Jean (or Jehan) Fouquet (1420–1481) was an important French painter of the 15th century, a master of both panel painting and manuscript illumination, and the apparent inventor of the portrait miniature. He was the first French artist to travel to Italy and experience first-hand the early Italian Renaissance.
Sore throat
Sore throat or throat pain is pain in a person's throat.
About 7.5% or of people have sore throat in any three-month period. Most of the time, it is caused by viral pharyngitis. It can also be caused by bad tonsils, trauma, strep throat, tumors, and other problems.
Treatment varies with the different causes, but the painful symptoms can be helped with medicine such as cough drops or, in China, pear-syrup candy.
Simmering
Simmering is a method of cooking in water, where the temperature is kept just below that where the water would boil.
The temperature at which this is achieved is around .
To bring water to the point where it simmers, you first heat the water to boiling point, which is , then reduce the heat so that the bubbles on top of the water have almost stopped.
Manuel Mejuto González
Manuel Enrique Mejuto González (born 16 April 1965) is a former Spanish football referee. His most important refereeing role was in the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final in Istanbul, between Liverpool and Milan. He became a FIFA listed referee in 1999. He retired in August 2010.
Mejuto was born in La Felguera, Asturias. Outside of football, he is a civil servant.
Northern Norway
Northern Norway is a geographical region of Norway. It is the three northernmost counties Nordland, Troms and Finnmark.
Northern Norway has a total of about 35% of the Norwegian mainland. Some of the largest towns in Northern Norway (from south to north) are Mo i Rana, Bodø, Narvik, Harstad, Tromsø and Alta. Northern Norway is often described as the land of the midnight sun and the land of the northern lights.
Kurów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kurów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kołbaskowo, in Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It is the border to Germany. It is 20 km south of Police and 9 km southwest of the regional capital Szczecin.
Sissach
Sissach is the capital of the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.
Williams County, Ohio
Williams County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 37,642 people lived there. The county seat is Bryan.
Lavin
Lavin is a former municipality of the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Lavin and Susch merged into the municipality of Zernez.
Maple Heights, Ohio
Maple Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. At the 2010 census, 23,138 people lived there.
Allen County, Ohio
Allen County is a county of Ohio in the United States. As of the 2010 census, 106,331 people lived there. The county seat is Lima.
Van Wert County, Ohio
Van Wert County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 28,744 people lived there. The county seat is Van Wert.
Adams County, Ohio
Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In the 2010 census, 28,550 people lived there. The county seat is West Union. It was founded in 1797 and named after John Adams, the second President of the United States.
The county has a total area of .
Loveland, Ohio
Loveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Huningue
Huningue is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France. It is a northern suburb of the Swiss city of Basel.
Husseren-les-Châteaux
Husseren-les-Châteaux is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
Alfonso X
Alfonso X (23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284), called the Wise, was the King of Castile, León and Galicia from 30 May 1252 until his death.
Tandem trike
Tandem trike is a vehicle with three wheels for two or more people, who drive it together with their forces. It is not the same as a classic with clear separation between chauffeur and the passengers. By 2017, the following firms are known to produce tandem trikes:
1893 Sea Islands hurricane
The 1893 Sea Islands hurricane was a very deadly tropical cyclone. It was Category 3 under Saffir-Simpson scale. The storm had winds near 120 mph. It made landfall at the Georgia-South Carolina border in late August 1893.
The hurricane had a severe storm surge.
It took the lives of 1,000–2,000 people when it made landfall, mostly from storm surge.
Château de Nantouillet
The is a ruined château at Nantouillet, a very small town in the Seine-et-Marne département of north-central France. Antoine Duprat, a French cardinal and politician, built it in the 16th century. He died in the château on 15 July 1535. There was an old fort on the land before Duprat built the château..
The château was classed as a "monument historique" (historic monument) of France in 1862.
Auglaize County, Ohio
Auglaize County is a county of Ohio in the United States. In 2010, 45,949 people lived there. The county seat is Wapakoneta. It is named after the Auglaize River.
The county has a total area of .
1909 Monterrey hurricane
The 1909 Monterrey hurricane was one of the most deadly tropical cyclones on record. The storm struck the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Cuba, Mexico and southern Texas. This hurricane happened in August 1909.
The winds of the storm peaked at 120 miles per hour.
More than 4,000 lives were lost because of the hurricane.
Prince Giovanni Natoli
Giovanni Forti Natoli or Gianforte Natoli was a Sicilian nobleman, the son of Blasco Natoli Lanza and Domenica Giambruno Perna. He was baron of S. Bartolomeo and Belice. On 20 August 1597 he bought the barony of Sperlinga from Giovanni Ventimiglia, marquis of Gerace, for 30,834 ounces of gold. Natoli was granted a "licentia populandi cum privilegium aedificandi" ("licence to populate and build") by the king of Sicily, Philip II of Spain. In 1627 he was made prince of Sperlinga by Philip IV of Spain.
Natoli was married twice: first to Maria Cottone Aragona, daughter of Stefano, count of Bauso; and second, to Melchiora Orioles Moncada, daughter of Orazio, baron of San Pietro di Patti. With the latter he had a son, Francesco Natoli.
Giovanni Natoli died on 15 July 1633.
Gaga: Five Foot Two
Gaga: Five Foot Two is a documentary starring American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga. It was directed by Chris Moukarbel. Gaga, her manager, Bobby Campbell, and Heather Parry (from the concert-promoting company Live Nation) are producers of the movie. It was released through Netflix at 12:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on September 22, 2017.
Gaga held a press conference on September 8, 2017, at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, after she performed in the city on her Joanne World Tour. She talked about the movie and said that she would take a "rest" after the concert tour was over. She wanted the movie to be objectively about her life and said that she would never be able to do so about herself.
The movie features Gaga creating her fifth studio album, "Joanne", with British producer Mark Ronson throughout 2016 and preparing for her Super Bowl LI Halftime Performance that took place on February 5, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Gaga receives treatments for her chronic pain that has occurred since her cancellation of the Born This Way Ball world tour in 2012–13 because of a hip injury. Gaga revealed that she has fibromyalgia. British singer Florence Welch (from Florence + the Machine) appears with Gaga while they record their duet, "Hey Girl", which became a song on the "Joanne" album.