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Philip Henry Niekro ( ; April 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020), nicknamed "Knucksie", was an American baseball pitcher. He played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), 20 of them with the Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves. He played with New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays. Niekro was honored into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997. He was born in Blaine, Ohio. Niekro died of cancer on December 26, 2020 in Flowery Branch, Georgia at the age of 81.
Hugo Travers (born 6 April 1997 in Versailles), also known as HugoDécrypte, is a French journalist and YouTuber. Hugo Travers is known for his YouTube videos which feature daily news updates in French, and more detailed videos on his second channel.
Margaret Weis (March 16, 1948 – ) was an American fantasy and science fiction writer and author of dozens of novels and short stories. She is one of the creators of the "Dragonlance" game world. Dragonlance. In 1983, Weis signed up for a job as games editor at TSR Inc. She didn't get that job. She was, however, hired as book editor. She worked in the TSR book division until 1986. Weis was born in Independence, Missouri. She now lives in Wisconsin.
On June 14, 2015, Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard was found murdered in the bedroom of her house in Springfield, Missouri. Her body was lying on the bed covered in blood from stab wounds which were caused days earlier.  Dee Dee's daughter Gypsy Rose, who, according to Blanchard suffered from leukemia, asthma, muscular dystrophy, and brain damage was not in the house at the time the body's discovery.  The following day, police found Gypsy Rose in Wisconsin, where she had traveled with her boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn. Dee Dee faked all the illness that Gypsy had and many people were mad at Dee Dee because of it.  Godejohn and Gypsy planned and killed Dee Dee while she was sleeping. Many believed Gypsy killing her mother was justified because the mother was mentally abusing her.  Gypsy Rose was found guilty to second-degree murder and is serving a 10-year sentence. After a brief trial in November 2018 Godejohn was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. After serving 85% of her sentence, Gypsy Rose was released from prison on December 28, 2023.
Arbutus is a genus of flowering plants in the Ericaceae family. There are 12 species, which mostly grow around the Mediterranean, and in Central America. The type species is Arbutus unedo, which is known as strawberry tree in English. All species are either trees or shrubs. Certain Lepidoptera species use Arbutus as food. Some species are cultivated as ornamental plants outside their range.
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season was the third most active Atlantic hurricane season. It officially began on June 1, 2021, and ended on November 30, 2021. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most Atlantic tropical cyclones form. However, tropical cyclogenesis is possible at any time of the year, as demonstrated by the early formation of Subtropical Storm Ana on May 22, making 2021 the seventh consecutive year that a storm formed before the official start of the season. In June 3 named storms formed during the month making June 2021 the most active June since 1968 and also tied with 1886, 1909, and 1936. Starting this season, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) began to issue regular Tropical Weather Outlooks on May 15, two weeks earlier than it did in the past. This change was implemented in light of the fact that named systems had formed in the Atlantic Ocean prior to the official start of the season in each of the preceding six seasons. Systems. Tropical Storm Ana. Tropical Storm Ana was the first tropical cyclone of the year. This storm threatened Bermuda, warranting a Tropical Storm Watch, but it did not affect that area. It moved northeast and dissipated on May 24. This storm formed before hurricane season officially begun, continuing the 7-year streak of pre-season systems. Tropical Storm Bill. Tropical Storm Bill threatened the East Coast of the United States as it formed into Tropical Depression Two, but it did not affect that region and continued northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, south of Canada, and dissipated on June 16. Tropical Storm Claudette. Tropical Storm Claudette formed just off the coast of Louisiana and made landfall in eastern Terrebonne Parish, and weakened to a tropical depression travelled across Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, and southern Virginia before moving into the Atlantic, reintensifying into a tropical storm on June 21 and turning post-tropical the next day. The storm later dissipated the next day. This storm killed 14 people in Alabama, 4 of which were direct. Tropical Storm Danny. Tropical Storm
A Dobsonian telescope is a Newtonian telescope design. It is "altazimuth-mounted". An altazimuth or alt-azimuth mount is a simple two-axis mount. It supports and rotates an instrument about two perpendicular axes – one vertical and the other horizontal.  Rotation about the vertical axis varies the compass bearing of where the instrument points (the azimuth). Rotation about the horizontal axis varies the altitude (angle of elevation) of the pointing direction. It was popularised by John Dobson in 1965. It increased the size of telescopes for amateur astronomers. Dobson's telescopes had a simplified mechanical design that was easy to make from readily available components. It made a large, portable, low-cost telescope.  The design works for looking at faint, deep-sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies. This type of observation needs a large objective diameter (i.e. light-gathering power) of relatively short focal length. It can be taken to less light-polluted places.
Arthur Berckmans (3 May 1929 – 28 December 2020), better known as Berck, was a Belgian comics writer. He wrote "Sammy". He was born in Leuven, Belgium. He retired in 1994. He also worked on "Zonneland". Berckmans died on 28 December 2020 at the age of 91.
Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska (2 January 1936 – 27 December 2020) was a Polish cross-country skier. She competed in the women's 10 km and the women's 3 × 5 km relay events at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Bukowa-Kowalska was born in Kościelisko, Poland. Bukowa-Kowalska died on 27 December 2020 at the age of 84.
Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1935 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican bolero singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He was born in Mérida, Yucatán. His career began in 1950. His record label was RCA Records. His best known singles were: "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)", "Mía" and "Adoro". In 2014, Manzanero was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. On 17 December 2020, Manzanero was hospitalized in Mexico City after being diagnosed with COVID-19. He died five days later from the infection, aged 85.
Yaël Braun-Pivet (born 7 December 1970 in Nancy) is a French lawyer, activism associative and politician. She was the Minister of the Overseas from May 2022 to June 2022. Yaël was member of the Socialist Party (PS) and then of En Marche (now La République en Marche). She was elected as member of the national assembly on 18 June 2017, as a representative for the department of Yvelines. She is Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Laws, Legislation and the General Administration of the Republic in the French National Assembly. Personal life. Braun-Pivet is married and has five children.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy movie directed by David Yates. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 2003 novel of the same name. The fifth movie in the "Harry Potter" movie series, it was written by Michael Goldenberg and produced by David Heyman and David Barron.  The movie stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.  The movie had a budget between £75 and 100 million ($150–200 million). Warner Bros. released the movie in North America on 11 July 2007 and in the United Kingdom on 12 July. It is the first "Potter" movie to be released in IMAX 3D. "Order of the Phoenix" opened to a worldwide five-day opening of $333 million. The movie was nominated for two BAFTA Film Awards in 2008. Plot. During the summer holidays, Harry Potter and his cousin Dudley are attacked by Dementors. Harry uses magic to defeat them but his aunt and uncle blame him for the attack. Harry meets the Order of the Phoenix, a group of good witches and wizards who want to fight the Death Eaters. His godfather, Sirius Black, is one of the leaders. The Order tells Harry that the Ministry of Magic is trying to convince the magical community that Lord Voldemort is dead, but in reality, he came back to life in the previous movie.  Another school year at Hogwarts begins. A new teacher, Dolores Umbridge, has been appointed to work at the school by the Ministry of Magic to make sure that the school does not discuss Voldemort's return. Professor Umbridge bans the use of defensive spells and refuses to teach the students how to protect themselves from evil magic. Frustrated, Harry Potter and his friends, Ron and Hermione create a secret club named "Dumbledore's Army". Many other students join Dumbledore's Army and they learn defensive spells together. At night, Bellatrix Lestrange (Sirius Black's cousin) and several other Death Eaters (Voldemort's followers) escape a high-security prison named Azkaban
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is an Indian political alliance. It is made up of center-right and right-wing political parties and led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded in 1998. It currently controls the Indian union government as well as the government of 18 Indian states. Its first chairman was Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. L. K. Advani, the former Deputy Prime Minister, took over as chairman in 2004 and served until 2014. After that, Amit Shah has been the chairman since 2014. The coalition ruled from 1998 to 2004. The alliance returned to power in the 2014 general elections with a combined vote share of 38.5%. Its leader, Narendra Modi, was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014. In the 2019 general election, the alliance further increased its tally to 353 seats with combined vote share of 45.43%. History. The NDA was formed in May 1998 as a coalition to contest the general elections. The main aim of the NDA was to form a anti-Congress coalition. It was led by the BJP, and included several regional parties, including the Samta Party and the AIADMK, as well as Shiv Sena, the only member which shared the Hindutva ideology of the BJP. After the election, it was able to muster a slim majority with outside support from the Telugu Desam Party, allowing Atal Bihari Vajpayee to return as prime minister. The government collapsed within a year because the AIADMK withdrew its support. After the entry of a few more regional parties, the NDA proceeded to win the 1999 elections with a larger majority. Vajpayee became Prime Minister for a third time, and this time served a full five-year term. The NDA called elections in early 2004, six months ahead of schedule. Its campaign was based around the slogan of "India Shining" which attempted to depict the NDA government. It responsible for a rapid economic transformation of the country. However, the N
The Younger Dryas (around 12,900 to 11,700 years ago) was a cold period. It reversed the gradual climatic warming which started around 20,000 years ago.  At this time there was a sharp fall in temperature over most of the Northern Hemisphere. This occurred at the end of the Pleistocene epoch and just before the present, warmer, Holocene epoch.  The last glacial maximum (LGM) was about 27,000 to 24,000 years ago. The Younger Dryas was the most recent and longest of several interruptions to the gradual warming of the Earth's climate. The change was relatively sudden, and it resulted in a decline of temperatures in Greenland by 4 to 10 °C (7.2 to 18 °F) Glaciers and dry conditions spread over much of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. It may have been caused by a large amount of fresh, cold water moving from North America to the Atlantic. The Younger Dryas was a period of climatic change. The effects were complex and variable. In the Southern Hemisphere and some areas of the Northern Hemisphere, such as southeastern North America, a slight warming occurred.
Isolation centers in Belarus are prisons where people are held in rooms alone for some time. The Belarusian "isolation centers" became very known as part of the 2020 Belarusian protests after 2020 Belarusian presidential election. The government and Alexander Lukashenko let punishments on protesters be done. People have been moved in isolation centers. There have been news on bad handling of people and torture in isolation centers. The most known isolation center is Okrestina.
The Headington Shark is a sculpture on the top of a house. It is at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford. The sculpture is a shark breaking the roof of the house. Its proper name is Untitled 1986. About the sculpture. The shark was first put on the house on 9 August 1986. The house is owned by a radio presenter, Bill Heine. The sculpture is 4 long hundredweight and 25 feet long. It is made of painted fibreglass. It took 3 months to make the shark. The statue was put together on the 41st anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. It was designed by John Buckley. Anton Castiau made the sculpture. Heine said that the shark is "saying something about CND, nuclear power, Chernobyl and Nagasaki". On August 2007, the shark was renovated by Buckley. This was because of complaints of the quality of the sculpture. On 26 August 2016, Heine's son Magnus Hanson-Heine bought the house. He bought it so that the shark can stay on top of the house. Controversy. The shark started controversy when it was first put on the house. Oxford City Council wanted the shark removed from the house because it was not safe for the people living near. There were no planning permissions for the shark. In 1992, Minister Tony Baldry from the Department of the Environment said that the shark can stay on the house because it does not cause any problems.
Fábio Henrique Tavares (born 23 October 1993), known as Fabinho (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad and the Brazil national team. Honours. Monaco Liverpool Brazil Individual
"Bart vs. Itchy &amp; Scratchy" is the 18th episode of the thirtieth season of the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons", and the 657th episode overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on March 24, 2019.
The prison–industrial complex is a term for the relationship between the government and businesses and how prisons are involved. Some sources say the government makes sure that many people are locked up in prison to provide cheap workers for businesses. It is similar to the term military–industrial complex. It is an expression used to describe the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing and imprisonment as solutions to economic, social and political problems. The United States has the largest prison population in the world. Many of those prisons are private prisons run by companies rather than the government.
EcuRed is a Cuban online encyclopedia. Some people have called it the "Cuban Wikipedia". It was launched in 2010. As of now, it has over 200,000 articles. About. EcuRed is short for Enciclopedia Cubana en la Red (Spanish for "Cuban encyclopedia on the Web"). The website is in Spanish. EcuRed says that its goal "is the accumulation and development of knowledge with a non-profit, pro-democracy aim from a decolonizing point of view". Articles on EcuRed are written from a Cuban point of view. For example, EcuRed's article about the United States said it had historically taken "territory and natural resources from other nations by force, to put at the service of its businesses and monopolies", and the George W. Bush article says that he continues a family tradition of corruption, deceit and intrigue.
A reactionary or reactionist is a person or organization that is against social progress and wants society to return to the old way of doing things. The word reactionary comes from the word "reaction," which describes movement in the opposite direction. In this case, reactionary beliefs and actions are opposed to the direction of social progress. Some parts of right-wing politics is based on reactionary thinking and a wish to return to the way things were.  The words counter-revolutionary or anti-revolutionary are sometimes used instead of the word reactionary. History. The word reactionary was first used during the French Revolution. The "réactionnaires" were people who wanted France to return to a monarchy. 20th century. In the 20th century, socialists and communists used the word reactionary to describe their enemies. In Marxist thinking, a reactionary is someone who supports causes like feudalism, capitalism, fascism, nationalism, or any other cause opposed to social reform and revolution. 21st century. Reactionary politics is still influential in politics. There are many people and political parties who have opinions that can be seen as reactionary because they want to go back to the old ways. For example, Donald Trump can be considered a reactionary politician.
Martin John Lambie-Nairn (5 August 1945 – 25 December 2020) was an English designer and animator. He was the founder of Lambie-Nairn. He was known for creating the original Channel 4 logo. He was born in Croydon. Lambie-Nairn died on 25 December 2020, aged 75. Lambie-Nairn also animating the title sequence for British comedy TV series "Mind Your Language". Lambie-Nairn also designed the idents and the commercial bumpers of the masked troubadour for the Swiss-Italian TV channel TSI. Lambie-Nairn held an Honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of Lincoln, and was a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design. He also held an Honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of Northampton.
The Third Division North was the 3rd division of the English football league system between 1921 to 1958. It ran along with the Third Division South, with clubs being either elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to either league based on their geographical location. Some clubs in the English Midlands shuffled between the Third Division North and the Third Division South based on the composition of the two leagues. Its final season was the 1957–58 season. After that season, the North and South sections were merged to form the Third Division and the Fourth Division.
Leg before wicket (LBW) is one way a batsman can get out in cricket. There must be an appeal to the umpire at the bowler's end, and he makes the decision. LBW happens when the ball touches a batsman's body before it touches the bat or a hand/glove holding the bat, and the ball would otherwise have hit the wicket.  Leg before wicket first appeared in the laws of cricket in 1774, as batsmen began to use their pads to prevent the ball hitting their wicket. Definition. The definition of leg before wicket (lbw) is currently Law 36 in the Laws of Cricket, written by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).  Before a batter can be dismissed lbw, the fielding team must appeal to the umpire. If the bowler delivers a no-ball — an illegal delivery — the batter cannot be out lbw under any circumstances.  Otherwise, for the batter to be adjudged lbw, the ball, if it bounces, must hit the pitch in line with or on the off side of the wickets. For a right-handed batsman, the off side is the right-hand side of the pitch when viewed from his perspective. For a left-handed batsman, the off side is the left-hand side. Then the ball must strike part of the batsman's body without first touching his/her bat, In the Laws of Cricket, the batsman's bat is considered to include the hand or hands holding it. in line with the wickets and have been going on to hit the stumps.  The batter may also be out lbw if, having made no attempt to hit the ball with their bat, they are struck outside the line of off stump by a ball that would have hit the wickets. The umpire must assume that the ball would have continued on the same trajectory after striking the batter, even if it would have bounced before hitting the stumps. Instant replay. Sometimes video replay and other technologies are used to decide if a batter is out LBW. For example, heat-tracking ("Hot Spot") can visually show when the ball has hit the bat or part of
Pramod Pandurang Sawant (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian politician. He is the current Chief Minister of Goa. Sawant represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is an Ayurveda Medical practitioner by profession. He was serving as the speaker of the Goa assembly before being sworn in as Chief Minister. After the death of the sitting chief minister Manohar Parrikar, he became chief minister of Goa.
Jean Graetz (born Jean Ellis; December 24, 1929 – December 16, 2020) was an American civil rights activist. She and her clergyman husband Robert Graetz were well known white supporters of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955. Graetz was born in East Springfield, Pennsylvania.  Graetz died of lung cancer in Montgomery, Alabama on December 16, 2020 at the age of 90.
Lyle L. Hanson (May 11, 1935 – December 23, 2020) was an American politician and educator. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Hanson was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 12th district from 1979 to 2013. Hanson was born in Sargent County, North Dakota. Hanson died on December 23, 2020 in Jamestown, North Dakota, aged 85.
Geoffrey Stephens (1 October 1934 – 24 December 2020) was an English songwriter and record producer. His single "Winchester Cathedral" won him the 1967 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&amp;R) Recording. He was born in London. Other best known singles were "Sorry Suzanne", "Daughter of Darkness" and "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me". Stephens died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 86.
Tomás Edison Irribarra de la Torre (19 May 1935 – 25 December 2020) was a Chilean politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Radical Party of Chile. Irribarra was born in Quirihue, Chile. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1969 to 1973 and Mayor of Quirihue from 1992 to 1996 and again from 2008 to 2012. Irribarra died on 25 December 2020 in Quirihue at the age of 85.
Quirihue () is a Chilean city in Quirihue, Itata Province, Ñuble Region. It is about 72 kilometers northwest of Chillán and 410 km southwest of Santiago.
Florentino Domínguez Ordoñez (16 October 1962 – 27 December 2020) was a Mexican politician. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. In 2014, he became a member of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies representing Tlaxcala. He was born in Chiautempan, Tlaxcala. Domínguez Ordoñez died during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico on 27 December 2020 at the age of 58.
Roberto Junguito Bonnet (1943 – 27 December 2020) was a Colombian politician. He was Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from 1983 to 1984 and Minister of Finance and Public Credit from 1984 to 1985 and again from 2002 to 2003. He was born in Bogotá. Junguito was the Ambassador to the European Union from 1983 to 1984 and of France from 1986 to 1987. Junguito died on 27 December 2020 in Bogotá, aged 77.
Marc Basnight (May 13, 1947 – December 28, 2020) was an American politician and businessman. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Basnight was born in Manteo, North Carolina. From 1985 to 2011, he was a member of the North Carolina Senate. From 1993 to 2011, he was President pro tempore of the state senate. Basnight died on December 28, 2020 in Manteo from problems caused by progressive bulbar palsy at the age of 73.
Othón Cuevas Córdova (2 July 1965 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican politician. He was a member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution. In 2006, he was elected to the Mexican Chamber of Deputies representing Oaxaca. He left congress in 2009. Cuevas Córdova was born in Oaxaca, Mexico. Cuevas Córdova died on 28 December 2020 in Mexico City from COVID-19 at the age of 55