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Samira Salih al-Nuaimi

Samira Salih al-Nuaimi (also Samira Saleh Ali al-Naimi, Sameera Salih Ali al-Nuaimy, or سميرة صالح النعيمي in Arabic) (1963 – 22 September 2014) was an Iraqi lawyer and human rights activist. 

She had criticized Islamic State on Twitter because they destroyed mosques, churches, and shrines. She was then kidnapped by men in masks. She was tortured for five days and then was killed by Islamic State (ISIS or Daish).

The United Nations spoke out strongly against the killing.

Work 

Samiraa al-Nuaimi was a lawyer.  According to the Gulf Centre For Human Rights, she worked on detainee rights and poverty.  She worked as a volunteer for women's rights.  She was one of the leading activists in Iraq, especially in the defense of people in jail, and in helping families with little money. 

Samira lived in the northeastern part of Mosul with her husband and three children.  On September 17, 2014, when she was at home with her husband and children, the ISIL group took Samira from her home.  They said she was guilty of apotasy under Sharia law. They tortured her for 5 days. Then they killed her.   Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the United Nations human rights commissioner, said her familiy was not permitted to give her a funeral. 

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq said she was arrested because of her Facebook messages.  She posted criticism of ISIL's destruction of religious places in Mosul. After her death, the Facebook page was removed.

International reaction 

The United States Department of State condemned Samira's murder. They said she was brave because she helped people when she was in danger. 

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG), Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, also spoke strongly against the killing of al-Nuaimi.  He said it was a "sickening crime committed against the people of Iraq".   United Nations Commissioner Prince Zeid bin Raad, from the High Commissioner office in Geneva and New York, said Samira's death was terrible.  He said she had courage because she defended the human rights of others.

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George Shrinks

George Shrinks was a Canadian–Chinese animated television series. It is based on the children's book by William Joyce. The show is about a ten-year-old boy named George. After a dream one night, he wakes up and is only three inches tall. He has adventures with his friends and family. He also drives mini machines that he made with his father.

The series started on 30 September 2000 on PBS Kids.

Content
Because of George's very small size, everyday activities, such as working around the house or playing outside, often become exciting adventures. He mostly uses the Zooper Car to travel. It can change into a submarine or a helicopter.

The show has a retro-1940s look, with simple animation and colors. Most of the background music is jazz.

Characters
 George Shrinks — George is the main character of the series. George wakes up from a dream to discover he is small. He is voiced by Tracey Moore.
 Junior Shrinks — George's baby brother. Junior helps George with things that are too difficult for him. He is voiced by Robbi Jay Thuet.
 Becky Lopez — George's best friend and neighbor. She goes on many of George's adventures. She is voiced by Bryn McAuley.
 Perdita "Mom" Shrinks — Mom is a sculptor. She is voiced by Kathleen Laskey.
 "Dad" Harold Shrinks — Dad is an inventor and a musician in a jazz band. He makes musical instruments and vehicles. He is voiced by  Paul O'Sullivan.

References

Other websites
George Shrinks Episode Guide at Big Cartoon DataBase

Retrojunk: George Shrinks

2000 American television series debuts
Canadian animated television series
2000s Canadian television series
PBS Kids shows
English-language television programs
Rosy boa

The rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata) is a snake of the Boidae family. The other is the rubber boa (Charina bottae). The rosy boa is native to southwest America, and Baja California and Sonora, Mexico. It is one of only two boas native to the territory claimed by the United States.

References 

Boidae
Petar Bojović

Petar Bojović (, ; 16 July 1858 in Miševići, Nova Varoš – 19 January 1945 in Belgrade) was a Serbian military commander. He fought in the Serbo-Turkish War, the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the First Balkan War, the Second Balkan War, World War I and World War II. Following the breakthrough on the Thessaloniki Front he was promoted to fourth Serbian Field Marshal (Voivoda).

In World War I as commander of the First Army, he broke through the lines on the Salonika front. His army advanced deep into enemy territory. For this he was given the title of Duke. In 1945, after World War II ended, he was beaten severely by partisans. They decided to take his house for themselves. He died soon after of his injuries.

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Scottish English

Scottish English, also known as Scottish Standard English or Standard Scottish English (SSE), is a dialect of English that is spoken in Scotland. People can tell Scottish English from British English by their accents, grammar, and vocabulary.

Scottish English should not be confused with Scots, a language which is very much like, but separate from English. The Scots language itself has affected Scottish English by means of contact with the Standard English after the 17th century. Still, many speakers of both Scots and Scottish English put them into different registers and smoothly switch between the two.

Scotland
British English
Language articles without language codes
La Siberia

La Siberia is a Spanish local administrative division located in Badajoz, Extremadura. 
To the southeast is Caceres province. Castile-La Mancha is to the east.

Geography

Topography 
This area is part from the Toledo Mountains range and reaches until the Las Villuercas mountains. About 90 percent of its terrain ranges from  above sea level. Its highest mountain ranges are: the Umbría, Castrejones, Cantonegros, Santana and Pico Montilla. The last is the highest, at  above sea level.

Climate 
Due its location between Castilian Plateau and the Atlantic Area, its climate is inside continental climate with warm summers and slightly cold winters. The average temperature is about . The coldest month is January with  depending on its zone (north or south). On the other hand, July is the warmest month, with  as minimum to  as maximum.

References

Other websites
 La Siberia  

Extremadura
Geography of Spain
United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

The United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs deals with most of the United States veterans issues. People who are members of the committee help fight for veterans. Members are also members of the United States senate. They help veterans find jobs and homes, and help with medical care. It was created in 1971 to help the Vietnam War veterans.

The Veterans' Affairs Committee had nine members when it was created. It now has 17 members.

Members, 116th Congress

According to committee members' official online biographies, three of the fourteen members are veterans: Richard Blumenthal, Dan Sullivan and Johnny Isakson.

Related pages
 List of current United States Senate committees
 United States Department of Veterans Affairs

References

Other websites
 United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

1971 establishments in the United States
Committees of the United States Senate
Patty Murray

Patricia Lynn "Patty" Murray (née Johns; October 11, 1950) is the senior United States Senator from Washington. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Murray was first elected to the Senate in 1992, becoming Washington's first female senator. She was re-elected in 1998, 2004 and 2010.

Other websites
 
 Senator Patty Murray official U.S. Senate site
 Patty Murray for Senate
 
 

1950 births
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United States senators from Washington
US Democratic Party politicians
Johnny Isakson

John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson (December 28, 1944 – December 19, 2021) was an American politician. He was the United States Senator from Georgia from 2005 through 2019. He was a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he represented Georgia's 6th Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005.

In June 2015, Isakson was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and a kidney tumor.

On August 28, 2019, due his bad health, Isakson announced that he would resign from the Senate officially on December 31, 2019.

Isakson died on December 19, 2021 at his home in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 76.

References

Other websites

 

Senator Johnny Isakson  official U.S. Senate site
Johnny Isakson for Senate

1944 births
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United States senators from Georgia
United States representatives from Georgia
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Politicians from Atlanta, Georgia
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Vermont's at-large congressional district

Vermont has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by a single at-large congressional district since the 1930 census, when the state lost its second seat. 

There were once six districts in Vermont. Bernie Sanders (Independent) held the seat from 1991 until 2007, when he became a U.S. Senator. Democrat Peter Welch has represented the state since 2007.

Vermont
Liberty Union Party

The Liberty Union Party of Vermont, founded in 1970 by former Congressman William H. Meyer, Peter Diamondstone, Dennis Morrisseau and others, originated in the anti-war and People's Party movements of the late 1960s and defines itself as a non-violent socialist party. Famous members include Bernie Sanders, John Parker, and Brain Moore.

References

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1970 establishments in the United States
Vermont Progressive Party

The Vermont Progressive Party is a political party in the United States.  It was founded in 1999 and is active only in the U.S. state of Vermont. 

The party is largely social democratic and progressive. The Progressives received 9,470 votes (2.96% of the vote) in the 2010 Vermont House of Representatives Elections, and five seats, compared to the Democrats' 55.11% and 96 seats, the Republicans' 38.04% of the vote, and 46 seats. 

Independents received 3.81% and three seats. As of 2012, the party controls 10% of the Vermont Senate seats, and 3.3% of the seats in the Vermont House of Representatives.

Vermont
1999 establishments in the United States
Political parties in the United States
20th-century establishments in Vermont
Peter Welch

Peter Francis Welch (born May 2, 1947) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. He has served as the U.S. Representative for Vermont's At-large congressional district since 2007.

In November 2021, Welch announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in the 2022 election to replace retiring Senator Patrick Leahy.

References

Other websites
 Congressman Peter Welch official U.S. House site
 Peter Welch for Congress

Profile and interviews at Politico
 Profile  at SourceWatch

1947 births
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United States representatives from Vermont
Politicians from Massachusetts
People from Springfield, Massachusetts
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Peter Plympton Smith

Peter Plympton Smith (born October 31, 1945) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Vermont, the 74th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, and an education administrator.

He served as the founding president of the Community College of Vermont, the founding president of California State University, Monterey Bay, and as assistant director general for education of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Smith was one of thirty former Republican congressmen to sign a letter opposing Donald Trump's candidacy for president.

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Seniority in the United States Senate

Seniority in the United States Senate is the value of a senator based on his/her service. There are two senators per state. The one senator that served more years is called the Senior senator. The one who served less is called the Junior senator.

Other websites
 
 http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/chronlist.pdf

United States Senate
Ranking member

In United States politics, a ranking member is the most senior member of a congressional or state legislative committee from the minority party. 

When party control of a legislative chamber changes, a committee's ranking minority member is likely, though not assured, to become the next chairman of the committee, and vice versa.

References

Politics of the United States
United States Senate Committee on the Budget

The United States Senate Committee on the Budget was created by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. It is responsible for drafting Congress's annual budget plan and creating an action on the budget for the Federal Government. 

The committee has power over the Congressional Budget Office. The committee briefly operated as a special committee from 1919 to 1920 during the 66th Congress, before being made a standing committee in 1974.

Members, 116th Congress

Related pages
 Committees of the United States Senate
 United States House Committee on the Budget

References

Other websites
Official website (Archive)
Senate Budget Committee. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.
Committee on the Budget, United States Senate, 1974-2006. Senate Document 109-24. 109th Congress, 2nd session, 2006.

Budget
1974 establishments in the United States
Political action committee

In the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a type of organization that gives money to campaigns from members and donates those funds to campaign for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.  
The legal term PAC has been created in pursuit of campaign finance reform in the United States.

References

Politics of the United States
Central Vermont Railway

The Central Vermont Railway was a railroad that operated in the U.S. states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, as well as the Canadian province of Quebec.

Transport in Connecticut
Transport in Massachusetts
Transport in New York
Transport in Canada
New Hampshire
History of Vermont
Vermont Reds

The Vermont Reds were a minor league baseball team. They played in the Eastern League at Centennial Field in Burlington, Vermont from 1984 to 1987.

Cincinnati Reds
Vermont
1984 establishments in the United States
1987 disestablishments in the United States
20th-century establishments in Vermont
John F. Kennedy School of Government

The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (also known as Harvard Kennedy School and HKS) is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools. It is named after Harvard graduate and 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy.

It offers master's degrees in public policy, public administration, and international development, grants several doctoral degrees, administers executive programs for senior government officials, and conducts research in subjects relating to politics, government, international affairs, and economics.

References

Harvard University
Massachusetts
Oxford East (UK Parliament constituency)

Oxford East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Andrew Smith of the Labour Party.

Sources
Election Result 2015 http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decCD/Election_results_occw.htm
Election result, 2015 (BBC)
Election result, 2010 (BBC)
Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997–2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997–2001  (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983–1992  (Election Demon)

Constituencies in the United Kingdom
Rubber boa

The rubber boa is a snake in the family Boidae that is native to the western North America.

Snakes
The Nation

The Nation is  the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. It was first founded in July 1895 in New York City. The Nation has offices in Washington, D.C., London, Chicago, Paris, and in South Africa. It covers architecture, art, corporations, defense, environment, films, legal affairs, music, peace and disarmament, poetry, and the United Nations.

Magazines published in New York City
Vermont Public Radio

Vermont Public Radio (VPR) is a network of public radio stations in the state of Vermont. 

In addition to locally produced shows, the network broadcasts programs from NPR, Public Radio International, and American Public Media. It is headquartered in Colchester, a suburb of Burlington. Other studios are in Montpelier, Manchester and Norwich.

Vermont
Radio stations in the United States
Colchester, Vermont

Colchester is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The population was 17,067 at the 2010 census. It is the fourth-largest municipality and second-largest town in Vermont by population. Saint Michael's College is there.

References

Towns in Vermont
NRA

NRA may refer to:
National Rifle Association, American nonprofit organization that works for gun rights
National Recovery Administration, an agency in the Government of the United States in the 1930s
Ron Dellums

Ronald Vernie "Ron" Dellums (November 24, 1935 – July 30, 2018) was an American politician. He was Oakland's forty-eighth mayor.  From 1971 to 1998, he was elected to thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Northern California's 9th Congressional District.

When President Ronald Reagan vetoed Dellums' Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, a Democratic-controlled House and a Republican-controlled Senate overrode Reagan's veto, the first override of a presidential foreign policy veto in the 20th century.

Dellums died on July 30, 2018 in Washington, D.C. from prostate cancer, aged 82.

References

Other websites
Profile at Citymayors.com

Dellums victory signifies a sea change in Oakland politics San Francisco Chronicle, June 19, 2006.
Ron Dellums's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project.

1935 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from prostate cancer
Cancer deaths in Washington, D.C.
American mayors
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Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (), often referred to as the Brady Act and commonly called the Brady Bill, is an Act of the United States Congress that made background checks on firearm purchasers in the United States required and created a five-day waiting period on purchases.

The original legislation was introduced into the House of Representatives by Representative Charles E. Schumer  in March 1991, but was never brought to a vote. The bill was reintroduced by Rep. Schumer on February 22, 1993 and the final version was passed on November 11, 1993. 

It was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 30, 1993 and the law went into effect on February 28, 1994. The Act was named after James Brady, who was shot by John Hinckley, Jr. during an attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981.

References

1993 in the United States
United States law
Iraq Resolution

The Iraq Resolution or the Iraq War Resolution (formally the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, is a joint resolution passed by the United States Congress in October 2002 as Public Law No: 107-243, authorizing military action against Iraq.

References

War
2002 in the United States
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists

The Authorization for Use of Military Force allows the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001.  

The authorization granted the President the authority to use all "necessary and appropriate force" against those whom he determined "planned, authorized, committed or aided" the September 11th attacks, or who harbored said persons or groups.  The AUMF was signed by President George W. Bush on September 18, 2001. 

September 11 attacks
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2001 in the United States
Public Policy Polling

Public Policy Polling (PPP) is a U.S. polling firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina.  PPP was founded in 2001 by businessman Dean Debnam, the firm's current president and chief executive officer.

References

2001 establishments in the United States
Nicholas Parsons

Christopher Nicholas Parsons  (10 October 1923 – 28 January 2020) was an English radio and television presenter and actor. He was known for hosting Just a Minute and Sale of the Century.

Parsons was Rector of the University of St Andrews from 1988 to 1991.

In August 2019, Parsons had suffered a fall and was hospitalized in Aylesbury. He died from problems caused by the fall on 28 January 2020, in Aylesbury; he was 96.

References

Other websites

Interview on the MusicalTalk Podcast
Talking about Just a Minute (RealPlayer video)
Nicholas Parsons, Patron of WTC : Interview for download – talks about Doctor Who, Just a Minute, The Rocky Horror Show and audio performance history

1923 births
2020 deaths
Accidental deaths from falls
English television presenters
English television actors
Actors from Lincolnshire
Income inequality in the United States

Income inequality in the United States has increased significantly since the 1970s after several decades of stability, meaning the share of the nation's income received by higher income households has increased. Sometimes this is called a "pay gap". Usually males are paid higher than females which has caused protest.

History of the United States
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Income
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Campaign finance reform in the United States

Campaign finance reform is the political effort in the United States to change the involvement of money in politics, primarily in political campaigns. It will prevent campaigns being sponsored by Super PACs.

Other websites
 California Clean Money Campaign
 Campaign Finance Institute
 Center for Competitive Politics
  Democracy Matters
 Open Secrets
 PoliticalMoneyLine

Politics of the United States
Civil liberties

Civil liberties are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot have too much control of a single person's life, either by law or by judicial interpretation.

Civil liberties include the freedom from torture, freedom from forced disappearance, freedom of conscience, freedom of press, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, the right to security and liberty, freedom of speech, the right to privacy, the right to equal treatment under the law and due process, the right to a fair trial, and the right to life.

Related pages
 Human rights
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Mass surveillance in the United States

The practice of mass surveillance in the United States dates back to wartime monitoring and censorship of international communications from, to, or which passed through the United States. 

After the First World War and the Second World War, the surveillance continued, by programs such as the Black Chamber and Project SHAMROCK. The formation and growth of federal law-enforcement and intelligence agencies such as the FBI, CIA, and NSA helped surveillance, such as the COINTELPRO projects which currently exist in secret. 

A series of media reports in 2013 revealed more recent programs and techniques employed by the US intelligence community. Advances in computer and information technology allow the creation of huge national databases that facilitate mass surveillance in the United States.

References

History of the United States
Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 was passed by the United States Congress on December 16, 2010 and signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 17, 2010. It helped cut taxes and create more jobs for the United States.

References

2010 in the United States
United States law
Rudy Gobert

Rudy Gobert (born June 26, 1992) is a French professional basketball player. He plays for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). 

He also plays on the French national basketball team in the international competitions.

On March 11, 2020, it was discovered that Gobert tested positive for the Coronavirus disease 2019.

References

Utah Jazz players
Living people
French sportspeople
1992 births
Kratos (God of War character)

Kratos, the "Ghost of Sparta", is a video game character from Sony Santa Monica Studio's God of War series, which is loosely based on Greek mythology. Kratos first appeared in the 2005 video game God of War, which led to the development of six additional games featuring the character as the protagonist. Kratos also appears as the protagonist of the God of War comic series and novels. He has been consistently voiced by Terrence C. Carson, and Antony Del Rio voiced the character as a child in God of War: Ghost of Sparta. Christopher Judge was Kratos' voice actor in God of War (2018). Kratos is depicted as a Spartan warrior in Ancient Greece and son of Zeus (thus making him a demigod) who, after being manipulated into killing his own family by the war god Ares, goes on a crusade in search of revenge.   

Fictional characters introduced in 2005
God of War (franchise)
Mortal Kombat guest characters
Soulcalibur series guest characters
Video game protagonists
Bnin, Kórnik

Bnin [bnin] () is part of the town of Kórnik, southwest of the city of Poznań, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It is between Lake Kórnickie and Lake Bnińskie. From 1395-1934, Bnin was a town in its own right. It became part of Kórnik in 1961.

Neighborhoods
Settlements in Poland
Chałupy

Chałupy (Kashubian: Chalëpë, German: Ceynowa) is a village and a popular Polish seaside resort, in Gmina Władysławowo. It has very good conditions for windsurfing and kitesurfing. It is between Władysławowo and Kuźnica on the Hel Peninsula on the southern Baltic Sea in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It had 376 inhabitants as of 2009.

Prior to January 1, 2015, Chałupy was a part of the town Władysławowo.

Villages in Poland
Christopher Browning

Christopher Robert Browning (born May 22, 1944) is an American historian of the Holocaust. Browning received his bachelor's degree from Oberlin College in 1968. He received his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1975. He taught at Pacific Lutheran University from 1974 to 1999, eventually becoming a Distinguished Professor. In 1999, he moved to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to accept an appointment as Frank Porter Graham Professor of History. Browning was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006. Browning retired from teaching in the spring of 2014.

References 

1944 births
Living people
American historians
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam is a German women's association football club from Potsdam, Germany. The club plays in the Frauen-Bundesliga and is one of the most successful teams in Germany.

The club was made in 1971 in East Germany. The club was one of the most successful teams in East Germany. The club also is the only team from East Germany to have won the Frauen-Bundesliga. The team has also won the UEFA Women's Champions League twice.

Other websites 
Official website

References 

German football clubs
Potsdam
1971 establishments in Germany
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest is an American animated action-adventure television series. It is produced by Hanna-Barbera. It was broadcast on Cartoon Network from August 26, 1996 to April 16, 1997. It was a continuation of the Jonny Quest (1964) series. It features teenage adventurers Jonny Quest, Hadji Singh, and Jessie Bannon. They, Dr. Benton Quest, and bodyguard Race Bannon investigate strange phenomena, legends, and mysteries. Action also takes place in the virtual realm of QuestWorld, a three-dimensional cyberspace domain rendered with computer animation.

Channel Links

Animated characters
English-language television programs
Laura, Saskatchewan

Laura is a hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Montrose No. 315, Saskatchewan, Canada. It previously held the status of village until December 31, 1954 and again at an unknown date but was restructured back to hamlet status on December 28, 1978. The town used to have a bank, a school and a grain elevator. Now, no businesses are left. Even the post office closed. The grain elevator was burned down by its owner. Except for a few people who still live there, it is a now ghost town.

References 

Settlements in Saskatchewan
Ghost towns in Canada
Hamlets
Chester, Maine

Chester is a town in Penobscot County, Maine,United States. The population was 546 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bangor Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Towns in Maine
James C. Weaver

James C. Weaver (March 5, 1945 – July 2, 2015) was an American college athletics administrator and former American football player and coach. He most recently served as the athletics director at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, from 1997 to 2014.

Weaver was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He died of Parkinson's disease in Blacksburg, Virginia, aged 70.

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Val Doonican

Michael Valentine Doonican (3 February 1927 – 1 July 2015) was an Irish singer and television presenter. He sang traditional pop music and swing. Doonican was born in Waterford, Irish Free State.

He was well known for his novelty stylised songs. His career began in 1951.From 1965 to 1986 he was a regular fixture on the BBC Television's schedule with The Val Doonican Show, which featured his own singing performances and a variety of guest artists. He retired in 2009.

Doonican died at a nursing home in Buckinghamshire, England, at the age of 88.

References

Other websites
 
Val Doonican's appearance on This Is Your Life

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Irish pop singers
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Jacobo Zabludovsky

Jacobo Zabludovsky Kraveski (May 24, 1928 – July 2, 2015) was a Mexican journalist. He was the first anchorman in Mexican television and his TV news program, 24 Horas (24 Hours) was for decades the most important in the country.

Zabludovsky died of a stroke in Mexico City, aged 87.

References

Other websites
Video of Jacobo Zabludovsky and Salvador Dalí (1971)

1928 births
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Mexican television presenters
Mexican journalists
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How to Eat Fried Worms (movie)

How to Eat Fried Worms is an American comedy movie. It was based on the children's book of the same name written by Thomas Rockwell. Parents were warned the movie was "gross" but had a worthwhile moral. The movie was rated PG. They also hard to eat worms

Plot 
The movie centers around an 11-year-old male friends dare. Billy Forrester has to eat 15 worms in 15 days for $50.

Critical reception 
Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a mild 59%. They said only 47% of audiences liked the movie. Gregory Kirschling of Entertainment Weekly gave it a score of 75. He commented "Worms goes light (but not too light) on the gore and the goo." Joanne Kaufman of The Wall Street Journal said "After the first bit of fish bait is consumed, actually even before, this one-trick movie is a tough slog."

Cast

 Luke Benward as Billy "Wormboy" Forrester 
 Hallie Kate Eisenberg as Erika "Erk" Tansy
 Adam Hicks as Joe Guire
 Tom Cavanagh as Mitch Forrester
 Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Helen Forrester
 Austin Rogers as Adam
 Alexander Gould as Twitch
 Ryan Malgarini as Benjamin "Benjy" Renfro
 Philip Daniel Bolden as Bradley
 Clint Howard as Uncle Ed
 Ty Panitz as Woody Forrester
 James Rebhorn as Principal Nelson "Boilerhead" Burdock
 Andrew Gillingham as Techno Mouth
 Blake Garrett as Plug
 Alexander Agate as Donny
 Nick Krause as Nigel Guire
 Andrea Martin as Mrs. Bommley
 David Bewley as Rob Simon
 Karen Wacker as Mrs. Simon
 Simone White as Woody's teacher

Awards

References

Other websites
 
 
 
 

2006 movies
American comedy movies
Poncarale

Poncarale is a city in northern Italy. Poncarale is in the Lombardy Region. It is in the Province of Brescia and has 5,330 people.

Cities in Lombardy
Czesław Olech

Czesław Olech (May 22, 1931 – July 1, 2015) was a Polish mathematician. He was a representative of the Kraków school of mathematics, especially the differential equations school of Tadeusz Ważewski.

Some of his works
A talk on the occasion of receiving an honorary degree. (Polish) Wiadom. Mat. 42 (2006), 55—58.
On the Ważewski equation. Proceedings of the Conference Topological Methods in Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (Kraków-Przegorzaƚy, 1996). Univ. Iagel. Acta Math. No. 36 (1998), 55—64.
My contacts with Professor Kuratowski, 1970--1980. (Polish) X School of the history of mathematics (Międzyzdroje, 1996). Zesz. Nauk. Uniw. Opol. Mat. 30 (1997), 109—114.
with Janas, J. ; Szafraniec, F. H. Wƚodzimierz Mlak (1931--1994). Volume dedicated to the memory of Wƚodzimierz Mlak. Ann. Polon. Math. 66 (1997), 1--9.
with Meisters, Gary H. Global stability, injectivity, and the Jacobian conjecture. World Congress of Nonlinear Analysts '92, Vol. I--IV (Tampa, FL, 1992), 1059—1072, de Gruyter, Berlin, 1996.
 with Meisters, Gary H. Power-exact, nilpotent, homogeneous matrices. Linear and Multilinear Algebra 35 (1993), no. 3-4, 225—236.
Introduction. New directions in differential equations and dynamical systems, viii—x, Royal Soc. Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1991.
with Meisters, Gary H. Strong nilpotence holds in dimensions up to five only. Linear and Multilinear Algebra 30 (1991), no. 4, 231—255.
with Parthasarathy, T. ; Ravindran, G. Almost N-matrices and linear complementarity . Linear Algebra Appl. 145 (1991), 107—125.

1931 births
2015 deaths
Polish mathematicians
Charlie Sanders

Charles Alvin Sanders (August 25, 1946 – July 2, 2015) was an American football player. He played tight end for the Detroit Lions from 1968 to 1977. Sanders was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007. He was born in Richlands, North Carolina.

Sanders died on July 2, 2015 from cancer in Detroit, Michigan, aged 68.

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1946 births
2015 deaths
Cancer deaths in Michigan
Detroit Lions players
Sportspeople from North Carolina
Phil Walsh (Australian footballer)

Phillip "Phil" Walsh (15 March 1960 – 3 July 2015) was an Australian rules footballer and coach. He played for Collingwood, Richmond and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s. He also had assistant coaching roles at Geelong, West Coast, and Port Adelaide. He was later the head coach of the Adelaide Football Club for the 2015 season. He was born in Hamilton, Victoria.

Walsh was stabbed to death on 3 July 2015 in Somerton Park, South Australia. He was 55. His son was arrested for the murder.

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1960 births
2015 deaths
Australian rules footballers
Coaches
Murders by blade weapons
Sportspeople from Victoria (Australia)
Duct

In anatomy and physiology, a duct is a tube leading from an exocrine gland or organ. It usually carries the gland's product to where it is used. An example is the vas deferens, which carries sperm to the ejaculatory ducts. Another example is tear ducts, which carry tears to the eye.

Ducts are lined by pavement-type endothelial cells. Outside the endothelium in blood and lymphatic vessels is a layer with no cells called the basement membrane. Outside that are the smooth muscle cells. The smooth muscle squeezes the contents along.

Glands
Smooth muscle

Smooth muscle is muscle inside the body and not attached to bones. It is not under conscious control. Its function is to help the inner workings of the body.

Smooth muscle is found in the walls of blood vessels, vessels of the lymphatic system, the urinary bladder, uterus, male and female reproductive tracts, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, most ducts, and a number of other places such as the iris.

The smooth muscle looks different from the skeletal muscle, and works differently. It can squeeze slowly, and move in waves along a duct. Most types of smooth muscle squeeze gently for a long time, and use little energy. Some smooth muscle squeezes quickly and relaxes in phases.

References 

Muscle tissue
Slavko Avsenik

Slavko Avsenik (November 26, 1929 – July 2, 2015) was a Slovene composer and musician. Since 1953, Avsenik produced more than 1,000 songs and enjoyed success both in Slovenia and in other parts of Europe and America. He was viewed as a Slovenian cultural icon.

References

Other websites

 The Avsenik brothers' website
 Avsenik videos

1929 births
2015 deaths
Slovenian people
Composers
Musicians
György Szabad

György Szabad (4 August 1924 – 3 July 2015) was a Hungarian politician and historian. He was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary between 1990 and 1994. He was a member of the Batthyány Society of Professors. He was born in Arad, Romania.

Szabad died in Budapest, Hungary, aged 90.

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1924 births
2015 deaths
Hungarian politicians
Historians
Bronchopneumonia

Bronchopneumonia or bronchial pneumonia or Bronchogenic pneumonia is the acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles. It is a type of pneumonia which affects one or more pulmonary lobules. It is one of two types of bacterial pneumonia, the other being lobar pneumonia.

References

Infectious diseases
Pulmonology
Brigham City, Utah

Brigham City is a city in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 17,899 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Box Elder County.

References

Other websites
 Brigham City official website
 Self-guided tour of Brigham City historic sites

Cities in Utah
County seats in Utah
Charles Mound

Charles Mound is a gentle,  high hill in northern Jo Daviess County, Illinois, near the small town of Scales Mound and  northeast of Galena. It is the highest point of the state.

Elijah Charles, the namesake of the mound, was one of the region's first permanent settlers, arrived in 1828 and settled at the base of the mound.

References

Geography of Illinois
Florac

Florac is a former French commune, a subprefecture of the Lozère department, in the Occitanie region. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Florac. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Florac Trois Rivières.

The inhabitants of this city are known, in French, as Floracois (women: Floracoises).

Geography
Florac is in the valley of the Tarnon river, a small river that flows through the Lozère department before joining the Tarn river. The commune is found at the start of the Gorges du Tarn (a canyon formed by the Tarn river).

The city and the Tarnon valley are within the Cévennes National Park but they are not part of the park.

The commune of Florac has an area of  and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .

The commune is surrounded by the communes Quézac, Bédouès, La Salle-Prunet, Saint-Laurent-de-Trèves, Vebron and Montbrun.

The climate in Prades in the Köppen climate classification is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.

Population
With a population of 1,958, its population density is of  inhabitants/km2.

Florac is the third smallest subprefecture of France, after Castellane in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (1,557 inhabitants) and Largentière in the Ardèche department (1,789 inhabitants).

Twinned and partner towns
Prades is twinned with:
  L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada
  Arbúcies, Catalonia, Spain

Gallery

Related pages
 Arrondissement of Florac
 Communes of the Lozère department

References

Other websites

 Mairie de Florac website 

Subprefectures in France
Communes in Lozère
Former communes in France
Marianne Verville

Marianne Verville (born 28 May 1994) is an actress from Saint-Lambert, Quebec. She is Pierre Verville's daughter.

She is known for her role as "Aurélie Laflamme" in the movie adaptations of the novels, Le Journal d'Aurélie Laflamme, by India Desjardins. She has also participated with her father in an advertisement for Le Lait. She played the role of Violette in Mauvais Karma show at Radio-Canada.

Filmography

Movies 
 2008 : J’ai tué ma mère (Student)
 2010 : Le Journal d'Aurélie Laflamme (Aurélie Laflamme)
 2012 : 22h20, Heure de l’Est (Anne)
 2015 : Aurélie Laflamme - Les pieds sur terre (Aurélie Laflamme)

Television 
 2010 - 2012 : Mauvais Karma (Violette)
 2011 : Amanda (Amanda)
 2012 - 2013 : Tactik (Marjorie) (5th & 6th seasons)
 2016: District 31 (Melissa)

References

Other websites 
  on the Internet Movie Database

Actors from Quebec
1994 births
Living people
Chile national cricket team

Chilean cricket team is the national cricket team of Chile. The team played their first test match against Argentina in 1893.

Tournaments

ICC Americas Championship
 2006: 3rd place (3rd division)
 2008: 2nd place.
 2009: 3rd place.

Other websites 
 Official Website 

Cricket
Sport in Chile
1893 establishments
19th-century establishments in Chile
Chile men's national water polo team

Chile men's national water polo team represents Chile in international men's water polo competitions.

Tournaments

Olympic Games 
1900 — Did not participate
1904 — Did not participate
1908 — Did not participate
1912 — Did not participate
1920 — Did not participate
1924 — Did not participate
1928 — Did not participate
1932 — Did not participate
1936 — Did not participate
1948 — First round
1952 — Did not participate
1956 — Did not participate
1960 — Did not participate
1964 — Did not participate
1968 — Did not participate
1972 — Did not participate
1976 — Did not participate
1980 — Did not participate
1984 — Did not participate
1988 — Did not participate
1992 — Did not participate
1996 — Did not participate
2000 — Did not participate
2004 — Did not participate
2008 — Did not participate

Other websites 
 HistoFINA (VIII volume) 

Water polo
Sport in Chile
Chile men's national volleyball team

Chile men's national volleyball team represents Chile in international men's volleyball competitions.

Tournaments

South American Championship 
1961, Lima — Silver, 2nd place
1967, Santos — Bronze, 3rd place
1981, Santiago — Bronze, 3rd place
1983, São Paulo — Bronze, 3rd place
1993, Córdoba — Bronze, 3rd place

Other websites 
 Official Website 

National volleyball teams
Sport in Chile
Epoxy

Epoxy is the end product of epoxy resins. 

It is also a common name for the epoxide functional group, and a common name for a type of strong adhesive used for sticking things together. Typically, two resins need to be mixed together before use. 

Epoxy resins are a class of reactive polymers which contain epoxide groups.  Their co-reactants are often called 'hardeners' or 'curatives', and the cross-linking reaction is referred to as 'curing'.  The reaction forms a thermosetting polymer, often with strong mechanical properties as well as high temperature and chemical resistance.  Epoxy has a wide range of industrial applications.

Superglue is another strong adhesive, made of cyanoacrylate.

Notes 

Chemical compounds
Materials
Dudley Dudley

Dudley Webster Dudley (born Dudley Webster; August 4, 1936) is a political activist in the American state of New Hampshire. Dudley was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. Dudley is known for her legislation that stopped Aristotle Onassis from building an oil refinery in Durham, New Hampshire in 1974. 

In 1976, Dudley became the first woman elected to the New Hampshire Executive Council. She served for four terms. In 1984, she won the Democratic primary to represent New Hampshire’s first Congressional District. She was defeated by Republican Bob Smith. Dudley has served as a trustee of the University of New Hampshire. She served on the board of directors for the UNH Alumni Association. 

Dudley inherited her first name from her grandmother’s maiden name. She was married to Portsmouth attorney Thomas Dudley. This is how she got her last name, Dudley.

References 

American political activists
Politicians from New Hampshire
1936 births
Living people
Patricia Marmont

Patricia Marmont (born 9 August 1921)  is an American actress. She is the daughter of Percy Marmont and was married to Nigel Green. She is known for her role as Andromache in the 1956 movie Helen of Troy.

References

Other websites
 

1921 births
Living people
American movie actors
American stage actors
Actors from New York
People from New York
Cheri Oteri

Cheri Oteri (born Cheryl Ann Oteri; September 19, 1962) is an American comic actress. She is best known for her roles as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000. notable voice roles in some animation studio companies such as Nickelodeon from The Fairly OddParents and Bunsen is a Beast, Disney from Hercules The Animated Series, Big City Greens and The 7D, Cartoon Network Studios from Dexter's Lab reboot, Close Enough, etc., Lionsgate Television from Nutri Ventures, PBS, ABC, Warner Bros. Animation, Netflix Animation, MGM, Universal Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation, etc.

Works

Voice Roles 

 Hercules: The Animated Series - Lavina
 The Fairly OddParents - Connie, Additional voices
 Saturday Night Live - Barbara Walters
 The Ant Bully - Doreen 
 Shrek The Third - Sleeping Beauty, Stage Actress
 Sit Down, Shut Up - Helen Klench 
 The Powerpuff Girls - Dexter's mom/Darcy (cameo, uncredited: deleted scene ''Powerpuff Girls Rule'')
 Nutri Ventures: The Series  - Additional voices
 The 7D - Gingersnaps
 The Buglys - Barbie                                                                                                                         
 The Life and Times of Tim - Additional voices
 Bunsen Is a Beast - Ms. Flap, Additional voices
 Puppy Dog Pals - Esther, Mouse walla
 Home: Adventures with Tip and Oh - Pauline
 The Boss Baby: Back in Business - Multi-Multi-Task
 Close Enough (2020) - Additional voices
 Inside Job (2021) -  Additional voices
 Dexter and Dee Dee - Cherry Anne
 Spidey and his Amazing Friends -  Additional voices
 Tom and Jerry in New York - Additional voices
 Big City Greens - Gwendolyn
 Buttercup: The Series (2007, Unaired) - Additional voices
 The Loud House - Additional voices

Other websites

1962 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
Comedians from Pennsylvania
Actors from Pennsylvania

American voice actors
Kenan Thompson

Kenan Stacy Thompson (born May 10, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as a cast member of NBC's Saturday Night Live (2003-present).

References

Other websites

Kenan Thompson at the Notable Names Database

1978 births
Living people
Actors from Atlanta, Georgia
African American actors
African American comedians
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
Comedians from Atlanta, Georgia
Kate McKinnon

Kate McKinnon Berthold (born January 6, 1984), commonly known as Kate McKinnon, is an American actress, voice actress, and comedian. She is best known for her sketch comedy work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and The Big Gay Sketch Show.

Career 
McKinnon is known for her impersonations of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Ellen DeGeneres, Justin Bieber, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

McKinnon is SNL first openly lesbian cast member.

References

Other websites
 

1984 births
Living people
Actors from New York City
LGBT people from New York City
LGBT comedians
LGBT actors
Lesbians
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
Comedians from New York City