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David Shepard (politician)

David A. Shepard (October 6, 1947 - February 4, 2021) was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2001 to 2017. In November 2018, Shepard was elected Dickson County Commissioner. He was born in Centerville, Tennessee.
Shepard died on February 4, 2021 in Charlotte, Tennessee at the age of 73.
References
1947 births
2021 deaths
State legislators of the United States
Politicians from Tennessee
Democratic Party (United States) politicians
Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush ( ; March 11, 1890 - June 28, 1974) was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator. He is known in engineering for his work on analog computers, for founding Raytheon, and for the memex.
Bush died of pneumonia in Belmont, Massachusetts, aged 84.
References
Other websites
Vannevar Bush papers, 1901-1974
Vannevar Bush papers, 1910-1988
MIT Museum
1995 MIT/Brown Vannevar Bush Symposium - Complete Video Archive
The Vannevar Bush Index at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Pictures of Vannevar Bush from the Tufts Digital Library
National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
1890 births
1974 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia
Engineers from Massachusetts
American inventors
Scientists from Massachusetts
List of flag names

This is a list of names used for flags
Aappalaartoq (the red), Denmark
Aappalaartoq (the red), Greenland
Alsancak (Holy Red Standard), Turkey
Albayrak (Red Flag), Turkey
Ay Yildiz (Crescent Star), Turkey
Bandeira Auriverde (gold and green flag), Brazil
Bandeira das Quinas (flag of the quinas, the five blue shields of the Portuguese arms), Portugal
Blue Sky with a White Sun, canton of the flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Bonnie Blue Flag, official flag of the now-defunct Republic of West Florida, also used in some places as an unofficial banner of the Confederate States of America.
Bundesflagge, (Federal Flag), Germany, official designation
Dannebrog, Denmark
Y Ddraig Goch (the red dragon), Wales
Erfalasorput (our flag), Greenland
La Estrella Solitaria (the lonely star), Chile
La Estrella Solitaria (the lonely star), Cuba
Eureka Flag
Five-Starred Red Flag, People's Republic of China
Gwenn-ha-du (white and black), Brittany
Hinomaru (sun disc), Japan
Galanolefki, (light blue and white), Greece
Golden Arrowhead, Guyana
Hvitblainn, a former unofficial flag, Iceland
Ikurrina, Basque Country, Spain and more generally the Basque people
Jalur Gemilang (glorious stripes), Malaysia
Jolly Roger, pirate flag
Maple Leaf, Canada
Fleurdelise, Quebec
Merkid, Faroe Islands
Nisshoki (sun flag), Japan
Old Glory, United States
Parcham-e-Sitara-o-Hilal, Pakistan
Rainbow flag
Sahovnica
Saint George's Cross, England
Saint Piran's Flag, Cornwall, England
Saltire, Scotland
Sang Merah Putih (the red white), Indonesia
Senyera, Aragon and Barcelona, Spain
Schwarz-Rot-Gold, (black-red-gold), Germany, colloquial
Shqiponja Dykrenare (the two-headed eagle), Albania
Sinimustvalge (blue-black-white), Estonia (unofficial)
Siniristilippu, Finland
Shir-o-Khorshid (the lion and the sun), former flag of Iran
Southern Cross can refer to the blue saltire as used in various flags of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War
Stars and Bars, Confederate States of America
Stars and Stripes, United States
Star-Spangled Banner, United States
Taegeukgi, South Korea
Tjugufani, state flag of Iceland
Tiranga, India
Tricolore (tricolour), a term for several national flags
Union Flag, flag of the United Kingdom
Union Jack, flag of the United Kingdom
Union Jack, state jack and former naval jack of the United States
Flag of South Africa The Rainbow Flag, Unity Flag, or Interim Flag (all unofficial)
Zvezdata od Kutlesh - Vergina (Sun of Kutlesh - Vergina), former state flag of Republic of Macedonia and national flag of Macedonian Slavs
Wiphala, flag of Andean peoples in Bolivia and Peru
Names
Pascal Jardin

Pascal Jardin is a French director in animation, He directed many Marathon Media series and movies such as Totally Spies! (season 3-5 co-directed with Stephane Berry and directed season 6) and Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return!. In 2009, he directed Totally Spies! The Movie.
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
French movie directors
ARCO

ARCO (short for Atlantic Richfield Company, the original name) is a United States oil company. It has operationsn 2 in the United States, Indonesia, the North Sea, and the South China Sea. As of July 2011, it had more than 1,300 gas stations in the western part of the United States.
ARCO's original parent companies included:
Atlantic Petroleum, which opened its first gas station in 1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Richfield Oil Company, which opened its first gas station in 1917 in Los Angeles, California.
The two companies merged in 1966, and bought Sinclair Oil Corporation in 1969. In 1978, ARCO opened its first ampm convenience store.
Between 1970 and 2000, ARCO had a complicated corporate history. By 1985, it sold its Eastern US business to a new Atlantic Petroleum. In 2000, the remaining Western US business was bought by British Petroleum (BP). Finally, in 2013, BP sold ARCO and the Carson Refinery to Tesoro for $2.5 billion.
Oil discovery
In 1957, Richfield was the first to drill for oil in Alaska. On July 15 of that year they struck oil with their first well. It was the first major oil discovery in Alaska and tested at 900 barrels a day. In 1968 they partnered with Exxon for Alaska North Slope oil production. In 1980, they were the seventh largest oil company in the United States.
Related pages
Petroleum
Oil field
Alaska North Slope
North Sea oil
References
Other websites
ARCO Official Website
Tesoro Official Website
Fuel
Companies based in California
1966 establishments in California
Darab County

Darab County () is a county in Fars Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Darab. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 172,938, in 39,955 families. The county is subdivided into three districts: the Central District, Rostaq District, and Forg District. The county has four cities: Darab, Jannat Shahr, Fadami & Do Borji.
Villages
bargan
Abshoor
Tizab
Layzangan
References
Counties of Iran
Fars Province
Luas

Luas is an Irish rail system operated in the Republic of Ireland. It was launched in 2004 after many years of talks.
Luas runs two main lines, the Red Line and the Green Line.
History
After the Dublin Stream Tram (1872-1949) ended, plans in 1981 proposed a brand new modernized light rail system for the Republic of Ireland.
Official announcements began in the late-1990s. People started building the first rail for Luas in 1999.
Transdev began running Luas for the Irish government in 2014.
Launch
The official launch of the Luas was to be 2003, however, this was delayed due to construction.
The launch was 30 June 2004 and the official launch was 26 September 2004.
Routes
Luas has two main lines.
Line 1 - Red Line (The Point-Tallaght)
Line 2 - Green Line (Bride's Glen-Boombridge)
A brand new line was launched on 9 December 2017.
References
Trains
Organizations based in Ireland
Bruce McGill

Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor who has an extensive list of credits in film and television. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jack Dalton on the television series MacGyver and as Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day in National Lampoon's Animal House.
McGill was born on July 11, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas. He studied at the University of Texas at Austin. McGill has been married to Gloria Lee.
References
Other websites
1950 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
American stage actors
Actors from San Antonio, Texas
Bromate

Bromate is an ion. Its chemical formula is BrO3-. It contains bromine in its +5 oxidation state. It is more common than hypobromites, perbromates, and bromites. Sodium bromate is an example. Bromates are strong oxidizing agents.
Bromates are made by reacting bromides with ozone. They can also be made by electrolysis of a hot bromide solution. Chlorine dioxide can react with bromide when in sunlight to make bromate. Bromates can be made by reacting potassium hydroxide with bromine. This makes bromide and bromate. Bromates can be made by reacting bromic acid with a base.
It might be a carcinogen. It is made when bromide is in water and reacted with ozone or chlorine. Sometimes water with too much bromate has to be gotten rid of.
Related pages
Bromous acid
Bromine compounds
Ions
Astrometry

Astrometry is a part of astronomy that has to do with measuring the motion of objects in space such as stars. Two main ways to measure these objects are proper motion and parallax.
Proper motion is an object's change in position over time when seen from the Earth. Just like anything else that moves, a star's proper motion is measured by looking towards the same place at different times and seeing how far the star has moved. The difference with stars is that, from Earth, they seem to move very slowly so we have to measure in arcseconds per year. When a star has a large proper motion, it usually means that it is nearby. Barnard's Star, the star with the largest proper motion, only moves 1 degree across the sky (3600 arcseconds) in 348 years.
Parallax is the apparent difference in position of an object when seen from two or more different places. When an object is seen from a new place, there is a new line of sight going from the viewer to the object showing a different background in the distance. Parallax is measured using the angle between two lines of sight.
Parallax can also be used to measure distances to the nearest few thousand stars. These distances are measured in parsecs which are equal to about 3.26 light years.
References
http://www.answers.com/topic/proper-motion. Retrieved on 3 September 2009.
Rowan-Robinson, Michael. Cosmology: Third Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford: 1996.
Astronomy
Thatched House Lodge

Thatched House Lodge is a royal residence in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in London, England.
It was the London home of Dwight D. Eisenhower in World War II.
Since 1963 Thatched House Lodge has been the residence of Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy. It was acquired by her late husband, Sir Angus Ogilvy, on a lease from Crown Estate Commissioners following their marriage.
References
Royal residences in the United Kingdom
Endre Lépold

Endre Lepold was a sprinter from Hungary. Lepold competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born on 21 October 1955 and died on 18 June 2020.
References
Other websites
1955 births
2020 deaths
Hungarian athletes
Sprinters
Hungarian Olympians
Ricardo Lagos

Ricardo Froilan Lagos Escobar (; born 2 March 1936) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social democrat politician. He served as President of Chile from 2000 to 2006.
Since May 2007 he has served as a Special Envoy on Climate Change for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Antonio Guterres.
He teaches political and economic development at Brown University in the United States.
References
Other websites
Democracy and Development Foundation
Extended biography by the CIDOB Foundation
BBC Profile: Ricardo Lagos (January 2000)
Lagos's undergraduate thesis: "The Concentration of Economic Power"
The Lagos Legacy and Chile's Upcoming Elections The Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Ricardo Lagos Freedom Collection interview
1936 births
Living people
Presidents of Chile
Chilean lawyers
Chilean economists
Chilean academics
Emily, Minnesota

Emily is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States.
Cities in Minnesota
Mandalika

Mandalika III was the Abhira (Ahir) ruler of Junagarh (1432-1470) and was the son of Khangara IIIRa Mandalika I ascended the throne in 1260A.D when the muslims were begenning to establish their rule in Gujarat. Ra Mundalika died in 1400 A.D; Ra Melaka (1400-1415 A.D) succeeded him who drove the muslims garrison out but afterwords he himself was driven out.Ra Mundalika also fought with Mahmud Ghaznavi.Somnath temple was attacked by Muslim General Alaf Khan but was fought by Mundalika.Later on Sultan Mahmud Begada forced Ra Mandalika III embrace Islam or face death and thus ended the relative independence of Saurastra.Ra Mandalika accepted Islam and received the title of Khan Jahan and his descendants long occupied the respectable posts at the Gujarat Court.
Also See
Abhira
Junagarh
Gujarat
References
15th century in India
1470s deaths
Rothenfluh

Rothenfluh is a municipality of the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Municipalities of Basel-Landschaft
Elwyn Berlekamp

Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp (September 6, 1940 - April 9, 2019) was an American mathematician. He was known for his work in computer science, coding theory and combinatorial game theory. He was a professor emeritus of mathematics and EECS at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the inventor of an algorithm to factor polynomials. He was one of the inventors of the Berlekamp-Welch and the Berlekamp-Massey algorithms. These are used for Reed-Solomon error correction.
Berlekamp was born in Dover, Ohio. His family later moved to northern Kentucky. He was married to Jennifer. The couple had three children.
Berlekamp died on April 9, 2019 in Piedmont, California of pulmonary fibrosis-related problems, at the age of 78.
References
Other websites
1940 births
2019 deaths
University of California, Berkeley faculty
American computer scientists
American mathematicians
Scientists from Kentucky
Scientists from Ohio
Alajärvi

Alajarvi is a city in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. As of January 2014, about 10,250 people lived there. Nearby municipalities are Alavus, Kuortane, Kyyjarvi, Lappajarvi, Lapua, Soini, Vimpeli and Ahtari. Alajarvi means also a lake, lake Alajarvi.
The former municipality of Lehtimaki was merged with Alajarvi on 1 January 2009.
Population growth
Famouse people
Alvar Aalto
Jukka Haavisto
Merja Rantamaki
References
Other websites
Cities in Finland
Municipalities of South Ostrobothnia
Argentinian Mastiff

Argentinian Mastiff or Dogo Argentino is a large mastiff or hunting dog breed that comes from the Cordoba Fighting Dog.
Trivia: This dog is also banned in the USA. This dog is crossed several mastiff breeds, bull-type terrier breeds, and bulldog breeds to the Cordoba Fighting Dog.
Dog breeds
Brad Wilk

Brad Wilk (born September 5, 1968) is an American drummer. He is known for playing the drums in Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and Prophets of Rage.
Wilk played the drums for a band named Greta in 1990. In 1991, he helped make Rage Against the Machine with Tom Morello and Zack de la Rocha. After the band broke up in 2000, Wilk helped make Audioslave with Morello, Tim Commerford (the bassist for Rage Against the Machine), and singer Chris Cornell. Audioslave broke up in 2007. From 2016 to 2019, he played the drums for Prophets of Rage. As of 2022, he plays the drums for Rage Against the Machine. This is because the band came back together.
Wilk has also played the drums for Black Sabbath. He was on their last album, 13, in 2013. For a short time, he played with Pearl Jam after they released their first album, Ten.
References
Living people
1968 births
American drummers
The Smashing Pumpkins
Vítor Oliveira

Vitor Manuel Oliveira (17 November 195328 November 2020) was a Portuguese football midfielder and manager. His manager career lasted from 1979 until his death. He won 11 promotions to the Primeira Liga, six as champion. He was born in Matosinhos, Portugal. As a player, he made the most appearances for Leixoes from 1972 to 1975 and for Portimonense from 1983 to 1985.
Oliveira died on 28 November 2020 in Matosinhos from a heart attack at the age of 67.
References
1953 births
2020 deaths
Portuguese footballers
Portuguese football managers
Sports commentators
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Disease-related deaths in Portugal
Yosuke Niwa

Yosuke Niwa (born 10 October 1940) is a former Japanese football player.
References
1940 births
Living people
Footballers from Hiroshima Prefecture
Spandau

Spandau is the westernmost borough (Bezirk) of Berlin. It is along the western bank of the Havel, and is where the rivers Havel and Spree meet.
It has an area of and has (as of 2003) about 226,100 inhabitants. Its current mayor is Helmut Kleebank (SPD).
History
The history of Spandau begins in the 7th or 8th century, when Slavs settled in the area and built a fortress. It was conquered in 928 by the German King Henry I, but returns to Slavic rule later in the 10th century.
The first written mention of Spandau was in 1197. It was given City rights in 1232.
The Spandau Citadel was completed in 1594 by Joachim II of Brandenburg. In 1558 the village of Gatow became part of Spandau. Spandau was surrendered to the Swedes in 1634.
In 1806, after the Battle of Jena and Auerstedt, French troops under Napoleon took possession of the city and stayed there until 1807. In 1812, Napoleon returned and the Spandau Citadel was besieged in 1813 by Prussian and Russian troops.
In 1920, the city of Spandau became a borough of Berlin. Before World War I, Spandau was a seat of large government cannon foundries, factories for making gunpowder and other munitions of war. The most dangerous weapon invented in Spandau was the Renana. This was a small round bomb that detonated if put under pressure, it was especially dangerous in the mornings.
After World War II, it was part of the British Occupation Zone in West Berlin and the Spandau Prison, built in 1876, was used to house Nazi war criminals who were sentenced to imprisonment at the Nuremberg Trials. After the death of Rudolf Hess, the prison's last inmate, Spandau Prison was completely destroyed by the allied powers. A NAAFI supermarket was built on the site. When the Allies left Berlin this military supermarket became a MediaMarkt store and carpark.
Modern industries include metal working, chemicals and carpet making.
The popular British New Romantic band, Spandau Ballet takes its name from Spandau.
Places of interest
Spandau Citadel, Fortress build in the 16th century
St. Nikolai Church, Church from the Middle Ages (there is a church with the same name in Berlin-Mitte)
Twin towns
Spandau is twinned with
Siegen und Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein (1952)
Luton (1959)
Asnieres-sur-Seine (1959)
Ashdod (1968)
Iznik (1968)
Nauen (1988)
Other websites
Official Homepage
Control: The Remixes

Control: The Remixes is the first remix album (and fourth album overall) by American recording artist Janet Jackson. Released in 1987 in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Japan only, it contains remixes of singles from Jackson's third studio album Control, following the success of the album.
Track listing
Personnel
Melanie Andrews - vocal arrangement
Tuta Aquino - editing
Mark Collen - compilation
Steve Hodge - mixing, mixing engineer
Janet Jackson - producer, vocal arrangement, rhythm arrangements
Jimmy Jam - composer, producer, vocal arrangement, rhythm arrangements
Terry Lewis - composer, producer, vocal arrangement, rhythm arrangements
John McClain - executive producer
Monte Moir - producer
Shep Pettibone - editing, producer
Bob Rosa - remixing
Steve Wiese - producer
Certifications
References
1987 albums
Janet Jackson albums
Remix albums
Dance albums
New jack swing albums
R&B albums
Load following power plant

A load following power plant is a power plant that can adjust the amount of electricity it generates to match the changing demand throughout the day. Load following power plants are usually in between base load power plant and peaking power plant in terms of construction cost, cost of the electricity it generates, efficiency, and capacity.
Hydroelectric power plant can be considered load following power plant.
Features of Load Following Power Plants
Cost: As you mentioned, these plants typically have moderate capital and operational costs compared to base load and peaking plants.
Efficiency: They are designed for both efficiency and flexibility but may not be as efficient as base load plants which run at optimum levels for extended periods.
Capacity: Usually, they have a medium capacity, enough to handle regular fluctuations in demand but not necessarily equipped to handle peak demands or provide a constant supply.
Speed: Load following plants can ramp up or down relatively quickly, usually in a matter of minutes to hours, depending on the technology used.
Hydroelectric as a Load Following Power Plant
Hydroelectric power plants are well-suited for load following for several reasons:
Quick Response: The amount of electricity generated can be changed almost instantly by adjusting the water flow through the turbines.
Efficiency: Hydroelectric plants generally do not lose much efficiency when operating at partial load, making them good for load following.
Low Operating Costs: Once built, the operating costs for hydroelectric plants are relatively low, especially since there's no fuel to purchase. This makes it cost-effective for adjusting to different load levels.
Environmental Benefits: Hydroelectric power is clean, producing no greenhouse gases during operation. This is advantageous when integrating with other, more polluting, types of load-following plants.
Energy Storage: Some hydroelectric facilities have pumped-storage capabilities, meaning they can store energy for later use, adding another level of flexibility to meet demand.
Reliability: Hydro plants are generally very reliable and have long lifetimes, which can make them a good investment for load following purposes.
However, it's worth mentioning that hydroelectric plants have their own limitations. They depend on water availability, which can be seasonally or regionally limited. Additionally, they can have significant environmental impacts, including on local ecosystems and fish populations.
Overall, hydroelectric power plants offer a flexible and efficient option for load following, but like all energy sources, they come with their own sets of challenges and trade-offs.
Power plants
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1025

1025 (MXXV) was a common year when the Julian calendar was used. It was the twenty-fifth year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century.
Events
Emir Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis of the Zirid dynasty in Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) attempts to retake Sicily but fails.
Births
August 28 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan
References
A Lion in Town

A Lion in Town (Swedish: Lejon pa stan) is a 1959 Swedish comedy movie directed by Gosta Folke and starring Nils Poppe, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz, Herman Ahlsell, Jan-Erik Lindqvist, Sigge Furst, Olof Thunberg, Git Gay, Ake Fridell.
Other websites
1959 comedy movies
Swedish comedy movies
Gressan

Gressan is a comune in the Aosta Valley region in Italy.
References
Settlements in Valle d'Aosta
Thiès

Thies is the third largest city in Senegal. In 2013, 317,763 people lived there. It is the capital of Thies Region and is an important industrial city.
Cities in Senegal
Brčko District

Brcko District, officially the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is the self-governing administrative unit in north-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina.
References
Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alan Watson (legal scholar)

William Alan J. Watson (1933 - 7 November 2018) was a Scottish law and legal history expert. He was born in Edinburgh. He was known for his works in Roman law, comparative law, legal history, and law and religion. He is known for creating the term "legal transplants".
Watson worked at Oxford University, before taking the Douglas Chair in Civil Law at the School of Law of his alma mater, the University of Glasgow. He was Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia School of Law at the time of his death.
Watson died on 7 November 2018 at the age of 85.
References
Other websites
Living people
1933 births
Writers from Edinburgh
British lawyers
Academics of the University of Glasgow
British historians
Iván Helguera

Ivan Helguera (born 28 March 1975) is a Spanish football player. He has played for Spain national team.
Club career statistics
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|1995/96||rowspan="2"|Manchego||||0||0
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|1996/97||||13||2
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|1996/97||Albacete Balompie||Segunda Division||14||2
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|1997/98||Roma||Serie A||8||0
|-
|1998/99||Espanyol Barcelona||La Liga||37||2
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|1999/00||rowspan="8"|Real Madrid||rowspan="8"|La Liga||33||0
|-
|2000/01||32||5
|-
|2001/02||26||3
|-
|2002/03||33||6
|-
|2003/04||29||1
|-
|2004/05||34||3
|-
|2005/06||19||0
|-
|2006/07||23||1
|-
|2007/08||rowspan="2"|Valencia||rowspan="2"|La Liga||24||1
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|2008/09||1||0
318||26
8||0
326||26
|}
International career statistics
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|1998||1||0
|-
|1999||2||0
|-
|2000||10||0
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|2001||6||2
|-
|2002||11||0
|-
|2003||8||1
|-
|2004||9||0
|-
!Total||47||3
|}
References
1975 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
Ice skating

Ice skating is skating on ice as a sport, entertainment or pastime. Ice skates, a special type of boot with metal blades on the bottom, are worn to skate on ice. Figure skating and speed skating are the sport forms of ice skating. Hockey is also played on ice, with players wearing ice skates. The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for figure skating and speed skating.
History
Ice skating probably began in Scandinavia as early as 1000 BCE, as a way to travel in the winter. The sport of skating started in the Netherlands. Since the Middle Ages, people in the Netherlands have skated on canals. The first skating club was created in Scotland in 1742. In 1850, Edward Bushnell created steel-bladed skates which allowed skaters to make difficult turns and movements on the ice. Figure skating was included in the Olympics in 1908. It was the first winter sport included in the Olympics. Today, ice skating is a popular pastime. Ice shows, like Ice Follies and Ice Capades, are a popular form of entertainment.
Equipment
Modern figure skates have two edges on the blades and a toothed toepick on the front of the blade. The toepick is used for jumps and spins. Figure skating boots are made of leather. Ice hockey skates also have two edges, but no toepick. Speedskating ice skates have a single edge on the blade.
Figure skating
Men's singles, women's singles, pairs and ice dance are the four types of competitive figure skating. In singles competitions, skaters perform a short technical routine and a longer, creative free routine. The skaters are judged on their performance of jumps, spins and spirals, as well as their artistry. In pairs competitions, two skaters perform two original routines together and are judged on their skills, artistry, and synchronization. In ice dancing, two skaters perform two compulsory routines and an original routine together.
Speed skating
Speed skating is racing on ice. Skaters are judged on their speed. Speed skating has been an Olympic sport since 1924.
References
Skating
Albert Spalding

This article is about the baseball player and manager. For the violinist, see Albert Spalding (violinist).
Albert Goodwill Spalding (born September 2, 1850 in Byron, Illinois - September 9, 1915 in Point Loma, California) was a professional baseball player, manager and co-founder of A.G. Spalding sporting goods company.
Other websites
Official webpage of Spalding's company
19th-century American baseball players
Baseball executives
Major League Baseball players
Sports in Chicago
1850 births
1915 deaths
Businesspeople from Chicago
People from Rockford, Illinois
Yosuke Kobayashi

Yosuke Kobayashi (born 6 May 1983) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Matsumoto Yamaga.
Club career statistics
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|2002||rowspan="2"|Urawa Red Diamonds||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
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|2003||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
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|2004||rowspan="3"|Yokogawa Musashino||rowspan="3"|Football League||29||12||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||29||12
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|2005||29||3||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||29||3
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|2006||33||23||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||33||23
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|2007||Rosso Kumamoto||Football League||22||5||0||0||colspan="2"|-||22||5
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|2008||Roasso Kumamoto||J. League 2||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0
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|2009||rowspan="2"|Matsumoto Yamaga||Regional Leagues||14||10||3||1||colspan="2"|-||17||11
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|2010||Football League||||||||||||||||
127||53||3||1||0||0||130||54
127||53||3||1||0||0||130||54
|}
References
Matsumoto Yamaga
1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Tokyo Prefecture
Miyaki, Saga

is a town in Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is the first town in Saga to have its name spelled in hiragana, not kanji. Miyaki is the name of the town and the town's district.
Geography
Miyaki is in the eastern part of Saga Prefecture. It is about east of Saga City and south of Fukuoka.
Other websites
Miyaki official website
Towns in Japan
Settlements in Saga Prefecture
San Mateo Piñas

San Mateo Pinas is a town and municipality in Oaxaca, Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 211.8 km2.
It is part of the Pochutla District in the east of the Costa Region.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2,647.
References
Municipalities of Oaxaca
Settlements in Oaxaca
Cineflix

Cineflix Media is a canadian global media production and distribution company.
Productions
American Pickers
Animal House: A Dog's Life
Battle Factory
Canadian Pickers
Copper
Crash of the Century
The Deed
The Deed: Chicago
The Detectives Club: New Orleans
Dogs with Jobs
The Filthy Rich Guide
Final 24
Flipping Virgins
Food Factory
Food Factory USA
Gangland Undercover
Home Factory
How It's Made
Into the Unknown
Air Crash Investigation
Marcella
Motives & Murders: Cracking the Case
My Teenage Wedding
Property Brothers (Co-Production With Nelvana)
Air Crash Investigation Special Report
Property Brothers: Buying + Selling
Property Virgins
Pure
Style Factory
Surviving Evil
Urban Legends
Weird or What?
Wynonna Earp
Zero Hour
References
Other websites
Official website
Canadian entertainment companies
Asphalt, Kentucky

Asphalt is an unincorporated community found in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States.
Geography
Asphalt is found at the west of Brownsville. It is southwest of KY 655's intersection with State Highway 70 at Windyville.
Reference
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Bigfoot

Bigfoot, also called Sasquatch is a creature in folklore. People say that they are primates living in remote areas of Canada and the United States, most commonly in the Pacific Northwest. Even though many people claim to have seen a Bigfoot, or seen their tracks, no one has ever captured one, or found a dead body. So, most people do not believe in Bigfoot. Bigfoot is said to be very tall, from 7 to 9 feet (about 2 to 2.75 meters) and covered in brown, black, red, or sometimes even white fur or hair. They are said to have very big feet, about 13 inches long (0.3 meters), which is why they are named Bigfoot.
Bigfoot is similar to another mythical creature, the Yeti of the Himalayas.
The name Sasquatch comes from the Halkomelem language, a Central Salish language in the Salish language family. Stories of this type of creature are known among a number of First Nations groups in south-western British Columbia.
American folklore
Cryptozoology
Kapurthala (princely state)

Kapurthala State ( (Gurmukhi), khpwrthlh (Shahmukhi), kpuurthlaa (Devanagari)), with its capital at Kapurthala, was a princely state in East Punjab. It was spread across .
Indian princely states
Punjab, India
Cook County, Georgia

Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, 17,229 people lived there. The county seat is Adel.
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1910s establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
1918 establishments in the United States
Georgia (U.S. state) counties
Manzini, Eswatini

Manzini (formerly known as Bremersdorp) is a city in Eswatini; it is the capital of Eswatini's Manzini District. The city is the country's second largest urban centre behind Mbabane, with a population of 78,000 (2008). It is known as "The Hub" of Eswatini and lies on the MR3 road.
Cities in Eswatini
Capital cities in Africa
Lionel Jospin

Lionel Jospin (; born 12 July 1937) is a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002.
Jospin was the Socialist Party candidate for President of France in the elections of 1995 and 2002. He was narrowly defeated in the final runoff election by Jacques Chirac in 1995. He ran for President again in 2002, and was eliminated in the first round due to finishing behind both Chirac and the far-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen.
After his loss in the 2002 presidential election, he immediately announced his retirement from politics.
References
Other websites
Archives of the official web sites of Prime Minister Jospin: 1997-1998 , 1998-2000 , 2000-2002
Text of his major economic speech of Montreal in April 2009: The first lessons from the financial and economic crisis (fr)
1937 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of France
Socialist Party (France) politicians
Larry "Flash" Jenkins

Larry "Flash" Jenkins (May 10, 1955 - April 25, 2019) was an American actor, movie director, producer and screenwriter. He appeared in movies such as Fletch (1985) and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). He also starred in television series such as The White Shadow, Bay City Blues and Finder of Lost Loves. He was born in Long Island, New York.
Jenkins died on April 25, 2019 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. He was 63.
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Other websites
1955 births
2019 deaths
Actors from New York City
African-American movie actors
African American movie directors
African American movie producers
African-American screenwriters
African-American television actors
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Movie directors from New York City
Movie producers from New York City
Screenwriters from New York City
Bubo (disambiguation)

A bubo is a rounded swelling on the skin of a person afflicted by the bubonic plague.
Bubo may also refer to:
Bubo (bird), the horned owl and eagle-owl genus
Bubo, Duke of the Frisians (died 734)
Bubo, a mechanical owl in the 1981 film Clash of the Titans
Bubo, a Muppet owl on Barrio Sesamo
Bubo, a Great Horned Owl in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series
Bubo, a character in the television series The Trap Door
Bubo, short for Buboicullaar, a Star Wars alien from Return of the Jedi who was later featured in Tales From Jabba's Palace as the star of one of many short stories
Jackson Parish, Louisiana

Jackson is a parish of Louisiana. The parish seat is Jonesboro. In the 2020 count, 15,031 people lived in this parish.
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1845 establishments in the United States
1840s establishments in Louisiana
Bionic

Bionic is the sixth studio album by American pop singer Christina Aguilera, released on June 4 2010, the album was produced by new group of producers.
Track listing
Deluxe Edition
iTunes Bonus Track
2010 albums
Christina Aguilera albums
Eddie Borysewicz

Edward 'Eddie B' Borysewicz (March 18, 1939 - November 17, 2020) was a Polish-American Olympic cycling coach. He coached the American team that won nine medals at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984. In 1996, he was honored into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame.
Borysewicz died of COVID-19 in Drezdenko, Poland on November 17, 2020 at the age of 81.
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1939 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Polish cyclists
American cyclists
Sportspeople from California
Cornufer gigas

The Bougainville sticky-toed frog (Cornufer gigas) is a frog. People have seen it in exactly one place on Bouganville Island in the part of the Solomon Islands that is in Papua New Guinea. They saw it 1300 meters above sea level.
References
Frogs of Oceania
Dan Biggar

Daniel "Dan" Biggar (born 16 October 1989) is a Welsh international rugby union outside-half. He plays club rugby for the Northampton Saints. He is the youngest player to reach 100 games for the Ospreys. On 7 December 2015, Biggar won the BBC Cymru Sports Personality of the Year Award.
References
1989 births
Living people
Welsh rugby union players
Chéroy

Cheroy is a commune. It is found in the Yonne department in the center of France.
References
INSEE
Communes in Yonne
Robert Ettinger

Robert Chester Wilson Ettinger (December 4, 1918 - July 23, 2011) was an American academic. He was known as "the father of cryonics" because of the impact of his 1962 book The Prospect of Immortality.
Ettinger founded the Cryonics Institute and the related Immortalist Society and until 2003.
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1918 births
2011 deaths
American atheists
American military personnel of World War II
Cryonically preserved people
Scientists from New Jersey
Scientists from Michigan
Sayak Chakraborty

Sayak Chakraborty (born 27 September 1994) is a Bengali actor who works in Bengali cinema. He is known for his portrayal as Krishna in the TV serial Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya, a mythological show and Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni a historical drama show which airs on Zee Bangla.
Filmography
Television
References
1994 births
Living people
Indian actors
Heino Kleiminger

Heino Kleiminger (3 February 1939 - 16 April 2015) was a German footballer. He played for FC Anker Wismar, F.C. Hansa Rostock, and the East Germany national football team between 1956 and 1973.
Kleiminger was born in Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. His son Ralf Kleiminger (born 1963) was also a footballer. He survived a massive heart attack in 1997, and had a bypass operation in 1998.
Kleiminger died from cancer on 16 April 2015 in Rostock. He was 76.
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1939 births
2015 deaths
Cancer deaths in Germany
East German sportspeople
German footballers
Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
North Cascades National Park

North Cascades National Park is a national park in the U.S. state of Washington. It was established on 2 October 1968. The park covers 634,000 acres of the Cascade Range (specifically the North Cascades).
Geography
The Park is split in half by the Skagit River, which flows south then southwest through the park. Another primary watercourse of the park is the Baker River which flows into the Skagit and the Stehekin River (which flows into Lake Chelan in the southeast).
North Cascades National Park features the rugged mountain peaks of the North Cascades Range. This is the most expansive glacial system in the mainland United States. The Park also has the headwaters of numerous waterways, and vast forests with the highest degree of flora biodiversity of any US national park.
History
The region was first settled by Paleo-Indian Native Americans. By the time white explorers arrived it was inhabited by Skagit tribes.
National parks in the United States
Geography of Washington (state)
1968 establishments in the United States
1960s establishments in Washington (state)
Farewell, America

Farewell, America () is a 1951 Soviet drama movie directed by Aleksandr Dovzhenko. The movie is based on the book by the American journalist Annabelle Bucar "The Truth about American Diplomats". It stars Liliya Gritsenko, Nikolai Gritsenko, and Grigori Kirillov.
Actors
Liliya Gritsenko
Nikolai Gritsenko
Grigori Kirillov as Walter Scott, American Ambassador in Moscow
Janis Osis
Lyudmila Shagalova
Grigoriy Shpigel
References
Other websites
Soviet movies
1951 drama movies
Russian drama movies
Movies directed by Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Kodaikanal

Kodaikanal is a "hill station" city in the hills of the Dindigul district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its name in the Tamil language means "The Gift of the Forest". Kodaikanal is referred to as the "Princess of Hill stations" and has a long history as a popular tourist destination.
Kodaikanal was established in 1845 as a resort town where people would come to find refuge from the high temperatures and tropical diseases of the plains. Much of the local economy is based on the hospitality industry serving tourism. As of 2011, the city had a population of 36,501.
Economy
Tourism
The economy of Kodaikanal mainly depends on tourism. The number of tourists increased from two million in 1999 to 3.2 million in 2009.
The town's infrastructure changes every year in preparation for the peak tourist season. Due to the rapid development of nearby cities such as Madurai and Coimbatore, the town is learning to deal with year-round tourism. Popular tourist souvenirs include handcrafts, home-made chocolates, postcards and eucalyptus oil.
Agriculture
Terrace farms in surrounding villages grow plums, pears, chile peppers, carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, garlic and onions. Most of the produce is transported by truck to other parts of India, while some are sold in the local market.other exotic fruits like dragon fruit,pears,apples, are also grown here
References
Towns in Dindigul district
Song of Norway (movie)

Song of Norway is a 1970 American biographical musical movie directed by Andrew L. Stone and was based on the 1944 operetta of the same name. The movie includes compositions of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. It stars Toralv Maurstad, Florence Henderson, Harry Secombe, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Morley, Oskar Homolka.
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1970 movies
1970s biographical movies
American biographical movies
1970s American musical movies
Movies directed by Andrew L. Stone
Movies set in Norway
Movies set in the 19th century
Movies about composers
Movies about classical music and musicians
Baldness

Baldness (also known as alopecia) is when someone has no hair on his or her head. Sometimes this is inherited from parents or grandparents, or it can be done on purpose. Improper use of hair extensions can also lead to hair loss. Some people such asmonks or South Korean soldiers shave their head.
Baldness is most often caused by a medical condition known as androgenic alopecia. This is found in humans, as well as in some animals. When it occurs, it will mean that those affected will permanently lose some (or all) of their hair. Since some of the factors are linked to the genes on the chromosome, the condition can be seen more often with men, than with women.
Alopecia totalis is the loss of all head hair. Its cause is believed to be autoimmune, but many with the disorder lead relatively low stress lives.
Alopecia areata (AA) is a condition in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body, usually from the scalp.[1][2] Because it causes bald spots on the scalp, especially in the first stages, it is sometimes called spot baldness.
References
Hair
Health problems
Luhansk People's Republic

Luhansk People's Republic was a partially recognised state in the Donbas region of Ukraine. When the War in Donbass started in 2014, a few hundred separatists proclaimed it in part of the Luhansk Oblast. Luhansk Oblast is to the east of Ukraine, at the Ukrainian border with Russia. Approximately at the same time, other rebels formed the Donetsk People's Republic in Donetsk Oblast. In both parts, there are many ethnic Russians. There was a claim that Russia helped start these unrecognized states. The country is loyal to Russia.
In 2022 Russia, Syria and DPRK officially recognised the state along with the Donetsk People's Republic, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
In late 2022, the Luhansk People's Republic became a federal subject of Russia alongside three other occupied oblasts. Most of the international community agrees that Luhansk legally belongs to Ukraine.
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European countries
Eastern European countries
2014 establishments in Europe
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Unrecognized countries
Puppet states
Košíře

Kosire is a district of Prague, part of the municipal area Prague 5.
Districts of Prague
Hershel W. Williams

Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (October 2, 1923 - June 29, 2022) was a United States Marine. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. He was also the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor from that battle.
Williams died at a veteran home in Huntington, West Virginia on June 29, 2022 at the age of 98.
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1923 births
2022 deaths
American military personnel of World War II
People from Huntington, West Virginia
Military people from West Virginia
United States Marine Corps personnel
Muzaffarpur

Muzaffarpur is a city in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, India. In 2011, there was 393,724 people living there. It is known for farming and growing crops. The current city was established in 1875 during the British Raj by Muzaffar Khan hence giving its name Muzaffarpur.
References
Cities in Bihar
Tonic water

Tonic water is a kind of soda that tastes slightly bitter. The quinine in tonic water has a bitter flavor. Originally, it was to protect people against Malaria. The first drug against Malaria was Chloroquine, which became available in 1934. The first time tonic water became available was in the 1860s, over 70 years before the first drug.
Tonic water is often called Indian tonic. People drank it in Africa and Southeast Asia, where Malaria was common. At the time, quinine was a powder that was mixed with water or soda water. Because quinine on its own is bitter, sweeteners were often added (usually sugar). Often, it was mixed with liquors. Gin and tonic is the most common.
Quinine should not be used during pregnancy as it will have an influence on the unborn child. There are also other conditions where quinine (and tonic water) should not be used.
Today, tonic water contains a lot less quinine than before the drug was developed.
Soft drinks
Manfred Cross

Manfred Douglas Cross (born 12 August 1929) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the Labor Party. He served two terms in the House of Representatives for the Division of Brisbane from 1961 to 1975, and again from 1980 to 1990.
Cross was born in Brisbane, Queensland.
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1929 births
Living people
Australian Labor Party politicians
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Order of Australia
Politicians from Brisbane
Puttur, Karnataka

Puttur is a town in India. It is in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state. It is 52 km away from the district headquarters, Mangalore. People there speak Tulu and Kannada. This place consist of many notable visiting spots like Shri Mahathobara Mahalingeshwara Temple, Shri Panchamukhi Hanuman Temple Hanumagiri, Viramada mane water park, Camco chocolate factory , etc. This place is famous for its heritage and monuments . Puttur has Karnataka's 2nd largest Bus stand.
Popular Places to Shop:
Sanjeev Shetty etc.
Popular Places to eat:
Street food:Mangal stores
Bakery: Popular, Celebrations etc.
fine dine : Palara etc.
Cities in Karnataka
Tauranga

Tauranga (Maori pronunciation: ) is a city in New Zealand.
Notable residents
Simon Bridges - politician; Former Leader of the New Zealand National Party
Phil Rudd - drummer for AC/DC
Past residents
Les Munro - Dambusters veteran
Winston Peters - former MP for Tauranga, leader of NZ First, politician
Sister cities
Tauranga is twinned with:
Hitachi, Japan
San Bernardino, United States
Yantai, China
References
Other websites
Tauranga City Council
ShoeDazzle

ShoeDazzle is an American online fashion subscription service. It is based in El Segundo, California. Each month, the company debuts a selection of shoes, handbags and jewelry. It provides its members with a showroom based on their fashion preferences.
The company was founded by Kim Kardashian, Brian Lee, Robert Shapiro and M.J. Eng in 2009. In August 2013, ShoeDazzle was acquired by rival online fashion subscription service JustFab. The two companies continued to run independently as separate brands.
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Companies based in California
2009 establishments in California
Online shopping
shoe companies
American clothing companies
Palazzo Chiablese

The Palazzo Chiablese is a building in Turin, Italy which was once the residence of the Duke of Chablais (a son of a king of Sardinia) it was also later the home of the Duke of Genoa (himself another king of Sardinia) Today it is home to a cultural collection honouring the history of Piedmont. It is open to the public Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 4 pm to 8pm and during press conferences, cultural events, concerts.
Brief history
From 1753, it served as the residence of Benedetto of Savoy, son of Charles Emmanuel III and Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine. It was named after his courtesy title of "Duke of Chablais".
Bombed during World War II it lost a majority of its internal decoration before being handed over to the state in the 1950s.
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Commons
Turin
Carignano
Former royal residences
Mesplède

Mesplede is a commune of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques departement in the southwestern part of France.
Mesplede