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Suzanne Bertrand was a French competitive swimmer and dancer from Paris during the early 1920s. She was a member of Libellule de Paris. Career. Swimming. Bertrand was most succesfull in 1920. On 7 June she won the 100 metre event at the swimming event organized by the "Ligue Maritime Française". On 18 July she won the 50 metre debutant competition. Near the end of the year she won the 100 metre event in Château-Landon. During the year she also competed a other swimming competitions, including at the national championships and the championships of Paris. In 1922 she was a member of the French national team that competed at the 1922 Women's Olympiad in Monte Carlo, about the earliest international women's swimming championships. She competed in the 100 metre freestyle event and in the 200 metre breaststroke event. In the 100 metre freestyle heats she competed in her heat against the Belgian Germaine van Dievoet who won the heat, the Dutch Alida Bolten and British Ayden. Dancing. As a dancer she practiced dancing at the school of . At the 1922 Women's Olympiad she participated in the gymnastics dancing demonstration event. Personal life. Bonnet lived in Paris. She was the sister of water polo player M. Bertrand, who played with La Libellule de Paris.
Juliette Gardelle sometimes written as Julia Gardelle (17 July 1898 - 21 September 1990) was a French competitive swimmer between 1913 and 1927. She was a member of Mouettes de Paris, later CNP and later of Gascony cadets in 1927. Career. In 1922 Gardelle won the in Tourcoing. This was the first time this national championship was held. In 1922 she also became Champion of Paris in the long distance. She won the four times in 1921, 1922 and 1926 (sometimes as an amateur, sometimes as a professional), after finishing second in the event in 1917, 1918 and 1919 (as well as in 1924). In 1922 she was a member of the French national team that competed at the 1922 Women's Olympiad in Monte Carlo, about the earliest international women's swimming championships. She competed in the longest swimming distance, the 400 metre freestyle event. Personal life. Gardelle was the sister of Renée (born 1900), Henriette (1905-1928) and Ella were all swimmers. Henriette Gardelle finished second in the swim across Paris in 1921 and third in 1923. Under her married name, Prévost-Gardelle, she finished third again in 1925 and 1926. Gardelle married in Paris in 1935 to Paul Armand Félix Daguerre, a builder from Toulouse. She worked as a housekeeper.
The Voith-Platz was a football venue in St. Pölten, the capital city of Lower Austria. It was approved for 8,000 spectators. It was the homeground of different clubs from St. Pölten. The name was derived from the Voith company that owned the property. History. In 1949, a number of footballers approached the general management of the Voith company to found a company sports club (BSV Voith). The first "BSV Voith" games were still played in Stattersdorf, but in the spring of 1950 construction of the Voithplatz began. The company Voith provided the ground. In spring 1951 the first match was held. (BSV Voith vs. SC Rabenstein 18:1)  1973, two of the then 13 St. Pölten clubs, "BSV Voith" and "SC Furthner Schwarze Elf", merged to form the new "VSE St. Pölten" (Voith-Schwarze Elf St. Pölten). The homground of the new club was again the Voith-Platz. Between 1988 and 1994, the VSE played for six seasons in the Bundesliga, Austria's top division. After some financial problems and relegation to the 4th league, the club was dissolved. The unofficial successor club was the SKN St. Pölten. In 2007 the ground was renovated for €90,000 with the support of the city of St. Pölten. The stands, sidewalks, cabins, floodlights and toilet facilities were renewed. On May 18, 2012, the last Bundesliga championship game took place at Voithplatz. SKN played in the new NV Arena. After the SKN moved to the new arena, the Voithplatz continued to be used for women's and amateur football. Demolition work began in October 2020. The St. Pölten housing cooperative built residential complex on the site.
The Little Lulu Show is an animated CINAR cartoon children's educational television series. The series first premiered on November 11, 1995 and final ended on December 25, 1998. It was produced by CINAR Corporation and TMO-Loonland Film GMBH (Season 3) And Produced In Association with CTV (Seasons 1-2) and HBO (Seasons 1-2) and with the Participation of The Cable Production Fund (Season 2) and Family Channel (Season 3).
Poppets Town (; also styled as PoppetsTown; Popilouville in French) is a Canadian-Japanese-Catalan animated children's television series. It is produced by Decode Entertainment and Neptuno Films. The series is based on the characters created by Japanese writer Jun Ichihara. The series was broadcast on Knowledge Network and TVOKids in Canada. Synopsis. "Poppets Town" follows Blooter and his best friends Patty and Bobby. It tells the stories of how they solve everyday problems in Poppets Town. Broadcast. TVO (Canada) Knowledge (Canada) Playhouse Disney (Spain) Disney Channel (Japan And The United States) ABC (Australia) TVNZ (New Zealand) ATV (Turkey) Zee TV (India) TiJi (France) Gulli (France) EBS (South Korea) Toon Disney (India)
Dr. C. V. Ananda Bose (born 2 January 1951) is an Indian politician and former civil servent. He became the governor of West Bengal in November 2022. Before that, he was advisor of Government of Meghalaya. Bose is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer of 1977 batch from Kerala cadre. He has been secretary in various departments and ministries of the Government of India and the state of Kerala. Early life. Childhood. Bose was born on 2 January 1951 at Kottayam, a village in Indian state of Kerala. He spent his childhood over there. His parents were P K Vasudevan Pillai and C Padmavaty Amma. Education. Bose holds a Ph.D from BITS Pilani; B.A in KE College and M.A in English Language and Literature from . Career. As civil servant. Bose has worked as Vice Chancellor in National Museum Insttitute. He served as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Chairman of central public sector undertaking Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and District Collector in Kerala. He also served the Chairman of the Habitat Alliance, in consultative status with the United Nations. Bose has represented India in the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva and International Fusion Energy Organisation (ITER), France. He was the chairman of the Atomic Energy Education Society. He was the head of the prestigious Supreme Court Committee on the treasures of ‘Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple’ Kerala. He also worked during Modi government. As Governor. Bose was appointed as 22nd governor of West Bengal by President of India Draupadi Murmu on November 2022. He succeeded La. Ganesan. Personal life. Bose has married with L S Lakshmi. He has a son and a daughter. He has published 32 books in English, Malayalam.
The Nintendo eShop is an online video game store for video game products by Nintendo. The eShop is featured on the Wii U, 3DS, and Nintendo Switch. The eShop first opened on the 3DS on June 6, 2011 along with the 3DS Browser. The eShop and all other Nintendo-ran online services, will shut down on March 27, 2023 for the 3DS and Wii U. Features. The Nintendo eShop features video games and downloadable content. You can purchase them using debit card info or using a Nintendo Network ID or on the Switch a Nintendo Account. On the Nintendo Switch, when using legitimate game cartridges, you can redeem them for Gold Points. Gold Points let you purchase items as you would in cents on redeemable games and content. On the Nintendo eShop you can get deals or certain content for lower prices. Demos. Some games feature a demo, that allow you to play some parts or use small features of the game. It is usually a way for you to decide if you want to purchase the game or not. Closure. On August 29, 2022, on the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, you are unable to add funds to your Nintendo Account to purchase games and content. You can still purchase games with your remaining funds after that date. On March 27, 2023, on the 3DS and Wii U the Nintendo eShop, and all other online services by Nintendo will be shut down.
"Together, Seychellois" is the national anthem of Seychelles. It became the island country's national anthem in 1996, three years after the Constitution was made; before that, Seychelles had another national anthem. The words of the song were written in just one day by David François Marc André and George Charles Robert Payet, who both composed the music as well. The anthem was arranged by Russian band conductor Anatoliy Savatinov, and it was first recorded in the city of Paris.
"South Sudan Oyee!" (; "South Sudan Hurrah!") is the national anthem of South Sudan. Lyrics. &lt;poem&gt; Oh God We praise and glorify You For Your grace on South Sudan Land of great abundance Uphold us united in peace and harmony. Oh Motherland We rise raising flag with the guiding star And singing songs of freedom with joy; For justice, liberty and prosperity Shall forever more reign! Oh great patriots Let us stand up in silence and respect, Saluting our martyrs whose blood Cemented our national foundation, We vow to protect our nation. Oh God, bless South Sudan!&lt;/poem&gt;
The "Chant de Ralliement" ("Rallying Song"), also called "Ô Cameroun berceau de nos ancêtres" ("O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers"), is the national anthem of Cameroon. Lyrics. Because Cameroon is officially a bilingual country, there are official lyrics in both French and English. The song has also been unofficially translated into at least ten local indigenous languages.
"La Renaissance" (; "The Renaissance") is the national anthem of the Central African Republic. The lyrics were written by Barthélémy Boganda and melody was composed by Herbert Pepper. Anthem was adopted in 1960.
Guess with Jess is a British-Canadian animated television series for children. It features Jess the Cat from the television series "Postman Pat". The series follows Jess' adventures with his friends on Greendale Farm in London, England. It tells the stories of how they try to solve each other's problems with a Big Question. This question is answered by "asking, testing, find a way". Jess and his friends search for the answers to science and nature-based questions. The programme lets children learn about the world around them. 52 episodes of the series were made. Unlike in "Postman Pat", Jess in this series can talk to his friends on the farm. New episodes of the series aired on the DreamWorks Channel in Thailand until 2020. International broadcast. CBeebies (UK) ABC (Australia) France 5 (France) Playhouse Disney (France Spain Italy and Latin America) Qubo (United States) Treehouse and Télé-Québec (Canada) TV12 (Singapore) EBS (Korea) Kids 1 (South Korea) M-Net (South Africa) Cartoon Network (India and Pan Asia) CyBC (Cyprus) MiniMini (Poland) POP TV (Slovenia) MBC E Vision and Al Jazeera (Middle East) YLE (Finland) NRK (Norway) Lativi (Indonesia)
The Overton window is a nickname for the set of opinions and ideas that it is possible for a politician to have without losing any chance of ever winning an election again. It is a reference to the ideas about politics that is generally fine to have. Joseph Overton. Joseph Overton explained why libertarian think tanks exist by creating a chart of different political ideas that it’s possible to have with a straight line from “most government, least freedom” to “least government, most freedom” and said that the ideas that politicians can get away with supporting are in the middle of it but sometimes where that is changes. For example, Prohibition is something that people once supported while being in the mainstream but then society changed so that no politician could get away with supporting prohibition because society moved towards more freedom and less government. Overton also said that society could move in the direction of less freedom and more government. Overton said libertarian think tanks existed to move society to the point where more libertarian ideas were more mainstream and statism was seen as more radical. After Overton died, his think tank, the Mackinac Centre, started to call that idea, the Overton Window. Glenn Beck. In 2010, Glenn Beck wrote a novel called The Overton Window based on conspiracy theories. When talking about it on Fox News, Beck said that the Overton Window meant things that politicians were willing to support and that the Overton Window changed when politicians decided that some ideas should become taboo or that some taboo ideas should become mainstream. The Mackinac Centre criticized him for saying this and said that it’s not politicians who change The Overton Window (at least it usually isn’t), it’s society that changes and the politicians change with it. Donald Trump. After the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, a lot of political commentators on both the Left and the Right started talking about how the Overton Window had changed or how to change it. So Lawrence Reed wrote an essay for the Foundation for Economic Education explaining the idea of the Overton Window.
"Independência total" ("Total independence") is the national anthem of São Tomé and Príncipe.
CKEM-DT (channel 51) is a television station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Citytv network. It is owned and operated by Rogers Sports &amp; Media.
Sonic Boom is a children's TV series produced by Sega of America, Inc. in association with OuiDo! Productions and later Technicolor Animation Productions. It is based on the "Sonic the Hedgehog" series, taking place in its own continuity and featuring highly altered versions of the main cast. Premiering in November 2014, it is the fifth "Sonic" TV series and the first to be computer-animated.
"Ditanyè" is the national anthem of Burkina Faso. Lyrics. Verses two and three and the second chorus are little known and rarely performed.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia was the official Deputy of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia and later Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia, from 1939 until 2003. History of the office. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was created on 26 August 1939. It was created during the government of Dragiša Cvetković. The first Deputy Prime Minister was Vladko Maček. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of SFR Yugoslavia was created on 2 February 1946. It was created during the government of Josip Broz Tito. When it was created, Edvard Kardelj and Jaša Prodanović held the postition. The office was normally held by more than one person at the same time. Also, Deputy Prime Ministers sometimes hold the post with another government position. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia was ended with the constitutional reforms of 2003. The last Deputy Prime Minister was Miroljub Labus. He served from 4 November 2000 to 17 March 2003.
TVO (stylized as tvo), formerly known as TVOntario, is a Canadian publicly funded English-language educational television network and media organization. They are serving the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA).
"La Nigérienne" (; "The Nigerien") is the former national anthem of Niger.
"Arise, O Compatriots" was the national anthem of Nigeria from 1978 until 2024. On 29 May 2024, Nigeria, We Hail Thee became the national anthem. National Pledge. Generally, the anthem is followed by the Nigerian National Pledge.
"This is the Home of the Brave" (, ) is the national anthem of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Afghanistan during Taliban rule). It was first used between 1996 and 2001, but was adopted again in 2021 after the Fall of Kabul. This is when the Taliban took over the capital city of Kabul. This song is an "a cappella" song, meaning that the song has no instruments, just words. Many Islamic scholars (called "ulama") consider instruments to be haram (or taboo), and the use of instruments is forbidden.
"Druk Tsenden" (, ; "The Thunder Dragon Kingdom") is the national anthem of Bhutan. The lyrics were written by Gyaldun Dasho Thinley Dorji and the melody was composed by Aku Tongmi. The anthem was adopted in 1953. Lyrics. The words are in the Constitution of Bhutan.
"Allah Peliharakan Sultan" (Jawi: الله ڤليهاراكن سلطان, "Allah Bless the Sultan") is the national anthem of Brunei.
"Mawtini" (; "My Homeland") is the national anthem of Iraq. The song formerly served as an unofficial anthem of Palestinians and other colonized peoples of the Middle East for much of the 20th century.
Artie P. Hatzes is an American astronomer. He is a professor at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and director of the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory (Thuringian State Observatory). Hatzes is a pioneer in the search of extrasolar planets and is working on the COROT space mission. His achievements have included discovering the extrasolar planets Pollux b, Epsilon Eridani b and the star HD 13189's planet known as HD 13189 b.
The Rat is the first of the 12-year cycle of the animal that appears in the Chinese zodiac in relation to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Rat is associated with Earthly Branches. Years and the Five Elements. People born within these dates can be said to be born in the "Year of the Rat", while carrying the following elemental sign The following is a chart of the Gregorian calendar dates, of those born in the year of the rat.
The Ox is the second of the 12-year animal cycle that appears in the Chinese zodiac in relation to the Chinese Calendar. The 'Year of the Ox' is denoted by the Earthly Branch symbol 丑. The name is also translated into English as 'cow'. This is because 牛 / 丑 also refers to Cow in general, both men and women. In the Vietnamese zodiac, the water buffalo takes the position of the Ox. In the Guru zodiac, the cow is also replaced by the Cow. Year and the Five Elements. People born within these dates can be said to be born in the "Year of the Cow", while carrying the following elemental sign.
The Tiger (寅) is the third of the 12-year cycle of animals that appears in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Tiger is related with the Earthly Branch symbol. Year and the Five Elements. People born within these dates can be said to be born in the "Year of the Tiger", while carrying the following Wu Xing.
The Cat is the fourth animal symbol in the 12-year cycle of the Vietnamese and Gurung zodiac. It occurs during the period of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. Because of this, the personality traits related with the rabbit will be related with the cat. Cats are the opposite of rats. Mythology. Myths related to the order of the Chinese zodiac often include stories of why the cat is not among the twelve. Because the mouse tricked the cat into missing the feast with the Jade Emperor, the cat was not included. It did not know that the feast was happening and was not given a year, so the antipathy between cats and mice began. It is possible that turtles did not spread to China in the zodiac designation. The Great Race. Another legend known as "The Great Race" says that all the animals of the zodiac are headed for the Jade Emperor. The cat and the mouse are the smartest of animals. However they are both poor swimmers and come across a river. They both trick the kind, mindless ox into helping them by leading them back to the river. As the ox reached the other side of the river, the mouse pushed the cat into the river. Then it jumped from the ox and visited the Jade Emperor, becoming the first of the zodiac. All the other animals made it to Emperor Jade, while the cat was left to drown in the river after being sabotaged by the mouse. It is said that this is also the reason cats are always hunting rats. There have been many explanations as to why the Vietnamese, unlike all other countries that follow the Lunar calendar on the moon, have the cat instead of the Rabbit as a zodiac animal. The most common explanation is that the ancient word for Rabbit (Mao) sounds like cat (Meo). Years and the Five Elements. People born within "Year of the Cat" dates, instead of "Year of the Rabbit."
The Rabbit (卯) is the fourth part of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac. The Year of the Rabbit is related with the symbol of the Earthly Branch 卯. In the Vietnamese and Gurung zodiac, the cat takes the place of the Rabbit. Year and the Five Elements. People born within these dates can be said to be born in the "Year of the Rabbit", while carrying the following elemental symbol.
The Dragon (simplified Chinese: 龙, traditional Chinese: 龍) is the fifth part of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac in relation to the Chinese calendar. It is the only zodiac sign represented by a mythical creature, rather than a real-life animal. The Year of the Dragon is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 辰, pronounced chen. It has been suggested by an academic researcher that the Earth Branch character may be related to scorpions; it may symbolize the star Antares. In the Buddhist calendar used in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, the Dragon is replaced by the nāga. In the Gurung zodiac, the Dragon is replaced by the eagle. Year and the Five Elements. People born within these dates can be said to be born in the "Year of the Dragon", while carrying the following elemental sign.
The Snake (蛇) is the sixth of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac. The Year of the Snake is related with the symbol of the Earth Branch 巳. According to one legend, there is a reason for the order of the 12 animals in the 12-year cycle. The story goes that a race is held to cross a great river, and the order of animals in the cycle is based on their order at the end of the race. In this story, the Snake gives not being the best swimmer by cutting a hidden ride on the Horse's hoof, and when the Horse is about to cross the finish line, jumps, destroys the Horse, and thus replaced it with sixth place. Year and the Five Elements. People born within these dates can be said to be born in the "Year of the Snake", while carrying the following elemental signs.
The Horse is the seventh of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac in relation to the Chinese calendar. Some characteristics of the Horse nature must be typical of or related to either a year of the Horse and its events, or about the personality of anyone born in any year . Horse aspects can also enter into other factors or measures, such as time. Year and the Five Elements. People born within these dates can be said to be born in the "Year of the Horse", while carrying the following elemental signs.