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East is East is a 1999 British comedy-drama movie produced by Film4. It is directed by Damien O'Donnell. It stars Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry, Jordan Routledge and more.
The Minié ball, or Minni ball, is a type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilized bullet for rifled muskets named after its developer, Claude-Étienne Minié, inventor of the French Minié rifle. It came to prominence in the Crimean War and American Civil War. Rifling, the addition of spiral grooves inside a gun barrel, gives a spin to a bullet, greatly increasing the range and accuracy of a gun. Before the Minié ball, balls had to be jammed down the rifle barrel, sometimes with a mallet, and after a relatively small number of shots, gunpowder leftovers built up in the spiral grooves, which then had to be cleaned out. The development of the Minié ball was significant, because it was the first projectile that was small enough to be easily put down the barrel of a rifled long gun. Both the American Springfield Model 1861 and the British Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled muskets, the most common weapons used during the American Civil War, used the Minié ball. The Minié ball did a lot of damage in the American Civil War. It made it really hard for surgeons to treat wounded soldiers because Minié balls shattered bones often.
Globe Town is an area southeast of Bethnal Green in East London. It is in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in London, United Kingdom. Globe Town can be described as being east of the rest of Bethnal Green. It features a parade of shops, several social housing estates (primarily high-rise) and Bow Post office. Large metal statues of globes were built as part of a Tower Hamlets council scheme known as "Tower Hamlets' Neighbourhoods", trying to build a sense of community in poorer areas of London's East End. The area centres on Roman Road, providing access to neighbouring Bethnal Green and Bow, with many bus routes between these bigger neighbourhoods stopping in Globe Town. South of the main area are a primary school and pedestrian and cycle access towards Queen Mary University Of London.
Crossroads (later known as Crossroads Motel) is a British television soap opera. It was shown on ITV. It began in 1964 and finished in 1988. There was a revival from 2001 to 2003. "Crossroads" was set in a fictional motel in the Midlands. "Crossroads" was later called a hotel. The show became a byword for cheap production values. Despite this, the series regularly attracted huge audiences. It had as many as 15 million viewers. It was created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling and produced by ATV. In 1981, Central Independent Television took over ATV's broadcast licence and continued the programme until it was cancelled in 1988. In 2001, the series was revived by Carlton Television. It was cancelled again in 2003. Storylines. 1964–1988. The original idea of "Crossroads" was based around two feuding sisters, Kitty Jarvis, played by Beryl Johnstone, and Meg Richardson, played by Noele Gordon. Meg is a wealthy woman. She had her late husband Charles' insurance money, and compensation money from the council. The compensation was for them building a motorway through her land. Meg used her money to turn her large Georgian house into a motel. "The Crossroads Motel" was located near the fictional small village of King's Oak. This was on the edge of Birmingham. Meg had two children. A girl named Jill, played by Jane Rossington), born in 1946, and a boy Alexander, born in 1950. Alexander was called "Sandy" and played by Roger Tonge. The other sister, Kitty, is married to the unemployed Dick played by Brian Kent. She is not wealthy. Dick and Kitty bought a newsagents and tobacconists shop in the nearby town of Heathbury a few years after the show started. Kitty and Dick had a son called Brian, played by David Fennell, born in 1945. The story idea of the sisters feuding was dropped early in the series. Characters in the show's early years included Meg and Kitty's brother, Andy Fraser, played by Ian Patterson.
The Brian May Band was an English-American rock band formed by Queen guitarist Brian May. The band was originally formed in October 1991 for May's performance at Guitar Legends guitar festival in Seville, Spain. They toured with May to promote some of his studio albums. The rhythm section for the band was Cozy Powell and Neil Murray, who had already worked together in Black Sabbath and Whitesnake. Spike Edney, who was the tour keyboardist for Queen between 1984 and 1986 took the keyboard spot. The band soon went on a tour of the United States, Europe and Japan. The tour ended in December 1993, when May returned to the studio with fellow Queen band mates Roger Taylor and John Deacon for Queen's final studio album, "Made In Heaven". Meanwhile, Cozy Powell and Neil Murray returned to work with Black Sabbath, and both later joined Peter Green's Band. The band reunited in 1998 to promote Brian May's "Another World" album. Eric Singer, of later KISS fame, was brought as the last minute replacement for Cozy Powell, who had died in a car accident earlier that year. In 2005, both Jamie Moses and Spike Edney joined the Queen + Paul Rodgers collaboration on their worldwide tour. Their only release was the live album, "Live at the Brixton Academy" in 1993.
Paola Santana is a Dominican entrepreneur and lawyer. She is a member of the faculty at Singularity University. She is best known for creating the first constitutional court in the Dominican Republic. She also founded the drone based logistics company, Matternet . It was the first drone delivery platform allowed for permanent operations in any city. Santana has also founded Social Glass, a software product for the government system. Education. Santana got her Bachelor's degree in Law from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in 2009. She enrolled at Ecole nationale d'administration for a Master of Public Administration and thereafter completed a program in the Foundations of American Law and Legal Education from the Georgetown University. In 2012, she completed an LLM from The George Washington University and also enrolled for a program in Policy, Law and Ethics of Exponential Technologies from Singularity University. Career. In 2011, Santana was appointed as the Chief of Staff and Strategic Technical Advisor at Tribunal Constitucional de la República Dominicana, where she co-led to establish the first constitutional court in the Dominican Republic. She has worked as a legal consultant at The Organisation for Economic Co-operation &amp; Development (OECD) and The World Bank. Santana co-founded Matternet, a drone delivery platform which received an FAA regulatory waiver to operate in the United States. Santana has also worked with NASA to work on the UAS Traffic Management Software System for low-altitude airspace operations under Matternet’s partnership program. Since then she has co-led several advisory committees for drone including the Federal Drone Advisory Committee, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Advisory Group and F38 Subcommittee on Markings for Small UAS. Santana also co-drafted the public-private partnership for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, to enable a multi-state Hyperloop system in the United States. In 2017, she founded a software company, Social Glass that builds an artificial intelligence based software to help the government with automation of processes and help in the decision making.
Andrew "Andy" Whyment (born 2 April 1981) is an English actor. He is best known for portraying the roles of Darren Sinclair-Jones in the BBC sitcom "The Royle Family" (1999–2000), and Kirk Sutherland in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" (2000–present).
Realism theory is a way of thinking about politics and world history, that focuses on being realistic. It is one of the main styles of international relations theory. It gives the theoretic background to Realpolitik statesmanship of early modern Europe. According to Realism, world politics is always and necessarily a field of conflict among actors who want power. The theories of realism are contrasted by the cooperative ideals of liberalism. Depending on what they see as the cause of the conflict between states, realists can be divided into three classes: Classical realists believe it follows from human nature; neorealists attribute it to the dynamics of the anarchic state system; neoclassical realists believe it results from both, in combination with domestic politics. Neorealists are also divided between defensive and offensive realism. Realists trace the history of their ideas back through classical antiquity, beginning with Thucydides. Jonathan Haslam defines realism as "a spectrum of ideas." Its theories revolve around four main rules: Realism is often associated with Realpolitik, as both deal with the pursuit, possession, and application of power. Realpolitik, however, is an older prescriptive guideline limited to policy-making, while realism is a wider theoretical and methodological paradigm to describe, explain, and predict events in international relations. As an academic pursuit, realism is not tied to ideology; it does not favor any particular moral philosophy, nor does it consider ideology to be a major factor in the behavior of nations. Priorities of realists have been described as Machiavellian, single-mindedly seeking the power of one's own nation over others.
Loris Zanatta (born 19 September 1962) is Professor of Latin American History at the University of Bologna (Italy). He is author of several books and articles, published in Europe and Latin America, and commentator on Latin America in various media. Zanatta was featured in the 2018 documentary "El pueblo soy yo".
Blagovest Hristov Sendov (; 8 February 1932 – 19 January 2020) was a Bulgarian diplomat, mathematician and politician. He served as the chairperson of the National Assembly from 1995 to 1997. He was also the National Assembly's deputy chairperson from 1997 to 2002. He was the Bulgarian ambassador to Japan from 2004 to 2009. He was born in Asenovgrad. On 19 January 2020, Sendov died at the age of 87.
Cláudio Roditi (28 May 1946 – 17 January 2020) was a Brazilian jazz trumpeter. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. In 1976, he moved to New York City. Roditi was a member of Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra. He also notably worked with Herbie Mann, Charlie Rouse and Paquito D'Rivera. He was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1995 and 2010. On 17 January 2020, Roditi died of prostate cancer in South Orange, New Jersey. He was 73.
Jaroslav Kubera (16 February 1947 – 20 January 2020) was a Czech politician. He was a member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). At the time of his death, he was the President of the Senate since November 2018. He was Senator from Teplice from 2000 until his death in 2020. He served as mayor of Teplice from 1994 to 2018. Kubera was born in Louny. He had a small role as Edvard Beneš in historical drama movie "Toman", directed by Ondřej Trojan. Kubera died on 20 January 2020 in Ústí nad Labem. He was 72.
ZAPiT Games, Inc. was a company from Mississauga, Canada. It started in 2003 to make a home video game console for families. To do that, they worked with companies such as National Semiconductor, Panasonic and Altera to make the Game Wave Family Entertainment System. ZAPiT Games also makes games for the BlackBerry and iPhone. Game Wave Family Entertainment System. The Game Wave Family Entertainment System is a hybrid DVD player and video game console. That means it can play both DVDs and video games. It first came out in October 2005 during the seventh generation of video game consoles. The games for the system are trivia games, video game versions of traditional board or card games.
Lech Raczak (27 January 1946 – 17 January 2020) was a Polish theatre director. He was born in Krzyżanowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship, lived in Poznań. He was one of the founders of the Theatre of the Eighth Day. From 1995 to 1998, Raczak was an artistic director of the Polish Theatre in Poznań. He also worked for Malta Festival as an artistic director between 1993 and 2012. He was a professor at University of Arts in Poznań from 2003. Raczak died of a heart attack on 17 January 2020 at the age of 73.
DirectX Raytracing (DXR) is a feature of Microsoft's DirectX that can do raytracing in real-time. It is a big development in computer graphics. It was first made to use Nvidia's Volta platform. Some of the first products for consumers that use DXR include the Nvidia GeForce 20 series of GPUs, which was announced in 2018. DXR came out as an extension to DirectX 12 instead of a new version of DirectX. The Windows 10 October 2018 update includes the public release of DirectX Raytracing. Technical details. DXR adds 4 main elements to the DirectX 12 API:
William "Bill" Bogert (January 24, 1936 – January 12, 2020) was an American character actor. He was best known for his role as Brandon Brindle on the TV series "Small Wonder" from 1985 to 1989. He also played Kent Wallace, the host of "Chappelle's Show"s "Frontline" spoofs.  Bogert died in New York City on January 12, 2020. He was 83 years old.
Urs Egger (1955 – January 19, 2020) was a Swiss movie and television director and journalist. From 1974 to 1997, he worked for the Swiss "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" and the Australian "Cinema Papers" as a correspondent. His best known movies were "Kinder der Landstrasse" (1992) and "Opernball" (1998). Egger died on January 19, 2020 at the age of 66.
Joseph Daniel Talbott (November 1, 1944 – January 19, 2020) was an American football, baseball, and basketball player. He quarterbacked two seasons of football at UNC-Chapel Hill. He was named the ACC Player of the Year in 1966.  He was drafted 17th overall by the San Francisco 49ers before backing up quarterback Sonny Jurgensen for the Washington Redskins under Vince Lombardi. He also played baseball professionally in the Baltimore Orioles's minor league system. Talbott was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He died on January 19, 2020 in Rocky Mount of cancer-related problems at the age of 75.
Wahpeton ( ) is a city in Richland County, in southeastern North Dakota, United States. It is on the Bois de Sioux River. Wahpeton is the county seat of Richland County. The population was 8,007 at the 2020 Census. Its twin city is Breckenridge, Minnesota.
Bombshell is a 2019 American biographical drama movie directed by Jay Roach and written by Charles Randolph. The movie stars Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie. It is based on the stories of many women at Fox News who set out to expose CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. Actors John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Connie Britton, Malcolm McDowell, and Allison Janney appear in supporting roles. "Bombshell" received generally favorable reviews.
La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical movie written and directed by Luis Valdez. It is about the life and career of Chicano rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens. The movie stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, and Joe Pantoliano.  It was released on July 24, 1987 to positive reviews. In 2017, the movie was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Esai Manuel Morales Jr. (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor. He played Bob Morales in the 1987 biopic "La Bamba". He also appeared in the PBS drama "American Family" and in the Showtime series "Resurrection Blvd."  He is best known for his roles as Lt. Tony Rodriguez on "NYPD Blue," Joseph Adama in the science fiction television series "Caprica," and Camino del Rio in the Netflix original series "Ozark".
Hudson County, a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is west of the lower Hudson River, which was named for Henry Hudson. The county seat is Jersey City. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 724,854.
Egil "Bud" Krogh Jr. (August 3, 1939 – January 18, 2020) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He was born in Chicago, but raised in Seattle. During the Richard Nixon presidency, he was the United States Under Secretary of Transportation from February 1973 through May 1973.  Krogh was a key figure of the Watergate scandal as he was the person who approved the break-ins of the Watergate complex. Krogh died on January 18, 2020 at a Washington, D.C. hospital from heart failure at the age of 80.
On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson. The event later became known as "The Day the Music Died", after singer-songwriter Don McLean coined the phrase in his 1971 song "American Pie". Crash. On the night before their deaths, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Jiles Perry "J.P" Richardson jr. a.k.a The Big Bopper had played one of their gigs for the 24 city Winter Dance Party Tour. They were aboard a tour bus when the heating system broke down, so all the musicians had to board a Beechcraft Bonanza 35 plane to get to the next gig in Moorhead, Minnesota. Pilot Roger Peterson lost control of the plane around 1:00 am. The plane crashed into a cornfield, ejecting Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and the pilot, who all died upon impact.
Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer. He is widely thought of as as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.  Ponting captained his country between 2004 and 2011 in Tests and 2002 and 2011 in One Day Internationals (ODIs). With the Australian national team, he has won the World Cup three times, the ICC Champions Trophy twice and the Ashes once. He appeared in 168 Tests for Australia between 1995 and 2012. His first Test was against Sri Lanka and his last was against South Africa. He also played for Tasmania from 1992 to 2013. Ponting has been assistant coach of the Australia national cricket team since February 2019. Ponting was born in Launceston, Tasmania. He is married to Rianna Cantor. The couple have three children.
Steve Gillespie (July 22, 1963 – January 18, 2020), better known under the ring name Dr. Hannibal, was a Canadian professional wrestler. He was born in Calgary, Alberta. He wrestled from 1987 until his retirement in 2013. He worked in promotions such as Stampede Wrestling, Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). On January 18, 2020, Gillespie was found dead in his car in Calgary. He was 56.
Robert Parker (October 14, 1930 – January 19, 2020) was an American R&amp;B singer and musician. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known for his 1966 hit "Barefootin'". It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. The song reached #2 on the U.S. Hot Rhythm &amp; Blues Singles chart and #7 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The single also charted in the United Kingdom. On January 19, 2020, Parker died of natural causes in Roseland, Louisiana. He was 89.
Mario Bergamaschi (7 January 1929 – 18 January 2020) was an Italian footballer. He played as a midfielder. Bergamaschi was born in Crema, Lombardy. He played for 14 seasons in Serie A for Como (1950–1953), Milan (1953–1958) and Sampdoria (1958–1964). He also played for the Italy national team, playing his first game against Argentina in 1954. Bergamaschi died on 18 January 2020 in Crema. He was 91.
Joseph Hannesschläger (2 June 1962 – 20 January 2020) was a German actor and musician. He was born in Munich. He played the main role of Chief of Police Korbinian Hofer in "Die Rosenheim-Cops" from 2002 to 2019. In October 2019, Hannesschläger was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. He died from the disease in Munich on 20 January 2020 at the age of 57.
Ismat Ara Sadique (12 December 1942 – 21 January 2020) was a Bangladeshi politician. She was the Minister of Ministry of Public Administration from 2014 to 2018. She was a member of Jatiya Sangsad from 2014 until 2020. She was a member of the Awami League. Sadique died on 21 January 2020 in Dhaka at the age of 77.
Percy Heath (April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005) was an American jazz bassist. He was the brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975.  Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout their long history and also worked with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery, and Thelonious Monk.
Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist. He is known for his work on the Blue Note label. His works with Jimmy Smith produced the 1965 "Billboard" Top Twenty hit album "Organ Grinder Swing".  Jimi Hendrix has said Burrell as an inspiration. Burrell is a professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1934 – May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was known as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and worked with many classic jazz recordings. Fuller was a faculty member of the New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) School of Jazz Studies (SJS). Fuller died on May 8, 2021 in New York City at the age of 86.
Benny Golson (January 25, 1929 – September 21, 2024) was an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He was a member of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie led bands. Golson is known for co-founding and co-leading The Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer in 1959. His best known song is "I Remember Clifford". Golson died at his home in New York City on September 21, 2024, at the age of 95.
Aloïse Moudileno Massengo (11 March 1933 – 6 January 2020) was a Congolese politician and lawyer. He served as Vice President of the Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 1972. He has been called the first Congolese lawyer. He was born in Vindza District. Moudileno Massengo died on 6 January 2020 in the French city of Nancy. He was 86.
David Charles Olney (March 23, 1948 – January 18, 2020) was an American folk singer-songwriter. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. Olney performed as a solo singer-songwriter, and released more than 20 albums over forty years. He worked with artists such as John Hadley and Sergio Webb.  His songs were covered by and co-written with Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Young, Del McCoury, and Laurie Lewis, among others. Olney died of a heart attack during a performance onstage at the 30A Songwriter Festival in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, on January 18, 2020, at age 71.
Delano Floyd "Del" McCoury (born February 1, 1939) is an American bluegrass musician and singer. He was leader of the Del McCoury Band. He plays guitar and sings lead vocals along with his two sons, Ronnie McCoury and Rob McCoury. In June 2010, he received a National Heritage Fellowship lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts and in 2011 he was elected into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.
Ivan Lavrentevich Ustinov (; 1 January 1920 – 15 January 2020) was a Soviet intelligence officer. He had many posts in Soviet military counterintelligence, reaching the rank of general-lieutenant. He was Third Directorate of the KGB and Office of Special Divisions of the KGB for the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Ustinov died in Moscow on 15 January 2020 at the age of 100.
Hwang Sun-hui (, 3 May 1919 – 17 January 2020) was a North Korean politician and military personnel. She worked in many top-ranking positions in the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). She worked in the Supreme People's Assembly and the Central Committee of the WPK. She was a member of the Korean Revolution Museum since 1965, and was its director since 1990. She was born in North Hamgyong Province. Hwang died on 17 January 2020 in Pyongyang of pneumonia at the age of 100.
Wolfgang J. Fuchs (16 September 1945 – 20 January 2020) was a German historian and comic book translator. He was born in Unsleben, Germany. He was known as the main editor of "Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck – Sonderheft", a German Disney comic. He was also known for his comic "Disneys Heimliche Helden" (2005–2009). Fuchs died on 20 January 2020 in Munich at the age of 74.