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Azhar Ali was selected as the Labour Party candidate on 27 January 2024. He is the leader of the Labour group on Lancashire county council. He was a candidate for the Westminster seat of Pendle in 2015 and 2019. During the campaign, Ali came under fire over the content of a recording obtained by the "Daily Mail", in which he suggested at a meeting that Israel allowed the 7 October attacks to go ahead. When the recording was made public, Ali said he was wrong to say that and apologised. Following information about additional comments by Ali, Labour withdrew its support for Ali on 12 February, and the party will no longer devote resources to his campaign. Before this Ali had received abuse for Labour's position on Israel despite his own support for Palestine.
Former Labour and Respect Party MP George Galloway is standing for the Workers Party of Britain. He is focusing his campaign on support for Palestine. He was critical of Keir Starmer. His activism was criticised by Azhar Ali as divisive.
Simon Danczuk is the candidate for Reform UK. Danczuk was the Labour MP for Rochdale from 2010 until 2015, when he was suspended from the party after it emerged he had exchanged explicit messages with a 17-year-old girl. He then sat as an independent until the 2017 election where he ran for re-election as an independent but finished in fifth place with 1.8%, losing his deposit.
Iain Donaldson is the Liberal Democrat candidate. Donaldson was a councillor in Manchester for 19 years and worked as an administrator at the University of Manchester. He stated that his intentions would be to hold the government to account over the NHS, cost of living crisis, and tolerance of water pollution.
Guy Otten was initially selected as the Green Party candidate. On 7 February, however, after social media posts discussing Gaza and the Muslim faith he had made between 2013 and 2015 came to light, the party announced that they were no longer supporting him. Otten said that he would not campaign in the election.
There are four independent candidates. Michael Howarth is a local business owner who is campaigning on local issues and support for additional NHS funding. William Howarth is campaigning on issues related to the Rochdale child sex abuse ring and child sexual abuse at large. David Tully is campaigning on various local issues. Mark Coleman is a climate change activist and former vicar of Rochdale who is campaigning for "radical action on climate". He was jailed in April 2023 for his part in a Just Stop Oil protest in Bishopsgate, London. Despite running as an independent, he has the support of two local Labour Party officers. He formerly ran as a Green Party candidate for council elections in Liverpool.
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Jane Slaughter
Jane A Slaughter (born 1961) is an English actress and former ballet dancer. She is best known for portraying Tracey in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders".
Slaughter attended Elmhurst Ballet School, a private school in Birmingham, West Midlands. She graduated in 1978.
Slaughter made her professional career debut as a ballet dancer at the age of 14.
Slaughter made her debut as an actress on 5 October 1975, with the role of Petrova Fossil in the BBC One television adaptation of the novel "Ballet Shoes". She portrayed Bella in three episodes of the BBC One children's television series "Katy" in 1976. She portrayed Joanna in two episodes of the BBC Two drama "The History Man" in 1981.
Slaughter has portrayed Tracey (known to fans as Tracey the barmaid) in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" since 19 February 1985. Her character has worked as a barmaid at The Queen Victoria (The Queen Vic) public house since 1988, having worked on the flower stall in Bridge Street Market prior to her current job. She still owns the stall, but hires others to work on it. She was not credited in the role until episode 126 on 1 May 1986, which was the first episode in which her character spoke. Her character rarely speaks. In 2010, the character of Fatboy joked about her silence; "Don't talk to Tracey... as she goes on, and on, and on..." Her character was given her first storyline in 2015. She is the longest-serving character and cast member, with no breaks or temporary exits. She has admitted that she thought her character would be on the show for six months.
Slaughter has appeared in three "Children in Need" television spin-offs from "EastEnders"; "Dimensions in Time" on 27 November 1993, "Pudding Lane" on 26 November 1999 and "The Ghosts of Ian Beale" on 14 November 2014. She appeared in an episode of "EastEnders Revealed" on 31 March 2005.
Slaughter married her first husband, Anthony N King, in Surrey in October 1983, at the age of 22. They have two sons together; Oliver James King (born May 1988) and William George King (born February 1992). The couple later divorced.
Slaughter married Raymond Edward Tomkins on 2 October 2015. She gained two grown stepdaughters upon this marriage. The couple began a relationship on 9 January 2012.
Slaughter had a 26 year friendship with her former "EastEnders" co-star Dame Barbara Windsor prior to Windsor's death on 10 December 2020. The pair met at the BBC Elstree Centre in 1994. She participated in the London Marathon on 28 April 2019, as a member of Barbara's Revolutionaries, and on 23 April 2023, as a member of Babs' Army, both in Windsor's memory. Speaking to Dementia Revolution in January 2019, she said; "I run regularly but not very far so for me I'm daunted but excited. My mantra is one of support. Support Scott, support Barbara, support everybody who is living with this disease, in one way or another."
Star Wars (1991 video game)
Star Wars is a 1991 platform game made primarily by Lucasfilm Games.
Owner-occupancy
Owner-occupancy or home-ownership is a form of housing in which a person, called the owner-occupier, owner-occupant, or home owner, owns the home in which they live. The home can be a house, such as a single-family house, an apartment, condominium, or a housing cooperative. Owner-occupancy is also a real estate investment. The value of housing generally increases over time.
Some homes are built by or for the people who want to live in them. Many are inherited. A large number are bought, as new homes from a real estate developer or as an existing home from a landlord or an owner-occupier.
A home is the most expensive single purchase most people make. It usually costs several year's household income. Most people do not have enough money to pay the entire amount outright. They borrow money using the home as security. This is called a mortgage. They have to pay interest on the loan. If they dont pay the lender can take their home.
In many countries the government helps people to buy homes. There may be grants or subsidies. They may have to meet certain qualifications to get this help such as being a first-time homebuyer or having an income below a certain level.
They may have to pay property taxes, related to the value of the property, either every year, or when the property is sold.
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Tied cottage
In the United Kingdom, a tied cottage is a dwelling (not always a cottage) owned by an employer for an employee to live in. If the employee leaves their job they may have to leave it. i. While the term originally applied mainly to cottages, it may be loosely applied to any tied accommodation from a small flat to a large house. The idea is generally associated with farming, but may occur in other jobs. It is still common in churches. It used to be common in the police, in railways, and in public parks. It gave employers great power over their workers.
The concept has been in use at least since the 18th century. There has been considerable debate, particularly in the 20th century, over whether the system is fair to occupiers, and a number of laws have been enacted or amended to improve their security of tenure. The concept still exists, though in a substantially different form from the original idea.
Home insurance
Home insurance is a type of insurance policy that covers losses and damages to the home and/or its contents. Home insurance protects homeowners from perils such as fire, flood, vandalism, theft, malicious damage, water, wind, hurricane, earthquake, the weight of snow, hail, and more. Insured perils and amount of coverage are listed in the policy documents. Coverage varies according to the type of policy. Some policies cover only the building, while some include contents. There are also other benefits that may be included in the homeowners insurance policy such as Additional Living Expenses, which is the added cost the insured incurs when using alternative accommodation if the home is uninhabitable.
The effects of climate change are pushing up the costs of home insurance. Extreme weather events such as storms, floods and wildfires have become more frequent and severe
Songkok
The Songkok, also called Peci or Kopiah, is a hat worn by Muslim men in many Southeast Asian countries like Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, southern Philippines, and southern Thailand. It looks like a cone and is often made of black or fancy felt, cotton, or velvet. People wear it on special times like weddings, funerals, and holidays such as Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. In Indonesia, it is also linked to the nationalist movement.
In Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, it is called ""songkok"", while in Java, it is called ""kopiah"" or ""kopeah"". In Indonesia, it is usually called ""peci"", though the peci might be a bit different, being more oval-shaped and sometimes decorated.
The kopiah has been around for a long time. It was worn by special Majapahit soldiers in the past. The mention of kopiah goes back to the 16th century and was mentioned in Pigafetta's Italian-Malay vocabulary. In the epic Hikayat Iskandar Zulkarnain, written before 1600 AD, there's a part where someone wears a golden rosary kopiah.
Historians think the songkok became popular in the 13th century when Islam spread in the area. But the first written record of the word "songkok" is in "Syair Siti Zubaidah" from 1840. Traditionally, the special triangular Malay headgear, Tengkolok or destar, was worn by important people like nobles and kings. But the songkok later became connected with Islam, especially for Malay men.
The Royal Malay Regiment of the Malaysian Army has been wearing the songkok as part of their uniform since the time of British rule.
The songkok is worn by Muslim men for important events. In Indonesia, it became important because of a leader named Sukarno. He and other leaders like Mohammad Hatta and Agus Salim made the peci, another name for the songkok, popular. Sukarno even made the plain black velvet peci the official hat of Indonesia.
In Indonesia, presidents and palace guards wear the peci as part of their uniform. During the Indonesian Independence Day ceremony, a special group called Paskibraka wear it too. Some women wear a different kind of peci with a curved back.In Malaysia, men wear the songkok along with a shirt, pants, and waist wrap called baju melayu as their traditional dress. During meetings of the legislative assembly, all members wear the songkok with a gold stripe to show respect to the Head of State.
In Singapore, the songkok is not allowed in government schools because of the country's secular rules, but it's part of the uniform in Singaporean Islamic schools.
In the Philippines, the songkok, known as kopiah or kupya, is worn by Bangsamoro men and Muslim Filipinos. Some non-Muslim Lumad datu also wear the kopiah for prayers and social events.
Florence Griffith Joyner
Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner, also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete who gained fame for her incredible speed. She set world records in 1988 for the 100m and 200m races. During the late 1980s, she became well-known not only for her athletic achievements but also for her unique personal style.
Griffith Joyner grew up in California and showed athletic talent from a young age, participating in track meets as a child. She continued competing in track and field while attending California State University, Northridge and later the University of California, Los Angeles. She qualified for the 1980 Olympics in the 100m event, but was unable to compete due to the U.S. boycott. She made her Olympic debut in 1984, winning a silver medal in the 200m race at the Los Angeles Olympics. At the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials, Griffith set a new world record in the 100m sprint and went on to win three gold medals at the 1988 Olympics. Surprisingly, she retired from athletics in February 1989. Despite leaving the world of sports, she remained a prominent figure in popular culture.
Reinsurance is insurance that an insurance company purchases from another insurance company to protect itself (at least in part) from the risks that are too big for itself, like a major disaster. With reinsurance, the company passes on ("cedes") some part of its own insurance liabilities to the other insurance company. The company that purchases the reinsurance policy is referred to as the "ceding company" or "cedent". The company issuing the reinsurance policy is referred to as the "reinsurer". In the classic case, reinsurance helps insurance companies to remain solvent after major claims events, like hurricanes or wildfires.
The reinsurer may be either a specialist reinsurance company, which only undertakes reinsurance business, or another insurance company.
The Cavaliers entered the draft with a second round pick. With the pick, they selected Emoni Bates from Eastern Michigan.
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William Monroe Trotter
William Monroe Trotter was an activist for African American civil rights.
Mount Marapi
The Marapi, or Mount Marapi is a volcano in West Sumatra, Indonesia, and is the most active volcano in Sumatra. Just like Mount Merapi on Java, its name means "Mountain of Fire". Its elevation is . Many cities and towns are located around the mountain such as Bukittinggi, Padang Panjang, and Batusangkar. The volcano is also popular among hikers.
According to legend, the mountain is where the Minangkabau people first settled after their ship landed on the mountain when it was the size of an egg and surrounded by water. There are large numbers of burial stones in the region which are facing in the direction of the mountain, showing that it is important to their culture.
Since 2011, the volcano has been at the second level of a four-tier alert system made by the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia. Predicting the volcano's behavior is hard because the source of its eruptions are shallow and near its peak, while its eruptions are not caused by a deep movement of magma that can be detected as volcanic earthquakes on seismic monitors. Even though there are common eruptions, there are about 1,400 people living on the mountain's slopes in the villages of Rubai and Gobah Cumantiang, which are about 5 to 6 kilometers from the summit.
On 3 December 2023, the volcano erupted, leaving 23 climbers dead. Three people were injured and rescued. The ash reached to a height of and fell in nearby regions. A exclusion zone was announced.
On 22 December, the volcano erupted again, shooting out volcanic ash that cancelled the flights at Minangkabau International Airport.
As of January 2024, at least 113 eruptions have happened on Marapi since its original activity in December, with the latest eruption occurring on 23 January. Ash has risen at least 1300 meters into the air and residents within 4.5 kilometers of the mountain have been recommended to leave their homes.
Miguel Bossio
Miguel Bossio (Born; February 17, 1968) is an Argentine journalist, writer and television presenter. He is currently part of Telefe, on the nightly news program Telefe Noticias.
In 2011, Miguel entered the world of television, where he found a new platform to express his talent and share information with the public. His ability to communicate clearly and passionately led him to be part of the team at the TN news channel, where he contributed his experience and professionalism.
Oxygen Green Party
The Oxygen Green Party is a political party in Colombia.
Polypedates teraiensis
The common tree frog, six-lined tree frog, Terei tree frog, Teraiensis whipping frog, or perching frog ("Polypedates teraiensis") is a frog. It lives in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal, and scientists think it could also livein China. People have seen it between 40 and 1800 meters above sea level.
This frog lives in many kinds of places, including tree farms, forests, and paddy fields. The female frog makes a nest out of foam on a plant over water. When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles fall into the water.
Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in such a large place.
Salam Farmandeh
The song was released in March of 2022, a day before the Persian New Year (Farvardin 1401) on social media and started to become popular between the months of April and May of 2022. The song is targeted to younger generations such as Gen Z highlighting the contributions of the Islamic Revolution to them and promoting ideologies of the Islamic Revolution to them.
Many westerners see the song as propaganda to push the narratives of the Islamic Republic and promote martyrdom.
Ben Champniss
Ben Champniss (born 20 September 1984) is an English actor and musician. He is best known for portraying Shrimpy in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders".
Champniss attended Ashlyns School. He graduated with two A Levels in music film and in drama and theatre studies film, and two GCSEs in music film and in drama film.
Champniss made his credited acting debut on 15 October 2013, with the role of Rent Boy in the BBC Two comedy-drama series "The Wrong Mans".
Champniss joined the cast of the BBC One soap opera "EastEnders" on 14 April 2014, with the role of market trader Shrimpy. He was not credited in the role until episode 5155 on 15 October 2015.
Champniss is also as a self employed musician.
Champniss has been married to Georgia Jennings since 12 May 2018. The couple got engaged in Greece in June 2016. They have a son, Freddie Robert, who was born on 24 July 2021.
John Mensah
John Mensah (born November 29, 1982) is a former Ghanaian professional footballer who last played as a defender for AFC United in the Swedish second-tier. Regarded as one of the best African defenders in football, Ghanaians loved to call John "The Rock of Gibraltar" because of his immense strength and his incredible man-marking abilities. A center-half by choice, he is also adept at right-back and has played in both positions for his national side, also captaining the team on occasions.
In the summer of 1999 he moved from MBC Accra to Bologna and joined the youth teams, in January 2000 he was loaned to Bellinzona to gain experience in the Swiss cadet series.
He moved to Genoa for the 2001-2002 Serie B season, under the management of Riccardo Sogliano and under the guidance of Franco Scoglio, collecting 24 appearances and 3 goals. At the end of the season, the then president of Genoa Luigi Dalla Costa did not exercise the right of redemption and the player moved to ChievoVerona of president Luca Campedelli who bought him permanently.
In his first season in Serie A, he took the field on a few occasions; the same fate also in the following season and then in January he was loaned to Modena until the end of the championship: here he found little space taking the field 6 times.
In the first two seasons, he made 13 appearances. And, during the season, Obuasi's defender went on loan to Modena, a club that in the meantime was in Serie A. Six appearances in six months, then a return to Chievo.
He returned to Chievo Verona for the 2004-2005 season, where he played consistently late in the season, under the guidance of coach Mario Beretta.
In the following season he went back to Serie B in the ranks of Cremonese; after the relegation of his team, he moved to French football purchased by Rennes.
In 2012 he returned to his homeland where he signed a contract with Ghanaian side Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, but on 2 January 2013 he was re-signed on a six-month contract by Rennes. In 2013-2014 he had a parenthesis in his homeland and one in Slovakia, at Nitra. After a period of inactivity, Mensah signed in March 2016 with AFC United, a team in the second Swedish league.
In 2001, John Mensah was selected to participate in the World Junior Championships (U20) with his country. Ghana reached the final by eliminating Brazil (with a goal from John Mensah), but lost to Argentina. Several elements of this generation played, such as Mensah, who went on to play for the national team, such as Sulley Muntari and Michael Essien. He made his debut for the Black Stars senior in December 2001 against Algeria.
Also with the Ghanaian youth team, he participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
This same Ghanaian generation qualified the country for the first World Cup in its history and travelled to Germany in June 2006 under Serbian coach Ratomir Dujkovic. Ghana came out on top of the competition in the round of 16, eliminated by Brazil.
Following this, Mensah never played for the national team again despite calls from peers to convince Ghana to call him up. Throughout his international career at Ghana, Mensah has been a regular for the national team, playing almost every match since, rising in the rank of importance to become the assistant-captain and captain of the national team, earning 86 cap and scoring three times.
Organ trade
Organ trade means treating human organs as a product, and trading with them, usually to make a profit. In many cases, the traded organs are used for transplantation. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), organ trade is a commercial transplantation where there is a profit, or transplantations that occur outside of national medical systems. There is a global need or demand for healthy body parts for transplantation, which exceeds the numbers available.
, there are more than 100,000 people waiting for an organ transplant in the United States. The median wait time for heart and liver transplants in the U.S. between 2003 and 2014, was approximately 148 days. Average time waiting for donor organs varies significantly depending on the patient's UNOS status. Patients listed as Heart Status A1 wait an average of 73 days. Like with other medical subjects, many countries have regulations, how organs can be donated, and how these donated organs have to be transferred from one person to the other. Also, if it is used for transplantation, the organ transferred needs to be kept alive. Often, this requires a lot of technology. Also, the time an organ can survive outside the body is limited, which means that the distances that can be covered are limited.
There is a worldwide shortage of organs available for transplantation. Despite this, the commercial trade of human organs is illegal in all countries except Iran. Despite these prohibitions, organ trafficking and transplant tourism are widespread. The question of whether to legalize and regulate the organ trade to fight against illegal trafficking and organ shortage is greatly debated. This discussion typically centers on the sale of kidneys by living donors, since human beings are born with two kidneys but need only one to survive.
Trading with organs also raises a number of issues that need to be addressed:
People can give (or donate) their organs, willingly, and they will be given to another person. In many cases, this happens after their death. The organs are transferred according ot strict rule. Usually the transfer is supervised by state institutions, or medical staff. The patient recieving the organ will only have to pay a small part of the cost, the state will take most of it.
There are many people waitng for an organ. Depending on the organ, and the conditions, high profits can be made with selling organs. There are organized groups that trade with organs. One method is to make a poor person in an underdeveloped country agree to sell an organ. That organ can be sold in a rich country, for considerable profit. In some cases, the perople aren't asked and their organs are simply taken without their permission.
Emmanuel Amunike (born 25 December 1970) is a Nigerian professional football manager and former professional football player who played as a winger.
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Union City is the name of several places:
Chris McCarrell
Chris McCarrell is an American theater actor and singer. Chis was born on January the 9th, 1991. Chris also plays as Percy Jackson in the Broadway musical Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief.
Baulkham Hills High School
Baulkham Hills High School is a school. It is located in Baulkham Hills in New South Wales, Australia.
The principal is Wayne Humphreys. The school has a history of academic achievement In 2010, the school was ranked the most popular school in NSW for high school applications.
Leithfield
Leithfield is a small town in the Hurunui District, New Zealand. It is situated 5 kilometers south of Amberley and 42 kilometers north of Christchurch on State Highway 1. It has a primary school located in the town and lies south of the Kowai River.
Army of Islam
Jaysh al-Islam ( Jaysh al-Islam) is a jihadist militant group inside of the Gaza Strip. The group was founded by the Doghmush family in the year 2006, and are based in the neighbourhood of Tzabra. The group has been designated a terrorist group by the US and UAE due to being a affiliate of Al-Qaeda.
According the government of the United States, the group follows the sect of Salafism and mixes the ideologies of global jihad and Palestinian armed resistance against the zionist entity together. The group has attempted to contact Al-Qaeda and after the death of Osama bin Laden, they praised him as a martyr.
The group was linked to the 2011 Alexandria Bombing inside of a church which resulted in 23 deaths. The Interior Minister of Egypt said on the 23rd of January 2011 that the group planned and executed the attack. The group denied responsibility for the attack but supported the bombing.
Madrid derby
The last rivalry faced between the two clubs, Atletico Madrid won 4-2 in extra time due to a goal by Riquelme.
Winterhawk
Winterhawk is a 1975 American western movie directed by Charles B. Pierce and starring Leif Erickson, Woody Strode, Denver Pyle, L. Q. Jones, Elisha Cook Jr., Seamon Glass, Ace Powell, Dawn Wells. It was distributed by Howco International Pictures.
35 Biggest Hits is a 2008 compilation album by country singer Toby Keith. It was released on 6 May, 2008. It went to number 1 in the United States and number 17 in Canada.
Adarsh Gunduraj
Adarsh Gunduraj ("Adarsh Kaginere") is an Indian actor, film producer, and chartered accountant. He started his acting career in the movie Yeh Dil Ramta Jogi, but most of his work is in Kannada cinema. He gained recognition for his role in Swartharatna (2018) and became famous for his performance in 2nd Life (2022).
Adarsh is notable for being the first chartered accountant to take on leading roles in Kannada cinema.
Adarsh Gunduraj was born in Hongadahalla Village, Sakleshpura Taluk, Hassan District, Karnataka. His dad, Gunduraj K P, is a farmer and businessman, and his mom is Yashoda D M.
Adarsh went to Govt Primary School, Hongadahalla, Sakleshpura for primary school and Vidyadayini High School, Surathkal Mangalore for secondary school. He then studied at Govindadasa College of Mangalore University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in BCom. Later, he completed his MCom from Karnataka State Open University, Mysore. He also became a chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Adarsh media career began with TV advertisements and made his debut in Hindi film "Yeh Dil Ramta Jogi" (2014) as a guest role but in 2018 he gained fame for his lead role in "Swartharatna".
In 2022 under "Jayanna Combines Films" and "Shukra Films" he acted in "2nd Life", a mystery thriller highlighting the importance of stem cells.
He owns a film production company called Running Horse Creations, which is credited with "Swartharatna" (2018).
Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories
People think Obama was not born in Hawaii but in Kenya they wanted to throw him of the president title. Even though he presented his birth certificate and information from the hospital they still denied it and tried getting impeached. Trump started many rumours over the course of 5 years and never apologised
This dance gets its name from the bells on the ankles of the Maranao princess called ""Singkil"". It's always performed with a special kind of music played on "kulintang" and "agung" instruments. Singkil has changed over time, especially when the "Bayanihan folk dance group" added parts of the Darangen epic story, like the tale of Prince Bantugan and Princess Gandingan.
Singkil's beginnings are uncertain, but it's a newer tradition among the Maranao people. Some say it started in Basak and spread to other villages in the 1930s, while others believe it came to Lanao from Cotabato. It's thought to have begun when folk dancing was introduced in Lanao's schools in the early 1900s.
Henrietta Hofer-Ele was one of the first to study the dance, which she saw in Marawi. With the help of Princess Tarhata Alonto-Lucman, she learned the dance's movements involving fans. Later, the Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company performed it as a special dance.
Bayanihan expanded Singkil with more characters, like warriors and a prince. They included parts of the Darangen epic, where Prince Bantugan saves Princess Gandingan during an earthquake.
In the dance, the lead female dancer represents Princess Gandingan, showing a story from the Darangen epic. She dances alone between bamboo poles while others use fans and play the role of Prince Bantugan.
Some people criticized Bayanihan's performance, saying it didn't match Maranao traditions, especially by calling it a royal dance. Bayanihan has since made changes, describing their dance as inspired by the Maranao epic Darangen. They now follow Maranao Islamic customs more closely, like having male dancers wear long-sleeved shirts.
The singkil is one of the most popular dances in the Philippines. It involves bamboo poles and fast footwork. It tells a story about a princess lost in a stormy forest and the prince who rescues her. A woman wears a colorful gown and acts as the princess. She holds two fans and wears ankle bells called singkil, which gives the dance its name. Servants dance around her and hold a umbrella to protect her. The storm begins with four men acting as angry monkeys, banging bamboo poles on the floor. The princess and her servants dance between the poles without touching them. The storm gets worse, and the bamboo poles move faster, making it hard to hear the singkil bells. The dance ends when the prince scares away the storm.
77th British Academy Film Awards
The 77th British Academy Film Awards, commonly known as the BAFTAs, was an award ceremony honouring the best national and foreign movies of 2023. It was held at the Royal Festival Hall within London's Southbank Centre on 18 February 2024.
The ceremony's host is David Tennant, who hosted it for the first time.
The BAFTA longlists were revealed on 5 January 2024. The nominations were announced on 18 January. "Oppenheimer" received thirteen nominations, followed by "Poor Things" and "Killers of the Flower Moon" with eleven and nine respectively. "Oppenheimer" had the most awards with seven wins, followed by "Poor Things" with five.
"Barbie", "Killers of the Flower Moon" and "Oppenheimer" led the longlists with fifteen nods each, which was the same amount of nods that "All Quiet on the Western Front" (2022) received at the previous ceremony. "Poor Things" and "Maestro" followed up with fourteen and twelve nods respectively. "Oppenheimer" eventually received thirteen nominations while "Poor Things" and "Killers of the Flower Moon" obtained eleven and nine respectively. "Barbie" had only received five nominations, which did not include Best Film and Best Director (Greta Gerwig).
The ceremony was streamed live on BBC One and iPlayer in the United Kingdom, and on BritBox International in Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, and the United States.
Argylle
Argylle is a 2024 spy action comedy movie. The movie was directed and produced by Matthew Vaughn and authored by Jason Fuchs. The movie is planned to be released on Apple TV+ on a later date.
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The Heart Part 5
The Heart Part 5 is a song by the rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released as a surprise on the 8th of May 2022. It is the 5th part of his series called "The Heart" with part 4 releasing in 2017.
Vikram Singh Barn (born 2 August 1995), better known as Vikkstar123, is an English YouTuber, Internet personality, DJ and music producer. He is a member of the YouTube group the Sidemen.
Polypedates zed
The Nepalese tree frog or Narayanghat whipping frog ("Polypedates zed") is a frog. It lives in Nepal. Scientists think it also lives in India. People have seen it between 100 and 300 meters above sea level.
Control group in a science experiment is like a special group that helps us understand the effects of what we're testing. It's kept separate to make sure that changes we make don't mess up our results. This way, we can be more certain about what's really causing things to happen.
Imagine you have a garden and you want to see if a new type of fertilizer makes your plants grow taller. To find out, you decide to do an experiment.
In your experiment, you have two groups of plants. One group gets the new fertilizer, and the other group doesn't get any fertilizer at all. The group that doesn't get any fertilizer is called the "control group."
Now, think of the control group as the standard or normal group. Since they don't get the new fertilizer, you can compare how the plants in this group grow naturally without any special treatment.
By having a control group, you can see if the changes in the group that got the new fertilizer are because of the fertilizer itself or if it's just how plants naturally grow. It helps scientists make sure that any differences they see are really because of what they're testing and not just random variations. So, the control group is like the baseline that helps us understand if something new really makes a difference.
There are two types of control groups: "positive" and "negative".
The terms "positive control group" and "negative control group" refer to two different types of control groups used in experiments.
This group is not expected to show any significant response or effect.
It helps to ensure that the experimental setup is not causing unexpected changes on its own.
It provides a baseline to compare with the experimental group, helping researchers confirm that any observed effects are due to the specific treatment being tested.
Example: In a medicine test, a negative control group might receive a placebo (a fake treatment with no active ingredients). If the placebo group shows no improvement, it suggests that any improvement in the actual treatment group is likely due to the treatment itself and not just the act of receiving any treatment.
This group is expected to show a known and significant response.
It helps to
validate that the experimental setup is capable of producing the expected effects.
It serves as a comparison to the experimental group, indicating whether the experimental treatment is performing as expected.
In a medicine test, a positive control group might receive a well-established and effective medication. If this group responds positively, it ensures that the experimental setup is capable of detecting a treatment effect. It also provides a benchmark to compare the effectiveness of the new treatment.
In summary, the terms "positive" and "negative" refer to the expected outcomes in these control groups. "Negative" means no significant effect is expected, while "positive" means a known and significant effect is anticipated. Both types of control groups help ensure the reliability and validity of experimental results.
Bob Moore (American food executive)
Brampton Beast
The Brampton Beast were a Canadian professional ice hockey team. They began playing in 2013 in the Central Hockey League (CHL). The team last played in the ECHL. They played their home games in Brampton, Ontario at the CAA Centre.
On January 23, 2013, it was announced that the Central Hockey League Board of Directors had approved a CHL expansion team to Brampton, Ontario. On April 10, it was announced that team would be called the Brampton Beast after the name to as chosen in a name-the-team contest.
In 2014, the CHL would end up going out of business. In October 2014, the Beast, Allen Americans, Missouri Mavericks, Quad City Mallards, Rapid City Rush, Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder would all be accepted as new teams in the ECHL.
On March 9, 2016, Brampton city council approved a three-year; $1.5 million sponsorship agreement for the Powerade Centre and it's losses financially after the Beast threatened to stop playing the next season.
They were the ECHL affiliate for the NHL's Montreal Canadiens from 2015 until 2019 and the Ottawa Senators from 2019 until 2020.
The team announced that it would not play the 2020-21 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The team would never come back and would announce on February 18, 2021 that they had stopped playing entirely.
Abies amabilis
Pacific silver fir is found in temperate rainforests with high precipitation and cool, humid summers, growing in dense stands and prospering in shade and snow. Common associate trees include western hemlock, Douglas-fir, and California buckeye. Although its thin bark makes it susceptible to fire, slow-growing saplings succeed less shade-tolerant species.
Indigenous Nations, including the Nuxalk, Haisla, and Kitasoo Nations, used Abies amabilis or Silver Fir for medicinal purposes and entered into nourishing relationships with this plant. Seeds were not brought to England for cultivation until the 19th century, with David Douglas responsible for transporting seed abroad in 1825. The soft and not very strong wood of Pacific silver fir was used for paper making, packing crates, and other cheap construction work.
IslamQA.info
Islam Q&A is an Islamic website that offers answers about the Salafi creed using Quran and Hadith approved by its founder and current leaderMuhammad Al-Munajjid.
The website was one of the first websites to offer Islamic rulings, if not the first. The launch of the website in 1997 by Muhammad Al-Munajjid led the beginning of an attempt to answer question according to the Sunni views of the Quran and Hadith. The website says that "All questions and answers on this site have been prepared, approved, revised, edited, amended or annotated by Shaykh Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid, the supervisor of this site."
The website is available in 16 different languages which are:
The website provides religious rulings on basic principles of faith, etiquette, morals, history, and poltics.
The website's goal is to be an encyclopedia about Islam.
Red alder
"Alnus rubra", or red alder, is a deciduous broadleaf tree native to western North America. It is the largest species of alder in North America and one of the largest in the world. It can get to heights of 20 to 30 meters.
The male flowers are dangling reddish catkins, while female flowers occur in clusters of 4 to 6 (8). They develop into small, woody, cone-like oval dry fruit.
The seeds develop between the woody bracts of the 'cones' and are shed in late autumn and winter. Red alder seeds have a membranous winged margin that allows long-distance dispersal. The species can live up to 60 years before being seriously afflicted by heart rot.
The name "red alder" comes from the bright rusty red color in bruised or scraped bark. It grows from Southeast Alaska to central coastal California, mostly within about 200 kilometers of the Pacific coast. In moist forest areas, it covers former burns or clearcuts, often preventing the establishment of conifers.
The tree hosts the nitrogen-fixing actinomycete "Frankia" in nodules on roots. This helps if grow in nitrogen-poor soils and so makes it an important early colonizer of disturbed forests and river areas. Alder leaves, shed in the fall, decay readily to form a nitrogen-enriched humus.
1915-16 Austrian football championship
The 1915-16 Austrian football championship was organized by the Lower Austrian Football Association. Although there were originally four championships in the Austria-Hungary empire during the First World War only the first class of the NFV was played as a war championship. There was no relegation.
To secure a properly championship some new decisions regarding transfers were made. Players only had to be registered with a new club for 8 days (coming from non-association clubs) or 14 days (coming from association clubs). Then they were allowed to play championshipmatches.
P. C. Richard &amp; Son
P.C. Richard & Son is the largest family owned electronics, television, and mattress store chain inside of the United States. Its 66 stores are located in the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. The majority of their stores are located in the boroughs of Long Island, Queens, and Brooklyn. The company is well known for its trademarked whistle jingle made by Soundsmith worker Leer Leary. The sound is used by New York Yankees after hitting a goal at the Yankee Stadium. The sound is also used by the Long Island Ducks when they hit a goal.
The City of Brisbane is a local government area (LGA) in South East Queensland that includes the majority of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland.
Unlike other capital cities in Australia where the LGA with the city's name in it only represents the inner-city suburbs located in a small part of the central business district, the City of Brisbane is unique because it represents a large portion of the Brisbane metropolitan area. Because of this, it is the most populous local government area in Australia. The other local government areas in Brisbane are the City of Logan in the southwest, the City of Moreton Bay in the north, and the City of Redland in the southeast.
The City of Brisbane is administered by the Brisbane City Council, which meets at Brisbane City Hall. The head of the Brisbane City Council is the Lord Mayor, currently Adrian Schrinner of the Liberal National Party (LNP). Unlike other councils in Australia, the Brisbane City Council acts similar to a mini state parliament, with a formal structure similar to that of a parliament, as well as single-member constituencies called wards that have names and are elected like state electoral districts. Like all councils in Australia, the Brisbane City Council is unicameral, meaning it only has one chamber.
The Quiet Family () is a 1998 South Korean British black comedy horror movie directed by first time director Kim Jee-woon. It stars Park In-hwan, Na Moon-hee, Song Kang-ho, Choi Min-sik, Gi Ju-bong, Choi Cheol-ho, Jung Woong-in and Jung Jae-young. It has been remade in Japanese and in Indian languages.
South East Queensland
South East Queensland (SEQ) is a conurbation and region in the Australian state of Queensland, located in the southeastern corner of the state.
The region can be defined in many different ways, but it always includes the three largest cities in the state: Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast, as well as the city of Ipswich. It is the third-largest metropolitan area in Australia after Greater Sydney and Greater Melbourne.
In a very broad definition of South East Queensland, it can include the following cities:
It also can include nearby towns, such as Beaudesert and Esk.
"Love Hurts" is a 1960 song by The Everly Brothers and was taken from their fourth studio album "A Date with the Everly Brothers". It was covered by Roy Orbison in 1961 and went to number 5 in Australia. It was covered again by Scottish rock band Nazareth in 1974 as a hard rock and blues rock track and went to number 8 in the United States, number 41 in the United Kingdom, number 4 in New Zealand and topped the single charts in South Africa, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium. It was covered by Cher as the title track to her 20th studio album "Love Hurts".
Master and Servant
"Master and Servant" is a 1984 song by British band Depeche Mode and is the second single from their fourth studio album "Some Great Reward". It went to number 9 in the United Kingdom, number 87 in the United States, number 8 in Switzerland, number 6 in Ireland and Belgium, number 4 in Denmark, number 7 in Sweden and number 13 in the Netherlands.
All tracks written by Martin L. Gore.
Mexican drug war
Mexican drug war or The Cartel Attacks is a serious of drug attacks and terror between the borders of United States and Mexico.
Orari, New Zealand
Orari is a small settlement in the Timaru District, New Zealand. It is roughly halfway between Ashburton and Timaru on State Highway and is situated 8 kilometers east of Geraldine. It had a primary school that closed in 2004 and had less than 600mm of rain recorded in 2014 and 2015. It has a racecourse.
Otto Necas
As manager he worked in Yugoslavia for FK Vojvodina. Before he coached for a brief period SK Soko a club from the from the capital Belgrade. 1930-31 he was manager of FC Metz in France.
Josef Herschl
Josef Herschl (16 June 1897 - 13 July 1960) was an Austrian footballer. He played in the 1910s as goalkeeper.
Tony Yeboah
Anthony Yeboah (born 6 June 1966) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Considered one of the best Ghanaian players of all time. He was a striker gifted with speed, power and a good eye for goal. Yeboah was an all-action centre-forward, with the physicality to ruffle defenders at will and the technique to score wonder goals almost every other week. At 5ft 11ins tall, Yeboah had everything a top striker required - pace, power, tenacity and clinical finishing.
In adult football, he made his debut in 1982 with performances for "Asante Kotoko", after which he played in his homeland for the "Cornerstones" and "Okwavu United" clubs, becoming the two-time top scorer of the Ghana championship with the last club.
With his game for Saarbruecken, he attracted the attention of representatives of the coaching staff of the Eintracht club from the First Bundesliga, which he joined in the summer of 1990. He played the next five seasons of his playing career for the Frankfurt club. Most of his time with Eintracht (Frankfurt am Main), he was the main player in the attacking link of the team and one of the main scorers of the team, averaging 0.55 goals per game in the championship, as well as becoming the best two years in a row scorer of the Bundesliga.
During 1995-1997, he defended the colors of the English club "Leeds United" and in 1996 was named the best player of the club.
In the summer of 1997, Yeboah returned to Germany and signed a contract with Hamburg , where he spent the next four years of his playing career. While playing for Hamburg, he also mostly appeared on the field as part of the main team, but he no longer showed his former performance.
He finished his professional playing career in the club "Al-Ittihad" (Doha), for which team he played during 2001-2002 and helped his club win the Qatar championship and the Cup of the Emir of Qatar that season.
He was a member of Ghana's national team for over ten years, and represented his country at three Africa Cup of Nations during the 1990s. Yeboah scored 29 goals in 59 appearances for Ghana, the fourth highest goalscoring total in the nation's history behind Asamoah Gyan, Edward Acquah and Kwasi Owusu.
On 3 November 2008, he was appointed as the new chairman of the newly promoted Ghana Premier League club Berekum Chelsea.
Yeboah along with his cousin former Mainz player Michael Osei runs an international sports agency called "Anthony Yeboah Sportpromotion" and owns a chain of hotels in Ghana (Accra, Kumasi) called "Yegoala". He is married and has two children.
His nephew, Kelvin Yeboah, is also a professional footballer.
"African Cup of Nations only."
Al Ittihad
The film was released on direct-to-video on December 27, 2010. A sequel, Death Race 3: Inferno, was released in direct-to-video on January 22, 2013.
Pleuropholis
Pleuropholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish belonging to the Pleuropholidae. Fossils have been found in Europe and North America. It lived between the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous (Kimmeridgian-Albian, about 155-110 million years ago). The type species is Pleuropholis crassicauda.