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Most of the time, they call themselves often simply Dune ("person", "human") or Dune-ne and Dune-ke/Dune-koh (ᑐᘅᘅ, "people", "men").
The Dakelh live in northern British Columbia along the Fraser River. Their homeland has lots of forests and lakes.
The Dakelh way of live is based on the seasons. In summer, they gather berries. They also fish for salmon and hunt deer.
Mike Tindall (footballer)
Michael Tindall (5 April 1941 – 11 August 2020) was an English former professional footballer. He was best known for his career with Aston Villa. His playing position was wing-half.
Tindall started his career at South Birmingham Boys. He moved to Walsall for a short time before dropping into the non-League to play for Tamworth.
Tindall played for the England youth team but never represented the senior side.
Tindall died on 11 August 2020 from dementia-related problems, aged 79.
Jose Melo
Jose Armando R. Melo (May 30, 1932 – October 18, 2020) was a Filipino lawyer and jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1992 to 2002. He is a former Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).
Benjamin Abalos
Benjamin Santos Abalos, Sr. (born September 21, 1935) is a Filipino politician. He was a chairman of the Commission on Elections. He was also a former chairman of the MMDA and mayor of Mandaluyong City.
On June 5, 2002 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed Abalos to replace Alfredo Benipayo.
On October 1, 2007, Abalos resigned during a press conference after complaining for lack of rules to create an impeachment case against Filipino governors. The Commission on Elections appointed Resurreccion Borra as Acting Chairman.
Christian Monsod
Christian S. Monsod (born July 16, 1936) is a Filipino lawyer. He was Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). He was one of the creators of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines.
He is the founder and honorary chairman of the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) and key activist of the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL).
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
Canadian syllabic writing, or simply syllabics, is an alphabet created by a Christian missionary to write down the languages of some of the First Nations of Canada. This one alphabet later became many alphabets.
Each letter represents a syllable. The letters look like triangles and curves. Different languages have some different letters to represent the sounds in their own language best.
By the late 19th century the Cree had achieved what may have been one of the highest literacy rates in the world.
James Evan was a Methodist missionary from England. He wanted to create an alphabet to teach the Cree and Ojibwe about Christianity. He got inspiration from the Devanagari alphabet from India.
Every consonant has the same shape. For example, the syllables that start with a "p" sound look like a V. To show that they have different vowels, the shapes are rotated. So "pe" would look like ᐯ whole "pa" would be ᐸ.
In some languages, words end in a final consonant, like the "t" in "cat." To show this, a small letter is added to the end of the word.
In some languages, diacritics are added to indicate things like vowel length.
Syllabics is one of the official writing systems of Nunavut. That means that government forms in Inuktitut can be written either in the Latin alphabet (ABCs) or in syllabics.
Bernardo P. Pardo
Bernardo P. Pardo (born February 11, 1932) is a Filipino politician and lawyer. Between 1995 to 1998, he was Chairman of the Commission on Elections. In 1998, President Joseph Estrada nominated him to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He retired in 2002.
Pardo was born in Manila. He studied at the University of Texas.
Wymeswold
Wymeswold is a village and civil parish in the north of Leicestershire, a county in England. The 2011 census saw that around 1,296 people live there.
It is located north-east of Loughborough, a university town, and is very close to the border with Nottinghamshire. Nearby villages include Barrow-upon-Soar, Prestwold, Burton on the Wolds and Rempstone.
The village was formerly the location of RAF Wymeswold which has since closed. There is a memorial plaque on the wall of Wymeswold Pharmacy that pays tribute to when a Wellington Bomber crashed into a nearby hill while on a night training course.
The village has a greengrocer, a general convenience store, a pine furniture store, a gift shop, a restaurant and two public houses (The Three Crowns and The Windmill). There is also a village cricket club which also includes a football pitch.
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines is one of 15 members of the Philippine Supreme Court, the highest court in the Philippines.
The Chief Justice is in charge over the High Court, but carries only one of the 15 votes in the court.
Until 1973, only men were appointed as Associate Justices to the Court. Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, an appointee of President Ferdinand Marcos, was the first woman to sit on the Court.
Since then, 15 other women have been appointed as Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.
Port of Beirut
The Port of Beirut () is the main port in Lebanon on the eastern part of the Saint George Bay on Beirut's northern Mediterranean coast. It is west of the Beirut River. It is one of the largest and busiest ports on the Eastern Mediterranean.
On 4 August 2020, two large explosions happened at the port, killing at least 220 people, and injuring more than 5,000 others.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Sviatlana Hyeorhiyeuna Tsikhanouskaya (, née Pilipchuk, Піліпчук, "also trans." Svetlana Georgiyevna Tikhanovskaya, ; born 11 September 1982) is a Belarusian activist and politician. She was a presidential candidate in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. She was born in Mikashevichy.
Her husband, Sergei Tikhanovsky is a YouTuber and ran for president in 2020. However he was arrested. After the arrest of her husband on 29 May, Tsikhanouskaya announced her intention to run in his place. Many people supported her campaign because the current president, Alexander Lukashenko has been seen as a dictator and very unpopular.
The night before the election, members of her campaign were arrested and some fled to Minsk.
Soon, she fled to Lithuania due to fear of imprisonment.
2020 Belarusian protests
The 2020 Belarusian protests, nicknamed the Slipper Revolution, and the Anti-Cockroach Revolution are a series of street protests against Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko. They began on 24 March 2020.
The protests are part of the Belarusian democracy movement. They are upset over the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, in which Lukashenko was controversially re-elected. Many believed the election was rigged and unfair.
Support from Russian President Vladimir Putin helped Alexander Lukashenko hold on, and the security forces started attacking people from the opposite side.
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead is a novel written by an American author named Norman Mailer. It was published in 1948. The novel was based on Mailer's experience as a cook while he was stationed in the Philippines. It is about the experiences about one platoon during World War II as they fight in the South Pacific.
It became very popular. It was turned into a film in 1958.
The story takes place on the fictional island of Anopopei in the South Pacific and is about American soldiers trying to drive off the Japanese so that they can advance into the Philippines.
Staff Sergeant Sam Croft, Woodrow Wilson, and Roy Gallagher are playing cards the night before a scheduled attack. They are members of a recon platoon fighting on Anopopei. The next morning, as the platoon takes boats to the island, they are nervous. Sgt. William Brown and Cpl. Stanley talk about women and the other men in their squad. The assault begins, and as the platoon waits for their turn to come to the island, they nervously joke among themselves. Once the squad reaches the beach, they dig foxholes. Stanley picks a fight with Oscar Ridges and Red Valsen, but ultimately Red knows the time is not right for a fight, and he backs down. Croft leaves to find his commanding officer. Once they’ve begun to settle in on the beach, the Japanese attack. The squad splits up. Cpl. Toglio, Hennessey, and Ridges have completed their foxholes, so they stay on the beach. Brown, Gallagher, Wilson, Red, Stanley, and Sgt. Julio Martinez run after Croft. As the beach is shelled, Hennessey panics and soils himself. He runs down the beach to try to clean his pants, but he is killed.
Croft pleads with higher officers to give him more men to replace those lost. He ultimately earns an extra replacement man, bringing the squad up to fourteen. Roth and Goldstein, two of the new men in the platoon, become friends because they are both Jewish.
The publisher would not let the word "fuck" be in the novel, so Mailer used the word "fug" to replace it.
Oliviu Gherman
Oliviu Gherman (26 April 1930 – 11 August 2020) was a Romanian physicist, politician, university professor and diplomat. He was a member of the Romanian Senate between 1990 through 2004. He was the Senate President between 1992 to 1996. Between 2001 to 2004, he was the Romanian Ambassador to France.
Gherman died on 11 August 2020 at the age of 90.
Elaine Devry
Elaine Devry (born Thelma Elaine Mahnken; January 10, 1930) is an American actress.
Her first movie was "The Atomic Kid", in which she and her husband Mickey Rooney co-starred. Devry made three guest appearances on "Perry Mason", including the title role of defendant Janice Wainwright in the 1962 episode "The Case of the Shapely Shadow."
She also appeared in many other popular television series, including "Death Valley Days", "Bonanza", "77 Sunset Strip", "Burke's Law", "Family Affair", "I Dream of Jeannie", "Marcus Welby, M.D.", "Dragnet", and "Tales of Wells Fargo".
Martha Vickers
Martha Vickers (May 28, 1925 – November 2, 1971) was an American model and actress.
She played minor roles in many movies during the early 1940s. She played the drug-addicted younger sister of Lauren Bacall's character in "The Big Sleep" (1946). She also starred in a musical, "The Time, the Place and the Girl" (also 1946). She also starred in "Love and Learn" and "That Way with Women" (both 1947).
Vickers died of esophageal cancer at a hospital in Los Angeles on November 2, 1971 at the age of 46.
Lorenzo Lamas
Lorenzo Fernando Lamas (born January 20, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for his role of Lance Cumson in the soap opera "Falcon Crest" (1981–1990).
Lamas is also known for his roles as Reno Raines in the crime drama series "Renegade" (1992–1997), and Hector Ramirez in the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" (2004–2006).
Fernando Lamas
Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos (January 9, 1916October 8, 1982) was an Argentine-American actor and director. He was known for playing the "Latin Lover" in many movies during the 1940s and 1950s.
In 1951, Lamas starred as Paul Sarnac in the musical, "Rich, Young and Pretty" with Jane Powell. He also starred in "The Law and the Lady" (1952) which was very unpopular.
He also starred alongside Elizabeth Taylor in "The Girl Who Had Everything" (1952).
He is the father of actor Lorenzo Lamas. He was married to Arlene Dahl between 1954 to 1960. He was also married to Esther Williams between 1969 until his death.
Female Go players
This is an article about the history of Female Go players.
Female Go players are viewed to be a minority. This is due to these reasons:
These are caused by many reasons. One factor is they retire earlier due to marriage, pregnancy and maternity.
In Japan, Go players are always compared with shogi players. This is because newspapers like Asahi Shinbun treat them equal. But there is a big difference among female players. Female Go players usually belong to the same organization with others. But this does not happen for shogi. Female shogi players belong to the Ladies Professional Shogi Association (LPSA). The others belong to the Japan Shogi Association (JSA). Some LPSA players like Kana Satomi have tried to enter JSA. But currently, no one has entered.
In Europe, there were no notable female players before Svetlana Shikshina and Diana Koszegi. In order to increase female players, the European Go Federation is holding the European Womens Go Championship (EWGC) since 1996 and the European Pair Go Championship (EPGC) since 1997.
Kansai Ki-in has eased the age rules to female players. At Nihon Ki-in, there is a special exam for female players. Most female professionals (except Xie Yimin and Keiko Kato etc.) have got their pro status by this way. In 2019, Nihon Ki-in has started a female player test system to give more support to them. Nihon Ki-in is also sponsoring female amateur games.
This is a tournament operated with the All Japan Student Go Federation. Some winners have got pro status, or became top amateur players. Only players who cleared regional games can attend.
The All Japan Female Amateur Go Championship is the highest match for female amateur Go players. Some winners have became a pro. The next table shows the notable winners.
Kaori Chinen, Yukari Yoshihara and Rina Fujisawa also joined this game.
Rahat Indori
Rahat Indori (1 January 1950 – 11 August 2020) was an Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet. He was also a former professor of Urdu language and a painter. He was a language professor at Devi Ahilya University, Indore. As a movie score composer, his best known works were "Khuddar", "Mission Kashmir" and "". Indori was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
Indori died on 11 August 2020 at a hospital in Indore from COVID-19, aged 70. He was tested positive for the infection the night before.
Mohammad Javad Zarif
Mohammad Javad Zarif (; ; born c. 7 January 1960) is an Iranian politician. He has been foreign minister of Iran since 2013. He helped end the economic sanctions against Iran from many countries on 16 January 2016.
On 25 February 2019, Zarif resigned from his post as foreign minister. His resignation was rejected by President Hassan Rouhani.
A16 autoroute
The A16, also called "L'Européenne" (The European) in French, is an autoroute (motorway) in France. It goes between Paris and the border with Belgium near Ghyvelde. It goes through Amiens, Calais and Dunkirk. It is part of the European route E40. The autoroute is about long in total.
Isabelle Fuhrman
Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian writer and mental calculator. She was popularly known as the "Human Computer". Devi wanted to make mathematics easier for students.
Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of "The Guinness Book of World Records". However, the certificate for the record was given posthumously on 30 July 2020, despite Devi achieving her world record on 18 June 1980. In 2019, a movie was made in memory of her. The name of the movie was Shakuntala Devi.
Vidya Balan (pronounced ; born 1 January 1979) is an Indian actress.
She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2014.
Vidya is known for her roles in "Paa" (2009), the black comedy "Ishqiya" (2010), the thrillers "No One Killed Jessica" and "Kahaani" (2012), and the biopic "The Dirty Picture" (2011).
Cheraw, South Carolina
Cheraw ( , ) is a town on the Pee Dee River in Chesterfield County South Carolina, United States. The population was 5,851 at the 2010 census. It has been nicknamed "The Prettiest Town in Dixie".
Jodrell Bank Observatory
The Jodrell Bank Observatory a radio telescope in Cheshire. It picks up radio waves from outer space. Jodrell Bank is mainly used for investigating radio waves from the planets and stars.
It was the idea of its first director, Bernard Lovell, to use radio signals to investigate cosmic rays. Lovell, Professor of Astronomy at Manchester University, had worked on radar in World War II. The observatory was set up in 1945.
It has been used to research meteoroids, quasars, pulsars, masers and gravitational lenses. It was heavily involved in tracking space probes.
The main telescope at the observatory is the Lovell Telescope. It has diameter of , and is the third largest steerable radio telescope in the world. There are three other active telescopes at the observatory.
The Jodrell Bank Observatory is the base of the Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN), a "National Facility" run by the University of Manchester. What this means is that radio telescopes can work together to form a long baseline to better collect data from an important phenomenon. There are three other active telescopes at the observatory; the Mark II, and and 7 m diameter radio telescopes.
The telescope discovered radio noise from the Great Nebula in Andromeda—the first definite detection of an extragalactic radio source—and the remains of Tycho's Supernova in the radio frequency. At that time, Tycho's Supervova had not been discovered by regular light telescopes.
New Town, Edinburgh
The New Town is in the central area in Edinburgh, Scotland. Together with the Old Town, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.
It was built in stages between 1767 and around 1850. It kept much of its original neoclassical and Georgian period architecture. It is most famous for Princes Street. It faces the Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town.
Tycho's Supernova
Tycho's Supernova also called SN 1572 or B Cassiopeiae (B Cas) – was a supernova of Type Ia in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is one of eight supernovae visible to the naked eye in historical records. It appeared in early November 1572 and was independently discovered by many people. It is called Tycho's because Tycho Brahe published a book the next year about what he and other astronomers saw.
The remains of the supernova was first detected by radio telescopes. It was often known as 3C 10, which is a radio-source designation, but now people call it Tycho's supernova remnant. It can be seen by light telescope.
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City
The sites have been nominated to UNESCO in January 2003. By March 2004, ICOMOS recommended the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City as a World Heritage Site. It was accepted under cultural basis: ii, iii and iv.
In 2012, the proposed construction of Liverpool Waters project caused for the sites to be included in the List of World Heritage in Danger. In July 2017, UNESCO warned it may lose its status because of the development plans.
The English Heritage argued against the Liverpool Waters development. It believes that it may lead some of Liverpool's most significant historic buildings to be “severely compromised”.
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Supinfo
Supinfo is a renowned graduate engineering school in France. It is in a campus of IONIS Education Group. It has been created in 1965. The school is recognized by the French State since 1972.
It offers a 5-year course in IT.
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Old Town, Edinburgh
The Old Town () is oldest part of Edinburgh. It preserved much of its medieval street plan and buildings. Together with New Town, it forms a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The main street in the Old Town is called the "Royal Mile". It runs on a downwards path from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace and the ruined Holyrood Abbey.
The streets are not officially called The Royal Mile in terms of legal addresses. The actual street names (running west to east) are Castlehill, Lawnmarket, High Street, Canongate and Abbey Strand.
Notable buildings in the Old Town include St. Giles' Cathedral, the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland, the National Museum of Scotland, the Old College of the University of Edinburgh and the Scottish Parliament Building. The area is known to have underground vaults and hidden passages that are relics of old phases of construction.
In addition to the Royal Mile, the Old Town may be divided into various areas from west to east:
In 1824, a major fire known as Great Fire of Edinburgh, destroyed most of the buildings on the south side of the High Street. During the Edinburgh International Festival, the High Street and Hunter Square become gathering points. Performers in the Fringe advertise their shows, often through street performances.
On 7 December 2002, the Cowgate fire destroyed a small but dense group of old buildings on the Cowgate and South Bridge. It destroyed the famous comedy club, The Gilded Balloon. Other areas affected were the Informatics Department of the University of Edinburgh. The vast artificial intelligence library was also damaged. The site was redeveloped 2013-2014. There now stands a single new building which largely used as a hotel.
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Vyacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin (; born 4 February 1964) is a Russian politician. He is the 10th Chairman of the State Duma since 5 October 2016.
Volodin was Vladimir Putin's aide. He was the Secretary-General of the United Russia party. He was also a deputy in the State Duma from 1999-2001.
From 2010 until 2012, he was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. He was also a first deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia. He also helped in Putin's third term.
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Hiroe Nakai
Nakai was selected to be the first representative director of The Ladies Professional Shogi-player's Association of Japan (LPSA) after it was established in 2007. She served in that position until 2010.
She has obtained 19 major titles in her career. This is a 3rd place record in Japanese shogi history.
Nakai received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards and other awards in recognition of her accomplishments in shogi and contributions made to Japanese society.
St Martin's Church, Canterbury
The Church of St Martin is an old Church of England church in Canterbury, England. It is best known as having the longest continuous history as a parish church in the English-speaking world. It is often known as "The first church founded in England". Although there were already Roman and Celtic churches had existed for centuries. Together with the Canterbury Cathedral and St Augustine's Abbey, they are part of a World Heritage Site.
Since 1668 the church has been part of the benefice of St Martin and St Paul Canterbury. Both St Martin's and nearby St Paul's churches are used for weekly services. The current rector of the parish is the Reverend Mark Richard Griffin.
St Martin's was the private chapel of Queen Bertha of Kent (died in or after 601). Queen Bertha was a Christian Frankish princess who arrived in England with her chaplain, Bishop Liudhard. Her pagan husband, King Æthelberht of Kent, let her to continue to practise her religion by renovating (ca. AD 580) an existing church. As Bede named it, this church was dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. It is the city located near where Bertha grew up.
Upon Augustine's arrival, he used St Martin's as his mission headquarters. King Æthelberht was baptised here. When Canterbury Cathedral and St Augustine's Abbey were established, St Martin's lost its initial prestige. However, it still remains of historical importance.
Local finds prove that Christianity did exist in this area of the city at the time. The church contains many reused Roman bricks or spolia. It also has complete sections of walls of Roman tiles. At the core of the church the brick remains of a Roman tomb were integrated into the structure. Several sections of walls are clearly very early. It is possible that a blocked square-headed doorway in the chancel was the entrance to Bertha's church. Meanwhile, other sections of wall come from the period after the Gregorian mission in the 7th or 8th centuries. The apse that was originally at the east end has been removed. The tower came much later, in Perpendicular style. The church is a Grade I listed building.
Many notable local families and well-known graves were buried in its churchyard. These people include:
The church has a continuing musical tradition from the monks of St Augustine to the present day. The choral director for the parish is Dom del Nevo.
The tower has three bells set for swing-chiming using levers.
Euronews
Euronews is a pan-European TV news channel, with headquarters in Lyon, France. Right now, it broadcasts in 13 languages. 88% of the channel is owned by Media Globe Networks, a company which belongs to Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris. The other 12% belongs to a group of EBU (European Broadcasting Union) members.
CNN helped make 24-hour TV news important after the Gulf War. The European Broadcasting Union answered this with the creation of their own news channel. Euronews started broadcasting on 1 January 1993, from Lyon, in five languages (English, French, German, Spanish and Italian). The channel was special in the news market because it had no presenters or studios, just videos showing the news. The channel's most important segment is "No Comment", which shows videos with no voiceover.
Later, the channel started broadcasting in Portuguese in 1999, in Russian in 2001, in Arabic in 2008, in Turkish and in Persian in 2010, in Ukrainian in 2011, in Greek in 2012, and in Hungarian in 2013.
The channel is controlled by a company called Euronews SA. When the channel started, it belonged to 10 EBU members. Today, it belongs to 20 EBU members. Organisations which have controlled Euronews when it started are marked with an asterisk.
EBU members owning Euronews SA
Three EBU members also used to own a share in the channel, but do not anymore today. These are:
On 4 June 2008, Euronews got a new circle logo and a new slogan: "pure". This was meant to market itself as "pure news" distancing from other competing channels (BBC, CNN, etc.) in the 24-hour news market.
In February 2015, Media Globe Networks got a 53% share of Euronews SA in a deal with the company. In January 2016, the channel started a sister network called Africanews, which is aimed at an African news market, with a pan-African view. Euronews got a new logo on 17 May 2016.
In November 2016, NBCUniversal said they wanted to buy a share in the Euronews network. They also said they would share news reports with the channel. The deal was agreed upon in February 2017, and NBC bought a 25% share.
In May 2017, Euronews went from having one TV channel with 13 audio tracks, to 10 separate TV channels and 12 websites. This is part of a ’"glocal"’ idea. Now, certain language editions can offer their own selections of local and global news. By doing this, the Arabic and Persian services stopped TV broadcasting, and they are now only on social media and the Euronews website. The Ukrainian service was closed because the Ukrainian government was not giving it money.
In 2018, the English Euronews channel started its first news shows with live presenters. Then, other Euronews language editions did the same and started their own presented evening news shows too.
In April 2020, NBC left the channel and sold its share to Media Globe Networks. MGN now owns 88% of Euronews.
Euronews was banned (stopped to be broadcast) in Belarus by its government's decision since April 12, 2021.
Fips Asmussen
Fips Asmussen (born Rainer Pries; 30 April 1938 – 9 August 2020) was a German comedian and entertainer. He was known for his quick delivery of puns and bad jokes. Asmussen was born in Hamburg. His later comedy performances became known for unfunny and mostly politically incorrect.
Asmussen died on 9 August 2020 in Querfurt, Saxony-Anhalt at the age of 82.
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Vinka Lucas
Vinka Dragica Lucas (née Ravlich/Ravlić; 1931/1932 – 10 August 2020) was a Croatian-born New Zealand fashion and bridalwear designer and business owner. She was co-founder of "New Zealand Bride" magazine. In 1959 Lucas and her husband David Lucas bought a fashion and dressmaking business in Hamilton. In 1963, the couple published a booklet of bridal designs, which later grew into the magazine "New Zealand Bride".
In 2009, Lucas suffered a stroke.
In the 2019 New Year Honours, Lucas was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
She died in Auckland on 10 August 2020, aged 88.
Trini Lopez
Trinidad "Trini" López III (May 13, 1937August 11, 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and actor.
His first album included a version of "If I Had a Hammer", which earned a Golden Disc for him. His other hits included "Lemon Tree", "I'm Comin' Home, Cindy" and "Sally Was a Good Old Girl".
He designed two guitars for the Gibson Guitar Corporation.
He starred as Pedro Jimenez in the 1967 war movie "The Dirty Dozen".
Lopez never married and had no children.
Lopez died on August 11, 2020 at a hospital in Palm Springs, California from COVID-19, aged 83.
Juan Pastor Marco
Juan Pastor Marco (24 November 1951 – 11 August 2020) was a Spanish politician. He was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). In 1977, he was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Valencia Province.
He then was Secretary General of the PSOE in the Valencian Community from 1978 to 1979. He retired in 1982. He was born in Orba, Alicante.
Pastor Marco died on 11 August 2020, aged 68.
The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 war movie starring Lee Marvin and featuring an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, George Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Robert Webber and Donald Sutherland with Trini Lopez. It was directed by Robert Aldrich.
The screenplay is based on the 1965 bestseller by E. M. Nathanson.
Robert Ryan
Robert Bushnell Ryan (November 11, 1909July 11, 1973) was an American actor and activist. He was known for playing tough cops and ruthless villains. He worked in theater and movies. Ryan was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his rolein "Crossfire" (1947)".
Ryan died of lung cancer in New York City on July 11, 1973 at the age of 63.
Robert Webber
Robert Laman Webber (October 14, 1924 – May 19, 1989) was an American actor. He was known for his role as Juror No. 12 in the classic 1957 movie "12 Angry Men". He also starred as General Denton in the 1967 war movie "The Dirty Dozen".
Webber died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the age of 64 in Malibu, California on May 19, 1989.
List of A2 roads
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The Hunters (1996 movie)
The Hunters () is a 1996 Swedish thriller movie directed by Kjell Sundvall and starring Rolf Lassgård, Lennart Jähkel, Jarmo Mäkinen, Tomas Norström, Göran Forsmark, and Rolf Degerlund. The sequel was followed in 2011.
HUMINT
HUMINT (an abbreviation of Human Intelligence) is intelligence information got from personal contacts. It is a term used in the spy community of the NATO countries.
Sources may be neutral, friendly, or hostile. They may or may not know they are giving information. Examples of HUMINT sources are:
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Shyamala Gopalan
Shyamala Gopalan was an India-born Tamil American civil rights activist and cancer researcher. She is the mother of Phil Harris. Gopalan conducted research in the Cancer Research Lab in UC Berkeley's Department of Zoology. Her research led to advancements in the knowledge of breast cancer hormones. Her work changed the progress on the research of the hormone-responsiveness of breast tissue.
Elephant Island
Elephant Island is an ice-covered, mountainous island off the coast of Antarctica. It is at the edge of the South Shetland Islands, in the Southern Ocean. It has an area of 558 km², and its highest elevation is 973 metres.
Nyctimystes traunae
Nyctimystes traunae is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea. It lives on mountains in the middle of the island. Scientists saw it about 800 meters above sea level.
Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster (born Katherine de Roet, c. 1350 – 10 May 1403), was the third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, a son of King Edward III of England. She was the daughter of Paon de Roet, a knight.
Sonic X-treme
Sonic X-treme was a platform game developed by Sega Technical Institute. It was being creating from 1994 until Sega cancelled it in 1997. It was meant to be the first 3D "Sonic the Hedgehog" game. It was also meant to be the first new "Sonic" game for the Sega Saturn. It built on past "Sonic" games. However, it had new things to take "Sonic" into the 3D era of video games. The story followed Sonic on his journey to stop Dr. Robotnik; Robotnik was trying to steal six magic rings from Tiara Boobowski and her father.
Lorna Beal
Lorna Beal ("née" Larter; 28 November 1923 – 10 August 2020) was an Australian cricketer. She played seven Test matches for the Australian women's cricket team between 1948 and 1951.
Beal was born in Hawthorn, Victoria. She died in 2020 at the age of 96.
Virtute et armis
Virtute et armis is a Latin phrase meaning "By valor and arms". It is the state motto of Mississippi. It may have come from the motto of Lord Gray De Wilton, ""virtute non armis fido"" ("I trust in virtue, not in arms").
Tetum language
Christopher Knights is an English voice actor, film editor, and cinematographer. He is best known for providing the voice of Private the Penguin in "Madagascar". He also worked on several DreamWorks movies such as "Shrek", "Shrek 2", "Shrek the Third" and "Shrek 4-D."
He started his filming career at Amblimation studios. He worked on "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story" and "Balto". He started his editing and acting career at DreamWorks. He worked on the "Shrek" series as an associate editor. He was also voice of the Three Blind Mice and Thelonious, Lord Farquaad's Henchman.
Tom McGrath
Tom McGrath is a animator.
Don't Forget the Lyrics!
Innu
The Innu (or Montagnais) are an Indigenous people group who live in Quebec and Newfoundland.
They lived as hunter-gatherers. Then the Canadian government moved them away from their homeland and forced them to practice Western lifestyles.
The Innu call the territory they live in "Nitassinan" ("Our Land").
The Canadian government forced the Innu to live in permanent communities instead of letting them practice their nomadic lifestyle. They also forced them to go to schools run by churches. In those schools, the Innu were not allowed to practice their religion or speak their language. Because of all the wrong things done to the Innu, they have a lot of social problems. On one hand, they lost a lot of knowledge about their traditional ways. On the other hand, the schools did not prepare them well enough to live in Western society and they still faced racism because they were Indigenous.
The Unit (TV series)
The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)
The Twilight Zone is the revivals of Rod Serling's original 1959–64 television series. It aired the final episode on May 21, 2003.
The Tour of Gymnastics Superstars
Thérèse Raquin
Thérèse Raquin is a book by the French author Émile Zola.
An orphan girl named Thérèse Raquin is sent to live with her aunt, Madame Raquin, and her cousin Camille, who is very "sick" with hypochondriasis. When Thérèse is 21, she marries Camille. The three of them then move to Paris.
Laurent, a childhood friend of Camille and an untalented artist, meets Thérèse. The two of them have an affair and plan to kill Camille so they can be with each other. They do this by pushing him off a boat into the Seine River. Everyone believes that Camille's drowning is an accident. Thérèse and Laurent then marry each other. However, they are haunted by their actions. Laurent becomes a talented artist but his paintings remind him of Camille.
Madame Raquin finds out that Thérèse and Laurent killed Camille when they argue with each other. However, she is paralyzed after a stroke and so cannot tell others.
Thérèse and Laurent hate each other. They plan to kill each other. Then they realize each other's plans and kill themselves with poison in front of Madame Raquin.
The New Adventures of Old Christine is an American sitcom television series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Stonehaven derailment
The Stonehaven derailment was a railway accident. It happened at around 09:40 BST on 12 August 2020. It happened near Carmont. Carmont is west of Stonehaven. They are in Aberdeenshire, in Scotland.
At least three people died. Six others were injured. It was the first train derailment in the United Kingdom to kill people since the Grayrigg derailment in February 2007.
It was the worst crash involving an InterCity 125 train since the Ufton Nervet collision. That was in 2004.
The accident was caused by a landslide. Mud slid onto the tracks.
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Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (born October 1976, ; alternative transliterations al-Qurayshi and al-Quraishi) is the second and current leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
In January 2020, media reported his true identity is Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi (). His appointment by a shura council was announced by ISIL media on 31 October 2019, less than a week after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The U.S. Rewards for Justice Program offers up to $10 million reward to information that brings him to justice.
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is a World Heritage site. It includes select mining landscapes in Cornwall and West Devon. The site was added to the on July 2006. Plans to restart mining at South Crofty, and to build a supermarket at Hayle Harbour, caused its status to be questioned.
The World Heritage Committee considered placing the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2014. This proposal was rejected. Instead, they agreed on a follow-up "Reactive Monitoring Mission".
Devon made around 25-40% of the amount of tin that Cornwall did up to the mid-16th century. However, the total amount of tin made in both Cornwall and Devon at this time was relatively small. After the 1540s, Cornwall's production took off while Devon's production was only about between a ninth to a tenth of that of Cornwall.
From the mid-16th century onwards, the Devon Stannaries were giving very little in income to the King. They were sidelined after the Supremacy of Parliament Act 1512.
The landscapes of Cornwall and West Devon were reshaped during the 18th and 19th centuries by the mining of copper and tin. The underground mines, engine houses, foundries, new towns, smallholdings, ports, harbours, and other supporting industries together meant the region produced "two-thirds of the world's supply of copper".
During the late 19th century, arsenic production came to the east of Cornwall and West Devon. As a result, the region supplied half the world’s demand.
The World Heritage site consists of individual but topical linked areas around Cornwall and West Devon. The areas (with the area codes from the site nomination) are:
Devon and Cornwall rocks were once in the core of huge volcanic mountains. Those rocks usually contain more heavy metallic elements than usually found on the Earth's surface. A recent news item says a new mineral was found in Cornwall called Kernowite.
Rocks from ocean floor mid-ocean ridges (oceanic lithosphere) may come to the surface under orogeny as ophiolites. Wherever there is a large ground-down mountain chain there may be a source of heavy metals.
Gordon J. Brand
Gordon John Brand (6 August 1955 – 11 August 2020) was an English professional golfer.
Brand turned professional in 1976 and enjoyed full playing privileges on the European Tour for 20 years.
During his time on tour, he finished inside the top 30 on the Order of Merit seven times and inside the top 100 16 times.
His highest ranking came in 1986, fifth place, in which year he finished as runner-up to Greg Norman in the Open Championship at Turnberry. In 1981, he won the Tooting Bec Cup after posting a round of 65.
Brand died on 11 August 2020 at the age of 65, following a short illness.
Walter Carrington
Walter C. Carrington (July 24, 1930 – August 11, 2020) was an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Senegal and Nigeria. He worked during the presidencies of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. He was ambassador to Senegal between 1980 to 1981 and to Nigeria between 1993 to 1997. He was born in New York City.
Carrington died on August 11, 2020 at the age of 90.
Belle du Berry
Belle du Berry (1966 – 11 August 2020) was a French singer-songwriter, and actress. She was born in Bourges, France. In 1992, she worked with Philippe Decouflé to choreograph the ballets for the opening of the 1992 Winter Olympics. She was known for being a member of the Paris Combo.
In 2009, du Berry wrote a collection of new songs with David Lewis as the trumpeter and pianist.
Du Berry died of cancer in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre on 11 August 2020.
François-Mathurin Gourvès
François-Mathurin Gourvès (17 June 1929 – 12 August 2020) was a French Roman Catholic bishop. He was Bishop of Vannes from 1991 to 2005, and was Bishop Emeritus from 2005 to 2020. He was born in Plougastel-Daoulas, France.
Gourvès died on 12 August 2020 in Saint-Anne-d'Auray, France at the age of 91.
Geoffrey Nunberg
Geoffrey Nunberg (June 1, 1945– August 11, 2020) was an American semantician and author.
In 2001 he received the Linguistics, Language, and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistic Society of America for his works to National Public Radio's "Fresh Air".
He published many popular press books including "" (2004).
Nunberg began working as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California Berkeley and visiting professor at Stanford University. In the mid-1980s he moved to the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center where he worked until 2001.
Nunberg died August 11, 2020 from glioblastoma at his home in San Francisco at the age of 75.
Francisco José Cox
Francisco José Cox Huneeus (18 December 1933 – 12 August 2020) was a Chilean archbishop of the Catholic Church. He was a member of Schoenstatt Movement. He was Bishop of Chillán from 1975 to 1981 and Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena from 1985 to 1990 and Archbishop there from 1990 to 1997. He resigned following accusations that he had sexual abused young boys. He was born in Santiago de Chile.
Cox died on 12 August 2020 in Santiago de Chile, aged 86.
Mónica Miguel
Mónica Luiza Miguel (13 March 1936 – 12 August 2020) was a Mexican actress, telenovela director and singer. She was born in Tepic, Nayarit. She was known for her acting roles in "I Dream in Another Language", "Más allá del puente" and "Under Fire". She directed episodes of "Teresa".
Miguel died on 12 August 2020 in Mexico City from cancer-related problems, aged 84.
Howard Mudd
Howard Edward Mudd (February 10, 1942 – August 12, 2020) was an American football offensive lineman and coach. He was born in Midland, Michigan. Mudd played football for Hillsdale College from 1960 to 1963.
He then played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears from 1964 to 1970. Mudd was a three-time Pro Bowler, in 1966, 1967, and 1968. He retired in 1971. He began his coaching career at the University of California the following year.
From 1998 to 2009, he was the offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts.
Mudd was killed in a motorcycle crash in Seattle, Washington on August 12, 2020 at the age of 78.
Bill Yeoman
William Frank Yeoman (December 26, 1927 – August 12, 2020) was an American college football player and coach. His career began in 1962. He was the University of Houston's head coach, holding the position through 1986. In his tenure, he became the most successfull coach in school history, with an overall record of 160–108–8.
He was also helped racial integration of collegiate athletics in the South by being the first coach at a white school in the State of Texas to sign a black player.
Yeoman was born in Elnora, Indiana. He died on August 12, 2020 at the age of 92 from kidney failure and pneumonia in Houston, Texas.
Elnora, Indiana
Elnora is a town in Elmore Township, Daviess County, Indiana, United States. The population was 640 at the 2010 census.
Elmore Township, Daviess County, Indiana
Elmore Township is one of ten townships in Daviess County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,113.
"Can't Help Falling in Love" is a 1961 song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley for the album "Blue Hawaii" (1961). It was written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss. It was published by Gladys Music, Inc.
The melody is based on "Plaisir d'amour".
The song was initially written for a woman as "Can't Help Falling in Love with Him", which explains the first and third line ending on "in" and "sin" rather than words rhyming with "you".
"Can't Help Falling in Love" was used in Presley's 1961 movie "Blue Hawaii".
Haley Reinhart
Haley Elizabeth Reinhart (born September 9, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter and actress.
She is known for placing third in the tenth season of "American Idol". In July 2011, Reinhart signed a recording deal with Interscope Records.
Her debut album "Listen Up!" was released on May 22, 2012. She became the first "American Idol" alumna to perform at Lollapalooza.
Bob Loyce Moore (born November 30, 1932) is an American session musician, orchestra leader, and bassist. He was a member of the Nashville A-Team during the 1950s and 1960s.
He performed on over 17,000 documented recording sessions with many popular singers such as with Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison. He is also the father of multi-instrumentalist R. Stevie Moore.
Ray Walker (singer)
The Jordanaires
The Jordanaires were an American vocal quartet that formed as a gospel group in 1948. They are known for providing background vocals for Elvis Presley, in live appearances and recordings from 1956 to 1972.
The group has also worked in the recording studio, on stage, and on television with many other country and rock and roll artists.
Spring Valley, New York
Ramapo, New York
Ramapo is a town in Rockland County, New York, United States. It was originally formed as New Hampstead, in 1791. It shares its name with the Ramapo River. As of the 2010 census, Ramapo had a total population of 126,595.
Tamannaah
Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress and model. She was born in Mumbai. She appears in Tamil and Telugu movies.
Her best known movies were "Ayan" (2009), "Paiyaa" (2010), "Siruthai" (2011), "Veeram" (2014), "Dharma Durai" (2016), "Devi" (2016) and "Sketch" (2018).
She also appeared in "100% Love" (2011), "Oosaravelli" (2011), "Racha" (2012), "Thadaka" (2013), "" (2015), "Bengal Tiger" (2015), "Oopiri" (2016), "" (2017), "" (2019), and "Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy" (2019).
She received the "Dayawati Modi" Award in 2017.
Spanish naming customs
Spanish naming customs are traditions for naming children as used in Spain.
A person's name consists of a given name (simple or composite) followed by two surnames. Historically, "the first surname was the father's first surname", and the second the mother's first surname.
In recent years, the order of the surnames in a family is done when registering the first child. However, the traditional order is still largely the choice. Often, the practice is to use one given name and the first surname most of the time (e.g. "Miguel de Unamuno" for Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo). The complete name being usually reserved for legal, formal, and documentary matters.
Both surnames are sometimes used when the first surname is very common (e.g., Federico García Lorca, Pablo Ruiz Picasso or José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero) to get a more customized name. In these cases, it is even common to use only the second surname, as in "Lorca", "Picasso" or "Zapatero". This does not affect alphabetization: "Lorca", the Spanish poet, must be alphabetized in an index under "García Lorca" and not "Lorca".
Carlo Rolandi
Carlo Rolandi (2 July 1926 – 8 August 2020) was an Italian sailor. With Agostino Straulino, he finished 4th in the Star competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Naples. Rolandi was the president of the Italian Sailing Federation from 1981 to 1988.
Rolandi died on 8 August 2020, aged 94.
The State of Jefferson is a proposed U.S. state that would span mostly rural area of southern Oregon and northern California.
This region on the Pacific Coast is the most famous of several that have sought to adopt the name of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.
This region makes up most of Northern California's land but does not include San Francisco or other Bay Area counties that account for the majority of Northern California's population.
If the proposal were ever approved, the new state's capital city would have to be determined by a constitutional convention. Yreka, California, was named the provisional capital in the original 1941 proposal. Port Orford, Oregon and Redding, California are some other possible capital city ideas.
Port Orford, Oregon