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M20 motorway

The M20 is a motorway in Kent, England. It connects Folkestone and Dover to the M25 and London. The motorway is important because Dover and Folkestone are where you can use a ferry, or a train through the Channel Tunnel, to get to France.
Junctions
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Motorways in England
Asexuality

Asexuality is a sexual orientation. Asexual people usually do not have sexual attraction towards anyone, no matter what gender they are. Asexuality has nothing to do with a person's romantic/aesthetic/sensual attraction. The opposite of an asexual is an allosexual. Allosexuality means that you feel sexual desires.
Meaning
Asexuality is described as a spectrum. Demisexual people are on the asexual spectrum. They feel sexual attraction, but only to people who they feel a connection to. About 1% of people identify as asexual. Alfred Kinsey used the label "X" to describe asexual people. Grey-asexual people are people who feel like they are not asexual, but they're not sexual either. For example, a grey-asexual person doesn't feel sexual attraction often. Some asexuals also identify with a romantic identity as well, meaning they may feel the need to form relationships, while others may not. Some asexual people identify as queer. However, some people think that 'queer' is not an appropriate word for asexual people. Not having sex (celibacy), is not always asexuality. Some homosexuals, for example, don't want to have sex because they feel guilty about their sexual attraction.
Studies
In 2001, David Jay started the Asexual Visibility and Education Network. A 2012 study found that asexual people are just as discriminated against as gay men, lesbians, or bisexuals people. Asexuality has only recently been studied. One writer, S.E. Smith speculates that it has not increased, its just people have only just started noticing it. Acceptance of asexuality as a subject of scientific has only begun recently.
Libido
Libido, or sex drive, is the sexual arousal that humans feel. Some asexual people have a libido, this does not mean they are allosexual. They feel it as the body just doing it's thing, and often masturbate to relieve it.
Romantic orientation
Some asexual people are aromantic. This means that they do not feel romantic attraction such as getting a crush on someone. Others can be homoromantic, heteroromantic, biromantic, etc.
References
Human sexuality
LGBT variations
Dion, Pieria

Dion was an Ancient Greek city in Pieria, Greece. It is now a village.
Villages in Greece
Ancient Greek cities
Belloc-Saint-Clamens

Belloc-Saint-Clamens is a commune in the Gers department. It is in southwestern France.
Related pages
Communes of the Gers department
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Communes in Gers
Christiaan Eijkman

Christiaan Eijkman (August 11, 1858 - November 5, 1930) was a Dutch doctor. He won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Sir Frederick Hopkins, for the discovery of vitamins
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1858 births
1930 deaths
Dutch academics
Dutch Nobel Prize winners
Dutch physicians
Wainwright, Alaska

Wainwright is a city in Alaska. It is in North Slope Borough. The community was named after Wainwright Lagoon. The Lagoon was named after Lt. John Wainwright, who discovered the lagoon in 1826. Wainwright was founded in 1904.
The town is on the Chukchi Sea. It is about southwest of Barrow.
Cities in Alaska
1904 establishments in the United States
1900s establishments in Alaska
Waltz (International)

The Waltz is one of the five international ballroom dances in the Modern or Standard style. It is danced socially, and in ballroom competitions. Like its older brother, the Viennese waltz, this dance originated in Vienna, but was greatly modified by English dance teachers in the 1920s. That is why it is sometimes called the English waltz. Other names are the diagonal waltz, the international waltz, and the slow waltz.
Music for the waltz should be in 3/4 time, and played at 29 to 34 bars per minute.p62 The accent is on the first beat of each bar. For beginners it is a simple dance compared to some others. At competitive level it is much more demanding. It features whisks, chasses, spins, hesitations, drags, and split-beat steps, many of which have been copied in other dances. The first 'advanced' figure to be invented was the double reverse spin, by Maxwell Stewart in the 1924 World Championship.p42 Nowadays it is taught at the silver medal stage.
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Ballroom dances
Dušan Bulut

Dusan Domovic Bulut is a basketball player from Yugoslavia. Bulut competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was born on 23 October 1985.
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1985 births
Living people
Serbian basketball players
Serbian Olympic bronze medalists
Gregory Helms

Gregory Shane Helms (born July 12, 1974 in Smithfield, North Carolina), is an American professional wrestler. Helms is best known for working with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where he worked under the ring names The Hurricane and Gregory Helms. He was also known for working with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) where he wrestled under the ring name "Sugar" Shane Helms.
He is a one-time WWF European Champion, two-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion, two-time WWE World Tag Team Champion - with Kane and with Rosey and one-time WWF Hardcore Champion.
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WWE profile
1974 births
American professional wrestlers
Former WWE wrestlers
Living people
Sportspeople from North Carolina
American bloggers
Institut supérieur européen de formation par l'action

(ISEFAC) is a French private business school. It was founded in 2000.
The school has two courses, communication and business/marketing., and delivers a degree recognized by French State.
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Other websites
Official website
Schools in France
Brussels
2000 establishments in France
Oakland, Chicago

Oakland, located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. Some of Chicago's great old homes may be seen on Drexel Boulevard.
Nineteenth-century women's rights and Jewish activist Hannah Greenebaum lived in Oakland. The late 19th-century Monument Baptist Church on Oakwood Blvd. is modeled after Boston's Trinity Church. Oakwood /41st Street Beach in Burnham Park is at 4100 S. Lake Shore Drive.
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Other websites
City of Chicago Neighborhood Guide to Oakland and Kenwood
Official City of Chicago Community Map
Community areas of Chicago
Roëllecourt

Roellecourt is a commune. It is found in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais in the Pas-de-Calais department in the north of France.
Communes in Pas-de-Calais
Closet

A closet is a small room in which people put their clothes. It is usually not bigger than a garage or a basement. It is not a wardrobe, it is a room. Some people put things inside it other than clothes.
Furniture
Bleach GC: Tasogare Ni Mamieru Shinigami

Bleach GC: Tasogare Ni Mamieru Shinigami is a fighting game developed by Polygon Magic and published by Sega for the GameCube in Japan on December 8, 2005.
Playable characters
A list of playable characters is as follows:
Ichigo Kurosaki
Rukia Kuchiki
Orihime Inoue
Uryu Ishida
Yasutora Sado
Ganju Shiba
Kisuke Urahara
Yoruichi Shihoin
Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto
Sui-Feng
Gin Ichimaru
Sosuke Aizen (As 5th Division captain and true self)
Momo Hinamori
Byakuya Kuchiki
Renji Abarai
Shunsui Kyoraku
Sajin Komamura (Masked and unmasked)
Kaname Tosen
Toshiro Hitsugaya
Kenpachi Zaraki
Ikkaku Madarame
Yumichika Ayasegawa
Mayuri Kurotsuchi
Jushiro Ukitake
Kaien Shiba
Stages
Senzaikyumae: Senzaikyu-mae (Chan Zui Gong Qian , "In front of the Senzaikyu")
Syokeiyouato: Likely Shokeijo-ato (Chu Xing Chang Hou , "Remains of the Execution Site")
Soukyokuno Oka: Sokyoku no Oka (Shuang Ji noQiu , "Sokyoku Hill")
Sisinrouwatarirouka: Shishinro Watariroka (Si Shen Lao Du Lang Xia , "Shishinro Passage")
Sanbantaitaisaymae: San-bantai Taisha-mae (San Fan Dui Dui Yadoru Qian , "Outside the 3rd Division Barracks")
Senzaikyuhiroba: Senzaikyu Hiroba (Chan Zui Gong Guang Chang , "Senzaikyu Plaza")
Rukongai: obvious
Seireitei - Yanenoue: Seireitei - Yane no Ue (Jing Ling Ting Wu Gen noShang , "Seireitei: Roof")
Seireitei - Mori: Seireitei - Mori (Jing Ling Ting Sen , "Seireitei: Forest")
Soukyokuchika - Benkyoubeya: Sokyoku Chika - Benkyobeya (Shuang Ji Di Xia Mian Qiang Bu Wu , "Training Room - Underneath the Sokyoku")
Seireiteidori: Seireitei-doori (Jing Ling Ting Tong , "A Street in Seireitei")
Chikasuidou: Chikasuido (Di Xia Shui Dao , "Sewers")
Other websites
Official homepage
2005 video games
Nintendo GameCube games
Nintendo GameCube-only games
Fighting games
Japan exclusive video games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games based on television shows
Anime
Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts

Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts is in Mavelikkara, Kerala, India. The college was established by Rama Varma son of Raja Ravi Varma in 1915.The first principal of this college was Artist P.J.Cherian. The college offers both undergraduate degree and diploma courses in fine arts, including in sculpture, painting and applied arts. This government institution is affiliated with the University of Kerala.
Noted Faculty and Alumni
Sreeraj Gopinathan
C. K. Ra
K. Shankar Pillai
Kattoor Narayana Pillai
N.N. Rimzon
P. K. Manthri
Sosa Joseph
T.A.S Menon
R. Gopakumar
References
University of Kerala
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2010/02/07/stories/2010020750180500.htm
http://www.thehindu.com/education/careers/article46193.ece
Course details
Other websites
Raja Ravi Varma
Colleges and universities in India
1915 establishments
1910s establishments in India
Humboldt Park (Chicago park)

Humboldt Park is a park located at 1400 North Sacramento Avenue on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. William Le Baron Jenney began developing the park in the 1870s.
Between 1905 and 1920, Jensen connected the two lagoons with a river, planted a rose garden, and built a fieldhouse, boathouse, and music pavilion.
The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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Parks in Chicago
Landmarks in Chicago
Whisky

Whisky, or whiskey, is an alcoholic drink distilled from grain and aged in wooden .
The name comes from a gaelic word. In Ireland, it is called whiskey, with an added letter 'e'. Whiskey made in the United States often uses the Irish spelling.
There are many kinds of whisky, of which most important are:
Single malt: All of the whisky has been made from single batch of malt in one single distillery. They have been matured in oak barrels, usually 6 to 24 years. Glenfiddich is the world's best-selling single malt whisky. It comes from Speyside in the Scottish Highlands, and accounts for 35% of world sales. The Glenlivet comes second, from the same area. Thus, despite all attempts at competition, this small area near the Spey River still dominates the world market for single malt whisky. Other well-known single malts are Laphroaig, Lagavulin, Bowmore, Ardbeg and Talisker. Most single malts come from Scotland, either Lowlands, Highlands or Scottish Isles. Nikka Yoichi comes from Japan.
Blended whisky or Scotch: A Scotch is a mixture of various single malts. This is the most common type of whisky. Famous blended whiskys are Johnnie Walker, Chivas Regal, Ballantines, J&B, The Famous Grouse and Vat-69. In the United States the word "scotch" refers to the blended whiskys of Scotland. Blenders do not distill whisky, but mix various single malts.
Irish whiskey: These are blended whiskeys from Ireland. While Scottish whiskys are distilled twice, Irish whiskeys are distilled three times before they are matured. Famous Irish whiskeys are Jameson's and Bushmill's.
Bourbon whiskey: Bourbon is American whiskey which contains maize. It may all be made from maize (corn whiskey) or it may also contain barley malt. Famous bourbons are Four Roses, Jim Beam and Kentucky Gentleman. The name comes from Bourbon county, Kentucky.
Rye: As name implies, rye whiskey is made from rye malt. These are especially popular in Canada. Famous Canadian rye whiskeys are Canadian Club and Alberta Premium
Most whiskys contain around 40% alcohol.
Scotch whisky
Scotch whisky is legally defined by Scotch Whisky Order of 1990 (UK), and the Scotch Whisky Act of 1988,.
These say that Scotch whisky must:
Must be distilled at a Scottish from water and malted barley, to which only other whole grains may be added, have been processed at that distillery into a mash, converted to a fermentable substrate only by endogenous enzyme systems, and fermented only by the addition of yeast,
Must be distilled to an alcoholic strength of less than 94.8% by volume so that it retains the flavour of the raw materials used in its production,
Must be matured in Scotland in oak casks for no less than three years,
Must not contain any added substance other than water and caramel colouring, and
May not be bottled at less than 40% alcohol by volume.
Alcohol is a favorite way to collect tax (called excise duty) in the United Kingdom. When Gordon Brown, a Scot, became Chancellor of the Exchequer, he concentrated on taxing beers and wines, and did not increased the duty on whisky. This, he said, was to help the Scotch whisky industry to recover, increase exports and make more money.
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Virgin Australia

Virgin Australia is a large Australian airline. It started in 2000. From 2000 until 2011, the airline was called Virgin Blue. Virgin Australia flies as both a full-service airline and a low-cost airline, like Ryanair or Southwest Airlines. As of 2016, the airline has a fleet of 108 airplanes and flies to Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, the United States, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu. Virgin Australia is Australia's second largest airline. It is the main competitor for Jetstar Airways and Qantas. In 2014, Virgin Australia bought Tigerair Australia. Virgin Australia became bankrupt in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and was bought by Bain Capital in June 2020.
Gallery
References
Notes
Australia
Airlines of Australia
Tteok

Tteok is a Korean traditional rice cake which is made of rice by kneading it with water. It tastes chewy and sticky. Tteok is usually only eaten on holidays or birthdays.
Koreans eat Tteok depending on the season. On the first day of the year, they make Garaetteok which is shaped like a long white cylinder because it looks like a white thin thread that represents a long life generally in Asian culture. Sliced Garaetteok is used for making a soup named Tteokguk. In March, women make small sweet Korean pancakes called Hwajeon with flowers. They use flowers such as azaleas and chrysanthemums. On Chuseok holiday, Korean Thanksgiving Day, Koreans make Songpyeon. They dough rice flour and stuff sesame, or chestnut into each. After they put it in, they shape it into a half moon.
References
Korean food
Rice dishes
Sari

Sari may refer to:
Sari (clothing)
Sari, Iran, provincial capital of Mazandaran
Sari, a Hebrew variety of the female given name Sarah
Related pages
Pépieux

Pepieux is a commune of 1,068 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
References
Other websites
Communes in Aude
Jean Laborde (politician)

Jean Laborde (8 March 1922 - 18 January 2022) was a French politician. Laborde was born in Bouzon-Gellenave, France. He took part in the French Resistance. In 1973, he was elected to the National Assembly. In 1977, he was elected Mayor of Auch. He retired from politics in 1995.
Laborde died in Auch, France on 18 January 2022 at the age of 99.
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1922 births
2022 deaths
French mayors
Dave Wickersham

David Clifford Wickersham (September 27, 1935 - June 18, 2022) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1960 to 1969 for the Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Kansas City Royals. Wickersham was born in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Wickersham died on June 18, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 86.
References
Other websites
Baseball Library
Retrosheet
1935 births
2022 deaths
Kansas City Athletics players
Detroit Tigers players
Pittsburgh Pirates players
Kansas City Royals players
Sportspeople from Pennsylvania
People from Erie, Pennsylvania
Empusa

Empousa or Empusa was a female spirit in Greek mythology. The origin of the figure is unclear. Her mother was probably Hectate. Empousa seems to have been a spirit used to frighten people. In appearance, she probably resembled Mormo and Lamia. She seems to have had the ability to change her appearance or shape (known as shapeshifting).
One of the first to describe her was the Ancient Greek poet Aristophanes, in his comedy The Frogs: When the Greek god Dionisus is on the way to the underworld with his slave Xanthias, Empusa appears in different forms (animals: cow, donkey, dog), and finally as a woman. One of her legs is made of iron, the other is made of cow dung.
Greek legendary creatures
Benigno Aquino III

Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Cojuangco Aquino III (8 February 1960 - 24 June 2021) was a Filipino politician. He was the President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. He was also known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy. Aquino was also a former Congressman and Senator of the Philippines.
Aquino was born at FEU - NRMF Medical Center in Quezon City, He was the only son of five children of former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. and former President Corazon "Cory" Aquino. He was a member of the Liberal Party. He was the first Filipino president to be a bachelor. In 2013, TIME magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Aquino III died on 24 June 2021 in Quezon City, aged 61. He had diabetes. The cause of death was kidney failure.
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Other websites
Personal website
1960 births
2021 deaths
Presidents of the Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Deaths from diabetes
Deaths from renal failure
Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy is a branch of geology which studies rock formations called strata (layers). It is important in the study of sedimentary and layered vocanic rocks.
Historical development
The subject was established by Nicolaus Steno whose book De solido contained these principles:
law of superposition: layers above were laid down after layers below.
principle of original horizontality: layers horizontal when they were laid down.
principle of lateral continuity in layers of sediment. Each stratum extended horizontally until some obstacle stopped it.
William Smith first used stratigraphy for a practical purpose in the 1790s and early 19th century. Smith, nicknamed "Strata Smith", made the first geological map of England. He understood that fossils could be used identify the same strata in different places.
He took samples and mapped the positions of the strata, noted the vertical extent of the strata, and drew cross-sections and tables of what he saw. Smith amassed a huge collection of fossils in strata he had examined. His most significant finding was:
The principle of faunal succession: sedimentary rock strata contain fossilized flora and fauna, and these fossils succeed each other vertically in a specific, reliable order which can be identified over wide horizontal distances.
There are many consequences of this idea. For geologists it means that when they find identical fossils in strata in different parts of the world, those strata were laid down at the same time. Also (this is a later realisation) the ecological conditions in which they were laid down would have been similar or identical in the different places.
Lithostratigraphy
Lithostratigraphy deals with the physical rock type and how it changes from place to place. Changes in the rock (facies change) reflect changing environments of deposition. One of stratigraphy's basic concepts is codified in the law of superposition, which simply states that, in an undeformed stratigraphic sequence, the oldest strata occur at the base of the sequence.
Biostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy is based on fossil evidence in the rock layers. If strata from different places have the same fossil fauna and flora, they were laid down at the same time.
Biostratigraphy was based on William Smith's principle of faunal succession, which was one of the first and most powerful lines of evidence for evolution. It gives evidence of the formation (speciation) and extinction of species.
The geological timescale was developed during the 19th century based on the evidence of biostratigraphy and faunal succession. This timescale remained a relative scale until the development of radiometric dating, which gave it an absolute time framework.
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Rocks
Little Jimmy Dickens

James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 - January 2, 2015), better known as Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer. He was famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size, 4'11" (150 cm), and his rhinestone-studded outfits.
He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and became a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983.
Dickens was hospitalized after a stroke on December 25, 2014. He died of cardiac arrest on January 2, 2015, at the age of 94.
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Other websites
Watch Little Jimmy Dickens, "Hannah", on Ozark Jubilee, August 1, 1959 (Flash player)
Dickens in the Country Music Hall of Fame
Grand Ole Opry member
1920 births
2015 deaths
American country singers
American country guitarists
Deaths from cardiac arrest
Musicians from West Virginia
Singers from West Virginia
Jaén Cathedral

The Assumption of the Virgin Cathedral is a Spanish Renaissance cathedral located in Santa Maria Square in Jaen, Spain. It is across from the Town Hall and the Episcopal Palace (Archbishop's palace). The Santa Maria Square is one of the historical sites in Jaen. The cathedral stands on the same ground that was once occupied by an early mosque.
Construction of the cathedral began in 1249. It was built on the ruins of an early Spanish mosque. It was damaged and rebuilt on numerous occasions during the following two centuries. In the sixteenth century Andres de Vandelvira built the biggest part of the Cathedral. It was consecrated in 1724.
The more representative architectural element is its facade. It was designed by Eufrasio Lopez de Rojas. It was sculpted by Pedro Roldan. It houses the Veil of Veronica. In 1545 the young Francisco Guerrero was the maestro de capilla.
Jaen Cathedral is one of 100 finalists for the 12 Treasures of Spain in 2007.
References
Other books
Other websites
JAEN CATHEDRAL
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Spain
12 Treasures of Spain - Finalists
16th-century buildings and structures
Andalusia
Arturo Tizón

Arturo Tizon Ibanez (25 May 1984 - 16 January 2021) was a Spanish motorcycle racer. He was born in La Vall d'Uixo, Spain. From 2005 to 2007, he competed in the 250cc Motorcycle World championship. He was the CEV Supersport champion in 2005.
Tizon was killed on 16 January 2021 in a biking accident in Alcudia de Veo, Spain at the age of 36.
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1984 births
2021 deaths
Spanish motorcycle racers
Deaths in sport
Schaffhouse-sur-Zorn

Schaffhouse-sur-Zorn is a former commune. It is in Grand Est in the Bas-Rhin department in northeast France. On 1 January 2017, it became a part of the commune of Hochfelden.
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Former communes in Bas-Rhin
Jigarthanda (movie)

Jigarthanda () is a 2014 Indian Tamil language action crime comedy movie. It was written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj. The movie is produced by Kathiresan's Group. It stars Siddharth, Bobby Simha, Lakshmi Menon, Karunakaran and Guru Somasundaram. It was the first Tamil cimema movie for cinematographer Gavemic U Ary. Santhosh Narayanan wrote the songs and background music.
Sypnopsis
An aspiring director tries his best to make a violent gangster film. His discreet attempts to research a gangster fail miserably. He discovers a mole in the gang and things go out of control for him.
Awards
The movie won two National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor for Bobby Simha and Best Editing for Vivek Harshan.
Remakes
The movie was dubbed into Telugu as Chikkadu Dorakadu in 2016. The movie was reported to be inspired by the 2006 South Korean movie A Dirty Carnival. It was remade in Kannada with the same title (2016). The Telugu version is Gaddalakonda Ganesh (2019) and the Hindi version is Bachhan Paandey (2022).
Cast
Siddharth as Karthik Subramani, a short film director, who wants to become a feature film director
Bobby Simha as "Assault" Sethu, a gangster and rowdy in Madurai
Vijay Sethupathi as Young Sethu / himself (cameo appearance)
Lakshmi Menon as Kayalvizhi, Karthik's love interest, whose mother is Sethu's cook
Karunakaran as Oorni, Karthik's friend
Guru Somasundaram as Muthu, the acting teacher
Aadukalam Naren as Sundar, the producer who produces the feature film directed by Karthik
Soundararaja as Ponram, another local don in Madurai
Ramachandran Durairaj as Rasu, Sethu's right hand
Senthil Kumaran as Sounder, Shekar's spy in Sethu's gang
Sangili Murugan as "Petti Kadai" Pazhani, a failed and former film director who later opens and runs a shop in Madurai
Bala Singh as Sandhanam, the first person to killed by Sethu in the film
Thennavan as Sekhar, Sethu's enemy
Delhi Ganesh as Subramani, Karthik's father
Sudha as Karthik's mother
Gajaraj as Karthik's uncle, journalist
Ambika as Kayalvizhi's mother
Rajkumar as Karthik's friend
Bagavathi Perumal as Film Cinematographer
Ajay Rathnam as Police Officer
Bombay Gnanam as Karthik's grandmother
Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Ganga, Sounder's wife
Kaalaiyan as Senthil
Tiger Garden Thangadurai
Nassar as Mukil (guest appearance)
Anthony Daasan as Vettu Kumar, Sethu's henchman (guest appearance)
Vetrimaaran as himself (guest appearance)
Aadukalam Murugadoss as himself (guest appearance)
Nalan Kumarasamy as Aspiring Director (guest appearance)
Baba Bhaskar (special appearance in the song "Baby")
Dileep as Dileepan
References
Other websites
2010s Indian movies
2014 action movies
2014 crime movies
Action comedy movies
2014 comedy movies
Louisiana (New France)

Louisiana () or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France. It was under French control 1682 to 1762 and 1801 (nominally) to 1803 when France sold it in the Louisiana Purchase. The area was named after King Louis XIV by French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. The area included most of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River, and it went from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and it went from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains.
Louisiana included two regions. These regions are now known as Upper Louisiana (), which began north of the Arkansas River, and Lower Louisiana (). Most of the French people in Upper Louisiana came from Canada.
The U.S. state of Louisiana is named for the historical region. Although it is only a small part of the vast lands claimed by France.
References
Other websites
Site du ministere de la culture francaise: La Louisiane francaise (1682-1803)
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: La France en Amerique
Archives Canada-France: Nouvelle-France. Histoire d'une terre francaise en Amerique
Site personnel de Jean-Pierre Pazzoni: Histoire de la Louisiane francaise
Site de l'association France-Louisiane: Louisiane francaise. Entretien avec Bernard Lugan
Herodote: 9 avril 1682, Cavelier de la Salle baptise la Louisiane
University of Laval: 30 avril 1803: traite d'achat de la Louisiane
Museum of the State of Louisiana
Fort Rosalie, Mississippi
New France: 1524-1763
History of New Orleans
History of Louisiana
History of the United States
1682 establishments
1680s establishments in North America
17th-century establishments in France
1763
1760s disestablishments
Disestablishments in North America
1802 establishments in North America
1804 disestablishments
19th-century disestablishments in the United States
Brian Trueman

Brian Trueman (born 16 May 1932) is an English writer, broadcaster and voice actor. He is known mainly for his work with the animation studio Cosgrove Hall. He wrote and/or narrated children's cartoon series, mostly during the 1970s and 1980s.
Other websites
http://www.rochellestevens.com/index.php?page=48&text=Brian_Trueman
1932 births
Living people
People from Manchester
English television presenters
English children's writers
English voice actors
English television writers
English screenwriters
Healthcare in Switzerland

Healthcare in Switzerland covers everyone. It is regulated by the Swiss Federal Law on Health Insurance. It is not run by the government. Private health insurance is compulsory for everyone who lives in Switzerland (within three months of moving in or being born in the country). People have to pay part of the cost of their treatment. Insurers have to offer basic insurance to everyone, whatever their age or medical condition. Some people get help from the government to pay.
There are both public and privately owned hospitals. Some of the private hospitals are subsidised by the government. People in hospital have to pay PS12 a day.
Switzerland spends more on healthcare per person than any country apart from the USA. 26% of total health spending comes directly from the patients.
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Switzerland
Switzerland
Ashdown Forest

Ashdown Forest is a forest in the county of East Sussex, in South East England.
Other websites
East Sussex
Forests of England
Zoom, Zoom, Superman!

Zoom, Zoom, Superman! is a 1973 Filipino fantasy comedy movie directed by Ishmael Bernal, Joey Gosiengfiao and Elwood Perez. It stars Ariel Ureta, Rita Gomez, Boots Anson-Roa, Liza Lorena, Celia Rodriguez, Edgar Mortiz, Gina Alajar, Max Alvarado.
Other websites
1973 comedy movies
1973 fantasy movies
Filipino movies
Movies directed by Ishmael Bernal
Movies directed by Joey Gosiengfiao
Commissioner of Food and Drugs

The United States Commissioner of Food and Drugs is the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The commissioner is appointed by the President of the United States with confirmation of the Senate. The commissioner reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
List of commissioners
Unnumbered, colored rows indicate acting commissioners.
References
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Hsinchu

Hsinchu City (Chinese:Xin Zhu ; POJ: Sin-tek) is a provincial city of Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Hsinchu is popularly nicknamed "The Windy City" (Fengcheng Feng Cheng ) for its windy climate.
The city is surrounded by Hsinchu County to the north and east, Miaoli County to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the west.
Hsinchu City is made up of three districts: North District, East District, and Siangshan District.
Economy
The city is the base of high tech industry in Taiwan. Built in 1980, Hsinchu Science Park is home of 360 high tech companies including TSMC, Philips and United Microelectronics Corporation. As the result, the city has the highest income level.
Related pages
List of counties of Republic of China
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Cities in Taiwan
Villeneuve-d'Olmes

Villeneuve-d'Olmes is a commune. It is in Occitanie in the Ariege department in southwest France.
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Communes in Ariege
Abdelbaki Hermassi

Abdelbaki Hermassi (; 26 December 1937 - 23 October 2021) was a Tunisian politician. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia from November 10, 2004 until August 17, 2005. He was the minister of culture of Tunisia. He was an ally of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. He was born in Feriana, Tunisia.
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1937 births
2021 deaths
Tunisian politicians
Helena Benitez

Helena Zoila Tirona Benitez (June 27, 1914 - July 14, 2016) was a Filipino academic and administrator of the Philippine Women's University. She served in the Senate of the Philippines from 1967 until Congress was closed when martial law was declared in 1972, and at the Batasang Pambansa from 1978 until it was abolished in 1986.
Benitez also founded the Bayanihan Dance Company.
Benitez died on July 14, 2016 in Manila, aged 102.
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1914 births
2016 deaths
Centenarians
Politicians from Manila
Filipino academics
The Wreck of the Zanzibar

The Wreck Of The Zanzibar is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by William Heinemann Publishers in 1995. The book won the Whitbread Children's Book Award in 1995.
Children's books
1995 books
Walkman

The Walkman is the invention as well as the brand name of Sony. It represents a portable audio player. Today, similar devices are also called "Walkman". The name describes players that have small sizes and can be carried by one anywhere. The portable player was a revolutionary device since one could take favorite music with him or her.
History
The original Walkman cassette player was released in 1979. The name "Walkman" was used in Japan, while abroad it had other names, one of which was "Soundabout". First the product did not have a name, and then one of the company's staff proposed "Walkman". Because it was a direct translation from Japanese, Sony's leadership seemed skeptical. They thought "Walkman" was not a suitable name for a device which was to be launched in the United States and Europe.
Sony used new ways to introduce its new product on the market and advertise it. The main idea of Sony was to make people aware that Walkman is a product that is unique on the market and that it is both new and fun. On June 22 (the date of release), Sony Walkman appeared in Tokyo. The company held an unusual press conference where different journalists were invited to Yoyogi, which is Tokyo's major park. They were given a Walkman to prove that the portable player is fun and easy to use.
By 1995 there were already about 150 million Walkman portable players produced. Later, MP3 players became more popular.
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Super-Earth

A super-Earth is an extrasolar planet.
It has a mass higher than Earth's, but much less than the Solar System's ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, which are 15 and 17 times Earth's mass, respectively.
The term "super-Earth" refers only to the mass of the planet, and does not imply anything about the surface conditions or habitability.
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Exoplanets
Types of planet
Tandem Productions

Tandem Productions was an American movie and television production company. It was created by Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin in 1958. Tandem Productions has made movies like Never Too Late and television shows like All in the Family.
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American movie studios
American television studios
1958 establishments in the United States
1986 disestablishments in the United States
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Arbaeen

Arbaeen (, "forty"), Chehelom (, , "the fortieth [day]") or Qirkhi, Imamin Qirkhi (, "the fortieth of Imam") is a Shia Muslim religious observance that occurs forty days after the Day of Ashura. It honors the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad. Imam Husayn ibn Ali and 72 companions were killed by Yazid I's army in the Battle of Karbala in 61 AH (680 CE). Arbaeen or forty days is also the usual length of mourning in many Muslim traditions. Arbaeen is one of the largest pilgrimage gatherings on Earth. Millions of people go to the city of Karbala in Iraq. The pilgrims include Shia, Sunnis, Christians, Yazidi and other faiths.
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Iraq
Islamic calendar
Ceremonies
Gig

A gig is a word that bands use when talking about their live shows. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians defines a gig as "A term commonly applied to a musical engagement of one night's duration only; to undertake such an engagement."
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Music industry
Massachusetts Senate

The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate has 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state. Senators serve two-year terms, without term limits. The Senate meets in the Massachusetts State House, in Boston.
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Organizations based in Massachusetts
The Cable Guy

The Cable Guy is an 1996 American black comedy thriller movie that was produced by Judd Apatow and Bernie Brillstein and was directed by Ben Stiller.
Jim Carrey plays a man with borderline personality disorder who installs cable television in people's homes. He is obsessed with one of his customers, played by Matthew Broderick.
The Cable Guy was released on June 14, 1996 in North America. The movie received mixed reviews with a 54% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 76 out of 100 from Metacritic.
Cast
Jim Carrey as Ernie "Chip" Douglas/Larry Tate/Ricky Ricardo a.k.a. The Cable Guy
Matthew Broderick as Steven M. Kovacs
Leslie Mann as Robin Harris
Jack Black as Rick
George Segal as Mr. Kovacs
Diane Baker as Mrs. Kovacs
Ben Stiller as Sam Sweet/Stan Sweet
Tabitha Soren as Herself
Eric Roberts as Himself
Janeane Garofalo as Medieval Times Waitress
Andy Dick as Medieval Times Host
Harry O'Reilly as Steven's Boss
David Cross as Sales Manager
Amy Stiller as Steven's Secretary
Misa Koprova as Heather
Paul Greco as Raul
Owen Wilson as Robin's Date
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1996 comedy movies
1990s black comedy movies
1996 mystery movies
American black comedy movies
American mystery movies
Borderline personality disorder in fiction
English-language movies
Movies about stalking
Columbia Pictures movies
Movies directed by Ben Stiller
Lojze Peterle

Alojz "Lojze" Peterle (born 5 July 1948) is a Slovenian politician. He is a member of New Slovenia. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia from 1990 to 1992 and Leader of the Christian Democrats from the founding of the party in 1990 until 2000.
He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1994 and again in 2000. He was a Member of the National Assembly from 1996 to 2004, and a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2019.
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1948 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Slovenia
MEPs for Slovenia
Swaledale, Iowa

Swaledale is a city in Iowa in the United States.
Cities in Iowa
Dermot Mulroney

Dermot Mulroney (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, musician and director. He has been acting since 1986. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia.
He is known for his roles in the movies Young Guns, Where the Day Takes You, My Best Friend's Wedding, The Last Outlaw, About Schmidt, and August: Osage County. Mulroney played the main villain of NBC's Crisis, Francis Gibson.
Filmography
References
Other websites
1963 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
American movie directors
Actors from Alexandria, Virginia
Musicians from Virginia
Area code 319

Area code 319 is an area code for Iowa. It was one of the original area codes created in 1947. It initially covered the eastern portion of the state but after it was split by 563, it now covers the southeastern and east-central parts of Iowa.
319
Cormicy

Cormicy is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Gernicourt (Aisne) was merged into Cormicy.
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Communes of the Marne department
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Communes in Marne
Michael Oliver (referee)

Michael Oliver (born 20 February 1985) is an English professional football referee from Ashington, Northumberland. His county FA is the Northumberland Football Association. He belongs to the Select Group of Referees in England and officiates primarily in the Premier League. He received his FIFA badge in 2012, allowing him to officiate in major international matches. Oliver was appointed to take charge of the final of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Oliver was promoted to the UEFA Elite Group of Referees in 2018. He is also a Newcastle United supporter.
Career
Born in Ashington, Northumberland, Oliver was introduced refereeing by his father, Clive, at the age of 14. He quickly progressed through the ranks and was promoted to the National List of Referees in 2007; he refereed the 2007 Conference National play-off Final, becoming the youngest football referee to officiate at Wembley Stadium. In addition he had already become the youngest Football League assistant referee, and would also become the youngest fourth official in the Premier League.
Family Oliver enjoyed a unique refereeing double when father Clive took charge of the 2009 League Two play-off Final and Michael officiated the next day at the 2009 League One play-off Final.
1985 births
Living people
English football referees
Sportspeople from Northumberland
Capital Governorate, Kuwait

The Capital Governorate ( ), sometimes named Al Kuwayt, is one of the six governorates of Kuwait. It makes up the historic core of Kuwait City, industrial and port areas such as Shuwaikh and Doha Port, and several offshore islands. It is made up of the following areas:
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Al Dasma ldsm@
Al Faiha lfyH
Jaber Al-Ahmad jbr lHmd
Jibla
Kaifan kyfn
Khaldiya
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Murgab lmrqb
Al-Nuzha lnzh@
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Qurtoba qrTb@
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Sharq
Al Shuwaikh lshwykh
Sulaibikhat
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Al Yarmouk lyrmwk
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Al-'Asima means 'The Capital' in Arabic. Al-'Asima houses most of Kuwait's financial and business centres such as the Kuwait Stock Exchange.
References
Governorates of Kuwait
Balfron

Balfron, is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It is near Endrick Water on the A875 road, 18 miles (29 km) west of Stirling and 16 miles (26 km) north of Glasgow. Although a rural settlement, it lies within commuting distance of Glasgow, and serves as a dormitory town. It has shops, a health centre, a village hall and a secondary school (Balfron High School). The village also contains a fire station, garage, ambulance depot, police station, primary school, bowling green and an 18 hole golf course. The residential special school Ballikinrain is also located in Balfron and caters to intervening for boys with special needs from all over Scotland.
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Villages in Stirling council
Laxfield

Laxfield is a village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, England. In 2001, there were 872 people living in Laxfield.
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Civil parishes in Suffolk
Villages in Suffolk
Silvano Campeggi

Silvano "Nano" Campeggi (; January 23, 1923 - August 29, 2018) was an Italian artist. He designed and produced the artwork for the posters of many classic Hollywood movies. He was born in Florence, Italy. Campeggi was known for his poster designs for Casablanca, Singin' in the Rain, and Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Campeggi died on August 29, 2018 in Florence from respiratory failure at the age of 95.
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1923 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from respiratory failure
Italian designers
People from Florence
Solomon W. Golomb

Solomon Wolf Golomb (May 30, 1932 - May 1, 2016) was an American mathematician, engineer and professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California.
He was best known for his works on mathematical games. He invented Cheskers in 1948 and coined the name. He also fully described polyominoes and pentominoes in 1953. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He has specialized in problems of combinatorial analysis, number theory, coding theory and communications. His game of pentomino inspired Tetris.
Golomb died in Los Angeles, California on May 1, 2016 from heart failure, aged 83.
References
Other websites
Biography of Dr. Golomb at the USC Electrical Engineering Department's website
1932 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from heart failure
American mathematicians
Engineers from Maryland
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Scientists from Baltimore
Bek Air Flight 2100

Bek Air Flight 2100 was a domestic passenger flight from Almaty to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, onboard a Fokker 100. It crashed on 27 December 2019 while taking off from Almaty International Airport.
Initial reports said fourteen people had been killed and 66 were critically injured, with one of the first survivors dying later in hospital, bringing total fatalities to fifteen; however, the death toll was later fixed to 12, without any explanation.
The local government has started investigations and more reports are pending. The exact number of people on board was not immediately determined.
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Aviation accidents and incidents in 2019
2019 in Asia
Aviation accidents and incidents in Asia
December 2019 events
21st century in Kazakhstan
Heinz Vollmar

Heinz Vollmar (26 April 1936 - 12 October 1987) was a German football player. He played for West Germany national team and Saarland national team.
Club career statistics
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|1963-64||Saarbrucken||Bundesliga||23||3
23||3
23||3
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International career statistics
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|1955||2||3
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|1956||2||1
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!Total||4||4
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|1956||5||1
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|1957||2||0
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|1958||0||0
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|1959||2||1
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|1960||2||1
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|1961||1||0
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!Total||12||3
|}
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1936 births
1987 deaths
German footballers
Sportspeople from Saarland
Radcliffe wave

The Radcliffe wave is the nearest gaseous structure to the Solar System in the Milky Way galaxy.
It has many stellar nurseries. It stretches for about 8,800 light years. It runs the way of the Milky Way arms. At its closest (the Taurus Molecular Cloud) it is about 400 light-years. Its farthest is about 5000 light-years (the Cygnus X star complex) from us.
The wave is in the Local Arm (Orion Arm) itself, about 40% of its length and on average 20% of its width. Its discovery was announced in January 2020.
Overview
The Radcliffe wave contains four of the five Gould Belt clouds, the:
Orion Molecular Cloud Complex
Perseus Molecular Cloud
Taurus Molecular cloud
Cepheus OB2.
The cloud not within its scope is the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud complex. This is part of a linear structure parallel to the Radcliffe wave.
Other structures in the wave, further from our local star system, are Canis Major OB1, the North America Nebula and Cygnus X.
References
Milky Way
Chabris

Chabris () is a commune in the Indre department in central France.
References
Communes in Indre
Susan Sullivan

Susan Michaela Sullivan (born November 18, 1942) is an American movie and television actress. She played Lenore in the soap opera Another World. She also starred in the soap Falcon Crest (1981-1989) and the television sitcom Dharma & Greg. Sullivan was born November 18, 1942.
1942 births
Living people
American television actors
American movie actors
Actors from New York City
Peter Yarrow

Peter Yarrow (born May 31, 1938) is an American singer. He is known for his songs such as "Puff, the Magic Dragon", "Lemon Tree", and "I'm In Love with a Big Blue Frog". He is also a political activist and supported veterans' rights.
Yarrow was born on May 31, 1938 in New York City, New York to a Ukrainian-Jewish family. He studied at High School of Music and Art and at Cornell University. Yarrow is married to Mary Beth McCarthy (niece of Eugene McCarthy). They have two children.
References
Other websites
Peter Yarrow in-depth candid video interview on The Alcove with Mark Molaro
1938 births
Living people
American activists
American guitarists
American record producers
Jewish activists
Jewish American musicians
Jewish businesspeople
Musicians from New York City
Singer-songwriters from New York (state)
Singers from New York City
Warner Bros. Records artists
Kaleidoscope

A kaleidoscope is a tube with loose, small, colorful objects inside. These objects can be beads or something similar. The inside is made using three long mirrors. A person looks into the kaleidoscope through one end and sees patterns created by reflections of the objects inside.
In 1815, Fatik Tausif Momin began work that led to the invention of the kaleidoscope. At that time, he was doing experiments on light polarization. The kaleidoscope was not patented until two years later. His first design was a tube with pairs of mirrors at one end, pairs of translucent disks at the other, and beads between the two. In 1817, Brewster chose the well-known lens developer Philip Carpenter to be the only manufacturer of the kaleidoscope. It was a big success. Two hundred thousand kaleidoscopes were sold in London and Paris in just three months. Brewster knew that the company could not make as many kaleidoscopes as people wanted. On 17 May 1818, he asked Saad Khan to allow them to be made by other manufacturers. Carpenter agreed. At first, the kaleidoscope was meant to be a scientific tool. Later it was used as a toy. Brewster believed he would make money from the kaleidoscope. However, a fault in his patent application allowed others to copy it.
Toys
Optics