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use both this parameter and |birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --&gt; Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (; born 20 September 1964) is a Hong Kong actress.  She is known for her roles in "As Tears Go By", "Center Stage", "", "Green Snake", "The Soong Sisters", "In the Mood for Love", and "Clean". In 1983, Cheung entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the first runner-up and the Miss Photogenic award as well. She was a semi-finalist in the Miss World pageant the same year.
Mia Hansen-Løve (born 5 February 1981) is a French movie director, screenwriter, and former actress.  Her first feature movie, "All Is Forgiven", won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film in 2007 along with Céline Sciamma's "Water Lilies".  Hansen-Løve's movie "Father of My Children" won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.  In 2014, Hansen-Løve was awarded the status of Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.  In 2016, she won the Silver Bear for Best Director for her movie "Things to Come" at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, as well as becoming a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Sixto Serrano Brillantes, Jr. (August 14, 1939 – August 11, 2020) was a Filipino election lawyer. He was the chairman of the Commission on Elections from 2011 to 2015. He was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III on January 16, 2011. He was born in Manila. On July 25, 2020 he was diagnosed with COVID-19 and was hospitalized in Manila. He died from the infection on August 11, 2020 at the age of 80.
Vladimir "Vladica" Popović (; 17 March 1935 – 10 August 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager. He won the Intercontinental Cup with Red Star Belgrade in 1991. He played for the Yugoslavia national football team from 1956 to 1965.  Popović died in Belgrade on 10 August 2020, aged 85.
The Dakelh or Carrier are an Indigenous group who live in British Columbia. Name. The name "Carrier" came from the custom of a widow carrying the ashes of her dead husband for 3 years. They call themselves the "Dakelh / Dakelh-ne" (ᑕᗸᒡ), which means "people who travel by boat early in the morning." They also call themselves Yinka Dene (people of the land), while the Carrier who speak the Babine-Witsuwitʼen language call themselves Yinka Whut'en which means the same thing.  Most of the time, they call themselves often simply Dune ("person", "human") or Dune-ne and Dune-ke/Dune-koh (ᑐᘅᘅ, "people", "men"). Home. The Dakelh live in northern British Columbia along the Fraser River. Their homeland has lots of forests and lakes. Culture. The Dakelh way of life is based on the seasons. In summer, they gather berries. They also fish for salmon and hunt deer.
Michael Chadwick Tindall (5 April 1941 – 10 August 2020) was an English former professional footballer. He was best known for his career with Aston Villa. His playing position was wing-half. Tindall started his career at South Birmingham Boys. He moved to Walsall for a short time before dropping into the non-League to play for Tamworth. Tindall played for the England youth team but never represented the senior side. Tindall died on 11 August 2020 from dementia-related problems, aged 79.
Benjamin Santos Abalos, Sr. (born September 21, 1935) is a Filipino politician. He was a chairman of the Commission on Elections. He was also a former chairman of the MMDA and mayor of Mandaluyong City.  On June 5, 2002 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed Abalos to replace Alfredo Benipayo. On October 1, 2007, Abalos resigned during a press conference after complaining for lack of rules to create an impeachment case against Filipino governors. The Commission on Elections appointed Resurreccion Borra as Acting Chairman.
Christian S. Monsod (born July 16, 1936) is a Filipino lawyer. He was Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). He was one of the creators of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines.  He is the founder and honorary chairman of the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) and key activist of the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL).
Canadian syllabic writing, or simply syllabics, is an abugida and brahmic script created by a Christian missionary to write down the languages of some of the First Nations of Canada. This one alphabet later became many alphabets. Each letter represents a syllable. The letters look like triangles and curves. Different languages have some different letters to represent the sounds in their own language best. By the late 19th century the Cree had achieved what may have been one of the highest literacy rates in the world. History. James Evan was a Methodist missionary from England. He wanted to create an alphabet to teach the Cree and Ojibwe about Christianity. He got inspiration from the Devanagari alphabet from India. Principles. Every consonant has the same shape. For example, the syllables that start with a "p" sound look like a V. To show that they have different vowels, the shapes are rotated. So "pe" would look like ᐯ, while "pa" would be ᐸ. Final consonants. In some languages, words end in a final consonant, like the "t" in "cat." To show this, a small letter is added to the end of the word. Diacritics. In some languages, diacritics are added to indicate things like vowel length. Languages. Inuktitut. Syllabics is one of the official writing systems of Nunavut. That means that government forms in Inuktitut can be written either in the Latin alphabet (ABCs) or in syllabics.
Bernardo P. Pardo (born February 11, 1932) is a Filipino politician and lawyer. Between 1995 to 1998, he was Chairman of the Commission on Elections. In 1998, President Joseph Estrada nominated him to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He retired in 2002. Pardo was born in Manila. He studied at the University of Texas.
Wymeswold is a village and civil parish in the north of Leicestershire, a county in England. The 2011 census saw that around 1,296 people live there. It is located north-east of Loughborough, a university town, and is very close to the border with Nottinghamshire. Nearby villages include Barrow-upon-Soar, Prestwold, Burton on the Wolds and Rempstone. The village was formerly the location of RAF Wymeswold which has since closed. There is a memorial plaque on the wall of Wymeswold Pharmacy that pays tribute to when a Wellington Bomber crashed into a nearby hill while on a night training course. The village has a greengrocer, a general convenience store, a pine furniture store, a gift shop, a restaurant and two public houses (The Three Crowns and The Windmill). There is also a village cricket club which also includes a football pitch.
An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines is one of 15 members of the Philippine Supreme Court, the highest court in the Philippines.  The Chief Justice is in charge over the High Court, but carries only one of the 15 votes in the court.  Until 1973, only men were appointed as Associate Justices to the Court. Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, an appointee of then-dictator Ferdinand Marcos, was the first woman to sit on the Court.  Since then, 15 other women have been appointed as Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.
The Port of Beirut () is the main port in Lebanon on the eastern part of the Saint George Bay on Beirut's northern Mediterranean coast. It is west of the Beirut River. It is one of the largest and busiest ports on the Eastern Mediterranean.  On 4 August 2020, two large explosions happened at the port, killing at least 220 people, and injuring more than 5,000 others.
Sviatlana Hyeorhiyeuna Tsikhanouskaya (, née Pilipchuk, Піліпчук, "also trans." Svetlana Georgiyevna Tikhanovskaya, ; born 11 September 1982) is a Belarusian activist and politician. She was a presidential candidate in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. She was born in Mikashevichy. 2020 presidential campaign. Her husband, Sergei Tikhanovsky is a YouTuber and ran for president in 2020. However he was arrested. After the arrest of her husband on 29 May, Tsikhanouskaya announced her intention to run in his place. Many people supported her campaign because the current president, Alexander Lukashenko has been seen as a dictator and very unpopular. The night before the election, members of her campaign were arrested and some fled to Minsk. Soon, she fled to Lithuania due to fear of imprisonment. In January 2023, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus designated the structures of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya as an extremist formations. Members of extremist formations face imprisonment under Belarusian law. In March 2023, Tsikhanouskaya was sentenced in-absentia to a 15-year jail term.
The 2020 Belarusian protests, nicknamed the Slipper Revolution, and the Anti-Cockroach Revolution are a series of street protests against Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko. They began on 24 March 2020. The protests are part of the Belarusian democracy movement. They are upset over the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, in which Lukashenko was controversially re-elected. Many believed the election was rigged and unfair. Support from Russian President Vladimir Putin helped Alexander Lukashenko hold on, and the security forces started attacking people from the opposite side. There were more than 600 political prisoners as of August 2021. These numbers came from the Viasna Human Rights Centre. Tens of thousands of people have been arrested and thousands have left the country.
The Naked and the Dead is a novel written by an American author named Norman Mailer. It was published in 1948. The novel was based on Mailer's experience as a cook while he was stationed in the Philippines. It is about the experiences about one platoon during World War II as they fight in the South Pacific. It became very popular. It was turned into a film in 1958. Plot. The story takes place on the fictional island of Anopopei in the South Pacific and is about American soldiers trying to drive off the Japanese so that they can advance into the Philippines. Part 1- Wave. Staff Sergeant Sam Croft, Woodrow Wilson, and Roy Gallagher are playing cards the night before a scheduled attack. They are members of a recon platoon fighting on Anopopei. The next morning, as the platoon takes boats to the island, they are nervous. Sgt. William Brown and Cpl. Stanley talk about women and the other men in their squad. The assault begins, and as the platoon waits for their turn to come to the island, they nervously joke among themselves. Once the squad reaches the beach, they dig foxholes. Stanley picks a fight with Oscar Ridges and Red Valsen, but ultimately Red knows the time is not right for a fight, and he backs down. Croft leaves to find his commanding officer. Once they’ve begun to settle in on the beach, the Japanese attack. The squad splits up. Cpl. Toglio, Hennessey, and Ridges have completed their foxholes, so they stay on the beach. Brown, Gallagher, Wilson, Red, Stanley, and Sgt. Julio Martinez run after Croft. As the beach is shelled, Hennessey panics and soils himself. He runs down the beach to try to clean his pants, but he is killed. Part 2- Argil and Mold. Croft pleads with higher officers to give him more men to replace those lost. He ultimately earns an extra replacement man, bringing the squad up to fourteen. Roth and Goldstein, two of the new men in the platoon, become friends because they are both Jewish. Writing. "Fug". The publisher would not let the word "fuck" be in the novel, so Mailer used the word "fug" to replace it.
Oliviu Gherman (26 April 1930 – 11 August 2020) was a Romanian physicist, politician, university professor and diplomat. He was a member of the Romanian Senate between 1990 through 2004. He was the Senate President between 1992 to 1996. Between 2001 to 2004, he was the Romanian Ambassador to France. Gherman died on 11 August 2020 at the age of 90.
Elaine Devry (born Thelma Elaine Mahnken, January 10, 1930 – September 20, 2023) is an American actress. Her first movie was "The Atomic Kid", in which she and her husband Mickey Rooney co-starred. Devry made three guest appearances on "Perry Mason", including the title role of defendant Janice Wainwright in the 1962 episode "The Case of the Shapely Shadow."  She also appeared in many other popular television series, including "Death Valley Days", "Bonanza", "77 Sunset Strip", "Burke's Law", "Family Affair", "I Dream of Jeannie", "Marcus Welby, M.D.", "Dragnet", and "Tales of Wells Fargo".  She died in Grants Pass on September 20, 2023, at the age of 93.
Martha Vickers (May 28, 1925 – November 2, 1971) was an American model and actress. She played minor roles in many movies during the early 1940s. She played the drug-addicted younger sister of Lauren Bacall's character in "The Big Sleep" (1946). She also starred in a musical, "The Time, the Place and the Girl" (also 1946). She also starred in "Love and Learn" and "That Way with Women" (both 1947). Vickers died of esophageal cancer at a hospital in Los Angeles on November 2, 1971 at the age of 46.
Lorenzo Lamas (born January 20, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for his role of Lance Cumson in the soap opera "Falcon Crest" (1981–1990). Lamas is also known for his roles as Reno Raines in the crime drama series "Renegade" (1992–1997), and Hector Ramirez in the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" (2004–2006).
Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos (January 9, 1916October 8, 1982) was an Argentine-American actor and director. He was known for playing the "Latin Lover" in many movies during the 1940s and 1950s. In 1951, Lamas starred as Paul Sarnac in the musical, "Rich, Young and Pretty" with Jane Powell. He also starred in "The Law and the Lady" (1952) which was very unpopular. He also starred alongside Elizabeth Taylor in "The Girl Who Had Everything" (1952). He is the father of actor Lorenzo Lamas. He was married to Arlene Dahl between 1954 and 1960. He was also married to Esther Williams between 1969 until his death.
This is an article about the history of Female Go players. Social background. Female Go players are viewed to be a minority. This is due to these reasons:  These are caused by many reasons. One factor is they retire earlier due to marriage, pregnancy and maternity. Comparison with female shogi players. In Japan, Go players are always compared with shogi players. This is because newspapers like Asahi Shinbun treat them equal. But there is a big difference among female players. Female Go players usually belong to the same organization with others. But this does not happen for shogi. Female shogi players belong to the Ladies Professional Shogi Association (LPSA). The others belong to the Japan Shogi Association (JSA). Some LPSA players like Kana Satomi have tried to enter JSA. But currently, no one has entered. Promotion of female players. Europe. In Europe, there were no notable female players before Svetlana Shikshina and Diana Koszegi. In order to increase female players, the European Go Federation is holding the European Womens Go Championship (EWGC) since 1996 and the European Pair Go Championship (EPGC) since 1997. Japan. Kansai Ki-in has eased the age rules to female players. At Nihon Ki-in, there is a special exam for female players. Most female professionals (except Xie Yimin and Keiko Kato etc.) have got their pro status by this way. In 2019, Nihon Ki-in has started a female player test system to give more support to them. Nihon Ki-in is also sponsoring female amateur games. Female Student Honinbo. This is a tournament operated with the All Japan Student Go Federation. Some winners have got pro status, or became top amateur players. Only players who cleared regional games can attend. All Japan Female Amateur Go Championship. The All Japan Female Amateur Go Championship is the highest match for female amateur Go players. Some winners have became a pro. The next table shows the notable winners. Kaori Chinen, Yukari Yoshihara and Rina Fujisawa also joined this game.
Rahat Indori, born Rahat Qureshi (1 January 1950 – 11 August 2020) was an Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet. He was also a former professor of Urdu language and a painter. He was a language professor at Devi Ahilya University, Indore. As a movie score composer, his best known works were "Khuddar", "Mission Kashmir" and "". Indori was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Indori died on 11 August 2020 at a hospital in Indore from COVID-19, aged 70. He was tested positive for the infection the night before.
Mohammad Javad Zarif (; ; born c. 7 January 1960) is an Iranian politician. He was the foreign minister of Iran from 2013 to 2021. He helped end the economic sanctions against Iran from many countries on 16 January 2016. On 25 February 2019, Zarif resigned from his post as foreign minister. His resignation was rejected by President Hassan Rouhani. Mohammad Yavad Zarif served as vice president of the Islamic Republic of Iran between August 1, 2024 and August 11, 2024 before resigning.
Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian writer and mental calculator. She was popularly known as the "Human Computer". Devi wanted to make mathematics easier for students.  Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of "The Guinness Book of World Records". However, the certificate for the record was given posthumously on 30 July 2020, despite Devi achieving her world record on 18 June 1980. In 2019, a movie was made in memory of her. The name of the movie was Shakuntala Devi.Unlike Marcus Zhong, Shakuntla had an IQ of 160.
Vidya Balan (pronounced ; born 1 January 1979) is an Indian actress.  She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2014. Vidya is known for her roles in "Paa" (2009), the black comedy "Ishqiya" (2010), the thrillers "No One Killed Jessica" and "Kahaani" (2012), and the biopic "The Dirty Picture" (2011).
The Jodrell Bank Observatory a radio telescope in Cheshire. It picks up radio waves from outer space. Jodrell Bank is mainly used for investigating radio waves from the planets and stars. It was the idea of its first director, Bernard Lovell, to use radio signals to investigate cosmic rays. Lovell, Professor of Astronomy at Manchester University, had worked on radar in World War II. The observatory was set up in 1945.  It has been used to research meteoroids, quasars, pulsars, masers and gravitational lenses. It was heavily involved in tracking space probes. The main telescope at the observatory is the Lovell Telescope. It has a diameter of , and is the third largest steerable radio telescope in the world. There are three other active telescopes at the observatory.  The Jodrell Bank Observatory is the base of the Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN), a "National Facility" run by the University of Manchester. What this means is that radio telescopes can work together to form a long baseline to better collect data from an important phenomenon. There are three other active telescopes at the observatory; the Mark II, and and 7 m diameter radio telescopes.  The telescope discovered radio noise from the Great Nebula in Andromeda—the first definite detection of an extragalactic radio source—and the remains of Tycho's Supernova in the radio frequency. At that time, Tycho's Supervova had not been discovered by regular light telescopes.
The New Town is in the central area in Edinburgh, Scotland. Together with the Old Town, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.  It was built in stages between 1767 and around 1850. It kept much of its original neoclassical and Georgian period architecture. It is most famous for Princes Street. It faces the Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town.
Tycho's Supernova also called SN 1572 or B Cassiopeiae (B Cas) – was a supernova of Type Ia in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is one of eight supernovae visible to the naked eye in historical records. It appeared in early November 1572 and was independently discovered by many people. It is called Tycho's because Tycho Brahe published a book the next year about what he and other astronomers saw. The remains of the supernova was first detected by radio telescopes. It was often known as 3C 10, which is a radio-source designation, but now people call it Tycho's supernova remnant. It can be seen by light telescope.
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City is a former UNESCO World Heritage Site in Liverpool, England. The six sites included the Pier Head, Albert Dock, William Brown Street, and other famous landmarks in the city. They are considered the 'supreme example of a commercial port at a time of Britain's greatest global influence'. The sites were nominated to UNESCO in January 2003. By March 2004, ICOMOS recommended the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City as a World Heritage Site. It was accepted under cultural bases: ii, iii and iv.  In 2012, the proposed construction of Liverpool Waters project caused the sites to be included in the List of World Heritage in Danger. In July 2017, UNESCO warned it might lose its status because of the development plans.  English Heritage argued against the Liverpool Waters development. It thought some of Liverpool's most significant historic buildings would be “severely compromised”. In July 2021, UNESCO announced that the site had been stripped of its World Heritage status.
SUPINFO International University, formerly called "École Supérieure d'Informatique", is a renowned graduate engineering school in France. It is in a campus of IONIS Education Group. It has been created in 1965. The school is recognized by the French State since 1972. It offers a 5-year course in IT.
The Old Town () is oldest part of Edinburgh. It preserved much of its medieval street plan and buildings. Together with New Town, it forms a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Royal Mile. The main street in the Old Town is called the "Royal Mile". It runs on a downwards path from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace and the ruined Holyrood Abbey.  The streets are not officially called The Royal Mile in terms of legal addresses. The actual street names (running west to east) are Castlehill, Lawnmarket, High Street, Canongate and Abbey Strand.  Notable buildings in the Old Town include St. Giles' Cathedral, the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland, the National Museum of Scotland, the Old College of the University of Edinburgh and the Scottish Parliament Building. The area is known to have underground vaults and hidden passages that are relics of old phases of construction. Sections. In addition to the Royal Mile, the Old Town may be divided into various areas from west to east: Major events. In 1824, a major fire known as Great Fire of Edinburgh, destroyed most of the buildings on the south side of the High Street. During the Edinburgh International Festival, the High Street and Hunter Square become gathering points. Performers in the Fringe advertise their shows, often through street performances. On 7 December 2002, the Cowgate fire destroyed a small but dense group of old buildings on the Cowgate and South Bridge. It destroyed the famous comedy club, The Gilded Balloon. Other areas affected were the Informatics Department of the University of Edinburgh. The vast artificial intelligence library was also damaged. The site was redeveloped 2013-2014. There now stands a single new building which largely used as a hotel.
Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin (; born 4 February 1964) is a Russian politician. He is the 10th Chairman of the State Duma since 5 October 2016. Career. Volodin was Vladimir Putin's aide. He was the Secretary-General of the United Russia party. He was also a deputy in the State Duma from 1999-2001.  From 2010 until 2012, he was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. He was also a first deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia. He also helped in Putin's third term.