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Pixies

A pixie is also a small creature with wings, famous in folklore
Pixies are an American alternative rock band. The band started in 1986. They broke up in 1993, but they started to play together again from 2004 to the present. There are four members in the band: Black Francis (vocals, rhythm guitar), Joey Santiago (lead guitar), Kim Deal (bass guitar, vocals), and David Lovering (drums).
History
Pixies' band members came together during the mid-1980s. Joey Santiago and Frank Black met at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where they were students. Santiago introduced Black to new music, such as David Bowie.
In 1985, they decided to create a band. Kim Deal joined on bass guitar after answering an advertisement in a Boston newspaper. The band's musical style was influenced by bands such as Husker Du. David Lovering, the drummer and a friend of Deal, joined in late 1985.
Success
The band released their first album, Come on Pilgrim, in 1987. The released one album every year from 1987-1991. Although they were not very successful in the USA, they were popular for alternative rock fans in Europe. In 1988, they recorded a session with British radio DJ John Peel because he felt they were a good band.
The band had many problems, with band members disagreeing on certain issues. In 1989, the band nearly asked Kim Deal to leave because of her laziness. She was also trying to take more control as a songwriter. These problems got worse and in 1993, they split up.
Pixies influenced many bands that were more successful, such as Nirvana and OK Go.
Reunion
They re-united and went on a tour in 2004-2005. However, they have yet to release a new album.
Musical style
The lyrics to Pixies' songs are well known for being unusual. The band are also well known for combining loud music with more quiet melodies, and for combining pop with rock.
Music
EP Come on Pilgrim (1987)
Albums Surfer Rosa (1988)Doolittle (1989)Bossanova (1990)Trompe le Monde'' (1991)
1986 establishments in the United States
1980s American music groups
1990s American music groups
2000s American music groups
2010s American music groups
American rock bands
Musical groups established in 1986
Musical groups from Massachusetts
Ivar Nilsson

Ivar Bengt Nilsson (12 June 1933 - 26 February 2019) was a Swedish speed skater. He was born in Goteborg, Sweden. He won a bronze all-round medal at the 1962 world championships. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics in 1,500 m, 5,000 m and 10,000 m events with his best achievement having been a fourth place finish in the 10,000 m event in 1960.
Nilsson died on 26 February 2019 at the age of 85.
References
1933 births
2019 deaths
Swedish Olympians
Southwest (disambiguation)

Southwest is a compass point.
Southwest, south-west, south west, southwestern or south-western or south western may also refer to:
Geography
South West Region (Western Australia), one of the nine regions of Western Australia
Southwest National Park - a national park in Tasmania
Southwest Region (Cameroon)
South West Africa, a region controlled by Germany, and later, South Africa. Now Namibia.
South West England, a region including the counties of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall
Southwestern United States
Transport
South West Trains, a former UK train operating company
Southwest Airlines, the largest U.S. domestic airline
South Western Railway (train operating company), a current UK train operating company
Japan Transocean Air, an airline known as from 1967 to 1993
Sports
Southwestern Athletic Conference, a college athletic conference in the southern United States
Related pages
Sud-Vest (development region), a region in Romania
Jüri Ratas

Juri Ratas (born 2 July 1978) is an Estonian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Estonia from 2016 until 2021. He has been the Leader of the Centre Party since 2016.
References
1978 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Estonia
Politicians from Tallinn
Conakry Region

Conakry is a region in the west of Guinea. It is bordered by the Guinean region of Kindia and the Atlantic Ocean. The regional capital is the city of Conakry, which is also the national capital. As of the 2017 census, 2,317,376 people lived there. It has an area of .
Prefecture
Conakry Prefecture
Sub-prefectures
Dixinn
Kaloum
Matam
Matoto
Ratoma
Regions of Guinea
Dead Space (2023 video game)

Dead Space is a 2023 survival horror video game developed by Motive Studio and published by Electronic Arts. A remake of the 2008 game of the same name developed by EA Redwood Shores, it was released on January 27, 2023, for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. It is the first release in the Dead Space series since 2013's Dead Space 3. The game received generally favorable reviews from critics, with general praise for its improvements to the original.
2023 video games
PlayStation 5 games
Windows games
Mitsuhiro Kawamoto

is a former Japanese football player.
Club career statistics
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The first final of the championship
1971 births
Living people
Footballers from Tokyo Prefecture
Damian (musician)

Damian Davey (born Damian Baker; 30 September 1964 - 12 February 2017), better known as simply Damian, was an English pop musician. He was best known for his 1989 song "The Time Warp", a cover version of the original track from The Rocky Horror Show. He also did a cover of the song "Wig-Wam Bam" by the Sweet. He was born in Manchester.
Damian died from cancer on 12 February 2017, at the age of 52.
References
1964 births
2017 deaths
Cancer deaths in England
English pop singers
Musicians from Manchester
Tent pegging

Tent pegging (sometimes spelled 'tentpegging' or 'tent-pegging') is a cavalry or equestrian sport of ancient origin.
The sport
In the specific sport of tent pegging a mounted horseman, or at times a team of horsemen, rides at a gallop and uses a sword or a lance to pierce, pick up and carry away a small ground target (a symbolic tent peg) or a series of such small ground targets.
Origins
The origins of tent pegging are ambiguous and subject to some controversy. Some historians and other scholars believe it originated in Arabia, others believe that it might have evolved in Central Asia, while others still believe in its Indian origins. It is believed that people have practised the game of tent pegging since at least the 4th century BC, and over the ages Middle Eastern, Asian and later European empires popularized the game around the world.
The term "tent pegging", however, historically emerged from the attacks by Arabian Muslim cavaliers on enemy camps at dawn or late night, where they would gallop to their tents and pluck out the pegs of their tents, so that these would collapse on them, thus causing havoc and terror in the camp. Several old medieval Arab books give descriptions of such tactics.
Present
Today, tent pegging is practised around the world, but is especially popular in Australia, Pakistan, India, Israel, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Canada and the United Kingdom. The Olympic Council of Asia included tent pegging as an official sport in 1982, and the International Federation for Equestrian Sports recognised it as an official equestrian discipline in 2004.
However, it is important to recognize the difference between tent pegging as an 'international sport' and the local, rural version of the sport played by the traditional tribal peoples such as the Bedu in the Middle East and Oman, the Desi horsemen of Pakistani and Indian Punjab and so on. The former is a milder sport, whereas the latter is a fiercer and more commanding contest.
References
Equestrian sports
Middle East
Sport in India
Sport in Pakistan
Tinus Bosselaar

Martinus "Tinus" Bosselaar (January 16, 1936 - June 6, 2018) was a Dutch footballer. He was active as a left winger. Bosselaar was born in Rotterdam. He played for the Netherlands national football team from 1955 to 1962. He also played for Sparta and Feyenoord.
Bosselaar died on June 6, 2018 in Rotterdam of heart failure at the age of 82.
References
Other websites
Profile
Biography
Profile
1936 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from heart failure
Footballers from Rotterdam
Statistical survey

Statistical surveys are collections of information about items in a population.
Surveys can be grouped into numerical and categorical types. A numerical survey is to get numbers as replies. For example:
How many minutes, on average, do you spend eating breakfast?
This survey question is used to generate numbers in minutes. An example of a categorical question is:
What is your favorite color?
The categories for this would be yellow, green, purple, etc... which are not numbers.
Surveys of human populations and institutions are common in political polling and government, health, social science and marketing research. A survey may concentrate on opinions or factual information depending on its purpose.
Other websites
American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
How to design a web-based statistical survey online.
Ajeebo: Web based survey software tools directory
Conducting Web-Based Surveys
Free resources for methods in social research has links to resources for surveys and sampling.
Online Survey Best Practice
Short Courses in Survey Methodology, sponsored by the Joint Program in Survey Methodology (JPSM) - University of Maryland-College Park and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
The EvaluationWiki - The mission of EvaluationWiki is to make freely available a compendium of up-to-date information and resources to everyone involved in the science and practice of evaluation. The EvaluationWiki is presented by the non-profit Evaluation Resource Institute .
Marketing
Statistics
Mr. Lawrence

Douglas Lawrence Osowski (born January 1, 1969), known professionally as "Mr. Lawrence", is an American voice actor, comedian, writer, storyboard artist, animator, and director. He is known for his voice roles such as Plankton, Larry the Lobster, and the Realistic Fish Head in SpongeBob SquarePants.
Lawrence was born in East Brunswick, New Jersey on January 1, 1969.
Other websites
1969 births
Living people
American voice actors
Comedians from New Jersey
Writers from New Jersey
American artists
American animators
American television directors
Actors from New Jersey
People from East Brunswick, New Jersey
Taiwan Statebuilding Party

The Taiwan Statebuilding Party (TSP) (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; abbreviated to or ; Pinyin: Ki-chin) is a political party in Taiwan. The party was established in 2016 and is considered a close ally of the Democratic Progressive Party.
List of Chairpersons
Chen Yi-chi (2016-)
References
Other websites
Official website
Political parties in Taiwan
Liberal parties
Nationalist organizations in Taiwan
2016 establishments in Asia
21st-century establishments in Taiwan
List of lieutenant governors of Vermont

The Lieutenant Governor of Vermont is elected for a two-year term and chosen separately from the governor.
List
Parties
(7)
(5)
(1)
(57)
(10)
(1)
Italics denote a governor of a different party than the lieutenant governor.
References
Other websites
Office of Lt. Governor David Zuckerman
Valence electron

In chemistry, valence electrons are the electrons in the outside or valence electron shell of an atom. They determine the valency of the atom which is important in how a chemical element reacts with other elements. Elements which have eight valence electrons (noble gases) are inert and they do not tend to create chemical reactions with other elements in the Periodic table group.
The number of valence electrons is also important for determining the group of an element in the Periodic table, because an element's number of valence electron is the same as the number of its group in the periodic table. To calculate the amount of valence electrons present in an element you have to find the last number of the electron configuration.
Physical chemistry
Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh

Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh (; 1945 - July 14, 2020) was an Iranian reformist politician. He was a member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly between 1990 and 1992 and 1996 to 2004. He was Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from 1983 to 1989. Sarhaddizadeh was born in Tehran.
Sarhaddizadeh died on July 14, 2020 in Tehran, aged 75.
References
1945 births
2020 deaths
Politicians from Tehran
Blerim Džemaili

Blerim Dzemaili (born 12 April 1986) is a Swiss football player. He plays for Parma and Switzerland national team.
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1986 births
Living people
Swiss footballers
Tammy Duckworth

Ladda Tammy Duckworth (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician. She is the United States senator from Illinois. She was a U.S. Representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district from 2013 to 2017.
A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first Asian American woman elected to Congress in Illinois, the first disabled woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first member of Congress born in Thailand.
Duckworth ran for the United States senate seat against the current senator Mark Kirk in the 2016 Illinois senate elections. On November 8, 2016, she defeated Kirk in his bid for re-election to his U.S. Senate seat.
In April 2018, Duckworth gave birth to her daughter Maile, making her the first U.S. Senator to give birth while in office.
In July 2020, she became one of the finalists for Joe Biden's running mate in the 2020 election/
References
Other websites
Official U.S. House website
Tammy Duckworth for Senate
Duckworth participates in panel discussion, Returning Veterans at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
1968 births
Living people
United States senators from Illinois
United States representatives from Illinois
Democratic Party (United States) politicians
People from Bangkok
University of Hawai`i at Manoa alumni
Drew Dennis Dix

Drew Dennis Dix (born December 14, 1944) is a United States military veteran. He was a major in the United States Army. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War. He was the first enlisted Special Forces soldier to receive the medal.
References
Other websites
1944 births
Living people
American military personnel of the Vietnam War
Majors
Military people from New York (state)
Purple Heart recipients
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
People from West Point, New York
Platymantis indeprensus

Platymantis indeprensus is a frog. It lives in the Philippines on Mount Banajao and Mount San Cristobal. People have seen it between 600 and 1400 meters above sea level.
The adult male frog is about 21.5-27.3 mm long from nose to rear end. There is no webbed skin on the front feet and only a small amount of webbed skin on the back feet. The skin on the frog's back is black-brown in color, sometimes with a lighter stripe.
References
Frogs of Asia
Darlene Cates

Darlene Cates (Rita Darlene Guthrie; December 13, 1947 - March 26, 2017) was an American actress. She played the obese housebound mother in the 1993 movie What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Cates died of a heart attack on March 26, 2017.
References
Other websites
1947 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
American movie actors
American television actors
Actors from Dallas
Fachhochschule Mainz

The Mainz University of Applied Sciences (German: Hochschule Mainz), is a Hochschule (university of applied sciences). It was founded in 1971.
List of departments
Technology
Design
Business Studies (applied Economy studies)
Other websites
Official Website
1971 establishments in Germany
Mainz, Fachhochschule
Mainz
Caux-et-Sauzens

Caux-et-Sauzens is a commune of 979 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Related pages
Communes of the Aude department
References
Other websites
Communes in Aude
Central Eleuthera

Central Eleuthera is one of the districts of the Bahamas. It is on the island of Eleuthera.
Districts of the Bahamas
Neuilly-le-Vendin

Neuilly-le-Vendin is a commune of 426 people (1999). It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Mayenne department in the northwest of France.
Communes in Mayenne
William S. Skylstad

William Stephen Skylstad (born March 2, 1934) is an American Roman Catholic Bishop. He is Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane in Washington retiring June 30, 2010. He is a former President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Skylstad was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker, in Oregon on January 24, 2011. Skylstad was born in Methow, Washington.
References
1934 births
Living people
American Roman Catholic bishops
People from Spokane, Washington
John Lee (government official)

John Lee Ka-chiu (; born 7 December 1957) is a Hong Kong politician. He used to be a police officer. He became the Chief Executive of Hong Kong in 2022
Lee was Chief Secretary for Administration between 2021 and 2022, Secretary for Security between 2017 and 2021, Under Secretary for Security between 2012 and 2017, Deputy Commissioner of Police between 2010 and 2012.
Lee ran in the election to become Hong Kong's next Chief Executive in May 2022. He was the only candidate. He took office on 1 July 2022.
References
1957 births
Living people
Chief Executives of Hong Kong
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD) is a plan to stop desertification and reduce the effects of lack of water in the action programs of countries. The plan uses long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements.
It fully launched in December 1996. It is the only international body in the world with legal power trying to stop people from destroying forests.
To help make UNCCD and its strategies popular, 2006 was declared "International Year of Deserts and Desertification".
Ibrahim Thiaw has been the Under Secretary General of the United Nations and UNCCD Executive Secretary since 2019.
State parties
All UN member states, the Cook Islands, Niue, and the State of Palestine. have agreed to be part of the UNCCD.
On 28 March 2013, Canada left the UNCCD but joined again on 21 December 2016, and was officially part of the UNCCD again on 21 March 2017.
Conference of the Parties
The Conference of the Parties (COP) ensures that action is taken on the plans of UNCCD. The first five sessions of the COP were held annually from 1997 to 2001. From 2001 sessions were held every two years.
List of COP
References
Treaties and Conventions
Agra district

Agra district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and the historical city of Agra is the district headquarters. Agra district is a part of Agra division.
Geography
Agra district is bounded by Mathura District on the north, Dholpur District of Rajasthan state on the south, Firozabad District on the east and Bharatpur District of Rajasthan State on the west. Area of the district is 4027 km2.
Divisions
Agra district comprises 6 tehsils. The tehsils are Etmadpur, Agra, Kiraoli, Kheragarh, Fatehabad and Bah. The headquarters of the district is Agra city. The district consists of 15 blocks, namely Etmadpur, Khandauli, Shamshabad, Fatehabad, Jagner, Kheragarh, Saiyan, Achhnera, Akola, Bichpuri, Fatehpur Sikri, Barauli Ahir, Bah, Pinahat and Jaitpur Kalan.
The division comprises 3 Lok Sabha constituencies namely Jalesar, Firozabad and Agra. There are 9 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the district. They are Bah, Fatehabad, Etmadpur, Dayal Bagh, Agra Cantonment, Agra East, Agra West, Kheragarh and Fatehpur Sikri.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Agra district has a population of 4,380,793, roughly equal to the nation of Moldova or the US state of Kentucky. This gives it a ranking of 41st in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of Hindus are 88.77% and Muslims are 9.30% in Agra district. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21%. Agra has a sex ratio of 859 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 69.44%.
References
The Patrick Star Show

The Patrick Star Show is an American animated comedy television series that is developed by Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Andrew Goodman, Kaz, Mr. Lawrence, and Vincent Waller that premiered on Nickelodeon on July 9, 2021. It is a spinoff of SpongeBob SquarePants that focuses on Patrick Star and his family hosting a talk show.
Premise
Patrick Star hosts his very own talk show at his family home, with the support of his family.
Characters
Patrick Star (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke), the host of The Patrick Star Show
Cecil Star (voiced by Tom Wilson), the father of Patrick Star who works at the Undersea Space Agency
Bunny Star (voiced by Cree Summer), the mother of Patrick Star
Squidina Star (voiced by Jill Talley), a squid who is the adopted sister of Patrick Star that helps in the production of The Patrick Star Show
GrandPat Star (voiced by Dana Snyder), the grandfather of Patrick Star and father of Cecil who is the intelligent member of the Star family and uses a mobility scooter as his mode of transportation
Ouchie (vocal effects provided by Tom Kenny), the Star family's pet sea urchin.
Tinkle (vocal effects provided by Dee Bradley Baker), a sentient and animalistic toilet that is the Star family's other pet.
Grandma Tentacles (voiced by Cree Summer), the Star family's neighbor
FitzPatrick, Patrick's cousin.
Agnes Steelhead, Patrick's grandmother and Bunny's mother.
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
References
Nickelodeon television series
American children's television series
2020s American comedy television series
Animated television series
English-language television programs
Mockumentaries
SpongeBob SquarePants
2021 television series debuts
Gouzangrez

Gouzangrez is a commune. It is found in the region Ile-de-France in the Val-d'Oise department in the north of France.
References
Communes in Val-d'Oise
Isabella Karle

Isabella Helen Karle (nee Lugoski; December 2, 1921 - October 3, 2017) was an American scientist. She was instrumental in developing techniques to remove plutonium chloride from a mixture containing plutonium oxide. She worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993.
For her scientific work, Karle has received the Garvan-Olin Medal, Gregori Aminoff Prize, Bower Award, National Medal of Science, and the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award (which is the Navy's highest form of recognition to civilian employees).
Karle was born in Detroit, Michigan. She studied at the University of Michigan. In 1942, she married Jerome Karle, a Nobel Prize winner. They had three children. Karle died on October 3, 2017 at a hospice in Alexandria, Virginia of brain cancer at the age of 95.
References
Other websites
2005 Video Interview with Isabella Karle by the Atomic Heritage Foundation Voices of the Manhattan Project
1921 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from brain cancer
Cancer deaths in Virginia
Scientists from Detroit
Philipstown, New York

Philipstown is a town in the western part of Putnam County, New York, United States. 9,831 lived there at the 2020 census.
References
Towns in New York (state)
SIM card

A SIM card is a smart card that is used in mobile phones, to identify the client. SIM stands for subscriber identity module. A SIM card has a microchip, and its use is protected by a PIN. When the phone is powered on, an international mobile subscriber identity number (IMSI) is broadcast. The microchip is also needed for some encryption and decryption. The SIM card and the device that it is used in (the mobile phone) are often referred to as the Mobile station.
SIM cards come in different sizes. Full-size SIM cards, which are about the same size as a credit card, are not used in phones anymore. Most smartphones use either micro SIM or nano SIM cards, but older ones use mini SIM.
Mobile phones
Knox, North Dakota

Knox is a city in Benson County, North Dakota, United States.
References
Cities in North Dakota
Bob Uecker

Robert George "Bob" Uecker ( ; born January 26, 1934) is a retired American Major League Baseball player, later a sportscaster, comedian and actor. Uecker is also known as "Mr. Baseball". Since 1971, Uecker has served as a play-by-play announcer for Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts.
Uecker is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a 2003 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award for his broadcasting career.
References
Other websites
WWE Hall of Fame profile
Baseball Hall of Fame - Frick Award recipient
Bob Uecker Quotes
Bob Uecker interview on OnMilwaukee.com
1934 births
Living people
Milwaukee Braves players
St. Louis Cardinals players
Philadelphia Phillies players
Atlanta Braves players
Comedians from Milwaukee
Sportspeople from Milwaukee
Actors from Milwaukee
National Baseball Hall of Fame members
WWE Hall of Fame
Le Val, Doubs

Le Val is a commune. It is in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte in the Doubs department in east France. The municipality was created on 1 January 2017 and consists of the former communes of Pointvillers (the seat) and Montfort.
References
2017 establishments in France
Communes in Doubs
Ali Mirzaei

Ali Mirzaei (, 28 January 1929 - 18 July 2020) was an Iranian weightlifter. He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal. He was born in Tehran. He also competed at the 1951 and 1954 World Weightlifting Championships. He also participated at the Asian Games in 1951.
Mirzaei died on 18 July 2020 in Tehran, aged 91.
References
Other websites
1929 births
2020 deaths
Iranian weightlifters
Iranian Olympians
Olympic bronze medalists
Sportspeople from Tehran
University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin is a public university in Austin, Texas. It is one of the largest universities in the United States, with almost 50,000 students. It was founded in 1883.
Sports
Texas' athletics teams are called the Longhorns. Texas has 18 varsity teams and they compete in the Big 12 Conference.
Sources
Notes
References
Association of American Universities
Big 12 Conference
University of Texas
University of Texas, Austin
1883 establishments in the United States
1880s establishments in Texas
Conan O'Brien

Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer, musician, and voice actor. He is best known for hosting several late-night talk shows, the most recent of which, is Conan, premiered on American cable television station TBS in 2010, and ended in 2021.
Early life
O'Brien was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. His father, Thomas Francis O'Brien, is a physician, epidemiologist, and professor of medicine at Harvard. His mother, Ruth O'Brien (nee Reardon), is an attorney and partner at the Boston firm Ropes & Gray. He is the third of six children. O'Brien's family is Irish Catholic; some of his Irish ancestors immigrated before the American Civil War. In a Late Night episode, O'Brien paid a visit to County Kerry, Ireland, where his ancestors originated.
Comedian career
Conan got his first start in comedy as a writer for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons. Conan hosted Late Night from 1993 to 2009. In 2009, he replaced Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show. In 2010, NBC decided to give The Tonight Show back to Leno, which led to Conan leaving NBC. Many people were upset that Conan had to leave. After leaving The Tonight Show, Conan grew a beard and went on a comedy tour. On November 8, 2010, he hosted a late-night talk show on TBS called Conan, which ended in 2021.
Awards and nominations
References
Other websites
I'm With Coco Facebook
Living people
1963 births
American television presenters
Comedians from Massachusetts
Writers from Massachusetts
Emmy Award winners
People's Choice Award winners
Critical path

Critical path is a book by Buckminster Fuller to accompany Operating manual for Spaceship Earth. The book theorizes an alternate explanation for human prehistory and spirituality, criticizes corporatism, and advocates a post-scarcity economy.
Science books
Pakistani Seasonal Calendar

The Punjabi Calendar or the Desi Calendar (Punjabi:pnjby khylnddr) is a luni-solar calendar used by the Punjabi people of the Indian subcontinent. This is considered as the "National Calendar of Pakistan" respectively.
The Punjabi Muslims use the Arabic Hijri calendar. Some festivals in Punjab, Pakistan are determined by the Punjabi calendar, such as Muharram which is celebrated twice, once according to the Muslim year and again on the 10th of harh/18th of jeth. The Bikrami calendar is the one the rural (agrarian) population follows in Punjab, Pakistan.
Months (solar)
Related pages
Indian national calendar
Islamic calendar
Notes
References
Punjab (Pakistan)
National symbols of Pakistan
Pakistani culture
Calendars
Beerus

Beerus is a fictional god from Dragon Ball Super. He resembles a purple cat and is accompanied by his teacher Whis. Beerus is known as the God of Destruction. He earned the name after lots of training.
He is very powerful but can also be lazy with a love for food. Beerus's design is based off of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama's pet sphynx cat Debo.
References
Dragon Ball characters
Fictional cats
Fictional characters introduced in 2013
Murder of Seth Rich

The murder of Seth Rich happened on Sunday, July 10, 2016, at 4:20 a.m. in Washington, D.C. Rich died about an hour and a half after receiving two gunshot wounds to the back. He was murdered by unknown people for unknown reasons, but police suspected he had been the victim of an attempted robbery.
The 27-year-old Rich worked for the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and his murder caused many right-wing conspiracy theories, including the false claim that Rich had been involved with the leaked DNC emails in 2016.
The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post wrote that the promotion of these conspiracy theories was an example of fake news.
References
2016 in the United States
Conspiracy theories
2016 murders in the United States
Rich, Seth
Medicine Hat Tigers

The Medicine Hat Tigers are a Canadian professional ice hockey team that began playing in 1970. They currently play in the Western Hockey League. They play their home games in Medicine Hat, Alberta at the Medicine Hat Arena. The Tigers have won two national Memorial Cups, five WHL League Championships and seven Division Titles.
Other websites
Official website
1970 establishments in North America
Canadian Hockey League teams
Western Hockey League
Ice hockey teams in Alberta
1970s establishments in Canada
Malgobek

Malgobek (; ) is a town in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. In 2010, 31,018 people lived there.
Cities and towns in Ingushetia
Grobbendonk

Grobbendonk is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.
In 2007, 10801 people lived there.
It is at 51deg 11 North, 04deg 44 East.
References
Municipalities of Antwerp
Gary Merrill

Gary Merrill (2 August 1915 - 5 March 1990) was an American movie and television character actor. His credits included more than fifty feature movies, a half dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of televisions guest star appereances. Merrill starred in All about Eve and married his co-star, Bette Davis.
Other websites
New York Times biography
1915 births
1990 deaths
Deaths from lung cancer
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
Actors from Hartford, Connecticut
Stein, Bavaria

Stein (East Franconian: Schdah) is a town in Furth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is 7 km south of Furth, and 7 km southwest of Nuremberg (centre).
Geography
Stein is in the metropolitan area Nurnberg/Furth/Erlangen in Middle Franconia, Bavaria and is a part of the district of Furth. It is next to Nuremberg in the north-west and is on the left bank of the river Rednitz. Neighboring municipalities are Nuremberg, Rohr, Rosstal, Zirndorf and Oberasbach.
Stein is divided into 11 districts:
References
Furth (district)
Henotheism

Henotheism is the adherence to one particular god out of several, especially by a family, tribe, or other group.
Henotheism is sometimes defined as a monotheistic belief within a polytheistic world - believing that one god, or articulation of God, is better or clearer than others. Alternatively, henotheism is the worship of one god above an acknowledged pantheon. An example of this second form is the worship of a tribal god.
A henotheist would admit that many gods have real existence and are able to be worshipped. However the henotheist chooses to worship only one of these gods. This sets the henotheist apart from the polytheist who worships many gods.
References
Gods and goddesses
Alyosha Karamazov

Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov is the "hero" of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, The Brothers Karamazov. He is also called Alyosha, Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Alyoshechka, Alexeichik, Lyosha, and Lyoshenka. He is the youngest of the Karamazov brothers, being "then only twenty (his brother Ivan was twenty-three and their older brother, Dmitry, twenty-seven)". The author's preface and first chapters declare that he is the novel's hero.
Description
Alyosha is physically described as:
His personality is remarkably unselfish, extremely mature in his religious faith, sensitive to other people's feelings, and loving - "he certainly loved people: throughout his life he seemed to believe in people and to trust them, and yet no one ever thought him simple-minded or naive. There was something in him (and it stayed with him all his life) that made people realize that he refused to sit in judgment on others, that he felt he had no right to, and that, whatever happened, he would never condemn anyone." He passes on the influence of Zosima to the "younger generation" (the schoolboys) of the town. Even with all his kind goodness, he has a gentle personality that makes almost everybody love him and feel comfortable around him. Proud young Kolya Krasotkin says that the best thing about Alyosha is that he treats him like "an equal".
Criticism
Anna-Theresa Tymieniecka says that Alyosha, like Prince Myshkin, the protagonist in another Dostoevsky novel, The Idiot, are almost Jesus-like characters, who are, however, unable to stop the greatest suffering of those around them. She suggests that Alyosha is too calm, and does not do much action in the events of the novel.
Rufus W. Mathewson, however, argues that Alyosha Karamazov is a more successful positive hero than Prince Myshkin. He argues that Alyosha's most impressive success as helping Dmitri. He describes Alyosha as using forgiveness, kindness and natural justice, rather than trying to change people.
Inspiration
It is probable that Dostoevsky used his friend Vladimir Solovyov's character for Alyosha. Vladimir Solovyov was a Russian poet and philosopher who was very generous, even giving away his clothes to people in the street.
References
Characters in written fiction
Russian literature
John F. Kennedy International Airport

John F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport. It is on Long Island, in Queens County, New York in southeastern New York City about 12 miles (19 km) from Lower Manhattan. More people who fly into or out of the United States fly though this airport than any other. Also, the most air cargo is brought into or out of the United States through this airport.
The airport is run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which also runs the two other major airports in the New York area, Newark Liberty International Airport and LaGuardia Airport. JFK airport is the base of operations for JetBlue Airways. It is also a major international airline hub for Delta Air Lines and American Airlines. Ninety airlines operate out of JFK.
Gallery
References
1948 establishments in the United States
1940s establishments in New York (state)
Airports in New York (state)
Buildings and structures in New York City
John F. Kennedy
Queens (New York City)
Yoichi Doi

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
Biography
Doi was born in Kumamoto on July 25, 1973. After graduating from Ozu High School, he joined Hitachi (later Kashiwa Reysol) in 1992. He battles with Ryuji Kato for goalkeeper position from 1997. However his opportunity to play decreased behind newcomer Yuta Minami from 1998. He moved to FC Tokyo in 2000. At 2004 J.League Cup, the club won the champions and he was selected MVP award. He played all matches from 2000 until round 32/34 in 2006 season. However his opportunity to play decreased behind Hitoshi Shiota in 2007. He moved to Tokyo Verdy with teammate Takashi Fukunishi in 2008. Although Doi played all matches in 2008 season, Verdy was relegated to J2 League. From 2011, his opportunity to play decreased behind Takahiro Shibasaki for injury in May 2011. In July 2012, Doi took regular position from Shibasaki. He retired end of 2012 season.
In June 2003, Doi was selected the Japan national team for 2003 Confederations Cup, but he did not play in the match. On February 7, 2004, he debuted for the Japan national team against Malaysia. He was a member of Japan for 2004 Asian Cup which Japan won the champions. He played 4 games for Japan until 2005. Although he was selected Japan for most matches including 2006 World Cup from 2003 to 2006, he could hardly play in the match behind Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi and Seigo Narazaki.
Statistics
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|1992||Hitachi||Football League||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
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|1993||rowspan="7"|Kashiwa Reysol||rowspan="2"|Football League||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
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|1994||15||0||0||0||1||0||16||0
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|1995||rowspan="5"|J1 League||17||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||19||0
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|1996||30||0||2||0||15||0||47||0
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|1997||19||0||3||0||8||0||30||0
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|1998||8||0||1||0||0||0||9||0
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|1999||3||0||0||0||0||0||3||0
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|2000||rowspan="8"|FC Tokyo||rowspan="8"|J1 League||30||0||0||0||2||0||32||0
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|2001||30||0||1||0||3||0||34||0
|-
|2002||30||0||1||0||7||0||38||0
|-
|2003||30||0||2||0||6||0||38||0
|-
|2004||30||0||3||0||1||0||34||0
|-
|2005||34||0||2||0||0||0||36||0
|-
|2006||32||0||0||0||2||0||34||0
|-
|2007||14||0||0||0||4||0||18||0
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|2008||rowspan="5"|Tokyo Verdy||J1 League||34||0||0||0||4||0||38||0
|-
|2009||rowspan="4"|J2 League||43||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||44||0
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|2010||34||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||35||0
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|2011||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0
|-
|2012||18||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||18||0
453||0||19||0||53||0||525||0
453||0||19||0||53||0||525||0
|}
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|2004||2||0
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|2005||2||0
|-
!Total||4||0
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Other websites
1973 births
Living people
Footballers from Kumamoto Prefecture
Japan international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Kashiwa Reysol players
FC Tokyo players
Tokyo Verdy players
2006 FIFA World Cup players
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players
Ossiach

Ossiach () is a municipality of the district of Feldkirchen in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
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Other websites
Settlements in Carinthia (state)
Kinrooi

Kinrooi is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg.
In 2007, 12,098 people lived there.
It is at 51deg 08 North, 05deg 44 East.
References
Municipalities of Limburg
Tajikistan national football team

Tajikistan national football team is the national football team of Tajikistan.
Top scorers
References
Asian national football teams
National sports teams of Tajikistan
Football in Tajikistan
Emily Lloyd

Emily Lloyd (born 29 September 1970) is an English actress. She played Emily in Wish You Were Here. She played Samantha Hughes in In Country. She also played Cookie in the movie Cookie.
She was born in London, England. Her father was Roger Lloyd-Pack. Her grandfather was Charles Lloyd-Pack.
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Actors from London
English movie actors
English television actors
1970 births
Living people
Istanbul Park

Istanbul Park, also known as the Istanbul Racing Circuit or initially Istanbul Otodrom, is a motor sports racetrack(a place where cars drive with each other to see who is fastest) in Akfirat County east of Istanbul, Turkey. It opened on 21 August 2005. It has been called "the best race track in the world" by Formula One(a type of sport) leader Bernie Ecclestone. The main use of the circuit (track) is the Formula One Turkish Grand Prix.
Istanbul Park is in Pendik district on the Asian side of Istanbul(a city). It is close to the TEM motorway (a highway), that connects Istanbul to Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It is near the new Sabiha Gokcen International Airport(a place where planes(stuff that can fly) fly to and from). It is in an area with a lot of trees and fields.
The track is long, and has an average width of . The main straight is over in length. The track has 14 corners.
Istanbul Park were designed by the racetrack architect Hermann Tilke. It can hold 155,000 people to watch a race. The main grandstand(a place where people sit) has seats for 25,000 people.
The track does have some critics(people who do not like it). After qualifying(a thing in Formula One, which is a type of sport), Jenson Button(a person who is doing Formula One, a sport) said the track was too bumpy. Jarno Trulli(also a person doing Formula One, a sport) did not think the track as hard enough to challenge(making it hard for people) the drivers.
Features
Designer - Hermann Tilke
Capacity - 26,250 permanent covered seats, 125,000 temporary seats
Building Area - 220 hectare (10,000 square metres)
Race Track Area - 8 hectare (10,000 square metres)
Major Motorsports Events
The main race at Istanbul Park is the Formula One Turkish Grand Prix. The track also hosts the GP2 series, and the Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix.
The track has also hosted FIA World Touring Car Championship, Formula-G, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) and the Le Mans Series 1,000 km race.
Use in simulations / games
The track is included in the 2008 video game(a thing where people can play against each other and make as if it is real life), Race Driver: GRID from Codemasters, as well as in the 2008 PC simulator GTR Evolution by SimBin.
References and notes
Other websites
Istanbul Park homepage
Track info from the official Formula1 website
Formula One circuits
Istanbul
Perlin noise

Perlin noise was made by Ken Perlin in 1983. He made it because when computers created pictures that were supposed to look natural, they didn't look very good. Noise can be used to draw things that look natural, like clouds or smoke. It helps computer artists draw patterns that look more real.
In 1997, Perlin was awarded an Academy Award for Technical Achievement for discovering the algorithm:
References
Computer graphics
Valle de la Luna (Chile)

Valle de la Luna (Valley of Moon) is known for its moonlike landscape . It is located at Los Flamencos Reserve park, North Chile's Atacama Desert.
References
Valleys
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building

The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was a United States Federal Government complex at 200 N.W. 5th Street in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Murrah building was opened in 1977. It was the target of the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995 which damaged the building very badly. It was later imploded and turned into a memorial.
1977 establishments in the United States
1995 disestablishments in the United States
Buildings and structures in Oklahoma
20th-century establishments in Oklahoma
France Bučar

France Bucar (2 February 1923 - 21 October 2015) was a Slovenian politician, legal expert and author. From 1990 through 1992, he served as the first chairman of the freely elected Slovenian Parliament.
He was the one to formally declare independence for Slovenia on June 25, 1991. He was thought to be one of the founding fathers of Slovenian democracy and independence. He was also thought, together with Peter Jambrek, the main author of the current Slovenian constitution.
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1923 births
2015 deaths
Slovenian politicians
Slovenian writers
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian diplomat and politician. He became Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India on 31 May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019, representing Gujarat. He was Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018.
He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1977. During his diplomatic career over 38 years, he worked in India and abroad. His jobs included High Commissioner to Singapore (2007-09) and Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2001-04), China (2009-2013) and the USA (2014-2015). Jaishankar played a key role in negotiating the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement.
Early life and education
S Jaishankar was born in New Delhi, India. He is the son of prominent Indian strategic affairs analyst, commentator, and civil servant K. Subrahmanyam and Sulochana. He is the brother of historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam and S. Vijay Kumar,
He went to school at Bangalore Military School, Bangalore, Karnataka andThe Air Force School, Subroto Park, New Delhi. He graduated from St. Stephen's College at the University of Delhi. He has an M.A. in Political Science and an M.Phil. and PhD in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
References
1955 births
Politicians from Gujarat
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians
Living people
Ambassadors of India to the United States
Ambassadors to China
Double stopping

Double stopping means playing two notes at once on a bowed string instrument by drawing the bow across two strings at once while "stopping" two notes by pressing the fingers down on the fingerboard: one finger on each of the two strings being played.
On instruments such as the violin the player is mostly playing one note at a time. It is not difficult to play two open strings at once, but fingering two strings at once can be very difficult, so double stopping is an advanced technique. Sometimes triple or quadruple stopping is needed. This is sometimes called multiple stopping. It is not really possible to play three or four notes at the same time on a violin. The bridge is curved so that the player can bow on one string without hitting the others by accident. Multiple stopping is done by playing first two strings and then, while still letting the sound from these two ring, quickly playing the other two strings.
Multiple stopping was used a lot in Renaissance music when playing the viol. Baroque composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach in Germany or Arcangelo Corelli in Italy often require double stopping when writing for solo string instruments. It is also used a lot in virtuoso music of composers in the Romantic period such as Niccolo Paganini.
Musical performance techniques