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Q560800 L'as des as (The Ace of Aces; alternate English title: The Super Ace) is a 1982 French-German comedy film starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Gérard Oury.
Q5142921 Colegio Tecnico Comercial Santa Maria Goretty is a technical school located in downtown Cali in Colombia.It started as a small primary school and has become a high school technical with accounting specialization. It takes its name from Maria Goretti (16 October 1890 – 6 July 1902), an Italian virgin-martyr of the Roman Catholic Church.
Q7536826 Skrzyszów [ˈskʂɨʂuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Ostrów, 7 km (4 mi) west of Ropczyce, and 33 km (21 mi) west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of 1,000.
Q6008352 Imre Szöllősi (born 19 February 1941) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics. He won two silver medals in 1960: in the individual 1000 m and 4×500 m relay events, and a bronze in 1968 in the fours. In 1964 he placed fourth-fifth in the doubles and fours.Szöllősi also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, with a gold in K-2 10,000 m in 1966 and two silvers: in K-2 10,000 m in 1970 and in K-4 10,000 m in 1966.
Q3267962 HTV-1, also known as the HTV Demonstration Flight or HTV Technical Demonstration Vehicle, was the first Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle, launched in September 2009 to resupply the International Space Station and support the JAXA Kibo (きぼう, Kibō?, Hope) laboratory or JEM. It was an unmanned cargo spacecraft carrying a mixture of pressurised and unpressurised cargo to the space station. After a 52-day successful mission, HTV departed the ISS on 31 October 2009 after being released by the station's robotic arm. The spacecraft re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 2 November and disintegrated on re-entry as planned.
Q2583592 The IAF Aerobatic Team is the aerobatic display team of the Israeli Air Force. Until summer 2010 the team flew the IAI Tzukit, a variant of the French Fouga Magister manufactured under license by Israel Aerospace Industries. Since then the team operates four Beechcraft T-6 Texan II aircraft (#478, #484, #493, and #494).The team typically flies demonstrations at the graduation ceremony of the IAF flight academy and on Israel's independence day. Based at Hatzerim Airbase, the team is staffed by IAF Flight Academy personnel and its pilots are active instructors.Ido Nehoshtan, the commander of the Israeli Air Force in 2008-2012 is a former member of the team, as is Eitan Ben Eliyahu, commander of the Israeli Air Force in 1996–2000.
Q4632579 The 27th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. It was initially raised in 1915 as part of the all-volunteer First Australian Imperial Force for service during World War I. During the conflict, the battalion saw action briefly at Gallipoli before later fighting on the Western Front between 1916 and 1918. It was disbanded in 1919, but was re-raised in 1921 as part of the Citizens Force, which later became the "Militia". During World War II the battalion was used mainly in a garrison role until the last year of the war when it was committed to the fighting against the Japanese during the Bougainville campaign. Following the end of hostilities it was disbanded in May 1946. Between 1948 and 1965 the battalion was re-raised and disbanded a number of times before eventually becoming part of the Royal South Australia Regiment. It was disbanded for a final time in 1987, when it was amalgamated with the 10th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment to form the 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment.
Q773518 Escalera's bat (Myotis escalerai) is a European bat in the genus Myotis, found in Spain (including the Balearic Islands), Portugal, and far southern France.Although the species was first named in 1904, it was included in Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) until molecular studies, first published in 2006, demonstrated that the two are distinct species. M. escalerai is most closely related to an unnamed species from Morocco. Unlike M. nattereri, which lives in small groups in tree holes, M. escalerai forms large colonies in caves. Females start to aggregate in late spring in maternity colonies, and their young are born in summer. The species spends each winter in hibernation colonies, usually in caves or basements.M. escalerai is a medium-sized, mostly gray bat, with lighter underparts. It has a pointed muzzle, a pink face, and long ears. The wings are broad and the species is an agile flyer. Wingspan is 245 to 300 mm (9.6 to 11.8 in) and body mass is 5 to 9.5 g (0.18 to 0.34 oz). Though very similar to M. nattereri, it differs from that species in some features of the tail membrane. The conservation status of M. escalerai is assessed as "Vulnerable" or "Data Deficient" in various parts of its range.
Q4812131 Asymphorodes holoporphyra is a moth of the Agonoxenidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. It is found on the Marquesas Archipelago.
Q5846353 Mah Khatuni (Persian: ماه خاتوني‎, also Romanized as Māh Khātūnī and Mah Khatooni) is a village in Tiab Rural District, in the Central District of Minab County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 177, in 35 families.
Q5823587 Siah Kamar-e Olya Maruf (Persian: سياكمرعليامعروف‎, also Romanized as Sīāh Kamar-e ‘Olyā Ma‘rūf; also known as Sīāh Kamar-e Ma‘rūf and Sīāh Kamar-e ‘Olyā) is a village in Mahidasht Rural District, Mahidasht District, Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 21, in 6 families.
Q22079956 Kilkenny United Women's Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Cill Chainnigh Aontaithe na mBan) is an Irish women's football team, based in Kilkenny. In July 2015 the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) announced the formation of the club as an expansion team for the upcoming 2015–16 Women's National League season. Kilkenny United WFC play in the Women's National League.
Q28169911 The 2011 Bengal alcohol poisonings killed 167 people in December 2011 in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal after consumption of spurious liquor mixed with methanol (methyl alcohol).
Q41201157 Katherine (Katie) Hinde is an Associate Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Senior Sustainability Scientist at Arizona State University, where she researches lactation. She is also a science writer and science communicator.
Q656486 The International Appalachian Trail (IAT; French: Sentier international des Appalaches, SIA) is a hiking trail which runs from the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail at Mount Katahdin, Maine, through New Brunswick, to the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec, after which it follows a ferry route to Newfoundland, and then continues to the northern-easternmost point of the Appalachian Mountains at Belle Isle, Newfoundland and Labrador.In 2009, IAT discussed with the British Geological Survey in Scotland whether to extend the IAT to the Appalachian terrains of Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales, setting off a series of expansions through Europe and Northern Africa. As of July 2015, there were IAT walking trails in Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Wales, England, France, Spain, Portugal and Morocco.
Q7763223 The Seeing Stone, or Arthur: The Seeing Stone, is a historical novel for children or young adults, written by Kevin Crossley-Holland and published by Orion in 2000, the first book of the so-called Arthur trilogy (2000 to 2003). Set primarily in the March of Wales during A.D. 1199 and 1200, it features a young boy named Arthur de Caldicot who observes a secondary story in the "Seeing Stone", the early life of legendary King Arthur. Crossley-Holland and The Seeing Stone won the annual Guardian Prize and Tir na n-Og Award.The trilogy is a contemporary retelling of Arthurian legend, told by Arthur de Caldicot as a first-person narrative, where both the primary and secondary settings contribute to the retelling.
Q758902 Audiovision was a Swedish "melodic metal band" which produced at least two albums, the second in 2010.
Q1028093 The Greenpoint Avenue Bridge is a drawbridge that carries Greenpoint Avenue across Newtown Creek between the neighborhoods of Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Blissville, Queens in New York City. Also known as the J. J. Byrne Memorial Bridge, the bridge is named after James J. Byrne, who served as Brooklyn Borough President from September 1926 until he died in office on March 14, 1930. Previously, Byrne was the Brooklyn Commissioner of Public Works.The Greenpoint Avenue Bridge is the sixth bridge to cross Newtown Creek in this location. In the 1850s, Neziah Bliss built the first drawbridge, which was called the Blissville Bridge. It was followed by three other bridges before being replaced by a new bridge in March 1900. A new bridge opened in 1929 and after suffering from mechanical problems it was replaced by the current structure in 1987.Designed by Hardesty & Hanover, the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge was the recipient of an American Institute of Steel Construction Award in 1991.On March 30, 2009, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference at the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, announcing that it would receive $6 million in federal stimulus funds, which will be used to rehabilitate the bridge.In 2011, the NYCDOT proposed an extension of the existing Greenpoint Avenue bike lane on the Brooklyn side across the bridge into Queens. The project was successfully completed in 2015.
Q4858275 Baraki Rajan (Dari/Pashtun: برکی راجان) is a town within the Baraki Barak District of Logar Province, Afghanistan. Baraki Rajan lies approximately 3 km south of the town of Baraki Barak, the capital of the Baraki Barak District. Baraki Rajan is the location of the largest bazaar in the Baraki Barak District, with over 1,200 shops and businesses, with a 50+ bed hospital near the town center, making Baraki Rajan an important center for commerce within the District.The population of mainly Tajiks and Pashtuns is estimated at 15,000 people.
Q6561858 This is a list of Arabic language writers.
Q801430 Shepherd's Bush station is a railway station located in the district of Shepherd's Bush in Greater London, England, UK. It opened in 2008 on the West London Line and Route and is served by London Overground and Southern rail services. It lies within Travelcard Zone 2.A number of stations in the area both past and present have borne the name Shepherd's Bush; today the National Rail station shares its name with the adjacent Central line Shepherd's Bush, with which it shares a surface-level interchange.An entirely separate London Underground station, Shepherd's Bush Market on the Circle line and Hammersmith & City line located approximately 500 meters (0.3 miles) away was called Shepherd's Bush. This station was renamed on 12 October 2008 to Shepherd's Bush Market to avoid confusion.
Q7758360 The Printed Blog is a print magazine composed entirely of blogs and other aggregated online content that operates out of its offices in Chicago.Published monthly, It offers a wide range of content from the web, chosen by a team of staff and guest editors active in the fields of blogging and photography. If it's on the internet, you can find it in The Printed Blog which means that content ranges from music, to sex, to politics, to humanitarian issues, to pop culture commentary, to anything in between.“Too much of the world is created for the lowest common denominator, and frankly, I’m tired of homogenized, dumbed down content, that I’m expected to enjoy because it was written to appeal to the masses. The Printed Blog is not for the lowest common denominator. If you’re not impacted by our content — by a blog post or photograph — then we haven’t done our jobs. If we don’t lose a few subscribers each time we release an issue, it means that we were gutless and lazy.”
Q5976351 "I Call It Love" is a song written by Bob McDill and recorded by American country music artist Mel McDaniel. It was released in December 1983 as the lead single from McDaniel's album Mel McDaniel with Oklahoma Wind. It peaked at number 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 29 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
Q7115169 Oxelumab is a human monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of asthma.Oxelumab was developed by Genentech and co-developed by Roche.
Q6866887 The Ministry of Energy of the Kingdom of Thailand (Abrv: MoE; Thai: กระทรวงพลังงาน, RTGS: Krasuang Phalangngan) is a cabinet ministry in the Government of Thailand. Its budget for fiscal year 2019 (1 October 2018–30 September 2019) is 2,319 million baht.
Q3906003 Pizzo Paglia is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, overlooking the Val Cama in the canton of Graubünden. The border with Italy runs 300 metres south of the summit.
Q3696146 Andre Agassi was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.Tommy Haas won the tournament, beating Dmitry Tursunov in the final, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3.
Q6008341 Imre Simkó (born 6 January 1939) is a Hungarian former sport shooter who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Q4832408 Tekke, Kazan is a village in the District of Kazan, Ankara Province, Turkey.
Q16004958 Yangervis Alfredo Solarte (born July 3, 1987), nicknamed "Pituki", "Tutu", is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He made his MLB debut for the New York Yankees on April 2, 2014, and has also played for the San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, and San Francisco Giants.
Q18156040 Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016) was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2006. He led the Cuban Revolution which overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista. This is a list of places, buildings and other things named for Castro.
Q18217482 Kenneth C. Kauth (August 18, 1924 – January 2, 2019) was an American politician in the state of South Dakota. He was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1969 to 1978. Kauth was a businessman, owning a tire business.
Q19867237 Big Town After Dark is a 1947 American film noir drama film directed by William C. Thomas and written by Whitman Chambers. The film stars Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Richard Travis, Ann Gillis, Vince Barnett, Joe Sawyer and Robert Kent. The film was released on December 12, 1947, by Paramount Pictures.
Q22080351 The Australian Government Department of Communications was a department responsible for helping to develop a vibrant, sustainable and internationally-competitive broadband, broadcasting and communications sector in Australia and promoting the digital economy.The head of the department was the Secretary of the Department of Communications, Drew Clarke, who reported to Malcolm Turnbull, then the Minister for Communications.
Q7307167 National referendums are seldom used in Canada. The first two referendums saw voters in Quebec and the remainder of Canada take dramatically opposing stands, the third saw most of the voters take a stand dramatically opposed to that of the politicians in power.
Q733545 John Hanbury (6 August 1744 – 6 April 1784) was a British heir and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1766 to 1784.
Q6231322 John Edward McCarthy (1911–1977) was a radio actor and announcer. Born on a farm near Parnell, Michigan, he attended St. Thomas High School in Ann Arbor, and attended the University of Michigan.Before World War II, he was an announcer at radio stations WMBC and WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan. On WXYZ in the late 1930s he also played the part of Ned Jordan, secret agent, a radio drama serial. Just before World War II, he became Chief Announcer at WXYZ.During World War II, he was a Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and was stationed on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific where he ran the Armed Forces Radio station.He played the part of the Green Hornet on the famous radio series from 1947 until the program ended in December 1952. The program originated from WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan. At that time, he was known as "Jack McCarthy". For several years until 1952 he was also station manager at WXYZ. During those years, two other national radio dramas originated from WXYZ radio: The Lone Ranger and Challenge of the Yukon (also known as Sergeant Preston of the Yukon).During his early career in radio, he worked with Danny Thomas, Mike Wallace, Douglas Edwards and Al Hodge (who later went on to play television's Captain Video).In 1936 He married Virginia Hanlon (1909–1997) and had two children: J. Thomas McCarthy (born 1937) and Maureen C. McCarthy (born 1953).McCarthy moved to New York City in 1954, doing radio and television commercials. He also reported the news at WPIX television. Because there was already a "Jack McCarthy" on staff at WPIX, John McCarthy became known in New York as "John E. McCarthy". In July 1956 McCarthy was taken to the liner SS Île de France to interview survivors of the sinking of the SS Andrea Doria ocean liner bound for New York harbor.McCarthy was a devout Catholic and served as a lector at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in New York City. He died in 1977 and is buried in St. Patrick’s Church cemetery in Parnell, Michigan.
Q6777115 Martinelli Building (in Portuguese: Edifício Martinelli), with 30 floors, was the first skyscraper in Brazil. It is located in São Paulo.The construction of the building began in 1922 and it was inaugurated in 1929 with 12 floors. The construction of the building followed until 1934. The work ended when the building had 30 floors (130 meters). The building was designed by Italian Brazilian entrepreneur Giuseppe Martinelli. It was the tallest building in Latin America at time that was inaugurated.[1]The building was completely remodeled by Mayor Olavo Setúbal in 1975. It was remodeled again in 1979. Today, the building houses the Departments of Municipal Housing and planning, companies Emurb and Cohab-SP, the headquarters of the Association of Banks of SP, and several shops on the ground floor of the building.
Q3440912 Roman Valiyev (born 27 March 1984 in Russian SFSR in Orenburg) is a Kazakhstani triple jumper.He finished fourth at the 2005 Asian Championships and won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 16.98 metres, achieved at the 2006 Asian Games in December 2006 in Doha. His new personal best is 17.20 m, achieved in Almaty in 2012, qualifying him for the Olympic Games in London.
Q5505694 From the Outside is the fifteenth album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released as a limited edition of 500 copies in Belgium in 1985. From The Outside was available in the UK as well, but the label is unknown.Colin Harper describes the album on his Bert Jansch biography, "Dazzling Stranger": "Towards the end of 1985 a solo album called From the Outside appeared, but only just. Cobbled together from sessions in Denmark and London, with unsympathetic engineers and featuring only guitar and voice, it was Bert's rawest and most cathartic work since Bert Jansch twenty years earlier. It slipped out on the tiny Belgian label Konexion in a pressing of only five hundred copies, and a greater contrast to [Bert's previous studio album] Heartbreak would be hard to imagine."On 10 June 2016, Earth Recordings reissued the album (remastered by Brian Pyle, with an amended track listing and new sleeve art) in digital, CD, and vinyl formats; the latter available in red and gold vinyl versions.
Q6834386 Michael Sidney Timpson (born February 26, 1970 in Mountain View, California) is an American composer of contemporary classical music.
Q8081262 Łęczna [ˈwɛnt͡ʂna] (German: Henningswalde) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Płoty, within Gryfice County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Płoty, 13 km (8 mi) south of Gryfice, and 58 km (36 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
Q7134730 The following are the national records in athletics in Paraguay maintained by its national athletics federation: Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo (FPA).
Q7174268 Elder Peter Godsday Orubebe (born 6 June 1959) was appointed Nigerian Minister of Niger Delta on 6 April 2010 when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.
Q7500490 Shoot Low Sheriff is a Western Swing band based in Dallas, Texas. Formed in 2008, the 7-piece group consists of vocalist Erik Swanson (formerly of Cowboys & Indians and the Texas Gypsies), Brandon Lusk (trumpet), Dustin Ballard (fiddle/electric mandolin), Jessica Munn (guitar), Larry Reed (bass), Geoff Vinton (drums), and Wayne Glasson, current pianist for the Texas Playboys and Red Steagall.The band is heavily influenced by western swing pioneers Bob Wills and Milton Brown, and play a combination of swing standards and original compositions, as well as New Orleans jazz, ragtime and jump blues.In 2009, their song "Old Alton Rag" was featured in a television commercial for Jack Daniels and in 2012, the band was named "Western Swing Group of the Year" by the Academy of Western Artists.
Q6076138 Of a multicultural heritage, conductor Isaac Chueke perfected his studies of piano, composition and conducting in Europe and the US. Among his principal teachers Karl Österreicher in Vienna and Maurice Peress in New York City, he also followed the masterclasses of Sergiu Celibidache and Georg Solti, attended rehearsals of the Vienna Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Claudio Abbado, and served as a member of the New York Philharmonic Conductors Program. At the Sorbonne in Paris he obtained his degree of Doctor in Music with high honors.In 1983 he won first prize in the Young Soloists Conducting Competition in Rio de Janeiro and in 1987 was selected to the Concours international de jeunes chefs d’orchestre de Besançon.Music directorships include his servings as Chief Conductor of the Rio de Janeiro State Theater Chamber Orchestra, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the New York International Orchestra, Music Director of Miami's Alhambra Orchestra, unanimously chosen by its musicians and board. He is also known from his tenure as Music Director and Chief Conductor of Rio's Mozart Orchestra, an ensemble gathering selected members of Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira and Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Municipal, Orquestra Sinfônica Nacional, for regular concert series at Sala Cecilia Meireles, the city's principal concert hall.Engagements leading him to Europe (Germany, Austria, France, Italy...), North and South America (New York, Connecticut, Florida, Cleveland, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba...)as well as with orchestras and ensembles from Eastern Europe, Russia and China, only to mention but a few, the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Besançon, Cleveland Institute of Music Symphony, Florida International Symphony, New York's Nota Bene Contemporary Ensemble, Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra, major orchestras in Brazil, in venues such as LeFrak Concert Hall, Donnell Auditorium, Kulas Hall, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Theatre in Miami Beach, Sala Cecilia Meireles in Rio de Janeiro, Teatro Guaíra in Curitiba, Teatro Nacional in Brasília.Since his beginnings a devoted interpreter of opera, he served as assistant conductor at the Salzburg Festival and at Teatro San Carlo di Napoli. From 1999-2001, he was Resident Associate Conductor at Florida Grand Opera, the occasion to partner with artists such as Deborah Voigt, Renata Scotto, Emily Magee, Irina Mishura, Bliss Hebert, Allen Charles Klein in new productions of 'Tosca', Verdi's 'Otello', 'Carmen'. During his tenure in South Florida, he also devised and produced educational programs that won critical and public acclaim, considered among the best in the US.He is equally recognized as the artistic director of several international projects, multi-disciplinary in nature, coupling music to dance, art exhibits,literature, film, theatre, gastronomy, adding conferences and workshops: those include, in the US,Carmen 2000, A Czech Festival, Art & Music; in Paris Brésil Musical and in Rio de Janeiro Mozart Festival Encontros com Amadeus in Brazil. In 2001, he was a special guest of France’s Ministry of Culture to consult and share his expertise at the festivals of Aix-en-Provence and Radio France Montpellier.The recipient of several prizes and honors, in 2002 he was chosen music director of the first concert in North America celebrating European Union’s Anniversary, an event counting with the presence of several foreign dignitaries. He is Artist-in-Residence at the Brahmshaus in Baden-Baden, Germany, and for his artistic work was specially distinguished in 2001 by Czech President Václav Havel as well as awarded the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.
Q7263406 Pyrausta pellicalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Spain and North Africa, including Algeria.
Q745399 Bar Raion (Ukrainian: Барський район) is one of the 33 regions of Vinnytsia Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Bar. Population: 53,007 (2015 est.)
Q17103012 The following is a list of awards and nominations received by William Shatner. Shatner earned Saturn Award nominations for his performances in the Star Trek films (as the awards did not reward television series at the time). He earned five Best Actor nominations: the first for Kingdom of the Spiders, the four other for the first four Star Trek films. He won the award for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and also earned The Life Career Award in 1980. On the negative side, Shatner was nominated for three Golden Raspberry Awards in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, including Worst Screenplay and won two for Worst Actor & Worst Director.In 2004, Shatner won his first Emmy Award for his role as Denny Crane on The Practice. In 2005, he won his first Golden Globe award and a second Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on Boston Legal.In 2011, he was given made an honorary Doctor of Letters by McGill University, his alma mater.
Q5539819 George Gordon Stott, Lord Stott, PC, QC (22 December 1909 – 12 April 1999) was a Scottish advocate, sheriff and Lord Advocate, the chief legal officer for the Crown and government in Scotland. In retirement Gordon Stott published three volumes of extracts from the diaries he had been keeping throughout his legal career.
Q16018670 Franz M. Benteler (1 June 1925 – 12 March 2010) was a German-born American virtuoso violinist from Chicago, Illinois. A favorite of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, Benteler was known as the "Ambassador of Music for Chicago".
Q16729396 Miljan Govedarica (born 26 May 1994) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian professional footballer who plays for HŠK Zrinjski Mostar in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Q18128540 National Disaster Management Authority, abbreviated as NDMA, is an agency of the Ministry of Home Affairs whose primary purpose is to coordinate response to natural or man-made disasters and for capacity-building in disaster resiliency and crisis response. NDMA was established through the Disaster Management Act enacted by the Government of India in 23 December 2005. The Prime Minister is the ex-officio chairperson of the same. The agency is responsible for framing policies, laying down guidelines and best-practices and coordinating with the State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMAs) to ensure a holistic and distributed approach to disaster management.It is headed by a nine-member board chaired by the Prime Minister of India. The remainder of the board consists of members nominated based on their expertise in areas such as planning, infrastructure management, communications, meteorology, and natural sciences. The day-to-day management of the agency is overseen by the office of the Vice Chair.NDMA is operationally organized into the following divisions:Policy & PlanningMitigationOperations & CommunicationsAdministrationCapacity BuildingNDMA equips and trains other Government officials, institutions and the community in mitigation for and response during a crisis situation or a disaster. It operates the National Institute of Disaster Management, which develops practices, delivers hands-on training and organizes drills for disaster management. It also equips and trains disaster management cells at the state and local levels.NDMA also collaborates with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy to impart training to administration and police officers in planning and incident response. It monitors and develops guidelines for the local Firefighting Services across the country. It collaborates with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in developing emergency health and ambulance services. Specifically, it focuses on capacity building in dealing with mass casualty at local hospitals.Functions and responsibilitiesNDMA, as the apex body, is mandated to lay down the policies, plans and guidelines for Disaster Management to ensure timely and effective response to disasters. Towards this, it has the following responsibilities:-Lay down policies on disaster management;Approves the National Plan;Approve plans prepared by the Ministries or Departments of the Government of India in accordance with the National Plan;Lay down guidelines to be followed by the State Authorities in drawing up the State Plan;Lay down guidelines to be followed by the different Ministries or Departments of the Government of India for the Purpose of integrating the measures for prevention of disaster or the mitigation of its effects in their development plans and projects;Coordinate the enforcement and implementation of the policy and plans for disaster management;Recommend provision of funds for the purpose of mitigation;Provide such support to other countries affected by major disasters as may be determined by the Central Government;Take such other measures for the prevention of disaster, or the mitigation, or preparedness and capacity building for dealing with threatening disaster situations or disasters as it may consider necessary;Lay down broad policies and guidelines for the functioning of the National Institute of Disaster Management.
Q18619473 Julien Romain Gambetta (born 23 February 1996) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bergerac Foot.
Q3254762 The following is the list of the 62 stations on the Rotterdam Metro system in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Rotterdam Metro has five metro lines, lines A through E. Line E is also referred to by the brand name RandstadRail, although it is operated by the same company as lines A through D. At Beurs station, one can transfer among all five lines.
Q43451 Itbayag, officially the Municipality of Itbayag (Ivatan: Kavahayan nu Itbayag; Tagalog: Bayan ng Itbayag), is a municipality in the province of Batanes in the Region 2 of the Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 2,867 people.Itbayat is the country's northernmost municipality, located 156 kilometers (97 mi) from the southernmost tip of Taiwan.In addition to the main island of Itbayag which is the largest in Batanes, the municipality includes the rest of the province's northern islands, all small and mostly uninhabited. These islands are, from south to north: Di'nem Island, Siayan, Misanga, Ah'li, and Mavulis Island, the northernmost island of the Philippine archipelago.
Q1657914 Terrinches is a municipality located in the province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 773 (2014). It contains the church of Santo Domingo de Guzman.
Q13562437 Joan L. Millman (born April 20, 1940) represented District 52 in the New York State Assembly, which consists of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Vinegar Hill, Gowanus, DUMBO, Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights and Prospect Heights.Chosen in a special election held in 1997, Millman served as the Chairwoman of the Assembly Commission on Government Administration and the Assembly Task Force on Women's Issues, as well as sitting on the Assembly committees on Aging, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Corporations, among several other standing committee assignments.Prior to her election to the Assembly, from 1985 to 1996, Millman served as an educational consultant in several capacities, including as a consultant to former NY City Council President Carol Bellamy and Senator Martin Connor, as well as facilitator for Comprehensive School Development and Planning. She was also a member of the Citywide Advisory Committee on Middle School Initiatives from 1995 to 1996.Millman holds a B.A. from Brooklyn College, as well as an M.A. in Library Science from the Pratt Institute.In early 2014, the Assembly member announced that she would retire from the New York State Assembly and not run for reelectionin the same year.On September 10, 2014, Jo Anne Simon won a 3 way Democratic Primary to succeed Assemblymember Millman. Jo Ann Simon won 5,482 (52.9%) out of 10,371 votes in this September 2014 election.
Q4727192 Alison Starling-Alexander is an American television news anchor and journalist. She is a co-anchor of WJLA-TV's weekday 4 PM, 5PM and 11PM newscasts.
Q6849467 Mikey Post (April 29, 1982 - February 17, 2018) was an American actor. He had dwarfism and was three feet two inches tall.He appeared in the films Black Knight, Rest Stop, Rest Stop 2, Killer Pad, Skid Marks, Bedtime Stories, TV shows MADtv, Boardwalk Empire, 90210 and on Animal Planet's Reality Show Pit Boss. He also played a recurring character on Disney XD's Pair of Kings.
Q2850263 Anjou–Louis-Riel is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located in northern Montreal and consists of the Anjou borough of Montreal plus a part of the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.The riding was created in 1972 under the name Anjou. For the 2012 election, it was renamed to Anjou–Louis-Riel, but its territory was unchanged.
Q364040 Asier Arranz Martín (born 28 March 1987), known simply as Asier, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Gimnástica Segoviana CF as a left midfielder.
Q1945045 Hyperolius zonatus is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae.It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and possibly Liberia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, swamps, and intermittent freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.
Q7526659 Sir Evan Davies Jones, 1st Baronet (18 April 1859 – 20 April 1949) was a Welsh civil engineer and politician.The son of a sea captain, he was brought up in Fishguard and studied at the University of Bristol. He qualified as a civil engineer and was involved in the building of the Severn Tunnel and the Manchester Ship Canal. He became a partner in Topham, Jones, & Railton, a successful engineering firm that obtained many government contracts and worked on the Aswan Dam among other projects.Jones served in World War I as a major in the Royal Engineers; two of his three sons were killed in the war. From 1917 he was Petrol Controller and Commissioner for Dyes under the Board of Trade, and was created a baronet in the same year. As a Coalition Liberal, he was MP for Pembrokeshire from December 1918 to October 1922. In 1918 he became Chairman of the Road Transport Board, and in 1919 he was appointed Controller of Coal Mines. In 1926 he became chairman of Pembrokeshire County Council, and was both High Sheriff (1911) and Lord Lieutenant (1932) of his native county of Pembrokeshire. He was involved in the administration of the Church in Wales, National Library of Wales and University of Wales at various times. Evan Davies Jones collected Welsh bookplates as a hobby.
Q144837 Lepidodendrales (from Gr. "scale tree") were primitive, vascular, arborescent (tree-like) plants related to the lycopsids (club mosses). They thrived during the Carboniferous period, and some reached heights of over 30 meters, with trunks often more than one meter in diameter. Sometimes called "giant club mosses", they are in fact more closely related to quillworts than to club mosses.
Q4710685 Albert Lauder (11 October 1898 – 4 September 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Lauder was at Collingwood during a prolific period for the club, and despite playing only 36 league games he played in three premiership sides. He always played as a defender, on either a half back flank or back pocket and initially struggled to cement a spot in the side with only five games in his first three seasons. Lauder finished in a losing team on only four occasions during his career.
Q4842280 Bahadurpura is a town and Union Council of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Kasur Tehsil, and is located at 31°3'49N 74°23'54E with an altitude of 185 metres (610 feet).
Q4643447 75th Division was an infantry division of the British Army in World War I. It was raised in the field by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) in 1917 and it included British, Indian and South African troops. It served in the Middle East during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign being involved in the Battles of Megiddo.
Q16234219 Marcus Earl Stroman (born May 1, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Toronto Blue Jays. Stroman is listed at 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m), making him one of only six pitchers shorter than 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) to make a start at the MLB level in the 21st century.Stroman attended Duke University, and played college baseball for the Duke Blue Devils. He made his MLB debut with the Blue Jays in 2014. In 2017, he was the World Baseball Classic MVP. After the regular season, he was awarded a 2017 Rawlings Gold Glove Award. The Blue Jays traded Stroman to the Mets in 2019.
Q16844981 Edward Partherich (c. 1630 – buried 1705), of Littleport, Cambridgeshire, was an English politician.
Q14079538 Pericyma atrifusa is a moth of the family Erebidae.
Q16946384 This was the first edition of the event.Andrej Martin and Igor Zelenay won the title, defeating Błażej Koniusz and Mateusz Kowalczyk in the final, 6–1, 7–5.
Q25222163 One Piece is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda that has been translated into various languages and spawned a substantial media franchise. It follows the adventures of the seventeen-year-old boy Monkey D. Luffy, whose body gained the properties of rubber when he accidentally ate a supernatural fruit, as he travels the oceans in search of the series' titular treasure and organizes a diverse crew of pirates, named the Straw Hats. In Japan, the series is published by Shueisha – chapterwise in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 22, 1997 and in tankōbon (collected volumes making up from about 10 to 12 chapters) format since December 24, 1997.In North America, Viz Media currently serializes One Piece in its digital anthology magazine Weekly Shonen Jump simultaneously with Japan. It originally published its English language adaptation of the series in the now-defunct print anthology Shonen Jump since the magazine's launch in November 2002. It publishes tankōbon format since June 2003, and also publishes them digitally through [vizmanga.com]. In the United Kingdom, the tankōbon were published by Gollancz Manga, starting March 2006, until Viz Media took over after the fourteenth volume. In Australia and New Zealand, the English volumes are distributed by Madman Entertainment since November 10, 2008.
Q2569078 Vienna porcelain is the product of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory (German: Kaiserlich privilegierte Porcellain Fabrique), a porcelain manufacturer in Alsergrund in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in 1718 and continued until 1864. The firm was Europe's second-oldest porcelain factory after Meissen porcelain, and for 25 years the two remained the only European producers. Initially it was a private enterprise, founded by Claude du Paquier, an official of the Viennese Imperial court, but in 1744 it was rescued from financial difficulties when bought by the Empress Maria Theresa, and thereafter remained an asset of the emperors.The wares from the earlier, private period before 1744 are the most sought-after today, if only because production was lower and so the pieces are much more rare. These are often called Du Paquier porcelain from the Du Paquier factory. The other high point, "perhaps the factory's most glamorous period", was from 1784 to 1805 when a variety of innovative wares in broadly Neoclassical styles were produced, then with Sèvres porcelain the main influence. Wares were used as diplomatic gifts by the emperors, and exports to Turkey were significant.
Q426150 Julius Rudel (6 March 1921 – 26 June 2014) was an American opera and orchestra conductor. He was born in Vienna and was a student at the city's Academy of Music. He emigrated to the United States at the age of 17 in 1938 after the country was annexed by Germany.He studied conducting at the Mannes College of Music in New York City. After completing his music studies, he joined the New York City Opera. He died on 26 June 2014 at the age of 93.
Q409162 Asisite (Pb7SiO8Cl2) is a yellow tetragonal mineral. It is found at Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia. It was named for a farm, Asis, which covers the mine where it was found. It was discovered in 1988.
Q922043 Arlecchino, oder Die Fenster (Harlequin, or The Windows, BV 270) is a one-act opera with spoken dialog by Ferruccio Busoni, with a libretto in German, composed in 1913. He completed the music for the opera while living in Zurich in 1916. It is a number opera written in neo-classical style and includes ironic allusions to operatic conventions and situations typical of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It even includes a parody of a duel.
Q5335238 Edward Anderson (born November 27, 1970) is an East Coast hip-hop artist from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, better known by his stage names Ed O.G. and Edo G.. Although not widely known in the mainstream, Ed O.G. has a cult following in Boston, and an international fanbase.
Q2504242 State Highway 321, or SH 321, is a north–south highway in southeastern Texas, starting at US 90 in Dayton and ending at Loop 573 in Cleveland. The route was designated on October 30, 1939.In Cleveland, SH 321 is also known as Houston Street, providing the main street for downtown Cleveland. It is a two lane urban highway with a left turn lane as it travels throughout Cleveland, until roughly 3/4 of a mile northeast of the city limit. From Loop 573, on southward until junction with SH 105, SH 321 is also known as SH 105. In the city of Dayton, it is referred to as North Cleveland Street, passing through residential Dayton as a 4-lane urban highway, before narrowing back down to a 2-lane rural State Highway.SH 321 is part of the eastern Greater Houston area evacuation route, providing a corridor for communities such as Baytown, Kemah, and Pasadena.
Q6924570 Mount White is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located 56 kilometres (35 mi) north of Sydney. It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area.It is home to a minor interchange on the Pacific Motorway.
Q5448230 Fikr Taunsvi real name Ram Lal (7 October 1918 – 12 September 1987) was an Urdu poet, born in a village of Taunsa Sharif, then part of India. He was famous for his satires and was a Hindu by religion. He wrote twenty books in Urdu and eight in Hindi.
Q7982137 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council is the local authority for the Welwyn Hatfield non-metropolitan district of England, the United Kingdom. Welwyn Hatfield is located in the centre of Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The Council itself is based in Welwyn Garden City, the largest settlement in the district.The Council consists of 48 elected members, representing seventeen electoral wards. 14 of the wards elect three councillors each. Three elect only two.After the 2012 Welwyn Hatfield Council election the Council is controlled by the Conservatives, who hold 34, or 70.83%, of the 48 seats. Labour hold eleven seats, the Liberal Democrats hold three seats and an Independent holds one.
Q7507444 After the May 12, 2008, earthquake in the Chinese province of Sichuan, there was a series of allegations of corruption against officials involved in the construction of schools in regions affected by the quake. It gained momentum in May and June 2008, and the allegations culminated in protests from grieving parents of children who died in the earthquake as a result of the collapse of various schools in the quake zone.The scandal eventually became a focal point of reporting on the earthquake rescue efforts, with Chinese civil engineers, bloggers, activists, and foreign media bringing attention to the allegations. Various discussions reports alleged that local government officials and construction companies were negligent in the construction of schools, and that they ignored civil engineering standards, saved materials and took shortcuts while pocketing the difference.Despite initial openness to independent reporting and foreign media, the Chinese government attempted to downplay the issue and suppress criticism. Additionally, local government attempted to entice grieving parents into monetary compensation in exchange for their silence. While Chinese authorities were initially praised by international media for its rapid and effective response to the earthquake, the school construction scandal severely undermined the initial positive reactions, particularly among Western media. Postings about the scandal flooded Chinese online portals and discussion boards, and popularized the phrase "tofu-dreg schoolhouses" (Chinese:豆腐渣校舍). The internet activism resulted in a pledge by the federal government to conduct investigations into the allegations, but it was ostensibly not followed up with any substantial action.
Q1300340 István Sztáni (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈiʃtvaːn ˈstɒni]; born 19 March 1937) is a former football manager and a retired Hungarian football striker.Sztani left Hungary for Eintracht Frankfurt and faced a one-year FIFA ban. With the Main siders he won the German championship in 1959. At the end of the season he moved to Standard Liège of Belgium and stayed there until 1965 when he returned to Frankfurt. In his second stint he amounted 21 Bundesliga appearances for Eintracht.In the 1975-76 season, Sztáni was manager at VfB Stuttgart in the 2. Bundesliga Süd, but was fired on 31 March 1976 when the planned promotion to the Bundesliga was almost out of reach.After this tenure Sztani managed other numerous clubs.
Q3296841 A referendum on resolving the border dispute with Croatia was held in Slovenia on 6 June 2010. Voters were asked whether the dispute should be brought before an international arbitration tribunal. The results showed 51.54% of voters in favour, with a voter turnout of 42.66%.
Q5450670 Finn Tarp (1951–present) is a Danish Professor of Development Economics at the University of Copenhagen (where he completed his MSc and PhD) and former Director of UNU-WIDER (2009-2018), Helsinki, Finland.
Q4606746 The 2006 Oceania Swimming Championships were 7–16 July at 3 locations in Queensland, Australia. This was the sixth edition of the Championships, and featured competitions in: swimming—7, 8, 10 + 12 July at Trinity Anglican School in Cairns;open water swimming—9 + 12 July at Palm Cove Beach;synchronized swimming (synchro) -- 14–16 July at Chandler Pool in Brisbane.All swimming competition listed below were swum in a 50m (long-course) pool.
Q7840233 4x Mixed Relay Triathlon was part of the triathlon at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics programme. The event consisted of a relay with each athlete performing 250 metres (0.16 mi) of swimming, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) of cycling, and 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) of running. It was held on 19 August 2010 at East Coast Park. The teams were made based on the results of the boys' and girls' triathlon event held of August 15–16, 2010. Each team had two boys and two girls and were split by continent. A total of 15 teams raced in the event.
Q427010 Qustaki al-Himsi (Arabic: قسطاكي الحمصي / ALA-LC: Qusṭākī al-Ḥimṣī; 1858–1941) was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda movement (the Arabic renaissance), a prominent figure in the Arabic literature of the 19th and 20th centuries and one of the first reformers of the traditional Arabic poetry. With his book The researcher's source in the science of criticism, al-Himsi is considered to be the founder of modern literary criticism among the Arab scholars.
Q3635131 Prince Edward's Gate is a city gate at the entrance to Prince Edward's Road in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It cuts through Charles V Wall, one of the 16th century fortifications of Gibraltar at the former southern limit of the city. The gate is adjacent to the west wall of the Flat Bastion, another 16th-century fortification. The gate was named after Prince Edward, the future Duke of Kent, and was opened in 1790, the same year the prince arrived at Gibraltar as commander of the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers). While the gate now has a limited role in the defence of Gibraltar, it continues to provide vehicular and pedestrian access through Charles V Wall. Prince Edward's Gate is listed with the Gibraltar Heritage Trust.
Q14834549 Diadelia paracostipennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1970.
Q148656 Acer stachyophyllum is an Asian species of maple. It is native to China (Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan), Myanmar, northern India, Bhutan, and Nepal.Acer stachyophyllum is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters tall with smooth yellow-brown bark. It is dioecious, meaning that male and female flowers are on separate trees. Leaves are non-compound, up to 11 cm wide and 6 cm across, thin and papery, sometimes with no lobes but sometimes with 3.SubspeciesAcer stachyophyllum subsp. betulifolium (Maxim.) P.C.DeJong — Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, MyanmarAcer stachyophyllum subsp. stachyophyllum — Hubei, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Q2334125 The Poseidon of Melos is a statue of Poseidon in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens (NAMA), with the inventory number 235, which is dated to the last quarter of the second century BC. It is believed to be dated back to the Hellenistic Period.The statue was found in 1877 on the island of Melos. It is made of Parian marble and has a height of 2.35 metres, which makes it more than lifesize. The statue was found in several pieces, which have been reattached to one another. Portions of the left foot and of the himation are modern recreations. Parts of the nose, beard and hair are missing. The sea god is depicted naked to the waist in an awe-inspiring pose, with his muscular right arm raised, probably in order to hold a trident (now lost). His himation hangs around his hips, covering his legs and genitals; he holds it in place at his side with his left hand. His back is also partially covered; a bit of cloth lies, mysteriously suspended, on his left shoulder. His weight rests on his right leg, his left leg is left free. The musculature of his arms and his body generally are very finely worked. The head is slightly tilted to the left and his gaze is directed into the distance. There is a dolphin behind the statue to the right, which serves as an additional support for the weight of the statue. The pose is a standard one for Poseidon, Zeus and Hades.
Q13313352 Amblypodia narada is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Thomas Horsfield in 1828. It is found in Southeast Asia (Java, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, southern Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya and Sumatra).
Q981479 Carl Celian Icahn (; born February 16, 1936) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder and controlling shareholder of Icahn Enterprises, a diversified conglomerate holding company based in New York City, formerly known as American Real Estate Partners. He is also Chairman of Federal-Mogul, an American developer, manufacturer and supplier of powertrain components and vehicle safety products.In the 1980s Icahn developed a reputation as a "corporate raider" after profiting from the hostile takeover and asset stripping of the American airline TWA. According to Forbes magazine, Icahn had a net worth of $17 billion in 2019, making him the 26th-wealthiest person on the Forbes 400, and the 5th-wealthiest hedge fund manager.Icahn served as special economic adviser on financial regulation to US President Donald Trump briefly in 2017, leaving amid concerns of conflicts of interest.
Q7909064 Val Anderson was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 1991 general election, as a candidate of the BC Liberal Party, and was re-elected in the 1996 and 2001 elections.During his youth, Anderson had been a member of the Saskatchewan Older Boys' Parliament (now the Saskatchewan Youth Parliament).He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan and a Bachelor of Divinity from St. Andrew's College. He has a Master of Theology degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and has completed two years on a doctoral program at Boston School of Theology.Prior to serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), Anderson was a minister in the United Church of Canada and a former professor at the Vancouver School of Theology. He was coordinator and editor of Canadian Multi Faith Action.Anderson had been active in community work. He was the founding chair of the Vancouver Food Bank and the Pacific Youth and Family Addiction Service Society. He received the Good Neighbour Award in 1990 along with honors from the Social Justice Foundation of BC.When first elected, Anderson served as the Deputy Critic for Social Services. He served on the Government Caucus Committee on Communities & Safety. He was also a member of the Legislative Select Standing Committees on Aboriginal Affairs and Health, as well as serving on the Multicultural Committee. He had previously served as a member of the Legislative Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct.Anderson died on 30 March 2006 after a long battle with bowel cancer.
Q6521902 Leonard Matheson Norris, better known as Len Norris (1913 in London, England – 1997 in Langley, British Columbia, Canada), was a longtime editorial cartoonist for the Canadian newspaper Vancouver Sun from 1950 to 1988. Called by Walt Kelly, the creator of Pogo, "the best in the business", Norris' cartoons skewered the foibles of British Columbia politics and social mores with a barbed pencil. His intricate drawings were full of subtle detail, with several sideplots tucked into the frame, with everything from sardonic pictures on the living room wall to what the kids or the cat are doing in the corner while the main action is going on, typically with painfully ironic dialogue. Norris cartoons remain popular today even though much of their original political or social context is gone.Recurring themes and characters in Norris cartoons included the sarcastic Amblesnide and Tiddlycove, a parody of the tweedy West Vancouver neighbourhoods of Ambleside and Dundarave; "Rodney", a caricature of an Anglo-centric monarchical Canadian; the "Socred cow" for the British Columbia government's liquor stores; and lampoons of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.A copy of his cartoon, showing a mythical day in the famed Studio G at CBC Radio on Jarvis Street sometime in the early 1960s, illustrating some of the luminaries of the great days of radio, has been preserved in the resurrected Celebrity Club at PAL Place in Toronto as a 15-foot mural.Len Norris received an honorary doctorate from the University of Windsor. One of his famous "Brockton Oval" cricket cartoons was re-produced on a limited edition T-shirt for the University of Windsor's "Senior Seminar" participants in the 1960s. There is still a small private collection of both his sketches and his final art work cartoons held by a collector of political cartoons in the Windsor, Ontario, region.
Q488042 The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).The award was instituted in 1965, at 13th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
Q1329397 The process of assembling the International Space Station (ISS) has been under way since the 1990s. Zarya, the first ISS module, was launched by a Proton rocket on 20 November 1998. The STS-88 shuttle mission followed two weeks after Zarya was launched, bringing Unity, the first of three node modules, and connecting it to Zarya. This bare 2-module core of the ISS remained uncrewed for the next one and a half years, until in July 2000 the Russian module Zvezda was launched by a Proton rocket, allowing a maximum crew of two astronauts or cosmonauts to be on the ISS permanently.The ISS has a pressurized volume of approximately 1,000 cubic metres (35,000 cu ft), a mass of approximately 420,000 kilograms (930,000 lb), approximately 100 kilowatts of power output, a truss 108.4 metres (356 ft) long, modules 74 metres (243 ft) long, and a crew of six. Building the complete station required more than 40 assembly flights. As of 2011, 36 Space Shuttle flights delivered ISS elements. Other assembly flights consisted of modules lifted by the Russian Proton rocket or, in the case of Pirs and Poisk, the Soyuz-U rocket.Some of the larger modules include:Zarya (launched 20 November 1998)Unity Module (launched 4 December 1998, also known as Node 1)Zvezda (launched 12 July 2000)Destiny Laboratory Module (launched 7 February 2001)Harmony Module (launched 23 October 2007, also known as Node 2)Columbus orbital facility (launched 7 February 2008)Japanese Experiment Module, also known as Kibo (launched in multiple flights between 2008–2009)The truss and solar panels are also a large part of the station. (launched in multiple flights between 2000–2009)
Q14875557 Overdale was a small residential district in downtown Montreal which became a famous symbol of the struggle between urban conservationists and land developers.In the mid-1980s, two developers, Robert Landau and Douglas Cohen—operating under an array of names, including Les Galleria Dorchester, and Grinch Realties—purchased a series of buildings in an area bounded by Overdale Ave., Lucien L'Allier St., Mackay Street and Dorchester Blvd. (Dorchester was renamed as René Lévesque Blvd. in 1987.) The developers proposed to demolish all of the homes and replace them with a large condo project.The Executive Committee of the Montreal city administration, headed by Mayor Jean Doré, was split on the issue. Doré had risen to power through the Montreal Citizens' Movement (known in French as the Rassemblement des citoyens et des citoyennes de Montréal or RCM). The MCM had considered the defense of tenants' rights to be among its primary goals. Doré had promised to change the demolitionist ways of his predecessor, Mayor Jean Drapeau; however, when developers promised a project that would yield significant municipal tax dollars, Doré decided to allow the project to evict the tenants of the homes and demolish the buildings which housed 87 residents. The buildings to be demolished included many fine, Victorian-era structures as well as the onetime home of Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine. Tenants and experts argued that the terrain was large enough to allow for the construction of the new project alongside the existing structures—yet the appeals were rejected.City inspectors condemned the buildings as electrical hazards. The tenants were ordered out, saving the landlords the inconvenience of negotiating the departure of each individual tenant. In spite of protests and arrests and considerable public reaction in opposition to the planned project and the methods employed to evict the tenants, the buildings (except for the onetime home of Lafontaine) were demolished in 1989.The promised $100-million condominium development was not built for decades and remained a parking lot until 2015, when construction started. See YUL Condos (below).The developers paid the city to build a separate building farther from downtown which would be offered to the evicted tenants. The rents were much higher at the new development. The Overdale-area residents were invited to move to the new project but most refused.