs
Murder of Jo Cox

British Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen Jo Cox was killed after being shot and stabbed many times on 16 June 2016. Thomas Alexander Mair, a 53-year-old gardener, was found guilty of the murder in September. He held far-right views and attacked her because she supported the European Union and immigration. He was sentenced to life imprisionment with a whole life order.

This was the first time a sitting MP had been killed since 1990, when Ian Gow was killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

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June 2016 events
Terrorist incidents in 2016
Murder in 2016
2010s murders in the United Kingdom
Murders by firearm in England
Calcutta (1947 movie)

Calcutta is a 1947 American crime thriller movie directed by John Farrow and starring Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Bendix, June Duprez, Lowell Gilmore, Benson Fong, Edith King. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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1947 movies
1940s crime movies
1940s thriller movies
American crime thriller movies
Movies directed by John Farrow
Paramount Pictures movies
Movies set in India
October: Ten Days That Shook the World

October: Ten Days That Shook the World (; translit. Oktyabr': Desyat' dney kotorye potryasli mir) is a 1928 Russian drama movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov and was based on the 1919 novel of the same name by John Reed. It stars Nikolai Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Boris Livanov, Eduard Tisse and was distributed by First National Pictures.

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1928 movies
1920s drama movies
Russian movies
Silent movies
Movies directed by Sergei Eisenstein
Movies directed by Grigori Aleksandrov
Jolly Fellows

Jolly Fellows (), also translated as Happy-Go-Lucky Guys, Moscow Laughs and Jazz Comedy, is a 1934 Russian musical comedy movie directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and starring Lyubov Orlova, Leonid Utyosov, Valentin Parnakh. It was distributed by Mosfilm.

Other websites

1934 movies
1930s musical movies
1930s comedy movies
Russian movies
Movies directed by Grigori Aleksandrov
Encounter at the Elbe

Encounter at the Elbe (in ) is a 1949 Russian World War II movie directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and Aleksey Utkin. It stars Vladlen Davydov, Konstantin Nassonov, Boris Andreyev, Lyubov Orlova, Ivan Lyubeznov, Faina Ranevskaya, Andrei Fajt and was distributed by Mosfilm.

Other websites

1949 movies
1940s war movies
Russian movies
World War II movies
Movies directed by Grigori Aleksandrov
Two Cars, One Night

Two Cars, One Night is a 2004 New Zealand short drama movie directed by Taika Waititi and starring Rangi Ngamoki and Hutini Waikato. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005.

Other websites

Two Cars, One Night at NZ On Screen

2004 drama movies
Short movies
New Zealand movies
Movies directed by Taika Waititi
New Mexico Legislature

The New Mexico Legislature () is the legislative branch of the state government of New Mexico. It is made up of two parts: New Mexico House of Representatives (lower house) and New Mexico Senate (upper house). Both are currently controlled by the Democratic Party.

Party summary

State Senate

House of Representatives

History

References

New Mexico
State legislatures of the United States
The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc () is a 1928 French drama movie directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and starring Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud.

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1928 movies
1920s historical movies
1920s drama movies
French drama movies
Silent movies
Movies directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Movies set in the 15th century
Easter Parade

Easter Parade is a 1948 American musical movie directed by Charles Walters and starring Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller, Clinton Sundberg. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and won an Academy Award in 1949.

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1948 movies
1940s family movies
1940s musical movies
American musical movies
MGM movies
Movies directed by Charles Walters
Movies set in the 1910s
Texas Legislature

The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of Texas. It is made up of two parts: the Texas House of Representatives (lower house) and the Texas Senate (upper house). The House has 150 members and the Senate has 31 members. The legislature meets at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas.

Both houses are currently controlled by the Republican Party, with Dan Patrick as President of the Senate and Dennis Bonnen as Speaker of the House. Both are Republicans.

Makeup

Senate

House of Representatives

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Texas
State legislatures of the United States
1836 establishments in the United States
1830s establishments in Texas
Texas House of Representatives

The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Texas Legislature. It has 150 members, who each one district of Texas. They serve for a two-year term with no term limits. The house meets at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas.

Leadership

Composition

List of members

†Representative was first elected in a special election.

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Politics of Texas
State lower houses in the United States
Texas Senate

The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature. It has 31 members who each represent one district. They serve for 4-year terms with no term limits. The house meets at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas. The Republican Party currently controls the house.

Leaders

Current composition

List of members

†Elected in a special election

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Politics of Texas
State upper houses in the United States
G. Kishan Reddy

Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (born 15 June 1960) is an Indian politician. He is currently serving as Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

He is an MP representing Secunderabad (Lok Sabha constituency) since 2019. He served the floor leader of the BJP in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009. He gave it up after being elected as the state BJP president of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh.

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1960 births 
Indian politicians 
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians 
Living people
Nityanand Rai

Nityanand Rai (born 1 January 1966) is an Indian politician. He is current Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Government of India. He was elected in the 2014 and 2019 General Election from Ujiarpur. He is a member  of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had continuously represented Hajipur constituency in Bihar legislative assembly winning elections since 2000 (2000, Feb-2005, October- 2005 and 2010).

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1966 births 
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians 
Indian politicians
Living people
Kiren Rijiju

Kiren Rijiju (born 19 November 1971) is an Indian lawyer and politician. He is also a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Rijiju is the current Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs of Government of India.

Personal life 
His wife is Joram Rina Rijiju. They were married in 2004. She is a graduate from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi. She is a gold medalist from Arunachal University. She is an Assistant Professor teaching history at Dera Natung College, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh.

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1971 births 
Indian politicians 
Indian lawyers
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians 
Living people
Lidar

Lidar is a method for measuring distances by using a laser on a target and measuring its reflection with a sensor.

History 
After the invention of laser, first tool similiar to a lidar was made in 1961 at Hughes Aircraft Company. It was first intended to track satellites. It was originally called "Colidar", acronym for "COherent Light Detecting And Ranging".

One of first usages of lidar were in meteorology. National Center for Atmospheric Research used it to measure clouds and pollution.

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Measuring tools
Meteorology
Sensory system
Eemsdelta

Eemsdelta, Low Saxon: Emsdelta, is a municipality in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands. It lies in the northeast of Groningen.

About 46,000 people live in Eemsdelta. It covers an area of about .

The main settlements are Delfzijl and Appingedam.

Eemsdelta was established on January 1, 2021. It was made by combining the former municipalities of Appingedam, Delfzijl, and Loppersum.

The municipality borders the Ems river in the northeast, and the Dollart bay in the east. On the other side of the Ems and the Dollart lies East Frisia, which is a region in the German state of Lower Saxony.

The Eemskanaal flows through the municipality, and connects the Ems river with the city of Groningen.

Eemsdelta contains the fifth most important seaport of the Netherlands, in the city of Delfzijl.

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2020s establishments in the Netherlands
21st-century establishments in Europe
Manchester Grammar School

The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) in Manchester, England, is the largest independent day school for boys in the United Kingdom. It has about 1600 pupils.

It was founded in 1515 as a free grammar school. After WWII, MGS was a direct-grant grammar school. It chose to become an independent school in 1976 after the Labour government abolished the Direct Grant System.  Fees for 2016–2017 were £11,970 per annum.

The school is known for its outstanding academic results. In 2017 91% of all A-Level grades were A*-B and at GCSE/IGCSE 68% of all grades were at the A* level.

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1510s establishments in England
1515 establishments
Grammar schools in England
Manchester
Congo (chimpanzee)

Congo was a chimpanzee that learned how to draw and paint. He was born in 1954, and died in 1964. Desmond Morris, who studied his behaviour, gave him materials to paint, but didn't show him how to do it. During his life, Congo made over 400 paintings. People living at the time of Congo thought his paintings resembled abstract art. Nadezhda Ladygina-Kohts had done similar experiments with chimpanzees in Moscow. In 1913, Khots found that the drawings resembled those of her two year old son. At the time when they were done, people did not think highly of them. Despite this, artists such as Herbert Read, Julian Huxley and Pablo Picasso bought some of Congo's paintings.  In 2005, three of Congo's paintings were sold at an auction for  more than 14,000 pound sterling. The auction house at first thought that the paintings would not sell for more than 600 to 800 pounds.

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1954 births
1964 deaths
Individual animals
Artists
BabyFirst

BabyFirst is an American children's television channel. Its programmes are aimed at babies aged 6–36 months. The channel is owned by FirstMedia.  It is based in Los Angeles, California and can be watched in 33 countries and 13 languages. The channel first started in 2006.

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American television networks
2006 establishments in the United States
Publix

Publix Super Markets, Inc., known as Publix, is an American supermarket that is based in Lakeland, Florida.

Other websites 
 Official website

20th-century establishments in Florida
1930 establishments in the United States
Supermarkets of the United States
Companies based in Florida
Hass avocado

The Hass avocado is a cultivar of avocado (Persea americana) with dark green colored, bumpy skin. It was first grown and sold by Southern California mail carrier and amateur horticulturist Rudolph Hass, who also gave it his name.

The Hass avocado is a big fruit weighing 200 to 300 grams.

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Avocados
The Lion Guard

The Lion Guard is an American animated television series made by Ford Riley and based on Disney's 1994 film The Lion King.

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The Lion King
Tinga Tinga Tales

Tinga Tinga Tales is a British-Kenyan children's television series. It was on television from 2010 to 2011.  Most of the stories are African folk tales about animals.

Tinga Tinga Tales was named after Tanzania's Tingatinga art.  It was made in Nairobi, Kenya by Tiger Aspect Productions and Homeboyz Entertainment.  Tiger Aspect built the first animation studio in the city to make Tinga Tinga Tales.  They taught people who lived in Nairobi how to make the animation and sounds for the show.

There was also a Tinga Tinga Tales: The Musical performed on stage.  It was first done at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi in 2018.

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2010 British television series debuts
2011 British television series endings
Kenya
BBC Television programmes
Animated television series
CBeebies
Calderstone Productions

Calderstone Productions Limited is a subsidiary of UMG. It administers the Beatles' music, and solo music by members of The Beatles.

The Beatles
Companies of England
2012 establishments in Europe
Tumanay Khan

Tumanay Khan (1080-1130), born Tumbinai Setsen, was the 7th Khan of the Mongol Borjigin Tribe. He was the son of Baishinkhor Dogshin and father of Khabul Khan and Khadjuli. He was the direct ancestor of Amir Timur, the founder of the Timurid Empire through one of his Khadjuli Barlus.  He was the ancestor of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, through another son Khabul Khan.

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Mongolian people
11th-century births
Tang Wei

Tāng Wéi (汤唯) (born 7 October 1979) is a Chinese actress. Tang was best known for her roles in movies Lust, Caution (2007) and Blackhat (2015).

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Other websites

1979 births
Chinese movie actors
Chinese television actors
Living people
Frontonia

Frontonia is a genus of free-living unicellular ciliate protists.  It is closely related to the genus Paramecium. Frontonia can eat diatoms, cyanobacteria, filamentous algae, testate amoebas, and even members of their own species.  

Frontonia are widespread. Members of the genus are in marine and freshwater environments on every continent.

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Ciliates
Muladi

Prof. Dr. H. Muladi, S.H. (26 May 1943 — 31 December 2020) was an Indonesian academician, judge, and politician. In 1998, he became Minister of Justice in Suharto's seventh and last cabinet on 14 March 1998. 

Muladi tested positive for COVID-19 on 17 December 2020. He died from the infection on 31 December 2020.

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1943 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
Indonesian politicians
Judges
Academics
Narendra Kumar (mountaineer)

Narendra "Bull" Kumar, PVSM, KC, AVSM,  (also spelled Narinder; (8 December 1933 – 31 December 2020) was an Indian soldier-mountaineer. He was deputy leader of the first Indian successful Everest Expedition in 1965. 

In 1965, Narendra was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, and Arjuna Award
 for the first Indian successful Everest Expedition in 1965.

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1933 births
2020 deaths
Indian military people
Mountain climbers
Zett Jukassa

Zett Jukassa was a young Jedi who lived on the planet Coruscant with the rest of the Jedi Order. Zett is in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. He is killed in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. He was fighting bravelyagainst Clone troopers.

Behind the scenes
Zett Jukassa is played by Star Wars creator George Lucas's son, Jett Lucas.

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Star Wars characters
Admiral Ackbar

Gial Ackbar was a Mon Calamari male admiral from Star Wars. Ackbar was an admiral for the Rebel Alliance and led the rebel attack on the Death Star in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. He was born on the planet called Mon Cala, Ackbar helped his people during a battle against the Confederacy of Independent Systems and led the Mon Calamari ships escape the planet many years later from  the Galactic Empire. The ships went on to become the Rebel Alliance fleet. After the Battle of Endor, Ackbar continued his helping the Rebel Alliance when it became the New Republic. He led the Republic fleet to victory over the last Imperial armies at the Battle of Jakku before retiring to his home planet. During his retirement he had a son named Aftab. About 25 years later Ackbar joined Princess Leia Organa when she asked him to stop the threat of the First Order, joining her Resistance. Ackbar was in the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens helping the Resistance destroy the First Order's Starkiller Base and he was there during the evacuation of the Resistance base. But when the Resistance fleet was stopped by the fleet of the First Order, Ackbar was killed in the attack that happened.

Behind the scenes
Gial Ackbar is played by Tim Rose in Star Wars episodes, VI, VII and VIII. Erik Bauersfeld also voiced the character in episodes, VI and VII before passing away in 2016 and Tom Kane voicing the character for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

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Fictional characters introduced in the 1980s
Star Wars characters
Star Wars Skywalker Saga characters
Mon Cala

Mon Cala is a water planet in Star Wars home to the Mon Calamari species. Admiral Gial Ackbar is from the planet. The planet first appeared in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and has gone on to appear in many other Star Wars media. The planet was first attacked by the Confederacy of Independent Systems but fended off the attack. It was later under the rule of the Galactic Empire but after the death of their king the species rebelled and used their large cruisers to aid the Rebel Alliance.  Over 30 years later the planet was under control by the First Order after the planet helped the Resistance.

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Star Wars planets
Mon Calamari

Mon Calamari were species from the water planet of Mon Cala appearing in Star Wars. First appearing in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi the species has also appeared in many of the books, comics and TV shows. The most notable Mon Calamari is admiral Gial Ackbar. Many Mon Calamari served in the Rebel Alliance. Mon Calamari are amphibian and are most commonly seen in brown skin but it can vary.

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Star Wars species
Margaret, Maid of Norway

Margaret ( ; March/April 1283 – September 1290), was Queen of Scots from 1286 to 1290 after the death of Alexander III of Scotland in 1286.

Margaret was born in Norway.  Her father was King Eric II of Norway and her mother was a Scottish princess, also named Margaret.  Margaret's mother's father was Alexander III, the king of Scotland.  When Alexander died, the Scottish lords decided his granddaughter Margaret should be their queen.  At that time, Margaret was three years old.

The Scottish lords and King Erik agreed that Margaret would marry Edward, an English prince.  Then, Scotland and England would be one kingdom.

In 1290, Margaret got on a ship to go from Norway to Scotland.  On the way, she became sick.  The ship stopped in Orkney, where Margaret died.  She was buried in Bergen, Norway.

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Norwegian people
Kings and Queens of Scotland
1283 births
1290 deaths
Domrémy-la-Pucelle

Domrémy-la-Pucelle is a commune of 104 people (2017). It is found in the region Grand Est in the Vosges department in the northeast of France.

It is known for being the birthplace of Joan of Arc (1412–1431).

Communes in Vosges
Verona, Pennsylvania

Verona is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is  away from Pittsburgh. At the 2010 census, about 2,474 people lived here.

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Boroughs in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Essey-lès-Nancy

Essey-lès-Nancy is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

References

Communes in Meurthe-et-Moselle
Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 is a 2020 action role-playing video game created by CD Projekt. The story is an open world set in the Cyberpunk universe. 

The game is first-person.

Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith was a consultant, and actor Keanu Reeves has a starring role.

CD Projekt released Cyberpunk 2077 for PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, and Xbox One on 10 December 2020, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions planned to come out in 2021.

Gameplay
In Cyberpunk 2077, you play as the character V. You can customize V's gender, voice, body, and clothing. Your goal is to complete missions. Sometimes, it may involve killing people, but the main goals in the missions are mostly about survival.

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2020 video games