cahya/simple-wikipedia huggingface dataset:
Evgeni Plushenko (born 3 November 1982) is a figure skater from Russia. He was born and raised in the Soviet Union. He is the last of the "Soviet System" figure skaters, which took children from their parents at a young age and raised them in a training system away from home while giving them everything they needed, including housing and food and equipment, so they could become the best.

Plushenko was a very good skater as a child. At age 14, he won the World Junior Championships. At age 15, he won the bronze medal at the World Championships. He has always been coached by Alexei Mishin, a very famous Soviet and Russian skater coach. At the time of Plushenko's rise, Mishin was also coaching Alexei Yagudin. When Yagudin saw all the attention Mishin was giving Plushenko, it made Yagudin leave and find another coach. Plushenko and Yagudin had a very big rivalry that ended in 2002, when Yagudin won the Olympic Gold and Plushenko won the silver.

Between the 2002 Olympics and the 2006 Olympics, Plushenko only lost a competition twice. The first time was to Emanuel Sandhu at the 2003-2004 Grand Prix Final. The second was to Brian Joubert at the 2004 European Championships. Plushenko came close to losing the 2003 World Championships to American Timothy Goebel, but won.

Plushenko withdrew from the 2005 World Championships with injury. But he won the 2006 Olympics with a very big lead over everyone else there.

Plushenko took the 2006-2007 season away from skating. He was married and had a child, but he is now getting a divorce. He is trying to come back to competitive skating, but still has a lot of injuries.

Plushenko is known for his consistency and his strong jumping ability. He has done a lot of quadruple jumps in competition and in combination with other jumps. He was the first to do a lot of quadruple-jump combinations. He has also done the Biellmann spin in competition, although he has not done that recently.

Other websites 

 Official website 
  Official website
 International Skating Union biography 

Russian figure skaters
1982 births
Living people
The Kaiten (Japanese: 回天, translated "Change the World" or "Reverse Destiny") was a torpedo that was changed to become a suicide weapon, and used by the Navy of the Empire of Japan in the last months of the Second World War. It was basically a torpedo with a pilot, and it could be thrown from a submarine or a ship.

The Kaiten was not very effective. Out of more or less 100 attacks made with them, only two enemy ships were sunk.

Related pages
 Submarine
 Kamikaze
 Ohka

Other websites
Kaiten Memorial Museum 
Kamikaze Submarine 
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park 
US Navy Historical Center 
Pictorial account of types 1 and 2 kaitens
The Kaiten Mark II at the New Jersey Naval Museum in Hackensack, NJ
 Humantorpedo 回天 Kaiten (Japanese)
 

Weapons
A blanket is a large, usually rectangular piece of cloth, generally used on a bed over a sheet to keep the sleeping person warm. Some blankets are knitted or crocheted while others are made of two layers of cloth sewn together with stuffing in the middle. Blankets can be made with hollow fibre or feathers.

Other names for blankets are quilts, duvets, and comforters, depending on their thickness, construction and/or stuffing.

The word blanket probably came from the 14th century. A special kind of fabric called Blanket fabric was created by a Flemish weaver who lived in Bristol, England.

Uses

Blankets may also be used on the ground for a picnic or other places where people want to sit without their clothing getting dirty or wet.

Firefighters use a special fire blanket to protect household items such as chairs from water damage.

Types of blankets
Electric blankets are heated by electricity. Blankets were traditionally made of wool because it is warm, naturally fire-retardant, and allows air to circulate well, while today synthetic fibers are frequently used. Throw blankets are smaller blankets, often in decorative colors and patterns, that can be used for extra warmth outside of bed.

Other kinds are horse blankets, used to keep horses warm, and saddle blankets, used to prevent the horse's saddle from rubbing on its skin.

Blanket terminology is also used in the printing industry. A blanket is a rubber coating over different layer of compressible material. It wraps around a cylinder and insures transfer of ink form the printed material (where the image is ink defined) to the paper. Blankets are used for offset, gravure, flexo, etc.

Home
Crochet is a way of creating fabric from yarn or thread using a crochet hook to pull loops of yarn through other loops.  It is similar to knitting, except that usually only one loop is active at one time, and that a crochet hook is used instead of knitting needles.  Also, crochet can not be made by machine.  Crochet uses more yarn than knitting but is faster to make by hand.

Crochet is used to make clothing, household items like tablecloths, blankets and potholders, and toys. Lace is often made by crocheting, though it can be made by knitting and weaving as well.

Crocheting is also a great craft for younger children.  The stitches are easy and their small hands are able to hold the crochet hook.  They are also able to see progress very quickly and that motivates them to continue.  It is very easy to start again after setting the project down, which will help to keep young people involved in the craft.

Stitch Abbreviations

Basic
ch: chain stitch
yoh: yarn over hook
bl: back loops
fl: front loops
rs: right side
ws: wrong side
sc: single crochet
dc: double crochet
tc: triple crochet
sk or sk st: skip stitch
sl st: slip stitch
rnd: round(s)
*: repeat instructions following the "*"

Advanced
bp: back post
fp: front post
bpdc: back post double crochet
fpdc: front post double crochet
tog: together
dc2tog: double crochet 2 stitches together
hdc: half double crochet
dec: decrease

US and UK Terminologies 
The US and the UK use different names for the same crochet stitches. If you are using a pattern, make sure you know if it uses US or UK terminology so you read it correctly.

Here are the main differences.

Other websites
Learn to crochet: 5 basic crochet stitches
Learn to crochet: Stitch Variations
UK to US crochet conversion chart

Needlework
The Battle of the Philippine Sea was an important naval battle of the Second World War between the navies of the United States and Japan. This battle took place on June 19 and 20, 1944 near the Mariana Islands, and involved two big naval forces and many Japanese aircraft from bases on land. The battle was a great defeat for the Japanese Navy, which lost three aircraft carriers and some 600 aircraft in two days of combat. This happened because the Japanese airplanes were getting old and their pilots had little training, compared to the more modern and better trained American forces. After the battle, the Japanese Navy was almost completely destroyed. This victory for Allied forces opened the door for the invasion of Iwo Jima.

Other websites
 Order of  Battle - The Battle of the Phillipine Sea: 19-20 June 1944
 WW2DB: The Marianas and the Great Turkey Shoot
 Animated History of The Battle of the Philippine Sea 
 Air Group 31's participation in the Battle of the Philippine Sea

1944
Battles involving Japan
Battles involving the United States
Philippine Sea
1940s in Oceania
Micronesia
June 1944 events
Tamgaly is a lake in Kazakhstan, in South Kazakhstan oblast. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site where petroglyphs (rock pictures) have been found.

Lakes of Kazakhstan
The Union Cycliste Internationale or International Cycling Union usually called the UCI is the governing body of bicycle racing in the world.

It sets out rules for bicycle design, and types of races. The UCI also issues licences to racing teams which gives them permission to compete in one of the ranks or tours.

The Tour grades

The ProTour 
This is the highest grade, the 20 best teams are in the UCI ProTour, and all of the races are in Europe.

Contintental Circuits
There five Continental Circuits (one each for Europe, Africa, Oceania, Asia, and the Americas). They are the next highest grade after the UCI ProTour. The circuits were designed by UCI to encourage cycle racing outside the European continent, where it is most popular and where the three Grand Tour stage races Vuelta Ciclista a España, Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia are run. The Grand Tours are part of the ProTour

References 

Cycling
The Milk Marketing Board was an agency of the British government.  

The Board bought all of the milk in England and Wales from  dairy farmers and passed it on to be processed and sold.  This way small farmers always got a fair price, because no big producer could sell their milk more cheaply.

The Board was first set up in 1933.  In 1933 and 1934 three other boards were set up for Scotland and one for Northern Ireland in 1955.

From 1958 until it was abolished the Milk Marketing Board sponsored (paid money for) the Tour of Britain bicycle race, which was called "The Milk Race".

Other websites 

uk/foodrin/milk/pdf/historyofmmbs.pdf History of the Milk Marketing Boards 

Government of the United Kingdom
Agriculture
The Battle of Leyte Gulf, was the biggest naval battle in modern history. The battle was part of World War II, and happened in the seas near the Philippines island of Leyte. It took place from 23 October to 26 October 1944, between the Allies and the Empire of Japan. The Allies started the battle to cut the way between Japan and its colonies in South East Asia. Japan took its oil for fuel from that area. The Japanese gathered all the ships they had left to fight the Allied troops. However, they failed and lost many ships and aircraft.

The battle was the last big naval fight of World War II. Without fuel, the Imperial Japanese Navy never again sailed to battle. Most of their ships returned to Japan, and were inactive for the rest of the war.

The first use of kamikaze aircraft was during this battle. A kamikaze hit the Australian flagship HMAS Australia on 21 October. Many other suicide attacks by the "Special Attack Force" began on 25 October, and did great damage to the Allied ships.

References

Other websites 

 WW2DB: Leyte Campaign
 Animated History of The Battle of Leyte Gulf 
 Battle Experience: Battle for Leyte Gulf
 Task Force 77 Action Report: Battle of Leyte Gulf
 "Turkey Trots to Water"  — detailed description of the battle from battleship.org
 Orders of battle: Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Strait, Cape Engaño, Samar.
 "Glorious Death: The Battle of Leyte Gulf" by Tim Lanzendörfer
 battle-of-leyte-gulf.com
 The Battle Off Samar - Taffy III at Leyte Gulf by Robert Jon Cox
 Leyte Gulf Naval Chess Game, a free, educational boardgame of the battle, to print off, assemble, and play
 Return to the Philippines: public domain documents from ibiblio.org
 The Battle for Leyte Gulf Revisited by Irwin J. Kappes
 Timeline for USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413)
 Japan's TA-Operation: A Blueprint for Disaster by Irwin J. Kappes

Leyte Gulf
1944 in Asia
1940s in the Philippines
October 1944 events
The Ottoman dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922. The dynasty began with Osman I, but it was not recognized until 1383 when Murad I declared himself sultan. The dynasty might have been known as Söğüt before 1383, but it was later renamed Osmanlı (Ottoman in English) in honor of Osman I.

The sultan was the sole ruler of the empire. The power often shifted to other officials, such as the Grand Vizier.

Heads of the House of Osman

Pre-Imperial Heads of the House of Osman

Imperial heads of the House of Osman (1281-1922)

Post-Imperial Heads of the House of Osman (1922-Present)

Expelled from the Imperial House 
(Şehzade) Mahmud Şevket (Efendi Hazretleri) (1903, Istanbul - 1973, France) was expelled and deprived of the title of Prince and the style of His Highness from the Imperial House of Osman by His Imperial Majesty, the last Caliph Abdülmecid II. in 1931. He d. in France 1973, having had issue:

(a) HIH Princess Hamide Nermin Nezahat Sultana [1923 - 1998] by Adile Hanimsultan, a granddaughter of Abdülhamid II.

Excluded from the line of sucssession  
Mehmed Selim Orhan, (born in Paris, 3. October 1943 - 17. May 1998, descendant of Abdul Hamid II through Mehmed VII Orhan), deprived since birth of title HIH Şehzade, because he was born before his parents married in 1944.

Other websites 

 Turkey, includes all the full ruler styles with various biographical data in the Royal Ark
 Sultans, Contemporary Paintings  by İsmail Acar
 Everything about Ottoman Empire  Everything about the history, culture and civilization of Ottoman Empire
 MSN encarta - the Ottoman Empire  (see Sultanate)
 WorldStatesmen- Turkey
  Ottoman Dynasty meet at Dolmabahçe Palace
 Ottoman Empire - The Family

History of Turkey
Royal dynasties
Lists
Grand Vizier, Sadr-ı Azam (Sadrazam) or Serdar-ı Ekrem (in Ottoman Turkish "صدر اعظم" or "وزیر اعظم"), was the greatest minister of the Sultan. The Grand Vizier had absolute power of attorney and could only be removed by the Sultan. He held the imperial seal and he could gather all other viziers to attend meetings regarding state affairs. The title is derived originally from the Persian word "Vizier" (وزير).

Related pages
List of Ottoman Grand Viziers

History of Turkey
Politics of Turkey
Year 1446 was a common year. It started on a Saturday.

Events of 1446 
 Portuguese navigator, Álvaro Fernandes, reaches the mouth of the Geba River in Guinea-Bissau.
 The Precious Belt Bridge in China is fully rebuilt.
 The troops of Francesco Piccinino and Luigi dal Vermebesiege Cremona, Italy.
 The Hunmin Jeongeumis published in Korea, starting the Hangul alphabet.
 Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, abdicates. His father, Murad II becomes Sultan.
 December 10 – Murad II destroys the Hexamillion wall, opening the Morea to Ottoman invasion.

Births 
 May 3 – Margaret of Burgundy, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (died 1503)
 Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (died 1508)
 Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (probable) (died 1506)
 William Grocyn, English scholar (probable) (died 1519)
 Pietro Perugino, Italian painter (probable) (died 1524)

Deaths 
April 15 – Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect (born 1377)
May 9 – Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (born 1367)
May 24 – Ambroise de Loré, Baron of Ivry (born 1396)
December 28 – Antipope Clement VIII
Vittorino da Feltre, Italian humanist (born 1378)
This is the list of Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.

Other websites 
 Turkish State Archives (1281-1406) (in Turkish)
 Turkish State Archives (1413-1616) (in Turkish)
 Turkish State Archives (1616-1689) (in Turkish)
 Turkish State Archives (1691-1807) (in Turkish)
 Turkish State Archives (1807-1876) (in Turkish)
 Turkish State Archives (1876-1922) (in Turkish)
 Regnal Chronologies: Full list of Ottoman Grand Viziers 
 Türk Tarihi: Fuller list of Ottoman Grand Viziers  (in Turkish)

History of Turkey
Politics of Turkey

Ottoman Grand Viziers
Births 
 Date uncertain – Margaret, the Maid of Norway (died 1290)

Deaths 
 January 9 – Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (executed, born 1236)
 October 3 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Welsh Prince of Gwynedd (executed)
 Philip, Crown Prince of Constantinople, Persian poet (born 1243)
 Piotr z Bogorii i Skotnik, Polish nobleman
Births 
 January 24 – Richard Aungerville, English writer and bishop (died 1345)
 April 25 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (died 1330)
 Robert III of Artois

Deaths 
 April 3 – Pope Honorius IV
 August 31 – Konrad von Würzburg, German poet
 October 19 – Bohemund VII of Tripoli
 Llywelyn ap Dafydd, a Welsh prince, in his prison at Bristol Castle
 Hu Sansheng, Chinese historian (born 1230)
Ashley Michelle Tisdale (Born: July 2,1985,West Deal, New Jersey,USA() is an American actress-singer and producer. She is known for co-starring in the movies High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3.  She also played candy counter girl, Maddie Fitzpatrick, on the Disney Channel television series of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody". She began singing and acting at an early age.  Her first studio album was called Headstrong. Some of her songs are "Be Good to Me", "Headstrong", "Not that Girl" and "Over It". Her newest second album is Guilty Pleasure. The  songs on it include "It's Alright It's Ok", "Hot Mess ".(song)"Hair" and "Crank it up". Her original hair color is blonde but she changed it for the series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. She also lends her voice to the animated series Phineas and Ferb. She has earned up to 2.5 million dollars with the High School Musical movies. Ashley Tisdale worked on series Suite Life of Zack and Cody for three years. She also did one episode of Suite Life On Deck.
Her sister Jennifer Tisdale is also an actress as model.  Her parents are Mike Tisdale and Lisa Tisdale.

Filmography
Animated roles
 All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series - Additional Voices
 American Dad! - Amy Reed
 Family Guy - Priscilla
 Kim Possible - Camille Leon
 Phineas and Ferb - Candace Flynn, Princess Baldegunde
 The Powerpuff Girls - Tanya-corn 
 Robot Chicken - Little Orphan Annie, Oliver Twist, Pippi Longstocking
 Skylanders Academy - Stealth Elf
 The Cleveland Show - Lacey Stapleton

Film roles
 A Bug's Life - Lead Blueberry Scout
 An All Dogs Christmas Carol - Additional Voices
 Birds of Paradise - Aurora
 Charming - Cinderella
 Whisper of the Heart'' - Yūko Harada

References

Other websites

 

1985 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
American child actors
Actors from New Jersey
Singers from New Jersey
High School Musical people
American Jews
American composers
Models from New Jersey
American musical theatre actors
American pop singers
American singer-songwriters
American stage actors
American television producers
Child actors
Disney people
High School Musical
Warner Bros. Records artists
Angela Beesley Starling (born on August 3, 1977) is a British web entrepreneur. She started as a volunteer editor at the English Wikipedia in February 2003. In June 2004, she was elected to the board of the Wikimedia Foundation and re-elected in July 2005.  

She worked with Jimmy Wales and started Wikia (Now known as Fandom) with him. She was the vice-president of Wikia  but left the company in 2012.

She is married to Tim Starling.

References

Other websites
 https://a.nge.la
 

1977 births
Living people
British people
Derby is a type of race for horses. The race is named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby. A Derby only allows a certain age of horse to race. Most Derbies in the United States and the United Kingdom require the horse be three years old to race. So if the horse misses the Kentucky Derby when he is three, he will not get another chance to race in it. Derbies in other countries sometimes require the horse to be four years old.

Famous derbies
Epsom Derby
Kentucky Derby

Horse riding
Jessica Marie Lunsford (October 6, 1995 – February 27, 2005) was an American nine-year-old girl   who was abducted from her home in Homosassa, Florida on February 24, 2005, then raped and murdered by 46-year-old John Couey, a known sex offender.

The media covered the investigation and trial of her killer extensively. On August 24, 2007, a judge in Inverness, Florida sentenced Couey, a convicted sex offender, to death for kidnapping, raping and murdering her.  On September 30, 2009, before the sentences could be carried out, Couey died of natural causes.

Lunsford's murder influenced the legislation in Florida known as "Jessica's Law". It is designed to protect potential victims and reduce a sexual offender's ability to re-offend. It has influenced legislation in forty-two other states.

References 

2005 crimes
2005 deaths
2005 in Florida
2000s crimes in the United States
American children
American murder victims
February events
Kidnapped American people
Murder in Florida
Murder in the 21st century in the United States
People murdered in the United States
Homosassa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Citrus County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,294 at the 2000 census.

Census-designated places in Florida
Jaws is a 1975 American thriller movie directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on the novel Jaws by Peter Benchley.

The events of the movie are set in the small, quiet, rural town of Amity, Massachusetts. The movie follows three men as they try to capture and kill a great white shark that is threatening the town on Independence Day. The movie follows Martin Brody, the slightly unheroic local sheriff who must decide whether to follow his instinct to shut the beach for safety reasons or keep the beach open to help the local tourist economy. Matt Hooper, a marine biologist, and Quint, the local shark hunter, help Brody to overcome his fears of the water and stop the great white shark attacks. It has three sequels: Jaws 2, Jaws 3, and Jaws: The Revenge.

Awards
Jaws won three Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, Best Original Dramatic Score, and Best Sound. It was also nominated for Best Picture, losing to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Along with the Oscar, John Williams's score won the Grammy Award, the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, and the Golden Globe Award. To her Academy Award, Verna Fields added the American Cinema Editors' Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film.

Jaws was chosen Favorite Movie at the People's Choice Awards. It was also nominated for best Film, Director, Actor (Richard Dreyfuss), Editing, Screenplay and Sound at the 29th British Academy Film Awards, and Best Film—Drama, Director, and Screenplay at the 33rd Golden Globe Awards. Spielberg was nominated by the Directors Guild of America for a DGA Award. The Writers Guild of America nominated Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb's script for Best Adapted Drama.

In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected it for the National Film Registry. In 2006, its screenplay was ranked the 63rd best of all time by the Writers Guild of America.

References

Other websites 
 Official website 
 
 

1975 movies

1970s thriller movies
American adventure movies
American thriller movies
English-language movies
Jaws movies
Movies about animals
Movies based on books
Movies directed by Steven Spielberg
Movies composed by John Williams
Movies set in Massachusetts
United States National Film Registry movies
Universal Pictures movies
People's Choice Award winners
Nostalgia is an emotion. It is the feeling of enjoying events from the past. People with nostalgia will often look at or use old things that they were familiar with years ago. This is because people feel more connected to those past times that they enjoyed, usually because it reminds them of how long it has been since they last connected to such past times. Examples where people may have the feeling of nostalgia includes watching old TV shows, using old technology that was very enjoyable, and playing with toys that you played with as a child.

During the early Greek times, nostalgia was treated as a mental condition primarily based on extreme homesickness. In modern times, however, nostalgia is treated as a separate emotion. Nostalgia is often associated with positive feelings, often associated with positive memories of the past. The feeling of nostalgia often helps improve the mood of the person who is experiencing nostalgia. It also makes the person feel more connected to society. It can make the person feel more aware about living life to the best. Nostalgia is also shown to help reinforce memories, as well as assist with learning.

References

Emotions
Dame Julie Andrews  (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is a British movie and stage actress, singer, theatre director, dancer, and writer. She was born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Andrews was a child actress and singer. She appeared on the West End in 1948. She made her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend in 1954. She starred in the stage musicals My Fair Lady and Camelot with real success. In 1957, she appeared on television in the musical Cinderella. She has also been author to two of her own memoirs.

Andrews made her movie debut in Mary Poppins in 1964. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for this performance. She appeared in The Sound of Music in 1965. Between 1964 and 1967, Andrews appeared in The Americanization of Emily, Hawaii, Torn Curtain, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. In the 1970s, Andrews had a few commercial disappointments before appearing successfully in 10 (1979) and Victor/Victoria (1982). Her career sagged in the 1990s. Her voice was damaged by a throat operation in 1997.

Andrews appeared successfully in dramatic roles in The Princess Diaries in 2001, and its sequel The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement in 2004. She had voice roles in the Shrek animated movies. In 2003 and again in 2005, Andrews directed revivals of her first Broadway hit, The Boy Friend, in New York and Connecticut. Andrews has also written children's books. In 2008, she published her autobiography, Home: A Memoir of My Early Years. Andrews has received many awards during her career including an Academy Award, Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, Grammy Award, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, and Screen Actors Guild honors. In 2000, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) by Elizabeth II for services to the performing arts.

Movie list 
 Mary Poppins (1964)
 The Americanization of Emily (1964)
 The Sound of Music (1965)
 Hawaii (1966)
 Torn Curtain (1966)
 Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
 Star! (1968)
 Darling Lili (1970)
 The Tamarind Seed (1974)
 10 (1979)
 Little Miss Marker (1980)
 S.O.B. (1981)
 Viktor/Viktoria (1982)
 The Princess Diaries (2001)
 Shrek 2 (2003)
 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
 Shrek the Third (2007)
 Enchanted (2007)
 Despicable Me (2010)
 Aquaman (2018)

References

Other websites 

1935 births
Living people
Academy Award winning actors
Actors from Surrey
BAFTA Award winning actors
British child actors
British children's writers
Emmy Award winners
English movie actors
English singers
English stage actors
English voice actors
Golden Globe Award winning actors
Grammy Award winners
Musicians from Surrey
Screen Actors Guild Award winners
Writers from Surrey
People's Choice Award winners
Knights and Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Mount has three main meanings.

Mountain 

"Mount" is often used to mean "mountain", as part of a name e.g. Mount Vesuvius, Mount McKinley, Mount Everest.

Mount as a verb 
To "mount" something means to put it onto something else. 

 An artist mounts his paintings on cardboard. An architect mounts his models on foamcore. 
 A camera is mounted on a tripod. A gun is mounted on the deck of a ship.
 A rider mounts a horse. A gymnast mounts the balance beam for a display. 
 A male animal mounts a female animal to have sexual intercourse.

Mount as a noun 
A "mount" is a thing for mounting something on. 

It might be a piece of equipment such as: 
 A lens mount for a camera. This is the part of the camera that is made specially so that lenses can be attached. 

It might be a piece of stiff flat "backing" such as: 
 A mount for a stuffed animal. This is a piece of polished wood that a stuffed animal can be fixed to, for display. 
 A picture mount. This is a piece of cardboard which a photograph or other picture is attached to. 

It might be an animal: 
 "Frederick's mount was a fine black horse, Ernest's mount was a chestnut mare, Clumsy Jack's mount was a skinny old goat."

Mount in computing and software 
 Mount (in computing), the process of making a file system accessible
 Mount Unix, the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems 
 Mount (streaming), a concept used in streaming software programs
Odoacer (Flavius Odoacrus/Odovacar/Odowaker/Odoacer; b. 431, † probably  March 15, 493 in Ravenna) was a soldier in the army of the West Roman Empire of Germanic descent. When he forced the last Western Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus to quit his throne in 476, he became King of Italy. That event is considered the end of Ancient history and the beginning of the Middle Ages by historians. After a rule of 17 years, Odoacer would be killed by the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great at the age of 62 in 493.

References

Kings and Queens of Italy
Roman people
431 births
493 deaths
Roman generals
Alexios I Komnenos or Alexius I Comnenus (; ; 1048 – August 15, 1118), Byzantine emperor (1081–1118), was the son of John Komnenos and Anna Dalassena. He was the nephew of Isaac I Komnenos (emperor 1057–1059). The military, financial and territorial recovery of the Byzantine Empire known as Komnenian restoration began in his time.

1081 births
1118 deaths

Byzantine Emperors
Slayer was an American thrash metal band that began in California in 1981. The band was started by two guitarists named Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Along with Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth, Slayer is known as one of the "Big Four" of thrash metal music.

Slayer's music is a fast and very mean heavy metal style. The words to the band's talk about murderers, Satan, religion and war.

Slayer has released ten studio albums, two live albums and a box-set.

The band has been the top band at many large music festivals around the world and their music has been added to many video games.

Band members

Current members
 Tom Araya – Lead vocals, bass (1981–present)
 Kerry King – Guitar (1981–present)
 Paul Bostaph – Drums (1992–1996, 1997–2001, 2013–present)
 Gary Holt – Guitar (2011–present)

Former members
 Jeff Hanneman – Guitar (1981–2013)
 Dave Lombardo – Drums (1981–1986, 1987–1992, 2001–2013)
 Tony Scaglione – Drums (1986–1987)
 Jon Dette – Drums (1996–1997, 2013)

Discography

Albums
Show No Mercy (1983)
Hell Awaits (1985)
Reign in Blood (1986)
South of Heaven (1988)
Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
Divine Intervention (1994)
Undisputed Attitude (1996)
Diabolus in Musica (1998)
God Hates Us All (2001)
Christ Illusion (2006)
World Painted Blood (2009)
Repentless (2015)

References

Other websites 
Slayer's official website

1980s American music groups
1990s American music groups
2000s American music groups
2010s American music groups
Thrash metal bands
American heavy metal bands
Speed metal bands
Musical groups from Huntington Beach, California
Megadeth is a heavy metal band from the United States. The band was created by Dave Mustaine in 1983 after he was fired from Metallica. Megadeth is a member of "The Big Four" in thrash metal along with Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax. Megadeth is considered to be one of the creators of thrash metal. They have released 15 albums of music.

Albums 
 1985: Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! 
 1986: Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? 
 1988: So Far, So Good... So What! 
 1990: Rust in Peace 
 1992: Countdown to Extinction 
 1994: Youthanasia 
 1997: Cryptic Writings 
 1999: Risk 
 2001: The World Needs a Hero 
 2004: The System Has Failed 
 207: United Abominations
 2009: Endgame
 2011: TH1RT3EN
 2013: Super Collider
 2016: Dystopia

Other websites 
 Official website

 
Thrash metal bands
American heavy metal bands
Roadrunner Records
Speed metal bands
American hard rock bands
Musical groups from Los Angeles
The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is an annual four-day music festival held in Manchester, Tennessee.  It is held by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment and was first put together in 2002.  The show's main features are the multiple stages, with the two main stages—the "What" stage and the "Which" stage—providing most of the performances.  The music that is heard comes in a wide variety, including world music, hip hop, jazz, americana, bluegrass, country music, folk, gospel, reggae, electronica, and other alternative music.

There was no festival in 2020 on grounds of COVID-19 pandemic.

Music festivals in the United States
Tennessee
2002 establishments in the United States
2000s establishments in Tennessee
Pol'and'Rock Festival (formerly Przystanek Woodstock) is a weekend-long music festival in Poland that has been held once a year since 1995.  The festival is named for and was inspired by the Woodstock Festival (Przystanek Woodstock is Polish for Woodstock Station).  Its motto is "Love, Friendship and Music."  It is organized by a foundation called the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.  Drugs are prohibited, but not everyone follows this rule.

The festival has been held in the town of Kostrzyn nad Odrą since 2004.

Music festivals
1990s establishments in Poland
Festivals in Europe
1995 establishments in Europe
The Empire of Japan (Japanese: 大日本帝国; said Dai Nippon Teikoku; officially Empire of Greater Japan or Greater Japanese Empire; also called Imperial Japan and the Japanese Empire) was a government of the areas ruled by Japan during the period from the Meiji Restoration to the Japanese defeat in World War II. The Emperors during this time, were Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito), Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). It is considered to go from the year 1868 to 1945.

In those years, Japan changed greatly. It became one of the most powerful countries in the world. Japan built a powerful army and navy, and changed from an agricultural to an industrial economy. The Japanese began to invade and occupy other near countries like Korea, Taiwan, and part of China to get resources.

The Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allies on September 2, 1945, after a long war against the Allied nations of World War II ending with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  The Allies occupied the country and made many changes, including a new constitution.  Allied occupation and reconstruction of the country continued well into the 1950s.

Other websites 
 Imperial Japan 
 Death of the Father: Hirohito & Imperial Japan

References 

History of Japan
A headband (also known as a headwrap) is an accessory that is made to fit over or around the head, usually to hold hair away from the face or sweat out of the eyes. It can be made of many different materials, like plastic or elastic fabric. They come in many shapes and sizes and are used for both practical and fashion reasons.

Headgear
The cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) is also called bachelor's button, or basket flower. It is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It originated in Europe, but has been taken to many other places like Australia. It bears flowers once a year.

It is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens. Several cultivars have been selected with varying pastel colours, including pink and purple. The flower gives its name to the characteristic blue colour.

Other websites 
Flora Europaea: Centaurea cyanus
UK Biodiversity Action Plan: Centaurea cyanus 

Flowers
Asteraceae
An Axel jump is a jump in figure skating. It is the most famous and recognizable skating jump. It starts with the skater going forward. It is the only jump that does and that helps people know that the jump is an Axel jump. Because all skating jumps are landed going backwards, the Axel jump has an extra half rotation (full circle) in the air than all other skating jumps.

History 
The jump was named after Axel Paulsen of Norway, who invented the jump.

Performances 
The first skater to do a double Axel in competition was Dick Button, and Carol Heiss Jenkins was the first woman to do it. The first skater to do a triple Axel in competition was Vern Taylor. The first woman to do it was Midori Ito.

The first pairs skater to do a throw triple Axel (he helps her with the jump) were Rena Inoue & John Baldwin. It is not known who did the first throw double Axel.

Methods 
The Axel can be a single Axel (1 and a half rotations in the air), a double Axel (two and a half rotations in the air), or a triple Axel (three and a half rotations in the air). Most junior and senior skaters do a double Axel.

Many senior-level male skaters do a triple Axel.

Only 15 female figure skaters have done a ratified triple Axel in competition: Midori Ito (the first one to do it), Tonya Harding, Yukari Nakano, Ludmila Nelidina, Mao Asada (the first one to land three triple Axels in one competition), Kimmie Meissner, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Rika Kihira, Mirai Nagasu, Alysa Liu, Ayaka Hosoda, Alena Kostornaia, Sofia Akatieva, Sofia Samodelkina, and Young You. Only 11 have done it in ISU-sanctioned international competitions (Kimmie Meissner, Sofia Akatieva, Sofia Samodelkina, and Ayaka Hosoda did triple axels at national championships).

Values 
According to the International Judging System, the base value of a triple Axel jump is 8.0, and that of a double Axel is 3.3.

Confusion 
Because the Axel is the most famous skating jump, many people make a mistake and call all skating jumps as Axel jumps. This has led to many mistakes in sports reporting of figure skating, for example a report in 2006 saying that Miki Ando was the first female skater to land a quad Salchow in an international competition, which is a different jump.

References 
 John Misha Petkevich, Figure Skating: Championship Techniques. .
 Nancy Kerrigan, Artistry on Ice. .
 Dr. J. Dedic, Single Figure Skating. ISU, 1974.
 United States Figure Skating Association Media Guide.

Figure skating
Kimmie Meissner (born 4 October 1989) is a figure skater from the United States. She won the World Championships in 2006 and the United States national championships in 2007. She is the second American woman and the sixth woman worldwide to do a triple Axel jump.

Life

Career

Early career 
Meissner was a very good skater as a child. In 2003, she won the Novice title at the United States nationals. In 2004, she won the Junior title. In 2005, she won the bronze medal at the Senior level. While this would normally have given her a spot to the World Championships, Meissner was too young to go.

Olympics 
In 2006, she went to the 2006 Olympics, where she placed 6th. At the Olympics, she was called the future of American skating. The future came quickly. The next month, she won the World Championships, placing ahead of the Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen.

Four Continents Figure Skating 
In 2007, Meissner won the United States championships and the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, a competition for skaters from countries that are not in Europe.

Popularity 
Meissner is a very popular skater, especially in Baltimore, where she is from. She has done shows in Baltimore and is a local celebrity. Meissner has many endorsements, which means she gets money from telling people she uses products. She is also involved with the Cool Kids, which is an organization to help kids with cancer.

Other websites

 U.S. Olympic Team bio
 U.S. Figure Skating biography 
 International Skating Union biography 

1989 births
Living people
American figure skaters
Sportspeople from Maryland
A medal is a small metal object that is given as an award for doing something important or to commemorate something. There are medals for sports, military, academics, etc. Some medals have religious meaning.

Military decorations, service awards, and medals are often confused with one another. Decoration is the term for awards which require acts of heroism or achievement (such as the British Victoria Cross or American Silver Star). A service award or campaign medal is awarded for serving in a place and time (such as the Iraq Campaign Medal). In either case, an award or decoration may be presented as a medal.

Olympics
In the Olympic Games and many other sports competitions, medals are give to the top three people who took part in the competition. The winner of the competition is given the gold medal. The silver medal is given to the person who came second. The third placed person is given the bronze medal.

Other websites
Atlantic Provinces Numismatic Association
Official Medals of the Numismatic Associations and Clubs of the Atlantic Provinces 
Exonumia defined
Orders, Decorations and Medals  
Nobel prize
Most Comprehensive and Updated Listing of Orders, Decorations and Medals
Weiss Collection
Motoori Norinaga (; 21 June 1730 – 5 November 1801) was a Japanese scholar and poet during the Edo period. Norinaga's most important works include the Kojiki-den (Commentaries on the Kojiki), created more than 35 years ago, and his comments on the Tale of Genji.

Motoori was born in what is now Matsusaka in Ise Province (now part of Mie Prefecture). At the age of 22, Motoori went to Kyoto to study medicine.  Although best known as a Kokugaku scholar, Norinaga worked as a doctor for 40 years in Matsusaka. 

He was the first to use the term Mono no aware, which is now an important concept in Japanese culture.

1730 births
1801 deaths
Japanese poets
Mie Prefecture
A valediction  is a phrase used to say goodbye at the end of a letter. It also refers to the act of saying goodbye to someone. It comes from the Latin vale dicere, which means "to say farewell". Valedictions are normally written before the signature in a written message. The words used usually express respect or regard for the person to whom the message is written.

English valedictions often contain the possessive pronoun "yours"; for example, Yours truly. In the United Kingdom, Yours sincerely or Yours faithfully are most common.

Versions

Old versions 
In old letters, Yours truly was often replaced with a longer sentence, for example:

I beg to remain, Sir, your most humble and obedient servant,
A. Name

Modern versions 
Yours sincerely is used when the person sending the letter knows the name of the person receiving the letter.

Yours faithfully is used when the person who is receiving the letter is not known by name (i.e. the recipient is addressed by a phrase such as "Dear Sir/Madam").

Drama and poetry 
Valedictions may be a prophecy, a warning or just a comment. In some types of literature, everyone is allowed a last word. In Njall's Saga, men tend to say things like "Oh, you have chopped off my arm", before dying.

Stock characters tend to say predictable things. But in Shakespeare they are the way he moves the action along. Macbeth meets the three witches, who foretell his downfall without him realising it. They hail him as "Thane of Glamis and Cawdor", and that "he shall be King". He will not be defeated "until Birnam wood move to high Dunsinane".

References

Other websites
 Google Answers list of Farewells

Writing
Traditions
Saburo Sakai (, Sakai Saburō, August 25, 1916 – September 22, 2000) was a Japanese naval pilot and fighter ace ("Gekitsui-O") of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He was the 4th best Japanese pilot by number of enemy aircraft he shot down. He survived the war, and became a famous figure for his criticism of the War and the government of the Japanese Empire. He became a pacifist and a Buddhist and promised that he would never again kill another living thing, even a mosquito. Only months before his death, Sakai told reporters that he still prayed for the souls of the Chinese, American, Australian and Dutch pilots he had killed. He also helped Microsoft design the popular computer game Combat Flight Simulator 2.

Sakai claims he shot down 64 enemy airplanes. He shot down a B-32 Dominator on the last day of the war.

References

Other websites 
 The Last Samurai 
 "Saburo Sakai passed away September 22, 2000" 
 Memorial To Saburo Sakai
 Copy of Sakai's New York Times Obituary
 Excerpt from Samurai 
 WarbirdForum: An afternoon with Saburo Sakai
 Sakai's Mercy over Java 
 Interview with Sakai during the production of "Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2"
 "A new-found friend, the man who killed my father" 
 PBS: Secrets of the Dead 

1916 births
2000 deaths
Japanese people
People from Saga Prefecture
Parliament is an underground railway station in Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the suburban train network. It is one of the five stations on the City Loop. The city loop goes around the central business district.

Parliament has 4 platforms on two levels, like the other to underground stations on the city loop. Each level is for the trains leaving. The different levels are for trains going to the north and west suburbs or to the south and east suburbs. The station opened on January 22 1983.

Many people who work for the government use the station because it is underneath the Parliament House of Victoria. It is also at the intersection of Bourke Street and Spring Street. The tram routes 86, 95 and 96 on Bourke Street, tram routes 11, 12, 31, 42, 109, and 112 on Collins Street and the free City Circle tram stop near the station.

The lower platforms are 38 meters low. That means that they are the lowest in the city loop. Its escalators were the longest in the southern hemisphere, when the station opened.

Railway stations in Melbourne
1983 establishments
1980s establishments in Australia
Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition when a living body does not get enough oxygen. If this condition lasts long enough it can lead to unconsciousness, brain damage and death.

Asphyxia can injure or kill people. This sometimes happens during suicide, torture, and in warfare. It can also be used as a capital punishment. It is also sometimes used nonfatally in martial arts, combat sports, and in some types of sex play. Because the need to breathe is controlled by the amount of carbon dioxide in the blood, some victims may not experience an urgent need to breathe and may remain unaware of the shortage of oxygen in their body.

Medical emergencies
Health problems
Respiratory system
Toy Story 2 is a 1999 American computer-generated animation movie and a sequel to the 1995 movie Toy Story. It is the third Disney/Pixar full-length movie and released to movie theaters by Buena Vista Pictures. It is about toys that come alive when people are not around. Woody is kidnapped by a toy collector so Buzz Lightyear and his friends save him. A sequel to this movie, Toy Story 3, released in 2010.

Soundtrack
Woody's Roundup by Riders in the Sky
Hold On, I'm Comin' by The Neville Brothers
Wipe Out by The Surfaris
When She Loved Me by Sarah McLachlan
Pizza Planet Rocks! by Sum 41
You've Got a Friend in Me by Lyle Lovette

Cast
 Tom Hanks as Sheriff Woody
 Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, Buzz Lightyear #2
 Joan Cusack as Jessie
 Mary Kay Bergman as Jessie's yodeling voice
 Kelsey Grammer as Stinky Pete
 Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head
 Jim Varney as Slinky Dog
 Wallace Shawn as Rex
 John Ratzenberger as Hamm
 Annie Potts as Bo Peep
 Wayne Knight as Al McWhiggin
 John Morris as Andy Davis
 Laurie Metcalf as Andy's Mom
 Estelle Harris as Mrs. Potato Head
 R. Lee Ermey as Sarge
 Jodi Benson as Tour Guide Barbie, Barbie on Backpack
 Jonathan Harris as Geri the Cleaner
 Joe Ranft as Wheezy, Heimlich
 Andrew Stanton as Evil Emperor Zurg
 Jeff PidgeonDebi Derryberry as Green Aliens
 Jeff Pidgeon as Mr. Spell
 Jack Angel as Rocky Gibraltar
 Corey Burton as Woody's Roundup Announcer
 Andi Peters as Baggage Handler
 Dave Foley as Flik

Other websites

 Pixar Wiki: Toy Story 2

1999 animated movies
1999 comedy movies
1990s computer-animated movies
2009 3D movies
American sequel movies
American comedy movies
Buddy movies
Disney animated movies
English-language movies
Movies composed by Randy Newman
Pixar movies
Toy Story
3D re-releases
Movies directed by John Lasseter