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Title: Queen Mab Content: Queen Mab is a fairy referred to in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. In the play she is described by Mercutio as a tiny creature who drives a chariot across the faces of people while they are asleep, causing them to dream of their wishes coming true. She has also appeared in other books afterwards, including Moby Dick and Sense and Sensibility. == Mercutio's Speech == "O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men’s noses as they lie asleep; Her wagon-spokes made of long spinners’ legs, The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, The traces of the smallest spider’s web, The collars of the moonshine’s watery beams, Her whip of cricket’s bone; the lash of film; Her waggoner a small grey-coated gnat, Not half so big as a round little worm Prick’d from the lazy finger of a maid: Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut Made by the joiner squirrel or an old grub, Time out o’ mind the fairies’ coachmakers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers’ brains, and then they dream of love; O’er courtiers’ knees, that dream on court’sies straight, O’er lawyers’ fingers, who straight dream on fees, O’er ladies ‘ lips, who straight on kisses dream, Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are: Sometime she gallops o’er a courtier’s nose, And then dreams he of smelling out a suit; And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig’s tail Tickling a parson’s nose as a’ lies asleep, Then dreams, he of another benefice: Sometime she driveth o’er a soldier’s neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five-fathom deep; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plaits the manes of horses in the night, And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs, Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes: This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them and learns them first to bear, Making them women of good carriage: This is she—" Act I, scene IV Category:Characters in Shakespeare's plays
Title: Homer Simpson Content: Homer Simpson is a cartoon character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta. He first appeared, along with the other members of the Simpson family on The Tracey Ullman Show in the Simpson Short "Good Night". He is the father of Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson, and Maggie Simpson. He is also the husband of Marge Simpson. He lives in the fictional town known as Springfield. == Characteristics == Homer is clumsy, fat and very lazy. He is also an alcoholic, and is not very intelligent. He works as a Safety Inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Homer is one of the most popular and famous fictional characters and is thought of as one of the greatest comedic animated characters of modern times. Although Homer seems selfish, he does actually care for his family. In one episode he entered Lisa in a beauty contest so she could feel better about herself. He is often heard saying "D'oh!" which has become an often used word when things go wrong. He likes to drink beer and is often seen hanging out at Moe's Tavern with his best friends Carl Carlson, Lenny Leonard, and Barney Gumble. == Creation == Homer’s name derives from the Greek Homeros (Ὅμηρος). Homer is the name of the Greek poet who wrote the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. Matt Groening first drew the Simpson family in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. After he had decided not to do his "Life in Hell" cartoon series, he quickly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, with Homer being named after his father. Homer's middle initial "J," which was discovered to stand for "Jay",The Simpsons "D'oh-in in the Wind" November 15, 1998 was a "tribute" to Bullwinkle J. Moose from Rocky and Bullwinkle, a show Matt Groening loved as a child. In a TV Guide poll, Homer was named as the second greatest cartoon character, behind Bugs Bunny. == Homer Simpson syndrome == A five-year study of more than 2,500 middle-aged people in France found a possible connection between weight and brain function, named as the "Homer Simpson syndrome". Results from a word memory test showed that people with a BMI of 20 (considered to be a healthy level) remembered an average of 9 out of 16 words. Meanwhile, people with a BMI of 30 (inside the obese range) remembered an average of 7 out of 16 words.
Title: Loc-Brévalaire Content: thumb|90px|coat of arms Loc-Brévalaire  is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France. Category:Communes in Finistère
Title: Voiceless linguolabial fricative Content: The voiceless linguolabial fricative is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not in English. Category:Consonants
Title: Henning Christophersen Content: Henning Christophersen (8 November 1939 – 31 December 2016) was a Danish politician. He was the Vice President of the European Commission (1985–1995). He also was the leader of the Danish liberal party Venstre (1978–1984) and member of the European Convention.Henning Christophersen Den Store Danske, Gyldendals åbne encyclopædi
Title: Government of Oklahoma Content: The government of the US State of Oklahoma, established by the Oklahoma Constitution, is a republican democracy modelled after the Federal government of the United States.
Title: Magrão (footballer, born 1978) Content: Magrão (born 20 December 1978) is a Brazilian football player. He plays for Al-Wahda. ==Club career statistics== |- |2000||rowspan="2"|Palmeiras||rowspan="2"|Série A||21||2||||||||||21||2 |- |2001||22||0||||||||||22||0 |- |2002||São Caetano||Série A||21||4||||||||||21||4 |- |2003||rowspan="3"|Palmeiras||Série B||25||4||||||||||25||4 |- |2004||rowspan="2"|Série A||38||3||||||||||38||3 |- |2005||2||0||||||||||2||0 |- |2005||rowspan="2"|Yokohama F. Marinos||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||13||1||2||0||2||0||17||1 |- |2006||17||6||0||0||7||1||24||6 |- |2006||rowspan="2"|Corinthians Paulista||rowspan="2"|Série A||12||2||||||||||12||2 |- |2007||0||0||||||||||0||0 |- |2007||rowspan="3"|Internacional||rowspan="3"|Série A||19||3||||||||||19||3 |- |2008||21||1||||||||||21||1 |- |2009||13||2||||||||||13||2 |- |2009/10||Al- Wahda||UAE League|||||||||||||||| 194||21||||||||||194||21 30||7||2||0||9||1||41||8 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 224||28||2||0||9||1||235||29 |} ==International career statistics== |- |2004||2||0 |- |2005||1||0 |- !Total||3||0 |}
Title: Aigneville Content: Aigneville is a commune. It is in the region Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in the north of France.
Title: Nina Rocheva Content: Nina Petrovna Rocheva (, Selyunina; 13 October 1948 – 8 January 2022) was a Soviet cross-country skier. He competed from 1978 to 1980. She won a silver medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Rocheva died on 8 January 2022, at the age of 73.
Title: Digital television Content: Digital television is television broadcasting using digital signals. With digital television, more than one program can be sent at a time in the same channel bandwidth. It also provides a cleaner looking picture than analog. Digital television has replaced analog television in many countries. These countries include Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. == Related pages == * Digital terrestrial television Category:Television
Title: Kees de Jager Content: Cornelis "Kees" de Jager (29 April 1921 – 27 May 2021) was a Dutch astronomer. He worked in predicting solar variation to see the Sun's impact on future climate. He was the General Secretary of the IAU from 1967 to 1973 and former director of the observatory at Utrecht. He was a fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. De Jager was born in Den Burg on the island of Texel and died at his home in the same village from problems caused by a fall, aged 100.Professor Kees de Jager overleden
Title: Newton Abbot Content: Newton Abbot is a town near the A380 road, in Teignbridge, Devon, England. In 2001 there were 23,580 people living in Newton Abbot.
Title: Floirac, Gironde Content: thumb|90px|coat of arms Floirac, Gironde is a commune. It is found in the region Aquitaine in the Gironde department in the southwest of France. Category:Communes in Gironde
Title: Embodiment theory Content: Embodiment theory is the idea that human thought comes from parts of the body other than the brain and not only from the brain.
Title: Mystery play Content: Mystery plays and Miracle plays are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe. Category:Time Warner Category:Medieval literature
Title: General Tom Thumb Content: General Tom Thumb (January 4, 1838 - July 15, 1883) was an American entertainer. He was a four year old child when P. T. Barnum introduced him to show biz. The boy (who was passed off as a young adult) created a sensation at Barnum's American Museum in New York City. He toured Europe, appeared before royals, and returned to America rich. Thumb married Lavinia Warren in 1863, and continued to tour. Show biz took its toll on his health however. He died of a stroke in 1883. ==Early life== General Tom Thumb was born Charles Sherwood Stratton in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Sherwood Edward Stratton, a carpenter, and Cynthia (Thompson) Stratton, an inn worker. He stopped growing at 18 months. He was 25 inches tall and weighed 16 pounds in 1842 when P. T. Barnum persuaded his parents to exhibit him at $3 a week. The boy was four years old when he left home for Barnum's American Museum in New York City. ==Barnum== Barnum molded the boy into an entertainer, and provided the child with an expensive and exquisitely tailored wardrobe. He was presented as General Tom Thumb and his age bumped up to eleven years in order to fool the public into thinking he was an adult. He debuted on December 8, 1842. At first, he was shy about appearing in public, but he took to the stage and began imitating famous little people like Napoleon and Cupid. The General was a hit. Thirty thousand people attended his first week performances. Barnum and Thumb toured Europe in 1844 with an appearance before Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Buckingham Palace. Other European royals also fêted him. In America, Thumb remained the principal attraction at the American Museum for many years. ==Marriage== In 1847, Thumb returned to America very rich. Thumb bought a mansion in Bridgeport, and toured alone for a time. He teamed up with Barnum at times when the showman's bank account was running low. In 1862, Thumb met Lavinia Warren, another of Barnum's oddities, and the miniature couple were married on February 10, 1863, in Grace Episcopal Church, New York City. The wedding was attended by 2,000 guests, many of them the A-list celebrities of the day. ==Later life and death== The couple toured for many years, and made a large fortune. In 1881, Thumb and his wife were caught in a hotel fire that almost took their lives. They joined the Barnum & London Circus. Show biz took its toll on Thumb however. His health declined. On July 15, 1883, Thumb died following a stroke, age 45. He is buried in Bridgeport, Connecticut. More than 10,000 people attended his funeral.Hornberger, p. 18 ==Gallery== Tom Thumb playbill.jpg|Playbill for the appearance of Tom Thumb in London Tom Thumb's Carriage.jpg|Tom Thumb's carriage, ca. 1850 Charles Sherwood Stratton and Lavinia Warren.jpg|Tom Thumb and his bride, Lavinia Warren in 1863
Title: Au, Zürich Content: thumb|250px|Au Au is a village of the municipality of Wädenswil in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. Category:Villages in Zürich
Title: Rubem Fonseca Content: Rubem Fonseca (May 11, 1925 – April 15, 2020) was a Brazilian writer and translator. He was born in Juiz de Fora, in the state of Minas Gerais. His stories were known as dark and gritty, filled with violence and sexual content. He started his career by writing short stories. His first popular novel was A Grande Arte (High Art), but "Agosto" is usually considered his best work. Fonseca died of a heart attack on April 15, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, aged 94.Rubem Fonseca, Giant of Brazilian Literature, Dies at 94 at The New York Times
Title: Cerdic of Wessex Content: Cerdic († 534) was the first Anglo Saxon King of the Gewisse, also called the King of Wessex. He was the progenitor of the kings of Wessex and the Anglo- Saxon kings of England beginning with Athelstan. == War leader and king == thumb|right|300px According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Cerdic, along with his son Cynric, came to Britain in 495. Benjamin Thorpe, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle according to the Several Original Authorities: Translation (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1861), p. 14 Their three ships landed at Cerdices ora fought the Britons there on the same day. Most of what is known about Cerdic comes from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.Frank Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England (Oxford University Press, 1971), p. 20 In 519 he and his son defeated Britons at Cerdices ford and took Wessex.Frank Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England (Oxford University Press, 1971), p. 21 In 527 at a place called Cerdices leaga Cerdic and Cynric battled with the Britons again. In 530 they conquered the Isle of Wight. The record for 534 states that Cerdic died this year.Benjamin Thorpe, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle according to the Several Original Authorities: Translation (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1861), p. 14 Cerdic was succeeded by his son Cynric.Mike Ashley, The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens (New york: Carroll & Graf, 1999), p. 301 The Anglo- Saxon Chronicle gave Cenred a pedigree going back to the Saxon god Woden. But historian Kenneth Sisam showed this legendary pedigree was borrowed from the Kings of Bernicia and was not historic.Kenneth Sisam, 'Anglo-Saxon Royal Genealogies', Proceedings of the British Academy, vol. 39 (1953), pp. 287-348 But archaeological evidence shows that outside of Kent and Sussex, the main area of settlement was in the upper Thames Valley.Peter Hunter Blair, Roman Britain and Early England; 55 B.C.–A.D. 871 (New York; London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1966), p. 203 This agrees with much of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle although dates are harder to verify. It should be noted that the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is not a reliable document for the period contemporary to Cerdic's supposed reign. It should also be noted that Cerdic is a British name and not an Anglo-Saxon name. It is also unlikely that Wessex was the name of his proposed kingdom. Ultimately, Cerdic should be considered as mythology. == Family == Cerdic had: * Cynric († 560). G. H. Wheeler, 'The Genealogy of the Early West Saxon Kings', The English Historical Review, Vol. 36, No. 142 (Apr., 1921), p. 167
Title: Soucy, Yonne Content: Soucy is a commune. It is found in the Yonne department in the center of France.
Title: Gregor Mendel Content: Gregor Johann Mendel (Heinzendorf, Austria,now Hynčice, Czech Rep 20 July 1822 – Brünn, Austro-Hungary,now Brno, Czech Rep 6 January 1884) was an Austrian monk and botanist. Mendel founded genetics by his work cross-breeding pea plants. He discovered dominant and recessive characters (genes) from the crosses he performed on the plants in his greenhouse. What he learnt is known today as Mendelian inheritance. His work was not appreciated at first, but was 'rediscovered' in 1900 by Carl Correns and Hugo de Vries. Erich von Tschermak's status as a third rediscoverer is now less convincing. == The experiments == Mendel used the edible peas (Pisum sativum) for his crosses. He selected seven characters which were distinctive, and never blended; they occurred as either-or alternatives. Examples: plant height (short or tall); colour of peas (green or yellow); position of flowers (restricted to the top or distributed along the stem). When he crossed varieties which differed in a trait (e.g. tall crossed with short), the first generation of hybrids (F1) showed only one of the two alternatives. One character was dominant, and the other recessive. But when he crossed these hybrids with each other, the recessive character reappeared in the second (F2) generation. The proportion of plants showing the dominant as opposed to the recessive character was close to 3 to 1. Further analysis of the descendants (F3) of the dominant group showed that one-third of them were true-breeding and two-thirds were of hybrid constitution. The 3:1 ratio could therefore be rewritten as 1:2:1, meaning that 50 percent of the F2 generation were true-breeding and 50 percent were still hybrid. This was Mendel’s major discovery. It could all be summed up by saying that inheritance was not blending, as Darwin had thought, it was particulate. The factors (genes) were not merged or mixed, they stayed separate and were passed on to the next generation unchanged.Stern, Curt and Sherwood, Eva R. (eds) 1966. The origin of genetics: a Mendel source book. Freeman, S.F.Carlson, Elof Axel 1966. The gene: a critical history. Saunders.Olby, Robert 1985. Origins of Mendelism, 2nd ed. Chicago. He published his work in 1866, but at the time no-one saw how significant it was. 35 years later, the papers were rediscovered and, immediately, modern genetics began.Henig, Robin Marantz 2000. A monk and two peas: the story of Gregor Mendel and the discovery of genetics. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. ==Related pages== *List of biologists * Mendelian inheritance
Title: Interspecific competition Content: In ecology, interspecific competition is when individuals of different species compete for the same resources, in an ecosystem. Examples for such resources are food, or space. Even species that never meet can compete with each other, because they need the same resources: Two kinds of predators might prey on the same animals. Interspecific competition is important, because it regulates the population of the different species. It is one of the ways natural selection happens. Interspecific competition causes evolution. When two individuals of the same species compete, this is called intraspecific competition. Category:Biological competition
Title: Borken (district) Content: Borken is a Landkreis (rural district, or county) in the northwestern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In 1975 the district was made by joining the old district of Ahaus, the city of Bocholt and small parts of the districts of Rees, Recklinghausen and Coesfeld. == Coat of arms ==
Title: Blaichach Content: Blaichach is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. It is in the northeast of the municipality the Iller flows through Blaichach. Blaichach was first mentioned as Bilaicha in 1275. Between 1988 and 2008 Blaichach grew by 599 people. center|thumb|458x458px|Blaichach and the church St Georg und Mauritius
Title: Christoph Graupner Content: Christoph Graupner (13 January 1683 – 10 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist. ==Life== ===Early life=== Graupner was born in Hartmannsdorf near Kirchberg in Saxony. He studied music with Nicolaus Kuester, an organist. Graupner went to Reichenbach with Kuester. He stayed there until he was accepted at the Thomasschule in Leipzig. Johann Schelle and Johann Kuhnau were his music teachers in Leipzig. Graupner also studied law while in Leipzig. At that time, many composers studied law and music. ===Career=== In 1706, Graupner moved to Hamburg. He became the harpischordist of the Hamburg Opera. Graupner wrote some of his operas in Hamburg. He remained in Hamburg for three years. In 1709, Ernst Ludwig, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt offered Graupner a position as vice Kapellmeister at the court of Darmstadt. A Kapellmeister is a person who manages the music for a nobleman. Graupner married in 1711. He had six sons and a daughter. Graupner composed a lot of cantatas in Darmstadt. In 1722 he was chosen to become the Kantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. A Kantor is a musician who manages the music in a church. However, Graupner decided to remain in Darmstadt. That is because his employer increased his salary. Instead, Johann Sebastian Bach became the next Kantor of the Thomaskirche. Graupner continued to compose in Darmstadt. Johann Friedrich Fasch was his student. He went blind in 1754. He died in Darmstadt in 1760. ==Music== Graupner wrote a lot of music. He wrote 13 sinfonias, 85 ouvertures, 44 concertos, 8 operas, 1,418 religious and 24 secular cantatas, 66 sonatas and 57 harpsichord partitas.Prima la musica! began publishing a series of modern scores for some of Graupner's, ouvertures,sinfonias, and annual cantata cycles of cantatas in 2007. Almost all of Graupner's music is kept in the ULB (Technical University Library) in Darmstadt, Germany.
Title: Wisconsin State Assembly Content: The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two make the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two- year terms, elected during the fall elections. The Wisconsin Constitution limits the size of the State Assembly to between 54 and 100 members. The Assembly chamber is in the west wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol building, in Madison, Wisconsin.
Title: Alex Dupont Content: Alex Dupont (30 June 1954 - 1 August 2020) was a French football manager and former player. He coached Dunkerque, Charleville, Boulogne, Gueugnon, with whom he won the Coupe de la Ligue in 2000, Sedan, Laval, Amiens. He managed Brest beginning in 2009, when he took over Gérald Baticle. He died on 1 August 2020.
Title: Linköping Cathedral Content: thumb|right|240px|Inside the Linköping Cathedral. Linköping Cathedral  is a cathedral in the town of Linköping in Sweden. It belongs to the Linköping Cathedral Parish of the Church of Sweden. The church building serves the Diocese of Linköping. it was opened in the 12th century.
Title: Windows 98 Content: Windows 98 is an operating system for computers. Released on June 25, 1998 by Microsoft, it is the successor of Windows 95. It came before Windows Me. Support for Windows 98 ended on July 11, 2006. Windows 98 was seen by many as a small upgrade to Windows 95, rather than a rebuilt version of Windows. The biggest changes were: * Internet Explorer (a web browser) was made part of the GUI (what the user sees) and the file manager. This had already happened in the last versions of Windows 95 that were released. This is called 'web integration'. *Larger disk partitions (separations) were allowed. *New tools were added to help make the computer run the way a user wants it to. System Configuration Utility is a tool that lets users turn off programs they do not need to use the computer. Disk Cleanup let users delete old files the computer made. *Some add-ons that were made for Windows 95 were included with Windows 98, such as the changes to the shell from Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95. Because Microsoft made Internet Explorer such an important part of Windows 98, the company was taken to court by the United States government. This was because they felt it was unfair to other companies who made web browsers. It is not supported anymore, but many people still use it on older computers that will not run Windows XP or later versions of Windows. ==Press demonstration== Before the release of Windows 98, there was a press demonstration at Comdex in April 1998. Microsoft CEO Bill Gates was highlighting the operating system's ease of use and enhanced support for Plug and Play (PnP). When presentation assistant Chris Capossela plugged a scanner in and attempted to install it, Windows 98 displayed a Blue Screen of Death. Gates remarked after applause and cheering from the audience, "That must be why we're not shipping Windows 98 yet." Video footage of this event became a popular Internet phenomenon.Computer users on Windows 98: It's not revolutionary == Second Edition == Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) was released in 1999. This was an official upgrade to Windows 98 which allowed people to use more types of computer hardware, like monitors and printers, and also let more than one machine on a network use the same Internet connection.
Title: Toshiya Ishii Content: is a Japanese professional athlete. He is best known as an association football player.Guardian.co.uk, Toshiya Ishii ; retrieved 2012-9-25. ==Club career statistics== |- |1996||rowspan="7"|Urawa Red Diamonds||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |1997||0||0||2||0||0||0||2||0 |- |1998||32||1||2||0||4||0||38||1 |- |1999||30||0||1||0||2||0||33||0 |- |2000||J. League 2||39||0||4||0||2||0||45||0 |- |2001||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||30||0||0||0||6||0||36||0 |- |2002||10||1||1||0||7||0||18||1 |- |2003||rowspan="2"|Vegalta Sendai||J. League 1||26||0||0||0||6||0||32||0 |- |2004||J. League 2||16||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||16||0 |- |2005||rowspan="2"|Kyoto Purple Sanga||J. League 2||11||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||12||0 |- |2006||J. League 1||16||0||1||0||2||0||19||0 |- |2007||rowspan="2"|Kyoto Sanga||J. League 2||44||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||44||1 |- |2008||J. League 1||0||0||0||0||1||0||1||0 |- |2009||Roasso Kumamoto||J. League 2||43||3||0||0||colspan="2"|-||43||3 297||6||12||0||30||0||339||6 297||6||12||0||30||0||339||6 |}
Title: Motor neurone disease Content: Motor neurone disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a condition that affects the nerves that control movement. It is a chronic and progressive disease, which means that it gets worse over time and eventually leads to death. There is no known cure. There is a slow but steady death of the nerve cells in the central nervous system making them stop sending messages to the muscles. The disorder causes muscle weakness and muscle shrinking (atrophy) throughout the body. Unable to function, the muscles gradually weaken and waste away. Eventually, the ability of the brain to start and control voluntary movement is lost. However, even patients in later stages of the disease may still have the same intelligence, memory, and personality they had before it started. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common of the five types of motor neurone disease. About 5 to 10% of cases are inherited from a person's parents.Matthew C Kiernan et al 2011. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis". Lancet. 377 (9769): 942–55. == Symptoms == Motor neurone disease does not show many symptoms, making it very hard to diagnose. It usually affects people ages 40-60. The earliest symptoms may include twitching, cramping, or stiffness of muscles; muscle weakness affecting an arm or a leg; slurred and strange-sounding nasal speech; or having a difficult time chewing or swallowing. These general symptoms then develop into clear weakness or atrophy that may cause a physician to believe that a person has ALS. The parts of the body affected by early symptoms of ALS depend on which muscles in the body are affected first. About 75% of people have limb onset ALS. In some of these cases, symptoms first affect one of the legs, and patients have awkwardness when walking or running or they notice that they are tripping or stumbling more often. Other limb onset patients first see the effects of the disease on a hand or arm as they have a difficult time with simple tasks requiring hand dexterity, or ability to move small things, such as buttoning a shirt, writing, or turning a key in a lock. About 25% of cases are bulbar onset ALS. These patients first have difficulty speaking clearly. Speech becomes hard to understand and slurred. Speaking through the nose and softer talking are often the first symptoms. Difficulty swallowing, and loss of tongue movement follow. Eventually total loss of speech and ability to keep the airway clear when swallowing are experienced. == Treatment == There is no cure for ALS. However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first drug treatment for the disease: riluzole. Riluzole is believed to reduce damage to motor neurons. Clinical trials with ALS patients showed that riluzole gives a better chance of survival by several months, mainly in those with a hard time swallowing. The drug also allows more time before a patient needs breathing help by a ventilator or tracheotomy. Riluzole does not heal the damage already done to motor neurons. Other treatments for ALS are designed to make symptoms less painful and improve the quality of life for patients.
Title: Prince of Conti Content: thumb|right|250px|Coat of arms of the Prince of Conti as a prince of the blood showing the coronet. The title of Prince of Conti was an old title at the old French court. The prince held the prestigious rank of Prince of the blood at the court and was also entitled to the style of Serene Highness. The eldest son of the prince usually used the title of Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon and at other times used the title Count of La Marche ==Marquess and Princes of Conti== * 1558-1614: marquis, from 1581 onwards 1st prince François, Prince of Conti. At his death, the title was not passed on, because of the lack of direct descendants. The title was bestowed in 1629 upon: * 1629-1666 : 2nd prince Armand * 1666-1685 : 3rd prince Louis Armand * 1685-1709 : 4th prince François Louis called Le Grand Conti. * 1709-1727 : 5th prince Louis Armand * 1727-1776 : 6th prince Louis François * 1776-1814 : 7th prince Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti At his death, the title was not passed on, because of the lack of legitimate descendants. Category:Titles in the old Kingdom of France
Title: Battle of the Alamo Content: thumb|Painting of the battle by an artist who was born later The Battle of the Alamo took place in 1836 at the Alamo in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States. Texas then belonged to Mexico, but many people wanted to have their own new country since they did not like Mexican rule. Over 100 of them, including former U.S. Representative Davy Crockett, were at the Alamo. Under the Spanish Empire, the Alamo had been a mission like a church. The Mexican Army of several thousand arrived, led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna. For 13 days, the Mexican Army surrounded the Alamo, and it finally attacked on March 6, 1836. All 187 men from Texas were killed. General Sam Houston felt that holding San Antonio was unnecessary and impossible. That made him send Jim Bowie with orders to destroy the Alamo and to return with all of the men and the artillery that were stationed there. Bowie went against his orders and failed to defend the city, which he had thought to be his duty. Category:1836 Category:1830s in Texas Alamo Category:History of San Antonio, Texas Category:19th century in Mexico Category:March events
Title: Thorée-les-Pins Content: Thorée-les-Pins is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Sarthe department in the west of France.
Title: Big Blue River (Kansas) Content: The Big Blue River is the biggest tributary of the Kansas River. The river is about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high- resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed March 30, 2011 It goes from central Nebraska into Kansas, until its confluence with the Kansas River at Manhattan. Its name was given from the Kansa tribe of Native Americans. They lived at its mouth from 1780 to 1830. They called it the Great Blue Earth River. ==River course== The river goes through mostly agricultural land. Big towns on the river include: Manhattan, Kansas, Beatrice, Nebraska; Crete, Nebraska; and Seward, Nebraska. ==Water rights== Nebraska and Kansas have an agreement on who gets to use the water. Nebraska has full use of the river's water. However, from May 1 to September 30, Nebraska must allow a certain amount to go into Kansas. There has been no shortage of water in the river.
Title: Yangshuo Content: thumb|right|The town of Yangshuo, with the Li River flowing past it. Yangshuo is a county in China. It is on the west bank of Li River, in the southeast of Guilin, northeast of Guangxi. It is under the jurisdiction of Guilin City. It covers an area of 1428.38 sq km and 65 km from Guilin downtown. It has a total population of about 300,000. Yangshuo has become a famous resort destination for domestic travelers and foreign travelers. The number of foreign backpackers coming to Yangshuo is increasing.
Title: Takeley Content: Takeley is a village and civil parish in Uttlesford, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 2308 people living in Takeley.
Title: Pinzberg Content: Pinzberg is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany. Pinzberg is in the region Upper Franconia west. The following districts exist: Dobenreuth, Gosberg, Pinzberg, Elsenberg.
Title: Fill (music) Content: A fill in popular music is a short instrumental passage, between melody lines of a song. (A longer passage between verses is called a solo.) Fills are usually played with a keyboard instrument or a guitar, but other instruments (such as a saxophone) may also be used. Drum fills are sometimes called "drum rolls", but a roll is actually a steady beat on a single drum, while a fill may use more than one drum or beat. Category:Musical terminology
Title: Instinctive drowning response Content: The instinctive drowning response is a reaction humans have when they are close to drowning. The response is more common in non-swimmers. It is focused on trying to keep the mouth above water to without using too much effort, and trying to signal for help Category:Medical emergencies
Title: Robert Knight Content: Robert Knight (born Robert Peebles, Rick Simmons, "The Story Behind: Robert Knight, “Everlasting Love”", Rebeat, July 4, 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2017 April 24, 1945 - November 5, 2017) was an American R&B; singer. He was born in Franklin, Tennessee. He was best known for the 1967 recording of the song "Everlasting Love". Knight died at home in Nashville, Tennessee on November 5, 2017 after a short-illness, aged 72."Robert Knight, 'Everlasting Love' singer dead at 72", TMZ.com, 6 November 2017
Title: Xiao Yang (judge) Content: Xiao Yang (; August 1938 – 19 April 2019) was a Chinese judge and politician. He served as Minister of Justice from 1993 to 1998. He then served as President of the Supreme People's Court from 1998 to 2008. One of his changes included the Supreme Court's right of final review for capital punishment cases. This saw the number of executions drop in China after 2006. Xiao was born in Heyuan, Guangdong. He died of an illness on 19 April 2019 in Beijing. He was 80.
Title: Dinara Nazarbayeva Content: Dinara Nursultanqyzy Nazarbayeva (, born 19 August 1967) is a Kazakh billionaire heiress, businesswoman. She is also the middle daughter of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. She is married to Timur Kulibayev, a Kazakh oligarch. ==Wealth== She is the fourth-richest person in Kazakhstan. Her fortune is estimated to be around $1.3 billion. During 2022 Kazakh protests she lost $200 million according to Forbes. == Biography == Nazarbayeva was born in Temirtau, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union. ===Education=== In 1989, she graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts. In 1998, she received her MBA from KIMEP University. In 2007, she defended her doctoral dissertation on "Methodological foundations of the management of the educational system of international schools." ===Business=== In 2009, he heads the National Education Fund named after Nursultan Nazarbayev. In 2018, according to Forbes, Dinara Kulibayeva's fortune was $3.2 billion. The total capital of the Kulibayevs in 2018 the same year was more than $6.4 billion. It took the 779th position in the world. ==Family== She is married to Timur Kulibayev in 1990. They have three children: a son and two daughters. Her husband is a well-known businessman in Kazakhstan. He is the third-richest man in Kazakhstan and the 973rd-richest in the world.
Title: Bruno Messerli Content: thumb|Bruno Messerli (1986) Bruno Messerli (17 September 1931 – 4 February 2019) was a Swiss geographer and university professor. He was born in Belp. He was known for his geographic high mountain research. He was appointed Full Professor of Geomorphology in 1968 by the University of Bern. He worked in teaching and research until his retirement in 1996. Messerli was known for his works for the inclusion of a mountain chapter in the Agenda 21. Messerli died on 4 February 2019 at the age of 87.
Title: Abid Hamid Mahmud Content: thumb|Abid Hamid Mahmud Abid Al-Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti ( 21 September 1957 - June 7, 2012) was an Iraqi lieutenant general under Saddam Hussein's deposed regime, and he was Saddam's bodyguard. He was executed on June 7, 2012. Category:1957 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Executed people Category:Iraqi generals
Title: Alvin and the Chipmunks (movie series) Content: The fictional animated singing group Alvin and the Chipmunks created by Ross Bagdasarian have appeared in eight feature-length movies since their debut. ==Movies== ===Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)=== In a tree farm, three musically inclined chipmunks, Alvin (Justin Long), the mischievous troublemaker, Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler), the smart one in the trio, and Theodore (Jesse McCartney) the chubby sweethearted chipmunk, find their tree cut down and are transported to Los Angeles. Once there, they meet frustrated songwriter David Seville (Jason Lee), and despite a poor house-wrecking first impression, they impress him with their singing talent. Seeing the opportunity for success, both human and chipmunks make a pact for them to sing his songs. While that ambition proves a frustrating struggle with the difficult trio, the dream does come true after all. However, that success presents its own trials as their unscrupulous record executive, Ian Hawke (David Cross), plans to break up this family to exploit the boys. Can Dave and the Chipmunks discover what they really value amid the superficial glamour around them? ===Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)=== Pop sensations Alvin (Justin Long), Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore (Jesse McCartney) end up in the care of Dave Seville (Jason Lee)'s twenty-something cousin Toby (Zachary Levi). The boys must put aside music super stardom to return to school, and are tasked with saving the school's music program by winning the $25,000 prize in a battle of the bands. But the Chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing chipmunks known as The Chipettes—Brittany (Christina Applegate), Jeanette (Anna Faris) and Eleanor (Amy Poehler). Romantic and musical sparks are ignited when the Chipmunks and Chipettes square off. ===Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)=== Dave (Jason Lee), the Chipmunks, and the Chipettes enjoy fun and mischief on a luxury cruise before their seafaring vacation takes an unexpected detour to an uncharted island. Now, the harder Alvin (Justin Long) and friends search for a way back to civilization, the more obvious it becomes that they aren't alone on this secluded island paradise. ===Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)=== Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin (Justin Long), Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore (Jesse McCartney) come to believe that Dave (Jason Lee) is going to propose to his new girlfriend in Miami...and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal, saving themselves not only from losing Dave but possibly from gaining a terrible stepbrother. Category:English- language movies Category:20th Century Fox movies
Title: Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph Content: Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph is a 1894 American silent movie directed by William K.L. Dickson and William HeiseCorbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph and stars James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney. ==Actors== * James J. Corbett as Boxer (Boxing hero of the time) * Peter Courtney as Boxer (Underdog)
Title: Solarpunk Content: link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solarpunk Flag Vectorized Version.svg|right|thumb|200x200px|The Solarpunk Flag Solarpunk is a genre aesthetic and political idea that fuses the high-tech elements of cyberpunk with low-tech sustainable ways of living. The term was first used in 2008. Solarpunk media often portrays themes of equality, anti-capitalism, and sustainability. People who call themselves Solarpunks often support anarchist, libertarian socialist, or environmentalist politics. Category:Politics
Title: Titti Sjöblom Content: Titti Sjöblom, born 29 August 1949 in Stockholm, is a Swedish female singer.Titti Sigrid Renée Eliasson Sjöblom She is the daughter of Alice Babs. She participated at Melodifestivalen 1974 with the song "Fröken Ur-sång", ending up at the fourth place. Her first dinner shows and folk park tours occurred Charlie Norman and Lennie Norman during the mid-1970s. == Discography == *Sjung med oss, mamma. Alice Babs, Titti och Torsten Tegnér sjunger Alice Tegnér. recorded 1963 *Titti Sjöblom special. 1989 *All of us. The Butlers med refrängsångerskan Titti Sjöblom. 1992 *Får jag lov ... eller ska vi dansa först with Arne Domnérus orkester. Vocalist at four songs. 1994 *För själ och hjärta med Ehrling Eliasson. 1999 *Tittis bästa. Compilation album 2003 *Sjung med oss mamma. Vol. 2. Toner i fyra generationer with Alice Babs, Ehrling Eliasson, Nils & Dennis Breitholtz. 2003 *Världsarvets serenad. Hyllning till Höga Kusten with Ehrling Eliasson. 2006 *Titti & Ehrling sjunger Kai Gullmar with Ehrling Eliasson. 2008
Title: Brutus Beefcake Content: right|thumb|Brutus Beefcake Edward Harrison Leslie (born April 21, 1957) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. He later worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He was born in Tampa, Florida. He was honored in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2019.
Title: Gennadi Vengerov Content: Gennadi Aronovich Vengerov (; 27 August 1959 - 22 April 2015) was a Belarusian-born Russian-German actor and voice artist. He began acting in 1978 on stage, and later in 1987 on television and movies. He had over 150 credits to his name. He was also the Russian voice of the title character of EVE Online and appeared in the movie Enemy at the Gates (2001). In 1990, he moved to German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and worked as a Deutsche Welle radio announcer. Vengerov was born in Vitebsk. He served in the Soviet Army until 1983 when he moved to Moscow. Vengerov died from lung and bone cancer on 22 April 2015 in Düsseldorf. He was 55.
Title: Lacq Content: Lacq is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in the southwestern part of France. Lacq
Title: Black Point Content: Jonás Joaquín Ortiz Alberto (born in 1989), is better known by his stage name Black Point (sometimes El Negro or Black Jonas Point). He is a Dominican rapper, songwriter and producer. Ortiz, along with Del Patio and Pitbull, wrote and performed the song "Watagatapitusberry". This song reached number 30 in the US Billboard Latin Songs chart and number 13 in the US Billboard Tropical Songs chart. ==Biography== Black Point was born in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic. He was only 8 when he started to get interested in hip hop music and start writing rap songs. His manager, Big W One, was the person that produced and record his debut song of rap on the 2000. On 2008 Black Point arrives to the Dominican Republic's radio stations gaining so much fame with themes like "Mi mujer no era mala", "Amigo" and the famous collaboration of hip hop Dominican culture, "Capea El Dough: All Stars". ==Discography== ===Singles===
Title: Life Goes On (Sash! album) Content: Life Goes On is the second album by the German DJ group Sash!. It was released on 17 August 1998. ==Track listing== ;UK Edition ==Charts==
Title: Yuya Nakamura Content: Yuya Nakamura (born 14 April 1986) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Shonan Bellmare. ==Club career statistics== |- |2005||rowspan="3"|Urawa Red Diamonds||rowspan="3"|J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2006||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2007||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2008||rowspan="3"|Shonan Bellmare||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||5||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0 |- |2009||44||14||1||0||colspan="2"|-||45||14 |- |2010||J. League 1|||||||||||||||| 49||14||2||0||0||0||51||14 49||14||2||0||0||0||51||14 |}
Title: American Canadians Content: American Canadians are Canadian citizens of American descent, or Canadians who identify to some extent with American society.
Title: Bill Cash Content: Sir William Nigel Paul Cash (born 10 May 1940) is a British Conservative politician. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1984. He was first elected for Stafford and then for Stone in Staffordshire in 1997. After his tenth election victory in the 2019 general election, aged 79, Cash became the oldest sitting member of the House of Commons. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2014 Birthday Honours for political services. He is a known critic of the European Union.
Title: Valhalla, New York Content: Valhalla is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located within the town of Mount Pleasant, in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the New York City metropolitan area. Its population was 3,162 at the 2010 U.S. Census.
Title: Damage deposit Content: A damage deposit or deposit is a sum of money that is paid when one rents an item. It is paid to ensure the owner that it is returned in good condition. It is very common with rented accommodation. There it may also be called a tenancy deposit or in some places a tenancy bond. The owner of the item (the landlord in the case of accommodation) will take a sum of money from the person(s) renting the item (the tenant). If the item is returned in good condition at the end of the tenancy the owner should return the deposit. If the item is returned with damage the cost of repairing that damage may be charged against the deposit, and part (or none) of the deposit will be returned.
Title: Kid vs. Kat Content: Kid vs. Kat is a 2008-11 Disney XD Canadian children's animated educational television series produced by Studio B Productions and Produced In Association with YTV and Disney XD. Category:Canadian children's television series
Title: Scouser Content: Scouser is a denonym for a resident of the city of Liverpool. Sometimes, people in Birkenhead are called "Wools". Most people also have the Scouse accent. Category:Merseyside
Title: Hurricane Earl (2010) Content: Hurricane Earl was an intense and long-lived hurricane that was also the first such storm to threaten New England since Hurricane Bob nineteen years earlier. The storm's center passed eighty six miles east of North Carolina on September 3, 2010. The storm then moved northeast, eventually being downgraded to tropical storm status and then becoming a hurricane again shortly before the storm made landfall in Nova Scotia. Before lashing the eastern United States, the hurricane passed extremely close to the Leeward Islands; the damage there totaled $40 million (2010 USD). Category:Hurricanes Category:2010 in weather Category:Hurricanes in the United States
Title: Budgam district Content: Badgam district  is one of the twenty districts in Indian administered Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. ==Geography== Badgam is located at 34.63° N 76.04° E. It has an average elevation of . ==Tehsils of Budgam== Budgam district comprise of 9 tehsils namely Beerwah Tehsil, Budgam Tehsil, Chadoora Tehsil, Khansahib Tehsil Charisharif Tehsil, Khag Tehsil, Magam Tehsil, Narbal Tehsil and BK Pora Tehsil.
Title: Interstate 55 Content: Interstate 55 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It goes from Laplace, Louisiana north to Chicago, Illinois. The route is long.
Title: Maaz ibn Jabal Content: Muaz ibn Jabal  (603 – 639) was one of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad.Az-Zirakli, Khairuddin (2002). Al-A‘lām (in Arabic). 7 (15 ed.). Beirut: Dar el-Ilm Lilmalayin. pp. 258–9. He belonged to the tribe of Banu Khazraj. He accepted Islam before the Second pledge at al-Aqabah. He was known as the one with a lot of knowledge. He was called by Prophet Muhammad, "the one who will lead the scholars into Paradise". Prophet Muhammad sent Muaz to Yemen to teach its people about Islam. He also helped in collecting the Quran in written form.
Title: Ondrej Duda Content: thumb|Ondrej Duda (2021) Ondrej Duda (born on 5 December 1994 in Snina, Slovakia) is a Slovak association football midfielder who currently plays for the Polish club Legia Warsaw and the Slovakia national football team. He played for VSS Košice from 2012 to 2014. His nicknames are Dudinho and Ondrej di Maria.