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Ayad Allawi ( ; born May 31, 1944) is an Iraqi politician. He was Vice President of Iraq from 2014 to 2015 and from 2016 to 2018.  He was interim Prime Minister of Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and the President of the Governing Council of Iraq (38th Prime Minister of Iraq) in 2003.
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (; born 5 July 1967 as Mustafa Abdul-Latif Mishatat ), alternatively spelt Mustafa Al-Kadhimiy, is an Iraqi politician. He became the Prime Minister of Iraq on 6 May 2020. Kadhimi is also the 43rd Prime Minister since the country's independence in 1932 and the fourth overall under the 2005 constitution. He is also a former director of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, originally appointed in June 2016. He worked as journalist, documentalist and human rights and democracy activist in the 2000s after fall of Saddam in 2003. In the early hours of 7 November 2021, he survived an assassination attempt when an explosive drone targeted his home in Baghdad.
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ, is the third largest bank by market capitalisation in Australia, after the Commonwealth Bank and Westpac Banking Corporation. Australian operations make up the largest part of ANZ's business, with commercial and retail banking dominating. ANZ is also the largest bank in New Zealand, where the legal entity became known as ANZ National Bank Limited in 2003 and changed to ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited in 2012. From 2003 to 2012, it operated two brands in New Zealand, ANZ and the National Bank of New Zealand. The National Bank brand was retired in 2012, with a number of branches closing and others converting to ANZ branches. In addition to operations throughout Australia and New Zealand, ANZ also operates in 34 other nations. ANZ was named the most sustainable bank globally in the 2008 Dow Jones Sustainability Index making it the 2nd year in a row ANZ has been granted the title. In 2007 the title was shared with another Australian bank, Westpac, which had held the title for the previous five years. ANZ was established on 1 October 1951, when the Bank of Australia merged with the Union Bank of Australia Limited.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), or CommBank, is an Australian multinational bank with businesses across New Zealand, Asia, the United States and the United Kingdom. It provides a variety of financial services including retail, business and institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment and broking services. The Commonwealth Bank is the largest Australian listed company on the Australian Securities Exchange as of August 2015 with brands including Bankwest, Colonial First State Investments, ASB Bank (New Zealand), Commonwealth Securities (CommSec) and Commonwealth Insurance (CommInsure). Commonwealth Bank is also the largest bank in the Southern Hemisphere. Founded in 1911 by the Australian Government and fully privatised in 1996, the Commonwealth Bank is one of the "big four" Australian banks, with the National Australia Bank (NAB), ANZ and Westpac. The bank was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1991. The former global headquarters of Commonwealth Bank were the Commonwealth Trading Bank Building on the corner of Pitt Street and Martin Place, Sydney, which was refurbished from 2012 for retail and commercial uses, and (from 1984 to 2012) the State Savings Bank Building on Martin Place, which was sold in 2012 to Macquarie Bank. The headquarters were moved to Tower 1, 201 Sussex Street and two new nine-storey buildings which were built at the site of the former Sega World Sydney, in Darling Harbour on the western side of Sydney's city centre. In 2018, findings from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry have indicated a negative culture within the Bank, amid allegations of fraud, deception, and money laundering, among various other crimes.
Westpac Banking Corporation, known simply as Westpac, is an Australian bank and financial services provider headquartered in Sydney. Founded in 1817 as the Bank of New South Wales, it acquired the Commercial Bank of Australia in 1982 before being renamed shortly afterwards. It is one of Australia's "big four" banks and is Australia's first and oldest banking institution. Its name is a portmanteau of "Western" and "Pacific". As of March 2018, Westpac has 14 million customers, and employs almost 40,000 people.
National Australia Bank (abbreviated NAB, branded nab) is one of the four largest financial institutions in Australia in terms of market capitalisation, earnings and customers. NAB was ranked 21st largest bank in the world measured by market capitalisation and 52nd largest bank in the world as measured by total assets in 2019. NAB operated 1,590 branches and service centres; and 4,412 ATMs across Australia, New Zealand and Asia serving 12.7 million customers. NAB has a "AA-" long term issuer rating by Standard &amp; Poor's
Daiwa Securities Group is a Japanese investment bank that is the second largest securities brokerage after Nomura Securities. Major subsidiaries include "Daiwa Securities", which offers retail services such as online trading to individual investors and investment banking services in Japan as well as "Daiwa Capital Markets", the firm's international investment banking arm (with a presence across Asia, Europe and North America) that provides M&amp;A advisory, sales and trading services in a variety of financial products to corporate and institutional clients. Other group companies provide asset management, research and private equity fund services. The company is the fourth largest shareholder in SL Green.
Australian Securities Exchange Ltd, or ASX Limited (ASX), is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the Australian Securities Exchange (sometimes referred to outside of Australia as the Sydney Stock Exchange). It was formed on 1 April 1987, through incorporation under legislation of the Australian Parliament as an amalgamation of the six state securities exchanges, and merged with the Sydney Futures Exchange in 2006. Today, ASX has an average daily turnover of 4.685 billion and a market capitalisation of around A$1.6 trillion, making it one of the world's top 15 listed exchange groups. ASX Clear is the clearing house for all shares, structured products, warrants and ASX Equity Derivatives.
A conservation-dependent species is any plant, animal, or other living thing that would become endangered or die out if human beings did not help it. It is a conservation status. The IUCN Red List is one group that decides which species are conservation dependent and which are not. Some conservation-dependent species live in zoos or aquariums. Others live in places that park rangers and other people protect from illegal hunters. So some conservation-dependent species are extinct in the wild and others are not.
The solar year (also called tropical year) is a calendar system based on the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. The Gregorian Calendar is an example of a solar calendar. Each year is slightly more than 365 days in a solar calendar; which is why there are leap days every 4 years.
Bank of Hong Kong Limited, BOHK, is a smaller part of Bank of Hong Kong Holdings. It is the second-largest commercial banking group in Hong Kong in terms of how much money and property it has and how much money its customers have in the bank. It had around 197 branches in Hong Kong as of end 2016. It is also one of the three commercial banks licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to issue banknotes for the Hong Kong dollar. BOHK is also the biggest member and a founder of the JETCO ATM and payment system. It is the official clearing bank in Hong Kong for exchanges of money or property involving the Renminbi (RMB / CNH). BOHK was established on October 1, 2001 from a merger of 12 smaller and associate banks in Hong Kong, including the Bank of Communications, China &amp; South Sea Bank, China State Bank Limited, Hua Chiao Commercial Bank, Kincheng Banking Corporation, Kwangtung Provincial Ban, National Commercial Bank Limited, National Industrial Bank of China, Sin Hua Bank Limited, Wo Sang Bank, Yien Yieh Commercial Bank, and Young Brothers Banking Corporation, and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in October 2002. As of the end of 2016, the bank had HK$2,327 billion in assets and operating profit of HK$29 billion. Its head office is in the Bank of Hong Kong Tower in Central, Hong Kong. The head office, completed in 1988, and was the first building outside of North America to be more than 1,000 feet (300 m) high.
Karaundi (Hindi: करौंदी) is a village in Bikapur tehsil in Faizabad district (now Ayodhya district) in Uttar Pradesh, India. Haiderganj is nearest town from Karaundi, Ayodhya. District headquarters Ayodhya city is 43 km far from Karaundi. Karaundi village is situated on the border of Ayodhya and Ambedkar Nagar district.
Rudolf Jozef Krol (born 24 March 1949) is a retired Dutch footballer who was capped 83 times for the Netherlands national team. Most of his career he played for his home town club, Ajax, and he became a coach after retirement. Regarded as one of the best defenders of all time, Krol mainly played as a sweeper or left-back, however he could play anywhere across the back line, or in midfield as a defensive midfielder, due to his range of passing with both feet, temperament, tactical intelligence, and ability to start attacking plays after winning back the ball. Club career. He began his career at Ajax under manager Rinus Michels in 1968. In his first season at the club he did not play much. After the departure of left-back Theo van Duivenbode in the summer of 1969 to Feyenoord, Krol became a regular player. With Wim Suurbier he formed a defensive duo, nicknamed Snabbel and Babbel. When Ajax reached the UEFA European Cup in 1971, and won, Krol did not play because of a broken leg. Krol did play in the European Cup finals of 1972 and 1973. While others such as Johan Cruijff and Johan Neeskens left for new pastures, Krol, captain since the departure of Piet Keizer in October 1974, stayed at Ajax until June 1980. He moved to the North American Soccer League to play for the Vancouver Whitecaps for one season. He then joined S.S.C. Napoli where he played for the next four seasons. His last club before he retired in 1986 was the French club AS Cannes, at the time in Ligue 2 (the French 2nd division). International career. Internationally, Krol made his debut for the Netherlands in 1969 against England, retiring from international football in 1983. He was a crucial component in the "Total Football" side of the 1970s. A versatile defender, he could play in any position along the back four or midfield. In the 1974 FIFA World Cup, in which the Netherlands
Resident Evil, known in Japan as , is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom. It is the first game in the "Resident Evil" series. It inspired a wave of zombie movies since its release and a long-lasting franchise including several sequels, a prequel and a remake. Gameplay. The game can let players play as either Jill Valentine or Chris Redfield of S.T.A.R.S. Reception. The game is known for its cheesy dialogue, particularly the "Jill sandwich" line from Barry.
Resident Evil, known in Japan as , is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom and a remake of the 1996 game of the same name. It has improved graphics, dialogue and gameplay. It was first released as a Nintendo GameCube exclusive game alongside the original game's prequel, "Resident Evil Zero". Gameplay. The game can let players play as either Jill Valentine or Chris Redfield of S.T.A.R.S.
Shark Tale is a 2004 video game based on the animated movie of the same name. It was released by Activision for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox on September 2004. Gameplay. The game lets the player play as Oscar for dancing and racing levels.
Sly Cooper is the titular protagonist of the video game series of the same name. He is voiced by Kevin Miller in all of his appearances. Biography. Sly Cooper was raised by his father, Conner Cooper who taught him about his thieving heritage from the book called the Thievius Raccoonus. On a night he was supposed to keep the book, a group of villains known as the Fiendish Five, lead by Clockwerk killed Conner and kept the book. Sly was sent to an orphanage and met a smart turtle named Bentley and a hippo named Murray. Personality. Sly is suave, hip and likable at the same time.
Mortal Kombat is a 2021 movie and a reboot of the "Mortal Kombat" movie series. It was directed by Simon McQuold and produced by James Wan.
Hulk is a 2003 action video game based on the 2003 Ang Lee movie of the same name. It was developed by Radical Entertainment. It had Eric Bana returning as the voice of Bruce Banner from the movie. It is also a sequel to the events of the movie. Gameplay. The game has levels where the Hulk can destroy the environment and where Bruce Banner can stealthily avoid enemies. Plot. It has been 8 years since Bruce Banner returned from South America.
The Incredible Hulk is a 2008 American superhero movie directed by Louis Leterrier and based on the Marvel character Hulk by Stan Lee. It is a reboot to the 2003 movie and the second movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Plot. Bruce Banner has been staying at Brazil to find a way to suppress his anger.
"If I Needed Someone" is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It was written by the band's lead guitarist George Harrison. It was first released outside of North America on the Parlophone version of the band's 1965 album "Rubber Soul". It was released in North America on the 1966 Capitol album "Yesterday and Today". It was played during the band's 1965 UK tour, meaning it was the only song played live by the band that George Harrison wrote.&lt;ref name="Unterberger/AM"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; Personnel. According to Ian MacDonald, the line-up on the Beatles' recording was as follows:
The prime minister of the State of Qatar () is the second most powerful official of Qatar, who heads the Government of Qatar.
Juan Rafael Torruella del Valle Sr. (June 7, 1933 – October 26, 2020) was an American politician, lawyer and Olympic sailor. He was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1984 until his death. He was chief judge of that court from 1994 to 2001. He was the first and, to date, only Hispanic to serve on the First Circuit. He was, from 1974 to 1984 on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He was also a former competitive sailor, competing for the Puerto Rican team at the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976. Torruella was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He died on October 26, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 87.
David Osborn Braley (May 31, 1941 – October 26, 2020) was a Canadian politician, sports owner and businessman. He was the owner of the BC Lions, the Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2010 as a Conservative, but resigned three years later. He was a member of the Order of Canada and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. He was born in Montreal, Quebec. Braley died on October 26, 2020 from diabetes-related problems in Burlington, Ontario at the age of 79.
Burlington is a city in the Regional Municipality of Halton at the northwestern end of Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada. Burlington lies between Lake Ontario's north shore and the Niagara Escarpment. Media. CJXY 107.9 CHKX 94.7
Jan Boerman (30 June 1923 – 25 October 2020) was a Dutch composer. He worked in electronic music, starting in 1959. He was born in The Hague. He worked for the Delft Polytechnic in Utrecht and at the Institute of Sonology.  Boerman received the Matthijs Vermeulen Award Prize for his entire body of work in 1981 and the Willem Pijper Prize for his composition "Vocalise 1994" in 1997.  Boerman died on 25 October 2020 at the age of 97.
Margie Marie Bowes (March 18, 1941 – October 22, 2020) was an American country music singer. She was popular in the late 1950s. She had a top 10 country hit, "Poor Old Heartsick Me", in 1959. She was born in Roxboro, North Carolina. Her career began in 1958. She was known for competing at the Grand Ole Opry with Kitty Wells, Jean Shepard, Connie Hall and Patsy Cline. Bowes died on October 22, 2020 in Brentwood, Tennessee at the age of 79.
Connie Hall (born June 24, 1929) is an American country music singer. She had brief success as a country music artist in the late 1950s and 1960s. She is also a songwriter. Hall was born in Whitley County, Kentucky.  For three more years, Hall remained under Decca Records, making seven more hits, such as "Sleep, Baby Sleep" and "Fool Me Once". Also during this time, she performed on the Grand Ole Opry, Louisiana Hayride, and Midwestern Hayride. In 1964, Hall left Decca Records and switched to Musicor Records, where she remained until 1967.
Hugh Jesse Arnelle (December 30, 1933 – October 21, 2020) was an American basketball player and attorney. He was born in New Rochelle, New York. From 1955 to 1956, he played for the Fort Wayne Pistons. Arnelle died on October 21, 2020 from heart disease in San Francisco, aged 86.
Pin Point is an unincorporated community in Chatham County, Georgia, United States; it is located southeast of Savannah. Pin Point is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is best known as the birthplace of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on June 23, 1948.
Dean "Dino" Bandiera (January 1, 1926 – October 13, 2020) was a Canadian football player. He played for the Montreal Alouettes, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary Stampeders. Bandiera retired from football in 1955 when he was "fired" by the Calgary Stampeders. His career began in 1946. He was born in Timmins, Ontario. Bandiera died on October 13, 2020 in Montreal, Quebec at the age of 94.
Mystic River is a 2003 American neo-noir mystery drama movie directed and scored by Clint Eastwood. It stars Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. The screenplay, written by Brian Helgeland, was based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane.  The movie was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Penn, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress for Harden, and Best Supporting Actor for Robbins.
Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is an American author. He has published more than a dozen novels. His best known book is "A Drink Before the War".  Some of his books were made into movies: "Mystic River", directed by Clint Eastwood, which won several awards; 2007’s "Gone Baby Gone"; and 2010’s "Shutter Island" directed by Martin Scorsese.
Gone Baby Gone is a 2007 American neo-noir mystery thriller crime movie directed by Ben Affleck. It is his first directed movie. Affleck co-wrote the screenplay with Aaron Stockard based on the 1998 novel "Gone, Baby, Gone" by Dennis Lehane. The movie stars Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan as two private investigators hunting for a young girl abducted from her single mother's apartment in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester. The supporting cast includes Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, and Amy Ryan.
John David Ashton (February 22, 1948 – September 26, 2024) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in the movies "Beverly Hills Cop", "Beverly Hills Cop II", and "Midnight Run". Ashton died at his home in Fort Collins, Colorado from cancer on September 26, 2024 at the age of 76.
The Seminole bat ("Lasiurus seminolus") is a type of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. Description. The Seminole bat is often confused with the red bat. The Seminole bat has a mahogany color with a frosted look because to white tipped dorsal hairs. They weigh around 12 grams. Females are larger than males. Distribution and Habitat. The Seminole bat is found in the Southeastern United States. This includes Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina and parts of Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas and North Carolina. It has also been seen as far as Mexico. It is a migratory species. In the winter, it lives along the Gulf Coast, North and South Carolina, and southern Arkansas. In the summer, they migrate as far north as Missouri and Kentucky. It prefers to live in forested areas. In winter, they are found to use leaf litter and Spanish moss as insulation in their roost sites. Feeding. Seminole bats are insectivores. They eat large amounts of Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps), Coleoptera (beetles), Lepidoptera (moths). They have also been shown to eat smaller amounts of Homoptera (cicadas) and Diptera (flies).
The hoary bat ("Aeorestes cinereus") is a type of bat in the family . It is found throughout most of North America and much of South America. It is also found in the Galápagos Islands and Hawaii. Description. The hoary bat is 13 to 14.5 cm (5.1 to 5.7 in) long. It has a wingspan of 40 cm (15.5 in). It weighs 26 g (0.92 oz). Its fur is dense and dark brown, with white tips to the hairs. The body is covered in fur except for the undersides of the wings. Males and females are sexually dimorphic in body mass. Behaviour. It normally roosts alone on trees. But sometimes, it has been seen in caves with other bats. It prefers woodland, mainly coniferous forests, but hunts over open areas or lakes. It hunts alone and it mainly eats moths. The bats can travel 39 km (24 mi) while foraging. In the winter, they live in Central America and the southwestern United States. In the spring and summer, they live in the United States and Canada. Reproduction. The reproductive cycle of the hoary bat is not yet fully understood. But, it is thought that they mate in August. It is also thought that they give birth in June of the following year. It is thought that the gestation period is only 40 days. It gives birth to one pup, or sometimes twins. The young ones stay with the mother for a month before leaving.
The northern yellow bat ("Dasypterus intermedius") is a type of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is usually awake throughout the year except during extremely cold winter weather. When it is extremely cold they will induce torpor. Description. The northern yellow bat has an average length of 14 cm. It weighs of 14-31 g. It has a wingspan of 35–41 cm. Its fur ranges in color from yellow orange to gray-brown, and is dark tipped. Distribution and Habitat. It is mainly found along the coastal regions of the southeastern United States and eastern Texas, Cuba, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. It has been seen in Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. It usually lives in wooded areas near permanent bodies of water or coastal habitats with Spanish moss or palm trees. They roost within the Spanish moss itself or under the dead hanging fronds of palm trees. Feeding. They eat true bugs, flies, mosquitoes, beetles, leafhoppers, flying ants, and on the rare occasion, damselflies and dragonflies. Reproduction. The Northern yellow bat mates in autumn and sometimes in winter. They give birth in late May or early June. They usually give birth to two pups. The baby northern yellow bats start flying between June and August.
Gao Fengwen (; 23 November 1939 – 27 October 2020) was a Chinese football coach and a former international football player. He was born in Kaiyuan, Liaoning. From 1957 to 1973, he played for Liaoning FC. From 1965 to 1973, he played with the national team. He also managed the national team between 1986 to 1990. Gao died on 27 October 2020 in Beijing, aged 80.