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Elizabeth Osifelo was the first female football commentator in the Solomon Islands, originally from Honiara. She was a part of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation International Development (ABCID) department's "Women in News and Sports" WINS program in 2019. She was a co-founder the Solomon Island Sports Journalism Association in 2021. She was already a working journalist, and wrote about politics in college. Osifelo commented during a game for the first Oceania Football Confederation women’s champions league. She was selected to be a part of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup commentary and mobile journalism training program. Osifelo was at Tavola News during the women's world cup. Osifelo led a mobile storytelling workshop for women’s sports, also sponsored by the WINS program. Before she was a breaking news reporter to cover fast moving destruction.
Andiswa Gebashe is a sign language interpreter for the president of South Africa. She became a household name in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. She was an activist involved in getting South African Sign Language (SASL) adopted as the twelfth official language of the country of South Africa as of July 19, 2023.  Early Life. Gebashe grew up in Soweto in the 1990s.  Her father is deaf. Her first language was SASL. Gebashe’s father is one of the few deaf stand-up comedians in South Africa, and he also translates music and theater into sign language. Career. Gebashe has run the consulting and interpreting company Andy Signs Productions for over ten years.  Interpretation. Gebashe is a sign language interpreter for the president of South Africa. Gebashe specifically interpreted press conferences and announcements about the coronavirus pandemic. She works with Nicoline Du Toit to translate for the President. She has also interpreted for different ministers of government and the Speaker of Parliament. Gebashe works hard to translate in a way that the original speaker would speak. She tries to act similar to the person who is speaking. Gebashe uses clear facial expressions in her work. Gebashe and Du Toit's interpretation got much attention from the public because their sign language is very expressive. People could see Gebashe making facial expressions that showed how they felt during the pandemic lockdown. People made many memes and music videos using pictures of Gebashe and Du Toit. The memes made them even more popular with people in South Africa and taught people about SASL. Comedy. She helps translate stand-up comedy into SASL. Gebashe also hosts The Deaf Comedy Show every month in Johannesburg. Her father also does stand-up comedy.
The Dai Le and Frank Carbone Network (DLFCN) is an Australian political party that was founded in 2023 by federal MP Dai Le and Fairfield Mayor Frank Carbone. It was founded as a local party for Greater Western Sydney, a region where the Labor Party is usually dominant depending on what is considered "Western Sydney". It was also founded to oppose the rise of teal independents in the affluent Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The party plans to run candidates in many seats in Western Sydney at the next federal election. Dai Le is the current member for the seat of Fowler, a traditionally Labor-held seat that she won as an independent in 2022. She used to be a Liberal councillor on the Fairfield City Council, but in 2016 she was suspended from the party for 10 years after she decided to run for Mayor against the endorsed Liberal candidate. Frank Carbone is the current Mayor of Fairfield. He used to be a member of the Labor Party before he left to become an independent in 2016. Carbone originally thought of naming the party "A Western Voice".
The Bengal whipping frog, Bengal whipping tree frog, or Terai tree frog ("Polypedates taeniatus") is a frog. It lives in India, Nepal, and maybe Bhutan. People have seen them as high as 500 meters above sea level. This frog lives in grasslands, forests, and places with shrubs. The female frog lays eggs on branches over pools of water. When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles fall into the water. Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in such a large place. However, this frog can die when human beings start fires to kill reeds and from chemicals meant to kill pests.
Christine Hà is an American chef, who is also blind. She is the season three winner on the cooking show, MasterChef. She also received the 2014 Helen Keller personal achievement award from the American Foundation for the Blind. Hà landed two James Beard Award nominations. She is considered one of the most well known Vietnamese chefs in Houston, TX, USA. Early life. Hà was born in Vietnam, in 1979. She lost her vision at age twenty. This was due to Neuromyelitis optica. She had planned to be a writer. Hà also got a Master's Degree in Writing at the University of Houston.  Career. Hà won the third season of the cooking show, MasterChef. She was the first ever blind chef on the MasterChef cooking show. During her time at MasterChef, most contestants got canned crab. Hà, on the other hand, got a huge, live crab. Nonetheless, she still took the victory. Many of the judges complimented her on her extraordinary palate. Hà got the 2014 Helen Keller personal achievement award from the American Foundation for the Blind. Her restaurant, the Blind Goat, was a semi-finalist for 2020 Best New Restaurant in America award from the James Beard Foundation. In 2023, she and Tony J. Nguyen, got the Outstanding Chef nomination for their work at Xin Chào, also from the James Beard Foundation. In addition, she travels the world to speak about experiences. She especially supports the visually impaired and Vietnamese youth. Hà has given multiple TED talks, as well. She launched the “Four Senses” cooking show dedicated to making accessible recipes.
Pete Namlook (25 November 1960 – 8 November 2012) is an German ambient and electronic music producer and composer.
Amlaíb mac Illuilb (, 7 September 938 – 26 October 977) nicknamed the Claimant (), the Destroyer (), and the Criminal () was the Disputed King of Scotland from 971 to 977 though he was never crowned. The son of King Indulf of Scotland (Illuilb mac Causantín), Amlaíb was the next in line of succession to his older brother, King Culen (Culen mac Illuilb).  However, in 971, Culen was killed in a rebellion led by his distant cousin, Cináed mac Maíl Coluim, who immediately took the throne as King Kenneth II. Despite this however, Amlaíb declared himself the rightful king and attempted to overthrow Kenneth and kill him in revenge of what Kenneth did to his brother. Amlaíb and his army successfully captured parts of Scotland. Exile and Imprisonment. In July 976, Kenneth II ordered an arrest warrant for Amlaíb charging him with Treason and Crimes against humanity. In an attmept to avoid being arrested, Amlaíb decided to go into exile in England in an attmept to not be imprisoned.  However, because at that time England had a bad relationship with Scotland, England would brutally torture any Scottish person who would step foot in the kingdom and would immediately imprison or execute them. Thus, Amlaíb decided to go to France. However, just like England, France would capture any Scottish people and would immediately be imprisoned due to the fact that France at that time had a really good relationship with Scotland. The then-King of France Lothair heard about Amlaíb being wanted and also heard that Amlaíb would come to France. Thus, Lothair ordered an immediate arrest for Amlaíb as soon as he arrives in France. Upon reaching France, Amlaíb was arrested and was taken to Paris where he was imprisoned. In September 977, Kenneth II ordered Lothair to send Amlaíb back to Scotland. Lothair agreed and send Amlaíb
Harish Kumar (Hindi: रानी हरीश) (1979 – 2 June 2019), known as Queen Harish or Rani Harish, was a folk dancer and choreographer from Rajasthan, India. He worked to protect and promote Rajasthani folk dances like Ghoomar, Kalbelia, Chang, and Bhawai. Early life. Harish Kumar was born in 1979 in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, to a family of carpenters from the Suthar community. He started dancing at age 13. After his parents died young, he began drag dancing to support his sisters. Harish said, "“I am a man, who chooses to dance for a living. That's a reality that I will never ignore. I chose to make the Queen part more regal and not comical.”" Inspired by 'Annu Master,' who performed the first drag dance in Jaisalmer, Harish learned from him. He also practiced American tribal style belly dancing and pole dancing to master feminine movements. Career. Harish performed Rajasthani dances like Ghoomar, Kalbelia, Chang, Bhawai, and Chari in over 60 countries. He taught choreography to more than 2,000 students in Japan. His performances were highlights at events like the "Jaipur Literary Mela," the "Raqs Congress" in Brussels, the "Belly Dancing Festival" in Seoul, and "Desilicious" in New York City. In 2010, he was a semi-finalist on the reality TV show 'India's Got Talent.' He appeared in Bollywood movies like Upadapdu (2003), Jai Gangajal (2016), and The Accidental Prime Minister (2019). In 2007, he featured in Jasmine Dellal's documentary "When the Road Bends… Tales of a Gypsy Caravan". He ran a daily show called "Queen Harish Program" in Jaisalmer, in collaboration with the Rajasthan government, and was invited to perform at Isha Ambani's pre-wedding celebrations in December 2018. Personal life. Harish was married and
"Words" is a 1968 song written by Bee Gees. It went to number 8 in the United Kingdom, number 15 in the United States, number 9 in New Zealand, number 1 in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Canada and number 13 in Australia. The song was covered by many artists including Rita Coolidge in 1978 and Boyzone in 1996 where it went to number 1 in the United Kingdom, Scotland, Ireland and Lithunia. Boyzone version. In 1996, Irish boy band Boyzone covered "Words" as their lead single from their second studio album "A Different Beat".
Nano Begal (Khowar: نانو بیگال), which means "Begal's mother", was a famous woman from a story from the Chitral kingdom in northwestern Pakistan. People in northern Pakistan tell the story. Nano Begal is about bravery among Chitrali women. Story. The story happens during the 17th century. The story begins with two polo players in Chitral trying to play polo better than each other: Jalal Begal, an ordinary man, and the ruler of Chitral, the Mehtar of Chitral. Jalal Begal often won the polo game against the Mehtar. The Mehtar got angry about losing, and he said that if he lost again, he would punish the people in his royal court. To stop this, the people in the court decided to kill Jalal Begal while he slept. The next day, Jalal Begal's mother found her son dead. Instead of crying or asking for help to bury him, she put on his polo clothes and got his horse ready for the polo game. She covered her face so no one could tell who she was. She went joined the polo team, and played the game. Her dead son's teammates thought she was Jalal Begal, and they thought he was playing polo better than they had ever seen him play before. They won against the ruler again. Then Nano Begal showed the ruler her face and she sang a song called "Nano Begal-a": People still sing this song in the valleys in Chitral. Nano Begal, the Mother of Begal is seen as a heroic woman and a role model for Chitrali women.
Darangen is a long epic poem of the Maranao Muslim people from the Mindanao region of the Philippines. It tells stories in 17 parts, with 72,000 lines. One important story is about a famous hero, "Bantugan". The word Darangen means "that which is narrated by song or chant" in the Maranao language. In 2002, Darangen was named a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines. The Lanao del Sur provincial government also called it a Provincial Treasure. UNESCO declared Darangen a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2008. It's the longest epic poem in the Philippines. Darangen is usually sung or chanted. Sometimes, singers perform parts of it during weddings and celebrations. They use instruments like kulintang gongs, Tambor drums, and kudyapi stringed instruments. Dancers also act out different parts of the story. It can last a few hours or even a week. The poem also teaches about Maranao customs, values, and practices of both the Islamic period and before the Maranao converted to Islam in the 14th century. History. The Darangen is a story passed down through generations, not written by a single person. It has 72,000 lines divided into 17 cycles, each telling a different story but connected together. The epic is written in an old version of the Maranao language. Skilled singers called "onor" memorized the Darangen. It was often sung at night, during weddings, or to lullabies for children. A full performance of the epic takes about a week, but shorter performances are more common, lasting a few hours. Singing is accompanied by traditional Maranao instruments like "kulintang gong" ensembles and "Tambor drums". The Darangen mostly reflects the beliefs of the Maranao people before they became Muslim. Heroes in the story worship and interact with ancestor spirits and nature spirits. For example, "Batara-sa-Marudo", a nature spirit who can control floods and storms. The main setting of the epic is the city of Bembaran
Eric Balemans (17 November 1961 – 2 July 2021) was a Dutch politician. He was a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. He was a member of the House of Representatives between 1998 and 2006. Balemans died in Utrecht on 2 July 2021, aged 59.
Cecilia Beatriz Busqueons Idoyaga (1949 Juan Lacaze, Uruguay- 2 July 2020 Barcelona), was a Uruguayan historian and writer . She was an expert in preventive conservation of heritage and a researcher in feminism. She emigrated from Uruguay to Barcelona in 1976, with her husband and three children.
Sister Mary Kenneth Keller (Evelyn Marie Keller) was an American computer scientist who helped create the computer language BASIC. She was also the first female in the United States to get a Ph.D. in computer science. Her thesis work focused on making algorithms that performed analytic differential on algebraic expressions. Evelyn Marie Kenneth was born on December 13, 1913. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She lived most of her life in Chicago, Michigan, before she began studying computer science. She joined the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary congregation. She was assigned to teach elementary school and high school. She taught for 29 years. Keller earned her B.A. in Mathematical Sciences, and Master's Degree in mathematics at DePaul University. She went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and became the first woman to have a Ph.D. in computer science. She resumed teaching and took side classes all the while. She did graduate work at Purdue, the University of Michigan, and Dartmouth College. She became the first female staff member in their previously male-only computer science center and led it for 20 years. She also taught at Clarke University and established a master’s degree program for computer science there. Another one of her achievements was working on the development of the computer language BASIC.
Zuzana Licko (born 1961) is an American font designer and typographer. She created fonts like Citizen and Matrix. Early Life. Licko was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1981 with a degree in Graphic Communications. Career. Licko started a magazine company called Emigre Graphics with her husband, Rudy VanderLans. Her fonts mainly look bold and geometric. One of her fonts, Matrix, was featured in many commercials. She also designed fonts for the first Apple Macintosh 128k computer. Five of her fonts from Emigre were used in MoMA New York in 2011.
Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897-1995) was a South Asian social activist and feminist. She studied philosophy at Baroda College. She was one of the 15 women in the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Indian Constitution.  Mehta founded the Desh Sevika Dal in 1930. She was arrested for it in 1932. She was the president of India's Women's Conference from 1945-1946. Mehta was an Indian delegate at the United Nations Human Rights Commission from 1947-1948. She was also part of the Fundamental Rights Subcommittee. She was passionate about human rights and fought for continuing education for all genders. Mehta was the vice-chancellor of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
Ángela Ruiz Robles (March 28, 1895-October 29, 1975) was a Spanish inventor. She was known for making the first electronic book. Ruiz Robles trained as a teacher at the School of Teachers in León and became manager of the Escuela de Niñas del Hospicio. Robles made inventions to make school work easier as a teacher. Robles founded the Elmaca Academy with her three daughters in the 1940s. The school provided classes about business management. She lived in a place that did not have much modern technology. Her most famous invention was the first electronic book called the Enciclopedia Mecanica. The invention could show various books in different languages. The e-book could light up at night, recharge, and be used as an audiobook. Robles received patents for her invention but could not secure money to mass-produce it. She was able to finally create a prototype in 1962. Her work was recognized by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Economy in Spain in 2013.
Kim Ransa (1872 - 1919) was a Korean activist and teacher. She was trusted by the Korean king, Gojong. She was also awarded with the Aejok Gang, the Order of Merit for the National Foundation.  Kim was the first Korean woman to study abroad and is known for empowering women through education. Early Life. Kim was born in 1872 in Pyongyang, Korea. After she was married she wanted to go to college at Ewha Hakdang, an all girls school founded by Methodist missionaries that is now known as Ewha Womans University. The school would not admit married women. However, Kim convinced the school to let her study, and became a student in 1896 at age 24. Later, she traveled to the US to study at the Ohio Wesleyan University. She is the first Korean woman to study abroad and get a bachelor’s degree. Career. Kim was a teacher at Ewha Hakdang. She taught students who became activists fighting for Korea's freedom from Japan. Kim led the school's literary magazine, “Imunhoe,” where she talked with students about making life better in Korea. The most famous independence activist she taught was Yu Gwan Sun. Because of her teaching, Kim was a crucial part of the March First Movement. The March First Movement was an important Korean independence movement from Japan.  In 1995, Kim was recognized with the Aejok Gang, the Order of Merit for the National Foundation given by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs. This award is for people who helped with independence for Korea.
Marie Jean Phillip (1953-1997) was an American Sign Language activist. She wanted Deaf children to learn American Sign Language as their first language. Early life. Phillip was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was born to a deaf family. Philip was rejected from the Clarke School for the Deaf because of her use of sign language. They wanted her to use English to speak and lip-read. Eventually, she was accepted into the American School for the Deaf. Career. She was an ASL activist and Bilingual-Bicultural pioneer. She wanted Deaf students to learn American Sign Language and to learn about Deaf culture. Marie Jean Philip went to Northeastern University and Gallaudet University to earn a BA degree in linguistics. She went on to be the first deaf researcher and interpreter at Northeastern University after her graduation. Marie started The Learning Center for the Deaf in Massachusetts. She eventually had several programs named after her. Philip unfortunately passed away due to pulmonary embolism.   Contributions. Phillip was one of the first people to establish ASL as a recognized language. (2) She still remains an icon to deaf culture for her work and advocacy for ASL to this day.
Adelina "Nina" Otero-Warren (October 23, 1881 – January 3rd, 1965) was a Hispanic-American suffragist and author who advocated for kids to be able to speak both Spanish and English in Santa Fe schools.  Early life. Otero-Warren grew up speaking both Spanish and English. She went to St. Vincent's Academy in Albuquerque until she was eleven years old. After that, she attended Maryville College of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis Missouri for two years. Her family were wealthyy Hispanicss who descended from the original Spanish settlerss of New Mexico. Career. Otero-Warren was the first Hispanic woman to run for Congress under the Republican Party of New Mexico. In 1923, she became the Inspector of Indian Schools. She worked to improve education for indigenous students. In 1947, Otero-Warren and her partner, Maime Meadors, established a real estate and insurance company. It is unknown whether Meadors and Otero-Warren were in a romantic relationship. She became the first woman to be the superintendent for Santa Fe public schools, a position she held until 1929. She was even featured on a United States quarter as a part of the American Women Quarters series in 2022. The American Women Quarters series releases quarters featuring women who changed the nation and the world.
Isa Fabro is an award-winning Filipino-American chef and brand consultant who promotes the influence of Filipino food. Early life. Fabro was born in Winnipeg, Canada. She got a degree in cinema and film at Loyola Marymount University. She worked in the film and music industry in her 20s until she developed a severe illness. She decided to go to culinary school while she was in the hospital. Career. Fabro has also worked in numerous fine dining restaurants and used to manage the pastry program for all of Centeno’s restaurants. Fabro has a well-rounded education in making a variety of different foods. She has served food at places such as Coachella and a Chinatown Micro Food Festival. She has been featured in many notable newspapers such as the LA Times, New York Times, and The Washington Post. Fabro is a featured chef in the film documentaries “ULAM” and “City of Ghosts”
Willy Wonka is a play from 2004. It is a musical based on the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and the movie "Willy Wonka &amp; the Chocolate Factory".
Riho Kurogi (born 19 June 1997 ) is a Japanese rugby union player. She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where her team placed 12th.  She represented Japan at the 2017 Asia Rugby Women's Championship. She played for Morning Bears.
Saint-André is a commune. It is in Occitanie in the Tarn department in south France.
Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux is a commune. It is in Occitanie in the Tarn department in south France.
Sainte-Cécile-du-Cayrou is a commune. It is in Occitanie in the Tarn department in south France.
Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a commune. It is in Occitanie in the Tarn department in south France.
Saint-Grégoire is a commune. It is in Occitanie in the Tarn department in south France.
Saint-Juéry is a commune. It is in Occitanie in the Tarn department in south France.
Uranium zirconium hydride (UZrH), is famously a fuel in TRIGA educational reactors. UZrH fuel is used in most educational and research reactors as a result of its material properties making it difficult for it to melt and nearly impossible for it to sustain a high temperature reaction. Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible, in Romans-sur-Isère, France, is the only manufacturer of this fuel.