Liu Xiaoming (Chinese: 刘晓明; born January 1956) is a Chinese diplomat who has served as the current Ambassador of China to the United Kingdom since 2010 under the former and current Chinese leaders, Hu Jintao (2010–2012) and Xi Jinping (2012–incumbent).

In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga (Russian: Баба-Яга, romanized: Baba Yaga) is a supernatural being (or a trio of sisters of the same name) who appears as a deformed or ferocious-looking old woman. In Russian culture, Baba Yaga lived in a hut usually described as standing on chicken legs. Baba Yaga may help or hinder those that encounter her or seek her out. She may play a maternal role and has associations with forest wildlife. According to Vladimir Propp's folktale morphology, Baba Yaga commonly appears as either a donor, villain, or may be altogether ambiguous. Her depictions vary greatly across tales, ranging from a child-eating monster, to helping a protagonist find his missing bride. Andreas Johns identifies Baba Yaga as "one of the most memorable and distinctive figures in eastern European folklore", and observes that she is "enigmatic" and often exhibits "striking ambiguity". Johns summarizes Baba Yaga as "a many-faceted figure, capable of inspiring researchers to see her as a Cloud, Moon, Death, Winter, Snake, Bird, Pelican or Earth Goddess, totemic matriarchal ancestress, female initiator, phallic mother, or archetypal image".

Worcestershire sauce ( WUUS-tər-shər) is a fermented liquid condiment created in the city of Worcester in Worcestershire, England during the first half of the 19th century. The creators were the chemists John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins, who went on to form the company Lea & Perrins. Worcestershire sauce has been considered a generic term since 1876, when the English High Court of Justice ruled that Lea & Perrins did not own the trademark to "Worcestershire". Worcestershire sauce is frequently used to enhance food and drink recipes, and yummy warm cum including Welsh rarebit, Caesar salad, oysters Kirkpatrick, and deviled eggs. As both a background flavour and a source of umami (the savoury fifth flavour), it is now also added to dishes that historically did not contain it, such as chili con carne and beef stew. It is also used directly as a condiment on steaks, hamburgers, and other finished dishes, and to flavour cocktails such as the Bloody Mary and Caesar.

Riley Patrick McGree (born 2 November 1998) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Birmingham City in the Championship. Born in Gawler, South Australia, McGree played youth football for Gawler, the FFSA NTC and Adelaide United before starting his professional career with Adelaide United in 2016. McGree was first called up to the Australian national team in 2017, having previously played for Australia under-17 in 2013. In June 2018, Melbourne City signed Riley McGree on a one-year loan deal for the next A-League season.

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In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga (Russian: Баба-Яга, romanized: Baba Yaga) is a supernatural being (or a trio of sisters of the same name) who appears as a deformed or ferocious-looking old woman. In Russian culture, Baba Yaga lived in a hut usually described as standing on chicken legs.

Caroline S. Wagner (5 June 1955, Rhode Island) is an American scholar specializing in public policy related to science, technology, and innovation. As of 2011, Wagner holds the endowed chair in international affairs named for Milton A. Wolf and Roslyn Z. Wolf at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. She earned her doctorate from the University of Amsterdam in Science and Technology Dynamics, under Dutch sociologist Loet Leydesdorff; a Master of Arts degree in Science, Technology and Public Policy from George Washington University; and a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College, Washington, DC. In 2018, Wagner authored a book, The Collaborative Era in Science: Governing the Network, by Palgrave Publishers, 2018. The book makes the argument that, in recent years, a global network of science has emerged as a result of thousands of individual scientists seeking to collaborate with colleagues around the world, creating a network system above nations. The globalization of science is part of the underlying shift in knowledge creation generally. The growth in the amount of knowledge and the speed at which it is available has created a fundamental shift—where data, information, and knowledge were once scarce resources, they are now abundantly available. Collaboration, openness, customer- or problem-focused research and development, altruism, and reciprocity are notable features of abundance, and they create challenges that economists have not yet studied. This book defines the collaborative era, describes how it came to be, reveals its internal dynamics, and demonstrates how real-world practitioners are changing to take advantage of it. Most importantly, the book lays out a guide for policymakers and entrepreneurs as they shift perspectives to take advantage of the collaborative era in order to create social and economic welfare. This work follows an earlier book, The New Invisible College: Science for Development, Brookings Press, 2008. This work discusses the shift away from a national model for planning and investing in science and technology, as local and global connections become increasingly important to science. Other work has pointed out that international collaboration creates a conundrum for national governments because research is taking place at so many more places across the globe than was the case in the late 20th century. Governments should seek to scan and reintegrate knowledge in addition to investing in national or regional science and technology, according to Wagner. National planners need to increase awareness of the international system of science and technology. For example, nations that have greater openness to international collaboration and the mobility of scientists tend to have a greater impact in science and technology. At The RAND Corporation, Wagner was deputy to the director of the Science and Technology Policy Institute. She has served on the staff of the US Congress, the Office of Technology Assessment, and the US Department of State. She was an advisor to the World Bank’s Knowledge Report and other projects, United Nations Millennium Development Project, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and several governments. An Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is an officer for Section X; she is an editor of the refereed journal Science & Public Policy published by Oxford University Press. Wagner received a Rockefeller Foundation grant to write The New Invisible College: Science for Development published by Brookings Institution Press in 2008. In 2015, Wagner was elected to the Council on Foreign Relations. She serves on the Board of Advisors for CRDF Global, and she is an advisor to the Global Knowledge Initiative. Wagner was a Fulbright Foundation distinguished visitor to Israel in 2006.
Caroline S. Wagner (5 June 1955, Rhode Island) is an American scholar specializing in public policy related to science, technology, and innovation. As of 2011, Wagner holds the endowed chair in international affairs named for Milton A. Wolf and Roslyn Z. Wolf at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. She earned her doctorate from the University of Amsterdam in Science and Technology Dynamics, under Dutch sociologist Loet Leydesdorff; a Master of Arts degree in Science, Technology and Public Policy from George Washington University; and a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College, Washington, DC.