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DreamWorks Animation

**DreamWorks Animation LLC** (more commonly known as **DreamWorks Animation**, or simply **DreamWorks**) is an American animation studio that is a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal, which is itself a subsidiary of Comcast. It is based in Glendale, California and produces animated feature films, television programs and online virtual games. The studio has currently released a total of feature films, including the franchises _Shrek_, _Madagascar_, _Kung Fu Panda_, _How to Train Your Dragon_, _Trolls_ and _The Boss Baby_. Originally formed under the banner of its main DreamWorks studio in 1997 by some of Amblin Entertainment's former animation branch Amblimation alumni, it was spun off into a separate public company in 2004. DreamWorks Animation currently maintains its Glendale campus, as well as satellite studios in India and China. On August 22, 2016, NBCUniversal acquired DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion, making it a division of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group.

## Infobox (company)

- **name**: DreamWorks Animation LLC
- **logo**: DreamWorks2016.svg
- **type**: Subsidiary
- **traded as**: (2004–2009)
 (2009–2016)
- **image**: Dreamworksanimationentrance.jpg
- **image caption**: DreamWorks Animation headquarters in Glendale, California
- **former name**: DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (2004-2016)
- **predecessors**: Amblimation
Pacific Data Images
- **founded**: (as a division of DreamWorks Pictures)
 (as DreamWorks Animation)
- **hq location**: 1000 Flower Street
- **hq location city**: Glendale, California
- **hq location country**: United States
- **num locations**: 3 facilities
- **area served**: Worldwide
- **key people**: Christopher DeFaria, Chris DeFaria (President/CEO, DreamWorks Feature Animation Group)
Bonnie Arnold (President, Feature Animation)
Margie Cohn (Head of Animation TV)
Jeffrey Katzenberg (Chairman, DreamWorks New Media)
Chris Meledandri (Senior Advisor)
- **industry**: Animation, Animated Film industry, films
- **products**: List of animated short films, Theatrical animated short films
List of animated feature films, Theatrical animated feature films
List of animated television series, Television animated series
- **revenue**: United States dollar, US$ 916 million (2015)
- **operating income**: US$ 79 million (2015)
- **net income**: US$ 7.6 million (2015)
- **assets**: US$ 1.969 billion (2015)
- **equity**: US$ 1.198 billion (2015)
- **owner**: Comcast
- **num employees**: 2,700 (2014)
- **parent**: DreamWorks Pictures (1994–2004)
Universal Studios (2016–present)
- **divisions**: DreamWorksTV
DreamWorks Press
DreamWorks Live Theatrical Productions
DreamWorks Channel
DreamWorks New Media
- **subsid**: DreamWorks Classics
Pacific Data Images, PDI/DreamWorks (2000–2015)
Oriental DreamWorks (2012–2018)
- **logo caption**: Logo used since 2016
Bagan

**Bagan** (; also called **Pagan**) is an ancient city in the Mandalay region of Myanmar. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Pagan from the 9th to 13th centuries. During the kingdom's golden age between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were built in Bagan.

Now, the archaeological remains of over 2,200 of these temples and pagodas are in the surrounding plains. It is one of the biggest places for tourism in the country.

## References

- ISBN 0-8248-2886-0, 978-0-8248-2886-8.

## Other websites

- Myanmar (Burma) - Photo Gallery
- All about Bagan
- Images from Bagan and Burma
- Temples of Bagan Photo Gallery Alan Ingram
- Old Bagan Photo Gallery

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Bagan
- **other name**: Pagan
- **pushpin label position**: right
- **pushpin map**: Burma
- **pushpin map caption**: Location of Bagan, Burma
- **image skyline**: Ruins of Bagan, 1999.jpg
- **image caption**: Temples in Bagan
- **established date**: mid-to-late 9th century
- **established title**: Founded
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Burma
- **subdivision type1**: Administrative divisions of Burma, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Mandalay Region
- **area total km2**: 104
- **population blank1**: Bamar
- **population blank1 title**: Ethnicities
- **population blank2**: Theravada Buddhism
- **population blank2 title**: Religions
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Time in Burma, MST
- **utc offset**: +6.30
User guide

A **user guide**, also called a **user manual** or (less frequently) **instruction manual**, is a book about how to use something.

A computer usually has a user guide to tell people how to use it. A computer program also often has a user guide.

The user guide is often written by the person who made the software.

People who want to write a user guide must keep the words very simple so other people can understand what you are saying. It also helps to put many pictures into the user guide.

If there are pictures, people who read or speak a different language can still understand what to do with the equipment or software.
Settlement

**Settlement** may refer to:
- Human settlement, a place where people live
    - Illegal settlement, a settlement built in a violation of some law
    - Urban settlement, a settlement in an urban area
    - Rural settlement, a settlement in a rural area
    - a space colony
- Settlement (closing), as in a real estate closing with transfer of title deed to the buyer
- Settlement (finance), the process of exchanging the consideration for financial instruments once a transaction has been executed
- Settlement (litigation), an agreement or resolution of a dispute
- Structural settlement - The disruption or distortion of a vital part of a building or bridge, especially the foundation.

## Related pages

- Settler, someone who lives in a settlement
RNA polymerase

**RNA polymerase** (RNAP) is the enzyme which does transcription.The 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Roger D. Kornberg for creating detailed molecular images of RNA polymerase during various stages of the transcription process.

With the help of some other molecules, it makes messenger RNA from a strand of a DNA. This is its main function, but it does various other things. Products of RNAP include:
- Messenger RNA (mRNA). These are templates for the synthesis of proteins by ribosomes.
- Non-coding RNA or "RNA genes". These are a broad class of genes that encode RNA which is _not_ translated into protein. The most important RNA genes are transfer RNA (tRNA) and ribosomal RNA (rRNA), both of which are involved in the process of translation. However, since the late 1990s, many new RNA genes have been found, and thus RNA genes may play a much more significant role than previously thought.
    - Transfer RNA (tRNA)—transfers specific amino acids to growing polypeptide chains at the ribosomal site of protein synthesis during translation
    - Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)—a component of ribosomes
    - Micro RNA—regulates gene activity
    - Catalytic RNA (Ribozyme)—enzymatically active RNA molecules

## In eukaryotes

Eukaryotes have various RNAPs in their nuclei, each to synthesis a type of RNA.  All are similar and related to each other and to bacterial RNAP:
- RNA polymerase I synthesizes a pre-rRNA which will form the major RNA sections of the ribosome.
- RNA polymerase II synthesizes precursors of mRNAs and most snRNA and microRNAs. This is the most studied type. It needs a range of transcription factors to bind it to promoters.
- RNA polymerase III synthesizes tRNAs, rRNA 5S and other small RNAs found in the nucleus and cytosol.
- RNA polymerase IV synthesizes siRNA in plants.
- RNA polymerase V synthesizes RNAs involved in siRNA-directed heterochromatin formation in plants.

Eukaryotic chloroplasts have an RNAP very similar to bacterial RNAP ("plastid-encoded polymerase"). Eukaryotic chloroplasts also have a second, unrelated, RNAP.

Eukaryotic mitochondria contain an unrelated RNAP (member of the "single-subunit RNAP" protein family).

X-ray crystallography of  DNA and RNA polymerases show that, other than having a Mg<sup>2+</sup> ion at the catalytic site, they are virtually unrelated to each other. So the two classes of enzyme have arisen independently twice in the early evolution of cells. One line led to the modern DNA polymerases and reverse transcriptases. The other line led to all  modern cellular RNA polymerases.
Weronika Książkiewicz

**Weronika Książkiewicz** (born March 21, 1981) is a Polish movie and television actress.

## Early life

Weronika Książkiewicz born in 1981 in Moscow. Her mother is Polish and her father is Russian. Weronika has a son, Borys Aleksander.

## Filmography

- 1999-2005: Lokatorzy as Małgorzata
- 2000: Plebania as Ola
- 2002-2008: Samo Życie as Ewa
- 2003-2004: Glina
- 2004: Talki z resztą
- 2004: Stacyjka as Iga
- 2004: Panienki as Ania
- 2004: Clap projekt - Camerimage as dancer
- 2004-2008: Kryminalni as Kinga
- 2005: Wiedźmy
- 2005: Karol: A Man Who Became Pope as Mrs. Waechter
- 2005: Zakręcone as Anna
- 2006: Oficerowie as Mrs. Wasowska
- 2006: Mrok as "Pussi
- 2007: Dylematu 5 as Nadia
- 2007: Prawo miasta as Jaga
- 2008: Little Moscow (2008 film)
- 2008: 39 i pół as actress
- 2008: BrzydUla as Klaudia
- 2008: Londyńczycy as Agnieszka
- 2008: I kto tu rządzi as Ewelina
- 2008: Rozmowy nocą as Weronika
- 2008: Ile waży koń trojański? as Jola
- 2009: Rajskie klimaty as Marta
- 2009: Złoty środek as Kasia
- 2010: Na Wspólnej as Laura
- 2011: Hotel 52 as Sylwia
- 2011: Los numeros as Iwona
- 2011: Chichot losu as Agata
- 2011: Linia Życia as Patrycja
- 2011: Rezydencja as Julia
- 2012: Piąty stadion as Anna
- 2016: L'ispettore Coliandro (ITA) - S05E01 as Natasha

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Weronika Książkiewicz.jpg
- **birth place**: Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, USSR
- **occupation**: Actress
- **children**: Son
- **nationality**: Poles, Polish, Russians, Russian
Gameloft

**Gameloft S. A.** ("SA" means _Société anonyme_, a French company type) is a developer and publisher for mobile games, for example Java-based phones, Android, and iPhone. Its headquarters are in Paris, France. It was founded in the year 1999 by Michel Guillemot, who stepped down as head of the company during mass media company Vivendi's hostile takeover of Gameloft in 2015.

## History

The company was founded in 1999, but it really started to make profits in 2003. At the end of 2007, Gameloft announced that it is now the biggest video game company for mobile devices, with a revenue of 26 million euros. At that moment, more than 4,000 employees were working for Gameloft.

In 2011, Gameloft had a revenue of US$164.4 million. This is an increase of 17% compared to 2010. Its games have been downloaded more than 125 million times.

In 2023, Gameloft release Disney Dreamlight Valley on PC and consoles

In 2024, Gameloft release Asphalt Legend Unite (on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Android, IOS)

### Gameloft Live

Gameloft released a system called "Gameloft Live", a community platform for games. It lets players share their results, create profiles, etc. A free registration is required to use it. Games that support online multiplayer use Gameloft Live as their connection platform.

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (company)

- **company name**: Gameloft SA
- **company type**: Public company, Public
- **foundation**: 14 December 1999
- **location**: Paris, France
- **key people**: Michel Guillemot
<small>(President and CEO [formerly])</small>
Stephane Roussel <small>(CEO)</small>
- **area served**: Worldwide
- **industry**: Interactive entertainment
Video game industry
- **revenue**: <small>(2011)</small>
- **operating income**: <small>(2011)</small>
- **net income**: <small>(2011)</small>
- **assets**: <small>(2011)</small>
- **equity**: <small>(2011)</small>
- **num employees**: 4,600 <small>(2019)</small>
- **parent**: Vivendi (2016–present)
Jeff Bridges

**Jeffrey Leon “Jeff” Bridges** (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor and singer. he was born in Los Angeles, California to actor Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) and actress Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson, 1915–2009). His brother Beau Bridges (born 1941) is also an actor.

Bridges has starred in many movies, including: _Starman_, _The Fisher King_, _The Vanishing_, _The Big Lebowski_, _Arlington Road_, _The Contender_, _K-PAX_, _Seabiscuit_, _The Door in the Floor_, _Iron Man_, _Crazy Heart_ and _True Grit_.

On October 19, 2020, Bridges announced that he had been diagnosed with lymphoma and has gone through chemotherapy. Bridges also announced he contracted COVID-19 while in treatment and noted it was a difficult experience which he said made cancer "look like a piece of cake." He said he is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Jeff Bridges by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped 2).jpg
- **imagesize**: 220px
- **caption**: Bridges in 2013
- **birth name**: Jeffrey Leon Bridges
- **birth place**: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- **occupation**: Actor, singer, producer, composer
- **years active**: 1950–present
- **children**: 3
- **parents**: Lloyd Bridges,
Dorothy Bridges
- **family**: Beau Bridges (brother)
 Jordan Bridges (nephew)
Don't Say a Word

***Don't Say a Word*** is a 2001 American psychological thriller movie starring Michael Douglas, Brittany Murphy and Sean Bean. It was directed by Gary Fleder and is based on the novel Don't Say a Word by Andrew Klavan.

Douglas plays New York psychiatrist Nathan Conrad, whose daughter is kidnapped by gang leader Patrick Koster (Bean) in order to force him to get catatonic post-traumatic stress disorder psychiatric patient Elisabeth Burrows (Brittany Murphy) to tell him a number which only she knows. Kloster wants that number because it will lead him to the whereabouts of a stolen diamond.
Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle

**Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle** (, abbreviation **USK**) is the official computer games rating organization in Germany. All ratings by USK are official and fall under law, so you must appreciate them. You have to show the seller your passport if you fall under age restrictions: USK ensures that computer games are only sold to children and young people if the contents of the games have been approved as OK for them.

## History

The USK has been founded in 1994 and has it headquarters in Berlin, Germany. Around 30,000 video games have been checked for approval since the beginning; every year more than 1,000 games are submitted by publishers. USK defines itself as "the strictest age classification rules in the world". The game is not allowed to be sold in Germany if there is no USK verification.

## Ratings

|Mark|Rating|Description|
| --- | --- | --- |
||**_Freigegeben ohne Altersbeschränkung gemäß § 14 JuSchG_ (Without age restrictions)**|Everyone can play this game without fear. But some games can still be too difficult for younger children.|
||**_Freigegeben ab 6 Jahren gemäß § 14 JuSchG_ (Restricted for those below the age of 6)**|Children below the age of 6 aren't allowed to play such games because there might be some themes they cannot / may not understand.|
||**_Freigegeben ab 12 Jahren gemäß § 14 JuSchG_ (Restricted for those below the age of 12)**|Those games have a more deeper theme like war and lite violence.|
||**_Freigegeben ab 16 Jahren gemäß § 14 JuSchG_ (Restricted for those below the age of 16)**|May have adult themes content like gunfights and moderate violence (but still no really brutal).|
||**_Keine Jugendfreigabe gemäß § 14 JuSchG_ (Restricted for those below the age of 18)**|These games often contain scenes of brutal, real covered violence or sexual content.|

## Rating procedure

1. Publisher submits game
1. Testers play through the game completely
1. Tester presents the game to the classification committee
1. Game is being discussed
1. Voting of the committee
1. Permanent representater is making a decision
1. Game is being rated and submitted to the publisher
1. Publisher accepts or declines (if he declines, game is not being published in Germany)

## References

- USK official website

## Infobox (company)

- **name**: Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle
- **logo**: USK - Logo 2010 - Kurzform.svg
- **location city**: Berlin
- **location country**: Germany
- **area served**: Germany
- **services**: Computer game ratings
- **homepage**: [http://www.usk.de/en www.usk.de]
Tengyō

was a  after _Jōhei_ and before _Tenryaku._  This period spanned the years from May 938 through April 947. The reigning emperors were  and .

## Events of the _Tengyō_ era

- **6 April 938** (_Tengyō 1, 4th day of the 3rd month_):  Ten pairs of roosters were matched-up in cockfights before the emperor.
- **938** (_Tengyō 1, 4th month_):  Many small earthquakes were felt in Heian-kyo from the 10th through the 29th days of this month.
- **939** (_Tengyō 1, 1st month_): Fujiwara no Tadahira celebrated his 60th birthday.
- **939** (_Tengyō 2, 5th month_): Fujiwara no Tsunesuke died.
- **939** (_Tengyō 2, 12th month_):  Taira no Masakado led a armed revolt which is known as
- **941** (_Tengyō 4, 7th month_) : Fujiwara no Sumitomo died
- **941** (_Tengyō 4, 11th month_): Tadahira was made _kampaku_.
- **944** (_Tengyō 7, 11th month_):  Fujiwara no Saneyori, the eldest son of Tadahira, was named Minister of the Right (_udaijin_).
- **945** (_Tengyō 8, 11th month_):  The Fujiwara no Nakahira died at age 71.  He had held the office of Minister of the Left (_sadaijin_).
- **16 May 946** (_Tengyō 9, 13th day of the 4th month_):  In the 16th year of the reign of Suzaku, the emperor abdicated; and the succession (_senso_) was received by his younger brother, Nariakira-shinnō.
- **31 May 946** (_Tengyō 9, 28th day of the 4th month_): Emperor Murakami's role as monarch was confirmed by ceremonies (the _sokui_).

## Related pages

- Heian period

## Other websites

- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

|Tengyō|1st|2nd|3rd|4th|5th|6th|7th|8th|9th|10th|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||938|939|940|941|942|943|944|945|946|947|
Not Going Out

***Not Going Out*** is a British television sitcom set in London Docklands. It began on 6 October 2006 and is shown on BBC One. It stars Lee Mack as Lee, who is from Chorley, Lancashire. Megan Dodds plays his Californian landlady Kate in series 1. Sally Bretton plays Lucy, who is brought in at the beginning of series 2 to become Lee's new landlady when Kate moves back to California. Tim Vine plays Timothy - who is Lee's best friend, Kate's ex-boyfriend and Lucy's brother. Tim is written out when he moves to Germany. Lee marries Lucy, they have three children and move to the suburbs.
Ashik

An **Ashik** is a traveling bard, in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia,  and Iran.  They sing and play the saz, a form of lute. The songs are made up on the spot around common ideas.

The Ashik tradition started with the Shamanistic beliefs of ancient Turkic peoples.  The ancient ashiks were called by many names.  Some names were _bakhshi_ (Baxşı), dede (dədə), and uzan or ozan. They helped keep oral tradition, helped make a shared value system and kept the culture of their people.

In September 2009, Azerbaijan’s ashik art was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. The word Ashik comes from the Arabic word _Asheq_.  It means the "one who is in love".
Akinchi

***Akinchi***, also written as ***Ekinchi*** ( / اکينچي) was an Azerbaijan newspaper.  It was made in Baku It was the first newspaper fully printed in the Azerbaijani language. It was also the first newspaper in Russia printed in a Turkic language.  The name means "The Ploughman".

## History

Hasan bey Zardabi started the newspaper.  He was a journalist, teacher and scientist. _Akinchi_ was thought to be almost revolutionary because of the language it was made in and that so many people could read it. Zardabi used a simpler form of the Azeri language so more people could read the paper.

The Russian governor of the Caucasus Dmitry Staroselsky liked Zardabi's plans. Staroselsky supported him in starting _Akinchi_. He was also the one to name the newspaper.  He thought the name would make the authorities think that _Akinchi_ was non-political and about agriculture. In addition to agriculture articles Zardabi wrote about medicine and biology.  There were also stories about the social and cultural state of Muslims in the Caucasus. The first issue of _Akinchi_ was printed on 22 July 1875.

Partly because Staroselsky left, the paper ended on 29 September 1877. There was also little money and few readers. There were only 300 constant readers. The paper helped there be more journalism in Azerbaijan.

## Other websites

- Several articles from _Akinchi_
Raion

A **raion** (or **rayon**) is the name of a way several former Soviet republics are divided. The word is from French _rayon_ which means 'honeycomb, department'. It describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city. It is commonly written in English as "district". Raion also can be used simply as a second division without anything to do with ethnicity or nationality. A raion is usually two steps below the national level. In smaller countries it could be the first level.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, some of the republics kept the _raion_ (e.g. Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) while others dropped it (e.g. Georgia, Uzbekistan,  Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Armenia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan).
Autonomous republic

An **autonomous republic** is a type of administrative division similar to a province. Many autonomous republics are in countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union. The most are in Russia.
Khachmaz (city)

**Khachmaz** is a city in the Khachmaz Rayon of Azerbaijan.

The name comes from _khachmataki_ which is a tribe of Huns.  The economy of Khachmaz is partly agricultural, partly tourist based, and some industries.  The main tourist place is the Nabran district.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Khachmaz
- **native name**: Xaçmaz
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **pushpin mapsize**: 250
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Azerbaijan
- **subdivision type1**: Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan, Rayon
- **subdivision name1**: Khachmaz Rayon, Khachmaz
- **population as of**: 2010
- **population total**: 62,900
- **timezone**: Azerbaijan Time, AZT
- **utc offset**: +4
- **timezone dst**: Azerbaijan Time, AZT
- **utc offset dst**: +5
Spitting spider

A **spitting spider** is a spider in the family ***Scytodidae***. There are more than 150 species of spitting spider in the world. Spitting spiders are related to the recluse spiders in the _Sicariidae_ family.

The name _spitting spider_ comes from the way these spiders hunt. The spider spits a sticky and poisonous liquid at its prey. The liquid congeals (becomes solid) around the target. When the prey is trapped, the spider bites it to kill it with venom. It then wraps the prey in spider silk like many other spiders do.

A spitting spider attack is very fast. It takes about 1/700th of a second. This kind of spider can spit . The spider spits in a Z pattern and criss-crosses its prey in sticky liquid.

There are five genera of spitting spiders:
- _Dictis_ (China to Australia)
- _Scyloxes_ (Kyrgyzstan)
- _Scytodes_ (worldwide)
- _Soeuria_ (Seychelles)
- _Stedocys_ (Malaysia, Thailand)
Amedeo Avogadro

**Amedeo Avogadro** (9 August 1776, Turin, Piedmont – 9 July 1856) was an Italian scientist. He is most famous for his contributions to molecular theory. The number of elementary entities (atoms, molecules, ions or other particles) in 1 mole of a substance, , is known as the Avogadro constant.

## Infobox (scientist)

- **name**: Amedeo Avogadro
- **image**: Avogadro Amedeo.jpg
- **birth place**: Turin, Italy
- **death place**: Turin, Italy
- **nationality**: Italian people, Italian
- **fields**: Physics
- **workplaces**: University of Turin
- **known for**: Avogadro's law
Avogadro constant
Martin Chalfie

**Martin Chalfie** is a biochemist from the United States. In 2008, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Osamu Shimomura and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP".

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Martin Chalfie
- **image**: Martin Chalfie-press conference Dec 07th, 2008-4.jpg
- **image size**: 250px
- **birth place**: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **occupation**: Biochemist
- **nationality**: United States, American
- **known for**: Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008
Takashi Kasahara (footballer, born 1988)

is Japanese professional athlete.  He is best known as a football player.
Absheron District

**Absheron Rayon**, also spelled as **Apsheron**, is a raion of Azerbaijan.  There is also an Absheron Peninsula, but they are not in the same area.

Absheron was started in 1963 by the Soviet government.  There are lots of historical monuments in Absheron. For example, in the village Aşağı Güzdək there are agricultural tools from the 19th century. In Goradile village, there is Abdurrahman mosque from the 19th century. Mosques from the 18th century are in Məmmədli. Ancient wells which provided water supply to people living in this territory are still used in Aşağı Güzdək and Xirdalan. Tombs from 8th - 18th centuries are also kept: in Fatmai, Digah, Masazir, Hökməli and Saray.

The name Absheron comes from the words 'ap shuran'.  This means 'place of salty water' in an ancient Iranian Azeri language.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Abşeron
- **type**: Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan, Raion
- **image map**: Absheron District in Azerbaijan 2021.svg
- **map caption**: Map of Azerbaijan showing Absheron Rayon
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Azerbaijan
- **population as of**: 2007
- **population total**: 101,300
- **area total km2**: 1,360
- **area code type**: Telephone code
- **area code**: 012
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Xirdalan, Xırdalan
Rayon

**Rayon**  is a manufactured reconstituted cellulose fiber. It is made from purified cellulose. This is mainly from wood pulp, which is chemically changed into a soluble compound.  It is then dissolved and forced through a spinneret to produce filaments. These are chemically solidified, resulting in man-made fibres of nearly pure cellulose. Because rayon is manufactured from naturally occurring polymers, it is considered a semi-synthetic fiber.
Khizi District

**Khizi** (Xızı) is a raion of Azerbaijan. Its capital is the village of Xızı. This raion has the smallest number of people in Azerbaijan.  The raion has a large variety of landscapes. On the flat Caspian coast there are irrigated cattle and chicken-breeding lowlands around Shurabad. West of Giläzi, the Xızı road goes through semi-desert landscapes known as the Candy Cane Mountains. Around 10 km west of Xızı town, the green, heavily forested hills around Alti Agach which are the Altyaghach National Park. The national park is home to the rare East Caucasian Tur, a mountain dwelling goat antelope found only in the eastern half of the Caucasus Mountains.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Xızı (Khizi)
- **type**: Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan, Rayon
- **image map**: Khizi District in Azerbaijan 2021.svg
- **map caption**: Map of Azerbaijan showing Khizi Rayon
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Azerbaijan
- **population as of**: 1999
- **population total**: 13,080
- **area total km2**: 1,850
- **area code type**: Telephone code
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Xızı (town), Xızı
Patsy Kensit

**Patricia Jude Francis Kensit** (born 4 March 1968) is a British actress, model, and singer. She was born in Hounslow, London to an Irish mother and English father.

Kensit's movie roles include _Absolute Beginners_, _Lethal Weapon 2_ and _Twenty-One_. She acted in soap opera _Emmerdale_ from 2004–2006 and in medical drama _Holby City_ from 2007–2010.

Kensit was a contestant in the 2010 series of _Strictly Come Dancing_. She is a housemate in the January 2015 series of Celebrity Big Brother (UK).

Kensit is a Roman Catholic. She has been married to four musicians: Dan Donovan (1988–1991), Jim Kerr (1992–1996), Liam Gallagher (1997–2000) and Jeremy Healy (2009–2010). The first three marriages ended in divorce. She is separated from her fourth husband. She has two sons - one by Kerr and one by Gallagher.
Lethal Weapon

***Lethal Weapon*** is a 1987 American buddy cop action movie. It was directed by Richard Donner and produced by him and Joel Silver. It was written by Shane Black. It stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as LAPD sergeants. Gibson plays narcotics sergeant Martin Riggs and Glover plays homicide sergeant Roger Murtaugh. They are very different from each other. However, they have to work together to stop a gang of heroin smugglers, including characters played by Gary Busey and Mitchell Ryan.

It is the first in a series of four movies.

## Cast

- Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs
- Danny Glover as Roger Murtaugh
- Gary Busey as Jack Joshua
- Mitchell Ryan as Peter McAllister
- Tom Atkins as Michael Hunsaker
- Darlene Love as Trish Murtaugh
- Jackie Swanson as Amanda Hunsaker
- Traci Wolfe as Rianne Murtaugh
- Damon Hines as Nick Murtaugh
- Ebonie Smith as Carrie Murtaugh
- Steve Kahan as Captain Murphy
- Mary Ellen Trainor as Dr. Stephanie Woods
- Ed O'Ross as Mendez
- Lycia Naff as Dixie
- Jimmie F. Skaggs as Drug Dealer #1
- Jason Ronard as Drug Dealer #2
- Blackie Dammett as Drug Dealer #3
- Al Leong as Endo
- Jack Thibeau as McCaskey
- Grand Bush as Boyette
- Henry Brown as Plainclothes Cop
Macedonian phalanx

The **Macedonian phalanx** is an infantry formation developed by Philip II. It was used by his son Alexander the Great to conquer the Persian Empire. The formation was made up of spearmen carrying 18 to 20 ft (5.56 m) long pikes. These were called **sarissas**. They were two-handed; the smaller shields were slung over the left shoulder.

The Macedonian phalanx was impregnable from the front, but vulnerable from the sides and back, where it could be attacked by the enemy cavalry. Therefore, the system required protection, which it got from the Macedonian cavalry, which was the most flexible force. At the start of a battle, Alexander used the phalanx to pin down the enemy. His heavy cavalry would drive the enemy horse from the field, and then charge selected opponents or exposed enemy unit flanks. Then, the phalanx would move against the centre.

The early Greek city states often fought on narrow valley floors, where cavalry was not so important. Often, there was little or no cavalry. But in the Greco-Persian Wars, the battles were fought on more open land, where cavalry was a great force. An example of this is the Battle of Gaugamela. There, Alexander manoeuvered to the right to prevent a double envelopment from the Persian army. Darius commanded his cavalry on his left flank to check the oblique movement of the Greeks by attacking their cavalry. Alexander's Companion cavalry then charged the weakened enemy center where Darius was posted and were followed by the phalanx formation.
Confectionery

**Confectionery** or **sweets** is a type of food that has a lot of sugar in it and is very sweet. It often includes things that are rich in artificial sweeteners, flavours and colourings. The words **candy** (North America), **sweets** (UK and Ireland) and **lollies** (Australia and New Zealand) are also used for the many kinds of confections. Confections are usually low in nutrients but rich in calories. Sweets can come from anywhere.
Sustainable seafood

For thousands of years, people have caught and eaten fish and seafood. Today this has become a problem: The population has increased, and more fish and seafood need to be caught to feed all the people. This means that the populations of fish have less time to regenerate, and they get depleted, which is known as overfishing. **Sustainable seafood** is the idea of catching the fish, without putting the ecosystem they come from in danger. Sustainable seafood is either caught wild, or it is farmed, but without endangering the ecosystem, and giving the stocks a chance to grow. There are different non-profit organizations that watch over these rules. Special _labels_ have been created so the consumer can see that the fish or seafood was bred or caught in accordance with these rules.
Pacifica, California

**Pacifica** is a city in San Mateo County, California.  It is on the coast of the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay.

### Top employers

According to the City's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:

|#|Employer|# of Employees|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1|Pacifica School District|307|
|2|City of Pacifica|287|
|3|Safeway|214|
|4|Jefferson Union High School District|170|
|5|Lucky|125|
|6|Rite Aid|52|
|7|Recology of the Coast|50|
|8|Ross|48|
|9|North Coast County Water District|22|

### Primary and secondary schools

The public elementary and middle school district, known as Pacifica School District, (formerly the Laguna Salada School District), consists of Vallemar, Cabrillo, Ingrid B. Lacy, Sunset Ridge, Ortega, Linda Mar and Ocean Shore schools. Pacifica has one private high school and two public high schools which are part of the Jefferson Union High School District.

### Public libraries

Peninsula Library System operates the Pacifica-Sanchez Library and the Pacifica-Sharp Park Library.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Pacifica, California
- **settlement type**: List of municipalities in California, City
- **image skyline**: Storm in Pacifica.jpg
- **image caption**: A storm in Pacifica
- **image seal**: Seal of Pacifica, California.gif
- **image blank emblem**: Logo of Pacifica, California.png
- **blank emblem type**: Logo
- **nickname**: The fog capital of California
- **image map**: San Mateo County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Pacifica Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250x200px
- **map caption**: Location in San Mateo County, California, San Mateo County and the state of California
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: State
- **subdivision name1**: California
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in California, County
- **subdivision name2**: San Mateo County, California, San Mateo
- **established title**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date**: November 22, 1957
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total sq mi**: 12.59
- **area land sq mi**: 12.58
- **area water sq mi**: 0.01
- **area total km2**: 32.61
- **area land km2**: 32.59
- **area water km2**: 0.02
- **area water percent**: 0.07
- **elevation ft**: 82
- **elevation m**: 25
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 38640
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **timezone**: Pacific Time Zone, Pacific
- **utc offset**: -8
- **timezone dst**: PDT
- **utc offset dst**: -7
- **postal code type**: ZIP codes
- **postal code**: 94044, 94045
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 650, 650
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature IDs
- **blank1 info**: ,
Howlin' Wolf

**Chester Arthur Burnett** (10 June 1910 – 10 January 1976), known as **Howlin' Wolf**, was an American blues singer. He was born on a plantation near Ruleville, Mississippi. Burnett tried to emulate the singing style of Jimmie Rodgers, a white, country yodeler.  Although he never mastered the yodeling technique, his distinctive style earned him the nickname of "The Wolf".

Burnett traveled around the Mississippi delta for nearly twenty years singing with famous blues artists, including Robert Johnson and Sonny Boy Williamson.  In 1949, the Wolf moved to Chicago and spent time with Muddy Waters.  They recorded for Chess Records.  While Waters toured the country performing, Burnett began to play at several of the Chicago clubs frequented by Waters. After Burnett was embraced by the Chicago R&B scene, a rivalry developed between him and Waters.

The Wolf had a series of hits in the 1950s, including "Moanin' at Midnight", "Killing Floo", "How Many More Years", "I Ain't Smart", and "Smokestack Lightin'".
Hercule Poirot

**Hercule Poirot** is a fictional detective. He was created by Agatha Christie. He was in 33 novels and 51 short stories. The stories were published between 1920 and 1975.

Poirot has been portrayed on radio, on screen, for films and television. Some of the actors who played him are John Moffatt, Albert Finney, Sir Peter Ustinov, Sir Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina and David Suchet.

## Related pages

- Miss Marple

## Other websites

- Hercule Poirot at the official Agatha Christie website

## Infobox (character)

- **name**: Hercule Poirot
- **caption**: David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
- **creator**: Agatha Christie
- **first**: _The Mysterious Affair at Styles_
- **last**: _Curtain (novel), Curtain_
- **voice**: Kōtarō Satomi
- **gender**: Male
- **nationality**: Belgian
- **occupation**: Private investigator
Police officer (former occupation)
- **family**: Jules-Louis Poirot (father)
Godelieve Poirot (mother)
- **religion**: Catholic Church, Catholic
- **lbl21**: Birth date and place
- **data21**: c. 1854–1873
Spa, Belgium, Spa, Wallonia, Belgium
Oligochaete

**Oligochaetes** are a subclass of worms in the phylum Annelida.

With around 10,000 species the Oligochaetes make up about a half of the phylum Annelida. These worms usually have few chaetae or "bristles" on the outer body surface, unlike polychaetes. The best known is the garden earthworm.

Oligochaetes are segmented worms and most have a spacious body cavity (coelom) which is used as a hydroskeleton. They range in length from less than 0.5 millimetres (0.020 in) up to 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 ft) in the 'giant' species such as the Giant Gippsland Earthworm and the Mekong Worm _Amynthas mekongianus_.
Worm

A **worm** is a bilateral animal. It usually has no arms or legs, and a slender cylinder-like body.

Worms come in many different sizes. Some species are very small, while the bootlace worm has been known to grow up to nearly 60 meters (almost 200 feet). One of the best-known types of worms are earthworms.

Worm is not a term used by itself in animal classification. There are worms which belong to several phyla. Examples of worms include: Annelids, nematodes, platyhelminthes, ribbon worms, arrow worms, priapulid worms, and some insect larvae. They are all animals which may be called 'worms'.

- The Platyhelminthes includes the flatworms, tapeworms, and flukes. They have a flat, ribbon or leaf-shaped body with a pair of eyes at the front. Some are parasites.
- The second group has the threadworms, roundworms, and hookworms. This phylum is called the Nematoda.
- The third group is the segmented worms: the Annelids. Their bodies are divided into segments or rings. Among these worms are the earthworms and the bristle worms of the sea.

Many unrelated insect larvae are called "worms", such as the railroad worm, woodworm, glowworm, bloodworm, inchworm, mealworm, silkworm, and woolly bear worm.

Worms may also be called helminths, particularly in medical terminology when referring to parasitic worms, especially the Nematoda (roundworms) and Cestoda (tapeworms). "Helminthology" is the study of parasitic worms. When a human or an animal, such as a dog or horse, is said to "have worms", it means that it is infested with parasitic worms, typically roundworms or tapeworms. Deworming kills off the worms that have infected a human or animal by giving anthelmintic drugs.

"Ringworm" is not a worm at all, but a skin fungus.

## Informal grouping

Worms include several groups. The three main phyla are:

- Platyhelminthes, includes the flatworms, tapeworms, and flukes. They have a flat, ribbon- or leaf-shaped body with a pair of eyes at the front. Some are parasites.
- Nematoda, contains the threadworms, roundworms, and hookworms. Threadworms may be microscopic, such as the vinegar eelworm, or more than 1-metre (3 feet) long. They are found in damp earth, moss, decaying substances, fresh water, or salt water. Some roundworms are also parasites: the Guinea worm, for example, gets under the skin of the feet and legs of people living in tropical countries.
- Annelida, consists of the segmented worms, with bodies divided into segments or rings. Among these worms are the earthworms and the bristle worms of the sea.

## Related pages

- Allothrissops
Bush Doctor

***Bush Doctor*** is the fourth studio album from Peter Tosh. It was released in 1978. One of the songs on it is a duet with Mick Jagger on "Don't Look Back".
MMO

**MMO** may refer to:

## Organizations

- Marine Management Organisation, a non-departmental public body of the UK Government
- Music Minus One, a music industry company

## Science, technology, and biology

- Marine Mammal Observer, a professional in environmental consulting
- Methane monooxygenase, an enzyme
- Mixed metal oxide, a type of electrode
- Matyas-Meyer-Oseas (cryptography), a construction to build a hash function from a block cipher
- Mach Maximum Operating (M<sub>MO</sub>), a speed limit shown on a machmeter
- Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, a key component of the ESA-led Mercury mapper BepiColombo
- Mini-Mag Orion, a proposed type of spacecraft propulsion

## Other uses

- Massively multiplayer online game, a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously
- Means, motive, and opportunity, three aspects of a crime (U.S.)
- Melton Mowbray railway station, National Rail station code MMO (England)
- Minimum Municipal Obligation, minimum contribution to a pension plan
Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation

***Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation*** (abbreviated _MC3_) is a shooter game by the developer and publisher Gameloft. It was released end October 2011 for iOS devices and mid December for Android devices. It is a sequel to 2009's _Modern Combat: Sandstorm_ and 2010's _Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus_.

## Plot

In the backstory to the game, terrorists from North Korea, Pakistan and Russia have formed an alliance with the name _K.P.R._. Led by General Popovich and General Tong, the K.P.R. alliance declared war to the United States. After they hacked the U.S. defense network down, K.P.R. went on US territory and deployed several big weapons in American cities.

The game begins in Los Angeles, as Corporal James Walker and his team are going into the NSA building. They need to secure important information in the building. After some successful missions, Walker is contacted by Sergeant Downs. Then, Walker is in the "Phantom Unit". They are then sent on a mission to Alaska to locate and secure a missing group of American soldiers.

Later, Phantom Unit goes to Pakistan. They have to capture Edward Page, a former US Ranger who has joined the K.P.R. Alliance. After his capture, Page says that General Tong is planning to bomb America from North Korea. The squad can kill Tong, but after a while Popovich captures Downs and Walker. A nuclear missile is then launched to destroy Seattle. As prisoners of K.P.R., they can escape after a while, destroy the nuclear weapons. After that, the US miliary can end the KPR threat by retaking American ground.

## Reception

As with both _Sandstorm_ and _Black Pegasus_, _Fallen Nation_ has received relatively positive reviews.

Slide to Play rated the game a 4/4, saying "_Modern Combat 3_ is a gorgeous, adrenaline rush of a game that capably answers the (mobile) call of duty.

IGN gave the game an 8.5/10 and called it "a huge, intense, and polished shooter. _Modern Combat 3_ is the best FPS on mobile devices"

TouchArcade also gave a positive review, concluding that "if you want to play first person shooters on your iOS device, _Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation_ is a must-buy game."

## Infobox (vg)

- **title**: Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation
- **developer**: In-house
- **publisher**: Gameloft, Gameloft Montreal
- **released**: 27th October 2011
- **genre**: First-person shooter
- **modes**: Single-player video game, Single-player, multiplayer video game, multiplayer
- **platforms**: iOS, Android (operating system), Android
Reactivity series

In introductory chemistry, the **reactivity series** or **activity series** is an empirical series of metals, in order of chemical reactivity from highest to lowest. It is used to summarize information about the chemical reactions of metals with acids and water, single displacement reactions and the extraction of metals from their ores. The elements at a higher level are more reactive, whereas the elements at a lower level are less reactive.

The reactivity series reads as follows, starting at the most reactive, going down to the least reactive:

- Cobalt Co
- Nickel Ni
- Tin Sn
- Lead Pb
- Hydrogen H
- Antimony Sb
- Bismuth Bi
- Copper Cu
- Tungsten W
- Mercury Hg
- Silver Ag
- Gold Au
- Platinum Pt
 h
Vidal Sassoon

**Vidal Sassoon** (17 January 1928 - 9 May 2012) was a British hairdresser. He was born in Hammersmith, London to Sephardi Jewish parents. He moved to New York in the late 1960s. He later moved to Los Angeles, California. Sassoon was married four times. The first three marriages ended in divorce. His second marriage was to Canadian actress Beverly Adams (born 1940). The couple had three children together and adopted another. Sassoon was diagnosed with leukemia in 2009 and died at his Bel Air, Los Angeles home. His fourth marriage lasted until his death.
Amanda Redman

**Amanda Jacqueline Redman** (born 12 August 1957) is a British actress. She was born in Brighton.

Redman's movie roles include Deedee Dove in _Sexy Beast_. Her television roles include _At Home with the Braithwaites_ and _New Tricks_.

Redman's aunt was actress Joyce Redman (1915-2012). Redman married actor Robert Glenister (born 1960) in 1984. Their daughter Emily Glenister was born in 1987. The couple divorced in 1992.
Special forces

**Special forces**, or **special operations forces** are military units used to trained to perform unconventional (not ordinary), difficult, often high-risk missions. They are highly-trained and are the most important units in the world. Because of the hard training and the high risk, there are not many special forces units. Those elite units are often used to operate deep behind enemy lines. In a war they are also used for unconventional warfare.

## Military special forces

Because special forces are really rare, they mostly have to do unusual, difficult things like:
- Gathering intelligence
- Destroying targets (for example bunkers, ports, missiles etc.)
- Protecting and rescueing important people
- Commando
- Reconnaissance
- Military diving (frogmen or combat divers)
- Paratrooper (airborne forces)
- Unconventional warfare

## History

Special forces were very important in the history of warfare where war is more defined as "hit and run" and sabotage, and not traditional army combat where quantity was more important than quality.

The Chinese strategist _Jiang Ziya_ said about 1,000 B.C. ago that such elite units had many advantages, recruiting talented and motivated men to be serving in specialised units should be more important than other things.

Special forces were formed in the early 20th century, during World War I. In this "big" war, military operations inside enemy territory showed tactical benefits.  They were often used to sabotage enemy infrastructure like radio stations, which are important for communication between the troops.

Special forces units gained more importance during World War II, when technology became more important. The Special Forces of the United States Army, formed at that time, specialize in helping local guerilla forces and training them.

## Examples

- the British Special Air Service (SAS), ~500 men
- the American Delta Force unit, ~1.100 men
- the United States Navy SEALs, ~2.400 men
- the Polish GROM, ~300 men