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Benidorm International Song Festival

The Benidorm International Song Festival ( or ) was an annual song contest which used to take place each summer, from 1959 to 2006, in the Valencian city of Benidorm, Spain. The contest, based on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival, was born to promote Benidorm and the Spanish music. Over the years it has suffered considerable modifications: some editions didn't celebrate, several changes have been done in the prizes, etc. It became international in 2004, but was discontinued after 2006. The contest was usually broadcast on television by TVE or Canal Nou. As of 2006, the first prize winner was awarded with the Golden Mermaid Trophy (Sirenita de Oro) and €36,000 (about US$47,000) to produce a record. Second and third place winners received the Silver Mermaid Trophy (Sirenita de Plata) and the Bronze Mermaid Trophy (Sirenita de Bronce), respectively.

Golden Mermaid Trophy winners 
1959: Monna Bell & Juanito Segarra
1960: Arturo Millán
1961: José Francis
1962: Raphael+Iroh Eory
1973 Ecrim lover
2020 Ecrin Bikini Atyl(ë)wBluw

Music festivals
Arrested Development (TV series)

Arrested Development is an American television sitcom. It is created by Mitchell Hurwitz. It was aired from November 3, 2003, to February 10, 2006.
American sitcoms
Esbjerg Airport

Esbjerg Airport ()  is a small airport located 5 nautical miles (9.2 km) northeast of Esbjerg, Denmark. The airport was opened on April 4, 1971.

Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular flights at the airport:

References 

Airports in Denmark
Chris Whitty

Professor Sir Christopher John MacRae Whitty  (born 21 April 1966) is an English physician and epidemiologist who serves as the Chief Medical Officer for England (CMO), Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government, Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) to the Department of Health and Social Care, Head of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), and Gresham Professor of Physic. He was also the Acting Government Chief Scientific Adviser from 2017 to 2018.

Whitty has played a key role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, with Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.

References 

1966 births
Living people
Medical researchers
People from Gloucestershire
Lapinlahti

Lapinlahti is a municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland. As of 31 March 2021, the municipality had a population of 9,331. Neighbouring municipalities are Iisalmi, Kuopio, Rautavaara, Siilinjärvi and Sonkajärvi.

The neighboring municipality of Varpaisjärvi was merged with Lapinlahti on 1 January 2011.

Other websites 

 Municipality of Lapinlahti – Official website

Municipalities of Northern Savonia
Édouard-Henri Avril

Édouard-Henri Avril  (21 May 1849 – 28 July 1928) was a French painter and illustrator. He used a pen name, Paul Avril,  for illustrations of erotic or pornographic works. Today, he is mostly known for such illustrations.

1849 births
1928 deaths
French painters
French illustrators
Boana steinbachi

The Boana steinbachi is a frog that lives in Brazil, Peru, and  Bolivia.

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Frogs
Animals of South America
Numidian language

The Numidian language, which is also known as Old Libyan, or simply Libyan is a language that was spoken in North Africa. Texts have been found from around the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD. While the writing system has been mostly deciphered, the language itself is unknown. Today, it is though to be an ancestor of the Berber languages. There are some texts that are multilingual (that is: the same text in more than one language). Despite this, the language itself is mostly unknown.

The script 
Today, about 1200 texts are known, spread across North Africa. Many of the texts are from modern-day Tunisia, and the areas of Algeria, bordering Tunisia. In this large area, there are two main forms, an eastern form, occurring from Algeria eastwards, and a western form, occurring elsewhere.  

 The eastern form is almost completely deciphered, and can be read. The meaning of 22 of the 24 symbols of the alphabet is known. The meaning was found because of a bilingual text (in Punic and Libyan) at the Libyco-Punic Mausoleum of Dougga.The mausoleum is in Tunisia, and dates from the 2nd century BC. 
 The western form has more symbols, and cannot yet be read. There are 13 extra symbols, with unknown/disputed meaning. This variant is  known as "Libyan-Berber script". As of 2021, about 100 texts are known. Most of them are short inscriptions on steles. 
 There may have been a third form in the Sahara. Modern Berber languages probably developed from that third form.  Modern Berber languages kept most of the writing system, which is called Tifinagh today. 

People don't know if the two or three variants were the same language or different languages.

Berber languages
Judgment Night

Judgment Night is a 1993 American action thriller movie directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denis Leary, Stephen Dorff, Jeremy Piven. It was distributed by Universal Pictures.

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1993 action movies
1993 thriller movies
1990s action thriller movies
American action thriller movies
Movies directed by Stephen Hopkins
Universal Pictures movies
Bandol

Bandol is a commune of 8,404 people (2018). It is in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the Var department in southeast France.

References 

Communes in Var
Uncle Ben's

Uncle Ben's is a rice brand owned by Mars Inc.

History 
Uncle Ben's began in 1942, Until 2021, it was called Uncle Ben's.

Mascot, criticism and Name change 
The mascot is possibly a Chicago matre-d'hotel named Frank Brown, Mars said that the mascot is an African-American man hoping to improve the quality of the Uncle Ben's rice brand.

Criticism 
Following the 2020 George Floyd Protests, Mars Inc decided to change the name to Ben's Original.

Name change 
On 17 June 2020, Mars Inc announced that they would change the brand name from Uncle Ben's to Ben's Original. On 23 September of the same year, Mars announced that the new name would be in stores from Early 2021.

Ben's Original was first seen in US and UK stores in June 2021, and the rollout of the new name will go to the remaining Uncle Ben's sold countries worldwide.

American food companies
Companies based in Houston
Fictional African-American people
Mascots
Rice
Mischianza

The Mischianza or Mischianza extravaganza was a party.  It happened in Philadelphia during the American Revolutionary War.  John Andre threw the party on May 18, 1778 for General William Howe. About 400 people came to the party

Motivation

The party was for General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe.  They were leaders in the British military.  William Howe was being sent back to England because the government blamed him for the loss of the Battle of Saratoga.  But the men in the army thought he was a very good general and decided to throw him a large party.

Event
To start the party, the Howe brothers and other leaders floated down the Delaware river on decorated boats.  People in the buildings on the sides of the river waved to them.  Military musicians played music.  The HMS Roebuck fired a seventeen-gun salute.

Most of the party was at Walnut Grove.  Walnut grove had belonged to a man named Joseph Wharton, but he supported the American Revolution, so the British had taken it.  Major John Andre was the master of ceremonies, meaning he organized the party and told everyone what would happen next.

Andre planned a medieval-style joust, where men on horseback would practice-fight with lances.  He named the two teams the Knights of the Blended Rose and the Knights of the Burning Mountain and designed costumes, flags, and slogans for them.  Each knight had a lady, like in the tradition of courtly love from the middle ages.  Andre picked women from loyalist American families.  He gave them costumes to wear that would remind people of the Crusades.  The women's costumes were what 18th-century English people thought of as Turkish.

After the joust, the party guests walked under two triumphal arches that Andre had built for the party.  The first arch was decorated with things about the ocean, like the Roman god Neptune with his trident.  This was to honor Admiral Howe.  The second was decorated with military trophies.  This was to honor General Howe.  Then there was dancing and fireworks.

The guests ate dinner in a beautifully decorated tent.  Twenty-four enslaved men in costumes served dinner.

Costs

Twenty-two British officers got the money for the party: £3,312.  This did not count the costumes people wore, which cost about £12,000.

Response

Most of the people who went to and wrote about the Meschianza said how beautiful and elegant everything was.  However, other people did not like that the officers had celebrated a triumph, or victory, before the war was won.

Richard Howe's secretary, Ambrose Serle wrote, "Every man of Sense, among ourselves, tho’ not unwilling to pay a due Respect, was ashamed of this mode of doing it."

A Quaker named Elizabeth Drinker wrote that she did not like the idea of throwing a big party when so many people were being hurt by the war: "How insensible these people appear, while our land is so greatly desolated, and death and sore destruction has overtaken and impends over so many."

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1770s in Pennsylvania
18th century in Philadelphia
Parties
Thurmont, Maryland

Thurmont is a town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The population was 6,170 at the 2010 census.

References

Towns in Maryland
Kishori Pednekar

Kishori Pednekar (IAST:Kiśōrī Pēḍaṇēkara) (born 25 December 1962) is an Indian politician. She is the current Mayor of Mumbai since 2019. She worked as a nurse earlier on and once again in 2020, this time to motivate other healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic in India.

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1962 births
Living people
Mayors
Politicians from Mumbai
President of the Maldives

The president of the Maldives (ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ) is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Maldives.

List

References
Mohamed Amin Didi

Al Ameer Mohamed Ameen Dhoshimeynaa Kilegefaanu (Dhivehi: އަލްއަމީރު މުހައްމަދު އަމީން ދޮށިމޭނާ ކިލެގެފާނު) (July 20, 1910 – January 19, 1954),  popularly known as Mohamed Ameen Didi, was a Maldivian politician. He served as the first president of the Maldives and as the head of government between January 1, 1953, and August 21, 1953.

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1910 births
1954 deaths
Presidents of the Maldives
Muhammad Fareed Didi

King Muhammad Fareed Didi (އަލްއަމީރު މުޙަންމަދު ފަރީދު ދީދީ, Al'amīru Muḥanmadu Farīdu Dīdī) , (January 11 1901 – May 27 1969), the son of the Sultan Prince Abdul Majeed Didi (Al Munthakhab Liarshi Dhaulathil Mahaldheebiyya), was the last Sultan of Maldives and the first Maldivian monarch to assume the title of "King" with the style of "His Majesty".

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1901 births
1969 deaths
Maldivian people
Sultans
Ibrahim Nasir

Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan (އިބްރާހިމް ނާޞިރު ރަންނަބަނޑޭރި ކިލޭގެފާނު), KCMG, NGIV (Nishan Ghaazeege 'Izzatheri Veriya,  ނިޝާން ޣާޒީގެ ޢިއްޒަތްތެރި ވެރިޔާ) (2 September 1926 – 22 November 2008) was a Maldivian politician. He was Prime Minister of the Maldives under Sultan Muhammad Fareed Didi from December 1957 to 1968 and replaced him to become the first President of the Second Republic from 1968 to 1978.

On 22 November 2008, at the age of 82, Nasir died at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore.

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1926 births
2008 deaths
Presidents of the Maldives
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (އަލްއުސްތާޛް މައުމޫން އަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް; born December 29, 1937) is a Maldivian politician and an Islamic scholar. He was the President of Maldives from 1978 to 2008. 

Gayoom was arrested on 5 February 2018, for allegedly conspiring to overthrow the government along his son-in-law Mohamed Nadheem.

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1937 births
Presidents of the Maldives
Living people
Mohamed Nasheed

Mohamed Nasheed GCSK (މުހައްމަދު ނަޝީދު; born 17 May 1967) is a Maldivian politician. He has been Speaker of the People's Majlis since May 2019. He was the fourth President of the Maldives from 2008 to 2012. He is the first democratically elected president of the Maldives. He is also one of the founders of the Maldivian Democratic Party.

On 6 May 2021, an assassination attempt was made against Nasheed near his home while he was getting into his car. He was seriously injured when his car exploded.

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1967 births
Living people
Presidents of the Maldives
Mohammed Waheed Hassan

Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik (ޑރ. މުޙައްމަދު ވަޙީދު ޙަސަން މަނިކު; Arabic: مُحَمَّد وَحِيد حَسَن مَانِيك; born 3 January 1953) was the 5th President of the Maldives from 7 February 2012 to 17 November 2013. Many believes he became president after he forced a coup d'etat on Mohamed Nasheed.

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1953 births
Living people
Presidents of the Maldives
Vice presidents of the Maldives
Abdulla Yameen

Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom (އަބްދުﷲ ޔާމީން އަބްދުލް ގައްޔޫމް ; born 21 May 1959) is a Maldivian politician who was the 6th President of the Maldives from 2013 to 2018. He left office on 17 November 2018 after losing the 2018 presidential election.

As of February 2020, he was in jail at Maafushi Prison for money-laundering crimes.

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1959 births
Living people
Presidents of the Maldives
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (އިބްރާހީމް މުޙައްމަދު ޞާލިޙް; born 1 March 1962), better known as Ibu (އިބޫ),  is a Maldivian politician. He is the current President of the Maldives since 17 November 2018.

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Living people
Presidents of the Maldives
1962 births
Current national leaders
People's Majlis

The People's Majlis (ރައްޔިތުންގެ މަޖިލިސް; Rayyithunge Majilis) is the unicameral legislative body of the Maldives. The Majlis has the power to enact, make and fix laws, except the Constitution of the Maldives. The Majlis is made up of 87 members.

List of speakers

References

Maldives
Ibrahim Muhammad Didi

Ibrahim Muhammad Didi (އިބްރާހީމް މުޙައްމަދުދީދީ) (also known as Velaanaagey Ibrahim Didi) was the first Vice President of Maldives. He was as acting president from September 2, 1953, to March 7, 1954, after the banishment of Mohamed Amin Didi.

He was appointed minister of finance of the Maldives Sultanate from July 1954 to November 1955.

References

Presidents of the Maldives
Vice presidents of the Maldives
Faisal Naseem

Faisal Naseem (born 20 July 1973) is a Maldivian politician who is the Vice President of the Maldives since 2018.

References

1973 births
Vice presidents of the Maldives
Living people
Vice President of the Maldives

Vice President of the Maldives is the holder of a public office created by the Constitution of the Maldives. The current office-holder is Faisal Naseem, since 17 November 2018.

List

References
Pig (2021 movie)

Pig is a 2021 American thriller drama movie co-written and directed by Michael Sarnoski. It stars Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff and Adam Arkin. It is about a truffle forager whose favorite truffle-finding pig goes missing. It was released theatrically in the United States on July 16, 2021 to strong positive reviews.

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2021 drama movies
2021 thriller movies
American drama thriller movies
British drama movies
British thriller movies
Movies based on books
Movies directed by Michael Sarnoski
Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1956) is an American actor and director.  He is known for playing the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope.

His father is Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin.

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1956 births
Living people
American movie actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
American television actors
American television directors
American television writers
Writers from New York City
Actors from New York City
Slingerlands, New York

Slingerlands is a hamlet in the town of Bethlehem, Albany County, New York.

The population of Slingerlands is 7,646.

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Hamlets in New York
Bethlehem, New York

Bethlehem is a town in Albany County, New York, United States.  The town's population was 33,656 at the 2010 census.

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Towns in New York
Shah Jalal Dargah

The Shah Jalal Dargah () is the shrine and burial place of the 14th century Muslim saint Shah Jalal, located in Sylhet, Bangladesh. The site, known as a dargah, was originally constructed .

History of Bangladesh
National symbols of Bangladesh
Petrapole-Benapole border ceremony

The Petrapole-Benapole joint retreat ceremony was inaugurated on 6 November 2013 by the Home Minister at ICP Petrapole in the presence of Home Minister of Bangladesh.

References

Transport in India
Animal welfare

Animal welfare is the well-being of animals that are not humans. Animal welfare involves the care of animals that are not humans. These concerns can include how animals are killed for food, how they are used in scientific research, how they are kept (as pets, in zoos, farms, circuses, etc.), and how human activities affect the welfare and how wild animals live.

Further reading

References

Other websites
Compassion in World Farming (YouTube)

Animal husbandry
Animal rights
Bangamata

Baṅgamātā (), Mother Bengal or simply বাংলা/ Bangla, a personification of Bengal, In Amar Shonar Bangla, the national anthem of Bangladesh, Rabindranath Tagore used the word "Maa" (Mother) numerous times to refer to the motherland, i.e. Bengal. Despite her popularity in patriotic songs and poems, her physical representations and images are rare. However, Muslims of Muslim majority Bangladesh, specially the Bangladeshi nationalists, revere a similar personification of Bangladesh as Bangamata (the "Mother Bangladesh"), though it is not as a goddess but an abstract reference to the motherland.

In art and literature 
In his patriotic song, known as Aaji Bangladesher Hridoy (1905), the poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote the following depiction of Bangladesh:
When did you come out of the heart of Bangladesh,
O, Mother dear, with such inexplicable splendour!
It’s impossible to take away eyes from you!
The doors of your golden temple have unlocked.
Your right hand holds the blazing sword, the left one takes away fear,
Smile of affection on the eyes, the third eye glaring.
O Mother dear, how uniquely you reveal yourself!
The cloud of your untied hair conceals thunders
Ends of your sunlight coloured robes flutter in the horizon!
It’s impossible to take away eyes from you!
The doors of your golden temple have unlocked.
When impassionately did not look up seemed
Poor mother stayed back home , desolate, destitute.
Your torn clothes vanish now, meagre smile disappear.
Beams of light scatter from your feet into entire sky
O Mother, your appearance astounds me.
You flood the world with the flow of happiness on the distressed nights
O the mindblower, your word of fearlessness drum the heart
It’s impossible to take away eyes from you!
The doors of your golden temple have unlocked.

This is most probably only picturesque details of Mother Bengal.

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National personifications
Ostrołęka

Ostrołęka is a city in Masovian Voivodeship in Poland. In 2020, 51,893 people lived there. It has an area of 33.46 km².

Cities in Poland
Gray Chittagong Cockerel

The Bangladeshi Brahma Chicken  is an Bangladeshi breed of chicken. The distinctive head shape and pea comb of the Brahma probably result from cross-breeding with Grey Chittagong birds of Malay type, imported from Chittagong in eastern Bengal (now Bangladesh); these characteristics distinguish the Brahma from the Cochin, which also derives from "Shanghai" birds. It is considered as the “National poultry of Bangladesh” respectively.

Chicken as food
National symbols of Bangladesh
Kadaknath

Kadaknath, also called Kali Masi ("fowl having black flesh"), is an Indian breed of chicken. Kadaknath birds are grey-black all over and have gold plumage with greenish iridescence. The greyish black colour is present in the legs and toenails, beak, tongue, comb and wattles; even the meat, bones and organs have grey colouration. It is considered as the “National poultry of India” respectively.

Poultry
National symbols of India
Turkey, North Carolina

Turkey is a town in Sampson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 292 people live in Turkey.

Towns in North Carolina
Albemarle, North Carolina

Albemarle is a city in and the county seat of Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 15,903 people live in Albemarle.

Cities in North Carolina
County seats in North Carolina
Eden, North Carolina

Eden is a city in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 15,527 people live in Eden.

Cities in North Carolina
Garner, North Carolina

Garner is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 25,745 people live in Garner.

Towns in North Carolina
Wake County, North Carolina
Lewisville, North Carolina

Lewisville is a town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 12,639 people live in Lewisville.

Towns in North Carolina
Havelock, North Carolina

Havelock is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 20,735 people live in Havelock.

Cities in North Carolina
Hendersonville, North Carolina

Hendersonville is a city in and the county seat of Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 13,137 people live in Hendersonville.

Cities in North Carolina
County seats in North Carolina
Pakistani cockerel

Asil Sindhi Desi chicken or the Pakistani cockerel (Sindhi: سنڌي اسيل, Urdu: سندهي اسيل) is a breed of chicken and as from the name, originates from Sindh (one of four major provinces of Pakistan). These cocks, or fighting cocks, are noted being tall, heavy and good at fighting, so they are bred mainly for cockpit. These Aseels are characterised by a muscular but compact body, broad shoulders, wings carried against the body, short and hard feathers, drooping tails, a large curved beak similar to that of an eagle, pea comb and no wattles.  It is considered as the “National poultry of Pakistan” respectively.

Poultry
National symbols of Pakistan
Kings Mountain, North Carolina

Kings Mountain is a city in Cleveland and Gaston counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, 10,296 people live in Kings Mountain.

Cities in North Carolina
Kinston, North Carolina

Kinston is a city in and the county seat of Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 21,677 people live in Kinston.

Cities in North Carolina
County seats in North Carolina
Christopher Reid (entertainer)

Christopher Reid (born April 5, 1964), formerly known as Kid'' (shortened from his original MC name, Kid Coolout'''), is an American actor, comedian and former rapper. During the peak of his career with the rap duo Kid 'n Play (with Christopher Martin), Reid was notable for his exaggerated hi-top fade haircut.

1964 births
Living people
Actors from New York City
comedians from New York City
American rappers
Lenoir, North Carolina

Lenoir is a city in and the county seat of Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 18,228 people live in Lenoir.

Cities in North Carolina
County seats in North Carolina
Britannic (movie)

Britannic is a movie from 2000.  It is about a ship, the H.M.H.S Britannic, that sank in 1916.

Other websites
IMDB

2000 movies
Carrboro, North Carolina

Carrboro is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 19,582 people live in Carrboro.

Towns in North Carolina
Morganton, North Carolina

Morganton is a city in and the county seat of Burke County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 16,918 people live in Morganton.

Cities in North Carolina
County seats in North Carolina
Newton, North Carolina

Newton is a city in and the county seat of Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, 12,968 people live in Newton.

Cities in North Carolina
County seats in North Carolina
Dispilio Tablet

The Dispilio tablet is a wooden tablet with some symbols on it that was discovered at an archeological site near modern-day Dispillio, in Western Macedonia. This discovery was made 1993. The tablet was dated to a time around 5.200 BC. Usually wood decays fast, but since the tablet was covered with mud and water, it did not decay. It was damaged when it was found.

As of 2021, the writing of the tabled has not been deciphered.

Ancient Greece
News International phone hacking scandal

The News International phone-hacking scandal was a controversy around the now no longer publishing News of the World and other British newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch. People who worked for the newspaper were accused of hacking phones, police bribery, and other crimes in order to get stories. Even though investigations that took place from 2005 to 2007 suggested that the newspaper only hacked the phones of celebrities, politicians, and people in the British royal family, in July 2011 it was found out that the phones of killed student Milly Dowler, family of dead British soldiers, and people killed in the 7 July 2005 London bombings had also been hacked. The anger of the public at News Corporation caused many well-known people to stop working there, including Rupert Murdoch and his son. The commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), Sir Paul Stephenson, also left their jobs. Many companies stopped advertising work with the newspaper, leading to the end of the News of the World on 10 July 2011, after 168 years of making newspapers. Anger from the public meant News Corporation decided to cancel its suggested takeover of the British television broadcaster BSkyB.

The prime minister David Cameron said on 6 July 2011 that a public investigation, known as the Leveson Inquiry, would look into phone hacking and police bribery by the News of the World, if what some British newspapers did to get stories was okay and that the Press Complaints Commission would be changed and replaced fully. A few arrests and prison sentenced followed, most well-known being the arrest of the former News of the World top editor Andy Coulson.

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2011 in the United Kingdom
Controversies
2007 in the United Kingdom
The Bleeding House

The Bleeding House is a 2011 American horror movie directed by Philip Gelatt and starring Alexandra Chando, Patrick Breen, Charlie Hewson, Betsy Aidem, Richard Bekins.

Other websites 
 

2011 horror movies
American horror movies
Wabi-sabi

Wabi-sabi (wabi - beauty in simplicity, sabi-passage of time) is a Japanese world view based on approaching of life. It is about value of imperfection and acceptance of transience. In Japan, wabi-sabi is imperceptible but it's everywhere from a crack on the dishes to a misty landscape.

References 

Japan
Japanese culture
Brahman cattle

The Brahman is an Indian breed of zebuine-taurine hybrid beef cattle. Originating from the Krishna Valley. The Brahman has a high tolerance of heat, sunlight and humidity, and good resistance to parasites. It has been exported to many countries, particularly in the tropics. It is Sacred and Holy to Hindus, and therefore it is considered as the “National cattle of India” respectively.

National symbols of India
Maharashtra
Cattle
Mammals of Asia
Red Chittagong Cow

Red Chittagong Cow, also known as RCC, Kamdhino, Madaripuris a breed of cattle native to Bangladesh. Locally, the breed is known as Lal Birish. It is considered as the “National cattle of Bangladesh” respectively.

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Cattle breeds
National symbols of Bangladesh
Bangladeshi culture
Sahiwal cattle

Sahiwal cattle are a breed of zebu cow, named after an area of the The Punjab, in Pakistan. Sahiwal is considered a heat-tolerant cattle breed. It is considered as the “National cattle of Pakistan” respectively.

History 

The Sahiwal originated in the dry Punjab region which lies along central Punjab. They were once kept in large herds by professional herdsmen called "Charwahas". With the introduction of irrigation systems to the region they began to be kept in smaller numbers by the farmers of the region, who used them as draught and dairy animals. Today the Sahiwal is one of the best dairy breeds in Pakistan. Sahiwal is calm when milking. Due to their heat tolerance and high milk production they have been exported to other Asian countries as well as Africa and the Caribbean.

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Cattle breeds
National symbols of Pakistan
Pakistani culture
Maroon-backed Imperial pigeon

The Maroon-backed Imperial pigeon (Ducula badia), also known as the Mountain Imperial pigeon or Hodgson's Imperial pigeon, is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family with a wide range in Southeastern Asia. Overall the pigeon has a wide range in south-eastern Asia, where it occurs in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is considered as the “National dove of Bangladesh” respectively..

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National symbols of Bangladesh
Doves
Common emerald dove

The common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica), also called Asian emerald dove and grey-capped emerald dove, is a widespread resident breeding pigeon native to the tropical and subtropical parts of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.  The dove is also called the green dove and the green-winged pigeon. The common emerald dove is considered national dove of India and the provincial bird of the Indian subnational state of Tamil Nadu. 

National symbols of India
Doves
Indian culture
Pakistan Highflyer

The Pakistan Highflyer or the Pakistani Tippler Pigeon is a breed of fancy pigeon developed endemically in Pakistan. Pakistani Highflyers, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the Rock pigeon (Columba livia). It is considered as the “National pigeon of Pakistan” respectively.

Columbiformes
National symbols of Pakistan
Pakistani Cashmere Lop

The Pakistani Cashmere Lop rabbit is a medium-sized rabbit with long dense fur. The breed, originates from Kashmir in Pakistan, comes in many different colours and weighs approximately 4-5 lbs. They are thought of as the “National rabbit of Pakistan” respectively.

National symbols of Pakistan
Lagomorphs
Pakistani culture
Monosexuality

Monosexuality is a sexual orientation defined with attraction to one gender/sex. Monosexual groups both homosexual and heterosexual people with androsexual and gynesexual non-binary individuals. This may or may not include skoliosexuality adherently. The label is meant to include anyone that is not bisexual.

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Sexuality
Kajli sheep

Kajla is a breed of sheep, native to Pakistan. It is mainly bred in Sargodha and other cities such as Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad. The breed is bred primarily for its wool, meat and milk. This breed can grow significantly large and bulky at a young age. They are considered as the “National Sheep of Pakistan” respectively.

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Domesticated animals
National symbols of Pakistan
Pakistani culture
Magra sheep

The Magra sheep, also known as Bikaneri Chokhla or Chakri and formerly known as the Bikaneri, is a breed of sheep that is found in the Bikaner, Nagaur, Jaisalmer and Churu districts of Rajasthan, of modern Republic of India (Western India). The Magra sheep is known as the only lustrous carpet wool-producing breed. The most important strain of Magra has flocks with extremely white and lustrous fleece, which can only be found in a few villages around Bikaner. A breeding program aims to improve this breed through selection.

The breeders, wool traders, and industrialists in Bikaner have expressed serious concern at the rapid decline in numbers of Magra sheep. Moreover, the number of purebreds is decreasing due to cross-breeding with other breeds in the area, and consequently there is a serious need for conservation. They are considered as the “National Sheep of India” respectively.

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Domesticated animals
National symbols of India
Indian culture
Jamnapari goat

Jamnapari or Jamunapari is an Indian breed of domestic goat originating in Northern India of the Gangetic Plains of India. They are considered as the “National Goat of India” respectively.

Domesticated animals
National symbols of India
Indian culture
Somali Plate

The Somali plate is a tectonic plate at the Equator.

Its center is roughly the island of Madagascar. It includes about half of the east coast of Africa, from the Gulf of Aden in the north through the East African Rift Valley.

It is a part of the African plate that is moving eastward thanks to the rift valley. This rift valley has formed lakes and volcanoes, notably Mt. Kilimanjaro. Eventually the Somali Plate will break away from the African Plate.

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Tectonic plates
Africa
Madagascar
Black Bengal goat

The Black Bengal goat is a breed of goat found throughout Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, and Odisha. This breed is usually colored black but it is also found in brown, white or grey. The Black Bengal goat is small in size but its body structure is tight. Its horns are small and legs are short. An adult male goat weights about 25 to 30 kg and female 20 to 25 kg. It is poor in milk production. It is very popular in Bangladesh because of its low demand for feed and high kid production rate. They are considered as the “National Goat of Bangladesh” respectively.

It produces high-quality meat and skin, and is preferred for the skin and high prolificacy rate.

This breed plays a very important role in reducing unemployment and poverty from Bangladesh. They can eat most vegetables, grasses and leaves, but a high amount of carrots is fatal to them.

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Domesticated animals
National symbols of Bangladesh
Bangladeshi culture
Cashmere goat

A Cashmere goat or the Pakistani Beetal Pashmina Bhakra is a type of goat that produces cashmere wool, the goat's fine, soft, downy, winter undercoat, in commercial quality and quantity. This undercoat grows as the day length shortens and is associated with an outer coat of coarse hair, which is present all the year and is called guard hair. Most common goat breeds, including dairy goats, grow this two-coated fleece. They are considered as the “National Goat of Pakistan” respectively.

The goats take their name from their origin in the Himalayan region of Kashmir.

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Domesticated animals
National symbols of Pakistan
Pakistani culture
Sperki

The Pakistani Sperki Donkey breed of domestic donkey originating from Pakistan. They are sometimes used as a mode of Transport in that country, and are also considered as the “National feral of Pakistan” respectively.

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Domesticated animals
National symbols of Pakistan
Pakistani culture
Indian Halari Donkey

The Halari Donkey breed of domestic donkey originating from Western India. They are sometimes used as a mode of Transport in that part of the country as well as the north, and are also considered as the “National feral of India” respectively.

Domesticated animals
National symbols of India
Gujarat
Indian culture
Born in East L.A. (movie)

Born in East L.A. is a 1987 American Mexican comedy movie directed by Cheech Marin (who also stars) and also starring Daniel Stern, Paul Rodriguez, Kamala Lopez, Jan-Michael Vincent, Lupe Ontiveros, Neith Hunter, Larry Blackmon. It was distributed by Universal Pictures.

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1987 comedy movies
American comedy movies
Mexican movies
Boana stenocephala

The Boana stenocephala is a frog that lives in South America.  Scientists have only seen it in two places, both in Brazil.

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Frogs
Animals of South America
Pac-Man 256

Pac-Man 256  is an endless running video game developed by Hipster Whale and 3 Sprockets and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game is part of the Pac-Man series and is inspired by the original Pac-Man game's infamous Level 256 glitch.  

The game was published for free on iOS and Android on August 20, 2015. 

A port of the game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (Windows, macOS, Linux)  was released on June 21, 2016.

Gameplay 
Pac-Man moves across an endless labyrinth, collecting dots and power-ups and avoiding enemy ghosts. The game ends if Pac-Man meet a ghost or falls behind or glitch at the bottom of the maze. After eating 256 dots the player blasts that clears all on-screen enemies.

Pac-Man can use lasers, tornadoes, and clones to attack the ghosts. Also, it collects score-multiplying fruit. Additional power-ups are unlocked when you collect enough dots. 

Coins that can be obtained either on the maze or by viewing sponsored videos, which can be used to upgrade power-ups.

The game's main mode requires credits that can restore. Alternatively, the player can use Free Play. Credits can also be used to revive the player once per game.

Power-ups are unlocked over time and the player always can use the power-ups.

There are also themes which change the look of the game.

It's possible to play four-player co-operative play. In the co-operative play mode players first select their character such as a robot, the chicken from Crossy Road, the regular Pac-Man and others.  The goal is for every player to get as much as possible and contribute to the group score as much as possible.

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Video games
Lillian Smith (author)

Lillian Eugenia Smith (December 12, 1897 – September 28, 1966) was an American writer and social critic toward the Southern United States. Smith was known mainly for her best-selling and highly controversial 1944 book Strange Fruit. Smith was a Southern liberal who would easily go against segregation and work on taking apart Jim Crow laws. This was during a time when such actions would almost always guarantee being cut off from society.

In 1944. Smith published her controversial and best-selling book Strange Fruit. The book dealt with a then-forbidden and very controversial theme: mixed race romances. The book was originally titled Jordan is So Chilly. Smith, however, changed the title for the novel to Strange Fruit. Not long after the novel was released, it was banned in Boston, Massachusetts and Detroit, Michigan under reasons of "lewdness" and profane language. The novel was also banned from being mailed in the United States Postal Service. The ban against the novel, though, was lifted by the then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt when his wife Eleanor made a request toward him.

Civil Rights activism
One of several ways Smith openly discussed the problems of segregation was while she was counseling campers. It was this period of creative control on the camp which allowed her to use it for talking about modern social issues. Those were the dangers of inequality and how to improve society in relation to women.

Death
Smith dealt with breast cancer beginning in the early 1950s. She died from the disease at age 68. Her book, The Journey, refers to her battle.

Legacy of Lillian Smith
Smith's novel Strange Fruit remains her most famous work. The book was translated under fifteen different languages.

In 1999, Smith was given an award by the Georgia Women of Achievement.

Beginning in 1968, the Lillian Smith Book Awards were given out annually. But in 2003, there was not enough money being given to the Southern Regional  Council. The awards are the Southern United States' best-known and oldest book award. They are presented in fiction and non-fiction categories.

Selected works
Strange Fruit (1944) , 
Killers of the Dream, (1949) , 
The Journey, New York: Norton,(1954) 
Now Is the Time, New York: Viking Press (1955) . 
One Hour, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press (1959),  – an attack on McCarthyism in the form of a novel
Memory of a Large Christmas, New York: Norton, (1962) . 
Our Faces, Our Words, New York: W.W. Norton (1964),  – an ode to the non-violent resistance of the civil rights movement

Collections
The Winner Names the Age: A Collection of Writings, New York: Norton (1978) , 
How Am I to be Heard?: Letters of Lillian Smith, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press (1993) , 
A Lillian Smith Reader, Athens: The University of Georgia Press (2016) ,

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1897 births
1966 deaths
Writers from Atlanta, Georgia
Deaths from breast cancer
American civil rights activists
Burma Victory

Burma Victory is a 1946 British documentary movie directed by Roy Boulting about the Burma Campaign during the World War II.

Other websites
Burma Victory at IMDb

1946 movies
Documentary movies
British movies
Movies directed by Roy Boulting
Parrish, Alabama

Parrish is a small town in Walker County, Alabama. About 982 people lived here during the 2010 census.

Towns in Alabama
I Quit Match

An I Quit Match is a match in pro wrestling. The rules of the match state you must make the opponent in the match say "I Quit!" to end the match.

Wrestling
Lucky Jim (1957 movie)

Lucky Jim is a 1957 British comedy movie. John Boulting directed the movie. It was based on the 1954 novel Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis. Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith, Sharon Acker, Jean Anderson, Clive Merton, Reginald Beckwith, and Maureen Connell starred in the movie.

Other websites

1957 comedy movies
British comedy movies
Movies based on books
Movies directed by John Boulting
Chirlane McCray

Chirlane Irene McCray (born November 29, 1954 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American writer, editor and activist. She is married to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. McCray was described as the "closest advisor" for de Blasio. McCray is the chairwoman for the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City and leads ThriveNYC. She has also published poetry. McCray worked in politics as a speechwriter.

Involvement in the de Blasio administration
When de Blasio became mayor, he hired the publicist Rachel Noerdlinger as McCray's chief of staff. Noerdlinger, however, later resigned her post due to several controversies with her behavior and the behaviors of certain people around her. 

During his second month in office, de Blasio named McCray the chair of the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City. Beginning from then, the group was focused on immigration, mental health and youth workforce projects.

In November 2015, McCray led the launch of ThriveNYC, a plan for overhauling the city's mental health and substance abuse services. ThriveNYC promotes a change from the more traditionally more reactive model. That model can strain police, hospitals, prisons and schools, into an integrated public health approach on being aware and being identified early.

ThriveNYC drew harsh criticism over accusations of not being properly managed and accusations that the group failed to produce any records with the proper results. As of March 2019, almost $850 million in funding in McCray's program was unaccounted for. Also, the program was on track to spend just over $1 billion over almost five years. A Bronx Councilman criticized ThriveNYC. He said there was no evidence that the program was working.

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1954 births
Living people
American poets
African American writers
Writers from New York City
Writers from Massachusetts
People from Springfield, Massachusetts
The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question is a 1940 American romantic comedy-drama movie directed by Charles Vidor and starring Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, Brian Aherne, Irene Rich, George Coulouris, Lloyd Corrigan, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Norris. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.

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1940 movies
1940s comedy movies
1940s drama movies
1940s romance movies
American romantic comedy movies
American romantic drama movies
Movies directed by Charles Vidor
Julia Butterfly Hill

Julia Lorraine Hill (better known as Julia "Butterfly" Hill; born in Mount Vernon, Missouri, February 18, 1974) is an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate. She is best known because of living in a 180-foot tall and fifteen-hundred-year old California redwood tree. She began sitting in the tree on December 10, 1997 to prevent loggers from the Pacific Lumber Company from cuttingdown the tree. Hill remained in the tree for just over two years until December 18, 1999. The tree was given the identity "Luna". In 2000, Hill became the author of her book, which was named The Legacy of Luna.

Hill began living in Jonesboro, Arkansas during her middle school attending years.

Years after tree-sit
During the years following her tree-sit, Hill became a motivational speaker (holding almost 250 events a year). She also became a best-selling author. Later, she was the co-founder for the Circle of Life Foundation. Circle of Life helped organize We the Planet, an eco-friendly music tour.

On July 16, 2002, Hill was arrested and jailed in Quito, Ecuador. Her arrest happened near the offices of Occidental Petroleum. Hill was protesting against a proposed oil pipeline that would penetrate a virgin Andean cloud forest which goes with rare birds. Hill was later removed from Ecuador.

Looking forward
During an April 2009 interview, Hill was thinking about what would come next for her:

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People from Jonesboro, Arkansas
American environmentalists
1974 births
Living people
Introduction

Introduction, The Introduction, Intro, or The Intro may be:

 Introduced species or introduction
Introduction (Blake, 1794)", a poem by William Blake
 The Introduction, a movie of the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Music
"Introduction", by Celine Dion from Celine Dion
"Introduction", by Panic! at the Disco from A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
"Intro", by Ariana Grande from My Everything
"Intro", by Ellie Goulding from Delirium

Related pages
 
 
Timelines, that show when things where first introduced
Mimi Walters

Marian Elaine "Mimi" Walters (née Krogius; born May 14, 1962, Pasadena, California) is an American businesswoman and politician. Under the Republican Party, she was a U.S. Representative in California's 45th congressinal district.

Before running for the office, Walters was an investment banker between 1988 and 1995. Walters was later the chairwoman under the Laguna Niguel Investment and Banking Committee. Walters did two terms under the Laguna Niguel City Council between 1996 and 2004. Walters was the mayor in 2000. She was elected mayor again later that year.

The political positions
Walters got an 89% evaluation under the American Conservative Union in 2017.

Walters went against abortion. In 2015 in her freshman term, she worked under the Select Panel to investigate Planned Parenthood.

Walters was rated "D" under the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

Walters supported taking down and replacing the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, with the American Health Care Act of 2017. She said passing the American Health Care Act "is a critical step" towards the goal of rescuing "this failing health care system."

As an assembly woman, Walters voted for the Proposition 8. The proposition marked same-sex marriage illegal across California.

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US Republican Party politicians
United States representatives from California
Businesspeople from Los Angeles County, California
1962 births
Living people