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The Lion of Kea is the name  of a gigantic archaic sculpture of a guardian lion, chiselled from a single block of local limestone.
It was most likely done in the 6th century BC, when the island of Kea, Greece, was known as Cheos.
Very little else is known about this 9 m long sculpture, which even today stands in situ near the village of Ioulida.
Ida Haugsted: Dream and reality: Danish Antiquaries, Architects and Artists in Greece, London, 1996.,
p. 37
Greek Islands (guide), Lonly Planet, 2018.,
s. v. Kea lion
Vispa is a river in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.
It gives the name to the city of Visp.
Vispa comes from the confluence of the Matter Vispa, which flows into the Mattertal valley and the Saaser Vispa, which flows into the Saastal valley, near Stalden.
It runs about  in the Vispertal valley and flows into the Rhône near Visp.
Gerzensee, a municipality in the canton of Berne, Switzerland
Gerzensee (lake), a lake in the canton of Berne, Switzerland
Lorze is the main river of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland.
It flows from Ägerisee through Lake Zug into the Reuss.
Touba is a city in central Senegal.
In 2010, 529,176 people lived there.
It is the second most populated Senegalese city after the capital Dakar.
It is the holy city of Mouridism.
Highland Lake is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States.
At the 2010 census the population was 412.
Hayden is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States.
At the 2010 census the population was 444.
Locust Fork is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States.
At the 2010 census the population was 1,186 people, up from 1,016 in 2000.
Bedfordshire, an English county
The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in September 2018.
Irving Petlin, 83, American artist (Chicago Imagists), liver cancer.
Margit Sandemo, 94, Norwegian-Swedish author (The Legend of the Ice People).
Tarun Sagar, 51, Indian Jain monk, complications from jaundice.
Randy Weston, 92, American jazz pianist and composer, heart disease.
Ehsan Yarshater, 98, Iranian scholar, Director of the Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University, complications from thrombosis.
Conway Savage, 58, Australian rock singer-songwriter ("Nothing Broken", "Wrong Man's Hands", "Soon Will Be Tomorrow") and pianist (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), brain cancer.
Claire Wineland, 21, American entrepreneur and health activist, stroke.
Lydia Clarke, 95, American actress (The Atomic City, Bad for Each Other, Will Penny) and photographer.
Jalaluddin Haqqani, 78–79, Afghan militant, founder of the Haqqani network.
Ina Isings, 99, Dutch classical archaeologist.
Paul Koech, 49, Kenyan long distance runner, half marathon world champion (1998), cerebral hemorrhage.
Jacqueline Pearce, 74, British actress (Blake's 7, Dark Season, Doctor Who), lung cancer.
Gordon Phillips, 71, English football player (Hayes, Brentford) and manager (Staines Town), cancer.
Katyna Ranieri, 93, Italian singer ("Una canzone da due soldi") and actress (Goodbye Uncle Tom), heart failure.
Marijan Beneš, 67, Bosnian boxer, European amateur champion (1973), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
István Bethlen, 72, Hungarian aristocrat and economist, MP (1990–1994).
Sheldon S. Cohen, 91, American politician, Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1965–1969), heart failure.
Ralph Wolfe Cowan, 86, American portrait artist.
Bill Daily, 91, American actor (I Dream of Jeannie, The Bob Newhart Show, Match Game).
Don Gardner, 87, American R&B singer-songwriter ("I Need Your Lovin'") and drummer, cancer.
Christopher Lawford, 63, American actor (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Thirteen Days, General Hospital), writer (Symptoms of Withdrawal) and political activist (Kennedy family), heart attack.
Ab McDonald, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues), cancer.
Imrich Andrejčák, 77, Czechoslovak general, Minister of Defense of Czechoslovakia (1992) and Defence Minister of Slovakia (1993–1994).
Rachael Bland, 40, Welsh journalist and presenter (BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC North West Tonight), breast cancer.
François Flohic, 98, French Free Naval Forces admiral, heart attack.
Mike Hogewood, 65, American sportscaster (Raycom Sports, FSN South) and professional wrestling commentator (Ring of Honor), heart attack.
Beatriz Segall, 92, Brazilian actress (Vale Tudo), respiratory failure.
Bhagwatikumar Sharma, 84, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist.
Richard DeVos, 92, American salesman and billionaire, co-founder of Amway, complications from infection.
Liz Fraser, 88, English actress (I'm All Right, Jack, Carry On Regardless, Dad's Army), complications from cancer surgery.
Salawat Gallyamov, 59, Russian linguist.
Gilbert Lazard, 98, French linguist and Iranologist.
Wilson Moreira, 81, Brazilian sambista singer-songwriter ("Senhora Liberdade", "Gotas de Veneno", "Meu Apelo"), multiple organ failure.
Burt Reynolds, 82, American actor (Smokey and the Bandit, Boogie Nights, Deliverance), Emmy winner (1991) and Golden Globe winner (1991, 1997), cardiac arrest.
Claudio Scimone, 83, Italian conductor (I Solisti Veneti).
Samuel Bodman, 79, American politician, Secretary of Energy (2005–2009), complications from primary progressive aphasia.
Kurt Helmudt, 74, Danish rower, Olympic champion (1964).
Mac Miller, 26, American rapper, singer ("Donald Trump", "Watching Movies", "Goosebumpz") and record producer, drug overdose.
Ingemar Mundebo, 87, Swedish politician, MP (1965–1980) and Governor of Uppsala County (1980–1986).
Szarlota Pawel, 71, Polish comic book artist (Kleks), colorectal cancer.
Yang Side, 96, Chinese People's Liberation Army general.
Jonas Algirdas Antanaitis, 97, Lithuanian politician, MP (since 1995).
Gennadi Gagulia, 70, Abkhazian politician, Prime Minister (1995–1997, 2002–2003, since 2018), car crash.
Chelsi Smith, 45, American singer and beauty pageant winner (Miss USA 1995, Miss Universe 1995), liver cancer.
Frank Andersson, 62, Swedish professional wrestler (NJPW, WCW), Olympic bronze medalist (1984), lung infection complicated by heart surgery.
Johannes Geldenhuys, 83, South African military commander, Chief of the Defence Force (1985–1990).
Beat Richner, 71, Swiss pediatrician and cellist.
Daniel Küblböck, 33, German pop singer ("You Drive Me Crazy", "Heartbeat"), television contestant (Deutschland sucht den Superstar) and actor (Daniel – Der Zauberer), presumably drowned. (
body disappeared on this date)
Mr. Catra, 49, Brazilian rapper ("O Segredo do Altíssimo", "Bonde do Tesão", "Poder da Favela"), stomach cancer.
Javier Usabiaga Arroyo, 79, Mexican businessman and politician, Minister of Agriculture (2000–2005) and Deputy (2009–2012), throat cancer.
Adam Clymer, 81, American journalist (The New York Times), pancreatic cancer.
Peter Donat, 90, Canadian-born American actor (The Godfather Part II, The X-Files, The China Syndrome), complications from diabetes.
István Géczi, 75, Hungarian footballer (Ferencváros, national team) and politician, Olympic silver medalist (1972) and MP (1985–1990), stroke.
Johnny Strike, 70, American singer-songwriter (Crime) and crime novelist (Ports of Hell), liver cancer.
Paul Virilio, 86, French philosopher (War and Cinema) and urbanist, heart attack.
Co Westerik, 94, Dutch painter and photographer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Fenella Fielding, 90, English actress (Follow a Star, Carry On Regardless, Carry On Screaming!),
Kalle Könkkölä, 68, Finnish politician, MP (1983–1987), pneumonia.
Kulsoom Nawaz, 68, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly (2017–2018), First Lady (1990–1993, 1997–1999, 2013–2017), complications from lymphoma.
Don Newman, 60, American basketball coach (San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizards) and football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders), cancer.
Roger W. H. Sargent, 91, British chemical engineer.
Hossein Erfani, 76, Iranian voice actor, lung cancer.
Henry Kalis, 81, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1975–2003), emphysema.
Hans Kloss, 80, German artist and graphic designer, stomach cancer.
Wayne M. Meyers, 94, American microbiologist and humanitarian.
Walter Mischel, 88, American psychologist, pancreatic cancer.
Billy O'Dell, 85, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves), complications from Parkinson's disease.
Mark W. Olson, 75, American banker, member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (2001–2006).
Shen Chun-shan, 86, Taiwanese physicist and academic, President of National Tsing Hua University (1994–1997), ruptured intestine.
Rachid Taha, 59, Algerian singer (Carte de Séjour), songwriter ("Voilà, Voilà", "Ya Rayah", "It's Now or Never"), heart attack.
Guido Ceronetti, 91, Italian journalist (La Stampa) and poet, bronchopneumonia.
Marin Mazzie, 57, American actress (Ragtime, Kiss Me, Kate, Passion), ovarian cancer.
Martha Vaughan, 92, American biochemist and physiologist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (since 1985).
Albrecht Wellmer, 85, German philosopher.
John Wilcock, 91, British journalist (The Village Voice), stroke.
Alan Abel, 94, American comedian and writer, heart failure complicated by cancer.
Max Bennett, 90, American jazz bassist (L.A. Express, The Wrecking Crew), Alzheimer's disease.
Anneke Grönloh, 76, Dutch singer ("Surabaya", "Brandend Zand"), leukemia.
Branko Grünbaum, 88, Yugoslavian-born American mathematician.
Zienia Merton, 72, Burmese-born British actress (The Chairman, Doctor Who, Space: 1999).
Kirin Kiki, 75, Japanese actress (Ballad of Orin, The Triple Cross, Half a Confession), breast cancer.
Dudley Sutton, 85, British actor (Lovejoy, The Devils, The Pink Panther Strikes Again), cancer.
José Manuel de la Sota, 68, Argentine politician, Senator (1995–1999) and Governor of Córdoba (1999–2007, 2011–2015), car crash.
Victor Veselago, 89, Soviet-born Russian physicist.
Fritz Wintersteller, 90, Austrian mountaineer.
Zhu Xu, 88, Chinese actor (Shower, The King of Masks, Lan), complications from mesothelioma.
Perry Miller Adato, 97, American documentary movie producer (Dylan Thomas: The World I Breathe, Gertrude Stein: When This You See, Remember Me, Picasso-A Painter's Diary), Emmy winner (1968).
Maartin Allcock, 61, English multi-instrumentalist (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, Robert Plant) and record producer, liver cancer.
Kevin Beattie, 64, English footballer (Ipswich Town, Middlesbrough, national team), heart attack.
Tommy Best, 97, Welsh footballer (Hereford United, Cardiff City, Chester), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Big Jay McNeely, 91, American R&B saxophonist ("The Deacon's Hop"), prostate cancer.
James B. Thayer, 96, American World War II brigadier general.
*Celia Barquín Arozamena, 22, Spanish golfer, stabbed.
Enzo Calzaghe, 69, Italian-born Welsh boxing trainer.
Captain Raju, 68, Indian military officer and actor (Nalla Naal, Rowdy Alludu, Cotton Mary), complications from a stroke.
Daniel N. Robinson, 81, American philosopher, heart failure.
David DiChiera, 83, American composer, founding general director of Michigan Opera Theatre, pancreatic cancer.
Marceline Loridan-Ivens, 90, French writer (But You Did Not Come Back) and movie director.
Jean Piat, 93, French actor (The Lame Devil, The Milky Way, Rider on the Rain).
Richard M. Pollack, 83, American mathematician.
Robert Venturi, 93, American architect, Pritzker Prize winner (1991), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Norifumi Yamamoto, 41, Japanese martial artist (Bantamweight), cancer.
Jon Burge, 70, American police officer (Chicago Police Department) and convicted felon, prostate cancer.
Bunny Carr, 91, Irish television presenter (Quicksilver), respiratory failure.
Kondapalli Koteswaramma, 100, Indian communist revolutionary and writer, stroke.
Győző Kulcsár, 77, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1964, 1968, 1972).
Marilyn Lloyd, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 3rd congressional district (1975–1995), complications from pneumonia.
Arthur Mitchell, 84, American dancer and choreographer, founder of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, heart failure.
Denis Norden, 96, English comedy writer (Take It From Here), television presenter (It'll be Alright on the Night) and radio personality (My Word!,
My Music).
Gamil Ratib, 91, Egyptian-French actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Poussière de diamant, The Aquarium).
Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari, 52, Iraqi military officer, heart attack.
John Cunliffe, 85, English children writer, creator of Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim.
Inge Feltrinelli, 87, German-born Italian publisher and photographer, stroke.
George N. Hatsopoulos, 91, Greek-born American mechanical engineer, co-founded the Thermo Electron.
Mohammed Karim Lamrani, 99, Moroccan politician, Prime Minister (1971–1972, 1983–1986, 1992–1994).
Laurie Mitchell, 90, American actress (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Queen of Outer Space, Some Like It Hot).
K-Run's Park Me In First, 13, American show dog, winner of the 2008 Westminster Kennel Club's Best in Show, cancer.
Mohamed Sahnoun, 87, Algerian politician, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1982–1984) and Ambassador to the United States (1984–1989).
Reinhard Tritscher, 72, German Olympic alpine skier (1972), climbing accident.
Henry Wessel Jr., 76, American photographer, lung cancer.
İbrahim Ayhan, 50, Turkish politician, MP (since 2011), heart attack.
Vitaliy Masol, 89, Ukrainian politician, Prime Minister (1994–1995).
Trần Đại Quang, 61, Vietnamese politician, President (since 2016), complications from a virus.
Avi Duan, 62, Israeli politician, member of Knesset (2012–2013).
Chas Hodges, 74, British musician (Chas & Dave), pneumonia complicated by multiple organ failure.
Bob Lienhard, 70, American basketball player (Cantù), emphysema.
Al Matthews, 75, American actor (Aliens, The Fifth Element, The Sender).
Edna Molewa, 61, South African politician, Minister of Environmental Affairs (since 2010), Minister of Social Development (2009–2010) and Premier of North West Province (2004–2009), complications from a virus.
Sir Eric Yarrow, 98, British businessman, Chairman of Clydesdale Bank (1985–1991).
Sir Charles K. Kao, 84, Chinese-born British-American electrical engineer, discovered optical fiber reduction, Nobel Prize winner (2009), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Gary Kurtz, 78, American movie producer (American Graffiti, Star Wars, The Dark Crystal), cancer.
Norm Breyfogle, 58, American comic book artist (Batman, Prime), complications from a stroke.
Jim Brogan, 74, Scottish footballer (Celtic, national team), dementia.
José María Hurtado Ruiz-Tagle, 73, Chilean politician, Deputy (1990–1998), stomach cancer.
Ivar Martinsen, 97, Norwegian Olympic speed skater (1948, 1952), complications from pneumonia.
Tommy McDonald, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, Dallas Cowboys).
Helena Almeida, 84, Portuguese photographer and painter, heart attack.
Marie Colton, 95, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1978–1994), congestive heart failure.
Ivan Kapitanets, 90, Soviet-born Russian military officer, Admiral of the Fleet (1988–1992).
Danny Lewicki, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Quebec Aces), Stanley Cup champion (1948).
Joe Carolan, 81, Irish footballer (Manchester United, Brighton & Hove Albion, national team).
Ignaz Kirchner, 72, Austrian actor (Burgtheater).
Marty Balin, 76, American Hall of Fame rock singer and musician (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship).
Brian A. Joyce, 56, American politician, member of the Massachusetts Senate (1998–2017).
James G. March, 90, American sociologist.
Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, 76, Swazi politician, Prime Minister (1996–2003, 2008–2018).
Ito Giani, 77, Italian Olympic sprinter (1964).
Bob Jane, 88, Australian race car driver and entrepreneur (Bob Jane T-Marts), prostate cancer.
Alves Barbosa, 86, Portuguese cyclist.
Otis Rush, 83, American Hall of Fame blues guitarist and singer ("All Your Love", "I Can't Quit You Baby", "Double Trouble"), complications from a stroke.
Edredon Bleu, 26, British racehorse, winner of the King George VI Chase (2003), euthanized.
Geoffrey Hayes, 76, English television presenter (Rainbow) and actor (Z-Cars), pneumonia.
Kim Larsen, 72, Danish rock musician (Gasolin'), prostate cancer.
Ângela Maria, 89, Brazilian singer.
René Pétillon, 72, French satirical and political cartoonist.
Morris G. Hallock (February 17, 1926 – August 11, 2018) was an American politician.
He was born in Springview, Nebraska.
He was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives in the 1950s and 1960s.
Springview is a village in, and the county seat of, Keya Paha County, Nebraska.
The population was 242 at the 2010 census.
Charles Gain (November 1, 1923 – August 21, 2018) was an American police official.
He was born in Hanford, California.
He first was police chief for Oakland, California, then as chief in San Francisco in the 1970s.
Hanford is a city and the county seat of Kings County, California.
The California Department of Finance estimated that the city's population was 55,645 as of January 1, 2017.
Richard Victor Kadison (July 25, 1925 – August 22, 2018) was an American mathematician.
Kadison was known for his works to the study of operator algebras.
Kadison was a member of the National Academy of Sciences from 1996 until his death in 2018.
Barrie Dunsmore (1939 – 26 August 2018) was a Canadian journalist.
He covered foreign affairs for ABC News, the American television network for 30 years.
Charlotte  is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.
The town was named for Sofia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England and wife of King George III.
The population of the town was 3,754 at the 2010 census.
Silvano "Nano" Campeggi (; January 23, 1923 – August 29, 2018) was an Italian artist.
He designed and produced the artwork for the posters of many classic Hollywood movies.
Campeggi was known for his poster designs for Casablanca, Singin' in the Rain, and Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Gary Friedrich (; August 21, 1943 – August 28, 2018) was an American comic book writer.
He was best known for his Silver Age stories for Marvel Comics' Sgt.
Fury and his Howling Commandos, and, in the following era, for the series The Monster of Frankenstein.
Jackson is a city in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.
The population was 13,758 at the 2010 census.
Hillsboro is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.
The population was 2,821 at the 2010 census.
Meghan Marguerite McCain (born October 23, 1984) is an American columnist, author, former Fox News contributor, and current co-host of The View.
Entertainers from Phoenix, Arizona
David Garcia is an American politician and educator.
He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2018 Arizona gubernatorial election.
He lost to Doug Ducey.
Garcia for Governor, campaign website
Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharchenko (, ; 26 June 1976 – 31 August 2018) was a Ukrainian separatist leader.
He was the head of state and Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed state and a rebel group Donetsk People's Republic, which declared independence from Ukraine on 11 May 2014.
Stan Brock (April 21, 1936 – August 29, 2018) was a British philanthropist.
He founded the charity Remote Area Medical in 1985.
The Independent states his work rescued millions of uninsured Americans.
He was very critical of the American healthcare system.
Brock was born in Preston, Lancashire, England.
Stan Brock interview  in Guernica Magazine
Stan Brock's biography  at Remote Area Medical
Interview with former host of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom and founder of Remote Area Medical, Stan Brock
PR Newswire RAM Founder to Receive 2010 Inamori Ethics Prize at Case Western Reserve University
Rockford is a city in Blount County, Tennessee, United States.
Its population was 798 at the 2000 census and 856 at the 2010 census.
A fisheye lens (or fish eye lens) is a wide-angle lens, which has an very wide angle of view.
Unlike normal wide angle lenses, fisheye lernses use Gnomonic projection, which will distort the image.
Straight lines which do not run through the center of the image will be shown as curved ones.
Common fisheye lenses have angles of view between 180 and 220 degrees.
Prototypes have been built with angles of view as large as 270 and even 310 degrees.
Due to their construction, conventional wide angle lenses cannot reach angles of view greater than 180 degrees.
Even though they have very wide angles of view, fisheye lenses show less vignetting.
Vignetting occurs when the border of the image is much darker than the center.
It is used in many common law countries, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and Canada.
The idea is also used in many other countries, perhaps not with the same title.
It is an expression of democracy, that in some cases people and groups should be able to have their voice heard directly.
The issues at stake may be of a local kind, or special to a particular group of people.
A public inquiry differs from a Royal Commission.
A public inquiry accepts evidence, conducts its hearings in public and deals with a specific occurrence.
Interested members of the public and organisations may make oral  or written submissions, and listen to oral evidence given by other parties.
Research on the effects of public inquiries suggests they may not do much to change people's minds.
However, it is normal for a public enquiry to be about some controversy.
That is the point of the exercise.
A gentleman is an historical term used in the British class system for an educated man who is wealthy.
Its significance is that in a class system, people were educated, lived and worked in quite different ways according to the circumstances of their birth.
This is behind the otherwise strange divide in sports like cricket between amateur and professionals (who often played in the same side), and between Rugby Union and Rugby League.
This distinction is needed to understand many of the novels, plays, and films of the pre-WWII era.
Similar distinctions ran in most other countries before the modern era.
Consider the characters in Tolstoy's War and Peace as an example.
Anushka Sharma (; born 1 May 1988) is an Indian actress and movie producer.
She is one of the most popular and highest-paid actresses in India.
She acts in Bollywood movies.
She has won many awards including one Filmfare Award from seven nominations.
She was born in Ayodhya and raised in Bangalore.
She is married to the Indian cricketer Virat Kohli.
She is a half Bengali Hindu and a half Nepali Hindu.
Her fathers grandparents where from Kolkata and her mothers parents where from Uttarkand.
Her debut movie was Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) in which she acted with Shah Rukh Khan.
Sultan (2016), PK (2014), Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Sanju are some of her famous movies.
Michael Jarboe Sheehan (born July 9, 1939) is a retired American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
He was the eleventh Archbishop of Santa Fe.
He was the Bishop of Lubbock from 1983 to 1993.
He was born in Wichita, Kansas.
People from Santa Fe, New Mexico
Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson (December 17, 1933 – December 19, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer.
She was a member and former Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
She was appointed to the court in 1976 by Governor Patrick Lucey.
She became first woman on Wisconsin's high court.
She was the only woman on the court from 1976 until 1993.
Abrahamson was re-elected to the Supreme Court in 1979, 1989, 1999, and 2009.
She became Chief Justice on August 1, 1996 and served until April 29, 2015.
In August 2018, Abrahamson announced she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
She died on December 19, 2020 in Berkeley, California from the disease, aged 87.
The Daugava () or Western Dvina is a river rising in the Valdai Hills, Russia, flowing through Russia, Belarus, and Latvia and into the Gulf of Riga.
The total length of the river is :  in Russia,  in Belarus, and  in Latvia.
Ohatchee is a town in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States.
At the 2010 census, the population was 1,170.
Cape Girardeau County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri; its eastern border is formed by the Mississippi River.
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 75,674.
The county seat is Jackson, the first city in the US to be named in honor of President Andrew Jackson.
It was founded on October 1, 1812.
Blount County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
As of the 2010 census, the population was 123,010.
It had an estimated population of 126,339 in 2014.
The county seat is Maryville, which is also the county's largest city.
John Venn, FRS, FSA, (4 August 1834 – 4 April 1923) was an English logician and philosopher.
He introduced the Venn diagram.
The Venn diagram is one of many ways to represent logical relationships.
It is well-known because it is easy to understand, and is used in elementary set theory, probability, logic, statistics, competition math, and computer science.
In 1883, Venn was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1884, he was awarded a Sc.
D. by Cambridge.
S Orionis is a Mira variable star found in the Orion constellation.
It has a diameter 530 times larger than that of the Sun.
W Hydrae is a red giant star.
It has a size 520 times larger than the Sun, but this can change.
It is one of the largest known stars.
Rho Cassiopeiae is a yellow hypergiant star, the brightest one in the night sky.
It is located in the constellation Cassiopeia.
It is also one of the largest, with a size 450 times larger than the Sun.
HR 5171 is a yellow hypergiant star, and the largest of its type.
Its size is over 1,300 (or 1,500) times larger and 630,000 times brighter than the Sun.
It is orbited by a smaller yellow hypergiant and blue star.
The Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart, commonly known as the Quaker State 400, is a  annual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, It is held as the nineteenth race of the season and is held in conjunction with the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series, The inaugural event was held on July 9, 2011 and was won by Kyle Busch, From 2012 to 2014, the race has been held before the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Independence Day weekend, From 2015 to 2017, The race moved back two weeks preceding Daytona and New Hampshire, In 2018, the race became the 19th race of the season as the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway which became the 20th race of the season.
The event eventuated a lawsuit in which Kentucky Speedway claimed NASCAR had violated federal antitrust laws in 2005.
In 2008, The speedway was sold to Bruton Smith, hoping that the track could hold a race by 2011 and after four years, the former speedway owners abandoned the lawsuit.
In August 2010, NASCAR announced that the track could hold a Cup Series event in 2011.
Seven months later, Royal Dutch Shell's Quaker State brand was announced to sponsor the 267-lap race held on July 9, 2011, and was won by Kyle Busch.
The race was plagued by a massive traffic problem where many of the fans were expected to attend the race were turned away after several hours on Interstate 71.
Following the problem, Kentucky Speedway announced that they bought more land for parking and began to work with the state government to improve the track around the speedway in time for the 2012 race.
New aero package for 2015
On June 16, 2015, NASCAR announced a new aero package would be used for the 2015 race.
The changes include a smaller rear spoiler and other adjustments that significantly reduced aerodynamic downforce.
The spoiler was decreased to  tall, There was also a  wide splitter extension.
In addition, Tires supplied to Goodyear provided drivers with more grip. "
We want to see more load changes on the racetrack", NASCAR Executive Vice-President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O'Donnell said in a media teleconference,  "We will evaluate and a number of factors coming out of Kentucky, and see what we can learn and implement down the road".
Originally, the package was to be used at last year's All Star Race, but the plan was scrubbed and NASCAR opted to use the package for a points race. "
This is not a test, this is a race" O'Donnell said of the rules package will be in effect for the 18th round of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. "
We had an extensive testing plan with this industry over the past 18 months.
We couldn't implement this if we didn't feel confident as an industry to implement it at Kentucky.
2011: The race was the first Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway, The race was won by Kyle Busch for the Joe Gibbs Racing team, David Reutimann finished second, and Jimmie Johnson clinched third, The race, 18th of the season, began at 7:30 p.m. EDT and was televised live on TNT.
The conditions on the grid were dry before the race with the air temperature of .
Raceway ministries pastor John Roberts began the pre-race ceremonies, by giving the invocation, Next, Nick Lachey performed the National anthem, and Steve Beshear, Kentucky's governer, gave the command for drivers to start their engines.
Two drivers had the start at the end of the grid because of changes that were not approved during practice; they were Denny Hamlin and Dave Blaney.
However, the largely overshadowed by major traffic issues that resulted in as many as 20,000 ticketed fans being unable to attend the track.
2012: The race, the 17th of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, began at 7:48 p.m. EDT, The race was televised live in the United States on TNT.
Jimmie Johnson started on pole position.
The Kentucky Army National Guard and the Boone County Sheriff's office presented the flag, The invocation was offered by Pastor John Roberts of Raceway ministries, Laura Bell Bundy perfromed the National anthem, The grand official was Quaker State grand marshall Steve Reindl.
2013: The race was scheduled to start on Saturday at 8:00 p.m., but pushed to Sunday afternoon, at 12:00 p.m. EDT due to rain, This prompted NASCAR to have a competition caution on lap 30, The race was marred by a massive crash on lap 48 when Brad Keselowski, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch, Paul Menard, Landon Cassill, Martin Truex Jr. and Travis Kvapil, The race was red flagged with Jimmie Johnson the race leader, and was lifted after 18 minutes and 37 seconds.
2014: The race served as its last running with TNT before the acquisition of the $10.1 billion deal with NBC Sports,  Prior to the start of the race, a downpour soaked the track, prompted NASCAR to schedule a competition caution on lap 30, The lead changed 12 times among 13 different drivers and Brad Keselowski won his second career race at Kentucky.
2015: NASCAR on NBC returned with the fifth running of the Quaker State 400, aired live on NBCSN, The race had a new track record of eleven caution periods for 49 laps, Carl Edwards went three wide underneath his teammate to take the lead with 54 laps to go, He got loose in turn 1 and Hamlin took back the lead with 53 laps to go.
Kyle Larson made an unscheduled stop for a tire rub with 51 laps to go, Kyle Busch regained the lead with 50 laps to go, The left rear tire from Larson's car wasn't fixed, and it went went flat and sent the car into the wall in turn 1.
2016: The race served as the second year on NBCSN, A major multi-car wreck on the backstretch happened on lap 94, Exiting Turn 2, Brian Scott got loose, saved the car and bumped into Kyle Larson, Chris Buescher, A. J. Allmendinger, Ty Dillon, Danica Patrick and Cole Whitt were also involved in the melee.,
In the final ten laps, a number of cars began pitting so to have enough fuel to make the finish.
Matt Kenseth briefly took the lead from Brad Keselowski before he pitted with four laps to go, and handed the lead back to Keselowski, who decreased the lead briefly to conserve fuel, which allowed Carl Edwards to preserve enough fuel with one lap remaining, and Keselowski blocked Edward's advance and drove on to score the victory.
2017: Martin Truex Jr. dominated the seventh running of the event leading 152 laps, He won Stages 1 and 2 (NASCAR's new format that saw stage lengths of 80 laps, 80 laps and the final 107) and had a 15-second lead with two laps to go, until the caution came out setting up an overtime finish for the first time in the event's history, Truex Jr. stayed out while everyone else pitted, but he chose the preferred outside line for the restart.
He took of the start passing Kyle Busch and the race ended under caution during a crash on the frontstretch after Truex Jr. had just the white flag, He took the yellow and checkered finishes ahead of Kyle Larson for his third career win of the season.
He  became just the fourth driver to win at Kentucky and the first new winner since Matt Kenseth in 2013.
Kenneth Lane "Ken" Thompson (born February 4, 1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American computer scientist.
He is the co-creator of UNIX operating system.
In 1969, Thompson and colleague Dennis Ritchie created the UNIX operating system at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
UNIX was a scaled-down version of the Multics operating system, one meant to run on the new smaller minicomputers becoming available at the end of the 1960s.
When re-written in the C programming language by Dennis Ritchie, UNIX became a truly portable operating system capable of running on many different hardware platforms.
Aloe Blacc (born January 7, 1979) is an  American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman and philanthropist.
His first album, Shine Through was released in 2006 by Stones Throw Records.
He is best known for his singles "I Need a Dollar", "The Man", which topped the charts in the United Kingdom.
He is also known for writing and performing vocals on Avicii's "Wake Me Up", which topped the charts in 22 countries.
2011 Soul Train Awards - Centric Award (nomination)
2011 Worker's Voice Award
2014 BET Awards - Centric Award (nominated)
Brit Award
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|Best International Breakthrough Act
|Best International Male Soul Artist
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Shine Through (2006)
Theocritus was a Greek poet.
He was born c. 300 BC in Syracuse, Sicily and  died after 260 BC.
Theocritus was the inventor of pastoral poetry (poetry about shepherds).
His poems were called idylls which perhaps means "little poems".
Very little is known about his life but at various times he lived in Sicily, Cos and Alexandria.
Theocritus; Encyclopædia Britannica
Auditorium 6 is a 2017 American short comedic horror movie directed, written, produced, and edited by Chris Stuckmann.
It stars Matthew Brando, KateLynn E. Newberry, Rob Grant, George Tutie, Tara O. Horvath, and Sam Liz.
The movie premiered in Cleveland, Ohio on October 25, 2017.
A night janitor takes a job working for an old movie theater and is warned of its sinister history.
When he encounters the presence that haunts the theater, something unexpected happens.
Matthew Brando as Matt
KateLynn E. Newberry as Olivia
Rob Grant as Supervisor
George Tutie as Manager
Tara O. Horvath as Theater Customer #1
Sam Liz as Theater Customer #2
The movie's premiere was held in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 25, 2017.
Since then, the movie has gone to several different film festivals.
Tyler Hummel from Geeks Under Grace praised the film and said "Auditorium 6 carries both a genuine energy, enthusiasm, and talent that suggests to me that Mr. Stuckmann could become quite a good independent director."
Horror Geek Life writer Curt Oglesbee scored the film 4 out of 5 stars, and said "Chris Stuckmann‘s Auditorium 6 is an ode to that particular relationship with film, made by movie lovers FOR movie lovers."
Tim Richmond was a perrineal playboy.
Growing up in wealth, he always appreciated that the best things and was flamboyant especially in comparison to other gruff, working class of the drivers like Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty and Cale Yarborough.
Richmond had expensive tastes in food and drink and lived a fast lifestyle that mirrored his on-track preferences.
He continued to the open-wheel circuits, racing in the 1980 Indianapolis 500 finishing ninth, He decided to move on into stock-car racing in NASCAR, where he spent the rest of his days.
His first few seasons, He bounced from team to team looking for a permanent ride, which he found 1982, He raced in 26 events, winning twice and finishing in the top 5 seven times, but only finished 26th in Winston Cup standings.
However, at the tail end of the 1986 season, Richmond was feeling noticeably ill, Following the season, he checked into a clinic and discovered that he had AIDS, and which at the time, was a little understood disease, Despite his illness, Richmond worked to regain his strength and in 1987, He returned in midseason and subsequently won two races at Pocono and Riverside.
However, his health started deteriorating and so did his results, Richmond would race in six more events before being told not to race by NASCAR.
In 1988, Richmond tried to make another run with NASCAR, but NASCAR was only concerned about Richmond's health, but also about he contracted AIDS in the first place, They subjected Richmond (and Richmond alone) to a drug test, and several days later, NASCAR announced that he was suspended indefinitely for testing positive for banned substances.
Richmond was livid saying that he did not take any banned substances and demanded another test, which he passed.
NASCAR later admitted that the only two substances found was Sudafed and Advil.
They also released the permanent ban, but refused to allow Richmond to drive again until he surrendered his medical records that said he had AIDS.
In recent years, NASCAR has suspended drivers with drug violations, Busch Series driver Shane Hmiel was suspended twice (2003 and 2005), before he was suspended for life in 2006, while Kevin Grubb was also suspended for failing a drug test, and Craftsman Truck Series driver Brian Rose was also suspended in 2003 for failing a drug test.
Many continue to point the incident with Richmond, to show that an extremely "good ol' boy" system is still in place with NASCAR.
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Margit Sandemo (, 23 April 1924 – 1 September 2018) was a Norwegian-Swedish author.
She had been the best-selling author in the Nordic Countries since the 1980s, when her novel series of 47 books, The Legend of the Ice People, was published.
She also wrote many other book series such as Häxmästaren and Legenden om Ljusets rike.
William Raymond Barry (October 4, 1928 – August 28, 2018) was an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey player.
He played 18 games in the National Hockey League.
He also played for the Boston Bruins and the Hershey Bears in the 1951-52 season.
Barry was born in Revere, Massachusetts and raised in Edmonton, Alberta.
He died on August 28, 2018, in Calgary, aged 89.
The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS or Missouri Synod) is a Lutheran denomination in the United States.
It has 2 million members.
This makes it the second-largest Lutheran group in the country.
The LCMS was organized in 1847 at a meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
At first it was called the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States ().
The LCMS has congregations in all 50 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.
More than half of its members are located in the Midwest.
It is a member of the International Lutheran Council.
The LCMS's headquarters are in Kirkwood, Missouri.
The Missouri Synod was started by several communities of German Lutherans in the United States.
F. C. D. Wyneken did mission work in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan.
Martin Stephan started a community of Lutherans in Perry County, Missouri, and St. Louis, Missouri.
Wilhelm Löhe sent missionaries to Michigan and Ohio.
The Saxon immigration
In the Kingdom of Saxony in the 19th century, Lutheran pastor Martin Stephan and many of his followers thought that their church would be forced to merge with the Reformed church.
Because of this, Stephan and between 600 and 700 other Saxon Lutherans left Germany to move to the United States in November 1838.
They had five ships.
Their ships arrived between December 31, 1838, and January 20, 1839, in New Orleans.
One ship was lost at sea.
Afterwards, they settled in Perry County, Missouri.
At first, Stephan was the bishop.
Later, other members said that Stephan was corrupt and a fornicator, so he was kicked out.
This made C. F. W. Walther the new leader.
The Löhe missionaries
In 1842, a German pastor named Wilhelm Löhe started sending missionaries to America.
They started congregations in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana.
Founding and early years
In 1844 and 1845, the three groups listed above (the Saxons, the Löhe missionaries, and Wyneken) started talking about starting a synod.
On April 26, 1847, twelve pastors met in Chicago, Illinois, and officially started the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and Other States.
Walther was the first president.
The synod was conservative.
Löhe left because he disagreed with some of its doctrine.
The Synodical Conference
In 1857 and 1872, the LCMS entered into fellowship with five other conservative Lutheran synods.
These groups formed the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America.
English transition
For the thirty years after it started, the Missouri Synod focused on German-speaking Lutherans.
In 1872, members of the Missouri Synod, along with three other synods, started the "English Evangelical Lutheran Conference of Missouri".
This group focused on English-speakers.
It became an independent synod in 1888 and merged with the LCMS in 1911.
English became more common in the LCMS during the first two decades of the 20th century.
Some churched dropped all German services.
Post-WWII
In 1947, the synod shortened its name to "The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod".
In 1964, the National Evangelical Lutheran Church, an historically Finnish-American Lutheran church, merged with the LCMS.
In 1971, the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, an historically Slovak-American church, merged with the LCMS.
The Synodical Conference broke up in 1963.
Six years later, the LCMS formed the Lutheran Council in the United States of America (LCUSA) with several other Lutheran synods.
These were moderate and liberal.
Afterwards, the LCMS started becoming more conservative again.
Some of the more liberal professors and students left Concordia Seminary and started Seminex.
In 1976, about 250 of the more liberal congregations left the Synod.
Then the LCMS left the LCUSA.
Foreign missions
In the early 20th century, the LCMS sent missionaries to Brazil and Argentina.
The Brazil District and the Argentina District were started, which at first were part of the LCMS.
In the 1980s, they became independent synods.
The LCMS had congregations in Canada.
In 1988, the Canadian congregations became an independent synod, the Lutheran Church-Canada.
A small number of churches in Ontario and Quebec are still in the LCMS.
The Missouri Synod believes that the Bible is the first source for the teachings of the church, and that the Bible is best explained by the Book of Concord.
The Missouri Synod also teaches biblical inerrancy, which is the teaching that the Bible does not have errors.
The Missouri Synod believes that justification comes from God "by divine grace alone, through faith alone, on account of Christ alone."
It teaches that faith in Jesus is the only way to eternal salvation.
God gives people grace through the Word of God and the Sacraments.
The synod does not have an official definition of sacrament.
This means that some Missouri Synod Lutherans may disagree about how many sacraments there are.
All agree that Baptism and Communion are sacraments.
The LCMS teaches that the body and blood of Jesus are truly present in the Eucharist.
The synod practices closed communion.
This mean that normally, only confirmed members of an LCMS church (or a church that has fellowship with the LCMS) can participate in communion at an LCMS church.
LCMS pastors are usually required to have a four-year bachelor's degree (in any discipline), as well as a four-year Master of Divinity degree.
The latter degree can be earned from one of these institutions: Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana or at the two seminaries run by the Lutheran Church–Canada.
After they receive this degree, pastors are called to a church and are ordained.
Church structure
The LCMS is led by a synod president, who must have been ordained.
He is elected by synod members at a synodical convention.
This convention is held every three years.
The current president is Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison.
The entire synod is divided into 35 districts, usually representing a specific geographic area.
There are two non-geographic districts (the English District and the SELC District).
The English District and the SELC District used to be their own synods, but they merged with the LCMS.
Each district is led by an elected district president, who must have been ordained.
The districts are subdivided into circuits.
Each circuit is led by a circuit visitor, who must be a pastor at one of the local churches.
Relationship with other Lutheran bodies
The LCMS is a member of the International Lutheran Council.
It also has fellowship with the American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC).
Vinicius is the mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and Tom is the mascot of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
The mascots represent Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Vinicius represents Brazilian animals, and his body has parts of cats, monkeys, and birds.
Tom represents Brazilian plant life.
A Brazilian company called Birdo made the mascots.
The Olympic organizers only wanted mascots made by Brazilian companies.
The organizers chose Birdo's mascots in August 2013, and they showed them to the public on 23 November 2014, but the mascots did not have names yet at that time.
The organizers asked the public to choose names for them.
The public chose to name the mascots after Vinicius de Moraes and Tom Jobim.
Vinicius de Moraes and Tom Jobim wrote the song "The Girl from Ipanema".
The Olympic organizers made a children's television series about the mascots.
The Rio organizers also made many toys and other merchandise of the mascots.
The organizers gave wrestling coaches soft dolls of Vinicius.
If the coaches did not like a referee's call, then they would throw the doll into the ring.
Many people thought that this was funny.
Paralympic medalists got special dolls of Tom.
They were special because the leaves on Tom's head were the same color as their medals.
Some observers liked how the mascots looked.
Others thought they looked strange.
The organizers of the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio 2016) started to ask for mascot designs in November 2012.
The events were going to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, so the Olympic organizers only wanted designs from Brazilian companies.
Directors from the Brazilian film festival Anima Mundi helped the Rio 2016 organizers choose the mascots.
After looking at the designs, the Rio 2016 organizers chose three of them and asked children to help them choose the final mascot.
The children were six to twelve years old and were from either Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo.
The organizers gave the three designs to the children, but they did not tell the children that they were for the Olympics.
The organizers only told the kids about the mascots' personalities.
The children responded with comments such as "'This is my friend', 'This one seems stuck-up', 'This one has cool hair'; and 'That one looks silly'".
The organizers used the children's comments to make the mascot designs better.
A group of judges chose the final mascots in August 2013.
The group included members of the Rio 2016 organizers, the International Olympic Committee, the Brazilian Olympic Committee, and the Brazilian Paralympic Committee, and people who worked in animation, illustration, advertising and market research.
All of the judges agreed to choose a set of two mascots, one for the Olympic Games and the other for the Paralympic Games.
A São Paulo-based animation company named Birdo created these mascots.
Birdo and the organizers began to create content featuring the mascots, working in secrecy.
Naming and unveiling
The organizers showed the public the mascots on 23 November 2014, but they had not yet decided what to name them.
On 24 November 2014, the mascots appeared publicly in costumes for the first time at the Ginásio Experimental Olímpico Juan Antonio Samaranch, a school for talented young athletes in Rio.