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The Federal Republic of Cameroon was established on 1 October 1961 as a result of the union between the Republic of Cameroon, former French Cameroon and the Southern Cameroons, part of the former British Cameroon. The existence of the two Cameroon is a major consequence of the World War I which also took place on Cameroonian soil. The Federal Republic of Cameroon lasted from 1 October 1961 to 20 May 1972 and was made up of two states : History. From multiparty to one-party system. On 11 November 1961, Ahmadou Ahidjo invited the other parties in the Assembly to join the UC to found a single Cameroonian party in order to develop the Cameroonian society and economy: "I say straight away that it is desirable that in Cameroon there should be a large unified party. In any case, I personally wish it after an agreement between the different parties that exist. A great unified national party into which Cameroonians would freely enter, after being convinced. A party in which there is democracy, freedom of expression, freedom of discussion; a party in which there can be several tendencies, with the understanding that the minority supports the opinions of the majority. The Union of the Peoples of Cameroon led by Theodore Mayi Matip, the Cameroon Socialist Party led by Charles Okala and the Cameroon Democrats Party led by André-Marie Mbida refused to accept the President's authoritarian drift3. On 27 April 1962, John Ngu Foncha and Ahmadou Ahidjo formed the 'National Unity Group' which included all the deputies of the Federal Assembly and the UC-KNDP Coordination Committee whose goal was to suppress political pluralism in the two federated states. Institutions. Executive. The electorate votes for a five-year mandate by direct universal suffrage and secret ballot for the President of the Federal Republic and a Vice-President from a different federal state than the President. The president is the head of the armed forces, the state and the federal government. Legislative. The Federal Assembly is composed of 50 deputies calculated on the basis of 1 deputy per 80,000 residents. They are distributed as follows: 40 deputies for East Cameroon and 10 for
North Region is the most populous region in Portugal, higher population than Lisboa, and the third largest by area. 3,576,205 people live in this region according to the 2017 census. It is one of five regions of Mainland Portugal, most people live in the urban area of Porto, with about one million living there. There are also people living in urban areas in Northwestern Portugal, like Braga and Guimarães. Northern Portugal is a cultural region, it was first settled by various pre-Celtic and Celtic tribes before being visited by some Mediterranean civilizations who traded with the locals, including Greek, Carthaginians, Iberia was then invaded by the Romans and by Germanic peoples, and was attacked by the Moors, Berbers, Arabs and Vikings. Geography. Northern Portugal is a mountainous region. Locally known as "serras" include Serra do Gerês, Peneda, Marão and Soajo. There are some natural parks including the Peneda-Gerês National Park, Montesinho Natural Park, and the Alvão Natural Park.
Lincoln Peirce is the author of the Big Nate book series and comics. He is also an American cartoonist. Peirce is also the creator of the animated series "Big Nate" and "Max &amp; the Midknights", which was premiered on the Paramount+ streaming service. Max and the Midknights. After completing the "Big Nate" novel series in 2016, Peirce began work on the Max &amp; the Midknights series, a comedic adventure story set in the Middle Ages. It is the first in a projected three-book series published by Crown Books for Young Readers. "Max &amp; the Midknights" was published on January 8, 2019, and went on to spend sixteen weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list, peaking at #2. The second book in the series, "Max &amp; the Midknights: Battle of the Bodkins" was released on December 1, 2020. Peirce is currently working on the third and final book in the series, "Max &amp; the Midknights: The Tower of Time". It has finally been confirmed that it will release on March 1, 2022. Similarly to "Big Nate", on November 16, 2021, "Max &amp; the Midknights" has been greenlit for an animated series on Nickelodeon. Originally planned to premiere on Nickelodeon, the series will instead debuted in 2024, on the Paramount+ streaming service.
Max &amp; the Midknights is a book series set in the Middle Ages, written by Lincoln Peirce. It is the first in a three-book series published by Crown Books for Young Readers. The book series has 3 books in it. Similarly to "Big Nate", on November 16, 2021, "Max &amp; the Midknights" was greenlit for an animated series on Nickelodeon, which premiered on November 2, 2024.
Kirchheim or Kirchheim in Schwaben (engl. "Kirchheim in Swabia") is a municipality and a market town in Unterallgäu in the region of Swabia (Schwaben) in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. North-east of the town is the Augsburg Western Woods Nature Park. Apart from the town of Kirchheim, the municipality surrounds the villages of Derndorf, Hasberg, Spöck und Tiefenried. The town has a municipal association with Eppishausen of which it is the capital and place of administration. The town is south-west of Augsburg, west of Munich.
Eckerd was an American pharmacy chain in the United States. It was founded in 1898 in Erie. Its headquarters were in Florida. On September 22, 2006, Rite Aid announced that it would acquire, Brooks and Eckerd.
Alemão, sometimes "Alemao" (meaning "German" in Portuguese) may refer to:
Mindelheim () is a town in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The town is the capital of Unterallgäu. Geography. Mindelheim is on the river Mindel, about west of the Bavarian capital of Munich. Other towns nearby are Memmingen or the health resorts of Bad Grönenbach, Ottobeuren or Bad Wörishofen. Mindelheim is close to the Autobahn 96 leading from Munich to Lindau. Furthermore, Mindelheim station is on the Buchloe–Memmingen railway, which connects to Zürich via Memmingen and Lindau and to Munich via Buchloe, and the Central Swabian Railway ("Mittelschwabenbahn"), which connects to Günzburg via Krumbach. Twin towns and cities. Mindelheim is twinned with several European towns:
Ottobeuren (Swabian: "Ottobeire", Medieval Latin: "Ottobura") is a market town and municipality in Bavaria, Germany, placed 11 km southeast of Memmingen near the A7. The town is seat of a municipal association with Hawangen and Böhen. Twin towns — sister cities. Ottobeuren is twinned with:
Stetten is a municipality in Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. The town has a municipal association with Dirlewang. It is in Upper Swabia.
Türkheim is a municipality in Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. The neighboring places of Türkheim are Ettringen, Berg, Rammingen, Irsingen, Wiedergeltingen and Amberg. The administrative collectivity of Türkheim administrate Türkheim and Irsingen. The town is seat of a municipal association with Amberg, Rammingen and Wiedergeltingen. A subcamp of Dachau was once placed here.
The Second Kretschmer cabinet or Cabinet Kretschmer II is the current state government of Saxony after the 2019 Saxony state election on September 1, 2019. The "Cabinet Kretschmer II" is a coalition between the political parties CDU, led by Minister-president of Saxony Michael Kretschmer, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and the SPD. In the 4th session of the 7th Saxon State Parliament on December 20, 2019, the Saxon Minister-president Michael Kretschmer, who has been in office since December 13, 2017, was re-elected to this office with 61 votes and 57 against. At least 5 members of the coalition voted against Michael Kretschmer. 118 of the 119 Members of Parliament took part in the election.
Hohenpeißenberg is a municipality in Weilheim-Schongau in Bavaria, Germany. Hohenpeißenberg is in the Bavarian Oberland, in the alpine uplan. It exists only as a local subdistrict. Geography. The highest point is the peak of the 988 meter high Hoher Peißenberg (high Peißenberg). The region is on the left edge of the Ammer. The Ammer flows south of the local center in a small ravine called the "Schnalz".
Ar-Rahman (, ; The Merciful) is the 55th Chapter (Surah) of the Qur'an. It has 78 verses (āyāt). The chapter commonly repeats the phrase "Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?" starting from Quran 55:13 to Quran 55:77.
The Sierra Madre Oriental (Spanish for "Eastern Mother Range") is a mountain range. It is in Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala. It is part of the Sierra Madre mountain range. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera. The American Cordillera is a row of mountains that go from North America to Antarctica. is about 700 miles long (1000 kilometers). They are about 60 million years old. They are made of limestone rock and shale rock. They have copper, iron, and other important metals in them. The tallest mountain in the Sierra Madre Oriental is about 12,000 feet high (3600 meters). The Rio Grande is the space between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains. There are deserts in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental and tropical forests in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental.
Obersöchering is a municipality in Weilheim-Schongau in Bavaria, Germany.
Linda is a female given name. The name Linda is of Spanish and Portuguese origin and means "pretty" or "beautiful." It comes from the Spanish word "lindo," which means "pretty" or "lovely." The name Linda has been used in many different cultures, including Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and English. The pronunciation of the name is [ lin-d"uh" ]. This name was ranked #850 on the US Popular Names in 2021.
John William Money (8 July 1921 – 7 July 2006) was a New Zealand psychologist, sexologist and author. He researched human sexuality and gender identity. Money studied education and psychology at Victoria University of Wellington. Money was a professor at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Money made the "theory of neutrality", which argued that males and females are born without psychological differences. This lead him to conduct an experiment where he raised a boy as a girl, which failed.
The name Lena has its roots in Greece and signifies "light" or "torch". This name is an offshoot of the Greek name Helen, which translates to "bright" or "shining". The pronunciation of the name is [ lee-n"uh"; "Russian" lye-n"uh" ]. This name was ranked #293 on the US Popular Names in 2021. Lena is a given name for women. Notable people with this name include:
The flag of Libya from 1977 to 2011 was the flag of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 1986 and the flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to 2011. The design is a green field in 1:2 ratio. In 2011, after the collapse of Gaddafi's government, the 1951–1969 flag from the Kingdom of Libya was re-adopted. Before 1977, the country was called the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and used a red-white-black flag.
Lisa Halliday (born July 12, 1976) is an American author. She mainly writes novels. Halliday has written several books. Her most popular book is "Asymmetry." She won the Whiting Award for it in 2017.' Reviews. Of Halliday's book Asymmetry, Alice Gregory of the "New York Times Book Review" wrote, "Halliday’s novel is so strange and startlingly smart that its mere existence seems like commentary on the state of fiction". There were also positive reviews from Karen Heller of the "Washington Post" and Parul Sehgal of the "New York Times."
Gray is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Tennessee, United States and a rural suburb of Johnson City. It is part of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" area. 1,293 people lived there as of the 2020 census. History. The town was founded as Gray Station, Tennessee because of a train rail running through the town. The Gray area was only rural farms until the 1990s. Some suburban areas began to take shape. The Gray area has rapidly grown each year starting in 200 because of the addition of new chain restaurants and a museum known as the Gray Fossil Site.
Uukwiyu Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. 11,894 people live in this region, the capital is the settlement of Uukwiyu. Politics. Uukwiyu constituency is dominated by the South West Africa People's Organization party, which have been Namibia’s dominant party since the Border War.  In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO politician Andreas N. Amundjindi won the constituency with 3,701 votes. The government opposition was Salmi Benjameni of the Rally for Democracy and Progress, who received only 48 votes. In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.
Ondangwa Rural is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 13,613 people living there in 2016 and 7,682 registered voters . The administrative capital of the constituency is Eheke. In 2013, Ondangwa Rural was created by splitting the former constituency of Ondangwa into a rural and an urban part in August 2013. Politics. Ondangwa is dominated by government party South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). These people have served as councillors of Ondangwa Rural constituency: In the 2015 local and regional elections councillor Âlfeus Abraham after no opposition party nominated a candidate. Abraham was again reelected in the 2020 regional election after winning with 2,170 votes, followed by Armas Ntinda of the Independent Patriots for Change with 944 votes.
The spine-fingered tree frog or spinefinger tree frog ("Charadrahyla trux") is a frog that lives in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains in Mexico. This frog lives in cloud forests. Scientists have seen it between 1760 and 2415 meters above sea level. This frog has smooth skin on its back and rough skin on its belly and legs. It is pale brown in color with darker spots. There is some blue color on its middle. Its front feet have some webbing and its back feet have more webbing. The adult male frog has a pointed face and the adult female frog has a rounder one.
Ongwediva Constituency is a constituency in the Oshana Region of northern Namibia. It had 27,396 living people and 22,061 registered voters . Its capital is the town of Ongwediva. Politics. In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO candidate Vinia Abisai won the constituency with 7,565 votes, followed by opposition Nelson Katenda of the Rally for Democracy and Progress with 686 votes and Lukas Naingungo of the Congress of Democrats with 70 votes. The 2015 regional elections was won by Andreas Uutoñi of SWAPO with 6,249 votes, ahead of Peter Mandeinge of Rally for Democracy and Progress with 418 votes. Councillor Uutoñi (SWAPO) was reelected in the 2020 regional election. He beaten government opposition Michael Mwashindange of the Independent Patriots for Change by 4,914 votes to 2,025.
Roswell Pettibone Flower (August 7, 1835 – May 12, 1899) was the 30th Governor of New York from 1892 to 1894. He was a Democrat. The Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library was made by his daughter, Emma Flower Taylor, as a tribute to him.
Steingaden is a town and municipality in Weilheim-Schongau in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is the site of the 12th-century Steingaden Abbey ("Kloster Steingaden") and the Wies Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Geography. The community is in the Alpine foothills, on the border between Upper Bavaria and the Allgäu. The quarters ("Ortsteile") of the municipality are Fronreiten, Ilgen, Lauterbach, Riesen, Urspring und Wies. Other villages and hamlets are Biberschwöll, Bichl, Boschach, Brandstatt, Butzau, Deutenhof, Deutensee, Egart, Engen, Gagras, Gmeind, Gogel, Graben, Hiebler, Hirschau, Illach, Illberg, Jagdberg, Karlsebene, Kellershof, Kohlhofen, Kreisten, Kreuzberg, Kuchen, Langau, Lechen, Lindegg, Litzau, Maderbichl, Moos, Oberengen, Reitersau, Resle, Sandgraben, Schlatt, Schlauch, Schwarzenbach, Staltannen, Steingädele, Tannen, Thal, Unterengen, Vordergründl, Wiesle und Zöpfhalden.
Polybius is a fictitious 1981 arcade game. It is an urban legend, or a thing that may not exist. The legend says the game was part of a government psychology experiment based in Portland, Oregon. Playing the game was said to produce intense psychoactive and addictive effects in the player. The few arcade machines were said to have been visited periodically by men in black for the purpose of data-mining the machines and analyzing these effects. Supposedly, all of these "Polybius" arcade machines then disappeared from the arcade market. This urban legend has persisted in video game journalism and through continued interest, and it has inspired video games with the same name. The legend may have come from on coinop.org, a website about arcade games. That had an article about it in 1998. Etymology. The name "Polybius" comes from the Greek words "poly" and "bios", meaning many, and lives, respectively. Polybius is also the name of a historian and a cipher. Description. "Polybius" was a shooter with odd gameplay, like puzzles. The only screenshot is the title screen. It was supposedly developed by a "Sinneslochen Inc." in 1981.
The Sierra Madre del Sur (Spanish for "Southern part of the Mother Range") is a mountain range. It is in Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala. The Sierra Madre del Sur is about 620 miles long (1000 km) and runs northwest-southeast along the south coast of Mexico. It touches the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Its highest mountain is 12,149 feet (3703 meters) above sea level. There are pine-oak forests and cloud forests in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Many animals and plants live there. Scientists call this biodiversity.
The Gray Fossil Site is an Early Pliocene collection of fossils between 4.5 and 4.9 million years old. It is near the town of Gray in Washington County, Tennessee.  The site was discovered during road construction in May 2000. Local officials decided to preserve the site for research and education. The site is part of East Tennessee State University, and the Gray Fossil Site &amp; Museum opened on the site in 2007. Once, the land around the Gray Fossil Site was a pond inside a sinkhole surrounded by a warm, wet forest. The fossils found in the area show what lived and died in and around the sinkhole pond. As the first site of its age known from the Appalachian region, the Gray Fossil Site is a unique window into the past. Research at the site has brought many surprising discoveries. These included new species of red panda, rhinoceros, pond turtle, hickory tree, and more. The site also hosts the biggest known collection of fossil tapirs. History. In late May of 2000, this fossil-rich area was discovered during a Tennessee Department of Transportation road construction project on the outside of Gray, TN. As it became clear that the fossils were not usual for this part of the country, members of the local community began an effort to preserve the site. Many of the fossil fauna and flora of the Gray Fossil Site are closely related to modern-day species in Europe and Asia, including red pandas, European badgers, Chinese moonseed, and "Corylopsis". This shows that during the Early Pliocene, North America had a biogeographic link with Eurasia, probably at the easternmost part of Asia. Fossils. The Gray Fossil Site preserves a collection of preserved fossils. It is the only fossil site in the Appalachian region dating near the boundary between the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs. This offers a unique window into this region at this time. Fish. All of the fish fossils found at the Gray Fossil Site belong to the family Centrarchidae. Birds. A preliminary study in 2011 identified several families of birds at the Gray Fossil Site
Data transmission is the process of transferring data from one point to another. There are two methods for transmitting data: Serial communication and Parallel communication. There are different types of devices for data transmission: Wireless, Optical fiber, Infrared and more. Simplex data transmission is in one direction only (i.e. from sender to receiver). Example: data being sent from a computer to a printer.  HALF· DUPLEX DATA TRANSMISSION is in both directions but not at the same time (i.e. data can be sent from 'A' to 'B' or from 'B' to 'A' along the same line, but not at the same time). Example: a phone conversation between two people where only one person speaks at a time . FULL·DUPLEX DATA TRANSMISSION is in both direction simultaneously (i.e. data can be sent from 'A' to ' B' and from 'B' to 'A' along the same line, both at the same time). Example: broadband connection on a phone line.
Uuvudhiya Constituency is the biggest constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It has 4,357 people living there, its capital is the settlement of Uuvudhiya. The constituency had 2,869 registered voters in 2004. Lake Oponona, the largest lake in the Cuvelai Basin, is located in Uuvudhiya Constituency and is a local attraction.  Politics. Uuvudhiya constituency is dominated by the South West Africa People's Organization party since the South African Border War. In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO candidate Seblon Paulus won the constituency with 1,621 votes, followed by Gabriel Jeremia of the Rally for Democracy and Progress who received 19 votes. In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate. For the 2020 regional election no opposition candidate participated, and Timoteus Shoopa a Shivute, the SWAPO candidate won and was elected.
Geesje Mink-Wourdstra (24 April 1911 – 1971) was a Dutch speed skater. Career. On January 3, 1928, she won a skating competition at Scharsterbrug. In January, February and March of 1929, she won many speed skating competitions. She won prizes in 28 races in Friesland, Groningen, Overessel (Campen) and North Holland (Enhuisen). In 1933, she won the second prize in the national speed skating competition in Campina. In 1941, he won the Alvemarretocht over 100km, but the prize was not awarded due to a false start. Her archives are held at the The Fries Scheipvaart Museum.
Valeer Peirsman (20 April 1932 – 29 March 2020) was a Belgian sculptor. She studied at Academy of Sint-Niklaas with Werner Heyndrickx.
Partygate is an ongoing political scandal about (social gatherings or) parties that were held by the staff of United Kingdom government and Conservative Party It was made public in 2021. The parties took place during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, when there were public health restrictions. These parties happened at 10 Downing Street and other government buildings.  In December 2021, reports of parties being held in 2020 and in 2021 were released. Prime Minister Boris Johnson often hosted these parties, though at first he denied having parties. The Metropolitan Police started an investigation over the parties. On 10 January 2022, ITV News reported that a planned party had taken place on 20 May 2020. At the time, people outdoors were not allowed to meet more than one person from outside their household.&lt;ref name="sky12/1/2022"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; Two days later, Johnson apologised to MPs in the Commons for "attending an event in the Downing Street garden during the first lockdown". Some conservatives criticized Johnson and wanted him to resign.&lt;ref name="bbc12/1/2022"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; A police investigation into the parties were announced. On 12 April 2022, Prime Minister Johnson, his wife Carrie and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak were fined for breaking COVID protocols.
Maurizio Zamparini (9 June 1941 – 1 February 2022) was an Italian businessman. Zamparini was known for being the owner and director of Italian football club U.S. Città di Palermo between 21 July 2002 until 27 February 2017 and from 4 July 2017 until 1 December 2018. Zamparini died from problems caused by peritonitis in Cotignola, Italy on 1 February 2022, at the age of 80.