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Joel Wachs

Joel Wachs (born March 1, 1939) is an American politician. He is the president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York City. 

He was for thirty years a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1971 until 2002. He was president of the city council from 1981 until 1983. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Wachs ran for Mayor of Los Angeles in 1999. He is openly gay.

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Wendy Greuel

Wendy Jane Greuel (born May 23, 1961) is an American Democratic politician. She was born in Los Angeles. She was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 2002 until 2009. Greuel was also the Los Angeles City Controller from 2009 until 2013.

In 2013, Greuel ran for Mayor of Los Angeles but lost in the run-off to Eric Garcetti. In 2014, she ran for the United States House of Representatives, but lost the Democratic nomination to Ted Lieu.

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Living people
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770s BC



Events 
 776 BC – The very first Olympic Games takes place in Athens, Greece and continues every four years.
Ted Lieu

Ted W. Lieu (; born March 29, 1969) is a Taiwanese-born American politician. He represents California's 33rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2015. 

He is a member of the Democratic Party. Lieu is one of 18 members of Congress who are naturalized U.S. citizens. He represented the 28th district in the California State Senate from 2011 to 2014. From 2005 to 2010 he was a California State Assemblyman.

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Debbie Dingell

Deborah Ann Dingell (; ; November 23, 1953) is an American Democratic politician. She has been the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 12th congressional district since 2015. She replaced her husband John Dingell.

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Nury Martinez

Nury Martinez (born July 9, 1973) is an American Democratic politician. She has been a member of the Los Angeles City Council since 2013. In 2020, she became the council's president. She is the first Latina to become President of the council.

Martinez was born in San Fernando Valley, California. She studied at California State University, Northridge.

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Politicians from Los Angeles
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Yoshio Yatsu

was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Yatsu was a member of the House of Representatives from 1986 until 1990 and again from 1992 until 2009. From 2000 to 2001, he was the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Yatsu was born in Tatebayashi, Japan. He died on June 3, 2021 in Tatebayashi from liver cancer, aged 86.

References

Other websites
 Official website  in Japanese.

1934 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from liver cancer
Japanese politicians
X-Press Pearl

X-Press Pearl was a Singaporean -class container ship. The ship was built in 2021 and was around  long. It was operated by X-Press Feeders. 

On 20 May 2021, X-Press Pearl caught fire off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka. After burning for two weeks, the ship sank on 2 June as it was being towed away to deeper waters. The incident was the worst marine ecological disaster in Sri Lankan history as it spilled nitric acid and oil into the Indian Ocean.

References

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Fires in Asia
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Tajadas

Tajadas are a dish of fried plantains that are sliced long. It is a food of Caribbean countries as well as Nicaragua, Colombia, Honduras, Panama, and Venezuela.

Preparation 
The plantains used are usually ripe.

Variations

Colombia 
Tajadas is a very common dish that is usually served with meat, white rice, and beans.

Costa Rica 
Tajadas are served with gallo pinto or casados. It can also be eaten with natilla and queso blanco on top.

Venezuala 

Tajadas is served in a traditional dish known as pabellon criollo.

Related pages
Aborrajado
Tostones, another fried plantain dish.

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Caribbean
Nicaraguan culture
Colombian food
Honduran culture
Panamanian culture
Leader of the Opposition (Israel)

The Leader of the Opposition (, Rosh HaOpozitzya) is the politician who heads the official Opposition bloc in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. The leader of the Opposition is by convention the head of the political party not within the government according to the most votes received in the previous election.

List of Opposition leaders

Leaders of the largest opposition party

Designated Opposition Leaders 
After Amendment 8 to the "Knesset law" of 1994 was passed, the Leader of the Opposition became the person elected by the largest faction of the opposition.

Notes
Shelly Yachimovich

Shelly Rachel Yachimovich (, born 28 March 1960) is an Israeli politician, journalist, author and political commentator. She was the Leader of the Opposition three times. She was leader of the Israeli Labor Party between 2011 and 2013.

References

Other websites
 Bio at Knesset Website

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STAMSITE

Johan Marcus Nyman (born 23 June 1992 in Kungälv), also known as STAMSITE, is a Swedish YouTuber. He has a YouTube channel with over 300 000 subscribers and over 250 000 000 views.

Nyman is one of the biggest gaming YouTubers in Sweden and started his career in 2010 with his Let's Play Minecraft series. He is the founder of 90gQ, one of the oldest private Minecraft servers in Sweden.

References 

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17th century BC

The 17th century BC started in the 1690s BC and ended in the 1600s BC.

17th century BC
Maduro

Maduro might refer to:

People 
 Hedwiges Maduro (born 1985), Dutch football player
 Nicolás Maduro (born 1962), disputed president of Venezuela
 Nicolás Maduro Guerra (born 1990), son of the Venezuelan president

Albums 

 Odió a Maduro

Surnames
Meir Ya'ari

Meir Ya'ari (, 24 April 1897 – 21 February 1987) was an Israeli Mapam–Alignment politician, educator and social activist. He was a member of the Knesset from 1949 until 1974. He was born in Kańczuga, Austria-Hungary. Ya'ari was also the Opposition Leader from 1949–1951, 1952–1955 and 1967–1969.

Ya'ari died on 21 February 1987 in Israel at the age of 89.

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1987 deaths
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Israeli educators
Isaura Abelairas

María Isaura Abelairas Rodríguez (25 June 1951 – 3 June 2021) was a Spanish politician and teacher. She was member of the Socialist Party of Galicia. Abelairas was a member of the Parliament of Galicia from 2020 until her death in 2021. She was born in Taboada, Spain.

Abelairas died of cancer on 3 June 2021, three weeks before her 70th birthday.

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1951 births
2021 deaths
Cancer deaths in Spain
Spanish educators
Spanish politicians
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer

Binyamin "Fuad" Ben-Eliezer (, ; 12 February 1936 – 28 August 2016) was an Iraqi-born Israeli Labor–Alignment politician and general. He was a member of the Knesset between 1984 and 2014. From 1999 until 2001, Ben-Eliezer was Deputy Prime Minister. From 2002 until 2003, he was the Opposition Leader.

In 2014, Ben-Eliezer ran for President of Israel to replace Shimon Peres, however he withdrew after people accused him of corruption.

Ben-Eliezer died on 28 August 2016 at a hospital in Tel Aviv from kidney disease, aged 80.

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2016 deaths
Deaths from kidney disease
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Naturalized citizens of Israel
Iraqi politicians
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Israeli generals
People from Tel Aviv
Shaul Mofaz

Shaul Mofaz (; born 4 November 1948) is an Iranian-born Israeli former soldier and Kadima politician. He was born in Tehran, Iran. Mofaz was a member of Knesset from 2006 until 2015. From 2006 until 2009 and again in 2012, Mofaz was Deputy Prime Minister. From 2012 to 2013, Mofaz was also the Opposition Leader.

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Living people
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Israeli military people
Israeli opposition leaders
Kadima politicians
People from Tehran
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Births 
 June 28 – King Henry VIII of England, English royalty (d. 1547)
Journey (2012 video game)

Journey is an indie video game developed by Thatgamecompany. The game is published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released for the PlayStation 3 in March 2012.  Journey was the first video game to be nominated for a Grammy Award.

In Journey the player controls a figure in the mantle in a large desert, traveling towards a mountain.

Reviewers  of the game said visual art and sounds of Journey and interaction with strangers that the player meets on the road were very good. Journey won several "game of the year" awards.

Other websites
Official site

References

2012 video games
Gluconeogenesis

Gluconeogenesis (GNG) is a chemical process in living bodies.  In gluconeogenesis, the body turns fats and proteins (glucogenic amino acids) into sugars called glucose. In most animals with spines, gluconeogenesis happens in the liver, but some animals have gluconeogenesis in the kidneys. gluconeogenesis usually happens when the organism has not eaten many starches or sugars or  eaten nothing at all for a long time.  Not eating and not eating starch can cause ketosis, which is when some cells cannot use ketones for fuel.

Process

In humans, the main gluconeogenic compounds are lactate, glycerol (a part of the triglyceride molecule), alanine and glutamine. They are mostly involved in over 90% of the overall process.

Lactate comes back to the liver where it is converted into pyruvate by the Cori cycle using the enzyme lactate dehydrogenase. Pyruvate, the first designated substrate of the gluconeogenic pathway, can then be used to make glucose.

Fat is mostly broken down, but if there is no fat to break down, or the body cannot access the fat stores, then proteins found in the muscle can break down, resulting in muscle loss.

References

Metabolism
Yorai Lahav-Hertzano

Yorai Lahav-Hertzano (, born 5 August 1988 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli politician. He was elected to the Knesset in 2019 where he currently serves as a member of the Yesh Atid political party. He is openly gay and campaigns for social justice, including LGBT rights.

References

Other websites 
Knesset Website

1988 births
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University of Botswana

The University of Botswana, popularly known as UB, was created in 1982 as the first university in Botswana. The university has three campuses: one in the capital city Gaborone, one in Francistown, and another in Maun. 

The university is divided into six faculties: Business, Education, Engineering, Humanities, Science and Social Sciences and the University of Botswana School of Medicine.

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1982 establishments in Africa
Botswana
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Linah Mohohlo

Linah Kelebogile Mohohlo (13 February 1952 – 2 June 2021) was a Botswana banker, economist and academic. She was the Governor of the Bank of Botswana from 1999 to 2016, and was a member of the Commission for Africa. She was also the Chancellor of the University of Botswana from 2017 until her death and was the first woman to be chancellor of this university.

Mohohlo was born in Ramotswa, Botswana. She died on 2 June 2021 from COVID-19 in Gaborone, Botswana at the age of 69.

References

1952 births
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Botswana people
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African writers
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Bankers
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Hammered dulcimer

The hammered dulcimer (also called the hammer dulcimer, dulcimer, or tympanon) is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. 

Early musical instruments
Imran Sherwani

Imran Ahmed Khan Sherwani (born 9 April 1962) is a British former international field hockey player. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Sherwani won gold with the Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

In June 2021, Sherwani revealed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

References

1962 births
Living people
British ice hockey players
British Olympic gold medalists
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Jeremy Paxman

Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is an English broadcaster, journalist, author, and television presenter. He was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. He joined the BBC in 1972. He worked on Tonight and Panorama before becoming a newsreader for the BBC Six O'Clock News and later a presenter on Breakfast Time.

In 1989, he became a presenter for the BBC Two programme Newsnight. He was known for his tough and aggressive interviewing skills. In 2014, Paxman left Newsnight after 25 years as its presenter. He has also been the presenter of University Challenge since 1994.

In May 2021, Paxman revealed that he is receiving treatment for Parkinson's disease.

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1950 births
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English journalists
BBC television presenters
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Low-carbohydrate diet

A Low-carbohydrate diet is a type of diet that focuses on lowering the amount of carbohydrates eaten. There are many variations of this diet which all focus on lowering carbohydrates and might have different advantages and disadvantages.

Overview

Macronutrient ratios 
The National Lipid Association and Lifestyle Task force define low-carbohydrate diets as those containing less than 25% of calories from carbohydrates. They define very low carbohydrate diets as those containing less than 10% carbohydrates. A 2016 review of low-carbohydrate diets referred to diets with 50 grams of carbohydrate per day (less than 10% of total calories) as "very low" and diets with 40% of calories from carbohydrates as "mild" low-carbohydrate diets.

Foods 

There is evidence that the quality is also important too, and that high-fiber slow-digesting foods are healthful while ultra-processed and sugary foods are less so. People choosing diet for health conditions should have the diet focused on their own needs.

Most vegetables are low- or moderate-carbohydrate foods. Some vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots, maize (corn) and rice are high in starch. Most low-carbohydrate diet plans encourage to eat vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, kale, lettuce, cucumbers, cauliflower, peppers and most green-leafy vegetables.

History

First appearences 
In 1797, John Rollo reported on the results of treating two diabetic Army officers with a low-carbohydrate diet and medications. A very low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet was the standard treatment for diabetes throughout the nineteenth century.

In 1863, William Banting, a formerly obese English undertaker and coffin maker, published "Letter on Corpulence Addressed to the Public". He described a diet for weight control giving up bread, butter, milk, sugar, beer, and potatoes. His booklet was widely read, so much so that some people used the term "Banting" for the activity now called "dieting."

In the early 1900s Frederick Madison Allen made a highly restrictive short term diet which was described by Walter R. Steiner at the 1916 annual convention of the Connecticut State Medical Society as The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus. This diet was often administered in a hospital in order to better ensure following and safety.

References 

Nutrition
COVID-19 pandemic in Iowa

The COVID-19 pandemic first hit the American Midwest state of Iowa in March 2020. The first known cases were three people who had traveled on a cruise in Egypt. They came home to Johnson County on March 3. Cases were first found at meat packing plants and care facilities. By late October, community spread was a concern in the state.

On March 9, 2020, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a Proclamation of Disaster Emergency.

On April 25, the first testing site was launched in Des Moines under the new initiative TestIowa.com.

During a May 6, 2020 meeting with Reynolds, then-President Donald Trump answered to the increased coronavirus testing rate.

Impact
Iowa's largest industry is manufacturing. Most manufacturing relates to food. That means the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the meat packing industry is highly disruptive in Iowa.

Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa expected losses to go past $76 million, $89 million and $28 million, respectively.

As of June 1, 2021, COVID-19 was responsible for more than 6,000 deaths in Iowa.

References

History of Iowa
Iowa
Nova Peris

Nova Maree Peris  (born 25 February 1971) is an Australian former sportswoman and politician. She won a gold medal with the Australian women's field hockey team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She was the first Aboriginal Australian to win a gold medal. She also won two gold medals in track and field at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. In 1997, she was named Young Australian of the Year.

Some time after her sporting career ended, Peris entered politics. She is a member of the Labor Party. She served as a Senator for the Northern Territory from 2013 to 2016. She was the first Indigenous Australian woman elected to federal parliament.

Peris was born in Darwin, Northern Territory. Her mother, Joan, was a member of the Stolen Generations. Joan was taken away from her mother and raised in a Catholic mission on Melville Island.

Peris and Sean Kneebone had a daughter, Jessica, born in 1990. She was married to Kneebone from 1995 to 2001. In 2002, she married sprinter Daniel Batman. The couple had two children, and split in 2010. Batman died in a car crash in June 2012. She married Scott Appleton in August 2012.

References

Other websites

Nova Peris at Sports-Reference.com

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2000 Summer Olympics
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President of Mauritius

The president of Mauritius () is the head of state of the Republic of Mauritius.

List
Parties
 (PTR)
 (MMM)
 (MSM)

References
Prithvirajsing Roopun

Prithvirajsing Roopun GCSK (born 24 May 1959), also known as Pradeep Singh Roopun, is a Mauritian politician. He has been the President of Mauritius since 2019.

References

1959 births
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Current national leaders
Raouf Bundhun

Abdool Raouf Bundhun (born 14 January 1937) was Vice President of Mauritius from 2002 to 2007. He was elected by National Assembly of Mauritius on 25 February 2002 for a term of five years.

References

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Karl Offmann

Karl Auguste Offmann, GCSK (born 25 November 1940) is a Mauritian politician. He became President of Mauritius on 25 February 2002. He was president until Paul Bérenger became his prime minister and nominated a new president on 1 October 2003.

References

1940 births
Living people
Presidents of Mauritius
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Dr. Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim GCSK (born 17 October 1959) is a Mauritian politician and biodiversity scientist. She was the 6th President of Mauritius from 2015 to 2018.

References

1959 births
Living people
Presidents of Mauritius
Pravind Jugnauth

Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (born 25 December 1961) is a Mauritian politician. He has been the Prime Minister of Mauritius since 2017. Jugnauth has been the leader of the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) party since April 2003. He has held a number of ministerial portfolios and also been Leader of the Opposition.

References

1961 births
Living people
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Current national leaders
Prime Minister of Mauritius

The prime minister of Mauritius () is the head of government of Mauritius.

List
Parties
 (PTR)
 (MMM)
 (MSM)

Chief Minister of Mauritius

Prime ministers of Mauritius

References
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam  (September 18, 1900 – December 15, 1985; often referred to as Chacha Ramgoolam) was a Mauritian politician, statesman and philanthropist. He was the country's first Chief Minister, Prime Minister of Mauritius, and Governor-General.

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1900 births
1985 deaths
Prime Ministers of Mauritius
Paul Bérenger

Paul Raymond Bérenger GCSK, MP (born 26 March 1945) is a Mauritian politician who was Prime Minister of Mauritius from 2003 to 2005. He was theLeader of the Opposition many times — from 1983 to 1987, 1997 to 2000, 2005 to 2006, 2007 to 2013, October 2013 to 15 September 2014, and again from December 2014 to December 2016. He was also Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 1997 and again from 2000 to 2003.

References

1945 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Mauritius
Navin Ramgoolam

Navinchandra Ramgoolam, GCSK, FRCP (born 14 July 1947) is a Mauritian politician who was Prime Minister of Mauritius from 2005 to 2014 and leader of the Labour Party. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1991 to 1995. He was Prime Minister for the first time from December 1995 until September 2000.

References

1947 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Mauritius
Kailash Purryag

Rajkeswur Purryag, GCSK (born 12 December 1947), also known as Kailash Purryag, GCSK, GOSK is a Mauritian politician. He was President of Mauritius from 2012 to May 2015.

References

1947 births
Living people
Presidents of Mauritius
Cassam Uteem

Cassam Uteem, GCSK (born 22 March 1941) is a Mauritian politician. He was President of Mauritius from 30 June 1992 to 15 February 2002 and is the longest serving President of Mauritius, having served for nine years.

References

1941 births
Living people
Presidents of Mauritius
Veerasamy Ringadoo

Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo, GCMG, GCSK, QC, (born வீரசாமி ரிங்காடு Vīracāmi Riṅkāṭu; 20 October 1920 – 9 September 2000) was a Mauritian politician. He was the Governor-General of Mauritius from 1986 until 1992. In 1992, he became the 1st President of Mauritius.

References

1920 births
2000 deaths
Presidents of Mauritius
Paradise Now

Paradise Now () is a 2005 Palestinian Dutch French German Israeli drama movie directed by Hany Abu-Assad and starring Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Hiam Abbass. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 2006.

Other websites
 
 

2005 drama movies
Palestinian movies
Dutch drama movies
French drama movies
German drama movies
Israeli movies
Movies directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Dendropsophus counani

Dendropsophus counani is a frog that lives in Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, and Guyana.

References

Frogs
Animals of South America
Strive Masiyiwa

Strive Masiyiwa (born 29 January 1961) is a London-based Zimbabwean billionaire businessman and philanthropist.

Education 
Masiyiwa holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wales.

References 

1961 births
Living people
Zimbabwean businesspeople
African philanthropists
Billionaires
Agnes Kalibata

Agnes Matilda Kalibata is a Rwandan agricultural scientist, policymaker, and president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). She was the Rwanda's minister of agriculture and animal resources.

Early life and education 
Kalibata was born in Rwanda to a refugee in Uganda to parents who were smallholders. She holds a bachelor's degree in entomology from Makerere University and biochemistry, master's degree in agriculture, also from Makerere University in Uganda. She obtained her Ph.D. in entomology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

References 

African scientists
Rwandan people
Eris (disambiguation)

Eris might refer to:

 Eris (goddess)
 Eris (dwarf planet)
Humf

Humf is a UK animated series about a purple bear named Humf.

References 

Animated television characters
Animated television series
International Fertilizer Development Center

The International Fertilizer Development Center (known as IFDC) is a science-based public international organization working to alleviate global hunger by popularizing agricultural practices and fertilizer technologies to farmers and by connecting farmers to markets. It has it headquartered in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA. The organization has projects in nearly 25 countries.

References

Agriculture
1974 establishments in the United States
Urine-diverting dry toilet

Urine-diverting dry toilet (UDDT) is a toilet that does not use water.  It has a device that moves the urine away.  This toilet can give safe and cheap sanitation in many places on Earth.

References

Waste management
Abdulrasheed Bawa

Abdulrasheed Bawa (born 30 April 1980), is  the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He was the Deputy Chief Superintendent of the anti-graft agency.

References 

1980 births
Living people
Mansur Dan Ali

Mansur Muhammad Dan Ali (born August 25, 1959) is a retired Nigerian Army and former Minister of Defence of federal republic of Nigeria.

Early life and education 
Dan-Ali was born on August 25, 1959 in Zamfara State. He received his Higher National Diploma (HND) in Photogrammetric and Surveying from Kaduna Polytechnic and possesses a master's degrees in Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) from Bayero University Kano, and a master's degree in Security Studies from the Bangladesh University of Professionals.

Career 
Dan Ali was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army through the Short Service Commission at the Nigerian Defence Academy. Dan-Ali has served in numerous command, sections and staff capacities, such as commanding the Nigerian contingent supporting the United Nations Africa Hybrid Mission in Sudan, Directing Staff of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Chief Instructor (CI) at the Nigerian Defence Academy, and the Director Military Training before getting posted to the Ministry of Defence's Logistics Department as deputy director.

References

Nigerian politicians
Aliyu Mohammed Gusau

Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (born May 18 1943) is a Nigerian general, statesman and the current minister of defense of federal republic of Nigeria.

References 

1943 births
Living people
Nigerian military people
Salihu Ibrahim

Salihu Ibrahim FSS, FHWC (June 25, 1935 – December 10, 2018) was a Nigerian army general who was Chief of Army Staff during the military regime of Ibrahim Babangida.

References 

1935 births
2018 deaths
Nigerian military people
Garba Duba

Garba Duba (born 1942) is a retired Nigerian Army Lieutenant General. He was Governor of Bauchi State, Nigeria during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo.

References 

Nigerian politicians
1942 births
Living people
The Tattooist

The Tattooist is a 2007 New Zealand Dutch Singaporean horror movie directed by Peter Burger and starring Jason Behr, Michael Hurst, Timothy Balme, David Fane, Nathaniel Lees, Caroline Cheong, Matthew Ridge, Robbie Magasiva.

Other websites

2007 horror movies
New Zealand movies
Dutch horror movies
Singaporean movies
Movies set in New Zealand
Theeb

Theeb ( dhīb , "wolf") is a 2014 Jordanian British United Arab Emirates Qatari adventure drama thriller movie directed by Naji Abu Nowar and starring Jack Fox, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweihiyeen, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh, Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 2016.

Other websites
 

2014 drama movies
2014 thriller movies
2010s adventure movies
2010s drama thriller movies
Jordanian movies
British adventure movies
British drama movies
British thriller movies
United Arab Emirates movies
Qatari movies
Hessmer, Louisiana

Hessmer is a village in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Villages in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Moreauville, Louisiana

Moreauville is a village in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Villages in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Plaucheville, Louisiana

Plaucheville is a village in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Villages in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Captain Abu Raed

Captain Abu Raed () is a 2007 Jordanian drama movie directed by Amin Matalqa and starring Nadim Sawalha, Rana Sultan, Hussein Al-Sous, Udey Al-Qiddissi.

Other websites
 
 

2007 drama movies
Jordanian movies
The Seventh Continent (1966 movie)

The Seventh Continent () is a 1966 Croatian Czech fantasy movie directed by Dušan Vukotić and starring Demeter Bitenc, Vanja Drach, Oudy Rachmat Endang, Mikloš Huba, Karla Chadimová, Viktor Starčić, Iris Vrus.

Other websites
 

1966 movies
1960s fantasy movies
Croatian movies
Czech movies
Aircalin

Aircalin is New Caledonia's largest airline, having a network of flights all over Oceania. It began in September 1983 as Air Calédonie International, an international airline to complement New Caledonia's domestic airline, Air Calédonie.

Destinations
Aircalin has flights all over Oceania, however, no flights to mainland France. Below are the following destinations that they serve.

Australia
Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport
Brisbane Airport

Fiji
Nadi International Airport

French Polynesia
Faa'a International Airport, Papeete

Japan
Kansai International Airport, Osaka
Narita International Airport, Tokyo

New Caledonia
La Tontouta International Airport (hub)

New Zealand
 Auckland Airport

Vanuatu
 Bauerfield International Airport, Port Vila

Wallis and Futuna
Hihifo Airport, Wallis		
Pointe Vele Airport, Vele

Terminated destinations
 Melbourne, Australia
 Seoul, South Korea

References

New Caledonia
Airlines of Oceania
1983 establishments
Jamyang Tsering Namgyal

Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (born 4 August 1985) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from Ladakh, India's largest parliamentary seat geographically. Namgyal was elected, on 9 November 2018, to be the youngest and 8th Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

1985 births
Indian politicians
Living people
Nationwide

Nationwide Building Society is a British mutual financial institution, the seventh largest cooperative financial institution and the largest building society in the world with over 15 million members.  Its headquarters are in Swindon, England.

Nationwide is the result of over a hundred mergers, the most notable of which are its merger with Anglia Building Society in 1987 and Portman Building Society in 2007. It is now the second largest provider of household savings and mortgages in the UK and has a 7.7% market share of current accounts.

For the financial year 2015/2016, Nationwide had assets of around £208.9 billion compared to £331 billion for the entire building society sector, making it larger than the remaining 44 British building societies combined.

It is a member of the Building Societies Association, the Council of Mortgage Lenders and Co-operatives UK.

References

Companies of England
Lockton

Lockton Companies Inc. is the world's biggest privately held insurance brokerage company, providing insurance, risk management, employee benefits and retirement services. In addition to its Kansas City, Missouri headquarters, Lockton operates more than 100+ locations in 125 countries. Lockton currently has more than 8,300 employees worldwide.

History
The company was created by Jack Lockton in 1966 and has since become the world’s 8th largest insurance brokerage firm. Lockton serves a wide array of industries with services that include risk management, casualty, surety, professional indemnity and more. For more than 50 years, Lockton posted organic growth, with global revenues reaching more than $1.72 billion in fiscal 2019.

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1966 establishments in the United States
Insurance companies
DZ Bank

DZ Bank AG is the second largest bank in Germany by asset size and the central institution for around 800 cooperative banks and their around 8,500 branch offices. Within the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken Cooperative financial network, which is one of Germany's largest private sector financial service organizations, DZ Bank functions both as a central institution and as a corporate and investment bank. 

DZ Bank is an acronym for Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank (literally "German Central Cooperative Bank"). 

As a holding, the DZ Bank Group defines itself primarily as a service provider for local cooperative banks and their 30 million or so clients. The DZ Bank Group includes: DVB Bank, a transportation finance bank; Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall, a building society; DZ HYP, a provider of commercial real estate finance; DZ Privatbank Gruppe; R+V Versicherung, an insurance company; TeamBank, a provider of consumer finance; Union Investment Group, an asset management company; VR Leasing; and various other specialized institutions. 

DZ Bank, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, is a member of CIBP, EACB, the Euro Banking Association, and Unico. It maintains branches, subsidiaries and representative offices in key financial centers and economic regions worldwide. The DZ Bank building in Berlin, located at Pariser Platz 3, was designed by architect Frank Gehry. 

DZ Bank also has one of the most significant collections of contemporary artistic photography which today comprises over 6,000 works by more than 550 artists.

In 2016 DZ Bank was merged with WGZ Bank, the central institute of the cooperative banks of both the Rheinland (Rhineland)  and Westfalen (Westphalia).

References

2001 establishments in Europe
2000s establishments in Germany
Banks of Germany
Dekabank

DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale is the central provider of asset management and capital market solutions of the German Savings Bank Finance Group. Registered in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin, its headquarters is based in Frankfurt.

The group provides securities services for savings banks in Germany and internationally, and is active in the business areas of capital market asset management, real estate asset management as well as corporate & markets. DekaBank became an Equator Principles signatory in 2011, and is profiled as part of BankTrack's Tracking the Equator Principles campaign.

History
DekaBank was formed in 1999 after the merger of Deutsche Girozentrale Deutsche Kommunalbank and DekaBank GmbH. Together with its subsidiaries it forms the Deka Group, making it one of the largest securities services providers in Germany.

References

1999 establishments in Germany
Banks of Germany
Green Man

The Green Man is a legendary creature and a symbol.  The green man represents rebirth, new growth. The Green Man is usually shown in a sculpture surrounded by leaves. 

According to Mike Harding, first Green Man figures were found in Lebanon and Iraq and they had been made in the 2nd century.

In churches 
The Green Man became popular in Great Britain in the 19th century.  The architects used this image to decorate Gothic cathedrals. He was also very popular among Australian stonemasons and can be found on many holy buildings.  Victorian architecture also use the green man in their constructions.    

Churches, chapels, abbeys and cathedrals have wood or stone green man sculptures.

In popular culture

A fictional Green Man is a character in the 1993 video game, Conquests of the Longbow.

References

Legendary creatures
1050



Events 
 Start of the Ottoman Empire

Births 
 November 11 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany, German royal (died 1106)
 date unknown – Peter the Hermit, French monk and writer (died 1115)

Deaths 
 King Arthur (fictional character), King of Camelot (born 960)
Synonyms (movie)

Synonyms () is a 2019 Israeli French German drama movie directed by Navad Lapid and starring Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Olivier Loustau, Léa Drucker.

Other websites
 

2019 drama movies
Israeli movies
French drama movies
German drama movies
Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield (née Smith; born February 15, 1953) is an American actress. She began acting in television and theatre. Whitfield later went to acting in supporting roles in movies. She received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Lead Series or Movie. For her performance as Josephine Baker in the 1991 HBO biographical movie The Josephine Baker Story. 

In the 1990s, Whitfield played the dangerous femme fatale (seductive woman) Brandi in the 1996 romantic sex comedy movie A Thin Line Between Love and Hate. In the 1998 comedy-drama movie Stepmom she played Dr. Sweikert. She later played as Glenda Hill in the 2008 comedy-drama movie The Women. The 2008 movie was a remake of the 1939 movie with the same name. 

Whitfield acted in a number of movies during the 2000s and 2010s. From 2016 to 2020, she played Lady Mae Greenleaf in the television drama show Greenleaf. Whitfield was given high praise from critics for the role. She won two NAACP Image Awards, along with a Gracie Award.

Lynn Whitfield was born as Lynn Smith in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

References

Award winning actors
African American actors
American television actors
American movie actors
Actors from Louisiana
People from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1953 births
Living people
Balzapata tree frog

The Balzapata tree frog (Dendropsophus aperomeus) is a frog that lives in Peru in the Andes mountains.

References

Frogs
Animals of South America
Big Bang nucleosynthesis

In physical cosmology, the Big Bang nucleosynthesis was an event that happened during the Big Bang. It made elements heavier than hydrogen when the Universe was young. Most cosmologists believe that it happened roughly 10 seconds to 20 minutes after the Big Bang. It is also calculated to have made most of the helium in the Universe and a very small amount of lithium. It also made two radioactive isotopes. They are tritium and beryllium-7.

References 

Big Bang
Global Biodiversity Information Facility

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an organization that provides information about living things.  It was started in 2001. Governments pay for the GBIF to work, and GBIF gives the information to whoever wants it. GBIF is the largest data platform for living things in the world, and it is the one that scientists use the most.

References 

2001 establishments in Europe
Biology
Research organizations in Europe
Kladno

Kladno ( ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is the capital of the Kladno District. It has about 69,000 inhabitants.

References

Other websites 

 Official website 

Cities in the Czech Republic
Česká Třebová

Česká Třebová () is a town of the Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 people living there.

References

Other websites 

 Official website 

Towns in the Czech Republic
Santa Maria delle Grazie

Santa Maria delle Grazie is a Roman Catholic church in Milan. It has been an UNESCO World heritage site since the 1980s. Today, the church is mostly known as the place where Leonardo da Vinci painted his mural The Last Supper. The church belongs to the Dominican Order and is part of a larger complex. 

Churches in Italy
Worland, Wyoming

Worland is a city in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is the county seat of Washakie County.

Cities in Wyoming
County seats in Wyoming
Maison-Ponthieu

Maison-Ponthieu is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France.

References

Other websites 

Communes in Somme
Ghost Town (2008 movie)

Ghost Town is a 2008 American fantasy comedy movie directed by David Koepp and starring Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Téa Leoni, Aasif Mandvi, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig, Aaron Tveit. It was distributed by DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment.

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2008 comedy movies
2000s fantasy-comedy movies
American fantasy-comedy movies
DreamWorks Pictures movies
Paramount movies
Movies directed by David Koepp
Poltava

Poltava () is a city in Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Poltava Oblast. In 2020, 286,649 people lived there.

Other websites

Cities in Ukraine
Sumy

Sumy () is a city in Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Sumy Oblast. In 2020, 264,981 people lived there.

Cities in Ukraine
Eighteam

Eighteam is a 2015 Spanish Zambian documentary movie directed by Juan Rodriguez-Briso and was based on the true story of the 1993 plane crash involving the Zambia national football team.

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2015 movies
2010s documentary movies
Spanish movies
Zambian movies
Rivne

Rivne (; ; ) is a city in Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Rivne Oblast. In 2020, 246,003 people lived there.

Cities in Ukraine
Makiivka

Makiivka (; ) is a city in the Donetsk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. In 2020, 341,362 people lived there.

Cities in Ukraine
Jesse Marsch

Jesse Marsch (born November 8, 1973) is an American football former player and football manager who is the manager of Premier League club Leeds United.

Career
Marsch started his career with College football with the  Princeton University. 1996 he was drafted by D.C. United. 1998 he went on to Chicago Fire. 2005 he came to  CD Chivas USA. 2010 he ended his career as player.

International career
Marsch played two matches for the national team.

Manager
Marsch started his career as assistence coach of the US national football team. From 2011 till 2013 he was head coach of Montreal Impacts. From 2013 till 2015 he was assistance coach of the Princton Tigers the football team of the Princeton University. From 2015 till 2018 he was headcoach of the New York Red Bulls.

In the 2018/19 season he went to Europe and became assistance coach to Ralph Rangnick with RB Leipzig in the German Bundesliga. 2019 till 2021 he was headcoach of FC Red Bull Salzburg. In 2021 he became headcoach of RB Leipzig but was dismissed in December of the same year.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player
D.C. United
MLS Cup: 1996, 1997
Supporters' Shield: 1997
U.S. Open Cup: 1996

Chicago Fire
MLS Cup: 1998
Supporters' Shield: 2003
U.S. Open Cup: 1998, 2000, 2003

Manager
New York Red Bulls
Supporters' Shield: 2015

Red Bull Salzburg
Austrian Bundesliga: 2019–20, 2020–21
Austrian Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21

Individual
MLS Coach of the Year: 2015

References

1973 births
Living people
Association football midfielders
Football managers
FC Red Bull Salzburg managers
RB Leipzig managers
New York Red Bulls managers
Rakhiv

Rakhiv (; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;  or Rakhyv) is a city in the Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Rakhiv Raion (district). In 2020, 15,601 people lived there.

Other websites

Cities in Ukraine
Zakarpattia Oblast
Stepmom (1998 movie)

Stepmom is a 1998 American comedy and drama movie. It has themes of terminal illness and friendships between couples.

Plot
Jackie and Luke Harrison are a divorced New York City couple. They try hard to co-parent their daughter Anna and son Ben. The couple helps the kids deal with the lifestyle change. Luke is a lawyer, He is living with his girlfriend for one year, Isabel Kelly. Isabel is a successful fashion photgrapher his junior by several years. Isabel has never wanted to be a mother. However, she tries hard to make Anna and Ben more around her. Anna rejects Isabel's overtures. Ben likes Isabel, though he makes things harder with his mischief. Isabel behaves with contempt. She is very cautious around Jackie. She believes Jackie compensates too much for the divorce when she spoils her children.

Jackie is a former publisher. She has become a stay-at-home mom. Jackie treats Isabel coldly. She (Jackie) sees Isabel as an immature, selfish and overly ambitious career woman. Jackie also has plans to hurt Luke. This is seen during fights on Isabel's ability to parent.

It becomes obvious Jackie was battling cancer for some time. The cancer is now set to kill her.

Isabel and Anna's relationship begins improving. They bond over shared hobbies, like painting and music.

On Christmas morning, the family get together to celebrate. Jackie is now bedridden. She shares emotional moments with her children. Jackie tells them she will remain with them as long as they remember her.

Cast
 Julia Roberts as Isabel Kelly
 Susan Sarandon as Jackie Harrison
 Ed Harris as Luke Harrison
 Jena Malone as Anna Harrison
 Liam Aiken as Ben Harrison
 Lynn Whitfield as Dr. Sweikert
 Darrell Larson as Duncan Samuels
 Mary Louise Wilson as School Counselor
 Andre B. Blake as Cooper
 Herbert Russell as Photo Assistant
 Jack Eagle as Craft Service Man

Reception
Stepmom got mixed reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes sets the approval rating of the movie at 46%.

Despite the substandard critic reviews, the movie took in over $91 million in the United States. Across the world, it took in over $159 million. The movie was released on Christmas Day 1998.

Susan Sarandon was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for the Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. The San Diego Film Critics Society gave her an award for the Best Actress for her role in Stepmom. Ed Harris received an award for Best Supporting Actor from the National Board of Review for his role in that same movie.

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1998 comedy-drama movies
American comedy-drama movies
English-language movies
Movies about dysfunctional families
Cancer in movies
Movies directed by Chris Columbus
30 Days of Night (movie)

30 Days of Night is a 2007 American New Zealand horror movie directed by David Slade and was based on the comic book series of the same name. It stars Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Amber Sainsbury, Joel Toback, Nathaniel Lees, Grant Tilly, Manu Bennett, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Pua Magasiva.

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2007 horror movies
American horror movies
New Zealand movies
Movies based on books
Movies set in New Zealand
Omar (movie)

Omar () is a 2013 Palestinian drama movie directed by Hany Abu-Assad and starring Adam Bakri, Eyad Hourani, Waleed Zuaiter, Leem Lubany, Anna Maria Hawa. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 2014.

Other websites
 

2013 drama movies
Palestinian movies
Movies directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Cybernator

Cybernator also known in Japan as  is a 2D mecha game developed by Masaya in 1992, for Super Famicom. The second entry of Assault Suits series, it is the prequel of Target Earth (Assault Suits Leynos in Japan). Also release in PlayStation 2, and releases Worldwide by Konami and Palcom. The story follows Jake Brain and his pilot, where fighting agains giant mecha.

1992 video games
PlayStation 2 games
Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Video game prequels
Video games developed in Japan
Virtual Console games
Grand Cinema

Grand Cinema is a 1989 Iranian comedy movie directed by Hassan Hedayat and starring Ebrahim Abadi, Akbar Abdi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Hosein Amirfazil.

Other websites
 

1989 comedy movies
Iranian movies
Return from Hell

Return from Hell () is a 1983 Romanian drama movie directed by Nicolae Mărgineanu and starring Constantin Brînzea, Maria Ploae, Remus Margineanu, Ana Ciontea, Ion Sasaran, Vasile Nitulescu. It was distributed by Româniafilm.

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1983 drama movies
Romanian drama movies
Movies directed by Nicolae Mărgineanu
Stefan Luchian (movie)

Stefan Luchian () is a 1981 Romanian biographical drama movie directed by Nicolae Mărgineanu and starring Ion Caramitru, George Constantin, Maria Ploae, Ovidiu Schumacher, Monica Ghiuță, Victor Rebengiuc, Petre Gheorghiu, Adrian Rățoi. It was distributed by Româniafilm.

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1981 drama movies
1980s biographical movies
Romanian drama movies
Movies directed by Nicolae Mărgineanu
The Idol (2015 movie)

The Idol is a 2015 Palestinian British Qatari Dutch Egyptian United Arab Emirates drama movie directed by Hany Abu-Assad and starring Tawfeek Barhom, Nadine Labaki, Ashraf Barhom, Saber Shreim.

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2015 drama movies
Palestinian movies
British drama movies
Qatari movies
Dutch drama movies
Egyptian movies
United Arab Emirates movies
Movies directed by Hany Abu-Assad