ActionAid is a Non-governmental body that helps to reduce injustice and poverty in the world. It was founded in 1972 and has offices in 45 countries, working within communities.
Multisexuality
Multisexuality (also plurisexuality) is an umbrella term that encompasses sexual orientations of individuals who are attracted to people of multiple genders or sexes. The term is meant to include bisexuality, pansexuality, polysexuality, and omnisexuality, as well as other more specific identities, such as trisexual. It's also known as non-monosexuality, bi+ umbrella, and monodissident, or monodissidence.
Tom Cat (Tom and Jerry character)
Thomas 'Tom' Cat also known as "Jasper" is a main character of the "Tom and Jerry" universe. Tom is a gray colored stray cat.
Badi Door Se Aaye Hain
Badi Dooooor Se Aaye Hain () is an Indian sitcom on SAB TV. It aired from 9 June 2014 to 14 November 2016.
Financial District
The Financial District of Lower Manhattan is a neighborhood located on the southern part of Manhattan island in New York City. NY was created here in 1624.
Machine-readable passport
A machine-readable passport is a passport that has information that can be read by a machine. Usually, this information is stored in one or two lines, which encode some of the information in machine readable form. The information is then extracted using optical character recognition. Usually, this is the given names, family name, date of birth, sex, and validity of the travel document. Machine-readable passports (or machine-readable travel documents) have been used since the 1980s. Today, most passports, and travel documents are machine readable.
Newer machine-readable passports also store some extra information (such as biometrical data, like a fingerprint) on a microchip.
The basic idea behind the introduction of machine-readable travel documents was to speed up passport control at the borders.
Marikana massacre
The Marikana massacre took place on the 16 August 2012.The incident took place on the 25th anniversary of a nationwide miners' strike. The events happened in Marikana, a place in South Africa. South African police forces shot at miners, who were protesting. They injured 78 and killed 34 of them. Most of those killed were killed by rifles used by police forces. The event was the most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since 1976. The massacre has been compared to the 1960 Sharpeville massacre.
The strike was considered a important event in modern South African history; similar strikes at took place at other mines across South Africa. These events made 2012 the most protest-filled year in the country since the end of apartheid.
The Marikana massacre occurred during a wildcat strike at a mine owned by Lonmin in the Marikana area, close to Rustenburg, in 2012. The event garnered international attention after a series of violent incidents between the police, Lonmin security, and members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on one side, and strikers on the other. The first incidents of violence were on 11 August, when NUM leaders opened fire on NUM members who were on strike. Two strikers were seriously wounded, but not killed, in the shooting by NUM members.
During the period from Sunday 12 August to Tuesday 14 August, 10 people were killed, including six mine workers, two Lonmin security guards, and two SAPS members. Three of the mine workers, and the two SAPS members, were killed in a clash between strikers and SAPS members on the afternoon of 13 August. The remaining five people are known to or believed to have been killed by strikers.
Grand Duke Sergei of Russia
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia 11 May 1857 17 February 1905 was the fifth son and seventh child of Alexander II of Russia and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine he was an influential figure during the reign of his brother Alexander III of Russia and his nephew Nicholas II , who was also married brother in law through Sergei marriage to Elizabeth Feodorovna , the sister of the last Empress of Russia Alexandra Feodorovna .
Luas
Luas is an Irish rail system operated in the Republic of Ireland. It was launched in 2004 after many years of talks.
Luas runs two main lines, the Red Line and the Green Line.
After the Dublin Stream Tram (1872–1949) ended, plans in 1981 proposed a brand new modernized light rail system for the Republic of Ireland.
Official announcements began in the late-1990s. People started building the first rail for Luas in 2000.
Transdev began running Luas for the Irish government in 2014.
The official launch of the Luas was to be 2003, however, this was delayed due to construction.
The launch was 30 June 2004 and the official launch was 26 September 2004.
Luas has two main lines.
A brand new line was launched on 9 December 2017.
Covery.ai
Covery.ai is a privately-held international risk management and analytics platform, which specializes in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) anti-fraud protection, chargeback prevention, real-time transaction monitoring, KYC/AML verification and risk mitigation. Covery was founded in 2016 by a Ukrainian team of risk managers and data scientists. Since 2017, Covery development has been led by Alexandr Khelemskiy, its Product Owner. The company is headquartered in Malta, with an R&D Center in Ukraine. The company has about 20 employees.
Covery’s main task is to use behavioural analysis, device fingerprinting, rule-based business risk logic engine, AI/ML algorithm and Trust chain global reputational database to detect and prevent fraud in real-time. Covery data processing technology is PCI DSS-compliant, ISO 27001-compliant, and meets GDPR policies. Dow Jones-certified service provider with direct access to the latest versions of worldwide PEP/RCA/SAN datasets and watchlists from this leading data broker.
As a hybrid platform using a rule-based business risk logic engine and Machine Learning-driven approach. Covery works in more than 23 industries. It operates in several main fields:
The company’s product line includes:
Covery was listed in the Top 5 European fraud prevention startups list of 2020.
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Map tree frog
The map tree frog ("Boana geographica") is a frog that lives in Brazil, Boliva, Colombia, and Peru.
The adult male frog may be as big as 5.5 cm from nose to rear end and the adult female frog may be as big as 7.5 cm. Unlike "Boana calcarata" and "Boana fasciata", this frog has webbing on its front feet. It has more webbing on its hind feet than on its front feet.
This frog changes color as it grows older. Adult frogs have black marks that connect so that it looks like it has a map on its skin.
Vénissieux
Vénissieux is a commune in the Greater Lyon area. It is the biggest settlement i the area, after Lyon and Villeurbanne. Today, it is mostly built-up area; there's an important automoblie industry. As of 2018, about 67.000 people lived in Vénissieux.Whore (movie)
Whore is a 1991 British-American drama movie. It was directed by Ken Russell (no relation to actor Theresa Russell). A sequel unrelated to the movie, "Whore II", was released in 1994.
Liz is a Los Angeles street prostitute. She is seen by the audience trying to get a customer from a busy downtown street. Liz tells the audience of her life and problems while the movie is airing. When a van stops by, Liz refuses to get in. That's because she was gang raped by several men the last time she got in a van. A passerby wanted to take Liz to the hospital. She refused, however, knowing the hospital would have contacted the police.
Liz is wanting to escape from her pimp Blake. He is violent, well-dressed and controlling.
When Liz stops off at a strip club, she talks about how she got involved in prostitution to begin with. She was a small town girl. She married a violent and drunk man named Charlie. Liz later had a son with him. She couldn't deal with him anymore. She left Charlie. She began working at a local diner.