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Raj Reddy

Dabbala Rajagopal (Raj) Reddy (born Kattoor, India 19 June 1937) is an Indian computer scientist and Carnegie Mellon University professor. He is noted for his contributions to artificial intelligence, robotics and speech recognition.

Reddy developed Hearsay I, the first speech recognition system, which is the foundation for all commercial speech recognition programs today. He received his master's degree in computer science at the University of New South Wales in 1961 and his PhD from Stanford University in 1966.

Reddy served on the faculty of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon University for over 40 years. He has won many international awards for his work, including the Turing Award (which is computer science's greatest honor), membership in the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Legion of Honour, the IBM Research Ralph Gomory Fellow Award, the Padma Bhushan, the Okawa Prize, the Honda Prize, the IJCAI Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award, and the Vannevar Bush Award.

References

Other sources 
"Raj Reddy." World of Computer Science. Gale, 2006. Biography in Context. Web. 8 May 2015.
"Dr Raj Reddy makes PCs talk the masses language." Businessline. 21 Dec. 2004 eLibrary. Web. 29 May. 2015.
http://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/reddy_9634208.cfm
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1533587/Raj-Reddy

Turing Award winners
1937 births
Living people
Computer scientists
Stanford University alumni
Indian scientists
Samar Badawi

Samar Mohammad Badawi (Arabic: سمر بدوي born 1981) is a Saudi Arabian human rights activist. In 2012, she received the International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. State department.

Adhl court case 
Samar started a court case against her father, who abused her for 15 years. She accused her father of adhl, because he did not permit her to marry. Samar's father started a court case against her. He accused her of disobedience, because he was her guardian. In Saudi Arabia, all women must have a guardian. Samar went to jail in April 2010. In October 2010, she got out of jail, after an international campaign. Her uncle became her new guardian.

Campaign for women to vote 
Samar tried to register to vote in the 2011 Saudi Arabian elections. Her registration was refused. She started a court case against the Ministry of Municipal and Rural affairs.

Campaign for women to drive 
In 2011 and 2012, Samar was part of the Women to drive movement. She drove regularly, and she helped other women drivers with police and court cases. In November 2011, Samar and Manal al-Sharif applied for driver's licenses. Their applications were refused. They filed charges with the Grievances Board against the Saudi Arabian General Directorate of Traffic.

American citizenship 
In November 2013, Samar wrote on Twitter that she received American nationality.

Problems with travel 
On 16 September 2014, Samar went to a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. She represented the organizations Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute of Rights and Democracy (BIRD), and Human Rights Watch in Saudi Arabia. She spoke about Human Rights advocates in Saudi Arabia, and her husband, Waleed Abulkhair. Her husband was in jail because he was an activist.

On 18 September 2014, Samar met with the High Commissioner of Human Rights, Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad. On 20 September 2014, she went to the US, where she met with US Senators and Secretaries and with human rights organizations. She talked about her husband and others who were in jail. After that, Samar said she received a threat from the Secretary of Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia to stop talking about human rights. She returned to Saudi Arabia, but the government took her passport.

On 2 December 2014, Samar went to King Abdulaziz International Airport, to go to Brussels, Belgium for the 16th European Union (EU) NGOs Forum on Human Rights. Passport officials said she was not permitted to travel abroad.

References

Other websites 

 2012 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
 Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

Women who received the International Women of Courage Award
1981 births
Living people
Activists
Saudi Arabian people
Shad Begum

Shad Begum (شاد بیگم) is a social worker from Pakistan.  In 2012 she received the International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. Department of State.

Life 

Shad comes from a conservative and religious family.  She is the first woman in her family to study in a university. Shad's family supports the political party named Jamaat-i-Islami, a conservative religious party. Shad says she always got support for her work from her father, her brothers, and her husband.

Work 

In 1994, Shad started the Association for Behaviour and Knowledge Transformation (ABKT).  The organization helps women in the area with projects for education, politics, and health. It also has projects for bridges, pumps, wells, streets, and loans for small business.  The association gets its money from the Pakistani government and from international groups.

Difficulties 

Shad had many problems because the society is conservative and dominated by men. There are very few working women. When the Taliban came to the area, Shad was threatened, so she moved the office to Peshawar.  When Shad received the International Women of Courage Award, she asked news reporters not to write about it, because she was afraid.

References

Other websites 

 http://www.abkt.org/ Association for Behaviour and Knowledge Transformation
 2012 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

Women who received the International Women of Courage Award
1974 births
Living people
Pashtun people
Pakistani people
Maryam Durani

Maryam Durani (مَریَم دورانی) (born 1987) is an activist and women's advocate.  In 2012 she received the International Women of Courage Award.

Life 

Mariyam is the daughter of Haji Mohammad Eisa Durani.  She is from the Durrani tribe. Maryam graduated from the American University of Afghanistan. She has a degree in business.  She also studied law and political science.

Work 

Mariyam was Kandahar people’s representative in the provincial council.  She was director of Khadijatul Kubra women's association for culture.  She was the owner of Merman Radio of Kandahar, a special women's radio.  She started the Kandahar women's advocacy network. Maryam also started Malalai Maiwandi Internet cafe, a free women's internet cafe.  It is a safe space for women to use the internet, and the first of its kind in Afghanistan.

Awards 

In 2012, Time Magazine chose Maryam as one of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World". According to Time, "As the owner and operator of a radio station (Merman Radio) that focuses on women's issues and as a member of the Kandahar provincial council, Durani stands up for the region's women with remarkable bravery."

In March 8, 2012 she received the U.S. Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award.

In May 2014, Maryam received the Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award in Middelburg, the Netherlands. Freedom of Speech and Expression

References

Other websites 

 2012 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

Women who received the International Women of Courage Award
Living people
Afghan activists
1987 births
Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo

Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo is a Brazilian police officer.  In 2012 she received the International Women of Courage Award.

Work 

In 1998, de Oliveira joined the Rio de Janeiro military police.  In 2000 she started work in street operations.   In 2007, she was attacked and kidnapped. She escaped and arrested three of her kidnappers.

In 2008 she became head of the first “Police Pacification Unit” (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro. In 2013, a man disappeared in Rocinha.  The officers of the Police Pacification Unit were accused of being part of the crime. De Oliveira became head of the police unit.

Awards 

In 2012 De Oliveira received the International Women of Courage award, and Veja magazine named her Defender of the City.

References

Other websites 

 2012 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

Living people
Brazilian people
Kidnapped people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Police officers
Women who received the International Women of Courage Award
Amor de barrio

Amor de barrio (English title: Love from the Hood), is a Mexican telenovela produced by Roberto Hernández for Televisa. It is a remake of the 1979 Mexican telenovela, Muchacha de barrio. Production of Amor de barrio began on February 23, 2015.

The telenovela began airing on June 8, 2015.  The program is expected to have 210 episodes.

Cast 
Mane de la Parra, Renata Notni, Alejandra García and Pedro Moreno star as the main characters.

Plot 
Living and working in the colorful neighborhood, La Lagunilla, two friends, Paloma and Laura, long for respective boyfriends and true love. Paloma, a law student and waitress, falls for Daniel, a wealthy doctor with a manipulative mother and a family filled with secrets. Laura finds love with Daniel's cousin, Raul, a business manager with his own complicated past.

References

Other website 
 

Telenovelas by Televisa
Mexican television series
2015 Mexican television series debuts
Hana El Hebshi

Hana Elhebshi or Hana El Hebshi is a Libyan activist and architect. In 2012 she received the International Women of Courage Award.

During the Libyan revolution, Hana advised NATO on strikes.  She also made public how many people Gaddafi's government killed during the war. She did this under the name  "Numidia". She also fought for women's rights in Libya.

References

Other websites 

 2012 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Activists
Architects
Libyan people
Women who received the International Women of Courage Award
Gwen Verdon

Gwen Verdon (January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000) was an American dancer and actress. She acted on stage and in movies. She won four Tony Awards for her musical comedy performances. In the musical Damn Yankees, she played Lola. She played Abigail in The Farmer Takes a Wife.

Verdon was born in Culver City, California. She died following a heart attack in Vermont at age 75.

References

American television actors
American stage actors
American movie actors
Actors from Culver City, California
1925 births
2000 deaths
Kim Stanley

Patricia Kimberley Reid (later called Kim Stanley; February 11, 1925 – August 20, 2001) was an American actress. She acted mostly in theater and television. She also acted in a few movies.

Stanley began her acting career in theater. She received the 1952 Theatre World Award for her role in The Chase (1952). During the 1950s, she worked a lot in television. She played Emily Ann Faulkner in The Goddess (1959). She later played Adult Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Stanley was born in Tularosa, New Mexico. She died in Santa Fe, New Mexico from uterine cancer.

References

American television actors
American stage actors
American movie actors
Actors from New Mexico
1925 births
2001 deaths
Apache Indian

Steven Kapur (born 11 May 1967), also known as Apache Indian, is a UK vocalist, singer/songwriter and reggae DJ. He is noted for a distinctive vocal style. It is a mix of Asian, Jamaican and English cultural elements. Apache Indian was the earliest UK artist of Asian origin to make an impact on the UK charts with a series of hits during the nineties.

Discography

Albums 
 1993 No Reservations UK #36
 1995 Make Way For The Indian (Island/Universal Music UK) - featured big worldwide hit "Boomshakalak"
 1997 Real People / Wild East (Warners Sweden/Sunset Records)
 2000 Karma
 2005 Time for Change
 2007 Sadhu – The Movement (TIPS Music India)
 2012 Home Run (Universal Music India)
 2013 It Is What It Is (Universal Music India/Sunset Entertainment Group)

References

Other websites 
 
 
 Apache Indian interview at Solid Pulse
 Apache Indian chart hits at UK Official Charts
 Apache Indian  interview at Vh1 India, 2013

1967 births
British songwriters
Living people
Punjabi people
Gord Robertson

Gordon "Gord" Robertson (born May 10, 1958) is an Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, singer, puppeteer, voice artist, and comedian. He is best known as the voice of Zoboomafoo in the series of the same name.

Other websites
 

1958 births
Living people
Canadian voice actors
Writers from Ontario
Canadian television actors
Canadian comedians
Actors from Ontario
Renata Notni

Renata Notni (born January 2, 1995 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and model.

Early life
Notni was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. As a child, she attended acting lessons at Centro de Educación Artística, the children's version of drama school. Centro de Educación Artística is run by Televisa in Mexico City.

Personal life
Notni had a relationship with Diego Amozurrutia. The relationship ended but they remain friends. She currently resides in Mexico City.

Filmography

Television

Music videos

References

Other websites 

Renata Notni Relationships and Family and Awards

1995 births
Living people
Actors from Mexico City
Mexican television actors
Mexican models
Mentone, Texas

Mentone is a city in the state of Texas in the United States. It is the county seat of and only town in Loving County. In 2007, 56 people lived there.  It was named for an abandoned city in Loving County, which has been named by a surveyor for his city of birth, Menton, France.

References 

County seats in Texas
Cities in Texas
Kenya Airways

Kenya Airways is the flag carrier of Kenya. It began in 1977 after East African Airways stopped flying.  Its main hub is at JKIA. In 1995, KLM and Kenya Airways signed a codeshare agreement. KLM purchased 26% of Kenya airline's shares. Kenya Airways joined the SkyTeam alliance in 2010 as a full member. As of 2015, the airline has 43 airplanes. They fly to Africa, Europe and Asia.

Fleet

Current fleet

, the Kenya Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Gallery

References

Airlines of Africa
Kenya
Taos Pueblo

Taos Pueblo is a small pueblo in New Mexico. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

World Heritage Sites in the United States
Settlements in New Mexico
Modding in Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto is a series of video games created by a company named Rockstar Games. The game is very popular in the world. Due to this popularity it has become a platform to develop small programs which are called mods. The full form is modifications. The name itself suggests that it makes small modifications in the game and gives it special abilities which have not given by the creators. 

There are several websites on the web which provide mods of most of the GTA games. Some mods are installed externally in the game directory while installing some mods require to replace it with an original file.

People could install many mods and create their own GTA with new players, missions, etc. The web is already filled with many mods.

Grand Theft Auto
Wage theft

Wage theft  is when employers illegally hold back money due to their workers (employees). They may withhold wages or deny benefits that are rightfully due to an employee. It is a term used in the in the United States, but the idea applies more widely. 

Examples are: failure to pay overtime, paying less than the minimum wage,  illegal deductions in pay, working off the clock, or not being paid at all.

Wage theft from low wage immigrant workers is common in the United States. The Economic Policy Institute reported in 2014 that survey evidence suggests wage theft costs US workers billions of dollars a year. The rights violated by wage theft have been guaranteed to workers in the United States in the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

In February 2010 Miami-Dade County, Florida became the first jurisdiction in America to ban wage theft. Before that, wage theft was called "the crime wave that almost no one talks about".

References 

Employment
Law
Voice-over

A voice-over is a technique used in movies, television, theater, and many other types of presentation. When voice-over is used, the sound of the voice is used over other images. The character doing the voice-over is not seen.

Movie production
Television
Edward MacDowell

Edward Alexander MacDowell (December 18, 1860January 23, 1908) was an American composer and pianist of the Romantic period. His best known works include his two piano concertos and his piano collections Woodland Sketches, Sea Pieces and New England Idylls. Woodland Sketches includes his most popular short piece, "To a Wild Rose". In 1904 he was one of the first seven Americans made members in the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

References
 Edward MacDowell

American composers
American pianists
Columbia University alumni
Musicians from New York City
1860 births
1908 deaths
George Caleb Bingham

George Caleb Bingham (March 20, 1811 – July 7, 1879) was an American artist. His paintings of American life in the frontier lands along the Missouri River are good examples of the Luminist style. Bingham was little-known in his time. His work was rediscovered in the 1930s. By 2011, he was considered one of the greatest American painters of the 19th century.

Related pages
Düsseldorf school of painting
List of American painters

References
 George Caleb Bingham 

American painters
People from Missouri
People from Virginia
1811 births
1879 deaths
Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for a spying mission in New York City, but was captured by the British and executed. He is probably best remembered for possibly saying before being hanged: "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." Hale has long been considered an American hero. In 1985, he was officially designated the state hero of Connecticut.

References

American military people
Executed American people
People executed by hanging
People from Connecticut
1755 births
1776 deaths
Thomas D. Rice

Thomas Dartmouth Rice (May 20, 1808 – September 19, 1860) was an American entertainer. He developed a character called Jim Crow.  Using African-American speech, song, and dance, Rice performed successfully as Jim Crow in America and England. Rice is known as the "Father of the Minstrel Show".

Early years
Rice was born in New York City in 1808. He had some formal schooling, and was apprenticed to a woodcarver in his teens. By 1827 though, he had entered the entertainment field and was acting in theaters around the United States.

Career

About 1828, Rice developed a burnt-cork blackface character called Jim Crow. This character was a witty, raggedy black man, and was based on a real-life black stableman Rice saw singing and dancing to a tune called "Jump Jim Crow". By 1830, Rice was performing in theaters as Jim Crow. His act was widely popular in America and England. 

In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, "Jim Crow" became a term used to describe racial segregation laws in the United States. Whites referred to all black males as "Jim Crows". Rice wrote and appeared in Ginger Blue, Jim Crow in London, and a comic rendition of Othello. He also appeared on Broadway as the title character in an adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Death
About 1840, Rice began to suffer from a paralysis that affected his speech and movement. He died of a stroke on September 19, 1860, and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

Footnotes

References
 Blackface! Origin of Jump Jim Crow 
 Jim Crow/Jump Jim Crow BlackPast.org
 Thomas Dartmouth Rice Encyclopædia Britannica 
 Jump Jim Crow University of Southern Florida

1808 births
1860 deaths
American entertainers
Deaths from stroke
People from New York
Wang Lisi

Wang Lisi (; born 28 November 1991 in Nanjing, China) is a Chinese association football midfielder who currently plays for Jiangsu Huatai and the China women's national football team.

International goals

References

Other websites 
FIFA Competition Record 

Chinese footballers
1991 births
People from Nanjing
Living people
LED lamp

A LED lamp is a product that uses a Light-emitting diode and that is assembled into a lamp or a light bulb. LED lamps last much longer, and are more efficient than incandescent lamps. Many LED lamps are also better than fluorescent lamps. 

Unlike fluorescent lamps, most LED lamps do not need to "warm up" before they emit the full amount of light.

Everyday life
China women's national football team

The China women's national football team is the women's association football team that plays on behalf of Mainland China.

Tournament 
As of 12 June 2015

Reference 

Women's national football teams
Football in China
Barbara Mikulski

Barbara Ann Mikulski (born July 20, 1936) is an American politician. In January 2007, she became the senior United States Senator from Maryland. She is a member of the U.S. Democratic Party. Mikulski was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1986. She was elected to the Senate in 1986. Mikulski is the longest serving woman in the history of the United States Congress.

Senator Mikulski retired in 2017.

Mikulski was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

References

1936 births
Living people
American Roman Catholics
Politicians from Baltimore
United States representatives from Maryland
United States senators from Maryland
2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup

The 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 18th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup. It was won by Japan, who got their first title.

Teams 

These teams automatically qualified for the tournament because they were in the top 4 of the previous tournament. The North Korea team wasn't allowed to be in the tournament because of a doping scandal in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

 
 
 
  

These teams were in the tournament because they won their qualification group.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Fifth place play off

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Statistics

Top scorers 

6 goals
 Yang Li
 Park Eun-sun

3 goals

 Katrina Gorry
 Cho So-hyun

 Jeon Ga-eul

 Kanjana Sung-Ngoen

2 goals

 Kate Gill
 Li Dongna
 Azusa Iwashimizu
 Nahomi Kawasumi

 Chinatsu Kira
 Emi Nakajima
 Mizuho Sakaguchi

 Yūki Ōgimi
 Ji So-yun
 Lê Thu Thanh Hương

1 goal

 Lisa De Vanna
 Caitlin Foord
 Elise Kellond-Knight
 Li Ying
 Ma Xiaoxu
 Ren Guixin
 Xu Yanlu

 Nanase Kiryu
 Homare Sawa
 Stephanie Al-Naber
 Maysa Jbarah
 Kwon Hah-nul
 Park Hee-young

 Yeo Min-ji
 Yoo Young-a
 Yee Yee Oo
 Sritala Duangnapa
 Nguyễn Thị Muôn
 Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung

References 

2014 in Asia
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
History of Vietnam
Sport in Vietnam
2014 in association football
June 2014 events
July 2014 events
AFC Women's Asian Cup

The AFC Women's Asian Cup is a women's association football tournament for teams in Asia. The most successful team is currently the China women's national football team with 8 titles.

Record

References

Other websites 
Official Website 

 
Women's football
Sport in Asia
Yang Li (footballer)

Yang Li (Traditional Chinese: 楊麗; Simplified Chinese: 杨丽; born in Lianyungang, China on 31 January 1991) is a Chinese association football forward who plays for the China women's national football team. She was one of the top scorers in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

Honours

International
China PR national football team
Four Nations Tournament: 2014, 2016

Individual
AFC Women's Asian Cup Top Goalscorer: 2014

Other websites 

 Profile  at Chinese Football Association (CFA) 
 Yang Li at Soccerway

Chinese footballers
1968–71 Nordic Football Championship

The 1968–71 Nordic Football Championship was the 10th Nordic Football Championship. Four Nordic countries were in the tournament, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Sweden ended up winning their 8th title.

Results

References 

Nordic Football Championship
1960s in Europe
1970s in Sweden
20th century in Denmark
1970s in Norway
20th century in Finland
1968 in sports
1969 in sports
1970 in sports
1971 in sports
Alex Morgan

Alexandra Patricia Morgan (born July 2, 1989 in San Dimas, California, United States) is a professional women's footballer. She plays as a forward for the San Diego Wave of the National Women’s Soccer League and the United States women's national soccer team (USWNT).

She won an Olympic Gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also the 2015 and 2019 World Cups with the US national team.

Career 
Morgan began her career with West Coast FC in the WPSL in 2008. Then she moved to California Storm in 2010, and later that year she moved to Pali Blues of the USL W-League. In 2011, she transferred to Western New York Flash, and in 2012, she joined Seattle Sounders. Morgan moved to Oregon to play for Portland Thorns in 2013, and she stayed with the team until 2015. Orlando Pride bought her in October 2015, and Morgan played for them from 2016 to 2019. She also played one season with Olympique Lyon in France, and she won the UEFA Women's Champions League that season. She won three trophies with Olympique Lyon.

Career statistics

Notes

International career

Honors

Club
Western New York Flash
 WPS Championship: 2011
Portland Thorns FC
 NWSL Championship: 2013
Lyon
 Division 1 Féminine: 2016–17
 Coupe de France Féminine: 2016–17
 UEFA Women's Champions League: 2016–17

International
 Olympic Gold Medal: 2012
 FIFA Women's World Cup: 2015, 2019
 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2008
 Algarve Cup: 2011, 2013, 2015
 Four Nations Tournament: 2011
 SheBelieves Cup: 2016, 2018
 CONCACAF Women's Championship: 2014, 2018
 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 2012, 2016
 ESPY Award Best Team: 2015, 2019

Individual
 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Silver Ball: 2008
 ESPY Award Best Female Athlete: 2019
 ESPY Award Best Breakthrough Athlete nominee: 2012
 ESPY Award Best Moment nominee: 2013
 Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year, Team Sport: 2012
 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year: 2012, 2018
 FIFA World Player of the Year finalist: 2012,
 The Best FIFA Women's Player: 2019 (finalist)
 National Women's Soccer League Second Best XI: 2013, 2017
 CONCACAF Player of the Year: 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018
 USWNT All-Time Best XI: 2013
 SheBelieves Cup MVP and Top Goalscorer: 2016
 FIFPro World11: 2016, 2017, 2019
 CONCACAF Women's Championship Golden Boot: 2018
 IFFHS Women's World Team: 2017, 2018, 2019

References 

1989 births
Living people
2012 Summer Olympics
American soccer players
American Olympic gold medalists
Sportspeople from Los Angeles County, California
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Female footballers
Miranda (programming language)

Miranda is a functional programming language from the 1980s. It was not seen as a tool to teach functional programming. Miranda affected other programming languages like Haskell, but it is not used very much anymore.

Programming languages
Yam

A yam is a root vegetable. It is similar to a sweet potato. The inside of a yam is white or orange. Yams are related to lilies and grasses.

Yam is the common name for some species in the genus Dioscorea.  These are perennial vines grown to eat.  They are grown in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Oceania. 95 percent of world's yam crop is harvested in West Africa.

Yam is a vegetable that can be cooked in many ways. It can be barbecued; roasted; fried; grilled; boiled; baked; smoked and when grated it is used in desserts.

Yam tubers can grow up to 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) in length and weigh up to 70 kilograms (154 lb) and 3 to 6 inches high.  The skin is rough and hard to peel.  It softens after heating.  The inside ranges in color from white or yellow to purple or pink in mature yams.

Some people in the United States and Canada call the sweet potato a yam, but it is not a yam.

Root vegetables
Six Flags Great America

Six Flags Great America is a theme park in Gurnee, Illinois, United States.

Six Flags amusement parks
Illinois
Theme parks in the United States
Frank Cappuccino

Frank Capcino (February 7, 1929 – June 8, 2015), better known by his ring name Frank Cappuccino, was an American boxing referee. He was best for officiating the Mike Tyson and Michael Spinks fight on June 27, 1988 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He played a referee in the movie Rocky V (1990). He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Cappuccino died from Alzheimer's disease on June 8, 2015 in Yardley, Pennsylvania, aged 86.

References

1929 births
2015 deaths
American boxers
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
Disease-related deaths in Pennsylvania
Referees
Sportspeople from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
James Last

Hans "Hansi" Last (17 April 1929 – 9 June 2015), better known by his stage name James Last, was a German composer and big band leader. His "happy music" sold over 100 million albums. He worked in mainly his native Germany and the United Kingdom.

Last was born in Bremen. He was married twice and had two children.

Last died of an illness on 9 June 2015 in Palm Beach, Florida, United States. He was 86.

References

Other websites

 
 

1929 births
2015 deaths
Bandleaders
Disease-related deaths in Florida
German singers
Jazz composers
People from Bremen (state)
Singer-songwriters
20th-century German composers
21st-century German composers
Fred Anton Maier

Fred Anton Maier (15 December 1938 – 9 June 2015) was a Norwegian speed skater. He won four Winter Olympics medals in 1964 and 1968. He was also a cyclist. He was born in Nøtterøy, Vestfold.

Maier died from cancer on 9 June 2015 in Nøtterøy, aged 76.

References

1938 births
2015 deaths
Cancer deaths in Norway
Cyclists
Norwegian sportspeople
Olympic bronze medalists
Olympic gold medalists
Olympic silver medalists
Speed skaters
Jack King (NASA)

John W. "Jack" King (April 1931 – June 11, 2015) was an American public affairs officer. He was a Chief of Public Information and Public Affairs Officer for NASA. He was best known for his work as Kennedy Space Center Chief of Public Information during projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Following announcing the Apollo 11, he earned him the nickname "Voice of Apollo".

King was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was married to Evelyn until her death in 2005. They had three children. He was a Catholic.

King died from congestive heart failure on June 11, 2015 in Cocoa Beach, Florida. He was 84.

References

2015 deaths
1931 births
American Roman Catholics
Cardiovascular disease deaths in Florida
Deaths from congestive heart failure
NASA
People from Boston, Massachusetts
Jim Ed Brown

James Edward "Jim Ed" Brown (April 1, 1934 – June 11, 2015) was an American country music singer. He was a member of The Browns with his sisters Maxine and Bonnie Brown. He also worked with Helen Cornelius and was a solo artist. He was born in Sparkman, Arkansas.

Brown died from cancer on June 11, 2015 in Franklin, Tennessee, aged 81.

References

1934 births
2015 deaths
Country musicians from Arkansas
American singer-songwriters
Cancer deaths in Tennessee
Musicians from Arkansas
Wolfgang Jeschke

Wolfgang Jeschke (19 November 1936 – 10 June 2015) was a German sci-fi author and editor. He was best known for his novel The Last Day of Creation (1981). In 1987, he won the Harrison Award for international achievements in science fiction. His works were published at Heyne publishing house ().

Jeschke was in Tetschen, Czechoslovakia (now Děčín, Czech Republic). He grew up in Asperg near Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg.

Jeschke died on 10 June 2015 in Munich, aged 78.

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1936 births
2015 deaths
Czech people
German writers
People from Baden-Württemberg
Science fiction writers
Pedro Zerolo

Pedro González Zerolo (20 July 1960 – 9 June 2015) was a Spanish lawyer, politician, activist and town councillor. He was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Zerolo, who was gay, helped Spain become the first country to recognise same-sex marriage.

Zerolo was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He married Jesús Santos, his partner of ten years, in a civil ceremony in October 2005.

Zerolo died from pancreatic cancer on 9 June 2015 in Madrid. He was 55.

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2015 deaths
Cancer deaths in Spain
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Gay men
LGBT lawyers
LGBT politicians
LGBT rights activists
People from Caracas
People from the Canary Islands
People from Madrid
Socialist politicians

Spanish politicians
Spanish socialists
Cross burning

Cross burning is a practice associated with racism. In the United States, the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses close to the homes of people they wanted to intimidate. It is unrelated to a custom called fiery cross, which was common in Northern Europe. In that custom, a burning piece of wood was used in processions, or to call people together for a rebellion.

At first, Klans during the Reconstruction period did not burn crosses. The idea was introduced by Thomas Dixon Jr. in his novel, The Clansmen. He took it from an old Scottish custom known as the Crann Tara, used to declare war. It also called all clan members to defend a certain area. Most of the KKK's rituals were Scottish in origin; the group saw Medieval Europe as morally pure and white. Ten years after Dixon's book, D.W. Griffith directed The Birth of a Nation, the movie version of Dixon's novel.

Cross burning in the KKK did not really start until the early 1900s. Its purpose was to intimidate, despite the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in 2003. The case was called Virginia v. Black. The state of Virginia passed a law saying that any cross burning would be taken as an attempt to intimidate a person/group of people. The Supreme Court decided that cross burning was not meant to intimidate, and was an act of free speech, ruling the law unconstiutional.

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Christian terrorism
Wedding of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and Sofia Hellqvist

The Wedding of Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, and Sofia Hellqvist took place on 13 June 2015 at Slottskyrkan, Stockholm. On 27 June 2014 the couple announced their engagement officially.

 
Swedish music performers Avicii and Icona Pop performed some of their songs at the wedding reception.

After marrying the prince Sofia Hellqvist became a princess.

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2015 in Europe
2010s in Stockholm
Swedish royalty
Robert Chartoff

Robert Chartoff (August 26, 1933 – June 10, 2015) was an American movie producer and philanthropist. He was born in New York City. He was known for producing The Mechanic, Rocky, and Raging Bull.

Chartoff died in Santa Monica, California from pancreatic cancer, aged 81.

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Other websites

1933 births
2015 deaths
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
American philanthropists
Movie producers from New York City
Rupert Davies

Rupert Davies (22 May 191622 November 1976) was a British actor. He is best known for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of Maigret, based on Georges Simenon's Maigret novels.

Davies was born in Liverpool. He died in London from cancer, aged 60.

Other websites

Rupert Davies's appearance on This Is Your Life

1916 births
1976 deaths
Actors from Liverpool
Cancer deaths in London
English movie actors
English stage actors
English television actors
Ozona, Texas

Ozona is a census-designated place in the state of Texas. It is the county seat of Crockett County. It is the only settlement in the county that is recognized by the Census Bureau. About 3,225 people lived there in 2010.  First named Powell Well for E.M. Powell, a surveyor who made a well and a windmill in 1891. Its name was changed to Ozona because it has much open air or ozone.

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County seats in Texas
Census-designated places in Texas
Beverlee McKinsey

Beverlee McKinsey (August 9, 1935 – May 2, 2008) was an American actress. She is best known for her roles in television soap operas. She played Iris Carrington on Another World and the soap opera Texas. She also played Alexandra Spaulding on Guiding Light.

Career 
McKinsey was born in McAlester, Oklahoma Aug. 9, 1935. In 1956 she graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree. She was an actress for over 30 years. She began acting in New York theater. McKinsey was an understudy for the Neil Simon play "Barefoot in The Park". In the 1960s she performed the lead role several times. She played opposite Robert Redford. She played the role of Honey in the 1964 London production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by Edward Albee. In the late 1960s McKinsey moved to Hollywood. She made guest appearances in several television series. These included "Mannix," "The Virginian" and "Hawaii Five-O." She also played supporting roles in feature films such as "Bronco Billy" with Clint Eastwood.

McKinsey played Iris Carrington on “Another World,” broadcast on NBC From 1970 to 1979. She played the same role in 1980 and 1981 on the NBC spinoff “Texas”. From 1984 to 1992 she played Alexandra Spaulding on CBS's “Guiding Light". In 1992 she decided she wanted to quit acting. She had an "out" clause in her contract making it legal to leave the show. In 1994 she returned to acting briefly as Myrna Slaughter on ABC's “General Hospital”.

McKinsey died due to complications of a kidney transplant at age 72 in Santa Maria, California.

Awards 
Between 1977 and 1980, McKinsey was nominated for four Daytime Emmy Awards for outstanding lead actress. All four were for her role as Iris on Another World.

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Other websites 

 
 

American television actors
Actors from Oklahoma
1935 births
2008 deaths
Give You What You Like

"Give You What You Like" is a soft rock ballad from Avril Lavigne. The lyrics are about fighting loneliness by having sex. The song has gotten praise from critics for expanding Lavigne's musical diversity. "Give You What You Like" is the fifth single from Lavigne's self-titled album, Avril Lavigne.

Critical reception
Critics liked "Give You What You Like". They complimented the mature sound that Lavigne showed on the song. They also liked its equally mature themes. Jason Lipshutz of Billboard wrote that "the bright-eyed innocence of '17' and 'Bitchin' Summer' has vanished on 'Give You What You Like'". He further called it "a harrowing glimpse inside the exchange of physical pleasures to combat loneliness". But he criticized the song's production. He ended his review by comparing Lavigne's vocals in the song to those of her 2002 hit, "I'm with You". 

Allan Raible of ABC News wrote, "As the tempos slow down, things get less juvenile and slightly more interesting. 'Give You What You Like' begins with the words, 'Please wrap your drunken arms around me.' (At last, darker material!) This is a rather sleazy song, but it is way more interesting than the shallow stabs at teen pop. At least there is some sort of grit. It's not just a middle finger (referencing the album's opening track, "Rock n Roll")."

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2013 songs
Avril Lavigne songs
Rock ballads
Songs about sexuality
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D

Group D of the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying tournament was a group that decided who goes to the UEFA Euro 2016. The group included the teams Germany, Poland, Gibraltar, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Georgia.

Table 

 Green means that the team will advance to the tournament.
 Blue means the team will advance to the tournament, or play in the play-offs.

Statistics 

13 goals
 Robert Lewandowski

9 goals
 Thomas Müller

7 goals
 Steven Fletcher

6 goals
 Arkadiusz Milik

5 goals

 Robbie Keane
 Shaun Maloney

4 goals
 Kamil Grosicki

3 goals

 Tornike Okriashvili
 Mario Götze
 Max Kruse
 André Schürrle
 Shane Long
 Jonathan Walters
 Steven Naismith

2 goals

 Jaba Kankava
 Valeri Kazaishvili
 Mate Vatsadze
 İlkay Gündoğan
 Grzegorz Krychowiak
 Sebastian Mila
 James McClean
 Aiden McGeady

1 goal

 Nikoloz Gelashvili
 Karim Bellarabi
 Toni Kroos
 Marco Reus
 Lee Casciaro
 Jake Gosling
 Jakub Błaszczykowski
 Kamil Glik
 Bartosz Kapustka
 Krzysztof Mączyński
 Sławomir Peszko
 Łukasz Szukała
 Cyrus Christie
 Wes Hoolahan
 John O'Shea
 Ikechi Anya
 Chris Martin
 James McArthur
 Matt Ritchie

Other websites 
 Official page

UEFA Euro 2016
Ultimate Air Shuttle

Ultimate Air Shuttle is an airline from the United States. It's main hub is at Cincinnati. It's first flight was in July 2009. The airline is a shuttle because it flies many flights a day between the cities it goes to.

Destinations
Charlotte - Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Chicago, Illinois - Chicago Midway International Airport
Cincinnati - Lunken Field and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Martha's Vineyard - Martha's Vineyard Airport
Nantucket - Nantucket Memorial Airport
New York City - Morristown Municipal Airport

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Airlines of the United States
Companies based in Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
2009 establishments in the United States
Jan Zachariasiewicz

Jan Chryzostom Zachariasiewicz (11 September 1823 – 7 May 1906) was a Polish writer and journalist. Most of his life he lived in Lviv. He worked there as a writer in Radymno. He was born in Radymno. He died in Krzywcza.

Youth 
Zachariasiewicz came from a wealthy family and he was the only child of Antonina Gwiazdowska and Aleksander Zachariasiewicz. He started his education in a Lower-Secondary School in Przemyśl. In 1842 he was arrested and sent to prison for a plot in which he did not take part. In 1844 he returned to Radymno and later went to study at the University of Lwów. He studied literature, history and Maths classes.

Career 
In his free time, Zachariasiewicz wrote in Gazeta Lwowska and Dziennik Mód Paryskich. During his life he met many famous people witch whom he cooperated, e. g. Karol Szajnoch, Wincenty Pol, Kornel Ujejski, Jan Dobrzański. In 1848 he became the main editor of Tygodnik Polski. In the 5th edition he wrote a love poem which led to closing down the newspaper and sending Zachariasiewicz to Theresienstadt fortress. After 4 years he was released and he returned to Radymno. In 1854 he came back to Lviv where he worked in Nowiny newspaper.

Works  
Zachariasiewicz wrote many novels:

 1856 – Sąsiedzi. Powieść współczesna
 1857 – Boże dziecię. Powieść z naszych czasów
 1860 – Fałszywy król
 1860 – Na kresach
 1861 – Konfederat
 1862 – Święty Jur. Powieść w trzech częściach
 1863 – W przededniu
 1863 – Jarema. Studium wewnętrznych dziejów Galicji
 1867 – Marek Poraj. Powieść z czasów pierwszego rozbioru Rzeczypospolitej
 1869 – Czerwona czapka. Z notatek cesarsko–królewskiego radcy
 1869 – Tajny fundusz
 1870 – Porwanie Sabina
 1870 – Chleb bez soli
 1871 – Noc królewska
 1871 – Człowiek Bez Jutra
 1877 – Wybór posła. Powieść współczesna
 1878 – Królewskie krzesło. Powieść współczesna
 1897 – Zakopane skarby. Powieść współczesna

Life in Radymno  
Jan Zachariasiewicz is one of the honorable citiziens of Radymno.

References 
 http://lubimyczytac.pl/autor/56081/jan-zachariasiewicz
 http://www.krzywcza.eu/jan-zachariasiewicz.html
 http://www.biblionetka.pl/author.aspx?id=27606 
 http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/40745,,,,zachariasiewicz_jan_chryzostom,haslo.html 

1823 births
1906 deaths
Polish writers
Magnus Härenstam

Johan Herbert Magnus Härenstam (19 June 1941 – 13 June 2015), better known as Magnus Härenstam, was a Swedish television host, actor and comedian. He hosted the Swedish version of the U.S. game show Jeopardy! from 1991 until 2005 before being replaced by Adam Alsing. He was also known for hosting the children's television program Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter with Brasse Brännström and Eva Remaeus from 1973 until 1975. He also appeared in the comedy movies Sällskapsresan (1980) and Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen? (1981). 

Härenstam was born in Västervik, Kalmar County. His autobiography was released in 2015, months before his death.

Härenstam died from spinal cancer on 13 June 2015 in Stockholm, aged 73.

References

Other websites

 
 Magnus Härenstam at The Swedish Film Database

1941 births
2015 deaths
Autobiographers
Cancer deaths in Sweden
Deaths from spinal cancer
Swedish comedians 
Swedish voice actors
Swedish movie actors
Swedish stage actors
Swedish television actors
Swedish television presenters
In the Air Tonight

"In the Air Tonight" is a soft rock song by English drummer and singer Phil Collins. It was released on Collins' first solo album Face Value in 1981. The song has been featured in many advertisements such as Cadbury and movies such as The Hangover (2009).

The song has a long running false rumour that it was about a drowning that Collins had witnessed. American rapper Eminem made reference to this in the song "Stan".

References

1981 songs
Phil Collins
Rock ballads
Monica Lewis

Monica Lewis (born May Lewis; May 5, 1922 – June 12, 2015) was an American actress and jazz singer. Her career began in 1948 and ended in 1988. She was best known for her roles in the movies Earthquake (1974), Rollercoaster (1977), and both Airport '77 (1977) and The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979). She was also the voice of Chiquita Banana.

Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was married twice and had three sons.

Lewis died from natural causes on June 12, 2015 at her Woodland Hills apartment in Los Angeles, California. She was 93.

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Other websites 
 
 

1922 births
2015 deaths
Actors from Chicago
American jazz musicians
American movie actors
Deaths from natural causes
Singers from Chicago
Meg Turney

Megan "Meg" Turney (born March 12, 1987) is an American internet personality, cosplayer, and model. Turney is known for her online media presence. She is most noted for her work with the online series SourceFed and later Rooster Teeth. Turney is also known for her cosplaying at various conventions such as Comic-Con.

Online media career
During her early years Turney hosted event coverage for deviantART. She appeared as a featured host on CraveOnline's TechKnow show. In July 2012, Turney would make her debut as a host of the YouTube channel SourceFed, where she and her co-host spoke about Star Wars. Along with being a host for the channel, Turney would also write stories for the SourceFed website. Turney would stay as a host of the channel, as well as its sister channel, SourceFed Nerd, until April 2014. During this time period, Turney also hosted for the American Music Awards' On Demand series, as well as Nerdist News.

After leaving SourceFed, Turney became a host for Rooster Teeth's channel, The Know. She made her first appearance on the channel on June 1, 2014. On joining Rooster Teeth, Turney said, "They have been pioneers in the industry for many years, and their level of originality and just plain fun in their content is unmatched in the space." In August 2014, Turney began co-hosting The Know It All: Leaderboard, a joint series of Rooster Teeth and The Daily Dot.

Cosplaying and modeling
In addition to her work online, Turney is also known for her cosplaying career. Turney was introduced to cosplaying by her friend, when she invited Turney to Ushicon 1 in 2002. Gamer Headlines wrote that Turney is, "known for her high quality cosplay and saucy lingerie photos." She appeared on the Syfy series Heroes of Cosplay in June 2014.

Aside from cosplaying, Turney also has experience with modeling. In April 2015, FHM placed Turney at #20 on their yearly "100 Sexiest Women in the World" list.

References

Other websites 
 Con, Cosplay & Star Wars! Comic Con, Cosplay & Star Wars!

1987 births
Living people
Models from Texas
American bloggers
Fernando Brant

Fernando Rocha Brant (9 October 1946 – 12 June 2015) was a Brazilian poet, lyricist and journalist. He was best known for his partnership with singer-songwriter and guitarist Milton Nascimento. This resulted in over 200 songs recorded by the most respected artists in Brazil. He was born in Caldas, Minas Gerais.

Brant died from problems caused by a second liver transplant on 12 June 2015 in Belo Horizonte. He was 68.

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1946 births
2015 deaths
Brazilian poets
Deaths from surgical complications
Composers
Songwriters
Caldas, Minas Gerais

Caldas is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast Region of Brazil.

Municipalities in Minas Gerais