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Sabrina Bulleri (7 January 1959 - 18 April 2000, Ghezzano) was an Italian Paralympic athlete. She won bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Paralympics, in the 4x400 meters, and 100 meters. She won gold medals at the 1988 Summer Paralympic Games in the 4x100 meters, 200 meters, and 100 meters. She won a bronze medal at the 4x200 meters. Life. Sabrina Bulleri started practicing sports in the ASHA company of Pisa, where she trained with Soriano Ceccanti, Mariella Bertini and Santo Mangano, all of whom became Paralympic champions. She competed in category 3 (wheelchair athletes), emerging in speed races, where, at the Seoul Paralympics, she won three gold medals, in the 100, 200 meters, and in the 4 × 100 meters relay. She also won three bronze medals. After 1990, she left the competitive sport. After a long illness, she died in April 2000 in Ghezzano. Legacy. In the Migliarino park, in San Rossore, Massaciuccoli , where she worked, an accessible path was dedicated to her, the Bulleri path
Milena Balsamo (born 26 January 1961, Bologna) is an Italian Paralympic athlete. She won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Paralympics, in the 4x400 meters, and silver medal at the 100 meters. She won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Paralympic Games in the 4x100 meters, and bronze medal at the 4x200 meters. For her sporting merits, she was awarded the Collare d'oro for sporting merit in 2015 by the Italian National Olympic Committee. Life. She was born in Bologna, but adopted by Veronese. She was trained in the San Michele Society. She competed in a wheelchair as a sprinter in category 4 and participated in the 1984 Stoke Mandeville Paralympics, and 1988 Seoul Paralympics, obtaining a total of five medals, including four in the relay. In 1992, she left the international competition.
Agnese Grigio (born 12 January 1963 in Albignasego) was an Italian Paralympic athlete. She won a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Paralympics, in the Pentathlon, and bronze medal in the 800 meters. In 2014, she was awarded the Silver lion by the Veneto regional, Italian National Olympic Committee. Life. Visually impaired from birth, she attended schools graduating as a massage therapist at the L. Configliachi Institute of Padua. She also started training in sport. She worked, and she continued as a pentathlete and middle-distance runner, winning two medals in the 1984 Paralympic Games For personal reasons, she soon stopped her athletic career, continuing to play torball (a discipline not present in the Paralympics), at national and international levels. She is the sister of Emanuela Grigio.
Emanuela Grigio (born 7 October 1964 Albignasego) is a former partially sighted Italian Paralympic athlete. She won a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Paralympics, in the 800 meters, and bronze medal in the 400 meters. Life. Visually impaired from birth, due to a form of congenital nystagmus , he completed his studies at the "L. Configliachi" Institute of Padua. She started sports. After graduating as a switchboard operator and entering the world of work, she took part in the VII Summer Paralympic Games in New York and won a bronze and a silver medal in the 400 and 800 meters. She later participated in the IBSA European Championships in Rome in 1985 and in 1988 she was again called up for the Seoul Games, where, always in the same specialties, she gained a fourth place (400 m) and a sixth place (800 m).  He ended his international athletic career before 1992, devoting himself exclusively to torball (a sport not present in the Paralympics), which she practiced nationally and internationally. She is Agnese Grigio's sister.
Angry white male is a word for white men holding conservative or right-wing views. The term is often used when talking about the politics of the United States. Origin. The word mostly refers to a group which emerged in the early 1990s. They reacted to what they thought were injustices created by "affirmative action." Development. An angry white male is opposed to anti-discrimination policies (such as affirmative action) that benefit racial minorities and women. Supporters of Donald Trump are sometimes said to be angry white men. In Australia. The term "angry white male" is also used in Australia to talk about men who do not like feminism. In popular culture. The term is used for those believed to be opposed to the Civil Rights Movement and second-wave feminism.
A class traitor is someone who is thought to be working against the interests of the particular social class. The term is mostly used by socialists to describe members of the proletariat class who work for the bourgeoisie. Some examples of those who are seen as class traitors are: soldiers, police officers, strikebreakers, and those who help keep things the way things are right now, instead of working for change. Some people think that anyone, including the bourgeois, can become class traitors. The motives behind becoming a traitor to one's class can include: survival (taking up whatever wage is available), the belief that the person is of a higher class and so has political views that work against the working class, the pressure to follow rules and laws, or disagreeing with the view that society is divided up into classes that are fighting each other. Karl Kautsky, a Marxist philosopher, first used the term.  Bourgeois Class Traitors. "Class traitor" can also be used to describe members of the upper class who believe in socialism. Such people sacrifice their ability to be part of the upper-class for the sake of who they see as the oppressed, even if it hurts their status in the process.
Copaganda is when the media show police officers in a good way, and do not show the bad actions that they do. The word is a portmanteau of cop and propaganda, and is used by Black Lives Matter activists. Showing police in a good way is not thought to be true for many working class, indigenous, brown, and black people. Since the George Floyd protests, the term has been used more to criticize the media. History. Although the term is quite new, copaganda has been around for a long time. Examples. Many TV shows are seen as examples of copaganda.
Bruce Kenneth Nestande (January 28, 1938 – July 9, 2020) was an American politician. He was a Republican California State Assemblyman between 1973 to 1980. He was also an Orange County Supervisor. Nestande was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nestande died on July 9, 2020 in Newport Beach, California at the age of 82.
Mary Elizabeth Miller (27 December 1929 – 11 July 2020) was an English television and stage actress. She was a founding member of the National Theatre Company in 1963. Miller was born in Norfolk, England. In 1965, she played Diana Gibbs in "Other People's Lives", an instalment of the popular BBC Television police drama "Dixon of Dock Green". She was given the role of Maggie Hobson in a 3 part BBC production of "Hobson's Choice". Miller died on 11 July 2020, at the age of 90.
Merrill Mason Gaffney (October 18, 1923 – July 16, 2020) was an American economist. He was a major critic of Neoclassical economics from a Georgist point of view. After serving in the southwest Pacific during World War II. Gaffney was Professor of Economics at the University of California, Riverside beginning in 1976. He was born in New York. Gaffney died on July 16, 2020 in Riverside, California at the age of 96.
The People's National Assembly ("al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani") is the lower house of the Algerian Parliament. It is made of 462 members directly elected by the population. Of the 462 seats, 8 are reserved for Algerians living abroad.  Members of the People's National Assembly are directly elected through proportional representation in multiple-member districts and serve terms lasting five years at a time.  The minimum age required for election into the APN is 28.
The Council of the Nation ("majlis al'umma") is the upper house of the Algerian Parliament. It is made of 144 members, 2/3 of which are elected indirectly and 1/3 of which are appointed by the president. Abdelkader Bensalah was elected as President of the Council of the Nation on July 2, 2002, re-elected on January 11, 2007 and January 10, 2008. Zohra Drif was elected as vice-president of the Council of the Nation on September 10, 2002, re-elected on March 7, 2007 and March 8, 2008.
Moussa Benhamadi (4 January 1953 – 17 July 2020) was an Algerian politician and researcher. He was a member of the National Liberation Front (FLN). He was born in Ras El Oued, Algeria. From 2008 to 2010, he was CEO of Algérie Télécom. From 2002 to 2007, he was a member of the People's National Assembly. Benhamadi died on 17 July 2020 in Bordj Bou Arréridj, Algeria from COVID-19 at the age of 67.
Andrzej Tadeusz Strzelecki (4 February 1952 – 17 July 2020), was a Polish actor, satirist, theatre director and screenwriter. He was the rector of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw in the years 2008 to 2016. He was born in Warsaw. His best known roles were in "Klan", "Battle of Warsaw 1920" and "Barwy szczęścia". Strzelecki died in Warsaw on 17 July 2020 from lung cancer, aged 68.
Franciszek Ziejka (3 October 1940 – 19 July 2020) was a Polish scholar and historian. His works focused in Polish literature. He was born in Radłów, Poland. Ziejka became a member of the Polish Academy of Learning in 1997 in Kraków. He was also a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish PEN International Club. Ziejka died on 19 July 2020 in Krakow, Poland at the age of 79.
Margaret Elizabeth McIver (7 August 1933 – 21 July 2020) was an Australian equestrian, dressage coach and judge. She was born in Gordon, Australia. McIver was the first Australian to represent her country in dressage when she competed at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics in the individual event.  IcIver was an honorary life member of Equestrian Australia.  In January 2000, she was awarded the Australian Sports Medal as the first Australian to compete at the Olympics in dressage. She died on 21 July 2020 at the age of 86.
Charles Paul Dewachtere (22 December 1927 – 22 July 2020) was a Belgian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1952 Summer Olympics.  In 1951 he became Belgian champion in a race over 35 km, between Waregem and Ghent. He was born in Ghent, Belgium.
Lunatic is an old term that was used to refer to a person with a mental illness, or a mental disability. The term goes back to the Latin word lunaticus, which means ' of the moon', or moonstruck. It was also used in English law until about 1930, when it was replaced by "person of unsound mind". Starting 1959, English law speaks about "mental illness". History. The term "lunatic" was originally used to refer mainly to epilepsy and madness, as diseases thought to be caused by the moon. The King James Version of the Bible records "lunatick" in the Gospel of Matthew which has been interpreted as a reference to epilepsy. By the fourth and fifth centuries, astrologers were commonly using the term to refer to neurological and psychiatric diseases.Philosophers such as Aristotle and Pliny the Elder argued that the full moon induced insane individuals with bipolar disorder by providing light during nights which would otherwise have been dark, and affecting susceptible individuals through the well-known route of sleep deprivation. Until at least 1700, it was also a common belief that the moon influenced fevers, rheumatism, episodes of epilepsy and other diseases.
Luzius Wildhaber (18 January 1937 – 22 July 2020) was a Swiss judge. He was born in Basel. He was the first President of the European Court of Human Rights. Wildhaber was elected on 24 July 1998, and was in the office from 1 November 1998 to 18 January 2007. He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989. Wildhaber died on 22 July 2020, aged 83.
Bernard Ładysz (24 July 1922 – 25 July 2020) was a Polish opera singer and actor. His recordings include "Lucia di Lammermoor" (with Maria Callas) and "The Devils of Loudon" (with Tatiana Troyanos). He was born in Wilno, then Poland. His best known roles were in "The Doll" (1968), "Ziemia obiecana" (1974), "The Quack" (1982), "Pierścień i róża" (1986) and "Ogniem i mieczem" (1999). Ładysz died on 25 July 2020 in Warsaw, one day after his 98th birthday.
Emmanuel Farhi (September 8, 1978 – July 23, 2020) was a French economist. He was a professor of economics at Harvard University. His research focused on macroeconomics and finance. He was a member of the French Economic Analysis Council to the French Prime Minister from 2010 to 2012. Farhi died on July 23, 2020 at the age of 41.
Alan Henry Garner (2 February 1951 – 23 July 2020) was an English professional footballer. He was best known as a player for Watford. Garner only made two league appearances before moving on to Luton Town in 1971. Garner played 88 times in the league and helped Luton to promotion in 1973–74.  At Watford, Garner became a key player, appearing 200 times in the league during his five years at Vicarage Road. His career later focused into non-League football with Barnet.
Tomas Noriel Joson III (May 10, 1948 – July 23, 2020) was a Filipino politician, businessman and lawyer. He was a Governor of Nueva Ecija for one term from 1992 to 1995, and was re-elected for another three terms from 1998 to 2007. Joson was born in Santo Domingo, Nueva Ecija. In 2019, Joson was found guilty of three counts of graft and sentenced to between six and ten years' imprisonment for each count. Joson was acquitted in 2020. Joson died on July 23, 2020 at the age of 72.
Paolo Sassone-Corsi (8 June 1956 – 22 July 2020) was an Italian researcher and molecular biologist. He was born in Naples, Italy. Sassone-Corsi's work largely focused on the implementation of molecular approaches for cell signaling, circadian rhythm, epigenetics, and the plasticity of the genome. Sassone-Corsi died on 23 July 2020 in Irvine, California at the age of 64.
Azimzhan Askarov (; 17 May 1951 – 25 July 2020) was an Uzbek Kyrgyzstani political activist. He founded the group "Vozduh" in 2002 to investigate police brutality. During the 2010 ethnic clashes. Arrest and trial. He was arrested and prosecuted on charges of creating mass disturbances and complicity in murder. Following a trial protested by several international human rights groups for alleged torture and the courtroom intimidation of witnesses by police—Askarov was given a life sentence.  In November 2010, Askarov's health was reported to be rapidly in bad health as a result of his confinement. Amnesty International honored him as a prisoner of conscience. In 2015, the U.S. gave the 2014 Human Rights Defender Award on Askarov. The Kyrgyz government protested this decision and formally terminated a 1993 agreement on cooperation between the U.S. and Kyrgyzstan.  On 12 July 2016, the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan revoked the life sentence against Askarov and sent his case to the Chui Oblast Court for review. He was resentenced for life on 24 January 2017.  Death. Ivanitsky died on 25 July 2020 while serving his life sentence at a prison in Bishkek from pneumonia, aged 69.
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Ivanitsky (; 8 October 1937 – 22 July 2020) was a Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Ivanitsky died on 22 July 2020 from a possible drowning, aged 82.
Dominic Sonic, stage name of Dominique Garreau (11 November 1964 – 23 July 2020) was a French singer. He released six albums from 1989 to 2015. He was born in Dinan, France. He stared his career by playing with Lamballe-based punk group Kalashnikov. He remained with the group for six years and performed in over 300 concerts.  In 1987, he began producing his first solo album, "Cold Tears", which was released two years later by the Belgian label Crammed Discs. Sonic took part in the Rencontres Trans Musicales in Rennes in 2002 as a surprise guest of The Stooges. Sonic died on 23 July 2020 in Les Lilas, France at the age of 55.
Jerry Taft (March 14, 1943 – July 23, 2020) was an American meteorologist and weather presenter. He was chief meteorologist for WLS-TV in Chicago. He worked for 34 years with WLS, and for 42 years as a broadcast meteorologist in the Chicago area. He retired in January 2018. Taft died on July 23, 2020 in Chicago, aged 77.
Paulette Wilson (1956 – 23 July 2020) was a British immigrant rights activist. She fought her own deportation to Jamaica and brought media attention to the human rights violations of the Windrush scandal. Under the terms of the British Nationality Act 1948, Wilson had arrived in England as citizens of the British Empire.  In 2015, Wilson received notification from the government that she was an illegal immigrant and was required to leave the UK. Her housing and health care benefits were stopped. She became homeless and was denied the right to seek work.  By 2017, Wilson was facing deportation. She had not returned to Jamaica for 50 years, but was arrested twice, detained in Yarl's Wood Detention Centre and then sent to the deportation centre at Heathrow Airport in October 2017.  The Refugee and Migrant Centre of Wolverhampton persuaded her MP, Emma Reynolds, to stop the deportation at the last minute to allow Wilson more time to appeal to the Home Office. In 2018, she was officially granted leave to remain. Wilson died on 23 July 2020 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England at the age of 64.
The Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the Azerbaijani national ice hockey federation. History. The Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan was founded in 1991 as a part of the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation. After the Soviet Union had disintegrated, the Federation joined the International Ice Hockey Federation on May 6, 1992. There is no organized national hockey league in Azerbaijan, and the country has not played in any IIHF tournaments.
Richard Lee Bond (September 18, 1935 – July 23, 2020) was an American banker, lawyer and Republican politician. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas. He was a member of the Kansas State Senate from 1987 to 2000. He was president of the senate between 1996 and 2000. Bond died on July 23, 2020 in Overland Park, Kansas at the age of 84.
Rene Carpenter (April 12, 1928July 24, 2020) was an American newspaper columnist and television personality. She was the wife of Scott Carpenter, one of the Mercury Seven astronauts. She was part of the Astronaut Wives Club and was its last living member. She was born in Clinton, Iowa. In 1968, she campaigned for Robert Kennedy. She had a syndicated women's page column, "A Woman, Still", and from 1972 to 1976, a television presenter, first with "Everywoman", and then with "Nine in the Morning". She worked for Committee for National Health Insurance. Carpenter died on July 24, 2020, at a hospital in Denver from congestive heart failure, aged 92. She was the last surviving member of the Astronaut Wives Club, after Annie Glenn died two months earlier.
Dubbing, mixing or re-recording, is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production. This is in which more recordings are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production sound to create the finished soundtrack. It is mainly used to translate works in other languages. These are often used to translate movies, television shows and video games into different languages using different voice actors.
Azerbaijan Futsal Premier League is the premier futsal league in Azerbaijan. It was founded in 1994. Organized by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan and is played under UEFA rules, currently consists of 8 teams. History. Araz Naxçivan is very dominant in Azeri futsal, winning Premier League ten times in a row.
David James Hagen (5 May 1973 – 24 July 2020) was a Scottish professional footballer. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Hagen began his career with Rangers, where he played 20 competitive games, before moving to Hearts. Hagen joined Peterhead in 2004. This was to be his last senior club, before he joined junior side Bo'ness United in 2006, where he played for a year before retiring. In July 2018, it was reported that Hagen was suffering from motor neuron disease. He died of the illness on 24 July 2020.
Benjamin Wabura Jipcho (1 March 1943 – 24 July 2020) was a Kenyan track and field athlete. He won the silver medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Mount Elgon District, Western Province in Kenya. Jipcho died on 24 July 2020 from prostate cancer at a hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, aged 77.
Nejib Ben Khalfallah () (1967 – 24 July 2020) was a Tunisian dancer and choreographer. He was born in Tunis, Tunisia. From 1993 to 2020, he directed and staged choreographic shows. His best known works were "Mnema" (2012), "Jardin d'amour" (2014), "Thala mon amour" (2016), and "Fausse couche" (2017). Khalfallah died on 24 July 2020 in Tunis.
Kundi Paihama (9 December 1944 – 24 July 2020) was an Angolan politician. He was Angola's Minister of Defense from 2002 to 2010. He was also a member of the National Assembly between 2018 to 2020.  Paihama died in a private hospital in Luanda, Angola on 24 July 2020, aged 75.
Carlota Eugenia Rosenfeld Villarreal (20 June 1943 – 24 July 2020), known as Lotty Rosenfeld, was a Chile artist. She was born in Santiago, Chile. She was active during the late 1970s during the time of the Chilean military coup d'etat. She carried out public art interventions in urban areas. She would use traffic signs in order to challenge viewers to rethink notions of public space and political agency. Her work has been seen in many countries throughout Latin America, and Internationally in places such as Europe, Japan, and Australia. Rosenfeld died on 24 July 2020 in Santiago from lung cancer, aged 77.
Paul Van Roy (1931/1932 – July 2020) was a Belgian basketball player and journalist. He was born in Niel, Belgium. He played for the Belgium men's national basketball team. He scored 75 points in 1 match. Van Roy was for over 50 years a local news and sport journalist and correspondent for "Gazet van Antwerpen". He wrote articles for the news agency until his death. Van Roy died in July 2020, aged 88, from pancreatic cancer. His death was announced on 24 July 2020.
Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (born 18 December 1934 – disappeared 8 November 1974, declared dead 3 February 2016), commonly known as Lord Lucan, was a British peer. He disappeared after being suspected of murder. Early life. He was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, the eldest son of George Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan by his mother Kaitlin Dawson. He was born in London. Gambling. He was a known gambler and became skilled at backgammon and bridge, and was an early member of the Clermont Club. Lucan's losses often were more than his winnings, yet he left his job at a London-based merchant bank and became a professional gambler. He was known as Lord Bingham from April 1949 until January 1964, during his father's lifetime. Lucan was thought for the role of James Bond in the movie versions of Ian Fleming's novels. He was known for his expensive tastes Disappearance. On the evening of 7 November 1974, Sandra Rivett, the nanny of Lucan's children, was beaten to death in the basement of the Lucan family home. Lady Lucan was also attacked; she later said Lucan as her assailant. As the police began their homicide investigation, Lucan telephoned his mother, asking her to collect the children, and then drove a borrowed Ford Corsair to a friend's house in Uckfield, East Sussex. Hours later, he left the property and disappeared. The car was found abandoned in Newhaven. The police issued a warrant for Lucan's arrest a few days later, and the inquest into Rivett's death named him as her murderer. Many believed he faked his death so avoid being arrested while some believe he committed suicide or was murdered. Lucan has not been found and was presumed dead in chambers on 11 December 1992 and declared legally dead in October 1999.