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A court reporter or court stenographer, also called stenotype operator, shorthand reporter or law reporter, is a person whose occupation is to transcribe spoken or recorded speech into written form, using shorthand, machine shorthand or voice writing equipment to produce official transcripts of court hearings, depositions and other official proceedings.
Court reporting companies primarily serve private law firms, local, state and federal government agencies, courts, trade associations, meeting planners and nonprofits.
The Old Town of Vilnius () is the historic part of the city of Vilnius, Lithuania.
It is one of the largest and most beautiful medieval old towns in Europe.
It has an area of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres).
The settlement became a town in the early 13th century.
The old town is marked by narrow streets, old churches, museums and flower-decorated courtyards.
The central squares in the Old Town are the Cathedral Square and the Town Hall Square.
In 1994 the Vilnius Old Town was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Slushko Palace
Radvilu Palace
Tyzenhaus Palace
Vilnius Castle Complex with the Gediminas Tower and Royal Palace
Religious monuments
St. Anne's Church
Vilnius Cathedral in Cathedral Square
St. Nicholas Church
Gate of Dawn
Cathedral of the Theotokos
House of the Signatories
National Museum of Lithuania
Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
Fragments of the Vilnius city wall
Vilnius dungeons
Edvin "Edi" Rama (born 4 July 1964) is an Albanian politician, artist and writer.
He has been the Prime Minister of Albania since 2013.
Rama has been the leader of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005.
Rama was Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports from 1998 to 2000.
He was Mayor of Tirana from 2000 to 2011.
Tulancingo, officially Tulancingo de Bravo, is a city in the state of Hidalgo in central Mexico.
The city is in the Tulancingo Valley.
It is  from Mexico City and  from Pachuca.
It was founded by the Toltecs.
Amedeo Modigliani (12 June 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor.
Modigliani was born in Livorno.
He spent his youth in Italy.
From 1906, he was active in Paris, where he met other painters, such as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brâncuși.
Modigliani died from meningitis in Paris, at the age of 35.
Today, he is mostly known for his artistic nudes, which were seen as scandalous at the time.
His works are on show at MoMA (New York City) and other museums.
Gallery of works
The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2015.
February 1 - Aldo Ciccolini, 89, French pianist.
February 1 - Ann Mara, 85, American football team owner (New York Giants), complications from fall.
February 1 - Udo Lattek, 80, German football player and manager (Bayern Munich, Barcelona).
February 1 - Monty Oum, 33, American animator (Red vs. Blue, RWBY), allergic reaction.
February 2 - Andriy Kuzmenko, 46, Ukrainian singer (Skryabin), car accident.
February 2 - Stewart Stern, 92, American screenwriter (Rebel Without a Cause), brain cancer.
February 2 - Anand Shukla, 74, Indian cricketer.
February 3 - Mary Healy, 96, American actress (The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T) and singer.
February 3 - Sir Martin Gilbert, 78, British historian and biographer, member of the Iraq Inquiry panel.
February 3 - Frank Borghi, 89, American Hall of Fame soccer player (national team).
February 3 - Charlie Sifford, 92, American golfer, complications from a stroke.
February 3 - Muath Al-Kasasbeh, 26, Jordanian pilot, burned. (
February 4 - Eduardo Laborde, 47, Argentine rugby union player (national team), traffic collision.
February 4 - Richard Bonehill, 67, British actor and stuntman (The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi). (
February 4 - Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi, c. 45, Iraqi Al-Qaeda bomber, executed.
February 4 - Fitzhugh L. Fulton, 89, American NASA research pilot.
February 4 - Wes Cooley, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon (1995–1997).
February 5 - K. N. Choksy, 81, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, MP (1989–2010), Minister of Finance (2001–2004).
February 5 - Henri Coppens, 84, Belgian footballer, winner of the Golden Shoe (1954).
February 6 - Marisa Del Frate, 83, Italian actress, singer and television personality.
February 6 - Assia Djebar, 78, Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker, member of the Académie française.
February 6 - André Brink, 79, South African writer.
February 6 - Kathrine Windfeld, 48, Danish movie director (Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation).
February 6 - Norm Drucker, 94, American basketball referee.
February 6 - Alan Nunnelee, 56, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi (since 2011), brain cancer.
February 6 - Pedro León Zapata, 85, Venezuelan cartoonist, painter and writer.
February 7 - Dean Smith, 83, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (North Carolina).
February 7 - John C. Whitehead, 92, American financier (Goldman Sachs) and civil servant, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (1985–1989), cancer.
February 7 - René Lavand, 86, Argentine magician and illusionist, pneumonia.
February 7 - Joe B. Mauldin, 74, American bassist (The Crickets), cancer.
February 7 - Donald H. Clausen, 91, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1963–1983).
February 7 - Marshall Rosenberg, 80, American psychologist, creator of Nonviolent Communication.
February 7 - Billy Casper, 83, American golfer, seventh all-time in career PGA Tour wins, complications from pneumonia and heart attack.
February 8 - Müzeyyen Senar, 96, Turkish singer, pneumonia.
February 8 - Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, 75, Finnish parapsychologist.
February 9 - Øyvind Bjorvatn, 83, Norwegian politician, leader of the Liberal People's Party (1982–1986).
February 9 - Jorge Sassi, 64, Argentine actor, renal failure.
February 10 - Deng Liqun, 99, Chinese politician.
February 10 - Naseer Aruri, 81, Palestinian scholar and human rights activist, Parkinson's disease.
February 11 - Roger Hanin, 89, French actor and movie director.
February 11 - Bob Simon, 73, American television journalist (60 Minutes), traffic collision.
February 11 - Ray Hathaway, 98, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
February 11 - Anne Cuneo, 78, Swiss author and movie director.
February 11 - Jerry Tarkanian, 84, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Long Beach State, UNLV, San Antonio Spurs, Fresno State), respiratory failure.
February 12 - Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek, 93, Dutch resistance fighter, recipient of the Military William Order.
February 12 - Ernest J. Sternglass, 91, American physicist and professor, heart failure.
February 12 - Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, 84, Malaysian politician, Menteri Besar of Kelantan (1990–2013), prostate cancer.
February 12 - Tomie Ohtake, 101, Japanese-Brazilian artist, heart failure.
February 12 - Oliver Rackham, 75, British landscape ecologist.
February 12 - Steve Strange, 55, British musician (Visage), heart attack.
February 12 - David Carr, 58, American columnist (The New York Times) and author, lung cancer and heart disease.
February 12 - Gary Owens, 80, American television announcer (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In) and actor (Midnight Cowboy, Space Ghost), diabetes.
February 12 - Movita Castaneda, 98, American actress (Mutiny on the Bounty), neck injury.
February 12 - Richie Pratt, 71, American jazz drummer.
February 13 - Kesava Reddy, 68, Indian writer.
February 13 - Stan Chambers, 91, American television reporter (KTLA).
February 14 - Wim Ruska, 74, Dutch judoka, Olympic gold medallist (1972).
February 14 - Franjo Mihalić, 94, Croatian Yugoslav long distance runner, Olympic silver medallist (1956).
February 14 - Philip Levine, 87, American poet, pancreatic cancer.
February 14 - Louis Jourdan, 93, French actor (Gigi, Octopussy).
February 14 - Michele Ferrero, 89, Italian businessman (Ferrero SpA).
February 14 - Pamela Cundell, 95, English actress (Dad's Army).
February 15 - Steve Montador, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).
February 15 - Haron Amin, 46, Afghan diplomat, Ambassador to Japan (2004–2009), cancer.
February 15 - Eileen Essell, 92, English actress (Duplex, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Producers).
February 16 - Aleksandr Melentyev, 60, Soviet Russian sport shooter, Olympic champion (1980).
February 16 - John Davies, 76, British historian. (
February 16 - Uri Orbach, 54, Israeli writer, journalist and politician, blood disease.
February 16 - R. R. Patil, 58, Indian politician, oral cancer.
February 16 - Lesley Gore, 68, American singer ("It's My Party") and actress (Batman), cancer.
February 16 - Heinrich Windelen, 93, German politician, Member of the Bundestag (1957–1990).
February 16 - Lasse Braun, 78, Italian porn movie director and producer.
February 17 - Andrzej Koszewski, 92, Polish composer.
February 17 - Cathy Ubels-Veen, 86, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1986).
February 18 - Cass Ballenger, 88, American politician, member of United States House of Representatives from North Carolina (1986–2005).
February 18 - Claude Criquielion, 58, Belgian cyclist, UCI World Road Race champion (1984), complications from a stroke.
February 18 - Mark Fischer, 64, American intellectual property lawyer.
February 18 - Jerome Kersey, 52, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers), blood clot.
February 19 - Harris Wittels, 30, American television producer and writer (Parks and Recreation, The Sarah Silverman Program).
February 20 - Henry Segerstrom, 91, American entrepreneur.
February 20 - Ibrahim Biogradlić, 83, Bosnian Yugoslav footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
February 21 - Sadeq Tabatabaei, 71, Iranian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1979–1980),  lung cancer.
February 21 - Clark Terry, 94, American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist, complications from diabetes.
February 22 - Kim Kyung-roul, 34, South Korean professional billiards player.
February 23 - John Rowlands, 76, Welsh author and novelist.
February 24 - Rakhat Aliyev, 52, Kazah politician and diplomat, suicide by hanging.
February 24 - Irving Kahn, 109, American investor.
February 24 - Roger Cecil, 72, Welsh painter. (
body found on this date)
February 24 - Donald Keough, 88, American businessman, President of The Coca-Cola Company (1981–1993).
February 24 - Maurice Hurley, 75, American television writer and producer (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Baywatch, Miami Vice).
February 24 - Bertrice Small, 77, American author.
February 25 - Terry Gill, 75, Australian actor ("Crocodile" Dundee, Prisoner, The Flying Doctors), lung cancer.
February 25 - Eugenie Clark, 92, American ichthyologist.
February 26 - Fritz J. Raddatz, 83, German feuilletonist, essayist, biographer and romancier.
February 26 - Earl Lloyd, 86, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals, Detroit Pistons).
February 26 - Tom Schweich, 54, American politician, Missouri State Auditor (since 2011), suicide by gunshot.
February 26 - Martha Cohen, 94-95, Canadian community builder and philanthropist.
February 26 - Avijit Roy, Bangladeshi-born American writer, stabbed.
February 26 - Theodore Hesburgh, 97, American Roman Catholic priest, president of the University of Notre Dame (1952-1987).
February 27 - Leonard Nimoy, 83, American actor and director (Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Fringe), COPD.
February 27 - Boris Nemtsov, 55, Russian politician, Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1991–1997), First Deputy Prime Minister (1997–1998), Deputy Prime Minister (1998), shot.
February 27 - Richard Bakalyan, 84, American character actor (Batman, Chinatown, The Fox and the Hound).
February 27 - Bohdan Tomaszewski, 93, Polish sports commentator.
February 27 - Bob Benmosche, 70, American executive, President and CEO of American International Group (2009–2014), lung cancer.
February 27 - Mykhailo Chechetov, 61, Ukrainian politician, suicide.
February 28 - Anthony Mason, 48, American basketball player (New York Knicks), heart failure.
February 28 - Yaşar Kemal, 91, Turkish author, Légion d'honneur recipient.
February 2015 events
Maurizio Arcieri (30 April 1942 – 29 January 2015) was an Italian singer.
He was formerly the leader of The New Dada.
Recently he was a member of Krisma.
Arcieri was born in Milan, Italy.
He was very active during the 1970s.
Maurizio's records on mayancaper.net
Maurizio's videos on mayancaper.net
Maurizio on KrismaTv.net
Carl Djerassi (October 29, 1923 – January 30, 2015) was a Bulgarian-Austrian-American chemist, novelist, and playwright.
He was best known for his work to develop a oral contraceptive pills and the use of physical methods in organic chemistry.
Carl Djerassi tells his life story at Web of Stories
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Djerassi’s autograph from The Chemical Record
Bob Weintraub, Israel Chemical Society.
Pincus, Djerassi, and Oral Contraceptives
Geraldine McEwan (née McKeown; 9 May 1932 – 30 January 2015) was an English actress.
McEwan was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1998 for her performance in The Chairs.
She also won a BAFTA Award for her performance in the television serial Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990).
From 2004 to 2009 she appeared as Miss Marple, the Agatha Christie sleuth, for the series Marple.
An Old Town of a city or town is its historic center or district.
It is often the older town the newer parts were built around.
It may also be an area built to resemble the older original town.
Old towns usually have historical and architectural value that make them worth restoring.
In Europe old towns are usually the medieval towns or villages that the newer city was built up around.
Old towns may have cobblestone streets, old churches, and balconies hanging over narrow back streets.
Because they are restrictive traffic traps many old town districts do not allow motor vehicles.
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai  (, , born February 12, 1949) was the President of Afghanistan.
He was elected as the President of Afghanistan on 21 September 2014.
He resigned on 15 August 2021 after going into exile when the Taliban captured Kabul and the Afghan government collapsed.
Ghani was born on February 12, 1949.
On May 2, 2008, he made his first book, called Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World.
In 2011, he made another book, titled Afghanistan: A Lexicon Ashraf Ghani
On 15 August 2021, Afghan officials said that Ghani had left the presidential palace that morning, and went to the US embassy and from there he left Afghanistan as the Taliban entered Kabul.
He is living in UAE (as of 2021's fourth quarter).
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Office of the President
Profile: Ashraf Ghani – BBC News
Afghan Elections Dossier – Ashraf Ghani, August 2009 – Radio France Internationale
AFGHANISTAN’S THEORIST-IN-CHIEF; President Ashraf Ghani is an expert on failed states.
Can he save his country from collapse?
4 July 2016 The New Yorker issue by George Packer
BBC Radio 4 Profile
Gita Sahgal (born 1956 / 1957) is a writer on the subjects of feminism and fundamentalism.
She was the leader of Amnesty International's gender unit from 2003 to 2010.
Sahgal was born in Bombay in India.
Her mother is writer Nayantara Sahgal.
She was raised as a Hindu.
In 1972 she moved to London.
In London she studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
In 1977 Sahgal went back to India.
She moved back to England in 1983.
In 1979 she started Southall Black Sisters with Pragna Patel.
SBS is an organization that helps Asian and black women who are experiencing domestic violence, sexual violence, forced marriage, etc.
She started Women Against Fundamentalism in 1989 with Patel, Clara Connolly, and Nira Yuval-Davis in response to the Rushdie affair.
In 1992 Sahgal wrote in Refusing Holy Orders: Women and Fundamentalism in Britain and edited it with Yuval-Davis.
In 2003 Sahgal became the head of Amnesty International's gender unit.
In 2010 Sahgal was fired because she wrote an article for the Sunday Times criticising Amnesty's associations with Moazzam Begg.
She left the organization.
The Centre for Secular Space was started by Sahgal in 2011.
is a Japanese anime series written by Mari Okada and directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai.
It was produced by A-1 Pictures.
The anime aired 11 episodes.
It began airing on April 14, 2011 and ended on June 23, 2011.
It was shown on Fuji Television's noitaminA block.
It started as a serial novel by Mari Okada and appeared in Media Factory's Da Vinci magazine from March to July 2011.
It was later adapted into a manga and it was illustrated by Mitsu Izumi.
A visual novel for the PlayStation Portable was released in August 2012.
On August 31, 2013,  an anime movie was released in Japanese theatres.
A second anime movie is set to be released in 2015.
Official visual novel website
Emelie Öhrstig, born 27 February 1978 in Borås, Sweden, is a Swedish cross-country skier and road racing cyclist.
As a country skier she who won a gold medal during the 2005 Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany.
She also won eleven additional victories up to 15 kilometers between 2002-2005.
Her best individual finish in Turin during the 2006 Winter Olympics was 22nd in the women's individual sprint race.
was a Japanese freelance video journalist covering wars and conflicts, refugees, poverty, AIDS, and child education around the world.
In October 2014, he was captured and held hostage in Syria by Islamic State (ISIL) militants.
After being held for three months, on 31 January 2015, he was beheaded.
Olga Vital'evna Yakovleva (; 12 October 1970 – 17 January 2015), better known as Origa, was a Russian singer.
She worked mostly in Japan from 1993 until her death.
She was signed to the record label Gemmatika and sometimes worked with Yoko Kanno.
She also released eleven albums and eight singles.
She was most well known for singing the intro to the television series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Fantastic Children.
2015 deaths]
José Manuel Lara Bosch (8 March 1946 – 31 January 2015) was a Spanish media executive and businessman.
He was the CEO of Grupo Planeta since 2003 and Atresmedia since 2012.
Bosch was born in Barcelona, Spain.
Bosch died in Barcelona, Spain from pancreatic cancer, aged 68.
He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Consuelo García Píriz and his four children.
Everett Lamar "Rocky" Bridges (August 7, 1927 – January 27, 2015) was an American baseball utility infielder.
He played in Major League Baseball from 1951 to 1961.
He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Cardinals of the National League.
He also played for the Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, and Los Angeles Angels of the American League.
Bridges was born in Refugio, Texas.
He was married to Mary who died in 2008 and had four children.
She was a member of the Japanese Diet from 1946 until 1952.
In 1950, she became the first woman in Japanese political history to have a baby while in office.
Sonoda was born in Tokyo.
She was married to Sunao Sonoda until his death in 1984.
She was also the stepmother of Hiroyuki Sonoda.
Sonoda died on 29 January 2015 in a Tokyo hospital.
Suraj Alao Abdurrahman (9 September 1954 – 28 January 2015) was a Nigerian architect, engineer officer of the Nigerian Army.
He served as Command Officer in Charge of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) in Liberia.
Sir Ronald Keith Davison (born  16 November 1920; died 2 July 2015) was a New Zealand lawyer and judge.
He was the tenth Chief Justice of New Zealand from 1978 to 1989.
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" is a 2012 song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.
Swift co-wrote the song with its producers Max Martin and Shellback.
The song is about Swift being frustrated at her ex-lover wanting to fix their relationship.
The song was the lead single from her album Red.
Rolling Stone named this song the second best song of 2012.
The song hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Dame Catherine Anne Tizard (née Maclean; 4 April 1931 – 31 October 2021) was a New Zealand politician.
She served as the Mayor of Auckland City and the 16th Governor-General of New Zealand.
She the first woman to hold either office.
Tizard died on 31 October 2021 in Auckland from a long-illness at the age of 90.
Government House: Official biography
Sir Paul Alfred Reeves (6 December 193214 August 2011) was a New Zealand politician and archbishop.
He was the Archbishop and Primate of New Zealand from 1980 to 1985 and the 15th Governor-General of New Zealand from 22 November 1985 to 20 November 1990.
In July 2011, Reeves announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer.
He died of the disease in Auckland, New Zealand, aged 78.
Biography at Holy Trinity Cathedral website
Official biographies of former Governors–General of New Zealand
Radio NZ interview, 8 May 2011 Sir Paul talks extensively about his life and work with interviewer Chris Laidlaw. (
Listen directly or download options)
Zulkifli Abdhir (5 October 1966 - 27 January 2015) was a Malaysian who was one of the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists.
The Amercian FBI agency offered a USD 5 million reward for information leading to his capture.
He was the maker of bombs delivered for usage to several terrorist groups.
He was often referred to by the nom de guerre Marwan.
He was suspected of being a leader of the Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia, being part of the central command of the Jemaah Islamiyah, and was hiding in Mindanao under the protection of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
Jorge Rígoli (Jorge Alberto Rípoli; 5 November 1936 – 27 January 2015) was an Argentine comedian and actor.
He was known for starring in the popular Argentine animated series Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez.
Rígoli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Rígoli died in Mar del Plata, Argentina from heart failure after being in a medically induced coma after having high blood pressure.
Dennis Carl Wilson (December 4, 1944 – December 28, 1983) was an American drummer, singer and songwriter.
He is best known as being one of three brothers in the rock band, The Beach Boys.
Wilson was a member from the beginning until he died in 1983.
The group made twenty-four studio albums.
Wilson made one solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue.
It stayed popular with critics over the years.
Dennis was born in Inglewood, California.
He was the only surfer of the group and he lived the beach lifestyle that the Beach Boys wrote about in their songs.
Meeting Charles Manson
In 1968, Dennis Wilson met a musician, Charles Manson, who had a group of followers in a religious cult.
His cult members were called "The Family".
Wilson became very fond of Manson and his friends.
They all moved into his home on Sunset Boulevard in west Los Angeles for a few months.
At first, Wilson was writing some songs with Manson, who could play a guitar.
Thinking he had talent, he introduced him to a few friends in the music business, including Terry Melcher, (the son of Doris Day).
But he soon became afraid of Manson's bad temper and violent behavior.
So finally Wilson escaped by just moving out of his house and leaving Manson there.
Manson was actually a dangerous and mentally ill criminal.
In 1969, with the help of "The Family", he murdered at least eight famous people in California.
On December 28, 1983, while partying soon after his 39th birthday, Wilson drowned at Marina del Rey in Los Angeles.
He had been drinking alcohol all day and diving into the sea in the afternoon.
He was buried at sea off the California coast by the U.S. Coast Guard on January 4, 1984.
President Ronald Reagan allowed the burial.
Pacific Ocean Blue (1977)
Ahmed was born in 1940 in the 24 Parganas district of West Bengal province.
Ahmed was also a journalist and was associated with the Daily Janakantha.
Among the awards he received is the  "Kabir Chowdhury Children's Literary Award" of the Bangla Academy (2004).
1971: Bangla Academy Award
2000: Ekushey Padak
José Arias (27 August 1922 – 7 January 2015) was a Spanish alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Tomás Ariel Bulat (12 September 1964 – 31 January 2015) was an Argentine economist, journalist, writer, and professor.
He was known for his report on channel A24.
He wrote some books about the economy, some of those books are La economía de tu vida and la Economía descubierta.
Bulat was born in Buenos Aires.
Argentine economists
Lieutenant General George H. McKee (April 28, 1923 – January 6, 2015) was an American Air Force lieutenant general and command pilot.
He was commander of Air Training Command with headquarters at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
Bonnie Christensen (January 23, 1951 – January 12, 2015) was an American author and illustrator.
She best known for writing biographies and other illustrated non-fiction books for children and young adults.
She was born in Saranac Lake, New York.
Robert Adler (December 4, 1913 – February 15, 2007) was an Austrian-born American inventor who held numerous patents.
He was known for creating wireless remote control for televisions.
Inventor of the Week Archive - Robert Adler
Robert Adler: Biography of the Inventor Who Made Life Easier for Couch Potatoes
Man who glued TV watchers to the couch dies
The Inventor Who Deserves a Sitting Ovation - The Washington Post
Robert Adler, 94; Engineer, Co-Inventor of TV Remote Control - The Washington Post
Obituary , The Independent, 22 February 2007
Obituary , The Daily Telegraph, 13 March 2007
Obituary and Archive of American Television interview description
Biography from IEEE
The  is a  railway line in Japan.
It runs from Ueno station in Tokyo Prefecture to Utsunomiya Station in Tochigi Prefecture.
It runs diagonally from south to north in Saitama Prefecture.
It is owned and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East Japan).
It looks similar to the Takasaki line.
The maximum speed of this train is .
It is possible to go to Kuroiso from Ueno in about an hour and a half.
The Takasaki line including local trains and rapid trains has about six standard-runs per hour in daytime.
Sometimes the trains are crowded with students and company employees in major cities, for example Akabane, Urawa, Saitama-Shintoshin, Omiya, Hasuda, Kuki, Koga, Oyama, Utsunomiya, Nasu-Shiobara, Kuroiso.
In mathematics, combination is used for picking a number of objects from a given set of objects.
Combinatorics looks at the number of possibilities to pick k objects from a set of n. It does not take into account the order in which these are picked.
People talk about finding permutations if the order in which the objects are picked matters.
This explains why there are more permutations than combinations.
One combination, picking the objects 1,3, and 5 in the example can be done in the following ways:  {1,3,5}, {1,5,3}, {3,1,5}, {3,5,1}, {5,1,3} and {5,3,1}.
In general, the number of combinations of k objects from n objects, written as  or , is equal to , where "!"
stands for the factorial notation.
This number is also known as the binomial coefficient.
George Ritchie Hodgson (October 12, 1893 – May 1, 1983) was a Canadian swimmer.
He was a freestyle swimmer.
Hodgson competed for Canada at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.
He won two gold medals for Canada.
He won the gold in the 400 m freestyle and in the 1500 m freestyle.
Hodgson set Olympic and World records in the events.
He retired immediately after.
He attended McGill University.
He swam and played water polo there until he graduated in 1916.
After he graduated, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service and served in World War I. He earned the United Kingdom’s Air Force Cross.
He would then spend the rest of his life working as a investment broker at his firm in Montreal.
He died in Montreal on May 1, 1983.
George Edward Vernot (February 27, 1901 – November 22, 1962) was a Canadian swimmer.
Vernot competed for Canada at both the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium and at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
He won a silver and a bronze medal for Canada at the 1920 games.
He won the silver in the 1500 m freestyle and the bronze in the 400 m freestyle.
He attended McGill University and studied civil engineering.
He still competed in both amateur and intercollegiate swimming, as well as, water polo.
He was chosen to compete for Canada at the 1924 Olympics, but he was eliminated in the semifinals for both the 1500 m freestyle and the 400 m freestyle events.
In 1926, he graduated from McGill University and he decided to retire from swimming.
After retiring, he worked for the City of Montreal and he became the chairman of the Board of Assessors in 1948.
He died in Montreal on November 22, 1962.
The city of Montreal named a park after him on April 10, 1969.
Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian (; 18 September 1908 - August 12, 1996) was an Armenian Soviet astrophysicist.
He was one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics.
Ambartsumian worked in the field of physics of stars and nebulae and stellar astronomy.
He was the founder of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory.
He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1953, corresponding member since 1939).
He was also a member of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences and its president (1947-1993).
He was twice a  Hero of Socialist Labor (1968, 1978)
National Hero of Armenia (11 October 1994)
Twice winner of the Stalin Prize (1946, 1950)
In 1960 he was awarded the Bruce medal.
Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1995)
Winner of the Prix Jules Janssen.
The Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden (officially: Grand Hôtel Saltsjöbaden) is a hotel in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden.
It was built on the initiative of Knut Agathon Wallenberg.
The hotel was opened in 1893 by king Oscar II of Sweden.
The hotel was owned by the Wallenberg family up to 1999, when it was purchased by Nordisk Renting who sold it in 2002 to Danish-Egptian hotelowner Enan Galaly's chain Helnan Hotels.
On 20 December 1938, the Saltsjöbaden Agreement was signed inside the hotel.
Iquique is a port town in northern Chile.
It is the capital of Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region.
In the 2012 census, the town had a population of 180,601.
Municipality of Iquique
Vargön is a locality in Vänersborg Municipality in Västra Götaland County in Sweden.
In 2010, 4,919 people lived there.
Boo, sometimes referred to as Saltsjö-Boo, is a locality in Nacka Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden.
In 2010, 24,052 people lived there.
It was its own municipality until 1970, when it was incorporated into Nacka Municipality.
Nordkroken is a locality in Vänersborg Municipality in Västra Götaland County in Sweden.
In 2010, 423 people lived there.
Älta is a locality in Nacka Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden.
In 2010, 9,989 people lived there.
Hästhagen is a locality in Nacka Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden.
In 2010, 499 people lived there.
Kil is a locality in Nacka Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden.
In 2010, 731 people lived there.
Fisksätra is a locality in Nacka Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden.
In 2010, 7,475 people lived there.
It was built during the 1970s.
There are people from various nationalities living in the locality.
Aldo Ciccolini (, 15 August 1925 – 1 February 2015), was an Italian-French pianist.
He taught at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1970 to 1988.
His students included Akiko Ebi, Géry Moutier, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Artur Pizarro, Nicholas Angelich, André Sayasov and Jean-Luc Kandyoti.
Menabrea was born at Chambéry, then part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
He was educated at the University of Turin, where he qualified as an engineer and became a doctor of mathematics.
In 1842 he wrote Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage, Esq.,
a publication that influenced Ada Lovelace.
In 1848 he began his political career, and was elected deputy in the Parliament of Piedmont; later he was Minister of War and Foreign Minister.
Menabrea fought the Second Italian War of Independence; in 1860 he became lieutenant-general and conducted the siege of Gaeta: after this battle, he was appointed senator and received the title of count.
Luigi Federico Menabrea became Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy October 27, 1867 and remained in power until December 14, 1869.
His government is remembered for three things:
The conflict with Giuseppe Garibaldi, who wanted to remove Rome to the Pope without the support of the French Empire.
The taxes increase, in particular the introduction of the tax on the ground that hit the poorest people of the State.
The attempt to occupy, with the permission of Argentina, a region in southern Patagonia where imprison Italian brigands.
His government fell because the two ministers withdrew their support.
Menabrea was later ambassador to London and Paris.
He died in Saint-Cassin.
Ann Mara (June 18, 1929 – February 1, 2015) was an American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist.
She was the widow of Wellington Mara, and the matriarch of the Mara family, which includes New York Giants CEO John Mara, and her granddaughters, actresses Rooney Mara and Kate Mara.
The hog badger (Arctonyx collaris) is a species of badger.
They are found in central and southeast Asia.
It is listed as near threatened.
It has medium-length brown hair, stocky body, white throat, two black stripes on face and a pink, pig-like snout.
The head-and-body length is  and it`s body weight is .
Its tail has long white hairs.
Its front feet have white claws.
Hog badgers are common in Thailand and in tropical evergreen forests and grasslands of the Terai in north-eastern India.
They appear in Indochina and in southern China.
Greater hog badger A. c. collaris (Cuvier, 1825) – lives in the eastern Himalayas;
Northern hog badger A. c. albogularis – appears in southern China
Chinese hog badger A. c. leucolaemus  – appears in northern China;
Sumatran hog badger A. c. hoevenii – lives in Sumatra;
Indochinese hog badger A. c. dictator – lives in southern Thailand and Indochina;
Burmese hog badger A. c. consul – appears from Assam to Myanmar.
The Division of Swan is an Australian electoral division located in Western Australia.
Historically, the electorate was a country seat extending north to Dongara, east to Merredin and south to the coast.
New boundaries created a smaller area east of the Darling Range.
The old area became the new seat of Moore, while Swan moved to its present position.
Sir John Forrest had been the Premier of Western Australia.
His death in 1918 led to a by-election in 1918.
Kim Beazley served as a Minister in the Bob Hawke Government.
He became Leader of the Opposition from 1996 to 2001, and from 2005 to 2006.
He was also Deputy Prime Minister in 1995 and 1996.
After retiring from politics he became the Australian Ambassador to the United States.
Division of Swan - Australian Electoral Commission
Punxsutawney (; Lenape: Punkwsutènay) is a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.
It is  northeast of Pittsburgh.
It is most well known for the Groundhog Day tradition and "Punxsutawney Phil", the groundhog that resides there.
The Wabash River  (French: Ouabache) is a   river in the Midwestern United States that flows southwest from northwest Ohio near Fort Recovery across northern Indiana to southern Illinois.
It forms the Illinois-Indiana border before draining into the Ohio River, of which it is the largest northern tributary.
From the dam near Huntington, Indiana to its terminus at the Ohio River, the Wabash flows freely for .
Saijo Sake Festival is a sake festival held in Hiroshima prefecture in west Japan.
Sake is Japan's traditional alcoholic drink.
The sake festival is held yearly on the second Saturday and Sunday of October.
Every year between 100,000 and 200,000 people attend the festival.
Saijo is famous all over Japan for its sake.
There are 10 breweries here.
Sake has been made in Saijo since 1650.
Visitors may walk from brewery to brewery sampling all the varieties of sake.
During the festival the road from the railway station to Chuo Park is lined with food booths.
The park is divided into two sections, east and west.
The events on the east side include more food, stages with performers and is free.
The west side, called Sake Square, requires an admission ticket which costs 1,800 yen.
Visitors can try any of over 900 different kinds of sake.
On entry to this side, visitors receive a small saki cup they can refill as many times as they like.
日本の名酒辞典/講談社/26 November 2005
was a Japanese woman from the warring states period (15th to 16th century) who began the Japanese entertainment called kabuki.
Her name means "Okuni from Izumo".
Her performing arts evolved from traditional dancing.
Okuni founded kabuki.
She is from Izumo Taisha shrine in the late 16th century.
She was a daughter of Sanemon Nakamura but it is not sure when she was born and died.
Her early dancing
She started to dance Kagura-mai and Nenbutsu-odori (two traditional dances) in kimono in order to gather money for repairing Izumo Taisha.
Although dance was holy at that time, Okuni went on stage in the highest fashion.
She inserted a song and character of ghost on stage.
It became popular because it was unique.
Origin of kabuki
At first Okuni danced simple dances.
Later, she danced with clothing of a man, and showed at the Kitano Tenmangutemple in 1603.
This became the first kabuki.
Okuni's troupe was exclusively female.
Thus, she required her actresses to play both male and female roles.
In particular, Okuni herself was best known for her roles as samurai and Christian priests.
As her group gained fame, she was copied by many others, particularly brothels.
They offered such shows to amuse wealthy clients, and get prostitutes who had marketable acting and singing skills.
This new style of exclusively female groups became known as shibai, onnakabuki, (from onna, the Japanese word for "woman" or "girl") and Okuni kabuki.
Karl H. Pribram (; ; February 25, 1919 – January 19, 2015) was an Austrian-born American neuroscientist and educator.
He taught at Georgetown University, Yale University, Stanford University, and Radford University.
He also did a lot of work on the meaning of the limbic system, the relationship of the frontal cortex to the limbic system, cortex discoveries of the parietal and temporal lobes, and the classical motor cortex of the human brain.
Pribram was born in Vienna to a Jewish Czechoslovakian father and an Indonesian mother.
He attended school in Gstaad, Switzerland and in Indiana, United States.
Pribram died from cancer on January 19, 2015 in Virginia.
Andriy "Kuzma" Kuzmenko (; 17 August 1968 – 2 February 2015) was a Ukrainian singer.
He was best as the lead singer of the rock band Skryabin, founded in 1989.
Kuzmenko was born in Sambir, Lviv Oblast.
He was married to Svetlana and had a daughter, Maria-Barbara, born in 1997.
The Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships () were first held in Härnösand in 1910.
It originally only featured men's competitions.
Women's competitions were introduced in 1917.
1910: Härnösand
1911: Gävle
1912: Bollnäs
1913: Östersund
1914: Östersund
1915: Ludvika
1916: Örnsköldsvik
1917: Stockholm
1918: Sundsvall
1919: Saltsjöbaden
1920: Boden
1922: Stockholm
1923: Härnösand
1924: Filipstad
1925: Östersund
1926: Luleå
1927: Örnsköldsvik
1928: Sundsvall
1929: Hudiksvall
1930: Arvika
1931: Umeå
1932: Östersund
1933: Boden
1934: Lycksele
1935: Falun
1936: Luleå
1937: Örnsköldsvik
1938: Sollefteå
1939: Filipstad
1940: Sundsvall
1941: Umeå
1942: Hudiksvall
1943: Östersund
1944: Boden
1945: Kramfors
1946: Skellefteå
1947: Falun
1948: Kiruna
1949: Härnösand
1950: Örnsköldsvik
1951: Söderhamn
1952: Umeå
1953: Filipstad
1954: Lycksele
1955: Sundsvall
1956: Östersund
1957: Malung
1958: Kalix
1959: Skellefteå
1960: Hudiksvall
1961: Umeå
1962: Sollefteå
1963: Luleå
1964: Rättvik
1965: Lycksele
1966: Arvika
1967: Örnsköldsvik
1968: Kiruna
1969: Östersund
1970: Borlänge
1971: Skellefteå
1972: Sollefteå
1973: Lycksele
1974: Malmberget
1975: Umeå
1976: Umeå
1977: Sundsvall
1978: Piteå
1979: Mora
1980: Hudiksvall
1981: Filipstad
1982: Skövde
1983: Östersund
1984: Luleå
1985: Borlänge
1986: Örebro
1987: Örnsköldsvik
1988: Skellefteå
1989: Bollnäs
1990: Östersund (moved from Haninge)
1991: Timrå
1992: Kiruna
1993: Örnsköldsvik (moved from Borås)
1994: Sollefteå
1995: Sunne
1996: Umeå
1997: Åsarna
1998: Sundsvall/Skellefteå
1999: Piteå
2000: Östersund
2001: Filipstad/Umeå
2002: Gällivare
2003: Idre/Boden
2004: Skellefteå
2005: Hudiksvall/Luleå
2006: Boden/Luleå
2007: Åsarna (moved from Hudiksvall, Östersund, Bruksvallarna
2008: Falun/Borlänge/Orsa
2009: Sundsvall/Åsarna
2010: Piteå/Skellefteå
2011: Sundsvall (SM-veckan)/Piteå (relays)/Bruksvallarna (30/50 kilometres)
2012: Östersund (SM-veckan)/Långberget (relays and 30/50 kilometres)
2013: Falun (SM-veckan)/Boden (team sprint and 30/50 kilometres)
2014: Umeå (SM-veckan)/Åsarna (moved from Hudiksvall, team sprint and 30/50 kilometres)
2015: Örebro (SM-veckan)/Kalix (sprint relays and 30/50 kilometres)
2016: Piteå (SM-veckan)/Gällivare (sprint relays and 30/50 kilometres)
2017: Söderhamn (SM-veckan)/Umeå (sprint relays and 30/50 kilometres)
2018: Skellefteå (SM-veckan)/Bruksvallarna (sprint relays and supersprint)
2019: Sundsvall (SM-veckan)/Gällivare (30/50 kilometres)/Bruksvallarna (sprint relay)
2020: Cancelled because of the Cancelled because of the Corona pandemic
2021: Borås/Kalix
1994: Hudiksvall
1995: Sundsvall
1996: Ulricehamn
1997: Nässjö
1998: Sundsvall
1999: Norberg
2000: Jönköping
2001: Filipstad
2002: Garphyttan
2003: Haninge
2004: Nässjö
Skiathlon
2005: Sundsvall
2000: Åsarna
2001: Umeå
2002: Åsarna
2003: Boden
2005: Tynderö
Roller skiing
2010: Trollhättan
2011: Hudiksvall
2012: Lidköping
2013: Halmstad (SM-veckan), Falköping (mass start and hill)
County Offaly () is a county of Ireland.
County Offaly is in the province of Leinster.
It is named after the old kingdom of Uí Failghe.
The population of County Offaly is 76,687 as of 2011.
Offaly
Kummelnäs is a locality in Nacka Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden.
In 2010, 3,848 people lived there.
Söråker is a locality in Timrå Municipality in Västernorrland County in Sweden.
In 2010, 2,312 people lived there.
Bergeforsen is a locality in Timrå Municipality in Västernorrland County in Sweden.
In 2010, 1,563 people lived there.
Stavreviken is a locality in Timrå Municipality in Västernorrland County in Sweden.
In 2010, 216 people lived there.
Billingsfors is a locality in Bengtsfors Municipality in Västra Götaland County in Sweden.
In 2010, 1,134 people lived there.
Vidja is a locality in Huddinge Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden.
In 2010, 682 people lived there.
Parksidan is a locality in Ekerö Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden.
In 2010, 494 people lived there.
County Wexford () is a county in Ireland.
County Wexford is in the province of Leinster.
It is named after the county town of Wexford.
The population of County Wexford is 145,320 as of 2011.
Beaches in County Wexford were used to make the movie Saving Private Ryan.
There are two radio stations in County Wexford, South East Radio and Beat FM.
The county's main newspapers are Wexford People, New Ross Standard, Gorey Guardian and Enniscorthy Echo.
As of 2011 62.1% of people in County Wexford live in rural areas.
The remaining 37.9% live in urban areas.
34.3% of the population were under the age of 25 and 12.6% were over the age of 65.
87.9% of County Wexford said in the census that their religion was Roman Catholic.
Another 4.2% said they had no religion.
Between 2006 and 2011, the population of County Wexford rose by 10% (13,524) people.
Eoin Colfer is a famous author who wrote books such as Artemis Fowl.
Kevin Doyle is a soccer player who plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Republic of Ireland national football team.
Ytternäs och Vreta is a locality in Uppsala Municipality in Uppsala County in Sweden.
In 2010, 636 people lived there.
County Laois () is a county of Ireland.
County Laois is in the province of Leinster.
County Laois takes its name from the medieval kingdom of Loígis.
The population of County Laois is 80,559 as of 2011.
Laois
The Oblasts of Ukraine are primary administrative units in Ukraine.
There are 24 oblasts in Ukraine.
Every oblast is further split into raions.
List of oblasts
Berehomet () is town in western Ukraine.
The town is on the Siret River.
As of 2001, 8,513 people lived in Berehomet.
Rafael Amaya (born on February 28, 1977, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico), is an Mexican actor and model.
He is best known for his character Aurelio Casillas in the series El Señor de los Cielos'.
Ahmed Mohamed El Aash (, born June 7, 1992)  is an Egyptian football player.
He plays as a Centre-back for Ismaily SC in the Egyptian Premier League.
He also played for Egypt's national team for people under the age of 20 years.
Storvik is a locality in Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County in Sweden.
In 2010, 2,165 people lived there.
Sorunda is a locality in Nynäshamn Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden.
In 2010, 1,307 people lived there.
Årsunda is a locality in Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County in Sweden.
In 2010, 1,008 people lived there.
Järbo is a locality in Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County in Sweden.
In 2010, 1,801 people lived there.
Kungsgården is a locality in Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County in Sweden.
In 2010, 1,033 people lived there.
Lidatorp och Klövsta is a locality in Nynäshamn Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden.
In 2010, 340 people lived there.
Ösmo is a locality in Nynäshamn Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden.
In 2010, 3,911 people lived there.
It has a station of the Nynäshamn line of the Stockholm commuter rail.
Stora Vika is a locality in Nynäshamn Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden.
In 2010, 651 people lived there.
Charles Swenson is a producer and director.
He worked with animated film for many years.
In 1978 he joined Fred Wolf Films, who worked with the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series.
The Mouse and His Child - 1977
Puff the Magic Dragon - 1978
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West - 1991
People named Emelie
Emelie Berggren, Swedish ice hockey player
Emmelie Konradsson, Swedish association football player
Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast
Emélie Polini, UK writer
Emelie Wikström, Swedish alpine skier
Emelie Öhrstig, Swedish cross-country skier
Emelie Ölander, Swedish association football player
People named Ann-Louise
Ann Louise Bardach, US journalist and writer
Ann-Louise Edstrand, Swedish female ice hockey player
Ann-Louise Eksborg, Swedish female jurist and director-general
Ann Louise Gittleman, US nutritionist
Ann-Louise Hanson, Swedish female singer
Ann-Louise Peters, Danish darts player
Ann-Louise Skoglund, Swedish female hurdler and short distance runner
Simhadri is a 2003 action drama movie.
It was released on 9 July 2003.
It became the highest grossing Telugu language movie of 2003.
Simhadri (N.T. Ram Rao Jr.) is handpicked by Ram (Nassar).
The bond Ram and Simhadri share is like that of a father and son.
Kasturi (Ankitha) is the granddaughter of Ram.
Kasturi likes Simhadri a lot.
Alsike is a locality in Knivsta Municipality in Uppsala County in Sweden.
In 2010, 2,681 people lived there.
Alsike is located circa 50 kilometers north of Stockholm and 25 kilometers away from the Arlanda Airport.
Alsike is located on the Ingegerdsleden, which is a historic pilgrimage route between the Uppsala Cathedral and the Stockholm Cathedral.
The Alsike Abbey is also located here.
Alsike clover gets its common name from the settlement.
Alstermo is a locality in Uppvidinge Municipality in Kronoberg County in Sweden.
In 2010, 829 people lived there.
Annelöv is a locality in Landskrona Municipality in Skåne County in Sweden.
In 2010, 380 people lived there.
Moheda is a locality in Alvesta Municipality in Kronoberg County in Sweden.
In 2010, 1,824 people lived there.
Bara is a locality in Svedala Municipality in Skåne County in Sweden.
In 2010, 3,444 people lived there.
Backa is a locality in Kungsbacka Municipality in Halland County in Sweden.
In 2010, 1,547 people lived there.
Frillesås is a locality in Kungsbacka Municipality in Halland County in Sweden.
In 2010, 2,044 people lived there.
Berghem is a locality in Mark Municipality in Västra Götaland County in Sweden.
In 2010, 360 people lived there.
Bergshamra is a locality in Norrtälje Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden.
In 2010, 749 people lived there.
Bergvik is a locality in Söderhamn Municipality in Gävleborg County in Sweden.
In 2010, 834 people lived there.
Ljusne is a locality in Söderhamn Municipality in Gävleborg County in Sweden.
In 2010, 1,917 people lived there.
Bjursås  is a locality in Falun Municipality in Dalarna County in Sweden.
In 2010, 1,839 people liec tehre.
Bjärnum is a locality in Hässleholm Municipality in Skåne County in Sweden.
In 2010, 2,674 people lived there.