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École des hautes études en sciences de l'information et de la communication (CELSA) is a French Grande école specialized in information and communication sciences. Administratively, it is a department of the Faculty of Humanities at Sorbonne Université, and it is located in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Founded in 1957, the school prepares students for careers in communications, marketing, human resources and media. It is also one of the fourteen French journalism schools recognised by the sector.
Osmanthus is a plant that represents autumn in Asia. And it has such a delicate fragrance that people are attracted. Nowadays, it is well known all over the world starting from China. The species of osmanthus is the Oleaceae family and is an evergreen small tree. It is also being classified as a variant of silver osmanthus. The universal name osmanthus comes from the Greek language. Distribution. The place of origin is Asia. Osmanthus range spreads from Assam, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Korea, and Mariana Islands. Ecology. Osmanthus breed as an evergreen tree or shrub with no turn red. Tree height is about 10 to 20 feet (from 3 to 6 meters) in general. The leaf is evergreen, a plant that leaves green through the years, glossy and dark green. From summer to fall, osmanthus blooms with the flower. The petals are four-petalled and the flowers are small and about 5mm. The flower colours are creamy-white or orange and strongly smells sweet. Uses and benefits. Commonly, osmanthus are prefered as garden tree and street tree and it is popular as an ornamental plant because osmanthus is a plant that admires flowers, not fruits. However, osmanthus flowers also have the effect of medicine. Furthermore, they are used in perfumery and cooking. Moreover, the flowers have various uses such as hair care, skin care, cosmetics, fragrance and so on. Bark from the stems has components that tones the skin problem and essential oils from the plant are effective as a medicine that repels insects. Osmanthus roots also are effective for treatment of rheumatism, bruising and dysmenorrhea. In east China, osmanthus is used to make honey, tea, jam, liquor and desserts, and is also used as a spice to add a bit of fragrance and color to cuisine. By drinking and eating osmanthus, you can help in losing weight. History.
The Drifters are a Japanese musical and comedy group. They were active as a music band until 1969. Afterward, they were mainly active as a comedy group. Their television program called "Hachijidayo, Zen'inshugo" was very popular and was watched by many people from a large demographic. History. The Drifters are primarily known as a comedy group. Currently, the members of the group are Cha Kato, Koji Nakamoto, and Boo Takagi. However, it was originally a music band and far from owarai. It was formed as a band in 1956. The first leader was Kiyoshi Kishibe and the second leader was Teruo Sakurai. Teruo was active as a leader, but he wanted to change the band to a comic band that entertains the audience with funny lyrics and gestures rather than playing music, therefore he recommended Ikariya who was active in the other band at that time and was also focusing on owarai as the third leader. The early band members had a lot of rapid changes because there was a band transfer culture at that time. Even Ikariya didn’t understand who the early members were. Since he became the third leader, the group changed into a comic band. Additionally, he was a perfectionist, and too strict, so four members withdrew from The Drifters because they detested his teaching and comic band. After that, only Ikariya and Kato remained, and he gathered Arai, Takagi, and Nakamoto from the other band hurriedly. A new version of The Drifters was formed with them in 1964. Subsequently, the activities of the group centered on owarai. However, Arai left the group, and Shimura joined in 1974 instead of him. After becoming new members of The Drifters, there were now five total members of the group. They gained popularity on a TV program called Hachiji dayo, Zen'in shugo. Musical and comedy styles. Musical style. The Drifters were a comic band, and they sang mainly cover versions and parodies of songs that had been sung in Japan. They
There is a long road called Nakasendo in Japan. Nakasendo is a road that is one of the five major highways in the Edo period, and is a highway that connects Nihonbashi in Edo and Sanjo Ohashi in Kyoto via inland. Narai-juku is a post-town located right in the middle of the Nakasendo. History. Narai-juku is the place that is the longest historic post-town in Japan, forming a townscape for about 1 km while gently descending along the Narai river. Also, Narai-juku was bustling with many people as a post-town in the middle of the 16 century. It was rebuilt as a modern Narai-juku in 1601 with the establishment of a post-town by Edo Shogunate. In this way, Narai-juku was very prosperous during the Edo period. In particular, the procession of the prestigious "Ochatsubo Dochu", which carried tea for the Tokugawa Shogunate from Uji in Kyoto to Edo Castle, has become a very famous event in this place. Geography. Topography. Narai-juku is in Shiojiri city in Nagano prefecture. It is located in the west of Nagano prefecture. The cityscape is formed on a road of about 1km. This place is a village that is created under a marine terrace (a terrace formed along a seashore by the merging of wave-cut and wave-built terraces) at an altitude of 900 meters. Climate. Narai-juku is located under a marine terrace so the temperature difference between summer and winter is large. According to the data from Google, the highest temperature is 28 degrees in August and the lowest temperature is -8 degrees in January.  There is a lot of nature around Narai-juku, so the visitors can enjoy the colors of nature that change with each season. In spring, there are many cherry blossoms. In summer there are many green trees. In autumn, there are autumn leaves. In winter, there is a lot of snow. Demographics. The population of Narai-juku in 1843 was
A rigid bus (either a motor bus or Trolleybus) is a vehicle that is used in public transportation with a single, rigid chassis, a bus of this type is to be contrasted with an articulated or bi-articulated bus.
A learned society also known as learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association, is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership to the society may be open to all, require possession of some qualifications, or an honor conferred by election.
Sasaki (Japanese: 佐々木) is a common Japanese surname. Notable people with this name are listed.
The National Front for the Liberation of Angola , also known as National Liberation Front of Angola is a political party and former guerrilla organisation founded by Holden Roberto. FNLA fought in the Angolan War of Independence from Estado Novo and also fought alongside UNITA in the Angolan Civil War. Foundation. FNLA was founded in 1954, as the União dos Povos do Norte de Angola guerrilla movement, it was known after 1959, as the União dos Povos de Angola guerrilla movement and from 1961, as the FNLA guerilla movement. Elections. In 1992, the FNLA was reorganized as a political party. The FNLA received 2.4% of the votes and had five Members of Parliament elected. In the 2008 parliamentary election, the FNLA received 1.11% of the vote and won three out of 220 seats.
The Shaman fringe-limbed tree frog ("Ecnomiohyla sukia") is a frog that lives in Costa Rica. Scientists have seen it in two places, between 400 and 1000 meters above sea level. This frog has more webbing on its feet than other frogs in "Ecnomiohyla".
Federico Leandro Crescenti (born 13 July 2004) is a Swiss professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Second League club Liefering. He also plays for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the UEFA Youth League 2021-22. Career. He started with FC Rheineck, then he played for FC St. Gallen. In the 2020-21 season he went to the Red Bull Salzburg Academy U18. 2021 he became part of the FC Liefering squad in the Austrian 2nd League. He debuted for them in July 2021 when he came in for Elias Havel in a league match versus SV Kapfenberg
Sinzing is a municipality in Regensburg in Bavaria in Germany. Geography. Sinzing is on the Schwarzen Laber and the Danube, about eight kilometers west of Regensburg. Municipality structure. There are 17 districts Adlstein Alling Bergmatting Bruckdorf Dürnstetten Eilsbrunn Grafenried Hart (PLZ 93152) Kleinprüfening Kohlstadt Kühblöß Mariaort Minoritenhof Niederviehhausen Oberalling Reichenstetten Riegling Saxberg Schneckenbach Sinzing Steg Thalhof Unteralling Viehhausen Vogelsang Waltenhofen Zeiler (PLZ 93152)
Sünching is a municipality in Germany. It is in Bavaria, in the Upper Palatinate. It borders in the south to Lower Bavaria. Geography. Sünching has two rivers called Laber: the Große Laber (Big Laber) and the Kleine Laber (Little Laber); both flow to the Danube. Parts of Sünchings community. Ziegelstadel is official a part of Sünching.
Aubstadt is a municipality in Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria in Germany. Sport. The town's association football club TSV Aubstadt, formed in 1921, experienced its greatest success in 2019 when it won promotion to Regionalliga Bayern for the first time.
Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld is a small spa town in Bavaria, in Rhön-Grabfeld in northeast Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. According to the Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data, Bad Königshofen had a population of 5,995 in 2017. The Franconian Saale flows through the town. Geography. There are 17 town districts: It is only from Thuringia.  The city is twinned with Arlington, Texas, USA. Bad Königshofen has a downtown recreational park named "Arlington" in honor of the city of Arlington. In 2006, the City of Arlington opened a water park named "Bad Königshofen Family Aquatic Center" in honor of the city of Bad Königshofen.
Bad Neustadt an der Saale, officially Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale and frequently simply called Bad Neustadt, is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of Rhön-Grabfeld in Lower Franconia. It is on the rivers Fränkische Saale and Brend, near the Rhön Mountains, 30 km north of Schweinfurt, and 47 km southeast of Fulda. Town structure. Between 1972 and 1978 some originally separate villages were combined together administratively and became part of Bad Neustadt. So today Bad Neustadt has the following "Stadtteile" (parts of the town): "(Number of residents in brackets)" Neustadt in Europe and twin towns and cities. In 1979 Bad Neustadt founded a community of all towns called "Neustadt" (new town). Today 34 towns of 5 different countries are members of this project "Neustadt in Europe". Bad Neustadt is the only Neustadt with the prefix "Bad" (spa town). Bad Neustadt has the following twin towns:
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP), also known as the "Bees", is a social democratic political party in Barbados. It was created in 1938. It is led by Prime Minister Mia Mottley. It is the current majority party in the country and the only party ruiling the House of Assembly of Barbados, holding 30 out of 30 seats.  The BLP was elected to led government on 25 May 2018 after being the opposition party for ten years, with Mottley becoming the country's first female Prime Minister. The party originally won all of the seats in the House of Assembly, but a member switched to become an Independent.
Brendlorenzen is a suburb of the town of Bad Neustadt an der Saale in Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. The village is extending along a single main street for more than two kilometers. Its length is due to the growing together of originally two separate villages called Brend and Lorenzen. References. "This Simple English article is a translation of the unsourced German article."
Valérie Pécresse (; born Roux, 14 July 1967) is a French politician. She is the President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France since 2015. She is a member of The Republicans (LR). She was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2016. Pécresse was Minister of Higher Education and Research from 2007 to 2011 and Minister of Budget and Government Spokeswoman from 2011 to 2012 during the François Fillon government. In July 2021, Pécresse announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2022 presidential election. In December 2021, she won the Republican nomination. She came in fifth place in the election, winning 4.78% of the vote.
The Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA; literally "National Associated Press Agency") is a main wire service in Italy. ANSA is a non-profit organization. Their members and owners are 36 leading news organizations in Italy. Its goal is to support and publish reliable news. In 2013, they were the first news organization to announce the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.
Camillo Migliori, best known as Camillo Milli (1 August 1929 – 20 January 2022) was an Italian actor. He was born in Milan, Italy. His career began in 1951. He was best known for his role as Ugo Monti in the Canale 5 TV series "CentoVetrine".  Milli died from problems caused by COVID-19 in Genoa, Italy on 20 January 2022, at the age of 92.
John Pandeni constituency, also known as Soweto, is a constituency in the Khomas Region of central Namibia. In 2008, the constituency was renamed after John Pandeni, who was a member of the South West Africa People's Organisation and the People's Liberation Army of Namibia. Pandeni was the first regional councilor of Soweto constituency and the first governor of Khomas Region. This constituency is within the city of Windhoek. It had a population of 15,121 in 2011 and 13,865 in 2001. , it has 14,758 registered voters. Politics. The constituency was won by SWAPO in the 2004 election. Rakel Jakob became councillor by more than 2/3 of the total votes. In the 2015 regional election SWAPO won by a landslide. Jakob was reelected with 2,996 votes, followed by Steve Kevanhu of the Rally for Democracy and Progress with 375 votes. The SWAPO candidate also won the 2020 regional election. Shaalukeni Moonde received of SWAPO 1,696 votes, followed by Abraham Nakantinda of the Independent Patriots for Change with 827 votes and Duminga Ndala of the Landless People's Movement with 825 votes.
John Alphons Pandeni (30 July 1950 – 14 March 2008) was a Namibian politician and trade unionist. He was a member of SWAPO and Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development until his death in 2008. Early Life. Pandeni was born in the village of Omundjalala in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia. After receiving military training in Tanzania and Angola, Pandeni was arrested in 1978 for anti-apartheid activities with People's Liberation Army of Namibia guerrilla movement. After his arrest, Pandeni was imprisoned on Robben Island until 1985. After his release, Pandeni became the founding Secretary of the Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union until 1992. In that year he entered politics, serving as Regional Councillor for Soweto constituency in Katutura, Windhoek. A year later he became the Khomas Regional Governor until 2005. He later entered President Hifikepunye Pohamba's first cabinet.  Legacy. Pandeni is buried alongside other former liberation leaders at Heroes' Acre, outside of Windhoek.
Karolos Trikolidis (24 July 1947 – 20 January 2022) (, ) was an Austrian-born Greek conductor. He was born in Bad Aussee, Austria. He worked at 1st Kapellmeister at many Opera houses in West Germany and Hungary. He was permanent conductor of the Ballet National de Marseille "Roland Petit". He also worked for Iceland Symphony Orchestra and was general music director of the Debrecen Philharmonic Orchestra. Trikolidis died on 20 January 2022 at the age of 74.
Anatoliy Terentiyovych Novikov (; 17 January 1947 – 18 January 2022) was a Ukrainian judoka. He competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Novikov was born in Kharkiv, Soviet Union. In 1972 he won the bronze medal in the half middleweight class.  Novikov died on 18 January 2022, at the age of 75.
Antonio Borrometi (27 May 1953 – 19 January 2022) was an Italian politician. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies between 1996 until 2001. He was born in Modica, Italy. Borrometi was a member of the Italian People's Party. Borrometi died in Bologna, Italy on 19 January 2022, at the age of 68.
Sir David Roxbee Cox (15 July 1924 – 18 January 2022) was a British statistician. Her best known works were creating or expanding, Logistic Regression, the proportional hazards model, and the Cox process, which was named after him. He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989. Cox died on 18 January 2022, at the age of 97.
Dušan Klein (21 June 1939 – 9 January 2022) was a Slovakian-born Czech movie director and screenwriter. He was known for his roles in "How the World Is Losing Poets", "How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions" and "How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives". He was also a Holocaust survivor. He was born in Michalovce, present-day Slovakia. Klein died on 9 January 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic, at the age of 82.
The (First) Slovak Republic (), also called the Slovak State ("Slovenský štát"), was a partially-recognised client state of Nazi Germany which existed in Central Europe between 14 March 1939 and 4 April 1945. History. One day before the Nazi German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia, they declared independence from Czechoslovakia. It has mostly the same borders as the modern-day Slovakia except for the regions which were ceded to Hungary in 1938. The Capital city was declared Bratislava, As it was good in terms of politics, economics and culture when it came to representing Slovakia. Jozef Tiso. Jozef Tiso, the founder and only President of the Slovak Republic, was a Catholic priest. He was a member of the pro-Nazi Catholic fascist Hlinka Slovak People's Party (HSL’S), which seized power in Slovakia, when Czechoslovakia was dismembered by Nazi Germany, and modelled Slovakia after Nazi Germany's totalitarian state. Slovak Hlinka Guard. The Slovak Hlinka Guard was a militia set up by Jozef Tiso to hunt down Jews, Roma and other "undesirable" minorities. Holocaust in Slovakia. 1940–1942. In 1940, Jews were fired from their jobs and their properties taken over by Jozef Tiso's regime. Tiso's regime enacted the strictest laws against Jews – called "The Jewish Code" – in Nazi-occupied European countries. Before the start Tiso's deportation of Jews in March 1942, 88,951 Jews were estimated to be living in Slovakia. 1942–44. By November 1942, 57,000 Slovak Jews were rounded up and handed over to Nazi German troops by the Hlinka Guard, Slovak police and ethnic German Slovak "Freiwillige Schutzstaffel" ("Volunteer SS"). In the final three months of 1944, over 70,000 of the pre-deportation 88,951 Jews were deported to Nazi death camps, mostly Auschwitz and Theresienstadt, with over 60,000 of them slain. T
Mino De Rossi (21 May 1931 – 7 January 2022) was an Italian road bicycle and track cyclist. He won the gold medal in the men's 4.000m team at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a professional road cyclist from 1952 to 1968. He was born in Arquata Scrivia, Italy. De Rossi died on 7 January 2022, at the age of 90.
Emanuel "Manny" Steward (July 7, 1944 – October 25, 2012) was an American boxer, trainer, and commentator. He worked for HBO Boxing. He was also called the Godfather of Detroit Boxing. Steward trained 41 world champion fighters. His heavyweight fighters had a combined record of 34-2-1 in title fights. He was added into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame, and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.  Steward died October 25, 2012 of problems caused by diverticulitis surgery and colon cancer at a hospital in Chicago, Illinois at the age of 68.
Bischofsheim in der Rhön (before January 2020, the town was called: "Bischofsheim an der Rhön") is a town in Rhön-Grabfeld, in Bavaria, Germany. It is in the Rhön Mountains, 29 km southeast of Fulda. Town Structure. Several originally separate villages became part of the town Bischofsheim. These are Frankenheim, Haselbach, Oberweißenbrunn, Unterweißenbrunn and Wegfurt.
Alphonse Matejka (9 January 1902 in St. Gallen, Switzerland - 27 October 1999 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) was a famous Occidentalist of Czech origin. Early life. The Matejka family came from Vyškovec in Bohemia. Alphonse Matejka’s father moved to Switzerland before 1900 and became a Swiss citizen in 1915. His mother was Swiss and from St. Gallen. Alphonse was born in St. Gallen on January 9, 1902. He finished school in St. Gallen and became a Swiss citizen. He trained in an embroidery shop called Reichenbach &amp; Co and later worked in its Paris branch for ten years. While in Paris, he studied foreign languages in the evenings, learning Romance and Scandinavian languages, Swahili, and Russian. He also wrote for a Russian-language journal and translated for the Academy of Sciences. Later, he worked for a button export company in Zürich and Amsterdam. On July 26, 1928, he married Jeanne Bellanger in Paris. In 1937, he moved to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and worked in the watchmaking industry. After Bellanger died in 1987, Matejka stopped his public activities and moved to a nursing home. He passed away on October 27, 1999, at age 97. His views. Matejka supported Pan-Europeanism, an idea about uniting Europe. He also believed international languages should come from "higher civilizations." He followed the economic ideas of Silvio Gesell, who promoted economic freedom. Matejka was very interested in foreign languages and wanted to reform German spelling. His work with international languages. Ido. In 1918, Matejka discovered the language Ido (a modified version of Esperanto) and decided it was better. He never supported Esperanto and instead joined the Ido movement. He was active in Ido societies and became: He worked on Ido publications like Suisian Idisto and Ido-Kuriero and became editor-in-chief of the magazine Pro
Burglauer is a municipality in Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria, Germany. It is on the river Lauer.
Fladungen is a town in Rhön-Grabfeld, in Bavaria, Germany. It is in the Rhön Mountains, 11 km northwest of Ostheim, 20 km west of Meiningen, and 33 km east of Fulda. It is the northernmost town in Bavaria, bordering Hesse to the northwest and Thuringia to the northeast. Fladungen is at the southern edge of the Rhön Mountains, and the Rhön Biosphere Reserve begins a few kilometers outside of town. It is at the front of the river Streu, which flows southeast through it to join the Franconian Saale near Bad Neustadt.
Elza da Conceição Soares, known professionally as Elza Soares (; 23 June 1930 – 20 January 2022) was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. In 1999, she was named Singer of the Millennium with Tina Turner by BBC Radio. Soares was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her career began in 1950. In 2015, she released her best known album "A mulher do fim do mundo". In 2002, Soares was nominated for a Grammy Award. In 2007, Soares was diagnosed with diverticulitis and had many surgeries. She died on 20 January 2022 at her home in Rio de Janeiro from natural causes, aged 91.
Großeibstadt is a municipality in Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria in Germany. The river Franconian Saale flows through Kleineibstadt. The municipality has the following villages: Großeibstadt and Kleineibstadt. The township is a member of the administrative community Saal an der Saale.
Petrus Thomas Ratajczyk (January 4, 1962 – April 14, 2010), known professionally as Peter Steele, was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist, bassist and composer of the gothic metal band Type O Negative. Steele also created the metal group Fallout and the thrash band Carnivore. Steele died at a hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania on April 14, 2010 from sepsis caused by diverticulitis, aged 48.