Douglas Keith Scott (29 May 1941 – 7 December 2020) was an English mountaineer. He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. He was known for being on the team that made the first ascent of the south-west face of Mount Everest on 24 September 1975.
In early 2020, Scott was diagnosed with brain cancer and lymphoma. He died on 7 December 2020 from the diseases, aged 79.
Klaus Pagh
Klaus Pagh (29 July 1935 – 8 December 2020) was a Danish actor, producer and director. He appeared in 32 movies between 1956 and 2001. Pagh was born in Hørsholm, Denmark. He was known for his roles as Holger in "Soldaterkammerater rykker ud" (1959) and as Rikard in "Me and the Mafia" (1973). He directed the 1973 comedy "Sunstroke at the Beach Resort" (1973).
Pagh died on 8 December 2020 in Copenhagen from Alzheimer's disease-related problems at the age of 85.
Textile industry in India
Indian textile industry, or cloth industry, is one of the largest-growing industries India. In India, fibre crops such as cotton and jute are grown in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Sheep are raised for pashmina, popular in Kashmir.
TV4 (Sweden)
TV4 is a Swedish free-to-air television network owned by TV4 AB. It is owned by the Bonnier Broadcasting Group.
It started broadcasting by satellite in 1990 and, since 1992, on television. In 1994, TV4 became the largest channel and remained so for a number of years.
From 2004 to 2019, the TV4 Group was a fully active member of the European Broadcasting Union.
Tasiman
Tasiman (died 7 December 2020) was an Indonesian politician. He was the Regent of the Pati Regency from 2001 to 2011. He was born in Juwana, Pati. Tasiman was chairman of the Regional People's Representative Assembly. Tasiman was a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.
Tasiman died on 7 December 2020 from COVID-19 at a hospital in Medan, Indonesia.
Sudjati
Sudjati (13 March 1954 – 8 December 2020) was an Indonesian politician. He was born in Semarang, Indonesia. He was Regent of the Bulungan Regency from 2016 until his death.
Sudjati died on 8 December 2020 in Tanjung Selor, Indonesia from COVID-19 at the age of 66.
Jeffrey Zients
Jeffrey Dunston Zients (born November 12, 1966) is an American businessman and politician. From February 2014 to January 2017, he was the director of the National Economic Council. Zients was also acting director of the Office of Management and Budget in 2010 and 2013.
Zients was a member of Facebook's board of directors from 2018 to 2020.
In December 2020, Joe Biden named Zients as coordinator of the COVID-19 response and counselor to the president in his administration.
Christiane Taubira
Christiane Marie Taubira (; born 2 February 1952) is a French politician.
On 15 May 2012, Taubira was appointed Minister of Justice of France in the Ayrault Government under President François Hollande. She resigned from office on 27 January 2016.
Mare Winningham
Mary Megan "Mare" Winningham (; born May 16, 1959) is an American actress and folk-blues singer-songwriter. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Winningham began her acting career in 1976. She won two Emmy Awards during her career. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1995 movie "Georgia".
Azura
Azura was the third daughter of Adam and Eve in the Abrahamic religions. Azura was also the sister-wife of Seth. The sibcestual relationship between Azura and Seth was the first of Adam and Eve's children which did not involve a twincestual pairing.
Glottal stop
The glottal stop (or "plosive") is a type of consonant sound used in many spoken languages. It is made by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or "glottis".
Some languages use a special sign in writing if they have glottal stop in normal speech.
Days Inn
Days Inn is a brand of hotels in America.
Naša riječ
Naša riječ (BCMS Cyrillic: Наша ријеч; lit. transl. 'our word') is a weekly newspaper published in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is distributed mainly in Zenica, where its headquarters is located. It was established in 1956. This newspaper costed 25 dinars in SR BiH; current price is 1 mark. The newspaper has more than 4,000 issues.
Accompanying publications are "ZE-DO eko" and "ZE-DO sport".
So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show
"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" is the 18th episode of "The Simpsons" fourth season. It was first shown on the Fox network in the United States on April Fools' Day (April 1) in 1993. In the episode, Homer plays many practical jokes on Bart. Bart shakes a can of Homer's beer very hard. When Homer opens the can, the house explodes and puts him in a coma. The Simpson family talk about the events of Homer's life by using episodes that were shown before this one.
Barbara Bouchet
Barbara Bouchet (born 15 August 1943) is a German actress.
Diane Kruger was born as Bärbel Gutscher in Reichenberg, Sudetenland, Germany (present-day Liberec, Czech Republic)
Don't Torture a Duckling
Don't Torture a Duckling () is a 1972 Italian thriller horror movie directed by Lucio Fulci and stars Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas, Marc Porel and Georges Wilson and was distribuited by Medusa Film.
Kelly Johnson (engineer)
Kelly Johnson was an American Engineer at Lockheed Martin. He helped make planes, for example the SR-71 Blackbird and the P-38. He worked at the skunkworks at Lockheed Martin. There, with , "The Father of Stealth," they made the Blackbird. The SR-71 had a top speed of 2193 mph or mach 3+. It flew at 80,000 ft above the ground, the only plane to fly that high.
Johnson became sick. He died at the age of 80 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank after becoming senile, caused by the hardening of his arteries connecting to his brain.
Gandolfini
Gandolfini is a surname and may refer to:
Cain (disambiguation)
Cain was the son of Adam and Eve and brother-husband of Luluwa. Cain may also refer to:
Caliber 9
Caliber 9 () is a 1972 Italian crime movie directed by Fernando Di Leo and stars Gastone Moschin, Barbara Bouchet, Mario Adorf, Frank Wolff, Luigi Pistilli, Ivo Garrani and Lionel Stander.
Spherical cow
A spherical cow is a metaphor that is used when a complex scientific model is made more simple than it really should be.
The words "spherical cow" came from a joke where a dairy farmer talks to a theoretical physicist about how to get more prices for his milk. The physicist later talks about an answer to the problem at a seminar. The physicist says "First, we assume a spherical cow..." Sometimes, a "spherical horse" is used instead of a cow. For example, there is a joke about a physicist who says that he can find out who will win a race if it had a "spherical horse moving through a vacuum".
How to Train Your Dragon 2
How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a 2014 3D American computer-animated action fantasy movie and the second installment in the series. A sequel to "How to Train Your Dragon", It is directed and written by Dean DeBlois, It stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig.
Wuthering Heights (1939 movie)
Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American romantic period movie directed by William Wyler and is the second adaption of the 1847 novel of the same name by Emily Brontë. It stars Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, David Niven, Flora Robinson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Hugh Williams, Donald Crisp, Leo G. Carroll and was distributed by United Artists. It was nominated for 8 Oscars and won an Academy Award in 1940.
No-hair theorem
The no-hair theorem is about black holes.
Black holes can be described by just three visible properties: mass, electric charge, and angular momentum, or spin.