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Alagna Valsesia (Walser German: "Im Land", Piedmontese: "Alagna", Valsesiano: "Lagna") is a "comune" and small village high in the Valsesia alpine valley in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is a tourist site for mountaineering and winter sports, and it is internationally known for the freeride off-piste skiing. It is at an elevation of just south of the Monte Rosa. History. It was originally settled by Walser at the beginning of the 12th century. On 1 January 2019, Riva Valdobbia was an independent comune merged to form the neighboring municipality of Alagna Valsesia.
Riva Valdobbia is a "frazione" in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region of Piedmont. It is about north of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli. It's an Italian village of 265 people in the upper Valsesia, in the province of Vercelli, in Piedmont. On 1 January 2019, it was an independent comune merged to form the neighboring municipality of Alagna Valsesia.
Small government or limited government is a principle and theory about government systems that have minimal intervention into the lives of the citizenry. This shares principles with libertarinism.
The surveillance state, or mass surveillance is the intricate, invasive and constant surveillance of a large population by a government.  People like Edward Snowdon and Bradley Manning have warned others about it.
Bianzè is a "comune" in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region of Piedmont.
Fobello is a "comune" in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region of Piedmont. It is about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli. Fobello is next to these municipalities: Alto Sermenza, Bannio Anzino, Carcoforo, Cervatto, Cravagliana, Rimella, and Rossa. Automobile engineers Vincenzo Lancia (1881–1937) and his son Gianni Lancia (1924–2014) were born here.
The Quarry is an interactive drama horror video game. It was developed by Supermassive Games and published by 2K Games. It is the spiritual successor to "Until Dawn" (2015). It was released for Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S in June 2022.  Actors who have voice roles in the game are David Arquette, Siobhan Williams, Lin Shaye, Lance Henriksen, Grace Zabriskie, Ted Raimi, Ariel Winter, Ethan Suplee, Miles Robbins, Halston Sage, Zach Tinker, Brenda Song, Skyler Gisondo, Evan Evagora, and Justice Smith. The game had over 1,000 pages in its script, and the game has a total of 186 different endings.
Antonio La Forgia (24 December 1944 – 10 June 2022) was an Italian politician. He was born in Forlì, Italy. From 1996 to 1999, he was president of Emilia-Romagna and of the Emilia-Romagna Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2005. From 2006 to 2013, he was deputy. He was a member of the Democratic Party.  La Forgia died in Bologna, Italy on 10 June 2022 at the age of 77.
Yuri Vasilyevich Mamonov (; 18 February 1958 – 11 June 2022) was a Russian politician. He was a Deputy of the State Duma for its 3rd convocation, between 2000 and 2003. Moamonov was born in Moscow, Russia. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. Mamonov died on 11 June 2022 at his house in Moscow, aged 64.
Bernd Bransch (24 September 1944 – 11 June 2022) was a German footballer. He was born in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, East Germany. In 1972, he won an Olympic bronze medal. In 1976, he won a gold medal. He played for the East Germany national football team from 1967 until 1976, making sixty-four appearances.  Bransch died on 11 June 2022 at the age of 77.
Pride is a 2014 British historical comedy-drama movie written by Stephen Beresford and directed by Matthew Warchus. It based on the true story of a group of lesbian and gay activists who raised money to help families affected by the British miners' strike in 1984, which would become the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign. It stars Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, Andrew Scott, George MacKay, Joseph Gilgun and Ben Schnetzer. The movie was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and three BAFTA Awards. It was released on 12 September 2014.
The red-eyed snouted tree frog ("Scinax ruberoculatus") is a frog. It lives in forests in Brazil, Suriname, and French Guiana. The red-eyed snouted tree frog is smaller than other frogs in "Scinax". The adult male frog is 22.6–25.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 25.4–27.5 mm long. This frog is light gray or light brown in color, with a dark spot on its head. The scientists wrote that this spot looked like a human back tooth or like a moth to them. There is an off-white stripe on each side of the body. The upper half of the iris of the eye is red in color and the bottom half of the iris is gray in color. The belly is whitish. The tadpole is about 22.2 mm long, with the tail. The body is bronze in color with darker brown spots. Young frogs are gray with darker spots. The irises of their eyes are red all around with black color around the iris. The name "ruberoculatus" comes from the Latin words "ruber" for "red" and "oculatus" for "having eyes."
is an online version of the tile-matching video game "Tetris", developed by Arika, and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch in February 2019. The software is free, but only to Nintendo Switch Online members. Using elements of the battle royale genre, "Tetris 99" has up to 99 players competing at the same time to complete rows with falling tetrominoes (blocks), which send attacks in the form of "garbage rows" to other players with the goal of knocking them out of the game. Arika would later develop similar games called "Super Mario Bros. 35" and "Pac-Man 99", which instead involve the games "Super Mario Bros." and "Pac-Man".
La Vetta (or "The Ice Queen") is a symbolist work by Cesare Saccaggi. It was first shown at the 10th International Art Exhibition in Venice in 1912. It is currently kept in the painting gallery of the Cassa di Risparmio Foundation in Tortona. Description. The picture shows a human figure, with an edelweiss. In the background, snow-covered mountains can be seen. An exhausted young man tries to hold on to this figure. This scene is typical for the German philiosophy of the 19th century. It illustrates the concept of effort ("Streben"). The main figure shows the unattainable goal. The young man symbolisess the eternal desire to surpass himself.
Pride Month is a thematic month where special attention is paid to the emancipation and acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, "queer", or questioning (LGBTQ) people. History. In the United States, June is "LGBTQI+ Pride Month", given the Stonewall riots that took place in New York City in late June 1969, which was a huge boost to the LGBTI+ civil and liberation movements. LGBTQ+ marches and parades have taken place in many American cities since the 1970s, which were followed in many Western countries, although not always in late June. Since 2012, the Google Search has displayed a rainbow-colored decor that changes annually for LGBT-related searches during Pride Month. Since 1999, Democratic Presidents Clinton, Obama, and Biden have officially declared "Pride Month" in June"." Republican President Trump did this in 2019 via Twitter. During this month, many American organizations, institutions and companies are paying attention to LGBT+ issues, including through public and "marketing" campaigns. However, this can also involve queerbaiting, pinkwashing, and rainbow capitalism. Despite June being Pride Month, in the United Kingdom many pride events are held in July, August and September.
In the People's Republic of China, provinces are broken into areas called prefectures. They are a kind of administrative division. Prefectures are the "second-level divisions" of China. First, the country is broken into provinces and autonomous regions. Second, provinces and autonomous regions are broken into prefectures of various kinds. Third, prefectures are broken into counties. Fourth, counties are broken into towns and subdistricts. Any second-level division of China can be called a prefecture. However, prefecture also means a particular kind of second-level division. For this reason, second-level divisions are also called prefecture-level divisions. The kinds of prefecture-level divisions include:
Ion Plus is an American TV network owned by Ion Media. It operated as a network available through an antenna or cable TV until February 28, 2021. The network originally launched in 2007 as Ion Life. The network featured home decoration, health, cooking, and travel shows. In 2019, Ion Media converted the network into a general entertainment format that matched that of parent network Ion Television, mainly showing crime drama shows. It then became Ion Life. Under new ownership by the E. W. Scripps Company, the channel stopped being broadcast on February 28, 2021, as the new company preferred to bring over networks it already owned. Ion Plus and Qubo continues but is only available through smart TV services on television sets made by Vizio and Samsung and other free streaming services like The Roku Channel and Amazon Freevee.
Quaker Steak &amp; Lube is a casual dining restaurant chain based in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The original restaurant was built in 1974 by George "Jig" Warren and Gary "Mo" Meszaros in an abandoned gas station in downtown Sharon, and decorated with license plates and old automobiles. Originally a "cook your own steak" establishment, Quaker Steak's signature dish is now its chicken wings and the variety of sauces used to season them.
Nick at Nite (stylized as nick@nite) is an American nighttime programming block. It is broadcast on the same channel as Nickelodeon. It usually broadcasts from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. (Mondays-Fridays) 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. (Saturdays) 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. (Sundays)ET/PT. The block is marketed as a separate network from Nickelodeon for ratings purposes, similar to Cartoon Network, Adult Swim's late-night block. Nick at Nite primarily appeals to adult and older youth audiences, mainly carrying syndicated sitcoms and films from as recent as the mid-2010s to the late 1980s. Via Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite is available in 92.0 million households in North America as of January 2016.
Melanie Deanne Paxson (née Moore; born September 26, 1972) is an American actress.  Roles. She is known for her roles as Jaclyn in Cupid, Sara Brennan in Happy Family. Paxson also appeared in television commercials in the early 2000s.
Luna Lauren Vélez (born November 2, 1964) is an American actress.  Family. She is the identical twin sister of actress Lorraine Vélez.  Roles. Her most notable roles are as
Candice Olson (born October 27, 1964) is a Canadian designer.  Works. She was the television host of Divine Design and Candice Tells All.
Melissa Ann Francis (born December 12, 1972) is an American television news personality. Works. Francis has been as an anchor and commentator for the Fox Business Network and Fox News. She used to work as an actress.
Diana Lorena Taurasi (born June 11, 1982) is an American professional basketball player. She plays for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).  Taurasi grew up in Chino, California. Taurasi's father, Mario, was raised in Argentina. He was a professional soccer player in Italy and played for several years as a goalkeeper. Following a good high school career, Taurasi enrolled at the University of Connecticut and began playing for the women's basketball team during the 2000–2001 season. Playing as point guard and shooting guard, she led the team to three consecutive NCAA championships. Leading up to the final championship, her coach, Geno Auriemma, would declare his likelihood of winning with the claim, "We have Diana, and you don't."
Pal's Sudden Service, or Pal's for short, is a regional fast food restaurant chain.  Location. They are located in northeast Tennessee and southwestern Virginia. Their stores are concentrated in the Tri-Cities, Tennessee metro region. In 2020, the company had 30 locations. History. The first Pal's opened in 1956 in Kingsport, Tennessee. Pal's CEO is Thom Crosby.
The decade of the 1970s saw big changes in television programming in the United States. The "family sitcoms" and rural programs stopped and more socially modern programs and "young, hip and urban" sitcoms started. Overall trends. "The Red Skelton Show" and "The Ed Sullivan Show" were canceled after being broadcast for many decades. The "family sitcoms" of the 1950s and 1960s were replaced with newer ones like "The Brady Bunch". The series has been broadcast in syndication since 1974. Many children grew up with it. They think of the Bradys as the normal family in 1970s television. "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Bewitched" began to lose American interest. "I Dream of Jeannie" ended its run in 1970, followed by "Bewitched" in 1972.  Rural-oriented programming and "socially conscious" programming. In 1971, CBS was being called the "Hillbilly Network" because the most of its hit shows were rural-oriented. It ended the shows "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Hee Haw", "Green Acres", "Mayberry RFD" and every program "that had a tree in it" as described by actor Pat Buttram. They were replaced with programs that appealed to younger urban viewers. Programming was called "social consciousness". It was lead by television producer Norman Lear.  "All in the Family" ended television barriers. When the series was first broadcast in 1971, Americans heard the words "fag (short for "faggot")," "jigaboo," and "spic" on national television programming for the first time. "All in the Family" was a part of common dinner conversation in the country. Americans had not seen anything like it on television before. The program became the highest-rated program on U.S. television in the fall of 1971. It stayed in the top slot until 1976. "All in the Family" started a number of spin-offs, such as "Maude". It starred Bea Arthur.  Maude was Edith Bunker's cousin
Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show is an animated road comedy television movie that serves as the series finale of the animated series "Ed, Edd n Eddy". Production. It was produced by a.k.a. Cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on November 8, 2009. Series creator Danny Antonucci directed the film and co-wrote it with Jay Batistan. "Big Picture Show" centers on an adventure that the adolescent Eddy takes his friends Ed and Edd on to find his older brother after their most recent money-making scheme leaves their cul-de-sac in a state of devastation that harms its other participants. Antonucci and a.k.a. Cartoon spent two years working on the movie before it was finished in 2009. To focus more on this, he shortened the show's sixth season to two episode segments after getting approval from Cartoon Network to work on a movie. Its title characters are respectively voiced by Matt Hill, Sam Vincent and Tony Sampson while David Paul Grove, Kathleen Barr, Erin Fitzgerald, Peter Kelamis, Janyse Jaud and Keenan Christensen play their neighbors. Terry Klassen, the show's voice director, was cast as Eddy's Brother while Patric Caird composed its score. "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show" had high ratings for Cartoon Network, posting double and triple digit ratings delivery gains. It was also released on the iTunes Store. It has been praised as a strong conclusion for "Ed, Edd n Eddy". Cast. Below is a list of voice actors.
Timothy Joseph Hill (born May 21, 1958) is an American movie director, screenwriter, voice actor and producer. Career. Hill began his career in the 1990s as a television writer, director, storyboard artist and editor for "Rocko's Modern Life" (with Stephen Hillenburg), "Exit 57", "KaBlam!", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Ed, Edd n Eddy" (with Danny Antonucci) and "Kenny the Shark". He also created the KaBlam! skit Action League Now!! Hill directed the movies "Muppets from Space", "Max Keeble's Big Move", ', "Alvin and the Chipmunks", and "Hop (movie)". Hill was a screenwriter for "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie". He later directed another "SpongeBob" movie '. Personal life. Hill has been married to actress Veronica Alicino, whom he frequently casts in minor roles in his films, since June 24, 1997. He is the nephew of director George Roy Hill.
Poena cullei, or the penalty of the sack was an ancient Roman form of execution imposed on people convicted of patricide, or the murder of one's parents. It involved being sewn into a sack with vicious animals, most commonly a monkey, snake, and chicken, but others were sometimes used as well. The sack was then thrown into a body of water to sink. In the course of drowning, the animals would attack one another and the human in the bag. Poena cullei probably varied in frequency of usage. The earliest account of which dates to 100 BCE and by 300 CE it had largely fallen out of favour. The method of execution enjoyed a short resurgence in Germany during the medieval era.
Patricide is the crime of killing one's parents, especially the father. A case was reported in the Annals of Yorkshire in 1871 of a child in the village of who; after quarreling with his younger brother, whilst mowing the grass, took a swing at his father with his scythe. The father died immediately, and the lad turned himself in..A verdict of manslaughter was returned.
Scaphism or The Boats was a supposed method of execution where the condemned was sandwiched between two canoes or halves of a log, force fed milk and honey and be left in the middle of a stagnant body of water.  The victim was also covered in the milk and honey and generally stripped naked. The smell of this cocktail and the inevitable excrement attracted insects and other vermin to devour the body.  It is unclear whether scaphism was ever actually used, because there are not many reliable sources.
Epigenesis In geology, is the modification of minerals in rocks after formation.  A common example is marble. Laid down as chalk or other limestone, its nature is changed by being uplifted in a later mountain range. The heat and pressure turns the limestone into marble.
Silvanne Slot (born 2004) is a Dutch water polo player from Veenendaal. She plays with ZV de Zaan in Zaandam and the junior national team. Biography. Slot started with synchronized swimming but later started playing water polo at the age of eight years old at VZC because her brother also played water polo. With VZC she became 2015 national champion (under-11) and was named best player of the tournament. At VZC, having only one women’s senior team, she could train with the senior team. However she moved to Polar Bears Ede when she was thirteen years old because Polar Bears had multiple women’s team and having more development possibilities. With Polar Bears she became national champion with the under-15 team and later also with the under-17 team. In 2020 she became for the first time national champion with the senior team. As of 2021 she lives during the week at the water polo academy in Eindhoven. She trains at the Tongelreep swimming pool around eighteen hours per week. In the 2021-22 season she won with Polar Bears the national championships, the national cup and the Supercup. With the junior national team she competed at the Diapolo Cup in Budapest; at the 2019 European U15 Water Polo Championship in Kirishi (Russia) and 2021 European Junior Water Polo Championship in Sibenik (Croatia). Slot was nominated to become 2021 Veenendaal sport talent of the year. Next to water polo she attends (MBO) for teaching assistant.
Fenna Achterberg (born 12 October 2004) is a Dutch track and field athlete from Veenendaal. She competes primarily in the heptathlon. Biography. Achterberg started with athletics when she was seven years old. At the age of eleven she started competing including at the unofficial national championships. Over the years she improved at these championships. In those first years she mainly competed in hurdles and high jump. Later she focussed on the heptathlon. She competed in 2019 for the first time at the official national championships (under-18). At the time she was 15 years old and won the silver medal in the heptathlon. The next year she won the silver medal at these championships. During the 2020-21 season she had a foot injury. It took a long time to determine the cause. She has had her foot in a cast and has been on crutches for 16 weeks.  As of 2022 she still represents athletics club “Daventria”. She is trained by René Dannenburg in IJsselstein and she also trains at Ciko ‘66 in Arnhem to improve in javelin throw and improve further in the long jump, her best discipline. Achterberg became the 2017 and again the 2020-2021 Veenendaal sport talent of the year.
The Canelos tree frog ("Tepuihyla tuberculosa") is a frog. It lives in Ecuador and Peru Scientists have seen it between 132 and 1076 meters above sea level. This frog is green in color with dark lines on its back. The adult male frog is about 82.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 85.7 mm. The frog's name comes from the bumps (tubercules) on the skin of the frog's back.
James Lewis Venable is an American composer. He works in American film and television. He is known for his scores to the Cartoon Network animated television series "The Powerpuff Girls", "Samurai Jack", "My Life as a Teenage Robot" and "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends". The latter was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music in 2005, the same score won a 2005 Annie Award—Venable's third—for achievement in music for an animated series. Among Venable's feature film scores are "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", "Scary Movie 3", "4", and "5" and "EuroTrip". On August 3, 2004, Venable released an electronica album titled Holding Space with Screaming Fan Records.
Anees Bazmee is an Indian movie director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his works in Hindi cinema. Career. The first movie Bazmee directed was "Hulchul" in 1995. His first commercial success came in 1998 with the movie "Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha", one of the highest-grossing Bollywood movies of the year. He achieved further success as well as recognition by directing the top-grossing comedies including "No Entry" (2005), "Welcome" (2007), "Singh Is Kinng" (2008), "Ready" (2011) and "Welcome Back" (2015), Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022) and also received praise for directing the moderately successful romantic thriller "Deewangee" (2002).
Funbag Animation Studio Inc., also known as Funbag was a Canadian animation studio. It was headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. It was well known for working on animated television series such as "Undergrads", "Freaky Stories", "Toad Patrol", "Watership Down", "Anthony Ant", "King", "Mole Sisters", "The Eggs", "For Better or For Worse", "Faireez", "Madeline", "The Wiggles Show", &amp; "Little Bear". Services. Funbag provided additional production services on projects such as "The Simpsons", "The Ren &amp; Stimpy Show", "Beavis and Butt-head", "LazyTown", "LeapFrog", "The Oz Kids", "The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island", "Sniz &amp; Fondue", "Birdz", "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", "WildC.A.T.s", "The Lionhearts", "The Ripping Friends", "Ed, Edd n Eddy", "Urmel", "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters", "RoboRoach", "The New Woody Woodpecker Show", "The Oblongs", "Seven Little Monsters", &amp; "The Magic School Bus". Disestablishment. In April 29, 2007, the company closed due to a decline in business, and some of the employees at the studio founded New Bike Entertainment to secure Funbag's assets. Funbag also had an office in India.
Bagri is a dialect of Malwai Panjabi, spoken by the Panjabi &amp; Rajasthani people of India and Pakistan. It is spoken in Rajasthan and Panjab.
Tom Hooker or Thomas Barbey (born Thomas Beecher Hooker on November 18, 1957) is an American singer and photographer. He is one of the songwriters of most songs for popular artist Den Harrow.