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# Simon Groot

Simon Nanne Groot (born 1934) is a Dutch agronomist whose work has focused on producing disease resistant crops and improving seed growth and development. He is the founder of the company East West Seed and is the 2019 winner of the World Food Prize.

## Childhood and education

Born into a family of crop seed cultivators in 1934 in the city of Enkhuizen, Netherlands, Groot was a sixth-generation member of the family business, Sluis & Groot [nl]. He received a degree in business economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

## Career

By 1981, Groot's family business had to be sold, prompting him to develop his own company named East West Seed with the money made from the family sale. He officially launched the company in 1982 with Benito Domingo, a fellow seed seller located in the Philippines. The focus of the company was to develop and sell improved seed cultivars with an aim toward impoverished regions of the world that could most benefit from more disease-resistant and hardier crops. The company began selling in the Philippines first and Thailand by the late 1980s before expanding into Indonesia in the 1990s and the rest of Southeast Asia. The sale of seeds to countries in Africa began in the late 2000s, focusing on East Africa. The F1 hybrids developed by Groot were made using local cultivars, including the creation of a popular variety of Thai pepper.
Groot noted that it was initially difficult to get farmers in the Philippines to commit to using hybrid seeds, with only 20 percent of the farming population in the country committing to the idea by 1992. The Access to Seeds Index published in 2016 rated companies which provided seed cultivars to developing countries: East West Seed came top for East Africa and for vegetable seeds globally. The company said that Groot's bitter gourd hybrid was one of the most popular seeds sold. By 2019, Groot's hybrid cultivars were being sold in over 60 countries throughout the developing world.

## Awards and honors

Groot was given the 2015 Mansholt Award for sustainable entrepreneurship for his work with East West Seed in providing seed cultivars to improve the agriculture of developing countries. In early 2019, he was given an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. In 2019, he was awarded the World Food Prize for "his transformative role in empowering millions of smallholder farmers in more than 60 countries to earn greater incomes through enhanced vegetable production, benefiting hundreds of millions of consumers with greater access to nutritious vegetables for healthy diets."
# Josh Jensen (politician)

Josh T. Jensen (born November 3, 1988) is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly from the 134th district. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on January 6, 2021.

## Early life and education

Jensen was born in Rochester, New York, and graduated from Hilton High School in the suburb of Hilton. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and history from Niagara University.
He has also volunteered with the Hilton Education Foundation and Rochester area chapter of the National Fallen Firefighters.

## Career

In 2008, Jensen worked as an intern in the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives. He was later a special assistant in the New York State Senate. In 2010, Jensen joined the staff of State Senator Joseph Robach, serving as his public policy advisor, director of community affairs, director of public affairs, and director of communications. In 2019 and 2020, he was the director of communications for the Monroe Community Hospital. He later served as a member of the Greece, New York Town Board, representing the town's third ward.
He was elected to the New York State Assembly in November 2020 and assumed office on January 6, 2021. He represents the 134th Assembly district, which includes the towns of Greece, Ogden, and Parma and the villages of Spencerport and Hilton in Monroe County.
In 2023, Jensen was named Ranking Member of the New York State Assembly Committee on Health, the highest position in a committee that can be held by a minority party member.

### Committee assignments

As of January 2023, Jensen serves on the following committees in the New York State Assembly:
* Health (as Ranking Member)
* Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
* Insurance*
* Libraries & Education Technology Committee (Ranking member 2021-2022)
# Oscar Puffin

Oscar Grosnez Corbière Claud Puffin, known as Oscar Puffin, is a television station mascot for ITV Channel Television. Oscar was the star of the birthday greetings programme Puffin's Pla(i)ce and was the last remaining ITV regional mascot to have an on-screen presence. His show was on television from 3 March 1963 until 15 September 2013.
He was born on the island of Burhou in the Channel Islands.

## Early development

To introduce Oscar Puffin to viewers, it was claimed that Oscar had been watching Channel Television since its inception in September 1962 and was concerned that there was no on-screen children's birthday club for Channel Islandschildren. Oscar decided to start one himself, but was in the unfortunate situation of not possessing a name. Therefore, a competition to name him was run in the Channel Islands' local television listing magazine, The Channel Viewer, during February 1963. There were several winners of the competition that include Christine Tongs from Guernsey chose the name 'Oscar', Caroline Romeril from Jersey chose the name 'Grosnez' and Ann Balshaw of Guernsey chose the names 'Corbière Claud'.

## Puffin's Pla(i)ce TV show

Puffin's Pla(i)ce is a Channel Islands children's programme named after its star, Oscar Puffin, that was broadcast on ITV Channel Television on weekend afternoons (usually just before ITV News Channel TV). The programme, one of the longest-running children's series on the ITV network, had been broadcast since 3 March 1963.
Originally presented by Channel Television's team of continuity announcers, Puffin's Pla(i)ce presenters have included Stewart McDonald, Matthew Shaw, Kevin Pamplin, Sam Palmano, Lucy Anderson and Jenny Mullin.
In September 2013, it was announced that the show would no longer be broadcast on TV, but would move to an online format at the Channel Online website, but was quietly dropped soon after. The last TV edition was broadcast on 15 September 2013.

## Present

Although Oscar no longer has his own show, he remains the mascot of the ITV regional service in the Channel Islands. He does make occasional appearances both on television and online and regularly makes updates on Twitter that have a strong element of absurdity.
In 2018, rare footage of Oscar was aired at the British Film Institute.
# Carmen Cerdeira

María del Carmen Cerdeira Morterero (27 September 1958 – 2 August 2007) was a Spanish politician. She was a member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004 as a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
The daughter of Clemente Cerdeira Garcia de la Torre, she was born in Ceuta. She earned a law degree and worked as a lawyer before entering politics. She was elected to the Senate of Spain in 1986. In 1993, she was named executive advisor to the Spanish Ministry of Justice and, from 1994 to 1996, was a delegate of the Spanish government in the city of Ceuta.
She had been president of the Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior [es] since 2004.
In 2003, she was awarded the Premio María de Eza.
Cerdeira died in a Ceuta hospital at the age of 48 after a seven-year battle with cancer.
An annual award, the Premio Carmen Cerdeira, was established in her honour.
# Werner Meier

Werner Meier (born 31 May 1949) is a Swiss middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
# Nowa Wola, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Nowa Wola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Michałowo, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately 5 km (3 mi) south-east of Michałowo and 34 km (21 mi) south-east of the regional capital Białystok.
# John Fitzpatrick (American politician)

John Fitzpatrick is an American politician and author from Anaconda, Montana.

## Early life and education

John Fitzpatrick is a graduate of Anaconda High School. He attended the University of Montana to earn a BA in sociology. John then attended Ohio State University to earn a MA and PhD in governmental affairs and business development.

## Politics

John Fitzpatrick won a tight race against incumbent Sara Novak in the 2022 election for the 77th district. Fitzpatrick served on the Appropriations Committee during 2023 legislative session. He and his son Steve Fitzpatrick both served during the 2023 Montana Legislative session.

## Books

John Fitzpatrick is a published author. His works include:
* Fitzpatrick, John S. (2008). Sherlock Holmes: The Montana Chronicles. Riverbend. ISBN 978-1931832960.
* Fitzpatrick, John S. (2019). Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Wild West. Riverbend. ISBN 978-1606391136.
# Academic Credit Bank System

Academic Credit Bank System (Korean: 학점은행제) is a system of South Korea in which various forms of learning and qualifications that occur not only in school but also outside of school are recognized as academic credits in accordance with the "Act on Credit Recognition" (학점인정 등에 관한 법률) and students can obtain a degree by accumulating credits and meeting certain standards.
Academic Credit Bank System is governed by National Institute for Lifelong Education.
A bachelor's degree is granted if all degree requirements set forth in the law are met, including 140 credits or more, including major and liberal arts credits, and 80 credits or more (120 credits or more for a 3-year system), including major and liberal arts credits, for a bachelor's degree. You can acquire . Degrees awarded through the Credit Bank System are recognized as equivalent to those who graduated from a university under Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Higher Education Act or a junior college under Article 2, Subparagraph 4 of the same Act.

## Equivalence with bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree can be obtained if all degree requirements set forth in the law are met, including a total of 140 or more credits, including major and liberal arts credits.
A two-year associate degree can be earned by earning more than 80 credits, including major and liberal arts credits, and a three-year associate degree can be earned by earning more than 120 credits.
A bachelor's degree awarded through the Academic Credit Bank System is recognized as having an academic background equivalent to that of a graduate of a university specified in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the "Higher Education Act" (고등교육법). An associate degree awarded through the Academic Credit Bank System is recognized as having an academic background equivalent to that of a graduate of a junior college under Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the Higher Education Act.
# John Ceretto

John D. Ceretto (born May 12, 1952) is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, representing the 145th Assembly District from 2011 to 2016. His district included the cities of Niagara Falls and Tonawanda also, the towns of Lewiston, Cambria, Niagara, Wheatfield, and Grand Island.

## Education and early career

A Niagara Falls native, he attended La Salle Senior High School and is a graduate of Niagara University with a Bachelors and a master's degree in Education and Administration. While still in college, he worked for the Carborundum Abrasive Company. Upon completing his education, he worked as a substitute teacher in many of the local schools and then worked for 20 years at the Tulip Corporation in Niagara Falls.

## Political career

In 1995, Ceretto was elected as a councilman on the Lewiston Town Board as a member of the Democratic Party. In 2005, he was elected Niagara County Legislator in the 12th District. Ceretto also served as Vice-Chairman of the Niagara County Economic Development Committee and Chairman of the Niagara County Refuse Department. In 2006, Ceretto changed his party affiliation, joining the Republican Party.
In the November 2010 election for State Assembly, Ceretto beat former Assemblywoman Francine DelMonte, who ran on the Working Families Party Line facing and Democratic challenger candidate and former Niagara Falls City Councilman John Accardo.
On August 18, 2015, Ceretto announced that he would run for reelection in 2016 as a Democrat. He was defeated that year by Republican Angelo Morinello.

## Personal life

Ceretto married his wife Beth in 1978. They reside in Lewiston, New York, with their four children. The middle child John D. Ceretto II is an assistant district attorney for Niagara County.
# Lick Peak

Lick Peak is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1921 by Arthur O. Wheeler.
# Werner Müller (canoeist)

Werner Müller (born 7 September 1922) is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. He finished 16th in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
# Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018

The Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018 (c. 15) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that makes legal provision to enable the continuation of nuclear safeguards after the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Atomic Energy Community as part the implementation of the country's exit from the European Union (Brexit).
The Act received royal assent on 26 June 2018, coincidentally on the same day as the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 to which it contains several references.
# Nowa Wieś, Sokółka County

Nowa Wieś is a village in northeast Poland in the gmina of Dąbrowa Białostocka, Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship. As of 2021, it had a population of 142.
# Brad Molnar

Brad A. Molnar (born April 14, 1950) is an American politician and former businessman serving as a member of the Montana Senate from the 28th district. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on January 4, 2021.

## Early life and education

Molnar was born in Walkerton, Indiana and raised in Laurel, Montana. He studied forestry and journalism at the University of Montana, but did not earn a degree.

## Career

Molnar owned and operated a building construction company for 33 years. He served as a member of the Montana House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999 and the Montana Public Service Commission from 2005 to 2011. He was elected to the Montana Senate in November 2020 and assumed office on January 4, 2021.
# Proctacanthus milbertii

Proctacanthus milbertii, or Milbert's proctacanthus, is a species of robber flies (insects in the family Asilidae).
# Veng Sakhon

Veng Sakhon (Khmer: វេង សាខុន; born 5 August 1960) was the Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from April 2016 to October 2022.
# My First Time (play)

My First Time is an off-Broadway play that opened on July 12, 2007 at New World Stages and ran until January 22, 2010. The show is based on a website started by Peter Foldy and Craig Stuart that grew in popularity in 1998. The site "allowed people to anonymously share their own true stories about their First Times" and "features four actors in hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences written by real people ... just like you." Experiences submitted by the audience before the performance are featured during the show, and My First Time received press from CNN.com, TMZ and Forbes when it featured a promotion during which virgins could attend the play for free.

## Production history

The show is produced by Ken Davenport, producer of Altar Boyz and creator of The Awesome 80s Prom and BroadwaySpace. Looking towards a new theatrical climate, Davenport "is trying new things with 'My First Time,' for which he raised only $175,000 to capitalize. He’s running the show just three nights a week and doing all the advertising, marketing and group ticket sales out of his production office."
The show opened at New World Stages in 2007 and its original cast consisted of Bill Dawes, Josh Heine, Kathy Searle and Cydnee Welburn. There have since been productions in Korea, Mexico, Spain, Poland, Australia and all over the United States.
# Paolo Luschi

Paolo Luschi (born July 16, 1970) is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he finished fifth in the K-2 1000 m event.
# Rúaidhrí de Valera

Rúaidhrí de Valera (3 November 1916 – 28 October 1978) was an Irish archaeologist most known for his work on the megalithic tombs of his country. He was the son of Éamon de Valera and Sinéad de Valera.

## Early studies

De Valera took a Bachelor of Arts degree in Celtic studies from University College Dublin in 1939, before serving briefly in the Irish Army and then lecturing at the National University of Ireland at Maynooth for one year until 1943. He then studied for an MA in archaeology, writing his thesis on the prehistoric tombs of County Clare.

## Work

In 1947, de Valera became the Archaeological Officer for Ordnance Survey Ireland which permitted him to develop the Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland project. He went on to write significant papers on Irish prehistory which contributed to his doctorate, awarded in 1954.
In 1957, de Valera was appointed Chair of Celtic Archaeology at University College Dublin where he worked to enlarge the department whilst continuing to publish on Irish chamber tombs, especially the Court cairns which he proposed first developed in the west of the country.
De Valera later excavated at the Mound of the Hostages at Tara.
He died suddenly on 28 October 1978, while visiting the Fermanagh County Museum in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
# Nowe Aleksandrowo

Nowe Aleksandrowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Dobrzyniewo Duże and 10 km (6 mi) north-west of the regional capital Białystok.
# Sadegh

Sadegh, or accented Sādegh (in Persian: صادق), is an Iranian name and variant of Sadeq.

## Given name

* Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh (1932-2007), Iranian boxer
* Sadegh Amirazizi (1905–1992), Iranian army general and politician
* Sadegh Choubak (1916–1998), Iranian author of short fiction, drama, and novels
* Sadegh Gashni (born 1986), Iranian footballer
* Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (1936–1982), Iranian politician
* Sadegh Goudarzi (born 1987), Iranian wrestler
* Sadegh Hedayat (1903–1951), Iranian writer, translator, and intellectual
* Sadegh Karamyar (born 1959), Iranian writer, journalist, screenwriter, and film director
* Sadegh Khalkhali (1926–2003), Shia cleric of the Islamic Republic of Iran
* Sadegh Kharazi (born 1963), Iranian diplomat and advisor to Iran's former President Khatami
* Sadegh Mahsouli (born 1959), Iranian politician and government minister
* Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi (1940-2020), Iranian archaeologist and anthropologist
* Sadegh Moharrami (born 1996), Iranian footballer
* Sadegh Najafi-Khazarlou (born 1960), Iranian politician and mayor of Tabriz
* Sadegh Nezam-mafi (1925–2009), Iranian physician and a pioneer of nuclear medicine in Iran
* Sadegh Nojouki (born 1950), Iranian pop and classical musician, composer, songwriter, arranger
* Sadegh Omidzadeh (died 2024), Iranian general
* Sadegh Sharafkandi (1938–1992), Kurdish politician and the Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran
* Sadegh Choubak (1916–1998), Iranian author of short fiction, drama, and novels
* Sadegh Vahedi, (born 1991) Iranian rapper
* Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh (born 1959), Iranian professor and academician
* Sadegh Varmazyar (born 1966), Iranian footballer
* Sadegh Zharfani (born 1996), Iranian footballer
* Sadegh Zibakalam (born 1948), Iranian academic, author and pundit

## Middle name

* Mohammad Sadegh Barani (born 1991), Iranian footballer
* Mohammad Sadegh Karami (born 1984), Iranian footballer
* Mohammad-Sadegh Salehimanesh, Iranian cleric and politician

## Surname

* Habib Sadegh, Tunisian football manager
* Sadegh Sadegh, Iranian diplomat and constitutionalist politician
# William Ellis (missionary in Newfoundland)

William Ellis (1780 – 21 September 1837) was a Methodist missionary in Newfoundland. He was the first permanent Methodist minister on the island, and the first to be buried there. The community of Bird Island Cove was renamed Elliston in his honour.

## Life

Ellis was born in County Down in Ireland, and was converted to Methodism at age 16. He witnessed the Irish Rebellion of 1798; at the Battle of Ballynahinch he and his family, in hiding from the battle, barely escaped discovery by the enemy before the arrival of troops. Believing in divine providence and that he was saved for a purpose, he became a class leader and local preacher; he later became an ordained minister.
The first Methodist missionary in Newfoundland was Laurence Coughlan in 1766; he returned to England in 1773. In following years, there were a few lay preachers; any ordained ministers did not remain long. Ellis would be the first permanent minister on the island.
On 23 November 1808 he arrived in Newfoundland. During five years he ministered on the north side of Conception Bay and the south side of Trinity Bay. In 1813 he went to Bonavista, which had no Protestant minister; the construction of a church there, begun 15 years earlier, was completed under his leadership.
He initiated two new missions, at Catalina and Bird Island Cove; in April 1814 he delivered the first sermon to Protestant residents of Bird Island Cove.
In 1816 the Methodist District of Newfoundland was created, under the British Methodist Conference, and Ellis was its first chairman. During his career he served in Trinity, Blackhead, Brigus-Cupids, Port de Grave and Harbour Grace. For several periods he served at Bonavista, where he was most successful; he left there for the last time in 1835, when he was in poor health, and returned to Trinity which was a less onerous posting.
He was married and had six children. He died in Harbour Grace in 1837; he was the first Methodist missionary to die and be buried in Newfoundland. His colleague, Rev. William Wilson, wrote, "He was a kind and amiable man, of good natural abilities, and very eloquent as a speaker; he was faithful, laborious, and successful in his work."
The community of Bird Island Cove was renamed Elliston in the early 1900s to honour William Ellis.
# Denis Verdini

Denis Verdini (born 8 May 1951) is an Italian politician and banker.

## Biography

Born in Fivizzano, Verdini graduated in Political Sciences from the University of Florence and later became president of the local cooperative bank, Credito Cooperativo Fiorentino.
A local councillor for the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) in the late 1980s, he began his national political career in the Italian Republican Party (PRI), standing unsuccessfully as one of the party's candidates at the 1994 general election. After Silvio Berlusconi's victory in that election, he became a member of his Forza Italia party. He was subsequently elected to the Italian Parliament in 2001, 2006 and 2008. He is a minor shareholder (15%) in the newspaper Il Foglio.
In 2009, after Berlusconi created The People of Freedom, he was named a member of the national coordination office, together with Ignazio La Russa and Sandro Bondi.
On 23 July 2010 he resigned as president of Credito Cooperativo Fiorentino following his involvement in the so-called "P3" scandal, in which he had been charged for participating in illegal secret activities, aiming to influence the verdict of the Italian Constitutional Court regarding the Lodo Alfano (the law was later declared anti-constitutional).
In July 2015, Verdini left Forza Italia and founded a new political party, the Liberal Popular Alliance, in support of Matteo Renzi's government.
In March 2016, Verdini was sentenced by the Seventh Criminal Chamber of the Court of Rome to two years' imprisonment for complicity in corruption relating to the renovation of the School of Marshals and Brigadiers in Florence.