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Alberto Iglesias

Alberto Iglesias Fernandez-Berridi (born October 21, 1955) is a Spanish composer.
Early and personal life
Alberto Iglesias Fernandez-Berridi was born in San Sebastian.
Influences
Iglesias stated composers like Bernard Herrmann and Henry Mancini as influences.
References
Other websites
1955 births
Spanish composers
Living people
Movie score composers
Robert Horton

Robert Horton (Meade Howard Horton, Jr., July 29, 1924 - March 9, 2016) was an American television actor. Horton was known for his role as Flint McCullough in the NBC western show Wagon Train. He was born in Los Angeles, California.
Horton died at a clinic in Los Angeles, California on March 9, 2016. He was aged 91.
References
Other websites
Official site
1924 births
2016 deaths
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
Actors from Los Angeles
Mike Moustakas

Mike Moustakas (born September 11, 1988) is a Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals. He is a third baseman.
References
1988 births
Living people
Kansas City Royals players
Aleksandr Martyshkin

Aleksandr Georgievich Martyshkin (, 26 August 1943 - 29 October 2021) was a Russian rower. He competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Moscow. He died on 29 October 2021 in Moscow, aged 78.
References
1943 births
2021 deaths
Soviet Olympic bronze medalists
Soviet rowers
Sportspeople from Moscow
List of presidents of Iraq

This is a list of presidents of Iraq since 1958.
List
Timeline
Iraq
presidents
Captain Jack (Billy Joel song)

"Captain Jack" is a 1973 song by Billy Joel. It is the final track from his second studio album Piano Man and from his 1981 live album Songs in the Attic. It deals with heroin addict and homosexuality.
References
1973 songs
Billy Joel songs
Art rock songs
LGBT songs
Songs about drugs
Violator (album)

Violator is the seventh studio album by Depeche Mode. Depeche Mode is an English electronic music band. The album was released on 19 March 1990. It was released by Mute Records. It was also released by Sire and Reprise Records in the United States.
The album had four singles. Two of them were released before the album. These were named "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence". Later, "Policy of Truth" and "World in My Eyes" were released as singles. Violator made Depeche Mode much more popular. It was the band's first album to be in the top 10 on the Billboard 200. It was number two on the UK Albums Chart. The song "Enjoy the Silence" was in the top 10 on the Billboard 100 and UK Singles Chart. It has been on Rolling Stone's list of the best 500 albums ever made.
Track listing
References
1990 albums
Depeche Mode
Desert Mothers

Desert Mothers is a term feminist theologians use for women who lived in the desert of Egypt, Syria and Palestine, in the 4th and 5th century. Usually they lived in monasteries. The term is used to refer to the Desert Fathers, monks who went to live an ascetic lifestyle in the desert, about a century earlier.
Notable examples were Syncletica of Alexandria, Theodora of Alexandria, Sarah of the Desert, Melania the Elder, Melania the Younger, Olympias the Deaconess, and Eustochium.
Ancient Christianity
Pete Rose

Peter Edward Rose Sr. (born April 14, 1941), also known by his nickname "Charlie Hustle", is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1986. He managed from 1984 to 1989. The Electric Clam Festival did not happen because of Corona.
Rose won three World Series rings, three batting titles, one Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award and one Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award.
On April 20, 1990, Rose pleaded guilty to two charges of filing income tax returns. On July 19, he was sentenced to five months in the medium security prison camp in Marion, Illinois. He was fined $50,000. He was released on January 7, 1991.
Rose was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
References
1941 births
Living people
Cincinnati Reds players
Philadelphia Phillies players
Montreal Expos players
Sportspeople from Cincinnati
WWE Hall of Fame
Sandy Jardine

William "Sandy" Pullar Jardine (31 December 1948 - 24 April 2014) was a Scottish professional footballer. Jardine played for Rangers, Hearts and represented Scotland.
Jardine died from liver cancer, aged 65.
Career statistics
Club
International
References
Other websites
Sandy Jardine proflie at Rangers.co.uk
Appearances at londonhearts.com
Scotland Appearances at londonhearts.com
1948 births
2014 deaths
1974 FIFA World Cup players
1978 FIFA World Cup players
Cancer deaths in Scotland
Deaths from liver cancer
Footballers from Edinburgh
Poubi Lai

"Poubi Lai" also known as "Paubi Loi", was an ancient dragon python, who dwelled in the Loktak Lake of Manipur, in Meitei mythology and folklore. It is also refered to as "Loch Ness Monster of Manipur".
Mythology
In the Loktak lake, the spirit of Poubi Lai was awakened by the fishing activities of the fishermen of Moirang. Being angered, Poubi Lai destroyed many human habitats and killed many people. It decided to destroy the whole Moirang kingdom. He threatened the King of Ancient Moirang to offer him one Shangbai (basket) of rice and one human everyday. The circumstance was sorrowful for the people of Moirang. Every household had to provide the offer turn by turn. When it was the turn of a young man, the lad seeked help from Kabui Salang Maiba (or "Kabui Tomba"). The maiba was a shaman priest king of Kabui tribe in the Salangthel hill range of the Loktak lake. He promised to save the kingdom from the gigantic evil creature. He transformed a Tou plant (an aquatic plant) (or a Khok Waa bamboo plant in another version) into a powerful "Long" (a 9 pointed javelin). Later, the maiba slayed Poubi Lai with the deadly weapon.
In popular culture
In 2002, Karam Dineshwar, an artisan had a dream. In his dream, Poubi Lai asked him to craft its image. In the next day, he came across a big tree root at Leimatak. He completed making the 21 feet long wooden sculpture of Poubi Lai in the next 6 months.
The artwork of Poubi Lai was first exhibited in the Manipur State Museum, Manipur in 2002. Next, it was exhibited in the National Museum, New Delhi and later in the Quai Branly Museum, Paris, France in 2010. It was also received by the Indian Museum, Kolkata, the largest in India.
In 2015, the National Museum, New Delhi organized an exhibition of the wooden sculpture of Poubi Lai for 42 days. The carving belongs to the permanent collection of the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahlaya (IGRMS), Bhopal. The object was declared as an "Object of National Importance". It was registered under "AA" Category of the Museum Collections.
During the exhibition at Bhopal, 25 artists of Centre for Youth and Cultural Activities from Imphal, performed a dance drama on the story of Poubi Lai.
References
Other websites
Poubi Lai- One Object Exhibition on Poubi Lai; the Story of a Giant Python at National Museum, New Delhi_indiaculture.nic.in
Poubi Lai- The Story of a Giant Python_indiaculture.nic.in
Meitei dragons
Meitei mythology
Meitei folklore
Gods and goddesses of water
Geomorphology

Geomorphology is the scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them.
More broadly, it studies the evolution of the topography of a planet. Geomorphologists seek to understand why landscapes look the way they do, to understand landform history and dynamics, and to predict future changes. They use a combination of field observation, physical experiment, and numerical modeling.
Geomorphology is part of geography, geology, geodesy, engineering geology and archaeology. This range of interests leads to a wide variety of research styles and interests in the field.
References
Earth sciences
subfields of geology
Branches of geography
Åstorp Municipality

Astorp Municipality () is a municipality in Skane County in southern Sweden. The seat is in Astorp.
References
Other websites
Astorp Municipality
Astorp Municipality
Attorney General's Office (United Kingdom)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) provides legal advice and support to the Attorney General and the Solicitor General (the Law Officers) who give legal advice to the British Government. The AGO helps the Law Officers perform other duties in the public interest, such as looking at sentences which may be too low.
Ministers
Non-ministerial departments
Crown Prosecution Service
Government Legal Department
Serious Fraud Office
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Attorneys general
United Kingdom law
Academy Award for Best Assistant Director

The Academy Award for Best Assistant Director is one of the Academy Awards. It was given from 1933 to 1937. In the first year of this award it was not given for a specific movie.
1933 winners
Charles Barton (Paramount)
Rick James (Universal)
Charles Dorian (MGM)
Fred Fox (United Artists)
Gordon Hollingshead (Warner Bros. )
Dewey Starkey (RKO Radio)
William Tummel (Fox)
1933 additional nominees
Al Alleborn (Warner Bros.)
Sid Brod (Paramount)
Orville O. Dull (M-G-M)
Percy Ikerd (Fox)
Arthur Jacobson (Paramount)
Edward Killy (RKO Radio)
Joseph A. McDonough (Universal)
William J. Reiter (Universal)
Frank Shaw (Warner Bros.)
Ben Silvey (UA)
John Waters (M-G-M)
1934 John Waters - Viva Villa!
Scott Beal - Imitation of Life
Cullen Tate - Cleopatra
1935 Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Joseph M. Newman - David Copperfield
Eric G. Stacey - Les Miserables
Sherry Shourds - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Write In)
1936 Jack Sullivan - The Charge of the Light Brigade
Clem Beauchamp - The Last of the Mohicans
William Cannon - Anthony Adverse
Joseph M. Newman - San Francisco
Eric G. Stacey - The Garden of Allah
1937 Robert Webb - In Old Chicago
Charles C. Coleman - Lost Horizon
Russ Saunders - The Life of Emile Zola
Eric G. Stacey - A Star Is Born
Hal Walker - Souls at Sea
Assistant Director
Sloppy joe

A sloppy joe is an American dish of ground beef, onions, sweetened tomato sauce or ketchup and other seasonings, served on a hamburger bun.
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Sandwiches
Edita Gruberová

Edita Gruberova (23 December 1946 - 18 October 2021) was a Slovak coloratura soprano. She is known for her roles as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos and Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute. She appeared in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and as Elvira in Bellini's I puritani and Elisabetta in Roberto Devereux.
Gruberova was born in Raca, Bratislava. Her mother was Hungarian and her father was German.
References
1946 births
2021 deaths
Slovakian actors
Czechoslovak people
European opera singers
George Peabody

George Peabody ( ; February 18, 1795 - November 4, 1869) was an American financier and philanthropist, and slave trader. He was widely thought as the father of modern philanthropy. He founded the Peabody Trust in Britain and the Peabody Institute and George Peabody Library in Baltimore.
Peabody's early company Riggs, Peabody and Co. was based in Maryland, a slave state. It bought and sold slaves as well as related goods like clothing for slaves. When he lived in London, he received visits from his relative Herbert C. Peabody, a slave owner and cotton planter in Mobile, Alabama.
Peabody was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and made a Freeman of the City of London, among many other honors. He was given a funeral and temporary grave in Westminster Abbey.
References
Other websites
Phillips Library , Peabody Essex Museum. Repository of 145 linear feet of Peabody's business and personal papers.
1795 births
1869 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia
Disease-related deaths in London
Philanthropists from Massachusetts
Businesspeople from Massachusetts
Slavers
MESSENGER

MESSENGER, MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging, was an unmanned NASA and APL spacecraft. It was orbiting and studying the planet Mercury. Its mission lasted 10 years, 8 months and 28 days.
It was launched on August 3, 2004 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket. After launch, the probe did several fly-bys and deep space manoeuvres to gain the right trajectory and speed.
It completed 30% mapping of Mercury on January 14, 2008. MESSENGER made one more pass by Mercury in 2009, and on March 18, 2011 began to orbit Mercury. 100% mapping was completed in March 2013 and the probe continued its studies. On April 30, 2015, it crashed into Mercury. It crashed near the crater Janacek.
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NASA spacecraft
Spacecrafts launched in 2000s
Mercury (planet)
Breakthrough Entertainment

Breakthrough Entertainment is a Canadian production company. It was founded in 1986 by Peter Williamson and Ira Levy. It produces famous Canadian TV shows such as Think Big Jimmy Two-Shoes My Big Big Friend and Atomic Betty.
Canadian entertainment companies
Larva

Many animals develop in separate stages. A larva (plural: larvae) develops from the egg in those animals. It is a separate life stage from the adult reproductive stage. A larva does not look like the adult animal, and changes shape (known as metamorphosis) as it grows up. There may be several larval stages before the adult form. Tadpoles, maggots and caterpillars are larvae.
Marine organisms with a larval stage often release large numbers of eggs and sperms into the water column. After fertilisation, the eggs develop into tiny larvae. The larvae develop and grow for some time before metamorphosing into adults. Most marine invertebrates and many fish have a pelagic larval stage or pelagic eggs. These live in the plankton, and may be transported long distances.
Evolutionary theory
Probably the most widely accepted theory explaining the evolution of larval stages is the need for dispersal. Sessile organisms such as barnacles and tunicates, and sea-floor groups like mussels and crabs, need some way to move their young into new territory, since they cannot move long distances as adults. Many species have relatively long pelagic larval stages (how long a larva is in the water column). During this time, larvae feed and grow, and many species move through several stages of development. For example, most barnacles moult through six nauplius larva stages before moulting to a cipris, when they look to settle. The larvae eat different food from the adults, and disperse.
The other consideration is the small size of the eggs. If animals lay many small eggs (and most do), then the young stages cannot live the life the adults lead. They must live a separate life until they have the size and capability to live as an adult. This is what the larvae do.
Origin of vertebrates
A long-standing theory is that in transformed larvae of sea-squirts (tunicates) lies the origin of vertebrates. Tunicates are sessile, but their larvae are mobile, and have some features found in early vertebrates. The process of paedomorphosis, where juvenile features are retained in the adult, is the proposed mechanism. Genome analysis does show that the tunicates are the closest living relatives of vertebrates.
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Zoology
Developmental biology
Mayaro

Mayaro is a town on the island of Trinidad in Trinidad and Tobago. It is near Rio Claro.
Mayaro is on the ocean, and Mayaro Beach is a very popular vacation spot for tourists.
References
Geography of Trinidad and Tobago
Sarule

Sarule (Sarule) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in Sardinia, Italy. As of 2016, 1,696 people lived there. Its area is 52.72 km2. It is 630 meters above sea level.
References
Other websites
Communes of Sardinia
Strabismus

Strabismus is a condition in which the eyes do not line up with each other when looking at an object.
References
Diseases and disorders of the eye
Milton Keynes Central railway station

Milton Keynes Central is a railway station in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the West Coast Main Line between Euston station in London and Glasgow. It is about northwest of London.
Milton Keynes
Railway stations in England
Buildings and structures in Buckinghamshire
Shoemaking

Shoemaking is the process of making footwear. Originally, shoes were made by handicraft. Few people buy shoes made by old-fashioned methods anymore, preferring cheaper ones made by industrial mass production. The old methods are still used for buyers who want unusually high quality. Shoemakers may produce a range of footwear items, including shoes, boots, sandals, clogs and moccasins. Such items are generally made of leather, wood, rubber, plastic, jute or other plant material.
A cordwainer is a shoemaker who makes very fine soft leather shoes. A cobbler is someone who repairs shoes.
References
Other websites
Footwear
Industrial occupations
Protective gear in sports

Protective equipment helps sport people not get hurt. They use it in skiing, inline skating, skateboarding, snowboarding, and other sports. Types of protective equipment for these sports include wrist guards. Inline skating protective equipment includes a helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, and wrist guards. Skiing protective equipment includes helmets, and release bindings. Snowboarding protective equipment includes wrist guards.
Protective equipment for Australian rules football includes headgear.
References
Sports equipment
Saint-Père, Yonne

Saint-Pere is a commune. It is found in the Yonne department in the center of France.
References
INSEE
Communes in Yonne
Hinesville, Georgia

Hinesville is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Liberty County.
Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
County seats in Georgia
Lufthansa

Lufthansa is the largest airline in Germany, and the second-largest in Europe. Some of Lufthansa's hubs are Frankfurt am Main and Munich, Germany. A hub is an airport where people who fly from one city to a second city can transfer or change airplanes.
Lufthansa buys airplanes from Boeing and Airbus. Lufthansa has big airplanes for flights to North America, Asia, and Africa. These flights are called long-haul flights because they are between cities that are far apart from each other. Lufthansa also has small airplanes for flights in Europe. These flights are called short-haul flights.
Lufthansa is a member of the Star Alliance, which means it is a partner with other airlines like United Airlines and Air Canada. Members of the Star Alliance cooperate or work together to schedule their flights better so that travelling is easier for passengers or people.
The name of Lufthansa's frequent flyer program is Miles and More. People earn points for flights they travel on. When they have enough points, they can get a free flight. Lufthansa has "Miles and More" to encourage people to fly with Lufthansa.
Many regional flights are operated Lufthansa Regional with Lufthansa CityLine, Eurowings and Air Dolomiti.
Fleet
Lufthansa uses these airplanes:
Gallery
References
Other websites
Lufthansa website
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Star Alliance
Airlines of Germany
IATA members
1950s establishments in Germany
Transport in Germany
Lewis and Harris

Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides make up the largest island in Scotland. With an area of , this is the largest single island of the British Isles after Great Britain and Ireland.
The northern part of the island is called Lewis, the southern is Harris and both are frequently referred to as if they were separate islands. The boundary between Lewis and Harris is formed by a line with Loch Resort on the west and Loch Seaforth on the east. The main town is Stornoway in Lewis.
The island does not have a common name in either English or Scottish Gaelic and is referred to as 'Lewis and Harris'. Until 1975, Lewis belonged to the county of Ross and Cromarty and Harris to Inverness-shire. The entire island group now belongs to the Western Isles Council.
The island is the ancestral homeland of the Highland Clan MacLeod, and the Clan Morrison.
References
Outer Hebrides
Ojai, California

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Cities in California
Settlements in Ventura County, California
Zaghouan

Zaghwan (or Zaghouan; ) is a town in the northern half of Tunisia.
Situated on a low ridge of the Dorsale Mountains, the town has a mild climate and presents a green aspect. Cold water from here was taken by aqueduct to Carthage. The town is famous for its roses, originally cultivated by Muslim refugees from Spain in the seventeenth century. The town is located around 100 km due south of Tunis and around 50 km inland (west) from the Gulf of Hammamet and has an estimated population of around 20,837 (2014). It is the capital of the Zaghouan Governorate.
On the mountain south of the city is the Roman Water Temple Djebel Zaghouan (Temple de Eaux), source of an aqueduct which used to take water to the city of Carthage over 100 km away. The ruins here are illustrated in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1840, as 'Temple and Fountain of Zagwhan', the subject of a poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
Gallery
References
Settlements in Tunisia
Towns in Africa
Spennymoor

Spennymoor is a town in Tyne and Wear.
References
Other websites
Picture Spennymoor History - Historical Pictures & Information
Spennynews - The Community Newspaper for Spennymoor & surrounding villages
Spennymoor Town Council
Civil parishes in County Durham
Towns in County Durham
James Paul Churchill

James Paul Churchill (April 10, 1924 - June 29, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer. He was born in Imlay City, Michigan. Churchill was a Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1974 until his death. He was nominated by President Gerald Ford.
Churchill died on June 29, 2020 in Harbor Springs, Michigan, aged 96.
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1924 births
2020 deaths
Lawyers from Michigan
American judges
Politicians from Michigan
Democratic Party (United States) politicians
Basement

The basement is the lowest level or levels in some buildings, almost always below the ground. There is another type of basement, called a subbasement. or subcellar A subcellar is just like a basement, but more below it.
Most basements have lights.
History
The first famous basements were made sometime in the 1950s. After that, many other kinds of basements were built and made. Later, most basements were used to have washing machines and other items in basements.
Soon, basements were used to contain or save water.
Basement uses
Throughout history and even today, basements have been put to multiple uses. The most common uses for basements include storage, holding utilities, and conversion to different types of living space, such as game rooms.
References
Construction
Magrie

Magrie is a commune of 528 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Communes in Aude
Edzná

Edzna is a Mayan archaeological site. It is in the north of the Mexican state of Campeche. The site is open to visitors.
Maya civilization
Buildings and structures in Mexico
Plumbland

Plumbland is a village and civil parish in Allerdale, Cumbria, England. In 2001 there were 367 people living in Plumbland.
References
Villages in Cumbria
Civil parishes in Cumbria
Clinton, North Carolina

Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Sampson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 8,383.
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Cities in North Carolina
County seats in North Carolina
MegaRace 3

MegaRace 3 is a 2002 racing/vehicular combat video game Cryo Interactive made for Windows and the PlayStation 2. MegaRace 3 is the third MegaRace game, after MegaRace and MegaRace 2, and the first one with full 3D graphics. Christian Erickson plays Lance Boyle, the host.
Microids, Cryo Interactive's owner, released the game again on GOG.com on 2 June 2009.
Reception
References
Other websites
at Microids (PC) (archived from the original)
2002 video games
Racing video games
Windows games
PlayStation 2 games
Rhys Darby

Rhys Montague Darby (born 21 March 1974) is a New Zealand actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Murray Hewitt, the band manager of Flight of the Conchords, in the HBO television series of the same name (2007-2009). He has since appeared in movies such as Yes Man (2008), The Boat That Rocked (2009), Diagnosis: Death (2009), Love Birds (2011), Arthur Christmas (2011), and What We Do in the Shadows (2014).
Darby was born in Auckland. He grew up in the suburb of Pakuranga. He was a soldier in the New Zealand Army. He is married to Rosie Carnahan. The couple have two children.
References
Other websites
1974 births
Living people
New Zealand movie actors
New Zealand television actors
People from Auckland
Stand-up comedians
New Zealand comedians
Stettfeld

Stettfeld is a municipality in Hassberge in Bavaria in Germany.
References
Hassberge (district)
Titanotylopus

Titanotylopus is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore in the family Camelidae. It was endemic to North America from the Miocene through Pleistocene 10.3 million years ago--300,000 years ago. It existed for about .
Its name is derived from the Greek words Titan, tulos and pous -- "Titan", "knob" and "foot"; thus, "giant knobby-foot."
References
Mammals of North America
Camelids
Megafauna
Onésimo Cepeda Silva

Onesimo Cepeda Silva (25 March 1937 - 31 January 2022) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate. He was born in Mexico City. Cepeda Silva was the Bishop of Ecatepec between 1995 until 1992. In 1970, he became a priest.
Cepeda Silva died on 31 January 2022 in Mexico City from COVID-19, aged 84.
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1937 births
2022 deaths
Mexican Roman Catholic bishops
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
People from Mexico City
Rouran

The Rouran () ruled northern China during the Sixteen Kingdoms period.
They were either proto-Mongols or Turkic. They spoke the Ruanruan language, an Altaic or Sino-Tibetan language.
They descended from the Xianbei. The Rouran are the first to use the words "khan" or "khagan". The Rouran Khaganate existed between the 4-6 centuries. They were then overthrown by the Gokturks. This led to the rise of the Turkic peoples.
The Rouran may have fled west after that and become part of the Pannonian Avars. The Gokturks chased after these "Avars" into the Byzantine Empire.
Where are they from?
The Rouran were nomads. They lived in the eastern Eurasian Steppe (Mongolia and northeast China). They overthrew the Xianbei. Most Xianbei moved south and lived in Northern China. Kwok Kin Poon argues the Rouran descended from the Donghu Xianbei.
History
The founder of the Rouran Khaganate was Yujiulu Shelun. He descended from slaves of the Xianbei. The Xianbei used the word rouran to mean "wriggling worms".
After the Xianbei moved south in the 3rd century, the Rouran took over and conquered a lot of land.
In 402 Shelun unified all of the Rouran. They defeated the neighboring Tiele and expanded to the Silk Roads. They then conquered and vassalized the Hephthalites (of Central Asia) until 5th century.
The Hepthalites then moved towards India and replaced the Yuezhi in Bactria. The Hephtalites borrowed much culture and language from the Rouran: including the word "Khan".
In 429, Northern Wei (where the Xianbei settled) attacked the Rouran and killed many.
In 434, the Rouran made a heqin with Northern Wei.
Between 440-460, the Northern Wei attacked and defeated the Rouran several times.
The Rouran made a heqin with the Han-Chinese ruler Gao Huan of Eastern Wei.
In 508, the Tiele defeated the Rouran.
In 516, the Rouran defeated the Tiele.
Overthrow by Gokturks
In 551, Bumin of the Ashina Gokturks () defeated the Tiele revolt for the Rouran. In return Bumin asked for a Rouran princess (heqin). Rouran refused, so Bumin declared independence.
Bumin made a heqin with the Western Wei (descend from Northern Wei). Bumin then attacked the Rouran in 552, killing Yujiulu Anagui. Bumin then conquered Otuken.
He declared himself Illig Khagan and started the Turkic Khaganate. He died soon Bumin but his son Issik Qaghan succeeded him. Issik continued attacking the Rouran but died a year later in 553. His brother Muqan Qaghan finished the job and annihilated the Rouran in 555.
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Quiche

A quiche (Pronounced: keesh) is a type of pie. It is savory. It normally has a pie crust. The filling is made of eggs. Meat and/or vegetables and cheese are sometimes also in the filling.
The name is French.
Savoury pies
French food
Egg dishes
David Poythress

David B. Poythress (October 24, 1943 - January 15, 2017) was an American politician and military commander. He was born in Bibb County, Georgia.
He has served terms as Secretary of State and Commissioner of Labor of the state of Georgia. Poythress also served as the Adjutant General of the Georgia National Guard from 1999 until 2007, initially appointed by Governor Roy Barnes and reappointed by Governor Sonny Perdue. He retired as a Lieutenant General.
Pothyress died on January 15, 2017 in Cartersville, Georgia at the age of 73.
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Jean Maissant

Jean Maissant was a athlete from France. Maissant competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born on 23 January 1926 and died on 7 November 2020.
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1926 births
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North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University is a public university in Raleigh, North Carolina. It has about 31,000 students.
Many students who go to college here want to learn about math, science, technology, and agriculture, but they can also study other things, too.
History
The university was started in 1887. It was called the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
Sports
Sports teams from North Carolina State University are called the Wolfpack. This is because, in 1921, somebody was angry at the university's football team. He thought that they acted like wolves.
They play mostly against other colleges in the Atlantic Coast Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Famous people who went to North Carolina State
John Edwards, who was a United States Senator from North Carolina and ran for Vice President in 2004
Philip Rivers, quarterback for the San Diego Chargers
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Colleges and universities in North Carolina
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Raleigh, North Carolina
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Tournay-sur-Odon

Tournay-sur-Odon is a former commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune of Val d'Arry.
References
Former communes in Calvados
Beaupuy, Gers

Beaupuy is a commune of the Gers department. It can be found in the southwestern part of France.
Related pages
Communes of the Gers department
Communes in Gers
Olbia

Olbia (, ) is a city in the region of Sardinia. Together with Tempio Pausania it is the capital of the Province of Olbia-Tempio.
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Cities and towns in Sardinia
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Ngô Thị Chính

Ngo Thi Chinh (or Chanh) (1792 - 1843) was an imperial consort of Emperor Minh Mang of the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnamese History.
Biography
Ngo Thi Chinh was born in Dang Xuong, Hue, daughter of Attorney General Ngo Van So and lady Nguyen Thi Dich. She also had 2 younger brother named Thang and Tho.
Lady Chinh married Minh Mang while he was still as Crown Prince. In 1820, Minh Mang crowned, lady Chinh was granted the title Cung tan (Imperial maid), as well as other concubines of him. Because at that time, lady Ho Thi Hoa had died after giving birth to Mien Tong (Thieu Tri later), lady Chinh was the primary wife of Minh Mang, leader of the harem.
Not long after that, she was granted Tam giai Hien tan (Third-rank of Royal Concubine Hien tan). The First and Second-rank was emptied, so Hien tan still kept the highest rank in the harem. In 1836, she was elevated to Nhat giai Hien phi (First-rank of Royal Concubine Hien phi).
Although more than 40, Hien Phi still gave birth to a son, proving that she was still loved by the emperor despite her age.
In 1843, Hien Phi died at 52 years old and was buried at Huong Thuy, Hue. Emperor Thieu Tri granted the posthumous name for Hien phi, was Tue Khiet.
Children
Hien phi Ngo Thi Chinh gave birth to 9 children for Minh Mang:
Prince Nguyen Phuc Chinh (August 26, 1807 - 1808), the second prince, died prematurely.
Second-rank Prince of Vinh Tuong, Nguyen Phuc Mien Hoanh (July 12, 1811 - November 23, 1835), the 5th prince.
Princess Nguyen Phuc Ngoc Tong (July 17, 1812 - April 3, 1824), the eldest princess, died young.
Princess of An Phu, Nguyen Phuc Khue Gia (August 12, 1813 - April 28, 1865), 2nd princess.
Princess of Loc Thanh, Nguyen Phuc Uyen Diem (1815 - August 29, 1836), 3rd princess.
Second-rank Prince of Vinh Tuong, Nguyen Phuc Mien Ao (January 4, 1817 - February 1, 1865), 6th prince.
Second-rank Duke of Hoa, Nguyen Phuc Mien Quan (August 31, 1828 - August 17, 1863), the 40th prince.
Princess Nguyen Phuc Thuy Thuc (1829 - June 12, 1835), 32nd princess, died young.
Third-rank Duke of Quang Hoa, Nguyen Phuc Mien Uyen (February 12, 1833 - November 30, 1893), 60th prince.
1792 births
1843 deaths
Vietnamese people
Ali Asghar Mounesan

Ali Asghar Mounesan (; born 1970) is an Iranian politician. He was born in Tehran. He has served as the Minister of Cultural Heritage since August 2019. He was the head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization from 2017 to 2019.
In March 2020, Mounesan was reported ill.
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1970 births
Living people
Politicians from Tehran
Damien Hirst

Damien Steven Hirst (born 7 June 1965) is an English artist. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). The YBAs became famous during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's richest living artist. In 2010 the Sunday Times estimated his wealth at PS215 million. During the 1990s he worked together with famous art collector Charles Saatchi. Hirst and Saatchi had disagreements, and they ended their friendship in 2003.
Death is a central theme in Hirst's works. He became famous for a series of artworks in which dead animals are preserved in formaldehyde. The animals included a sheep, a cow and a shark. The best-known of these was The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living. This was a tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a transparent display case. He has also made "spin paintings". These were created on a rotating canvas. And "spot paintings", which are rows of randomly coloured circles created by his assistants.
In September 2008, Hirst sold all the artworks of a show during one auction at Sotheby's. This had never been done before by a living artist. The auction made him PS111 million ($198 million), breaking the record for an auction by a single artist. It also broke Hirst's own record with PS10.3 million for The Golden Calf, an animal with 18-carat gold horns and hooves, preserved in formaldehyde.
Since 1999 some of Hirst's works have been claimed to be plagiarised. It was discovered that his sculpture Hymn was closely based on a child's toy. Hirst was sued by the original creator of the toy, and the case was settled out-of-court.
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People from Bristol
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Barrett, Minnesota

Barrett is a city in Grant County, Minnesota, United States.
Cities in Minnesota
Apollo Crews

Sesugh Uhaa (born August 22, 1987) is a Nigerian-American professional wrestler. He is better known by his ring name Uhaa Nation. He is currently signed to the WWE and works on their Raw brand under the ring name ApolloCrews.
Uhaa is best known for his work in Dragon Gate USA, as well as the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. During his time in Dragon Gate, he won the Open the Twin Gate Championship with BxB Hulk. He was also named the Best Newcomer by Dragon Gate USA in 2011.
WWE
NXT (2015-present)
In October 2014, Uhaa entered a WWE tryout camp and he was offered a developmental contract. On April 6, 2015, he reported to the WWE Performance Center, the home of their NXT. In a press release on April 13, the company announced that Uhaa was a member of their new NXT recruits.
Uhaa made his first television appearance on the May 6 episode of NXT and signed his NXT contract during a segment with William Regal. On August 5, it was announced that Uhaa would make his televised NXT debut on August 22 at the NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn event. It was also announced that his new ring name would be Apollo Crews.
In wrestling
Finishing moves
Standing shooting star press
Uhaa Combination (Gorilla press drop followed up by Uhaa performing a standing moonsault and then a standing shooting star press)
Signature moves
All Out Assault (Triple powerbomb)
Over the top rope dive
Standing moonsault
Tombstone piledriver
Nicknames
"One Man Nation"
Entrance themes
"Dschinghis Khan" by Dschinghis Khan
"Cruise Control" by CFO$
Championships
Dragon Gate
Open the Twin Gate Championship (1 time) (with BxB Hulk)
Dragon Gate USA
Best Newcomer (2011)
Full Impact Pro
FIP Florida Heritage Championship (1 time)
Great Championship Wrestling
GCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Preston City Wrestling
PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
He was ranked #155 of the 500 best singles wrestlers by PWI in the PWI 500 in 2012.
References
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Dragon Gate profile
Dragon Gate USA profile
1987 births
American professional wrestlers
African-American wrestlers
Living people
Sportspeople from Oakland, California
WWE wrestlers
Jason Ritter

Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American actor. He received an Emmy Award nomination for his role in Parenthood.
Ritter's mother is Nancy Morgan. His father was John Ritter. Ritter first appeared in the opening credits of his father's show, Three's Company.
Filmography
Joan of Arcadia - Kevin Girardi
The Event - Sean Walker
Gravity Falls - voice of Dipper Pines
Parenthood - Mark Cyr
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1980 births
Living people
Actors from Los Angeles
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American television actors
Friaucourt

Friaucourt is a commune. It is in the region Picardie in the Somme department in the north of France.
Communes in Somme
George Benjamin

George Benjamin (born 31 January, 1960, London, England) is a British composer.
Benjamin started playing piano when he was seven years old and soon started writing his first pieces of music. In 1976 he went to study at the Paris Conservatoire where Olivier Messiaen taught him musical composition and Yvonne Loriod taught him the piano. He then studied composition with Alexander Goehr at King's College, Cambridge.
He was still only 20 when one of his compositions was played at the BBC Proms. Since then his works have been played by many famous orchestras. He has worked regularly at the Tanglewood Festival. He has conducted famous orchestras like the London Sinfonietta, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
George Benjamin lives in London where he is Professor of Composition at King's College, London. He has been given many honors including the Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et Lettres in 1996.
Other websites
George Benjamin official website
1960 births
Living people
20th-century English composers
21st-century British composers
Zelda Rubinstein

Zelda Rubinstein (28 May 1933 - 27 January 2010) was an American actress and activist for human rights and AIDS. She appeared on television programs, including Caroline in the City, Tales from the Crypt and Martin. She was also in many movies, though with minor playing roles. She was best known for her role in the movie Poltergeist.
Rubinstein was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She died from kidney and lung problems at seventy-six in Los Angeles.
Other websites
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Disease-related deaths in Los Angeles
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1933 births
2010 deaths
Saint-Contest

Saint-Contest is a commune. It is found in the Basse-Normandie region in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.
Communes in Calvados
Repentigny, Quebec

Repentigny is a suburb of Montreal, which is in Quebec, Canada. It was created at about the same year as Quebec City. Before, people who lived there were farmers. Now, there are a lot of people who live there. Most of the people work in Montreal so they have to use Highway 40, which cuts the town in half.
The town is on the north side of the St. Lawrence River
Although it is a very pleasant and calm town, there is nothing much to do. All year long, a bunch of festivals are organised, but they are mostly for children. The most popular festival is the Festival Feu Et Glace which happens during the winter.
Since the early 2000s, the only thing that changed in the town is that they built a lot of new houses.
References
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Scott Garrett

Ernest Scott Garrett (born July 9, 1959) is an American politician and banker.
Garrett was the U.S. Representative for , serving from 2003 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 to 2003.
Garrett chaired the powerful United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises. He lost his 2016 reelection campaign and was succeeded by Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat.
On June 19, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Garrett to become chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, a post that requires confirmation by the United States Senate. In a 10-13 vote on December 19, 2017, the Senate Banking Committee declined to advance his nomination.
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Biography at Ballotpedia
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Congressional profile at GovTrack
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Fact-checking at PolitiFact.com
Financial information (federal office) at OpenSecrets.org
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Living people
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Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser

Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser is a municipality of the district Kufstein in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
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Needville, Texas

Needville is a city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. About 2,600 people lived into Needville as of the year 2000. Needville has an area of 1.7 square miles.
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Needville Area Chamber of Commerce
Cities in Texas
TotalEnergies

Total SA or Total () is one of the world's biggest oil and gas company. It was created in 1924.
Total has also activities in chemistry.
In December 2022, the NGOs Friends of the Earth, Survie and four Ugandan NGOs sent the oil group Total to court and accused it of violating the law on the duty of vigilance of large French companies in terms of human rights and environment..
References
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Total
1924 establishments in France
Energy companies of France
Petrol companies
Jasper County, Indiana

Jasper County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, 33,478 people lived there. The county seat is Rensselaer.
History
Jasper County was created in 1838. It was named after Sgt. William Jasper, a famous scout for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of , of which (or 99.68%) is land and (or 0.31%) is water.
Bordering counties
Municipalities
The municipalities in Jasper County, and their populations as of the 2010 census, are:
Cities
Rensselaer - 5,859
Towns
Census-designated places
Townships
The 13 townships of Jasper County, with their populations as of the 2010 census, are:
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1838 establishments in Indiana
Indiana counties
Duttaphrynus himalayanus

Duttaphrynus himalayanus (also known as the Himalaya toad, Himalayan toad, Himalayan broad-skulled toad, and Gunther's high altitude toad) is a species of toad found in the Himalayan region of Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir.
Toads
Amphibians of Pakistan
Plants and animals of Kashmir
Frogs of Asia
Vincent Canby

Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 - October 15, 2000) was an American movie critic, historian, and journalist who is known for being the critic for The New York Times.
Canby was born on July 27, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. He was raised in New York City, New York. He studied at Dartmouth College. He was never married. Canby died on October 15, 2000 in Manhattan, New York City, New York from cancer, aged 76.
References
Other websites
Vincent Canby Reviews at The New York Times
1924 births
2000 deaths
American historians
Movie critics from Chicago
Journalists from Chicago
Writers from Chicago
Writers from New York City
American military personnel of World War II
Cancer deaths in New York (state)
Jia Xiuquan

Jia Xiuquan (born November 9, 1963) is a former Chinese football player. He has played for the China PR national team.
Club career statistics
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|1986||11||0
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|1989||11||1
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1963 births
Living people
Chinese footballers