On Twitter, North Carolina governor Roy Cooper wrote, "Initial reports of the shooting in Elizabeth City and death of Andrew Brown, Jr. this week are tragic and extremely concerning. The body camera footage should be made public as quickly as possible and the SBI should investigate thoroughly to ensure accountability."
Kalinga (historical region)
Kalinga was a eastern cost kingdom of India. It included large part of Odisha, Northern Andhra Pradesh and small part of chhattisgarh. It was an independent Kingdom. Kalinga fought against Mauryan empire in 261 BC and Mauryan empire was led by Asoka. The effects of the war were described by Asoka himself in the Rock edict XIII. Around 1,50,000 were killed during this war.
Kalinga was a important part for trade as it was easy to reach South East Asia. Kalinga again became an independent state after the death of Asoka of Mauryan empire. In sangam literature it is mentioned that kharvela of kalinga tried to invade north India against the Pushyamitra the founder of Sunga Dynasty but there is no clear evidence of that. Sunga Dynasty was founded just after the Mauryan.
Zero-coupon bond
A zero-coupon bond is a special bond, where there are no periodic interest payments. At the end of the runtime, it will be repaid at the agreed value. There may be compensation for inflation. Usually, zero coupon bonds have long runtimes.
Force 136
The Force 136 was a Far East branch of the British World War II intelligence organisation, the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Originally set up in 1941 as the India Mission with the cover name of GSI(k), it absorbed what was left of SOE's Oriental Mission in April 1942. The man in overall charge for the duration of the war was Colin Mackenzie.
The organisation was established to encourage and supply resistance movements in enemy-occupied territory, and sometimes try sabotage operations. Force 136 operated in the regions of the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II which were taken over by Japan from 1941 to 1945: Burma, Malaya, China (Hong Kong), Sumatra, Siam, Indochina and Singapore.
Tan Chuan-Jin
Tan Chuan-Jin (; born 10 January 1969) is a Singaporean politician. He is the current Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore since 11 September 2017.
Chief Justice of Singapore
The Chief Justice of Singapore is the highest post in the judicial system of Singapore. The Chief Justice is appointed by the President, chosen from candidates recommended by the Prime Minister. The current Chief Justice is Sundaresh Menon.
Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
The speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is the presiding officer of the Parliament of the Republic of Singapore. The current Chief Justice is Tan Chuan-Jin.
Parliament of Singapore
The Parliament of Singapore is the national unicameral legislature of Singapore.
Self-governance of Singapore
The self-governance of Singapore happened in several stages. Since 1819 up to 1959, Singapore had been under the colonial rule of the United Kingdom. The first local elections on a limited scale for several positions in the government of Singapore started in 1948 following a change to the Constitution of Singapore.
This was further changed with the Rendel Constitution, strengthening local representation. Singapore was granted full internal self-government in 1959, but the colonial administration still controlled external relations and shared control of several key internal policies such as internal security.
In 1963, Singapore joined Malaysia, ending colonial rule and becoming an autonomous state within the country. After a fallout in the relations between the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the People's Action Party (PAP), the ruling parties of the Federation and Singapore at the time, full independence came about with Malaysia forcing Singapore to leave in 1965.
Malaysia Agreement
The Malaysia Agreement or the Agreement relating to Malaysia between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore was the agreement which combined what is today Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore with the existing states of the Federation of Malaya, now known as Malaysia. Singapore was later expelled from Malaysia, becoming its own country 9 August 1965.
Nihonkai daikaisen
Nihonkai daikaisen (日本海大海戦, "Battle of the Japan Sea") is a 1969 Japanese war drama film directed by Seiji Maruyama and produced by . Set between 1904 and 1905, and
Veteran screenwriter Toshio Yasumi wrote the script and Seiji Maruyama (who had filmed Rengo kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku in 1968) directed the film. Special effects director of "" worked on the set and Hiroshi Murai of "" was in charge of filming the scenes.
The concurrent screening work is "Konto 55-Gō jinrui no dai jakuten", directed by .
It is said to be the third work in the "Toho 8/15 series", but unlike the two previous war films, this one take place during the Russo-Japanese War. From the beginning of the war, to General 's troops attack Port Arthur, and the combined fleet led by Admiral at the to defeats the led by Vice Admiral .
This work was the last film in which participated it as special effects director. The ship miniature mobilized 60 art designers and 107 ships were prepared for the movie.
In addition, the miniature of the was made up to 13 meters.
In the naval battle scene, considering that the power of the bullets is weaker at the time of the Russo-Japanese War than during the , the water column is expressed by .
During the late , the continued to desinegreated in turmoil due to corruption, peasant unrest, ruler incompetence, and population growth which led to food shortages and regular famine. In 1900 during the , the (, , , , , , and ) joined forces together to occupied many ports and cities in China. However, only Russia kept its troops in Manchuria and setting up their which caused tensions with Japan over the .
At the meeting with , they sent an ultimatum to recognize Russian dominance in Manchuria in exchange for recognition of being within the Japanese sphere of influence.Finally, diplomatic relations between two countries began to get even hostility. , in the , was eyeing on (aka Port Arthur) and the movement of the in , and devised a secret plan. Then, he got reports that Captain , commanded the old cargo vessel "Fukui Maru" and several ships, was spotted by the Russian fleet squadron and was hit, destroying the ship and killing Hirose. Many officers and sailors managed to escape from the . War was declared after the first naval battle. The Japanese Navy won its first battle against the Russians.
In the meantime, Japanese troops deployed from Korea to Manchuria. The under General landed on to occupied and began marching north to meet the Russian army at the . After defeating them, the led by General march on to Port Arthur and began the . However, the Russian Navy was unable to relived the siege after they were defeated again by the Japanese squadron at . On October 20, the Baltic Fleet left the port of .
Togo decided that the enemy ships would appear in the and dragged the combined fleet inland. On New Year's Day, five months after the attack began, General Nogi planned an , trying to captured the fortress. However, the commander of Port Arthur managed to hold off the attack by setting up , positions, , and . The Japanese would continued to attack the fortress until the defense commander was killed by an artillery shells and Stessel had no choice but to surrendered the fortress to General Nogi.