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List of stars
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1911 England–Holland women's fencing competitions
The 1911 England–Holland women's fencing competitions were international fencing competition of British fencers against fencers of Salle De Vos, The Hage the Netherlands who visited London from 16-20 March 1911. The main reason for their visit was competition on 17 March organized as a celebration that fencing master D. Dreese who had been associated with Bertrands Fencing Academy for 20 years. During these four days, the competitions took place at the Bertrands Fencing Academy located at the Warwick Street in London, the United Kingdom.
Background
D. Dreese was a Dutch fencing master from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He was a successful fencer winning many prizes and also a successful trainer. By invitation of French fencer Bertrand Marie de Lesseps, who was settled in London, Dreese became a fencing master at the Bertrand’s Fencing Academy in 1881. He became very successful in London and decided later to emigrate to the United Kingdom.
In 1910 there was an international meeting between England and Belgium were the English team was beaten by the Belgian team.
16 March
On 16 March a fencing competition took place between the five Dutch fencers of Salle De Vos against five British fencers of the Bertrands Fencing Academy. The British team included the 1908-1909 British champion Millicent Hall and the 1910 British champion Julia Johnstone.
The jury consisted of members from as much as possible different fencing clubs, which was praised in the Dutch media. The jury members were: E. Martin Eduard was president (Bertrands Fencing Academy), miss. Cater (Oxford Fencing Club), Mrs. Eduards (salle Margri), miss. French (Oxford Fencing Club), miss. G. Daniels (Alexander House Gym.) and miss. A. B. Wakker (Kessards F. Club).
17 March
In the evening of 17 March 1911 was the celebration of fencing master D. Dreese who had been associated with Bertrands Fencing Academy for 20 years. Baron Gericke van Herwijnen had accepted the presidency on this matter. The competitions were led by N. Butterworth. Some important attendees this evening were jonkheer Quarles van Ufford, baron Leopold and dr. Rothschild A main part of this celebration was the women's competitions of fencers from the Bertrands Fencing Academy against women's fencers of Salle De Vos.
The academy was partly decorated with Dutch flags. The competitions were preceded by an orchestra playing the Dutch national anthem (Wilhelmus) and the English national anthem (God save the Queen). The five women's fencers of Salle De Vos competed against five known British fencers. The Dutch ladies wore the flag of the Netherlands and orange on their arm.
The Dutch ladies won multiple matches. Newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad writes about the matches: "The Dutch ladies... ...showed themselves completely equal to the English fencers and received well-deserved applause from the large numbers of ladies and gentlemen".
18-20 March
In the days after the competitions there were some small events as part of the visit of the Dutch team. On 18 March there was a friendly gathering of all fencers of Bertrands Fencing Academy with the Dutch team. On 20 March the Women's Fencing Club gave an assaut, in honor of the visit of the Dutch team. As seen as an exceptional, mr. de Vos was a the only man allowed to visit the women's club.
Iron(III) nitrate
Iron(III) nitrate, also known as ferric nitrate, is a chemical compound. Its chemical formula is Fe(NO3)3. It contains iron in its +3 oxidation state. It also contains nitrate ions.
Properties
Iron(III) nitrate is a light purple solid. It dissolves easily in water. It is an oxidizing agent. It is acidic. It absorbs water easily to make a hydrate (chemical with water molecules attached to it).
Uses
It is used to etch silver alloys. It is also used to make sodium amide. It acts as a catalyst in this reaction.
It can be mixed with clay to make an oxidant clay. This oxidant clay can be used to make organic molecules.
Safety
Iron(III) nitrate is oxidizing, so it can catch things on fire. It is also corrosive to metal and can burn skin.
Ain-Diab Circuit
The Ain-Diab Circuit was a Formula One road circuit built in 1957, southwest of Ain-Diab in Morocco, using the existing coast road and the main road from Casablanca to Azemmour.
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (مصطفى الكاظمي; born 5 July 1967 as Mustafa Abdul-Latif Mishatat ), alternatively spelt Mustafa Al-Kadhimiy, is an Iraqi politician. He became the Prime Minister of Iraq on 6 May 2020. Kadhimi is also the 43rd Prime Minister since the country's independence in 1932 and the fourth overall under the 2005 constitution.
He is also a former director of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, originally appointed in June 2016.
Ain-Diab Circuit
There was a terrible accident during the race. The engine on the Vanwall of Stuart Lewis-Evans seized up. The car spun and crashed. He was severely burned, and died in a hospital in England six days later.
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
He worked as journalist, documentalist and human rights and democracy activist in the 2000s after fall of Saddam in 2003.
In the early hours of 7 November 2021, he survived an assassination attempt when an explosive drone targeted his home in Baghdad.
Jay Carney
James "Jay" Carney (born May 22, 1965) is an American journalist. He was the 28th White House Press Secretary. He worked for President Barack Obama's cabinet. His term began in February 2011. He resigned (decided to start working in a new place) in May 2014 and left office in June 2014. He was succeeded by Josh Earnest.
Alija Izetbegović
Alija Izetbegović (Алија Изетбеговић, ; August 8, 1925 – October 19, 2003) a was Bosnian politician, lawyer, philosopher and author. He became the first president of the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992.
Izetbegović died on October 19, 2003 of heart disease complicated by injuries suffered from a fall at home.
Cangas, Pontevedra
Cangas, also known as Cangas do Morrazo, is a seaside resort in Galicia, Spain. It is both a town and municipality in the province of Pontevedra.
Charleston County, South Carolina
Charleston County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, 350,209 people lived there, making it the third-most populous county in South Carolina (after Greenville and Richland counties). Its county seat is Charleston. The county was formed in 1901.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1358 sqmi, of which 916 sqmi is land and 442 sqmi (33%) is water. It is the largest county in South Carolina by total land and water area. It is along the Atlantic coast.
Indole
Indole is found in some vegetables. They include broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. It is also in human feces. It has a strong fecal odor. In low concentration indole has a flowery smell. Indole is in perfumes.
Hollywood, South Carolina
Hollywood is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 4,714 at the 2010 census.
Cnida
The cnida is the basic term for the stinging apparatus of the phylum Cnidaria. The whole life-style of the phylum is based on this device, which enables the animals to catch their prey. The cnida appears in several forms: the most usual is the nematocyst.
Cnidae are organelle-like capsules with eversible tubules (they shoot the tubule outwards). They are the diagnostic feature of the phylum. All cnidarians possess cnidae; no loss of the feature is known.
There are three main types of cnidae: nematocysts, ptychocysts, and spirocysts, with many variations. Depending on the species, one or more types may be on the organism.
The cell which produces the cnida is variously called a cnidocyte, cnidoblast, or nematocyte. It is highly specialised for just one function. Each nematocyte cell contains an organelle with a hollow, coiled, thread-like structure. The outside of the cell has a hair-like trigger. When the trigger is touched, the shaft of the cnidocyst fires like a harpoon. It penetrates the prey, and the hollow thread comes with it. This takes no more than a few microseconds. After penetration, the toxic content of the nematocyst is injected into the target. The rapid activity of the injected neurotoxins paralyzes the mobile prey, thus allowing the sessile cnidarian to devour it.
Kleptoplasty
Certain types of sea slugs, such as the nudibranch aeolids, store nematocysts from digested jellyfish at the tips of their cerata (body projections). It is quite common for predators to store useful plastids from their victims.
Villarboit
Villarboit is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Piedmont region in Italy.
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is on the Connecticut River and only 24 miles from Springfield, Massachusetts. The city of Hartford had 121,054 people as of 2020. This is the third most people in the state behind Bridgeport and New Haven. It is an important center of Insurance. Airline service is provided from Bradley International Airport.
Hartford has an American Hockey League team called the Hartford Wolf Pack, a rugby team called the Hartford Wanderers and a United Football League team called the Hartford Colonials. From 1979 to 1997 Hartford had a National Hockey League team called the Hartford Whalers.
Colonial Hartford
The English started to come in 1636. They settled upstream from Fort Hoop near the present-day Downtown and Sheldon/Charter Oak neighborhoods.
19th century
Throughout the 19th century, Hartford's number of people, economic productivity, cultural influence, and political power continued to grow. The Industrial Revolution in Hartford in the mid-1800s made it one of the wealthiest per capita in United States.
On December 15, 1814, people from the five New England states (Maine was still part of Massachusetts at that time) came together at the Hartford Convention. Unhappy about the War of 1812, they discussed New England possibly breaking away from the United States.
During the early 19th century, the Hartford area was an important place for abolitionist activity. The most famous abolitionist family was the Beechers. The Reverend Lyman Beecher was an important Congregational minister known for his anti-slavery sermons. His daughter, Harriet Beecher Stowe, wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin; her brother Henry Ward Beecher was a well-known clergyman who strongly hated slavery. He also supported the temperance movement and women's suffrage. The Stowes' sister Isabella Beecher Hooker was a leading member of the women's rights movement.
20th century
On the week of April 12, 1909, the Connecticut River reached a record high flood stage of 24.5 feet (7.47 meters) above the low water mark. This flooded Hartford. It did a lot of damage.
On July 6, 1944, one of the worst fire disasters in the history of the United States happened in Hartford. It happened at a performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. It became known as the Hartford Circus Fire.
After World War II, many people from Puerto Rico moved to Hartford.
Riverfront Plaza was opened in 1999. This connected the riverfront and the downtown area for the first time since the 1960s.
Geography
The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of 18.0 sqmi. Of that, 17.3 sqmi is land and 0.7 sqmi (3.67%) is water.
Climate
Hartford is in the humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfa). This means it has hot, humid summers and cold winters.
People
The census of 2010 says that there were 124,775 people, 44,986 households, and 27,171 families living in the Hartford.
The people were 29.8% white, 38.7% African American or black, 0.6% Native American, 2.8% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander, 23.9% from other races, and 4.2% from two or more races. 43.4% of the people were Hispanic or Latino, mostly from Puerto Rico. This amount is up from 32% in 1990. Whites not of Latino background made up 15.8% of the people in 2010, down from 63.9% in 1970.
List of female governors in the United States
As of 2018, more than forty women were Governors of U.S. States or Puerto Rico. They had been state or U.S. territory Governors.
Hartford, Connecticut
People
There were 44,986 households. Of that, 34.4% of them had children under the age of 18 living with them, 25.2% were married couples living together, 29.6% had a woman with no husband, and 39.6% were not families. 33.2% of all households were made up of individuals. 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58. The average family size was 3.33.
List of female governors in the United States
Past United States Governors include Nellie Tayloe Ross, Ella T. Grasso, Judy Martz, Kay A. Orr, Barbara Roberts and Ann Richards.
Hartford, Connecticut
People
30.1% of the people younger than 18, 12.6% were 18 to 24 years old, 29.8% were 25 to 44 years old, 18.0% were 45 to 64 years old, and 9.5% were 65 years old or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 women, there were 91.4 men. For every 100 women aged 18 and over, there were 86.0 men.
List of female governors in the United States
States that have never had a female Governor are: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Hartford, Connecticut
People
The median income for a household in Hartford was $20,820. The median income for a family was $22,051. Men had a median income of $28,444. Women had a median income of $26,131. The per capita income for the city was $13,428.
List of female governors in the United States
As of 2019, the states of Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, the territories of Guam and Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia all have female Governors or executives.
Hartford, Connecticut
Politics and Government
Hartford has a strong mayor-council government. In 2003, Hartford voted to have a mayor-council system. They had a council-manager form for more than 50 years. Mayor Eddie Perez was first elected in 2001. He was re-elected with 76% of the vote in 2003. He was the first strong mayor elected under the new government system. He is credited with lowering crime, reforming the school system, and helping the economy in the city. However, his reputation was hurt by accusations of corruption. The current mayor is Luke Bronin.
Connecticut cities provide almost all local services such as fire and rescue, education, and snow removal. This is because county government no longer exists in Connecticut since 1960.
In 2008, Hartford passed a law that gives services to all residents no matter what their immigration was. That law also stops police from arresting people only because of their immigration status. It also stops police from asking about a person's immigration status. In 2016, Hartford said it was a "Sanctuary city", although the term itself does not have an legal meaning.
Emergency services
The Hartford Fire Department provides all fire protection in Hartford. They have 12 fire stations in the Hartford. It is the fifth-biggest fire department in Connecticut. They also have a fire apparatus fleet.
The Hartford Police Department was created in 1860. Although, law enforcement in Hartford started in 1636. It is at 253 High Street.It includes divisions such as animal control, bomb squad, and detective bureau.
Hartford uses private companies to provide ambulances, including Aetna Ambulance.
Economy
Hartford is an important place for medical care, research, and education. In Hartford itself, the city has Hartford Hospital, The Institute of Living, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, and Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center (which merged in 1990 with Mount Sinai Hospital).
In March 2018, Infosys said they would open a new technology innovation hub in Hartford. This would create up to 1,000 jobs by 2022. The Hartford technology innovation hub will focus on three key things- insurance, healthcare and manufacturing.
Local unemployment is high in Hartford compared to other cities, the state, and the nation. Hartford's unemployment rate of 7.5% in the fall of 2018 was the highest of the four biggest cities in Connecticut. As a whole, Connecticut's unemployment rate remains above 5% while the National rate hovers just under 4%.
Media
The daily Hartford Courant newspaper is the United States's oldest continuously published newspaper. It was created in 1764. A weekly newspaper called the Hartford Advocate also serves Hartford and the surrounding area. Other newspapers include the Hartford Business Journal ("Greater Hartford's Business Weekly") and the weekly Hartford News.
The Hartford region also has some magazines. They include the Hartford Magazine, a monthly lifestyle magazine serving Greater Hartford; CT Cottages & Gardens; Connecticut Business, a monthly magazine serving all of Connecticut; and Home Living CT, a home and garden magazine published five times per year.
The Hartford/New Haven television market is the 29th biggest media market in the U.S.
Colleges and universities
Hartford has many famous institutions such as Trinity College.
Primary and secondary education
Hartford Public Schools runs the public school system. Hartford Public High School, the nation's second-oldest high school, is in the Asylum Hill neighborhood of Hartford.
The Connecticut Department of Education says that Hartford's high school graduation rate reached 71 percent in 2013.
Highways
I-84 and I-91 intersect in downtown Hartford.
Airports
Bradley International Airport (BDL) is in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. It has more than 150 flights every day. Those flights go to over 30 different places on 9 airlines. Connecticut Transit provides bus service between Bradley International Airport and downtown Hartford. Other airports serving the Hartford area include:
Bus
Connecticut Transit (CTtransit) is owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The Hartford Division of CTtransit runs the local bus service in the city and the surrounding area. Hartford's Downtown Area Shuttle (DASH) bus route is a free downtown circulator. All city buses have bike racks.
Bicycle
There are bicycle lanes on many roads including Capitol Avenue, Zion Street, Scarborough Lane, Whitney, and South Whitney.
Culture
Hartford got praise from Food and Wine as "a foodie destination".
Hartford has many seasonal farmers' markets. The Hartford Regional Market is the biggest market between New York City and Boston.
Sports
The Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League plays ice hockey at the XL Center in downtown Hartford.
As of 2019, Hartford has a USL team. They play in the 9,600 seat Dillon Stadium.
Famous People
Hartford has had historically important people, such as dictionary author Noah Webster (1758–1843), inventor Sam Colt (1814–62), and American financier and industrialist J.P. Morgan (1837–1913).
Some of America's most famous authors lived in Hartford, including Mark Twain (1835–1910). He moved to Hartford in 1874. Twain's next-door neighbor at Nook Farm was Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–96). Poet Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) was an insurance executive in Hartford. World War II correspondent Lyn Crost (1915–97) lived in Hartford.
Sister cities
Hartford has many sister cities. They include:
B Flow
Brian Mumba Kasoka Bwembya (born November 12) better known by his stage name B Flow (also written as B'Flow or B-Flow), is a Zambian Dancehall and Hip Hop artist, media entrepreneur, non-political social commentator, social justice advocate, part-time radio presenter, peer educator and founder of Music For Change Initiative. He is also the current chairperson of the HIV/AIDS and Social Commentary (HASC) committee of the Zambia Association of Musicians (ZAM). He is also a global ambassador in the fight against with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF). B Flow also took a new direction with his music, changing his genre to what is now known as “KaliDanceHall” (A mix of traditional Zambian Kalindula music and Dance Hall). In November 2016, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) named B Flow as one of the 16 voices of activism against gender-based violence around the world.
Early life
B Flow was born in Kabwe on 12 November. He was raised by his grandmother Matilda Chiti-Byrne and his mother Mirriam Mulenga Mumba Byrne, a policewoman. B Flow cames from a family of Zambian musicians which include Chris Mbewe of The Great Witch Band, Anna Mwale of The Mwale Sisters and Ras Willie.
The Beginning
At the age of 8, he and his friends played a small band by turning pots and buckets into drums and making banjos (non-electric guitars) using tins, planks and strings. Among that band B Flow was the only one who is now a professional musician. B Flow's first album Mpu mpu mpu (meaning heartbeat) was released in 2009. The album earned B Flow recognition at the 2009 Zambia Ngoma Awards and his second solo album called 'No More Kawilo' was released in 2011 (meaning no more loneliness). His third album 'Voiceless Woman' was released in 2013. His fifth album Dear Mama a dedication to his mother was released in 2016.
Svatopluk Karásek
Karásek died in Prague on 20 December 2020 at the age of 78.
Centerville, Texas
Centerville is a city in Leon County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 892 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Leon County.
Ferlens
Ferlens was a municipality in Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2016, the former municipalities of Carrouge, Ferlens and Mézières joined together to become the new municipality called Jorat-Mézières.
East German mark
The East German mark was the official currency of East Germany from 1948 until 1990 when it was replaced by the Deutsche Mark.
Shefqet Nebih Gashi
Shefqet Nebih Gashi (born 6 June 1927) is Yugoslavian politician. He is a former President of Autonomous Socialist Province of Kosovo. Gashi served as President from 1983 until 1985. He is a former political activist. Gashi fought in the Second World War.
Mile Bogović
Bishop Mile Bogović (7 August 1939 – 19 December 2020) was a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate. He was born in Gornji Cerovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Bogović was a Titular Bishop of Tamata and Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Rijeka–Senj from 4 June 1999 until 25 May 2000 and the first Diocesan Bishop of the new created Gospić-Senj from 25 May 2000 until his retirement on 4 April 2016.
Bogović died on 19 December 2020 of COVID-19 in Rijeka, Croatia at the age of 81.
Komi Sélom Klassou
Komi Sélom Klassou (born February 10, 1960 ) is a Togolese politician. He was the Prime Minister of Togo from 2015 to 2020.
He was born in the commune of Notsé, in Haho. He has a university degree in geography and is a doctor in hydro-climatology.
He occupied the ministries of Culture, Youth, Sport and Education and then vice-presidency of the National Assembly before being appointed Prime Minister on June 5, 2015, by President Faure Gnassingbé, following the presidential election. He formed his government of 22 members (including 4 women) after his election and made the list public on June 28, 2015.
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They play in the National Football League. Their stadium is Lambeau Field. The Packer's uniforms are a green or white jersey with gold pants.
The Packers hold the record for the most NFL league championships. They have won 13 championships, including four Super Bowls, out of the 5 they've been to. The team is called the Packers because their original owner was a meat-packing company. Today, it is the only fan-owned team in the country's four major professional leagues. It is owned by a community-based group with more than 100,000 shareholders. Each shareholder is limited to holding 200 shares (out of about 5 million issued). The Packers are also the only team in the major professional leagues to release their balance sheet every year. This year, their current head coach is Matt LaFleur.
Lucia Mee
Lucia Quinney Mee BEM (28 May 1999 – 24 May 2020) was a Northern Irish campaigner for organ donation, having had four liver transplants herself, the first at the age of eight. She took part in the 2016 Transplant Games. She started the Live Loudly Donate Proudly campaign.
Quarantine
Quarantine is where animals, people or an area of land are isolated to prevent the spread of disease or pests. Countries often stop animals and plants from being brought in from elsewhere, unless they are known not to carry a disease.
Background
The word "quarantine" comes from quarantena, the Venetian language meaning "forty days". This is because of the 40-day isolation of ships and people practiced as a measure of disease prevention related to the plague.
It is different from medical isolation, which is for people who have been infected with the disease.
The quarantining of people often raises questions of civil rights. Quarantine can have bad psychological effects on the quarantined. These include post-traumatic stress disorder, confusion and anger.
COVID-19
Self quarantine (or self-isolation) is a term that became popular during the COVID-19 pandemic, which spread to most countries in 2020. Citizens were either encouraged or forced by law to stay home to lower the spread of the disease. Some countries went into lockdowns as a form of quarantine.
On 1 April 2020, more than 280 million people, or about 86% of the population, were under some form of lockdown in the United States, 59 million people were in lockdown in South Africa, and 1.3 billion people were in lockdown in India.
Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen is an international chain of fast food restaurants started by John Fremont McCullough on June 22, 1940 in Joliet, Illinois. Dairy Queen's menu is mostly soft serve ice cream, hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken.
Operations
Dairy Queen is Currently Operated in:
Dairy Queen was Previously Operated in:
Helmut Piirimäe
Helmut Piirimäe (September 8, 1930 — 21 August 2017) was an Estonian historian. He was born Põltsamaa, Estonia. He was professor emeritus of University of Tartu, and an honorary doctor of University of Uppsala. Piirimäe researched Estonian history under the Swedish Empire in the 17th century, but also the Enlightenment in the 18th century, especially the French Revolution.
Piirimäe was married to art historian Krista Piirimäe. They had three sons and a daughter.
Piirimäe died on 21 August 2017 in Tartu, Estonia at the age of 86.
Communist Party of China
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), (spelled as 中国共产党/中國共產黨 in Simplified/Traditional Chinese, is the dominant political party and founder of the People's Republic of China, and is the only ruling party in People's Republic of China now. Originally, the party was led by Chen Duxiu, who was the General Secretary of the Central Committee. In the early stage, the CPC got help from the Communist International, and worked with Kuomintang until 1927. After the victory of World War II, the CPC led its own army called People's Liberation Army to fight with Kuomintang. Their fight is called The Chinese Communist Revolution. The CPC won the war. In 1949, the CPC drove Kuomintang out from mainland China and established (formed) the People's Republic of China. Ideologically, it is an communist Marxist-Leninist party.
From 1943 to 1982 the most powerful position in the party was Chairman. In 1982, members of the Central Committee voted to name the leader of the party General Secretary again. The current General Secretary is Xi Jinping.
With other communist parties
The CPC tries to keep good relationships(how good or bad they feel with each other) with other communist parties. Other communist parties also send people to have meets with the CPC. For example, the chairman of Portuguese Communist Party, Jeronimo de Sousa, met with Liu Qibao, a member of the Central Politburo in 2007. For another example, Pierre Laurent, the National Secretary of the French Communist Party (FCP), met with Liu Yunshan, a Politburo Standing Committee member.
With other non-communist parties
Communism had fallen in the Western Europe. The CPC began to make good party-to-party relations with other non-communist parties. The CPC also used this way to learn.
The relationships between the CPC and the Kuomintang and other parties in Taiwan, has loosened since Jiang Zemin’s time.
Patriarch Alexius II
Patriarch Alexius II (23 February 1929—5 December 2008) was the 15th Patriarch of Moscow and the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Jakub Krako
Jakub Krako (born July 7, 1990) is a skier from Slovakia. He has a disability: he cannot see things. He skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships. He was the second skier to finish in the men's visually impaired Super Combined race and the Giant Slalom race. He was the first skier to finish in the slalom race. Because he cannot see, Dusan Simo was his guide and told him where to when going down the mountain.
Julian Edelman
Julian Francis Edelman (born May 22, 1986) is an American football wide receiver and punt returner for the New England Patriots playing in the National Football League (NFL).
Career
He played college football at Kent State and the College of San Mateo as a quarterback. He was drafted by the Patriots in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft. Edelman mostly plays on offense and as a punt returner; he has also been used at cornerback at times when the Patriots have been shorthanded on defense.
Hatfield, Arkansas
Hatfield is a town in the US state of Arkansas.
Glomerular filtration rate
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a test used by physicians and other medical professionals to see if the kidneys are working correctly. In basic terms, it is a measurement of how much liquid and waste is passing from the blood through the tiny filters in the kidney, called the glomeruli, and out into the urine during each minute. The test measures how much creatinine is in the blood. This shows how well the kidneys are performing. In a normal healthy person the GFR stays close to the same value all of the time. The test is done by taking blood from a person and sending it to a laboratory. Normal values are between 90ml/min and 110ml/min. A value below 60ml/minute means the person has chronic renal disease and a value below 15ml/minute means the person's kidneys have stopped working.
Reasons for doing the test
Measurement of the GFR can be very helpful to medical professionals. It helps them decide if a person has a disease of the kidneys or not. A normal value for GFR is between 90-110ml/min. This will normally go down in older people. It will also go down in people with kidney disease. As well as helping a medical professional diagnose a kidney disease, the GFR is also used to monitor the progress of a disease.
Taneti Maamau
Taneti Mamau (born 16 September 1960) is the President of Kiribati since 11 March 2016.
Glomerular filtration rate
Method of testing
The test begins by taking blood from a person's veins. The most common places are the vein in the elbow and the veins on the back of the hands. People usually feel a sharp stinging pain when the needle enters their skin. After the blood is drawn out, it is sent to a medical laboratory where a laboratory technician calculates the GFR. It is possible to calculate an exact value for the GFR but this is rarely done any more. Most of the time, the value is estimated (this is called an eGFR). The basis for this estimate is a chemical in the blood called creatinine. The calculation may also include things such as gender, age, height, weight, and race. Getting an exact measurement needs more tests and special equipment. Doctors now normally use the estimated GFR with signs, symptoms and the medical history given by the patient to come to a diagnosis. A final diagnosis of kidney disease may sometimes be made by a pathologist using tests such as a kidney biopsy.
There are some slight risks when this test is done. These include, too much bleeding from the needle entering the skin and vein, blood collecting under the skin, feeling faint, and infection from the skin being pierced by the needle.
Functions that make up the GFR
There are many functions that make up the GFR. These include: nitrogen based waste, sodium (salt), water, potassium, phosphate, and some medicines dissolved in the plasma such as digoxin and gentamicin. Blood pressure, the balance of acids to bases, the release of erythropoietin (a chemical that tells the body to make more red blood cells). The activation of vitamin D1, the formation of glucose in the fasting state, and the creation of peptide hormones (including insulin) all affect the GFR.
Results
A GFR of less than 60ml/minute for three or more months indicates chronic kidney disease. A GFR of less than 15ml/minute indicates full failure of the kidneys. GFR estimates between 60 and 89 mL/minute do not mean a person has chronic kidney disease unless there are other signs of disease. People with either higher than normal amounts of muscle mass, such as bodybuilders or people with lower than normal amounts of muscle mass, such as amputees or people with muscle wasting disorders (when the muscles become less dense than normal) can have GFR test results that do not appear normal, but may still be normal. A medical professional will explain the meaning of any GFR test done on a patient.
Brian Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE (18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer and anthologies editor. He was best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for occasional pseudonyms during the mid-1960s.
Work
Greatly influenced by science fiction pioneer H. G. Wells, Aldiss was a vice-president of the international H. G. Wells Society. He was (with Harry Harrison) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.
Aldiss was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 2000, and inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2004. He received two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and one John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He wrote the short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" (1969), the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Aldiss was associated with the British New Wave of science fiction.
Villata
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Brian Aldiss
Death
Aldiss died at his Oxford home one day after his 92nd birthday on 19 August 2017.
Adolfo Orrù
Adolfo Orrù (20 November 1909 - 29 November 1995) was an Italian engraver painter and sculptor.
Early life
Orrù Adolfo, born in Sassari on November 20, 1909, was a woodcutter, painter and sculptor. He followed a classical course of study. He got a law degree from the University of Sassari. Trained by attending the circle of Sassari artists, he started engraving in 1934.
Exhibitions
He participated in the Littorali dell'Arte (1934-1936), in the Sardinian trade unions (from 1934), in the Colonial Art Exhibition held in Naples in 1935. He also participated in national exhibitions in the main Italian cities such as Bologna, Florence at the II Rome Quadrennial, at the XX Venice Biennale and at the International Woodcut in Warsaw (1936).
Move to Rome
He moved to Rome in 1945, a moment in which the capital of liberated Italy was fervent with new stimuli also in the artistic world and over time he succeeded in affirming itself in the Eternal City. Also in 1945 he married with Pia Mura. On November 16, 1964 he joined the Tiberina Academy (founded in 1813 for promoting cultural heritages).
Last years
In the last period of his artistic activity he worked for sacred art, participating in the National Art Exhibition of the Holy Year 1965 and the National Art Exhibition of the Holy Year 1975. On 2 June 1971 he received the honor of Knight of the Order "Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana".
Takeshi Suzuki
Takeshi Suzuki  (鈴木 猛史 Suzuki Takeshi?) (born May 1, 1988) is a skier from Japan. He has a disability and uses a wheelchair. He skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships and was the first skier to finish in the sitting men's Super Combined race and in the slalom race. He was the second skier to finish in the Giant Slalom.
Amusement arcade
An amusement arcade (also called a video arcade or just arcade) is a place where people play arcade games such as video games, pinball machines, and slot machines. The earliest amusement arcades were called "penny arcades." They were opened in the nineteenth century. Penny arcades had game machines called "bagatelles", which were like billiards and pinball. Penny arcades were popular at amusement parks and fairs until around the 1950s. Around this time, the penny arcades were often replaced by more modern games of chance and skill. An example of the new machines were shooting galleries.
Videos were introduced in amusement arcades in the late 1970s. These were most popular during the early 1980s. Arcades became popular with young people. Many video arcades began closing in the late 1990s, as the technology of home video game consoles began to rival and eventually exceed that of arcade games. However, video arcades remained popular in Japan, where they are called game centers.
Jerome, Arkansas
Jerome is a town in Drew County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 39 at the 2010 census.
Crissiumal
Crissiumal is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It has a population of 14,726 people (2007 – IBGE). It has a river border with Argentina along the Uruguay River.
In sports, Crissiumal is known as "The land of goalkeepers". This is because it was the home of several goalkeepers. The most known of them is Taffarel, who played in the Brazilian Soccer Team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, in Italy.
The economy of Crissiumal is based on small rural properties. Crissiumal is one of the greatest Brazilian milk producers. It has a daily production of about 70,000 liters of milk.
Xunta de Galicia
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Rita Reys
Rita Reys (21 December 1924 – 28 July 2013) was a jazz singer from the Netherlands. In 1960, she was given the title "Europe's first lady of jazz". She sang jazz and bossa nova.
Reys was born in Rotterdam. She died in Breukelen at age eighty-eight.
Molde
Molde is a Town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The city is nicknamed The City of Roses.
Haynes, Arkansas
Haynes is a town in the US state of Arkansas.
Puidoux
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Megadiverse countries
A Megadiverse Country is a Nation that has many species of plants or animals, for a nation to be considered Megadiverse needs to have at least 5000 of the world's plants as endemics, it also needs to have marine ecosystems within its maritime borders. there are 17 megadiverse countries on Earth, these 17 countries are: Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia,   Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Ecuador, India, Indonesia,  Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico,  Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines South Africa, United States, and Venezuela.
Mexican Coke
In the United States and Canada, Mexican Coke, or Mexican Coca-Cola refers to Coca Cola imported from Mexico. It is called Coca Cola de Vidrio (Glass Coca Cola, Coca Cola in a glass bottle) or simply Mexicoke. It has a different taste, because cane sugar is used to make it. In the United States, high-fructose corn syrup is used. A simliar situation exists in New Zealand: The local variant uses cane sugar, and the version imported form the US uses high-fructose corn syrup.
Sonya Singha
Sonya Singha (ซอนญ่า สิงหะ; born April 8, 1994) is a Thai actress, singer, and host.
Career
Kat was in a duo with Patt Piraya. She was also a host to KamiKaze Channel. She was under Kamikaze company from 2010 to 2013. In 2013, she signed a contract with Channel 7.
Dekalog
Dekalog (also known as Dekalog: The Ten Commandments and The Decalogue) is a 1988 Polish drama series of movies. They were directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. The series includes ten one-hour movies. The movies were inspired by the Ten Commandments.
The series is thought to be one of the greatest dramatic work ever done for television by many. The entire series was shown at the 46th Venice International Film Festival.
Taxi Driver
A critical and commercial success upon release and nominated for four Academy Awards, including for Best Picture, Best Actor (for De Niro) and Best Supporting Actress (for Foster), Taxi Driver won the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The movie generated controversy at the time of its release for its depiction of violence and casting of a 12-year-old Foster in the role of a child prostitute.
John Hinckley saw the movie many times. He wanted to impress Foster. He tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan by shooting him. Reagan survived the 1981 attack.
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. In the U.K. Hardy is generally thought to be one of the greatest figures in English literature. He lived in the Victorian era.
Early life
Thomas Hardy was born in Upper Bockhampton near Dorchester, Dorset. His father was a stonemason. His mother had read a lot. She added to his formal education. Hardy trained as an architect in Dorchester before moving to London to get a job. He won prizes from the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Architectural Association.
Career
Hardy wrote a small number of novels which earned him a high reputation in his lifetime. These include Tess of the d'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge and Far from the Madding Crowd. After the publication of Jude the Obscure in 1895 Hardy gave up novel writing but continued to write poetry including an epic poem called The Dynasts. Hardy set his novels in South West England, calling it 'Wessex'. He invented names for the towns, e.g. "Casterbridge" is Dorchester in Dorset. Hardy died in Dorchester. His ashes are buried in Westminster Abbey.
Bathinda
Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda District. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, 227 km west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth largest city of Punjab.
Bathinda is home to the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Central University of Punjab and AIIMS Bathinda. The city is also home to two modern thermal power plants, Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant and Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant at Lehra Mohabbat. Also located in the city is a fertilizer plant, two cement plants (Ambuja Cements and UltraTech Cement Limited), a large army cantonment, an air force station, a zoo, and a historic Qila Mubarak fort.
History
Bhatinda was changed to Bathinda to conform to the phonetical expression as locally pronounced. According to Henry George Raverty, Bathinda was known as Tabar-i-Hind (Labb-ut-Twarikh) or Tabarhindh, which roughly translates as ‘Gateway to India’. The earliest mention of Tabar-i-Hind occurs in the Jami-Ul-Hakayat written about 607 Hijri or 1211 AD.
In 1004, Mahmud of Ghazni besieged and captured the local fort, which was located on the route from the northwest into the rich Ganges valley. It was ruled by In 1190, Muhammad of Ghor attacked and occupied the fort of Bathinda. Prithviraj Chauhan, the ruler of this region, managed to recover possession of the fort thirteen months later in 1191 after the First Battle of Tarain. However, Prithviraj Chauhan was killed in the Second Battle of Tarain and the fort of Bathinda once again came under the control of Muhammad Ghori.
1488, Bathinda was conquered by Rao Bika, son of Jodha of Mandore (founder of Jodhpur) and became part of Bikaner princely state.
Bathinda was an important fort in the area from Delhi to Lahore during the time of the Delhi Sultanate.
The town had become an important trade and commercial centre under Mughal rule and the Mughal Emperors such as Akbar and Aurangzeb undertook many projects to enhance the fort of Bathinda.
In circa 1754, the town was conquered by Maharaja Ala Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala and since then it followed the history of erstwhile princely state of Patiala. With the dawn of independence and merger of Patiala and East Punjab States into a division called Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU), Bathinda became a full-fledged district with headquarters at Bathinda city.
Population
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Bathinda city in 2011 is 285,813; male and female are 151,782 and 134,031 respectively. The sex ratio of Bathinda city is 868 females per 1000 males. The number of literate people in Bathinda city are 211,318 of which 118,888 are males while 92,430 are females, average literacy rate is 82.84 percent of which male and female literacy is 87.86 and 77.16 percent respectively. Total children (ages 0 to 6) in Bathinda city are 30,713: 16,472 boys and 14,241 girls. Child sex ratio of girls is 865 per 1000 boys.
Religion
Hinduism is the majority religion in Bathinda city with 62.61% people following the faith. Sikhism is the second most popular religion in the city which is followed by 35.04% of the people. Other religions include Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and Jainism. Sikhs count for 70.89% of the population in Bathinda District on a whole in spite of not being a majority in the city.
Arrondissement of Prades
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Hector, Arkansas
Hector is a town in the US state of Arkansas.