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Marc Baron Van Montagu (born 10 November 1933) is a Belgian molecular biologist. He was full professor and director of the Laboratory of Genetics at the faculty of Sciences at Ghent University (Belgium) and scientific director of the Genetics Department of the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB).  He founded the biotech company Plant Genetic Systems Inc. (Belgium) in 1982, of which he was Scientific Director and member of the board of Directors. Van Montagu was also involved in founding the biotech company CropDesign, of which he was a Board member from 1998 to 2004.  He is president of the Public Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI). He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989.
Mary-Dell Chilton (born February 2, 1939) is an American biologist, businesswoman, and inventor. She is one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology. Chilton was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She taught and performed research at Washington University. Career. Chilton is author of more than 100 scientific publications. She is a Distinguished Science Fellow at Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. She began her corporate career in 1983 with CIBA-Geigy Corporation (a legacy company of Syngenta). In June 2013, she was named a winner of the 2013 World Food Prize. In 2015, Chilton was elected to the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Marzia Kjellberg ( Bisognin; born 21 October 1992) is an Italian Internet personality, fashion designer, and business person. She is known for her videos on her now-inactive YouTube channel. She has been married to Swedish YouTuber Felix Kjellberg. since 2019.
Merion Station (also known as Merion) is an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States, bordering Philadelphia to the city's west. It is one of the communities that make up the Philadelphia Main Line, and is part of the city of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County.  Merion Station is known for its grand mansions and for the wealth of its residents.
Max Keith was a German businessman who invented Fanta during World War II in Germany. Discovery of Fanta. When he was 30 years old, he worked at a German subsidiary of Coca-Cola in 1933. Sales of Coca-Cola in Germany rose from 100,000 cases in 1933 to over 4 million cases in 1939. Because of the Allied blockade, Coca-Cola GmbH was unable to get Coca-Cola syrup during World War II. The supply of regular Coca-Cola ran out in 1942. To keep the plant in operation, Keith developed a fruit flavored drink made from apple fiber, left over from cider pressings, and whey, a byproduct from cheese manufacture, creating Fanta. Fanta sold three million cases in 1943, sustaining the firm's business in Germany. In 1945, at the last stages of the war, Keith was ordered by a German general to rename the subsidiary, but he refused. The general was killed in an air raid before any action was taken against Keith.
Johnny Yune (October 22, 1936 – March 8, 2020) was a Korean-American actor, singer, and comedian. He played the lead in the 1980s movies "They Call Me Bruce?" and "They Still Call Me Bruce".  Yune became well known in the United States for his comedy performance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". Yune stated that because actor Charlton Heston did not arrive on time, he was given over twenty minutes on the show to make a good impression. Carson liked Yune and had him on the show over 30 times. Yune performed at the 1988 Summer Olympics at Seoul, along with Bob Hope and Brooke Shields. From 1989 to 1990, he hosted "The Johnny Yune Show" ("자니윤쇼"), the first Americanized talk show in Korea. Yune died in California from a cerebral hemorrhage on March 8, 2020 at the age of 84.
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as cerebral bleed, is a type of intracranial bleed that happens within the brain tissue or ventricles.  Symptoms can include headache, one-sided weakness, vomiting, seizures, decreased level of consciousness, and neck stiffness. Often symptoms get worse over time. Fever is also common. In many cases bleeding is present in both the brain tissue and the ventricles. Causes include brain trauma, aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, and brain tumors.
Sir Michael John Cullen (5 February 1945 – 19 August 2021) was a British-born New Zealand Labour politician and historian. He held key job positions during the Helen Clark cabinet such as Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2002 to 2008. Early life. Cullen was born in London. His family emigrated to New Zealand in 1955 where he was raised in Christchurch. He studied at the University of Canterbury and University of Edinburgh. From 1971 to 1981 he was a lecturer at the University of Otago, with a term as a visiting fellow at the Australian National University from 1975 to 1976. Career. In 1981, he was elected to the New Zealand Parliament.  He was Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2002 to 2008 during the Helen Clark cabinet. He was also Minister of Finance from 1999 to 2008 and Attorney-General in 2005 and again from 2006 to 2008.  He was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1996 until November 2008, when he resigned following a defeat in the general election.  He resigned from Parliament in April 2009, to become the deputy chairman of New Zealand Post from 1 November 2009 and chairman from 1 November 2010. He left the position in 2016. Cullen identifies as a social democrat. Personal life. In 1967, he married Rowena Joy Knight. They divorced in 1989. That same year, he married then-MP Anne Fraser.  Cullen became a naturalized New Zealand citizen in 1975. In 2012, Cullen was appointed Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. In March 2020, Cullen was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer which had spread to his liver. He died from the disease on 19 August 2021 in Whakatāne, New Zealand at the age of 76.
The Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand () is the second-most senior minister in the Government of New Zealand, although this seniority does not necessarily translate into power. The office was created as a ministerial portfolio in 1954. The officeholder usually deputises for the prime minister at official functions.  The current Deputy Prime Minister is Winston Peters since 2023. Living former deputy prime ministers. As of , there are nine living former New Zealand deputy prime ministers, as seen below. The most recent Deputy Prime Minister to die was Michael Cullen (served 2002–2008), on 19 August 2021, aged 76.
Wyatt Beetham Creech (born 13 October 1946) is an American-born New Zealand politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister in Jenny Shipley's National Party government from August 1998 to December 1999. In the 2003 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services as a Member of Parliament.
The prime minister of New Zealand is the head of government of New Zealand, and the leader of the Cabinet of New Zealand. List. The parties shown are those to which the prime ministers belonged at the time they held office and the electoral districts shown are those they represented while in office. Several prime ministers belonged to parties other than those given and represented other electorates before and after their time in office.
Michael Joseph Cullen (3 July 1931 – 3 September 2024) was a Scottish footballer. He played for Luton Town and Grimsby Town. Cullen was born in Glasgow. At the age of 17, he signed for English Second Division side Luton Town in 1948.  In 1956, he became the only Luton Town player ever to be capped by Scotland. He was sold to Grimsby Town in 1958, and after a successful career there he moved on to Derby County.  He moved on to Wellington Town, where he played for the rest of his career. Cullen died on 2 September 2024, at the age of 93.
Samantha Anne Bee (born October 25, 1969) is a Canadian-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actress, and television host. Bee became famous on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". She was a regular correspondent on the show longer than anyone else. In 2015, she left after 12 years to start her own show, "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee". Bee became a US citizen in 2014. She is still a Canadian citizen. In 2017, "Time" named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual "Time" 100 list.
Pomona College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was founded in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to make a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In the 1920s, it founded the Claremont Colleges group. Pomona is a four-year college for undergraduates. About students from all 50 U.S. states and 63 countries go there . The college offers 48 majors and 600 courses, but students can take about 2,700 courses total when the courses at the other Claremont Colleges are counted. The college's - main campus is in a residential area near the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. Pomona has the lowest acceptance rate of any U.S. liberal arts college ( for the class of 4) and is ranked among the top five liberal arts colleges in the country by "Forbes", "U.S. News &amp; World Report", and "The Wall Street Journal"/"Times Higher Education". It has an endowment of $ billion , giving it the eighth-highest endowment per student of any college or university in the U.S. In 2020, "Niche" ranked Pomona as the most diverse college or university in the country; 74% of students are from outside of California, 56% receive need-based financial aid, and 61% are a person of color or an international student. Pomona has about 25,000 living alumni. The college's alumni have won Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony awards. They have also become U.S. Senators, ambassadors, and other federal officials. Others have won Pulitzer Prizes, become billionaires, won a Nobel Prize, joined the National Academies, and competed in the Olympics. The college is a top contributor to the Fulbright Program and other fellowships.
Amy M. McGrath (born June 3, 1975) is an American politician and former Marine fighter pilot. During her 20 years of service in the Marine Corps, McGrath flew 89 combat missions against al-Qaeda and the Taliban.  McGrath was the first woman to fly a combat mission for the Marine Corps, as well as the first to pilot the F/A-18 on a combat mission. Following her retirement from military service in 2017, McGrath entered politics. She was the Democratic nominee for Kentucky's 6th congressional district in the 2018 election, narrowly losing to incumbent Republican Andy Barr.  In July 2019, she announced her campaign to run for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in the 2020 election against incumbent Mitch McConnell. In June 2020, she won the Democratic nomination. However, she lost the general election to McConnell.
Sara Gideon (born December 4, 1971) is an American politician. She has been the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives since 2016. She is a member of the Democratic Party.  She was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2020 U.S. Senate election against Republican incumbent Susan Collins.
Nettie Maria Stevens (July 7, 1861 – May 4, 1912) was an early American geneticist. She discovered sex chromosomes.  Stevens saw two kinds of sperms in male mealworms. One had a large chromosome and one had a small chromosome. They were sex chromosomes, which later became known as the X and Y chromosomes. Stevens eventually became fully qualified. She received a PhD in cytology, with Thomas Hunt Morgan as her advisor. She died from cancer. She had worked at Bryn Mawr College, Naples Zoological Station and the University of Würtzburg during her short career. One paper, written in 1905, won Stevens an award of $1,000 for the best scientific paper written by a woman. Her major sex determination work was published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington in the two part monograph, "Studies in Spermatogenesis".
Taylor Michel Momsen (born July 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, model, and former actress. She is known for portraying the character of Jenny Humphrey on The CW's teen drama series "Gossip Girl" (2007–2012) and Cindy Lou Who in the film "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000). After her retirement from acting, she became widely known for being the frontwoman of the American rock band The Pretty Reckless. Momsen was signed with Ford Models at a very young age, she began acting professionally at three years of age in a 1997 national commercial for Shake 'n Bake. She was then cast in "The Prophet's Game". She played the character of Jenny Humphrey in The CW television series "Gossip Girl", based on the book series by Cecily von Ziegesar. Momsen's appearances on the series became increasingly sporadic, and, by the end of the first half of the fou rth season, she had only appeared in four episodes. It was then announced that the actress would be scheduled for an indefinite hiatus from the show, which ended with her leaving the series as a regular cast member after the completion of the fourth season in 2011. On August 16, 2011, Momsen told "Elle" magazine that she had quit acting to focus on her music career. On October 16, 2012, it was reported that Momsen would be returning to "Gossip Girl" for its final episode, in which she appeared briefly in the wedding sequence. In March 2009, Momsen's band The Pretty Reckless had signed a deal with Interscope Records. The band's debut album "Light Me Up" was released on August 30, 2010 in the UK, where it debuted at number 6, as well as at number 18 in Ireland. The first single "Make Me Wanna Die" was released on May 30, 2010, while the second single "Miss Nothing" which was released on August 23, 2010 peaked at number 39. "Just Tonight" was released as the album's third single. Songs from this album have been in the movie "Kick-Ass" as well as shows like "The Vampire Diaries" and "Gossip Girl".
Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri (Punjabi/) ; 1680–1757) famously known as Bulleh Shah , was a Mughal-era Punjabi Islamic philosopher and Sufi poet. His first spiritual teacher was Shah Inayat Qadiri, a Sufi mentor of Lahore Life. Early life. He was born in 1680 in the city of Uch, during the Mughal Empire (present day Pakistan). After his early education, he went to Lahore where he met Inayat Arian, and became his student. Later years and death. He died in 1757, at the age of 77. He was buried in Kasur, and a shrine was built over his grave. His funeral prayer was led by Qazi Hafiz Syed Zahid Hamdani a great religious personality of Kasur. "Shrine". He was buried in Kasur when he died in 1757. There is a clean and very huge veranda which leads to the Tomb of Baba Bulleh Shah as you enter the shrine. The ceiling of shrine is decorated with the verses of Bulleh Shah in elegant calligraphy. Poetry. Amongst Urdu poets, Bulleh Shah lived 400 miles away from Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810) of Agra. Bulleh Shah practised the Sufi tradition of Punjabi poetry . The verse form Bulleh Shah which is mainly involved is the Kafi, popular in Western Punjabi and Sindhi poetry. Many people have put his Kafis to music, from humble street-singers to renowned Sufi singers like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pathanay Khan, Abida Parveen, the Waddali Brothers and Sain Zahoor, from the synthesised techno qawwali remixes of UK-based Asian artists to the Pakistani rock band Junoon. Modern renderings. Bands and albums. In the 1990s, Junoon, a rock band from Pakistan, furnished his poems "Bullah Ki Jaana" and "Aleph" ("Ilmon Bas Kareen O Yaar"). In 2004, Indian musician Rabbi Shergill
Plaquemine is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population is 6,269 according to 2020 census. It is part of the greater Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. Other websites. Official website
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is a "Landkreis" (district) in Bavaria, Germany. The district is located in the Bavarian Alps and includes the highest mountain of Germany, the Zugspitze (2962 m).  Towns and municipalities. The district includes no towns. All places have the status of municipalities.
Germersheim is a district in the south-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.  The Rhine river forms the eastern boundary of the district. The river Lauter forms most of the southern boundary.
Groß-Gerau is a Kreis (district) in the south of Hesse, Germany. The river Main forms the northern boundary of the district, the river Rhine the western border.
Burt Metcalfe (March 19, 1935 – July 27, 2022) was a Canadian-American producer, director, actor, and writer. He was born in Saskatchewan, Canada. He was known for his screenwriting for "M*A*S*H", the television series. Metcalfe was nominated 13 times for Primetime Emmy Awards for his work as a writer on the series "M*A*S*H" from 1975 through 1983. An actor, he starred as Lord Byron in "Gidget" (1959). He also played in "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971). Metcalfe died on July 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 87.
William Benner Enright (July 12, 1925 – March 7, 2020) was a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. He was born in New York City. In 1972, he was nominated to the court by President Richard Nixon.  Enright died on March 7, 2020 in San Diego, California, aged 94.
Eric Taylor (September 25, 1949 – March 9, 2020) was an American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. Taylor was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Taylor's nine solo releases, his songs have been recorded by Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett, Peter Cooper and many others. In 2009, Lovett released his second cover album, "Natural Forces", and once again included a Taylor song. This time it was "Whooping Crane," from Taylor's 1995 self-titled album. Taylor died in Austin, Texas of liver disease on March 9, 2020 at the age of 70.
John William "Jack" Buechner (June 4, 1940 – March 10, 2020) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He was in the United States House of Representatives, representing Missouri's 2nd congressional district from 1987 to 1991. After serving in Congress, Buechner became president of the International Republican Institute and was an associate at Manatt, Phelps &amp; Phillips. From 2001 until his retirement in 2005, he was the President of the Presidential Classroom program. He was Senior Counsel to The Hawthorn Group in Alexandria, Virginia and was on the Advisory Board of Bloomberg Government. He was also a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One. Buechner was born in Kirkwood, Missouri. He studied at Benedictine College and Saint Louis University. Buechner died in Washington, D.C. of a heart attack on March 10, 2020 at the age of 79.
Alessandro Criscuolo (15 July 1937 – 10 March 2020) was an Italian judge. He was President of the Constitutional Court of Italy between 12 November 2014 and 24 February 2016. He was a Judge on the Court between 2008 and 2017. He was born in Naples, Italy. Criscuolo died on 10 March 2020 at the age of 82.
Sir Robert George Mappin Fenwick (5 May 1951 – 11 March 2020) was a New Zealand environmentalist, businessman and professional director. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Fenwick co-founded the organic composting service Living Earth Ltd, the NZ Natural bottled water brand and Te Matuku Oysters. He held a number of board and advisory panel positions. Fenwick was appointed leader of the Progressive Green Party in 1996 and campaigned to create a Maritime Park in the Hauraki Gulf. In 1998, he was a founding member of the BlueGreens, an environmental policy group within the New Zealand National Party. Fenwick was knighted in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours. Fenwick died on 11 March 2020 of cancer in Waiheke Island, New Zealand at the age of 68.
Haßberge is a "Landkreis" (district) in Bavaria, Germany. The district was made in 1972 by merging the districts of Haßfurt, Ebern and Hofheim.
Heilbronn is a "Landkreis" (district) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Neckar river flows through the district from the south to the north. Towns and municipalities. Towns ("Städte"): Municipalities ("Gemeinden"): Municipal associations ("Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaften" and "Gemeindeverwaltungsverbände"):
The Hochtaunuskreis is a "Kreis" (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. It is part of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. The Taunus mountains cover the district.
Holzminden is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. The district is located in the Weserbergland mountains. The Weser River forms the southwestern border of the district.
The Atlanta Student Movement was formed in February 1960 in Atlanta by students of the six colleges in the Atlanta University Center (AUC). The Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR) led the Atlanta Student Movement. It was part of the Civil Rights Movement. Its goal was to end segregation, the laws that separated African-American people from white people. In Atlanta, and other places in the United States, segregation gave African-American people fewer rights than white people. The Beginning of the Movement. On February 3, 1960, Atlanta University Center (AUC) senior, Lonnie King, read about the sit-in at the Woolworth Store in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina. A sit-in is a kind of protest. People sit someplace and will not leave until they get what they want. The people sitting-in at the Woolworths store restaurant were African-American college students. They wanted to be able to eat at the store's restaurant along with white people. King also thought it was fair for African-American people in Atlanta to be able to eat at the same restaurants as white people. King talked to other students, Joseph Pierce and Julian Bond. They decided to organize a Student Movement in the four colleges at the Atlanta University Center. Their goal was to convince all restaurants in Atlanta to serve food to all people. On February 5, 1960, approximately fifteen students attended the first meeting. The first sit-in did not have enough people. The students' universities called a meeting with the Atlanta University Center's college Presidents. Each president explained their opinion of the sit-in movement. The four presidents asked students not to have sit-ins. The presidents wanted lawyers to make changes by asking courts to force restaurants to change. They asked students to work hard on their school work. The presidents suggested the students write an advertisement for the newspapers about what they wanted restaurants to do. The presidents paid to put the advertisement in the newspaper. Lonnie King asked Roslyn Pope, Morris Dillard, Albert Brinson, Julian Bond, and Charles Black to write the advertisement. It was called "An Appeal for Human Rights." It explained why it was bad for African-American people and white people to have different rights. It
Descendants 3 is an American musical fantasy television movie. It is the third installment in the "Descendants" series, following "Descendants" and "Descendants 2". It is written by Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon, and is directed by Kenny Ortega. The movie premiered on Disney Channel on August 2, 2019. Cast. Also, Judith Maxie reprises her role as Queen Leah, Princess Audrey's grandmother, from the first "Descendants" movie. Christian Convery and Luke Roessler play Squeaky and Squirmy, the twin sons of Mr. Smee. Also appearing are Jamal Sims as Celia's father Dr. Facilier, Linda Ko as Dizzy's grandmother Lady Tremaine, and Faustino Di Bauda as Squeaky's and Squirmy's father Mr. Smee.