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Li Zhanshu (born August 30, 1950 in Pingshan County, Hebei province) is a Chinese political figure. He was the chairman of the National People's Congress from 17 March 2018 to 10 March 2023. In 1971, Li started his college life in ShiJiaZhuang Finance and Trade College. One year later he started working in government. In February 1976, he was promoted to the lowest level official in the Chinese bureaucratic structure - KeZhang, which is like a Team Leader in most western governments. In 1980s, advanced education was a huge advantage in promotion. In October 1980, Li studied Politics and Education in night school in Hebei Normal University. Apparently benefited from the education upgrade, Li elevated to the position of CPC Secretary in Wuji county (part of ShiJiaZhuang), Hebei province. Around the same time, Xi Jinping was the CPC secretary in neighboring county ZhengDing (also part of ShiJiaZhuang). It is widely seen that the relationship established between Li and Xi during this period of time played a significant role in Li's later political fortune. In July 1998, Li left his home province of Hebei and was promoted to provincial level leader in Shaanxi province. In 2002, Li became deputy party chief in Shaanxi. In 2003, Li was dispatched to Heilongjiang as deputy provincial party chief. In 2007, Le was appointed as acting governor of Heilonhjiang. In 2010, Li became the top ruler in Guizhou province - the CPC chief in the province. In July 2012, Li was transferred to CPC's General Office as deputy director. In September he replacesd Lin Jihua to become the director, which is normally occupied by the CPC General Secretary's trusted person. In October 2017, Li rose to the member of CPC Politburo Standing Committee, ranking #3 in China's power structure. On March 17, 2018, Li became the chairman of National People's Congress of China.
Rivers State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. At the 2006 census, the state had a population of 5,185,400. It is the sixth-most populated state in the country. The capital and largest city is Port Harcourt. It is also the centre of Nigeria's petroleum industry. Rivers State is bordered on the south by the Atlantic Ocean. To the north it is bordered by Imo, Abia and Anambra states. To the east it is bordered by Akwa Ibom State and to the west by Bayelsa and Delta states. Many indigenous peoples live in Rivers State. They include Ikwerre, Ijwa, Etche, Ogba/Egbema, Ogoni and others.
Nour El-Sherif (; 28 April 1946 – 11 August 2015) was an Egyptian actor. His birth name is Mohamad Geber Mohamad ِAbd Allah (Arabic: محمد جابر محمد عبد الله). El-Sherif was born in the working-class neighbourhood of Sayeda Zainab in Cairo (). He was known for his conspiracy theories about the Holocaust and the September 11 attacks. El-Sherif was interviewed by Egypt's CBC TV. The interview aired on September 7, 2014. It was translated by MEMRI. In the interview, El-Sharif said that the attacks of September 11, 2001 were the "result of an internal American conflict" between the "U.S. presidency and the CIA." El-Sherif died from a heart attack in Cairo at the age of 69.
Fikret Otyam (December 19, 1926 – August 9, 2015) was a Turkish painter and journalist. He began his career in journalism. He later moved to painting and photography. He worked for the Son Saat, Dünya, Akın, Ulus, Kudret and Cumhuriyet newspapers. Otyam died of kidney failure at Antalya on August 9, 2015. He was 88 years old.
Sesugh Uhaa (born August 22, 1987), better known by his ring name Apollo Crews, is a Nigerian-American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to the WWE and works on their SmackDown brand. Uhaa, under the ring name Uhaa Nation, is also known for his work in Dragon Gate USA, as well as the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. During his time in Dragon Gate, he won the Open the Twin Gate Championship with BxB Hulk. He was also named the Best Newcomer by Dragon Gate USA in 2011. During his time in WWE he won the Intercontinental and United States Championships once. WWE. In October 2014, Uhaa entered a WWE tryout camp and he was given a developmental contract. On April 6, 2015, he started at the WWE Performance Center. In a press release on April 13, the company announced that Uhaa was a member of their new NXT wrestlers. Uhaa made his first television appearance on the May 6 episode of NXT and signed his NXT contract during a segment with William Regal. On August 5, it was announced that Uhaa would make his televised NXT debut on August 22 at the ' event. It was also announced that his new ring name would be Apollo Crews.
Bonsall is a census designated place (CDP) in San Diego County, California, United States. It is east of Oceanside and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. In 2020, Bonsall had 4,546 people.
Mia Malkova (born July 1, 1992), formerly known as Madison Swan, is an American pornographic actress. She began her career in 2012 and has since appeared in around 130 adult movies. She has also been nominated for seven AVN Awards, winning two. Malkova was born in Palm Springs, California. She has been married to British pornographic actor Danny Mountain since July 20, 2014.
Edin Džeko (; born 17 March 1986) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains both Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Honours. VfL Wolfsburg Manchester City Inter Milan Individual
The 2012–13 Manchester City F.C. season was Manchester City's 111th season, 11th English Premier League season in a row, and their 21st season in the Premier League since the team was created. Statistics. Top scorers. These are the top scorers for all tournaments.
The name Principality of the Pindus or Principality of Pindos has been used, mainly to describe an attempt to form an autonomous district in the Pindus mountains in northern Greece in July, and August 1917. At that time, near the end of the World War I, mayors and sd other leaders from several Vlach villages in the Pindus mountain, including Samarina, Avdella and Metsovo, wanted to create an autonomous protectorate of Italy. This effort was not successful. Neither a principality, autonomous State, or autonomous district ever actually came into existence in 1917. All these events lasted only a few days. One of the members of the temporary committee that wanted to form a government for this district was the young Alcibiades Diamandi, an ethnic-Aromanian who played a significant role 25 years later in 1941–43. The name "Principality of the Pindus" was used later to describe a similar idea which was discussed by members of the "Roman Legion" (1941-1943). This "Roman Legion" was a group of Vlachs working together with the Italian army that occupied Greece during part of World War II. Alcibiades Diamandi created and was the first leader of this "Roman Legion". The Legion never declared any kind of autonomous state. The Legion stopped existing after the surrender of Italy to the Allies in 1943.
Demolition, otherwise known as destruction, destroyment, razing, wreckage, demolishing, destructing, destroying or wrecking, is a process in which buildings are torn down. Demolition is different from deconstruction, which is carefully taking a building apart to reuse its parts. For small buildings, such as houses, demolition is often simple. Buildings are often pulled down with excavators, bulldozers or cranes. Other specialized equipment may also be used. Larger buildings may use a wrecking ball swung by a crane. This works well for masonry buildings. Sometimes building implosion is used. This involves using combat vehicles or explosive charges. If done correctly, the building falls in on itself and not on nearby buildings. Preparation. Before a building can be torn down, several things have to happen. A demolition permit has to be obtained from a city, town or county. All hazardous waste must be removed. This includes asbestos, lead paint and any flammable materials. All utilities (water, electricity and natural gas) have to be disconnected. Many municipalities have checklists of what to do before a building can be demolished. They also have checklists of things that must be removed first.
Lila Tretikov (; born January 25, 1978) was the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation from 2014 to 2016. She is a specialist in software engineering. Career. Tretikov was born in the former Soviet Union in 1978. She emigrated to America in 1994. She studied art and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. In May 2014, Tretikov was selected as the future executive director of Wikimedia Foundation, replacing Sue Gardner and took up the post on June 1, 2014.
Thomas Plantagenet Bigg-Wither (born in Hampshire, October 16, 1845 - died at sea, July 19, 1890) was an engineer and writer. Between 1871 and 1875, he participated in an expedition in the Brazilian province of Paraná in southern Brazil. After returning to England, he published the book "Pioneering in South Brazil". He also published an article called "The valley of the Tibagy, Brazil". In the 1880s, he worked as chief engineer of a railroad in India. In 1890, he became ill. When he returned to England, he died on the ship and was buried at sea.
Harald Ingemann Nielsen (26 October 1941 – 11 August 2015) was a Danish footballer. He played professionally for Italian club Bologna F.C. where he was the league top scorer ("capocannoniere") in Bologna's 1964 Serie A championship winning season.  Nielsen played 14 games for the Denmark national football team in 1959 and 1960, scoring 15 goals, and he was known as "Guld-Harald" (Gold-Harald). He was part of the Danish team that were runners-up at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was a football entrepreneur having continuously worked for the professionalization of both the Danish national team and the national league.  Honours. Bologna Denmark Individual
David Gordon Nobbs (13 March 1935 – 9 August 2015) was an English comedy writer and humanist. He was best known for writing the 1970s series "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin", adapted from his own novels. Nobbs was married twice, firstly to Mary in 1968, from whom he was divorced sometime after the success of " 'Perrin' " and secondly to Susan in 1998. Nobbs died on 9 August 2015, aged 80. He was survived by his second wife and four step-children.
"The Pleasure Principle" is a new jack swing and pop song by the singer Janet Jackson. It is about her not wanting a loveless relationship and not settling for materialism. The song is from her album "Control". The song hit #14 on the "Billboard"'" Hot 100. This was the only song from Jackson to not chart in the Top 10. It was released in May 1987.
An excavating machine, also known as an excavating vehicle or excavator or a digging machine, digging vehicle, digger, scooping machine, scooping vehicle, scooper, backhoeing machine, backhoeing vehicle, backhoer or rubber duck or simply a scoop, backhoe, hoeing machine, hoeing vehicle, hoer or hoe, is a piece of heavy construction equipment. Excavators are used to dig in the ground or to move large objects. At the base of the machine, it usually has two tracks to move it. Above the tracks is a platform that rotates (180° or 360° degrees). The operator sits in a cab and controls the excavator. One set of controls moves the machine forward and backward. Another set of controls operates the arm and the tilting bucket. hydraulic fluid, hydraulic cylinders and hydraulic motors control the machine.  It is characterized by its four main parts. Bucket - Also called a scoop, this part is used to take out a huge chunk of soil from the ground. It is made of solid steel and has large teeth to make scooping easier.  Excavators come in different sizes based on the type of work they do. Some are cable-operated excavators. Some also use wheels instead of tracks. There are many types of excavator:
"Ænema" is the third single off American rock band Tool's second studio album "Ænima". The song was released in August 9, 1997.  On the "Billboard" charts, "Ænema" was able to peak at #25 on Mainstream Rock Songs. In 1998, the song won a Grammy Award in the category of Best Metal Performance.
With Teeth (written on the album as [WITH_TEETH]) is the fourth studio album by Nine Inch Nails. Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock band. Nothing Records and Interscope Records released the album on May 3, 2005. It was produced by Trent Reznor and Alan Moulder. Other music makers also helped with the album, such as Dave Grohl and Atticus Ross. Ross later joined Nine Inch Nails. The album has three singles: "The Hand That Feeds", "Only", and "Every Day Is Exactly the Same". The album was number one on the "Billboard" 200. The RIAA gave it a gold certification. Track listing. All songs made by Trent Reznor.
Joseph Louis Robert Edgar Fillion (July 12, 1920 – August 13, 2015) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played seven seasons for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a member of two Stanley Cup-winning teams during his career with Montreal; in 1944 and 1946. He also spent time with the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL and the Sherbrooke Saints of the Quebec Senior Hockey League (QSHL). Fillion died on August 13, 2015. At the time of his death, Fillion was the last surviving member of the Canadiens' 1944 Stanley Cup team.
Kaarlo Jaakko Juhani Hintikka (January 12, 1929 – August 12, 2015) was a Finnish philosopher and logician, one of the most significant of the 20th century. He was born in Helsingin maalaiskunta (now Vantaa). After teaching for a number of years at Florida State University, Stanford, University of Helsinki, and the Academy of Finland, he ended his career as a Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. He wrote 30 books and over 300 scholarly articles. Hintikka worked in mathematical logic, philosophical logic, the philosophy of mathematics, epistemology, language theory, and the philosophy of science. Hintikka was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2013.
The IND 8th Avenue Line is a subway line in New York City. It carries the A, C and E services. It opened in 1932. About 1 million people ride on it every day. The line is 23 km (14 mi) long. Services that use the line are colored dark blue. Services. The line carries three of the 27 services of the New York City Subway services. They are: "Train yards and layups used by the IND 8th Avenue" The Rockaway Park Yard = Used By The (A)(Blue Shuttle Rockaway Shuttle)(H) The H is now discontinued but that’s the yard it ran from. Pitkin Avenue Yard = Used By The (A)(C)(Rockaway Shuttle) Is An Yard In East New York Near The Terminating Station Of Euclid Avenue. This Yard Was Also Used By The Now Discontinued (K) Train. Also The (K) Train is now know as the todays IND 8th Avenue Local (C) Train. Jamaica Yard = Jamaica Yard Is Only Used By The (E) Train for 8th Avenue As It Stores E Trains Near Its Terminating Jamaica Center / Jamaica 179th St / And Forest Hills 71 St Continental. This Yard Is Also Used By The Terminating (M) And (R) Trains At The Nearby Forest Hills Station On The (F) Train Terminating At Jamaica 179th St. 174th St Layup = This Layup Is Only Used By The Terminating (C) Trains At 168th St Just North Of Harlem. It Is An Underground Yard So It Can Not Be Seen from The Outside. (A) Trains do not use this yard as they continue to Inwood using the 207 St yard. 207 St Yard = Used By The IND (A) Train Where It Terminates By Inwood 207 St. This yard is important because the IND And IRT shares this Yard This Yard Is Operated By The (A) And (1) Trains. This is the only yard in Manhattan besides the layups and it is the closest to water as it sits on the river. It is also the closest yard to the Manhattan/Bronx Border Line.
Insolvency means that a person or organisation does not have enough money to pay all of the people who they owe money. Different countries have different definitions of exactly what insolvency means, but usually it means either that: When a person or a business is insolvent, then people whom they owe money to may apply to court to put then into bankruptcy. Insolvency and bankruptcy. People often confuse the terms bankruptcy and insolvency, and sometimes they use one word when they really mean the other. Insolvency usually just means that a someone does not have enough money to pay their debts or (sometimes) that the total amount of their debts is worth more than the total amount of their assets. Bankruptcy is a formal legal process in front of the courts. Although the two terms are connected, just because a person is insolvent does not necessarily mean that they will go into bankruptcy. Consequences of insolvency. Apart from being put into bankruptcy there are other risks to being insolvent. Many countries have laws to protect the public which means that the directors of a company who continue to trade whilst the company is insolvent may have to pay compensation to creditors, and in some cases may even be convicted of a crime.
A wrecking ball is a heavy steel ball used for demolishing large buildings. It is usually hung from a crane. A crane operator swings the ball back and forth like a pendulum. It works best tearing down masonry buildings. Early round shapes would sometimes get stuck in walls and roofs. The modern wrecking ball is pear-shaped to avoid this problem. It is not clear when the wrecking ball was invented. They were commonly in use by 1936 in New York City. Today they are no longer used as much in demolition. The wrecking ball has largely been replaced by the more efficient High reach excavator. "Think of a long-reach excavator as a demolition scalpel, compared to the mallet of a wrecking ball". References. &lt;br&gt;
Agustín Mario Cejas (22 March 1945 – 14 August 2015) was a former Argentine football goalkeeper. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and Brazil and has the all-time record number of appearances for Racing Club de Avellaneda. He was born in Buenos Aires. Cejas played for Argentina at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Cejas died of Alzheimer's disease on August 14, 2015 in Brazil, aged 70.
Stella Hackel Sims (born December 27, 1926) was an American civil servant. She was the Vermont State Treasurer from 1975 through 1977. She later served as Director of the United States Mint from 1977 to 1981. She was a Democrat.  Sims was born in Burlington, Vermont.
Wikitravel is a project to create a travel guide using open content from editors worldwide. It is based on wiki technology. Wikitravel was created in July 2003 by Evan Prodromou and Michele Ann Jenkins. It is inspired in part by Wikipedia. The project uses MediaWiki, like the Wikipedia, but it is not a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikitravel formerly used a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0, but since January 1, 2010 uses a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. Among other things, this facilitates the reprinting of pages.
The Chevrolet Uplander was a minivan sold by the Chevrolet division of General Motors (GM) from 2005-2009. The minivan replaced both the Venture minivan and the truck designed Astro. 2005 was the only model year for all-wheel drive this is due to the engine changing to a 3L V6 enging. GM said the AWD could not handle the torque. The Uplander was considered an imprpvement over its predecessor. It earned a Good in the IIHS' offset test and a Poor in side impact tests (without air bags, with air bags it earned an acceptable). While it was initially a decent seller compared to the Honda Odyssey and Toyota Sienna the Uplander's sales were poor. In 2008 GM announced that it would shut down Doraville Assembly which manufactured the minivans and decided to focus on crossover SUVs and introduced the Traverse.
Juba II was a king of Numidia. He lived from 52 or 50 BC to AD 23. His wife was Cleopatra Selene II. She was the daughter of Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony. He died in Mauretania.
The Empire of Brazil was a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy of the nineteenth century that covered the areas of modern Brazil and Uruguay. Brazil was originally a colony of the Portuguese Empire but became its center when the Prince Regent João VI fled the French invasion of Portugal in 1808. When João returned to Portugal he left his son Pedro as regent of the autonomous Kingdom of Brazil. On 7 September 1822, Pedro declared Brazil to be an independent Empire and was acclaimed by the people as emperor. However, in 1831 he was able to return to Portugal. He abdicated the Brazilian throne and left his young son Pedro II as emperor. His reign saw three international wars and decades of economic prosperity and political stability. Pedro I, Pedro II and the imperial family of Brazil wanted the abolition of slavery, and on 13 May 1888 the imperial princess regent, Isabel de Bragança and Bourbon signed the "Golden Law" on behalf of her father, ending slavery in Brazil. By that time, Brazil had become the last major nation to have slavery. Former plantation owners, dissatisfied with the abolition of slavery, joined the republican movement led by Deodoro da Fonseca, an elderly Marshal, to carry out a Coup d'etat and install a republic which became Brazil's first dictatorship on November 15, 1889. The imperial family was exiled, and the Republican government persecuted, tortured and killed all those who opposed the regime.
The BMT Canarsie Line is a line of the New York City Subway, and over 565,000 people ride it every day. Services using the line are colored light gray, not to be confused with the dark gray Shuttles. Only one service uses the line, and that is the L service. It runs from 8th Avenue to Rockaway Parkway.
The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup was an international cricket tournament which was hosted by India. India was selected as the host at an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in London in June 2013. This is the 13th Cricket World Cup competition. It was also the fourth time that India is hosting it. This was the first time that India has hosted the tournament on its own. India hosted previous World Cup tournaments in 1987 (with Pakistan), 1996 (with Pakistan and Sri Lanka) and 2011 (with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh). The winners of the World Cup were Australia, who beat India in the finals by 7 wickets, breaking their 10 match win streak.  Venues. The tournament took place in ten different stadiums, situated in ten different cities across India. The first and second semi-finals were held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and Eden Gardens in Kolkata respectively, while the final took place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Qualification. As with the previous edition, the tournament features ten teams. The main route for qualification will be the 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League tournament. For the World Cup, the top seven sides plus the hosts (India) from the thirteen competitors in the Super League will qualify. The remaining five teams, along with five Associate sides, will play in the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, from which two teams will go through to the final tournament. Squads. All teams were asked to finalise their 15-player squads prior to 28 September, with any replacements after this date requiring approval from the ICC. All squads were announced by 26 September 2023. The oldest player of the tournament was Dutch player Wesley Barresi, who was 39 years old, while the youngest was Afghan spinner Noor Ahmad, who was 18. Match officials. On 8 September 2023, the ICC named 20 match officials for the tournament. On 25 September 2023, ICC published the list of umpires for match-wise appointments. Umpires. Australia Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Referees. The ICC
Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015), known as Julian Bond, was an American social activist, politician, professor, and writer. He was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.  Bond was elected to four terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and later to six terms in the Georgia Senate. From 1998 to 2010, he was chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Bond died on August 15, 2015 from complications of vascular disease (blood vessel disease) in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, aged 75.