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Hashemi Rafsanjani

Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (, Akbar Hashemi Rafanjani), Hashemi Bahramani (; August 25, 1934 - January 8, 2017) was an influential Iranian politician. He has been the Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran from 1989 until his death in 2017.
Forbes magazine listed Rafsanjani in their list of richest people in the world and has written that as the real power behind the Iranian government, he "has more or less run the Islamic Republic for the past 24 years." His wealth has earned him the infamous nickname of Akbar Shah in Iran.
Rafsanjani was President of Iran from 1989 to 1997, losing on the second ballot to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the 2005 election on his attempt for a third term in office. After this, he has tried to use his position in the Expediency Council to denounce President Ahmadinejad's administration. He said he would do some privatizations and change foreign policy. However, President Ahmadinejad has noted Rafsanjani's failure to make a difference between privatization and self takeover of government-owned companies. Ahmadinejad has also commmented on the foreign policies of Rafsanjani's administration which lead to sanctions against Iran in 1995 and 1996.
Currently, one of his sons has been accused of receiving a bribe. Analysts expect that his son will not be put on trial, however.
Rafsanjani died on January 8, 2017 in Tehran from a heart attack, aged 82.
References
Other websites
Profile: Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani at BBC News
Profile: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani at www.aljazeera.com
Video clips
Rafsanjani and Al-Qaradhawi on Muslim Unity - Part 1
Rafsanjani and Al-Qaradhawi on Muslim Unity - Part 2
1934 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Iranian clerics
Iranian Muslims
Speakers of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
Presidents of Iran
Convention center

A convention center, in American English, is an exhibition hall, or conference center. It is designed to hold a convention. In British English very large venues suitable for major trade shows are known as exhibition centres. The term "convention centre" is sometimes used for intermediate venues between exhibitions centres and "conference centres", which are much smaller and contain lecture halls and meeting rooms.
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Electoral fraud

Electoral fraud, or vote rigging, is any alteration or change of the vote count in an election. Acts of fraud affect vote counts to bring about an election result. That can be by increasing the vote share of one candidate or by lowering the vote count of another. It can also be a person casting more than one vote if only one vote is permitted, which is called ballot-box stuffing. What defines electoral fraud under law varies from country to country.
Many kinds of election fraud are outlawed in specific electoral laws. Other kinds violate general laws, such as those banning assault, harassment or libel. Technically, the term "electoral fraud" covers only acts that are illegal. Generally, the term is sometimes used to describe acts that are legal but are considered morally unacceptable, outside the spirit of electoral laws, or in violation of the principles of democracy.
In national elections, successful electoral fraud can have the effect of a coup d'etat or corruption of democracy. In a narrow election, a small amount of fraud may be enough to change the result. Even if the outcome is not affected, fraud can still have a damaging effect if not punished. For example, it can reduce voters' confidence in democracy.
Even the perception of fraud can be damaging. Fraudulent elections can lead to the breakdown of democracy and to the establishment or ratification of a dictatorship.
Fraud in elections is not limited to those for public office. Elections, such as for a corporation's directors, labor union officials, or student council members are subject to similar fraud, as are sports judging, and the awarding of merit to works of art and literature.
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Corruption
References
Elections
Types of crime
Pfäffikon, Zürich

Pfaffikon is the capital of the district Pfaffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
Villages
Auslikon, Ober Balm, Unter Balm, Bussenhausen, Irgenhausen, Oberwil, Sulzberg, Hermatswil, Schur, Wallikon, Rick, Ravensbuhl, Faichruti and Rutschberg.
Gallery
References
Other websites
Official Website
Municipalities of Zurich
Cities in Switzerland
Roßhaupten

Rosshaupten is a municipality in Ostallgau in Bavaria in Germany.
References
Ostallgau
Les Sièges

Les Sieges is a commune. It is found in the Yonne department in the center of France.
References
INSEE
Communes in Yonne
Monterotondo Marittimo

Monterotondo Marittimo is a comune in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany.
Settlements in Tuscany
Jewish ethics

Jewish ethics refers to the philosophical tradition of ethics in Judaism.
Like other types of laws and values in other religions, the subject of Jewish ethics tries to provide answers for many moral questions. It has gone through major changes over the past 2000 years. The halakha addresses many problems that are related to all kinds of ethics.
Related pages
Ethics
Virtue
Other websites
Jewish Ethics (topic) at My Jewish Learning
Society of Jewish Ethics
Jewish Bioethics, from Jerusalem's Darche Noam Educational Institute
Bioethics for clinicians: Jewish bioethics - Canadian Medical Association Journal article
Jewish Encyclopedia entry on ethics
Judaism: Issues in Jewish Ethics at the Jewish Virtual Library
Judaism
Religious ethics
Mount Washington, Massachusetts

Mount Washington is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
Towns in Massachusetts
Nici Mür

Nici W. Mur (born 1900s) was a Dutch sprinter and discus thrower in the 1920s. She was a member of Hygiea, The Hague and the national team.
Career
Her earliest national level competition was at the 1925 Dutch national championships where she won with her club the silver medal in the 4x 80 metres relay. In 1926 she became Dutch national champion in the 4x 100 metres.
In 1927, after good individual performance at the district champhinships, she became a week later national champion in the discus throw event. At the national championships Mur also became for the second consecutive year Dutch national champion in the 4x 100 metres together with Martha Kolthof, Willy Hamerslag and Nettie Grooss with a time of 55 seconds.
In the reports of her national discus throw title it was somehow criticized that het trow was over four meters below the national record. She showed in September 1927 she was a good discus thrower, throwing 24.11 metres in an out of competition record attempt, beating the old record of Martha Kolthof. For her record she received a special prize. While newspapers reported it as a new national record, the record was not recognized by the Dutch athletics federation.
Mur represented the Netherlands at two international competitions. She competed at the international competition against Belgium. She also competed at the international tournament against Germany in Dortmund. Only a few women's events were included at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The Netherlands could only send a limited amount of athletes. Mur was a reserve athlete and didn't compete at the Games.
On of her last competitions, was the 1929 regional championships where she won the discus throw event.
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Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Dutch sprinters
Sportspeople from South Holland
Discus throwers
1900s births
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal

The Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal (), is the sixth largest political party in Nepal.
Establishment
The party was officially registered at Election Commission, Nepal on 18 August 2021. Mahantha Thakur is the president of the new party. The party was formed after split in PSP-N to join KP Oli led government.
Currently, the party stands as the fourth largest party of Madhesh Province after Nepali Congress, CPN (UML) and Janata Samajbadi respectively.
Allies
As of August 2021, the party is a junior ally in the Nepali Congress-led Deuba government along with CPN (Maoist Centre), PSP-N, and CPN (Unified Socialist). The party's election symbol is a bicycle.
References
Political parties in Nepal
2021 establishments in Asia
Taylortown, Louisiana

Taylortown is an unincorporated community in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Unincorporated communities in Louisiana
Settlements in Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Miltos Papapostolou

Miltiadis "Miltos" Papapostolou () (September 9, 1935 - February 2, 2017) was a Greek football player and manager.
He managed Egaleo, AEK Athens, Greece and Olympiacos. His career in management began in 1972. He retired in 1989. He was born in Domokos, Greece.
Papapostolou died on February 2, 2017 in Athens, Greece, aged 81.
References
1936 births
2017 deaths
Greek footballers
Greek football managers
AEK Athens F.C. managers
Edward Brooke

Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 - January 3, 2015) was an American politician. He was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican from Massachusetts in 1966. He beat his Democratic rival Endicott Peabody by many votes.
He served for two terms, and lost to Paul Tsongas in the 1978 Senate election. Brooke was the oldest living former Senator since Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s death on July 30, 2013.
Early life
Brooke was born on October 26, 1919 in Washington, D.C. He was raised in Washington, D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts. Brooke studied at Howard University and the Boston University School of Law. He was a United States Army officer in Italy during Wold War II.
Career
Brooke was the first African-American politician to be popularly elected to the Senate. He was the only person of African heritage sent to the Senate in the 20th century until Democrat Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois in 1993. Brooke was also the first African-American senator since the Reconstruction Era.
Brooke was the last Republican Senator elected from Massachusetts until Scott Brown was elected in 2010. Brooke was also the oldest living former Republican Senator and oldest living former Senator after the death of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. in July 2013. Byrd was Senator around the same time as Brooke.
Personal life
He married Remigia Ferrari-Scacco in 1947. They had two children. They divorced in 1979. He married Ann Fleming in 1979. Their marriage would last until Brooke's death in 2015. They had one child. He wrote a book about his life, Bridging the Divide: My Life, in 2007. He lived in Coral Gables, Florida.
In September 2002, he was diagnosed with breast cancer. He worked at raising awareness of the disease among men.
Death
On January 3, 2015, Brooke died at his home in Coral Gables, Florida at the age of 95 from natural causes.
References
Other websites
Edward Brooke's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project
Edward W. Brooke Charter School A public charter school founded in Senator Brooke's honor, dedicated to building great teachers and closing the achievement gap.
Congressional Gold Medal recipients
1919 births
2015 deaths
African-American military personnel
African American politicians
American military personnel of World War II
Politicians from Boston
Politicians from Washington, D.C.
United States senators from Massachusetts
Republican Party (United States) politicians
Military people from Washington, D.C.
Van Partible

Van Partible (born Efrem Giovanni Bravo Partible; December 13, 1971) is a Filipino-born American animator, storyboard artist, director, writer and producer best known for creating the animated television series Johnny Bravo and Mike Lu & Og.
1971 births
Living people
American animators
Pungmul

Pungmul is a Korean traditional music. It includes drumming, dancing, and singing. Most performances are outside, with tens of players, all in constant motion. Pungmul is rooted in the dure farming culture. It was originally played as part of farm work, on rural holidays, at other village community-building events, and in shamanistic and Buddhistic rituals. Pungmul performers wear very gorgeous costumes. A flowery version of the Buddhist kkokkal is the most common headdress. Advanced performers sometimes wear sangmo, which are hats with long ribbons attached to them that players can spin and flip in intricate patterns by moving their heads.
Drumming is the most important element of Pungmul. Each group is led by a kkwaenggwari (small handheld gong) player, and includes at least one person playing janggu (hourglass drum), buk (barrel drum), and jing (gong). Wind instruments (t'aepyongso and nabal) are sometimes played along with the drummers. Following the drummers are dancers, who often play the sogo (a small drum that makes almost no sound) and tend to have more elaborate choreography. Finally, japsaek (actors) dressed as caricatures of traditional village roles wander around to engage spectators, blurring the boundary between performers and audience. Minyo (Korean traditional chants) are performed in Pungmul sometimes, and audience members enthusiastically sing and dance along. Most Minyo are set to drum beats in one of a few jangdan (rhythmic patterns) that are common to Pungmul, Sanjo, P'ansori, and other traditional Korean musical genres.
Korean music
Jack Ma

Ma Yun (, ; born 10 September 1964), known professionally as Jack Ma, is a Chinese business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group. As of April 2021, with a net worth of $51.5 billion, Ma is the third-richest person in China.
Ma retired from Alibaba on 10 September 2018 and focused on educational charity work.
References
Other websites
Leadership biographies at Alibaba Group
Biography at The Nature Conservancy (Board of Directors)
Book (Success Story)
1964 births
Living people
People from Hangzhou
Chinese businesspeople
Chinese philanthropists
Valkyrae

Rachell Hofstetter (born January 8, 1992) is an American YouTuber and live streamer. She uses the online name Valkyrae, She was born in Washington.
She began a gaming channel on Instagram and later moved to Twitch. She is the first female gamer and content creator for 100 Thieves. She supports female gamers.
On January 13, 2020, Valkyrae left Twitch for YouTube.
References
1992 births
Living people
American YouTubers
Entertainers from Washington (state)
Twitch (service) streamers
Capitol Heights, Maryland

Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
Towns in Maryland
Mende, Lozère

Mende is a commune and prefecture of the department of Lozere, part of the Occitanie region. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Mende.
The inhabitants of this city are known, in French, as Mendois (women: Mendoises).
Geography
Mende is located in the southern Massif Central, to the north of the Cevennes, near the Mont Lozere, the highest point of the Lozere department. The Lot river flows through the city and most of Mende is on the left side of the river.
The commune of Mende has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .
The commune of Mende is surrounded by the communes Chastel-Nouvel, Badaroux, Lanuejols, Brenoux, Saint-Bauzile, Balsieges, Barjac and Servieres.
Climate
The climate in Mende in the Koppen climate classification is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
Population
The city of Mende had 11,542 inhabitants for a density of persons/km2.
Evolution of the population in Mende
Administration
Mende is the prefecture of the Lozere department since 1790. It is also the capital of the Mende arrondissement and of two cantons:
Mende-1, formed with a part of Mende (5,513 inhabitants) (2014)
Mende-2, formed with a part of Mende (6,029 inhabitants) (2014)
It is part of the intercommunality Coeur de Lozere ().
Twinned and partner towns
Mende is twinned with:
Wunsiedel, Germany, since 1980
Volterra, Italy, since 1993
Vila Real, Portugal, since 2003
Gallery
Related pages
Arrondissement of Mende
Communes of the Lozere department
References
Other websites
City council website
Mende Tourist Office
Communes in Lozere
Departmental capitals in France
Ranch-style house

A ranch house, rancher, ranch bungalow or rambleris a low to the ground, usually single-storey (though split-level houses and raised ranch homes have more than one floor) house with simple architectural detailing. The ranch home form became common in the United States and Canada during the 1950s.
Houses
Daniuska Carrasco

Daniuska Carrasco (born 7 August 1997) is a Cuban water polo player. She was a member of the Cuba women's national water polo team at the 2019 Pan American Games and 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
References
Others websites
daniuska-carrasco-leyva
cuban-players-daniuska-carrasco-and-arisel-gonzalez
18th-fina-world-aquatics-championships
1997 births
Living people
Cuban water polo players
Kazumasa Kawano

Kazumasa Kawano (born 7 November 1970) is a former Japanese football player.
Club career statistics
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References
1970 births
Living people
Footballers from Oita Prefecture
Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez

Lawrence N. "Larry" Seilhamer Rodriguez (born December 13, 1954) is a Puerto Rican politician. He is a member of the New Progressive Party (PNP). He was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from January 7, 2009 until January 15, 2020. In 2021, he became the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico.
References
1954 births
Living people
Puerto Rican politicians
Basketball players
Sportspeople from Puerto Rico
Meigs Field

Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport , was a single strip airport that operated from December 1948 until March 2003. It was built on Northerly Island.
The airport opened on December 10, 1948, and became America's busiest single-strip airport in 1955. The air traffic tower was built in 1952 and the terminal was built in 1961. The airfield was named for Merrill C. Meigs, an aviation enthuisist.
The airport was a common sight on the Chicago lakefront. It was also known as the default airport in many versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator. It was featured in Microsoft's Midtown Madness and Reflections' Driver 2 video game. The airport is also the main location of the film Powers of Ten.
The Main Terminal was used by the Chicago Department of Aviation. The runway at Meigs Field was . There were four helicopter pads at the south end of the runway.
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1948 establishments in the United States
2003 disestablishments in the United States
Airports in Chicago
1940s establishments in Illinois
2000s disestablishments in Illinois
Boris Becker

Boris Franz Becker (born 22 November 1967) is a German retired tennis player. He was born in Leimen, Germany. At the age of 17, he became the youngest ever winner at Wimbledon in 1985. He won the contest while being unseeded. That means that he had not achieved enough to be assigned within an order of the better players at the start of the tournament.
He became a very successful player, winning the Wimbledon title again in 1986. Becker also helped West Germany win its first Davis Cup in 1988. In 1989, he won the Wimbledon, the US Open and another Davis Cup.
In 1991, he reached the World number 1 ranking by winning the Australian Open. Becker defeated Jim Courier in straight sets to win the 1992 Association of Tennis Professionals Tour World title. His final Grand Slam title was in 1996, where he beat Michael Chang for another Australian Open title in four sets.
Becker completed at the 1992 Summer Olympics where he won a gold medal in the men's doubles event.
Throughout his career, Becker won 49 singles titles and 15 doubles titles. He is known for his rivalry with certain players, including Ivan Lendl, Stefan Edberg and Michael Stich.
References
Other websites
1967 births
Australian Open champions
German Olympic gold medalists
German Roman Catholics
German tennis players
Living people
Male tennis players
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Baden-Wurttemberg
US Open (tennis) champions
Wimbledon champions
World No. 1 tennis players
Triefenstein

Markt Triefenstein () is a market community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. It was created in 1978 out of the villages Homburg am Main, Lengfurt, Rettersheim and Trennfeld.
Geography
Location
Markt Triefenstein is part of the Main-Spessart district of Bavaria. It is on the river Main between Marktheidenfeld and Wertheim am Main. To the south it borders on Baden-Wurttemberg.
The community has four Gemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral areas): Homburg am Main, Lengfurt, Rettersheim and Trennfeld. Homburg am Main and Lengfurt are on the left side of the Main. Rettersheim and Trennfeld are on the right side.
References
Other websites
Triefenstein Monastery
History of Triefenstein Monastery at the Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte
Ortsteil of Homburg
Papiermuhle Homburg
Main-Spessart
Have You Seen This Snail?

"Have You Seen This Snail?" is 2005 animated drama crime musical direct-to-video film is the based on the series SpongeBob SquarePants is created by Stephen Hillenburg. It was released on November 11, 2005. The movie special guest starred Amy Poehler as a granny in the movie.
Plot
SpongeBob gets a paddle ball from the mail and plays with it. He plays with the paddle ball so much that he forgets to feed his pet Gary. Gary decides to run away from home. SpongeBob wakes up from the paddle ball when Patrick comes into his house. SpongeBob can not find Gary is his home and later finds a note from Gary that says he is finding a new owner. Later, Gary enters a new city and gets found by a gang of snails. A nice old lady finds Gary and takes him to her house, thinking that he is her pet Miss Tuftsy. At the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob is sad at work because Gary is missing. Mr. Krabs tells him that problems can be solved with hard work. SpongeBob thinks he is talking about Gary, so SpongeBob and Patrick put posters around the town in hopes of finding Gary.
The old lady feeds Gary a lot. She puts down posters given to her by Patrick. Gary reads them and finds out that SpongeBob really does love him. Gary tries to leave, but he gets trapped in a closet and finds snail shells. He realizes that the old lady is trying to fatten him and eat him. Gary gets out of her house, but the lady chases him down the street. Gary finds one of the gang snails and tricks the lady into thinking the gang snail is Miss Tuftsy. Back home, SpongeBob gives up on finding Gary, but he keeps having memories of him. SpongeBob hears a meow and thinks that he is imagining the meow. He turns around and finds Gary and becomes happy to see Gary again.
Feedback
David Johnson of DVD Verdict said the "disc [based off of the episode] will most definitely sell itself." Paul Mavis of DVD Talk talks about the scene where Gary has to escape the old lady's house and said "it's both funny and rather touching."
References
Movies composed by Harry Gregson-Williams
2005 movies
2005 drama movies
2005 animated movies
2005 crime movies
SpongeBob SquarePants movies
Adam Price

Adam Price (born 23 September 1968) is a Welsh politician. He is the leader of Plaid Cymru since 2018. He has sat in the National Assembly for Wales for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency.
References
1968 births
Living people
UK MPs 2001-2005
UK MPs 2005-2010
Welsh politicians
James Freeman

James Samuel Freeman is a swimmer from Botswana. James competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was born on 28 March 2001.
References
Other websites
2001 births
Living people
Botswana sportspeople
Swimmers
Olympians
Pun

A pun is a joke which is a "play on words" (a game using words). People make puns in order to make other people laugh. Many jokes are actually puns. A pun usually uses a word which can have more than one meaning, even if the spelling is different:
Sometimes a pun may use a whole phrase that can be heard in more than one way, as in the following knock-knock joke:
"Knock-knock!"
"Who's there?"
"Dishwasher."
"Dishwasher Who?"
"Dishwasher way I ushed to shpeak before I got my falsh teesh".
(The last sentence is supposed to mean: "This was the way I used to speak before I got my false teeth").
There is a joke about a man who sent ten different puns to friends in the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.
(The joke here is on "no pun intended," which is said when a person unintentionally says a pun by coincidence, and announces the find ).
There are many websites and books which have jokes, very often with puns.
Puns are easier to make in some languages than others. Languages with many homophones (words which sound the same but have a different meaning) such as the Chinese language are most suitable for puns.
Puns do not have to be about homonyms. They can sometimes be a double entendre using both a literal sense of the word and a metaphor (figurative use). For example, if a young man joins the Navy and someone says that he "sailed through his exams", this is a joke because: 1) the expression "to sail through something" means "to do it easily", but 2) the Navy is about sailing in ships. It is possible to say something like that without realizing that it is a pun.
Another example is a story about two boys growing up and eating more and more food. One of the parents just began a new job and the other says, "I hope you can start bringing home the bacon!" In this example, bacon is a play on words meaning both money and the food, bacon.
Many British people love making puns, especially bad puns (where a word has to be mispronounced to make the joke work). Lewis Carroll made many puns in his books Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass.
These are also a few examples of different puns:
Really cool music as the rock band plays on an iceberg,
"You're fired!" as the man is shot from a gun.
Figures of speech
Humor
"How is your vineyard doing?" a neighbor asked. The woman replied, "It's growing grape!" (play on words: "It's going great!"
Etna, California

Etna is a city in the Scott Valley area of Siskiyou County, California, United States. The population was 678 at the 2020 census.
References
Other websites
Official website of the city of Etna
1878 establishments in California
Cities in California
Settlements in Siskiyou County, California
Suleiman Mahmoud

Suleiman Mahmoud al-Obeidi (1949 - 6 October 2020) was a Lebanese senior military officer. He was formerly a commander in Muammar Gaddafi's army. He was commander of the Tobruk Military Region. He supported the opposition during the Libyan Civil War. In 2011, he was Chief of Staff to the National Liberation Army.
On 6 October 2020, Mahmoud died of COVID-19 in Tripoli at the age of 71.
References
1949 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon
Lebanese military people
Tännesberg

Tannesberg is a municipality in Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria, Germany.
Population development including incorporations
References
Neustadt an der Waldnaab (district)
Perikles

Perikles is a Swedish dansband. It was formed in 1974. Their most successful single on the charts has been "Var ska vi sova i natt?". It is a cover version of "Sara perche ti amo". The band has released many albums that include both their own music and versions of other people's music.
Perikles participated in Melodifestivalen in 1994 with the song "Vill du resa till manen med mig?". It was in a bid to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest the same year.
Members
The band has seen many changes to personnel. The current members are:
Lars Lundgren - vocals guitar, keyboard (1989-present)
Anders Olsson - vocals, guitar, keyboard (1974-present)
Pex Svensson - vocals, bass (1974-present)
Jan Wellbo - vocals, keyboard (1974-present)
Joachim Sehlin - vocals, drums (2008-present)
Former members
Goran Sonesson - drums, vocals (1995-2008)
Henri Saffer - guitar, saxophone (1983-1984)
Stefan Forslund - drums, vocals (1985-1995)
Peter Persson - keyboards (1974-1977)
Kent Nilsson - drums (1974-1985)
Jan (Jens) Persson - vocals (1974-1977)
Tommy - keyboard (1977-?)
Jan Svensson - vocals, guitar (1982)
Janne Ljungdahl - vocals (1978-1982)
Marianne Olsson - vocals, piano (1974-1975)
Albums
1976: Alla tiders bil
1977: Jag vill vara den du ringer till
1978: Perikles 3
1982: Marie, Marie
1984: Ljuva livet
1991: Perikles live (three albums Live 1, 2 and 3)
1993: Namn & Nummer
1994: Vill du resa till manen med mej?
1997: Fiffty Fiffty
2000: Harligt
2002: Live-02
2008: Varning for hunden
2010: Var ska vi sova inatt (compilation album) (Sverigetopplistan #28)
2013: Vicken Fest (Sverigetopplistan #9)
Singles
1982: "Marie, Marie"
1982: "Var ska vi sova i natt"
1989: "It should have been me" / "Nar morkret faller pa"
1991: "Sofia"
1993: "Var ska vi sova i natt?" (Sverigetopplistan #4)
1994: "Vill du resa till manen med mig?" (Melodifestivalen 1994)
1996: "Susanna"
2000: "Kom och varm mig"
2001: "Var ska vi sova i natt?"
2005: "Vi lever"
References
1974 establishments in Sweden
Dansbands
Swedish musical groups
Maggie Q

Margaret Denise Quigley (born May 22, 1979), better known as Maggie Q, is an American actress and former fashion model. She is known for many movie roles. They include the character Mai Linh in Live Free or Die Hard and her role with Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible III. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Actors from Honolulu
American movie actors
American television actors
Models from Hawaii
1979 births
Living people
Suzhou High School

Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province (), is a Chinese public high school. It has over 1000 years of history.
Many famous people graduated from there. It is in Suzhou, Jiangsu. In 1035, the Northern Song politician Fan Zhongyan founded it ().
Pages with unreviewed translations
High schools
Buildings and structures in China
Jiangsu
Creative Artists Agency

Creative Artists Agency LLC (CAA) is an American talent and sports agency based in Los Angeles, California. It is regarded as an influential company in the talent agency business and manages numerous clients. In March 2016, CAA had 1,800 employees.
References
Further reading
A History of CAA and Coke, by Hein, Kenneth, Benezra, Karen,Brandweek, 10644318, January 16, 2006, Vol. 47, Issue 3.
External links
CAA Touring
CAA Speakers
CAA Entertainment
CAA Sports
Companies of the United States
Jeanne Calment

Jeanne Louise Calment (21 February 1875 - 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian and at the time of her death at age 122 years, 164 days the verified oldest person in history as well as the only person who has surpassed 120 years of age, although her claimed age is possibly disputed.
On 17 October 1995, Calment reached 120 years and 238 days to become the "oldest person ever" according to Guinness World Records, surpassing Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan, whose claim (120 years 237 days old at the time of his death on 21 February 1986, Calment's 111th birthday) has since been discounted. Calment also holds the record for being the oldest living person for the longest period of time, by far - with nearly nine years and seven months, counting from the death of Florence Knapp on 11 January 1988, to her own death on 4 August 1997.
She was the last remaining undisputed person born in the 1870s. On 12 July 1995, Tane Ikai of Japan died, and Calment became the last living link from the 1870s. Following Calment's death on 4 August 1997 at 10:45 CET, then 116-year-old Marie-Louise Meilleur became the oldest living recognized person.
Biography
She was active during her life, lived on her own until she was almost 110, and talked a lot until months before her death. Calment still rode her bike at the age of 100 in 1975. Once, she fell off and developed a brief period of amnesia. She recovered sometime later. In 1888, when she was 13, Calment met Vincent van Gogh while he visited her uncle's shop to buy canvas.
During her later years in the 1990s, she could not hear very well. In 1995 at the age of 120 years, she became the subject of her own documentary, 120 Years with Jeanne Calment. She died in Arles.
Controversy
A study by Russian researcher Nikolay Zak has disputed Jeanne Calment's claimed age with a hypothesis that Jeanne's daughter Yvonne, born 1898 and claimed to have died of pneumonia in 1934, usurped Jeanne's identity upon Jeanne's death in 1934. In that scenario, Jeanne Calment would have died already in 1934 and Yvonne Calment in 1997, claiming to be her mother and aged 122 but in fact she was aged 99. However, to prove if the hypothesis is true, a DNA/blood test is required.
The oldest undisputed person in history is Japanese woman Kane Tanaka, who lived to age 119 years, 107 days.
See also
Jiroemon Kimura (1897-2013), the oldest man ever whose age was verified
References
1875 births
1997 deaths
French centenarians
People from Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Supercentenarians
Iron Act

The Iron Act was a law created by Great Britain in 1750 to make American Colonies import more iron from Great Britain, and preventing the colonies from refining iron on their own.
What the Act did
America can no longer export pig iron or bar iron
All exports of metal can only be shipped to Great Britain's docks
No mills may be created in America. All mills already there must be certified.
Implications
The act was officially repealed in 1867.
Maryland and Virginia were the only colonies majorly affected. The act essentially stopped all creation of edged tools, nails, and tinplates. Great Britain had a history of creating acts designed to create more trade to England. This was one of the many acts that caused the American Revolution.
Iron
Jonny Wilkinson

Jonathan Peter Wilkinson OBE (born 25 May 1979) is an English rugby union player who now plays in France for Toulon.
He was born at Frimley Park Hospital in Frimley, Surrey, He was grew up in Farnham
He played for England when the team won the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He was awarded the MBE in 2003 and then the OBE in 2004.
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1979 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Newcastle Falcons rugby union players
RC Toulonnais players
Sportspeople from Surrey
Airbus A400M Atlas

The Airbus A400M Atlas is a military cargo aircraft. It is built in Spain by Airbus Defence & Space, part of Airbus Group. The wings are made in the UK. The cockpit and landing gear are made in France. Germany provides the fuselage assembly. The Atlas is a four turboprops and high-wing aircraft. Orders have come from militaries of many countries like France, Germany, Spain, and the UK. The aircraft's first flight was on 11 December 2009. The French Air Force used it in the Mali war in 2013 and 2014.
Test flight crash
On Monday May 11, 2015, An Airbus A400M crashed in Spain during final flight testing. Two pilots and two flight engineers were killed in the accident. Britain, Germany, Malaysia and Turkey all grounded their A440Ms. The six planes France has will only see limited use. Spain has stopped all testing of the planes until the cause of the crash is discovered.
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Other websites
Airbus to continue test flights...
Airbus aircraft
French military aircraft
Laudenbach, Bavaria

For other places with the same name, see Laudenbach (disambiguation)
Laudenbach is a municipality in the Miltenberg district in the region of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Administrative Community of Kleinheubach.
Geography
Place
Laudenbach is right on the Bavarian Lower Main between Miltenberg and Obernburg, and borders on the Odenwald.
It is relatively well linked to the highway network by Bundesstrasse 469. The Frankfurt Rhine Main Region's hub can be reached quickly by car or train.
Neighbouring communities
The next community down the Main is Klingenberg am Main, and the next one upstream is Kleinheubach.
Combinations
The hamlet of Brunnthal in Hessen, which belongs to Michelstadt's outlying centre of Vielbrunn, is co-administered by Laudenbach.
References
Other websites
Community's official webpage
Miltenberg (district)
Monster movie

A monster movie (also called a creature feature or giant monster movie) is a movie with humans trying to stay alive in attacks by very large monsters. Monster movies can fit in the horror, fantasy, or science fiction genres. In Japan, large monsters are called kaiju.
In many monster movies, the monster is created by humans because of something such as a bad experiment, the effects of radiation, or the destruction of habitat. Since the 1953 movie The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, many monster movies have shown the monster being created by nuclear warfare. One of the most well-known movie monsters, Godzilla, was created by a nuclear weapon. Godzilla has appeared in 28 movies and has become a cultural icon in Japan.
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Movie genres
Open wheel car

Open-wheel car describes cars with the wheels outside the car's main body and, in most cases, one seat. Other names include formula car, single-seater car in British English, or Indy car in the United States. Open-wheel cars are different from street cars, sports cars, stock cars, and touring cars. These car have their wheels below or inside the body or fenders. Open-wheel cars are usually built just for racing. Often, they have a higher amount of technological sophistication than in other forms of motor racing.
Design
A typical open-wheeler has a small cockpit. It is only large enough for the driver's body. The head is exposed to the air. In modern cars the engine is often located directly behind the driver, and drives the rear wheels. Depending on the rules of the class, many types of open-wheelers have spoilers or wings. They are very low and have an almost flat bottom. These help add aerodynamic downforce. This pushes the car on to the road and makes it handle better.
Some races, such as the Monaco Grand Prix are held on temporary street circuits. Most open-wheel races are on dedicated road courses, such as the Nurburgring in Germany. In the United States some top-level open wheel events are held on ovals, both short track and superspeedways. The most famous the annual Indianapolis 500 (Indy 500)
Driving
Driving an open-wheel car is very different from driving a car with fenders. Open-wheel vehicles, are light weight, have good aerodynamics, and powerful engines. Wheel-to-wheel contact is dangerous. If the forward edge of one tire contacts the rear of another tire, the vehicle my be flipped into the air and upside down.
Auto racing
Matt Leinart

Matthew Stephen Leinart (born May 11, 1983 in Santa Ana, California) is an American football quarterback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Southern California Trojans. In 2004, his junior year at USC, he won the Heisman Trophy. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in 2006. The Cardinals released him in 2010, and he was signed by the Houston Texans. He joined the Raiders for the 2012 season.
Honors
2004
Heisman Trophy Winner
Rose Bowl MVP
Walter Camp Award
AP player of the year
Touchdown Club Manning Award
Touchdown Club QB of the Year
Victor Award (Player of the Year)
James E. Sullivan Award Finalist
Newport college player of the year
AP All-American first team
Football Coaches All-American first team
ESPN, CSTV, Rivals.com, SI.com, and CFBNews first team All-American
Pac-10 Co-offensive player of the year
ESPN.com player of the year
Rivals.com player of the year
Pre-season All-American
2005
Orange Bowl MVP
Unitas Award
Finalist for Heisman Trophy
All-American Offensive Player
LA Sports Sportsman of the Year
Sporting News Sportsman of the Year
National Championship MVP
2006
Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Males 2006
ESPN Hottest Male Athlete of the Year
People Magazine 100 Most Beautiful People
10th Pick in the 2006 NFL draft
Career statistics
College
NFL
References
Other websites
MattLeinartQB.com - Matt Leinart Official Website
MattLeinart.com - Matt Leinart News
Matt Leinart at NFL.com
Matt Leinart on The Internet Movie Database
SportsUltra .
1983 births
Living people
Arizona Cardinals players
Houston Texans players
American football quarterbacks
Football players from California
People from Santa Ana, California
Heisman Trophy winners
Haucourt, Oise

Haucourt is a commune. It is in the Oise department in northern France.
Communes in Oise
Ashlee Simpson

Ashlee Simpson (born October 3, 1984) is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is the younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson. Ashlee started dancing at the age of 4 and by the time she was 11 enjoyed the status of being the youngest person ever admitted to the prestigious School of American Ballet. In 1999, when she was 14 years old, she moved to Los Angeles with her family for her sister's career and instantly began her own career by working as a backup dancer for Jessica.
Ashlee's first album, Autobiography, was released in 2004. She also starred in her own reality series The Ashlee Simpson Show. Simpson was criticized when she used a pre-recorded vocal track for a performance on Saturday Night Live in October 2004. Simpson released another album in 2005 called I Am Me. In May 2008, Ashlee married Pete Wentz, from the band Fall Out Boy. Their son, Bronx Mowgli, was born in November 2008. In February 2011, Simpson-Wentz filed for divorce. On October 29, 2020, she gave birth to another son named Ziggy Blu.
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Singers from Texas
American television actors
Actors from Texas
1984 births
Living people
People from Waco, Texas
Eberhard Diepgen

Eberhard Diepgen (born 13 November 1941) is a German politician of the CDU. He was Governing Mayor of West Berlin from 1984 through 1989 and later Governing Mayor of Berlin from 1991 through 2001.
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1941 births
Living people
Mayors of Berlin
Bellshill

Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, ten miles (sixteen kilometres) southeast of Glasgow city centre. About 20,000 people live there.
Towns in North Lanarkshire
Julio Miranda

Julio Antonio Miranda (October 17, 1946 - June 6, 2021) was an Argentine politician. He was a member of the Justicialist Party. Miranda was a member of the Senate from 1992 until 1999 and again from 2003 until 2009. Miranda was also Governor of the Tucuman Province from 1999 until 2003.
Miranda died on June 6, 2021 from pneumonia in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina at the age of 74.
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Other websites
Senate profile
1946 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia
Argentine politicians
People from Tucuman Province
Waldaschaff

Waldaschaff is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany.
References
Aschaffenburg (district)
Willem Mengelberg

Willem Mengelberg (born Utrecht, 28 March 1871; died Zuort, Switzerland, 22 March 1951) was a Dutch conductor. He is famous for conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam for fifty years, making them one of the world's finest orchestras.
Life
Willem Mengelberg studied music in Utrecht, Netherlands and at Cologne Conservatory. He had four years of experience conducting an orchestra in Lucerne. Then, in 1895, he was given the job which was to last him the rest of his working life: conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra. He took over this job from Willem Kes who had started the orchestra five years earlier. At Kes's farewell concert on 25 October 1895 Mengelberg performed as solo pianist.
Mengelberg soon made it into a great orchestra. He was particularly good at conducting the music of Richard Strauss and Mahler. He took the orchestra on tours to many countries, including Norway, Belgium, France, Germany, England and Switzerland. He celebrated his 25th year of conductor of the orchestra by performing all the orchestral works of Mahler.
He also conducted other orchestras abroad, including the Royal Philharmonic Society in London and, in the 1920s, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mengelberg also conducted other groups in the Netherlands, including Maatschappij Caecilia and the Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir.
Mengelberg worked hard to get good discipline in his orchestra. He worked to introduce his audiences to good music and to make them listen quietly to the music. He did a lot to help the musicians get better working conditions and he conducted a lot of music by Dutch composers, helping them to become better known.
During World War II he accepted invitations by the Nazis to conduct in Germany. After the war people in Holland were very cross that he had done this, and he was forbidden to conduct in Holland for six years. He said that he had only conducted in Germany for the sake of the musicians.
Mengelberg was very sad and went to live in Switzerland. He died just before his six year ban would have come to an end.
References
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie; 1980;
Encyclopedie van de Muziek; Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1957
1871 births
1951 deaths
Dutch conductors
Musicians from Utrecht (province)
People from Utrecht (city)
Jacksonville International Airport

Jacksonville International Airport (IATA: JAX, ICAO: KJAX, FAA LID: JAX), is the primary international airport serving northeast Florida. The airport is located 15 miles north of downtown Jacksonville.
Airports in Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Persephone

Persephone (, Persephone) is the goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld in ancient Greek religion and myth. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter and is married to the god Hades, with whom she rules over the souls of the dead. As a vegetation goddess, she presided over the bounty of the harvest as it emerged during the season of spring.
Persephone and her mother Demeter were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries, which promised initiates a reward in the afterlife. The tale of her being abducted by Hades, during which she was tricked into eating seeds from a pomegranate (the food of the dead), served to explain the cause of the seasons, and is one prominently featured in ancient Greek literature. Her symbols included the pomegranate, flowers and seeds of grain. During the summer she would rise up from the underworld to be with her mother demeter. The goddess Proserpina is her Roman counterpart.
Greek gods and goddesses
Gods and goddesses of the underworld
Janne Persson

Jan Persson (Janne Lucas), born 3 October 1947 in Gothenburg's Gamlestad Parish in Gothenburg, Sweden is a Swedish pianist and singer, scoring several chart successes in Sweden during the 1970s and 1980s. Janne Lucas participated at Melodifestivalen 1980 with the song Vaxeln halla, winning the contest. The upcoming year he participated with the song Rocky Mountain ending up third.
For many years, Janne Lucas also acted as pianist for Vi i femman
Janne also accompanied the vocal group Noviserna for a while, where Anna-Lisa Cederquist participated.
The addressing name "Lucas" comes from a pop band in Gothenburg, where he was a pianist and singer during the late 1960s. The pop band Lucas won Sveriges Radio's Pop Band Competition in 1967, and charted at Tio i topp with the song Anti-Social Season. Before that, the cover song "Go Now" had already charted.
In a Bildjournalen issue was a commercial record with, among others, the band Lucas and the song One Night Stand.
On 6 November 2009, he participated at Doobidoo in SVT, playing the piano performing "Vaxeln halla".
Persson is also a choral director for Onsala and Molnlycke Gospel Choir
Discography
Albums
1977 - Ad Lib
1978 - Born to Rock
1978 - Solfeggietto
1981 - Rocky Mountain
1982 - Boeves Psalm
1988 - White Christmas
Singles
1980 - Ballade for Britta / Repent Valpurgis
1981 - Rocky Mountain / Dallas
Others
1975 - Ett steg till - Pugh & Rainrock (live-album with Pugh Rogefeldt and Ola Magnell)
Other websites
Diskografi at Discogs
References
1947 births
Living people
Swedish singers