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The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team of the National Basketball Association (NBA). While billed as a Detroit team, its home arena has been The Palace of Auburn Hills, located in the northern suburb of Auburn Hills, Michigan, from 1988 from 2018. The Pistons will move to the city of Detroit for the 2017–18 season, sharing the new Little Caesars Arena with the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. In 1948, the team was in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but that was before moving to Detroit in 1957. The team has won three NBA championships in 1989, 1990, and 2004. Their head coach is Dwane Casey, they are owned by Tom Gores and their general manager is Troy Weaver.
Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is a cable television channel about science, history, and nature. It has programs such as "Man vs. Wild", "A Haunting", "The Last Day of the Dinosaurs", "MythBusters", and "Dirty Jobs".
Ebrahim Raisi (; born on 14 December 1960) is an Iranian politician, jurist and cleric. Raisi is the 8th and current President of Iran since 2021. He was the Chief Justice from 2019 until 2021. He has been attorney general from 2014 to 2016, Deputy Chief Justice from 2004 to 2014 and member of the Assembly of Experts since 2007.
This ecoregion covers the three main islands, Réunion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues, and a number of smaller islets of the Mascarene Islands. The largest islands are the French Dependent Territory of Réunion (2,500 km2), and the island of Mauritius (1,900 km2), which together with Rodrigues (110 km2) forms the single independent nation of Mauritius. The nearest landmass is Madagascar, 680 km northwest of Réunion.
A graf was a nobleman in the German speaking areas of Central Europe. Graf is about an equal rank to count or earl. A woman having this title or the wife of a graf is called a gräfin.
Santa Clarita is located in the Santa Clarita Valley, a valley in northern Los Angeles County, just north of the San Fernando Valley and southwest of the Antelope Valley. The Santa Clara River runs east–west through the valley. Freeways Interstate 5 and State Route 14 also run across the valley. Six Flags Magic Mountain is located just west of Interstate 5, in Stevenson Ranch. Smaller hills also cross the valley. Hiking trails are common in the hills, including Central Park, Quigley Canyon, East Canyon, Rice Canyon, and Towsley Canyon.
SEAT () is a Spanish car maker headquartered in Martorell, Spain. It is a part of the Volkswagen Group since 1986. The company was founded on 9 May 1950. In 2020, annual production was over 468,000 units, with more than 427,000 cars sold in just one year, exported to over 75 countries worldwide.
Aleksandar Mitrović (born 16 September 1994) is Serbian football player. He plays as forward for Fulham and Serbia national team.
In 2000, Jim Henson’s children sold the company to the German media company, EM.TV. In January 1, 2001 they sold the "Sesame Street" Muppets to Sesame Workshop. In 2003 Henson's children bought back the company. In 2004, they sold the rights to "The Muppets" and "Bear in the Big Blue House" characters to The Walt Disney Company. The Walt Disney Company now owns all Muppet-related trademarks, including the word “Muppet”.
Battambang is the capital and largest city of Battambang Province. It lies at the northwest part of Cambodia. It's location was 13°06’N, 103°12’E. The city is 280 kilometers northwest of Phnom Penh, 163 kilometers west of Siem Reap, and 114 kilometers southwest from Poi Pet and the Cambodia-Thailand border.
The Cyrillic letter lje (Љ, љ) is a combination of Л and Ь and is used in Serbian and Macedonian. It is used to denote the palatal lateral approximant , a sound similar (but not equal) to the palatalized alveolar lateral represented by the digraph Ль. It was created by Vuk Karadžić and is same to the Latin digraph in Serbian language and Croatian language. It is romanized using the letter L with caron (Ľ ľ).
BBC World News is an international news television channel. Unlike other BBC channels, it is not available in the United Kingdom. It is not funded by a licence fee. Instead it has advertisements. BBC World News employs more correspondents and reporters than any other news channel. The channel was launched in 1991.
A sanatorium (also spelled sanitarium or sanitorium) is a medical facility for long-term illness. They were most often used forthe treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century before the discovery of antibiotics. Sometimes, the word is used to describe different things. For example, in eastern Europe, a "sanatorium" is a type of health resort such as the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Also, a "sanitorium" is a hospital.
In 1904, The birth of Nicholas's son Alexei moved Michael back to second-in-line. Alexei was very sick and had hemophilia, Because of this, Michael thought the boy would die and he would be heir again. Michael caused a scandal when he took Natalia Sergeyevna Wulfert as a lover. This was because she was a married woman. Nicholas sent Michael to Orel to avoid a further scandal. This did not stop Michael. He travelled often to see her. In 1910 They had a child, George. After this Michael brought Natalia to St. Petersburg. In 1912, Michael married Natalia, hoping this would cause him to be removed from the line of succession. Michael and Natalia left Russia to live in France, Switzerland and England.
After the start of World War I, Michael returned to Russia. He was put in command of a cavalry regiment. When Nicholas abdicated on , Michael was named as his successor instead of Alexei. Michael did not accept the throne. He waited for ratification by an elected assembly. He was never confirmed as emperor. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, he was put into prision and murdered.
James Edwin Webb (October 7, 1906 – March 27, 1992) was an American government official. He was the second administrator of NASA from February 14, 1961, to October 7, 1968. He was in charge of NASA during its Mercury and Gemini programs.
Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya (Arabic: هند بنت أبي أمية) (c. 580 or 596 – 680 or 683) or abbreviated Umm Salamah or Hind bint Suhail (هِنْد ٱلْمَخْزُومِيَّة) is a wife of the Prophet Muhammad of Islam. Her real name was "Hind Al-Makhzumiya ".
Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin (before 1033 – 17 March 1058) better known as Lulach (c. 1032–1099), was King of Scots between 15 August 1057 and 17 March 1058. He was the stepson of Macbeth. In March 1058, he was killed by Malcolm III.
Many of the files on the computer would be replaced by the worm. Depending on what version was run, the payload would be different, because the worm could be changed so easily. The worm was written in Visual Basic Script, and used Microsoft Outlook to spread. It infected over 45 million computers and caused $10 billion in damages.
He began his career at Ajax under manager Rinus Michels. In his first season at the club he did not play much. After the departure of left-back Theo van Duivenbode in the summer of 1969 to Feyenoord, Krol became a regular player. When Ajax reached the UEFA European Cup in 1971, and won, Krol did not play because of a broken leg. Krol did play in the European Cup finals of 1972 and 1973. While others such as Johan Cruijff and Johan Neeskens left for new pastures, Krol, captain since the departure of Piet Keizer in October 1974, stayed at Ajax until June 1980.
He won the Tunisian championship with CS Sfaxien in 2012–2013, after a fierce battle with the other 3 of the Tunisian big 4.
The turtle ship was a type of warship built in Korea. It was used by the Koreans during the Japanese invasion of Korea in the 16th century. It was used to defeat the Japanese Navy. Because it looked like a turtle, it has been called turtle ship.
It has a dragon-shaped head, which can fire cannons through its mouth. Its tail can also fire artillery. Turtle ships have 12 cannons on each side. In total there are 24 cannons. As lots of iron nails are stuck in its back, nobody can approach it easily. Moreover, people who are in turtle ships can see the outside, while exterior people cannot look into it.
Its inside is divided into two floors, one of which is the place where cannons are and the other is where people can row. There are twenty four rooms. Nineteen of them are where soldiers can take a rest. Other three of them are where some weapons, such as swords, arrows and spears, are. In the other three rooms, iron goods can be stored. On the bottom, there is a huge water tank, which can make float and sink.
At first, turtle ships were small warships which can hold about 100~150 soldiers. However, after the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592, it expanded from a two-storied warship to a three-storied one and its hull is longer.
Himalayan salt is rock salt (halite) mined from the Punjab region of the Indus Valley Plains of Pakistan. The salt, which often has a pinkish tint due to trace minerals. Himalayan salt is mined from the Salt Range mountains, It is naturally considered as the "“National Mineral of Pakistan”" respectively.
It is also used to make "salt lamps" that radiate a pinkish or orangish hue, manufactured by placing a light source within the hollowed-out interior of a block of Himalayan salt. Claims that their use results in the release of ions that benefit health are without foundation.
Most countries see bride kidnapping as a sex crime, and not as a valid form of marriage. In some cases, it is seen somewhere beteen a forced marriage and an arranged one.
On 26 September, with the Taliban attacking Kabul, interim minister of defense Ahmad Shah Massoud in his headquarters in northern Kabul concluded that his and President Rabbani’s interim government's forces had been encircled, and decided to quickly evacuate or withdraw those forces to the north, to avoid destruction. Also Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin, withdrew from Kabul.
Daisy Jessica Edgar-Jones (born 24 May 1998) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Marianne in the miniseries "Normal People" (2020). Her other television work includes "Cold Feet" (2016–2020) and "War of the Worlds" (2019–2021).
Members of Bass Bumpers had a dance remix of Harold Faltermeyer’s “Axel F” in early-2005, the Beverly Hills Cop theme, adding Daniel Malmedahl’s impression of a moped engine (Ring-a-ding-dong) and a Max Headroom, “What’s going on?” (among other dubbed words). In the music video for that remix the “Thing” says featured bites from Daniel’s bit (Ding, ding.) and zooms around on a mimed bike to escape a robot minion on a hover bike.
On the "Billboard" charts, "My Immortal" was able to peak at #7 on Hot 100, #2 on the Mainstream Top 40, #1 on the Adult Top 40, and #19 on the Adult Contemporary charts. In 2005, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The Harry Potter fan fiction My Immortal (fan fiction) is named after the song.
All of the Mercury Seven eventually flew in space. They piloted the six spaceflights of the Mercury program that had an astronaut on board from May 1961 to May 1963, and members of the group flew on all of the NASA human spaceflight programs of the 20th century—Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and the Space Shuttle.
Elizabeth Guttman "E.G." Daily (born Elizbeth Ann Guttman, September 11, 1961, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, clown, jester, mime and singer. She has acted on television and in movies and video games. She is best known as the voice of "Thomas Malcolm "Tommy" Pickles" in "Rugrats"/"All Grown Up" and Buttercup in "The Powerpuff Girls" franchise.
Prednisone is the drug of choice for PMR. Treatment duration is often more than one year. If the patient does not have dramatic improvement after three days of 10–20 mg oral prednisone per day, the diagnosis should be reconsidered. Sometimes relief of symptoms occurs in just a few hours.
Lady Frances Brandon (16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559) was the daughter of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. She was married to Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk and had three daughters: Jane, Mary and Katherine. Her daughter Jane became the Queen of England for nine days.
Beast is a 2022 American survival thriller movie directed by Baltasar Kormákur from a screenplay by Ryan Engle. It is based on a story by Jaime Primak Sullivan. The movie stars Idris Elba, Sharlto Copley, Iyana Halley, Leah Sava Jeffries, and Riley Keough.
It was to leave from the Jorge Newbery Airport in the city of Buenos Aires at 8:36 p.m. on that day. It was bound for the Ingeniero Taravella Airport in the city of Córdoba. They were carrying 98 passengers and 5 crew members. Due to some inconveniences in engine no. 1, 4 take-off positions were lost while the mechanics checked it and finally it was located at the head of the runway.
The bay became a radioactive waste repository in 1961. The bay is 55 km (34 mi) northwest of Murmansk (city) and 60 km (37 mi) from the Norwegian border, on the western shore of the Zapadnaya Litsa (Kola Peninsula).
He suffered from pyromania, a psychological condition which made him burn everything he could get his hands on. He died on December 26, 2016 in Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic.
The 2020–21 Indian farmers' protest was a protest that took place in India. It was caused when Parliament passed three new laws. A lot of people think that these laws will hurt farmers and put them under the control of big farming corporations.
The Stamp Act 1765 was made by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1765, that affected things like paper and prints or any legal document, and needed to be paid in British currency. To show that they paid, every paper needed a revenue stamp, similar to a postage stamp. The purpose of the tax was to pay for troops in North America after the British victory in the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian War.
The WWE SmackDown Women's Championship is a wrestling championship in WWE competed by women of the "SmackDown Live" brand. It was created after the return of the brand extension. The WWE Women's Championship became exclusive of "Raw". The current champion is Ronda Rousey.
Scouser is a denonym for a resident of the city of Liverpool. Sometimes, people in Birkenhead are called "Wools". Most people also have the Scouse accent.
Gilbert R. "Gil" Hill (November 5, 1931 – February 29, 2016) was an American civil servant and movie actor. He was the President of the Detroit City Council. He was also a corrupt police officer in Detroit and part-time actor. He acted in the "Beverly Hills Cop" movies.
The 2021–22 Bundesliga was the 59th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 13 August 2021 and ended on 14 May 2022.
Dame Daphne du Maurier (13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was a British author. She is best known for her books "Jamaica Inn" (1936), "Rebecca" (1938) and "The Birds" (1952).
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (born 20 July 1954) is a Vietnamese politician. He was the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 2016 until 2021. In 2021, he became the 10th President of Vietnam. He was elected Prime Minister to the post by the National Assembly and nominated on April 8, 2016 by his predecessor Nguyễn Tấn Dũng who retired from office.
Cheating in video games is when a player creates an advantage for themself beyond what normal gameplay would allow. In general, cheating is breaking the rules to get an unfair advantage. it actually works with a bit of code structure. In other world, it is included in an existing video game as if it is from that video game and continues to work in this way. If we look at it structuarry, it comes up with a very diffrent work.
The Lost City is a 2022 American action-adventure film directed by The Nee Brothers. The brothers Oren Uziel and Dana Fox co-wrote the screenplay for the film from a story conceived by Seth Gordon. The film stars Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and Brad Pitt.
Loretta Sage is a grumpy middle-aged author who writes romance-adventure novels centered around a fictional hero named Dash McMahon, who is portrayed by cover model Alan Caprison. Her publisher, Beth, insists that she must embark on a book tour with Alan as an effort to relieve Loretta of her reclusiveness.
Another way of video hacks is using applications called "exploits." It usually involves injecting DLLs and its working kernel mode in the game application for access to advantages.
After a disastrous start, mostly due to the popularity of Alan's Dash persona, Loretta is met by eccentric billionaire Abigail Fairfax. Fairfax realizes that Loretta has based her books on actual historic research she did with her deceased archaeologist husband. Fairfax has discovered a lost city on a remote Atlantic island and is convinced that this is the location of 'The Crown of Fire,' a priceless treasure. When Loretta declines to help decipher an ancient map to the treasure, Fairfax, who fears the site will be destroyed by an active volcano, kidnaps Loretta and takes her to the island.
Alan, who is secretly enamored with Loretta, witnesses her kidnapping. He recruits Jack Trainer, an ex-Navy SEAL turned CIA operative, to meet him at the island and coordinate a rescue attempt. Jack, with no assistance from Alan, breaches Fairfax's compound and frees Loretta, but is shot in the head before he, Loretta and Alan can make it to the airport, forcing the two to escape into the jungle.
Loretta and Alan spend a day fighting off Fairfax's henchmen before reaching a nearby village, where upon hearing a folk song from a local, Loretta deduces that the crown is hidden in a sinkhole in the jungle. The pair are kidnapped again and forced to share the treasure's location with Fairfax. Upon reaching the location, they discover the tomb of a queen, whose 'Crown of Fire' was made of red seashells gathered by her husband who is buried with her; the actual treasure of the legend wasn't a priceless jewel but the inseparable love between the king and queen. Infuriated, Fairfax forces them into the tomb as the volcano erupts, but one of the henchmen has a change of heart and leaves a crowbar to help them escape before abandoning Fairfax on the island. Beth arrives with the local Coast Guard and Fairfax, having pretended to be stranded to get rescued, is arrested for his crimes. Loretta's next book, based on their adventures, is a hit, and she and Alan share a kiss while on vacation.
Yang Zi (, born 6 November 1992), also known as Andy Yang, is a Chinese actress and singer. She graduated from the Performing Arts School of Beijing Film Academy (BFA) in 2014. She is regarded as one of the Four Dan Actresses of the post-90s Generation (90后四小花旦).
Yang was born as Yang Niao () on 6 November 1992 in Fangshan district, Beijing, China. Her father Yang Yunfei was a firefighter and mother Ma Haiyan was a housewife. From an early age, she had a passion for acting and first starred in "Ru Ci Chu Shan" at the age of 6.
Yang studied at Beijing Xingcheng Primary School in Fangshan District and Beijing No. 55 High School in Dongcheng District. In 2010, she was admitted to Beijing Film Academy.
In 2002, Yang had a minor role as little Consort Donggo in "Xiaozhuang Epic". In 2004, she made her big-screen debut in the film "Girl's Diary" for which she received a Best Child Actor nomination at the 12th Tongniu Film Award. In 2005, Yang rose to prominence for playing Xia Xue in the Chinese sitcom "Home with Kids". The series reached number one in ratings when it aired in China, and won the Outstanding Television Series (for children) award at the Flying Apsaras Awards and the Golden Eagle Awards.
In 2006, she reprised her role as Xia Xue in the sequel "Home with Kids 2", though not in the subsequent installments. In 2008, Yang released her first solo album titled "Home with Snow", which is named after her character's name in "Home with Kids". In 2009, Yang played her first leading role in the youth romance drama "Girl Rushes Forward".
In February 2011, Yang starred in the family drama "Love Comes Knocking on the Door", based on the novel "Stepmother" by Geling Yan. Her role as a rebellious teenager allowed her to successfully shed her image of a "child star". In May 2012, Yang starred in the medical drama "Angel Heart", portraying a kindhearted nurse. In August, she starred in the horror mystery thriller film "Insisrence", and won the Best Newcomer Award at the 14th Golden Phoenix Awards. In 2013, Yang starred in the romance drama "Flowers in Fog", written by acclaimed Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao. The same year, she played the lead role in the period comedy drama "King Rouge".
In March 2014, Yang starred in her first war drama "Battle of Changsha", directed by Magnolia Award-winner Kong Sheng. The series was a critical success and was voted Best Drama of 2014 in major streaming website Douban after being broadcast on CCTV-8 beginning mid-July 2014. In 2015, Yang starred in period drama "Yangko Dance", which received positive reviews and topped television ratings. The same year, she co-starred in the horror mystery web series "The Ferryman".
In 2016, she starred in the metropolitan romance drama "Ode to Joy", which depicts the stories of five young women who comes from different social and educational backgrounds, but share a common goal. The series received critical acclaim and commercial success, and Yang gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of Qiu Yingying, a simple-minded girl from a small town. Yang was nominated for the Best Actress award at the China TV Golden Eagle Award for her performance. She then portrayed Lu Xueqi, one of the two female protagonists in Noble Aspirations, the television series adaption of the Xianxia novel "Zhu Xian". The drama was a commercial success and accumulated 23 billion views online, the highest record held by a Chinese drama at that time. Yang gained wider popularity as a result and was nominated at the 22nd Huading Awards as Best Actress in the ancient drama category for her performance. The same year, she co-starred in "Crying Out in Love", a film based on the romance novel "Socrates in Love" by Japanese novelist Kyoichi Katayama. In 2017, Yang reprised her role as Qiu Yingying in the second installment of "Ode to Joy" and starred in the historical romance comedy drama "Legend of Dragon Pearl".
In 2018, she starred in "The Destiny of White Snake", a fantasy romance drama based on the renowned Chinese folktale. Yang's portrayal of the innocent and naive snake spirit; as well as her voice-dub for the character, received positive reviews. The same year, Yang starred in the fantasy romance drama "Ashes of Love", playing an innocent and lively fairy maiden. The series was a commercial success, topping both television and web ratings; and received positive reviews. Yang received acclaim for her acting and experienced a new high in popularity. "Forbes China" listed Yang under their 30 Under 30 Asia 2017 list which consisted of 30 influential people under 30 years old who have had a substantial effect in their fields.
In 2019, Yang starred in the romantic comedy drama "Go Go Squid!", playing a talented computer major who is also a popular online singer. The drama topped television ratings and had been streamed more than 9.6 billion times in its timeslot and was praised for its transmitting positive and uplifting messages such as the pursuit of dreams as well as patriotism. The success of "Go Go Squid" reaffirmed Yang's popularity. Then Yang featured in the disaster film "The Bravest" as the wife of a firefighter, and won the Most Popular Supporting Actress award at the 16th Guangzhou Student Film Festival. The same year, he starred in the crime suspense film "Bodies at Rest" playing a forensics scientist. She then starred in the romance environmental protection drama "My Mowgli Boy" where she played a marketing executive.
In 2020, she featured in nationalistic film "My People, My Homeland". Then she starred in "Hear Her", the first monologue series in China about women's rights. "Hear Her" is based on the format of BBC Studio's short-film series "Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives". Yang has appeared on the "Forbes Asia" 100 Digital Star list, comprising 100 artists from across the Asia-Pacific region who have been able to stay active, raise awareness and inspire optimism despite the cancellation of physical events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021, Yang played a guest role in "Go Go Squid 2 Dt.Appledog's Time", the sequel to her hit drama "Go Go Squid!". On July 1, Yang participated in the "Great Journey", a large-scale epic theatrical performance to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and performed in the inaugural skit titled "Breaking Dawn" along with several other artists. She then starred in the urban drama "Psychologist", the television series adaption of Bi Shumin's 2007 novel "Female Psychologist".
Cyrus Mistry (born Cyrus Pallonji Mistry; 4 July 1968 – 4 September 2022), was an Indian businessman. He was the chairperson of Tata Group from 2012 to 2016. He was the sixth chairman of the group. He was born in present-day Mumbai, India.
Martin Cash (baptised 10 October 1808 – 26 August 1877) was a famous Australian bushranger. He was one of the few people who escaped from the prison at Port Arthur, Tasmania. In 1870 he wrote a book (autobiography) about his life.
Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani () is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Karan Johar from a screenplay by Shashank Khaitan and Sumit Roy. Its dialogues were written by Ishita Mohra. It stars Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Ranveer Singh, and Alia Bhatt. It is produced by Dharma Productions and Viacom18 Studios. The music of the film is composed by Pritam Chakraborty. The film marks the onscreen reunion of Dharmendra and Jaya Bachchan after 48 years, having previously worked together in "Sholay" (1975). It is scheduled to be theatrically released worldwide on February 10, 2023.
Josefa Cariño Tauli is an advocate for meaningful youth participation and indigenous peoples' rights. Since 2018, she has contributed to the Global Youth Biodiversity Network's participation in global biodiversity policy processes, such as the development of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. She is also an honorary member of the ICCA Consortium, an international association dedicated to promoting the appropriate recognition of and support for territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities.
Ahmad Alsarghali () (born December 29, 1982) is a Palestinian activist from the city of Tulkarm in Palestine, and is considered one of the most prominent PR directors in his country. He is the head of the Marketing Communications and Public Relations director and the authorized spokesperson for Paltel, the largest Palestinian telecommunications company in Palestine. He is the first Secretary General of the Palestinian Electronic Sports Federation. He is also the general manager of Al-Fajr Al-Jadeed TV, one of the most prominent media stations of the State of Palestine.
Ahmed was born on December 29, 1982. His father, Samir, is a prominent media personality and founder of the Al-Fajr media station. His maternal grandmother is of Jewish descent. Ahmed received his education in Tulkarm schools, then went to study engineering at An-Najah National University, after which he was arrested and detained in Israeli prisons because of the Palestinian situation, and he stayed in prison for a while. After that he got out of prison and decided to study accounting.
The siege of Leningrad was a siege in Leningrad during World War II. The siege started on 8 September 1941, when the last road to the city was severed. Although the Soviet Union forces managed to open a narrow path to the city on 18 January 1943, the siege was only stopped on 27 January 1944, 872 days after it began. It is thought of as one of the most destructive sieges ever to happen. It was possibly the heaviest in terms of casualties, killing over 1 million innocent people.
The tournament took place in Brazil from 13 June to 10 July 2021. The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from 12 June to 12 July 2020 in Argentina and Colombia as the 2020 Copa América. On 17 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament had been postponed for a year.
Harry Billy Winks [born 2 February 1996] is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Tottenham Hotspur, and has played for the England national football team. Winks is part of his current club's youth academy, where he graduated from in 2014 and became part of the first-team squad.
In the 2018-19 season, he reached the final of the Champions League with his team, but lost to Liverpool 0-2.
Bacha bāzī (, lit. "boy play"; from "bacheh", "boy", and "bazi" "play, game") is a form of child prostitution. "Bacha bazi" is a centuries-old tradition. It was common in central Asia until the start of the 20th century. It is still practices in some parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan In the 21st century, "Bacha baz may still be" practiced in parts of Afghanistan and Northwestern Pakistan. There are different forms, but generally, it involves a boy dancing, wearing women's clothes. The boy also playfully caresses the men he is dancing for. Sexual acts are common. It is also common that force is used to make the boy do things he doesn't want to do. Security officials state they are unable to end such practices because many of the men involved in "bacha bazi"-related activities are powerful and well-armed warlords. As of the 2020s, despite international concern and its illegality, the practice continues.
Claudette Colvin was born on September 5, 1939, in Birmingham, Alabama. She grew up in Montgomery, Alabama. Colvin was arrested on March 2, 1955, for not giving up her seat to a white woman. She was 15 years old when this happened. Colvin was put on trial on several charges including violating the segregation ordinance. The court found her guilty. She was beaten up and ridiculed by white people after the incident. Colvin was placed on probation. Reverend Johnson bailed her out and when she got back home, everyone was so proud of her. In 1956, about one year after Colvin refused to give up her seat, her lawyer, Fred Gray, filed the landmark federal lawsuit: Browder v Gayle. This case stopped segregation on public transportation in Montgomery Alabama. Claudette’s incident was before Rosa Parks even though she isn’t acknowledged much. Around this time, Colvin was getting involved in the Youth Council of Montgomery of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Even though they got a light sentence from the court, she was branded a troublemaker. She dropped out of college and could not find a job. Colvin moved to New York City in 1958. There she worked as a nurse assistant in a nursing home while living there. Colvin retired in 2004. She is currently 83 years old. Although she is relatively unknown, Colvin played an important part in the Civil rights movement.
Francisco Sionil José (December 3, 1924 – January 6, 2022) was a Filipino writer. His works were written in the English language. His novels and short stories talk about the struggles and colonialism in Filipino society.
The Toyota Matrix, officially referred to as the Toyota Corolla Matrix, is a compact hatchback made by Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada in Cambridge, Ontario. It was gotten from the Corolla. It was introduced in 2002 as a 2003 model. Toyota and General Motors worked together to make the Matrix.
The drought conditions of 2020 were associated with a very strong La Niña pattern that had developed in the Pacific Ocean. Across several sections of North America, the dry problems extended to 2022.
The White Guardian assigns Romana to help the Doctor during his quest for the Key to Time. Romana first appears in "The Ribos Operation", and was intended as a contrast to her predecessor, the savage Leela. Romana is initially haughty and somewhat arrogant, looking down on the Doctor (whom she considers to be her academic inferior; she obtained a triple first at the academy, while the Doctor passed with only 51 percent, on his second attempt) and responding to his initial resentment at her presence with icy put-downs. However, she soon gains an appreciation for the Doctor's experience and sense of adventure, and begins to respect him as a teacher.
David Arnold Kaye (October 25, 1950) is an American former rabbi and convicted sex offender who was caught om "To Catch a Predator" by "Dateline" NBC, a TV program that carried out sting operations against alleged online child predators.
In some forms of the religion Islam, Nikah mut'ah is a form of marriage. It is also called Sigheh. Unlike Nikāḥ, which is the other form of marriage in Islamic law, a Nikah mut'ah marriage does not last for the two people's whole lives. It lasts only limited time. Nikah mutah is about sexual pleasure. The Twelver Shia Muslims say that Nikah mut'ah is legal, but most other Muslims disagree.
Before getting caught in the sting, David Kaye worked as a rabbi. After working as a rabbi and confirmation teacher for Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, Maryland, until 2001, Kaye joined as vice president for the Institute for Jewish Leaders and Values, a high school youth program which brought thousands of Jewish students around the United States to Washington D.C. each year for religious and political instruction.
Kaye began an Internet chat with a boy he thought to be 13 years of age. The boy was actually a 26-year-old man who was paid by Perverted Justice, an organization that seeks to identify adults who try to engage in sexual conduct with children online. Kaye talked to the child about sex, revealed that he was gay, recommended that they meet, and sent the child images of himself naked. The decoy claimed to live in Herndon, Virginia, so Kaye set up a meeting there. On August 17, 2005, Kaye traveled from Maryland to the sting house and instead of meeting a real child, he was met by "Dateline" NBC reporter Chris Hansen as he entered the home's kitchen. Hansen began questioning Kaye about his usage of the internet and his presence at the house without identifying himself as a journalist. When Kaye asked him who he is for the second time, Hansen said that he was with Dateline and that the program was recording a report about men who enter online chat rooms in search of children for sex called "To Catch a Predator".
Following the sting, no criminal charges were brought against Kaye at first. The episode Kaye was caught in aired on November 4, 2005. After admitting to his congregation that he might be exposed for acting inappropriately on a national television news program, he resigned from his position as a rabbi. In response to a question from "The Washington Post", Kaye stated that he had quit for personal reasons but did not go into further detail. Perverted Justice sent the chat logs and information on Kaye to the Fairfax County police. In May 2006, Kaye was arrested and charged with coercion and enticement and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual contact with a minor, both felonies that carried sentences of up to 60 years in prison.
Prosecutors revealed evidence of sexually explicit discussions between him and the child during a two-day bench hearing in September 2006. During his trial, Kaye admitted that he went to the house with the intention of having sex, but he also stated that he had always thought the person he was speaking to was an adult pretending to be 13 years old. While Kaye admitted that he frequently had gay encounters with persons he encountered in online chat rooms, he argued that none of them involved children. He claimed that for many years, he kept his homosexual conduct from his wife of more than 30 years. Kaye was found guilty on both felony charges in federal court. According to U.S. district judge James C. Cacheris' report, the prosecution provided a lot of evidence, including NBC recordings and a log of chats that Kaye started with the child. The judge stated that after being questioned, Kaye said to Hansen, "You know I'm in trouble. I know I'm in trouble."
His sentencing was set for December 1, 2006. The former rabbi said at his sentencing that having intercourse with the boy was "a cry out for help to face my inner difficulties." Kaye cried as he addressed his wheelchair-bound father, who was sitting in the courtroom. He said his conviction had forced him to accept "the reality of who I am. I know I need help. I pray that God allows me to get that help." Peter D. Greenspun, Kaye's lawyer, requested that his client receive a sentence at the lower range of the federal standards. Judge Cacheris sentenced Kaye to six and a half years in prison. He was also given ten years of supervised release by the judge. The judge ruled that Kaye would be unable to work with children during his supervised released and that he was never to be alone with children under the age of 18 without an adult nearby.
Kaye was freed from jail in January 2012 after spending time in a Baltimore transitional home. In Bethesda, Maryland, Kaye made an effort to join the Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation. The board took Kaye's choices into account. Two other congregations had sent him away, but two other Jewish organizations had welcomed him. When the board met in an executive session to vote in June 2012, its members were unable to come to an agreement on a set of terms that would let Kaye to stay at the synagogue. Kaye was notified by a friend that he was ordered by board to leave.
An email was issued to the congregation on September 12, 2012. After spending "backbreaking time" investigating and debating the legal and moral problems raised, including the "safety of our children, responsibility, repentance, and the compelling needs of the community at large," the board had decided that Kaye would  not be accepted. Kaye had been attending Shabbat services at Adat Shalom since February 2012. He thought that since Dateline NBC occasionally replayed the sting, which started the conversation among the congregation about his presence, someone there may have identified him. Even while he agreed that the problems are challenging to fix, Kaye told "The Washington Post" that he was unhappy by Adat Shalom's choice to refuse him. He said he would accept their choice and carry on with his life.
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