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Mountain Province is a province in the Philippines, located in Luzon's Cordillera Administrative Region. The provincial capital is Bontoc. The name of the province is often shortened to Mt. Province by locals. The name comes from being in the Cordillera Central mountain range on Luzon island. Mountain Province was the historical name for a larger province, established in 1908 and later split into Mountain Province, Benguet, Kalinga-Apayao, and Ifugao in 1966.  The Mountain province is full of natural beauty and is famous for it's mummy caves with naturally preserved bodies and hanging coffins. Location. Mountain Province is in Luzon, covering an area of about 2,157 square kilometers. It's surrounded by Kalinga to the north, Isabela to the east, Ifugao to the south, Benguet to the southwest, Ilocos Sur to the west, and Abra to the northwest. Most of the province, around 83%, is mountainous, with hills and levels making up the remaining 17%. The region has rivers, waterfalls, mountains, and caves. The central and western parts are rugged with steep cliffs, while the east has generally sloping terrain. Demographics. Mountain Province had around 158,200 people in 2020, with 73 inhabitants per square kilometer. The largest ethnic group is Kankanaey, making up 51.8% of the population, followed by Balangao at 13.46% and Bontoc at 12.28%. Other groups include Ilocano, Applai, Binontok, and Kalinga. Regarding religion, about 60% of the province adheres to Anglicanism. Other religions like Roman Catholicism, Islam and other Christians are also present. Mountain Province stands out as the only predominantly Protestant province in the Philippines.
Jan Erik Humlekjær (born 1946) is a Norwegian archer. Erik Humlekjær competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.
CoinDesk is an American news site that mainly covers bitcoin and digital currencies. Founded by Shakil Khan, the site was later bought by Digital Currency Group for around US$500,000–600,000.
TechCrunch is an American online newspaper that covers technology and startup companies. It was founded in June 2005 by Archimedes Ventures, led by Michael Arrington and Keith Teare. In 2010, AOL bought the company for around $25 million. After Verizon bought AOL, it was owned by Verizon Media from 2015 through 2021. In 2021 Verizon sold it to the private equity firm Apollo Global Management.
The Adventures of Bernie (French: Les Aventures de Bernie) is a French animated slapstick comedy television series created by Alexandre Simard Mathieu Peters-Houg Lucille Briand based on the character created by Olivier Jean-Marie Claude-William Trébutien directed by Richard Méril and produced by Xilam Animation. The series' premise focuses on the lives of Zig, a brown hyena, and Sharko, a great white shark, over their conflicts regarding the mermaid Marina, in which Zig seeks to devour her while Sharko loves and protects her. The series employs silent comedy: characters either do not speak; rather they use unintelligible vocalizations, gestures, and occasional pictograms in speech balloons. One season with a total of 10 half-hour episodes (30 three-minute segments) were originally broadcast on October 3, 2022, followed by an official premiere on November 21, 2021 on YouTube, with the first season airing on Cartoonito, and reruns airing on K2. A first season was announced in June 2023. A first season was announced in 2022 and first aired in October 2023 on Gulli and M6. Plot. After he fails to help Zig eat Marina, Bernie the hermit crab gets lost at the bottom of the ocean and searches for any plans to return to the island.
The Mercury News is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. As of March 2013, it was the fifth largest daily newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 611,194. History. "The Mercury News" has a rich history dating back to its inaugural publication in 1851. As the last remaining English-language daily newspaper chronicling the events of the Santa Clara Valley, the newspaper has witnessed and documented the region's evolution over the years. The transition to its current name, "The Mercury News", occurred in 1983 following a series of mergers.
This is a list of episodes from the French animated series, "Zig &amp; Sharko".  Series overview. &lt;onlyinclude&gt;&lt;/onlyinclude&gt; Episodes. Season 1 (2010–2015). Throughout the first season, much of the plots revolve around the oceans surrounding a tropical volcanic island, in which Marina often spends the day residing on a rocky pinnacle off the coast during the day, while residing in an underwater home that she shares with Sharko.  Season 2 (2016-2019). In the second season, the plots shifted to the island itself, including its beaches, volcano, and jungle, with some changes for the main characters - Marina takes residence in an ornate, life-sized sandcastle, built by Sharko; Zig and Bernie live with a cargo plane pilot in his crashed plane within the jungle; and Sharko operates as a lifeguard for the aquatic lifeforms who frequent the beaches. Season 3 (2019–2020). In the third season, the main characters and the island's inhabitants move onto a cruise ship to travel the oceans, where much of the season's plots take place. Marina start to have the big eyes. Season 4 (2023-2024). A fourth season was announced in 2022. According to official announcements, the fourth season will revolve around Marina and her magic shoes, which can make the person wearing them bend and stretch their legs to its extremes.
David Anthony Burke (born March 28, 2005), known as d4vd, is an American singer and song writer. He is best known for his songs "Romantic Homicide" and "Here With Me", which experienced international success.  Biography. Early life. David Anthony Burke was born in Queens, New York City. He would later move to Houston, Texas. Career. Burke's career in music started when he made videos of the video game "Fortnite" and decided to make his own music. In July 2022, he released the single "Romantic Homicide". "Romantic Homicide" charted at Number. 3 on the "Hot Alternative Songs" charts. Burke's second hit single "Here with Me" was released in September 2022, and a music video was released in November 2022. "Here with Me" charted at Number 4 on the Hot Alternative Songs charts and Number 7 on Singaporean charts. "Romantic Homicide" is RIAA certified Gold, ARIA certified platinum, and MC certified platinum, and "Here with Me" is ARIA certified gold and MC certified platinum.
Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir ( , ; born 23 April 1999), known professionally as Laufey, is an Icelandic singer and musician. She achieved prominence in the early 2020s for her success as a jazz-inspired pop artist. Her debut album, "Everything I Know About Love" (2022), charted in Iceland and the United States. It was followed by the album "Bewitched" (2023), which received a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 2024 Grammy Awards; the single "From the Start" found international success. Early life and education. Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir was born on 23 April 1999. Her father is Icelandic and her mother is Chinese. maternal side of her family is from Guangzhou. Her mother is a classical violinist. Laufey graduated with a presidential scholarship from the Berklee College of Music in 2021. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
Gawker was an American news site and blog founded in 2002 and based in New York City. The site had over 23 million visits per month as of 2015. It was the main blog of Gawker Media, a media company. Currently, Gawker is owned by Meng Ru Kuok.
Shirley Barber (23 June 1935 – 12 December 2023) was an English children's author and illustrator. Her first picture book was "Martha B. Rabbit - The Fairies' Cook". It was published by The Five Mile Press in the year 1988. She made lots of books with pictures and coloring pages about fairies and animals. People liked them a lot, and she sold more than 10 million copies by 2008. Her books showed beautiful forests, and she also made calendars and notebooks. People could read her books in 18 different languages. Death. On 12 December 2023, Shirley Barber died while sleeping at her home in Watsonia, at the age of 88.
Fast Company is an international business magazine published in print and online that mainly covers technology, business, and design. It operates international editions include flagship U.S. edition and South African edition. History. "Fast Company" was launched in November 1995 by Alan Webber, Bill Taylor, and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman.
Jeshua Shababo was an Egyptian scribe and rabbi, who lived in the last quarter of the seventeenth century. His teachers were Rabbis Abraham ha-Levi of Cairo and Joseph Nazir, who afterward became his father-in-law. The former included some dissertations of his pupil in his work "Ginnat Veradim". The two men differed in opinion, and the pupil answered his teacher in "Peraḥ Shushan" (Constantinople, 1732).
Gaurav Khanna (born 11 December 1981) is an Indian television actor. He is known for his roles of Neil in "Jeevan Saathi", Inspector Kavin in "CID", and Akshay in "Tere Bin". He currently plays the role of Anuj Kapadia in Star Plus's "Anupamaa", for which he won Indian Telly Award for Best Actor (Editorial).
Thakurartha Devadithya Guardiyawasam Lindamulage Nalin Kumara de Silva is a Sri Lankan philosopher and a political analyst. He is the former Sri Lankan ambassador in Myanmar.  De Silva died on 2 May 2024 in Fremont, California at the age of 79.
The benefit cap in the United Kingdom limits the amount in state benefits that an individual household can claim per year. The benefit cap started in 2013 at £26,000 per year (£500 per week) which was the average family income in the UK. For single people with no children it was set at £18,200 per year (£350 per week). From Autumn 2016 it was reduced to £20,000, except in London where it was reduced to £23,000. In 2023 for a couple or a household with children it was £25,323 in London and £22,020 outside of London. For a single person, the annual thresholds are £16,967 in London and £14,753 outside of London. The policy was challenged in court in 2015 by two lone mothers who said that the benefit cap was discriminatory and unfair. The Supreme Court said it was lawful but three of the five judges concluded that the benefit cap breached the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In 2015 there was also a successful legal challenge on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminated against disabled people and their carers. The policy was changed so that it did not apply to people who get Carer's Allowance. In 2019 a case by lone parents who argued that the benefit cap discriminated generally against women, who make up most of the population of single parents, and specifically against lone parents with young children failed. The court held by a majority of 5–2 that the discriminatory effects are justified.
Mehammad Henedi Ahmad Abdelgawwad () is an Egyptian comedian actor born in Giza, Egypt, on 1 February 1965, and has gained a cinematic bachelor's degree. Henedi started his career in 1984 in short appearances in theaters and cinemas, and he achieved huge success in his two films "Esma'eleya Rayeh Gaii" and "Sa'ede Fel Gam'a Al Amrekya". He later starred in the movies "Hamam fi Amsterdam" (1992), "Belya we Demagho el Alya", "Saheb Sahbo" and "Andaleeb Al Dokki". Mohamed Henedi also dubbed the voices of Timon, Mike Wazowski and Homer Simpson for the Egyptian versions of "The Lion King", "Monsters, Inc.", and "The Simpsons" respectively. Yasmin Elrashidi of "The Wall Street Journal" said that Henedi was "considered the Robert De Niro of the Middle East."
Jessica Woynilko (born May 1, 1999) is an American professional wrestler and former gymnast. She is currently signed to WWE under the ring name Tiffany Stratton, where she performs on the SmackDown brand and is the current WWE Women's Champion in her first reign, and the winner of the 2024 Women's Money in the Bank ladder match. During her time in NXT she became a one-time NXT Women's Champion.
Interstella 5555 (full name: "Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem)" is a movie about Daft Punk trying to place their album Discovery in the track list of a movie. In their childhood, Daft Punk members Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter were big fans of . The band worked with the creator of the series, , and the Japanese animation company, Toei Animation, to make the movie. Interstella 5555 is set to the band's album "Discovery" album with no additional words and only a few added sound effects.  Plot. In the movie, we follow the story of a music group from a distant planet. The group attracts the attention of aliens, who can be seen dancing to their song "One More Time". The group of aliens catches the eye of Earthlings. However, they are malicious, and they come to the planet to kidnap the musicians, before transforming them into humans. Their appearances change, and their memories are altered. The artists will do everything to find their native land, helped by an extraterrestrial who has come to Earth. Creation. The idea for the film emerged one day in the minds of the two artists, influenced by famous Japanese anime from the 1970s and 1980s. Their love for these works pushed them to fly to Japan. “We then begin, in parallel with the music, the writing of the story with our friend and collaborator Cédric Hervet, all three lulled as children by Albator and his poetic and enigmatic universe, we dream of an uncertain collaboration with Leiji Matsumoto, and we flew to meet him in the summer of 2000 with our album and the completed synopsis under our arms", explained the members of Daft Punk. This trip paid off since the film was supervised by the creator of Albator and Galaxy Express 999 himself, Leiji Matsumoto. This explains the resemblance between the character designs of his characters and the protagonists of Interstella 5555. The members of the duo have always had a strong admiration for the work
Kandisha is a 2008 Moroccan horror film directed by Jerome Cohen-Olivar, starring Amira Casar, David Carradine, Michael Cohen, Saïd Taghmaoui, Mourad Zaoui, Hiam Abbass and Assaad Bouab. Screening. "Kandisha" was first screened at the Marrakech International Film Festival in 2008.
Dorothy Gretchen Steeves (née Biersteker; May 26, 1891 – May 9, 1978) was a Dutch-born political figure in British Columbia. She represented North Vancouver in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1934 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member.
Aitor Gelardo Vegara (born 26 June 2002) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Villarreal CF B. Born in Catral, Alicante, Valencian Community, Gelardo was a Villarreal CF youth graduate. He made his senior debut with affiliate club CD Roda on 15 December 2018, starting in a 2–1 Tercera División home win over CD Acero.
Shilongo Filippus Uukule (1919 at Onyaanya – 2010) was senior headman of the Uukwanambwa, a clan of the Ovambo people in Namibia. His residence is located in the Onyaanya Constituency of the Oshikoto Region.
Upon the abolition of the Second Mexican Empire and the execution of Emperor Maximilian I in 1867, pretense to the Mexican Crown passed to and was assumed by the adopted heirs. The current pretender to the Mexican throne, in right of both the First and Second Empires, is Count Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide, great-grandson of Salvador de Iturbide y de Marzán.
The Rwandan Patriotic Front is the ruling political party in Rwanda. The leader is President Paul Kagame. It has governed the country since its armed wing defeated government forces, winning the Rwandan Civil War in 1994. Overview. It has been called authoritarian. Elections are not fair. Opposition parties have been banned. People who criticise them have been arrested or assassinated. There has been electoral fraud. Founding. The party was started by Tutsi refugee intelligentsia in Uganda in 1979. It was called Rwandese Alliance for National Unity. In December 1987, it held its seventh congress in Kampala and changed its name. In 1990 they invaded Rwanda, starting the Rwandan Civil War. in 1994, it formed a government of national unity headed by a Hutu president, Pasteur Bizimungu.  Post-Rwandan genocide. In February 1998, Kagame was elected president of the RPF, replacing Alexis Kanyarengwe, and in March 2000 he became the national president. Following a constitutional referendum in 2003, Kagame was elected president with 95% of the vote. The RPF formed a coalition with several smaller parties, which got 74% of the vote in the 2003 parliamentary elections, winning 40 of the 53 elected seats in the Chamber of Deputies.  The coalition won 42 seats in the 2008 parliamentary elections, and Kagame was re-elected as president in 2010 with 93% of the vote. In the 2013 parliamentary elections the RPF-led coalition won 41 seats.
NG-19 was the nineteenth flight of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its eighteenth flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-2) contract with NASA. The mission launched on 2 August 2023 at 00:31:14 UTC. This was the eighth launch of Cygnus under the CRS-2 contract. NG-19 deorbited on January 9, 2024 at 13:06 UTC.
The Social Democratic Party is a centre-left social democratic political party in Rwanda. The party support the Paul Kagame government. It started in 1991. Its main leaders were killed in the morning of the first day of the genocide.  After the genocide the party joined the national unity government. It supported President Paul Kagame in the 2003 presidential elections, and got12% of the vote in the 2003 parliamentary elections, winning seven seats. The party's vote share rose to 13% in the 2008 elections, as it kept its seven seats. In the 2010 presidential elections the party had Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo as its candidate; he received 5% of the vote, coming second to Kagame, who received 93%. In the 2013 parliamentary elections the party again got 13% of the vote, winning seven seats. It was reduced to five seats in the 2018 elections.
G. M. Bhat (born 2 July 1959) is a geologist from Jammu and Kashmir, India. He was the head professor at Department of Geology of Jammu University. In 2020, he was nominated as a member of the Scientific Board of Geoscience Programme (IGCP) by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Léon-Alfred Opimbat (born 1950?) is a Congolese politician. He served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Health from 1992 to 1993 and as Minister of National Solidarity and Humanitarian Action from 1997 to 2002, with additional responsibility for the health portfolio beginning in 1999. Subsequently, he was a Deputy in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2007 to 2011.
Kurdish Alevism (Zaza: "Elewiyina"; Kurdish: "Elewîtî") refers to the unique rituals, sacred place practices, mythological discourses and socio-religious organizations among Kurds who adhere to Alevism, an heterodox tradition within Islam. Kurdish Alevism is monotheistic, just like all of Islam, but also have strong elements of veneration to nature and ancestor. Kurdish Alevis constitute an important part of the Alevi population and form the majority of Tunceli Province in Turkey. The Kurdish Alevi population has experienced religious and ethnic discrimination, oppression and forced assimilation which have significantly impacted their identity. Demographics. In Turkey, different estimations exist on the Kurdish Alevi population. While Dressler stated that about one third of the Alevi population is Kurdish, Aksüt argued in 2015 that a majority of the Alevi population is Kurdish. Tunceli Province is the only Kurdish Alevi-majority province in Turkey. Moreover, there are Kurdish Alevi settlements in the provinces of Adıyaman, Ardahan, Bingöl, Çorum, Elazığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Gümüşhane, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Malatya, Muş, Sivas and Yozgat. Outside of Turkey, there are Kurdish Alevis in Afrin, Syria. The majority of Kurdish Alevis speak Zaza language, the others speak Kurmanji, one of the Kurdish languages, or speak both languages. Structure. Traditionally, the socio-religious structure of Kurdish Alevis consists of two hereditary social positions; members of the sacred lineage or "ocax" and those subordinated to the sacred lineage or "taliw". By the end of the 20th century, this system had been gravely impacted by cultural destruction and the "taliw" has gained influence in regard to religion and identity politics. Since the anti-Alevi violence in the 1990s, "Taliw"s have strengthened the cultural identity of Kurdish Alevis. Ocax. "
Guruji Shri Rishi Prabhakar (1948–2014) was an Indian yogi who instructed many spiritual teachers across the country. He was the founder of Rishi Samskruti Vidya Kendra, a Public Charitable Trust. He also developed many programs such as Siddha Samadhi Yoga (SSY), Kaya Kalpa Kriya (KKK), Advanced Meditation Course (AMC), Bhava Samadhi Training (BST), Hundred Percent Memory (HMP, also known as RCRT), Infant Siddha Program (ISP) and Inspirational Leadership in Rural Development (ILRD) for the well-being of humanity.
The Rosicrucians are a mystical and esoteric secret society that originated in the early 17th century in Europe. The term "Rosicrucian" is often used to refer to a movement or a set of philosophical and spiritual beliefs rather than a specific organization. The origins of the Rosicrucian movement are shrouded in mystery, and it's debated whether the movement had actual historical roots or if it was more of a symbolic and allegorical creation. The Rosicrucian manifestos, which include works like the "Fama Fraternitatis" (The Fame of the Brotherhood) and the "Confessio Fraternitatis" (The Confession of the Brotherhood), were published in the early 17th century. These manifestos presented the ideas and principles of the Rosicrucian movement. The manifestos discussed the pursuit of esoteric knowledge, spiritual enlightenment, and the application of alchemical and mystical principles for personal and societal transformation. The Rosicrucian movement influenced various aspects of Western esotericism, alchemy, and mysticism. Over the centuries, several organizations have claimed to be connected to the Rosicrucian tradition, each with its own interpretation of its teachings and rituals. These organizations often operate as initiatory societies, with members progressing through different degrees of knowledge and understanding. It's important to note that interpretations of Rosicrucianism can vary, and the movement has taken on different forms throughout history. Some modern organizations that identify as Rosicrucian continue to explore spiritual, mystical, and philosophical principles, often incorporating elements of symbolism, alchemy, and mysticism into their teachings.
The Liberal Party is a liberal political party in Rwanda led by Prosper Higiro. It was started in 1991. Although it refused to join the government formed by Sylvestre Nsanzimana later in the year, it joined Dismas Nsengiyaremye's government in April 1992. It split into pro- and anti-government factions. It joined the Rwandan Patriotic Front-led government in 1994. In the 2003 parliamentary elections the party got 11% of the vote and won six of the 53 elected seats. In 2007 Protais Mitali was elected leader of the party. A dispute over the conduct of the elections led to two MPs and five officials being expelled from the party. The 2008 parliamentary elections saw the party's vote share fall to 7.5%. It was reduced to four seats. Higiro was nominated as the party's candidate for the 2010 presidential elections, receiving 1.4% of the vote. In the 2013 parliamentary elections the party got 9% of the vote, winning five seats. It was reduced to four seats in the 2018 parliamentary elections.