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Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil (Old Norse: Yggdrasill) is the name of the immense cosmic tree that serves as the connection between the Nine Worlds in Norse mythology. Known as the World Tree, Yggdrasil was said to lie at the very center of the universe, supported by three roots which extend far away into varying locations. Various creatures dwell within Yggdrasil. Upon the onset of Ragnarok, Yggdrasil will shudder and groan, ultimately crumbling as the universe meets its end.
Yggdrasil and Its Structure
Yggdrasil's roots extend into three locations: Urdarbrunnr (Old Norse: "Well of Urdr"), Hvergelmir (Old Norse: "bubbling" or "boiling spring"), and Mimisbrunnr (Old Norse: "Well of Mimir"). As seen in the Poetic Edda poem, Grimnismal (Old Norse: "Sayings of Grimnir"), various creatures dwell within the World Tree, including:
Nidhoggr (Old Norse: Nidhoggr - "Malice striker"), a massive dragon/serpent-like being that gnaws at its root(s), an unnamed eagle, and the hawk Vedrfolnir (Old Norse: "wind bleached" or "wind-witherer"), who sits between its eyes, along with the four stags Dainn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr, and Durathror.
The Three Norns (Old Norse: Nornir) - Urdr (Old Norse: "fate"), Verdandi (Old Norse: possibly "happening" or "present"), and Skuld (Old Norse: possibly "debt" or "future") - attend to Yggdrasil, weaving the fates of both gods and men.
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Places in Norse mythology
Boone, North Carolina

Boone is a town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 17,122 people live in Boone.
Towns in North Carolina
County seats in North Carolina
Luo Haocai

Luo Haocai (; March 1934 - 12 February 2018) was a Chinese legal scholar, Supreme Court judge, and politician. He was born in Singapore. He served as professor and Vice President of Peking University, Vice President of the Supreme People's Court, Chairman of the China Zhi Gong Party (Public Interest Party), and Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Luo died in Beijing on 12 February 2018 at the age of 83.
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1934 births
2018 deaths
Chinese politicians
Chinese academics
Judges
Bormes-les-Mimosas

Bormes-les-Mimosas is a commune of 8,223 people (2018). It is in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur in the Var department in southeast France.
The Fort de Bregancon is in the commune. It is the official retreat of the President of the French Republic since 1968.
Places of interest
Place St-Francois
La chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Constance
Eglise St-Trophyme
La chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Constance
Chateau des Seigneurs de Foz
Musee "Arts et Histoire"
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Communes in Var
Ian Pieris

Ian Pieris (14 March 1933 - 1 January 2016) was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer. He was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was an important figure in Sri Lankan sports. He was a former president of Sri Lanka Cricket (1989, 1990-1991).
Pieris also had a long cricket career playing as a top-order batsman for St. Thomas' College and as a right-arm opening bowler for Singhalese Sports Club, Cambridge University and All-Ceylon. He retired from sports activities in 2003 due to health problems.
Pieris died at the age of 82 in Colombo, Sri Lanka from a long illness.
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Other websites
Biography
1933 births
2016 deaths
Sri Lankan cricketers
People from Colombo
Malinalco Municipality

Malinalco is a municipality of the state of Mexico.
Municipalities of Mexico (state)
Ada, Alabama

Ada is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States.
Settlements in Montgomery County, Alabama
Unincorporated communities in Alabama
Basalt

Basalt is a common grey to black rock. It is pushed out (extruded) by volcanos. The lava is rich in magnesium and iron. It has olivine and pyroxene minerals which make it dark in colour. Basalt is usually fine-grained because the lava cools rapidly on the Earth's surface. Flood basalts are commonplace, formed by lava pouring out and solidifying.
On Earth, most basalt magmas have formed by the hot molten mantle. Basalt is a type of intrusive rock meaning it forms inside of the volcano. Basalt has also formed on Earth's Moon, Mars, Venus, and even on the asteroid Vesta.
The crustal portions of oceanic tectonic plates are made mostly of basalt, produced from upwelling mantle below mid-ocean ridges.
Unweathered basalt is black or grey. Basalt blocks are often used for roads and pavements (sidewalks), and for houses and other buildings. It is hard-wearing and heat resistant.
Basalt can be made into fibre. Basalt fibre is often used as a safe replacement for asbestos. Intense heat and pressure can change basalt into its metamorphic rock equivalent. The rocks known as greenstone are basalt which has been metamorphised. See metamorphic rock for more details.
Minerals
Igneous rocks
Province of Seville

Province of Seville () is a province of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. Its capital is Seville. It is majority Muslim.
Provinces of Spain
Andalusia
Jump boot

Jump boots are the combat boots worn by paratroopers. They have calf-length lacing and hard toes. During World War II, many countries came up with their own type of jump boots. The uppers are usually made of smooth black leather that is easy to shine. It is also a paratrooper tradition to lace jump boots in a ladder or cobweb style which increases ankle support during a parachute jump.
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Boots
List of municipalities of the Province of Terni

The following is a list of the 33 communes of the Province of Terni, Umbria, in Italy.
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Lists of settlements in Europe
Michel Lévêque

Michel Leveque (born 19 July 1933) is a French diplomat and politician. From 1997 to 2000 he was Minister of State of Monaco.
He was the French ambassador to Libya (1985-1989), Morocco (1991-1993), Brazil (1993-1994) and Algeria (1995-1997).
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Living people
1933 births
Ministers of State of Monaco
Ambassadors of France
Hive (movie)

Hive is a 2021 Kosovan Swiss Albanian Macedonian drama movie directed by first time director Blerta Basholli and starring Yllka Gashi, Cun Lajci, Aurita Agushi, Kumrije Hoxha, Adriana Matoshi, Molike Maxhuni, Blerta Ismaili. It was released on November 5, 2021 in the United States.
Other websites
2021 drama movies
Kosovan movies
Swiss drama movies
Albanian movies
Macedonian movies
Fourcatier-et-Maison-Neuve

Fourcatier-et-Maison-Neuve is a commune. It is in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte in the Doubs department in east France.
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Communes in Doubs
Adora Svitak

Adora Lily Svitak (born October 15, 1997) is an American child prodigy. When she was seven her first book, Flying Fingers, was published around the world. Her second book, Dancing Fingers, was published in April 2008. In January 2009 Channel 4 showed a documentary about gifted children called The World's Cleverest Child and Me. Svitak was in it. On March 14, 2011 her first novel, Yang in Disguise, was published. In February 2010 Svitak gave a talk for TED called "What Adults Can Learn From Kids".
Personal life
Her mother, Joyce Can Zou Svitak, was born in China. She moved to the US in 1988. Her father, John Svitak, is a fourth generation Czech Republic migrant. He is a science and maths teacher.
Svitak is a feminist. She lives in Seattle. She goes to Redmond High School.
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Other websites
Official website
Writers from Portland, Oregon
American feminist writers
Child prodigies
1997 births
Living people
Writers from Seattle
Toshihiro Yoshimura

Toshihiro Yoshimura (born 28 June 1971) is a former Japanese football player.
Club career statistics
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1971 births
Living people
Footballers from Shizuoka Prefecture
Howie Dorough

Howard Dwaine Dorough (born August 22, 1973), also known as Howie D, is an American singer. He is a member of the boy band Backstreet Boys. As one of the five singers of the Backstreet Boys, Dorough is notable for his high falsetto. As a Backstreet Boy, he has sold over 130 million albums.
On August 16, 2007, Dorough announced his engagement to long-time girlfriend, Leigh Boniello. He asked her to marry him on New Year's Day of that year. The two were married on December 8, 2007. They have one son, James, born in 2009.
1973 births
Living people
Singers from Florida
People from Orlando, Florida
Backstreet Boys members
Lori Loughlin

Lori Loughlin (born July 28, 1964 in Queens, New York) is an American actress. She acts mostly on television but has acted in some movies. She played Rebecca in the television sitcom Full House and Debbie Wilson in 90210. she was played as a cast member in the TV Show Dream Love.
Loughlin and her husband were among dozens charged by the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office on March 12, 2019, in a large-scale nationwide college entrance exam cheating scandal.
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American television actors
Actors from New York City
1964 births
Living people
American movie actors
Vinita, Oklahoma

Vinita is a city in Oklahoma in the United States. It is the county seat of Craig County.
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County seats in Oklahoma
Cities in Oklahoma
Malcolm I of Scotland

Mail Choluim mac Domnail (Modern Gaelic: Mhaoil Chaluim mac Domhnall; 27 March 897 -- 3 December 954) often known as Malcolm I was the King of Scotland from 943 until his death in 954. He was the son of Donald II of Scotland and Sigurda Mac Causantin. He succeded his first cousin once removed, Constantine II, who succeded Malcolm's father.
Birth
Malcolm was born between 896 and 900 somewhere in Scotland. The place and exact time of his birth is unclear like many of the monarchs before him.
Reign
His reign began in 943, 100 years after Kenneth I. His reign lasted 11 years until 954. During his reign he married Bethoc. They had two children, Dub (later to be king) and Kenneth III (also to be king). He also may have had a child named Mogallus mac Malcolm, prince of Scots in 934, before becoming king.
Death
Malcolm died in 954. The throne went to Indulf, and later to his two sons Kenneth and Dub. After his death, many monarchs would take his name as king of Alba "Rex Alban" making him "according to some sources" the first king of Alba, instead of Constantine II.
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Kings and Queens of Scotland
9th-century births
954 deaths
10th century in Scotland
Tapaculo

The tapaculos (pronounced ta-pa-COO-lo) are a group of small passeriform birds. They have many species, and are found mostly in South America, especially in the Andean regions. Three species, the Choco, the Pale-throated and the Silvery-fronted Tapaculo, are found in southern Central America. Tapaculos nest in many places, from ground burrows to tree holes. Some make a ball nest in a bush.
References
Tyranni
Escobecques

Escobecques is a commune in Nord in north France. In 2019, 304 people lived there.
Other websites
INSEE commune file
Communes in Nord
Nelsan Ellis

Nelsan Ellis (November 30, 1977 - July 8, 2017) was an American actor and playwright. He was best known for his role as Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO series True Blood from 2008 to 2014. He also appeared in the movies The Butler (2013) and Get on Up (2014).
Ellis was born in Harvey, Illinois. He joined the United States Marines at the age of 17.
Ellis died of heart failure caused by alcohol withdrawal on July 8, 2017 in Brooklyn, New York. He was 39.
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Other websites
1977 births
2017 deaths
Actors from Illinois
African-American movie actors
African-American television actors
American playwrights
Deaths from heart failure
Writers from Illinois
Tropical Storm Nalgae

Typhoon Nalgae, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Paeng, was a instense severe tropical cyclone to hit the northern entire of the Philippines.
On October 26 the JTWC issued in its TCFA bulletin that a low pressure near in the Philippines was a develop potential as tropical depression, The other agency designated it as Invest 93W, However the PAGASA has already of the disturbance and it gave of PAGASA to a local name Paeng, A 16th tropical cyclone and the 4th in the month of October 2022 in the Philippines.
History
As of 9:00 UTC, PST+8 October 27, in the Philippines Tropical Storm Nalgae (Paeng) is located about 545 nautical miles (1,010 km; 625 mi) east-southeast of Manila, Philippines. Maximum 10-minute sustained winds are at 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph), with gusts up to 50 knots (95 km/h; 60 mph), while maximum 1-minute sustained winds are at 30 knots (55 km/h; 35 mph). The minimum central barometric pressure is 996 hPa (29.41 inHg), and the system is moving west at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph).
Typhoon Storm Warning Signal
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2022 disasters in Asia
Nalgae
Nalgae
Nalgae
Capitulation of Alexandria

The Capitulation of Alexandria was an important event in the struggle between France and Great Britain for influence in the Middle East around 1800.
The French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798-1801) was part of Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in the East. His plan was to protect French trade, undermine Britain's access to India and establish scientific entreprise in the region. His Mediterranean campaign of 1798, a series of naval engagements that included the capture of Malta, prepared the way for the attack on Egypt. In July, he defeated British and Mamluk forces at the Battle of the Pyramids and took control of Egypt.
The British responded at the Battle of the Nile, in 1798, when the Royal Navy, under Horatio Nelson, defeated the French fleet, which was almost completely destroyed, off the coast of Egypt. That changed the balance of power between the two nations at war in the Mediterranean.
On land in Egypt, the French were opposed by a joint force of British and Ottoman troops. The defeated French retreated to Alexandria, the second city of Egypt, where the British-led force surrounded them. On 30 August 1801, French General Jacques-Francois Menou offered to surrender and proposed terms. The terms were adjusted and then agreed. The event and the treaty is known as the Capitulation of Alexandria.
The articles of the treaty included this:
"the Arabian manuscripts, the statues, and the other collections which have been made for the French Republic, shall be considered as public property, and subject to the disposal of the generals of the combined army".
That made Britain get hold of the Rosetta Stone and other Egyptian antiquities, which had bee collected by the French Commission des Sciences et des Arts and the scholars of the Institut d'Egypte.
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Treaties of France
Wars involving England
Wars involving France
Alexandria
Roasting

Roasting is a way of cooking. Something gets roasted if it is put over a fire, and some is burnt. The same effect can also be attained with a grill at a barbecue.
Meat
In different countries people like to roast different things. People usually roast meats such as pork, beef, chicken, lamb, and duck. The roasted meat, along with its accompanying vegetables, is often called a roast.
Most meat being roasted has to cook for a relatively long time, to ensure that it is cooked through. Variations to this include lamb and beef, which may be left "pink" or partially uncooked towards the centre.
Other
Other things can be roasted too. For example, vegetables, coffee and chocolate. Coffee and chocolate are always roasted.
Cooking methods
Seth Meyers

Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American actor, voice actor, screenwriter, producer, television host and comedian. He is best known for hosting NBC's Saturday Night Live news parody segment Weekend Update and the NBC talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers. The latter program premiered on February 24, 2014.
Meyers was born in Evanston, Illinois to Hillary and Lawrence Meyers. in 1996 he graduated from Northwestern University. After college he and his brother Josh moved to Amsterdam. They joined a comedy improv group called Boom Chicago. In 2001 he auditioned for producer Lorne Michaels of Saturday Night Live and joined the cast that same year.
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Other websites
1973 births
Living people
Actors from Evanston, Illinois
Comedians from Evanston, Illinois
Writers from Evanston, Illinois
Actors from New Hampshire
Writers from New Hampshire
American stand-up comedians
Jewish American actors
American television actors
American movie actors
American television personalities
Screenwriters from Illinois
American movie producers
American voice actors
Comedians from New Hampshire
David McKee

David John McKee (2 January 1935 - 6 April 2022) was a British writer and illustrator. His works were about children's books and animations. He was the United Kingdom's nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006.
McKee died on 6 April 2022 after a short illness, aged 87.
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1935 births
2022 deaths
British children's writers
British illustrators
Writers from Devon
Hughes County, South Dakota

Hughes County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,022, making it the least populous capital county in the nation, and the twelfth-most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Pierre, the state capital. The county was created in 1880 and named for Alexander Hughes, a legislator.
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1880 establishments in Dakota Territory
South Dakota counties
Ettendorf

Ettendorf is a commune. It is in Grand Est in the Bas-Rhin department in northeast France.
Communes in Bas-Rhin
Vanguardism

In the context of the theory of Leninist revolutionary struggle, vanguardism involves a strategy whereby the most class-conscious and politically "advanced" sections of the proletariat or working class, described as the revolutionary vanguard, form organizations in order to draw larger sections of the working class towards revolutionary politics and serve as manifestations of proletarian political power opposed to the bourgeois.
Communism
Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 - 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, writer and Catholic theologian. He was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France. His mother died when he was three years old. His father's name was Etienne. He had two sisters, Jaqueline and Gilberte. Pascal was completely educated by his father.His father was a tax collector. Pascal was considered a child prodigy. Though best known for his works in mathematics, including the creation of Pascal's Triangle, which is named after him, and developments in the field of probability, Pascal was also a scientist. He wrote in support of the scientific method and also contributed to physics. Later he wrote two books about Christianity. Also, the Pascal unit was named after him.
Pascal died in Paris, France at 39. He had several illnesses; it is not known which of them caused his death.
Pascal invented a form of counting machine which helped inventors create the calculator in the 20th century.
1623 births
1662 deaths
Disease-related deaths in Paris
French mathematicians
French physicists
Scientists from Paris
People from Clermont-Ferrand
Megawati Sukarnoputri

Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Soekarnoputri (born January 23, 1947), was President of Indonesia from July 23, 2001 to October 20, 2004. She was the Indonesia's first female President, and leader born after independence. On September 20, 2004, she lost her campaign for re-election in the 2004 Indonesian presidential election. She was also the country's vice president from 21 October 1999 to 23 July 2001. She is the daughter of Indonesia's first president, Sukarno.
Early life
Megawati was born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Her father is Indonesia's first President, Sukarno, and her mother is Fatmawati, one of Sukarno's nine wives. Megawati was Sukarno's second child and first daughter. She grew up in her father's Merdeka Palace, one of Indonesia's presidential palace. She used to dance for her father's guests and had a hobby of gardening. Megawati was 19 when her father gave up his power in 1966 and was taken over by a government which was later led by President Suharto.
Megawati studied agriculture at Padjadjaran University in Bandung but dropped out in 1967 to be with her father following his loss of power. In 1970, the year her father died, Megawati went to the University of Indonesia to study psychology but dropped out two years later.
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1947 births
Living people
Indonesian Muslims
Presidents of Indonesia
Vice-Presidents of Indonesia
Juab County, Utah

Juab County is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 11,786. The county seat is Nephi.
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Utah counties
John Breaux

John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American attorney and retired politician. He was a United States Senator from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the US House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987. He was a conservative Democrat.
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1944 births
Living people
United States senators from Louisiana
United States representatives from Louisiana
Democratic Party (United States) politicians
Lawyers from Louisiana
Businesspeople from Louisiana
Rowsch Shaways

Rowsch Nuri Shaways (Kurdish roej nwwry shwaeys; Arabic rwz nwry shwys; 1947 - 15 February 2021) was a Kurdish politician. He was the first Prime Minister of the KDP-controlled part of Kurdistan.
He was one of Iraq's two vice presidents in the interim government in 2004. He was a Deputy Prime Minister in the government headed by Ibrahim al-Jaafari and later held the same post under Nouri al-Maliki.
He also was Deputy Prime Minister under Haider Al-Abadi from 8 September 2014 to 9 August 2015.
He was speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly in the Kurdish autonomous region. Shaways was a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
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1947 births
2021 deaths
Vice presidents of Iraq
Made in Heaven

Made in Heaven is Queen's fifteenth and final studio album, released in November 1995. After Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, the remaining band members John Deacon, Roger Taylor and Brian May worked with vocals that Mercury had previously recorded, along with newly recorded lyrics by the remaining band members. Made In Heaven was the last studio album performed by all four original band members.
Track listing
"It's a Beautiful Day"
"Made in Heaven"
"Let Me Live "
"Mother Love"
"My Life Has Been Saved"
"I Was Born to Love You"
"Heaven for Everyone"
"Too Much Love Will Kill You"
"You Don't Fool Me"
"A Winter's Tale"
"It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise)"
"Yeah"
"Track 13"
References
Queen (band) albums
1995 albums
Amanda Cottreau

Amanda Cottreau is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter based in Ottawa. Amanda is a member of songwriters association of Canada. Amanda made it to round 2 of CBC searchlight contest 2015 with Lady Lover and featured vocalist on a second song, Little Bird.
Career
Amanda begun her musical career as a lead background vocals in a worship band from 1998-2003 which was based in Kingston, Ontario. Later she worked with Ryan Potter, an Ottawa-based musician and producer. In November 2010, Amanda released her first solo album Universe in a Soft Shell. In 2012, one of the track named Couldn't Wait from the album Universe in a Soft Shell was featured on TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Amanda has performed over a hundred shows between Ontario, Quebec & Nova Scotia along with Lucila Al Mar, JustJamaal & Raymundo Pizana.
Discography
References
Other websites
Canadian songwriters
Musicians from Ontario
Renan Contar

Renan Barbosa Contar (born December 25, 1983) is a Brazilian politician, currently a state deputy for Mato Grosso do Sul. He is currently running in the second round for the government of Mato Grosso do Sul.
He attended the Preparatory School of Cadets for the Army in 2002 in Campinas, Brazil.
He graduated from the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras in 2006 in Resende.
Graduated from the Escola de Aperfeicoamento de Oficiais - EsAO, in 2017.
Fluent in English and Spanish.
References
1983 births
Living people
Brazilian politicians
Rebreuve-Ranchicourt

Rebreuve-Ranchicourt is a commune. It is found in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in the Pas-de-Calais department in the north of France.
Communes in Pas-de-Calais
Lonoke County, Arkansas

Lonoke County is a county of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,015. The county seat is Lonoke. It was founded on April 16, 1873.
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1873 establishments in Arkansas
Arkansas counties
Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Magdolna Hargitay (born January 23, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actress. She is best known for her role on the television series Law & Order, SVU. She is also the daughter of actors Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay.
Career
Hargitay plays Detective Olivia Benson on the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Olivia is a sex-crimes detective who works with people and children who have been abused, assaulted, raped, molested, and otherwise victimized.
Hargitay was inspired by the sad stories she learned on SVU, and she created the real-life Joyful Heart Foundation in 2004. The Joyful Heart Foundation helps real-life survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
References
Other websites
1964 births
Living people
American television actors
Actors from Santa Monica, California
La Celette

La Celette is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. About 192 people lived there in January 2019.
Population
References
Communes in Cher
Tropical climate

A tropical climate is a type of climate typical in the tropics. It is a humid climate in which all twelve months have mean temperatures above 18degC (64.4 degF). Some tropical areas have rainfall throughout the year, usually in the afternoon. Others have a wet season and a dry season, for example because of monsoon. The usual tropical climate is hot, humid and wet. Cold weather things like frost, and cold weather precipitation like snow never happen in a tropical climate. One famous area of tropical climate is the Amazon rainforest, which has high biodiversity.
Some tropical areas are dry, which makes them savannas. A few places near the equator, such as Mount Kilimanjaro, are high mountains and cold for that reason.
Examples of tropical climates
Rainforests
Savanna
Semi-arid
Koppen climate classifications
1981 Irish hunger strike

The 1981 Irish Hunger Strike was a hunger protest in Northern Ireland by Irish republican prisoners during the Troubles. During the protest, seven prisoners from the Provisional Irish Republican Army and three from the Irish National Liberation Army starved themselves to death in the hunger strike. The first to die, Bobby Sands, was elected as a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom during his hunger strike.
Deaths
By the end of the protest 10 prisoners had died. Their names, paramilitary affiliation, dates of death, and length of hunger strike are as follows:
1981 in the United Kingdom
1980s in Northern Ireland
Deaths from starvation
20th-century protests
Provisional Irish Republican Army
Suicides in the United Kingdom
Knot

A knot is a fixed looping of a piece of string or rope. Knots are often used for binding things together. While a knot is often made from rope, it can also be made from many other things. In fact, a knot is actually the condition a long flexible object is in. For example, hair can be tied in a knot. The ends of balloons are tied in a knot to prevent the air from escaping. The average person over 5 or so years of age is likely capable of tying a knot; most of these knots people tie are probably with their shoelaces. Ribbons are also tied in a knot so as to appear pretty, as when wrapped around a gift. In addition, knots are also made by sailors in many different forms and for many different purposes. There are even people who have adopted knot-making as a hobby.
Related pages
List of knots
More reading
Basic English 850 words
Armando Francioli

Armando Francioli (October 21, 1919 - April 6, 2020) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than fifty movies, beginning in 1942. Francioli was born in Rome. His best known roles were in The Pharaohs' Woman, The Opium Den and in Hawk of the Caribbean.
Francioli died in Rome on April 6, 2020 at the age of 100.
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1919 births
2020 deaths
Italian movie actors
Italian television actors
Italian stage actors
Italian centenarians
Actors from Rome
Nina Kraft

Nina Kraft (December 31, 1968 - August 17, 2020) was a German professional triathlete. She was born in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. Kraft was banned by the German Triathlon Federation (DTU) for one year, after a positive drug test.
Following her win at Ironman Germany in July 2004 Kraft crossed the finish line in first place a few months later in October at the Ironman World Championship as the apparent Ironman World Champion.
Kraft died from an illness in Germany on August 17, 2020 at the age of 51.
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1968 births
2020 deaths
Sportspeople from Lower Saxony
People from Braunschweig
German athletes
Triathletes
Derek Schmidt

Derek Larkin Schmidt (born January 23, 1968) is an American lawyer and politician. He was the Kansas Attorney General from 2011 to 2023. He is a Republican. He was a member of the Kansas Senate from 2001 to 2011.
As State Attorney General, Schmidt joined Donald Trump in challenging the results of the 2020 United States presidential election in an attempt to overturn the election results and Joe Biden's victory.
In March 2021, Schmidt announced his candidacy for governor of Kansas in the 2022 election. He lost the election to Governor Laura Kelly in November 2022.
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Living people
1968 births
Lawyers from Kansas
Politicians from Kansas
Republican Party (United States) politicians
State legislators of the United States
Danny Talbott

Joseph Daniel Talbott (November 1, 1944 - January 19, 2020) was an American football, baseball, and basketball player. He quarterbacked two seasons of football at UNC-Chapel Hill. He was named the ACC Player of the Year in 1966.
He was drafted 17th overall by the San Francisco 49ers before backing up quarterback Sonny Jurgensen for the Washington Redskins under Vince Lombardi. He also played baseball professionally in the Baltimore Orioles's minor league system.
Talbott was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He died on January 19, 2020 in Rocky Mount of cancer-related problems at the age of 75.
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Washington Redskins players
Cancer deaths in North Carolina
Sportspeople from North Carolina
People from Rocky Mount, North Carolina
American baseball players
American basketball players
2020 deaths
1944 births
Medial collateral ligament

The medial collateral ligament (often known as the tibial collateral ligament, or abbreviated to MCL) is one of the four major ligaments of the knee.
Other websites
The KNEEguru - an educational site with much knee content with sections on medial collateral ligament injuries
Skeletal system
Good Hope, Alabama

Good Hope is a city in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,483.
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Cities in Alabama
South Khorasan province

South Khorasan Province ( Ostan-e Khorasan-e Jonubi ) is a province in eastern Iran. Birjand is the centre of the province. Other major cities include Ferdows, Tabas and Qaen.
Related pages
Khorasan
Razavi Khorasan Province
North Khorasan Province
Other websites
The text of the law for division of Khorasan into three provinces (in Persian)
Cultural Heritage Foundation of Khorasan
Provinces of Iran
Naomi Piqué

Naomi Pique (born 12 June 2000) is a Dutch-born Surinamese footballer who plays as a right winger. She is a member of the Dutch Eredivisie club SBV Excelsior and the Suriname women's national team.
Club career
Pique startes her career with FC Delta Sports 95. She has played for ADO Den Haag in the Netherlands. After three seasons she moved to Excelsior in 2020. With the contract she became officially a professional football, but received a minimum amount of compensation fees.
International career
Pique made her debut for the Surinamese national team at the 2022 CONCACAF Championships qualification. After the competition, on the way back home, she was left together with two other players at the airport in Puerto Rico without a valid flight ticket, money and hotel stay. The three women started a boycot and didn't want to compete for the national team with the current management anymore. The boycot received media attentention. Pique was during this situation in the media explaining what happened and how the situation progressed.
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2000 births
Living people
Surinamese sportspeople
Female footballers
Sportspeople from Utrecht (city)
Dutch footballers
Immanuel Church, Stockholm

Immanuel Church () is church building located in the central parts of the town of Stockholm in Sweden. The church was designed by Sture Frolen. It was built in 1974. The lot it was built on earlier housed a tram depot at the intersection of Birger Jarlsgatan and Kungstensgatan.
The entire block consists of offices and a hotel. The block was built between 1970-1974 on behalf of the church. The church has been considered a nice example of 1970s modernist architecture. It is of major historical value according to the Stockholm City Museum.
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Churches in Stockholm
Hattrick (computer game)

Hattrick is an online football manager game created by Bjorn Holmer. It was released on 20 August 1997. The game has an estimated user amount of 1,000,000 (one million) spread in over 120 countries.
If one registers himself as user he will receive a team. The user will then play in a competition with other managers. The user has to care for the whole team. This can be done by buying and selling players, training players, creating tactics and by creating line ups.
Community
Hattrick has a 'strong' community. Because of that, not only the forums in-game are active but also those on other websites.
Hattrick Ltd.
Hattrick is property of Hattrick Ltd. The CEO is Johan Gustafson.
Other websites
Official website
Online games
1997 video games
Iphicles

In Greek mythology, Iphicles (, Iphikles) was the half brother of Herakles. His parents were Alkmene and her husband Amphitryon. His wife was Automedusa. Their son Iolaus was Herakles' charioteer.
People in Greek mythology
Chester, Iowa

Chester is a city in Iowa in the United States.
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Cities in Iowa
Ferndale, Washington

Ferndale is a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. The population was 11,415 at the 2010 census.
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Cities in Washington (state)
Miguel Romero

Miguel Alberto Romero Lugo (born February 17, 1970) is a Puerto Rican lawyer and politician. He is the Mayor of San Juan since 2021. He was also Secretary of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico from 2009 to 2012.
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1970 births
Living people
Mayors of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican lawyers
Lanark

Lanark is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is close to Carluke and Biggar. Lanark is approximately 40 miles from Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. William Wallace once lived there. There is a statue of Wallace on the town church. A plaque remembers where he "first drew sword to free his native land" in 1296, when he killed Heselrig, the English sheriff of Lanark. This event forms the start of the Mel Gibson film, Braveheart.
Lanark is also notable for its annual Lanimer celebrations, where local children on coloured floats parade through the streets along with marching pipe bands. A Lanimer Queen is elected from the children, and crowned in a ceremony at the foot of the High Street. A Lord Cornet is chosen from local businessmen, and acts as escort for the Queen for the events of Lanimer Week.
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Towns in South Lanarkshire
Alexandra (Lykrophon)

Alexandra is a work by the Greek poet Lykophron, who is only known through this work. It was written between 196 and 190 BC. The work has 1474 lines, which are done in jambic trimeters. This is what most Greek tragedies were written in.
Story
Paris left for Sparta, to abduct Helena, the wife of Menelaos. This was going to cause the Trojan War. Kassandra is left in the temple, guarded by someone instructed by Priamos, her father. The text is the report this guard gives to Priamos, about what Kassandra had said.
Kassandra (named ALexandra) first recalls how Herakles destroyed Troy. She then tells about the Trojan War. A large central part is devoted to how the Greek heroes return home. She tells about Odysseus, his travels, and how he went home to his wife Penelope. Penelope later kills him. Kassandra also tells how Aeneas successfully settled in Rome, and how Rome became a big empire. The final part of the poem is devoted to the eternal war between Europe and Asia, about the Persian Wars and Alexander the Great. Kassandra says that six generations after him, a relative will win over the Macendonians, which will end the warring. Kassandra's speech ends with resignation, as she cannot stop the events. The guard ends his speech with a blessing for the Trojans.
Language
The dark language of the poem comes from its vocabulary, its use of special, and old forms of words. Of about 3000 words of the poem, 518 words are only known from this poem, 117 occur in this poem for the first time. The main problems with this poem are that the persons are usually not named. Rather they are described with what they did. Geographical places are similarly unnamed, and only described using places in them. Many scholars have tried to identify places and people, in some cases this is no longer possible though.
Other websites
Alexandra - This is the Engilsh trandlation of A. W. Mair, Loeb Classical Library, vol. 129, London: Heinemann 1921
Publications about Lykophron at the Hellenistic Bibliography of the Unicersiy of Leiden
Classical Greek literature
2nd-century BC books
Andrew Fisher

Andrew Fisher (29 August 1862 - 22 October 1928) was the fifth Prime Minister of Australia. He was Prime Minister three times. His government helped create the Royal Australian Navy and make Australia's own paper money. When he retired he moved to London.
Fisher was born in Crosshouse, Scotland, where he was educated at the Crosshouse Primary School. At the age of 10 he left school to work in the coal mines. In 1885 he moved to Australia where he worked in the coal mines at Burrum and Gympie. He was elected to the Queensland Parliament in 1892. In 1901 he married Margaret Irvine. Fisher was elected in 1901 to the seat of Wide Bay in the first Australian parliament.
When Fisher was Prime Minister a number of important projects were undertaken. The Commonwealth Bank was set up, the Northern Territory of South Australia was transferred to the Commonwealth, the federal capital of Canberra was founded, and the construction of the trans-Australian railway line linking Perth to the other capital cities was begun. As well as introducing maternity allowances, Fisher acknowledged the need for greater political equality for women.
Andrew Fisher is one of Australia's most successful prime ministers because of the changes he made. He was the first prime minister to have a majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. He was able to have more than 110 Acts passed into law.
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Prime Ministers of Australia
1862 births
1928 deaths
Australian Labor Party politicians
Leaders of the Opposition (Australia)
Treasurers of Australia
Politicians from Queensland
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Lou Marcon

Louis Angelo Marcon (born May 28, 1935 in Fort William, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. His career included 60 games in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings.
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1935 births
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Detroit Red Wings players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Living people
Sportspeople from Thunder Bay
Gyula Gömbös

Gyula Gombos de Jakfa (26 December 1886 - 6 October 1936) was a Hungarian military officer and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1 October 1932 until his death on 6 October 1936. He was born in Murga, Austria-Hungary.
Gombos died in Munich, Germany from testicular cancer, aged 49.
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1886 births
1936 deaths
Cancer deaths in Germany
Deaths from testicular cancer
European military people
Prime Ministers of Hungary
Fat Bottomed Girls

"Fat Bottomed Girls" is a 1978 song by Queen and taken from their seventh studio album Jazz. It was a double A-side to Bicycle Race and went to number 7 in France, the Netherlands and Norway, number 10 in Ireland, number 11 in the United Kingdom, number 17 in Canada, number 20 in New Zealand and number 24 in the United States.
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1978 songs
Queen (band) songs
Hard rock songs
Glam rock songs
Yusuke Omi

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
Biography
Omi was born in Tokyo Metropolis on December 26, 1946. After graduating from Hosei University, he joined Hitachi in 1970. In 1972, the club won Japan Soccer League and Emperor's Cup. In 1973, the club won the 2nd place at Japan Soccer League and Emperor's Cup. He retired in 1974. He played 49 games and scored 8 goals in the league.
On August 4, 1970, Omi debuted for the Japan national team against Thailand. He also played at 1970 Asian Games. He played 5 games and scored 1 goal for Japan in 1970.
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|1970||5||1
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1946 births
Living people
Footballers from Tokyo Prefecture
Japan international footballers
Japan Soccer League players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Lassie Come Home (movie)

Lassie Come Home is a 1943 MGM movie directed by Fred Wilcox. It stars Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, and dog actor Pal. It tells the story of a dog who travels hundreds of miles to be reunited with the boy she loves. It is based on the 1940 book Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight.
The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color. The Lassie character became the main character in six other MGM "Lassie" movies. In 1993, Lassie Come Home was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
1943 movies
Movies based on books
Movies about dogs
Hofstetten bei Elgg

Hofstetten bei Elgg or Hofstetten was a municipality of the district Winterthur in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
On 1 January 2018, the former municipality of Hofstetten bei Elgg merged into the municipality of Elgg.
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Other websites
Official Website
Former municipalities of Zurich
Immortality

Immortality or eternal life is the idea of something which is alive that will stay alive forever. The opposite of immortality is mortality, which means a living thing can die. Right now, only a small number of living things are known to be immortal. These are mainly simple, lower forms of life like bacteria. Stories about immortal people or animals are popular in fiction and mythology, but not yet actually possible. Many religions say people have an immortal soul with an afterlife.
Some people have long used magic and science to look for a way to live forever. Others feel that death is what defines all living things, and as a natural part of life, should not be taken away.
Insurance actuaries have calculated that even if everyone were physically immortal, the average life span would still be only be 400 years because of the accident rate; eventually, everyone would die of a fatal accident and it would be very unusual to encounter anyone more than 800 years old. Therefore,physical or biological immortality is better termed indefinite life extension or anti-aging technology and it would seem that the only practical ways to achieve actual immortality is to upload one's mind into a supercomputer to live in virtual reality, or become a cyborg with a nearly indestructible and invincible body. Futurists such as Ray Kurzweil believe this will become possible about the year 2045 in the technological singularity.
The color amaranth represents immortality in Western civilization, while the color peach represents immortality in Chinese civilization.
References
Related pages
Philosopher's Stone
Fountain of Youth
Others websites
Immortality: A Taoist perspective
Dictionary of the history of Ideas: Death and Immortality
Immortality Institute - Advocacy and Research on Indefinite Lifespan Scientific and sociological discussions, activism, research
"Inventor Kurzweil Aiming to Live Forever"; RedNova
The Quest For Immortality
Immortality International - Life is a basic human right
Mormon Transhumanist Association
The Immortality of the Soul and the Resurrection of the Body by Heinrich J. Vogel
Life
Death
Your Contemporary

Your Contemporary () is a 1967 Soviet drama movie directed by Yuli Raizman. It stars Igor Vladimirov, Nikolai Plotnikov, and Antonina Maksimova.
Actors
Igor Vladimirov as Vassili Gubanov
Nikolai Plotnikov as Professor Nitochkyn
Antonina Maksimova as Yelisaveta Kondratyeva
Nina Gulyaeva as Soyka
Tatyana Nadezhdina as Katya
References
Other websites
1967 drama movies
Soviet drama movies
Movies directed by Yuli Raizman
Taxidermy

Taxidermy (which comes from the Greek word for "the arrangement of skin") is act of taking the skin of an animals and preserving it, by putting it on a fake body. If you perform taxidermy, you taxiderm. Taxidermed animals can be mounted and put on display, sometimes in a museum or a home. People who taxidermy animals are called taxidermists. Many hunters and fishermen taxidermine the animals they catch and kill for trophies. Ones that are on display in museums are used to make dioramas and for educational purposes. Some people taxiderm their pets and other street animals.
Biology
Cézan

Cezan is a commune in the Gers department. It is in southwestern France.
Related pages
Communes of the Gers department
Communes in Gers
Nandi (bull)

Nandi (, , , , ) is a bull that is pet of the Lord Shiva.
Hindu mythology
Carlos Delgado Chalbaud

Carlos Roman Delgado Chalbaud Gomez (20 January 1909 - 13 November 1950) was a Venezuelan career military officer.
He was the President of Venezuela from 1948 to 1950 as leader of a military junta.
In 1945, he was one of the high-ranking officers who brought to power the Democratic Action party by a coup d'etat.
In 1948, as a Minister of Defense, he led another military coup and lingered as the President until his assassination in Caracas.
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1909 births
1950 deaths
Presidents of Venezuela
Assassinated people
Murders by firearm
Mass Effect 2

Mass Effect 2 is a video game for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. It is made by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to Mass Effect and comes before Mass Effect 3. It is an action role-playing game. It is a third-person shooter game.
Gameplay
Save data from the first game can be used to influence choices made in this game.
Reception
The game was critically acclaimed.
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2010 video games
PlayStation 3 games
Xbox 360 games
Electronic Arts video games
Video game sequels
Sonny West (musician)

Joseph Sonny West (July 30, 1937 - September 8, 2022) was an American rock songwriter and musician. He was best known as the co-writer of two of Buddy Holly's best known songs; "Oh, Boy!" and "Rave On".
West died in Grove, Oklahoma on September 8, 2022, at the age of 85.
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1937 births
2022 deaths
American rock guitarists
American rock singers
Singer-songwriters from Texas
People from Lubbock, Texas