Dmitri Victorovich Anosov (; November 30, 1936 – August 5, 2014) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician. He was known for his work in dynamical systems theory.
He was a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a winner of the USSR State Prize (1976). He was a student of Lev Pontryagin.
Anosov died in Moscow, Russia, aged 77.
Smita Talwalkar
Smita Talwalkar (5 September 1954 – 6 August 2014) was a Marathi movie actress, producer and director. She won two National Film Awards for the movies she produced; "Kalat Nakalat" (1989) and "Tu Tithe Mee" (1998).
Talwalkar died on at the Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai from ovarian cancer, aged 59.
Toyota LiteAce
Toyota LiteAce and TownAce are commercial or passenger vehicles produced through Toyota. These vehicles were first launched in 1970 and 1976, respectively.
In North America, the vehicles were called "Toyota Vans". They were manufactured between the 1984 and 1989 model years. It was replaced in 1990 by the Toyota Previa in the United States. The Previa was later replaced with Toyota Sienna in 1997.
Toyota LiteAce and TownAce vehicles continue to be sold in other countries.
Toyota Previa
The Toyota Previa (also called Toyota Estima in Japan or Toyota Tarago in Australia) is a multi-purpose vehicle (called a "minivan" in North America) that was made by Toyota since 1990.
In the United States, the Previa was sold from 1991 to 1997. In 1997 it was replaced by the Toyota Sienna.
The Toyota Previa is still sold in many other countries. The Toyota Previa is one of three minivans that rated poor in the IIHS' offset crash test, upon seeing the results Toyota introduced a new minivan in the US in 1997 called the Sienna.
C.F. Pachuca
Club de Fútbol Pachuca is a Mexican professional football team from Pachuca, Hidalgo. They compete in the Mexican Premier Division. Founded by Cornish miners in 1901, it is amongst the oldest Mexican football clubs in existence. They won five national championships, four CONCACAF Champions' Cups, the 2007 SuperLiga, and one Copa Sudamericana in 2006. It is also an original member of the Mexican Primera División.
Copa Sudamericana
The Copa Sudamericana (; ) is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004 and 2008. It is also called the Copa Total Sudamericana () for sponsorship reasons.
Ascenso MX
Ascenso MX (Promotion MX) is the second league of Mexico. The champion of the competition is promoted to Liga MX (top-flight division). The bottom team gets relegated to Segunda División de México (the third tier).
Segunda División B
Segunda División B is a football league which is the third division in Spain.
The league is made of 4 groups of 20 teams, making the amount of total teams 80 in all.
In each group, the top 6 teams qualify for the Copa Del Rey. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams qualify for playoffs to be promoted to Segunda Division. The 1st placed team has to play a playoff with the champions of other groups and the winner is declared champion.
In each group, the bottom 4 teams are directly sent to the Tercera División. The 16th placed teams in each group compete against each other. The worst of those teams is relegated.
These are all the group winners ever. The promoted group winners are in bold.
"Note: Since the 2008-09 season, the champion has been decided in a playoffs round. The winner of the playoffs final is highlighted in gold. The loser of the playoffs final is highlighted in silver."
Kimbra
Kimbra Lee Johnson (born 27 March 1990), known as Kimbra, is a New Zealand singer, musician, and singer-songwriter who lives in Melbourne, Australia. Kimbra's musical style is inspired from many different styles- electropop, R&B, jazz and soul. Her first collection of songs, "Vows",was released in Australia in 2011.
Kimbra is featured in the 2012 single "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye.
On 10 February 2013, she and Gotye won two awards at the 2013 Grammy Awards for "Somebody That I Used To Know".
Yasser Al-Qahtani
Yasser Saeed Al-Qahtani (; born 10 October 1982) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Al-Hilal in Saudi Professional League. He was also captain of the Saudi Arabian national team. In 2005, he moved to Al-Hilal for 23 million Saudi riyal.
He is married since 2008 and has a son "Abdulaziz" born in 1/1/2010.
Saudi Professional League
The Saudi Professional League () is the main football competition in Saudi Arabia. The first competition was held in the 1976–77 season.
Al-Shabab
Al-Shabaab or Al-Shabab (الشباب "ash-Shabāb") is an Arabic phrase meaning "the Youth". It may refer to:
Al-Ahly
Al-Ahly or Al-Ahli () is the Arabic for "national", and may refer to:
Al Ahly SC
Al Ahly Sporting Club ( ) commonly known as Al Ahly () is an Egyptian sporting club. Founded in April 1907, they were named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century".
Al Ahly has 108 official trophies (99 domestic and 9 international). This makes them the 3rd most successful football club in the world.
Total number of trophies: 132.
Thomas Voeckler
Thomas Voeckler (born 22 June 1979) is a French professional road racing cyclist. He rides for the Europcar cycling team.
Voeckler has been called a "national hero," because he has done well in the Tour de France. His nickname is le Chouchou which means "Sweetheart".
Voeckler has been a professional cyclist since 2001. He entered the 2004 Tour de France and earned the yellow jersey ("maillot jaune") on Stage 5. He wore the jersey for ten days, which made him famous.
In 2006 he won the fifth stage in 2006 Vuelta al País Vasco. He also won the 2006 Paris–Bourges race.
In 2009, he won his first stage in a Tour de France. Voeckler went for victory on stage 15 with about 5 km to go.
In the 2010 Tour de France he won Stage 15.
In the ninth stage of the 2011 Tour de France, Voeckler crossed the line second, taking the overall lead and therefore wearing the "maillot jaune" (yellow jersey). He kept the yellow jersey for 9 stages, but lost it on Stage 19. Voeckler finished the Tour in fourth place 3min 20sec behind the winner, Cadel Evans. This is his best career placement in the Tour so far. It was the best finish of any Frenchman in the Tour since Christophe Moreau came fourth in 2000.
In 2012, Thomas Voeckler earned more victories and top placements, including in the Spring Classics.
At the 2012 Tour de France, he was suffering from a knee injury and almost abandoned the race. However he won Stage 10, the first mountain stage of the race. He also won Stage 16 with four huge climbs including the "Col du Tourmalet". On this stage he grabbed the polka dot jersey for best climber. He kept the jersey from the Pyrenees to the finish.
In the Ardennes Classic in 2013 Voeckler crashed and broke his collarbone. By June he recovered and won stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné. Voeckler continued his winning form by winning the overall titles of the Route du Sud and the Tour du Poitou-Charentes.
Voeckler is known for displaying many different facial expressions while racing, especially when trying very hard. He often sticks out his tongue. In August 2011, Voeckler raced on his bike against a horse in an exhibition contest, and lost.
Roller Coaster DataBase
The Roller Coaster DataBase is a roller coaster and amusement park database. It was started in 1996 by Duane Marden. It features statistics and pictures of more than 5,000 roller coasters around the world.
Hurricane Iselle (2014)
Hurricane Iselle was a Pacific tropical cyclone. The storm threatened the islands of Hawaii, especially Hilo. The storm developed on July 31, 2014. Iselle is the first hurricane to hit the islands in 22 years.