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Kehkashan Basu
Career
In 2021, Basu was a keynote speaker at the first annual Peace Education Day Conference, held online.
Law of truly large numbers
The law of truly large numbers (a statistical comment), says that with a large enough number of independent samples, any result with constant probability >0 is likely to be seen. We may highlight unlikely events and notice them more.
Dzintars Jaundžeikars
Jaundžeikars died on 16 March 2022 at the age of 66.
Law of truly large numbers
The law is often used to falsify different pseudo-scientific claims.
Talant
Talant is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department. It is a suburb of Dijon.
Jürgen W. Heike
Jürgen W. Heike (9 March 1949 – 15 March 2022) was a German politician. He was a member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria. He was in the Landtag of Bavaria from 1994 to 2018.
Heike died in Neustadt bei Coburg, Germany on 15 March 2022 at the age of 73.
Vic Fazio
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. (October 11, 1942 – March 16, 2022) was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for California from 1979 to 1999. Fazio was also a member of the California State Assembly from 1975 until 1978. He was also Chair of the House Democratic Caucus from 1995 until 1999. Fazio was born in Winchester, Massachusetts.
Fazio died on March 16, 2022 at his home in Arlington, Virginia from melanoma at the age of 79.
Cabo Anselmo
José Anselmo dos Santos (13 February 1942 – 15 March 2022), known as Cabo Anselmo ("Corporal Anselmo"), was a Brazilian military officer. He was the leader of the Sailors' Revolt, which started the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état.
Anselmo died on 15 March 2022 at a hospital in Jundiaí, Brazil from problems caused by a kidney infection, one month after his 80th birthday.
Patrick Strzoda
Patrick Strzoda (born 5 January 1952) is a the current chief of staff at the Élysée Palace of Emmanuel Macron. Strzoda is currently the representative of the French Co-prince of Andorra.
Pelle Svanslös (2020 movie)
Peter-No-Tail (Pelle Svanslös) is a 2020 Swedish animated film based on the children's book series by Gösta Knutsson.
All-you-can-eat restaurant
An all-you-can-eat restaurant (AYCE) is a restaurant where any amount of food can be eaten for one price. They are often buffets.
Buffets
A 2011 study showed more food is eaten if buffets cost more.
COVID-19 restrictions from March 2020 briefly closed many all-you-can-eat places.
Other restaurants
Korean barbecue, Brazilian churrasco and Chinese hot pot are often all-you-can-eat.
Double
Double may mean:
Bennettitales
Bennettitales (also known as cycadeoids) is an extinct order of seed plants.
They first appeared in the Permian period and became extinct in most places toward the end of the Cretaceous. Bennettitales are among the most common Mesozoic seed plants. They looked like shrubs or cycads.
Although the leaves of the Bennettitales looked like that of cycads, they had more complex flower-like reproductive organs. So some of them were probably pollinated by insects.
Certainly Bennettitales were cone-bearing seed plants. However, their relationship to other seed plants is unclear.
Itaporanga d'Ajuda
Itaporanga d'Ajuda is a Brazilian municipality in the Northeastern state of Sergipe. It covers 757 km2. It has a population of 34,709 (2020). The city is known for having a part of the Serra de Itabaiana National Park.
Barbara Morrison
During her career, she worked with Gerald Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Ron Carter, Etta James, Esther Phillips, David T. Walker, Dr. John, Kenny Burrell, Terence Blanchard, Joe Sample, Cedar Walton, Nancy Wilson, Joe Williams, Tony Bennett, Keb' Mo, Count Basie Orchestra, Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra and Doc Severinsen.
In early March 2022, Morrison was hospitalized for cardiovascular disease in Los Angeles, California. She died on March 16, 2022, at the age of 72.
Muria people
The Muria are an aboriginal tribe in Chhattisgarh, India. They are a tribe of the Gondi people. The Muria live in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. They traditionally live by agriculture, hunting and fishing, working as a community. They are surrounded by Hindu culture, but they are animists. They have an omnivorous diet, and liquor plays a big role in their society. According to sociologists, the Muria tribe is a very harmonious society.
When they reach adolescence, children leave their family houses to live in a ghotul. A ghotul is like a mixed-sex dormitory where adolescents practice sexual intercourse, sometimes with a single partner and sometimes with multiple partners. Pregnancy should be avoided and they are obligated to regularly change partners, in order to avoid affection. In the ghotul, the minors govern themselves and it is important to maintain social and traditional order in the group. If the rules are not respected, the children will be punished. They can be expelled from the ghotul and this can be almost as bad as death.
In the ghotul, there is no bond of affection because they want to avoid too much love before the marriage. The objective of all this organisation is to avoid divorce. For the Muria, it is considered important to govern sexuality in their community, because they believe that the sexuality is the biggest problem of humans and that society will not be able to achieve equilibrium if they don't figure prominently in sexuality.
Dyhia Belhabib
Dyhia Belhabib is an environmental scientist and researcher. She is specialised in illegal fishing, conservation, artisanal fishing and food security. As of now, she is a main fishery investigator for Ecotrust Canada. She is the founder of Spyglass. Her research has studied the relationship between fishing industries and the illegal drug trade. She has also found the conflict between artisanal fishing, illegal fishing, climate change and international fishing subsidies. She also stood for for the decolonization and greater equity in ocean science.
Provinces of South Korea
Provinces are the first-level division within South Korea. Governors for these provinces are elected every four years.
Santikos Theatres
Santikos Theatres (also known as Santikos Entertainment) is a Texan movie theater and entertainment center chain based in San Antonio, Texas.
Provinces of South Korea
Types
A special autonomous province is a province with more autonomy over its economy and more powers are given to the provincial government. Jeju is the only special autonomous province.
Vercors (writer)
Vercors (born 26th February 1902 in Paris; died 10th June 1991) was a French writer. His real name was Jean Marcel Adolphe Bruller. During the Second World War he was paer of the French resistance. Today, he is known for his caricatures and his book Le Silence de la mer (the silence of the sea), which he published in 1942.
Provinces of South Korea
List of provinces
Note: Daegu is excluded because it is the capital but is not legally part of the province.
Scinax quinquefasciatus
Fowler's snouted tree frog (Scinax quinquefasciatus) is a frog that lives in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Human beings accidentally brought it to the Galapagos Islands. Scientists have seen it as high as 620 meters above sea level.
The adult male frog is 27.6–38.2 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 33.9–38.9 mm long. This frog can be different colors. It can be light brown or dark brown with darker marks and other patterns. Its belly is the color of cream.
This frog sometimes has a mark on its stomach that looks like five lines coming out from the same middle. Its Latin name means "five rays."
Laurent Vimont
Jean-Charles Laurent Vimont (7 February 1961 – 11 March 2022) was a French businessman. He was president of the French subsidiary of Century 21 Real Estate, a branch of Realogy.
Martha Vonk-van Kalker
Martha Catharina Annie Vonk-van Kalker (23 September 1943 – 11 March 2022) was a Dutch politician and civil servant. She was a member of the Labour Party. She was in the Senate from 1977 to 1981.
Vonk-van Kalker was born in Groningen. She died in Zoetermeer at the age of 78.
Yilpi Adamson
Imiyari "Yilpi" Adamson (born 1954) is an Aboriginal artist from central Australia. She is known for her work in a range of art forms, including painting, sculpture, weaving, knitting and batik.
Yilpi was born at a place near Uluru, in the Northern Territory. Her mother was a member of the Pitjantjatjara people and her father was Yankunytjatjara. When Yilpi was still very young, her parents came to live at Ernabella, a Presbyterian mission in northwest South Australia. She grew up there, and later began working at Ernabella Arts.
Yilpi began painting much more recently. She has painted both abstract and figurative works. The abstract works are expressions of her Dreaming legends, passed down to her from her mother. Her most successful works, however, are the figurative paintings of her life as a child at Ernabella in the 1950s. Examples of Yilpi's paintings are held in the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the National Museum of Australia. The National Gallery of Australia also has a series of ceramic pots that Yilpi painted with Malpiya Davey, Alison Carroll, and other Ernabella women.
Archaeopteris
Archaeopteris is an extinct genus of progymnosperm tree with fern-like leaves. This tree is found in strata from the Upper Devonian to Lower Carboniferous.
For a while, 383 to 323 million years ago, it was the dominant tree all over the Earth. They had a world-wide distribution. On all the land areas that were habitable, they all had this tree.
Until the 2007 discovery of Wattieza, many botanists thought Archaeopteris was the earliest known tree. It has buds, reinforced branch joints, and branched trunks similar to today's wood. It is more like modern seed-bearing trees than other spore-bearing plants. It is a bit like woody trees and herbaceous ferns. These extinct plants are sometimes called the progymnosperms. They are plants with gymnosperm-like wood but which produce spores rather than seeds.
Bricquebosq
Bricquebosq is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.
Jean Mouchel
Jean Mouchel (22 May 1928 – 7 March 2022) was a French politician, novelist, and farmer. He was born in Bricquebosq, France. He was a member of the Rally for the Republic. Mouchel was a member of the European Parliament 1982 until 1983 and again from 1984 until 1989.
Mouchel died on 7 March 2022 at the age of 93.
Aleta Baun
Aleta Baun is an Indonesian environmental activist. She is known as the "Indonesian Avatar".
Mama Aleta's work made her a target for the mining interests and local authorities. She survived from an attempt to be killed. Once Mama Aleta even went into hiding in a forest with her baby.
Mama Aleta grew the movement to include hundreds of villagers. It is associated with a weaving occupation. 150 women spent a year sitting on the marble rocks at the mining site. They quietly wove their traditional clothes in protest. Women were traditionally responsible for getting food, dye and medicine from the mountains. Mining in these mountains would have directly impacted their livelihoods. While the women protested at the mine, the men provided domestic support at home, cooking, cleaning and caring for the children.
Among the villagers’ peaceful presence, marble mining became increasingly undeniable for the companies involved. Public awareness of the weaving occupation was growing. Indonesian government officials took notice. By 2010, the mining companies started reacting to the pressure. They started mining at all four sites within the Mollo territories. They stopped their operations.
Mama Aleta now helps communities across West Timor to map their traditional forests. She works in water security and indigenous peoples' natural resource management and land rights.
Francisco Javier Lafuente
Francisco Javier Lafuente Sancho (Barcelona, 1960) is from 2020 the rector of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Rector of the Autonomous University of Barcelona
The Rector of the Autonomous University of Barcelona is the highest managing person at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Ad Havermans
Adrianus Josephus Elisabeth "Ad" Havermans (25 August 1934 – 8 March 2022) was a Dutch politician. He was a member of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
He was mayor of several municipalities, among which of The Hague from 1985 to 1996.
Havermans was born in Bergen op Zoom. He died in The Hague at the age of 87.
Arizona Bound (1927 movie)
Arizona Bound is a 1927 American western movie directed by John Waters and starring Gary Cooper, Betty Jewel, El Brendel, Jack Dougherty, Christian J. Frank, Charles Cockett. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and is a lost movie.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 fantasy epic movie directed by Peter Jackson, serving as the second part to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
2022 Fukushima earthquake
The 2022 Fukushima earthquake (福島県沖地震) happened off the coast of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan on March 16, 2022, at 23:36 JST. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.4. Four people were killed and 225 were injured.
Wolves of the Air
Wolves of the Air is a 1927 American silent action movie directed by Francis Ford and starring Johnnie Walker, Lois Boyd, Maurice Costello, Mildred Harris, Gayne Whitman, Billy Bletcher. It was distributed by Sterling Pictures.
Mabel Cañada Zorrilla
Mabel Cañada Zorrilla (Bilbao, 1952–present) is an antimilitarist and pacifist. She is the founder of the ecovillage of Lakabe. It is a town recovered in Navarra 40 years ago and united into the Iberian Ecovillage Network.
Dress code
The way a person chooses their clothes can be very important in a social environment. Different types of clothes can give an idea of how much money a person has, what religion he follows, marital status, etc.
Mabel Cañada Zorrilla
Life story
Mabel Cañada was born in the Santutxu neighborhood of Bilbao in 1952. She is a daughter of Ángel, a Burgos glassmaker and Isabel, a Balmasedana. She stopped studying nursing to take care of her father. She is the second child of the five sisters and two brothers. She is a mother of 4 children. She is active in groups such as the Conscientious Objection Movement (MOC). It is the feminist movement. She is also active in groups against large infrastructures like nuclear power plants or the Itoiz reservoir in Navarra.
Dress code
Western dress codes
In the Western world, there are the following dress codes for important events. These can include, for example, State dinners (when important people of different countries meet over dinner), weddings or the Nobel Prize ceremony.
Mabel Cañada Zorrilla
Life story
She was one of the founders of the community of Lakabe (Navarra) in 1980. It is an unpopulated town that was later recovered. In the place, coexistence is based on self-management, self-sufficiency, self-consumption, mutual help and team work. Cañada has been trained in many ways to create collectivity. She is taught to express oneself in a group, to live in community, to organise structures allowing horizontal decision-making, in process facilitation, experimental education and non-violent communication. It has also been formed in other communities such as Findhorn. Since 2004, she has been providing many changes to the processes, performances from many situations for social groups. She has accompanied them in their own processes. She has taught them the courses and workshops.
Négritude
The Negritude was a movement that occurred in the mid 20th century in Senegal. The movement was lead by Leopold Sedar Senghor, the president of Senegal at the time (1960-1980). It was a literary and political movement. Many black writers joined. Most were French-speaking
Scinax pachycrus
The Pocao snouted tree frog (Scinax pachycrus) is a frog that lives in northeastern Brazil.
Jan van Zanen
Jan Hendrikus Cornelis van Zanen (born 4 September 1961) is a Dutch politician. He is a member of the VVD. He has been Mayor of The Hague since 2020. He was Mayor of Utrecht (2014-2020) and Amstelveen (2005-2013) and national chairperson of the VVD (2003-2008).
Pinscreen animation
Origins
The pinscreen is a device invented in the early thirties by Alexandre Alexeïeff, a French engraver, illustrator, and filmmaker of Russian origin. Alexeïeff conceived this device to make animation movies showing the same kind of textural effects that its engravings.
Pinscreen device description
The device is a white screen with a multitude of little holes on all its surface. Each hole is filled with a pin that can slide back and forth and the screen is lit by the two vertical sides, allowing the pins to cast their shadow on the screen. If all the pins are pushed in the screen, they can't cast any shadow and the screen appears entirely white. Conversely, if all the pins are pushed out of the screen, it's total darkness. Depending on how far the pins point out of the front of the screen, their shadows are shorter or longer, allowing the artist to create images in different tones of gray.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 fantasy epic movie directed by Peter Jackson, serving as the end to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It notably won all 11 Academy Awards it got nominated for, including Best Picture.
Pinscreen animation
Pinscreen movies and legacy
Alexeïeff and his partner Claire Parker completed, in 1933, the animated movie "Night on Bald Mountain", before making another movie in 1943, "En passant", for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Many years later, The NFB acquired a full-sized pinscreen and in 1972, Alexeïeff and Parker were invited back to the NFB and gave several workshops on pinscreen animation to a group of filmmakers. One of the most interested Quebecer filmmaker in pinscreen animation is probably Jacques Drouin. He made several animated movies using that technique : "Trois exercices sur l'écran d'épingles d'Alexeïef" in 1974, "Mindscape" in 1976, "Nightangel" in 1986 that was co-directed with Bretislav Pojar, "Ex-child" in 1994, "A Hunting Lesson" in 2001 and "Imprints" in 2004. It's with his movie "Mindscape" that Drouin expressed his own style with the pinscreen technique for the first time, a style different from Alexeïeff's. On the technical plane, Drouin also innovated with "Nightangel", in which he colours the pinscreen images by filtering the light sources. Recently, animator and illustrator Michèle Lemieux has made "Le grand ailleurs et le petit ici" with the NFB's pinscreen.
Familial hemiplegic migraine
Familial hemiplegic migraine is a rare type of migraine headache with aura. It is an inherited medical disorder that causes paralysis on one side of the body.
Shalva Papuashvili
Shalva Papuashvili (შალვა პაპუაშვილი; born 26 January 1976) is a Georgian politician who is a member of the Georgian parliament since 2020 and as Speaker of Parliament since 29 December 2021.
Villarroya de la Sierra
Villarroya de la Sierra is a municipality in the Province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. In 2004, 622 people lived here.
Children of Divorce (1927 movie)
Children of Divorce is a 1927 American romantic drama movie directed by Josef von Sternberg and Frank Lloyd and was based on the 1927 novel of the same name by Owen Johnson. It stars Clara Bow, Esther Ralston, Gary Cooper, Norman Trevor, Hedda Hooper, Einar Hanson, Edward Martindel, Iris Stuart and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
MI5
MI5, also called Security Service is one of three British intelligence agencies. It is the security agency responsible for counter-intelligence inside the United Kingdom. It gives the government information about hostile activities inside the UK. The slang term for MI5 inside the security services is "Box 500", after its old wartime postal address. Priorities are set by the Joint Intelligence Committee. All its employees are bound by the Official Secrets Act.
The Secret Intelligence Service (or MI6) is responsible for intelligence collection outside the UK, and the Government Communications Headquarters is responsible for providing signals intelligence.
The arm of the law which works for MI5 is known informally as Special Branch. They have been rearranged as part of the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command. MI5 staff do not have the power of arrest: what they do is instruct Special Branch, who then do the leg-work and interrogation of suspects.
Rector (academia)
A rector of a university is the leader of the administration of the university.
Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2 is a type of computer game called a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that is played on the Internet. It is owned by ArenaNet. Guild Wars 2 takes place in a fantasy world that is called Tyria. The game's story is about a guild called Destiny's Edge, and their attempt to kill six evil elder dragons. It is the sequel to Guild Wars. In August 2015, the game became free to play, and had sold more than 5 million copies by then.
Playing Guild Wars 2
The world of Guild Wars 2 is the same as the world in Guild Wars, but many changes has been made to it. These changes include new buildings and new landscapes, because Guild Wars 2 takes place 250 years after Guild Wars. Much of the land has also been corrupted by the elder dragons.
There are five different races to choose from when you create a new character. These races are Human and Charr, from Guild Wars Prophecies, Norn and Asura from Guild Wars Eye of the North, and the Sylvari, a new race to the Guild Wars series. There are also 8 professions to choose from. The profession and race of the player decides what special abilities the player can use. As in Guild Wars, the player has a skill bar where he/she can choose from a large pool of abilities. The skill bar is different from Guild Wars. It can now hold ten skills instead of eight, but is more limited. The weapon the player is holding decides the first five skill slots. The 6th slot is used for a healing skill. The 7th, 8th and 9th slots are used to hold the remaining skills that the player can use. Finally, the 10th slot is used for an elite skill, which is more powerful than the other skills. ArenaNet has made the skill bar more limited to solve the balance problem many MMORPGs has. Skills in Guild Wars 2 has also been made in quality instead of quantity.
The maximum level is higher than in Guild Wars. The player can now get to level 80 instead of 20. ArenaNet said that level 80 is a good maximum level because it allows the player to go through the game's storyline without having to grind. It was very important for ArenaNet that players in Guild Wars 2 should not have to grind. This is because ArenaNet wanted the players to have fun the entire time they were playing Guild Wars 2. The player's level can also change depending on where in the world the player is. When the players fight monsters the player's level will be the same level as the monsters of that area plus one. For example, if a level 80 character goes to a level 5 area, he will become level 6, if he goes to a level 10 area, he will become level 11.
There are two ways the player can fight other players in Guild Wars 2: World versus World and Structured PvP. In Structured PVP the player gains the maximum level and gain access to all abilities in the game. The players then fight players five versus five on matches that are about 10 minutes long. Unlike World versus World the players can not use rewards from Structured PvP anywhere outside Structured PvP. In World versus World the player also gains the maximum level, but can not use abilities that are not unlocked by the players character. World versus world matches are also one entire week long, so the player can join and leave whenever he wants. The goal in World versus World is to take control of capture points; castles, forts and camps. Holding these points gives points to the server holding them. The points gives players rewards in the servers world, such as more experience and more money from killing monsters.
Because Guild Wars 2 takes place 250 years after Guild Wars, the player can not keep their character from Guild Wars in Guild Wars 2. Instead the player can link their Guild Wars account to the Guild Wars 2 account to get rewards in Guild Wars 2. The points are gained by completing a variety of tasks in Guild Wars. When a task is completed, the player can turn the task into points by adding them to the Hall of Monuments. The Hall of Monuments is available in the Eye of the North expansion.
Story
Guild Wars 2 takes place 250 years after the player defeats the Great Destroyer in Guild Wars Eye of the North. Over the past 2 centuries, Elder Dragons who has slept under the earth has awoken. Currently, 5 dragons have awoken, and they have started to destroy and corrupt Tyria. The humans have lost almost all of Ascalon to the Charr. The remaining humans now live in Kryta and Ebonhawke. The norn, a race of nordic hunters, has been driven from their homeland in the north by Jormag, an Elder Dragon of ice. The Norn now live in the Southern shiverpeaks, instead of the northen shiverpeaks. The asura, a small but smart race, has been driven out of their homeland to the west. Their underground home has been invaded by destroyers. The Destroyers are servants to Primordus, an Elder Dragon of fire. The asura now live in Rata Sum, a very large city floating in the air. East of Rata sum, a new race has arrived to Tyria; the sylvari, The sylvari are similar to humans, but they are made out of trees, bushes and even mushrooms. They birth from the Pale Tree, a tree that was planted during Guild Wars Eye of the North.
Autonomous University of Barcelona
UAB has 105 degrees, 328 postdegrees programs and 90 PhD programs.
2021 cyberattack
During October 2021, UAB servers felt down during COVID-19 pandemic.
2018 death threats
During December 2018, some students got a death threat. This is because UAB is consider to be ideologized to the left-wing, supporting Catalan independence and Pere Aragonès movement.
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
is a rural district in Mittelfranken in the middle of Bavaria, Germany. Neighbor districts are: Roth, Ansbach, Eichstätt and Donau-Ries; Weißenburg i.Bay. is the capital of the district Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen.
Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia
The Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia (საქართველოს პარლამენტის თავმჯდომარე, Sakartvelos p’arlament’is tavmjdomare) is the Speaker of the House in the Parliament of Georgia. The current speaker is Shalva Papuashvili, since December 29, 2021.
Aqdas
The Aqdas (الكتاب الأقدس, al-Kitābu l-Aqdas;, Kitáb-i-Aqdas) is the central holy book of the Baha'i Faith. It was written by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Baha'i Faith and it deals with various topics including ethics, prophecies and devotion.
Phoebus cartel
The Phoebus cartel was formed by Osram, General Electric, Associated Electrical Industries and Phillips among others in 1925.
The cartel lowered operational costs and worked to standardize the life expectancy of light bulbs at 1,000 hours (down from 2,500 hours)
Pumpernickel
Pumpernickel is a type of sourdough bread. It is made of rye flour. Pumpernickel is normally dark brown in color. The bread tastes a little sour but also a little sweet. It was first made in Westphalia Germany.
Uri, Jammu and Kashmir
Uri (تحصیل اوڑی) is a town and sub-district of the Baramulla District in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located along the Jhelum River.
Hunter Tylo
Deborah Jo Hunter (also known as Hunter Tylo; born July 3, 1962, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actress. She works mostly in television soap operas. Her first appearance was in All My Children in 1985. She was fired three years later. She played Taylor Hayes in The Bold and the Beautiful. She also acted in other television programs.
Bernabé Martí
Bernabé Martínez Remacha, better known as Bernabé Martí (14 November 1928 – 18 March 2022) was a Spanish Aragonese operatic tenor. He was married to Montserrat Caballé from 1964 until her death in 2018. His career began in 1956 and he retired in 1985. His Carnegie Hall debut was in Il pirata, followed by Il trovatore, Rigoletto, Tosca, Werther, Turandot, Pagliacci, Carmen and Norma.
Faiza Darkhani
Faiza Darkhani (born c. 1992) is an Afghan environmentalist, women's rights activist and educator. In the year 2021, she was a part of the 100 Women BBC list. It includes the most inspiring and influential women in the world. Darkhani is one of the few scholars of climate change in Afghanistan. Formerly, she was the director of the National Environmental Protection Agency in Badakhshan province.
Bernabé Martí
He died on 18 March 2022 at the age of 93 in his home in Barcelona.
Faiza Darkhani
She studied in the Badakhshan University. Later, she studied at University of Putra Malaysia (also known as Universiti Putra Malaysia). She graduated with a master of science degree in landscape architecture. Her research focuses on the sustainable management of urban landscapes. She also researched on the relationship between urban agriculture and food security.
Walking Dead
Walking Dead may refer to:
In fiction:
Niloufar Bayani
Niloufar Bayani (born 1986; ) is an Iranian wildlife conservationist, researcher and activist. She was sentenced in 2019 of spying by Iranian authorities in a secret trial in Iran. She received a 10-year prison sentence.
Walking Dead
In music:
Niloufar Bayani
Early life and educational career
Niloufar Bayani was born in 1986 in Tehran, Iran. Bayani completed her graduation in 2009 from McGill University in Canada. Her degree was in BSc in Biology. She got an MA degree in Conservation Biology from Columbia University.
After graduation, Bayani worked as a consultant and project adviser to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) between 2012 and 2017.
Walking Dead
In other uses:
Niloufar Bayani
Early life and educational career
In the summer of 2017, she joined the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF). It was an Iranian environmental organization. It was co-founded by Kavous Seyed-Emami and other Iranian environmentalists. PWHF is a not-for-profit organization. It is controlled by a board of trustees and an executive board. These members are well talented in conservation techniques and natural resource management. In Iran, she worked on the wildlife projects. It was setting camera traps in 7 places to look after the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah.
Arrest and imprisonment
Bayani was arrested in January 2018 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. She was charged of spying. Others arrested and imprisoned from PWHF are Seyed-Emami, Amir Hossein Khaleghi, Abdolreza Kouhpayeh, Hooman Jokar, Morad Tahabaz, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashani and Taher Ghadirian.
In 2019, Bayani wrote an open letter to Ayatollah Khamenei. In the letter, she was describing her extremely bad treatment by her investigators. On February 18, 2020, BBC Persia published letters that Bayani wrote from Evin Prison. In the letter, she detailed the tortures she suffered. According to a report from the BBC, she was separated for eight months and her questioners tortured and threatened her with sexual assault. Bayani said that her investigators showed her a photo of Seyed-Emami. The body of Seyed-Emami was found in his prison cell two days after his arrest. The associated officials claimed that Seyed-Emami had committed suicide.
She was sentenced in 2020 without a lawyer. It was despite her claims.
International pressure
On March 14, 2019 the European Parliament announced that the Iranian government is violating the human rights, freedom of expression, fair trial, freedom of the press, freedom of thought and freedom of religion. In particular, the document refers to the case of Bayani and the other environmentalists in point 14. They were asking the Iranian authorities to release all the individuals. These individuals were unfairly tortured in their prisons for false charges of crimes.
The United Nation's Human Rights Council, on January 28, 2020, published a Report on the conditions of human rights in Iran. It expresses the concern of the Special Rapporteur. It was regarding the conditions of respect of the fundamental human rights. It relates to the case of the eight unlucky environmentalists, including Bayani. She is accused of "collaborating with the United States enemy state". She also been charged to refund the income received as a consultant and project adviser to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) between 2012 and 2017. The Rapporteur invited the Iranian authorities to ensure the respect of the work. It was followed by the scientific community for the benefits of the Iranian country.
Scholars at Risk (SAR) is an international network of institutions and individuals. It promotes academic freedom and protect scholars from academic freedom threats. SAR has been actively supporting Bayani. They were sending letters to public authorities in Iran. They were running many meetings in universities. They were organising many online activities through social networks.
Iranian reactions
Following Bayani's exposition of the sexual and psychological harassment of the investigators, the Tehran Prosecutor's Office rejected the charges. The Office was claiming that all the questioning procedures had been videotaped. They further said that the videos were linked with the issue to accusations and planned actions just before the election. It claimed that the judiciary was sensitive to the honour of defendants, convicts and prisoners.
The exposition of the behavior of the intelligence investigators to Bayani was widely reported on social media. In a statement on Twitter, the Iranian reformist political activist Mostafa Tajzadeh called for the truth in Bayani's case. He was also asking for the punishment of the violators.
Turki bin Faisal Al Saud
Turki bin Faisal Al Saud (تركي بن فيصل آل سعود Turkī ibn Fayṣal Āl Su‘ūd; Türki bin Faysal Al Suud) (born 15 February 1945), known also as Turki Al Faisal, is a Saudi prince and former politician. He is the chairman of King Faisal Foundation's Center for Research and Islamic Studies.
From 1979 to 2001, Prince Turki was the director general of Al Mukhabarat Al 'Ammah, Saudi Arabia's intelligence agency. He was ambassador to the United Kingdom and the United States.
Function composition
In mathematics, function composition is a way of making a new function from two other functions through a chain-like process.
More specifically, given a function f from X to Y and a function g from Y to Z, then the function "g composed with f", written as g ∘ f, is a function from X to Z (notice how it is usually written in the opposite way to how people would expect it to be).
The value of f given the input x is written as f(x). The value of g ∘ f given the input x is written as (g ∘ f)(x), and is defined as g(f(x)).
As an example. let f be a function which doubles a number (multiplies it by 2), and let g be a function which subtracts 1 from a number. These two functions can be written as:
Here, g composed with f would be the function which doubles a number, and then subtracts 1 from it. That is:
On the other hand, f composed with g would be the function which subtracts 1 from a number, and then doubles it:
Composition of functions can also be generalized to binary relations, where it is sometimes represented using the same \circ symbol (as in R \circ S).
Properties
Function composition can be proven to be associative, which means that:
However, function composition is in general not commutative, which means that:
This can be also seen in the first example, where (g ∘ f)(2) = 2*2 - 1 = 3 and (f ∘ g)(2) = 2*(2-1) = 2.
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Pas de deux
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Alexandre de Beauharnais
Alexandre François Marie, Viscount of Beauharnais (28 May 1760 — 23 July 1794) was a French politician and general during the French Revolution. He was the first husband of Joséphine de Beauharnais, who later became Empress of the French through her marriage to Napoleon.
Early Life
Beauharnais was born in Fort-Royal (now Fort-de-France), Martinique. He was the son of a governor, François de Beauharnais, Marquess de la La Ferté-Beauharnais, and his wife Marie Anne Henriette Françoise Pyvart de Chastullé. Beauharnais’ parents decided that it would be a good idea to arrange him to marry someone. And so he did on On 13 December 1779, in Paris to the 16 year old Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie. There marriage was not happy as Beauharnais said he was only marrying because his father forced him to do so. They had 2 children together, Eugène and Hortense.
Career
Beauharnais fought in Louis XVI’s army during the American Revolutionary War. He represented the French Nobility (noblesse) in the Estates-General and was president of the National Constituent Assembly from June 19, 1791 to July 3, 1791 and again from 31 July to 14 August 1791. He was then made a general in 1792, during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1793, he refused to become Minister of War. Later the same year, he was named General-in-Chief of the Army of the Rhine.
Death
On 2 March 1794, the Committee of General Safety ordered his arrest, accusing him of poorly defending Mainz during the siege of 1793, and because he was apart of nobility. He was jailed at Carmes Prison and was sentenced to death during the Reign of Terror. His wife, Joséphine was arrested in the same prision on 21 April 1794. Joséphine survived, but Beauharnais was guillotined, together with his cousin Augustin, on the Place de la Révolution, only a week before the trial and execution of Maximilien Robespierre.
Malpiya Davey
Malpiya is Pitjantjatjara. Her parent's country is to the west of Pukatja between Watarru and Iltur, close to the border with Western Australia. She decorates the ceramic with glazed or painted designs. Her designs depict various traditional bush foods from her family's country, such as kampuṟarpa (desert raisins), wayaṉu (quandong) and iḻi (wild figs). These are the subject of many of her sgraffito pieces.
Malpiya's ceramic work has been shown in several major exhibitions around Australia, including at Flinders University, Cudgegong Gallery, Strathnairn Homestead Gallery, and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. It was also featured twice at the annual Desert Mob exhibition in Alice Springs, in 2003 and 2004. Examples are held in the permanent collections of the Grafton Regional Gallery in New South Wales, the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the National Gallery of Australia. The National Museum of Australia also contains examples of Malpiya's screen prints.
Brovary
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Milyika Carroll
Milyika Carroll (born 4 March 1958), often known as Alison Carroll or "Windlass" Carroll, is an Aboriginal Australian artist. She is also a community leader on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia.
Life
Milyika was born in 1958, in Ernabella, northwest South Australia. At that time, it was a Presbyterian mission for Aboriginal people. After finishing primary school here, she went to high school in Alice Springs, at Saint Philips College and Yirara College. She moved back to Ernabella after finishing school. She briefly worked at the community's craft centre, making hand-painted bookmarks and gift cards. She also learned to use batik methods, which had been introduced to the community in 1971.
After about one or two years of working at the craft centre, Carroll decided to become a health worker. She did her training in Adelaide, and then went back to Ernabella to work in the clinic. She still worked at the craft centre sometimes, learning under her mother.
Carroll is married to Pepai Carroll, and they have five children.
Community work
Carroll has been involved in the administration of Ernabella Arts for several years. She served as its chairperson from 2001 to 2003, as its manager from 2004 to 2007, and then as chairperson again from 2007 to 2010. She was also the chairperson of Aṉanguku Arts and Culture Aboriginal Corporation from 2004 to 2006, and then became its director. Aṉanguku Arts is the organisation that coordinates and supports development of the art economy on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. Her husband Pepai has also served as the organisation's chairman.
In April 2008, Carroll was chosen to attend the Australia 2020 Summit in Canberra, where she and Makinti Minutjukur represented the APY communities. She has since been involved in school administration in Ernabella, including serving as the chairwoman of the Governing Council of Ernabella Aṉangu School since 2011.
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Milyika Carroll
Artwork
Carroll is known for painting, printmaking, batik, ceramic and textile works. She uses several printmaking methods, including lithographs, etchings and screen printing. Her painted designs are called walka, which are designs and symbols that mean something to her. They represent her identity and her own view of the world, and are associated with her family's Dreaming legends. The designs are abstract, and come from ancient ceremonial designs (historically painted on the body or rock).
Carroll has had her works held in many public and private galleries both in Australia and other countries. Example of her batik works are held in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, the State Library of South Australia in Adelaide, and the British Museum. The National Museum of Australia and the National Gallery of Australia both contain multiple examples of Carroll's printings, etchings, batik works, and textile paintings.
One of her earliest works, a painting done on paper, was chosen as one of the finalists for the first National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 1984. In 2011, Carroll's uncle, Dickie Minyintiri, became one of the oldest people to win the award.
Thomas J. Hudner Jr.
Thomas Jerome Hudner, Jr. (August 31, 1924 – November 13, 2017) was a retired officer of the United States Navy. He is also a former naval aviator. He rose to the rank of captain. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions trying to save the life of his wingman, Ensign Jesse L. Brown. It was during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War.
Biography
He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. He was a student at Phillips Academy and the United States Naval Academy. At first he was not interested in aviation, but later he learned to fly and joined Fighter Squadron 32. He flew a F4U Corsair at the start of the Korean War. Arriving near Korea in October 1950, he flew support missions from the USS Leyte (CV-32).
On 4 December 1950 Hudner and Brown were among a group of pilots on patrol near the Chosin Reservoir. Brown's Corsair was shot by Chinese troops and crashed. In an attempt to save Brown from his burning aircraft, Hudner intentionally crash-landed his own aircraft on a snowy mountain in freezing temperatures to help Brown. In spite of these efforts, Brown died of his injuries and Hudner was forced to leave, having also been injured in the landing.
Later, Hudner served aboard several U.S. Navy ships and with a number of aviation units, including a short time as Executive Officer of the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) during the Vietnam War, before retiring in 1973. After retiring, he worked for veterans organizations in the United States. He lived in Concord, Massachusetts. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer guided missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) is named for him.
Hudner died at his home in Concord, Massachusetts on November 13, 2017 at the age of 93.
Medal of Honor citation
Hudner was one of 11 men awarded the Medal of Honor during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. He was the first of seven U.S. Navy servicemen, and the only Naval aviator, to be awarded the Medal of Honor in the Korean War.
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A Free Ride
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Chilean Navy
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Nephelinite
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Nephelinite is dark and may look like basalt in a hand. However, basalt consists mostly of augite and calcic.
Volgograd Oblast
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Bananas in Pyjamas
Bananas in Pyjamas is a children's television program on the ABC Channel in Australia. It started in 1992. The main characters are two bananas called B1 and B2. They live next to each other on a beach. Three teddies live in the same neighborhood. There have been six series.
There is also a 2011 CGI reboot of the show.
Katsushika
Katsushika (葛飾区) is one of the 23 special wards within Tokyo, Japan.
The municipality calls itself "Katsushika City" in English.
Geography
Katsushika is in eastern Tokyo. It borders Edogawa on the south. Sumida and Araikawa are on the ward's western border. Adachi is on the northeast.
The cities of Matsudo, Misato and Yashio in Chiba Prefecture are part of the northeast border of the ward.
Pokémon X and Y
Pokémon X and Y are two role-playing games (RPGs) in the Pokémon series made by Game Freak for the Nintendo 3DS.
The games were announced by Nintendo on January 8, 2013. They were released on October 12, 2013. X and Y are the first ever full 3D games in the main Pokémon series.