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"Mood Ring" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears. It was included as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Spears’ 2016 album, "Glory". Spears later re-released the standard version of the album in 2020 with a new cover and included "Mood Ring" on this version, released on May 22, 2020. It is listed as "Mood Ring (By Demand)" on the tracklist. The song was written by DJ Mustard, Te Whiti Warbrick, Jon Asher, Melanie Fontana, Lewis Hughes, and Nicholas Audino, while DJ Mustard produced the song.
Raymond "Ray" Kurzweil (born February 12, 1948 in Queens, New York City) is an American author, entrepreneur, inventor, and futurist. Kurzweil wrote seven books (five of them were national bestsellers) about topics like health, artificial intelligence (AI), transhumanism, immortality, the technological singularity, and futurism. He speaks to people and gives speeches at conferences like DEMO, SXSW, and TED. He also maintains the news website KurzweilAI.net. It has more than three million readers per year. He has a sibling, a son (Ethan Kurzweil), and a daughter (Amy Kurzweil). Kurzweil works at Google since 2012. He is a "director of engineering". Notable predictions. Kurzweil made 147 predictions about the future since the 1990s. He has a prediction accuracy rate of 86%. Past. Predictions from 1990: A computer will defeat a world chess champion by 1998. This prediction was wrong because it already happened in 1997. Personal Computers (PCs) will can answer queries by accessing information wirelessly via the Internet by 2010. That became true. Exoskeletal limbs will let the disabled walk by the early 2000s. That became true. Predictions from 1999: People will can talk to their computer to give them commands by 2009. That became true. Computer displays will be built into eyeglasses for augmented reality by 2009. That became true. Predictions from 2005: Virtual solutions will be able to do real-time language translation into text that will appear as subtitles to a user wearing the glasses in the 2010s. That became true.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party . He was elected a member of parliament from Bagerhat-1 in February 1996. Career. Prafulla Kumar Mandal was elected to parliament from Bagerhat-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 15 February 1996 Bangladeshi general election. He was defeated from Bagerhat-1 constituency on 12 June 1996 and 2001 on the nomination of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Prafulla Kumar Mandal was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He was elected a member of parliament from Khulna-1 in February 1996. Career. Prafulla Kumar Mandal was elected to parliament from Khulna-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 15 February 1996 Bangladeshi general election. He was defeated from Khulna-1 constituency on 12 June 1996 on the nomination of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Valeria León (born 21 November 1995) is a Puerto Rican female volleyball player. She is a member of the Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team and played for Leonas de Ponce in 2018. She was part of the Puerto Rican National Team at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. She played for Ohio State University's women's volleyball.
Edith Mukuvilani (born 20 July 1994) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2010 Women's World Volleyball Championship, 2018 Women's World Volleyball Championship, and 2019 FIVB Women's World Cup. She won the gold medal at the 2019 African Games.
Emmaculate Chemtai (born 14 October 1993) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2018 World Championship and 2019 FIVB Women's World Cup.  She was chosen to represent Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
The 115th United States Congress was the 115th legislative cycle of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. It lasted from January 3, 2017, as a result of the 2016 elections, till January 3, 2019, when the 116th Congress began. In this cycle, both the House and Senate were controlled by Republicans. Leadership. Senate.. President of the Senate. The President of the Senate was Joe Biden (a Democrat). Senate President Pro Tempore. The Senate President Pro Tem was Orrin Hatch (a Republican). Majority Leader. The Majority Leader was Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Minority Leader. The Minority Leader was Democrat Charles Schumer of New York. Majority Whip. The Majority Whip was Republican John Cornyn of Texas. Minority Whip. The Minority Whip was Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois. House. Speaker. The Speaker of the House was Paul Ryan (a Republican). Majority Leader. The Majority Leader was Republican Kevin McCarthy of California. Minority Leader. The Minority Leader was Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California. Majority Whip. The Majority Whip was Republican Steve Scalise of Louisiana. Minority Whip. The Minority Whip was Democrat Steny Hoyer of Maryland. Party Breakdown. Senate.. There were 51 Republicans and 47 Democrats, as well as 2 Independents who sided with Democrats. House.. There were 235 Republicans and just 193 Democrats, plus 7 empty seats.
Lorine Chebet Kaei (born 8 October 1999) is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. and 2019 FIVB Women's World Cup.
Kristina Karapetan (born 3 August 1992 in Chara, Kalarsky District) is a Kazakhstani female volleyball player. She was a member of the Kazakhstan women's national volleyball team at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. She played for Irtysh Kazchrome in 2018.
Zhanna Syroeshkina (born 4 June 1999 in Ekibastuz) is a Kazakhstani female volleyball player. She was part of the Kazakhstan women's national volleyball team at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. She played for VC Almaty in 2018.
Kristina Belova (born 29 November 1998 in Pavlodar) is a Kazakhstani female volleyball player. She is a member of the Kazakhstan women's national volleyball team. She was part of the team at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, and 2018 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup. She played for Irtysh Kazchrome in 2018.
The javelin frog, pygmy rocket frog or cairns tree frog ("Litoria microbelos") is a small frog from northern Australia. It lives in northern and central Queensland and in Kimberly. The frogs are less than 2 cm long, some of the smallest in Australia. They are light brown with dark brown stripes. They lay eggs in areas that are temporarily flooded and not in permanent bodies of water like ponds. Adults hide in the grass or under rocks or logs.
The International Star Registry (ISR) is an organization which sells the right to unofficially name stars. It was founded in 1979 by John and Phyllis Mosele. It has published nine large volumes of the copyrighted book titled "Your Place in the Cosmos". Bibliography. Source:
The Hugo Boss Prize is an award conveyed to an artist or group of artists to recognize their works. It recognizes artists from any medium and from any parts of the world. It was established in 1996 and is different from other art awards like the Turner Prize) because it has no restrictions on nationality or age. The prize is curated by the Guggenheim Museum and sponsored by the Hugo Boss clothing company. It comes with a trophy and a cash award of US$100,000.
Thor Steinar is a German clothing company. It trades as Thor Steinar Mediatex GmbH which is a subsidiary of International Brands General Trading based in Dubai.  In Germany, it is considered that the company is closely associated to neo-Nazism by the "Verfassungschutz" of the state of Brandenburg. In German media, the brand is oftenly discussed in the light of this association. Wearing Thor Steinar clothes is expressly forbidden in the Bundestag, in the Landtage of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Saxony and in many football stadiums.
BioShock 2 is the sequel to the first-person shooter game "BioShock". The game has some new features, but overall "BioShock 2" is very similar to the first game. It takes place 8 years after "BioShock". In "BioShock 2", the player plays as a Big Daddy, a major enemy from the first game, called Subject Delta. Subject Delta is an early version of the Big Daddy, the Alpha Series. Story. The game begins in 1958, two years before the events of "BioShock." At this time, Rapture has not yet fallen into disorder. Subject Delta is responsible for protecting one specific Little Sister (little girls whose job is to collect ADAM, a liquid that gives people powers) named Eleanor. Eleanor is attacked by Splicers (humans that are addicted to ADAM), but Subject Delta kills the Splicers and tries to rescue Eleanor. However, it turned out that her mother, Sofia Lamb, hired the Splicers to take back Eleanor. She then hypnotizes Subject Delta to kill himself. Ten years, later, eight years after the events of "BioShock", Subject Delta mysteriously comes back to life. Since both Andrew Ryan and Frank Fontaine are both dead, Sofia Lamb took over Rapture. Instead of being a society based on objectivism, a philosophy that believes people should only do things based their own self-interest, Rapture is now a collectivist society, or a society where people can only do things that help others. Sofia Lamb does experiments to figure out how to turn her now-teenage daughter, Eleanor, and everyone else in Rapture into the perfect humans. This is so that Rapture can become the perfect society, since Sofia believed a perfect society was not possible unless its people were also perfect. Subject Delta wants to rescue Eleanor before Sofia finishes her experiments. Along the way, Subject Delta gets the help of a businessman named Augustus Sinclair to help find Eleanor. Gameplay. While the gameplay is very similar to that of "BioShock", some new features were added to the sequel. First, the player can use both plasmids (powers gotten from ADAM) and weapons at the same time
Lancelot J. "Lance" Acord (born September 9, 1964) A.S.C. is an American cinematographer. Acord was born in Fresno County, California. He attended Sir Francis Drake High School's School Within A School (S.W.A.S.) program and went on to study photography and filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute. He began his professional career with Bruce Weber and together, they made documentaries, commercials and music videos. His latest directorial work is "".
Valentino is a 1977 American biographical drama movie directed by Ken Russell and starring Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Seymour Cassel, Carol Kane, Michelle Phillips and Penelope Milford. It was distributed by United Artists.
The Boys in Company C is a 1978 American Hong Kong Vietnam War drama movie directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, Craig Wasson, Michael Lembeck, Scott Hylands and R. Lee Eremy. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
The Betsy is a 1978 American sports romantic drama movie directed by Daniel Petrie and based on the novel of the same name by Harold Robbins. It stars Laurence Olivier, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Jane Alexander and Lesley-Anne Down and was distributed by United Artists.
Claudia Anne Irena Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is an English television presenter, film critic, radio personality, and journalist. Between 2004 and 2010, she presented "" on weeknights on BBC Two. Since 2010, she has co-presented "Strictly Come Dancing"s main results show on Sunday nights with Tess Daly on BBC One and since 2014 she has been co-host with Daly on the Saturday night live shows, following the departure of Sir Bruce Forsyth. She has twice been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance for her work on "Strictly Come Dancing."  Winkleman was also the presenter of the BBC's "Film...", replacing Jonathan Ross after his move to ITV in 2010.
The Goya Awards () are Spain's main national annual movie awards. The awards were created in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences. The first awards ceremony took place on March 16, 1987 in Madrid.  The ceremony continues to take place annually at Centro de Congresos Príncipe Felipe, around the end of January/start of February, and awards are given to movies created during the year before.
This is a list of prime ministers of Gabon since the formation of the post of Prime Minister in 1960, to the present day. A total of twelve people have been Prime Minister. List. Political parties Other factions
Paulin Obame-Nguema (28 December 1934 – 11 December 2023) was a Gabonese politician. He was the Prime Minister of Gabon from 2 November 1994 to 23 January 1999. He was a Deputy in the National Assembly of Gabon. Obame-Nguema died on 11 December 2023 at the age of 88.
Franck Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet (2 April 1961 – 11 June 2020) was a Gabonese Democratic politician. He was the 10th Prime Minister of Gabon from 2016 until 2019. In the aftermath of the failed coup d'état attempt, President Ali Bongo Ondimba replaced him with Julien Nkoghe Bekale. From 2012 to 2016, he was the Minister for Foreign Affairs. He was born in Makokou, Gabon. Issoze-Ngondet died from asthma on 11 June 2020 in the Gabonese capital of Libreville, aged 59.
Ain Kaalep (4 June 1926 – 9 June 2020) was an Estonian poet, playwright, literary critic and translator.  Life. He was born in Tartu, Estonia. Kaalep was a member of the Congress of Estonia. From 1989 to 2001, Kaalep was the editor-in-chief of the journal "Akadeemia". In 2002, he was briefly a professor of Liberal Arts at the University of Tartu. Kaalep died on 9 June 2020 in Tartu from problems caused by Alzheimer's disease, aged 94.
Stanley London (c. 1925 – June 8, 2020) was an American doctor. He worked with St. Louis Cardinal players from 1956 until his death. He was born in Springfield, Illinois. He became the team's senior medical adviser in October 1997. London was also team physician for the St. Louis Hawks for 11 seasons. London died on June 8, 2020 under hospice care in Ladue, Missouri at the age of 94.
John "Johnny" Francis Walker (September 10, 1934 – June 10, 2020) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Mr. Wrestling II. He was best known for his appearances with Championship Wrestling from Florida and Georgia Championship Wrestling in the 1970s and early 1980s. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina and was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Walker died on June 10, 2020 in Mililani, Hawaii at the age of 85.
Mililani is a city located near the center of the island of Oahu in Honolulu County, Hawaiʻi, United States.  It is made up of two census-designated places, Mililani Town, with a population of 28,121 at the 2020 census, and Mililani Mauka, with a 2020 census population of 21,075.
George Burrell Woodin (July 28, 1934 – November 30, 2002) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, Mr. Wrestling and Tim Woods. He was born in Utica, New York. Woodin began his wrestling career at the age of 28 using the name "Tim Woods". He was then given the name "Mr. Wrestling" by Nebraska promotor Joe Dusek. Mr. Wrestling became a major superstar in the Georgia, Florida, Texas and Mid-Atlantic territories. He wrestled in the World Wide Wrestling Federation in the northeast. On November 30, 2002, Woodin died from a heart attack at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of 68.
Steven Eugene Corino (born May 29, 1973) is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler. He is signed with WWE as a trainer and producer for their developmental territory NXT.  He is best known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and Ring of Honor (ROH) under the ring name Steve Corino. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Marco Jaggi (born January 12, 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. He is known by his ring name Ares (or Are$). He was born in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. For much of his career, Jaggi teamed with Claudio Castagnoli and Marc Roudin as part of Swiss Money Holding. They were one of the top tag teams in Europe during the 2000s, the trio won titles in Germany, France, the United Kingdom and their native Switzerland. Under the Freebird Rule, Jaggi held the IPW:UK Tag Team Championship with Castagnoli and Roudin for a record 12 months. In 2008, he married wrestler Allison Danger. They have one daughter.
Cathy Allison Corino (born March 31, 1977) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager. She is better known by her ring name, Allison Danger. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her brother is also a professional wrestler, Mr. Wrestling III. Danger joined Ring of Honor (ROH) as the manager of the Christopher Street Connection. Danger is heavily involved with the running of Chicago-based female independent circuit independent professional wrestling promotion Shimmer Women Athletes. In 2008, she married wrestler Ares. They have one daughter.
Jas Waters (October 21, 1980 – June 9, 2020), also known as Jas Fly, was an American screenwriter and journalist. She was known for writing 18 episodes of the TV series "This Is Us". She also wrote for "The Breaks" and "Hood Adjacent with James Davis".  Waters was a journalist in the hip hop industry, writing a digital column for "Vibe Vixen" in the early 2010s.  Waters was born in Evanston, Illinois. She studied at Columbia College Chicago. She hung herself on June 9, 2020 in Los Angeles County, California at the age of 39.
Harry Glickman (May 13, 1924 – June 10, 2020) was an American journalist, promoter, and sports executive. He was one of the founders of the Portland Trail Blazers, and the team's president from 1987 to 1994. He was born in Portland, Oregon. He was also a sports editor for "The Oregonian". On June 10, 2020, Glickman died in Portland at the age of 96.
Wang Dingguo (; 4 February 1912 – 9 June 2020) was a Chinese Red Army veteran and politician. She was the wife of Xie Juezai, president of the Supreme People's Court. She was a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1978 to 1993. She was a member of the Communist Party of China. Wang was born in Yingshan County, Sichuan. Wang died on 9 June 2020 in Beijing from an illness, aged 108.
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, ), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political organization in the People's Republic of China. The organisation is made up of delegates from eight legally-allowed political parties and other organisations, as well as independent members.  The CPPCC is controlled by the United Front Work Department.
Claudell Washington (August 31, 1954 – June 10, 2020) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. He was born in Los Angeles and raised in Atlanta. He won the World Series in 1974. Washington played for the Oakland Athletics (1974–76), Texas Rangers (1977–78), Chicago White Sox (1978–80), New York Mets (1980), Atlanta Braves (1981–86), New York Yankees (1987–88, 1990) and California Angels (1989–90).  Washington died on June 10, 2020 from prostate cancer in San Francisco at the age of 65.
John Basil Meeking (19 November 1929 – 11 June 2020) was a New Zealand bishop. He was the 7th bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand from 1987 to 1995. Meeking was born in Ashburton, New Zealand. He was made Bishop of Christchurch by Pope John Paul II on 30 March 1987 and resigned on 15 December 1995.  Meeking died in Christchurch on 11 June 2020, aged 90.
was a Japanese classical composer. He also wrote music for anime movies, television shows and OVAs. He was born in Tokyo. His style was classical, although he also had works which were New Age, Jazz, etc. He was the son of Ryoichi Hattori and father of Takayuki Hattori. He was a producer and music supervisor for many years, and had his own publishing company, Hattori Music Publishing. He was also pianist, judge and a chairman for the Tokyo music festivals. Hattori died on June 11, 2020 in Tokyo from heart failure, aged 83.
Blackout Tuesday was a collection of action to protest racism and police brutality. The action, originally organized within the music industry in response to the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, took place on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.  Businesses taking part were asked to stop the releasing music and other business operations. Some outlets produced blacked out, silent or minimal programming for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time police officer Derek Chauvin stepped on Floyd's neck, killing him.
8 minutes 46 seconds (8:46) is a symbol of police brutality. It comes from the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Derek Chauvin, a police officer, put his knee on Floyd's neck. This stop Floyd from being able to breathe. The time that Chauvin spent kneeling was reported for weeks as 8 minutes 46 seconds. It was later reported as 7 minutes 46 seconds. Body camera footage released in August 2020 showed that the actual time was 9 minutes 29 seconds. In the days after his murder, the duration became a focus of commemorations and debates, especially around Blackout Tuesday. The duration has been specifically referenced in "die-in" protests in Minneapolis, New York, Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Chicago, Denver, and other cities, where protesters lay down for eight minutes and 46 seconds to protest police brutality and the racialized killings by law enforcement officers in the United States. It has also been used in numerous commemorations, vigils and gatherings to recognize Floyd and protest his murder, including at his memorial. In the days after his death, and the protests that followed, that specific time span has become the focus of debates, especially around Blackout Tuesday. The time has been specifically referenced in "die-in" protests in Minneapolis, New York, Chicago Boston, Philadelphia, Portland, Denver and other cities, where protesters lay down for 8 minutes and 46 seconds to protest police brutality.
On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American emergency medical technician, was shot and killed by Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers.  That day, three police officers came to her apartment. The officers wore everyday clothing, they were not in uniform. As they had a search warrant for drugs, there was no way of refusing them entry. Taylor's boyfriend Kenneth Walker and the officers shot at each other. When Walker was questioned, he said he believed that the officers were intruders. The LMPD officers fired over twenty shots. Taylor was shot eight times and LMPD sergeant Mattingly was injured by gunfire.  Another police officer and an LMPD lieutenant were on the scene when the warrant was executed. No drugs were found in the apartment. According to a lawsuit filed against the police by the Taylor family's lawyers, the officers entered the home without knocking or announcing that they were police officers.
Baroness Elizabeth-Ann de Massy Noghès (13 January 1947 – 10 June 2020) was a Monegasque aristocrat. She was the daughter of Princess Antoinette of Monaco and Alexandre-Athenase Noghès.  Biography. She is a first cousin of the reigning Prince Albert II and niece of Rainier III. She is the godmother of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco.  Although Elisabeth-Anne was born out of wedlock, her parents married in 1951, thus allowing her to be in the line to the throne. She lost her place in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne upon the death of Rainier III. Affiliations. She was President of the Monegasque Tennis Federation and of the Monte Carlo Country Club. On 10 June 2020, Elizabeth-Ann de Massy died at the age of 73.
Princess Antoinette of Monaco, Baroness of Massy (Antoinette Louise Alberte Suzanne Grimaldi; 28 December 1920 – 18 March 2011), was a member of the princely family of Monaco. She was the elder sister of Prince Rainier III and aunt of Albert II, Prince of Monaco.  Her parents were Count Pierre de Polignac and Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois. On 18 March 2011 Princess Antoinette died at The Princess Grace Hospital Centre, aged 90.