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343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
be the first year of the cycle, known as "jiazi".) Zhang Jiao had his supporters write "jiazi" in large characters with white talc everywhere they could – including on the doors of government offices in the imperial capital and other cities. One of Zhang Jiao's followers, Ma Yuanyi (馬元義), plotted wi... | 50,500 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
Within a month, Zhang Jiao controlled large areas of territory. Under suggestion by the eunuch Lü Qiang (呂強), who was sympathetic to the partisans, Emperor Ling pardoned the partisans to ward off the possibility they would join the Yellow Turbans. (Lü Qiang himself became a victim, however, when the... | 50,501 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
later was that the Yellow Turbans fought mainly with troops deployed from the battle-tested Liang Province (涼州; present-day Gansu) who had been accustomed to suppressing rebellions by the Qiang tribes. In late 184, Zhang Jiao was killed, and while the rest of the Yellow Turbans were not defeated imm... | 50,502 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
into military groups, and a good number resisted government forces, and even after the Yellow Turbans were defeated, the central government's control of the provinces was no longer what it used to be.
# Late reign.
Even after the Yellow Turban Rebellion was suppressed, Emperor Ling did not change ... | 50,503 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
the officials in Taiyuan (太原), Hedong (河東) and Didao (狄道) commanderies to transport wood and patterned rocks to Luoyang (the imperial capital) as construction materials. When the shipments reached the palace, the eunuchs who received them scolded the labourers for delivering materials of poor qualit... | 50,504 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
of construction materials – this led to greater resentment from the common people.
Emperor Ling appointed cavalry officers to serve as his messengers whenever he issued orders for things to be delivered to Luoyang. These officers, known as "zhongshi" (中使; "central emissaries"), abused their power b... | 50,505 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
while others who refused to take up their appointments were forced into accepting.
Around the time, there was one Sima Zhi (司馬直), who had been newly appointed as the Administrator (太守) of Julu Commandery (鉅鹿郡). As he had a reputation for being an honest official, he was required to pay less – three... | 50,506 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
cite historical examples to warn the emperor. He then committed suicide by consuming poison. After reading Sima Zhi's memorial, Emperor Ling temporarily stopped collecting funds for rebuilding the palace, but quickly resumed his construction projects later. He built a hall within the western gardens... | 50,507 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
Huan, did not leave behind a large family fortune for him. He drew his wealth not just from the imperial treasuries, but also from the low-ranking eunuchs who attended to him.
Emperor Ling often said, "Regular Attendant Zhang (Rang) is my father, Regular Attendant Zhao (Zhong) is my mother." As the... | 50,508 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
put yourself on higher ground. If you do so, the people will scatter." The emperor believed them and stopped visiting high towers and viewing platforms.
In 186, Emperor Ling tasked the eunuchs Song Dian (宋典) and Bi Lan (畢嵐) with overseeing new construction projects, including a new palace hall, fou... | 50,509 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
Ling appointed Zhao Zhong as "General of Chariots of Cavalry" (車騎將軍) but removed him from office after some 100 days.
In 188, under the suggestions of Liu Yan, Emperor Ling greatly increased the political and military power of the provincial governors and selected key officials to serve as provinci... | 50,510 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
was born, he was entrusted to Shi Zimiao (史子眇), a Taoist, and referred to "Marquis Shi." Later, when Liu Xie was born, he was raised by Emperor Ling's mother, Empress Dowager Dong, and was known as "Marquis Dong." Liu Bian was born of the empress and was older, but Emperor Ling viewed his behaviour ... | 50,511 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
declared Liu Bian emperor.
# Family.
- Parents:
- Liu Chang, Emperor Xiaoren (), a grandson of Liu Kai, the sixth son of Liu Da
- Empress Xiaoren, of the Dong clan (; d. 189)
- Consorts and Issue:
- Empress, of the Song clan (; d. 178)
- Empress Lingsi, of the He clan (; d. 189)
- Liu Bian, ... | 50,512 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
iaoren (), a grandson of Liu Kai, the sixth son of Liu Da
- Empress Xiaoren, of the Dong clan (; d. 189)
- Consorts and Issue:
- Empress, of the Song clan (; d. 178)
- Empress Lingsi, of the He clan (; d. 189)
- Liu Bian, Prince Huai of Hongnong (; 176–190), first son
- Empress Linghuai, of th... | 50,513 |
343602 | Liu Bian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Bian | Liu Bian
Liu Bian
Liu Bian (176 – 6 March 190), also known as Emperor Shao of Han and the Prince of Hongnong, was the 13th emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty in China. He became emperor around the age of 13 upon the death of his father, Emperor Ling, and ruled briefly from 15 May to 28 September 189 before he was depo... | 50,514 |
343602 | Liu Bian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Bian | Liu Bian
born in 176 to Liu Hong (Emperor Ling) and one of his consorts, Lady He. At the time of his birth, he was Emperor Ling's only son because the emperor's other sons who were born before Liu Bian died prematurely. As Emperor Ling believed that he lost his previous sons due to bad luck, he ordered Shi Zimiao (史子眇)... | 50,515 |
343602 | Liu Bian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Bian | Liu Bian
given the title "Marquis Dong" (董侯).
When his subjects asked him to name one of his sons as crown prince, Emperor Ling had a dilemma between Liu Bian and Liu Xie, his only two surviving sons. He felt that Liu Bian was unfit to be emperor because he was frivolous and unable to command respect, so he preferred ... | 50,516 |
343602 | Liu Bian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Bian | Liu Bian
Liu Xie to a close aide and eunuch, Jian Shuo. Upon the emperor's death, Jian Shuo attempted to lure He Jin into a trap in the palace, assassinate him, and then install Liu Xie on the throne. Jian Shuo's plan to make Liu Xie emperor ultimately failed, so a 13-year-old Liu Bian was enthroned and became historic... | 50,517 |
343602 | Liu Bian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Bian | Liu Bian
the eunuch and had him arrested and executed. Months later, Yuan Shao suggested to He Jin to eliminate the eunuch faction and consolidate power. Although Empress Dowager He strongly objected to He Jin's plan, the General-in-Chief, acting on Yuan Shao's advice, attempted to push his idea. He instigated a few re... | 50,518 |
343602 | Liu Bian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Bian | Liu Bian
name, instructing He Jin to enter the imperial palace, where he fell into an ambush and was killed by the eunuchs.
After He Jin's death, his subordinates Wu Kuang (吳匡) and Zhang Zhang (張璋), along with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others, led their troops to storm the palace and kill the eunuchs in revenge. They in... | 50,519 |
343602 | Liu Bian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Bian | Liu Bian
and saved the empress dowager from him. He Jin's younger brother, He Miao, who was sympathetic towards the eunuchs, was killed by Wu Kuang and Dong Min (董旻). Over 2,000 people died in the attack.
Emperor Shao and Liu Xie, who were taken out of the palace by the eunuchs during the chaos, were eventually found ... | 50,520 |
343602 | Liu Bian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Bian | Liu Bian
clearly. In contrast, Liu Xie had no difficulty in describing what happened and, in Dong Zhuo's impression, behaved more like an emperor than Emperor Shao. Dong Zhuo thus conceived the idea of deposing Emperor Shao and replacing him with Liu Xie.
# Deposal and death.
After escorting the emperor and prince ba... | 50,521 |
343602 | Liu Bian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Bian | Liu Bian
Shao deposed and replaced with Liu Xie, who became historically known as Emperor Xian. The former Emperor Shao was given the honorary title "Prince of Hongnong". Later that year, Dong Zhuo had Empress Dowager He poisoned to death in Yong'an Palace (永安宮).
In early 190, after a coalition of warlords launched a ... | 50,522 |
343602 | Liu Bian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Bian | Liu Bian
by drinking poisoned wine. The prince was allowed to bid his wife, Consort Tang, and other concubines farewell before succumbing to his fate.However, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the former emperor writes a poem that upsets Dong Zhuo who then sends Li Ru to kill him. He was buried in a tomb originally... | 50,523 |
343602 | Liu Bian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Bian | Liu Bian
poem that upsets Dong Zhuo who then sends Li Ru to kill him. He was buried in a tomb originally constructed for the eunuch Zhao Zhong and later posthumously honoured as "Prince Huai of Hongnong" (弘農懷王).
# Era name.
- "Zhaoning" () (15 May – 28 September 189)
# Family.
- Parents:
- Liu Hong, Emperor Xiaoli... | 50,524 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
Jack Black
Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969), also known as "J.B.", "Jables", or "Jablinski", is an American actor, comedian, musician, songwriter, and media personality. His acting career has been extensive, starring primarily in comedy films. Black is known for his roles in "High Fidelity" ... | 50,525 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
comedic rock duo Tenacious D which he formed in 1994 with friend Kyle Gass. They have released the albums "Tenacious D", "The Pick of Destiny", "Rize of the Fenix", and "Post-Apocalypto".
# Early life.
Thomas Jacob Black was born in Santa Monica, California, and raised in Hermosa Beach, California, the son... | 50,526 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
parents divorced when he was 10; Black moved to Culver City with his father and frequently visited his mother's home. As a child, Black appeared in a commercial for the Activision game "Pitfall!" in 1982.
For high school, Black's parents enrolled him at the Poseidon School, a private secondary school design... | 50,527 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
"Mr. Show".
# Career.
## Early roles.
In 1982, Black first acted in a television commercial at age 13 for the video game "Pitfall!." In 1987, Black joined the Actors' Gang, a theater troupe founded by UCLA students including Tim Robbins, and he appeared in a variety of stage productions. Black's adult car... | 50,528 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
by Owen Wilson.
After Robbins cast him in Bob Roberts, Black began appearing in small film roles such as "Airborne" (1993), "Demolition Man", "Waterworld", "The Fan", "The Cable Guy", "Mars Attacks!", "Dead Man Walking", "The Jackal", "Crossworlds", "Enemy of the State", and others. He had a small role in "... | 50,529 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
particular praise for his starring role in the well-received "School of Rock", earning critical acclaim and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy.
He starred in one of his few dramatic roles as the obsessed filmmaker Carl Denham in Peter Jackson's 2005 remake of "King Kong", a perform... | 50,530 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
and JoBeth Williams, was released in October 2011.
Jack garnered a second Golden Globe Award nomination, this time in the category Best Actor in a Comedy, for his 2011 starring role in Richard Linklater's black comedy, "Bernie", as real-life murderer Bernie Tiede, a funeral director in a small East Texas to... | 50,531 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
Cartoon Network's Adult Swim show "Tom Goes to the Mayor". He appeared in the post-Super Bowl episode of "The Office" along with Cloris Leachman and Jessica Alba in a fake movie within the show. In 2010, Black made a guest appearance on "Community" and also guest-starred on Nickelodeon's TV show "iCarly" in ... | 50,532 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
to be George Washington and takes credit for the accomplishments of other American Presidents such as Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
## Hosting work and appearances.
Black took part in the "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" celebrity edition along with Denis Leary, Jimmy Kimmel, and others and was han... | 50,533 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
celebrity correspondents. In 2018, Black appeared in the music video for Gorillaz song "Humility".
## Voice acting.
In addition to "Kung Fu Panda", Black has voice acted on other occasions, including "Husbands and Knives" from "The Simpsons" which aired November 18, 2007, portraying Milo, the friendly owne... | 50,534 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
such as "It's Not Fun to Get Lost", "Friends", and "The Goodbye Song".
Black voiced Darth Vader in Bad Lip Reading's parodies of the "Star Wars" original trilogy on YouTube. In 2015, Black played a fictional version of real-life author R. L. Stine for "Goosebumps", and provided the voices of two of Stine's ... | 50,535 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
"The Pick of Destiny", titled "The Metal", was used in the music video games "" and "Brütal Legend". "Rock Your Socks" from the album "Tenacious D" was played in the music video game "Rock Band Unplugged" as well, and "Master Exploder" from "The Pick Of Destiny" went on to be used in music video games "Guita... | 50,536 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
film; actor Tim Robbins cameos as does Dave Grohl as Satan. Ben Stiller also makes an appearance as a worker at a Guitar Center, also having a role in the music video for "Tribute".
Tenacious D helped the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation to raise awareness of these diseases and funds for the organiza... | 50,537 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
and teenage singer-actress Olivia Olson. On the show, besides singing, he discussed his then-upcoming film "Nacho Libre" with the host.
In 2000, Jack Black (along with Kyle Gass) provided backing vocals to punk rock band The Vandals' song "Fourteen", which appears on their album "Look What I Almost Stepped ... | 50,538 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
rhythmic stomps and claps, some performed with his eyes closed. He also provided vocals for two tracks on the 2006 album "Death by Sexy" by Eagles of Death Metal and on The Lonely Island's track "Sax Man" from the album "Incredibad".
Black also recorded a duet on Meat Loaf's album "Hang Cool Teddy Bear", on... | 50,539 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
Al" Yankovic's "Tacky". In October 2010, Tenacious D appeared at BlizzCon 2010, a convention hosted by the game designers, Blizzard Entertainment. In 2012, Jack Black joined up with other celebrities to record "Book People Unite", a song sponsored by the Library of Congress, and RIF.
Black did guest vocals ... | 50,540 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
Life".
## YouTube channel.
On December 21, 2018, Black created a YouTube channel, "Jablinski Games", which currently has over 4 million subscribers and 51 million views. On July 21, 2019, Black took part in a Minecraft stream with popular YouTuber PewDiePie in order to raise money for the National Alliance... | 50,541 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
with cocaine addiction, saying, "I was having a lot of troubles with cocaine... I was hanging out with some pretty rough characters. I was scared to go to school because one of them wanted to kill me. I wanted to get out of there."
Black's 31-year-old brother, Howard, died of AIDS in 1989.
In January 2006,... | 50,542 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
their second son, Thomas David. Although an atheist, Black identifies as a nominal Jew and fatherhood influenced his decision to raise his children in the Jewish faith. He has since started going to a synagogue with them.
Black endorsed Barack Obama's re-election campaign in 2012. In 2015, Black visited Kam... | 50,543 |
343560 | Jack Black | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Black | Jack Black
entifies as a nominal Jew and fatherhood influenced his decision to raise his children in the Jewish faith. He has since started going to a synagogue with them.
Black endorsed Barack Obama's re-election campaign in 2012. In 2015, Black visited Kampala in Uganda, Africa as part of Comic Relief USA's Red Nose... | 50,544 |
343604 | Wycombe District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wycombe%20District | Wycombe District
Wycombe District
Wycombe is a local government district in Buckinghamshire in south-central England. Its council is based in the town of High Wycombe.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the Municipal Borough of High Wycombe with Marlow Urban... | 50,545 |
343604 | Wycombe District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wycombe%20District | Wycombe District
F.C., Marlow United F.C., Risborough Rangers F.C. and Marlow Rugby Club.
- Feudal Barony
The Barony of Wycombe is one of the few titles in history that's so closely associated with negotiations that influence the rights of individuals that even today that it's hard to dismiss. The men who held the ti... | 50,546 |
343604 | Wycombe District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wycombe%20District | Wycombe District
offering for the man who was, at that time, the Sheriff of Oxfordshire. But from this fairly standard start for a title, being only a lordship, within thirty odd years it was to be closely allied with the King.
Passing through a small number of Bassets as they died, by 1215 Wycombe was resting with Al... | 50,547 |
343604 | Wycombe District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wycombe%20District | Wycombe District
throne.
When John died in 1216, the title's association with both remained strong. Henry III took the crown and Alan Basset was, again, a witness to a reworked version of Magna Carta on 11 November.
The Basset family remained closely allied with the King over the next few years, and upon Alan's demis... | 50,548 |
343604 | Wycombe District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wycombe%20District | Wycombe District
tends to elicit a punishment. Henry took back one of Gilbert's manors. When he tried to reclaim it, the King announced him to be a traitor and threatened him with hanging unless he left the court. Further peevish behaviour then saw him outlawed by the King, and orders were sent out to destroy all towns... | 50,549 |
343604 | Wycombe District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wycombe%20District | Wycombe District
in 1241 he suffered a hunting accident and was paralysed. He never recovered and his son soon inherited the title. But he too was short-lived, and within the same year Gilbert's brother, Fulk – Dean of York – inherited the barony and he became the 4th Baron of Wycombe.
It appears that Fulk, too, was d... | 50,550 |
343604 | Wycombe District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wycombe%20District | Wycombe District
Fulk to see this was enacted. Henry forbade it, though, and Fulk sided with the King on this. It was a dispute that would rumble for a number of years and finally saw Fulk at first excommunicated... before then being absolved from excommunication the following year. You know how it is...
Again, it's u... | 50,551 |
343604 | Wycombe District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wycombe%20District | Wycombe District
having been made Head of the English Church (a role that had been vacant for some time) Fulk and Henry fell out again. This time the King threatened him with the Pope's displeasure, and Fulk made his famous retort, “The Pope and the King may indeed take away my bishopric, for they are stronger than I; ... | 50,552 |
343604 | Wycombe District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wycombe%20District | Wycombe District
Wycombe naturally passed to his younger brother, Philip.
The new baron, who had actually opposed his brother's views with regard to the barons’ requests for some time, upon inheriting the title switched to supporting the King. The currency of the time was castles, and he got Oxford and Bristol in retu... | 50,553 |
343604 | Wycombe District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wycombe%20District | Wycombe District
was... castles; Henry granted him Devizes Castle and the counties of Somerset and Dorset as a salve.
As can be seen, the bond Philip had developed with the King by now was significant. Later that year, he played his part in supporting Henry in an attempted coup de main on Dover. And was also listed as... | 50,554 |
343604 | Wycombe District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wycombe%20District | Wycombe District
when the ‘Dictum of Kenilworth’ was drawn up. And then once again found himself appointed as Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, and Constable of Devizes.
When Philip died in 1271, the legacy of the Barony of Wycombe shifted to his daughter, Aline who married Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk.
The Barony ... | 50,555 |
343604 | Wycombe District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wycombe%20District | Wycombe District
l the Magna Carta, the Barony of Wycombe is inextricably connected to many significant historical developments, the rights of individuals and the American Constitution.
# Council affiliation.
Following the local elections in May 2015, the council comprises the following:
# Transport.
The district i... | 50,556 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
Margaret Trudeau
Margaret Joan Trudeau ("née" Sinclair, formerly Kemper; born September 10, 1948) is a Canadian author, actress, photographer, former television talk show hostess, and social advocate for people with bipolar disorder, which she is diagnosed with. She is the former wife of Pierre Trudea... | 50,557 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
Early years.
Trudeau was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the daughter of Scottish-born James "Jimmy" Sinclair, a former Liberal member of the Parliament of Canada and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and Doris Kathleen (Bernard) Sinclair. Her grandmother, Rose Edith (Ivens) Bernard, with... | 50,558 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
descendants of colonists in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, including Francis James Bernard, a London, England-born Anglo-Irishman whose great-grandfather, Arthur Bernard, was a member of the Irish House of Commons for Bandonbridge, and brother of Francis Bernard, Solicitor-General for Ireland, and... | 50,559 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
3rd great-grandmother, Esther Farquhar, in 1818, the eldest daughter of Scotsman William Farquhar, a colonial leader in the founding of modern Singapore, by Farquhar's first wife, Antoinette "Nonio" Clement, daughter of a French father and an ethnic Malaccan mother.
Another great-grandmother, Cornelia... | 50,560 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
back just to ask her name. Intveld was born in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, where her father, who came from humble beginnings in Hellevoetsluis, South Holland, rose up through the Dutch East India Company to become the Dutch Resident of Padang. Her maternal grandmother was an Ono Niha "ranee" (a te... | 50,561 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
during an episode of "Who Do You Think You Are?".
Trudeau's family moved to a large house in Rockcliffe Park, Ontario, in 1952 after her father was appointed to the Cabinet, and she attended Rockcliffe Park government school although they returned to North Vancouver after he lost his re-election bid i... | 50,562 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
recognize him, and she, in fact, thought little of their encounter, but Trudeau was captivated by the carefree "flower child", nearly-thirty years younger than he, and began to pursue her.
Pierre Trudeau was a bachelor before he became Prime Minister in 1968. They kept their romance private, so Canada... | 50,563 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
an event at Rideau Hall, official residence of Canada's Governor General, 'it' was a complete secret except to immediate-family members and close friends that she was in a romantic relationship, then in a six-month engagement to the Prime Minister.
As Pierre Trudeau was a Catholic, she converted to Ro... | 50,564 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
and the Grenadines (including both Bequia and St. Vincent) with Pierre taking a side-trip to Trinidad while Margaret stayed in Tobago.
After Pierre Trudeau's government's near defeat in 1972 where Margaret herself was very-uninvolved in the campaign, she decided to become much more active for the 1974... | 50,565 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
considered her a top campaign asset, and sent her off alone to help local candidates in hotly contested ridings while critics noted, the wives of Stanfield and Lewis were on the campaign trail, they rarely spoke and stood behind their husbands at events. Political observers also found Pierre Trudeau no... | 50,566 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
pick up votes, she replied, "I won't know until July 8th. But 52 per cent of the voters in this country are women...an awful lot ..." Her husband's party returned to a majority-government.
Trudeau had difficulty adjusting to her new position."From the day I became Mrs. Pierre Elliott Trudeau," she wri... | 50,567 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
have a very close and loving relationship, the marriage soon began to fall apart. Trudeau resented her husband's constant work-related absences, and was forced to raise her three young sons largely by herself. Beyond the normal extensive publicity her high-profile position brought, in a few instances, ... | 50,568 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
to the point, as recounted in her book, Trudeau had an affair with US Senator Ted Kennedy. She was also associated with members of the Rolling Stones, including Ronnie Wood and, according to Keith Richards's autobiography, "Life", Mick Jagger.
She separated from her husband in 1977, and became a much-... | 50,569 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
lost the majority of seats in the House of Commons, she was seen dancing at Studio 54 nightclub in New York City. A photo of her at the disco was featured on many front pages across Canada.
# Divorce and second marriage.
Trudeau filed at the Ontario Supreme Court for a no-fault divorce on November 16... | 50,570 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
when an avalanche swept him to the bottom of British Columbia's Kokanee Lake. The loss of her son was devastating for Trudeau, and she suffered another major depressive episode that led to her second divorce.
When Pierre Trudeau died in 2000, Margaret was at his bedside with their surviving sons Justi... | 50,571 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
against Justin was "Just Not Ready" and feared they would suggest her son was "so unready he needs his mummy."
# Work, advocacy and writing.
From 2002 to 2017, Trudeau was the honorary president of WaterAid Canada, an Ottawa-based organization dedicated to helping the poorest communities in developin... | 50,572 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
Woman of an Age" in Chicago as part of the city's "Wellness Week". She is an honorary patron of the Canadian Mental Health Association. In July 2019, she attended an opening ceremony of WE College in Narok County (Kenya) with the Former Prime Minister of Canada Kim Campbell, The First Lady Margaret Ken... | 50,573 |
343594 | Margaret Trudeau | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret%20Trudeau | Margaret Trudeau
ience with bipolar disorder.
# Award.
In 2013, she received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario in recognition of her work to combat mental illness.
# Bibliography.
- Trudeau, Margaret (1979), "Beyond Reason", Grosset & Dunlap,
- .
# Filmography.
While sti... | 50,574 |
343634 | Adam's Curse | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adam's%20Curse | Adam's Curse
Adam's Curse
Adam's Curse: A Future Without Men (also known as Adam's Curse: A Story of Sex, Genetics, and the Extinction of Men) is a 2003 book by Oxford University human genetics professor Bryan Sykes expounding his hypothesis that with the declining sperm count in men and the continual atrophy of the Y... | 50,575 |
343634 | Adam's Curse | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adam's%20Curse | Adam's Curse
ximately 125,000 years) men shall become extinct.
Sykes thinks one of the options for man's survival is unisex reproduction by females: female eggs fertilised by the nuclear X chromosomes of another female and implanted using in vitro fertilisation methods. He also introduces the possibility of moving the... | 50,576 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
Pollinator decline
Pollinator decline refers to the reduction in abundance of insect and other animal pollinators in many ecosystems worldwide, beginning at the end of the 20th century, and continuing into the present.
Pollinators participate in the sexual reproduction of many plants, by ensuring c... | 50,577 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
robust ongoing debate, and it is fair to say that most, but not all, data comes from honeybees and bumblebees in Europe and North America. Some species are doing better than others, some are stable, and some are even increasing, such as managed honey bee colonies. But most evidence points towards "si... | 50,578 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
which are necessary for 75% of food crops, are declining globally in both abundance and diversity. Bees, in particular, are thought to be necessary for the fertilization of up to 90% of the world's 107 most important human food crops.
The decline in bee numbers has attracted much public attention. M... | 50,579 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
a decline of two-thirds against the average annual harvest during the 1990s.
A 2017 study led by Radboud University's Hans de Kroon, using 1,500 samples from 63 sites, indicated that the biomass of insect life in Germany had declined by three-quarters in the previous 25 years. Participating research... | 50,580 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
biomass at roughly 6% a year. The decline has been termed by entomologists as the windshield phenomenon, since it is associated with anecdotal reports that far fewer insects end up on car windshields now than a few decades ago.
# Consequences.
The value of animal pollination in human nutrition and ... | 50,581 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
Morse and Nicholas Calderone of Cornell University attempted to quantify the effects of just one pollinator, the western honey bee, on only US food crops. Their calculations came up with a figure of US$14.6 billion in food crop value. In 2009, another study calculated the worldwide value of pollinati... | 50,582 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
responsible for propagating certain plants and crops, populations that are heavily reliant on those crops are at risk for malnutrition. As such, the size of the effect that pollinator decline has on an area depends on the local diet. According to a 2015 study published in the Public Library of Scienc... | 50,583 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
foods that could substitute the nutrients from the crops they are losing, and they do not have access to supplements, fortified foods, or targeted nutrition programs that could help ensure they are still getting adequate nutrients. In contrast, populations whose diets are not heavily based on pollina... | 50,584 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
amount would further decline. Similarly, 173 million people would become deficient in folate, and 1.23 million people would further lessen their intake. Additionally, the global fruit supply would decrease by 22.9%, the global vegetable supply would decrease by 16.3%, and the global supply of nuts an... | 50,585 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
United Kingdom, vitamin A was identified as the most pollinator-dependent nutrient. Vitamin A deficiency is one of the biggest malnutrition concerns when it comes to pollinator decline, as it is one of the leading causes of blindness, accounting for 500,000 cases annually. Vitamin A deficiency is als... | 50,586 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
green vegetables. Folate is highly recommended for pregnant women, as it helps to prevent neural tube defects in fetuses.
Calcium, fluoride, and iron deficiencies are also likely consequences of pollinator decline. Animal pollinators are responsible for 9%, 20%, and 29% of fruits and nuts that conta... | 50,587 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
and infection.
Additionally, 74% of all globally produced lipids are found in oils from plants that are animal pollinated, as well as 98% of vitamin C.
# Increasing public awareness.
Some international initiatives (e.g. the International Pollinator Initiative (IPI)) highlight the need for public p... | 50,588 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
relating to pollinator decline: "awareness; research; pesticides; habitat protection; and beekeeping".
# Possible explanations.
Probable explanations for the decline in pollinators can be attributed to the use of pesticides, pests and diseases, habitat destruction, air pollution, pollinators' react... | 50,589 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
toxic to bees from the market. Pesticides interfere with honey bee brains, affecting their ability to navigate. Pesticides prevent bumble bees from collecting enough food to produce new queens.
Neonicotinoids are highly toxic to a range of insects, including honey bees and other pollinators. They ar... | 50,590 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
dust that is released into the air when coated seeds are planted. These effects cause significant problems for the health of individual honey bees, as well as the overall health of honey bee colonies, and they include disruptions in mobility, navigation, feeding behavior, foraging activity, memory an... | 50,591 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
honey bees. When exposed to sublethal doses of thiamethoxam, at levels present in the environment, honey bees were less likely to return to the hive after foraging than control bees that were tracked with radio-frequency identification (RFID) tagging technology, but not intentionally dosed with pesti... | 50,592 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
neonicotinoid) and/or a pyrethroid (?-cyhalothrin) over a four-week period caused impairment of the bumblebee's ability to forage.
Imidacloprid effects on bees were examined by researchers exposing colonies of bumblebees to levels of imidacloprid that are realistic in the natural environment, then a... | 50,593 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
and to a wide range of wild plants that could not survive without insect pollination.
In March, 2012, commercial beekeepers and environmental organizations filed an emergency legal petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to suspend use of clothianidin, urging the agency to adopt... | 50,594 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
effects" on pollinators. The conditional registration was contingent upon the submission of an acceptable field study, but this requirement has not been met. EPA continues to allow the use of clothianidin 9 years after acknowledging that it had an insufficient legal basis for initially allowing its u... | 50,595 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
Rapid transfer of parasites and diseases of pollinator species around the world.
Increased international commerce has moved diseases of the honey bee such as American foulbrood and chalkbrood, and parasites such as varroa mites, acarina mites, and the small African hive beetle to new areas of the wo... | 50,596 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
no less than 50% of the earth's landmass uninhabitable for bees. The agricultural practice of planting one crop (monoculture) in a given area year after year leads to extreme malnourishment. Regardless if the planted crop does flower and provide food for the bee, the bee will still be malnourished be... | 50,597 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
golf courts, oilseed crops other than oilseed rape such as sunflower or linseed, some spring cereals and former forest clearcuts or windthrows were frequently associated with high honey bee colony losses.
Researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Davis have found that if farms were to plant and maintain wil... | 50,598 |
343614 | Pollinator decline | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollinator%20decline | Pollinator decline
natural pollination. The act of providing pollinators with more nutrient rich habitats, while having the benefit of "free" crop pollination, is a simple way to aid in the reduction of pollinator decline.
## Air pollution.
Researchers at the University of Virginia have discovered that air pollution ... | 50,599 |
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