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ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American rock band from Houston, Texas.

Band members

Current members
 Billy Gibbons – vocals, guitar (1969–present)
 Frank Beard – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1969–present)

Pre ZZ Top members
 Dusty Hill – bass, keyboards, vocals (1969; died 2021)
 Lanier Greig – organ, bass (1969; died 2013)
 Dan Mitchell – drums (1969)
 Billy Ethridge – bass (1969)

Discography
Studio albums
 ZZ Top's First Album (1971)
 Rio Grande Mud (1972)
 Tres Hombres (1973)
 Fandango! (1975)
 Tejas (1976)
 Degüello (1979)
 El Loco (1981)
 Eliminator (1983)
 Afterburner (1985)
 Recycler (1990)
 Antenna (1994)
 Rhythmeen (1996)
 XXX (1999)
 Mescalero (2003)
 La Futura (2012)

Other websites

1969 establishments in the United States
1960s American music groups
1970s American music groups
1980s American music groups
1990s American music groups
2000s American music groups
2010s American music groups
American rock bands
Musical groups established in 1969
Musical groups from Texas
Musical trios
Warner Bros. Records artists
Seasons in the Abyss

Seasons in the Abyss is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band, Slayer. Seasons in the Abyss was released on October 9, 1990 through both Def American Records.

The album debuted at #40 on the Billboard 200. Seasons in the Abyss was certified Gold by both the RIAA in the United States and the CRIA in Canada.

Songs

Personnel
Slayer
 Tom Araya – bass, lead vocals
 Jeff Hanneman – lead and rhythm guitar
 Kerry King – lead and rhythm guitar
 Dave Lombardo – drums

Production
Rick Rubin – production
Andy Wallace – co-production, engineering, mixing
Larry Carroll – artwork, illustrations
Chris Rich – assistant engineer
David Tobocman – assistant engineer
Allen Abrahamson – assistant engineer
Robert Fisher – graphic design
Rick Sales – management
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Sunny Bak – photography
Marty Temme – photography

References

Other websites

1990 albums
Slayer albums
Cane Corso

The Cane Corso is an ancient mastiff breed from Italy.  It is a large size dog which is very muscular and loves to run.  It is an excellent watchdog. The Cane Corso has been used to hunt animals such as wild boar.

The Cane Corso is highly intelligent, very trainable, and has a stable temperament. It’s skin is tough.  It has excellent hearing.  It is important that this dog be socialized early.  If carefully trained as a pup, it is very good with other people while always being highly protective of its owner. His name derives from the Latin "Cohors" which means "guardian," "protector." The dog is highly tolerant of pain and sometimes electric fences are ignored by the dog.  The dog also loves and needs daily exercise.

Early training of this dog is imperative. The owner must introduce the dog to his environment. This includes family, friends, nearby cats and dogs.  This is because the Cane Corso breed is first and foremost highly protective of its owner.

References

Molossers
Holly Smale

Holly Smale (born 7 December 1981) is a British writer. She wrote the best-selling, award-winning series Geek Girl.

Smale won the 2014 Waterstones Children's Book Prize. She was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. She was recruited by a modelling agency at the age of 15. She modeled for 2 years before deciding to become a writer.

1981 births
Living people
English children's writers
The Benchwarmers

The Benchwarmers is a 2006 American sports-comedy movie. It was directed by Dennis Dugan and was produced by Adam Sandler and Jack Giarraputo. The Benchwarmers was released on April 7, 2006.

Reception 
The movie gained negative reviews from critics and holds a 11% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Schneider was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Actor.

Cast 
 Rob Schneider as Gus Matthews
 David Spade as Richie Goodman
 Jon Heder as Clark Reedy
 Jon Lovitz as Mel Carmichael
 Nick Swardson as Howie Goodman
 Craig Kilborn as Jerry
 Molly Sims as Liz Matthews
 Tim Meadows as Wayne
 Amaury Nolasco as Carlos
 Bill Romanowski as Karl
 Reggie Jackson as himself
 Max Prado as Nelson
 Danny McCarthy as Troy
 Sean Salisbury as Brad
 Matt Weinberg as Kyle
 John P. Farley as Swimmer Boy
 Terry Crews as Steven (Poker Guy #1)
 Dennis Dugan as Coach Bellows
 William Daniels as K.I.T.T. (voice)
 Joey Gnoffo as Marcus Elwood

References

Other websites 

2006 comedy movies
2000s sports comedy movies
American sports comedy movies
2000s buddy movies
Columbia Pictures movies
English-language movies
Buena Vista International movies
Movies directed by Dennis Dugan
The Hot Chick

The Hot Chick is a 2002 American comedy movie. It was directed by Tom Brady and was produced by John Schneider and Carr D'Angelo. The Hot Chick was released on December 13, 2002. The movie is about teenage girl and a 30-year-old criminal who have their minds magically swapped.

The movie had negative reviews from critics and holds a 21% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Movie critics Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper gave the movie two thumbs down. Ebert also gave the movie half a star out of a four and said "The MPAA rates this PG-13. It is too vulgar for anyone under 13, and too dumb for anyone over 13."

Cast 
 Rob Schneider as Clive Maxtone/Jessica Spencer
 Anna Faris as April
 Rachel McAdams as Jessica Spencer/Clive Maxtone
 Matthew Lawrence as Billy
 Eric Christian Olsen as Jake
 Michael O'Keefe as Mr. Richard Spencer
 Melora Hardin as Mrs. Carol Spencer
 Alexandra Holden as Lulu
 Maritza Murray as Keecia "Ling-Ling" Jackson
 Tamera Mowry as Sissie
 Tia Mowry as Venetia
 Sam Doumit as Eden
 Megan Kuhlmann as Hildenburg
 Angie Stone as Madame Mambuza
 Matt Weinberg as Booger Spencer
 Jodi Long as Keecia's mother
 Maria-Elena Laas as Bianca
 Lee Garlington as Vice Principal Marjorie Bernard
 Robert Davi as April's father
 Leila Kenzle as April's mother
 Dick Gregory as Bathroom attendant
 Ashlee Simpson as Monique
 Michelle Branch as Club DJ
 Scott Dolezal as Night Club bartender
 Adam Sandler as Mambuza Bongo Guy (uncredited)
 Shazia Ali as Princess Nawa
 Vivian Corado as Slave Girl
 Jenna Dewan as Bianca Salsa Girl

References

Other websites 

2002 comedy movies
2000s buddy movies
2000s criminal comedy movies
2000s fantasy-comedy movies
2000s sex comedy movies
2000s teen comedy movies
American criminal comedy movies
American fantasy-comedy movies
American sex comedy movies
American teen comedy movies
Body swapping in fiction
Female buddy movies
English-language movies
Cross-dressing in movies
Carol Dempster

Carol Dempster (December 9, 1901 – February 1, 1991) was an American actress. She was a silent movie star who appeared in movies from 1916 through 1926. She married a wealthy banker and retired from the movie industry. In her later years she was famous for her  philanthropy.

Career 
Dempster was born December 9, 1901 in Duluth, Minnesota. She was the youngest of four children. Her father was John W. Dempster and her mother was Carrie M. (Acker) Dempster. Her father changed careers when Carol was still a baby and moved the family to California.

She studied dance at the Ruth St. Denis dancing school. There she was noticed by movie director D. W. Griffith who used her as a dancer in his movie "Intolerance" (1916). Griffith then gave her a role in A Romance of Happy Valley (1919). The movie featured the popular acting team of Robert Herron and Lillian Gish. Dempster's first starring role came in the movie The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919). Lillian Gish was supposed to get the role, but was reportedly "tired" and Griffith cast Dempster instead. Critics gave Dempster only mild praise. Her first solo starring role was in "The Love Flower" (1920). It was at this time critics began comparing her to Lillian Gish. But it was Griffith who directed her to sound like Gish and his other legendary female stars. It was about this time that Dempster became romantically involved with Griffith. Her first non-Griffith movie was in 1922. She starred in Sherlock Holmes with John Barrymore. Her movie Isn't Life Wonderful? (1924) was well received by critics. She starred in two movies with W. C. Fields for Paramount Pictures, Sally of the Sawdust (1925), and That Royle Girl (1925). Her best performance may have been in her last movie The Sorrows of Satan (1926).

Later life 
In July 1929 Dempster was scarred in a car accident in California. A month later she married wealthy investment banker Edwin Skinner Larsen at her rural New York home. After the couple traveled to Europe, Dempster announced her retirement from acting. She and her husband lived in La Jolla, California. She died there on February 1, 1991 from heart failure. Carol Dempster was buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale, California. Upon her death, Dempster left $1.6 million USD to the San Diego Museum of Art. The money was to add to the museum's collections of prints and drawings. She and her husband had made several previous gifts to the museum. These included Francisco Zuniga's sculpture "Mother and Daughter Seated" and Thomas Eakins' painting "Elizabeth Crowell and her Dog".

References

1901 births
1991 deaths
Actors from Minnesota
American movie actors
Cardiovascular disease deaths in California
Deaths from heart failure
Disease-related deaths in San Diego County
Nancy Kulp

Nancy Kulp (August 28, 1921 – February 3, 1991) was an American actress. She played Miss Jane Hathaway on The Beverly Hillbillies. She also played Anastasia in the NBC sitcom It's a Great Life.

She was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She died from cancer in Palm Desert, California at age 69.

References

Other websites

Actors from Pennsylvania
American military personnel of World War II
American movie actors
American television actors
Cancer deaths in California
1921 births
1991 deaths
50 First Dates

50 First Dates is a 2004 American romantic comedy movie. It was directed by Peter Segal. It was produced by Jack Giarraputo, Steve Golin, and Nancy Juvonen. 50 First Dates was released on February 13, 2004.

The movie got negative reviews from critics. It has a 44% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Movie critic Roger Ebert gave the movie three out of four stars. He said "The movie is sort of an experiment for Sandler. He reveals the warm side of his personality, and leaves behind the hostility, anger and gross-out humor... The movie doesn't have the complexity and depth of Groundhog Day... but as entertainment it's ingratiating and lovable."

Release Dates

Cast 
 Adam Sandler as Henry Roth
 Drew Barrymore as Lucy Whitmore
 Rob Schneider as Ula
 Sean Astin as Doug Whitmore
 Blake Clark as Marlin Whitmore
 Lusia Strus as Alexa
 Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Keats
 Amy Hill as Sue
 Pomaika'i Brown as Nick
 Allen Covert as Ten-Second Tom
 Missi Pyle as Noreen
 Maya Rudolph as Stacy
 Kevin James as Factory worker
 Lynn Collins as Linda
 Joshua Seth as a painter (uncredited)
 Greg Cipes as a painter (uncredited)
 Dee Bradley Baker as a man at the restaurant (uncredited)
 Scott Menville as a man at the restaurant (uncredited)

References

Other websites 

Official website

2004 comedy movies
2004 romance movies
2000s romantic comedy movies
American romantic comedy movies
Columbia Pictures movies
English-language movies
Movies set in Hawaii
Movies directed by Peter Segal
Division of Mayo

The Division of Mayo is an Australian electoral division in the hills east of Adelaide, South Australia. It includes the Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island, including the towns of Bridgewater, Crafers, Echunga, Gumeracha, Hahndorf, Langhorne Creek, Lobethal, Macclesfield, Mount Barker, Myponga, Oakbank, Stirling, Strathalbyn, Victor Harbor, Woodside, Yankalilla, and part of Birdwood.

It was set up in 1984 and is named after Helen Mayo, the first woman elected to an Australian University Council.

Members

Alexander Downer's father and grandfather were federal politicians. Downer was Leader of the Opposition, and became Foreign Minister in the Howard Government. His resignation from parliament caused a by-election for Mayo in 2008.

Election results
 2004 election results
 2007 election results
 2008 by-election results
 2010 election results
 2013 election results
 2016 election results
 2019 election results

References
 ABC profile for Mayo: 2013
 AEC profile for Mayo: 2013
 Poll Bludger profile for Mayo: 2013

Other websites

Electoral divisions of Australia
South Australia
1984 establishments in Australia
Novospassky Monastery

Novospassky Monastery (New monastery of the Saviour, ), is one of the oldest monasteries in Moscow. The first monastery was built in the 14th century. At that time it was inside the walls of the Kremlin. In 1491 the monastery was moved to new buildings on the banks of the Moskva River. It was called the "new monastery". 

In 1571 and 1591, the wooden buildings were attacked by the Crimean Tatars. In 1612, the Tsar, Michael of Russia, had the monastery completely rebuilt. This included the thick stone walls which made it one of the fortified monasteries on the edge of Moscow. These new stone walls were 7.5 meters high and 2 meters thick. They were 782 meters in length, and included six towers. These are the buildings which are still standing. The bell-tower, one of the tallest in Moscow, and the Sheremetev sepulchre in the church of the Sign, were added in the 18th century,

The monastery was supported by Andrei Kobyla's descendants, including the Sheremetyev and Romanov boyars. They used it as their burial vault. Among the last Romanovs buried in the monastery were Xenia Shestova (the mother of the first Romanov Tsar), Princess Tarakanova (a pretender who claimed to have been the only daughter of Empress Elisabeth) and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia.

Monastery buildings
The Cathedral of the Transfiguration, (1645-49), a large five-domed katholikon with frescoes by the finest Muscovite painters of the 17th century
The Intercession Church, or Church of the Veil of the Virgin (1673-1675) with a refectory
The Church of the Sign or Church of the Znamenie Icon of the Virgin (1791-1795)
The bell tower (1759-1785)
The infirmary Church of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker and monks' living quarters
The house of Patriarch Filaret
The House of Loaf-Giving.  

The monastery was closed in 1918 and used as a prison. The cemetery was removed between 1927 and 1930. For a time it was used as a hospital for alcoholics. In 1968 it became a museum of history and an art restoration institute. In 1991 it was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.

Other websites

Official Page of the Monastery, in Russian

References 

Monasteries
Russian Orthodox Church

Buildings and structures in Moscow
Hebridean Terrane

The Hebridean Terrane is one of the terranes that form part of the Caledonian orogenic belt in northwest Scotland. Its boundary with the neighbouring Northern Highland Terrane is formed by the Moine Thrust Belt.

The basement rock is formed by Archaean and Paleoproterozoic gneisses of the Lewisian complex. They are overlaid unconformably by the Neoproterozoic Torridonian sediments. This in turn is unconformably overlain by a sequence of Cambro–Ordovician sediments. It formed part of the Laurentian foreland during the Caledonian continental collision.

The Hebridean Terrane is the westernmost strip of mainland Scotland, most of the Inner Hebrides and all of the Outer Hebrides. Similar rocks are also thought to be present on Shetland. They have been proved west and north of the Outer Hebrides by BGS shallow boreholes and hydrocarbon exploration wells. The full extent of this terrane to the west is obscured by the effects of Mesozoic rifting.

Some similar rocks occur in Shetland, which are the northern outpost of the Caledonian orogeny,

References 

Geography of Scotland
Sudden cardiac death

Sudden cardiac death is a condition where a person dies because the heart fails to work. It is very common, about 80% of the people have other heart problems. In general three conditions are present:
A problem with the heart
Irregular heartbeat, known as Cardiac arrhythmia
An external cause
In general, people become unconscious within one hour form the onset of symptoms.

Heart disease
Edsvalla

Edsvalla is a locality in Karlstad Municipality in Värmland County in Sweden. In 2010, 1,016 people lived there.

References 

Settlements in Varmland County
Helsingør

Helsingør is a city on the northeastern part of Zealand in eastern Denmark. 

Cities in Denmark
1420s establishments in Europe
Establishments in Denmark
Division of Port Adelaide

The Division of Port Adelaide was an Australian electoral division in the state of South Australia. It included the suburbs of Alberton, Beverley, Birkenhead, Cheltenham, Findon, Kilkenny, Largs Bay, Mansfield Park, North Haven, Ottoway, Parafield Gardens, Paralowie, Pennington, Port Adelaide, Queenstown, Rosewater, Salisbury Downs, Semaphore, Woodville, West Croydon, and part of Seaton. The seat also included Torrens Island and Garden Island.

It was set up in 1949, and was named after Port Adelaide, the working port of Adelaide.

The Division was abolished in 2019 when a redistribution cut South Australia's divisions from 11 to 10.

Members

Election results
 2004 election results
 2007 election results
 2010 election results
 2013 election results
 2016 election results

References
 ABC profile for Port Adelaide: 2013
 AEC profile for Port Adelaide: 2013
 Poll Bludger profile for Port Adelaide: 2013

Other websites
 Mark Butler's website 

Former electoral divisions of Australia
South Australia
1949 establishments in Australia
June Diane Raphael

June Diane Raphael (b. January 4, 1980) is an American actress, comedian and screenwriter. She studied acting at New York University. She played Ann in the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. She also played Amanda in Bride Wars.

Raphael was born in Rockville Centre, New York.

References

Actors from New York
American movie actors
American television actors
American television writers
New York University alumni
Screenwriters from New York
1980 births
Living people
Smokin' Aces

Smokin' Aces is a 2006 American crime thriller movie. It is about a Las Vegas Strip magician who became a mafia informant and the FBI agent who is assigned to protect him. Taraji P. Henson plays Sharice. Ray Liotta plays Donald. Alicia Keys plays Georgia.

The movie got negative reviews from critics. It made more than $54 million worldwide.

Other websites
 
 
 
 

2006 movies
2000s crime thriller movies
American crime thriller movies
English-language movies
Movies set in Nevada
Caitlin Stasey

Caitlin Jean Stasey (born 1 May 1990) is an Australian actress and singer. She is best known for her role in the soap opera Neighbours. She also has appeared in television series such as The Sleepover Club, Please Like Me and Reign. She also appeared in the movies Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010), All Cheerleaders Die (2013), Lust for Love (2014) and I, Frankenstein (2014).

Stasey was born in Melbourne, Victoria. Her English parents are from Norwich. She is a feminist. She married American actor Lucas Neff in 2016.

References

Other websites

 

1990 births
Living people
Actors from Melbourne
Australian child actors
Australian feminists
Australian LGBT people
Australian movie actors
Australian singers
Australian television actors
Musicians from Melbourne
LGBT actors
Defragmentation

Defragmentation is a process that happens with digital files. Files are usually stored in one part. When a disk drive fills up, finding an empty space that is large enough becomes more difficult. When this happens, the file is split into different parts, and each part is stored on a different place in the disk. That process is known as fragmentation. Fragmentation happens because different parts of a file are not stored next to each other. When the file is read, the different parts must be assembled. Fragmented files are take longer to assemble. Files that are stored in one part can be read faster. Defragmentation reverses fragmentation and puts the file into one piece.

The process 
Defragmentation is the process of rearranging the different parts, so that they are stored next to each other. This is usually done by copying them to a different place on the disk. Defragmentation is relevant to file systems on electromechanical disk drives. To read each part,  the head of the hard disk needs to reposition itself to the area where the part is stored.

The problem of defragmentation is that it  is takes a long time and in some cases, the file system cannot be changed while it is in progress. For that reason, defragmentation should not be done, when it can be avoided.

There are different kinds of files, some of them are modified more often. It is often a good practice to put them on different partitions, as most Unix-like operating systems do. Also, the design of hard drives has changed over time, which will make the effects of defragmentation less visible.

Media that uses flash memory, such as solid-state disks, do not benefit from defragmentation, as there are no moving parts than need to be re-positioned.

Computing
Sweden Box Open

The Sweden Box Open was an international amateur boxing event in Sweden. It was held between 1980-1997 The event was often held in January. It was usually held in Stockholm as the Stockholm Box Open. The 1995 and 1996 editions were held in Sundsvall and Timrå.

The event was one of the major amateur boxing competitions in Europe.

References

1980 establishments in Sweden
1997 disestablishments in Sweden
Boxing
Sport in Stockholm
Sundsvall
Skara HF

Skara HF is a handball club in Skara, Sweden. It was established on 8 April 1993 when Hangelösa HF and Stenums IF merged their handball sections. The women's team has played in the Swedish top division during the 1990s.

References

Other websites
 Official website 

1993 establishments in Europe
Handball clubs in Sweden
20th-century establishments in Sweden
Swedish Ski Games

The Swedish Ski Games () is an annual cross-country skiing event in Sweden. It was started in Sundsvall in 1947. It was moved to Falun in 1959. Ski jumping and Nordic combined skiing were included up to 1991 as a recurring event. Alpine skiing was also included between 1950 and 1953 (in Åre). Biathlon was included in 1984. The event is usually held in February or March as one of the final World Cup competitions during the season. The event is usually held at  Lugnet. Sometimes the lack of snow has required the event to be moved to other places in Sweden.

Events

 1947 – Sundsvall
 1948 – Östersund
 1949 – Sollefteå
 1950 – Östersund
 1951 – Sundsvall
 1952 – Falun
 1953 – Boden
 1954 – Falun (combined with the World Ski Championships)
 1955 – Stockholm-Nässjö
 1956 – Falun
 1957 – Sollefteå
 1958 – No competitions held
 1959 – Falun
 1960 – Falun/Sälen/Transtrand
 1961 – Falun
 1962 – Falun/Bjursås
 1963 – Falun
 1964 – Kiruna
 1965 – Falun
 1966 – Umeå/Örnsköldsvik
 1967 – Falun
 1968 – Falun
 1969 – Falun
 1970 – Falun
 1971 – Falun/Bjursås
 1972 – Lycksele
 1973 – Falun
 1974 – Falun (combined with the World Ski Championships)
 1975 – Falun
 1976 – Falun
 1977 – Falun
 1978 – Falun
 1979 – Falun
 1980 – Falun (women's 20 kilometers world championship)
 1981 – Falun
 1982 – Falun
 1983 – Falun
 1984 – Falun
 1985 – Falun
 1986 – Falun
 1987 – Falun
 1988 – Falun
 1989 – Falun
 1990 – Lycksele/Örnsköldsvik
 1991 – Falun
 1992 – Falun
 1993 – Falun (combined with the World Ski Championships)
 1994 – Falun
 1995 – Falun
 1996 – Falun
 1997 – Falun
 1998 – Falun
 1999 – Falun
 2000 – Falun
 2001 – Falun
 2002 – Falun
 2003 – Falun
 2004 – Falun
 2005 – Falun
 2006 – Falun
 2007 – Falun
 2008 – Falun
 2009 – Falun
 2010 – Falun
 2011 – Falun
 2012 – Falun
 2013 – Falun
 2014 – Falun
 2015 – Falun (combined with the World Ski Championships)
 2016 – Falun
 2017 – Falun
 2018 – Falun
 2019 – Falun
 2020 – Falun
 2021 – Falun

References

Other websites

 Official website 
 Earlier winners  

1947 establishments in Sweden
Skiing in Sweden
Transtrand

Transtrand is a locality in Malung-Sälen Municipality in Dalarna County in Sweden. In 2010, 386 people lived there.

References 

Settlements in Dalarna County
The Lawnmower Man

The Lawnmower Man is a 1992 science fiction-horror movie. It is about a simple-minded gardener who later becomes intelligent. A priest punishes him for not completing his chores. He then gains special powers. Pierce Brosnan plays Dr. Lawrence Angelo.

The movie got mixed reviews from the critics. It made over $32 million at the box office.

Other websites
 
 
 
 

1992 movies
1990s science fiction horror movies
American science fiction horror movies
English-language movies
American independent movies
Man Trouble

Man Trouble is a 1992 American romantic comedy movie. Ellen Barkin plays Joan. Jack Nicholson plays Harry. Beverly D'Angelo plays Andy.

This movie did not have good reviews from critics. It flopped at the box office.

Other websites

 

1992 romance movies
1992 comedy movies
1990s romantic comedy movies
American romantic comedy movies
English-language movies
Italian romance movies
Italian comedy movies
Movies set in California
20th Century Fox movies
Movies directed by Bob Rafelson‏‎
Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri (31 October 1925 – 6 March 1994) was a Greek actress, singer, and politician.

Personal Life 
Mercouri’s parents were Stamatis Mercouris and Irene Lappa. Her father was the governor of a section of Athens. She went to school at the Academy of the National Theatre, Athens from 1943 to 1946.

In 1939, Mercouri married Panayiotis Harokopus. They divorced in 1962. Mercouri remarried in 1966 to Jules Dassin.

She died from lung cancer at age 73 in New York City.

Career 
Mercouri was an actor in many movies. Her first movie was Stella in 1955. She later acted in Topkapi (1964), and  Never on Sunday (1960). Her husband, Dassin, was the director of these movies. Mercouri also acted and sang in the musical llya, Darling (1967). She became very famous for her work in Never on Sunday. Mercouri also was awarded an Academy Award nomination for best actress from that role. Later, she became the Greek Minister of Culture and Sciences. Her job was to educate about Greek history, art and sports. While in this job, Mercouri supported Greek arts, sports, and women's rights. She became part of the Greek Parliament in 1977. Mercouri was also an author. She wrote her autobiography: I Was Born Greek.

References

1920 births
1994 deaths
Cancer deaths in New York City
Deaths from lung cancer
Government ministers of Greece
Greek actors
Greek singers
People from Athens

Contemporary Authors Online. “Melina Mercouri.”Biography in Context. GALE, 2014. Biography in Context. May 4, 2018.

Benson, Sonia G. "Melina Mercouri." Biography in Context. GALE, 2001. Gale Biography In Context. May 4, 2018.

Flint, Peter B. "Melina Mercouri, Actress and Politician, Is Dead." New York Times, 7 Mar. 1994. Student Resources In Context, May, 4 2018.

"Mercouri, Melina." World Book Advanced, World Book, 2018. World Book, Inc. May 4, 2018.
Arrhythmia

Arrhythmia (commonly called irregular heartbeat) is the name for a number of conditions, where the heartbeat is not normal. It may be too fast (tachycardia); too slow (bradycardia); or the heart may not beat in its regular rhythm.

Heart disease
Kim Kyung-roul

Kim Kyung-roul (; 23 February 1980 – 22 February 2015) was a South Korean professional billiards player. He won the 2010 Three-Cushion World Cup.

Kim lived in Ilsan, where he died on 22 February 2015, after falling out of his apartment window. He was 34.

References

Other websites

1980 births
2015 deaths
Cue sports players
South Korean sportspeople
John Rowlands (author)

John Rowlands (1938 – 23 February 2015) was a Welsh language author of several novels including Lle bo'r gwenyn ("Where Bees May Be", 1960). He was a Professor of Welsh Literature.

References

1938 births
2015 deaths
Welsh writers
Rakhat Aliyev

Rakhat Mukhtaruly Aliyev (; 10 December 1962 – 24 February 2015) was a senior official of the government of Kazakhstan. He died in an Austrian prison awaiting trial on charges of murder. His trial was planned to start in Vienna in first half of year 2015. He was chief of Kazakhstan's tax police, deputy chief of the KNB state security service (Kazakhstan's successor to the Soviet KGB), ambassador to Austria, and first vice foreign minister.

References

1962 births
2015 deaths
Civil servants
People who committed suicide in prison custody
Suicides by hanging
Irving Kahn

Irving Kahn (December 19, 1905 – February 24, 2015) was an American businessman and investor. He was the oldest living active investment professional. He was an early disciple of Benjamin Graham, the creator of the value investing methodology.

Kahn began his career in 1928 and continued to work until his death in 2015. He is one of the most notable alumni of City College of New York.

References

Related pages

 Bill Ackman
 James Richman
 John C. Bogle
 Paul Tudor Jones
 Steve Cohen

1905 births
2015 deaths
American centenarians
Businesspeople from New York City
Roger Cecil

Roger Cecil (18 July 1942 – 22 February 2015) was a Welsh painter and mixed media artist. He was born in Abertillery, and studied at Newport College of Art and St Martin’s School of Art.  In 1964 he won the David Murray Landscape Award from the Royal Academy.

He was known for both his figurative and largely abstract paintings, "rich in imagery, poetry and colour, which are drawn from his environment, the industrial valley towns and mountains."

In later years Cecil suffered from dementia. He was reported as missing from hospital on 21 February 2015, and was last seen in the early hours of 22 February. After a search, his body was found on 24 February in a field near Cwmbran. Gwent Police treated the death as unexplained. They referred themselves to the Independent Police Complaints Commission because a member of the public had spoken to a police officer about Cecil before his body was found.

References

1942 births
2015 deaths
British painters

Welsh people
Donald Keough

Donald R. Keough (September 4, 1926 – February 24, 2015) was an American businessman. He was the Chairman of the Board of Allen & Company Incorporated, a New York investment-banking firm. He was elected to that position in April 1993.

References

1926 births
2015 deaths
Businesspeople from New York
Maurice Hurley (screenwriter)

Maurice Hurley (August 16, 1939 – February 24, 2015) was an American screenwriter and producer. He was known best for his work on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

References

Other websites

1939 births
2015 deaths
American screenwriters
American television producers
Bertrice Small

Bertrice Small (December 9, 1937 – February 24, 2015), was an American New York Times bestselling writer of historical and erotic romance novels. She was a member of The Authors Guild, Romance Writers of America, PAN, and PASIC.

Other websites
Bertrice Small's Official Homepage
Bertrice Small's author page on Historical Romance Writers 
Bertrice Small in Fantastic Fiction
Interview with Bertrice Small on Veronika Asks

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Boris Nemtsov

Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov ( ; 9 October 195927 February 2015) was a Russian scientist, statesman and liberal politician. He had a successful political career during the 1990s under President Boris Yeltsin. Since 2000 had been an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin. He was shot and killed in February 2015 for his pro-democracy views on Russia, probably by loyalists of Vladimir Putin, on a bridge near the Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow.

Nemtsov studied physics, and held the equivalent of a Phd in physics and mathematics, from the university of Nizhny Novgorod, which was called Gorki at the time.

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Terry Gill

Terry Gill (25 October 1939 – 25 February 2015) was an Anglo-Australian character actor. He was known for his roles in Crocodile Dundee and in Prisoner.

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Fritz J. Raddatz

Fritz Joachim Raddatz (3 September 1931 – 26 February 2015) was a German feuilletonist, essayist, biographer and romancier.

In September 2014 Raddatz announced his retirement from active writing. He was a bisexual.

Raddatz, who was an advocate of Euthanasia, committed suicide at the age of 83 on 26 February 2015 in Zurich. He never wanted to become a nursing case. In full possession of his powers he decided: "That's it, it's enough."

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Earl Lloyd

He didn’t enter the draft he was just randomly picked. He was walking down campus when someone told him he was picked in the draft
Earl Francis Lloyd (April 3, 1928 – February 26, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. He was the first black person to play in the National Basketball Association, in the 1950–51 NBA season. Three other African Americans played in the same season: Chuck Cooper, Nathaniel Clifton, and Hank DeZonie.

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Tom Schweich

Thomas A. "Tom" Schweich (October 2, 1960 – February 26, 2015) was an American politician, diplomat, attorney, and author. A member of the Republican Party, Schweich served as State Auditor of Missouri.

Prior to being elected State Auditor, he served as the U.S. Coordinator for Counternarcotics and Justice Reform in Afghanistan.  While in that position, he was given the rank of Ambassador by U.S. President George W. Bush.

In the 2010 election, Schweich was elected State Auditor, defeating Democratic incumbent Susan Montee. He was reelected in 2014 without opposition. In 2015, Schweich announced he would run for Governor of Missouri in the 2016 election. On February 26, 2015, he died as a result of injuries sustained from a gunshot wound.

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Martha Cohen

Martha Ruth Cohen, CM, AOE, LLD (née Block; 1920 – February 26, 2015) was a Canadian community activist and philanthropist. She was a member of the Order of Canada.

Cohen was of Jewish descent.

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Avijit Roy

Avijit Roy (; 12 September 1972 – 26 February 2015) was a Bangladeshi-American engineer, writer, blogger and secular activist. He was hacked to death in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 26 February 2015. A Muslim extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack. 

Avjit Roy was a U.S. citizen.  He was born in Bangladesh. His family is Hindu.  He studied microbiology at Dhaka University.  His father Ajoy was a professor of physics at the university.  Avjit Roy moved to the city of Atlanta in the United States.  He had a job there as an engineer.

Activism 

In May 2001, Roy started Mukto-Mona, meaning "free mind", as a Yahoo group.  In 2002 Mukto-Muno became a website. Mukto-Muno started the first Bengali Darwin Day, Rationalist Day, and International Women's Day on the internet. The group worked for freedom for religious minorities and secular writers. The group discussed religious questions and LGBT issues.

Avjit Roy wrote many articles, as well as books.  In 2014, Roy received death threats after he wrote a book.  One threat on Facebook said, "Avijit Roy lives in America and so it is not possible to kill him right now, but he will be murdered when he gets back."

In 2015, Avijit Roy returned to Dhaka and was killed after leaving a book fair with his wife.  Roy's wife, Rafida Bonya Ahmed, was also hurt in the attack.  On March 2, 2016, Farabi Shafiur Rahman was arrested for the attack. Farabi wrote on Facebook, “Avijit lives in America. It is not possible to kill him now. But he will be killed when he will be back in the country.” Rahman is a blogger from the banned Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir.

Selected writings 

Obisshahser Dorshon (অবিশ্বাসের দর্শন) (The Philosophy of Disbelief)Text in Bengali.
Biswasher Virus (বিশ্বাসের ভাইরাস)(The Virus of Faith in Bengali) Text in Bengali.
"The Virus of Faith", Free Inquiry magazine, April/May 2015 Text in English.

Other websites 

Profile on Mukto-Mona
"Avijit Roy and His Legacy", Jahed Ahmed, Free Inquiry, vol 35 issue 4, May 19, 2015 
"Obituary: US-Bangladesh writer Avijit Roy", BBC News, 27 February 2015

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Richard Bakalyan

Richard Bakalyan (January 29, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American character actor. He was known for his roles in Batman, Chinatown, The Fox and the Hound.

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is a 2004 American comedy-drama movie directed by Wes Anderson. It stars Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, Jeff Goldblum, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson, and Seymour Cassel. It was released to mixed reviews on December 25, 2004.

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Seymour Cassel

Seymour Joseph Cassel (January 22, 1935 – April 7, 2019) was an American actor. He was known for his role as Sam Catchem in Dick Tracy and as Esteban in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Cassel died of complications from Alzheimer's disease in Los Angeles on April 7, 2019 at the age of 84.

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Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom is a 2012 American comedy-drama adventure movie. It was directed by Wes Anderson and written by Anderson and Roman Coppola. It stars Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban and Harvey Keitel. It is set in New England in 1965. It is about a 12-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl who run away together. It received very positive reviews when it was released on May 25, 2012.

2010s adventure movies
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Alejandro González Iñárritu

Alejandro González Iñárritu (born August 15, 1963) is an Academy Award-winning Mexican movie director, screenwriter, movie producer, and composer. His five feature movies – Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), and The Revenant (2015).

He is also close friends with fellow Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro, collectively known as "The Three Amigos of Cinema".

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 Alejandro González Iñarritu at Biosstars International
 
 
 
 Moving Pictures Magazine interview 
 Guardian interview, discussing Amores Perros
 IndieWire interview, discussing Amores Perros 
 IndieWire interview, Interview discussing 21 Grams 
 Sounds and Colours interview, discussing Biutiful 

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Bohdan Tomaszewski

Bohdan Tomaszewski (August 10, 1921 – February 27, 2015) was a Polish sports journalist, tennis player, sports commentator, and author of several sports books. Called a “legend of Polish sports journalism”, he was a member of the Polish Writers Association, and, with his son Tomasz, worked for the television station Polsat Sport.

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Vulcan salute

The Vulcan salute is a hand gesture which became popular by the 1960s television series Star Trek. It is done when the hand is raised with the palm forward and the thumb extended, while the fingers are parted between the middle and ring finger. It is a symbol of greeting by the character Spock. Nimoy based it on a hand gesture used by Jewish priests called Kohanim to bless people in Orthodox Jewish synagogues.

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Bob Benmosche

Robert Herman "Bob" Benmosche (May 29, 1944 – February 27, 2015) was the president and chief executive officer of American International Group (NYSE: AIG ). He was appointed President & Chief Executive Officer by the US Department of Treasury and AIG Board of Directors to succeed Edward M. Liddy.

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Yaşar Kemal

Yaşar Kemal, (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer of Kurdish origin. He was one of Turkey's leading writers. Kemal was long a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, on the strength of Memed, My Hawk.

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Jönköping Concert Hall

The Jönköping Concert Hall () is a concert hall in the town of Jönköping in Sweden. It was opened in September 1990.

There are two halls. They are the Hammaskjöld Hall () and the Rydberg Hall ().

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Minnie Miñoso

Minnie Miñoso (Saturnino Orestes Armas "Minnie" Miñoso Arrieta, ; , November 29, 1922 – March 1, 2015), nicknamed "The Cuban Comet" and "Mr. White Sox", was a Cuban-American professional baseball player. 

He began his career in the Negro league in 1946, becoming an All-Star third baseman with the New York Cubans in 1947 and 1948. He was signed by the Cleveland Indians after the 1948 season as baseball's color line slowly fell. 

In 1949, he became the first black Cuban in the major leagues, and went on to become a seven-time All-Star. In 1951, as a rookie left fielder for the Chicago White Sox, he became the first black player in White Sox franchise history, and one of the first Latin Americans to be named to a major league All-Star team.

Miñoso was found dead in the driver's seat of a car near a gas station in Chicago at 1 am on March 1, 2015, aged 92. He died of a torn pulmonary artery caused by COPD.

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Jönköping Theatre

The Jönköping Theatre () is a theatre in the town of Jönköping in Sweden. It is also used for concerts. It was opened on 2 December 1904.

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Supergame

The Supergame () is an annual soccer event. It is played at Nya Ullevi in the town of Gothenburg in Sweden. The first game was played in 2012. It is usually played as a game between two top club teams in July-August. It is mostly an exhibition game. It is however given much attention as its played between major clubs. Draws are followed up by penelaty shootouts.

Games
8 August 2012 - FC Barcelona-Manchester United FC 0-0, FC Barcelona winning on penalty shootout
27 July 2013 - Real Madrid CF-Paris Saint-Germain FC 1-0
2014 - Cancelled

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Pavel Chekov

Pavel Andreievich Chekov is a fictional character in the television and movie franchise Star Trek. He one of the navigators of the Starship Enterprise.  Chekov is played by actor Walter Koenig in The Orginal Series and by Anton Yelchin in the three Kelvin Timeline movies before his death in 2016.

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Spira Culture Center

The Spira Culture Center () is a culture center in the town of Jönköping in Sweden. It was opened on 11 November 2011.

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Montgomery Scott

Montgomery Scott is a fictional character in the television and movie franchise Star Trek. He one of the navigators of the Starship Enterprise.  Scotty is played by actor James Doohan and by Simon Pegg.

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Leonard McCoy

Leonard McCoy is a fictional character in the television and movie franchise Star Trek. He works as a doctor of the Starship Enterprise.   McCoy is played by actor DeForest Kelley and by Karl Urban.

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Uhura

Nyota Uhura is a fictional character in the television and movie franchise Star Trek. She works as a lieutenant of the Starship Enterprise.  Uhura is played by actress Nichelle Nichols and by Zoe Saldana.

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Drottningstorp

Drottningstorp is a village in Habo Municipality, Sweden. It is located near the western shorelines of Domneådammen betwen Habo and Mullsjö. An annual country music festival called "Drottningstorps midsommardagscountry" has been held here on Midsummer Day since 2006.

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Hikaru Sulu

Hikaru Sulu is a fictional character in the television and movie franchise Star Trek. He is a lieutenant of the Starship Enterprise.  Sulu is played by actor George Takei and by John Cho.

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Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols (born Grace Dell Nichols on December 28, 1932) is an American actress, singer and voice artist. She was known for her role as Uhura in the sci-fi television series Star Trek: The Original Series.

In May 2018, Nichols' son, Kyle Johnson, announced that she was suffering from "severe" short-term memory loss as a complication of advanced dementia.

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Khan Noonien Singh

Khan Noonien Singh, better known as Khan, is a fictional villain in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. The character first appeared in the 1967 Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Space Seed".<ref>[http://www.chakoteya.net/StarTrek/24.htm Space Seed"] (script)</ref> He also appeared in the 1982 movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. In both of those, he was portrayed by Ricardo Montalbán. In the 2013 movie Star Trek Into Darkness'', he was played by Benedict Cumberbatch.

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Sentinel Prime

Sentinel Prime is the name of several fictional characters in many of the Transformers series. First mention of Sentinel Prime was in issue #65 of the US Marvel Comics Transformers series, where he was mentioned to hold the Autobot Matrix of Leadership before Optimus Prime. 

Sentinel Prime is One of the members of the Dynasty of Primes and dedicated as the leader of the Autobots and has since appeared in a variety of forms as either Optimus Prime's mentor or friend. In the 2011 live action movie Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Sentinel was the main villain and was voiced by Leonard Nimoy.

Other websites
 Sentinel Prime at the Transformers Wiki
 Sentinel Prime Character Page - Transformers Animated.com

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Chungking Express

Chungking Express is a 1994 drama movie made in Hong Kong. It was directed by Wong Kar-wai. The movie has two stories, one after the other. Each story is about a policeman who is unlucky in love. The main actors in the first half were Takeshi Kaneshiro and Brigitte Lin. The second half of the movie stars Tony Leung as a different policeman. Valerie Chow plays the flight attendant. The movie features the American song "California Dreamin'" and other songs by Faye Wong. The movie received good reviews.

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