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Bibhuti Roy
Life
Roy was born in East Pakistan. He has a Bachelor of Science and received his Ph.D. in engineering after completing a doctoral dissertation, titled "Simulation as an action-oriented learning medium in professional education". Roy began his career in Bremen. He was the vice head of department of the Institute Technology and Education (ITB).
Haldenwang, Oberallgäu
Haldenwang is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. It is one the eastern side of the Iller valley. The mayor has been Josef Wölfle (CSU) since 1 May 2014.
George H. W. Bush vomiting incident
The George H. W. Bush vomiting incident was an incident that occurred on January 8, 1992 at around 8:20 p.m. JST when U.S. President George H. W. Bush fainted after vomiting at a banquet hosted by the then Prime Minister of Japan, Kiichi Miyazawa. Bush vomited on Miyazawa's lap. Bush later made comments to the press that he had a 24 hour flu bug. The incident was widely reported, After the event, many comedians made fun of Bush because of the incident.
Futoshi Ikeda
Futoshi Ikeda (born October 4th 1970) is a former Japanese football player.
Club career statistics
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Margaret Dunning
Margaret Isabel Dunning (June 26, 1910 – May 17, 2015) was an American philanthropist. She was the benefactor of the Plymouth (Michigan) Historical Museum. She was born in Redford, Michigan.
Dunning died at the age of 104 from complications from a fall while on a trip in Santa Barbara, California.
Lecompton, Kansas
Lecompton (pronounced ) is a city in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. In 2010, there were 625 people there. Lecompton had a big historical role in pre-Civil War America as the territorial capital of Kansas from 1855 to 1861. This time period was known as Bleeding Kansas.
History
Lecompton was founded in 1854 on a bluff on the south side of the Kansas River. At first, the city's name was "Bald Eagle", but the name was changed to Lecompton in honor of Samuel Lecompte, the chief justice of the territorial supreme court. In the spring of 1855, the town became the capital of the Kansas Territory. President James Buchanan chose a governor and officials to create government offices in Lecompton. The first post office in Lecompton was created in September 1855.
In the fall of 1857 a convention met in Constitution Hall. They drafted the famous Lecompton Constitution, which would have made Kansas become a slave state. The constitution was rejected after angry national debate and was one of the main ideas of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The controversy added to the growing fight that became the civil war. The Lecompton Constitution failed, in part, because the antislavery people had control of the territorial legislature in the election of 1857. The new legislature met at Constitution Hall and quickly started to get rid of the pro-slavery laws.
The free-staters shortly tried to move the territorial capital to Minneola, Franklin County, Kansas through a vote, but the resulting bill was later rejected by Kansas territorial governor James W. Denver, and was made void by Jeremiah S. Black, Attorney General of the United States. As such, Lecompton remained the de jure territorial capital. This was until Topeka became the capital when Kansas became a state on January 29, 1861. The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861.
Geography
Lecompton is at 39.04306°N, -95.395°W (39.042927, -95.395039). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.78 sqmi, of which, 1.77 sqmi is land and 0.01 sqmi is water.
Climate
The climate in this area is has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Lecompton has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
Demographics
Lecompton is part of the Lawrence, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Value-added tax
The tax is paid every time goods are sold.
The tax can be complicated to work out, because every business or person has to charge the tax, and have an invoice to show they have paid some tax. The only person who pays the full amount of tax is the customer of the shop.
The government also charges VAT on some services. This is because some companies do not make a thing which can be used (goods) instead they do something to help a customer (that is, provide a service).
For example, a garage-owner might sell a spare part for a customer’s car. The garage-owner charges VAT because spare parts are “goods”. If the garage-owner helps the customer by fitting the spare parts into the car, the garage-owner would charge extra for his time, and would also charge VAT on the amount he charged for the service of fitting the parts.
VAT is not added to all products. Children's books and clothes do not have VAT.
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
Franklin Lakes is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 census, the borough's population was 10,590.
Phrynomedusa appendiculata
The Santa Catarina leaf frog or Lutz's Phyllomedusa (Phrynomedusa appendiculata) is a frog that lives in Brazil. Scientists have seen it between 800 and 1000 meters above sea level.
Er Wang San Ke
This was done to show respect to previous dynasties. This was also to make a peaceful transition of power.
Sometimes people would pretend to be the descendants of the previous dynasty just to get this benefit.
Name
Er wang 二王 means two rulers. This refers to the current ruler and the previous ruler.
San ke 三恪 means three respects. This could refer to how this was done for the first three generation descendants of the previous ruler (their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren).
Jackée Harry
Jacqueline Yvonne Harry, also known as Jackée, (born August 14, 1956) is an American actress, singer, comedian, and director. She is best known for her role as Sandra Clark 227. She is the first African-American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Independence Day (Indonesia)
Independence Day is a national holiday in Indonesia. It is celebrated every 17 August. It commemorates the declaration of Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945.
Ampere
The ampere is defined so the elementary charge e is 1.602 176 634 × 10−19 C or A•s.
Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola is a province in the region of Piedmont, Italy.
Akinator
Akinator is a video game made by a French company called Elokence. The player thinks of a character, object, or animal and a genie asks questions to find it out, like Twenty Questions. The genie learns future answers using artificial intelligence.
Gameplay
The player chooses an character, object, or animal. Akinator asks questions with "Yes", "No", "Probably", "Probably not" and "Don't know" answers to try to find the answer. A guess is made if a likely answer is found before 25 questions are asked. If a few wrong guesses are made, the player is asked the answer.
Prince of Denmark's March
The Prince of Denmark's March was written by Jeremiah Clarke. It is also called Trumpet Voluntary.
Akinator
Reception
L'Express gave Akinator a 5 out of 5 on their list of iPhone Apps of the Week for September 9, 2009. Excite France liked the game's interactivity and that it was "revolutionary, attractive, and entertaining".
Prince of Denmark's March
It was first published as a harpsichord piece in A Choice Collection of Ayres for the Harpsichord in 1700. It may have been dedicated to Prince George of Denmark and Anne of Great Britain's marriage. It was arranged by Sir Henry Wood for orchestra. He mistakenly thought that Henry Purcell had written the piece. It is often performed in weddings and other ceremonies.
Akinator
Reception
The game's most popular year in Europe was 2009.
Deinocheirus
Deinocheirus is a genus of ornithomimid dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. In 1965, arms and shoulder girdles were found. More parts were found in 2014, and this large dinosaur was probably omnivorous.
Margaret Taylor
Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor (September 21, 1788 – August 14, 1852), was the wife of Zachary Taylor, the President of the United States. She was First Lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850. Some people called her Peggy Smith.
Virginia Field
Virginia Field (4 November 1917 – 2 January 1992) was a British actress. She played Ianthe in the movie The Primrose Path. She played Helena in the movie Ladies in Love (1936).
Banjarbaru
Banjarbaru is a city in the province of South Kalimantan in Indonesia. It is located 35 km southeast of Banjarmasin. The city had a population of 199,627 as of the 2010 Census.
Margaret Taylor
She was born in Calvert County, Maryland. Her mother’s name was Ann Mackall and her father’s name was Walter Smith. Her father was a major in the American Revolutionary War. When she was visiting her sister in Kentucky in 1809, she met Zachary Taylor. Taylor was a lieutenant at that time. They married in June 1810. For sometime, she stayed in a farm she had got as a marriage gift from her father. There she gave birth to her first baby. But, then she started to live with her husband. Taylor’s garrison moved from one location to other on the western front, and she also moved with him.
Virginia Field
Field was born in London, England. She died in California of cancer of unknown primary origin.
Joseph (name)
Joseph [ joh-zuhf, -suhf ] is a name from Hebrew language, written as יוֹסֵף. This is pronounced in standard Hebrew as Yosef, and in Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic as Yôsēp̄. In Arabic the name is spelled يوسف or Yūsuf. The name can be translated from Hebrew as "the lord will increase." The name Joseph is used mostly in English and French-speaking countries. Some shortened versions and nicknames of Joseph include Joe, Joey and Jo. From 1925 to 1972 it was one of the top ten boys' names in the United States. This name was ranked #28 on the US Popular Names in 2021.
Margaret Taylor
Their two small daughters died in 1820. As described by Taylor, the children had died of “a violent bilious fever.” They had three other girls and a boy. All four grew to adulthood. Taylor knew the difficult life of a military man. He was always against their daughters marrying military men, but all the three married military persons from the United States Army.
At the White House, Peggy Taylor participated in the household activities and personal functions. She did not participate in formal and official functions. Her youngest daughter, Mary Elizabeth Bliss, acted as the official hostess for her mother.
Ramsden Bellhouse
Ramsden Bellhouse is a village and civil parish in Rochford District, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 730 people living in Ramsden Bellhouse. Ramsden Bellhouse is located between the towns of Wickford and Billericay.
Madame Web
Madame Web (Cassandra Webb) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Madame Web first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #210, published November 1980, and was created by the late writer Denny O'Neil and artist John Romita, Jr. She is usually depicted as a supporting character in the Spider-Man comic book series. She is depicted as an elder woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition Madame Web never actively fought any villains.
Dakota Johnson will play Madame Web in an upcoming solo film set in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.
Star Sapphire (DC Comics)
Star Sapphire is the name of several characters in the DC Universe, all connected in origin. The most prominent of them has been Carol Ferris, the sometime girlfriend of Hal Jordan, better known as Green Lantern. When possessed by the Star Sapphire gem she exhibits powers similar to a Green Lantern, including force blasts, a protective shield and flight. She was revealed to be only one of a series of Star Sapphires empowered by a race of females known as Zamarons. They have recently expanded their influence with the creation of a Star Sapphire Corps, also known as the Violet Lantern Corps. The first character under the name of Star Sapphire was created by Robert Kanigher and Lee Elias, first appearing in All-Flash #32.
Dorsal consonant
A dorsal consonant is a sound made with the back of your tongue. Dorsal sounds include palatal consonants, velar consonants and uvular consonants. For example, [k] and [j] are dorsal but [t] and [h] are not.
Jerome Cooper
Jerome Cooper (December 14, 1946 – May 6, 2015) was an American free jazz musician. He was known as a multi-dimensional drummer. Cooper played balafon, chirimia and electronic tonal activator in addition to trap drums. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Cooper died in Brooklyn, New York City from multiple myeloma, aged 68.
Rhacophorus indonesiensis
Rhacophorus indonesiensis is a frog. Scientists have seen it in Sumatra in India.
This frog looks like other frogs in Rhacophorus but it has black spots on the undersides of the webbed skin of its feet. It has no vomerine teeth in its jaws. It has a white mark on its belly in the shape of a kite. It back is red-brown with brown marks and black spots. It has white spots on its head and back.
In Sumatra, human beings cut down forests for mining and to grow palm trees for oil. Scientists think that could be a danger to this frog.
Louis de Béchamel
Louis de Béchamel, marquis de Nointel (1630–1703) was a French financier and patron of the arts.
Life
Son of Jean-Baptiste Béchamel, Louis was a rich tax farmer and superintendent to the house of the Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. In 1697, Béchamel bought the marquisat of Nointel and later became Louis XIV's head steward.
Béchamel and his wife, Marie Colbert (d. April 3, 1686) had two children, Marie Louise Béchamel de Nointel (1661 – April 2, 1740) and Louis Béchamel de Nointel (1649 – December 31, 1718).
Béchamel sauce
The white sauce called béchamel sauce (Fr. sauce béchamel) acquired its name from him for he perfected an older sauce made from cream originally made by François Pierre de la Varenne (1615–1678), the cook of the marquis d'Uxelles. The sauce was dedicated to Béchamel to flatter him, at which the Duke of Escars commented: ""That fellow Béchamel has all the luck! I was serving breast of chicken à la crème more than 20 years before he was born, but I have never had the chance of giving my name to even the most modest sauce."" "(« Est-il heureux, ce petit Béchamel ! J’avais fait servir des émincés de blancs de volaille à la crème plus de vingt ans avant qu’il fût au monde et, voyez, pourtant je n’ai jamais eu le bonheur de pouvoir donner mon nom à la plus petite sauce! »)"
Skirmisher
A skirmisher is a soldier usually sent ahead of a main body of troops to harass the enemy. Groups of skirmishers may also be placed on the flanks to prevent a surprise attack or flanking maneuver. A skirmish is a term that was first used in the 14th century. It meant a small-scale fight between two opposing forces or a preliminary battle involving troops in front of the main force. Skirmishers were those involved in the fight or battle. The word from the Old French eskirmir "to defend". Skirmishers were usually infantry or cavalry soldiers who formed a skirmish line ahead or next to friendly troops.
Colonial America
Two conflicts that involved the American colonies and the development of skirmishers were the Seven Years' War (the French and Indian War in the American colonies) and the American Revolutionary War. The main development of skirmisher tactics came from the Native American allied primarily to the English and French. Indian warriors did not usually fight in the European style of closely-packed formations of soldiers but more often fought as individuals. They used cover, ambush and lines of fighters, which would later come to be called skirmishing.
Napoleonic Wars
The tactics of the Napoleonic Wars called for heavy cavalry to be kept in reserve. Light cavalry were often used as skirmishers and were usually positioned on the sides of an army and served two purposes. In "skirmish order", they could be placed some distance from the main force. That way, they could warn the commander if any enemy approached from that way. The other purpose was to use their quick speed to engage the enemy and to hold them until more forces arrived. By their very presence, they discouraged the enemy from mounting a flanking attack.
American Civil War
During the American Civil War, infantry manuals paid a good deal of attention to skirmishing. The tactics were based on Napoleon's heavy dependence on skirmishing during the Napoleonic Wars. Paintings and images of Civil War battles show two lines of soldiers, standing shoulder to shoulder and firing at the enemy lines at short distances. However, massed formations were not frequently used during the Civil War. Skirmishes and skirmish lines were a more common tactic.
The terrain in many cases did not allow mass formations of armies but allowed skirmishers to fight in open order. The increased accuracy of rifles and rifled muskets at longer ranges made battles fought at close range unnecessary. Battles fought before at 100 yd could now be fought at 400 yd. Pre-war training had also changed skirmisher tactics. Instead of one company out of ten, entire regiments were now taught how to fight as skirmishers. They fought in small formations, called “comrades in battle”. That called for four men to move and fight supporting one another.
The Confederate Army actually made more effective use of skirmishers. In each brigade there was an elite battalion of sharpshooters, who were used as skirmishers.
Plains Indian Wars
If the Indians attacked, the skirmisher company formed a defensive circle. Once the danger had passed, they returned to their original positions. Often, the entire company was not deployed as skirmishers. Some were kept in reserve to fill gaps, to get ammunition or to carry messages.
Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg
The Prince Bishopric of Augsburg was a prince-bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire, meaning it was a territory ruled by a prince-bishop. Its territory included a large portion of the Diocese of Augsburg, which the Prince-Bishop only had spiritual power over.
History
The prince-bishopric was established in the city of Augsburg and its surrounding territory in the 4th century.
Around the year 888, Augsburg was granted Imperial Immediacy, a high rank given to a territory of the Holy Roman Empire with a high degree of autonomy.
In 1276, the City of Augsburg became a Free Imperial City, meaning that it was now separate from the rest of the Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg. This meant that the capital of the Prince-Bishopric was changed to Dillingen an der Donau.
From 1632 to 1635, the Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg was occupied by the Swedish Empire.
In 1803, as part of the German mediatisation, the Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg became a part of Bavaria.
Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Coburg (Sachsen-Coburg) was a country in today's Bavaria, Germany. It was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach after the Division of Erfurt in 1572. In 1596 Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach was split, Johann Casimir got Saxe-Coburg and Johann Ernst got Saxe-Eisenach. When Casimir died in 1633, his brother Ernst of Saxe-Eisenach both countries until he died in 1638. Saxe-Coburg was then given to other Ernestine duchies.
It became again a duchy in 1681. From 1699, when Albrecht of Saxe-Coburg died without sons until 1735 it shared a ruler with the Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld. In 1735 the two duchies were merged as Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
Sandman (Marvel Comics)
Sandman (William Baker, better known as Flint Marko) is a character and antagonist in Marvel Comics, typically serving as an enemy of Spider-Man. He is a supervillain who can control and manipulate sand. Sandman was created by the late Stan Lee and the late Steve Ditko. He started out as a recurring adversary to the superhero Spider-Man, has been slowly redeemed over time, eventually becoming an antihero. The Sandman has also been an enemy of the Fantastic Four and is a founding member of the supervillain teams the Sinister Six and the Frightful Four.
The character has been adapted into various other media incarnations of Spider-Man, including films, television series, and video games. In live-action, he was portrayed by Thomas Haden Church in Spider-Man 3 (2007) and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). A creature based on the Sandman appeared in the MCU film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), which was actually an illusion created by a series of drones operated by Mysterio. In 2009, the Sandman was ranked as IGN's 72nd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
Alzenau
Alzenau (until 31 December 2006 officially Alzenau i.UFr.) is a town in the north of the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. Until 1 July 1972, Alzenau was the district seat of the now ended district of the same name and has a population of around 19,000.
Neighbouring communities
Alzenau borders in the north on the communities of Rodenbach and Freigericht, in the east and southeast on the communities of Mömbris and Johannesberg, in the southwest on the community of Karlstein and in the west on the community of Kahl am Main.
Constituent communities
Alzenau's quarters are Albstadt, Hörstein, Kälberau, Michelbach and Wasserlos.
Jun Tsuji
Jun Tsuji was a Japanese writer who lived from 1884 to 1944. He wrote poems, essays, plays, and translations. He was also a musician, an actor, and a bohemian. He liked to explore different ideas and ways of living. He was interested in Dadaism, Nihilism, Epicureanism, and Anarchism. He translated a book by Max Stirner, who was a German philosopher. He also translated a book by Cesare Lombroso, who was an Italian scientist. He was married to Itō Noe, who was a feminist and an anarchist. He died of hunger during World War II.
Pat Quinn (ice hockey)
John Brian Patrick Quinn (January 29, 1943 – November 23, 2014) was a Canadian ice hockey player, head coach, and executive. He was known by the nickname "The Big Irishman". He coached for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Edmonton Oilers.
Quinn reached in the Stanley Cup Finals twice, with the Flyers in 1980 and the Canucks in 1994. Internationally, Quinn coached Team Canada to gold medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships and 2009 World Junior Championship, as well as World Cup championship in 2004.
His cousin was wrestler John Quinn.
Bergün/Bravuogn
Bergün/Bravuogn (Bergün, Bravuogn,, in the local Romansh dialect Brauégn) is a former municipality in the district Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2018 the former municipalities of Bergün/Bravuogn and Filisur merged into the new municipality of Bergün Filisur.
Villages
Bergün, Latsch, Preda and Stuls.
Brian Harman
Brian Harman is a professional golfer from Georgia that won the PGA Open Championship in 2023 at the Royal Liverpool. He finished the event with a -13. He went to the University of Georgia. He was born in Savannah, Georgia. He won a prize of $3,000,000 at the 2023 PGA Open Championship.
Province of Vercelli
Vercelli is a province in the region of Piedmont, Italy.
Queens
Queens is a borough of New York City and a county of New York State. It was named for Catherine of Braganza, the Queen of England and wife of King Charles II of England.
Queens is in western Long Island. The East River separates it from Manhattan in the east and The Bronx in the north. Queens' only land boundary with another New York City borough is with Brooklyn in the south and west. Jamaica Bay separates most of Queens from its Rockaway Peninsula in the south. Nassau County lies to the east. Until 1899, Nassau County was part of Queens County.
About 2.6 million people live in Queens and it is the largest borough of New York City in size and second in population (after Brooklyn). According to the United States census, Queens is the most ethnically diverse county in the USA. That means that it has the most people from different kinds of places, religions, and ethnic groups of any place in the USA. Large parts of Queens are urban and an equal part is suburban.
Transportation
Queens is home to both of New York City's airports, LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Queens is connected to the Bronx by three bridges: the Bronx Whitestone Bridge, the Throgs Neck Bridge and the Triborough Bridge. It is connected to Manhattan by two bridges and one tunnel: the Triborough Bridge, the Queensboro Bridge, and the Queens Midtown Tunnel.
Many controlled-access highways cross Queens, including I-495 (the Long Island Expressway), I-278 (the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway), and I-678 (the Van Wyck Expressway, pronounced Van Wike). Important state highways in Queens include the Grand Central Parkway, which becomes the Northern State Parkway when it crosses the Queens border into Nassau County.
Many New York City Subway lines go through Queens. The most famous is the Flushing Line, the 7 Train, which has the nickname "International Express" because it goes through many neighborhoods where many immigrants live. Other subway lines in Queens include the A Train, C Train, E Train, F Train, G Train, J Train, M Train, N Train, R Train, V Train, W Train, and Z Train.
Queens has a very large bus system that goes to all parts of the borough. Some bus routes go to Brooklyn, Manhattan, or the Bronx.
The Long Island Rail Road also has many stations in Queens. The Port Washington Line crosses northern Queens. There are busy stations at Woodside, Queens, Forest Hills, and Flushing. The central depot and main station for the railroad is in the neighborhood of Jamaica.
Bess Truman
Elizabeth Virginia Truman (née Wallace; February 13, 1885—October 18, 1982) was the First Lady of the United States from April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953 as the wife of the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. She had also served as Second Lady of the United States from January 1945 to April 1945 when her husband was 35th Vice President of the United States under Franklin Roosevelt.
Early life
Her birthplace was Independence, Missouri, and her birth name was Elizabeth Virginia. Her parents were Margaret ("Madge") Gates and David Wallace. Her nickname was "Bessie." Harry Truman’s family came to live in Independence, Missouri in 1890. Elizabeth Virginia and Harry Truman attended the same school from fifth grade through high school. Once Truman remembered her childhood days, and described her as a girl with “golden curls” and “the most beautiful blue eyes.”
2000
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Marriage and family
By the outbreak of the First World War, Harry S Truman had become a Lieutenant. He proposed to her and she accepted. After their engagement, Lieutenant Truman left for the battlefields of France in 1918. After the War ended, they married on June 28, 1919. In 1924, their only daughter, Margaret Truman, was born. Before that, she had many miscarriages.
By this time, Harry Truman had become active in politics. Mrs. Truman always traveled with her and shared the public platform with her husband. Harry Truman became a member of the United States Senate in 1934. The Truman couple came to live in Washington, DC. In 1944, Harry Truman became the Vice President of the United States of America. When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, Harry Truman became the president of the United States. Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman became the First Lady.
First Lady of the United States
When Harry Truman became the President of the United States, Truman took the role of the First Lady. But, she felt the absence of privacy in the White House. She continued to attend to social functions, but to a minimum level.
Sometimes, people compare her with Eleanor Roosevelt, who was the First Lady before her. Mrs. Roosevelt was very active in the press. But, Mrs. Truman did give only one press conference. She got the questions in advance. Her replies were written replies. When one reporter asked her whether she wanted her daughter, Margaret, to become president. Her reply was: "most definitely not". To a question, she replied that after her husband’s retirement as president, she wanted to "return to Independence". However, once she had thought of living in Washington after 1953.
Later life
After the President retired, the Truman couple returned to Independence, Missouri, in 1953. Truman spent his time building his library. In 1959, Mrs. Truman underwent an operation. In 1972, her husband died. She continued to live a quiet and private life. Her daughter and son-in-law, Clifton Daniel, and their four sons, often visited her. She died in 1982. She lies buried beside her husband in the courtyard of Harry S Truman Library. She lived up to the age of 97 years, and at the time of her death, she was the longest-lived First Lady of the United States, setting a record, which still stands today.
Special Administrative Region
A Special Administrative Region (SAR) is a region in China that has a high level of autonomy, or a lot of power to rule itself. There are two SAR's in China, Hong Kong and Macau. Unlike other regions in mainland China, SAR's have a Basic Law, a constitution that is different from that of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Basic Law allows Hong Kong and Macau to have freedoms that are not in the rest of China, like freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the Press, freedom of assembly, and freedom to petition. Basic Law also allows the SAR's to decide the economic rules of their region, which is why the economies are a lot less controlled in Hong Kong and Macau than in mainland China, as well as giving them the freedom to choose who to let into their own regions without needing a visa. As a result, Hong Kong and Macau have their own currencies, passports, official languages, etc. This is commonly known as the "one country, two systems" policy.
Chinese is an official language in both SAR's, but unlike mainland China where Mandarin is the main spoken language and simplified Chinese is the main written language, Cantonese is the most spoken language and traditional Chinese is the main written language in these areas. The vagueness of simply stating Chinese as the official language allows this to happen. Also, English and Portuguese, the main languages of the nations that controlled Hong Kong and Macau in the past in respective order, are also official languages in the respective SAR's.
History
After the British Empire defeated China in the Opium Wars, China was forced to give up Hong Kong to the British after signing unequal treaties that favored British interests. They had to give up control of Hong Kong Island in 1842, Kowloon Peninsula in 1860, and were made to lease New Territories for a period of 99 years in 1898. In the 1980s, when its lease of New Territories was nearly over, the United Kingdom sought to renew its lease of New Territories. However, China refused to renew the lease. Since New Territories had half of Hong Kong's people and most of its water supply, having Kowloon and Hong Kong Island without New Territories would have ruined Hong Kong's economy. Reluctantly, Britain decided in 1984 to begin talks on giving Hong Kong back in 1984. In 1988, China agreed to uphold Basic Law, which would make Hong Kong into an SAR when it gets returned to China, and in 1997, Hong Kong was returned to the PRC.
IN 1557, the Portuguese Empire made a permanent settlement on Macau, after being given permission from China to dock and trade there. However, it took over Taipa in 1951 and Coloane in 1864, and in 1887, China was forced to sign a treaty to make Macau a permanent colony of Portugal. However, after a military coup overthrew the Portuguese government in 1974, the new government made a promise to give back all the lands it took overseas. In 1986, Portugal and China began talks on how to bring control of Macau back to China peacefully, and in 1999, Macau became an SAR in the PRC.
Regional status in China
As SAR's, China agrees that "commercial, social and legal life of Hong Kong/Macau will remain as it is" until after their first 50 years of being part of the PRC. For Hong Kong, its uninterrupted status will last until 2047, and for Macau, it will last until 2049. Afterwards, the PRC is allowed to rule over Hong Kong and Macau as it pleases.
Paul Kaba Thieba
Paul Kaba Thieba (born 28 July 1959) is a Burkinabe economist. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 2016 to 2019. Thieba was appointed by President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on 6 January 2016.
Metrojet Flight 9268
Metrojet Flight 9268 (KGL 9268/7K9268) was an international chartered passenger flight. On 31 October 2015, it left Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt flying to Saint Petersburg, Russia. It crashed in the Sinai desert 23 minutes after it took off.
All 224 people were killed. The crash became the deadliest in Egyptian history.
Passengers and crew
Flight 9268 was carrying 217 passengers, of which 25 were children, plus seven crew members. The captain of the flight was 47-year-old Valery Yurievich Nemov and the first officer was Sergei Stanislavovich Trukhachev. According to the airline, captain Nemov had amassed more than 12,000 hours of flight time, including 3,800 hours on this aircraft type. First officer Trukhachev had 5,641 hours of flight time, including more than 1,300 hours on the aircraft type.
Interstate 87 (New York)
Interstate 87 is an Interstate Highway in the state of New York in the United States. It goes from New York City north to Champlain at the Canada border where it connects to Autoroute 15. The route is 333.49 mi long. The southern half of the interstate (between NYC and Albany) is part of the New York State Thruway (tollway). North of Albany, the highway is called the Adirondack Northway. It is also part of I-287 in Westchester County, from exits 8-15. Its short length through the NYC borough of the Bronx is called the Major Deegan Expressway.
Wrestling at the Youth Olympic Games
Wrestling has featured as a sport at the Youth Olympic Summer Games since its first edition in 2010. The Youth Olympic Games are multi-sport event and the games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games.
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius (born May 15, 1948) is an American politician. She was the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 to 2014. Before becoming the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sebelius was a governor from Kansas. Time Magazine listed Sebelius as one of America's five best governors in 2005. Sebelius is a Democrat. She resigned on April 10, 2014.
Mountnessing
Mountnessing is a village and civil parish in Brentwood District, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 1132 people living in Mountnessing.
Tabassum Adnan
Tabassum Adnan (Urdu: تبسم عدنان) (born 1977) is a women's rights activist from Pakistan. In 2015, she won the U.S. State Department's International Women of Courage Award because of her work for justice for Pakistani women.
Life
Tabassum Adnan was born in 1977. She grew up in the Swat Valley of Pakistan.
Tabassum was married when she was 13 years old. She had four children. She was a victim of domestic violence. After she was married for 20 years, she divorced her husband.
The jirga for women
Tabassum did not have a home or money, so she went to a local group for women. The group gave her the idea to work for more participation for women. First, she went to the Swat Qaumi Aman Jirga, a group with only men, but they refused her. A jirga is an informal court that enforces qisas (retribution laws). It is not a formal court, but many times the formal courts will listen to their decisions.
In May 2013, Adnan started her own jirga. It was the first women's jirga in Pakistan.
In Pakistan, women are used as chattel, or property, to settle disagreements between men. They are traded in marriage to pay debts and claims of honor, and to pay for crimes. Because women have little power, Adnan knew that her group needed to get the police and the courts to act. Her jirga has 25 women. It works to pressure the police and the traditional court system, and it gives legal help to the victims. The Khwendo Jirga, or Sister’s Council also works for free education for girls, good health for women and girls, training in both home skills and work skills, loans for small business, and voting. The jirga also works for laws to stop violence against women, especially honor killings, dowry harassments, acid attacks, and torture.
At first, the men's jirgas did not like the Khwendo Jirga. Women's rights activists did not like it either. Then, in 2014, that changed. A child was raped, and the authorities did nothing. Khwendo Jirga had a protest walk, to attract the attention of the public. The police made arrests. Then, for the first time in Pashtun history, a woman, Adnan, was asked to sit on the men's jirga and help decide the case. After the first protest, the women had more success. In July, 2014, Adnan and Khwendo Jirga worked to pass a law against child marriage. Although some religious groups were not happy, the Sindh Assembly passed a law against marriages for anyone under the age of eighteen. In December, 2014 the Punjab Assembly voted to change the present law.
Newton (unit)
The newton (symbol: N) is the SI unit of force. It is named after Sir Isaac Newton because of his work on classical mechanics. A newton is how much force is required to make a mass of one kilogram accelerate at a rate of one metre per second squared.
In 1946, Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (CGPM) set the unit of force in the MKS system of units to be the amount needed to accelerate 1 kilogram of mass at the rate of 1 metre per second each second. In 1948, the CGPM adopted the name "newton" for this force. The MKS system then became the blueprint for today's SI International System of Units. That made the newton the standard unit of force.
This SI unit is named after Isaac Newton. As with every International System of Units (SI) unit named for a person, the first letter of its symbol is upper case (N). However, when an SI unit is spelled out in English, it should always begin with a lower case letter (newton)—except in a situation where any word in that position would be capitalized, such as at the beginning of a sentence or in material using title case. Note that "degree Celsius" conforms to this rule because the "d" is lowercase.— Based on The International System of Units, section 5.2.
Newton's second law of motion states that F = m•a, where F is the force applied, m is the mass of the object receiving the force, and a is the acceleration of the object. The newton is therefore:[2]
Mining in Kutná Hora
History
In the Middle Ages, Kutná Hora belonged to one of the most important cities in the Bohemian Kingdom. The silver mining started in the second half of 13th century. Unfortunately, the exact date and place, where it all started, remains unknown. Because of that there are lots of legends about the discovery of silver. The most common legend tells a story of a monk named Anthony from the monastery in Sedlec. According to this legend the monk found out three silver rods at the foot of the hill.
Technology
Mines were formed by shafts – pits going underground. Their depth varied from 20 to 150 metres.
Miners worked with simple tools. Only 50 dm3 of rock were extracted within a six-hour shift. This technology allowed them to reach depths ranging from 400 to 450 metres in 14th century. The deepest mine in 16th century was the Osel (donkey) mine, which reached the depth of 600 metres.
St. George Mine
Mine was discovered in 1967 during a hydro-geological exploration of the heart of the city. Originally it was thought that the legendary Osel mine had been discovered. But further exploration proved that it is St. George mine.
The mine was established around 1330’s and remained operational until the end of 15th or beginning of 16th century.
Nowadays visitors may see 250 meters long tunnel, but in total there more than 800m of stopes, drifts or corridors. During those 250 meters it’s possible to see several interesting areas. Such as drifts to other levels of mine, exploration drifts, partly flooded stope, fragments of wooden drainage or wooden props (protection against collapsing of ceiling).
Province of Campobasso
Campobasso is a province in the region of Molise, Italy.
Michelle Donelan
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (born 8 April 1984) is a British politician. She has been the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology since February 2023. She was Minister of State for Higher and Further Education from 2020 to 2022 and Secretary of State for Education for two days during the July 2022 UK government crisis.
She is a member of the Conservative Party. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Chippenham in Wiltshire since 2015.
Fly fishing
History
Fly fishing probably began in ancient Egypt, but its modern form goes all the way back to the England of the second half of the 19th century. The local fishermen caught fish with live and later artificial insects. This method began to spread to the rest of Europe. National and international competitions and championships were started. This has brought fly fishing to the attention of the public.
Lake fly fishing
Lake fly fishing is done on backwaters and mostly on reservoirs, ponds and lakes. The actual hunt is done either from the bank or from the water, by fording or with the help of vessels like ships.
River fly fishing
River fly fishing is usually done in flowing waters. It is normally done by fording. The fisherman or woman stands in the water dressed in special waders and wading boots. Fishing from the bank is also possible but it is not done very often.
Sea fly fishing
Sea fly fishing is done by fording as well as fishing from a boat.
Dry fly fishing
Dry fly fishing is done with a floating line. The bait floats on the water. The fly often looks like hatched insects or other food on the water surface.
Wet fly fishing
Wet fly fishing is done with all types of fly-fishing lines. The fly is underwater and looks like drowned or newly hatched insects.
Nymph fishing
Nymph fishing is done with all types of fly-fishing lines. The flies look like young insects.
Międzyrzec Podlaski
Międzyrzec Podlaski is a city in the east of Poland, in Lublin Voivodeship. It is on the Krzna rivers. It has 17 283 people.
Fly fishing
Fly fishing equipment
Fly-fishing rod is a kind of fishing rod which is designed only for fly fishing. Its purpose is to give enough power to the fly-fishing line, which carries an artificial fly to the hunting area.
The fly-fishing line moves an artificial fly to the place of casting. It is only supposed to be used for fly fishing and with the fly-fishing rod and fly-fishing reel. It is not suitable for other ways of fly fishing because it would be damaged.
The fly-fishing reel is used for storing and backing the fly-fishing line. The fly line is stored in a coil. This coil revolves around its vertical axis in the reel. The fly-fishing line is reeled by moving the coil. The coil is secured with a handle.
Sportfiske
Fritz Pfeffer
Friedrich "Fritz" Pfeffer (1889—1944) was a German-born Jewish dentist who hid with Anne Frank in Amsterdam during the Holocaust (1941—1945). According to camp records, he died on 20 December 1944 in Neugamme (outside of Hamburg).
Life
Pfeffer was born Friedrich "Fritz" Pfeffer on 30 April 1889.
Crash Dive
Crash Dive is a 1943 American World War II movie directed by Archie Mayo and starring Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, James Gleason, Harry Morgan, Dame May Whitty. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and won an Academy Award in 1944.
Denílson (footballer, born 1988)
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Gene Kotlarek
Eugene Robert "Gene" Kotlarek (March 31, 1940 – November 9, 2017) was an American former ski jumper. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics with the best result of 14th place in the normal hill in 1964. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota.
Kotlarek died on November 9, 2017 in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the age of 77.
Crash: Mind over Mutant
Crash: Mind over Mutant is a video game. It was published by Sierra Entertainment and Activision. It was developed by Radical Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox 360. The Nintendo DS version of the game was developed by TOSE. It was released in North America on October 7, 2008 and was later released in Europe and Australia on October 31. It is the second game in the series not to have a Japanese release, after Crash of the Titans.
Crash: Mind over Mutant is the fifteenth Crash Bandicoot video game. It is the sequel to Crash of the Titans. The game's story is about the arrival of a popular technological-device. It has the power to put anyone under the control of Doctor Neo Cortex, the main antagonist of the game. Crash Bandicoot must free his friends with the help of Aku Aku, both are the protagonist of the game.
The game was given a mixed review from video game critics. The Wii and PlayStation 2 versions were given a more positive review. The Xbox 360 version was given an "ok" review. Much of the positive reviews were about the game's humorous (funny) cut scenes. The Nintendo DS version was given negative reviews because of its dull and bad gameplay.
Shubhankar Sharma
Shubhankar Sharma is a professional golfer from India. He competed in the PGA Open Championship in 2023.
Savitar
Savitar, or Savitr, is a name given to a Vedic solar deity associated with the Aditya class of divinities.
In DC Comics' The Flash comics and The CW's The Flash TV series, the speedster Savitar is an enemy of the Flash who named himself after the Hindu god.
Dmytro Grabovskyy
Dmytro Grabovskyy (Дмитро Грабовський, 30 September 1985 – 23 January 2017) was a Ukrainian-Israeli professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Simferopol, Ukraine. He last competed for UCI Continental team ISD-Lampre. He was second in the time trial for juniors at the 2005 World Championship Cycling in Madrid and he won the road race.
Grabovsky became an Israeli citizen in 2014.
He died from a heart attack on 23 January 2017, aged 31.
Morbius, the Living Vampire
Morbius, the Living Vampire and better known as Dr. Michael Morbius, is a fictional character and villain turned anti-hero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a (former) member of the rogues gallery of Spider-Man, Blade, Ghost Rider and Doctor Strange.