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878309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandar%20Mitrovi%C4%87 | Aleksandar Mitrović | Aleksandar Mitrović (born 16 September 1994) is Serbian football player. He plays as forward for Fulham and Serbia national team.
He is leading goalscorer for Serbia.
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Living people
Serbian footballers |
878311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Mutha%20Truckers%202 | Big Mutha Truckers 2 | Big Mutha Truckers 2 known in Europe as Big Mutha Truckers 2: Truck Me Harder is an racing video game, developed by Eutechnyx and published in North America by THQ while the European version published by Empire Interactive. Released on PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows in 2005, it is sequel to Big Mutha Truckers in 2002.
2005 video games
Video game sequels
Racing video games
PlayStation 2 games
Windows games
Xbox games |
878317 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalychnis%20buckleyi | Agalychnis buckleyi | The warty leaf frog (Agalychnis buckleyi) is a frog that lives in Colombia and Ecuador. Scientists have seen it between 400 and 1800 meters above sea level.
The adult male frog is 3.9 to 4.5 cm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 5.0 to 5.5 cm long. The skin on its back is has small white warts. During the day, this frog is green. At night, it changes color to lavender or brown. Its underside is orange or cream-colored, and there is some red on its sides.
This frog lives in the mountains. It lives in both primary forest and secondary forest.
References
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Animals of South America |
878331 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgical%20language%20in%20Hinduism | Liturgical language in Hinduism | Hinduism is traditionally considered to have Old Tamil and Sanskrit as its principal liturgical languages. Hinduism finds its earliest literary mention in the ancient Tamil Sangam literature dated to the 5th - 10th century BCE. Tamil has huge volume of literature in Hinduism especially Saivism and Vainavism. Origin of Hinduism is based on Dravidian folk religion, an ancient non-vedic form of Hinduism.Shaivism developed based on pre-Vedic religions and traditions derived from the southern Tamil Dravidian Shaiva Siddhanta traditions and philosophies.
Sanskrit is the language of the Vedas, Bhagavadgita, Puranas like Bhagavatam, the Upanishads, the Hindu epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata and various other liturgical texts such as the Sahasranama, Chamakam and Rudram. Agamas, the scriptures chiefly constituting the methods of temple construction and creation of murti, worship means of deities, philosophical doctrines, meditative practices, attainment of sixfold desires and four kinds of yoga are in Tamil and Sanskrit.
Most of the Inscriptions in ancient temples across the Indian subcontinent are in Tamil.Tamil archanas and prayers widely used in temples in South India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. The twelve Azhwars (saint poets of Vaishnavite tradition) and sixty-three Nayanars (saint poets of Shaivite tradition) are regarded as exponents of the bhakti tradition of Hinduism in South India. Tamil is also one of the oldest continuously used languages in the world.
Sanskrit is also the tongue of most Indian Hindu rituals. It is an Indo-Aryan language and therefore a member of the Indo-European language family. It therefore has some similarities with Greek and Latin, as well as with many vernacular languages of Europe and south Asia. Like Latin and Greek, it also has secular literature along with its religious canon. Most Hindu theologians of later centuries continued to prefer to write in Sanskrit even when it was no longer spoken as a day-to-day language.
While Sanskrit has often been associated with Brahmanism, it remains as the only liturgical link language which connects the different strains of Hinduism that are present across India. Apart from Sanskrit and Tamil, several Hindu spiritual works were composed in the various regional languages of India such as Hindi (incl. Awadhi and Braj Bhasha dialects), Assamese, Bengali, Odia, Maithili, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tulu, Old Javanese and Balinese.
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Hindu texts
Hinduism |
878348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaumaram | Kaumaram | Kaumaram is a Hindu denomination that focuses on the deity of love and war Kumara, also known as Murugan (in South India), Kandan, or Kadamban, or Kartikeya. Most devotees of Kumara also revere members of his family: Parvati, Shiva, and Ganesha. The important theological texts relating to Kumara are a part of the Shaiva agama canon. This sub-tradition is found among the Tamils, Kannada, Vedda in South India, Sri Lanka, and among the Tamil diaspora worldwide. The love story of Kumara/Murugan and his wife Valli, a girl from a local tribe, is immensely popular in Tamil Nadu and South India.
Thiruppugazh is one of the important Tamil literary work on Kaumaram.
Association with Tamil language
According to local legends and Tamil folklore, Kartikeya is regarded as a veteran and a guardian of the language that is believed to have been founded by the sage Agastya, with the blessings of Kartikeya. He is considered the patron of the Tamils, due to his worship being widespread among those of Tamil descent.
Legend of Kartikeya
According to the Skanda Purana, Kartikeya Muruga was the second son of Shiva and Parvati younger brother to Ganesha. According to the Puranic sources, he incarnated as six sparks emanating from the Third eye of Lord Shiva. According to the Skanda Purana, Muruga imprisoned Brahma, protected Vishnu from the asuras and taught the Pranava Mantram to Shiva. Thus Muruga is considered superior to the Trimurti. The worshippers of Lord Muruga are called Kaumaras.
Worship traditions
Tamil Nadu has six primary temples for Kartikeya that are known by the name Aru Padai Veedu, which that translates roughly as "the Six Stations".
Modes of worship include Kavadi that is a form of dance, Alagu which is a sharp piece of metal that one pierces on the body, carrying milk and water on the heads to offer to the deity and involves a Satvic diet.
Thaipusam is an occasion that is celebrated in Kaumaram. This is much more prevalent in the Murugan Temple in Malaysia. Another chief period of worship is the Shashti. This is a period of six days when villages in South India with primary Kartikeya deities come together for a celebration. The people involved take a vow on following a vegetarian diet for the period. The six days portray events from the life of Kartikeya. The chief parts covered are the ceremonies in which he is awarded the Spear Shakti Vel by his mother Shakthi, the killing of the demon Surapadman, and his marriage.
Other than this, Karnataka, that is another prominent place for Kaumaras, would have its own mode of worship. Trekking the Kumara Parvatha where he is believed to have attained Mukthi giving up his life is popular although not essentially in a very traditional manner.
Literature and arts
The primary works in Sanskrit related to Kaumaram are Skanda Puranam detailing the history of Kartikeya and Kumārasambhava, a poem by the Sanskrit scholar Kalidas that literally translates as "The Creation of Kumara" or "the Creation of the Son/Boy".
Adi Shankara wrote a piece on Kartikeya called Subramanya Bhujangam .
In Tamil, abundant literature is to be found both in the classical texts and in the folklore. The Skanda Puranam was translated into Tamil. Chief contributors to the classical Tamil texts include Arunagirinathar who wrote hymns of praise with complicated grammar patterns and alliteration and onomatopoeia.
Tamil folk music have hymns written praising the beauty and bravery of Kartikeya. Another chiefly written topic is the way he fell in love and converted his bride Valli. There is a dedicated tune called "Kavadi Sindhu" that is usually used to sing such hymns. This tune became associated with celebrations and dances.
Paramparai and Sampradayam
Lord Muruga in his great mercy and compassion responds to his devotees without the need for a mortal guru. He is the Supreme Guru of the Universe and responds to his devotees in ways that suit their consciousness best. There only is one Sampradaya in the Kaumara faith, that which begins from Lord Muruga Himself. Unfortunately, today the Kaumara faith has lost the glory and majesty it once possessed. It has merged largely into Shaivism. However, ancient texts such as the Kumara Tantra and the Skanda Sadbhava Tantra does give significant insight on the Kaumara faith in its original sense.
Pranava Mantram
There's an anecdote where Shiva pretends to forget the significance of the mantra Om and asks little Kartikeya. The young boy astounds everyone by showing Shiva that it is the source of all creation. This earns him the name Thagappan Swami or Swami Naadha meaning he outdid his father.
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Murugan devotion
Murugan devotion, Temples, Songs, Festivals
ST Temple, Dedicated to Murugan, Singapore
Hinduism
Hindu mythology |
878365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantee%2C%20Mississippi | Mantee, Mississippi | Mantee is a village in Webster County, Mississippi, United States.
Villages in Mississippi |
878366 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paden%2C%20Mississippi | Paden, Mississippi | Paden is a village in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States.
Villages in Mississippi |
878368 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope%2C%20Mississippi | Pope, Mississippi | Pope is a village in Panola County, Mississippi, United States.
Villages in Mississippi |
878369 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puckett%2C%20Mississippi | Puckett, Mississippi | Puckett is a village in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.
Villages in Mississippi |
878370 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvarena%2C%20Mississippi | Sylvarena, Mississippi | Sylvarena is a village in Smith County, Mississippi, United States.
Villages in Mississippi |
878371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodland%2C%20Mississippi | Woodland, Mississippi | Woodland is a village in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States.
Villages in Mississippi |
878378 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragan%20Panteli%C4%87 | Dragan Pantelić | Dragan Pantelić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Пантелић; 9 December 1951 – 20 October 2021) was a Yugoslav professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper. From 1979 until 1984, he played for Yugoslavia.
Pantelić died on 20 October 2021 in Niš, Serbia from COVID-19, aged 69.
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878379 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Hannegan | Tom Hannegan | Tom Hannegan (1970 – October 20, 2021) was an American businessman and politician. He was a Republican. Hannegan was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives from Missouri's 65th District in November 2016, and re-elected in 2018.
Hannegan was openly gay. He was one of only two LGBT Republicans serving in the Missouri House of Representatives.
Hannegan died in St. Charles, Missouri on October 20, 2021 from a stroke at the age of 51.
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LGBT politicians
Gay men
State legislators of the United States
Politicians from St. Louis, Missouri
US Republican Party politicians
1970 births
Deaths from stroke
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878383 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branko%20Mamula | Branko Mamula | Branko "Đuro" Mamula (; 30 May 1921 – 19 October 2021) was a politician and Yugoslav officer. He was later the Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia from 1982 to 1988.
Mamula turned 100 in May 2021 and died in Tivat, Montenegro on 19 October 2021 from COVID-19.
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2021 deaths
Yugoslavian people
Montenegrin people
European politicians
European military people
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic
Centenarians |
878384 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelouahed%20Belkeziz | Abdelouahed Belkeziz | Abdelouahed Belkeziz, (; ; 5 July 1939 – 19 October 2021) was a Moroccan lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was the eighth Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) from 2001 to 2004.
Belkeziz died in Rabat, Morocco on 19 October 2021 at the age of 82.
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2021 deaths
Moroccan politicians
Lawyers
Ambassadors |
878385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Palmer | Miguel Palmer | Miguel Palmer (born Miguel Ángel Palomera Gonzali; 1 November 1942 – 18 October 2021) was a Mexican actor. He was born in Villahermosa, Mexico. He was known for his roles in Bodas de odio and Dos hogares.
Palmer died on 18 October 2021 at the age of 78.
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2021 deaths
Mexican movie actors
Mexican television actors
Mexican stage actors |
878386 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy%20Kemp | Willy Kemp | Willy Kemp (28 December 1925 – 18 October 2021) was a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Kopstal, Luxembourg. In 1949, he became national champion. Between 1948 and 1957 he rode every year the Tour de France (10 times in total) and won a stage in the 1955 Tour de France.
Kemp died on 18 October 2021, at the age of 95.
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Luxembourgian sportspeople
Cyclists |
878387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Ayres | Christopher Ayres | Christopher Owen Ayres (May 16, 1965 – October 18, 2021) was an American actor, director and scriptwriter. He was known for his voice roles on anime shows. He voiced Frieza from Dragon Ball Z Kai, Kei Kurono from Gantz, Prince Soma from Black Butler, and Shingen Takeda from the Sengoku Basara series.
Ayres died on October 18, 2021 from problems caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Houston, Texas at the age of 56.
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1965 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from COPD
American voice actors
American television actors
American movie actors
Actors from Richmond, Virginia
American television directors
American television writers
Writers from Virginia |
878388 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders%20Bodelsen | Anders Bodelsen | Anders Bodelsen (11 February 1937 – 17 October 2021) was a Danish writer. His best known novel was Think of a Number (Tænk på et tal, 1968). It was made into a movie known as The Silent Partner in 1978. He also worked on creating children television shows for Danmarks Radio such as Guldregn.
Bodelsen died on 17 October 2021 at the age of 84.
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2021 deaths
Danish writers |
878389 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%20Wijnberg | Piet Wijnberg | Piet Wijnberg (20 October 1957 – October 2021) was a Dutch professional footballer. He played as a central defender for SC 't Gooi, Utrecht, Ajax, Go Ahead Eagles, NEC, DS'79, Sparta and FC Hilversum. He also represented the Netherlands at under-21.
Wijnberg was born in Hilversum. He died in October 2021, aged 63.
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2021 deaths
Dutch footballers
People from Hilversum
Sportspeople from North Holland |
878391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Hargrove | Frank Hargrove | Frank DuVal Hargrove, Sr. (January 26, 1927 – October 16, 2021) was an American Republican politician. From 1982 to 2010, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Hargrove was born in Hanover County, Virginia.
Hargrove died on October 16, 2021 in Ashland, Virginia at the age of 94.
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2021 deaths
State legislators of the United States
Politicians from Virginia
US Republican Party politicians |
878393 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame%20Nguyen%20Van%20Thieu | Madame Nguyen Van Thieu | Madame Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (birth name Nguyễn Thị Mai Anh, 1931 – 15 October 2021) was a Vietnamese socialite. She was the First Lady of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. She was the wife of Nguyễn Văn Thiệu who was President of the Republic of Vietnam from 1967 until his resignation in 1975.
Madame Thiệu died on 15 October 2021 at her home in San Diego County, California at the age of 90.
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2021 deaths
Vietnamese people
First Ladies
Socialites |
878396 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Odd%20Couple%20%281970%20TV%20series%29 | The Odd Couple (1970 TV series) | The Odd Couple is an American sitcom. It was broadcast between 24 September 1970 and 7 March 1975. The main actors were Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. It was based on the 1965 play of the same name by Neil Simon and the 1968 movie of the same name. It aired on ABC.
Other websites
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1970 television series debuts
1975 television series endings
American sitcoms
ABC network shows
English-language television programs |
878397 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Walker%20%28MI5%20officer%29 | Patrick Walker (MI5 officer) | Sir Patrick Jeremy Walker, KCB (25 February 1932 – 13 October 2021) was a British civil servant. He was Director General (DG) of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, from 1988 to 1992.
He died on 13 October 2021, at the age of 89.
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2021 deaths
British military people
Civil servants |
878400 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances%20Line | Frances Line | Frances Mary Line OBE (22 February 1940 – 13 October 2021), whose married name was Frances Lloyd, was a British broadcasting executive. From 1990 to 1996, she was Controller of BBC Radio 2, the first woman to hold the job and only the third to run a BBC Radio network. She was born in Croydon, Surrey, England.
Line died on 13 October 2021, aged 81.
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2021 deaths
BBC people
People from Surrey |
878404 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20Horan | Roy Horan | Roy Horan III (January 1, 1950 – October 12, 2021) was an American actor and martial artist. Horan was best known as Lewis in 1981 martial arts movie Game of Death II, and Priest/Russian in 1978 martial arts movie Snake in the Eagle's Shadow.
Horan died in Los Angeles, California on October 12, 2021, at the age of 71.
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2021 deaths
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
American martial artists
Actors from Maryland
People from Laurel, Maryland |
878405 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Py | Gilbert Py | Gilbert Py (9 December 1933 – 9 October 2021) was a French tenor. He was known for his performances in Verdi's Otello, Tristan and Siegfried. Py was born in Hérault, France.
Py died on 9 October 2021, two months before his 88th birthday.
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Other websites
Gilbert Py on Discogs
Charles Gounod: La Reine de Saba on AllMusic
Gilbert Py-Samson et Dalila-Camille Saint Saëns-La Meule on YouTube
1933 births
2021 deaths
French singers
French stage actors
Tenors |
878406 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne%20Mougeotte | Étienne Mougeotte | Étienne Mougeotte (4 March 1940 – 7 October 2021) was a French journalist and media director. He was Vice-President of TF1 Group and was satellite director of TF1 from 1987 to 2007. He worked for Le Figaro from 2008 to 2012 and was Director-General of Radio Classique from 2012 to 2018.
Mougeotte died on 7 October 2021 in Paris from tonsil cancer, aged 81.
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1940 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from oropharyngeal cancer
French journalists
Writers from Paris |
878407 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri%20Lanka%20Medical%20Council | Sri Lanka Medical Council | The Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) is a statutory organization that was established in the year 1998. It replaced the former organization named, Ceylon Medical Council. It look after the regulation of the medical profession, medical ethnical practices, standards of education and the safety of medical patients in Sri Lanka.
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Medical and health organizations |
878409 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanka%20Sama%20Samaja%20Party | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is one of the largest political parties in Sri Lanka. It is often referred to as LSSP.
History
It was the first political party in Sri Lanka (at that time known as British Ceylon). It was established in 1935 by Leslie Goonewardene, N.M. Perera, Colvin R. de Silva, Philip Gunawardena and Robert Gunawardena.
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1935 establishments in Asia |
878410 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.M.%20Perera | N.M. Perera | Nanayakkarapathirage Martin Perera, commonly known as Dr. N. M. Perera (Sinhala එන්.එම්.පෙරේරා ; 6 June 1904 – 14 August 1979), was one of the founding leader of the Sri Lankan Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). He was also the first Trotskyist politician to become a cabinet minister. He served two terms as Minister of Finance and Leader of the Opposition. He also served one term as the Mayor of Colombo.
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1979 deaths
Sri Lankan politicians |
878411 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.%20B.%20Wanninayake | U. B. Wanninayake | Ukku Banda Wanninayake (23 November 1905 - 21 August 1973) was a Ceylonese politician. He was born in Kurunegala on 23 November 1905. He was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia.
References |
878423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar%20Adventures%20%28movie%29 | Polar Adventures (movie) | Polar Adventures (, Elka) is a 2007 Russian animated movie directed by Vladimir Sakov.
Plot
On the New Year's Eve little bear Elka discovered a magic friendship tunnel near his house that connects North and South Pole. Thanks to tunnel he meets a new friend - penguin Tasha. She told Elka that in Antarctica, where she comes from, something terrible happens - evildoers enslaved penguins and are stealing the snow that almost finished. The same danger waits for the Arctic.
Elka and Tasha went to save Antarctica. On the South Pole they met new faithful friends - melancholic pessimist Gull and the computer genius who can access internet even among snow plains - seal Martik. Unbelievable adventures are waiting for them. They are going to find out why evildoers are stealing the snow and from where appeared horrible robot Maxi Mouse. And in the ice palace they will meet Kye and Gerda who are not similar to those characters of Anderson's fairy tale.
Cast
Larisa Brokhman as Elka
Olga Shorohova as Tasha and Gerda
Dmitry Filimonov as Martik and Psycho
Alexander Filippenko as Polar Explorer
Elena Gabets as Mom
Yelena Vorobey as Gull
Alexey Buldakov as Leader
Alexander Pozharov as Umka — Elka's Grandfather
Yuri Galtsev as Thick
Alexey Simonovsky as Polar Explorer
Lyudmila Drebneva as Elka's Mom
Daria Belousova as Grandmother
Alexey Kolgan as Kye
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Other websites
2006 movies
2000s adventure movies
Animated movies
Russian movies |
878427 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fongafale | Fongafale | Fongafale is the largest island among small Funafuti's Islands in the capital atoll of Tuvalu
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Tuvalu |
878429 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy | Kandy | Kandy (), () is a city in Sri Lanka. It is the capital and largest city of the Central Province in Sri Lanka.
Cities in Sri Lanka |
878431 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trincomalee | Trincomalee | Trincomalee (; ; ) also known as Gokanna/Gokarna, is a city in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee District and a major port city. The city is on the east coast of the island. It overlooks the Trincomalee Harbour. Trincomalee is north-east of Colombo, south-east of Jaffna and miles north of Batticaloa. It has been one of the main centres of Sri Lankan Tamil language speaking culture on the island for over 2000 years. 99,135 people lived there in 2021. The city is built on a peninsula of the same name. This peninsula divides its inner and outer harbours. People from Trincomalee are known as Trincomalians. The local authority is Trincomalee Urban Council. Trincomalee city is home to the famous Koneswaram temple. It is from this temple that it got its historic Tamil name Thirukonamalai. The town is home to other historical monuments. These include the Bhadrakali Amman Temple, Trincomalee, the Trincomalee Hindu Cultural Hall and the Trincomalee Hindu College. The college opened in 1897.
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878434 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidurutalagala | Pidurutalagala | Pidurutalagala (), () is the highest mountain in Sri Lanka. It is located in the Central Province of Sri Lanka, just located inside Nuwara Eliya, a city in Sri Lanka's Central Province.
Mountains of Asia
Sri Lanka |
878436 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20Kerkhoffs | Pierre Kerkhoffs | Pieter Johannes Elisabeth Kerkhoffs (26 March 1936 – 19 October 2021), known as Pierre Kerkhoffs, was a Dutch footballer. He played as a striker. Kerkhoffs played club football for SC Enschede and PSV. He later played in Switzerland for Lausanne Sport. From 1960 until 1965, he played for the Netherlands national football team. He was born in Geleen, Netherlands.
Kerkhoffs died on 19 October 2021 at the age of 85.
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2021 deaths
Dutch footballers |
878437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20Carmichael | Ralph Carmichael | Ralph Carmichael (May 27, 1927 – October 18, 2021) was an American composer and arranger. He was seen as an important person for Christian music. He was born in Quincy, Illinois. He was known for composing music for The Blob and My Mother the Car.
Carmichael died on October 18, 2021 at the age of 94.
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1927 births
2021 deaths
American composers
Writers from Illinois
Musicians from Illinois |
878438 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Pinkney | Jerry Pinkney | Jerry Pinkney (December 22, 1939 – October 20, 2021) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books. Pinkney illustrated over 100 books, beginning in 1964. He was known for his picture book John Henry. He won five Coretta Scott King Awards for illustration. In 2010, he received the Caldecott Medal for his book The Lion & the Mouse.
Pinkney died of a heart attack on October 20, 2021 at the age of 81.
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2021 deaths
American illustrators
American children's writers
Writers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Deaths from myocardial infarction |
878441 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey%20DeSantis | Casey DeSantis | Jill Casey DeSantis (née Black, born June 26, 1980) is a former news and television show host. She is the First Lady of Florida since 2019. She is the wife of the 46th governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis lives with her husband and three young children in the Florida Governor's Mansion in Tallahassee, Florida.
On October 4, 2021, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Living people
American television news anchors
Television personalities from Ohio
People from Tallahassee, Florida
Republicans (United States)
People with cancer |
878442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Noyce | Robert Noyce | Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990) was an American physicist and businessman. He co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968. He was an important person in Silicon Valley.
Noyce died of a heart attack at age 62 on June 3, 1990 at a hospital in Austin, Texas.
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1990 deaths
American physicists
Scientists from Iowa
Businesspeople from Iowa
Scientists from San Francisco
Businesspeople from San Francisco
Businesspeople from Austin, Texas
Scientists from Austin, Texas
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Intel |
878443 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%20Park | Apple Park | Apple Park is the corporate headquarters of Apple Inc.. It is in Cupertino, California. It was opened to employees in April 2017. It replaced the original headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop, which opened in 1993.
Norman Foster designed the main building. Its nickname is "the spaceship".
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2017 establishments in the United States
Buildings and structures in California
Apple Inc. |
878458 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester%2C%20New%20Hampshire | Winchester, New Hampshire | Winchester is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2010 census, 4,341 people lived there.
Other websites
Town website
Towns in New Hampshire
1753 establishments in North America |
878467 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20War%20One%20%28TV%20series%29 | World War One (TV series) | World War One is an American documentary series that was shown on CBS in the 1964/65 season to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the World War I. It was narrated by Robert Ryan.
Other websites
1960s television series
1964 television series debuts
1965 television series endings
Documentary television series
CBS network shows
English-language television programs |
878468 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen%20Park%2C%20Michigan | Allen Park, Michigan | Allen Park is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.
Cities in Michigan |
878469 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung%20Galaxy%20S | Samsung Galaxy S | In March of 2010, Samsung unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S, the very first entry in the new “S” line. Previously, in 2009, the company had launched the Samsung Galaxy, its very first phone powered by Android. The original Samsung Galaxy S smartphone featured an Android operating system, a removable 1500 mAh battery and replaceable storage via a microSD chip.
Originally, the phone launched with a Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 800 x 480. However, Super AMOLED panels were in low supply at the time. As a result, Samsung re-released the device with an LCD panel.
Samsung mobile phones |
878470 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville%2C%20Michigan | Belleville, Michigan | Belleville is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.
Cities in Michigan |
878474 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland%2C%20Maryland | Oakland, Maryland | Oakland is the county seat of Garrett County, Maryland, United States.
Towns in Maryland
County seats in Maryland |
878478 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestertown%2C%20Maryland | Chestertown, Maryland | Oakland is the county seat of Kent County, Maryland, United States.
Towns in Maryland
County seats in Maryland |
878482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardtown%2C%20Maryland | Leonardtown, Maryland | Oakland is the county seat of St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States.
Towns in Maryland
County seats in Maryland |
878491 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABS-CBN%20Broadcasting%20Center | ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center | The ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center (also called ABS-CBN Broadcast Center; formerly known as Broadcast Plaza from 1974 to 1979 and current edifice formerly spelled officially as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Centre) in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines is the oldest headquarters of ABS-CBN.
Buildings and structures in the Philippines |
878493 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuwara%20Eliya | Nuwara Eliya | Nuwara Eliya (), () is a city in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Pidurutalagala is located inside Nuwara Eliya. Nuwara Eliya is the Sri Lankan city with the highest elevation, with elevation of over 1,868 meters above sea level.
Cities in Sri Lanka |
878495 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitrov | Dmitrov | Dmitrov () is a city in Moscow Oblast in Russia. It is the administrative center of Dmitrovsky District in the oblast. |
878497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy%20Kiro | Cindy Kiro | Kahurangi (Dame) Alcyion Cynthia Kiro (born 1958) is a New Zealand public health academic, administrator, and activist. She is the 22nd Governor-General of New Zealand since 21 October 2021. Kiro is the first Māori woman, the third person of Māori descent, and the fourth woman to hold the office.
References
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Doctoral thesis
1958 births
Living people
Governors General of New Zealand
New Zealand academics
Political activists
Maori |
878498 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDarko%20Poto%C4%8Dnjak | Žarko Potočnjak | Žarko Potočnjak (3 February 1946 – 21 October 2021) was a Croatian actor. He was born in Pakrac, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia. His career began in 1966. He was known for his roles in Visitors from the Galaxy, The Glembays and Go, Yellow. He was also the voice of Mater in the Croatian dub of the Cars movies.
Potočnjak died on 21 October 2021 in Zagreb, Croatia at the age of 75.
References
Other websites
1946 births
2021 deaths
Croatian actors |
878502 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC%20Lausanne-Sport | FC Lausanne-Sport | FC Lausanne–Sport (also referred to as LS) is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. It was founded in 1896. They play in the Swiss Super League. The team has won seven league titles and the Swiss Cup nine times.
References
1890s establishments in Switzerland
1896 establishments in Europe
Swiss football clubs
Lausanne |
878503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Hosp | Robert Hosp | Robert "Roby" Hosp (13 December 1939 – 5 October 2021) was a Swiss football forward. He played for Switzerland in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He played for the team between 1960 and 1967. He also played for FC Lausanne-Sport between 1959 until 1967.
Hosp died on 5 October 2021, at the age of 81.
References
1939 births
2021 deaths
Swiss footballers |
878506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20of%20the%20Plainsman | Law of the Plainsman | Law of the Plainsman is an American western television series that aired on NBC from 1 October, 1959 to 30 September, 1960 for one season and 30 episodes. It stars Michael Ansara, Gina Gillespie, Dayton Lummis, Nora Marlowe, Robert Harland and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Other websites
Western television series
NBC network shows
1950s television series
1959 television series debuts
1960 television series endings
English-language television programs |
878509 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indefinite%20pronoun | Indefinite pronoun | An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun which does not have a specific familiar referent. Indefinite pronouns are in contrast to definite pronouns. Indefinite pronouns can represent either count nouns or noncount nouns.
Pronouns |
878521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole%20Attack | Mole Attack | Mole Attack is a video game version of the mechanical arcade game Whac-A-Mole. Commodore published it in 1981 for the Commodore VIC-20 and the PC-8001.
Gameplay
Moles appear from 9 holes. The player has 60 seconds to hit as many moles as they can with a hammer. A joystick or the keyboard can be used.
Reception
In a 1983 review for Electronic Games, Charlene Komar said: "Mole Attack will probably be a favorite among younger arcaders. Even though the eye-catching graphics combine well with the time-limit excitement, adults will probably find the game too simple and repetitive to get too many repeat plays."
References
Other websites
1984 Software Encyclopedia from Electronic Games
The official PasocomMini PC-8001 website ; the PC-8001 version is included
1981 video games |
878522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalychnis%20spurrelli | Agalychnis spurrelli | The gliding leaf frog, gliding tree frog, Spurrell's tree frog, or pink-sided leaf frog (Agalychnis spurrelli) is a frog that lives in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Costa Rica. Scientists have seen it between 70 and 1199 meters above sea level.
Appearance
Frogs that live in different places are different sizes: Adult male frogs from Costa Rica are 4.8 to 5.6 cm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 6.0 to 7.2 cm long. The frogs that live in Panama are 6.7 to 7.6 cm long and 8.2 and 8.7 cm long. It has webbing on its feet and disks on its toes for climbing.
This frog is different colors during the day and at night: much of its back is light green during the day and dark green at night. This frog often has white spots with black outlines on its back. Some frogs have green stripes and yellow throats.
This frog hides during the day and looks for food at night. This frog climbs up vines by going hand over hand. It can jump and glide from tree to tree by spreading its webbed front and back feet.
Eggs and tadpoles
The female frog leaves 14-67 eggs at a time. She lays them on the upper side of a leaf hanging over a body of water that is not there all year. Sometimes a male frog will scrape them off the leaf. The eggs take six days to hatch. The tadpoles fall into the water and stay near the surface with their mouths facing up.
Predators
Dragonfly nymphs, beetles, and aphids, cicadas, and leafhoppers that live in the water eat the frog's eggs. Green kingfishers eat the tadpoles. Snakes that can climb trees eat the adult frogs.
Threats
The number of frogs living in the wild is going down but it is not endangered now. Scientists think its population is becoming smaller because of habitat loss and humans building farms and cutting down trees in the places this frog lives.
References
Frogs
Animals of South America |
878591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B4mulo%20Estrela | Rômulo Estrela | Rômulo Aranha Estrela (born 5 March, 1984) is a Brazilian actor. He began his career in 2004 as an extra in Da Cor do Pecado, made other telenovelas of Globo as Paraíso Tropical and Duas Caras in 2007. He gained prominence by playing the mutant Draco in the telenovela Caminhos do Coração in 2008 and his sequel Promessas do Amor in 2009. In 2018 Rômulo played his first protagonist in the telenovela Deus Salve o Rei.
Estrela was born in São Luís.
Filmography
References
Other websites
Rômulo Estrela on IMDb
Rômulo Estrela on Twitter
Rômulo Estrela on Instagram
1984 births
Living people
Brazilian actors |
878605 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hido | Hido | was a Japanese professional wrestler, better known under the ring name or simply . He was best known for his career with Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA-MS), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) and Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING).
Hido died on October 17, 2021 at the age of 51.
References
1969 births
2021 deaths
Japanese professional wrestlers
People from Osaka |
878606 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha%20Henry | Martha Henry | Martha Henry (February 17, 1938 – October 21, 2021) was an American-born Canadian actress. She was born in Detroit, Michigan. Her best known roles were as Catherine in Empire, Inc., the prime minister's mother in H2O, and the owner of the Chateau Rousseau in Ken Finkleman's At the Hotel.
Henry died on October 21, 2021 in Stratford, Ontario at the age of 83.
References
1938 births
2021 deaths
Naturalized citizens of Canada
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
Canadian movie actors
Canadian television actors
Canadian stage actors
Actors from Detroit, Michigan
Actors from Ontario |
878607 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford%2C%20Ontario | Stratford, Ontario | Stratford is a city by the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada. 31,465 people lived here in 2016 and has an area of . Stratford is the seat of Perth County.
References
Cities in Ontario |
878608 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n%20Herman | István Herman | István Ervin Herman (16 October 1947 – 21 October 2021) was a Hungarian businessman and politician. He was a member of the National Assembly (MP) for Füzesabony from 2010 to 2014. He was a member of the Fidesz. Herman was born in Aldebrő, Hungary.
Herman died on 21 October 2021, aged 74.
References
1947 births
2021 deaths
Hungarian businesspeople
Hungarian politicians |
878609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20Barbados | President of Barbados | The President of Barbados is the head of state of Barbados and the commander-in-chief of the Barbados Defence Force. The office was created when the country becomes a republic on 30 November 2021.
List
References |
878613 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sines%2C%20Portugal | Sines, Portugal | A town in Portugal where Vasco de Gama was born in and also served as his hometown.
Towns in Europe |
878614 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon%20Stone | Sheldon Stone | Sheldon Leslie Stone (February 14, 1946 – October 6, 2021) was an American nuclear physicist and academic. He was the Distinguished Professor of Physics at Syracuse University. He worked in experimental elementary particle physics such as the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment (LHCb), and B decays.
Stone was born in New York City. He died on October 6, 2021 in Syracuse, New York. He was 75 years old.
References
1946 births
2021 deaths
American physicists
American academics
Scientists from New York City
Writers from New York City
People from Syracuse, New York
Educators from New York City |
878624 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayli%20Wolf | Jayli Wolf | Jayli Wolf is a Canadian musician and actress based in Toronto. She is better known for her alternative pop music and duo band called Once A Tree. In 2019, she wrote the official anthem We Are One for the Canadian Premier League.
Early life and career
Jayli Wolf was born in Creston, BC to teenage parents of both Danish and Indigenous descent. She was raised primarily by her grandparents, as a Jehovah’s Witness. Later, she has reconnected with her paternal family and indigenous heritage as an adult.
Wolf began her career after winning a song-writing contest through Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). She started her music career in a duo band called Once A Tree. In 2017, Rolling Stone magazine named Once A Tree one of 10 new performers to note.
In 2021 she released her debut EP Wild Whisper. Since the release of her debut EP, Wolf’s song Child of the Government has since charted #1 on both CBC and IMC radio. Her music has been featured in the Degrassi: Next Class (2016), CBC’s drama series Shoot The Messenger (2016), and CTV’s police drama The Detail (2018).
She has acted roles on several drama and comedy series, such as APTN’s “Mohawk Girls” and CBC’s Burden of Truth, Disney FX’s Y: The Last Man (2021) as Laura and Dan Mazer directed comedy film, The Exchange (2021) as Brenda. She was recently nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the American Indian film festival for her portrayal of Jess in Run Woman Run (2021).
Discography
EPs
Singles
"Lead Me" (2021)
"Child of the Government" (2021)
"Hush" (2021)
"Would You Die" (2021)
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
References
Other websites
Actors from British Columbia
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people |
878628 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer%20%281975%20TV%20series%29 | Archer (1975 TV series) | Archer is an American drama series that aired on NBC. It ran for 6 episodes from 30 January, 1975 to 13 March, 1975 and was based on series of novels by Ross MacDonald. It starred Brian Keith and John P. Ryan.
Other websites
1970s television series
1975 American television series debuts
1975 television series endings
Television series based on books
NBC network shows
English-language television programs |
878636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckTales%20%282017%20TV%20series%29 | DuckTales (2017 TV series) | DuckTales is an American animated television series. The series is an reboot of the original series with the same name, which aired from 1987 to 1990. The series first aired on August 12, 2017, with the first 44-minute pilot episode, "Woo-oo!", followed by a marathon that lasted 24 hours. The series officially premiered on September 23 that year on Disney XD until December 2. The series was then moved to Disney Channel on May 4, 2018, with re-runs airing on Disney XD. The series then moved once again on Disney XD with the third season on April 4, 2020. The series ended with "The Last Adventure!", which aired on March 15, 2021. The series currently airs re-runs on Disney XD.
Premise
Season 1
Dewey and Webby set out to find the truth about Scrooge and Donald's strained relationship and the unexplained disappearance of the boys' mother and Donald's twin sister Della Duck while Magica manipulates events to facilitate her return and seek revenge on Scrooge for imprisoning her in his Number One Dime for fifteen years.
Season 2
Scrooge and Glomgold compete to become the richest duck in the world by the end of the year while Louie tries to start up his own multi-million dollar business in hopes of following in Scrooge's footsteps. Della reunites with her family after she escapes from the Moon and adjusts to her newfound motherhood, unaware that the Moonlanders, led by General Lunaris, are planning to invade Earth.
Season 3
In season three, the Ducks discover the journal of the legendary explorer Isabella Finch, which details several lost treasures, and begin a globetrotting expedition to find them all while the criminal organization F.O.W.L. plots to eliminate the Ducks and obtain the treasures first in order to rid the world of adventuring.
Cast
David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck
Danny Pudi as Huey Duck
Ben Schwartz as Dewey Duck
Bobby Moynihan as Louie Duck
Kate Micucci as Webby Vanderquack
Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
Beck Bennett as Launchpad McQuack
Toks Olangudoye as Bentina Beakly
Paget Brewster as Della Duck
Episodes
References |
878645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20DuckTales%20%282017%20TV%20series%29%20episodes | List of DuckTales (2017 TV series) episodes | DuckTales is an American animated series developed by Matt Youngberg and Francisco Agones. It first aired on August 12, 2017. It last aired on March 15, 2021.
Overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2017-18)
The first season of DuckTales premiered on August 12, 2017, with the episode "Woo-oo!" on Disney XD. It officially premiered on September 23, 2017, with "Daytrip of Doom!". Only nine episodes premiered on Disney XD, while the other 14 episodes aired on Disney Channel.
DuckTales
Lists of animated television series episodes |
878656 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Global%20Institute%20for%20Tomorrow | The Global Institute for Tomorrow | The Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT) is a Hong Kong-based Think-tank with primary focus on the economic, political and social issues from an Asian perspective.
Past partners
The World Bank
The United Nations Development Programme
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The International Fund for Agricultural Development
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Yoma Bank
International Development Enterprises
the International Rice Research Institute
East Meets West
The Municipal Government of Jakarta
References
Think tanks based in Hong Kong
Foundations based in Hong Kong |
878659 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iso | Iso | ISO is a camera setting that will brighten or darken a photo. As you increase your ISO number, your photos will grow progressively brighter. For that reason, ISO can help you capture images in darker environments, or be more flexible about your aperture and shutter speed settings
Photography |
878660 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molara%20Wood | Molara Wood | Molara Wood (born 1967) is a Nigerian creative writer, journalist and critic. Currently lives in Lagos and writes an Arts column for The Guardian. She is also a blogger.
Early life
She was born in 1967 in Nigeria. Her life, as she described, was "a fairly peripatetic life". In a 2015 interview with Oyebade Dosunmu for Aké Review, Wood said: "Even long before my UK days I had lived in Northern and South-Western Nigeria as well as Los Angeles— all by the age of eleven or twelve. There is a sense in which you’re always out of time, out of place—and the years in Britain merely compounded that. The feeling doesn’t go away with return to Nigeria, it merely mutates, as people remark about me coming across as someone from ‘away’, even when I’m trying to blend in. I am therefore pretty sensitive to the permutations of dislocation and re-integration. London was a huge tableau for me to observe this theatre of human experience as far as Nigerian immigrants were concerned."
Career
She was described as "one of the eminent voices in the Arts in Nigeria".
She writes short stories, flash fiction, poetry and essays. Her works were published in a media such as African Literature Today, Chimurenga, Farafina Magazine, Sentinel Poetry, DrumVoices Revue, Sable LitMag, Eclectica Magazine, The New Gong Book of New Nigerian Short Stories (ed. Adewale Maja-Pearce, 2007), and One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories (ed. Chris Brazier; New Internationalist, 2009).
In 2007 her fiction was highly commended in the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association's Short Story Competition.
In 2008 she won the inaugural John La Rose Memorial Short Story Competition.
Her collection of short stories, Indigo, was published in 2013 by Parrésia Publishers. Indigo was well received, with Critical Literature Review calling it "a reader's pleasure".
As Oyebade Dosunmu writes: "Wood tells stories of people who inhabit in between ‘indigo’ spaces: the borderland of immigration, the no-man's-land of multiculturalism and the frontiers of social mobility. These worlds spiral into one another and their inhabitants spin along, negotiating extremes of human circumstance—barrenness, the (fated) pursuit of glamour, madness, death—struggling, all the while, to plant roots in shifting sand." Many of the stories dealt with the lives of African women negotiating concerns such as barrenness, polygamy and widowhood. Wood has said that "these are the writings of a womanist and a feminist. I have a great empathy, a well of feeling for what women go through. I don’t feel these are given adequate treatment in the writings of male writers, so it’s really up to us, the female writers, to privilege the voices and experiences of women."
Wood was a judge for the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature. She is on the Advisory Board of the Aké Arts and Book Festival. She also wa a participant in many literary eventsm such as the Lagos Book & Art Festival.
References
1967 births
Living people
Nigerian writers |
878662 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Thrill%20of%20Brazil | The Thrill of Brazil | The Thrill of Brazil also known as Dancing Down to Rio is a 1946 American musical movie directed by S. Sylvain Simon and starring Evelyn Keyes, Keenan Wynn, Ann Miller, Allyn Joslyn, Tito Guízar, Felix Bressart. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Other websites
1946 movies
1940s musical movies
American musical movies
Movies directed by S. Sylvain Simon |
878670 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch%20of%20No%20Ground%20Marine%20Protected%20Area | Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area | Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area is a protected wildlife sanctuary in the Bay of Bengal. It was established on 26 October 2014. The sanctuary covers an area of 163,600 hectares (429,000 acres). It is located at Swatch of No Ground, which is considered to be the deepest underwater trench in the Bay of Bengal.
References |
878671 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein%C3%A1r | Einár | Nils Kurt Erik Einar Grönberg (5 September 2002 – 21 October 2021), better known as Einár, was a Swedish rapper. He was best known for his rap song ”Katten i trakten”
Einár was shot dead on 21 October 2021 in Stockholm, which caused a huge outcry in Swedish social media, mainly Instagram.
References
Other websites
2002 births
2021 deaths
Swedish singers
Murders by firearm
2021 crimes
Kidnapped people
Murdered musicians
Musicians from Stockholm
Pseudonyms
Rap musicians |
878672 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Diversity%20Awards | European Diversity Awards | The European Diversity Awards is the longest running and biggest Diversity event across Europe. They were founded in 2010 by Linda Riley with a ceremony at the iconic Savoy Hotel in London hosted by BBC journalist Jane Hill. The event remained at the Savoy for the next two years. In 2014 the event moved to the Natural History Museum in London where it remained until 2019.
The event is now firmly established as the Europeans most respected diversity event and hosted by actor and Booker nominated author Sophie Ward. The attendees include representatives from business, politics, community and charitable organisations and the media. The awards recognise the individuals and organisations whose dedication and commitment has made a genuine difference to the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. At the 2018 event Dawn Butler then shadow equalities minister for the Labour Party announced Linda Riley as the Shadow lead government Diversity divisor.
The awards celebrate companies and individuals across all strands of diversity: race, age, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity and belief.
References
Awards |
878690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelet%27s%20tree%20frog | Morelet's tree frog | The popeye hyla, Morelet's leaf frog, Morelet's tree frog, Morelet's frog, or black-eyed leaf frog (Agalychnis moreletii) is a frog that lives in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. The frog has two ranges: one on the Pacific side of the mountains and one on the Atlantic side of the mountains. Scientists have seen it between 200 and 2130 meters above sea level.
The adult male frog is 6.1 to 6.4 cm long from nose to rear end, and one female was found to be 5.9 cm long. The skin on the frog's back is dark green to light green. It has orange on its sides, inside its legs, and on some of its toes. Its belly is yellow to white. The irises of its eyes are red or purple.
This frog lays eggs after heavy rain. The female lays the eggs on rocks or plants that hang over the water. The eggs are green in color. When the tadpoles hatch, they fall into the water. The eggs do not start to hatch for 9-12 days, and they take 2-3 days to hatch completely. Most tadpoles hatch at night. However, scientists have seen these eggs do something strange: If something shakes or disturbs the group of eggs—for example, a tree snake trying to eating some of them—the other eggs will hatch early. This will also happen if the eggs fall into the water.
This frog is endangered in Mexico because of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis. The fungus has killed almost all of these frogs there. As of 2007, the disease had spread to El Salvador too. This frog is also in danger because of habitat loss (people changing its forests into farms) and because humans capture them to sell as pets.
References
Frogs
Animals of South America |
878703 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitstamp | Bitstamp | Bitstamp is a cryptocurrency exchange based company in Luxembourg. It enable USD, EUR, GBP, bitcoin, XRP, Ether, litecoin, bitcoin cash, XLM, Link, OMG Network, USD Coin or PAX deposits and withdrawals.
History
Nejc Kodrič is the CEO of the company. He is widely known member of the bitcoin community. Bitstamp outsourced certain operations to the UK due to the insufficient financial and legal services in Slovenia.
Started by Nejc Kodrič and Damijan Merlak in August 2011, the company's first base was in a Slovenian garage with just a server, a couple of laptops and a thousand euros in capital.
In June 2014, Bitstamp was awarded the Best Virtual Currency Startup at the Europas
Bitstamp was one of the first exchanges to implement multi-signature technology for its hot wallet. It was also an early adopter of Bitcoin's SegWit soft fork for lower fees in 2017, and it instituted one of the first insurance funds, secured in cold storage, to reimburse its customers in the event of a hack.
In July 2017, Bitstamp partnered with Swissquote, a well-respected analytical and finance firm to provide their customers BTC-USD and BTC-EUR trading pairs.
References
Companies of Europe |
878720 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Runcie | Robert Runcie | Robert Runcie (2 October 1921 - 12 July 2000) was an English archbishop.
Runcie was born near Liverpool. He was educated at Oxford University. During World War Two he was in the Scots Guards. He was Bishop of St Albans from 1970 to 1979 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1979 to 1992.
1921 births |
878722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%20A9X | Apple A9X | Apple A9X is a chip that was made by Apple. It has 2 cores and runs at between 2.16 and 2.26 GHz. It is first released in 2015.
64-bit Apple A series
Dual-core processors
Apple products released in 2015
Apple silicon released in 2010s |
878725 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%20A10 | Apple A10 | Apple A10 is a chip that was made by Apple. It has 4 cores and runs at between 1.6 and 2.34 GHz. It is first released in 2016.
64-bit Apple A series
Multi-core processors
Apple products released in 2016
Apple silicon released in 2010s |
878728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Schroeter | Paul Schroeter | Paul Schroeter, or Schröter, (26 October 1866 – 1946), was a German painter and etcher.
Life
Born in Kępno Schroeter initially studied in the early 1880s at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he was a student of Eduard von Gebhardt, Peter Janssen and Adolf Schill. Here, alongside Fritz Overbeck and other young painters of the academy, he joined the Tartarus student association, which also published irregular magazines in which he participated with illustrations. It was also here that he met the painter Fritz Mackensen, who was already well-known at the time. The painter Peter Philippi described 'Tartarus' as "next to the great Malkasten, [... it] was a [...] refreshing [group or] union of young, seriously aspiring artists, among others Robert Engels, Karl Krumbacher, Ludwig Keller, Otto Modersohn, Robert Weise, Paul Schröter, Adelbert Niemeyer, Ernst Christian Pfannschmidt.
From Düsseldorf, Schroeter moved to the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich and joined the Allgemeine Deutsche Kunstgenossenschaft. Active in Munich since 1893, he became a member of the Munich Secession with participation in the spring exhibition in May 1894. Study trips took him to Holland, Belgium and Spain and for a short time he stayed in the , where he met Carl Bantzer, Georg Burmester and Wilhelm Thielmann. From 1898 to 1901, Schroeter lived in Hamburg and became friends with and , the co-founders of the Hamburgischer Künstlerklub. As an illustrator, he produced commissioned works for the Munich magazine Jugend: 1898 Haideblume and Dornröschen und die Alte and 1913 a Vignette.
He had a close friendship with Mackensen, Modersohn and Overbeck, and they persuaded him to come to the still young Künstlerkolonie Worpswede. With his wife Grete and their children, Schroeter moved to Worpswede in 1901, and from there to Horn-Lehe around 1904, where he became a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund. There, in northern Germany, he painted portraits, landscapes and interior pictures with mostly rural themes. The reviews were not always positive, as the magazine Die Kunst wrote in 1903:
In 1908, Schroeter left Bremen, moved to Berlin, was a member of the Verein Berliner Künstler, and lived there in Lichterfelde.
Schroeter was a still life, landscape, genre and portrait painter as well as a graphic artist. Many of his works are in private collections. Most of his work were lost during the Second World War.
Work
Doppelporträt vom Bauernball.
Drei Feldarbeiter beim Mähen mit der Sense (1901)
Frau am Nähtisch (1901)
Die Frau des Künstlers mit Tochter Bettina auf dem Arm (1902)
Geschichtenerzähler (1914).
Häuser und Kirchturm in Relingen (1943)
Related pages
German art
References
Further reading
Schroeter, Paul. In Hans Vollmer : Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Created by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. Vol. 30: Scheffel–Siemerding. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1936.
Roland Demme: Agitation durch Friedrich Bindewald und sein Vorbild Dr. Otto Böckel gegen die jüdische Bevölkerung in der Wilhelminischen Epoche und ihre Auswirkungen bis heute. University Press, Kassel 2015, .
Other websites
Biografie Paul Schroeter
Paul K. Alfred Schroeter (1866–1946).
German painters
1866 births
1946 deaths |
878731 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitley%2C%20Coventry | Whitley, Coventry | Whitley is a suburb of Coventry in the United Kingdom. Sir William Lyons and his friend established a car company there in 1922. That company later became Jaguar Cars.
Coventry |
878732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra%20Clare | Cassandra Clare | Judith Lewis (née Rumelt; born July 27, 1973) is an American author of young adult fiction.
Early life
Clare was born Judith Rumelt to American parents in Tehran, Iran.
Accolades
2010 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers.
An American Library Association Teens Top Ten Award winner, 2008.
2010 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teen Readers.
Winner of The 2010 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award.
Winner of the 2010 Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award.
Shortlisted for the 2010 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award.
Shortlisted for The 2010 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award.
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1973 births
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American novelists
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878737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury%20car | Luxury car | A luxury car is an automobile that gives a feeling of comfort and luxury in travel. Jaguar Cars is an example of an early luxury car model.
Automobiles |
878746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg%20of%20Columbus | Egg of Columbus | Egg of Columbus is an expression that means an unexpectedly easy way out of a difficult situation.
According to legend, when Christopher Columbus told Cardinal Mendoza about how he discovered land west of the Atlantic ocean, one of the people with them said, "What could be easier than to discover a new land?" To which Columbus offered him a simple task: to put the egg on the table and make it balance on its end. When none of the other people could do it, Columbus took the egg, smashed it from one end, and placed it on the table, showing that it was actually very simple. Seeing this, everyone began to object, saying that they could do the same. To which Columbus replied, "The difference, gentlemen, is that you could do it, when I did."
History
Historians are not sure if Columbus really did this in real life. They think it is likely that people made the story up many years later.
Girolamo Benzoni wrote about this story in Historia del Mondo Nuovo in 1565. Historians think Benzoni might have been the first person to tell the story, but they are not sure.
One reason they think so is that almost the exact same story showed up in another book, by painter Giorgio Vasari in 1550. In Vasari's book, it was the builder Filippo Brunelleschi who flattened the egg. This was to explain how he built the heavy done for the Santa Maria del Fiore church.
Uses
In English, people use term "egg of Columbus" to describe puzzles.
Writers Mary Shelley, Leo Tolstoy and others have mentioned the story of Columbus and the egg in their books.
References
Legends |
878747 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leishemba%20Sanajaoba | Leishemba Sanajaoba | King Leishemba Sanajaoba is the present king of Manipur state of India. He is a politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Manipur. In the year 2020, he was elected as the Member of Rajya Sabha (Upper House) from Manipur state.
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1972 births
Living people
Meitei people |
878770 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispania%20F111 | Hispania F111 | The HRT F111 is the HRT team car for the 2011 season, designed and built by HRT. It was presented on 11 March 2011 in Barcelona, Spain.
Complete Formula One results
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878776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20United%20States%20Grand%20Prix | 2021 United States Grand Prix | United States Grand Prix 2021, officially Formula 1 Aramco United States Grand Prix 2021 the seventeenth round of the Formula One World Championship for the 2021 season. The Grand Prix will be held October 22-24, 2021 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin.
Entry List
Results
Qualifying classification
Notes
– Valtteri Bottas received a five-place grid penalty for a new internal combustion engine.
– Sebastian Vettel is required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
– Fernando Alonso is required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
– George Russell is required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
Race classification
Notes
– Includes one point for fastest lap.
Notes
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878777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constraint%20%28mathematics%29 | Constraint (mathematics) | When looking at a mathematical problem to solve, there are two kinds of conditions, possible solutions must satisfy: The first kind of condition is directly linked to the problem description, and can be derived from it. There's a second kind of condition, which is not directly related to the problem description. This kind of condition is called constraint. The set of possible solutions which satisfy all these constraints is called feasible set.
Mathematics |
878779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footpad | Footpad | A footpad was a type of robber who attacked people who were travelling, they specialised in pedestrian victims. They were common in the British Isles from the time of Elizabeth I to the 1800s. They were thought to be socially inferior to highwaymen (who robbed on horseback), often considered low criminals, opposed to highwaymen who would sometimes become infamous as well as famous. This term was commonly used from the 16th century to the 19th century, but slowly fell out of use.
Footpads always operated on foot, and robbed people after scaring them. Usually operating in the dark, they used this to their advantage by frightening the victim and getting away unseen; some of these crimes were brutally violent, although most commited them out of need and preferred more passive methods.
They opted for this method due to the high price of horses and the incognito factor of the dark. These activities usually took place in gangs.
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878782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercerised%20cotton | Mercerised cotton | Mercerisation is a textile finishing treatment for cellulose fabric and yarn. It is mainly used for cotton and flax. The process changes the properties of the materials: They can be colored more easily, they withstand tearing better, and the fabric will shrink less, when washed. Fabrics treated that way also have a luster which make them resemble silk in some ways.
Sometimes, cotton treated that way is called Fil d'écosse. Sometimes wool treated in the Mercosett process is also called mercerised.
The process of mercerisation is long, and realtively costly. For this reason, only higher quality textiles are treated that way.
Development
About 1844, John Mercer developed the process. He noticed that when he treated cotton with solutions of sodium hydroxide, this changed the properties of the cotton: The fabric shrank, and had a higher resistance to tearing. It was also easier to color the material using dyes.
In the original process of Mercer, no tension was applied. The product was termed fulled cotton, a nod to the process of fulling in woven wool fabric. For Mercer, making the material easier to color was the most important technical aspect.
Mercer also tried with sulfuric acid and zinc chloride solutions and discovered the parchmentising effect of sulfuric acid.
The silk-like lustre now commonly associated with mercerising is produced by tension and was discovered by Horace Lowe in 1890.
Process
Treatment with sodium hydroxide destroys the spiral form of the cellulose with formation of alkali cellulose, which is changed to cellulose hydrate on washing out the alkali. Caustic soda concentrations of 20–26% are used. Effective mercerization requires the use of wetting agents.
The improved lustre of mercerised cotton is due to the production of nearly circular cotton fibres under tension. Another characteristic feature is the untwisting (deconvolution) of the cotton hair.
In dry mercerization, the process is carried out while drying the fabric on a stenter.
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Other websites
Online Encyclopedia - Mercerizing
Fibers
Materials science
Chemistry |
878793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie%20Lamb | Archie Lamb | Sir Albert Thomas "Archie" Lamb KBE CMG DFC (23 October 1921 – 19 October 2021) was a British politician, writer and RAF fighter pilot. He was the British ambassador to Kuwait from 1974 to 1977, and to Norway from 1978 to 1980. Lamb was born in Swansea, Wales.
Lamb was appointed MBE in 1953.
Lamb died on 19 October 2021, four days before his 100th birthday.
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1921 births
2021 deaths
British aviators
British writers
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom |
878794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa%20Disney | Melissa Disney | Melissa Smith Femling (born November 20, 1970), known professionally as Melissa Disney, is an American voice actress and writer. Her best known role to date was as the voice of the titular character in the Nickelodeon animated series As Told by Ginger.
Other websites
1970 births
Living people
People from San Diego County, California
American voice actors |
878795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna%20Dixon | Donna Dixon | Donna Lynn Dixon (born July 20, 1957) is an American actress.
She was named Miss Virginia USA in 1976 and Miss District of Columbia World in 1977. She competed in both Miss USA 1976 and Miss World USA 1977.
Dixon played Allison Hayes in the NBC drama Berringer's. She co-starred with Tom Hanks in the early 1980s situation comedy Bosom Buddies, playing Sonny Lumet.
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1957 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Models from Virginia
People from Alexandria, Virginia
Actors from Virginia
Actors from Washington, D.C. |
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