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Igor Nikolaevich Smirnov (, tr. Igorʹ Nikolayevich Smirnov; ; born 23 October 1941) is a Transnistrian politician. He was the first president (1991–2011) of the internationally unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic. He supported Transnistria becoming part of Russia.
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1941 births
Living people
Presidents of Transnistria |
The prime minister of Transnistria is the de facto head of government of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, that is de jure part of Moldova.
The current prime minister is Aleksandr Martynov, since 17 December 2016, under the presidency of Vadim Krasnoselsky.
List
References |
Aleksandr Martynov or Alexandr Martynov (born 1 January 1981) is a Transnistrian politician. He is the Prime Minister of Transnistria since 17 December 2016 under the presidency of Vadim Krasnoselsky.
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1981 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Transnistria |
Pavel Nikolaevich Prokudin (; ; ; born 17 August 1966) is a Transnistrian politician. He was the 3rd Prime Minister of Transnistria from 2015 until 2016.
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References
1966 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Transnistria |
Maya Ivanovna Parnas (, ; born 15 May 1974) is a Transnistrian politician. She was the acting Prime Minister of Transnistria two times in 2015.
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1974 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Transnistria |
Tatiana Mikhailovna Turanskaya (; born November 20, 1972) is a Transnistrian politician. She was the Prime Minister of Transnistria from 2013 until 2015.
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1972 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Transnistria |
Pyotr Petrovich Stepanov (; born 2 January 1959) is a Transnistrian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Transnistria from 18 January 2012 until 10 July 2013.
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1959 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Transnistria |
Irina Sabine Alice Karamanos Adrian (born 29 October 1989) is a Chilean anthropologist and political scientist. She is the partner of Gabriel Boric, the president-elect of Chile. She will become first lady and Director of the Sociocultural Area of the Presidency in March 2022.
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1989 births
Living people
First Ladies of Chile
People from Santiago
Anthropologists
Political scientists |
Martin Edward Newell is a British-born computer scientist who created the Utah teapot computer graphics model. He was graduated from University of Utah in 1975, and together with Tom Sancha developed Newell's algorithm, a technique for eliminating cyclic dependencies during polygon ordering in a computer graphics system.
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Living people
British computer scientists |
The Battle of Chernobyl was a battle in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. This battle was the Russian Armed Forces and the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The battle was on 24 February 2022. This was the first day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Russian forces came from Belarus. At the end of the day, the Russians got control of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Background
In the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, lots of radioactive materials came from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The radioactive materials then went into the environment around it. This area is a radius around the power plant. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it became part of Ukraine and was managed by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
Battle
On 24 February, 2022, the Ukraine government said that Russian forces was attacking the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. At the end of the day, the Ukraine government said that Russia captured Chernobyl and Pripyat. After this, the American government said "credible reports that Russian soldiers are currently holding the staff of the Chernobyl facilities hostage."
It was said that artillery shells hit radioactive waste. This caused more radioactivity. The International Atomic Energy Agency, however, said that "there had been no casualties nor destruction at the industrial site."
Reactions
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the capture of that zone was "declaration of war against the whole of Europe".
Mykhailo Podoliak, an advisor to the President's Office of Ukraine said that it was a "totally pointless attack", and "the condition of the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant, confinement, and nuclear waste storage facilities is unknown".
Analysis
Ben Hodges, a former general for United States Army Europe, said that the zone was helpful for Russia because it became easier to attack from the North. The former American Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense American Deputy Assistant for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Evelyn Farkas said that Russia wants to surround Kyiv, Ukraine.
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2020s in Ukraine
Chernobyl
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Broken Arrow is a call (or request) for all available combat aircraft to attack enemy positions, even those close to the position of US troops. The reason for calling in that order, is because a US position is being overrun and can no longer be defended.
Broken Arrow is a "code phrase (see code), that a [military unit on the] ground ... is facing imminent (or very soon) destruction from enemy attack and all available air forces within range are to provide air support immediately"; That is what Wiktionary.org says.
In movies and books
In movies, the phrase has been used in We Were Soldiers (2002). Its movie star is Mel Gibson.
Part of the plot of the movie is that, at the point of being overrun by the enemy, the miliary officer (played by Mel Gibson), orders his forward air controller, to call in the air strike, by saying "Broken Arrow, Broken Arrow".
Other websites
Broken Arrow at Wiktionary.org
Sources
Terminology
Military |
Broken Arrow can be:
Broken Arrow (military)
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Broken Arrow (1996 movie) |
The Battle of Starobilsk is an ongoing battle that started on 25 February 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Background
Starobilsk is a city near Luhansk (in Luhansk Oblast). It is the administrative center of Starobilsk Raion. The river Aidar runs to the west of the city centre; The river is a natural obstacle.
References
2022 in Europe
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Lee O-young (15 January 1934 – 26 February 2022) was a South Korean politician, critic and novelist. Lee was born in Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Chōsen, Japan. Lee taught at Ewha Womans University, where he was a professor emeritus, and Dankook University. Lee was the chief editor of Munhak sasang (Literary Thought). From 1989 until 1990, he was the Minister of Culture.
Lee died on 26 February 2022 at a hospital in Seoul, South Korea from multiple myeloma, aged 88.
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1934 births
2022 deaths
Deaths from multiple myeloma
South Korean writers
South Korean politicians
Novelists
Critics
Academics |
Viktor Volodymyrovych Medvedchuk (; born 7 August 1954) is a Ukrainian politician, lawyer and business oligarch. He has been a member of the Verkhovna Rada since 29 August 2019. He is the chairman of the pro-Russia political organization Ukrainian Choice.
Some have called him "Putin's closest ally in Ukraine".
In February 2021, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine sanctioned him and his wife for giving money that supported terrorism in Ukraine. In May 2021, he was accused of treason. Medvedchuk has been under house arrest since 13 May 2021.
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1954 births
Living people
Ukrainian politicians
Ukrainian lawyers
Ukrainian businesspeople |
Eugenia (Yevhenia) Oleksandrivna Tymoshenko (; born 20 February 1980) is a Ukrainian businesswoman, philanthropist and activist. She is founder and president of the Association "CHILD.UA". She is the daughter of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
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1980 births
Living people
Ukrainian businesspeople
Political activists
Philanthropists |
The Kyiv National Economic University (), is a university in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is a national research university. The university was founded in 1906. It is one of the top universities in the country.
References
Colleges and universities in Ukraine
1906 establishments in Europe |
The Battle of Vasylkiv is an ongoing military battle between Russia and Ukraine which began on 26 February 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In the early morning of 26 February, Russian paratroopers began landing near the city of Vasylkiv, just 40 kilometers south of Kyiv. They tried to secure Vasylkiv Air Base. Heavy fighting between the Russian paratroopers and Ukrainian defenders occurred in the city.
References
February 2022 events
Kyiv Oblast
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
The Kyiv offensive is an ongoing military operation in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine for control of the capital city of Ukraine, Kyiv and the surrounding province (or oblast).
On the morning of 24 February, Russian Armed Forces entered the oblast and were engaged by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine's military command and government is (in the 2020s) based in the oblast.
References
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2020s in Ukraine
Offensive (2022)
February 2022 events |
The Ghost of Kyiv () is the nickname given to an unconfirmed MiG-29 Fulcrum flying ace. They are known for shooting down six Russian planes in the Kyiv offensive on 24 February 2022. The Ghost of Kyiv is likely an urban legend and not a real flying ace.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said that the Ghost of Kyiv could be one of dozens of experienced pilots of military reserve who returned to the Armed Forces of Ukraine after Russia invaded.
A former Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, later posted a tweet of a photograph of a fighter pilot, claiming it to be the Ghost of Kyiv, who Poroshenko said was real.
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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
21st century in Kiev |
Bokermannohyla oxente is a frog that lives in northeastern Brazil.
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Frogs
Animals of South America |
The Portuguese Catholic Church is a Catholic Church in Portugal, they have communion with the Pope in Rome. The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian organisation. Catholicity is Portugal's largest religion, it has existed since the Iberian Peninsula was ruled by the Roman Empire.
There are an estimated nine million baptised Catholics in Portugal (84% of the population) in twenty dioceses, with 2789 priests. But only 19% of the national population attend Mass and take the sacraments regularly.
In 2010, the average age of priests was 62. In 2012 88% of the Portuguese population considered themselves culturally Catholic in a survey sponsored by a Christian organization.
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Churches in Europe
Buildings and structures in Portugal |
Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive is the 23rd series on Toei's Super Sentai series, a metaseries Japanese tokusatsu programming. It's footage was used in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue.
Synopsis
Grandiene has been waiting for the moment she can mainfest on Earth on the day when the planets are in the alignment of the Grand Cross, sending her children to make the preparations while making Earth into a realm of darkness for her. But Professor Mondo Tatsumi of the Tatsumi Disaster Prevention Research Center, while falling to convince his peers of this event despite his eminence, left his family to secretly develop the Rescue System to counter the threat by the Psyma Family. When the Psyma commence their attack in 1999, month before the Grand Cross is to occur, the Tatsumi siblings find themselves recruited by the estranged father to fight the demons as the GoGoFive team.
Characters
Cast
Matoi Tatsumi/Go Red: Ryuichiro Nishioka
Nagare Tatsumi/Go Blue: Masashi Taniguchi
Shou Tatsumi/Go Green: Atsushi Harada
Daimon Tatsumi/Go Yellow: Kenji Shibata
Matsuri Tatsumi/Go Pink: Kayoko Shibata
Mondo Tatsumi: Mike Maki
Kyouko Hayase: Yūko Miyamura
Ritsuko Tatsumi: Kyoko Yoshizawa
Kenji Inui: Takushi Iwao
Songs
Opening theme
"Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive"
Lyrics: Nagae Kuwabara
Composition & Arrangement: Toshiyuki Watanabe
Artist: Shinichi Ishihara
Ending theme
"Kono Hoshi o, Kono Mochi o" ("This Planet, This City")
Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
Composition: Shinsuke Kazato
Arrangement: Toshihiko Sahashi
Artist: Naritaka Takayama
Japanese science fiction television series |
Mirai Sentai Timeranger is the 24th series on Toei's Super Sentai series, a metaseries Japanese tokusatsu programming. Its joined Kamen Rider Kuuga. Its footage was used in Power Rangers Time Force.
Plot
In the 30th century, time travel becomes illegal after a Temporal paradox crisis. The Time Database Bureau (TDB) is established to watch for and stop time crimes. Four new enlistee Cadet of the TDB are tricked by Don Dolnero and his gang into letting them time-travel to the year 2000 to commit various crimes and, to protect history, to four cadets pursue them. They encounter a severe problem: the Timeranger program requires five members for the first operation. They coerce a present-day Martial arts, Tatsuya Asami, to join them, and they become the Timerangers. Tatsuya rents a building for them to live in, and they start a small odd-jobs business called Tomorrow Research to financially support themselves.
Over time, the four cadets begin to realize that their presence would inevitably change the Future in the form of the City Guardians, a Police under the employment of the Asami Corporation to protect the city from the Londerz. The City Guardians form a tenuous relationship with the Timerangers, especially when Tatsuya's college acquaintance Naoto becomes Time Fire and later also becomes the City Guardian's captain.
Characters
Cast
Tatsuya Asami/Time Red, Ranger Captain: Ryuuya: Masaru Nagai
Yuuri/Time Pink: Miku Katsumura
Ayase/Time Blue: Yūji Kido
Sion/Time Green: Masahiro Kuranuki
Domon/Time Yellow: Shūhei Izumi
Naoto Takizawa/Time Fire: Shinji Kasahara
Wataru Asami: Fujita Okamoto
Honami Moriyama: Tamao Yoshimura
Narration: Yukitoshi Hori
Songs
Opening theme
"Jikū ~Mirai Sentai Timeranger~"
Lyrics: Yoshie Isogai
Composition & Arrangement: Kōichirō Kameyama
Artist: Kumi Sasaki
Ending theme
"Toki no Katana e" ("Into Time")
Lyrics: Shōichi Yoshi
Composition & Arrangement: Kōichirō Kameyama
Artist: Nat's
"Beyond All Space and Time"
Artist: Kumi Sasaki
Timeranger vs. GoGo Fives ending theme. An English version of the series opening theme.
"Miracle Xmas"
Lyrics: Kiyomi Katō
Composition & Arrangement: Kōichirō Kameyama
Artist: T.R. Futures (Masaru Nagai (Tatsuya), Miku Katsumura (Yuuri), Yuuji Kido (Ayase), Shuhei Izumi (Domon), Masahiro Kuranuki (Sion))
Episode 44's ending theme
"Eternal Wind"
Lyrics: Takako Shingetsu
Composition & Arrangement: Kōtarō Nakagawa
Artist: Naritaka Takayama
Episode 45's ending theme
"Where the Future"
Lyrics: Yoshie Isogai
Composition, Arrangement & Performance: Motoyoshi Iwasaki
Final episode's ending theme
"Don't Stop Your Story!"
Lyrics: Yukari Yamato
Composition & Arrangement: Taku Iwasaki
Artist: T.R. Futures
Special Compilation's ending theme
Japanese science fiction television series |
Spidey and His Amazing Friends, which is also known as Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends, is a computer-animated superhero children's television series. It aired on Disney Junior on August 6, 2021. After the series premiere, the series got renewed for a second season.
References
2021 television series debuts
2020s American animated television series
Spider-Man |
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is a 1981–1983 American animated television series that was produced by Marvel Productions. It is intended to be a crossover series connected to the 1981 Spider-Man series. The show stars already-established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman, plus an original character, Firestar. As a trio called the Spider-Friends, they fought against various villains of the Marvel Universe.
Cast
Hans Conried - Chameleon
Jerry Dexter - Sunfire
George DiCenzo - Captain America, Lance Macho, Kraven the Hunter (in "The Crime of All Centuries"), Cyclops (in "The X-Men Adventure")
Alan Dinehart - Boris, Sam Blockbuster, Helicopter Pilot (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Norman Osborn's Pilot (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Police Officer #2 (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Thief #1 (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Security Guard #1 (in "The Crime of All Centuries")
Walker Edmiston - Frankenstein's Monster (in "The Transylvanian Connection"), Kingpin (in "Pawns of the Kingpin")
Michael Evans - Professor Wells
Al Fann - Swarm
June Foray - Aunt May, Crime Computer, Judy
Kathy Garver - Firestar/Angelica Jones, Sally, Storm (in "The X-Men Adventure")
Dan Gilvezan - Spider-Man/Peter Parker, Zoltan Amadeus/The Arachnoid (in "Attack of the Arachnoid"), Biker Gang Leader (in "The Crime of All Centuries")
John Haymer - Skelton (in "The Crime of All Centuries"), Security Guard #2 (in "The Crime of All Centuries"), Black Knight (in "Knights and Demons")
Sally Julian - Mona Osborn, Jungle Girl (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin")
Annie Lockhart - Honey Dove, Storm (in "A Firestar is Born")
Keye Luke - Sunfire's Uncle Genju
Dennis Marks - Dr. Faustus, Green Goblin/Norman Osborn (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Police Officer #1 (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Thief #2 (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Cyberiad/Nathan Price (in "The X-Men Adventure")
Alan Melvin - Electro
Shepard Menkin - Doctor Doom
John Stephenson - Colossus, Eric the Viking, Loki, Modred the Mystic, Shocker, Surtur, Thunderbird, Ymir
Janet Waldo - Shanna the She-Devil, Zerona
Frank Welker - Iceman/Bobby Drake, Flash Thompson, Matt Murdock, Mr. Jones, Ms. Lion, Uncle Ben, Videoman/Francis Byte, Wolf-Thing (in "The Transylvanian Connection")
William Woodson - Doctor Strange, Namor, J. Jonah Jameson
Alan Young - Mr. Frump
Notable guest stars
Michael Ansara - Hiawatha Smith (in "The Quest of the Red Skull")
Marlene Aragon - Lightwave
Michael Bell - Ariel and Bartow's father (in "Spidey Meets the Girl of Tomorrow"), Doctor Octopus (in "Spidey Meets the Girl of Tomorrow")
Bob Bergen - Bartow (in "Spidey Meets the Girl of Tomorrow")
Susan Blu - Louise (in "The Education of a Superhero"), Monica (in "Attack of the Arachnoid")
William Callaway - Angel (in "A Fire-Star is Born"), Wolverine (in "A Firestar is Born")
Cathy Cavadini - Ariel (in "Spidey Meets the Girl of Tomorrow")
Christopher Collins - Sandman (in "Spider-Man Unmasked!"), Beetle (in "The Origin of the Spider-Friends")
Peter Cullen - Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner (in "Spidey Goes Hollywood"), Mysterio (in "Spidey Goes Hollywood"), Red Skull (in "The Quest of the Red Skull")
Stanley Jones - Professor X, Cyclops (in "A Firestar is Born"), Dean Wilmer (in "A Firestar is Born"), Dracula (in "The Transylvanian Connection"), Nightcrawler (in "The X-Men Adventure")
William Marshall - Juggernaut (in "A Firestar is Born"), Tony Stark (in "The Origin of the Spider-Friends")
Noelle North - Sprite/Kitty Pryde
Vic Perrin - Thor (in "The Vengeance of Loki!"), Zerona's Soldier (in "The Vengeance of Loki!"), Black Knight (in "Knights and Demons")
Neil Ross - Scorpion (in "Attack of the Arachnoid")
Michael Rye - Magneto (in "The Prison Plot")
Marilyn Schreffler - Bonnie (in "A Firestar is Born")
References
1980s American animated television series
1981 television series debuts
1983 television series endings |
Uwe Rapolder (born 29 May 1958) is a German retired football player and manager.
References
Other websites
1958 births
Living people
German footballers
Association football midfielders
German football managers
Bundesliga managers
Karlsruher SC managers
Arminia Bielefeld managers
1. FC Köln managers
SV Waldhof Mannheim managers |
Sidrapong Hydroelectric Power Station (a.k.a. Sidrapong Hydel Power Station), located from Darjeeling town, is the oldest hydroelectric power plant in India. Opened on 10 November 1897, its original capacity was 2 × 65 kW, which was expanded to a total 1000 kW in 1916. Having reached the limit of the water supply, the equipment was replaced in 1931 for triple-phase transmission.
The station uses water from the streams Kotwali, Hospital and Barbatia, moved through a network of flumes to reservoirs, then passed down penstocks to the generators.
West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) took over operation of the station and Darjeeling Electric Supply in 1978. In the 1980s, the station was damaged due to a landslide and remained closed for a decade, but was re-opened in 1997.
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Buildings and structures in West Bengal
Dams in Asia
Economy of India |
Frank Geideck (born 2 April 1967) is a German football coach and a former player. As of June 2013, he is an assistant manager with Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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Other websites
1967 births
Living people
German footballers
German football managers
Arminia Bielefeld managers
Association football midfielders |
Detlev Dammeier (born 18 October 1968) is a German football coach and a former player who was the last athletic director of Arminia Bielefeld.
Career
Dammeier was born in Stadthagen. In 1986, he signed his first professional contract with Hannover 96. From 1989 to 1992 he played for the Hamburger SV and moved to VfL Wolfsburg in the 2. Bundesliga. In 1997, Wolfsburg was promoted to the Bundesliga. In 2000, Dammeier moved to Arminia Bielefeld in the 2. Bundesliga. With this club he was promoted both in 2002 and 2004 to the Bundesliga. He finally finished his playing career at the end of the 2005–06 season.
Honours
DFB-Pokal finalist: 1994–95
U-16 World Championship runner-up: 1985
References
1968 births
Living people
German football managers
German footballers
Arminia Bielefeld managers
Association football midfielders |
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and annexed (or took over) the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place after the Revolution of Dignity. It is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
Beginning
On 22–23 February 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with security service chiefs to discuss how to save the deposed Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych. At the end of the meeting, Putin remarked that "we must start working on returning Crimea to Russia". On 23 February, pro-Russian demonstrations were held in the Crimean city of Sevastopol. On 27 February, masked Russian troops without insignia took over the Supreme Council (parliament) of Crimea and captured strategic sites across Crimea, which led to the installation of the pro-Russian Sergey Aksyonov government in Crimea. This government held the Crimean status referendum, and declared Crimea's independence on 16 March 2014. Russia formally incorporated Crimea as two Russian federal subjects—the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol on 18 March 2014. After the event, Russia deployed more military on the peninsula and came with threats about using nuclear weapons so that Russia could keep its new power in Crimea (or solidify the new status quo on the ground).
Responses
Ukraine and many other countries condemned the annexation and consider it to be a violation of international law, as well as Russian-signed agreements safeguarding the territorial integrity of Ukraine, including the 1991 Belavezha Accords that established the Commonwealth of Independent States, the 1975 Helsinki Accords, the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances and the 1997 Treaty on friendship, cooperation and partnership between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. It led to the other members of the then G8 suspending Russia from the group and then introducing a first round of sanctions against the country. The United Nations General Assembly also rejected the referendum and annexation, adopting a resolution affirming the "territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders". The UN resolution also "underscores that the referendum [is not valid, and] cannot form the basis for any alteration of the status of [Crimea]" and called upon all states and international organizations not to recognize or to imply the recognition of Russia's annexation. In 2016, the UN General Assembly reaffirmed non-recognition of the annexation and condemned "the temporary occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine—the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol".
The Russian government opposes the "annexation" label, with Putin defending the referendum as complying with the principle of self-determination of peoples.
Names
The conflict has many names.
In Russia, it is known as
accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation (),
the return of Crimea () and the reunification of Crimea. In Ukraine, the names are also known as the
Temporary occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia (),
the illegal occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the fall of Crimea and the invasion of Crimea.
Notes
References
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
CS1 Russian-language sources (ru)
CS1 uses Russian-language script (ru)
CS1 Ukrainian-language sources (uk)
CS1 uses Ukrainian-language script (uk) |
Alex T.R.S. Wolf (born; Alexander Vasilyevich Chizhevsky: Russian Александр Васильевич Чижевский; 18 May 2005) is a Russian-Iranian former child actor, sport climber, writer, and comedian. He competed in the 2018 Climbing World Youth Championships in speed climbing for Russia.
Early life
Wolf was born Alexander Vasilyevich Chezhevsky (Russian: Александр Васильевич Чижевский, Persian: الکساندر واسیلیویچ چیژافسکی) born on 18 May 2005, in Sterlitamak, Republic of Baskortostan, Russia the son of Vasily Chezhevsky, an Soviet lawyer and his mother was an Iranian born Ukrainian socialite and painter Esfandiar Fayazi. He was orphaned at the age of one when both of his parents were assassinated by apparent Chechen terrorists in their Saint Petersburg villa. After the deaths of his parents, he was briefly lived with his Russian family in Moscow. He was raised by American architect Sheila A. Wolf, where he was renamed Alex Thomas Wolf. He grew up in Decatur, Illinois. In 2018, Wolf competed in the Climbing World Championship in Moscow, Russia representing Russia in the event of speed climbing.
Entertainment career
Acting
Wolf first began acting at the age of four. Since 2009. His first film role was in the Czech movie Eight Day in Prague in 2009. That year he also appeared in Маленькие грабители (2009). Wolf appeared on KVN, the Russian youth stand-up comedy competition, and TV Tsentr. He has appeared in the Ukrainian television program Наш час – ваш час.
Stand-up comedy
He first started performing stand-up comedy at the age of 15, while in high school, in Chicago, Illinois. Wolf was associated with the GACC Comedy Group in Chicago, which he co-founded alongside comedian and actor Gordon James in November of 2019. Wolf became one of the youngest professional comedians, his performance style was energetic and often erratic onstage. He expressed humour, anger, and disgust when it came to his stand-up comedy shows.
Filmography
Eight days in Prague (2009)
Маленькие грабители (2009)
Москва, я тебя люблю! (2010)
Pro lyboff (2011)
Discography
GACC Comedy Group Collection: No Ending in Sight (2020) *Discontinued in 2021*
GACC Comedy Group Summertime Collection: Our Kind of Town (2021) *Discontinued in 2021*
References
2005 births
Living people |
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the DHR or the Toy Train, is a gauge railway that goes between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. Built between 1879 and 1881, it is about long. It climbs from about above sea level at New Jalpaiguri to about at Darjeeling, using six zig zags and five loops to gain altitude. Six diesel locomotives move most of the scheduled service, with daily tourist trains from Darjeeling to Ghum – India's highest railway station – and the steam-hauled Red Panda service from Darjeeling to Kurseong. Steam train specials are hauled by older British-built B-Class steam locomotives. The railway's headquarters are at Kurseong.
On 5 December 1999, UNESCO named the DHR a World Heritage Site. Two more railway lines were later added, and the site became known as one of the mountain railways of India.
References
West Bengal
Rail transport in India
World Heritage Sites in India |
The Battle of Kharkiv is an ongoing battle taking place around the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References
2022 in Europe
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
February 2022 events |
Bagdogra Airport is an airport located in the Bagdogra, a city within the metropolitan area of Siliguri, which is in northern West Bengal, India.
References
Other websites
Bagdogra Airport - official website.
Buildings and structures in West Bengal
Airports in India |
The Darjeeling Ropeway is a ropeway in the town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. The 5 km long ropeway is a tourist destination in the town. It has sixteen cars and goes between the "North Point" in the town of Darjeeling and Singla on the banks of the Ramman river. The trip on the ropeway has views of the hills and the valleys around Darjeeling.
The ropeway, which was started in 1968 and renovated in 1998, was stopped in October 2003 after four tourists died.
The ropeway was reopened on 2 February 2012 after repairs were made.
References
Buildings and structures in West Bengal
Transport infrastructure
Transport in India
1968 establishments |
"Ram Ranch" is a 2012 song released by Grant MacDonald in the album Lovin' Ya Cowboy. The song was released as a single on August 30, 2012, although it was not added into an album until April 21, 2017, when Lovin' Ya Cowboy was released. The song is known for its overly sexual lyrics and little rhythm. The song has received mostly positive feedback. The song has been used in internet trolling in a way similar to rickrolling, usually with a fake hyperlink that looks like it leads something else, but goes to the song instead.
Several sequels to Ram Ranch have been released, usually named via numbers, with the most recent being Ram Ranch 542 released on February 11 2022.
Freedom Convoy
The song was used in 2022 during the Canada convoy protest. The song was used by counter-protesters to flood Zello channels, to troll protesters at the protests.
References |
Porta di Prada is a mountain in the province of Lecco, Lombardy, northern Italy.
The peak reaches 1,626 metres in altitude.
Links
Lierna
Lake Como
External Links
video of Porta di Prada
Como
Lombardy |
is a 1966 Japanese action crime movie directed by Seijun Suzuki. It stars Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Tamio Kawaji, Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Ryūji Kita and was distributed by Nikkatsu.
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1966 crime movies
1960s action movies
Japanese movies
Movies directed by Seijun Suzuki
Movies set in Tokyo
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The Stylophone is a instrument with keyboard and Stylus for make special sounds, was invented on 1967 by Brian Jarvis and comercializated the next year by Dubreq
The instrument is principally know because his easy use and learning and his little side.
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Kid Krrish is an 2013 Indian Hindi-language television film based on Krrish. It is about the kid version of him as a superhero. It released on October 2, 2013. It was directed by Sooraj MK and executive produced by P Jayakumar. It was also produced by Toonz Animation, Film Kraft Productions, and Turner International India.
Plot
Krishna has inherited some special powers from his father, Rohit. Jadoo, an alien, comes down to earth to complete an unfinished job. Jadoo and Krishna meet and go on an exciting journey.
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Kid Krrish: Shakalaka Africa is an 2015 Indian Hindi-language animated television film. It was directed by Deepak Naidu. It released on April 25, 2015. It is the sequel to Kid Krrish: Mystery in Mongolia and is the final film in the Kid Krrish franchise.
Plot
An alien Gozonian tribe conspires to destroy planet Earth and rule over the entire universe. The Gozonian tribe was destroyed earlier by the inter-galactic council. However, they rose to power after the invention of a powerful weapon that can possibly increase the human race intelligence. The tribe's evil leader takes back the bionic body from Dr Para for his extreme lust for power. A giant robotic dinosaur creates havoc under Ru Bonda's command. But Kid Krrish successfully destroys it, thus infuriating him. The Gozonian leader approaches Ru Bonda for his help in obtaining a rare Blue Diamond which is present in South Africa's lion crown mountain. On the other hand, Krrish also finds out about Gozonian's plan from his father's diary which he finds in Dr Para's hideout. He along with Mengue travels to South Africa's lion crown mountain. He cleverly sneaks in behind Ru Bonda with the help of the animals. Eventually, Krrish successfully defeats the Gozonian tribe and rescues the entire human race from annihilation.
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The Art of War is a 2000 American Canadian action spy movie directed by Christian Duguay and starring Wesley Snipes, Donald Sutherland, Anne Archer, Maury Chaykin, Ron Yuan, Michael Biehn, Marie Matiko, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. It was distributed by Warner Bros..
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There are people in Germany that have Ukrainian ancestry. Around 250,000 of those live in Germany; Statistisches Bundesamt says that. Around 130,000 are Ukrainian citizens (in 2014).
Famous people include:
Oleg Bryjak (d. 2015), singer
Andrew Witer (b. 1946), politician in Canada
Mariana Sadovska (b. 1972), actress, singer
Tanja Szewczenko, (b. 1977), figure skater
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Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger Its the 26th series on Toei's Super Sentai series, a metaseries Japanese tokusatsu programming. It joined Kamen Rider Ryuki. Its footage was used in Power Rangers Ninja Storm.
Plot
Three misfit puplis of the Hayate-Style-Ninja-School, who are given a rigorous training regiment by their sensei Mugensai Hinata, are the only survivors when most of their peers were slaughtered during the graduation ceremony by a group of evil space ninjas known as the Jakanja that serve a mysterious power hidden on Earth. Mugensai, who turned himself into a hamster to evade his pursuers, and his daughter Oboro Hinata recruit the trio to become the legendary Hurricanegers to the Jakanja. The Hurricanegers are joined by the Gouraiger brothers of the Izakuchi-Style Ninja School, who were initially their enemies, and later the mysterious Shurikenger who unites the two ninja groups to stop Jakanja from acquiring the mysterious power.
Characters
Hurricanegers
Gouraigers
Shurikenger
Cast
Yousuke Shiina/Hurricane Red: Shun Shioya
Nanami Nono/Hurricane Blue: Nao Nagasawa
Kouta Bitou/Hurricane Yellow: Kohei Yamamoto
Ikkou Kasumi/Kabuto Raiger: Yujiro Shirakawa
Isshu Kasumi/Kuwaga Raiger: Nobuo Kyo
Furabijo: Azusa Yamamoto
Wendinu: Mio Fukuzumi
Futoshi Hase: Hiroshi Teruya
Kagura (Lady Gozen), Inquirer (10 Years After): Hitomi Miwa
Mugensai Hinata: Ken Nishida
Oboro Hinata: Shoko Takada
Voice Actor
Shurikenger: Taiki Matsuno
Guest cast
Ikki Kasumi (15–18, 31): Jiro Dan
Taro Kakio (23): Kunihiko Oshiba
Roppei Tsuzumi (24, 51): Ryuichiro Nishioka
Kazuya Misaki (26, 51): Masaya Matsukaze
Yuusaku Ramon (28): Toshiya Fuji
Doctor Takanashi (32): Takashi Inoue
Yoshinari Hashimoto (34, 51): Yoshihiro Masujima
Kazuma Namekawa (35, 51): Yūji Kishi
Teppei Sakaki (39): Shūhei Izumi
Sanpei Hamada (42, 51): Tatsuya Nōmi
Jou Kikuchi (44, 51): Masaru Shishido
Retsudou (45): Kenji Ohba
Film and direct-to-video guest list
Tenkai (10 Year After): Kami Hoshimoto
Songs
Opening theme
"Hurricanegers Arrive!"
Lyrics: Neko Oikawa
Composition & Arrangement: Takeshi Ike
Artist: Hideaki Takatori
Ending theme
"Now We're in the Wind"
Lyrics & Composition: Hironobu Kageyama
Arrangement: Hiromasa Kagoshima
Artist: Hironobu Kageyama
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Mariana Sadovska is a Ukrainian actress, singer, musician, recording artist, and composer. She became a Fulbright scholar (see scholar) in 2008. She lives in Germany.
Early life
She was born 1972 in Lviv, Ukraine. Her father is Viktor Morozov, an Ukrainian singer, songwriter, and translator.
She is married to the German performance artist Andre Erlen.
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Tanja Szewczenko is a German figure skater. She got a bronze medal at the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships.
Early life: She was born in 1977 to Vera Küke. Küke was part of the German ethnic group in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union). Szewczenko's (Ukrainian) father left the family when she was two years old.
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Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger Its the 27th series on Toei's Super Sentai series, a metaseries Japanese tokusatsu programming. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2003 Super Hero Time block with Kamen Rider 555. Its footage was used in Power Rangers Dino Thunder.
Plot
Scientists believe that 65,000,000 years ago, a Meteorite's crash on Earth killed off the dinosaurs, but in truth, it split Earth into two parallel universes: Dino Earth, an Earth where dinosaurs were still the superior species, and our Earth, referred to as Another Earth by the residents of Dino Earth. Over time, the Dragon People and Bakuryū races came into being on Dino Earth but wear at war with the Evoliens, entities that emerged from the meteor. The two Earths are separate until Asuka, one of the Dragon People from Dino Earth, arrives on Earth via a transdimensional potral. However, he is followed by the Evoliens in their Anamolicarus spaceship and the three Bakuryū under their control. As the Bakuryū Tyrannosaurus, Pteranadon, and Triceratops attack Tokyo, a call is sent out to three destined ones who possess Dino Guts to gain the power to tame the three beasts. Together with their Bakuryū partners, the three become Abarangers to protect their dimension from the Evoliens. In time another Abaranger appears, but he takes the name "Abare Killer" and fights the others while the Evoliens carry out their ultimate goal: the resurrection of their god.
Characters
Cast
Ryouga Hakua/Abare Red: Koichiro Nishi
Yukito Sanjyo/Abare Blue: Sho Tomita
Ranru Itsuki/Abare Yellow: Aiko Itō
Asuka/Abare Black: Kaoru Abe
Mikoto Nakadai/Abare Killer: Koutaro Tanaka
Emi Imanaka/Princess Sakihime (12 & 13)/Angel (36): Michi Nashijima
Ryunosuke Sugishita/Tetsunosuke Sugishita (12 & 13)/God (36): Kouen Okumura
Mai Hakua: Maya Banno
Mr. Yokota: Taro Suwa
Mysterious Girl: Kasumi Suzuki
Mahoro: Eri Sakurai
Mizuho: Masashi Kagami
Voice actors
Bakuryū Tyrannosaurus: Takashi Nagasako
Bakuryū Triceratops: Kōki Miyata
Bakuryū Pteranodon: Emi Shinohara
Bakuryū Brachiosaurus: Banjō Ginga
Bakuryū TopGaler: Hikaru Midorikawa
Bakuryū Bachycelonagurus: Sakuya Aida
Bakuryū Dimenokodon: Daisuke Kishio
Bakuryū Stegoslidon: Hiroshi Iida
Bakuryū Parasarokkiru: Kōzō Shioya
Bakuryū Ankyloveilus: Akemi Misaki
Songs
Opening theme
"Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger"
Lyrics: Yumi Yoshimoto
Composition: Takafumi Iwasaki
Arrangement: Seiichi Kyōda
Artist: Masaaki Endoh
Ending theme
"We are the ONE ~Bokura wa Hitotsu~"
Lyrics: Yumi Yoshimoto
Composition: Yasuo Kosugi
Arrangement: Seiichi Kyōda
Artist: Akira Kishida
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Andrew Witer is a Canadian politician. In 1984 he became a politician in the House of Commons of Canada.
Early life: He was born in 1946, to a Ukrainian family in Leonberg, Germany. He came to Canada in his youth.
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Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger Its the 28th series on Toei's Super Sentai series, a metaseries Japanese tokusatsu programming. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2004 Super Hero Time block with Kamen Rider Blade. Its footage was used in Power Rangers S.P.D..
Story
The story begins when Banban Akaza arrives on Earth to the city of Megalopolis. He is transferred to the S.P.D. (Special Police Dekaranger) Earth branch by his commander. By that time, Agent Abrella, an Alienizer arms dealer, turns his destructive attention to Earth, helping the criminals there. It's up to the Dekarangers to stop them and bring them to justice. The S.P.D. of Earth are stationed in the Deka Base under the command of Doggie Kruger.
Characters
Cast
Banban Akaza/Deka Red: Ryuji Sainei
Houji Tomas/Deka Blue: Hayashi Tsuyoshi
Senichi Enari/Deka Green: Yousuke Itou
Marika Reimon/Deka Yellow: Ayumi Kinoshita
Koume Kodou/Deka Pink: Mika Kikuchi
Tekkan Aira/Deka Break: Tomokazu Yoshida
Doggie Kruger/Deka Master (Voice): Tetsu Inada
Swan Shiratori/Deka Swan: Mako Ishino
Lisa Teagle/Deka Bright: Mie Nanamori
Mari Gold/Deka Gold: Chiharu Niiyama
Numa-O: Kazuhiko Kishino
Deka Base Announcement: Shunsuke Ochiai
Narrator: Toshio Furukuwa
Songs
Opening theme
"Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger"
Lyrics: Yumi Yoshimoto
Composition: Ayumi Miyazaki
Arrangement: Seiichi Kyōda
Artist: Psychic Lover
Ending theme
"Midnight Dekaranger"
Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
Composition: Hideaki Takatori
Arrangement: Kōichirō Kameyama
Artist: Isao Sasaki
"Girl in the Trouble! DEKARANGER"
Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
Composition: Yūmao
Arrangement: Yukihiko Nishihata
Artist: Jasmine & Umeko with Dekaren Boys (Ayumi Kinoshita, Mika Kikuchi, Ryuji Sainei, Hayashi Tsuyoshi, Yousuke Itou)
Episode: 17, 24, 27, 31, 35 & 39
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Tensou Sentai Goseiger Its the 34th series in Toei's Super Sentai series, a metaseries Japanese tokusatsu programming. It follows an angelic motif as well as a trading card theme. It joined Kamen Rider W, and later Kamen Rider OOO, as a program featured in TV Asahi's Super Hero Time programming block. Its footage was later used for the 2011 Power Rangers series Power Rangers Megaforce and 1 episode of the 2014 Power Rangers series Power Rangers Super Megaforce.
Plot
Unknown to the people of Earth, there is a branch of humanity called the "Gosei Angels" whose mission is to the Earth. When the Earth is targeted by an evil alien invasion force called Warstar, they destroy the Heaven's Tower, the bridge between the Earth and the Gosei World, home of the Gosei Angels, to keep them from interfering. However, five apprentice Gosei Angels are on Earth at the time and, while finding a way to return home, they become the Goseigers to stop Warstar. But soon after, the monstrous Yuumajuu emerge from their slumber and the Goseigers receive aid from a special being called Gosei Knight who once fought against the Yuumajuu in the past. But even after they defeat the Yuumajuu, the evil robotic Matrintis Empire rises to take over the Earth with the data acquired from the last two groups. Once they are defeated, the Goseigers face their greatest enemy in the one who has been manipulating the other groups from the very beginning: a rogue Gosei Angel who took their mission to protect to Earth to a dangerous extreme by planning to destroy all life and recreate the world in his image.
Characters
Cast
Alata/Gosei Red: Yudai Chiba
Eri/Gosei Pink: Rika Satō
Agri/Gosei Black: Kyousuke Hamao
Moune/Gosei Yellow: Mikiho Niwa
Hyde/Gosei Blue: Kento Ono
Nozomu Amachi: Sayaka Nakamura
Professor Shuichirou Amachi: Louis Yamada LIII
Gosei Knight/Groundion Headder: Katsuyuki Konishi
Datas: Kōki Miyata
Guest cast
Magis/Gosei Green: Yousuke Ito
Satoshi Tamura: Teruaki Ogawa
Kyoko Tamura: Satomi Hirose
Mizuki Takazaki: Riria Kojima
Songs
Opening theme
"Tensou Sentai Goseiger"
Lyrics: Yumi Yoshimoto
Composition: YOFFY
Arrangement: Hiroaki Kagoshima
Artist: NoB (Protect.R)
Ending theme
"Gotcha☆Goseiger"
Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
Composition: Takafumi Iwasaki
Arrangement: Protect.R (Kenichiro Ōishi)
Artist: Hideyuki Takahashi (Protect.R)
Episodes: 1 ― 7, 12, 15, 16, 22, 28, 31, 33, 39 ― 41, 43 & 48 ― 50
"Gotcha☆Goseiger TYPE 2 Remix"
Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
Composition: Takafumi Iwasaki
Arrangement: Protect.R (Kenichiro Ōishi)
Artist: Hideyuki Takahashi
Episodes: 8 ― 11, 13, 14, 17 ― 21, 23 ― 27, 29, 30, 32 & 34 ― 38
"Gotcha☆Goseiger (TYPE 2 Gosei Angel Version)"
Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
Composition: Takafumi Iwasaki
Arrangement: Protect.R (Kenichiro Ōishi)
Artist: Goseigers & Hideyuki Takahashi
Episodes: 42 & 44 ― 47
A single containing the opening theme, the first ending theme, their karaoke variations, as well as two image songs, was released March 17, 2010. A music video for the opening theme featuring Nob and Gosei Red was recorded and put on Youtube and Columbia Music Entertainment. In its week of release, the reached #6 on the Oricon Weekly Charts.
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Kira Aleksandrovna Yarmysh (born October 11, 1989) is a Russian writer. She is the press secretary and assistant of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
In 2020, her novel "Incredible Incidents in Women's Cell No. 3" was published. As of 2022, Her book has been published in at least one other language.
Early life
Yarmysh was born in Rostov-on-Don on October 11, 1989. In 2007, she started studying at the Faculty of International Journalism (Факультет международной журналистики) at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) without exams, having won the University Challenge Olympiad (see olympiad). After graduation, she worked in the press services of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. She also worked for Utair airline. In 2013, she took part in the election campaign of Alexei Navalny. He was trying to be elected as mayor of Moscow.
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Bokermannohyla diamantina is a frog that lives in northeastern Brazil. Scientists have seen it in only one place, Riacho do Tijuquinha.
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Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos; 8 February 1405 – 29 May 1453) was the last Byzantine emperor, started in 1449 until he died in the Fall of Constantinople. His death became the end of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) of the Roman Empire, founded by Augustus almost 1,500 years earlier.
History
Constantine was the fourth son of Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and Helena Dragaš, the daughter of Serbian ruler Konstantin Dejanović. His early life is unknown, but from the 1420s onward, he is shown to be a skilled general. Based on his career, Constantine have been a soldier. He was trusted and liked by his older brother, Emperor John VIII Palaiologos. Constantine and John fended off an attack on the Morea (the Peloponnese) by Carlo I Tocco, ruler of Epirus, and in 1428 Constantine became Despot of the Morea and ruled the province together with his older brother Theodore and his younger brother Thomas. Together, they ruled to almost the entire Peloponnese for the first time since the Fourth Crusade more than two hundred years before and rebuilt the ancient Hexamilion wall, which defended the peninsula from outside attacks. Although ultimately unsuccessful, Constantine personally led a campaign into Central Greece and Thessaly in 1444–1446, attempting to extend Byzantine rule into Greece once more.
In 1448, John VIII died without children, and as his favored successor, Constantine was proclaimed emperor on 6 January 1449. Constantine's brief reign would see the emperor grapple with three primary concerns. First, there was the issue of an heir, as Constantine was also childless. Despite attempts by Constantine's friend and confidant George Sphrantzes to find him a wife, Constantine ultimately died unmarried. The second concern was the religious disunity within what little remained of his empire. Constantine and his predecessor John VIII both believed a union between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches was needed to secure military aid from Catholic Europe, but much of the Byzantine populace opposed the idea. Finally, the most important concern was the growing Ottoman Empire, which by 1449 completely surrounded Constantinople. In April 1453, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II laid siege to Constantinople with an army perhaps numbering as many as 80,000 men. Even though the city's defenders may have numbered less than a tenth of the sultan's army, Constantine considered the idea of abandoning Constantinople unthinkable. The emperor stayed to defend the city and on 29 May, Constantinople fell. Constantine died the same day. Although no reliable eyewitness accounts of his death survived, most historical accounts agree that the emperor led a last charge against the Ottomans and died fighting.
Constantine was the last Christian ruler of Constantinople. He became known in later Greek folklore as the Marble Emperor (Greek: Μαρμαρωμένος Βασιλεύς, romanized: Marmaromenos Vasilias, lit. 'Emperor/King turned into Marble'), reflecting a popular legend which endured for centuries that Constantine had not actually died, but had been rescued by an angel and turned into marble, hidden beneath the Golden Gate of Constantinople awaiting a call from God to be restored to life and reconquer both the city and the old empire.
After he died , The monarchy actually did not finish until 1512, and the last person to hold the title Roman Emperor was Francis I as Holy Roman Emperor.
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Edward Hibbert is an American-born British actor.
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This is a list of French painters.
Claude Lorrain (d. 1682), etcher
François Boucher (d. 1770)
Died after 1800
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (d. 1806)
Jacques-Louis David (d. 1825)
Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (d. 1842)
Gustave Courbet (d. 1877)
Édouard Manet (d. 1883)
Later
Paul Gauguin (d. 1903)
Camille Pissarro (d. 1903)
Paul Cézanne (d. 1906)
Edgar Degas (d. 1917)
Auguste Renoir (d. 1919)
Claude Monet (d. 1926)
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Malek Baayou (born 29 April 1999 in Sousse; ) is a Tunisian professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Étoile Sportive du Sahel and the Tunisia national team.
Malek Baayou played his first match for the Tunisian national football team on September 21, 2019, in a friendly against Libya. This match won 1-0 is part of the qualifiers for the 2020 African Nations Championship.
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Thomas Chen () is an businessman and co-founder of the Hang Lung Group in Hong Kong. He is known for his contributions to the education system on Hong Kong.
Life
Thomas Chen was born in 1924 in Hong Kong and went to the mainland China to study during the Anti-Japanese War where he graduated from the National Fudan University. In 1948, he returned to Hong Kong where he founded Hang Lung Group together with his brother Chen Zengxi.
He has served as director, managing director and chairman of the group. He was a non-executive director of Wing Lung Bank from 1985 to 2003. In 1997, he established Siyuan Foundation. He also served as the vice president of the Real Estate Developers Association which is a member of the Airport Authority Hong Kong. In addition he served in Real Estate Group of the Land Construction Advisory Committee and Preparatory Working Group of the Land Development Company.
He also served as a director of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and he was also Chairman of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited. He also holds the position of director in the Hong Kong UniversityTeaching and Research Development Fund Co., Ltd., which is a part of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Advisory Committee.
Recognition
He was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993. He received the Honorary Doctorate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1995 and the Honorary Fellow of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2004. He was also awarded the Honorary University Fellow of the University of Hong Kong in 2006 and the Honorary Fellow of the Fudan University Ph.D. in 2012.
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Chen Din-hwa (; 1923 – 17 June 2012) was a businessman and philanthropist based in Hong Kong. He was ranked as the 14th wealthiest person in Hong Kong. His net worth at the time of his death was worth of US$2.6 billion.
Life and career
He was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, Republic of China in 1923. He left his school at the age of 12 and started working as an apprentice to a silk merchant. At the age of 22 years old, he became chief manager of his family business and at later he owned multiple shops and factories in Shanghai and Ningbo. In 1949, he shifted to Hong Kong where he set up business.
In 1954, he established Nan Fung Textiles and became its chairman. In the same year, he established Nan Fung Development Limited.
In 2009, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The he handed over control of his business to his younger daughter Vivien Chen. She has been part of the business since 1981.
Death
He died on 17 June 2012 at the age of 89 due to prostate cancer.
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Claude Lorrain (c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, etcher, and draughtsman of the Baroque era; In French, the name "le Lorrain" is sometimes used about him.
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Wenceslas Square is one of the main squares in the New City of Prague, Czech Republic. Many important events happened there. With a width of it is relatively narrow, more like a boulevard. It has a length of which makes it one of the biggest squares in Europe.
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Firestarter is a 1984 American science fiction horror movie directed by Mark L. Lester and was based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Stephen King. It stars Drew Barrymore, David Keith, Freddie Jones, Heather Locklear, George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, Art Carney, Louise Fletcher and was distributed by Universal Pictures. It will be remade in 2022.
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Kimbee Chan (; born in 1979) is a Hong Kong billionaire. She is the wife of billionaire Joseph Lau.
She grew up in Tsz Wan Shan Village, Kowloon and graduated in 1991 from the Po Leung Kuk Ho Sau Nam Primary School which was earlier known as the Fourth Primary School of the Po Leung Kuk Premier Association.
After graduating she started working as an entertainment reporter in Apple Daily. During this time, she developed a good relationship with the famous actor Stephen Chow. In May 2002, she resigned as a reporter and joined Liu Luanxiong's Chinese real estate company.
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Norwegian Wood is a 2010 Japanese romantic drama movie directed by Tran Anh Hung and was based on the novel of the same name by Haruki Murakami. It stars Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara, Tetsuji Tamayama, Kengo Kora, Eriko Hatsune and was distributed by Toho.
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Hazbin Hotel is an American independent adult animated musical sitcom horror series created by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano. On May 26, Medrano had announced that the main release date was October 5, 2019, but it was released on October 28, 2019.
The series focuses on Charlie, the daughter of Lucifer and princess of Hell with a goal seemingly impossible to rehabilitate sinners and/or demons to solve Hell's overpopulation problem.
Acquisition by A24
The series was acquired by the independent film company A24, there is currently no official release date, even though there were changes to the external appearance of the hotel, unlike the pilot episode. Charlie's recent change in appearance and his last name, currently changing to Morningstar.
Promise
Charlie Morningstar (voiced by Jill Harris), the Princess of Hell, optimistic demon and heir to the throne, as she sets about fulfilling her seemingly impossible dream of opening up a hotel called the "Hazbin Hotel" which aims to rehabilitate sinners. Due to overpopulation, Hell goes through an annual purge once a year, where angels descend from Heaven and kill demons. Charlie finds this upsetting, and wants to find a more peaceful solution to the overpopulation problem.
With the help of her devoted manager and girlfriend, Vaggie (Monica Franco), and their reluctant first customer, pornographic film actor Angel Dust (Michael Kovach, pilot), she's determined to make her dream become a reality. However, when her proposal on live television goes wrong, her plan attracts the attention of the powerful "Radio Demon" Alastor (Edward Bosco) who, despite finding her belief in redemption funny, wants to help Charlie run the hotel for his own amusement.
Characters
Charlotte "Charlie" Morningstar (Voice: Jill Harris/Elsie Lovelock, Singing): She is the main protagonist of the series, she is the princess of hell, the daughter of Lucifer and Lilith and the founder of Hazbin Hotel, who despite what most of the inhabitants of hell say, thinks that redemption is possible for all demons, and thus form a better Hell.
Vagatha "Vaggie" (Voice: Monica Franco): She is Charlie's girlfriend and manager of the Hazbin Hotel. However, her explosive temper impedes her goals of making Charlie's dreams come true.
Anthony "Angel Dust" (Voice: Michael Kovach): He is an adult movie star and the hotel's first patient, he often gets into trouble and annoys Vaggie and Husk, considering the fact that Charlie wants him to be a better person.
Alastor "Radio Demon"(Voice: Edward Bosco): He is one of the most powerful Overlords of Hell, along with other demons such as Lucifer and Vox. He is Charlie's business partner at the Hazbin Hotel for his own amusement. He also brought with him to the hotel Husk and Niffty who, apparently, already knew Alastor in the past.
Husk: He works for Charlie at the hotel as a bartender and receptionist. Husk is generally moody and can become vulgar at certain times. He is also gruff and an alcoholic, though he loves gambling. However, he is someone very easy to persuade.
Niffty: She works for Charlie at the hotel as a cleaner and cook. She is hyperactive and spontaneous, as well as being quick to do her chores. She is very easy to amuse and exalt. She is not a person who gets scared easily and tends to speak her mind recklessly and frantically.
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Pokémon Scarlet And Pokémon Violet are unreleased pokemon Video games. They are part of the 9th generation of pokemon games. They will release on the Nintendo Switch video game console. The games are expected to be released in late 2022.
Setting
The setting of the games is based on Spain.
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The Surinam golden-eyed tree frog, Surinam gold-eyed milk frog, or Surinam casque-headed frog (Trachycephalus coriaceus) is a frog that lives in Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Suriname, French Guiana, and Guyana. Scientists think it might also live in Colombia. This frog lives in flooded forests. It might also live in forests that are not flooded.
Appearance
The adult male frog is 5.2 to 6.0 cm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 5.3 to 6.5 cm long. The adult female frog is brown, reddish brown, and gray to tan. Sometimes the frog has patterns on the back. It has black and near-white lines. The webbing between its toes is red. The sides of its upper hind legs are red. The bottoms of its feet are red. The belly and throat are yellow.
Food and actions
This frog hides during the day and looks for food at night. It sits and waits for food to wander by and then catches it.
When a human being picks up this frog, it puffs itself up to look larger than it really is. Scientists think the frog does this to make animal that might eat it go away, but they are not sure. The male frogs also puff up when they sing for females.
When it is time for the female frog to lay eggs, the frogs come to permanent or temporary bodies of water. The male frogs puff up all the way and make loud growling sounds. The female frog lays eggs on the surface of the water.
Threats
There are fewer frogs than there were because human beings change the places where this frog lives. For example, human beings cut down forests to collect wood. Human beings also catch the frogs to sell to collectors or to sell as pets. The Cashinahua and Achuar people also catch this frog to eat.
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A Bag of Marbles () is a 2017 French Canadian Czech World War II drama movie directed by Christian Duguay and is the second adaption of the 1973 autobiographical novel of the same name by Joseph Joffo. It stars Dorian Le Clech, Batyste Fleurial, Patrick Bruel, Elsa Zylberstein, Bernard Campan, Kev Adams, Christian Clavier.
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Amalia Santos (Died; 1994) is the 1st spouse of Alfredo Lim and former first lady of Manila from 1992 to 1994.
She died in 1994 in Manila.
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Song of the Sea () is a 1952 Brazilian drama movie directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Luiz Andrade, Glauce Bandeira, Fernando Becker, Débora Borba, Margarida Cardoso, Ernani Dantas, Alfredo de Oliveria.
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This timeline is a list and may not ever be complete. Some events might only be discovered after the war.
Background
On 24 February, Russia invaded Ukraine. There was a lot of Russian military buildup since 2021. Many demands were made from Russia against Ukraine. They were mostly against Ukraine joining NATO.
February 2022
24 February
On 24 February at 03:00 UTC, Russian president Vladimir Putin made an announcement in a television broadcast. He said that he made "a special military operation" in Ukraine. A little bit later, missile strikes were made in multiple cities. A missile hit Ukraine's capital Kyiv. Shortly afterwards, the Ukrainian Border Service said that its border posts with Russia and Belarus were under. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that there was martial law at 03:00 UTC.
At 03:35, Russians sieged Konotop. The Russian forces were fought back.
Around 16:00, a Russian troops from a helicopter captured Antonov Airport. Ukraine later recaptured the airport and destroyed the Russian force.
Around 17:00, Russian forces captured the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the abandoned city of Pripyat.
At 22:00 , the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said that Russian forces had captured Snake Island in the Black Sea following naval and air bombardment.
17 Ukrainian civilians were confirmed to be killed. 13 of these were killed in Southern Ukraine. Three was in in Mariupol and one in Kharkiv. 40 Ukrainian soldiers died from the strikes.
Russia said that two civilian ship were bombed. Multiple people died because of this.
Joe Biden says that they will not allow Russia to use any assets that are in the U. S. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that there are 137 dead and 316 wounded.
25 February
At 1:24, Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that all males from Ukraine from the ages of 18 to 60 cannot leave Ukraine.
At 03:27, a captain and corporal from the Russian 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade and a reconnaissance platoon of the 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade surrenders to the Ukraine. This is near Chernihiv.
At 05:14, Russia strikes a border in Ukraine with rockets. The hit the village of Prymors'kyi Posad, Pryazovske Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. There were multiple Ukrainiancasualties.
At 05:40, Russia brings military items through Sumy Raion. There was also fighting outside of Okhtyrka at 07:30.
At 06:25, a pipeline for gas in Starobilsk was not getting anything through it. This happened because of attacks from Russia.
At 06:46, the Rivne International Airport in Rivne was hit with a Russian missile.
At 08:15, the Russian army was at the city of Kherson.
At 08:34, Ukraine defended an attack from Russians in Chirnihiv. Ukraine took many Russian items and documents.
At 08:43, the Russians unblocked the North Crimean Canal. This gave water back to Crimea. It didn't have water since it was lost in 2014 right after the Russian annexation of Crimea.
At 09:01, a group of Russian soldier were defeated by Ukrainians Starobilsk.
At 10:30, Russians entered Melitopol. The city was attacked. Melitopol surrendered later.
On the morning of the 25th, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said that Russians attacked a kindergarten and an orphanage. He posted on Twitter: "Today's Russian attacks on a kindergarten and an orphanage are war crimes and violations of the Rome Statute. Together with the General Prosecutor's Office we are collecting this and other facts, which we will immediately send to the Hague."
By mid-morning, Russian troops reached the northern district in Kyiv. The Ukraine government asked its citizens to make Molotov cocktails.
Later in the day, the NATO Response Force was activated for the first time ever as a defensive measure against the invasion.
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Concepcion Tantoco Lopez (born; 1936) is the former First Lady of Manila she is marriage to Mel Lopez and have 9 children.
in 2019 she have a Stroke until now amd have a Cancer.
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Saigrace Pokharel (born 07 November 1987) is a Nepalese Story Teller and a successful youtuber.
Personal Life
Saigrace was born in the Kathmandu, Nepal in a well of family. His parents are Ram Prashad Pokharel and Kabita Pokharel were always supportive of him. From the very childhood, Saigrace was very calm, humble and kind to everyone. He used to love writing poems, reading and songs and stories. Whenever he got the chance, He was also good at his study. Now he is married to Sita Sai Pokharel. Saigrace went to Namuna Primary Boarding school for his primary education. Then he joined New Himalayan Boarding school, Samakhusi, after class six to complete secondary education. After then he got admission to Intensive International Academy and finished his high school and bachelor there. Then, he has done a post-graduate degree from Demort Fort University, Denmark, in Strategy Management.
Career
Saigrace Pokharel chooses to work at a very early age to know the value of work. He worked at a music store at 16. Later he used to work as a research assistant officer at Nepal Health Research Council. He worked a total of seven years in the ministry. People used to like his passion and dedication to his work. Besides all of these, he worked in filmmaking and video making for different organizations. Later he started his own production house in Denmark as ‘Saigrace Production.’ His team produces wedding photography, videos, advertisements, graphics and many more. Now his production house is offering all these facilities in Barcelona, Spain as he moved there.
Saigrace as StoryTeller
Saigrace writes and recites stories on the universal themes of love and struggle that his audiences can easily relate to as if they were their own. There is also enormous solace in his voice. His storytelling journey started when he was small and his father used to tell him folklores after the family dinner. Entertainment sources were limited back in those days. Inspired by his father, Saigrace also started telling stories, but only to his friends and classmates. He started doing voice-overs for documentaries and movies. Once he started to tell stories on screen, he got much more appreciation and became a sensation in a matter of weeks.He started earning fans after he narrated a story "on human life and the importance of helping each other before 1,500-strong audience in Pokhara at the National Youth Conference in 2012. I received a good response from the audience and earned fans too". His popularity as a storyteller has also helped him be on the radar of Nepal-based brands and corporations looking for skilled storytellers to aid them in creating content for advertisements and promotions. He most recently collaborated with IME Limited, a remittance company.
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Sir Ian Kershaw (born 29 April 1943) is an English historian and one of the most famous experts on Nazi Germany.
Early works
Kershaw started his job as a historian studying life in the Middle Ages, but in the 1970s he changed to studying Nazi Germany. He worked with Martin Broszat's study on what ordinary Germans in Bavaria thought about Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. He then did studies and books of his own, including The "Hitler Myth": Image and Reality in the Third Reich in 1987. Kershaw is also well-known for writing a biography (life story) of Hitler. This was written as two books, one published in 1998 and another published in 2000.
Ideas
One of Kershaw's most important ideas is the idea of "working towards the Führer". (Hitler called himself the "Führer", a German word for "leader".) This is his idea about why the Nazi government caused World War II, the Holocaust and other mass killings. Kershaw believes that they cannot simply be blamed on just one person, and it is more important to study the rest of the Nazi government and German society. However, unlike his friend Hans Mommsen, Kershaw does not believe that Hitler was a weak ruler. Instead, he thinks that Hitler was powerful but lazy. He believes that events like the Holocaust happened because Hitler's followers were working towards what they thought Hitler wanted them to do.
Other writings
Kershaw has also written many other books and worked as an advisor to documentaries. In the 2010s, he also wrote books on the wider history of Europe in the 20th century.
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The National Union () was the only legal party of the Estado Novo regime in Portugal, founded in July 1930 and ruled by António de Oliveira Salazar during most of its time.
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Bokermannohyla itapoty is a frog that lives in northeastern Brazil.
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The Even (Even: эвэн, Russian: эвены) people are a native population of Siberia and the Russian Far East. They are sometimes called Ewens or Lamuts.
Language
Evens are Tungusic people. They speak their own language called Even. The Even language was unwritten until the Russians created a written language for them, using the Cyrillic alphabet. Some Evens also speak Yakut or Sakha, and live in the Sakha Republic. Most Evens live in parts of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai. They share many things in common with the Evenki people.
Evens are reindeer herders. They are nomads, which means they move from one place to another.
Contact with Russians
During the 17th century, Russians made contact with the Even people. They introduced diseases to the Evens, such as smallpox and influenza. Russians also made Evens pay the yasak, which meant they had to pay taxes to the Russian government with reindeer furs. Because of the new diseases and the reindeer population decreasing, the population of the Even people went down.
Religion
Evens' religion is a mixture of shamanism and Russian Orthodoxy. Shamanism is a belief that worships animals and nature. There are shamans, people who communicate with spirits. An Even shaman is called a haman. Evens believe in different kinds of spirits. One of them is a fire spirit called togh-muranni, which is very powerful. Ibdiril are spirits that help the haman. They can look like different people and animals.
Culture
Reindeer are very important to the Even people. They were traditionally sacrificed and used in special ceremonies. Reindeer were used for transportation, along with dogs. One group of Evens living on the Pacific coast didn't have as many reindeer, and depended on fish instead.
Evens lived in clans. Even people had a custom called nimat, which meant that all of the fish and animals caught were shared with the whole clan.
There are many kinds of folklore in Even culture. Nemkan are about people and animals. Teleng are long stories that are sung, often about warriors and heroes. Ike are short songs, and nenuken are riddles.
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Michael Frontzeck (born 26 March 1964) is a German professional football coach of VfL Wolfsburg and former player who played as a left back. He earned 19 caps for the (West) German national team and was in the squad at Euro 1992.
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Borussia M'gladbach
DFB-Pokal runner-up: 1983–84
VfB Stuttgart
Bundesliga: 1991–92
DFL-Supercup: 1992
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UEFA European Football Championship runner-up: 1992
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Vitalii Volodymyrovych Skakun (19 August 1996 – 24 February 2022) was a Ukrainian marine combat engineer.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Skakun's was sent to protect the town of Henichesk. As the Russian military got close to the town, Ukrainian forces decided to destroy the Henichesk bridge, in order to slow the Russian troops advancing northward from Crimea. Skakun, a combat engineer, volunteered to place mines on the bridge.
On 24 February 2022, after placing the explosives, Skakun did not have enough time to leave from the bridge and, after texting his soldiers, blew up the mines killing himself and destroying the bridge. His actions slowed the Russian military.
On 26 February 2022, Skakun was posthumously awarded the Order of the Gold Star, the military version of the title of Hero of Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Jörg Berger (13 October 1944 – 23 June 2010) was a German football manager and player, who managed Arminia Bielefeld as his last club.
Career
As an player, he played for 1.FC Lok Leipzig.
Personal life
Berger was the father of three children. Berger died on 23 June 2010 of an enteric tumor.
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Yadlapati Venkata Rao (16 December 1919 – 28 February 2022) was an Indian politician. He was the Minister for Agriculture, Law and Planning in the united Andhra Pradesh from 1978 to 1980. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha representing Andhra Pradesh between 1998 and 2004.
Rao turned turned 100 in December 2019. He died at his daughter's home in Hyderabad, India on 28 February 2022, at the age of 102.
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Abuzed Omar Dorda (; 4 April 1944 – 28 February 2022) was a Libyan politician. He was the General Secretary of the People's Committee (Prime Minister) of Libya from 7 October 1990 to 29 January 1994. He was also Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1997 to 2003.
Dorda died in Cairo, Egypt on 28 February 2022, at the age of 77.
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Nick Zedd (May 8, 1958 – February 27, 2022) was an American filmmaker, author, and painter. He helped create the term Cinema of Transgression in 1985. His best known movie was the 1983 comedy horror Geek Maggot Bingo.
Zedd died from cirrhosis caused by liver cancer and hepatitis C in Mexico City, Mexico on February 27, 2022, at the age of 63.
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Sonny Ramadhin (1 May 1929 – 27 February 2022) was a West Indies cricketer. He was the first of many West Indian cricketers of Indian origin. He was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1951. He played for the West Indies cricket team from 1950 until 1960.
Ramadhin died on 27 February 2022, aged 92.
After the series in England in 1951 he was remembered by a calypso where he and fellow spinner Valentine were celebrated.
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Marietta Giannakou (, 6 June 1951 – 27 February 2022) was a Greek politician. She was a member of the New Democracy Party. Giannakou was born in Geraki Lakonias, Greece. From 2004 until 2007, she was the Minister of Education. Giannakou was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2014.
In January 2022, Giannakou was hospitalized in Athens, Greece after falling from her wheelchair and suffering a subdural hematoma. She died of a heart attack on 27 February 2022, aged 70.
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Thomas Gerstner (born 6 November 1966) is a German football manager and former player. He is the manager of the German club SV Straelen.
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Kenneth B. Ellerbe (April 10, 1960 – February 27, 2022) was an American firefighter. He was the fire chief of the District of Columbia Fire & EMS Department from January 1, 2011 to July 2, 2014. He was chosen by Mayor Vincent C. Gray in December 2010. From August 2009 to December 2010, Ellerbe was the Sarasota County, Florida fire chief. Ellerbe was born in Washington, D.C..
Ellerbe died on February 27, 2022 at his home in Washington, D.C. at the age of 61.
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Veronica Carlson (born Veronica Mary Glazer; 18 September 1944 – 27 February 2022) was a British model, painter and actress. She was born in Yorkshire, England. Carlson was known for her roles in Hammer Horror movies such as Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) and The Horror of Frankenstein (1970).
Carlson died on 27 February 2022, aged 77.
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Donald Walter Trautman (June 24, 1936 – February 26, 2022) was an American Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of the Diocese of Erie in Western Pennsylvania from 1990 to 2011. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in Upstate New York from 1985 to 1990. Trautman was born in Buffalo, New York.
Trautman died on February 26, 2022, at the age of 85.
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LePreston Porter (April 23, 1985 — February 26, 2022), better known by his stage name Snootie Wild, was an American rapper and singer. He was best known for his first single, "Yayo". In September 2014, Wild released his first extended play, Go Mode.
On February 25, 2022, Porter was found dead in Houston, Texas with gunshot wounds to his neck. He was hospitalized in critical condition but died the following day at age 36.
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Antonio Seguí (; 11 January 1934 – 26 February 2022) was an Argentine cartoonist, painter, engraver, book illustrator, and sculptor. Seguí's work were seen at the MoMA, Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, and Centre Georges Pompidou, among others.
He died in Paris on 26 February 2022, at the age of 88.
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The University of Tours () formerly François Rabelais University of Tours (), is a public university in Tours, France. Founded in 1969, the university was formerly named after the French writer François Rabelais. It is the largest university in the Centre Loire region. Since July 2015, it is a member of the regional university association Leonardo da Vinci consolidated University.
Former students
Jean Germain, a French socialist politician
Bruno Latour, a French philosopher
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The Academy Honorary Award is given every year by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
The award honors motion picture achievements that are not covered by existing Academy Awards, although past winners of competitive Academy Awards are not excluded from receiving the Honorary Award.
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The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984. It honors artists and patrons of the arts. It is the highest honor given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government.
Nominations are submitted to the National Council on the Arts. The medal was designed for the NEA by sculptor Robert Graham.
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Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American movie director, playwright, and screenwriter. He is the co-writer of the movie Gangs of New York (2002), and wrote and directed You Can Count On Me (2000), Margaret (2011), and Manchester by the Sea (2016).
Lonergan is also known for his work as a playwright. His most known plays include This Is Our Youth, Lobby Hero and The Waverly Gallery.
Lonergan won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Manchester by the Sea, for which he was also nominated for Best Director. He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for Manchester by the Sea.
Lonergan is married to actress J. Smith-Cameron since 2000. They have one daughter, Nellie.
In January 2020, Lonergan was appointed Visiting Fellow and Artist in Residence at Kellogg College of the University of Oxford.
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Sargon (also SARGON ) is a chess program by the American developers Dan and Kathe Spracklen from the late 70's and 80's, which was considered the benchmark for its power and the comfort of the game at the time. The name derives from Sargon of Akkad (c. 2300 BC).<span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwDg"> </span>), former ruler of Mesopotamia . .
History
Inspired by a BASIC listing of an unfinished chess program that fell into the hands of the Spracklens around 1977, they decided to develop such a program themselves. They opted for significantly more efficient assembly language and used the 8-bit Z80 microprocessor from the American company Zilog, which had recently appeared on the market. The first version was released in 1978, and in the same year he won the March 3 - 5 Computer Chess Tournament in San Jose, California West Coast Computer Faire .
As a result, other versions appeared, most numbered with Roman numerals (II, III, IV and V) (with the exception of Ver. 2.5), the last version (1991) being the version V.
References
Bibliography
SARGON III - Ein Mikrocomputer-Programm aus dem Hause Spracklen in Computerschach und Spiele (CSS), Nr. 3, 1984, p. 12–14
Kathe und Dan Spracklen: Sargon - A Computer Chess Program, Hayden Book Company, 1978, ISBN 0-8104-5155-7
Kathe und Dan Spracklen: First Steps in Computer Chess Programming (englisch) in BYTE, Vol. 3, Nr. 10, October 1978
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Sargon in Chess Programming Wiki (English), accessed 21. November 2017
List of SARGON TDL Z80 assembler for CP / M and Wavemate Jupiter III
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Primary Colors is a 1998 American comedy-drama movie directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Elaine May was based of the novel Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics about Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign in 1992. The movie starred John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Maura Tierney, Larry Hagman, and Adrian Lester.
Bates was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, and May was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 American fantasy comedy movie co-directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry. It is about a young man (played by Beatty) being mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel.
The movie was nominated for nine Academy Awards. The cast includes Beatty, Julie Christie, and Jack Warden.
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Stephen Tai Tak-fung GBM JP () is the founder and current board of directors of Sizhou Group (). He is also serving as the Chairman of the Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Limited ().
Life
Stephen Tai Tak-fung was born and brought up in Puning city, Guangdong Province, China. He started career in snack businesses by founding the company named "Snack Talk". He later establisged Sizhou Group and Gongdelin Vegetarian that fetched him the title "Snack King". After the success of his career, he invested in public welfare causes including education, disasters, and culture. He has held a number of social positions in both mainland China and Hong Kong.
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Moses Henry Cass (18 February 1927 – 26 February 2022) was an Australian doctor and politician. He was Minister for Environment and Conservation (1972–1975), the Environment (1975), and the Media (1975) during the Gough Whitlam government.
He represented the Division of Maribyrnong in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983.
Cass died on 26 February 2022 at the age of 95.
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