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Nia Vardalos

Antonia Eugenia "Nia" Vardalos (born September 24, 1962) is a Canadian actress and screenwriter. She has performed in several movies. She starred in comedies My Big Fat Greek Wedding in 2002, and Connie and Carla in 2004. She later began acting in more independent movies. She starred in My Big Fat Greek Life and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2.
Vardalos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her parents are Greeks. She got United States citizenship in 1999.
References
Other websites
1962 births
Living people
Actors from Winnipeg
American movie actors
American screenwriters
American television actors
Canadian movie actors
Canadian screenwriters
Canadian television actors
Naturalized citizens of the United States
So Am I (song)

"So Am I" is an electropop song by American singer Ava Max. It was released on March 7, 2019. It is from her debut studio album, Heaven & Hell. The lyrics speak of self-love, being an outcast, and not fitting into society. A remixed version by South Korean boy band NCT 127 was released on July 3, 2019 with additional rap verses in both English and Korean.
References
2019 songs
Ava Max songs
Turkmen language

Turkmen (, Cyrillic: , Persian: ) is the national language of Turkmenistan. It is spoken by about 7,000,000 people in Turkmenistan and by an about 380,000 more people in Northwestern Afghanistan and 500,000 in Northeastern Iran.
Literature
The leading Turkmen poet is Magtymguly Pyragy, who wrote in the 1700's.
References
Languages of Iran
Languages of Turkmenistan
Turkic languages
Languages of Russia
Lantana, Florida

Lantana is a town in Florida in the United States.
Towns in Florida
Palm Beach County, Florida
Anne of Brittany

Anne of Brittany (January 25, 1477 - January 9, 1514) was a Duchess of Brittany.
Birth
Anne was the daughter of Francis II of Brittany and Margaret of Foix. She was born in Nantes (then in Brittany, now officially outside that Region) on January 25, 1477.
Marriage and children
Anne was married to Charles VIII of France on December 6, 1491. They had four children, but all of them died young.
After Charles died, Anne married Louis XII of France on January 8, 1499. They had two daughters:
Claude of France (1499 - 1524), who married Francis I of France
Renee of France (1510 - 1575)
Death
Anne died in the Chateau of Blois on January 9, 1514.
1477 births
1514 deaths
Brittany
Dukes and Duchesses of Brittany
People from Nantes
Patria (novel)

Patria is a Spanish dramatic novel written in 2016 by Fernando Aramburu.
The novel is set in a small rural village from Gipuzkoa, Basque Country where the ETA established their totalitarian regime. This situation affects two families that were friends in the past, but not in the present.
Summary
On the day that ETA announces that it will abandon the armed struggle, Bittori visits the cemetery to tell the grave of her husband, El Txato, assassinated by the terrorists, that she has decided to return to the house where they lived.
References
Other websites
Patria at Planeta de Libros
(eus) Arinas, Txema (Berria 10/11/2016), 'Eppur si muove' Retrieved 25/08/2018.
(eus) Zaldua, Iban (Oharrak & Hondarrak Posted 2017/03/08 ""Patria" gelditzeko etorri da (+ Berehalako plan estrategiko baterako proposamena)". Retrieved 25/08/2018.
(es) Zaldua, Iban "La literatura, ?sirve para algo? Una critica de Patria, de Fernando Aramburu".
Significant resemblances between Aramburu's Patria and the biography of a former member of ETA (in Spanish)
The Basque Language in the Novel Patria by Fernando Aramburu (in Spanish)
Non-fiction literature
2016 books
Rosignano Solvay

Rosignano Solvay (shortly just Rosignano) is a small town in the Italian comune of Rosignano Marittimo in the province of Tuscany, Livorno. Rosignano is 22 km from Livorno. About 20,000 people live there. The town is famous for the "white beaches" (formed by the Solvay a big industry of chemistry), the beaches are a "mix" of 90% limestone and 10% calcium chloride. Rosignano has a port for 750 boats.
History
The first villages in this area were those of the Etruscans and Romans. The history of the town begins at the beginning of the 20th century.
An early name for the town was "Paese Novo" (New Country in Italian). In 1917 the city changed name to Rosignano Solvay, where the name "Solvay" originates from the name of a big chemical factory from Belgium, the Solvay Group, which in 1914 built many buildings for treating and making chemicals, such as: Sodium hydroxide, Sodium bicarbonate and Sodium carbonate.
Now the Solvay treats and producing this group of element:
Sodium carbonate
Sodium bicarbonate
Chlorine
Hydrochloric acid
Chloromethane
Plastic
Hydrogen peroxide
Since few years there is in the Solvay two big Gas Turbines for producing about 900 megawatts.
Theatre
Solvay's Theatre
Churches
Church of Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesu
Church of Santa Croce
Libraries
Library of Rosignano Solvay
Solvay's Library
Museums
Etruscan Museum of Rosignano Marittimo
Etruscan Museum of Castiglioncello
Museum of Natural Sciences in Rosignano Solvay
Famous people born in Rosignano Solvay
Gabriella Pescucci
Rolando Filidei
Luigi Viola
Dino Lessi
Schools
The town has 11 (elementary and high schools) schools and 2 schools for childs.
Related pages
Rosignano Marittimo
Ernest Solvay
Collegamenti esterni
A website about the build of Solvay
Official website of Rosignano
Website of UNEP
Towns in Tuscany
Dana Belben

Dana L. Belben (born May 12, 1978) is an American voice actress, animator, and comedian best known for being the first person to voice Giggles, Petunia and Cub in the animated web series Happy Tree Friends, to which she also served as a story editor. She also worked on several Sony Pictures Animation films and is currently working at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
American voice actors
1978 births
Hollandale, Minnesota

Hollandale is a city in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States.
References
Cities in Minnesota
Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Kyriakos Mitsotakis (; born 4 March 1968) is a Greek politician. He became Prime Minister of Greece on 8 July 2019. Mitsotakis is the President of the New Democracy party. He briefly left office in May 2023. He returned to office on 26 June 2023, after winning the general election.
He is the son of former Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis. Mitsotakis has been a member of the Hellenic Parliament since 2004. He served as Minister of Administrative Reform from 2013 to 2015.
References
Other websites
Official website
1968 births
Living people
Politicians from Athens
Harvard University alumni
Stanford University alumni
Bankers
Government ministers of Greece
Prime Ministers of Greece
Leaders of political parties
Current national leaders
With Full Force

With Full Force is a German heavy metal and punk music festival held every year since 1994. In 2013, the festival attracted 30,000 attendees. In 2017, the festival took place at the Ferropolis near Grafenhainichen. This is the first time since 1998 that the festival will not be held in Lobnitz.
Many popular artists have performed here. These include Slayer, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, Marilyn Manson, Motorhead, Machine Head, Amon Amarth, Arkona, In Flames, Slipknot, etc.
References
Other websites
Official website
With Full Force 2012 on ChooseFest
Rock festivals
Festivals in Germany
1994 establishments in Germany
Mazandarani language

Mazandarani (in Mazandarani: ) is a Iranian language. It is spoken in northern Iran. Areas that use it are: Mazandaran, west of Golestan, north of Tehran and Semnan and northeast of Qazvin. Between 3-4 million people speak it. Mazandarni is an older Iranian language.
Script and alphabet
Mazandarani language was written in the Pahlavi alphabet in the early centuries of Islam. The language uses the Arabic alphabet.
Literature
Mazandarni language has the oldest literature among local languages in Iran. Among books written in this language are:
Translation of Quran
Marzbananme
Nikiname
Iranian languages
Languages of Iran
Mazandaran
Anna Bligh

Anna Maria Bligh (born 14 July 1960) is an Australian politician who was the 37th Premier of Queensland from 13 September 2007 to 24 March 2012. She is from the Labor Party. She is the first female to be Premier of Queensland. On 16 August 2012 it was announced that Bligh was moving with her husband Greg Withers and the rest of her family to Sydney.
Early Life
Anna was born at Warwick, Queensland. She is a descendant of Captain William Bligh. She grew up on the Gold Coast in south east Queensland. She was educated at several Catholic primary schools. Her secondary schooling was at Miami State High School. She completed the last six months of her schooling at Nowra State High School. She studied for an Arts degree from the University of Queensland which she finished in 1980. Anna Bligh worked for many community organisations and the Queensland Public Service. She worked in the area of employment, training and industrial relations policy. She was elected to the Queensland Parliament on 15 July 1995 and retired on 30 March 2012 following her defeat as Queensland Premier.
Parliament
She was made the Minister for Families, Youth and Community Care and Disability Services in the Beattie Labor Government in June 1998. Ann was Queensland's first female Education Minister. She later became minister for Finance, State Development, Trade and Innovation. In 1995 she was made Deputy Premier of Queensland, and also was the Treasurer and Minister of Infrastructure with a budget of $33 billion.
References
1960 births
Living people
Bligh, Anna
Australian Labor Party politicians
Teen sitcom

A teen situation comedy or teen sitcom is a type of situation comedy television show that is made for teenagers. The main characters on a teen sitcom are usually teenagers. The shows are usually about problems that are common for teenagers. Well known teen sitcoms include Saved by the Bell, Hannah Montana, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, and iCarly.
Sitcoms
Lily Weiding

Lily Weiding (22 October 1924 - 15 June 2021) is a Danish actress. She has appeared in 31 movies and television shows from 1942 until her retirement in 2008/ Weiding was born in Copenhagen. She starred in the movie Be Dear to Me, which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. From 1961 until his death in 2018, she was married to actor Morten Grunwald.
Her other well known movie roles were Tyrannens fald (1942), Lady with the Light Gloves (1942), De kloge og vi gale (1945), Tre ma man vaere (1959) and Martha (1967).
References
Other websites
1924 births
2021 deaths
Danish movie actors
Danish television actors
Danish stage actors
Actors from Copenhagen
La Ferté-Milon

La Ferte-Milon is a commune. It is in Picardie in the Aisne department in north France.
Communes in Aisne
Basdeo Panday

Basdeo Panday (born May 25, 1933) is a Trinidadian politician. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He served as Prime Minister from 1995 to 2001.
References
Other websites
1933 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago
Fordwich

Fordwich is a small suburban village in the United Kingdom in Kent.
Villages in Kent
Madis Kõiv

Madis Koiv (5 December 1929 - 24 September 2014) was an Estonian writer and physicist. His first published work was a play called Kuuni taitmine (Filling the Hay Barn). Koiv was also the author of several novels. Widow and Aporia of Attica, Tragedy of Elea are two of his best known works. He was born in Tartu, Estonia.
Koiv died in Tallinn, Estonia, aged 84.
Other websites
Estonian Literary Magazine
1929 births
2014 deaths
Estonian scientists
Estonian writers
Physicists
Universal City, California

Universal City, California is a unincorporated community within the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.
Other websites
Oak Crest -Universal Ranch 1913
Universal City 1912
" Facts and Figures about Universal City" "Souvenir Edition" ©️1915
"Scrapit" Nestor Plant Article
Universal City 1914
1910s establishments in California
1915 establishments in the United States
Unincorporated communities in California
Settlements in Los Angeles County, California
Guardians of the Galaxy (movie)

Guardians of the Galaxy is a 2014 science fiction superhero movie based on the Marvel team of the same name and directed by James Gunn. It was an unexpected success at the box office and had great reviews. It is the tenth movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Cast
Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord
Zoe Saldana as Gamora
Dave Bautista as Drax
Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot
Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket Raccoon
Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser
Karen Gillan as Nebula
Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta
Benicio del Toro as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector
John C. Reilly as Rhomann Dey
Glenn Close as Nova Prime Rael
Josh Brolin as Thanos
2014 science fiction movies
2014 action movies
2010s superhero movies
American science fiction movies
American action movies
Marvel Cinematic Universe movies
Movies about raccoons
Movies composed by Tyler Bates
Movies directed by James Gunn
Movies set in 1988
Movies with screenplays by James Gunn
American superhero movies
Tough Nut (movie)

Tough Nut () is a 1967 Soviet comedy movie directed by Theodor Vulfovich. It stars Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Vitaly Solomin, and Vladimir Lippart.
Actors
Nadezhda Rumyantseva - Raya Oreshkina
Vitaly Solomin - Lieutenant Ivan Rodionovich Groznykh
Vladimir Lippart - Sergeant Schepetnikov
Valentin Abramov - staff captain
Yuri Sorokin - SS Obersturmfuhrer
References
Other websites
Soviet movies
1967 movies
Soviet comedy movies
Ogun

Ogun or Ogoun is a spirit that appears in several African religions. He is also known as the 'God of Iron' and is present in Voodoo.
Overview
Ogun is a powerful spirit of metal work. Also he is the spirit of war and patron deity of smiths and craftsmen. He was sent to earth to make it a nice place for people to live, and he has not yet finished this task. The primary symbol of Ogun is Iron.
Characteristics
Consecrated day: Wednesday
Metal: iron
Element: earth
Color: red, black, marine blue
Archetype: authoritarian, hardworking, suspicious, and a bit selfish
Symbols: sword, iron chain
In popular culture
In the story "O compadre de Ogum" by the classic of Brazilian literature Jorge Amado, or the 2nd part of the novel Shepherds of the Night (1964), Ogun is one of the title characters. Ogun baptizes a blond, blue-eyed child, whom the Negro has already recognized as his son.
Ogun and other popular Loa together with the adepts of Voodoo are depicted in 2020 novel Our Wild Sex in Malindi by Andrei Gusev.
Two traditional Voodoo songs dedicated to Loa Ogun were recorded and translated into English by Michel S. Laguerre.
References
Gods and goddesses
Afro-American religion
Murray Monster

Murray Monster is a fictional character and puppet on Sesame Street. His puppeteer is Joey Mazzarino.
Puppets
Sesame Street characters
Fictional characters introduced in 2005
Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided manufacture (CAM) is the use of computers to control machines when creating a product. It may also refer to the use of a computer to help planning.
Advantages and disadvantages
Examples where CAM is used
Engineering
Architecture
Related pages
Computer-aided design (CAD)
CAD/CAM
References
Software
Manufacturing
1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The games started on January 30 1948. St. Moritz was also the site of the 1928 Winter Olympics.
These Games were the first in twelve years, because none were held during World War II.
Other websites
IOC page for the 1948 Winter Olympics
Olympics
Winter Olympics in Europe
Sport in Switzerland
1940s in Europe
20th century in Switzerland
British Virgin Islands national football team

British Virgin Islands national football team is the national football team of British Virgin Islands.
References
Caribbean national football teams
British Virgin Islands
Hermival-les-Vaux

Hermival-les-Vaux is a commune. It is in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department. This is in the northwest of France.
Communes in Calvados
Tomi Shimomura

Tomi Shimomura (born 18 December 1980) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Montedio Yamagata.
Club career statistics
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|2003||rowspan="4"|Cerezo Osaka||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
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|2004||24||1||1||0||5||1||30||2
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|2005||26||1||3||0||7||0||36||1
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|2006||23||1||1||0||7||0||31||1
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|2007||rowspan="3"|JEF United Ichihara Chiba||rowspan="3"|J. League 1||26||0||1||0||4||0||31||0
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|2008||33||0||0||0||8||0||41||0
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|2009||25||1||3||0||5||1||33||2
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|2010||Montedio Yamagata||J. League 1||||||||||||||||
157||4||9||0||36||2||202||6
157||4||9||0||36||2||202||6
|}
References
1980 births
Living people
Footballers from Hokkaido Prefecture
Jessica Iskandar

Jessica Iskandar (born 29 January 1988) is an Indonesian actress, comedian, singer and model.
Career
Iskandar was a model at John Casablanca. After trying casting in some agencies, she got the role as Kara in the movie Dealova in 2005. She also had a small role in the Malaysian movie Diva (2007). Currently, she is in a soap opera. She is also in ads. She has been a presenter since March 2011. She played in Campur-Campur in ANTV.
Education
Currently Iskandar is studying interior design at Trisakti University, Jakarta. She reportedly did not go to college again after three semesters for career matters.
Filmography
Dealova (2005)
Diva (2007)
Coblos Cinta (2008)
Nazar (2009)
Istri Bo'ongan (2010)
Kung Fu Pocong Perawan (2012)
References
Other websites
1988 births
Living people
Actors from Jakarta
Indonesian comedians
Indonesian singers
Solimana

Solimana is a mountain in the Andes range, in Peru. It is the 32nd highest mountain in the Andes.
Mountains of Peru
Andes
Yu Eto

Yu Eto (born 17 October 1983) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Sagan Tosu.
Club career statistics
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|2006||rowspan="5"|Sagan Tosu||rowspan="5"|J. League 2||29||2||2||0||31||2
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|2007||22||2||3||1||25||3
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|2008||23||0||0||0||23||0
|-
|2009||1||0||2||0||3||0
|-
|2010||||||||||||
75||4||7||1||82||5
75||4||7||1||82||5
|}
References
1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Fukuoka Prefecture
Sbarro

Sbarro, LLC is a restaurant chain. Sbarro is known for their New York style pizza. The restaurant was created by both Gennaro and Carmela Sbarro in 1956.
They opened their first Salumeria, an Italian grocery store, at 1701 65th Street and 17th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York. One of their busiest Sbarro restaurants was located in the World Trade Center mall. The headquarters for Sbarro is located in Melville, New York.
On August 9, 2001, there was a suicide bombing at a Sbarro restaurant in downtown Jerusalem, Israel. The bombings were carried out by Hamas. 15 people were killed, which included 7 children, and a pregnant woman. It also wounded 130 people.
On March 10, 2014, Sbarro filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy.
References
Other websites
Official website
1956 establishments
Companies based in New York City
American fast food restaurants
Taiwan Pride

Taiwan Pride is the yearly gay pride parade in Taiwan (officially the "Republic of China"). The parade was first held in 2003. It is in the capital city of Taipei. It is the largest gay pride parade in Asia.
References
LGBT events
2003 establishments in Asia
Events in Asia
2000s establishments in Taiwan
The Pretty Reckless

The Pretty Reckless is an American rock band from New York City. The band's lead singer is Taylor Momsen, who is also a rhythm guitarist. Mark Damon is the band's bassist, Jamie Perkins is the drummer and Ben Phillips is a guitarist, The band formed (began) in 2008. Their debut single, "Make Me Wanna Die" was release in late May and was #1 on the UK Rock Chart. Their first album Light Me Up is set to release on August 31, 2010. The band's influences come from grunge rock such as Nirvana, Soundgarden and Courtney Love who fronted the rock band Hole. Other important influences are Joan Jett and Cherie Currie from The Runaways.
Original Songs by The Pretty Reckless:
My Medicine
Since You're Gone
Make Me Wanna Die
Light Me Up
Just Tonight
Miss Nothing
Goin' Down
Nothing Left To Lose
Factory Girl
You
Far From Never
Haven knows
Going to hell
Everybody Wants Something From Me
Zombie
Hit Me Like A Man
Under The Water
Cold Blooded
A.D.D.
Blender
Blonde Rebellion
He Loves You
Heart
Panic
Sleeze Sister
Superhero
Shut Up Slut
Void And Null
Bleeding
Chaotic Sanity
Ugly People
Where Did Jesus Go?
We're All In Love
American rock bands
Post-grunge bands
Musical groups from New York City
1366

Events
Thomas Fraser obtains lands in Aberdeenshire, upon which he starts the building of a towerhouse that would later be known as Muchalls Castle.
Henry II deposes his half-brother, Pedro of Castile, to become King of Castile.
Muhammed V builds the Granada Hospital in the Granada (in present-day Spain).
War continues between the Hindu Vijayanagar Empire and the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate in present-day southern India. Tens of thousands of civilians massacred by each side.
Dmitri Donskoi, ruler of Moscow & Vladimir, makes peace with Dmitri Konstantinovich, former ruler of Vladimir.
Abu Faris Abdul Aziz succeeds assassinated Abu Zayyan as Sultan of the Marinid Empire in Morocco.
Foundation of the Stella Artois brewery in present-day Belgium.
Births
March 22 - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)
July 11 - Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II of England (died 1394)
Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan, English noblewoman (died 1425)
Miran Shah, governor of Azerbaijan (died 1408)
Deaths
January 25 - Henry Suso, German mystic
Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury
Petrus Torkilsson, Archbishop of Uppsala
Ming Yuzhen, founder of the rebel empire of Daxia
Castor oil plant

The castor oil plant (Ricinus communis), is a plant species of the Euphorbiaceae, the sole member of the genus Ricinus and of the subtribe Ricininae. Its seed is the castor bean which is not a true bean. The castor oil plant is used as an ornamental plant in gardens and to create Castor oil. Its oil is used in the chemical industry, e.g. for polyurethane, for adhesives, dyes and lubricants. As a drug, it can be used as a laxative.
Euphorbiaceae
Charquemont

Charquemont is a commune. It is in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte in the Doubs department in east France.
References
Communes in Doubs
Colleagues (movie)

Colleagues () is a 1962 Soviet drama movie directed by Aleksey Sakharov. It stars Vasily Livanov, Vasily Lanovoy, and Oleg Anofriyev.
Actors
Vasily Livanov as Sasha Zelenin
Vasily Lanovoy as Aleksey Maksimov
Oleg Anofriyev as Vladka Karpov
Nina Shatskaya as Inna
Tamara Syomina as Dasha Guryanova
Rostislav Plyatt as Dampfer
References
Other websites
Soviet movies
1962 movies
Soviet drama movies
Mario Maurer

Mario Maurer (, , born December 4, 1988) is a Thai model and actor. He started modeling at age 16. He got fame for his acting in the 2007 film, The Love of Siam and the 2010 sleeper hit, First Love. He was the lead star of Thailand's highest grossing movie of all time.
Personal life
Maurer's interests include skateboarding, hip-hop, and cars. He is of Thai Chinese and German descent. He cannot speak German. He only understands some Mandarin. He is a native speaker of Thai. He speaks English well. He converted to Roman Catholicism from Buddhism. On June 27, 2011, his father Roland died of a heart attack resulting from diabetes. He is close to his older brother. His brother is a hip-hop artist and actor. He was in a relationship with actress Gubgib Sumontip. They ended their nine year relationship in January 2013.
References
1988 births
Living people
Models
Mario Maurer
Mario Maurer
Head teacher

A head teacher (also called a school principal, or headmaster/headmistress) is the teacher in charge of a school. He or she is the school's leader and administrator.
In the past, the headmaster or headmistress of a British private school was often the owner of the school or a member of the family who owned it, and the position often remained in the family for many generations.
Education occupations
Tony Snell

Tony Rena Snell, Jr. (born November 10, 1991 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player. He plays for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
References
Other websites
NBA.com Profile
1991 births
Living people
American basketball players
Chicago Bulls players
Sportspeople from Los Angeles
Nässjö

Nassjo is a town in the county of Jonkoping in Sweden. It is the seat of Nassjo Municipality.
The town is a famous railway junction.
References
Other websites
Settlements in Jonkoping County
Kōfu

is the capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan.
It has been recognized as a special city since 2000.
History
Kofu's name means "capital of Kai Province". During the Sengoku period, it was the stronghold of Takeda Shingen.
Special places
Kai-Zenko temple
Maizuru Castle Park
Takeda Shrine
Yumura Spa
Yamanashi Science Museum
People from Kofu
Hidetoshi Nakata, football player who last played with Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League. He retired following World Cup 2006.
Naoko Takeuchi, Creator of Sailor Moon and other comics.
Sports
A J-League football team, Ventforet Kofu is based in Kofu. Their home ground is the Kose Sports Stadium.
Sister cities
Cheongju, South Korea
Chengdu, China
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Lodi, California, USA
Pau, France, France
Yamatokoriyama, Nara, Japan
References
Other websites
Kofu official website - Japanese
Yamanashi International Association - English
Cities in Japan
Settlements in Yamanashi Prefecture
Belgium at the Olympics

Belgium has been in most Olympic Games.
The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Belgium is BEL.
History
Athletes from Belgium competed for the first time was at the 1900 Games. The nation was host to the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. Belgian athletes have won 142 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another five at the Winter Olympic Games.
The National Olympic Committee for Belgium was formed and recognized in 1906.
List of medalists
Summer Olympics
Winter Olympics
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by Winter Games
Medals by sport
Related pages
List of IOC country codes
References
Other websites
Belgium profile at London2012.com
Belgium at Olympic.org
Nations at the Olympics
Olympics
Doug Sax

Doug Lionel Sax (April 26, 1936 - April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He helped create three of The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six of Pink Floyd's albums, including The Wall; Ray Charles' multiple-Grammy winner Genius Loves Company in 2004, and Bob Dylan's 36th studio album Shadows in the Night in 2015.
Sax died on April 2, 2015, at the age of 78 from cancer in Los Angeles.
References
Other websites
1936 births
2015 deaths
Engineers from California
Cancer deaths in Los Angeles
Grammy Award winners
People from Los Angeles
Driver's license

A driver's license, driver license, driver licence, or driving licence is an official document which states that a person may drive a motorized vehicle, such as a motorcycle, car, truck, or a bus.
History
In 1888, Karl Benz, the inventor of the modern car, got a written "Genehmigung" (permit) from Grand Ducal authorities to use his car on public roads because people would complain about the noise and smell of his Motorwagen. Up until the start of the 20th century, European authorities would give permits like these to drive vehicles if they needed to. Sometimes, they just did not.
Laws controlling driver's licenses
Different countries have different laws as to whether or not a person can have a driver's license. In some places, a person must pass a driving test before he or she is given a driver's license, while in other places, a driving license is given before the person starts driving.
In Victoria, Australia (for example), to get a driving licence a person must:
be at least 18 years old
live in Victoria
pass an eye test
pass a Hazard Perception Test (done on a computer)
pass a practical Driving Test to show they can drive safely, control the car, follow road rules, and cooperate with other road users.
There are payments to be given to do the driving tests, and if successful, there are more fees to be paid for the licence. Many people get a learner's permit before getting a license. The first licence may be a Provisional Licence, which has certain limitations on what a driver can do. After four years, the driver will qualify for a full, minimum licence. If the partaker is under-aged, but passed the leaner's permit, they would have to wait 8 months to get a professional driver's license.
Origin
In 1901, California laws authorized all cities and counties to give licenses for bicycles, tricycles, automobiles, horse carriages, and similar wheeled vehicles.
References
Road transport law
Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Julie Nixon Eisenhower (born July 5, 1948) in Washington, D.C. is the youngest daughter of former President of the United States Richard Nixon and former First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon. She married David Eisenhower, grandson of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1968. She is the younger sister of Tricia Nixon Cox.
The Eisenhowers have two daughters and one son:
Jennie Eisenhower (born 1978) - an actress
Alexander Richard (born 1980)
Melanie Catherine (born 1984)
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Children of Presidents of the United States
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1948 births
People from Washington, D.C.
Michael Roark

Michael Sean Roark (born May 9, 1983) is an American actor and lawyer.
Filmography
Film
Nightmares from the Mind of Poe (2006) - Richard
Retrospective (2011) - Ronnie Meridian
Party Girl (2011) - Party guest
Psyche (2011) - Devlin
Privileged (2011) - Bodyguard 2
Dolphin Tale (2011) - Donovan Peck
Thursday (2012) - Chase
Magic Mike (2012) - Ryan
Bennett's War (2019) - Marshall Bennet
Roped (2020) - Vince Lockwood
TV shows
Drop Dead Diva (2010) - Joe Bray
The Glades (2010) - Justin Brussard
The Vampire Diaries (2010 ~ 2011) - Cowboy/Frank
The Following (2012) - Detective Warren
Magic City (2012) - Young Attorney
'' Beauty and the Beast -Kyle Johnson
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Living people
1983 births
American stage actors
American movie actors
American television actors
Lawyers from Illinois
Actors from Illinois
Pierre Nanterme

Pierre Nanterme (7 September 1959 - 31 January 2019) was a French business executive. He was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Accenture.
Nanterme was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016. Nanterme died on 31 January 2019 at the age of 59.
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1959 births
2019 deaths
Deaths from colorectal cancer
French businesspeople
Parsberg

Parsberg is a town in Neumarkt in Bavaria, Germany. It is 23 km southeast of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, and 33 km northwest of Regensburg, next to the A3 autobahn, the main route from Nuremberg to Regensburg (and then on into Austria). It was formerly the seat of the Counts of Parsberg, whose coat of arms is now used by the town.
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History of Parsberg (pdf in German)
History of the Coat of Arms of Parsberg
Neumarkt (district)
Municipalities in Bavaria
Benjamin Morrell

Benjamin Morrell, (July 5, 1795 - 1839) was an American sea captain, navigator and explorer.
Between 1821 and 1823, he made four important trips, especially in the Southern Ocean, the Pacific Islands and the eastern shores of the Americas.
He wrote a memoir about his travels titled "A Narrative of Four Voyages" and, following the information provided, earned a bad reputation as a liar, because it contained inaccuracies and also contained a somewhat fanciful way of exposing their experiences.
1795 births
1839 deaths
People from New York (state)
American explorers
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (15 April 1793 - 23 November 1864 (Julian calendar: 11 November)) was a German-born Russian astronomer. He was born in Altona (now an area of Hamburg), Germany, but later lived in Russia. He was an expert on double stars and one of the first astronomers to measure stellar parallax (closely related to the work by Friedrich Bessel).
While director of Dorpat Observatory (1817-39) he wrote Stellarum Duplicum et Multiplicum (1837), which proved that double stars are not exceptional and that star systems are governed by the laws of gravity. Struve added a lot to the study of galactic structure and also engaged in notable geodetic operations such as the triangulation of Livonia and the measurement of an arc of the meridian. In 1839 he became director of the new Pulkovo Observatory and was one of the first three astronomers who almost simultaneously obtained an approximate stellar parallax. (One of the others being Bessel)
In 1822 he published the first of many double-star catalogues, the identifying numbers of which are still used today. Struve's stars, however, are now often named in his honor (for example, Struve 2398), whereas the original catalogue prefix was the Greek letter sigma. In 1833 he moved to Russia to set up the Pulkovo Observatory near St. Petersburg, of which he was director until his retirement in 1862, when his son took over in the post. In total, Friedrich Struve produced 272 astronomical works and 18 children; his great-grandson Otto, by contrast, produced 907 works but zero children.
His son, Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819-1905) succeeded him as director (1862-89) of the Pulkovo Observatory.
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1793 births
1864 deaths
Russian astronomers
Kalash religion

The Kalash or Kalasha, are an ethnic group found in the Hindu Kush mountain range in the Chitral district of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The total population of Kalash religious people ranges from 40,000 to 50,000. The culture of Kalash people is unique and differs drastically from the various ethnic groups surrounding them. They are polytheists and nature plays a highly significant and spiritual role in their daily life. As part of their religious tradition, sacrifices are offered and festivals held to give thanks for the abundant resources of their three valleys. Kalash mythology and folklore has been compared to that of ancient Greece, but they are much closer to Indo-Iranian (Vedic and pre-Zoroastrian) traditions.
The Kalasha observe many festivals in a year, their major festivals are:
Joshi, celebrated in May to welcome the spring
Uchaw, observed in late August to ensure good crops of wheat
Pul/Poh, observed September, only in the Birir Valley
Chaumos, observed in December for more than two weeks, it is the grand festival of the Kalasha tribe and it is celebrated to welcome New Year
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Asian culture
Romaine lettuce

Romaine or cos lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. var. longifolia) is a type of lettuce. It is green in colour and its flavour is similar to other varieties of lettuce. It is one of the few types of lettuces that can be fed to iguanas.
Leaf vegetables
Asteraceae
Nuptial pad

A nuptial pad (also known as thumb pad, or nuptial excrescence) is a thick piece of flesh on the front feet of some frogs and salamanders. Only adult male animals have this pad.
The nuptial pad is a gland. It is a secondary sex characteristic. The male animals use the nuptual pad to hold on to females when they mate, but it does not make or move sperm itself. Some animals use their nuptial pads to fight each other.
Historical background
Austrian biologist Paul Kammerer looked at midwife toads' nuptial pads. He believed in Lamarckian evolution. This means he thought that the male frogs' pads got bigger in their own lifetimes, and then they passed the big pads on to their young after that. But this is not how evolution truly works.
Examples
Many amphibian species grow nuptial pads for mating. For example, the rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) does.
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Reproductive system
Amphibians
Pioneer movement

Pioneer movements are movements for children and adolescents. They were founded in countries where there is a Communist party. Many of the ideas are taken from the scout movement.
In most communist countries, people can choose if they want to be members of the pioneer movement or not. There are many differences between a pioneer movement, and the scout movement. Scout movements are independent of governments. They are also not controlled by the state. For example, there were no separate organizations for boys and girls. During the time of the USSR, thousands of Young Pioneer camps and Young Pioneer Palaces were built. These could only be used by Young Pioneers. The camps and palaces were also free of charge, it did not cost any money to use them. The government and trade unions sponsored them. There were many newspapers and magazines published for Young Pioneers. Some sold millions of copies.
Certain features, however, are similar to the Scout movement. The two movements share some principles like preparedness and promotion of sports and outdoor skills. The pioneer movement also includes teaching of communist principles. Opponents of Communist states claim that this is a form of indoctrination.
A member of the movement is known as a pioneer, and a scarf - typically red, but sometimes light blue - is the traditional item of clothing worn by a pioneer. The pioneer organization is often named after a famous party member that is considered a suitable role model for young communists.
In the USSR it was Lenin; in East Germany, it was Ernst Thalmann. The Thalmann pioneers were taught the slogan "Ernst Thalmann is my role model. We wear our red scarf with pride."Albania, which had severed diplomatic relations with the USSR since 1961, also had a certain variant of Pioneer organization, called Pioneers of Enver, named after the communist ruler of Albania, Enver Hoxha.
Today, the following countries have pioneer movements:
Belarus (Belarusian Republican Pioneer Organization)
Belgium (Pioneers of the Workers Party of Belgium)
People's Republic of China (Young Pioneers of China)
Cuba (Jose Marti Pioneer Organization) Established in 1961; in 2001 it was elected to the Global 500 Roll of Honour of the United Nations Environment Programme for its environmental activities.
Cyprus (EDON)
Finland (Democratic Union of Finnish Pioneers)
The Czech Republic - Nowadays Pionyr is a non-political organisation organizing leisure time for children, part of the IFM-SEI.
North Korea (Young Pioneer Corps)
Russia
Spain (Pioneers of the Communist Party of the Basque Homelands)
Tajikistan (King Somoni Inheritance)
Syria (Baath Party Pioneers)
Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneers, established on May 15, 1941)
Older children could continue in other communist organizations, but that would typically be done only by a limited number of people.
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Pioneers (Belgium)
Rules of Thalmann Pioneers (GDR)
Young Pioneers (People's Republic of China)
Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (Vietnam)
Communism
Youth organizations
Charles Alexander Shaw

Charles Alexander Shaw (December 31, 1944 - April 12, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He was nominated to the court by Bill Clinton. Shaw was born in Jackson, Tennessee.
Shaw died on April 12, 2020 in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 75.
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Politicians from St. Louis, Missouri
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Lead carbonate

Lead carbonate is a compound composed of lead and carbonate ions. It contains lead in the +2 oxidation state. It is made by mixing lead(II) acetate and carbon dioxide. It does not dissolve in water. It is poisonous because it has lead in it. It produces lead(II) oxide when heated.
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Lead(IV) oxide
Lead nitrate
Lead
Lead compounds
Carbonates
Chester-le-Street

Chester-le-Street is an ancient town in the northeast of England. It is in County Durham. Where it stands was a Roman fort called Concangis. This is the 'Chester' (from the Latin castra) of the town's name. 'Street' refers to the paved Roman road that ran north-south through the town. It is now called Front Street (shown at right).
Chester-le-Street is south of Newcastle upon Tyne and west of Sunderland. It is on the River Wear.
Church
The parish church of St Mary and St Cuthbert is where the body of St Cuthbert lay for 112 years. Then it was taken to Durham Cathedral. The church is the site of the first translation of the Gospels into English. There Aldred wrote the Old English gloss between the lines of the Lindisfarne Gospels.
Markets
This place is a market town. Markets are held on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Until 2009 the town had its own local government district. The status of the town has been changed several times by local government regulations. The changes were controversial at the time.
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Paul J. Crutzen

Paul Jozef Crutzen (; 3 December 1933 - 28 January 2021) was a Dutch atmospheric chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995. He was known for work on the ozone layer and climate change.
Crutzen died on 28 January 2021 at the age of 87.
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2021 deaths
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Haruki Nakamura

Haruki Robert Nakamura (born April 18, 1986 in Elyria, Ohio) is an Japanese-American former professional football safety. He play for 5 years in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Baltimore Ravens and Carolina Panthers. Nakamura was drafted out of the University of Cincinnati by the Baltimore Ravens with the 206th pick in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft and played with them from 2008 to 2011. His mother Karen was a fourth degree black belt and his father Ryozo was an eighth degree black belt. Nakamura has two brothers named Mako and Yoshi and a sister named Kimi.
On March 16, 2012, Nakamura signed a three-year contract with the Carolina Panthers. In August 2013, Nakamura suffered a concussion during a preseason game and was forced to retire afterwards. He tried to apply for the Player Retirement Plan from the NFL but was denied. Nakamura sued the insurer Lloyd's of London for damages.
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Haruki Nakamura at nfl.com
1986 births
Living people
American football safeties
Sportspeople from Ohio
Baltimore Ravens players
Carolina Panthers players
Hubbard, Ohio

Hubbard is a city in the U.S state of Ohio.
Cities in Ohio
Barnacle

A barnacle is a cirripede, a kind of crustacean. It is covered with hard plates of calcium carbonate, and lives stuck to hard surfaces.
It does not look like a crustacean, and for many centuries it was thought to be a mollusc. In the 1830s, J.V. Thompson found their larvae, and followed their development through to their adult form. They have a nauplius larva, typical of crustaeans. Later Charles Darwin, who spent eight years working on barnacles, found that Thompson had been right.
Barnacles grow on hard surfaces like piers, boats, rocks, and on other animals such as turtles and whales. Barnacles are a different group from crabs and shrimps. They are considered a nuisance to the shipping industry and private boat owners.
Life-style
Barnacles are suspension feeders, sweeping small food into their mouth with their curved 'feet'. They are cemented to rock (usually), and covered with hard calcareous plates, which they shut firmly when the tide goes out. The barnacles reproduce sexually, and produce little nauplius larvae which disperse in the plankton. Eventually, the larvae change into cypris form, and attach on other hard surfaces to form new barnacles. Their comparative anatomy was worked out in detail by Charles Darwin.
Reproduction
Barnacles have the largest penis to body size ratio of the animal kingdom. A few forms have become fully parasitic on larger crustacea.
Barnacles are by far the commonest animals on rocky sea shores. Their numbers on a shore in the Isle of Man have been estimated as a thousand million (109), and they produce body material of 12 hundrededweight (~600 kg) of tissue, weighed after drying. Each year they let go a huge number of larvae, estimated as a million million (1012).p110
Darwin's work
Darwin set his work out in four parts: There were the barnacles on stalks (pedunculated), and those that sat on hard substrate (the sessile barnacles). Each of these was divided into living and fossil barnacles.
1851: A Monograph of the Sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Lepadidae; or, Pedunculated Cirripedes. Living barnacles.
1851: A Monograph on the Fossil Lepadidae, or, Pedunculated Cirripedes of Great Britain. Fossil barnacles.
1854: A Monograph of the Sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Balanidae (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidae, etc.
1854: A Monograph on the Fossil Balanidae and Verrucidae of Great Britain
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Bolognese (dog)

The Bolognese is a small Italian dog breed that owes its name to the city of Bologna. The Bolognese is a Toy dog with a delicate and fine build, a popular and adaptable companion and family dog, very adventurous. He has curly coat that is pure white in color.
Bologneserspitz (extinct)
The Bologneserspitz was a German breed Toy dog, mixed of Pommeranian and Bolognese dog.
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Südoststeiermark District

Sudoststeiermark is a district in Styria, Austria. It was formed on January 1, 2013. This was through a merger of the former Radkersburg District and Feldbach District.
Municipalities
Since 2015, the district has the following 26 municipalities:
Bad Gleichenberg
Bad Radkersburg
Deutsch Goritz
Edelsbach bei Feldbach
Eichkogl
Fehring
Feldbach
Gnas
Halbenrain
Jagerberg
Kapfenstein
Kirchbach-Zerlach
Kirchberg an der Raab
Kloch
Mettersdorf am Sassbach
Mureck
Murfeld
Paldau
Pirching am Traubenberg
Riegersburg
Sankt Anna am Aigen
Sankt Peter am Ottersbach
Sankt Stefan im Rosental
Straden
Tieschen
Unterlamm
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Districts of Styria
2013 establishments in Austria
Univision

Univision is one of the largest Hispanic television channels in the United States.
It was founded by the largest media company in Mexico (now known as Grupo Televisa) as a means to spread Spanish programming in the United States. Univision has grown to be the largest Spanish-language media outlet in the U.S. Its daily news program Noticiero Univision, co-anchored by Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas, has in several occasions outdone (in number of ratings) major English-language network evening news programming such as CBS, NBC, and ABC's World News Tonight.
Univision and Telemundo USA have been competing for the top spot among Hispanic viewers for many years, often imitating each other's programming.
Univision headquarters are based in Los Angeles, although much of its programming is filmed in Miami. Among its shows are El Show De Cristina (talkshow hosted by Cristina Saralegui), Don Francisco's Sabado Gigante, Despierta America (morning show), Primer Impacto (newsmagazine), Aqui y Ahora (premier investigative nightly newsmagazine), and Noticiero Univision (news program conducted by Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas).
In 2013, Univision and ABC News announced that they were to become partners and will form a new channel called Fusion. Fusion will show English news for Hispanic audiences. The channel began broadcasting on October 28, 2013.
Other websites and sources
Official viewer website, in Spanish
Official corporate website , in English
Univision , from the Museum of Broadcast Communications website
Univision Blows Competition Away with Explosive February Sweep Results , a March 2005 press release
Companies based in California
Minnie's Bow-Toons

Minnie's Bow-Toons is an American animated children's television series. The series aired from 2011 to 2016 on Disney Junior. It is a spin-off from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
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2010s American animated television series
2020s American animated television series
American children's television series
Resurrection (1960 movie)

Resurrection () is a 1960 Soviet drama movie directed by Mikhail Shveitser. It stars Tamara Syomina, Yevgeny Matveyev, and Pavel Massalsky.
Actors
Tamara Syomina as Katyusha Maslova
Yevgeny Matveyev as Prince Nekhludov
Pavel Massalsky as Presiding Judge
Viktor Kulakov as Member of the Court
Vasili Bokarev as Member of the Court
Lev Zolotukhin as Prosecutor
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Soviet movies
1960 movies
Soviet drama movies
Candiolo

Candiolo is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont.
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Settlements in Piedmont