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Christopher John Pincher (born 24 September 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician. He became the Minister of State for Housing in February 2020.  He was Minister of State for Europe and the Americas and Deputy Chief Government Whip and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamworth since 2010. Pincher was first elected as MP for Tamworth at the 2010 general election.  He was a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond from 2015 to 2016.  After two men accused Pincher of groping while he was drunk, he resigned as Deputy Chief Whip on 30 June 2022, and had the Conservative Party whip removed.&lt;ref name="bbc 03/07/2022"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; This caused a scandal over his appointment to the role, leading to a government crisis and the eventual resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Margaret Birch (June 13, 1921 — October 29, 2020) was a Canadian politician. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1985. She was a cabinet minister in the government of William Davis. She was the first female cabinet minister in Ontario. Birch was born in Leamington, Ontario. Birch died on October 29, 2020 at her home in Scarborough, Ontario at the age of 99.
David Wade Ross (born March 19, 1977) is an American professional baseball manager and former catcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for 15 years in MLB. Ross played college baseball for Auburn University and the University of Florida. He was born in Bainbridge, Georgia and was raised in Tallahassee, Florida. He started his major league career playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2002 and also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, and Chicago Cubs.  Ross had two World Series wins with the Boston Red Sox in 2013 and the Chicago Cubs in 2016. The Cubs named him their manager before the 2020 season.
Anthony La Russa Jr. (; born October 4, 1944) is an American professional baseball manager of the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is the former manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and Oakland Athletics, as well as a former player. As a player, La Russa made his major league debut in 1963 and spent parts of five major league seasons with the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs.  in December 2013, La Russa was elected a member of the Hall of Fame by the 16-member Veterans Committee.
Maurice Morning Wills (October 2, 1932 – September 19, 2022) was an American former professional baseball player and manager. He was born in Washington, D.C.. Wills played in Major League Baseball (MLB) primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1959 to 1966 and again from 1969 to 1972. He also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1967 and 1968, and the Montreal Expos the first part of 1969. From 1980 to 1981, he managed Seattle Mariners. Wills won the World Series three times in 1959, 1963 and 1965. He was an All-Star player from 1961 to 1963 and 1965 to 1966.
Amfilohije Radović (; ; 7 January 1938 – 30 October 2020) was a bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was first the Bishop of Banat between 1985 and 1990, and then the Metropolitan Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral from 1990, until his death. He was born in Bare Radovića, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. On 7 October 2020, Radović was tested positive for COVID-19. He died on 30 October 2020 from the infection at a hospital in Podgorica, Montenegro at the age of 82.
Stanisław Gazda (11 May 1938 – 28 October 2020) was a Polish cyclist. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome in the road race and finished in sixth place. He was on the podium of the Tour de Pologne in 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963 and 1972 and won the race in 1963. In 1962, he finished third in the Peace Race. He was born in Pszczyna, Poland. Gazda died on 28 October 2020 in Rybnik, Poland at the age of 82.
Valeriy Georgievich Baych (25 August 1953 – 29 October 2020) was a Ukrainian politician, economist and businessman. He was born in Brody, Ukraine. From 1994 to 2002, he was a member of the Verkhovna Rada. Babych died of COVID-19 on 29 October 2020 at a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine at the age of 67.
Deutsche Borse AG or the Deutsche Borse Group, is a marketplace organizer for the trading of shares and other securities. It is also a transaction services provider. It gives companies and investors access to global capital markets. It is a joint stock company and was founded in 1993. The headquarters are in Frankfurt. As of December 2010, the over 765 companies listed had a combined market capitalization of EUR 1.4 trillion. On 1 October 2014, Deutsche Borse AG became the 14th announced member of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative. Clearstream. Clearstream is a post-trade services provider owned by Deutsche Borse AG. It provides settlement and custody as well as other related services for securities across all asset classes. It is one of two European International central securities depositories (Euroclear being the other). Clearstream operates securities settlement systems based in both Luxembourg and Germany, which allow for the holding and transfer of securities. Clearstream operates its International Central Securities Depository (ICSD) from Luxembourg. It is also a joint partner in the Luxembourgish Central Securities Depository (CSD), LuxCSD, together with the Central Bank of Luxembourg. In Germany, Clearstream operates the German CSD, Clearstream Banking AG. Clearstream has links to over 50 domestic markets worldwide, and also issues and safekeeps Eurobonds. In 2014, the value of assets under custody on behalf of customers averaged 12.2 trillion euros; furthermore, Clearstream processed 43.65 million ICSD and 82.68 million CSD settlement transactions. Clearstream has around 2,500 customers in 110 countries. Clearstream accepts central banks and AML-regulated credit institutions (such as regulated banks) as customers. Clearstream does not accept natural persons as customers and no account is opened in the name of a natural person. Clearstream has therefore been described as a "bank for banks" ("Plumbers and Visionaries, a history of settlement and custody in Europe", Peter Norman). Eurex. Eurex Exchange is an international exchange which primarily offers trading in European based derivatives and it is the largest European futures and options market
Options Clearing Corporation (also called "OCC") is a United States clearing house based in Chicago. Clearing houses are used to help traders, and they make sure each trade is correctly made, or "cleared". The OCC does this "clearing" with stocks, stock options, and many things that are very much like options (called equity derivatives). "Clearing" for stocks is very much like clearing a bank check. The OCC provides this service to at least 14 exchanges, where stocks, options, and contracts to buy or sell copper, gold, grain, oil, and other needed supplies. They also provide services for people and companies that need to borrow stocks. When someone borrows a stock, they have to pay OCC some money every day. This is the same as people who pay a bank for a loan of money. Like all clearing houses, the OCC makes sure that nobody cheats, and they check everything to be sure that it is working. The OCC has about $100 billion US dollars of money deposited by big banks and trading companies (or "members"). Each day, the big banks and trading companies use the OCC to trade billions of dollars worth of stocks and other equity derivatives. In 2015, they had 4.2 billion trades. That was the third highest in their history. In 2011, OCC was the largest clearing house in the USA. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are the two parts of government that watch over OCC. Under the SEC, OCC helps with stocks and options, indexes for stocks, foreign currencies, and futures contracts. The OCC is called a "registered Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO)" by the CFTC. The have helped pay for schools to teach investors about trading, and they help finance advisors and companies learn answers to very difficult problems. They also teach about risk. Leadership. OCC is run by a board of directors, and the board is mostly people who work at big banks and trading companies. They are a utility, like a power company is a utility, but for financial things. They are called a financial utility provider. They make money from the big banks and trading companies they work with. Members. Members include:
Kiilu Nyasha (May 22, 1939 – April 10, 2018) was an American Black Panther, journalist, and revolutionary activist. She was born in 1939, and grew up in New York City and San Francisco.  Career. In San Francisco, she joined the Black Panther Party and worked for a lawyer who defended the Party. She lived in San Francisco's Chinatown for over 40 years. In her life, she met and worked with other activists like Yuri Kochiyama and Jean-Bertrand Aristide. After the Black Panther Party ended, Kiilu Nyasha became known as a journalist. She hosted a radio show where she did interviews and wrote articles for San Francisco newspapers. After Hurricane Katrina, she gave a speech at the University of Arizona about the U.S. government's racism. She often spoke out to say other revolutionaries who were in prison should be released; one of the prisoners she supported the most was Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is also a journalist. Kiilu Nyasha kept doing journalism and activism right up to the time she died.
The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup. The tournament was won by Real Madrid. They beat Reims 4–3 in the final at the Parc des Princes, Paris, on June 13, 1956. The participating clubs in the first five seasons of the European Cup were selected by French football magazine "L'Equipe". Of the originally selected teams were English champions Chelsea and Scottish champion Aberdeen. This was the only UEFA tournament to include a team from Saarland, before it was unified into West Germany in 1957. Semi-finals. Second leg. "Reims won 3–0 on aggregate." "Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate."
The People's Action Party (PAP) is a large centre-right political party in Singapore. It is one of two main parties in the Parliament of Singapore, with the other being the Workers' Party. It was started in 1954 and supported Singapore being independent from Malaysia. It has been in charge of Singapore since the 1959 general election. Leadership. The current chairman of the PAP is Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat. The current secretary general is the current Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong. Central Executive Committee. As of 30 July 2023, the Central Executive Committee comprises the following members:
Consumer goods, which are also called final goods, are goods that are put on the market for the fulfillment of wants or needs. Examples for consumer goods might be food or a home appliance. Consumer goods are often subdivided into convenience goods (for example soap, or shampoo), and shopping goods (which usually are more expensive, and often last longer).  Consumer goods fulfill the wants of people
Van Helsing is a 2004 hack and slash video game based on the Stephen Sommers movie of the same name. It had Hugh Jackman returning as the voice of Van Helsing. It was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Plot. Van Helsing had followed Mr. Hyde to Paris, where he has captured several women.
Peter Parker, also known as Spider-Man, is the main hero of the 2002-2007 Sam Raimi "Spider-Man" trilogy and based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. He was played by Tobey Maguire in all three movies and tie-in video games. Two later, un-related versions of Spider-Man came after this one in two separate movie series, namely one version in Marc Webb's films, and another one in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fictional character biography. Peter Parker was raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben. He is very smart and a good student, but is picked on by his classmates. After a spider bites him during a field trip, Peter gains spider-like superhero abilities. He uses his powers selfishly at first, but after Uncle Ben is killed, Peter realizes that "with great power comes great responsibility" and starts using his powers to protect the people of New York City, becoming Spider-Man. Throughout the movie series, Spider-Man fights villains such as the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Sandman, and Venom while also maintaining friendships with Harry Osborn and his long-time crush Mary-Jane Watson, who later falls in love with him. He also learns lessons on responsibility, sacrifice, and forgiveness. He is brought to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) where he helps Peter One and Peter Three fight the Green Goblin and the Sandman, as well as other villains from their respective universes. Reception. Tobey Maguire's portrayal has been well-liked, even by his successors Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland. His portrayal in Spider-Man 3, particularly where he has the black suit on has had mixed reviews.
Norman Vigil Osborn, also known as the Green Goblin, is the main villain of the 2002-2007 Sam Raimi "Spider-Man" movies and based on the Marvel Comics character Norman Osborn / Green Goblin. He was played by Willem Dafoe in all three movies and the first tie-in video game. Dafoe reprised his role in the 2021 movie "". Background. The designers wanted a more comic-accurate design for his suit, but many considered the mask too creepy, so they went with the helmet seen in the movie. Fictional character biography. Norman Osborn is the CEO of OSCORP and father of Harry Osborn, the best friend of Peter Parker. After being pressured by the American government to complete a project for them, Norman tests the project – a drug that is supposed to turn people into super-powered soldiers – on himself, turning himself into the crazy, evil Green Goblin and developing a split personality. After Peter becomes Spider-Man, he battles the Goblin several times.  Norman eventually finds out Peter's secret identity, then attacks Peter's Aunt May and crush Mary-Jane Watson to try to bait him. Peter, as Spider-Man, manages to defeat the Goblin before Norman reveals himself. Despite finding out his best friend's dad is the Goblin, Peter refuses to work with Norman, who then tries to kill Peter but ends up killing himself instead. Harry then thinks Spider-Man killed his father, not knowing about the bad things Norman did as the Green Goblin until later in the movie series. Reception. Willem Dafoe's portrayal has been well-liked and considered one of the best movie supervillains of all time despite his design.
Clank is one of the two main characters of the "Ratchet &amp; Clank" franchise. He is a robot who looks after his Lombax friend. Biography. Clank was created by Orvus, the leader of the Zoni at Quartu and was built as a tiny robot named XJ0461. He escaped and landed on Veldin, where he met Ratchet. Portrayals. David Kaye has voiced Clank since his first appearance.
The 1956–57 European Cup was the second season of the European Cup. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Fiorentina 2–0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, on May 30, 1957. First round. 1 Second leg played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels Semi-finals. Second leg. "Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate" "Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate" Top scorers. The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:
Gaet'ale pond is a small hypersaline lake found near the Dallol crater in the Danakil Depression (Afar, Ethiopia). It is found over a hot spring. It has no inlet or outlet streams. The water of Gaet'ale Pond has a salinity of 43%, making it the saltiest body of water on Earth. Location and origin. Gaet'ale pond is the largest of a series of small ponds found approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southeast of Dallol springs. It is shaped like a crescent. It has a diameter of about 60 metres (200 ft). Composition. The salts in the water of Gaet'ale Pond are mainly made up of calcium chloride (CaCl2) and magnesium chloride (MgCl2). It also contains small amounts of Na+, K+ and NO2− ions. It also contains traces of Fe3+ that form a complex with Cl−, making the water yellow. Bubbles of odourless gas are released from the lake. It is likely volcanically produced CO2. It has been proposed that the gas may be harmful for small animals or humans because dead birds and insect have been found around the pond.
Shō Tai (尚泰, Okinawan: "Shoo tee") was the last ruler of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He was born on August 3, 1843 in the town of Shuri (the capital at the time). He was the son of Shō Iku, the previous king. In 1879, Shō Tai lost his role as king due to Japan annexing Ryūkyū. He was moved to Tokyo where he became a government member. He died there on August 19, 1901 at the age of 59.
"I've Just Seen a Face" is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It was first released on the Parlophone version 1965 album "Help!". In North America, it was released on the Capitol Records version of the 1965 album "Rubber Soul". It was written by Paul McCartney, but listed as Lennon-McCartney. Personnel per Ian MacDonald
Gunnar Fischer (November 18, 1910 – June 11, 2011) was a Swedish cinematographer and writer. He is known for having filmed several movies directed by Ingmar Bergman. He was married to the sister of Åke Söderblom.
"It's Only Love" is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It was first released on their 1965 Parlophone album "Help!". It was released in North America on the Capitol version of their 1965 album "Rubber Soul". It was mainly written by John Lennon, but listed as Lennon–McCartney. Lennon did not like the song. He called it "lousy" and said it had bad lyrics. Critics also mostly did not like it. Personnel. According to Ian MacDonald, except where noted:
"Day Tripper" is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It was released as a double A-side single with "We Can Work it Out" on 3 December 1965. This was at the same time as the band's album "Rubber Soul". It was written mainly by John Lennon, but was listed as Lennon–McCartney. It was part of the first double A-side in the United Kingdom. "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work it Out" was the 7th highest selling single of the 1960s in the United Kingdom. The main part of the song is a guitar riff that Lennon wrote.&lt;ref name="Pollack/Notes"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; He got the idea for this riff from Bobby Parker's song "Watch Your Step".
Boops boops, the bogue, is a species of ray-finned fish. Its common name in most languages refers to its large bug eyes. Description. Little is known about "Boops boops", but it resembles a mackerel.  Distribution. The species is found off the coasts of Europe, Africa, the Azores and the Canary Islands, from Norway to Angola, and in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. It avoids brackish waters such as the Baltic Sea.
In cricket, the creases are lines on the field that separate different areas of the field from each other. There are two popping creases (which are the main creases), return creases, and two bowling creases. Popping creases. The two popping creases extend across the field, and are 58 feet (about 20 meters) away from each other in the center of the field. They are the edges of the area between the two batsmen's grounds.  Return creases. The return creases define which parts of the field the bowler may bowl legal deliveries from; a no-ball is called when the bowler's back foot touches or goes over a return crease before he has released the ball.
Erland Peter Brand (5 October 1922 – 17 October 2020) was a Swedish painter, draftsman and printmaker. Brand was born in Arvika. He worked at the Valand Art School for three years.  Many of his works were seen in Stockholm in 1958, Prince Eugene's Waldemarsudde 1985/86, Gothenburg Art Museum 1995 Rackstadmuseet, Arvika 1999 at Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2000.  His career began in 1948. He was married to Inga Brorson from 1954 until his death. Brand died on 17 October 2020 in Gothenburg at the age of 98.
Inga Lilian Marianne Brand (born 7 January 1929) is a Swedish textile artist and painter. She was born in Gothenburg. From 1965 to 1973, Brorson worked at School of Design and Crafts. Many of her works were seen at Nationalmuseum and at Gothenburg Museum of Art. Brorson was married to artist Erland Brand from 1954 until his death in 2020.
David Scondras (January 5, 1946 – October 21, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the Boston City Council of District 8 seat from 1984 through 1993. He was one of a few members of the Democratic Socialists of America to be elected to public office. He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. Scondras died on October 21, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 74.
Godefridus Adrianus Quirinus "Frits" Niessen (16 September 1936 – 23 October 2020) was a Dutch teacher and politician. He was in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party between 1977 and 1978 and once more from 1980 to 1994. Niesden was born in Raamsdonk and died in Raamsdonksveer (both in the municipality of Geertruidenberg) at the age of 84.
Angelika Amon, PhD (January 10, 1967 – October 29, 2020) was an Austrian-American molecular and cell biologist. She was the Kathleen and Curtis Marble Professor in Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Amon's research focused on how chromosomes are regulated and repeated in the cell cycle. Amon was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017. Amon died of ovarian cancer on October 29, 2020 in Cambridge at the age of 53.
Valentin Ivanovich Pokrovsky (; 1 April 1929 – 29 October 2020) was a Russian medical scientist, epidemiologist and infectionist. He was President of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences from 1987 to 2006. He was an Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 2013 until his death.  He also was Director of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology under the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation and Professor at the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Doctor of Medical Sciences (Dsc). Pokrovsky died on 29 October 2020 at the age of 91.
Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov (; 11 January 1964 – 29 October 2020) was a Russian conductor. He was music director of the Bolshoi Theatre from 2001 to 2009. He was the Odense Symphony Orchestra from 2009 to 2018, then of the Royal Danish Opera and from 2019 also of the Mikhailovsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. He was born in Moscow. Vedernikov died in Moscow on 29 October 2020 from COVID-19, aged 56.
"New Love" is the debut single by English singer Dua Lipa. It was included on the deluxe edition of her 2017 self-titled debut studio album. It was written by Lipa and its producers Emile Haynie and Andrew Wyatt. The song is about the singer's struggle to find her place in the music industry. The song is a soul-tinged, synth-pop ballad with R&amp;B inflections. The song has a stomping, tribal drum beat throughout.
Jan Myrdal (19 July 1927 – 30 October 2020) was a Swedish author. He was born in Stockholm. Career. His best known works were "Report from a Chinese Village" (1963), "Confessions of a Disloyal European" (1968), "Angkor: An Essay on Art and Imperialism" (1970), "Albania Defiant" (1970), "Carpets from China, Xinjiang &amp; Tibet" (1979), "India Waits" (1980), "Return to a Chinese Village" (1984), "Childhood" (1991), "Twelve Going on Thirteen" (2010) and "Red Star Over India: As the Wretched of the Earth are Rising" (2014). Many of his works were about 19th Century French caricature, Afghanistan, Balzac, wartime propaganda posters, the Indian Naxalites, wine, Meccano, sex, death, and Strindberg. Politics. Myrdal was a Marxist and supported Leninism and Maoism and other forms of third worldist and anti-Soviet Communism, including Hoxhaism (see "Albania Defiant"). He supported anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist causes. Death. Myrdal died on 30 October 2020 in Varberg, Sweden from sepsis-related problems at the age of 93.