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Luna Park, Tel Aviv

Luna Park, Tel Aviv is an amusement park complex in Tel Aviv Fairgrounds. It is managed by the "Israeli Entertainment Company" which also manages the Superland amusement park in Rishon Lezion.

Gallery

Other websites 
  Luna Park, Tel Aviv website 

Theme parks in Israel
Buildings and structures in Tel Aviv
Superland

Superland is an amusement park in Rishon LeZion, Israel. It was opened in 1991. In 1992 it opened as a park with a lake next to it. In the 2000s, a stadium was built in the park. In 2012, a movie theater was opened in the park.

Gallery

Other websites 

  Official website 

Theme parks in Israel
Rishon LeZion
The Great Giana Sisters

The Great Giana Sisters is a 1987 platform game known for resembling Nintendo's Super Mario Brothers. The game was developed by Time Warp Productions and published by Rainbow Arts. Due to the game's similarity to Nintendo's Super Mario Brothers, Nintendo threatened the game's makers with a legal action, and the game was removed from stores.

Players control one of two protagonists Giana or Maria. Players defeat enemies and collect gems and powerups in order to increase their score. The player's objective is to advance through each level.

1987 video games
Commodore 64 games
Platform games
Prionosuchus

Prionosuchus is a genus of extremely large temnospondyl amphibians from the Middle Permian (270 million years ago). Its remains were found in Brazil.

Description
The fragmentary remains of this animal were found in the  Parnaiba Basin of northeast Brazil. With an estimated length of 9 m (30 ft), Prionosuchus is the largest amphibian ever found.

It had an elongated and tapered snout, numerous sharp teeth, long body, short legs, and a tail adapted for swimming. 

Cox and Hutchinson re-evaluated Prionosuchus in 1991 and thought it was synonymous with the genus Platyoposaurus from Russia. However, Platyoposaurus had a total length of only 2.5 meters (8.2 ft), which suggested that the two animals were at least different species. The age of the sediments suggested the two were not comtemporaries. Most paleontologists consider Prionosuchus  as a valid genus.

Paleoecology

Prionosuchus lived in a humid and tropical environment as indicated by the petrified forest of the Pedra do Fogo formation in which the fossil was found. The strata of siltstones, shales and limestones were deposited in lagoonal and fluvial environments. Other animals discovered in the same rocks include fish (primitive sharks, palaeoniscids, and lungfish) and amphibians.

Its general appearance was similar to a modern crocodile, such as the gharial. It probably had a similar lifestyle as an ambush aquatic predator feeding on fish and other aquatic animals.

It was one of a group known as the Archegosaurs. The archegosaurs were a group of temnospondyls that occupied the ecological niche of crocodiles and alligators during the Permian. The smaller European genus Archegosaurus is typical. The group went extinct at the end of the Permian. In the Triassic, the niche was filled by other temnospondyls and by reptiles such as the phytosaurs.

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Temnospondyls
Amphibians
Fossils
Fleur de lys

The fleur de lys or fleur de lis (plural: fleurs de lys or fleurs de lis) is a stylized depiction of the lily or the iris. It is decorative and has been used for centuries on flags and on coats of arms.

Symbols
Frans Hals

Frans Hals the Elder (c. 1582 – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch painter. He is notable for his loose brushwork. He helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portrait painting.

1580s births
1666 deaths
Dutch painters
The Cube

The Cube is a British game show that airs on ITV. It is presented by Phillip Schofield. It began on 22 August 2009 and ended on 8 August 2015. The show ran for 9 series.

Gameplay

Contestants play a seven games to win £250,000. Games take place inside of a cube. The contestant is given nine lives. Each time a contestant fails, he lose a life, and must play the game again. If a contestant loses all of their lives, they go home with nothing. Contestants may stop with the money they have so far before any game. Before each game, contestants are shown how to play it by a character named "The Body." A contestant has two helps available. The first one is Simplify. This allows a contestant to make a game easier. The other one is Trial Run. This allows contestants to play the game without the risk of losing their lives.

Games

There are seven games per contestant. The last game is a harder version of the game the contestant had the most trouble with. If a contestant wins all seven games, they win £250,000.

Other websites

ITV website for The Cube 

2009 television series debuts
2015 television series endings
2000s British television series
2010s British television series
British television game shows
ITV television programmes
English-language television programs
Pearl Bailey

Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress, entertainer, and singer. She was known for her roles in St. Louis Women, Hello, Dolly!, and in Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale. She won an Grammy Award in 1959, an Emmy Award in 1968, an Screen Actors Guild Award in 1976, and an Tony Award in 1986.

Bailey was born on March 29, 1918 in Southampton County, Virginia. She was married to John Randolph Pinkett from 1948 until they divorced in 1952. Then she was married to Louie Bellson from 1952 until her death in 1990. They had two children, one adopted. Bailey died on August 17, 1990 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was aged 72.

Other websites

Pearl Bailey at TVGuide.com

1918 births
1990 deaths
Cardiovascular disease deaths in the United States
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
American stage actors
American radio actors
African American actors
American television personalities
American radio personalities
Actors from Virginia
Singers from Virginia
Actors from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Singers from Pennsylvania
Screen Actors Guild Award winners
Tony Award winning actors
Emmy Award winning actors
Grammy Award winners
Robert Hegyes

Robert Hegyes (May 7, 1951 – January 26, 2012) was an American actor who was known for his role as Juan Epstein in the 1970s comedy sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter.

Hegyes was born on May 7, 1951 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey to a Hungarian-Italian family. He was raised in Metuchen, New Jersey. Hegyes studied at Metuchen High School and at Glassboro State College. He was never married. Hegyes died on January 26, 2012 from a heart attack in Edison, New Jersey, aged 60.

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Kings City

Kings City was an amusement park in Eilat, Israel. It is located in the hotels area of the city. The amusement park is dedicated to the Bible and was open in 2005 at a cost of US$40,000,000, and closed in 2015.

Gallery

Other websites 

 Kings City website 
 Kings City under construction
 Photo gallery, August 2005 (111 photos)

Theme parks in Israel
Eilat
Xenophon

Xenophon (c. 430 – 354 BC), also known as Xenophon of Athens, was a Greek historian, soldier, mercenary, philosopher and a contemporary and admirer of Socrates.  He is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the 4th century BC. He preserved the sayings of Socrates, and descriptions of life in ancient Greece and the Persian Empire.

430s BC births
354 BC deaths
Ancient Greek philosophers
Ancient Greek writers
Ancient Greek historians
Praxiteles

Praxiteles was the most famous of the sculptors of the 4th century BC. He was the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue. While no sculpture by Praxiteles is extant, numerous copies of his works have survived.  Several authors, including Pliny the Elder, wrote of his works. Coins engraved with silhouettes of his various famous statuary types from the period still exist. His works include Hermes and the Infant Dionysus. 

Ancient Greece
Sculptors
Jack Thayer

John Borland "Jack" Thayer III (December 24, 1894 – September 20, 1945) was an American writer and historian. He was a first-class passenger on the RMS Titanic. He helped many people to solve how the Titanic sank. He later wrote books about the sinking.

Thayer was born on December 24, 1894 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was married to Lois Cassatt until his death in 1945. Thayer committed suicide on September 20, 1945. He was depressed about his son's death during World War II. He was found in a car in Philadelphia with cuts on his wrist and throat, aged 50.

References

Other websites
 Encyclopedia Titanica article on John Borland Thayer III

1894 births
1945 deaths
Writers who committed suicide
Writers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
J. Bruce Ismay

Joseph Bruce Ismay (December 12, 1862 – October 17, 1937) was an English businessman. He was chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. He was known as the man who created the RMS Titanic. He was one of the survivors, but because he survived many people thought he was afraid of dying and would later destroy his reputation.

Ismay was born on December 12, 1862 in Crosby, Lancashire, England. He was married to Julia Florence Schieffelin from 1888 until his death in 1937. They had five children. Ismay died on October 17, 1937 in Mayfar, London, England from a stroke, aged 74.

References

Other websites
 J. Bruce Ismay at Encyclopedia Titanica
 
 Article on Ismay and the Titanic 

1862 births
1937 deaths
Deaths from stroke
RMS Titanic survivors
English businesspeople
People from Lancashire
Cinereous vulture

The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) is also known as the 'black vulture', 'monk vulture', or 'Eurasian black vulture'. It is a member of the family Accipitridae. It is one of the two largest old world vultures.

This bird is an Old World vulture, and is only distantly related to the New World vultures, which are in a separate family, Cathartidae, of the same order. It is therefore not directly related to the much smaller American black vulture despite the similar name and coloration. 

Accipitriformes
Sarah Lancaster

Sarah Lancaster (February 12, 1980) is an American actress who stars primarily in sitcoms. She starred as Rachel Meyers in the sitcom Saved by the Bell: The New Class and Marjorie in What about Brian. She was born in Overland Park, Kansas.

American television actors
Actors from Kansas
1980 births
Living people
People from Overland Park, Kansas
American child actors
American movie actors
Actors from Orange County, California
Search Engine Watch

Search Engine Watch (SEW) is a website with news and information about search engines and search engine marketing.

Search Engine Watch website was started by Danny Sullivan in 1996. In 1997, Sullivan sold it to MecklerMedia (now Jupitermedia). In 2005 the website and Search Engine Strategies were sold to Incisive Media for $43 million. On November 30, 2006 Danny Sullivan left Search Engine Watch. Rebecca Lieb became editor-in-chief next month.

Google's Matt Cutts has named Search Engine Watch "a must read." Yahoo's Tim Mayer has said that Search Engine Watch is the "most authoritative source on search."

Related pages 
 List of search engines
 Pay per click

References

Other websites 
 

Websites
Kanon

Kanon () is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Key. It was released on 4 June 1999. It is playable on Windows PCs. Key later released versions of Kanon without the erotic content, and the game was ported to the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. After the game's release, Kanon made several transitions into other media. Two Manga series were serialized in Dengeki Daioh and Dragon Age Pure. Comic anthologies, light novels and art books were also published, as were audio dramas and several music albums. Toei Animation produced a 13-episode anime television series in 2002 and an original video animation (OVA) episode in 2003. Kyoto Animation produced a 24-episode anime series in 2006.

The story follows the life of Yuichi Aizawa, a high school student who returns to a city he last visited seven years ago, and he has little recollection (memories) of the events from back then. He meets several girls and slowly regains his lost memories.

Characters
Yuichi Aizawa
He is the main character of the story. He is friendly and outgoing. In the beginning of the story he moves to a new city and lives with his cousin, Nayuki Minase. He visited the town many years ago, but has since lost most of his memories of the place.

Ayu Tsukimiya
Ayu is the main female character of the story. She is lively and energetic, and wears a backpack with wings on it. Her catchphrase is "uguu", which she uses to express emotions such as frustration, anger, or fear, Yuichi enjoys teasing her about it. She refers to herself as "boku", a Japanese masculine word for "I". Her favorite food is taiyaki. Although she looks very young, she is actually the same age as Yuichi (17 years old).

Nayuki Minase
Nayuki is Yuichi's cousin. Yuichi moves in with her at the start of the story.

Mai Kawasumi
Mai is a third-year student at the same high school Yuichi goes to. He met her standing alone in the school building at night, with a sword in her hand. At nighttime when no one is in the school, she comes in to fight and defeat demons. People are always blaming her for accidents that happen at the school, though she never denies them.

References

Other websites

 Key's official Kanon website 
 First Kanon anime's official website 
 Second Kanon anime's official website 

1999 video games
Visual novels
Windows games
PlayStation 2 games
PlayStation Portable games
IOS games
Android (operating system) games
Division of North Sydney

The Division of North Sydney is  an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division is named after the North Sydney area. It was set up in 1900 for the first federal election in 1901.

Electoral divisions 
The electoral division includes the suburbs of Artarmon, Cammeray, Cremorne, Cremorne Point, Crows Nest, Gore Hill, Greenwich, Henley, Hunters Hill, Huntleys Point, Kirribilli, Lane Cove, Lane Cove North, Lane Cove West, Lavender Bay, Linley Point, Longueville, McMahons Point, Milsons Point, Naremburn, Neutral Bay, North Sydney,Northbridge, Northwood, Riverview, St Leonards, Tarban, Waverton, Wollstonecraft, Woolwich and parts of Castlecrag, Gladesville and Willoughby.

Members

North Sydney is one of only two original divisions in New South Wales, which have never been held by the ALP. It has been held by a member of a non-Labor party for all but six years, when independent Ted Mack held it. It was held after the December 1922 election by Prime Minister Billy Hughes. Hughes was replaced as Nationalist party leader, and therefore Prime Minister by Stanley Bruce in February 1923. Joe Hockey was Treasurer in the Abbott Government, but lost his position when Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister. Hockey resigned from Parliament which caused a by-election, and was then appointed as the Ambassador to the US.

Election results
 2013 election results 
 2010 election result
 2007 election result
 2004 election result
 Election results for 1998 and 2001

References
 Division of North Sydney – Australian Electoral Commission

Other websites
 Joe Hockey's website 

North Sydney
New South Wales
1901 establishments in Australia
Exit to Eden

Exit to Eden is a 1994 comedy-thriller movie. Rosie O'Donnell, Dana Delany and Dan Aykroyd are in the cast. This movie is about undercover police, sex and vacationing on an island. Exit to Eden got attention because of sexual content and well-known actors in the cast.

Plot
A young and attractive photographer named Elliot Slater is in southern California. He has been uncomfortable with his sexual matters, which are in the BDSM realm.

But before he begins his journey of sexual discovery, what Slater doesn't know is that he has photographed an international jewel thief named Omar. No other photos exist on Omar. The jewel thief has a criminal partner named Nina. Omar and Nina are wanting to recover the photographic film so Omar can stay anonymous.

Omar and Nina follow Elliot to an island resort called "Eden" and pose as vacationers. The island resort is operated by a mistress named Lisa Emerson. Following a tip that Omar is on the island, two undercover police officers, Fred Lavery and Sheila Kingston, also arrive. Fred is disguised as a handyman; Sheila as a vacationer.

Fred and Sheila send Omar and Nina into jail. Elliot later asks Lisa to marry him; Lisa says yes.

Cast
 Dana Delany as Lisa Emerson
 Paul Mercurio as Elliott Slater
 Rosie O'Donnell as Sheila Kingston
 Dan Aykroyd as Fred Lavery
 Hector Elizondo as Dr. Martin Helifax; credited "As usual Hector Elizondo".
 Stuart Wilson as Omar
 Iman as Nina Blackstone
 Sean O'Bryan as Tommy Miller
 Stephanie Niznik as Diana
 Phil Redrow as Richard
 Sandra Taylor as Riba
 Julie Hughes as Julie
 Laura Harring as M.C. Kindra
 Deborah Pratt as Dr. Williams
 Laurelle Mehus as Heidi
 Tom Hines as Nolan
 Alison Moir as Kitty
 James Patrick Stuart as James
 Rosemary Forsyth as Mrs. Brady
 John Schneider as Professor Collins
 Donna Dixon as Fred's ex-wife

Reception
Exit to Eden received attention during its release because of the BDSM themes and full-frontal female nudity. It also got attention for its cast members, the director and the writer of the novel on which the movie was based.

It didn't receive good reviews from critics. The critics were disappointed and confused about the combination of the original story and comedy elements. Rotten Tomatoes rated this movie at 6%, meaning "rotten" reviews. Roger Ebert gave the movie only half a star.

The movie was released on October 14, 1994.

Awards
Rosie O'Donnell won a Razzie Award for the Worst Supporting Actress. Dan Aykroyd was nominated for the Worst Supporting Actor. Both were nominated as the Worst Screen Couple.

References

1994 comedy movies
1994 thriller movies
English-language movies
American comedy movies
American thriller movies
American independent movies
Michel de Montaigne

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (28 February 1533 — 13 September 1592) was a French Renaissance man, statesman, and writer. He was a court official in the late Valois-Angoulême period of the Kingdom of France. Montaigne was the inventor of essay-writing and was one of the most important philosophers of the French Renaissance.

Related pages 
 Niccolò Machiavelli

References

Other websites 
Essays 

1533 births
1592 deaths
French essayists
French writers
Renaissance
French philosophers
Anna Shaffer

Anna Shaffer is an English actress, best known for her role as Ruby Button in teen soap opera Hollyoaks, and for her role as Romilda Vane in the Harry Potter film series.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

References

Other websites
 

Living people
Scottish movie actors
Scottish television actors
1992 births
AccuWeather

AccuWeather is an American media organization that provides non-profit worldwide weather forecasts. The name AccuWeather is a portmanteau for accurate and weather. 

The network was founded in 1962 by Joel N. Myers, then a Penn State graduate student working on degrees in meteorology. The company adopted the name "AccuWeather" in 1971. It is centered in  State College, Pennsylvania. AccuWeather is a strong provider for a lot of local television stations, and does guest commentaries on major television, networks.

Other websites 
 AccuWeather.com

Mass media
Weather services
1962 establishments in the United States
1960s establishments in Pennsylvania
Harlem Shake

The Harlem Shake is an Internet meme that became popular in February 2013. It started with a video by a YouTube user named Filthy Frank. The trend spread with people trying to replicate the video. The videos feature the song Harlem Shake by electronic musician Baauer, and a dance. Normally, each video begins with one person (often wearing a mask) dancing to the song alone, surrounded by other people who seem to be unaware of the person dancing. When the bass drops, the entire crowd starts doing the dance. The video tends to be 30 seconds long.

Several reports have compared the Harlem shake to the Gangnam Style meme that was popular during 2012.

References

Other websites

 YouTube: Here's How 'Harlem Shake' Went Viral, Mashable

Internet memes
Dances

de:Harlem Shake
Charter Communications

Charter Communications is a cable system group begun in Delaware in 1993. They have Cable television, Internet and telephone services for over 26 million customers in 41 U.S. States.

The Charter headquarters are in Stamford, Connecticut, though many operations remain in St. Louis, Missouri.

The company has gotten several awards. But like certain other providers, they have also been under criticism.

In May 2016, Charter took over Time Warner Cable and the Bright House Networks; the three companies merged and then became Spectrum.

References

Companies based in Delaware
Television
1993 establishments in the United States
20th-century establishments in Delaware
Bearded vulture

The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the lammergeier or lammergeyer, is a bird of prey. It is the only member of the genus Gypaetus.

An Old World vulture, it forms a minor line of the Accipitridae with the Egyptian vulture, its closest living relative. They are not much more closely related to the Old World vultures proper than to hawks. They differ from Old World vultures by their feathered neck.

It eats mainly carrion and lives and breeds on crags in high mountains in southern Europe, the Caucasus, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Tibet. The females lay one or two eggs in mid-winter that hatch at the beginning of spring. Populations are resident.

References 

Accipitriformes
Birds of Africa
Birds of Asia
Birds of Europe
Birds of Pakistan
Birds of Turkey
Abu Kabir Forensic Institute

Abu Kabir Forensic Institute (L. Greenberg National Institute of Forensic Medicine; ) is the only forensics institute in Israel. It is in Tel Aviv.

Other websites 
 the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute at the Israeli Ministry of Health website (Hebrew)

Buildings and structures in Tel Aviv
Government of Israel
Forensics
Organizations based in Asia
Israel Meteorological Service

The Israel Meteorological Service is the central service for weather forecasting and climate research in Israel. It includes 30 weather stations. It is located in Rishon LeZion. It is also a unit in the Israeli Ministry of Transport.

Other websites 
  Israel Meteorological Service - official website

Government of Israel
Weather services
Rishon LeZion
Tyre, Lebanon

Tyre is a city in the south of Lebanon. About 120,000 people lived there in 2003. The Phoenicians originally built the city. It is known as Tyrus in Latin, and Tyros in Greek. Its name in Arabic and Turkish is Suur.

Cities in Lebanon
Phoenician colonies
History of the Middle East
Norodom Sihanouk

Norodom Sihanouk (October 31, 1922 – October 15, 2012) was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004. He was in the Guinness Book of Records because he had had the most political duties in the world. He served as the 1st, 12th, 16th, 20th, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 35th, and 37th Prime Minister of Cambodia. He was exiled in 2004 and later left his throne in the same year.

Sihanouk was born on October 31, 1922 in Phnom Penh, French Indochina. He studied at the Cavalry Military School. Sihanouk was married six times. His last wife was Norodom Monineath from 1952 until his death in 2012. Sihanouk had 14 children. He had suffered prostate cancer. Sihanouk died on October 15, 2012 while on a trip to Beijing, China from a heart attack, aged 89.

References

Other websites

 Official site
 Genealogy of the Cambodian Royal Family
 News release regarding support of gay marriage
 News release regarding his website
  Cambodian politicians biography
 Official Contact with the IPSP 
 New York Times 
 

1922 births
2012 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Kings and queens
Prime Ministers of Cambodia
Heads of state of Cambodia
David Dinkins

David Norman Dinkins (July 10, 1927 – November 23, 2020) was an American politician and activist. He served as the 106th Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1990 through December 31, 1993. He lost reelection in 1993 to Rudy Giuliani. He was the first African American mayor of New York City.

Dinkins was born on July 10, 1927 in Trenton, New Jersey. He studied at Harvard University and at the Brooklyn Law School. Dinkins was married to Joyce Burrows until her death in 2020. They had two children.

Dinkins died on November 23, 2020 at his home in New York City from respiratory failure, aged 93.

References

Other websites

Finding Aid for the David N. Dinkins Papers housed at Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library
David Dinkins's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project

1927 births
2020 deaths
Mayors of New York City
African American politicians
American activists
Manhattan borough presidents
Politicians from New Jersey
US Democratic Party politicians
People from Trenton, New Jersey
Deaths from respiratory failure
Thomas E. Dewey

Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American politician. He served as the 47th Governor of New York from January 1, 1943 through December 31, 1954. He ran for President two times, he lost both of them. He was mostly known for losing to Harry S. Truman when the Chicago Tribune mistakenly printed newspapers that said Dewey Defeats Truman.

Dewey was born on March 24, 1902 in Owosso, Michigan. He studied at the University of Michigan and at the Columbian Law School. Dewey was married to Frances Hutt from 1928 until her death 1970. Dewey died while on a trip to Miami, Florida from a heart attack on March 16, 1971, aged 68.

References

Other websites

Info from the Political Graveyard
Collectibles, Memorabilia & Reproductions

 "Thomas E. Dewey, Presidential Contender"  from C-SPAN's The Contenders

1902 births
1971 deaths
Cardiovascular disease deaths in the United States
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Governors of New York
Politicians from Michigan
US Republican Party politicians
Writers from Michigan
Writers from New York
Robert M. La Follette

Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette, Sr. (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925) was an American Republican. He was a Senator from Wisconsin from January 2, 1906 until his death on June 18, 1925. He ran for President in 1924, but lost. If La Follette won he would have been the seventh President to die in office. He is thought to be one of the greatest Senators of American History.

La Follette was born on June 14, 1855 in Primrose, Wisconsin. He is of English-Scottish-French descent. He studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. La Follette was married to Belle Case Le Follette from 1881 until his death in 1925. They had four children. La Follette died on June 18, 1925 in Washington, D.C. from a heart disease, aged 70.

References

Other websites

 Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Grave
Free Speech and the Right of Congress to Declare the Objects of the War 
 Statement of Robert La Follette, Sr. on Communist Participation in the Progressive Movement, 26 May 1924

1855 births
1925 deaths
American Baptists
Cardiovascular disease deaths in the United States
Governors of Wisconsin
United States representatives from Wisconsin
United States senators from Wisconsin
US Republican Party politicians
The Piano Teacher

The Piano Teacher is an erotic drama movie of 2001 about a piano professor for a musical conservatory. The subjects of this drama are piano playing, voyeurism and masochism. The Piano Teacher received positive review by critics, and several international awards.

2001 drama movies
French drama movies
Austrian movies
German drama movies
French-language movies
Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume

is a Japanese post-apocalyptic visual novel. It was developed by Key, a brand of Visual Art's whose previous works include Kanon and Air. It was released over the Internet on November 29, 2004 playable on Windows PCs. It is rated for all ages. The game was later ported to the PlayStation 2 (PS2) and PlayStation Portable, as well as mobile devices.

Key defines Planetarian as a "kinetic novel", since its gameplay offers no choices or alternate endings. Instead, the player proceeds through the story solely by reading. The story is written by Yūichi Suzumoto and Planetarian is one of two Key games not to have Itaru Hinoue as an artist, using Eeji Komatsu instead. The game's soundtrack was composed and arranged by Key's signature composers Magome Togoshi and Shinji Orito.

The story centers around a middle-aged man who comes across a malfunctioning robot in a dead city. The man, known simply as "the junker", stays with this robot for a time and attempts to fix the projector of the planetarium where the story takes place.

A light novel of short stories set in the world of Planetarian was released in April 2006. Three audio dramas have also been produced. David Production produced a five-episode original net animation series and an anime movie in 2016.

References

Other websites
Key's Planetarian website 
KineticNovel's Planetarian website  
Prototype's Planetarian website 

Manga
Anime
Windows games
PlayStation 2 games
PlayStation Portable games
Nintendo Switch games
Har Nof

Har Nof (, meaning "scenic mountain") is a mountain in Jerusalem. It is a famous neighborhood of important Israeli Rabbis. There are ancient terraces in the neighborhood, which were used for growing grapes. There are also many presses, from the Second Temple carved in the rock, suggesting a large Jewish community at the time. There are also ruins from fortifications dating from the Herodian period.

The ruins of a castle and a small pond were found in one of the lowest streets in the neighborhood. The fort was from the time of the Second Temple, and was populated by guards who protected the pilgrims visiting the temple. Opposite the castle, an ancient wine press was found, which probably belonged to the fortress' guards.

Other websites 

 Official website website 

Mountains of Jerusalem
Neighbourhoods of Jerusalem
National Gallery of Australia

The National Gallery of Australia is the national art museum of Australia. It is in Canberra. It holds more than 120,000 works of art in its collection. The gallery was established in 1967 by the Australian government. The construction of the building started in 1973, and cost AU$82 million. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1982.

The gallery is northeast of Parliament House. It is near the High Court and the National Library. There are three levels of galleries. On the main floor, the galleries are large, and are used to display the collections of Indigenous Australian, European and American art. The lower level also contains a series of large galleries, used to display the Asian art collection. The topmost level contains a series of smaller galleries, which holds the gallery's collection of Australian art. A smaller building on the eastern side of the gallery holds the gallery's temporary exhibitions. It includes a sculpture garden. A major expansion of the gallery began in 2006. It included several new galleries for indigenous Australian art.

The gallery's collection of indigenous Australian art is mostly modern, but in traditional forms. It is dominated by a memorial of 200 painted tree trunks commemorating all the indigenous people who died defending their land against invaders in the 200 years between 1788 and 1988. Each trunk is a coffin, which in the Yolngu culture is used to mark the safe journey of the soul of the dead from this world to the next.

The collection of non-indigenous Australian art includes work by Frederick McCubbin, Tom Roberts, William Dobell, Sidney Nolan, and many other famous artists. The gallery's international collection is mainly focused on late-19th-century and 20th-century art. Artists represented include Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Lucian Freud and Henri Matisse. The sculpture garden contains works by Bert Flugelman, Henry Moore, Fujiko Nakaya and Auguste Rodin.

References

Other websites

 Official website
 National Gallery of Australia  on Artabase

Government agencies of Australia
Art museums
National museums
Museums in Australia
1982 establishments
Australian National Heritage List
Buildings and structures in Canberra
1980s establishments in Australia
West North Central States

The West North Central States are made up of seven US States: Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Kansas. The region is defined by the United States Census Bureau and is populated by between 20 million and 21 million people. This region is also regarded by the names of Heartland or The Farm Belt.

Census Regions of the United States
Alonzo Gee

Alonzo Gee (born May 29, 1987) is an NBA basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He went to the University of Alabama.

1987 births
Living people
Cleveland Cavaliers players
East North Central States

The East North Central States are a region that consists of five US States: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, according to the United States Census Bureau. Almost fifty million people live in this region. Some non-government groups may put the State of Kentucky within this group, although the Census Bureau usually has Kentucky in the East South Central region.

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Pemako

Pemako is a region in the southeast corner of Tibet. It is considered to be the sacred place for Tibetans, and a place for pilgrimages. Many popular lamas visited the place in search of termas, which were hidden during the crisis in Tibet.

Tibet
Regions of Asia
Israel Space Agency

Israel Space Agency (ISA; , ) is a government agency of Israel. It oordinates all Israeli space research programmes with scientific and commercial goals. It is part of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Israel. It was established in 1983. The head of the ISA is Major Gen. (ret.) Prof. Yitzhak Ben Yisrael.

Other websites 
  Official website

Government of Israel
Space agencies
1983 establishments in Asia
20th-century establishments in Israel
Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (born 22 November 1986) is a South African former sprint runner. He is serving a prison sentence for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Pistorius was born in Sandton, Johannesburg. Both of his legs are amputated above the ankle, and he runs with prostheses. Pistorius competed in races for athletes with disabilities. He first ran in international competitions for able-bodied athletes in 2007.

In 2011, he competed in the World Championships, and as part of South Africa's silver-medal-winning relay team, he became the first amputee to win an able-bodied world track medal. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Pistorius became the first double-leg amputee to compete in the Olympics. He also competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics. He won gold medals in the men's 400 metre race in a Paralympic record time of 46.68 seconds and in the 4 × 100 metres relay in a world record time of 41.78 seconds. He also won a silver in the 200 metres race.

On 14 February 2013, he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead in his house. He was charged with murder, but is not in prison because he paid a R1 million to be released on bail. His murder trial began on 3 March 2014 in Pretoria. During the trial, Pistorius was diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder. On 11 September, he was found not guilty of murder. On 12 September 2014, he was convicted of manslaughter.

In November 2014, prosecutors asked the sentencing judge for permission to appeal the verdict.  Permission was granted in December, and the case was presented to a five-person panel at the Supreme Court of Appeal. He was released on house arrest, and on 3 December 2015 the Appeal Court overturned the culpable homicide verdict and convicted him of murder. Pistorius appeared in court on 13 June 2016 to start the sentence hearing for the murder conviction; on 6 July he was sentenced to six years imprisonment for murder.

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Randolph Street

Randolph Street is a street in Chicago. It runs east-west through the Chicago Loop. It carries traffic west from Michigan Avenue across the Chicago River. The street runs through the whole city. The street is named after Edmund Randolph.

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Michigan Avenue

Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago. It runs at 100 east on the Chicago grid. The northern end of the street is at Lake Shore Drive on the shore of Lake Michigan in the Gold Coast Historic District. The avenue is named after the state of Michigan. The avenue is also known for shopping stores, museums, and tall buildings. Part of Michigan Avenue is called the Magnificent Mile.

It is the location of the annual November Magnificent Mile Lights Festival hosted by Disney.

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Other websites

Chicago's Magnificent Mile

Roads in Chicago
Kud Wafter

is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Key released on June 25, 2010 for Windows PCs.Kud Wafter is Key's eighth game, along with other titles such as Kanon, Air, and Clannad. Key will release a version of Kud Wafter without the erotic content, and the game will be ported to the PlayStation Portable.
 
The story follows the lives of high school students Riki Naoe and his close friend Kudryavka Noumi as they start to see more of each other in a romantic relationship. The gameplay in Kud Wafter follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the title character Kudryavka, also known as  for short.

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Other websites
Kud Wafter official website 

Anime
2010 video games
Margaret Truman

Mary Margaret Truman Daniel (February 17, 1924 – January 29, 2008) was an American singer, writer, and historian. She wrote many mystery/historical books. She was the daughter of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman.

Truman was born on February 17, 1924 in Independence, Missouri. She studied at George Washington University. Truman was married to Clifton Daniel from 1956 until his death in 2000. They had four children. Truman died on January 29, 2008 in her son's home in Chicago, Illinois from a respiratory infection, aged 83.

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Other websites

 trumanlibrary.org

1924 births
2008 deaths
American historians
Children of Presidents of the United States
Harry S. Truman
Writers from Missouri
People from Independence, Missouri
Pope Stephen IV

Pope Stephen IV was Pope from June 816 to January 817. He died of old age.

Related pages
 List of popes

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8th-century births
817 deaths
Michael Mann

Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943) is an American movie director, screenwriter, and movie producer. He is known for his works in Manhunter, Ali, Collateral, Hancock, and in Public Enemies. He won an Emmy Award in 1979.

Mann was born on February 5, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mann has been married to Summer Mann since 1974. They have four children.

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Other websites

Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
Salon profile 
extensive Mann profile (in French) 
Sight & Sound - Mann's Top 10 All-Time Favorite Films
Literature on Michael Mann

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Screenwriters from Illinois
Emmy Award winners
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Bille Brown

William Gerard "Bille" Brown AM (11 January 1952 – 13 January 2013) was an Australian actor and playwright. He was known for his roles in Fierce Creatures, The Man Who Sued God, The Dish, and in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Brown and Geoffrey Rush were good friends. He was openly gay.

Brown was born on 11 January 1952 in Biloela, Queensland, Australia. He studied at Queensland University. 

Brown died on 13 January 2013 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from bowel cancer, aged 61.

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Other websites

 Alyce Faye Cleese interviews Bille Brown in Montecito, Ca. 35 minutes.
 Bille Brown – Stage acting credits
 "Merry Wives of Windsor" – special Waratah Festival performance, at Albert Park Amphitheatre, Brisbane (1987)
 "The Merry Wives of Windsor" – Albert Park Amphitheatre, Brisbane (1987)

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Saqqez

Saqqez (, ) is a city in the west of Iran. According to 2006 census, 131,348 people lived there. Saqqez is famous because of its ancient history and the remaining of a historic fort located on north-east of the city, named "Zehweeya". The city is in Kurdistan Province, in Iranian Kurdistan.

Name 
The name Saqqez derives from the Scythian word "Skate".

People 

People of Saqqez are Kurds and speak in Kurdish language, they also speak in Persian which is the official language of Iran. Most of the people are following Islam. In recent years there was a huge community of Sufis in Saqqez, they still exist in little numbers and do their spiritual rituals in special places named Tekkyeh (in Kurdi: تەکیە).

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Beckenham

Beckenham is a suburb of London, in the London Borough of Bromley. It is south of central London.

There are also places with the same name in Perth, Western Australia and Christchurch, New Zealand.

Towns in London
London Borough of Bromley
Political behavior

Political behaviour is how people think about politics and how they vote and do things like protest because of what they believe. Family, teachers and friends all shape how we think. The media and political adverts also change the way many people vote. Social class, race and religion also make people vote in different ways.

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Internal Affairs

Internal Affairs is a 1990 crime-thriller movie starring Laurie Metcalf, Andy Garcia and Richard Gere. The story is about manipulation, corruption and lying in the Los Angeles Police Department in late 1989 and early 1990. Elijah Wood, Annabella Sciorra and William Baldwin also star. This movie got strong positive reviews from many critics and was a success in the box office.

1990 thriller movies
1990 drama movies
English-language movies
Welcome to the Dollhouse

Welcome to the Dollhouse is an American 1995 teen comedy movie. It is about bullying and dysfunctional family life. This independent comedy started the acting career of Heather Matarazzo, who plays Dawn Weiner. It received positive reviews from critics. It was a success at the box office.

1995 comedy movies
1990s teen comedy movies
English-language movies
American teen comedy movies
American independent movies
Movies about pedophilia
Hasan Basri

Hasan Al-Basri (; full name: Al-Hasan ibn Abi-l-Hasan al-Basri), (642–728), was a well-known Sunni Muslim Sufi,  preacher and scholar. Hasan was one of the most famous and prominent of the early Sufi saints in Islam. He was a very popular and beloved personality of Basra, in Iraq.

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642 births
728 deaths
Muslims
Asian Sufis
Iraqi people
The Brothers McMullen

The Brothers McMullen is an American 1995 comedy movie. It is about three brothers in Long Island, New York. The plot has love, sex, marriage, infidelity and deception. This movie was released in January 1995 in the United States and was directed by first time director Edward Burns.

1995 comedy-drama movies
English-language movies
20th Century Fox movies
American comedy-drama movies
American independent movies
Movies directed by Edward Burns
Pranab Mukherjee

Pranab Mukherjee (11 December 1935 – 31 August 2020) was an Indian politician. He was the 13th President of India serving from 2012 through 2017. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.

Political career
Mukherjee became President on 25 July 2012. He succeeded Pratibha Patil (served 2007–12), India’s first woman president. Before Mukherjee became President, he had served as Foreign, Defence, Commerce and Finance Minister at different times in his political career. Mukherjee also served as a member of both Lok Sabha (twice) and Rajya Sabha (five times). 

In 2017, Mukherjee decided not to run for re-election and to retire from politics after leaving the presidency due to "health complications relating to old age". He was replaced by Ram Nath Kovind on 25 July 2017.

Life
Mukherjee was born in the village of Mirati in Birbhum District of West Bengal. Mukherjee’s father, Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was deeply involved in India’s struggle for independence from Great Britain in the first half of the 20th century. Pranab was educated at the Suri Vidyasagar College (then affiliated with the University of Calcutta), and he later earned an advanced degree in history and political science as well as a law degree from the university. He was married to Suvra Mukherjee from 1957 until her death in 18 August 2015(aged 74).

In early August 2020, Mukherjee was hospitalized in an army hospital after falling in his shower in New Delhi. On 10 August, he was diagnosed with COVID-19. He died on 31 August 2020 from sepsis and a lung infection caused by COVID-19, aged 84.

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Other websites
 Pranab Mukherjee Official website
 Pranab Mukherjee at Twitter
 Pranab Mukherjee Death Live News

Presidents of India
1935 births
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Accidental deaths from falls
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India
Indian writers
Indian economists
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Meira Kumar

Meira Kumar (born March 31, 1945 in Bihar, India) is an Indian politician. She has been elected to the Lok Sabha (the lower house in the Indian parliament) five times. She was elected unopposed as the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha on June 3, 2009. Kumar replaced retiring Somnath Chatterjee. She left office on May 18, 2014.

Kumar was the daughter of Babu Jagjivan Ram, a former Deputy Prime Minister of India. She studied at Cambridge University. After Cambridge, she joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1973. She was elected to parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress.

Kumar has been nominated as a joint presidential candidate by the leading opposition parties for 2017 Presidential election. She lost the election to Conservative Ram Nath Kovind after the results were announced on 20 July 2017.

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Speaker of the Lok Sabha

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of India, known as the Lok Sabha. The role of the Speaker is the same as in other countries which use the Westminster system of government. 
 
The speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Lok Sabha after the general elections. He or she is chosen from the members of Lok Sabha. The speaker serves for a term of five years. The current speaker is Om Birla. He is the Member of parliament from Rajasthan.

List of Speakers

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