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Edith Ellen Humphrey (11 September 1875 – 25 February 1978) was an inorganic chemist. She was probably the first woman from Britain to get a doctorate in chemistry. Life story. Early life. Edith Humphrey's father, John, was a clerk (secretary). Her mother, Louisa, was a teacher. John Humprey was poor when he was a child and wanted all his sons and daughters to get an education. Edith's two older sisters were teachers. One of her brothers was an inventor. Humphrey went to North London Collegiate School, one of the first girls' schools in the UK to teach science. From 1893 to 1897 Humphrey studied chemistry and physics at Bedford College, London. When she finished her degree she went to do a PhD (doctorate) at the University of Zurich. Postgraduate study. On 17 October 1898, Humphrey entered the University of Zurich. Her supervisor, Alfred Werner, found that Humphrey was talented, and made her his assistant. Humphrey worked hard, and was disappointed by the social life. Humphrey was Werner's first student to successfully prepare a type of compound that were very important in his development and proof of his coordination theory. One of these compounds, the cis-bis(ethylenediamine)dinitrocobalt(III) bromide, was the first creation of a chiral octahedral cobalt complex.
The 2020 presidential campaign of Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district began on January 11, 2019. On October 19, 2018, "Politico" said that Gabbard was "weighing a 2020 presidential bid" but would not make an announcement until after the 2018 midterm elections. On December 12, 2018, on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews", Gabbard said she was "seriously considering" running for president in 2020. In a January 11, 2019 interview with CNN's Van Jones, Gabbard announced her plans to run for the Democratic presidential nomination and said she would officially announce "within the next week." After failing to qualify in recent debates or winning any primary contests, Gabbard left the race on March 19, 2020, and supported Joe Biden.
The Pacers–Pistons brawl was a violent fight. It took place at a National Basketball Association (NBA) game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons on November 19, 2004. It happened at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The Associated Press called it "the most infamous brawl in NBA history." The media called it "the worst night in NBA history." With 45.9 seconds left in the game, Pistons center Ben Wallace went up for a layup. He was fouled by Pacers small forward Ron Artest. Wallace was mad for being fouled when the game had been already decided. He pushed Artest. A fight took place on the court between several players. When the fight was broken up, a fan threw a drink at Artest while he was lying on the scorer's table. Artest then went after the fan. That caused a massive fight between players and spectators. The fight went from the seats to the court. It lasted several minutes. After the game, the NBA didn't allow nine NBA players a total of 146 games. That led to $11 million in salaries being lost by the players. Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal, Ben Wallace and Stephen Jackson were taken from NBA basketball playing for a time on November 20, 2004. Artest was taken from NBA basketball playing for the rest of the 2004–05 season. He lost almost $5 million in salary. Jermaine O'Neal also lost more than $4 million for his part in the fights. The players who were removed lost a total of $11 million in salary.
Between 2019 and 2023 Venezuela experienced a Presidential crisis, with unclear leadership and terms of Presidency. Despite encouragement to resign as president when his first term expired on 10 January 2019, Nicolás Maduro inaugurated himself. This resulted in widespread condemnation. The National Assembly invoked a State of emergency. Nations removed their embassies from Venezuela. With their belief that his election was illegitimate, they claimed that by retaking power, Maduro was converting Venezuela into an illegal "de facto" dictatorship. Juan Guaidó, the newly appointed President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, began motions to form a transitional government as soon as he took the National Assembly role on 5 January 2019. Whether Maduro took office on the 10th or not, the country would not have a legitimately elected president. On behalf of the National Assembly, he became one of the first to denounce Maduro taking office, saying that the country had fallen into a "de facto" dictatorship and had no leader, and that they were in a state of emergency. Maduro's government said that the crisis was a ""coup d'état" led by the United States to remove him from power and control the country's oil reserves."
On 7 January 2019, the Armed Forces of Gabon announced a coup d'état in Gabon. Military officers claimed that they had removed President Ali Bongo. Bongo became president in 2016 after a disputed election and protests. Ali Bongo was receiving medical treatment in Morocco. While he was there, armed rebels in the capital city Libreville acted. They took hostages. They said that they had created a "National Restoration Council" to "restore democracy in Gabon."  During this time, the Internet was sometimes not available. It is unknown if the Internet was shut down by the rebels themselves or by civilians. Gabon's government later said that it had gotten control again.
Juan Gerardo Guaidó Márquez (born 28 July 1983) is a Venezuelan engineer and politician. He is the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela and was a member of the Popular Will political party. He is a representative for the state of Vargas. The Constitution of Venezuela lets the President of the National Assembly hold the role of Interim President of Venezuela if nobody else can have it. Guaidó took oath on 23 January 2019 to be interim president, because people rejected Nicolás Maduro as the president. Many countries recognize Guaidó as president, but others don't. Early life and education. Guaidó grew up with a large family, who were middle-class but humble. His parents were an airline pilot and a teacher. One of his grandfathers was a sergeant of the Venezuelan National Guard, the other grandfather was a captain in the Venezuelan Navy. He survived the 1999 Vargas tragedy which left his family temporarily homeless. He earned his high school diploma in 2000. The tragedy may have influenced his political views, he did not think that Hugo Chávez's government helped his family afterwards. Guaidó has an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering. He was awarded this in 2007 at Andrés Bello Catholic University. He has two postgraduate degrees related to business, one from George Washington University in the United States, and the other from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración in Caracas. He is married to Fabiana Rosales, a journalist, and they have a daughter named Miranda. Activism. Guaidó was part of a student-led political movement that was set up to protest about an independent television network RCTV not being able to operate any more due to the government. He helped set up the movement when he was 23. This was also the year he graduated from Andrés Bello. The group protested other government acts, including the 2007 constitutional referendum, which Chávez lost. Two years later, in 2009, Guaidó helped set up a political party, the Popular Will party. He is a member of this party. In 2014, he was the party's
Dimitris Sioufas (; 15 August 1944 – 11 January 2019) was a Greek lawyer and New Democracy politician. He was born in Ellinopyrgos, Karditsa, Greece. He was first elected to the Greek Parliament for the Karditsa constituency in the 1981 general election, and has been reelected at every election since. He was Deputy Minister of Social Security from August 1991 to December 1992 and Minister of Health, Welfare and Social Services from December 1992 to October 1993. From 2007 to 2009, he was Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament.
Rudolf A. Raff (November 10, 1941 – January 5, 2019) was a Canadian-born American biologist, and James H. Rudy Professor of Biology at Indiana University. He was known for research in, and promotion of, evolutionary developmental biology. He was also director of the Indiana Molecular Biology Institute. Raff died on January 5, 2019 at a hospital in Bloomington, Indiana at the age of 77.
Theo Adam (1 August 1926 – 11 January 2019) was a German operatic Bass singer. He was born in Dresden. He had an active international career in operas, concerts, and recitals from the 1940s through the 1990s. His best known works were operas of Richard Wagner. On the concert stage, he was a much admired Bach singer and also drew acclaim for his work of the title character of Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah". Adam died on 11 January 2019 at the age of 92.
Diane Clare Oxberry (13 August 1967 – 10 January 2019) was an English broadcaster and weather presenter for the BBC regional news programme "North West Tonight". She also the regional current affairs programme "Inside Out North West".  Oxberry was born in Sunderland, County Durham, England. Oxberry was last on-air on "North West Tonight" in mid-December 2018. Oxberry died at a hospital in Manchester on 10 January 2019 from pancreatic cancer, aged 51.
KLM Cityhopper is the regional airline subsidiary of KLM that was founded in April 1991. It is headquartered in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands. It is a SkyTeam airline. It operated Fokker 50, Fokker 70, Fokker 100, Fokker F28 Fellowship and Saab-340 in the past. It currently operates Embraer 175 and Embraer 190 aircraft. Notable pilots. In 2017 Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands revealed that he had been flying secretly as a copilot twice a month for KLM Cityhopper for the past 21 years, including the state plane.
The 2019 Alberta general election was the 30th general election in Alberta, Canada. The election was held to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. It took place on April 16, 2019. Parties. These are the major parties in Alberta. Opinion polls. Below is the 3-day average of opinion polls towards the election.
María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña ( (8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. She was known for the title role of "Doña Bárbara" (1943). She appeared in almost 50 movies made in Mexico, Spain, France, Italy and Argentina. Félix died on 8 April 2002 in Mexico City from a heart attack at the age of 88.
The 2020 presidential campaign of Julian Castro, former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, began on January 12, 2019. Castro was the fourth office-holding Democrat to formally announce a campaign in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, following Congressman John Delaney, State Sen. Richard Ojeda, and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. Castro would have become the first Hispanic president of the United States. Castro would also have been the first president elected from the cabinet since Herbert Hoover. Castro ended his campaign on January 2, 2020 following low polling numbers. He endorsed Elizabeth Warren for President on January 6.
Alan Trask (June 26, 1933 – January 9, 2019) was an American politician. He was born in Bartow, Florida. He was elected to the Florida State Senate for the 27th district in 1968 until 1971. He was redistricted to the 13th district in 1973, and represented it until 1982. He was a former president pro tempore of the senate and was a member of the Democratic Party. He later switched to the Republican Party. Trask died on January 9, 2019 at a hospital in Lakeland, Florida from respiratory failure, aged 85.
is a Japanese light novel series. It was written by Nagomu Torii with illustrations by Tomoyo Kamoi. The work won an honorable mention in the Kyoto Animation Award competition in 2011. Kyoto Animation has published three volumes since June 2012. There is an anime television series based on this light novel series. It was produced by Kyoto Animation. It aired in Japan between October and December 2013. An original video animation episode was released in July 2014. A two-part anime movie was released in March and April 2015. Light novels. "Beyond the Boundary" began as a light novel written by Nagomu Torii. Torii entered the first novel in the series into the second Kyoto Animation Award contest in 2011. It won an honorable mention in the novel category. The studio later published the first volume on June 9, 2012. Three volumes have been released as of October 2, 2013.
Passive-aggressive behaviour is "indirect" aggression that pretends to be innocent. This means someone pretends to be nice, but is actually being mean. It can happen when people do what others want to stop direct confrontation, but they do not agree with what is ordered or suggested. A passive-aggressive person tries to hide their anger. For example, "I would have had a good day if I hadn't been cleaning up someone's mess". This sounds okay when someone first reads it, but it is actually them being mad at the person who made the mess. This is not a psychological problem. It is just a way of behaving. In the workplace it occurs when people do not want to do what the employer wants them to do. The behaviour was first defined during World War II. Men were not openly defiant. They used "passive measures, such as pouting, stubbornness, procrastination, inefficiency, and passive obstructionism" to show their feelings. Examples of passive-aggressive behavior might include avoiding direct or clear communication, evading problems, fear of intimacy or competition, making excuses, blaming others, obstructionism, playing the victim, feigning compliance with requests, sarcasm, backhanded compliments, and hiding anger. Personality disorder. Extreme cases may become psychiatric problems. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders revision IV (DSM-IV) says passive-aggressive personality disorder is a "pervasive pattern of negativistic attitudes and passive resistance to demands for adequate performance in social and occupational situations".
Gala is a variety of eating and cooking apple. This variety is crisp, juicy and sweet. The skin color of the fruit is non-uniform. It usually has a red skin that can have some additional yellow color. The gala apple was created in New Zealand by crossing Kidd’s orange red and golden delicious apples. In the United States, it was projected in 2019 to be the most highly produced apple variety.
Jazz is a trademarked brand of the Scifresh cultivar of domesticated apple. It is a cross between Royal Gala and Braeburn, both originally grown in New Zealand. Scifresh is sweet, crunchy, and juicy. The color is flushes of red and maroon over shades of light green, yellow, and orange.
Sukow is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Districts. Sukow has two districts ("Ortsteil"):
"Without Me" is a song by American recording artist Halsey. It was released on October 4, 2018, by Capitol Records, as a single from her upcoming album, "Manic" (2020). The music video for the song was released on October 29, 2018. It is an R&amp;B and pop song that discusses a breakup with a partner. It features claps, finger snaps, and understated drums. "Without Me" became Halsey's first number-one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 as a soloist and her second chart-topper overall, after "Closer" with The Chainsmokers in 2016. "Without Me" uses pieces of the song "Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake. A remix to the song featuring American rapper Juice Wrld was released on January 9, 2019.
Aceh () is a province of Indonesia at the northern end of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Banda Aceh. It is close to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India across the Andaman Sea. Aceh is a religiously conservative territory and the only Indonesian province practicing Sharia law officially. Islam first entered Indonesia here. Aceh has large amounts of oil and natural gas. Some estimate that Aceh gas reserves are one of the largest in the world. Tsunami disaster. The west coast of Aceh, including the cities of Banda Aceh, Calang, and Meulaboh, were hit hard by the tsunami after the magnitude 9.2 Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 December 2004. More than 170,000 people were killed by tsunami in Aceh and about 500,000 were homeless. Government. Aceh is governed not as an Indonesian province but as a special territory ("daerah istimewa"). This different title is to give the area more from the central government in Jakarta. Internal divisions. The province is has eighteen regencies ("kabupaten") and five cities ("kota"). The capital and the largest city is Banda Aceh. It on the coast near the northern tip of Sumatra.
The Roots is an American hip hop band. It was formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2014, the Roots became the house band on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". They were also the house band on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" from 2009 to 2014. The band is one of the few hip hop groups to use mostly live instruments instead of sampling and to produce electronically. They have released several albums that are very popular within the genre. "Things Fall Apart" is considered by many to be their best. Band members. Current members Former members Discography. Studio albums
Cachar district is a district of Assam, India. Meitei (Manipuri) is one of the official languages of Cachar district.
Suzan DelBene (born February 17, 1962) is an American politician. Early life. DelBene worked at Microsoft before she was a politician. Political career. DelBene has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2012. She first tried to be elected as a Representative in 2010 but lost. She won the 2012 Representative elections. She also won the race to finish Jay Inslee's term in the House. Jay Inslee decided to leave early. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and she represents part of Washington state. Personal life. DelBene was born in Selma, Alabama. She went to college at Reed College. Later, she went to the University of Washington. DelBene lives in Medina, Washington. Medina is part of the area that she represents in Congress.
Pneumodesmus newmani is a species of millipede that lived during the late Wenlock epoch of the Silurian period around .  It is the first myriapod fossil, and the oldest known creature to have lived on land. The single specimen was discovered in 2004 near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire.  Discovery and naming. The fossil of "P. newmani" was found by Mike Newman. He is a bus driver and amateur palaeontologist from Aberdeen. The fossil was in a layer of sandstone rocks on the foreshore of Cowie, near Stonehaven. The species was later called "newmani" in honour of its finder. The fossil is kept in National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.  Description. In the photograph above, you can see the back is covered with hard plates, and wispy slender legs. The animal is definitely segmented, and it is like, or related to, millipedes. Its cuticle has what look like openings or spiracles. These are part of a gas exchange system that would work in air. So "P. newmani" is thought to be the earliest documented arthropod with a tracheal system, and the first known oxygen-breathing animal on land.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon, on NBC. The show premiered on February 17, 2014, and is produced by Broadway Video and Universal Television. It is the seventh (and current) version of NBC's long-running "Tonight Show" franchise, with Fallon being the sixth host. The show also stars sidekick and announcer Steve Higgins and house band The Roots. The show records from Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center, New York City, which is the same studio in which "Tonight Starring Jack Paar" and then "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" were produced from 1957 until 1972. The program airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT. The show has been nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards, winning two. On August 13, 2015, NBC announced that Fallon signed a contract to remain as host until at least 2021.  On May 17, 2021, NBC renewed the show for five more years until 2026. He will turn 52. The show hosts a number of different regular segments, including Fallonventions—a kid inventors segment—which has included notable young American inventors such as Mark Leschinsky.
Jaime Rolando Rosenthal Oliva (5 May 1936 – 12 January 2019) was a Honduran politician. He was the third Vice President of Honduras from 1986 to 1989 and a member of National Congress of Honduras from 2002 to 2006. Rosenthal died following a heart attack on 12 January 2019. He was 82 years old.
Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) and Marilyn Bergman (née Keith; November 10, 1929 – January 8, 2022) were American lyricists and songwriters. They were married in 1958. They were both born in Brooklyn, New York City. Alan studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill while Marilyn studied at New York University. The Bergmans wrote the music and lyrics for many well known television shows, movies, and stage musicals. The Bergmans won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song and have been added into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. They also won four Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award in 1975. They wrote songs for "In the Heat of the Night", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", "Tootsie", "The Thomas Crown Affair", "The Happy Ending", and "The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart". Marilyn Bergman died on January 8, 2022 at her home in Los Angeles from respiratory failure, at age 93.
Elizabeth Edgar (27 December 1929 – 1 January 2019) was a New Zealand botanist. She was best known for her work in writing and editing three of the five volumes of the series "Flora of New Zealand". It describes the species of flora of the country. She was known for her taxonomic work on the biodiversity of New Zealand. Edgar died on 1 January 2019, in Christchurch, at the age of 89.
Batton Lash (October 29, 1953 – January 12, 2019) was an American comics creator. He was best known for the series "Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre" (aka "Supernatural Law"). He won many awards for his work, including an Inkpot Award, an Independent Book Publishers Association's Benjamin Franklin Award, an Eisner Award, and nominations for two Harvey Awards.  Lash died at the age of 65 from brain cancer in San Diego, California.
Patricia Ann McGowan Wald (September 16, 1928 – January 12, 2019) was an American judge. She was the Chief United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) and as a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.  She was the first woman to be appointed to the D.C. Circuit and the first to be a Chief Judge of that court. She was a member of the American Bar Association's International Criminal Court Project and on the Council of the American Law Institute. Wald died in Washington, D.C., on January 12, 2019, from pancreatic cancer, aged 90.