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Maracaibo

Maracaibo is a city in northwestern Venezuela. It is the second-largest city in the country and the capital of Zulia State. The population of the city is approximately 1,495,200 with the metropolitan area at 2,108,404 as of 2010.
Maracaibo is nicknamed La Tierra del Sol Amada ("The Beloved Land of the Sun").
References
Cities in Venezuela
1529 establishments
16th-century establishments in Venezuela
Alfreda Markowska

Alfreda Noncia Markowska (May 10, 1926 - January 30, 2021) was from Poland and belonged to the Romani people activist and Holocaust survivor. During World War II, she saved about fifty Jewish and Roma children from death in the Holocaust and the Porajmos genocide. She was born in Stanislawow, Poland.
In October 2006, Alfreda Markowska was awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta for saving Jewish and Roma children during World War II. Then-President of Poland Lech Kaczynski thanked her for her "heroism and uncommon bravery, for exceptional merit in saving human lives".
Markowska died on 30 January 2021, at the age of 94.
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1926 births
2021 deaths
Polish activists
Holocaust survivors
Roma people
Institut aéronautique et spatial

Institut aeronautique et spatial (IAS) is the French aeronautical industry's education coordinator. IAS was created in 1980. It is in Toulouse. IAS members are the major aeronautics & space companies such as EADS, Safran, Thales, Dassault Aviation, Airbus, Eurocopter, and others:
Mission
Its aim is to develop a network of international partners, using 3 main vectors:
Academic training with graduation;
Continuing education and professional trainings;
Support for research cooperation
References
Other websites
IAS website
Aviation in France
Education in France
Aerospace engineering
1980 establishments in France
Toulouse
Chipollino (movie)

Chipollino () is a 1972 Soviet comedy movie directed by Tamara Lisitsian. It stars Gianni Rodari, Aleksandr Yelistratov, and Vladimir Basov.
Actors
Gianni Rodari as Storyteller
Aleksandr Yelistratov as Chipollino
Vladimir Basov as Prince Lemon
Rina Zelyonaya as Countess Cherry
Aleksandra Panova as Countess Cherry
Vitaly Kerdimun as Viscount Cherry
Nadir Malishevsky as Lord Tomato before the earthquake
Vladimir Belokurov as Lord Tomato after the earthquake
Georgiy Vitsin as Lawyer Pea
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Other websites
Soviet movies
1972 movies
Soviet comedy movies
Henning Christophersen

Henning Christophersen (8 November 1939 - 31 December 2016) was a Danish politician. He was the Vice President of the European Commission (1985-1995). He also was the leader of the Danish liberal party Venstre (1978-1984) and member of the European Convention.
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1939 births
2016 deaths
European Union politicians
Danish politicians
Unterföhring

Unterfohring (Central Bavarian: Untafering) is a municipality in the Munich Rural District in Upper Bavaria, Germany. Many media companies are in Unterfohring, for example ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG and Sky Deutschland.
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Munich (district)
Siagne

The Siagne is a short river that flows through the Var and Alpes-Maritimes departments, in southeastern France.
Geography
The Siagne river has a length of and a drainage basin with an area of approximately .
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 8.75 cubic metres per second at Pegomas, near Cannes.
Course
The Siagne starts on the south side of the Audibergue mountain, in the commune of Escragnolles, Alpes-Maritimes department, at an elevation of about . It then flows to the southwest through the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Var. For much of its length, it forms the border between the two departments.
Finally, the river flows into the Mediterranean Sea at the city of Mandelieu-la-Napoule.
The Siagne flows through 2 departments and 13 communes, in one region:
Alpes-Maritimes department: Escragnolles, Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey, Saint-Cezaire-sur-Siagne, Le Tignet, Peymeinade, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Auribeau-sur-Siagne, Pegomas, La Roquette-sur-Siagne
Var: Mons, Callian, Montauroux, Tanneron
Main tributaries
The main tributaries of the Siagne river are:
Left tributaries:
Vallon de Nans - 11 km
Moucharonne - 14 km
Right tributaries:
Siagnole - 19.5 km
Biancon - 24.6 km
Gallery
Related pages
List of rivers of France
References
Rivers of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Twinkle (singer)

Lynn Annette "Twinkle" Ripley (15 July 1948 - 21 May 2015) was a British singer-songwriter. She had chart successes in the 1960s with her best known songs, "Terry" and "Golden Lights". Her niece is actress Fay Ripley.
Other websites
Biography and discography at 45-rpm website
1948 births
2015 deaths
Cancer deaths in England
English pop singers
English singer-songwriters
Musicians from Surrey
Gerardo Sofovich

Gerardo Andres Sofovich (March 18, 1937 - March 8, 2015) was an Argentine businessman, dramaturge, TV host, actor, comedian, scriptwriter, and film director.
He was the producer Polemica en el bar and La noche del Domingo, two of the most popular Argentine television programs of the 1970s and '80s. Sofovich also hosted A la manera de Sofovich and Sin Limite SMS, broadcast on Canal 9.
References
1937 births
2015 deaths
Actors from Buenos Aires
Argentine comedians
Argentine movie directors
Argentine screenwriters
Businesspeople from Buenos Aires
Argentine television presenters
Writers from Buenos Aires
Marcel van Dam

Marcel Parcival Arthur van Dam (; born 30 January 1938) is a retired Dutch politician and journalist. He is a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). He was born in Utrecht, Netherlands. He had roles in the Joop den Uyl and Dries van Agt governments.
Van Dam was a member of the House of Representatives from 1977 until 1981 and again from 1982 until 1986. He was the State Secretary for Housing and Spatial Planning from 1973 until 1977. He later was Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning from 1981 until 1982.
He also worked as a political commentator for de Volkskrant.
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1938 births
Living people
Political commentators
Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians
Politicians from Utrecht (city)
Writers from Utrecht (city)
Dutch columnists
Nice Dreams

Nice Dreams is a 1981 American adventure comedy movie directed by Tommy Chong. It is the third movie out of Cheech & Chong's movie series and stars Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Stacey Keach, Paul Reubens, Evelyn Guerrero, Peter Jason. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Other websites
1981 adventure movies
1981 comedy movies
American adventure movies
American comedy movies
Columbia Pictures movies
Cuz I Love You

Cuz I Love You is the third studio album by American singer and rapper Lizzo. It is Lizzo's first album on a major label and was released through Nice Life and Atlantic Records on April 19, 2019. The album features guest appearances from Missy Elliott and Gucci Mane. Two singles "Juice" and "Tempo" (with Missy Elliott) were released from the album.
The deluxe edition of the album was released on May 3. It won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. It includes the single "Truth Hurts". "Truth Hurts" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
References
Te Wharehuia Milroy

James Te Wharehuia Milroy (24 July 1937 - 7 May 2019) was a New Zealand academic. He is best known for his work as an expert in the Maori language. He worked and lectured at the University of Waikato in the Maori Department. In 2003, he was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services. He was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2012. A Maori man himself, he was from a Ngai Tuhoe background.
Milroy died on 7 May 2019, at the age of 81.
References
1937 births
2019 deaths
New Zealand academics
New Zealand Maori people
Al-Karak

Al Karak is a city in Jordan, located within the Karak district in the Karak governorate, south of the capital, Amman, about 120 km away. It has a population of about 32,000. Its high mountains overlook the Dead Sea and the Southern Jordan Valley.
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Archaeological sites in Jordan
Settlements in Jordan
Priam

Priam (Priamos or (Latin) Priamus) is a person in Greek mythology. He was the King of Troy during the Trojan War.
Priam had several wives, but his principal wife was Hecuba. With her he had his favourite son Hector; and Paris the cause of the war.
In Book II of Virgil's Aeneid, he was killed during the destruction of Troy by Achilles' son Neoptolemus.
Other websites
Priam
Henry Leavenworth

Henry Leavenworth (December 10, 1783 - July 21, 1834) was an American soldier. He was active in the War of 1812 and early military actions against the Plains Indians. He created Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Leavenworth, Kansas, Leavenworth County, Kansas, and the Leavenworth Penitentiary are named after him.
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Other websites
1st Dragoons
1783 births
1834 deaths
Military people from Connecticut
19th-century American politicians
People from New Haven, Connecticut
Politicians from Connecticut
Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Ulster () is a constituency of Northern Ireland. It is in Northern Ireland.
Election results
References
Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland
Three Jewels

The Three Jewels, also called the Three Treasures, the Three Refuges, or the Triple Gem, are the three things that Buddhists give themselves to, and in return look toward for guidance, in the process known as taking refuge.
The Three Jewels are:
Buddha, which means The Enlightened or Awakened One, who, depending on one's interpretation, can mean the Historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, or the Buddha nature or ideal within all beings;
Dharma, which means The Teaching, which is the Teachings of the Buddha.
Sangha, which means The Community, The Community of those great people who have attained Enlightenment, so that those people (Sangha) will help you to attain Enlightenment.
References
Buddhism
Buddhist terminology
Manitoba

Manitoba is a province of Canada. It lies roughly in the centre of Canada.
Manitoba is the 6th largest province with area. It has the fifth largest number of people, with 1,379,584 in 2020. People from Manitoba are called "Manitobans".
History
People have been living in Manitoba for thousands of years. Both the Hudson's Bay Company from England and many people from France moved to Manitoba during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. It became part of the Northwest Territories in 1869. The Red River Rebellion, which was started by Louis Riel, began in Manitoba.
Manitoba became part of Canada on 12 May 1870. It included only the southern part which is nearest to the United States. But parts of the Northwest Territories were added to Manitoba later on.
Government
The capital of Manitoba is the city of Winnipeg. Other large cities in Manitoba include Steinbach and Brandon.
The people of Manitoba elected a legislature. The leader of the government, who is called the Premier, is the leader of the largest party in the legislature. There is also a Lieutenant Governor, who represents the Queen. Right now, the premier of Manitoba is Greg Selinger and the Lieutenant Governor is Philip S. Lee.
The main political parties in Manitoba are the New Democratic Party, the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, and the Liberal Party.
References
Other websites
1870 establishments in North America
1870s establishments in Canada
Kam Buckner

Kambium Elijah "Kam" Buckner is a Democratic politician. He is a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 26th district since 2019. Buckner is the chair of the Illinois House Black Caucus. He was a candidate for Mayor of Chicago in the 2023 election.
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Living people
State legislators of the United States
Democratic Party (United States) politicians
Politicians from Chicago
Killing Heat

Killing Heat is a 1981 Zambian Swedish Zimbabwean Australian drama movie directed by Michael Raeburn and based on the 1950 novel The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing. It stars John Thaw, Karen Black, John Kani, Patrick Mynhardt, John Moulder Brown and was distributed by Swedish Film Institute.
Other websites
1981 drama movies
Zambian movies
Swedish drama movies
Zimbabwean movies
Australian drama movies
Movies based on books
Movies set in the 1940s
Movies set in Zimbabwe
Movies directed by Michael Raeburn
Wuthering Heights (song)

"Wuthering Heights" is a song by English singer and songwriter Kate Bush.
Release
It was released as Bush's first single on 20 January 1978. The release was through EMI Records. The song was based on the 1847 Emily Bronte book that was also called Wuthering Heights. The song was released as the lead single from Bush's first studio album, The Kick Inside. It was number one on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks. It is still Bush's biggest hit. It also reached the top of the charts in Australia, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and Portugal. This song made Bush the first female singer in the United Kingdom to make a number-one single out of a song that she wrote herself. It was covered by Pat Benatar for her 1980 album Crimes of Passion.
1978 songs
1970s ballads
Debut singles
Pop ballads
Rock ballads
Kate Bush songs
Pat Benatar songs
Art pop songs
Art rock songs
Baroque pop songs
Gothic rock songs
It Sounds Like

It Sounds Like is a singles collection from the progressive house artist Deadmau5.
2009 albums
Deadmau5 albums
Wood frog (disambiguation)

Wood frog is the ordinary speech name for many species of frog.
Lithobates sylvaticus or Rana sylvatica, the North American wood frog
Papurana daemeli, the Australian bullfrog
Holly Madison

Holly Sue Cullen (born December 23, 1979), the model is known mostly as Holly Madison, is an American television personality. She is best known for being one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends on the reality television series The Girls Next Door. She also had her own reality series, Holly's World.
References
Living people
1979 births
Models from Nevada
Williamston, Michigan

Williamston is a city in Ingham County, Michigan, United States.
Cities in Michigan
Syntax

In linguistics, syntax is the study of the rules that govern the structure of sentences.
The term syntax can also be used to refer to these rules themselves, as in "the syntax of a language". Modern research in syntax attempts to describe languages in terms of such rules, and, for many practitioners, to find general rules that apply to all languages.
Related pages
Phrase
Grammar
Syntactic terms
Adjective
Adverb
Article
Clause
Comparative
Infinitive
Noun
Phrase
Phrasal verb
Plural
Preposition
Pronoun
Superlative
Verb
Tense
Word order
Notes
References
Other websites
The syntax of natural language (Beatrice Santorini & Anthony Kroch, University of Pennsylvania)
Learn Programming Language Syntax
Various syntactic constructs used in computer programming languages
Grammar
Coustouge

Coustouge is a commune of 121 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Communes in Aude
Recording studio

A recording studio is a place prepared for the recording of music, or other sound media. Some studios are independent, but many are part of a larger business, like a record label. Independent studios may only record one band or set of performers, but may also lease time to outsiders. Some studios charge an hourly rate, while others charge by the project.
Recording studios are usually divided into three areas: a "live area" (with natural ) for recording groups, a "dead area" (with to prevent reverb and echoes) for vocals and soloists, and a control booth, to house the recording equipment. Studios are usually soundproofed, to keep outside noises from getting into recordings. and other objects are used inside studios, to isolate sound sources. room shapes are also used, to prevent "standing waves" and sound interference.
Early recording studios were not much different from radio studios, and the techniques used were , but this changed over the years. Recordings could present sounds in ways radio could not carry, and radio did not play only recordings, so the shift was natural. When recording was developed in the 1950s, radio stations did not need multitrack equipment, for example. (Today some radio stations have such equipment, but use it to pre-record material.)
After effects were developed, the natural sound of a recording space was ignored by many new studios. The people who operated them depended on effects to create the sound they wanted. Today the trend is back toward good natural sounds, with less processing.
Music industry
Studios
Vacqueriette-Erquières

Vacqueriette-Erquieres is a commune. It is found in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais in the Pas-de-Calais department in the north of France.
Communes in Pas-de-Calais
Bussang

Bussang is a commune. It is in Grand Est in the Vosges department in northeast France.
References
Communes in Vosges
Macomb County, Michigan

Macomb County is a county located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Michigan and is part of northern Metro Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the population was 881,217. It is the third-most populous county in the state. The county seat is Mt. Clemens.
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1810s establishments in Michigan Territory
1818 establishments in the United States
Michigan counties
Flag of Washington, D.C.

The flag of Washington, D.C. is made up of three red stars above two red bars on a white background. It is an armorial banner based on the design of the coat of arms granted to George Washington's great-great-great-grandfather, Lawrence Washington.
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Washington, D.C.
Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)

Engelbert Humperdinck (born Arnold George Dorsey; 2 May 1936) is an English pop singer and pianist. His singles "Release Me" and "The Last Waltz" both were at the top of the UK music charts in 1967. It sold more than a million copies each. In North America, he also had chart successes with "After the Lovin'" (1976) and "This Moment in Time" (1979).
References
Other websites
- official site
Engelbert Humperdinck at Starpulse
Engelbert Humperdinck at Live Daily
Engelbert Humperdinck at Yahoo!
1936 births
Living people
English pop singers
English pianists
Musicians from Leicestershire
People from Leicester
Le Duc Tho

Le Duc Tho (; 14 October 1911 - 13 October 1990), born Phan Dinh Khai in Ha Nam Province, was a Vietnamese revolutionary, general, diplomat, and politician. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1973. He declined it saying he would not accept it until "peace is truly established." Tho died on October 13, 1990 in Hanoi, Vietnam 1990.
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1911 births
1990 deaths
Vietnamese communist politicians
Asian diplomats
Generals
Nobel Peace Prize winners
People of the Vietnam War
Vietnamese military people
West Guadalcanal constituency

West Guadalcanal is a constituency of the Solomon Islands. It is in the Guadalcanal Province.
Election results
References
Solomon Islands parliamentary constituencies
James Seanor

James Seanor (born 1833, date of death unknown) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War. He was also a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. He received it for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Biography
Seanor was born in 1833 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was living in New York when he joined the Navy. He served during the Civil War as a master-at-arms on the . Although their enlistments had expired, Seanor and crewmate Andrew Jones voluntarily transferred to the to fight in the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. During the battle they "carried out [their] duties gallantly" according to the Medal of Honor citation. For this action, both Seanor and Jones were awarded the Medal of Honor four months later on December 31, 1864.
Seanor's official Medal of Honor citation reads:
Served as master-at-arms on board the U.S. Ironclad Chickasaw, Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Although his enlistment was up, Seanor volunteered for the battle of Mobile Bay, going on board the Chickasaw from the Vincennes where he carried out his duties gallantly throughout the engagement which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee.
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1833 births
Year of death unknown
Military people from Massachusetts
Military personnel of the American Civil War
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients
Mooringsport, Louisiana

Mooringsport is a small town in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Towns in Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Colchester, Connecticut

Colchester is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. 15,555 people lived here at the 2020 census.
References
Towns in Connecticut
Preamble

A preamble is an introduction to a document that describes the documents purpose. The word comes from "pre" meaning "before" and "amble" meaning walk. A preamble can contain facts about the document. The preamble of a law is not part of the law but explains its purpose. The preamble of a book is called a preface. The preamble of a musical composition is a prelude or overture. The preamble of a Wikipedia article walks before the sections, and is called the lede or introduction.
A data packet has a preamble which the system needs but which goes before the data that the user will use.
Example
One of the world's most famous preambles is the one in the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. -- That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Documents
Priscilla Barnes

Priscilla Barnes (born December 7, 1955 in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an American actress. She has been in many movies and in television programs. She starred in the sitcom Three's Company and the movies Mallrats and Licence to Kill. Some sources give 1955 as her birth date, while others say 1958.
1955 births
Living people
Actors who played in James Bond movies
Actors from New Jersey
American television actors
American movie actors
Eva, Louisiana

Eva is an unincorporated community in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Unincorporated communities in Concordia Parish, Louisiana
Clavicle

The clavicle, or collarbone, is a long bone that is part of the shoulder. It connects the arm to the main part of the body. It is a support for the scapula bone and helps the arm to hang freely. This allows the arm to have a lot of movement. The clavicle is made from sponge-like bone, called cancellous bone, and is covered with a hard shell of bone. Most mammals and many other land vertebrates have clavicles.
Clavicle is a formal scientific term. Normally we use the term collarbone, both in everyday speech and literary fiction.
Other websites
Image of the clavicle
Bones
Torso
Belvedere, California

Belvedere is a small city in Marin County in the state of California, United States. It has no shops or restaurants. The population was 2,126 at the 2020 census.
It is about northeast of Sausalito.
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1890s establishments in California
1896 establishments in the United States
Cities in California
Settlements in Marin County, California
Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area
Bali

Bali () is an island and a province in Indonesia. The province includes the island of Bali and a few other islands. About 4,300,00 people live in Bali. Bali's most important city is Denpasar. Hinduism is Bali's largest religion. More than 90% of its people are Hindus. Textiles and garments are 45% of their exports. The currency in Bali is the Indonesian rupiah (IDR). The literacy rate for Bali is 45.55%.
Tourism
Bali is a popular place for tourists. They have many historic temples and rice fields. Bali has great views and beautiful beaches and volcanoes. Hindu ceremonies, shadow puppet shows, and traditional dance are also very popular.
Sekumpul Waterfall: This Balinese waterfall is in north of Bali.
Tegallang Rice Terrace: These rice paddies are near Ubud.
Pura Luhur Uluwatu Temple: This temple is on the deep cliff on the Indian Ocean coast.
Kuta Beach: Kuta is one of the most popular beaches in Bali.
Geography
Bali is a volcanic island. The two main volcanos are Mount Agung and Mount Batur. Mount Agung is sacred to the Balinese people.
Mount Agung is an active volcano, with a deep, large crater. Sometimes smoke and ash comes out of the crater. The last major eruptions occurred in November 2017.
References
Abu Anas al-Libi

Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqai'i (; 30 March or 14 May 1964 - 2 January 2015), better known as Abu Anas al-Libi, was a Libyan al-Qaeda member held as a prisoner in the United States for terrorism offenses. He was wanted for his part in the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He worked as a computer specialist for the terrorist group. He was captured by the U.S. on 5 October 2013 in Tripoli. Before this event, he was on the FBI's most wanted terrorists list. His trial in the U.S. was to begin on 12 January 2015.
Al-Libi was born in Tripoli. He was married and had four sons.
Al-Libi died from surgery problems on 2 January 2015 in a New York City hospital, aged 50. He had liver disease from hepatitis C as well as liver cancer at the time of his death.
References
1964 births
2015 deaths
Al-Qaeda people
Disease-related deaths in New York (state)
Deaths from surgical complications
Libyan people
People from Tripoli
People who died in prison custody
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana--Champaign (UIUC) is a university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system.
The university has 18 Colleges that offer more than 150 programs of study. It is a selective state schools in the United States. Many of its popular undergraduate and graduate programs are ranked high in the US.
History
The university was established in 1867. It opened for classes on March 2, 1868 with only two faculty members and a small group of students. In 1982, the name of the university was changed from the University of Illinois to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Colleges and schools
The university has the following colleges and schools:
College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
College of Applied Health Sciences
Institute of Aviation
College of Business
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of Fine and Applied Arts
Graduate College
Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations
College of Law
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
College of Media
College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign
School of Social Work
College of Veterinary Medicine
Notable alumni and faculty
Notable people associated with the university have been successful in fields such as science, business, and politics. The university has produced many Nobel Prize winners.
John Bardeen, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 and 1972, worked on the faculty of the university from 1951 to 1991.
Roger Ebert, who became the first movie critic to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Other websites
Official Website
Association of American Universities
Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
1867 establishments in Illinois
Bridgeport, Oklahoma

Bridgeport is a city in Oklahoma in the United States.
Cities in Oklahoma
List of Go, Diego, Go! episodes

Go, Diego, Go! is an American animated educational interactive children's television program. It premiered on Nickelodeon on September 6, 2005 in the United States. It was created and executive produced by Chris Gifford and Valerie Walsh Valdes.
The series is a spin-off of Dora the Explorer. It follows Dora's cousin Diego, an 8-year-old boy. His adventures often involve rescuing animals and protecting their environment.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2005-2006)
References
Lists of Nickelodeon television series episodes
Västerås

Vasteras is a town in the county of Vastmanland in Sweden. It is the seat of Vasteras Municipality.
The clothing company H&M started in Vasteras in 1947.
References
Other websites
Settlements in Vastmanland County
Saxe-Jena

The Duchy of Saxe-Jena was one of the Ernestine duchies of the House of Wettin.
Part of the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar was given to Bernhard, the fourth son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar in 1672. The second duke had no male heirs to inherit the title, so the territory was taken back by Saxe-Weimar when the second duke died in 1690. .
Dukes of Saxe-Jena
Bernhard (1672 - 1678)
Johann Wilhelm (1678 - 1690)
Reincorporated into Saxe-Weimar
States of the Holy Roman Empire
Thuringia
Lee Baxter

Lee Baxter (born 17 June 1976) is a former Swedish football player.
Club career statistics
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1976 births
Living people
Swedish footballers
People from Helsingborg
Bessé-sur-Braye

Besse-sur-Braye is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Sarthe department in the west of France.
Related pages
Communes of the Sarthe department
References
Other websites
Communes in Sarthe
Province of Palermo

Palermo is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily in Italy.
P
Professional Developers Conference

The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is a conference where people from all over the world gather to view things that Microsoft has made.
Other websites
PDC Website
Microsoft
Ekspla

EKSPLA is a laser manufacturing company based in Lithuania. They specialize in producing lasers, laser systems, and other photonics components. The company was established in 1992 as a spin-off from the EKSMA company. They have two divisions: Laser & Laser Systems and Photonics Components. In 2008, the components business activities were moved to a separate company called Optolita, operating as EKSMA OPTICS. EKSPLA has received awards for their contributions to the knowledge-based economy and advancements in laser science. Their product lines include scientific lasers, industrial lasers, laser spectroscopy, and laser electronics components.
References
Technology companies of Europe
Companies of Lithuania
Khadija El Bidaouia

Khadija El Bidaouia (1953 - 15 October 2022) was a Moroccan singer.
El Bidaouia was born in Ben Mskin Sbata, Casablanca in 1953. She was a pioneer in Aita, an ancestral Moroccan music genre. The music genre has a feminist dimension. Khadija took over during her career a male-dominated industry of mostly sheikhs, and became Moroccan favorite Marsaoui singer. She was beloved by several Aita sheikhs and became very popular Casablanca. She released multiple albums and singles, including 'La Yensani', 'Ghzali' and 'Besmlah'.
El Bidaouia died in the military hospital in Rabat from an illness on 15 October 2022, aged 69.
References
Moroccan people
Singers
1953 births
2022 deaths
Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 12 to 14 October. The events took place at the Asia Pavilion in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Medal table
References
Other websites
Official Results Book - Wrestling
2018
Toome

Toome (or Toomebridge) is a village in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom. It is from Magherafelt and from Antrim. It is close to the River Bann.
Population facts
On 29 April 2001 the United Kingdom government had a census and saw that there were 722 people living in Toome. They also saw that:
27.2% of the people were under 16 years old and 10.9% were over 60 years old
48.8% of the people were male and 51.3% were female
96.3% of the people were from a Roman Catholic background and 2.9% were from a Protestant background
6.2% of people aged 16-74 had no job.
References
Villages in Northern Ireland
Settlements in County Antrim
COVID-19 recession

The coronavirus recession, also known as the Great Lockdown or Great Shutdown, was a major global economic recession affecting the world economy in 2020 during and as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background
The recession caused the largest economic downturn since the Great Depression. On 14 April 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported that all of the G7 nations had already entered or were entering into what was called a "deep recession". The IMF has stated that the economic decline is "far worse" than that of the Great Recession in 2009.
The numbers
The pandemic has led to more than a third of the world's population being placed on lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19. This has caused severe economic downfalls for economies across the world, following soon after a global economic slowdown during 2019 that saw a lowering numbers in stock markets worldwide.
The United Nations (UN) predicted in April 2020 that global unemployment will wipe out 6.7 per cent of working hours globally in the second quarter of 2020--equivalent to 195 million full-time workers.
Other effects
The recession saw the fall of the price of oil caused by the 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war, the collapse of the tourism industry, hospitality industry, energy industry, and a large decrease in consumer activity.
Global stock markets crashed around 20 to 30% during late February and March 2020. During the crash, global stock markets had many swings, mainly due to uncertainty in the markets.
References
COVID-19 pandemic
Antti Litja

Antti Vilho Olavi Litja (21 February 1938 - 12 July 2022) was a Finnish actor. He was born in Helsinki, Finland. Litja was known for his roles in The Clan - Tale of the Frogs (1984), Farewell, Mr. President (1987), The Glory and Misery of Human Life (1988), Princess (2010) and The Grump (2014).
Litja died on 13 July 2022 in Helsinki, Finland at the age of 84.
References
1938 births
2022 deaths
Finnish movie actors
Finnish television actors
Finnish stage actors
Purge

In history, politics and religion, a purge is a removal from a job or powerful position of people who are considered undesirable or dangerous by those in power from a government, another organization, their team leaders, or society as a whole. A group undertaking such an action is labeled as purging itself. Purging is a form of persecution.
Purges can be either nonviolent or violent; the nonviolent purges are often done by the simple removal of people from their jobs or a powerful position, and the violent purges are often done by the imprisonment, exile, or murder (either through execution through a show trial or through extrajudicial killing without a trial) of those who have been purged.
Related pages
Reign of Terror
Night of the Long Knives
Great Purge
McCarthyism
Cultural Revolution
2016 Turkish purges
Political movements
Mass murder
284

Year 284 (CCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
The Bagaudae, a group of peasants, revolt in Gaul against the Roman Empire. The Dardani, a region in Illyria, becomes a Roman province.
Emperor Numerian travels through Bithynia (Asia Minor). He is murdered on his way home to Rome.
November 20 - Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, age 39, is made emperor.
Sabinus Julianus, Roman usurper against Emperor Carinus, revolts in Pannonia. He attacks northern Italy and makes himself emperor.
Winter - Diocletianus moves with his army across the Balkans.
By topic
Religion
Patriarch Rufinus I succeeds Patriarch Dometius as Patriarch of Constantinople.
Births
Jin Huidi, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (d. 313)
Deaths
Diophantus, Greek mathematician (approximate date)
Marcus Aurelius Numerian, Roman Emperor
Sun Hao, last emperor of the Kingdom of Wu (b. 242)
Xin Xianying, daughter of Xin Pi (b. 205)
280s
Engishiki Jinmyocho

The Engishiki Jinmyocho is a historical list of Shinto shrines.
It was written in the Heian period and is the source of the designation of shrines as Myojin Taisha.
It is a section of the Engishiki
Shrine categorizations
Many categorizations of shrines come from this book
ones in the Rikkokushi but not the Engishiki
ones listed as especially significant
another class
ones that were ignored by both the Engishiki Jinmyocho and the Rikkokushi
Related pages
Meishin Taisha Shrine
Beppyo Shrine
modern shrine ranking system
Twenty-two companies
Shinto
Pages with unreviewed translations
References
Mid front unrounded vowel

The mid front unrounded vowel is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not in English.
Vowels
Old quantum theory

Quantum theory is the basis of modern physics. It explains the behavior of matter and energy on the atomic and subatomic level.
Quantum mechanics
Ovarian cyst

Ovarian cysts are collections of fluids, surrounded by a very thin wall within an ovary. Ovarian follicles that are larger than two centimeters are termed ovarian cysts. The cysts range from pea-sized to just larger than an orange. Most cysts are functional in nature and harmless.
Ovarian cysts affect women of any age.
Diseases and disorders of the female reproductive system
High-definition television

High-definition television (HDTV) is a television broadcasting system which uses a higher resolution than a normal television. With HDTV, people can see sharper pictures than with old television, giving a more vivid and clear screen.
Most HDTV systems use digital signals with a 16:9 aspect ratio (width to height). This is different to SDTV (standard-definition television) which uses analog signals and a 4:3 aspect ratio.
HDTV picture resolution is at least twice that of SDTV, so it can present a more vivid screen than analog television or DVD. HDTV can control resolution efficiently.
Some videos on the website YouTube, a free video sharing website that lets people upload and view videos, are in HD.
There are different standards. Common ones are:
2560x1440, progressive scan, requiring about 3,68 Megapixels per frame. This is known as 1440p or WQHD. It is a new standard, which is slowly replacing many 1080p-computer-monitors in the household (everyday use).
1920x1080, progressive scan, requiring about 2,07 MPixels per frame. This is known as 1080p or FullHD. It has been used very frequently for different types of screens in the past few years.
1920x1080, interlaced, 1.04 MPixel per field. This is known as 1080i.
1280x720, progressive, 0.92 MPixel per frame. This is known as 720p.
As a comparison, PAL plus is at 1024x576 pixels, and NTSC at 853x480 pixels.
Other websites
US Government HDTV and DTV official site
Canadian Digital Television official website
ATSC
Television technology
Ana María Giunta

Ana Maria Giunta (1 March 1943 - 14 March 2015) was an Argentine actress. She was known for her roles in S.O.S Gulubu (1986), A King and His Movie (1986), and in Eversmile, New Jersey (1989). Giunta was born in Concepcion del Uruguay, Argentina.
Giunta died in Buenos Aires, Argentina from respiratory failure, aged 72.
References
Other websites
1943 births
2015 deaths
Argentine movie actors
Argentine television actors
Deaths from respiratory failure
Disease-related deaths in Argentina
Robert Knox

Robert Knox (4 September 1791 - 20 December 1862) was a Scottish anatomist, zoologist, ethnologist and doctor. He is best known for the Burke and Hare murders. Some of his work had controversy because he tried to prove that Anglo-Saxons were superior to other people.
Life
Robert Knox was born in Edinburgh's North Richmond Street to Mary and Robert Knox. His father was a teacher of mathematics and philosophy. He had smallpox as an infant, which blinded his left eye and changed his face. He was educated at the Royal High School, where he bullied his friends.
In 1810, he joined medical classes in Edinburgh. He became interested in transcendentalism.
Knox graduated from Edinburgh University in 1814.
Knox married his wife Susan in 1824.
References
Other websites
Robert Knox MD, FRCSEd, FRSEd 1791-1862: The first Conservator of the College Museum The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Historical Review, 2000. Accessed 23 February 2007.
Collection of prints related to the Burke and Hare murders
1791 births
1862 deaths
Scientists from Edinburgh
British anatomists
British ethnologists
Arci Kempner

Arci Kempner is an archer from Brazil. Kempner competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She was born on 3 February 1934.
References
Other websites
1934 births
Living people
Brazilian archers
Brazilian Olympians
Roscoe Lee Browne

Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1922 - April 11, 2007) was an American television, stage, voice, and movie actor, narrator, and director. He was known for his deep voice.
Early life
Browne was born in Woodbury, New Jersey. His parents were Sylvanus S. Browne and Lovie Lee Usher. He was African American. Browne was educated at Lincoln University, an historically black university. He graduated in 1946.
Career
Browne's career began in 1964 in the movie Black Like Me. His career has lasted 43 years. He has appeared in over 100 movies.
Death
Browne was never married. He died on April 11, 2007, from stomach cancer in Los Angeles, California.
Movies
Black Like Me (1964)
Graham Greene's The Comedians (1967)
Up Tight! (1968)
Topaz (1969)
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
The Cowboys (1972)
Cisco Pike (1972)
The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Logan's Run (1976)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
Nothing Personal (1980)
Legal Eagles (1986)
Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
Moon 44 (1990)
The Mamboo Kings (1992)
Naked in New York (1993)
Hamlet (2000)
Morgan's Ferry (2001)
Treasure Planet (2002)
Unchained Memories (2003)
Awards and honors
Obie Award (1965) for Best Performance.
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards (1970) for Best Actor.
Emmy Award (1986) for Best Guest Star
Browne was added to the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1977.
References
Other websites
1922 births
2007 deaths
Deaths from stomach cancer
Actors from New Jersey
Actors from Pennsylvania
Emmy Award winning actors
African American actors
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
American movie directors
Miriam Herrera

Miriam Herrera is a volleyball player from Cuba. Miriam competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. She was born on 28 July 1950.
References
Other websites
1950 births
Living people
Cuban volleyball players
Cuban Olympians
Brian Howe (singer)

Brian Anthony Howe (22 July 1953 - 6 May 2020) was an English rock singer. He was best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. He also worked with Ted Nugent for his Penetrator album. Howe was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Howe died of cardiac arrest on 6 May 2020 on the way to a hospital in Florida, aged 66. He had a heart attack in 2017.
References
1953 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from cardiac arrest
English singer-songwriters
English rock singers
English rock guitarists
Musicians from Hampshire
Writers from Hampshire
People from Portsmouth
Gus Franklin Mutscher

Gus Franklin Mutscher (November 19, 1932 - February 26, 2023) was an American Democratic politician. He was the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 1969 to 1972.
Mutscher was one of several Texas politicians indicted in the Sharpstown bank stock fraud scandal. He was convicted and sentenced to five years probation for conspiring to accept a bribe. Mutscher, however, was later cleared on appeal.
Mutscher was born in Brenham, Texas. He married a former Miss America, Donna Axum of El Dorado, Arkansas in 1969, but divorced in 1972.
Mutscher died on February 26, 2023 in Brenham, Texas at the age of 90.
References
1932 births
2023 deaths
State legislators of the United States
Politicians from Texas
Democratic Party (United States) politicians
Acritarch

Acritarchs are early microfossils, the remains, probably, of eukaryote cells. It is the resistant single-layered cell walls, or perhaps a cover secreted by cell walls, that we see in early rocks of the Proterozoic era. These structures are organic in their chemical composition, not calcium carbonate. Their precise nature is not known, but they look like the resting stages of modern dinoflagellates (the 'red tide' organisms).
"These microfossils represent the resting stage in the reproductive cycle of eukaryote algae".p258
Acritarchs appear in quantity in organic-rich shales and siltstone strata 1.4 to 1.6 billion years old.p57 They include a wide range of forms, so it is not clear whether or not they are monophyletic. At about 1 billion years ago they started to increase in abundance, diversity, and especially size and number of spines. Their populations crashed during the Cryogenian period 860 million years ago (the Snowball Earth episodes). They proliferated in the Cambrian explosion and reached their highest diversity in the Palaeozoic. They survived at least until the Ordovician period.p256
The increased spininess possibly resulted from the need for defence against predators large enough to swallow them or tear them apart. Other groups of small organisms from the Neoproterozoic era also show signs of anti-predator defences.
Recent discovery
A recent discovery has greatly extended our knowledge of acritarchs. Large (50mm) acritarchs have been found in silica-based rocks of Archaean age in South Africa. These rocks date to 3,200 million years ago, which makes them the second oldest life to be found as fossils. The earliest are cyanobacteria found in stromatolites.
The significance of this is that acritarchs are eukaryotes. This means that eukaryotes were present at least 1.5 billion years earlier than had been supposed.
References
Protista
Fossils
The novel of a seamstress

The novel of a seamstress (also known as La lettura or Il romanzo di una cucitrice) is a 20th-century late filippinism painted in oil by Umberto Boccioni. It was painted about 1908, in Milano, Italy.
Umberto Boccioni was inspired by these art work by Filippini painting "Reading".
Related pages
Reading (Filippini)
Portrait of the mother (Boccioni)
Francesco Filippini
Bibliography
Francesco Filippini, un protagonista del Naturalismo, Ed. Skira, 1999, p. 133
Gaetano Panazza, 1964, p. 62
Luciano Anelli, 1984, p. 97
Renata Stradiotti, 1989, p.192
Paintings by Umberto Boccioni
1900s paintings
Hardifort

Hardifort is a commune in the Nord department in north France. In 2007, its population was 386.
Related pages
Communes of the Nord department
References
Communes in Nord
Seattle Storm

The Seattle Storm are an American professional women's basketball team. They are based in Seattle, Washington. The Storm play basketball in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They are in the WNBA's Western Conference. When they play basketball in Seattle, the Lynx play at Climate Pledge Arena. The team was made in 2000. The team won the 2004, 2010, 2018, and 2020 WNBA Championships.
As of 2023, the Storm have been to the WNBA Playoffs sixteen times. Many good basketball players have been on the Storm, such as Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart, and Lauren Jackson. The Storm are one of two WNBA teams who have never lost a WNBA Final. The other is the Houston Comets. However, the Comets are not a team anymore. In 2004, they beat the Connecticut Sun. In 2010, they beat the Atlanta Dream. In 2018, they beat the Washington Mystics. In 2020, they beat the Las Vegas Aces.
The Storm was related to the Seattle SuperSonics, a team in the NBA. However, the SuperSonics became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008.
References
Basketball teams in the United States
Women's basketball teams