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A Talking Cat!?! is a 2013 independent children's film directed by David DeCoteau. The film was released by Phase 4 Films direct to DVD on February 18, 2013. Eric Roberts is featured as the voice of the talking cat. Synopsis. Two families with one parent are brought together by Duffy (Eric Roberts), a cat who can talk. Phil Barber, (Johnny Whitaker), a wealthy man, recently sold his computer company to spend more time with his son Chris (Justin Cone), a model, who does not care about this decision. At the same time, Susan (Kristine DeBell) is finding it hard to make enough money as a caterer with her two children Tina (Janis Peebles) and Trent (Daniel Dannas). Duffy then enters the families' lives, talking to them to give them advice, but can only talk to each person once. Production. The film is one of several direct-to-video family films directed by David DeCoteau using the false name Mary Crawford. It was shot in three days in the same mansion as his "1313" series. Eric Roberts' dialogue was recorded in 15 minutes. Reception. The film is mostly hated. Film.com hated Duffy. "The A.V. Club" gave a mostly negative review for the film, but said "for lovers of utter, unredeemable trash, it is highly recommended." CraveOnline also gave a negative review, but said the film should be for "Bad Movie Night". In an interview, DeCoteau, talking about the film, said "people have called me who I haven't seen since high school who said, 'David, after 100 movies you've finally made a movie we like.'" He added, "I watched it again, because I hadn't seen it since we made it, and it is so ridiculous and hilarious and over-the-top."
Ulrich Müther (21 July 1934 - 21 August 2007) was an East German builder. Life. He was born in Binz. In 1953, his family's construction firm was taken. In 1958, he became manager of the company. In 1993, his firm went bankrupt, during German reunification. He was influenced by Felix Candela and Oscar Niemeyer. He designed and built about 74 concrete shell buildings.
Midden-Drenthe is a municipality in the province of Drenthe, the Netherlands. In 2019, 33,178 people lived there. The municipality was created on 1 January 1998, in a merger of the former municipalities of Beilen, Smilde, and Westerbork. Between 1998 and 2000, the name of the municipality was Middenveld.
Marcelo Spina (born July 23, 1970) is an Argentinean-American architect (AIA) and educator. He is a partner in Los Angeles-based architecture firm PATTERNS, which he founded in 2002. Since 2001, he has been a Design and Applied Studies Faculty at SCI-Arc. Education. He holds a B.Arch. from the National University of Rosario, Argentina (1994) and a Master in Advanced Architectural Design from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University in New York (1997). Career. Spina has worked for RUR Architects and Keller Easterling in New York and Gerardo Caballero Architects. He opened his own office Banchini + Spina Arquitectos in Rosario, Argentina (1998-2002). At SCI-Arc, he was the coordinator of the Applied Studies Program from 2005 to 2009 and the Architectural Technologies Postgraduate Program from 2011 to 2019. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2016. Juries and advisory. He has served on national juries and advisory boards such as The Architectural League of New York, Progressive Architecture Awards and the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize. He has been a visiting professor at the Universities of Pennsylvania, Syracuse, Harvard, Berkeley, Vienna, Innsbruck, and Di Tella among others. In 2013, he was the Louis I. Kahn visiting assistant professor of Architectural Design at Yale University School of Architecture. As co-author. Spina is the co-author of PATTERNS Embedded (ACDCU, 2010), Material Beyond Materials (SCI-Arc Press 2012) and Mute Icons and other Dichotomies of the Real in Architecture (Princeton 2016). He co-curated Matters of Sensation at Artists Space with Georgina Huljich. Awards and Recognition. 2019: AIA LA Merit Award, Casa del Sol, Mykonos 2017: AIA LA Merit Award, Janoian Medical Building, Glendale, CA 2016: AIA LA Mer
Beemster is a former municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland. In 2021, about 10,100 people lived there.  Since 2022, it has been part of the municipality of Purmerend.
Wilson Roosevelt Jerman (January 21, 1929 – May 16, 2020) was a butler. He worked for 11 different American presidents in the White House. He was born in Seaboard, North Carolina.  Jerman was promoted to butler under John F. Kennedy, and continued in that role until his retirement in 1993 during the Bill Clinton administration. He returned to the White House in 2003 in the George W. Bush administration. He worked as a maitre d' and elevator operator for Barack Obama before his final retirement in 2012. Jerman died at the age of 91 on May 16, 2020 from COVID-19 in Woodbridge, Virginia at the age of 91.
Seaboard is a town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 542 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Jackson is a town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 430 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County. Jackson is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.
"Berith" Maria Kristina Bohm (23 August 1932 – 14 May 2020) was a Swedish opera singer and actress. She performed in a talent show during her teens in Bromma and performed the song "Fjorton år tror jag visst att jag var".  She began her stage career in Stockholm and then went to Stora Teatern in Gothenburg. Her best known theatre role was as Csardasfurstinnan in "Sköna Helena". She also performed at Volksoper in Vienna, Austria. Bohm died on 14 May 2020 at the age of 87.
Neil Howlett (24 July 1934 – 21 May 2020) was an English operatic baritone. He sang leading roles in major opera houses and festivals. He performed at the Royal Opera House, Teatro Colón, and the English National Opera, where he was the Principal Baritone for seventeen years. He was born in Mitcham, Greater London.  Howlett was a professor at the Guildhall School of Music, and later, after retiring from full-time performance, Head of Vocal Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music. He taught privately in London and Lincolnshire. Howlett died on 21 May 2020, aged 85.
Arnulf Kolstad (23 April 1942 – 21 May 2020) was a Norwegian social psychologist. He was born in Oslo. He was a professor emeritus of Social Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).  He was appointed by the King-in-Council at the then-University of Trondheim in 1986 and was head of department for the Department of Psychology from 1990 to 1992. He became professor emeritus in 2012. He was critical of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize going to Liu Xiaobo as "western arrogance". Kolstad died on 21 May 2020 in Oslo, aged 78.
Sergei Makarovich Kramarenko (; 10 April 1923 – 21 May 2021) was a Soviet Air Force officer. He fought in World War II and the Korean War. He was honored withHero of the Soviet Union. He retired in 1977 with the rank of major-general. He was the last living Soviet flying ace of Korean War. Kramarenko died on 22 May 2020, aged 97.
Alan Gilbert Merten (December 27, 1941 – May 21, 2020) was an American educator. He was the fifth President of George Mason University from 1996 until his retirement in 2012. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Merten died on May 21, 2020 in Florida from Parkinson's disease-related problems, aged 78.
John David Pawson (25 February 1930 – 21 May 2020) was an English evangelical minister, writer, theologian and Bible. He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He was the pastor of Guildford Baptist Church.  In "The Normal Christian Birth", Pawson argued that for a person to enter into Christianity, it should involve more than the simple "Sinner's Prayer". He also believed that a person who goes to hell, should stay there for eternity. Pawson died on 21 May 2020, aged 90.
Ashley John Cooper AO (15 September 1936 – 22 May 2020) was an Australian tennis player. He was born in Melbourne. He played from 1953 until 1968. He was seen as the world's best amateur player during the years of 1957 and 1958. Cooper won four singles and four doubles titles at Grand Slam tournaments. He won three of the four Grand Slam events in 1958.  Cooper died on 22 May 2020 at the age of 83 after a long illness in Melbourne.
Mory Kanté (29 March 1950 – 22 May 2020) was a Guinean singer. He was born in Albadaria, French Guinea. He was best known for his 1987 hit song "Yé ké yé ké", which reached number-one in Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, and Spain. His album, "Akwaba Beach", was the best-selling African record of its time. On 16 October 2001, Kanté was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). On 22 May 2020, Kanté died at a hospital in Conakry from a chronic disease, at the age of 70.
Anatoliy Matviyenko (22 March 1953 – 22 May 2020) was a Ukrainian politician. He was born in Bershad, Vinnytsia Oblast. He was Governor of the Vinnytsia Oblast from 1996 to 1998. He was a member of the Verkhovna Rada from 1990 to 1994, 1998 to 2005, 2006 to 2007 and again from 2014 until his death. He was an activist of Komsomol in Ukraine (LKSMU) and by 1985 became a secretary of the Central Committee of LKSMU. In 1989-91 Matviyenko became the first secretary of the Ukrainian Komsomol and became a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Matviyenko died on 22 May 2020 in Kyiv, at the age of 67.
Luigi "Gigi" Simoni (22 January 1939 – 22 May 2020) was an Italian football player and manager. He was born near Bologna, Italy. He played for A.S.D. Mantova F.C., S.S.C. Napoli, Torino F.C., Juventus F.C., Brescia Calcio and Genoa C.F.C.. His playing career lasted from 1959 to 1974. He was known for managing Napoli and Inter Milano. His managing career lasted from 1974 to 2012. Simoni died at his home on 22 May 2020 in Pisa, Italy from stroke-related problems, aged 81.
Giulio Savelli (27 September 1941 – 12 May 2020) was an Italian politician and publisher. He was born in Rome. Savelli was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of Forza Italia. He was a deputy from 1996 and 2001.  Savelli died on 12 May 2020 in Rome at the age of 78.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Iowa took place in Iowa on November 4, 2014. In it, Republican State Senator Joni Ernst faced off Democrat Bruce Baley. Ernst won the election with 52.1% of the vote to Baley's 43.8%. Fundraising. Baley's campaign raised slightly more money than Ernst's. His campaign also spent a lot more of that money, spending $10 million, while Ernst's spent $6.6 million. Three Debates. Three televised debates were set to occur, one in Des Moines, one in Davenport and one in Sioux City. Republican Primaries. Joni Ernst. State Senator Joni Ernst ran in the primaries. She won all but eight of the counties in Iowa in the primaries, and 56.1% of the vote. Mark Jacobs. C.E.O. Mark Jacobs ran in the primaries. He won just one county in North Iowa, and 16.8% of the vote. Sam Clovis. Radio host Sam Clovis ran in the primaries. He won seven counties in Northwest Iowa, and 18.0% of the vote. Steve King. Congressman Steve King decided against running. Matthew Whitaker. Matthew Whitaker, an attorney, ran, but did not win any counties, and carried just 7.5% of the vote.
"Rain on Me" is a song by American singers Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande. It was released on May 22, 2020, as the second single from Gaga’s sixth studio album, "Chromatica". It was written by the singers with Rami Yacoub, Nija Charles, Alexander Ridha, and its producers, BloodPop, Tchami, and BURNS. On June 1, 2020, it was announced that the song entered at number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The song became Gaga’s fifth number-one single in the US and Grande’s fourth. Grande became the first artist with four songs on the Hot 100 to enter at the top, passing Justin Bieber, Drake, and Mariah Carey, who had three each at the time. It became Gaga's second number-one entrance after "Born This Way" in 2011. The song is also the first female collaboration to enter at number one in the US.
Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan was a very powerful tropical cyclone that caused a lot of damage in East India and Bangladesh in May 2020. It caused over US$13 billion dollars of damage and killed a total of 118 people. It was the strongest cyclone to hit the Ganges Delta since Cyclone Sidr in 2007. It formed on the 16 May in the Bay of Bengal and tracked into the Ganges Delta before dissipating on the 21 May.
The 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The North Indian Ocean cyclone season has no real bounds, but cyclones usually form between April and November, with the highest amount of storms in May and October. There has been one tropical cyclone so far in the season, Cyclone Amphan. It was the strongest cyclone since 2007.
Tetraoxygen (O4), or oxozone, is a molecule made up of four oxygen atoms. It does not exist in nature anywhere and can only be made under extreme conditions in a lab. The molecule was first created in a lab in 2001.
June Dalziel Almeida (5 October 1930 – 1 December 2007) was a Scottish virologist. She had very good skills in electron microscopy. During the COVID-19 pandemic, her research was used to help beat the virus.
William Lyon (March 9, 1923 – May 22, 2020) was a major general of the United States Air Force. He was Commander of the United States Air Force Reserve Command. As chief of Air Force Reserve, Lyon was the principal adviser on Reserve matters to the Air Force Chief of Staff. He was born in Los Angeles, California. Lyon died on May 22, 2020 in Coto de Caza, California at the age of 97.
was a Japanese female professional wrestler. She wrestled for Stardom. Her mother is former wrestler Kyoko Kimura. Kimura was born in Yokohama, Japan. Kimura was trained at Wrestle-1's Professional Wrestling University. She debuted on March 30, 2016 against Reika Saiki in a losing effort for Wrestle-1. The pair wrestled against each many times throughout 2016 for Wrestle-1. Kimura killed herself by swallowing hydrogen sulfide on May 23, 2020, at the age of 22.
Syed Muhammad Fazal Agha (; (1946 – 20 May 2020) was a Pakistani politician. He was Governor of Balochistan from August 18 to October 12 1999. He also was Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan from 1988 to 1991. from Balochistan. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from 13 August 2018 till his death. Agha was born in Killi Huramzai, Pishin District. He died on 20 May 2020 from COVID-19 in Karachi, aged 78.
In complex analysis, Euler's formula, also sometimes called Euler's relation, is an equation involving complex numbers and trigonometric functions. More specifically, it states that formula_1 where "x" is a real number, "e" is Euler's number and "i" is the imaginary unit. It makes a relation between trigonometric functions and exponential functions of complex numbers. It is named after Leonhard Euler, who published it in 1748. When he published it, Euler said that the angle must be a real number. Later, it turned out that the formula also works if the angle is not a real number, but a complex one. When the angle is formula_2 and formula_3, Euler's formula becomes formula_4 and formula_5, respectively.
Atropatene was an ancient kingdom that existed in part of what is now Iran. It existed with Darius III of Persia and Alexander the Great. It started in the 4th century BCE, in what is now northern Iran. Its capital was Ganzak. It ended as a vassal kingdom of the Parthian empire. In 226, the Sasanian empire conquered it. At that time it was probably more of a province of the Parthian empire than a kingdom, even though its rulers were kings.  Today, many people see it as a predecessor of the modern state of Azerbaijan.
The Virgin Komi Forests is a large woodland in the northern part of the Ural mountain range, in Russia. The forests are part of the Komi Republic of Russia. The forests cover an area of and are the largest virgin forests in Europe. They were made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995. Most of the area is flat Taiga plain, about above sea level. They rise towards the Ural mountains. They are threatened because parts of the area contain a lot of gold. Illegal logging is also a threat.
Numerical methods for partial differential equations are computational schemes to obtain approximate solutions of partial differential equations (PDEs). Scientific Background. Motivation of this area. Many PDEs appeared for the study of physics and other areas in science. Therefore, many mathematicians have challenged to make methods to solve them, but there is no method to mathematically solve PDEs except the Hirota direct method and the inverse scattering method. This is why numerical methods for PDEs are needed. The Finite Difference Method (FDM) and its problems. One of the most basic PDE solver is the finite difference method (FDM). This method approximates derivatives as differences: formula_1 This method works for easy problems. But it is powerless to some equations (such as the Navier–Stokes equations) because they are non-linear. Since this difficulty appeared, numerical analysts started to study other methods (just like the finite element method, FEM). On the other hand, some experts started to consider improvements for FDM. Evolution of the FDM. Experts have discovered difference methods which preserves the property of the given PDE. Integrable Difference Schemes. Ryogo Hirota, Mark Ablowitz and others have made methods that preserves the integrability (important mathematical property in the theory of dynamical systems) of PDEs. These methods are known to have better accuaracy than the original FDM. Structure Preserving Numerical Methods. Many PDEs have appeared from physics. So we can think about difference methods preserving physical properties. These difference methods are known as structure preserving numerical methods. The following list is the examples of them: Some experts are studying their relation between numerical linear algebra. Others. The difference mthods in above have high accuracy, but their usage is limited because they depend on the behaviour of the given PDEs. This is why new types of FDM are still studied. For example, the following methods are studied: Validated Numerics for PDEs. Not only approximate solvers, but the study to "verify the existence of solution by computers" is also active. This study is needed because numerically obtained solutions could be phantom solutions (fake solutions). This kind
The 2019 UK Championship was a professional snooker tournament. It took place from 26 November to 8 December 2019. It was the 43rd UK Championship, and the seventh ranking tournament and the first Triple Crown event of the 2019–20 season. The event was shown on BBC Sport in the United Kingdom and on Eurosport in Europe. The tournament was sponsored by betting company Betway. Ronnie O'Sullivan had won the 2018 event. O'Sullivan was beaten in the last 16 by Ding Junhui. Ding played Stephen Maguire in the final. Ding beat Maguire 10–6 to win his third UK championship. Tournament draw. The results of the event are shown below. The winners of each match are indicated in bold.
The 2018 UK Championship was a snooker tournament, that took place from 27 November to 9 December 2018. It was the ninth ranking tournament and the first Triple Crown event of the 2018/2019 season. The event was shown on BBC Sport and Eurosport in the United Kingdom. Ronnie O'Sullivan, the defending champion, defeated Mark Allen 10–6 in the final, winning his 7th UK Championship and his 34th ranking event overall. Stuart Bingham made the event's highest break of 145 in the first frame of his third round match against David Gilbert.
Kamil Özdemir Tolon, better known as Kamil Tolon, (29 February 1912 - 23 July 1978) is a Turkish Entrepreneur, scientist, businessman and industrialist. Life. He was born as the second of the six child of Defterdar Muhittin Bey and Behiye Hanım. In 1937 he got married to Müeyyet Bulut, but his marriage ended in 1942. From his marriage with Müeyyet Bulut, they had two daughters, Abatun and Barkın Tolon. In 1943 Tolon was married for second time to Muzaffer Biliktü . After 1 year of their marriages Dara Tolon was born. In 1949 Cana Tolon was born. Career. When he graduated from university in 1935, he was appointed as PTT inspector. He resigned because of his experiences during his first inspection trip to Anatolia in 1937. After that, with Mayor of Bursa, Fahri Batıca, they had opened a shop. In this shop they produced Turkey's first washing machine. After that, his classmate Adnan Menderes suggested that Kamil Tolon produce electric motors. After that, he had produced Turkey's first electric motor. During that time, he had developed the copper wire machine. After that, he became a founder of Justice Party and BTSO. Death. He died in Switzerland on 23rd of July, 1978.
Philo of Byzantium (, about 280 BC to about 220 BC). He was also known as Philo Mechanicus. He was a Greek engineer, physicist and writer on mechanics. Although from Byzantium, he lived most of his life in Alexandria, Egypt.  Philo was the author of a large work, "Mechanike syntaxis" (Compendium of Mechanics).
Gladys May Aylward (24 February 1902 – 3 January 1970) was a British-born evangelical Christian missionary to China, whose story was told in the book "The Small Woman", by Alan Burgess, published in 1957. Film of her life. The life of Gladys Aylward was made into the film "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness", starring Ingrid Bergman, in 1958. The film was produced by Twentieth Century Fox, and filmed entirely in North Wales and England. Many things in the film were not true to the life of Gladys. However, it brought her some fame. This allowed her to speak to groups in many countries about her true work and love for Jesus. Missionary service. Gladys was not accepted by missionary societies due to her lack of education. She saved money for the train fare. She went to China on her own to work with an older woman. After that woman, Jeannie Lawson, died, Gladys took over her work. Much of her life was spent caring for orphans. During the Second World War, she rescued many orphans who had been abandoned or whose parents had been killed. This involved dangerous journeys with the children to get away from places where the war was raging. She finally settled in Taiwan in 1958. There, she founded the Gladys Aylward Orphanage, where she worked until her death in 1970.
Gérard Lamy (2 May 1919 – 26 October 2016) was a Canadian politician. He was a member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada from 1962 to 1963. During this time, he represented the electoral area of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche and was a part of the Social Credit Party. Lamy was born on 2 May 1919 in Shawinigan, Quebec. Before becoming a politician, he was a contractor. Lamy was only elected one time, in the 1962 federal election. He beat the incumbent Liberal MP, Joseph-Adolphe Richard. Lamy was part of the first group of 26 Social Credit MPs from Quebec who were elected that year. In the election the year after, he lost his election. This was very unexpected, because both Lamy and the Liberal Party thought he would not lose the election. The person that beat him was Liberal Jean Chrétien. Chrétien would later become the Prime Minister of Canada. Lamy tried to win two more elections after this. In the 1970 Quebec provincial election, he lost his election as a part of the "Ralliement créditiste du Québec". In the 1979 general election, he lost his election as a part of the Progressive Conservative Party. Lamy did not run for election ever again after 1979. He died in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, on 26 October 2016.