He was appointed the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on 11 May 2015. Javid previously served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2014 to 2015. He was Minister for Equalities in 2014. Javid was the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Economic Secretary.
Javid was considered a possible candidate for becoming Leader of the Conservative Party. On 27 May 2019, Javid announced his campaign to run for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 election. On 20 June, Javid was eliminated on the fourth ballot.
Before entering politics Javid worked in finance. He became a vice president at Chase Manhattan Bank at age 25. He later joined Deutsche Bank in London. When he left Deutsche Bank in 2009, he was a senior Managing Director.
Javid is of Pakistani descent.
Gopikrishnan Kottoor
Gopikrishnan Kottoor is a award winning Indian English poet. He is the member of advisory board of Indian Writers Association. He is best known for his poem "Father, Wake Us In Passing".
U.S. Route 36
U.S. Route 36 (US 36) is an east–west United States highway. It goes about from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to Uhrichsville, Ohio. The highway's western endpoint is at Deer Ridge Junction, which an intersection in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, where it meets US 34. Its eastern endpoint is at US 250 in Uhrichsville, Ohio.
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles is the sports team of the University of Southern Mississippi. Men's football, basketball, men's baseball (hardball), and women's softball (baseball) are sponsored sports of the Golden Eagles.
U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system. It goes over from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic Ocean. The Interstates were built later. They are mostly separate from this route. The route goes through mostly rural desert and mountains in the western United States. The part that goes through Nevada is known as "The Loneliest Road in America". In the Midwest, US 50 goes through mostly rural areas of farms, although it does go through a few big cities including Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; and Cincinnati, Ohio. The route goes into the eastern United States, where it goes through the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia; then it goes through Washington, D.C. From there, US 50 goes through Maryland as a high-speed road to Ocean City. Signs at each end give the length as , but the actual distance is slightly shorter. This is due to small changes in the route since it was measured. US 50 goes through a total of 12 states; California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland, as well as the District of Columbia.
U.S. Route 54
U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is an east–west United States highway. It goes northeast-southwest for 1,197 miles (2,115 km) from Griggsville, Illinois to El Paso, Texas. It enters and leaves Texas twice. The Union Pacific Railroad's Tucumcari Line (former Southern Pacific and Rock Island Lines "Golden State Route") go parallel to US-54 from El Paso to Pratt, Kansas. That part makes up about two-thirds of the route.
The highway's eastern endpoint is at Interstate 72 in Griggsville, Illinois. Its western endpoint is El Paso, near the United States-Mexico border.
Kar98 rifle
The Kar98 is a German bolt-action rifle and it was the German military's main gun during World War II. It is a carbine version of the G98. The Kar98 was made because the G98 was too long to be used well in small spaces.
At the end of World War II, many German soldiers had to give up their weapons, including the Kar98. Despite it being the main gun used by Nazi Germany, it was often used by Israeli soldiers in the 1947-1949 Palestine War.
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, or the 1947 UN Partition Plan, was a plan to split the former British colony of Mandatory Palestine into two different countries. It would have been split into six different regions, three belonging to the Palestinians and three to the Israelis, and Jerusalem would have been an international city shared by both countries. The Israelis accepted the plan, but the Palestinians rejected it. The plan was never put into place and this led to the 1947-1949 Palestine War.
Sportacus
Sportacus is the main good guy in the television series LazyTown, who is a character that promotes exercise and lives in an airship located above LazyTown. Sportacus is played by Magnús Scheving, who also created LazyTown.
Consumer price index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a way of measuring the overall price level of the consumer goods and services in the economy.
Stourbridge
Stourbridge is a town in the West Midlands, England. In 2011, it had a population of 63,298.
Dudley
Dudley is a town in the West Midlands, England. In 2011, the town had a population of 79,379.
Nature Cat
Nature Cat is an American-Canadian animated television show.
"Nature Cat" premiered on November 25, 2015 on PBS Kids. The series is aimed at children aged 3 to 8 years old, following the adventures of four main characters: Nature Cat, Hal the Dog, Daisy the Rabbit and Squeeks the Mouse. The show has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program". The series debut in November achieved nearly 3.7 million viewers, and by March it has achieved 69 million video streams across online platforms. As of October 2016, Nature Cat has been renewed for a second and third season. The second season premiered on January 1, 2018. Then the third season premiered on April 18, 2019.
The show's soundtrack, "The Green Album", was released on February 16, 2018 through BMG Rights Management (which also owns the song publishing rights to "Nature Cat").
On June 5, 2018, the first DVD "Onward and Pondward" was released. Tomy owns the toy license to "Nature Cat", and has released several stuffed animals of the main characters.
Splash and Bubbles
Splash and Bubbles is an American computer-animated television show created by John Tartaglia.
"Splash and Bubbles" premiered on November 22, 2016 after Wild Kratts: Creatures of the Deep Sea by Herschend Studios and The Jim Henson Company for PBS Kids.
Gordon Brand Jnr
Gordon Brand Jnr (19 August 1958 – 1 August 2019) was a Scottish professional golfer. He played on the European Tour, winning eight times, and later the European Senior Tour, winning twice. He was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
He played in the 1979 Walker Cup and played twice in the Ryder Cup, in 1987 and 1989. Brand died suddenly on 1 August 2019, aged 60.
Puși Dinulescu
Puşi Dinulescu (; born Dumitru Dinulescu (27 August 1942 – 1 August 2019) was a Romanian playwright, movie, theatre and television director, novelist, poet and polemicist. He received The Bucharest Writers' Association Award (1979) for "Linda Belinda" (a collection of short stories) and The Writers' Union of Romania Award (1985), for his novel "Îngerul contabil".
Dinulescu died on 1 August 2019 in Bucharest of a heart attack at the age of 76.
Ian Gibbons (musician)
Ian Gibbons (18 July 1952 – 1 August 2019) was an English keyboardist. He was known for playing with The Kinks.
Gibbons died on 1 August 2019 at the age of 67 from bladder cancer.
Dee Margo
Donald "Dee" Margo is an American businessman who is currently the mayor of the Texan-Mexican border city, El Paso, Texas. Before becoming mayor, he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 78th district.
Prime Minister of Cameroon
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Sadou Hayatou