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The Pasig River is the main river in Metro Manila that connects Laguna de Bay and Manila Bay. Stretching for , it bisects the Philippine capital of Manila and its surrounding urban areas into northern and southern halves. Its major tributaries are the Marikina River and San Juan River. The total drainage basin of the Pasig River, including the basin of Laguna de Bay, covers . The Pasig River is technically a "tidal estuary", as the flow direction depends upon the water level difference between Manila Bay and Laguna de Bay. During the "dry season", the water level in Laguna de Bay is low with the river's flow direction dependent on the tides. During the "rainy season", when the water level of Laguna de Bay is high, the flow is reversed towards Manila Bay. Etymology. The river takes its name from the city of Pasig, which is named after the Tagalog word "pasig", meaning "a river that flows into the sea" or "the sandy bank of a river", with the former in reference to the Pasig River's flow from Laguna de Bay towards Manila Bay and out into the South China Sea. Geography. The Pasig River winds generally northwestward for some from Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines, to Manila Bay, in the southern part of the island of Luzon. From the lake, the river runs between the municipalities of Taguig and Taytay, Rizal, before entering Pasig, where its confluence with the Marikina River tributary is known as the Napindan Channel. From the "Napindan Channel", the Pasig River flows through the city of Pasig until its confluence with the Taguig River. Onwards, it forms a border between the city of Mandaluyong to the north and the city of Makati to the south. The river then sharply turns northeast, where it has become the border between Mandaluyong and Manila before turning again westward, joining its other major tributary, the San Juan River, and then following a sinuous path through the center of Manila before emptying into Manila Bay. The whole length of the river and
Malavalli Huchche Gowda Amarnath (29 May 1952 – 24 November 2018) known by his screen name Ambareesh, was an Indian actor and politician. He was known for his Bollywood movie roles in "Naagarahaavu" and in "Paduvaaralli Pandavaru". He was known as "Mandayada Gandu" (English: Man of Mandya). He was born in Doddarasinakere, Karnataka. In his political career, Ambareesh, a member of the Indian National Congress, was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998 and retired in 2009. He also was India's Minister of Information and Broadcasting from 2006 to 2007 when Manmohan Singh was Prime Minister. Ambareesh died on 24 November 2018 at a Bangalore hospital from a heart attack at the age of 66.
Věra Růžičková (10 August 1928 – 24 November 2018) was a Czechoslovak gymnast. She competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. She was born in Brno. She won a gold medal as a member of the Czechoslovak squad in the team competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Růžičková died in Prague on 24 November 2018 from breast cancer at the age of 90.
Edward Benton "Eddie" Reeves (November 17, 1939 – November 18, 2018) is an American songwriter, recording artist, music publisher, artist manager, record company executive, and author. He was born in Austin, Texas, but raised in Amarillo, Texas. He was known for writing "All I Ever Need Is You", which has been covered by Ray Charles, Sonny &amp; Cher, Ray Sanders, Andre Hazes, Tom Jones, Sammi Smith, Chet Atkins &amp; Jerry Reed and Kenny Rogers &amp; Dottie West. Reeves was nominated for three Grammy Awards. Reeves died in Houston from a stroke on November 18, 2018 one day after his 79th birthday.
Randolph Louis Braham (December 20, 1922 – November 25, 2018) was an American historian and political scientist. He was born in Bucharest, Romania. He was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He was the author or editor of over 60 books and co-authored or written chapters to 50 others and published a large number of scholarly articles. His works dealt with the Holocaust in Hungary and 20th-century Hungarian history, as well as history in post-World War II politics in Hungary. Braham died on November 25, 2018 in New York City at the age of 95.
William Dean Naulls (October 7, 1934 – November 22, 2018) was an American basketball player. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1966. He was born in Dallas, Texas, but was raised in Los Angeles, California. He played for the St. Louis Hawks, New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics. Naulls died on November 22, 2018 in Laguna Niguel, California from respiratory failure at the age of 84.
Laguna Niguel is a suburban city in Orange County, California in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,355. Laguna Niguel has a median household income 31 percent above the Orange County average and nearly double the U.S. average. It is known for its mild coastal climate and very low crime rate.
Challakere Kareem Jaffer Sharief (3 November 1933 – 25 November 2018) was an Indian politician. He was one of the senior most Indian National Congress leaders. He was the Railways Minister of the Government of India from 1991 until 1995 when P. V. Narasimha Rao was Prime Minister. He was a member of Lok Sabha from 1971 to 1996 and again from 1998 to 2004. Sharief died at the age of 85 in Bengaluru from a heart attack on November 25, 2018.
Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian lawyer and politician. He was the 9th Prime Minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He was born in Vangara, Hyderabad State, British India (now in Telangana, India). Rao died of a heart attack at a hospital in New Delhi on 23 December 2004 at the age of 83.
Inder Kumar Gujral (4 December 1919 – 30 November 2012) was an Indian politician. He was the 12th Prime Minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998. Gujral was the third Prime Minister to be from the Rajya Sabha. Gujral died on 30 November 2012 from a lung infection at a Gurgaon hospital at the age of 92.
Lal Bahadur Shastri (, , 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician. He was the 2nd Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party. Shastri died on 11 January 1966 in Tashkent, Soviet Union from a heart attack at the age of 61. Many people believed that there was a conspiracy to his death and that he was murdered.
Rajmohan Gandhi (born 7 August 1935) is an Indian politician, writer, historian and researcher. He is the research professor at the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari. He is also a scholar in residence at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. Gandhi was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1990 to 1992.
Arun Manilal Gandhi (April 14, 1934 – May 2, 2023) was an Indian-American socio-political activist. He was born in South Africa. He is the fifth grandson of Mohandas Gandhi. Gandhi considers himself to be a Hindu but expresses universalist views. Gandhi has worked closely with Christian priests and his philosophies are strongly influenced by Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Christian ideas. In 2003 Gandhi was one of the signatories to "Humanism and Its Aspirations" (Humanist Manifesto III). Gandhi considered himself to be a Hindu but expressed universalist views. Gandhi had worked closely with Christian priests and his philosophies were strongly influenced by Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Christian concepts. Like his grandfather, he also believed in the concept of 'non-violence' (Ahimsa). Gandhi claimed to be more Unitarian then anything else. He took his prayers public and did not practice Hinduism in the traditional sense. Gandhi met nurse Sunanda in a hospital and they married in 1957. The couple had 2 children, Tushar, born on January 17, 1960, and Archana. Gandhi and Sunanda stayed married until her death on February 21, 2007. Gandhi died on May 2, 2023 in Kolhapur, India at the Sunanda Gandhi home for girls, after a brief illness, at the age of 89.
Chaudhary Charan Singh (23 December 1902 – 29 May 1987) was an Indian politician. He was the 5th Prime Minister of India from 28 July 1979 until 14 January 1980. Many people called him the 'champion of India's peasants.' He was born in Noorpur, United Provinces, British India. He was mainly a member of the Janata Party. Singh died of a stroke on 29 May 1987 in New Delhi at the age of 84.
Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), was an Indian politician. He was the 8th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990. He was born in Allahabad, United Provinces, British India. Singh died of multiple myeloma in New Delhi on 27 November 2008 at the age of 77.
Chandra Shekhar (1 July 1927 – 8 July 2007) was an Indian politician. He was the 8th Prime Minister of India between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. He was born in Ibrahimpatti, Ballia, United Provinces, British India. Shekhar was mainly a member of the Janata Party. Shekhar died on 8 July 2007 in New Delhi from multiple myeloma at the age of 80.
Mohammad Hidayatullah OBE (17 December 1905 – 18 September 1992) was an Indian politician. Hidayatullah was the 11th Chief Justice of India from 25 February 1968 to 16 December 1970, and the sixth Vice President of India from 31 August 1979 to 30 August 1984. He was the Acting President of India from 20 July 1969 to 24 August 1969 and from 6 October 1982 to 31 October 1982.
Basappa Danappa Jatti (10 September 1913 – 7 June 2002) was an Indian politician. He was the fifth Vice President of India from 1974 to 1979. He was Acting President of India from 11 February to 25 July 1977. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. Jatti was born in Savalagi, Bombay Presidency, British India. Jatti died on 7 June 2002 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India from kidney cancer at the age of 88.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (19 May 1913 – 1 June 1996) was an Indian politician. He was the sixth President of India from 1977 to 1982. He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1967 to 1969 and again in 1977. Reddy died on 1 June 1996 from pneumonia in Bangalore, Karnataka at the age of 83.
Gyani Zail Singh (; born Jarnail Singh, 5 May 1916 – 25 December 1994) was an Indian politician. He was the seventh President of India from 1982 to 1987. He was a politician with the Indian National Congress party. Singh was killed in a car crash in Chandigarh, India on 25 December 1994 at the age of 78.
Ramaswamy Venkataraman (, 4 December 191027 January 2009) was an Indian lawyer, activist and politician. He was the eighth President of India from 1987 to 1992. Venkataraman died on 27 January 2009, at a hospital in New Delhi from multiple organ failure caused by kidney disease at the age of 98.
Kocheril Raman Narayanan (; 4 February 1921 – 9 November 2005) was an Indian politician. He was born in Perumthanam, Travancore, British India. He was the tenth President of India from 1997 to 2002. Before this, he was the Vice President of India from 1992 to 1997. Narayanan was a member of the Indian National Congress. Narayanan died of pneumonia caused by renal failure on 9 November 2006 in New Delhi at the age of 84.
David Michael Gauke (; born 8 October 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician and solicitor. He is the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor since 2018 and Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Hertfordshire since 2005.  He was appointed as Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor in January 2018 by Prime Minister Theresa May.
Adity Mohsin is a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer. Works. In 2003, Mohsin's first album was "Amar Mon Cheye Roy". Her second album titled was "Sharado Prate" (2004). In 2013, she released "Barshamukhor Raate Phagun Sameerane". She performs on Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar, NTV, Maasranga Television, SA TV, and Tara Muzik. As a play-back singer, she has sung Rabindra Sangeet for different dramas and serials on various television channels in Bangladesh. She sang in Rabindranath Tagore's "Chhinnapatra", a documentary film based on the still photographs of Nawajesh Ahmed. In 2009, Mohsin performed in Kolkata with Asha Bhosle as one of the "Panchakannya", along with Lopamudra Mitra, Subhamita Banerjee and Srabani Sen. In 2016, she performed in the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Katherine Anne Stuart is a Canadian actress and stunt performer. She has guest-starred on television shows as well as appearing in the television movie "A Wrinkle in Time". Personal life. Stuart was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has a younger brother, Ted. She shares the same name as another former child actress who is best known for her role in the independent movie "Frog and Wombat". Stuart is best friends with the English actor Steven Webb.
Ayasha Rahman () (born 14 January 1994) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh cricket team. She is a right handed batsman. Career. ODI career. Rahman made her ODI career against the Pakistan women's cricket team on August 23, 2012. T20I career. Rahman made her T20I career against the India women's cricket team on April 5, 2013. In June 2018, she was part of Bangladesh's squad that won their first ever Women's Asia Cup title, winning the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup tournament. Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. She was the leading run-scorer for Bangladesh in the tournament, with 89 runs in five matches. Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the rising star of Bangladesh's squad by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The Infamy Speech was a speech given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a Joint Session of the US Congress on December 8, 1941, one day after the Empire of Japan's attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire. The name comes from the first line of the speech "a date which will live in infamy." The speech is also commonly referred to as the "Pearl Harbor Speech".
Gordon Frank Copeland (19 August 1943 – 24 November 2018) was a New Zealand politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2008. When first elected, he was a member of the United Future New Zealand Party from 2002 but he resigned from the party in 2007. In March 2009, Copeland became Party President of The Kiwi Party, which he had co-founded. Copeland stood for the Conservative Party in the 2011 general election, but lost the election. Copeland died in a Wellington hospice on 24 November 2018 from cancer, aged 75.
Giuliana Calandra (10 February 1936 – 25 November 2018) was an Italian actress, journalist and television presenter. She was born in Moncalieri, Italy. Calandra was known for her movie roles in "La Calandria", "Deep Red" and in "L'affittacamere". Calandra died in Aprilia, Lazio on 25 November 2018 from leukemia at the age of 82.
Viktor Izrailyovych Kanevskyi (, ; 3 October 1936 – 25 November 2018) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player and coach. He was born to a Jewish family in Kyiv. He played for Soviet national team and for Dynamo Kyiv. He also managed Metalist Kharkiv and Dnipro. Kanevskyi died in Bristol, Connecticut on 25 November 2018 from brain cancer at the age of 82.
Tomás Maldonado (25 April 1922 – 26 November 2018) was an Argentine painter, designer and philosopher. He was born in Buenos Aires. He was one of the main theorists of design theory From 1954 to 1967, Maldonado worked at the Ulm School of Design (Hochschule für Gestaltung – HfG) in Germany. He created a system of codes for the design program of the Italian firm "Olivetti" and the department store "La Rinascente". Maldonado died in Buenos Aires on 26 November 2018 from complications of pneumonia at the age of 96.
Chamely Khatun (born 11 November 1988, is a Bangladeshi) cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh national women's cricket team. She is a right handed batsman and right-arm slow bowler. Career. Asian games. Chamely was part of the team that won a silver medal in cricket against the China national women's cricket team at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
The Settlers of Catan, sometimes called Catan or Settlers for short, is a board game. The Settlers of Catan was designed by Klaus Teuber and first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos) as Die Siedler von Catan. Three to four people play as settlers, each trying to build holdings while trading and getting resources. Players get points as their settlements grow. The first player to reach a set number of points, usually 10, wins. The game and its many expansions are also published by Mayfair Games, Filosofia, Capcom, 999 Games, Κάισσα, and Devir. "The Settlers of Catan" became one of the first German-style board games to become popular outside Europe. , more than 22 million copies in 30 languages had been sold. The game involves a lot of strategy, while still being fairly easy to learn. Gameplay. The players in the game represent settlers creating colonies on the island of Catan. Players build settlements, cities, and roads to connect them as they settle the island. The game board, which represents the island, is made out of tiles with six sides. (hexes) of different land types, which are laid out randomly at the beginning of each game. Newer editions of the game began to have a fixed layout in their manual, which has been proven by computer simulations to be fair. They recommend this to be used by beginners. In 2016, editions of the game were released with a conventional fixed layout board in this configuration. The hexes of these editions cannot be rearranged. Teuber's original design was for a large game of exploration and development in a new land. Between 1993 and 1995 Teuber and Kosmos refined and simplified the game into its current form. Unused mechanics from that design went on to be used in Teuber's following games, "Entdecker" and "Löwenherz." The game's first expansion, "," adds the concept of exploration, and the combined game (sometimes known as "New Shores") is probably the closest game to Teuber's original intentions.
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for electing members of the United States House of Representatives. There are now 435 voting seats in the House of Representatives. Each seat represents around 761,000 people. There have been 435 voting seats since 1913, except for a temporary increase to 437 after the admissions of Alaska and Hawaii. The total number of state members is capped by the "Reapportionment Act of 1929". Also, each of the five inhabited U.S. territories and the federal district of Washington, D.C. sends a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives. The Bureau of the Census counts the number of people in the United States every ten years. This is called the decennial census. The numbers from the Census are used to figure out how many representavies each state gets. This is called "apportionment". The 2012 elections were the first to be based on the congressional districts which were defined based on the 2010 United States Census. Each state is in charge of the redistricting of districts within their state, and several states have one "at-large" division. Redistricting must take place if the number of members changes after a reapportionment, or may take place at any other time if demographics represented in a district has changed substantially. Districts may sometimes retain the same boundaries while changing their district numbers. The following is a complete list of the 435 current congressional districts for the House of Representatives, and over 200 obsolete (no longer being used) districts, and the six current and one obsolete non-voting delegations. American Samoa. "See Non-voting delegations, below." Delaware. The oldest district in the country, it has never changed its shape or size. From 1813 to 1823, Delaware had two representatives — both chosen at-large on a general ticket from the same statewide district. District of Columbia. "See Non-voting delegations, below." Guam. "See Non-voting delegations, below." Maine. Until 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts. After the 1810 census, Massachusetts was allocated 20 districts. Seven Massachusetts districts (then numbered
Leo Schwarz (9 October 1931 – 26 November 2018) was a German Catholic figure. He was born in Braunweiler, Germany. Schwarz was from 1982 to 2006 the Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Trier, and was bishop of Abbir Germaniciana. Schwarz died on 26 November 2018 in Cologne, Germany from lymphoma at the age of 87.
Thomas J. Dart (born May 25, 1962) is an American politician and police official. He is the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois since 2007. A Democrat, he is the chief executive of the second largest such department in the United States after Los Angeles. Dart was a member of the Illinois Senate from 1991 to 1993. From 1993 to 2003, he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives. Dart was the Democratic nominee for state treasurer of Illinois but lost to incumbent Republican Judy Baar Topinka. Dart, who studied at Loyola University, lives in Mount Greenwood, Chicago.
LeBreton Flats is a 21-hectare (52 acres, 21,000 square meters) piece of undeveloped land in the center of Canada’s capital city, Ottawa. The Great Fire of 1900 destroyed most of the land.
Tsukuyomi (), or Tsukuyomi-no-mikoto (), is the god of the moon in Japanese mythology. He is the brother of Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun, and of Susanoo, the god of the sea and storms. He killed Toyoukebime, the goddess of food. His sister Amaterasu was upset and said that she would stay away from him forever. That is why the sun is up during the day and the moon is up during night. Both the "Kojiki" (c. 712 CE) and the "Nihon Shoki" (720 CE) agree in their description of Amaterasu as the daughter of the god Izanagi and as the elder sister of the moon goddess, Tsukuyomi, and of the storms and seas god, Susanoo.
Max Fleischer (born Majer Fleischer ; July 19, 1883 – September 25, 1972) was a Polish-American animator, inventor, movie director and producer. He was born in Kraków, Poland. Fleischer was the head of Fleischer Studios. He was known for creating Koko the Clown, Betty Boop, Popeye, and Superman to the movie screen. Fleischer died on September 25, 1972 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 89.
Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer. She originally appeared in the "Talkartoon" and "Betty Boop" movie series. They were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She has also been featured in comic strips and mass merchandising. She is based on the singer and actress Helen Kane. Betty Boop was described in a 1934 court case as: "combin[ing] in appearance the childish with the sophisticated—a large round baby face with big eyes and a nose like a button, framed in a somewhat careful coiffure, with a very small body of which perhaps the leading characteristic is the most self-confident little bust imaginable".  She was first voiced by Margie Hines, but was popularly played by Mae Questel.
Elizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps (born June 25, 1979) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director. She is known for her roles on the television series "Freaks and Geeks" (1999–2000), "Dawson's Creek" (2001–03) and "ER" (2006–07), and for her role of Laurie Keller on the ABC series "Cougar Town" (2009–15). Philipps was born in Oak Park, Illinois, but was raised in Scottsdale, Arizona. Philipps has also appeared in movies, such as "The Smokers" (2000), "Home Room" (2002), "White Chicks" (2004), "Made of Honor" (2008), "He's Just Not That into You" (2009), "The Gift" (2015), and "I Feel Pretty" (2018). and voiced roles in "Nutri Ventures" English-dubbed role as Ben in several episodes, "Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go", "American Dad", "Fish Hooks". Personal life. Philipps married screenwriter Marc Silverstein on June 16, 2007. They have two children: Birdie, born in 2008, and Cricket, born in 2013. They separated in February 2021.