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The Norman Chapel is the oldest accessible part of the castle built in about 1078. Its architecture is Anglian in nature, possibly due to forced Anglian labour being used to build it. In the 15th century, its three windows were all but blocked up because of the expanded keep. It then fell into abandonment until 1841 when it was used as a corridor through which to access the keep.
During the Second World War, it was used as a command and observation post for the Royal Air Force when its original use was recognised.
The chapel was re-consecrated shortly after the war and is still used for weekly services by the college.
Tunstall's Chapel, named after Cuthbert Tunstall, was built in the 15th century and is used for worship within the college. It was modified in the 17th Century by Bishop Cosin.
Studley Royal Park
Studley Royal Park (including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey) is a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire, England. It has an area of 323 hectares (800 acres) and features an 18th-century landscaped garden, some of the largest Cistercian ruins in Europe, a Jacobean mansion, and a Victorian church designed by William Burges.
Fountains Abbey was founded in 1132 by Benedictine monks who left St Mary's Abbey, York to follow the Cistercian order. After the end of the monasteries in 1539 by Henry VIII, the Abbey buildings and over 500 acres (200 ha) of land were sold by the Crown to a merchant named Sir Richard Gresham. The property was passed down through several generations of Sir Gresham's family. Between 1598 and 1604, it was sold to Stephen Proctor, who built Fountains Hall.
The hall is a Jacobean mansion, built partly with stone from the Abbey ruins. Fountains Abbey mill is the only 12th-century Cistercian cornmill left in the UK and the oldest 'intact' building on the estate.
From 1452 onwards, Studley Royal was inhabited by the Mallory family, most notably by MPs John Mallory and William Mallory. John Aislabie inherited the Studley estate from his elder brother in 1693. In 1966 the estate was bought by West Riding County Council and was taken over by the National Trust in 1983.
Studley Royal House (or Hall) is in the north-west corner of the park. Originally a medieval manor house, it has a main block with forward projecting wings. It burned down in 1716 and was rebuilt by John Aislabie. The building was destroyed by fire in 1946. A large stable block, built between 1728 and 1732, survived and is now a private house ( 54° 7'30.55"N 1°34'34.82"W ).
In 1966, the estate was purchased by West Riding County Council and was acquired by the National Trust in 1983. The Abbey precinct is managed by English Heritage on behalf of the National Trust.
In 1986 the entire Park was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It is considered “a masterpiece of human creative genius", and" an outstanding example of a type of building or architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates significant stages in human history”.
Since 1994 the estate has been within the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria
Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria (died 31 May 1076) was the last Anglo-Saxon earl. He was the only English aristocrat to be executed during the reign of William I.
Waltheof was the second son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria. His mother was Aelfflaed, daughter of Ealdred, Earl of Bernicia, son of Uhtred, Earl of Northumbria. In 1054, Waltheof became the heir of his father's throne as his elder brother Osbearn was killed in battle. Siward died in 1055, and Waltheof being far too young to succeed as Earl of Northumbria, King Edward appointed Tostig Godwinson to the earldom.
When Sweyn II invaded Northern England in 1069, Waltheof and Edgar Aetheling joined the Danes and took part in the attack on York. He would again make a fresh submission to William after the departure of the invaders in 1070. He was restored to his earldom and went on to marry William's niece, Judith of Lens. In 1072, he was appointed Earl of Northampton.
Waltheof had many enemies in the north. Amongst them were members of a family who had killed Waltheof's maternal great-grandfather, Uchtred the Bold, and his grandfather Ealdred. This was part of a long-running blood feud. In 1074, Waltheof moved against the family by sending his retainers to ambush them and succeeded in killing the two eldest of four brothers in the family.
In 1075 Waltheof joined the Revolt of the Earls against William I. His motives for taking part in the revolt are unclear, as is the depth of his involvement. However he repented, confessing his guilt first to Archbishop Lanfranc and then in person to William I, who was at the time in Normandy. He returned to England with William but was arrested, brought twice before the king's court and sentenced to death.
In 1092, after a fire in the chapter house, the abbot had Waltheof's body moved to a prominent place in the abbey church. When the coffin was opened, it is reported that the corpse was found to be intact with the severed head re-joined to the trunk. This was regarded as a miracle, and the abbey began to publicise it. As a result, pilgrims began to visit Waltheof's tomb. He was celebrated on 31 August.
Due to the beliefs in the miracle, Waltheof became the subject of popular media. His heroic yet often inaccurate accounts were preserved in the "Vita et Passio Waldevi comitis", a Middle English "Waltheof saga," and the Anglo-Norman "Waldef".
In 1070 Waltheof married Judith de Lens, daughter of Lambert II, Count of Lens and Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale. They had three children, the eldest of whom, Maud, brought the earldom of Huntingdon to her second husband, David I of Scotland, and another, Adelise (Alice of Nothumbria) married the Anglo-Norman noble Raoul III of Tosny.
One of Waltheof's grandsons was Waltheof (died 1159), abbot of Melrose.
Lake County, Michigan
Lake County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, 11,539 people live here. The county seat is Baldwin.
Leelanau County, Michigan
Leelanau County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, 21,708 people live here. The county seat is Leland.
Prusy, Aube
Prusy is a commune of the Aube "département" in the north-central part of France.
Puits-et-Nuisement
Puits-et-Nuisement is a commune of the Aube "département" in the north-central part of France.
Racines
Racines is a commune of the Aube "département" in the north-central part of France.
Radonvilliers
Radonvilliers is a commune of the Aube "département" in the north-central part of France.
Ramerupt
Ramerupt is a commune of the Aube "département" in the north-central part of France.
Rances, Aube
Rances is a commune of the Aube "département" in the north-central part of France.
Rhèges
Rhèges is a commune of the Aube "département" in the north-central part of France.
Ferry to Hong Kong
Ferry to Hong Kong is a 1959 British adventure movie directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Curt Jürgens, Sylvia Syms, Orson Welles, Jeremy Spenser. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Date honey
Date honey or Date syrup (in Arabic: Rub, in Hebrew: Silan) is a sweet syrup made from dates. It is very popular in North Africa and Middle East cuisines. In the Iranian cuisine and the Arab cuisine, it is also used to sweet Tahini.
Grape honey
Halva (also known as halvah, halwa) is a solid candy based on vegetable fat and sugar. There are many types of halva. In Israel, crude sesame base is popular. In Russia, halva made out of Sunflower seeds is popular.
Halva has a number of geographical sources: from Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Iran, India, Uzbekistan, Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. It is considered a national dish in Turkey.
Danforth, Illinois
Danforth is a village in Illinois in the United States.
Port Byron, Illinois
Port Byron is a village in Illinois in the United States.
Les Riceys
Les Riceys is a commune of the Aube "département" in the north-central part of France.
Rigny-la-Nonneuse
Rigny-la-Nonneuse is a commune of the Aube "département" in the north-central part of France.
Westport, Oklahoma
Westport is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.
Red Rock, Oklahoma
Red Rock is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.
Sapodilla
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd is a World Heritage Site recognised by UNESCO. It is located in Gwynedd, Wales. The site includes the castles of Beaumaris and Harlech. It also includes the castles and town walls of Caernarfon and Conwy. It is considered to be the "finest examples of late 13th century and early 14th century military architecture in Europe".
For the 20th century, the castles and walls were mainly known for their military purpose. It is described as the "zenith of English castle-building" by D. J. Cathcart King. It is because of the use of concentric defences, barbicans, and substantial gatehouses. Also, Sidney Toy considers them as "some of the most powerful castles of any age or country".
In the late 20th and 21st centuries, historians such as Michael Prestwich and Abigail Wheatley both appreciate its roles as palaces and symbols of royal power.
The location of the castles in Caernarfon and Conwy were chosen for their political significance and their military uses. The castles include luxury apartments and gardens. Caernarfon's castle and town walls had expensive stonework. They were perhaps made to suggest images of Arthurian or Roman imperial power. They are believed to have been made to improve Edward's personal prestige.
The exact role of the royal architect James of St George in the construction is still being argued by many academics. The same with the influence of his native county of Savoy on the designs. However, the main sources indicate that he played a key role in its construction. They even described him as: “Magistro Jacobo de sancto Georgio, Magistro operacionum Regis in Wallia”. It means “Master James of Saint George, Master of the King’s Works in Wales.”
In 1986 sites were collectively announced a UNESCO World Heritage site. Together, they were called the "Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd".
UNESCO considered the sites to be the "finest examples of late 13th century and early 14th century military architecture in Europe". UNESCO also brings up the importance of their links to Edward I and James of St George, their scale and advanced military architecture, and their unusually good condition and historical documentation.
The estimated costs to maintain the sites is around £239,500 during 2002–03. "Buffer zones" have been established around the sites. They are aimed to protect the views and setting from inappropriate development or harm. The sites are protected by a mixture of UK Scheduled Monument, Listed Building and conservation area legislation.
Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. It is sits approximately south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire. It was founded in 1132 and operated for 407 years. It one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until it was dissolved in 1539, under the order of Henry VIII.
It is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust. It is part of the designated Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey. It is one of the recognised World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
After a riot in 1132 at the Benedictine, 13 monks were expelled. Among them was Saint Robert of Newminster. They were taken under the protection of Thurstan, Archbishop of York. He provided them with land in the valley of the River Skell, which is a tributary of the Ure. The enclosed valley had all the natural features needed for the creation of a monastery. It provided shelter from the weather as well as stone and timber for building. It also had a good supply of running water.
After a harsh winter in 1133, the monks applied to join the Cistercian. At that time, it was a fast-growing reform movement. By the beginning of the 13th century, it had over 500 houses. In 1135, Fountains became the second Cistercian house in northern England, just after Rievaulx.
The Fountains monks became under Clairvaux Abbey, in Burgundy. It was under the rule of St Bernard. Under the guidance of Geoffrey of Ainai, a monk sent in from Clairvaux, the group learned how to celebrate the seven Canonical Hours. According to Cistercian usage, they were shown how to construct wooden buildings in accordance with Cistercian architecture.
The abbey precinct covers and surrounded by an wall. It was built in the 13th century. Some parts of it are visible to the south and west of the abbey.
The area consists of three concentric zones which are cut by the River Skell, flowing from west to east across the site. The church and its buildings stand at the centre of the precinct north of the Skell. Its inner court contains domestic buildings which stretches down to the river and the outer court. It houses the industrial and agricultural buildings.
The original abbey church was built of wood and "was probably" two stories high. It was, however, quickly replaced with stone. The church was damaged in the attack on the abbey in 1146 and was rebuilt, in a larger scale, on the same site. Building work was completed c.1170. This structure, completed around 1170, was long and had 11 bays in the side aisles. The abbot's house, one of the largest in all of England, is located to the east of the latrine block. Portions of it are suspended on arches over the River Skell. It was built in the mid-twelfth century as a modest single-storey structure. From the fourteenth century, it underwent extensive expansion and remodelling. By 16th century, it became a grand dwelling with fine bay windows and grand fireplaces. The great hall was an expansive room .
Among other apartments, for the designation of which see the ground-plan, was a domestic oratory or chapel, , and a kitchen, .
The archaeological excavation of the site began under the supervision of John Richard Walbran. In 1846, he published a paper "On the Necessity of clearing out the Conventual Church of Fountains". In 1966, the Abbey was placed in the guardianship of the Department of the Environment and the estate. It was purchased by the West Riding County Council, which later transferred its ownership to the North Yorkshire County Council in 1974.
The National Trust bought the Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal estate from North Yorkshire County Council in 1983. In 1986 the parkland in where the abbey stands was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
It was recognised for fulfilling the criteria of ""being a masterpiece of human creative genius"." It was described ""as an outstanding example of a type of building or architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates significant stages in human history"."
Fountains Abbey is owned by the National Trust and maintained by English Heritage. The trust owns Studley Royal Park, Fountains Hall, St Mary's Church, which was designed by William Burges and built around 1873. All of them are significant features of the World Heritage Site.
In January 2010, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal became two of the first National Trust properties to be included in Google Street View, using the Google Trike.
Fountains Abbey was used as a film location by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark for their single "Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)" during the cold winter of December 1981. In 1980, Hollywood filmed its final scenes to the film "". Other productions set on location of the abbey include: "Life at the Top", "The Secret Garden", "The History Boys." Television series such as "Flambards", "A History of Britain", "Terry Jones' Medieval Lives", "Cathedral", "Antiques Roadshow." Several game shows such as "Treasure Hunt" The BBC Television series "Gunpowder" (2017) also used Fountains Abbey as a location.
Fountains Abbey was featured twice in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Books. It includes poetical illustrations by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
Hurricane Isaac
Hurricane Isaac was a storm in 2012.
A tropical wave formed off the coast of Africa and it was named Tropical Depression Nine-L. A few hours later, it became a tropical storm and it was was named "Isaac." Hurricane Isaac hit the Florida Straits, Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana.
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct () is a canal aqueduct in north east Wales. It took 10 years to design and build. It was completed in 1805. It is the longest aqueduct in Great Britain, and is the highest canal aqueduct in the world. The 18-arched stone and cast iron structure is designed for narrowboats.
The aqueduct was part of a grand plan which was never completed. It was part of the proposed Ellesmere Canal. It would have been an industrial waterway which made a link between the River Severn at Shrewsbury and the port of Liverpool on the River Mersey.
The westerly high-ground route across the Vale of Llangollen was chosen. A less expensive route was surveyed to the east, but the route chosen would have taken the canal through a mineral-rich area. It would have taken the canal through the coalfields of North-East Wales. However, only parts of the canal route were completed. The plan fell through because the money ran out. The capitalist system at the time was primitive and unreliable. Most major work on the canal stopped after the completion of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in 1805.
The structure is a Grade I listed building. It is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The name "Pontcysyllte" is Welsh for "Cysyllte Bridge", or "Bridge of Cysyllte". Cysyllte is the township of the old parish of Llangollen, where the southern end of the bridge lies.
In 1999, the aqueduct and its surrounding lands were submitted to the "tentative list" of properties being considered for UNESCO World Heritage Site status. The aqueduct was suggested as a contender in 2005, its 200th anniversary year. It was finally announced in 2006 that a larger proposal, which covers a section of the canal from the aqueduct to Horseshoe Falls would be the United Kingdom's 2008 nomination.
Parts of the site including the length of canal from Rhoswiel, Shropshire, to the Horseshoe Falls, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, and Chirk Aqueduct were visited by inspectors from UNESCO in October 2008. It was carried out to analyse and confirm the site management and authenticity. The aqueduct was named by UNESCO on the World Heritage List on 27 June 2009.
2020 Belarusian presidential election
The Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 9 August 2020.
These candidates appeared on the ballot:
It was announced that Lukashenko won the election, marking his 6th term as President of the Republic of Belarus. This was disputed by both national and international sources. The platform "Golos (voice)" created prior to the election allowed Belarusians to upload photographs of their voting papers. From the sample provided – over 1 million voters – it was proven impossible for former President Lukashenko to obtain the number of votes stated.
Opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya declared herself as the national leader of the country and called on Lukashenko to start negotiations. Meanwhile, her campaign team stated that they were ready to hold "long-term protests" against the official results.
Many protests the election results. These events are still ongoing.
Blaenavon
Blaenavon () is a town in southeastern Wales. It is on the south of Afon Lwyd and north of Pontypool. Parts of the town and surrounding country form the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape became part of the World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. There are about 6,057 people living there.
"Blaenavon" literally means "front of the river" or loosely translated as "river's source" in the Welsh language.
Blaenavon is a community represented by Blaenavon Town Council, and electoral ward of Torfaen County Borough Council. Blaenavon is often
twinned with Coutras in France.
The town is near the source of the Afon Lwyd river. It is in the north of Cwmbran.
Parts of the town and surrounding country form the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape were recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. Some of the attractions in the town include:
After Samuel Hopkins death in 1815, his sister Sarah Hopkins of Rugeley, erected Blaenavon Endowed School in his memory.
St Peter's Church was constructed in 1804. It was gifted to the parish by Thomas Hill and Samuel Hopkins.
It had a Blaenavon Golf Club which was founded in 1906. The club closed in 1937.
Some of the most notable people from Blaenavon are:
Zana
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Four Jills in a Jeep
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (born 21 January 2004) is the elder child of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit. She is second in line to succeed her grandfather King Harald V. She is a member of the House of Glücksburg; and she is expected to become the country's second female monarch, after the 15th-century Queen Margaret.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra was born on 21 January 2004 at 9:13 am in The National Hospital, part of the Oslo University Hospital in Oslo. She is the first child and only daughter of Crown Prince Haakon, heir apparent to the throne, and the second granddaughter of King Harald V and Queen Sonja. Her mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has a son named Marius Borg Høiby, born in 1997 from a previous relationship.
Ingrid Alexandra was baptised by Bishop Gunnar Stålsett in the chapel of the Royal Palace on 17 April 2004. Her godparents were her grandfather the King, her aunt Princess Märtha Louise, the Crown Prince of Denmark, the Crown Princess of Sweden, the then Prince of Asturias, and her maternal grandmother, Marit Tjessem.
On 31 August 2019, Ingrid Alexandra was confirmed in the Palace Chapel in Oslo.
Ingrid Alexandra started her first day of school on 19 August 2010 at Jansløkka elementary school, a local state school attended by her half-brother. School officials hoped to make the school a place where the princess could make friends and enjoy some relief from public scrutiny.
On 17 June 2014, the Norwegian Royal Family announced that from the start of the 2014–2015 school year, Princess Ingrid Alexandra would move to the private English-language Oslo International School, reportedly because her parents wanted her to be fluent in English.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra was transferred to Oslo's Uranienborg School to complete her lower secondary education. In the fall of 2020, she is scheduled to start at Elvebakken Upper Secondary School in Oslo.
Lottie Louise Riekehof
Lottie Louise Riekehof (August 13, 1920 – August 6, 2020) was an American Sign Language interpreter and author. She was born in Germany. She was an important person in the field of professional sign language interpreting.
She wrote one of the first classes for interpreter educators, and trained interpreters and interpreter educators all over the world.
Alauddin Ali
Alauddin Ali (24 December 1952 – 9 August 2020) was a Bangladeshi music composer. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director five times for the movies "Golapi Ekhon Traine" (1978), "Sundori" (1979), "Koshai" (1980), "Jogajog" (1988) and "Lakhe Ekta" (1990).
He won the Best Music Composer award for the movie "Laal Doriya" (2002) and the Best Lyrics award for "Premik" (1985).
Ali died on 9 August 2020 at a private hospital in Dhaka from lung cancer, aged 67.
Rachid Belhout
Rachid Belhout (; June 14, 1944 – August 9, 2020) was an Algerian football manager and player. He managed Al-Ahly Benghazi in the Libyan Premier League.
In 2005, he was hired as coach of R.E. Virton, who were then playing in the Belgian Second Division.
On December 22, 2010, Belhout was made a manager of JS Kabylie. On May 1, 2011, he won the 2010–11 Algerian Cup by beating USM El Harrach 1-0 in the final. On June 26, 2011, Belhout resigned from his position as manager of the club.
On July 19, 2011, Belhout signed a one-year contract with Tunisian club Union Sportive Monastir.
On February 10, 2012, Belhout signed a one-year contract with Algerian club CS Constantine.
Belhout died on August 9, 2020, aged 76, after being killed in a car crash near Nancy, France.
Salome Bey
Salome Bey (October 10, 1939 – August 9, 2020) was an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, composer, and actress. She was born in Newark, New Jersey.
Bey recorded two albums with Horace Silver, and released live albums of her performances with the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir and at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
In 2005, she was made an honorary Member of the Order of Canada.
Bey was a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.
Bey died on August 9, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario from dementia-related problems, at the age of 80.
Martin Birch
Martin Birch (27 December 1948 – 9 August 2020) was a British music producer and sound engineer. He was well known for engineering and producing albums by British rock bands including Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fleetwood Mac, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, and Iron Maiden. He was born in Woking, Surrey.
Birch died on 9 August 2020, at age 71.
Brendan Halligan
Brendan Halligan (5 July 1936 – 9 August 2020) was an Irish economist and politician. He was founder and president of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA). He was president of the Ireland China Institute.
He was also a Board Member of Mainstream Renewable Power. He was General Secretary of the Labour Party, a Teachta Dála (TD), a Senator, and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He was born in Dublin.
He died on 9 August 2020, aged 84.
Carroll Hardy
Carroll William Hardy (May 18, 1933 – August 9, 2020) was an American professional athlete. He played in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers (1955) and in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians (1958–1960), Boston Red Sox (1960–1962), Houston Colt .45s (1963–1964) and Minnesota Twins (1967).
He was born in Sturgis, South Dakota. He batted and threw right-handed and was listed as tall and .
Hardy died on August 9, 2020 in Highlands Ranch, Colorado from dementia-related problems at the age of 87.
Kurt Luedtke
Kurt Luedtke (September 28, 1939August 9, 2020) was an American screenwriter and executive editor. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was known for working with Sydney Pollack on many movies.
He worked for the "Detroit Free Press". He wrote "Out of Africa" (1985), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also wrote "Absence of Malice" (1981) and "Random Hearts" (1999).
Luedtke died on August 9, 2020 at a hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan from multiple organ failure, aged 80.
Out of Africa (movie)
Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama movie directed and produced by Sydney Pollack. It stars Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. The movie is based on the 1937 autobiographical book "Out of Africa" written by Isak Dinesen.
The movie also stars Michael Kitchen as Berkeley Cole, Malick Bowens as Farah, Stephen Kinyanjui as the Chief, Michael Gough as Lord Delamere, Suzanna Hamilton as Felicity, and the model and actress Iman as Mariammo.
The movie had mixed reviews from critics. However, "Out of Africa" won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Pollack.
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Klaus Maria Brandauer (; born Klaus Georg Steng; 22 June 1943) is an Austrian actor and director. He is also a professor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar.
Brandauer is known for his roles in "Mephisto" (1981), "Never Say Never Again" (1983), "Out of Africa" (1985), "Hanussen" (1988), "Burning Secret" (1988), and "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" (1999).
Brandauer was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award.
Zaōnishiki Toshimasa
Zaōnishiki Toshimasa (born Toshimasa Adachi; 3 September 1952 – 9 August 2020) was a sumo wrestler. He was born in Yamagata, Japan.
He made his professional debut in September 1970, and reached the top division in November 1976. His highest rank was "maegashira" 1. He retired in January 1983. He became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association. He reached the retirement age for elders of 65 in September 2017.
Zaōnishiki revealed in 2014 that he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. He died on 9 August 2020 from the disease at the age of 67.
Banjarbaru
Litoria purpureolata
Litoria purpureolata is a tree frog from the island of New Guinea. Scientists have only found it in Papua Province in Indonesia and West Sepak Province in Papua New Guinea.
The adult male frog is 5.6–6.8 cm long, which is large for a frog in "Nyctimystes" or "Litoria". Unlike many tree frogs, it has only a small stripe down its side or no stripe at all. It has green skin with some white on its front legs and rear legs. It has a light brown arc on its ear. Some of the webbing between its toes is purple in color.
Francisco A. Cárdenas
Francisco Atenógenes Cárdenas Garza (born on July 16, 1879 in Abasolo, Nuevo León - died: July 3, 1943 in San Antonio, Texas) was a Mexican engineer and politician. He was Governor of Nuevo León. He later resigned before the end of his term.
Francisco A. Cárdenas was born in Abasolo, Nuevo León, on July 16, 1879. His parents are José Dolores Cárdenas and Virginia Garza. He studied at the old Monterrey Civil College. He then graduated mining engineer from St. Mary's College in San Antonio, Texas. When he returned home, he dedicated himself to agriculture and livestock activities. His efforts got stopped by the outbreak of the revolutionary conflict in 1910.
Years later, Cárdenas began to show interest in politics. This led him to become mayor of his hometown. Later on, he became the deputy for the XLII Local Legislature. By September 16, 1929, he became second in command and reported to General Aarón Sáenz Garza.
In mid-1931, he was elected the governor for Nuevo León from October 4, 1931 to October 4, 1935. However, he didn't complete the term as he resigned on December 27, 1933.
Governor Cárdenas had to overcome many challenges caused by the world recession in 1929. Among the issues include the fall in state's income as this forced the president to order that the salaries of public servants be reduced. Many reforms were made to the finance laws which caused the the property tax to increase in cities throughout the State. At the same time, taxes on salaries were created. Despite the economic difficulties, the industrial sector's growth did not slow down its growth. In fact, new factories were created.
Sensitive to the increasing demand for education at the professional level, he organized and led a general committee for the founding of the State University. The works began in February 1933.
By May 31, the decree for founding University of Nuevo León was proclaimed. Its first headmaster was writer Héctor González.
He was also instrumental in the construction of the new Civil Hospital. Works began on May 3, 1933 on an area of ​​about thirty hectares. He also setup the Central Board of Conciliation and Arbitration (1931); the founding of the Casa del Campesino (1932); the construction of the first highway from Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey, and the promulgation of a new General Law of Public Instruction.
Francisco A. Cárdenas resigned from his position on December 27, 1933. He led a private life after his retirement. He died in San Antonio, Texas, on July 3, 1943. His remains were buried in Panteón del Carmen, in Monterrey.
Quorn, Leicestershire
Quorn is a village in Leicestershire, a county in the East Midlands region of England. It is situated near to the university town of Loughborough. The village's population in 2011 was 5,177.
The village was named Quorndon until 1899. The name was shortened to Quorn to avoid confusion in posting as the name was similar to the village of Quarndon in nearby Derbyshire.
Quorn is built around the old A6 road, it runs through the centre of the village. On 28 October 1991, a dual carriageway bypass opened. The building of this road took the A6 away to the north-east of the village.
Quorn, the famous meat substitute company, takes its name from the village. It began production in 1985.
The village has a heritage railway station, Quorn and Woodhouse, on the Great Central Steam Railway, a preserved railway that runs between Loughborough and Leicester. The station also serves the hamlet of Woodhouse.
Gordon Banks, former England international football goalkeeper, lived in Quorn for many years of his life.
ParaHoxozoa
ParaHoxozoa is a proposed group within taxonomy. It would be above phylum but below a kingdom. It would have the Triploblasts/Bilateria and the Placozoa and Cnidarians in it.
Parahoxozoa is named after the groups of genes that scientists found in the organisms in it: (sub)classes (HNF, CUT, PROS, ZF, CERS, K50, S50-PRD) and Hox/ParaHox-ANTP. Some scientists said they thought a similar gene, ANTP, the NK gene, and the Cdx Parahox gene were also in sponges in the phylum Porifera, but for now, Parahoxozoa does not have sponges in it.
Scientists are not sure where to put Placozoa. They think it could be a sister clade to the other Parahoxozoa (the Planulozoa hypothesis) or sister of Cnidaria.
Scientists say the first bilateral organisms, which means the first living things that were symmetrical from side to side, were worms that lived on the bottom of bodies of water. They say this worm had only one opening in its body instead of both a mouth to take food in and an anus to let waste out like an earthworm. A through-gut may already have developed with the ctenophora however. The scientists think the through-gut, the tubelike digestive system with two ends, may have evolved when the organism's one hole closed in the middle. For example, Acoela look like the planula larvae of some cnidarians.
Enskede gård
Enskede gård is a district in Söderort, Stockholm. It shares borders with Johanneshov, Gamla Enskede, Enskedefältet and Årsta. Its name came from the former manor and estate, Enskede farm. The farm was mentioned as early as 1392.
Local Bubble
The Local Bubble, or Local Cavity, is where we are in our galaxy. It is a relative cavity in the interstellar medium (ISM) of the Orion Arm in the Milky Way. It contains among others, the Local Interstellar Cloud, which contains the Solar System, and the G-Cloud. It is at least 300 light years across. It has a neutral-hydrogen density of about 0.05 atoms/cm, or about one tenth of the average for the ISM in the Milky Way (0.5 atoms/cm)
The exceptionally sparse gas of the Local Bubble is the result of supernovae that exploded within the past ten to twenty million years. The gas is still in an excited state, emitting in the X-ray band.
Bælum
Bælum is a village in Denmark. It is 31 km from Aalborg. According to January 2020 census, there are 733 people living there. It is a part of Rebild Municipality.
It is 5 km northeast of Terndrup and 16 km north of Hadsund. There is a Bælum Church and Bælum Mill. There is a wind turbine and the motor house. They have been fully restored and are maintained by Bælum Møllelaug.
DNA barcoding
DNA barcoding is a form of genetic analysis. It is part of molecular biology. Scientists use DNA barcoding to tell different species apart from each other. Scientists use DNA barcoding to tell which species are related to each other or evolved from the same older species.
The first types of DNA sequencing started in the 1980s.
In DNA barcoding, the technician sequences part of a gene and compares it to that same gene in other species. Sometimes scientists use the short fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene as a DNA barcode gene. The fragment is usually 400 to 800 base pairs long.
Groups of scientists choose different genes to barcode depending on their project. A good barcode gene has to be short in length and have the exact same sequence at its beginning and end, but its middle has to be different enough in different species.
Some scientists say DNA barcoding is the opposite of genomics. DNA barcoding uses a few specific parts of the genome, and genomics is about looking at the entire genome.
DNA barcoding costs less money than other kinds of DNA sequencing. This means that smaller laboratories can afford to use it, and all laboratories can do more of it. It is also much easier to learn how to do than other forms of taxonomy. That means more people can learn to use it.
One good thing about DNA barcoding is that it helps human beings get around ideas that seem right but are really wrong. For example, some animals look similar even though they are not closely related. Some animals look different even though they are closely related. It is easy for a scientist to think two species are related because they look or act alike. For example, cows are more closely related to whales and orcas than they are to horses, even though cows walk on hooves, live on land, and eat grass like horses do. Looking at DNA barcoding makes it easier to see what really happened in evolution.
Another good thing about DNA barcoding is that scientists do not need to get close to the animal or plant they want to study. This is good for studying animals that are easily damaged, very shy, or dangerous to humans. The scientists do not even need to see the organism to use DNA barcoding. In one study, scientists collected feces (poop) from an African savanna. They used DNA barcoding to tell which species of animal had left it there and which plants it had eaten, all from the undigested DNA.
DNA barcoding makes it much much faster and easier to tell what a species eats. Before DNA barcoding, scientists had to follow an insect or other animal around and watch it eat. This could take many years. With DNA barcoding, scientists can look at what is in the animal's digestive system. This is fast enough that scientists can watch animals' eating habits change with climate change.
With DNA sequencing and DNA barcoding, scientists went into museums to look at specimens, or preserved example animals, that had been collected many years before. Using DNA sequencing, the scientists were able to tell that one butterfly collected in the 1700s was really ten different species of butterfly and not just one. Scientists made many discoveries of this kind in old museum collections.
Herpetologists (amphibian scientists) used DNA barcoding to analyze the parachuting frog in 2019. They found it by climbing mountains in Papua New Guinea.
Actinidia
Actinidia is a genus of woody vines in the family Actinidiaceae. It is commercially important as many plants in this genus produce kiwifruits, which are eaten in many parts of the world. The most well-known species is "Actinidia deliciosa", the common kiwifruit.
Alquézar
Alquézar (Aragonese: "Alquezra") is a town in the province of Huesca. It is located in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. As of 2012, its population was 301.
It is located on a limestone outcrop of the Eocene age. Situated at the west of the canyon of the Rio Vero in the Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park. The village grew up around a castle. It has a church of Santa Maria. It was consecrated in 1099.
The name of the village comes from the Arabic word القصر "al qaçr" . It means fort or castle. It was renamed as Alcazar in Spanish. The castle became the main defense point of the nearby city of Barbastro.
The surrounding place of Somontano is known for its fine wines. There are more than 60 limestone caves with prehistoric cave paintings in the surrounding area. It made the region being declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998.
Lehigh University
Lehigh University is an American private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer.
In 2020, U.S. News & World Report ranked Lehigh as the 50th best university in the nation.
The New School is an American private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 with an original mission as a home for progressive thinkers.
It is home to the Parsons School of Design, which is internationally recognized as one of the best schools for visual arts such as fashion, architecture, illustration, and photography. In 2020, QS World University Rankings listed Parsons as the 3rd best Art & Design program in the world.
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Actinidiaceae
Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat
Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat (June 28, 1945 – August 19, 2017) was a Cuban-American politician and judge. He was a one-term member of the Florida House of Representatives for the Republican Party from 1994 until his defeat in 1998.
He was a Judge of the Criminal and Family Divisions of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida from 2011 until his retirement in 2017.
Rodriguez-Chomat died on August 19, 2017 from prostate cancer in Miami, Florida at age 72.
Senate of the Czech Republic
The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (), usually referred to as Senate, is the upper chamber of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seat of the Senate is Wallenstein Palace in Prague.
The Senate has 81 members, chosen in one-seat constituencies through the two-round system. If no candidate receives a majority of votes in the first round, there is a second round between the two highest-placed candidates. The term of office for Senators is six years.
The office was created in December 1992.
Parliament of the Czech Republic
The Parliament of the Czech Republic () or just Parliament () is the legislative body of the Czech Republic.
It is made up of two chambers, both elected in direct elections:
Erich Gruenberg
Erich Gruenberg (12 October 1924 – 7 August 2020) was an Austrian-born British violinist and teacher. He was a principal violinist of major orchestras in Stockholm and London. He taught at the Royal Academy of Music. He was born in Vienna.
Gruenberg died on 7 August 2020 at the Hampstead Garden Suburb in London at age 95.
P. J. Sheehan
Patrick Joseph Sheehan (1 March 1933 – 10 August 2020) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-West constituency from 1981 to 2002 and 2007 to 2011. He was a member of the Fine Gael.
He retired from politics at the 2011 general election.
He died on 10 August 2020, aged 87.
Melinda Dillon
Melinda Ruth Dillon (born October 13, 1939) is an American actress.
She received a 1963 Tony Award nomination for her Broadway debut in the original production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Jillian Guiler in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977) and Teresa in "Absence of Malice" (1981).
Her other movie roles include "Bound for Glory" (1976), "F.I.S.T." (1978), "A Christmas Story" (1983), "Harry and the Hendersons" (1987), "The Prince of Tides" (1991) and "Magnolia" (1999).
Hamilton (2020 movie)
Hamilton is a 2020 American musical movie which is a live recording of the 2015 Broadway musical. It was directed and produced by Thomas Kail and produced, written, and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Miranda also stars as first Treasury Secretary and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, along with the musical's original principal Broadway cast.
"Hamilton" was originally planned for theatrical release on October 15, 2021; however, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the movie had a digital worldwide release on Disney+ on July 3, 2020. The movie received strong critical reviews.
Okieriete Onaodowan
Barrow-upon-Soar
Barrow-upon-Soar, also known as Barrow-on-Soar or simply Barrow, is a large village in the north of Leicestershire in England. It is in the Borough of Charnwood. It is between Loughborough and the city of Leicester. In 2011, the village had a population of 5,856 people.
It is famous for a plesiosaur that was dug out in the village in 1851. It was given the nickname "The Barrow Kipper". The skeleton was taken out from it is now being displayed at the New Walk Museum in Leicester.
There is also a full-size replica at the Charnwood Museum in Loughborough. The village's football club, Barrow Town FC, has the skeleton on its logo. Barrow is also famous for its limestone working. There are streets in the village with names in reference to this.
The River Soar runs through the village. The village is near the A6 road from Quorn.
The village has a small railway station located on the Ivanhoe Line from Burton upon Trent to Loughborough. Trains run from Monday-Saturday between Leicester and Lincoln, however some carry on to Sleaford.
Barrow-upon-Soar is twinned with:
Dariusz Baliszewski
Dariusz Baliszewski (14 April 1946 – 10 August 2020) was a Polish historian, journalist and writer. He wrote the screenplay for "Rewizja nadzwyczajna". He wrote many historical articles to one of the biggest Polish magazines, "Wprost".
In 1999, for his television creativity and professionalism in work, President Aleksander Kwaśniewski awarded him the Silver Cross of Merit.
Baliszewski was born in Warsaw. He died on 10 August 2020 in Warsaw, aged 74.
Kartika Liotard
Kartika Tamara Liotard (26 June 1971 – 1 August 2020) was a Dutch politician, anti-pornography feminist, and civil servant. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2014. She was formerly a member of the Socialist Party. Liotard was vice-chair of the EUL–NGL group. She was born in Voorburg, South Holland, and studied law at Maastricht University.
Liotard died on 1 August 2020, aged 49.
Alpine, Alaska
Isabelle Weingarten
Isabelle Weingarten (18 April 1950 – 3 August 2020) was a French actress, model, and photographer. She was born in Paris. Her first movie role was in "Four Nights of a Dreamer".
She also starred in "The Mother and the Whore" in 1973. She began working for "Cahiers du Cinéma" in 1986. In 2008, she began studying the works of her father, Romain Weingarten, poet and playwright.
Wiengarten was married to Benjamin Baltimore from 1968 to 1978. She then married Wim Wenders, who she divorced in 1983. Lastly, she was married to Olivier Assayas until their divorce in 1996.
Weingarten died on 3 August 2020 at the age of 70.
Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas (born 25 January 1955) is a French movie director, screenwriter, and movie critic.
He made his debut in 1986, after directing some short movies and writing for the influential movie magazine "Cahiers du cinéma".
Assayas's movie "Cold Water" was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
Maggie Cheung
Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (; born 20 September 1964) is a Hong Kong actress.
She is known for her roles in "As Tears Go By", "Center Stage", "", "Green Snake", "The Soong Sisters", "In the Mood for Love", and "Clean".
In 1983, Cheung entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the first runner-up and the Miss Photogenic award as well. She was a semi-finalist in the Miss World pageant the same year.
Mia Hansen-Løve
Mia Hansen-Løve (born 5 February 1981) is a French movie director, screenwriter, and former actress.
Her first feature movie, "All Is Forgiven", won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film in 2007 along with Céline Sciamma's "Water Lilies".
Hansen-Løve's movie "Father of My Children" won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2014, Hansen-Løve was awarded the status of Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
In 2016, she won the Silver Bear for Best Director for her movie "Things to Come" at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, as well as becoming a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Sixto Brillantes
Sixto Serrano Brillantes, Jr. (August 14, 1939 – August 11, 2020) was a Filipino election lawyer. He was the chairman of the Commission on Elections from 2011 to 2015. He was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III on January 16, 2011. He was born in Manila.
On July 25, 2020 he was diagnosed with COVID-19 and was hospitalized in Manila. He died from the infection on August 11, 2020 at the age of 80.
Vladica Popović
Vladimir "Vladica" Popović (; 17 March 1935 – 10 August 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager. He won the Intercontinental Cup with Red Star Belgrade in 1991. He played for the Yugoslavia national football team from 1956 to 1965.
Popović died in Belgrade on 10 August 2020, aged 85.
Dakelh
The Dakelh or Carrier are an Indigenous group who live in British Columbia.
The name "Carrier" came from the custom of a widow carrying the ashes of her dead husband for 3 years.
They call themselves the "Dakelh / Dakelh-ne" (ᑕᗸᒡ), which means "people who travel by boat early in the morning."
They also call themselves Yinka Dene (people of the land), while the Carrier who speak the Babine-Witsuwitʼen language call themselves Yinka Whut'en which means the same thing.