Anton (or Antonius) Maria Schyrleus (also Schyrl, Schyrle) of Rheita (1604–1660) ((in Czech) Antonín Maria Šírek z Reity) was an astronomer and optician. He developed several inverting and erecting eyepieces, and was the maker of Kepler’s telescope. ""Things appear more alive with the binocular telescope,"" he wrote, ""doubly as exact so to speak, as well as large and bright.""[1] His binocular telescope is the precursor to our binoculars.

F. A. Khan, Banbhore; a preliminary report on the recent archaeological excavations at Banbhore, Dept. of Archaeology and Museums, Govt. of Pakistan, 1963.

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Zvi Zamir (Hebrew: צבי זמיר‎) born Zvicka Zarzevsky (born 1925) was a major general in the Israel Defense Forces and the Director of the Mossad from 1968 to 1974. Born in Poland, Zamir immigrated with his family to the then British Mandate of Palestine when only seven months old. At the age of 18 Zamir began his military career, first as a soldier in the Haganah's Palmach, a unit that included future Israeli leaders among the likes of Moshe Dayan and Yitzhak Rabin. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Zamir fought in the newly created Israel Defense Forces. After the war he continued climbing the chain of command, eventually promoted to the Commander of the Southern Command. His final IDF post before being appointed Mossad Director came in 1966 when he was appointed the military attaché to London.

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Texas A&M hired Kennedy in May 2011 after Mark Turgeon left for the Maryland head coaching job. Kennedy previously coached at A&M from 1990-91. Kennedy stated at the press conference that A&M is his destination job and he plans to retire there. He was given the honors of SEC Men's Basketball Coach of the Year in 2016.

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When the Sun heats the ground surface, the ground heats the air. This air rises and cools. When it cools to the dew point, clouds form and rain follows. This type of rainfall often causes summer showers and thunderstorms.

Journalists in many nations have some privileges that members of the general public do not; including better access to public events, crime scenes and press conferences, and to extended interviews with public officials, celebrities and others in the public eye.