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National Center for Meteorology (United Arab Emirates)
The National Center for Meteorology (NCM; Arabic: المركز الوطني للأرصاد) is the national meteorological research and forecasting organization of United Arab Emirates, working under the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (United Arab Emirates) of the United Arab Emirates. The center was established in March 2007. The center is tasked with weather forecasting, issuing early warnings, and collaborating with other international meteorology institutions to employ the latest technologies. In addition to its meteorological services, the center is responsible for cloud seeding to increase the rate of precipitation in United Arab Emirates.

Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (Arabic: وزارة التغير المناخي و البيئة) is a federal government ministry in the United Arab Emirates that is responsible for regulating environmental protection and preservation in the country.
Ken James (politician)
Kenneth Albert James (5 August 1934 – 24 September 2014) was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Sarnia, Ontario, he was a businessman, farmer, marketing and sales manager by career. He attended Michigan State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics.

James served as reeve and councillor for the Township of Sarnia for a decade.

In federal politics, he represented the Ontario riding of Sarnia—Lambton where he was first elected in the 1984 federal election and re-elected in 1988, therefore becoming a member in the 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.

James left federal politics after his defeat in the 1993 federal election to Roger Gallaway of the Liberal Party. He served as chair of the Blue Water Bridge Authority from 2007 until 2012. He died on 24 September 2014 at the age of 80.

James' son, Brad James, was an Ontario New Democratic Party candidate in the 2007 Ontario provincial election.

Roger Gallaway
Roger John Gallaway, PC (born May 23, 1948 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian educator and retired politician.  He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2006, representing the riding of Sarnia—Lambton for the Liberal Party.

Gallaway graduated from Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario and an LL.B from the University of Windsor.  He practiced law before entering political life, and was involved in a variety of community organizations in the Sarnia area.  In 1991, he was elected mayor of Point Edward.
La Covacha
La Covacha was a restaurant, nightclub, and live music venue in the Doral/Sweetwater area of west Miami-Dade, Florida. Founded in 1989 by Aurelio F. Rodríguez and his mother, Teresa Rodríguez, on the site of a family truck stop, it became a prominent Latin nightlife venue, covered by Billboard, Newsweek, and The New York Times.

Local and national coverage regularly tied La Covacha to Miami's Latin music boom and the "Generation Ñ" era of the 1990s and 2000s, describing it as a rustic roadhouse-style club that attracted a pan-Latin clientele with salsa, merengue, vallenato, rock en español, Latin pop and alternative music. By the 2000s the club had been recognized in "Best of Miami" lists and travel guides, and served as a stage for touring acts from across Latin America and Spain.
The venue closed in 2017.

Generation Ñ
Generation Ñ (pronounced en-ye, after the Spanish letter ⟨ñ⟩) is a cultural identifier used in journalism, scholarship, and marketing to describe English-dominant or bilingual, bicultural Latinos, particularly those raised in the United States or Canada who maintain strong ties to their Hispanic heritage. The label originated in the 1990s and is widely attributed to Miami-based publisher and filmmaker Bill Teck, who trademarked it as generation ñ and used it as both a cultural identifier and a media brand. It is also styled Generation N.
North Carolina Highway 70
North Carolina Highway 70 (NC 70) was one of the original state highways in the U.S. state of North Carolina running from the South Carolina state line to the Virginia state line north of Greensboro. NC 70 connected Greensboro, Aberdeen, and Fayetteville.

U.S. Route 29 in North Carolina
U.S. Highway 29 (US 29) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs for 168.7 miles (271.5 km) from the South Carolina state line, near Blacksburg, to the commonwealth of Virginia, near Danville. It is signed with north–south cardinal directions but is actually a northeast and southwest diagonal highway throughout the state. The route serves the North Carolina Piedmont, including the cities of Charlotte, Salisbury, High Point, and Greensboro. From Salisbury to Greensboro, US 29 spends roughly a third of its length in the state being concurrent with US 70.
Devil's Halo
Devil's Halo is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter and bassist Me'Shell Ndegéocello. It was released by Downtown Records on October 6, 2009.

After writing songs for over a year, Ndegéocello recorded Devil's Halo in seven days with audio engineer S. Husky Höskulds. She was accompanied by a band featuring drummer Deantoni Parks, guitarist Chris Bruce, and keyboardist Keefus Ciancia; Bruce and Ciancia produced the record with Ndegéocello. The resulting music featured an eclectic fusion of styles, including alternative rock, soul, and jazz-rock, while Ndegéocello's spiritually complex and ambiguous lyrics spoke of romantic love and loneliness, among other themes.

The album charted modestly, reaching number 185 on the Billboard 200. Critically, it was well received, with most reviewers applauding the emotional depth and challenging quality of the music.

Deantoni Parks
Deantoni Parks (born November 2, 1977) is an American new-wave/avant-garde/experimental musician. He is the co-founder, co-producer and drummer of the New York band KUDU along with artist Sylvia Black, and one half of the TV/film-scoring duo We Are Dark Angels alongside Nicci Kasper, also a member of KUDU. Parks was a member of progressive rock band The Mars Volta and (together with Kasper) a member of the alternative rock act Bosnian Rainbows. Parks is a composer and performer on the André 3000 album New Blue Sun.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Parks is the founder of Tech Art Fair, Technoself Immersive, the record label Humani Machina (via Alpha Pup distributed by Virgin/UMG), and private online school Technoself School of Philosophy (since 2020).  Parks has participated as faculty for Stanford Jazz Workshop and Berklee College of Music, also performing workshops and clinics at Cooper Union, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech.
Awakening from Abyss
Awakening from Abyss is the debut studio album by Japanese power metal band Lovebites. The album was released on October 25, 2017 in Japan by Victor Entertainment and in North America by Sliptrick Records, and in Europe two days later by JPU Records. It features a total of twelve songs, including re-recordings of those from their debut, The Lovebites EP. Awakening from Abyss reached number 18 on the Oricon chart and number 33 on Billboard Japan.

The Lovebites EP
The Lovebites EP is the debut EP by Japanese power metal band Lovebites. The EP was released in Japan on May 24, 2017, by Victor Entertainment, in Europe on August 25, 2017, by JPU Records, and in North America by Sliptrick Records on August 31, 2017. It reached number 27 on the Oricon chart and number 40 on Billboard Japan.
Apollo Crews
Sesugh Isaac Uhaa (born August 22, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Apollo Crews.

Uhaa started his career in 2009, first working under the ring name Uhaa Nation, and made his breakthrough in 2011, when he was signed by the Dragon Gate USA promotion, which also led to him making his first trip to Japan to work for Dragon Gate.

He signed with WWE in 2015 and was assigned to the NXT brand, where he was given his current ring name. He was promoted to WWE's main roster in April 2016, where he won the United States Championship in May 2020 and later won the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 37.

Standing at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) and weighing 240 lb (110 kg), Uhaa is known both as a high-flyer and a power wrestler.

Akira Tozawa
Akira Tozawa (戸澤 陽, Tozawa Akira, born July 22, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler. As of 2016, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand and is a member of the Alpha Academy stable. He is a former one-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion and 16-time WWE 24/7 Champion.

Prior to working for the WWE, he had a 12-year run in Dragon Gate where he is a former Open the Brave Gate, Open the Twin Gate, Open the Triangle Gate and Open the Owarai Gate champion and the winner of the 2011 and 2012 Summer Adventure Tag League. He is also known for his year-long excursion to the United States, during which he performed for promotions such as Chikara, Dragon Gate USA, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
Gmina Wieliczki
Gmina Wieliczki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Wieliczki, which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Olecko and 139 km (86 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

The gmina covers an area of 141 square kilometres (54.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,420.

Wieliczki
Wieliczki [vjɛˈlit͡ʂki] is a village in Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wieliczki. It lies approximately 8 km (5 mi) south-east of Olecko and 139 km (86 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
The BFG (1989 film)
Roald Dahl's The BFG, or simply The BFG, is a 1989 British animated fantasy adventure made-for-television film, directed by Brian Cosgrove and starring David Jason from a screenplay by John Hambley based on the 1982 novel The BFG by Roald Dahl.

Roald Dahl's The BFG debuted in the United Kingdom on 25 December 1989, on ITV. The film was dedicated to animator George Jackson, who had worked on numerous Cosgrove Hall Productions projects prior to his death in 1986. The film is also the last role of Ballard Berkeley (the voice of the Head of the Army), who died in 1988.

Ballard Berkeley
Ballard Blascheck (6 August 1904 – 16 January 1988), known professionally as Ballard Berkeley, was an English actor of stage and screen. He is best remembered for playing Major Gowen in the British television sitcom Fawlty Towers (1975 and 1979).
Paul Jesperson
Paul Jesperson (born December 2, 1992), is an American former basketball player who currently serves as the head coach for the Valley Suns of the NBA G League.

In the 2023-24 season, Jesperson joined the University of Oklahoma men's basketball staff as director of player development/assistant coach. Jesperson spent the previous three seasons with the Atlanta Hawks, serving as player development coach for two seasons from 2021-23 and assistant video coordinator during the 2020-21 campaign. He played college basketball for the Northern Iowa Panthers.

Valley Suns
The Valley Suns are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League and the affiliate of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. Based in Tempe, Arizona, and officially created on February 14, 2024, the team played their home games during the 2024–25 season at Mullett Arena on the campus of Arizona State University.
Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine
Frederick II (c. 995–1026), son of Thierry I of the House of Ardennes and Richilde von Blieskastel, daughter of Folmar III, Count in Bliesgau, was the Count of Bar and Duke of Lorraine, co-reigning with his father from 1019.

On the Emperor Henry II's death in 1024, he joined Ernest II, Duke of Swabia, in revolt against the new king, Conrad II.  Soon they made peace and recognised the new king. Frederick died in 1026.

Frederick married Matilda of Swabia, daughter of Herman II, Duke of Swabia, and sister-in-law of Conrad. Frederick and Matilda had:

Sophia, Countess of Bar and Pont-à-Mousson, married Louis, count of Montbéliard

Frederick

Beatrice, married firstly Boniface, Margrave of Tuscany, and secondly Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lotharingia; mother of Matilda of Canossa

Sophie, Countess of Bar
Sophie (c. 1004 or 1018 – 21 January/June 1093) was Countess of Bar and Lady of Mousson in her own right from 1033 until her death. She was also Countess of Montbéliard as the wife of Louis, Count of Montbéliard.
Jaanam Samjha Karo
Jaanam Samjha Karo (transl. Sweetheart, Try to Understand) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romance film directed by Andaleb Sultanpuri who is the son of veteran lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri and made his directorial debut with this film. It remains the only film he has directed. It was released on 2 April 1999. The film stars Salman Khan and Urmila Matondkar in lead roles, with Shakti Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Jaspal Bhatti and Monica Bedi in supporting roles.

The movie was shot in many parts of West London including Heathrow, Hounslow and Hayes. It did average business at the box office.

Jaspal Bhatti
Jaspal Singh Bhatti (3 March 1955 – 25 October 2012) was an Indian television personality known for his satirical take on the problems of the common man. He was most well known for his television series Flop Show, Full Tension and mini capsules Ulta Pulta which ran on Doordarshan, India's public service broadcaster, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was commonly known as the "King of Comedy" and also the "King of Satire". He carried out various anti-corruption crusades in Chandigarh. His frontal attack on issues like red-tapism, nepotism, and corruption was both comic and awakening for the masses.

In 2013, he was (posthumously) awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award.
Ssipsis
ssipsis (birth name Eugenia T. Thompson) (June 10, 1941 – October 27, 2015) was a Penobscot poet, social worker, visual artist, writer, editor and storyteller. Much of her work was focused on and inspired by the advancement of Indigenous people.

Penobscot
The Penobscot (Abenaki: Pαnawάhpskewi) are an Indigenous people in North America from the Northeastern Woodlands region. They are organized as a federally recognized tribe in Maine.

The Penobscot Nation, formerly known as the Penobscot Tribe of Maine, is the federally recognized tribe of Penobscot in the United States. They are part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, along with the Abenaki, Passamaquoddy, Wolastoqiyik, and Miꞌkmaq nations, all of whom historically spoke Algonquian languages. The Penobscots' main settlement is now the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, located within the state of Maine along the Penobscot River.
Zipper Interactive
Zipper Interactive was an American video game developer based in Redmond, Washington and part of SCE Worldwide Studios. It was founded in June 1995 by Jim Bosler and Brian Soderberg. It is best known for developing the SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs series of games. SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs was created in collaboration with the Naval Special Warfare Command and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. On January 25, 2006, Sony announced that it had acquired Zipper Interactive to add it to its group of development studios.

SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs is a series of third-person tactical shooter video games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable created by Zipper Interactive and released between 2002 and 2011. The title for the series comes from the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) which is a Unified Combatant Command. The games focus on various teams of United States Navy SEALs (an operating component under SOCOM) completing missions with occasional help from other special operations forces from around the world such as the SAS, SBS and GROM.
Aashiq Abu
Aashiq Abu (born 12 April 1978) is an Indian film director, producer, cinematographer, actor, and distributor, who works in Malayalam cinema.
He is best known for his films such as Daddy Cool (2009), Salt N' Pepper (2011), 22 Female Kottayam (2012), Idukki Gold (2013), Mayaanadhi (2017), Virus (2019) and Rifle Club (2024). Abu is often known for his collaboration with screenwriters Syam Pushkaran and Dileesh Nair.

Abu produces and distributes under the banner OPM and OPM Dream Mill Cinemas. OPM produced Dileesh Pothan's directional debut Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.

Dileesh Nair
Dileesh Nair (born 23 July 1981) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. He started out as a 2D animator. He made his script writing debut with Salt N' Pepper (2011) along with Syam Pushkaran. He debuted as film director with Tamaar Padaar (2014).
Illinois Route 137
Illinois Route 137 (IL 137) is a 23.49-mile-long (37.80 km) state highway in northeast Illinois. It runs from the Wisconsin state line north of Winthrop Harbor south to North Chicago, west to Libertyville, and then back northwest to Grayslake, terminating at IL 83 just south of IL 120.

The eastern portion of IL 137 carries part of the Amstutz Expressway, a short freeway between downtown Waukegan and Lake Michigan.

Waukegan, Illinois
Waukegan (/wəˈkiːɡən/ wə-KEE-ghən) is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. Located 36 miles (58 km) north of Chicago, Waukegan is a satellite city within the greater Chicago metropolitan area.

As of the 2020 census, its population was 89,321, making it the most populous city in Lake County, the seventh-most populous city within the Chicago metropolitan area and the 10th-most populous city in Illinois. However, unlike nearby wealthy North Shore suburbs, Waukegan has long been classified by the Illinois state government as overall "socioeconomically distressed" despite having some middle class inhabitants.
Louis Loewe
Louis Loewe (1809–1888; also Louis Löwe) was a Silesian linguist.
He served as principal and director of  Judith Theological College for twenty years; 
he was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, Numismatic Society and of the Asiatic Society of Paris.

Judith Lady Montefiore College
Judith Lady Montefiore College (Hebrew: יְשִׁיבָת אֹהֶל מֹשֶׁה וְיְהוּדִית‎, romanized: Yeshivat Ohel Moshe ve-Yehudit) is a Jewish theological seminary founded in 1869 by Sir Moses Montefiore in memory of his late wife, Lady Judith Montefiore, at Ramsgate, Kent. The College closed in 1985 but re-opened in London in 2005.
Edward D. Taussig
Edward David Taussig (November 20, 1847 –  January 29, 1921) was a decorated rear admiral in the United States Navy. He is best remembered for being the officer to claim Wake Island after the Spanish–American War, as well as accepting the physical relinquishment of Guam by its Spanish governor following the Treaty of Paris in which Spain ceded Guam to the United States following nearly 300 years of colonial rule. Taussig briefly served as Governor of Guam. He was the first of a four-generational family of United States Naval Academy graduates including his son, Vice Admiral Joseph K. Taussig (1877–1947), grandson Captain Joseph K. Taussig Jr. (1920–1999), and great-grandson, Captain Joseph K. Taussig III USMC (1945–).

Joseph K. Taussig Jr.
Joseph Knefler Taussig Jr. (May 28, 1920 – December 14, 1999) was a United States Navy officer during and after World War II, and a Navy civilian official in the 1980s. He was the great-grandson of Brigadier General Frederick Knefler, grandson of Rear Admiral Edward David Taussig, son of Vice Admiral Joseph Taussig, and son-in-law of Admiral Robert Carney. He was also the brother-in-law of Commander George Philip, namesake of USS George Philip.
Mik Kaminski
Michael Kaminski (born 2 September 1951) is an English musician. He played violin in the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) between 1973 and 1980 and toured with the band from 1981 to 1986. He was a member of Electric Light Orchestra Part II from 1991 until its end in 2000, and then The Orchestra from 2000 to 2026.

The Orchestra (band)
The Orchestra are a British-American rock band formed in 2000 by former members of the Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part II. It is the continuation of ELO Part II following Bev Bevan's departure and selling of his share in the rights to the ELO name to Jeff Lynne.
Prayer for the Weekend
Prayer for the Weekend was released on 11 April 2007 and is the fourth studio album from Swedish rock band the Ark. It is their first album with the sixth member, keyboard player Jens Andersson.

The album contains, along with the lead single "Absolutely No Decorum", the song "The Worrying Kind", with which the Ark participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, where the song finished 18th.

The singles released from the album are; "Absolutely No Decorum", "The Worrying Kind", "Prayer for the Weekend" and "Little Dysfunk You".

The Worrying Kind
"The Worrying Kind" is a rock song performed by the Ark, written and composed by Ola Salo. It was released as the second single from their fourth album, Prayer for the Weekend. On 10 March 2007, the song won Melodifestivalen 2007, becoming Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest 2007 entry. The song won both the jury and public vote.

The song includes the verse "just a mortal with potential of a superman", taken from the 1971 David Bowie song "Quicksand". Similarities have also been drawn with the 1970 Edison Lighthouse one-hit-wonder "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)". The song was directly qualified for the Final of Eurovision Song Contest, held in Helsinki on 12 May, due to Carola Häggkvist's fifth-place finish in the 2006 contest with "Invincible". In the finals, the song received 51 points and finished 18th of 24 finalists. It received votes from six countries: 12 points from Denmark and Norway, 10 from Iceland, 8 from Finland, 7 from the United Kingdom, and 2 from Andorra.
Dr. Cyclops' Dream
Dr. Cyclops' Dream is the second album by the Herbie Nichols Project, an American jazz ensemble dedicated to performing the music of composer and pianist Herbie Nichols. It was recorded during February 1999 at Tedesco Studio in Paramus, New Jersey, and was released later that year by the Soul Note label. Led by pianist Frank Kimbrough and double bassist Ben Allison, the group also features saxophonists Ted Nash and Michael Blake, trumpeter Ron Horton, and drummer Tim Horner.

Ted Nash (saxophonist, born 1960)
Ted Nash (born December 28, 1960) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer. Born into a musical family, his uncle was saxophonist Ted Nash and his father is trombonist Dick Nash, both prominent jazz soloists and first call Hollywood studio musicians. Nash was a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra directed by Wynton Marsalis until 2024, and he is one of the founders of the Jazz Composers Collective.