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Henry Michael Tingelhoff (May 22, 1940September 11, 2021) was an American football center. He played for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) from 1962 to 1978. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015. He was born in Lexington, Nebraska. Tingelhoff died on September 11, 2021 from cancer at the age of 81.
Tommy Hazouri (October 11, 1944 – September 11, 2021) was an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1974 to 1986. He was Mayor of Jacksonville from 1987 to 1991. Hazouri was born in Jacksonville. Hazouri died on September 11, 2021 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota from problems caused by a lung transplant at the age of 76.
Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (14 April 189025 April 1947) was a German politician. He was an official and state secretary in the Reich Chancellery during the Nazi Germany era. He was the deputy head of the Reich Chancellery under Hans Lammers. Kritzinger was eventually arrested, along with most of the other surviving members of the Wannsee Conference, in 1946. During the Nuremberg Trials, where he was a witness, he said he was ashamed of his actions during the Nazi regime. He was released in April 1946 but then arrested again in December of the same year.
Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (Urdu: مُحَمَّدٌ تَقِيٌّ عُثْمَانِيٌّ; born 1943) is a prominent Islamic figure in Pakistan. He is an expert in Islamic jurisprudence, hadith, and economics. He has been selected as the most influential Muslim person in the world. He is currently one of the most active figures in Islamic economics. He was a judge of the Central Shariah Court of Pakistan from 1980 to 1982 and the Shariah Appeal Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 1982 to 2002. He is the translator of the famous commentary "Maariful Qur'an" by Mufti Shafi Usmani into English.
Arnold Peter Arnold (16 October 1926 – 7 September 2021) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket from 1951 to 1960. He was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He played for Northamptonshire from 1951 to 1960, and for Canterbury in New Zealand for one season in 1953–54. He retired as a player in 1960 to concentrate on his business interests. Arnold died on 6 September 2021 at the age of 94.
Mufti (/ˈmʌfti/; Arabic: مفتي), an Islamic legal authority who gives a formal legal opinion (fatwa) in answer to an inquiry by a private individual or judge. A fatwa usually requires knowledge of the Qur'ān and Hadith (narratives concerning the Prophet’s life and sayings), as well as knowledge of exegesis and collected precedents, and might be a pronouncement on some problematic legal matter.
Guilherme Posser da Costa (born 18 May 1953) is a São Toméan politician. He was the Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1999 to 2001. Posser da Costa was Minister of Foreign Affairs: 1987-1988, 1990-1991, and 1994-1996. He unsuccessfully ran for President of São Tomé and Príncipe in 2021, losing to Carlos Vila Nova.
Laura Ellen Ziskin (March 3, 1950 – June 12, 2011) was an American movie producer. She was the executive producer of the romantic comedy "Pretty Woman" (1990). She was the first woman to produce the Academy Awards telecast alone. Ziskin was born in San Fernando Valley, California.  Ziskin was married to Alvin Sargent between 2010, until her death.  Ziskin died on June 12, 2011 from breast cancer in Santa Monica, California at the age of 61.
The black stilt or kaki ("Himantopus novaezelandiae") is a bird in the family Recurvirostridae. It lives in New Zealand. Appearance. This bird has black feathers and long legs. Habitat and food. The black stilt lives next to rivers and lakes, in swamps and by ponds. It goes to rivers, streams, or swamps to lay eggs. It goes further inland for the winter. But because these areas are usually close to each other, scientists do not think of it as a migratory bird. This bird wades into the water to look for food. Threats. As of 2021 there were about 170 of these birds alive in the wild. In 1981, there were only 23 birds. There are fewer of them because of invasive species, animals that humans brought to New Zealand. Cats and ferrets kill many stilts, chicks, and eggs. Human beings also change the places where the birds like to live. Human beings using the seashore for work or fun can scare the adult birds away from the nests. They can accidentally kill the chicks or eggs. The Kakī Recovery Programme keeps some breeding pairs. They put the eggs in incubators until they hatch. They raise the chicks by hand until they are too big for cats or ferrets to eat easily. They also take eggs from wild nests. That way, predators cannot eat the parents as they sit on the nest. In some parts of New Zealand, for example Tasman River, human beings try to stop the predators from eating the birds. It has worked.
Craig Plestis is the president and CEO of Smart Dog Media, a reality programming production company. Pletis is an executive producer of "The Masked Singer" and "I Can See Your Voice". Pletis was the executive producer behind the NBC singing game show, "The Winner Is" hosted by Nick Lachey, in parnership with Taipa Media. Pletis was also the creator and executive producer of more than 70 episodes of the game show hits "Minute to Win It", hosted by Guy Fieri, and the winner of the International FRAPA Award for the Best Studio Based Game Show. He also executive produced NBC's "Who Still Standing?", a game show that featured contestants falling through trap doors after answering trivia questions incorrectly. Later, Smart Dog Media launched "Robot Combat League", the world's first giant fighting robot competition series for the Syfy Channel in 2013. As the NBC's former Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming, Craig Pletis oversaw all alternative programming and development for the network, including the game show hit series "Deal or No Deal", "The Biggest Loser", "The Apprentice", "The Singing Bee", "America's Got Talent", and "1 vs. 100", among others. His responbilities also included overseeing NBC's Golden Globe Awards. In March 2021, it was reported that Pletis had strikes a deal with Japan's Tokyo Broadcasting System to develop unscripted formats, for the U.S. and Global markets. One month later, he became executive producer for the new TV series "Unicorn Hunters", a business investment show.
Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (; born 12 July 1950) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar. He belongs to the Rizvi Qadri Sufi order. Qadri is a widely-respected sheikh with a significant global following which is supported by the Madani TV Channel. In 1981, the Sheikh founded Dawat-e-Islami, a Sunni Barelwi revivalist movement with hundreds of thousands of followers in Pakistan and over 180 other countries. It centres on the propagation of Islamic knowledge and manages two main activities: the Jamia-tul-Madina chain of religious schools, and the non-commercial Madani TV channel.  Early Life and Education. Ilyas Qadri's Memon ancestors originated from the village of Kutyanah in Junagadh, Gujarat, India. His father dedicated many years to the Hanafi Memon Mosque in Pakistan, serving in various roles. Following Pakistan's formation, his parents immigrated to the country, initially settling in Hyderabad and later relocating to Karachi. Ilyas Qadri himself was born into a Memon family on July 12, 1950, in Karachi. Qadri pursued his studies for 22 years under the guidance of Grand Mufti of Pakistan, Muhammad Waqaruddin Qadri, at Darl Uloom Amjadia, Karachi. Career. Dawat-e-Islami Dawat-e-Islami has played a significant role in advancing Islamic education. It has established schools where both children and adults study and memorize the Quran, along with Jamia-tul-Madina, which provides instruction in the Dars-e-Nizami curriculum. Dawat-e-Islami encompasses various departments, including Islamic Jurisprudence, Madani Channel, Madrasa tul Madinah, Jamia-tul-Madina, Departments of Mosque Service, Madani Inamat, and Madani Qafila. Sufism. Qadri became a disciple of Ziauddin Madani, who himself was a student of Ahmad Raza Khan. Fadlur Rahman and Waqar-ud Din granted him authorization in Sufism. Shariful
Rak'ah ( ركعة rak'ah, plural: ركعات rakaʿāt), consists of the prescribed movements while offering prayers to God (Allah). It refers to a single unit of Islamic prayers. The number of rak'ahs in the obligatory prayer. On Friday, the Friday prayer, the noon prayer, the prayer is not obligatory two rakaata.
Sujud (), or prostration (), also known as sijdah is a part of prayer. Standing from ruku, then prostration is done by touching the forehead and nose on the ground. At the same time the knees and palms are placed on the ground. Sijdah is one of the essential parts of prayers. The prostration is to face the Kaaba. During Sijdah, one has to recite Tasbeeh of Subhana Rabbiyal Ala (سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى).
Traditionalist theology (Arabic: الأثرية—al-Aṯharīya) is an Islamic scholarly movement, originating in the late 8th century CE, who reject rationalistic Islamic theology (kalam) in favor of strict textualism in interpreting the Quran and Hadith. The name derives from "tradition" in its technical sense as a translation of the Arabic word athar. It is also sometimes referred to by several other names. History. Traditional theology spread in the late eighth century AD among muhaddiths, who regarded the Qur'an and pure hadith as the only acceptable source of law and religion.
Imam Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hanbal Abu Abdullah Al-Shaibani (780–855 AD/164-241 AH) (), was a famous Islamic figure, scholar of Islamic law and hadith. One of the four traditional schools of Islam, the Hanbali school, is based on its interpretation. Imam Ahmad Shaikhul Islam is known in the Muslim world. Musnad, a collection of hadiths compiled by Imam Ahmad, is considered his great work.
Michelle Benson (born September 11, 1968, western Minnesota) is an American accountant and politician. She is a member of the Republican Party. She is a member of the Minnesota Senate for District 31. The district includes sections of Sherburne, Isanti and Anoka counties near the northern Twin Cities regional area. Minnesota Senate. During 2010, Benson went against incumbent Debbie Johnson for the Republican nomination. She won the nomination and later the election. Benson co-authored a bill that allowed businesses and individuals to discriminate against same-sex couples. She voted against legislation that would have increased penalties for hate crimes. Running for Governor of Minnesota. Benson began her campaign to be the first female Governor of Minnesota on September 1, 2021.
Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia is the highest religious authority in the country. The king himself appointed one to the post. The ex-officio Grand Mufti became a permanent member of the Standing Committee on Ilmi Research and Fatwas. Introduction. Grand mufti is the most powerful religious authority in Saudi Arabia . His main job is to issue fatwas on various legal and social issues. The court system in Saudi Arabia is greatly influenced by his fatwa.
Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad Mufti (Arabic: mfty am mufti am  or kbyr almftyn kabir al-muftin ) mainly Sunni and ibadi Muslim countries, Islamic religious maximum terms. He mainly provides detailed explanations and fatwas on Islamic jurisprudence. He also assists state judges in the trial.
A pumyat or pumyaat (/poom-yaat/) is a traditional Meitei dress, worn by menfolk on special occasions. It is popularly worn in ceremonial occasions as a common dress in Manipur, North East India. It is mainly white in colour. Typically, a pumyat is a shirt with long sleeves.  In Meitei culture, a "pumyat" should always pairs with a pheichom (pheijom). This is also a common to the wedding bridegrooms in Meitei matrimony, with the addition of a kokyet (headdress). It is slightly similar to the kurtas, worn by the mainland Indian menfolk.
Eleven women were confirmed to be married to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Muslims use the term Umm al-Mu'minin (Arabic: أم ٱلْمُؤْمِنِين; meaning 'Mother of the Believers' from ) before or after the names of Muhammad's wives as a sign of respect. Family tree. Notes
Bisi Alimi (born 17 January 1975) is a Nigerian HIV and LGBT advocate who gained international attention when he became the first Nigerian to come out on television. Alimi came out as gay on a live television show in 2004. After the broadcast he was disowned by his family and arrested. He fled Nigeria in 2007 and claimed asylum in the UK, becoming a British citizen in 2014. Alimi launched the Bisi Alimi Foundation in 2015, supporting research to influence rights for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Nigeria. In a 2014 interview on CNN, Alimi summarized their experience as: "And I had to, you know, face three years' ordeal in Nigeria which was very difficult. I couldn't get a job. I left university. Nobody was going to employ me. My life was constantly in danger. I was always beaten, arrested by the police, discharged. I was living for the day until when I had the opportunity to move to the United Kingdom."
John Spurley Challis (16 August 1942 – 19 September 2021) was an English actor. He was born in Bristol, England. His career began in 1964. He was best known for playing Terrance Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC Television sitcom "Only Fools and Horses" (1981–2003) and its sequel/spin-off "The Green Green Grass" (2005–2009). He also played Monty Staines in the ITV sitcom "Benidorm" from 2015 to 2018. On 6 September 2021, Challis announced that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019. He died two weeks later on 19 September from the disease, aged 79.
Simon El'evich Shnol (; 21 March 1930 – 11 September 2021) was a Russian biophysicist, and a historian of science. He was a professor at Moscow State University. He was a member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences from 1990 until his death.  Most of his works were about the oscillatory processes in biology, the theory of evolution, chronobiology, and the history of science. Shnoll died in Moscow on 11 September 2021 at the age of 91.
A zombie bank is a special case of a zombie company. It is a financial institution that has a net worth of less than zero. Usually, such companies file for bankruptcy. Like a zombie company, the zombie bank is still able to pay the short-term liabilities (such as the interest on its loans). It doesn't have enough money to repay the loans, though. If the interest rates are low, this will help zombie banks. Zombie banks, like zombie companies can be saved from bankruptcy, but usually they need a large (and costly) reorganization. The term zombie bank (and zombie company) was first used to refer to a period of Japanese economy, in the 1990s: This period is known as Lost Decades, today.
Kilab ibn Murrah (Arabic: كِلَاب ٱبْن مُرَّة) (born 373 AD), was the ancestor of Muhammad.
Stephanie Rose is the first open Nigerian transgender woman. She was a law student at Obafemi Awolowo University until being expelled in 2001 due to "identity crisis". After moving to live in the Netherlands, Rose had gender corrective surgery.
Ḥafṣah bint 'Umar (Arabic: حَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ عُمَرَ; c. 605–665), was the wife of the last prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H). That is why she is respected as Ummat al-Mu'mineen. She was the daughter of the second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab. She was born around 605 AD. This year the Quraish rebuilt the Kaaba.
The U.S. state of Hawaii is divided into two congressional districts () for representation in the United States House of Representatives. Historical and present district boundaries. This is a table of congressional district boundary maps in the State of Hawaii.
The red-rimmed leaf frog ("Phyllomedusa boliviana") is a frog that lives in Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. People have seen it between 200 and 1800 meters above sea level. People have seen this frog on the sides of the Andes Mountains, where the ground is dry, in forests and near forests. People have also seen the frogs in places that people have changed, such as human-made ponds and places where cows drink water. The female frog finds a leaf hanging over the water. She pulls the leaf into a cone shape. She lays her eggs in the cone. When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles fall into the water. Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in such a large place. The frog might have problems in a few places where human beings go into the forests to cut wood for fuel. Scientists think this might be more than one species of frog and think they should look at this frog more to be sure.
Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southern Wisconsin. It covers Dane County, Iowa County, Lafayette County, Sauk County and Green County, as well as portions of Richland County and Rock County.  The district includes Madison, the state's capital, its suburbs and some of the areas nearby.  The district's representative has been Democrat Mark Pocan since 2013.
The Day of the Jackal is a fiction book. Frederick Forsyth wrote it in 1971. It became a bestseller. It is about a plot to kill French head of state Charles De Galle in the summer of 1963. Story. As a result of the French Goverment decision to grant Independence to Algeria, a group of former French officers decide to take over the government. They decide to kill Charles De Galle. They hire an international assassin called "the Jackal" to kill de Galle. By accident, the French Secret Service learns of the plot. The French Secret Service searches for the criminal with help from British MI6. They try to stop the killer and the killer tries not to be caught. The Jackal almost kills Charles de Galle. Characters. The Jackal is in his early 30s and has blond hair and cold gray eyes. He speaks the French language very well. He hides his identity using fake passports. He learned to kill people as a mercenary in the Congo. He only takes very expensive "jobs."  Adaptation. In 1977 a British-French movie was made. It was close to the book.
Dr. Hamis Kiggundu (born 1984), commonly known as Ham, is a Ugandan businessman, investor, real estate and property developer, philanthropist, and author. Kiggundu is the CEO of the Ham Group of Companies and the author of "Success and Failure Based on Reason and Reality" and "Reason as the World Masterpiece". As of 2024, Kiggundu is among the richest Ugandans by net worth. Family and religion. Kiggundu is the son of Haruna Segawa, who is part of a family with much property investments in Kampala. Kiggundu is a Muslim. Early life and education. Kiggundu was born in 1984 in the Kalungu Masaka District in the Central area of Uganda. He attended his elementary education in Masaka, joined Kabojja International School in Kampala District for his high school education and later graduated from Makerere University with a degree in Laws. He joined the Law Development Center where he graduated with a diploma in legal practice. Business journey. During his Middle School holidays in 2003, his parents gave reasonable capital to start a business and he started small and locally, trading in commodities and merchandise from firsthand importers abroad and selling them at a profit. With increased capital inflow, he progressed to a firsthand importer and started importing commodities from: China, Thailand, Hong Kong and Dubai. He could distribute them on wholesale both in Ugandans and neighboring countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Congo and Sudan. Hamis accumulated more capital and upgraded to real estate, mainly buying and selling land and properties at a profit before he incorporated Ham Enterprises (U) Ltd and progressed to constructing and owning his commercial properties. Hamis has now diversified into large scale industrialization, mainly focusing on Agro processing and value addition. He has embarked on a US$156 million project in the central region where advanced Integrated Agro-Processing Industrial Plants (IAIP) are being setup at Akright City as a pioneer project, with a goal of providing value addition for resident and international consumption of Uganda's Agro produce. The project aim is to promote import substitution by adding value
Paraguay's bicameral Congress "(Congreso)" made up of a 45-member Senate and an  80-member Chamber of Deputies. It is the legislative branch of the Paraguayan state. Both chambers of Congress are elected concurrently with the president. Deputies are elected by department and Senators on a nationwide basis.
Angelo Carlo Chendi (10 July 1933 – 12 September 2021) was an Italian cartoonist. In 1952, Chendi began writing hundreds of stories with characters from Disney comics. Chendi was born in Ferrara, Italy. Chendi died on September 12, 2021, at the age of 88.
Bernardino Cano Radil (29 November 1955 – 12 September 2021) was a Paraguayan politician. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1989 until 1998. He was an Ambassador to Cuba from 2015 until his death. He was born in Asunción, Paraguay. Cano Randil died on 12 September 2021 in Havana, Cuba from COVID-19, aged 65.
André Zacharow (7 July 1939 – 10 September 2021) was a Brazilian economist, lawyer, academic, and politician. He was a Federal Deputy from Paraná from 2003 until 2015. Zacharow was born in Jaguariaíva, Paraná. He was a member of the PDT and MDB. Zacharow died on 10 September 2021 in Curitiba, Paraná at the age of 82.
The southern walking leaf frog ("Phyllomedusa iheringii") is a frog that lives in Brazil and Uruguay. People have seen it 500 meters above sea level. This frog lives in shrub places and in forests with streams in them. It lives in trees. The female frog lays eggs on plants growing over still water. When the tadpoles hatch, they fall into the water. The tadpoles swim in the deepest water. Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in such a large place. People do catch these frogs to sell as pets, and people do cut down their forests to make places for animals to eat grass.
Alfhild was a daughter of the Geatish king Synardus that lived in modern Sweden. Historians do not know if she was a real person or a legend. If she did live, it was probably between the 5th and 12th centuries. The earliest piece of writing that talks about her is the Gesta Danorum. When Alfhild was a young princess, the room she slept in was guarded by a lizard and a snake. These reptiles scared away suitors who were not brave. A Danish prince named Alf, who was also Geatish, came to Geatland and fought the animal guards and won. But Alfhild's mother told her to run away from Alf dressed as a man. She did, and she became a woman fighter called a shield maiden.  She found a group of pirate ships that had lost their captain. She became the captain and made the other women part of the sailing crew. The crew doubled in number. She was so good at piracy that she hurt a large part of the Danish and Finnish shipping economy. She also sailed to Iceland once. Prince Alf then went to stop the fleet. At that time, he did not know that Alfhild was pirate leader. He found them off the coast of Finland.  In the original story, Alfhild killed Alf, the latter underestimating the fleet's power, and then put his head on a spear and continued pirating. People know this from Norse hearsay in dining halls.  In Christian story, she knocked off his helmet. This made her recognize him, and she stopped pirating and married Alf. She then became queen of Denmark. This version is probably wrong: It agreed with the things Christianity and patriarchy saw as good. In popular culture. There are some differences in the story in later popular culture. Here Alfhild is almost always called Awilda. (Other spellings: "Alwilda, Alvilda, Alvild, Alvilde, Alfhilda, Avilda, Alvida, Altilda, Ælfhild"). During the 1800s, Alfhild/Awilda was a popular subject for scrimshaw carved by sailors on wh
is a hack and slash video game developed and published by Capcom. It is sequel to the first "Sengoku Basara" games ("Devil Kings" outside Japan). Released for PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii. An upgraded versions called Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes was released on November 29, 2007. The two main portagonist is Sanada Yukimura and Date Masamune.