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Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2017

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2017 was a bill passed by Senate of Pakistan to recognize transgender rights, now they can register with government offices as transgenders.
References
Law of Pakistan
2010s in Pakistan
2017 in Asia
Lara Fabian

Lara Fabian (born January 9, 1970) is a Belgian singer. She has sold more than twenty million records worldwide. She sings in French, Spanish, English and other languages.
Fabian was born in Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium to a Sicilian mother and Belgian father.
References
1970 births
Living people
People from Brussels-Capital Region
Canadian singers
Musicians from Brussels
Alexandra Zharkimbayeva

Alexandra Zharkimbayeva (nee Turova, born 31 July 1990) is a Kazakhstani female water polo goalkeeper. She competed for the Kazakhstan women's national water polo team in the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, 2019 World Aquatics Championships, and 2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League.
References
Other websites
Zharkimbayeva Alexandra, Zimbio
1990 births
Living people
Kazakhstani water polo players
Sagolsem

Sagolsem is a Meetei Manipuri surname or family name which has Indian origin. People of this family mainly inhabit in Manipur, India.
References
Meitei surnames
Youth (Shawn Mendes song)

"Youth" is a 2018 song by Shawn Mendes featuring Khalid. It is the third single from his third studio album Shawn Mendes. It went to number 35 in the United Kingdom and Scotland, number 65 in the United States, number 22 in New Zealand and Canada, number 18 in Malaysia, Norway and Austria, number 14 in Denmark, number 19 in Switzerland and Australia, number 15 in Hungary and number 10 in Portugal.
Track listing
Digital download
"Youth" - 3:09
Digital download - acoustic
"Youth" - 3:09
References
2018 songs
2010s ballads
Pop ballads
Shawn Mendes songs
Khalid (singer) songs
Goring-on-Thames

Goring-on-Thames is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire.
Villages in Oxfordshire
Civil parishes in Oxfordshire
Cinderella

"Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper" is a fairy tale by Charles Perrault. It was first published anonymously in Paris in 1697 in Histoires ou contes du temps passe (), a collection of eight fairy tales by Perrault.
The story is about a girl who who was treated badly. Her fairy godmother helps her travel to a dancing party in a pumpkin coach. She leaves the ball at midnight and loses her glass slipper. A prince, who has fallen in love with her, finds her lost slipper and uses it later to find her.
Similar European tales are found in Bonaventure des Periers's New Recreations and Joyous Games (1558) and Giambattista Basile's Pentamerone (1634-6). The Brothers Grimm included their version, "Aschenputtel", in Children's and Household Tales (1812). Tales similar to "Cinderella" exist in Chinese, Indian, African, Javanese, Australian, and Japanese literature and folklore. The tale has been adapted to the stage, movies, television, and other media.
Story
A widower marries a very proud woman. She already has two daughters. They despise the man's daughter by his first marriage, but she is gentle and beautiful, They treat her meanly. She is told to do all the housework and sleeps in the attic. Cinderella's step-mother gave her that name because she sits in the chimney corner.
A prince gives a ball and all the high-status ladies are invited. Cinderella's stepsisters go to the ball. Cinderella stays at home crying. Her fairy godmother appears and changes a pumpkin into a golden coach to take Cinderella to the ball. The fairy turns mice, lizards, and a rat into horses and coachmen by waving her wand. She gives Cinderella a gown of gold and silver and slippers made of glass. She orders Cinderella to return home by midnight because that's when the charm ends. Cinderella goes to the ball. Everyone is amazed. The prince gives her special attention. Her stepsisters do not recognize her. She leaves at midnight and returns home. The next evening she goes again to the prince's ball. She forgets the time and leaves just at midnight, but loses one of her glass slippers. At home, Cinderella's gown turns to rags, but the other glass slipper continues to be a glass slipper. .
The stepsisters tell her that the prince is in love with an unknown beautiful lady. The prince orders the slipper to be tried on all the ladies in the land. He will marry only the girl whose foot will fit the slipper. The stepsisters try it on but it does not fit. Cinderella tries it on and it fits. She pulls the other slipper from her pocket and puts it on. The Godmother appears and touches Cinderella's clothes with her wand. They change into a gown more beautiful than the one she wore to the ball. A few days later, the prince marries her. She forgives her stepsisters for their past meanness and finds husbands for them at the court.
References
Betts, Christopher. 2009. The Complete Fairy Tales. Oxford UP.
Opie, Iona and Peter. 1974. The Classic Fairy Tales. Oxford UP. .
Zipes, Jack (Ed.) 2000. The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Oxford UP.
Fairy tales
Works by Charles Perrault
Takashi Amano

Takashi Amano (born 13 April 1986) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Yokohama F. Marinos.
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References
Yokohama F. Marinos
1986 births
Living people
Footballers from Kanagawa Prefecture
Baubau

Baubau is a city in Southeast Sulawesi province, Indonesia. The population of the city was 136,991 in 2010.
References
Cities in Indonesia
Sulawesi
Pope Innocent XI

Pope Innocent XI (; 16 May 1611 - 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was an Italian cleric of the Roman Catholic Church and the 240th Pope from 1676 to 1689.
Early life
Benedetto Odescalchi was born at Como in 1611. He was the son of a Como nobleman, Livio Odescalchi
Cardinal
In 1645, Pope Innocent X raised Odescalchi to the rank of cardinal.
Bishop
In 1650, Odescalchi became Bishop of Novara.
Pope
Cardinal Odescalchi was elected pope on 21 September 1676; and he chose to be called Innocent XI.
Pope Innocent was involved in Italian and European political disputes, chiefly with Louis XIV of France
In December 1688, Innocent received the diplomatic mission sent to the Vatican by Narai, the King of Siam.
After his death
After Innocent XI in 1689, he was buried in St. Peter's Basilica.
The process of canonization was begun in 1714 and suspended in 1744. Pope Pius XII announced his beatification in 1956.
Related pages
List of popes
References
Other websites
Catholic Hierarchy, Pope Innocent XI
Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Odescalchi
Video footage showing the beatification of Pope Innocent XI
Italian popes
1611 births
1689 deaths
Beatified people
People from Como
Iga Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshu. It was sometimes called .
The province had borders with Ise, Omi, Yamato, and Yamashiro.
The capital city of the province was Ueno, also called Iga-Ueno.
History
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Iga Province were reformed in the 1870s.
Geography
Iga is a small mountain ringed basin (the Ueno basin) in the center of the Kansai region.
Shrines and Temples
Aekuni jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Iga.
Related pages
Provinces of Japan
Prefectures of Japan
List of regions of Japan
List of islands of Japan
References
Other websites
Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903
Former provinces of Japan
Mie Prefecture
Hans Spemann

Hans Spemann (27 June 1869 - 9 September 1941) was a German doctor. He won the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his discovery of the 'organizer effect' in embryonic development
References
1869 births
1941 deaths
German doctors
German Nobel Prize winners
Samuel de Champlain

Samuel 'Hunterry' de Champlain (c. 1567 - 25 December 1635) was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He is called "The Father of New France". He founded Quebec City on July 3, 1608.
In 1609 he came to Lake Champlain, which is named for him. He married Helene Boulle when he was 43 and she was 12. Their marriage contract required them to wait two years until she had reached the age of consent before the marriage could be consummated.
References
1560s births
1635 deaths
French explorers
People from Quebec City
French ethnologists
Porta di Prada

Porta di Prada is a mountain in the province of Lecco, Lombardy, northern Italy, particularly in the territory area of the village of Lierna and Mandello del Lario, on Grigna settentrionale, near the Refuge Bietti Buzzi (Lake Como).
The Prada door is present in the background of the Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci, with a view of Lierna, Olcio and Menaggio.
The peak reaches 1,626 metres in altitude.
Related pages
Lierna
Lake Como
Sentiero di Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci
Virgin of the Rocks
Other websites
video of Porta di Prada
Como
Trails of Italy
Lierna
Cessna

Cessna is a company that makes airplanes. They are in Wichita, Kansas in the United States. They make small aircraft that can hold 2 to 4 people.
Cessna aircraft
Cessna 172
Cessna 152
Cessna 182
Other websites
Cessna website
American aircraft companies
Wichita, Kansas
Raging Bull

Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama movie directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir Raging Bull: My Story. The movie, distributed by United Artists, stars Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, an Italian-American middleweight boxer whose self-destructive and obsessive rage, sexual jealousy, and animalistic appetite destroyed his relationship with his wife and family. Also featured in the film are Joe Pesci as Joey, LaMotta's well-intentioned brother and manager who tries to help Jake battle his inner demons, and Cathy Moriarty as his wife. Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, and Frank Vincent all play supporting roles in the movie.
Scorsese was initially reluctant to develop the project, though he eventually came to relate to LaMotta's story. Schrader re-wrote Martin's first screenplay, and Scorsese and De Niro together made uncredited contributions thereafter. Pesci was an unknown actor prior to the film, as was Moriarty, who was suggested for her role by Pesci. During the filming, each of the boxing scenes was choreographed for a specific visual style and De Niro gained approximately 60 pounds (27 kg) to portray LaMotta in his later post-boxing years. Scorsese was exacting in the process of editing and mixing the movie, expecting it to be his last major feature.
Raging Bull premiered in New York on November 14, 1980, and was released in theaters on December 19, 1980. The movie had a lukewarm box office of $23.4 million against its $18 million budget. The movie received mixed reviews upon its release; while De Niro's performance and the editing were widely acclaimed, it garnered criticism due to its violent content. Despite the mixed reviews, the movie was nominated for eight Academy Awards at the 53rd Academy Awards (tying with The Elephant Man as the most nominated movie of the ceremony), including Best Picture and Best Director, and won two: Best Actor for De Niro (his second Oscar) and Best Editing.
After its release, Raging Bull went on to garner a high critical reputation, and is now often considered Scorsese's magnum opus and one of the greatest movies ever made. In 1990, it became the first movie to be selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in its first year of eligibility.
References
Other websites
1980 drama movies
1980s biographical movies
1980s sports movies
American biographical movies
American drama movies
American sports movies
English-language movies
Sports drama movies
Movies directed by Martin Scorsese
Software development

Software development is the process of creating a computer software. It includes the software release life cycle of preparing a design, coding the program, and fixing the bugs. The final goal is software release of a product that serves the wishes of users.
Software product is usually a result of research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities.
There are 3 main goals of software development:
to meet specific needs of a specific client/business;
to meet a need of some set of potential users;
for personal use.
Process
A software development process (model, methodology) is a system that is used to structure, plan, and control the process of developing information systems. Each model is defferent, more or less structured and is considered to be suitable to only some kinds of projects.
There are several stages of software development:
Analyzing the problem
Market research
Gathering requirements for the proposed software
Devising a plan or design for the software
Implementation (coding) of the software
Testing the software
Deployment
Maintenance and bug fixing
Activities
Understanding the need
There are different sources of ideas for software products like market research. The next step is market evaluation. It includes a check of cost and time assumptions, economic feasibility, fit with existing channels distribution, effects on existing product lines, required features, fit with the company's marketing objectives.
This process is also connected with non-technical activities like human resources, risk management, intellectual property, budgeting, crisis management, etc.
Planning
An important task in creating a software program is understanding the requirements. The software engineers must accept the client's idea and adapt it to the working process.
Designing
After establishing the requirements, the engineers start creating a software design document. Design of the software means the high-level design of the main modules with a full picture of how the parts fit together. The language, operating system, and hardware components should be clear at this stage.
Implementation, testing and documenting
There are 3 next processes which are combined:
implementation -- programming the code for the project.
testing -- looking for defects
documenting -- making documents of the inner design of software, API can be also included
Deployment and maintenance
The deployment includes installation, customization, testing, and possibly a longer period of evaluation.
Software training and support are important because software is only effective if it is used rightly.
Maintaining and improving software is the stage to cope with new faults or requirements, it usually takes a lot of time and effort.
References
Other websites
Software Development Magazine
Software
Bolt action

A bolt action gun has a breech (back part of the barrel) that is opened and closed by hand with a small handle. They can only be fired once before the breech must be opened for a new round to enter the chamber, where it can then be fired from. Many older sniper rifles, as well as many hunting rifles today, work in this way.
When the bolt is opened, the first cartridge in the gun is loaded. After firing the gun, opening the bolt takes out the empty cartridge, and closing the bolt puts in a new one. Bolt action rifles are usually the most accurate type of small arms, leading them to be used widely as marksman rifles. The rifle won't cycle a round without the shooter doing it manually, causing less movement of parts and gases while the round is being fired. This improves accuracy, but also increases recoil compared to automatic rifles of the same caliber.
Despite being significantly slower to fire than lever-action rifles, which were invented around the same time, militaries across the world chose to replace their muzzleloader muskets with bolt action guns rather than lever action ones, because bolt action rifles are loaded over the barrel. This allows easier loading by a shooter lying on the ground, without affecting aim. With lever action guns, on the other hand, the ground is in the way of loading downwards, and to load the gun would mean to throw off the shooter's aim since the gun must be turned sideways.
Famous bolt action rifles include the Springfield M1903, the G98, the Lee-Enfield, and the Mosin-Nagant.
Firearms
Province of Carolina

The Province of Carolina was a British colony in North America from 1663 to 1729. It covered the present states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and a part of Florida. An argument over how the it would be governed led to its becoming the Province of North Carolina and the Province of South Carolina. Officially, these two provinces did not become separate colonies until 1729.
1660s establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
History of North Carolina
18th century in South Carolina
1663 establishments
18th-century disestablishments in the United States
History of Georgia (U.S. state)
History of Florida
1729 disestablishments
1660s establishments in England
18th-century disestablishments in Europe
Former colonies in North America
Corumbá

Corumba is a Brazilian city of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. It has about 120,000 inhabitants and an area of 64.960,86 km2.
Cities in Mato Grosso do Sul
Fred Zinnemann

Alfred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 - March 14, 1997) was an Austrian Empire-born American movie director and producer. He won four Academy Awards for directing and producing movies. He also won a BAFTA Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
His best known movies were The Search (1947), The Men (1950), High Noon (1952), From Here to Eternity (1953), Oklahoma! (1955), The Nun's Story (1959), A Man For All Seasons (1966), The Day of the Jackal (1973), and Julia (1977). His movies have received 65 Oscar nominations, winning 24.
His parents were Austrian Jews. He graduated with a law degree from the University of Vienna in 1927. He later studied at Ecole Technique de Photographie et Cinematographie in Paris to become a cameraman. Both of his parents were killed during the Holocaust.
Zinnemann died of a heart attack in London, England on March 14, 1997 almost one month before his 90th birthday.
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1907 births
1997 deaths
Academy Award winning directors
Golden Globe Award winning directors
BAFTA Award winning directors
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Austrian movie directors
Austrian movie producers
Austrian Jews
American cinematographers
Movie directors from Los Angeles
Movie producers from Los Angeles
American Jews
International Institute of Hotel Management

International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) is a chain of hospitality and hotel management schools. It was founded in 1994 at Kolkata, India. IIHM has campus sites at Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and in Bangkok, Thailand. The school offers a Bachelor's degree in International Hospitality Management. A large number of students study at these campuses. Students also may complete their degree at Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh or the University of West London, in London.
References
Colleges and universities in India
1994 establishments in Asia
1990s establishments in India
Reit im Winkl

Reit im Winkl is a small village (locally known as a snow-magnet ) on the German/Austrian border in the southeastern part of Bavaria, Germany in Traunstein. It is south of Chiemsee and southwest of Ruhpolding - home of the Biathlon World Cup - in the Bavarian Alps and facing towards Tyrol. The village is next to the Austrian states Tyrol and Salzburg. Kossen in Tyrol is the next village on the river Lofer, before it joins the convergence of the river Tiroler Achen.
References
Other websites
Reit im Winkl
Winklmoos Alm
Ruhpolding Biathlon World Cup
Regional Bus Routes from Reit im Winkl
Taxi/Hire car/bus services in Reit im Winkl
Reit im Winkl Tourist Bureau Accommodation List of Hotels, Holiday Apartments, Youth Hostels, Pensions, Camping Grounds and Caravan Parks etc in one star to five star categories
Skischool and Snowboardschool Reit im Winkl
Ski Rentall Reit im Winkl
Guesthouse Bergstuberl
Traunstein (district)
Lainaotabi

Lainaotabi () or Leinaotabi () is a goddess in ancient Meitei mythology and religion. She is the youngest wife of God Thongalel of the underworld kingdom (). Thongalel sent her to be the wife of Poireiton, her brother-in-law. Lainaotabi gave birth to a son with Poireiton.
Her legend says she made the first clay pot.
She was worshipped by the people of Ashangbam clan.
Mythology
Journey from Underworld to human world
Lainaotabi was the youngest queen of King Thongaren () of the underworld kingdom (). Queen Laikhurembi was the first wife of the King. Poireiton, Thongalel's younger brother, was about to leave on a journey to Tai Pang Pan. The king asked Laikhurembi to go with Poireiton as his wife because Poireiton's own wife had died. However, Laikhurembi did not want to go. Trees had already been planted to honor her as the King's wife. So, instead of Laikhurembi, Lainaotabi was sent to accompany her brother in law Poireiton as a wife.
Love with a mortal prince
Lainaotabi (Leinaotabi) went with Poireiton, her brother-in-law, on a journey to earth. Later, she became separated from him. She was adopted by King Koupalu as his daughter. Afterwards, she came to be known as Koubarol Namoinu () alias Koubru Namoinu (). She fell in love with prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba of Luwang dynasty. She met the prince for the first time when he visited King Koupalu. She and prince Luwaoba married and led a happy life. God Thongalel did not want his own wife spending her days with another man. So, the thread of her life was cut short and her soul recalled. However, the Prince did not give up. He challenged God Thongalel to give back his wife's soul or to fight with him. He guarded the dead body of Koubru Namoinu without performing the funeral ceremony. Thongalel first sent his two younger brothers one by one for the fight. Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba defeated his two divine opponents. Finally, Thongalel himself appeared before him. But this time, the prince realised that he was no match for powerful God. So, he begged mercy and kindness to restore Koubru Namoinu's life so that the Luwang dynasty might have further generation. Thongalel felt pity on him. So, he granted the couple to live for another hundred years with marital pleasure. According to legends, Hongnem Luwang Punshiba was the son of Koubru Namoinu (Lainaotabi) and Nongban Pombi Luwaoba.
Pantheon and worship
The pantheon dedicated to goddess Lainaotabi (Leinaotabi) was mainly maintained by the Ashangbam clan of Meitei ethnicity in Ancient Kangleipak (Antique Manipur). It was recorded in the Loyumba Shinyen (1100 AD).
Related pages
Nongban Pombi Luwaoba
References
Meitei gods and goddesses
Leima
Gods and goddesses of the underworld
18th century

The 18th century was the century from 1701 to 1800.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 18th century are in italics.
People
James Watt, Scottish Engineer
Johann Sebastian Bach, composer
Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician
George Washington, Revolutionary War general and first president of the United States
James Cook, English explorer
Blackbeard, English pirate
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer
Mount Healthy, Ohio

Mount Healthy is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.
Cities in Ohio
Brazilian slender-legged tree frog

The Brazilian slender-legged tree frog (Osteocephalus subtilis) is a frog in the family Hylidae. It lives in Brazil and Colombia. Scientists think it may also live in Peru.
Scientists saw this frog sitting on plants 1-2 m above the ground.
This frog is brown in color with brown or red stripes sideways across its back. Its eyes are very large. There is a white spot above each eye.
References
Frogs of South America
Ann Curry

Ann Curry (born November 19, 1956 ) is an American television journalist and personality. She co-hosted the Today Show on NBC from 1997 until 2012. She also anchored at Dateline NBC from 2005 to 2011.
Curry was born on the island of Guam. Her father is American and her mother is Japanese. They met while her father was serving in the United States Navy during the US occupation of Japan after World War II.
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Other websites
American journalists
American television personalities
People from Guam
1956 births
Living people
Winter

Winter is one of the four seasons and it is the coldest time of the year. The days are shorter, and the nights are longer. Winter comes after autumn and before spring.
Winter begins at the winter solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere the winter solstice is usually December 21 or December 22. In the Southern Hemisphere the winter solstice is usually June 21 or June 22.
Some animals hibernate during this season. In temperate climates there are no leaves on deciduous trees. People wear warm clothing, and eat food that was grown earlier. Many places have snow in winter, and some people use sleds or skis. Holidays in winter for many countries include Christmas and New Year's Day.
The name comes from an old Germanic word that means "time of water" and refers to the rain and snow of winter in middle and high latitudes.
Basic English 850 words
Climate
Environment
Meteorology
Seasons
Planetary science

Planetary science (or planetology) is the organized study of planets, which are relatively large, stable bodies in orbits around stars.
The planet best known to us is the Earth. There are seven other major planets in the Solar System. The Solar System also has dwarf planets, such as Pluto and Ceres, the largest asteroid.
Space probes have gone near or landed on all planets in our solar system. In recent decades better telescopes have found planets in solar systems other than our own, which are known as exoplanets. One of the first was a planet found to be orbiting Barnard's star.
Planetary science is a part of astronomy and geology. It is sometimes referred to as planetary geology.
Planetary science in a broad sense includes finding a planet's orbital period and orbital distance from its star, the mineral makeup of the planet, and an attempt to learn its age. It may also have a more narrow focus, such as the mapping of the planet's surface features and the makeup of its atmosphere.
Other websites
Planetology - Citizendium
Science
Astronomy
Gar Samuelson

Gary Charles "Gar" Samuelson (February 18, 1958 - July 14, 1999) was an American drummer. He was best remembered for being the drummer for thrash metal band Megadeth from 1984 to 1987. Samuelson played on their first two albums, Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) and Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986). He influenced how thrash metal sounded by being one of the first drummers to use elements of jazz music while playing.
Discography
Megadeth
Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986)
Fatal Opera
Fatal Opera (1995)
The Eleventh Hour (1997)
References
1958 births
1999 deaths
American drummers
Megadeth members
Vinton County, Ohio

Vinton County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2020, 12,800 people lived there which makes it the smallest county by population in Ohio. The county seat is McArthur.
References
1850 establishments in Ohio
Ohio counties
Open-mid front rounded vowel

The open-mid front rounded vowel is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not in English.
Vowels
Raj Koothrappali

Rajesh "Raj" Ramayan Koothrappali, Ph.D. is a fictional character on the CBS television series The Big Bang Theory, He is played by British Indian actor Kunal Nayyar. He is one out of 4 characters who appear in every episode of the Big Bang Theory (Howard Wolowitz, Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper). Raj has a doctorate in astrophysics. His best friend, Howard is an astronaut and has been on the International Space Station (ISS) two times.
Fictional characters introduced in the 21st century
Television characters
Fictional characters introduced in 2007
Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano

Universita degli Studi Niccolo Cusano () is a private university in Rome, Italy. It was started on May 10, 2006, founded by Stefano Bandecchi.
Organization
The university has 6 specialized schools.
Courses in English
The degree courses are delivered in English also.
Rector
Sebastiano Scarcella (2006 - 2010)
Giovanni Puoti (2010 - 2013)
Fabio Fortuna (2013 - )
President
Giovanni Iacono (2006-2012)
Stefano Ranucci (2012 - )
Notes
Other websites
Colleges and universities in Italy
2006 establishments in Europe
2000s establishments in Italy
Date palm

The date palm is a tree. It has been cultivated for a very long time because of its fruit. The tree is between high. It has long leaves that look like feathers. Such leaves are called pinnate. The leaves can grow to in length. The leaves have visible spines. There are about 150 leaflets. Each leaflet can be up to in length and in breadth. The full span of the crown of the tree is .
The tree has one or more trunks. All the trunks come from a single system of roots.
Production
World production of dates was approximately 6.7 Mio tonnes in 2004 (FAO statistics). The major producers are:
Egypt: 1,100,000 t (16.2% of world production)
Iran: 880,000 t (13.0%)
Saudi Arabia: 830,000 t (12.3%)
United Arab Emirates: 760,000 t (11.2%)
India: 710,000 t (10.6%)
Pakistan: 650,000 t (9.6%)
Algeria: 450,000 t (6.6%)
Sudan: 330,000 t
Oman: 240,000 t
Libya: 140,000 t
Tunisia: 150,500 t
Others: 1,140,000 t
Iraq used to be a major producer of dates but in recent years production and exports have fallen considerably.
Kuwait
The First International Date Conference was held in Tripoli in 1959. In that conference, it was decided to develop a special program under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to promote the commercial use of substandard or physically defective dates.
Fruits
Arecaceae
Plants of Pakistan
Same-sex marriage in Hawaii

Hawaii's denial of marriage licenses to same-sex couples was first challenged in state court in 1991, and the plaintiffs initially met with some success. In 1993, a ruling by the Hawaiian Supreme Court made Hawaii the first state in the United States to consider legal challenges to bans on same-sex marriage. However, Hawaii voters later modified the state Constitution in 1998 to allow the State Legislature to restrict marriage to mixed-sex couples. By the time the Supreme Court of Hawaii considered the final appeal in the case in 1999, it upheld the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
References
United States federal legislation
Same-sex marriage
Picos tree frog

The acre tree frog (Dendropsophus soaresi) is a frog that lives in Brazil.
References
Frogs of South America
Thoth tarot deck

The Thoth tarot deck is a tarot deck painted by Lady Frieda Harris at the request of Aleister Crowley. Crowley referred to this deck as The Book of Thoth, and wrote a book with the same title of use with the deck.
Tarot decks
Emlyon Business School

Emlyon Business School is a French business school. It was founded in Lyon, France in 1872. The school also has campuses in Saint-Etienne, France, in Shanghai, China, Bhubaneshwar and Mumbai in India. The newest campus opened in 2015 in Casablanca, Morocco. Emlyon is well-known for its entrepreneurnship academic degrees.
Emlyon is specialist in the fields of economics, social sciences and management. The Financial Times ranked it #14 in Europe.
References
Related articles
Business school
Grande ecole
Conference des Grandes Ecoles
University of Lyon
Other website
Education in France
Lyon
Colleges and universities in the_People's Republic of China
Colleges and universities in India
ISO 4165

ISO 4165 is a standard adopted by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It describes a double-pole DC connector to supply between 12 and 24 V DC at up to 12 amps to appliances in vehicles. It is similar in design to a cigar lighter receptacle, but is shorter and smaller in diameter. It was originally a standard fitting on all the German military vehicles during World War II.
The current version of the standard is ISO 4165:2001
Other names
Other names for this connector include:
BMW Accessory plug, used on BMW motorcycles
Powerlet connector, named after a firm that produces them
Hella plug or Merit plug, in Australia
At least one manufacturer sells a combination plug that combines a cigar lighter plug and a Powerlet plug.
References
04165
Auto parts
Fano

Fano is a city and comune of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region, central Italy.
It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, along the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by population after Ancona and Pesaro.
Geography
Fano is on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. The comune of Fano has an area of and its altitude is above sea level.
Fano borders with the comuni Cartoceto, Mombaroccio, Mondolfo, Pesaro, San Costanzo and Terre Roveresche.
Frazioni
The following frazioni (hamlets) are part of Fano:
Bellocchi
Camminate
Carignano
Carrara di Fano
Centinarola
Cuccurano
Falcineto
Fenile
Magliano
Marotta
Metaurillia
Ponte Sasso
Roncosambaccio
Rosciano
Sant'Andrea in Villis
Torrette di Fano
Tre Ponti.
Population
There are 60,852 persons living in the comune in 2017, for a population density of inhabitants/km2.
Evolution of the population
The people from this comune are known, in Italian, as fanesi.
Twinned towns
Famo is twinned with:
Rastatt, Germany
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone, France
St. Albans, United Kingdom
Stribro, Czech Republic
Gallery
References
Other websites
Fano official website
Cities in Marche
Shayne Graham

Michael Shayne "The Franchise" Graham (born December 9, 1977 in Radford, Virginia) is an American former professional football placekicker and coach. He played parts of 17 years in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Giants, New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers, New Orleans Saints, and Atlanta Falcons.
Graham played college football at Virginia Tech University. He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.
On February 6, 2017, Graham announced that he was retiring from playing professional football.
References
Other websites
Shayne Graham at baltimoreravens.com
1977 births
Living people
Atlanta Falcons players
Baltimore Ravens players
Buffalo Bills players
Carolina Panthers players
Cincinnati Bengals players
Houston Texans players
Miami Dolphins players
New England Patriots players
New Orleans Saints players
New York Giants players
Pittsburgh Steelers players
American football placekickers
Sportspeople from Virginia
Club

A club can be many things.
Club (weapon)
A club is an apparatus of rhythmic gymnastics
Social club, a place where people gather
Club (biscuit)
a sports team, such as a football club
Davis City, Iowa

Davis City is a city in Iowa in the United States.
History
Davis City was made in 1855.
Cities in Iowa
Super Canal

Super Canal is a Dominican television network operating from studios in Santo Domingo and broadcasting on channel 33. The station is owned by Supercanal, S.A.
Operations
Super Canal also operates an international feed, Super Canal Caribe. This is seen on cable and satellite systems in El Salvador, Curacao and the United States.
Dominican View is for the United States with a focus on news and sports programming.
Tele El Salvador is an international channel carrying programs from several Salvadorean television networks.
References
Television stations
Dominican Republic
Maitree Wickramasinghe

Maithree Wickramasinghe (born 11 August 1954) is a Sri Lankan academic and Professor of English at the University of Kelaniya. The wife of Ranil Wickremasinghe the current Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, she is the founder director of the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Kelaniya and a visiting professor on gender and women's studies at other educational institutions including the University of Colombo and the University of Sussex. Maithree Wickramasinghe has delivered keynotes and plenaries at academic and professional fora in the US, Spain, Kenya, India, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea and China.
Family and education
The only child of the late Senevi B. Wickremasinghe and Shiranee Wickremasinghe (nee Bandaratilaka) of Nawala, Koswatte. She graduated from King's College London with a BA (Hons) degree in English and went on to complete her MA degree in Women's Studies at the University of Colombo. She had gained her PhD degree from the Institute of Education, University of London. In 1995 she married Ranil Wickremasinghe.
Related pages
Ranil Wickremasinghe
1954 births
Living people
Sri Lankan academics
Luiz Carlos Pereira

Luiz Carlos Pereira (born March 6, 1960) is a former Brazilian football player.
Club career statistics
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References
1960 births
Living people
Brazilian footballers
Negroland

Negroland, or Nigritia was a term Europeans used to describe a region in Africa, south of the Sahara. The region was poorly explored, and Europeans mainly knew the area around the coast. The name was probably a direct translation of the Arabic term "Bilad al-Sudan", which translates to "land of the Blacks".
As can be seen on the map, Europeans of the time believed that the rivers Senegal, Gambia and Niger were in the same river system: one river that divided before flowing into the ocean.
In 1823, approximately the same area was described as "Nigritia" on an American map published by Fielding Lucus Jr. The inhabitants of Nigritia were called Negroes.
References
History of Africa
Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)

Midlands-North-West () is a European Parliament constituency in Ireland. It was created in 2014.
Election results
References
European Parliament constituencies in Ireland
Kinematics

Kinematics is the branch of classical mechanics which describes the motion of points, bodies (objects) and systems of bodies (groups of objects) without looking at the cause of this motion. The term was translated from French; A.M. Ampere used the term cinematique. He constructed the term form the Greek , kinema (movement, motion), derived from , kinein (to move). The study of kinematics is often referred to as the geometry of motion.
To describe motion, kinematics studies the paths of points, lines and other geometric objects in space, and some of their properties such as velocity and acceleration. Astrophysics uses kinematics to describe the motion of celestial bodies and systems. Mechanical engineering, robotics and biomechanics use it to describe the motion of systems composed of joined parts such as an engine, a robotic arm or the skeleton of the human body.
The study of kinematics can be abstracted into purely mathematical functions. It is possible to represent rotation with elements of the unit circle in the complex plane. Other planar algebras are used to represent the shear mapping of classical motion in absolute time and space and to represent the Lorentz transformations of relativistic space and time. Mathematicians have developed a science of kinematic geometry, which uses time as a parameter.
Certain geometric transformations which are called rigid transformations have been developed to describe the movement of components of a mechanical system. These transformations simplify the derivation of its equations of motion, and is central to dynamic analysis.
Kinematic analysis is the process of measuring the kinematic quantities used to describe motion. In engineering, kinematic analysis may be used to find the range of movement for a given mechanism, and, working in reverse, kinematic synthesis designs a mechanism for a desired range of motion. In addition, kinematics applies algebraic geometry to the study of the mechanical advantage of a mechanical system, or mechanism.
References
Mechanics
Screaming

Screaming is a vocal technique often used in punk rock, fast played metal music, and screamo. It is usually simply either a louder than normal high pitched form of singing, or a louder than normal low pitched form of singing. In both cases the vocalist usually tries to make it sound like some sort of beast's growl. For this reason, a low pitched scream is usually called a death growl.
More experimental forms of screaming are often used in alternative rock and emo music. These genres often have shrill screaming that has an emotional tone to it. The band, Thursday, is a good example of this.
Screaming is popular in genres: screamo, post-hardcore, hardcore punk, heavy metal, and many more.
Some other bands that have screaming include Silverstein, Hawthorne Heights, and Escape the Fate.
Communication
Trinidad and Tobago national football team

Trinidad and Tobago national football team is the national football team of Trinidad and Tobago.
Most appearances
Top scorers
References
Caribbean national football teams
National sports teams of Trinidad and Tobago
2013 in video games

This article lists video games that were released in the year 2013. These includes, Batman: Arkham, Army of Two, Assassin's Creed, BioShock, Call of Duty, Company of Heroes, Crysis, Dead Space, Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, God of War, Dead Island, Grand Theft Auto, Killzone, Lost Planet, Pokemon, Sly Cooper, StarCraft, Tomb Raider and Total War. Also in 2013, PlayStation 4 from Sony Computer Entertainment and the Xbox One from Microsoft were released.
Events
Console releases
The list of game consoles to be released in 2013 in North America.
Game releases
The list of games released, or due for release, in 2013 in North America.
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
Unscheduled releases
Below is a list of games which have been announced to be released in 2013 in North America, but have no exact release date or month yet.
References
Ron Clarke

Ronald William "Ron" Clarke (21 February 1937 - 17 June 2015) was an Australian athlete, writer, and politician. He served as Mayor of the Gold Coast from 25 March 2004 until 27 February 2012. He was a world record holder and won a bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Clarke was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He was married to Helen Clarke and had two sons.
Clark died from kidney failure on 17 June 2015 in Southport, Queensland. He was 78.
References
1937 births
2015 deaths
Australian athletes
Deaths from renal failure
Disease-related deaths in Queensland
Independent politicians in Australia
Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Australian Olympic bronze medalists
Order of Australia
Politicians from Melbourne
The Mighty Ducks

The Mighty Ducks is a 1992 sports comedy movie set in Minneapolis. It was directed by Stephen Herek. It stars Emilio Estevez. It was produced by Avent-Kerner Productions. Mighty Ducks was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the first movie in The Mighty Ducks movie series. In the United Kingdom and Australia, the movie was titled Champions. The home video release in the UK are titled The Mighty Ducks Are the Champions.
Cast
Emilio Estevez as Gordon Bombay
Joss Ackland as Hans
Lane Smith as Coach Jack Reilly
Heidi Kling as Casey Conway
Josef Sommer as Mr. Gerald Ducksworth
Joshua Jackson as Charlie Conway
Elden Henson as Fulton Reed
Shaun Weiss as Greg Goldberg
M. C. Gainey as Lewis
Reid Allen as Jake
Matt Doherty as Les Averman
Brandon Adams as Jesse Hall
J. D. Daniels as Peter Mark
Aaron Schwartz as Dave Karp
Garette Ratliff Henson as Guy Germaine
Marguerite Moreau as Connie Moreau
Danny Tamberelli as Tommy Duncan
Jane Plank as Tammy Duncan
Jussie Smollett as Terry Hall
Vincent Larusso as Adam Banks
Michael Ooms as McGill
Casey Garven as Larson
Hal Fort Atkinson III as Phillip Banks
Basil McRae as Himself
Mike Modano as Himself
John Beasley as Mr. Hall
Brock Pierce as Gordon Bombay - 10 years old
Robert Pall as Gordon's Father
John Paul Gamoke as Mr. Tolbert
Steven Brill as Frank Huddy
Other websites
1992 movies
1990s sports movies
American sports movies
Disney movies
Minneapolis
Movies set in Minnesota
Sports comedy movies
Movies directed by Stephen Herek
List of World Heritage Sites in Western Asia

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has 71 World Heritage Sites in 16 countries of Western Asia. The countries are: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Qatar and Kuwait, which are also in the region, do not have any World Heritage Sites.
In this region, Iran is home to the most sites with 13 sites.
Legend
Site; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation
Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates
Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee
Area; in hectares and acres. If available, the size of the buffer zone has been noted as well. A value of zero implies that no data has been published by UNESCO
Year; during which the site was added to the World Heritage List
Description; brief information about the site, including reasons for qualifying as an endangered site, if applicable
Sites
Notes
References
Western Asia
Western Asia
Asia-related lists
Just Nuisance

Just Nuisance (1 April 1937 - 1 April 1944) was the only dog ever to be officially enlisted in the Royal Navy. He was a Great Dane who between 1939 and 1944 served at HMS Afrikander, a Royal Navy shore establishment in Simon's Town, South Africa. He died in 1944 at the age of seven years and was buried with full military honours.
Dogs
Benedicta Boccoli

Benedicta Boccoli (born in Milan, 11 November 1966) is an Italian actress. She performs mostly on stage.
She starred also in movies including Gli angeli di Borsellino (2003), Valzer (2007) and Pietralata (2008).
Her sister is actress Brigitta Boccoli.
Theatre
Blithe Spirit of Noel Coward, 1992/1993 -
Cantando Cantando of Maurizio Micheli, 1994/1995 -
Buonanotte Bettina, of Garinei & Giovannini, 1995/1996/1997 -
Can-Can - Musical of Abe Burrows - 1998/1999 -
Orfeo all'Inferno - of Jacques Offenbach - 1999 - as Tersicore
Polvere di stelle, of Marco Mattolini, 2000/2001/2002
Le Pillole d'Ercole of Maurice Hennequin & Paul Bilhaud, 2002/2003/2004
Anfitrion, of Plautus, 2004
Stalker of Rebecca Gillmann, 2004
Pluto de Aristophanes, director Michele Mirabella - 2004
Cactus Flower of Pierre Barillet & Jean-Pierre Gredy, director Tonino Pulci - 2004/2005/2006
Prova a farmi ridere of Alan Aykbourn, director Maurizio Micheli - 2006
The Tempest of William Shakespeare, 2006 - as Ariel
Sunshine of William Mastrosimone, director Giorgio Albertazzi - 2007/2008 -
The Apartment, of Billy Wilder, director Patrik Rossi Gastaldi - 2009-2010
Vite private, of Noel Coward - 2012
Dis-order, of Neil LaBute - 2014
Incubi d'Amore, of Augusto Fornari, Toni Fornari, Andrea Maia, Vincenzo Sinopoli - 2014
Crimini del Cuore, of Beth Henley - 2015
A Room with a View, of E. M. Forster - 2016
Cactus Flower of Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy - 2016
Il piu brutto week-end della nostra vita of Norm Foster - 2017-2018
The test of Jordi Vallejo - 2019-2020
Su con la vita of Maurizio Micheli - 2020
Film
Gli angeli di Borsellino, director Rocco Cesareo - 2003
Valzer, director Salvatore Maira - 2007
Dolce di latte, director Gianni Leacche - 2008
Ciao Brother, director Nicola Barnaba - 2016
Short film
La confessione, director herself - 2020
References
Other websites
Benedicta Boccoli Web Page
1966 births
Living people
Actors from Milan
Italian movie actors
Italian stage actors
Lineville, Iowa

Lineville is a city in Iowa in the United States.
Cities in Iowa