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Spetsnaz is an umbrella term (used for many different things) for special forces in Russian language and is used in numerous post-Soviet states. Historically, the term meant a special operations units controlled by the main military intelligence service GRU (Spetsnaz GRU). It also describes task forces of other ministries (such as the Ministry of Internal Affairs' ODON and Ministry of Emergency Situations' special rescue unit) in post-Soviet countries. Russian special forces wear different berets depending on the branch of the armed forces they belong to. As Spetsnaz is a Russian term, it mostly means the special forces of Russia, but other post-Soviet states often refer to their special forces units by the name as well, since these nations also got their special purpose units from the old Soviet security agencies. Known Operation History. Second World War. During the Second World War, it Soviet forces needed intelligence on German troop positions in northern Norway and Finland. On 5 July 1941 Admiral Arseniy Golovko of the Northern Fleet authorized the formation of a ground spy troop. This unit, the 4th Special Volunteer Detachment, was to be recruited from the fleet's sports-men and had about 65 to 70 personnel. Later the unit was renamed the 181st Special Reconnaissance Detachment. The most prominent of these new recruits was Viktor Leonov, who joined the Soviet Navy in 1937. He was assigned to a submarine training detachment and then moved to a repair station in the Northern Fleet at Polyarnyy. Leonov had trained as a scuba diver, after which he joined 4th Special Volunteer Detachment, where he conducted numerous secret operations and twice being awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Initially the unit was confined to performing small scale reconnaissance missions, platoon sized missions by sea and on occasion on land into Finland and later Norway. They began conducting sabotage missions and raids to snatch prisoners for interrogation. They would also destroy German ammunition and supply posts, communication centers, and harass enemy troop concentrations along the Finnish and Russian coasts. When the European conflict ended, the Naval Scouts were sent to fight the Japanese. Leonov along with Capt. K
Madeley is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and is now part of the new town of Telford. In 2001, the town had a population of 17,935 people. Madeley is recorded in the Domesday Book as a small settlement. A part of the Ironbridge Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is in the civil parish.
Wellington is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and forms part of the new town of Telford. It is 3.5 miles (5.5 km) northwest of central Telford and 12 miles (19 km) east of Shrewsbury. The 2011 census revealed that the town has a population of 25,554 people. It became part of the new town of Telford in 1968. The town's population makes it the third largest town in Shropshire, behind Telford and Shrewsbury. The Wrekin hill is 3.5 miles southwest of the town. The town has a railway station on the Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury line. Passengers can get direct trains to Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, London and parts of Wales. The New Bucks Head, the home stadium of football club A.F.C. Telford United, is located in Wellington. Twinning. Wellington has one twin town. It is twinned with:
Stoke on Tern is a village in Shropshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Stoke upon Tern, next to the River Tern.  It is near to the border with Staffordshire. In the 2011 census, the civil parish had a population of 2,034 people. The small villages of Stoke Heath, Ollerton, Eaton upon Tern and Wistanswick are also in the parish. The village is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south-west of the centre of Market Drayton and is around half way between Market Drayton and Telford. The village of Hodnet is 2.6 miles (4.2 km) to the west. The village has a church and a primary school.
Llanymynech is a village in Shropshire, England and Powys, Wales. It is in the civil parish of Llanymynech and Pant, next to the River Vyrnwy. It is located 17.4 miles north-west of Shrewsbury, Shropshire's county town and 9 miles (14 km) north of the Welsh town of Welshpool. It straddles the Welsh border. Some parts of the village, such as the golf course, are located in Wales. Two of the village's three pubs are entirely in England and the third is entirely in Wales. The village's name is "Church of the Monks" in Welsh. Shortly to the north of the village is the village of Pant. Further north is the market town of Oswestry. The village has an amateur football club, Llanymynech FC.
The Lamborghini LM001 is an off-road vehicle made by Lamborghini in 1981. It was first revealed at the 1981 Geneva Auto Show along with the new-at-the-time Lamborghini Jalpa.  The LM001 was made for military use, but only one prototype was ever made. This was because the rear-engine design made the car handle poorly. History. Even though the previously made Lamborghini Cheetah was a failure, Lamborghini still wanted to make an off-road military vehicle. The Cheetah concept was redesigned into the LM001. Unlike the Cheetah's Chrysler engine, the LM001 prototype had a 134 kW 5.9-litre AMC-built V8. The V12 from the Countach was supposed to be used for production models.
Mariya Aleksandrova (born 7 April 1974) is a Ukrainian volleyball player. She represented Ukraine during the 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship. She played for SVS Post Schwechat and Schweriner SC.
Sanmiguelia is a genus of fossil plants. It may be among the earliest angiosperms. It was identified by imprints of palm-shaped leaves originating from the Triassic geological period (251 to 199.6 million years ago). They were found in rocks from Colorado .  The leaves were ellipsoidal and wrinkled, up to 40 cm long and 25 cm wide, and were at the apex of a tapered or spindle-shaped stem.  According to these data, it belonged to a possible family flowering plants " Sanmigueliaceae ", unknown order, in class Magnoliopsida, division Tracheophyta.
Incitatus was Roman Emperor Caligula's favorite horse. He lived in Ancient Rome around 40 CE. His name means "fast-moving" in Latin. There is a story that Caligula made his horse a senator, but it is probably not true. According to historian Mary Beard, no ancient historian who was alive at the same time as Caligula ever said Caligula really made Incitatus a senator, and it is likely that he only told a joke about doing it. Ancient historians do say Caligula gave his horse many gifts. In 121 c.e., in his book "The Twelve Caesars", the historian Suetonius says of Incitatus: "Besides a stall of marble, a manger of ivory, purple blankets and a collar of precious stones, he even gave this horse a house, a troop of slaves and furniture, for the more elegant entertainment of the guests invited in his name; and it is also said that he planned to make him consul." In fiction. In Robert Graves' 1934 book "I, Claudius", the fictional Caligula does make the fictional Incitatus a senator and gives him an ivory trough to eat out of. This is one of the ways Graves shows that Caligula has become mentally unstable. After Caligula dies, Claudius treats Incitatus like a normal horse again. A talking version of Incitatus appears as a villain in Rick Riordan's 2018 young adult novel "The Burning Maze".
The Lamborghini Cheetah is an off-road prototype that was made by Lamborghini in 1977. History. The Lamborghini Cheetah was the first off-road vehicle made by Lamborghini. It was designed to be used by the military. The design of the Cheetah was largely a copy of Food Machinery Corporation (FMC)'s XR311 prototype, which was developed for the military in 1970. This resulted in legal action from FMC against Lamborghini in 1977. The Cheetah was built in San Jose, California. After it was built, the prototype was sent to Sant'Agata Bolognese so Lamborghini could put on the finishing touches. The Cheetah was powered by a large, waterproofed 180 bhp 5.9L Chrysler engine, rear mounted, with a 3 speed automatic transmission. The mounting of the engine in the rear gave the Cheetah very poor steering, and the engine was not powerful enough for the Cheetah. This resulted in poor performance overall. The only finished prototype was never tested by the US military. It was later sold to Teledyne Continental Motors, and it still exists today.  Lamborghini eventually developed the Lamborghini LM002. The LM002 had a similar design to the Cheetah, but it had a 12-cylinder motor from the Lamborghini Countach mounted in the front.
Boston River is a football club which plays in Montevideo, Uruguay. It was founded in 1939. The club has a historic season in 2017 when the qualified for the Copa Sudamericana for the first time ever. They were eliminated by Paraguayan club Cerro Porteno in the second round. The following season they also qualified for the same cup, this time being eliminated by Banfield in the same round, after beating Jaguares de Cordoba 4-2 on aggregate.
Telford and Wrekin is a unitary authority district and borough in the West Midlands of England. It is part of the ceremonial county of Shropshire. It borders Staffordshire. The district was created in 1974 and was called The Wrekin. It is the only separate unitary authority in Shropshire. It shares its Fire and Rescue Service and Community Health with the rest of the county. The biggest town in the borough is Telford. The borough also includes the towns of Wellington, Shifnal, Bridgnorth and Newport. Wards. The borough contains 30 wards.
Shawbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is 8.4 miles (13.5 km) north east of Shrewsbury, the county town, 11.5 miles (18.5 km) north west of Telford and 163 miles (262 km) north west of London. The 2011 census revealed the parish had 2,872 residents. The village is recorded in the 1085 Domesday Book. In the book, it is called "Sawesberie".  The A53 between Shrewsbury and Market Drayton goes through the village. The village has a Co-operative shop, a pub, a church, a chip shop and a Chinese takeaway. It is home to RAF Shawbury, a Royal Air Force base.
Ivan Stepanovich Utrobin () (March 10, 1934 – June 25, 2020) was a Soviet cross-country skier. He competed during the early 1960s, training at VSS Trud in Moscow Oblast. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km event at 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.  Utrobin died on June 25, 2020 at the age of 86.
The Lamborghini 350 GT is a Sports car made by Lamborghini from 1964 to 1966. It is the first road car made by Lamborghini. The 350 GT was based off the Lamborghini 350GTV prototype. Both cars used a 3.5-liter V12 engine.  The Lamborghini 400 GT was the successor to the 350 GT. History. After testing his Lamborghini engine in May 1963, Giotto Bizzarrini, who was the head engineer at Lamborghini, left the company. The following month Ferruccio Lamborghini told engineer Gian Paolo Dallara to build a road-car version of Bizzarrini's 350GTV. Dallara was helped in this project by engineer Paolo Stanzani and test driver Bob Wallace. Dallara and Stanzani quickly realized that the 350 GTV was not made well for mass production. They decided to build the 350 GT as a road-car version. First, they began de-tuning the original Bizzarrini engine and redesigning the original Bizzarrini chassis for street use. They then started getting the 350 GTV ready for its late-October 1963 Turin Auto Show debut. Lamborghini hoped its debut would raise interest in the 350 GT. The 350 GT was released in 1964. It was Lamborghini’s first road car. Engine and transmission. The 350 GT was powered by a V12 engine. Each engine was tested for 24 hours on a Schenk Walge dynamometer. In the tests, it was run for the first 12 hours under electric power, and then with gasoline at increasing speeds. The test revealed that the engine produced at 6500 rpm and of torque at 4500 rpm. The engine was paired to a five-speed manual transmission which was made by ZF. Performance. The 350 GT had a kerb weight of . With its V12 engine, it could accelerate from in 6.8 seconds, and from in 16.3 seconds. It also had a top speed of . Lamborghini 350 GTS. The Lamborghini 350 GTS
Rudolfo Anaya (October 30, 1937 – June 28, 2020) was an American writer, poet, educator and playwright. He was best known for his 1972 novel "Bless Me, Ultima". Anaya was thought to be one of the founders of Chicano literature. He was born in Pastura, New Mexico. Anaya died on June 28, 2020 at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of 82.
Klaus Francke (17 July 1936 – 28 June 2020) was a German politician. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Francke was a member of the German Bundestag from 1976 to 1998 and again from 2001 to 2002. He was born in Hamburg. Francke died on 28 June 2020 in Hamburg, aged 83.
Louis Felix Danner Mahoney (8 September 1938 – 28 June 2020) was a Gambian-born British actor. He was born in The Gambia. He was an anti-racist activist. He represented African-Asian members on the council of the actors'union, Equity. He became Vice President between 1994 and 1996. Mahoney was known for his multiple roles on "Doctor Who" and as Brother Paulo in "". He also appeared in "Captain Phillips". Mahoney died on 28 June 2020 in London, aged 81.
Chief Bode Akindele (2 June 1932 – 29 June 2020) was a Nigerian billionaire businessman. According to The Daily Telegraph, he was worth about $1.19 billion. He was the owner and Chairman of Madandola group of companies. He was born in Oyo, Oyo. Akindele died on 29 June 2020 at his home in Lagos, aged 88.
Efraín Barquero (3 May 1931 – 29 June 2020) was a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 2008. He worked in Colombia during the government of Salvador Allende. In France he wrote "A deshora" between 1979 and 1985, which was later published in Chile in 1992. During this time he also wrote "Mujeres de oscuro" and "El viejo y el niño". Barquero died in Santiago de Chile on 29 June 2020 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, aged 89.
Albert Sulon (3 April 1938 – 29 June 2020) was a Belgian footballer. He played as a defender. Sulon played for RFC Liège, UR Namur, RES Jamboise and Tilleur FC. He also earned 6 caps for the Belgian national team between 1965 and 1967. Sulon died on 29 June 2020, aged 82.
Ivo Banac (; 1 March 1947 – 30 June 2020) was a Croatian-American historian. He was a professor of European history at Yale University. He was a politician of the former Liberal Party in Croatia. Banac was a consultant for the Bosnian Institute. In 1990, he became a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was President of the Liberal Party (2003–2004) and MP (2003–2008). Banac died on 30 June 2020, aged 73.
Timothy Paul Brooks (December 4, 1947 – June 30, 2020) was an American professional wrestler. He was better-known by his ring name "Killer" Tim Brooks. He competed in North American regional promotions such as in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW) World Wrestling Council and World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and Southwest Championship Wrestling (SWCW) during the 1970s and 1980s. Brooks was born in Dallas, Texas. Brooks died on June 30, 2020 at his home in Waxahachie, Texas from cancer at the age of 72.
Little Einsteins: Our Huge Adventure is a 2005 American animated musical adventure movie. It was released on August 23, 2005, by Walt Disney Home Entertainment for Playhouse Disney. It was followed by a television series "Little Einsteins" from 2005 to 2009. The Little Einsteins (Leo, June, Quincy and Annie) find a caterpillar. They helped him after he falls off a little green pickup truck to get to a tree of many colors to become a butterfly.
The plains brown tree frog, plain tree frog or Victoria frog ("Litoria paraewingi") is a frog from Australia. It lives in southern Australia just north of Melbourne, in Victoria and New South Wales. The adult male is 21 to 28 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female is 34 to 36 mm long. It is pale brown in colour with a stripe from its nose over its eyes and down its body. Parts of its legs are pale yellow or orange. It looks very similar to the brown tree frog. This frog can live in forests or grasslands. It lives in bodies of water that are still or slow-flowing, like creeks, ditches, lakes, and slow parts of rivers. The plains brown tree frog is closely related to the brown tree frog, enough that they can have babies together when they meet in the wild, though this is rare. Scientists studied the nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA of hybrid frogs and they found that it was male plains brown tree frogs mating with female brown tree frogs more than half the time. They lay eggs on underwater plants.
Salma Lakhani (born 1951 or 1952) is a Canadian businessperson and philanthropist. She is the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. She is the first Muslim Lieutenant Governor of Canada. Early life and education. Lakhani was born in Uganda. In 1972, the leader of Uganda made the expulsion of Asians from Uganda. Because of this, she and her husband moved to Edmonton in 1977, from the United Kingdom. She got a bachelor's degree with honours from the University of Manchester. She studied clinical biochemistry.
Kimberly Exner (born 16 July 1977) is a Canadian volleyball player. She is part of the Canadian women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. She played for Eastern Washington University's women's volleyball team.
Rebelde (English: "Rebel") is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and created by Cris Morena. It is a remake of the Argentine telenovela "Rebelde Way" created for the Mexican audience. The series aired on Canal de las Estrellas from October 4, 2004, to June 2, 2006. "Rebelde" was replaced in June 2006 with Televisa's series "Código Postal". The show is set at the Elite Way School, a private boarding high school in Mexico City with a major plot line revolving around a group of students forming a pop band.
Gernot Endemann (24 June 1942 – 29 June 2020) was a German actor. He was at one time married to the French actress Jocelyne Boisseau. His career began in 1965. Endemann was born in Essen, Germany.  He was known for his roles in "Angels of the Street" (1969), "Willi Manages The Whole Thing" (1972), "Shout at the Devil" (1976), "Mandara" (1983) and "Der Schatz im Niemandsland" (1987). He also played Horsch in the German version of "Sesame Street". Endemann died on 29 June 2020 in Hanover, Germany at the age of 77.
Rafał Kazimierz Trzaskowski ( ; born 17 January 1972) is a Polish politician. In November 2018, he became the Mayor of Warsaw. He is also a political scientist. In May 2020, Trzaskowski became the Civic Platform's candidate for Presidency of Poland in the presidential election. He lost the election to incumbent President Andrzej Duda.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra are a line of Android phablets designed, developed, produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics for its Samsung Galaxy Note series. It was announced on 5 August 2020 with the Samsung Galaxy Fold 2, Galaxy Watch 3, Galaxy Buds Live, and Samsung Galaxy Tab S7. This was during Samsung's Unpacked Event with shipment starting on 21 August 2020. It was the last model in the Galaxy Note series. Samsung started to make its Note series into its S series "Ultra" models, starting with the Galaxy S22 Ultra. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the release of the phablets was streamed online via Samsung's online platforms and channels. At the event, Samsung said that they would have support for 5G network and that their pens would have 4x better reaction speed than the other generations. The Note 20s does not feature a "+" model. Specifications. Hardware. The Note 20 series come with a 120 Hz refresh rate display that uses energy efficient technology called "“LTPO”". Like the S20 Ultra, the Note 20 series might not have a curved display and will feature a totally flat display. A 6.42 inch display (2345×1084) is also rumored for the Note 20 whereas a 6.87 display (3096×1444) is rumored for the Note 20 Plus and Ultra with a 20:9 aspect ratio for all phones. The Note 20 series is rumored to be equipped with faster 45W charging capabilities and a higher-capacity non-user-replaceable batteries. Up to 128 GBs of storage is rumored for the Note 20 whereas 256/512GBs of storage is for the Note 20 Plus and Ultra. It is expected that a /Exynos 992 octa-core processor will power all three phablets and either 8GBs or 12GBs of RAM will hold memory for each. More progressive biometrics and faster RAM storage are also some rumored specifications for the phablets. All three phablets are rumored to come with connectivity. Bluetooth certification listing might also be a first for the three phablets. Cameras. The Note 20 series is rumored to become equipped with a more improved camera system than that of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra .
Elmer J. McCurdy (January 1, 1880 – October 7, 1911) was an American bank and train robber. He was killed in a shoot-out with police after robbing a train in Oklahoma in October 1911.  Life. He was known as "The Bandit Who Wouldn't Give Up". His mummified body was first put on display at an Oklahoma funeral home and then became an attraction on a carnival and sideshow circuit during the 1920s through the 1960s.  Remains. After changing ownership several times, McCurdy's remains are currently up at The Pike amusement zone in Long Beach, California. On December 8, 1976, the production crew of the television show "The Six Million Dollar Man" were filming scenes for the "Carnival of Spies" episode at The Pike. During the shoot, a prop man moved what was thought to be a wax mannequin that was hanging from the set. When the mannequin's arm broke off, a human bone and muscle tissue were seen. The body was identified to be the mummified corpse of McCurdy a few weeks later. Burial. In April 1977, Elmer McCurdy's body was buried at the Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
A mannequin (also called a manikin, dummy, lay figure, or dress form) is a doll used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, windowdressers and others especially to display or fit clothing.  During the 1950s, mannequins were used in nuclear tests to help show the effects of nuclear weapons on humans.
The Croatian Parliament () or the Sabor is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of the Republic of Croatia. It is Croatia's legislature. Under the terms of the Croatian Constitution, the Sabor represents the people and is vested with legislative power. The Sabor is made up of 151 members elected to a four-year term.
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kabanov (, 11 June 1948 – 30 June 2020) was a Russian water polo player and head coach of the Russian water polo team. He was one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches. He won two gold medals at the 1972 and 1980 Olympics. Kabanov died on 30 June 2020, aged 72.
The 2020 Polish presidential elections were due to be held on 10 May 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  On 3 June 2020, the Marshal of the Sejm, Elżbieta Witek, ordered the first round of the election to be held on 28 June 2020 and scheduled the second round, on 12 July 2020. The conservative incumbent president Andrzej Duda is eligible for reelection. Duda faced off in the second round against Civic Platform Candidate, Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski after first round results showed Duda with 43.5% of the vote and Trzaskowski with 30.5%. In the second round, Duda won re-election after winning 51% of the vote to Trzaskowski's 48%.