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James Joseph Lindsay (October 10, 1932 – August 5, 2023) was a United States Army four-star general. He was the first commander of the United States Special Operations Command. Lindsay died on August 5, 2023 in Vass, North Carolina at the age of 90.
William Dee Smith (born February 9, 1933) is a retired United States Navy four star admiral. He was United States Military Representative, NATO Military Committee (USMILREP) between 1991 &amp; 1993. Smith retired in 1993.
Admiral James Buchanan Busey IV (October 7, 1932 – April 21, 2023) was a United States Navy four star admiral and politician. He was Vice Chief of Naval Operations, from 1985 to 1987 and as Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe from 1987 to 1989. He was the United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 1991 to 1992. Busey died in Lincoln, California, on April 21, 2023 at the age of 90.
Admiral Thomas Bibb Hayward (May 3, 1924 – March 3, 2022) was Chief of Naval Operations for the United States Navy from July 1, 1978, until June 30, 1982, after which he retired from military service.  Hayward endorsed the re-election campaign of Donald Trump in 2020 and said that the United States was becoming a socialist-Marxist tyrannical government. Hayward died on March 3, 2022 at the age of 97.
The Mayor of Paris () is the chief executive of Paris, the capital and largest city in France. The Mayor is responsible for the administration and management of the city, adds proposals and recommendations to the Paris City Council, is active in the enforcement of the city's laws. List. Notes † "Died in office"
Ashley Nicolette Frangipane ( ; born September 29, 1994), known by her professional name Halsey ( ), is an American singer. Early life. Ashley Nicolette Frangipane was born in Edison, New Jersey. Her mother is of Italian and Hungarian descent, while her father is mostly African American with some distant Irish ancestry. She has two younger brothers. Career. Halsey was signed by Astralwerks in 2014. She released her first EP, "Room 93", later that year. In 2015, she released her album "Badlands", which went to number two on the "Billboard" 200 chart. She released "Hopeless Fountain Kingdom" in 2017, which reached number one. Halsey was featured on the Chainsmokers' 2016 single "Closer", which entered at the top of the charts in several countries worldwide. She released "Without Me" in October 2018 as the lead single from her studio album, "Manic" (2020). "Without Me" became her second US number one hit after "Closer". "Manic" went to number two in the US. In December 2020, she revealed the use of "she/they" pronouns in her Instagram bio. She released a makeup line, About-Face, in January 2021. After 10 years experience in UMG, she departed the music business group and signed with Sony Music's Columbia Records on June 14, 2023. Artistry. Halsey is a soprano with three-octave vocal range. Her voice is often described as “smoky” or “husky.” This is typically a quality found in lower-pitched voices. Additionally, her vocal range spans from about F3 to C5. However, this worth noting that her voice has a lot of versatility. She is able to sing both lower and higher pitched notes with relative ease. Personal life. Halsey is bisexual. She has a son, Ender Ridley Aydin (born July 14, 2021) with her former boyfriend Alev Aydin, a Turkish-American filmmaker.
Òscar Ribas Reig (, 26 October 1936 – 18 December 2020) was the first prime minister of Andorra in 1982. He twice was head of government, firstly from 8 January 1982 to 21 May 1984 with National Liberal party and then from 12 January 1990 to 7 December 1994 with the National Democratic Agreement party. Reig died on 18 December 2020 at the age of 84 in Sant Julià de Lòria.
The Democratic Party (Italian: "Partito Democratico", "PD") is an Italian political party. Its secretary is Elly Schlein. From the birth of the Conte II Cabinet, the Democratic Party formed a coalition with the Five Star Movement. Since 2014, the party has been a member of the Center-left Party of European Socialists group in the European Parliament.
CD Vision is a Bangladeshi record label company, which is contributed production and distribution of the television programs, recording artists and full-length bengali feature movies released on Audio &amp; Video and Online Platforms. CD Vision is also a film production house produce content including, short film, drama, telefilm, fiction, music video and documentary.
Rosewood is wood from trees of the genus Dalbergia.  The wood of "Dalbergia nigra" is known as "Brazilian rosewood", and also as "Bahia rosewood".It has a strong, sweet smell, which lasts for many years. Another rosewood comes from "Dalbergia latifolia" known as (East) Indian rosewood or "sonokeling" (Indonesia). It is native to India and is also grown in plantations elsewhere in Pakistan (Chiniot). Madagascar rosewood ("Dalbergia maritima"), known as "bois de rose", is highly prized for its red colour. It is overexploited in the wild. A 2010 moratorium on trade and illegal logging is being ignored. Throughout southeast Asia "Dalbergia oliveri" is harvested for use in woodworking. It has a fragrant odour. "Dalbergia cultrata" is being used and sold as "D. olvieri".
Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992) was an American gay and transgender rights activist. They are best known for participating in the Stonewall riots in 1969. A founding member of the Gay Liberation Front, Johnson co-founded the advocacy group S.T.A.R. (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries), alongside their friend Sylvia Rivera. From 1987 through 1992, Johnson was an AIDS activist with ACT UP. Early life. Johnson was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on August 24, 1945. They were one of seven children. Their father, Malcolm Michaels Sr, worked for General Motors. Their mother, Alberta Claiborne, was a housekeeper. Johnson attended an African Methodist Episcopal Church as a child. Johnson was very religious. They were very interested in Catholicism, and kept a private altar at home. Johnson began wearing dresses at the age of five but stopped due to bullying from boys in their neighborhood. Johnson did not come to terms with being gay until the age of 17. Their mother was reportedly very homophobic, but Johnson has said that their mother was unaware of the LGBT community. After graduating from high school, Johnson moved to Greenwich Village, New York on their own. They supported themself by waiting tables. After meeting other gay people in the city, Johnson gained the confidence to come out themself. Working as a performer. Johnson began working as a drag queen after coming out as gay. They chose the drag name "Marsha P. Johnson". "Johnson" comes from the restaurant Howard Johnson's. They said that the "P" stood for "pay it no mind," a phrase they would use when people asked their gender. Johnson referred to themself as gay, a transvestite, and a drag queen interchangeably and preferred "they," rather than "she," to be used as a pronoun. Although they never referred to themself as being transgender, many modern scholars believe that was only because the term still was rarely used during their lifetime. Johnson said that their style of drag was not serious because they could not afford expensive clothes. They made flower crowns out of leftover flowers from
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900. A place with a humid continental climate has big seasonal temperature differences. It has warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes very cold in the northern areas) winters. Precipitation usually happens throughout the year. In a humid continental climate, the average temperature of the coldest month must be below (or ) and there must be at least four months whose average temperatures are at or above . Humid continental climates are usually found between latitudes 40° N and 60° N, within the central and northeastern parts of North America, Europe, and Asia.
Assens is a municipality in Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The community decided to merge their municipality with Malapalud, with effect from 1 January 2009.
Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army installation in Leavenworth County, Kansas. It was built in 1827. It is the oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C., and it is the oldest permanent settlement in Kansas. Fort Leavenworth has been historically known as the "Intellectual Center of the Army." It became a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
The Kansas Board of Regents is an organization that governs six state universities in the U.S. state of Kansas. It also supervises and coordinates nineteen community colleges, five technical colleges, six technical schools and a municipal university. It has nine members.  Member selection. The Kansas Board of Regents has nine members. All of them are chosen by the Governor of Kansas. Each Board Member also serves on committees that help solve higher education issues.
The Big Short is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama movie. It was directed by Adam McKay. It was written by McKay and Charles Randolph. It is based on the 2010 book "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine" by Michael Lewis that shows how the financial crisis of 2007–2008 was started by the United States housing bubble. The movie stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Finn Wittrock, and Marisa Tomei. The movie had a limited release in the United States on December 11, 2015. It had a wide release on December 23 by Paramount Pictures. Release. On September 22, 2015, Paramount set the movie for a limited release on December 11, 2015 and a wide release on December 23, 2015.
Hacksaw Ridge is a 2016 biographical war drama movie. It was directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan. It was based on the 2004 documentary "The Conscientious Objector". The film focuses on the World War II experiences of Desmond Doss, an American pacifist combat medic who did not carry or use a weapon or firearm of any kind. This was because he was a Seventh-day Adventist Christian. Doss became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for service above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Okinawa. Andrew Garfield stars as Doss, with Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, and Vince Vaughn in supporting roles. The movie was released in the United States on November 4, 2016. It made $175.3 million worldwide and received mostly positive reviews, with Gibson's direction and Garfield's performance getting praise. "Hacksaw Ridge" was chosen by the American Film Institute as one of its top ten Movies of the Year. It got many awards and nominations.
Adrienne Monique Coleman (or Monique Jordan; born November 13, 1980) is an American singer, actress, entrepreneur and dancer. She co-starred in Disney's "High School Musical" movies; she played Taylor McKessie. On ABC's "Dancing with the Stars", she finished in the fourth place. In Columbia, South Carolina, at a very young age, Coleman started her acting career in theatre and television. Monique Coleman was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Best Performance in a TV MOVIE or FEATURE FILM: Young Ensemble – "Ditchdigger's Daughter" Best Family TV MOVIE/ PILOT/MINI-SERIES (CABLE) – "The Ditchdigger's Daughters", Family Channel
A cardinal numeral (or 'cardinal number word') is a part of speech used to count. Examples are the words "one", "two", "three", and also compounds like "three hundred and forty-two" (Commonwealth English) or "three hundred forty-two" (American English).  Cardinal numbers are definite numerals. They are related to ordinal numbers, such as "first", "second", "third", etc.
A hiatal hernia is a kind of hernia in which abdominal organs, usually the stomach, slip through the diaphragm. This may result in gastroesophageal reflux disease (or GERD) or heartburn. There are other symptoms, like dysphagia (or trouble swallowing) and chest pain. Other problems may include bowel obstruction and iron deficiency anemia. The most common risk factors are obesity and older age. Other risk factors are scoliosis, injury and several types of surgery. Between ten and eighty percent of people in the United States are affected with hiatal hernias. The symptoms from a hiatal hernia might be improved by changes, like weight loss, changing eating patterns and raising the head of a bed. Types of hiatal hernia. Sliding hiatal hernia:- This happens when part of the stomach and the place where the stomach and esophagus meet slide up into chest through the opening (hiatus). Paraesophageal hernia:- Happens when part of stomach pushes up through the opening (hiatus) into chest and is next to the esophagus.
Scoliosis is a medical condition in which the human or animal spine has a sideways curve. The curve is usually S-shaped or C-shaped. In some, the curve is stable. In others, though,  it increases over time. Mild scoliosis does not often cause problems. Severe cases, however, can interfere with breathing and can cause pain. The cause of most cases is unknown. However, it is believed to involve a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Risk factors include having affected family members. Diagnosis is often confirmed with x-rays. Scoliosis usually occurs between ages 10 and 20. Males can be affected, although females are more often affected.
This is a list of episodes of "Ikaw ay Pag-Ibig" which aired on ABS-CBN's "Primetime Bida" evening block from November 21, 2011 to January 27, 2012. The series was directed by Jerome Chavez Pobocan, Jojo A. Saguin, and Erick C. Salud. Series overview. &lt;onlyinclude&gt;
An environmental factor (also called eco factor) is any factor which influences living organisms. Abiotic factors include ambient temperatures, the amounts of sunlight and PH of water soil in which organisms live. Biotic factors include the availability of food organisms and the presence of predators, parasites and competitors. Cancers are often related to environmental factors. Having a healthy diet, healthy weight, limiting alcoholic drinks and quitting or not starting smoking cuts down the risks of getting cancer. Environmental triggers for asthma and autism have been studied also.
A consortium (which may also be called syndicate) is formed by two or more independent companies, individuals, or other economic actors that work together for a limited amount of time, usually to fulfill a purpose. Consortia are common in the building industries, roads and bridges are often built by consortia. Overview. Very broadly speaking there are two kinds of consortia: The term can be traced to the 16th century, where it developed from "con sortes", which is the plural of Latin "consors". It can roughly be translated as "united by fate". The english word consort probably has the same origin. The company Airbus started as a consortium of different companies with the aim of building airplanes.  In 1970, they officially formed a "groupement d'intérêt économique" (which is a consortium, in the French legal system). Today, Airbus is a Societas Europaea, a shareholding company under European law. Not all consortia are done for profit: The Unicode consortium wants to promote the Unicode standard. It is a non-profit organisation, based in California.
The Cabbage Patch Kids are a line of soft-sculptured dolls. They were registered in the United States' copyright office in 1978 as 'The Little People'. When the dolls went into mass production in 1982, they were then renamed 'Cabbage Patch Kids'. The doll brand was one of the most popular toy trends of the 1980s. It was one of the longest running doll franchises in the United States. The characters showed up in many other Cabbage Patch products, including animated cartoons, board games and record albums. Over the years, the Cabbage Patch Kids have been produced by different companies.
People who form a couple, or who are married, very often have an agreement that they will only have sex with each other, and with no one else. If one of the two has sex with someone else, this is called infidelity. Infidelity is common: About half of the men, and a quarter of women reported having an extra-marital affair, according to the Kinsey Reports, done in the 1950s. In many countries, where religion is still present in everyday life (mostly in Africa and Asia), being untrue to the one you love is a criminal offense. In most European countries and the Americas, it is no longer a crime punishable by law. Infidelity is one the reasons and causes for divorce. Black men are more prone to cheating.
Carlos Maria Alfonso Marcelo de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Borbón-Parma, "Infante" of Spain, Duke of Calabria (16 January 1938 – 5 October 2015) was, at his death, the last "infante" of Spain during the reigns of his cousins King Juan Carlos I and King Felipe VI. Additionally, he was also one of two claimants to the headship of the dynasty which ruled the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies before to its incorporation into the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, in which capacity he was also the Grand Master of one of the three branches of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George.
This is a list of episodes of "Lorenzo's Time" which aired on ABS-CBN's "Primetime Bida" evening block from July 2, 2012 to October 5, 2012. The series was directed by Jerome Chavez Pobocan and Claudio "Tots" Sanchez-Mariscal IV. Series overview. &lt;onlyinclude&gt;
The Orange River (officially called Oranje) is a river in Southern Africa. It is long. It starts in Lesotho, and is the longest river there. For large parts of its course, it forms the border between South Africa and Namibia.  Geography. The Orange river basin extends into South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. The river starts in the Drakensberg mountains. It passes only through the city of Upington: it does not run through other major cities.  Economic usage. The river is important for the South African economy. Its water is used for irrigation and hydroelectric power. The river was named the Orange River in honor of the Dutch ruling family, the House of Orange, by the Dutch explorer Robert Jacob Gordon.
George Peter Alexander Healy (1813–1894) was an American painter. He is mostly known for the portraits he made,  He made portraits of Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Arnold Henri Guyot, William H. Seward and Louis Philippe. He also made portraits of the US presidents from John Quincy Adams bis Ulysses S. Grant. His works also include "The Peacemakers" (1868) and "Abraham Lincoln" (1869). He died, aged 80, on June 24, 1894 in Chicago.
Valerie Van Ost (25 July 1944 – 10 September 2019) was an English actress. Acting career. At school, Van Ost became the youngest adult dancer at the London Palladium before moving into films and television at age 18. She appeared in four Carry On films - "Carry On Cabby" (1963), "Carry On Don't Lose Your Head" (1967), "Carry On Doctor" (also 1967) and "Carry On Again Doctor" (1969). Her other film roles included "The Beauty Jungle" (1964), "Mister Ten Per Cent" (1967), "Casino Royale" (1967), "Corruption" (1968), "The Smashing Bird I Used to Know" (1969), "Incense for the Damned" (1971), and the Hammer horror film "The Satanic Rites of Dracula" (1973). She appeared as the dim-witted Penny in an episode of "The Avengers" entitled "Dead Man's Treasure" (1967), and a year later was considered for the part of Diana Rigg's replacement as Steed's sidekick. Post-acting. Van Ost retired from performing in 1982 to form a casting company with her husband, Andrew Millington. Death. Van Ost died from liver cancer on 10 September 2019 at the age of 75.
Arrissoules is a village of the district Yverdon of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. On 1 January 2005 the former municipality of Arrissoules merged into the municipality of Rovray, which kept the name Rovray. The Arrissoules Tunnel of the A1 motorway is found near the village.
Crissier is a municipality of the Ouest lausannois district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of Lausanne.
Yuri Alexandrovich Meshkov (, ("Yuri Alexandrovich Meshkov"); October 25, 1945 – September 29, 2019) was a Crimean politician. He was a leader of the pro-Russian movement in Crimea. Meshkov was the only President of Crimea from 1994 to 1995. Yuri Meshkov was born on October 25, 1945 in Synelnykove, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine (now Ukraine) of a mother of Ukrainian origin and a Russian father of Kossan Cossacks. He grew up in Simferopol, where he finished high school. When he was about eight years old, the Crimea region was officially transferred from the Russian RSFS to the Ukrainian SSR. For his military duties, he served in the Border Guard. In 1967 (in some sources in 1977), he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Moscow State University. Until 1982, he worked as a detective and then as chief inspector in the district attorney's office. From 1982 to 1985, he spent time on the Skif scientific research yacht. After 1985 and until 1990, he worked privately as a legal consultant. At that time, he was also one of the heads of the "Memorial" department of the Crimean Illuminating Society "All-Union" and president of the Crimean kick-boxing Federation. In 1990, Meshkov was elected deputy to the Supreme Council of Crimea (the parliament of the republic). There, he became the co-founder of the RDK (Republican Crimean Movement) party. In 1994, he headed the electoral block "Russia" for the Republican presidential elections, where he easily defeated Mykola Bahrov in the second round. Mykola Bahrov was at that time head of the Supreme Council of Crimea. In the second round of the presidential elections in Crimea in 1994, Meshkov won 72.9% and was elected only president of the republic. Its main political program was to facilitate much closer relations with the Russian Federation until the possible reunification of
Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov (; 13 October 1933 – 28 September 2019) was a Soviet and Russian theater and movie director and playwright. He was best known for his Soviet-era fantasy movies. He was also known for his productions of plays at Moscow's Lenkom Theatre.  He was also a professor of the Moscow Theatre Institute (GITIS).
The President of the Republic of Crimea (; ) was the head of the state of the Republic of Crimea, Ukraine from February 16, 1994 to the time of its end on March 17, 1995. The post was ended as it had problems with the Constitution of Ukraine. The first round of voting in the Crimean presidential elections was held on January 16, 1994, and on January 30, the second round was held. With 72.9% of the vote, the pro-Russian politician Yuriy Meshkov was declared the winner. He was the only person to hold the post of President of the Republic of Crimea.
The Sultan of Kelantan is the constitutional head of Kelantan state in Malaysia. The executive power of the state is vested in him as the monarch of the state. The current sultan, Muhammad V, is the 29th Sultan of Kelantan.  He is the Head of Islam in the state and the source of all titles, honours and dignities of its people. He was the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong. His reign as the monarch and head of state of Malaysia or Yang di-Pertuan Agong began on 13 December 2016, after his election on 14 October 2016 at the 243th (special) Conference of Rulers.
Sultan Ismail Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra (11 November 1949 – 28 September 2019) was the Sultan of Kelantan, Malaysia from 30 March 1979 until 13 September 2010. He was replaced by his son, Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra, as Sultan Muhammad V. Sultan Ismail Petra died on 28 September 2019 at 8:11 am at the Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital, aged 69.