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Norman Eric Kirk (6 January 1923 – 31 August 1974) was a New Zealand politician. He was the 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 until his sudden death in 1974. Kirk joined the New Zealand Labour Party in 1943. Kirk died of a pulmonary embolism in Wellington on 31 August 1974 at the age of 51.
(born July 3, 1969) is a Japanese forensic pathologist, researcher and educator. He is serving as a professor in legal medicine in Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan. Early Career and Education. After graduating from the Jikei University School of Medicine in 1994, after working at Kawasaki City Kawasaki Hospital, completed the Jikei University School of Medicine. He moved to his current position after working as an assistant at Doshisha University and an associate professor at the Department of Forensic Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University. He is also active in a wide range of fields, including being a university lecturer, a part-time police doctor at the Tochigi Prefectural Police Headquarters, and energetically working on many related committees and academic societies. His area of expertise is the pathophysiology of sudden death, thrombosis, and preventive medicine for traffic accidents.
Folly Beach is a partly-private coastal city in Charleston County, South Carolina. Folly Beach is on the Atlantic coastal region of eastern South Carolina. The number of people living in the city was 2,682 according to the 2020 United States Census. On September 21 or 22, 1989, Hurricane Hugo moved onto shores northeast of Charleston, Folly Beach and Mount Pleasant. These places were affected by Hugo's weaker winds. The Washout, a very well known place that people like to visit, was created not long after Hugo entered the area. The city was established in 1937 or 1938.
Viv Richards (born in 1952) is a former West Indian cricketer. Richards is from Antigua. He played for Somerset and the West Indies. Wisden elected him one of the five cricketers of the 20th century.
Interstate 310 (I-310) is a short spur route of I-10 west of New Orleans, located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States. It begins at on I-10 just west of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. It goes south as an elevated freeway across the LaBranche Wetlands. The highway crosses the Mississippi River, and ends at US 90 in Boutte.
Interstate 220 (I-220) is a bypass around Jackson, Mississippi. It provides an interstate connection for Interstate 55 and Interstate 20 without going through downtown. The highway was Mississippi's first three-digit interstate, complete by 1981. I-220 begins at I-20. It continues north, with an interchange at Clinton Boulevard that provides access to Capitol Street and Bullard Street. After turning to the northeast, I-220 ends at I-55. Legally, the route of I-220 is defined in Mississippi Code § 65-3-3.
A celebrity sex tape is typically an amateur pornographic video recording involving one or more famous people which has, intentionally or unintentionally, been made available publicly. Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton are some of the celebrities who become famous for their sex tapes.
The National Database &amp; Registration Authority (NADRA) () is an independent and autonomous agency under the control of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan that regulates government databases and statistically manages the sensitive registration database of all the national citizens of Pakistan. Descriptive. The ID card has the following information on it: NADRA has registered over 90% of women in the Pakistan. Although NADRA has started issuing ultra modern SCNIC (Smart Computerized National Identity Card) too having information both in English and Urdu languages respectively. History. After the 1971 war resulted in East-Pakistan gaining independence as Bangladesh, a new statistical database system was needed to ensure the safety of Pakistan's citizens as well as the national security of the country as questions were being raised over who was a Pakistani and who was not. So the Bhutto regime introduced a national registration act in the Parliament of Pakistan to establish an authority to issue photo IDs to all registered Pakistani citizens.
Smallfoot is a 2018 American computer-animated musical comedy movie.  Production. It was produced by the Warner Animation Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The story is based on the unpublished children's book "Yeti Tracks" by Sergio Pablos. The movie was co-written and directed by Karey Kirkpatrick.  Release. "Smallfoot" was theatrically released in the United States on September 28, 2018. It received a mostly positive reception from critics and grossed over $214 million worldwide. Plot. The plot follows a tribe of Himalayan Yeti who come across a human being, with each species thinking the other was just a myth. Voice cast. The movie stars the voices of Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya, Common, LeBron James, Gina Rodriguez, Danny DeVito, Yara Shahidi, Ely Henry, and Jimmy Tatro.
Joan of the Tower (5 July 1321 – 7 September 1362) was the queen of Scotland from 1329 until her death as the first wife of David II of Scotland. She was the daughter of Edward II of England and Isabella of France. Life. Joan was the youngest daughter of King Edward II of England and Isabella of France. She was born in the Tower of London on 5 July 1321. According to the Treaty of Northampton, Joan was married on 17 July 1328 to David the son and heir of Robert I of Scotland at Berwick-upon-Tweed. At the time of the marriage Joan was 7 and David was 4. Their marriage lasted for 34 years.
Nisha Rao is a Pakistani transgender lawyer and activist. In 2020, she became the first transgender law graduate in Pakistan. Career. Rao began her law career by participating in various advocacy events. She later associated herself with various Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as a volunteer and a legal adviser. She joined the Gender Interactive Alliance (GIA), which works for the rights of the transgender community. As a lawyer, Nisha has dealt with over 50 cases regarding the transgender community. Future plans. Nisha plans to help the transgender community through her NGO. She wants to set up a helpline where transgender people can be guided by other community members. She also has plans to build a transgender old age home in the near future.
The collapse of the World Trade Center occurred during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, after each of the Twin Towers was hit by a commercial airliner. One World Trade Center (WTC 1, or the North Tower) was hit at 8:46 a.m. EST. It collapsed at 10:28 a.m. Two World Trade Center (WTC 2, or the South Tower) was hit at 9:03 a.m. It collapsed at 9:59 a.m. The debris from the collapsed buildings severely damaged or completely destroyed more than a dozen other nearby structures. That led to the collapse of 7 World Trade Center at 5:21 p.m. In the crashes, fires, and subsequent collapses, 2,763 people were killed. They included 2,192 civilians, 343 firefighters, and 71 law enforcement officers. They also included all of the passengers and crew on the airplanes, which included 147 civilians and the 10 hijackers.
Bahrains record on human rights has been described by Human Rights Watch as "dismal", and having "deteriorated sharply in the latter half of 2010". Their subsequent report in 2020 noted that the human rights situation in the country had not improved. LGBT concerns. Homosexuality is not illegal "per se". Criminal sanctions against LGBT people in Bahrain tend to come from several very broadly written laws against perceived "immorality".
The situation of Human Rights in Pakistan () is complex as a result of the country's diversity, large population, its status as a developing country and a sovereign Islamic democracy with a mixture of both Islamic and secular law. The Constitution of Pakistan provides for fundamental rights. The Clauses also provide for an independent Supreme Court, separation of executive and judiciary, an independent judiciary, independent Human Rights commission and freedom of movement within the country and abroad. However these clauses are not respected in practice. LGBT concerns. Homosexuality is illegal "per se". Criminal sanctions against LGBT people in Pakistan tend to come from several very broadly traditional cultured and Neo-Conservative ideology against perceived "immorality". Additionally the Government of Pakistan has itself admitted on several occasions that it has absolutely no control over the Military of Pakistan and related security agencies.
Human rights in Turkey are protected by a variety of international law treaties, which take precedence over domestic legislation, according to Article 90 of the 1982 Constitution. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) was not signed by Turkey until 2000. Human rights in Northern Cyprus. Human rights in Northern Cyprus are protected by the constitution of Northern Cyprus. However, there have been reports of violations of the human rights of minorities, democratic freedom, freedom from discrimination, freedom from torture, freedom of movement, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, right to education, right to life, right to property, and the rights of displaced persons. Rights of LGBT. Sexual intercourse between consenting adult females is legal in Northern Cyprus. Male homosexuality was still criminalised in Northern Cyprus until January 2014, while anti-homosexuality legislation formerly in effect in the Republic of Cyprus was repealed following a 1993 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights ("Modinos v. Cyprus"). On 27 January 2014 Turkish Cypriot deputies passed an amendment repealing a colonial-era law that punished homosexual acts with up to five years in prison by a new Criminal Code. It was the last territory in Europe to decriminalise sexual relations between consenting, adult men. In response to the vote , Paulo Corte-Real from the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, a rights advocacy group said that "We welcome today's vote and can finally call Europe a continent completely free from laws criminalising homosexuality".
Kurzgesagt (in German Language stands for "In a nutshell") is a design studio and animator founded by Philipp Dettmer. They have a YouTube Channel and its studio focuses on educational minimalist content. They animate their videos using a flat design style. Their videos are about Science, Technology, Policies, Philosophy subjects. The videos are narrated by Steve Taylor. The videos are usually 4 to 16 minutes long. Their works are available in English, German, and Spanish. They began creating videos in their Spanish Channel (En Pocas Palabras - Kurzgesagt) near the end of 2019 as of November 2nd, they have 16.7 million subscribers and have 150 videos.
Mariam Mikhaïl Faransis (born 1950, Yabroud) is a Syrian writer, scholar. Faransis is a professor of Stylistics at the Lebanese University, From 1993 until 2017, she was a member of the Department of French Language. Faransis has writen several research studies in the field of supraphrastic linguistics. Her research is written in both French and Arabic.  r.b.c.
Sonja Ball (born October 20, 1956) is a Canadian voice actress and singer. Ball is well known for her voice-over work as the voice of Jane Read in "Arthur", Martha Moppet in "The Little Lulu Show", Huckle Cat in "The Busy World of Richard Scarry", Polly in the English dub of "Samurai Pizza Cats", Nicole in the "Madeline" TV specials, and Marina and Hedwig in the English dub of "Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid". She also did the voice for 5-year-old Wimzie, a happy-go-lucky, half-bird, half-dragon in the PBS children's series "Wimzie's House". Ball is also known for her singing voice for theme songs for several programs such as "Ovide and the Gang", "Adventures of the Little Koala", "Woofy", "The Little Flying Bears", "Yakari", "Wimzie's House", and "The Legend of North Wind" as well as providing narration and vocalist for the National Film Board of Canada's 1998 short movie "Ludovic: The Snow Gift". She has voiced Zip, Stella, Trulli Grandma &amp; Terry in the Italian animated children's television series, "Trulli Tales".
Dean Shek (17 June 1949 – 20 September 2021), also known as Dean Shek Tin, was a Hong Kong actor and producer. He was best known as Professor Kai-hsien in the 1978 movie "Drunken Master", Lung Sei in the 1987 movie "A Better Tomorrow II", and Snooker in the 1990 movie "The Dragon from Russia". Shek died from cancer on 20 September 2021, at the age of 72. He had been diagnosed with the disease two months before his death.
Gulraiz Akhtar (2 February 1943 – 1 November 2021) was a Pakistani field hockey player. He was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He won his first gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Position. Gulraiz used to play on left-half position.
Jonathan Michael Gledhill (14 February 1949 – 1 November 2021) was an English Anglican clergyman. He was the Bishop of Southampton from 1996 to 2003, and the Bishop of Lichfield from 2003 to 2015. He was born in Windsor, Berkshire, England. He announced he had Parkinson's disease, shortly before his retirement from ministry in 2015. Gledhill died on 1 November 2021, at the age of 72.
Sabah al-Din Abu Qaws (), also known as Sabah Fakhri (; May 2, 1933 – November 2, 2021), was a Syrian tenor singer. He was well known for his strong vocals. His songs were seen as Maqamat and harmonic. In 1998, Fakhri became a member of the Syrian parliament.
was a Japanese politician. He became the governor of Fukuoka Prefecture in 2011. In 2015, he was re-elected for a second term and for a third term in 2019. Ogawa was born in Fukuoka, Japan. In September 2021, Ogawa resigned after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. He died from the disease on 2 November 2021 in Fukuoka, aged 72.
Viktor Putyatin (; 12 September 1941 – 2 November 2021) was a Soviet fencer. He won silver medals in the team foil events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. Putyatin was born in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Putyatin died in Kyiv, Ukraine on 2 November 2021, aged 80.
Mattie Parker (born 1983 or 1984) is an American politician. She has been the Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas since 2021. She was the youngest mayor of a major American city when she was elected. Parker was elected mayor after winning 54% of the vote in the 2021 election.
Jack M. Ciattarelli (born December 12, 1961) is an American politician and businessman. He was the Republican nominee for governor in the 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election.  Ciattarelli was in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2011 to 2018. He is a Republican. He finished second in the primary race for governor in 2017, to Kim Guadagno.  Ciattarelli won the Republican gubernatorial nomination on June 8, 2021. He ran against Democratic Governor Phil Murphy in the general election on November 2. He narrowly lost the election to Governor Murphy, in a race that was closer than expected. Shortly afterwards, he said he would run for governor again in 2025.
Felicia A. Moore is an American Democratic politician. She is the President of the Atlanta City Council since 2017. On January 28, 2021, Moore announced her candidacy for Mayor of Atlanta in the 2021 Atlanta mayoral election.
Justin Bibb (born April 26, 1987) is an American nonprofit leader, businessman and politician. He is the Mayor of Cleveland since 2022. He is the co-chair of Teach for America. In January 2021, Bibb announced his candidacy for Cleveland Mayor in the 2021 election. He was elected in a landslide victory in November, becoming Cleveland's 4th African American mayor. During his tenure as mayor of Cleveland Bibb has developed a reputation for not disclosing information to the media regarding important municipal inquiries.
Great Falls is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 15,953.
The 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2021, to elect the governor of New Jersey. Current Democratic Governor Phil Murphy, who was first elected in 2017 with 56% of the vote, ran for reelection to a second term. He formally announced his plans to run for a second term on October 1, 2020. He faced Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli, Green nominee Madelyn Hoffman, Libertarian nominee Gregg Mele and SWP nominee Joanne Kuniansky in the general election. Based on polling numbers, many thought Murphy was going to easily win re-election. Murphy beat Ciattarelli in a result that was closer than expected. Murphy is the first Democratic Governor of New Jersey to win re-election since Brendan Byrne in 1977. Murphy was sworn in for a second term on January 18, 2022. Results.
Jason Stuart Miyares (born February 11, 1976) is an American attorney and politician. He is the 48th and current Attorney General of Virginia since January 15, 2022. He is a Republican. Before becoming attorney general, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2016 to 2022. He ran as the Republican nominee for Virginia Attorney General in the 2021 election, beating then-current Attorney General Mark Herring in the November general election.
Winsome Earle-Sears (born March 11, 1964) is an American politician and Marine Corps veteran serving as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Virginia under Governor Glenn Youngkin since 2022. She is the first woman of color and Jamaican-American elected to this office. A member of the Republican Party, she served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2004. Sears also served on the Virginia Board of Education. She unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Congress in Virginia's 3rd congressional district in 2004 and for U.S. Senate in 2018.  In 2021, Sears was elected lieutenant governor of Virginia. In September 2024, Sears announced her candidacy for governor in the 2025 gubernatorial election.
Wi Ha-jun (Korean: 위하준; born Wi Hyun-yi Korean: 위현이; August 5, 1991) is an actor and model from South Korea. He is famous for his roles in such films as Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018), Shark: The Beginning (2021) and Midnight (2021).  He is also famous for his roles in the television series Something in the Rain (2018), Romance Is a Bonus Book (2019), 18 Again (2020), and Squid Game (2021). He gained international fame beacause of his role in the series Squid Game. Early life. Wi Ha-jun was born on August 5, 1991 on the island of Soando, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. He grew up on his family's abalone farm.  He studied in Sungkyul University, majoring in theatre and film.
Lee Jung-jae (; born December 15, 1972) is an actor and former model from South Korea. In 2021 he gained fame for his role of Seong Gi-Hun in Netflix's survival drama "Squid Game". He won a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Emmy Award for his role as Seong Gi-Hun. Career. He started his career as a fashion model. Then Lee Jung-jae began his acting career on television in the campus series "Feelings" (1994) and the iconic drama "Sandglass" (1995). Lee's film career grew after his acting breakthrough in "An Affair" (1998). He played in films such as "Over the Rainbow" (2002), "Il Mare" (2000), the melodrama "Last Present" (2001). He also played in popular comedies, such as "Oh! Brothers" (2003), action films "The Last Witness" (2001) and "Typhoon" (2005), heist film "The Thieves" (2012), film noir "New World" (2013), and period film "The Face Reader" (2013).. He was also the main protagonist in the "Squid Game" as Player 456 in Season 1 (2021) and Season 2 (2024). He won Best Actor awards at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for "City of the Rising Sun" (1999).
Park Hae-soo (; born November 21, 1981) is an actor from South Korea. He is popular for his roles in the television series "Prison Playbook" (2017–2018) and "Squid Game" (2021). Career. Park Hae-soo impressed fans with his lead role in the drama series "Prison Playbook" in 2017. This role earned him Best New Actor at The Seoul Awards. Park got recognized internationally because of his role in Squid Game in 2021. He gained over 800,000 Instagram followers in a single day.
Microsoft Office 2000 is a business software developed by Microsoft. Successors like Office 97 and Microsoft Office 2000 introduced the "Office News" channel on May 14, 1999. Microsoft Office 2000 was released on June 7, 1999, along with Windows 2000 Beta 1. History and development. Development of Office 2000 started at the beginning of Windows 98 Beta 2 in January 1997, with version 10.9.0. Development ended on December 31st, 1997. Microsoft announced in 1999 that they would be releasing Microsoft Office 2000 with the "Office News" channel. They announced it in New York City and Redmond, Washington.  On May 20, 1999, Microsoft started with the release of Microsoft Office 2000, which ran on the Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems. On June 7, 1999, Microsoft released Office 2000 worldwide. Support. Microsoft Office 2000 was supported on Windows 95 and Windows 98. Microsoft released Office 2000 for Windows 2000 on March 17, 2000. Office 2000 was released for Windows ME on September 19, 2000.  On August 29, 2001, Windows XP was released with Microsoft Office 2000. At the time, Windows Vista did not support Microsoft Office 2000. Support life cycles. On July 20, 2004, Microsoft announced that they would be ending all support for Microsoft Office 2000. BBC News and The New York Times announced that Microsoft Office 2000 would no longer be supported on September 20, 2004. It was supported for 6 years in total.
Human rights in Afghanistan is a topic of some controversy and conflict.  Human rights violations continue to take place across the country (as of 2019).  Sexual orientation. Previously, homosexuality and cross-dressing were capital crimes.
Ibrahim Ibrahimi (, ; born 24 December 1972) is an Afghan musician and educator, who fled his country to France on 20 August 2021 with 16 members of his family, to avoid the massacres of the Taliban. He specializes in playing tabla. Two of his sons are musicians too.
This is a list of countries in the 2020s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 2020 and the present day. It contains 209 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes 195 widely recognized sovereign states, two associated states, and 12 entities which claim an effective sovereignty but are considered "de jure" constituents of other powers by the general international community. Other entities. Excluded from the list above are the following noteworthy entities which either were not fully sovereign or did not claim to be independent:
This is a list of countries in the 2010s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2019. It contains 209 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes 195 widely recognized sovereign states, 2 associated states, and 12 entities which claim an effective sovereignty but are considered "de facto" constituents of other powers by the general international community. Other entities. Excluded from the list above are the following noteworthy entities which either were not fully sovereign or did not claim to be independent:
This is a list of countries in the 2000s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2009. It contains 213 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes 194 widely recognized sovereign states, 2 associated states, and 17 entities which claim effective sovereignty but are considered "de facto" dependencies of other powers by the general international community. Other entities. Excluded from the list above are the following noteworthy entities which either were not fully sovereign or did not claim to be independent: