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Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg (; born January 19, 1982) is an American politician. He was the 19th United States Secretary of Transportation during the Joe Biden administration from 2021 to 2025. He was the 32nd Mayor of South Bend, Indiana from 2012 through 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Party. In 2017, Buttigieg ran for Chair of the Democratic National Committee in its 2017 chairmanship election, but lost the election. In January 2019, Buttigieg announced his plans to run for President of the United States in the 2020 election. He formally launched his campaign on April 14, 2019. Buttigieg narrowly won the Iowa caucus, despite losing the popular vote to U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. He soon lost the later primaries in New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. He ended his campaign on March 1, 2020. In December 2020, then President-elect Joe Biden chose him to be United States Secretary of Transportation. He was confirmed by the United States Senate in February 2021. He became the first openly gay individual and the first millennial member of the United States Cabinet. 2017 DNC Leadership election. In January 5, 2017, Buttigieg announced his candidacy for Chair of the Democratic National Committee in its 2017 chairmanship election. He withdrew from the race on the day of the election and lost to Tom Perez. 2020 presidential election. Buttigieg was mentioned as a possible candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election since late 2017. If elected, Buttigieg would have been the first openly gay U.S. President. On January 23, 2019, Buttigieg announced his candidacy for President. He made a formal announcement on April 14, 2019. At the Iowa caucuses, Buttigieg narrowly won more pledged delegates than any other candidate. Most news organizations use this number to determine the winner. With this win, he became the first openly gay candidate to earn presidential primary delegates from a major American political party. He
Peter Rabbit is an American-Australian 2018 3D live-action/CGI animated adventure comedy movie directed by Will Gluck. It is based on the stories of the character of the same name created by Beatrix Potter. The movie stars Domhnall Gleeson, Rose Byrne, and Sam Neill with the voices of James Corden, Daisy Ridley, Margot Robbie, Sia and Elizabeth Debicki with Bryan Brown. The movie was released on February 9, 2018. It received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed $54 million worldwide.
, was a Japanese actress.. In 1947, she made her debut as one of the lead actresses in an omnibus movie . Kuga is known for her roles in "Drunken Angel" (1948), "The Idiot" (1951), "Older Brother, Younger Sister" (1953), "The Woman in the Rumor" (1954), "Equinox Flower" (1958), "Good Morning" (1959), "Cruel Story of Youth" (1960), "Zero Focus" (1961), "The Story of Osaka Castle" (1961) as Kobue and "Toki o Kakeru Shōjo" (1997). Kuga was married to actor Akihiko Hirata from 1961 until his death in 1984. She died from aspiration pneumonia on 9 June 2024, at the age of 93.
Manoj Kumar (born Harikishan Giri Goswami on 24 July 1937) is an Indian actor and director in Bollywood. He is remembered for his movies "Hariyali Aur Raasta", "Woh Kaun Thi?", "Himalaya Ki God Mein", "Do Badan", "Upkar", "Patthar Ke Sanam", "Neel Kamal", "Purab Aur Paschim", "Roti Kapda Aur Makaan", and "Kranti". He is known for acting in and directing movies with patriotic themes, and has been given the nickname "Bharat Kumar". In 1992, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India. India's highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, was bestowed him in 2015.
Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico or ICCU (in English Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries and for Bibliographic Information) is an Italian government agency. It manages the network and online of the Italian National Library Service ("Servizio bibliotecario nazionale" or SBN). It also manages Internet Culturale, an online collection of digitized documents and pictures held in Italian libraries. The ICCU publishes books and reports on library science in Italy and organizes conferences on library science. ICCU numbers serve as . As of February 2012, the ICCU had authority controls for the names of over 43,000 people. The ICCU was officially created in 1975. Its first director was Angela Vinay (1922–1990). The ICCU replaced the Centro nazionale per il catalogo unico (National Single Directory Center). That organization was founded in 1951 to start building a single catalog for all of Italy's libraries.
Para-Nordic skiing is a type of skiing for people with disabilities. It includes two sports. They are cross country skiing and biathlon. Both sports are for blind people and people with physical disabilities. Biathlon. Biathlon uses the same rules created by the International Biathlon Association (IBU). Some changes have been made to the rules by the International Paralympic Nordic Skiing Committee (IPNNC). Biathlon is two sports combined. These sports are shooting and cross country skiing. Biathlon has several types of races. They are 7.5 km, 12.5 km, and pursuit. During the race, people shoot their guns two to four times. Each time they shoot, they take five shots. Depending on the competition, there are two different consequences for missing. They may get a points penalty. They may have to ski a penalty distance. Blind people and people with physical disabilities compete in the biathlon. People with physical disabilities are separated into two groups. These are standing skiers and sitting skiers. Blind people use a special electro-acoustic firing system. Their helmets have a wireless connection with their weapons. Using their headphones, they can locate the target. The closer their weapon is aimed at the target, the louder the sound. Cross country skiing. The rules for cross country skiing are similar to the ones created by International Ski Federation (FIS). They have been modified by the International Para Nordic Skiing Committee (IPNNC). Blind people and people with physical disabilities compete in cross country skiing. People with physical disabilities are separated into two groups. These are standing skiers and sitting skiers. People with physical disabilities who ski while standing are classified from LW2 to LW9. People with physical disabilities who use a sit ski are classified from LW10 to LW12. People who are blind are classified from B1 to B3. People who are blind use a guide skier. Guide skiers tell a blind skier which direction to ski. Because people with different types of disabilities ski against each other, a system has been created to make the results more fair. The person with the best time does not always win. Instead, the finishing time is multiplied against a percentage. The percentage is based on how difficult a person's disability makes it to ski. The time multiplied by the percentages gives a new time result. This new time is used to determine who wins a race.
Wheelchair curling is a type of curling. It is for people with physical disabilities. History. Curling started to be at the Olympic Games in 1998. Wheelchair curling was introduced to the Winter Paralympics program in 2002. People from 16 countries played wheelchair curling in 2017. Rules. Wheelchair curling is governed by the World Curling Federation. Wheelchair curlers play on teams of four people. One person on the team throws a 19.96 kilogram granite stone across an ice track. The track is 45 meter long. At the end of the track is a big circle. It has 4 rings. The diameter is 183 centimeters. There is a dot in the center. A team tries to get their stones the closest to the center. After each team throws ten stones, the team with the most stones closest to the center wins. The person who throws the stone sits in their chair on a rubber mat. They use a special stick to assist in throwing the stone. Eligibility. People who can play wheelchair curling have to have a disability. There are several eligible types of disabilities. They include paraplegics, people with cerebral palsy, people with amputations of the lower limbs, and people with multiple sclerosis.
Para-snowboarding is a type of snowboarding. People with physical disabilities compete in para-snowboarding. Classification. Because people with different types of disability snowboard, people are separated into three groups. In Paralympic sport, these are called classes. The classes are SB-LL1, SB-LL2 and SB-UL.
Financial regulation is supervision of financial institutions to certain rules and guidelines. The aim is to keep the financial system honest and legal. Regulation may be done by either a government or non-government organization. Also, financial regulation has increased the variety of financial products available. In the early modern period, the Dutch were the pioneers in financial regulation. The first recorded regulation was a ban on short selling done by the Dutch authorities in 1610. Aims. The objectives of financial regulators are usually:
Mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) is a species of insect pest which lives in the forests of western Canada and the United States. The beetle feeds on the inner bark of pine trees like the lodgepole pine, forming tunnels under the bark to lay their eggs. Normally, the mountain pine beetle prefers to attack sick or old trees because they can't defend themselves easily. However, sometimes the beetles become so numerous that they will group up and start attacking healthy trees in massive outbreaks. This makes the control and monitoring of mountain pine beetle very important for the forest industry in Canada and the U.S., because massive outbreaks of mountain pine beetle can kill entire forests. Recently, a large outbreak of the beetle in British Columbia became a major problem, killing millions of trees across the province. Due to global warming making it easier for the beetle to survive high in the Canadian Rockies, the beetle was able to spread into Alberta, Canada, where the beetle has never been seen before. Scientists are worried that there is nothing stopping the mountain pine beetle from spreading across the entire continent now.
Anthony Cumia (born April 26, 1961) is an American radio personality and broadcaster. He was born in Elwood, New York. Cumia is best known as the co-host of the "Opie and Anthony" radio show with Gregg "Opie" Hughes that aired from 1995 to 2014, alongside comedian Jim Norton from 2001. In 2014, Cumia was fired by SiriusXM Radio after posting a series of tweets, which they deemed to be "racially-charged and hate-filled". He started his own video podcast soon after named "The Anthony Cumia Show", which aired until September 2017. He has since been the co-host of "The Artie and Anthony Show" with comedian and actor Artie Lange.
Scuol is a municipality of the district Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is the largest municipality by area in Switzerland. Scuol is a well known spa town and ski resort. It is the business center of the Unterengadin valley. On 1 January 2015, the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the muncipality of Scuol.
Thomas Austin Brewer (September 3, 1931 – February 15, 2018) was an American baseball player. He was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina. He played for the Boston Red Sox from 1954 to 1961. Brewer was selected to play in the 1956 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Brewer died in Cheraw, South Carolina on February 15, 2018 at the age of 86.
Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes (; September 17, 1937 – June 28, 2024), is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball first baseman. He is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. During a 17-year career, he played with the San Francisco Giants (1958–66), St. Louis Cardinals (1966–68), Atlanta Braves (1969–72), Oakland Athletics (1972), Boston Red Sox (1973), and Kansas City Royals (1974).  Cepeda was selected to play in seven Major League Baseball All-Star Games during his career, becoming the first player from Puerto Rico to start one. Cepeda died on June 28, 2024, at the age of 86.
The Satellite Awards are annual awards given by the International Press Academy that are commonly known in entertainment industry journals and blogs.  The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards. The award ceremonies take place each year at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles.
Teresa Gisbert Carbonell de Mesa (November 30, 1926 – February 19, 2018) was a Bolivian architect and art historian. She specialized in the history of the Andean region. She was born in La Paz, Bolivia.  From 1954 to 1970, she taught Bolivian culture and art history in the Faculty of Humanities at the Higher University of San Andrés and in 1972 and 1975 she taught American Art in the Faculty of Arquitecture of this same institution. She directed the Bolivian Cultural Institute from 1985 to 1989 and was president of the International Council on Monuments and Sites in Bolivia from 1986 to 1992. Gisbert Carbonell died in La Paz on February 19, 2018 at the age of 91.
Peggy Cooper Cafritz (born Pearl Alice Cooper; April 7, 1947 – February 18, 2018) was an American art collector, educator, civil rights activist, philanthropist and socialite. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, and studied at Georgia Washington University. In 1968, she organized a black arts festival and had inner-city students in to the festival. This program became the magnet school Duke Ellington School of the Arts, which she and Malone founded in 1974 and which they modeled after New York City's High School of Performing Arts. Cafritz died of complications from pneumonia in Washington, D.C. on February 18, 2018 at the age of 70.
A tourist attraction is a place of interest where tourists like to visit because of its looks, beauty, culture, nature, history, fun and how it feels to be there.  There are different kinds of tourist attractions. Some are "natural" such as beaches, tropical island resorts with coral reefs, hiking and camping in national parks, mountains, deserts and forests. Some are cultural such as historical places, monuments, ancient temples, zoos, aquaria, museums and art galleries, botanical gardens, buildings and structures (e.g., castles, libraries, former prisons, skyscrapers, bridges), theme parks and carnivals, living history museums, signs, ethnic enclave communities, historic trains and cultural events. Factory tours, industrial heritage, creative art and crafts workshops are the object of cultural niches like industrial tourism and creative tourism. Many tourist attractions are also landmarks.
The Sokoto River (formerly known as Gublin Kebbi) is a river in north-west Nigeria. It flows from River Niger. The river start from near Funtua in the south of Katsina State, some in a straight line from Sokoto. It flows north-west passing Gusau in Zamfara State, where the Gusau Dam forms a reservoir that supplies the city with water.  The river enters Sokoto State where it passes by Sokoto city and is joined by the Rima River. It then turns south and flows through Birnin Kebbi in Kebbi State for about south of Birnin Kebbi. Sokoto river also meets with the Niger River. The land around the river is used for farming. The river is used to supply water to the plants. The river is also an important means of transport. The Bakolori Dam, about upstream from Sokoto, is a major reservoir on the Sokoto River. It has had significant impact on downstream floodplain cultivation.
The Rima River is a river in the northern part of Nigeria. The Goulbi de Maradi river flows by its northernmost point it. It runs southwest and joins the Sokoto River near Sokoto, then continues south to the Niger River. The upper Rima is a seasonal river and flows only during the rainy season. The Zauro polder project, a major irrigation scheme, has been planned for many years. It would supply water to of farmland in the Rima floodplain between Argungu and Birnin Kebbi.
The Zauro polder project is an irrigation plan for the Rima River floodplain in Kebbi State, Nigeria.  The project started because the yearly rainfall in Kebbi, is not much. It is about . The temperatures are about , ranging from between April and June. With these, there is little or no farming. Dams and irrigation plans are ways by which the government wants to use the abundant water of the rainy season for farming in the dry season. Delays. The state government and the federal ministry of agriculture and water resources started the plan for the project started in 1969. However, there have been repeated delays. As at July 1995 there was nothing being done on the project. In March 2003, while campaigning for reelection in Birnin Kebbi, President Olusegun Obasanjo promised to complete the project. In October 2006 the Federal and Kebbi state governments signed a memorandum of understanding for execution of the project, at an estimated cost of N15 billion. In May 2008 President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua ordered work to start immediately on the first part of the project, which was now estimated to cost over N18.5 billion. In January 2009 Kebbi State governor Sa'idu Dakingari said work would soon start.
The Goulbi de Maradi is a river in south central Niger and north central Nigeria. Its source is near Katsina in Nigeria, and its end in the Rima River. It important for farming and rearing cattle in the Niger cities of Maradi, Guidan Roumdji, and Madarounfa, where it flows through. The Goulbi de Maradi never flows more than from the Niger–Nigeria border. It is a seasonal river and flows only during the rainy season.
, (September 23, 1919 – February 20, 2018) was a Japanese writer. He was born in Chichibu, Saitama. He studied at the University of Tokyo and worked for the Bank of Japan. Kaneko started to write poems (haiku) helped by his father Mitsuharu Kaneko. In his career, he won Cikada Prize (2005), Person of Cultural Merit (2008), Kikuchi Kan Prize (2010) and Asahi Prize (2015). Kaneko died on February 20, 2018 of pneumonia in Kumagaya, Saitama at the age of 98.
Zigmas Zinkevičius (January 4, 1925 in Juodausiai, Ukmergė district – February 20, 2018 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian linguist-historian, professor at Vilnius University, and a full member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. He has contributed to studies in the history of languages, onomastics  Zinkevičius was a recipient of the Herder Prize, which was presented to him in 1994. Zinkevičius was the author of 30 academic books and several hundred scientific publications in various languages.
Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician. He was the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Chief Minister of Goa from 14 March 2017 to 17 March 2019. He was Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2014. He worked under Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Defence Minister of India from 2014 to 2017. In October 2018, it was announced that Parrikar had pancreatic cancer. He died on 17 March 2019 from the disease at his home in Panaji, Goa at the age of 63.
Barry Crimmins (July 3, 1953 – February 28, 2018) was an American stand-up comedian and political satirist. He was the author of "Never Shake Hands with a War Criminal". Crimmins founded two comedy clubs, The Ding Ho and Stitches, in the 1980s in Boston. Shows at these clubs, produced by Crimmins, included performances by comedians Steven Wright, Paula Poundstone, Bobcat Goldthwait, Kevin Meaney, Jimmy Tingle and many others. Crimmins's life and work in comedy and politics are the subject of a documentary called "Call Me Lucky" (2015) directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. In January 2018, Crimmins was diagnosed with cancer and said that the diagnosis is "not very well". He died of the disease one month later on February 28, 2018, in Syracuse, New York at the age of 64.
Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and Oscar-winning movie producer. He is known for his low voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic comedy. He is known for his Oscar-winning short movie "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" (1988). Wright was ranked as the 15th Greatest Comedian by "Rolling Stone" in a list of the 50 Greatest Stand-up Comics.
Thomas Wade Landry (September 11, 1924 – February 12, 2000) was an American football player and coach. Landry won two Super Bowl titles (VI, XII). He was born in Mission, Texas. He played for the New York Giants from 1950 to 1955. He coached the Dallas Cowboys 1960 to 1988. Landry died in Dallas, Texas on February 12, 2000 of leukemia at the age of 75.
Pen y Fan () is the highest peak in South Wales, in the Brecon Beacons National Park. At above sea-level, it is also the highest British peak south of Cadair Idris in Snowdonia. The twin summits of Pen y Fan and Corn Du at were formerly referred to as Cadair Arthur or 'Arthur's Seat'. The mountain and surrounding area are owned by the National Trust whose work parties attempt to combat the erosion caused by the passage of thousands of feet up and down this most popular of South Wales' peaks. The mountain is used by the military as part of the selection process of the UK's Special Forces personnel. Three soldiers who died after collapsing in the field in July 2013 were believed to have been climbing the mountain (see "Fan Dance") while undergoing Special Air Service selection.
Wild Fire is an American rock band founded in Biloxi, Mississippi on November 5, 2015. The band consists of three members: Zack Sawyer on vocals, Wade Sigue on guitar and Tyler Voss on bass. The band released a single on November 5, 2015 called "Villain", which was later included in their debut album that was released on May 23, 2017 titled "Revolt." "Revolt" contains 15 tracks, one of them being a cover of Dr. Hook's Cover of the Rolling Stone, which was the final track of the album. The band's music is influenced by artists such as Korn, Incubus, Sevendust, Nothing More, Periphery, Twelve Foot Ninja, Avenged Sevenfold, and vocalist Zack Sawyer's past experiences. Wild Fire has been featured at 1065 Fest 2016, Rocklahoma 2017, Gulfport Music Fest 2017, and Inktober Fest 2017. History. Wild Fire was founded on November 5, 2015 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Wild Fire is originally a transformation from a local band called "Cathercist," which was active for five years before Wild Fire was founded. The band released their first debut album titled "Revolt" on May 23, 2017. the lead single of the album is titled "Villain", which is the band's most popular recording as of February 21, 2018, the music video of the song reaching over 4 million views on YouTube and streamed more than 600,000 times on Spotify. The single also peaked at number 82 of The Media Base Rock Charts in the 3rd quarter of 2017. In an interview, when Roberts was asked about "Villain", he said that the song was about being a villain after he hinted that he didn't write the song. he cited The Joker as an inspiration, saying that "there's always been something so fascinating about [Joker]. He's a villain you fall in love with and every now and again, you can find yourself in those same shoes, so his character becomes very rel
South Wales () is the region of Wales located near England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the southwest of the United Kingdom. It has a population of about 2.2 million people. The Brecon Beacons national park covers about a third of South Wales. The park also contains Pen y Fan, the highest mountain south of Snowdonia.  The region's boundary is not specifically known. It is considered that Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire are a part of it. By the west, from Swansea westwards, local people would probably say that they lived in both South Wales and West Wales because of the overlap in the artificial boundaries.