Dani Rodrik (born August 14, 1957 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish economist in the fields of international economics, economic development and political economy.
He is a professor of economics at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he teaches economics to university students.
Dani Rodrik was born in Istanbul, Turkey to a Sephardic Jewish (Jews who come from Spain) family.
He studied at the high schools, Robert College in Istanbul and École Normale Supérieure in Paris and then at the universities, Harvard University and Princeton University in the United States of America learning economics. He graduated from Harvard University and got his Ph.D. and Professorship from Princeton University.
Dani Rodrik is one of the most important Turkish economists and has made several important contributions to economics. He looks at international economics, economic development and political economy, and has published many articles about them. The main questions of his research are: what makes a good economic policy and why some governments are better than others in adopting it.
He does not like globalization, because he feels it only helps rich people get richer by making poor people poorer and that people lose their jobs. He also thinks that international organizations like the World Bank and the IMF have made it harder for poorer countries to get richer, or even do not allow them to get richer. He writes critical articles against globalization.
Tiffani Thiessen
Tiffani Thiessen (born January 23, 1974) is an American sitcom and television actress. She was born in Long Beach, California. She played Valerie Malone in "Beverly Hills, 90210".
Saved by the Bell
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Pope Benedict VIII
Pope Benedict VIII (;   –died April 9, 1024), born Teofillato or Theophylactus, was an Italian cleric of the Roman Catholic Church and the 144th Pope from 1012 to 1024.
Teofillato was the son of Gregory, Count of Tusculum. He was the brother of Pope John XIX. He was related to Pope Sergius IV and the Conti family.
Teofillato was a layman before he was elected pope in 1012.
Benedict was supported by King Henry II of Saxony. Benedict crowned Henry Holy Roman Emperor in 1014.
Knights of St. Patrick
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George III
King George III (Born George William Frederick 4 June 1738 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801. He was then King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was also Elector of Hanover, making him a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
During George's reign, he lost control of the United States of America. His two kingdoms Great Britain and Ireland were merged into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Also during his reign, Great Britain and its successor the United Kingdom were at war with republican and Napoleonic France. The Electorate of Hanover eventually became a Kingdom.
George suffered from periodic bouts of mental illness. One of these caused a crisis in 1788, and attempts were made to nominate his son George IV as regent. He quickly recovered and prevented this.
George signed the Quebec Act of 1774, abolishing William of Orange's anti-Roman Catholic laws in Great Britain's 13 North American colonies. Also during his reign George III signed legislation abolishing some of the anti-Catholic Laws in Great Britain and Ireland. For example, the Catholic Relief Acts of 1772 and 1774 allowed Roman Catholics to have land leases in Great Britain. A 1793 Irish Parliament bill called Hogart's Act allowed Roman Catholics to vote in Irish elections. But George still blocked a proposal in 1800 by the British Parliament to allow Catholics to sit in Parliament.
In the later part of his life, George suffered from recurrent, and eventually permanent, mental illness. Although it has since been suggested that he suffered from the genetic blood disease porphyria, the cause of his illness is not certain. After a final relapse in 1810, a regency was established, and George's eldest son, George, Prince of Wales, ruled as Prince Regent. On George III's death, the Prince Regent succeeded his father as George IV.
Because of "his plain, homely, thrifty manners and tastes", George has been nicknamed "Farmer George".
The Script
The Script are an Irish pop rock group from Dublin. They formed in 2001. They are currently based out of London. They are signed to the Sony Label Group. Their music has been featured in video games and popular TV programs.
The Script have made four albums:
These have all gone to the top of the Irish charts. They also did really well in the UK charts, with the first two albums reaching number 1 and "#3" reaching the second position. Their 2012 single "Hall of Fame", made with will.i.am, was a worldwide success.
Abercrombie River
The Abercrombie River is a river in New South Wales, Australia. It flows west from Mount Werong to the Wyangala Dam near Cowra. The river is a tributary of the Lachlan, which it joins at Wyangala lake.
The Abercrombie River is in length, and passes through the Abercrombie River National Park. It provides habitat for platypus and rakali. The Goulburn-Oberon Road crosses the Abercrombie River in the steep-sided Abercrombie Gorge.
The first people to live alongside the river were Aborigines of the Wiradjuri and Gundungara tribes. They may have used the river as a trading route. The first European to visit the river was explorer Charles Throsby on 5 May 1819, during an expedition from Sydney to the Central West of New South Wales. Alluvial gold was discovered in and along the river in 1851. This started a small gold rush. It was difficult to find gold because of the rough terrain, and changing water levels in the river. Early miners found up to of gold a day along the river. By 1862 about 45 mining parties were working at Milburne Creek, a minor tributary of the Abercrombie.
It is the furthest east of the inland flowing rivers.
Pope Benedict XII
Pope Benedict XII (; died April 25, 1342), born Jacques Fournier, was a French priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 198th Pope from 1334 to 1342.
He was the third of the seven popes who lived in Avignon in France.
Jacques Fournier is believed to have been born in Saverdun in the Comté de Foix near Toulouse.
He became a Cistercian monk; and he studied at the University of Paris.
In 1311, he was made Abbot of Fontfroide Abbey.
In 1317, Fourier he was made bishop of Pamiers.
In 1327, he became Bishop of Mirepoix in the Ariège.
Pope John XXIII made Fourier a cardinal in 1327.
Cardinal Fourier was elected pope in 1335; and he chose to be called Benedict XII.
Pope Benedict was involved in Italian and European political disputes.
Benedict XII ordered the construction of the Palais des Papes in Avignon.
La Toya Jackson
La Toya Jackson (born May 29, 1956, near Gary, Indiana) is an American singer, songwriter, writer, actress, television personality and a former model. She was the fifth of ten offspring born to Joseph and Katherine Jackson. She wanted to be an attorney but her father insisted that she work in show business like her siblings. She sang background vocals with The Jackson Five, her brothers' band. She had many musical hits during the 1980s and 1990s and returned in 2004. In 1989 Jackson was on the cover of "Playboy" magazine.
Jackson was born at St Mary's Mercy Hospital in Gary, Indiana, She was fifth children and ten child of Joe Jackson and Katherine Jackson