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Green Man Gaming
Green Man Gaming’s Publishing division lets independent video game studios opt for a mixture of services for publishing.
History
In 2009, Paul Sulyok opened Green Man Gaming with Lee Packham. Green Man Gaming officially started trading on 10 May 2010.
Callum Jay joined Green Man Gaming as CFO in 2011. He was a finance direction at Miniweb Interactive, Morgan Stanley Capital International and at the Tomb Raider publisher, Eidos. Tim Sawyer also joined Green Man Gaming as their EVP Operations in 2011. After a year-long silence at Twitter to develop Tweet Deck's iOS, Lee Packham returned to Green Man Gaming as Co-Founder and EVP Engineering.
On 9 July 2012, Green Man Gaming made public that it connects with Playfire. Playfire had more than 1.2 million users, tracking over 50,000 video games on the website allowing users to automatically track their gameplay and in-game achievements or trophies from Steam, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live. At the end of July 2012, Green Man Gaming expanded its multi-platform portfolio to include selling boxed games, and PC-DVD, Xbox360, Xbox One, PS3, and PS4 games, as well as consoles and peripherals.
In March 2014, trade publication MCV CEO said that Paul Sulyok was one of the 100 most influential people working in the British video games industry.
In October 2016, the company made an agreement with Sony Interactive Entertainment to sell digital titles for PlayStation 4 consoles through redemption keys. Sony stopped selling redemption keys by March 2019.
In March 2017, Green Man Gaming started eCommerce. It was the first website in local language in Germany. Then Green Man Gaming made sites in 10 different languages including Chinese and South Korean.
In April 2017, Paul Eibeler, who was a Take-Two CEO, took the position of an Advisor.
Controversy
In 2015 Green Man Gaming answered to blames of unauthorised keys being sold on the Store. The majority of keys come directly from publishers, with the occasional need to offer keys for games from publishers that were not able to give them directly due to commercial limitations.
Following this, in November 2015, the company placed information on each game's store page on their site to finf the source of the redemption keys, either through Green Man Gaming directly from the publisher, or through an authorised third-party reseller, for full clarity.
Storsteinnes
Storsteinnes is a village in Balsfjord Municipality, Norway. The village covers an area of 1.1 km2 and has a population of 1,076 people. It is the largest urban area in the municipality. Storsteinnes Chapel is located in the village. The economy of the village is based on municipal services and agriculture. A dairy run by Tine, which produces Brunost and Balsfjordost, is one of the major employers in the village. Storsteinnes is located at the southern end of Sørkjosen, which is a branch of the main Balsfjorden. The European route E6 highway passes about 4 kilometres (2.485 miles) southeast of the village center.
Hossam Ashour
Hossam Ashour (حسام عاشور, Born March 9, 1986) is an Egyptian football player. He plays as a defensive midfielder. He plays for Al-Ahly and he is the captain of the team. He also plays for Egypt's National Team.
Romerus shiwandashan
Fei's small tree frog (Romerus shiwandashan) is a frog. It lives in China. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place: Mount Shiwanda in Guanxi Province, 937 meters above sea level.
Luc De Vos
Luc De Vos (12 July 1962 – 29 November 2014) was a Belgian musician and writer. He was best known as the lead singer of the Alternative Dutch language rock group Gorki. He also voiced Fillmore in the Flemish version of the Disney movie Cars. He was born in Evergem, Belgium.
Vos died from acute multiple organ failure in Ghent, Belgium, aged 52.
Henrie Adams
Henrie Adams (17 May 1954 – 26 November 2022) was a Dutch conductor.
Biography
Adams played the oboe from the age of eight. Since 1969 he was a member of the Orchestra St. Michaël Thorn under the conductors Heinz Friesen and Walter Boeykens. After completing his pedagogical academy in Echt, he attended the Maastricht Academy of Music in 1979 and studied oboe and orchestral conducting with Anton Kersjes, Lucas Vis and Pierre Kuijpers. He also had special courses from Pierre Devaux and Enrique García Asensio.
In 1989 he was hired as chief conductor of the Banda Sinfónica de la Sociedad Musical "La Artística" in Buñol (Spain), with which he became world champion in the Concert Department at the 14th Wereld Muziek Concours (WMC) in Kerkrade in 2001. Under his direction, this orchestra was several times winner of the first prize in the Sección de Honor (the highest division) at the City of Valencia International Band Contest.
From 1992 to 1999 he was also conductor of Orquesta Sinfónica Joven de Provincia Valencia.
He has recorded numbers of CDs and DVDs with the Banda Sinfónica de la Sociedad Musical "La Artística", Buñol.
After being ill for some time, Adams died on 26 November 2022, at the age of 68.
Millard Mitchell
Millard Mitchell (August 14, 1903 – October 13, 1953) was an American actor. He is known for his roles in My Six Convicts and in A Foreign Affair. He won a Golden Globe Award in 1952.
Mitchell was born on August 14, 1903 in Havana, Cuba to American parents. He was married to Peggy Gould until his death in 1953. Mitchell died on October 13, 1953 in Santa Monica, California from lung cancer, aged 50.
Apu Biswas
Apu Biswas (born 11 October 1989) is a Bangladeshi movie actress, model and former wife of Shakib Khan. Biswas made her debut in the movie industry with the movie Kal Shokale in 2006. She then performed in Koti Takar Kabin'.
Early life
Apu was born on 11 October 1989 as Abonti Biswas in Bogra district of Bangladesh to Upendronath Bishwas and Shefali Bishwas.
Career
Biswas made her debut in the movie industry with the movie Kal Shokale in 2006. She then performed in Koti Takar Kabin. Biswas played the role of Parvati in the 2013 Bangladeshi remake of Devdas. She performed in the 2013 movie My Name Is Khan. Mostly she was work with Shakib khan.
Ugo Pignotti
Ugo Pignotti was a fencer from Italy. Pignotti won a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics and two silver medals at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born on 19 November 1898 and died on 7 January 1989.
2014 India–Pakistan floods
From 2-26 September 2014, the Kashmir region of South Asia witnessed heavy floods across a large part of its districts. This was caused by heavy rainfall. In Jammu & Kashmir in India, as well as Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Punjab in Pakistan, were affected by these floods. 566 people died due to the floods in this area.
Apu Biswas
Personal life
In 2008, Biswas married actor Shakib Khan. The couple has one son, named Abraham Khan Joy, who was born on 27 September 2016 in Kolkata. The news of marriage and child was kept secret from the public until 10 April 2017, when Apu appeared on television with her son and revealed the relationship. The couple divorced on 22 February 2018.
Vibrator (sensual)
A vibrator is a device that is made to vibrate against the body, thereby stimulating the nerves and giving a pleasurable and possibly erotic feeling.
History
The electrically powered vibrator was invented in the 1880s by doctors, who were treating women for "hysteria" for centuries by performing what today would be considered masturbation. At the time, however, not only did doctors regard the "vulvular stimulation" required as having nothing to do with sex, they reportedly found that it took a lot of time to do and it was hard work. The vibrator did it more quickly and easily, and because of this it was very popular with doctors. Home versions soon started being made and they were also popular, with adverts in places like Needlecraft, Woman's Home Companion, Modern Priscilla and the Sears catalog. These disappeared in the 1920s, apparently because their appearance in pornography made it no longer tenable for polite society to avoid the sexual connotations of the devices. As "body massagers", millions of vibrators have been sold to both men and women. Some people that buy vibrators only use them for pains. However, many people who purchase vibrators marketed as "body massagers" — and, presumably, most people who purchase vibrators marketed as adult toys — use them to get sexual pleasure, most often in masturbation. Vibrators often allow people to achieve orgasm faster and easier and are often said to provide stronger orgasms. They are often recommended by sex therapists for women who have difficulty reaching orgasm by other means. Couples also use them sometimes.
Harper's magazine notes a Durex survey that says 46% of women have vibrators near 2006. This may have been market research relating to their vibrating condom base product.
Bihać
Bihać is a city in northwestern Bosnia. It is the administrative centre of Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
St Peter's College, Oxford
St Peter's College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford. The college was founded in 1929. It became a full college of the University in 1961.
The college is located on the site of the former New Hall Inn. Its oldest buildings are Linden House (1794) and Canal House (1828). Both were former headquarters of the Oxford Canal Company.
Bihać
It is on the banks of river Una in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosanska Krajina region. In 2013 its population was 56,261. It is close to Velika Kladuša. The biggest religion in the city is Islam. The city is 100% Muslim with all residents professing Islam.
Vibrator (sensual)
History
The sale of vibrators and similar items was forbidden up until recently in several states in the southern United States. In Texas, the sale of vibrators and dildos is technically illegal, but many stores will sell such items provided that the customer sign a statement that the device will be used only for educational purposes. The law’s current status in real life is not certain. The states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Indiana, Virginia, Louisiana and Massachusetts have all had laws that prohibit vibrators, but most of them have been struck down by courts or aren’t actually enforced. Only the law in Alabama is generally enforced.
Types of erotic vibrators
An enormous range of vibrators exist, falling into several broad categories:
Most vibrators use internal batteries, but some of them have a power cord and must be plugged into a power socket to work.
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps is a British sitcom. It is set in Runcorn, Cheshire. It ran from 26 February 2001 to 24 May 2011 on BBC Two. It stars Ralf Little, Natalie Casey, Will Mellor, Sheridan Smith, Karthyn Drysdale and Beverley Callard.
Hornwort
Hornworts are a type of bryophytes. They are non-vascular plants which do not have tissue that moves water. The name "hornwort" come from the horn-like structure that grows on these plants. This structure is the sporophyte. The flattened, green part of a hornwort is the gametophyte.
Like all bryophytes, hornworts have alternation of generations. In this cycle, the plant has two forms: the haploid gametophyte and diploid sporophyte. The gametophyte is the green plant body that you most often see. The sporophyte is the "horn" that sheds spores.
Hornworts grow all over the world. They grow well where it is damp or humid. Some species grow in large numbers as tiny weeds in the soil of gardens and cultivated fields. Some tropical species may be found growing on tree bark.
The taxonomy of bryophytes is being debated. Some think the hornworts should be placed in a separate division, the Anthocerotophyta.
British North America
British North America was the British-owned part of the continent of North America. This term was mostly used before the American Revolution.
In 1759, after winning the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, Britain took control of the colony of New France. After this, British North America also included New France.
That formed the United States of America. The terms British America and British North America continued to be used for Britain's remaining territories in North America. The term "British North America" came to be used more consistently for the provinces that would eventually form the Dominion of Canada.
Also note that the areas beyond the first American states were not at first part of the United States. For example, areas near the Mississippi were not part of the original United States. They kept their old allegiances to England or France. And, of course, what are now the western states were largely Spanish-speaking until the later United States took them by force. Lastly, the division of North America into a lower part called the United States, and a northern part, called Canada, lay in the future.
Broadway Danny Rose
Broadway Danny Rose is a 1984 American comedy movie directed by Woody Allen (who also stars) and starring Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte, Danny Aiello, Gloria Parker. It was distributed by Orion Pictures and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards in 1985.
Adair, Oklahoma
Adair is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final
The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final was the final game of the women's soccer tournament to determine the winners of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, It took place on July 5, 2015, at BC Place, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was played between Japan and the United States, this was also a rematch of the 2011 final which Japan won on penalties. The United States won 5–2, winning its first title in sixteen years and becoming the first team to win three Women's World Cup finals.
Moira Deeming
Moira Deeming is an Australian politician. She serves on the Legislative Council (upper house) for the Australian state of Victoria with the Liberal Party. Deeming was removed from the Liberal Party for nine months because she spoke at a meeting of feminist group called "Let Women Speak." The group was accused of not liking transgender people. The National Socialist Network also attended the meeting on their own and were seen giving the Nazi salute. Deeming said that she does not like Nazis so she was suspended for 9 months instead of being removed. On 4 May 2023, Deeming said that she would sue Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto if he does not say that she is not a Nazi. On 12 May 2023, the party voted 19 to 11 to remove her. She is of Māori descent and is a Presbyterian. She has four children.
Sustainable biofuels
Biofuel options
There are many biofuel options which are available. Biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, are currently produced from the products of conventional food crops such as the starch, sugar and oil feedstocks from crops that include wheat, maize, sugar cane, palm oil and oilseed rape. Any major switch to biofuels from such crops would create a direct competition with their use for food and animal feed, and in some parts of the world we are already seeing the economic consequences of such competition.
Second generation biofuels are now being produced from the cellulose in dedicated energy crops (perennial grasses such as switchgrass and Miscanthus giganteus), forestry materials, the co-products from food production, and domestic vegetable waste. Advances in the conversion processes will improve the sustainability of biofuels, through better efficiencies and reduced environmental impact of producing biofuels, from both existing food crops and from cellulosic sources.
Lord Ron Oxburgh suggests that responsible production of biofuels has several trade-offs: Produced responsibly they are a sustainable energy source that need not divert any land from growing food nor damage the environment; they can also help solve the problems of the waste generated by Western society; and they can create jobs for the poor where previously were none. Produced irresponsibly, they at best offer no climate benefit and, at worst, have detrimental social and environmental consequences. In other words, biofuels are pretty much like any other product.
According to the Rocky Mountain Institute, sound biofuel production practices would not hamper food and fibre production, nor cause water or environmental problems, and would enhance soil fertility. The selection of land on which to grow the feedstocks is a critical component of the ability of biofuels to deliver sustainable solutions. A key consideration is the minimization of biofuel competition for prime cropland.
Jatropha in India and Africa
Crops like Jatropha, used for biodiesel, can thrive on marginal agricultural land where many trees and crops will not grow, or would produce only slow growth yields. Jatropha cultivation provides benefits for local communities: Cultivation and fruit picking by hand is labour-intensive and needs around one person per hectare. In parts of rural India and Africa this provides much-needed jobs - about 200,000 people worldwide now find employment through jatropha. Moreover, villagers often find that they can grow other crops in the shade of the trees. Their communities will avoid importing expensive diesel and there will be some for export too.
Jatropha in Cambodia
Cambodia has no proven fossil fuel reserves, and is almost completely dependent on imported diesel fuel for electricity production. Consequently, Cambodians face an insecure supply and pay some of the highest energy prices in the world. The impacts of this are widespread and may hinder economic development.
Biofuels may provide a substitute for diesel fuel that can be manufactured locally for a lower price, independent of the international oil price. The local production and use of biofuel also offers other benefits such as improved energy security, rural development opportunities and environmental benefits. The Jatropha curcas species appears to be a particularly suitable source of biofuel as it already grows commonly in Cambodia. Local sustainable production of biofuel in Cambodia, based on the Jatropha or other sources, offers good potential benefits for the investors, the economy, rural communities and the environment.
Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels
Public attitudes and the actions of stakeholders can play a crucial role in realising the potential of biofuels. Informed discussion and dialogue, based both on the scientific case and an understanding of public and stakeholder views, is important.
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels is an international initiative which brings together farmers, companies, governments, non-governmental organizations, and scientists who are interested in the sustainability of biofuels production and distribution. During 2008, the Roundtable developed a series of principles and criteria for sustainable biofuels production through meetings, teleconferences, and online discussions.
Sustainable Biofuels Consensus
The Sustainable Biofuels Consensus is an international initiative which calls upon governments, the private sector, and other stakeholders to take concerted, collaborative and coordinated action to ensure the sustainable trade, use and production of biofuels. In this way biofuels may play a key role in the transformation of the energy sector, climate stabilization and resulting worldwide renaissance of rural areas, all of which are urgently needed.
The Sustainable Biofuels Consensus envisions a landscape that provides food, fodder, fiber, and energy, which offers opportunities for rural development; that diversifies energy supply, restores ecosystems, protects biodiversity, and sequesters carbon.
Oil price moderation
Biofuels offer the prospect of real market competition and oil price moderation. According to the Wall Street Journal, crude oil would be trading 15 per cent higher and gasoline would be as much as 25 per cent more expensive, if it were not for biofuels. A healthy supply of alternative energy sources will help to combat gasoline price spikes.
Francis Suarez 2024 presidential campaign
Francis X. Suarez, the 43rd Mayor of Miami, announced his campaign for the 2024 United States presidential election in a campaign video on June 14, 2023.
Background
In April 2021, Suarez was seen as a possible running-mate to potential 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley emerged. A report by The Hill in September 2021 showed that Suarez was interested in running for president.
Suarez spoke on Fox News on June 11, 2023, talking about his visits to early primary states and that he will make an important speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on June 15. He filed to run for president with the Federal Election Commission on June 14.
Campaign
On July 5, 2023, a super PAC supporting Suarez created a chatbot that uses his face and voice to answer questions about his campaign. The bot directs users to campaign videos based on the questions asked, and can even make fun of other presidential candidates such as Ron DeSantis. The program is an example of artificial intelligence.
On August 8, Suarez announced that he had met the donor requirements to attend the first Republican primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. However, the RNC has to verify this claim before he is officially added to the debate. He said in an interview with The Hill that if he does not qualify for the first debate, he may leave the race.
Willie & Phil
Willie & Phil is a 1980 American comedy drama movie directed by Paul Mazursky and starring Michael Ontkean, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Jan Miner, Kathleen Maguire, Jerry Hall. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Walgoolan, Western Australia
The name of the town is Aboriginal and means place where the short bushes grow.
After World War I, nearly 100 settlers took land in the area. They planted cereal crops, mostly wheat.
In 1932, Emu War, started in Walgoolan.
The Great Depression and many droughts hurt the area. By 1940 there was only one shop and the townsite was abandoned soon after. By 2010 only 10 families remain in the district.
Chandler, Western Australia
Chandler is a rural place between Merredin and Mukinbudin in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
The town was started to support the nearby alunite (a source of potash) mine at nearby Lake Campion. The mine was a state government project with government employees. A potash works was built in the town in 1943.
After World War II, the government closed down the plant. Australian Plaster Industries started production of gypsum in 1949 that is used to make plaster of paris and plasterboard. Then, the town grew and had two main streets, over 70 houses, a telephone exchange, a school, and powerhouse. Production stopped in 1952. The whole town was sold off in 1953.
Post Mortem (2020 movie)
Post Mortem is a 2020 Hungarian mystery horror movie directed by Péter Bergendy and starring Viktor Klem, Fruzsina Hais, Judit Schell, Andrea Ladányi, Zsolt Anger. It has been selected as the Hungarian entry for the 94th Academy Awards in 2022.
Asexual reproduction
Asexual reproduction is reproduction without sex.
In this form of reproduction, a single organism or cell makes a copy of itself. The genes of the original and its copy will be the same, except for rare mutations. They are clones.
The main process of asexual reproduction is mitosis. This type of reproduction is common among some single-cell organisms, for example, Amoeba. Many plants also reproduce asexually, for example by means of runners. The individual zooids in a particular coral or bryozoan are usually genetically identical. They are formed by asexual reproduction of the first individual to arrive in a place. One whole order of the rotifers, the bdelloid rotifers, has no sexual reproduction. Many types of living things have a double cycle. At one stage they have sexual reproduction, at another they simply multiply by splitting, or producing eggs which develop without fertilisation (aphids). All the daughters of the honey bee develop from unfertilised eggs. So, asexual reproduction is common in many forms of life.
Binary fission
Some organisms like bacteria reproduce using binary fission. They split in two, so one bacterium becomes two bacteria. This always leads to daughter cells, and the offspring will be identical to the parent.
Budding
Budding is similar to binary fission, but it is used by plants and some animals, which cannot simply split in half as bacteria can. It is when a small part of a plant or animal breaks off and then, while they are separated from their "mother", they start to grow until both the "parent" and the "offspring" are the same size and both are capable of budding again. This may happen many more times.
Vegetative propagation
Very common in some types of plants using rhizomes or stolons (for example in strawberry). Other plants form bulbs or tubers (for example tulip bulbs and dahlia tubers). Some plants may form a clonal colony, where all the individuals are clones, and the clones may cover a large area.
Mizuki Matsuda
Mizuki Matsuda is a long distance runner from Japan. She was born on 31 May 1995. Matsuda competed at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.
It's in the Way That You Use It
"It's in the Way That You Use It" is a 1986 song by Eric Clapton and is taken from his 10th studio album August. It went to number 24 in Australia and number 77 in the United Kingdom. It was used in the 1986 movie The Color of Money.
Jaguar F-Type
The Jaguar F-Type (project code X152) is a two-door, two-seater sports car, manufactured by British luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover.
Ralf Little
Ralf Alastair John Little (born 8 February 1980) is an English actor, writer, and semi-professional footballer. Little is known for acting in comedy shows. He has played Antony Doyle in The Royle Family and Jenny Keogh in the BBC Two first six series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, as well as known for playing Joseph in an episode of the second season for the BBC series 'Robin Hood'.
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation
The Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation (informally called the Fourth Estate) is an American news and journalism organization.
It is headquartered in Washington, DC, and is organized as a Public Benefit Cooperative, a type of member social cooperative. Members of the Fourth Estate are both individuals and organizations representing news producers as well as consumers of journalism.
Nickelodeon movie theater
"Nickelodeon" got its name from the nickel, the name of the U.S. five-cent coin, and the ancient Greek word odeion, which is a roofed-over theater.
Carnage (character)
Carnage (Cletus Cortland Kasady, and later Dark Carnage), is a fictional character and a major antagonist from Marvel Comics, serving as a major antagonist in the Spider-Man comic book series and the central antagonist of the Venom comic book series as a whole.
The character made its first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #361 (April 1992). He serves as the titular main antagonist of many storylines such as Venom vs. Carnage, Carnage, U.S.A., and Absolute Carnage, as well as the secondary antagonist of Go Down Swinging, and a posthumous antagonist of King In Black. He is also the titular protagonist villain of Superior Carnage Annual and AXIS: Carnage.
Robert Dudley
Robert Dudley is the name of:
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization. 189 countries are members of the International Monetary Fund. It has its headquarters in Washington, D.C., USA.
Origin
In the 1930s, many countries faced economic problems. The standard of living declined, and a great many people were unemployed. International trade became much smaller. Some countries reduced the value of their currencies. All these factors combined in the 1930s, and an economic depression resulted. By late 1939, the Second World War had started.
As the Second World War ended, most countries found that international values faced many restrictions and were not smooth. Leaders of many countries thought over these matters and discussed them in meetings and agreed on the Bretton Woods system. Thus, after the Second World War, many countries felt the need to have an organization to get help in monetary matters between countries. To begin with, 29 countries discussed the matter, and signed an agreement. The agreement was the Articles of Association of the International Monetary Fund. The International Monetary Fund came into being in 29th December 1945.
Membership
Any country may apply to become a member of the IMF. When a country applies for membership, the IMF’s executive board examines the application. If found suitable, the executive board gives its report to IMF’s Board of Governors. After the Board of Governor clears the application, the country may join the IMF. However, before joining, the country should fulfill legal requirements, if any, of its own country. Every member has a different voting right. Likewise, every country has a different right to draw funds. This depends on many factors, including the member country’s first subscription to the IMF. Currently IMF consists of 190 countries as stated on the official website.
Functions
The IMF does a number of supervisory works relating to financial dealings between different countries. Some of the works done by IMF are:
Management
A Board of Directors manages the IMF. One tradition has governed the selection of two most senior posts of IMF. Firstly, IMF’s managing director is always European. World Bank's president is always from the United States of America.
Current managing director is Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva.
The major countries of Europe and America control the IMF. This is because they have given more money to IMF by way of first subscriptions, and so have larger share of voting rights.
Addington, Oklahoma
Addington is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
Somerville College, Oxford
Somerville College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1879 as a women's college. The college was named after Mary Somerville, a prominent scientist, mathematician and astronomer. Somerville supported women's suffrage and education. The college first admitted male students in 1994.
Famous graduates of the college include Anthea Bell, Indira Gandhi, Sam Gyimah, Dorothy Hodgkin, Iris Murdoch and Margaret Thatcher.
Jennifer Darling
Jennifer Darling (born June 19, 1946) is an American voice, movie and television actress. Her best-known role on screen was as Peggy Callahan in The Six Million Dollar Man and its spin-off The Bionic Woman. In anime, she is the voice of Akeya in the English dub of Tenchi Muyo! for most of the English adaptations.
These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
"These Boots Are Made For Walkin'“ is a song sung by Nancy Sinatra. It was released in early 1966.
Gogi Gvakharia
Giorgi (Gogi) Gvakharia (born 7 March, 1957) is a Georgian art critic, journalist, publicist and critic, member of the Georgian Cinematographers' Union, winner of the Saba Literary Prize, professor at Ilia State University, Doctor of Arts.
Dicastillo
Dicastillo is a village in Navarre. There are 691 people in Dicastillo. Festivals are held on August. These festivals are celebrated on San Blas, 3rd of February, or on the Asparagu's day, which is in spring. There is a music band called Banda Bizkarra, formed by 30 musicians.
Black-headed grosbeak
The black-headed grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) is a species of bird. It belongs in the family Cardinalidae. It is a medium-sized, seed-eating bird. It is 18–19 cm long. It weights 35-49 g.
The black-headed grosbeak is a migratory bird. It has nesting grounds from southwestern British Columbia, through the western half of the United States, into central Mexico. It occurs as an introduced species further south in Central America.
Palazzolo Vercellese
Palazzolo Vercellese is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region of Piedmont.
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is a 2022 American biographical parody movie directed by Eric Appel (in his movie directorial debut), who co-wrote the screenplay with "Weird Al" Yankovic. The film is a satire of biopics and is loosely based on Yankovic's life and career as an accordionist and parody songwriter. It stars Daniel Radcliffe as Yankovic, along with Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Toby Huss, Arturo Castro, and Julianne Nicholson in supporting roles.
It was filmed on a budget of around $8 million over eighteen days between February and March 2022. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2022, and was shown on television on November 4, 2022. The move received positive reviews from movie critics and from the audience, with particular praise for its humor and Radcliffe's performance.
Jessica Gal
Jessica Gal is a retired judoka from Netherlands. Gal competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996 and the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was born on 6 July 1971.
Bedford Vehicles
Bedford Vehicles, usually shortened to just Bedford, was a brand of vehicle produced by Vauxhall Motors. It was ultimately owned by General Motors (GM). The brand was established in 1930 and built commercial vehicles. Bedford Vehicles was a leading international lorry brand. It had substantial export sales of light, medium, and heavy lorries throughout the world. It was GM Europe's most profitable venture for several years.
Čelinac
Čelinac (Челинац) is a town and municipality in Central Bosnia, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality lies about 15 km to the east of the regional center,  city of Banja Luka.
Bedford Vehicles
Bedford's core heavy trucks business was sold off as AWD Ltd in 1987 but the Bedford brand continued to be used on light commercial vehicles and car-derived vans based on Vauxhall/Opel, Isuzu and Suzuki designs. The brand was retired in 1991. After this, GM Europe's light commercial vehicles were branded as either Vauxhall or Opel, depending on the market.
Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991) was an American actress. She was known for her roles in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It With You (1938), and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). She was nominated for an Academy Award in 1944 for her role in The More the Merrier.
Čelinac
It is located on Vrbanja river, between municipalities of Laktaši and Prnjavor to the north, Teslić to the east, Kotor Varoš, Skender Vakuf/Kneževo to the south, and Banja Luka to the west.
Jean Arthur
Arthur was born on October 17, 1900 in Plattsburgh, New York. She is of Norwegian-English descent. Arthur was raised in Westbrook, Maine.
Čelinac
History
During the Bosnian War (1992–95), Bosnian Serb Police and Army, and Serb's paramilitary forces destroyed villages upstream along the Vrbanja to Kruševo Brdo, including the villages in Čelinac Municipality.
In addition to those who have experienced this, among other things, bears witness to the indictment against Radovan Karadžić to tribunal in The Hague. At the hearing, Nikola Poplašen, 2013, one of the questions to the witness the defense, it was: "”Being in a statement that the Republiika Srpska there was no discrimination on ethnic grounds, the prosecutor showed the decision of the authorities of the municipality Čelinac of 23 July 1992, in which Croats and Muslims prohibited from the streets of 16-18 hours, swimming in the river, fishing, gathering in large groups, and the only thing they expressly permitted - departure. And that's only if the municipality abandon the entire household. After Poplasen, municipal governments are these restrictions wanted to "protect" population and 'keep people head'""
The Young Master
The Young Master is a 1980 Hong Kong action comedy movie directed by Jackie Chan (who also stars) and starring Yuen Biao, Tien Feng, Fung Fung, Lee Hoi-sang, Hwang In-Shik. It was distributed by Golden Harvest.
Mother (novel)
Mother (Mat') is a novel written by Maxim Gorky in 1906. It is about an uneducated woman who began to take on extreme political beliefs. It was translated into many languages, many movies are also inspired by it.
The play The Mother by German playwright Bertolt Brecht is based on this novel.
Twelve Penny Black
Twelve Penny Black is a rare Canada stamp. It was issued in 1851. The 12-pence stamp showed the portrait of Queen Victoria.
History
In 1851, the Province of Canada issued the stamps of Queen Victoria. For the stamp image, the Queen's portrait by Alfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860) was used. This design is called the Chalon head. The stamps were printed in New York.
In fine and unused condition, these stamps are very priced. In February 2006, a Twelve Penny Black was sold £116,000.
List of religions
This is a list of religions and spiritual traditions. Some entries are written more than once.
Abrahamic religions
A group of monotheistic traditions often grouped together because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham.
African diasporic religions
These religions are those of African cultures who have settled outside of Africa (diaspora). They are also sometimes called Creole religions. They include a number of related religions that developed in the Americas among African slaves and their descendants in various countries of the Caribbean Islands and Latin America, as well as parts of the southern United States. The traditions come from African traditional religions, especially of West and Central Africa.
Dharmic religions
Religions that have idea of Dharma.
Sikhism
Main article: Sikhism
Indigenous traditional faiths
Traditionally, these faiths have all been classified as pagan religions, but modern scholars prefer the terms "indigenous", "primal", "folk", or "ethnic".
American
Traditional religions of the Native American peoples.
Amy Poehler
Amy Meredith Poehler (born September 16, 1971 ) is an American actress, comedian, director, producer and writer. She was a cast member of the television program Saturday Night Live between 2001 and 2008.
Early life
Poehler was born in Newton, Massachusetts. Her parents are high school teachers Eileen Frances (née Milmore) and William Grinstead Poehler. She grew up in nearby Burlington. Her father is of German, Irish, Portuguese, and English ancestry. Her mother is of Irish ancestry. Poehler was raised in the Catholic faith. She graduated from Burlington High School in 1989. She studied at Boston College and at The Second City.
Marriage and family
Poehler has been married to Will Arnett since 2003. They have two children. In September 2012, Poehler and Arnett separated. The divorce was finalized in 2016.
Ioannis Sarmas
Ioannis Sarmas (Ιωάννης Σαρμάς; born 21 March 1957) is a Greek judge and politician. He was the caretaker Prime Minister of Greece from May 2023 to June 2023. He is the chairman of the Greek Court of Audit since 4 November 2019.
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou picked him to be the caretaker Prime Minister of Greece on 25 May 2023. He leaved office on 26 June 2023.
Bird's Opening
Bird's Opening is a chess opening characterised by the move: 1. f4.
Bird's is a flank opening. White's strategic ideas involve control of the e5-square. This offers some attacking chances at the expense of slightly weakening his own centre. The opening is rarely played by expert players. It is named after Henry Bird, a 19th century English player.
Abdalqadir as-Sufi
Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born Ian Dallas; 1930 – 1 August 2021) was a Scottish Islamic scholar and writer. He was the leader of the Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Tariqa and founder of the Murabitun World Movement. He wrote many books on Islam, Sufism and political theory.
As-Sufi was born in Ayr, Scotland. He converted to Islam in 1967 with the imam of the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fez, Morocco. As-Sufi died on 1 August, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Sylvain N'Diaye
Sylvain N'Diaye (born 25 June 1976) is a Senegalese football player. He has played for Senegal national team.
Club career statistics
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Tanuki
Tanuki is a word for the Raccoon Dog in Japanese. Tanukis are in Japanese folk tales. In Japan, it is said that tanukis deceive a person, and that the ability is superior to a fox.
Pacific Grove, California
Pacific Grove is a coastal town in Monterey County, California, US. The total population was 15,522 in the 2000 census. Pacific Grove is located between Point Pinos and Monterey. Its elevation is 151 feet (46 m).
Pacific Grove is known for its Victorian homes, Asilomar State Beach, its artistic legacy and the annual migration of the Monarch butterflies. The city has more Victorian houses per person than anywhere else in United States. Some of them have been turned into bed and breakfast inns.
Point Pinos Lighthouse, the oldest continuously working lighthouse on the West Coast, is in Pacific Grove.
John Denver died near Pacific Grove.
Candy bar
A candy bar is a type of candy that has been made into the shape of a bar. The most common kind of candy bar is made with chocolate, but there may be other kinds as well, like a granola bar.
São Paulo F.C.
São Paulo Futebol Clube, usually called São Paulo FC or just São Paulo, is a very traditional Brazilian football team from São Paulo. The team was founded on January 25, 1930, and re-founded on December 16, 1935. It is often called Tricolor (meaning with three colours) by its supporters. The prime footballer in the team is Miranda. It is the most successful club of Brazilian football. Twenty-two won state championships, six Brazilian Championships - besides being the only one to win it three times, in 2006, 2007 and 2008, three Libertadores and three World Club Championship.
World championships
FIFA Club World Cup Intercontinental Cup
Continental championships
Copa Libertadores Copa Conmebol Recopa Sudamericana Supercopa Sudamericana Copa Masters Conmebol
National competitions
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Copa do Brasil Copa dos Campeões Torneio Rio-São Paulo Campeonato Paulista Supercampeonato Paulista
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (19 May 1913 – 1 June 1996) was an Indian politician. He was the sixth President of India from 1977 to 1982. He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1967 to 1969 and again in 1977.
Reddy died on 1 June 1996 from pneumonia in Bangalore, Karnataka at the age of 83.
Lopača (Vrbanja)
Lopača is one of many right tributaries in the upper flow of Vrbanja (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Lopača has its source from two components (small streams) in the eastern slopes of Selačka Mountain, between the hills Marina Glava (1192 m) and Lujin Dirjek (1180 m). These components of the source meet at about 1090 m. , In the upper part of its course, Lopača flows towards the southwest, then it goes to the northwest, then just before its confluence to Vrbanja, redirects again to the southwest.
Playfire
Playfire was a website for video game players to help gaming networking. Playfire helped users to track their in-game awards, achievements and gameplay. Kieran O'Neill, Sophia Hayes & Ben Phillips opened the company in December 2007. Playfire was the first website to release a PlayStation gamercard. It attracted a big number of gamers. The site brought in an automatic tracking of Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC gameplay in March 2011.
Investment
Playfire got £1.3m in funding from investors such as Niklas Zennström (the founder of Skype), Michael Birch (the founder of Bebo), Chris Deering (the former Chairman of SCE), William Reeve (the founder of LOVEFiLM) and others.
History
The idea for Playfire came from watching the gamers adding information about themselves such as their PSN ID, recently played games, and other things in their signatures under every forum post.
In September 2011 Playfire united with GameSpot to bring Playfire users profile to GameSpot through an API collaboration.
On 9 July 2012 Playfire was bought by Green Man Gaming.
At the end of 2013, Green Man Gaming said that Playfire service was able to track in-game achievements/trophies and gameplay on Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
In January 2014, Playfire started its Rewards BETA. the Rewards BETA motivated users to link their Steam account to their Playfire account in order to earn Green Man Gaming store Credit. Available Rewards are listed daily on the Playfire Rewards. Page and by May 2014, over one million Rewards had been given out to BETA participants
Dixon S. Miles
Dixon Stansbury Miles (May 4, 1804–September 16, 1862) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He commanded a division in the First Battle of Bull Run. He was the commander of the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry during the Battle of Harpers Ferry. He died from shrapnel wounds the day after the Union garrison surrendered.
Playfire
History
Playfire was the sponsor of the Most Played Game Award at the 32nd Golden Joystick Awards, and sponsored the Gamers' Choice Award at the Games Media Awards 2014 in October 2014.
In blog post on 7 November 2016, Green Man Gaming said that Playfire is closing. It will be united with their new "Community" site that GMG made on the Muut platform. Later, on 5 May 2017 Green Man Gaming said that it is coming to a close this year. As of 30 May 2017 Playfire was united with GMG Community with its website playfire.com. Now it is redirecting to greenmangaming.com/playfire.
Dixon S. Miles
Civil War
Miles had achieved the rank of Colonel by 1859. He was stationed at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas when the Civil War began. He was sent to Virginia and placed in command of an infantry brigade under Major general Robert Patterson. Then he was given command of a division under Brigadier general Irvin McDowell. He was at First Battle of Bull Run, but his division was held in reserve. He was then accused of being drunk at the battle. A Court of Inquiry was held and he was found guilty. A court-martial was not held. But Miles was not given another command until March 1862.