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The Orange Julius is an American fast food, hot dog and fruit drink beverage restaurant chain. The company began its business operations in Los Angeles, California in 1926. Orange Julius is known for a popular drink named after the restaurant. The beverage is blended ice, powdered egg whites, milk, orange juice and vanilla flavoring. History. The drink grew from an orange juice stand that was opened in 1926 by Julius Freed. Original sales were only about $20 each day (that equals almost $290 in 2020 United States dollars). Three years later, Bill Hamlin, Freed's real estate broker, developed a blend that made the acidic orange juice not bother his stomach as much. Freed's stand began giving out the drink. It had a more bubbly and smoother texture. The sales at the stand went up when the new drink was introduced. The sales increased to just over $100 per day. During the 1950s and 1960s, Orange Julius was always sold from a variety of outlets. They included county and state fairs along with standalone Orange Julius stands.  The Orange Julius chain was bought out by the International Dairy Queen Corporation in 1987. IDQ, a subsidiary for Berkshire Hathaway, has the rights to all Orange Julius stores. It has expanded the chain so its drinks are offered and sold from most of its Dairy Queen stores. Naming and mascot. During the 1970s and 1980s, Orange Julius beverage stands used the images of a devil having a pitchfork around an orange. Their slogan was "A Devilish Good Drink". The devil images looked almost like Sparky (the Sun Devil). The actual Sparky was the mascot used by Arizona State University. The Orange Julius business retired the logo and mascot when threats of a lawsuit came from members of the ASU almuni association.
Anderson K. Mazoka (22 March 1943 – 24 May 2006) was a Zambian politician. He was previously President of the United Party for National Development (UPND). UPND is a big opposition party. Life. Mazoka was born in Monze. He went to Union College. He graduated in 1969. In the presidential election on 27 December 2001, he finished second. Levy Mwanawasa won the election. On 24 May 2006, Mazoka died from kidney problems. He died in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was 63 years old.
Heléne Björklund (), birth name: Persson (); born on September 29, 1972) is a Swedish politician from the Swedish Social Democratic Party. She is a member of Riksdag from Blekinge County. As a member of parliament, she is a member of the Defense Committee. Early and personal life. Father Gunnar Persson (born 1947) and mother Monica Gadd (born 1953) gave birth to her in Sölvesborg Municipality. Being a girl, she lived in Sölvesborg Municipality. As of 2021, Björklund lived there with her husband Markus Alexandersson and four children. She has got an academic degree in the Kristianstad University. She is a teacher. Political career. She was the main person in the city council of Sölvesborg Municipality from 2006 to 2018. She is the head of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in Blekinge County. On June 2, 2021, she undertook support for . Sapega is the girlfriend of Roman Protasevich and a political prisoner from Belarus.
Lawrence Ari Fleischer (born October 13, 1960) is an American media consultant and political aide who served as the 23rd White House Press Secretary, for President George W. Bush, from January 2001 to July 2003. He joined Fox News as a contributor, in July 2017.
While in power in Afghanistan, the Taliban became known for their misogyny and violence against women. Now that the Taliban has most of Afghanistan again, there are many concerns. Women in Afghanistan had to wear the burqa in public at all times. Women were not allowed to work, they were not allowed to be educated after the age of 8, and until then were only allowed to study the Qur'an. Women wanting an education had to attend underground schools, where they and their teachers risked execution if caught. The Taliban allowed marriage for girls under the age of 16. Amnesty International reported that 80% of Afghan marriages were forced. Since they came to power again in 2021, the Taliban have restricted the liberty of women. This has affected the possibility of women to work, or to attend schools, or higher education. In December 2021, the Taliban restricted the ability for women to travel longer distances, without being acccompanied by a male family member. For this, a government minister of neighboring Pakistan has critizied them, calling them an extremist regime: "We want to fully help the people of Afghanistan. But saying that women can’t travel alone or go to schools and colleges — this kind of a retrogressive thinking is a threat to Pakistan." On December 20, 2022, the Taliban banned female students from attending higher education with immediate effect. This was against the promises they had given earlier. The next day, December 21, 2022, the Taliban banned all girls and women from education; this included female staff or teachers in schools. Being a teacher was one of the last few jobs women were allowed to take. There are also reports that women who used to work in government jobs previously are being paid to sit at home. Healthcare also became worse. At first, male doctors were allowed to treat women in hospitals, but the decree that no male doctor should be allowed to touch the body of a woman under the pretext of consultation was soon introduced. With fewer female health professionals, many women have to travel longer distances to get treatment; there are also fewer clinics that offer checks during pregnancy. After the Taliban takeover, female healthcare workers reported safety issues and being harassed by the Taliban.
South West Africa was the name for Namibia when it was under German control from 1884–1915 and South African control from 1915–1990. On March 21, 1990 South West Africa changed its name to Namibia and became independent from South Africa.
BBC v Harper Collins (2010) EWHC 2424 was a 2010 case in English law. The BBC asked that the courts stop HarperCollins from publishing a book by Ben Collins. In the book, Collins revealed that he was 'The Stig' on the BBC's "Top Gear". The BBC did not want people to know this. The BBC lost the case.
The virgin cleansing myth (other names are virgin cure myth, virgin rape myth, or simply virgin myth) is the belief that having sex with a virgin girl cures a man of sexually transmitted diseases. Anthropologist Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala says the myth is a potential factor in infant rape by HIV-positive men in South Africa. Young girls are often raped, because they are thought to be virgins because of their age. Sometimes, people with disabilities are raped, because the rapist thinks that because of their disability, these people do not have sex and are therefore virgins. History. The myth was first reported in 16th-century Europe; it became widely known in 19th-century Victorian England as a cure for syphilis and gonorrhea among other sexually transmitted diseases. The origin is unknown, but historian Hanne Blank writes that the idea may have evolved from Christian legends of virgin–martyrs, whose purity served as a form of protection in battling demons. Prevalence. People all over the world have heard this myth, including in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. A survey by the University of South Africa (UNISA) in South Africa found that 18 percent of workers thought that having sex with a virgin cures HIV/AIDS. An earlier study in 1999 by sexual health educators in Gauteng reported that 32 percent of the people taking part in the survey believed the myth. According to Betty Makoni of the Girl Child Network in Zimbabwe, traditional healers carry on the myth, because they tell HIV-positive men that having sex with a virgin can cure HIV/AIDS. In Zimbabwe, some people also believe that the blood produced by raping a virgin will cleanse the infected person's blood of the disease. In 2002, psychologist Mike Earl-Taylor wrote that the virgin cure myth may explain the rise in child or infant rapes in South Africa, which is facing an HIV/AIDS epidemic. UNICEF has attributed the rape of hundreds of girls to the virgin cleansing myth. There have been no studies to find out how common the myth is, and how many people get raped because of this belief. Researchers Rachel Jewkes and Helen Epstein say that the belief does
The Jaguar XJ is a series of big luxury automobiles. The automobiles were made by Jaguar Cars from 1968 to 2019 It was. From 1970 it was Jaguar's most well-known four door autombile for sale. The first model was the last Jaguar saloon automobile to have had discussion from Sir William Lyons, the company's founder. There were plans for an electric type of the automobile. However, the plans stopped in 2021.
Hamid Karzai International Airport (; ; ) is located 5 km from the city centre of Kabul in Afghanistan. It is one of the nation's main international airports and as one of the largest military bases. It was previously named Kabul International Airport and locally as Khwaja Rawash Airport. The airport was given its new name in 2014 in honor of former President Hamid Karzai. The decision was made by the National Assembly of Afghanistan and the Cabinet of the then President Ashraf Ghani. On 26 August 2021, an ISIS sucide bombing occurred at the airport leaving at least 170 dead.
The National Assembly (, ), also known as the Parliament of Afghanistan or simply as the Afghan Parliament is the legislature of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. In August 2021, activity (or business) had stopped at the National Assembyl. While the legislature "de jure" still exists, "de facto" it was dissolved on 15 August 2021 after the fall of Kabul and after almost all government officials fled the country.
Amrullah Saleh (Dari/Pashto: ; born 15 October 1972) is an Afghan politician. On 17 August 2021 the government of Afghanistan had lost its power; however, Saleh still had the highest position of (elected) politicians that had not resigned. He was the acting president of Afghanistan from the Fall of Kabul on 17 August 2021 until 6 September 2021. He started in 2020 as vice president of Afghanistan. Earlier, he was the Minister of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan in 2018 and 2019. After the Fall of Kabul (2021). After the Fall of Kabul (2021), Saleh moved himself to the Panjshir Valley; from there he said that an anti-Taliban resistance has started; that group was started by Saleh and Ahmad Massoud and defense minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi. Family. in September 2021, Taliban killed one of his brothers in Panjshir.
Microsoft Teams is a business communication platform developed by Microsoft. It includes a video chat software. It has gained popularity in the COVID-19 pandemic. Languages. Microsoft Teams is available in the following languages:
Fereshteh Taerpour (; 4 February 1953 – 17 August 2021) was an Iranian movie producer. She was born in Tehran. Her career began in 1982. She was best known for writing the screenplay for the 1999 comedy "Once Upon a Time". She also wrote children's books, one of which, "Adventure of Ahmad and Sara".  From 1982 to 1991 she was the Head of Writing and Editorial Center of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in Tehran. Taerpour died on 17 August 2021 in Tehran from COVID-19 at the age of 68.
Basil Pesambili Mramba (15 May 1940 – 17 August 2021) was a Tanzanian Chama Cha Mapinduzi politician. He was the Minister of Industry and Trade between 1986 until 1989 and again from 2006 until 2008. He was also the Minister of Finance between 2001 until 2005.  Mramba died from COVID-19 on 17 August 2021 at the age of 81.
Nikolai Dimitriyevich Kuimov (; 16 December 1957 – 17 August 2021) was a Russian test pilot. He was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation in 2007 by President Vladimir Putin. He was known for testing the safety of many well known airplane models, including the Il-76, Il-86, Il-96, Il-114, and Il-103. Kuimov was born in Podolsk, then-Soviet Union. Kuimov was killed in an airplane crash near Kubinka, Russia on 17 August 2021, aged 63.
William Haine (August 8, 1944 – August 16, 2021) was a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate representing the 56th district from his appointment in November 2002 until 2019. He was born in Alton, Illinois. Haine died on August 16, 2021 at the age of 77.
Rafael Romero Sandrea (May 22, 1938 – August 15, 2021) was a Venezuelan track and field athlete. He competed in the sprint events. He represented his native country in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1956. Romero won two medals (gold and silver) at the 1963 Pan American Games in Brazil. Romero died on August 15, 2021 at the age of 83.
Richard Philip Schafrath (March 21, 1937 – August 15, 2021) was an American offensive lineman football player and politician. He played for the Cleveland Browns from 1959 until 1971. He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1987 until 2000 as a member of the Republican Party. Schafrath was born in Wooster, Ohio. Schafrath died on August 15, 2021 at the age of 84.
Vladimir Mendelssohn (29 November 1949 – 13 August 2021) was a Romanian composer, violist, and professor. He was Director of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival from 2005 until his death. Mendelssohn was born in Bucharest, Romania. He also composed the movie scores for "Darclee" and "The Violin Player". Mendelssohn died on 13 August 2021, aged 71.
Charles Johnson (January 17, 1952 – August 13, 2021) was an American football player. He played nine seasons in the National Football League. He played in Super Bowl XV for the Philadelphia Eagles and was selected to three Pro Bowls. He also played for the Minnesota Vikings. His career lasted from 1979 until 1981. Johnson was born in West Columbia, Texas. Johnson died on August 13, 2021 in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 69.
Richard Paul Milot (May 28, 1957 – August 13, 2021) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played his entire nine-year career with the Washington Redskins from 1979 until 1987. He played college football at Penn State University. Milot was born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. Milot died on August 13, 2021 at the age of 64.
Karl-Friedrich Haas (28 July 1931 – 12 August 2021) was a West German athlete. He was born in Berlin. He competed for West Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal. Four years later he competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal. Haas died on 12 August 2021 in Nuremberg, Germany, aged 90.
Víctor Alfonso Sepúlveda Torres (3 April 1939 – 12 August 2021) was a Chilean professional footballer. He played as a midfielder. Sepúlveda was born in Santiago de Chile. He played for the Chile national football team four times from 1961 until 1964. He also played for Universidad de Chile, Unión Española and Huachipato. His career lasted from 1959 until 1970. Sepúlveda died on 12 August 2021 at a nursing home in Viña del Mar, Chile from heart failure, aged 82.
Pyotr Ivanovich Pimashkov (; 2 July 1948 – 12 August 2021) was a Russian politician. He was born in the Bykhaw District, then-Soviet Union. He was Mayor of Krasnoyarsk from 1996 until 2011. He was a member of the State Duma from 2011 until his death. Pimashkov was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and United Russia. Pimashkov died on 12 August 2021 in Sochi, Russia from cardiac arrest at the age of 73.
Claudio Ventura (15 August 1953 – 11 August 2021) was an Italian cinematic artist and editor. He was also Director of Karina-Films in Paris. He worked with 20th Century Studios on the movies "The Longest Day" and "Let's Make Love". He edited the 1984 comedy-drama movie "Just the Way You Are". Ventura died on 11 August 2021 at the age of 67.
was a Japanese businessman. He was the president of Nikoli. He was known as "the father of Sudoku" for his role in popularizing the number game. He was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Kaji died on 10 August 2021 from bile duct cancer in Tokyo, aged 69.
The Longest Day is a 1962 American epic war movie, filmed in black and white. It is based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 non-fiction book of the same name. It is about the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944.  It was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck.  Shot in a docudrama style, the film opens in the days leading up to D-Day, concentrating on events on both sides of the English channel. The allies wait for a break in the poor weather conditions while anticipating the reaction of the Axis forces defending northern France. Multiple scenes document the early hours of June 6. Allied airborne troops being sent in to take key locations inland, away from the beaches and the French resistance reaction to the news that the invasion has started. Also important events surrounding D-day; British troops glider missions to secure Pegasus Bridge, the counterattacks launched American paratroopers scattered around Sainte- Mere-Eglise, the infiltration and sabotage work conducted by the French resistance and SOE agents and the response by the Wehrmacht to the invasion. also shown is the uncertainty of German commanders regarding whether this is a feint in preparation for Allied crossings at the Strait of Dover where the senior German staff had always assumed where the invasion would take place. The German generals blame a so called German corporal for not seeing the coming of the invasion.  Set piece scenes include the parachute drop into Sainte-Mere- Englise, the advance inshore from the Normandy beaches, the U. S. Ranger Group assault on the Pointe du Hoc, the attack on Ouistreham by Free French Forces and the strafing of the beaches by two lone Luftwaffe pilots. The film concludes with the montage showing various Allied units consolidating their beachheads before they advance inland by crossing France to eventually breach Germany.
Kenneth Gilbert More, CBE (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English actor. He was in "Doctor in the House" (1954), "Raising a Riot" (1955), "The Admirable Crichton" (1957), "The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw" (1958) and "Next to No Time" (1958).  Two of his own favourite films date from the 1960s – "The Comedy Man" (1964) and "The Greengage Summer" (1961) with Susannah York, "one of the happiest films on which I have ever worked." He also enjoyed a revival in the much-acclaimed TV adaptation of "The Forsyte Saga" (1967 series) and the "Father Brown" 1974 TV series.
Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish-American journalist and author. He was known for writing popular military history. He wrote about World War II events: "The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day" (1959), "The Last Battle" (1966), and "A Bridge Too Far" (1974). He was born in Dublin. Ryan died on 23 November 1974 in New York City from prostate cancer, aged 54.
Maurice-Alexis Jarre (; 13 September 1924 – 28 March 2009) was a French composer and conductor. He composed the movie scores for "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) and "Dr. Zhivago". He also worked on "The Train" (1964), "Mohammad, Messenger of God" (1976), "Lion of the Desert" (1981), "Witness" (1985), "Fatal Attraction" (1987), and "Ghost" (1990). Jarre won three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (), also titled titled Pasolini's 120 Days of Sodom on English-language prints and commonly referred to as simply Salò (), is a French-Italian 1975 art, war, LGBT and political movie. The motion picture was directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The movie is a loose adaptation of "The 120 Days of Sodom" (a 1785 book first published in 1904). The book was first published by Marquis de Sade. The movie happens during World War II. It was Pasolini's final movie. The movie was released almost three weeks after Pasolini's murder. Background. The movie deals with rich, corrupt Italian serial seducers at the time of the fascist Republic of Salò (1943–45). The seducers kidnap eighteen youths. The youths are exposed to almost four months of sadistic behavior, intense violence and sexual torturte. The movie is associated with certain themes. They include morality, nihilism, capitalism, sexual material and fascism. The movie has four segments, which were inspired from the narriative poem "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (the Italian poet): the Anteinferno, the Circle of Manias, the Circle of Excrement, and the Circle of Blood. The movie also has constant references towards and several discussions of Friedrich Nietzsche's 1887 novel "On the Genealogy of Morality", Ezra Pound's poem "The Cantos" and Marcel Proust's novel sequence "In Search of Lost Time". The movie first began showing at the Paris Film Festival on 23 November 1975. It was briefly shown in movie theaters across Italy. Just after New Year's Day 1976, however, this motion picture was officially banned in that country. It was later released on 3 October 1977 in the United States. Because of the movie depicting teens becoming victims of graphic violence, sexual abuse and murder, it was controversial when released. It remains banned in several countries. Censorship. "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom" was rejected by the British Board of Film Classification (the name then
Ágnes Hankiss (born Ágnes Erdős; 7 March 1950 — 17 August 2021) was a Hungarian politician. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2014. She was a member of the European People's Party. Hankiss was born in Budapest. She was married to Elemér Hankiss. Hankiss died on 17 August 2021 in Budapest, aged 71.
Anwar Hossain (1938 – 17 August 2021) was a Bangladeshi businessman and politician. He was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad from 1988 until 1990. He was the founder and chairman of Anwar Group. He was a member of the Jatiya Party. Hossain was born in Lalbagh Thana, Bangladesh. Hossain died on 17 August 2021 in Dhaka, aged 83.
Kazenambo Kazenambo (6 July 1963 – 17 August 2021) was a Botswanan-born Namibian politician. He was a member of SWAPO. In 2004, he was elected to the National Assembly. He retired in 2014. Kazenambo was born in Maun, Botswana. Kazenambo died in Windhoek, Namibia on 17 August 2021 from COVID-19 problems, aged 58.
Rodrigo Paz Delgado (20 December 1933 – 17 August 2021) was an Ecuadorian politician and businessman. He was the mayor of Quito from 1988 to 1992 He ran for President of Ecuador in the 1996 election. He was a member of the Democracia Popular. Paz was Minister of Finance from 1980 to 1981. He was born in Tulcán, Carchi, Ecuador. Paz died on 17 August 2021 at a hospital in Tampa, Florida from gastrointestinal bleeding, aged 87.
Embassy is a 1972 British spy thriller movie directed by Gordon Hessler and was based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Stephen Coulter. It stars Richard Roundtree, Chuck Connors, Max von Sydow, Broderick Crawford, Ray Milland, Marie-José Nat, David Bauer, Karl Held and Larry Cross.
Sean Michael Lock (22 April 1963 – 16 August 2021) was an English comedian and actor. He was a team captain on Channel 4 comedy panel show "8 Out of 10 Cats" from 2005–2015, and on "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown" from 2012 until his death in 2021. He was born in Chertsey, Surrey, England. Lock was first diagnosed with skin cancer in 1990. He died from cancer at his home in London on 16 August 2021, aged 58. He was diagnosed with lung cancer a few years before his death.
Austin Vernon Mitchell (19 September 1934 – 18 August 2021) was a British Labour Party politician and journalist. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby from 1977 until 2015. From 1979 until 1985, he was Opposition Whip. Mitchell was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire. Mitchell died on 18 August 2021 in Leeds, West Yorkshire at the age of 86.
Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov (; ; 11 February 1950 – 18 August 2021) was a Russian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1977. He was born in Cheliabinsk, Russian SFSR. Sveshnikov played in his first USSR Chess Championship when he was 17 years old. Sveshnikov died on 18 August 2021 of problems caused by COVID-19 in Moscow at the age of 71.