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Thirunallar Saniswaran temple
Tirunallar Dharbaranyeswarar Temple or Dharbaranyeswarar Temple is a famous Hindu temple that is dedicated to Lord Shani or Lord Saturn. It is located in Thirunallar of Karaikal district in Puducherry Union territory, India. Another name of this temple is Dharbaranyeshwarar Temple. The main deity of the temple is Lord Shiva (Lord Dharbaranyeshwarar).
The temple and its significance
The main deity Lord Shiva is said to be made with the "dharbha grass", from which the temple got its name of Dharbaranyeshwarar Temple. The temple also centers Lord Saniswaran or Lord Saturn as one of the main gods. The shrine of Thirunallar is famous for this lord. According to Hinduism, Lord Saniswaran resides in each rasi or zodiac sign for about two and half years. The temple is revered by hymns of the Shaiva poets like Appar, Sundarar and Sambandar. Therefore it is classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam or the shrine which was revered by hymns of the poets.
Mikio Hasemoto
Mikio Hasemoto (July 13, 1916-November 29, 1943) was a United States Army soldier. He received the Medal of Honor because of his actions in World War II.
Early life
Hasemoto was born at Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the son of immigrants who were born in Japan. He is a Nisei, which means that he is a second generation Japanese-American.
Soldier
Six months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hasemoto joined the US Army in June 1941.
Hasemoto volunteered to be part of the all-Nisei 100th Infantry Battalion. This army unit was mostly made up of Japanese Americans from Hawaii and the mainland.
For his actions in November 1943, Hasemoto was awarded the Army's second-highest decoration, the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC). In the 1990s, there was a review of service records of Asian Americans who received the DSC during World War II. Hasemoto's award was upgraded to the Medal of Honor. In a ceremony at the White House on June 21, 2000, his family was presented with his medal by President Bill Clinton. Twenty-one other Asian Americans also received the medal during the ceremony, but only seven of them were still alive.
Medal of Honor citation
Hasemoto's Medal of Honor recognized his conduct in frontline fighting in central Italy in 1943. With his squad leader, he destroyed an enemy force despite having to run through heavy fire twice to retrieve new weapons
The words of Hasemoto's citation explain: "Private Mikio Hasemoto distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 29 November 1943, in the vicinity of Cerasuolo, Italy. A force of approximately 40 enemy soldiers, armed with machine guns, machine pistols, rifles, and grenades, attacked the left flank of his platoon. Two enemy soldiers with machine guns advanced forward, firing their weapons. Private Hasemoto, an automatic rifleman, challenged these two machine gunners. After firing four magazines at the approaching enemy, his weapon was shot and damaged. Unhesitatingly, he ran 10 yards to the rear, secured another automatic rifle and continued to fire until his weapon jammed. At this point, Private Hasemoto and his squad leader had killed approximately 20 enemy soldiers. Again, Private Hasemoto ran through a barrage of enemy machine gun fire to pick up an M-1 rifle. Continuing their fire, Private Hasemoto and his squad leader killed 10 more enemy soldiers. With only three enemy soldiers left, he and his squad leader charged courageously forward, killing one, wounding one, and capturing another. The following day, Private Hasemoto continued to repel enemy attacks until he was killed by enemy fire. Private Hasemoto’s extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the United States Army."
Sherlock (TV series)
Sherlock is a BBC television series based on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle placed in 21st century London. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Sherlock Homes, alongside Martin Freeman who plays Dr. John Watson. The series aired 4 seasons between 2010 and 2017.
In this contemporary TV version, Watson is a war vet just home from Afghanistan. He meets the eccentric Sherlock Holmes when he advertises for a flatmate. Together they solve mysteries related to Sherlocks nemesis Moriarty.
Palynology
Palynology is the study of very small natural particles. The word literally means the "study of dust". A palynologist is someone whose job is to identify what the particles are. Samples of particles can come from the air or water or soil or rocks. They could be organic and inorganic. Micropaleontology is a related area of study; it involves very small fossils.
Methods
A palynologist uses a microscope. They may also use chemical tests to find out what a particle is made of.
The methods used to study fossils in micropaleontology and in palynology are often different. Micropaleontology often involves breaking and dissolving rocks. Palynology often involves soil or sediment.
The main work of a palynologist is to identify each particle. Many different kinds of particles might be in the same sample. They may include:
Uses
When the palynologist knows what particles are present in a sample, they may be able to say what the temperature or environmental chemistry was like where the sample came from. They may also be able to say where the sample came from.
Palynology is used in forensic science to learn where something came from, by looking at the particles in or on it.
Palynology is also very important in the study of climate history. In bodies of water such as lakes, ponds, and the ocean, sediment builds up slowly, so that the oldest sediment is at the bottom. There are ways to take a sample of the sediment that doesn't disturb the layers (either using a tube, or by freezing).
In glacial lakes, the sediment may have varves, which are two layers per year that are different colours. If there are varves, a lot of detailed information can be discovered in a core sample.
Delta Cephei
Delta Cephei, found by John Goodricke in 1784, was only the second Cepheid variable discovered. It is very important because its distance is extremely well known. This is partly because it is in a star cluster,<ref name=dezeeuw1999>de Zeeuw P.T. et al 1999. A Hipparchus census of the nearby OB associations. Astronomical Journal 117 (1): 354–399. close enough for the precise Hubble Space Telescope/Hipparcos parallaxes to give a good result. As a result, it is known as a "fundamental distance calibrator", or absolute candle. Delta Cephei is a classical, or type I, Cepheid variable.
George Washington University Hospital
The George Washington University Hospital is the hub of a major medical center in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is affiliated with the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. The current building was opened on August 23, 2002. Since 1997, The George Washington University Hospital has been jointly owned and operated by a parnership between a subsidiary of Universal Health Services and The George Washington University.
Delta Cephei
The only Cepheid variable closer to us is Polaris, the North Star, whose distance is still not exactly known.
George Washington University Hospital
In 1981 after being shot, Ronald Reagan was taken to the hospital.
Delta Cephei
Delta Cephei is emitting around 2,000 times the Sun's luminosity. This is producing a strong stellar wind, which, with the pulsations and shocks in the star's atmosphere, is ejecting mass at the rate of (1.0 ± 0.8) × 10–6 solar masses per year. This is the equivalent to the mass of the Sun roughly every million years. The matter is flowing outward at a velocity of about 350 km s–1. This expelled gas forms a nebula about one parsec across, centered on Delta Cephei, and contains 0.07–0.21 solar masses of neutral hydrogen. A bow shock is being formed where the stellar wind is colliding with the surrounding interstellar medium.
AKUT Search and Rescue Association
AKUT Search and Rescue Association (Turkish: AKUT Arama Kurtarma Derneği) is a non-governmental and volunteer organization in Turkey, which was established in 1996 by a group of mountaineers. The association has established 27 teams in different regions of Turkey and has participated in more than 1000 search and rescue operations in and out of Turkey. It's also a member of the International Rescue Dogs Organization and United Nations' International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG).
Adriana Barraza
Adriana Barraza González (born 5 March 1956) is a Mexican actress, acting teacher, and director. She is known for her role in Amores perros and in Babel, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination.
Zayd ibn Harithah
Zayd ibn Harithah (زَيْد ٱبْن حَارِثَة, Zayd ibn Ḥārithah) (c. 581–629 CE), was a Companion of the Prophet of Islam and his adopted son. He is the only Companion whose name appears in the Qur'an.
European Women's Handball Championship
The European Women's Handball Championship is the official competition for the women's national handball teams of Europe. It takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament is also a qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games and World Championship.
As of December 2014, the only teams that have ever won the championship are Norway (six times), Denmark (three times), Hungary and Montenegro (once). Denmark has hosted the most European Championships for three times, in 2010 Denmark was co-host with Norway.
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor who was born in New York City. He won an Academy Award for his performance in Jerry Maguire.
In 2016, he portrayed O.J. Simpson in the FX drama series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and co-starred in the sixth season of the FX anthology series American Horror Story, subtitled Roanoke.
His father is singer Cuba Gooding, Sr. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1972. Gooding has been a born-again Christian since he was 13.
Esneux
Esneux is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège.
In 2007, 13073 people lived there.
Forsyth, Missouri
Forsyth is a city in Taney County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,255 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Taney County. It was incorporated as a village on 15 December 1890. Forsyth is located on what was the White River, now Lake Taneycomo.
History
At the beginning of the American Civil War, Forsyth was occupied by Confederate forces. On 22 July 1861, Brigadier General Sweeney and 1,200 Union troops with artillery forced the Rebels out. Rebel forces withdrew from Forsyth but returned as soon as the Union troops left. In January 1863, the Union Army moved back into Forsyth, where they remained for several months. It took the ferry on the White River eight days to carry all the troops, supplies, horses and wagons across the river. Because of the Confederate threat, Union troops used logs from the town's houses to fortify their defenses. On 22 April 1863 Union forces left Forsyth, but set the town on fire to make sure that their fortifications did not fall into Rebel hands. When the fires died out all that remained of Forsyth was the burned-out shell of the big brick courthouse. The courthouse was eventually rebuilt. On 19 December 1885 the courthouse was totally destroyed along with all official records of the county and those of the only county newspaper. A new Taney County courthouse would not be constructed until 1890. On 15 December 1890 the village of Forsyth was incorporated. On 4 November 1891 the county court leased a room in the new courthouse to the first bank in Taney County, the new Taney County Bank, for the sum of $2.00 per month.
In the late 1940s plans were being made in Washington, D.C. that would directly affect Forsyth. A dam (Bull Shoals) was to be built on the White River, approximately 80 miles below Forsyth. Two choices were left for the town; it could move to a new location or cease to exist. The city limits of Forsyth were extended 2 miles west of the old town site (now called Shadow Rock Park) to an area that had once been a golf course. In the early 1950s the town of Forsyth was moved to this location.
Frank Thornton
Frank Thornton (Frank Thornton Ball; 15 January 1921 – 16 March 2013) was an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served? and in its sequel Grace & Favour (Are You Being Served Again), and as Truly in Last of the Summer Wine.
Thornton was born on 15 January 1921 in Dulwich, London, England. He studied at Alleyn's School and at the London School of Dramatic Art. Thornton was married to Beryl Jane Margaret Evans from 1945 until his death in 2013. They had a daughter, Jane Thornton. He died on 16 March 2013 in his home in Barnes, London, England from natural causes, aged 92.
Reverend Lovejoy
Reverend Timothy Lovejoy is a fictional character on the long running TV show The Simpsons. His voice is performed by Harry Shearer. He is the reverend of The First Church of Springfield.
Name
Reverend Lovejoy was named after Lovejoy St. in Portland, Oregon, the hometown of Simpsons creator Matt Groening.
Role in The Simpsons
Lovejoy is the pastor of the First Church in Springfield.
Cockatiel
Cockatiels have tiny feathers on their head called a crest. The crest allows the owner to have an idea of what they are feeling; straight up if scared or excited, flat when they're angry, and slightly curved is normal/happy.
In the wild, cockatiels are prey animals, meaning there are predators that eat them. As a result, cockatiels can scare easily, especially when they meet someone or something they do not know. With enough patience and affection, an owner can tame the cockatiel and help them get over their natural fear. Like many other parrots, cockatiels are very good at climbing, and use their beak to position themselves each time.
Cockatiels come in many different colours, some naturally while others were specifically bred. Gray is considered to be their original colour, and is one of the most popular, along with Lutino (yellow). Males have a brighter crest and face, and sing louder and more frequently than females. A cockatiel has very long tail feathers compared to other birds.
Seeds make up most of their diet, but veterinarians strongly recommend various fruits, vegetables, and beans as well. However, a few of these may be harmful to them, and it is advised to be cautious with what they eat. It can be very hard to get adults to try new foods, so it is best to have them try little by little at a time instead of all at once.
Like other birds, they can be taught to do many tricks; including flips, handshakes, fly-on-command, showing their wings, and more. Patience and repetition is key, as teaching one trick can take many months. They can also be taught to sing, but may become confused and ruin the song if it's too complex.
Cockatiels are social birds, and like to spend time with others. They can become overly attached to their owners over time (especially if raised young), and may start to shriek when they feel lonely. If the owner is unable to spend a lot of time with them, getting them a partner (preferably another cockatiel) can help resolve their clinginess.
Cockatiels are Australian psittacines native to the deserts (Forshaw, 2010). They are genetically adapted to high temperatures, amid centuries of domestication
Carvalho, T.S.G., et al. “Behavior of Cockatiels (Nymphicus Hollandicus) at Two Temperatures in Captivity.” Arquivo Brasileiro De Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, vol. 67, no. 6, 2015, pp. 1669–1674., doi:10.1590/1678-4162-7892.
Gérard Houllier
Gérard Paul Francis Houllier OBE (3 September 1947 – 14 December 2020) was a French football manager and former player. He was the technical director of NSWL team OL Reign at the time of his death. Houllier is most known for his time at Liverpool, and is considered one of their best managers because of the trophies he won.
Houllier died on 14 December 2020 at a Paris hospital from heart surgery-related problems, aged 73.
Manager
Paris Saint-Germain
All I Want for Christmas Is You
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a widely popular Christmas song first done by Mariah Carey for her fourth studio album, Merry Christmas. It was first released in November 1994. The lyrics of the song declare that the protagonist doesn't care about the Christmas presents or lights and that all she is wanting is to be united alongside her lover for the Christmas holidays. The song has been remixed and covered by other musicians, such as The Cheetah Girls, Shania Twain, Miley Cyrus and John Mayer since it was introduced. Carey wrote and produced the song with her longtime collaborator Walter Afanasieff.
Gérard Houllier
Manager
Liverpool
Prince Charles of Luxembourg (born 2020)
Prince Charles of Luxembourg (Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume; born 10 May 2020) is the only child of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie. He was born at Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital in Luxembourg City.
Kashima-jingū
Kashima-jingū (鹿島神宮), also known as Kashima-jinja, is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki on the island of Honshu.
All I Want for Christmas Is You
The song's length is four minutes and one second. On December 18, 2017, Billboard announced that the song had reached the top ten on the Hot 100 for the first time in the 23 years that the song was released. In 2018, it reached number three on the Hot 100 and was at the top of the Canadian Hot 100 and Australian Singles Chart.
Prince Charles of Luxembourg (born 2020)
He is second in the line of succession to the throne of Luxembourg.
Kashima-jingū
History
Kashima was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of the old Hitachi Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Ibaraki Prefecture. This place is special to the kami named Takemikazuchi no ookami (武甕槌大神).
Gérard Houllier
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Prince Charles of Luxembourg (born 2020)
His birth was celebrated by a 21-gun salute at Fort Thungen in Kirchberg.
All I Want for Christmas Is You
On December 16, 2019, Billboard announced that, after 25 years of release, the song had reached number one on the Hot 100, marking Carey's 19th chart-topper, extending her record as the soloist with the most US number-ones in history.
Gérard Houllier
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France U18
Kashima-jingū
History
In the modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines, Kashima was listed in the middle range of ranked Imperial shrines or Kanpei-chūsha (官幣中社) which included 23 sanctuaries.
Prince Charles of Luxembourg (born 2020)
On 19 September 2020, Prince Charles was baptised at the Abbey of St. Maurice and St. Maurus of Clervaux in Luxembourg.
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All I Want for Christmas Is You
After peaking at number two, the song was at the top of the UK Singles Chart on December 11, 2020.
On December 3, 2021, the RIAA certified the song Diamond in the US for sales and streams of 10 million copies there.
Popular culture
In December 2016, British talk show host James Corden recorded a version of the song as part of his Carpool Karaoke segment on CBS's The Late Late Show. The video features British musicians Adele, Elton John, and Chris Martin, along with American entertainers Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez, Nick Jonas, Demi Lovato, Gwen Stefani, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Carey herself, singing lines from the song. As of January 2021, this version has over 49 million views on YouTube.
QuickTime VR
QuickTime VR (also known as QTVR) is an image file format developed by Apple Inc. for QuickTime. The app was discontinued with QuickTime 7. It allows the creation and viewing of VR photos, and panoramas. It functions as plugins for the QuickTime Player and for the QuickTime Web browser plugin.
Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche
Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France.
ISO 3166-2:UY
ISO 3166-2:UY is the entry for Uruguay in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces, departments or states) of all countries that are in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Uruguay, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for the 19 departments.
Each code has of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is UY, the second part is two letters.
Current codes
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
Greta Van Fleet
Greta Van Fleet is an American rock band. It was made in Frankenmuth, Michigan in 2012. The members of the band are Josh Kiszka (singing), Jake Kiszka (guitar), Sam Kiszka (bass guitar, keyboards), and Danny Wagner (drums). The band released their first extended play (EP) in April 2017. It is named Black Smoke Rising. The band's first single was popular. It is named "Highway Tune". It was number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock music chart. It was number one on the chart for four weeks. The band made a second EP named From the Fires. It won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.
The band released their first album in October 2018. It is named Anthem of the Peaceful Army. It was number one on the Billboard Rock Album chart. In 2021, the band made The Battle at Garden's Gate.
Prince Charles of Luxembourg (1927–1977)
Prince Charles of Luxembourg, Prince of Bourbon-Parma and Nassau (born Charles Frédéric Louis Guillaume Marie; 7 August 1927 – 26 July 1977), was a younger son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma.
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Swift Current is a city in Saskatchewan. It is on the Trans Canada Highway 170 kilometers (107 mi) east of Moose Jaw. 14,946 people live there.
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series. It was hosted by Ronald Reagan. It was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations. It ran from 1953 to 1962.
Bohdan Butenko
Bohdan Butenko (8 February 1931 – 14 October 2019) was a Polish cartoonist, illustrator, comic book writer and artist, as well as puppet designer. He was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Waverley, Taranaki
Waverley is a town in South Taranaki District, New Zealand. It is located 44 kilometers northwest of Whanganui, 17 kilometers east of Patea, 10 kilometers west of Waitōtara and are all on State Highway 3. It has a primary school and had a high school that shut in April 2007. It is the home of racehouse Kiwi that won the 1983 Melbourne Cup.
Bohdan Butenko
His known works include the comic series Kwapiszon, Gapiszon cartoons, as well as Gucio i Cezar comics (written by Krystyna Boglar). He published his cartoons in numerous children's magazines, such as Płomyk, Płomyczek, Miś, Świerszczyk, as well as the magazines Szpilki and Przekrój, and illustrated many children's books.
Butenko died in Warsaw on 14 October 2019 at the age of 88.
Italian food
Italian food is the food created by traditional Italian cooking. It is not any one thing, because it is strongly regionalised. This means that the cooking is different in different parts of Italy.
Naturally there are some basic foods which can be found all over Italy, and now in many other countries. These are pasta, pizza, cannoli pastry desserts, ice cream and red or white wine. Calamari dishes of fried squid (fried calamari) are often on the menu.
Olives have been grown in Italy for thousands of years. They are eaten, and also are the basis of olive oil. Olive oil and vinaigrette or balsamic vinegar are always on the table or nearby. Italians also make many kinds of breads in a different style from French bread. Their styles of coffee have also become internationally famous. Some of their liqueurs, like limoncello, are very distinctive.
Italian food is one of the most refined and varied in Europe, from the piquant flavours of Naples and Calabria to the pesto dishes of Liguria and the cheese and risotto dishes of the Italian Alps.
Jack Higgins
Jack Higgins (born Henry Patterson; 27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022) was a British writer. He was one of the best-selling authors of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His breakthrough novel The Eagle Has Landed (1975). He was also known for his books; A Prayer for the Dying (1987), The Eagle Has Flown (1991), Thunder Point (1993), Angel of Death (1995), Flight of Eagles (1998), and Day of Reckoning (2000).
Higgins died on 9 April 2022 at his home in Jersey, Channel Islands at the age of 92.
Nagore
Nagore is a town in the Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the important Islamic shrine in Tamil Nadu. Five centuries old Nagore Dargah is famous throughout the state.It attracts thousands of people daily. The total population of Nagore is 97,525. It is 12km away from Karaikal and 5 km away from district headquarters Nagapattinam.
The Nagore Kandhuri Festival is very famous throughout the region. The festival season in Nagore falls in the month of May.Nagore Dargah is famous because any religious people can gather in the religious site. It is the Common Religious Gathering Point of thousands of people visiting the place each day.
Nagore is also famous for sweets and fishes that are obtained from the coastal region of Nagore. The Nagore Railway station is one of the crowded railway station in that region, since thousands of devotees come through railway to the holy Dargah.
Nellore
Nellore is a city in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located in the banks of Penna River. It is the fourth most populous city in Andhra Pradesh. The city is well known for agriculture and aquaculture.It is the headquarters of the Nellore district. The total population of the city is 600,869.Density is 4000/km2.
The name is said to be taken from Purana that depicts, a linga under the Nelli tree(Amla or Indian gooseberry). From then the place is called as Nelli-ooru then the name emerged as Nellore. It is said that the city existed since the Mauryan dynasty.
The main economy of the city is based on agriculture and aquaculture. The main productive is Shrimp culturing.The Nellore city is located near the coastal region of Bay of Bengal.
Hongkong Electric Company
Hongkong Electric Company (HKC; ) is an electricity generation company in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
History
The company was established on 1 December 1890 in British Hong Kong.
Janet Jackson (album)
Janet Jackson is the self-titled debut album by American recording artist Janet Jackson. It was released on September 21, 1982, by A&M Records.
Reviews
Janet Jackson received mixed reviews from music critics.
Ali Landry
Ali Germaine Landry (born July 21, 1973) is an American actress and former Miss USA. She is also a model. She was the Doritos girl in television commercials. She won the Miss USA pageant in 1996.
Landry was born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.
United Nations Economic and Social Council
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC; Conseil économique et social des Nations unies, CESNU) is one of the six main parts of the United Nations. Its job is to coordinate many parts of the United Nations. It has 54 members. It meets in April and July. At these meetings, the members talk about economic and social issues, and make recommendations to countries about how to make the world a better place.
Patrick Hillery
Patrick John Hillery (Pádraig Seán Ó hIrighile; 2 May 1923 – 12 April 2008) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and the sixth President of Ireland from 1976 until 1990. First elected at the 1951 general election as a Fianna Fáil TD for County Clare, he remained in Dáil Éireann until 1973. During this time he served as:
He was Ireland's first European Commissioner, serving for three years until he became President in 1976. He never faced an election, because both time he ran for president he was unopposed.
Early & private life
Patrick John Hillery, known as Paddy Hillery, was born in Spanish Point, Miltown Malbay, County Clare in 1923. He attended University College Dublin, where he studied medicine. In 1947 he returned to his home town where he followed in his father’s footsteps as a doctor. As a doctor he also spent a year working as coroner for West Clare.
Domestic political career
Hillery was asked by Éamon de Valera to be his running mate in the 1951 general election. He won the election and Hillery was successful on his first attempt to get elected. He only became a minister after de Valera retired as Taoiseach in 1959.
Government minister: 1959-1973
As Minister for Education, Hillery established comprehensive schools and Regional Technical Colleges.
After another election win in 1969 Hillery became Minister for External Affairs (renamed Foreign Affairs in 1972), one of the top cabinet posts. After "Bloody Sunday"), he travelled to the United Nations in New York to demand UN involvement in peace-keeping on the streets of Northern Ireland. In 1972, he negotiated Irish membership of the European Economic Community, a process that was completed in 1973.
European Commissioner
Following Ireland's successful entry into Europe Hillery was rewarded by becoming the first Irishman to serve on the European Commission. He was appointed Vice-President of the Commission as well as having special responsibility for Social Affairs. Hillery's most famous policy was to force EEC member states to give equal pay to women.
In 1976 the new Fine Gael–Labour Party National Coalition Government of Liam Cosgrave said they would not re-appoint him to the Commission. He thought about returning to medicine, perhaps moving with his wife, Maeve (also a doctor) to Africa. When President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh resigned, Hillery agreed to become the Fianna Fáil candidate in the election.
President
He was elected without a contest as the only candidate, becoming President of Ireland on 3 December 1976.
After 1982 people thought he was a very good and honest President. Before then he had been written off as boring and dull. In 1982 the Taoiseach, Fine Gael's Garret FitzGerald, lost a vote in Dáil Eireann. Dr Fitzgerald asked for a general election. As President he did not have to agree, and Dr Fitzgerald would have had to resign. This meant Dáil Éireann might choose Charles Haughey as Taoiseach. Hillery thought a new election was best, but many people from the President's own party tried to persuade him otherwise.
President Hillery refused to speak to any opposition party politicians, but when Charles Haughey, who was Leader of the Opposition, had rang the President's Office he threatened to end the career of the army officer answered and refused on Hillery's explicit orders to put the call through to the President. Hillery called the Irish Army's Chief of Staff the following day and as Commander-in-Chief of the Army had ordered the Chief of Staff to make sure that no politician ever interfered with the career of the young army officer.
In 1983 Hillery was again elected unopposed. Hillery left office in 1990 (he had served the maximum two terms), widely applauded for his integrity, honesty and devotion to duty. However he re-entered public life in 2002 during the second referendum on the Nice Treaty, when he urged a yes vote. The referendum was carried.
Hillery: a foreign assessment
In 2002, state papers released by the British Public Record Office under the 'Thirty Year Rule' and published in the Irish media, revealed how Hillery was viewed. A briefing paper, prepared for then British Foreign Secretary, Sir Alec Douglas-Home and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland William Whitelaw, observed about Hillery:
Beaurepaire, Vendée
Beaurepaire is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France.
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Cottage Grove is a city in Oregon in the United States.
United Nations Trusteeship Council
The United Nations Trusteeship Council (Le Conseil de tutelle des Nations unies) is one of the six main parts of the United Nations. Its job is to run trust territories in the best interests of their people and of the world. The last trust territory was Palau, which joined the United Nations in 1994, The Trusteeship Council has not met since then.
Ramblin' Man (The Allman Brothers Band song)
"Ramblin' Man" is a 1973 song by The Allman Brothers Band and is the leading single from their fourth studio album Brothers and Sisters. It went to number 2 in the United States, number 7 in Canada and number 40 in Australia. It is inspired by the 1951 song of the same name by Hank Williams.
Jim McLean
James Yuille McLean (2 August 1937 – 26 December 2020) was a Scottish football player and manager. He was best known for being the manager of Dundee United F.C. for 22 years between 1971 and 1993. While he was at Dundee United, the team won the 1982/83 Scottish Football League Championship and made it to many cup finals including the 1987 UEFA Cup Final against IFK Gothenburg.
McLean died at the age of 83 on 26 December 2020 from dementia-related problems.
Canary Islands Mathematics House
The Canary Islands Mathematics House are a couple of places or museums of mathematics that are located in Tenerife and Gran Canaria.
Baalveer Returns
Baalveer Returns is an Indian fantasy television series. It premiered on 10 September 2019 on SAB TV, and stars Dev Joshi, and Vansh Sayani in the titular lead role. It is a sequel of Baal Veer, which ran from 2012 to 2016. It is produced by Optimystix Entertainment with screenplay by Manoj Tripathi.
Canary Islands Mathematics House
Tenerife
The House Museum of Educational Mathematics of Tenerife was founded in 2012. It is located in Cercado Mesa, Tenerife.
Baalveer Returns
Season 1
Timnasa, an evil enchantress and the queen of Kaal Lok (the Dark Realm), begins a quest to rule the whole universe and become the most powerful and evil entity. She destroys the Fairy Realm, but Baalveer saves the surviving fairies. They find refuge in the Brave Realm whose leader is a white lion, Shaurya. Baalveer becomes weaker with every passing moment as he was injured in the attack. On Shaurya's instructions, Baalveer goes to Earth as Debu with the fairies as his sisters to find his younger successor, the next Baalveer, as he needs help to fight Timnasa.
The new Baalveer is a 9-year-old mischievous boy named Vivaan, and soon is made realise his destiny while battling Timnasa and her agents and makes Vivan the new 'Junior Baalveer'. Both the Baalveers, the fairies, and Shaurya cross all the hurdles and fight with Timnasa, by foiling her plans all the time.
Canary Islands Mathematics House
Gran Canaria
The House Museum of Mathematics of Gran Canaria was founded in 2022. It is located in La Isleta, Gran Canaria.
Baalveer Returns
Season 1
Timnasa captured Sarvakaal, a monstrous but righteous sage of the Dark Realm, as he knows the one who'll kill Timnasa.
Baalveer acknowledges this and pretends to lose his powers and memory and stays as a commoner with Vivaan and family, as his foster brother Debu. He acquires a new avatar- Naqabposh. He befriends Ananya, a girl who was tricked by Timnasa into doing her work (by threatening to kill her mother). Her mother is saved by Naqabposh.
Vivan is Ananya's long-lost brother, and their biological mother Devaki, the former queen of the White Realm(now Dark Realm). Ananya, Naquabposh and Vivan, the three form 'Team Shadow' and destroy Timnasa.
A man is sent from the underwater world of Shinkai, to kill Baalveer. But he is killed instead.
Milwaukie, Oregon
Milwaukie is a city in Oregon in the United States.
Pedro Bigas
Pedro Bigas Rigo (born 15 September 1990 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands) is a Spanish footballer. He plays for RCD Mallorca as a left midfielder or defender.
He start playing football at la Salle Palma, after that he played in Montuiri, and then in the Mallorca B. He left Mallorca B to join the Athletico de Baleares. While he was playing for Athletico de Baleares he was offered a position in RCD Mallorca.
Baalveer Returns
Season 1
Timnasa's spirit tells Debu that his biological parents were killed by Shaurya and the fairies. He is keen to know about it but fails to find any clues.
Season 2
The new season unveils the underwater world of Shinkai, which is ruled by King Kaikos. The commander-in-chief Bambaal plots to rule over the whole universe, along with his sidekick Milsa. An egg is in Shinkai, and a man will be born from it, prophesied to be the ultimate, and Bambaal awaits his birth.
Baalveer is told a story in which a man of Brave Realm, named Jaikas turned evil and was running with his two small sons. He was attacked and one son was dropped in a desert while his vehicle landed in sea. It is revealed that he survived and his other son is the one Bambaal is waiting for. When he comes out of the egg, he is named Ray by Bambaal.
Baalveer wants to know about his past from Shaurya and Baalpari, his mother. He is made Baalveer again in Vivaan's presence (to conceal Naqabposh's secret).
Ray needs the blood of a powerful entity to unleash his powers and to destroy a poison. On Earth, they get to know that the entity is Vivaan. Ananya thinks that Ray is Naqabposh.Also the blood of the Vivaan is given to Ray by Milsa but it doesn't affect the broken arm
Baalveers capture Milsa but Bambaal secretly kills her. They are soon helped by Birba, Bambaal's loyalist. Baalveer tells Vivan his truth, about him being Baalveer and Naquabposh, leaving him shocked. Bambaal finds out that Debu is the other Baalveer.
Crossover
Baalveer Returns did a crossover with the series Aladdin - Naam Toh Suna Hoga for 5 episodes from 27 January 2020 to 31 January 2020 in season 1.
Richard Huckle
Richard William Huckle (14 May 1986 – 13 October 2019) was a convicted British serial sex offender. He was arrested by Britain's National Crime Agency and convicted of 71 counts of serious sexual assaults against children while posing as a teacher, photographer and devout Christian in Malaysia. He was born in Ashford, Kent.
Huckle was seen as one of Britain's worst ever paedophiles, despite being only 28 years old at the time of his arrest. On 6 June 2016, he was given 22 life sentences with a minimum prison term of 25 years before being eligible to apply for parole.
On 13 October 2019, Huckle was stabbed to death in his cell at HMP Full Sutton in East Riding of Yorkshire at the age of 33.
Hurricane Iris
Hurricane Iris was the third major hurricane of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Iris was also the second storm of 2001 to strike Belize. Iris was a category 4 hurricane when it struck Belize, but damage was rather low. It is likely because Iris weakened very quickly over land. People were thinking that Iris would cross Central America without dying and would keep the name Iris. This did not happen, Iris weakened over land very fast and died. Iris did however reformed in the Pacific Ocean, it was given a new name, Manuel. Iris left $150 million in damage and killed 49 people.
Retirement
The name Iris was retired anyway. In 2007 the name Ingrid was used instead.
Friedrich von Wurmb
Christoph Carl Friedrich von Wurmb (2 July 1742-March 1781) was a German botanist. His official shorthand is „ Wurmb “. He was a descendant of the noble family von Wurmb. At some point in time, his elder brother Ludwig and he himself fell in love with the same woman. After a long decision process, he decided to emigrate, and leave the woman to his brother. He joined the Dutch East India Company, and emigrated to Amsterdam, and later to Batavia, the modern-day Jakarta. His brother later married this woman, Christiane von Werthern. His sister's brother in law, Friedrich Schiller, wrote a short story about it, A magnanimous act (Eine Grossmütige Handlung).
In biology, he is known for his taxonomy of palm trees. and for his writing about a Bornean Oranggutan.
The species Wurmbea in the Colchicaceae is named after him.
Baron von Wurmb was also an important member of the Batavia Society of Arts and Sciences (now National Museum) and the founder of its well-known library, now the National Library. He lived in a house in the old Batavia area, known as the Yellow Lions building, due to the two golden (now faded) lion statues that guard the entrance of the house. Though now slightly run down, the building still stands next to Kali Besar in Jakarta.
Amy Coney Barrett
Amy Coney Barrett (born January 28, 1972) is an American judge. Barrett is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since October 26, 2020. She was nominated by President Donald Trump. She was the United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 2017 until 2020.
Before, she served as the Diane and M.O. Miller Research Chair of Law and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School.
Nomination
Barrett was on President Trump's "shortlist" of potential Supreme Court nominees since 2017. She was seen as a possible replacement for then-retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Shortly after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020, she was seen as the top choice to replace her. On September 26, President Trump nominated her to replace Ginsburg.
Tenure
On October 26, 2020, the Senate confirmed Barrett to the Supreme Court by a vote of 52–48.
Landmark decisions
On June 24, 2022, Barrett was one of the judges who voted to strike down Roe v. Wade in a 5-4 decision. Roe vs. Wade is a decision of 1973, that said that a Textas law on abortion violated a woman's constitutional right to decide whether to continue or end a pregnancy. With this decision gone, regulating abortion is now up to the states.
Beauvoir-sur-Mer
Beauvoir-sur-Mer is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France.
Hurricane Michelle
Retirement
The name Michelle was retired Because of the damage it caused. The name Melissa was first used in 2007, instead.
Arik Einstein
Arieh "Arik" Einstein (January 3, 1939 – November 26, 2013) was a popular Israel singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter. Einstein was born in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine.
On 26 November 2013 in Tel Aviv, Israel, Einstein died age 74 after a ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm.
ArmaLite AR-15
The AR-15 is a semi-automatic rifle designed by the ArmaLite. The " AR" is short for "ArmaLite Rifle."
The AR-15 is a semiautomatic rifle that discharges a single shot with each pull of the trigger until empty. The military version is the M-16, manufactured by Colt Firearms, FNMI, Harrington Richardson, Daewoo, and others. The M16 and M4, unlike the AR-15, is a select fire (semi and fully automatic) magazine fed, gas operated, shoulder fired assault rifle.
Performance
First considered of little use, the AR-15 was considered to provide inferior accuracy to target shooters in the prestigious Service Rifle matches. The use of heavier match barrels and target sights by ArmaLite and heavier match bullets by the Sierra Bullet company produced accuracy so good that they have displaced the previous M1 and M16 rifles used in those matches.
The AR-15s light weight, accuracy, and light recoil has made it extremely popular with shooters and its use is spreading around the world. It is a useful collector's item, ranch or home security rifle, and small caliber hunting rifle and has become one of the most popular rifles in the world, and ArmaLite's are manufactured even today.
Design
The AR-15 is a lightweight, magazine-fed, air-cooled rifle with a rotating locking bolt actuated by propellant gas expanding within an internal gas piston operating system. It can be made in many different "styles" shooting many different types of ammunition such as the 9mm cartridge that is most often used in handguns.
The gas for this system is tapped from the barrel and travels down a gas tube that feeds it into the bolt carrier and thus the gas (i.e. piston) cylinder. The gas expands within the piston cylinder and forces the carrier rearward. A cam pin linking the bolt to unlocking surfaces of the bolt carrier forces the bolt to unlock from the barrel and allows the assembly to drive to the rear.
An error in an early article covering the AR-15 described the system as a "direct impingement" system. This long standing error is based on the fact that a true direct impingement system also moves propellant gasses from the barrel into the face of the carrier. Unlike pressurizing a piston cylinder in the bolt carrier, the gas of the direct impingement system simply passes into a shallow depression in the bolt carrier and actually blows the carrier to the rear.
Barrels of current commercial variants of the AR-15 are produced in chromed, un-chromed, and stainless steel barrels with little extraction difficulty in the more moderate climate in the US.
Even the earliest AR-15 internal piston systems were chromed plated and the rifles performed well if properly lubricated and cleaned. Nonetheless some rifle manufacturers have accused the internal piston system of inferiority and modified the rifles to an external piston system and driving rod pushing the carrier.
Two such designs were developed for the military and found unneeded. Extreme test firing (2 000 rounds with no cleaning or lubing and no malfunctions) confirmed findings that simple lubrication keeps the rifles functioning for extreme periods, but all manufacturers recommend more frequent cleaning.
Amravati
Amravati (also known as Amrawati or Amraoti) is a city in the state of Maharashtra in India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Amravati district.It is believed to be the city of Lord Indra, the king of all gods. The city boasts of historical temples of Goddess Amba, Lord Shri Krishna and Shri Venkateshwara.
History
Amravati District with the rest of the Berar was assigned to the East India Company by the Nizam of Hyderabad following the treaty of 1853. After this province was assigned to the company, it was divided into two districts, South Berar with its headquarters at Hingoli with neighboring region restored to the Nizam and North Berar was reconstituted into East Berar with headquarters at Akola. In 1864, the district of Yeotmal was separated from Amravati. In 1903, the Treaties of Assignment were superseded by an agreement under which the Nizam leased Berar to the Government of India in perpetuity. Berar was joined to the central provinces in 1903 to form the enlarged province of central provinces and Berar. With the recognition of States in1956, Amravati district, along with other districts of Vidarbha region was included in the then Bilingual Bombay State. Since the bifurcation of Bombay state into Maharashtra and Gujrat in 1960, Amravati, along with other districts of Vidharbha formed one of the districts of Maharashtra.