While these region weren't given "extensive sub-national control over technical policies, laws, regulations, and tax" their creation lent credibility to the different independence and ethnic nationalist movements around the country. For Ethiopian Nationalists, this credibility has emboldened different groups, giving them more cohesion, whilst corroding national unity and notions of Pan-Ethiopianism. The increased autonomy of these groups contrasted with the increased repression by Tigray elites created a situation in which the ruling class was both empowering groups through greater ethnic cohesion, but transparently stifling their political will. As evidenced by the 2005 elections the TPLF use of violent repression to subdue detractors of the ruling coalition only had the effect of radicalizing ethnic parties and increasing ethnic divisions. Many Ethiopian nationalists view the system of ethnic federalism as having made governing in Ethiopia a zero sum game. To win power in Ethiopia is to deny any other ethnic group significant power. By expelling notions of Ethiopianism or multi-ethnic Ethiopian national identity from the national political dialogue the TPLF has increased the ethnic cleavages and created a system revolving around ethnic affiliation, void of political ideology. In 2015 "after a master plan was unveiled to expand the boundaries of the capital, Addis Ababa" into Oromia thousands of Oromo Youth Liberation Movement Members took up to the streets demanding increased political representation, an end to the TPLF sponsored Master Plan, and avenues of dissent. Although the ruling party tried to blunt these protests through physical force they only grew and Amharas "angered by an unfulfilled demand to retake control of some of their lands" launched protests of mostly Oromos and Amharas (but also other Ethiopians) demanding proportional political representation and influence. After a 10-month state of emergency imposed by the TPLF, which saw the abdication of prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Abiy Amhed was selected by the ruling EPDRF coalition as the next prime minister due to his mixed Oromo-Amhara ethnic ancestry with a preference to his Oromo identify. Since taking power he has taken up major reforms allowing back political dissidents, releasing some political prisoners, and liberalizing the economy. While his drive to reform and democratize the nation have garnered him support across the country he still has not addressed the fundamental issues of the Ethnic Federalist system, which in the Pan-Ethiopians' opinion is the root cause for ethno-nationalist politics and tensions. Ethiopian nationalists believe that Ethnic Federalism must be ended to shift Ethiopian politics from ethnic patronage to ideology, it must be ended to induce national cohesion and blunt sectarian loyalty, and through the blunting of ethnic cohesion induce an era of unity and prosperity.
Gernot Roll
Gernot Roll (9 April 1939 – 12 November 2020) was a German cinematographer and movie director. He was born in Dresden, Germany. He worked with Edgar Reitz and Sönke Wortmann.
His best known works were "The Last Escape", "Zero Hour", "The Buddenbrooks", "Heimat", "Der bewegte Mann", "Beyond Silence" and "Nowhere in Africa".
Roll died on 12 November 2020 in Munich at the age of 81.
Edgar Reitz
Edgar Reitz (born 1 November 1932) is a German movie director, screenwriter and movie producer.
He is a Professor of Film at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung (State University of Design) in Karlsruhe.
Alan Glazier
Alan John Glazier (21 January 1939 – 12 November 2020) was an English professional darts player. He used the nickname "The Ton Machine" and was known for his all-black outfits. He was born in London.
Glazier managed to reach the final of the News of the World Darts Championship in 1979 and won the Swedish Open in 1978.
Glazier quit the BDO in 1997.
Glazier died on 12 November 2020 at the age of 81.
Waqar Ahmed Seth
Waqar Ahmed Seth (16 March 1961 – 12 November 2020) was a Pakistani politician and lawyer. He was the Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court from 28 June 2018 until his death. On 2 August 2011, he became a Justice Peshawar High Court.
He was in charge over the special court which heard the high treason case against Pervez Musharraf and one of the two judges on a three judge panel who convicted Musharraf of this crime and sentenced him to death. This was the first time in Pakistan's history that a military dictator was convicted of high treason.
Seth died on 12 November 2020 in Islamabad from COVID-19, aged 69.
The F Word (South Park)
The F Word is a 2009 episode of South Park season 13.
Eric Cartman is unhappy that the Harley Davidson drivers are around. He calls them faggots.
The episode got mixed reviews.
Łask
Łask (; ) is a town in central Poland. 17,604 people have lived here as of 2016. It is the capital of Łask County. It is in the Łódź Voivodeship.
Three-Fifths Compromise
In 1878, the US constitutional convention looked at the problem of counting its population. The population of a state determines the influence a state can take in a presidential election. The convention also looked at the problem of counting slaves: If they were counted, the state would have more power in the election, the taxes the state would have to pay to the government would also be higher. The Three-Fifths Compromise was that three out of every five slaves would be counted. The compromise of counting "all other persons" as only three-fifths of their actual numbers reduced the representation of the slave states relative to the original proposals, but improved it over the Northern position. An inducement for slave states to accept the Compromise was its tie to taxation in the same ratio, so that the burden of taxation on the slave states was also reduced.
A contentious issue at the 1787 Constitutional Convention was whether slaves would be counted as part of the population in determining representation of the states in the Congress or would instead be considered property and, as such, not be considered for purposes of representation. Delegates from states with a large population of slaves argued that slaves should be considered persons in determining representation, but as property if the new government were to levy taxes on the states on the basis of population. Delegates from states where slavery had become rare argued that slaves should be included in taxation, but not in determining representation.
The proposed ratio was, however, a ready solution to the problem that arose during the Constitutional Convention. In amending the Articles, the North wanted slaves to count for more than the South did because the objective was to determine taxes paid by the states to the federal government. In the Constitutional Convention, the more important issue was representation in Congress, so the South wanted slaves to count for more than the North did.
911 (Lady Gaga song)
"911" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga, from her sixth studio album, "Chromatica" (2020). It was released as the album's third single on September 18, 2020. The song is a dance-pop and Euro disco song. "911" is about the antipsychotic medication Gaga takes. It was written by Gaga with Madeon, BloodPop, and Justin Tranter, while Madeon, BloodPop, and Benjamin Rice produced it.
The music video shows Gaga surviving a near-deadly car accident and the thoughts that follow. It contains references to the movies "The Color of Pomegranates" and "8½."
Masatoshi Koshiba
He was Senior Counselor of International Center for Elementary Particle Physics (ICEPP) and Emeritus Professor of University of Tokyo.
Koshiba died on November 12, 2020 in Tokyo at the age of 94.
Justin Cronin (politician)