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The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), is a minor political parties in Namibia. The party currently holds 16 seats in the Namibian National Assembly and one seat in the Namibian National Council and is the official opposition. McHenry Venaani is president of the PDM. The PDM is an associate member of the International Democrat Union, a transnational grouping of national political parties generally identified with political conservatism, and a member of the Democrat Union of Africa, which was relaunched in Accra, Ghana in February 2019. The president of the party, McHenry Venaani, is the current chairperson of the Democrat Union of Africa.
The Nacionalista Party is the oldest political party in both the Philippines and Southeast Asia in general. It also ruled Philippines throughout the majority of the 20th century, from 1935–1946, 1953–1961 and 1965–1972.
The South West Africa National Union is a Namibian political party founded in 1959. Most of its members came from the Herero people, while SWAPO was mostly an Ovambo party. The president of the party is Charles Katjivirue. Politics. SWANU advocated for interventionism to bring land reform. It also criticised the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement for allegedly resettling politicians on land acquired for redistribution instead of the poor. It also called for greater political will for land reform policies.
PDP–Laban is a political party in the Philippines. It is the political party of the former President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. The PDP party was founded in 1982. It merged with Laban in 1983.
Aaron Blabey is an Australian author of children's books. He was born on January 1st, 1974. He is the author of three best-selling book series; "Pig the Pug" – a picture book series about a rude, selfish, mean-spirited little dog, "The Bad Guys" – a New York Times #1 bestselling graphic novel series for junior readers about a gang of scary-looking animals trying to change their bad reputations, and "Thelma the Unicorn" – a second picture book series about a plain little pony who pretends to be a unicorn. Until 2005, Blabey was an actor.
The Bad Guys is a 2022 American computer-animated heist crime comedy film based on the children's book series of the same name. It is produced by Dreamworks Animation, distributed by Universal Pictures, and directed by directed by Pierre Perifel (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Etan Cohen and Hilary. It stars the voices of Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Awkwafina, Richard Ayoade, Zazie Beetz, Lilly Singh, and Alex Borstein. Aaron Blabey, the author of The Bad Guys series, serves as an executive producer of the film.  "The Bad Guys" had its world premiere at the Ace Hotel Los Angeles on April 12, 2022. It began its theatrical release in several international markets, starting on March 16, 2022 in Israel. It was later released in the United States on April 22 and received positive reviews from critics. Plot. A group of criminal animals, consisting of Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Ms. Tarantula, Mr. Shark, and Mr. Piranha, attempt to do good deeds in order to avoid prison time, while a new villain emerges. Sequel. In April 2022, after the film was released, Perifel said that he would love to do a sequel.
Antoine Franklin McColister (born May 11, 1988), better known by his stage name Ace Hood, is an American rapper. He is best known for his hit singles “Hustle Hard” and “Bugatti.” He has received 4 award nominations. He was signed to DJ Khaled's label We the Best Music Group in 2008. Hood married Shelah Marie in 2020. He appeared on . Discography. Ace Hood has released 5 albums:
Andrew Henry Vachss (October 19, 1942 – December 27, 2021) was an American crime fiction writer and child protection lawyer. He was born in New York City. He was known for writing "" for Warner Books in 1995. He also wrote the 1987 detective book "Strega". Vachss died on December 27, 2021 at the age of 79.
The Congress Plaza Hotel is located on South Michigan Avenue across from Grant Park in Chicago at 520 South Michigan Avenue. It opened for business in 1893, for the World's Columbian Exposition. The hotel had two major expansions and renovations, first in 1902 and then again in 1907. The hotel has 871 guest rooms and suites. The hotel is seen as one of the most haunted buildings in Chicago.
Sir Anish Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British-Indian sculptor. He was born in Mumbai. He works in London. His most famous sculpture is the "Cloud Gate", a bean-shaped sculpture in Grant Park, Chicago.  Honors. Kapoor won the Turner Prize and Premio Duemilia. In 2013, Queen Elizabeth II knighted Anish Kapoor. Black paint fights. Anish Kapoor is also famous for a fight with other artists about black paint. When scientists invented a material called "Vantablack", Kapoor made a deal with them: He bought exclusive rights. This means he paid the company that owned Vantablack to let him be the only artist allowed to use Vantablack in art. Vantablack could be used to paint something so black that a flat circle would look like a deep hole. Other artists were angry with Kapoor because they wanted to use this paint too. One artist, Stuart Semple, made other paints, for example "Pinkest Pink" and "Better Black", and wrote on his website that Kapoor could not have any. Anyone buying the paint had to promise not to give any to Kapoor. Kapoor got some Pinkest Pink anyway and put a picture of himself on Instagram.
Madeline “Maddy” Horn (June 10, 1911 – July 2, 1971) was an American long track speed skater in the 1930s. She became during her career North American outdoor and indoor Champion. She also became national outdoor and indoor champion, winning the indoor and outdoor all around championships four times each. She represented her nation at the 1938 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women, where she finished second in the 500m and 1000m. She also competed in other international competitions, winning several races in Norway. She won 65 of her last 69 races. Horn set the 220 record in 20.2 seconds. She was inducted into the National Speedskating Hall of Fame on May 14, 1966 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She trained in other sports, such as softball.
Elsie Muller-McLave (November 25, 1895 Brooklyn – October 26, 1967 Dobbs Ferry) was a female American speed skater.  She became a National and North American Outdoor and Indoor Champion. Her best season was in 1931.  She competed in all the three women's speed skating events at the 1932 Winter Olympics which were held as demonstration sport. She finished fifth in the 500 metres event. She didn't finish the qualification round of the 1000 metres event and competed in the 1500 metres event but was eliminated in the heats.  She trained in speed skating on the Hudson River and reservoirs.  She was inducted to the National Speedskating Hall of Fame on 18 May 1968.  Personal life. In 1929, she married Archibald Carlisle McLave (1893–1971).
Dana Golan is an Israeli peace activist. She was director of Breaking the Silence. Breaking the Silence collected testimonies by soldiers, of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. They organized an exhibition at Willy Brandt House. She testified at the Human Rights subcommittee, of the European Parliament. In 2010 University of California, Berkeley Hillel rejected her appearance requested by students. She emigrated from Israel. She had claimed in the past to have been a high ranking officer in the Israeli intelligence agency in front of the European Parliament, even though she had only reached the rank of a training officer in the common army.
Cyclobutane is a cycloalkane organic compound with the formula (CH2)4, a colorless gas at room temperature. Cyclobutane is usually sold as a liquified gas (a gas that has been pressurized or frozen to be in a state that isn't natural). Variants of cyclobutane are called cyclobutanes. Cyclobutane has no uses in commerce or biology, but compounds containing cyclobutane are important in biology and biotechnology.  Structure. The carbon atoms within cyclobutane are at odd angles. Cyclobutane is unstable and will break at temperatures over about 500° celcius. Cyclobutane is connected to itself in a ladder-like structure. An example of this structure can be seen in in pentacycloanammoxic acid. This compound is a ladderane made up of five connected cyclobutane units.
Cyclopentane (also called C pentane) has a chemical formula C5H10. It is usually formed by cracking cyclohexane in the presence of high temperature and pressure.
Eching am Ammersee is a municipality in Landsberg in Bavaria in Germany. It has a size of 6.15km2. Being at the northern shore of the Ammersee at an elevation of 541m, it borders the Naturschutzgebiet "Ampermoos" and the wooded recreation area "Weingarten".  Politics. Mayor. Mayor since May 1996 is Siegfried Luge (CSU) (born 1943). The last election was on 15 March 2020. Town Council. For the first time after 36 years CSU and the local grouping "Bürgerblock" had separate lists in the election. The "Bürgerblock" won 9 seats, CSU won 3.
Carla Mendonça (born 25 October 1961) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying the roles of Sophie Johnson in the CITV children's sitcom "My Parents Are Aliens" (2001–2006), and Mrs. Fitzgerald in the CBBC series "So Awkward" (2015–2016). In 2021, she began appearing as Orla Crawshaw in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street". She has a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic Art from the University of Warwick.
Chodov (; ) is a town in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of about 13,000 people. History. Chodov was originally a Slavic settlement. Its name comes from an old Slavic term "choda", which means a road. The Slavic colonisation was not successful and in the Middle Ages this part of Bohemia was colonised by Germans. In the 12th–13th century Chodov belongs to the monastery in Waldsassen and in the 14th–17th century is ruled locally from Loket. In 1894 Chodov is declared a town and gets the right to use its own coat of arms. From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the municipalities in Sudetenland. Until the end of World War II the town was inhabited practically only by Germans, who were exiled from Czechoslovakia after the war. In the '60s a big chemical factory was built 4 km from Chodov in Vřesová and then new districts were built for the Czech and Slovak workers who moved here. Sights. The most significant is Church of St. Lawrence, built by the constructor Brauenbock according to the plans of the architect Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. On the main shrine there is a painting by the famous Czech-German artist Peter Johann Brandl. In front of the church we find a 17th-century statue of St. Sebastian and on the main square a statue of the Virgin Mary (1675). The other church in the town belongs to the Protestants, Czech Brethren. Close to the gate of the Protestant church there is a monument to war victims. It was re-erected in 1998 exactly 100 years after its first erection. Twin towns – sister cities. Chodov is twinned with:
Minecraft Dungeons is a video game released in 2020 by Mojang Studios. Unlike the normal "Minecraft", you can not jump, build, and mine in "Minecraft Dungeons". In this game, you can only attack mobs and use artifacts. On September 28, 2023, it was officially announced that there would be no more updates to the game, making 1.17 the last version of the game. Gameplay. In this game, you cannot build, mine, and jump. This game focuses on attacking mobs. An object called the Orb of Dominance is a pink circled object which sounds like an enderman. This ender object was from the End dimension, and created monsters and bosses. Players explore an open world with lots of dungeons containing monsters, bosses, blocks, puzzles, and secret areas in the game. This game player limit is 4 players, and has an online game. Downloadable content (DLC). This game has 6 downloadable contents, and also contains mobs, puzzles, blocks, and secrets. The downloadable contents are: Jungle Awakens, Creeping Winter, Howling Peaks, Hidden Depths, and Echoing Void has final bosses. The Flames of the Nether is the only DLC in the game without a final boss, because of a lack of the Orb of Dominance. The final boss in the Echoing Void DLC is the true final boss of "Minecraft Dungeons", because it is the true final victim of the Orb of Dominance.
Árpád János Pusztai (8 September 1930 – 17 December 2021) was a Hungarian-born British biochemist and nutritionist. He worked for 36 years at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was an expert on plant lectins. He wrote over 270 papers and three books on the subject. Pusztai was born in Budapest, Hungary. In 1998, Pusztai said that the results of his research showed feeding genetically modified potatoes to rats had negative effects on their stomach lining and immune system. He was criticized and many universities stopped supporting his research. This became known as the Pusztai affair. Pusztai died on 17 December 2021 at the age of 91.
Irene Fuhrmann is a former football player. She played as a midfielder for USC Landhaus Wien and was a member of the Austrian national team. She played 128 matches and scored 45 goals in the Austrian league. When she retired she started a managerial career. She currently serves as the coach of the Austrian national team. She started with a 5–0 win versus Kazakhstan in qualification for Euro 2022.
Quinton Donald Lucas (born August 19, 1984) is an American politician. He is the 55th and current mayor of Kansas City, Missouri since 2019. He is the city's third African-American mayor. He was a law school professor. Early Life and Education. Born on August 19, 1984, in Kansas City, Missouri, Quinton Lucas was raised by his single mother, Quincy Bennett Johnson, on the low-income East Side of Kansas City. He attended The Barstow Institution on a scholarship and later pursued higher education at the University of Washington, where he earned a degree in political science. Lucas furthered his studies at Cornell Law School, gaining valuable legal experience and a deeper understanding of social justice issues.
James E. Cayne (February 14, 1934 – December 28, 2021) was an American businessman. He was the CEO of Bear Stearns. In 2006, he became "the first Wall Street chief to own a company stake worth more than $1 billion". In February 2009, Cayne was named in "Time Magazine"'s list of "25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis." Cayne died on December 28, 2021 at a hospital in Long Branch, New Jersey from problems caused by a stroke, at the age of 87.
BBC Kids on Rebrand (2009) is a children's television channel. It is run by state-owned broadcaster BBC. The channel is aimed at 2- to 7-year-olds. The channel is part of BBC Iplayer.
A continued fraction is a concept from mathematics and number theory. It is written as an integer, plus a fraction. The numerator of the fraction, is again an integer, and for the denominator, the rule repeats. Every real number can be expressed as a continued fraction. While it is possible to use continued fractions for calculations, they are used to find approximations for irrational numbers.  Leonhard Euler and Joseph-Louis Lagrange first formalized the concept, even though it was used before.
Rœulx () is a commune in Nord in north France. In 2018, 3,817 people lived there.
Joseph Lee Burrow (born December 10, 1996) is an American quarterback who plays for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals. He started his college career as a backup quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes, before transferring to Louisiana State University (LSU). During his senior year at LSU, he passed for over 5,600 yards and 60 touchdowns, and was awarded the Heisman Trophy. He also led the Tigers to an undefeated season and College Football National Championship. After college, he was drafted first overall by the Bengals in 2020. He led the Bengals to an appearance in Super Bowl LVI. Early life. Joseph Lee Burrow was born in Ames, Iowa on December 10, 1996, the son of Robin and Jim Burrow. Jim is a former football player and coach whose career lasted over 40 years. Burrow was born in Ames when his father was on the staff for the Iowa State Cyclones. Joe's family is notably involved in sports. According to a 2019 "Sports Illustrated" story, "the Burrow athletic lineage dates back nearly a century." From 2011–2014, Burrow attended Athens High School in The Plains, Ohio, leading the school to three straight playoff appearances and the school's first seven playoff victories in school history. During his high school career, he passed for 11,416 yards and 157 touchdowns, while also rushing for 2,067 yards with 27 rushing touchdowns. He was awarded the state's Mr. Football Award and Gatorade Player of the Year award as a senior in 2014. He and his Bulldog teammates went 14–1 that season. During high school, Burrow also played basketball at a high level and was named first-team all-state at point guard his senior year. Burrow was rated as a four-star football recruit, and was the eighth-highest ranked dual-threat quarterback in the class of 2015 according to the 247SportsmComposite. On May 27, 2014, he committed to Ohio State University to play football for the Buckeyes. College career. Ohio State (2015–2017). Joe Burrow played college football at Ohio
Michael Richard Uram "Rich" Clifford (October 13, 1952 – December 28, 2021) was an American Army officer and NASA astronaut. Clifford was born at an air force base in San Bernardino County, California. He was raised in Ogden, Utah. Clifford was seen as a Master Army Aviator. Clifford retired from the U.S. Army at the rank of lieutenant colonel.  Clifford had over 12 hours of spacewalk time over three Space Shuttle missions. He was also one of the first people to do a spacewalk while docked to an orbiting space station. The spacewalk was conducted during STS-76, while docked at the Russian space station Mir. He did this, while hiding the fact that he had Parkinson's disease. Clifford was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1994. He died from problems caused by the disease on December 28, 2021 at the age of 69.
The femoral hyla, pine woods tree frog, hyla of the pine woods, piney wood tree frog, pine tree frog, piny woods tree frog, or pine-woods tree frog ("Dryophytes femoralis") is a frog that lives in the North America. It lives in the southeastern United States, from Virginia south to Florida and west to Mississippi and Louisiana. The adult male frog is about 4.0 cm long from nose to rear end, and the adult female frog is a little longer. It is medium brown to dark brown in color, with darker spots on the back. It can have orange spots on its sides.
Jon Fortt is an American journalist and the co-anchor of CNBC's TechCheck broadcast (formerly Squawk Alley) who was born on born December 12, 1976 (45 years). Fortt is also the creator and host of Fortt Knox, which is a technology, leadership and innovation brand that exists as a podcast  and streaming program since 2016 and now has changed home to Linkedin Early Life. Fortt was born on Island, in New York City. Later on the migrated to Washington D.C. In his senior year in School, Fortt won the Knight-Ridder Minority Journalism Scholarship. Education. Fortt attended DePauw University where he joined the Media Fellows honors program and worked at the DePauw student newspaper as an editor. Fortt graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Writing. Career. Fortt began working for CNBC in 2010 as a Silicon Valley-based technology correspondent for CNBC in 2010. CNBC brought him to its New York-area headquarters in 2013.
Nicole Zefanya (born 24 January 1999), known as Niki (stylized in all caps), is an Indonesian singer and songwriter. She is based in the United States and is signed with the music label 88rising. She released her first album, Moonchild, in 2020. It was named one of the best Asian albums of the year by NME. Her second album, Nicole, came out in 2022, followed by Buzz in 2024. Niki has performed in 17 countries, including arena shows in the Philippines, Canada, England, Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. Niki is known for her songwriting and music. She is one of the most popular female artists from Indonesia. In 2020, she was listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia. Early life. Niki was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. At 9 years old, Nicole Zefanya taught herself how to play the guitar. At 13, she started writing original music. She went to Pelita Harapan School in Jakarta. At age 15, Niki won a contest to open for Taylor Swift at "The Red Tour" in Jakarta. As a teenager, she had a YouTube channel where she uploaded original songs and covers. Career. When Niki Zefanya was 15, she was the opening act for Taylor Swift's The Red Tour in Jakarta after winning a competition arranged by Swift and the ice-cream brand Walls, called Ride to Fame.  In 2017, Niki moved to Nashville, Tennessee, USA, to study music at Lipscomb University. That same year, she released her first songs under the name NIKI with 88rising. In 2018, she was featured on 88rising’s album "Head in the Clouds". She released her second EP, "Wanna Take This Downtown?", in 2019. In December 2020, Niki Zefanya dropped "Hallway Weather", a holiday single reminiscent of her folk/indie roots. She says the song is in "the style of music &amp; songwriting she remembers feeling most like herself. It is genuine &amp; it
Sabine Weiss ( Weber; 23 July 1924 – 28 December 2021) was a Swiss-French photographer. Her best known works were about the French humanist photography movement. Weiss was represented by Agence Rapho. Weiss died on 28 December 2021, at the age of 97.
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation () is the highest court of Russia. They decide the final word on most of the country's administrative law, civil law and criminal law cases.  There are 115 members of the Supreme Court. Supreme Court judges are nominated by the President of Russia and appointed by the Federation Council.
Memorial () was a Russian human rights organisation.  On 28 December 2021, the Supreme Court of Russia ordered the origanisation to close for violations of the foreign agent law. On 7 October 2022, Memorial Society was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Garry Chalk (born 1952) is a British-born Canadian actor. Chalk has lent his voice to over 30 animated television series and has been in films such as "The Fly II", "Godzilla" and "Freddy vs. Jason etc." Early Life. Chalk was born in Southampton, England and, at the age of 5 Chalk moved with his family to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  Career. Since 1978 Chalk has been involved with professional theatre , and has performed at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company (VPTC), the Arts Club Theatre Company (ACTC), The Vancouver Theatresports League and numerous theatres in British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta.
Dust mites are very common and very small animals. They eat dust and live in people's homes. They cause allergies. Some people think dust mites are the same as bed bugs, but they are different. Even though dust mites are very small, some people can see them if they look closely enough. They are arachnids, like spiders, scorpions, and ticks. Characteristics. Diet. Dust mites eat flakes of skin from humans and other animals. They also eat some types of mold. Threats. Animals that eat dust mites include silverfish and pseudoscorpions. Where they are found. Dustmites are found around the world, but are more common in places that have more water in their air. In the united states, 84% of beds were found to have dust mites in them.
Dust mite allergy is an allergy that is caused by the droppings of dust mites. It is common, and can cause asthma, eczema, or itching (though it may cause other things). Symptoms. Symptoms are: