Nityanand Rai (born 1 January 1966) is an Indian politician. He is current Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Government of India. He was elected in the 2014 and 2019 General Election from Ujiarpur. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had continuously represented Hajipur constituency in Bihar legislative assembly winning elections since 2000 (2000, Feb-2005, October- 2005 and 2010).
Kiren Rijiju
Kiren Rijiju (born 19 November 1971) is an Indian lawyer and politician. He is also a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Rijiju is the current Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs of Government of India.
His wife is Joram Rina Rijiju. They were married in 2004. She is a graduate from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi. She is a gold medalist from Arunachal University. She is an Assistant Professor teaching history at Dera Natung College, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh.
Lidar
Lidar is a method for measuring distances by using a laser on a target and measuring its reflection with a sensor.
After the invention of laser, first tool similiar to a lidar was made in 1961 at Hughes Aircraft Company. It was first intended to track satellites. It was originally called "Colidar", acronym for "COherent Light Detecting And Ranging".
One of first usages of lidar were in meteorology. National Center for Atmospheric Research used it to measure clouds and pollution.
Eemsdelta
Eemsdelta, Low Saxon: "Emsdelta", is a municipality in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands. It lies in the northeast of Groningen.
About 46,000 people live in Eemsdelta. It covers an area of about .
The main settlements are Delfzijl and Appingedam.
Eemsdelta was established on January 1, 2021. It was made by combining the former municipalities of Appingedam, Delfzijl, and Loppersum.
The municipality borders the Ems river in the northeast, and the Dollart bay in the east. On the other side of the Ems and the Dollart lies East Frisia, which is a region in the German state of Lower Saxony.
The Eemskanaal flows through the municipality, and connects the Ems river with the city of Groningen.
Eemsdelta contains the fifth most important seaport of the Netherlands, in the city of Delfzijl.
Manchester Grammar School
The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) in Manchester, England, is the largest independent day school for boys in the United Kingdom. It has about 1600 pupils.
It was founded in 1515 as a free grammar school. After WWII, MGS was a direct-grant grammar school. It chose to become an independent school in 1976 after the Labour government abolished the Direct Grant System. Fees for 2016–2017 were £11,970 per annum.
The school is known for its outstanding academic results. In 2017 91% of all A-Level grades were A*-B and at GCSE/IGCSE 68% of all grades were at the A* level.
Congo (chimpanzee)
Congo was a chimpanzee that learned how to draw and paint. He was born in 1954, and died in 1964. Desmond Morris, who studied his behaviour, gave him materials to paint, but didn't show him how to do it. During his life, Congo made over 400 paintings. People living at the time of Congo thought his paintings resembled abstract art. Nadezhda Ladygina-Kohts had done similar experiments with chimpanzees in Moscow. In 1913, Khots found that the drawings resembled those of her two year old son. At the time when they were done, people did not think highly of them. Despite this, artists such as Herbert Read, Julian Huxley and Pablo Picasso bought some of Congo's paintings. In 2005, three of Congo's paintings were sold at an auction for more than 14,000 pound sterling. The auction house at first thought that the paintings would not sell for more than 600 to 800 pounds.
BabyFirst
BabyFirst is an American children's television channel. Its programmes are aimed at babies aged 6–36 months. The channel is owned by FirstMedia. It is based in Los Angeles, California and can be watched in 33 countries and 13 languages. The channel first started in 2006.
Publix
Publix Super Markets, Inc., known as Publix, is an American supermarket that is based in Lakeland, Florida.
Hass avocado
The Hass avocado is a cultivar of avocado ("Persea americana") with dark green colored, bumpy skin. It was first grown and sold by Southern California mail carrier and amateur horticulturist Rudolph Hass, who also gave it his name.
The Hass avocado is a giant fruit weighing 200 to 300 grams.
The Lion Guard
The Lion Guard is an American animated television series made by Ford Riley and based on Disney's 1994 film "The Lion King."
Tinga Tinga Tales
Tinga Tinga Tales is a British–Kenyan flash animated children's television series, based on African folk tales, aimed at 4 to 6-year-olds and that is similar to 64 Zoo Lane, Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies and Funky Valley. It was commissioned by the BBC for its CBeebies channel, and by Disney Channel for its Disney Junior block. Named after Tingatinga art from Tanzania, "Tinga Tinga Tales" was produced in Nairobi, Kenya by Homeboyz Animation, a studio of approximately 50 people. The music is produced by Kenyan singer-songwriter Eric Wainaina. The series comprises 55 episodes.
The series was first conceived by Claudia Lloyd, head of animation at the London-based Tiger Aspect Productions, while travelling through Africa. The first three episodes premiered on the BBC website in early February 2010. The distribution rights have been bought by Entertainment Rights (which in 2009 merged with Classic Media, then in 2012 it was acquired by DreamWorks Animation and renamed into DreamWorks Classics, and ultimately became the property of Universal Television in 2016).
Tinga Tinga Tales is centered on various animated animals and employs music, dialogue, and colorful imagery to tell African folk tales about the origins of animals, all narrated by a red monkey, and to answer questions such as, "Why do monkeys swing in the trees and flamingos stand on one leg?"
Calderstone Productions
Calderstone Productions Limited is a subsidiary of UMG that administers the Beatles' music, and three of its solo artists.
Tumanay Khan
Tumanay Khan (1080-1130), born Tumbinai Setsen, was the 7th Khan of the Mongol Borjigin Tribe. He was the son of Baishinkhor Dogshin and father of Khabul Khan and Khadjuli. He was the direct ancestor of Tamurlane, the founder of the Timurid Empire through one of his sons. He was the ancestor of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, through another son.
Tang Wei
Tāng Wéi (汤唯) (born 7 October 1979) is a Chinese actress. Tang was best known for her roles in movies "Lust, Caution" (2007) and "Blackhat" (2015).
Frontonia
Frontonia is a genus of free-living unicellular ciliate protists. It is closely related to the genus "Paramecium". "Frontonia" can eat diatoms, cyanobacteria, filamentous algae, testate amoebas, and even members of their own species.
"Frontonia" are widespread. Members of the genus are in marine and freshwater environments on every continent.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794) was a German fighter who helped the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. At Valley Forge, he taught the Continental Army how to fight the European way.
Steuben was born September 17, 1730 in Magdeburg. At the time, Magdeburg was in the Kingdom of Prussia.
Steuben's father worked with engineers in the 1744 Siege of Prague.
Steuben joined the Prussian army when he was 16. He learned that the Prussian army was a good army because it was very disciplined. He became a lieutenant. He fought in the Seven Years War. He became a captain. He worked for General Johann von Mayer. In 1762, he was aide-de-camp to Frederick the Great. Steuben was in the army 17 years.
In 1763, Steuben was pushed out of the army because there was peace and the government wanted the army to be smaller.