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Tirich Mir

Tirich Mir (also called Terich Mir'' and Terichmir''') is the highest mountain in the Hindu Kush region of northern Pakistan.

It lies in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Other websites 
 Tirich Mir on SummitPost

Himalayas
Mountains of Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Wagah

Wagah (, , ) is the only road international border crossing between the Republic of India and Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It is on the G.T. Road between the cities of Amritsar, India and Lahore, Pakistan. The first town on the Indian side is Attari.

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Transport in Pakistan
Jamie Anderson

Jamie Anderson is an American singer from Tucson, Arizona. She is based in Ottawa, Ontario.
As of 2010 she had released ten full-length albums. She is openly lesbian.

Career 
Anderson first began touring the U.S. in 1987, and released her first album in 1989. She was voted Favorite New Performer by Hot Wire in 1990 and 1991, and played many women's music festivals, coffeehouses, colleges and other venues all though the 1990s and to the present.

Discography
 Closer to Home (Tsunami Records, 1989)
 Center of Balance (Tsunami, 1992)
 Family of Friends (Tsunami, 1993)
 Bad Hair Day (Tsunami, 1993)
 Never Assume (Tsunami, 1995)
 Drive All Night (Tsunami, 1999)
 Listen (Tsunami, 2001)
 A Promise of Light (Tsunami, 2005)
 Three Bridges (Tsunami, 2007)
 Better Than Chocolate (Tsunami, 2010)

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1957 births
Living people
Singers from Tucson, Arizona
Musicians from Arizona
Lesbians
LGBT people from Arizona
LGBT singers
Dal Lake

Dal Lake is a lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The lake is connected to other lakes of the Kashmir Valley. It is well known for its approximately 500 Victorian era wooden houseboats, originally built as vacation homes for landless British administrators during the Raj.

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Lakes of India
Jammu and Kashmir
Pangong Tso

Pangong Tso (or Pangong Lake; Tso: Ladakhi for lake) is a lake in the Himalayas situated at a height of about 4,250 m (13,900 ft). It is 134 km (83.3 mi) long and extends from Ladakh to Tibet. Two thirds of the length of this lake lies in Tibet. The lake is 5 km (3 mi) wide at its broadest point. In winter, the lake surface freezes completely despite being salt water.

Photo

Lakes of India
Geography of China
Tsomoriri

Tsomoriri is a lake on a plateau in Ladakh, in Jammu and Kashmir.

Lakes of Asia
Geography of Kashmir
Wular Lake

Wular Lake (also spelt Wullar) is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia. It is in the Jammu and Kashmir, between the cities of Sopore and Bandipore. The lake was formed as a result of tectonic activity and is the largest freshwater lake in Asia.

The Jhelum River feeds into the lake, which acts as a natural flood reservoir. The size can vary between , depending on the season
Tulbul project is on wular lake

History
The Kashmiri sultan Zain-ul-Abidin is reputed to have ordered the construction of the artificial island of Zaina Lank in the middle of the lake in 1444.

Related pages 
 Dal Lake

References

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Lakes of Pakistan
Ansoo Lake

Ansoo Lake (Teardrop Lake) is a lake in the Kaghan Valley in Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Its elevation is . It is near Malika Parbat in the Himalayas.

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Lakes of Pakistan
Borith Lake

Borith Lake is a lake in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Borith is a hamlet near Borith Lake. The altitude of Borith is about  above sea level.

Lakes of Pakistan
Dudipatsar Lake

Dudiptsar lake or Dudipat Lake is a lake in Pakistan. It is in the extreme north of Kaghan Valley. It is about a four-hour drive from the chief town Naran. The word "dudi" means white and "sar" means lake. The lake was named because it reflects the white color of snow on the mountain peaks around it. The lake's water is greenish blue and very cold.

The lake used to have a lot of trout. Now there aren't as many because of illegal fishing using dynamite and nets.

This lake is very little visited by people. Getting to the lake takes four to six hours of tough hiking and trekking. The earthquake on October 8, 2005 in North Pakistan made it more difficult to get to the lake. However, the government of Pakistan decided on March 14, 2006 to take all steps to restore tourism of the Kaghan valley. That includes building new tourism spots and rebuilding previously destroyed ones.

Surrounding area

Dudipatsar is close to another major lake, Lake Lulusar, which is the main contributory to the Kunhar River that runs through Kaghan valley. The whole area is private property but declared national park by Government of Pakistan.

The area is accessible for four months every year from June-September. After that, it is closed because of snow.

References

Lakes of Pakistan
Haleji Lake

Haleji Lake () is a lake in Thatta District, Sindh, Pakistan.

Lakes of Pakistan
Hanna Lake

Hanna Lake () is a lake in Pakistan. It is  from Quetta. It is one of the main attractions of the city. The lake is near the place where the Urak Valley begins.

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Lakes of Pakistan
Kachura Lake

Upper Kachura Lake is a lake in Pakistan. It is  from Lower Kachura Lake. It is famous for its natural scenic beauty and its moderate climate.

Related pages
Lower Kachura Lake, also called Shangrila Lake

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Lakes of Pakistan
Keenjhar Lake

Kalri Lake () or Kinjhar Lake () is a lake in Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan.

Lakes of Pakistan
Kundol Lake

Kundol Lake is a lake in Pakistan. It is in Swat Valley, Pakistan and can be reached from Kalam. It is  above sea level.

Lakes of Pakistan
Lulusar Lake

Lulusar is a lake near the Naran Valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The word "sar" means "top or peak" in Pashto. Actually Lulusar is the name of the mountains that contain the lake. So, it is the lake of Lulusar. It is located at N35.0804 E73.9266, at a height of 11,200 ft (3,410 m) from sea level.

The lake is the main source of the Kunhar River, which flows through the entire Kaghan Valley through Jalkhand, Naran Valley, Kaghan, Jared, Paras and Balakot until it joins the Jhelum River. The lake is 48 kilometers away from Naran, on the Naran-Babusar road. Lulusar marks the historic place where 55 participants of the 1857 war of independence were arrested.

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Lakes of Pakistan
Mahodand Lake

Mahodand Lake is a lake about 40 km from Kalam, in Pakistan's upper Ushu Valley. The lake is close to Lake Saifullah and Naseerullah. It is accessible with a four-wheel drive vehicle, and is a good location for fishing.

Lakes of Pakistan
Manchar Lake

Lake Manchar is the largest freshwater lake in Pakistan and one of Asia's largest. It is located west of the Indus River in Sindh. The area of the lake fluctuates with the seasons from as little as 350 km² to as much as 520 km². The lake collects water from numerous small streams in the Kirthar Mountains and empties into the Indus River.

Lakes of Pakistan
Namal Lake

Namal Lake is in one corner of the Namal valley in Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan. This lake was created when Namal Dam was constructed in 1913. Namal Dam is 32 km from Mianwali city. The lake has a surface area of 5.5 km². There are mountains on its western and southern sides. On the other two sides are agricultural areas.

Namal Lake is an ideal abode for the migratory birds in winter season when thousands of water fowls, including Russian ducks and Siberian cranes, land in the lake water.

Lakes of Pakistan
Rama Lake

Rama Lake is a lake near Astore in Northern Areas, Pakistan. It is on the top of the beautiful Astore Valley, covered with oak trees and greenery.

Lakes of Pakistan
Rawal Lake

Rawal Lake is an artificial reservoir in Pakistan that provides the water needs for the cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. This artificial lake covers an area of 8.8 km². Rawal Lake is located within an isolated section of the Margalla Hills National Park.

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Lakes of Pakistan
Rush Lake

Rush Lake is a high altitude lake near Rush Pari Peak (5,098 m) in Pakistan. At over , Rush is one of the highest alpine lakes in the world. It is about  north of Miar Peak and Spantik (Golden Peak), which are in the Nagar valley. Rush Lake and Rush Peak can be reached via Nagar and Hopar and via the Hopar Glacier (Bualtar Glacier) and Miar Glacier, which rises from Miar and Phuparash peaks. The trek to Rush Lake provides spectacular views of Spantik, Miar Peak, Phuparash Peak and Ultar Sar.

Lakes of Pakistan
Saiful Muluk Lake

Lake Saiful Muluk () is a lake at the northern end of the Kaghan Valley ( 34°52′37.34″N, 73°41′37.71″E) near Naran. It is in the northeast of Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. At an altitude of 3,224 m (10,578 feet) above sea level it is one of the highest lakes in Pakistan.

Lakes of Pakistan
Satpara Lake

Satpara Lake is an important lake in Skardu Valley in Pakistan. It supplies water for the town of Skardu, which is at 2,636 meters (8,650 ft) above sea level.

Lakes of Pakistan
Shangrila Lake

Shangrila Lake or Lower Kachura Lake is a part of the Shangrila resort. It is about 20 minutes from Skardu (nearly 2,500 m or 8,200 feet) town.

It is a popular tourist destination, and has a unique restaurant that is built on the fuselage of an aircraft that had crashed nearby.

Shangrila was established in 1983 with the opening of the first Resort Hotel in Skardu, Baltistan. It was named "heaven on earth" because of its spectacular beauty,and breathtaking view and peaceful atmosphere. Shangrila Resort Hotel was founded by the late Brig.(Retd) Muhammad Aslam Khan, the first commander of the Northern Scouts who liberated the Northern Areas in 1948.

Shangrila was named after a book titled "Lost Horizon" by James Hilton. In the novel, the author narrates a tale in which an aeroplane crash landed near a riverbed, in the early 1920s. The surviving passengers came across some Buddhist monks from a nearby temple and sought their help. They were taken to a beautiful lamasery filled with a variety of fruits and flowers. The monks looked quite young, although they claimed to be hundreds of years old. The idyllic place was called Shangri-la, a Chinese word meaning "Heaven on earth".

Lakes of Pakistan
Sheosar Lake

Sheosar Lake () is a lake in Deosai Plains, Northern Areas of Pakistan. The lake is in Deosai National Park in Gilgit-Baltistan Province.  The lake is at an elevation of 4,142 m (13,589 feet). Its approximate length is reported to be 2.3 km (1.4 miles), width 1.8 km (1.2 miles) and average depth 40 m (131 feet).

Meanings in local language (Shina)
Sheosar Lake means Blind Lake, as Sheo in Shina Language means Blind and Sar means Lake.

Routes to the lake
The lake is accessible through two routes. One is via Skardu and the other via Astore District.

Skardu route
The road through Skardu can be covered by jeep in few hours, however, if trekked, it can take 2 days.

Astore route
Second route is from Astore District.

Best time to visit
Between the months of November to May the whole area of Deosai is snow bound. However, the area is full of natural beauty during Spring and Summer Season. During spring, the whole surrounding gets covered with wide variety of colorful flowers and butterflies. The best time of visiting this beautiful lake is in summer between June to September.

References

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Lakes of Pakistan
Snow Lake

Snow Lake, or Lukpe Lawo, is a high-altitude glacial basin in the Karakoram mountain range in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. It is not a lake.

Geography of Pakistan
Drang-Drung Glacier

The Drang-drung Glacier is the largest glacier in Zanskar which lies in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir state of India. It is situted near the Pensi-la, which is a high pass considered gateway to Zanskar region. The Stod river originates from this glacier.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Baltoro Glacier

The Baltoro Glacier, at 62 kilometers long, is one of the longest glaciers outside of the polar regions. It is in Baltistan, in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, and runs through part of the Karakoram mountain range. The Baltoro Muztagh is to the north and east of the glacier, while the Masherbrum Mountains lie to the south. At 8,611 m (28,251 ft), K2 is the highest mountain in the region, and three others within 20 km top 8,000 m. 

The glacier gives rise to the Shigar River, which is a tributary of the Indus River. Several large tributary glaciers feed the main Baltoro glacier, including the Godwin Austen Glacier, flowing south from K2; the Abruzzi and the various Gasherbrum Glaciers, flowing from the Gasherbrum group of peaks; the Vigne Glacier, flowing from Chogolisa, and the Yermandendu Glacier, flowing from Masherbrum. The confluence of the main Baltoro Glacier with the Godwin Austen Glacier is known as Concordia; this location and K2 base camp are popular trekking destinations.

The trough of this glacier is very wide. Small valley glaciers form icefalls where they meet the trunk glacier. The sidewalls vary from very steep to precipitous. The glacier has carved striations on the surrounding country rocks. Moving ice has formed depressions, which serve as basins for numerous glacial lakes.

The glacier can be approached via the important Balti town of Skardu.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Biafo Glacier

The Biafo Glacier is a 67 km long glacier in the Karakoram Mountains of the Northern Areas, Pakistan which meets the 49 km long Hispar Glacier at an altitude of 5,128 m (16,824 feet) at Hispar La (Pass) to create the world's longest glacial system outside of the polar regions. This highway of ice connects two ancient mountain kingdoms, Nagar (immediately south of Hunza) in the west with Baltistan in the east. The traverse uses 51 of the Biafo Glacier's 63 km and all of the Hispar Glacier to form a 100 km glacial route. Scientists still are yet to find out how old this glacier actually is 

Glaciers of Pakistan
Abruzzi Glacier

The Abruzzi Glacier is a glacier north of the Baltoro Kangri peak in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The glacier joins Baltoro Glacier (one of the largest glaciers outside polar region) that flows northwest in the beginning and then turns westward.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Gilgit-Baltistan
Biarchedi Glacier

The Biarchedi Glacier is on the northeast of Biarchedi Peak in Pakistan. It flows north into the Baltoro Glacier.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Godwin-Austen Glacier

The Godwin-Austen Glacier is near K2 in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Its confluence with the Baltoro Glacier is called Concordia and is one of the most favorite spots for trekking in Pakistan since it provides excellent views of four of the five eight-thousanders in Pakistan.

The glacier can be approached via the important Balti town of Skardu.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Gondogoro Glacier

Gondogoro Glacier or Gondoghoro Glacier is glacier near Concordia in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. It serves as an alternative means to reach Concordia; the confluence of Baltoro Glacier and Godwin-Austen Glacier.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Hispar Glacier

Hispar Glacier is a 49 km long glacier in the Karakoram Mountains of the (Northern Areas, Pakistan) which meets the 63 km long Biafo Glacier at the Hispar La Pass (mountain Pass) at an altitude of 5,128 m (16,824 feet) to create the world's longest glacial system outside of the polar regions. This 100 km highway of ice connects two ancient mountain kingdoms, Nagar (immediately south of Hunza) in the west with Baltistan in the east. The extreme steepness of the hillsides and strenuous nature of the boulder hopping on the lateral moraines and hillsides make this route's upper half the most difficult part of the Biafo - Hispar traverse. Only the Hispar La day includes walking on the Hispar Glacier. The crossing of four major tributary glaciers from the north is most taxing, and potentially high nullah crossings can be dangerous. The views of 7,800 meter (25,600 foot) peaks and of the snow covered cliffs and mountains on the south side of the glacier are particularly impressive.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Miar Glacier

Miar Glacier is a glacier that forms in the north of Miar Peak (6,824 m) in Pakistan.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Panmah Glacier

Panmah Glacier is a glacier in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. It is in the Central Karakoram National Park.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Rupal Glacier

Rupal Glacier (or Tashain Glacier) is a glacier in the Great Himalaya subrange of the Himalayas. It starts in the north of an unnamed  peak and flows northeast in the north of Laila Peak (Rupal Valley) and in the south of Nanga Parbat's many peaks. The melt water from the glacier forms Rupal River.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Sarpo Laggo Glacier

The Sarpo Laggo Glacier (meaning "young husband") is a glacier in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, in the Karakoram mountain range of the Himalayas.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Shani Glacier

Shani Glacier is a glacier in the north of Shani Peak (5,887 metres) in Naltar Valley, Pakistan.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Trango Glacier

Trango Glacier is a glacier near Trango Tower mountain in Baltistan, Northern Areas of Pakistan.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Vigne Glacier

Vigne Glacier is a glacier in the Northern Areas, Pakistan near Gondogoro Glacier and Baltoro Glacier.

Glaciers of Pakistan
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is a 2004 movie from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon movies. It stars Jim Carrey as Count Olaf.

Other websites 
Official website 

A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004 movies
2000s fantasy movies
American fantasy movies
German movies
Liechtenstein movies
English-language movies
Paramount Pictures movies
Movies directed by Brad Silberling
Movies set in North Carolina
Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket is the pen name of the author who wrote the books in the A Series of Unfortunate Events series. Lemony Snicket's real name is Daniel Handler.

Snicket as a character
About once per book, Snicket provides the reader with glimpses of his life. He says that he:
 plays the accordion very badly
 was chased by an angry mob
 had an unhappy love affair with a woman called Beatrice, who even wrote a book (200 pages) explaining why it was impossible for her to marry him
 attended a costume ball dressed as a bullfighter, to gain access to his beloved Beatrice, who was dressed as a dragonfly

He also dedicated his life to the Baudelaire orphans story.

A Series of Unfortunate Events
Pen names
Kermit Love

Kermit Ernest Hollingshead Love (August 7, 1916 – June 21, 2008) was an American puppeteer, costume designer, and actor in children's television and on Broadway. He was best known for his work on Muppets, mainly ones on Sesame Street.

Love started his work when he was young, at first doing work for Broadway, such as making marionettes. He worked with many great names at the time in Broadway and ballet.

In the 1960s, Don Sahlin told Love to meet with Jim Henson, which was where Love and Henson first met. Due to his work in theater, Love knew how to make full-body puppets well. Soon after, Love made Big Bird and other muppets. Even though his name was Kermit, he was not the namesake of Kermit the Frog, who Henson made before meeting Love.

Love still made some non-Sesame Street characters until the early 2000s. He died on June 21, 2008 of heart failure in Poughkeepsie, New York. He is outlived by his life partner, Christopher Lyall.

Other websites
 Rick Lyon's Photos from Love's 85th Birthday Party
 Dance Magazine Profile
 Internet Broadway Database entry
 IMDB Entry
 Find-a-Grave
 LA Times Obit
 Chicago Tribune Obit 
 MSNBC Obit
 Yahoo Obit
 Metro.co.uk Obit
 Obituary in The Times
 profile at Theater Development Fund

1916 births
2008 deaths
American puppeteers
LGBT people from New Jersey
Cardiovascular disease deaths in the United States
Deaths from congestive heart failure
Gay men
Costume designers
People from New Jersey
Tarbela Dam

Tarbela Dam ()  is a large dam on the Indus River in Pakistan. The word derives from the name of the former Tarbela village, one of the larger villages at this site chosen for the dam.

Location
It is located about  northwest of Islamabad, largely in the jurisdiction in the Haripur District of the Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

History
The plan for the dam was approved during the regime of the Pakistani dictator and later president General Ayub Khan, in the 1960s. Work went on until its completion in 1974. Many villages were submerged and thousands of people dieople splaced in the process.😎

Technical
The dam has a height of  above the river bed. It has a reservoir size of . This makes it the largest earth filled dam in the world. The dam was completed in 1974. It was built to store water from the Indus River for irrigation and flood control, and for creating hydro-electric power.now tli

Reservoir
The reservoir lake formed by the damming of the Indus here, is Tarbela lake, which is very elongated and spread out over a considerable area. The lake has many channels and is surrounded by wild, high hills and scrub and thorn forests. It is now a place where many species of waterfowl and fish are found.  

Dams in Asia
buildings and structures in Pakistan
Hydropower
1974 establishments in Asia
1970s establishments in Pakistan
Colloquy (IRC client)

Colloquy is an IRC client that first came out in 2005. The newest stable, or good version of IceChat is 2.1 that was made in 2007. Colloquy is free which means it does not cost any money to use. The programming language Colloquy is made in is Objective-C. It is licensed as GPL.

Related pages
List of IRC clients

IRC clients
Alarm

An alarm is something used to alert people quickly to something. Most alarms use loud noises and/or flashing lights. Some alarms may use other ways of attracting peoples attention quickly, such as turning off loud machinery, shaking a bed or pillow.

Types of alarms 
 Alarm clock - A clock designed to make noise to wake up people.
 Burglar alarm - An alarm that sounds if a person tries to enter a building without permission.
 Siren on an emergency vehicle (ambulance, fire truck, police car).
 Severe weather sirens - Used to warn of severe weather, such as tornadoes or tsunamis.
 Klaxon - A type of siren, known for it's distinct sound. Often found on submarines.
 Fire alarm - An alarm for warning of fire inside of a building.

Electronics
Little River (Oklahoma)

The Little River is a tributary of the Canadian River, 90 mi (145 km) long, in central Oklahoma in the United States.It also came from Red River and From Mississippi River

Rivers of Oklahoma
Tornado Alley

Tornado Alley is a colloquial term most often used to refer to the area of the United States in which tornadoes happen more than in any other part of the country.  The 1974 super tornado outbreak with 148 tornadoes, took place in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

States such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio are sometimes included in Tornado Alley. Research suggests that tornadoes are happening more often in the northern parts of Tornado Alley where it reaches the Canadian prairies.

Tornado alley geographical area 

Over the years, the location(s) of Tornado Alley have not been clearly defined. No definition of tornado alley has ever been officially chosen by the National Weather Service (NWS). Thus, differences in the place are because of the different criteria used.

The National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) FAQ says that "Tornado Alley" is a term used by the media as a reference to areas that have mroe tornadoes. A study of 1921–1995 tornadoes concluded almost one-fourth of all significant tornadoes happen in this area.

No state has no tornadoes; however, they happen more often in the Central United States, between the Rocky Mountains and Appalachian Mountains.

Another criterion for the location of Tornado Alley (or Tornado Alleys) can be where the strongest tornadoes happen more often.

Origin of the term 
The term "tornado alley" was first used in 1952 by U.S. Air Force meteorologists Major Ernest J. Fawbush (1915–1982) and Captain Robert C. Miller (1920–1998). They used it as the title of a research project to study severe weather in parts of Texas and Oklahoma.

How many tornadoes 
The average tornado stays on ground for only 5 minutes. These figures, reported by the National Climatic Data Center for the period between 1991 and 2010, show the seventeen U.S. states with the most average number of tornadoes per  per year.

 Florida: 12.2
 Kansas: 11.7
 Maryland: 9.9
 Illinois: 9.7
 Mississippi:  9.2
 Iowa: 9.1
 Oklahoma: 9
 South Carolina: 9
 Alabama: 8.6
 Louisiana: 8.5
 Arkansas: 7.5
 Nebraska: 7.4
 Missouri: 6.5
 North Carolina: 6.4
 Tennessee: 6.2
 Indiana: 6.1
 Texas: 5.9

Canadian tornadoes
About half of all Canadian tornadoes hit the Canadian prairies and Northern Ontario as far east as Lake Superior. Together, these areas make up the northernmost border of the U.S. Tornado Alley. Tornadoes up to EF5 in strength have been found in this region.

Schools in Tornado Alley often have tornado drills, and many homes may have tornado shelters where people can go for safety.

References

Other websites
 NSSL Tornado Climatology
 Climatological Estimates of Local Daily Tornado Probability for the United States
 Tornado hazards in the United States
 Statistical modeling of tornado intensity distributions

Regions of the United States
Weather
Mistletoe

Mistletoe is the common name for a group of semi-parasitic plants in the order Santalales. They grow attached by a haustorium to the branches of trees or shrubs.

Species 
The name was first given to Viscum album (European mistletoe, Santalaceae), the only species native in Great Britain and much of Europe. Later the name was given to other related species, including Phoradendron serotinum (the eastern mistletoe of eastern North America, also Santalaceae).

The largest family of mistletoes, Loranthaceae, has 73 genera and over 900 species.

In culture and myths 
European mistletoe played a large role in Greek mythology, and is believed to be The Golden Bough of Aeneas, ancestor of the Romans. The Norse god Baldr was killed with mistletoe.

In Romanian traditions, mistletoe (vâsc in Romanian) is considered a source of good fortune.

William Shakespeare mentions it in Titus Andronicus, Act II, Scene I: "Overcome with moss and baleful mistletoe".

Mistletoe is often used as a Christmas decoration. Viscum album is used in Europe and Phoradendron serotinum is used in North America. According to custom, the mistletoe must not touch the ground between its cutting and its removal as the last of Christmas greens at Candlemas; it may remain hanging through the year, often to preserve the house from lightning or fire, until it was replaced the following Christmas Eve.

Mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens) is the state floral emblem for the State of Oklahoma.

Kissing under mistletoe at Christmas  
According to a custom during Christmas, any two people who meet under a hanging of mistletoe are urged to kiss. The custom started in Scandinavia.

References

Other websites

 The Mistletoe Center
 About mistletoe
 Parasitic plant connection. See families Misodendraceae, Loranthaceae, Santalaceae, and Viscaceae
 Phoradendron serotinum images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu 
 Scientific studies, research and clinical trials on mistletoe treatment in cancer 

Santalales
Symbols of Oklahoma
Parasitic plants
Potoroo

A potoroo is any member genus Potorous.

Classification 

 SUBORDER MACROPODIFORMES
 Family Potoroidae
 Subfamily Potoroinae
 Genus Potorous
 Gilbert's Potoroo, Potorous gilbertii
 Long-footed Potoroo, Potorous longipes
 †Broad-faced Potoroo, Potorous platyops
 Long-nosed Potoroo, Potorous tridactylus

Marsupials of Australia
Diprotodonts
Mercosur

Mercosur or Mercosul (, , Guarani: Ñemby Ñemuha, ) is a Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It was founded in 1991. Its purpose is to improve free trade and the easy movement of goods, people, and currency.

Members

The following countries are full members, in the process of becoming full members, associate members or observers.

Full members
  Argentina
  Brazil
  Paraguay
  Uruguay

Becoming full members
  Bolivia

Associate members
  Chile
  Colombia
  Ecuador
  Peru

Observers
  Mexico

Related pages
 Southern Cone

1990s treaties
Commerce
20th century in South America
1991 works
Leti, Punjab

Leti is a village and Union Council, an administrative subdivision, of Chakwal District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°55'0N 72°4'0E and is part of Talagang Tehsil.

References

Union Councils of Chakwal District
White bass

The white bass or sand bass (Morone chrysops) is a freshwater fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae. It is the state fish of Oklahoma.

Perciformes
Symbols of Oklahoma
Freshwater fish
Nagasaki Prefecture

is a prefecture in Japan on the island of Kyūshū.  The capital city is  Nagasaki.

History 
Nagasaki Prefecture was created by merging the western half of the old provinces of Hizen Province with the islands of Tsushima Province and Iki Province.

Geography  
Nagasaki is on the western coast of the island of Kyūshū. The southwest coastline faces the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. Saga Prefecture is on its eastern border.

The prefecture has 505 islands with no people living on them.

Cities

National Parks
National Parks are established in about 18% of the total land area of the prefecture.

Shrines and Temples
Chiriku Hachiman-gū, Amanotanagoa jinja and Kaijin jinja are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture.

Related pages
 Provinces of Japan
 Prefectures of Japan
 List of regions of Japan
 List of islands of Japan

References

Other websites 

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Rose rock

The Rose Rock is a rock that has a shape similar to a rose blossom. The rose rock was selected as the official state rock of Oklahoma in 1968.

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symbols of Oklahoma
Landforms of the United States
Ouachita Mountains

The Ouachita Mountains are a mountain range in west central Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma.

Mountains of Oklahoma
Geography of Arkansas
Arbuckle Mountains

The Arbuckle Mountains are an ancient mountain range in south-central Oklahoma in the United States.  It rests in Davis, Oklahoma. A Small town of a bit over the 2500 population. There are many things to do in this historic small tourist town. come and see for yourself. Brenda Lack Stokes is a native Davisite town and welcomes the world to visit this wonderful place. 

Mountains of Oklahoma
Wichita Mountains

The Wichita Mountains are in southwestern Oklahoma.

Mountains of Oklahoma
Kiamichi Mountains

The Kiamichi Mountains are a mountain range in southeastern Oklahoma. A subrange within the larger Ouachita Mountains that extend from Oklahoma to western Arkansas,

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Mountains of Oklahoma
Idabel, Oklahoma

Idabel is a city in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 7,158 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of McCurtain County.

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County seats in Oklahoma
Cities in Oklahoma
Gegenschein

The Gegenshein, also called Counterglow, is a very faint light which can be seen in the sky at night. The light can be seen at the point in the sky that is exactly opposite of the Sun. It is very hard to see. The light can only be seen from areas with no other lights (away from cities) and on nights with no moon. This effect is caused by matter spread around that reflect the light from the Sun, and is related to the zodiacal light.

Other websites
An image of Gegenschein

Atmosphere
Light
Solar System
Lawton, Oklahoma

Lawton is a city in and the county seat of Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States.

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County seats in Oklahoma
Cities in Oklahoma
Haunted house

A haunted house or ghosthouse is a house where supernatural events are believed to take place. Many haunted houses are believed to contain ghosts. They can also contain the spirits of dead people. The rumour that a house is haunted often starts after something violent or tragic happens in the house, such as a murder or suicide. Haunted houses are common in gothic fiction, and are generally seen as old castles or creaky, old, abandoned houses. A haunted house can be a type of attraction in amusements parks too. One scientific explanation of haunted houses is that poisonous gasses such as carbon monoxide from defective gas-burning appliances are what causes the hallucinations that people experience. Another possible cause is infrasound.

Carbon monoxide theory 
Many haunted houses have been investigated and found to contain high levels of carbon monoxide or other poisons, which can cause hallucinations. The carbon monoxide theory explains why haunted houses are mostly older houses, which are more likely to contain aging and defective appliances, and why more hauntings are reported in the colder months. Carbon monoxide poisoning explains many of the occurrences in haunted houses, such as feelings of being watched, hearing footsteps or voices, seeing "ghosts", headaches, dizziness, and sudden death or illness of people or pets, and also strange behavior in pets such as excessive barking or meowing. The carbon monoxide theory also explains why some ghosts don't show up on photographs or videos (photographs that do show "ghosts" are usually caused by dust, insects, fingers or camera strap in front of the lens, and multiple exposures).

Other poisons and drugs 
Pesticides can cause the same types of hallucinations as carbon monoxide. Recreational drugs such as LSD and methamphetamine can cause hallucinations. Unpleasant hallucinations are known in the recreational drug community as a "bad trip". Drug users are usually, but not always, aware that they are experiencing hallucinations related to the drug, at least after they become sober again.

Other causes 
Sounds heard in a "haunted" house are often very normal sounds, for example footstep-like sounds can be caused by vermin such as squirrels or raccoons. Dead vermin can also cause unusual smells often associated with hauntings. Doors closing by themselves can be caused by wind. Moving shadow figures can be caused by the headlights of passing cars shining through a window. Many times normal sounds that come from outside can be mistaken for a sound inside the house. Sounds made by electronics, plumbing, refrigerators, and heating / air conditioning have also been mistaken for paranormal sounds.

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Spiritual séance

Notes

Occult
Houses
Planetshine

The phenomenon known as planetshine happens when sunlight from a planet lights the dark side of one of its moons. The best known example of planetshine is Earthshine.

Moon
Moore, Oklahoma

Moore is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area.  The population was 41,138 at the 2000 census.

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Cities in Oklahoma
Ephemeris

An ephemeris is a table giving the predicted positions of an object in space, like another planet, comet, or asteroid.

Celestial mechanics
Saros cycle

The Saros cycle is an eclipse cycle of about 18 years 11 days 8 hours (about 6585⅓ days). A solar eclipse 18 years past will be similar with one 18 years in the future. This is because the Earth, Moon and Sun return to almost the same positions they were at 18 years ago. The first predictions of a solar eclipse using the Saros were made by Ancient Greek philosophers.

Eclipses
Ancient Greek astronomers
Paycom Center

Paycom Center, formerly known as Ford Center, briefly as Oklahoma City Arena, and Chesapeake Energy Arena, is a multipurpose indoor sports/concert arena in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. It is the home of the National Basketball Association's Oklahoma City Thunder. The arena was also home to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets from 2005 to 2007.

Naming history
The arena was named the Ford Center from 2002 to 2010. The name did not come directly from the Ford Motor Company; it instead came from a contract with Oklahoma Ford Dealers, a group that represents marketing efforts of the state's Ford dealers. After the city and Oklahoma Ford Dealers could not agree on a new naming rights contract, the arena became Oklahoma City Arena from 2010 to 2011.

A new naming rights contract was signed with Chesapeake Energy in 2011, leading to the renaming as Chesapeake Energy Arena. Chesapeake Energy entered into bankruptcy restructuring in 2020, and ended the naming contract the next year. In July 2021, Paycom, an Oklahoma City-based payroll services company, signed a 15-year naming contract, leading to the current name of Paycom Center.

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Official website

Oklahoma City Thunder
Sports buildings in the United States
Buildings and structures in Oklahoma
1999 establishments in the United States
20th-century establishments in Oklahoma
Tulsa Revolution

The Tulsa Revolution is a professional soccer team from Tulsa, Oklahoma that plays in the Central Division of the American Indoor Soccer League.

American soccer teams
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Arena football

Arena football is a sport similar to American football. It is played indoors on a smaller field than American Football, resulting in a faster and higher-scoring game.

Football
Pir Panjal Range

The Pir Panjal Range (Kashmiri: ) is a group of mountains in the Lesser Himalayan region. They runfrom east-southeast (ESE) to west-northwest (WNW). The range crosses the Indian territories of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and then Pakistan's Azad Kashmir. The average elevation varies from  to .  Pir Panjal is the largest range of the Lesser Himalayas. Near the bank of the Sutlej River, it seperates itself from the Himalayas and forms a divide between the Beas and Ravi rivers on one side and the Chenab on the other. The Galyat mountains are a part of this range. The region is connected to the Valley of Kashmir by Mughal Road. It used to be the historical connection of Kashmir with India.

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Mountain ranges of Pakistan
Mountain ranges of India
High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE!

High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE! is a rhythm video game based on the movie High School Musical 3: Senior Year. It was released in 2008.

Gameplay Features
Dance to favorite High School Musical songs from all three films
Play as familiar characters including Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad, and Taylor, or create and customize a unique Wildcat
Engage in competitive multiplayer dance-offs for a fun dance party experience
Earn points by learning dance moves from High School Musical characters to unlock songs, clothing and characters
Interact with scenes by activating special effects

Other websites 
 Official High School Musical 3: Senior Year Website
 High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE!  at IGN

2008 video games
High School Musical
Nintendo DS games
PlayStation 2 games
PlayStation 3 games
PlayStation Portable games
Wii games
Windows games
Xbox 360 games
Video games based on movies
Bernie Mac

Bernie Mac (Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008) was an American actor and comedian. He was nominated for an Emmy Award twice.

He died on August 9, 2008 from complications of pneumonia.

Other websites 

Bernie Mac Detailed Biography 
Bernie Mac  at Wenig-Lamonica Associates
Bernie Mac Memorial 

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American movie actors
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American television writers
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American Protestants
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1957 births
2008 deaths
Michael Phelps

Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer who holds world records in several events. Phelps won eight medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Six of those were gold. These medals made him tie the record for medals at a single Olympics. Alexander Dityatin has held this record since 1980. In 2008, Phelps won eight swimming gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. This broke Mark Spitz's record for most gold medals in a single Olympics. Spitz had won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won another four gold and two silver medals. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Phelps won five gold medals and one silver. In total he has won 28 Olympic medals, a record. 23 of these are gold medals, over two times as many as the former record. Phelps is also known as the most decorated olympian in any sport. Currently, Michael Phelps has retired. He will not be back for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Phelps was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) when he was nine.

2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games

Phelps qualified to compete in three team events and five individual events. He won gold medals in all eight events (WR = world record, OR = Olympic record):

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Sportspeople from Baltimore
Severe weather

Severe weather is any destructive weather phenomenon. The term is usually used to refer to severe thunderstorms and related storms, such as tornados, hail, and downbursts. Unlike normal weather, severe weather does not happen as much. Most severe weather, like hurricanes and severe thunderstorms, happen in the summer. Winter storms are also kinds of severe weather, and these happen in the winter.

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Severe weather
Indian Territory

The Indian Territory, also known as The Indian Country, The Indian territory or the Indian territories, was land set aside within the United States for the use of Native Americans.

Native American
History of Oklahoma
Kenton, Oklahoma

Kenton is a small unincorporated community in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States.

Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
Trio

A trio is a group of three things, or a group of three persons who are doing something together.

In music

Trio (music), three people performing music together
Piano trio (piano, violin, cello)
String trio (violin, viola, cello)
Trio (jazz) (piano, double bass, drums)
Power trio (electric guitar, bass guitar, drum kit)
The middle section of a piece which is usually a minuet and trio or scherzo and trio
The third section of a march (music)
Trio (band), a German pop band who wrote "Da da da"
The Trio, one incarnation of Trey Anastasio (band)
Trio (album), a 1987 recording by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. The group is also sometimes referred to as Trio.
Trio 2 (album), a 1998 recording by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt
The Trio, a live 1961 album featuring a jazz trio led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson

In other entertainment:
Trio (TV network), a former American cable and satellite television channel owned by NBC Universal
Trio (novel), a 1943 novel by Dorothy Baker
Trio (1950 film), a movie directed by Ken Annakin
Trio (TV series), a South Korean television drama produced by the MBC in 2002
Trio (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of the television series Stargate Atlantis

Other uses:
Trio, a speaker phone, personal handset and voice recorder made by Ipevo
Trio AB, a Swedish telecommunications company
Trio, South Carolina 
The European trade name of Japanese concern Kenwood Electronics
An Australian company producing durable DVD Players
A United Kingdom chocolate bar of the 1980s
The S3 Trio 3D Graphics Accelerator.
The Trio or Tiriyó people of South America, or the Tiriyó language
TRIO, a US government outreach program for disadvantaged students
An abstract family of languages with particular closure properties

Related pages 
3 (number)
Triplet (disambiguation)
Triad (disambiguation)
Triumvirate
List of fictional trios
Alfred Cortot

Alfred Denis Cortot (born Nyon, 26 September 1877; died Lausanne, 15 June 1962) was a French-Swiss pianist and conductor. He is one of the most famous 20th century musicians.  He was especially known for his playing of piano music by 19th century Romantic composers such as Chopin and Schumann.  He formed a piano trio with the violinist Jacques Thibaud and the cellist Pablo Casals.  He was a piano teacher and conductor.

Early life and education
Cortot (pronounce “Cor-toe”) was born in Nyon in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.  His father was  French  and his mother was Swiss.  Cortot studied at the Paris Conservatoire.  His teachers were  Emile Descombes and Louis Diémer.  He won a first prize (premier prix) in 1896. His first public concert was at the Concerts Colonne in 1897 when he played Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3.   He helped opera singers to learn their music, and became assistant conductor at the Bayreuth Festival. In 1902 he conducted Wagner’s Götterdämmerung.  It was the first time it had been performed in Paris.  He formed a concert society to perform Wagner's Parsifal, Beethoven's Missa solemnis, Brahms' German Requiem, and new works by French composers.

Career
In 1905, Cortot formed a trio with Jacques Thibaud and Pablo Casals, which became the most famous piano trio of the time.  There are still several recordings of their playing. From 1907 to 1923, Cortot taught at the Paris Conservatoire, where his pupils included Clara Haskil, Dinu Lipatti, Vlado Perlemuter. In 1919, he founded the École Normale de Musique de Paris. Many people came to hear him teach about how to perform piano music.  He travelled a lot and also conducted famous orchestras. He died in Lausanne.

World War II
Many people did not agree with him when he supported the German occupation of France during the Second World War. He played in some concerts which were supported by the Nazis. He may just have played at these concerts because he liked German music, but it made him some enemies. His wife, Clothilde Breal, was of Jewish origin and her cousin, Lise Bloch, was married to Leon Blum, the first Jew to become President du Conseil or Prime Minister in France. Cortot and the Blums were good friends, although he was banned for a year from performing in France.

Contribution
He was famous for playing the piano music of Chopin and Schumann, Cortot made editions of both those composers' music. He had a superb technique, but he also had many memory lapses in concerts and occasionally left wrong notes on his records. Nevertheless, when he played well he was one of the greatest pianists of his time.

1877 births
1962 deaths
French conductors
French pianists
Swiss musicians
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Pesto

Pesto (meaning Paste) is a type of sauce that originated in the Italian region of Liguria. The uncooked sauce is made of basil which is crushed. Other ingredients are garlic, salt, pine nuts, olive oil, and certain types of cheese (most often Parmesan cheese, Pecorino Sardo or Pecorino Romano). 

Pesto is often used as a sauce for pasta.

There is a similar dish in the Provence, in France. It contains no nuts or cheese. It is called Pistou.

Sauces
Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky () (April 4, 1932 - December 29, 1986) was a Soviet movie director, writer and opera director. Tarkovksy is listed as one of the 100 filmmakers best liked by movie critics. He received critical acclaim for directing such movies as Andrei Rublev, Solaris and Stalker.

Career 
Tarkovsky also did a lot of work as a screenwriter, movie editor and theater director. He was also important as a movie theorist. He directed most of his movies in the Soviet Union, with the exception of his last two movies which were produced in Italy and Sweden. His movies are characterized by Christian spirituality and metaphysical themes. Other things that are typical for his movies are extremely long takes, the lack of conventional dramatic structure and plot, and memorable images of exceptional beauty.

Tarkovsky died of lung cancer in Paris, at age 54.

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1986 deaths
Cancer deaths in France
Deaths from lung cancer
Disease-related deaths in Paris
Movie editors
Russian movie directors
Russian screenwriters
Soviet writers
Boss (video gaming)

In video games, a boss is a powerful enemy which is much stronger than other normal enemies in the game. Usually a boss is unique, meaning there is only one of it, but sometimes it must be fought more than one time. Bosses are most often found at the end of a level or the game.

Video game design