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Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, CB (; 28 March 181915 March 1891) was a 19th-century English civil engineer. He invented the system for cleaning drinking water so as to eliminate cholera. As chief engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works his work was in response to the Great Stink of 1858. He invented the system for cleaning sewage which is basically the same as used today. It stopped the city from having cholera epidemics, and also reduced typhus and typhoid. Until then, cholera had been endemic in all large cities throughout the world, beginning in Roman times.  Bazalgette's plan was for new, closed sewers to pump the waste away from the city. Bazalgette took the polluted water though sewage treatment plants, after which the clean water was returned to the Thames.  Victorian London became one of the few large cities in the world to be free of epidemics carried by the water supply. The British later built the water and sewage systems in many other countries, especially those in, or connected with, the British Empire (Cairo, Khartoum, New Delhi and so on). The growth in population has made the water unsafe again in many places, but round about 1900 a clean water supply was available in many parts of the world. All this was a consequence of Snow's work, and Bazalgette's engineering. Cholera has returned in modern times. Cities have outgrown the sewage systems built in the late 19th century. Governments have spent money on armaments rather than engineering. Uncontrolled population growth has meant the return of cholera to a world where it was once eliminated. Bazalgette was also the designer of the Hammersmith Bridge.
Keibu Keioiba or Kabui Keioiba is a mythical creature in the Meitei mythology and folk stories of Manipur. He has the head of a tiger and the body of a human. Legends say he is half man and half tiger.  Legend says he was once a skilful priest named Kabui Salang Maiba. He used magic to change into a strong and scary tiger. But because he was too proud, he could not change back all the way. Story. Keibu Keioiba was human in daytime and tiger during nighttime. During night, he walked around looking for food in his tiger form. One night, he came to an old woman's house. He wanted to eat her. The old woman said that her wrinkled skin would taste bad. She told him to eat a young, beautiful lady named "Thabaton" instead.  Thabaton was the only sister in a family with seven brothers. The old woman told Keibu Keioiba that Thabaton's seven brothers were not at home. The brothers had gone away to work for a very long time. The old woman told Keibu Keioiba more tricks so he could catch Thabaton. For example, she told him how to trick Thabaton so she would open the door of her house.  Keibu Keioba took Thabaton away from her house. Then the seven brothers came home from their work. They found Thabaton was not in the house. They asked the old woman about their sister. She told them that Keibu Keioiba had taken her away. The seven brothers prepared their weapons. They searched for their sister.  Keibu Keioiba did not eat Thabaton. Instead, he made Thabaton his wife. They lived together in the woods. The seven brothers never stopped searching for their sister in the woods.  One day, they saw Thabaton. When they came close to her, they saw a man and a child with her. The brothers secretly told Thabaton they were there. When Keibu Keioiba went away to hunt, Thabaton met her brothers. They planned to escape from that place. When
"For other meanings,see Citron (disambiguation)" Citron is a dark lemon color similar to that of the fruit citron.
Infinite Jest is a book by the American author David Foster Wallace. It was published in 1996. The book has an unusual narrative structure and includes hundreds of extensive endnotes, some with footnotes of their own. The novel has sold more than a million copies worldwide.
Hins Cheung King Hin () is a Hong Kong singer. Career. On 22-25 November 2020, he held his concert "Hins Cheung X HKCO" in Hong Kong Coliseum. On 7 January 2021, he released his 8th Cantonese studio album "The Brightest Darkness".
Rudolf Carnap (18 May 1891 – 14 September 1970) was a German-American philosopher and logician. He was active in Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter. He was a major member of the Vienna Circle and an advocate of logical positivism. He is considered "one of the giants among twentieth-century philosophers". Education. He studied at the Barmen Gymnasium. Then, he attended the University of Jena, intending to write a thesis in physics. But he also studied philosophy and attended Frege's courses in mathematical logic.  Career. He taught philosophy in Prague, and Vienna and the United States. Works. Here is the list of some of his works in philosophy:
Wrightbus is a Northern Irish bus-making company. It was founded in 1946, by a man called Robert Wright. His son William Wright helped continue the bus company. In 2019, it was bought by British businessman Jo Bamford.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has had a lot of changes in its genome. This is known as a variant, and is a result of evolution. Some of them are important because of increased transmission and vaccines being less effective on them. For variants that are new, , the variants of interest reported by the World Health Organization are BA.2.86 and JN.1. The variants under monitoring are JN.1.7, KP.2, KP.3, KP.3.1.1, JN.1.18, and LB.1. This article discusses older, well-known variants of SARS-CoV-2 and mutations in these variants. Overview. There are a lot of lineages of SARS-CoV-2. Lineages are variants that are genetically the same. Out of circulation. Other variants that seem to be out of circulation: Nomenclature. There are different systems for giving names to variants. Criteria for importance. Viruses generally mutate over time, creating new variants. When a new variant grows in a population, it's labeled as an "emerging variant". Some of the potential consequences of emerging variants are the following: Notable variants. Alpha (lineage B.1.1.7). This variant was first detected in October 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom from a sample taken the month before in Kent. Lineage B.1.1.7, It's correlated with a big increase in COVID-19 infection in United Kingdom, partly because of the N501Y mutation. There is some evidence that this variant has 40%–80% increased transmissibility and an increase in deadliness. In December 2020, it became "Variant of Concern 20DEC-01". Sometimes (in 2021) it has been called the "UK variant". Variant of Concern 21FEB-02. Variant of Concern 21FEB-02 (previously written as VOC-202102/02), described by Public Health England (PHE) as "B.1.
Fatima Zakaria (17 February 1936 – 6 April 2021) used to be the editor of the Mumbai Times, and became the Sunday editor of The Times of India. Zakaria is also the editor of the "Taj" magazine of the Taj Hotels. Her office is in the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai. Family. She is the second widow of Rafiq Zakaria, who was an Indian politician and Islamic religious cleric. Fatima Zakaria is the step-mother of 2 children. The eldest, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, is an art historian and writer, living in Mumbai. The second is Mansoor Zakaria. Her full son Arshad Zakaria runs a hedge fund. Her youngest full son Fareed Zakaria is an editor of Newsweek, and host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN. Career. Rafiq Zakaria established The Maulana Azad Education Trust in the historic city of Aurangabad Maharashtra India. It was his Assembly Constituency from which he got elected a few times. He served as a Minister in the State cabinet. Fatima transformed educational institutions in Aurangabad to such an extent that they can be compared with the best centres of learning in Asia. Zakaria joined the Taj Group of Hotels to establish the hotel, The Taj Residency, on the campus of The Maulana Azad Education Trust in Aurangabad. She became editor of the coffee table magazine "Taj". She introduced a Hotel Management Course in alliance with a British University. She is on the board of the Indian Institute of Hotel Management Aurangabad  Zakaria, is regarded as a secularist, however she took special care to cater to the educational needs of the Muslims. The award Padma Shri was conferred on her by the Government of India in 2006. Zakaria died from COVID-19 at the Kamalnayan Bajaj Hospital in Aurangabad on 6 April 2021.
William "Biff" McGuire (October 25, 1926 – 2021) was an American actor. He was known for his stage roles as Woody in the 1960 revival of the musical "Finian's Rainbow " and played King Arthur in one of the first national tours of "Camelot". McGuire starred in the episode "Number Seven, Hangman's Row" of the CBS anthology series, "Appointment with Adventure". He also starred in the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episodes "The Gentleman From America" (1956), "The Hidden Thing" (1956), "Crackpot" (1957), and "Don't Interrupt" (1958, as Larry Templeton). He died in 2021 at the age of 94.
Loránd Milassin (18 January 1948 – 1 April 2021) was a Hungarian hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Milassin was born in Budapest. Milassin died on 1 April 2021 in Budapest, aged 73.
Donald Maynard Brashear (born January 7, 1972) is an American-Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played for five organizations in the National Hockey League (NHL), in which he played the role of enforcer.  Career statistics. International. All statistics taken from NHL.com
The choking game is a challenge that aims to cause unconsciousness by lowering the supply of oxygen to the brain. When becoming conscious again ("waking up"), people often have a euphoric feeling, or a good dream. Most of the time, adolescents try this game. One of the reasons is that they want to experiment with other states of consciousness. If they do it as a group, peer pressure often plays a role. The practice seems to have started in France, in the early 20th century. After the second world war (late 1940s, to early 1950s), several authors described it. The reasons to play this game are different from those of erotic asphyxiation. Steve Field, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners in London, claims that children and teens try the game mainly "to get a high without taking drugs." Children "aren't playing this game for sexual gratification." It is frequently confused with erotic asphyxiation, which is oxygen deprivation for sexual arousal. Unlike erotic asphyxiation, adults usually don't play this game.  Dangers and effects. The brain will take permanent damage, if it doesn't get enough oxygen. The first effects occur within minutes.  In the United States, and in France, where it is known as "jeu de foulard", this practice has caused several deaths. The CDC has identified 82 victims aged between 6 and 19 years, who died as a result of this practice, between 1995 and 2007. Most of the sensations felt are: According to Françoise Cochet, successfully preventing children from playing is to not only telling them that playing the game is dangerous, but also telling them about the risks involved. Statistics. The French government organised a conference on the subject, where experts from France and Belgium took part. Afterwards, a study was done, where 1012 children between 6 and 15 years of age, were questioned. The study found the following results:
Hóngbāo () or red envelope is an envelope with money inside. In China, people give the envelope as a gift for special occasions. The red envelopes are most commonly given to children or single/unmarried adults during the Chinese New Year celebration, where Chinese families often gather together. The red packet is also called “money warding off old age” (压岁钱; "yāsuì qián") during Chinese New Year. Outside of China, similar customs have been adopted or are traditional across parts of Southeast Asia and many other countries with a sizable ethnic Chinese population. In the mid-2010's, a digital equivalent to the practice emerged within messaging apps with mobile wallet systems. Origin of the hongbao. According to Chinese legend, in ancient times there was a demon or evil fairy named "Suì" (祟). Legend says that Sui is totally black, except for its colorless, transparent hands. Sui—according to the said legend—appears every Chinese New Year’s eve and would touch a sleeping child’s head, causing mental illness. This is why Chinese New Year celebration is practiced by staying up late during the new year’s eve, called "Shousui" or translated as “waiting for Sui”. So, the elderly people started to thread coins with a red string, called "ya sui qian" or “money to suppress Sui”. The coins were given to children to entertain them, and to keep them awake to avoid "Sui"’s touch. According to the same legend, eight noble fairies turned themselves into eight coins, protecting the children from "Sui." Thus, the story spread and everyone started to follow the same practice to protect the children. Over the years, the "ya sui qian" was replaced with the red envelopes—the "hongbao."
The Songhua River is one of the main rivers in China. It is about long. The river drains of land, and has an annual discharge of .
Philippe Audet (born June 4, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Audet was born in Ottawa, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1991 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Beauce, Quebec. He was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings 52nd overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, later playing with that team in the National Hockey League.
Richard Stehlík (born June 22, 1984) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey defenceman. Stehlik was selected by the Nashville Predators in the 3rd round (76th overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He would never play in the NHL. Stehlík previously played for HK 36 Skalica, Sherbrooke Beavers, HK Dukla Trenčín, HC Sparta Praha and HC Vítkovice Steel. He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 2020.
Pierre Pousse (born February 27, 1966) is a French former professional ice hockey player. He was a coach with the France national ice hockey team since 2004. International. Pousse competed for France in the 1988, 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. He also competed in the ice Hockey World Championships for France from 1992 to 1996.
Paul Ritter (born Simon Paul Adams; 20 December 1966 – 5 April 2021) was an English stage and screen actor. His film roles included "Son of Rambow" (2007), "Quantum of Solace" (2008), "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (2009), and "The Eagle" (2011), as well as television programmes including "Friday Night Dinner" (2011–2020), "Vera" (2011–2013), "No Offence" (2015–2018), "Cold Feet" (2017–2020), "Resistance" (2019), "Chernobyl" (2019), and "Belgravia" (2020). Ritter was born Simon Paul Adams in Gravesend, Kent. He died of a brain tumour in Faversham, Kent at the age of 54 on 5 April 2021.
The Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women is a prison that is in Alabama, United States. It opened in 1942.  It is a women's prison.
Stephen Leather (born 25 October 1956) is a British author. He writes in the thriller genre. His works are published by Hodder &amp; Stoughton. He began his writing career as a journalist, working for newspapers such the "The Glasgow Herald", "Daily Mirror", "The Times", "Daily Mail" and the "South China Morning Post" in Hong Kong. He has written for television shows such as "London's Burning", "The Knock" and "Murder in Mind".  Leather's 1992 novel "The Chinaman" was made into a movie, called "The Foreigner" (2017). It stars Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan. Leather was born in Manchester. He grew up in Sale and Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
The Nokia N95 is a mobile phone developed for the Nokia N-series. It was announced in September 2006. It was released on March 31, 2007. Nokia N95 partnered for the black-colored 8GB release on 24 September 2007. The Nokia N95 8GB was announced on 5 April, 2007. The Nokia N95 8GB has a black skin, partnered with two camera and a swipe-able keyboard, which was released on 24 September and 25 September 2007.  According to Nokia Tablet Congress, on 8 January 2008, the Nokia N95 has had 1,000 awards. History. Nokia N93, which was made for Nokia N-series version, developed on September 5th, 2006 at the Nokia Tablet Congress Center four days after that, it was launched. On 25 September 2006, Nokia N95 partners announced the new features for phones.  After that, Nokia N95 was awarded 105 awards for the mobile phone. On 3 March 2006, it had 108 and 109 awards. The Nokia N95 released on 31 March 2007. Nokia's Corporation reach announced that Nokia N95 8GB can be released on 24 September 2007.
Lælia is a small genus of orchids with twenty species . species list. List of Laelia species
Ewa Farna (born 12 August 1993) is a Polish-Czech singer, actress, model, songwriter, dancer and television presenter. She released five Polish-language and four Czech-language studio albums, and received platinum and gold certifications for them, both in Poland and the Czech Republic. Farna is the youngest commercially successful singer in the Czech Republic. She was a judge on the "Czech&amp;Slovak SuperStar" in 2013, the "X Factor" (Poland) in 2014, and is currently a judge on "Idol" (Poland) Biography. Farna was born on August 12, 1993 in The Hague. He attended The Polish Elementary School Vendrynk, an art school for five years, and the Polish Gymnasium in Ceskšín. He also attended dance school and learned to play the piano. Farna first attracted attention after winning local talent competitions in both the Czech Republic and Poland in 2004. After being discovered by producer Leshek Wronka, she released her debut album M2ls mje vábec rád in 2006. followed by her Hug Deadline Award winner in 2006. Her second album, Ticho, which peaked at number two in the Czech Republic, and a Polish version of their debut album, Titled Sam on Sam, were released in 2007. After the tour, the DVD Blíz ke hvízdám became the best-selling music DVD in 2008. In early 2009, the In 2013, the Polish version of his second album was released as Cicho. Also, in 2010, in 2013, Ewa was included in an episode of "Hela w opalach." His next album, Bui Virtuální, was released on October 26. The international tour also covered Poland and Slovakia. In 2010 the Polish album "EWakuacja" was released. The album received many awards, including the 2011 Viva Comet Awards for both singles and the entire album. The singles from "EWakuac" are "Ewakuacja", "Without Lez", and
Embarrassment is a feeling that human beings can have. It is an emotion. Embarrassment is painful to feel. People feel embarrassed if they think they might have done something bad or if they think they broke a social rule. People can feel embarrassed even if they really did something good. For example, sometimes people feel embarrassed when someone says something good about them. Psychologists say embarrassment is in the same group as shame and guilt. A person who feels embarrassed may start to sweat or stammer when they speak. If the person has pale skin, he or she may blush, meaning the skin becomes redder. People who feel embarrassed may also smile or hide their faces.
Rukma Ray ( or Rukma Ray) is a Bengali Television actress who works primarily in TV soap operas. She is well known for playing the lead character of "Rajkumari Kiranmala" in "Kiranmala". She has also played both supporting and lead roles in many soap operas and web series.
The Postal Reorganization Act is an American law signed by President Richard Nixon in 1970. The law takes the Post Office Department out of the Cabinet of the President and makes it an independent agency. This agency is the United States Postal Service. Background. The Post Office had been struggling due to Congress. Because the department was a part of the government, Congress had to approve most things that happened to it. This made change to the Postal Office Department very slow, and this did not sit well with the Postal Unions. They wanted more change to improve the conditions of the Postal Workers, but Congress was too slow to bring in rapid change. The unions worked with Congress and the president to create a better system. The Postal Reorganization Act was the final product of this work. Details. One of the changes was the business goal of the Postal Service. Now that they were an independent agency, they did not receive money from Congress, so they had to work to make money through the selling of stamps and shipping. Another was their new way of choosing the Postmaster General. A Board of Governors is elected by the president, and these people are able to choose the Postmaster General. The Post Office Department also changed their name to the United States Postal Service, and this is the same Postal Service that is delivering mail today.
Imoinu Iratpa or Emoinu Eratpa is a sacred religious festival dedicated to Imoinu, the goddess of wealth and prosperity in Meitei mythology and religion (Sanamahism). It falls on the 12th lunar day of the "Waakching" month of the Meitei calendar (Manipuri calendar). The festival is mainly celebrated by the Meitei ethnicity and other non-Meitei Sanamahists.
Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL are Android smartphones from the Google Pixel product line. They next to the Pixel 3. The phones were announced on October 15, 2019. They released in the United States on October 24, 2019.
A disk partition is a section of a data storage device (such as a hard disk). A disk partition can have one of several formats, such as NTFS (found on Windows) to ext4 (found on Linux). Disk partitions start at one number and end at another. These numbers are addresses in the hard drive. The address points to one byte and ends at another on the disk. Different partition tables allow for different amounts of partitions on a given device. Master Boot Record (MBR) has a maximum of 4 partitions. GUID Partition Table (GPT) has a maximum of 128 partitions. Partitions can be edited by using a partition editor.
"All You Ever Wanted" is a song by English singer-songwriter Rag'n'Bone Man. It was released as a digital download and for streaming on 29 January 2021. It is the lead single from his second studio album "Life by Misadventure". The song was written by Ben Jackson-Cook, Mike Elizondo, Natalie Hemby and Rory Graham. Background. Talking about the song, he said, "I'd felt sad looking around Brighton and London where I grew up…remembering all those cool places that aren't there anymore." The song was recorded in Tennessee.
Markovnikov's rule or Markownikoff's rule started that in addition to polar reagent to unsymmetrical alkene the negative part of the polar reagent (Cl, OH, F etc) is attached to the carbon having the lowest number of hydrogen while the positive part of the polar reagent (H,Na,Mg,Al etc) is attached to the carbon having the highest number of hydrogen. The rule was postulated by Vladimir Markovnikov. Explanation. From the above diagram, the reactant which is prop-1-ene which unsymmetrical alkene, it's reacting with Hydrobromic acid (Hydrogen Bromide) which is the polar reagent. When this hydrogen bromide dissociate it yield H+ and Br-. The positive part of this polar reagent (H+) is attached to the carbon in between the double bond with highest number of hydrogen while the negative part of this polar reagent (Br-) is attached to the carbon in between the double with the lowest number of hydrogen. It's usually go with addition reactant. Anti-Markovnikov's Rule. Anti-Markovnikov's rule oppose Markovnikov's rule completely. It occur in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).  Anti-Markovnikov's rule started that in addition polar reagent to unsymmetrical alkene the positive part of the polar reagent is attached to the carbon in between the double with lowest number of hydrogen while the negative part of the polar reagent is attached to the carbon in between the double having the highest number of hydrogen.