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Bing Russell
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Scott Foundas of Variety, said that "So rife with underdog victors and hairpin twists of fortune that, if it weren't all true, no one would believe it." Duane Byrge, writing in The Hollywood Reporter, praised the movie. He said that "The Battered Bastards of Baseball is not just about baseball. It transcends the game and is a charming anti-establishment yarn that should delight audiences who don't even know an r.b.i. from a balk."
Khumba
Khumba is a 2013 computer-animated movie. It is directed by Anthony Silverston, written by Silverston and Raffaella Delle Donne. It stars Jake T. Austin, Steve Buscemi, Loretta Devine, Laurence Fishburne, Richard E. Grant, AnnaSophia Robb, Catherine Tate, and Liam Neeson. It was made by Triggerfish Animation Studios and was released in 2013.
Bing Russell
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Dustin Krcatovich, from Esquire, wrote "easily one of the most raucously entertaining films to come out this year, and the best sports documentary in a while." Katie Walsh of Indiewire gave the movie a B+ grade. She said "The Batterered Bastards of Baseball is an entertaining celebration of the independent spirit and the love of the game."
The New York Daily News listed the documentary as one of the 10 best movies of 2014.
Death
Russell died from cancer on April 8, 2003 in Thousand Oaks, California.
Deloraine, Tasmania
Deloraine is a town on the Meander River, in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. It is 50 km west of Launceston and 52 km south of Devonport along the Bass Highway. It is part of the Meander Valley Council. There were 2,848 people living there in the.
South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia. It is the biggest province in Sulawesi island. The capital is in Makassar.
Deloraine, Tasmania
History
The region was explored in 1821 by Captain Roland, who was searching for farm land. Land was granted to new settlers, and the town is now a major farming centre. There are a large number of farms of all types in the area. Deloraine Post Office opened on 29 October 1836.
Economy and Infrastructure
The town won the State Tidy Towns award in 1992, 1993 and 1995, and the Australian Community of the Year award in 1997.
The town is a cultural centre and is home to the largest craft fair in the Southern Hemisphere. About 40,000 people come to the annual fair which has 13 venues and over 200 stalls around the town.
Deloraine is the educational centre for the region with both primary (Deloraine Primary School and Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School) and high schools (Deloraine High School). Students from other towns come to Deloraine's schools by bus.
Deloraine is served by ABC Television, SBS Television, Tasmanian Digital Television, Southern Cross Tasmania, WIN Television, 91.7 ABC Northern Tasmania and other ABC radio networks, commercial stations 89.3 LAFM and 90.1 Chilli FM and community station 96.9 Meander Valley FM.
Sister cities
Deloraine has one sister city:
Frank Bey
Frank Bey (born Frank Bass, January 17, 1946 – June 7, 2020) was an American blues singer. He changed his last name from Bass to Bey at age 27. He joined the Moorish Science Temple of America. He was born in Millen, Georgia.
By 1996, Bey returned to singing in the Philadelphia area. In 1998, Bey's debut album, Steppin' Out, was released on MAG Records. He released Blues in the Pocket in 2007 on Jeffhouse Records.
Bey died on June 7, 2020, after a long illness in Glenolden, Pennsylvania at the age of 74.
Heterosexism
Heterosexism is the belief that only men and women should have sex, or that only men and women should love each other as more than a friend or family member. It is also the belief that sex and love between men and women is better than other types of sex and love. Heterosexism is not just something a single person can believe but is taught by society and culture. Heterosexist beliefs can cause people to act unfairly towards people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or asexual.
Heterosexism is related to homophobia and biphobia in the same way that sexism is related to misogyny and transphobia.
Nelson (New Zealand electorate)
Nelson is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was created in 1853 and is the only electorate in New Zealand to have been contested at every election.
Oder-Spree
The district is named after the two major rivers in the district - the Spree, and the Oder river which is the eastern border.
History
The district was created in 1993 by joining the districts of Eisenhüttenstadt, Beeskow and Fürstenwalde, and the independent city Eisenhüttenstadt.
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is a 2012 Nintendo 3DS role playing game for the Kingdom Hearts franchise.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is a 2011 American superhero horror movie and a sequel to 2007's Ghost Rider, with Nicolas Cage returning.
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Gameplay
The player control Sora and Riku in story mode.
Toni Braxton (album)
Toni Braxton is the self-titled record by the Toni Braxton. It was released in July 1993. Songs on the album include "Breathe Again", "I Belong to You" and "You Mean the World to Me".
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Reception
The gameplay was liked but some felt confused by the plot.
1974–75 Austrian Cup
The 1974-75 Austrian Cup was Austria's nationwide football cup competition. FK Austria Wien were the defending champions.
Semi-finals
From the semifinals on 2 matches were played.
Kelly Hu
Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968) is a Chinese-American actress and model.
Castana, Iowa
Castana is a city in Iowa in the United States. Castana is at 42.0725°N, -95.90833°W (42.072518, -95.908266).
Brockhampton-by-Ross
Brockhampton is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The village is close to the River Wye. It is 9 miles (14 kilometres) south-east of Hereford, 8 miles (13 kilometres) north of Ross-on-Wye and 10 miles (16 kilometres) south-west of Ledbury.
Eric Wagner
Wagner died on August 22, 2021 from pneumonia caused by COVID-19 at the age of 62.
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada (Верховна Рада України; Supreme Council of Ukraine) is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman or a speaker. It meets in the "Verkhovna Rada building" in Ukraine's capital Kyiv.
The Verkhovna Rada was first established in 1938 as the national parliament of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Since then, 17 convocations (sessions) of the Verkhovna Rada were held. The Verkhovna Rada of the 14th convocation officially changed the numbering of sessions, proclaiming itself the Verkhovna Rada of the third convocation. The sixth convocation is the latest convocation of the parliament.
In the Verkhovna Rada elections, the seats are divided among all parties that achieved a minimum 3% nationwide vote tally, using the "Hamilton method of apportionment".
The latest elections in 2007 to the Verkhovna Rada were held on September 30, 2007. On October 8, 2008, President Viktor Yushchenko dissolved the parliament and called early elections, however these never took place.
Next election to the Verkhovna Rada will be held on October 29, 2023.
Name
The name Rada (Рада) means "council". It originated in medieval Rus', and in the 10th century represented a boyar council. It was also used by Dnieper Cossacks in the 17th and 18th centuries for the meetings where major decisions were made and new councils were elected by popular vote.
This name was later used by the Ukrainian Revolutionary government between March 17, 1917 and April 29, 1918 (Central Rada).
Verkhovna, is the feminine form of the adjective "верховний" meaning supreme. It is derived from the Ukrainian word "верх" meaning "top".
Cármen Lúcia
Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha (19 April 1954) is a Brazilian jurist. She is a member of the Supreme Federal Court since 2006.
She is the second woman to have been chosen as a justice for the Court and Chief Justice and a professor of Constitutional Law at Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais.
She was President of the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil. She was the President of the Supreme Federal Court. She became Acting President from April 13, 2018 until April 14 of the same year.
Evolutionary suicide
Evolutionary suicide is not a standard term in evolutionary biology. It is not used in any standard textbook on evolution.
It is the incorrect idea that the adaptation of an individual animal works in such a way that an entire species dies out. The idea is that evolution makes plants and animals pass on their genes to the next generation more efficiently, but it does not guarantee the survival of the population or the species. Obviously, that is true, and extinction occurs often. Evolution cannot foresee the future. This is, however, nothing at all to do with suicide.
Aliens (movie)
This one is different than the original movie because instead of it being just a horror movie, it has more action in it and there is more than one alien in it, as said in the title of the movie.
Glenolden, Pennsylvania
Glenolden is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,153 at the 2010 census.
Regnal year
A regnal year is a year of the reign of a monarch. It is from the Latin regnum meaning kingdom or rule. Some of the oldest dating systems were in regnal years. A regnal year usually begins on the date of a monarch's accession to the throne. Year one is counted from day one to the end of the first year of a monarch's reign. Then a second year of rule, a third, and so on. They would not have a zero year of rule. It is displayed as an ordinal, not a cardinal number.
Date problems
Every year of a monarch's reign falls within two calendar years, unless the reign began on the first day of the calendar year. When converting a regnal year in history to a calendar year, this can cause an error of one year. In England, from the 10th century until the late 13th century, the practice was to count the regnal year from the date of coronation. This was usually a later date than when a monarch was proclaimed king or queen. The current practice of dating from the date of accession began in the late 13th century when the heir was out of the country. Henry III of England died on 16 November 1272 which some sources date as the beginning of Edward I of England's rule. His reign actually began when he was proclaimed king at the New Temple on 20 November 1272. Here the date error between sources would be only four days.
Vivian Cash
Vivian Liberto Cash Distin  (April 23, 1934 – May 24, 2005) was the first wife of Johnny Cash. They were married from 1954 to 1966. Linerot divorced Cash because of his bad problems with drug addiction. Cash and Liberto had four daughters. Vivian died on May 24, 2005 from problems caused by lung cancer.
2021 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events in the year 2021 around the world.
Cockburn Island, Ontario
Cockburn Island is an island in the Canadian province of Ontario, found in the Manitoulin District. It has the least number of people living in it while still being a municipality of Canada. It had a population of 2 people in 2006. There is an Indian reservation, or place where Indians live, on Cockburn Island.
Jenkins County, Georgia
Jenkins County is a county located in the southeastern area of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,674 The county seat is Millen.
José Yudica
Yudica died on 23 August 2021 in Buenos Aires, aged 85.
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys  is an  Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903.
Bettino Craxi
Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi (24 February 1934 – 19 January 2000) was an Italian politician. He was Prime Minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987.
Dias Toffoli
José Antonio Dias Toffoli (born November 15, 1967) is a Brazilian lawyer. In September 2018, he became President of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil.
Vera's tree frog
Vera's tree frog (Litoria verae) is a frog from Indonesia. Scientists saw it on the Wandammen Peninsula.
Governor-elect (United States)
The governor-elect is a candidate who has won the gubernatorial election of a U.S. state in the United States. The candidate is also waiting upon inauguration to become the governor of the state.
In the United States, a gubernatorial transition is the process which the governor-elect prepares to take over the administration of the state government of a U.S. state from the incumbent governor. When the governor-elect takes the oath of office, which official powers and duties are legally transferred to the new governor.
Ostprignitz-Ruppin
Ostprignitz-Ruppin is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany.
Rangitata (New Zealand electorate)
Rangitata is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives.
Ostprignitz-Ruppin
The modern district was made in 1993 by joining the old districts Kyritz, Neuruppin and Wittstock. The district roughly covers the same territory as the two historic districts Ostprignitz and Ruppin.
Villa Paul Poiret
Villa Paul Poiret in Mézy-sur-Seine, Yvelines, France, is an important example of modernist architecture. It was Cubism-inspired, and built in the early 1920s. Later Art Deco features were added. It was a private house originally designed by architect Robert Mallet-Stevens.
The house is in 48500 m2 of parkland to the west of Paris, overlooking the Seine Valley. It is made of reinforced concrete to a geometric style.
The villa was commissioned by fashion designer Paul Poiret in 1921. It was completed in 1925. The house fell into disrepair, and was sold by Poiret in 1930 to actress Elvira Popescu, who lived there from 1938 to 1985. Popescu hired the architect Paul Boyer in 1932 to alter the original design to the contemporary Art Deco "ocean liner" style, converting windows to portholes, and rounding-off terrace corners. The house was listed as an historic landmark in 1984.
By 1999 the house had once more become dilapidated. It was bought by Laurent Brun. Under the direction of the two French committees responsible for listed buildings, both the outside and inside have been restored.
Villa Paul Poiret is part of the Journées de Patrimoine, (Heritage Days) scheme: public and private buildings of historic importance are open to the public on the third weekend in September.
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Cedar Falls is a city in Iowa in the United States. It is part of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls region. University of Northern Iowa was established in Cedar Falls.
Fernando Barrachina
Fernando Barrachina Plo (24 February 1947 – 4 January 2016) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Career
Born in Granada, Barrachina played for Granada, Valencia and Cádiz.
He made one international appearance for Spain in 1969.
Later life and death
He died on 4 January 2016, at the age of 68.
Mark Miller (actor)
Miller died in Santa Monica, California on September 9, 2022, at the age of 97.
Tony Dunne
Anthony Peter Dunne (24 July 1941 – 8 June 2020) was an Irish footballer and manager. He appeared at left-back for Manchester United. He won 33 caps for the Republic of Ireland, playing for the national team during 1962 to 1975. He was the Irish Footballer of the Year in 1969. He was born in Dublin.
Dunne died on 8 June 2020, aged 78.
FC Linz
FC Stahl Linz is a football club from the Upper Austrian capital of Linz, Austria.
History
The club was founded in 1946 as sports club of the state steel company VÖEST as SK VÖEST Linz and played from 1969 in the highest Austrian football league. The greatest success of the team was the championship in 1974. After the sponsor VÖEST left the club in 1991, the club renamed itself FC Stahl Linz and in 1993 FC Linz. The club played under this name until 1997, before it officially merged with Linzer ASK, but was actually wiped out. FC Blau-Weiß Linz was founded as the successor club.
The club came back in 2013. Since the 2014/15 season, the team has been playing as an independent club under the name FC Stahl Linz again within the Austrian Football Association and entered the Upper Austrian 2nd class middle - the 8th division.
References
FC Linz
Ishwarsena
Matahriputra Ishwarsena alias Mahaksatrapa Isvardatta He belonged to the Yadava branch of the Lunar dynasty He was the founder of the Abhira dynasty. In Western Maharashtra the Satavahanas were overthrown by Mahakshatrapa Isvaradatta in circa A.D. 230 as shown by his dated coin recently discovered. As it bears the title Mahakshatrapa, he must have acknowledged at least nominally the suzerainty of the contemporary Kushana king. He used the Saka era in recording the dates on his coins. His rule and that of his successor (if he had any) lasted only for twenty years; for the Abhira ruler Isvarasena, who rose to power in A.D. 250 soon conquered Western Maharashtra, Gujarat, Konkan and the Anupa country. His era commencing in that year spread to all these countries. The Saka era at this second time was current in Maharashtra only for twenty years. The Abhira era starting in A.D. 250 remained in use for several centuries till the conquest of Western Maharashtra and the other adjoining countries in A.D. 620, when the Early Chalukya king Pulakesin II defeated Kalachuri Buddharaja And annexed those countries to his empire.
Grzegorz Matuszak
Matuszak died on 13 September 2022. He was 81 years old.
Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea
"Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea" (ኤርትራ ኤርትራ ኤርትራ, ) is the national anthem of Eritrea.
2019 Dresden heist
The 2019 Dresden heist occurred in the Grünes Gewölbe (Green Vault) museum in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, on 25 November 2019. Three out of ten sets of jewelry were stolen.
The stolen items include diamond-laden breast star of the Polish Order of the White Eagle, a hat clasp with a 16-carat diamond, a diamond epaulet and a diamond-studded hilt containing nine large and 770 smaller diamonds, along with a matching scabbard.
It is the largest such theft since World War II.
Frank Hsieh
He was a member of the Legislative Yuan, mayor of Kaohsiung City, and the Premier of the Republic of China under president Chen Shui-bian.
Hsieh was the DPP nominee in the 2008 presidential election and lost to Ma Ying-jeou.
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr is a census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States. It is west of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bryn Mawr College is in Bryn Mawr. As of 2010, 4,382 people lived there. It was founded in 1686. Bryn Mawr means "big hill" in Welsh.
Creuse
Creuse (Cruesa) is a department in central France in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is named after the Creuse river that flows through the department.
History
Creuse is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. It was created mainly with lands of the old province of County of La Marche.
The new department had seven districts: La Souterraine, Guéret, Boussac, Évaux, Felletin, Bourganeuf and Aubusson. The capital (now prefecture) was Guéret alternating with Aubusson, but soon only Guéret remained as capital.
In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the seven districts were changed into four arrondissements: Guéret, Aubusson, Bourganeuf and Boussac.
On 10 September 1926, the arrondissements of Bourganeuf et Boussac were eliminated.
Geography
Creuse is part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has an area of 120872 km2.
The department is surrounded by 6 departments in 3 regions:
The main river in the department is the Creuse, a tributary of the Vienne river and that gives its name to this the deparment; it flows through the department from the southeast to the northwest.
Administration
The department is managed by the Departamental Council of the Creuse in Guéret. Creuse is part of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Administrative divisions
There are 2 arrondissements (districts), 15 cantons and 258 communes (municipalities) in Haute-Vienne.
The following is a list of the 15 cantons of the Creuse department (with their INSEE codes), in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Demographics
The inhabitants of Creuse are known, in French, as Creusois (women: Creusoises).
Creuse has a population, in 2014, of 120,581, for a population density of inhabitants/km2. The arrondissement of Guéret, with 83,458 inhabitants, is by far the largest. The other arrondissement, Aubusson, has 37,123 inhabitants.
Evolution of the population in Dordogne
The main cities in the department are:
Paul Wynnyk
Lieutenant General Paul Francis Wynnyk, (born June 29, 1964) is a former Canadian Army officer. He served from 2016 to 2018 as Commander of the Canadian Army. On July 16, 2018, he became the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, until his retirement in July 2019.
Early life
Paul Wynnyk is of Ukrainian descent. He was the grandson of emigrants in Alberta from Radvantsi, Lviv region, in Western Ukraine. He was born in Edmonton on June 29, 1964, and was raised in the village of Breton, Alberta.
Wynnyk attended Royal Roads Military College and the Royal Military College of Canada. He was commissioned into the Canadian Military Engineers in 1986. He became commanding officer of 1 Combat Engineer Regiment in Edmonton in 1997. Then he became the commander of 1 Area Support Group in 2004. Later, he was sent to Combined Security Transition Command in Afghanistan as Assistant Commanding General in March 2009. He went on to be commander of Land Force Western Area in 2010. He became as deputy Commander of the Canadian Army in 2012 and Commander of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command and Chief of Defence Intelligence in July 2014.
In January 2016, it was announced that he would become Chief of the Army Staff and Commander of the Canadian Army. On July 16, 2018, he was named Vice Chief of the Defence Staff.
In July 2019, he claimed that Chief of the Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance planned to replace him as the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff with Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Then he give his resignation from his position.
Post-military career
In October 2019, Wynnyk was appointed as Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs for the Government of Alberta.
Awards and decorations
He was a qualified Paratrooper and as such wore the Canadian Forces Jump Wings with Red Maple Leaf Command Commendation
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi MVO, MBE (3 March 1924 – 29 July 1966) was the first Military Head of State of Nigeria. He took control of Nigeria during the 15 January 1966 military coup.
He ruled Nigeria from 16 January 1966 until his assassination on 29 July 1966 by military officials.
Hybrid camel
The Tülü is a hybrid of a male Bactrian camel and a female dromedary. This breed is special for camel wrestling in Turkey and Kazakhstan.
Jean Bock
Jean Bock (15 January 1931 – 11 September 2022) was a Belgian politician. He was in the Liberal Reformist Party (PRL). Later, he was in the Reformist Movement (MR). He was born in Gouvy, Belgium. He was in the Senate of Belgium from 1995 to 1998. He was Mayor of Gouvy from 1983 to 2004,.
Resident Evil 3 (2020 video game)
Resident Evil 3 is a 2020 survival horror video game that is a remake of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. It is set before and after the events of Resident Evil 2.
Gameplay
The player can play as Jill Valentine and defeat zombies including the titular Nemesis.
Reception
People loved the game and improved graphics and controls but felt it was too short for a sequel. Nemesis is known for being a challenging boss.
1961–62 NHL season
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes
First games
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1961–62 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark debut in playoffs):
Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1961–62 (listed with their last team):
Chrystia Freeland
Christina Alexandra "Chrystia" Freeland (born August 2, 1968 in Peace River, Alberta) is a Canadian politician of the Liberal Party of Canada. She has been the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada since 2019.
Freeland has been a member of parliament since 2013. From 2015 to 2017 she was also minister of trade and the minister of foreign affairs from 2017 to 2019.
Previously she was a freelance journalist. She has written several non-fiction books.
The Mr. Men Show (1997 TV series)
The Mr. Men Show is a Canadian-American remake of the British series, Mr. Men and Little Miss.
Hybrid vigour
Hybrid vigour (or hybrid vigor) is the improved activity and survival of hybrid offspring. The technical term in genetics is heterosis.
On the other hand, when two parents are from widely different populations, such as different subspecies, this usually does not apply. In that case it is more usual for the hybrids to have lower fitness. Mules are usually not fertile, and that automatically makes them of lower fitness, as that term is used in biology. They are very hardy animals, but they leave few offspring. The puzzle for scientists has been to explain these facts.
List of amphibians of Russia
This list includes all amphibians currently found in Russia.
Hybrid vigour
Genetic theories
When a population is small or inbred, it tends to lose genetic diversity. The loss of fitness is due to loss of genetic diversity. Inbred strains tend to be homozygous for recessive alleles. Recessive alleles tend to be mildly harmful. Heterosis or hybrid vigor, on the other hand, is the tendency of outbred strains to exceed both inbred parents in fitness.
In the early 20th century, after Mendel's laws came to be understood and accepted, two explanations were proposed.
[[Image:Heterosis.svg|thumb|300px|right| Genetic basis of heterosis.
Dominance hypothesis. Scenario A. Fewer genes are under-expressed in the homozygous individual. Gene expression in the offspring is equal to the expression of the fittest parent.
(The size of the circle depicts the expression level of gene A)]]
Present status
At present, the first idea seems to fit the facts best. "The current view ... is that the dominance hypothesis is the major explanation of inbreeding decline and the high yield of hybrids".
Peace be upon him (Islam)
alayhi as-salām (AAS) is a phrase Muslims say whenever they refer to the name of any prophet, messenger, and chosen figure of God. "Peace be upon him" is the English-language translation of alayhi as-salām. The phrase is used in Islamic practice to show respect. Muslims say or write the phrase to get Allah's blessings for the prophet/messenger, and in turn, get blessings for themselves. The abbreviations PBUH and AAS are used in writing in the Muslim world in private and sometimes government documents. The Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, says this respect must be given.
Grebe
A grebe is a medium sized bird. They are in the family Podicipedidae. There are 22 species of grebe.
Description, color and shape
Most grebes are a medium or large size. Some grebes, such as the Little Grebe are smaller. All Grebes have large feet with lobed toes. This means that each toe is separate on the foot (the opposite of this is webbed feet which is seen in ducks and geese). Some grebes find it difficult to walk on land because their feet are so big. They are much better at swimming and diving in water.
Grebes have narrow wings. Some grebes find it difficult to fly. There are two species of grebe that cannot fly at all. This means that if grebes are in danger, they will dive under water instead of flying away like other birds do.
Grebes can have long or short bills. If they eat insects in the water, they will have a short bills. If they eat crustaceans (for example, crabs) they will have a long, sharp bill.
Most grebes are brown, white and red/orange. They have many, waterproof feathers. This means they can easily float on water and dive into water without getting cold or wet. In spring and summer, grebes have orange crests on their heads. This is so they can attract a mate. Some grebes do a mating ritual. This is when they "dance" in the water.
Grebes make their nest from plants found in the water. The nests float on top of the water. Baby grebes can swim when they are born. They are usually brown and white and do not get their orange crests until they are adults.
Habitat
Grebes live in freshwater (lakes or rivers). Some species of grebe will go to saltwater (sea/ocean) when they are migrating. This is when birds fly to live in a different place in summer or winter. Grebes only migrate if they live in North America, Europe or Asia. Grebes in South America, Africa and Asia do not migrate. They are found in every continent on earth.
Nakahama Manjirō
Nakahama Manjiro (中濱万次郎), also known as John Manjiro or John Mung, was a Japanese sailor, educator, and interpreter.
Early life
Manjiro was born in the Naka-no-hama in Tosa Province (now Tosashimizu in Kōchi Prefecture). He was the second son of a poor fisherman. He worked when he was young because his father died and his mother and older brother were sick. Because of this, he did not learn how to read and write very well.
Life in the United States
In 1841, when he was 1 years old, the fishing boat he worked on ran into a storm and was turned over. He and the people with him were on the ocean for five days. They landed on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where no people lived. They spent 143 days on that island. An American ship passed by the island and John Manjiro and the others were saved.
At this time, Japan was a closed country. The American ship or any non-Japanese ship could not enter Japan. Also, any Japanese who left Japan were killed by the Japanese government if they returned to Japan. Most of the people saved from the island were taken to Hawaii. The captain of the ship liked John Manjiro and took Manjiro with him. Manjiro saw a map of the world for the first time and saw how small Japan was in the world. Manjiro was named “John Mung” by the captain. He was adopted by the captain of the ship and lived with the captain’s family in the United States. Manjiro learned English, math, measurement, navigation, and shipbuilding at school. He spent all of his time to studying to be a captain. He learned new ideas from the Western world. For example, democracy and equality between men and women.
Return to Japan
Manjiro returned to Hawaii and bought a boat. He and his friends from the fishing boat started to sail back to Japan in December of 1850. Japan was still a closed country. Because of this, he was investigated by the Shogunate (the rulers of Japan) for a long time.
IN 1851, Manjiro return to his village in Japan.
Around this time, Shimazu Nariakira, a historical person in Japan, was interested in English and shipbuilding. John Manjiro began working as an English teacher. He had a strong friendship with many statesmen. He was even asked to be a statesman himself.
In 1853-1854, Manjiro was the interpreter for Matthew C. Perry when the Americans first came to Japan.
In his later years, Manjiro visited American friends. By then, he could not speak English very well any more. He died in 1898 at the age of 71 years old.
The Name, "John Manjiro"
John Manjiro was actually born as Manjiro (without a family name). The name "John" comes from the name of the ship he was saved by when on the island in 1841. The name of the ship was "John Howland." The captain gave Manjiro this name. In 1938, Ibuse Masuji, a Japanese writer, first used the name "John Manjiro." From this book came the name of "John Manjiro."
John Manjiro's English
Manjiro had problems translating because he was not good at translating English sentences. This was because he had not learned basic grammar when he was young. He was used as interpreter when Commodore Perry came in 1863. Manjiro pronounced English just as he heard it. His pronunciation was different from present-day English. Japanese based their pronunciation of English at the time on Manjiro’s pronunciation. They were able to be understood by Americans and English people.
The John Manjiro Musical
There is a musical about Manjiro in Japan. It is called The Dream of John Manjiro. It was first done in June, 1974.
Trivia
John Manjiro was the first Japanese man to set foot on the contintental United States, to take a train, to ride a steamship, and to wear a necktie. John Manjiro talked about world views with Ryoma Sakamoto, a famous Japanese statesman and general.
Iron plantation
An iron plantation was a place where pig iron and wrought iron were made. They first started in the 18th and 19th centuries when everyone worked on making pig iron or wrought iron. They usually started because there were many trees in the area to make coke, and making pig iron takes coke.
Cullybackey
Cullybackey or Cullybacky is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It has got lots of cafes and a very good pub. It has won Britain in bloom for 4 years running. It is a predominantly Protestant area, and host the twelfth every 3 years.
There are 2 schools, one is the Buick Memorial Primary School and the other is Cullybackey High School.
Rovigo
Rovigo is an Italian city in Veneto. It has a population of about 50,883 inhabitants.
Estonian alphabet
The Estonian alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet with German influence. Because of German influence, Estonian contains the letters Ä, Ö and Ü. The Estonian alphabet originally has only 23 letters. However, including letters that are used in words borrowed from other languages, it may have 27 letters or 32 letters. They are the same as in English, with the addition of four letters - Õ, Ä, Ö and Ü. These four letters are placed after W and before X in the Estonian alphabet. The letters Š and Ž also exist in Estonian, but they are only used in words borrowed from other languages. The letter Š is placed after S in the Estonian alphabet, and Z is placed after Š in Estonian. The letter Ž is placed after Z. All together the order is as follows:
A B (C) D E F G H I J K L M N O P (Q) R S Š Z Ž T U V (W) Õ Ä Ö Ü (X) (Y)
F, Š, Z and Ž are only used in words borrowed from other languages. C, Q, W, X and Y are not used in Estonian, and only occur in names from other languages.
The original Estonian alphabet consists of 23 letters in the order as it follows:
A B D E G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Õ Ä Ö Ü
Including the letters only in loanwords, the Estonian alphabet consists of 27 letters in the order as it follows:
A B D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S Š Z Ž T U V Õ Ä Ö Ü
Including letters not part of the alphabet and from the local alphabet, the Estonian alphabet consists of 32 letters in the order as it follows:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S Š Z Ž T U V W Õ Ä Ö Ü X Y
Taio Cruz
Albums
Taio Cruz has released 3 studio albums:
Zelimkhan Yaqub
Zelimkhan Yaqub (Zəlimxan Yaqub; 21 January 1950 – 9 January 2016) was an Azerbaijani poet. He served as a deputy of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan from 1995 to 2005. He was also named the national poet of Azerbaijan in 2005. He was born in Bolnisi Municipality, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union.
Rame Peninsula
The Rame Peninsula is a peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. The peninsula is surrounded by the English Channel to the south. Plymouth Sound is to the east. The estuary of the River Lynher lies to the north. The largest settlement is Torpoint. It is on the eastern coast, facing Devonport in Plymouth, Devon. The peninsula is named after Rame Head, to the south of the peninsula. The peninsula also includes the village and parish of Rame. The whole area of the peninsula is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Settlements in the Rame Peninsula
Other places on the peninsula include: Antony, Crafthole and Cremyll. Fourlanesend is the location of Fourlanesend School, the local primary school for the Rame Peninsula. Kingsand and Cawsand are protected by the headland. Much of the peninsula is owned by the Mount Edgcumbe estate which also includes Mount Edgcumbe Country Park.
SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated sitcom television series. It is made by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. The series began on July 1, 1999.
It is by far, Nickelodeon's most popular program. It has been made into many pieces of merchandise. The main character, SpongeBob is an adult sea sponge that acts like a child. He lives in a pineapple under the ocean. The series has three spin-offs: Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, The Patrick Star Show and one with Squidward Tentacles.
Characters
The series gets its name from its main character, SpongeBob SquarePants, a male sponge. He looks more like a yellow kitchen sponge used for cleaning dishes than a sea sponge. His best friend is a starfish named Patrick Star. His grumpy neighbor is an octopus named Squidward Tentacles.
SpongeBob and Squidward work as employees at a restaurant called the Krusty Krab in the underwater town of Bikini Bottom. The Krusty Krab, which is run by a greedy red crab named Mr. Krabs, is famous for its Krabby Patty burgers. The recipe for Krabby Patties is top secret. The owners of a competing restaurant called the Chum Bucket, Plankton and Karen, often try to steal the recipe.
Arthur Kornberg
Arthur Kornberg (March 3, 1918 – October 26, 2007) was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for his discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)" with Severo Ochoa of New York University. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1979.
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Episodes
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Arthur Kornberg
His primary research interests were in biochemistry, especially enzyme chemistry, deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis (DNA replication) and studying the nucleic acids which control heredity in animals, plants, bacteria and viruses.
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Ratings and run-length achievements
Within its first month on air, SpongeBob SquarePants overtook Pokémon as the highest rated Saturday-morning children's series on television. It held an average national Nielsen rating of 4.9 among children aged two through eleven, denoting 1.9 million viewers. Two years later, the series had firmly established itself as Nickelodeon's second highest-rated children's program, after Rugrats. SpongeBob SquarePants was credited with helping Nickelodeon take the "Saturday-morning ratings crown" for the fourth straight season in 2001. The series had gained a significant adult audience by that point—nearly 40 percent of its 2.2 million viewers were aged 18 to 34. In response to its weekend success, Nickelodeon gave SpongeBob SquarePants time slots at 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM, Monday through Thursday, to increase the series' exposure. By the end of 2001, SpongeBob SquarePants boasted the highest ratings for any children's series, on all of television. Weekly viewership of the series had reached around fifteen million, at least five million of whom were adults.
Sargent Shriver
Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. (November 9, 1915 – January 18, 2011) was an American politician who was the first director of the Peace Corps from 1961 until 1966, then he was the first director of the OEO from 1964 until 1968, and was the 21st ambassador to France from 1968 until 1970.
He was also a Vice President nominee with presidential nominee George McGovern in 1972, they lost to Richard Nixon and to Spiro Agnew. He was also an activist.
Early life
Shriver was born in Westminster, Maryland on November 9, 1915 and was educated at Yale University and at Yale Law School. He had served in the army during World War II from 1941 through 1945 and was awarded a Purple Heart for his wounds during the war.
Career
Shriver founded many social programs and organizations, including Head Start, VISTA, Job Corps, Community Action, Upward Bound, Foster Grandparents, Legal Services, the National Clearinghouse for Legal Services (now the Shriver Center), Indian and Migrant Opportunities and Neighborhood Health Services, in addition to directing the Peace Corps. He was active in Special Olympics, founded by his wife Eunice.
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Controversies
In 2009, several groups, including the American Family Foundation, attacked SpongeBob for being homosexual. The character had recently appeared on a music video with other kids' show characters to promote diversity and tolerance. However, the creator said in 2002 that SpongeBob is asexual, meaning that he does not seek sexual partners at all.
Sargent Shriver
Career
Shriver was awarded the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award in 1967. It was named after a 1963 encyclical letter by Pope John XXIII that calls upon all people of good will to secure peace among all nations. Pacem in terris is Latin for 'Peace on Earth'.
Shriver served as U.S. Ambassador to France from 1968 to 1970, becoming a quasi-celebrity among the French for bringing what Time magazine called "a rare and welcome panache" to the normally sedate world of international diplomacy.
Personal life
In 1953 Shriver married Eunice Kennedy (the sister of John F. Kennedy) and together they had 5 children; Robert Sargent Shriver III, Maria Shriver (the wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger), Timothy Peter Shriver, Mark Kennedy Shriver, and Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver. Shriver's wife of 56 years Eunice Kennedy Shriver died on August 11, 2009 from a stroke, two weeks later his brother-in-law Ted Kennedy died on August 25, 2009 from brain cancer.
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Decreasing quality
Many fans and critics believe that after season 11 and the first movie, the series started to decline in quality. This was because many writers from the first three seasons seasons left (although Doug Lawrence, Aaron Springer, Erik Wiese and C.H. Greenblatt still stayed). Some of the later episodes were poorly received because the characters did not act the way they acted in the first three seasons. However, apparently, the show's quality improved once more after the second movie, when Stephen Hillenburg returned, until his death in 2018.
Iron planet
An iron planet is a planet whose core consists of mostly iron. These planets often have a small mantle and a very large core. Mercury is known to be an iron-rich planet - and is the largest celestial body in the Solar System to be so.
Sargent Shriver
Health and death
In 2003 Shriver was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and has began to loose his memory and could not even name his own wife because of the disease. His daughter Maria Shriver wrote a children's book based on the disease.
Arthur Kornberg
He is of Jewish descent.
Iron planet
In science fiction, these planets are sometimes called "cannonballs".
Sargent Shriver
Health and death
On January 18, 2011 Sargent Shriver died in Bethesda, Maryland from Alzheimer's disease, he was 95 years old. He is buried next to his wife at the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.
Alderney camps
The Alderney concentration camps were built and operated by Nazi Germany during its World War II occupation of the Channel Islands. The Channel Islands were the only British Commonwealth soil to be occupied by the Nazis. The Nazis built four concentration camps on Alderney Island, subcamps of the Neuengamme camp outside Hamburg. They were named after the Frisian Islands: Lager Norderney, Lager Borkum, Lager Sylt and Lager Helgoland. The Nazi Organisation Todt operated each subcamp and used forced labour to build bunkers, gun emplacements, air-raid shelters, and concrete fortifications. The camps started working in January 1942 and had a total inmate population of about 6,000.
The Borkum and Helgoland camps were "volunteer" (Hilfswillige) labour camps and the labourers in those camps were treated harshly but a little bit better than the inmates at the Sylt and Norderney camps. The prisoners in Lager Sylt and Lager Norderney were slave labourers forced to build the many military fortifications and installations throughout Alderney. Sylt camp held Jewish enforced labourers. Norderney camp housed European (usually Eastern but including Spaniard) and Russian enforced labourers. Lager Borkum was used for German technicians and "volunteers" from different countries of Europe. Lager Helgoland was filled with Russian Organisation Todt workers.
In 1942, Lager Norderney, containing Russian and Polish POWs, and Lager Sylt, holding Jews, were placed under the control of the SS Hauptsturmführer Max List. Over 700 of the inmates lost their lives before the camps were closed and the remaining inmates transferred to Nazi Germany in 1944.
War crime trials
After World War II, a court-martial case was prepared against ex-SS Hauptsturmführer Max List, citing atrocities on Alderney. However, he did not stand trial, and is believed to have lived near Hamburg until his death in the 1980s.
Arthur Kornberg
Arthur and Sylvy Kornberg had three sons: Roger Kornberg (1947), Thomas Kornberg (1948), and Kenneth Kornberg (1950). Roger is Professor of Structural Biology at Stanford University, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2006. Thomas discovered DNA polymerase II and III in 1970 and is now a professor at the University of California, San Francisco. Kenneth is an architect specializing in the design of biomedical and biotechnology laboratories and buildings.
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References
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Yalçın Granit
Yalçın Granit (September 17, 1932 – November 1, 2020) was a Turkish basketball player, coach and sports journalist. He was born in Istanbul. His playing career lasted from 1948 to 1957. His managing career lasted from 1957 to 1974.
He played for the Galatasaray S.K. He also managed Darüşşafaka Basketbol, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K. and for Eczacıbaşı. He participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
Granit died on November 1, 2020 in Istanbul at the age of 88.
Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight (born June 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. McKnight is most recognized for his strong falsetto and belting voices. He has earned 16 Grammy Award nominations.