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was a Japanese novelist and translator. She translated "Anne of Green Gables" by L.M. Montgomery to Japanese. Early life and education. Muraoka was born on June 21, 1893, in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture. Her birth name was Hana Annaka. Her parents were Methodists. She was raised as a Christian. She studied at the Tokyo Eiwa Jogakuin. She began writing children's stories when she was encouraged by translator Hiroko Katayama. She graduated from school in 1913. Career. After graduation, Muraoka returned to Yamanashi and taught at a branch of the Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin there. In 1917 she published her first book, "Rohen". She married Keizo Muraoka in 1919. They had a son in 1920. Keizo's printing company went bankrupt in 1926 after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. They restarted the company in their home. Soon after that, their son died and Muraoka became depressed. Katayama encouraged her to translate Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper", and this helped her return to regular life. In 1932, Muraoka started a radio show She read the news to children. The show became very popular, and children all over Japan called her the "Rajio no Obasan" (Radio Auntie). The show ended in the early 1940s as World War II began. Muraoka did not want to read news that called Canadians the enemy because many of her friends were Canadian. In 1939 her friend Loretta Leonard Shaw gave Muraoka the book "Anne of Green Gables". Muraoka translated it during the war. The book was published in 1952 and became a bestseller. It became part of the Japanese school curriculum in the 1970s. Some translators later criticized Muraoka's translation because she had left some parts out. Muraoka planned her first trip to Prince Edward Island in 1968. But, she did not visit before she died of a stroke on October 25, 1968. A television drama called "Hanako to Anne" was broadcast in 2014. It was based on a book about her life called "An no Yurikago Muraoka Hanako no Shogai," written by her granddaughter, Eri Muraoka"."
Oritsé Jolomi Matthew Soloman Williams (born 27 November 1986 in West London, England) is an English singer, songwriter, dancer and poet. He is currently in the boyband JLS, runners-up of the fifth series of The X Factor in the United Kingdom. Whilst Oritse lived in Nigeria he loved being involved with his community and most of all singing with the villagers. After two years he moved back to the UK to live back with his mother in London. Oritse worked at a record company for free in order to gain music industry experience. He was introduced to a variety of different mentors when he joined a vocal academy whilst he was studying at uni. After coming back from Nigeria he decided to leave the music idea behind and went to uni to study Events Management. It was when his mother's condition worsened (she was diagnosed with Multiple Serocis when he was 15) and he wanted to raise some money to support hi family. He decided to advertise for his "Super Group". He soon was introduced to Marvin Humes who then introduced Aston Merrygold to the band who Marvin knew from auditions. During the series 4 additions for the X factor, Oritse was looking for the forth and final member of his band (JLS). He went to see if he could find anyone at the X Factor auditions and spoke to a music scouting agency there and they gave Oritse JB Gill's details.
Xenomorphs are fictional aliens created by H. R. Giger made for the "Alien" franchise starting in 1979. Portrayal. Their vocal effects were provided by Dee Bradley Baker for "Mortal Kombat X".
Joseph Hardin Coulombe (June 3, 1930February 28, 2020) was an American entrepreneur. His most famous thing he ever did was when he founded the grocery store chain Trader Joe's in 1967. He was born in San Diego, California on June 3, 1930. He was educated at Stanford University. Coulombe died on February 28, 2020 in Pasadena, California at the age of 89. Joseph died of a long illness. The illness that caused his death is unknown or unstated.
Trader Joe's is an American chain of grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. By 2015, it was a competitor in "fresh format" grocery stores in the United States. It is owned by a German company, Aldi.  By November 2019, Trader Joe's had over 503 stores nationwide in 42 states and Washington, D.C. The first Trader Joe's store was opened by founder Joe Coulombe in 1967 in Pasadena, California. It was owned by German entrepreneur Theo Albrecht from 1979 until his death in 2010, when ownership passed to his heirs.
Leroy Newton Suddath (February 21, 1931 – February 27, 2020) was a major general in the United States Army. He was commissioned in 1956 after graduation from the United States Military Academy. Suddath was commander of the 1st Special Operations Command before his retirement in 1988. He was born in Savannah, Georgia. Suddathon died at the age of 89 on February 27, 2020 in Savannah.
Bob Andelman (October 9, 1960 - February 24, 2020) was an American writer and podcaster. Andelman was the author or co-author of many books about business, culture, and the arts, and produced interviews with figures in popular culture as "Mr. Media". Andelman authored "Will Eisner: A Spirited Life" for the M Press imprint of Dark Horse Comics. Andelman collaborated with various business leaders in writing books including company profiles and strategy handbooks. These include "Built From Scratch: How A Couple of Regular Guys Grew the Home Depot From Nothing to $30 Billion", with the founders of Home Depot, and "The Profit Zone: How Strategic Business Design Will Lead You To Tomorrow’s Profits" with Adrian J. Slywotzky and David J. Morrison. Andelman founded the Mr. Media website in 1995.
James "Jeff" Kimpel (April 18, 1942 - February 22, 2020) was an American atmospheric scientist. His works focused on severe storm who was a provost of the University of Oklahoma (OU) and director of the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). Kimpel was in the Air Force in the Vietnam War, where he was awarded a Bronze Star Medal. Kimpel retired from NSSL in 2010. Kimpel died on February 22, 2020.
Stevens Point is the county seat of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. Its 2020 population of 25,666 makes it the largest city in the county.
Marathon (Demotic Greek: Μαραθώνας, "Marathónas"; Attic/Katharevousa: , "Marathṓn") is a town in Greece and the site of the battle of Marathon around 490 BCE.  The name "Marathon" () comes from the herb fennel, called "marathon" () or "marathos" () in Ancient Greek. so "Marathon" literally means "a place full of fennels".
In the Philippines, a municipality (; ; ) is a kind of place with local government ("local government unit") that are different from cities. Municipalities are also called towns if using the old-fashioned but more common word. This is because municipalities have the governmental purpose of a town since they were first introduced. All provinces in the country are divided into cities and municipalities, which in turn, are divided into village-type divisions known as barangays. , there were 1,488 municipalities across the country.
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Bodenseekreis ("Lake Constance district") is a rural district ("Landkreis") in the southeast of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Konstanz, Sigmaringen and Ravensburg, and in Bavaria, Lindau district. To the south, on the opposite shores of Lake Constance (), lies Switzerland. The capital is Friedrichshafen. History. The district was created in 1973, when the previous district Tettnang was merged with most of the district Überlingen.
Karlsruhe is a rural district ("Landkreis") in the northwest of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rhein-Neckar, Heilbronn, Enz, Calw, Rastatt, Germersheim, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis and the district-free city Speyer. The urban district Karlsruhe ("Stadtkreis Karlsruhe") which has the city of Karlsruhe.
Bruchsal is a city at the western edge of the Kraichgau in the German state of Baden-Württemberg which makes it the largest city in the district of Karlsruhe. As of 31 December 2018, it has 44,644 people lived there and is about 20 km northeast of Karlsruhe. It can be found on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Bruchsal is known for being Europe's largest asparagus producer and one of the economic centers of the region of Karlsruhe.
Rienzi is a town in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 Census, there were 281 people living in Rienzi.
Farmington is a town in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 Census, there were 2,055 people living in Farmington.
Glen is a town in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 Census, there were 382 people living in Glen.
The Ten Commandments is a movie from 1956. It stars Charlton Heston as Moses and Yul Brynner as Rameses II. It was directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille. It is based on the books of Philo of Alexandria, Josephus, Eusebius, the Midrash and the Book of Exodus. Reception. "The Ten Commandments" won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Charlton Heston was nominated for a Golden Globe for best actor in a drama. The critics at the time generally liked it but they also noticed the differences between the story of the Exodus as told in the Bible and what the movie said.
Joshua son of Nun is a person in the Bible. Joshua is used as a general against Amalek after Amalek attacks the Israelites. When Moses goes up to Mount Sinai to get the Torah from God, Joshua stays at the bottom of the mountain waiting for Moses to come back. He doesn't realise that the people are worshiping a Golden Calf as an idol until after Moses tells him.  When two people named Eldad and Medad become prophets, Joshua is annoyed because he thinks only Moses should be a prophet though Moses tells Joshua that if it were up to him every Israelite would be a prophet.  Joshua, it turns out was once named Hosea but then Moses sends him as one of Twelve spies to Canaan after first renaming him Joshua. Ten of the spies try to convince the Israelites that it would be better to go back to being slaves in Egypt than enter the Promised Land because if they tried to conquer Canaan they'd get killed. Joshua and Caleb said that if they came to the Promised Land, God would make sure they would survive against their enemies just like He had saved them from Egypt.  When Moses dies, he, at the command of God, appoints Joshua leader of the Israelites. Joshua mourns Moses for many months after his death but then God commands Joshua to conquer Canaan. Joshua enters the Promised Land as a general kills 39 kings and manages to take over most of the country. He then divides the land among the Twelve Tribes of Israel and then dies. There is a book in the Bible named after him called the Book of Joshua.
Muhyiddin bin Haji Muhammad Yassin (; born 15 May 1947) is a Malaysian politician. He was the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia. He was appointed on 29 February 2020 and sworn in on 1 March 2020 after Mahathir Mohamad's resignation on 24 February 2020. He resigned after losing a coalition support on 16 August 2021. Muhyiddin is Member of Parliament for Pagoh, Member of Johor State Legislative Assembly for Gambir, former Deputy President of Pakatan Harapan and acting Chairman of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia.  He was Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2009 till 2015, Deputy Chairman of Barisan Nasional and Deputy President of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the main component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from 2009 till 2016. Muhyiddin was fired by Najib for criticizing the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal.
István Ákos Balsai (5 April 1947 – 1 March 2020) was a Hungarian politician and jurist. He was Minister of Justice between 1990 and 1994. He was a Member of Parliament from 1990 to 2011, when he was elected a member of the Constitutional Court of Hungary. Balsai died on 1 March 2020 at the age of 72.
Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was a liberation theologian. He was the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands. His brother was Fernando Cardenal. Cardenal was a member of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, he was Nicaragua's minister of culture from 1979 to 1987. He was banned from administering the sacraments in 1984 by Pope John Paul II, but it was restored by Pope Francis in 2019. On 1 March 2020, Cardenal died of problems caused by heart and kidney disease, aged 95.
Siamand Rahman (; 21 March 1988 – 1 March 2020) was an Iranian Paralympic powerlifter.  He won gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio and the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou.  He is the current IPC Powerlifting World Record holder in the +107 kg category with a bench press and also holds the junior world record with and the Paralympic Championship Record with . Siamand died on 1 March 2020 of cardiac arrest in Oshnavieh, Iran at the age of 31.
William Wallace Bunten (April 5, 1930 – February 29, 2020) was an American politician. He was mayor of Topeka, Kansas from 2005 to 2013. Before being elected mayor, he was in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1962 to 1990 and in the Kansas Senate from 2002 to 2004. Bunten was a member of the Republican Party.  Bunten died of pneumonia-related problems on February 29, 2020 in Topeka, Kansas at the age of 89.
Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; October 12, 1928 – July 6, 2021) was an Armenian musician and composer.  He played the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan was known as the "Master of the duduk". He had won four medals at UNESCO worldwide competitions (1959, 1962, 1973, and 1980). In 1973 Gasparyan was awarded the honorary title "People's Artist of Armenia".
Shane Leslie Stone (born 25 September 1950) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Country Liberal Party. He was first elected to office as a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Port Darwin in 1990. He then served as Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from 1995 to 1999. He became the federal president of the Liberal Party of Australia in 1999. He served in this role until 2005. The Malaysian state of Sabah made Stone a Commander of the Order of Kinabalu in 1998. Stone was born in Bendigo, Victoria.
Brian D. Burns (born November 17, 1939) is an American politician. He is a Democrat from the state of Vermont. He served as the 72nd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1975 to 1977. He was also a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1967 to 1975. Burns was born in Burlington, Vermont. In 1985, he made an unsuccessful bid to be mayor of Burlington. He lost in a three way race to incumbent Bernie Sanders. In 1995, Burns was convicted of three counts of fraud. He was sentenced to six months in jail and four months of home detention.
The Emu War, also called the Great Emu War, was a military operation in Australia in late 1932. Emus are large birds that cannot fly. Wild emus only live in Australia.  The Australian army killed many emus because the farmers thought they were pests. Farmers were having trouble with the many emus invading the Campion district of Western Australia. Soldiers tried to kill emus with Lewis guns. The media called the military action against birds the "Emu War". The army did kill some birds. However, there were still many emus and they continued to destroy crops. Background. After World War I, the Australian government gave land to many ex-soldiers from Australia and some from Great Britain. The government gave these settlers land to farm in Western Australia. Much of the land was not very good. When the Great Depression hit Australia in 1929, the government told these farmers to grow more wheat. The government promised to help by giving money to farmers. But the farmers did not get the money.  Wheat was losing its worth. By October 1932, there were big problems in Western Australia. The farmers were ready to harvest the season's crop but they also threatened the government. They said they might not deliver the wheat. Farmers' lives and work became even worse when about 20,000 emus arrived. Emus regularly migrate (move from one area to another in big groups) after breeding each year. They return to the coast from inland areas. Western Australian farmers had cleared more land and made water supplies for their livestock and crops better. The emus went to the settlers' farms. They were good places for the emus to live. Emus began to move into farms. Many moved into the farms around Chandler and Walgoolan. The emus ate and ruined the crops. They also made large holes in fences where rabbits could enter and cause more problems. Farmers complained to the government about the birds destroying the crops. A group of veteran settler-farmers went to meet with the Minister of Defence, Sir George Pearce. The settler-farmers had been soldiers in World War I. They understood machine guns. They asked the government to send
Kohl's is an American department store retail chain, operated by Kohl's Corporation. It has 1,158 locations that makes it the largest department store chain in the United States . The company was founded by a Polish immigrant Maxwell Kohl, who opened a corner grocery store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1927. The company is headquartered in the Milwaukee suburb of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, operating stores in every U.S. state except Hawaii.
The Magnavox Odyssey is a video game console by Magnavox. It is the first one to be released commercially. But there are more consoles released by Magnavox. All these consoles form the Magnavox Odyssey series. Consoles. The following is a list of all consoles released in the Magnavox Odyssey series: Successor. In 1974, Magnavox became a subsidiary of Philips. Philips continued making video game consoles. These consoles are known as the Philips Odyssey series.
Ulay (born Frank Uwe Laysiepen; 30 November 1943 – 2 March 2020) was a German contemporary artist. He is best known for his worldwide for his Polaroid art and performance art together with longtime companion Marina Abramović. He was based in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam and Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Ulay was born in Solingen. He dated Marina Abramović from 1976 to 1988. On 2 March 2020, Ulay died in Ljubljana of lymphoma at the age of 76.
Balbir Singh Kullar (8 August 1942 – 28 February 2020) was an Indian field hockey player and Punjab Police officer. Best known for his sporting career, he was part of two medal-winning Indian field hockey teams. He won a gold medal at the 1966 Asian Games and a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Singh Kullar was born in Sansarpur. On 18 February 2020, he died in Sansarpur of a heart attack. He was 77.
The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the House of Commons of Canada of the 37th Parliament of Canada. Results. !style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party !style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Party leader !style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Candidates !style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"|Seats !style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|Popular vote Notes: "% change" refers to change from previous election 1 – percentage change from Reform Party of Canada in previous election. Vote and seat summaries. Results by province. Source: Elections Canada
The 2002 Manitoba municipal elections were held on October 23, 2002 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada. Brandon. School trustee Malcolm Jolly died on 11 March 2003. A by-election was held to choose his replacement. Neepawa. Electors could votes for six candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes. Selkirk. Electors could votes for six candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes. Waskada. Electors could vote for four candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes. Results are taken from the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper, 24 October 2002 and 28 October 2002. The final official totals do not appear to have been significantly different.
The 2004 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 38th General Election), was held on June 28, 2004, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 38th Parliament of Canada. National results. !rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party !rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party leader !rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |# ofcandidates !colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Seats !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Popular vote 1 "% change" refers to change from previous election 1 Conservative Party results are compared to the combined totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party in the 2000 election. Results by province. Source: Elections Canada References. Notes General
The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 39th General Election) was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 39th Parliament of Canada. Vote and seat summaries. Notes.  David Emerson, elected on January 23 as a Liberal in the British Columbia riding of Vancouver Kingsway, changed parties on February 6 to join the Conservatives before the new Parliament had taken office. He is reflected here as a Liberal. André Arthur was elected as an independent candidate in the Quebec riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier.
The 2009 Nova Scotia general election was held on June 9, 2009 to elect members of the 61st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Results by party. Candidates lined up.
The 2000 municipal elections of the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada, took place on 21 October 2000. Elections have been held every four years since the amalgamation of the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, the town of Bedford and Halifax County into the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996. The regional council is made up of twenty three councillors and one mayor, all positions were up for election. There are no political parties at the municipal level in Nova Scotia, so all candidates run as independents.
The Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) swept the 2002 Vancouver municipal election, winning 8 of 10 Council seats, 7 of 9 School Board seats and 5 of 7 Park Board seats. The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) was reduced to 2 Council seats, 1 School Board seat and 2 Park Board seats. The Green Party of Vancouver won 1 School Board seat. In the race for mayor, the COPE's Larry Campbell defeated Jennifer Clarke of the NPA by a margin of 58% to 30%. Candidates and results. Mayor. 16 candidates sought election to the position of mayor. Five were affiliated with a political party and 11 were independent. COPE candidate Larry Campbell was elected. Councillors. Ten councillors were elected from 46 candidates. Of those, 35 were affiliated with a political party and 11 were independent. Eight COPE councillors and two NPA councillors were elected. Park Commissioners. Seven Park Board commissioners were elected from 33 candidates. Of the candidates, 20 were affiliated with a political party and 13 were independent. 5 COPE commissioners and 2 NPA commissioners were elected. School trustees. Nine school trustees were elected to the Vancouver Board of Education from 23 candidates. Of the candidates, 18 were affiliated with a political party and five were independent. Five COPE trustees, one NPA trustee, and one Green trustee were elected.