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Peggy Dow (born Peggy Josephine Varnadow; March 18, 1928) is an American philanthropist and actress. She was born in Columbia, Mississippi.  Dow made nine movies, most notably as Nurse Kelly in "Harvey" (1950), and as Judy Greene in "Bright Victory" (1951). She also starred as Laura in "Reunion in Reno" and as Ellen in "You Never Can Tell" (both 1951).
Charli Grace D'Amelio (born May 1, 2004) is an American social media personality and dancer. She is the first person to earn both 50 million followers and 100 million followers on TikTok. She was the second-highest earning TikTok personality in 2019 according to "Forbes". She is sometimes called TikTok's biggest star. Career. She and her sister Dixie, worked with UNICEF, speaking out against online bullying and about the troubles of finding fame on TikTok. On 21 April, 2020, Charil became the first person to reach 50 million followers in tiktok. On 13 November, 2020, Charil became the first person to reach 100 million followers in tiktok. In 2021, Charli won the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice award for Female Social Star. D'Amelio's channel began on TikTok in the summer of 2019, who uploaded videos of her dancing. D'Amelio starred in her own reality television series named "The D'Amelio Show". Personal life. Her father Marc D'Amelio is a politician. Her mother is Heidi D'Amelio. Her sister is Dixie D'Amelio.
All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical drama movie directed by Bob Fosse and starring Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking, Cliff Gorman, John Lithgow, Anthony Holland, C. C. H. Pounder and Wallace Shawn. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and was nominated for 9 Oscars and won 4 Oscars at the Academy Awards in 1980. In 2001, the Library of Congress selected All That Jazz into the United States National Film Registry.
The American Go Association (AGA) was founded in 1935, and it is responsible to promote and manage the board game of Go in the United States of America. It is also a member of the International Go Federation. AGA Activities. The AGA publishes a weekly online newsletter, The American Go E-Journal, and an annual "Yearbook". They maintains a national rating system and organizes national events, The US Go Congress and AGA City League. They also select North American representatives in international tournaments; and support their members as they promote Go in their communities. AGA also holds a youth summer camp that includes instruction from professional players. AGA Professional System. In December 2011, The AGA made a new professional players system for the US and Canada. Their certification system is open to US and Canadian citizens via invitation. In recognition of this movement, several Asian professional tournaments have invited AGA professionals. AGA Professional Players. Professional status in Go is valid for life unless the player retires (This is also same in Japan and other Asian countries). The dates below indicate when the players were granted the AGA professional status.
The Special Achievement Award is an Academy Award. It is given for an achievement that makes an exceptional contribution, but for which there is no yearly award category. Recipients. This table displays the people who received the Special Achievement Oscar for their contributions to movie. The category started in 1972.
Hulk is a 2003 American superhero movie directed by Ang Lee. It was based on the Marvel character Hulk by Stan Lee. "Hulk's" main actors are Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, and Nick Nolte. Plot. In the 1960s, David Banner wanted to create super soldiers but General Ross denied him permission. David decided to test on himself. He later had a son named Bruce.
Eat Drink Man Woman () is a 1994 comedy-drama movie. It was directed by Ang Lee. It starred Sihung Lung, Yu-wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu, and Kuei-mei Yang. The movie was released on 3 August 1994. It was both a critical and box office success. In 1994, the movie received the Asia Pacific Film Festival Award for Best Film. In 1995 it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Dr. Bijon Kumar Sil is a famous scientist, scholar, and microbiologist from Bangladesh living in Singapore. He migrated to Singapore in 2002. During Covid-19 outbreak he started working in Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Bangladesh and invented Rapid Dot Blot Kit to detect COVID-19. His invented kit was used in different countries to detect coronavirus in less than 15 minutes. He is now working in Prince of Songkla University, Thailand.  Family. Bijon Kumar Sil was born 1961 to parents Rashik Chandra Shill and Kironmoyee Shill in Baraigram, Natore, Bangladesh. He is the fifth of six born to his parents. He has a son [Aranab Kumar Argha] and a daughter [Arundhuti Bindi].  Education. He studied in Saint Joseph High School and College, Bonpara, Natore. Bijan then attended Edward College, Pabna, and completed the higher secondary education. He studied at the Bangladesh Agriculture University and earned his Bachelor's degree in Veterinary Science. He also did the postgraduate degree in Microbiology from same university. He then graduated from University Surrey, United Kingdom, with a Ph.D degree. Research &amp; Patents. When he invented Rapid Dot Blot Kit to detect COVID-19, he comes down to the timeline. On April 25, 2020, his invented kit will detect the coronavirus in less than 15 minutes. He has more than 15 Patents to his name covering diversified sectors from life sciences to electromagnetic inertia based products.
Handle with Care is a 1977 American comedy-drama movie directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Bruce McGill, Roberts Blossom, Charles Napier, Ed Begley Jr. and Harry Northup. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
John Ball (c. 1338 - 15 July 1381) was a Medieval Priest who clashed with the Archbishop of Canterbury after he started performing sermons against Work Service (Serfdom). Ball was later freed by Wat Tyler and began to persuade peasants to join the Peasants Revolt. Ball was later killed after King Richard II after the Peasants Revolt was put to an end by the king. Early life. John Ball was the child of Joan and William Ball, in Peledon near Colchester. He was born in 1331. Ball was trained in York, and moved a lot over the country, living in Norwich, Colchester, and Kent.  Ball was later imprisoned in Maidstone, Kent for his contradictory views on Christianity. He was then released, but continued to preach his radical ideas. This caused Ball to be released and imprisoned many a time. This cycle came to an end however, in 1381 when John was released from prison by former ex-soldier and leader of the Peasants revolt, Wat Tyler. This was a real turnaround for Ball, Tyler needed Ball to preach to the local Peasants, asking them to discontinue performing Work Service. Links with the Peasants revolt. Now in Tyler's Peasant army, Ball began to march to London. There, London's gates were mysteriously opened and Tyler's army flooded in to the capital city. King Richard II, not wanting any trouble, decided to meet the Peasants at Mile End. There, the two forces began talks, surprisingly the King agreed to abolish Work Service, and accepted the other demands the army asked for. meanwhile, a rogue group of Peasants began to lay siege to the Tower of London, killing the Archbishop of Canterbury and many others.  Knowing another talk would have to be held,John and Tyler decided to meet the king outside the city walls, there the Kings army murdered Tyler and forced the Peasants to flee. None of the Peasants demands were met and Ball, (along with many other rebels) was executed.
King of the Gypsies is a 1978 American drama movie directed by Frank Pierson and based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Peter Maas. It stars Eric Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Judd Hirsch, Shelley Winters, Annette O'Toole and Sterling Hayden and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
English personal pronouns are a type of pronoun that change form according to number, person, gender, or function in the sentence (case). Although today's English has fewer changes to words (inflection) than Old English, personal pronouns still have kept many forms from Old English. Note: "his" and "its" can be "possessive determiners" or "possessive pronouns". Look at the complete sentences to find out which function the pronoun has.
Cinderella Liberty is a 1973 American romantic drama movie directed by Mark Rydell and based on the novel of the same name by Daryl Ponicsan. It stars James Caan, Marsha Mason, Eli Wallach, Burt Young, Dabney Coleman and Bruno Kirby and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was nominated for 3 Oscars at the Academy Awards in 1974.
Jupiter Hammon (October 17, 1711 – ca. 1806) was a writer. He is known as a founder of African-American literature, because his poem (published in 1761 in New York) was the first by an African American in North America. He published both poetry and prose after that. He was also a preacher and a commercial clerk on Long Island, New York. Hammon was born into slavery at the Lloyd Manor on Long Island. Hammon learned to read and write. In 1761, Hammon published his first poem, "An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries." He was the first African American poet published in North America. He was also a well-known and well-respected preacher and clerk-bookkeeper. He was widely circulated for his poems about slavery. As a committed Christian evangelist, Hammon criticized slavery based on the Bible.
Buckypaper is a thin sheet made from an aggregate of carbon nanotubes or carbon nanotube grid paper. The nanotubes are approximately 50,000 times thinner than a human hair. Originally, it was fabricated as a way to handle carbon nanotubes, but it is also being studied and developed into applications by several research groups, showing promise as vehicle armor, personal armor, and next-generation electronics and displays. Properties. Comparative flame test of airplanes made of cellulose, carbon buckypaper and inorganic boron nitride nanotube buckypaper. Buckypaper is one tenth the weight yet potentially 500 times stronger than steel when its sheets are stacked to form a composite. It could disperse heat like brass or steel and it could conduct electricity like copper or silicon. Background. Buckypaper is a macroscopic aggregate of carbon nanotubes (CNT), or "buckytubes". It owes its name to the buckminsterfullerene, the 60 carbon fullerene (an allotrope of carbon with similar bonding that is sometimes referred to as a "Buckyball" in honor of R. Buckminster Fuller).
Melvin H. Evans (August 7, 1917 – November 27, 1984) was the first elected Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was also the first Black governor of the territory. He was governor from July 1, 1969 to January 6, 1975. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Rouge are a Brazilian pop girl group formed in 2002, through the SBT and Disney Channel talent show "Popstars" produced by RGB Entertainment. The group comprised singers Aline Wirley, Fantine Thó, Karin Hils, Li Martins (then known as Patrícia Lissah) and Lu Andrade. The group's debut studio album, the best-selling self-titled "Rouge" (2002), sold more than 2 million copies in Brazil. The success of the album was boosted by the songs "Não Dá pra Resistir", "Beijo Molhado" and, mainly, "Ragatanga", which helped to establish the group on a national platform. Their follow-up album, "C'est La Vie" (2003) produced the singles "Brilha La Luna", "Um Anjo Veio Me Falar" and "Vem Cair na Zueira", sold over 1 million copies. After the departure of Andrade, the four remaining members continued and released the albums "Blá Blá Blá" (2004) and "Mil e Uma Noites" (2005). The group disbanded in June 2006, when the contract with Sony Music was not renewed. Measures of their success include, have sold 6 million records sales, becoming the most successful pop girl group in Brazil and Latin America, Under the guidance of their mentor and entrepreneur, music producer Rick Bonadio, they embarked on sold-out tours throughout Brazil and several countries in Latin America, Europe and Africa. They were also stars of commercials and television programs, as well as the faces of various licensed products such as sticker albums, sandals and dolls. On September 12, 2017, they reformed for a second time, this time as a five-members, to celebrate a fifteen-year birthday, embarked on a tour of sold-out shows all over Brazil, the 15 Anos Tour. In followed, he released his first unreleased song since 2005, "Bailando". And, on February 1, 2019 the fifth studio album, "Les 5inq", was released. On January 24, 2019, a new hiatus was announced for an indefinite time. It is unknown if Rouge will reunite after this new hiatus.
Gerald "Jerry" Mouse is one of the main characters in the "Tom and Jerry". as a character is silent cute brown mice deuteragonist character of the franchise.
was a Japanese long-distance runner. He won the 1956 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon. He represented Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics, finishing in 26th place (2:38:11) and won the 1953 Boston Marathon. He was born in Akita.
Carlo Sabatini (7 April 1932 – 10 April 2020) was an Italian actor. He was born in Rome. He was known for voice dubbing movie roles of Morgan Freeman and Sir Ian McKellen from English to Italian. He voiced dubbed Magneto in "X-Men", "X2", ', "The Wolverine", and '. Sabatini died on 10 April 2020 in Rome, aged 88.
Lucas Neff (born November 7, 1985) is an American actor. He is best known for his lead role in the Fox sitcom "Raising Hope", and starred on the CBS sitcom "Carol's Second Act". Neff was born and raised in the Andersonville area of Chicago, Illinois. He is of Irish and Jewish descent.
Bruce Robert Allpress (25 August 1930 – 23 April 2020) was a New Zealand actor. He appeared in many television dramas and also presented on television and radio productions. In the mid-1980s, he was a regular on "The Billy T. James Show", as well as featuring alongside Tommy Lee Jones in the pirate adventure movie "Nate and Hayes". He was best known for his role as Aldor in the movie "". Allpress died on 23 April 2020, aged 89, in Auckland six months after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Alan Abel (1928 – April 25, 2020) was an American percussionist, music educator, and inventor. He was the Associate Principal Percussionist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1959 until his retirement in 1997. He taught at Temple University beginning in 1972.  Abel died on April 25, 2020 from COVID-19.
Emilio Simeon Allué Carcasona, SDB (18 February 1935 – 26 April 2020) was a Spanish-American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston until his retirement in 2010. He was born in Huesca, Spain. Allué died from COVID-19 in Boston on 26 April 2020, aged 85.
Alton "Big Al" Carson (October 2, 1953 – April 26, 2020) was an American blues and jazz singer. He performed with his band, the Blues Masters, in New Orleans, and with other bands. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He played tuba in addition to singing. Carson performed and recorded with multiple jazz and brass bands in New Orleans, including under the leadership of Doc Paulin, Lars Edegran, and Dr. Michael White. Carson died on April 26, 2020 at the age of 66 after a heart attack in New Orleans.
Gideon Patt (; 22 February 1933 – 26 April 2020) was an Israeli politician. He was born in Jerusalem. Patt was a member of the Knesset from 1970 to 1996. He was a Minister of Industry from 1979 to 1984 and Tourism in 1981 and again from 1988 to 1992. He was a member of Likud. Patt died on 26 April 2020 in Jerusalem at the age of 87.
Henri Weber (23 June 1944 – 26 April 2020) was a French politician of Jewish-Polish descent. He was a Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France from 2004 to 2014. He was a member of the Socialist Party (PS). From 1995 to 2004, Weber was a member of the French Senate. His father-in-law was politician Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber. Weber died on 26 April in 2020 in Avignon of COVID-19, aged 75.
Bernard Gersten (January 30, 1923 – April 27, 2020) was an American theatrical producer. His career began in the 1960s through the early 2000s. He was born in Newark, New Jersey. From 1960 to 1978, Gersten worked with Joseph Papp as associate producer at the New York Shakespeare Festival. He was an executive producer of Lincoln Center Theater from 1986 until he retired in 2013. In 2013, he won a Special Tony Award. Gersten died from pancreatic cancer in New York City on April 27, 2020, aged 97.
Ramon Reyes Jimenez Jr. (July 14, 1955 – April 27, 2020) sometimes known as "Monet" or "Mon Jimenez", was a Filipino advertising businessman and politician. He was Secretary of Tourism from 2011 to 2016 during the presidency of Benigno Aquino III. He was born in Manila. Jimenez died on April 27, 2020 in Manila, aged 64.
Dr Tiede Herrema (21 April 1921 – 24 April 2020) was a Dutch businessman. He was kidnapped by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 1975. He was born in present-day Utrecht. In the 1970s, Herrema ran a wire factory, Ferenka, in the city of Limerick, Ireland. On the morning of 3 October 1975, having just left his home in Castletroy near Limerick, Herrema was kidnapped by two members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. The kidnappers wanted the release of three IRA prisoners, including Rose Dugdale. After a massive security operation, the kidnappers were eventually traced on 21 October 1975 to a house in Monasterevin, County Kildare. After a further two-week-long struggle, Herrema was released. Herrema died on 24 April 2020, three days after his 99th birthday.
Rob Shick (born 4 December 1957 in Port Alberni, British Columbia) is a retired National Hockey League referee. He began his career with the 1985–86 NHL season. He retired in March 2009.  Career. Shick refereed over 1,321 NHL regular season games, 130 playoff games, and two All-Star Games during his career. His final game was on March 7, 2009 at Ronald B. Stafford Arena where the Plattsburgh State Cardinals faced the Norwich Cadets.
Birbhum district is a district in West Bengal, India. History. During the time of British East India Company, the administrative unit by the name Birbhum was formed in 1787. Before that, it was administratively a part of Murshidabad district. After independent (1947) Birbhum district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal.  Administration. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other important cities are Rampurhat, Bolpur and Sainthia. Jamtara, Dumka and Pakur districts of the state of Jharkhand lie at the western border of this district; the border in other directions is covered by the districts of Bardhaman and Murshidabad of West Bengal. Geography. Often called "the land of red soil". Birbhum is noted for its topography and its cultural heritage which is somewhat different from the other districts in West Bengal. The western part of Birbhum is a bushy region, a part of the Chhota Nagpur Plateau. This region gradually merges with the fertile alluvial farmlands in the east. Culture. This district saw many cultural and religious movements in history. The Visva Bharati University at Santiniketan, established by Rabindranath Tagore, is one of the places Birbhum is known for. Many festivals are celebrated in the district, including Poush Mela. Industry. Birbhum is primarily an agricultural district with around 75% of the population being dependent on agriculture. Principal industries of the district include cotton and silk harvesting and weaving, rice and oilseed milling, lac harvesting, stone mining and metalware and pottery manufacture. Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station is the only heavy industry in the district.
The Central Division is one of four divisions in Fiji. The capital of the division is Suva, which is also the capital of Fiji. It has five provinces - Naitasiri, Namosi, Rewa, Serua and Tailevu. The division includes the eastern part of the largest island in Fiji, Viti Levu. There are also a few outlying islands, including Beqa.
The Eastern Division is one of four divisions in Fiji. The capital of the division is Levuka, on the Ovalau island.  It has Kadavu Province, Lau Province, Lomaiviti Province and Rotuma. Other islands in the division include Kadavu, Gau, Koro, Nairai, Moala, Matuku, Vatu Vara, Naitaba, Mago, Cicia, Tuvuca, Lakeba, Vanua Vatu, Oneata, Vuaqava, Kabara, Moce, and Fulaga.
The Northern Division is one of four divisions in Fiji. The capital is Labasa. The Northern Division has three Provinces: Macuata, Cakaudrove, and Bua. It includes the entire island of Vanua Levu.
The Western Division is one of four divisions in Fiji. The largest city is Lautoka. There are three provinces on Viti Levu. They are Ba, Nadroga-Navosa and Ra. It also includes a few outlying islands, including the Yasawa Islands, Viwa Island, and Mamanuca Islands.
Ba is a province in Fiji. It is in the Western Division. It is on Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island.  There were about 245,000 people living there in 2017, the most of any province. It covers a land area of . Ba Province includes the towns and districts of Ba, Magodro, Nadi, Nawaka, Tavua, Vuda and Vitogo. The city of Lautoka and the Yasawa Archipelago are also in Ba Province.
Nadroga-Navosa is a province in Fiji. It is on Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island. The main town is Sigatoka. The province includes the Mamanuca Archipelago as well as Conway Reef. The Sigatoka Sand Dunes, a World Heritage Site, is in the province. In July 1989, the dunes were made Fiji's first national park.
Ra is one of the fourteen provinces in Fiji. It is in the Western Division. It is on Viti Levu, the largest island. The main town is Vaileka. Ra has a land area of 1341 square kilometers. About 30,000 people lived there in 2017. There are 19 districts.
Macuata is one of fourteen Provinces in Fiji. It is on the island of Vanua Levu in the Northern Division. The main town is Labasa. Macuata has a land area of 2004 square kilometers. About 66,000 people lived there in 2017. The Province has 114 villages spread over 12 districts.
Cakaudrove is a province in Fiji. It is on the island of Vanua Levu in the Northern Division. The province includes the islands of Taveuni, Rabi, Kioa, and many other islands in the Vanua Levu Group. The only major town is Savusavu. It has a total land area of 2,816 square kilometers. About 50,000 people lived there in 2017.
Bua is a province in Fiji. It is on the island of Vanua Levu in the Northern Division. It has a land area of 1,379 square kilometers. About 15,500 people lived there in 2017.
Kadavu Province is a province in Fiji. It is in the Eastern Division. It has Kadavu Island, Ono Island, Galoa Island, Dravuni Island, Matanuku Island, Buliya Island, Nagigia Island, and a few other islands. Kadavu has a total land area of 478 square kilometers. About 11,000 people lived there in 2017. There are 9 districts. Kadavu is home to the second-largest living organism on Earth, the Great Astrolabe Reef.
Lau Province is a province in Fiji. The capital is Tubou, at the southern end of the island of Lakeba. Lau is in the Eastern Division. The province includes the Lau Islands. The island group has about 60 islands. It has a total land area of 487 square kilometers. About 9,600 people lived there in 2017.