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His wife Patricia served in the Texas House representing the same District from 2007 – 2016. |
Harless serves in the Texas House of Representatives for district 126. |
He was sworn in on January 8, 2019 succeeding Kevin Roberts. |
Harless is affiliated with the Republican Party. |
Alone (radio series) |
Alone is a BBC Radio 4 situation comedy which stars Angus Deayton and is written by Moray Hunter. |
The show began with a pilot episode in January 2017, with the first series following on 26 April 2018. |
Middle-aged and widowed Mitch is living in a converted North London Victorian house, divided into flats, with the house owner and half-brother Will who works as a translator from home. |
In the neighbouring flats is nervous and shy Ellie who secretly holds a crush on Mitch, frightfully honest but frustrated actress Louisa, and dimwitted IT nerd Morris. |
All four find their way to bothering Mitch with regularity. |
The show pilot was commissioned as part of a group of six shows which aired together on the 7 January 2017. |
The first series was confirmed on the 17 August 2017. |
The return for the second series was announced on 9 January 2018. |
The show originally aired on BBC Radio 4, with repeats also airing the following week on BBC Radio 4 Extra. |
Derek de Solla Price Memorial Medal |
The Derek de Solla Price Memorial Award, or Price Medal, was conceived to honor Derek J. de Solla Price for his contributions to information science and for his crucial role in developing the field of scientometrics. |
The award was launched by Tibor Braun, founder of the international journal Scientometrics, and is periodically awarded by the journal to scientists with outstanding contributions to the fields of quantitative studies of science. |
The awarding ceremony is part of the annual ISSI conference. |
The first medal was awarded to Eugene Garfield in 1984. |
The full list of winners can be found below. |
Nanditha K. S. |
Nanditha K. S. was a poet from Kerala who wrote poems in Malayalam and English. |
Her poems were discovered in her diary after her death and published as a collection. |
She was born on 21 May 1969 in Wayanad district. |
She completed her education from Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Farook College, University of Calicut English Department and Mother Teresa Women's University, Chennai. |
After completing her B.A. |
and M.A. |
degrees, she worked as a lecturer for English at the Wayanad Muttil Muslim Orphanage Arts and Science College. |
Nanditha took her life on 17 January 1999. |
After her death, her parents discovered a diary of her poems which she had not shared with anyone. |
A collection of her poems written between 1985 through 1993 were published in a book form as "Nandithayude Kavithakal", under the initiative of the Malayalam literary critic, M. M. Basheer . |
The first edition of the book was published in 2002 and fourth edition in 2007. |
Death and love were common themes in her poems. |
Though most of her poems were in Malayalam she also wrote in English . |
Her life was the subject of the film titled Nanditha released in 2017. |
Hungama 2 |
Hungama 2 is an upcoming Indian 2020 Hindi-language comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and jointly produced by Ratan Jain, Ganesh Jain, Chetan Jain and Armaan Ventures. |
A sequel of the 2003 film "Hungama", the film stars Paresh Rawal, Shilpa Shetty, Meezaan Jaffrey and Pranitha Subhash. |
"Hungama 2" marks the comeback of director Priyadarshan to Bollywood films after seven years. |
The principal photography commenced on 8 January 2020 in Mumbai. |
The film will be slated for a theatrical release in India on 14 August 2020. |
Typhoon Phanfone (2019) |
Typhoon Phanfone, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ursula, was a relatively strong and deadly tropical cyclone which traversed through the Philippines on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for the first time since Nock-ten in 2016. |
The twenty-ninth and final named storm of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season, the origins of Phanfone can be traced to an upper-level low which had formed near the Caroline Islands and gradually organized into a tropical depression on December 19. |
Moving generally west-northwestard, the system intensified into a tropical storm on December 22 and moved into the Philippine Area of Responsibility on the following day as it continued gaining strength. |
Phanfone intensified to typhoon status shortly before making its first landfalls over the Eastern Visayas region on Christmas Eve. |
Further intensification ensued until Christmas Day despite Phanfone making several landfalls over the central Philippine islands, peaking at 150 km/h (90 mph) 10-minute sustained winds with a central pressure dropping to 970 hPa. |
Phanfone maintained its typhoon strength for several hours as it exited the Philippine landmass before unfavorable conditions caused it to rapidly deteriorate and dissipate over the South China Sea. |
Phanfone crossed the central Philippines after the stronger Kammuri struck nearly the same region merely weeks prior, with a track fairly similar to 2013’s Haiyan. |
The system caused destruction in the Visayas region, particularly over Samar, Leyte and Iloilo. |
The total fatalities of the said typhoon is 50 deaths (with 55 people missing, and over 300 injured) and the damages is at or roughly . |
Prior to its formation on December 19, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began monitoring a low pressure system to the southeast of Micronesia. |
Showing signs of convection and sufficient banding around a defined center, the JTWC subsequently upgraded its initial warning to a medium chance of development. |
Shortly thereafter on December 20, JTWC issued a tropical cyclone formation alert, while the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its first advisory on the system. |
By December 22, the system gained tropical storm strength and JMA issued the named "Phanfone." |
Moving generally west-northwestward, Phanfone moved into the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) at 5:00 am PST December 23 and the Philippine weather bureau PAGASA locally named the system as "Ursula". |
Owing to favorable conditions, Phanfone intensified further into a severe tropical storm hours later. |
By afternoon of December 24, Phanfone gained typhoon strength shortly before making its first three landfalls over Salcedo, Eastern Samar (4:45 pm PST), Tacloban City (7:30 pm PST), and Cabucgayan, Biliran (9:15 pm PST). |
Further intensification ensued until December 25, with Phanfone peaking at 00:00 UTC with 150 km/h (90 mph) 10-minute sustained winds and a central pressure dropping to 970 hPa; the JTWC reported that Phanfone peaked at 175 km/h 1-minute sustained winds, equivalent to a Category 2 typhoon. |
Phanfone continued its west-northwestward track and, by afternoon of the same day, PAGASA had reported four additional landfalls: Gigantes Islands (2:30 am PST), Ibajay, Aklan (8:40 am PST), Semirara Island (1:00 pm PST), and Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro (3:00 pm PST). |
By December 26, Phanfone had already exited the Philippine landmass, moving northwest over the South China Sea. |
After holding strength for several hours, the system began losing strength due to unfavorable sea surface temperatures, medium wind shear and dry air intrusion. |
On December 27, Phanfone dropped to tropical storm status while rapidly deteriorating and slowly moving. |
On December 28, PAGASA issued its final warning as the system exited the PAR; later, JMA issued their final advisories as Phanfone weakened below warning threshold. |
The PAGASA issued a signal 3 warning to Northern Samar, Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Biliran and the Camotes Islands, meaning that 65-92 knot (75-106 mph; 121–170 km/h) winds were expected. |
The PAGASA also issued a signal 2 warning to the Visayas, meaning that 33-65 knot (38-75 mph; 61–120 km/h) winds were to be expected within 24 hours. |
It was issued to the central portion of northern Cebu, northeastern Iloilo, northern Antique, Capiz, Aklan, Southern Leyte, and Negros Occidental, which meant that Phanfone was taking a similar path to the areas hit by the much stronger Typhoon Haiyan. |
The Visayas was the worst hit, with Iloilo City having 13 casualties alone that had been either struck by fallen trees, electrocuted or drowned. |
Roxas, Tacloban and Maasin all received 140 mm (5.5 inches) of rain. |
The extent of damage in the Philippines was quite far, with the Boracay Airport being heavily damaged as many people were stranded in the airport as the typhoon struck. |
A disaster response officer also reported that power outages and damage in the town of Batad in Iloilo Province made it appear as a “ghost town”. |
Severe flooding caused devastating damage in the many provinces and islands of Visayas as rain spread across the region, with many houses and vehicles being partially to completely submerged. |
Multiple houses were crumpled and trees were downed, as well as power lines being downed. |
All of these obstacles blocked off roads and made roads dangerous to walk on; and the excessive amounts of rainfall made ground, especially higher ground, very unstable. |
The province of Leyte was placed under a state of calamity following the damage of the typhoon, with livestock, crops and infrastructure being damaged in excess of $1 million USD. |
Most of the casualties are estimated to have taken place at Iloilo, as the village was badly hit with severe and swift-moving flash floods. |
Tacloban was hit as fires broke out and winds allowed them to spread but it the 220,000 inhabitants escaped the worst of the system. |
147 cities were affected by power outages but by Friday, December 27, 31 of those 147 had their power restored. |
Because of the upcoming Christmas celebrations, 16,000 passengers who had holiday plans in their respective provinces with their families, were stranded in port for their safety due to the threat of the typhoon. |
Upon making landfall near Salcedo in Eastern Samar around 4:45 PM, it was reported that the typhoon was causing major flooding and mudslides in the region. |
As the storm quickly and unexpectedly intensified, over 58,000 people were evacuated in advance of the typhoon. |
Five fishermen were reported missing and a 70-year-old man died after his house was swept away and as a result, he drowned. |
Around 2,351 people have been affected by the typhoon and 1,654 were taking refuge in evacuation centers. |
The World Food Programme issued advisories and infographics plotting the projected path of Phanfone, as well as evacuation and relief centers. |
As of December 27, 2019, there are at least 28 confirmed fatalities according to the Philippines Disaster Agency, including a 13-year-old boy who was electrocuted. |
A signal 2 warning was also issued to Luzon, with the southern portion of Quezon, Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Island, Romblon, Albay, Sorsogon, Burias Island, Calamian and Cuyo Islands all forecast to be in the path of Phanfone. |
A signal 1 warning was issued to Bulacan, Bataan, Metro Manila, Rizal, rest of Quezon, Laguna, Batangas, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Catanduanes and northern Palawan. |
The island's governor ordered local government units to conduct a forced evacuation plan, prompting civilians near flood-prone areas and areas with the potential to be affected by landslides, to relocate temporarily as a safety precaution. |
Local representatives visited residents in Libon, Maninila and Tandarora to advise them to evacuate and temporarily celebrate Christmas in evacuation centers for their safety. |
Many public schools were open in order to serve as shelters for residents while the provincial government distributed food packs to the evacuees. |
In Naval, the local government unit deployed evacuation tents for evacuees on Monday, December 23 with some tents reserved for senior citizens, pregnant women and people with disabilities. |
Personnel of the Romblon Provincial Mobile Force Company were deployed and conducted an inventory of Search and Rescue (SAR) equipment on December 23 in preparation for the typhoon. |
San Jose experienced 217 mm (8.64 inches) of rain in just under 24 hours. |
Upwards of 58,000 people were evacuated from Luzon and its surrounding islands as the system brought torrential rain and severe flash flooding ensued as a result of the rains. |
One family was swept away whilst trying to reach higher ground. |
Water and power services were completely cut off, and restoration was estimated to take weeks. |
Due to extensive damage done by Typhoon Phanfone in the Philippines, PAGASA announced that the name "Ursula" will be removed from the list of typhoon names, and the agency named 'Ugong' to replace 'Ursula'. |
Ursus Minor Mountain |
Ursus Minor Mountain is a mountain summit located in Glacier National Park, in the Hermit Range of the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. |
Ursus Minor Mountain is situated northeast of Revelstoke, and west of Golden. |