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The Syrian Army, officially the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) (), is the land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces.  Establishment. It started from local military forces created by France after World War I. These forces became one force in 1945, the year before Syria became independent. Politics. Since 1946, it has played a major role in Syria's politics. They did six military coups: two in 1949, including the March 1949 Syrian coup d'état and the August 1949 coup by Colonel Sami al-Hinnawi, and one each in 1954, 1963, 1966, and 1970.  Wars. It has fought four wars with Israel (1948, the Six-Day War in 1967, the October War of 1973, and 1982 in Lebanon) and one with Jordan (Black September in Jordan, 1970). An armored division was also sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990–91 during the Persian Gulf War, but it did not do much. From 1976 to 2005 it was the major pillar of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. Within Syria, it played a major part in stopping the 1979–82 Islamist uprising in Syria. Since early 2011 has been fighting the Syrian Civil War.
Rock &amp; Chips is a British television comedy-drama series. It is the prequel to the sitcom Only Fools and Horses. The show is set in Peckham, South East London, England in the early 1960s. The cast includes: Kellie Bright, Nicholas Lyndhurst, James Buckley, Phil Daniels, Paul Putner, Katie Griffiths, Paula Wilcox, Mel Smith, Alison Pargeter, and Kacey Ainsworth.
Liang Jun () (April 1930 — 14 January 2020) was a Chinese tractor driver. She became a folk hero and model worker in Communist China. She is on China's one yuan banknote. She also was a politician. She was celebrated for breaking down class and gender barriers.
Magda al-Sabahi (; 6 May 1931 – 16 January 2020) or Magda, was an Egyptian movie actress. She was known for her roles from 1949 to 1994. She was born in Tanta, Egypt. Her best known role was Jamila in "Djamila l'Algérienne" (1958). al-Sabahi died on 16 January 2020 in Cairo at the age of 88.
The Hollow Earth is a concept proposing that the planet Earth is entirely hollow or contains a substantial inner space. Edmond Halley suggested this in the late 17th century. Pierre Bouguer tried to prove this idea false, in 1740. Charles Hutton could falsify the idea in his Schiehallion experiment around 1774. It was still occasionally defended through the mid 19th century, notably by John Cleves Symmes Jr. and Jeremiah N. Reynolds, but by this time was part of popular pseudoscience and no longer a scientifically viable hypothesis. The concept of a hollow Earth still recurs in folklore and as the premise for subterranean fiction, and a subgenre of adventure fiction ("Journey to the Center of the Earth", "At the Earth's Core"). Hollow Earth is also used in Godzilla vs. Kong as a major plot point.
Darrel Burton "Pete" Brewster (September 1, 1930 – January 3, 2020) was an American football player and coach. He played as a tight end. He played for the Cleveland Browns (1952–1958) and Pittsburgh Steelers (1959–1960). He was chosen for the Pro Bowl in 1955 and 1956. He was born in Portland, Indiana. Brewster died in Belton, Missouri on January 3, 2020. He was 89.
Efraín Elías Sánchez Casimiro (26 February 1926 – 16 January 2020) was a Colombian footballer. He played as a goalkeeper. Sánchez was born in Barranquilla. He played for the Colombia national team from 1947 to 1962. He captained his country at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile. He played for many club sides including Medellín, San Lorenzo and Atlas. He won the Colombian league title three times during his career. After retiring as a player, Sánchez became a manager. He managed the Colombia national team during three spells (1963, 1975, 1983–1984). Sánchez died in Bogotá on 16 January 2020. He was 93.
You is an American psychological thriller television series. It is developed by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble. The first season is based on the 2014 book "You" by Caroline Kepnes. The series stars Penn Badgley, Elizabeth Lail, Ambyr Childers, Victoria Pedretti, James Scully, Luca Padovan, Zach Cherry, Shay Mitchell, Jenna Ortega and Carmela Zumbado. The series first appeared on Lifetime. The series has been made by Netflix since the second season. The first season follows Joe Goldberg, a New York bookstore manager and serial killer. He falls in love with a customer named Guinevere Beck and quickly develops an extreme obsession of her. The first season of "You" aired in 2018. The second aired in 2019. The third season released in 2021. The fourth season released in 2023 and a fifth and final season confirmed by Netflix to premiere in 2024.
Ambyr C. Childers (born July 18, 1988) is an American actress. On television, she is known for her roles as Susan Atkins in the NBC crime drama "Aquarius" (2015), Ashley Rucker in the Showtime crime drama "Ray Donovan" (2013–16) and Candace Stone in the Netflix thriller series "You" (2018–19). She also appeared as Colby Chandler in the soap opera "All My Children" (2006–08). She has acted in movies such as "All Things Fall Apart" (2011), "Playback" (2012), "The Master" (2012), "Broken City" (2013), "We Are What We Are" (2013) and "Vice" (2015). Childers was born in Cottonwood, Arizona. She grew up in Murrieta, California. She was married to movie producer Randall Emmett from 2009 to 2017. The couple have two daughters.
John Cecil Watkins (10 April 1923 – 6 September 2021) was a South African cricketer. He was born in Durban, Natal. He played in fifteen Tests for South Africa from 1949 to 1957. His first Test was against Australia and his last was against England. Watkins died on 6 September 2021 in Durban from COVID-19 at the age of 98.
Jimin or Park Ji-min (born October 13, 1995) is a member of the South Korean boy band, BTS. He is from Busan, South Korea but moved to Seoul to pursue his passion. He is the main dancer and the lead vocalist in BTS. He has performed solo work with BTS such as "Lie"(2016), “Serendipity"(2017), "Filter"(2020),"Set me free"(2023), and outside of BTS "Promise"(2018) and "Christmas Love"(2020). Nicknames fans have given him are Mochi, Chimmy, Jimin-ssi, and Jiminie. Career. Jimin debuted as a member of BTS in 2013. He was in fact the last member to join the group. He’s the main dancer and lead vocalist of the group, and is well known for his unique voice and the way his dancing skills.
This is a list of cartridges and cassettes for the Intellivision game system. Some cartridges were released by both Mattel Electronics and Sears Tele-Games, and later Intellivision Inc. Between 1979 and 1989, a total of 133 titles were released: Most of this information is from the Game Catalog of IntellivisionLives.com. Some games were also released under different names when they were released again in "Intellivision Lives!". Table Key. All early games that were published by Mattel Electronics were categorized as "Network"s. Each network had its own color that was used for the game box. The network concept was abandoned in late 1982. Master Component Releases. These are the cartridges released from 1979 to 1990, back when the Intellivision was made. The cartridges that use the Intellivision are included here. Even though the cartridges are designed to be played with the Intellivoice peripheral, they can be played without the Intellivoice peripheral. Entertainment Computer System Releases. Except for one of these cartridges, these cartridges need the ECS Computer Adapter and either the Computer Keyboard or Music Synthesizer peripherals. Keyboard Component Releases. Keyboard Component cassettes had limited availability through direct mail or select markets. Only 4000 Keyboard Components were made. Unreleased. This is a list of Intellivision games that were mostly completed but not released. Keyboard Component software that would have been on cassette tape is also included. Technical demos, store demos, and test cartridges are not included. "Air Strike" is one game that is possibly unfinished, but is included in this list because the found prototype is a playable game. "Hypnotic Lights" is not included because it is mostly a technical demo. "Grid Shock" is excluded due to a lack of game play. Some of the games were not released because of marketing decisions, and others because Mattel Electronics shut down in January 1984. Except for where it otherwise says, this information comes from the list of "Unreleased Intellivision Games" at IntellivisionLives.com. In a 2014 interview, APh programmer
Philip J. Fry, (born August 14, 1974) commonly known as Fry, is a fictional character and one of the main characters of the animated sitcom "Futurama". He is voiced by Billy West using a version of his own voice as he sounded when he was 25. Character overview. Born likey in the 20th century in New York City, Fry is depicted as an unintelligent man-child in his 20s.
Praktica was the brand name for a number of cameras, that were built by the state-owned company Kamera-Werke Niedersedlitz, and its predecessors. Between 1949 and 2001, about 9 mililon cameras were made. With the German reunification, the company was dissolved. The brand name was given to Carl Zeiss AG
Christopher "Chris" Gascoyne (born 31 January 1968) is an English actor, who is known for his role as the seventh Peter Barlow in the long-running ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" (2000–2003, 2007–present). Gascoyne has been nominated for several accolades at the British Soap Awards for his portrayal of Peter Barlow. Early life. Gascoyne was born on 31 January 1968 in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire to Marian and Derrick Gascoyne. He attended Ashfield School, Kirkby in Ashfield. Gascoyne trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Personal life. Gascoyne lives in Chorlton, Manchester with his wife, actress Caroline Harding. They have three children.
Astley Baker Davies is an English animation company and studio based in London, England. owned by founders directors Neville Astley, Mark Baker and Phil Davies. It has produced television programmes such The Big Knights, Peppa Pig and Ben &amp; Holly's Little Kingdom. In 2015 it became part of Entertainment One. In 2023, the company became part of Hasbro's newly created division Hasbro Entertainment due to eOne's film and television assets being sold to Lionsgate later in the year.
Lyman Beecher (October 12, 1775 – January 10, 1863) was an important minister during the Second Great Awakening. He was a Presbyterian minister. He was also a co-founder of the American Temperance Society. He had 13 children, many of whom became notable people, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Catharine Beecher and Thomas K. Beecher. His son Henry Ward Beecher said that his father was "largely engaged during his life-time in controversy" (meaning that he was a controversial person).
Susan Frances Harmar Nicholls (born 23 November 1943) is an English actress, known for her roles on the British television programmes "Crossroads" (1964–1968), "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" (1976–1979), "Rentaghost" (1981–1984), and her long-running role as Audrey Roberts in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" (1979–1982, 1984–present). She also appeared on Broadway in the 1974 revival of the comedy "London Assurance". Nicholls first appeared as Audrey in "Coronation Street" in 1979 and played the role on a recurring basis for six years, before she joined the cast permanently in 1985. She won the 2000 British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance, the 2003 British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance, and received the Outstanding Achievement Award in 2019.
The square root of 2, or the (1/2)th power of 2, written in mathematics as formula_1 or formula_2, is the positive irrational number that, when multiplied by itself, equals the number 2. To be more correct, it is called the principal square root of 2, to tell it apart from the negative version of itself where that is also true. Geometrically, the square root of 2 is the length of a diagonal across a square with sides with a length of one; this can be found with the Pythagorean theorem. Because of that, it is also called the Pythagoras's constant. Proof that the square root of 2 is not rational. The number formula_1 is not rational. Here is the proof. Therefore, it is not true that formula_1 is a rational number. So formula_1 must be irrational.
A gladius is a Roman short sword mainly used by gladiators and normal soldiers in Ancient Rome. It is Latin for "sword". The Roman gladius came from the Celtiberians of Hispania, more specifically a sword used in the Second Punic War. When Rome won the Second Punic War, they adopted the gladius into the Roman army, which they adapted slightly to their needs for a soldier's sword. After the military reforms of Gaius Marius during his consulships, the roman soldier was armed with a sword (gladius), a shield (scutum), two spears (pila), most of the time a dagger (pugio), and later in roman history, some throwing darts (plumbatae). Roman soldiers in battle would throw pila to disrupt the enemy and make their shields usless, then go into close hand to hand fighting, in which the gladius was used. You can read more about gladiators here.
Walter Kurt Hayman FRS (6 January 1926 – 1 January 2020) was a German-British mathematician. He was known for his works to complex analysis. He was Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London. Hayman was born in Cologne. Hayman died on 1 January 2020 at the age of 93.
On May 16, 2019 De La Fuente officially declared that he is seeking the Republican nomination for president in the 2020 United States presidential election. In January 2017, De La Fuente stated in a court filing that he planned to again seek the Democratic Party nomination in the 2020 presidential election. He has filed to run as a Republican instead challenging incumbent President Donald Trump for the nomination.  As of September 30, 2019, he had raised $6,735 from outside sources and had loaned his own campaign $10.18 million.  During the run-up to the primaries, Libertarian Party chairman Nicholas Sarwark said that De La Fuente run for his party's nomination, an option which De La Fuente is thinking about.
was a Japanese economist and professor emeritus of Hitotsubashi University. He graduated from Hitotsubashi University in 1966.  His research interests were in social choice theory and welfare economics. He was also a Fellow of the Econometric Society. He was born in Tokoname, Aichi, Japan.
Terence Hallinan (December 4, 1936 – January 17, 2020) was an American attorney and politician. He was born in San Francisco, California. He was the 26th District Attorney of San Francisco from 1996 through 2004. Hallinan was defeated in the next election for DA by Kamala Harris. Hallinan was a member of the Democratic Party.  Hallinan died on January 17, 2020 in San Francisco at the age of 83.
Zhu Yuli (; February 1934 – 8 January 2020) was a Chinese politician and businessman. He was Director of the State Bureau of Technological Supervision from 1990 through 1992, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Astronautics Industry between 1992 to 1993 and General Manager of the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China from 1993 to 1999. Zhu was born in Rugao, Jiangsu, Republic of China. Zhu died on 8 January 2020 in Beijing, aged 85.
Wu Shuqing (; 3 January 1932 – 10 January 2020) was a Chinese economist and educator. He was President of Peking University from August 1989 to August 1996 and vice-president of Renmin University of China. He was born in Jiangyin, Jiangsu. On 10 January 2020, he died of an illness at the Beijing Hospital, aged 88.
Rahşan Ecevit ("née" Aral; 17 December 1923 – 17 January 2020) was a Turkish politician. She was the widow of Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit. She was the founder of the Democratic Left People's Party. From 1985 through 1987, she was the party's leader. In 2010, she was the party's chairman. Ecevit was born in Bursa, Turkey. Ecevit died on 17 January 2020 at the age of 96.
Khagendra Thapa Magar () (4 October 1992 — 17 January 2020) was a Nepali man. He was the former shortest man in the world, measuring . Magar, who was a primordial dwarf, won the title of shortest man from Edward Niño Hernández when he turned 18 on 14 October 2010. He lost the title in June 2011 to Junrey Balawing of the Philippines. Magar died in a Pokhara hospital on 17 January 2020 of pneumonia, aged 27.
was a professional Japanese baseball player. He was known for his long career with the Chunichi Dragons. He was born in Gifu, Gifu, Japan. Takagi played for the Dragons between 1960 to 1980. In 2006, he was added to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. Takagi died on January 17, 2020 of heart failure at the age of 78.
Appeasement is a diplomatic policy of meeting political demands to a possibly-aggressive power to avoid conflict. The term was used especially for the foreign policy of the British governments of Prime Ministers Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain towards Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy between 1935 and 1939. It was supported by most people there and in France, most notably under Édouard Daladier, because people feared another world war.
Die casting is a type of metal casting that forces molten metal into the empty space of the mold. The mold is made by using two hardened tool steel dies which are machined into shape. These work like an injection mold. Most die castings are made from non-ferrous metals (meaning they do not have iron). These metals are zinc, copper, aluminium, magnesium, lead, pewter, and tin-based alloys. Depending on what type of metal is being cast, a hot- or cold-chamber machine is used. The casting equipment and the metal dies are expensive. This means it is used only on things that need to be made a large number of times. It is simple to make things using die casting, and it has only four main steps. This helps keep the cost of the items lower. Die casting works well for many small- to medium-sized castings, which is why it is used to make more castings than any other casting process. Die castings have a very good surface finish (compared to other types of casting) and consistent sizes.
Alton is the county seat of Oregon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 707 at the 2020 census.
David Dayne Glass (September 2, 1935 – January 9, 2020) was an American businessman. He was born in Oregon County, Missouri. He was the President and chief executive officer of Walmart from 1988 through 2000. He was also the Kansas City Royals. In August 2019, Glass agreed to sell the Kansas City Royals to Cleveland Indians vice chairman John Sherman. Glass died of complications from pneumonia in Bentonville, Arkansas on January 9, 2020 at the age of 84.
Peggy Annette Whitson (born February 9, 1960) is an American biochemistry researcher, retired NASA astronaut, and former NASA Chief Astronaut.  Her first space mission was in 2002, with an extended stay aboard the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 5. Her fourth space flight started in May 2023. She is commander on the Ax-2 flight. That flight uses a SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft. It is contracted to Axiom Space (a company).
Dean Lawrence Kamen (born April 5, 1951) is an American engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is known for inventing the Segway and founding the non-profit organization FIRST with Woodie Flowers. Career. Inventions. Kamen is best known for inventing the product that eventually became known as the Segway PT. It is an electric, self-balancing vehicle. The device is balanced on two parallel wheels and is controlled by moving body weight. The machine had a lot of attention after parts of a book quoting Steve Jobs and other notable IT inventors talking about its revolutionary potential were leaked in December 2001. Kamen was already a successful inventor: his company "Auto Syringe" manufactures and markets the first drug infusion pump. His company DEKA also holds patents for the technology used in portable dialysis machines, an insulin pump (based on the drug infusion pump technology), and an all-terrain electric wheelchair known as the iBOT, using many of the same balancing technologies that were later used on the Segway. Kamen has worked a lot on a project involving Stirling engine designs. It tries to create two machines: one that would generate power, and the Slingshot that would be a water purification system. He hopes the project will help improve living standards in developing countries. Kamen has a patent on his water purifier, and other patents pending. In 2014, the film "SlingShot" was released, which showed Kamen's quest to use his machine to fix the world's water crisis. Kamen is also the co-inventor of a compressed air device that would launch a human into the air. This would be used to quickly launch SWAT teams or other emergency workers to the roofs of tall, hard-to-reach buildings. In 2009 Kamen stated that his company DEKA was now working on solar powered inventions. Kamen and DEKA also made the DEKA Arm System or "Luke", a prosthetic arm replacement that gives much more fine motor control than other prosthetic limbs. It was approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May 2014, and DEKA is looking for partners to
Woodie Claude Flowers (November 18, 1943 – October 11, 2019) was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked on engineering design and product development. He also held the Pappalardo Professorship and was a MacVicar Faculty Fellow. Biography. Flowers was born in Jena, Louisiana on November 18, 1943. He was named after his grandfathers Woodie and Claude. His father, Abe Flowers, was a welder and inventor. His mother, Bertie Graham, was an elementary-school and special education teacher. As a boy, he showed mechanical aptitude like his father, Abe, and he earned the rank of Eagle Scout. When he was seventeen, he and four friends were driving on Louisiana Highway 127 when they were hit head-on by another vehicle that was traveling at about . The accident killed two people in Flowers' vehicle and one in the other. It made him believe what he called "genetic opposition to violence" and created his "fierce, vocal loathing of any spectacle that involves crashing pieces of machinery into each other with deliberate force." Flowers went to Louisiana Polytechnic Institute and graduated with his B.S. in 1966. He then went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), earning his M.S. (1968), M.E. (1971), and Ph.D. (1973) under the direction of Bob Mann. His thesis, called "A man-interactive simulator system for above-knee prosthetics studies," was on a robot-like prosthetic knee inspired by Mann's Boston Arm. After receiving his doctorate (Ph.D.), Flowers began as an assistant professor at MIT. He worked with Herb Richardson on the "Introduction to Design and Manufacturing" class. Known by its course number as 2.70 (now 2.007), the class had a design competition to build robotic devices to accomplish a challenge. Flowers took over the class in 1974, changing it into one of the most popular classes at MIT. He changed the challenge every year, always trying to make it more complex and exciting. The competition was shown on TV several years on the PBS show "
A rotary encoder is a device that can keep track of how much something has turned. This is called its angular position. That information is useful to know how far a motor has turned, for example.  Rotary encoders are often used in manufacturing and robotics. This is because they need things to be measured and controlled very accurately. Basic types. Absolute. An absolute encoder always keeps track of what value its on, even if it isn't powered. Incremental. An incremental encoder only keeps track of changes. It gives off signals if it is turned one way or another.