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Human rights in Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan's human rights record has been heavily criticized by various countries and scholars worldwide.
LGBT rights
Homosexuality is institutionally perceived as a form of mental disorder.
Male homosexuality is explicitly illegal and sodomy -- defined as sexual intercourse between men -- is punishable for a maximum term of five years under the Turkmen Legal code (Chapter 18; Section 35); prior to the 2019 amendment, the limit was two years under the 1997 code. No penal provisions exist for female homosexuality, who along with transsexuals are an invisible category in Turkmen law.
References
Turkmenistan
Politics of Turkmenistan
Moquegua

Moquegua is a city in Peru. It is the capital of Moquegua Region.
Cities in Peru
Capitals of regions of Peru
Digital media

Digital media (compared to analog media) is electronic media that works on digital codes. Today, computing is based on the binary numeral system, so the "digital" refers to the use of "0" and "1" to show data. Computers are machines that use binary digital data as information. Digital media ("Formats for presenting information" according to media) like digital audio, digital video and other digital "content" can be created, referred to and distributed by digital information processing machines. Digital media is a big change from (analog) media.
Digital and analog data
The transformation of an Analog signal to Digital information by an analog-to-digital converter is called sampling. According to information theory, sampling is a reduction of information. Most digital media are based on turning analog data into digital data and vice-versa (see digital recording, digital video, television versus digital television).
Working with digital media
Compared to analog data, digital data is easier to control, and can be made into many copies without losing any quality. Mathematical operations can be made into digital information regardless of its meaning (you can add "2" to the data "65" and view the result either as the hexadecimal number "43" or the letter "C"). Thus, it is possible to use the same compression operation onto a text file or an image file or a sound file.
Examples of digital media
Cellphones
Compact disc
Digital video
Digital television
e-book
Internet
Minidisc
Video game
World Wide Web
e-Commerce
and many interactive media
Related pages
Analog-to-digital converter
Content delivery
Digital asset management
Digital signal processing
eRhetoric
Electronic publishing
Other websites
"Reference Model for Electronic Business Media"
Digital MediaNecessary terms and definitions
Media
Richard Briers

Richard David Briers, CBE (14 January 1934 - 17 February 2013) was an English actor whose career has contained theatre, television, film and radio. Briers was born in Raynes Park, Surrey, England.
In 1961, Briers got the lead male role in Marriage Lines in the 1960s. It was in the next decade when he played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life that he made a household name. In the 1980s he starred in Ever Decreasing Circles. He from 2000 to 2002 came back to the spotlight with a leading role in Monarch of the Glen. Briers was the first narrator and voice actor for the show Enid Blyton's Noddy.
Richard Briers was made OBE in 1989, and CBE in 2003.
Briers was a heavy smoker until he quit in 2003. He was diagnosed with emphysema in 2008.
References
Other websites
Richard Briers at the BBC Comedy Guide
Richard Briers at BFI ScreenOnline
1934 births
2013 deaths
Actors from Surrey
Deaths from emphysema
Disease-related deaths in England
English movie actors
English stage actors
English television actors
English voice actors
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), also known as TPP11 or TPP-11, is a trade agreement among Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. It is an updated agreement from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The eleven signatories have combined economies representing 13.4 percent of global gross domestic product. a
References
Trade
Viviers-sur-Artaut

Viviers-sur-Artaut is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.
Communes in Aube
Barrackpore

Barrackpore (also known as Barrackpur) is a city. It is in the West Bengal state of India. It is around 23 kilometres (14 mi) away from Kolkata . It is also a part of the zone covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is the headquarters of the Barrackpore subdivision.
Etymology
The name Barrackpore may have originated from the English word barracks, because it was the site of the first cantonment of the British East India Company. The Ain-i-Akbari suggests that the name comes from "Barbakpur". Manasa Vijay, written by Bipradas Pipilai, refers to Barrackpore as "Chanak".
References
Other websites
Official website
Cities in West Bengal
1161

Events
Bartholomew Iscanus becomes Bishop of Exeter.
1161
Football League Third Division North

The Third Division North was the 3rd division of the English football league system between 1921 to 1958. It ran along with the Third Division South, with clubs being either elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to either league based on their geographical location. Some clubs in the English Midlands shuffled between the Third Division North and the Third Division South based on the composition of the two leagues.
Its final season was the 1957-58 season. After that season, the North and South sections were merged to form the Third Division and the Fourth Division.
Founding clubs
Accrington Stanley
Ashington
Barrow
Chesterfield
Crewe Alexandra
Darlington
Durham City
Grimsby Town
Halifax Town
Hartlepools United
Lincoln City
Nelson
Rochdale
Southport
Stalybridge Celtic
Stockport County
Tranmere Rovers
Walsall
Wigan Borough
Wrexham
Champions
Related pages
Football League Third Division South
Football League Third Division
Football in England
English Football League
Maisons, Aude

Maisons is a commune of 46 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Communes in Aude
Reith bei Seefeld

Reith bei Seefeld is a municipality of the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
References
Other websites
Settlements in Tyrol (state)
Oost Gelre

Oost Gelre is a municipality in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. About 30,000 people were living there in 2021.
The municipality of Lichtenvoorde joined the municipality of Groenlo on 1 January 2005. Groenlo was renamed Oost Gelre on 20 May 2006.
References
Plaatsengids.nl
2006 establishments in the Netherlands
Diego Ramírez Islands

The Diego Ramirez Islands are a group of islands. They are in the Drake Passage, about 100 km southwest of Cape Horn. The Ildefonso Islands are 93 km to the north-northwest. There is a group of 6 islands to the north, then there is a waterway of 3 km, then there is another group to the south. There is a weather station in one of the islands. The islands are an important nesting place for birds.
The islands belong to Chile, and are named after Diego Ramirez. They were first sighted on 12 February 1619 by Marco Ramirez of the Garcia de Nodal expedition, and named after the cosmographer of the expedition. They were the southernmost landmass known at the time. They kept this status for 156 years. In 1775, James Cook discovered the South Sandwich Islands, which are much farther south.
The Chilean Navy built a meteorological station above Caleta Condell, a small cove on the northeast side of Isla Gonzalo (Gonzalo Island), in 1957, and resupply it several times each year. This is the southernmost manned outpost of South America (including islands), even if the South Sandwich Islands are regarded as part of South America. The Argentinian station on Thule Island was taken down in June 1982 after the Falklands War. The next southerly manned outpost of South America is the lighthouse of Cape Horn. Cruise ships sometimes pass by on their way to and from Antarctica.
The archipelago has 2 groups. The North group is smaller and is named as Rocas del Norte. There are 5 islands in this group, Islote Cabezas, Islote Penailillo, Isla Norte, Islote Martinez and Islote Mendoza. In the South group are many islands, for example; Islote Santander, Islotes Vergara, Isla Bartolome (the principal island), Islote Pontevedra, Islote Garcia, Isla Gonzalo (the second longest) and Islote Ester.
All the islands have moss on the ground, and they have a cold climate all year, with much rain every month. Because of how far south they are, there is a strong wind from the west.
References
Islands of Chile
Amateur Athletic Union

The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is a sports organization in the United States. It was founded in 1888. It holds meets in many sports for amateur athletes (athletes who do not get paid) of all ages. These sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf, and track. A long time ago, when most athletes were amateurs, winning an AAU title meant that you were one of the best in your sport. In the United States, AAU meets used to also be trials for the Olympic Games. Since 1978, the AAU has lost most of its power. This is due to the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 and the fact that many good athletes are no longer amateurs. It is currently based in Lake Buena Vista, Florida at Disney's Wide World of Sports.
Sports organizations of the United States
1888 establishments in the United States
Farmington, Arkansas

Farmington is a city in the US state of Arkansas.
Cities in Arkansas
Buttercup

Buttercups are a large genus of flowering plants called Ranunculus. It has yellow, shiny petals, and grows wild in many places. It is poisonous to eat for humans and cattle, but when dry the poison is not active.
Types of buttercup
There are about 200 to 600 species in this one genus. They mostly have yellow or sometimes white flowers. Buttercups include a wide variety of flower types, grouped by a plant naming system in the genus Ranunculus. Among them are the Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris), Goldilocks Buttercup (R. auricomus), Creeping Buttercup (R. repens), Large White Buttercup (R. platanifolius), Celery-leaved Buttercup (R. sceleratus), Corn Buttercup (R. arvensis), Bulbous Buttercup (R. bulbosus) and Glacial Buttercup (R. glacialis).
Lesser Celandine (R. ficaria), Lesser Spearwort (R. flammula), and Greater Spearwort (R. lingua) also belong to the buttercup family.
Plants of the commonly named buttercup family grow in many different variations but most can be identified by their yellow cupped flowers and free-growing habit. The plants often climb or sprawl, with leaves arranged in spirals. Some may contain leaves without stipules and flowers with many stamens.
Molecular investigation of the genus shows that Ranunculus is not monophyletic. Proposals are under way to split up the genus.
Folklore and Pop Culture
Highlights shining on the reflective petals of the buttercup can be seen in the images at left and above.
People sometimes hold a fresh buttercup flower under the chin of a friend or family member. If a yellow reflection from the flower's shiny petals can be seen under the chin, the person is said to "like butter". This custom is still taught to young children and shows how buttercup petals reflect light.
Some other plants and people are named buttercup, based on the name of the yellow wild flower. These include a type of pumpkin, and the girl's name Buttercup.
"Build Me Up Buttercup" was the name of a popular song by The Foundations during the 1960s. A song called "Buttercup" was released by Jack Stauber in 2017. A cartoon character from The Powerpuff Girls television series was also named Buttercup. Buttercups and their poisonous effect are used as a theme in the PC game Undertale.
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer of adult movie star "Stormy Daniels" (real name: Stephanie Clifford) against US President Donald Trump's ex lawyer and "fixer" Michael Cohen used on 29 July 2018 the phrase "You better buckle up buttercup" in a tweet addressing Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, which soon became the hashtag #BuckleUpButtercup.
References
Flowers
Ranunculales
Douglass Hills, Kentucky

Douglass Hills is a city of Kentucky in the United States.
Cities in Kentucky
David H. Levy

David H. Levy (born May 22, 1948) is a Canadian astronomer and science writer. He co-discovered Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 in 1993, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994. Levy was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
References
Other websites
David Levy's Home Page
1948 births
Living people
Canadian scientists
Astronomers
Writers from Montreal
Fierce Creatures

Fierce Creatures is a 1997 British comedy movie. The movie was written by John Cleese and directed by Fred Schepisi and Robert Young.
The story is based around a British zoo. It has recently been bought by New Zealand businessman Rod McCain (played by Kevin Kline) and put under the management of Rollo Lee (Cleese). In order to gain more money, Lee decides to use a "fierce creatures" policy. This means that only animals which could kill people would be kept in the zoo.
The movie was a Spiritual sequel to A Fish Called Wanda and used the same main cast.
Cast
John Cleese as Rollo Lee
Jamie Lee Curtis as Willa Weston
Kevin Kline as Vince McCain/Rod McCain
Michael Palin as Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone
Robert Lindsay as Sydney Lotterby
Ronnie Corbett as Reggie Sea Lions
Carey Lowell as Cub Felines
Bille Brown as Neville
Derek Griffiths as Garry Ungulates
Cynthia Cleese as Pip Small Mammals
Richard Ridings as Hugh Primates
Maria Aitken as Di Harding
Other websites
1997 comedy movies
British comedy movies
Universal Pictures movies
Movies directed by Fred Schepisi
Movies directed by Robert Young
Hay River, Northwest Territories

Hay River is a town in the Northwest Territories in Canada.
Towns in Canada
Settlements in the Northwest Territories
Yoshikazu Suzuki

Yoshikazu Suzuki (born 1 June 1982) is a former Japanese football player.
Club career statistics
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References
1982 births
Living people
Footballers from Shizuoka Prefecture
George North

George Philip North (born 13 April 1992) is a Welsh and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player. His usual position is winger! He has also played at outside centre. He currently plays club rugby for Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership.
References
1992 births
Living people
Welsh rugby union players
Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson album)

Breakaway is the second album by American singer Kelly Clarkson; it was released on November 30, 2004.
The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 for selling 250,000 copies. It has sold over 6 million copies in the United States and has been certified six times Platinum by the RIAA. Breakaway received two awards at the 2006 Grammy Awards including "Best Pop Vocal Album" and "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" for the single "Since U Been Gone".
Five singles were released from the album, "Since U Been Gone", "Behind These Hazel Eyes", "Because of You", "Walk Away", and "Breakaway".
References
2004 songs
Kelly Clarkson albums
Grammy Award-winning albums
Cat Power

Charlyn Marie Marshall (better known by her stage identity Cat Power; 21 January, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She has been releasing albums since 1992. Her cover of "Sea of Love" is played in the 2007 movie Juno.
Her album Sun, released in 2012, is her best and highest-charting record as of 2013.
She was born in Atlanta, and has lived in several other states.
References
American singer-songwriters
1972 births
Living people
Singers from Atlanta
Formigine

Formigine is an Italian city in Emilia-Romagna. About 34,000 people live there.
Cities in Emilia-Romagna
Plaquita

La plaquita or la placa is a form of street cricket played in the Dominican Republic. It involves two teams of two players, and two wickets (which can be license plates, known as "placas" in Spanish). Players from one team run between the wickets to score runs, but can't score anymore if the wicket is hit with the ball when that team's players are too far away from the wicket.
Related pages
Bete-ombro
References
Cricket
Cospicua

Cospicua ( ), also known by its titles Citta Cospicua or Civitas Cottonera, is a city in the South Eastern Region of Malta. With Birgu and Senglea, it is one of the Three Cities, located within the Grand Harbour to the east of the capital city Valletta.
With a population of 5,395 as of March 2014, it is the most dense city of the Three Cities.
The Maltese name "Bormla" or Burmula comes from Bir Mula that means [the] well of the Lord.
References
Cities in Malta
Settlements established in the 18th century
Frederick Forsyth

Frederick McCarthy Forsyth (born 25 August 1938) is a British author and former journalist. He is best known for his thriller novels The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Afghan, The Cobra and The Kill List. He has sold more than 70 million books in total.
Forsyth was born in Ashford, Kent. He said in 2016 that he worked as an MI6 spy for over twenty years.
References
Other websites
1938 births
Living people
British military people
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
English journalists
English novelists
Writers from Kent
People from Ashford, Kent
Linthal

Linthal was a municipality of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Linthal, Betschwanden, Braunwald, Elm, Engi, Haslen, Luchsingen, Matt, Mitlodi, Ruti, Schwanden, Schwandi and Sool merged into the municipality of Glarus Sud.
Other websites
Official website of Linthal
Former municipalities of Glarus
2011 disestablishments in Switzerland
Yehuda Henkin

Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin (1945 - December 24, 2020) was an Israeli rabbi and modern orthodox posek. He was born in Jerusalem. Henkin was the founder and head of Nishmat, the Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies for Women.
Henkin died in Jerusalem on December 24, 2020 at the age of 75.
References
1945 births
2020 deaths
Israeli rabbis
Israeli Jews
People from Jerusalem
Revivor

Revivor is the eighth studio album by the German aggrotech band Funker Vogt.
2003 albums
Funker Vogt albums
The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother

The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother is a short story written by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It was published in 1972.
1972 books
Short stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Deltona, Florida

Deltona is a city of Florida in the United States.
Cities in Florida
20th meridian east

The meridian 20deg east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic and Indian oceans, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 20th meridian east forms a great circle with the 160th meridian west.
Part of Namibia's borders with Botswana and South Africa are defined by the meridian. The boundary between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean is defined by the meridian. The meridian defines the eastern limit of the New Swabia area in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
Lines of longitude
Chinese martial arts

Chinese martial arts is also known by the Mandarin Chinese term, wushu. It is popularly known as kung-fu. It includes a number of fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in China.
These fighting styles are often classified according to common features, identified as "families" (jia), "sects" (pai) or "schools" (men) of martial arts. Examples of such features include physical exercises that copy certain animals, or training methods inspired by Taoism, and legends.
Styles focusing on qi are called "internal" (neijiaquan), while others concentrate on improving muscle and heart fitness, and are called "external" (waijiaquan). They are also often classed according to region, that is "northern" (beiquan) and "southern" (nanquan).
Related pages
Eighteen Arms of Wushu
Hard and soft (martial arts)
Kung-fu
List of Chinese martial arts
Wushu (term)
Wushu (sport)
References
ml:kng phu
Ebermannstadt

Ebermannstadt is a German town in the district of Forchheim, Bavaria, Germany. The population of the town is about 7,000. The next largest cities are: Forchheim, Bayreuth, Bamberg, Kulmbach and Erlangen. The city parts of Ebermannstadt are:
Breitenbach
Ebermannstadt
Gasseldorf
Niedermirsberg
Russenbach
Neuses-Poxstall
Wohlmuthshull
Buckenreuth
Moggast
Wolkenstein
Thosmuhle
Burggaillenreuth
Windischgaillenreuth
Eschlipp
References
Other websites
Forchheim (district)
Abbas the Great

Abbas the Great or Abbas I of Persia (Persian: shh `bs bzrg; 27 January 1571 - 19 January 1629) was a Persian ruler, the 5th Safavid Shahanshah of Iran, and is generally considered one of the greatest rulers of Iranian history and the Safavid dynasty. He was the third son of Shah Mohammad Khodabanda.
Muhammad Kodabanda had weak eyes and was not determined in the administration of the country and the monarchy. He was not a suitable politician to run Persia. Abbas the Great, with the help of Qizilbash tribal leaders, managed to gradually took power from his father during numerous wars, such as the Khorasan Wars, and finally sat on the throne in 1588.
Early life
Abbas was a member of the Safavid dynasty of Kurdish origin, the Safavid family were descendants of the Persian dervish (mystic) Safi ad-Din Ardabili. His mother, Khairun Nissa was of Mazanderani origin.
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1571 births
1629 deaths
Shahs of Iran
History of Persia
Veere

Veere, Zeelandic: (Ter) Veere, is a municipality and village on the (former) island of Walcheren, Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands.
About 22,000 people were living in the municipality in 2017.<br/ >
About 1,700 people were living in the village in 2010.
Veere has had city rights since 1355.
The town hall is in Domburg.
Other websites
Cities in the Netherlands
Municipalities of Zeeland
Settlements in Zeeland
President of Malawi

The President of the Republic of Malawi is the head of state and head of government of Malawi. The president leads the executive branch of the Government of Malawi and is the commander-in-chief of the Malawian Defence Force.
Monarch (1964-1966)
The succession to the throne was the same as the succession to the British throne.
Governor-General
The Governor-General was the representative of the monarch in Malawi and exercised most of the powers of the monarch. The Governor-General was appointed for an indefinite term, serving at the pleasure of the monarch. After the passage of the Statute of Westminster 1931, the Governor-General was appointed solely on the advice of the Cabinet of Malawi without the involvement of the British government. In the event of a vacancy the Chief Justice served as Officer Administering the Government.
Status
List of presidents
References
Galway Kinnell

Galway Kinnell (February 1, 1927 - October 28, 2014) was an American poet. For his 1982 Selected Poems, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and split the National Book Award for Poetry with Charles Wright. From 1989 to 1993 he was poet laureate for the state of Vermont.
He was inspired by the works of Walt Whitman. His best-loved poems are "St. Francis and the Sow" and "After Making Love We Hear Footsteps". He also in favour with civil rights movement against racial segregation and opposed Vietman War.
Kinnell died in Sheffield, Vermont from leukemia, aged 87.
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Pulitzer Prize winners
1927 births
2014 deaths
Deaths from leukemia
American poets
Writers from Providence, Rhode Island
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a Broadway musical about Charlie Brown from Peanuts. It was created by Clark Gesner. It was changed by Andrew Lippa in 1999. It was first performed on March 7, 1967 at Theatre 80.
Broadway musicals
Musicals based on comic strips
West End musicals
Isometry

Isometry is a concept of geometry. Isometry means that one shape can be transformed into another, but metrics such as the arrangement of the points in relation to each other stay the same. An isometry is a special way of changing things that makes sure the distance between every two points stays the same in both places.An isometry is a special kind of function that moves points around from one place to another. Some of these ways include turning objects, moving them in a straight line, flipping them, sliding them, or not moving them at all.
Most transformation that repeats itself after every two moves can either be a mirror image or a rotation by half. Every movement in a flat surface can be made by reflecting it at most three times. Every small group of transformations has at least one point that doesn't move. To be an isometry, a function needs to keep the distances between all points in both places the same. The distance from x to y is the same as the distance from f(x) to f(y).
If you draw something and then move it a certain way, the distances between the points on the first drawing will be the same as on the new drawing. Isometries are useful tools in many areas of mathematics, such as studying shapes, patterns, and how numbers behave. Metric spaces are helpful in Math because they help us study things like symmetry, congruence, and transformations.
References
Geometry
Essingeleden

Essingeleden is a motorway in central Sweden. It runs from Solna to Stockholm. It crosses the islands of Kungsholmen, Lilla Essingen and Stora Essingen. It was opened on 21 August 1966.
Other websites
1966 establishments in Sweden
Roads in Europe
Stockholm
Transport in Sweden
John W. Byrnes

John William Byrnes (June 12, 1913 - January 12, 1985) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Byrnes was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Byrnes served in the Wisconsin Senate for Wisconsin's 2nd district from 1941 to 1945. Byrnes was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin's 8th district. He served as a representative from 1945 to 1973.
Byrnes ran for President of the United States in 1964. He lost the primary to Barry M. Goldwater.
Byrnes was married to Barbara Preston. Byrnes died in Marshfield, Wisconsin from a stroke, aged 71.
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1913 births
1985 deaths
Deaths from stroke
Disease-related deaths in Wisconsin
1964 United States presidential candidates
United States representatives from Wisconsin
People from Green Bay, Wisconsin
Democratic Party (United States) politicians
University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni
Denny DeMarchi

Denny DeMarchi (28 November 1962 - 15 May 2020) was a Canadian multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter. He was born in Toronto.
He was a tour musician for the well-known Irish band The Cranberries during their reunion tour (2009-11). DeMarchi was also known for his role as the keyboardist who played the signature keyboard notes for the popular 1990 No. 1 Billboard hit song More Than Words Can Say by the band Alias.
DeMarchi died on 15 May 2020 of cancer at the age of 57.
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1962 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from cancer
Canadian singer-songwriters
Canadian guitarists
Canadian rock musicians
Musicians from Toronto
Singers from Toronto
Writers from Toronto
The Man Who Came to Be Dinner

"The Man Who Came to Be Dinner" is the 10th episode of the 26th season of The Simpsons. It was first shown on the Fox network on January 4, 2015. The episode is about the Simpson family being taken to a planet of alien life.
Story
The Simpson family goes to an amusement park. They go inside of a ride that turns into a spaceship. They do not know that they are being taken to outer space. Two aliens named Kang and Kodos tell the family that they are going to their alien planet. Once they get there, Kang and Kodos put the Simpson family in a cage as prisoners. They get put inside of a zoo. They are told that one person in the family will be eaten for a ritual. They choose Homer Simpson to be the one eaten.
Homer is seen with bacon on him in the ritual. Some aliens (that act like hippies) get Homer and say that aliens should not eat other species. Homer is safe, but he learns that everyone else in the family will be eaten instead. Homer goes back and is part of the ritual again. The queen of the planet starts to eat Homer. However, she gets poisoned because the family eats many junk food. The queen dies from the poison. They are put on a spaceship to go back to Earth. However, the family goes away from the Earth so that they do not have to talk to Grampa Simpson.
Production
"The Man Who Came to Be Dinner" was written by Al Jean and David Mirkin. David Silverman is the director of the episode. The episode was first going to be the last episode of the 24th season. The episode "Dangers on a Train" was shown as the last episode of the season instead. Al Jean said that this was because the episode's story was thought of being made into a movie. This would be a sequel to The Simpsons Movie. Back in 1992, the episode "Kamp Krusty" was also thought of being made as a movie. Jean said that people who watched the episode would see why it was not made as a movie. Jean was also worried that fans of the show would think that the story is not canon (events that are part of the show's story). He thought that this would be controversial with fans.
Reception
10.62 million people watched the episode when it was first shown on television. Dennis Perkins of The A.V. Club did not like the episode's strange ideas. He said that the episode is a "product" of "breezy disregard" of what makes there show good. Tony Sokol from Den of Geek thought that the episode is a "singular highlight" of the 26th season.
References
Other websites
The Simpsons (season 26) episodes
2015 television episodes
Oktaha, Oklahoma

Oktaha is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.
Towns in Oklahoma
Billy Crudup

William Gaither "Billy" Crudup (born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Almost Famous, Big Fish, Princess Mononoke, Watchmen, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Public Enemies and appeared as Dr. Allen in Justice League.
Crudup was born on July 8, 1968 in Manhasset, New York. He studied at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and at New York University. He has one son with his ex-girlfriend Mary-Louise Parker.
References
Other websites
1968 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Actors from New York City
Tony Award winning actors
King Kong (2005 movie)

King Kong (2005) is an American giant gorilla movie set in 1933. It is a remake of the original King Kong movie of 1933. The remake stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, and Adrien Brody. The movie is about a giant gorilla and his love for a human woman. The original movie was also remade in 1976 starring Jessica Lange.
References
2005 movies
2005 adventure movies
2000s American adventure movies
American monster movies
American movie remakes
New Zealand movies
German movies
2000s English-language movies
Giant gorilla movies
Jungle movies
Movies about dinosaurs
Movies about filmmaking
Movies set in Asia
Movies set on islands
Movies set in Manhattan
Movies set in the 1930s
Movies directed by Peter Jackson
Movies that won the Best Visual Effects Academy Award
Foreign exchange market

The foreign exchange market (forex, FX, or currency market) is a form of exchange for the international trading of currencies. The foreign exchange market is also known to be the largest in the world with over $5.1 trillion being traded every day. The markets are also open 24 hours a day for 5 days a week and are some of the most active as traders from across the globe exchange currencies.
Retail Forex Market
While most forex is traded by large institutions, banks and corporations, there are a great many retail foreign exchange traders. These are traders that will trade on their own accounts and buy / sell forex in order to target a specific return. This has increased dramatically recently with internet usage and online trading platforms. In the moral context this practice is to be avoided as personal behavior and also considering potential damage to the real economy.
References
Economic markets
Currency
Saint-Denis-du-Maine

Saint-Denis-du-Maine is a commune of 307 people (1999). It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Mayenne department in the northwest of France.
Communes in Mayenne
False pregnancy

A false pregnancy, hysterical pregnancy or pseudopregnancy is when a mammal shows some of the symptoms associated with a pregnancy, but without being pregnant. False pregnancies commonly occur in dogs and mice. False pregnancy in humans is less common, and usually has psychological causes. False pregnancy is probably caused by changes in the endocrine system of the body, which leads to the secretion of hormones. These hormones are the reason physical changes happen, similar to those during pregnancy. The underlying cause is often mental.
References
Female reproductive system
2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election

The Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 13 March 2016 in the German State of Saxony-Anhalt for the next composition of the Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent Governor is Reiner Haseloff of the CDU, governing with the SPD.
Issues and campaign
Results
30 CDU MPs were elected (down 12) - 29.8%
24 AfD MPs were elected (up 24) - 24.2%
17 The Left MPs were elected (down 9) - 16.3%
11 SPD MPs were elected (down 17) - 10.6%
5 Green MPs were elected (down 4) - 5.2%
Post-election
The only realistic possibility would be a coalition government of the CDU, SPD and the Greens. Together, they would have a 2-seat majority . Other combinations (such as the CDU and The Left or CDU and AfD) are highly unlikely. The stark differences among the parties will make it harder for negotiations to create a coalition.
Polls before the election
The reference for the polls is wahlrecht.de.
References
Other websites
Saxony-Anhalt Electoral Office
2016 in Germany
Elections in Germany
2016 elections in Europe
March 2016 events
Saxony-Anhalt
Lap dance

A lap dance is a type of sex work performed in some strip clubs (clubs in which women or men take off their clothes as they dance to music). In this, a dancer performs an erotic dance either contacting their body (contact dancing) with a seated patron or within a very short distance of a seated patron.
The dancer may be naked, topless or wearing a bikini top and bottom, depending on the laws in the jurisdiction of the strip club and the club's policies. With full-contact lap dances, the stripper may engage in contact with the patron, such as pressing his or her body against the patron. Different types include a couch dance, which is a lap dance where the customer is seated on a couch, and bed dance where the customer lies down on a bed.
In some clubs, a "block session" of lap dance (usually half an hour to an hour) can be booked in a "champagne room", which is a private room in the back of a club. In many clubs, the duration of a lap dance is measured by the length of the song being played by the club's DJ. Charges for lap dances vary.
Depending on the local jurisdiction and community standards, lap dances can involve touching of the dancer by the patron, touching the patron by the dancer, neither, or both. In some clubs, any touching by the patron is forbidden. On the other hand, if a club does not enforce its rules, levels of contact may be negotiable between the participants. Clubs vary widely with regard to whether they enforce their rules or ignore any violations.
Critics of lapdancing say that some club owners, by installing dark private booths and charging dancers high stage fees to work at the club, are encouraging the sale of sexual acts between customers and dancers. According to the UK paper The Guardian, "Research shows that the majority of women become lap-dancers through poverty and lack of other jobs".
References
Sex industry
Dance types
Dansbandskampen

Dansbandskampen was a Swedish television show. It was created by Peter Settman and his production company Baluba. Peter Settman was also the show host. It was broadcast over Sveriges Television, with season one airing October-December 2008.
The show was a music competition with dansbands.
There were talks of spreading the concept outside Sweden, with a disco/folk music version in Poland and a country music version in the USA.
References
Other websites
Music media
Swedish music
Television
2008 establishments in Europe
2000s establishments in Sweden
Guarujá

Guaruja is a city in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The city has a population of about 311.000 people.
References
Cities in Sao Paulo (state)
Confolens

Confolens () is a commune in southwestern France. Confolens is the administrative centre of a largely rural area, which has had an important growth of tourism in recent years.
It is one of the two subprefectures of the Charente department and the capital of the canton of Charente-Vienne.
History
On 1 January 2016, the former commune Saint-Germain-de-Confolens was merged with the commune of Confolens.
Geography
Confolens is at the confluence of the Vienne and Goire rivers. The name of this place comes from the Latin word confluens that means "confluence".
The city is at from Angouleme, from Limoges and from Poitiers, the three largest cities that are closest to Confolens.
It has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .
The communes that are around Confolens are Brillac, Esse, Saint-Maurice-des-Lions, Ansac-sur-Vienne, Hiesse and Lessac.
Climate
The climate of Confolens, in the Koppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
Population
With a population of 2,721, Confolens has a population density of inhabitants/km2.
The inhabitants of Confolens are known, in French, as Confolentais (women: Confolentaises).
Administration
Confolens is a subprefecture of the Charente department since 1800. It is also the capital of the canton of Charente-Vienne.
Gallery
People from Confolens
Emile Roux (1853-1933), a medical doctor and bacteriologist who was a close collaborator of Louis Pasteur.
Twin cities
Confolens is a twin town of:
Pitlochry, Scotland, since 2007
Georgenthal, Germany, since 2007
Related pages
Arrondissement of Confolens
Communes of the Charente department
References
Other websites
Ville de Confolens - official website
Subprefectures in France
Communes in Charente
Animation Domination

Animation Domination is a group of television shows that is shown on Fox. It began on September 11, 2005 and airs on Sunday nights. In Canada, it is known as Animation Rules. It airs from 7 to 10 PM when The OT is not on, when The OT is airing, Animation Domination is broadcast from 8 to 10 PM, unless the NFL game runs for longer, which might cause the block not to air until the following week.
History
Animation Domination started on May 1, 2005 with back-to-back episodes of The Simpsons, Family Guy then American Dad! (created with the block).
Shows
Current schedule
Shows in bold are currently airing new episodes.
Current shows
The Simpsons (2005-present)
Family Guy (2005-present)
American Dad! (2005-present) (Moving to TBS in late 2014)
Bob's Burgers (2011-present)
Duncanville (2020-present)
The Great North (2021-present)
HouseBroken (2021-present)
Past shows
King of the Hill (2005-2009, final 4 episodes aired in syndication in 2010)
Sit Down, Shut Up (2009)
The Cleveland Show (2009-2013)
Allen Gregory (2011)
Napoleon Dynamite (2012)
Bordertown (2016)
International versions
It airs in Australia on Fox8, and on other Fox channels in Italy, Portugal and Spain, putting it in their own languages.
Saturday nights
Fox announced plans to air a late Saturday night block of adult animation (11pm-12:30am ET/PT), which would compete with Saturday Night Live on NBC and replace reruns of their programming. It is by Nick Weidenfeld, who used to be at Adult Swim. It launched in January 2013.
Related pages
Fox Broadcasting Company
References
Other websites
Official website
Fox television series
2005 television series debuts
American animated television series
Television programming blocks in the United States
John Dobson

John Lowry Dobson (September 14, 1915 - January 15, 2014) was an American astronomer. He known for creating a design for a popular Newtonian telescope, named after him, the Dobsonian telescope.
Dobson died at Burbank, California on January 15, 2014. He was 98.
References
Other websites
Sidewalk Astronomers - This website includes John Dobson's official schedule.
The San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers
John Dobson of The Sidewalk Astronomers - Papers and articles written by John Dobson
Dobson Space Telescope
A Sidewalk Astronomer A film about Astronomy, Cosmology and John Dobson
1915 births
2014 deaths
American astronomers
Monks
People from Beijing
Foras na Gaeilge

Foras na Gaeilge (; abbreviated as FnaG) is a public organisation that promotes the Irish language in the island of Ireland, including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
1999 establishments in Europe
Organizations based in Ireland
Audi Q5

The Audi Q5 is an SUV produced by Audi since 2008. It is based on the platform of the Audi A4 and has permanent allwheel drive, called quattro.
Engines
Petrol
2.0 TFSI 132 kW (180 hp) and 155 kW (212 hp)
3.2 FSI 199 kW (270 hp)
Diesel
2.0 TDI 105 kW (143 hp) and 125 kW (170 hp)
3.0 TDI 176 kW (240 hp)
Q5
Sport utility vehicles
2000s automobiles
2010s automobiles
Bob Barker

Robert William "Bob" Barker (December 12, 1923 - August 26, 2023) was an American television game show host and animal rights activist. He was best known for hosting CBS's The Price is Right from 1972 to 2007 and for hosting Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1974.
Early life
Barker was born Robert William Barker on December 12, 1923 in Darrington, Washington. He is of Sioux descent.
Career
Barker started hosting Truth or Consequences on December 31, 1956. He continued with the program until 1974. On December 4, 1957, Barker began hosting a new Ralph Edwards creation, the short-lived End of the Rainbow for NBC. In 1967, Barker hosted the short-lived game show The Family Game. In 1971, Barker began creating a TV pilot for a game show called Simon Says. In 1980, Barker hosted a series called That's My Line for Goodson-Todman. It was canceled in September 1981.
The Price is Right
On September 4, 1972, Barker began hosting the CBS revival of The Price Is Right. On October 15, 1987, Barker did what other MCs almost never did: he stopped using hair dye and allowed his hair to turn gray.
In 2006, The Price Is Right had its 35th consecutive year on the air. It is the longest-running game show of all time in North America. At the time, it was the last surviving show in the daytime game show genre.
On October 31, 2006, Barker made his announcement that he would retire from The Price Is Right in June 2007. He taped his last episode on June 6, 2007. The show aired twice on June 15.
Movies
Barker acted as himself in the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy movie Happy Gilmore.
Awards
Barker won nineteen Daytime Emmy Awards. He won the MTV Award for Best Fight with Adam Sandler for his fight scene in Happy Gilmore.
Personal life
Barker married Dorothy Jo Gideon in 1945. They had three children. Barker lived in Los Angeles, California. Despite retiring from television, Barker was an active animal rights activist. In 1993, Dian Parkinson sued Barker for sexual harassment. She asked for $8 million during the lawsuit. The lawsuit was dropped in 1995.
Health
Barker was a skin cancer survivor. On September 17, 2010, Barker collapsed at an L.A. shooting range. He was treated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for an adverse drug reaction and released.
Longevity
Barker broke Johnny Carson's record for continuous performances on the same network television show. He had twenty-nine years.
Death
Barker died on August 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 99.
References
Other websites
Bob Barker at Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
1923 births
2023 deaths
American game show hosts
Emmy Award winners
Actors from Missouri
20th-century American people
Actors from Washington (state)
American animal rights activists
American environmentalists
American movie actors
American television actors
American military personnel of World War II
American television producers
Military people from Washington (state)
Actors from South Dakota
Vegetarians
People from Springfield, Missouri
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Thomas Howard (1473 - 25 August 1554) was an English politician. He was an able soldier and was imprisoned during Edward VI's reign. He was pardoned by Mary of England in 1553. He was restored to his dukedom and died on 25 August 1554.
1473 births
1554 deaths
English politicians
Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve

Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve is a protected marsh in San Francisco Bay. The preserve is in size. It is an important habitat for shorebirds and is also home to a few threatened species. These include the Ridgway's rail and the salt marsh harvest mouse.
Parks in the United States
San Francisco Bay Area
Crissier

Crissier is a municipality of the Ouest lausannois district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
It is a suburb of Lausanne.
References
Other websites
http://www.crissier.ch
Municipalities of Vaud
Mbali Mpofu

Mbali Mpofu (born 1990) is a South African water polo player.
She played at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships. and 2009 Women's Water Polo World League.
References
1990 births
South African water polo players
Louis Zukofsky

Louis Zukofsky (January 23, 1904 - May 12, 1978) was an American poet.
His Jewish parents moved to the United States from the part of the Russian Empire that is now Lithuania. His family spoke Yiddish. He was the first member of his family to be born in the United States, on the Lower East Side of New York City.
His first experiences with literature came by reading and going to performances of Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg and Leo Tolstoy in the Yiddish language.
At Columbia University he read new and experimental writing by James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound. He made a strong connection with Pound by writing letters to him. Pound asked Harriet Monroe to let 27-year-old Zukofsky be the guest editor of the February 1931 edition of Poetry magazine. This edition printed poems by writers that Zukofsky called "Objectivists."
Zukofsky's main work was a long, book-length poem called "A" (the title has the quotation marks). He worked on this from 1928 until 1974, four years before his death.
Books
An "Objectivists" Anthology, ed. Louis Zukofsky (1932)
Anew (1946)
A Test of Poetry (1948)
"A" 1-12 (1959)
Bottom: on Shakespeare (1963)
All: The Collected Short Poems, 1923-1958 (1965)
All: The Collected Short Poems, 1956-1964 (1966)
"A" 13-21 (1969)
"A" 24 (1972)
"A" 22 & 23 (1975)
"A" (complete, 1978)
References
Other websites
Louis Zukofsky at PennSound
1904 births
1978 deaths
American poets
Sleepy LaBeef

Thomas Paulsley "Sleepy" LaBeef (ne LaBeff; July 20, 1935 - December 26, 2019) was an American rockabilly singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor. He was born in Smackover, Arkansas.
His first hit was 1968's "Every Day", which peaked at No. 73 on the U.S. Billboard Country charts. After moving to Plantation Records in 1969, he scored a second hit in 1971 with "Blackland Farmer", which charted at No. 67.
LaBeef also starred in the horror movie The Exotic Ones. He was more popular in Europe.
LaBeef died on December 26, 2019 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas at the age of 84.
References
Other websites
Listing of all Sleepy's songs and alternatives
1935 births
2019 deaths
American rock singers
American rock guitarists
American singer-songwriters
American gospel singers
American gospel musicians
American blues singers
American blues musicians
American movie actors
Actors from Arkansas
Musicians from Arkansas
Singers from Arkansas
Writers from Arkansas