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Froma Harrop (born March 18, 1950) is an American writer and author. She is generally liberal, though is known for an unconventional and libertarian style. The Heartland Institute, a libertarian public policy think tank, has called Harrop their "favorite lefty". Harrop is best-known for her bi-weekly syndicated column. It appears in over 200 news outlets. They include the "Denver Post", "The Providence Journal", "Omaha World-Herald" and the "Detroit News". Harrop was born in New York City. She was raised in nearby Long Island.
A battle royale game is an online multiplayer video game genre that combines survival, exploration, and scavenging (collecting useful items) in a game where only one can remain, also known as a last-man-standing game. Battle royale games usually have a large number of players, ranging from tens to hundreds. They start with almost nothing and then try to defeat all other enemies/players while trying to stay inside of a play zone or "safe area" that gets smaller over time. The winner is the last player or team alive. The name for the genre is taken from the 2000 Japanese movie "Battle Royale". The genre's origins arose from mods for large-scale online survival games like "Minecraft" and "ARMA 2" in the early 2010s. By the end of the decade, the genre became a cultural phenomenon, with standalone games such as "", "Fortnite Battle Royale" and "Apex Legends" each having received tens of millions of players within months of their release. Concept. Battle royale games are played between a lot of single players, pairs of two players or a number of small teams (usually 3-5 players). The goal is to be the last player or team standing by defeating all other enemies. It starts by placing the player-characters into a large map, typically by having all players skydive from a large aircraft within a short time limit. The map may have the players randomly placed or allow players to have some control over where they start. They start with very little equipment, giving no player an obvious advantage at the start. Equipment, usually used for fighting, survival or transport, is randomly placed around the map, often at landmarks on the map, such as within buildings in ghost towns. Players need to search the map for these items while trying to avoid being killed by other players, who cannot be visually marked or revealed either on-screen or on the map, making the player use only their own eyes and ears to find their positions. Equipment from defeated players can usually be taken as well. These games often include some way to push enemies closer together as the game progresses, usually taking the form of a safe zone that slowly gets smaller, with players
It Takes Two is a 1995 American film starring Kirstie Alley, Steve Guttenberg, Jeremy London and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Its title is taken from the song of the same name, by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston, which is played in the closing credits. Plot. Two unrelated young girls who happen to look identical meet by chance. Amanda Lemmon is an orphan, and she is about to be adopted by the Butkises, a family known to "collect" kids. She actually wants her child-loving social worker, Diane Barrows, to adopt her instead. Diane would like to do so, but authorities will not let her because of her low salary and unmarried status. Alyssa Callaway is coming home from her school piano recital competition, only to find that her wealthy father, Roger, is about to marry Clarice Kensington, an overbearing self-centered gold-digger socialite who plans to send both Alyssa and Thomas off to boarding school in Tibet after marrying Roger. The identical strangers long for the other's life and decide to switch places, Alyssa and Amanda tell Thomas not to tell anyone about the two switching places and he agrees. While Amanda enjoys Alyssa's wealthy lifestyle and Alyssa gets to experience being a kid at summer camp, the two get to know the other's parental figure and discover that Roger and Diane would be perfect for each other. Desperate to set them up, the girls arrange many "chance" meetings between Diane and Roger, hoping that they fall in love. Upon having spied Roger and Diane laughing and swimming together in a lake one afternoon, Clarice manipulates Roger into moving the wedding up from the next month to the next day. Soon after, Alyssa, while posing as Amanda, ends up being adopted by the Butkises without Diane's knowledge, and is taken away by child services. Alyssa discovers the only reason the Butkises had adopted so many kids was to put them to work in their salvage yard. Roughly two hours before the wedding, Amanda, who poses as Alyssa, proves to the family butler, Vincenzo, that she is not Alyssa. He contacts Diane and summons to have the
Pascal Siakam (born 2 April 1994) is a professional basketball player from Cameroon. He plays forward for the Toronto Raptors. Siakam grew up in Douala, Cameroon. He did not start playing baskeball until he was sixteen. He started after attending an annual basketball camp that his friends went to and got noticed by some of the organizers. He then received an invitation to attend a Basketball Without Borders camp in South Africa. One thing lead to the other and he ended up in God’s Academy, a prep school in Lewiston, Texas. He could not speak English and went through a Culture Shock, trying to get used to American customs and fast food. It was also tough for him physically. As he grew taller and developed some basketball skills he started standing out because of his inner drive. He would not let an opportunity to go by, chasing difficult balls and impossible rebounds. He was always working harder at it than the others.
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador (4 July 1935 – 7 June 2019) was a Uruguayan-born Spanish director, actor and screenwriter. He directed movies, television and theatre productions. He directed the movies "The House That Screamed" (1969) and "Who Can Kill a Child?" (1976). He also created the horror series "Historias para no dormir" (1966–1982) and the game show "Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez" (1972–2004). Ibáñez Serrador was born in Montevideo. His Spanish father was director Narciso Ibáñez Menta, and his Argentine mother was actress Pepita Serrador. Ibáñez Serrador died from a urinary tract infection on 7 June 2019 in Madrid. He was 83.
Alexander Konstantinovich Kuznetsov (; December 2, 1959 – June 6, 2019) was a Russian American actor. He was born in Petrovka, Primorsky Krai. He had roles in both Russian and American productions. He is best known for his roles in television and movies such as "The Alaska Kid", "The Peacemaker", "Space Cowboys", "Agent Red", "Alias", "Beverly Hills, 90210", "NYPD Blue" and "24". Kuznetsov died on June 6, 2019 in Moscow, at the age of 59.
Nonnie Griffin (October 22, 1933 – June 7, 2019) was a Canadian actress and voice actress. She was born in Toronto, Ontario. Her stage work includes "Hello, Dolly!". She had live-action acting and voice acting roles in "Star Wars: Ewoks", ', "King of Kensington", ', "Forever Knight", "Bizarre" and "Strange Paradise". She also appeared in the movies "", "The Believers", "Good Fences" and "If You Could See What I Hear". Griffin died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm on June 7, 2019. She was 85.
Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, (July 2, 1821 – October 30, 1915) was a Canadian father of Confederation. He was the seventh Canadian Prime Minister As the premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation. He was also the shortest serving Prime Minister of Canada. His term was only 2 and a half months.
The Welsh language is written in a version of the Latin alphabet. It traditionally has of 28 letters, of which eight are digraphs treated as single letters for collation:  a, b, c, ch, d, dd, e, f, ff, g, ng, h, i, (j), l, ll, m, n, o, p, ph, r, rh, s, t, th, u, w, y The letter "j" is now often included in the alphabet, between "i" and "l", due to its use in several loanwords from English (especially the common surname "Jones" ). The letters "k", "v", "x" and "z" are used in some technical terms, like "kilogram" , "volt" , "xeroser" and "zero" , but in all cases can be, and often are, replaced by Welsh letters: "cilogram" , "folt" , "seroser" and "sero." The letter "k" was in common use until the 16th century, but was dropped at the time of the publication of the New Testament in Welsh, William Salesbury responding to critics: "C for K, because the printers have not so many as the Welsh requireth". This change was not popular at the time The most common diacritic is the circumflex, which is used in some cases to mark a long vowel.
Decimal degrees are the latitude and longitude geographic coordinates as decimal fractions. Positive latitudes are north of the equator and less than zero latitudes are south of equator. Positive longitudes are east of the prime meridian and less than zero longitudes are to the west of the prime meridian. Latitude and longitude are usually listed as "Latitude, Longitude", in that order. Precision. The radius of the semi-major axis (the distance from the center of Earth to the outside at the equator line) of Earth at the equator is 6,378,137.0 meters resulting in a circumference of 40,075,161.2 meters. The number of decimal places required for a particular precision at the equator is:
Justin Charles Edinburgh (18 December 1969 – 8 June 2019) was an English professional football player and manager. He played as a left back. Life and career. Edinburgh was born in Basildon. He started his playing career at Southend United in 1988. He was loaned to Tottenham Hotspur in 1990 and signed a contract with the club that same year. During his time at Totteham between 1990 and 2000, Edinburgh made 258 appearances for the club and scored once. He also won two trophies with Spurs, the 1990–91 FA Cup and the 1998–99 Football League Cup. He signed for Portsmouth in 2000. He left the club in 2003 to become player-manager of Billericay Town. After retiring from playing, Edinburgh moved into full-time management, starting in 2006. He managed many lower-league and non-league clubs, including Rushden &amp; Diamonds, Newport County, Gillingham and Northampton Town. He was the manager of Leyton Orient at the time of his death in June 2019. Edinburgh was married and had two children. He died of a cardiac arrest on 8 June 2019, at the age of 49. Honours. As a player. Tottenham Hotspur As a manager. Newport County Leyton Orient
Ryszard Bugajski (27 April 1943 – 7 June 2019) was a Polish movie director and screenwriter. He was born in Warsaw. He directed 23 movie and television shows, starting in 1972. He directed and co-wrote the anti-communist movie "Interrogation" (1982). It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival after being censored by the Polish communist authorities for years. Bugajski also directed the Canadian drama movie "Clearcut" (1991) and the Polish historical movie "Generał Nil" (1996). Bugajski died in Warsaw after a long illness on 7 June 2019. He was 76.
Andre Coelho Matos (14 September 1971 – 8 June 2019) was a Brazilian vocalist, pianist and composer. He was born in São Paulo and began his career in 1985. He was a member of many heavy metal bands, notably for Viper, Angra, Shaaman and Symfonia. In 2012, he was ranked #77 on the list of 100 Greatest Voices of Brazilian Music by "Rolling Stone" Brasil. Matos died on 8 June 2019 of a heart attack, at the age of 47.
Frankincense is an aromatic resin used in incense and perfumes. It is obtained from trees of the genus "Boswellia" in the family Burseraceae.  Frankincense is tapped from the scraggly but hardy trees by striping (slashing the bark). The resin then bleeds out and hardens. The hardened streaks of resin are called tears. One of the gifts brought by the Three Wise Men, along with myrrh, which is pretty much the same kind of thing.
Clarence Alexander Avant (February 25, 1931 – August 13, 2023) was an American music executive, entrepreneur, and movie producer. He was sometimes known as the "Godfather of Black Music". He was born in Climax, North Carolina. He founded Sussex Records on December 18, 1969. In October 2016, Avant received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Avant died at his home in Los Angeles, California on August 13, 2023 at the age of 92.
Anthony Dean Rodham (August 8, 1954 – June 7, 2019) was an American consultant and businessman. He was the youngest brother of Hillary Rodham Clinton, and the brother-in-law of former U.S. President Bill Clinton. During the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016, he and Hugh appeared with her at a rally in their childhood summer home of Scranton, Pennsylvania in April 2016. He kept a low profile during the campaign. Rodham died on June 7, 2019 at the age of 64.
Lucho Avilés (30 April 1938 – 8 June 2019) was a Uruguayan-born Argentine journalist and television presenter. He was born in Uruguay's capital city Montevideo. His first work in Argentina was for "Crónica" newspaper. In 1965 he moved to Argentina and became an Argentine citizen. He died on 8 June 2019 in Buenos Aires from a heart attack at the age of 81.
Rodney Agatupu Anoa'i (October 2, 1966 – October 23, 2000) was an American professional wrestler. He is best known for wrestling for the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Yokozuna. He is a member of the famous Anoa'i family. The Rock, Roman Reigns, Rikishi, Samu, Rosey, Manu, The Usos, Solo Sikoa and Umaga were related to him. He was a two time WWF Champion, a two-time Tag Team Champion, and the winner of the 1993 Royal Rumble. On March 31, 2012, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by The Usos and Rikishi. Death. On October 23, 2000, Anoa'i died at the age of 34 from pulmonary edema in his room at the Moat House Hotel in Liverpool, England while touring for an independent wrestling show. At the time, it was reported that he died of heart failure or a heart attack but this was found to be incorrect because his lungs showed severe signs of blockage due to fluid. He is buried in Green Hills Memorial Park in California.
Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 is a live album comprised of recordings of Pink Floyd's tour of The Wall. Background. "Is There Anybody Out There?" contains live versions of the songs off of The Wall. Some extra tracks are added, "What Shall We Do Now?" and "The Last Few Bricks". These songs were originally slated to be on the original album, but they were cut because of the album's length. "The Last Few Bricks" is an instrumental bridge between "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3" and "Goodbye Cruel World". The song includes themes from previous songs, including "Young Lust", "Empty Spaces", "Don't Leave Me Now", "What Shall We Do Now?", and "The Happiest Days of Our Lives". The purpose of the bridge is to give the bricklayers more time to place the, as the title implies, last few bricks. The album also includes two spoken tracks, "" and "Master of Ceremonies".
Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a nine part composition by Pink Floyd. It bookends their 1975 studio album Wish You Were Here.  Background. Shine On is a tribute song to Pink Floyd's former member, Syd Barrett. Barrett was removed from the band for his drug use and mental problems, which interfered with his ability to perform and develop as a musician. He was replaced by David Gilmour, who was a friend of Barrett's. Barrett incident. One day during recording, Barrett decided to stop by Abbey Road Studios to see the band. At first, the band could not recognize him. He was now heavyset, and had shaved his hair and eyebrows. Once the band had realized Barrett's identity, Roger Waters was so distressed he burst into tears. Somebody asked to play the song again for Barrett, but he had said another play was unnecessary. Barrett said the song sounded "a bit old".  Composition. Parts I-V. Part I "(Wright, Waters, Gilmour; from 0:00 to 3:54)" There are no lyrics in Part I. The section begins with a fade in of chords created with synthesizers and wine glasses. Wright plays a synthesizer passage, which leads into a long guitar solo by Gilmour. The wineglass-synth chords fade into the background. Part II "(Wright, Waters, Mason, Gilmour; from 3:54 to 6:27)" Part II opens with a four-note theme, called Syd's theme by fans. This repeats for much of the part. Mason and Waters begin playing after the fourth play of the theme.  Part III "(Wright, Waters, Mason, Gilmour; from 6:27 to 8:42)" Part III opens with a synthesizer solo from Wright. This part includes another guitar solo by Gilmour.  Part IV "(Wright, Waters, Mason, Gilmour; from 8:42 to 11:10)" Part IV has vocals. Waters and Gilmour sing the vocals, with backup singers Venette Fields and Carlena Williams. Part V "(Wright, Waters, Mason, Gilmour;
Wish You Were Here is the title track of the Pink Floyd album Wish You Were Here.  Background. The song is a tribute to Syd Barrett. The song is mainly made up of acoustic guitar (David Gilmour), with keyboards (Richard Wright), drums (Nick Mason), and bass guitar (Roger Waters).
Delicate Sound of Thunder is a live double album by Pink Floyd. It was released on November 22, 1988.  ;
Jorge Brovetto Cruz (14 February 1933 – 8 June 2019) was a Uruguayan chemical engineer, academic and politician. He was born in Montevideo. He served as President of the Broad Front (2004–2012) and as Minister of Education and Culture (2005–2008). He was also Rector of the University of the Republic, Montevideo. Brovetto died on 8 June 2019 in Montevideo, at the age of 86.
Norman Dewis (3 August 1920 – 8 June 2019) was a British car test driver. He was born in Coventry, Warwickshire. He was the chief test driver and development engineer for Jaguar Cars from 1952 to 1985. In 2015, he became an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the motor industry. Dewis died on 8 June 2019, at the age of 98.
Alejandro Daslav Jadresic Marinovic (6 June 1956 – 5 June 2019) was a Chilean industrial engineer, economist and academic. He served as Minister of Energy from 1994 to 1998, in the cabinet of President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle. He was a graduate of the University of Chile and Harvard University. Jadresic died of brain cancer on 5 June 2019, a day before his 63rd birthday.
Evangelina García Prince (30 September 1934 – 3 June 2019) was a Venezuelan women rights activist, politician and academic. She was born in La Guaira. She served as a member of the Senate of Venezuela from 1988 to 1991, and again from 1994 to 1996. She was a member of the Comisión para la Reforma del Estado (COPRE), a presidential commission. García Prince died on 3 June 2019, at the age of 84.
The Devon Rex is a type of cat, which was first born in England during the late 1950s. The first Devon Rex was discovered by Beryl Cox in Buckfastleigh, Devon, UK, in 1959. They are thin and have large ears. Devon Rex cats, or Devon Rexes, are known to be very smart. Their fur is curly or wavy and is very soft. They are similar to Cornish Rex cats, who also have curly, soft fur. They are smaller than most cats, weighing between 5 to 10lbs (2 to 4kg) when fully grown.
Tabebuia is a polyphyletic assemblage today comprising 66 spp. For example red lapacho "T impetigosa" is considered as "Handroanthus impetiginosus" by Mattos Typus is T. cassionoides (Lam.)DC.
The Cree ( in Cree language; in French) are one of the First Nations in North America. They are one of the largest groups. In Canada, over 350,000 people are Cree or have Cree ancestors. Most Cree in Canada live in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories. About 27,868 of them live in Quebec.  During their history in the United States, Cree people lived west of Lake Superior. Today, they live mostly in Montana, in the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. Ojibwe (Chippewa) people also live in that reservation. They have moved west over time because they were traders and hunters.
Girish Raghunath Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, movie director, screenwriter, playwright and a Rhodes Scholar. His works were based in Kannada. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award. His best acting roles were as Guruji in "Iqbal" (2005) and as Dr. Shenoy in "Ek Tha Tiger" (2012) and in the sequel "Tiger Zinda Hai" (2017). Karnad was born in Matheran in present-day Maharashtra. He studied at Karnatak University and at the University of Oxford. His son, Raghu, is a journalist. Karnad died of multiple organ failure caused by a long-illness on 10 June 2019 at a hospital in Bengaluru, Karnataka at the age of 81.
Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1956) is an Indian actor and producer. He was born in Bombay. His daughter is actress Sonam Kapoor. His best known roles are in "Meri Jung" (1985), "Karma" (1986), "Janbaaz" (1986), "Aap Ke Saath" (1986), "Mr. India" (1987), "Ghar Ho To Aisa" (1990), "Awaargi" (1990), "Benaam Badsha" (1991), and "Virasat" (1997). Kapoor starred as game show host Prem Kumar in the Academy Award-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire".
Dalyan is a town in Muğla Province at the southwest coast of Turkey. By June 10, 2019, the city will be also called as Dalyan of the West, due to the location in Turkey which is in western Asia. It is also and independent municipality, within the administrative district of Ortaca. Dalyan of the West means Dalyan which is a place in Turkey. It is not to be confused with Dalyan of the East, where it is referred to Dalian in China.
Sir Robert Paul Cohan (27 March 1925 – January 2021) was an American-born British dancer and choreographer. He was the founding artistic director of The Place, London Contemporary Dance School, and London Contemporary Dance Theatre (LCDT), which he directed for 20 years. He was born in New York City. He worked with Martha Graham. He was knighted in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to dance. Cohan died in January 2021, aged 95.
Frank Joseph Lucchesi (April 24, 1927 – June 8, 2019) was an American professional baseball player, manager, and coach. He was the manager of three Major League Baseball (MLB) teams: the Philadelphia Phillies (1970–1972), Texas Rangers (1975–1977), and Chicago Cubs (1987). Lucchesi was born in San Francisco, California. On June 8, 2019, Lucchesi died in Colleyville, Texas at the age of 92.
Colleyville is a city and suburb of Dallas and Fort Worth located in northeast Tarrant County, Texas, United States. It is roughly west of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The population was 26,057 at the 2020 census. Colleyville is well known for its public schools, public safety, wealth, and rural atmosphere. Hostage crisis. In January 2022, a man took hostages at a synagogue.
Noémi Ban (; ; ; September 29, 1922 – June 7, 2019) was a Hungarian-born American Jew. She was a survivor of the Holocaust. She was a Golden Apple Award-winning lecturer. She was a known public speaker and teacher in Washington state. Ban was born in Szeged, Kingdom of Hungary. Ban died on June 7, 2019 in Bellingham, Washington at the age of 96.
Bellingham ( ) is a county seat and city in Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is 52 miles (84 km) southwest of Vancouver, 90 miles (145 km) north of Seattle, and 21 miles (33 km) south of the Canada-US border. The city’s population was 91,482 at the 2020 United States Census. Bellingham is the thirteenth-most populous city in the state of Washington.
Albert Rohan (9 May 1936 – 4 June 2019) was an Austrian diplomat. He was Permanent Secretary of the Austrian Foreign Ministry from 1996 to 2001. Rohan was born in Melk, Lower Austria. From 1977 to 1981, he was Director at the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary General. Rohan died in Vienna on 5 June 2019 at the age of 83.
Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa (Kannada: ಸಂತೇಶಿವರ ಲಿಂಗಣ್ಣಯ್ಯ ಭೈರಪ್ಪ) (born 20 August 1934) is an Indian novelist. He was born in Karnataka, India. He has been among the top selling authors of Kannada language. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2016.  His best known works were "Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane", "Dharmashree", "Naayi Neralu", "Nirakarana", "Nele", "Saartha", "Aavarana" and more recently "Uttarakaanda".