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Mandatory Palestine, sometimes referred to as the British Mandate of Palestine, was a League of Nations mandate to the United Kingdom in Palestine. It began after the British had conquered Palestine from the Ottoman Empire in World War I. At the San Remo Conference, on April 25, 1920, the mandate for Palestine was granted to Britain. The mandate became officially operative on September 29, 1923. The mandate ended when the British returned it to the United Nations on May 15, 1948. The mandate period was characterized by the conflicting nationalist interests and efforts of the Arabs and the Jews in Palestine. Because of the Balfour Declaration, the Mandatory government started off sympathetic to the Zionists. This led to displeasure in the Arab community in Palestine. The conflicting interests often led to violence, making it hard for the British to rule Palestine. Several times commissions investigated the problems in Palestine, and multiple White Papers came out in order to try solving the problems. In 1939 the British changed its position from the Balfour Declaration in favor of the Palestinian Arabs. However, after World War II, the international community pressed for both an Arab and a Jewish state in Palestine. When the British returned its mandate, the state of Israel was declared, on May 14, 1948. On the next day, the Arab-Israeli war began. History. Beginning of the Mandate. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the end of World War I, a lot of territory of the former Ottoman Empire was left on its own. The Allied nations were worried about this. Western countries believed that these countries needed help until they were able to operate on their own. In 1917 Britain had conquered Palestine, also as a result of the Balfour Declaration in which the British declared their support for creating a “national home for the Jewish people”. Consequently, after the Western powers met in Paris, it was decided France would control the mandate for (present-day) Syria and Lebanon, and Britain would have the mandate for (present-day) Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Iraq. From then on, the British army had an increased presence and ruled in Palestine until there was an official civil governing administration placed
Matthew McGrory (May 17, 1973 – August 9, 2005) was an American actor. He was known for his role in "Big Fish". He was known for his giant height. McGrory was 7 ft. 6 in. (2.29 m). He was known as Big Foot. McGrory was born on May 17, 1973 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He studied at Widener University and at West Chester University. McGrory was never diagnosed as having gigantism. He lived in Sherman Oaks, California with his girlfriend, Melissa. McGrory died on August 9, 2005 in Los Angeles, California from natural causes, aged 32.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1966 movie based on the play of the same name by Edward Albee. The movie stars Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sandy Dennis, and George Segal. The movie was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. It is the only movie to be nominated in every eligible category at the Academy Awards. All four main actors were nominated in their respective acting categories. The movie won five awards, including a second Academy Award for Best Actress for Elizabeth Taylor and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Sandy Dennis. However, the movie lost to "A Man for All Seasons" for the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay awards. Both Richard Burton and George Segal did not win awards.
William Gaither "Billy" Crudup (born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in "Almost Famous", "Big Fish", "Princess Mononoke", "Watchmen", "The Stanford Prison Experiment", "Public Enemies" and appeared as Dr. Allen in "Justice League" and in the movie's director cut. Crudup won two Emmy Awards in 2020 and 2024 for his role as Cory Ellison in the Apple TV+ series "The Morning Show". He was nominated for four Tony Awards, winning one for his role in "The Coast of Utopia" in 2007. Crudup was born on July 8, 1968 in Manhasset, New York. He studied at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and at New York University. He has one son with his ex-girlfriend Mary-Louise Parker. On June 9, 2023, Crudup married actress Naomi Watts.
Corpse Bride, also known as Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, is a 2005 stop-motion-animated fantasy cartoon directed by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson. It stars Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Michael Gough, Richard E. Grant, Deep Roy, Paul Whitehouse, and Christopher Lee. It was released on September 23, 2005. Roger Ebert gave the movie three out of four stars. It is now aired on Spacetoon Plus. It was dedicated to co-producer Joe Ranft.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 movie adaptation of the 1964 book of the same name by Roald Dahl and a remake of the 1971 movie "Willy Wonka &amp; the Chocolate Factory". The movie was directed by Tim Burton. The movie stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket, David Kelly as Grandpa Joe, and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. The storyline concerns Charlie, who takes a tour he has won, led by Wonka, through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world. Depp said he refused to watch Gene Wilder's take of the character so that Depp could create his own version. Depp said his version of Wonka was inspired by Fred Rogers and Bob Keeshan.
Mars Attacks! is a 1996 movie directed by Tim Burton.  It stars Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Natalie Portman, Annette Bening, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Short, Pierce Brosnan, Rod Steiger, Danny DeVito, and Sylvia Sidney. It was released on December 13, 1996 to mixed reviews. It was nominated for many Saturn Awards. The movie was based on playing cards about Martians taking over Earth.
Coriaria myrtifolia, called in English redoul, is a plant with poisonus fruits and whose leaves were traditionally used as raw material in tanning (making leather out of skins). Name. The Spanish name "emborrachacabras" (that is, "getting goats drunk") refers to the leaves' effect on goats that eat them. The French name ("redoul") and Catalan name ("roldor") come from Latin "Rhus tyrius" (Syrian or Tyrian sumac), referring to the leaves use in the traditional tannery industry, to make "Basil" leather. The honeydew from redoul is also toxic. Description. "C. myrtifolia" is a shrub to 2–3 m tall without hairs and with shiny leaves like the leaves of the myrtle ("myrtifolia" means "leaves like the leaves of the myrtle"). It produces small greenish flowers in spring (April to June) in racemes (a kind of inflorescence). It produces fruits in early summer. The fruits look like berries but they are small nuts (achenes) protected by enlarged and colored petals; it is the same of all the species of the genus "Coriaria". Fruits cannot be eaten because their seeds are very poisonous. The plants of redoul can fix nitrogen from the air because they have bacteria in their roots. Where it grows. "C. myrtifolia" is found only around the western Mediterranean Sea, not too far from the coast but near rivers:
Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan (around 1600-December 6, 1673) was a cartographer, engineer and architect from France. He was in the military in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army from 1630 until the late 1640's. He was forced to move to Ukraine. He was in the military under Stanisław Koniecpolski for one year in 1637. While in the military he helped rebuild the Kodak Fortress. He also built other fortresses in Bar, Ukraine. He also helped build Brody Castle and other buildings in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. He created the first well described map of Ukraine in 1639. In 1648 he made another map of Ukraine that was very detailed. He moved to Danzig. He made two other very detailed maps and they were engraved by Willem Hondius. He wrote a book called "Description d'Ukranie". It was originally named "Description des contrés du Royaume de Pologne", when it was first published in 1651. It was published two more times, until 1861. It was the first book to write about Ukraine in great detail. It's still in print today.
Kevin Maurice Garnett (born May 19, 1976), nicknamed "KG", is an American professional basketball power forward and center. He plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has also played for the Boston Celtics and the Brooklyn Nets. In high school, Garnett was a 1995 McDonald's All-American at Farragut Career Academy and won a national player of the year award. Garnett entered the 1995 NBA Draft, where he was selected with the 5th overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was the first NBA player drafted directly out of high school in 20 years. On February 19, 2015, He waived his no-trade clause and he was traded back to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Thaddeus Young.
Dirk Klingenberg (born 23 July 1969 in Duisburg) is a former professional water polo player from Germany. Sports career. Klingenberg is counted as the best water polo player in Germany in the 1990s. He began his career in 1980 in Duisburg and started playing for the ASC Duisburg. A year later he moved to the Duisburger SV 98. After 10 years he left his hometown in 1991 and moved to Berlin, where he played for the Wasserfreunde Spandau 04. He won 17 national titles during his time in Berlin. He also became the top-scorer of the water polo Bundesliga twice. As a member of team Germany he competed in 190 international games. He was able to achieve his goal to participate in the Olympic Games in 1996. He was team speaker of the water polo national team in 1998, and was selected for the World-All-Star-Team in 1999. Because of personal and job-related reasons, Klingenberg began to slowly end his career in Düsseldorf, where he led the Düsseldorfer SC in the first league in 1999/2000. Occupational career. Besides his activities as a competitive sportsman, Klingenberg always focused on his occupational career. From 1999 to 2008 he worked in sports marketing as the head of marketing communications and sporting events of the Deutsche Telekom AG. He founded his own agency Klingenberg Sportconsulting GmbH in 2009, and worked from then on as an independent consultant. The main fields of activity are strategic consulting, conception and planning for companies and brands, as well as creative event and project management. He also works as a lecturer at a media-university in Cologne, and as a consultant of the water polo Team Germany. Personal life. He is married to Kirsten Klingenberg, has two children and lives in Cologne.
"Wedding March" (1842) is a piece of music for orchestra. Felix Mendelssohn wrote it in C major. It is one of the pieces he wrote for a performance of Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". At weddings, somebody usually plays it on a pipe organ when the bride and groom leave the church.  The march became popular for weddings when Victoria, The Princess Royal, married Prince Frederick William of Prussia on 25 January 1858 and chose the piece. The bride was the daughter of Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria loved Mendelssohn's music.  Sometimes people call the "Bridal Chorus" from Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" the Wedding March. This music usually plays when the bride goes into the church.
Marta Arce Payno (born July 27, 1977 in Valladolid) is a judo athlete from Spain. She has a disability: She is blind and a B3 type athlete. She competed in judo at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. She finished second at the 2004 Games in the Up to 57 Kg group. She finished second at the 2008 Games in the Up to 63 Kg group. She finished third in the 2012 Games Up to 63 Kg group. She got a job with help from the Employment HPOD PROAD Program, which is helped by ONCE.
The SS "Patria" was an passenger ship that sank in the Mediterranean Sea on 25 November 1940 from a bomb planted by the terrorist group Haganah. It was sailing from the port of Haifa. It was carrying about 1,800 Jewish refugees from Europe during World War II. The British government were deporting them from Palestine to Mauritius because they did not have visas. Zionist organisations opposed the deportation, and the paramilitary group Haganah planted a bomb in the ship to stop it from leaving Haifa. It killed 260 people and injured 172. The rest of the passengers were rescued by British and Arab boats that rushed to save them. The British allowed the survivors to remain in Palestine on humanitarian grounds. 221 passengers were buried in the Carmel Beach cemetery in Haifa.
Richard More (circa. 1614–1696) was a passenger on the "Mayflower" in 1620. He became a sailor and later a ship captain. He saved at least one colony from starvation and helped to keep the colonies prosperous by trading goods to and from England and the West Indies. He fought sea battles against the French in 1664. Richard and his siblings were taken from their mother and given to the care of Mayflower passengers as indentured servants. Only Richard survived and lived a long and prosperous life. Richard has descendants that can be traced to present day. "Mayflower" voyage. The More children travelled as indentured servants to 3 of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims. Ellen, age 8, was assigned to Edward Winslow. She died soon after the ship landed. Jasper, age 7, was a servant of John Carver. Jasper died in December of 1620 while the "Mayflower" was in Harbor. He was buried ashore in what is now the Provincetown area. There is a memorial with his name and that of four others who also died at sea or while the ship was anchored at Cape Cod Harbor in November and December of 1620. Mary, age 4, died soon after the ship landed. Richard resided with the William Brewster family until about mid-1627. The 3 children died of something that was called the ‘common infection’ because so many people died of the same illness. Only Richard survived. More and his sisters and brother left Plymouth, England on 16 September 1620. There were 102 passengers and 30–40 crew. On 19 November 1620, the "Mayflower" reached land at Cape Cod hook. They landed on 21 November. They wrote the Mayflower Compact, which made rules on how they would live and treat each other. The "Mayflower" was supposed to land in Virginia Colony, but the ship was too damaged and they were forced to land at Cape Cod now called Provincetown Harbor. More's life in the New World. More was 6 when the "Mayflower" landed at Plymouth Colony. When
The Denver International Airport (DIA) is an airport in Denver, Colorado. It is the largest airport in the United States by total area. It was the 3rd busiest airport in the world in 2021. It replaced the Stapleton Airport in February 1995. Airlines. These airline go to Denver International Airport:
PBR&amp;B (also called R-neg-B Hipster R&amp;B or Alternative R&amp;B) is a musical genre which stylistic origins are derived from R&amp;B, alternative hip hop, hip hop soul, rock and sometimes electronic dance music. It emerged in the late 2000s and did not have an official name to it, so people called it alternative R&amp;B until 2011 when the term PBR&amp;B (an abbreviation of Pabst Blue Ribbon) came on Twitter. Music journalist Eric Harvey coined the term PBR&amp;B in a one-off tweet about the Weeknd, How to Dress Well, and Frank Ocean. Other notable artists include Miguel and Drake.
Marriage is a contract by which two people agree to live together as a couple for an extended period of time or for the rest of their lives, often with the aim of starting a family by having or adopting children. It can be done by signing a contract before a civil authority, or civil marriage, or in a formal ceremony officiated by a religious authority. The most common form of marriage is a legally binding heterosexual union. Some societies recognize polygamy, which includes but not limited to polygyny and polyandry. In polygyny, a man may be married to many women, while a woman may be married to many men. In Senegal, for example, nearly 47 percent of marriages are multiple. The most common age to get married is between 25 to 30 years old. In the Western world, marriage for love is common. In some other countries, relatives may plan an arranged marriage. Overview. There are many reasons why people marry, but they usually include one or more of the following: Rights and obligations. Marriage usually leads to rights and obligations to those married, these may include: Marriage is also about sexual intercourse; being unable to have sex, being unwilling to have sex, or having sex outside the marriage may be a reason to undo the marriage. Religion. Often there is also a spiritual part of marriage. In addition to the civil act (wanted by the state) there is sometimes a religious one. A Christian marriage ceremony usually happens in a church. In a Christian marriage, both partners promise to love each other for the rest of their lives. There are certain restrictions on who can marry or be married; those closely related, like brothers and sisters usually cannot marry. This is usually to prevent genetic problems for the children. Those marrying also have to be of a certain age to be able to marry. If that age is not specified it is usually the age of consent. In Hinduism marriage is considered to be holy and is seen as a union of the goddess "Laxmi" and the god "Narayan". Same-sex marriage. Some countries and religious communities also permit the union of two partners of the same sex. This is generally known as same-sex marriage. In the Netherlands, the marriage law was changed to allow such unions, called "Marriage".
Leila Ryzvanauna Ismailova (, ; born 28 July 1991 in Minsk) is an Azerbaijani-Belarusian journalist, presenter and model. Biography. Leila was born in the family of Rizvan Islam oglu Ismayilov, the native city of Agdam (Azerbaijan), and Halina Ivanauna Ruzhantsova, the native city of Minsk. One month after the birth of her daughter, the family moved to Baku. When Leila was 3 years old, her father, who worked as director of a tank farm in Agdam, who was killed during the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict by gunfire from the Armenian side. A mother with three children returned to Minsk. In 2006 Leila finished Lyceum of the Belarusian State University (history form), then she graduated from the Institute of Journalism of the Belarusian State University (audiovisual journalism, diploma with honour, the best alumna 2011). She is an Azerbaijani-Belarusian journalist leading music TV programs, model. In particular, was host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2010, which was held in Minsk (together with Dzianis Kurian), Leila was the spokesman of the Belarusian voting in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, and has been leading the national selection in Belarus for Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Leila founded charity organisation Pretty Powerful that works with orphan girls in Belarus and helps them to make first steps after leaving the orphanage. The organisation started its work in 2014 and has been actively working since then. Ms. Ismailova is obtaining her master's degree in Strategic Public Relation in University of Southern California. Leila has been a host and a jury member of international award for journalists ADAMI Media Prize.
Tom Lehrer (born 9 April 1928), also known as Thomas Andrew Lehrer, is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and mathematician. Lehrer is known for his comic songs which were written in the 1950s and 1960s. His career was short, as he retired in the 1970s, in order to focus on teaching mathematics at Harvard University. His most known songs are "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park", and The Elements, where Lehrer sung all the elements in the periodic table (at that time), to the tune of the Modern Major General, a song that was written by Gilbert and Sullivan for the stage show The Pirates of Penzance. His work. He released a few albums in his years of work, which were split from recordings from live concerts, to just studio versions, recorded without an audience. The first one of these albums was released in 1953, and the last was released in 1965, (minus a stereo rerecording of the first album, and the releasing of 'Songs and More Songs by Tom Lehrer' in 1996, which put two albums together, including a few more songs. These albums are as follows: In 2022, he released his music into the public domain. They are free to download. Mathematics. Lehrer earned his AB in Mathematics in 1946, and an MA degree the following year. He has taught mathematics at many universities. Some of these are Harvard, MIT and University of California-Santa Cruz.
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the eighth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Minsk, Belarus on 20 November 2010. The contest was won by Vladimir Arzumanyan of Armenia with the song "Mama". This gave Armenia its first win at Junior Eurovision and its first win in any Eurovision contest, even though Sweden had been the betting favourite. Final. Each country gave votes. Half of the votes were cast by a jury, while the other half came from the public who voted via telephone and text messages. The voters decided their top ten songs using the points 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1. Score sheet. 12 points. Below is a summary of all 12 points received:
The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584) is a book by Reginald Scot. It treats witchcraft with skepticism. Scot's purpose in writing the book was to prevent the persecution of the poor, the aged, and the simple for witchcraft. Scot blames the Roman Catholic church for keeping alive the belief in witches. Shakespeare found a description of Puck in the book while he was writing "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The book created much controversy. King James I of England believed in witches. He ordered all copies of the book to be burnt.
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the ninth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and took place in Yerevan, Armenia at the recently renovated Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex. It was the first time in history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that the contest was held in last year's winning country. Public Television of Armenia ARMTV was the main organizer of the show, being provided financial aid from the European Broadcasting Union made of entrance fees from the participating broadcasters, while Swedish company HD Resources assisted with the technical side of the production. The winner was the group Candy from Georgia with the song "Candy Music". This is Georgia's second victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Final. Each country gave their votes through a 50% jury and 50% televoting system, which decided their top ten songs using the points 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1. Returning artists. Even though rules of Junior Eurovision do not allow participation of returning artists - EBU issued special permission for Russian entry 2011 performed by participant of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Ekaterina Ryabova, which is first similar case in history of the contest. According to Sietse Bakker, EBU coordinator - EBU may also drop this rule completely, starting from 2012. Notably, Ekaterina had also already applied to national preselection in 2010 as well, but was disqualified following the existing rule.
José Antonio Sánchez (born August 2, 1970 in Madrid) is a track and field athlete from Spain. He is blind. He is a T12/B2 type athlete. He raced at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. He raced at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia.
Pyotr Yefimovich Todorovsky (26 August 1925 – 24 May 2013) was a Ukrainian-Russian movie director, screenwriter and cinematographer of Jewish origin. His son Valery Todorovsky is also a movie director. Todorovsky was born on 26 August 1925 in Bobrynets, Ukraine. He was raised in Odesa, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. Todorovsky has one son, Valery Todorovsky. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1983. Todorovsky died on 24 May 2013 from a heart attack in a hospital in Moscow, Russia, aged 87.