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Apomixis

Apomixis is reproduction where only one parent passes genes to the offspring. Apomictically produced offspring are genetically identical to the parent (clones).
The method is most seen in plants, especially flowering plants. Brambles (blackberry) are apomictic. Some authorities give "reproduction by special tissues without fertilisation", or "asexual formation of a seed from the maternal tissues of the ovule, avoiding meiosis and fertilization, leading to embryo development".
Apomixis includes some methods which are more common in animals, such as parthenogenesis.
In botany, apomixis was defined by Hans Winkler as the replacement of the normal sexual reproduction by asexual reproduction, without fertilization.
Horticulture methods, such as propagation from cuttings or leaves, is not apomixis. Natural replacement of the seed by an asexual method is apomixis.
References
Genetics
Methods of reproduction
Fosses-la-Ville

Fosses-la-Ville is a municipality in the Belgian province of Namur.
In 2007, 9444 people lived there.
It is at 50deg 23 North, 04deg 41 East.
References
Municipalities of Namur
Roger Casement

Sir Roger Casement (1 September 1864 - 3 August 1916) was an Irish nationalist and British diplomat. He served as British consul in Boma, the capital of the Congo Free State and reported human rights abuses there. He helped a campaign against King Leopold II of Belgium's rule in the Congo Free State which lead him to relinquish his African kingdom to the Belgian Parliament in 1908. He was an Irish revolutionary. After participating in the 1916 rising, he was executed for treason by hanging by the British.
His role in the rising was in the importation of guns, he was arrested in Tralee, County Kerry.
At his trial he was outed as gay, this was discovered through his diary.
1864 births
1916 deaths
British politicians
British criminals
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Irish politicians
People executed by hanging
Peter Blake (artist)

Sir Peter Thomas Blake, CBE (born 25 June 1932 in Dartford, Kent) is an English pop artist, best known for his design of the sleeve for The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. He lives in Chiswick, London, United Kingdom.
During the late 1950s, Blake became one of the best known British pop artists.Blake was included in group expositions at the Institute of Contemporary and had his first solo exposition in 1960. It was the 'Young Contemporaries' exposition of 1961 where he was displayed next to David Hockney and R.b Kitaj that he was first identified with the young British Pop Art movement.Blake won the John Moores junior award (1961) for his work Self Portrait with Badges.
Other websites
Peter Blake article in Art & Culture magazine
June 2002 BBC article about Blake
1932 births
Living people
English artists
English painters
People from Dartford
Pike County, Pennsylvania

Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,535. Its county seat is Milford.
References
1810s establishments in Pennsylvania
1814 establishments in the United States
Pennsylvania counties
Hancock, Michigan

Hancock is a city in Houghton County, Michigan, United States.
Cities in Michigan
Ashland, Virginia

Ashland is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Towns in Virginia
Oleg Shapovalov

Oleg Shapovalov (; 16 February 1963 - 6 August 2021) was a Ukrainian politician. He was a member of the Party of Regions. He was President of the Kharkiv Oblast Council from 2005 to 2006. Shapovalov was born in Izium, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.
Shapovalov died on 6 August 2021 at the age of 58.
References
1963 births
2021 deaths
Ukrainian politicians
Casnate con Bernate

Casnate con Bernate is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan and about 5 km south of Como. As of 1 January 2009, it had a population of 4,850 and an area of 5.3 km2.
Casnate con Bernate borders the following municipalities: Como, Cucciago, Fino Mornasco, Grandate, Luisago, Senna Comasco.
Demographic change
References
Settlements in Lombardy
Vinnie Jones

Vinnie Jones (born 5 January 1965) is a former English football player. He played for Wales national team. Jones is now an actor. He played Juggernaut in Marvel's X-Men: The Last Stand. Jones was a housemate in the 2010 UK series of Celebrity Big Brother.
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|1990-91||rowspan="2"|Sheffield United||rowspan="2"|First Division||31||2
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|1991-92||4||0
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|1991-92||rowspan="2"|Chelsea||First Division||35||3
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|1992-93||Premier League||7||1
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|1992-93||rowspan="6"|Wimbledon||rowspan="6"|Premier League||27||1
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|1993-94||33||2
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|1994-95||33||3
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|1995-96||31||3
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|1996-97||29||3
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|1997-98||24||0
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|1997-98||rowspan="2"|Queens Park Rangers||rowspan="2"|First Division||7||1
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Filmography
References
Celebrity Big Brother contestants
English footballers
English movie actors
English television actors
1965 births
Living people
Premier League players
Actors from Hertfordshire
Sportspeople from Hertfordshire
People from Watford
Emmerting

Emmerting is a municipality in Altotting in Bavaria in Germany and member of the administrative association of the same name.
Geography
Geographical Place
Emmerting is in the southeast of Upper Bavaria.
Structure
Emmerting is divided into four parts:
Bruck
Oberemmerting
Seng
Unteremmerting
There are also the subdistricts Altottinger Forst, Alzgerner Forst, Emmerting and Holzfelder Forst.
References
Other websites
Homepage der Gemeinde
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Cuyahoga Falls is a city in Ohio in the United States.
Cities in Ohio
Robert Walpole

Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford was a British politician. He is regarded by many as the first de facto Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (then called Great Britain). The position of prime minister was not actually official at that time.
Walpole He was born in Houghton, Norfolk on 26 August 1676. He died on 18 March 1745. Historians think he became England's first Prime Minister in 1721. He was then Prime Minister for a longer time than anyone who came after him. This long time is sometimes called "the robinocracy" (Robin is a common version of Robert).
Although the exact dates of Walpole's dominance are not entirely clear, the period 1721-1742 is often used. He dominated the Walpole-Townshend ministry, as well as the subsequent Walpole ministry, and holds the record as the longest-serving British prime minister in history.
W.A. Speck wrote that Walpole's uninterrupted run of 20 years as Prime Minister "is rightly regarded as one of the major feats of British political history... Explanations are usually offered in terms of his expert handling of the political system after 1720, [and] his unique blending of the surviving powers of the crown with the increasing influence of the Commons".
References
1676 births
1745 deaths
People from Norfolk
Whig party (UK) politicians
Prime Ministers of Great Britain
Sécheras

Secheras is a commune in the Ardeche department and Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France.
Communes in Ardeche
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical comedy horror movie by 20th Century Fox. It was produced by Lou Adler and Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman. It was written by Sharman and actor Richard O'Brien.
The movie is based on the 1973 musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show.
It stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick and is narrated by Charles Gray.
References
1975 movies
20th Century Fox movies
Comedy horror movies
Musical movies
Susank, Kansas

Susank is a city in Barton County, Kansas, United States.
Cities in Kansas
Soteriology

Soteriology is the branch of theology dealing with salvation
Related pages
History of salvation
Salvation (Christianity)
Arminianism
Calvinism
Catholicism
Other websites
Bible.org on Soteriology
Theology
Maldivian language

Dhivehi, Divehi or Mahl is an Indo-Aryan language.
It is spoken by about 350,000 people in the Republic of Maldives and Suvadives and also in the disputed island of Minicoy (Maliku), claimed by Maldivians that is annexed by neighbouring India, where it is known by another name, the Mahal language or Mahl (). In the Maldives, it is the official national language. In different atolls the words may change but have the same meaning.
Dhivehi is the main language spoken in Maldives. Since it involves the use of many English, Hindi and Arabic words, it seems to resemble many languages spoken in Sri Lanka, South East Asia and North India.
In the earlier times, people spoke "Elu", a language that was basically a form of ancient Singhalese language. This language underwent a lot of transformations and gave rise to the Dhivehi language of today. Dhivehi is written from left to right. In the olden days, the language was inscribed on the copper plates, popularly known as the "Loamaafaanu".
References
Indo-Aryan languages
Maldives
Barracks

Barracks are a group of military buildings where soldiers live and sleep. Barracks can be made stronger with sandbags or with barbed wire fences. Sometimes they are built underground. They have been used for many years by many countries in many wars.
Accommodations
Military buildings and structures
Secretariat (horse)

Secretariat (March 30, 1970 - October 4, 1989) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who, in 1973, became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. He was born in Caroline County, Virginia.
His record-breaking win in the Belmont Stakes, where he left the field 31 lengths behind him, is widely known as one of the greatest races of all time. He was bred and owned by Penny Chenery.
During his racing career, he won five Eclipse Awards, including Horse of the Year honors at ages two and three. He was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1974.
In the List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century, Secretariat is second only to Man o' War (racing career 1919-1920), who also was a large chestnut colt given the nickname "Big Red".
Secretariat was euthanized after suffering from laminitis, a hoof disease, at a farm in Paris, Kentucky on October 4, 1989 at the age of 19.
References
Other websites
The official Secretariat website
Sports Illustrated Top 100 Moments in Sports - short video on Secretariat's Triple Crown (#13 on list)
Classic Photos of Secretariat from Sports Illustrated
ESPN Sports Century - # 35 - Secretariat
Kentucky Derby.com - Secretariat - 1973
ESPN Classic - ESPN Classic story on 1973 Belmont - November 19, 2003
1970 births
1989 deaths
Deaths by euthanasia
Horse racing
Thoroughbred racehorses
Plectrohyla guatemalensis

The Guatemala spikethumb frog (Plectrohyla guatemalensis) is a frog that lives in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and El Salvador. It lives in pine-oak forests and cloud forests. Scientists have seen it between 900 and 2800 meters above sea level.
The adult male frog is 40.0 to 52.1 mm long from nose to rear end, and the adult female frog is 42.1 to 54.1 mm long. The male frog has thicker front legs than the female frog. This frog has dark green skin. Some of them have red spots. It can be tan or gray near the rear end. Its belly is white.
During the day, this frog sits on rocks or plants near streams. The female frog lays eggs at the bottoms of streams or on roots.
There are fewer of these frogs than there used to be because human beings build things where the frog likes to live. Scientists say it is possible that the fungal disease chytridiomycosis also kills this frog.
References
Frogs of North America
Douglas Wilder

Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American politician. He served as the first African American to be elected as Governor of Virginia. He was the first African-American governor of any state in the United States since the 1870s during the Reconstruction of the United States.
Early life
Wilder was born in Richmond, Virginia. He studied at Virginia Union University and at Howard University.
Political career
Wilder served as the 66th Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. When earlier elected as Lieutenant Governor, he was the first African American elected to statewide office in Virginia. His most recent political office was Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, which he held from 2005 to 2009.
L. Douglas Wilder was born in the segregated Church Hill neighborhood of Richmond on January 17, 1931.
Later career
On May 30, 2004, Wilder announced his intention to run for Mayor of Richmond. On November 2, 2004, Wilder received 79% of the vote (55,319 votes) to become the first directly elected Mayor of Richmond in sixty years. On May 16, 2008 Wilder announced that he would not seek reelection to another four-year term as mayor.
Personal life
Wilder was married to Eunice Montgomery. Their marriage ended in divorce. He now lives in Richmond, Virginia.
References
Other websites
L. Douglas Wilder's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project
1931 births
Living people
African American politicians
1992 United States presidential candidates
American mayors
Governors of Virginia
Politicians from Richmond, Virginia
Democratic Party (United States) politicians
Lieutenant Governors of Virginia
Haag (Oberpfalz)

For other places with the same name, see Haag.
Haag is a village about four kilometers from Hemau in the Upper Palatinate, in Bavaria, Germany. It belongs administratively to Hemau, Regensburg.
Geography of Bavaria
Independência total

"Independencia total" ("Total independence") is the national anthem of Sao Tome and Principe.
Lyrics
References
African anthems
Sao Tome and Principe
Chevagnes

Chevagnes is a French commune. It is in the Allier department in the center of France.
References
INSEE
Communes in Allier
Suresnes

Suresnes is a commune that is found in the Hauts-de-Seine department in France. In 2017, 48,264 people lived there.
References
Communes in Hauts-de-Seine
Tiger snake

Not to be confused with the tiger keelback snake
The tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) is a venomous species of snake inhabiting Australia and its coastal islands, Tasmania included.
Habitat
Tiger snakes generally situate themselves near a source of water, such as a creek or wetland. They live from Western Australia to South Australia, and also in its coastal islands, such as Tasmania.
Diet
It eats mainly frogs and tadpoles, but also small rodents, bats, insects, lizards, fish, birds, and they might also eat each other.
Venom and danger levels
Tiger snake venom has myotixons, coagulants, haemolysins, and neurotoxins, all of which are dangerous to people.
Elapidae
Snakes of Australia
Presles-et-Boves

Presles-et-Boves is a commune. It is found in the region Picardie in the Aisne department in the north of France.
Communes in Aisne
Trialware

Trialware is one type of shareware. It is software that the user can only use for a short time. Then it expires. If the person wishes to keep using the program, he or she must buy a registration key or password. Trialware may be set up by date or days. For example, a 30-day trialware program may expire in 30 days or after it has been used for 30 non-contiguous days. Also called "demoware," sophisticated trialware prevents a user from installing new trial versions over and over without paying. For example, it can look for a hidden file or an entry in the Windows Registry that it created when it was previously installed. See shareware and wares.
Examples
Windows OS
Corel Softwares
Adobe Software
WinZip
References
Software
Eileen Davidson

Eileen Marie Davidson (born June 15, 1959) is an American actress, author, television personality and former model. Davidson is best known for her roles in soap operas as Kristen DiMera on NBC's Days of Our Lives, as well as Ashley Abbott on CBS's The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful.
References
1959 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
American stage actors
Writers from Los Angeles
Actors from Los Angeles
Models from Los Angeles
Television personalities from Los Angeles
Emmy Award winning actors
University of Amsterdam

The University of Amsterdam (Dutch: Universiteit van Amsterdam), shortened to UvA, is a public university in Amsterdam, a city in the province of North Holland and also capital to the Netherlands.
The University of Amsterdam was established in 1877 (its predecessor in 1632).
It has about 31,000 students.
Its focus is on all sorts of sciences.
Other websites
1877 establishments in Europe
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
19th-century establishments in the Netherlands
Heimo Pfeifenberger

Heimo Pfeifenberger (born 29 December 1966 in Zederhaus, Salzburg) is a former professional footballer from Austria. He played mainly for SV Austria Salzburg and also in the Austrian national football team. With 74 goals for Salzburg and 43 for Rapid he is one of the best scorers in Austrian football history.
Career
He started playing football in the youth teams of his local club USV Zederhaus. After scoring 56 goals for Zederhaus in the 1987 season he was transferred to Austria Salzburg. Later he played for SK Rapid Wien and Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga. He spent the most successful time of his career with Austria Salzburg in the mid 90s. He became an Austrian Champion for two times (1994 and 1995) and in 1994, he was Austria's top scorer. He was also awarded the Footballer of the year award. After playing for Bremen, he returned to Austria and played again for Salzburg. In 2004, he ended his active career as a professional footballer. Afterwards, he started his managerial career and in 2007, he became the coach for SV Seekirchen in the Regionalliga West(3rd level) and afterwards did also manage SV Grodig. Overall, Both of his careers (as a footballer and as a manager) were successful and he became one of the most influential Austrian player ever.
Manager career
He started as a youth coach for FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2005. After two years, in 2007, he became the coach of SV Grodig in the Reginalliga West and helped the team getting promoted to Erste Liga(2nd level). In the next season, he got replaced as the coach of the team so Andreas Herzog offered him the job of an assistant coach in Austria's under 21 team . After a short time with SPG Axams-Gotzens, he became the coach of SV Grodig again in 2010.
Honours
National
Austrian Football Bundesliga (2): 1994, 1995
Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (1): 1994
Austrian Footballer of the Year(1): 1994
International
Member of the Austrian Team: FIFA World Cup 1990 and 1998
UEFA Cup final with Austria Salzburg: 1994
Champions League 1994/95
Manager
Champion Regionalliga West with SV Grodig: 2007/08, 2009/10
1966 births
Austrian footballers
Players of the Austrian national football team
Austrian football managers
FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Living people
SV Grodig managers
Wolfsberger AC managers
SC Wiener Neustadt managers
Austrian football forwards
Tromsøysund Tunnel

The Tromsoysund Tunnel is a road tunnel in Norway. It goes under the sea and connects the island of Tromsoya with the mainland. It is part of a big road called European route E08. The tunnel has two sections and each section has two lanes for cars. One tube is 3,500 meters long and the other is 3,386 meters long. The tunnel goes down to 102 meters below sea level.
The tunnel opened on December 3, 1994. It was built to help with traffic problems on the Tromso Bridge. The tunnel comes out near the University of Tromso and the University Hospital of North Norway on the island side. On the mainland side, it comes out at a place called Tomasjord.
References
Tunnels
Troms og Finnmark
Saint-Sylvestre, Ardèche

Saint-Sylvestre is a commune in the Ardeche departement in southern France.
Communes in Ardeche
Pete Docter

Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American animator, director, producer, screenwriter and voice actor.
Early life
Docter was born in Bloomington, Minnesota to Rita Margaret Kanne and David Reinhardt Docter. His parents are of Danish, English, French, German, Irish, Mohawk Native American, Scottish and Welsh descent.
Other websites
1968 births
American animators
American movie directors
American movie producers
Living people
Pixar
Ken Yorii

Ken Yorii (born 26 April 1984) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Sagawa Express Chugoku.
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|2009||Matsumoto Yamaga||Regional Leagues||10||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||10||1
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|2010||Sagawa Express Chugoku||Regional Leagues||||||||||||||||
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References
1984 births
Living people
Footballers from Hiroshima Prefecture
2015 Kyrgyz parliamentary election

The 2015 Kyrgyzstani parliamentary election was held on 4 October 2015.
Electoral system
The 120 seats in the Supreme Council were elected by proportional representation. This means that if a party gets 20% of the vote, for example, they get 20% of the seats. A party had to receive at least 7% of the vote to get seats in the council. No party was allowed to win more than 65 seats.
Campaign
Many political parties were formed before the election; often made by wealthy Kyrgyz who want to promote their own interests.
A lot of potential candidates were not allowed to run due to criminal convictions. One party leader, a former boxer, was banned after he beat up a rival candidate.
Result
Sources:
Conduct
Even though there were some reports of voter fraud, the OSCE said that the elections were "lively and competitive" and "unique in this region." The PACE said that voters had "made their choice freely among a large number of contestants."
The OSCE did note some problems with voter registration, and the Council of Europe had concern over the transparency of some campaigns and financing.
References
2015 elections
Politics of Kyrgyzstan
2010s elections in Asia
Seton Hall University

Seton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. It was started in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley. Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Seton Hall is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in New Jersey. The university is known for its programs in business, law, education, nursing, and diplomacy.
Seton Hall is made up of eight different schools and colleges. It has about 5,200 undergraduate students and about 4,400 graduate students. Its School of Law has 1,200 students. US News & World Report lists the School of Law as one of the top 100 law schools in the United States.In 2011, Seton Hall's Stillman School of Business is ranked 88 out of the top 100 undergraduate business schools. It is one of only three school from state of New Jersey to maje the list according to BusinessWeek.
The Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry was the first school of medicine in the State of New Jersey. The state took over the school in 1965. It is now the New Jersey Medical School, part of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Sports
The school's sports teams are called the Pirates. They play in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big East Conference. The college started its first basketball team in 1903. Seton Hall stopped having a football team in 1982.
Seton Hall athletics is best known for its men's basketball team. The team won the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 1953. It lost in the finals of the 1989 NCAA Tournament to Michigan, 80-79 in overtime. Seton Hall currently has teams at the Division I level in baseball, basketball, women's basketball, cross country running, men's golf, soccer, women's soccer, softball, swimming, diving, women's tennis, indoor and outdoor track & field, and volleyball.
Seton Hall also has club sports in ice hockey, rugby union, and Men's volleyball. Almost all the Seton Hall sports have their home field on the South Orange campus. The men's ice hockey team and the men's basketball team play at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
References
Other websites
Seton Hall University's Official website
Seton Hall Pirates' Official athletics website
Big East Conference
Colleges and universities in New Jersey
1856 establishments in the United States
19th-century establishments in New Jersey
Pont du Gard

The Pont du Gard is a Roman aqueduct So France. It is in the Gard departement, in the area of the commune of Vers-Pont-di-Gard. The name means "Bridge over the Gard" (the river Gardon).
The aqueduct supplied the city of Nimes with water. It has a length of nearly 50 kilometres. The bridge is 49 metres high and has bows on three levels. It was probably built in the 1st century. In 1985, the Pont du Gard was classified a World Heritage Site.
World Heritage Sites in France
Gard
Gretchen Carlson

Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (born 21 June 1966 in Minnesota) is an American television personality. She performs hosting shows on Fox News. Before that, Carlson received the title of Miss America 1989 (she still works with the Miss America Pageant club). Later she teamed up with CBS News. She joined Fox News around 2005.
References
Other websites
Fox & Friends
Writers from Minnesota
American journalists
Miss America winners
1966 births
Living people
Sylvan Lake, Michigan

Sylvan Lake is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States.
Cities in Michigan
Plomodiern

Plomodiern () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistere department in the northwest of France.
Communes in Finistere
Münsterdorf

Munsterdorf is a municipality of the district Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
References
Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein
Steinburg (district)
Ferrofluid

A ferrofluid is a liquid that will react to a magnetic field without becoming solid. Usually it contains small magnetic particles in a suspension.
Magnetism
Gorgon

In Greek mythology, the Gorgons were female monsters that had fangs and serpents for hair with bronze claws. They were the daughters of Phorkys and Keto. The serpents in their hair were special: Everyone who looked at them was turned to stone. There were three Gorgons, named Stheno, Euryale and Medusa. Only Medusa was mortal. She was beheaded by Perseus. Medusa's head was brought to Athena. There are many motives showing Athena with an aegis, and a Gorgon's head on her chest.
Homer only talks about one Gorgon. Hesiod names all three, Stheno, the powerful one, Euryale,who could jump far, and trouble-ridden Medusa, the queen. According to Hesiod, they lived at the edge of the known world, in the Atlas Mountains. At a later time, Libya is also named as their home.
With Hellenism came the myth that the Gorgo was a sister of Alexander the Great. In this myth, she is a neck, a water spirit. The sailors of each passing boat are asked whether he is still alive. If they answer no, she takes the boat and the sailors into the water. The answer that saves the lives of the seamen is "Yes, and he reigns as a king" ().
The heads of the Gorgons are often found on shields, capes and amulets. These were believed to be magic. The magic that is used against bad spirits and bad luck is known as apotropaic magic.
References
Greek legendary creatures
Malden, Illinois

Malden is a village in Illinois in the United States.
Villages in Illinois
Dargwa language

Dargwa is a Northeast Caucasian language. About 490,000 people speak Dargwa.
caucasian languages
Life simulation game

A life simulation game is a kind of role-playing game or RPG where the player takes on a god-like perspective of the game. Unlike most RPGs, which progress at the player's speed, a life simulation game continues automatically. SimAnimals is an example of a life simulation game.
References
Role-playing games
Video game genres
Alejandro González Iñárritu

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (born August 15, 1963) is an Academy Award-winning Mexican movie director, screenwriter, movie producer, and composer. His five feature movies - Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), and The Revenant (2015).
He is also close friends with fellow Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuaron and Guillermo del Toro, collectively known as "The Three Amigos of Cinema".
References
Other websites
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu at Biosstars International
Moving Pictures Magazine interview
Guardian interview, discussing Amores Perros
IndieWire interview, discussing Amores Perros
IndieWire interview, Interview discussing 21 Grams
Sounds and Colours interview, discussing Biutiful
Academy Award winning directors
BAFTA Award winning directors
Golden Globe Award winning directors
Satellite Award winners
Saturn Award winners
1963 births
Living people
Mexican movie directors
Mexican screenwriters
Mexican composers
Writers from Mexico City
Nurmes

Nurmes is a city in North Karelia, Finland. As of January 2014, almost 8,200 people lived there. Nearby municipalities are Juuka, Kuhmo, Lieksa, Rautavaara, Sotkamo and Valtimo. Since 2020, Valtimo was merged with the town of Nurmes.
Other websites
Official website
Page of villages in Nurmes
Cities in Finland
Municipalities of North Karelia
Galen Cole

Galen Cole (November 29, 1925 - January 9, 2020) was an American military personnel of World War II and philanthropist. He was born in Bangor, Maine, Cole managed the Cole Land Transportation Museum and the Walking Sticks for Veterans program. He organized many activities and charity drives for veterans and related causes in Bangor. He was part of the United States Marines and was a Purple Heart recipient.
Cole died on January 9, 2020 in Bangor at the age of 94.
References
People from Bangor, Maine
1925 births
2020 deaths
Businesspeople from Maine
American military personnel of World War II
American philanthropists
Military people from Maine
Liguria

Liguria (/lI'g(j)U@ri@/, Italian: [li'gu:rja]; Ligurian: Liguria [li'gy:rja]) is a region of Northern Italy. The capital is Genoa.
The population was about 1,610,134 in 2005.
Provinces
Province of Genoa (Genova) (capital)
Province of La Spezia
Province of Savona
Province of Imperia
Sources
Other websites
Official Site (IT)
Dig It (Beatles song)

"Dig It" is a song by The Beatles from their album Let It Be. The song is credited to Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey. It is one of the few songs to be credited to all of the Beatles; the others are "Flying" (Magical Mystery Tour), "Suzy Parker" (Let It Be movie), "12-Bar Original" (Anthology 2), "Los Paranoias" (Anthology 3) and the Beatles' version of "Free as a Bird".
Personnel
John Lennon - vocal and 6 string bass
Paul McCartney - piano
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
Billy Preston - Hammond organ
Personnel per Ian MacDonald
Notes
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Deadpool

Deadpool (real name is Wade Wilson), is a comic book character in the Marvel Universe published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Rob Leifeld in 1991. Deadpool began as a villain but is currently being used as an anti-hero and in his own comic book series he ended as a good guy. He is currently one of the most popular Marvel characters. He has had many of his own book series as well as been in most of Marvel's other titles. He is often seen in several of the X-Men series of books and is a regular character in the series "Uncanny X-Force". His clothing is colored red and black, and he has two guns and short katanas as well as many other weapons.
Deadpool is a Canadian mercenary whose true name is "Wade Wilson". Deadpool's special power is regeneration. His body can repair itself from any injury. He has formed a relationship with the personification of Death but because his healing power is so strong, he cannot die. This is a common theme in his stories. Deadpool is well known for "breaking the fourth wall". He knows he is a comic book character. Deadpool will often talk to the readers or refer to a specific issue when talking about something that happened in the past. He also can transport to the other alternative universes. His fighting skills are also very known.
In the comic book universe, Deadpool was mostly considered neutral and sometimes even evil, but near the end of the series he was proved to be a good person. He tried really hard to fight his own psychotic mind behaviour and stop killing people. He got married with a person that cared for him and had a daughter. He made friends with an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and by himself destroyed a whole evil army that was trying to kill his family. In the end, on a vacation with his family and friends, Deadpool hugged his daughter as a second earth came crashing down from the sky, presumably killing him and his family and friends, along with many lives on earth, joining up the story with Secret Wars.
However, Deadpool is seen again in the preview of All-new All-different Marvel, confirming his return.
Portrayals
He has been portrayed by Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine before having a more faithful take starting with Deadpool.
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Mark Watt

Mark Robert James Watt is a cricketer from Scotland. He plays for the Scotland national cricket team. He was born on July 29, 1996.
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1996 births
Living people
Cricketers from Edinburgh
Kendallville, Indiana

Kendallville is a city in the state of Indiana, in the United States.
Cities in Indiana
New York's 11th congressional district

New York's 11th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. The 11th district includes all of Staten Island and areas of Brooklyn. The district is currently represented by Republican Nicole Malliotakis who was elected in 2020. The district used to be represented by Democrat Max Rose but was on of the few districts that changed to Republican in the 2020 elections.
Election history
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Akin Mabogunje

Akinlawon Ladipo "Akin" Mabogunje (18 October 1931 - 4 August 2022) was a Nigerian geographer. He was the first African president of the International Geographical Union. In 1999, he was the first African to be elected as a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
In 2017, he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was born in Kano, Nigeria.
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2022 deaths
Nigerian academics
Geographers
FIFA 18

FIFA 18 is a 2017 association football simulation video game in Electronic Arts' FIFA series created by EA Vancouver and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows.
2017 video games
FIFA
Sports video games
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Jim Owens (baseball)

James Philip Owens (January 16, 1934 - September 8, 2020), nicknamed "Bear", was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher and pitching coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between and for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Houston Astros. He was born in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
Owens died on September 8, 2020 in Houston, Texas at the age of 86.
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Jim Owens at BR Bullpen
Jim Owens at Astros Daily
Jim Owens at Baseball Library
Jim Owens at Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Professional Baseball League)
1934 births
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Cincinnati Reds players
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Tetanus

Tetanus (or lockjaw) is a disease that leads to muscle contractions that stay that way for some time.
Infection generally occurs through wound contamination, and often involves a cut or deep puncture wound. The main symptoms are caused by tetanospasmin, a neurotoxin produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani. As the infection goes on, muscle spasms develop in the jaw. This is usually followed by problems with swallowing. The disease leads to muscle stiffness and spasms in other parts of the body. Infection can be prevented by proper immunization and by post-exposure prophylaxis.
References
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Tetanus Information from Medline Plus
Tetanus Symptoms
Tetanus Surveillance -- United States, 1998-2000 (Data and Analysis)
Diseases caused by bacteria
Giant

In mythology, a giant is a type of very large human-like creature. The mythology and legends of many different cultures have mythological animals or monsters that look like very big, very strong humans. One example of a giant is the gigantes of Greek mythology.
Legendary creatures
Noville, Switzerland

Noville is a municipality of the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
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Municipalities of Vaud
Extreme Rules (2009)

Extreme Rules was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on June 7, 2009 at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. This was the fifth show in the lineage of the One Night Stand event.
Results
Related pages
WWE One Night Stand
List of WWE pay-per-view events
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2009 in professional wrestling
WWE Extreme Rules
Sports in New Orleans
2009 in American television
2000s in Louisiana
21st century in New Orleans
Leamington, Ontario

Leamington is a municipality in Essex County, Ontario, Canada. With a population of 27,595 in the Canada 2016 Census.
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Cities in Ontario
The Lorax

The Lorax is a children's book. It was written by Dr. Seuss. It was first published in 1971. The Lorax is a small orange creature. He speaks for the trees against the greedy Once-ler. The book is a fable about industrialized society and the danger it poses to nature. It has been made into a 1972 television show and a 2012 movie. Some people criticized the book. They thought it was gloomy. They thought it was not a good book for children. Some people thought it was unfair to the logging industry.
Story
A young boy living in a polluted world visits a strange creature called the "Once-Ler". The boy asks about the poor state of the world. The Once-ler explains that the world was once beautiful. He made an invention that required him to chop down Trufulla trees. He says that everyone needed his invention. He made a profit from cutting down Trufulla trees. A small orange creature called the Lorax urged him to stop cutting down so many trees. He said that this was harming the environment. The Once-Ler ignored him. Eventually the supply of trees ran out. The land was left polluted. The animals left the forest. The Once-Ler finishes his story. He gives the boy "the last [Truffula seed] of all." He tells him to plant the seed and it will grow into a forest.
1971 books
Books by Dr. Seuss
English-language picture books
Nishinoomote, Kagoshima

is a Japanese city in Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Tanegashima.
History
The city was established on 1 October 1958.
Timeline
1543 (Tenbun 12, 25th day of the 8th month): Portuguese ship landed at Tanegashima bringing the first gun into Japan. Fernao Mendes Pinto is believed to be the first European to set foot on Japan.
1993 (Heisei 5): Nishinoomote developed a twin town link with Vila do Bispo, Portugal.
Related pages
Nishinoomote Seamount
References
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http://www.city.nishinoomote.kagoshima.jp/
Cities in Kyushu
Settlements in Kagoshima Prefecture
Acre Port

Acre Port is an ancient port in the old city of Acre, Israel. The port has a 2000-year-old history. Recent archaeology suggests that the port was originally in the south of Acre, at the mouth of Na'aman River. The port was closed in the time of the British Mandate, which chose to use the Haifa Port instead of Acre. In 1965, a new breakwater was built. In 1982, the port became a marina.
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Ports and harbours of Israel
The Killer Meteors

The Killer Meteors (Chinese: Feng Yu Shuang Liu Xing ) (or The Killer Meteors, Jackie Chan vs. Wang Yu) is a 1976 Hong Kong Taiwanese action movie directed by Jimmy Wang Yu (who also stars) and Lo Wei. It stars Jackie Chan.
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Beyond Rangoon

Beyond Rangoon is a 1995 American British Burmese adventure drama movie directed by John Boorman and starring Patricia Arquette, Frances McDormand, Jit Murad, Adelle Lutz, Johnny Cheah, Victor Slezak, Spalding Gray, Hani Mohsin. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
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Blingel

Blingel is a commune. It is in Nord-Pas-de-Calais in the Pas-de-Calais department in the north of France.
Communes in Pas-de-Calais
Cane toad

The cane toad (Bufo marinus) is a species of toad. They are also known as the giant neotropical toad and the marine toad.
Cane toads are terrestrial amphibians. This means that they only go back to the water to lay their eggs. They live in Central America and South America. However, they have been introduced to Oceania and the Caribbean.
In Australia
Nearly 80 years ago, a group of 102 cane toads were sent to Queensland to catch sugar beetles.
Cane-growers were concerned about the damage insect larvae were doing to crops. The insects were native to Australia, but bad for the valuable cane crops.
The first cane toads were brought into Queensland by Reginald Mungomery, an entomologist. Before 1935, Australia had no toads. The entire continent, full of various frog species, had no toads. Tough and always moving into new areas, the cane toads started reproducing and expanding outwards every wet season. This "invasion front" moved around 10 km a year until the 1960s, when it began speeding up significantly.
Cane toads are rapidly adapting to dry climates, a huge change from their origins in the South American rainforest. They have poison gland in their skin.
Their predators
In their native habitat, a number of fish and reptiles prey on the tadpoles and the adult toad.
These include the broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris), the banded cat-eyed snake (Leptodeira annulata), eels (family Anguillidae), various species of killifish, the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator).
They have far fewer predators in Australia but, as time passes, some of the local animals will adapt their behaviour. Already some Australian crows have learned strategies allowing them to feed on cane toads, such as using their beak to flip toads onto their back. Opossums of the Didelphis genus likely can eat cane toads with impunity. Meat ants are unaffected by the cane toads' toxins, and therefore are able to kill them. The cane toad's normal response to attack is to stand still and let its toxin kill the attacker, which allows the ants to attack and eat the toad.
In popular culture
A cane toad is one of the non-human characters in Dave Barry's 1999 novel Big Trouble and in the 2002 movie based on the novel.
References
Other websites
Species Profile - Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) , National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library. Lists general information and resources for cane toad.
Toads
Eduard Kukan

Eduard Kukan (26 December 1939 - 10 February 2022) was a Slovakian politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2006. He was a candidate for President of Slovakia in the 2004 presidential election. Kukan was born in Trnovec nad Vahom, then-Hungary.
Kukan was elected Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2009, a position he held until 2019. Kukan was also a member of the National Council from 1994 until 1998 and again from 2006 until 2009. From 1990 until 1993, Kukan was the Ambassador to the United Nations.
Kukan died on 10 February 2022 in Bratislava, Slovakia from a heart attack, aged 82.
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Deaths from myocardial infarction
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Norwood Junction railway station

Norwood Junction is a rail and Overground interchange in South Norwood, England. It is in Zone 4. The station is managed by London Overground and is served by Overground, Southern and Thameslink trains.
Crash
The Norwood Junction railway crash happened on 1 May 1891, when a cast-iron bridge over Portland Road, 60 yards (55 m) north-east of the old station building, split under the weight of an express train from Brighton to London Bridge.
Services
tph is trains per hour. T means the service is run by Thameslink, S means the service is run by Southern and O means an Overground service. A slash in between two operators means it is run by either.
Northbound
6tph to London Bridge (T/S)
4tph non-stop (T/S)
2tph calling at all stations to New Cross Gate (S)
4tph to Highbury and Islington via Canada Water (O)
2tph to London Victoria via Crystal Palace (S)
Southbound
6tph to West Croydon (O)
2tph to Epsom via West Croydon (S)
2tph to Coulsdon Town via East Croydon (S)
2tph to Gatwick Airport via Redhill (T)
Line diagram
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Rail transport stations in London fare zone 4
1839 establishments in Europe
1830s establishments in England
London Overground stations
Railway stations in the London Borough of Croydon
Guilford Native American Association

The Guilford Native American Association is a Native American community association in Guilford County, North Carolina. It is a North Carolina State-recognized American Indian Organization,
and is a United Way referral agency.
Started in September 1975 by local parents as a non-profit education advocacy group, the association has grown to include child care, employment, and age-based community programs. It is the oldest American Indian urban association in North Carolina and one of the oldest organizations of its kind in the United States.
Its stated main goal is to "assist Indian people in achieving social and economic self-sufficiency". It serves over 5,000 Native Americans in Guilford and the surrounding counties. One of its major events since 1976 is an annual pow-wow and cultural festival.The association also operates the Guilford Native American Art Gallery in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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GNAA website
1975 establishments in the United States
Organizations based in North Carolina
20th-century establishments in North Carolina
Phil Hill

Philip Toll Hill, Jr., (April 20, 1927 - August 28, 2008) was an American automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero. I'm a peace-loving man, basically.
1927 births
2008 deaths
American racecar drivers
Formula One drivers