Kurukularatne died on 9 June 2021 in Colombo, Sri Lanka at the age of 77.
Douglas S. Cramer
Douglas Schoolfield Cramer (August 22, 1931 – June 7, 2021) was an American television producer. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Cramer worked for Paramount Television and Spelling Television. Cramer was known for producing "", "The Brady Bunch", and "Dynasty".
Cramer died of heart and kidney failure on June 7, 2021 on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts at the age of 89.
Conservative wave
The conservative wave (Spanish: "ola conservadora" Portuguese: "onda conservadora") or blue tide is a conservative political happening that started in the mid-2010s in Latin America. It was a reaction to the pink tide.
After 10 years of left-wing government, the influence of the left began to decrease. In Argentina the conservative Mauricio Macri took the place of the Peronist Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in 2015. In Brazil there was Dilma Rousseff, who was impeached with Michel Temer taking her job in 2016. In Peru the conservative economist (person who studies economics) Pedro Pablo Kuczynski took the job of the President before him, Ollanta Humala. In Chile, the conservative Sebastián Piñera took the job of socialist Michelle Bachelet in 2018. In 2018 Jair Bolsonaro was elected President of Brazil, and in 2021, the conservative banker Guillermo Lasso was elected President of Ecuador.
These events in Latin America are similar to other happenings around the world, such as the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States in 2016. The increase of evangelicals in Latin America may have helped start up the conservative wave.
The Swan Princess
The Swan Princess is a 1994 American animated musical movie. The movie has the voice talents of Jack Palance, John Cleese, Steven Wright and Sandy Duncan.
In the United States, "The Swan Princess" was distributed under New Line Cinema. Outside the United States, the distributor was Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International.
"The Swan Princess" was released on November 18, 1994. The critics' reviews for the movie were mixed. It only took in $9.8 million over a $21 million budget. That meant the movie had a substandard box office intake. However, the movie later became popular with video releases.
The theme song "Far Longer than Forever" was sung by Regina Belle and Jeffrey Osborne. It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1995 for the Best Original Song.
Roger Ebert from the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave "The Swan Princess" three out of four stars.. Gene Siskel, Ebert's fellow movie critic, gave the movie a substandard review. He labeled the songs in the movie weak. Under Rotten Tomatoes, "The Swan Princess" has a 50% approval rating.
Paleognathae
The Palaeognathae, or paleognaths (from Ancient Greek "palaió-" "old" + "gnáthos" "jaw") is one of two living clades of birds: the other is the Neognathae. Together, the two clades make up the clade Neornithes.
Palaeognathae includes five living branches of flightless birds (plus two extinct clades), called ratites, and one flying lineage, the Neotropic tinamous.
There are three extinct groups that are undisputed members of Palaeognathae: the Lithornithiformes, the Dinornithiformes (moas) and the Aepyornithiformes (elephant birds). There are other extinct birds which have been allied with the Palaeognathae by at least one author, but their affinities are not yet agreed.
Mesites
Mesites are small birds which only occur on Madagascar. They are flighless, or near-flightless. There are three species, in two genera. The IUCN has classified them as near-threatened. The IUCN estimates that there are only about 145.000 birds left. They resemble doves in appearance.
The mesites are forest and scrubland birds that feed on insects and seeds. The brown and white-breasted mesites forage on the ground, gleaning insects from the leaves and under them, as well as low vegetation. The subdesert mesite uses its long bill to probe in the soil. Other birds, such as drongos and flycatchers, will follow mesites to catch any insects they flush and miss. Mesites are vocal birds, with calls similar to passerine song, used for territorial defence. Two or three white eggs are laid in a stick-nest located in a bush or low branch. The "Mesitornis" species are monogamous while "Monias benschi" is polygamous and unlike the other two shows significant sexual dichromatism.
There are two genera, "Mesitornis" (2 species) and "Monias" (subdesert mesite).
Historically, mesites phylogenetics relations were not very clear and have been allied with the Gruiformes, Turniciformes and Columbiformes.
Recent phylogenomic studies support Pterocliformes (sandgrouse) as the sister group of mesites while some more recent studies place this clade with another clade constituted of Columbiformes and Cuculiformes (cuckoos).
Suliformes
Suliformes is an order of aquatic birds. In the order, there are adaptations of the feet, which make them good at swimming: there's a thin layer of skin between the toes.
The order contains the following families:
Eurypygiformes
Eurypygiformes is an order formed by the kagus, comprising two species in the family Rhynochetidae endemic to New Caledonia, and the sunbittern ("Eurypyga helias") from the tropical regions of the Americas. Its closest relatives appear to be the tropicbirds of the tropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.
Dendropsophus manonegra
Dendropsophus manonegra is a frog that lives in Colombia. Scientists have seen it between 400 and 1200 meters above sea level.
Citadel of Namur
The Citadel of Namur (French: "Citadelle de Namur") is a citadel in the city of Namur in Belgium.
The citadel is located where the Meuse and Sambre rivers come together. It is one of the biggest citadels in Europe and dates from the Roman Empire. It has been rebuilt multiple times and reaches a height of 190 meters.
Divine Intervention (movie)
Divine Intervention () is a 2002 Palestinian Moroccan French German black comedy movie directed by Elia Suleiman (who also stars) and also starring Menashe Noy, Manal Khader, Denis Sandler Sapoznikov.
Cariamiformes
Cariamiformes is a group of birds. Therre's one existing family, the Seriemas. It contains two genera, with one species each. The Seriemas occur in the open landscapes of South America. They are runnng birds who can still fly. Both are species are carnivores.
Xenogender
Xenogender is an umbrella term for gender identities whose description stands outside common human understanding of gender. These identities are externally seen usually as uncommon within society as general, as many of them are casually associated with nonhuman or extrahuman things, while not necessarily tied to otherkinism. These associations are many times tied to one's neurodivegency, however it's plausible for a neurotypical person to experience, or that a neurodivergent person experiences, xenogender identities while not interconnected to their neurotype variation.
Blood Wedding (1977 movie)
Blood Wedding () is a 1977 Moroccan drama movie directed by Souheil Ben-Barka and was based on the play of the same name by Federico Garcia Lorca. It stars Irene Papas, Laurent Terzieff, Djamila, Doghmi Larbi, Souad Jalil, Izza Gennini.
Rekha
Rekha (Bhanurekha Ganesan,born 10 October 1954) is a famous Indian actress.She has acted in 182 movies.She has a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards.In 2010. She got Padma Shri. Her first Hindi film was Sawan Bhadon (1970).Rekha is as a member for the Rajya Sabha since 2012.Her first Hindi film was Sawan Bhadon (1970).She was one of the leading stars in 1980s and early 1990s.
Rekha born in Madras (presen Chennai)South Indian actors Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli, when the couple were unmarried. Rekha did not reveal her family background until mid-1970.Her mother was busy in movies, Rekha stayed with her grandmother. Asked in an interview by Simi Garewal about her father, Rekha believed he was never even aware of his father existence.