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Ferdinand Gregorius Fransen (Enschede, 23 February 1928 – Borne, 11 July 2021) was a Dutch entrepreneur. He was director of the Dutch travel company Arke (later part of the German TUI AG). Fransen was also chairman of the football club FC Twente. Career. Fransen came from a working-class family. His father was a house painter who died in 1938. Fransen played with the second division team VOSTA. He was captain of the first team. He later focused on athletics and became a champion javelin thrower.  In 1944, Fransen came to work at Travel Agency, Twenthe. In the 1950s, he started the "Reis- en Passagebureau Arke together with Arke and" Hennie Agterhuis. Arke retired in 1967 and Agterhuis died in 1973. Fransen became the sole director of the company. He developed the company from a bus travel company to a full tour operator. In 1989, he sold forty percent of his shares to the German Touristik Union International (TUI). In 1995, he sold them the rest of his shares. He owned many hotels in the Netherlands and Spain. These included "Landgoed de Wilmersberg" in De Lutte. In addition to his business career, Fransen was chairman of the football club FC Twente from 1977 to 1984.
Sylvie Maurial-Jamin (born 19 September 1949) is a French water skier. She was named to the International Water Ski Hall of Fame. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where waterskiing was a demonstration sport, in the three events. She won the Jumping event, finished third in the Tricks event and finished 4th in the Slalom event. At the 1973 Water Ski World Championships, she became world champion. She was 5 times European champion between 1971 and 1973. Maurial became Officer of the National Order of Merit on 10 May 1995. She is married to water skier Jean-Michel Jamin, who also competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Her daughter is .
In Ancient Roman history, the period between 96 and 180 is known as the age of the Five Good Emperors. The rulers commonly known were Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.  Term. The term was first used by Niccolò Machiavelli in his book "The Discourses on Livy" from 1531:
Chou Yu-Ping (born 22 February 1972) is a Taiwanese judoka. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where judo for women was a demonstration sport, in the extra-lightweight event.  At the 1987 World Judo Championships, she won the bronze medal in the -48 kg category. At the 1991 Asian Judo Championships she won the bronze medal in the -52 kg category.
Roswitha Hartl (born 15 September 1962) is an Austrian judoka. She won a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where judo for women was a demonstration sport, in the middleweight event. At the 1987 World Judo Championships she won a bronze medal in the -66 kg category.  At the European Judo Championships she won silver medal in 1984, 1985 and 1986 and won a bronze medal in 1988.
The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of Cameroon. The Senate was created in 1996. The Senate has 100 seats, of which 70 are elected and 30 appointed by the President, with each region having 10 Senators. The elected seats are elected by the 10,636 members of the 360 municipal councils. Elections to the Senate were held for the first time on 14 April 2013. The President of the Senate would replace the President of Cameroon in case of a vacancy.
Monica Angelucci (born 15 October 1968) is a Brazilian judoka who competed in the -48 kg category. She won a bronze medal at the 1986 Pan American Judo Championships. At the 1987 Pan American Games she became Pan American champion, and she won a bronze medal at the 1991 Pan American Games.  She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where judo was for women a demonstration sport, in the extra-lightweight event.
Samia Hachemi (سامية•هاشمي; born 19 June 1966) is an Algerian judoka. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where judo was for women a demonstration sport, in the weight event. She competed at the 1986 African Judo Championships where she won the bronze medal in the -66 kg category.
The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation for the Nordic countries. It was formed in 1952. It has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomous areas of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland.  The representatives are members of parliament in their respective countries or areas and are elected by those parliaments. The council's official languages are Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish.
Joseph Benjamin Pignatano (August 4, 1929 – May 23, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers (1957–60), Kansas City Athletics (1961), San Francisco Giants (1962) and New York Mets (1962). He won the World Series twice in 1959 and 1969. Pignatano was born in New York City.  Pignatano died on May 23, 2022 in Naples, Florida from problems caused by dementia, at the age of 92.
Maja Lidia Kossakowska-Grzędowicz (27 February 1972 – 23 May 2022) was a Polish fantasy writer, archeologist and journalist. She was first published in 1997. She was nominated eight times for the Janusz A. Zajdel Award for her short stories and novels. Many of her books had themes of angels. Kossakowska was born in Warsaw, Poland. Kossakowska was killed in a house fire on 23 May 2022 in Stare Załubice, Poland at the age of 50.
Anita Gradin (12 August 1933 – 23 May 2022) was a Swedish politician. She was born in Hörnefors, Sweden. She was a member of the Riksdag from 1969 until 1992. She later was a member of the European Commission from 1995 until 1999. Gradin was president of Socialists International Women and worked against the human trafficking of women. Gradin died on 23 May 2022, aged 89.
Duberildo Jaque Araneda (7 April 1921 – 22 May 2022) was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Radical Party and later the Chilean Social Democracy Party. He was in the Chamber of Deputies from 1961 to 1973. Jaque was born in Carahue, Chile. Jaque died on 22 May 2022 at the age of 101.
Fon Angwafo III of Mankon (1 May 1925 – 21 May 2022) was a Cameroonian traditional ruler and politician. Fon Angwafo III was a member of the Parliament of Cameroon from 1962 to 1988. He also was the first vice chair of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement.  He died on 21 May 2022, at the age of 97.
Thomas Arnold Walker (15 April 1952 – 12 May 2022), also known by the nickname of "Boxer", was an English professional rugby league footballer. He played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Cumbria, and at club level for Kells A.R.L.F.C., and Cumbrian rivals; Workington Town and Whitehaven. He was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England. Walker died on 12 May 2022 from cancer in Cumbria, aged 70.
Jeong Rae-hyuk (; 17 January 1926 – 17 May 2022) was a South Korean military officer and politician. He was Minister of Commerce and Industry from 1961 to 1962 and Minister of National Defense from 1970 to 1971. He was also a member of the National Assembly from 1973 to 1985. Jeong was born in Gokseong County, Chōsen. Jeong died in Seoul, South Korea on 17 May 2022 at the age of 96.
is a Japanese singer and model. She is the main dancer of the Japanese idol girl group Angerme.
is a Japanese singer. She is a 9th generation member of the Japanese idol girl group Angerme.
is a Japanese idol, singer, actress and model. She started her career as an idol at the age of 8 under Hello! Project as one of the lead vocalists of the J-pop group °C-ute.
This list has all members of the Samoa cricket team who have played at least one T20I match.  Samoa played their first matches with T20I status during the 2019 Pacific Games. "Statistics are correct as of 13 July 2019."
This is a list of Cayman Islands Twenty20 International cricketers. "Statistics are correct as of 17 April 2022."
This is a list of Sri Lankan Test cricketers. A Test match is an international cricket match between two representative teams that are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Both teams have two innings, and the match lasts up to five days. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first Test cap. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname. List of Test cricketers. Statistics are correct as of 15 May 2022. Note:
Peninsula (; marketed in the US, UK and India as: Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula), is a 2020 South Korean zombie heist movie directed by Yeon Sang-ho, is an independent sequel to the 2016 movie "Train to Busan". The Movie was in the selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, although due to the COVID-19 pandemic it could not be released, it would premiere until October 21, 2020 at the Busan Film Festival, It premiered in South Korea, on July 21, 2020 and worldwide would raise $42.5 millions.
The TV show Lockup is a program on the channel MSNBC that shows life for inmates of county jails and State prisons across the United States of America. The most common facilities shown include the L.A County jail, California's "Corcoran state prison", Sedgwick County detention center Kansas, Charleston County jail South Carolina,  Different spinoffs of Lockup are "Lockup: Raw" - A version with commentary from the production crew. "Lockup: Extended Stay" - Where the crew continues filming at one jail or prison on a long term visit. "Lockup: Special Investigation" - Profiling specific aspects of the justice system, like juvenile justice. "Lockup: World Tour" -Visiting prisons abroad and looking into foreign justice systems.
Penn &amp; Teller, Penn Jillette and Teller, are American magicians, entertainers, and scientific skeptics who have performed together since the late 1970s. They are noted for their ongoing act that combines elements of comedy with magic. The duo has been featured in numerous stage and television shows such as ' and currently perform in Las Vegas at The Rio, the longest running headliners to play at the same hotel in Las Vegas history. Penn Jillette serves as the act's orator and raconteur. Teller generally does not speak while performing, and instead communicates through mime and nonverbals, though his voice can occasionally be heard during their live shows and television appearances. Besides magic, the pair has become associated with the advocacy of scientific skepticism and libertarianism, particularly through their television show '.
Alessandro Pavolini (27 September 1903 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian fascist, politician, journalist, and essayist. He was part of the Fascist Italian regime during World War II. Biography. Early life. Pavolini was born in Florence. He earned a law degree at the University of Florence and a political science degree at "La Sapienza" in Rome. Career. In the 1920s, he joined Benito Mussolini's movement in Florence. He was active in the Blackshirts and led a squad during the 1922 March on Rome.
The stellar birthline is a line in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram that relates the effective temperature and luminosity of pre-main-sequence stars on the start of their contraction. To this point, the objects are protostars, and are so deeply in the cloud of dust and gas from which they are forming that they radiate only in far infrared and millimeter wavelengths.  When stellar winds disperse this cloud, the star becomes visible as pre-main-sequence object. The set of locations on the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram where these newly visible stars form is called the birthline and is found above the main sequence. Location. Location of the stellar birthline depends on detail in the accretion rate onto the star and geometry of this accretion, i.e. whether or not it is happening through an accretion disk. This means that the birthline is not an infinitely thin curve, but has a finite thickness on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
ViendoMovies is an American Spanish-language pay television channel. It is distributed in High Definition and present in cable television, Telcos and satellite television companies. The channel is owned by SomosTV, company headed by Luis Villanueva (President &amp; CEO of SOMOS Group). ViendoMovies runs 24-hours a day featuring movies originally produced in Spanish in a commercial free format (without television advertisement). ViendoMovies' programming reaches subscribers in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Nuestra Visión (translation: "Our Vision") is an American Spanish language free-to-air television network. It is owned by Publicidad y Contenido Editorial S.A. de C.V. a subsidiary of América Móvil. The network was launched on November 21, 2017. It is available in select markets across the United States. The network features Mexican movies from the golden era of Mexican movies to recent productions. Programming also includes live sporting events as well as special events, such as concerts, interviews with top-tier celebrities, series and music clips. It also airs daily newscasts and sportscasts produced live through companies owned by América Móvil, UNO TV and Claro Sports. Affiliates. Nuestra Visión is available over the air. At launch on November 21, 2017, it had just five affiliate stations, it now has eleven. As of September 2019, it is available in 4.2 million homes across the United States.
The Serbian Progressive Party (, SNS) is a big tent (centrist) party in Serbia, and the country's ruling party since 2012. Its current president is Miloš Vučićević, however it's most famous member and de jure ruler is the current president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić. It split from the Serbian Radical Party in 2008, and it was a member of the opposition against the ruling Democratic Party until 2012, when they won the 2012 presidential election due to their anti-corruption campaign. Vučić became the prime minister in 2014, and formed a coalition government with the Socialist Party of Serbia. He then won the 2017 presidential election, while Ana Brnabić succeeded him as prime minister. Vučić was reelected in 2022. Ideology (Beliefs). The Serbian Progressive Party is often described as populist, since they often say they're the party of the people, their ideology is also largely influenced by what is currently popular with the voters, which is why they are also described as a "big tent" party. Economically, they are pro-capitalist, and socially, they have both left (some support for the LGBTQ+ movement) and right (ties to the Serbian Orthodox Church) wing aspects. Media and freedom. SNS is often criticized for reducing the Freedom of the Press, as well as civil liberties (various freedoms that citizens have) and for centralizing the government, which can especially be seen in the province of Vojvodina.
David Lutz Norquist (born November 24, 1966) is an American financial management professional and government official. He has served as the United States deputy secretary of defense from 2019 to 2021. He served for two days as the acting United States secretary of defense in January 2021.
Teleritmo (alternately known as TLR) is a network of Spanish language television stations in northeastern Mexico and the southwestern United States. The system is part of Grupo Multimedios.  Locations. The flagship station of Teleritmo is XHSAW-TDT located in Monterrey, Nuevo León. Programming features Mexican regional music and music appeal variety programming. The company also has network affiliates in many cities, some of which produce local content. The networks spans Northeast and North-Central Mexico, along with the Southwestern United States through over-the-air availability, but is also available nationally in both countries via cable, satellite and IPTV services.
The Ahirwal region was a post-Mughal principality ruled by the Abhiras in past. It was so called by Mughals and post independence by Jawaharlal Nehru after seeing bravery of Ahir soldiers in 1962, Rezangla followed by Chaudhary Charan Singh, Rajiv Gandhi and Narendra Modi in a rally in Rewari, Haryana.  Ahirwal (meaning land of Ahirs) is a region spanning parts of Southern Haryana , North-Eastern Rajasthan, and South-Western Delhi. Demands by local population of Ahirwal Bhiwadi cargo airport to be named after Rao tula ram or Pran sukh yadav Rao Mitrasen Ahir 121 feet statue in kot-Behror district. Rao Tez Singh Statue of 121 feet in Tapukara, Tijara. Pran Sukh Yadav satue in Behror.  Kotkasim Airport to be named after Pran Sukh Yadav (military commander of Ahirwal forces in 1857 revolt)..or Rao Tez Singh. Rao Tez Singh(1766-1823) ruler of kotkasim, Tapukara, Bawal, taoru, Nuh, Hadol, Palwal, Sohna, Pataudi, Rewari or Nandram Ahir (contemporary of Aurangzeb) ruler of Neemrana, kotkasim, Tapukara(Tijara), Rewari etc. Ahirwal university in kot-behror district. History. The region was once a kingdom based from the town of Rewari (first capital at Tijara, Rajasthan) and controlled by members of the Ahir community. The name translates as "Land of the Ahirs". J. E. Schwartzberg has described it as a "folk region" and Lucia Michelutti as a "cultural-geographic region". It includes parts of the districts of Alwar, Jaipur district, Rajasthan, Mahendragarh, Rewari, Gurgaon, Jhajjar, Charkhi Dadri, Bhiwani and parts of Roht
A Smart city uses information and communication technology (ICT) to improve operational efficiency, share information with the public and provide a better quality of government service and citizen welfare. The main goal of a smart city is to optimise city functions and promote economic growth while also improving the quality of life for citizens by using smart technologies and data analysis. The value lies in how this technology is used rather than simply how much technology is available.
Angelina "Helen" de Luna Tan (born Angelina Beredo de Luna; 1 October 1971) is a Filipina physician and politician. She served as a three-time congresswoman of Quezon's 4th district from 2013-2022 when she was elected as Quezon's new governor, becoming the first woman to hold the office. Personal life. Helen is married to Ronnel Tan and have 2 children, including Keith Michael Tan, who is also a politician that was elected and will succeed her as a congressman in Quezon's fourth congressional district. Political career. Tan ran in Quezon's 4th congressional district from 2013-2016 under United Nationalist Alliance and won. She was re-elected in 2016-2019, then 2019-2022 under Nationalist People's Coalition. During this time, Tan became a chairwoman of the Philippine House Committee on Health. As she was term limited, Tan ran for the 2022 Quezon local elections where she won by a majority over her opponent Danilo Suarez, becoming the first woman to hold the office.
ACME Night was a weekly American programming block. It premiered on September 19, 2021 on Cartoon Network (September 19, 2021 - August 27, 2023) and on Adult Swim (September 3, 2023 - December 29, 2024) , airing on Sunday evenings. It aired animated and live-action movies and series.
Semillitas is an American Spanish-language pay television channel owned by the media company SomosTV, headed by Luis Villanueva (President &amp; CEO of SOMOS Group). The channel targets children 0–10 years of age with the objective of preserving Hispanic cultural roots and language through entertaining and violence free programming, specifically animation and is distributed in a format without traditional television advertisement. Semillitas, produced in High Definition, programs animation in Spanish 24-hours a day, with closed captioning and video description, utilizing Standard Spanish dialogue.
NickMusic is an American pay television network. It is a spin-off of Nickelodeon. It mainly broadcasts music video and music-related programming from younger pop artists. Some videos are edited to meet a general TV-PG rating, or replaced with a lyric video instead. History. The network was launched on May 1, 2002 as "MTV Hits". The network was named for a daily program on MTV also called "MTV Hits". It was MTV's main pop music video program. The network included current hit music videos, along with a few older videos from earlier in the year, as well as a few from the late 1990s. The network maintained a commercial-free format, other than internal promotions for MTV and MTV-branded properties. In 2005, the network began airing a feature called "My Hitlist Month". It was based on viewer selected playlists that were submitted to a new network website. My Hitlist Month, along with artist-selected playlists, were broadcast occasionally on the network until 2006. In 2016, MTV Hits was re-branded NickMusic.
The Art of Skiing is a Goofy cartoon made by Walt Disney Productions in 1941. It has historical significance as the first cartoon to use the now-famous Goofy holler, as well as the short that led to the "How to..." series, beginning with "How to Play Baseball" (1942) and continuing through "How to Hook Up Your Home Theater" (2007). Notes. Goofy goes to Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, to learn how to ski. The name of the resort can be seen in the opening frames of the cartoon. Sugar Bowl Ski Resort was used because Walt Disney had an interest in the Sugar Bowl ski area, to the extent that one of the peaks at Sugar Bowl is named Mt. Disney after him. The narrator and the opening titles mention an alternate (and "correct") pronunciation of skiing as "shee-ing", despite the narrator mostly pronouncing it vice versa throughout the short. Another Goofy cartoon featured Goofy himself mentioning this to an Ancient Greek. This was the first cartoon to use the signature Goofy holler; it is the only vocal uttered by Goofy in the short. Home media. The short was released on December 2, 2002, on "". Additional releases include:
Chef Donald is a 1941 American Donald Duck short film. It was directed by Jack King and produced by Walt Disney. Plot. Donald is listening to a radio cooking program and mixes up a batch of waffles. But he's distracted and uses rubber cement instead of baking powder. The batter proves to be unusually stiff. First, his spoon gets stuck and the batter acts like a rubber-band airplane, flying the bowl around the room.  Next, Donald falls with his head in the batter, he tries to get out but initially, he can't (with angry quacking and a lot of bubbles popping), and his tail in the waffle iron. Then he tries to chop it with an ax, and the ax flies up and splits the room in half.  Finally, he throws the bowl out the door; it sticks to the knob while the bowl gets stuck between two trees. The stretching causes a branch to knock on the door, tricking Donald into opening it and letting the batter back in. After several attempts, he has had enough and rushes to the radio studio where the cooking program is being broadcast, and takes his anger out on Old Mother Mallard. As he approaches the radio station, the radio starts shaking and wobbling showing that Donald is violently attacking Old Mother Mallard as an act of revenge. Home media. The short was released on May 18, 2004, on "".
La cetra (English: "The cetra"), Op. 9, is a set of 12 violin concertos. It was written by Antonio Vivaldi. It was written for Emperor Charles VI. The emperor gave him a medal and a lot of money for writing the concertos. There is another set of 12 concertos called "La cetra". This set contains different concertos. It does not have an opus number. Its first violin parts are lost. It was not published.
Nola is a town and a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy. Notable people. This is a list of some notable people who came from Nola. Twin towns. Nola is twinned with: