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Remigijus Šimašius (Lithuanian: "Remigijus Šimašius"; January 12, 1974, Taurage, Lithuania) is the mayor of Vilnius since 2015. He is Lithuanian lawyer, politician, member of the Seimas (2012-2016), Minister of Justice of Lithuania from 2008 to 2012, economist.  Biography. Remigijus Šimašius graduated from the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University. He then studied as a doctoral student at Mykola Romeris University. On September 17, 2002 he became Doctor of Laws. In 2002-2008, he was a teacher (lecturer) in the field of law in Nicholas Romeris University and Vilnius University. From 1995 to 2008, Remigijus Šimašius was a legal expert and economist at the Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LLRI). In 2006, he bacame a President of the Institute. Politics. From 2008 to 2012, Remigijus Šimašius was Minister of Justice in the government of Kubilius. In 2015, he was elected mayor of Vilnius. In June 2016, members of the Liberal Movement elected Remigijus Šimašius as a chairman of the party. In 2017, he left the "Union of Liberals of Lithuania". In 2019, Remigijus Šimašius created a public committee "For Vilnius, which we are proud of" and on March 17, 2019, in the second round he was re-elected mayor of Vilnius, gaining in the second round 59% of the vote.
Public shaming is when someone is out of favor for their actions or words. It has been used as a punishment in some countries long ago. Online shaming. Public shaming has been seen online due to a super-minority of groups willing to "cancel" people.
The red-skirted tree frog ("Dendropsophus rhodopeplus") is a frog that lives in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil. Scientists have seen it as high as 1200 meters above sea level. This frog is yellow and dark red in color. The adult male frog is 15.34 to 25.5 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 26.8 to 27.7 mm long. It lays eggs whenever the weather is good for laying eggs.
Hkakabo Razi is a mountain in Asia. It is in the Burmese Himalayas range of the Kachin State in northern Myanmar. This mountain is in 3 countries: Myanmar , India, and China. It is the highest mountain in Myanmar. It has been protected as a national park since 1998. The mountain is in Kachin State, the northernmost state of Myanmar. Takashi Ozaki (Japan, 1951 – May 14, 2011) and Nyima Gyaltsen (aka "Aung Tse"; Myanmar) made the first ascent in 1996. As of 2021, they were the only people to have reached the top of the mountain and to have returned alive. Ozaki had attempted the mountain in 1995 but turned back due to bad weather. The route to basecamp is long (four weeks). A dense rain forest needs to be traversed, with many unbridged stream crossings. Before 1993, foreigners were not allowed travel to the area. This may be one of the reasons why the first successful climb was only done recently. In 2013, the nearby peak of Gamlang Razi was climbed and measured at using an advanced version of GPS, making it possibly the highest in Myanmar. Ozaki had confirmed Hkakabo's height as 5881 m, but he did not yet have the GPS equipment to measure the exact height of Hkakabo Razi. A team was sent out, to measure the exact height, in 2014. They had to turn back at a height of . They estimated that the summit was higher. Therefore, its exact height is unknown.
A Maikei Ngaakpa Lai is a member of the Guardian deities ("Ngaakpa Lai"s) of the ten directions ("Maikei"s) in Meitei mythology and religion. The foremost of them are Marjing (Malching), Thangjing (Thangching), Koubru (Koupalu) and Wangbren (Wangpulel). Four Major Directions. The deities who guard the four directions are as follows: Awang koubru. Koupalu (ꯀꯧꯄꯂꯨ) or Koubru (ꯀꯧꯕ꯭ꯔꯨ) is the Guardian of the North West direction. He is the patron of the Mount Koubru in Northern Manipur. Marjing. Marjing (ꯃꯥꯔꯖꯤꯡ) or Malching (ꯃꯥꯜꯆꯤꯡ) is the Guardian of the North East direction. Besides, he is the inventor of the Sagol Kangjei, a primitive form of modern polo, and Meitei horse. He rides on Samadon Ayangba, a mythical winged horse. Thangching. Thangjing (ꯊꯥꯡꯖꯤꯡ) or Thangching (ꯊꯥꯡꯆꯤꯡ) is the Guardian of the South West direction. Besides, he is the patron deity of the Ancient Moirang. Wangpulel. Wangpulel (ꯋꯥꯡꯄꯨꯂꯦꯜ) or Wangbren (ꯋꯥꯡꯕ꯭ꯔꯦꯟ) is the Guardian of the South East direction. Besides, he is the deity of underwater world and disaster. Four Cardinal Directions. Kounu. Kounu (ꯀ�
Lagaan (), released internationally as Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language musical sports film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, and produced by and starring Aamir Khan, along with debutant Gracy Singh and British actors Rachel Shelley and Paul Blackthorne in supporting roles. The film is set in 1893, during the late Victorian period of India's colonial British Raj. The story takes place in a small village in Central India, whose settlers, overloaded by high taxes, and several years of drought, find themselves in an bizarre situation as an arrogant British army officer challenges them to a game of cricket, as a wager to avoid paying the taxes they owe. The narrative spins around this situation as the villagers face the extremely difficult task of learning a game that is strange and new to them and playing for a result that will change their village's destiny. "Lagaan" released on 15 June 2001, clashing with "" starring Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel. "Lagaan" received worldwide critical acclaim and awards at international film festivals, and many Indian film awards and it became a blockbuster. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Made on a very expensive of (), the movie was a humongous project from Aamir Khan Productions and was filmed in villages near Bhuj.
Squishy toys are common in most toy stores, and can help people with anxiety and ADHD. at the moment, squishy toys are popular and are becoming a trend.  The stores that you can find them in are DAISO, Target, Fred Meyer, Ross, and HOBBY LOBBY. You can find many types of squishy toys in the listed stores. Many people create videos about them. Many have different varieties of names such as "funky egg", "marble mesh", and "mochi".
Ugarit (; , "ʼUgart"; "Ūġārīt" or "Ūǧārīt") was an ancient port city in northern Syria. It is in the outskirts of modern Latakia. It was discovered by accident in 1928 together with the Ugaritic texts. Its ruins are often called Ras Shamra due to the headland on which they are found. Ugarit had close connections to the Hittite Empire. It also sent tribute to Egypt at times and maintained trade and diplomatic connections with Cyprus (then called Alashiya). This is documented in the archives recovered from the site. It is confirmed by Mycenaean and Cypriot pottery found there. The polity was at its height from c. 1450 BCE until its destruction in c. 1200 BCE. This destruction was possibly caused by the mysterious Sea Peoples or internal struggle. The kingdom would be one of the many that fell apart during the Bronze Age Collapse.
The Arctic Council is a high-level forum between governments. It addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic. The Council is formed of eight countries: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States. All of these countries have sovereignty over the lands within the Arctic Circle. There are also some observer states.  The Council was formed in 1996 by the Ottawa Declaration. It is designed to encourage cooperation, coordination, and interaction among the Arctic states. The Council meets every six months for a Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) meeting. Senior Arctic Officials are representatives of the member states. Every two years a Ministerial Meeting is held. A "Declaration" is produced at this meeting. It sums up the past work of the Council and its future plans. Membership. The Council is made up of member and observer states, as well as Indigenous "permanent participants" and observer organizations. States. Member states. To be a member, a state must have territory in the Arctic. The member states are: Observer states. Observer status is open to non-Arctic states. They must be approved by the Council at the Ministerial Meetings. Observers have no voting rights in the Council. Currently, thirteen non-Arctic states have observer status. Current observer states are (2019):
An exit sign is a pictogram in a public place that shows where the nearest emergency exit is, in case of an emergency that requires people to evacuate. Exit signs are designed to be very understandable and clear to anyone. In the past, exit signs usually showed the word "EXIT" (or the equivalent in the local language), but increasingly exit signs around the world are pictograms, with or without additional text.
Carving is the act of using tools to shape a material by scraping away portions of that material. It can be done on any material solid enough to hold a shape, yet soft enough for portions to be scraped away with tools.  Examples of material with potential for carving:  Carving is different from methods using soft and malleable materials like clay and melted glass. Carving needs more work.
Dave Spud is a British children's animated series featuring the surreal adventures of the eponymous Dave Spud of Grimsby, his friends and tower block-dwelling family. It was created and directed by Edward Foster, inspired by his 2003 NFTS student short 'Anna Spud'. It was developed into a pilot in 2010 produced by The Illuminated Film Company. 26 11-minute installments were commissioned, whilst the soundtrack was composed by electronic group Basement Jaxx. Series overview. &lt;onlyinclude&gt;&lt;/onlyinclude&gt;
Hada Samaton Ayangba is a Meitei language theme song of the 8th Manipur Polo International 2014, sung by Mangka Mayanglambam and composed by M. Mangangsana. The song writer was B. Jayantakumar Sharma and presented by the Laihui Ensemble of Manipur. The theme of the song is dedicated to Samadon Ayangba, the winged mythical flying horse used by Marjing, the ancient Meitei deity of Sagol Kangjei, the traditional form of modern polo.
Mangka Mayanglambam is an Indian Manipuri folk, classical and contemporary song performer and a Pena player. She is best known for the Hada Samadon Ayangba, the opening theme song for the 8th Manipur International Polo Tournament in Imphal and Moirang Sai A women's Ballad. she is one of a few artists who is preserving the rich tradition of Meitei folk music, especially the genres of the Moirang Sai Pena, among the present generation. One of her Major Contribution is that she train many Young boys and girls on Manipuri Folk and traditional music. She is an inspiration,a role model to many youngsters and People address her Princess of Manipuri Folk Music She is the first solo performer to represent India at Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Radio Song Festival Held at Colombo 2014. She is the youngest 'A' grade Folk Singer Of All India Radio Imphal. More about Mangka Mayanglambam. Daughter of Mayanglambam Mangangsana Meitei and Maibam Rebika Devi Training acquired in the field of Performing Arts. Mangka acquired the knowledge of Manipuri folk music from her father since childhood. She trained on various Manipuri Folk and other arts forms; Moirang Sai and Basok from Guru Smt. Langathel Thoinu in 2002, Pena from Padma Shri Guru Khangembam Mangi in 2006, Khongjom Parva from Guru Smt Khumanthem Sundari in 2009, Mime from Y. Sadananda in 2012, Hindustani Music from late Guru Mairembam Jiten Singh in 2013, Theatre from Kalakshetra Manipur in 2016, Moirang Sai from Kumbi Inakhunbi in 2019, and Khunung Eshei from Guru Lourembam Bedabati in 2020.
Nokia N93i was a version of the Nokia N93 that was considered "better". It was told and released on November 11, 2006 and then discontinued in 2012. It was also the first of Nokia Nseries. History. Nokia N93 was a new version of "N93i". It was told by Nokia Nseries on November 11, 2006 at "The Verge" in West Hollywood, California.  On November 19, 2006, Google had said that the YouTube app had been added to the new Nokia N93i. Nokia N93i was shown at The Verge on November 22 and November 23 at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida.  In January 8, 2007, Nokia had announced the Nokia N93i has partnered the news version like Nokia N93, after release on July 11, 2006, The N93i was developed and the news version was released. On January 16 and January 17, 2007 it was launched for sales. Nokia N93i had been released on January 26, 2007 as it was being developed. People working at Nokia had been connecting to people and had reached the public on January 30 and February 1, 2007. Reception. Nokia N93i has showing for performance "Nokia N93i Is Here" reach on July 7, 2007. Nokia N93i has public reach at St. Louis Hotel in Santa Monica, California. Nokia N93i had legacies for sales that had next expired on August 8, 2007. In September 2007, Nokia N93 had expired and was no longer for sale, and it stopped selling before September 30.  Nokia N93i had stopped being available in February 8, 2012, Nokia N93i was also no longer available including Nokia N93, that the Nokia Corporation had stopped. It was based as discontinued, because it had expired its support lifecycles. Functions and design. Camera and connecting. The camera in Nokia N93i had released for its news version partner, with 24cm for 80cm, the Nokia N93i camera has small features in camera for connecting Tube of World, Nokia N93i had features for the public.
The Laihui Ensemble is a centre for research on traditional and indigenous performing arts, based on Imphal, Manipur. It was established in 1985. The association is performing different art shows at different venues across different nations in the world. Mangka Mayanglambam is one of the most active artists of the ensemble, and is trying her best to revive the dying art forms of Manipur including the Moirang Sai.
Perseverance is a Mars rover launched July 30, 2020. It arrived in the Jezero Crater on Mars February 18, 2021. On the same day, it captured its first picture of Mars. The rover carried, among other things, an oxygen generator, 17 different cameras and the first ever helicopter to be flown on Mars, "Ingenuity". In April 2021, the oxygen generator in the "Perseverance" created oxygen from carbon dioxide in the Martian atmosphere. On August 6, 2021, the first sample-collection experiment was attempted, and failed. The drill hole was successful, but later data revealed that the rock had crumbled, leaving no core to collect.
E or Mi is the first note of the E major scale.  F flat. F is a enharmonic equivalent of E, but is not usually seen as the same note. It is used in places where there is an E♭ that would come before an E. The F would then replace the E which would help avoid confusion in the notation.
Swift is a general-purpose programming language made by Apple Inc. Originally released in 2014, Swift has been known to be used for making iOS applications. History. The development of Swift started in July 2010 by Chris Latner, with many other software programmers at Apple. Swift was made as a replacement for another programming language called Objective-C.  On June 2, 2014 the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference(WWDC) application became the first application written in Swift. A beta version of the app was released to the registered Apple developers. In 2016, during the WWDC 2016, Apple announced an iPad only app called Swift Playgrounds, made to teach people how to code with Swift. During WWDC 2019, Apple announced SwiftUI with Xcode 11. Examples. Here is a Hello world program written in swift. // Swift "Hello world!" Program print("Hello world!") Platforms. Swift supports operating systems like: Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, and Apple's operating systems (Darwin,iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS)
The 2015 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament. It took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, England, from 29 June to 12 July 2015. Point and prize money distribution. Point distribution. Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event. Prize money. The total prize money for the 2015 Wimbledon Championships was £26.75m. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn £1.88m. The figures for doubles events are per pair.
Danganronpa is a mystery action visual novel video game series. It was developed by Spike Chunsoft Co Ltd (previously Spike Co Ltd) as a beta named DISTRUST. DISTRUST  was cancelled due to the story being too dark and the setting was not usable for high school students. Two animated shows were released: Danganronpa: The Animation and Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School. Story. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc/Danganronpa: The Animation. Makoto Naegi and 15 other talented students enter a high school for highly skilled students named Hope's Peak Academy. In the game, Makoto Naegi enters the school building before fainting and waking up in a classroom. While in the animation, Makoto steps foot onto the school and immediately falls unconscious. He then goes to the gym to meet fifteen other high school students who joined Hope's Peak Academy. After the introductions, a robotic bear named Monokuma introduces himself and states that they are trapped in the school. The only way to escape is to commit murder without getting caught by the other students. For the rest of the game/animation, Makoto and his classmates are to find the murderers. If they do not find the murderer they will be executed, if they do find the murderer, only the murderer will be executed. "Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair". Hajime Hinata and 15 other students join an academy. When Hajime enters the academy he walks into a room that is filled with binary code and a door. When he walks through the door, he enters a classroom filled with fifteen other students. They all introduce themselves. A robotic rabbit named Usami/Monomi/Magical Girl Usami appears and introduces herself as their teacher. After her introduction, she gets a magical wand and twirls it around, the ceiling and walls rip off to show a paradise beach. Afterwards on a beach, she asks them to earn 15 Friendship Fragments. Afterwards, Usami asks everyone to come back to the beach, but a random storm shows up and a silhouette of Monokuma appears on a
The longest word in Romanian is , the long name of (silicosis), at 44 letters long. It is a chronic respiratory disease. Its name in English is "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" and it is the longest English word in a major English dictionary. However, the "Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române" ("Explanatory Dictionary of the Romanian Language", DEX) says the longest word in Romanian is , which is a medical stabilization method. It has 25 letters and comes from the French word . The longest Romanian words are: Most other longest Romanian words are 23 or 21 letters long. There are other words that break other records in Romanian. The longest word with two vowels only is (an interjection) and the longest one with all vowels, including the ones with diacritics, is . Both words are in the DEX.
"Minecraft Multiplayer Fun" is a video made by Felix Kjellberg. He put it on his YouTube channel (named PewDiePie) on 2 October 2010. It is the oldest video on his channel that people can still watch. The video shows Kjellberg and his friend playing the video game "Minecraft".  History. Kjellberg made his YouTube channel on 29 April 2010. He made one before, called PewDie, but he forgot the password to it. The first video he put on the old channel was a different video about "Minecraft". He removed the video and does not have it again. "Minecraft Multiplayer Fun" has been said by some mass media to be the first video Kjellberg put on the newer channel. Kjellberg said he was "so shy back then". He said that sitting in a room and talking to a microphone was "so weird". The video was put on his channel on 2 October 2010. It is the oldest video on his channel that people can watch. The video has Kjellberg and his friend Xebaz talking in Swedish and English. The next videos he put on his channel are all in English. Reception. As of April 2021, "Minecraft Multiplayer Fun" has been seen more than 18 million times. "Business Insider" said that the video helped Kjellberg become a "huge YouTube star" (celebrity). "The New York Observer" put the video in their list of the "10 most important videos in YouTube history".
The Western Ghats is a mountain range in India. It is also called, "Sahyadri." The Western Ghats run north to south. It is about long, by wide. It is between the Deccan Plateau and the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats have mountains, hills, and plateaus. The tallest mountain in the Western Ghats is called Anai Mudi. Anai Mudi is 2,695 m tall.  The Western Ghats are a biodiversity hot spot. A biodiversity hot spot is a place with many plants and animals. Some of the plants and animals only live in one place. Also, a biodiversity hot spot is in danger because of human activities. This hurts the plants and animals that live there. So, the Western Ghats are important for plants and animals, but there are also many humans there too. The Western Ghats have 17% of the world's tigers. The Western Ghats have 30% of the world's elephants. There are three important rivers that start in the Western Ghats. The Krishna, Godavari, and Kaveri rivers all have their source in the Western Ghats. The Western Ghats have monsoons. Monsoons are seasonal storms. Monsoons cause flooding.
is a 1980 Japanese American war drama movie directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Ōtaki, Daisuke Ryu, Kaori Momoi, Mitsuko Baisho, Hideo Murota, Kōji Shimizu. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards in 1981.
Black Monday is the name commonly attached to the global, sudden and largely unexpected stock market crash on October 19, 1987. In Australia and New Zealand it is called "Black Tuesday" because of time zone differences from the United States.  All the twenty-three major world markets had sharp declines in October 1987. Under the United States dollar, eight markets declined by 20% to 29%, three by 30% to 39% (Malaysia, Mexico and New Zealand and another three by 40% or more (Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore). It was the sharpest market downturn in the United States since the Great Depression. This Black Monday was called the worst in history at the time. Circuit breakers were put up for stopping another 1987-like crash. It took two years for the Dow Jones to recover.
Pamela Ann Melroy (born September 17, 1961) is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. She was the Deputy Administrator of NASA from 2021 until 2025 during the Joe Biden administration. She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded mission STS-120 before leaving the agency in August 2009.  Melroy will be inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Isabella Khair Hadid (born October 9, 1996) is an American model of Palestinian and Dutch descent. Her sister is model Gigi Hadid. In 2016, she was voted "Model of the Year" by industry professionals for Models.com.
Patricia Healey (1 January 1936, Dorset – 4 February 2021, London) was a British singer and actress. Biography. She appeared in the UK films The White Bus (1967), Wuthering Heights (1968) and in the R3 television show between 1963 and 1964. Her last appearance was in the 1994 television mini-series Middlemarch. She was married to singer Engelbert Humperdinck. Healey, who had Alzheimer's disease, died on 4 February 2021 at 85, due to complications from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in England.
Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid (born April 23, 1995) is an American supermodel.  In November 2014, Hadid made her debut in the Top 50 Models ranking at Models.com.  In 2016, she was named International Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council.  Hadid has made over 40 appearances on international "Vogue" magazine covers. She was in a relationship with English singer Zayn Malik since late 2015 until 2021. She has a daughter with Malik, Khai (born September 19, 2020).