who has the most networth in the world
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not able to be completely ascertained. In 2018, there was a record of 2,208 people on the list, that included 259 newcomers mostly from China and the U.S.; there were 63 people under 40 and it had a record number of 256 women. The average net worth of the list came in at , up from 2017. Added together, the total net worth for 2018's billionaires was , up from in 2017. , Microsoft founder Bill Gates had topped the list 18 of the past 24 years, while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is ranked at the top for the first
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some sources say the family only has $8 million to split between the blood relatives. The crime family is still around and living although not as strong as they were in the early days they are still running the streets thanks to El Gran Mateo who has taken Quitoni's place as Don of the family. , Quitoni's grandchildren's have a networth of $4 Million dollars while Quitoni had a networth of about $320 million before his decline in 2000.The mafia leader was said to have been going broke and had 10 million dollars left in his accounts, this was eventually
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revenues, eventually going public and trading on the NASDAQ. Customers included virtually every major law firm in the United States, most of the Fortune 500 and many large federal agencies including the FBI, the DEA and the CIA. In 1994, Information America was acquired by West Publishing, the largest legal publisher in the world and soon after was acquired by Thomson Corporation, a multi-national information publishing company. He later founded NetWorth Partners, a venture capital fund focusing on information based enterprises with Mellon Ventures as its largest investor and subsequently became a partner in Mellon Ventures, a subsidiary of Mellon
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organized by PhD students in 2015. Ngowi's inspirational story has been featured and profiled on Forbes (The Young African Millionaire Lighting Up Tanzania) and listed under Forbes list of 30 under 30 Africa's Best Young Entrepreneurs and Forbes list of Young African Millionaires to Watch in 2013 Forbes again listed Patrick in the 2014 list of Africa's Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs through Helvetic Group with networth in the millions of dollars. Patrick was named as East Africa's Young Business Leader of the Year 2014 by Forbes and CNBC, listed among Top 100 Most Influential Africans 2013-2014 by New Africa Magazine
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items. Whenever something is produced, an agency gains Networth. After two weeks, the agency with the highest Networth wins the season. Agencies in the top three positions get rewards on top of what was produced during the season, such as the Black Lance Vandal and Dark Steel Vindicator. Players also receive holographic armor and dyes for coming in top three or first for several seasons. "Global Agenda" mixes a science fiction setting with a secret agent backdrop, leading the developers to refer to the game genre as spy-fi. The game is in 2155, in the wake of a severe global
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in Saudi deals. Their wealth was reported to have been US$1.2 billion in 1991. They had real estate investments in the US, including Marina del Rey in Los Angeles, a property near Disney World, and a hotel next to the Mayo Clinic. They also invested in Orlando real estate. Al Ibrahim was the 27th richest Arab in the Middle East with the wealth of US$2.9 billion in 2009. now with a networth of more than 6 billion dollars. Al Ibrahim has been awarded for his contributions in the field of Arab media. He was among top 20 prominent Gulf businessmen
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credited with inventing the term "infomediary" in his book, "'NetWorth". with Marc Singer, published by the Harvard Business School Press in 1999. John Hagel III John Hagel (or John Hagel III) is a management consultant and author who specializes in helping executives to anticipate and address emerging business opportunities and challenges. Hagel has spent over 30 years in Silicon Valley. He is the founder of two technology startups and served as the Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning at Atari, Inc. He spent 16 years at McKinsey & Company, where he helped open their Silicon Valley office and served as
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affected party a grace period to cure the Termination Event before the other party may terminate and liquidate the Master Agreement. In the movie "The Big Short", which is based on Michael Lewis' book by the same name, ISDA Master Agreement is referred as the Hunting License, reserved only for the big boys. Originally devised with the banks and other institutional players in mind, the doors were opened to ultra-high networth individuals. The maximum licenses at any point peaked at 3000. ISDA Master Agreement The ISDA Master Agreement is the most commonly used master service agreement for OTC derivatives transactions
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Mikey Arroyo Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo, known as Mikey Arroyo (born April 26, 1969) is the son of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. He is a Filipino actor and former Representative of the party-list group Ang Galing Pinoy. He was the former congressman from second district of Pampanga from 2004 to 2010. In August 2009, VERA Files, a group of veteran Filipino journalists, reported that Arroyo ""has failed to declare in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth (SALN) for the last two years a $1.32 million or P63.7 million beachfront property in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, which
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England Venture Capital Association. In Spring 2001, The Boston Globe profiled Wayne Chang in "e-Files". In Spring 2005, Newsweek profiled Wayne Chang in their issue, "The College Vanguard: 15 Students You Don't Know... But Will". In April, 2005, the press, including USA Today, The Washington Post, Boston Globe, reported that the Recording Industry Association of America was filing lawsuits against users of i2hub. In July 2005, Wayne Chang was featured in CBS Sunday Morning News segment called "Networth". In August 2005, Wayne Chang was profiled by Boston Globe's Business section, "Software wiz follows dream out of college". In October, 2005,
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costs of running its own services or software businesses. In January 1998, Compaq was at its height. CEO Pfeiffer boldly predicted that the Microsoft/Intel "Wintel" duopoly would be replaced by "Wintelpaq". Pfeiffer also made several major (and some minor) acquisitions. In 1997, Compaq bought Tandem Computers, known for their NonStop server line. This acquisition instantly gave Compaq a presence in the higher end business computing market. Minor acquisitions centered around building a networking arm and included NetWorth (1998) based in Irving, Texas and Thomas-Conrad (1998) based in Austin, Texas. In 1997 Microcom was also acquired, based in Norwood, MA, which
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two children. In November 2014, they agreed on a financial settlement, but she later sought to have the settlement renegotiated, claiming that his networth was more than the £20 million+ previously advised, and that his shareholding in Hometrack had been significantly undervalued. In October 2015, this case was still with the UK's High Court. Giles Mackay Giles Cyril Patrick Mackay (born 1962), is a British businessman and property investor. Giles Mackay was born in 1962. He attended The Ryleys Preparatory School, Alderley Edge Cheshire from 1970 to 1973. He founded Hometrack, a property market analytics company, in 1999 and appointed
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Dirty Floors" was released in 2007 and was noted for containing "a winning mix of wit, humor, ability, and perspective". Hoppa's next work, "Volume One", was an album billed under "Hop & Pop" which was in collaboration with General Populous. In 2009, he released his second solo album, "Network Networth", which contained his hit single Up Jumped the Boogie. He then released another collaboration with Mine+Us called "Day By Day". The following year, a collaboration with Cleen and General Populous was released called "DJ Hoppa Presents Cleen and General Populous: Cleen Pop Music". 2011 saw singles being released from Hoppa.
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offerings to include sweepstakes. The company finally halted consumer-facing operations in February 2001. By the time it closed its doors, the company had paid out over $160 million to its members. AllAdvantage contributed several enduring concepts to the online marketplace. For example, AllAdvantage was one of the first implementations of the infomediary concept to reach a mass market. The concept of the infomediary was first suggested by McKinsey consultants and professors John Hagel, III, and Marc Singer in their book "NetWorth". (Hagel and Singer eventually became informal advisers to the company.) The company's Viewbar software was one of the earliest
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NetSpeed NetSpeed was a broadband Internet access company based in the United States. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on March 10, 1998. NetSpeed's DSL products were the first service provider and customer-premises DSL equipment to be production deployed at a major U.S. service provider, US West. The founder of NetSpeed, John McHale, also started NetWorth, Inc., a manufacturer of 10BASE-T Ethernet 1989. The company was acquired by Compaq in 1994. After NetSpeed, Inc., John McHale went on to found NetPliance, TippingPoint, and BreakingPoint Systems. Key employees of NetSpeed also went on to found other companies. Kip McClanahan and Kenny
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of 49 lobbyists working on its behalf. In 1981, before Termeer had joined Genzyme, it was a small firm that "employed 14 people in an office in Chinatown." By 2006 Genzyme with Termeer as CEO Genzyme became a biotech powerhouse with a "payroll of more than 8,000 in 70 offices and plants worldwide, making it the third-largest company of its kind." In 2004 "Termeer was the area's highest-paid CEO" in 2004, with a "total compensation package worth at least $37.9 million." He was 42nd in the 2006 list of Boston's wealthiest with a networth of $342 million. In June 2009
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Mosul Museum The Mosul Museum is the second largest museum in Iraq after the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad. It was heavily looted during the 2003 Iraq War. Founded in 1952, the museum consisted of a small hall until a new building was opened in 1972, containing ancient Assyrian artifacts. The museums networth and containing are around 50 to 80 to 250 million according to museum specialists during 2013 at least. Dr. Hikmat Al-Aswad was the Director from 2004-2011. The current director is Zaid Ghazi Saadallah. In 2014 the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) occupied the
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healthcare consultancy service, and an advanced Medical City. In November 2014, Aster DM Healthcare finalized Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Kotak Mahindra Bank to manage its Rs 1,200-crore initial public offering (IPO) scheduled for early next year. The company plans to sell 10% shares on the bourses though details of the same are not finalized yet. but sebi the regulator of Indian market asked the company to prove the overseas asset networth of the company. In March 2015, Sachin Tendulkar, the highest run-scorer in Test history, opened Aster DM Healthcare’s 150th pharmacy in Abu Dhabi. Sachin Tendulkar
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to protect homes, small business, and high networth clients. An early example of a outsourced and off-site MSSP service is US West !NTERACT Internet Security. The security service didn’t require the customer to purchase any equipment and no security equipment was installed at the customers premises. The service is considered a MSSP offering in that US West retained ownership of the firewall equipment and the firewalls were operated from their own Internet Point of Presence (PoP) The service was based on Check Point Firewall-1 equipment. Following over a year long beta introduction period, the service was generally available by early
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IHF World Men's Handball Championship The World Men's Handball Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1938. The competition has been dominated by European countries. It has been won most times by France, but Sweden has won most medals. The first World Championship took place in Germany in 1938, involving four teams from Europe who competed in a round robin stage to find a winner. It wouldn't be until sixteen years later where the second World Championship was held in the country of Sweden. Throughout their history, the World Championships has been dominated by European teams, with
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and World Championships, have been dominated by a few skiers. Successful roller skiers include Italian Alfio di Gregorio, who has won the World Games three times and World Cup four times; Russian Igor Glushkov, who has won the World Cup three times; and Frenchman Vincent Vittoz, who won the World Championships in 2002. Mateja Bogatec from Italy has been one of the most successful female rollers since the beginning of the FIS World Cup in 2000. Roller skis for classic and skate style skiing are used, as well as "combi" skis which may be used for either technique. Off-road rollerskis
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Rich has finished second on three occasions, and is the most successful rider not to have won the event, with a total of four medals. Cancellara has the most third-place finishes, with three. German cyclists are the most successful, with seven victories; Swiss cyclists are second with five, and Australians are third with three. The current champion is Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin, who won the 2017 event. Before 1994, the cyclists who performed well in the time trials during the three Grand Tours were considered the best in the world. The first event, at the 1994 UCI Road World Championships
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best ever in that sport. Most notably, he won five Olympic medals (four gold) and nine World Championships medals (five gold). Among currently active Finnish ski jumpers, Janne Ahonen has been the most successful. Kalle Palander is a well-known alpine skiing winner, who won the World Championship and Crystal Ball (twice, in Kitzbühel). Tanja Poutiainen has won an Olympic silver medal for alpine skiing, as well as multiple FIS World Cup races. Some of the most outstanding athletes from the past include Hannes Kolehmainen (1890–1966), Paavo Nurmi (1897–1973) and Ville Ritola (1896–1982) who won eighteen gold and seven silver Olympic
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to be in the world. One of ASA’s most renowned and esteemed contributors is Peter Isler who has been part of five America’s Cup campaigns, authored two sailing books of his own and is known as one of the most distinguished sailors in the world. Through the years ASA has formed bonds and partnerships with publications and manufacturers. Two of the most prominent are Cruising World Magazine and Beneteau Yachts. Cruising World is arguably sailing’s most recognized publication with a large domestic and international circulation. They co-sponsored ASA’s Docking Made Easy video series and other projects though the years. Beneteau
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of the competition. The 800 m world record has never been broken at the competition by either men or women. Maria Mutola is the most successful athlete of the event: from a period spanning 1993 to 2003, she won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze in the World Championships 800 m. The most successful man is Wilson Kipketer, who won three straight titles from 1995 to 1999. Only two other people, Billy Konchellah and Ana Fidelia Quirot, have won two world championship titles in the event. Yuriy Borzakovskiy, though never a champion, has won the most medals in
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Formula One drivers from the United Kingdom There have been 160 Formula One drivers from the United Kingdom, one of whom has competed in the 2018 season. The country has produced ten World Champions. Of those, Lewis Hamilton has won the most titles, with five. Hamilton is still active in the sport; he has won the most races, recorded the most pole positions and amassed the most points of any British driver. There have been ten British Formula One World Drivers' Champions winning a total of seventeen titles between them. The first champion was Mike Hawthorn, who in 1958 became
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musical phenomenon who has changed the way we think about the tabla and the musicians who play it. It is difficult to think of anyone else in the world who has made the instrument tabla such a lovable one ... The son of Allarakha Khan, he endeared himself to the world as a most sensitive and responsive accompanist, a dazzling soloist, and an adventurous fusion player (most notably with Shakti in the 1970s). Hussain was a child prodigy, and was touring by the age of twelve. He went to the United States in 1970, embarking on an international career which
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Carbajal, six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya, eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, and three-division world champion Erik Morales. Arum also promoted the legendary champion Julio Cesar Chavez in his later years of boxing. Arum has concentrated largely on promoting Hispanic fighters in recent years, citing surveys which show boxing is among the most popular sports within the Hispanic community. He has had great success with fighters such as Miguel Cotto, who has won world titles at the 140, 147, 154, 160-pound weight divisions, and Antonio Margarito, who held a 147-pound WBO belt from 2002–2007. He has concentrated many of
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vampire named Pat Warren; and the enigmatic elder vampire Seth, who has his own plans for Danny. The story is set on a modern world closely resembling our own, but there are notable differences. In the series, vampires, demons, and werewolves have recently been discovered to be real, though most residents of this world still believe they are a hoax. The comic has a feel different from most supernatural comics. The story has modern firearms in use as well as ancient magics; cities and countries are named differently, but nevertheless seem to "match up" to real-world countries, such as Terra
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Women's World Draughts Championship The Women's Draughts World Championship is the world championship in international draughts organized by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). The championship occurs every two years. In the even year following the tournament must take place the World Title match. The women's championship began in 1973 in the Netherlands and has had winners from the Soviet Union, Latvia, Ukraine, and Russia. The current women's champion is Natalia Sadowska. The player who has won most times is Zoja Golubeva, who previously won the championship fifteen times. The championship is held every two years, in the odd years. The
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or emotionless, process theologians view God as "the fellow sufferer who understands", and as the being who is supremely affected by temporal events. Hartshorne points out that people would not praise a human ruler who was unaffected by either the joys or sorrows of his followers – so why would this be a praise-worthy quality in God? Instead, as the being who is most affected by the world, God is the being who can most appropriately respond to the world. However, process theology has been formulated in a wide variety of ways. C. Robert Mesle, for instance, advocates a "process
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vice president of "Forrester Creations." Many media outlets throughout the world, from the big television networks to the most honorable newspapers, to the last gossip newspapers publicize their wedding, declaring it "the wedding of the year in the fashion world." Thousands of women see the pictures of Ridge and speculate on the identity of the woman who has won the heart of the man who has, until recently, been a playboy, and who has refused to settle for one woman. One of the curious is a chemistry student named Brooke Logan, who comes from a working-class family and who lives
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Nick Matthew Nicholas Matthew (born 25 July 1980 in Sheffield) is a former English professional squash player who has won the two most prestigious tournaments in the professional game, the British Open and the World Open, three times each. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 in June 2010. His home club is Hallamshire Tennis and Squash Club in Sheffield which has named 'The Nick Matthew Showcourt' after him. He married Esme Taylor, a sports physiologist who has worked with British Cycling, in 2013 and the couple celebrated the birth of their first child Charlotte Rose on
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Oskars Melbārdis Oskars Melbārdis (born 16 February 1988) is Latvian bobsledder who has competed since 2006. He is the most successful bobsledder in the history of his country, who won one gold and two bronze Olympic medals. He also earned the first ever gold medal for Latvia at World Championships in Igls, preceded by one silver and two bronze medals in 2009-2015. Melbārdis started his career as a brakeman, most notably competing along Jānis Miņins, however starting from 2010–11 season Melbārdis has been competing as a pilot. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the FIBT World
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nine "most innovative organizations best positioned to promote intercultural dialogue." As of the World Faith 2016 Annual Report, the organization had 668 volunteers and has accumulated 39, 506 hours of volunteer work, in the entire span of the organization there has been a total of 5,000 volunteers and 300,000 hours of service. In the same year, it has been shown that there has been a 10% increase in volunteers who identify as women, raising the number to 49%. In 2016 World Faith operated 11 schools in five countries, serving more than 2,500 students. World Faith World Faith is an international
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ahead success story. "Vanity Fair" wrote: "Oprah Winfrey arguably has more influence on the culture than any university president, politician, or religious leader, except perhaps the Pope. Bill O'Reilly said: "this is a woman that came from nothing to rise up to be the most powerful woman, I think, in the world. I think Oprah Winfrey is the most powerful woman in the world, not just in America. That's – anybody who goes on her program immediately benefits through the roof. I mean, she has a loyal following; she has credibility; she has talent; and she's done it on her
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Tornado World Championship The Tornado World Championships are international sailing regattas in the Tornado class organized by the International Sailing Federation and the International Tornado Class Association. For the original open event, most titles have been won by Australian sailor Darren Bundock, with seven titles between 1998 and 2009 and another two bronze medals. The second most titles have been won by Australian John Forbes, who has won six titles. The highest number of championships have been won by Australian sailors, with twelve titles, followed by British sailors, with six titles, and sailors from Germany, who have won five titles.
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Ian Thorpe Ian James Thorpe, (born 13 October 1982) is a retired Australian swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, he became the first person to win six gold medals in one World Championship. In total, Thorpe has won eleven World Championship golds, the third-highest number of any swimmer. Thorpe was the first person to have
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the NCAA playoffs four times (2001, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2013). The Warriors have won 11 conference titles, most recently in 2011. Winona State has posted a losing record only once, the 1995 campaign when they went 1-7. Winona State baseball has been coached by Kyle Poock, who has led the team since 2003. The Warriors have made the NCAA tournament six times (1998, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2011 2012) and the NAIA tournament 21 times. WSU has made it to the NAIA World Series six times, most recently in 1992. Winona State has made it to one NCAA World Series,
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the next sudoku, and the "World Record" round, in which solvers competed to set a Guinness World Record for fastest sudoku solution. Of the 13 championships held so far, Kota Morinishi of Japan (2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018) has been the most successful winners with four individual titles each, succeeded to Thomas Snyder of United States (2007, 2008 and 2011), Jan Mrozowski of Poland (2009, 2010 and 2012) who have won three. From 2007 there has also been a team competition. Japan is the most successful team, having won the title in 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2018; Czech Republic
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world. Typically, popular rankings place the institution as the best university in continental Europe and ETH Zurich is consistently ranked among the top 1-5 universities in Europe, and among the top 3-10 best universities of the world. Historically, ETH Zurich has achieved its reputation particularly in the fields of chemistry, mathematics and physics. There are 32 Nobel Laureates who are associated with ETH. The most recent Nobel Laureate is Richard F. Heck who was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2010. Albert Einstein is perhaps its most famous alumnus. In 2018, the QS World University Rankings placed ETH Zurich
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computer called the "Oracle" that runs the empire. Kathy spends most of her time trying to evade dangerous people, return to her own world, and reunite with her family. She is further antagonised by Ashka, a cunning and manipulative woman who has escaped from prison in her own world (for her crimes in the first series) and who seeks to gain advantage for herself. The series also depicts a journey Sun takes to Kathy's world, where he is no longer protected by his empire, and people do not respect his authority. Filmed in Poland, most of it in Nieborów, with
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representatives of the media. Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the "Silver Ball" and "Bronze Ball" awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively. The "Golden Boot" or "Golden Shoe" Award goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup. It was introduced at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. If more than one player finishes the tournament with the same number of goals, the tie goes to the player who has contributed the most assists (with the FIFA Technical Study Group deciding whether an assist is to be counted as
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Sweden, Per Ahlmark, an advocate in the combating of antisemitism, wrote: "compared to most previous anti-Jewish outbreaks, this new anti-Semitism is often less directed against individual Jews. It attacks primarily the collective Jews, the state of Israel and then such attacks start a chain reaction of assaults on individual Jews and Jewish institutions. [...] in the past the most dangerous anti-Semites were those who wanted to make the world "judenrein", free of Jews. Today, the most dangerous anti-Semites might be those who want to make the world Judenstaatrein, free of a Jewish state." Prof. Irwin Cotler has defined Delegitimization as
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1996, the list below includes the percentage of Americans who named them as the men or women they admire above all others alive in the world. Gallup's most admired man and woman poll Gallup's most admired man and woman poll is an annual poll that Gallup has conducted at the end of most years since 1948. Americans are asked, without prompting, to say what man and woman "living today in any part of the world, do [they] admire most?" The result is published as a top ten list. Most years the most admired man is the sitting President of the
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behind the United States in the IAAF placing tables, which awards points for top eight finishes. Germany has been most successful in the men's and women's throwing events, and the field events more generally. It's relay teams are competitive and regularly make the finals. The country's most successful athlete is men's discus throw champion Lars Riedel, who from 1991 to 2001 won five world titles and one bronze medal. Another discus thrower, Robert Harting, has three gold medals and one silver medal to his name. Several women hold a claim to be Germany's most successful female athlete: Astrid Kumbernuss and
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having taken performance-enhancing drugs and, along with being stripped of her Olympic medals by the International Olympic Committee in 2007, her Laureus Award and nominations (2001 and 2003) were rescinded. The 2018 winner of the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year was the American tennis player Serena Williams who has won the most awards with four: in 2003, 2010, 2016 and 2018. She has also received the most nominations with five. Sportswomen from athletics are the most successful overall, with seven wins and twenty-nine nominations (excluding Jones' rescissions). American sportswomen have won more awards and nominations than
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we should focus not on individual states, but on the relations between their groupings (core, semi-periphery, and periphery). The most well-known version of the world-system approach has been developed by Immanuel Wallerstein, who has provided several definitions of what a world-system is, twice in 1974, first and second as In 1987 he elaborated his definition: Thus, we can differentiate world-systems into politically unified (world-empires) and not unified (world-economies). Small, non-state units such as tribes are micro-systems. World system refers to the entire world, whereas world-system is its fragment - the largest unit of analysis that makes sense. Wallerstein stresses the
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most successful ski jumper of the time was Primož Ulaga, who had nine wins for Yugoslavia. In both 1997 and 1998, Primož Peterka won the World Cup. Other notable ski jumpers are Peter Prevc, Jurij Tepeš, Robert Kranjec, Rok Benkovič, Jernej Damjan, Peter Žonta, Franci Petek and Špela Rogelj. Since 2011, the Slovenian men's ski jumping coach is Goran Janus, who has helped revive Slovenian ski jumping results. Under his leadership, the team has many individual wins, earned Olympic and World Cup medals, and set a world record. In 2012, the men's team won their first team event in ski
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by an "earnest and rather grandiose conceptualist". Additionally "World Sensorium" has been shown in group exhibitions in the United States, England, Sweden and Slovenia. World Sensorium World Sensorium is a natural and inclusive world scent, a work of olfactory art by interdisciplinary artist Gayil Nalls, who is based in New York. A large-scale conceptual project and social sculpture, the world scent comprises the most culturally significant scents of 225 countries combined proportionally according to the statistical population data of the year 2000. "World Sensorium" has been recognized by UNESCO and the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities as
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David Avellan David Avellan is an American grappler and professional mixed martial artist who has fought for World Extreme Cagefighting and Bodog Fight promotions. Past opponents include French journeyman Antony Rea and UFC contender Aaron Simpson. David has competed in the 2005 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, the 2007 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, the 2009 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, where he won a Bronze Medal in the 87.9 kg division, and most recent the 2011 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship and the 2013 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship. He competed at the ADCC World Championship in 2015. David
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World Championships is high jumper Yaroslav Rybakov, who won three high jump silvers before becoming champion in 2009. Russia at the World Championships in Athletics Russia has competed at every edition of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics since 1993, bar the 2017 World Championships, from which its athletes were banned. Prior to 1993, Russian athletes competed for the Soviet Union. Russia has the second highest medal total among nations at the competition (153), after the United States. At 47 gold medals, it holds the third highest total after the United States and Kenya. It has had most success in
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to former Brazilian international and 1970 FIFA World Cup champion Wilson Piazza. The fifth overall player, and second goalkeeper with the most appearances for Cruzeiro is the notorious Raul Plassman, who played a total of 557 games with the team. The non-Brazilian with the most appearances for the club is the Argentine Roberto Perfumo who made 138 appearances for the club between 1971 and 1974. Brazilian hall-of-famer and 1970 FIFA World Cup winner Tostão has scored the most goals for Cruzeiro, 249 between 1963 and 1972, having appeared on 378 matches for Cruzeiro (12th overall). He beats Dirceu Lopes by
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are used infrequently in these tables. "Winner of most titles: Martina Navratilova, with 11" "Winner of most titles: Steffi Graf, with 10" "Notes" "Winner of most titles: Steffi Graf, with 11" "Notes:" "Winner of most titles: Serena Williams, with 7" "Winner of most titles: Serena Williams, with 8" "Winner of most titles: Serena Williams, with 8" Tennis performance timeline comparison (women) This article presents in a tabular form the career tennis Grand Slam, World Hard Court Championships and Olympic singles results of every woman who has reached the singles final of at least one Grand Slam, World Hard Court Championships
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the president of Harbor Arts, a Michigan Not-for-profit which has been responsible for dozens of public performances every year, and has featured new artists as well as some of the most popular performers in the world. Baritone Nathan Gunn, arguably the most in demand male singer in the world (Newsweek) sang under the Harbor Arts organization in 2008. In Spring 2009 they featured New York Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Isola Jones, who has often been paired with Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo. Clark serves on the Board of Writers in the Heartland— a residency program in Central Illinois founded to nurture
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one on gold medals at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics and has finished in the top five nations on the medal table at all but five editions. The country's most successful athlete at the competition is Ezekiel Kemboi, who has won four gold medals and three silver medals in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase. Kenya's most successful woman, Vivian Cheruiyot, has also won four gold medals and also a silver in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events. Men's steeplechaser Moses Kiptanui won three straight titles from 1991 to 1995 and Asbel Kiprop achieved the same feat in the
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second most masters finals (48) and the second-most semifinals (64). He is one of seven men to win at least seven different titles and is one of four to reach each final. He has won the most matches at these tournaments (364). <section begin="singles-perf" /> "Current through the 2018 ATP World Tour." <section begin="singles-perf-YearEnd" /> <section end="singles-perf" /><section end="singles-perf-YearEnd" /> Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009 – present.<br> Ref. Federer's ATP-only record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher, with those who are active in boldface. Federer's record against
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next to the engine while the driver is in front of it. The two must work together to be a successful team. Nowadays it is common to call the driver the "Pilot", while the passenger has several nicknames: the "Acrobat" used in North America which is no longer in use, and the now common term "Monkey" which originated from Australia. Occasionally the words "Co-Driver" or "Co-Pilot" are also used. The most successful sidecar racer in Superside has been Steve Webster, who has won ten world championships between 1987 and 2004. The most successful chassis is LCR, the Swiss sidecar maker,
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Ballroom, making it in itself one of the most unique replica-like Towers in the world. It was also designed by the British architects Maxwell and Tuke who designed a number of towers including New Brighton. Other Eiffel-inspired towers are listed in the table in descending order of scale and height: These replicas are of unknown height. See also: Eiffel Tower replicas and derivatives As one of the most iconic and recognisable structures in the world, the Eiffel Tower has been the inspiration for the creation of over 50 similar towers around the world. Most are not exact replicas, though there
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consecutive ranking titles, most century breaks compiled in one match (7), most centuries compiled in one tournament (16), most years ranked world number one, longest unbroken run inside the top 16 of the world rankings (23 seasons) and—at the time of his retirement—highest total prize money. Hendry's World Snooker profile states that he is "generally considered the greatest snooker player ever". However, some former players, such as Ray Reardon (in 2004) and Dennis Taylor (in 2013), have stated that he has been superseded by Ronnie O'Sullivan. In 2005 John Higgins, who competed with both players at their respective peaks, concurred,
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World Sensorium World Sensorium is a natural and inclusive world scent, a work of olfactory art by interdisciplinary artist Gayil Nalls, who is based in New York. A large-scale conceptual project and social sculpture, the world scent comprises the most culturally significant scents of 225 countries combined proportionally according to the statistical population data of the year 2000. "World Sensorium" has been recognized by UNESCO and the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities as a global peace project and has been internationally exhibited in large public events, museums and galleries since its creation in 1999. The research for
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Innes Ireland, the Dumfries man winning Lotus’ first Grand Prix, at Watkins Glen in 1961. However, perhaps the best known Scottish drivers are Jim Clark, who won 2 World Championships before his untimely death, Jackie Stewart who managed to gain 3 World Championships and David Coulthard who raced from 1994 to 2008 with McLaren F1, Williams F1 and Red Bull F1. Coulthard has been Scotland's most successful driver in recent memory finishing runner up in the World Drivers Championships in 2001. Other recent successes include Bathgate's Paul di Resta who drove for Force India between 2010 - 2013 and Oban's
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won the world competition in February 2018 and was recognized as the most innovative electric transport company in the world. The announcement came after DRiiVZ competed with 450 companies from 51 countries, surveyed by the Free Electron International Association, which integrates the largest energy companies in the world . According to Tsahi Merkur, who believes a breakthrough in the field of transportation will be created, among other things, by electric cars, by 2030 most of the cars sold in the world will be electric, including autonomous vehicles that travel independently without a driver. In August 2018, Tsahi Merkur has entered
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1960 World Series The 1960 World Series was played between the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League (NL) and the New York Yankees of the American League (AL) from October 5 to 13, 1960. It is most notable for the Game 7, ninth-inning home run hit by Bill Mazeroski, the only time a winner-take-all World Series game has ended with a walk-off home run. Despite losing the series, the Yankees scored 55 runs, the most runs scored by any one team in World Series history, a unique record, and more than twice as many as the Pirates, who scored 27
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account. The game lasts for twelve turns. At the end of the twelfth turn, the player who has the most money in his Swiss Bank account is the winner. Also, "Neocolonialism" differs from "Risk" in that the map of the world is rotated 180° in relation to the most common world map orientation, putting the north at the bottom. In the introductory tutorial, the learner is told: "You will learn the basics of how to ruin the world." Later the learner is warned: "Neocolonialism is a game about finance bankers attempting to extract as much wealth from the world as
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his coaching career in 1991, Obradović has won nine EuroLeague championships, five of them with Panathinaikos, and a total of 35 titles as a professional club coach, making him the most successful head coach in European men's pro club basketball history. Another foreign coach who has worked in the Greek League is Boža Maljković, who won 19 championships in his coaching career. In 1996, he led Panathinaikos to their first EuroLeague championship, which was also the first ever for a Greek club. Another foreign head coach who worked in the Greek League was the multiple world (FIBA World Cup) and
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English screenwriter in his fifties, who fought in the First World War, and who has spent most of the Second World War in Britain after ten years in Hollywood. He has retreated in the spring of 1946 to the Cornish village of Tralorna to finish the screenplay for a film called "The Lady Hits Back". An oldish couple staying at his hotel, the Royal Ocean, seem strangely familiar. They are identified to him as "Lord and Lady Harndean". In the hotel's restaurant Dawson is condescending to the musicians, who attempt to impress him by playing the slow movement of Schubert's
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The Tornado was an Olympic class from 1976 to 2008. The first Tornado World Championships were held in Kiel in 1968. Tornado World Championship The Tornado World Championships are international sailing regattas in the Tornado class organized by the International Sailing Federation and the International Tornado Class Association. For the original open event, most titles have been won by Australian sailor Darren Bundock, with seven titles between 1998 and 2009 and another two bronze medals. The second most titles have been won by Australian John Forbes, who has won six titles. The highest number of championships have been won by
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digital video by cinematographer Yu Lik-wai. Casting was primarily with Jia regulars, including the two leads Zhao Tao (who has appeared in every Jia film since 2000's "Platform") and Han Sanming (who also appeared in Jia's "The World"). Also appearing in a minor role is actor Wang Hongwei, who often acts as Jia's on-screen alter-ego ("Xiao Wu", "Platform"). The film's crew also consisted of frequent Jia collaborators. Most notable among these were cinematographer Yu Lik-wai ("The World", "Platform", "Unknown Pleasures", "Xiao Wu"), composer Lim Giong ("Useless", "Dong", "The World") and editor Kong Jinglei ("Platform", "The World"). Unlike many of his
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October 1981 Ignacio Font Coll died and Osmel Sousa became the president of the Miss Venezuela Organization. During his thirty-year career he has been considered to be the driving force behind the large number of Miss Venezuelas who go on to become Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth. Sousa has been called a Pygmalion, an artist who turns out talented and beautiful young women. To date, Venezuela has had seven Miss Universe titleholders, six Miss World winners, eight Miss International crowns, and two wins in Miss Earth, becoming the most successful pageant powerhouse in history. In a
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J. Sasikumar Nambiathusseril Varkey John (14 October 1927 – 17 July 2014), better known by his screen name Sasikumar, was an Indian film director who worked in Malayalam cinema. One of the most prolific directors in world cinema, he has directed more than 141 films in his career which began in the mid-1960s. He is often referred to as Hitmaker Sasikumar due to the commercial success of his films. Sasikumar holds three world records: the records for most number of films (141), most number of films having the same actor as hero (Prem Nazir in 84 films) and the most
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or airfields recognizable from the air" around the world, including 15,095 in the US, the US having the most in the world. Most of the world's large airports are owned by local, regional, or national government bodies who then lease the airport to private corporations who oversee the airport's operation. For example, in the United Kingdom the state-owned British Airports Authority originally operated eight of the nation's major commercial airports – it was subsequently privatized in the late 1980s, and following its takeover by the Spanish Ferrovial consortium in 2006, has been further divested and downsized to operating just Heathrow
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Banovina of Croatia and Independent State of Croatia. After the war, most of the prominent Yugoslavian clubs, including clubs in Croatia, were dissolved and replaced with new sides by Marshal Tito's Communist regime. Today, club football in Croatia is dominated by Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb. Since independence, the country has produced a string of players who have performed well in many of Europe's most highly regarded leagues and who took the national team to third place at the 1998 World Cup and the final at the 2018 World Cup. The governing body of football in Croatia is the Croatian
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all actions<br> 340. Praachae, The Lord is most ancient<br> 341.Dakshinaay, Who is very skilled, most competent to cover the whole world with a single step<br> 342.Vaamanaay, The Lord is Vaaman, the dwarf who attended the Demon king Baali's sacrifice<br> 343.Siddhayoeginae, One who has achieved everything that needs to be accomplished, one who has achieved perfection in everything<br> 344.Maharushayae, The Lord is the greatest Rishi<br> 345.Siddhaarthaay, One who always accomplishes his desires, objectives (Lord Dattatrayae)<br> 346.Siddhasaadhanaay, The Lord is a Sanyasin<br> 347.Bhikshayae, The Lord bears the marks of the mendicant order<br> 348.Bhikshuroopaay, The Lord is the Paramhansa, bearing no marks of
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has won four medals as a Senior as of 2017, making him just one of a handful of Cypriot athletes who have won medals in senior world championships. The gold medal in the Nicosia 2007 World Championship is Achilleos’ biggest accomplishment, with three more medals coming in Maribor 2009, Munich 2010 and Moscow 2017. As of 2017 George Achilleos is the most medaled skeet shooter still active in the world, with a total of 15 podiums in World Cups. He has won six gold all in the span between 2007 and 2012. His first World Cup medal came in 2000
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overpopulation. However, others question these statistics. From 1950 to 1984, as the Green Revolution transformed agriculture around the world, grain production increased by over 250%. The world population has grown by about four billion since the beginning of the Green Revolution and most believe that, without the Revolution, there would be greater famine and malnutrition than the UN presently documents. The number of people who are overweight has surpassed the number who are undernourished. In a 2006 news story, MSNBC reported, "There are an estimated 800 million undernourished people and more than a billion considered overweight worldwide." The U.S. has
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first player to win two consecutive gold medals in two consecutive BWF World Championships. As of the 2015 BWF World Championships, she has become the most successful player in World Championship medal count, with a total of ten medals, overtaking Gao Ling, who has a total of nine. In addition, by winning the 2015 BWF World Championships Mixed Doubles title, she and partner Zhang Nan have won three World Championship Mixed Doubles titles, the first pairing ever to have done so. By winning the Asian Games Mixed Doubles Gold Medal in 2014, Zhao completed the record of winning the Double
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Raphaël Poirée Raphaël Poirée (born 9 August 1974) is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1995 to 2007. With his 44 World Cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever. Poirée was born in Rives, Isère in France and like the rest of his colleagues in the French biathlon and cross-country skiing team, was a sport soldier. Poirée has four IBU World Cup titles (1999−00, 2000−01, 2001−02 and 2003−04). He has also come second once, in 2005−06 and third once, in the 2004−05 season. Poirée has had 103 World Cup podium
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played the most World Cup matches (109), Germany appeared in the most finals (8), semi-finals (13), quarter-finals (16), while Brazil has appeared in the most World Cups (21), has the most wins (73) and has scored the most goals (229). The two teams have played each other twice in the World Cup, in the 2002 final and in the 2014 semi-final. FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the "" (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The
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the world in various ships, often involved in smuggling illegal liquor. He has also married on several occasions but repeatedly run away to sea. His most recent marriage has been to Junie, while he worked in San Francisco in the lead-up to the war. He left her to work a passage to England in order to fight. Barbara Wright is a young Wren driver who is based at Dartmouth and is allocated to support the crew of "Genevieve", who for reasons of secrecy are based at Dittisham, out of the town of Dartmouth. She has had a sheltered upbringing with
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the tournament as representatives, though nations with minor "Magic" playing communities may send just one player. The World Championship also has a team-based competition, where the national teams compete with each other. At the beginning of the World Championship, new members are inducted into the Hall of Fame. The tournament also concludes the current season of tournament play and at the end of the event, the player who earned the most Pro Points during the year is awarded the title "". The player who earned the most Pro Points and did not compete in any previous season is awarded the
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Jordan, The Martyrs' Memorial and Museum, the Royal Automobile Museum, the Prophet Mohammad Museum, the Museum of Parliamentary Life, the Jordan Folklore Museum, and museums at the University of Jordan. Amman is considered one of the most liberal and westernized cities in the Arab world. The city has become one of the most popular destinations for Western expatriates and college students who seek to live, study, or work in the Middle East or the Arab world in general. The city's culinary scene has changed from its shawerma stands and falafel joints to embrace many popular western restaurants and fast-food outlets
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entire battalions single handed. His use of the "Sword of the Rivan King" has caused him to be feared in most parts of the world; as his son puts it: "when Father got his sword out, most sensible people ran for cover." His extensive travels have given him contacts in all parts of the world, including the Emperor of Mallorea and the King of the Murgos. His upbringing also makes him aware of the common people. He has a shopkeeper friend in Riva who he periodically visits to listen to what's troubling commoners. Rather than use this to ferret out
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Dalvík has had four representatives at the Eurovision song contest for Iceland, despite its small size In sports, Dalvík is probably most known for alpine skiing. Böggvisstaðafjall is one of the best known ski areas in Iceland. The town has produced a series of skiers who have represented Iceland in the Olympics, World Cups, World Championships, and European Cups, as well as other international and national competitions. Amongst these have been Daníel Hilmarsson, Sveinn Brynjólfsson and Björgvin Björgvinsson. Football teams from the village have had their ups and downs but have managed to produce some nationally known players; the most
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was born in Mukuru kwa Njenga. DJ Peter Adams one of the most famous DJ who had a very big career on KTN and Radio Maisha was born and raised in Mukuru kwa Reuben. Shabu Mwangi and Adam Masava are one of the Kenya fine artists who have exhibited all over the world. Adam Masava has raised kids who have participated and won in various fine arts competition including Toyota arts project. U-Tena arts group has been making a change in Mukuru and have gotten to perform in multiple events all over the world and in Kenya. Among other major
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income inequality is "deeply worrying", unjust, a danger to democracy/social stability, or a sign of national decline. Yale professor Robert Shiller, who was among three Americans who won the Nobel prize for economics in 2013, said after receiving the award, "The most important problem that we are facing now today, I think, is rising inequality in the United States and elsewhere in the world." Economist Thomas Piketty, who has spent nearly 20 years studying inequality primarily in the US, warns that "The egalitarian pioneer ideal has faded into oblivion, and the New World may be on the verge of becoming
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Carlos Alberto Parreira Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira (born 27 February 1943) is a Brazilian former football manager who holds the record for attending the most FIFA World Cup final tournaments as manager with six appearances. He managed Brazil to victory at the 1994 World Cup, the 2004 Copa América, and the 2005 Confederations Cup. He most recently managed the South Africa national football team. Parreira supports Fluminense, and he has won two league titles for the club: The First Division Brazilian Championship in 1984 and the Third Division in 1999. About the latter title, Parreira has said that this was
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has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. He was named to Nigeria's squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship and was selected the most valuable player of the tournament. He was also named in the provisional squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, making the final squad after Uwa Echiejile was excluded by injury. Ejike Uzoenyi Christantus Ejike Uzoenyi (born 23 March 1988) is a Nigerian international footballer who most recently played for Ajax Cape Town, as a winger. Uzoenyi has played club football
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game, equalised with a powerful header soon after, and provoked Zidane in a manner that lead to the French captain being sent off. He also scored in the penalty-shootout that was to follow. It was only the second time a World Cup final was decided on penalties, again involving Italy after the 1994 final lost to Brazil. Paolo Maldini is the player with the third-most matches at FIFA World Cups, trailing only behind the Germans Lothar Matthäus (25) and Miroslav Klose (24). This also makes him the player with the most World Cup matches who has never won the trophy.
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The capsule is only powerful enough for one person and Dylan has no more. Dylan gives it to Robin, begging her not to look at the real him when she returns to the real world. Re-entering the un-animated real world, Robin finds it in extreme disrepair and the inhabitants severely dysfunctional. Those who are still able to cope in the real world hover over its ruined cities in large airships. On one of the ships, Robin finds Doctor Barker, who reveals the state of the world in which most people have changed to an existence in an animated, unreal world.
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be arrested for corruption. Lula has been called one of the most popular politicians in the history of Brazil and while in office was one of the most popular in the world. He was featured in "Time"s 2010 "The 100 Most Influential People in the World" and Perry Anderson called him "the most successful politician of his time". In October 2011, Lula, who was a smoker for 40 years, was diagnosed with throat cancer and underwent chemotherapy, leading to a successful recovery. In early 2016, Lula was appointed Chief of Staff under Rousseff, but Justice Gilmar Mendes of the Supreme
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most recognisable metal icon in the world and one of the most versatile too". Iron Maiden's distinct logo has adorned all of the band's releases since their debut, 1979's "The Soundhouse Tapes" EP. The typeface originates with Vic Fair's poster design for the 1976 science fiction film, "The Man Who Fell to Earth", also used by Gordon Giltrap, although Steve Harris claims that he designed it himself, using his abilities as an architectural draughtsman. According to "Guitar World", Iron Maiden's music has "influenced generations of newer metal acts, from legends like Metallica to current stars like Avenged Sevenfold," with Metallica
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professional sports league in the world and is the most popular sports league in the United States. The Super Bowl is among the biggest club sporting events in the world and individual Super Bowl games account for many of the most watched television programs in American history, all occupying the Nielsen's Top 5 tally of the all-time most watched U.S. television broadcasts by 2015. The NFL's executive officer is the commissioner, who has broad authority in governing the league. The players in the league belong to the National Football League Players Association. The team with the most NFL championships is
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in the Skoll Foundation website, whose mission is to drive large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and the innovators who help them solve the world’s most pressing problems. INJAZ Al-Arab has been mentioned several times in The Skoll World Forum Online, a year-round platform that focuses on a variety of areas, including education and economic opportunity. The Skoll World Forum Online is affiliated with the Skoll Foundation. Akef Aqrabawi, President and CEO of Middle East/North Africa for Junior Achievement Worldwide. INJAZ Al-Arab has also been featured on the website. Soraya Salti, who has also been awarded
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has made numerous cameo appearances in other Namco games (like Namco's signature character "Pac-Man" and the Special Flag from "Rally-X", which also went on to become recurring items in other Namco games). The Galaxian world record has been the focus of many competitive gamers since its release. The most famous Galaxian rivalry has been between British player Gary Whelan and American Perry Rodgers, who faced off at Apollo Amusements in Pompano Beach, Florida, USA, on 6–9 April 2006. Whelan held the world record with 1,114,550 points, until beaten by newcomer Aart van Vliet, of the Netherlands, who scored 1,653,270 points
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the one-time Brazilian champion Octávio Trompowsky (1897–1984) who played it in the 1930s and 1940s. The Trompowsky has also been called "The Zot". Julian Hodgson and Antoaneta Stefanova are among several grandmasters who often employ the Trompowsky. World Champion Magnus Carlsen has occasionally employed the Trompowsky, notably in the first game of the 2016 World Chess Championship against Sergey Karjakin. Black has a number of ways to meet the Trompowsky, some of which avoid doubled pawns, while others allow them. The most common Black responses are discussed here. White can also play 2. Bg5 after 1. d4 d5. This is
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are still under development, and fundraising for the project is ongoing. The Peabody has several world-important collections. Perhaps the most notable are the vertebrate paleontology collections, among the largest, most extensive, and most historically important fossil collections in the United States (see Othniel Charles Marsh, R.S. Lull, George Gaylord Simpson, John Ostrom, Elisabeth Vrba, and Jacques Gauthier), and the Hiram Bingham Collection of Incan artifacts from Machu Picchu, named for the famous Yale archaeologist who rediscovered this Peruvian ruin. Also notable are the extensive ornithology collection, one of the largest and most taxonomically inclusive in the world, and the associated
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complex websites in the world. In 1996, Heylighen founded the "Global Brain Group", an international discussion forum that provides a working platform for most of the scientists who have worked on the concept of emergent Internet intelligence. Heylighen was also one of the founders and former editor of the Journal of Memetics which ceased publication in 2008. Heylighen is a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, and a member of the Global Agenda Council on Complex Systems of the World Economic Forum. His biography has been listed since 2002 in Marquis Who's Who in the world. In
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is almost 10 times as high for college graduates as it is for people who have gone through elementary school, particularly educated urban youth, who comprised most of the people that were seen out in the streets during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. An estimated 75% of Egyptians are under the age of 25 with just 3% over the age of 65, making it one of the most youthful populations in the world. Egypt has a population of 92,000,000.1 (2016, rounded to 1 d.p.). According to the OECD/World Bank statistics population growth in Egypt from 1990 to 2008 was 23.7
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European Championship final two years earlier. The other referees are Pierluigi Collina in 2002, and Nicola Rizzoli in 2014. The Italian referee with the most World Cup matches, however, is Roberto Rosetti, who has been in charge of six matches total in 2006 and 2010. Italy at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Italy's results at the FIFA World Cup. The World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of "Fédération Internationale de Football Association" (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four
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When it was introduced, it targeted children aged 2-4, unlike other characters devised by Iconix Entertainment that targeted children aged 2-6. Pororo is an adventurous 5-year-old penguin, who dreams of flying, and lives on a snowy island with six other animal friends. In the design, Pororo in most animations has a neutral background, so that the animation could be popular to children all around the world. The role models of Pororo in design included Mickey Mouse, the Walt Disney icon who turned 84 this year, and the Japan’s most adored character, Hello Kitty, who has been cherished for nearly 40
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