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870207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun%20Valley%2C%20Texas | Sun Valley, Texas | Sun Valley is a city in Lamar County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toco%2C%20Texas | Toco, Texas | Toco is a city in Lamar County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870209 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge%20City%2C%20Texas | Bridge City, Texas | Bridge City is a city in Orange County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine%20Forest%2C%20Texas | Pine Forest, Texas | Pine Forest is a city in Orange County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinehurst%2C%20Orange%20County%2C%20Texas | Pinehurst, Orange County, Texas | Pinehurst is a city in Orange County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870212 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose%20City%2C%20Texas | Rose City, Texas | Rose City is a city in Orange County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Orange%2C%20Texas | West Orange, Texas | West Orange is a city in Orange County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideaway%2C%20Texas | Hideaway, Texas | Hideaway is a city in Smith County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870215 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindale%2C%20Texas | Lindale, Texas | Lindale is a city in Smith County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Chapel%20Hill%2C%20Texas | New Chapel Hill, Texas | New Chapel Hill is a city in Smith County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noonday%2C%20Texas | Noonday, Texas | Noonday is a city in Smith County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehouse%2C%20Texas | Whitehouse, Texas | Whitehouse is a city in Smith County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Bridgeport%2C%20Texas | Lake Bridgeport, Texas | Lake Bridgeport is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Fairview%2C%20Texas | New Fairview, Texas | New Fairview is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870221 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise%2C%20Texas | Paradise, Texas | Paradise is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway%20Bay%2C%20Texas | Runaway Bay, Texas | Runaway Bay is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States.
Cities in Texas |
870242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20stilt | Black stilt | The black stilt or kaki (Himantopus novaezelandiae) is a bird in the family Recurvirostridae. It lives in New Zealand.
Appearance
This bird has black feathers and long legs.
Habitat and food
The black stilt lives next to rivers and lakes, in swamps and by ponds. It goes to rivers, streams, or swamps to lay eggs. It goes further inland for the winter. But because these areas are usually close to each other, scientists do not think of it as a migratory bird.
This bird wades into the water to look for food.
Threats
As of 2021 there were about 170 of these birds alive in the wild. In 1981, there were only 23 birds. There are fewer of them because of invasive species, animals that humans brought to New Zealand. Cats and ferrets kill many stilts, chicks, and eggs. Human beings also change the places where the birds like to live. Human beings using the seashore for work or fun can scare the adult birds away from the nests. They can accidentally kill the chicks or eggs.
The Kakī Recovery Programme keeps some breeding pairs. They put the eggs in incubators until they hatch. They raise the chicks by hand until they are too big for cats or ferrets to eat easily. They also take eggs from wild nests. That way, predators cannot eat the parents as they sit on the nest.
In some parts of New Zealand, for example Tasman River, human beings try to stop the predators from eating the birds. It has worked.
References
Birds |
870246 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Plestis | Craig Plestis | Craig Plestis is the president and CEO of Smart Dog Media, a reality programming production company. Pletis is an executive producer of The Masked Singer and I Can See Your Voice. Pletis was the executive producer behind the NBC singing game show, The Winner Is hosted by Nick Lachey, in parnership with Taipa Media. Pletis was also the creator and executive producer of more than 70 episodes of the game show hits Minute to Win It, hosted by Guy Fieri, and the winner of teh International FRAPA Award for the Best Studio Based Game Show. He also executive produced NBC's Who Still Standing?, a game show that featured contestants falling through trap doors after answering trivia questions incorrectly.
Later, Smart Dog Media launched Robot Combat League, the world's first giant fighting robot competition series for the Syfy Channel in 2013.
As the NBC's former Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming, Craig Pletis oversaw all alternative programming and development for the network, including the game show hit series Deal or No Deal, The Biggest Loser, The Apprentice, The Singing Bee, America's Got Talent, and 1 vs. 100, among others. His responbilities also included overseeing NBC's Golden Globe Awards.
In March 2021, it was reported that Pletis had strikes a deal with Japan's Tokyo Broadcasting System to develop unscripted formats, for the U.S. and Global markets. One month later, he became executive producer for the new TV series Unicorn Hunters, a business investment show.
Other websites
NBC Universal
Forbes
Craig Plestis at IMDb
American television producers
Living people |
870247 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyas%20Qadri | Ilyas Qadri | Sheikh Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri is a leader of the Qadiriyyah, Radaviyyah, Attariya branch of the Qadiriyyah Sufi order. Qadiri is a widely-respected sheikh with a significant global following which is supported by the Madani TV Channel. In 1981, the Sheikh founded Dawat-e-Islami, a Sunni Barelwi revivalist movement with hundreds of thousands of followers in Pakistan and over 180 other countries. It centres on the propagation of Islamic knowledge and manages two main activities: the Jamia-tul-Madina chain of religious schools, and the non-commercial Madani TV channel.
Others website
Dawat-e-Islami
Maulana Ilyas Qadri
Dawat-e-Islami
Pakistani clergy
1950 births
Living people
Reference |
870248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qubo%20Night%20Owl | Qubo Night Owl | The Qubo Night Owl was a programming block at night that ran from 12AM to 6AM (Eastern Time). Originally the block was similar to Nick at Nite, as it was aimed at adults who grew up on the Filmation slate (He-Man, She-Ra, Ghostbusters, and BraveStarr), with newer shows airing at the tail end. In August 2013, however, the contract for the Filmation shows lapsed and newer acquisitions filled the block. The block suffered network decay (or in this case, "block decay") for most of its run, adding preschool shows and shows for older kids that would be normally seen during the daytime hours as opposed to the undesirable graveyard slots. After five and a half years of abandoning its original focus, the block appeared for the as it was replaced with infomercials the following day, marking the first time the channel has followed the trope of networks airing infomercials during the graveyard hours (even though it was stated in a 2010 sizzle reel that they would never do such a thing, proving further that time does fly by fast in a decade). From the screen bug for Qubo Night Owl only appeared during the midnight hour (when Sidekick, Zoo Clues and Safari Tracks usually aired at the time). As of the Qubo Night Owl screen bug appears again and returned.
American television |
870249 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakat | Rakat | Rak'ah ( ركعة rak'ah, plural: ركعات rakaʿāt), consists of the prescribed movements while offering prayers to God (Allah). It refers to a single unit of Islamic prayers.
The number of rak'ahs in the obligatory prayer
Fajr 2 rak'ats
4 rak'ats of Zuhr
Asr 4 rak'ats
Maghrib 3 rak'ats
Isha 4 rak'ats
On Friday, the Friday prayer, the noon prayer, the prayer is not obligatory two rakaata.
Islam |
870252 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujud | Sujud | Sujud (Arabic: سُجدة), or prostration (Arabic: سجدة), also known as sijdah is a part of prayer. Standing from ruku, then prostration is done by touching the forehead and nose on the ground. At the same time the knees and palms are placed on the ground. Sijdah is one of the essential parts of prayers. The prostration is to face the Kaaba. During Sijdah, one has to recite Tasbeeh of Subhana Rabbiyal Ala (سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى).
Others website
USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts
Detailed study of the word "SuJuD" in The Quran
Salah
Sujud |
870255 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unayzah | Unayzah | Unayzah (Paris Najd) is one of Al-Qassim cities which are located in Saudi Arabia. It is an ancient historical city. The city got its importance long ago due to its unique geographical location. It is in the north central part of Najd plateau and toward the south of the stream of Arrimah valley, the largest valley in the Arabian Peninsula.
Other websites
Information about the city
Saudi Arabia
Settlements in Asia |
870256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal%20Sonata | Eternal Sonata | Eternal Sonata is an role-playing video game developed by tri-Crescendo and published by Namco Bandai Games.
2007 video games
PlayStation 3 games
Video games developed in Japan
Xbox 360 games |
870258 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditionalist%20theology%20%28Islam%29 | Traditionalist theology (Islam) | Traditionalist theology (Arabic: الأثرية—al-Aṯharīya) is an Islamic scholarly movement, originating in the late 8th century CE, who reject rationalistic Islamic theology (kalam) in favor of strict textualism in interpreting the Quran and Hadith. The name derives from "tradition" in its technical sense as a translation of the Arabic word athar. It is also sometimes referred to by several other names.
History
Traditional theology spread in the late eighth century AD among muhaddiths, who regarded the Qur'an and pure hadith as the only acceptable source of law and religion.
Islamic philosophical schools
Islamic theology
Sunni Islam |
870262 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad%20ibn%20Hanbal | Ahmad ibn Hanbal | Imam Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Humble Abu Abdullah Al-Shaibani (780–855 AD/164-241 AH) (), was a famous Islamic figure, scholar of Islamic law and hadith. One of the four traditional schools of Islam, the Hanbali school, is based on its interpretation. Imam Ahmad Shaikhul Islam is known in the Muslim world. Musnad, a collection of hadiths compiled by Imam Ahmad, is considered his great work.
References
Other websites
Biodata at MuslimScholars.info
780 births
855 deaths
Writers
Jurists
Imams |
870265 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshinori%20Ono | Yoshinori Ono | Yoshinori Ono () is a Japanese video game producer and former sound producer and composer. He joined Capcom in 1998, where he acted as producer of Street Fighter series up to Street Fighter V.
Video game people
Living people
Street Fighter |
870267 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Benson | Michelle Benson | Michelle Benson (born September 11, 1968, western Minnesota) is an American accountant and politician. She is a member of the Republican Party. She is a member of the Minnesota Senate for District 31. The district includes sections of Sherburne, Isanti and Anoka counties near the northern Twin Cities regional area.
Minnesota Senate
During 2010, Benson went against incumbent Debbie Johnson for the Republican nomination. She won the nomination and later the election. Benson co-authored a bill that allowed businesses and individuals to discriminate against same-sex couples. She voted against legislation that would have increased penalties for hate crimes.
Running for Governor of Minnesota
Benson began her campaign to be the first female Governor of Minnesota on September 1, 2021.
References
US Republican Party politicians
State legislators of the United States
1968 births
Living people
Politicians from Minnesota |
870268 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20ibn%20Ibrahim%20Al%20ash-Sheikh | Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh | Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Latif ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Al ash-Sheikh Al Tamimi (1893-1989) was an Islamic scholar and former Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia. He served as Grand Mufti from 1953 until his death in 1989. He was considered a respected scholar during the reigns of three successive kings of Saudi Arabia.
Other websites
Muslims
1890 births
1969 deaths
Grand Muftis of Saudi Arabia
Reference |
870271 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street%20Fighter%20%281994%20movie%29 | Street Fighter (1994 movie) | Street Fighter is an American 1994 action movie written and directed by Steven E. de Souza, it is based on the video game series of the same name published by Capcom. Distributed by Universal Pictures in the United States and internationally by Columbia Pictures.
Main cast
Jean-Claude Van Damme as Colonel Guile
Byron Mann as Ryu
Ming-Na Wen as Chun-Li
Damian Chapa as Ken
Raul Julia as M. Bison
Gregg Rainwater as T. Hawk
Kylie Minogue as Cammy
Ninuel A. Núñez as Dee Jay
1994 movies
American movies
English-language movies
Street Fighter |
870272 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Mufti%20of%20Saudi%20Arabia | Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia | Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia is the highest religious authority in the country. The king himself appointed one to the post. The ex-officio Grand Mufti became a permanent member of the Standing Committee on Ilmi Research and Fatwas.
Introduction
Grand mufti is the most powerful religious authority in Saudi Arabia . His main job is to issue fatwas on various legal and social issues. The court system in Saudi Arabia is greatly influenced by his fatwa.
List of responsible persons
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh 1953–1969
Position abolished 1969–1993
Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz 1993–1999
Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh 1999–present
Reference
Islamic religious leaders
Saudi Arabian people |
870274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serta | Serta | Serta is an American company. It specializes in developing and making mattresses. The company is based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
Companies based in Illinois
Manufacturing companies
1931 establishments |
870275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Mufti | Grand Mufti | Mufti (Arabic: mfty am mufti am or kbyr almftyn kabir al-muftin ) mainly Sunni and ibadi Muslim countries, Islamic religious maximum terms. He mainly provides detailed explanations and fatwas on Islamic jurisprudence. He also assists state judges in the trial.
List of Grand Muftis
List of former Grand Muftis
References |
870286 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumyat | Pumyat | A pumyat or pumyaat (/poom-yaat/) is a traditional Meitei Manipuri dress, worn by menfolk on special occasions. It is popularly worn in ceremonial occasions as a common dress in Manipur, North East India. It is mainly white in colour. Typically, a pumyat is a shirt with long sleeves.
In Meitei culture, a pumyat should always pairs with a pheichom (pheijom). This is also a common to the wedding bridegrooms in Meitei matrimony, with the addition of a kokyet (headdress). It is slightly similar to the kurtas, worn by the mainland Indian menfolk.
References
Meitei culture
Meitei clothing |
870292 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20with%20Father%20%28movie%29 | Life with Father (movie) | Life with Father is a 1947 American comedy movie directed by Michael Curtiz and was based on the 1935 autobiographical novel and adapted from the 1939 play of the same name. It stars William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor, Edmund Glenn, Jimmy Lydon, ZaSu Pitts, Emma Dunn, Elisabeth Risdon and was distributed by Warner Bros.. It was nominated for 4 Academy Awards in 1948.
Other websites
1947 movies
1940s comedy movies
American comedy movies
Movies based on plays
Movies based on books
Movies directed by Michael Curtiz |
870296 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatliners%20%282017%20movie%29 | Flatliners (2017 movie) | Flatliners is a 2017 American Canadian science fiction horror movie directed by Niels Arden Oplev and is the remake of the 1990 movie of the same name. It stars Elliot Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, Kiersey Clemons, Kiefer Sutherland, Jenny Raven.
Other websites
2017 science fiction movies
2017 horror movies
American science fiction horror movies
Canadian science fiction movies
Canadian horror movies
Movies directed by Niels Arden Oplev |
870297 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maymunah%20bint%20al-Harith | Maymunah bint al-Harith | Maymunah bint al-Harith al-Hilaliyah (Arabic: ميمونة بنت الحارث الهلالية, Maymūnah bint al-Ḥārith al-Hilālīyah, 594-63) was the wife of the last prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Her real name was Barrah, but Muhammad changed her name to Maymuna.
Other websites
Al Islam Dictionary
Roots Web
594 births
674 deaths
Female Sahabah
Wives of Muhammad |
870298 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%27s%20wives | Muhammad's wives | Muhammad's wives, was the Prophet Muhammad's life that all women were married to Muslims, they Ummahat-Ul Mu'mineen of the Mother of Believers called.
Family tree
* indicates that the marriage order is disputed
Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.
Bibliography
Wives of Muhammad
Women in Islam
General
Marriage in Islam
Lists of wives |
870314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisi%20Alimi | Bisi Alimi | Bisi Alimi (born 17 January 1975) is a Nigerian HIV and LGBT advocate who gained international attention when he became the first Nigerian to come out on television.
Alimi came out as gay on a live television show in 2004. After the broadcast he was disowned by his family and arrested. He fled Nigeria in 2007 and claimed asylum in the UK, becoming a British citizen in 2014.
Alimi launched the Bisi Alimi Foundation in 2015, supporting research to influence rights for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Nigeria.
In a 2014 interview on CNN, Alimi summarized their experience as: "And I had to, you know, face three years' ordeal in Nigeria which was very difficult. I couldn't get a job. I left university. Nobody was going to employ me. My life was constantly in danger. I was always beaten, arrested by the police, discharged. I was living for the day until when I had the opportunity to move to the United Kingdom."
References |
870328 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Challis | John Challis | John Spurley Challis (16 August 1942 – 19 September 2021) was an English actor. He was born in Bristol, England. His career began in 1964. He was best known for playing Terrance Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC Television sitcom Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003) and its sequel/spin-off The Green Green Grass (2005–2009). He also played Monty Staines in the ITV sitcom Benidorm from 2015 to 2018.
On 6 September 2021, Challis announced that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019. He died two weeks later on 19 September from the disease, aged 79.
References
Other websites
1942 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
English movie actors
English television actors
English stage actors
Actors from Bristol |
870330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Shnoll | Simon Shnoll | Simon El'evich Shnol (; 21 March 1930 – 11 September 2021) was a Russian biophysicist, and a historian of science. He was a professor at Moscow State University. He was a member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences from 1990 until his death.
Most of his works were about the oscillatory processes in biology, the theory of evolution, chronobiology, and the history of science.
Shnoll died in Moscow on 11 September 2021 at the age of 91.
References
1930 births
2021 deaths
Russian physicists
Russian historians
Russian academics
Soviet writers
Writers from Moscow |
870340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie%20bank | Zombie bank | A zombie bank is a special case of a zombie company. It is a financial institution that has a net worth of less than zero. Usually, such companies file for bankruptcy. Like a zombie company, the zombie bank is still able to pay the short-term liabilities (such as the interest on its loans). It doesn't have enough money to repay the loans, though. If the interest rates are low, this will help zombie banks. Zombie banks, like zombie companies can be saved from bankruptcy, but usually they need a large (and costly) reorganization.
The term zombie bank (and zombie company) was first used to refer to a period of Japanese economy, in the 1990s: This period is known as Lost Decades, today.
Finance |
870342 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xia%20Yong | Xia Yong | Xia Yong (Chinese: 夏永) was a painter during Yuan dynasty in 14th century.
Notable Works
岳阳楼 ("Yueyang Tower")
黄鹤楼 ("Yellow Crane Tower")
滕王阁 ("Pavilion of Prince Teng")
Works
Notes
References
Wu, Tung. 1997. Tales from the land of dragons: 1000 years of Chinese painting. Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts.
Chinese painters
Yuan dynasty painters |
870344 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huang%20Daopo | Huang Daopo | Huang Daopo (Simplified Chinese: 黄道婆; Traditional Chinese: 黃道婆, 1245 – 1330) was a businesswomen whose rose from proverty to one of the most famous women in the early Chinese Textile Industry.
Gallery
References
1240s births
Textile artists
Chinese inventors |
870348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilab%20ibn%20Murrah | Kilab ibn Murrah | Kilab ibn Murrah (Arabic: كِلَاب ٱبْن مُرَّة) (born 363 AD), was the ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Family tree
* indicates that the marriage order is disputed
Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.
Reference |
870351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawdah%20bint%20Zam%27ah | Sawdah bint Zam'ah | Sawdah bint Zam'ah was Muhammad's wife and was revered by Muslims as Ummat ul-Mu'mineen.
Other websites
2 Muslims.com
SAWDA bint Zam'a
674 deaths
Wives of Muhammad
570 births |
870355 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie%20Rose | Stephanie Rose | Stephanie Rose is the first open Nigerian transgender woman.
She was a law student at Obafemi Awolowo University until being expelled in 2001 due to "identity crisis". After moving to live in the Netherlands, Rose had gender corrective surgery.
References
LGBT people from Nigeria |
870356 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafsa%20bint%20Umar | Hafsa bint Umar | Ḥafṣah bint 'Umar (Arabic: حفصة بنت عمر; c. 605–665), was the wife of the last prophet Muhammad. That is why he is respected as Ummat al-Mu'mineen. She was the daughter of the second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab. He was born around 605 AD. This year the Quraish rebuilt the Kaaba.
Other websites
Wives of Muhammad
605 births
660s deaths |
870359 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaynab%20bint%20Khuzayma | Zaynab bint Khuzayma | Zaynab bint Khuzayma (Arabic: زينب بنت خزيمة, Umm al-Miskin , known as the "mother of the poor", born 595 CE) is a daughter of the Sulaim tribe of Arabia. Her first husband's name was Abdullah bin Jahash. He was martyred in the battle of Uhud on the 8th of Shawwal month of the third Hijri. Send marriage proposal to Zainab. If Zainab agreed to the proposal of the Prophet. He married her at the end of the month of Jilhaj this year with a dowry of 400 dirhams.
References
626 deaths
Wives of Muhammad
595 births |
870365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm%20Salama | Umm Salama | Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya (Arabic: هند بنت أبي أمية) (c. 580 or 596 – 680 or 683) or abbreviated Umm Salamah or Hind bint Suhail (هِنْد ٱلْمَخْزُومِيَّة) is a wife of the Prophet Muhammad of Islam. Her real name was "Hind Al-Makhzumiya ".
Reference
580 births
680 deaths
Wives of Muhammad |
870366 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaynab%20bint%20Jahsh | Zaynab bint Jahsh | Zaynab bint Jahsh (Arabic: زينب بنت جحش; c. 590–641) was Muhammad's cousin and his wife. For this reason, the Mother of the Believers Muslims as the honor.
References
590 births
641 deaths
Wives of Muhammad |
870456 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akwaeke%20Emezi | Akwaeke Emezi | Akwaeke Emezi is a Nigerian Igbo and Tamil writer and video artist, best known for their 2018 debut novel Freshwater. Emezi identifies as non-binary.
Bibliography
Freshwater: A Novel, 2018, ISBN 9781528841405
Pet, 2019, ISBN 9780593153994
The Death of Vivek Oji, 2020, ISBN 9780525541622
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir, 2021, ISBN 9780593412527
Bitter, 2022, ISBN 9780593309032
References
LGBT people from Nigeria |
870483 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii%27s%20congressional%20districts | Hawaii's congressional districts | The U.S. state of Hawaii is divided into two congressional districts for representation in the United States House of Representatives.
Current districts and representatives
Historical and present district boundaries
This is a table of congressional district boundary maps in the State of Hawaii.
Related pages
List of United States congressional districts
References
Congressional districts of Hawaii |
870486 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllomedusa%20boliviana | Phyllomedusa boliviana | The red-rimmed leaf frog (Phyllomedusa boliviana) is a frog that lives in Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay.
References
Frogs
Animals of South America |
870488 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin%27s%201st%20congressional%20district | Wisconsin's 1st congressional district | Wisconsin's 1st congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southeastern Wisconsin. It covers Kenosha County, Racine County, and most of Walworth County, as well as portions of Rock County, Waukesha County, and Milwaukee County. The district's current representative is Republican Bryan Steil.
Voting
References
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870490 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin%27s%202nd%20congressional%20district | Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district | Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southern Wisconsin. It covers Dane County, Iowa County, Lafayette County, Sauk County and Green County, as well as portions of Richland County and Rock County. The district includes Madison, the state's capital, its suburbs and some of the areas nearby.
The district's representative has been Democrat Mark Pocan since 2013.
Election results from presidential races
References
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870493 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Day%20of%20the%20Jackal | The Day of the Jackal | The Day of the Jackal is a book. Frederick Forsyth wrote it in 1971. It became a bestseller. It is about a plot to kill French head of state Charles De Galle in the summer of 1963.
Story
As a result of the French Goverment decision to grant Independence to Algeria, a group of former French officers decide to take over the government. They decide to kill Charles De Galle.
They hire an international assassin called "the Jackal" to kill de Galle. By accident, the French Secret Service learns of the plot. The French Secret Service searches for the criminal with help from British MI6. They try to stop the killer and the killer tries not to be caught.
The Jackal almost kills Charles de Galle.
Characters
The Jackal is in his early 30s and has blond hair and cold gray eyes. He speaks the French language very well. He hides his identity using fake passports. He learned to kill people as a mercenary in the Congo. He only takes very expensive "jobs."
Adaptation
In 1977 a British-French movie was made. It was close to the book.
References
1973 books |
870494 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamis%20Kiggundu | Hamis Kiggundu | Hamis Kiggundu (born 10 February 1984), is a Uganda-based multinational businessperson, Internet business starter, money-giver (to charity), and book writer.
He is the founder of the Ham Group of Companies a multinational company , and the writer of Success and Failure Based on Reason and Reality and Reason as the World Masterpiece.
He is one of the richest people in Uganda with a Net Value of US$870 million employing about 7,000 people as reported by Forbes (March 2021 Forbes).
In March 2020, Kiggundu was featured in Ugandan media for his court fight against Diamond Trust Bank. He accused (of a crime) that the bank cheated him over $30 million over the course of 10 years.
Family and religion
Kiggundu is the son of Haruna Segawa, who is part of a family with much property investments in Kampala.
Kiggundu is a Muslim.
Early life and education
Kiggundu was born in 1984 in the Kalungu Masaka District in the Central area of Uganda. He attended his elementary education in Masaka, joined Kabojja International School in Kampala District for his high school education and later graduated from Makerere University with a degree in Laws.
He joined the Law Development Center where he graduated with a diploma in legal practice.
Business journey
During his Middle School holidays in 2003, his parents gave reasonable capital to start a business and he started small and locally, trading in commodities and merchandise from first hand importers abroad and selling them at a profit. With increased capital inflow, he progressed to a firsthand importer and started importing commodities from: China, Thailand, Hong Kong and Dubai. He could distribute them wholesale both in Ugandans and neighboring countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Congo and Sudan. Hamis accumulated more capital and upgraded to real estate, mainly buying and selling land and properties at a profit before I incorporated Ham Enterprises (U) Ltd and progressed to constructing and owning my commercial properties.
Hamis has now diversified into large scale industrialization, mainly focusing on Agro processing and value addition. He has embarked on a US$156 million project in the central region where advanced Integrated Agro-Processing Industrial Plants (IAIP) are being setup at Akright City as a pioneer project, with a goal of providing value addition for resident and international consumption of Uganda's Agro produce. The project aim is to promote import substitution by adding value to local produce rather than importation of agro-processed products. Silos (Storage Units) of over 500,000 metric ton, have already been established as reported by Forbes.
Nakivubo Stadium rebuilding
President's order
In 2015, President Museveni directed Kiggundu to re-construct and increase the capacity of Nakivubo Stadium into a modern state of the art sports facility with larger capacity. The Redevelopment works are a joint venture between the government of Uganda as the owner and Kiggundu as the developer through his company Ham Enterprises and ROKO Construction as the lead contractor.
Stadium breaking
In February 2017, Kiggundu smashed the timeworn structures and fenced off the entire stadium area to prepare for fresh construction works to commence.
Building start
In June 2017, construction works kick-started and the stadium took shape.
The entire an estimated cost of US$139 million according to Forbes Africa.
Book writing
Success and Failure Based on Reason and Reality
In June 2018 Kiggundu wrote Success and Failure Based on Reason and Reality which advises on financial success and the need to have a sense of purpose. The Book became a bestseller in Uganda and by December 2018. It was nominated and consequently won an award of Business Motivational Book of the year from The National Book Forum of Uganda.
In June 2019 Hamis' book was reviewed, evaluated and eventually adopted by the Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports through the National Curriculum Development Center which put it on the Uganda school curriculum.
Reason As the World Masterpiece
In February 2021, Kiggundu wrote a second book and Reason as the World Masterpiece, a self-improvement book that focuses deeply on information about prosperity, self-development and advocates on the world human challenges, the solution to Africa's problems and Uganda's direct path from poverty to prosperity, with use of reason.
Charity
Ham Foundation
In 2019 he started Ham Foundation, a charity organization to improve on the people's lives and their communities.
Clerics in the Greater Masaka Region
In March 2020, Kiggundu through his Ham Foundation donated over 200 bicycles, Qurans, and prayer mats to Muslim clerics in the Greater Masaka Region of Uganda.
COVID-19
Food relief
In April 2020 Kiggundu donated food relief to Uganda's COVID-19 task force. He also donated food supplies to over 100 Ugandan journalists through the Uganda Journalists Association but was also criticized for providing cash handouts to journalists.
Vaccination
In July 2021, Kiggundu donated to the Uganda Government 15,000 COVID-19 Vaccines doses doses for his employees and other Ugandans and additionally called upon Ugandan Corporate Entities to join him in saving lives as a way of giving back to the Ugandan Community where they operate.
Court case
Suing Diamond Trust Bank
In March 2020, Kiggundu was featured prominently boldly and clearly in Ugandan media for his court battle against Diamond Trust Bank. He alleged that the bank defrauded him over $30 Million (UGX 34.29 billion and USD 23. 4million) over the course of 10 years. He dragged the bank to the high court of Uganda under what he called "unclear debits" from his bank accounts.
Victory and court order against Diamond Trust Bank
In October 2020, Kiggundu won the case and the Ugandan High Court ordered Diamond Trust Bank to refund all the unlawfully withdrawn monies totaling to UGX 34.29 billion and USD 23.4 million with an additional 8% interest for legal costs.
The court additionally ordered the bank to unconditionally release/discharge all mortgages allegedly created over all Kiggundu's properties and all corporate and personal guarantees issued by Kiggundu. The court also issued a permanent order to prevent DTB from enforcing the mortgages over Kiggundu's properties.
Diamond Trust Bank appeals
Diamond Trust Bank later appealed the decision in the High Court and were issued an order halting payment of the monies to Ham
Awards
In 2018 Kiggundu was given an award as an acknowledgement for his book, Success and Failure Based on Reason and Reality. It was nominated the best book of the year in the category of "Business Motivation" at an event held by the Book Forum of Uganda in Kampala.
Internet entrepreneurship
In April 2021, Kiggundu started Internet entrepreneurship with Hamz Link an internet based company having many subsidiaries that use different web and mobile based platforms ranging from; Education, Communication, Online Shopping, Online Payment, Video hosting and Entertainment sectors.
Hamz Subsidiaries and platforms include: Hamz App, Hamz Line, Hamz Wave, Hamz Chart, Ham Pay, Hamz Club, Hamz E Mall, Hamz Agro and Hamz Campus among others which are primarily accessible for download from his own Android apps store, Ham App Store and also on other android and iOS stores.
Bank opening and agro-processing business
Ham Agro Bank
Kiggundu is in the process of opening the Ham Agro Bank, a farmer’s Bank to accommodate for agrarian needs with Agro produce as the core instrument of trade, offering loans to farmers in form of Farming desires; for example: Machines, seeds, Services, pesticides among others. Farmers can then repay in form of Agro produce, according to Forbes. He also gave a hint on this plan while launching his book, Reason as the World Masterpiece in Kampala in March 2021 and also wrote about it in the book.
Ham Agro-Processing Industries
Kiggundu is now in the final stages of finishing the $156million a pilot project of the Ham Integrated Agro-Processing Industries in the Central region of Uganda which also be the Headquarters the entire project in Akright City, the Entebbe Express road-based industrial complex.
The US White House duplication
The White House Uganda
Kiggundu made the administration block for his Agro processing industries an exact replica of the US White House which he named The White House Uganda in his bid to attract future tourists, both local and international to boost Uganda's tourism industry and pioneer national growth and prosperity
Ham Palm Villas
In a bid to transform Uganda and discourage nationals from leaving their motherland in search of a better life, he decides to create what we called Ugandans' desire right at home by setting up a 5 star gated community which he named Ham Palm Villas, with 500 homes, Villas and Apartments with all required amenities i.e. health and shopping facilities, international school , multi-sports complex, among others. building started in 2019 and is still on going.
Kiggundu has a home located on the shores of Lake Victoria, popularly known as Ham’s Residence. The mansion was described as "palatial" by the Uganda Times.
Related pages
List of Conglomerates in Uganda
Success and Failure Based on Reason and Reality
List of Richest people in Uganda
References
Other websites
HAMZ CAMPUS
"Hams Line | Connecting the World".
New App to inspire Ugandan youths, boost tourism
"Hamis Kiggundu publishes a book on Success & Failure"
Real Estate and Agro-processing in Uganda: An Interview with Hamis Kiggundu of Ham Enterprises
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870499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Cerr%C3%B3n | Vladimir Cerrón | Vladimir Cerrón Rojas is a peruvian politician.
Living people
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870512 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site%20%28disambiguation%29 | Site (disambiguation) | A site is a real fixed physical location where something will or has happened or a place where something is.
Some examples could include places where a building, house, or any other such thing could be located or will/has been located. The noun site describes an area where something is constructed or has occurred, this can be in the past, present or future.
Uses
It is used very often in building trades to mean the place where a building will go up.
It can also be of use in a gravesite. It is a place where a person will be buried after they die.
The term site also has an example in physical work. The physical workwords onsite and offsite refer to work that must take place on the site, or which can take place somewhere else. For instance, a prefabricated building can be "built offsite" and then "moved onsite".
Site is also a common abbreviation in net jargon for "website". In this case no real physical location exists other than the place where the computers are, and one "goes to the site" simply by using a web browser to "go to" that URL. This is a conceptual metaphor. It can be confusing. Someone who uses it is also likely using other jargon. In a website, things that casually aren't available offline are present online.
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870517 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber%20of%20Deputies%20of%20Paraguay | Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay | The Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of Paraguay's bicameral legislature, the National Congress. It is made up of 80 members, elected for a five-year terms. The other chamber of the National Congress (Congreso Nacional) is the Chamber of Senators (Cámara de Senadores).
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870518 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress%20of%20Paraguay | Congress of Paraguay | Paraguay's bicameral Congress (Congreso) made up of a 45-member Senate and an
80-member Chamber of Deputies. It is the legislative branch of the Paraguayan state.
Both chambers of Congress are elected concurrently with the president. Deputies are elected by department and Senators on a nationwide basis.
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870519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate%20of%20Paraguay | Senate of Paraguay | The Chamber of Senators of Paraguay (Cámara de Senadores), the upper house of the National Congress. It has 45 members, elected for a five-year term. Bicameral legislature, which included the Senate, was formed in 1870. The Senate was removed in 1940 and recreated in 1967.
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870521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo%20Chendi | Carlo Chendi | Angelo Carlo Chendi (10 July 1933 – 12 September 2021) was an Italian cartoonist. In 1952, Chendi began writing hundreds of stories with characters from Disney comics. Chendi was born in Ferrara, Italy.
Chendi died on September 12, 2021, at the age of 88.
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870522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino%20Cano%20Radil | Bernardino Cano Radil | Bernardino Cano Radil (29 November 1955 – 12 September 2021) was a Paraguayan politician. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1989 until 1998. He was an Ambassador to Cuba from 2015 until his death. He was born in Asunción, Paraguay.
Cano Randil died on 12 September 2021 in Havana, Cuba from COVID-19, aged 65.
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870523 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9%20Zacharow | André Zacharow | André Zacharow (7 July 1939 – 10 September 2021) was a Brazilian economist, lawyer, academic, and politician. He was a Federal Deputy from Paraná from 2003 until 2015. Zacharow was born in Jaguariaíva, Paraná. He was a member of the PDT and MDB.
Zacharow died on 10 September 2021 in Curitiba, Paraná at the age of 82.
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870524 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguaria%C3%ADva | Jaguariaíva | Jaguariaíva is a city in the state of Paraná in Brazil.
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870527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniil%20Medvedev | Daniil Medvedev | Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev (; born 11 February 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as world No. 2. He has won thirteen ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2021 US Open. Medvedev was born in Moscow.
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870530 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllomedusa%20iheringii | Phyllomedusa iheringii | The southern walking leaf frog (Phyllomedusa iheringii) is a frog that lives in Brazil and Uruguay.
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870536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfhild%20%28Alf%20and%20Alfhild%29 | Alfhild (Alf and Alfhild) | Alfhild was a daughter of the Geatish king Synardus that lived in modern Sweden. Historians do not know if she was a real person or a legend. If she did live, it was probably between the 5th and 12th centuries. The earliest piece of writing that talks about her is the Gesta Danorum.
When Alfhild was a young princess, the room she slept in was guarded by a lizard and a snake. These reptiles scared away suitors who were not brave. A Danish prince named Alf, who was also Geatish, came to Geatland and fought the animal guards and won. But Alfhild's mother told her to run away from Alf dressed as a man. She did, and she became a woman fighter called a shield maiden.
She found a group of pirate ships that had lost their captain. She became the captain and made the other women part of the sailing crew. The crew doubled in number.
She was so good at piracy that she hurt a large part of the Danish and Finnish shipping economy. She also sailed to Iceland once. Prince Alf then went to stop the fleet. At that time, he did not know that Alfhild was pirate leader. He found them off the coast of Finland.
In the original story, Alfhild killed Alf, the latter underestimating the fleet's power, and then put his head on a spear and continued pirating. People know this from Norse hearsay in dining halls.
In Christian story, she knocked off his helmet. This made her recognize him, and she stopped pirating and married Alf. She then became queen of Denmark. This version is probably wrong: It agreed with the things Christianity and patriarchy saw as good.
In popular culture
There are some differences in the story in later popular culture. Here Alfhild is almost always called Awilda. (Other spellings: Alwilda, Alvilda, Alvild, Alvilde, Alfhilda, Avilda, Alvida, Altilda, Ælfhild).
During the 1800s, Alfhild/Awilda was a popular subject for scrimshaw carved by sailors on whaling ships.
The story about Alf And Alfhild has also been made into Italian operas.
In 1686, "L'Amazzone Corsara, ovvero L'Alvilda, regina de Goti", by Carlo Pallavicino.
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870537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengoku%20Basara%202 | Sengoku Basara 2 | is a hack and slash video game developed and published by Capcom. It is sequel to the first Sengoku Basara games (Devil Kings outside Japan). Released for PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii. An upgraded versions called Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes was released on November 29, 2007.
The two main portagonist is Sanada Yukimura and Date Masamune.
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870544 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s%20empowerment | Women's empowerment | Women's Empowerment or Women Empowering is the process of giving women more power. It improves women's sense of self importance. It also improves the ability to decide about their lives themselves. This makes them to stand on their own feet. It also includes giving women legal rights to change their societies. Many developing and developed countries are talking about women's empowerment more. Empowering women economically make them to have their own jobs and incomes. Then they can manage their own resources and wealth. This helps them plan for many risks in life. It also helps to improve their well-being socially, mentally, and physically.
Gender equality and women empowerment are two things that always go together.
There are many ideas for women's empowerment. There are seven well known purposes of the process. These are:
Establishment of the high level collective leadership for gender equality.
Equal treatment of men and women, along with respect and no discrimination or bias.
To make sure of the health, safety and well-being of both men and women workers.
Encouragement and development of women's education and access to the jobs.
Applying for the development of companies and marketing practices.
Encouraging the equality of rights through massive awareness and proper backing.
Looking at the projects meant to make men and women more equal and telling the public whether or not they worked and by how much.
Currently, people want to strengthen women empowerment. It is increasing day by day, across the globe. It is to remove the current situation on bad treatment of females and gender bias. According to a report from the United Nations (UN), around 750 million women and girls were married before being eighteen years old. And in another report, around 250 million women have undergone Female genital mutilation (FGM) across the world.
Women hold more than 30 percent of seats in national parliament in at least one chamber[which country?]. It is one of the positive results of the dedicated efforts of women empowerment projects around the world.
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Nari Shakti Puraskar
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870547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel%20Ma%C3%AFque | Michel Maïque | Michel Maïque (13 July 1948 – 12 September 2021) was a French rugby league player and politician. He was a member of the Socialist Party. He was Mayor of Lézignan-Corbières from 2014 to 2020. From 1974 until 1979, he played for the national team. He was born in Aude, France.
Maïque died on 12 September 2021 in Lézignan-Corbières from pancreatitis at the age of 73.
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870548 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlothian%2C%20Texas | Midlothian, Texas | Midlothian is a city in northwest Ellis County, Texas, United States. The city is southwest of Dallas.
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870571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio%20Taborre | Fabio Taborre | Fabio Taborre (5 June 1985 – 12 September 2021) was a professional Italian road cyclist. He was suspended from the sport after it was found out he was doping. He was born in Pescara, Italy. Taborre cycled with Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec, Vini Zabù–Brado–KTM and Acqua & Sapone.
Taborre died on 12 September 2021 from an illness, aged 36.
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870572 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Miller | Larry Miller | Lawrence John Miller (born October 15, 1953) is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, and columnist.
He played Lou Bonaparte in Mad About You (1993–1998), Pointy-Haired Boss in Dilbert (1999–2000), Edwin Poole in Boston Legal (2004–2008), Mr. Hollister in Pretty Woman (1990), Dean Richmond in The Nutty Professor (1996) and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), Walter Stratford in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and Paolo Puttanesca in The Princess Diaries (2001) and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004).
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870575 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Nutty%20Professor%20%281963%20movie%29 | The Nutty Professor (1963 movie) | The Nutty Professor is a 1963 American science fiction comedy movie directed, co-written and starring Jerry Lewis. The movie also co-stars Stella Stevens, Del Moore, Kathleen Freeman, Howard Morris, and Elvia Allman. It is a parody of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
A remake was released in 1996. A sequel, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, followed in 2000.
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1963 comedy movies
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American comedy movies
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870576 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen%20Freeman | Kathleen Freeman | Kathleen Freeman (February 17, 1919August 23, 2001) was an American actress. She was known for playing the role of maids and secretaries in many comedies, especially directed by Jerry Lewis. She was in 11 comedies directed by Lewis in the 1950s and '60s. She also appeared in The Blues Brothers (1980) and Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994).
A lesbian, Freeman was in a partnership with Helen Ramsey until her death.
Freeman died on August 23, 2001 at a New York City hospital from lung cancer, aged 78.
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870577 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder-suicide | Murder-suicide | A murder-suicide (or murder suicide) is a setting where a person first kills one or more people, and then commits suicide. This can happen in different ways: The person might do a suicide attack, where he or she kills himself or herself, and in the process kills other people as well. People might also kill themselves after killing other people, to escape state prosecution, or because they believe they are guilty, and deserve to die.
Many school shootings are murder-suicides. Different religious groups have also decided to die together: The Order of the Solar Temple has become known for a few of these events, in 1994 and 1995. Heaven's Gate was an UFO religion, which committed suicide together in 1997. In the case of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God it isn't clear if their deaths in the 2000s were mass suicides, or a mass murder: Some of the victims had stab wounds, while others had been strangled.
Crime
Types of crime
Murders |
870581 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omics | Omics | Omics is a term used in modern genetics. It is used for terms which end in the suffix -omics, such as genomics.
The suffix -ome is used for the objects of study, such as the genome, proteome or metabolome. The -ome refers to a totality of some sort.
Functional genomics aims at identifying the functions of as many genes as possible of a given organism.
Many "omes" beyond the original "genome" have been adopted by research scientists. "Proteomics" has become well-established as a term for studying proteins at a large scale.
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870584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Tracy%20vs.%20Cueball | Dick Tracy vs. Cueball | Dick Tracy vs. Cueball is a 1946 American crime mystery movie directed by Gordon Douglas and is the second movie in the Dick Tracy series. It stars Morgan Conway, Dick Wessel, Anne Jeffreys, Rita Corday, Esther Howard, Ian Keith and was distributed by RKO Radio Pictures.
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870588 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO%20religion | UFO religion | An UFO religion is a new religious movement, which also believes in extraterrestrials. They also believe that these extraterrestrials use unidentified flying objects, and they communicate with humans. In the view of the people of the UFO religion, human society and culture is either alrready part of the culture and osciety of the extraterrestrials, or it will become part of it soon. Two well-known groups that are UFO religioins are Raelism and Scientology.
New religious movements |
870590 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygenic | Polygenic | Polygenic is a common adjective in genetics. It means "many genes". It is used when a genetic character (phenotypic trait) depends on more than one gene.
It is very common and normal for a person's weight, for example, to depend on many causes, both genetic (inherited) and non-genetic (e.g. way of life). Here the use of polygenic means that various genes influence the weight of a person, as well as the non-genetic factors (life-style). The branch of genetics which studies polygenes is called quantitative genetics.
Genetics |
870592 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgorod | Belgorod | Belgorod () is a city in Russia. It is the capital of Belgorod Oblast. As of 2012, the city has 369,815 people.
Capital cities in Russia |
870593 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/TwinBee%20Portable | TwinBee Portable | TwinBee Portable (ツインビー ポータブル TsuinBī Pōtaburu) is a compilation package containing five video games from the TwinBee franchise. It was released for PlayStation Portable on January 25, 2007 in Japan.
List of games
TwinBee (1985)
TwinBee Da!! (1990, remake)
Detana!! TwinBee (1991)
Pop'n TwinBee (1993)
TwinBee Yahho!: Fushigi no Kuni de Ōabare!! (1995)
Trivia
This is the second port/remake that was enhanced for another platform. Originally released on the Game Boy and then ported to the PlayStation Portable. The first was the Parodius mobile port, which was originally released on the MSX.
Other websites
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PlayStation Portable-only games
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870595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan%20Daogao | Guan Daogao | Guan Daogao (born 1262 – 1319) was a Chinese Calligrapher, poet, and a painter who lived during the Yuan Dynasty.
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870597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airavatesvara%20temple | Airavatesvara temple | Airavatesvara Temple is a Hindu temple of Dravidian architecture located in Kumbakonam, Thanjavur District in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was built by Rajaraja II in the 12th century CE.
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870600 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/From%20TV%20Animation%3A%20One%20Piece%20Treasure%20Battle%21 | From TV Animation: One Piece Treasure Battle! | One Piece: Treasure Battle! (トレジャーバトル!, Torejā Batoru!) is a party game for the Nintendo Gamecube, published by Bandai and released in November 2002. It was the first One Piece game designed for a sixth-generation console, as well as the first to feature fully three-dimensional gameplay.
Story
There is a special competition called the "Treasure Battle" clash which is being hosted in the Grand Line on a special series of islands. The Blueberry Times newspaper is covering the events via journalist Rocky Hattari. The Straw Hats, along with Vivi and Ace, should trust each other and work together in a group made of two members and battle through various events to get Treasure Cards. The Treasure Cards are said to give the possessor happiness and can make wishes and dreams come true. The Straw Hats, Vivi, and Ace decided to compete. Luffy and Vivi pair up together. Zoro and Ace, who were not interested in the treasure but their competitive sides are rubbed, so they join "just to win". Sanji followed Nami, who is joining for the treasure. Chopper was amazed hearing that Usopp had a plan. Thus, the teams were decided.
Playable characters
Ace
Alvida
Arlong
Mr. 2
Buggy
Crocodile
Don Krieg
Luffy
Mihawk
Nami
Miss All-Sunday
Chopper
Rocky Hattari
Shanks
Smoker
Sanji
Tashigi
Chopper
Vivi
Zoro
Gameplay
Scenario
Story mode. There are 4 stories to choose from:
Luffy and Vivi - 'Easy mode'.
Zoro and Ace - 'Normal mode'.
Sanji and Nami - 'Hard mode'.
Usopp and Chopper - 'Very Hard mode'.
The player will fight 3 Treasure Battles in a row, then have a special mini game for the 4th, and then a best-of-3 round Treasure Battle for the conclusion.
A Treasure Battle is a fight between two teams. The team that can successfully carry a treasure to a goal, preventing the other team from taking it until time up, wins. After winning a Treasure Battle in the story mode; players get a Treasure Card.
Match-up
The player chooses the stages and characters.
Game modes
Treasure Battle
"Treasure Battle" is a (two-player-in-each) team game, and has players grabbing a treasure chest and putting it into a boxing ring at the end of each island level, then literally waiting for their ship to come in. Once their pirate ship arrives, that team wins. A team can throw the chest to each other over a limited distance, lob it in the direction they are facing over a greater distance, or even use it to attack the members of the opposite team who are doing their best to grab the treasure chest and take it back to their own boxing ring, and their awaiting pirate vessel.
The screen is split in the "Treasure Battle" according to how many human players are involved. In one-player mode, the full screen allows a decent view of the action, but the 2- and 4-player splits reduce the action to an extremely small view that can make it very hard to determine what is really happening.
Battle Royal
"Battle Royal" is a similar game to "Treasure Battle", except there is no chest and the arena is more confined. Each team just bashes the opposition about, as much as possible, for just under 3 minutes. All players are displayed on the full screen, which will zoom in and out depending on the spread of the action.
Kung Fu Survival
"Kung Fu Survival" both teams are placed on to a very small island inhabited by large numbers of Kung-Fu Dugongs. Whichever team beats up the most dugongs within the time limit wins. The player can walk right up to a dugong and attack it in the face, or if they choose Zoro they can have him attack with a kendo. The dugongs are basically defenseless, but if a player is standing motionless, may wander over and attack with a headbutt or flipper strike.
Team Work Rally
"Teamwork Rally" has each team passing the chest to each other across gaps that can't be jumped over whilst carrying the chest. The race to the finish is a careful balance between taking risks to get the edge over the opposition and being careful at other points to avert disaster.
Cross Country
"Cross Country" is an individual race to the end of each stage of a longer race. Each player gets a score based on their position at each intermediate stage and the team scores are totaled at the end of the whole race. The race is conducted along a series of different jumps, ladders, islands and narrow passageways.
Pirate Soccer
"Pirate Soccer" is pirates playing soccer. Except the ball is enormous and can crush the players if they fall under it. They have to use their attack moves to push the ball through goals at each end. Each half is 90 seconds.
Treasure Hunt
"Treasure Hunt" has players wondering around randomly until an arrow appears, directing them to hidden treasure.
Trivia
The game presents Rocky Heart, a non-canon character present only in the game. Rocky talks a lot in English and plays guitar.
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Nintendo GameCube games |
870601 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moji%20Solar-Wilson | Moji Solar-Wilson | Moji Solar-Wilson (born in 1968) from Ekiti State, is a Nigerian chief executive of a real estate company and a LGBTQ activist.
In 2017 she married Margaret Wilson, becoming the first known Nigerian woman in a same sex marriage.
References
LGBT people from Nigeria |
870605 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisi%20Alimi%20Foundation | Bisi Alimi Foundation | The Bisi Alimi Foundation is a charity in the UK supporting and publishing research for social acceptance of LGBT people in Nigeria.
The Foundation was established by Bisi Alimi who claimed asylum in the UK after fleeing Nigeria due to attacks and threats after coming out as gay.
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LGBT rights |
870607 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement%20for%20the%20Restoration%20of%20the%20Ten%20Commandments%20of%20God | Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God | The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God was a new religious movement in Uganda. It existed from the 1980s, to the early 2000s. Credonia Mwerinde and Joseph Kibweteere founded it. They said the virgin Mary had appeared to them. The group split from the Roman Catholic Church. The group wanted to restore the Ten Commandments. They said that only by strictly following the Ten Commandments would they be saved.
In 1998, the group was first noticed, because they made children work in a school they operated. There was also a very bad hygiene at that school.
There was the text A Timely Message from Heaven: The End of the Present Time, which they considered to be their gospel. Each group member was expected to have read it at least six times. The teachings of the group were that those worthy of salvation would be saved, but that all the others would be punished. Credonia Mwerinde was seen as the incarnation of the Virgin Mary.
According to the group, the world would end on 31st December 1999. When the world did not end that day, people became suspicious. They wanted their posessions back, which they had transferred to the group beforehand. According to survivers, people who asked to get their possessions back would mysteriously disappear. The first 530 followers died at a religious service, in a church, on 17th March 2000. The leaders of the cult had the doors nailed shut. Then they poured petrol on the wooden church, and put in on fire. Today, it is certain that Joseph Kibweteere was not among the dead in the church. He was seen alive, the following day. During the following days, several bodies were discovered on the farms of the group. In total, over 1.000 people died.
Medical examinations later determined that the majority of dead sect members had been poisoned. Early reports suggested that they had been strangled based on the presence of twisted banana fibers around their necks. After searching all sites, the police concluded that earlier estimates of nearly a thousand dead had been exaggerated, even though the final death toll was 924.
After interviews and an investigation, the police ruled out a cult suicide, and instead consider it to be a mass murder by the Movement leadership. They believe that the failure of the doomsday prophecy led to a revolt in the ranks of the sect, and the leaders set a new date with a plan to kill their followers. The discovery of bodies at other sites, the fact the church had been boarded up, the presence of incendiaries, and the possible disappearance of sect leaders all point to this theory. Additionally, witnesses said the Movement leadership had never spoken of mass suicide when preparing members for the end of the world. A survivor recalled meeting a devout member of the cult with nails and a hammer on his way after he had left the cult. It is believed he is the one who shut the windows with nails to prevent any one from escaping.
The Ugandan government condemned the killings. President Yoweri Museveni called the event a "mass murder by these priests for monetary gain". Vice president Dr. Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe said, "These were [...] well-orchestrated mass murders [carried out] by a network of diabolic, malevolent criminals masquerading as religious people."
At the start, the five leaders were believed to have died in the fire. Police now believe that Joseph Kibweteere and Credonia Mwerinde may still be alive, and have issued an international warrant for their arrest. In 2014, the Uganda National Police announced that there were reports that Kibweteere was hiding in Malawi.
References
Cults |
870609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluny%20Brown | Cluny Brown | Cluny Brown is a 1946 American romantic comedy movie directed by Ernst Lubitsch and was based on the 1944 novel by Margery Sharp. It stars Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, Helen Walker, Reginald Owen, Reginald Gardiner, C. Aubrey Smith, Peter Walker, Una O'Connor. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
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1940s comedy movies
1940s romantic comedy movies
American romantic comedy movies
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20th Century Fox movies
Movies directed by Ernst Lubitsch |
870613 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Norwich%20North%20by-election | 2009 Norwich North by-election | The 2009 Norwich North by-election was a by-election for the UK Parliament constituency of Norwich North. It happened because the current MP Ian Gibson decided he didn't want to be MP anymore. The by-election took place on 23 July 1009.
The winner of the by-election was Chloe Smith of the Conservative Party. Smith was aged 27 when elected, This meant she was the new Baby of the House.
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2000s elections in the United Kingdom
2009 in the United Kingdom
Norwich |
870633 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllomedusa%20bicolor | Phyllomedusa bicolor | The blue and yellow frog, waxy monkey Treefrog, bicolored frog or giant monkey frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) is a frog that lives in Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, and the Guianas. Scientists think it might also live in Ecuador.
The adult male frog is to long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is to long. The skin on its back is dark green and the belly can be white or yellow. It has white spots with dark outlines on its front. There are even more spots on its sides. It has brown disks on its toes for climbing. The iris of its eye is gray in color.
This frog hides during the day and looks for food at night. When it is time to lay eggs, the female finds a leaf on a branch hanging over a pond. She folds the leaf to make a nest. She puts 600 eggs at a time in the nest and covers them in jelly. The eggs take 8-10 days to hatch. The tadpoles fall out of the nest into the pond.
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Frogs
Animals of South America |
870636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta%20Martin%20Carrera-Ruiz | Marta Martin Carrera-Ruiz | Marta Martin Carrera-Ruiz (c. 1941 – 27 February 2021) was a Cuban-American television personality. She was known for among others, El Gordo y la Flaca.
Biography
Ruiz worked selling coffee to Univision personnel. When El Gordo y la Flaca began during 1998, she was invited to prepare coffee to the show hosts and did so on live TV. For the next many years, she would be invited frequently to join the show on camera and comment during interviews to famous guests and also about entertainment news of the day.
Ruiz died on 27 February 2021, aged 80, from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba.
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Television personalities
American television personalities
1941 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba |
870640 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s%20Social%20and%20Political%20Union | Women's Social and Political Union | The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a political movement for women. They campaigned for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom (allowing women to vote) from 1903 to 1918. They are sometimes called suffragettes.
The Women's Social and Political Union were known for civil disobedience. They held marches, set fire to post boxes, smashed windows and broke the law to get into prison. When they were in prison, they would go on hunger strikes, meaning they would refuse to eat. The government would force-feed prisoners who went on hunger strikes. The government created the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913, or the Cat and Mouse Act, so suffragettes who were close to starving to death could be released.
Notable members
Mary Ann Aldham
Janie Allan
Doreen Allen
Helen Archdale
Ethel Ayres Purdie
Barbara Ayrton
Edith Marian Begbie
Rosa May Billinghurst
Teresa Billington-Greig
Violet Bland
Bettina Borrmann Wells
Elsie Bowerman
Janet Boyd
Constance Bryer
Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton
Evaline Hilda Burkitt
Lucy Burns
Eileen Mary Casey
Joan Cather
Georgina Fanny Cheffins
Helen Millar Craggs
Ellen Crocker
Helen Cruickshank
Louie Cullen
Alice Davies
Emily Davison
Charlotte Despard
Violet Mary Doudney
Edith Downing
Flora Drummond
Sophia Duleep Singh
Elsie Duval
Norah Elam
Dorothy Evans
Kate Williams Evans
Theresa Garnett
Louisa Garrett Anderson
Edith Margaret Garrud
Katharine Gatty
Mary Gawthorpe
Katie Edith Gliddon
Nellie Hall
Cicely Hamilton
Beatrice Harraden
Edith How-Martyn
Elsie Howey
Ellen Isabel Jones
Annie Kenney
Edith Key
Aeta Adelaide Lamb
Mary Leigh
Lilian Lenton
Constance Lytton
Mary Macarthur
Florence Macfarlane
Margaret Macfarlane
Margaret McPhun
Frances McPhun
Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda
Christabel Marshall
Kitty Marion
Dora Marsden
Lillian Metge
Dora Montefiore
Alice Morrissey
Flora Murray
Margaret Nevinson
Edith New
Adela Pankhurst
Christabel Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst
Sylvia Pankhurst
Frances Parker
Alice Paul
Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
Ellen Pitfield
Isabella Potbury
Mary Richardson
Edith Rigby
Rona Robinson
Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford
Bertha Ryland
Amy Sanderson
Arabella Scott
Muriel Scott
Genie Sheppard
Alice Maud Shipley
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth
Harriet Shaw Weaver
Evelyn Sharp
Janie Terrero
Dora Thewlis
Catherine Tolson
Helen Tolson
Elsie and Mathilde Wolff Van Sandau
Patricia Woodlock
Gertrude Wilkinson
Laura Ann Willson
Laetitia Withall
Olive Wharry
Celia Wray
Rose Emma Lamartine Yates
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1903 establishments in the United Kingdom
1917 disestablishments
1910s establishments in the United Kingdom
First-wave feminism |
870659 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonanza | Bonanza | Bonanza was an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. It ran for 14 seasons and 431 episodes. Bonanza is NBC's longest-running western, and ranks overall as the second-longest-running western series on U.S. network television (behind CBS's Gunsmoke). It starred Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon.
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1950s television series
Television series about families
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1973 television series endings |
870660 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben%20Reyes | Ruben Reyes | Ruben T. Reyes (3 January 1939 – 13 September 2021) was a Filipino politician and lawyer. He was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2007 to 2009. He was nominated to the court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Reyes died on 13 September 2021, aged 82.
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1939 births
2021 deaths
Filipino lawyers
Filipino politicians
Filipino judges |
870661 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar%20Fernandes | Oscar Fernandes | Oscar Fernandes (27 March 1941 – 13 September 2021) was an Indian politician. He was born in present-day Karnataka, India. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. Fernandes was a member of the Parliament of India between 1980 until 1996 and again from 1998 until his death. He was the Minister of Road Transport and Highways between 2013 and 2014.
Fernandes died at a hospital in Mangalore, India from thrombus caused by a fall on 13 September 2021, aged 80.
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1941 births
2021 deaths
Accidental deaths from falls
Deaths from blood clot
Indian politicians |
870664 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century%20common%20year | Century common year | In the Gregorian calendar, a century common year is a year that is divisible by 100 but not 400. Therefore, like all other common years, these years do not have a February 29. This is the only case where a year that is divisible by 4 is a common year.
In the obsolete Julian calendar, all years divisible by 4, including century years, were leap years. This rule resulted in too many leap years, so the Gregorian calendar added a new rule that a century year must be divisible by 400 to be a leap year. This is why the years 1600, 2000, and 2400 are leap years, while 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200, and 2300 are common years even though they are all divisible by 4. The Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582, so the first century common year was 1700.
The start days of century common years varies. The century year begins on Friday if the remainder obtained by dividing it by 400 is 100, Wednesday if the remainder is 200, and Monday if the remainder is 300.
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Calendars |
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