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2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States from February 8 2002 to February 24 2002. There were about 2,400 athletes from 77 nations. They were in 78 events. Utah was the fifth state in the United States to host the Olympic Games.
78 National Olympic Committees sent athletes to the Salt Lake City games. Cameroon, Hong Kong (China), Nepal, Tajikistan, and Thailand were in their first Winter Olympic games.
Highlights
The Olympic Flame was lit by the members of the gold medal-winning US Hockey Team of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY.
These Olympics were the first time a United States president opened an Olympic Winter Games.
These were the first Games to be held under IOC president Jacques Rogge.
Janica Kostelic won three golds and a silver which were the first Winter Olympic medals ever for Croatia It was the first three-gold performance by a female.
Skeleton returned as a medal sport in the 2002 Games for the first time since 1948.
2002 was the first time with the Women's Bobsled Event.
China won its first and second Winter Olympic gold medals, both by women's short-track speed skater Yang Yang (A).
One of the most memorable stories of the event was at the men's short track. Australian skater Steven Bradbury was behind in the semi-final. The winning skaters crashed into each other, letting him finish second and go through to the final. Bradbury was again behind in the final. Again all four other skaters crashed out in the final turn. He won the gold medal.This was the first gold for Australia--or any other country of the Southern Hemisphere--in the Olympic Winter Games.
Australia won their second gold medal when Alisa Camplin won in Women's Aerials. This was the first ever Winter Games gold won by a woman from the Southern Hemisphere.
The Canadian men's ice hockey team defeated the American team 5-2 to claim the gold medal. This ended 50 years without the hockey gold. The Canadian women's team also defeated the American team 3-2.
2002 in the United States
21st century in Utah
Salt Lake City
The Poet and the Tsar

The Poet and the Tsar () is a 1927 Soviet silent movie directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yevgeni Chervyakov. It stars Yevgeni Chervyakov, Irina Volodko, and Konstantin Karenin.
Actors
Yevgeni Chervyakov as Alexander Pushkin
Irina Volodko as Natalya Pushkina
Konstantin Karenin as Nicholas I of Russia
Boris Tumarin as Baron d'Anthes
Leonid Tkachov as Pyotr Vyazemsky
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Other websites
Russian silent movies
Russian biographical movies
1927 movies
1920s biographical movies
1920s historical movies
Movies set in Russia
Movies set in palaces
Movies set in the 19th century
Movies directed by Vladimir Gardin
Movies directed by Yevgeni Chervyakov
Blobfish

The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) is three species of a fish of the family Psychrolutidae. They live in deep waters off the coasts of Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.
Blobfish are typically shorter than 30 cm. They live at depths between where the pressure is several dozen times higher than at sea level.
Blobfish are often caught accidentally in bottom trawling nets. Scientists now fear the blobfish could become an endangered species because of deep-ocean trawling.
As often happens with common names, there is another fish which may also be called "blobfish". It is Macquarie blobfish, a species of Ebinania.
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Scorpaeniformes
Sweat lodge

The sweat lodge (also called purification ceremony or simply sweat) is a hut, typically dome-shaped and made with natural materials. It used by Native Americans for ceremonial steambaths and prayer. Sweat lodges were largely a reaction to the influences of European culture with its negative effects on Native Americans.
There are several styles of structures used in different cultures. These include a domed or oblong hut similar to a wickiup, a permanent structure made of wood and earth, or even a simple hole dug into the ground and covered with wood. Stones are typically heated and then water poured over them to create steam. In ceremonial usage, these ritual actions are accompanied by traditional prayers and songs.
Native Americans in many regions use the sweat lodge. For example, Chumash peoples of the central coast of California build sweat lodges in coastal areas in association with habitation sites. The ancient Mesoamerican tribes of Mexico, such as the Aztec and Olmec, practiced a sweat bath ceremony known as temazcal as a religious rite of penance and purification.
References
Native Americans
Ceremonies
Princess Haya bint Hussein

Princess Haya bint Hussein (; born 3 May 1974) is the daughter of King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife Queen Alia. She is the half-sister of King Abdullah II.
In 2004, Princess Haya became the second official wife of the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. In 2019, they divorced and Princess Haya left Dubai with the two children of the marriage to live in the United Kingdom.
Title
3 May 1974 Her Royal Highness Princess Haya bint Al-Hussein
References
1974 births
Living people
Jordanian princes and princesses
Bovid

Bovids are a family of even-toed ungulate mammals. The word "Bovidae" is comes from Latin bos, "ox". Even-toed ungulates are said to have "cloven hooves": that means their hooves are formed from two toes. They evolved early in the Miocene period.
There 143 living species in this family. They include cattle, goats, sheep and antelopes. The family is widespread, living in all continents except the southern continents South America, Australia and Antarctica.
They are all ruminants, with the double stomach system of digesting vegetation, which is most efficient. The family originated in the Miocene, and is now very successful. Their success is probably helped by their digestive system. The group includes the three domestic animals cows, sheep and goats.
Taxonomy
Family Bovidae
Subfamily Aepycerotinae (one genus: the impala)
Subfamily Alcelaphinae (one tribe and four genera: wildebeest and relatives)
Subfamily Antilopinae (three tribes and 15 genera: gazelles and relatives)
Subfamily Bovinae (three tribes and ten genera: cattle, bisons etc.)
Subfamily Caprinae (three tribes and 13 genera: goats and sheep)
Subfamily Cephalophinae (three genera: duikers)
Subfamily Hippotraginae (three genera: antelopes)
Subfamily Panthelopinae (the Tibetan antelope)
Subfamily Peleinae (the grey rhebok)
Subfamily Reduncinae (two genera: more antelopes)
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Jonas Salk

Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 - June 23, 1995) was an American medical researcher and virologist, best known for his discovery and development of the first successful polio vaccine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Salk was born on October 28, 1914 in New York City to a Jewish-Irish family. He studied at the City College of New York and at the University of New York. Salk was married to Donna Lindsey from 1939 until they divorced in 1968. He was married to Francoise Gilot from 1970 until his death in 1995.
He had three children with Lindsey. Salk died on June 23, 1995 in his home in La Jolla, California from heart failure, aged 80. He was buried at El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego, California.
References
Other websites
The American Experience: The Polio Crusade video, 1 hr. by PBS
"Legacy of Salk Institute", video, 30 minutes, history of Salk vaccine
"Polio Vaccine" intro., Britannica, video, 1 minute
The Time 100 Most Important People of the Century
Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation
Jonas Salk Trust
1914 births
1995 deaths
American physicians
Congressional Gold Medal recipients
Deaths from heart failure
Jewish American scientists
New York University alumni
Scientists from New York City
Scientists from Pittsburgh
Vaccinologists
American virologists
Shirley Temple (drink)

A Shirley Temple is a non-alcoholic mixed drink made with lemon lime soda and a splash of grenadine, mixed with a maraschino cherry. Modern Shirley Temple recipes may substitute lemon-lime soda in part, or in whole, for ginger ale. Shirley Temples are often served to children dining with adults in lieu of real cocktails, as is the similar Roy Rogers.
The cocktail may have been invented in the 1930s by a bartender at Chasen's, a restaurant in Beverly Hills, California, to serve then child actress Shirley Temple (1928-2014). However, other claims to its origin have been made. For the cocktail version of this, Shirley Temple Black (after she got married), replace ginger ale with alcoholic ginger beer, and add dark rum (or white rum and Maraschino liqueur).
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American food
Soft drinks
Salmon (color)

Salmon (pronounced sa-mon, as the l is silent) is a range of pale pinkish-orange to light pink colors, named after the color of salmon flesh.
The first recorded use of salmon as a color name in English was in 1776.
Meaning of salmon
The color salmon is know to provide good health because salmon contains Omega-3 fatty acids, which are good for you.
The color pale salmon (shown below) represents finance because it is used as the color of the paper on which some economic newspapers like the Financial Times are printed (it is also the color of logo of the Financial Times website). Hence the economic press is sometimes termed the salmon press as opposed to regular general newspapers published on off-white colored newsprint.
Tones of salmon color comparison chart
Related pages
List of colors
References
Louisiana Creole people

Louisiana Creole people are people of mixed colonial French, Spanish, African American and Native American ancestry from Louisiana.
Ethnic groups in the United States
Mort the Chicken

Mort the Chicken is a platformer video game developed by AndNow. It was published by Crave Entertainment. It was released in the United States on November 30, 2000 for the PlayStation. It was released in Europe on January 19, 2001. In 2023, the titular character, Mort, would appear in indie game Pizza Tower as a power-up.
Story
The chickens live peacefully in a different universe, where chickens are the main species. Mort the Chicken is the star of his own television show. In another universe, cube-like creatures called The Boolyon are spying on the chickens. The leader of the cubes, General Cubicles, notices that the chickens have stacks of hay. The Cubicles mistake them for kidnapped citizens of their universe. While Mort is filming his own TV show, the cubes reach their universe via a well and kidnap all the baby chicks, scattering them across the cube universe. Mort is the only one brave enough to stop the cubes, so he jumps down the well. This is when he starts his adventure to save the baby chicks.
Gameplay
Mort the Chicken is a platformer. The player controls Mort as he explores his world. The player needs to rescue baby chicks and kill cubes. Mort can destroy the cubes using the comb on his head. That comb can be used as a whip. Some cubes cannot be killed. Every time Mort gets hit, the cubes take a chick from Mort and imprison it. Mort's health bar is shown by two stalks of corn. When Mort loses health, part of the corn goes away. Each level has up to 10 chicks to rescue. Mort can also get power-ups. These power-ups include making him jump higher, become bigger, attract chicks, make his neck-whip attack longer, or have chicks attack enemies. Eggs and chicken food are around the levels, and Mort can peck at these with his beak. Eggs give Mort power-ups. Chicken food gives health.
Reception
Mort the Chicken received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.
References
Platform games
2000 video games
Lizine

Lizine () is a commune in the Doubs department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte in eastern France.
Geography
The village is built on a plateau between the Loue and the Lison rivers.
Population
Related pages
Communes of the Doubs department
References
Other websites
Lizine on the intercommunal Web site of the department
Communes in Doubs
Erding

Erding () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district Erding. It had a population of 36,469 in 2019.
The original Erdinger Weissbier is a well-known Bavarian specialty.
Erding is around 31 kilometers northeast of central Munich, about a 30-minute drive by car.
Regular S-Bahn trains connect to Munich and beyond.
References
Other websites
Erding (district)
Wayne County, Utah

Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 2,486. The county seat is Loa.
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Utah counties
List of places in New York: U

This list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of New York also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable.
U
King County, Washington

King County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. The population was 2,188,649 in the 2017 census estimate. King is the most populous county in Washington. The county seat is Seattle, which is the state's largest city.
King County is one of three Washington counties that are included in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan statistical area. About two-thirds of King County's population lives in Seattle's suburbs.
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19th-century establishments in Washington (state)
1852 establishments in the United States
Washington (state) counties
East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and is the eastern half of the Midlands.
The counties of Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and most of Lincolnshire belong to this region.
The highest point in the region is Kinder Scout, in Derbyshire at 2,088 ft (636 m).
Population and settlement
Its main cities are Nottingham, Leicester, Lincoln, Derby, and Northampton. Leicester is officially the largest city in the region, although the largest area is the Nottingham Urban Area.
East Midlands Airport is situated between the three main cities of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham.
Midland Mainline and GNER trains go to London and to Birmingham and the South West.
The M1 motorway serves the three largest cities.
History
A historical basis for such an area exists in the Five Burghs of the Danelaw. The current government office region was created in 1994.
Local government
The official region consists of the following subdivisions:
Other websites
East Midlands Development Agency
East Midland Directory
East Midlands Regional Assembly
Government Office for the East Midlands
Government's list of councils in the East Midlands
East Midland Network Exchange
Christian Reformed Church in North America

The Christian Reformed Church (CRC) includes just over one thousand congregations across the United States and Canada. About 75 percent of the churches are in the United States; 25 percent are in Canada. It is one of only a few binational denominations: rather than split into different churches at the 49th parallel, it is united. Almost 300,000 people belong to the CRCNA--not a large number when you consider the population of the two countries.
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Calvinism
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Religious organizations based in Canada
Christian organizations based in the United States
Ruch

Ruch is a commune. It is found in the region Aquitaine in the Gironde department in the southwest of France.
Communes in Gironde
Rioverde, Ecuador

Rioverde is a coastal town in northwestern Ecuador. It is the seat of the Rio Verde Canton.
References
Settlements in Ecuador
Towns
Brousses-et-Villaret

Brousses-et-Villaret is a commune of 344 people (2017). It is in Occitanie in the Aude department in south France.
Communes in Aude
Notepad++

Notepad++ is a text editor and source code editor for Microsoft Windows.
Notepad++ is distributed as free software and licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Usage in China
In 2020, Notepad++ was banned by China. This is because the developers protested to Hong Kong and Uyghur affairs.
References
Other websites
Official website
Word processors
András Kovács

Andras Kovacs (20 June 1925 - 11 March 2017) was a Hungarian movie director and screenwriter. He directed 30 movies between 1961 and 1996.
Career
His 1968 movie The Lost Generation was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1978 movie A menesgazda was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival.
His 1981 movie Temporary Paradise won the Silver Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1985 movie The Red Countess was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
Kovacs was also a member of the jury at the 5th Moscow International Film Festival in 1967 and the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.
Death
Kovacs died in Budapest, Hungary on 11 March 2017, aged 91.
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Other websites
1925 births
2017 deaths
Hungarian movie directors
Hungarian screenwriters
Mountain Grove, Missouri

Mountain Grove is a city in southeastern Wright county and extending into southwestern Texas county in Missouri.
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Cities in Missouri
Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Gian Gastone de' Medici (24 May 1671 - 9 July 1737) was the last Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany. He was the second son of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Marguerite Louise d'Orleans. His sister, Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, the Electress Palatine, married him to Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg in 1697. The two remained childless and it was common knowledge that Gian Gastone was homosexual. Gian Gastone succeeded his father as Grand Duke in 1723.
In his reign he reversed all his father's laws and stopped taxes for poorer people, repealed (got rid of) the anti-Jewish laws and stopped public executions. His father, Cosimo III, wanted the his sister to succeed him but Spain, Great Britain, Austria and the Dutch Republic disregarded and made Charles III of Spain his heir. Charles changed his claim to Francis III of Lorraine. Francis then became the Grand Duke on 9 July 1737 ending almost 300 years of Medici rule over Florence.
Titles and styles
24 May 1671 - 30 October 1713: His Highness Prince Gian Gastone
30 October 1713 - 31 October 1723: His Royal Highness The Grand Prince [of Tuscany]
31 October 1723 - 9 July 1737: His Royal Highness The Most Serene Grand Duke [of Tuscany]
1671 births
1737 deaths
Grand Princes of Tuscany
LGBT royalty
Grand Dukes of Tuscany
COVID-19 pandemic in Albania

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Albania on 8 March 2020, a father and son who had travelled from Florence, Italy.
As of 10 September 2020, there are 10,860 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Albania.
Cases
After the first case was reported on 8 March, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection stated that a total of 65 people had been tested for COVID-19, 2 of whom were positive the following day.
On 10 March, President Ilir Meta called for retired Albanian doctors to re-enter the work force. Later that day, it was discovered that a Maryland woman had contracted novel coronavirus after visiting Albania, as well as spending time in a Turkish airport.
The first death was also reported, an elderly woman in Durres on 12 March.
Response
On 12 March, Prime Minister Edi Rama declared a "war" on COVID-19.
References
History of Albania
Albania
Académie de l'air et de l'espace

The Academie de l'air et de l'espace (AAE) is the French national air and space non-profit academy. It was been created in 1983. by Andre Turcat. It is in Toulouse.
The main activity of AAE is to promote knowledge and development in aerospace activities.
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Other websites
Official website
Toulouse
Aerospace engineering
Education in France
Aviation in France
St. Martin, Graubünden

St. Martin (, ) was a municipality of the district Surselva in the canton of Graubunden in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2015, the former municipality of St. Martin merged into the municipality of Vals.
Former municipalities of Graubunden
Francesca Marie Smith

Francesca Marie Smith (born March 26, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known as the voice of Helga Pataki and Timberly Johanssen. This was on Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold! series (1996-2004).
Personal life
Smith graduated from California's Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She earned a Master of Arts degree in Communication at Pepperdine University. Smith taught Public Speaking and Rhetorical Analysis at Pepperdine. This is while she continued to work as a debate coach. She is a doctorial candidate at the University of Southern California.
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Nickelodeon
The Walt Disney Company
Viacom
American child actors
American voice actors
Living people
Ōtaki, Chiba

is a town in Isumi District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Otaki is at the middle of the Boso Peninsula. The town was the home of general Honda Tadakatsu during the Edo period (1603 - 1868). He built a large castle, Otaki Castle. The town had a population of about 10,412 (April 2012). The total area the town is 129.83 km2.
Geography
Otaki is at the center of the Boso Peninsula. Otaki has many hills, small mountains, and forestss. 70% of Otaki is covered by forest. Two rivers flow through the town: the Isumi River and the Yoro River.
Neighboring towns
Ichihara
Kimitsu
Katsuura
Kamogawa
Isumi City
Mutsuzawa
Chonan
Otaki Castle
Honda Tadakatsu built Otaki Castle on a hill in 1590. His samurai and many citizens built houses below the castle. The castle burned in 1842. A replica (copy) of the castle was built in 1975. A small museum is inside the castle.
Transportation
Railways
Isumi Railway
Kominato Railway
Roads
Japan National Route 297, to Ichihara or Tateyama
Japan National Route 465, to Mobara or Futtsu
References
Other websites
Otaki website
Settlements in Chiba Prefecture
Towns in Japan
Province of Venice

Venice () is a province in the region of Veneto in Italy.
Venice
Elfriede Brüning

Elfriede Bruning (8 November 1910 - 5 August 2014), also known as Elke Klent, was a German communist journalist and novelist. She worked for newspapers such as the Berliner Tageblatt, the Berliner Borsen-Courier and the Vossische Zeitung.
Bruning was born in Berlin. In 1930, she joined the Communist Party of Germany. Before World War II, she was arrested in 1935 for communism-related activities, before being released in 1937. In 1937, she married Joachim Barckhausen, a writer and editor. Their daughter, Christiane, born in 1942, also became a writer. After the German reunification, she became a member of Die Linke (). Bruning turned 100 in November 2010.
Bruning died from natural causes on 5 August 2014 in Berlin, aged 103.
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1910 births
2014 deaths
German centenarians
German communists
German journalists
German novelists
German prisoners
Writers from Berlin
Animal Crossing: City Folk

Animal Crossing: City Folk is a life simulation video game made by Nintendo for the Wii game console. It is the third game in the Animal Crossing series. It has online play, and supports an accessory called Wii Speak. In Europe, this game is called Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City.
Game play
The game happens in a small village. The player can also work with other animal villagers by talking and playing with them. They can also go to a store owned by Tom Nook for food or clothes. One other thing the player can do is visit a museum to donate fishes, bugs, and fossils. The player may ride a bus to go to the city, which is a new part to the new Animal Crossing games. There, other activities will include shopping at a fashion store called GracieGrace, a Theatre called the Marquee, which allows you to learn how to do new emotion faces, an office for the "Happy Room Academy" (a place that gives you tips on how to design the house that the player has in the game), a "black market" owned by a fox named Redd, a salon called Shampoodle, and a shop owned by Katrina, a fortune teller.
Gameplay
Tom Nook
Tom Nook runs your village shop which grows a lot to make it into a supreme shop, where he works with Timmy and Tommy and has a two story building. From Tom Nooks shop, you can buy wallpaper, carpets, roof paint (to change your roof's color), furniture, tools (such as fishing rods, nets, axes and spades), writing paper and seeds. Tom Nook will buy your unwanted stuff as well. Tom is also in charge of housing, making your house bigger.
Able Sisters
This is where you can get local handmade clothes, umbrellas, hats, glasses and also design your own "Pro designs" Which is where your front, back and sleeves can all be different however you can no longer sell your old not wanted clothes you have to sell them to Tom Nook.
GracieGrace
This is the shop where you can buy limited edition furniture, clothing, hats, glasses and umbrellas. It's in the city. Items in GracieGrace cost more money than in Tom Nooks and in Able Sisters.
Crazy Redds
This is a small black market where you can buy furniture and paintings once you have become a member. Somebody else in your town must recommend you for you to become a member of Crazy Redds Shop. Crazy Redds black market can be found in the city.
Shampoodle
Here you can get a new hair style or even a complete make over to turn you into a Mii character saved on your Wii. This is in the city.
Auction House
Here you Mil find llyoid who will happly put you stuff up for Auction if you want him to. your Nintendo Wi-Fi friends can then buy your stuff and you will get the cash that they payed for it. If it doesn't sell then you get your item sent back to you.
Towns People
There are over 100 different characters that you can get as residents in your town. They will move in and then after a while move back out again to go to a different town.
Reception
Animal Crossing: City Folk won awards for being one of the best games of E3.
2008 video games
Cancelled Nintendo GameCube games
Online games
Wii games
Wii-only games
Animal Crossing
nn:Animal Crossing#Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City
Lebanon, New Hampshire

Lebanon is the only city in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 13,151 at the 2010 census. Lebanon is in western New Hampshire, south of Hanover, near the Connecticut River.
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Cities in New Hampshire
Saint Denis

Saint Denis is the patron saint of France.
Saint Denis was the first bishop of Paris. He supposedly went there between 250 and 270. He was executed in 272. According to legend, he was beheaded. After his beheading, he walked away, his head under his arms, along what is today the Rue des Martyrs in Paris. After about , he gave his head to a pious woman, who had a basilica erected in the spot.
3rd-century births
272 deaths
Christian saints
Yaoyorozu no Kami

Yaoyorozu no Kami (Ba Bai Mo noShen , Eight Million Gods) are gods belonging to the Shinto religion. The phrase "eight million gods" in Shinto religion doesn't mean there are exactly 8 million gods. It means there are too many gods to count. At the time infinity wasn't a known concept.. And 8 is a lucky number in Buddhism
This doctrine says there are countless Kami, including those that control natural phenomena such as the ocean, mountains, and wind, as well as those that are closely linked to human life. Ancestors and influential figures who have achieved great things for their communities are also respected as "Kami." Many Shinto customs and stories were documented in Kojiki and Nihon shoki, written records from the Nara Period..
All things, including the Gods, humans, and objects, come from , the first and supreme God. Ame-no-Minakanushi is the source of the universe and life, and is considered the principle of life. Life is at the center of both universal and human doctrines because everything originates from this supreme life. The nature of life is to expand itself.
Some of the 8 million kami are tutelary deities, but most kami do not receive any worship.
Shinto believes in multiple gods and acknowledges that Kami are present in everything, such as weather, geography, and landscape. Yaoyorozu no Kami describes the numerous gods that exist in the world. These gods are often depicted as having human-like qualities and forms. They are believed to be protector deities that can bring blessings or harm to humans. They are also called "guardian gods" that provide blessings to people, but they can also torture or harass humans. This dual nature of Kami makes them both revered and feared..
The concept that all things are manifestations of the divine in Shinto has resulted in the integration of foreign deities into the religion. As a result, Shinto has incorporated Buddhist and Confucian elements, over time..
In popular culture
Marie Kondo has applied it to organizing
References
Shinto
East Siberian Sea

The East Siberian Sea is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is between the Arctic Cape to the north, the coast of Siberia to the south, the New Siberian Islands to the west and Cape Billings, close to Chukotka, and Wrangel Island to the east. This sea borders on the Laptev Sea to the west and the Chukchi Sea to the east.
This sea is one of the least studied in the Arctic area. It has severe climate, low water salinity, and little flora, fauna and human population. The depths are shallow (mostly less than 50 meters). There are slow sea currents, low tides (below 25 cm) and frequent fogs, especially in summer. The ice fields only fully melt in August-September. The sea shores were lived on for thousands of years by tribes of Yukaghirs, Chukchi and then Evens and Evenks.
The largest city and port is Pevek, the northernmost city of mainland Russia.
The most important of the rivers flowing into the East Siberian Sea are the Indigirka, the Alazeya, The Ujandina, the Chukochya River, the Kolyma, the Rauchua, the Chaun, and the Pegtymel. Only a few rivers are able to be travelled on. The coastline of the sea is 3,016 km long.
Flora and fauna
There are few flora and fauna due to the harsh climate. The summer plankton bloom is short. It makes 5 million tons of plankton in August and September. The yearly amount is 7 million tons.
The sea shores and icefields have ringed seals, bearded seals and walruses along polar bears. Birds include seagulls, uria and cormorants. Sea waters are often visited by bowhead whale, gray whale, beluga and narwhal. Major fish species are grayling and Coregonus (whitefishes), such as muksun, broad whitefish and omul. Also common are polar smelt, saffron cod, polar cod, flounder and arctic char.
References
Other websites
Seas of the Arctic Ocean
Seas of Russia
Racine County, Wisconsin

Racine County (, sometimes also ) is a county in southeastern Wisconsin. Its county seat is Racine. When the 2020 census was held, Racine County had 197,727 people, or the fifth-most people of any county in Wisconsin. Racine County was founded in 1836, when Wisconsin was known as theWisconsin Territory.
Racine County makes up the Racine metropolitan statistical area, the communities around Racine. This area is part of the Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha combined statistical area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Racine County contains : are land and (58%) are water. In June 2021, 5.6% of people in the county did not have a job.
References
1836 establishments in Wisconsin Territory
Articles with unsourced statements from March 2017
All articles with unsourced statements
Coordinates on Wikidata
Martel, Lot

Martel is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
The town has a distinctive sky-line with medieval towers. There is a museum containing items from Puy d'Issolud, a local Gallic archaeological site which has been identified as Uxellodunum, besieged by Julius Caesar in 51 BC.
Henry the Young King died here in 1183.
Related pages
Communes of the Lot department
References
Communes in Lot
Olivia Podmore

Olivia Podmore (24 May 1997 - 9 August 2021) was a New Zealand professional racing cyclist. She participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 Commonwealth Games.
2020 Olympics
Podmore reached the criteria for being qualified for the COVID-19 delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. She was, however, not chosen by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.
Personal life
Podmore was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. Three months after turning 24, Podmore died in Cambridge on the North Island. The actual cause of Podmore's death is unknown. But there is a strong possibility Podmore may have killed herself due to having depression.
Podmore's final Instagram post read:
Sport is an amazing outlet for so many people, it's a struggle, it's a fight but it's so joyous.
The feeling when you win is unlike any other, but the feeling when you lose, when you don't get selected even when you qualify, when [you're] injured, when you don't meet society's expectations such a owning a house, marriage, kids all because [you're] trying to give everything to your sport is also unlike any other.
References
Other websites
Liv Podmore at New Zealand Olympic Organization
People who committed suicide
Sportspeople from Christchurch
1997 births
2021 deaths
New Zealand Olympians
New Zealand cyclists
Saint-Paul-en-Pareds

Saint-Paul-en-Pareds is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendee department in the west of France.
Communes in Vendee
This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap is a 1984 comedy movie. This movie pretends to be a documentary. It pretends to tell the story of a rock band called "Spinal Tap." In the movie, the members of this band are David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls and Nigel Tufnel. They are played by actors Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest.
Rob Reiner directed the movie and also acted in it. He pretended to be Marty DiBergi, director of the documentary.
Cast
Michael McKean as David St. Hubbins
Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnell (Tuffy)
Harry Shearer as Derek Smalls
Rob Reiner as Marty DiBergi
Tony Hendra as Ian Faith
David Kaff as Viv Savage
R.J. Parnell, (drummer for Atomic Rooster), as Mick Shrimpton
June Chadwick as Jeanine Pettibone
Bruno Kirby as limo driver Tommy Pischedda
Ed Begley, Jr. as John "Stumpy" Pepys
Danny Kortchmar as Ronnie Pudding
Fran Drescher as Bobbi Flekman
Patrick Macnee as Sir Denis Eton-Hogg
Julie Payne as mime waitress
Dana Carvey as mime waiter
Sandy Helberg as Angelo DiMentibelio
Zane Buzby as Rolling Stone reporter
Billy Crystal as Morty the Mime
Paul Benedict as Tucker "Smitty" Brown
Howard Hesseman as Terry Ladd
Paul Shortino as Duke Fame
Lara Cody as Duke Fame's groupie
Andrew J. Lederer as student promoter
Russ Kunkel as doomed drummer Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs
Vicki Blue as Cindy
Joyce Hyser as Belinda
Gloria Gifford as the airport security officer with the wand
Paul Shaffer as incompetent promoter Artie Fufkin (Polymer Records)
Archie Hahn as the room service guy
Charles Levin as Disc 'n' Dat manager
Anjelica Huston as Polly Deutsch
Fred Willard as the Lieutenant on the Air Force base
References
Other websites
1984 comedy movies
1980s satirical movies
American parody movies
American satirical movies
English-language movies
Mockumentaries
Movies directed by Rob Reiner
United States National Film Registry movies
American independent movies
Beaucourt

Beaucourt is a commune. It is found in the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comte in the Territoire de Belfort department in the northeast of France.
References
Communes in Territoire de Belfort
Paulista Futebol Clube

Paulista Futebol Clube, or Paulista as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Jundiai, Sao Paulo. It was founded on May 17, 1909.
Achievements
Copa do Brasil: 1
2005
Campeonato Brasileiro Serie C: 1
2001
Campeonato Paulista Serie A2: 2
1968, 2001
Copa Paulista: 3
1999, 2010, 2011
Copa Sao Paulo de Juniores: 1
1997
Football clubs in Sao Paulo (state)
1909 establishments in Brazil
Léo Major

Leo Major & Bar (January 23, 1921 - October 12, 2008) was a Canadian soldier. He was the only Canadian to ever get the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) twice in different wars. Major got his first DCM in World War II in 1945 when he made the German army run away in the city of Zwolle; he did this by himself. He was sent to scout the city with one of his best friends, but he thought Zwolle was too beautiful for an attack, deciding instead to clear it out himself. A firefight happened in which his friend was killed, and after that, he put the commanders of each group of enemy soldiers he found at gunpoint. He did this until he could take soldier groups prisoner back at base. He did this again and again until the there were no more German soldiers in the city. He got his second DCM in 1951 during the Korean War for leading the capture of an important hill.
Life
World War II
Major was serving with the Regiment de la Chaudiere. They landed on the beaches in the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944. During a reconnaissance mission on D-Day, Major captured a German armored vehicle (a Hanomag) by himself. The vehicle had German communication equipment and secret codes in it.
References
Other websites
A story of Leo Major and his acclaimed work in two wars
Badass of the Week: Leo Major
The Gallery of Heroes
CBC article with photos
2018 Radio-Canada documentary Leo Major : le fantome borgne (in French)
1921 births
2008 deaths
Canadian military personnel of World War II
Military personnel of the Korean War
People from Massachusetts
Irsina

Irsina, until 1895 called Montepeloso (in local dialect: or ), is a comune in the Province of Matera in the southern Italian region of Basilicata.
References
Settlements in Basilicata
Meyrin

Meyrin () is a municipality of the canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The main site of the CERN, a European particle physics laboratory is in Meyrin.
Meyrin was originally a small agricultural village until the 1950s, when construction of CERN began just to the north. It is now a commuter town dominated with apartment high-rises, and many of its residents work at CERN or in central Geneva.
Geneva International Airport is in Meyrin.
The municipality is on the right bank of the Rhone river.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Geneva
Cities in Switzerland
Melissa, Texas

Melissa is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
Cities in Collin County, Texas
Realpolitik

Realpolitik is a system of politics or principles based on practical, rather than moral or ideological considerations. Realpolitik is the idea that the world is ruthless and you have to act realistically, even if it causes other things to happen that are bad, or decisions have to be made that upset your people.
Ludwig von Rochau was a 19th century writer and politician. He describes it as follows:
A good example of a realpolitik politician is Henry Kissinger, who helped U.S. Presidents in the 1960s and 1970s to expand the power of the United States and its allies.
References
Political ideologies
Elias Howe

Elias Howe (July 9, 1819 - October 3, 1867) was an American inventor. He invented the sewing machine. Elias Howe was the inventor of the first American-patented sewing machine.
1819 births
1867 deaths
American inventors
Engineers from Massachusetts
Scientists from Massachusetts
Saint-Julien-en-Genevois

Saint-Julien-en-Genevois is a commune. It is in the French department of Haute-Savoie.
Communes in Haute-Savoie
Subprefectures in France
Police Camera Action!

Police Camera Action! is a documentary television show presented by Gethin Jones and previously presented by Adrian Simpson and Alastair Stewart. Its format is imposing sanctions on criminals who commit offences while filming them on camera in a documentary/reality TV fashion. It aired from 1994 to 2010. It is based and mainly aired in the United Kingdom.
1994 British television series debuts
2010 British television series endings
1990s British television series
2000s British television series
2010s British television series
British documentaries
English-language television programs
Anna Magnani

Anna Magnani (March 7, 1908 - September 26, 1973) was an Italian stage and movie actress. She received an Academy Award for the Best Actress for her role as a Sicilian widow in the movie The Rose Tattoo. She played an outcast in the 1948 movie The Miracle. She played Maddalena in the 1953 movie The Golden Coach.
Magnani was born in Rome. She later died there due to pancreatic cancer at age sixty-five.
1908 births
1973 deaths
Italian movie actors
Actors from Rome
Cancer deaths in Italy
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival or the Moon Festival or the Mooncake Festival is a traditional festival celebrated in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Vietnam, as well as by overseas Chinese and Vietnamese people. Similar holidays are celebrated in Japan, Korea, and across many Southeast Asian regions.
It is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture. Its popularity is at the same level with that of Chinese New Year. The history of the Mid-Autumn Festival dates back to 3,000 years back. The festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar. It is celebrated in a full moon night. It is during the mid-September to early October according to the Gregorian calendar. On this day, the Chinese believe that the moon is at its brightest and fullest size. This coincides with the harvesting time in the middle of Autumn.
Lanterns of all sizes and shapes, are carried and displayed. This symbolises that light brings people's way to prosperity and good luck. Mooncakes, are traditionally eaten during this festival. These are mostly filled with sweet-bean, egg yolk, meat or lotus-seed paste. The Mid-Autumn Festival is based on the story of Chang'e, the moon goddess in Chinese mythology.
Celebrations
Moon worship
An important part of the festival celebration is Moon worship. The ancient Chinese people believed in renewing associated with the Moon and water. This concept is related to the menstruation of women. So, they called it "monthly water".
Lanterns
A very important part of celebrating the festival is carrying the bright lanterns and lighting them on towers or floating sky lanterns. Another tradition involving lanterns is to write riddles on them and have other people try to guess the answers ().
Lantern usages were not combined with Moon-worship before the Tang dynasty. Traditionally, the lantern has been used to represent fertility. The laterns act mainly as a toy and decoration. But today the lantern has come to depict the festival itself. In the old days, lanterns were made in the image of natural things, myths and local cultures. As time passed, a greater variety of lanterns could be found as local cultures became influenced by their neighbors.
As China gradually evolved from a farming society to a mixed farming and trading one, traditions from other festivals began to be brought into the Mid-Autumn Festival. For example, the putting of lanterns on rivers to help the souls of the drowned as practiced during the Ghost Festival. During the Qing dynasty, Hong Kong fishermen would put up lanterns on their boats for the Ghost Festival. They keep the lanterns up until Mid-Autumn Festival.
References
Holidays of the People's Republic of China
Festivals in China
Festivals in Asia
Zhangixalus chenfui

The Chinese whipping frog or Chenfu's tree frog (Zhangixalus chenfui) is a frog. It lives in China. People have seen it between 900 and 3000 meters above sea level.
References
Frogs of Asia
Vanity 6

Vanity 6 was an American girl group that gained popularity in the early 1980s. They were proteges of musician Prince. They are best known for their song "Nasty Girl and released one album in 1982, which was named after the group as well.
Discography
Studio albums
Vanity 6 (1982)
Singles
Unreleased second Vanity 6 album
A number of songs were intended for the Vanity 6 follow up album, but due to Vanity's departure, these songs ended up performed by others.
"Sex Shooter", which was released by Apollonia 6. Vanity 6 did record at least one version of this song which has been leaked on the internet.
"17 Days", the B-side to Prince's "When Doves Cry", ended up being released by Prince, with Bennett's background vocals still on the recording.
"G-Spot", which ended up on Jill Jones debut album. The Vanity 6/Prince with Jill Jones background vocals demo has been leaked on the internet as well.
"Vibrator", which has been leaked online. The song features Prince in a comedic sketch as well as Jill Jones. It is about Vanity feeling ignored by her lover only to find solace with her "body massager" which midway through the song loses power prompting Vanity to go purchase batteries at two different stores. The song is set in three distinct parts: The verse and chorus portions, then the comedic sketch, and finally, Vanity achieving an orgasm with her vibrator.
"Moral Majority"
References
Further reading
Other websites
American R&B bands
American pop music groups
American soul bands
American funk singers
Musical groups established in 1981
Musical groups disestablished in 1983
American girl groups
Musical groups from Minnesota
Biomedical engineering

Biomedical engineering is the study of medical equipment used in an environment of care or training and how this equipment interfaces with the human body. BE applies electrical, mechanical, optical, chemical, & other engineering principles to understand, modify, or control biological systems
Biomedical engineers design, test, modify, recommend modification of, and evaluate all medical equipment used to interface or interact with the human body. In addition to these functions, clinical engineers usually supervise the biomedical equipment maintenance function within an environment of care.
The medical devices include man-made hands, arms, and legs to replace lost ones and, also, Dialysis machines which clean the blood of a person with damaged kidneys.
Other websites
BioMedical Engineering OnLine
The Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program (UCLA)
Notes
Engineering disciplines
Medicine
Loleatta Holloway

Loleatta Holloway (November 5, 1946 - March 21, 2011) was an American singer. She was known mainly for disco songs, such as "Hit and Run" and "Love Sensation".
Holloway was born in Chicago, Illinois. She died there from heart failure.
Musicians from Chicago
American singer-songwriters
1946 births
2011 deaths
Police impersonation

Police impersonation is when someone pretends to be a police officer. It is illegal in most countries.
Types of crime
Thomas Janeschitz

Thomas Janeschitz (born 22 June 1966) is an Austrian professional football manager and former player. He is head coach of 2. Liga club FC Dornbirn.
Career
Thomas Janeschitz made his debut for the Wiener Sport-Club in the 1st division in 1985. He had only made a few appearances.Then he moved to Kremser SC in the 2nd division. The club was promoted in 1989 . 1988 they won the cup as a second division team in 1988. Thomas Janeschitz scored the second goal in the first leg win. Then he went back to Wiener Sport-Club. 1992 the club was promoted to the firdt league. After scoring 16 goals in 1992/93 the newly founded FC Tirol signed the striker, and Thomas Janeschitz played in Innsbruck for a total of four seasons. In his last active season, 1997/98, he played for Wiener Austria, where he started his career in the youth team.
On 9 May 1993 he played one match for the Austrian national football team versus Sweden.
After the end of his playercareer he began working as a youth coach at Rapid (1999-2001), Admira (2001-2002) and Austria (2002-2005). After an interlude as assistant coach of Austria Wien, he took over as head coach of the amateur team in June 2006 in the second-class first division. At that time he was also the mentor of David Alaba. He let him play on 18 April 2008 when Alaba was just 15 years old.
From 2009 to 2011 he was head coach of the Austrian U16, U 17 and U18 national football team. Then he was assistance coach to Marcel Koller in the Austrian national football team. In addition, Janeschitz worked in the OFB between 2009 and 2016 as head of trainer training and further education. After Koller left the OFB Janeschitz made also this step.
He then followed Koller as assistant coach to FC Basel in Switzerland in August 2018. In August 2020 he left FC basel. For the 2022/23 season he took over the second division club FC Dornbirn 1913 as head coach.
Private life
Thomas Janeschitz studied physical education and mathematics at the University of Vienna and is learned teacher.
References
1966 births
Living people
Players of the Austrian national football team
Austrian football managers
FK Austria Wien players
Association football forwards