On 28 July 2020, the High Court convicted Najib on all seven counts of abuse of power, money laundering and criminal breach of trust, becoming the first Prime Minister of Malaysia to be convicted of corruption.
He is the son of former Prime Minister Abdul Razak Hussein.
Maize weevil
The maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae. In the United States, it is called the greater rice weevil. It lives in many tropical areas around the world, and in the United States. It is a major pest of maize. This species attacks both crops that are still growing and those that have been harvested. It attacks wheat, rice, sorghum, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, peas, and cottonseed. The maize weevil also attacks processed cereal products such as pasta, cAgassava, and various coarse, milled grains. It has even been known to attack fruit while in storage, such as apples.
Susumu Ohno
Susumu Ohno was born of Japanese parents in Seoul, Korea, on February 1, 1928. The family returned to Japan after the war in 1945.
His passion for science came from his lifelong love of horses. He earned a Ph.D. in veterinary science at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in 1949, and later a Ph.D. and D.Sc. from Hokkaido University.
Ohno suggested that gene duplication plays a major role in evolution in his classic book "Evolution by Gene Duplication" (1970).
Subsequent research has overwhelmingly confirmed the key role of gene duplication in molecular evolution. Sometimes. one gene copy, or "paralog", takes on a totally new function after a gene duplication event. This means one of the gene copies mutates to develop a function that was not present in the ancestral gene. In this way, a gene duplication may lead to new possibilities in its descendents.
Normally, a big change in gene function is resisted because the original function is needed, but after a duplication one gene carries on the original function. Therefore, a change of function in the second copy is possible without loss of fitness.
In his book, he also suggested that vertebrate genome is the result of one or more entire genome duplications. Variations of this idea have come to be known as the 2R hypothesis (also called "Ohno's hypothesis"). He indicated that mammalian X chromosomes are conserved among species: it has been referred to as Ohno's law. He also invented the term Junk DNA for segments of the DNA that have no known function.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 3 April 1960) is a Dutch singer and record producer.
Lucassen started his music career in 1980 as a guitarist for the band Bodine. In 1984 Lucassen left the band to play guitar for Vengeance. He left the band in 1992.
In 1994 he released his first solo album, "Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy". He played most of the instruments on the album. The album was not successful. In 2001 an album Lucassen made with Astrid van der Veen called "Fate of a Dreamer" was released. In 2009 Lucassen started a new side project, Guilt Machine.
Learjet 24
The Learjet 24 is a twin-turbojet civil aircraft. It is used as a business jet. It is a modern variant of the Learjet 23. It flew for the first time in 1966. It was built between 1966 and 1980.
Martin Elkort
Martin Edward Elkort (born April 18, 1929) is an American photographer, illustrator and writer. He is best known for his street photography. Many of his works are held and displayed by several well known art museums in the United States.
Elkort was born in the New York City, New York borough of The Bronx. He grew up during the Great Depression. He married Edythe in 1953. He now lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife.
Killarney National Park
The Killarney National Park is a national park in County Kerry in Ireland. There are mountains, lakes, woods and waterfalls in the park. The size of the park is . The highest mountain range in Ireland (called McGillycuddy's Reeks) is in the park. The park is to the south and west of the town of Killarney.
There are different kinds of animals in the park. There are red deer and white tailed eagles. The eagles were reintroduced into the park in 2007. Local farmers disagreed with the reintroduction because they can kill lambs.
The park is an Irish national park. It is also a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
Louis Lincoln Emmerson
Louis Lincoln Emmerson (December 27, 1863 – February 4, 1941) was a Republican politician. He was the Governor of Illinois. He served from 1929 to 1933. Before serving as governor, Emmerson served as Illinois Secretary of State from 1917 to 1929.
Lalah Hathaway
Eulaulah Donyll Hathaway (also known as Lalah Hathaway; born December 16, 1968) is an American contemporary R&B and jazz singer and musician. She has had several hit singles. They include "Let Me Love You" (a 1994 song) and "Baby Don't Cry" in 1990.
Lalah Hathaway is the daughter of late singer-songwriter Donny Hathaway.
Hathaway was born in Chicago.
Ice Age (franchise)
Ice Age is an American animated movie series. There are five movies: "Ice Age" (2002), "" (2006), "" (2009), "" (2012), and "" (2016) A spin-off film centered on the character of Buck titled "Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild" will be released in early 2022.
Blue shift
Blue shift is one example of the Doppler effect. It is the opposite effect to redshift.
Doppler blueshift is caused by movement of a source towards the observer. The term applies to any decrease in wavelength caused by relative motion, even outside the visible spectrum.
The wavelength of any reflected or emitted photon or other particle is shortened in the direction of travel.
Doppler blueshift is used in astronomy to determine relative motion:
The reason astronomers can tell how far the light gets shifted is because certain chemical elements, like the calcium in bones or the oxygen people breathe has a unique fingerprint of light that no other chemical element has. They can see what colors of light are coming from a star, and see what it is made of. Once they know that, they look at the difference between where the fingerprint (called spectral lines) is and where it is supposed to be. When they see that, they can tell how far away the star is, whether it is moving toward us or away from us, and also how fast it is going, since the faster it goes, the farther the distance the spectral lines are from where they should be.
Bakewell
Bakewell is a small town in Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England. About 4,000 people live in the town.
Matthew Robinson (snowboarder)
Matthew John Robinson (24 October 1985 – 21 February 2014) was an Australian snowboarder. He was a Paralympian. He won Australia's first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup snowboard gold medal in Copper Mountain, Colorado in the United States. In February 2014, he got head and neck injuries after an accident at the La Molina ski resort in Spain. He was sent to fly back to Australia by plane soon after.
Robinson died from cardiac arrest on 21 February 2014 while refueling in Kuwait. He was 28 years old. His memorial service was held in Perth, Western Australia on 7 March. At the time of his death, he was living in Melbourne, Victoria with his fiancée.
Voice (disambiguation)
Voice might mean:
Shane Doan
Shane Albert Doan (born October 10, 1976) is a Canadian ice hockey right winger. He currently plays for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He serves as their captain. He is the only remaining player left from the Jets/Coyotes team when they relocated to Phoenix, as well as one of three players that are currently active in the NHL from the original Winnipeg Jets.
Before playing in the NHL, Doan played 3 seasons with the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL). During his time there, he was able to win the Memorial Cup two years in a row with the Blazers and won the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the Memorial Cup Tournament.