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Minya Governorate is a governorate of Egypt. The capital city is also named Minya. Minya has one of the highest concentration of Coptic Christians in Egypt (approximately 50% of total population). Cities. As of 2018, 10 cities (or towns) in Minya had a population of over 15,000 people.
Silent letters, also referred to as non-vocalized letters or simply non-vocal letters, are consonants written in words that, when they are spoken, do not correspond to the pronunciations of given letters and also do not allow anyone to hear their sounds when they appear in words.  Many of them come from Old English. These include the "k" in "know" and "knee", the second "b" in "bomb" and "numb," the "s" in "island," and the "e" in "lame" and "lime". There is also a silent "g" in "sign", which is from Middle English. Old English uses the sound of the silent "k" and "gh" from "knight", which was pronounced at the time. The word changed its history. Other words, such as "knowledge", also begin with silent "k" when the letter "n" comes after it. There is also the silent "r" that happens to be in many other words from Old English, such as the one that happens to be heard in former words such as "February" that can be sounded and sometimes it is also silent unlike how you kneel as well as that silent "d" in "Wednesday" that happens to be the first as well as that"." There is also the silent "n" at the end of other words, such as "autumn". The word "wrong" means not right, and begins with silent "w". There are words that sometimes begin with silent "g", such as "gnat".  Other silent letters may be the "r" in words from Old French, like "hors d'ouvert" and the sound of the "t" is sometimes heard in some words like "often," but it may also be silent. There is also a silent "w" in "answer", and the "w" is not pronounced. The word "kneel" starts with a silent "k". The letter "g" has two sounds, both hard and soft, but it is sometimes silent at the beginning of the word "gnat" when it comes before the letter "n
Jacques De Decker (19 August 1945 – 12 April 2020) was a Belgian writer and author. In 1985, De Decker published his first novel, "La Grande Roue". It was selected for the Prix Goncourt and translated into several languages. He was President of the Organisation Beaumarchais in Paris, and then elected to replace Albert Ayguesparse as President of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique in Brussels in 1997.  In 1998, he helped relaunch the magazine "Marginales". In this endeavor, he joined Jean Jauniaux, who also wrote "La Faculté des Lettres". De Decker died on 12 April 2020 in Brussels at the age of 74.
Charles Alexander Shaw (December 31, 1944 – April 12, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He was nominated to the court by Bill Clinton. Shaw was born in Jackson, Tennessee. Shaw died on April 12, 2020 in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 75.
A series of tornadoes affected the Southeastern United States on Easter Sunday and Monday, April 12–13, 2020. 15 total watches were produced during the course of the event, two of which were designated Particularly Dangerous Situations.  With at least 30 deaths reported, it was the deadliest tornado outbreak in the U.S. since the April 2014 tornado outbreak. Access to electricity was downed for nearly 1.3 million people in the tornado outbreak.
Ogooué-Maritime is a province in Gabon. The provincial capital is Port-Gentil. Departments. There are 3 departments:
Haut-Ogooué is a province in Gabon. It is named after the Ogooué River. It has an area of 36,547 km². The provincial capital is Franceville. As of 2013, 250,799 people lived there. The province is one of the main industries is mining, with manganese, gold and uranium being found in the region. The uranium-bearing mineral Francevillite takes its name from the main city. Departments. There are eight departments:
Estuaire is the most populous province in Gabon. The provincial capital is Libreville, which is also Gabon's national capital. Departments. There are five departments:
Moyen-Ogooué is a province in Gabon. It has an area of . The provincial capital is Lambaréné. As of 2013, 69,287 people lived there. Departments. There are two departments:
Ngounié is a province in Gabon. The provincial capital is Mouila. Departments. Ngounié is divided into 9 departments:
Nyanga is a province in Gabon. The provincial capital is Tchibanga. Departments. There are six departments:
Ogooué-Ivindo is a province in Gabon. The provincial capital is Makokou. It gets its name from two rivers, the Ogooué and the Ivindo. Departments. Ogooué-Ivindo is divided into 4 departments:
Ogooué-Lolo is a province in Gabon. The provincial capital is Koulamoutou. Departments. There are four departments:
Woleu-Ntem is a province in Gabon. The provincial capital is Oyem. Departments. There are five departments:
Jonathan Edward Bernthal (born September 20, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Shane Walsh in the AMC horror series "The Walking Dead" (2010–2012; 2018) and Frank Castle / The Punisher in the Netflix action series "Daredevil" (2015–2018) and "The Punisher" (2017–2019). Bernthal's movie credits include "The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013), "Fury" (2014), "Sicario" (2015), "The Accountant" (2016), "Baby Driver" (2017), "Wind River" (2017), "Widows" (2018) and "Ford v Ferrari" (2019). Bernthal was born in Washington, D.C., to Jewish parents. His grandfather was musician and producer Murray Bernthal. Other notable relatives include his brother, Tom Bernthal, and cousin, Adam Schlesinger. He married Erin Angle in 2010. The couple have three children.
Henry George Steinbrenner III (April 2, 1957 – April 14, 2020) was an American businessman. He was the part-owner and co-chairman of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He was the older brother of the team's principal owner and managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner. His parents were George Steinbrenner and Joan Steinbrenner. He was born in Culver, Indiana. Steinbrenner died on April 14, 2020 in Clearwater, Florida of liver disease-related problems, aged 63.
Monufia Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt. The capital city is Shibin El Kom. The governorate is named after Menouf, an ancient city which was the capital of the governorate until 1826. Other main cities are Quesna, Tala, Bagour, and Ashmoun. Monufia Governorate is the birthplace of two Egyptian presidents: Anwar Sadat (1918–1981), born in Mit Abu El Kom and Hosni Mubarak (1928-2020), born in Kafr El Meselha.
New Valley Governorate is a governorate in Egypt. The capital is at the Kharga Oasis. Another name used for the governorate is El Wadi El Gedid Governorate. New Valley is the largest governorate in Egypt. At 440,098 square kilometers in area, it is just slightly larger than the country of Iraq.
Al-Qalyubiyya Governorate is a governorates of Egypt. The capital city is Benha. The governorate is north of Cairo in the Nile Delta region. Cities. The cities in the Qalyubia Governorate are:
Qena Governorate is a governorate of Egypt. The capital city is also named Qena. Cities. As of 2018, 9 cities had over 15,000 people. They are:
Bethsaida is a town in ancient Israel, near the sea of Galilee. According to the first chapter of the Gospel of John the apostles Peter, Andrew, and Philip came from there. The Gospel of Mark Chapter 8 says that Jesus healed a blind man there. In the ninth chapter of the Gospel of Luke we are told that Jesus fed 5000 people using only 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. Modern archeologists have not been able to prove for sure exactly where Bethsaida was.
“When You Believe” is an Academy Award winning song from the 1998 DreamWorks Animation movie The Prince of Egypt. Within the movie the song is sung by Miriam and Tzipporah after the Israelites are freed from slavery. It was sung by , who was the singing voice of Miriam, and Michelle Pfeiffer, who voiced both the singing and speaking parts of Tzipporah. Reception. “When you believe” was generally positively reviewed. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. After DreamWorks Animation made there were critics who said that the second movie had more spirituality than the first because the song Joseph sings in prison You Know Better than I was seen as more religious than the song “When you believe” from The Prince of Egypt.
El Mdou is a village in the south of Tunisia located eight kilometers west of Gabès and dependent on the governorate of Gabès. A regional road crosses it and connects it to Gabès and Matmata, in particular through a bus line. One road goes towards El Hamma and another towards Limaya. The village is home to a school, a mosque and a Antenna to cover the Gabès region.
Flushed Away is a 2006 computer-animated adventure comedy movie directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell, produced by Cecil Kramer, David Sproxton, and Peter Lord, and written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan and Will Davies. It was released to cinemas by Aardman Animations, and produced by DreamWorks Animation. The movie stars the voices of Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Shane Richie, Bill Nighy, Andy Serkis, Ian McKellen and Jean Reno. In "the film", a pet rat named Roddy St. James is flushed down the toilet by a sewer mouse, and befriends a scavenger named Rita in order to return home while evading a power-hungry toad and his rat henchmen. The movie was released in the United States on 3 November 2006, and in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2006. Despite receiving positive reviews, "Flushed Away was distributed by" Aardman. The film received nominations for the BAFTA Award and Critics' Choice Award for Best Animated Feature. It also got 8 nominations at the 34th Annie Awards, winning a leading 5, including Writing in a Feature Production, and Voice Acting in a Feature Production.
Schenefeld is a municipality of the district Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. As of 31 December 2018, 2,587 people lived there. Since 2013, Siezbüttel is part of the municipality of Schenefeld.
Turki () is a Tunisian village dependent on the Nabeul Governorate, and the delegation of Grombalia. In 2004, it had a population of 3,661 inhabitants. History. The village is discovered when Moriscos were expelled from Spain in the 17th century.
Teach the Future is the UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) and Students Organising for Sustainability - UK (SOS-UK) joint campaign to rapidly repurpose the English education system around the climate crisis and ecological emergency to better prepare young people to mitigate and face the consequences of it. Aims. Teach the Future runs under 6 main asks of the government Progress. Teach the Future originated as the 2nd demand of the UK Student Climate Network - from which it takes its name. It evolved into a separate campaign group which launched on the 12th November 2019 however it is still supported by UKSCN's School Group Developmental working group and the wider volunteer base. Teach the Future has garnered support for their English Climate Emergency Education Act through running a parliamentary reception; Nadia Whittome is the campaign parliamentary sponsor and helped them run the aforementioned event to unveil their legislation to the government. The campaign's work being supported by multiple influential organisations - included the RSPB, British Youth Council, Global Action Plan, National Union of Students and Friends of the Earth. It has been featured in many articles by national media sources such as The Guardian, BBC Breakfast, DeSmog Blog, the Thomas Reuters Foundation and BBC Radio 5 Live.
Diana Patricia Sands (August 22, 1934September 21, 1973) was an American actress. She was best known for her role of Beneatha Younger, the sister of Sidney Poitier's character in the original stage and movie versions of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" (1961). Sands was born in New York City. Sanders died on September 21, 1973 of leiomyosarcoma in New York City, aged 39.
Multiculturalism in Canada is a very important part of the culture of Canada. In the 1970s and the 1980s, the Canadian government officially began pushing for multiculturalism in policy. That has sometimes caused the government to be called the "instigator" (startes) of multiculturalism being an ideology. It often tries to bring attention to the importance of immigration to Canada. Canadians use the word "multiculturalism" in many different ways. Sometimes, they use it to describe the many different religious traditions and cultural influences and say that this creates a very special cultural mosaic of Canada. The country is full of people that come from many different racial, religious, and cultural origins. Since Canada was created, there has been a lot of immigration. By the beginning of the 21st century, most people were not of a British or a French background. Canada has many examples of multiculturalism. for example, Canada lets in refugees and other immigrants without caring about their race, religion, or culture. Canada's own immigration leader is an immigrant.
Pachyderm (meaning 'thick skin', from the Greek , and ) is an old term for elephants, rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses. Genetics has now shown that rhinos, hippos, and elephants are not closely related to each other. Rhinos are closely related to tapirs, but both rhinos and tapirs are much more closely related to horses than to hippos or elephants.  Family. The closest relatives of hippos are whales and dolphins. Hippos and whales are more closely related to cows, pigs, deer, antelopes, and giraffes than other pachyderms.  The closest relatives of elephants seem to be manatees, dugongs, and hyraxes, which are all only distantly related to other pachyderms. Instead of being descended from a common ancestor, today's science shows that these animals just made similar adaptations independently through convergent evolution. Elephants, rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses are classified as separate clades altogether. Rhinos, hippos, pigs, peccaries, horses, zebras, donkeys and tapirs are classified in clade Laurasiatheria, while elephants, hyraxes, manatees and dugongs are classified in clade Afrotheria.
James Gottfried Frey (May 26, 1931 – April 12, 2020) was an American manager and coach in Major League Baseball. He led the Kansas City Royals to their first American League championship in 1980. In the World Series, they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies. He also managed the Chicago Cubs. Frey was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He died on April 12, 2020 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida at the age of 88.
Ponte Vedra Beach is an unincorporated seaside community in St. Johns County, Florida, United States.  It is located eighteen miles (29 km) southeast of downtown Jacksonville and north of St. Augustine.
Culver is a town in Marshall County, Indiana, United States.  Culver was originally called Union Town, and under the latter name was laid out in 1844. It was later renamed for Henry Harrison Culver, head of the Culver Academies.
is a chain of convenience stores in Japan. It is the second biggest chain in Japan, 7-Eleven, is the biggest chain. FamilyMart used to be in the United States, it was called Famima!!, but then closed down. FamilyMart can also be found in other countries, like, China, Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand.
Sharqia Governorate is a governorate in Egypt. The capital city is Zagazig. Cities. The following cities are in Sharqia Governorate: Notable people. Some notable people who were born, or lived, in Sharqia are:
South Sinai Governorate is a governorate in Egypt. The capital city is El Tor. It has the fewest people of any governorate in Egypt. It is on the southern half of the Sinai Peninsula. Saint Catherine's Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox Church monastery and UNESCO World Heritage site, is in the central part of the governorate. Raithu Monastery is in El Tor. Other important sites in the governorate are Wadi Mukattab and Wadi Feiran.
Carl Edward Dobkins Jr. (January 13, 1941 – April 8, 2020) was an American singer. He is best known for his rockabilly hit, "My Heart Is an Open Book", released in 1958. The single reached No. 3 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1959. The record also won a gold disc as it sold over one million copies. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dobkins died on April 8, 2020, at the age of 79.
Madeleine Fischer (12 November 1935 – 8 April 2020) was a Swiss actress. She worked most notably in Italy. Her movie credits include "Le Amiche" (1955), "The Bachelor" (1955), "I pappagalli" (1955), "Lazzarella" (1957) and "The Day the Sky Exploded" (1958). She was born in Romanshorn. Fischer died on 8 April 2020 in Gubbio, Umbria, Italy. She was 84.
H. J. M. "Harry" Wouters van den Oudenweijer (5 July 1933 – 7 April 2020) was a Dutch equestrian show jumper. At the 1977 European Show Jumping Championships in Rome, he won the European title as part of the Dutch national team. He retired from competing in the sport in 1988. He later had a coaching career. He was born in Elst, Gelderland. Wouters van den Oudenweijer died on 7 April 2020 at the age of 86.
The spaghetti-tree hoax was a hoax news report made by the BBC on April Fools' Day in 1957. The hoax showed a family in Ticino, Switzerland picking spaghetti from a "spaghetti tree". About eight million people watched the hoax on April Fools' Day in 1957. At the time, spaghetti was rare in the United Kingdom. It was also sometimes considered a delicacy there. The next day, hundreds of people called the BBC to see if spaghetti trees were real and how to grow them. The BBC told callers to put some spaghetti in a can of tomato sauce and "hope for the best". The BBC showed the hoax on a television programme called "Panorama". A reporter named Charles de Jaeger made the hoax. He remembered how his teachers said his classmates would think spaghetti grew on trees. He got a budget of £100 to make the hoax. The hoax was reported by a trusted reporter named Richard Dimbleby. In 2010, CNN said it is the biggest hoax ever made by a trusted news organisation. It is also one of the first hoaxes on television.
Gérard Mannoni (1 January 1928 – 1 April 2020) was a French sculptor. He was born in Bastia. He studied at the École des Métiers d'Art, the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, the Académie Julian, and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.  He worked in the workshops of Marcel Gimond, Hubert Yencesse, and Ossip Zadkine. Mannoni made his first group exhibition at the Galerie Breteau in a group with André Bloc, Robert Jacobsen, Marino Di Teana, Claude Parent, and others. Mannoni died on 1 April 2020 in Viry-Châtillon at the age of 92 of COVID-19.
Chalatenango is a department of El Salvador, in the northwest of the country. The capital city is also named Chalatenango. Chalatenango was made a department on February 14, 1855. The highest point in the country, El Pital with an elevation of 2730.06 m, is in Chalatenango Department.
Jacques Emile Blamont (13 October 1926 – 13 April 2020) was a French astrophysicist and author. He was the founder scientific and technical director of National Centre for Space Studies (CNES-Centre national d'études spatiales). Blamont was known to have worked to the development of Veronique, the first rocket launched by France in 1957. He was born in Paris. He was an elected fellow of the French Academy of Technologies and a professor emeritus of the Pierre and Marie Curie University (University of Paris VI). He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989. Blamont was honored as Commander of the Legion of Honour and Padma Shri. Blamont died on 13 April 2020 in Châtillon, Hauts-de-Seine, aged 93.
Kerstin Margareta Meyer (3 April 1928 – 14 April 2020) was a Swedish mezzo-soprano. She had an international career on the opera stage and concert platform. Meyer was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She worked for the Hamburg State Opera. Meyer appeared in the title role of Bizet's "Carmen" in the Wieland Wagner/Sawallisch production (1959) and creating the roles of Mrs. Claiborne in Gunther Schuller's "The Visitation" (1966), Alice Arden in Alexander Goehr's "Arden Must Die" (1967), and Gertrude in Humphrey Searle's "Hamlet" (1968). She was the rector of Operahögskolan i Stockholm from 1984 to 1994.  Meyer died on April 14th, 2020 in Stockholm, aged 92.
Philip (1928 – 14 April 2020) and Jane Baker (died 8 September 2014), professionally known as Pip and Jane Baker, were an English husband-and-wife team of television writers. They were well known mainly for their works to the BBC science-fiction series "Doctor Who". The Bakers worked on four differerent serials for the programme in the 1980s: "The Mark of the Rani" (1985), "The Trial of a Time Lord" (1986), Parts 9–12 and 14 (also known as "Terror of the Vervoids" and "The Ultimate Foe"); and "Time and the Rani" (1987).  Jane Baker died on 8 September 2014, while Pip Baker died on 14 April 2020.
Sir Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi, KCSG, KHS, FKC (21 June 1927 – April 2020) was a British Conservative politician. He was Minister for Disabled People from 1981 to 1983 during the cabinet of Margaret Thatcher. He was a councillor on Hornsey Borough Council, serving from 1956 to 1965. Rossi was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey from 1966 to 1983, and (after boundary changes) for Hornsey and Wood Green, 1983 to 1992. Rossi died in April 2020 at the age of 92.
Ronald Maurice Wylie (6 August 1933 – 14 April 2020) was a Scottish football player, coach and manager. He was born in Glasgow. He played as a right half or inside forward for Notts County, Aston Villa and Birmingham City. He was manager of West Bromwich Albion between 1982 and 1984. Wylie died on 14 April 2020 of a long-illness, aged 86.
Elizabeth Folan Gilpin (born July 21, 1986) is an American actress. She was born in New York City. Gilpin is best known for playing Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan in the Netflix comedy series "GLOW" (2017–present).  Career. She was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.  She also starred as Dr. Carrie Roman in the Showtime comedy-drama series "Nurse Jackie" (2013–2015). In 2020, she starred as Detective Linda Watts in the Netflix comedy movie "Coffee &amp; Kareem".
The Smurfs (syndicated as Smurfs' Adventures) is an American-Belgian animated fantasy-comedy children's television series. It aired on NBC from 12 September 1981 to 2 December 1989. It was created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It is based on the Belgian comic series by the same name, created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo and aired for 256 episodes with a total of 418 stories.
Daniel Goldman (October 30, 1939 – April 12, 2020) was an American actor and casting director. He was known as the voice of Brainy Smurf in Hanna-Barbera's "The Smurfs" (1981–1989) and as the medical student in the opening scene of "Young Frankenstein" (1974). Goldman was born in New York City. Goldman died on April 12, 2020 in Los Angeles from problems caused by multiple strokes, aged 80.
Hillel (Harry) Furstenberg () (born September 29, 1935) is a German-born American-Israeli mathematician. He is a professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the National Academy of Sciences. He is a winner of the Abel Prize and the Wolf Prize in Mathematics.  He is known for his works on probability theory and ergodic theory methods to other areas of mathematics, including number theory and Lie groups. He was born in Berlin, but was raised in New York City.
Grigory Aleksandrovich Margulis (, first name often given as Gregory, Grigori or Gregori; born February 24, 1946) is a Russian-American mathematician. He was born in Moscow. Margulis was known for his work on lattices in Lie groups, and the creation of methods from ergodic theory into diophantine approximation.  He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1978, a Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 2005, and an Abel Prize in 2020, becoming the fifth mathematician to receive the three prizes.  In 1991, he joined the faculty of Yale University. He is the Erastus L. De Forest Professor of Mathematics.