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The Egyptian army also engaged in the North Yemen civil war, and the brief Libyan-Egyptian War in July 1977. Its last major engagement was Operation Desert Storm, the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation in 1991, in this operation, the Egyptian army was the second-largest of the allied forces.
In 2014, the army had about 310,000 soldiers, approximately 90,000–120,000 of them are professionals, while the rest are conscripts.
Mohamed Aboutrika
Mohamed Aboutrika (; born 7 November 1978) is a retired Egyptian footballer. He was a second striker and attacking midfielder for two teams in Egypt, Tersana and El Ahly. He played for Baniyas in the United Arab Emirates.
Aboutrika came second in the "African Footballer of the Year" award in 2008. He was one of five nominees for the 2006 award, and one of ten nominees in 2013 for the award.
Aboutrika graduated from Cairo University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. He is married and has children named Ahmed, Seif, and Roqaya.
Egypt U-23
Caelus
Caelus or Coelus was a god of the sky in Roman myth and theology and literature. Its name usually appears in masculine form when he is thought of as a male generative force.
According to Cicero and Hyginus, Caelus was the son of Aether and Dies ("Day" or "Daylight"). Caelus and Dies were in this tradition the parents of Mercury.
List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 2014–19
The 8th European Parliament was elected across the European Union in the late days of May 2014 for the 2014-2019 session. The United Kingdom was apportioned to send 73 out of the 751 Member of the European Parliament (MEPs) that are listed below.
A non binding-referendum was held on 23 June 2016 to decide whether the UK should leave the EU (Brexit) or remain a member of it. With a majority of voters, 52%, in favour of Brexit, the British government has promised to leave the EU. It is not clear when the UK will effectively leave the EU, this process being unprecedented. Hence, it has not been clarified if these MEPs will remain in their seats until Brexit, if it happened before the subsequent European Parliament election, or if they would remain as MEPs until this Parliament is dissolved in 2019. In any event, if the UK had left the EU before the election of the 9th European Parliament, the mandate of the listed members would be ended on that date, regardless of the process of the Brexit negotiations.
The UK has representation with 73 of the 751 seats of the European Parliament with party contributions within political groups as follows:
List of twin towns and sister cities in Switzerland
This is a list of places in Switzerland having standing links to local communities in other countries. In many cases, these completely ceremonial associations, especially when formalized by the local governments, are called by the fallacious name of "town twinning" – though other terms, such as "sister city" and "partner town" are far more accurate. While most of the places included in this list are cities or towns, the list also contains villages, districts, counties, cantons, provinces, etc. with similar links.
The list includes twin towns and sister cities ("Partnergemeinden", "Partnerstädte", "villes" ou "communes jumelles") of towns in Switzerland linked by a sister-city agreement ("Städtepartnerschaft" or "Gemeindepartnerschaft"; "jumelage de villes") or friendship agreements ("Freundschaft" or "amitié").
A few Swiss municipalities participating in projects arranged by the Swiss organizations "Patenschaft für Berggemeinden" ("Parrainage suisse pour communes de montagne") are included. The program arranges sponsorships of municipalities in the Swiss Alps by other Swiss municipalities. The twinning may be a private initiative (e.g. between Zürich and San Francisco) or an initiative of the city authorities.
Partial source (only Vaud):
Geneva does intentionally not have any particular "sister" tie with any city in the world. It declares itself related to the entire world.
Clash Royale is a freemium real-time strategy game developed and published by Supercell. The game combines elements from collectible card games, tower defense games, and multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games. The game was released globally on March 2, 2016. It reached $1 billion in revenue in less than 1 year.
Camaloon
Camaloon is an e-commerce company based in Barcelona, Spain. Camaloon is best known for printing services for Corporate Gifts , custom products & promotional merchandise.
Camaloon was founded in 2011 by the entrepreneurs Pere Rius and Bernat Farrero. In 2011, Camaloon expanded their services and offered the sale of customized office supplies across all of Europe. In 2015, several partners including the Spanish bank "la Caixa", entered the capital of the company contributing around € 1 million to support its growth. Camaloon has developed their technological tools and proprietary software for design and online sales. Camaloon also manufactured writing materials, vinyl stickers and customized apparel.
In 2017, Juan Rodríguez Oyaneder joined as CEO, with Bernat Farrero becoming the President of Camaloon. As of 2017, the company has raised €904K in Seed funding from Caixa Capital Risc.
Gilles Deleuze
Gilles Deleuze (, "zhee duh-LOOZ"); 18 January 1925 – 4 November 1995) was a French philosopher. He wrote about philosophy, literature, movie, and art. His most popular books were the two parts of "Capitalism and Scizophrenia". The first part is called "Anti-Oedipus" (1972), and the second part is called "A Thousand Plateaus" (1980). Both books were written with his academic partner Félix Guattari. He also wrote "Difference and Repetition" (1968). Some people think that he is among the greatest philosophers. His work is considered very important in philosophy and art, including literary theory, semiotics, post-structuralism, and postmodernism.
Deleuze was born in Paris and lived there most of his life. He went to school during World War II and later studied philosophy and history at the University of Paris. He started teaching philosophy in 1948, and taught at several universities. He married Denise Paul "Fanny" Grandjouan in 1956.
Deleuze worked at the University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis from 1969 to 1987. There he became friends and worked with Michel Foucault and Félix Guattari.
He had a lung removed in 1968 because he had tuberculosis. It was difficult for him to breathe for the rest of his life. He died by committing suicide in 1995.
Destin Onka Malonga
Destin Onka Malonga (March 16, 1988 – July 31, 2016) was a Congolese football player. He was born in Brazzaville, Congo.
Malonga played professionally for MSP Batna in the Algerian Championnat National, before joined 2010 to French Division Honneur club AS Contres. After just one year left the club and signed for Avenir Foot Lozère.
Malonga died on 31 July 2016 at Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche, France in a canoeing accident during pre-season club training.
Jean-Claude Wicky
Jean-Claude Wicky (28 January 1946 – 31 July 2016) was a Swiss photographer. He was noted for his series on Bolivian miners (1984–2001). He was born in Moutier, Switzerland.
His photos have been exhibited at the Swiss Foundation for Photography, the Musée de l'Élysée in Lausanne, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, as well as in magazines including "GEO" and "Smithsonian Magazine".
Wicky died on 31 July 2016 in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland at the age of 70.
Little Shop of Horrors is a American rock musical comedy horror movie. It is directed by Frank Oz and was released in July 14, 1999.
This movie is about a geeky florist shop worker who finds out his Venus flytrap can speak. This movie was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Visual Effects and another for Best Original Song.
James Alan McPherson
James Alan McPherson (September 16, 1943 – July 27, 2016) was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was born in Savannah, Georgia.
He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was included among the first group of artists who received a MacArthur Fellowship. At the time of his death, McPherson was a professor emeritus of fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
McPherson died in hospice on July 27, 2016, in Iowa City, Iowa, due to complications of pneumonia. He was 72.
Mahasweta Devi
Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) was an Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist. Her notable literary works include "Hajar Churashir Maa", "Rudali", and "Aranyer Adhikar". She wrote over 100 novels and over 20 collections of short stories primarily written in Bengali but often translated to other languages.
Devi died of multiple organ failure on 28 July 2016, aged 90.
Ed Ross
Michael Edward "Ed" Ross (October 27, 1965 – July 30, 2016) was an American tintype photographer and lawyer. He was born in Ukiah, California and raised in Davis, California.
His photography work spanned 27 years. His last six years were devoted exclusively to wet-plate photography. His primarily focused on nude portraits and landscape photography.
Ross died on July 30, 2016, in a motorcycle accident on a mountain road near Yosemite National Park while on his way to photograph one of his favorite subjects, the Half Dome in Yosemite Valley.
Scott Hutchison
Scott Hutchison (20 November 1981 – 10 May 2018) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and artist. He was the founding member and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Frightened Rabbit. Hutchison was also a member of the musical collective The Fruit Tree Foundation, and released one solo album under the moniker Owl John.
His last musical project was the indie "supergroup" Mastersystem, featuring Frightened Rabbit bandmate and brother Grant alongside members of Editors and Minor Victories.
Hutchison was reported missing by Scottish police and the members of Frightened Rabbit on 9 May 2018. Hutchison was last seen at 1 a.m. 9 May leaving a hotel in South Queensferry. Police discovered a body at 8:30 p.m. that evening in the Port Edgar region near South Queensferry.<ref name="bbc confirmation" /
Adam Parfrey
Adam Parfrey (April 12, 1957 – May 10, 2018) was an American journalist, editor, and the publisher of Feral House books. Parfrey co-founded Amok Press with Kenneth Swezey in New York in 1987. Amok's first release was an English translation by Joachim Neugroschel of Joseph Goebbels's novel "Michael."
The partnership of Parfrey and Swezey as Amok published nine books, including "You Can't Win", by Jack Black, "The Grand Guignol: Theatre of Fear and Terror", by Mel Gordon, and "Boxcar Bertha", with an Intro by Kathy Acker.
Parfrey died on May 10, 2018 at the age of 61.
Mikhail Alperin
Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Юхи́мович Альпе́рін, 7 November 1956 – 11 May 2018) was a Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist. He was known as a key member of the "Moscow Art Trio". He was born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukrainian SSR. He has also worked with Huun Huur Tu. From 1993 to 2018 he lived in Oslo, Norway; he was professor of music at the Norwegian Academy of Music and he supervised pianist Helge Lien and Morten Qvenild among others. He released several works on ECM Records.
Alperin died on 11 May 2018 in Oslo of complications from aortic dissection at the age of 61.
Bobby Cannavale
Robert Cannavale (; ; born May 3, 1970) is an American actor known for his leading role as Bobby Caffey in the first two seasons of the crime drama series "Third Watch". Cannavale also had a recurring role on the NBC comedy series "Will & Grace" as Will Truman's long-term boyfriend Officer Vincent "Vince" D'Angelo. He played Gyp Rosetti during the third season of the HBO drama series "Boardwalk Empire".
He also starred in "Snakes on a Plane" (2006), "The Other Guys" (2010), Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine" (2013), "Chef" (2014), "Spy" (2015), "Ant-Man" (2015), "" (2017) and "I, Tonya" (2017).
From 1994 to 2003, Cannavale was married to actress/screenwriter Jenny Lumet — director Sidney Lumet's daughter and performer Lena Horne's granddaughter — with whom he has a son, actor Jake Cannavale. Cannavale and Jake were cast as father and son in season four of "Nurse Jackie".
Since 2012, Cannavale has been dating actress Rose Byrne. Cannavale and Byrne's first child, Rocco Robin Cannavale, was born on February 1, 2016. He and Byrne had their second child together, a son called Rafa, in November 2017.
La Venganza de Cucamonga
La Venganza de Cucamonga is the sixth album by Cuca, a Mexican hard rock band originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco.
After a long hiatus from recording, Cuca returned in 2015 with this, their sixth album. Guitarist Alex Otaola replaced Galo Ochoa. The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Arturo 2T Perales at Oigo Studios in Guadalajara. The album received a 2015 Latin Grammy nomination.
Singles include: "Arre Lulú", "Más Daño", and "En el Nombre del Rocanrol".
Ulla Sallert
Ulla Sallert (27 March 1923 – 11 May 2018) was a Swedish actress and singer. Sallert was born in Stockholm. She was known for roles in "Don't Give Up" (1947), "The Key and the Ring" (1949), "Hello Baby" (1976) and "Nils Karlsson Pyssling" (1990).
Sallert died in Stockholm on 11 May 2018 at the age of 95.
Captain (United States O-3)
In the United States Army (USA), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), and U.S. Air Force (USAF), captain is a company grade officer rank, with the pay grade of O-3.
It ranks above first lieutenant and below major. It is the same to the rank of lieutenant in the Navy/Coast Guard officer rank system.
First Motion Picture Unit
The First Motion Picture Unit (FMPU), later 18th Army Air Forces Base Unit, was the movie production unit of the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II and was the first military unit made up of actors. It made more than 400 propaganda movies which were known for being informative as well as entertaining. These movies include "Resisting Enemy Interrogation", "" and "The Last Bomb"—all of which were released in theatres.
Veteran actors such as Clark Gable, William Holden, Clayton Moore, and Ronald Reagan and directors such as John Sturges served with the FMPU. The unit also produced training films and trained combat cameramen. FMPU personnel served with distinction during World War II.
"First Motion Picture Unit" is also the eponymous title of a 1943 self-produced documentary about the unit narrated by radio and television announcer Ken Carpenter.
Lake Maracaibo
Lake Maracaibo () is a large brackish tidal bay (or tidal estuary) in Venezuela. It is an "inlet of the Caribbean Sea". It is often called a lake rather than a bay or lagoon. In the north, a channel 55 km long connects it to the Carribean Sea.
The lake is named after the city Maracaibo, which lies on the east side of this channel. In Maracaibo, this channel is about 8.5 km wide. General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge spans this channel. It is one of the longest bridges in the world.
The lake has a size of about by . 135 rivers flow into the lake. The biggest of them is Catatumbo River, which is 500km long. Others include Escalante River and Chama River.
In the northern part of the lake, there is brackish water. The southern part of the lake is freshwater. There are many islands in the lake.
In most parts of the lake, the water is very shallow. For this reason, a canal has been built, so that oceangoing ships are able to access the ports of Maracaibo and Cabimas.
In 1914, crude oil was found in the lake, near Cabimas. The surrounding Maracaibo Basin contains large reserves of it; the lake is a major profit center for Venezuela. Almost a quarter of Venezuela's population live in the basin around the lake.
Lake Maracaibo is not very deep, on average, it only has a depth of . Its biggest depth is . Its water is very warm, usually . During the day, a lot of water evaporates from the lake. At night, the air around the lake cools down faster than the air over the lake. This leads ot the formation of clouds. Because of the difference in temperature, thunderstorms are frequent. Large flocks of cattle graze in the area around the lake. Very often, they are hit by lightning. Lightning may also hit one of the many oil extraction facilities in the lake, which often catch fire.
This weather phenomenon is known as Catatumbo lightning. It regularly occurs at Lake Maracaibo and produces more lightning than any other place on the planet.
The environment of the lake has several problems. Part of the lake is infested with the duckweed "Lemna". Duckweed are plants that float freely on the water. The problem with "Lemna" is that it spreads very fast. Its cover of the water can double in 48 hours. The plants can only be removed physically. In mid 2004, about 18% of the lake was covered with it.
Duckweed is not toxic to fish, but it takes oxygen out of the lake as it decays. This kills fish. Though officials say the weed has not harmed fish yet, it is harming the local fishing industry. The plant clogs the motors of small boats, making it impossible for fishers to launch their vessels.
Duckweed also threatens the local ecosystem because it shades the lake: Other plants in the lake do not get enough light, and die off. In certain conditions, the weed may concentrate heavy metals and bacteria such as "Salmonella" and "Vibrio cholerae", the bacterium that causes cholera. Even though it causes many problems, the weed may also have some use: Duckweed can be treated to feed poultry, or to make paper.
The lake has other problems. Untreated sewage is released into it, and oil drilling operations cause pollution with crude oil.
Marina del Rey, California
Marina del Rey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 8,866 at the 2010 census. The Marina, the world's largest man-made small craft harbor with eight basins having a capacity for 5,300 boats and is home port to about 6,500 boats.
George Pell
George Pell (born 8 June 1941) is an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church. He became the inaugural Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy in 2014. He was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He was ordained in 1966. He was made cardinal by Pope John Paul II.
He served as the eighth Archbishop of Sydney (2001–2014), Archbishop of Melbourne (1996–2001), and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (1987–1996). He was created a cardinal in 2003.
On 29 June 2017, Pell was charged in Victoria, Australia, with multiple historical sexual assault offences, and denied all charges. The Pope granted him leave to return to Australia to defend himself. Pell was committed to stand trial on the lesser charges, pleading not guilty.
On 7 April 2020, the High Court of Australia found Pell innocent from his convictions and issued verdicts of acquittal. The Court's said that there was "a significant possibility that an innocent person has been convicted because the evidence did not establish guilt".
Roger Mahony
Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony KGCHS (born February 27, 1936) is an American cardinal and retired prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Mahony served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1985 to 2011. Before his appointment as Los Angeles archbishop, he served as Auxiliary Bishop of Fresno from 1975 to 1980 and as Bishop of Stockton from 1980 to 1985.
In 2011, Mahony retired because he reached the age of 75 and was replaced by José Horacio Gómez.
Francis Arinze
Francis Arinze (born 1 November 1932) is a Nigerian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, having served as prefect from 2002 to 2008.
He is the Cardinal Bishop of Velletri-Segni (succeeding Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI) since 2005. Arinze was one of the principal advisors to Pope John Paul II, and was thought "papabile" before the 2005 papal conclave, which elected Benedict XVI.
Newton, Kansas
Newton is a city in and the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 19,132. Newton is north of Wichita. The city of North Newton is north of Newton.
Arthur Levitt
William H. Donaldson
William Henry Donaldson (born June 2, 1931) is an American politician. He was the 27th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), serving from February 2003 to June 2005.
Donaldson served as Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs in the Nixon Administration. He was a special adviser to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, Chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, and Chairman, President and CEO of Aetna. Donaldson founded Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
David Sturtevant Ruder
David Sturtevant Ruder (May 25, 1929 – February 15, 2020) was an American politician and professor Northwestern University School of Law, where he has served on the faculty from 1961 until his death, and where he served as dean from 1977 to 1985.
Ruder served as chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 1987 to 1989, and later practiced with the Chicago-based law firm Baker & McKenzie. He served as chairman of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum, an organization providing education to independent directors of mutual funds, from 2002 to 2010 and was the organization's chairman emeritus.
Gérard Genette
Gérard Genette (7 June 1930 – 11 May 2018) was a French literary theorist. He was born in Paris. His works were about the structuralist movement and such figures as Roland Barthes and Claude Lévi-Strauss. He adapted the concept of "bricolage". He was awarded the Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2016.
After leaving the French Communist Party, Genette was a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie during 1957–8. Among other positions, Genette was research director at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and a visiting professor at Yale University.
Genette died on 11 May 2018 at the age of 87.
Manchalloor
Manchalloor is a village near Pathanapuram in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India.
Manchallor is a part of Pathanapuram assembly constituency in Mavelikkara (Lok Sabha constituency). Shri. K. B. Ganesh Kumar is the MLA of Pathanpuram. Shri.Kodikkunnil Suresh is the current member of parliament of Mavelikkara.
Manchalloor is a small village on the border of Pathanapuram and Thalavoor panchayats. It is divided by the Kallada River. Manchalloor is a junction in the Pathanapuram-Kottarakkara road. It connects places Kundayam, Nedumparampu, etc. Pidavoor bridge is a main landmark of Manchalloor.
Malayalam is the native language of Manchalloor.
Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
The Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. The race is sponsored by QuikTrip, along with the nonprofit organization Folds of Honor, and is run as the second race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
This race was originally Atlanta's second race of the season and was run as a late season event for much of its history. From 1987 until 2001, the race was scheduled in November as the final race of the NASCAR season. From 2002 until 2008, the race was moved to October in favor of awarding the final race weekend to Homestead-Miami Speedway and became part of what is now the NASCAR Chase for the Championship in 2004. In 2009, Atlanta swapped fall race dates with Auto Club Speedway and the race was moved to Labor Day weekend. From 2011 onward, this has been Atlanta's only race date as its spring race was moved to Kentucky Speedway and run later in the year.
In the most recent round of schedule changing, NASCAR elected to move the Labor Day weekend race back to Darlington Raceway, which hosted the Southern 500 on that weekend from 1950 until 2003, and moved Atlanta's lone date back to the early season.
From 1987 until 2001, the race was scheduled as the final race of the NASCAR season, and thus was typically the event in which the champion was decided. Several times, however, the championship had already been clinched prior to this race, rendering the race anti-climactic. In some cases, the championship would be decided the moment the points leader took the green flag to start the race - effectively clinching enough championship points by finishing last or better.
The 1992 race marked the final race for Richard Petty, and coincidentally, the debut for Jeff Gordon. With six drivers eligible for the Winston Cup Championship, the race is widely regarded as one of the greatest NASCAR races of all time. Alan Kulwicki, who finished second in the race, edged out Bill Elliott, the race winner, by leading one more lap in the race. Kulwicki won the NASCAR Winston Cup title by a then-record margin of only 10 points.
The 1998 race was run mostly at night after a long rain delay; despite the inexperience with the lights, newly installed for an Indy Racing League race, NASCAR and the teams agreed to attempt finishing the race at night. It was shortened to 221 laps because it was after 11:00 p.m. EST and NASCAR wanted to "get the fans out at a decent hour". The 1999 Cracker Barrel 500 also ended at night. This would mark a springboard of sorts at finishing delayed races at night by utilizing a track's permanent lighting system.
In 2001, the race was scheduled as the season finale, however, it ended up being the second-to-last race. The New Hampshire 300 was postponed from September 16 to the Friday after Thanksgiving, due to 9/11. Beginning in 2002 the race was moved to mid-October as NASCAR elected to hold its final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway instead of Atlanta. The 2003 race started a tradition of night qualifying at Atlanta, which has carried over to the spring race as well.
In 2006, the race start time was changed from 12:40 p.m. EDT to 2:55 p.m. EDT in order to finish the race at night. Driver complaints erupted because of the track's troublesome situation where the sun can get into the driver's eyes in Turn 1, including leading to a crash during the time the sun sets in that area of the track between Jeff Gordon and Jamie McMurray, led to the abandonment of the 3 PM start after this race.
In 2009, the race was moved Labor Day weekend as part of a realignment agreement with Auto Club Speedway, which had received the Labor Day weekend race in 2004, and Talladega Superspeedway, where Talladega's fall race moved to the Atlanta race weekend and Fontana received a race in the Chase in Talladega's spot.
In 2015, Atlanta's lone race date moved to the second week of the season in early March, with the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway returning to its traditional Labor Day weekend date. Atlanta will be run on a Sunday afternoon. This event used to be called the Oral-B USA 500, and this event used to be aired on ESPN for 6 years preceding the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway and the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway
This race, Atlanta's second of the season, had been rumored to be either eliminated or moved several times in recent years. Most recently, track owner Bruton Smith, president of Speedway Motorsports, Inc., was talking with International Speedway Corporation about a possible date switch with one of its tracks. On February 29, 2008, Smith proposed a move that involved the fall Atlanta race and the Pepsi 500, the Labor Day weekend race held at Auto Club Speedway. Doing so gave the Fontana, California track a race in the Chase for the Championship as well as return the Labor Day weekend race to the southern U.S. for the first time since the second-to-last Southern 500 was run. It also makes the three races that precede the beginning of the Chase closer to each other geographically. Prior to the realignment, the teams raced in the Sharpie 500 at Bristol the week before Labor Day, then traveled cross country for the Pepsi 500, then came back across the country to run the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond the following Saturday.
Ultimately, NASCAR adjusted the schedule as announced on August 19, 2008 to allow the fall race at Atlanta and the Chase event to Fontana to be swapped, but also in the process moved the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway to Atlanta's old date — usually the last weekend in October — and the aforementioned Pepsi 500 was placed in the old Talladega date, the first weekend in October beginning in 2009.
Yeroor
Yeroor is a village situated near Anchal, Kollam district, Kerala, India.
Yeroor is a part of Punalur assembly constituency in Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency). Shri. K. Raju is the current MLA of Punalur. Shri.N. K. Premachandran is the current member of parliament of Kollam.
Manappally
Manppally is a small village in Kollam district, Kerala, India. It is located near Thazhava.
Manappally is a part of Karunagappally assembly constituency in Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency). Shri. R. Ramachandran is the current MLA of Karunagappally. Shri. K. C. Venugopal is the current member of parliament of Alappuzha.
There are some worship centres in Manappally. St. Mary's Salem Orthodox Church is an example for it.
Kundayam
Kundayam is a village in Kollam district, Kerala state, India. It is located near Pathanapuram.
Kundayam is a part of Pathanapuram assembly constituency in Mavelikkara (Lok Sabha constituency). Shri. K. B. Ganesh Kumar is the current MLA of Pathanpuram. Shri. Kodikkunnil Suresh is the current member of parliament of Mavelikkara.
Panampatta
Panampatta is a village situated near Pathanapuram in Kollam district, Kerala state, India.
Panampatta is a part of Pathanapuram assembly constituency in Mavelikkara (Lok Sabha constituency). Shri. K. B. Ganesh Kumar is the current MLA of Pathanpuram. Shri. Kodikkunnil Suresh is the current member of parliament of Mavelikkara.
Panampatta is a small village in Thalavoor panchayat. Panampatta is junction in Pathanapuram-Kottarakkara road. It connects places such as Karyara, etc. Vellangadu bridge is one of the main landmark of Panampatta.
National Association of Broadcasters
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is a trade association and lobby group representing the interests of commercial and non-commercial over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States. The NAB represents more than 8,300 radio and television tsations as well as broadcast networks.
As of 2015, the president and CEO of the NAB is Gordon Smith, a former United States Senator from Oregon.
The NAB was founded as the National Association of Radio Broadcasters (NARB) in April 1923 at the Drake Hotel in Chicago.
University of Sarajevo
The University of Sarajevo (Bosnian: Univerzitet u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a public university in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the largest and oldest university in the country.
With 20 faculties, three academies and three faculties of theology and with 30,866 enrolled students as of 2014, it ranks among the largest universities in the Balkans in terms of enrollment. Since opening its doors in 1949, a total of 122,000 students received bachelor's degrees, 3,891 received master's degrees and 2,284 received doctorate degrees in 45 different fields. It is now widely regarded as the most prestigious university in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and employs more than one thousand faculty members.
The main objective of all the university's current activities is to raise the quality of studies, to create a contemporary university of European origins, which will be a respectable representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the international level and a promoter of the traditional, historical, cultural, scientific and artistic values of the country, and Southeastern Europe.
The University comprises 32 faculties, academies and colleges, further subdivided into 6 academic groups, and an additional number of other programs:
Rasmussen Reports
Rasmussen Reports is an American polling company, which was founded in 2003. The company works with the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information.
Rasmussen Reports conducts nightly tracking, at national and state levels, of elections, politics, current events, consumer confidence, business topics, and the United States president's job approval ratings.
California Highway Patrol
People's Park (Berkeley)
People's Park in Berkeley, California is a park located off Telegraph Avenue. It bounded by Haste and Bowditch streets and Dwight Way, near the University of California, Berkeley.
The park was created during the radical political activism of the late 1960s.
Stanley Falkow
Stanley Falkow, PhD, (24 January, 1934 – 5 May, 2018) was an American microbiologist and a professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He was known for his study of how infectious microbes and host cells interact to cause disease at the molecular level. He created molecular Koch's postulates, which have guided the study of the microbial determinants of infectious diseases since the late 1980s.
Falkow died on May 5, 2018 at the age of 84 at his home in Portola Valley, California of complications from myelodysplastic syndrome.
Collared dove
Collared doves (Eurasian collared dove, "Streptopelia decaocto") are relatively small and slim doves. Males and females look alike, with a pastel buff/grey body with pink accents and slightly darker grey on their wings and tail. It is about 32 cm long. They nest near inhabited buildings for preference.
This dove is hugely successful in the present-day world. It is one of the great colonisers of the bird world. It has travelled far beyond its original range to colonise colder countries. It is now a permanent resident in several of these northern countries. The species has also colonised much of North America.
Antonio Mercero
Antonio Mercero Juldain (7 March 1936 – 12 May 2018) was a Spanish movie and television director and screenwriter. He was born in Lasarte-Oria, Spain.
Mercero was best known as the director of a 1972 surrealist short horror movie titled "La cabina". He won an Emmy Award. His 1998 movie "A Time for Defiance" was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver St. George.
In 2010 he was awarded a Honorary Goya Award (Goya de Honor).
Mercero died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on 12 May 2018 in Madrid at the age of 82.
Hossam Hassan
Hossam Hassan Hussein (; born 10 August 1966) is an Egyptian retired footballer. He played as a striker. He is the current manager of Al-Masry in the Egyptian Premier League.
He is known for being a goalscorer, he is Egypt's all-time top scorer. He scored 70 goals in 169 matches. His twin brother Ibrahim also played professional football. They played in the same team for most of their careers.
Hassan played in the 1990 World Cup and seven Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
Nikah
Islamic law has the concept of marriage called Nikah (نكاح). Normal marriages do not end, unless they are divorced. In addition, there is a marriage for a given time, called Nikah Mut'a. Sunni Islam does not recognize Nikah Mut'a; they say it is a legitimisation of prostitution. Despite this, some Sunni schools of law have developed similar concepts.
In Nikah, both husband and wife are asked three times for consent to intercourse with witnesses so later on no one can claim rape.
Reykjavík University
Reykjavík University (RU; ) is the largest private university in Iceland. The university has more than 3,500 students.
Richard Fagan
Richard Fagan (April 24, 1947 – August 5, 2016) was an American songwriter and musician. He had six top ten singles and 18 charted singles on the Billboard Country charts. Fagan's songs have been recorded by Neil Diamond, George Strait, John Michael Montgomery, Clay Walker, Ricochet, Hank Williams, Jr., George Jones, Shania Twain, Patty Loveless, Collin Raye, Shenandoah, The Crickets, Jason & the Scorchers, The Blues Brothers Band and many others.
In 1979 his song "The Good Lord Loves You" was recorded by Neil Diamond and released on the "September Morn" album. The song charted in the "Billboard" Hot 100, peaking at number 67 in April 1980.
Fagan died on August 5, 2016 in Nashville of liver cancer at the age of 69.
Block can mean:
Artur Correia
Artur Manuel Soares Correia (18 April 1950 – 25 July 2016) was a Portuguese footballer. He played as a right back.
Nicknamed "Ruço", he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 234 games and four goals during 12 seasons, representing Académica, Benfica and Sporting, winning eight major titles with the second club including five national championships. He also spent two years in the United States, with the New England Tea Men.
Correia was a Portugal international for seven years, making his debut in 1972.
On 20 July of the following year, he suffered a second stroke that put him in a coma, and after five days in critical condition he died at the age of 66.
Domiati
Domiati cheese, or white cheese (), is a soft white cheese made in Egypt. It is also made in Sudan and other countries in the Middle East. It is made from buffalo milk, cow milk, or both of them. it can also be made from other milks, such as sheep, goat or camel milk. It is the most common Egyptian cheese. It is named after the city of Damietta (or Domyat).
Mate Rimac is a Croatian inventor and entrepreneur. He started the Croatian car company Rimac Automobili in 2009.
As a child, he dreamed of building the fastest car. He said that he wanted to bring automotive manufacturers to Croatia. Forbes Magazine named Rimac one of the ""Top 30 Under 30"." the list includes the 30 best entrepreneurs under the age of 30 in the world, in 2017. In the same year, Rimac became the Croatian Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2018, Mate Rimac received an honorary doctorate from Juraj Dobrila University of Pula.
Pennzoil 400 (Las Vegas)
The Pennzoil 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. It is held every year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada, it is first of two races on the Cup Schedule. (The other one is the South Point 400 in the NASCAR playoffs,) The first Pennzoil 400 race was in 1998.
The winners receive a championship belt instead of a trophy. The race was part of the No Bull 5 challenge from 1999 to 2002.
Since this race started, it has had different sponsors. Each sponsor changed the name of the race.
Dennis Andrew Nilsen (23 November 1945 – 12 May 2018) was a British serial killer and necrophile. He murdered at least 15 young men in a series of killings committed between 1978 and 1983 in London, England. He was convicted of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder at the Old Bailey, Nilsen was sentenced to life imprisonment on 4 November 1983, with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 25 years. He was born in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
In his later years, he was incarcerated at HM Prison maximum security prison in Full Sutton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. He died there on 12 May 2018 at the age of 72.
Kevin Tierney
Kevin Tierney (August 27, 1950 – May 12, 2018) was an Irish-Canadian movie producer and screenwriter. He co-wrote and produced the most popular Canadian movies at the Canadian box-office, "Bon Cop, Bad Cop", for which he earned a Genie Award for Best Motion Picture in 2007. He was a former Vice-Chair of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and former Chair of the Board of Cinémathèque québécoise’s Board of Directors.
Tierney has also produced other titles including "Varian's War", "One Dead Indian", "Good Neighbours" and "Twist".
Tierney died in Montreal, Quebec on May 12, 2018 of cancer at the age of 67.
Maria Lourdes Sereno
Maria Lourdes Aranal Sereno (born Maria Lourdes Punzalan Aranal; July 2, 1960) is a Filipino lawyer and judge. She was the "de facto" Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2012 until her removal from office on May 11, 2018.
Sereno was removed from office by way of "quo warranto" by Supreme Court in an 8–6 decision, removing her appointment as Chief Justice in 2012 null and void. Her removal was controversial because it was carried out by the Supreme Court, which some said was not in accordance with the constitution.
Bluefield, West Virginia
Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 10,447 at the 2010 census. Bluefield is located at (37.262219, -81.218674) in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia across the state border from Bluefield, Virginia.
Come Home to Mama
Come Home to Mama is the third album by Martha Wainwright. It was released on October 15, 2012.
I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too is the second album by Martha Wainwright. It was first released in Australia on May 10, 2008.
All songs were written by Wainwright, except where noted.
We Are Born
We Are Born is the fifth studio album by Sia Furler. It was released on June 18, 2010. The album was produced by Greg Kurstin.
All tracks were produced by Greg Kurstin.
Some People Have Real Problems
Some People Have Real Problems is the fourth studio album by Australian singer Sia Furler. It was released in 2008.
All tracks produced by Jimmy Hogarth.
Slender Man stabbing
On May 31, 2014, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, 12-year-olds Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser stabbed their friend Payton Leutner. They tried to kill her in the woods to impress the internet character Slenderman, so that way he wouldn't kill their families and allow them to become his servants. She survived, and was found by a cyclist.
Weier was sentenced to up to 25 years in a mental hospital, and Geyser was sentenced to up to 40.
Kasamh Se
Kasamh Se is an Indian television soap opera. Produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms wich aired on Zee TV. From 16 January 2006 through 12 March 2009 on Monday through Friday.
The story is about three Sisters. Bani, Pia and Rano.
Randalummoodu
Randalummoodu is a village situated near Kottarakkara in Kollam district, Kerala state, India.
Randalummoodu is a part of Pathanapuram assembly constituency in Mavelikkara (Lok Sabha constituency). Shri. K. B. Ganesh Kumar is the current MLA of Pathanpuram. Shri. Kodikkunnil Suresh is the current member of parliament of Mavelikkara.
Randalummoodu is a small village in Thalavoor panchayats. Randalummodu is junction in Pathanapuram-Kottarakkara (via Kura) road. It connects places Kura, etc. Randalummoodu junction is a main part of Randalummodu.
Panaveli
Panaveli is a small village in Kollam district, Kerala state, India.
Panaveli is a part of Kottarakkara assembly constituency in Mavelikkara (Lok Sabha constituency). Smt. Aisha Potty is the current MLA of Kottarakkara. Shri. Kodikunnil Suresh is the current member of parliament of Mavelikkara. Panavei is a part of Vettikkavala panchayat and part of Vettikkavala Block Panchayat. CPM, INC, CPI, BJP, KC(B) etc are the major political parties.
Panaveli is a small village near Kottarakkara.
Vilakkuvettom
Vilakkuvettom is a village situated near Punalur in Kollam district, Kerala state, India.
Vilakkuvettom is a part of Punalur assembly constituency in Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency). INC, CPM, CPI, BJP etc are the major political parties.
Malayalam is the native language of Vilakkuvettom.
Kandachira
Kandachira is a village situated near Kollam in Kollam district, Kerala state, India.
Manchallor is a part of Eravipuram assembly constituency in Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency). Shri. M. Noushad is the current MLA of Eravipuram. Shri.N.K. Premachandran is the current member of parliament of Kollam.
Kandachira is a village in Panayam panchayat in Kollam district. It is situated in Kandachiramudi of Ashtamudi Lake. Kandachira is in the south of Panayam panchayat. The bridge in this place connects places Kandachira, Kilikollur, Chathinamkulam etc. Kandachira bridge is a main landmark of Kandachira.
Perinad is the nearest railway station of Kandachira. The railway line to Kollam is passes through Kandachira.
Kannanalloor
Kannanalloor is a village situated in Mukhathala block panchayat in Kollam district, Kerala state, India.
Kannanalloor is a part of Kundara assembly constituency in Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency). Shri. J. Mercykutty Amma is the current MLA of Kundara. Shri.N. K. Premachandran is the current member of parliament of Kollam. CPM, INC, RSP, etc are the major political parties.
Kannanalloor is a small village in Thazhuthala panchayat. It is 13 km from Kollam, 2 km from Mukhathala and 62 km from Thiruvananthapuram. Kannanalloor is a border of Thiruvananthapuram-Kollam districts. It connects places Mylakad, Nedumpana, Kottiyam, Palathara, Adichanalloor, etc.
Malayalam is the native language of Kannanalloor.
Neduvannoor
Neduvannoor is a village situated near Pathanapuram in Kollam district, Kerala state, India.
Neduvannoor is a part of Pathanapuram assembly constituency in Mavelikkara (Lok Sabha constituency). Shri. K. B. Ganesh Kumar is the current MLA of Pathanpuram. Shri.Kodikkunnil Suresh is the current member of parliament of Mavelikkara. INC, CPM, BJP etc are the major political parties.
Neduvannoor is a small village in Thalavoor panchayats. Neduvannoor is a junction in Pathanapuram-Kottarakkara road. It connects places Avaneeswaram, etc. Neduvannoor (Avaneeswaram) bridge is a main landmark of Manchalloor.
Malayalam is the native language of Neduvannoor.
Pathanapuram Block Panchayat
Pathanapuram Block Panchayat is a Block Panchayat in Kollam district, Kerala state, India. The headquarters of this block panchayat is situated in Pidavoor, Pathanapuram.
There are six Grama Panchayats in Pathanapuram Block Panchayat:
Pathanapuram block panchayat office location
Umayanalloor
Umayanalloor is a village in Kollam district, Kerala state, India. It is located near Mayyanad.
Umayanalloor is a part of Eravipuram assembly constituency in Kollam. Shri. M. Noushad is the MLA of Eravipuram. Shri.N. K. Premachandran is the member of parliament of Kollam.
Umayanalloor is a village Mayyanad panchayat. Umayanalloor is a junction in the Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram road (part of NH-47). It connects places Kottiyam, etc.
Malayalam is the native language of Umayanalloor.
There are many educational institutions in Umayanalloor. There is an LP School in Vazhappalli. An un-aided LP school namely Rose Dail, AKMHS, B.Ed college, Cherupushpam LPS, PVUPS, Eega study centre, etc are some of the educational institutions in Umayanalloor.
Rice and milk-production are the main farming sectors here. Cashew nut production is also seen here.
Branches of Umayanallor Service Co-operation Bank, Federal Bank, Muthoot Finance, etc are in Umayanalloor.
There are many cashew nut factories in Umayanalloor. Umayanalloor Industrial Estate is an industrial park. There are also some ice cream factories here.
There are many worship centres in Umayanalloor. BalasubramanyaSwami Temple, Umayanalloor, Durgapuri Sree Madankovil Temple, Pannimon, Umayanalloor Masjid, Amalothbhava Matha Church, etc are some of them.
Alappad
Alappad is a coastal village in the Kollam district, Kerala, India. It is small land between the Arabian Sea and the TS Canal.
Alappad village is a ward of the Alappad panchayat consists of various wards/places such as Srayikkadu, Azheekkal, Kuzhithura, Parayakadavu, Cheriazheekkal, Pandarathuruthu.
Portions of the village were damaged during the 2004 tsunami. Many people died. After the tragedy, the state government realized the need for more bridges, and constructed one bridge at northern Azheekal, and another one at Cheriyazhekkal.
Temples act as places of worship, and temple committees play a crucial role in temple administration and festivals which play important role in social life.
Mata Amritanandamayi, renowned Hindu Sanyasin, spiritual leader and philanthropist was born in Parayakadavu. Mata Amritanandamayi Math is in Parayakadavu.
Ochira
Oachira is a town in Karunagappally taluk, Kollam district in Kerala, India.
Oachira is one of the famous holy places of Kerala and in India. Oachira is on the border of Kollam District and Allappuzha District.
The famous temple of Para Brahmam (OMkaram) is located here.
The major annual festivals are "Oachira Kali" or "Oachirakali" and the twelve-day Panthrandu Vilakku , which is held in November/December. Oachira Kali is celebrated in commemoration of the battle of Kayamkulam, fought between Marthanda Varma, the Maharaja of Travancore and the Raja of Kayamkulam. It is a mock fight enacted between groups of men dressed as warriors on the "padanilam" (battlefield).
Yet another festival celebrated in Oachira Temple is the "Irupathiyettam Onam" (Thiruvonum in the month of Kanni). It is considered the Onam of cows and bulls and is celebrated on Thiruvonam. These concepts are related to "Shiva Vahana".