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846939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imran%20Sherwani | Imran Sherwani | Imran Ahmed Khan Sherwani (born 9 April 1962) is a British former international field hockey player. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Sherwani won gold with the Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
In June 2021, Sherwani revealed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
References
1962 births
Living people
British ice hockey players
British Olympic gold medalists
Sportspeople from Staffordshire
People with Alzheimer's disease |
846943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy%20Paxman | Jeremy Paxman | Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is an English broadcaster, journalist, author, and television presenter. He was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. He joined the BBC in 1972. He worked on Tonight and Panorama before becoming a newsreader for the BBC Six O'Clock News and later a presenter on Breakfast Time.
In 1989, he became a presenter for the BBC Two programme Newsnight. He was known for his tough and aggressive interviewing skills. In 2014, Paxman left Newsnight after 25 years as its presenter. He has also been the presenter of University Challenge since 1994.
In May 2021, Paxman revealed that he is receiving treatment for Parkinson's disease.
References
1950 births
Living people
English journalists
BBC television presenters
Writers from Leeds
People with Parkinson's disease |
846944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-carbohydrate%20diet | Low-carbohydrate diet | A Low-carbohydrate diet is a type of diet that focuses on lowering the amount of carbohydrates eaten. There are many variations of this diet which all focus on lowering carbohydrates and might have different advantages and disadvantages.
Overview
Macronutrient ratios
The National Lipid Association and Lifestyle Task force define low-carbohydrate diets as those containing less than 25% of calories from carbohydrates. They define very low carbohydrate diets as those containing less than 10% carbohydrates. A 2016 review of low-carbohydrate diets referred to diets with 50 grams of carbohydrate per day (less than 10% of total calories) as "very low" and diets with 40% of calories from carbohydrates as "mild" low-carbohydrate diets.
Foods
There is evidence that the quality is also important too, and that high-fiber slow-digesting foods are healthful while ultra-processed and sugary foods are less so. People choosing diet for health conditions should have the diet focused on their own needs.
Most vegetables are low- or moderate-carbohydrate foods. Some vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots, maize (corn) and rice are high in starch. Most low-carbohydrate diet plans encourage to eat vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, kale, lettuce, cucumbers, cauliflower, peppers and most green-leafy vegetables.
History
First appearences
In 1797, John Rollo reported on the results of treating two diabetic Army officers with a low-carbohydrate diet and medications. A very low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet was the standard treatment for diabetes throughout the nineteenth century.
In 1863, William Banting, a formerly obese English undertaker and coffin maker, published "Letter on Corpulence Addressed to the Public". He described a diet for weight control giving up bread, butter, milk, sugar, beer, and potatoes. His booklet was widely read, so much so that some people used the term "Banting" for the activity now called "dieting."
In the early 1900s Frederick Madison Allen made a highly restrictive short term diet which was described by Walter R. Steiner at the 1916 annual convention of the Connecticut State Medical Society as The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus. This diet was often administered in a hospital in order to better ensure following and safety.
References
Nutrition |
846945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Iowa | COVID-19 pandemic in Iowa | The COVID-19 pandemic first hit the American Midwest state of Iowa in March 2020. The first known cases were three people who had traveled on a cruise in Egypt. They came home to Johnson County on March 3. Cases were first found at meat packing plants and care facilities. By late October, community spread was a concern in the state.
On March 9, 2020, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a Proclamation of Disaster Emergency.
On April 25, the first testing site was launched in Des Moines under the new initiative TestIowa.com.
During a May 6, 2020 meeting with Reynolds, then-President Donald Trump answered to the increased coronavirus testing rate.
Impact
Iowa's largest industry is manufacturing. Most manufacturing relates to food. That means the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the meat packing industry is highly disruptive in Iowa.
Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa expected losses to go past $76 million, $89 million and $28 million, respectively.
As of June 1, 2021, COVID-19 was responsible for more than 6,000 deaths in Iowa.
References
History of Iowa
Iowa |
846949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova%20Peris | Nova Peris | Nova Maree Peris (born 25 February 1971) is an Australian former sportswoman and politician. She won a gold medal with the Australian women's field hockey team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She was the first Aboriginal Australian to win a gold medal. She also won two gold medals in track and field at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. In 1997, she was named Young Australian of the Year.
Some time after her sporting career ended, Peris entered politics. She is a member of the Labor Party. She served as a Senator for the Northern Territory from 2013 to 2016. She was the first Indigenous Australian woman elected to federal parliament.
Peris was born in Darwin, Northern Territory. Her mother, Joan, was a member of the Stolen Generations. Joan was taken away from her mother and raised in a Catholic mission on Melville Island.
Peris and Sean Kneebone had a daughter, Jessica, born in 1990. She was married to Kneebone from 1995 to 2001. In 2002, she married sprinter Daniel Batman. The couple had two children, and split in 2010. Batman died in a car crash in June 2012. She married Scott Appleton in August 2012.
References
Other websites
Nova Peris at Sports-Reference.com
1971 births
Living people
2000 Summer Olympics
Australian athletes
Australian Labor Party politicians
Australian Olympic gold medalists
Field hockey players
Indigenous Australian sportspeople
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Members of the Australian Senate
Order of Australia
People from Darwin, Northern Territory
Politicians from the Northern Territory |
846974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20Mauritius | President of Mauritius | The president of Mauritius () is the head of state of the Republic of Mauritius.
List
Parties
(PTR)
(MMM)
(MSM)
References |
846981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prithvirajsing%20Roopun | Prithvirajsing Roopun | Prithvirajsing Roopun GCSK (born 24 May 1959), also known as Pradeep Singh Roopun, is a Mauritian politician. He has been the President of Mauritius since 2019.
References
1959 births
Living people
Presidents of Mauritius
Current national leaders |
846984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raouf%20Bundhun | Raouf Bundhun | Abdool Raouf Bundhun (born 14 January 1937) was Vice President of Mauritius from 2002 to 2007. He was elected by National Assembly of Mauritius on 25 February 2002 for a term of five years.
References
1937 births
Living people
Mauritian people
Vice presidents |
846985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Offmann | Karl Offmann | Karl Auguste Offmann, GCSK (born 25 November 1940) is a Mauritian politician. He became President of Mauritius on 25 February 2002. He was president until Paul Bérenger became his prime minister and nominated a new president on 1 October 2003.
References
1940 births
Living people
Presidents of Mauritius |
846989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameenah%20Gurib-Fakim | Ameenah Gurib-Fakim | Dr. Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim GCSK (born 17 October 1959) is a Mauritian politician and biodiversity scientist. She was the 6th President of Mauritius from 2015 to 2018.
References
1959 births
Living people
Presidents of Mauritius |
846991 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pravind%20Jugnauth | Pravind Jugnauth | Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (born 25 December 1961) is a Mauritian politician. He has been the Prime Minister of Mauritius since 2017. Jugnauth has been the leader of the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) party since April 2003. He has held a number of ministerial portfolios and also been Leader of the Opposition.
References
1961 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Mauritius
Current national leaders |
846993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20Minister%20of%20Mauritius | Prime Minister of Mauritius | The prime minister of Mauritius () is the head of government of Mauritius.
List
Parties
(PTR)
(MMM)
(MSM)
Chief Minister of Mauritius
Prime ministers of Mauritius
References |
846996 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seewoosagur%20Ramgoolam | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (September 18, 1900 – December 15, 1985; often referred to as Chacha Ramgoolam) was a Mauritian politician, statesman and philanthropist. He was the country's first Chief Minister, Prime Minister of Mauritius, and Governor-General.
References
1900 births
1985 deaths
Prime Ministers of Mauritius |
846999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20B%C3%A9renger | Paul Bérenger | Paul Raymond Bérenger GCSK, MP (born 26 March 1945) is a Mauritian politician who was Prime Minister of Mauritius from 2003 to 2005. He was theLeader of the Opposition many times — from 1983 to 1987, 1997 to 2000, 2005 to 2006, 2007 to 2013, October 2013 to 15 September 2014, and again from December 2014 to December 2016. He was also Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 1997 and again from 2000 to 2003.
References
1945 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Mauritius |
847001 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navin%20Ramgoolam | Navin Ramgoolam | Navinchandra Ramgoolam, GCSK, FRCP (born 14 July 1947) is a Mauritian politician who was Prime Minister of Mauritius from 2005 to 2014 and leader of the Labour Party. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1991 to 1995. He was Prime Minister for the first time from December 1995 until September 2000.
References
1947 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Mauritius |
847005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailash%20Purryag | Kailash Purryag | Rajkeswur Purryag, GCSK (born 12 December 1947), also known as Kailash Purryag, GCSK, GOSK is a Mauritian politician. He was President of Mauritius from 2012 to May 2015.
References
1947 births
Living people
Presidents of Mauritius |
847006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassam%20Uteem | Cassam Uteem | Cassam Uteem, GCSK (born 22 March 1941) is a Mauritian politician. He was President of Mauritius from 30 June 1992 to 15 February 2002 and is the longest serving President of Mauritius, having served for nine years.
References
1941 births
Living people
Presidents of Mauritius |
847008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veerasamy%20Ringadoo | Veerasamy Ringadoo | Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo, GCMG, GCSK, QC, (born வீரசாமி ரிங்காடு Vīracāmi Riṅkāṭu; 20 October 1920 – 9 September 2000) was a Mauritian politician. He was the Governor-General of Mauritius from 1986 until 1992. In 1992, he became the 1st President of Mauritius.
References
1920 births
2000 deaths
Presidents of Mauritius |
847023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise%20Now | Paradise Now | Paradise Now () is a 2005 Palestinian Dutch French German Israeli drama movie directed by Hany Abu-Assad and starring Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Hiam Abbass. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 2006.
Other websites
2005 drama movies
Palestinian movies
Dutch drama movies
French drama movies
German drama movies
Israeli movies
Movies directed by Hany Abu-Assad |
847026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendropsophus%20counani | Dendropsophus counani | Dendropsophus counani is a frog that lives in Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, and Guyana.
References
Frogs
Animals of South America |
847031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strive%20Masiyiwa | Strive Masiyiwa | Strive Masiyiwa (born 29 January 1961) is a London-based Zimbabwean billionaire businessman and philanthropist.
Education
Masiyiwa holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wales.
References
1961 births
Living people
Zimbabwean businesspeople
African philanthropists
Billionaires |
847033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes%20Kalibata | Agnes Kalibata | Agnes Matilda Kalibata is a Rwandan agricultural scientist, policymaker, and president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). She was the Rwanda's minister of agriculture and animal resources.
Early life and education
Kalibata was born in Rwanda to a refugee in Uganda to parents who were smallholders. She holds a bachelor's degree in entomology from Makerere University and biochemistry, master's degree in agriculture, also from Makerere University in Uganda. She obtained her Ph.D. in entomology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
References
African scientists
Rwandan people |
847034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris%20%28disambiguation%29 | Eris (disambiguation) | Eris might refer to:
Eris (goddess)
Eris (dwarf planet) |
847035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humf | Humf | Humf is a UK animated series about a purple bear named Humf.
References
Animated television characters
Animated television series |
847036 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Fertilizer%20Development%20Center | International Fertilizer Development Center | The International Fertilizer Development Center (known as IFDC) is a science-based public international organization working to alleviate global hunger by popularizing agricultural practices and fertilizer technologies to farmers and by connecting farmers to markets. It has it headquartered in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA. The organization has projects in nearly 25 countries.
References
Agriculture
1974 establishments in the United States |
847039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine-diverting%20dry%20toilet | Urine-diverting dry toilet | Urine-diverting dry toilet (UDDT) is a toilet that does not use water. It has a device that moves the urine away. This toilet can give safe and cheap sanitation in many places on Earth.
References
Waste management |
847044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLAPP%20Suits | SLAPP Suits | "SLAPP Suits" is a part of the HBO show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It is focused on strategic lawsuits against public participation, known as SLAPP suits–lawsuits made to scare people out of saying anything bad about someone else. It was first played on November 10, 2019, as part of the twenty-ninth episode of the series's sixth season. During the twenty six-minute clip, comedian John Oliver talked about the result of a lawsuit against him from mining businessman Robert E. "Bob" Murray. He also talked about the harmful effects of lawsuits like that. Oliver then ended the clip with a song entitled "Eat Shit, Bob!" in honor of winning his lawsuit.
Background
Coal
[[File:Robert_E._Murray_(crop).jpg|left|thumb|This segment about Robert E. Murray (pictured) was part of the penultimate episode of Last Week Tonight'''s sixth season.]]
On June 18, 2017, John Oliver played a segment on his show, called "Coal". The segment was about the coal mining industry. Oliver began the piece by showing Donald Trump's fondness for the coal industry. He played clips of him when he was running for president in 2016 in a coal miner's hat and talking to a crowd that had miners in it. In the speech, he told the miners to prepare to work their "asses off" when he became President. Oliver then introduced Bob Murray, who is the head of Murray Energy.
Oliver explained that he and his team talked to Murray Energy about this segment before showing it. He said that he received a letter from Murray Energy telling him that he should cease and desist from–or stop–"any efforts to [...] injure Mr. Murray". Oliver also said that Murray has sued people before. Oliver ignored this letter. He called Murray a "geriatric Dr. Evil" who was "on the same side as black lung". Oliver also talked about other errors in the way Murray's miners were told to do their jobs. Oliver particularly talked about the Crandall Canyon Mine collapse that killed 9 people. Bob Murray argued that it was the fault of an earthquake. However, the federal government concluded that it was the fault of the dangerous way miners were told to do their jobs. The government told Murray Energy that they had to pay . This is the highest amount possible the federal government can make someone pay for doing a dangerous thing like this. Oliver then talked about Murray's program for coal miners to earn more money. The workers did not like the program. They said that it might encourage them to do dangerous things for more money. The company told the workers that they could return their money if they felt they were being encouraged to do risky things. Two miners gave back the money, writing the words "KISS MY ASS BOB" and "Eat Shit Bob" on their checks. Oliver also talked about Murray also sharing a story that he received the idea to start a coal mining business from a talking squirrel. Drawing on the two stories from before, Oliver ended the episode by introducing a squirrel mascot known as "Mr. Nutterbutter" (played by Noel MacNeal). Mr. Nutterbutter taunted Bob Murray by holding up an big check–a piece of paper making a promise to pay money–for "three acorns and eighteen cents". The money was addressed to "Eat Shit, Bob!"
Lawsuit
On June 22, 2017, some companies owned by Bob Murray said that they had filed a lawsuit–a complaint to a court about something wrong someone else has done to them. The lawsuit was against John Oliver, HBO, and others close to Oliver. Bob Murray said that Oliver had defamed them–said untrue and bad things about Murray and his company. The plaintiffs said that they didn't like the way Oliver talked about the Crandall Canyon Mine collapse. They repeated what they had said before about the mine collapse–that it was because of an earthquake and that Oliver was lying. They also said that because so many people watch Oliver's show, that he was unfairly hurting Murray. Murray wanted money from Oliver, as well as a gag order–a court telling someone not to say something–stopping people from watching the segment.
Someone who talks for HBO said that HBO was happy with the show. They that they did not believe that "anything in the show this week violated Mr. Murray’s or Murray Energy’s rights".
On February 24, 2018, the case was thrown away. This was because the judge agreed with HBO's argument that Murray hadn't shown that anything was wrong with what Oliver did. Bob Murray asked another court to reconsider the case. Before they could, all the justices on that court were fired. The case was dropped soon after. Oliver later said that this was a relief to him. This was because he had made a joke on his show a few years before. He said that the head Justice on the court, Allen Loughry, referred to his penis as "The Gavel".
Amicus curiae
The ACLU–an activist group of lawyers–wrote a letter to the court for Oliver. People liked the letter because it was funny and sarcastic. This is not common in that type of letter. The paper had lines such as "You Can’t Sue People for Being Mean to You, Bob" and "A Brief History of Plaintiffs’ Attempts to Chill Speech by Abusing the Legal System." The letter said that Oliver's segment did not say anything that was bad for Murray. They said some of the statements were jokes, and the rest were true. The letter said that Murray was using the court as a way to force people not to say things. The argument was helped by a list of Murray's other lawsuits. The ACLU listed lawsuits thrown out by the courts against HuffPost, a newspaper in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Bloomberg News, and other papers and activists.
Murray didn't like the way people were talking about the letter. Murray Energy wrote their own letter to the court. It said that the court shouldn't read the letter. They said this was because ACLU didn't make it clear that they made money because of Oliver's show. The letter said that Murray didn't like the way the ACLU worded their letter. They wrote that the biased tone by itself should make the court throw away the other letter. The letter also claimed that the ACLU made money because of John Oliver's show. 5 days after the 2016 United States presidential election, Oliver's show made a segment called "President-Elect Trump". Oliver told to donate to activists they saw as left-leaning. These clauses included Planned Parenthood, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, The Trevor Project, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the International Refugee Assistance Project. Murray Energy said that this encouragement caused an "immediate surge of millions of dollars in donations to the ACLU". Because of this, said Murray Energy, the court should throw away the ACLU's letter. Reuters argued that Murray Energy did not prove that what they said was true. They said this because Murray provided links to three articles to prove what they said. None of the articles back up what Murray said. The articles did agree that the activists got more money. However, they said that it was because of the election, and not because of Oliver's show.
Episode
On November 10, 2019, John Oliver put out a segment on his show, called "SLAPP Suits". Oliver began by recapping the legal fight so far. Oliver said that even though he won the lawsuit, his insurance company tripled his monthly fee and that his show paid to the show's lawyers. Oliver then argued that Bob Murray never intended to win the case. Instead, Oliver said that Murray wanted to scare HBO and him into silence. This led Oliver into the main point of the segment—SLAPP suits, which are lawsuits designed to scare people into not saying bad things about someone else, even if they are true. Oliver pointed out that Murray has filed at least nine lawsuits against news companies and journalists who have said bad things about him, including the Huffington Post and The New York Times. Oliver argued that Murray has also sued those who aren't lucky enough to have the support of a large company like HBO and their own insurance. He then suggested that because those people might be scared of Murray, they won't say anything bad about him. Oliver argued that this led to almost nobody in the press writing about two sexual harassment cases against Murray. One of these cases involved Murray asking a woman employee to get on her hands and knees and find a kidney stone that Murray had passed and lost.
Oliver said that the segment was checked over by HBO's lawyers (who he joked were "getting very tired of this"). However, he also said that the episode would likely lead to another lawsuit from Murray. Oliver said that he would stand behind his works if it were to happen. When Judge Jeffery D. Cramer threw out Oliver's case, he noted that people are allowed to use "loose, figurative language". Oliver brought this up as his reason to create a musical number to end the episode.
Musical number
Oliver took the name of "Eat Shit, Bob" from the money the miner returned. He then acted in a five-minute musical number, initially set in his studio. There, he began singing slowly that "even though he'll threaten legal Armageddon, we have just one tiny thing to say..." Then, P;over put up his middle finger and exclaimed "Bob Murray can go fuck himself today!" He then introduced the "Suck My Balls, Bob" dancers. The dancers to Times Square as they recounted fake stories of Murray doing crazy and terrible things. They joked that he caused the 1994 Cobo Arena attack on Nancy Kerrigan, shot puppies into outer space, supplied drugs to Bill Cosby, murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and started World War I, and was the unidentified Zodiac Killer. Oliver based parts of the song on his legal defense. He sang that "we made up these anecdotes, they're silly and insane". He also said in the beginning of the piece that "If we discuss Bob Murray in a way no reasonable person could construe as factual, we can say whatever the fuck we like!" Mr. Nutterbutter came back with a barbershop quartet in squirrel costumes. They joked that Bob Murray practiced bestiality with squirrels. Brian d'Arcy James also made an appearance as HBO's legal counsel. At first, he told everyone to stop singing and dancing. Then, James went into his own segment. There, he recounted Bob Murray forcing tourists at the New York City M&M's Store to watch as he "crammed them (M&M's) up his anal hole." The number was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.
Reaction
An opinion from the Charleston Gazette-Mail said that there was "a lesson in John Oliver roasting Bob Murray". The lesson was that we should think about why states like West Virginia have relaxed anti-SLAPP laws.
The musical number was well-liked. The A.V. Club said that the episode was a demonstration in "why rich assholes really shouldn’t sue John Oliver". They also said that the musical number was "glorious" and "over-the-top". Slate said that just because Oliver gave an "impassioned speech standing up for all the small outlets and independent activists bullied into silence by SLAPP lawsuits," that does not mean John Oliver "has matured even a little bit".The Mary Sue'' commented that Bob Murray's SLAPP suits create a "culture of fear in which Murray ends up able to succeed in his goal of stifling any criticism of him and his industrial operations". However, they also say that Murray "may have picked too big a fish" in John Oliver, adding that "Of course, this is John Oliver we’re talking about and 'culture of fear' is basically his Bat-Signal."
References |
847057 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulrasheed%20Bawa | Abdulrasheed Bawa | Abdulrasheed Bawa (born 30 April 1980), is the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He was the Deputy Chief Superintendent of the anti-graft agency.
References
1980 births
Living people |
847059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansur%20Dan%20Ali | Mansur Dan Ali | Mansur Muhammad Dan Ali (born August 25, 1959) is a retired Nigerian Army and former Minister of Defence of federal republic of Nigeria.
Early life and education
Dan-Ali was born on August 25, 1959 in Zamfara State. He received his Higher National Diploma (HND) in Photogrammetric and Surveying from Kaduna Polytechnic and possesses a master's degrees in Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) from Bayero University Kano, and a master's degree in Security Studies from the Bangladesh University of Professionals.
Career
Dan Ali was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army through the Short Service Commission at the Nigerian Defence Academy. Dan-Ali has served in numerous command, sections and staff capacities, such as commanding the Nigerian contingent supporting the United Nations Africa Hybrid Mission in Sudan, Directing Staff of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Chief Instructor (CI) at the Nigerian Defence Academy, and the Director Military Training before getting posted to the Ministry of Defence's Logistics Department as deputy director.
References
Nigerian politicians |
847061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyu%20Mohammed%20Gusau | Aliyu Mohammed Gusau | Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (born May 18 1943) is a Nigerian general, statesman and the current minister of defense of federal republic of Nigeria.
References
1943 births
Living people
Nigerian military people |
847062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salihu%20Ibrahim | Salihu Ibrahim | Salihu Ibrahim FSS, FHWC (June 25, 1935 – December 10, 2018) was a Nigerian army general who was Chief of Army Staff during the military regime of Ibrahim Babangida.
References
1935 births
2018 deaths
Nigerian military people |
847063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garba%20Duba | Garba Duba | Garba Duba (born 1942) is a retired Nigerian Army Lieutenant General. He was Governor of Bauchi State, Nigeria during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo.
References
Nigerian politicians
1942 births
Living people |
847066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Tattooist | The Tattooist | The Tattooist is a 2007 New Zealand Dutch Singaporean horror movie directed by Peter Burger and starring Jason Behr, Michael Hurst, Timothy Balme, David Fane, Nathaniel Lees, Caroline Cheong, Matthew Ridge, Robbie Magasiva.
Other websites
2007 horror movies
New Zealand movies
Dutch horror movies
Singaporean movies
Movies set in New Zealand |
847070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theeb | Theeb | Theeb ( dhīb , "wolf") is a 2014 Jordanian British United Arab Emirates Qatari adventure drama thriller movie directed by Naji Abu Nowar and starring Jack Fox, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweihiyeen, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh, Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 2016.
Other websites
2014 drama movies
2014 thriller movies
2010s adventure movies
2010s drama thriller movies
Jordanian movies
British adventure movies
British drama movies
British thriller movies
United Arab Emirates movies
Qatari movies |
847072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessmer%2C%20Louisiana | Hessmer, Louisiana | Hessmer is a village in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Villages in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana |
847073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moreauville%2C%20Louisiana | Moreauville, Louisiana | Moreauville is a village in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Villages in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana |
847074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaucheville%2C%20Louisiana | Plaucheville, Louisiana | Plaucheville is a village in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Villages in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana |
847075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain%20Abu%20Raed | Captain Abu Raed | Captain Abu Raed () is a 2007 Jordanian drama movie directed by Amin Matalqa and starring Nadim Sawalha, Rana Sultan, Hussein Al-Sous, Udey Al-Qiddissi.
Other websites
2007 drama movies
Jordanian movies |
847087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Seventh%20Continent%20%281966%20movie%29 | The Seventh Continent (1966 movie) | The Seventh Continent () is a 1966 Croatian Czech fantasy movie directed by Dušan Vukotić and starring Demeter Bitenc, Vanja Drach, Oudy Rachmat Endang, Mikloš Huba, Karla Chadimová, Viktor Starčić, Iris Vrus.
Other websites
1966 movies
1960s fantasy movies
Croatian movies
Czech movies |
847088 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircalin | Aircalin | Aircalin is New Caledonia's largest airline, having a network of flights all over Oceania. It began in September 1983 as Air Calédonie International, an international airline to complement New Caledonia's domestic airline, Air Calédonie.
Destinations
Aircalin has flights all over Oceania, however, no flights to mainland France. Below are the following destinations that they serve.
Australia
Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport
Brisbane Airport
Fiji
Nadi International Airport
French Polynesia
Faa'a International Airport, Papeete
Japan
Kansai International Airport, Osaka
Narita International Airport, Tokyo
New Caledonia
La Tontouta International Airport (hub)
New Zealand
Auckland Airport
Vanuatu
Bauerfield International Airport, Port Vila
Wallis and Futuna
Hihifo Airport, Wallis
Pointe Vele Airport, Vele
Terminated destinations
Melbourne, Australia
Seoul, South Korea
References
New Caledonia
Airlines of Oceania
1983 establishments |
847092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamyang%20Tsering%20Namgyal | Jamyang Tsering Namgyal | Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (born 4 August 1985) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from Ladakh, India's largest parliamentary seat geographically. Namgyal was elected, on 9 November 2018, to be the youngest and 8th Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
1985 births
Indian politicians
Living people |
847094 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide | Nationwide | Nationwide Building Society is a British mutual financial institution, the seventh largest cooperative financial institution and the largest building society in the world with over 15 million members. Its headquarters are in Swindon, England.
Nationwide is the result of over a hundred mergers, the most notable of which are its merger with Anglia Building Society in 1987 and Portman Building Society in 2007. It is now the second largest provider of household savings and mortgages in the UK and has a 7.7% market share of current accounts.
For the financial year 2015/2016, Nationwide had assets of around £208.9 billion compared to £331 billion for the entire building society sector, making it larger than the remaining 44 British building societies combined.
It is a member of the Building Societies Association, the Council of Mortgage Lenders and Co-operatives UK.
References
Companies of England |
847095 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockton | Lockton | Lockton Companies Inc. is the world's biggest privately held insurance brokerage company, providing insurance, risk management, employee benefits and retirement services. In addition to its Kansas City, Missouri headquarters, Lockton operates more than 100+ locations in 125 countries. Lockton currently has more than 8,300 employees worldwide.
History
The company was created by Jack Lockton in 1966 and has since become the world’s 8th largest insurance brokerage firm. Lockton serves a wide array of industries with services that include risk management, casualty, surety, professional indemnity and more. For more than 50 years, Lockton posted organic growth, with global revenues reaching more than $1.72 billion in fiscal 2019.
References
1966 establishments in the United States
Insurance companies |
847097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DZ%20Bank | DZ Bank | DZ Bank AG is the second largest bank in Germany by asset size and the central institution for around 800 cooperative banks and their around 8,500 branch offices. Within the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken Cooperative financial network, which is one of Germany's largest private sector financial service organizations, DZ Bank functions both as a central institution and as a corporate and investment bank.
DZ Bank is an acronym for Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank (literally "German Central Cooperative Bank").
As a holding, the DZ Bank Group defines itself primarily as a service provider for local cooperative banks and their 30 million or so clients. The DZ Bank Group includes: DVB Bank, a transportation finance bank; Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall, a building society; DZ HYP, a provider of commercial real estate finance; DZ Privatbank Gruppe; R+V Versicherung, an insurance company; TeamBank, a provider of consumer finance; Union Investment Group, an asset management company; VR Leasing; and various other specialized institutions.
DZ Bank, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, is a member of CIBP, EACB, the Euro Banking Association, and Unico. It maintains branches, subsidiaries and representative offices in key financial centers and economic regions worldwide. The DZ Bank building in Berlin, located at Pariser Platz 3, was designed by architect Frank Gehry.
DZ Bank also has one of the most significant collections of contemporary artistic photography which today comprises over 6,000 works by more than 550 artists.
In 2016 DZ Bank was merged with WGZ Bank, the central institute of the cooperative banks of both the Rheinland (Rhineland) and Westfalen (Westphalia).
References
2001 establishments in Europe
2000s establishments in Germany
Banks of Germany |
847098 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekabank | Dekabank | DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale is the central provider of asset management and capital market solutions of the German Savings Bank Finance Group. Registered in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin, its headquarters is based in Frankfurt.
The group provides securities services for savings banks in Germany and internationally, and is active in the business areas of capital market asset management, real estate asset management as well as corporate & markets. DekaBank became an Equator Principles signatory in 2011, and is profiled as part of BankTrack's Tracking the Equator Principles campaign.
History
DekaBank was formed in 1999 after the merger of Deutsche Girozentrale Deutsche Kommunalbank and DekaBank GmbH. Together with its subsidiaries it forms the Deka Group, making it one of the largest securities services providers in Germany.
References
1999 establishments in Germany
Banks of Germany |
847103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Man | Green Man | The Green Man is a legendary creature and a symbol. The green man represents rebirth, new growth. The Green Man is usually shown in a sculpture surrounded by leaves.
According to Mike Harding, first Green Man figures were found in Lebanon and Iraq and they had been made in the 2nd century.
In churches
The Green Man became popular in Great Britain in the 19th century. The architects used this image to decorate Gothic cathedrals. He was also very popular among Australian stonemasons and can be found on many holy buildings. Victorian architecture also use the green man in their constructions.
Churches, chapels, abbeys and cathedrals have wood or stone green man sculptures.
In popular culture
A fictional Green Man is a character in the 1993 video game, Conquests of the Longbow.
References
Legendary creatures |
847109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1050 | 1050 |
Events
Start of the Ottoman Empire
Births
November 11 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany, German royal (died 1106)
date unknown – Peter the Hermit, French monk and writer (died 1115)
Deaths
King Arthur (fictional character), King of Camelot (born 960) |
847113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synonyms%20%28movie%29 | Synonyms (movie) | Synonyms () is a 2019 Israeli French German drama movie directed by Navad Lapid and starring Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Olivier Loustau, Léa Drucker.
Other websites
2019 drama movies
Israeli movies
French drama movies
German drama movies |
847115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn%20Whitfield | Lynn Whitfield | Lynn Whitfield (née Smith; born February 15, 1953) is an American actress. She began acting in television and theatre. Whitfield later went to acting in supporting roles in movies. She received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Lead Series or Movie. For her performance as Josephine Baker in the 1991 HBO biographical movie The Josephine Baker Story.
In the 1990s, Whitfield played the dangerous femme fatale (seductive woman) Brandi in the 1996 romantic sex comedy movie A Thin Line Between Love and Hate. In the 1998 comedy-drama movie Stepmom she played Dr. Sweikert. She later played as Glenda Hill in the 2008 comedy-drama movie The Women. The 2008 movie was a remake of the 1939 movie with the same name.
Whitfield acted in a number of movies during the 2000s and 2010s. From 2016 to 2020, she played Lady Mae Greenleaf in the television drama show Greenleaf. Whitfield was given high praise from critics for the role. She won two NAACP Image Awards, along with a Gracie Award.
Lynn Whitfield was born as Lynn Smith in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
References
Award winning actors
African American actors
American television actors
American movie actors
Actors from Louisiana
People from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1953 births
Living people |
847132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balzapata%20tree%20frog | Balzapata tree frog | The Balzapata tree frog (Dendropsophus aperomeus) is a frog that lives in Peru in the Andes mountains.
References
Frogs
Animals of South America |
847135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Bang%20nucleosynthesis | Big Bang nucleosynthesis | In physical cosmology, the Big Bang nucleosynthesis was an event that happened during the Big Bang. It made elements heavier than hydrogen when the Universe was young. Most cosmologists believe that it happened roughly 10 seconds to 20 minutes after the Big Bang. It is also calculated to have made most of the helium in the Universe and a very small amount of lithium. It also made two radioactive isotopes. They are tritium and beryllium-7.
References
Big Bang |
847141 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Biodiversity%20Information%20Facility | Global Biodiversity Information Facility | The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an organization that provides information about living things. It was started in 2001. Governments pay for the GBIF to work, and GBIF gives the information to whoever wants it. GBIF is the largest data platform for living things in the world, and it is the one that scientists use the most.
References
2001 establishments in Europe
Biology
Research organizations in Europe |
847157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kladno | Kladno | Kladno ( ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is the capital of the Kladno District. It has about 69,000 inhabitants.
References
Other websites
Official website
Cities in the Czech Republic |
847160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A1%20T%C5%99ebov%C3%A1 | Česká Třebová | Česká Třebová () is a town of the Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 people living there.
References
Other websites
Official website
Towns in the Czech Republic |
847167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Maria%20delle%20Grazie | Santa Maria delle Grazie | Santa Maria delle Grazie is a Roman Catholic church in Milan. It has been an UNESCO World heritage site since the 1980s. Today, the church is mostly known as the place where Leonardo da Vinci painted his mural The Last Supper. The church belongs to the Dominican Order and is part of a larger complex.
Churches in Italy |
847169 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worland%2C%20Wyoming | Worland, Wyoming | Worland is a city in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is the county seat of Washakie County.
Cities in Wyoming
County seats in Wyoming |
847172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison-Ponthieu | Maison-Ponthieu | Maison-Ponthieu is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France.
References
Other websites
Communes in Somme |
847174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost%20Town%20%282008%20movie%29 | Ghost Town (2008 movie) | Ghost Town is a 2008 American fantasy comedy movie directed by David Koepp and starring Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Téa Leoni, Aasif Mandvi, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig, Aaron Tveit. It was distributed by DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment.
Other websites
2008 comedy movies
2000s fantasy-comedy movies
American fantasy-comedy movies
DreamWorks Pictures movies
Paramount movies
Movies directed by David Koepp |
847179 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltava | Poltava | Poltava () is a city in Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Poltava Oblast. In 2020, 286,649 people lived there.
Other websites
Cities in Ukraine |
847180 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumy | Sumy | Sumy () is a city in Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Sumy Oblast. In 2020, 264,981 people lived there.
Cities in Ukraine |
847182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteam | Eighteam | Eighteam is a 2015 Spanish Zambian documentary movie directed by Juan Rodriguez-Briso and was based on the true story of the 1993 plane crash involving the Zambia national football team.
Other websites
2015 movies
2010s documentary movies
Spanish movies
Zambian movies |
847183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivne | Rivne | Rivne (; ; ) is a city in Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Rivne Oblast. In 2020, 246,003 people lived there.
Cities in Ukraine |
847185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makiivka | Makiivka | Makiivka (; ) is a city in the Donetsk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. In 2020, 341,362 people lived there.
Cities in Ukraine |
847188 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse%20Marsch | Jesse Marsch | Jesse Marsch (born November 8, 1973) is an American football former player and football manager who is the manager of Premier League club Leeds United.
Career
Marsch started his career with College football with the Princeton University. 1996 he was drafted by D.C. United. 1998 he went on to Chicago Fire. 2005 he came to CD Chivas USA. 2010 he ended his career as player.
International career
Marsch played two matches for the national team.
Manager
Marsch started his career as assistence coach of the US national football team. From 2011 till 2013 he was head coach of Montreal Impacts. From 2013 till 2015 he was assistance coach of the Princton Tigers the football team of the Princeton University. From 2015 till 2018 he was headcoach of the New York Red Bulls.
In the 2018/19 season he went to Europe and became assistance coach to Ralph Rangnick with RB Leipzig in the German Bundesliga. 2019 till 2021 he was headcoach of FC Red Bull Salzburg. In 2021 he became headcoach of RB Leipzig but was dismissed in December of the same year.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Player
D.C. United
MLS Cup: 1996, 1997
Supporters' Shield: 1997
U.S. Open Cup: 1996
Chicago Fire
MLS Cup: 1998
Supporters' Shield: 2003
U.S. Open Cup: 1998, 2000, 2003
Manager
New York Red Bulls
Supporters' Shield: 2015
Red Bull Salzburg
Austrian Bundesliga: 2019–20, 2020–21
Austrian Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21
Individual
MLS Coach of the Year: 2015
References
1973 births
Living people
Association football midfielders
Football managers
FC Red Bull Salzburg managers
RB Leipzig managers
New York Red Bulls managers |
847190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakhiv | Rakhiv | Rakhiv (; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; or Rakhyv) is a city in the Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Rakhiv Raion (district). In 2020, 15,601 people lived there.
Other websites
Cities in Ukraine
Zakarpattia Oblast |
847191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepmom%20%281998%20movie%29 | Stepmom (1998 movie) | Stepmom is a 1998 American comedy and drama movie. It has themes of terminal illness and friendships between couples.
Plot
Jackie and Luke Harrison are a divorced New York City couple. They try hard to co-parent their daughter Anna and son Ben. The couple helps the kids deal with the lifestyle change. Luke is a lawyer, He is living with his girlfriend for one year, Isabel Kelly. Isabel is a successful fashion photgrapher his junior by several years. Isabel has never wanted to be a mother. However, she tries hard to make Anna and Ben more around her. Anna rejects Isabel's overtures. Ben likes Isabel, though he makes things harder with his mischief. Isabel behaves with contempt. She is very cautious around Jackie. She believes Jackie compensates too much for the divorce when she spoils her children.
Jackie is a former publisher. She has become a stay-at-home mom. Jackie treats Isabel coldly. She (Jackie) sees Isabel as an immature, selfish and overly ambitious career woman. Jackie also has plans to hurt Luke. This is seen during fights on Isabel's ability to parent.
It becomes obvious Jackie was battling cancer for some time. The cancer is now set to kill her.
Isabel and Anna's relationship begins improving. They bond over shared hobbies, like painting and music.
On Christmas morning, the family get together to celebrate. Jackie is now bedridden. She shares emotional moments with her children. Jackie tells them she will remain with them as long as they remember her.
Cast
Julia Roberts as Isabel Kelly
Susan Sarandon as Jackie Harrison
Ed Harris as Luke Harrison
Jena Malone as Anna Harrison
Liam Aiken as Ben Harrison
Lynn Whitfield as Dr. Sweikert
Darrell Larson as Duncan Samuels
Mary Louise Wilson as School Counselor
Andre B. Blake as Cooper
Herbert Russell as Photo Assistant
Jack Eagle as Craft Service Man
Reception
Stepmom got mixed reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes sets the approval rating of the movie at 46%.
Despite the substandard critic reviews, the movie took in over $91 million in the United States. Across the world, it took in over $159 million. The movie was released on Christmas Day 1998.
Susan Sarandon was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for the Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. The San Diego Film Critics Society gave her an award for the Best Actress for her role in Stepmom. Ed Harris received an award for Best Supporting Actor from the National Board of Review for his role in that same movie.
References
1998 comedy-drama movies
American comedy-drama movies
English-language movies
Movies about dysfunctional families
Cancer in movies
Movies directed by Chris Columbus |
847192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/30%20Days%20of%20Night%20%28movie%29 | 30 Days of Night (movie) | 30 Days of Night is a 2007 American New Zealand horror movie directed by David Slade and was based on the comic book series of the same name. It stars Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Amber Sainsbury, Joel Toback, Nathaniel Lees, Grant Tilly, Manu Bennett, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Pua Magasiva.
Other websites
2007 horror movies
American horror movies
New Zealand movies
Movies based on books
Movies set in New Zealand |
847197 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20%28movie%29 | Omar (movie) | Omar () is a 2013 Palestinian drama movie directed by Hany Abu-Assad and starring Adam Bakri, Eyad Hourani, Waleed Zuaiter, Leem Lubany, Anna Maria Hawa. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 2014.
Other websites
2013 drama movies
Palestinian movies
Movies directed by Hany Abu-Assad |
847202 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernator | Cybernator | Cybernator also known in Japan as is a 2D mecha game developed by Masaya in 1992, for Super Famicom. The second entry of Assault Suits series, it is the prequel of Target Earth (Assault Suits Leynos in Japan). Also release in PlayStation 2, and releases Worldwide by Konami and Palcom. The story follows Jake Brain and his pilot, where fighting agains giant mecha.
1992 video games
PlayStation 2 games
Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Video game prequels
Video games developed in Japan
Virtual Console games |
847211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Cinema | Grand Cinema | Grand Cinema is a 1989 Iranian comedy movie directed by Hassan Hedayat and starring Ebrahim Abadi, Akbar Abdi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Hosein Amirfazil.
Other websites
1989 comedy movies
Iranian movies |
847221 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return%20from%20Hell | Return from Hell | Return from Hell () is a 1983 Romanian drama movie directed by Nicolae Mărgineanu and starring Constantin Brînzea, Maria Ploae, Remus Margineanu, Ana Ciontea, Ion Sasaran, Vasile Nitulescu. It was distributed by Româniafilm.
Other websites
1983 drama movies
Romanian drama movies
Movies directed by Nicolae Mărgineanu |
847222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan%20Luchian%20%28movie%29 | Stefan Luchian (movie) | Stefan Luchian () is a 1981 Romanian biographical drama movie directed by Nicolae Mărgineanu and starring Ion Caramitru, George Constantin, Maria Ploae, Ovidiu Schumacher, Monica Ghiuță, Victor Rebengiuc, Petre Gheorghiu, Adrian Rățoi. It was distributed by Româniafilm.
Other websites
1981 drama movies
1980s biographical movies
Romanian drama movies
Movies directed by Nicolae Mărgineanu |
847226 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Idol%20%282015%20movie%29 | The Idol (2015 movie) | The Idol is a 2015 Palestinian British Qatari Dutch Egyptian United Arab Emirates drama movie directed by Hany Abu-Assad and starring Tawfeek Barhom, Nadine Labaki, Ashraf Barhom, Saber Shreim.
Other websites
2015 drama movies
Palestinian movies
British drama movies
Qatari movies
Dutch drama movies
Egyptian movies
United Arab Emirates movies
Movies directed by Hany Abu-Assad |
847229 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name%20and%20Title%20Authority%20File%20of%20Catalonia | Name and Title Authority File of Catalonia | The Name and Title Authority File of Catalonia (CANTIC) is an authority union catalogue within the Union Catalogue of Universities of Catalonia (CCUC), that it is led by the library of Catalonia known locally as Biblioteca de Catalunya. The goals are to bring order to the bibliographic catalogues, to improve communication among catalogues and finally, to make getting information research brought to them faster. CANTIC treats those who control name and title authorities related with Catalan culture in a higher regards. These authorities receive a complete authority work and are provided, eventually, access to the Catalonia Encyclopedia or known locally as Enciclopèdia Catalana.
Definition and aims
CANTIC has the aim to be the catalogue of authority records created cooperatively by Catalan libraries. These records have to be generated from the authority control of name, name-title and title access points of Catalan bibliographic records. This guarantees the standardization and uniqueness of access points of catalogues, which makes it easier the exchange and a more efficient communication of bibliographic records and, in the end, enables users to carry out assisted, precise and exhaustive searches.
CANTIC is a national service that allows to standardize and give consistency to the catalogues of the Catalan library system; it is the tool that facilitates the creation of the future Unique Catalogue of Catalonia (CUC), devised in the frame of the Agreement of the Catalan Government of 20 July 2004, for the improvement and modernization of Catalan Library System.
History and evolution
At a meeting held on 16 September 2002, the Advisory Commission of Cataloguing, the advisory body of the Biblioteca de Catalunya in terms of cataloguing, talked about the need of creating a list of authorities in Catalonia. It was decided to establish a subcommittee to study the technical feasibility of the project and to prepare the requirements and functionality of the list of name and title authorities, taking into account the real needs of the Catalan Library System. The Subcommittee met for the first time on 27 March 2003 and finished the job in October 2003. In the report prepared by them are presented:
The definition and aims of the list.
It provides an overview of the state of art in and out Catalonia, and ascertains that the current situation of the authority control of the Catalan Library System does not satisfy the existent needs neither avoids the duplication of tasks, efforts and costs. Following the model of other international experiences, it is stated that a unique authority list in Catalonia, prepared cooperatively, is a feasible project that favours the exchange of bibliographic records and the information research and retrieval.
They give the bases for the creation of the Catalan Name and Title Authority List, and comment in brief the cooperative model of a subject authority list, since its operation and organization differ substantially of the name and title list.
They specify the requirements and functionalities of the software of Catalan Name and Title Authority List.
The Name and Title Authority File of Catalonia was created following the Catalan Library System Act, Llei 4/1993 “La Biblioteca de Catalunya supervisa, valida i unifica en un sol llistat el catàleg d’autoritats"
Participants
The participants are the Biblioteca de Catalunya, the Casa Àsia, the Centre de Lectura (Reus), the Consorci de Bibliothèques de les Universitats de Catalunya, the Il•lustre Col•legi d'Advocats de Barcelona, the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Universitat de Barcelona, the Universitat de Girona, the Universitat de Lleida, the Universitat de Vic, the Universitat Jaume I, the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
Maintenance and updating
The authority records of CANTIC are created following the international cataloguing principles and the specifications of the Biblioteca de Catalunya, which were approved by the CCUC. Records are encoded with MARC 21. There is also a CANTIC guide with the procedure for elaborating the authority records by the entities involved. The Bibliographic Standardization Service is responsible for providing training and support to all participants while ensuring the quality of authority records. The constant introduction of new authority records turns CANTIC into a living organism in a permanent process of transformation and change. Updating the content of the database is done monthly and is available on the website of the Biblioteca de Catalunya.
References
Other websites
Biblioteca de Catalunya. Serveis professionals. Servei de Normalització Bibliogràfica.
"Cantic" Cataleg d'Autoritats de Noms y Titols de Catalunya: Cerca basica.
Catalonia |
847231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeyland | Honeyland | Honeyland () is a 2019 Macedonian documentary movie directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov about bees. It was nominated for two Academy Awards in 2020.
Other websites
2019 movies
Documentary movies
Macedonian movies |
847232 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacoas-Phoenix | Vacoas-Phoenix | Vacoas-Phoenix or Villes Jumelles (meaning 'twin cities') is a city on the island of Mauritius. As of 2019, about 115,000 people were living here, making it the second largest city in the country.
Vacoas-Phoenix lies in the middle of the western part of the island, in the Plaines Wilhems and (partially) in the Moka districts.
Vacoas-Phoenix has been a municipality since 1968. Vacoas and Phoenix were separate settlements until 1963.
References
City Population
Settlements in Mauritius |
847239 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kel%C4%8D | Kelč | Kelč () is a town of the Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.
References
Other websites
Official website
Towns in the Czech Republic |
847243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/He%C5%99manice%20%28Havl%C3%AD%C4%8Dk%C5%AFv%20Brod%20District%29 | Heřmanice (Havlíčkův Brod District) | Heřmanice is a village of the Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. In 2006, 69 people live in Heřmanice. It covers an area of .
Other websites
Villages in the Czech Republic |
847245 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habry | Habry | Habry () is a town of the Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.
References
Other websites
Official website
Towns in the Czech Republic |
847249 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karvin%C3%A1 | Karviná | Karviná (; ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It is the capital of the Karviná District.
The city is on the Olza River and has about 51,000 inhabitants.
Twin towns – sister cities
Karviná is twinned with:
Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland
Jaworzno, Poland
Kaili, China
Rybnik, Poland
Wodzisław Śląski, Poland
References
Other websites
Official website
Cities in the Czech Republic |
847252 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wodzis%C5%82aw%20%C5%9Al%C4%85ski | Wodzisław Śląski | Wodzisław Śląski is a town in Silesian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the capital of Wodzisław County. In 2019, 47,992 people lived there.
It was previously in Katowice Voivodeship from 1975 until 1998.
Towns in Poland |
847253 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigues | Rodrigues | Rodrigues (French: Île Rodrigues; Creole: Rodrig) is an island in the Indian Ocean. It belongs to the Mascarene Islands and is part of the Republic of Mauritius.
Its size is 108 km². About 42,000 people were living on this island in 2014. Main town is Port Mathurin.
References
Tourist information
Islands of Africa
Geography of Mauritius |
847263 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topaz%20Energy | Topaz Energy | Topaz Energy was a fuel supplier in Ireland, until it was rebranded in 2018.
History
Topaz Energy came to be in 2008 after the rebrand of all Statoil gas stations in Ireland.
In 2008, an advertisement that showed a car driving on an island, shaped in the Topaz logo, and also the car looking like the Topaz logo, was made. In 2013, Denis O'Brien took over Topaz. Topaz Energy was sold to Couche-Tard in 2015.
Circle K
In April to July 2018, all Topaz stations became Circle K, some stations, such as the Dundrum outlet, would rebrand at a later stage.
Play or Park
Topaz launched a brand new loyalty game in February 2013 called Play or Park. The customer can register via the Topaz app, the website or in-store with a game tag. The customer can earn points by filling up at Topaz, and they may win a chance of a lifetime. If not, they win items in-store. Play or Park did not change, even with the rebrand of Topaz to Circle K in 2018.
Companies of Europe
2018 disestablishments |
847265 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friederike%20Mayr%C3%B6cker | Friederike Mayröcker | Friederike Mayröcker (20 December 1924 – 4 June 2021) was an Austrian poet. She was born in Vienna. She was known as one of Austria's most well known poets.
Death
Mayröcker died on 4 June 2021 aged 96, in Vienna.
Works
Gesammelte Prosa 1949-2001 (collected prose) ed. by Klaus Reichert, 5 volumes, Frankfurt/Main 2001
Magische Blätter I-V (magic pages I-V), Frankfurt/Main 2001
Requiem für Ernst Jandl (requiem for Ernst Jandl), Frankfurt/Main 2001
Mein Arbeitstirol - Gedichte 1996-2001 (my working Tyrol – poems), Frankfurt/Main 2003
Die kommunizierenden Gefäße (the communicating vessels) Frankfurt/Main 2003
Sinclair Sofokles der Baby-Saurier (Sinclair Sofokles the baby-dinosaur) with coloured illustrations by Angelika Kaufmann, St. Pölten 2004
Gesammelte Gedichte 1939-2003 (collected poems) ed. by Marcel Beyer, Frankfurt/Main 2005
Und ich schüttelte einen Liebling (and I shook a darling), Frankfurt/Main 2005
Pathos und Schwalbe, Frankfurt/Main 2018.
References
Other websites
Mayröcker at the Suhrkamp publishing house
Collection of links at the Free University of Berlin
1924 births
2021 deaths
Austrian poets |
847267 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atal%20Bihari%20Panda | Atal Bihari Panda | Atal Bihari Panda ( – 5 June 2021) was an Indian actor, playwright and songwriter. Panda was born in Binika, India. His career lasted from 1943 until 2020. He was known for his roles as Gauntia Budha in Sala Budha and as Kandha Budha in Aadim Vichar.
Panda died on 5 June 2021 in Bhubaneswar, India at the age of 92.
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1920s births
2021 deaths
Indian movie actors
Indian stage actors
Indian playwrights
Lyricists |
847270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla%20Burns | Karla Burns | Karla Burns (December 24, 1954 – June 3, 2021) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano and actress. She performed at opera houses, theaters, and on television. Her career included performances with the Metropolitan Opera, Paris Opera, the Teatro Real, Cairo Opera House, and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
She was the first African-American to win the Laurence Olivier Award. Burns also won a Drama Desk Award in 1991. She was born in Wichita, Kansas.
Burns died on June 3, 2021 at a Wichita hospital from a short-illness, aged 66.
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1954 births
2021 deaths
American opera singers
American stage actors
Actors from Wichita, Kansas
Singers from Kansas
Drama Desk Award winners
Laurence Olivier Award winners |
847272 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando%20Lima%20Bello | Fernando Lima Bello | Fernando Lima Bello (27 November 1931 – 3 June 2021) was a Portuguese sailor. He was the country's only member of the International Olympic Committee, which he was elected to in 1989. He was Portuguese national champion in Star, Dragon and Sharpie 12 m2. Lima Bello was born in Lisbon. He took part of the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.
Lima Bello died on 3 June 2021 in Lisbon, aged 89.
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1931 births
2021 deaths
Olympians
Sailors
Sportspeople from Lisbon |
847273 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20F.%20Crawford | Edward F. Crawford | Edward Francis Crawford (born April 25, 1938) is an American businessman. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland from 2019 to 2021 during the Donald Trump administration. He was chairman and CEO of Park-Ohio Holdings.
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1938 births
Living people
Ambassadors of the United States to Ireland
Businesspeople from Los Angeles
Politicians from Los Angeles
US Republican Party politicians |
847274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Vernon%2C%20New%20Jersey | New Vernon, New Jersey | New Vernon is an unincorporated community within Harding Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 754.
Forbes magazine ranked New Vernon, New Jersey as one of the 25 most "expensive" zip codes in the country.
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Unincorporated communities in New Jersey |
847275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harding%20Township%2C%20New%20Jersey | Harding Township, New Jersey | Harding Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It is located in the Raritan Valley region within the New York City Metropolitan Area.
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Townships in New Jersey |
847276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Village%2C%20New%20Jersey | Green Village, New Jersey | Green Village is an unincorporated community located within parts of both Harding Township and Chatham Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
In the Forbes magazine 2006 ranking of the Most Expensive ZIP Codes in the United States, Green Village was ranked as the 282nd most expensive in the country. The average home sale price in 2005 of $777,465.
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Unincorporated communities in New Jersey |
847278 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham%20Township%2C%20New%20Jersey | Chatham Township, New Jersey | Chatham Township is a suburban township located in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 10,452.
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Townships in New Jersey |
847280 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Conjuring%3A%20The%20Devil%20Made%20Me%20Do%20It | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (also known as The Conjuring 3) is a 2021 American horror movie directed by Michael Chaves. It is a sequel to The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016). It is also the eighth movie in the Conjuring Universe. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return to their roles as paranormal hunters and authors Ed and Lorraine Warren.
It was supposed to be released in September 2020, but was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema in the United States on June 4, 2021 and through HBO Max at the same time.
The movie had mixed reviews from critics with a 61% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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2021 movies
2020s horror movies
American supernatural movies
American horror movies
Sequel movies
Warner Bros. movies
HBO Max |
847282 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo%3A%20Last%20Blood | Rambo: Last Blood | Rambo: Last Blood is a 2019 American Hong Kong French Bulgarian Spanish Swedish action movie directed by Adrian Grunberg and starring Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Fenessa Pineda, Marco de la O. It is the fifth movie in the Rambo franchise.
Other websites
2019 action movies
2010s sequel movies
Rambo movies
American sequel movies
Hong Kong movies
French action movies
Bulgarian movies
Spanish action movies
Swedish movies |
847283 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid%20Bisu | Ingrid Bisu | Ingrid Bisu (born 15 September 1987) is a Romanian-German actress, producer, and screenwriter. She is known for her appearance in the dramedy Toni Erdmann (2016). She also starred as Sister Oana in The Nun (2018) and Jessica in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021).
In 2019, she married filmmaker and actor James Wan.
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1987 births
Living people
Romanian movie actors
Romanian movie producers
Romanian screenwriters
Romanian television actors
German movie actors
German television actors
German screenwriters
German movie producers
Actors from Bucharest |
847286 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie%20Aarons | Bonnie Aarons | Bonnie Aarons (born June 3, 1979) is an American actress and writer. She is best known for her roles as the bum in Mulholland Drive (2001), Baroness Joy von Troken in The Princess Diaries (2001) and its sequel, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), and the demon nun Valak in The Conjuring 2 (2016) and its spinoff, The Nun (2018).
She was born in Los Angeles, California.
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Other websites
1979 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
Actors from Los Angeles
Writers from Los Angeles
American YouTubers
Pseudonyms |
847289 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdur | Burdur | Burdur is a city in southwestern Turkey. The city is in the Mediterranean Region. It is on the shore of Lake Burdur. In 2020, 267,092 people lived there.
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Cities in Turkey |
847290 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%C5%9F | Muş | Muş is a city in eastern Turkey. The city is in the Central East Anatolia Region. In 2020, 197,555 people lived there.
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Cities in Turkey |
847294 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20Pictures%20Networks%20India | Sony Pictures Networks India | Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt Ltd. is an Indian Television Company Subsidiaries Entertainment Private Limited in India.
SPN manages and operates 24 television channels, 1 OTT platform, 1 film production arm and 1 independent production venture for original content and IPs for TV and digital media.
History
It was founded in September 30 1995 as Multi Screen Media Limited. In November 2015, the company was renamed as Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN).
Owned channels
On air channel
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1995 establishments in Asia
1990s establishments in India |
847296 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardwick%2C%20Baldwin%20County%2C%20Georgia | Hardwick, Baldwin County, Georgia | Hardwick is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baldwin County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,930 at the 2010 census.
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Census-designated places in Georgia (U.S. state) |
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