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Sharice Lynnette Davids (born May 22, 1980) is an American attorney, former mixed martial artist, and Democratic politician. She became the member of the United States House of Representatives for on January 3, 2019. Davids is the first Democrat from Kansas elected to Congress in a decade. Davids is the first openly LGBT Native American in the United States Congress, the first openly gay person elected to the United States Congress from Kansas, and one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress (along with Deb Haaland of New Mexico). Life and education. Davids was born on May 22, 1980 in Frankfurt, West Germany. Davids is a member of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people. She is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. She lives in Roeland Park. Davids went to Leavenworth High School, Haskell Indian Nations University, the University of Kansas, Johnson County Community College, and the University of Missouri–Kansas City. She graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2007. Davids got a Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School in 2010. Mixed martial arts career. Davids started competing in mixed martial arts (MMA) as an amateur in 2006. She became a professional in 2013. She had a 5–1 win–loss record as an amateur, and she had a 1–1 record as a professional. She tried out for "The Ultimate Fighter" but did not make it onto the show. After this, she stopped doing MMA, leading her to travel the U.S. and live on Native American reservations, where she would work with the communities on economic and community development programs. Legal career. Davids started her legal career at SNR Denton in 2010. In 2016, she was a White House Fellow in the Department of Transportation. This was during the change between the Barack Obama and Trump administrations. U.S. House of Representatives. Elections. In the 2018 election, Davids ran for the United States House of Representatives in Kansas's 3rd
Square dances are sequence dance for four couples in a square. Each couple faces the centre of the square.  Square dances were first written about in 16th-century England, and were also common in France and throughout Europe. They came to North America with the European settlers. Square dances are a type of folk dance.
The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан 124 "Руслан"; NATO reporting name: Condor) is a Soviet transport aircraft designed by the Ukrainian aircraft company Antonov. This is a smaller looking Antonov An-225 Mriya, which was based off this plane. There are currently 26 of them in service today. It has 4 engines and bears similarities to the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy.
Wu Bangguo (; July 1941 – 8 October 2024) was a Chinese politician. He also was the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body from 2003 to 2013. He was born in Pingba, China. Bangguo was the Vice Premier of China from 1995 to 2003. Bangguo died on 8 October 2024 in Beijing, China at the age of 83.
Jia Qinglin (; born March 1940) is a retired Chinese politician who served as a 7th Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 2003 to 2013. Jia is an engineer by trade and he began his political career in Fujian distric in 1985. He gain popularity during the Yuanhua scandal. In 1996, he became a mayor and then party chief of Beijing. Jia was later included in the Politburo in 1997. He retired in 2013.
Malcolm Elmore Beard (February 21, 1919 – January 2, 2019) was an American politician. He was born in Moultrie, Georgia. A Republican from 1985 until his death. Before he was a Democrat. From 1978 to 1980, he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives. From 1980 to 1996, he was a member of the Florida Senate. Beard died on January 2, 2019, in Tampa, Florida at the age of 99.
Gerald Peter Buchek (May 9, 1942 – January 2, 2019) was an American professional baseball player. He was an infielder over all or parts of seven Major League Baseball seasons (1961, 1963–1968) with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Buchek died on January 2, 2019 in Springfield, Missouri at the age of 76.
Herbert David Kelleher (March 12, 1931 – January 3, 2019) was an American businessman. He was the co-founder, CEO, and Chairman Emeritus of Southwest Airlines. He was born in Camden, New Jersey. Kelleher died on January 3, 2019 in Dallas, Texas from prostate cancer at the age of 87.
Emperor Wen of Sui (; 21 July 541 – 13 August 604), founded the Sui Dynasty (581–618 AD).
"For the Rosario Railroad station to Puerto Belgrano, see Bajo Hondo Train Station." Bajo Hondo Train Station is a railway station, located in Bajo Hondo town, Coronel Rosales Municipality, in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Services. It is a small station of the branch belonging to the General Roca Railway, from the Tandil to the Bahía Blanca station. It does not provide passenger services. History. The station was founded in 1891 by the British capital company. Although it had been founded as the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (BAGS), it was almost immediately called the Ferrocarril del Sud. The Bajo Hondo station was one of the 504 active stations that the company had until its nationalization. During the presidency of General Juan Domingo Perón, that company was renamed General Roca Railroad until today. The date of inauguration of this station also doubles as the birth date of the Bajo hondo town. Since the privatizations of the state-owned company Ferrocarriles Argentinos in the 90's, the Bajo hondo train station stopped providing services to passengers. The station is currently inactive. The building at the station has a certain degree of deterioration, and is currently used as a private home.
Paso Mayor Train Station is a train station in the municipality of Coronel Rosales, in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. History. Its construction was completed on December 19. Constructed a French company known as: "Compagnie de Chemins de Fer Rosario-Puerto Belgrano". Paso Mayor is located approximately 40 kilometers from Bahía Blanca and owes its name to a pass through a River called "Sauce Grande" which the local people used to cross that River at the time when there was no bridge to cross the river. The station is one of those which were classified as "Prime stations" because of their provisions for more services than other stations. For example Paso Mayor provided services including but not limited to : Passengers, Telegraph, Cargo, Livestock...  Originally, in this area there was a place combining both store and bar, locally known as "pulpería" which belonged to a man called Laporte. So the place was called "Pulpería de Laporte" meaning "Store and bar of Laporte" Because the same place offered Horse services, that is ; travellers could have their tired horses changed for Fresh ones, the same place at times was called "Posta" of Paso Mayor. ("Posta" is a place where travellers change their tired horses for Fresh ones). This place served as a place for rest and shopping centre for travellers and traders who came to buy Hides and Skins and Liquor (Gin). With the introduction of the Railway line, the "Posta" suffered a severe blow as Wagons and Carriages replaced Horses. The Pulperia became a tiny supermarket. The presence of the Railway line called for people to come and settle around the train station. As a result, the place became a busy small town. But following the withdrawal of the Railway services in the seventies(1970s), the people abandoned the place and until now, it is a ghost town.  The station was never provided with electrical installation and the lighting was provided by wax candles or kerosene lamps.. The state of the buildings at the station in general is bad, has been vandalized several times. Close of Operations
Clay County (county code CY) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, 8,117 people lived there. Its county seat and the city with the most people is Clay Center. History. On February 20, 1857, Clay County was created. It was named in honor of the famous American statesman Henry Clay. Clay was a member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (1.6%) is water. Major highways. Sources: National Atlas, U.S. Census Bureau Communities. Townships. Clay County is divided into eighteen townships. The city of Clay Center is considered "governmentally independent" and is not included from the census figures for the townships. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.
Essex County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, 5,920 people lived there, making it the least populous county in both Vermont and New England. Its shire town (county seat) is the municipality of Guildhall. It is bordered by the Connecticut River on the east, with the border of New Hampshire.
Easier with Practice is a 2009 American drama movie. The story of this movie is based on a 2006 "GQ" article which was written by Davy Rothbart. The movie was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, Best First Feature and Someone to Watch Awards. Plot. Davy Mitchell is a writer who is on tour to promote his unpublished short stories. He gets a random telephone call from a woman named Nicole. The stranger seduces him into an intense session of phone sex. That sparks an erotic and intimate relationship between them. The relationship is based entirely around the phone calls. Davy wants to make it work. He becomes frustrated when Nicole doesn't give out her phone number. He is fed up with her games. He wants to meet her in person. Development. "Easier with Practice" is an independent movie. It was distributed in the United States by Breaking Glass Pictures. In Canada, it was distributed by Mongrel Media. The movie was rated NC-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America. However, the rating was surrendered. The movie was released without an MPAA rating. Reception. "Easier with Practice" was first shown at the CineVegas Film Festival. It won the 2009 Grand Jury Prize. It got Best New International Feature at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Rotten Tomatoes put the rating of the movie at 91%. This was based on 32 reviews. AllMovie gave it five stars in its reviews.
is a Japanese "shōnen" manga by Yasuhiro Nightow. The story takes place around a young photographer named Leonardo Watch. He gets 'the All Seeing Eyes of the Gods' at the cost of his sister's eyesight. Leonardo then moves to the city of Hellsalem's Lot. There he joins an organization known as Libra. The organization fights many monsters as well as terrorists. The manga has been published in the United States by Dark Horse Comics. An anime based on this manga by Bones premiered in early 2015. Funimation licensed the series for streaming in North America. A second season aired from October to December 2017. The series was sixth in the category "Sound" and fourth in the category "Theme Song" for "Sugar Song to Bitter Step" in the "Newtype" preliminary awards for 2015. Sonic, a monkey in the show, ranked first in the category "Best Mascot".
Andrei Nikolaevich Tupolev (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Туполев; 10 November 1888 - 23 December 1972) was a Soviet aircraft designer and founder of Tupolev.
is a Japanese manga series by Yūji Aoki. It has been published in "Weekly Morning" since 1990. The series was given the 1992 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga. It also received the 1998 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Award for Excellence.
is a Japanese anime television series. It was produced by MAPPA. It is based on the "Rage of Bahamut" game. The series was directed by Keiichi Sato and written by Keiichi Hasegawa. The characters were designed by Naoyuki Onda and music was by Yoshihiro Ike. The first season, titled , aired between October 6, 2014 and December 29, 2014. It had 12 episodes. It has been licensed for streaming in North America by Funimation. The second season titled aired between April 7, 2017 and September 29, 2017.
Paso Mayor is a place located 40 km from Punta Alta and 50 km from the city of Bahía Blanca, in the municipality of Coronel Rosales, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. History. According to several historians, many hundred thousands years ago, at this place was the only point possible for both humans and animals to cross the Grande River. In the 19th century, when the measurements, plans and divisions of the area lands began to be made, the people began to call this pass "Paso del Mayor Iturra", meaning " The pass of Mayor Iturra". Iturra was the Mayor of that area at the time. Iturra used this pass while grazing his cows, and the people while referring to it, they could say " the pass that Mayor Iturra use" later became the "Pass of Mayor Iturra" and finally shortened to " Pass of the Mayor". To present date, that name still exists in the documents of the place. Today, that point of the River acts as the natural limit / boundary of the of two municipalities of Coronel Rosales and Coronel Pringles. From the history of the place we can mention the "Posta Paso Mayor" which was a place where travellers could have their tired horses changed for Fresh ones. This place was owned by one local man called Laporte. He also owned a "Pulperia" a kind of supermarket which majored in selling Hides and Skins as well as Liquor. This "Posta" and "Pulperia" with the arrival of the railroad were greatly affected, since the Wagons and Carriages replaced the Horses. and with transportation made easy, trading of Hides and Skins also moved to another level. The "Pulperia became a grocery store until it finally closed in the 30's. Although it is a place where today there are very few inhabitants, once in its golden age, it reached more than 200 inhabitants. currently it does not exceed 20 people (INDEC, 2010). Economy. It is predominantly agricultural being the optimal land for the cultivation of wheat, soy and sorghum in addition to
Petra is a historical and archaeological city in southern Jordan.  It is in a basin among the mountains that run from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. History. Petra is believed to have been settled as early as 9,000 BC. It became the capital city of the Nabataean Kingdom. The Nabataeans were nomadic Arabs who used Petra because it was near the spice trade routes. The Nabataean Kingdom became a client state of the Roman Empire in the first century BC. In 106 AD they lost their independence. Petra's importance declined as sea trade routes developed. Also, an earthquake in 363 AD destroyed many structures.  The Byzantine Era led to the construction of several Christian churches, but the city continued to decline. By the early Islamic era only a handful of nomads lived in Petra. It stayed unknown to the world until it was rediscovered in 1812 by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. UNESCO Status. Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage".  Petra is Jordan's most-visited tourist attraction. Tourist numbers peaked to half a million in the first quarter of 2019.
The Saraikis (Panjabi: سرائیکی قوم) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, native to South of Punjab province of Pakistan, but are found all over Pakistan, mainly in Derajat region. They are known as Multanis and Bahawalpuri in India. They speak Saraiki dialect of Panjabi.  They National day of Saraiki is celebrated on November 22.  Etymology. The word Saraiki is probably derived from Sindhi word Sirai, which means native people of Siro/Sero region in ancient Sindh, which is corrupted term of Sauvira an ancient kingdom mentioned in Mahabharata. the Siraiki term is still used in Sindh, for a Sindhi dialect which is spoken by Sindhi Sirai Jats and Sindhi balochs, today Sindhi Siraiki is renamed as Siroli/Sireli. to not get it confused with Saraiki language of South Punjab, both have small similarities.
Chelmsley Wood is a neighbourhood, civil parish and big housing estate of Birmingham in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England. 12,453 people lived in it in 2013. It is near Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre. It is about east of Birmingham City Centre and north of Solihull town centre. History. Chelmsley Wood is a new area, which was built by Birmingham City Council in the late 1960s and early 1970s on very old woodland, once part of the Forest of Arden.
Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (October 22, 1941 – December 25, 2018) was an American professor of history and author. Terborg-Penn focused in African-American history and black women's history. Her book "African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920" was an importan work that recovered the histories of black women in the women's suffrage movement in the United States.  She was faculty member of Morgan State University. Terborg-Penn died on December 25, 2018 in Columbia, Maryland, aged 77.
Peter Swinnerton-Dyer was Sir Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-Dyer, 16th Baronet, (2 August 1927 – 26 December 2018).  He was an English mathematician. He worked in number theory at University of Cambridge. He was best known for his part in the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture. This related algebraic properties of elliptic curves to special values of L-functions. Also, he worked on the Titan operating system. In his youth, Swinnerton-Dyer was an international bridge player. He played for the British team twice in the European Open teams championship, in 1953 and 1962. He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989.
Dean Ford (born Thomas McAleese; 5 September 1946 – 31 December 2018) was a Scottish singer-songwriter. He was born in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was best known for his role as lead vocalist and frontman of the beat pop group Marmalade from 1966 to 1974. He co-wrote the group's worldwide hit "Reflections of My Life".  Ford died on 31 December 2018 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 72. The cause was complications from Parkinson's disease.
Etty Fraser Martins de Sousa (8 May 1931 — 31 December 2018) was a Brazilian actress. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her best known works include "Beto Rockfeller", "Durval Discos" and "Cristina Wants to Get Married". Fraser died on 31 December 2018 in São Paulo, Brazil from heart failure, aged 87.
Gülruz Sururi (24 July 1929 – 31 December 2018) was a Turkish actress and author. She presented a TV cooking show and co-owned a theatre. She was born in Istanbull. She was named "The Woman of the Year" by the Turkish Women's Association in 1966. In the 1990s, she presented five years long a cooking show "A La Luna" in the television channel TRT. Sururi died in Istanbul on 31 December 2018 from bile duct cancer, aged 89.
Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Ali Al Badawi aka Jamal Abu Abed Al Rahman Al Badawi () (July 22, 1960 –January 1, 2019) was a Yemeni terrorist. He was convicted of helping plan the 2000 USS "Cole" bombing, which killed 17 American sailors on October 12, 2000, off the port coast of Aden, Yemen. He was captured in Yemen and sentenced to death on September 29, 2004. "Fox News" called Al-Badawi a "mastermind" of the Cole bombing. He twice escaped from Yemen prison, once after his death sentence was issued, and was being sought as an FBI Most Wanted Terrorist fugitive. He was reportedly killed by an airstrike on January 1, 2019 that was conducted in Ma'rib Governorate, Yemen.
Dragoslav Šekularac (, ; 8 November 1937 – 5 January 2019) was a Serbian football player and coach. He was born in Štip, Vardar Banovina, Yugoslavia. He played for Red Star Belgrade and Yugoslavia national team. He coached the Guatemala national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification. Šekularac died in Belgrade on 5 January 2019 from complications of Alzheimer's disease, aged 81. Honours. Player. Independiente Santa Fe
Ivan Sergeyevich Bortnik (; 16 April 1939 – 4 January 2019) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was a People's Artist of Russia (2000). He was born in Moscow. He was known for his roles in "Family Relations", "Mirror for a Hero" and in "Mama Don't Cry". Bortnik died on 4 January 2019 in Moscow of complications from thrombosis at the age of 79.
Christian J. Mohn (20 April 1926 – 31 December 2018) was a Norwegian ski jumper and sports official. He was born in Oslo. His career highlights included a fourth place at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1950, a second place at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in 1952, and a 20th place at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954. Mohn was president of the Norwegian Ski Federation from 1978 to 1980. He died on 31 December 2018 at the age of 92.
Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 43,505 according to the 2020 Census. It is the largest city on the Kitsap Peninsula. Bremerton is connected to Downtown Seattle by two ferries.
John Cho (born Cho Yo Han; June 16, 1972) is a Korean American actor. He is known for his roles as Harold Lee in the "Harold &amp; Kumar", John in the "American Pie" movies and Hikaru Sulu in the "Star Trek" reboot series.
Manfred Weber (born 14 July 1972) is a German politician. He is Leader of the European People's Party in the European Parliament since 2014. He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany since 2004. He is a member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria.  On the 5 September 2018, Weber announced his plans to run for President of the European Commission and was elected as the candidate of the EPP on 8 November 2018.
Jean Tiberi (born 30 January 1935) is a French politician. He was Mayor of Paris from 22 May 1995 to 24 March 2001. He was mayor of the 5th arrondissement of Paris and deputy to the French National Assembly from the second district of Paris. Friend of , he has been Cercle InterHallier member since 2019.
Ana María "Anne" Hidalgo Aleu (; born 19 June 1959) is a French politician. She is the Mayor of Paris since 2014. She is the first woman to hold the office. She was born in Spain. She is a member of the Socialist Party since 1994. She was the First Deputy Mayor of Paris under Bertrand Delanoë (2001–2014), holding the title of Paris City Councillor from the 15th arrondissement since 9 March 2001. She is trying to reduce car traffic in Paris, and wants wider pavements, more trees and more cycling. She is setting up 60 km of bicycle lanes. She is stopping sewers from emptying into the River Seine. On 12 September 2021, Hidalgo announced her candidacy for President of France in the 2022 presidential election. She came in tenth place in the election, winning 1.75% of the vote.
Bertrand Delanoë (; born 30 May 1950) is a retired French politician. He was Mayor of Paris from 25 March 2001 to 5 April 2014. He is a member of the Socialist Party. He was born in Tunis, French Tunisia. Delanoë was stabbed on 5 October 2002 during the "Nuit Blanche", a night of festivities in Paris. Before being taken to hospital, Delanoë ordered that the festivities continue. Delanoë's wound was not life-threatening and he left the hospital after about two weeks. Delanoë was one of the first major French politicians to announce that he was gay.
Barry M. Farber (May 5, 1930 – May 6, 2020) was an American conservative radio talk show host, politician. author, commentator and language-learning enthusiast. In 2002, industry publication "Talkers magazine" ranked him the 9th greatest radio talk show host of all time. He has also written articles appearing in "The New York Times", "Reader's Digest", "The Washington Post", and the "Saturday Review". He unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives and Mayor of New York City in the 1970s. He was the father of journalist Celia Farber and singer-songwriter Bibi Farber. Farber died at his home in New York City, one day after his 90th birthday on May 6, 2020. He had broken his rib cage while moving in to a new apartment a month before.