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During the Second World War, it Soviet forces needed intelligence on German troop positions in northern Norway and Finland. On 5 July 1941 Admiral Arseniy Golovko of the Northern Fleet authorized the formation of a ground spy troop. This unit, the 4th Special Volunteer Detachment, was to be recruited from the fleet's sports-men and had about 65 to 70 personnel. Later the unit was renamed the 181st Special Reconnaissance Detachment.
The most prominent of these new recruits was Viktor Leonov, who joined the Soviet Navy in 1937. He was assigned to a submarine training detachment and then moved to a repair station in the Northern Fleet at Polyarnyy. Leonov had trained as a scuba diver, after which he joined 4th Special Volunteer Detachment, where he conducted numerous secret operations and twice being awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Initially the unit was confined to performing small scale reconnaissance missions, platoon sized missions by sea and on occasion on land into Finland and later Norway. They began conducting sabotage missions and raids to snatch prisoners for interrogation. They would also destroy German ammunition and supply posts, communication centers, and harass enemy troop concentrations along the Finnish and Russian coasts.
When the European conflict ended, the Naval Scouts were sent to fight the Japanese. Leonov along with Capt. Kulebyakin and 140 men, landed on a Japanese airfield at Port Vonsan, not realizing they were opposed by over 3,500 enemy soldiers. A tense standoff ensued, until the commanding officers of the unit managed to bluff the Japanese forces into surrendering.
"For further details about the Soviet conflict during Afghanistan War see here."
Soviet Spetsnaz forces took part in the Soviet–Afghan War of 1979–1989 in Afghanistan, usually fighting battles using helicopters. Their most famous operation, Operation Storm-333, was carried out on 27 December 1979 when Soviet special forces stormed the Tajbeg Palace in Afghanistan and killing Afghan President Hafizullah Amin and his 200 personal guards. The Soviets then installed Babrak Karmal as Amin's successor.
The operation involved approximately 660 Soviet operators dressed in Afghan uniforms, including 50 KGB and GRU officers from the "Alpha Group" and "Zenith Group". The Soviet forces occupied major governmental, military and media buildings in Kabul, including their primary target – the Tajbeg Palace.
In the first one and a half years of the war, Spetsnaz units in the form of the 459th special forces company, were exclusively responsible for recon missions and intelligence gathering for the 40th Army. Aside from reconnaissance, the 459th was also tasked with capturing prisoners, destroying the leaders and field commanders of the Mujahideen.
By 1985, the GRU had expanded its special forces footprint to two spetsnaz brigades in Afghanistan, comprising just under 5,000 troops.
Oxygen-17
Oxygen-17 (O) is a low-abundance, natural, stable isotope of oxygen (0.0373% in seawater; it is about twice as common as deuterium).
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Madeley, Shropshire
Madeley is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and is now part of the new town of Telford. In 2001, the town had a population of 17,935 people.
Madeley is recorded in the Domesday Book as a small settlement.
A part of the Ironbridge Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is in the civil parish.
Bob the Builder (2015 TV series)
Bob the Builder is a CGI animated children's television series and a reboot of the British-American animated television show "Bob the Builder". It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 5, beginning on 1 September 2015 and PBS Kids in the United States in 14 November. The series ran for three seasons until 30 December 2018.
This show also has a feature length special called which was released in 2017.
A next Bob the Builder series is currently yet to be announced.Olga Pavlova
Wellington, Shropshire
Wellington is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and forms part of the new town of Telford. It is 3.5 miles (5.5 km) northwest of central Telford and 12 miles (19 km) east of Shrewsbury. The 2011 census revealed that the town has a population of 25,554 people.
It became part of the new town of Telford in 1968.
The town's population makes it the third largest town in Shropshire, behind Telford and Shrewsbury.
The Wrekin hill is 3.5 miles southwest of the town.
The town has a railway station on the Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury line. Passengers can get direct trains to Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, London and parts of Wales.
The New Bucks Head, the home stadium of football club A.F.C. Telford United, is located in Wellington.
Wellington has one twin town. It is twinned with:
Stoke on Tern
Stoke on Tern is a village in Shropshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Stoke upon Tern, next to the River Tern.
It is near to the border with Staffordshire. In the 2011 census, the civil parish had a population of 2,034 people. The small villages of Stoke Heath, Ollerton, Eaton upon Tern and Wistanswick are also in the parish.
The village is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south-west of the centre of Market Drayton and is around half way between Market Drayton and Telford. The village of Hodnet is 2.6 miles (4.2 km) to the west.
The village has a church and a primary school.
Llanymynech
Llanymynech is a village in Shropshire, England and Powys, Wales. It is in the civil parish of Llanymynech and Pant, next to the the River Vyrnwy.
It is located 17.4 miles north-west of Shrewsbury, Shropshire's county town and 9 miles (14 km) north of the Welsh town of Welshpool. It straddles the Welsh border. Some parts of the village, such as the golf course, are located in Wales. Two of the village's three pubs are entirely in England and the third is entirely in Wales.
The village's name is "Church of the Monks" in Welsh.
Shortly to the north of the village is the village of Pant. Further north is the market town of Oswestry.
The village has an amateur football club, Llanymynech FC.
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Yuliya Buyeva
Yuliya Buyeva (born December 24, 1975) is a Ukrainian volleyball player. She represented Ukraine during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She played for Universidad Granada, BBSC Berlin, Beşiktaş, and Universidad de Burgos.
Lamborghini LM001
The Lamborghini LM001 is an off-road vehicle made by Lamborghini in 1981. It was first revealed at the 1981 Geneva Auto Show along with the new-at-the-time Lamborghini Jalpa.
The LM001 was made for military use, but only one prototype was ever made. This was because the rear-engine design made the car handle poorly.
Even though the previously made Lamborghini Cheetah was a failure, Lamborghini still wanted to make an off-road military vehicle. The Cheetah concept was redesigned into the LM001. Unlike the Cheetah's Chrysler engine, the LM001 prototype had a 134 kW 5.9-litre AMC-built V8. The V12 from the Countach was supposed to be used for production models.
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Mariya Aleksandrova
Mariya Aleksandrova (born 7 April 1974) is a Ukrainian volleyball player.
She represented Ukraine during the 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship.
She played for SVS Post Schwechat and Schweriner SC.
Sanmiguelia
Sanmiguelia is a genus of the fossil plants, possible may be among the earliest of angiosperms. It was determined on the basis its imprints of palm-shaped leaves originated from Triassic geological period (251 to 199.6 million years ago). They were found in rocks from Colorado .
The leaves were ellipsoidal and wrinkled, up to 40 cm long and 25 cm wide, and were at the apex of a tapered or spindle-shaped stem.
According to these data, it belonged to a possible family flowering plants " Sanmigueliaceae ", unknown order, in class Magnoliopsida, division Tracheophyta.
Incitatus was Emperor Caligula's favorite horse. He lived in Ancient Rome around 40 c.e. His name means "fast-moving."
There is a story that Caligula made his horse a senator, but it is probably not true. According to historian Mary Beard, no ancient historian who was alive at the same time as Caligula ever said Caligula really made Incitatus a senator, and it is likely that he only told a joke about doing it.
Ancient historians do say Caligula gave his horse many gifts. In 121 c.e., in his book "The Twelve Caesars", the historian Suetonius says of Incitatus: "Besides a stall of marble, a manger of ivory, purple blankets and a collar of precious stones, he even gave this horse a house, a troop of slaves and furniture, for the more elegant entertainment of the guests invited in his name; and it is also said that he planned to make him consul."
In Robert Graves' 1934 book "I, Claudius", the fictional Caligula does make the fictional Incitatus a senator and gives him an ivory trough to eat out of. This is one of the ways Graves shows that Caligula has become mentally unstable. After Caligula dies, Claudius treats Incitatus like a normal horse again.
A talking version of Incitatus appears as a villain in Rick Riordan's 2018 young adult novel "The Burning Maze".
Lamborghini Cheetah
The Lamborghini Cheetah is an off-road prototype that was made by Lamborghini in 1977.
The Lamborghini Cheetah was the first off-road vehicle made by Lamborghini. It was designed to be used by the military. The design of the Cheetah was largely a copy of Food Machinery Corporation (FMC)'s XR311 prototype, which was developed for the military in 1970. This resulted in legal action from FMC against Lamborghini in 1977.
The Cheetah was built in San Jose, California. After it was built, the prototype was sent to Sant'Agata Bolognese so Lamborghini could put on the finishing touches. The Cheetah was powered by a large, waterproofed 180 bhp 5.9L Chrysler engine, rear mounted, with a 3 speed automatic transmission. The mounting of the engine in the rear gave the Cheetah very poor steering, and the engine was not powerful enough for the Cheetah. This resulted in poor performance overall.
The only finished prototype was never tested by the US military. It was later sold to Teledyne Continental Motors, and it still exists today.
Lamborghini eventually developed the Lamborghini LM002. The LM002 had a similar design to the Cheetah, but it had a 12-cylinder motor from the Lamborghini Countach mounted in the front.
Boston River
Boston River is a football club which plays in Montevideo, Uruguay. It was founded in 1939.
The club has a historic season in 2017 when the qualified for the Copa Sudamericana for the first time ever. They were eliminated by Paraguayan club Cerro Porteno in the second round. The following season they also qualified for the same cup, this time being eliminated by Banfield in the same round, after beating Jaguares de Cordoba 4-2 on aggregate.
Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin is a unitary authority district and borough in the West Midlands of England. It is part of the ceremonial county of Shropshire. It borders Staffordshire.
The district was created in 1974 and was called The Wrekin.
It is the only seperate unitary authority in Shropshire. It shares its Fire and Rescue Service and Community Health with the rest of the county.
The biggest town in the borough is Telford. The borough also includes the towns of Wellington, Shifnal, Bridgnorth and Newport.
The borough contains 30 wards.
Shawbury
Shawbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is 8.4 miles (13.5 km) north east of Shrewsbury, the county town, 11.5 miles (18.5 km) north west of Telford and 163 miles (262 km) north west of London. The 2011 census revealed the parish had 2,872 residents.
The village is recorded in the 1085 Domesday Book. In the book, it is called "Sawesberie".
The A53 between Shrewsbury and Market Drayton goes through the village.
The village has a Co-operative shop, a pub, a church, a chip shop and a Chinese takeaway.
It is home to RAF Shawbury, a Royal Air Force base.
Von Ryan's Express is a 1965 American World War II adventure movie directed by Mark Robson and based on the novel of the same name by David Westheimer. It stars Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrà, Brad Dexter, Sergio Fantoni, John Leyton, James Brolin, Edward Mulhare, Wolfgang Preiss, Vito Scotti and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1966.
Ivan Utrobin
Ivan Stepanovich Utrobin () (March 10, 1934 – June 25, 2020) was a Soviet cross-country skier. He competed during the early 1960s, training at VSS Trud in Moscow Oblast. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km event at 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
Utrobin died on June 25, 2020 at the age of 86.
Lamborghini 350 GT
The Lamborghini 350 GT is a sports car made by Lamborghini from 1964 to 1966. It is the first road car made by Lamborghini. The 350 GT was based off the Lamborghini 350GTV prototype. Both cars used a 3.5-liter V12 engine.
The Lamborghini 400 GT was the successor to the 350 GT.
After testing his Lamborghini engine in May 1963, Giotto Bizzarrini, who was the head engineer at Lamborghini, left the company. The following month Ferruccio Lamborghini told engineer Gian Paolo Dallara to build a road-car version of Bizzarrini's 350GTV. Dallara was helped in this project by engineer Paolo Stanzani and test driver Bob Wallace.
Dallara and Stanzani quickly realized that the 350 GTV was not made well for mass production. They decided to build the 350 GT as a road-car version. First, they began de-tuning the original Bizzarrini engine and redesigning the original Bizzarrini chassis for street use. They then started getting the 350 GTV ready for its late-October 1963 Turin Auto Show debut. Lamborghini hoped its debut would raise interest in the 350 GT. The 350 GT was released in 1964. It was Lamborghini’s first road car.
The 350 GT was powered by a V12 engine. Each engine was tested for 24 hours on a Schenk Walge dynamometer. In the tests, it was run for the first 12 hours under electric power, and then with gasoline at increasing speeds. The test revealed that the engine produced at 6500 rpm and of torque at 4500 rpm.
The engine was paired to a five-speed manual transmission which was made by ZF.
The 350 GT had a kerb weight of . With its V12 engine, it could accelerate from in 6.8 seconds, and from in 16.3 seconds. It also had a top speed of .
The Lamborghini 350 GTS was a convertible version of the 350 GT. That meant it had a roof that was able to open. The 350 GTS was first shown at the 1965 Turin Auto Show. Two of them were built by Carrozzeria Touring in 1965. The convertible top was designed to be concealed (hidden) in the storage area behind the two seats when it was folded down.
Rudolfo Anaya
Rudolfo Anaya (October 30, 1937 – June 28, 2020) was an American author, poet, educator and playwright. He was best known for his 1972 novel "Bless Me, Ultima". Anaya was thought to be one of the founders of Chicano literature. He was born in Pastura, New Mexico.
Anaya died on June 28, 2020 at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of 82.
Pastura, New Mexico
Pastura is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States, approximately halfway between Santa Rosa and Vaughn. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 23.
Vaughn, New Mexico
Vaughn is a town in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 446 at the 2010 census.
Klaus Francke
Klaus Francke (17 July 1936 – 28 June 2020) was a German politician. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Francke was a member of the German Bundestag from 1976 to 1998 and again from 2001 to 2002. He was born in Hamburg.
Francke died on 28 June 2020 in Hamburg, aged 83.
Louis Mahoney
Louis Felix Danner Mahoney (8 September 1938 – 28 June 2020) was a Gambian-born British actor. He was born in The Gambia. He was an anti-racist activist. He represented African-Asian members on the council of the actors'union, Equity. He became Vice President between 1994 and 1996. Mahoney was known for his multiple roles on "Doctor Who" and as Brother Paulo in "". He also appeared in "Captain Phillips".
Mahoney died on 28 June 2020 in London, aged 81.
Bode Akindele
Chief Bode Akindele (2 June 1932 – 29 June 2020) was a Nigerian billionaire businessman. According to The Daily Telegraph, he was worth about $1.19 billion. He was the owner and Chairman of Madandola group of companies. He was born in Oyo, Oyo.
Akindele died on 29 June 2020 at his home in Lagos, aged 88.
Oyo, Oyo
Efraín Barquero
Efraín Barquero (3 May 1931 – 29 June 2020) was a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 2008. He worked in Colombia during the government of Salvador Allende. In France he wrote "A deshora" between 1979 and 1985, which was later published in Chile in 1992. During this time he also wrote "Mujeres de oscuro" and "El viejo y el niño".
Barquero died in Santiago de Chile on 29 June 2020 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, aged 89.
Albert Sulon
Albert Sulon (3 April 1938 – 29 June 2020) was a Belgian footballer. He played as a defender. Sulon played for RFC Liège, UR Namur, RES Jamboise and Tilleur FC. He also earned 6 caps for the Belgian national team between 1965 and 1967.
Sulon died on 29 June 2020, aged 82.
Ivo Banac
Ivo Banac (; 1 March 1947 – 30 June 2020) was a Croatian-American historian. He was a professor of European history at Yale University. He was a politician of the former Liberal Party in Croatia. Banac was a consultant for the Bosnian Institute. In 1990, he became a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was President of the Liberal Party (2003–2004) and MP (2003–2008).
Banac died on 30 June 2020, aged 73.
Tim Brooks (wrestler)
Timothy Paul Brooks (December 4, 1947 – June 30, 2020) was an American professional wrestler. He was better-known by his ring name "Killer" Tim Brooks. He competed in North American regional promotions such as in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW) World Wrestling Council and World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and Southwest Championship Wrestling (SWCW) during the 1970s and 1980s. Brooks was born in Dallas, Texas.
Brooks died on June 30, 2020 at his home in Waxahachie, Texas from cancer at the age of 72.
Our Huge Adventure
Our Huge Adventure (stylized as OUR Huge ADVENTURE) is an American animated musical adventure movie. It was released on August 23, 2005 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment and Playhouse Disney. It was followed by the TV series "Little Einsteins".
Plains brown tree frog
The plains brown tree frog, plain tree frog or Victoria frog ("Litoria paraewingi") is a frog from Australia. It lives in southern Australia just north of Melbourne, in Victoria and New South Wales.
The adult male is 2.1 to 2.8 cm long and the adult female is 3.4 to 3.6 cm long. It is pale brown in colour with a stripe from its nose over its eyes and down its body. Parts of its legs are pale yellow or orange. It looks very similar to the brown tree frog.
This frog can live in forests or grasslands. It lives in bodies of water that are still or slow-flowing, like creeks, ditches, lakes, and slow parts of rivers.
The plains brown tree frog is closely related to the brown tree frog, enough that they can have babies together when they meet in the wild, though this is rare. Scientists studied the nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA of hybrid frogs and they found that it was male plains brown tree frogs mating with female brown tree frogs more than half the time.
They lay eggs on underwater plants.
Salma Lakhani
Salma Lakhani is a Canadian businessperson and philanthropist. She will be the next Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. She will also be the first Muslim Lieutenant Governor in Canada.
Lakhani was born in Uganda. In 1972, the leader of Uganda made all Asian people leave the country. Because of this, she and her husband moved to Edmonton in 1977, from the United Kingdom. She got a bachelor's degree with honours from the University of Manchester. She studied clinical biochemistry.
Kimberly Exner
Kimberly Exner (born 16 July 1977) is a Canadian volleyball player. She is part of the Canadian women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
She played for Eastern Washington University's women's volleyball team.
Maite Perroni
Rebelde (English: "Rebel") is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and created by Cris Morena. It is a remake of the Argentine telenovela "Rebelde Way" created for the Mexican audience. The series aired on Canal de las Estrellas from October 4, 2004, to June 2, 2006. "Rebelde" was replaced in June 2006 with Televisa's series "Código Postal".
The show is set at the Elite Way School, a private boarding high school in Mexico City with a major plot line revolving around a group of students forming a pop band.
Gernot Endemann
Gernot Endemann (24 June 1942 – 29 June 2020) was a German actor. He was at one time married to the French actress Jocelyne Boisseau. His career began in 1965. Endemann was born in Essen, Germany.
He was known for his roles in "Angels of the Street" (1969), "Willi Manages The Whole Thing" (1972), "Shout at the Devil" (1976), "Mandara" (1983) and "Der Schatz im Niemandsland" (1987). He also played Horsch in the German version of "Sesame Street".
Endemann died on 29 June 2020 in Hanover, Germany at the age of 77.
Rafał Trzaskowski
Rafał Kazimierz Trzaskowski ( ; born 17 January 1972) is a Polish politician. In November 2018, he became the Mayor of Warsaw. He is also a political scientist.
In May 2020, Trzaskowski became the Civic Platform's candidate for Presidency of Poland in the presidential election. He lost the election to incumbent President Andrzej Duda.
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 is an line of Android-based phablets designed, developed, to be produced and it was marketed by Samsung Electronics for its Samsung Galaxy Note series, succeeding the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 series. It is released on 5 August 2020 alongside the Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 during Samsung's Unpacked Event with shipment expected to start on 20 August 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the release of the phablets will only be streamed online via Samsung's online platforms and channels.
The Note 20 series come with a 120 Hz refresh rate display that uses energy efficient technology called "“LTPO”".
Like the S20 Ultra, the Note 20 series might not have a curved display and will feature a totally flat display. A 6.42 inch display (2345×1084) is also rumored for the Note 20 whereas a 6.87 display (3096×1444) is rumored for the Note 20 Plus and Ultra with a 20:9 aspect ratio for all phones. The Note 20 series is rumored to be equipped with faster 45W charging capabilities and a higher-capacity non-user-replaceable batteries. Up to 128 GBs of storage is rumored for the Note 20 whereas 256/512GBs of storage is for the Note 20 Plus and Ultra. It is expected that a /Exynos 992 octa-core processor will power all three phablets and either 8GBs or 12GBs of RAM will hold memory for each.
More progressive biometrics and faster RAM storage are also some rumored specifications for the phablets. All three phablets are rumored to come with connectivity. Bluetooth certification listing might also be a first for the three phablets.
The Note 20 series is rumored to become equipped with a more improved camera system than that of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra .
Elmer McCurdy
Elmer J. McCurdy (January 1, 1880 – October 7, 1911) was an American bank and train robber who was killed in a shoot-out with police after robbing a train in Oklahoma in October 1911.
He was known as "The Bandit Who Wouldn't Give Up". His mummified body was first put on display at an Oklahoma funeral home and then became an attraction on a carnival and sideshow circuit during the 1920s through the 1960s.
After changing ownership several times, McCurdy's remains eventually wound up at The Pike amusement zone in Long Beach, California.
On December 8, 1976, the production crew of the television show "The Six Million Dollar Man" were filming scenes for the "Carnival of Spies" episode at The Pike. During the shoot, a prop man moved what was thought to be a wax mannequin that was hanging from the set. When the mannequin's arm broke off, a human bone and muscle tissue were seen. The body was identified to be the mummified corpse of McCurdy a few weeks later.
In April 1977, Elmer McCurdy's body was buried at the Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
A mannequin (also called a manikin, dummy, lay figure or dress form) is a doll used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, windowdressers and others especially to display or fit clothing.
During the 1950s, mannequins were used in nuclear tests to help show the effects of nuclear weapons on humans.
Washington, Maine
Washington, officially the Town of Washington, is a town in Knox County, Maine. The population was 1,527 at the 2010 United States Census.
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Croatian Parliament
The Croatian Parliament () or the Sabor is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of the Republic of Croatia.
It is Croatia's legislature. Under the terms of the Croatian Constitution, the Sabor represents the people and is vested with legislative power. The Sabor is made up of 151 members elected to a four-year term.
Aleksandr Kabanov
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kabanov (, 11 June 1948 – 30 June 2020) was a Russian water polo player and head coach of the Russian water polo team. He was one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches. He won two gold medals at the 1972 and 1980 Olympics.
Kabanov died on 30 June 2020, aged 72.
2020 Polish presidential election
The 2020 Polish presidential elections were due to be held on 10 May 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 3 June 2020, the Marshal of the Sejm, Elżbieta Witek, ordered the first round of the election to be held on 28 June 2020 and scheduled the second round, on 12 July 2020.
The conservative incumbent president Andrzej Duda is eligible for reelection.
Duda faced off in the second round against Civic Platform Candidate, Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski after first round results showed Duda with 43.5% of the vote and Trzaskowski with 30.5%. In the second round, Duda won re-election after winning 51% of the vote to Trzaskowski's 48%.
Lazarus Chakwera
Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera (born 5 April 1955) is a Malawian theologian and politician. He became the 6th President of Malawi in June 2020. He has been leader of the Malawi Congress Party since 2013. He was President of the Malawi Assemblies of God from 1989 to 14 May 2013.
Chakwera obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Malawi in 1977. He studied theology and obtained an Honors BA from the University of Limpopo in South Africa, then a Masters from the University of South Africa in 1991. In 2000, he obtained a doctorate from Trinity International University, in the USA.
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I Ought to Be in Pictures (movie)
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature is a popular 2002 book by the psychologist Steven Pinker. The author makes a case against tabula rasa (people who believe we are all born with no built in mental content). The book was voted for the 2003 Aventis Prizes and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Pinker says that modern science has challenged three linked ideas that make up the main view of human nature in intelligent life:
Much of the book is looking at fears of the social and political consequences of his view of human nature:
Pinker says that the blank slate view of human nature would actually be more of a threat if it were true. For example, he argues that political equality does not require similarity, but policies that treat people as individuals with rights; that moral progress doesn't need the human mind to be naturally free of selfish actions, only morals to counteract them are needed; that responsibility doesn't need behavior to be uncaused, only that it answers to praise and blame; and that meaning in life doesn't. the process that created the brain must have a purpose, only that the brain itself must have purposes. He also argues that grounding ideals in claims about a blank slate opens them to the possibility of being overturned by future discoveries. He further states that a blank slate is in fact not in-sequence with opposition to many social evils since a blank slate could be conditioned to enjoy slavery.
Evolutionary and genetic inequality statements do not have to support right-wing policies. Pinker writes that if everyone is equal regarding abilities it can be argued that it is only necessary to give everyone equal opportunity. On the other hand, if some people have less innate ability, then redistribution policies should favor those with less innate ability. Further, economics is built upon an assumption of an actor, while evolutionary psychology suggests that people have many different goals and behaviors that do not fit the actor theory. "A rising tide lifts all boats" is often used as an argument that inequality need not be reduced as long as there is growth. Evolutionary psychology suggests that low status itself, apart from material considerations, is highly stressful towards the brain and may cause dangerous behaviors, which suggests that inequalities should be reduced. Finally, evolutionary explanations may also help the left create policies with greater public support, suggesting that people's sense of fairness (caused by mechanisms such as reciprocal altruism) rather than greed is a primary cause of opposition to welfare, if there is not a distinction in the proposals between what is perceived as the deserving and the undeserving poor.
Avanti West Coast
Avanti West Coast is a British train operating company. It operates the West Coast Partnership franchise and has done since 8 December 2019, where it took over from Virgin Trains.
The company is owned by Scottish-based company FirstGroup and Italian company Trenitalia.
"Avanti" means "Forward" in Italian.
They currently operate services mainly up the West Coast Main Line. These services are between London, England's capital city, and various other towns and cities around Great Britain. These include direct trains to Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, Chester and Blackpool. They also operate services between London and Holyhead, Wrexham or Bangor in North Wales.
There are currently plans for future services to Walsall, Llandudno Junction and the village of Gobowen in Shropshire from 2022.
Journeys with Avanti are very popular with commuters as the trains do not call at every station and only stop at some stations along their route. However, due to this, tickets for travel with them can be expensive.
Holyhead
Holyhead () is the largest town and community on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. The town is an important port that serves Ireland. The 2011 census found that the town had 11,431 residents.
The town's name in Welsh means "Cybi's fort".
It used to have a large aluminium smelting industry, using the large smelters on the outskirts of the town. However, the aluminium company closed in September 2009.
The Anglesey Coastal Path starts and finishes here.
As well as a busy port, the town also has a busy railway station. It is the end of the North Wales Coast Line that runs from Crewe in Cheshire, England. There are direct trains to towns and cities across the North Wales coast such as Bangor, Prestatyn and Rhyl as well as longer distance trains to Chester, Crewe, Shrewsbury, Birmingham, Manchester, Hereford and Cardiff.
International Chamber of Commerce
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC; French: "Chambre de commerce internationale") is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its over 45 million members in over 100 countries. ICC has three main activities: rule setting, dispute resolution, and policy advocacy.
ICC supports the work of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and many other intergovernmental bodies, both international and regional, such as G20 on behalf of international business.
G20
The G20 (or Group of Twenty) is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 20* countries and the European Union (EU). It was founded in 1999. The goal is to promote international financial stability.
Since the November 2011 Cannes summit, G20 summits have been held annually.
Latifur Rahman (businessman)
Latifur Rahman (1944/1945 – 1 July 2020) was a Bangladeshi businessman. From 2014 to 2017, he was a member of the International Chamber of Commerce. He was the chairman of Transcom Group.
Rahman died from an illness at his home in the Comilla District, Bangladesh at the age of 75.
Ransom (1975 movie)
Whiteville, North Carolina
Whiteville is a city in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,394 at the 2010 census. It is the largest city in Columbus County and is the county seat.
Eva Clayton
Cumberland County, North Carolina
Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 319,431, making it the fifth-most populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Fayetteville.
G. K. Butterfield
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (born April 27, 1947) is an American politician. In 2004, he was elected to the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Butterfield was appointed to be an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court by Governor Mike Easley in 2001. He is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and was its chair from 2015 to 2017.
Wilson County, North Carolina
Wilson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 81,234. The county seat is Wilson.
Ida (movie)
Ida is a 2013 Polish Danish French British drama movie directed by Paweł Pawlikowski and starring Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela. It was distributed by Solopan and was nominated for 2 Oscars and won an Academy Award in 2015.
Mike Easley
Michael Francis Easley (born March 23, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician. He was the 72nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from January 2001 to January 2009. He is the first
He is a member of the Democratic Party. Easley was North Carolina's second Catholic governor.
West Mercia Police
West Mercia Police is a territorial police service that polices Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire. It was known as West Mercia Constabulary until it was renamed in 2009. Its name comes from the area it polices formerly being the western part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
It was formed on 1 October 1967. It was created when Worcestershire Constabulary, Herefordshire Constabulary, Shropshire Constabulary, and Worcester City Police merged together.
It is the fourth largest police service in England and Wales.
The service has around 2,000 police officers, 200 police community support officers, 1,500 police staff, and 400 special officers.
Their headquarters is at Hindlip Hall on the outskirts of the city of Worcester.
The Changeling (movie)
RFC Liège
Royal Football Club de Liège (RFC Liège) is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège. It currently plays in the Belgian First Amateur Division. The club was also known for being 'homeless' between 1995 and 2015, but is now playing on its own ground in Rocourt.
Pei Chi Juan
Pei Chi Juan (born 10 August 1983) is a Taiwanese volleyball player. She played for the Chinese Taipei women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship and 2006 Asian Games.
She played for National Taipei University of Education's women's volleyball team.
Hua Yu Tseng
Hua Yu Tseng (born 6 October 1986) is a Taiwanese volleyball player. She played for the Chinese Taipei women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship and 2006 Asian Games.
She played for National Taiwan Normal University's women's volleyball team.
Ching I Lin
Ching I Lin (born 20 November 1985) is a Taiwanese volleyball player. She played for the Chinese Taipei women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship and 2006 Asian Games.
Shu Li Chen
Hua Yu Tseng (born 28 December 1977) is a Taiwanese volleyball player. She played for the Chinese Taipei women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship and 2006 Asian Games.
She played for Taipei Physical Education College's women's volleyball team.
Wen Ying Chiu
Wen Ying Chiu (born 10 April 1988) is a Taiwanese volleyball player. She played for the Chinese Taipei women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship and 2006 Asian Games.
She played for National Kaohsiung Normal University's women's volleyball team.
Mei Ching Chen
Mei Ching Chen (born 19 May 1985) is a Taiwanese volleyball player. She played for the Chinese Taipei women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship and 2006 Asian Games.
Hui Chen Chen
Hui Chen Chen (born 23 April 1988) is a Taiwanese volleyball player. She played for the Chinese Taipei women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship and 2006 Asian Games.
Hui Hsuan Yeh
Hui Hsuan Yeh (born 24 April 1988) is a Taiwanese volleyball player. She played for the Chinese Taipei women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship and 2006 Asian Games.
She played for Chung Shan women's volleyball team.
Montrose, Georgia
Montrose is a town in Laurens County, Georgia, United States. The population was 215 at the 2010 census.
Dublin, Georgia
Dublin is a city in Laurens County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 16,201. It is the county seat of Laurens County.
Inkster, Michigan
Inkster is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2010 census, the city population was 25,369.
Preserved counties of Wales
Wales is split into eight preserved counties. They are areas used for the ceremonial purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty.
Between 1974 and 1996, they were used for local government purposes.
Seven of the eight preserved counties are now split into counties and principal areas. Powys is the only one that still exists.
Lisbet Arredondo Reyes
Lisbet Arredondo Reyes (born 22 November 1987) is a Cuban female volleyball player. She played for the Cuba women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2009 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship, 2009 Pan-American Games, 2007 Montreux Volley Masters, 2009 Montreux Volley Masters, 2010 Montreux Volley Masters, and 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
She played for Villa Clara, Volejbol Kluby Šygys, Yeşilyurt, Gresik Petrokimia Volleyball Club, Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho Naiset, CV Logroño, and IBSA Palmas.
Pakistan Stock Exchange attack
On 29 June 2020, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) separatist militants attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) building in Karachi with grenades and by firing their guns. They killed three security guards and a police sub-inspector. They injured seven other people.
Police reported that they killed all four attackers within 8 minutes by headshot.
Jacques F. Acar
Jacques F. Acar (13 April 1931 – 27 March 2020) was a French doctor and microbiologist who specialized in antibiotics.
In 1966, Acar became head of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the Hôpital Saint-Joseph in Paris, staying there until 1999. At the same time, he was head of Medical Microbiology at the Hôpital Broussais. He was a professor of medical microbiology at Pierre and Marie Curie University from 1973 until 1980, and was head of that department from 1980 to 2000.
Acar was President of the World Health Organization's taskforce on antimicrobial resistance from 1992 to 1996. He was editor-in-chief of "Clinical Microbiology and Infection" from 1995 to 2000, and an expert for the World Organisation for Animal Health from 1999 until his death.
Acar died at a Paris hospital on 27 March 2020 from COVID-19, aged 88.
Dyfed
Dyfed (pronounced "Durv-ed") is one of the eight preserved counties of Wales.
It was created on 1 April 1974 when Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire came together. In 1996, it was abolished and Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire were made into seperate counties once again. The next day, Cardiganshire was renamed to its current name, Ceredigion.
It was a very rural county and was located in the south-west of Wales. It had a border on the Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel. It bordered Gwynedd to the north, Powys to the east and West Glamorgan to the south-east.
The county's county town was Carmarthen but the largest town was Llanelli. The university town of Aberystwyth was also inside the county.
The name Dyfed is still used today, for example in the name Dyfed–Powys Police.
Lukman Niode
Lukman Niode (21 October 1963 – 17 April 2020) was an Indonesian swimmer. He competed in three events at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the heats in all three events.
Lukman died on 17 April 2020 in Pelni Hospital in Jakarta at the age of 56, due to COVID-19.
Yenisey Gonzalez Dias
Yenisey Gonzalez Dias (born 22 November 1987) is a Cuban female volleyball player. She played for the Cuba women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup, and 2008 Summer Olympic Games qualifications.
She played for La Habana, She served on the IOC Committee.
The Lake of Thinking
The Lake of Thinking (, translit. I limni ton pothon, also known as The Lagoon of Desire) is a 1958 Greek drama movie directed by Giorgos Zervos and starring Tzeni Karezi, Giorgos Fountas, Eleni Zafeiriou, Koula Agagiotou, Christoforos Nezer.
Aptripel Tumimomor
Aptripel Tumimomor (April 3, 1966 – April 2, 2020) was an Indonesian politician, businessman and engineer. He was the Regent of North Morowali Regency, in Central Sulawesi, from February 17, 2016, until his death. Tumimomor was born in in Kolonodale, Central Sulawesi. Tumimomor owned several businesses, including hotels in Kendari, plantations in Mamuju Regency, and a construction company.
Tumimomor died at a hospital in Makassar from COVID-19 on April 2, 2020 at the age of 53.
Rebecca Ngo Nkot
Rebecca Rose Ngo Nkot (born 10 August 1984) is a Cameroonian volleyball player. She played for the Cameroon women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship,
She played for INJS Yaoundé, AES Sonel VB, Melun-La Rochette, and ES Meylan La Tronche.
Robert L. Carroll
Robert "Bob" Lynn Carroll (May 5, 1938 – April 8, 2020) was an American–Canadian vertebrate paleontologist. His works focused on Paleozoic and Mesozoic amphibians and reptiles. He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Carroll died on April 8, 2020 in Westmount, Quebec from COVID-19, aged 81.
Michelle Nogueras
Michelle Nogueras (born 5 December 1988) is a Puerto Rican female volleyball player. She was part of the Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB World Championship, 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix, 2011 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship, 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix, and 2013 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup.
She played for Criollas de Caguas.
Jim Henderson (politician)
Donald James Henderson (August 7, 1940 – May 2, 2020) was a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1995. He represented the ridings of Humber and Etobicoke—Humber. He was born in Sudbury, Ontario.
Henderson died in Toronto on May 2, 2020 from problems caused by Parkinson's disease and COVID-19, aged 79.
Princess Diana of Bourbon-Parma
Princess Diana Margherita of Bourbon-Parma ("Diane Marguerite de Bourbon-Parme" in French; 22 May 1932 – 7 May 2020) was a French aristocrat. She was a member of the House of Bourbon-Parma, a cadet branch of the Spanish royal family. She was born in Paris.
On 15 March 1955 she married Prince Franz Josef Hubertus Maria Meinrad Michael of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, son of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, in a civil ceremony London. She and Prince Franz Josef divorced in 1961.
Princess Diana died in Hamburg on 7 May 2020 from COVID-19 during pandemic in Germany, aged 87. Her first cousin Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma died in March 2020 from the same infection.
Clwyd
Clwyd (pronounced "Cloid") is one of the eight preserved counties of Wales.
It was created in 1974 and was named after the River Clwyd which flowed through it. In 1996, it was abolished and four new unitary authorities were created. These were Wrexham County Borough, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, and Flintshire. Clwyd became a preserved county.
It was situated in the north-east of Wales. To the north, it bordered the Irish Sea. To the north-east, it shared a maritime border with the English county of Merseyside, across the River Dee. To the east, it bordered Cheshire and bordered Shropshire to the south-east, both also in England. To the south, it bordered Powys and bordered Gwynedd to the west.
Clwyd's county town was Mold, which is today part of Flintshire. The county's largest town was Wrexham, which is today its own borough.
Noami Santos
Noami Santos-Lamb (born 29 November 1993) is a Puerto Rican female volleyball player. She was part of the Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB World Championship, 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix, 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, and 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
She played for the University of Florida's women's volleyball. and San Juan.
Johana Moore
Johana Moore (born 10 March 1978) is a Puerto Rican female volleyball player. She was part of the Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team at the 2002 Central American Caribbean Games, 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship, 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, and 2009 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship.
She played for Desamparados.
Saguache, Colorado
The historic town of Saguache is a Statutory Town that is the county seat of Saguache County, Colorado, United States. The population was 493 at the U.S. Census 2010.
Center, Colorado
Center, officially the Town of Center, is a Statutory Town in Rio Grande and Saguache counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. The town's population was 2,230 at the 2010 United States Census.
Del Norte, Colorado
The Town of Del Norte is a Statutory Town that is the county seat of Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States. The town's name is generally pronounced /ˈdɛl nɔɹt/. The town population was 1,686 at the 2010 census.
Española, New Mexico
Española is a city in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, in the United States. A part of the city is in Santa Fe County. It was founded as a capital for Nuevo México in 1598 as San Juan de los Caballeros. It has been called the first capital city in the United States. At the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 10,495.
Paola Ramírez
Paola Ramírez Vargas (born 23 February 1987) is a Costa Rican volleyball player. She was part of the Costa Rica women's national volleyball team at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, 2009 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, and 2013 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup.
She played for Universidad Estatal a Distancia.
William Wyler
William Wyler (; born Willi Wyler (); July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-Swiss movie director, producer and screenwriter.
His best known works were "Ben-Hur" (1959), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946), and "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), all of which won Academy Awards for Best Director, as well as Best Picture.
Margaret Tallichet
Margaret "Talli" Tallichet (March 13, 1914 – May 3, 1991) was an American actress. She was the wife of movie director William Wyler. Her best-known leading role was with Peter Lorre in the noir movie "Stranger on the Third Floor" (1940).
Tallichet died at her home in Los Angeles on May 3, 1991 from cancer, aged 77.
Gwent (county)
Gwent is one of the eight preserved counties of Wales.
It was created on 1 April 1974. It was named after the Kingdom of Gwent, an ancient kingdom. In 1996, it was abolished and became five seperate counties and boroughs. These are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, City of Newport and Torfaen.