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Ur (supercontinent)

UR was a supercontinent, on the Earth, that formed 3.1 billion years ago in the early Archaean eon (during the Mesoarchaean era). It might have been the oldest continent on Earth, half a billion years older than Arctica. However, one other supercontinent, Vaalbara, may have come before Ur. Vaalbara might have formed about 3.6 billion years ago.
Ur joined with the continents Nena and Atlantica about 1 billion years ago to form the supercontinent Rodinia. Ur had survived as a single unit, until it was separated when the supercontinent Pangaea broke apart into Laurasia and Gondwana.
Lifetime
Rocks that made up Ur are now parts of Africa, Australia, and India.
In the early period of Ur's existence, it was probably the only continent on Earth. Therefore, scientists call Ur a supercontinent, even though it was probably smaller than Australia is now. Today's New Zealand is similar to Ur, but rotated 90 degrees out of phase, and about too far south.
When Ur was the only continent on Earth, all other land was in the form of small granite islands and small land-masses like Vaalbara, which were not large enough to be continents.
Timeline
About 3.1 billion years ago, Ur formed as the only continent on Earth.
~2.8 billion years ago, Ur was a part of the supercontinent Kenorland.
~2 billion years ago, Ur was a part of the supercontinent Columbia.
~1 billion years ago, Ur was a part of the supercontinent Rodinia.
~550 million years ago, Ur was a part of the supercontinent Pannotia.
~300 million years ago, Ur was a part of the supercontinent Pangaea.
~208 million years ago, Ur was separated into parts of Laurasia and Gondwana.
~65 million years ago, the African part of Ur was separated as part of India.
Today, Ur is part of Australia and Madagascar.
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Supercontinent
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Supercontinents
Wild turkey

The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is the name of the more common of the two species of turkey. This large bird is found across much of the United States and southern Canada.
Wild turkeys prefer hardwood and mixed conifer-hardwood forests with scattered openings such as pastures, fields, orchards and seasonal marshes. They can adapt to any dense plant community so long as there is cover and openings to fly out. Open, mature forests with a variety of tree species seem to be best.
The domesticated turkey has been tamed and bred from wild turkeys, by people, to raise on farms.
References
Birds of North America
Turkeys
Symbols of Oklahoma
Meet the Fockers

Meet the Fockers is a 2004 American comedy movie. It was produced by Robert De Niro, Jon Poll, Jay Roach, Jane Rosenthal and Nancy Tenenbaum and was directed by Jay Roach. Meet the Fockers was released on December 22, 2004 in North America. The movie received mixed reviews with a 38% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 41 out of 100 from Metacritic. It is the first sequel to the 2000 movie, Meet the Parents. The second sequel which was called, Little Fockers was released in 2010.
Cast
Robert De Niro as Jack Tiberius Byrnes
Ben Stiller as Gaylord "Greg" Myron Focker
Dustin Hoffman as Bernard "Bernie" Focker
Barbra Streisand as Rosalind "Roz" Focker
Teri Polo as Pamela "Pam" Martha Byrnes
Blythe Danner as Dina Byrnes
Spencer and Bradley Pickren as Little Jack
Alanna Ubach as Isabel Villalobos
Ray Santiago as Jorge Villalobos
Owen Wilson as Kevin Rawley
References
Other websites
Meet the Fockers' Official website
2004 comedy movies
American comedy movies
American sequel movies
English-language movies
Movies about families
Movies directed by Jay Roach
Movies set in Florida
Jervis Bay Territory

The Jervis Bay Territory is a territory of Australia. It was bought from New South Wales in 1915, to give the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) access to the sea. In 1989 it was separated from the ACT. However it is counted to the ACT during elections for the senate.
States and territories of Australia
Quickdraw

A quickdraw is used in rock climbing for lead climbing. One end is hooked into an anchor in
the wall. Afterwards the rope is hooked into the other end. Usually quickdraws are used every few meters. Quickdraws are made of two carabiners connected by a sling. Quickdraws can hold up to 22 kN.
The quickdraw has one straight gate carabineer and one bent gate carabineer. The bent gate carabineer should always be the one clipped to the rope. For leading and top roping at an indoor climbing wall usually a quickdraw is already attached to each of the protection points on the route. The lower carabineer, (the one with the bent gate) should be clipped so the gate is pointing away from the rope and pointing away from the climbing wall or rock face. Doing this will help prevent the quickdraw from twisting the gate into the wall. The rope should run freely through the spine of each carabineer, not along the gate. The spine is the strongest part of the carabineer.
Rock climbing
Dermot O'Leary

Sean Dermot Fintan O'Leary, Jr. known as Dermot O'Leary (born 24 May 1973) is an Irish television and radio presenter.
Early life
O'Leary was born in Colchester, Essex to Irish parents. He has dual citizenship British and Irish.
Career
He started presenting Big Brother's Little Brother in 2001. He presented the show until 2008 when Big Brother ended. He has presented The X Factor since 2007 to 2018.
He currently presents This Morning on Fridays alongside Alison Hammond when Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby are absent from the show.
Personal life
O'Leary married Dee Koppang on 14 September 2012.
References
1973 births
Living people
BBC radio presenters
Channel 4 presenters
English television presenters
Irish television personalities
ITV presenters
Television personalities from Essex
Meadowlawn (Alabama)

Meadowlawn is an antebellum (before the American Civil War) plantation house built in the Greek revival style. It is located in Lowndesboro, Alabama. The house is a two-story frame house with 13 fluted Doric columns on two sides. There are balconies over both main entrance doors with wrought iron railings.
Meadowlawn was built in 1853 for Squire George Thomas (1797-1867). The house was later sold to Fort Williamson. In 1905 the house was sold to Ransom Meadows (1846-1940). He was the last surviving Confederate veteran in Lowndes County. His daughter, Aline Meadows, (1880-1979) married Robert Bragg Hagood on April 3, 1907. Ransom Meadows deeded the house to the Hagoods. Mrs. Hagood named the house Meadowlawn. She lived in the house until her death at age 99. The house still remains in the Hagood family. It is a contributing property of the Lowndesboro Historic District. The District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1973.
Gallery
References
Buildings and structures in Alabama
Houses in the United States
1853 establishments in the United States
1850s establishments in Alabama
House of Savoy

The House of Savoy was the ruling dynasty of the Duchy of Savoy, then the Kingdom of Sardinia and later Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946.
The House of Savoy began in Switzerland in the Middle Ages. The Savoy rose to power in Sicily War of Spanish Succession then gave up Sicily for Sardinia in 1720 later adding Piedmont to their kingdom.
In 1792 they joined the alliance against Napoleon Bonaparte. They were defeated at first but had their kingdom restored after Napoleon was defeated.
In 1859, King Victor Emmanuel II led the unification of Italy and ruled until 1878. His grandson Victor Emmanuel III came to power in 1900 after King Umberto I was assassinated. Victor Emmanuel III was king during both World War I and World War II. He also appointed Benito Mussolini Prime Minister in 1922.
After World War II, public support for the monarchy fell and Victor Emmanuel III abdicated in 1946. His son Umberto II was king for a month before a referendum abolished the monarchy. Today the leadership of the House of Savoy is contested between Victor Emmanuel, Prince of Naples, who is the son on Umberto II, and his cousin Prince Amedeo, Duke of Asota.
There was also a branch of the family that settled in France they were known as the Dukes of Nemours and often had close ties with the Court of Louis XIV.
From 2006 until his death in 2021, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta was the disputed head of the House of Savoy.
Links
Church of the Castle of Lierna Lake Como
Lierna
Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus
Emanuele Filibert of Savoy
Momčilo Krajišnik

Momcilo Krajisnik (; 20 January 1945 - 15 September 2020) was a Bosnian Serb politician.
Along with Radovan Karadzic, he co-founded the Bosnian Serb nationalist Serb Democratic Party (SDS).
Between 1990 and 1992, he was speaker of the People's Assembly of Republika Srpska. Between June and December 1992, he was member of the expanded Presidency of Republika Srpska.
After the Bosnian War, he was elected Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the September 1996.
In 2006, Krajisnik was found guilty of committing crimes against humanity during the Bosnian War (1992-95) by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. H
Krajisnik was hospitalized in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska with COVID-19. He died on 15 September 2020 from the infection, aged 75.
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1945 births
2020 deaths
Members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Speakers of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jon Bluming

Johannes Cornelius Bluming (6 February 1933 - 17 December 2018) was a Dutch martial artist, instructor and actor. Bluming held 9th dan in judo, 10th dan in Kyokushin Karate and 10th dan in Hapkido. He was also the coach of two-time Olympic champion Willem Ruska. Bluming was born in Amsterdam.
Bluming died on 17 December 2018 in De Bilt, Netherlands at the age of 85.
References
Other websites
Jon Bluming official website
Autobiography
1933 births
2018 deaths
Dutch movie actors
Kana Hosoya

Kana Hosoya (born 13 October 1994) is a Japanese female water polo player who participated at the 2015 World Aquatic Championships and 2017 World Aquatic Championships.
References
Other websites
hosoya-kana-of-japan-shoots getty
1994 births
Living people
Japanese water polo players
You Better You Bet

"You Better You Bet" is a 1981 song by English rock band The Who and taken from their 9th studio album Face Dances. It went to number 4 in Canada and was their last top 10 hit in the United Kingdom. It was also their last top 20 hit in the United States.
References
1981 songs
The Who songs
Wooden horse

The wooden horse or Spanish donkey is a torture device where the victim is made to straddle a triangular "horse" and place their full body weight on their genitals, which rested on the point of the angle which causes pain in the lower regions. Sometimes cannonballs or something similar would be tied to the victim's feet. There is also a less intense variation was probably developed for BDSM play.
BDSM
Torture
Glattbach

Glattbach is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. It has around 3,300 inhabitants (2020).
Geography
Location
The community is in a valley north of Aschaffenburg on the western edge of the Spessart (range).
Governance
Community council
The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the full-time mayor.
(as at municipal election held on 2 March 2008)
Town twinning
Bretteville-sur-Odon, Calvados, France
Glattbach, constituent community of Lindenfels in the Odenwald
Glattbach, constituent community of Dermbach in Thuringia
Infrastructure
Transport
Bus route 9 to Aschaffenburg
Autobahn A 3, between Frankfurt (roughly 45 km away) and Wurzburg (roughly 75 km away).
Notable people
, said to be one of the cofounders of industrial clothing production in Germany
(b. 1897 as Alois Bergmann in Glattbach; d. 1965 in Glattbach) was a German painter active throughout the Aschaffenburg district.
References
Other websites
Community's official webpage
Aschaffenburg (district)
Ōakura

Oakura is a small township in the Taranaki Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located 15 kilometers south-west of New Plymouth on State Highway 45. Okato is 12 kilometers further south-west. It was hit by a tornado in July 2007.
References
Towns in New Zealand
New Plymouth District
System requirements

System requirements refer to a checklist of minimum necessary items for a computer to have. These items would be requirements in order for an operating system to work, such as Windows XP. If the system did not have these things, the computer or operating system might crash or cause problems. If it exceeds minimum expectations, you could check the recommended system requirements, and see if it also meets those. If it does not, it is not bad. But if it does meet the recommended requirements, that is very good to know.
Software
Computer science
Chieti

Chieti is a city and comune in Southern Italy, east by northeast of Rome. It is the capital of the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region.
Chieti is on a hill between the Aterno-Pescara and the Alento rivers and is near the coast of the Adriatic Sea and the mountains.
Geography
Chieti is in the central eastern part of the Abruzzo, at an average altitude of above sea level. It is on a hill that separates the watersheds of the Aterno-Pescara river (to the north) and of the Alentro stream (to the south). The comune has an area of .
The city is formed by two main parts:
Chieti alta is the oldest part of the city and includes the historical centre that is on the hill.
Chieti Scalo is the newest part of the city and is in the valley to the north of the hill, on the right side of the Aterno-Pescara river.
The comune is surrounded by the comuni Bucchianico, Casalincontrada, Cepagatti (PE), Francavilla al Mare, Manoppello (PE), Pescara (PE), Ripa Teatina, Rosciano (PE), San Giovanni Teatino and Torrevecchia Teatina.
Frazioni
The following frazioni (hamlets) are part of Chieti: Bascelli, Brecciarola, Buonconsiglio-Fontanella, Carabba, Chieti Scalo, Colle Marcone, Crocifisso, De Laurentis Vallelunga, Fonte Cruciani, Iachini, La Torre, San Martino, San Salvatore, Levante, Tricalle, Sant'Anna, Santa Barbara, Santa Filomena, Selvaiezzi, Vacrone Cascini, Vacrone Colle San Paolo, Vacrone Villa Cisterna, Vallepara, Villa Obletter, Villa Reale.
Population
The people from Chieti are called Chietini but also Teatini after the old name of the city ().
, there are 51,330 persons living in the comune, for a population density of inhabitants/km2.
Evolution of the population
Gallery
References
Other websites
Chieti official website
Cities in Abruzzo
Capital cities in Italy
École-Valentin

Ecole-Valentin is a commune. It is in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte in the Doubs department in east France.
The commune is twinned with Rathcoole in County Dublin, Ireland.
References
Communes in Doubs
Zoteux

Zoteux 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
Monteceneri

Monteceneri is a municipality of the district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It was created on 21 November 2010, when the former municipalities of Bironico, Camignolo, Medeglia, Rivera and Sigirino merged to form the new municipality of Monteceneri.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Ticino
2010 establishments in Switzerland
Metropolitan Community Church

The Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) is an international Protestant Christian denomination. It is based in Los Angeles, California. It has 222 member congregations in 37 countries. It has a specific outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families and communities. The MCC has property worth $50 million. It has 40,000 members. They want to double in size in the next ten years. They also want acceptance by other Christian organizations. The MCC currently has "Official Observer" status with the World Council of Churches. MCC supports same-sex marriage. The MCC has been denied membership in the US National Council of Churches. Many local MCC congregations are members of local ecumenical partnerships around the world. MCC also belongs to several statewide councils of churches in the United States.
References
Christian organizations based in the United States
Protestantism
Los Angeles
Harrisville, New Hampshire

Harrisville is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population of the town was 961 at the 2010 census. It was founded in 1870.
References
Towns in New Hampshire
1870 establishments in the United States
19th-century establishments in New Hampshire
Velilla de la Sierra

Velilla de la Sierra is a municipality found in the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon in Spain.
Municipalities in Castile and Leon
Settlements in Soria
80s

Important people
Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Roman Emperor (79-81).
Titus Flavius Domitianus, Roman Emperor (81-96)
Vic Cathedral

Vic Cathedral (, ), officially the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle (, ) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. It is the seat of the Diocese of Vic.
It has a mix of Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque and Neoclassic styles.
Other websites
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Spain
Buildings and structures in Catalonia
10th-century buildings and structures
Fastest lap

In motorsport, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race. Some series, like A1 Grand Prix and the GP2 series, award bonus points to the driver/team with the fastest lap. Formula One awarded one point to the driver that set the fastest lap until 1960.
In Grand Prix motorcycle racing, which includes the 80cc, 125cc, 250cc, 350cc, and 500cc/MotoGP classes, no point is awarded for the fastest lap. Giacomo Agostini holds the current record for the most fastest laps with 117. Valentino Rossi, who still actively races in MotoGP, is in second place with 83 fastest laps.
Formula 1
In Formula One, 120 different drivers have made fastest race laps. German driver Michael Schumacher has made the most number of total fastest laps with 76. He is followed by Frenchman Alain Prost with 41 and by Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen with 35. Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio and Brazilian Nelson Piquet both had 23 fastest laps, the most for South Americans.
Motor sports
Province of Arezzo

Province of Arezzo (Italian: Provincia di Arezzo) is the eastern most province in the Tuscany region of Italy. The capital of province of Arezzo is the city of Arezzo.
The province has an area of 3,232 km2, and a total population of 323,288 (2001) in 39 comuni (singular: comune).
Other websites
Province homepage (in Italian)
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The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome

The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome is a 1983 rock album by English band Slade. It was the band's eleventh studio album. The album featured two successful UK top ten singles, whilst the album itself peaked at #49 in the UK. It was the band's most successful album of the 1980s.
The album featured the singles "(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie", "My Oh My" and "Run Runaway".
Track listing
"Slam the Hammer Down" (Holder/Lea)
"In the Doghouse" (Holder/Lea)
"Run Run Away" (Holder/Lea) UK #7
"High and Dry" (Holder/Lea)
"My Oh My" (Holder/Lea) UK #2
"Cocky Rock Boys (Rule O.K.)" (Holder/Lea)
"Ready To Explode" (Holder/Lea)
"(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie" (Holder/Lea) UK #50
"Cheap 'N' Nasty Luv" (Holder/Lea)
"Razzle Dazzle Man" (Holder/Lea)
1983 albums
Slade albums
Glam rock albums
Niki Taylor

Niki Taylor (born March 5, 1975 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American model and was shown on multiple magazine covers, such as Sports Illustrated. She is also associated with cosmetics, including but not limited to CoverGirl. In 2001, she was almost killed because of a car accident, but has continued to model in spite of that accident.
References
Models from Florida
People from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Participants in American reality television series
1975 births
Living people
Gornac

Gornac is a commune. It is found in the region Aquitaine in the Gironde department in the southwest of France.
References
Communes in Gironde
Michelle Phillips

Michelle Phillips (born Holly Michelle Gilliam, June 4, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known for being in the musical group The Mamas & the Papas. In the 1990s, she played Abby Malone on Beverly Hills, 90210.
Phillips was born in Long Beach, California.
References
Other websites
American songwriters
American pop singers
Singers from California
Actors from Long Beach, California
1944 births
Living people
Konstantin Bulgakov

Konstantin Yakovlevich Bulgakov (31 December 178229 October 1835) was a Russian diplomat, privy councillor, and postal administrator.
Konstantin Bulgakov served as the Director of the Moscow Post Office. Since 1819 he was the Director of Saint Petersburg Post Office. Bulgakov later became the Director of the Postal Department of the Russian Empire. He and his brother Alexander Bulgakov, Director of the Moscow Post Office, could freely correspond with each other because both were the top officers of the Russian Postal Service.
Biography
Konstantin Bulgakov was the son of a diplomat, Yakov Bulgakov (1743-1809). He was born in Constantinople in 1782. Bulgakov began working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1797. Thanks to his linguistic skills, he served in a diplomatic capacity during Russia's wars with Turkey and France. At the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Bulgakov assisted the Russian Tsar Alexander I and the Foreign Minister. The Tsar offered him an ambassador position in Copenhagen. However, Bulgakov asked the Tsar for his appointment as Director of Posts in Moscow in February 1816. He soon succeeded in this post and was transferred to Saint Petersburg on 23 December 1819. As Director of Saint Petersburg Posts, Bulgakov worked there with Prince Golitsyn, who was in charge of the Russian Postal Department.
In 1831, Bulgakov was promoted to the Director of the Postal Department and decorated. However, he suffered two strokes in 1835. That was a consequence
of overwork. Bulgakov died the same year.
Postal reforms
Among Bulgakov's innovations was the establishment of passenger-carrying mail-coaches between the major towns of Russia and the Baltic provinces. These services started in 1821 and worked, until they were replaced with the railway in 1868.
In 1825, the first survey of post-roads in Russia was published. Begun in 1817, construction of paved roads continued and reached over 1,500 miles by the 1850s. This progress enabled Bulgakov to introduce a system of express posts ("extra" posts) between major cities.
Bulgakov also concluded a postal treaty with Prussia. In 1832, he set up a steamship service between Saint Petersburg and Lubeck.
All these improvements reduced the delivery times for mail. For example, mail from Berlin to Saint Petersburg came in five days instead of nine. The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, the widow of Paul I and a former German princess, praised the better postal service.
Bulgakov paid much attention to improve working conditions for postal workers.
Related pages
Alexander Bulgakov
Notes
References
Other websites
1782 births
1835 deaths
Russian diplomats
Russian nobility
Postal history
List of Jupiter's moons

There are 95 known moons of Jupiter, as of 23 February 2023. Jupiter has the largest number of moons of any planet in the Solar System.
The most massive of the moons are the four Galilean moons, which were independently discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and Simon Marius. They were the first objects found to orbit a body that was neither Earth nor the Sun. The Galilean moons are by far the largest and most massive objects to orbit Jupiter. The other 91 known moons and the rings together make up just 0.003% of the total orbiting mass. The four are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. They are roughly the same size as Earth's moon, some are a bit bigger, some are smaller.
From the end of the 19th century, dozens of much smaller Jovian moons have been discovered. All these are less than in diameter, with most barely exceeding . Their orbital shapes range from nearly perfectly circular to highly eccentric and inclined. Many revolve in the direction opposite to Jupiter's spin (retrograde motion). Orbital periods range from seven hours (taking less time than Jupiter does to spin around its axis), to some three thousand times more (almost three Earth years).
List of moons
This list starts with those that go around Jupiter (orbit) the fastest. That is, they have the shortest orbital period. Moons highlighted in purple are the "Galilean moons," moons highlighted in dark gray have a retrograde orbit, and moons with the regular white background have a prograde orbit.
Notes
References
Astronomy lists
Papa Roach

Papa Roach is an American alternative rock band. They formed in 1993 in Vacaville, California when lead singer Jacoby Shaddix and drummer Dave Buckner met on the Vacaville High School football field during an game of football where they started talking about music. The members of the group are Jacoby Shaddix, the lead singer, Jerry Horton, who plays the lead guitar and also does backing vocals, Tobin Esperance, who plays the bass guitar and backing vocals and Tony Palermo, who plays the drums and percussion.
Discography
Studio albums
1997: Old Friends from Young Years
2000: Infest
2002: Lovehatetragedy
2004: Getting Away with Murder
2006: The Paramour Sessions
2009: Metamorphosis
2012: The Connection
2015: F.E.A.R.
2017: Crooked Teeth
2019: Who Do You Trust?
2022: Ego Trip
References
Other websites
Papa Roach's official website
American hard rock bands
musical groups from California
Shark Bay

Shark Bay is a large bay on the west coast of Western Australia. It is about north of Perth. In 1991, the bay, its islands, and the land around it were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.
Shark Bay has three important features to protect. It has the largest seagrass beds in the world. These are home to about 10% of the world's dugongs. And at one end of the bay are stromatolites, which are the oldest form of life on the Earth. The protected area covers .
World Heritage Site
The area protected by the World Heritage Site is made up of different areas. About 70% of the site is marine environment protected by national parks and reserves, and includes of coastline. About 20% was used for farming, but half of this area has been taken over by the government and is now conservation area. About 6% is in national parks and reserves.
Parks and reserves
Bernier Island
Dirk Hartog Island National Park
Dorre Island
Charlie Island
Faure Island Sanctuary
Francois Peron National Park
Friday Island
Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve
Hamelin Pool/East Faure Island High-Low Water Mark
Koks Island
Monkey Mia
Shark Bay Marine Park
Shell Beach Conservation Park
Small Islands
Zuytdorp Nature Reserve
Related pages
List of World Heritage Sites in Australia
References
Other websites
Shark Bay website
World Heritage Sites in Australia
Geography of Western Australia
Australian National Heritage List
Momotarō

is a popular hero from Japanese folklore. His name literally means Peach Taro. Because Taro is a common Japanese boy's name, it is usually translated as Peach Boy. Momotaro is also the name of several books, films, and other works that tell the tale of this hero.
The most common version of this tale (from the Edo Period), tells Momotaro came to earth inside a giant peach. The peach was found floating down a river by an old woman without children who was washing clothes there. The woman and her husband found the child when they tried to open the peach to eat it. The child explained that he had been sent by Heaven to be their son. The couple called him Momotaro, from momo (peach) and taro (oldest son in the family).
An older version of the story tells the old woman discover the giant, floating peach and take it home with her, as she finds it to be of good color and looking tasty. After eating a piece of the peach, the old woman is rejuvenated and becomes young and beautiful again. When her old husband comes home from the hills, he is surprised to find a lovely young lady in his house. At first he does not even recognize his own wife in her new form, but she explains what happened to him. She then gives her husband a piece of the peach to eat, and he also becomes young again. That night, the couple makes love, and the woman becomes pregnant as a result. She later gives birth to their first child, a son, whom they name Taro, as that is a common Japanese name for a first son. This version of the story is the oldest one that is written in old texts, but it appears to have been changed with the version without sex in school textbooks of the Meiji period. The peach is often seen as a symbol of sex or fertility in Japan, because its fruit is believed to be similar to a woman's buttocks.
Years later, Momotaro left his parents for an island called Onigashima to destroy the evil oni (demons or ogres) that lived there. On his way, Momotaro met and became friends with a talking dog, monkey, and pheasant, who agreed to help him in his mission. At the island, Momotaro and his animal friends entered the demons' fort and beat the demons' leader, Ura, and his army. Momotaro returned home with his new friends, and his family lived happily from then on.
Related pages
Japanese Folklore
Urashima Taro
Kintaro
Japanese mythology
Japanese folklore
Fairy tales
Pierre Hanon

Pierre Hanon (29 December 1936 in Brussels - 13 October 2017) was a footballer who played mainly for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the national team. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers. In total, Hanon collected 48 caps.
References
1936 births
2017 deaths
Belgian footballers
Sportspeople from Brussels
L. Kirchner

L. Kirchner was a British swimmer and diver in the early 20th-century from London. She was one of the earliest British female international swimmers. Footman was a member of the Battersea Swimming Club and was trained by professor Barrows.
As of 1907 Kirchner Footman had 22 swimming victories. However her specialty was diving, winning for instance the Ealing Open Diving Competition. She competed at the 1907 international Ondine de Paris aquatics competitions in Paris, France. The first international women's aquatics competition in France. Kirchner finished second in the diving event, together with Frenchwoman Marie Baron. In the international 200 metre swimming event she finished fifth. She also competed in the international 60 metre handicap style race.
References
British swimmers
British divers
Sportswomen
19th-century births
20th-century births
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Sportspeople from London
A Just Russia

A Just Russia (, SR, Spravedlivaya Rossiya, SR), also translated as Fair Russia, is a social democratic party in Russia that currently holds 38/450 seats in the State Duma. The party was created on October 28, 2006.
Political parties in Russia
Tensas Parish, Louisiana

Tensas Parish () is a parish located in the northeastern section of the State of Louisiana. Its eastern border is the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,147. It is the least populated parish in Louisiana. The parish seat is St. Joseph.
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1843 establishments in Louisiana
Recreation

Recreation or fun is a person's time of refreshing his or her body and mind.
There are many different forms of recreation which are shaped by individual interests and by environment; a few examples being reading, playing or listening to music, watching movies or TV, gardening, hunting, hobbies, sports, studies, and travel. These activities are just some of a wide variety of recreation activity available in day-to-day life.
Public places such as parks and beaches are very important for many recreational activities. Tourism profession has recognized long ago that many of their clients are specifically attracted by recreational offerings.
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Leisure
Sport
Notes
Other websites
National Recreation and Park website
Leisure
Hobbies
Rockland, Maine

Rockland is a city in Knox County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,297. It is the county seat of Knox County.
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Cities in Maine
County seats in Maine
Rosemarie Müller-Streisand

Rosemarie Muller-Streisand (11 August 1923 - 26 June 2020) was a German church historian, theologian and teacher. In 1963 she became a professor and in 1969 she was a main person of church history at the Humboldt University in Berlin. She retired in 1983.
Muller-Streisand died in Berlin on 26 June 2020, aged 96.
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1923 births
2020 deaths
German historians
German theologians
Writers from Berlin
Poteau, Oklahoma

Poteau is a city in Oklahoma in the United States. It is the county seat of Le Flore County.
County seats in Oklahoma
Cities in Oklahoma
Ureter

The ureter is the tube in the human body that takes urine from the kidney to the bladder.
Anatomy of the urinary system
The ureter are the tube that convey urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder they are about 25 to 30 centimetre long with the diameter of about 3 mm the numerator is continuous with the funnel shaped renal pelvis it passes downward through the abdominal cavity
Hekatonkheires

The Hekatonkheires ( - "Hundred-handed ones") are one of the three races of beings born to Ouranos and Gaia, the primordial gods of the sky and the Earth. Their names are Kottos (), Briareos () and Gyges ().
The Hekatonkheires received their name because they each have a hundred arms, fifty on each side of their bodies. Despised by their father, the Hekatonkheires were thrown into Tartarus alongside their brothers, the Elder Cyclopes, guarded by the monster Kampe. Many years later, Zeus, alongside his brothers and sisters, freed the Hekatonkheires and the Elder Cyclopes from their prison so that they might help them in their war against the Titans. During the war, the Hekatonkheires threw rocks at Mount Othrys, the Titans' base, reducing the mountain to half its original size. After the Titanomachy, the Titans were cast into Tartarus, and Zeus appointed the Hekatonkheires to be their jailers.
Greek legendary creatures
Roy Torrens

Robert "Roy" Torrens OBE (17 May 1948 - January 2021) was an Irish cricketer and manager. He managed and played for the Ireland cricket team. He represented Ireland six times in first-class cricket between 1966 and 1982.
Torrens was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.
Torrens died in January 2021, aged 72.
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1948 births
2021 deaths
Irish sportspeople
Irish cricketers
Storrs, Connecticut

Storrs is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. 15,979 people lived here at the 2020 census.
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Villages in the United States
Census-designated places in Connecticut
Greiling

Greiling is a municipality in Bad Tolz-Wolfratshausen, a district (Landkreis) in Upper Bavaria.
References
Bad Tolz-Wolfratshausen
Parliament of Georgia

The Parliament of the Republic of Georgia is the representative body of the Georgia, the only state legislative authority, being a unicameral. It is made up of 150 elected deputies on lists, for a period of 4 years. Parliament is elected by universal vote.
Other websites
Official page
Georgia
Georgia
Government of Georgia (country)
Organizations based in Georgia (country)
Wurzen

Wurzen is a town on the banks of the river Mulde in north-western Saxony, Germany, about east of the city of Leipzig.
One of its claims to fame is the fact that in 1768, the famous German author Goethe traveled through Wurzen and had to wait a long time for the ferry over the Mulde River. While waiting for the boat, he was doing some thinking and later wrote a part of Faust.
References
Other websites
Official website
Leipzig (district)
Sunflower, Mississippi

Sunflower is a town in Sunflower County, Mississippi. The population was 696 at the 2000 census.
As of the census of 2000, there were 696 people, 229 households, and 166 families residing in the town. The median income for a household in the town was $21,842, and the median income for a family was $23,750.
Musicians Matt Murphy and Jerry Butler were born here.
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Towns in Mississippi
Slovak Wikipedia

The Slovak Wikipedia (In Slovak: Slovenska Wikipedia) is the Slovak-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition began in October 2003.
As of October 2015, it is the 37th largest edition of Wikipedia by number of articles.
It has over 120,000 articles.
References
Other websites
Slovak Wikipedia main page
Wikipedias
Frank Giroud

Frank Giroud (May 3, 1956 - July 13, 2018) was a French comics writer. He was born in Toulouse, France.
Giroud was a comics writer. He wrote the text for Louis la Guigne, drawn by Jean-Paul Dethorey. He also wrote the text for Mandrill, drawn by Barly Baruti, as well as Oublies d'Annam and Azrayen, drawn by Christian Lax. In 2000, he created Le Decalogue, published by Glenat Editions.
Giroud died on July 13, 2018 in Paris at the age of 62.
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1956 births
2018 deaths
French writers
People from Toulouse
Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority

The prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority was the position of the official head of government of the Palestinian Authority government, active between 2003 and January 2013. It was officially transformed into the State of Palestine.
List of prime ministers (2003-2013)
On 6 January 2013 the Palestinian National Authority was officially transformed into the State of Palestine and the position of the prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority became the prime minister of the State of Palestine.
Notes
Goo Kennedy

Eugene "Goo" Kennedy (August 23, 1949December 8, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. Kennedy played four seasons in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Dallas Chaparrals, San Antonio Spurs, Spirits of St. Louis, and Utah Stars. He then played one season in the National Basketball Association with the Houston Rockets.
Kennedy died at age 71 on December 8, 2020 in Texas.
References
1949 births
2020 deaths
San Antonio Spurs players
Houston Rockets players
Sportspeople from Charlotte, North Carolina
Vincenzo Montella

Vincenzo Montella (born 18 June 1974) is a former Italian football player. He has played for Italy national team.
Club career statistics
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|1990/91||rowspan="5"|Empoli||rowspan="5"|Serie C1||1||0
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|1991/92||7||4
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|1992/93||13||5
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|1994/95||30||17
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|1995/96||Genoa||Serie B||34||21
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|1996/97||rowspan="3"|Sampdoria||rowspan="3"|Serie A||28||22
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|1997/98||33||20
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|1998/99||22||12
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|1999/00||rowspan="8"|Roma||rowspan="8"|Serie A||31||16
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|2000/01||28||14
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|2001/02||19||13
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|2002/03||29||9
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|2003/04||11||5
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|2004/05||37||21
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|2005/06||13||1
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|2006/07||12||3
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|2006/07||Fulham||Premier League||10||2
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|2007/08||Sampdoria||Serie A||13||4
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|2008/09||Roma||Serie A||12||0
373||187
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383||189
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|1999||2||0
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|2000||5||0
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|2001||4||1
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|2002||7||2
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|2004||1||0
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|2005||1||0
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1974 births
Living people
Italian footballers
Mercury-vapor lamp

A mercury-vapor lamp is a kind of gas discharge lamp. It makes light from mercury. The mercury atoms release ultraviolet and visible light. In some bulbs, the ultraviolet light shines on phosphors which make white light from it, although not all mercury-vapor lamps use phosphors. The EU wants to ban them because they contain large amounts of mercury and are not efficient like fluorescent bulbs. They last much longer though.
They are the bluish streetlights. Depending on the quality of the bulb, age of the bulb, phosphor used, and other chemicals added to the mercury, the color of the light can vary from blue-white to green-white, to almost pure white. A green tint usually indicates an older bulb, although it doesn't necessarily mean that the bulb is about to burn out. The metal halide lamp is an improved version of the mercury vapor lamp that contains a metal halide (usually sodium iodide) in addition to the mercury. The metal halide produces orange light, which combines with the blue-white light from the mercury to produce a very pure white light.
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Sodium vapor lamp
Incandescent bulb
Lamps
Rosario Murillo

Rosario Maria Murillo Zambrana (; born 22 June 1951) is a Nicaraguan politician. She is the vice president and first lady of Nicaragua. She is married to the current president Daniel Ortega. She became vice president of Nicaragua on 10 January 2017.
References
1951 births
Living people
Vice presidents of Nicaragua
First Ladies
Women's magazine

A women's magazine is a magazine that is mostly for women. These magazines were started because big newsapers sometimes had parts that were for women. Sometimes tabloid journalism is also for women. Unlike tabloids, which are published daily, women's magazines are usually published weekly or monthly.
Magazines
Miguel Angel Gomez Garro

Miguel Angel Gomez Garro (born February 24, 1961 in Guipuzcoa) is a boccia player from Spain. He has a physical disability: He has cerebral palsy and is a BC1 type athlete. He competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. He finished first in the BC1/BC2 team event.
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Spanish boccia players
Living people
1961 births
Spanish Paralympic gold medalists
1996 Summer Paralympics
Sportspeople with disabilities, type BC1
People from Guipuzcoa
Slurpee

Slurpee is a brand of slushy sold by the convenience store 7-Eleven. Slurpees come in many different flavors. The first Slurpee was sold by 7-Eleven in 1966.
For twenty-three years, Winnipeg, Manitoba has been named the Slurpee Capital of the World with 188,833 Slurpees being sold in Winnipeg compared to 179,700 in the rest of Canada. In 2015, a Winnipeg 7-Eleven store poured the World's largest Slurpee.
Every year, free small Slurpees are sold on July 11, which is know as 7-Eleven Day.
References
Snack foods
Denishawn School of Dancing

The Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, was founded in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in Los Angeles, California.
It taught a range of dance styles, influenced by ballroom dancing, ballet and various types of American and Indian dances.
The school had some notable pupils, including Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Lillian Powell, Charles Weidman, Jack Cole, and silent film star Louise Brooks. The school was especially renowned for its influence on ballet and experimental modern dance. In time, Denishawn teachings reached another school Studio 61 at the Carnegie Hall Studios.
One source writes:
"The art of dance is too big to be encompassed by any one system. On the contrary, the dance includes all systems or schools of dance. Every way that any human being of any race or nationality, at any period of human history, has moved rhythmically to express himself, belongs to the dance. We endeavor to recognize and use all contributions of the past to the dance and will continue to use all new contributions in the future".
Styles of dance
Orientalia: these were the first true Denishawn works. St. Denis invented most of these pieces. They use aspects of East Indian movement, dress and environment (in the form of set design). A particularly famous work from this period is St. Denis's Radha, a mini-ballet set in a Hindu temple in which an exotic woman dances to honor the five senses.
Americana: Shawn favoured the cultures of America. His works had music by American composers and portrayed of "American" characters like cowboys, Indians and ballplayers.
Music visualizations was inspired by Isadora Duncan's approach to music. Movement was set strictly to music without reading into anything emotionally. If the music swells, the body swells: if the music grows quiet, the body comes to rest. St. Denis's Soaring, with five female dancers, is her most well-known music visualization.
Miscellanea: Other routines called "Denishawn divertissements".
References
Other sources
Shelton, Suzanne 1981. Divine dancer: a biography of Ruth St. Denis. New York: Doubleday.
Sherman, Jane 1979. The drama of Denishawn dance. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press.
American dancers
Schools in California
Women's college

Women's colleges in higher education are colleges whose students are all or almost all women. They are often undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting liberal arts colleges.
Colleges and universities by type
Daykundi Province

Daykundi (; also spelled Daikondi, Daykondi, Daikundi or Daykundi) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. Day Kundi's capital is Nili. It is about 310 kilometres from Kabul. It is in the Hazarajat region.
Economy
Daykundi province grows almonds.
Governance
On 15 April 2011, Mr. Qurban Ali Oruzgani became Governor of Daikundi province.
Districts
References
Provinces of Afghanistan
Flat (music)

In music, flat, or Bemolle, means "lower in pitch." In music notation, flat means "lower in pitch by a semitone (half step)," and has the symbol (). The Unicode character '' (U+266D) is the flat sign. Its HTML entity is .
Under twelve tone equal temperament, C flat is the same as, or enharmonically equivalent to, B natural, and G flat is the same as F sharp.
Double flats also exist, which look like and lower a note by two semitones, or a whole step. Sometimes you will encounter half or three-quarter flats. The Unicode character '' (U+1D12B) represents the double flat sign.
A triple flat can be found, but it is very rare. It lowers a note three semitones.
The note A flat is shown in musical notation in Figure 1, together with A double flat.
In tuning, flat can also mean "slightly lower in pitch". If the same note is played on two instruments at the same time, the lower-pitched one is flat compared to the higher-pitched one.
A half flat, showing quarter tones, is sometimes shown with a flat with a slash () or a reversed flat sign. A three-quarter flat is represented by a half flat and a regular flat.
Related pages
Accidental
Sharp
Electronic tuner
References
Musical notation
Governor of Tasmania

The Governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The Governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as the Governor-General of Australia does at the national level.
The official residence of the Governor is Government House located at the Queens Domain.
The first Australian-born Governor of Tasmania was Sir Stanley Burbury (appointed 1973). The first Tasmanian-born governor was Sir Guy Green (appointed 1995).
In May 2021, Premier Peter Gutwein announced that Barbara Baker would replace Kate Warner as governor of Tasmania on 16 June 2021.
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Myton-on-Swale

Myton-on-Swale is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about east of Boroughbridge and on the River Swale.
Villages in North Yorkshire
Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
Military academy

A military academy or service academy is an institution for millitary officers. It prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment depending on the country concerned.
There are three types of academy exist:
Pre-collegiate-level institutions awarding academic qualifications
University-level institutions awarding bachelor's-degree-level qualifications
Those preparing Officer Cadets for commissioning into the armed services of the state.
Earlier, the academies were established in the 18th century to provide new officers for technically specialized corps, such as military engineers and artillery, with scientific training.
In the United States, the United States Military Academy (USMA) is one such institution. It is located at West Point, New York. It was founded on March 16, 1802. It is one of five service academies in the nation.
Further reading
Cadet, Linton Hall, Linton Hall Military School Memories: One cadet's memoir, Scrounge Press, 2014. Memoir of cadet who attended a military school for boys ages 6 to 16.
Other websites
References
Military schools