Christopher Gregory Weeramantry, AM (November 17, 1926 – January 5, 2017) was a Sri Lankan lawyer. He was a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1991 to 2000. He was the ICJ's Vice-President from 1997 to 2000.
Weeramantry was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He studied at Royal College Colombo, at King's College London, and at the University of Ceylon.
Weeramantry was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka from 1967 to 1972. He was also an Emeritus Professor at Monash University and the President of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms.
Weeramantry died in Colombo, Sri Lanka of natural causes on January 5, 2017, aged 90.
Om Puri
Om Prakesh Puri (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor. He has appeared in mainstream commercial Pakistani, Indian, British, and Hollywood movies. He was also in independent and art movies.
Puri was known for his roles in "Gandhi" (1982), "Ardh Satya" (1983), "City of Joy" (1992), "Wolf" (1994), "East Is East" (1999) and in "The Hundred-Foot Journey" (2014). His career began in 1972. He also narrated the widely known Indian nature documentary "Bharat Ek Khoj" (1988).
He has been awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India. He won two National Film Awards in 1981 and in 1983. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1999 for his role as George Khan in "East Is East".
Puri was born in Ambala, Haryana, India. He studied at the Film and Television Institute of India and in the National School of Drama. He was married to Nandita Puri from 1993 until they divorced in 2013.
Puri died in his sleep of a heart attack at his home in Andheri, Mumbai, India on 6 January 2017, aged 66.
Jill Saward
Jill Saward (14 January 1965 – 5 January 2017) was an English campaigner on issues relating to sexual violence. She was born in Liverpool. Saward was the victim of the 1986 Ealing vicarage rape, a crime whose sentencing scandalized the UK and led indirectly to changes in the law.
In 2009, she campaigned against a European Court of Justice ruling that DNA of people cleared of crimes must be deleted from the DNA Database after six years, or 12 years for serious crimes.
Saward stood against David Davis in the 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election in 2008. She lost the election after winning only 2.1% of the votes.
Saward died on 5 January 2017 in Wolverhampton from a cerebral hemorrhage, aged 51.
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Smurfs: The Lost Village is an upcoming 2016 American 3D computer-animated adventure-comedy movie. It is directed by Kelly Asbury. It is based on The Smurfs comic book series. The movie will come out in Summer 2016.
Smurfette finds a creature in the Forbidden Forest who leaves a mysterious map. With Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty she goes on a mission to find the lost village.
It is set for release on August 5, 2016, and is previously set for release on May 20, 2016.
Penelope Wilton
Dame Penelope Alice Wilton (born 3 June 1946) is a British actress. On television, she is best known for her roles in "Ever Decreasing Circles" (1984–1989) and "Downton Abbey". She appeared in the TV film "Half Broken Things" in 2007. She also played the recurring role of Harriet Jones in "Doctor Who" (2005–08).
Wilton's movie appearances include "Clockwise" (1986), "Cry Freedom" (1987), "Shaun of the Dead" (2004), "Match Point" (2005), "Pride & Prejudice" (2005), "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (2011) and "The BFG" (2016).
Wilton was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. She has been married twice. She has a daughter, Alice (born 1977), with actor Daniel Massey.
Mighty Magiswords (International TV Series)
Mighty Magiswords is a French-German-Italian animation series produced by Alphanim and Nickelodeon Productions, and distributed by Nelvana, Discovery Kids and Globosat.
The series deals with the two light warriors, Prohyas and Vambre, with their dragon pet Gulp, go on adventures with their magiswords and the powerful imagination of the twins who was carefree and stayed with him. With Gulp, an anthropomorphic dragon that is the pet of Prohyas and Vambre.
In May 2005, the series was first broadcast in Jetix Germany and Nickelodeon Germany on the German worlds, and then was devoted to another in Jetix France, Jetix Italy, Nickelodeon Italy and Nickelodeon France.
In July 2006, the series was broadcast on Nickelodeon Latin America until 2009. In 2007, it was aired on Jetix Latin America through 2008 through the Jetix Original series. The series introduces the producer before inviting Jetix Animation Concepts, a 2006-2009 company that was produced by Yin Yang Yo, Get Ed and Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go.
During episodes, the series has three seasons and episodes with five episodes each season.
'Robin's Tales' " was the end of an hour of the series issued on May 1, 2009, and its sequel " Robin's Halloween Debuts " was the other end of an hour of the series was issued on 4 September 2010. His two last episodes are characterized first, Steven and the Titans with the Army Robin has discovered stealing his evil man, and in the second and final adventure continues with a special Halloween during the October season , Everyone has halloween, and then Steven and Connie love and have to leave the adventures through the final door during the Halloween extremes.
During the last five years, to his farewell messages
" Powerful Magistrates, 2005-2010 "
After five years, Alphanim canceled new seasons and new five episodes during the total of 5x5 episodes. When Jetix replaced by Disney XD, Disney XD eliminated the series, and Disney XD was emitted the series currently in Europe.
Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria is a national honour awarded by the Republic of Austria. It is a visible honour. It is also called the Order of Merit of the Austrian Republic.
The Order has 15 levels. It is Austria's highest honour.
Below is a list with names of all Grand Star recipients and other notable recipients. It is in order of date.
¡Mucha Lucha!: Gigante
¡Mucha Lucha!: Gigante is an animated American-Mexican-Canadian series produced by 20th Century Fox Television.
The series was released on FOX on February 26, 2005 and then premiered on ABC on March 11, 2005 and April 9, 2005 on ABC Family.
The series has only twenty-six episodes broadcasted in Japan, Europe and Latin America, along with his direct-to-video film. It was aired on Discovery Kids, Nickelodeon and Jetix on May 11, 2005 in Latin America and on Kids' CBC on June 11, 2005 in Canada.
It was aired on ABC Family, ABC, Disney Channel Europe and FOX Japan.
The series also had only fifty-two episodes with a season instead of the regular standard of three seasons.
Rikochet, Buena Girl, and The Flea must rescue Blue Demon Jr. from a group of vampires who'll be at large during the solar eclipse.
The world of Lucha Libre is threatened when a dark force named El Maléfico is accidentally released. Our three Mascaritas, Rikochet, Buena Girl, and The Flea must rise to the challenge and send this evil back from whence it came. Their battle with El Maléfico will decide the fate of the universe!
Mint (money)
A mint is an industrial facility which makes coins that can be used in currency.
In coin collecting, the term ""mint condition"" means the coin has never been used ("in circulation"), just like it came out of the mint where it was made.
The earliest metallic money did not consist of coins, but of unminted metal in the form of rings and other ornaments or of weapons. These were used for thousands of years by the Egyptian, Chaldean and Assyrian empires.