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Eddy Merckx
Setbacks and lesser days
That same year, during the Giro d'Italia, was found to have used drugs and disqualified. He cried in front of reporters and still protests his innocence. He argued that there were no counter-experts nor counter-analysis and that foreign supporters hated him. Further, he stated that the stage during which he was allegedly using drugs was an easy one, so there was no need to use drugs. The Belgian prince sent a plane to bring him to Belgium. This incident was one of the reasons why Merckx thought his first Tour de France victory, later that year, his best ever win
The end of his Tour-career came in 1975 (although he did compete in 1977 he finished 6th that year). That year, he attempted to win his sixth but became a victim of violence. Many Frenchmen were upset that a Belgian might beat the record five wins set by Jacques Anquetil. Merckx held the yellow jersey for eight days, which raised his record to 96 days, but during stage 14 a French spectator punched him in the liver. A later collision with the Danish rider Ole Ritter broke his jaw. Although he could not eat solid food and was barely able to talk, Merckx did not retire. During the last stage, he attacked leader Bernard Thevenet (but was caught by the peloton).
Records
Merckx set these records during his career.
Hour record
Merckx set the hour record in October 25, 1972. He covered 49.431 km at high altitude in Mexico City. The record was unbeaten until 1984, when Francesco Moser broke it using a specially designed bicycle. During the next 15 years, various racers improved the record to more than 56 km. However, because of the more and more strange designs of the bikes and position of the rider, in 2000 the UCI said a "traditional" bike must be used. When Chris Boardman had another go at Merckx's reinstated record in 2000, he beat it by slightly more than 10 metres at sea level. But, Merckx had raced a full road season winning the Tour, Giro and four Classics, while Boardman was a time trial specialist who had retired from road racing and had prepared specially for the 2000 Hour Record.
After retirement
In May 2004, he underwent an oesophagus operation to cure the constant stomach ache which he suffered since he was a young man. He lost almost 30 kg in the process, and started cycling again, but only for leisure.
Personal life
In 1967 Merckx married Claudine Acou. Merckx's mother asked the priest to celebrate the ceremony in French, a choice that ended up being a contentious issue in Belgium. They had two children: a daughter (Sabrina), and a son (Axel) who was a professional cyclist for Team T-Mobile.
Despite this early incident, Merckx is a perfect ambassador to Belgium (because he does not support Flanders more than Wallonia, but supports the unity of the country). Because of this, he came 4th in the Walloon version of the "Greatest Belgian" contest in 2005, and third in the Flemish (3rd) version..
In 1996 the Belgian king gave him the title of baron. In 2000 he was chosen Belgian "Sports Figure of the Century".
Merckx is known as a quiet and modest person. Many of his former helpers have worked in his bicycle factory and join him during recreational bike tours.
Merckx has condemned doping (he tested positive twice in his career). At the same time he has been quick to point out that cycling is unfairly treated when compared to other sports. In the 1990s, he became a friend of Lance Armstrong and supported him when he was accused of drug use, stating he "believed what Lance told him than what appeared in newspapers". After Armstrong won his third Tour de France, Merckx predicted he would go on to win as many as seven.
Doping
Merckx twice tested positive for doping in his career. Because he has admitted doing this publicly the city of Stuttgart, Germany did not want to invite him to the world cycling championships being held in the city in 2007
Emi Wada
Emi Wada (和田 惠美) was a Japanese costume designer for movie, theatre and ballet performances. Wada was born in Kyoto, Japan. She won the 1985 Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work on Ran. Her other works include Hero (2002), House of Flying Daggers (2005), Mongol (2007) and Oh My General (2017).
Wada died on 13 November 2021, aged 84.
Australian Air Force Cadets
The Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC) is a youth organisation in Australia. The goal of the organisation it to help prepare young people for adult life. It was first created on July 11, 1941 with the name Air Training Corps. It was created to give training to young men (ages 14 to 20) who were interested in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The name was changed in 2001.
Late Heavy Bombardment
The Late Heavy Bombardment (LHB) or lunar cataclysm happened about 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago. During this time, a large number of impact craters formed on the Moon. By inference, the same thing happened on Earth, Mercury, Venus, and Mars as well.
The evidence for this event comes from the dating of lunar samples. This shows that most impact melt rocks formed at that time. Many hypotheses have been suggested to explain how asteroidal or cometary material got into the inner solar system, but no consensus yet exists.
One popular theory is that the gas giant planets (or at least Jupiter) migrated in orbit at this time: see Grand tack hypothesis. This caused objects in the asteroid belt and/or Kuiper belt to be forced into orbits which reached the terrestrial planets.
Some think that the apparent clustering of impact melt ages near this time is an artifact of sampling.
This topic is part of the formation and evolution of the Solar System.
Prime Minister of Vietnam
The Prime Minister of Vietnam (Thủ tướng Việt Nam), officially styled Prime Minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic (Thủ tướng Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa), is the head of government of Vietnam. He works over the meetings of the Central Government. The prime minister directs the work of government members, and may propose deputy prime ministers to the National Assembly.
The current prime minister Phạm Minh Chính since 2021.
Roles
The head of government is responsible to the National Assembly and serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Council for Defence and Security. Moreover, prime minister is also Chairman of the Council for National Education, Standing Member of the Central Military Commission and the Central Police Party Committee.
List
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Brain tumor
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Treatment
The treatment varies based on the type of tumor. For meningiomas, surgical removal of the tumor alone is often sufficient. Malignant tumors like anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma multiforme require more aggressive therapy. For glioblastoma multiforme, surgical removal of the tumor followed by radiation therapy, also called radiotherapy, is used. Temozolomide (also known as Temodar) is also used for gliomas (including Glioblastoma multiforme).
I'll Be Seeing You
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Above mean sea level
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Definition
A "mean sea level" is imaginary. It is not possible to know the average sea level for the entire planet. The sea level also changes over time when measured in the same place. The sea moves, high and low pressure zones affect the height, tides change the sea level, and local difference in gravity all affect the sea level. People can only pick a spot and calculate the mean sea level at that point and use it as a datum. For example, the British Ordnance Survey uses a datum based on the measurements of mean sea level at a gauge at Newlyn, Cornwall from 1915 to 1921 for their maps of Great Britain. This datum is actually about 80 cm different from the mean sea level reading on the other side of the country. An alternative is to base height measurements on an ellipsoid of the entire earth. GPS and other satellite systems do this. In aviation, the ellipsoid known as World Geodetic System 84 is increasingly used to define mean sea level. Another alternative is to use a geoid based datum such as NAVD88.
Castorimorpha
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Michael Landon
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Trichomonas gallinae
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Seefeld, Bavaria
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Telek
George Mamua Telek (born 1969), commonly known simply as Telek, is a musician from Papua New Guinea. He is one of the country's most successful musicians, and his music is well known in Australia and the Pacific Islands. Telek was born in Raluana, a village near Rabaul in New Britain. He sings in his native language, Kuanua, and also in Tok Pisin.
Telek sang with various bands in Papua New Guinea early in his career, most notably with the group Painim Wok, famous in the 1980s. Telek met Australian musician David Bridie in Rabaul in the mid-1980s. Together they recorded the very successful album Tabaran.
Telek recorded his first solo album, Telek, outside Papua New Guinea in 1997. This album won an ARIA award for Best World Music Album. He recorded his second international album Serious Tam in 2000 at Peter Gabriel's studios in London. The next album he released was Amette, in 2004. He recorded it in Bridie's studio in Melbourne. His most recent album Akave was released through the Wantok Music-label.
Laotian rock rat
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Great Braxted
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Virgina Kidd
Virginia Kidd (June 2, 1921 – January 11, 2003) was an American literary agent, writer and editor, who worked in particular in science fiction and related fields. She represented science fiction American authors such as Ursula K. Le Guin, R.A. Lafferty, Anne McCaffrey, Judith Merril, and Gene Wolfe. Wolfe modeled Ann Schindler, a character in his 1990 novel Castleview, in large part on Kidd.
Life and career
Kidd was born Mildred Virginia Kidd in the Germantown district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the youngest daughter of Charles Kidd, a printer, and Zetta Daisy Whorley. She had polio at age 2. She was paralyzed for a year from the chest down. Growing up she attended the Berlitz School of Languages where she developed fluency in Spanish, Latin, Italian, French, and German. Kidd discovered science fiction at age 9. She became an active science fiction fan. She was a Futurian and, in 1941, became one of the founding members of the Vanguard Amateur Press Association. She did not attend college, saying "because I couldn't go to the University of Chicago, and I wouldn't go to any other." She married opera singer Jack Emden in 1943. They divorced in 1947. She then married the writer James Blish. They were married until 1963. She had four children: Karen Anne Emden (born 1944), Asa Benjamin Blish (born and died 1947), Dorothea Elisabeth Blish (born 1954), and Charles Benjamin Blish (born 1956). Kidd successfully worked as a freelance writer, ghost writer, and proofreader. She is well known for her work in the feminist science fiction literary movement. She helped marginalized authors. She was a successful businesswoman who worked with major companies such as Ace Publishing and Parnassus Books. She was also a poet, and published Kinesis, a little magazine for poetry. She helped to start the careers of writers including Sonya Dorman.
Tony Thompson
Anthony T. "Tony" Thompson (15 November 1954 – 12 November 2003) was an American session drummer. He is best known as the drummer of the band The Power Station and a member of Chic.
Virgina Kidd
Life and career
Her short stories included "Kangaroo Court", published in 1966 in Damon Knight's Orbit 1. She edited or co-edited several science fiction anthologies. She edited two with her client and friend, Ursula K. LeGuin, Interfaces: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction (1980) and Edges: Thirteen New Tales from the Borderlands of the Imagination (1980). Kidd won the 12th Locus Award in 1979 for Millennial Women.
Tony Thompson
Thompson was raised in Queens, New York. His mother was Trinidadian and father was of Antiguan descent. He first played drums for the group Labelle, and then for a short time was a member of the band Ecstasy, Passion & Pain. While he was the drummer for Chic, he played music with many artists such as Jody Watley, Madonna, Rod Stewart, Adam Ant, Mick Jagger and David Bowie.
Virgina Kidd
Virginia Kidd Literary Agency
In 1965, she founded her Virginia Kidd Literary Agency. The agency was at her home, Arrowhead, in Milford, Pennsylvania. Soon, she had many clients from the science fiction community. She was the first female literary agent in speculative fiction. Her clients included David R. Bunch, Juanita Coulson, George Alec Effinger, Alan Dean Foster, Richard E. Geis, Ursula K. Le Guin, Zach Hughes, Laurence Janifer, R. A. Lafferty, Anne McCaffrey, Judith Merril, Ward Moore, Christopher Priest, Frank M. Robinson, Joanna Russ, and Gene Wolfe.
Tony Thompson
Thompson died of renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer) in Los Angeles. It was just two months after his bandmate Robert Palmer died from a heart attack. Thompson was a member of the band Non-Toxic at the time of his death. He was survived by his wife, Patrice Jennings, and two children. On 19 September 2005, Thompson and the rest of the Chic band members were inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame.
Virgina Kidd
Virginia Kidd Literary Agency
She stopped managing the agency in the mid-1990s because of health problems from diabetes. She died in 2003, but the agency still exists.
Translations
“The Monster in the Park.” Gérard Klein (translated from French by Virginia Kidd). The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Vol. 21, No. 3, 1961
Sharknado
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Larry Zeidel
Lazarus "Larry, Rock" Zeidel (June 1, 1928 – June 17, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played 5 seasons in the NHL as well as 12 seasons in the AHL.
Zeidel started his hockey career with the Barrie Flyers of the OHA for 28 games and then moved on to play with the Quebec Aces of the QSHL for 3 seasons. After that he played with the Saskatoon Quakers of the WCSHL and then the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL for 19 games before being sent to their AHL affiliate, Indianapolis Capitals for a season. He was called up to the Red Wings and played 9 games with them before he joined the Edmonton Flyers of the WHL and played 1 season with them. He played joined the Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL for 1 season and rejoined the Edmonton Flyers for 1 season. He would then play in the AHL with the Hershey Bears for 8 seasons and the Cleveland Barons for 1 season. He returned to the WHL to play with the Seattle Totems for 2 seasons and joined the Barons again for 2 seasons. He ended his playing career after playing with the Philadelphia Flyers for 2 seasons.
Sharknado
It stars Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, John Heard and Cassie Scerbo.
Five sequels were made: Sharknado 2: The Second One, Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, Sharknado: The 4th Awakens and Sharknado 5: Global Swarming. The Last Sharknado: It's About Time, the sixth and final movie in the franchise, was released on August 19, 2018.
Hussein al-Houthi
Badr al-Din al-Huthi (بدرالدين الحوثي; c. 1926–2010) was a Yemeni political and religious leader.
Larry Zeidel
He won the Stanley Cup in 1952 during his time with the Detroit Red Wings.
Hussein al-Houthi
Ancestry and early life
Badr al-Din was born in c. 1926 in Dahyan, Saada. He belonged to the Arab tribe of Huth.
Larry Zeidel
Zeidel was Jewish and because of this antisemitic remarks were said to him during his playing career. His grandparents were killed in concentration camps by Nazis.
Zeidel suffered from dementia during his last years. He died in Pennsylvania from heart failure and renal failure, aged 86.
Hussein al-Houthi
Ancestry and early life
He studied under the prominent scholar Majd al-Din al-Mu'yyadi.
Perros-Guirec
Sister cities
Perros-Guirec is twinned with:
Hussein al-Houthi
Leadership of Zaydis
In the 1970s–1980s, Badr al-Din gained scholarly reputation among the high-ranking clergy of Zaydi Shi'a in Yemen. (Salmoni, Loidolt, Wells 100).
Following the death of Husayn in September 2004, Badr al-Din briefly took over the leadership of the Huthis before transferring the office to his son Abd al-Malik.
Free Wales Army
The Free Wales Army, or the FWA for short, (Byddin Rhyddid Cymru) was a Welsh paramilitary organisation that wanted independence for Wales from the United Kingdom.
It was formed in 1963 in Lampeter, a small town in Ceredigion, by Julian Cayo-Evans.
They first appeared in public at a protest in 1965 against the construction of the Llyn Celyn reservoir.
The group's members used to march through historic towns, such as Machynlleth, wearing home-made uniforms.
Pteroxygonum
Pteroxygonum is a Polygonaceae genus, related to Fallopia. A few species of the latter have been merged on it, such as F.denticulata.
Species
P denticulatum (C.C.Huang)TM Schust et Reveal (bas.Polygonum denticulatum)
P giraldii Dammer et Diels (syn. Fagopyrum giraldii K.Haralson )
C.S.D. Municipal
Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, also known as Municipal, is a Guatemalan football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional.
Municipal are the most popular club in Guatemala. Their main rivals are Comunicaciones, who are also located in the capital city.
Lower Kohistan District
Lower Kohistan is an administrative district in Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
In 2014, the provincial government split Kohistan District into Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan.
Halo 4
Halo 4 is a first-person shooter video game made by 343 Industries. It is published by Microsoft Studios and is available for Xbox 360.
The game was announced at E3 2011 on June 4, 2011. Halo 4 sees the return of Master Chief and Cortana. On September 26, 2012, Halo 4 was announced that it had completed development and the game was released worldwide (except Japan) on November 6, 2012. Halo 4 was released in Japan on November 8, 2012.
Cable
A communication cable is made of many wires or optical fibers twisted together to make a larger wire. Each of these wires may be covered. Some cables contain both electrical wires and optical fibers. There are many kinds of cables, including coaxial cables which block out radio or magnetic interference from other wires or cables, by having one wire inside an insulated tube surrounded by a second wire, acting as a metal tube along the same axis.
Electrical cables are usually made of copper, because electricity moves well through copper, but it is not as expensive as silver or other better conductors. Cables are sometimes made of aluminium because it is cheaper than copper.
The word "cable" is also used as ellipsis, or a short form, for "cable TV".
Wire ropes are a common type of cable. A cable car is a trolley pulled by a cable.
Namibia
The Republic of Namibia is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic coast. It is bordered by Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south. It does not border Zimbabwe, but it is very close to it. It gained independence from South Africa in 1990. Before that it was called South West Africa. Its capital is Windhoek.
Before World War I Namibia was a German colony. German is still widely spoken in the country, although English is the official language.
Namibia has a population of 2.1 million people.
The name of the country is from the Namib Desert. This is said to be the oldest desert in the world.
History
The dry lands of Namibia were lived in since early times by Bushmen, Damara and Nama. About the 14th century AD, Bantu came to the area from central Africa. From the late 18th century onwards, Orlam clans from the Cape Colony crossed the Orange River. They moved into the area that today is southern Namibia. The nomadic Nama tribes were largely peaceful. The missionaries with the Orlams were well received by them, the right to use waterholes and grazing was given. On their way further north, the Orlams met clans of the Herero tribe. They were not as friendly. The Nama-Herero War started in 1880. They did not stop until Imperial Germany sent troops.
The first Europeans to explore the region were the Portuguese navigators Diogo Cão in 1485 and Bartolomeu Dias in 1486. Like most of Sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia was not largely explored by Europeans until the 19th century. At this time traders and settlers arrived, mostly from Germany and Sweden.
German rule
Namibia became a German colony in 1884. This was to stop the British. The country was called German South-West Africa. From 1904 to 1907, the Herero and the Namaqua took up arms against the Germans. In the following Herero and Namaqua genocide, 10,000 Nama (half the population) and about 65,000 Hereros (about 80% of the population) were killed.
South African rule
South Africa began to rule the land in 1915. They defeated the German force during World War I. It was a League of Nations mandate territory from 1919. In 1946 the League was replaced by the United Nations. South Africa would not give up their rule of the land. Many people thought the land should be independent from South Africa. In 1971 South Africa was told their hold on the country was illegal. They still did not leave.
The country officially became independent on 21 March 1990. Sam Nujoma became the first President of Namibia.
Administrative divisions
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Namibia is divided into 14 regions and subdivided into 121 constituencies. Regional councillors are directly elected through secret ballots.
Tourism
There are many lodges and reserves for tourists. Sport Hunting is also a large, and growing part of the Namibian economy. It was 14% of total tourism in the year 2000. Namibia has numerous species wanted by international sport hunters. In addition, extreme sports such as sandboarding and 4x4ing have become popular. Many cities have companies that provide tours. The most visited places include the Caprivi Strip, Fish River Canyon, Sossusvlei, the Skeleton Coast Park, Sesriem, Etosha Pan and the coastal towns of Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and Lüderitz.
Education
Namibia has required free education for 10 years between the ages of 6 and 16. Grades 1–7 are primary level, grades 8–12 secondary.
Most schools in Namibia are state-run. There are a few private schools. There are four teacher training colleges, three colleges of agriculture, a police training college, a Polytechnic at university level, and a National University.
Sport
The most popular sport in Namibia is football. The Namibia national football team qualified for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. They have yet to qualify for any World Cups. The Namibian rugby team has been in four separate World Cups. Namibia were participants in the 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups. Cricket is also popular. The national team played in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Inline Hockey was first played in 1995. It has become more and more popular in the last years. The Women's Inline Hockey National Team were in the 2008 FIRS World Championships. Namibia is the home for one of the toughest footraces in the world, the Namibian ultra marathon.
The most famous athlete from Namibia is certainly Frankie Fredericks, sprinter (100 and 200 m). He won four Olympic silver medals (1992, 1996). He also has medals from several World Athletics Championships. He is also known for humanitarian activities in Namibia and further.
Chemistry (band)
Chemistry is a Japanese band. This group is made up of two members: Douchin and Kawabata.They were the winners of the Asayan audition (similar to the American Idol series) in 2000 organized by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It was formed in 2001. The first single is "PIECES OF A DREAM".
Amy Rose
Amy Rose (エミー・ローズ) is a fictional character in Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series. She is a pink anthropomorphic hedgehog with a cheerful attitude, but large temper. She has the ability to summon a giant hammer, and serves to be Sonic's self-proclaimed girlfriend, although Sonic tends to ignore her in most incarnations.
Amy is among the series' most controversial characters; although many journalists have found her character cute and powerful, others have found her annoying, with several also criticizing her implications in gender representation in video games; despite this, Amy Rose is consistently ranked as among the most popular characters, having appeared in several pieces of merchandise since 1993.
Concept and design
Amy Rose was created by Kazuyuki Hoshino, who was a character designer and visual designer for Sonic CD. Naoto Ohshima, who'd originally created Sonic and who was spear-heading the project, influenced Amy's design of her headband and trainer shoes. Her hair was originally color red, and her skirt orange. Amy was redesigned by Yuji Uekawa in Sonic Adventure with a red dress and boots. Although Sonic CD was Amy's intended debut, she ended up appearing a year prior in Kenji Terada's Sonic the Hedgehog manga.
In the Japan, Amy Rose is voiced by Taeko Kawata, with the exception being Sonic Shuffle where she is voiced by Emi Motoi. Her English voice actor has changed several times; she was originally voiced by Jennifer Douillard from Sonic Adventure to Sonic Advance 3, before being replaced by Lisa Ortiz, who'd previously voiced the character in Sonic X; she was replaced with Cindy Robinson in 2010 who continued voiced the character until announcing her departure in 2021.
In the Japanese version of Sonic CD, Amy was named Rosie the Rascal, while the American version instead calls her Sally Acorn, a character who appeared in the American television series and Archie comic book.
Appearance
Amy Rose is an anthropomorphic pink hedgehog appearing in the video game series Sonic the Hedgehog, published by Sega. She first appeared in Sonic CD (1993), the first and only Sonic game released for the Sega Genesis add-on the Sega CD. Her roles in the games varies, with several main series games including Sonic Adventure (1998), Sonic Heroes (2003) and Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) featuring her as a playable character. Others, including Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) limit her to a non-playable role.
In the series, Amy is generally depicted as cheerful, yet strong. She also tends to insists that she is Sonic's girlfriend and follows him, despite Sonic tending to ignore her. Due to her not possessing the speed of other character, Amy defends herself with a large hammer.
Reception
Amy Rose has been met with a polarizing reception from media critics. Lucas Thomas of IGN spoke positively of the character saying "one of the coolest things about Amy is her enormous, walloping hammer". Contrarily, both Thomas East and Jim Sterling consider her among the worst Sonic characters, with them criticizing her personality. Justin Towell of GamesRadar considers her introduction in Sonic CD one of its flaws, although he added that she is not the "annoying brat like in Sonic Adventure". Cindy Robinson's voice acting has also been met with criticism, with several drawing comparisons to Minnie Mouse's voice.
In addition, Amy has been criticized for her implications in gender representation in video games; the Electronic Gaming Monthly staff noted that her pink coloring and tendency to run away from danger are in common with Japanese female characters.
Despite the divisive reception, Amy is among the most popular characters in the series by fans; in a Japanese poll in 2006, Amy ranked as the fifth most popular character, behind Knuckles, Tails, Shadow and Sonic respectively.
Langford
Langford is a village and civil parish in Maldon District, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 156 people living in Langford. Langford shares a parish council with Ulting.
2025 Western Australian state election
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Samangan Province
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Ramsey, Cambridgeshire
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Football Australia
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Madavoorpara
Madavoorpara is a major tourist attraction at Kaattayikonam in the Thiruvananthapuram city, the state capital of Kerala. It is a lesser-known destination in the city and one of the hang out places for the people nearby, known for its rock-cut Shiva Temple and the Bamboo Bridge. It stands 1800 feet above sea level and holds various archaeological and historical significances. The highest point gives a beautiful view of Thiruvananthapuram city along with the Arabian Sea and it was opened for visitors on 20th October 2016.
History of Rock-Cut Temple
Madavoorpara Shiva Temple, the most important attribute of the view point, dates back to the 9th century CE and is known for its architecture, as it was carved from a single rock. It is in the lowest part of the viewpoint. The cave temple is open from 6am to 10 am and from 5pm to pm everyday, maintaining its rituals and religious festivities regularly. It is also one of the rarest rock-cut temples in the state. On the pillars of the temple, an ancient Malayalam script, named Vattezhuthu had been inscribed which was used ages ago which is a rare sight. The main deity of the temple is Lord Shiva.
Bamboo Bridge
The Bamboo Bridge is one of the finest facilities that is stretched at a length of 100m. It provides the scenic beauty from the hill-top and is often used as a pathway to the topmost part of the rock. A lot of bamboo huts are established for the visitors to take rest and enjoy the venue. There is also an open stage built for future ventures including programmes, exhibitions and many more literary and cultural events. The bridge provides the finest experience of walking by foot especially during rainy seasons, when the water droplets are scattered on the bamboo and it makes it soothing for the visitors to walk along.
Future of viewpoint
The latest features to be included in the coming years include: 1. Amphitheatre 2. Floating Cottages 3. Water fountains 4. cafeteria 5. More seating facilities including stone pavements and benches 6. Amenity center 7. Green huts
Location and access
Madavoorpara is in Kaattayikonam, near Pothencode town in Thiruvananthapuram. Sreekaryam-Pothencode road is the easy way to travel to the tourist destination where the closest railway station is situated 17km away. The nearest airport is Trivandrum International Airport about 20km away via NH 66 and Kazhakkoottam- Kilimaanoor road.
Erik Erikson
Erik Homburger Erikson (born Erik Salomonsen; 15 June 1902 – 12 May 1994) was a German-born American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst. Erikson is known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. Erikson is also known for coining the phrase identity crisis. His son is Kai T. Erikson, a sociologist.
In 1970, Erikson won a Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction and won a U.S. National Book Award in the Philosophy and Religion category, both for Gandhi's Truth.
Erikson died at the Rosewood Manor Nursing Home in Harwich, Massachusetts on 12 May 1994.
Admiral Nakhimov (movie)
Admiral Nakhimov (Адмирал Нахимов) is a 1947 Soviet war drama movie directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin. The movie is based on the life of Russian Admiral Pavel Nakhimov (1802-1855). It stars Aleksei Dikiy, Ruben Simonov, and Leonid Knyazev.
Yellow jersey
The Yellow jersey (French: Maillot jaune [majo ʒoːn]) is the jersey worn by the leader of many multi-day (or stage) bicycle races, originally and most notably the Tour de France. It allows the rider who was in the overall lead at the end of the previous day to be easily identified.
Because the Tour de France was the first to use a coloured jersey to identify the leader many newer races have chosen the same colour, for example the Tour of Germany. Other tours and races use other colours, sometimes because of the sponsor.
The Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy, have a pink jersey (maglia rosa). The race's original sponsor was the sports newspaper (La Gazzetta dello Sport) which printed on pink paper, like many European sports newspapers.
Charlie Brooker
Charlton "Charlie" Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is a British humourist, journalist, television presenter, screenwriter and producer. He is widely known for creating the Channel 4/Netflix science fiction series Black Mirror (2011–present). He has appeared in panel shows such as Have I Got News For You. He has also hosted his own programmes such as Screenwipe and You Have Been Watching. In 2017, he won two Primetime Emmy Awards for the Black Mirror episode "San Junipero".
Yellow jersey
The leader in the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain) wears a red jersey (called "La Roja"). From 1998 to 2010 the Vuelta leader's jersey was gold in color.
Sometimes a rider will get three yellow jerseys. They will sometimes also autograph many copies of the jersey that are given out to VIPs with the race and their team.
Thom Yorke
Thomas "Thom" Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician. He is most known for being the lead singer, pianist, and guitarist for the English alternative rock band Radiohead. Radiohead have released nine studio albums. Radiohead first became famous with their single "Creep". In 1997 they released their third album, OK Computer. It got good reviews. It won Best Alternative Music Performance at the 1998 Grammy Awards.
In 2000 Yorke sung on "I've Seen It All", a song by Björk. It was on the soundtrack to Dancer in the Dark.
He released his first solo album "The Eraser" in 2006 on XL Recordings. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2007. In 2008 Yorke sung on the single "Náttúra" by Björk.
In 2013 he released an album with Atoms for Peace called Amok.
House Calls (movie)
House Calls is a 1978 American comedy movie directed by Howard Zieff and starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Richard Benjamin, Art Carney, Candice Azzara, Dick O'Neill. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and was spun off into a television series in 1979.
Guru Dutt
Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone (9 July 1925 – 10 October 1964), known by many as Guru Dutt, was an Indian movie director, producer and actor.
Night on Earth (movie)
Night on Earth is a 1991 American French British German Finnish Japanese comedy movie directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Rosie Perez, Roberto Benigni, Paolo Bonacelli, Matti Pellonpää, Béatrice Dalle. It was distributed by Fine Line Features.
Latchingdon
Latchingdon is a village and civil parish in Maldon District, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 1232 people living in Latchingdon.
Thorney, Cambridgeshire
Thorney is a village about eight miles (13 km) east of Peterborough city centre, on the A47 in England.
Hasan al-Lawzi
Hasan Ahmad al-Lawzi (1952 – July 13, 2020) was a Yemeni politician and writer. He was the Minister of Information. He published several volumes of poetry and short stories. From June to August 2011, he was the Acting Prime Minister of Yemen.
Al-Lawzi died on July 13, 2020, at the age of 68, after being infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic in Yemen.
Hammam
Hammam is a Turkish steam bath and also a public bath. This is common in the Middle East. Hammam is not used just to be clean. Hammam is also about spiritual purity or ablution.
History
Bathhouses were found throughout the Mediterranean world. They were used to the mid-6th century in the early Byzantine Empire.
In Europe hammam was also popular, especially in Victorian era.
Trébeurden
Trébeurden is a commune. It is found in the region Bretagne in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the west of France.
Sister cities
Trébeurden is twinned with:
Santa Susana Mountains
The Santa Susana Mountains are a mountain range in southern California, in the United States. They are north of the city of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles River; and south of the Santa Clara River. The west part of the mountains is in Ventura County while the east part is in Los Angeles County.
Boy from the Outskirts
Boy from the Outskirts (Мальчик с окраины) is a 1947 Soviet drama movie directed by Vasily Zhuravlyov. It stars Yevgeny Samoylov, Sergei Lukyanov, and Aleksandra Vasilyeva.
Korea under Japanese rule
Korea under Japanese rule is a term to define Korea when it was under Japanese control. Japanese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895 and in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 cleared the way. Japan controlled Korea for 35 years during Japanese Imperialism. The Japanese control of Korea lasted from 22 August 1910 until 15 August 1945. The Japanese rulers of Korea left the country on 2 September 1945. In Japan, the more common term is "Korea of the Japanese-Governed Period" (日本統治時代の朝鮮, Nippon Tōchi-jidai no Chosen).
Trevor Kell
Trevor Kell (born June 23, 1986 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was drafted 131st by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
Ellie Kemper
Ellie Kemper (born May 2, 1980) is an American actress. She played Ms. Griggs in 21 Jump Street. She played Kelly Erin Hannon in The Office.
Kemper was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
Waukesha parade attack
On November 21, 2021, at around 4:39 p.m. local time, a red Ford Escape sport utility vehicle broke through barricades and drove into the annual Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States. This killed six people and injured more than 68 others.
Waukesha police officers took the car and arrested a person. At least one officer fired their gun in an attempt to stop the SUV.
On October 26, 2022, Darrell Brooks, the driver of the SUV, was found guilty of all 76 charges against him. He was sentenced to six life sentences without parole.
Prince Antoine, Marquis of Baux
Prince Antoine of Monaco, Marquis of Baux (16 December 1717 – 4 February 1718), was a Monégasque prince and member of the House of Grimaldi. He was known as the Marquis of Baux as the heir to the throne of Monaco. He was also the and Count of Matignon. He died before succeeding his mother.
Life
Born in Monaco, he was the eldest son of the then-reigning Princess Louise Hippolyte of Monaco and her husband, Jacques I. He was given the title of Marquis of Baux, the traditional title for an heir to the Monégasque throne.
Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis is a disease of the liver. Normal liver tissue is replaced by scar tissue. The liver does not work so well.
Cirrhosis is caused mostly by alcoholism, hepatitis B, hepatitis C or hepatocellular carcinoma. Ascites (retention of fluid in the abdomen) is the most common complication for cirrhosis. The patient's skin develops a yellowish hue (jaundice) as the disease gets worse. Liver damage by cirrhosis cannot be repaired. It leads to a poor quality of life, and can cause death.
Melanin
Melanin is a special pigment of the epidermis. It helps protect the body from the sun's radiation. This pigment contributes to the color of the skin and is produced deep within the layers of the epidermis. It is created from amino acid tyrosine It help our skin to protect from the sun.
Kiwi Farms
Kiwi Farms, formerly known as CWCki Forums, is an American Internet forum for discussion and harassment about online people and communities it deems "lolcows" (people who can be “milked for laughs”).
The site has been part of many controversies like hosting the video of the Christchurch mosque shootings and for being linked to trolling campaigns.
History
The site launched as CWCki Forums in 2013, as a place to discuss Chris Chan, a webcomic artist. "CWCki" comes from the name of a wiki for the person they discussed based on their initials.
In 2022, Cloudflare removed them from their DDoS protection due to a online campaign. It later had a blackhole placed on its domain name by Tier 1 ISPs, such as Lumen, Arelion, GTT and Zayo. This was unusual, as there are only 15 Tier 1 ISPs in the world, and Kiwi Farms does not break any laws. Eventually by routing through other ISPs, the forum was able to get back online.
Ahmad Shah of Pahang
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Muadzam Shah (24 October 1930 – 22 May 2019) was the fifth Sultan of Pahang from 1974 until his abdication in 2019. He was the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 26 April 1979 to 25 April 1984. He was born in Pekan, Pahang.
Sultan Ahmad Shah died on 22 May 2019 at the National Heart Institute in Kuala Lumpur from a long-illness at the age of 88.
Watercolour
Watercolours (UK), also called watercolor (US) or aquarelle (French), are paintings whose colours are water-based pigments.
Watercolours were first created in China, appearing shortly after paper was invented. Watercolours soon became popular in Japan as well. Pigment is mixed first with a binder which is most of the time, gum arabic, then add water and then using a brush add the pigment to material like paper. When the water dries, the pigment is stuck to the material from the binder.
2021 Western Australian state election
The 2021 Western Australian state election was held on 13 March 2021 to elect the 41st Parliament of Western Australia, including all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council. It was conducted by the Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC).
The incumbent Labor government, led by Premier Mark McGowan, was re-elected in a landslide. They were opposed by the Liberal Party, led by Zak Kirkup, and the National Party, led by Mia Davies. The Liberals lost all but two seats, while the Nationals won four, making the Nationals the official Opposition. After the election, the two parties formed an alliance, called the Western Australian Opposition Alliance, similar to the Coalition, with the Nationals as the senior partner and the Liberals as the junior partner. Labor won the largest majority government (89.8% of seats) and the largest two-party-preferred vote (69.7%) ever won by any party at any election in Australian history. For the first time, they had a majority in both chambers of Parliament.
Symbolism
Symbolism is the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. A symbol is an object, action, or idea that stands for something other than itself, often of a more abstract nature. Symbolism creates quality aspects that make literature like poetry and novels more meaningful.
Hepburn romanization
Hepburn romanization (ヘボン式ローマ字) is a system of Japanese romanization. It uses the Latin alphabet. Many people from countries other than Japan use Hepburn romanization to help learn how to spell Japanese in the Latin alphabet.
Misia (Japanese singer)
MISIA (born July 7, 1978 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Kyūshū, Japan) is a Japanese singer who is most popular in Japan. One of her most famous songs is called "Everything". She served as an honorary ambassador on the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) and the TICAD V (5th Conference on African Development).
Eugene Chelyshev
Eugene Petrovich Chelyshev  or E. P. Chelyshev (Евгений Петрович Челышев, 27 October 1921 – 13 July 2020 ) was a Russian indologist, academician and public figure. He was a full-time member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1987), and he was the Academician-Secretary of the Department of Literature and Language Sciences (1988–2002).
He was awarded two Orders of the Red Star (1944, 1949), Order of the Patriotic War II degree (1985), Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV Degree (1997), III degree (2007), II degree (2020), Order of Honour (2012).
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear is a movie starring Daws Butler, Don Messick, Julie Bennett, and Mel Blanc. It is based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon show, The Yogi Bear Show.
Plot
Yogi tells Ranger Smith that he wants out of the park, so he tries to get Yogi sent away. Cindy gets captured by an evil circus owner, so Yogi and Boo-Boo leave Jellystone Park to save her.
Starnberg
Starnberg is a town in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Starnberg.
It is about 30 km southwest of Munich and is at the northern end of Lake Starnberg.
Twin towns
Starnberg is twinned with:
Cinderella (1947 movie)
Cinderella (Зо́лушка) is a 1947 Soviet movie directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova and Mikhail Shapiro. It stars Yanina Zhejmo, Aleksey Konsovsky, and Erast Garin.
Fritz Wintersteller
Fritz Wintersteller (21 October 1927 – 15 September 2018) was an Austrian mountaineer. He made the first ascent of Broad Peak together with Hermann Buhl, Kurt Diemberger, and Marcus Schmuck in 1957. He was born in Innsbruck, Austria.
Wintersteller died on 15 September 2018 at the age of 90.
Sucka Free
Sucka Free is the second mixtape by Trinidadian-American rapper Nicki Minaj. The album was released on April 12, 2008 through Young Money Entertainment and Dirty Money Records. Sucka Free features guest appearances from fellow rappers Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Jadakiss, Lil' Kim; a person who Minaj would argue with later on in her career and Ransom.
The making of Sucka Free
Just after Minaj's previous mixtape, Playtime Is Over, was released in 2007, Minaj released Sucka Free with label mate Lil Wayne after he saw her on the Queens-made DVD series called The Come Up. Lil' Wayne helped Minaj with making the mixtape.
Yoshiyuki Hasegawa
Yoshiyuki Hasegawa (長谷川 祥之) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.