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Yehosua "Shuki" Levy is an Israel-American music composer and television producer. Levy's best known work is soundtrack compositions for childern's television programs of the 1980's, such as "Inspector Gadget", "The Mysterious Cities of Gold", "M.A.S.K.", "Dinosaucers", "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe", ', and "Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors". Also in the 1990, he became know chiefly for his project such as "Power Rangers" franchise, "Dragon Ball Z", "Digimon" series, "Masked Rider", "VR Troopers", and "Big Bad Beetleborgs". He also written and directed nomberous of episodes, for some television shows, and directed a few movies, such as "Eye of Doom" (1987), "Perfect Victims" (1988) and "Blind Vision" (1991). Levy was also part of a musical duo named Shuky &amp; Aviva"' with his partner Aviva Paz. Levy also partnered/relationship with an actress named Sarah Brown (from "General Hospital"), with whom he has second daughter, Jordan Levy (born in 1998). Personal life. In 1977, Levy was married to Miss USA 1970 Deborah Shelton (from the best TV series "Dallas"), with a first daughter Tamara Shelton (born in 1981).
Saban Entertainment, Inc. (along with Saban International, currently operating BVS Entertainment, Inc.) was a worldwide-served independent American-Israel television production company formed in 1980 by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy (music and television producers) as "Saban Productions". The company imported, dubbed, and adapted several Japanese anime series, such as "Mapple Town", "Noozies", "Funky Fables", "Samurai Pizza Cats", and the first four "Digimon" series to North America and worldwide markets syndication, including both animation and live-action shows. Saban has also adaptaed various tokusatsu shows from Toei Company (by Koichi Sakamoto), featuring "Power Rangers" series (based on "Super Sentai" series), "Big Bad Beetle Borgs" (based on "Juukou B-Fighter"), "VR Troopers" (featuring elements of "Metal Hero" series like "Space Sheriff Shaider", "Jikuu Senshi Spielban", and "Metalder"), and "Masked Rider" (an original interpretation of using scenes from "Kamen Rider Black RX"). Saban was involved in the co-production of French/American animated shows, created by Jean Chalopin for DIC Entertainment. Some of these early of 1980s co-productions were "Camp Candy", "Ulysses 31", "Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors" and "The Mysterious Cities of Gold" (the third of wich is a Japanese co-production). And Saban has also distributed and provided for TV programs, like "The Super Mario Bros. Show!", "The Legend of Zelda", "Dragon Ball Z" and "Inspector Gadget". In 2002, Saban Entertainment was defunct and discontinued.
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The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (commonly called TTP) are a militant Islamist group in Pakistan. Like the Taliban in Afghanistan they are mostly Pashtun. They have done a number of attacks all over Pakistan. The United States has classified them as a terrorist organisation. While they have a common name with the Taliban in Afghanistan, their ideas are different. They also have a different leadership and their goals are different from those of the Afghan Taliban.  The TTP want the Pakistani army to withdraw from Waziristan, which it occupied in 2009. Differences between Afghan Taliban and the TTP. Many experts think that the common name "Taliban" for both groups is misleading. Fights between the Pakistani army and the TTP have erroneously been reported as the army fighting the Afghan Taliban. The TTP acts on its own, fighting the Pakistani armed forces; Pakistan supported the Afghan Taliban in the past. The Afghan Taliban also do not take part in the fight of the TTP against the Pakistani military. The Pakistani Taliban has also been supported by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria according to a United Nations report from 2017.
The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), also known as the Panjshir resistance and the Second Resistance, is a military alliance of former Northern Alliance members and other anti-Taliban fighters who remain loyal to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The group has been known since August 2021 - during the 2021 Taliban offensive. The group had "de facto" control over the Panjshir Valley, as of early September 2021; but on September 6, 2021, there was heavy fighting and many deaths on both sides; the Taliban took control of the house that has the governor's office in Bazarak; and the Taliban took control of most of the Panjshir province. The leaders of the resistance group are the politicians Ahmad Massoud and Amrullah Saleh (the vice president in the government that lost power over most of Afghanistan in August 2021). Massoud escaped to Tajikistan [sometime between September 6 and September 21]; Saleh escaped (by helicopter) a few days after Massoud; The two have not been seen in public, after their escape, said "The Intercept" on September 21; Its sources are "a senior U.S. intelligence official, a Pentagon consultant, and two former senior Afghan government officials". The name "second resistance" follows the name of the "first resistance" - a fight between the Northern Alliance (and a few other groups) against the Taliban from 1993 to the early 2000s. Timeline of the Panjshir conflict. Media said in August, that "There have been messages among" American and British former soldiers and former private security contractors (that had worked in Afghanistan); the messages are saying that Afghans outside the country are "starting to gather" money for raising [or building] "private forces [...] to fight the Taliban". As of September 9, researchers at "Bellingcat" said that intelligence from publicly available sources, shows that the Taliban control territory at least into the valley. The Taliban has placed the valley under siege, and journalists or goods can not come into the valley; That is why media said that is difficult to know how much control the Taliban
The 2017 Battlefords—Lloydminster federal by-election took place in the federal voting area of Battlefords—Lloydminster in Saskatchewan. It happened on December 11, 2017. The by-election was called after Conservative MP Gerry Ritz decided he did not want to be MP anymore. The seat stayed in control of the Conservatives. Rosemarie Falk won the seat with more votes than the time before. The by election was held on the same day as 3 others in Canada. These were Bonavista—Burin—Trinity in Newfoundland and Labrador, Scarborough—Agincourt in Ontario and South Surrey—White Rock in British Columbia.
Turanid race (also Turanoid or South Siberian race) is a word from physical anthropology that no one uses any more. In the past, anthropologists used this word to talk about people from South Siberia, called the South Siberian race They did this because using old ideas about dividing humans into groups by race could make it look like Europeans colonialism was a good thing. When anthropologists first used this word, they meant people living in Central Asia and Kazakhstan. In European books, writers called it part of the Caucasian race with some "Mongoloid" mixed in. The form with strongly bronze age Andronovo characteristics is the most ancient form of the Turanid type. Ethnic connections and subdivision. The Turanid race was said to be connected to Turkic peoples, Mountain Tajiks of Xinjiang (Sarikoli) and the Pamir tribes. Historically, tt was characteristic of the Onogurs, Huns, Magyars, Pechenegs, Cumans, Ancient Uyghurs, Avars, Kabars, Khazars, the Volga Bulgars (8th–9th cc.) and was one of the composite elements of the ruling strata of the Hungarians at the time of the conquest. Turanoid skulls dating to the Mesolithic age were also discovered at the archaeological site of Alfalou in North Africa. In 1952, German anthropologist Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt subdivided the Turanid type as follows: Species: "Homo sapiens" Modern human Subspecies I: "Homines sapientes albi" Europids Series C: Homines s. "albi brachimorphi" Mountain race belt Variety 4: H. s. "eurasicus Turanid" Subvarieties: a) H. s. eur. "turanicus Aralid" b) H. s. eur. "pamiriensis Pamirid"
Expo 2020 is an ongoing World Expo that is hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. However, Expo 2020 could not work in 2020 because of the Covid-19 Pandemic and so was delayed and postponed it to 1 October 2021 - 31 March 2022. Despite it being postponed, the organizers chose to keep the same name for convenience. There has been 191 countries participating in this event. It is also the first in Expo History to have all the building of the countries that were participating in the event. It also has futuristic pavillions Expo 2020 Dubai is said to be the largest event taking place in the UAE. It is going to be celebration of human brilliance and accomplishment. Dubai Expo 2020 is a chance for people to connect from different corners of the globe, to experience the best art, culture, science, innovation, and invention, and to set into motion a huge number of new ideas and concepts . With shopping avenues, Dubai is coming up with amazing attractions to enhance tourism, particularly throughout Dubai Expo 2020. For example: Dubai Opportunity to host Expo.. Dubai won the bid to host an Expo. Originally there were 4 cities, each from different countries which were Sao Paulo lost in the first round, then Izmir in the second round. Finally Yekaterinburg lost to Dubai in holding an Expo. Dubai. UAE selected the theme: " Connecting Minds, Creating the Future". The subthemes were Opportunity, Mobility, Sustainability. It was expecting for more than 250,000 jobs and 25 million visitors to spectate the event. Green Chargers will be installed to serve electric vehicles.Talabat, a mobile food ordering app will also be used to serve food.
After the Soviet-Afghan War, which ended on 14 February 1989, a civil war started in Afghanistan that lasted until the end of April 1992, when a new Afghan government was formed. On 24 April, the Peshawar Accord, an agreement for a new Afghan government, was announced. The civil war officially ended on 27 April 1992. The new Afghan government started the next day, on 28 April 1992.When the Soviet Union left Afghanistan in 1989, it left President Mohammed Najibullah in charge of the Republic of Afghanistan. But many people in Afghanistan did not support him because they thought that his government was a communist puppet regime that was controlled by the Soviets. That made several mujahideen groups start to fight against Najibullah's regime. In March 1989, together with the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the mujahideen attacked Jalalabad, but they were defeated. In March 1991, they successfully overtook Khost. Mujahideen power continued to grow until the Peshawar Accord was announced in April 1992, and a few days later, Najibullah resigned. However, instead of a new government with all mujahideen groups, another civil war broke out between different mujahideen groups, which lasted until 1996 (also known as the Battle for Kabul). This civil war was fought between the forces of Ahmad Shah Massoud on one hand and the forces of the Taliban on the other hand. Background. First Republic of Afghanistan. Since 1933, Mohammad Zahir Shah ruled as King of Afghanistan. On 17 July 1973, there was a coup d'état led by Prince (Sardar) (the former Prime Minister and Army General) against the King, who was his cousin and brother-in-law and was in Rome for medical treatment. On 24 August, the King announced his abdication and chose to stay in Rome. More than two centuries after the founding of the Durrani Empire in 1747, Daoud Khan finally abolished the monarchy and the royal rule. The coup resulted in the establishment of the
The 2007-2008 UEFA Champions league was the 16th season in the UEFA's Premier European football Tournament  In this tournament Cristiano Ronaldo was the highest goal scorer with 8 goals. The final was played between both the top premier league clubs Manchester United and Chelsea, won by Manchester united in the penalties by 6-5. It was also Manchester United's 3rd Champions league title Under Sir Alex Ferguson.
Haosi Namoinu is a character of a Meitei folktale. She is the only daughter of Pokmabi Laoshigam Chanu and Senbi Loikenba. She was the apple of their eyes. Her father was a minister of the then Ancient Moirang kingdom, in charge of collecting tributes from the land of "Kabo" (present day Western Myanmar). However, after her mother's untimely death, her father remarried with Nganurol Laoshigam Chanu (Loisingam Chanu), the sister of her mother. Spending a few days happily, Senbi Loikenba left for Kabo on the King's errand and during his absence, Haosi Namoinu was harshly treated by her stepmother. She was not allowed to go outside and play with her friends. She had to work as much hard as she could to satisfy her stepmother. Her bliss of household life was much worsened. Her stepmother ordered her work after work and she completed it with no rest. She was forced to husk the rice, tired as she was, again she had to cook food for them and serve but she uttered no lamentation. Her stepmother's ruthlessness came to the highest degree and she ordered Haosi Namoinu, that if she wanted to join the feast (spring festival), she had to go to the maternal grandparents' house and bring a load of paddy rice (un-husked rice). She did so, but her stepmother was still not satisfied, and struck her head with a cookery utensil. Having being deprived of all youthful delights, the girl transformed herself into a Hari Nongnang (cicada) (or cricket in some version), with her clothes as wings and feathers, and flew away with ravishing tears. This legendary account is engraved in as one of the two stories in the Khongjomnubi Nongarol.
The Great Molasses Flood or Boston Molasses Disaster happened in Boston, Massachusetts on January 15, 1919. A metal tank broke, and the 2.3 million gallons of molasses in it poured out onto Commercial Street. Background. Molasses is a sweet-tasting liquid. It is left over when people make sugar out of sugar cane or sugar beets. It can be used to make rum, a sweet alcohol drink, and it is an ingredient in Boston baked beans. In the early 20th century, many people in the West used molasses to sweeten their food because white sugar cost too much money. Causes. Ships brought molasses to Boston from the sugar farms in the Caribbean Sea. In Boston, people made rum out of molasses in factories called distilleries. But the molasses had to be stored until rum makers were ready. This was right before alcohol would become illegal in the United States, so people wanted to make and sell rum while they still could. One company, U.S. Industrial Alcohol, put their molasses in a 50-foot (15-meter) steel tank at 529 Commercial Street in Boston's North End neighborhood. The people in the North End said it made strange noises. The tank was not very old, but it leaked. Families would send children to go and take molasses from the leak. U.S. Industrial Alcohol painted the tank brown so the children could not find the leaks to steal molasses, but they did not fix the leaks. On January 13, two days before the flood, even more hot molasses was poured into the tank. Engineer Ronald Mayville says the tank broke because the steel was not thick enough. Event. At about 12:30 p.m. on January 15, the molasses tank broke. 2.3 million gallons (8.7 million liters) of molasses spilled out onto Commercial Street. The wave of molasses was 30 feet (9 meters) high and moved at 35 miles per hour (55 kph). Pieces of the tank flew into houses and broke holes in walls. One piece flew into one of the pillars holding up an elevated train track and broke it. A train stopped
The Heavy-footed moa ("Pachyornis elephantopus") was a type of moa. It only lived in New Zealand. It could not fly. Description. The heavy-footed moa was about 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall. It weighed 145 kg (320 lb). Discovery. The heavy-footed moa was discovered by W.B.D. Mantell at Awamoa, near Oamaru. Distribution and Habitat. The heavy-footed moa only lived in the South Island of New Zealand. They lived in dry and open habitats such as grasslands, shrublands and dry forests. Diet. The heavy-footed moa is a herbivore like other types of moa. It eats tough plants. Its only predator was the Haast's eagle.
Havana syndrome is a medical episode of signs and symptoms reported by United States and Canadian embassy staff in Cuba which began in November 2016. It has happened in other countries such as in the United States, Austria, and Germany.  Overview. The phenomenon that began in Havana has been reported by officials and their families stationed in Russia, Poland, Austria, Georgia, Taiwan, Colombia, China, Kyrgyzstan, the United Kingdom (UK), India and Uzbekistan. Events. In 2017, President Donald Trump blamed Cuba of causing unknown attacks which led to these symptoms. The U.S. lowered the number of staff at their embassy. In 2018, U.S. diplomats in China said they felt sick the same way diplomats in Cuba felt.  Investigations. The US intel services have not yet reached a consensus on a cause of the Havana syndrome, though unnamed sources have expressed suspicions to the press that Russian military intelligence is responsible. Patients. Those with Havana syndrome were hospitalized, with some having brain injuries. Reception. While the exact cause of this is unknown, many scientists believe that it is caused by a microwave weapons.
Gentrification is the process of taking lower income or older neighborhoods and building more expensive, higher class or prettier buildings in them, building condominiums, or tearing down old buildings to make the neighborhood look better, usually to make the neighborhood more attractive to wealthy people and businesses, or by their doing directly. Background. Gentrification means the transformation of a working-class or vacant area of the main part of a city to middle class residential or commercial area. Gentrification often increases the value of a neighborhood, but changes the demographic of the neighborhood by forcing people who already lived there to leave because of the rising prices caused by the new, higher value buildings built around them. Neighborhoods where there is a large minority population such as African-American or Latinos are common victims of gentrification.
The Gentrification of Chicago is a process that has changed the demographic of some neighborhoods in Chicago usually by lowering the percentage of low-income minority residents and increasing the percentage of white, higher-income residents. Gentrification has been an issue between the residents of minority neighborhoods in Chicago. Many people in Chicago believe that gentrification is pushing poorer and mainly minority people out of their longtime neighborhoods. Factors to measure gentrification in Chicago are changes in the number of residents with bachelor's degrees, median household income, racial makeup, visual looks, and the presence of coffee shops. There have been phases of gentrification in Chicago of various neighborhoods, some of which were in 1990s and in 2007–2009. Gentrification debates in Chicago have been mostly focused around the gentrification of Chicago's historically Latino or black neighborhoods. These neighborhoods are located near the central urban downtown areas and along the east side of the city. Some neighborhoods in the city which has had a large minority population that has been gentrified include: Wicker Park, Humboldt Park, Pilsen, Logan Square, Uptown and the Cabrini–Green Homes in the city's Near North Side.
Cabrini–Green Homes was a public housing project on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois. The Francis Cabrini Rowhouses and Extensions were in the Cabrini–Green neighborhood. Cabrini-Green was home to 15,000 people, mostly living in mid- and high-rise apartment buildings. Crime in the area caused poor living conditions for many residents. "Cabrini-Green" became a well known example for problems caused by public housing in the United States. In 1995, CHA began tearing down mid- and high-rise buildings, with the last demolished in 2011. Today, only the original, two-story rowhouses remain. The area has been rebuilt through the building of high-rises and townhouses, causing it to become a mixed-income neighborhood.
Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Lajim Ukin (15 June 1955 – 29 August 2021) was a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Beaufort constituency in Sabah from 2008 to 2013. Ukin was a member of the United Malays National Organisation. Ukin was born in Beaufort, Malaysia. Ukin died on 29 August 2021 at a hospital in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia of COVID-19, aged 66.
Yuri Alekseyevich Pudyshev (; 3 April 1954 – 29 August 2021) was a Soviet and Belarusian footballer and coach. He was born in Kaliningrad, Russia. He was known for playing with FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Dinamo Minsk. His playing career lasted from 1973 until 2010. His managing career lasted from 1992 until his death. Pudyshev also played for the national team once at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Pudyshev died on 29 August 2021 at the age of 67.
Mikhail Petrovich Nenashev (18 March 1960 – 29 August 2021) was a Russian politician. He was born in the Ternovsky District, Russia. Nenashev was a member of the Party of Business. Between 2007 until 2011, Nenashev was a member of the State Duma. Nenashev died on 29 August 2021 from cardiac arrest in Moscow, aged 61.
Kolë Berisha (; 26 October 1947 – 29 August 2021) was a Kosovo politician. He was the Chair of Assembly of Kosovo from March 2006 to 2007. Berisha was also a deputy leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo. He was born in Klina, Yugoslavia. Berisha died on 29 August 2021 in Pristina, Kosovo at the age of 73.
Stephen Vizinczey, originally István Vizinczey (12 May 1933 – 18 August 2021) was a Hungarian-Canadian author and writer. He took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He learned English writing scripts for Canada's National Film Board and the CBC. He edited Canada's short-lived literary magazine, "Exchange". He was known for his book "In Praise of Older Women", which has been made into two movies. Vizinczey died on 18 August 2021 at the age of 87.
Francesc Burrull (18 October 1934 – 28 August 2021) was Spanish jazz pianist and composer. He was born in Barcelona, Spain. Burrull won the Creu de Sant Jordi in 2017. He was known for his 1972 album "Miguel Hernández".  Burrull died on 28 August 2021 in Sant Pere de Ribes, Spain of kidney disease, aged 86.
Jiang Chunyun (; April 1930 – 28 August 2021) was a Chinese politician. He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party. Jiang was born in Shandong, China. From 1987 until 1989, he was the Governor of Shandong. From 1995 until 1998, he was the Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China. Jiang died on 28 August 2021 in Beijing at the age of 91.
Sompote Saengduenchai (; ; May 24, 1941 – August 26, 2021), internationally known as Sompote Sands, was a Thai movie director, special effects creator and producer.  He was best known for directing many Thai movies such as "The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army", "Jumborg Ace &amp; Giant", "Hanuman and the Five Riders", the 1980 cult classic "Crocodile", "Phra Rod Meree" and the 1985 children's movie "Magic Lizard". He was born in Amphoe Phra Pradaeng, Thailand. Sands died on August 26, 2021 in Bangkok from cancer at the age of 80.
Lucille Simmons Whipper (June 6, 1928 – August 27, 2021) was an American politician. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1985 to 1995. She was the first Black woman to represent a Charleston County seat. Whipper was born in Charleston, South Carolina. She was a member of the Democratic Party. Whipper died on August 27, 2021 at a hospital in Charleston at the age of 93.