In 2008, he was named one of the "Ten Most Successful Young Executives in West Virginia" by "Executive" magazine; and in 2010, "Time" named him one of the rising stars of American politics under 40, in their list of "40 under 40".
Mount Alto, West Virginia
Mount Alto is an unincorporated community in far western Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. It is northwest of the city of Ripley, the county seat of Jackson County. Its elevation is 709 feet (216 m).
Mount Alto had a post office, which closed on June 20, 2009.
Ripley, West Virginia
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Merrifield, Virginia
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Mark Hatfield
Mark Odom Hatfield (July 12, 1922 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and educator. He was a Republican, even though he mostly voted with Democratic senators. He was born in Dallas, Oregon.
From 1957 to 1959, he was the Oregon Secretary of State. From 1959 to 1967, he was the Governor of Oregon. Between 1967 to 1997, Hatfield was the United States Senator from Oregon.
Hatfield died in Portland, Oregon on August 7, 2011 at the age of 89.
Sun and moon letters
In Arabic and Maltese, consonants are divided into two groups: the sun/solar letters ( ', Maltese: konsonanti xemxin) and moon/lunar letters ( ', Maltese: konsonanti qamrin).
In those languages, all nouns start with the word "al" (الـ) in Arabic or "il" in Maltese. Both words mean "the." If a sun letter comes after the consonant, the "l" sound in "al" or "il" is dropped and is replaced by whatever sound the letter makes. However, if a moon letter comes after, the "l" sound in those words stays.
In Arabic, the word for "the sun" is "ash-shams" because the "sh" sound is a sun letter. Meanwhile, the word for "the moon" is "al-qamar" because the "q" sound is a moon letter.
Below is a chart of the sun and moon letters in Arabic.
The ال "'al-"' is written down in Arabic regardless of how it is pronounced. In the case of sun letters, a mark called the "shaddah" (ـّـ) is written over the sun letter. For moon letters, a mark called the "sukun" (ـْـ)is written over the letter ل "lam" in the "al-."
Below is a chart of the sun and moon letters in Maltese.
If a word starts with any of the moon letters, the word il- stays the same. However, if it stats with a sun letter, the word il-changes to iċ-, id-, in-, ir-, is-, it-, ix-, iż-, iz-.
If a word begins with two consonants, it changes to "l-i-." For example, "skola" (school) becomes "l-iskola" (the school).
Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf
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Lone Dybkjær
Lone Dybkjær (23 May 1940 – 20 July 2020) was a Danish politician and environmentalist. She was a member of the Social Democrats. During the Poul Schlüter cabinet, she was Minister for the Environment from 1988 to 1990. Between 1973 to 1977, 1979 to 1994 and 2005 to 2011, she was a member of the Folketing.
Between 1994 to 2004, she was a member of the European Parliament. Dybkjær was born in Copenhagen.
She was married to former Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen from 1994 until her death.
Dybkjær died on 20 July 2020 in Copenhagen from cancer, aged 80.
Under Your Spell (movie)
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István Séllyei
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Séllyei died in Budapest on 19 July 2020, aged 70.
The Great American Broadcast
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Jonathan Oppenheim
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Oppenheim died on July 16, 2020 from brain cancer, aged 67.
JoJo Siwa
Joelle Joanie "JoJo" Siwa (born May 19, 2003) is an American dancer, pop singer, actress, and YouTube personality. She is known for appearing for two seasons on "Dance Moms" and for her singles "Boomerang" and "Kid in a Candy Store".
Siwa posts daily videos of her life on her YouTube channels, "JoJo Siwa TV" and "It's JoJo Siwa". She was born in Omaha, Nebraska.
In June 2019, the FDA issued a warning about dangerous levels of asbestos in a JoJo Siwa-branded cosmetics kit.
JoJo signed with Nickelodeon in 2017. She was in the movies "Blurt!" and "Lip Sync Battle Shorties" with Nick Cannon.
Siwa came out as being in the LGBTQ+ community in January 2021. In February 2021, she revealed that she is in a relationship with her best friend who asked her to be her girlfriend a month before.
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (29 March 1922 – 21 July 2020) was a Spanish Hellenist, linguist and translator. He worked most of his career at the Complutense University of Madrid. He was a member of the Real Academia Española and Real Academia de la Historia. His works were mostly of the history of Ancient Greece and modern-day Greece.
Rodríguez Adrados was born in Salamanca, Spain. He studied at University of Salamanca and Complutense University of Madrid. Rodríguez Adrados died on 21 July 2020 in Madrid, aged 98.
Royal Spanish Academy
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Real Academia de la Historia
The Real Academia de la Historia (RAH, 'Royal Academy of History') is a Spanish institution in Madrid.
It studies history "ancient and modern, political, civil, ecclesiastical, military, scientific, of letters and arts, that is to say, the different branches of life, of civilisation, and of the culture of the Spanish people".
The Academy was created by Philip V of Spain on 18 April 1738.
Francisco Ayala
Francisco Ayala García-Duarte (16 March 1906 – 3 November 2009) was a Spanish writer. He was the last representative of the Generation of '27.
He was a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1997 until his death. He was known for his short stories about the Spanish Civil War. His best known works were "El As de Bastos" ("The Ace of Staves", 1963), "El rapto" ("The Kidnap", 1965), and "El jardín de las delicias" ("The Garden of Earthly Delights", 1971).
Ayala died in Madrid, 3 November 2009, at the age of 103.
Emilio Lledó
Emilio Lledó Íñigo (born 5 November 1927) is a Spanish philosopher. He has been a professor at several universities. He is a member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He was born in Seville, Spain.
He worked at the University of La Laguna for two years. Later, in 1967, he moved to the University of Barcelona, where he had been given the chair in Philosophy. In 1978, he moved again, to the National University of Distance Education (UNED), where he remained until his retirement.
Lledó was elected to Seat l of the Real Academia Española on 11 November 1993.
Luis Goytisolo