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Beast (Beauty and the Beast)

The Beast is a character from Beauty and the Beast. In different movies and musicals, Dan Stevens, Terrence Mann, James Barbour and Steve Blanchard have played the role of the Beast. Now he was portrayed by Josh Groban.
Movie characters
Vineyard

A vineyard is a place where grapes are grown. Some vineyards belong to wineries. The grapes grown in those are used to make wine.
Related pages
Winery
Farming
Agriculture
Vines
Chondrostei

The Chondrostei are a sub-class of ray-finned fish, the Actinopterygii. They include the sturgeons, huge fish which provide caviar.
The Chondrostei are mainly cartilaginous fish with some ossification. There are 52 species divided among two orders. The orders are the Acipenseriformes (sturgeons and paddlefishes), and the Polypteriformes (reedfishes and bichirs).
This group has at times been classified with the sharks: the similarities are obvious, not only do the chondrosteans mostly lack bone, the structure of the jaw is more akin to that of sharks than other bony fish. Both lack scales (except the Polypteriforms). Additional shared features include spiracles and, in sturgeons, a heterocercal tail (the vertebrae extend into the larger lobe of the caudal fin). However the fossil record suggests that these fish have more in common with the Teleostei than their external appearance might suggest.
Evolution
It is thought that the ancestors of the chondrosteans were bony fish but that this characteristic was lost in later evolutionary development, resulting in a lightening of the frame. Elderly chondrosteans show beginnings of ossification of the skeleton which suggests that this process is delayed rather than lost in these fish.
In the early Mesozoic, a number of fish families were beginning to develop adaptations which would make them lighter, faster and more efficient predators. Chondrosteans took a radical approach. Cartilage is lighter than bone, and they delayed the development of bone, so that it only developed in elderly fish. They lost the upper jaw bones completely. Other changes allowed them to shoot the jaw forwards to grab prey.
Why did Chondrosteans react with such total reorganization? Obviously selection pressure must have been very strong. However, in one way they were almost unique. Rarely amongst animals, they underwent polyploidy, several times. Instead of two sets of chromosomes (diploid), the Chondrosteans have 8 or 16 sets of chromosomes. Such a dramatic genetic change may have given the potential for a rapid, drastic reorganization of the body plan.
Paraphyly
The Chondrostei are paraphyletic. The group does not contain all of its descendants. Therefore, it is going to be reorganized.
References
Ray-finned fish
Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell (; born June 30, 1930) is an American economist and social theorist. He is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
Sowell worked at Cornell University and University of California, Los Angeles. He has also worked for think tanks such as the Urban Institute.
Since 1980, he has worked at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He writes from a libertarian conservative perspective. He is a National Humanities Medal recipient for innovative scholarship which incorporated history, economics and political science.
References
Other websites
Thomas Sowell's home page
Thomas Sowell Features at Creators Syndicate
Column archive at Townhall.com
Archive of Articles by Thomas Sowell at JewishWorldReview.com
1930 births
Living people
American economists
Cornell University faculty
American political scientists
American political writers
Writers from South Carolina
University of California faculty
Five manifestations of Shangdi

The Five manifestations of Shangdi are in Chinese religion, the five manifestations of Shangdi. This idea dates to the Shang dynasty.
The five are
Yellow Emperor
Bluegreen Emperor
Black Emperor
Red Emperor
White Emperor
References
Chinese gods and goddesses
Religious Confucianism
Patrick Stewart

Sir Patrick Stewart (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor. He then served as the Chancellor of University of Huddersfield from 2004 to 2015. He is also a Shakespearian actor who spent 16 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but is best known for playing the role of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also played Professor X in the X-Men movies and his extensive voice work as Avery Bullock (along with Avery Bullock as B, The Police Academy Chief and Himself) in the animated series American Dad!. He was then given a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in her New Years Honours at the start of 2010, and then became "Sir Patrick Stewart".
He was immortalized outside the Chinese Theatre in January 2020.
Movies
References
1940 births
Living people
Actors from Yorkshire
English movie actors
English stage actors
English television actors
English voice actors
Knights Bachelor
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Michael Herr

Michael David Herr (April 13, 1940 - June 23, 2016) was an American writer and war correspondent. He was known as the author of Dispatches (1977). He was a correspondent for Esquire magazine (1967-1969) during the Vietnam War.
References
1940 births
2016 deaths
American war correspondents
American political writers
American autobiographers
American screenwriters
Writers from Kentucky
Kalami language

Kalami is a Dardic language spoken in Swat District, Pakistan. It is also spoken in Dir District. It is closely related to Torwali.
References
Languages of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Dardic languages
Brendan Halligan

Brendan Halligan (5 July 1936 - 9 August 2020) was an Irish economist and politician. He was founder and president of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA). He was president of the Ireland China Institute.
He was also a Board Member of Mainstream Renewable Power. He was General Secretary of the Labour Party, a Teachta Dala (TD), a Senator, and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He was born in Dublin.
He died on 9 August 2020, aged 84.
References
1936 births
2020 deaths
Irish businesspeople
Economists
People from Dublin
MEPs for Ireland
Dover, Ohio

Dover is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,210 at the 2000 United States Census.
References
Cities in Ohio
1932 WAAA Championships

The 1932 WAAA Championships were the 11th national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. The tournament was held in London (SB), United Kingdom, with the cross country event being held in Coventry.
Results
* Latre identified as Edith Halstead.
References
1932 in sports
Sport in the United Kingdom
Sport in the Netherlands
Athletics
1930s in Europe
Sport in London
Allensville, Kentucky

Allensville is an unincorporated community of Kentucky in the United States.
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Vinuesa

Vinuesa is a municipality found in the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon in Spain.
Municipalities in Castile and Leon
Settlements in Soria
Corcelle-Mieslot

Corcelle-Mieslot is a commune. It is in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte in the Doubs department in east France.
References
Communes in Doubs
Technical University Munich

The Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM; University of Technology, Munich; Technical University of Munich) is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching and Freising-Weihenstephan. It was founded in 1868. The university alumni and professor list include 17 Nobel Prize winners. As of winter semester 2018 TUM has 41.375 students, 566 professors, and 10.501 staff members.
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1868 establishments in Europe
Buildings and structures in Munich
Munich
1860s establishments in Germany
Jade Emperor

The Jade Emperor ( or , ) is one of the representations of the first god ( ) in Chinese mythology and religion. In Daoist theology, he is associated with Yuanshi Tianzun, one of the Three Pure Ones. He is also the ("Highest Power") of Caodaism. He is often identified with Sakra in Chinese Buddhist cosmology. In Korean mythology, he is known as Haneullim.
The Jade Emperor is known by many names. Some names include (1) the Heavenly Grandfather (, ), which originally meant "Heavenly Duke", (2) the Jade Lord; (3) the Highest Emperor; (4) Great Emperor of Jade (, or , ).
Mythology
The Jade Emperor was originally the assistant of the Divine Master of the Heavenly Origin, Yuanshi Tianzun. Yuanshi Tianzun is the supreme beginning, the limitless and eternal creator of Heaven and Earth. He picked Yu-huang, or the Jade Emperor, as his personal successor.
The Jade Emperor will later be succeeded by the Heavenly Master of the Dawn of Jade of the Golden Door (). The characters for both are shown on the front of the arms of his throne.
In two traditional writing texts produced in 1925 and 1972, Guan Yu became the 18th Jade Emperor in about 1840 AD. However, some have disagreed that Guan Yu has succeeded. And thus the Jade Emperor and Guan Yu are often worshiped separately. In Tienti teaching, the ruling Jade Emperor has 55 predecessors. However, this is from the opinion of the Chinese folk religion. Many Taoists do not believe these claims to be true.
Festivals
The Jade Emperor's Birthday () falls on the ninth day of the first lunar month. On this day, Taoist temples perform a Jade Emperor ritual (, , literally "heaven worship"). In this, priests and common people lie straight on the ground, burn incenses and make food offerings.
References
Taoism
Chinese mythology
Gods and goddesses
Liza Koshy

Liza Koshy (born March 31, 1996) is an American actress, television host, comedian and YouTuber. She began her career on Vine in 2013, before starting a YouTube channel.
Among her acting roles have been Aday Walker in Tyler Perry's horror comedy film Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) and The Explorer in the YouTube Premium series Escape the Night (2017). She starred as Violet Adams in the Hulu drama television series Freakish (2016-2017). From 2017 to 2018, she was a contributor to the MTV television series Total Request Live. Since 2018, Koshy has produced and starred as the title character in the YouTube Premium comedy series Liza on Demand. From 2018 to 2019, she hosted the Nickelodeon game show revival Double Dare, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. In 2020, she starred in the Netflix dance-comedy film Work It.
1996 births
American television actors
American YouTubers
Comedians from Houston
Actors from Houston
Living people
Cypriniformes

Cypriniformes is a group of ray-finned fish, which includes carps and minnows. The group contains 320 genera, with over 3200 species.
References
McNeil, Arkansas

McNeil is a city in the US state of Arkansas.
Cities in Arkansas
Great Purge

The Great Purge or the Great Terror (), was a purge in the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1938.
It was a large-scale "repression" of the more wealthy peasants (kulaks). Ethnic minorities were murdered. Even members of the Communist Party, government officials, and the Red Army leadership were killed.
Everyone was watched by the police. Everyone was suspected. People were imprisoned without a fair trial. Executions were common. Historians think the total number of deaths due to Stalinist repression in 1937-38 was between 950,000 to 1.2 million.
The "Kulak Operation" and the targeting of national minorities made up the Great Terror. Together these two actions caused nine-tenths of the death sentences and three-fourths of Gulag prison camp sentences.
In the Western world, Robert Conquest's 1968 book The Great Terror popularized the phrase. Conquest's title was a reminder of the French Revolution time known as the Reign of Terror (French: la Terreur, "the Terror"; from June to July 1794: la Grande Terreur, 'the Great Terror').
References
History of the Soviet Union
Mass murder by country
Political movements
1930s in the Soviet Union
Monaro (New South Wales)

Monaro (pronounced "mon-air'-ro") is the name of a region in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It also includes a small area of Victoria near Snowy River National Park. The Australian Capital Territory is often considered part of the region. Most towns in the region have very close links with Canberra.
The Monaro region is a large plateau about above sea level. It lies between the valley of the Murrumbidgee River in the north, and the Errinundra Plateau in the south. It drops steeply to the coast on its eastern side. Much of the region is an ancient highland, but there is basaltic bedrock near Cooma and Nimmitabel. This produces the only true chernozems in Australia. These are some of the best soils in the whole country. Elsewhere on the Monaro the granitic soils are very infertile. They supported dry forest vegetation before clearing for farming.
Because it is located east of the Snowy Mountains, the rain-bearing westerly winds drop rain and snow on the mountains leaving the Monaro region in a rain shadow. Annual rainfall ranges from around Dalgety to at the eastern edge of the plateau. Occasional storms can produce very heavy rainfall. On one day in June 1975, Nimmitabel received of rain. Temperatures in summer are warm to very warm. The average maximum temperatures range from around Canberra and Queanbeyan to on the highest parts of the plateau. Nights in summer can be cool, but in winter the region is the coldest part of mainland Australia outside the Alps The with July minimum temperatures averaging in Canberra and in Bombala.
The Monaro region features rolling hills that rise to very rugged peaks in the Tinderry Mountains. There are shallow valleys in the upper Murrumbidgee. The basaltic Monaro Range separates the Snowy and Murrumbidgee drainages. Because the climate in the basaltic areas is too cold for crops, the main industry is raising sheep and beef cattle.
The Monaro Highway is the main State highway from Canberra to the Monaro region. The main towns in the region are Cooma and Bombala, others include Berridale, Adaminaby, Delegate, Dalgety, Nimmitabel and Jindabyne.
Regions of New South Wales
Ice-nine

Ice-nine is a fictional material. It was invented by author Kurt Vonnegut in his novel, Cat's Cradle. Ice-nine was a special type of ice that would freeze at higher temperatures than normal ice. When dropped into other bodies of water, it froze that, too, which resulted in all bodies of water on earth being frozen by Ice-nine.
References
Science fiction technology
Met Gala

Met Gala or Met Ball is an annual festival for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York City. It's also about annual fashion exhibit where the celebrities take part in. The Met Gala was established in 1948. Since 1973 this event has become "a jewel in New York City's social crown". This is also called as the Super Bowl of fashion.
History
The Costume Institute at the Met has been existed since 1959. Firstly the gala was annual benefit for New York charities. The attendees were members of New York high society. Then fashion designer Diana Vreeland bring it into the spotlight from 1973.
References
Fashion
1948 establishments
Preservation

Preservation may mean:
The common meaning is: keeping and maintaining to make sure that the object is protected against decay and will be (nearly) the same in future.
Special meanings are:
Art conservation and restoration, the retention of antiquities for museums or exhibition, also called "Art preservation"
Case preservation, in computer storage
Environmental preservation, the active maintenance and advocacy of the protection of the natural environment
Digital preservation, the management of digital information over time
Film preservation, rescuing aging film stock and preserving recorded images
National Film Preservation Board
Food preservation
Historic preservation, the theory and practice of creatively maintaining the historic built environment
Self preservation, part of an animal's fundamental instinct which demands that the organism survive
Sierre District

Sierre is a district of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
It contains the following municipalities:
Ayer
Chalais
Chandolin
Chermignon
Chippis
Grimentz
Grone
Icogne
Lens
Miege
Mollens
Montana-Vermala
Randogne
Sierre
Saint-Jean
Saint-Leonard
Saint-Luc
Venthone
Veyras
Vissoie
Districts of Valais
Mount Gilead, Ohio

Mount Gilead is a village in Ohio in the United States. It is the county seat of Morrow County.
Villages in Ohio
County seats in Ohio
Stheno

Stheno is a gorgon in Greek mythology. She has 2 sisters. She and her sister Euryale was immortal, and the third sister Medusa was mortal. Medusa is the queen who turns people to stone with her eyes. Euryale could jump high. Stheno was very strong. She had snake hair, metal arms, and wings. She was the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto.
Greek legendary creatures
List of companies of Kolkata

This list includes notable companies with primary headquarters in Kolkata. The industry and sector follow the Industry Classification Benchmark. Companies that no longer exist are included and noted as defunct.
References
Kolkata
Lists of companies
Hysteresis

Hysteresis is a concept in physical science.
In hysteresis the output of a system depends not only on its input, but also on its history of past inputs. This is because the history affects the value of an internal state. To predict the future outputs of a system, either its internal state or its history must be known.
The effect may happen because of a lag between input and output. This effect disappears as the input changes more slowly. This effect meets the description of hysteresis given above, but is often referred to as rate-dependent hysteresis to distinguish it from hysteresis with a more durable memory effect.
Hysteresis occurs in ferromagnetic materials and ferroelectric materials. It also occurs in the deformation of some materials (such as rubber bands and shape-memory alloys). Many artificial systems are designed to have hysteresis: for example, in thermostats and computers.
References
Physics
Betty Buckley

Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3, 1947) is an American actress and singer. She won a 1983 Tony Award for Best Actress Featured in a Musical for her role in the original Broadway play Cats.
Buckley later played Norma Desmond in the 1994-96 play Sunset Boulevard. She was nominated for a 1995 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Her other Broadway credits include 1776 and Pippin.
Buckley also acted in the series Eight is Enough from 1977 to 1981. Other acts include playing Ms. Collins in Carrie (1976). Other acts include the musical version of Carrie in 1988 and playing Mrs. Jones in The Happening (2008).
Buckley was born in Big Spring, Texas.
References
Tony Award winning actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American movie actors
Actors from Texas
1947 births
Living people
Denham Harman

Denham Harman (February 14, 1916 - November 25, 2014) was an American biogerontologist. He was the professor emeritus at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Harman was widely known as the "father of the free radical theory of aging".
Harman died in Omaha, Nebraska on November 25, 2014 from a short-illness, aged 98.
References
1916 births
2014 deaths
Scientists from Omaha, Nebraska
Educators from Omaha, Nebraska
Admission to practice law

Lawyers are given permission to practice law when they get a license to practice law. There are two types of lawyers, barristers and solicitors. Barristers have to get admission to the bar, but solicitors have to get different certificates.
United States
In the United States, there is only one type of lawyer, but there used to be two types until the American Bar Association chose to only have one in 1921. By 1980, only Mississippi, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin still had two types of lawyers. , Wisconsin is the only state that still has two types of lawyers.
References
Lawyers
Laura Biagiotti

Laura Biagiotti (; August 4, 1943 - May 26, 2017) was an Italian fashion designer. She was born in Rome, Italy. She had her first fashion show in 1972. The House of Biagiotti (based on Via dei Condotti in Rome) is now listed among the largest fashion houses in Italy with an expansion of products including accessories and watches. She moved to Beijing for some time and was the first Italian designer to present a collection in China, in April 1988.
Biagiotti died on May 26, 2017 in Rome from complications of a heart attack at the age of 73.
References
Other websites
1943 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Italian fashion designers
People from Rome
Saeima

The Saeima is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament made up of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation. Elections are scheduled to be held once every four years.
The President of Latvia can dismiss the Saeima and call early elections.
References
Organizations based in Latvia
Unicameral legislatures
Bill Baxley

William Joseph Baxley II (born June 27, 1941), is an American Democratic politician and attorney. From 1983 until 1987, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Alabama.
Baxley reopened the cold case of the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. In a letter, the Ku Klux Klan threatened him, comparing him to John F. Kennedy, and called him an "honorary nigger." Baxley responded, on official state letterhead: "My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is--kiss my ass."
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1941 births
Living people
Lieutenant Governors of Alabama
Lawyers from Alabama
Democratic Party (United States) politicians
1957–58 European Cup

The 1957-58 European Cup was the 3rd European cup that was won by Real Madrid over AC Milan.
Result
Preliminary round
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Bracket
First round
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1 Borussia Dortmund beat CCA Bucuresti 3-1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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First leg
Second leg
Real Madrid won 4-2 on aggregate.
Milan won 5-2 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1957-58 European Cup were as follows:
Other websites
Results on uefa.com
UEFA Champions League
1958 in association football
1957 in Europe
1958 in Europe
1957 in sports
Void (astronomy)

In astronomy, voids are the empty spaces between filaments. Filaments and voids are the largest-scale structures in the Universe. There are no or few galaxies in voids. Most voids have a diameter of 11 to 150 Mpc.
Especially large voids are the empty spaces without many superclusters.
These voids are sometimes called supervoids.
A 1994 official counting lists a total of 27 supervoids with a distance of up to 740 Mpc.
References
Astronomical objects
Cosmology
Dudley, Massachusetts

Dudley is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
Towns in Massachusetts
Romeo and Juliet (1955 movie)

Romeo and Juliet () is a 1955 Soviet movie directed by Lev Arnshtam and Leonid Lavrovsky. It stars Galina Ulanova, Yuri Zhdanov, and I. Olenina.
Actors
Galina Ulanova as Juliet
Yuri Zhdanov as Romeo (as Yu. Zhdanov)
I. Olenina as Juliet's nurse
Aleksandr Radunsky as Lord Capulet (as A. Radunsky)
Ye. Ilyushchenko as Lady Capulet
Aleksey Yermolayev as Tybalt
References
Other websites
1950s musical movies
1955 drama movies
Soviet drama movies
Movies based on Romeo and Juliet
Movies directed by Lev Arnshtam
Movies directed by Leonid Lavrovsky
Guise

Guise is a commune. It is found in the region Picardie in the Aisne department in the north of France.
Communes in Aisne
William Luce

William Aubert Luce (October 16, 1931 - December 9, 2019) was an American playwright and television writer. He wrote many plays which starred Julie Harris. His best known play works were The Belle of Amherst and Barrymore. He also wrote the television screenplay of The Last Days of Patton. Luce was born in Portland, Oregon.
Luce died of Alzheimer's disease-related problems at his home in Green Valley, Arizona on December 9, 2019 at the age of 88.
References
Other websites
1931 births
2019 deaths
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
Disease-related deaths in Arizona
American playwrights
American television writers
Writers from Portland, Oregon
Yarmouk University

Yarmouk University is a public Jordanian university located in the city of Irbid in the north of Jordan. It was established in 1976. it is specialized in pure sciences, with the exception of the Hijjawi College of Applied Engineering. The university consists of 15 major schools.
References
1976 establishments in Asia
Colleges and universities in Jordan
Ahmet Davutoğlu

Ahmet Davutoglu (; born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish politician. He was the Prime Minister of Turkey and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from August 2014 to May 2016.
Davutoglu was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2014. He was elected as an AKP Member of Parliament for Konya in 2011 and was re-elected as an MP in 2015. He resigned as Prime Minister on 22 May 2016.
References
1959 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Turkey
Longbridge Plant

Longbridge Plant is an automobile plant in Longbridge, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. Most of it was demolished in 2005 and 2007.
Automobiles
Abaré

Abare is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Bahia.
Municipalities in Bahia
Guru Har Krishan

Guru Har Krishan ( ; 23 July 1656 - 30 March 1664) was the eighth of the ten gurus of Sikhism. He became Guru on 7 October 1661, on the death of his father, Guru Har Rai. Due to the smallpox epidemic that was happening at that time, Guru Har Krishan died at the young age of 7. His grand-uncle, Guru Tegh Bahadur, became the next Guru of the Sikhs.
Deaths from smallpox
Indian religious leaders
Sikhism
Punjabi people
Spiritual teachers
If My Homie Calls

"If My Homie Calls" is the second single by American rapper 2Pac. It was featured on his debut studio album 2Pacalypse Now. Shakur performed the song on MTV show Yo! MTV Raps in 1992.
References
Other websites
1991 songs
Tupac Shakur songs
John Rushing

John Rushing (February 26, 1972 - October 23, 2020) was an American college and professional football assistant coach. He was the safeties coach at the University of Arizona. Rushing served for six years as a defensive coach at Utah State University and was the secondary coach for three other college programs. He was born in Merced, California.
Rushing played college football at Washington State University in Pullman. He also coached the Green Bay Packers and the Los Angeles Rams.
Rushing died on October 23, 2020 in Tucson, Arizona at the age of 48.
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1972 births
2020 deaths
American football coaches
American football players
Sportspeople from California
Myopia

Myopia, also called near-sightedness or short-sightedness, is a problem with the focusing ability of the eye. It is when the eye is not able to focus properly on objects in the distance. This condition is very common and it often occurs with many members of the same family. It happens when the lens becomes a different shape (too curved) from usual, or when the eye is longer than normal, so light entering the eye focuses on a point in front of the retina, rather than right on it. This makes distant objects look blurry. People with myopia often squint while watching television or trying to see distant objects. Sudden myopia can often be the first symptom of Type II Diabetes.
In most cases, it can be fixed easily using glasses, contact lenses, or surgery.
Diseases and disorders of the eye
Calcio Lecco 1912

Calcio Lecco 1912 is a football club which plays in Italy.
Name
1912-1932 Canottieri Lecco
1932-1972 AC Lecco
1972-2002 Calcio Lecco
2002-2005 AC Citta di Lecco
2005-present Calcio Lecco 1912
Italian football clubs
Lecco
1912 establishments in Italy
Twice-cooked pork

Twice-cooked pork (, literally: meat that has been returned to the wok) is probably the best-known Sichuan-style Chinese dish. Twice-cooked pork is cooked by boiling pork rib steak chunks in hot water with slices of ginger and salt first, then after being cut into thin slices, the pork is put back into a wok and shallow-fried in hot oil.
Legend
Twice-cooked pork is said to have started in the Qing Dynasty, while the Qianlong Emperor toured Sichuan. Qianlong wanted a feast at every stop that he made, and, when he arrived at one particular village, the villagers were very worried. The crops had not been harvesting well that year and there may not have been enough to host the emperor. They were worried that the emperor would do bad things to them if they did not give him a feast, so they quickly put the food they had not yet eaten back into the pot, cooked it again (thus "twice-cooking" them) and served the food to the emperor. To their surprise, the emperor enjoyed it, and so the "Twice Cooked Pork" became a famous Sichuan dish.
Types
Common vegetables to add to twice-cooked pork are cabbage, peppers and garlic shoots. Pixian, a thick broad-bean sauce, is also a common ingredient.
Chinese food
Pork
Sichuan
Meat dishes
Newbiggin

Newbiggin is a village and civil parish in Eden, Cumbria, England. In 2001 there were 96 people living in Newbiggin.
References
Villages in Cumbria
Civil parishes in Cumbria
Australian Grand Prix

The Australian Grand Prix is a motorsport race contested by cars in the Formula One section. The race was first held in Adelaide before moving to Melbourne in 1996.
Winners
Repeat winners (drivers)
Drivers in bold are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season.
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.
As of the 2018 edition, four-time World Drivers' Champion Alain Prost remains the only driver to win the race in both World Championship and domestic formats, winning the Australian Drivers' Championship 1982 race before winning in Adelaide in 1986 and 1988.
Repeat winners (constructors)
Teams in bold are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season.
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.
Repeat winners (engine manufacturers)
Manufacturers in bold are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season.
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.
* Between 1997-2003 built by Ilmor
** Between 1968-1993 designed and built by Cosworth, funded by Ford
By year
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.
Alain Prost is the only driver, as of the 2019 Australian Grand Prix, to win the race in both Australian domestic (1982) and World Championship (1986 and 1988) formats.
The last Australian driver to win the AGP was World Champion Alan Jones who won 1980's non-championship race.
The last Australian driver to officially finish on the podium was John Smith in 1983. Australia's only current () Grand Prix driver Daniel Ricciardo had finished 2nd in the 2014 race, but was disqualified post-race.
Since becoming a round of the Formula One World Championship in , Jones (1985 and 1986), David Brabham (1990 and 1994), Mark Webber (2002-2013) and Ricciardo (2012-present) are the only Australian drivers to race in the Australian Grand Prix.
* From 1932 to 1948, the winner was determined on a handicap basis.
+ The 1937 event was staged as the "South Australian Centenary Grand Prix" on 26 December 1936.
# The 1928 event was officially known as the "100 Miles Road Race".
** The 2020 Grand Prix was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but organisers announced their intention to reschedule the race.
References
Formula One Grands Prix
1985 establishments in Australia
Football Federation of Armenia

The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) is the governing body of football in Armenia. It organizes the Armenian Premier League and the Armenian national football team. It is based in Yerevan.
Other websites
Official website
1992 establishments in Armenia
Sport in Armenia
Association football governing bodies in Europe
Organizations based in Armenia
Scott Ryan (Australian politician)

Scott Michael Ryan (born 12 May 1973) is an Australian politician. He has been a Senator for Victoria since 2008, representing the Liberal Party. He has been the President of the Senate since 2017.
References
1973 births
Living people
Presidents of the Australian Senate
Politicians from Melbourne
Manuel Luna

Manuel Luna is a retired judoka from Venezuela. Luna competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born on 14 August 1945.
References
Other websites
1945 births
Living people
Judoka
Venezuelan Olympians
Death Valley Junction

Death Valley Junction (formerly, Amargosa and '"Death Valley'") is a tiny Mojave Desert community in unincorporated Inyo County, California, at the intersection of SR 190 and SR 127, just east of Death Valley National Park. The zip code is 92328, the elevation is , and the population fewer than 20. It contains the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel.
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National Register of Historic Places
Unincorporated communities in California
Settlements in Inyo County, California
1923 establishments in the United States
1920s establishments in California
Frank McAtamney

Francis Stevens McAtamney (15 May 1934 - 6 February 2022) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1956 and 1957, playing in the prop position. He was born in Middlemarch, New Zealand.
McAtamney died on 6 February 2022 in Geraldine, New Zealand at the age of 87.
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1934 births
2022 deaths
New Zealand rugby union players
Empedocles

Empedocles was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a person who lived in Agrigentum, a Greek colony in Sicily.
Empedocles' philosophy is best known for being the origin of the cosmogenic theory of the four classical elements in the Western world. He also proposed powers called Love and Strife which would act as forces to bring about the mixture and separation of the elements. These physical speculations were part of a history of the universe which also dealt with the origin and development of life.
Influenced by the Pythagoreans, he supported the doctrine of reincarnation. Empedocles is generally considered the last Greek philosopher to record his ideas in verse. Some of his work still survives today, more so than in the case of any other Presocratic philosopher. Empedocles' death was mythologized by ancient writers, and has been the subject of a number of literary treatments.
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Presocratic philosophers
Cormaranche-en-Bugey

Cormaranche-en-Bugey is a former commune. It is found in the region Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes in the Ain department in the east of France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Plateau d'Hauteville.
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Former communes in Ain
Second constituency for French residents overseas

The second constituency for French residents overseas () is an overseas constituency of France. It represents the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico and South America.
It is the least populated of the 11 overseas constituencies in France.
Election results
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Constituencies for French residents overseas
Du Quoin, Illinois

Du Quoin is a city in Illinois in the United States.
Cities in Illinois
Soumaila Diabate

Soumaila Diabate (born 22 November2004) is a Malian footballer. He plays as midfielder for the Austrian 2. Liga club FC Liefering.
Career
Diabate started his career at Guidars FC. In January 2023 he went to Austria to join FC Red Bull Salzburg. In Salzburg he was loaned to FC Liefering in the Second league.
In April 2023 he made his debut for Liefering . He came in for Tolgahan Sahin during the half-time break on the 21st matchday of the 2022/23 season against Kapfenberg SV.
2004 births
Living people
Malian footballers
Association football midfielders
Players of FC Liefering
Polka

The polka is a dance for couples which originated in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). It was a "craze" in Europe for a time in the mid to late 19th century. and in the United States. The craze spread in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, of which the Czechs were part.
The dance is done with a one-two-three-hop style: The dance soon spread to London and was introduced to America in 1844. It remained a popular ballroom dance until the late 19th century.
References
Other websites
The Worlds Polka Network The world's first 24/7 Polka Streamer.
Polka Jammer Network Internet radio station featuring many LIVE & taped shows.
National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame.
International Polka Association and Hall of Fame .
Wisconsin Polka Music.
Musical forms
Ballroom dances
Nuvilly

Nuvilly is a municipality of the district Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
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Other websites
Municipalities of Fribourg
Ka

Ka is one of the five parts of the Egyptian idea of the soul. The Ka was the life force and left the body during death. Ka was believed to be in food and drink and was placed with the dead for offerings. The Egyptians believed that at death the Ba and the Ka join together through Nehebkau before entering Duat.
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Egyptian mythology
The Morning After (1986 movie)

The Morning After is a 1986 American mystery thriller movie directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Jane Fonda in her Oscar nominated role, Jeff Bridges, Raul Julia, Kathy Bates, Diane Salinger, Kathleen Wilhoite. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Other websites
1986 mystery movies
1986 thriller movies
American mystery movies
American thriller movies
20th Century Fox movies
Movies directed by Sidney Lumet
Anton de Bary

Heinrich Anton de Bary (26 January 1831 - 19 January 1888) was a German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist (fungal systematics and physiology).
He is considered a founding father of plant pathology (phytopathology) as well as the founder of modern mycology. His extensive and careful studies of the life history of fungi and contribution to the understanding of algae and higher plants were landmarks of biology.
Lichen
De Bary studied the formation of lichens, the association between a fungus and an alga. He traced the stages through which they grew and reproduced and the adaptations which enabled them to survive drought and winter. He coined the word 'symbiosis' in 1879 in his monograph as "the living together of unlike organisms". He carefully studied the morphology of moulds, yeasts, and fungi and he established mycology as an independent science.
Slime moulds
de Bary was one of the first people to do research on slime moulds (Myxomycetes). He published a key paper in 1859, and later a book on the subject.
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1831 births
1888 deaths
German doctors
Microbiologists
Aizkraukle

Aizkraukle is a town in Latvia with town rights since 1967.
Towns in Latvia
1967 establishments in Europe
20th-century establishments in Latvia
Cymbospondylus

Cymbospondylus (meaning "boat vertebrae") was a large, primitive Triassic ichthyosaur of the Middle and Upper Triassic. It had a long eel-like body up to 10 meters or more in length.
Cymbospondylus is known from both Germany and Nevada. No doubt, like other large marine reptiles and present-day aquatic mammals, it had a wide oceanic distribution.
Palaeobiology
Cymbospondylus was one of the largest ichthyosaurs. Fossils ranging from long. It was also one of the least fish-like of the ichthyosaurs, lacking a dorsal fin and fluked tail. It did, however, have an elongated snout like other ichthyosaurs.
The one metre long head of Cymbospondylus, with large jaws, contained rows of teeth adapted for catching and holding on to fish, belemnites, and cephalopods such as ammonites. The long tail would have been excellent for swimming, and allowed Cymbospondylus to move at fast speeds and efficiently hunt down shoals of swimming fish.
Adult Cymbospondylus probably spent much of their time hunting in deep offshore water, only coming into shallow water to breed or to catch seasonally available prey. Like other ichthyosaurs, Cymbospondylus probably gave birth to live young, as it had no way to lay eggs. These, on reaching adult size, probably had few, if any, predators that could harm them.
The eel-like tail of Cymbospondylus made up almost half the total body length, and it is possible that the tail was used as a primary swimming mechanism. Like present day sea snakes, Cymbospondylus probably swam by wriggling its body from side to side.
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Ichthyosaurs
Inspector Gadget 2

Inspector Gadget 2 is a 2003 American police comedy movie based on the cartoon of the same name and a direct-to-video sequel to 1999's Inspector Gadget.
Plot
It has been one year since Dr. Claw was sent to prison and Inspector Gadget hasn't seen any chance of crime happening.
Cast
French Stewart as Inspector Gadget
Elaine Hendrix as Gadget Model 2/G2
Tony Martin as Dr. Claw
Bruce Spence
D.L. Hughley as the voice of Gadgetmobile
Jeff Bennett as the voice of Brain
Reception
Some people thought it was better than the first movie thanks to how closer it is to the cartoon.
2003 comedy movies
2000s superhero movies
American comedy movies
Disney movies
Movies shot in Brisbane
Police comedy movies
American superhero movies
Lumbar vertebrae

The lumbar vertebrae in humans are the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.
They are important parts of the vertebral column. They are called L1 to L5, starting at the top. The lumbar vertebrae help support the weight of the body, and allow movement. In particular, they connect to the pelvis.
Most people have five lumbar vertebrae, but some have four or six. Not much movement takes place between the lumbar vertebrae.
Bones
Kiss Symphony: Alive IV

Kiss Symphony: Alive IV is a live album from the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss performing with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. It was released on July 22, 2003.
Track listing
Deuce
Strutter
Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll
Lick It Up
Calling Dr. Love
Psycho Circus
Beth
Forever
Goin' Blind
Sure Know Something
Shandi
Detroit Rock City
King Of The Night Time World
Do You Love Me
Shout It Out Loud
God Of Thunder
Love Gun
Black Diamond
Great Expectations
I Was Made For Lovin' You
Rock And Roll All Nite
References
Kiss (band) albums
2003 albums
India Today

India Today is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited.
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Other websites
Official Website
English-language newspapers published in India
Kingdom of Iceland

The Kingdom of Iceland (Icelandic: Konungsrikid Island; Danish: Kongeriget Island) was a constitutional monarchy that had a personal union with Denmark. The kingdom was created on 1 December 1918. It lasted until 17 June 1944 when a national referendum created the Republic of Iceland.
The Act of Union, signed on 1 December 1918, allowed Iceland to create its own flag, declared its neutrality and asked Denmark to help with its foreign affairs and defense interests.
The Nazi German occupation of Denmark in the early-1940s broke off their communications. As a result, the Althing named themselves the head of state and said that Iceland would no longer need Denmark's help. The island was later occupied by British and American forces. This lasted until World War II ended.
The monarchy held an constitutional referendum from 20 and 23 May 1944. The option to establish a new republican constitution won with 98.5% of the vote. Christian X of Denmark sent a message of congratulations to the Icelandic people.
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1918 establishments in Europe
1944 disestablishments
Former monarchies of Europe
Amin Nasir

Amin Nasir ( - 16 January 2017) was a Singaporean football player and manager. He played as a defender for sides including Sembawang Rangers and Woodlands Wellington.
Amin managed the S.League side Hougang United from 2013 to 2014. He also represented the Singapore national football team and was awarded a bronze medal at the 1993 Southeast Asian Games. His brother, Nazri, captained the Singapore national team from 1997 to 2003.
Amin was first diagnosed with colon cancer in 2012. He died on 16 January 2017 at the age of 48 in Yishun, Singapore. He was survived by his wife and two children.
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1968 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from colorectal cancer
Football managers
Singaporean footballers
Barbara Franklin

Barbara Hackman Franklin (born March 19, 1940) is an American politician and businesswoman. She was the 29th United States Secretary of Commerce from 1992 to 1993 to President George H. W. Bush.
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1940 births
Living people
United States Secretaries of Commerce
Politicians from Pennsylvania
Businesspeople from Pennsylvania
Republican Party (United States) politicians
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan

The Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan is the head of government of Kyrgyzstan. Until 2010, the President was in a stronger position than the Prime Minister in Kyrgyzstan.
After the 2010 constitutional referendum, the state became a parliamentary system, creating greater power in parliament. This position used to be known as the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan.
List of officeholders
References
National Rifle Association (United Kingdom)

The National Rifle Association (NRA) is a charity in the United Kingdom. It was started in 1859. It is completely different to the more famous National Rifle Association of America. Its purpose is to teach people how to use guns safely and to shoot accurately. The association owns the National Shooting Centre at Bisley in Surrey.
History
The National Rifle Association started in 1859, based on Wimbledon Common.
Its aim was to raise money for a shooting competition each year (now called the Imperial Meeting) "for the promotion of marksmanship in the interests of Defence of the Realm and permanence of the Volunteer Forces, Navy, Military and Air". Today the association runs competitions and teaches firearm safety.
The National Shooting Centre
The National Shooting Centre is owned by the National Rifle Association. The first centre was at Wimbledon, but it was too small and in the late 1880s the Association began looking for a new site. In 1888 it seemed that Cannock Chase would be the new place. However, that plan failed. Eventually Bisley in Surrey was selected. The shooting ranges at Bisley were used for the shooting competitions at the 1908 and 1948 Olympic Games and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Related pages
List of shooting sports organizations
References
Further reading
Martin, John. "The Transformation of Lowland Game Shooting in England and Wales in the Twentieth Century: The Neglected Metamorphosis." International Journal of the History of Sport 29.8 (2012): 1141-1158.
Osborne, Harvey, and Michael Winstanley. "Rural and urban poaching in Victorian England." Rural History 17.2 (2006): 187-212. online
Margery Masterson, English Rifles: The Victorian NRA
Other websites
Sports governing bodies in the United Kingdom
Rifle associations
Shooting sports in the United Kingdom
1859 establishments in the United Kingdom
Nick Searcy

Nicholas Alan Searcy (born March 7, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Chief Deputy United States Marshal Art Mullen on FX's Justified. He also was in From the Earth to the Moon playing Deke Slayton.
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Other websites
1959 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Actors from North Carolina
Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is an American comedy television series. It was made in the U.S. state of Minnesota from 1988 to 1999. The series was at first made for a local station in Minnesota. It was later moved to Comedy Central, and then The Sci-Fi Channel. The series was about a man (originally Joel Robinson, played by Joel Hodgson, the show's creator, and later Mike Nelson, played by Michael J. Nelson, the show's head writer), who is put in a spaceship by an evil scientist. He was forced to watch some of the worst movies ever made. Joel makes some robots to keep him company. Two of the robots, named Crow T. Robot (played by Trace Beaulieu and, later Bill Corbett) and Tom Servo (played by Josh Weinstein and later Kevin Murphy), watch the movies with him. While the movie is shown, the three make jokes and comments about the movie they watch.
Other websites
Satellite News - The Official Mystery Science Theater 3000 Web Site
Complete episodes on Google video
MST3K Wiki
1988 American television series debuts
1999 American television series endings
1980s American television series
1990s American television series
American comedy television series
Netflix original series
English-language television programs
Barkhan District

Barkhan () a district in the north-west of the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
Tehsils
Musakhel Tehsil
Barkhan Tehsil
Other websites
Barkhan District at www.balochistan.gov.pk
District Barkhan at www.balochistanpolice.gov.pk
Districts of Balochistan (Pakistan)