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Appeasement is a diplomatic policy of meeting political demands to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict. The term was used for the foreign policy of the British governments of Prime Ministers Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain towards Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy between 1935 and 1939.
Die casting
Die casting is a type of metal casting that forces molten metal into the empty space of the mold. The mold is made by using two hardened tool steel dies which are machined into shape. These work like an injection mold.
Most die castings are made from non-ferrous metals (meaning they do not have iron). These metals are zinc, copper, aluminium, magnesium, lead, pewter, and tin-based alloys. Depending on what type of metal is being cast, a hot- or cold-chamber machine is used.
The casting equipment and the metal dies are expensive. This means it is used only on things that need to be made a large number of times. It is simple to make things using die casting, and it has only four main steps. This helps keep the cost of the items lower. Die casting works well for many small- to medium-sized castings, which is why it is used to make more castings than any other casting process. Die castings have a very good surface finish (compared to other types of casting) and consistent sizes.
Thayer, Missouri
Thayer is a city in Oregon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,243 at the 2010 census.
Alton, Missouri
Alton is the county seat of Oregon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 871 at the 2010 census.
David Glass
David Dayne Glass (September 2, 1935 – January 9, 2020) was an American businessman. He was born in Oregon County, Missouri. He was the President and chief executive officer of Walmart from 1988 through 2000. He was also the Kansas City Royals.
In August 2019, Glass agreed to sell the Kansas City Royals to Cleveland Indians vice chairman John Sherman.
Glass died of complications from pneumonia in Bentonville, Arkansas on January 9, 2020 at the age of 84.
Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Chadds Ford Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is about southwest of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 census, Chadds Ford Township had a population of 3,640.
Chester Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Chester Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. </ref> The population was 3,940 at the 2010 census.
Hannah John-Kamen
Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 1860 – 22 January 1942) was a German-British painter and printmaker. He was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London. He was an important influence on British styles of avant-garde art in the mid- and late 20th century. His works were often about Jack the Ripper, which led some to believe he might have been the actual killer.
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Peggy Whitson
Peggy Annette Whitson (born February 9, 1960) is an American biochemistry researcher, retired NASA astronaut, and former NASA Chief Astronaut.
Her first space mission was in 2002, with an extended stay aboard the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 5.
Port Isabel, Texas
Port Isabel is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,006 at the 2010 census.
Dean Lawrence Kamen (born April 5, 1951) is an American engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is known for inventing the Segway and founding the non-profit organization FIRST with Woodie Flowers.
Kamen is best known for inventing the product that eventually became known as the Segway PT. It is an electric, self-balancing vehicle. The device is balanced on two parallel wheels and is controlled by moving body weight. The machine had a lot of attention after parts of a book quoting Steve Jobs and other notable IT inventors talking about its revolutionary potential were leaked in December 2001.
Kamen was already a successful inventor: his company "Auto Syringe" manufactures and markets the first drug infusion pump. His company DEKA also holds patents for the technology used in portable dialysis machines, an insulin pump (based on the drug infusion pump technology), and an all-terrain electric wheelchair known as the iBOT, using many of the same balancing technologies that were later used on the Segway.
Kamen has worked a lot on a project involving Stirling engine designs. It tries to create two machines: one that would generate power, and the Slingshot that would be a water purification system. He hopes the project will help improve living standards in developing countries. Kamen has a patent on his water purifier, and other patents pending. In 2014, the film "SlingShot" was released, which showed Kamen's quest to use his machine to fix the world's water crisis.
Kamen is also the co-inventor of a compressed air device that would launch a human into the air. This would be used to quickly launch SWAT teams or other emergency workers to the roofs of tall, hard-to-reach buildings.
In 2009 Kamen stated that his company DEKA was now working on solar powered inventions.
Kamen and DEKA also made the DEKA Arm System or "Luke", a prosthetic arm replacement that gives much more fine motor control than other prosthetic limbs. It was approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May 2014, and DEKA is looking for partners to mass-produce the prosthesis.
In 1989, Kamen founded FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a program for students to get people interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). One competition started and run by FIRST is the FRC or FIRST Robotics Competition. In 2017, FIRST chose to host two international competitions, one in St. Louis, Missouri, and another in Houston, Texas, each a week apart. From 2018 to 2020, it will be held in Detroit, Michigan, instead of St. Louis, Missouri.
FIRST has many robotics programs for students in grades K-12, including FLL JR. (FIRST Lego League Jr.) for younger elementary school students, FLL (FIRST Lego League) for older elementary school and middle school students, FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) for middle and high school students, and FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) for high school students. In 2017, FIRST held the inaugural event of its first olympics-style competition – FGC (FIRST Global Challenge) – in Washington, D.C.
Kamen says that FIRST is the invention he is most proud of. He predicts that the 1 million students who have taken part in the contests so far will create important inventions in the future.
Woodie Flowers
Woodie Claude Flowers (November 18, 1943 – October 11, 2019) was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked on engineering design and product development. He also held the Pappalardo Professorship and was a MacVicar Faculty Fellow.
Flowers was born in Jena, Louisiana on November 18, 1943. He was named after his grandfathers Woodie and Claude. His father, Abe Flowers, was a welder and inventor. His mother, Bertie Graham, was an elementary-school and special education teacher. As a boy, he showed mechanical aptitude like his father, Abe, and he earned the rank of Eagle Scout. When he was seventeen, he and four friends were driving on Louisiana Highway 127 when they were hit head-on by another vehicle that was traveling at about . The accident killed two people in Flowers' vehicle and one in the other. It made him believe what he called "genetic opposition to violence" and created his "fierce, vocal loathing of any spectacle that involves crashing pieces of machinery into each other with deliberate force."
Flowers went to Louisiana Polytechnic Institute and graduated with his B.S. in 1966. He then went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), earning his M.S. (1968), M.E. (1971), and Ph.D. (1973) under the direction of Bob Mann. His thesis, called "A man-interactive simulator system for above-knee prosthetics studies," was on a robot-like prosthetic knee inspired by Mann's Boston Arm.
After receiving his doctorate (Ph.D.), Flowers began as an assistant professor at MIT. He worked with Herb Richardson on the "Introduction to Design and Manufacturing" class. Known by its course number as 2.70 (now 2.007), the class had a design competition to build robotic devices to accomplish a challenge. Flowers took over the class in 1974, changing it into one of the most popular classes at MIT. He changed the challenge every year, always trying to make it more complex and exciting. The competition was shown on TV several years on the PBS show "Discover the World of Science". The competition became like a sporting event, and was even jokingly referred to as MIT's true homecoming game. In 1987, Flowers handed the class over to Harry West.
"Discover the World of Science" changed its name to "Scientific American Frontiers" in 1990, and Flowers served as its host until 1993 when he was replaced by Alan Alda. In 1990, Flowers began working with Dean Kamen on FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a project to promote science and technology. Taking parts from 2.70, they created the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) in 1992. Flowers brought the phrase "gracious professionalism" to FIRST, an idea which has since become very important in FIRST rules and culture. Flowers served every year as National Advisor to FIRST. He was active at FIRST events, working as an MC and treated along with Kamen "like heroes."
At the 2017 VEX Robotics World Championship, Woodie Flowers was inducted into the STEM Hall of Fame.
Flowers was a "Distinguished Partner" at Olin College, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2007, he received a degree "honoris causa" from Chilean university Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello. He died on October 11, 2019, in Massachusetts following complications from aorta surgery.
In 1996, the FIRST Robotics Competition created the Woodie Flowers award, which was given to Flowers that year. In years since, the award has served as a way for FRC teams to honor adult mentors. At each FRC regional competition a Woodie Flowers Finalist Award is presented to one adult who was nominated. This qualifies them for the Championship Woodie Flowers Award (WFA) presented at the FIRST Championship.
Encoder may refer to:
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Rotary encoder
A rotary encoder is a device that can keep track of how much something has turned. This is called its angular position. That information is useful to know how far a motor has turned, for example.
Rotary encoders are often used in manufacturing and robotics. This is because they need things to be measured and controlled very accurately.
An absolute encoder always keeps track of what value its on, even if it isn't powered.
An incremental encoder only keeps track of changes. It gives off signals if it is turned one way or another.
List of cities and towns in California
California is a state in the Western United States. It is the state with the most people, as 37,253,956 people lived there in 2010.
California is split into 58 counties and has 482 municipalities. One county, San Francisco, is a city-county, which means it is both a municipality and county. In California law, there is no difference between a city and town. This means municipalites can use either name. At the 2010 census 30,908,614 people in California lived in an urban area. This is 82.97% of people in the state.
The largest municipality by population is Los Angeles, which had 3,792,621 people living there in 2010. The smallest is Vernon, with 112 people living there in 2010.
A cease and desist letter is a document sent to an individual or business to stop attempted illegal activity ("cease") and not to restart it ("desist"). The letter may warn to the individual or business that if they do not stop certain behaviour by deadlines set in the letter, then that individual or business may be sued. The same letter may also warn the individual or business to take specified actions in order to avoid being sued. When a cease and desist letter is issued by a public authority, it is called a "cease and desist order".
Although cease and desist letters are not exclusively used for stopping copyright infringement, such letters are also used to protect other issues related to intellectual property. The holder of an intellectual property right (i.e. either a copyrighted work, a trademark, or a patent) may send the cease and desist letter to tell a third party (i.e. an individual or business who is not related to the holder of the intellectual property right) that they are infringing intellectual property. The letter may contain either an offer to license the intellectual property or a very clear threat of a lawsuit. A cease and desist letter often causes both parties to make licensing negotiations, and is very often the first step towards a lawsuit.
If someone receives many cease and desist letters, it will cost a large amount of money to manage them. Each claim in the letters must be evaluated, and the person or group who receives it will have to decide what to do to sort out the cease and desist letter. Either, they would have to obtain an attorney's opinion letter, prepare for a lawsuit, and perhaps start making suitable alternatives that do not break the holder's intellectual property.
Cease and desist letters are sometimes used to intimidate the offending groups and can be used by corporations to relax the online critical speech of such groups. A company owning a trademark may send such letter to them that they are doing trademark infringement, although the actual use of the trademark by the offending group may fall under a fair use exception (which follows, in the U.S., the protection of free speech under the First Amendment).
Pepe the Frog is an internet meme. He is an anthropomorphic green frog who had originated in a comic by Matt Furie called "Boy's Club". He appears in many different types of popular memes on the internet. By 2015, he is the most popular meme in 4chan and Tumblr.
He has also appears as a symbol of alt-right movement. However, Pepe's creator didn't like it that Pepe the Frog is being used as a hate symbol, and he will sue any organization who uses Pepe as a hate symbol.
Khatib MRT station
Khatib MRT station (NS14) is an Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South line in Yishun, Singapore.
The section of tracks between this station and Yio Chu Kang MRT station is the longest between any two stations on the North South line.
The station was previously named Nee Soon South. It was renamed to Khatib in January 1987 along with Yishun MRT station which was initially named Nee Soon. In 1990, a power failure which occurred at Yishun station affected services at this station.
In 2002, lift upgrading commenced at this station and was completed on 10 January 2003.
Installation of the half-height screen doors started and operations commenced on 30 September 2011. The station was installed with high-volume low-speed fans and the fans started running since 28 August 2012.
Kate Ford
Kate Ford (born 29 December 1976) is an English actress, known for playing Tracy Barlow on the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", from 2002 to 2007, and 2010 onwards. Ford was born and raised in Salford Disrict, Greater Manchester, England.
Greg Davies
Gregory Daniel Davies (born 14 May 1968) is a British stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for his roles as Greg in "We Are Klang", Mr Gilbert in "The Inbetweeners", Ken Thompson in "Cuckoo", the Taskmaster in "Taskmaster" and Dan Davies in "Man Down". He has made guest appearances in panel shows such as "Mock the Week" and "Would I Lie to You?".
For his role in "Cuckoo", Davies was nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2013.
Davies was born in St Asaph, Flintshire, Wales. He grew up in Wem, Shropshire, England. Davies is noted for his height, standing tall.
Nikolai Tsymbal
Nikolai Andreyevich Tsymbal (; 20 January 1925 – 15 January 2020) was an officer of the Soviet Armed Forces. He worked in the force's political branch and reached the rank of . He was deputy head of the Gagarin Air Force Academy. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and the Order of Friendship.
Bobby Kay
Romeo Cormier (5 January 1950 – 17 January 2020) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He was best known by the ring name Bobby Kay. He was a member of the Cormier wrestling family, a group of four brothers who were all successful professional wrestlers.
He worked in Canada and the United States from 1967 to the mid-1980s. He owned and operated part of the Eastern Sports Association. After retiring from wrestling, he performed country music professionally before taking a job with Loblaws.
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Pelam
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Pelam, or The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perris, or The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, is a British series sitcom of novels written by David Nobbs. Its also adapted casting Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, John Barron, Sue Nicholls, Geoffrey Palmer, Bruce Bould, John Horsley, Trevor Adams, Sally-Jane Spencer, Tim Preece, Leslie Schofield and Derry Power from the title role. It was produced aireding on the BBC and BBC One from 8 September 1976, until the series till 24 January 1979. He adapted the first series from the novel.
Ashwini Kumar Chopra
Ashwini Kumar Chopra (11 June 1956 – 18 January 2020) was an Indian politician, cricketer and journalist. He was born in Jalandhar. Chopra was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of the Lok Sabha from 2014 through 2019. As a journalist, he worked for "Punjab Kesari".
Chopra died of cancer on 18 January 2020 in Gurgaon, Haryana. He was 63.
Mark Pocan
Mark William Pocan (; born August 14, 1964) is an American politician and businessman. He is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district since 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party, Pocan is Co-Chair of both the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus.
From 1999 to 2013 he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
In January 2020, Pocan endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President.
Peroxisome
Peroxisomes or microbodies are organelles inside eukariotic cells which are enclosed with a membrane. They are involved in various processes, and use up oxygen.
Peroxisomes play an important role in metabolism, reactive oxygen species detoxification, and signaling.
Michael Le Vell
Michael Robert Turner (born 15 December 1964), known professionally as Michael Le Vell, is an English actor. He is known for his role as mechanic Kevin Webster in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", a role he has played continuously since 1983.
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Sally Ann Matthews
Sally Ann Matthews (born 19 September 1970) is an English actress. She is known for playing Jenny Bradley in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street"; and Sandra Briggs in the fellow ITV soap opera, "Emmerdale".
Gary Ablett
Gareth Ian Ablett (19 November 1965 – 1 January 2012) was an English professional footballer and manager. He played as a defender. His professional career lasted from 1985 until 2001.
Ablett was born in the Liverpool suburb of Aigburth. He played for Liverpool between 1985 and 1992. With the club, he won two league titles and an FA Cup, winning against Everton in the 1989 final. In 1995, Ablett moved from Liverpool to city rivals Everton. Later that year, he won the FA Cup with Everton. He remains the only played to win an FA Cup with both clubs. He also played for Derby County, Hull City, Sheffield United, Birmingham City, Wycombe Wanderers, Blackpool and the Long Island Rough Riders during his career. He was also a youth team manager for Liverpool and Everton. From 2009 to 2010, he was manager of Stockport County.
On 1 January 2012, Ablett died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Tarleton, Lancashire. He was 46.
Gary Ablett (disambiguation)
Gary Ablett (1965–2012) was an English professional footballer and manager.
Gary Ablett may also refer to:
The Citadel (1960 miniseries)
John Barron
Sally Dynevor
Sally Dynevor ("née" Whittaker; born 30 May 1963) is an English actress, known for her role as Sally Webster in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", from 1986 onwards.
Ben Price
Ben Price (born 30 June 1972) is an English actor, television presenter and writer for YouTube, best known for his portrayal of Nick Tilsey in ITV's longest running television soap opera, "Coronation Street", a role which he has played since 2009.
Tina O'Brien
Tina Michelle O'Brien (born 7 August 1983 in Rusholme, Manchester, England) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Sarah Platt in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", from 1999 to 2008 and 2015 onwards, and for her role as Bex Fisher in the BBC school-based drama series, "Waterloo Road", from 2010 to 2011.
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Connie Hyde
Connie Skov Hyde (born 15 November 1969) is an English actress. Between 2017 and 2019, Hyde played Gina Seddon in the ITV television soap opera Coronation Street.
She was born to his English father and Danish father grew up in Lancashire.
Beverley Callard
Beverley Jane McEwan (née Moxon; previously Atkinson, Sowden and Callard; born 28 March 1957) is an English actress, known for her roles as Liz McDonald in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street"; and Flo Henshaw in the BBC sitcom, "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet for Crisps".
Ryukyuan people
The Ryukyuan people (琉球民族, Okinawan: "Ruuchuu minzuku"; Japanese: "Ryuukyuu minzoku") are the natives of the Ryūkyū Islands, a collection of islands located in Japan.
The Ryukyuans descend from the Jōmon and Yayoi peoples.
By the 14th century, numerous chiefs ruled the Ryukyu Islands. In Okinawa, a new chief named Tamagusuku was unpopular among local lords, causing the island to be split into three kingdoms (Chūzan, Nanzan and Hokuzan). By the 15th century, the island was re-united, causing the Ryukyu Kingdom to be born. In the following centuries, the Ryukyu Kingdom would expand its rule over the Amami, Miyako and Yaeyama islands. They would also become a vassal state of China.
In 1609, the Japanese domain of Satsuma took over the Ryukyu Kingdom. The Amami Islands were then ruled by Satsuma, whereas the rest of the Ryukyu Kingdom was turned into a vassal.
In 1872, the Ryukyu Kingdom became the Ryūkyū Domain. In 1879, the Japanese Empire took control of the country.
After Japanese annexation happened, the local cultures and languages of Ryukyu were suppressed. Children who spoke the native Ryukyuan languages at school were punished with dialect cards.
During the Battle of Okinawa (World War II), between 40,000 to 150,000 Okinawans were killed. After World War II ended, the Ryukyu Islands were placed under American administration. The Amami Islands were returned to Japan in 1953, whereas the ofher island groups were returned in 1972.
Many Ryukyuans (especially the diaspora communities in Hawaii and Brazil) consider themselves to be different from the Japanese, who mainly inhabit the mainland (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Hokkaidō).
On the other hand, a lot of other Ryukyuans identify as “Japanese”, which is the result of assimilation that dates back to the Meiji Era.
Historically, the Ryukyuans spoke the Ryukyuan languages. Because Japan suppressed them in the past, they are all endangered, with most speakers being elderly. A Japanese speaker wouldn’t be able to understand any of the six Ryukyuan languages without any knowledge out of it. Despite this, the Japanese government calls the Ryukyuan languages ”Japanese dialects” for political reasons. Most linguists on the other hand refer to the Ryukyuan languages as separate languages.
The native religion of the Ryukyuans is the Ryukyuan religion, an animistic faith that believes in ancestor worship. Other religions practiced in Ryukyu include Shintoism, Buddhism and Christianity.
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet for Crisps
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps is a British comedy sitcom that ran from 26 February 2001 to 24 May 2011 from BBC Two. It starred Ralf Little, Natalie Casey, Will Mellor, Sheridan Smith, Karthyn Drysdale, Beverley Callard, and more.
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Ralf Little
Ralf Alastair John Little (born 8 February 1980) is an English actor, writer, and semi-professional footballer. Little is known for acting in comedy shows. He has played Antony Doyle in The Royle Family and Jenny Keogh in the BBC Two first six series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, as well as known for playing Joseph in an episode of the second season for the BBC series 'Robin Hood'.
Simon Gregson
Simon Alan Gregory (born 2 October 1974), better known by his stage name, Simon Gregson, is an English actor, known for his portrayal of Steve McDonald in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", from 1989 onwards. He has received 17 awards for comedy and performance, plus a Legends of Industry Award. He is a patron for Scotty's Little Soldiers.
Fiestas de San Blas y Santa Águeda (Mequinenza)
Fiestas de San Blas and Santa Águeda is a celebration of the municipality of Mequinenza in the province of Zaragoza, an autonomous community of Aragon that consists of a holiday that is part of the historical tradition of the town due to its age and continuity through time and for the originality and diversity of its acts, becoming a tourist phenomenon with great attraction of visitors. There is evidence of more than 300 years of celebration, with an active participation of the local population in both religious and festive celebrations. These parties include unique events such as the delivery of the baton, costume contests (both children and adults) as well as the elaboration of "coca" and "pa beneït". They take place during the first half of February, they are considered as the winter celebrations of the town and since 2018 they have been recognized as a Festival of Tourist Interest in Aragon.
It exists proof of at least three centuries of celebration of Saint Blas and Saint Águeda in Mequinenza, a tradition that stressed when, with the construction of the reservoir of Riba-red in the years 70, the Old Village remained under the river Ebro and the urban core of the place had to move to his current location to few kilometres water up, to river banks Segre. Historically, the procession of Saint Blas ran to charge of the men and the one of Saint Águeda to the women, but the natural evolution of the tradition has comported that in the actuality the Commissions of Saint Blas and Santa Águeda are exclusively formed by women that purchase a special leadership during the days of celebration. Saint Blas and Santa Águeda took importance during the Franco regime, since although it was forbidden to disguise, Mequinenza continued challenging the prohibition imposed by the authorities, a fact that boosted even more the popular rooting and the singular character of the tradition.
The festivity initiates with the delivery of the Clave of Control to the Commissions of Saint Blas and Santa Águeda, to continue the day 3 February with the religious celebrations of Saint Blas and the day 5 with the ones of Santa Águeda. The day concludes with the known contests of costumes artesanales for small and greater, at the same time that diverse and colourful rúas visit the population accompanied of music in direct. During the celebrations elaborate “cokes”, a sweet typical traditional to base of oil, flour and water, to which adds a secret ingredient that knows only each Commission. The process of preparation of “cokes” transmits of generation in generation through the members of the Commission of Saint Blas and Santa Águeda.
Tradition, party and colour join during the parties, filling the population during these days of national visitors and foreigners attracted by the big espectacularidad of the handmade costumes. The groups parade by the streets of the place disguised with attires of historical characters, imaginary or of fiction to rhythm of musics varied. The works of preparation of the costumes initiate months before the festivity with an intense work done entirely manually, fruit of the creativity and the wit in which it involves all the population. The festivity of Saint Blas and Santa Águeda is the expression of the collective effort and the artistic expression of all the population of Mequinenza, as well as a signal of identity and referent in all the Region of the Low/Baix Cinca.
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Jupiter Award (science fiction award)
Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart
Robert Adam Ross Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart (26 June 1936 – 18 January 2020) was a British politician and life peer. He was the last leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) from 1987 to 1988. He was the president of the Liberal Democrats from 1995 to 1998. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1966 to 2001, when he was raised to the House of Lords.
Maclennan was born in Glasgow. His father was Sir Hector MacLennan. He died in January 2020, at the age of 83.
Rolf Koschorrek
Rolf Koschorrek (17 June 1956 – 12 January 2020) was a German politician. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was a member of the national Bundestag from 2005 to 2013. He was in the dentistry industry outside of politics.
Koschorrek was born in Bad Bramstedt. On 12 January 2020, he died of cancer in Berlin. He was 64.
Deaths in February 2020
The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in February 2020. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
National Book Foundation
The National Book Foundation (NBF) is an American nonprofit organization established "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America". Established 1989 by National Book Awards, Inc.,
Some of the Foundation's programs include:
Petr Pokorný (theologian)
Petr Pokorný (April 21, 1933 – January 18, 2020) was a Protestant theologian. He was a professor at Charles University in Prague, and pastor of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren. He was one of the leading biblical scholars in the Czech Republic.
Piri Sciascia
Piri John Ngarangikaunuhia Sciascia (6 November 1946 – 18 January 2020) was a New Zealand Māori leader and university administrator. From 2016 until his death, he was kaumātua and advisor to the governor-general and government of New Zealand. He was a member of the organising committee for the international exhibition "Te Maori".
He died on 18 January 2020.
James Mollison
James Mollison (20 March 1931 – 19 January 2020) was an Australian arts administrator. He was acting director of the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) from 1971 to 1977 and director from 1977 to 1990. He was also director of the National Gallery of Victoria from 1989 to 1995. He was born in Wonthaggi, Victoria.
Mollison retired as the NGA's director in 1990 and moved to Melbourne to become director of the National Gallery of Victoria. He died on 19 January 2020, at the age of 88.
Sunanda Patnaik
Sunanda Patnaik (7 November 1934 – 19 January 2020) was an Indian classical singer of Gwalior gharana. She was thought to be one of the great singers of Hindustani music.
Claremont, California
Claremont () is a city on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is east of downtown Los Angeles. It is in the Pomona Valley, at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 34,926. It is home to the Claremont Colleges, a group of seven colleges.
Los Osos, California
Los Osos is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located along the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California. The community is part of the 93402 and 93412 ZIP codes and area code 805. The population was 14,276 at the 2010 census.
Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Dinwiddie County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,001. Its county seat is Dinwiddie.
Dinwiddie, Virginia
Ingham County, Michigan
Ingham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 280,895. The county seat is Mason.
Mason, Michigan
Mason is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is named after the state's first governor, Stevens T. Mason. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,252. It is the county seat of Ingham County.
Genesee County, Michigan
Genesee County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 425,790, making it the fifth-most populous county in Michigan. The county seat and population center is Flint.
Helen Flanagan
Helen Joyce Gabriel Flanagan (born 7 August 1990) is an English actress. She is best known for presenting the role as Rosie Webster in Coronation Street with Jack P. Shepherd. Flangan is an anchor from the ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Here.
She was born at Bury, Greater Manchester, England.
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Brooke Vincent
Brooke Levi Vincent (born 4 June 1992) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Sophie Webster in the ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", which she played from 2004 to 2019.
Vincent was born in Audenshaw, Greater Manchester, England.
Stanisław Stefanek
Stanisław Stefanek (7 May 1936 – 17 January 2020) was a Polish bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Majdan Sobieszczański. He became a priest in 1959. He later held the roles of auxiliary bishop of Szczecin-Kamień and titular bishop of "Forum Popilii". He served as bishop of Łomża from 1996 until his retirement in 2011.
Stefanek died on 17 January 2020 in Lublin, at the age of 83.
Rob Mallard
Robert Stephen Mallard (born 19 May 1992) is an English actor, best known for playing the role of Daniel Osbourne in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", from 2016 onwards. He is the third actor to play the role, replacing Lewis Harney and Dominic Holmes. He was born in Manchester, England.
David Rudman
David Larry Rudman (born June 1, 1963) is an American puppeteer, cartoonist, producer, director, and singer, best known for performing Ernie, Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, and the left Two-Headed-Monster on Sesame Street.
Two-Headed Monster
The Two-Headed Monster is a light purple monster on "Sesame Street". It first appeared in 1978 in Season 9.
The performers for the Two-Headed Monster are listed below:
Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic is a British pay drama comedy television channel also by the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, owned by Sky Limited in the United States.
David Neilson
David Neilson (born 13 March 1949) is an English actor, best known for his role as Roy Cropper in the long-running British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", from 1995 onwards.
He was born in Loughborough, Leicester, England.
Tristan Gemmill
Dick Scott (historian)
Richard George Scott (17 November 1923 – 1 January 2020) was a New Zealand historian and journalist. He wrote many books on the history of New Zealand. His first book, "151 Days" (1952), was about the 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute. His most well-known work is "Ask That Mountain" (1975), which tells the events of the non-violent Māori resistance to European occupation in Parihaka. Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark called it "one of New Zealand's most influential books." His autobiography, "Dick Scott: A Radical Writer's Life", was published in 2004.
Scott was born in Palmerston North. He was the father of writer Rosie Scott (1948–2017).
Scott died on 1 January 2020, at the age of 96.
John N. Brandenburg
John Nelson Brandenburg (April 29, 1929 – January 14, 2020) was an American lieutenant general in the U.S. Army. He was born in Enid, Oklahoma. He was a commander of the I Corps at Fort Lewis, a post which he served from 1981 to 1984. He was also a commander of the 101st Airborne Division from 1978 to 1980. He retired from the military in May 1984 after 33 years of service.
On January 14, 2020, Brandenburg died at his home in Canton, Georgia. He was 90.
Palmerston North
Palmerston North is a city in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. The city is north of the capital, Wellington. Palmerston North is the country's seventh-largest city. As of June 2018, the city had an urban population of 86,600.
Canton, Georgia
Canton is a city in and the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 22,958.
Jane Danson
Jane Danson (born Jane Elizabeth Dawson; 8 November 1978) is an English actress. She is known for her portrayal of Leanne Battersby in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", from to 1997 to 2000, and 2004 onwards. Her other television credits include "Children's Ward", from 1995 to 1997; "The Grand", during 1997; "Always and Everyone", from 2001 to 2002; and "The Bill", from 2002 to 2003.
For her role on "Coronation Street", Danson won the 2011 British Soap Award for "Best Dramatic Performance".
Georgia Taylor
Georgia Taylor (born Claire Jackson; 26 February 1980) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Toyah Battersby in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", from 1997 to 2003, and 2016 onwards; Ruth Winters in the BBC One medical drama series, "Casualty", from 2007 to 2011; and Kate Barker in the ITV police drama series, "", from 2013 to 2014.
She was born and raised in Wigan, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.
Alan Halsall
Alan David Halsall (born 11 August 1982 in Walkden, Worsley, Greater Manchester) is an English actor known for playing Tyrone Dobbs in "Coronation Street", a role which he has played since 1998.
He has a daughter with ex-wife Lucy-Jo Hudson.
David Maslanka
David Maslanka (August 30, 1943 - August 7, 2017) was a composer. He is best known for his pieces for wind ensemble and his fourth symphony.
Maslanka learned how to write music with H. Owen Reed. He taught at Kingsborough Community College and Sarah Lawrence College. After 1990, Maslanka stopped teaching. He only wrote music after then. He lived in Missoula, Montana for most of his career.
Jimmi Harkishin
James "Jimmi" Harkishin (born Rajan Harkinshindas; 19 March 1965) is a British actor best known for his role as shopkeeper Dev Alahan in the long running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", which he has played continuously since 10 November 1999. He also had a small role in the film "East is East", as well as "Bhaji on the Beach". Harkishin played Gary Lobo in the "Jonathan Creek" episode "Danse Macabre".
Harkishin was born in Paris, France, to an Indian father, Deepak, and an Italian mother, Soni.
He began acting in 1987 under the stage name James Harkishin, and played the regular character of Jose Cuervo for 18 episodes between 1990–1993 in the children's TV series, "Uncle Jack".
Sue Cleaver
Sue Cleaver (born 2 September 1963) is a English actress. She is best known for playing Eileen Grimshaw in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", from 2000 onwards. She also played Glenda alongside Victoria Wood in the BBC One sitcom, "Dinnerladies", from 1998 to 2000; and Denise Robertson in the ITV longest daytime show, "This Morning", since 2016. Cleaver was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England.
This Morning is a British daytime television programme that is broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom and Virgin Media One in the Republic of Ireland. The show airs live and features news, topical items, showbiz, style and beauty, home and garden, food, health, real life and other segments. The longest serving presenter of the show is Ruth Langsford, who presented the series continously 21 years since 1999. The show orginally presented by husband and wife duo Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan for more than a decade after its launch. It is currently presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby to Monday to Thursday, and Dermot O'Leary and Alison Hammond on Fridays and Bank Holidays. During all school holidays including the 6 week Summer Holiday, the show is presented by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford, five days a week, while all other presenters are absent.
Cherokee County, Georgia
Cherokee County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the county had a population of 214,346. The county seat is Canton.
Shale gas
Shale gas is natural gas that comes from shale, a kind of sedimentary rocks. The majority of natural gas in the world is thought to be shale gas, but getting it out of the Earth is difficult.
Jimmy Heath
James Edward Heath (October 25, 1926 – January 19, 2020), nicknamed "Little Bird", was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader. He was the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath. In 1975, the brothers formed the Heath Brothers. He worked with notable musicians such as John Coltrane, Stanley Cowell, Benny Golson, Specs Wright, Cal Massey, Johnny Coles, Ray Bryant, Nelson Boyd, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Gil Evans, Milt Jackson, Nancy Wilson, Gerald Wilson and Art Farmer. Heath was nominated for three Grammy Awards.
Heath was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the father of musician James Mtume.
On January 19, 2020, Heath died of natural causes in Loganville, Georgia. He was 93.
Samia Longchambon
Samia Maxine Longchambon ("née" Ghadie, previously Smith; born 13 July 1982) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Maria Connor in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", from 2000 onwards.
Samia Ghadie was born in Eccles, Greater Manchester to Joseph, a French-Lebanese shop owner and Patsy, an English actress whom he met whilst working in Abu Dhabi. Samia lived there for a period as a child. She has a brother named Tariq.
Albert Heath
Albert "Tootie" Heath (born May 31, 1935) is an American jazz hard bop drummer. He is the brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and the bassist Percy Heath. In 1975, the brothers formed the Heath Brothers. He notably worked with musicians such as John Coltrane, J. J. Johnson, Wes Montgomery, Art Farmer and Benny Golson's Jazztet, Cedar Walton, Bobby Timmons, Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Herbie Hancock, Friedrich Gulda, Nina Simone and Yusef Lateef.
Heath was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Loganville, Georgia
Loganville is a city in Walton and Gwinnett counties, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 10,458.
East is East
East is East is a 1994 British comedy-drama movie produced by Sky Cinema. It is directed by Damien O'Donnell. It stars Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry, Jordan Routledge and more.
Minié ball
The Minié ball, or Minni ball, is a type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilized bullet for rifled muskets named after its developer, Claude-Étienne Minié, inventor of the French Minié rifle. It came to prominence in the Crimean War and American Civil War.
Rifling, the addition of spiral grooves inside a gun barrel, givesa spin to a bullet, greatly increasing the range and accuracy of a gun. Before the Minié ball, balls had to be jammed down the rifle barrel, sometimes with a mallet, and after a relatively small number of shots, gunpowder leftovers built up in the spiral grooves, which then had to be cleaned out. The development of the Minié ball was significant, because it was the first projectile that was small enough to be easily put down the barrel of a rifled long gun. Both the American Springfield Model 1861 and the British Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled muskets, the most common weapons used during the American Civil War, used the Minié ball.
The Minié ball did a lot if damage in the American Civil War. It made it really hard for surgeons to treat wounded soldiers because Minié balls shattered bones often.
Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele
Grace Rhona Wurtele Gillis (January 21, 1922 – January 17, 2020) and Isabella Rhoda Wurtele Eaves (born January 21, 1922) were Canadian skiers. They were identical twin sisters. The pair were active in the 1940s and 1950s. The duo won many North American skiing competitions. Together they made up the entire 1948 Winter Olympics women's alpine team for Canada. Rhoda also competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics. The Wurteles were born in Saint-Lambert, Quebec.
Weekend (Polish band)
Weekend is a Polish band. They have made disco polo music and dance music.
Globe Town is an area in East London. It is in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in London, United Kingdom. It is centered around Roman Road. Globe Town can be described as being east of Bethnal Green.
John Mackey
Ludovico Einaudi
Ludovico Maria Enrico Einaudi (born 23 November 1955) is an Italian pianist and composer. He has made several original albums of piano music and has made the soundtracks for several films. He now lives in Milan, Italy.Crossroads (British TV series)
Crossroads (later known as Crossroads Motel) is a British television soap opera. It was shown on ITV. It began in 1964 and finished in 1988. There was a revival from 2001 to 2003.
"Crossroads" was set in a fictional motel in the Midlands. "Crossroads" was later called a hotel. The show became a byword for cheap production values. Despite this, the series regularly attracted huge audiences. It had as many as 15 million viewers.
It was created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling and produced by ATV. In 1981, Central Independent Television took over ATV's broadcast licence and continued the programme until it was cancelled in 1988. In 2001, the series was revived by Carlton Television. It was cancelled again in 2003.
The original idea of "Crossroads" was based around two feuding sisters, Kitty Jarvis, played by Beryl Johnstone, and Meg Richardson, played by Noele Gordon. Meg is a wealthy woman. She had her late husband Charles' insurance money, and compensation money from the council. The compensation was for them building a motorway through her land. Meg used her money to turn her large Georgian house into a motel.
"The Crossroads Motel" was located near the fictional small village of King's Oak. This was on the edge of Birmingham. Meg had two children. A girl named Jill, played by Jane Rossington), born in 1946, and a boy Alexander, born in 1950. Alexander was called "Sandy" and played by Roger Tonge.
The other sister, Kitty, is married to the unemployed Dick played by Brian Kent. She is not wealthy. Dick and Kitty bought a newsagents and tobacconists shop in the nearby town of Heathbury a few years after the show started. Kitty and Dick had a son called Brian, played by David Fennell, born in 1945. The story idea of the sisters feuding was dropped early in the series.
Characters in the show's early years included Meg and Kitty's brother, Andy Fraser, played by Ian Patterson. In 1965, Andy marries motel secretary Ruth Bailey, played by Pamela Greenhall. Other characters in the first series include
Amy was briefly arrested as a suspected Soviet spy.
In 1966, long running character Diane Lawton, played by Susan Hanson arrived. Other additions included
Perhaps the most memorable character was the "village idiot" Benny Hawkins, played by Paul Henry. His trademark was a woolly hat that he wore all the time. His fans included British troops serving in the Falklands War. In 1982, they nicknamed the Falkland Islanders "Bennies" after the character. Instructed to stop using the name, the troops came up with "Stills" for locals - because they were "still Bennies".
The series had storylines which were controversial at the time. These include
The series also saw black characters appearing regularly. This followed from the 1960s BBC soap "Compact". This was also created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling. Melanie Harper, played by Cleo Sylvestre, arrived at the motel in 1970 as Meg's foster daughter. Sylvestre was given the role by producer Reg Watson after press coverage of racial tensions in Birmingham.
In 1977, an interracial summer romance took place between Cockney garage mechanic Dennis Harper, played by Guy Ward, and motel receptionist Meena Chaudri, played by Karen David.
In 1978, garage mechanic Joe MacDonald, played by Carl Andrews, arrived.
In 1981, a storyline about a false accusation of rape.
In 1983, a storyline about a test tube baby born to Glenda and Kevin Banks, played by Lynette McMorrough and David Moran.
In 1983, the subject of Down syndrome was also raised when a little girl was befriended by three of the regular characters.