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Dynasties in Chinese history

Many Chinese dynasties have ruled the country during its history. China is a society which has had a very long history. This history was affected by the dynasties which have ruled it. They have slowly changed China into its current form.
Dynasties
Xia dynasty
The Xia dynasty lasted from 2070 BC until 1600 BC. It was the first ruling dynasty in Chinese history. The Xia was probably created by emperor Yu the Great. It is not known for certain if the Xia dynasty actually existed. Many people think that the Xia dynasty is only a legend. This is because there is no evidence that can prove that there was some dynasty before 1600 BC. There were found some archaeological excavations from 1500 BC which may come from the Xia dynasty. For example one of the excavations causes archaeologists to believe that the foundations of China were created during the Xia dynasty. Also there are findings of the oldest Chinese calendar called a lunar calendar. Xia dynasty was ended by a dynasty named Shang.
Shang dynasty
The Shang dynasty lasted from 1600 BC until 1046 BC. It started when Tang took control from the last Xia emperor, Jie. The dynasty ended with the suicide of Di Xin.
The Shang dynasty was important for Chinese culture. The first Chinese character fonts were created at this time. They were mainly used by seers and shaman. People made their own ritual vessels, agricultural and craft tools and even weapons. Everything was made of cast bronze.
In agriculture, millets, wheats and rice were the main crops. Mulberries were also grown. They were used to feed mulberry silkworms.
Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty lasted from 1045 BC until 256 BC. The Shangs had became weak because they were always fighting with a neighboring tribes. This was good for the less advanced Zhou. They defeat the Shang in the current town of An-yang. After that, the Zhou dynasty took the government. They ruled for the longest time of all Chinese dynasties.
Zhous were nomadic shepherds from the Shanxi province. The rulers of Zhou dynasty divided the country into four smaller areas. Each of these areas were controlled by relatives and members of aristocracy. Princes controlled fortified towns with a peasant background. They also helped the rulers at times of war. This form of government allowed the Zhou rulers to control more area.
Notes
References
China Handbook Editorial Committee, China Handbook Series: History (trans., Dun J. Li), Beijing, 1982, 188-89; and Shao Chang Lee, "China Cultural Development" (wall chart), East Lansing, 1984.
Other websites
Columbia University. Dynasties song sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques" that repeats the major Chinese dynasties in chronological order.
History-related lists
Mandelbrot set

The Mandelbrot set is an example of a fractal in mathematics. It is named after Benoit Mandelbrot, a Polish-French-American mathematician. The Mandelbrot set is important for chaos theory. The edging of the set shows a self-similarity, which is perfect, but because of the minute detail, it looks like it evens out.
The Mandelbrot set can be explained with the equation . In that equation, and are complex numbers and is zero or a positive integer (natural number). Starting with , is in the Mandelbrot set if the absolute value of never becomes larger than a certain number (that number depends on ), no matter how large gets.
Mandelbrot was one of the first to use computer graphics to create and display fractal geometric images, leading to his discovering the Mandelbrot set in 1979. That was because he had access to IBM's computers. He was able to show how visual complexity can be created from simple rules. He said that things typically considered to be "rough", a "mess" or "chaotic", like clouds or shorelines, actually had a "degree of order". The equation was known long before Benoit Mandelbrot used a computer to visualize it.
Images are created by applying the equation to each pixel in an iterative process, using the pixel's position in the image for the number 'c'. 'c' is obtained by mapping the position of the pixel in the image relative to the position of the point on the complex plane.
The shape of the Mandelbrot Set is represented in black in the image on this page.
For example, if then the sequence is which goes to infinity. Therefore, 1 is not an element of the Mandelbrot set, and thus is not coloured black.
On the other hand, if is equal to the square root of -1, also known as i, then the sequence is which does not go to infinity and so it belongs to the Mandelbrot set.
When graphed to show the entire Set, the resultant image is striking, pretty, and quite recognizable.
There are many variations of the Mandelbrot set, such as Multibrot, Buddhabrot, and Nebulabrot.
Multibrot is a generalization that allows any exponent: . These sets are called Multibrot sets. The Multibrot set for d = 2 is the Mandelbrot set.
Fractals
Manfred Krikke

Manfred Krikke (23 November 1932 - 4 January 2023) was a Dutch cycling team manager. Krikke was for five years the manager of PDM cycling team.
Biography
Krikke grew up in Eindhoven. He started as a cyclist at a young age, but was not very talented. After his studies he invested in in snack bars and later became co-owner of a construction company. In 1980, Krikke took over the wholesale and importership of cycling articles from the former professional cyclist Piet Rentmeester. The company was based in Valkenswaard and became an main market player in the Benelux. As a co-sponsor of bicycles and clothing, Krikke became involved in the PDM cycling team in 1986 and became the manager in 1987. The team became internationally verry successful, including winning the UCI Road World Cup in 1989 and 1990. Top cyclists on the team were Pedro Delgado, Sean Kelly, Greg LeMond, Raoul Alcala, Erik Breukink, Steven Rooks, Adrie van der Poel, Gert-Jan Theunisse and Rudi Dhaenens. The team was also negative in the news. On 27 February 1990 Johannes Draaijer died in his sleep of heart block; it is presumed, but not proven, that his death was caused by the use of the performance-enhancing drug erythropoietin (EPO). Gert-Jan Theunisse was caught on doping; while Krikke had accused the jury in the Tour de France that their doping controls were not proper. In 1991 the PDM team had a main intralipid affair during the 1991 Tour de France. Krikke left the team at the end of 1991.
In the summer of 1992 he took efforts to start his own professional cycling team.
In 1993, Krikke started sponsoring the American Eagle mountain bike team. Main cyclists of the team were Bart Brentjens, Adrie van der Poel and Richard Groenendaal.
Krikke died in Veere on 4 January 2023, at the age of 90.
References
Dutch cyclists
1932 births
2023 deaths
Qui transtulit sustinet

Qui transtulit sustinet is the state motto of Connecticut. It means "He who transplanted sustains" in Latin.
References
Connecticut
Latin state mottos of the United States
Marovo constituency

Marovo is a constituency of the Solomon Islands. It is in the Western Province.
Election results
References
Solomon Islands parliamentary constituencies
Akbar's tomb

Akbar's tomb is the tomb of the third Mughal emperor Akbar the Great. It is in Agra, near Delhi, It was built in 1605-1613.
Buildings and structures in Uttar Pradesh
Tombs
17th-century buildings and structures
References
Donald Fowler

Donald L. Fowler (September 12, 1935 - December 15, 2020) was an American political scientist. He was National Chair of the Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997. He was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. From 1971 to 1980, he was Chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party.
Fowler died on December 15, 2020 from leukemia in Columbia, South Carolina at the age of 85.
References
1935 births
2020 deaths
American political scientists
Deaths from leukemia
People from Spartanburg, South Carolina
Politicians from South Carolina
Democratic Party (United States) politicians
Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1993 erotic drama movie in which Rachel Ward, Karina Lombard and Naomi Watts star. Wide Sargasso Sea is rated NC-17 because of sexual content. It is based on the 1966 Jean Rhys book of the same name.
The movie is about love and lust in 1840s Jamaica, shortly after Britain freed the slaves in its Caribbean colonies.
The movie received mixed reviews from critics. Roger Ebert gave the movie three and a half stars.
References
Other websites
1990s drama movies
1993 movies
English-language movies
NC-17 rated movies
Biezwil

Biezwil is a municipality in the district Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn
Dutch Cross of Resistance

The Verzetskruis 1940-1945 (Dutch: Cross of Resistance 1940-1945) is the second highest military medal in the Netherlands given for bravery. It was awarded to members of the Dutch resistance. They were civilians who fought the Nazi occupation of their country during the Second World War.
Military honors
1946 establishments in the Netherlands
Pendé

Pende is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France.
References
Communes in Somme
Elle Varner discography

Elle Varner, an American singer-songwriter, has released one studio album, one mixtape, three singles, one promotional single and two music videos.
Albums
Studio albums
Mixtapes
Singles
Promotional singles
Guest appearances
References
Other websites
Elle Varner Discography
Discography
Varner, Elle
Nicola Berti

Nicola Berti (born 14 April, 1967) is a former Italian football player. He has played for Italy national team.
Club career statistics
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|1982-83||rowspan="3"|Parma||rowspan="2"|Serie C1||1||0
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|1983-84||0||0
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|1984-85||Serie B||27||0
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|1985-86||rowspan="3"|Fiorentina||rowspan="3"|Serie A||28||3
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|1986-87||27||4
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|1987-88||25||1
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|1988-89||rowspan="10"|Internazionale Milano||rowspan="10"|Serie A||32||7
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|1989-90||29||5
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|1990-91||30||4
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|1991-92||30||1
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|1992-93||32||4
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|1993-94||9||2
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|1994-95||30||5
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|1995-96||10||0
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|1996-97||23||1
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|1997-98||4||0
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|1997-98||rowspan="2"|Tottenham Hotspur||rowspan="2"|Premier League||17||3
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|1998-99||4||0
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|1998-99||Deportivo Alaves||La Liga||8||1
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|1999-00||Northern Spirit||National Soccer League||8||0
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8||1
8||0
374||41
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|1994||12||0
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References
1967 births
Living people
Italian footballers
Tipasa Province

Tipaza or Tipasa is a province on the coast of Algeria. The capital is Tipasa. It is 50 km west of the capital of Algeria.
Divisions
The province has 10 districts and 28 communes or municipalities.
Districts
Ahmer El Ain
Bou Ismail
Cherchell
Damous
Fouka
Gouraya
Hadjout
Kolea
Sidi Amar
Tipaza
References
Provinces of Algeria
Ateliotum petrinella

Ateliotum petrinella is a moth of the Tineidae family. Herrich-Schaffer used the scientific name in 1854.
References
Ateliotum petrinella in lepidoptera
Moths
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal

The Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal () was a commemorative medal created in 1977 to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of Elizabeth II's accession to the throne.
References
British awards
Graphium sarpedon

The Common bluebottle (Graphium sarpedon) is a species of swallowtail butterfly. It is found in South and Southeast Asia and in parts of Australia. There are 15 subspecies with different geographical distributions.
s
Hamish MacCunn

Hamish MacCunn (22 March 1868 - 2 August 1916), was a Scottish composer and conductor who lived in the later part of the romantic period.
Birth
He was born in Greenock. His father was a shipowner. He soon showed a great talent for music. In 1883 he got a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music, which had only just been founded. His teachers there included Sir Hubert Parry and Sir Charles Villiers Stanford.
Works
MacCunn became a professor of harmony at the Royal Academy of Music from 1888-1894. He also taught at the Guildhall School of Music.
MacCunn composed several orchestral works as well as operas, but he had to spend more and more time conducting in order to earn money. For a time he conducted the Carl Rosa Opera Company. He conducted Wagner's opera Siegfried and the first performance in English of Tristan and Isolde.
In 1887 he conducted his overture The Land of the Mountain and the Flood'' at the Crystal Palace. This was a very successful piece, and it remains the only composition of his which is still often performed. The music has a Scottish feeling and sounds quite similar to the music of Mendelssohn. Although he composed other pieces which were similar in mood, none of them were as successful as this one.
In 1888, he married Alison Pettie, daughter of the painter John Pettie who had painted MacCunn's portrait several times. They had one son. John Pettie liked music and helped MacCunn in his career by organizing concerts of his music.
He died aged only 48.
References
New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, edited Stanley Sadie, 1980;
Other websites
Biography from the British Musical Society
1868 births
1916 deaths
20th-century British composers
Romantic composers
Scottish musicians
People from Greenock
Until Next Spring

Until Next Spring () is a 1960 Soviet drama movie directed by Viktor Sokolov. It stars Lyudmila Marchenko, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, and Galina Vasilyeva.
Actors
Lyudmila Marchenko as Vera
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as Aleksey
Galina Vasilyeva as Natasha (as G. Wassilewa)
Vladimir Andreyev as Vasiliy (as Wadim Andrejew)
Mariya Prizvan-Sokolova as Nastya
Valentin Arkhipenko as father of Vera
References
Other websites
Soviet movies
1960 movies
Soviet drama movies
Summer of '69

"Summer of '69" is the fifth single off Canadian rock musician Bryan Adams' fourth studio album Reckless. The song was released in June 1985.
When Adams appeared on The Early Show in 2008, he revealed that the song was about sex and making love in the summertime. He also said that "69" was a reference to the sexual position, 69. It is one of Adams' most well known songs and is one of his most successful. It won the BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) Citation of Achievement for US radio airplay in 1985. In 1986, it won the Procan Award (Performing Rights Organization of Canada) for Canadian radio airplay and in 2000 it won a Socan Classics Award for more than 100,000 Canadian radio performances.
References
Other websites
"Summer of '69" on YouTube
1985 songs
Bryan Adams songs
Pop rock songs
List of companies of Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia.
Notable firms
This list includes notable companies with primary headquarters in the country. The industry and sector follow the Industry Classification Benchmark taxonomy. Organizations which have ceased operations are included and noted as defunct.
References
Other websites
Capitalism Comes to Afghanistan Time Magazine Monday, Dec. 04, 2006
Afghanistan
Afghanistan-related lists
Lists of companies
Business plan

A business plan is a formal statement of business goals, reasons they are attainable, and plans for reaching them. It may also contain background information about the organization or team attempting to reach those goals.
Business
Hassan Ali Khayre

Hassan Ali Khaire (, ; born 15 April 1968), popularly known as Hassan Khaire is a Somali-Norwegian activist, manager and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Somalia from 23 February 2017 to 25 July 2020.
Khaire is a former oil executive. He has been a regional director of the Norwegian Refugee Council charity and served as the director of the British oil company Soma Oil and Gas.
References
1968 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Somalia
The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (movie)

The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin () is a 1965 Soviet science fiction movie directed by Aleksandr Gintsburg. It stars Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev, Vsevolod Safonov, and Mikhail Astangov. The movie is based on Aleksey Tolstoy's novel of the same name.
Actors
Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Pyotr Petrovich Garin (Engineer Garin)
Vsevolod Safonov as Vasily Shelga
Mikhail Astangov as Mr. Rolling
Natalya Klimova as Zoya Montrose
Vladimir Druzhnikov as Arthur Levy / Volshin
Mikhail Kuznetsov as Hlynov
Yuri Sarantsev as Tarashkin
References
Other websites
Russian science fiction movies
1965 science fiction movies
Mitamaya

A is a special kind of altar used in Shinto religion to remember and honor family members who have died. The altar usually has a mirror or tablet with the names of the deceased and is also used to honor people who are not related but are respected.
Mitamaya altars are not as commonly found in Japanese households as their Buddhist counterpart, the butsudan, because Buddhist funeral rites are more commonly practiced in Japan. Mitamaya altars are considered less valuable than kamidana altars, which are highly respected in Japanese culture.
Ritual
The mitamaya altar is usually placed in an inner chamber on a shelf called "mitama-san-no-tana," which is attached to the wall at a height of about six feet. It is positioned lower than the kamidana altar..
Rituals are performed for the mitamaya altar every tenth day up to the fiftieth day after the death of the family member. After that, rituals are performed on the one-hundredth day and on the one-year anniversary of the death. After the one-year ritual, another ritual is performed to mark the spirit's joining of the ancestors at the family shrine..
History
In ancient times, people held domestic rites called kinensai in the February or April and Niinamesai in November. During these rites, people worshiped their ancestors, the god of food, and the hearth deity. They believed the spirits of their ancestors () came to them through the rice.
During the Heian period cults of Goryo developed and people changed to honoring the dead in July for Urabon-e, and in January.
During the medieval period, people started to enshrine the spirits of dead individuals, like Retired Emperor Gotoba (1180-1239) whose memory was kept through memorial tablets. In the early modern period, there was a rise in "Shinto funerals" (shinsosai) where people were treated like kami. The Yoshida clan gave spirit ranks like Myojin-go, Reisha-go, and Reijin-go to the dead, who were sometimes worshipped at shrines.
The spread of Kokugaku led to an increased interest in Miyamaya, and more people enshrined their ancestors in their homes.
The first modern mitamaya was constructed in 1599 at the Toyokuni Shrine in Kyoto, Japan for Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Screen paintings and the remains of the shrine suggest that it was designed based on the Kitano Tenman-gu. Unfortunately, it was later destroyed by the Tokugawa clan.
Later on, the mitamaya became a symbol of high status and was mainly established for Japanese nobles, military heroes, and other respected individuals. This practice became more widespread during the Edo period. As part of the Kokugaku movement, it became more common for ordinary households to erect mitamaya altars. These altars played a central role in Shinto funeral rituals known as "shinsosai" (Shen Zang Ji ).
References
Related websites
Kinensai explanation
Veneration of the dead
Articles containing Japanese-language text
Goryo faith
Pages with unreviewed translations
Shinto religious objects
Multitasking (iOS)

Multitasking is a feature available on iOS that allows multiple applications to run and perform tasks at the same time. It is available in iOS 4 or later. Multitasking features for iPad were added, including Spilt View and Picture in Picture, since iOS 9.
Multitasking was first released in June 2010 with the release of iOS 4.0. Only iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod Touch 3rd generation were able to use multitasking. The iPad did not get multitasking until iOS 4.2 was released in November 2010. Multitasking is currently supported on iPhone 3GS or newer, iPod Touch 3rd generation or newer, and all iPad models.
Features
Fast app switching
Fast app switching lets apps to pause and resume themselves quickly and easily change to other apps.An app that is on the screen is "running". An app that is not on screen but is still in memory is "suspended". All apps that are built with iOS 4 SDK support fast app switching if running on iOS 4 and a compatible device. Users can use fast app switching by opening the multitasking bar. The multitasking bar can be displayed by double-tapping the home button.
Task completion
Task completion lets apps continue a certain task after the app has been suspended. Apps can ask for up to ten minutes to complete a task in the background in iOS 4.0 or later.
Running in the background
Apps can run in the background by using background APIs. The following are available in iOS 4.0 or later:
Audio--plays audio
Location--uses location services
VOIP--makes VOIP calls
The following two APIs were added in iOS 5.0:
Newsstand--downloads content for Newsstand
External accessory--interacts with an external accessory
Related pages
Multitasking
References
Apple software
DeAndre Yedlin

DeAndre Yedlin (born July 9, 1993 in Seattle, Washington) is an American soccer player for Newcastle United.
References
1993 births
African-American sportspeople
American soccer players
Jewish American sportspeople
Sportspeople from Seattle
Premier League players
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
2014 FIFA World Cup players
Living people
Harriet Cains

Harriet Cains (born 17 September 1993) is a British actress. She is best known for her role as Jem Walker in the BBC Three series In the Flesh.
References
Living people
1993 births
Actors from Nottinghamshire
British actors
Identity politics

Identity politics is politics that focuses on the problems of groups based on identity. Examples of identity politics include, Black nationalism, fat acceptance, sexual orientation, gender identity, and feminism.
In art and culture
Hip hop has expressed Black and Chicano nationalist identity politics. Homo hop expresses queer identity politics. Krip hop expresses disability identity politics.
White power rock music, also known as Rock Against Communism, often has lyrics about white pride and white separatism.
Related pages
Ad hominem
Divide and conquer
Hate speech
Pork barrel
Psychological warfare
Red herring
Smear campaign
Human rights
Kenichi Kondo

Kenichi Kondo (born 2 April 1983) is a Japanese football player. He plays for V-Varen Nagasaki.
Club career statistics
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|2003||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
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|2004||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
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|2005||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
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|2006||rowspan="5"|V-Varen Nagasaki||rowspan="3"|Regional Leagues||9||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||10||0
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|2007||19||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||19||0
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|2009||rowspan="2"|Football League||34||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||36||0
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80||0||3||0||0||0||83||0
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References
1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Nagasaki Prefecture
Senate of the Philippines

The Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: Senado ng Pilipinas, also Mataas na Kapulungan ng Pilipinas or "upper chamber") is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress; the House of Representatives is the lower house.
The Senate is made of 24 senators who are elected at-large with the country as one district under plurality-at-large voting.
The Senate shall elect its President and the House of Representatives its Speaker by a vote of all its respective members.
Other websites
Official Website
Official Government Portal
Philippines
Government of the Philippines
Baray

A baray () is a man-made body of water. They are a common part of the architectural style of the Khmer Empire of Southeast Asia. The largest are the East Baray and West Baray. They are in the Angkor area. Each is rectangular in shape, oriented east-west and measuring about . Historians are not certain about the meaning and functions of barays. Some think that they were spiritual. They think they represent the Sea of Creation around Mount Meru. Others sau that they held water for irrigation of fields. Others believe that it was used to store water. This is the current most popular theory. It is possible that the function was a combination of these reasons, or others.
Archaeological sites in Asia
Hindu temples
History of Cambodia
Pave Maijanen

Pekka Juhani "Pave" Maijanen (3 September 1950 - 16 January 2021) was a Finnish musician and singer-songwriter. He was a bass player, keyboard player, drummer, guitarist and producer. Maijanen was a member of The Royals, Rock'n'Roll Band, Pepe & Paradise. He was the keyboard player and producer of Dingo and the Hurriganes. Maijanen was born in Lappeenranta, Finland.
Maijanen participated in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "Yamma, yamma".
In 2018, Maijanen was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He died from the illness on 16 January 2021, aged 70.
References
1950 births
2021 deaths
Finnish singer-songwriters
Keyboardists
Drummers
Finnish guitarists
Record producers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants
Colin Montgomery

Colin Montgomery OBE (born 23 June 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He was born in Glasgow but raised in Yorkshire.
1963 births
Living people
British golfers
Sportspeople from Glasgow
Sportspeople from Yorkshire
ACT (test)

The ACT is an achievement test for college admissions in the United States made by ACT, Inc. It was first given in Fall 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test. Some students who perform poorly on the SAT find that they perform better on the ACT and vice versa. The ACT test is made of 4 tests: English, Math, Reading, and Science reasoning. In February 2005, an optional writing test was added to the ACT, like changes to the SAT that took place later in March of the same year. All four-year colleges and universities in the U.S. accept the ACT.
Related pages
Global Assessment Certificate
SAT, the main competitor to ACT's examination
References
Other websites
ACT, Inc.
Website for test takers
ACT Club
ACT Education Solutions
ACT International Services
Education in the United States
Lalit Modi

Lalit Kumar Modi, (; born November 29, 1963) Is an Indian businessman. Modi is the founder of the Indian Premier League, where he was the Chairman and Commissioner. Modi was also the Chairman of Airtel Champions League T20. Modi served as the Vice President of the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) and the Punjab Cricket Association.
Lalit Modi is the President and Managing Director of Modi Enterprises and the Executive Director of Godfrey Phillips India.
People from New Delhi
1963 births
Living people
Indian architects
Indian businesspeople
Megan Barry

Megan Christine Barry (nee Mueller; born September 22, 1963) is an American businesswoman and politician. Barry was the seventh mayor of the city government of Nashville and Davidson County, its first female mayor. She was mayor from 2015 until March 6, 2018.
In 2018, Barry resigned after pleading guilty to felony theft related to an affair with a city employee who had was the head of her security detail. Barry is a member of the Democratic Party.
References
1963 births
Living people
Mayors of Nashville, Tennessee
Politicians from California
Businesspeople from California
Democratic Party (United States) politicians
Shottisham

Shottisham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, England. In 2001 there were 179 people living in Shottisham. Shottisham has a church called St Margaret.
References
GENUKI
Villages in Suffolk
Civil parishes in Suffolk
Suffolk Coastal
Elizabethan collar

An Elizabethan collar, also called a, e-collar, lampshade or cone of shame is a piece of equipment used in veterinary medicine. They stop the animal from licking or biting its body and from scratching or touching its head with its feet.
Overview
The veterinarian places the collar around the neck of an injured animal so that it cannot bite or lick the injured part of its body. For example, a dog with a cut on its skin might need medicine placed directly on the cut. The dog might try to lick the medicine and poison itself. An animal that has had surgery might try to pull out its stitches. An animal with a broken leg might bite into its cast and try to pull it off. If it is wearing an Elizabethan collar, it cannot do this.
Some pet owners say their pets find it difficult to eat, drink and play while wearing an Elizabethan collar. Veterinarians sometimes try other collars, like those made out of cloth, collars that look like inner-tube-shaped cushions, and collars that act more like a neck brace, stopping the animal from moving its head.
Elizabethan collars are named after Elizabethan ruffs, stiff, starched collars that people wore in 1500s England.
Today, most Elizabethan collars are made out of plastic. In the 1800s, they could be made out of wood or leather.
References
Veterinary medicine
Ombella-M'Poko

Ombella-M'Poko is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. Its capital is Bimbo.
References
Prefectures of the Central African Republic
Fouillouse

Fouillouse is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.
Population
Transport
Road
The D19 and D119 roads pass through the commune.
References
Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Ostrobothnia (historical province)

Ostrobothnia () is a historical province in Finland. In terms of today's regions, it covered all of Kainuu, Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Northern Ostrobothnia, most of Southern Ostrobothnia and the southern part of Finnish Lapland, Perapohjola.
History of Finland
Meade County, Kansas

Meade County (standard abbreviation: ME) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 4,575 people lived there. The county seat is Meade. Meade is also the biggest city in Meade County. The county was created in 1873. It was named after General George G. Meade.
Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.1%) is water.
People
Government
Meade County is often won by Republican Candidates. The last time a democratic candidate has won this county was in 1936 by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Presidential elections
Education
Unified school districts
Fowler USD 225
Meade USD 226
Communities
Cities
Fowler
Meade
Plains
References
Notes
More reading
Plat Book of Meade County, Kansas; R. P. Ice Co; 43 pages; 1909.
Other websites
County
Meade County - Directory of Public Officials
General county information
Meade County Economic Development
Meade Chamber of Commerce
Meade County History
Maps
Meade County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
Kansas Railroad Maps: Current, 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society
1873 establishments in Kansas
Karen Percy

Karen Percy is (born October 10, 1966) in Banff, Alberta is a Canadian Olympic skier. She had her Olympic debut in 1988. She was in Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in the year 1994.We went to be on the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame the next year. She also became a member of the Order of Canada in 1988.
In 2005, she got into the Banff Sports Hall of Fame.
Other websites
1966 births
Living people
Canadian Olympic bronze medalists
Sportspeople from Alberta
Sex Education (TV series)

Sex Education is a British comedy-drama web television series. The creator of the series is Laurie Nunn. The series stars Asa Butterfield as a socially awkward teenager and Gillian Anderson as his character's mother, a sex therapist. Co-stars include Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Aimee Lou Wood, Connor Swindells, Patricia Allison, Tanya Reynolds, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Mikael Persbrandt and Anne-Marie Duff. The first season was released on 11 January 2019. It became a critical and commercial success for Netflix, with over 40 million viewers having streamed the first series after its release. The second series was released on 17 January 2020 and the third on 17 September 2021. A fourth series was announced on 25 September 2021.
References
Other websites
2019 television series debuts
2010s British drama television series
2010s LGBT television series
British teen drama television series
Comedy drama
LGBT comedy television series
LGBT drama television series
Netflix original series
English-language television programs
2020s LGBT television series
2020s British drama television series
Bob Clotworthy

Robert Lynn "Bob" Clotworthy (May 8, 1931 - June 1, 2018) was an American diver. He competed in the 3 m springboard at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a bronze and a gold medal. He also won two medals at the 1955 Pan American Games. In 1980 he was added into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Clotworthy died on June 1, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah at the age of 87.
References
Other websites
1931 births
2018 deaths
American divers
American Olympic gold medalists
American Olympic bronze medalists
Sportspeople from Newark, New Jersey
Kaya toast

Kaya toast is a Singaporean breakfast dish. The food consists of two slices of toast with butter and kaya (coconut jam), commonly served alongside coffee and soft-boiled eggs.
References
Singaporean foods
Breakfast foods
Breads
Spalding, Lincolnshire

Spalding is a market town in Lincolnshire, England. It is in the PE11 and PE12 postcode districts.
The town is famous for its shopping centre, Springfields, and it's iconic Water Taxi
In the Domesday Book the town is wrote as "Spallinge"
Towns in Lincolnshire
Market towns in England
Lev Yashin

Lev Yashin (22 October 1929 - 20 March 1990) was a former Russian football player. He had played for Dynamo Moscow and Soviet Union national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, while some even considering him to be the greatest.
Club career statistics
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|1950||rowspan="21"|Dynamo Moscow||rowspan="21"|Top League||2||0
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|1955||22||0
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|1956||19||0
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|1958||6||0
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|1959||19||0
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|1960||18||0
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|1961||19||0
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|1962||17||0
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|1963||27||0
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|1964||28||0
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|1965||20||0
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|1966||8||0
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|1967||20||0
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|1968||17||0
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|1969||22||0
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|1970||13||0
326||0
326||0
International career statistics
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References
1929 births
1990 deaths
Russian footballers
Ballon d'Or winners
María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel

Maria Teresa Jimenez Esquivel (May 25, 1984, Valle de Bravo, State of Mexico) is a Mexican politician and current governor of Aguascalientes, member of the National Action Party and former deputy of the Chamber of Deputies, she was Municipal President of Aguascalientes.
References
1984 births
Living people
Mexican politicians
Well, Just You Wait!

Well, Just You Wait![1] (Russian: Nu, pogodi!, romanized: Nu, pogodi!) is a Soviet, later Russian, animated series produced by Soyuzmultfilm. In the 2014 all-Russian poll, Well, Just You Wait! won by a wide margin as people's favorite cartoon/animated series of all time.[2] The most recent episode was produced in 2006.
Animated television series
Fairfield County, South Carolina

Fairfield County is a county in the state of South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, 20,948 people live here.
Its county seat is Winnsboro. Fairfield County is part of the Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan area
References
1785 establishments in South Carolina
South Carolina counties
Fukuoka Prefecture

is a prefecture in the Kyushu region of Japan on the island of Kyushu. The capital city is Fukuoka.
History
The area of Fukuoka Prefecture includes the old provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, and Buzen.
Timeline
November 19, 1274 (Bun'ei 11, 20th day of the 10th month): Battle of Bun'ei
August 15, 1281 (Koan 4, 30th day of the 7th month): Battle of Koan
Geography
Fukuoka Prefecture faces the sea on three sides. The prefecture borders Saga, Oita, and Kumamoto prefectures. Fukuoka is near Yamaguchi Prefecture across the Kanmon Straits.
Fukuoka includes the two largest cities on Kyushu, Fukuoka and Kitakyushu. Small islands are near the north coast of the prefecture.
Cities
There are 28 cities in the prefecture:
Towns and villages
These are the towns and villages in each district of the prefecture
National Parks
National Parks are established in about 18% of the total land area of the prefecture.
Shrines and Temples
Kora taisha, Sumiyoshi-jinja, Hakosagi-gu and Usa-jinju are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture.
Related pages
Provinces of Japan
Prefectures of Japan
List of regions of Japan
List of islands of Japan
Kyushu National Museum
Giravanz Kitakyushu
Fukuoka Art Museum
Kyushu National Museum
Dazaifu
References
Other websites
Fukuoka Prefecture website ;
http://www.kyushu.com/fukuoka/
http://diddlefinger.com/m/fukuokaken/
Charles Keating

Charles Humphrey Keating, Jr. (December 4, 1923 - March 31, 2014) was an American lawyer, real estate developer, and banker. Keating is known for his crimes in the Savings and loan crisis of the late 1980s. He served four and a half years in prison before those convictions were overturned in 1996. In 1999, he pleaded guilty to a more limited set of wire fraud and bankruptcy fraud counts, and was sentenced to the time he had already served.
Keating was born on December 4, 1923 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied at St. Xavier High School, the University of Cincinnati and at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Keating married Mary Elaine Fette in 1949. They had six children. He was also a successful swimmer and he worked to ban pornography.
Keating died aged 90 on March 31, 2014 in his home in Phoenix, Arizona after having been ill for several weeks.
References
1923 births
2014 deaths
American activists
American fraudsters
Lawyers from Cincinnati
American prisoners
Anti-pornography activists
Criminals from Ohio
Disease-related deaths in Arizona
Businesspeople from Cincinnati
Real estate developers
Sportspeople from Cincinnati
Kübler-Ross model

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (July 8, 1926 - August 24, 2004) was a Swiss-American psychiatrist.
The Kubler-Ross model, or the five stages of grief, is a theory about the feelings of people who are dying. The five stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
The five stages came from Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' 1969 book On Death and Dying.
References
Other websites
On Death and Dying, by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Psychology
Death
Saman Kelegama

Saman Kelegama (6 April 1959 - 23 June 2017) was a Sri Lankan economist and author. He served as the Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies(Sri Lanka) (IPS) until his death in 2017. He was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He also served as the Chairperson of the Evaluation Committee on Best Corporate Citizen Award of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce from 2004 to 2013; and was the head of the panel of judges for the Exporter of the Year Award of the National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka from 1998 to 2008.
Kelegama died on 23 June 2017 of a heart attack while attending a seminar in Bangkok, Thailand. He was 58 yeas old.
Related pages
List of scientists from Asia
References
Other websites
1959 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Economists
Sri Lankan writers
People from Colombo
Phyllis Vance

Phyllis Margaret Vance (nee Lapin) is a fictional character on the U.S. comedy television series, The Office. She is played by Phyllis Smith. The character is not based from anyone in the British version of the series.
Lapin is a sales representative at fictitious paper distributor Dunder Mifflin. She is a quiet but friendly type who loves "girl talk" and gossip.
References
The Office (U.S. TV series) characters
Devil May Cry (video game)

Devil May Cry is the first video game in the series of Devil May Cry. It was released on the PlayStation 2 on 2001.
Gameplay
Dante can use a melee weapon or a firearm towards enemies. He can collect blue orbs and purple orbs to upgrade his health and Devil Trigger meters.
Plot
Sparda, a demon had a half-demon son named Dante. Dante now takes care of a shop called Devil May Cry.
Development
The game started as a 1999 prototype for Resident Evil 4 but it got revamped after it was considered a game that isn't a part of Resident Evil.
Reception
The game was well-liked despite it's hard difficulty.
2001 video games
Devil May Cry
Nintendo Switch games
PlayStation 2 games
PlayStation 3 games
PlayStation 4 games
Xbox 360 games
Xbox One games
Phankham Viphavanh

Phankham Viphavanh (; born 1951) is a Laotian politician. In 2021, he became the Prime Minister of Laos. He is a member of Politburo. He is the Executive Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. He was the Vice President of Laos from 2016 until 2021.
References
Living people
1951 births
Prime Ministers of Laos
Vice presidents of Laos
Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun
Garfield County, Colorado

Garfield County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 61,685. The county seat is Glenwood Springs. The county is named in honor of U.S. President James A. Garfield.
Garfield County was founded on February 10, 1883.
References
1880s establishments in Colorado
1883 establishments in the United States
Colorado counties
William Scrots

William (or Guillim) Scrots (or Scrotes or Stretes) was a painter who worked in the sixteenth century. As an artist, much of his work involved painting the Royal family.
Flemish painters
English painters
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
Solita Salgado

Maria Soledad Salgado (7 July 1914 -- 13 January 1987) was a Colombian-born French swimmer and military. She was specialized in the freestyle and backstroke. She was a member of Mouettes de Paris
Personal life
Salgado was born in Colombia in 1914. She was the daughter of a Colombian businessman who maried a French woman from the Jura. She moved to Paris in 1915, but lived between 1918 and 1923 for five years in Colombia after which she returned again to Paris. She got the French citizenship in 1928.
Swimming career
Salgado learned swimming in 1923 at the Cuisance river. She went to the pool every Thursdag and had lessons of professor Sampa.
Salgado participated on 21 August 21 1927 at the , an open water race in Paris over 8 kilometres.
She became in 1929 and 1932 French national champion in the 100 meter backstroke and in 1929 and 1934 French national champion in the 400 meter freestyle.
On 14 February 1930, she broke the 500 metre freestyle European record of the Dutch woman Marie Braun in Paris with a time of 7:50.6. In August 1930, she won the 100 metre freestyle and 100m backstroke at the World University Championships in Darmstad. During her career she also broke many French national records.
She finished fourth at the 1931 European Aquatics Championships with the French team in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay. At the 1934 European Aquatics Championships she finished fourth in the 400 metre freestyle and fifth in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay.
She won the Academy of Sports prize for the best sportswoman in 1929. She was awarded the gold medal of Physical Education in 1938.
Militairy career
She started helping wounded soldiers during World War II. She joined the French Forces of the Interior in 1944. She became a specialist French Air Force. She ended her militay career in 1969 with the rank of commandant.
She earned the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945.
References
French swimmers
Sportswomen
1914 births
1987 deaths
People from Bogota
Sportspeople from Paris
French military people
French people of World War II
Military personnel of World War II
Nuth

Nuth was a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg. Since 2019, it has been part of the new municipality of Beekdaelen.
21st-century disestablishments in the Netherlands
Settlements in Limburg (Netherlands)
Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)
Beekdaelen
Hamptons

The Hamptons is a posh beachfront area in Long Island, New York State. The area is primarily occupied during the summer as multimillionaire and billionaire homeowners use their mansions and luxury condominiums as vacation homes. Most houses in the Hamptons are the same style, so much so that the area has its own architectural style.
Historically, the Hamptons were full of fishing villages, then during the Gilded Age, the ultra wealthy began to move in.
Geography of New York (state)
Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino (15 October 1923 - 19 September 1985) was an Italian writer and journalist. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952-1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979).
References
1923 births
1985 deaths
Italian writers
Jack Riley (actor)

John Albert "Jack" Riley Jr. (December 30, 1935 - August 19, 2016) was an American actor. He was known for playing Elliot Carlin on The Bob Newhart Show, and for voicing Stu Pickles in the Rugrats franchise. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
Riley died in Los Angeles, California on August 19, 2016 from pneumonia, aged 80.
References
Other websites
1935 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
Actors from Cleveland
Striped burrowing frog

The striped burrowing frog, greenstripe frog, or Australian striped treefrog (Ranoidea alboguttata) is a tree frog from Australia. It lives in Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory.
This frog lives in forests and in grasslands that are covered in water for part of the year. They spend a lot of time aboveground when it there is a lot of rain or water around, and they spend more time underground near ponds when the weather is dry. This frog can stay underground for years waiting for rainy weather.
Scientists believe this frog lays eggs in bodies of water and the tadpoles grow into frogs before these bodies of water dry up.
References
Frogs of Australia
Aizpute

Aizpute is a town in Latvia with town rights since 1378.
Towns in Latvia
1370s establishments in Europe
14th-century establishments in Latvia
1378 establishments
Károly Makk

Karoly Makk (December 22, 1925 - August 30, 2017) was a Hungarian movie director and screenwriter. Five of his movies have been nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival without success; however, he has won less awards at Cannes and elsewhere. He was born in Berettyoujfalu, Hungary.
In 1973, he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.
In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. His 2003 film A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.
From 27 September 2011 until his death, he served as the President of the Szechenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.
Makk died on August 30, 2017 in Budapest of a heart attack at the age of 91.
References
Other websites
1925 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Hungarian movie directors
Hungarian screenwriters
West Paris, Maine

West Paris is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
Towns in Maine
Paula Bennett

Paula Lee Bennett (born 9 April 1969) is a New Zealand politician. She is the Deputy Leader of the National Party and MP for Upper Harbour. She was the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand between December 2016 and October 2017.
References
1969 births
Living people
Deputy Prime Ministers of New Zealand
Politicians from Auckland
Human papillomavirus

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a virus that can infect the skin or mucous membranes (like the genitals, or inside the mouth) of humans. They cause warts. Some of them may cause cancer. There are over 100 different virus types in this group. About 40 virus types can be transmitted sexually. About 12-15 can cause cancer.
Most cases of HPV can be prevented by a vaccine, which also would stop the HPV from causing cancer. Most cases of cervical, oral and throat cancer are caused by HPV.
A first step in treatment is the use of salicylic acid. This is available in pharmacies, usually without a prescription. If this does not help, the wart can be frozen, and destroyed that way, or a laser can be used to destroy it. If this still does not help, different methods of chemotherapy can be used.
References
Other websites
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) from University of California, Santa Barbara's SexInfo
hpv-centrum - Video and info from the HPV, hpv centrums in Hungary
CDC fact sheet - HPV fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Viruses
Sexually transmitted diseases