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IU was founded as an electoral coalition of seven parties, but the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) is the only remaining member of the IU at the national level. It is currently part of Unidas Podemos.
José Cutileiro
José Cutileiro (20 November 1934 – 17 May 2020) was a Portuguese diplomat and writer. Cutileiro was born in Évora, Portugal.
He was a representative to the Council of Europe. He was the Secretary General of the Western European Union (WEU) from 1994 to 1999. He was an envoy to the UN Commissioner for Human Rights in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia. He was on the faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
Cutileiro died on 17 May 2020 at a hospital in Brussels, Belgium at the age of 85.
Du Wei (diplomat)
Du Wei (; 2 October 1962 – 17 May 2020) was a Chinese diplomat. He was Ambassador to Ukraine from 2016 until 2019 and Ambassador to Israel from February 2020 until May 2020. Du was born in China's Shandong province.
Du was found dead in his Herziliya, Israel apartment on 17 May 2020, aged 57. His death is not being treated as suspicious but is being investigated.
His death came in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, and only a few days after Du published an op-ed in the "Jerusalem Post" protesting American Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Israel attempting to persuade the Israeli government to limit its relationship with China.
Monique Mercure
Marie Lise Monique Émond (14 November 1930 – 17 May 2020), better known as Monique Mercure, was a Canadian actress. In 1977, Mercure won a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Canadian Film Award for her role in the movie "J.A. Martin Photographer". She also starred as Fadela in the 1991 movie "Naked Lunch".
Mercure died in hospice care in Montreal on 17 May 2020 from throat cancer, aged 89.
The Life of Agustín Lara
The Life of Agustín Lara () is a 1959 Mexican musical movie directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Pilar Pellicer, Germán Robles, Lorena Velázquez, Ofelia Montesco, Tito Junco, Antonio Prieto, Sara Montes, Fanny Schiller. It was distributed by Promex.
Valérie Plante
Valérie Plante (born June 14, 1974) is a Canadian politician. She is the 45th and current Mayor of Montreal since 2017. She was first elected to Montreal City Council in 2013. Plante became leader of the Projet Montréal party in December 2016.
Plante was born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. She studied at Université de Montréal.
Gérald Tremblay
Gérald Tremblay (born September 20, 1942) is a Canadian politician and businessman. He was Mayor of Montreal from 2002 until his resignation in 2012. He also was president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community.
Tremblay resigned as Mayor on November 5, 2012 after people accused him of corruption.
Kennedy Stewart (Canadian politician)
Edward Charles Kennedy Stewart (born November 8, 1966) is a Canadian politician and academic. He was the 40th and current mayor of Vancouver since 2018. He was the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Burnaby—Douglas (2011–2015) and Burnaby South (2015–2018). He was in the House of Commons as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP) caucus.
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Gabbie Hanna
Gabrielle Jeannette Hanna (born February 7, 1991) is an American Internet personality, singer-songwriter, author, and actress. She was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania.
Hanna started her career on Vine, under the name The Gabbie Show, then started a YouTube channel with the same name a year later; both were nominated for awards. She won a Streamy Award for storyteller in 2018. She made her debut single "Out Loud" (2017).
Roger Vivier (November 13 1907– 3 October 1998) was a French fashion designer who specialized in shoes.
Born on November 13, 1903 in Paris, France and died on October 2, 1998 in Toulouse, France. His best-known creation was the stiletto heel.
Orphan at the age of nine, Vivier studied sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and his compositions show a concern for form and texture characteristic of a sculptor. His best-known creation is the stiletto heel, which he shares in the creation authorship with Charles Jourdan.
In 1937, he opened his first store on rue Royale in Paris and worked for Elsa Schiaparelli. After several years in New York, he designed shoes for the Christian Dior collections, then collaborated with Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Balmain, Nina Ricci, Guy Laroche.
In 1970, hippie fashion inspired her waders that Brigitte Bardot and young women in miniskirts adopted. In 1985, he opened a boutique on Madison Avenue, in New York, and another in Japan in 1991.
In 1997, he even became artistic director of Myrys. Over the years, he has created custom models for such famous personalities as Josephine Baker, Jeanne Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, and the Beatles.
Vine (service)
Vine () was an American short-form video hosting service where users shared six-second-long, looping video clip's. It was founded in June 2012. Twitter bought it in October 2012, before its launch on January 24, 2013.
Videos were published through Vine's social network, and could be shared on other platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. The Vine app could be used to browse videos, along with groups of videos by theme, and "trending" videos. Vine competed with other social-media services such as Instagram and Mobli.
By December 2015, Vine had 200 million active users. On October 27, 2016, Twitter announced it would disable uploads, but viewing and download would continue to work.
On January 20, 2017, Twitter launched an Internet archive of all Vine videos, allowing people to watch previously uploaded videos. The archive was discontinued in 2019.
Lucky Peterson
Lucky Peterson (born Judge Kenneth Peterson; December 13, 1964 – May 17, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He played contemporary blues, fusing soul, R&B, gospel and rock and roll. He played guitar and keyboards. Peterson was born in Buffalo, New York. His best known albums were "You Can Always Turn Around", "Live at the 55 Arts Club Berlin" and "Deep Down".
Peterson died on May 17, 2020 at a hospital in Dallas, Texas at the age of 55.
Chloe Bennet
Chloe Wang (; born April 18, 1992), known professionally as Chloe Bennet, is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Daisy Johnson on the television series "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (2013–2020). She was born in Chicago.
Yuri Zisser
Yuri Zisser (, June 28, 1960 – May 17, 2020) was a Ukrainian-born Belarusian web businessman and blogger. He was the founder and owner of TUT.BY. the most visited Belarusian web portal. Zisser was born in Lviv, Ukraine. In 1987 he moved to Minsk, Belarus. In 1992, created the company "Nadezhnye programmy" (). He was born in Lviv, Ukraine.
Zisser died of stomach cancer on May 17, 2020 in Minsk at the age of 59.
An Adventuress
Maciej Giertych
Maciej Marian Giertych (, born March 24, 1936) is a Polish dendrologist and social conservative politician. He is a member of the League of Polish Families (LPR). He was a member of the Sejm between 2001 and 2004 and a Polish member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009.
He was a candidate for President of Poland in the 2005 elections, but withdrew from the race because of low vote results (circa 3%).
Robert Leszek Moczulski (born 7 June 1930) is a Polish historian and politician. He was a member of many government organizations as a critic of communism. From 1993 to 1997, he was a member of Sejm. He is a member of the Confederation of Independent Poland. Moczulski was born in Warsaw.
Amistad (movie)
Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama movie directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on the true story of the events in 1839 aboard the slave ship "La Amistad". It stars Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, and Matthew McConaughey. David Franzoni's screenplay was based on the book "" (1987).
"Amistad" received mainly positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie receives an approval rating of 77% based on reviews from 64 critics.
"Amistad" was nominated for Academy Awards in four categories: Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Best Original Dramatic Score (John Williams), Best Cinematography (Janusz Kamiński), and Best Costume Design (Ruth E. Carter).
Geno Silva
Geno Silva (January 20, 1948 – May 9, 2020) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as The Skull, Alejandro Sosa's silent hitman in "Scarface" (1983). He also starred as Ruiz in the Academy Award-nominated movie "Amistad" (1997). Silva was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His career lasted from 1974 to 2007.
Silva died on May 9, 2020 in Los Angeles from frontotemporal dementia-related problems, aged 72.
Radica Games
Radica Games Limited is an American company that makes electronic games. It was founded in 1983. It started by making electronic souvenir games for casinos. In the late 1990s, it became known for its "Bass Fishin" line of games. On October 3, 2006, Mattel, Inc. () announced they now own Radica. Radica still makes electronic handheld games based on casino or card games, but now also makes toys, board games, and video game accessories.
Product lines under Radica, past and present, include:
Lesley Manville
Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress. She was born in Brighton, Sussex, England. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Phantom Thread" (2017). Manville also starred as Penny "All or Nothing" (2002). She also starred as Flittle in "Maleficent (2014).
Manville was married to Gary Oldman from 1987 until they divorced in 1990. They have a son, Alfie.
Gugulethu "Gugu" Sophia Mbatha-Raw (; born 21 April 1983) is an English actress. She was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
She starred as Tish Jones in the science-fiction series "Doctor Who" (2007). Her leading performance as the main character in Jessica Swale's 2015 play "Nell Gwynn". She also appeared in "Beauty and the Beast" (2017), "A Wrinkle in Time" (2018), and "Misbehaviour" (2020).
She also starred as Hannah Shoenfeld on Apple TV+ drama series "The Morning Show" (2019).
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Marama Davidson
Marama Mere-Ana Davidson (née Paratene) is a New Zealand politician. She became a member of the New Zealand parliament in 2015 as a representative of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. She is also the female co-leader of the Green Party.
Counsellor at Law
Jim Oberweis
James D. Oberweis (born June 10, 1946) is an American businessman, investment manager and politician. He is the owner of Oberweis Dairy in North Aurora near Chicago. He is a member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 25th district since January 2013.
Oberweis ran for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in 2002 and 2004 and the Republican nomination for Governor of Illinois in 2006.
He was the Republican nominee for Illinois's 14th congressional district in a March 2008 special election and the November 2008 general election, losing on both occasions to Democrat Bill Foster.
He was first elected to the Illinois Senate in 2012. He ran for the U.S. Senate again in 2014, losing to Democratic incumbent Dick Durbin.
Oberweis announced he would run again for Illinois's 14th congressional district, challenging Lauren Underwood. On March 17, 2020, he won the Republican nomination.
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne M. Ives (née Remmes, born October 4, 1964) is an American Republican politician. She was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 42nd district from 2013 to 2019.
She ran in the Republican primary in the 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election, almost beating incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner.
She is a candidate in the 2020 election for United States House of Representatives in Illinois's 6th congressional district, running against Democrat Sean Casten. On March 17, she won the Republican primary.
Norfolk, Nebraska
Norfolk ( or ) is a city in Madison County, Nebraska, United States. It is 113 miles northwest of Omaha and 83 miles west of Sioux City. The population was 24,210 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Nebraska.
Madison, Nebraska
Madison is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,438 at the 2010 census.
Liz Sheridan
Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (born April 10, 1929) is an American actress and dancer. She was born in Rye, New York. She is best known for her role as Jerry's mother in "Seinfeld". She also played Edna Gordon in the 2009 romantic comedy "Play the Game". She also played Raquel on "ALF".
ALF (TV series)
ALF is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 22, 1986, to March 24, 1990.
The title character is Gordon Shumway, a sarcastic, friendly alien nicknamed ALF, who crash-lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family.
The series stars Max Wright as father Willie Tanner, Anne Schedeen as mother Kate Tanner, and Andrea Elson and Benji Gregory as their children, Lynn and Brian Tanner. ALF was performed by puppeteer Paul Fusco, who co-created the show with Tom Patchett.
"ALF" originally ran for four seasons and made 99 episodes. The series ended with an unresolved cliffhanger, but the later TV movie, "Project ALF", gave a series finale for the franchise.
In August 2018, Warner Bros. Television announced development of an "ALF" reboot. These plans were cancelled in November 2018.
Rye Brook, New York
Rye Brook is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States, within the town of Rye. The population was 9,347 at the 2010 census.
Rye (town), New York
Rye is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 45,928 at the 2010 census. It is a separate town from the city of Rye.
Mamaroneck (village), New York
Mamaroneck is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 18,929 at the 2010 census. It is located partially within the town of Mamaroneck and partially within the town of Rye.
The portion in Rye is unofficially called "Rye Neck".
Cornish, New Hampshire
Cornish is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,640 at the 2010 census.
Brentwood, New Hampshire
Brentwood is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 4,486. Brentwood has been the county seat of Rockingham County since 1997.
Newport, New Hampshire
Newport is a town in and the county seat of Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. It is west-northwest of Concord. The population was 6,507 at the 2010 census.
Bennington, Vermont
Bennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, in the United States. It is one of two shire towns (county seats) of the county, the other being Manchester. The population is 15,764, as of the 2010 US Census. Bennington is the most populous town in southern Vermont.
Manchester, Vermont
Manchester is a town in, and one of two shire towns (county seats) of, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 4,391 at the 2010 census.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
St. Johnsbury (known locally as "St. J") is the shire town (county seat) of Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 7,603 at the 2010 census. St. Johnsbury is located about northwest of the Connecticut River and south of the Canada-U.S. border.
Guildhall, Vermont
Guildhall is a town in and the shire town (county seat) of Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 261 at the 2010 census. According to a large sign in the town center, it is the only town in the world with that name.
Guildhall is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Hyde Park, Vermont
Hyde Park, Vermont, may refer to:
Hyde Park (town), Vermont
Hyde Park is a town in and the shire town (county seat) of Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,847 at the 2000 census. There is also a village of the same name within the town.
Hyde Park (village), Vermont
Hyde Park is a village in the Town of Hyde Park, Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. The population was 462 at the 2010 census.
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North Hyde Park, Vermont
North Hyde Park is an unincorporated village in the town of Hyde Park, Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.
The community is located along Vermont Route 100 and the Gihon River north of Morrisville. North Hyde Park has a post office with ZIP code 05665, which opened on May 29, 1839.
Morrisville, Vermont
Morrisville is a village in Morristown, Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 1,958.
Morristown, Vermont
Morristown is a town in Lamoille County, in the U.S. state of Vermont. The population was 5,227 at the 2010 census. Morristown is the largest town by population in Lamoille County.
The Man from Utah
Chelsea, Vermont
Chelsea is a town in and the shire town (county seat) of Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,238 at the 2010 census.
Woodstock, Vermont
Woodstock is the shire town (county seat) of Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 3,048.
Woodstock (village), Vermont
Woodstock is an incorporated village located within the town of Woodstock in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 900.
The Lucky Texan
A Farewell to Arms (1932 movie)
Growth capital
Growth capital is a type of private equity investment.
It is usually provided to already mature businesses for them to be able to develop more, such as to expand or to enter new markets.
The Zimmer Twins
The Zimmer Twins is a Canadian animated television series and website. The project was made by producer Jason Krogh and artist Aaron Leighton and is made by Lost the Plot Productions Inc. Some animations made by users of the website are made into shorts that are shown on Teletoon. Les Jumeaux Zimmer is the version of the television series and website in French.
"The Zimmer Twins" is known for its unique format, which allows users to join in online to get their work to be shown on television. Children are invited to make and share 1-minute animated episodes using a story editor and library of animation. The audience creates endings to short "story-starters" that are professionally produced. Children tell their stories by choosing actions, characters, props and backgrounds. They can also add their own dialog and on-screen text. New clips are sometimes added.
The first Zimmer Twins website came out on March 14, 2005. The television series was first shown on Teletoon in May 2005. 60 episodes (30 in English and 30 in French) were made and shown in the 2005/2006 Canadian television season. By the end of the first season, over 50,000 users had made over 100,000 episodes. A major change to the website happened on July 1, 2006. 120 episodes were shown in the 2006/2007 Canadian television season, and 32 episodes were shown in the 2007/2008 Canadian television season. The website's amount of users passed 200,000 on November 5, 2011.
In 2008, the online audience voted to select the three most popular movies made by users. The winners' movies were in a half-hour awards show special that was shown on September 26, 2008 in English and September 20, 2008 in French. An Australian Zimmer Twins was made from 2006–2009, featuring James Arnold as Edgar, Alisa Koverick as Eva, and Luke as 13, and an American Zimmer Twins was made from 2007-2010, featuring James Arnold Taylor as Edgar, Lacey Chabert as Eva, and Seth Green as 13.
In Old Arizona
Félicien Kabuga (born 19 July 1935) is a Rwandan businessman. He is accused of participating in the Rwandan genocide. He was born in Muniga, Ruanda-Urundi.
On 29 August 1998, the prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Carla Del Ponte, indicted Kabuga. In the amended indictment, Kabuga was charged with conspiracy to commit genocide, genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity. He shortly went into hiding as a fugitive.
Kabuga, aged 84, was captured in Asnières-sur-Seine, near Paris, France, on 16 May 2020 after 26 years as a fugitive.
Munir Mangal
Munir Mohamad Mangal (1950 – May 2, 2020) was an Afghan general. His professional military career lasted more than 40 years. Mangal was in high-level military and government positions. He was the Commander of the Afghan National Police, before his retirement in 2016.
Mangal was born in Samkanay District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan, in 1950.
Mangal died from COVID-19 at his home in Kabul on May 2, 2020, at the age of 70.
Marko Elsner
Marko Elsner (11 April 1960 – 18 May 2020) was a Slovenian footballer who played as a defender. He was born in Ljubljana, FPR Yugoslavia. He played 14 games for the Yugoslav national team between 1984 and 1988. He also played for the Slovenian national team from 1992 to 1993.
Elsner died on 18 May 2020 in Ljubljana from a long-illness on 18 May 2020, aged 60.
Mahabodhi Temple
The Mahabodhi Temple (literally: "Great Awakening Temple") or the Mahabodhi Mahavihar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but much rebuilt and restored, Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. The site contains a descendant of the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha gained enlightenment, and has been a major pilgrimage destination for Hindus and Buddhists for well over two thousand years, and some elements probably date to the period of Ashoka (died c. 232 BCE). It is the ""National Buddhist temple of India"" respectively.
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Antonomasia
Antonomasia is when you use a short phrase instead of something's name. For example, saying "The Big Apple" instead of New York City.
Jens Reich
Jens Georg Reich (born 26 March 1939) is a German scientist, activist and politician. He was born in Göttingen, Province of Hanover. He is a member of the German Ethics Council. He has become famous as a civil rights campaigner in the last years of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
In 1994, he ran for President of Germany. He lost in the 1st round after winning 62 votes.
Recycling symbol
The recycling symbol is an internationally declared symbol of recycling. It can be found on products.
Gary Anderson created the symbol in 1970.
Knox County, Ohio
Knox County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 60,921 people lived there. The county seat is Mount Vernon.
Madison County, Ohio
Madison County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 43,435 people lived there. The county seat is London.
Morgan County, Ohio
Morgan County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 15,054 people lived there. The county seat is McConnelsville.
Noble County, Ohio
Noble County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 14,645 people lived there. The county seat is Caldwell.
Marion County, Ohio
Marion County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 66,501 people lived there. The county seat is Marion.
The county was founded on May 1, 1824 and is named for General Francis "The Swamp Fox" Marion, a South Carolinian officer in the Revolutionary War.
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that is land and (0.1%) is water. It is the fifth-smallest county in Ohio by total area.
The 2010 United States Census says that there were 66,501 people, 24,691 households, and 16,837 families living in the county.
Figure-eight
A figure eight is anything that is in the shape of the number 8 or the infinity symbol ∞.
Movement in the shape of a figure eight is done in ice skating, auto racing, sailing, horse riding, and dancing. Some roller coasters are shaped like a figure eight.
A figure-eight knot is a type of knot in knot theory. Another type of figure-eight knot, and the similar figure-eight loop and figure-eight bend, can be tied on a rope.
Paulding County, Ohio
Paulding County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 19,614 people lived there. The county seat is Paulding.
George Mikell
George Mikell (born Jurgis Mikelaitis; 4 April 1929 – 12 May 2020) was a Lithuanian-Australian actor and writer. He was best known for his roles as Schutzstaffel (SS) officers in "The Guns of Navarone" (1961) and "The Great Escape" (1963). Mikell has appeared in over 30 British and American movies from 1957 until his retirement in the early 2000s. Mikell was born in Bildeniai, Tauragė district, Lithuania.
Mikell died on 12 May 2020 in London, aged 91.
Perry County, Ohio
Perry County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 36,058 people lived there. The county seat is New Lexington.
Rosa Speer
Rosa Nell Powell (née Speer; September 22, 1922 – May 16, 2017) was an American southern gospel singer who sang with the well-known Speer Family. She was born in Double Springs, Alabama, the second child (and oldest daughter) of George Thomas "GT" Speer and Lena (née Brock) Speer (known to most people in Southern gospel music as "Dad" and "Mom" Speer), who led and helped founded the family group.
Speer began singing with the group at age 3, and eventually became the singing group's pianist. Along with her parents, she performed with her brothers, Jackson Brock and Ben Lacy, and sister, Mary Tom. She continued to perform with the group/family until 1948, when she left to get married. Eventually Speer-Powell would return decades later to perform sporadically with the group (till its end in 1997), and sometimes with the Gaither Homecoming Series as well. Speer was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association in 2005.
Speer married Edwin Powell in 1948. He died in May, 1979.
Speer-Powell died on May 16, 2017. She was 94 years old. A pioneer of the Gaither homecoming, she left behind 3 kids and grandkids.
COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Lithuania in February 2020.
On 18 March 2020, the first domestic case was confirmed, the first infected being an immediate family member of a known case. The first cases of community spread were found in the country on 19 March and the first related death happened on 20 March 2020.
The Lithuanian government initially declared quarantine from 16 March to 30 March, but it was extended many times and is set to end on 31 May.
Putnam County, Ohio
Putnam County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 34,499 people lived there. The county seat is Ottawa.
Chatham County, Georgia
Chatham County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is on the state's Atlantic coast. The county seat and largest city is Savannah. The county was created on February 5, 1777, and is named after William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.
The U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 population estimate for Chatham County was 289,430 residents which makes it the fifth-most populous county in Georgia, and the most-populous Georgia county outside the Atlanta metropolitan area. The population was counted by the 2010 census at 265,128 in Chatham County. It is part of the Savannah metropolitan area.
Giorgio Kutufà
Giorgio Kutufà (April 10, 1948 – May 13, 2020) was an Italian Democratic Party politician. He was the President of the Province of Livorno from June 13, 2004, to October 14, 2014. He also was in the Regional Council of Tuscany from 1985 to 1995. He was born in Livorno.
Kutufà died on May 13, 2020 in Livorno, aged 72.
Fred Gray (attorney)
Fred David Gray (born December 14, 1930) is an American civil rights attorney, preacher and activist. He was in charge of many major civil rights cases in Alabama, including some that reached the United States Supreme Court for rulings. He was the President of the National Bar Association in 1985, and in 2001 was elected as the first African-American President of the Alabama State Bar.
From 1971 to 2015, he was a Democratic member of the Alabama House of Representatives. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama.
James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson was a African American poet. He wrote Lift Every Voice and Sing, also called the Negro national anthem.
COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Armenia on 1 March 2020 when its first case was confirmed. The disease, coronavirus disease 2019 (), caused by a novel virus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (), has spread to all of the regions (marz) of Armenia and has caused 49 deaths.
Armenia has suspended visa-free travel for Chinese citizens since 1 February, shortly after it pushed a 90-day visa-free regime on 19 January. Citizens of Iran can no longer receive a visa on arrival either.
Passengers who have been to most of Europe, as well as Japan and South Korea, within the past 14 days, are no longer allowed to enter Armenia. The border of Armenia with the Republic of Artsakh as also been closed in order to prevent the virus from spreading.
Before the virus was confirmed to have arrived in Armenia, 118 tests were performed in February with negative results. To date, Armenia has reported to have performed 36,016 tests, of which 3,860 were positive (confirmed COVID-19 case).
Banks County, Georgia
Banks County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, 18,395 people lived there. The county seat is Homer.
Willy Schmidt
Willy Schmidt (29 October 1926 – 15 May 2020) was a Dutch footballer. He was born in Alkmaar, North Holland. He played for FC Eindhoven from 1951 to 1956, AFC Ajax from 1956 to 1959 and for Fortuna Sittard from 1959 to 1960.
Schmidt died on 15 May 2020 in Almere, Flevoland at the age of 93.
Hoffmann-La Roche
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG is a Swiss multinational healthcare company. It operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has bearer shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The company headquarters are located in Basel.
The company controls the American biotechnology company Genentech. Roche's revenues during fiscal year 2018 were 56.85 billion Swiss francs, or about US$57 billion. Roche is the second-largest pharmaceutical company worldwide.
Fritz Gerber
Fritz Gerber (22 March 1929 – 10 May 2020) was a Swiss business executive and philanthropist. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Hoffmann-La Roche from 1978 to 1998. From 1977 to 1991, he was also the CEO of Zurich Insurance Group. He was born in Huttwil, Switzerland.
Gerber had a stroke on 9 May 2020 and died the next day, aged 91.
Surfside, Florida
Surfside is a town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. As of 2010, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 5,744.
No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)
"No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young)" is the only song recorded by the remaining three members of the British rock band Queen in 1997 following the death of the lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1991.
Guitarist Brian May—the writer of the song—and drummer Roger Taylor share lead vocals. The song was released on the album "Queen Rocks" and it was also released as a double a-side single with "Tie Your Mother Down".
The song came after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in August 1997, but is largely a eulogy to Freddie Mercury. It was dedicated to Mercury and all those who die too soon. It was originally written for a potential Brian May solo project. He sent the demo of the song to Roger Taylor and forgot about it.
Included in Queen’s "Greatest Hits III", the song featured only the remaining three members of the band. This was also the last recording to feature bass guitarist John Deacon, who retired from public life. This was the last original Queen release until the 2014 release "Queen Forever".
"Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It is the sixth track on the album "A Kind of Magic", which was released in June 1986, and was written by lead guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the movie "Highlander".
The song peaked at No. 24 in the UK charts. In 1991 it was included in the band’s "Greatest Hits II".
In 2014, "Rolling Stone" readers voted it their fifth favourite song by Queen.
Flash (Queen song)
"Flash" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, "Flash" is the theme song of the 1980 movie "Flash Gordon".
Flash is sung as a duet between Freddie Mercury and Brian May, with Roger Taylor adding the high harmonies. May plays all of the instruments except for the rhythm section.
On the U.S. charts, "Flash's Theme aka Flash" reached #42 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It peaked at #39 on the "Cash Box" Top 100. It fared much better in Europe, where it was a Top 10 hit in most nations, including #1 in Austria.
Flash Gordon (movie)
Flash Gordon is a 1980 space opera movie based on the King Features comic strip of the same name created by Alex Raymond. It is directed by Mike Hodges and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It stars Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed, Tony Scannell and Ornella Muti with Peter Wyngarde.
Although a box office success in the United Kingdom, it performed poorly in other markets. The movie is known for its soundtrack composed, performed and produced by the rock band Queen.
Ornella Muti
Mike Hodges
Michael Tommy "Mike" Hodges (born 29 July 1932) is an English screenwriter, movie director, playwright and novelist. His best known movies were "Get Carter" (1971), "Pulp" (1972), "The Terminal Man" (1974) and "Black Rainbow" (1989); as director, his movies include "Flash Gordon" (1980), "Croupier" (1998) and "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (2003).
Hodges was born in Bristol.
Get Carter is a 1971 British crime movie directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne and Bryan Mosley. It was filmed in and around Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and County Durham.
The movie is about a London gangster, Jack Carter (Caine), who travels back to his home town to discover more about his brother Frank's supposedly accidental death. Suspecting foul play, and with vengeance on his mind, he investigates.
On its release "Get Carter" received no awards. It was made popular by Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie. In 1999, "Get Carter" was ranked 16th on the BFI Top 100 British films of the 20th century.
"Get Carter" was remade in 2000 by Warner Bros. under the same title, with Sylvester Stallone starring as Jack Carter, with Caine in a supporting role.
Ebenezer Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge () is the main character of Charles Dickens' 1843 novel, "A Christmas Carol".
At the beginning of the novel, Scrooge is a cold-hearted mean businessman who hates Christmas. He is soon visited by three spirits (the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) in hopes to save him from going to hell.
Scrooge's last name has become byword for selfish or not being generous, while his catchphrase, "Bah! Humbug!" is often used to show hatred towards Christmas traditions.
He was inspired by a Dutch gravedigger.
Dr. Evil (Douglas "Dougie" Powers) is a fictional character played by Mike Myers in the "Austin Powers" movie series. He is the main villain of the movies, and Austin Powers' nemesis.
He is a parody of James Bond villains, mainly Ernst Stavro Blofeld (as played by Donald Pleasence). Dr. Evil wants to terrorize and take over the world. His sidekick Mini-Me, is a dwarf clone of himself.
Myers revived the character for a brief appearance on the December 20, 2014 episode of "Saturday Night Live". He later appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" in a sketch where Dr. Evil has been fired from President Trump's cabinet.
Shelby County, Ohio
Shelby County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 49,423 people lived there. The county seat is Sidney.
Vinton County, Ohio
Vinton County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 13,435 people lived there which makes it the smallest county by population in Ohio. The county seat is McArthur.
Wayne County, Ohio
Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 114,520 people lived there. The county seat is Wooster.
Dav Pilkey
Wyandot County, Ohio
Wyandot County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 22,615 people lived there. The county seat is Upper Sandusky.
Paulding, Ohio
Bartow County, Georgia
Bartow County is a county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, 100,157 people lived there. The county seat is Cartersville.
Burke County, Georgia
Burke County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, 23,316 people lived there. The county seat is Waynesboro.
Effingham County, Georgia
Effingham County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, 52,250 people lived there. The county seat is Springfield.
Laurens County, Georgia
Laurens County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, 48,434 people lived there. The county seat is Dublin.
Jasper County, Georgia
Jasper County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, 13,900 people lived there. The county seat is Monticello.
Ben Hill County, Georgia
Ben Hill County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, 17,634 people lived there. The county seat is Fitzgerald.
Berrien County, Georgia
Berrien County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, 19,286 people lived there. The county seat is Nashville.
Clayton County, Georgia
Clayton County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, 259,424 people lived there. The county seat is Jonesboro.
Echols County, Georgia
Echols County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, 4,034 people lived there. The county seat is Statenville.
Quitman County, Georgia
Quitman County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, 2,513 people lived there. The county seat is Georgetown.
Al Jieulia (Al Hudaydah)
Al Arsh (Al Hudaydah)
Al Araj (Al Hudaydah)
Al Jalab (Sanaa)
The Ox-Bow Incident
Saint-Paulet
Saint-Paulet is a commune of 199 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Saint-Pierre-des-Champs
Saint-Polycarpe
Sallèles-Cabardès
Sallèles-Cabardès is a commune of 119 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Pickens County, Georgia
Pickens County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, 29,431 people lived there. The county seat is Jasper.
Center, Nebraska
Center is a village in Nebraska in the United States. It is the county seat of Knox County.
Nidovirales
Nidovirales is an order of viruses. It is carried by animals and humans. The order includes the families "Coronaviridae", "Arteriviridae," "Roniviridae," and "Mesoniviridae".
Nidoviruses are enveloped positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses. Their name comes from the Latin word "nidus", meaning nest, as all viruses in this order produce a 3' co-terminal nested set of subgenomic mRNAs during infection.
Al Kabs (Sanaa)
Al Munsifa (Jihanah)
Al Hanak
Lawna
Al Dahama (Dawan)
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Bill Olner
William John Olner (9 May 1942 – 18 May 2020) was a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nuneaton from 1992 until 2010. He had been Leader of Nuneaton Borough Council. He was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire.
Olner died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Nuneaton, Warwickshire on 18 May 2020, at age 78.
Robinson projection
The Robinson Projection is a compromise between accuracy and the readability of the map on a flat surface. It shows the poles as lines, which accuratley portrays the high altitude lands and water to land ratio
Ken Retzer
Kenneth Leo Retzer (April 30, 1934 – May 17, 2020) was an American professional baseball player. He was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators from 1961 to 1964. Retzer batted left-handed, threw right-handed and was listed as tall and . He was born in Wood River, Illinois.
Retzer died at his home in Sun City, Arizona on May 17, 2020 at the age of 86.
Sun City, Arizona
Sun City is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, that is within the Phoenix metropolitan area. The population was 37,499 according to the 2010 census.
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 officers and 3,036 civilian staff, it is the third-largest municipal police department in the United States, after the New York City Police Department and the Chicago Police Department.
He then studied at Lycée Sainte-Marie Grand Lebrun in France as a philologist. He was able to teach himself basic mathematics from Russian problems. He is a 1989 graduate from Sophia University in Tokyo and appointed a 1991 bachelor's degree from Oxford in mathematics where he also studied. But he got his PhD at Princeton. He has been a part of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences since it started in 2003. In 2004 he became the Director of Studies in Mathematics and in 2015–2016 he was a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Stanford. Some amazing facts about him is that he is fluent in Japanese, French, and English he also knows ancient Greek, Latin, classical Chinese, Finnish, Spanish, and Russian. Recently in March 2020, Tokieda was interviewed on The Joy of X, Steven Strogatz's podcast for Quanta Magazine.
He is known for studying Mathematical physics
Tokieda was awarded the Paul R. Halmos–Lester R. Ford Award in 2014.Positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus
A positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus (or (+)ssRNA virus) is a virus which has positive sense single stranded RNA as its genetic material. They can be positive or negative. This depends on the polarity of the RNA. The positive-sense viral RNA genome can serve as messenger RNA and can be translated into protein in the host cell.
Many of the known viruses are positive-sense RNA viruses, including the hepacivirus C, West Nile virus, dengue virus, SARS and MERS coronaviruses, and SARS-CoV-2 as well as less serious pathogens such as the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
Berkeley Square (movie)
Coronaviridae
Coronaviridae is a family of enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses. The viral genome is 26–32 kilobases in length. The particles have large (~20 nm), club- or petal-shaped spikes on the surface (the "peplomers" ). The particles in electron micrographs look like the solar corona.
The family "Coronaviridae" is has 2 sub-families, 5 genera, 26 sub-genera, and 46 species. More species are possible, but not yet confirmed.
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Michelle Rossignol
Michelle Rossignol, OC, CQ (4 February 1940 – 18 May 2020) was a Canadian movie actress. She appeared in 15 movies, beginning in 1956. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1991 and a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 2001. Her best known roles were in "Once Upon a Time in the East", "Beyond Forty" and "You".
Rossignol died on 18 May 2020, aged 80.
Laudo Natel
Laudo Natel (14 September 1920 – 18 May 2020) was a Brazilian politician. He was born in São Manuel, São Paulo. He was a member of the National Renewal Alliance. He was Vice Governor of São Paulo from 1963 to 1966 and Governor from 1966 to 1967 and again from 1971 to 1975.
Natel died on 18 May 2020 at his home in São Paulo at the age of 99.
Anchors Aweigh (movie)
The Willoughbys is a 2020 computer-animated comedy movie directed by Kris Pearn and co-directed by Rob Lodermeier. It is based on the book of the same name by Lois Lowry. The movie's screenplay was written by Pearn and Mark Stanleigh. It stars Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Seán Cullen, and Ricky Gervais, who also narrates the movie.
It was released on Netflix on April 22, 2020. On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has an approval rating of 90%.
Jerry Adler
Jerry Adler (born February 4, 1929) is an American actor, director and producer. He is probably best known for his roles as Herman "Hesh" Rabkin in "The Sopranos" (1999–2007) and as Howard Lyman in "The Good Wife" (2011–2016). He has also directed a number of plays.
Adler was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He grew up in a Jewish household.
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Julien Fournié
Julien Fournié (April 19 1975 in Paris) is a French fashion designer and CEO of his own eponymous haute couture company founded in the summer of 2009.
Julien Fournié was recruited in 2003 as director of ready-to-wear style at Torrente. He was appointed artistic director of all of his lines in September 2003.
In January 2011, for his first participation in the official haute couture calendar as a guest member, he created the event by exclusively parading only black or mestizo models on the podium of his collection entitled Premier Couleurs.
Julien Fournié obtains the Haute Couture label in January 2017; he thus becomes a “permanent member” of the Union Chamber.
Anna Karenina (1935 movie)
Felix Silla
Felix Anthony Silla (January 11, 1937 – April 16, 2021), is a retired Italian-born retired American actor and stuntman. He was known for his role as the costumed character of Cousin Itt" on television's "The Addams Family". He also starred as Ewok in the movie "Return of the Jedi", and had a small roll in the indie movie "Characterz".
Silla was born in Roccacasale, Italy. Felix Silla died on April 16, 2021, from pancreatic cancer at the age of 84, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Catherine de Károlyi
Catherine de Károlyi (born Catherine or Katalin Pólya) (September 1 1919 in Budapest - October 30 2006 in Paris) is a French fashion designer. She is of Hungarian origin.
In early 1946, they returned to Budapest devastated by long battles between German and Soviet troops. The coalition government, formed by the party of small landowners, trade unionists, national peasants, socialists and communists, gave them the triumphant welcome due to the historic founders of the new state. As a convinced Stalinist, Deputy Prime Minister Mathias Rakosi only tolerated the sharing of responsibilities on a temporary basis. From 1947, the gradual but violent elimination of the moderates, then of the right-wing socialists, gradually gave him the country.
Hungarian refugee in Paris in 1948, she learned the fashion trade on the job, became a model, created her own label, was noticed by Dior and Balmain, became friends with Malraux and was hired by Hermes, the house where she created the mythical belt from this observation: "The letter H is symmetrical"? it could make a loop. "Her aristocratic elegance inspired the Hermès collections until the 1980s.
Married in second marriage to filmmaker Raymond Assayas, known as Jacques Rémy, Catherine de Karolyi was the mother of three sons including filmmaker Olivier Assayas and journalist and writer Michka Assayas.
Yankee Senor
The Yankee Señor is a 1926 American western movie. It was directed by Emmett J. Flynn. Actors include Tom Mix, Olive Borden, Tom Kennedy, Francis McDonald, Margaret Livingston, and Kathryn Carver. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
The Addams Family (1964 TV series)
The Addams Family is an American horror/black comedy sitcom based on the characters from Charles Addams' "New Yorker" cartoons.
The show starred Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams, John Astin as Gomez Addams, Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester Addams, Ted Cassidy as Lurch, Blossom Rock as Grandmamma Addams, Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams and Ken Weatherwax as Pugsley Addams.
The 30-minute television series was created by David Levy and Donald Saltzman and shot in black-and-white, airing for two seasons on ABC from September 18, 1964, to April 8, 1966, for a total of 64 episodes.
The show is also known for its opening theme, which was composed and sung by Vic Mizzy.
Vic Mizzy
Victor Mizzy (January 9, 1916 – October 17, 2009) was an American composer. His best-known works are the themes to the 1960s television sitcoms "Green Acres" and "The Addams Family". Mizzy also wrote top-20 songs from the 1930s to 1940s. He was born in New York City.
Mizzy died at his home in Bel Air, California, on October 17, 2009, aged 93.
Lisa Loring
Lisa Loring (born Lisa Ann DeCinces; February 16, 1958) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Wednesday Addams on the 1964–1966 sitcom "The Addams Family".
Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald (August 21, 1895 – January 14, 1978), also known as Blossom Rock, was an American actress. Her younger sister was actress and singer Jeanette MacDonald. Rock is probably best known for her role as "Grandmama" on the 1960s horror sitcom "The Addams Family".
Rock was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died of a stroke on January 14, 1978 in Los Angeles, aged 82.
Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette Anna MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American singer and actress. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.