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Valle de la Luna (Valley of Moon) is known for its moonlike landscape. It is located at Los Flamencos Reserve park, North Chile's Atacama Desert.
Fabrizio Saccomanni (November 22, 1942 – August 8, 2019) was an Italian economist and politician. He was the deputy governor of the Bank of Italy. He was the Minister of Economy and Finances between April 2013 and February 2014. From April 13, 2018 until his death, Saccomanni was the chairman of UniCredit. He was born in Rome. Saccomanni died of a heart attack in San Teodoro, Italy on August 8, 2019 at the age of 76.
Sheikh Kyai Hajji Maimun Zubair (Jawi: ; October 28, 1928 – August 6, 2019) was an Indonesian cleric. He was the murshid of Idrisiyya Shadhili in Sarang, Rembang Regency, Central Java. In 1967, Maimun created the Pondok Pesantren Al-Anwar in his home village, Karangmangu. Zubair was a member of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) of Rembang Regency from 1971 to 1978. He became a member of the People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia (MPR RI) from the Central Java envoy in 1987 and served until 1999. Zubair was born in Rembang Regency, Central Java. He died on August 6, 2019 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia while performing a religious ceremony, aged 90.
Fabio Pedro Alles Zerpa (4 December 1928 – 7 August 2019) was a Uruguayan actor, journalist, parapsychologist and UFO researcher. He lived in Argentina from 1951 until his death. He was born in Rosario, Uruguay. Zerpa started to give his first conferences at the beginning of the 1960s. In 1966, he created the radio program "Más allá de la cuarta dimensión" (Beyond the Fourth Dimension). From 2001 he was the director of the on-line magazine "El Quinto Hombre" (The Fifth Man). In December 2005 Zerpa was appointed cultural ambassador of the city of Colonia, Uruguay. Zerpa died on 7 August 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the age of 90.
Jean-Pierre Mocky (6 July 1929 – 8 August 2019) pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French movie director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Nice, France. His 1987 movie "Le Miraculé" was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. He also directed "Les Dragueurs" and starred in the movie "The Abandoned". Mocky died at his home in Paris of kidney failure on 8 August 2019 at the age of 90.
Artur Manfred Max Neef (; 26 October 1932 – 8 August 2019) was a Chilean economist and politician. Max-Neef was born in Valparaíso, Chile. He was a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley in the early 1960s. He was known for his fundamental human needs and human scale development. In 1983, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "revitalising small and medium-sized communities through 'Barefoot Economics'." He ran for President in the 1993 election ending up in fourth place with 5.55% of the vote. Max-Neef died on 8 August 2019 in Valdivia, Chile at the age of 86.
Stanisław Jan Konturek (8 October 1931 – 8 August 2019) was a Polish physiologist and gastroenterologist. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Learning from 1986 until his death in 2019. He was a professor at the Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum. He was born in Zakliczyn, Poland. Konturek died on 8 August 2019 in Kraków, Poland at the age of 87.
Yvonne Suzanne Chazelles de Chaxel, better known as Dany Carrel, (born 20 September 1932) is a French actress. She was born in Tourane, Annam, French Indochina. She retired from acting in 1989.  Carrel's best known roles were in "Dortoir des grandes" (1953), "Women's Club" (1956), "People of No Importance" (1956), "Porte des Lilas" (1957), "Girls for the Summer" (1958), "The Goose of Sedan" (1959), "Mill of the Stone Women" (1960), "The Hands of Orlac" (1960), "Une souris chez les hommes" (1964), "A Trap for Cinderella" (1965), "La prisonnière" (1968), "Clérambard" (1969), "Trois milliards sans ascenseur" (1972) and "Schools Falling Apart" (1981).
Ingeborg Schöner (born 2 July 1935) is a German actress. She was born in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany. Her career began in 1945. Her best known roles were in "It Happened in Rome" (1957), "The First Day of Spring" (1956) and "King in Shadow" (1957). Schöner also starred in "The Captain and His Hero" (1955), "Souvenir d'Italie" (1957), "Venice, the Moon and You" (1958), "Adorable and a Liar" (1958), "The Cow and I" (1959), "Big Request Concert" (1960), "Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West" (1964), "Legacy of the Incas" (1965), "The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield" (1968), "Mark of the Devil" (1970), "Mr. Superinvisible" (1970), "Die Supernasen" (1983) and "Guten Tag, Ramon" (2013).
Giuliano Montaldo (22 February 1930 – 6 September 2023) was an Italian movie director, screenwriter and actor. He was born in Genoa, Italy. He starred in the movies "Achtung! Banditi!" (1951) and "Gli Sbandati" (1955). In 1960, he directed his first movie called "Tiro al piccione". His best known works as a director include: "Una bella grinta", "Grand Slam", "Gott mit uns" (1969), "Sacco and Vanzetti" (1971), "Giordano Bruno" (1973), "Tempo di uccidere" (1989–1991), and "Marco Polo". In 1971 he was a member of the jury at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. Montaldo died on 6 September 2023, at the age of 93.
Francesco Maselli (9 December 1930 – 21 March 2023), also known as Citto Maselli, was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 38 movies since 1949. His 1990 movie "Il segreto" was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. His other best known works include directing the movie "Gli sbandati" (1955) and for his acting role in "The Name of the Rose" (1986). Maselli was born in Rome.  Maselli died in Rome on 21 March 2023, at the age of 92.
Stuart M. Rosen (June 26, 1939 – August 4, 2019) was an American voice director and actor. He was born in Joliet, Illinois. He was best known for directing "MASK", "Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling", the first episodes of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "The Legend of Prince Valiant", "Super Secret Secret Squirrel", "2 Stupid Dogs", and "Biker Mice from Mars". An actor, he was best known for as the voice of the storyteller in "". Rosen died on August 4, 2019 in Los Alamitos, California, at the age of 80, from cancer.
Monarch (1964–1966). The succession to the throne was the same as the succession to the British throne. Governor-General. The Governor-General was the representative of the monarch in Malawi and exercised most of the powers of the monarch. The Governor-General was appointed for an indefinite term, serving at the pleasure of the monarch. After the passage of the Statute of Westminster 1931, the Governor-General was appointed solely on the advice of the Cabinet of Malawi without the involvement of the British government. In the event of a vacancy the Chief Justice served as Officer Administering the Government.
Johnson County Community College (JCCC) is a public community college in Overland Park in Johnson County, Kansas.  History. In 1963, Johnson County Commissioners, recognizing the emerging community college movement and wanting to help the quickly growing population of Johnson County, Kansas, created a committee to determine if it's possible to create a community college in Johnson County. The college was officially created due to a successful county election in March 1967. The campus was made possible in 1969 after Johnson County voters approved $12.9 million to be used to buy 200 acres of land in Overland Park. Construction started in 1970. Classes were moved to the new campus in the fall 1972. Academics. JCCC has many undergraduate credit courses that are similar to the first two years of most college curricula. Class sizes are usually 25 to 30 students. The college has 926 faculty and staff. Another 1,451 people work as adjunct faculty or part-time staff. Most faculty members have master's degrees. Many of them have or are earning doctorates. Faculty and staff have won many awards for excellence.
De Soto is a city in Johnson and Leavenworth counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Most of the city, , is in Johnson County. In 2020, 6,118 people lived there. History. De Soto was platted in spring 1857. It was named after sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. Geography. De Soto is in northwestern Johnson County and southern Leavenworth County at (38.9791709, -94.9685783). It is along Kansas River. The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that, are land and , or 1.7%, are water. People. 2020 census. The 2020 census says that there were 6,118 people, 2,295 households, and 1,635 families living in De Soto. Of the households, 67.0% owned their home and 33.0% rented their home. The median age was 39.4 years. Of the people, 79.9% were White, 1.0% were Native American, 0.9% were Black, 0.7% were Asian, 7.2% were from some other race, and 10.4% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.9% of the people. 2010 census. The 2010 census says that there were 5,720 people, 2,007 households, and 1,523 families living in De Soto. Economy. Two local companies, Great American Bank and Custom Foods, Inc., and one national company, Goodcents Deli Fresh Subs, are headquartered in De Soto. Huhtamaki Americas, Inc. and Engineered Air, two international companies, chose De Soto for their North American headquarters. Merck Animal Health, one of the world's biggest manufacturers of animal health supplies, chose De Soto for one of its U.S. manufacturing facilities. Biggest employers. as of January 2017, the largest employers in the
Ottawa University (OU) is a private Baptist liberal arts university in Ottawa, Kansas. It has other campuses in other places throughout the Unites States. It was created in 1865. It is grouped with the American Baptist Churches USA. Ottawa has about 700 students on its main campus in Ottawa, 500 on its campus in Surprise, and about 4,000 students across all of its campuses and online. Campus. The original campus is in Ottawa, Kansas. It is referred to as OUKS. A second campus opened in August 2017 in Surprise, Arizona. It is referred to OUAZ. OU has adult campuses in Overland Park, Kansas; Phoenix, Surprise and Queen Creek, Arizona; Brookfield, Wisconsin; and Jeffersonville, Indiana. Credit. Ottawa University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Its education programs in Kansas are accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Kansas State Department of Education.
Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. Wichita State University offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in six colleges. The Graduate School offers 44 master's degrees in more than 100 areas and a specialist in education degree. It offers doctoral degrees in applied mathematics; audiology; chemistry; communicative disorders and sciences; nursing practice; physical therapy; psychology (programs in human factors, community and APA-accredited clinical psychology); educational administration; aerospace, industrial and mechanical engineering; and electrical engineering and computer science. Wichita State University also has classes at four other campuses. WSU West is in Maize. This campus has 80–100 university classes each academic semester. WSU South began started Wichita State University courses at a new facility in Derby in January 2008. The WSU Downtown Center has the university's Center for Community Support &amp; Research and the Department of Physical Therapy. A quarter-mile northeast of campus, the Advanced Education in General Dentistry buildinghass classrooms and a dental clinic. It was built in 2011. It is next to the university's Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex, where many of WSU noncredit courses are taught. History. Wichita State University started in 1886 as a private Congregational preparatory school. It was created by Rev. Joseph Homer Parker. On July 1, 1964, the school officially entered the state system of higher education as Wichita State University (WSU).
Washburn University (WU) is a co-educational, public university in Topeka, Kansas, United States. It has undergraduate and graduate programs. It also has professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members. There are more than 6,100 undergraduate students and nearly 800 graduate students. The university's assets include a $158 million endowment. History. Washburn University was created in February 1865 as Lincoln College by a charter issued by the State of Kansas and the General Association of Congregational Ministers and Churches of Kansas. It was built on land given by abolitionist John Ritchie. The school was renamed Washburn College in 1868 after Ichabod Washburn gave $25,000 to the school. Washburn was a church deacon, abolitionist and industrialist who lived in Worcester, Massachusetts. During World War II, Washburn Municipal University was one of 131 colleges and universities in the United States that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program. It was a program which offered students a path to a Navy commission. On June 8, 1966, much of the campus was destroyed by a tornado. All of the trees were gone too. Law School. The Washburn School of Law was created in 1903. It was one of the first in the country to have a legal clinic where students are able to actively practice the law. The Washburn Law Library has over 380,000 volumes. It is the biggest in Kansas. Notable graduates include Bob Dole, Roy Wilford Riegle, Dennis Moore, Kim Phillips, Bill Kurtis and Fred Phelps. Fight Song. "The name of Washburn shall never fall, Midst the great and small, she's the best of all; For her fair name, Then, we'll win the game, And add another victor's crown So then, we'll smash, crash against the line "As in Auld Lang Syne," Crush them down, So Cheer now, yes, cheer, cheer, cheer Just for Washburn and her team!"
An opportunity zone is a geographic area in the United States where investments are exempt from Captial Gains tax. The concept of opprtunity zone was introduced in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 by the Trump administration. They are similar to Enterprise zones, a concept introduced in the 1980s in the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom enterprise zones were meant to make it easier for people living living there to start a business and to provide tax incentives to encourage locals to invest in them. In the United States empowerment zones were introduced in 1993 to allow local governments to compete for grants and tax incentives. The 2017 law allows state governors to designate up to 25% of low-income census tracts in their state as opportunity zones. There are 8,700 opportunity zones in the United States. They cover 35 million Americans. Investors in those zones can defer capital gains tax until 2026. This helps investors lower their tax burden.
Fort Hays State University (FHSU) is a public university in Hays, Kansas. It is the third-biggest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. They have about 15,100 students (4,648 on campus, 6,882 online, 3,570 Chinese program). History. During the Great Flood of 1951, a tributary of the Kansas River flooded nearly all of campus. It forced a midnight evacuation. Student media. Student Media at Fort Hays is housed under the banner Tiger Media Network. It includes radio and TV, coming from their website.
The Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966 was a series of tornado outbreaks which happened between June 2 and June 12. The worst tornado of this event happened on the early evening of Wednesday, June 8, 1966. This was when Topeka, Kansas was hit by an F5 rated tornado. It started in the southwest Topeka, and it moved northeast. It went through several neighborhoods and over a local landmark named Burnett's Mound. 57 tornadoes were confirmed during the 11-day span, which left 18 people dead and 543 injured. Topeka, Kansas tornado. A local Native American legend said that Burnet's Mound (a local landmark that was named after Potawatomi Indian chief Abram Burnett) was thought to protect the city from tornadoes. It was thought that the hill would cause a tornado that was going to Topeka to die. A few years earlier, a water tower had been built on the mound. This caused controversy among many Topeka residents. They thought it would make the mound less able to protect Topeka fro from tornades. However, ten other tornadoes had hit the city since Kansas state tornado records were first kept in 1889. The 1966 tornado was much stronger than the other ten tornadoes that hit Topeka before June 8. The Topeka tornado started developing at 6:55 p.m. Central Time on June 8, touching down west of the city. The National Weather Service could not find the developing tornado on radar. This is because the Topeka forecast office used a modified military radar that was given by the U.S. government after World War II. While it was considered very good for its time, it was not good at finding tornadoes activity, compared to the Doppler weather radar of the present day. Around 7:30 p.m., a 1/4 to 1/2-mile (400–800 m) wide tornado went to the southwest side Topeka, moving northeast, and passed over Burnett's Mound. Bill Kurtis, then a reporter for WIBW-TV (channel 13; then a hybrid
Shrek is an animated movie based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book Shrek!. The name "Shrek" likely comes from the Yiddish word "שרעק" (pronounced Shreck) or the German word "Schreck", both words mean "fear" or "terror". It was directed by Andrew Adamson and animated by DreamWorks Animation. It was the first movie to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, a category introduced in 2001. There have also been four sequels of "Shrek", called "Shrek 2", "Shrek the Third," "Shrek Forever After", and "Shrek 5". There is also a Christmas special, a Halloween special and a spinoff movie all about a minor character in the sequels and specials. It was adapted into a Broadway musical. "Shrek 2" was released in May 19, 2004. "Shrek the Third" was released on May 18, 2007. "Shrek Forever After" was released on May 21, 2010. There was also a show by the name Scary Stories released on Netflix in 2009. Plot. Shrek is a green ogre who always loves living peacefully in the swamp. However, he finds many fairytale creatures disrupting his privacy. This is because of the order by Lord Farquaad. Shrek goes along with a talking Donkey to Duloc, where they ask Farquaad to give his privacy back. Farquaad wants to be King by marrying Princess Fiona to be Queen. Farquaad orders Shrek and Donkey to rescue Fiona from the tower she is imprisoned in and bring her to Farquaad. After defeating a dragon, they manage to get Fiona from the castle, Fiona is happy that she is rescued, but soon becomes sad that the knight is an ogre. Shrek forces Fiona to travel with him and Donkey, with Shrek and Fiona finding they have more in common with each other along the way, and falling in love.  However, at night, Fiona refuses to camp with them. Eventually, Donkey finds Fiona in a
Bandhan Bank.9060287319 is an Indian private bank. Its headquarters is at Kolkata, West Bengal. The bank's core business is short-term microfinance. Currently, the bank is present in 34 Indian states and union territories. History. In 2001, Bandhan started as a non-profit microfinance company from Bagnan, a small village 60 km from Kolkata. In 2006, Bandhan acquired a Non-banking Finance Company (NBFC) and later in 2014, Bandhan got approval for setting up a bank. By 2015, the country's central bank, also known as Reserve Bank of India granted the universal banking license which allowed it to start operations. Merger. In January 2019, Bandhan Bank commenced a process to acquire GRUH Finance, an Ahmedabad-based housing finance company.
Serranilla Bank is an atoll in the southeastern Caribean. It is approximately northeast of Nicaragua. Only the eastern and southern part of the reef are visible. The bank is made up of several cays, and has a size of about by . It covers an area of about .Many parts of the coral reef are dry at low tide. The ocean has a depth of between and in most parts. Northeast Breaker is a rock formation located about from the eastern rim. East Cay is a small island, about west of the eastern rim. It is covered with bushes. Beacon Cay is the biggest island of the bank. It is about southwest of East Cay. It is a sandy island, with some coral rock formations. It is covered with bushes. Grassgrows in some places. Between 30 and 50 coconut palms grow on the island. There is a daymark made of corals at the western end. There are some buildings. There's also an active lighthouse which has been in use since 1977. It is made of steel. The lighthouse is probably operated by Colombian authorities. Middle Cay is a small island, made of sand. It is about west of East Cay. West Beaker is a rock formation about west of Beacon Cay. The rock formation is dangerous for ships, because it is only about above the water surface, on a platform, made of corals. Sailors mentioned in 1985, that the maps of the time were inaccurate, and that the rocks extend another westward.
The University of Zurich (UZH, ), located in the city of Zürich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with about 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 and has seven faculties. History. The Beginning. The University of Zurich was founded in 1833 from three existing colleges of law, theology and medicine. It was the first university in Europe to be started by a democratic state and not by a church or royalty. It came around 400 years after the University of Basel which started in 1460. Since 1525 there had already been a law, medicine and theology college in Zurich, so when the university began, the college became part of it. It was called the Universitas Turicensis.  In the first semester, there were 161 students. Of which, 16 were studying theology, 26 law, 98 medicine and 21 philosophy. There were 26 professors and 29 lecturers. In 1840 the first women were allowed to sit in on lectures at the university.  Campus. The university campus has buildings all over the city of Zürich. The main campuses are in the city centre, Irchelpark and Oerlikon. The construction of the university buildings started in 1973. The campus was inaugurated in 1979.  Museums. There is a Museum of Medical History in the main building of the University. Academics. University of Zurich and the ETH (Federal Institute for Technology) work together in the fields of bioscience and finance.  Rankings. The "Times Higher Education" ranked the University of Zurich 26th place in Europe and 85th worldwide. "Newsweek" ranked the university 11th in Europe and 46th worldwide. Student Life. The University of Zurich has an Academic Sports Association (ASVZ). The ASVZ offers a wide range of classes. The student association (VSUZH) organizes events and works with the university administration.  Canteens. The university has 16 canteens. Students and Staff get a discount when they show their university ID.  ‘Obere Mensa’ is the biggest canteen
Ernie Colón (July 13, 1931 – August 8, 2019) was an American comics artist. He was known for drawing comic books relating to superheroes, horror and politics. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Colón was best known for his works "Arak, Son of Thunder", "Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld", "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "Richie Rich", "SpyCat" and "The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation". Colón died August 8, 2019 in Huntington, New York from colorectal cancer at the age of 88.
David Wayne Parks (December 25, 1941 – August 8, 2019) was an American football wide receiver/end in the NFL. He played for the San Francisco 49ers from 1964 to 1967, the New Orleans Saints from 1968 to 1972 and for the Houston Oilers in 1973. He was born in Muenster, Texas. Parks died on August 8, 2019 in Austin, Texas at the age of 77.