He last served as the 91st Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 2015 to 2017, as well as Attorney General of South Carolina from 2003 to 2011. From 1981 to 1985, McMaster served as United States Attorney, where he was known for Operation Jackpot. McMaster served on the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education and chaired the South Carolina Republican Party from 1993 to 2002.
Lawrence Kudlow
Lawrence Alan "Larry" Kudlow (born August 20, 1947) is an American conservative commentator, economic analyst, television personality, and newspaper columnist. He was the 12th Director of the National Economic Council from April 2, 2018 to January 20, 2021. He was the host of CNBC's "The Kudlow Report". As a syndicated columnist, his articles appear in numerous U.S. newspapers and web sites, including his own blog, "Kudlow's Money Politic$".
Kudlow was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey.
He is of Jewish descent, and converted to Roman Catholicism.
In March 2018, President Donald Trump appointed Kudlow to be Director of the National Economic Council, replacing Gary Cohn.
On June 11, 2018, Kudlow suffered a heart attack.
Daya (singer)
Grace Martine Tandon (better known as Daya; born October 24, 1998) is an American singer-songwriter. She released her self titled extended play (EP), "Daya", on September 4, 2015. The EP included the song "Hide Away". "Hide Away" peaked at #23 on "Billboard" Hot 100. On October 7, 2016, she released her first studio album "Sit Still, Look Pretty".
In 2017, Daya was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for her work on the song "Don't Let Me Down" from the Chainsmokers.
Daya was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Immenstadt
Immenstadt im Allgäu is a municipality in the Oberallgäu, the southernmost district of Bavaria, Germany. It is in the German Alps. Armin Schaupp became mayor in 2008.
Immenstadt was first mentioned in a 1275 administrative document. It was granted town privileges in 1360 by emperor Charles IV. This makes it one of the oldest towns in the area. It was the seat of the counts of Königsegg-Rothenfels until 1804. Immenstadt was a garrison town in the First World War, and was bombed once in the Second World War. In 1999 parts of the municipality were flooded.
Tiliqua scincoides
The Australian Blue Tongue lizard or skink is the most common blue tongue lizard in Australia, occupying most of the east coast. This means they are the species that most interacts with people.
Soweto Uprising
The Soweto Uprising was a series of protests lead by high school students in South Africa against introduction of Afrikaans as official language in education with oppression and neglecting their first languages. The uprising started on the morning of 16 June 1976.
Students from many Sowetan schools began to protest in the streets of Soweto because Afrikaans had been introduced a as the language of teaching in local schools. It is estimated that 20,000 students took part in the protests. The police responded by killing many protesters. The number of people killed in the uprising is usually given as 176, but estimates of up to 700 have been made. In remembrance of these events, 16 June is now a public holiday in South Africa, named Youth Day.
Siewert Öholm
Henrik Siewert Natanael Öholm (7 August 1939 – 25 January 2017), better known as Siewert Öholm, was a Swedish journalist and television presenter. He worked for Sveriges Radio between 1971 and 2002. He also worked on shows for Sveriges Television. He was also a debater for social conservatism values.
Öholm was born in Husby. He was married twice and had four sons, including MP politician Oskar Öholm.
Öholm died from liver cancer on 25 January 2017 in Växjö. He was 77.
Carlos Verdejo
Carlos Enrique Verdejo Verdejo (2 October 1934 – 24 January 2017) was a Chilean footballer. He played as a forward. He played for Everton de Viña del Mar, Deportes La Serena, Santiago Wanderers and Palestino.
Verdejo was born in Valparaíso. He died in Viña del Mar at the age of 82.
Chuck Weyant
Chuck Weyant (April 3, 1923 – January 24, 2017) was an American racecar driver. He competed in 1955, 1957, 1958 and 1959 Indianapolis 500 races. Until his death, Weyant was the oldest living Indianapolis 500 veteran. He was born in St. Marys, Ohio.
Weyant died on January 24, 2017 at the age of 93.
Fred André
Fred André (31 May 1941 – 24 January 2017) was a Dutch footballer. He played as a centre-back. He played from the early-1960s to the late-1970s. He was best known for playing for Telstar from 1963 to 1976. He made 328 appearances for the club. He also played for Volendam. He later managed Telstar from 1983 to 1987. He was born in Haarlem, North Holland.
André died on 24 January 2017 at the age of 75.
Søren Elung Jensen
Søren Elung Jensen (7 July 1928 – 22 January 2017) was a Danish actor. He was born in Odense. He appeared in 22 movies between 1960 and 1999.
Elung Jensen died from lung cancer on 22 January 2017 in Hellerup. He was 88.
Perthshire
Perthshire () is a county in central Scotland. Officially, it is the County of Perth, and a registration county in central Scotland. By "registration" is meant marriage and land registration uses Perthshire as a county.
After 1930, when it was an administrative county, governments changed the local system time and again. At the moment Perthshire is split between Clackmannanshire, Perth and Kinross and Stirling. Ordinary people stil call it Perthshire.
Perthshire is known as the "big county" and has a wide variety of landscapes, from the rich agricultural land in the east, to the high mountains of the southern Highlands.
Trehafod
Trehafod is a village in the Rhondda Valley between Porth and Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. A former coal mining area, the village is now best known as the site of the Rhondda Heritage Park, visiting site for everyone showing the life of coal mining in Rhondda. Trehafod has many buildings such as the Bed and breakfast and Hafod Primary School. Trehafod primary school is a school for ages 3 to 11 with 8 year groups.
About 1850 a map of the area shows a number of farms in the place that was to become Trehafod, these were named, Hafod Uchaf, Hafod Ganol and Hafod Fawr. Trehafod took its name from these farms. Hafod is a Welsh word that can mean "hill farm".
Trehafod is well known for the Rhondda Heritage Park which was once the Lewis Merthyr mine. At the height for coal mining, the Lewis Merthyr mine was one of the highest rated mines in the South Wales Coalfield.
Due to the River Rhondda flowing very close to a lot of houses within the village there have been a number of floods. The biggest floods were in 1960 which killed one man.
Trehafod train station is on the Rhondda Line which follows the River Rhondda; the train line and river go through the village. The train leaves to different locations such as Cardiff central , Treherbert, Pontypridd, Porth Cardiff queen street, Treforest and Bridgend and arrives from Hengoed and Treorchy. There are many roads in Trehafod but the main road is the A4058 that leads from Treorchy and leads to the river Taff. There are also many bus stops.
Cantons of Bolivia
There are 1,374 cantons in Bolivia.
The cantons come after the municipalities.
Ad astra (phrase)
Ad astra is a Latin phrase that means "to the stars".
The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote ' ("thus one journeys to the stars", from Aeneid book IX, line 641, spoken by Apollo to Aeneas's young son Iulus) and ' ("desire to pursue the high (or hard to reach) stars on wings" book XII, lines 892–893, spoken by Aeneas to his foe Turnus in their combat).
Another origin is Seneca the Younger, who wrote "" ("there is no easy way from the earth to the stars", Hercules Furens, line 437, spoken by Megara, Hercules' wife).
Politics of the Netherlands