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Philipp Schall von Bell | null | the last field battle of the Livonian Order; after that, the Order only managed to offer resistance from castles, for example in Weissenstein (Paide, Estonia).
Philipp Schall von Bell was taken prisoner by Aleksey Adashev's men; in total, the Russians captured eleven senior officers and 120 German nobles. Initially, the Muscovite commanders treated the prisoners with respect, hoping that this would help in securing the loyalty of conquered Livonia. Schall von Bell and senior Livonian officers were sent to the court of tsar Ivan IV of Russia. When they finally met, Ivan was enraged by von Bell's hostile and unforgiving answers, |
Pholiotina smithii | Distribution and habitat & Edibility | Pholiotina smithii Distribution and habitat Pholiotina smithii is found in North America and often grows in bogs, ditches and swampy areas, commonly in sphagnum moss. Also found along river banks and in lawns.
It is known to occur in Canada, Oregon, Wisconsin, Washington, and Northern Michigan, (on ancient man-made earthen mounds), but is probably more widely distributed.
On the west coast of America, Pholiotina smithii is an early summer mushroom, almost never appearing after the first week of June. Edibility Mildly hallucinogenic, containing psilocin, psilocybin, and baeocystin. Most mycologists recommend against eating this mushroom because it is difficult to distinguish |
Moutier | History | town, of which Léon Lévy & Frères and Louis Schwab were some of the largest. However, many of Moutier's independent watchmakers went bankrupt and were forced to close during the Great Depression. Those that survived this period were generally absorbed by ETA SA in the 1950s.
In 1883 Nicolas Junker founded the Junker & Cie company to manufacture automatic lathes with a moveable headstock. After a bankruptcy and several name changes the company became Usines Tornos, Fabrique de machines Moutier SA in 1918. In 1968 Tornos bought the Pétermann SA company to become Tornos Pétermann. They |
Orange roughy | Life history & Reproduction | while crustaceans in the adult diet peaks at 800–1,000 metres (2,600–3,300 ft) and decreases with depth. The consumption of fish is the opposite, juvenile consumption decreases with depth while adult consumption increases. This inverse feeding pattern may be an example of resource-partitioning to avoid intraspecific competition for the available food at depths where prey is less abundant. The orange roughy's metabolic phases are thought to be related to seasonal variations in prey concentrations. The inactive phase conserves energy during lean periods. Orange roughy can live up to 149 years. Reproduction Orange roughy are oceanodromous (wholly marine), pelagic spawners: |
Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand | Economy | compete globally as well as continue American economic and national security. Gillibrand said the bill "would improve job training programs and support entrepreneurs, creating more opportunities for our workers to succeed in manufacturing."
In May 2019, Gillibrand unveiled the Family Bill of Rights, a proposal intended to protect adoption and IVF rights for all parents with disregard of religion, sexual orientation or gender identity through a provision meant to overturn state laws authorizing the aforementioned groups being discriminated against by private adoption agencies. The legislation also included the right to "a safe and healthy pregnancy" and entitlements to universal pre-K and |
Neosho, Missouri | Settlement: 1829−1845 & Civil War: 1861−1865 | transported by wagon from Neosho to Indian Territory, then shipped down the Arkansas River and Mississippi River to New Orleans. Civil War: 1861−1865 During the Civil War, the county was occupied alternately by the opposing forces. Several engagements were fought in and around Neosho, Newtonia, and Granby, at some places more than once; frequent skirmishes took place between small units and raids by predatory parties who belonged to no army. The schools were closed during the war and most of the schoolhouses destroyed. The new courthouse was occupied by troops of both armies during the war and finally destroyed circa |
PAOK FC | 2017–18 eventful season & 2018–19 unbeaten Champions and first domestic Double | a foreign referee (David Fernández Borbalán). During the post-game press conference, manager Lucescu and captain Vieirinha (final MVP) both stated that 2018 championship title was stolen from PAOK. 2018–19 unbeaten Champions and first domestic Double 2018–19 season was the best in club's history. During the 2018–19 Superleague Greece, the major derbies, after decades in Greek football history, were refereed by foreign referees.
On April 21, PAOK beat Levadiakos 5–0 and clinched the league title, hosting a memorable celebration. On May 5, PAOK earned their 26th win in 30 games to complete an undefeated season (26–4–0 record). This is arguably the best |
Patchwork stingaree | Distribution and habitat & Description | endemic with a discontinuous range: the western population is found from the Houtman Abrolhos to Cape Leveque in Western Australia, and the eastern population from Caloundra to Townsville in Queensland. It seems to be rather patchily distributed, with only small numbers of individuals present at any particular location. This benthic species is mostly found over fine substrates on the outer continental shelf, and has been reported from 60 to 320 m (200 to 1,050 ft) deep. Description Among the largest members of its family, the patchwork stingaree can grow to at least 59 cm (23 in) long. It has a diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc |
On My Way (film) | Reception | 100 based on 17 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Jordan Mintzer titled his review in The Hollywood Reporter "Catherine Deneuve hits the road in this rocky third feature from actress-filmmaker Emmanuelle Bercot" and resumed On My Way (Elle s'en va) was "a film that's much more bouillabaisse than haute cuisine". |
PAOK FC | 2017–18 eventful season | the game was abandoned. The incident caused the league to be suspended by the Greek government. AEK manager Manolo Jiménez giving his side of the story, confirmed that Kominis wanted the game to be concluded, but AEK president told them not to play. He also said about a year later, that AEK players and himself realized that Savvidis was actually carrying a gun on his belt when they received photos on their cellphones and not while they were on the pitch. AEK midfielder Panagiotis Kone in an interview after the game also confirmed that Kominis told them to go out |
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba | Further readings | This contains the most detailed account of her reign and times, based on a careful examination of all the relevant documentation.
Heywood, Linda M. Njinga of Angola: Africa's Warrior Queen. Harvard University Press, 2017.
Saccardo, Grazziano, Congo e Angola con la storia dell'antica missione dei cappuccini 3 Volumes, (Venice, 1982–83)
Williams, Chancellor, Destruction of Black Civilization (WCP)
Ivan Sertima, Ivan, Black Women in Antiquity
Nzinga, the Warrior Queen (a play written by Elizabeth Orchardson Mazrui and published by The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya, 2006).
The play is based on Nzinga and discusses issues of colonisation, traditional African rulership, women leadership versus male leadership, political |
Physicians in Canada | Fellowship & Licensure & College of Family Physicians of Canada | the pediatric population. Licensure Canadian physicians must undergo an extensive process of licensing in order to practice independently. Upon graduating from medical school, they must pass the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination, Part 1. Following residency training, they pass Part 2 of the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination, in addition to their specialty written examinations and objective structured clinical examinations with the CFPC or RCPSC and any supplementary examinations required by provincial or territorial regulatory authorities.
Graduating family physicians will need to pass their CPFC examinations, while specialist physicians or surgeons will need to pass their RCPSC examinations. College |
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba | Legacy | foundation for future leaders of Ndongo today. In the period of 104 years that followed Njinga's death in 1663, queens ruled for at least eighty of them. Nzinga is a leadership role model for all generations of Angolan women. Women in Angola today display remarkable social independence and are found in the country’s army, police force, government, and public and private economic sectors. Nzinga was embraced as a symbol of the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola during civil war.
A major street in Luanda is named after her, and a statue of her was placed in Kinaxixi on an |
Politics of Pakistan | Foreign relations | complexion of Pakistan's foreign relations.
Pakistan joined Non-Aligned Movement in 1979. |
Oton Iveković | Return to Croatia | Return to Croatia After completing his specialization, Iveković returned to Croatia where he was immediately appointed professor of painting in a high school. The following year he was a teacher at the School of Crafts, which paid his basic living expenses. Iveković's most productive period lasted from 1894 to 1900, although his intensive activity did not stop even after 1900. At the beginning of the new century, his painting were shown at the World Exhibition in Paris.
In 1901, Iveković and Mato Celestin Medović worked on the illustrations for the epic poem Judita by Marko Marulić. In addition, Iveković illustrated August |
Planeta Xuxa | History | Veiga carried out national and international reports on various subjects; The Redaction of the Planeta was directed by the promoters David Brazil and Amin Khader, and talked about the world of celebrities; in Address of the Heart, the presenter visited the house of famous friends - in the first edition, Xuxa went to Goiás to visit the sertanejo singer Leonardo; and in A Man on the Wheel, a guest answered three types of questions - professional, intimate and indiscreet - by the actresses Mônica Carvalho, Paula Burlamaqui and Juliana Paes.
At the beginning of 2002, Planeta Xuxa presented Jogos de Verão, |
Oppo | Branding | official smartphone partner starting from 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup which was held on February 10.
OPPO also hires celebrity endorsers in Vietnam, especially Sơn Tùng M-TP who endorses three smartphone units like Neo 5, Neo 7 and F1s. OPPO made a sponsorship to one of Vietnam's top-rated reality shows, The Face Vietnam.
In October 2017, OPPO Thailand launched a new ad of OPPO F5 smartphone with a new ad presenter: famous Thai actor, Nadech Kugimiya. OPPO Malaysia also launched a new OPPO F5 smartphone with Fattah Amin and Ayda Jebat as their brand ambassadors.
In 2017, OPPO won the bid to sponsor the |
Politics of Pakistan | Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan | court also exercises revisional jurisdiction over the criminal courts, deciding Hudood cases. The decisions of the court are binding on the High Courts as well as subordinate judiciary. The court appoints its own staff and frames its own rules of procedure.
Ever since its establishment in 1980, the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan has been the subject of criticism and controversy in the society. Created as an islamisation measure by the military regime and subsequently protected under the controversial 8th Amendment, its opponents question the very rationale and utility of this institution. It is stated that this court merely duplicates the |
Pirata Morgan | Los Infernales | Title on December 8, 1985.
In October, 1986 Pirata Morgan left the group to form a new group called "Los Bucaneros", teaming with his brother, Hombre Bala (who also worked as Rey Pirata), his nephew Rey Bucanero and a Mini called Piratita Morgan. Los Bucaneros feuded with Los Infernales, who had added Masakre to their ranks, the feud saw Pirata Morgan defeat MS-1 in a Luchas de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match that saw MS-1 shaved bald after the match. On August 30, 1987, Pirata Morgan teamed up with Hombre Bala and Jerry Estrada to win the Mexican National Trios Championship |
Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand | LGBT | 2011.
In May 2017, Gillibrand was one of forty-six senators to introduce the Equality Act of 2017, described by Representative David Cicilline as ensuring "that every LGBT person can live their lives free from the fear of discrimination. Above all, it’s about honoring the values that have guided our nation since its founding. It’s critical that Congress pass the Equality Act into law."
In October 2018, Gillibrand was one of twenty senators to sign a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging Pompeo to reverse the rolling back of a policy that granted visas to same-sex partners of LGBTQ diplomats who |
Philippe Couvreur | Education & Professional Career | Philippe Couvreur Education After a classical education at the Collège Jean XXIII in Brussels, Philippe Couvreur studied law at Notre-Dame de la Paix University in Namur and at the Université catholique de Louvain, and international and European law at King's College London, at the Complutense University of Madrid and at the Université catholique de Louvain. He also studied Thomist philosophy in this latter university. Philippe Couvreur speaks five languages fluently (French, Dutch, English, Spanish and Italian). Professional Career After working in the legal department of the European Commission, Philippe Couvreur held several legal positions at the International Court of Justice |
Pilgrims of Arès | Members and geographical area & Organization and meetings | such as "The Work of the Pilgrimage of Arès." Also according to the same association, the Pilgrims of Arès would develop missions in Germany, Belgium (Liège), France, United Kingdom, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Russia and Switzerland (Geneva, Neuchâtel, Zurich). The movement begins to expand outside Europe, with members in Africa, Australia, New Zealand and America (U.S. and Canada). Organization and meetings The believer has a spiritual and individual freedom. The Pilgrims may be defined as any person who accepts the word of the Revelation of Arès. Two essential elements provide yet cohesive movement, otherwise very disparate and that reject any idea |
Phishing | Link manipulation & Filter evasion & Website forgery | quite possible for a phisher to purchase a valid certificate and subsequently change content to spoof a genuine website, or, to host the phish site without SSL at all. Filter evasion Phishers have sometimes used images instead of text to make it harder for anti-phishing filters to detect the text commonly used in phishing emails. In response, more sophisticated anti-phishing filters are able to recover hidden text in images using OCR (optical character recognition). Website forgery Some phishing scams use JavaScript commands in order to alter the address bar of the website they lead to. This is done either by |
Night Shift (2018 film) | Plot | Night Shift (2018 film) Plot Max works at a local factory as a welder. The salary is low, but it is enough to support him and his wife Anya. One day he learns bad news - the factory has gone bankrupt and all employees are laid off. He desperately tries to find a new place to work but this proves to be quite difficult due to the economic crisis. Fortunately, Max meets his old friend from school, Lena. After telling her about his problems, he receives an unusual offer - to do striptease.
There is a strip club in the city |
Patrick Watts | Early career | Patrick Watts Patrick Watts (born 21 November 1956 in Farnborough, Kent) is a British auto racing driver. He excelled in single make series in the eighties and competed in saloons in the nineties, mainly in the British Touring Car Championship. He still makes occasional appearances in historic racing events. Early career His first title came in 1979, winning the National Mini 850 Championship. Between 1980 and 1982 he drove in various saloon cars before getting his first taste of the BTCC for Rover Metro Team in 1983 and 1984. In 1986 he raced in the Fiat Uno Turbo Championship. More |
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Plot | veteran officer partner. Fackler is assigned with Dooley (Ed Herlihy), Mahoney to Vinnie Schtulman (Peter van Norden), and Tackleberry to Sgt. Kathleen Kirkland (Colleen Camp). Tackleberry later confides to Mahoney that he may have fallen in love with Kirkland.
Mauser attempts numerous times to sabotage the new recruits while personally targeting Mahoney. During a patrol, Mahoney and Schtulman spot a robbery at a merchant's place, but the robbers escape in the confusion caused in part by responding officers. Mauser is ready to suspend them, but Mahoney makes a passionate plea that convinces Lassard to give them another chance. While all this |
Politics of Pakistan | Kashmir in Pakistani politics & Local Governments | “Northern Areas”. Local Governments Pakistan's provinces are divided into districts called zillas in local languages (counterpart to a county in US or UK terminology). A zilla is further subdivided into tehsils (roughly equivalent to a borough in an integrated multi-tier (federated) systemic context, such as the one to be found in Montreal (Canada, 2002) and Birmingham (UK, 2001 announcement) or known as arrondissements in French context. Tehsils may contain town or municipalities. Pakistan's system is the one that applies an integrated federated systemic framework most comprehensively, so far.
This methodology is not new to the region, as it is similar to |
Miracle of Sound | Collaborative works | November 2014 to September 2019, Dunne joined video game critic Jim Sterling and gaming journalist Laura Kate Dale (Laura K Buzz on social media) on a weekly podcast, the Podquisition, which primarily discussed video game and pop culture related news. He left the show after episode 250, citing being blocked on Twitter by unnamed figures in the videogame industry who had been criticized by Sterling and/or Dale on the podcast.
In late May 2018, Gavin was featured as a guest artist on the Dark Souls-inspired titular track "Let There Be Fire" from the album of the same name by Florida-based musician |
Patchwork stingaree | Description & Biology and ecology | dark brown rings surrounding light-colored spots, that may be separated from each other by a network of fine pale lines (particularly at the center of the disc) to give the impression of a mosaic. The rings become smaller and less well-defined towards the margins of the disc. The dorsal and caudal fins are light in adults and dark with nearly black margins in juveniles. Biology and ecology Virtually nothing is known of the natural history of the patchwork stingaree. Ecologically, it is apparently the tropical equivalent of the temperate sandyback stingaree. Reproduction is presumably aplacental viviparous like in other stingrays, |
Please Mr. Please | Song story | Please Mr. Please Song story The song begins as an apparent tribute to the jukebox and how one can listen to a lot of great music for a small price. But instead of continuing along those lines, the song picks up on how some songs on the jukebox can trigger bad memories. This happens when the protagonist—at a tavern with friends, trying to get over a just-broken relationship—sees another customer at the jukebox, trying to play "B-17", which is coded to a song the woman does not want to hear.
The song, she cries, was one of the now-broken relationship. The |
Peter Gabriel (1982 album) | Songs | of Dylan Thomas at the time, so there is that influence in the lyric writing."
Lay Your Hands on Me "It is part [hymn] and part the sort of faith healing aspect, which I think occurs in that and in Kiss of Life too… I'm convinced that we have abilities within ourselves that are not really acknowledged yet. There's also the fairly dry, urban images in the verses, and then there's the sense of cleansing through this laying-on of hands. There's the screaming for the hands to be laid on in the choruses."
Wallflower "'Wallflower' began almost as a love song. In |
Pirata Morgan | Los Infernales | In March 1985 Los Infernales participated in a tournamtn to determine the first ever Mexican National Trios Champions; Los Infernales defeated the two teams in the preliminary rounds to qualify for the finals. In the finals Los Infernales defeated Los Brazos ("the Arms"; El Brazo, Brazo de Oro, and Brazo de Plata) to become the first ever Mexican National Trios champions. That match was just the first match in a long running Inferlanes/Brazos storyline that would run off and on over the next decade. Los Brazos won the initial feud when they defeated Los Infernales for the Mexican Nations Trios |
Piasa | Discovery | the legs, ending in a Fish's tail. Green, red, and black are the three Colors composing the Picture. Moreover, these 2 monsters are so well painted that we cannot believe that any savage is their author; for good painters in France would find it difficult to reach that place Conveniently to paint them. Here is approximately The shape of these monsters, As we have faithfully Copied It."
Later French explorers, like St. Cosme, reported that by 1699 the series of images were badly worn due to the habits of the local Indians to "discharge their weapons" at the images as they |
Pakistan International School Buraydah | Records | of 1000 securing 1002/1050 marks in SSC.
The school is also popular for its result in Cambridge Examinations UK. Students have got marvellous result from this institution. The School currently ranks the highest marks scorer in FBISE in the whole overseas. |
Matten bei Interlaken | Demographics | Interlaken and lived there in 2000. There were 1,676 or 45.7% who were born in the same canton, while 495 or 13.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 551 or 15.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2010, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.3%.
As of 2000, there were 1,550 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,681 married individuals, 269 widows or widowers and 171 individuals who are divorced.
As of 2000, |
Physicians in Canada | Canadian Medical Protective Association & Continuing professional development | to have been harmed by negligent clinical care. Continuing professional development Continuing professional development, previously known as continuing medical education, is an important ethical and regulatory requirement of every physician's and surgeon's duty to the care of their patients. |
PAOK FC | The great team of the 1970s | the 1971 European Cup Final. The final was played once again in Athens at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium. PAOK players had 10,000 fans on their side and they vowed that it was about time to return with the trophy at Thessaloniki. It was the sixth final for the Double-Headed Eagle of the North and the fifth time that they traveled to Athens for the trophy match. PAOK won the game 2–1 with Koudas scoring both goals. In the second half, a magnificent bicycle kick of Matzourakis found the net, but the goal was surprisingly disallowed by referee Michas. PAOK triumph and |
Pia Arcangel | Career | Pia Arcangel Career Arcangel started as a courtside reporter for the UAAP basketball games aired over Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sports and Action). In 2003, she became one of the hosts of the morning show Unang Hirit of GMA Network. She also hosted the children's show Art Angel with Tonipet Gaba and Krystal Reyes where she along with his co-hosts won awards during the 21st, 22nd and 23rd PMPC Star Awards for Television as Best Children Show Hosts. In QTV/Q (now GMA News TV), she co-anchored Balitanghali with Raffy Tima for 9 years until Connie Sison permanently replaced |
Orange roughy | Historical | is the biomass that provides for the maximum sustainable yield) over a number of years. The rate of this ‘fish down’ can vary depending on the objectives of the fishery, but catches would then be more strictly controlled to maintain the biomass at around 40,000 tonnes.
For the New Zealand orange roughy fisheries, productivity parameters and resulting estimates of unfished biomass were incorrectly estimated in the first decade of the fishery. Catch limits exceeded recommended estimates of sustainable yields for a subsequent decade and catches were estimated to have exceeded those catch limits due to burst nets, escape windows in nets, |
Missing in action | World War II & Arrowhead Hill MIA & Australians MIA In Korea | irregular and prone to opinion rather than fact. Arrowhead Hill MIA Remains of nine sets of remains of Korean War MIA serviceman have also been discovered at Arrowhead Hill aka Hill 281 Battle of White Horse, which is located in the Korean Demilitarized Zone, during minesweeping operations between October and November 2018. Arrowhead Hill had previously been selected for both Koreas to jointly conduct a pilot remains recovery project. Australians MIA In Korea A number of Australian combatants and POWs have also never been recovered from Korea. Of 340 Australian servicemen killed in the Korean War, 43 are listed as |
Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand | Central America & China & Cuba & Iran | that foreign assistance to Central American countries created less migration to the U.S., citing the funding's helping to improve conditions in those countries. China In May 2019, Gillibrand was a cosponsor of the South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act, a bipartisan bill reintroduced by Marco Rubio and Ben Cardin that was intended to disrupt China's consolidation or expansion of its claims of jurisdiction over both the sea and air space in disputed zones in the South China Sea. Cuba In 2015 Gillibrand supported lifting the travel ban on Cuba. Iran In 2010, she supported and voted for |
Masaan | Plot | his wrists. Devi and her father Vidyadhar (Sanjay Mishra) are subjected to blackmail by Inspector Mishra, who demands a hefty bribe of three lakhs to hush up the matter. In desperate need of money, Vidyadhar begins to indulge in a betting game, where people bet on small boys to dive and collect the maximum number of coins from the Ganges riverbed within a specified time. He lets people bet on Jhonta (Nikhil Sahni), an orphan who works for him after Jhonta volunteers himself for the game. Meanwhile, Devi has to switch jobs due to the stigma associated with her having |
Passion (manga) | Book Three | and becomes panicked that he has upset his lover. Shima ignores Hikaru's phone calls, but berates himself for being so jealous, and eventually shows up and suggests that he and Hikaru buy matching rings, trying to keep his jealousy a secret in order to not scare Hikaru.
A month or so later, Shima, Morikawa, and Amamiya come to visit Hikaru at his cafe to take him out to lunch. His coworkers, seeing him so flustered, all assume that Ms. Morikawa is the object of his affections, but she is clearly with Amamiya. They tell Hikaru that he doesn't have a chance |
Nexus 7 (2012) | Software | customers buy into an application "ecosystem" when purchasing tablets, unlike phones where hardware is the primary determining factor. The Nexus 7 is intended to take advantage of the different media formats available through the application store, including e-books, movies, music, games, magazines, and television programs. Several updates to Android were released in subsequent months, including Android 4.2 in November 2012, Android 4.3 in July 2013, and Android 4.4 ("KitKat") in November 2013. Android 5.0 ("Lollipop") was released for the Nexus 7 WiFi edition in November 2014, although users reported that the update rendered the tablet very slow. Some of the issues |
Murder of Sherri Rasmussen | Crime and investigation & Initial investigation | toppled credenza. It appeared that someone at least attempted to bind Rasmussen at one point. She had defensive wounds and a bruise on her face that appeared to have been inflicted by the muzzle of a gun. The gun had been fired through a quilt, apparently to muffle the sound. The investigating criminalist also observed a bite mark on Rasmussen's arm, and took a swab from it. Initial investigation LAPD detectives investigating the case quickly concluded that Rasmussen had been surprised and killed by a burglar. Rasmussen's attire (a bathrobe, nightgown, and underwear) suggested she was not expecting visitors. Although |
Olympiacos F.C. | Five consecutive Championships, Two presences in UEFA Champions League knockout phase (2004–2010) | the club at the end of the season.
In the summer of 2008, Olympiacos made prominent transfers, signing Dudu Cearense, Avraam Papadopoulos, Diogo Luis Santo and Matt Derbyshire and appointed Ernesto Valverde as the new coach with a three-year contract worth approximately €6 million. The 2008–09 season started badly for Olympiacos, with the team losing their first few official matches, against Anorthosis Famagusta for the Champions League third qualifying round, and was eliminated from the tournament, which resulted to a seat in the UEFA Cup first round, where Olympiacos beat Nordsjælland to qualify for the group stage. The team also started well |
Olympiacos F.C. | 2017–present | Guillaume Gillet, Mehdi Carcela, Jagoš Vuković, Björn Engels, Uroš Đurđević, Emmanuel Emenike and Greek international Panagiotis Tachtsidis.
Aggregate victories over Partizan (5–3) and Rijeka (3–1) in the two final qualifying rounds ensured the Red-Whites' presence in Group D of the competition, considered perhaps the toughest in Olympiacos' European competition history due to Barcelona, 2017 Champions League runners-up Juventus and Sporting CP being the opponents. A disheartening 2–3 defeat, with all three goals conceded in the first half, in the hands of Sporting at Thrylos' European season opener, combined with unfavourable league results culminating in a 3–2 loss to AEK despite being |
Paula Bronstein | Biography | Bulletin before spending 12 years with the New Haven Register and the Hartford Courant. In 1996, she became a staff photographer at the Chicago Tribune and then worked for The Register-Guard in Oregon.
Since 1998, Bronstein has been based in Bangkok. In June 2002, she joined Getty Images where she has covered conflicts and news stories throughout the wider Asian region including Kashmir, Afghanistan, Indonesia and Pakistan.
Bronstein's camera lens was smashed and she suffered minor bruising when New South Wales Police pushed her to the ground while she was photographing protesters of the APEC Australia 2007 meetings. Bronstein called for an |
Morris Rossabi | null | Morris Rossabi Morris Rossabi is an American historian, currently Senior Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and also Distinguished Professor of History at Queens College, and also a published author. Since he specializes in the history of Mongolia, China and East Asia, he was given an honorary doctorate from the National University of Mongolia. In 2011, he also delivered the W. Allyn Rickett-endowed lecture at University of Pennsylvania about Mongol influence on Ming China. |
Peter Badcoe | Post-script | company came under heavy small arms fire and withdrew to a cemetery for cover, this left Major Badcoe and his radio operator about 50 metres in front of the leading elements, under heavy mortar fire. Seeing this withdrawal, Major Badcoe ran back to them, moved amongst them and by encouragement and example got them moving forward again. He then set out in front of the company to lead them on; the company stopped again under heavy fire but Major Badcoe continued on to cover and prepared to throw grenades, when he rose to throw, his radio operator pulled him down |
Missouri Valley Football Conference | Consecutive conference wins | Missouri Valley Football Conference Consecutive conference wins 1. North Dakota State, 18 (2012–2014) |
Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand | Census & Childcare | census without a citizenship question on the questionnaire." Childcare In 2019, Gillibrand and 34 other senators introduced the Child Care for Working Families Act, a bill that created 770,000 new childcare jobs and that ensured families under 75 percent of the state median income did not pay for childcare with higher-earning families having to pay "their fair share for care on a sliding scale, regardless of the number of children they have." The legislation also supported universal access to high-quality preschool programs for all 3 and 4-year-olds and gave the childcare workforce a changed compensation and training to aid both |
Philosophy of human rights | Theory of value and property | United States. Karl Marx later critiqued Locke's theory of property in his Theories of Surplus Value, seeing the beginnings of a theory of surplus value in Locke's works. In Locke's Second Treatise he argued that the right to own private property was unlimited as long as nobody took more than they could use without allowing any of their property to go to waste and that there were enough common resources of comparable quality available for others to create their own property. Locke did believe that some would be more "industrious and rational" than others and would amass more property, but |
New Cordell Courthouse Square Historic District | History | New Cordell Courthouse Square Historic District History New Cordell was established in 1897, when the community of Cordell moved to a new townsite. The new townsite included a space for a courthouse square, and the residents of New Cordell soon applied to move the county seat there from Cloud Chief. New Cordell had a more central location and a better water supply than Cloud Chief; partly due to these reasons, an election in the late 1890s resulted in New Cordell winning the county seat, and the courthouse was moved there in 1900. After an extended legal battle, Congress legitimized the |
Phil Bonifield | Racing career | not carried over into 2004. Neither Bonifield nor his team ran many races that season. Bonifield only qualified for events, and was twice parked for driving too slow. During the season, Bonifield sold the trucks to Bill Davis Racing and shut down the team. He and spent 2005 and 2006 developing ARCA and NASCAR Grand National Division, AutoZone West Series driver Andrew Myers. He returned to the Truck Series in 2006, fielding the No. 86 Chevrolet. |
Papua New Guinea National Club Championship | 2019: Revival | were Mungkas, who picked up their first championship with a 1–0 victory over City United of Lae. |
Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand | LGBT | Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand LGBT While running for New York's 20th congressional district in 2006, Gillibrand said in an interview she favors legalizing civil unions across the country and leaving the issue of same-sex marriage up the states to decide. As Senator, Gillibrand said in 2010 that she supported the legalization of same-sex marriage in the State of New York.
The Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT advocacy group, gave Gillibrand a score of 80 out of 100 for the 110th Congress (when Gillibrand was in the House), and perfect scores of 100 out of 100 for the 111th, 112th, and |
Paloma del Río | Biography | 2017, she has contributed a sports segment to the program No es un día cualquiera on Radio Nacional de España. She has been a speaker at many conferences, round tables, and presentations on topics such as Women and Sport, Minority Sports, and Olympism.
In July 2018 her candidacy for the presidency of RTVE was announced, although in December she did not pass the final cut and was left out of the list of the 20 candidates to preside over the public entity. Subsequently, she and other excluded candidates filed an appeal against this decision, still pending resolution by lawyers of the |
Plasmodium cnemidophori | Distribution & Hosts | Panama and Venezuela. Hosts This species infects the lizards Ameiva ameiva, and Cnemidophorus lemniscatus lemniscatus. |
Peugeot 203 | The body | to avoid showing the rear of the car from the right side. That changes with 203s displayed at the 1953 Motor Show, after which the hitherto protruding fuel filler cap was sunk a couple of centimeters lower into the rear wing, and gained the protection of an opening flap set flush with the line of the bodywork.
Along with improvements to the existing cars, Peugeot introduced a 2-door 203 coupé at the end of 1952, although this was not as successful as hoped and quietly disappears from the brochures a year later. There were several low volume cabriolet |
Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand | Agriculture & Gun laws | eighteen other Democratic senators sent a letter to USDA Inspector General (IG) Phyllis K. Fong with the request that the IG investigate USDA instances of retaliation and political decision-making and asserted that not conducting an investigation would mean these "actions could be perceived as a part of this administration’s broader pattern of not only discounting the value of federal employees but suppressing, undermining, discounting, and wholesale ignoring scientific data produced by their own qualified scientists." Gun laws Gillibrand's position on gun rights has changed from being against strict gun control in the House to being more "flexible" on the issue |
Olympiacos F.C. | The Gate 7 tragedy | almost closed and the turnstiles still in place, making the exit almost impossible. As people continued to come down from the stands, unable to see what happened, the stairs of Gate 7 became a death trap; people were crushed, tens of fans were seriously injured and twenty-one young people died, most of them by suffocation.
In memory of this event, every year on 8 February, there is a memorial service at the stadium in honour of the supporters that died in that incident. The service is attended by thousands of fans every year, who are rhythmically shouting the phrase, "Αδέρφια, ζείτε, |
Nan Huai-Chin | Academic and personal life | became a well-known university professor and author, teaching at National Chengchi University, Chinese Culture University, and Fu Jen Catholic University. His first book, The Sea of Chan (禪海蠡測), was published in 1955, and was the first in a line of over 40 books and related materials published in his name.
Nan's books have achieved a great deal of popularity in mainland China and Taiwan. In total, more than 20 million copies of his books have been sold in Chinese-speaking countries. Some of his more popular works have gone to a 20th printing in Taiwan and his works on Confucianism are used |
Neosho, Missouri | The Flower Box City | town nurseries supplied plants at reduced rates. The city dressed up trash cans and parking meters around the courthouse square with flower baskets. In 1957 Neosho earned a coveted All-America City Award from Look magazine and the National Municipal League. (The Life magazine photojournalist Wallace Kirkland covered the 1957 city for the magazine. A life collection of his photographs from this assignment, many previously unpublished, can be found in the Life photo archive, hosted by Google). Since then, the Flower Box Promotion Committee has supported beautification and awarded 'Beauty Spot' prizes each spring and summer to homes and businesses with |
Marvin Graves | High school & College | Marvin Graves Marvin Graves (born February 7, 1971) is a former quarterback in the Canadian Football League as well as one of the top signal-callers in the history of Syracuse University. High school Graves was a standout quarterback at Archbishop Carroll High School (Washington, D.C.), but also excelled at basketball and baseball for the Washington, D.C. high school. College Graves finished his career as the all-time passing yardage leader at Syracuse (8,466), leading the Orange in the category each of his four campaigns. His 48 touchdown tosses rank second in program history. Graves quarterbacked SU to victories in the 1990 |
Messin' with the Kid | Recognition and legacy | watering holes, Junior began fusing old-school Blues with the funky beat of modern R&B. Together these men defined the sound of electric Blues’ second generation.
Blues singer Eddie C. Campbell recorded a Christmas novelty song, titled "Santa's Messin' With The Kid" (1977 from King of the Jungle), in which Santa is "messing with" the wife of the Kid, until "The Kid ran him out o' town":
Santa come' once a year we all know, didn't use my chimney had a key to my do'
Oh, Lord, look what Santa did, (he's messin' with me)
Call it Merry Christmas?, I say Santa's messin' |
Onofre R. Pagsanghan | Teaching and theater career | time children could be molded the most, and he wanted to influence and change his students in the right way
He was able to write several books, which were integrated into the curriculum of several schools. “Hasik”, “Layag” and “Makabagong Pilipino” are three of those books that are now used in different high schools. Two of his other books, “Reaching Out” and “Sagwan”, are still being used by the Ateneo High School.
Pagsanghan began teaching theater in 1956. He founded the Ateneo High School Dramatics Society, which was later renamed Dulaang Sibol in 1966. Under his guidance, numerous critically acclaimed plays were |
Outlaws (1997 video game) | Development | Clint Bajakian. An orchestra was used with authentic instruments which was uncommon at that time. In total, Mixed Mode CD contains fifteen different audio tracks which were suitable for playback on a regular CD player. It is noteworthy that the crystal case of the game's original release had a tracklist printed on its back side as it is the case with most normal audio CDs. Computer Gaming Magazine awarded the score with a Special Achievement award in 1997. In 2008 IGN selected the soundtrack from Outlaws to its "10 Great Videogame Albums" list. Several veteran actors lend their voices to |
New Orleans Stock Exchange | 1948-1959: Merger with the Midwest Exchange | to the benefit of New Orleans banks. Furthermore, all commissions earned by New Orleans members will be retained in our city, due to the Midwest exchange's unique clearing-by-mail plan." Among the companies on the New Orleans exchange at the time were the department store D. H. Holmes, Standard Fruit, New Orleans Public Service, Gulf States Utilities, and others. |
Nootka Crisis | Diplomatic responses | Wars was over.
Both Britain and Spain sent powerful fleets of warships towards each other in a show of force. There was a chance of open warfare had the fleets encountered one another, but they did not.
The role of France in the conflict was key. France and Spain were allies under the Family Compact between the ruling Bourbon houses. The combined French and Spanish fleets would be a serious threat to the Royal Navy of Britain. The French Revolution had broken out in July 1789 but had not reached truly serious levels by the summer of 1790. King Louis XVI was |
Physicians in Canada | Canadian healthcare system | role. To some extent, this has been a reaction to strong cost control; CIHI estimates that 99% of physician expenditures in Canada come from public sector sources, and physicians—particularly those providing elective procedures who have been squeezed for operating room time—have accordingly looked for alternative revenue sources. One indication came in August 2007 when the CMA elected as president Dr. Brian Day of British Columbia, who owns the largest private hospital in Canada and vocally supports increasing private healthcare in Canada. The CMA presidency rotates among the provinces, with the provincial association electing a candidate who is customarily ratified by |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Aftermath | Jinnah converted to Sunni Islam in 1901 when his sisters married Sunnis. In 1970, Liaquat Ali Khan and Fatima Jinnah's joint affidavit that Jinnah was Shia was rejected. But in 1976 the court rejected Walji's claim that Jinnah was Sunni; effectively accepting him as a Shia. In 1984 a high court bench reversed the 1976 verdict and maintained that "the Quaid was definitely not a Shia", which suggested that Jinnah was Sunni. According to the journalist Khaled Ahmed, Jinnah publicly had a non-sectarian stance and "was at pains to gather the Muslims of India under the banner of a general |
Old Perry County Courthouse (Ohio) | Historic context & Architecture | move to New Lexington, back to Somerset, and finally back to New Lexington. After it ceased to be used as a courthouse, the building was leased to Somerset for use as its village hall. It has outlasted its successor; the original courthouse in New Lexington became too small for the county's needs by the late 1880s and was replaced by the current courthouse in 1888. Architecture The Old Perry County Courthouse is a two-story brick building with a stone foundation constructed at a total cost of $6,600. It originally measured 45 by 42 feet (14 m × 13 m), although |
Picasso and the Ballets Russes | Other theater work | Picasso and the Ballets Russes Other theater work In 1924, Picasso designed the sets and costumes for Massine's Mercure, which was produced not by Diaghilev, but by Comte Étienne de Beaumont with music by Satie. Picasso did not design for the theater again until 1946, when he did the curtain design for Roland Petit's Le Rendez-vous at the Ballets des Champs-Élysées. |
Peter Coonan | Personal life | Peter Coonan Personal life Coonan's girlfriend, Kim O'Driscoll, gave birth to their baby girl "Beth" at the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin in May 2014. In 2017, they had another daughter "Katie". They got engaged in 2015. |
Parsifal (train) | Trans Europ Express & Schnellzug / InterCity | stock was switched with the Paris-Ruhr, so the extra kilometers in Germany were ridden by German trains without the need to pay kilometer fees for foreign tracks. The DB Class VT 11.5 was used until 28 September 1968 when the rolling stock was replaced by electric-locomotive hauled trains. From 30 May 1965 until 22 May 1966, the Parsifal was coupled with the Diamant between Liège and Essen. Schnellzug / InterCity In September 1978 it was decided to offer second-class on the Hamburg - Paris link, which meant that the TEE criteria were no longer met. On 25 May 1979 the |
Mustafa Ismail | Egyptian radio | Mustafa Ismail to recite Quran during the Islamic month of Ramadan for himself. He was now the King's Qari.
By the 1940s he was recognized and respected by almost the whole of Egypt, one particular quality of note is that Sheikh Mustafa Ismail's personality never changed.
Sheikh Mustafa Ismail recites at a Special Programme to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Mohammed was organised by a non-profit organisation. The programme was to be broadcast on Egypt's national radio station Egypt and was scheduled to be on-air for 30 minutes. Sheikh Abdul Fattah Shashi was to recite the Quran, unfortunately he couldn't attend |
Postmodernity | Distinctions in philosophy and critical theory | philosophy is implicated in power relationships and defends poststructuralist critique by arguing that the critique of the subject itself is the beginning of analysis, not the end, because the first task of enquiry is the questioning of accepted "universal" and "objective" norms.
The Benhabib-Butler debate demonstrates that there is no simple definition of a postmodern theorist as the very definition of postmodernity itself is contested. Michel Foucault rejected the label of postmodernism explicitly in interviews yet is seen by many, such as Benhabib, as advocating a form of critique that is "postmodern" in that it breaks with utopian and transcendental |
Politics of Pakistan | Judicial branch & Supreme Court | Income tax & excise court, Banking court and Boards of Revenue's Tribunals are as well established in all provinces. Supreme Court In reference of ARTICLE 175 (A) APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES
The Supreme Court has original, appellate, and advisory jurisdiction.
(1) There shall be a Judicial Commission of Pakistan, hereinafter in this Article referred to as the Commission, for appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court, High Courts and the Federal Shariat Court, as hereinafter provided.
(2) For appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court, the Commission shall consist of---
(i) Chief Justice of Pakistan; Chairman
(ii) [four] most senior Judges of the Supreme Court;Member |
Passion (manga) | Book Two | Shima. Because he has to study for entrance exams, Shima refuses to see him for fear of disrupting his studying. Without ever going on another date with Shima, Hikaru graduates. The "play acting" quietly comes to an end. Hikaru asks Shima for his favorite watch as a graduation present, which Shima gives him, and after that they separate. Both become depressed.
Hikaru and Shima eventually see each other when a group of graduated seniors, including Hikaru and his girlfriend, Tsukasa, return to school to attend the school festival. However, Hikaru and Shima don't speak, and avoid each other. Amamiya takes Hikaru |
Perea | null | In 39 CE, Perea and Galilee were transferred from disfavoured Antipas to Agrippa I by Caligula. With his death in 44 CE, Agrippa's merged territory was made province again, including Judaea and for the first time, Perea. From that time Perea was part of the shifting Roman provinces to its west: Judaea, and later Syria Palaestina, Palaestina and Palaestina Prima. Attested mostly in Josephus' books, the term was in rarer use in the late Roman period. It appears in Eusebius' Greek language geographical work, Onomasticon, but in the Latin translation by Jerome, Transjordan is used.
Gadara of Perea (identified as Tell |
Michel Brière | Legacy | While Brière was hospitalized, the Penguins started pre-season conditioning near Brantford. Then-trainer Ken Carson added Brière's name to the back of a jersey, which, along with Brière's equipment bag, traveled with the team for their entire 1970–71 season.
Brière's number 21 was not retired immediately by the team, but no one ever wore it again. A framed jersey hung with his photo in the Igloo Club, located inside the Pittsburgh Civic Arena, as the only visible sign that the number was retired. According to Carson, "No one ever asked to wear that number (21). If they had, I would have told |
Polignac (card game) | Bassadewitz & Eichelobern & Grasobern | the early nineteenth century and still played as a family game in parts of German-speaking Europe. It is a member of the trick avoidance group of playing cards. Eichelobern Eichelobern is an Austrian game played with a 32-card William Tell pack that is the German-suited equivalent of Slobberhannes (see below). The aim is to avoid taking the first and last tricks and the Eichelober - the Ober of Acorns. Grasobern Grasobern is the Bavarian equivalent of Eichelobern, played with a 32-card Schafkopf pack. The aim is to avoid taking the first and last tricks and the Grasober - the Ober |
Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand | Russia | cosponsor the Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2018, legislation prohibiting funding for a U.S. ground-launched or ballistic missile that had "a range of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers" until the administration provided a report meeting five specific conditions. Gillibrand also cosponsored this legislation when it was reintroduced by Senator Jeff Merkley in the 116th United States Congress.
In December 2018, after United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the Trump administration was suspending its obligations in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 60 days in the event that Russia continued to violate the treaty, Gillibrand was one of six |
Palermo | Airports & Port | city. Port The port of Palermo, founded by the Phoenicians over 2,700 years ago, is, together with the port of Messina, the main port of Sicily. From here ferries link Palermo to Cagliari, Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Tunis and other cities and carry a total of almost 2 million passengers annually. It is also an important port for cruise ships. Traffic includes also almost 5 million tonnes (5.5 million short tons) of cargo and 80,000 TEUs yearly. The port also has links to minor Sicilian islands such as Ustica and the Aeolian Islands (via Cefalù in summer). Inside the Port of Palermo there is a |
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba | Further readings | succession, struggles between various Portuguese socio-political, and economic interest groups, struggles between the vested interests of the Jesuits and the Capuchins, etc.
West Central Africa: Kongo, Ndongo (African Kingdoms of the Past), Kenny Mann. Dillon Press, 1996.
· List of Rulers of Matamba
· List of Ngolas of Ndongo
· List of women who led a revolt or rebellion
· Nzinga a Nkuwu
· Pungo Andongo |
Patty Yumi Cottrell | Biography | First Book in the Fiction category. It also won Barnes & Noble’s 2017 Discover Award for Fiction.
In 2018 Cottrell received the Whiting Award in fiction, which is given to promising writers in the early stages of their careers. The selection committee particularly noted that her writing "opens up fresh lines of questioning in the old interrogations of identity". |
Pay-by-plate parking | Hand Held | (without separately taking a photo). Hand held ALPR comes in two flavors: ones that take single shot pictures to run ALPR against, and ones that run the camera in video mode performing ALPR on the stream of images. The single shot method takes longer but the full resolution of the camera is at its disposal. The live video mode is limited to the resolution of the video stream but has the advantage of running multiple images from subtly different angles. To date there has been no study as to which method results in the best ALPR read on a handheld |
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba | Taking Over as Ruler & Dealing with the Portuguese and Aligning with the Dutch | deft in the use of arms herself. It allowed her to also have multiple husbands. Nzinga required these husbands, who were known as chibados, to dress in women's clothes and to sleep among her maids in waiting; should they touch these maids sexually though, they would be instantly killed. Dealing with the Portuguese and Aligning with the Dutch In 1641, the Dutch, working in alliance with the Kingdom of Kongo, seized Luanda. Nzinga soon sent them an embassy and concluded an alliance with them against the Portuguese who continued to occupy the inland parts of their colony with their main |
Murder of Sherri Rasmussen | Decision | and subsequent corresponding California statutory and case law. "Appellant, herself a former internal affairs officer, would have been aware that in the absence of a formal complaint or the explicit advisement required by [a state precedent], she was under no danger of termination if she refused to cooperate with the detectives." Nor did language in California's Public Safety Officers' Procedural Bill of Rights Act requiring officers to cooperate apply since courts had previously held it applied only to administrative inquiries, not criminal investigations.
On the issue of the admissibility of the MiniFiler DNA results, the panel agreed with Perry that the |
Philosophy of human rights | null | Philosophy of human rights The philosophy of human rights attempts to examine the underlying basis of the concept of human rights and critically looks at its content and justification. Several theoretical approaches have been advanced to explain how and why the concept of human rights developed.
One of the oldest Western philosophies on human rights is that they are a product of a natural law, stemming from different philosophical or religious grounds. Other theories hold that human rights codify moral behavior which is a human social product developed by a process of biological and social evolution (associated with Hume). Human rights |
Philosophy of human rights | Soviet concept of human rights & Critiques of human rights | which class he belongs, what is his background, his education, his profession. These are the questions that will determine the fate of the accused. That is the meaning and essence of the Red Terror."
The purpose of public trials was "not to demonstrate the existence or absence of a crime – that was predetermined by the appropriate party authorities – but to provide yet another forum for political agitation and propaganda for the instruction of the citizenry (see Moscow Trials for example). Defense lawyers, who had to be party members, were required to take their client's guilt for granted..." Critiques of |
Palermo | Italian unification and today | The majority of Sicilians preferred independence to the Savoy kingdom; in 1866, Palermo became the seat of a week-long popular rebellion, which was finally crushed after Martial law was declared. The Italian government blamed anarchists and the Church, specifically the Archbishop of Palermo, for the rebellion and began enacting anti-Sicilian and anti-clerical policies. A new cultural, economic and industrial growth was spurred by several families, like the Florio, the Ducrot, the Rutelli, the Sandron, the Whitaker, the Utveggio, and others. In the early twentieth century, Palermo expanded outside the old city walls, mostly to the north along the new boulevards |
Pobre rico, pobre | Plot & Cultural aspects | Pobre rico, pobre Plot The comedy deals with the life of Andrés Ferreira and Brayan Galindo, from rich and poor families respectively. A mistake was made when they were born, because Andrés, originally of the poor family, was given to the rich family, and Brayan of the rich family went with the poor family. 30 years later the nurse who made the mistake reveals the truth to the families, and Brayan goes to live with the rich family, and Andres goes with the poor family. Cultural aspects The name of Brayan Galindo reflects an irregular adaptation of Brian to the |
Political positions of Kirsten Gillibrand | Immigration | She subsequently changed some of her positions, explaining that "it’s a case of learning more and expanding my view." She now opposes deporting illegal immigrants and cutting off funds to sanctuary cities. She also supports an earned path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. In 2010 she was a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act, which would have provided pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who arrived under the age of 16, complete at least 2 years of college or 2 years of military service and are under age of 35 at the time of enactment; the proposal was subsequently filibustered in |
Piotr Stańczak | Abduction & Execution | Piotr Stańczak Abduction Stańczak was abducted in the city of Attock in September 2008 after gunmen shot dead his driver, translator and bodyguard with whom he was travelling in a car. His murderers said they murdered him because the Pakistani government failed to release Taliban prisoners. Officials at the Polish Embassy in Islamabad saw the video of the murder and confirmed that the person who was murdered was Piotr Stańczak. Execution The taped murder was reminiscent of the beheading in 2002 of Daniel Pearl, at that time the last Westerner to be murdered on video in Pakistan. Stańczak was allegedly |
Phil Anderson (politician) | Career & Political positions | roughly 3 percent of the vote. In October 2017, Anderson launched his campaign for Wisconsin Governor for the 2018 election. Anderson finished third in a field of six candidates in the general election, garnering just under one percent of the vote. Political positions Anderson holds typical libertarian views. The primary focus of Anderson's 2018 gubernatorial campaign was restoring local control, allowing counties, local municipalities and school boards to make decisions free from state intervention. Anderson has said he would act on criminal justice by legalizing marijuana in the state, and by pardoning all those convicted of a victimless crime. |
Philippe Couvreur | Professional Career | successively (since 1982), including the position of Principal Legal Secretary (Head of the Legal Department).
Beginning in February 2000, he served as the Registrar of the International Court of Justice, for which post he was re-elected twice for a seven years mandate. In that capacity, he played an active role in fifty-one cases.
He retired on 1 July 2019. |
PAOK FC | Toumba Stadium | year. The inauguration event was scheduled for Sunday 6 September 1959 with a friendly encounter against AEK FC (PAOK prevailed 1–0 with a goal by Kostas Kiourtzis). Prime minister Konstantinos Karamanlis's attendance was cancelled at the last minute. However, several ministers of his government were there for the occasion. As for the ball for the first kick-off, it fell at 17:30 off an airplane of Sedes Military Air Base. On inauguration day, 15,000 PAOK supporters packed Toumba Stadium, as that was the stadium's capacity back then. It would increase to 20,000 seats in the following months until it reached a |
Planeta Xuxa | History | on 15 new helpers, called Garotas do Zodiaco. The group consisted of Marcella Siede (Aries), Fabiana Telles (Aries), Marina Azze (Taurus), Daniele Nabor (Gemini), Ana Cecília Calderon (Gemini), Sabrina Miragaia (Cancer), Bianca Barbosa ), Danah (Virgo), Gisella Prattes (Libra), Fernanda Fontoura (Scorpio), Francine Melo (Sagittarius), Nadja Haddad (Capricorn), Patrícia Marques (Capricorn), Lívia Pais (Aquarius), Fernanda Freitas (Aquarius).
Planeta Xuxa also had one more member on his team: journalist Alex Lerner, who had been doing interviews with international music stars. The program also featured new cadres this year, such as Running Behind Damage, which sought to secure extra cash for people with |
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