cyanic-selkie/wikianc huggingface dataset:
Indore destrict
Rivers an lochs
Twa main rivers are Chambal at the wast (which oreeginates frae Vindhya range sooth o Mhow) an Kshipra, a tributar o Chambal at the east. Ither smaw rivers include Gambhir an Khan, twa tributars o Kshipra.
Ceeties an touns
Indore is the admeenistrative centre an chief ceety o the destrict. Mhow is an important cantonment toun in Indore Destrict, it haes three o the Indian Army's premier trainin institutes. The Border Security Force (BSF) haes its Central School o Wappens an Tactics (CSWT) at Indore. Ither touns are Depalpur, Sanwer an Hatod.
Alois Alzheimer
Aloysius "Alois" Alzheimer (14 Juin 1864 – 19 December 1915) wis a German psychiatrist an neuropathologist an a colleague o Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is creditit wi identifyin the first published case o "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease.
Club Brugge KV
Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging, commonly referred tae as juist Club Brugge, is a fitbaw club based in Bruges in Belgium.
Indore destrict
Diveesions
Indore destrict consists o 4 Tehsils: Depalpur, Sanwer, Indore an Mhow. Nummer o Blocks in the destrict is 4 an aw (consistin o 36 Polis Stations). Thare are tot 335 Panchayats an 649 veelages in thir 4 blocks. Rojadi is ane o thaim which is the first veelage in which ivery hoose haes pouer cable direct tae the transformer.
Bono
Paul David Hewson (born 10 Mey 1960), kent bi his stage name Bono, is an Erse sangster-sangwriter, muisicker, ventur caipitalist, businessman, an filanthropist.
Empathy
Empathy is the capacity tae unnerstand whit anither person is experiencin frae within the ither person's frame o reference, ie, the capacity tae place anesel in anither's shaes.
Confederation
A confederation (forby kent as confederacy or league) is a union o political units for common action in relation tae ither units.
Blattodea
Blattodea is an order o insects that conteens the cockroaches an the termites. Umwhile, the termites war conseedert a separate order, Isoptera, but genetic an molecular evidence suggests an intimate relationship wi the cockroaches, baith cockroaches an termites haein evolved frae a common auncestor. The Blattodea an the mantises (order Mantodea) are nou aw conseedert pairt o the superorder Dictyoptera. Thare are approximately 4,400 species o cockroach in awmaist 500 genera, an aboot 3,000 species o termite in aroond 300 genera.
Short-beaked echidna
The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is ane o fower livin species o echidna an the anly member o the genus Tachyglossus.<!-- It is covered in fur and spines and has a distinctive snout and a specialized tongue, which it uses to catch its insect prey at a great speed. Like the other extant monotremes, the short-beaked echidna lays eggs; the monotremes are the only group of mammals to do so.
The short-beaked echidna has extremely strong front limbs and claws, which allow it to burrow quickly with great power. As it needs to be able to survive underground, it has a significant tolerance to high levels of carbon dioxide and low levels of oxygen. It has no weapons or fighting ability but repels predators by curling into a ball and deterring them with its spines. It lacks the ability to sweat and cannot deal with heat well, so it tends to avoid daytime activity in hot weather. It can swim if needed. The snout has mechanoreceptors and electroreceptors that help the echidna to detect its surroundings.
During the Australian winter, it goes into deep torpor and hibernation, reducing its metabolism to save energy. As the temperature increases, it emerges to mate. Female echidnas lay one egg a year and the mating period is the only time the otherwise solitary animals meet one another; the male has no further contact with the female or his offspring after mating. A newborn echidna is the size of a grape but grows rapidly on its mother's milk, which is very rich in nutrients. Baby echidnas eventually grow too large and spiky to stay in the pouch and, around seven weeks after hatching, are expelled from the pouch into the mother's burrow. At around six months of age, they leave the burrow and have no more contact with their mothers.
The species is found throughout Australia, where it is the most widespread native mammal, and in coastal and highland regions of eastern New Guinea, where it is known as the mungwe in the Daribi and Chimbu languages. It is not threatened with extinction, but human activities, such as hunting, habitat destruction, and the introduction of foreign predatory species and parasites, have reduced its distribution in Australia.-->
Rubidium
Rubidium is a chemical element wi seembol Rb an atomic nummer 37. Rubidium is a saft, sillery-white metallic element o the alkali metal group, wi an atomic mass o 85.4678. Elemental rubidium is heichly reactive, wi properties seemilar tae those o ither alkali metals, sic as very rapid oxidation in air. Naitural rubidium is a mix o twa isotopes: 85Rb, the anly stable ane, constitutes 72% o it. The remainin 28% is the slichtly radioactive 87Rb wi a hauf-life o 49 billion year—mair nor three times langer than the estimatit age o the universe.
2018 FIFA Warld Cup Group F
Group F o the 2018 FIFA Warld Cup taks place frae 17 tae 27 Juin 2018. The group consists o Germany, Mexico, Swaden, an Sooth Korea. The tap twa teams will advance tae the roond o 16.
Staundins
In the roond o 16:
Spiels
Aw times leetit are local time.
Discipline
Fair play pynts, that are uised as tiebrakers if the oweraw an heid-tae-heid records o teams are tied, are calculatit based on yellae an reid cairds received in aw group spiels as follaes:
Anerly ane o the abuin deductions shall be applee'd tae a player in a single spiel.
Metal rectifier
A metal rectifier is an early teep o semiconductor rectifier in which the semiconductor is capper oxide or selenium. Thay war uised in power applications tae convert alternatin current tae direct current in devices sic as radios an battery chairgers. Westinghouse Electric wis a major manufacturer o thir rectifiers syne the late 1920s, unner the tred name Westector (nou uised as a tred name for an overcurrent trip device bi Westinghouse Nuclear).
Metal rectifiers hae nou been replaced bi silicon diodes.
Subachoque
Subachoque is a municipality an toun o Colombie in the depairtment o Cundinamarca.
Jena
Jena is a German varsity toun an the seicont lairgest ceety in Thuringie.
Twin touns
Jena is twinned wi:
Prionailurus
Prionailurus is a genus o fower species o smaw, spottit wild cats foond in Asie. They are teepically forest-dwellin. Maist are able tae soum well; some species are semi-aquatic an feed mainly on fish an ither aquatic ainimals.
Greta Thunberg
Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg  FRSGS  (born 3 Januar 2003) is a Swadish activist that, at age 15, begoud protestin ootside the Swadish pairlament in August 2018 aboot the need for immediate action tae combat climate chynge.
Piracy
Piracy is an act o robbery or criminal violence bi ship- or boat-borne attackers upon anither ship or a coastal aurie, typically wi the goal o stealin cargae an ither valuable items or properties. Thae wha tak pairt in acts o piracy are cried pirates.
Vitiligo
Vitiligo is a lang term skin condeetion chairacterised bi patches o the skin losin thair pigment. The patches o skin affected acome white an uisually hae sharp margins. The hair frae the skin mey an aa acome white. Inside the mooth an neb mey an aa be involved. Teepically baith sides o the bouk are affectit. Eften the patches begin on auries o skin that are exposed tae the sun. It is mair noticeable in fowk wi dark skin. Vitiligo mey result in psychological stress an thae affectit mey be stigmatised.
Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order o seabirds that comprises fower faimilies: the albatrosses, petrels an shearwaters, storm petrels, an divin petrels. Umwhile cried Tubinares an still cried tubenoses in Inglis, thay are eften referred tae collectively as the petrels, a term that haes been applied tae aw Procellariiformes, or mair commonly aw the faimilies except the albatrosses. Thay are almaist exclusively pelagic (feedin in the open ocean), an hae a cosmopolitan distribution athort the warld's oceans, wi the heichest diversity bein aroond New Zealand.
Tocancipá
Tocancipá is a municipality an toun o Colombie in the depairtment o Cundinamarca. The race track is locatit in the surroondins o the toun, here they mak vintage auto races as well as gt races.
Manchurie
Manchurie is a modren name gien tae a muckle geografic region in Northeast Asie. Dependin on the defineetion o its extent, Manchurie uisually  faws entirely within Cheenae, or is sometimes dividit atween Cheenae an Roushie.
Eagles (baund)
The Eagles war an American rock baund formed in Los Angeles in 1971 bi Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, an Randy Meisner.
Mandareen
The Mandareen Deuk (Aix galericulata), or juist Mandareen, is a medium-sized, East Asie perchin deuk, closely relatit tae the North American Wid Deuk. It is 41–49 cm lang wi a 65–75 cm wingspan.
Platypus
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), cried the deuk-billed platypus an aa, is a semiaquatic egg-layin mammal endemic tae eastren Austrailie, includin Tasmainie.<!--The platypus is the ainly livin representative of its faimily (Ornithorhynchidae) and genus (Ornithorhynchus), though a number of related species appear in the fossil record.
Together with the fower species o echidna, it is one of the five livin species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young; they are all hamelt in Austrailie. Like other monotremes, it senses prey through electrolocation. It is one of the few species of venomous mammals, as the male platypus has a spur on the hind foot that delivers a venom, capable of causing severe pain to humans. The unusual appearance of this egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, and the first scientists to examine a preserved platypus body (in 1799) judged it a fake, made of several animals sewn together.
The unique features of the platypus make it an important subject in the study of evolutionary biology, and a recognisable and iconic symbol of Australia. It is culturally significant to several Aboriginal peoples o Austrailie, who also used to hunt the animal for food. It has appeared as a mascot at national events and features on the reverse of the Australian twenty-cent coin, and the platypus is the animal emblem of the state of New South Wales. Until the early 20th century, humans hunted the platypus for its fur, but it is now protected throughout its range. Although captive-breeding programs have had only limited success, and the platypus is vulnerable to the effects of pollution, it is not under any immediate threat.
As of 2020, the platypus is a legally protected species in all states where it occurs, but it only listed as an endangered species in South Australia. The species is classified as a near-threatened species by the IUCN, but a November 2020 report has recommended that it is upgraded to threatened species under the federal EPBC Act, due to habitat destruction and declining numbers in all states.-->
Manuel Neuer
Manuel Peter Neuer (born 27 Mairch 1986) is a German fitbawer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bayern Munich an for the German naitional fitbaw team. He is aften describit as a "sweeper-keeper" acause o his unique playin style an is kent for his quick reflexes, excellent shot-stoppin abilities, command o his aurie an accurate distribution o the baw. Neuer wan the 2014 FIFA Warld Cup wi Germany as well as the Gowden Glove awaird for bein the best goalkeeper in the toornament.
Human: Fall Flat
Human: Fall Flat is a platform-puzzle video gemme developit bi Lithuanian studio No Brakes Games an published bi Curve Digital. It wis released for Microsoft Windows, Linux an MacOS in Julie 2016, wi PlayStation 4 an Xbox One versions in Mey 2017 an a Nintendo Switch version in Dizember 2017. A mobile port developit bi Codeglue an published bi 505 Games wis released in 26 Juin 2019 for iOS an Android.
Human: Fall Flat wis made bi a single developer, Tomas Sakalauskas, an haes receivit mixed reviews. Reviewers praised the replayability o the puzzles an comedic animations. The gemme haes sauld mair nor 4 million copies.
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) (Ecclesia Cathedralis Sanctorum Petri et Mariae, offeecially Hohe Domkirche St. Petrus, Scots: Heich Cathedral o Saunts Peter an Mary) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany.
Boryspil Internaitional Airport
Boryspil Internaitional Airport (Міжнародний аеропорт "Бориспіль") is a internaitional airport in Boryspil, 29 km east o Kyiv/Kiev, the caipital o Ukraine. It is the kintra's lairgest airport, servin 65% o its passenger air traffec, includin aw its intercontinental flichts an a majority o internaitional flichts. It is ane o twa passenger airports that serve Kyiv/Kiev alang wi the smawer Zhulyany Airport. Boryspil International Airport is a member o Airports Council International.
Eurasie teal
It is a heichly gregarious deuk ootside the breedin saison an can furm lairge flocks. It is commonly foond in sheltered wetlands an feeds on seeds an aquatic invertebrates. The North American Green-winged Teal (A. carolinensis) wis umwhile (an whiles is still) considered a subspecies o A. crecca.
Adidas
The company wis stairtit bi Adolf Dassler i his mither's hoose; he wis jynt bi his aulder brither Rudolph i 1924 uisin the name Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik ("Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory").
Fijian leid
Fijian is an Austronesien leid o the Malayo-Polynesien faimily spoken in Fiji. It haes 450,000 first-leid speakers, which is mair nor hauf the population o Fiji, but anither 200,000 speak it as a seicont leid. The 1997 Constitution established Fijien as an offeecial leid o Fiji, alang wi Inglis an Hindustani, an thare is discussion aboot establishin it as the "naitional leid", tho Inglis an Hindustani wad remain offeecial. Fijien is a VOS leid.
Staundart Fijien is based on the leid o Bau, which is an East Fijien leid.
Phonology
The consonant phonemes o Fijian are as shawn in the follaein table:
The consonant written ⟨nr⟩ haes been describit as a prenasalized trill or trilled fricative. Houivir, it is anly rarely pronoonced wi a trilled release; the primary featur distinguishin it frae ⟨nd⟩ is that it is postalveolar,, rather than dental/alveolar.
The soonds an  occur anly in loanwirds frae ether leids. The soonds an  anly occur for speakers frae certaint regions o the kintra.
Stuart Hogg
Stuart Hogg (born 24 Juin 1992) is a Scots rugby union player that haes mair nor fifty caps for Scotland an plays for Glasgow Warriors.
Insomnia
Insomnia, kent as sleeplessness an aw, is a sleep disorder whaur fowk hae trooble sleepin. Thay mey hae difficulty fawin asleep, or stayin asleep as lang as desired. Insomnia is teepically follaed bi daytime sleepiness, law energy, irritability, an a depressed muid. It mey result in an increased risk o motor vehicle collisions, as well as problems focusin an learnin. Insomnia can be short term, lastin for days or weeks, or lang term, lastin mair nor a month.
Fijian leid
Phonology
Note the asymmetry atween the fricative pairs: bilabial vs. labiodental, an dental  vs. alveolar.
The vowel phonemes are:
In addition, thare is the risin diphthong.
Syllabs can conseest o a consonant follaeed bi a vowel (CV) or a single vowel (V). Wird stress is based on moras; a short vowel coonts as ane mora, diphthongs an lang vowels coont as twa moras. Primary wird stress then gangs tae the penultimate mora o the phonological wird. That is, if the last syllab o a wird is short, then the penultimate syllab will be stressed. If the last syllab consists o aither a lang vowel or a diphthong, the last syllab receives primary stress. That is, stress is on the penultimate mora. Stress is nae lexical an can shift whan suffixes are attached tae the ruit. Examples:
Orthografie
The Fijian alphabet is based on the Laitin script an consists o the follaein letters.
Amang the consonants, thare is almaist a ane-tae-ane correspondence atween letters an phonemes: Note that for phonological reasons ti an di are pronoonced, rather than ,  (cf. Japanese chi kana). Hence, the Fijian name for Fiji, Viti, frae an allophonic pronunciation o as.
In addeetion, the digraph dr staunds for postalveolar, or a prenasalized trill in careful pronunciation, or mair commonly for some fowk an in some dialects.
The vowel letters a e i o u hae roughly thair IPA values,. The vowel length contrast is nae uisually indicatit in writin, except in dictionaries an textbeuks for learners o the leid, whaur it is indicatit bi a macron ower the vowel in quaisten; Dixon, in the wirk citit belaw, doobles aw lang vowels in his spellin seestem. Diphthongs are ai au ei eu oi ou an iu, pronoonced.
Syntax
The normal Fijian wird order is VOS (verb–object–subject):
The naitional leid debate
In Mey an Juin 2005, a nummer o prominent Fiji Islanders cried for the status o Fijian tae be upgradit. It wis nae an offeecial leid afore the adoption o the 1997 Constitution, which made it co-offeecial wi Inglis an Hindustani. It is still nae a compulsory subject in schuils, houiver; the present Eddication Meenister, Ro Teimumu Kepa, haes endorsed caws for it tae be made sae, as haes Great Cooncil o Chiefs Chairman Ratu Ovini Bokini. Similar caws came frae Misiwini Qereqeretabua, the Director o the Institute o Fijian Leid an Cultur, an frae Apolonia Tamata, a lingueestics lecturer at Suva’s Varsity o the Sooth Paceefic, who baith said that recognition o the Fijian leid is essential tae the naition’s basic identity, as a unifyin factor in Fiji’s multicultural society.
Fiji Labour Pairty leader Mahendra Chaudhry an aa endorsed the caw for Fijian tae be made a naitional leid an a compulsory schuil subject, providit that the same status be gien tae Hindi—a poseetion echoed bi Krishna Vilas o the Naitional Reconciliation Committee.
Els Dottermans
Els Dottermans (born 16 Mey 1964) is a Belgian Flemish actress.
Career
Trained at Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp, Dottermans haes been the recipient o several film awairds, includin twa Best Actress wins at the Joseph Plateau Awards, a Golden Calf awaird for Best Actress at the Nederlands Film Festival, an a Golden Goblet awaird for Best Actress at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
Personal life
Dottermans is marriet wi twa childer.
Termite
Termites are eusocial insects that are clessifee'd at the taxonomic rank o infraorder Isoptera, or as epifamily Termitoidae within the cockroach order Blattodea. Termites war ance clessified in a separate order frae cockroaches, but recent phylogenetic studies indicate that thay evolved frae close auncestors o cockroaches during the Jurassic or Triassic. Houever, the first termites possibly emerged during the Permian or even the Carboniferous. Aboot 3,106 species are currently descrived, wi a few hunder mair left tae be descrived. Awtho thir insects are eften cried white eemocks, thay are nae eemocks.
Porto-Novo
Porto-Novo (cried Hogbonou an Adjacé an aa) is the offeecial caipital o the Wast African naition o Benin, an wis the caipital o French Dahomey.
Termite
Lik eemocks an some bees an wasps frae the separate order Hymenoptera, termites divide labour amang castes conseestin o sterile male an female "wirkers" an "sodgers". Aw colonies hae fertile males cried "keengs" an ane or mair fertile females cried "queens". Termites maistly feed on deid plant material an cellulose, generally in the form o wid, leaf litter, sile, or ainimal dung. Termites are major detritivores, pairteecularly in the subtropical an tropical regions, an thair recyclin o wid an plant matter is o considerable ecological importance.
Termites are a delicacy in the diet o some human culturs an are uised in mony tradeetional medicines. Several hunder species are economically signeeficant as pests that can cause serious damage tae biggins, craps, or plantation forests. Some species, such as the Wast Indie drywid termite (Cryptotermes brevis), are regairdit as invasive species.
Carles Puyol
Carles Puyol i Saforcada (born 13 Aprile 1978) is a Spaingie retired fitbawer.
Tim Visser
Tim Visser (born De Bilt 29 Mey 1987) is a Dutch rugby union player that plays for the Scotland naitional team, an for Inglis club Harlequins.
Washington Monument
The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the Naitional Maw in Washington, D.C., biggit tae commemorate George Washington, ance commander-in-chief o the Continental Airmy an the first American preses.
Cannabis (drog)
Cannabis, cried marijuana an aa, an bi numerous ither names, is a preparation o the Cannabis plant intendit for uise as a psychoactive drog or medicine. The main psychoactive pairt o cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); it is ane o 483 kent compoonds in the plant, includin at least 84 ither cannabinoids, such as cannabidiol (CBD), cannabinol (CBN), an tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV).
Charleston, Sooth Carolina
Charleston is the auldest an seicont-lairgest ceety in the U.S. state o Sooth Carolina, the coonty seat o Charleston Coonty, an the principal ceety in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The ceety lees juist sooth o the geografical midpoint o Sooth Carolina's coastline an is locatit on Charleston Harbor, an inlet o the Atlantic Ocean shapit bi the confluence o the Ashley an Cooper Rivers, or, as is locally expressed, "whaur the Cooper an Ashley Rivers come thegither tae shape the Atlantic Ocean."
Sister ceeties
Charleston haes ane offeecial sister ceety, Spoleto, Umbrie, Italy.
Charleston is twinned wi Speightstown, St. Peter, Barbados an aw. The original parts of Charlestown were based on the plans of Barbados's capital city Bridgetown. Many indigo, tobacco, and cotton planters relocated their slaves and plantation operations from Speightstown to Charleston after the sugarcane industry came to dominate agricultural production in Barbados.
Traian Băsescu
Traian Băsescu (born 4 November 1951) wis the fowert Preses o Romanie, servin frae 2004 tae 2014.
John Herschel
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet, KH, FRS (7 Mairch 1792 – 11 Mey 1871) wis an Inglis mathematician, astronomer, chemist, an experimental photographer/inventor, who in some years an aa did valuable botanical wirk.
Scots Tarrie
The Scots Tarrie (kent as the Aiberdeen Tarrie an aw), is a breed o dug. <!--. Initially one of the highland breeds of terrier that were grouped under the name of Skye Terrier, it is one of five breeds of terrier that originated in Scotland, the other four being the modern Skye, Cairn, Dandie Dinmont, and West Highland White Terriers. They are an independent and rugged breed with a wiry outer coat and a soft dense undercoat. The First Earl of Dumbarton nicknamed the breed "the diehard".
They are a small breed of terrier with a distinctive shape and have had many roles in popular culture. They have been owned by a variety of celebrities, including the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose Scottie Fala is included with FDR in a statue in Washington, D.C., as well as by the 43rd President, George W. Bush. They are well kent for being a playing piece in the board game Monopoly as weel. Described as territorial, feisty dugs, they can make a good watchdog and tend to be very loyal to their family. Healthwise, Scottish Terriers can be more prone to bleeding disorders, joint disorders, autoimmune diseases, allergies, and cancer than some other breeds of dug, and there is a condition named after the breed called Scotty cramp. They are one of the more successful dug breeds at the Westminster Kennel Club Dug Show with a recent best in show in 2010.
Appearance
Height at withers for both genders should be roughly 25 cm (9.8 in), and the length of back from withers to tail is roughly 28 cm (11 in). Generally a well-balanced Scottie dog should weigh from 8.5 to 10 kg (19 to 22 lb) and a female from 8 to 9.5 kg (18 to 21 lb). It is about 10 to 11 inches (25 to 28 cm) in height.
Coat
The Scottish Terrier typically has a hard, wiry outer coat with a soft, dense undercoat. The coat should be trimmed and blended into the furnishings to give a distinct Scottish Terrier outline. The longer coat on the beard, legs and lower body may be slightly softer than the body coat but should not be or appear fluffy.
The coat colours range from dark gray to jet black and brindle, a mix of black and brown. Scotties with wheaten (straw to nearly white) coats sometimes occur, and are similar in appearance to the Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier or West Highland White Terrier.
Temperament
Scotties are territorial, alert, quick moving and feisty, perhaps even more so than other terrier breeds. The breed is kent to be independent and self-assured, playful, intelligent, and has been nicknamed the 'Diehard' because of its rugged nature and endless determination. The "Diehard" nickname was originally given to it in the 19th century by George, the fourth Earl of Dumbarton. The Earl had a famous pack of Scottish Terriers, so brave that they were named “Diehards”. They were supposed to have inspired the name of his Regiment, The Royal Scots, "Dumbarton’s Diehards".
Scotties, while being described as very loving, have been described as stubborn as weel. They are sometimes described as an aloof breed, although it has been noted that they tend to be very loyal to their family and are kent to attach themselves to one or two people.
It has been suggested that the Scottish Terrier can make a good watchdog due to its tendency to bark only when necessary and because it is typically reserved with strangers, although this is not always the case. They have been described as a fearless breed that may be aggressive around other dugs unless introduced at an early age. Scottish Terriers were originally bred to hunt and fight Eurasian badgers. Therefore, the Scottie is prone to dig as well as chase small mammals, such as squirrels, rats, and mice.
History
Initial grouping of several of the highland terriers (including the Scottie) under the generic name Skye Terriers caused some confusion in the breed's lineage. There is disagreement over whether the Skye Terriers mentioned in early 16th century records actually descended from forerunners of the Scottie or vice versa. It is certain, however, that Scotties and West Highland White Terriers are closely related—both their forefathers originated from the Blackmount region of Perthshire and the Moor of Rannoch. Scotties were originally bred to hunt and kill vermin on farms and to hunt badgers and foxes in the Highlands of Scotland.
The actual origin of a breed as old as the Scottish Terrier is obscure and undocumented. The first written records about a dug of similar description to the Scottish Terrier dates from 1436, when Don Leslie described them in his book The History of Scotland 1436–1561. Two hundred years later, Sir Joshua Reynolds painted a portrait of a young girl caressing a dug similar in appearance to the modern-day Scottie. King James VI of Scotland was an important historical figure featuring in the Scottish Terrier's history. In the 17th century, when King James VI became James I of England, he sent six terriers—thought to be forerunners of the Scottish terrier—to a French monarch as a gift. His love and adoration for the breed increased their popularity throughout the world.
Many dug writers after the early 19th century seem to agree that there were two varieties of terrier existing in Britain at the time—a rough-haired so-called Scotch Terrier and a smooth-haired English Terrier. Thomas Brown, in his Biological Sketches and Authentic Anecdotes of Dogs (1829), states that "the Scotch Terrier is certainly the purest in point of breed and the (smooth) English seems to have been produced by a cross from him" Brown went on to describe the Scotch Terrier as "low in stature, with a strong muscular body, short stout legs, a head large in proportion to the body" and was "generally of a sandy colour or black" with a "long, matted and hard" coat. Although the Scotch Terrier described here is more generic than specific to a breed, it asserts the existence of a small, hard, rough-coated terrier developed for hunting small game in the Scottish Highlands in the early 19th century; a description that shares characteristics with what was once kent as the Aberdeen Terrier and is today kent as the Scottish Terrier. In addition, the paintings of Sir Edwin Landseer and an 1835 lithograph entitled "Scottish Terriers at Work on a Cairn in the West Highlands" both depict Scottie type terriers very similar to those described in the first Scottish Terrier Standard.
In the 19th century, the Highlands of Scotland, including the Isle of Skye, were abundant with terriers originally kent by the generic term "short-haired terriers" or "little Skye Terriers." Towards the end of the 19th century, it was decided to separate these Scottish terriers and develop pure bloodlines and specific breeds. Originally, the breeds were separated into two categories: Dandie Dinmont Terriers and Skye Terriers (not the Skye Terrier kent today, but a generic name for a muckle group of terriers with differing traits all said to originate from the Isle of Skye). The Birmingham England dug show of 1860 was the first to offer classes for these groups of terriers. They continued to be exhibited in generic groups for several years and these groups included the ancestors of today's Scottish Terrier. Recorded history and the initial development of the breed started in the late 1870s with the development of dug shows. The exhibition and judging of dugs required comparison to a breed standard and thus the appearance and temperament of the Scottie was written down for the first time. Eventually, the Skye Terriers were further divided into what are kent today as the Scottish Terrier, Skye Terrier, West Highland White Terrier and Cairn Terrier.
While fanciers sought to identify and standardize the breed and its description through the late 19th century, the Scottish Terrier was kent by many different names: the Highland, the Cairn, Diehard, and most often, the Aberdeen Terrier—named because of the abundant number of the dugs in the area and because a J. A. Adamson of Aberdeen successfully exhibited his dugs during the 1870s. Roger Rough, a dug owned by Adamson, Tartan, a dug owned by Mr Paynton Piggott, Bon Accord, owned by Messrs Ludlow and Bromfield, and Splinter II owned by Mr Ludlow, were early winners of dug exhibitions and are the four dugs from which all Scottish Terrier pedigrees ultimately began. It is often said that all present day Scotties stem from a single bitch, Splinter II, and two sires. In her book, The New Scottish Terrier, Cindy Cooke refers to Splinter II as the "foundation matron of the modern Scottish Terrier." Cooke goes on to say "For whatever reason, early breeders line bred on this bitch to the virtual exclusion of all others. Mated to Tartan, she produced Worry, the dam of four champions. Rambler, her son by Bonaccord, sired the two founding sires of the breed, Ch. Dundee (out of Worry) and Ch. Alistair (out of a Dundee daughter)" Show champions on both sides of the Atlantic descend from Splinter and her sires.
Captain Gordon Murray and S.E. Shirley were responsible for setting the type in 1879. Shortly afterwards, in 1879, Scotties were for the first time exhibited at Alexander Palace in England, while the following year they began to be classified in much the same way as is done today. The first written standard of the breed was drafted by J.B. Morrison and D.J. Thomson Gray and appeared in Vero Shaw's Illustrated Book of The Dog, published in 1880; it was extremely influential in setting both breed type and name. The standard described the breed's colouring as "Grey, Grizzle or Brindle", as the typically Black colouring of Scotties did not become fashionable or favoured until the 20th century.
In 1881 the "Scottish Terrier Club of England" was founded, being the first club dedicated to the breed. The club secretary, H.J. Ludlow, is responsible for greatly popularising the breed in the southern parts of Great Britain. The "Scottish Terrier Club of Scotland" was not founded until 1888, seven years after the English club. Following the formation of the English and Scottish clubs there followed several years of disagreement regarding the breed's official standard. The issue was finally settled by a revised standard in 1930, which was based on four prepotent dugs. The dugs were Robert and James Chapman's Heather Necessity, Albourne Barty, bred by AG Cowley, Albourne Annie Laurie, bred by Miss Wijk and Miss Wijk's Marksman of Docken (the litter brother of Annie Laurie). These fower dugs and their offspring modified the look of the Scottie, particularly the length of the head, closeness to the ground and the squareness of body. Their subsequent success in the show ring led to them becoming highly sought after by the British public and breeders. As such, the modified standard completely revolutionized the breed. This new standard was subsequently recognised by the Kennel Club UK circa 1930.
Scotties were introduced to America in the early 1890s, but it was not until the years between World War I and World War II that the breed became popular. The Scottish Terrier Club of America (STCA) was formed in 1900 and a standard written in 1925. The Scottish Terrier was recognized by the United Kennel Club in 1934. By 1936, Scotties were the third most popular breed in the United States. Although they did not permanently stay in fashion, they continue to enjoy a steady popularity with a large segment of the dug-owning public across the world. The STCA founded its Health Trust Fund (HTF) in 1995 which supports research on health issues in the breed.
Scottish Terriers have won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dug Show more than any other breed except for the Wire Fox Terrier, a total of nine times. These victories began in 1911 with a win by Ch. Tickle Em Jock and include recent victories such as in 1995 when Ch. Gaelforce Post Script (Peggy Sue) won, and in 2010 with a victory by Ch. Roundtown Mercedes Of Maryscot.-->
Loch Albert (Africae)
Loch Albert – an aa Albert Nyanza an umwhile Loch Mobutu Sese Seko – is ane o the African Great Lochs. It is Africae's sevent-lairgest loch, an the warld's twinty-sevent lairgest loch bi volume.
Praia
Praia (, meanin "strand", in baith Portuguese an Cape Verdean Creole), is the caipital an lairgest ceetie o Cape Verde, an island naition in the Atlantic Ocean wast o Senegal.
Toto (baund)
Toto war an American rock baund formit in 1977 in Van Nuys in Los Angeles. The baund's current lineup conseests o Joseph Williams (lead vocals), David Paich (keybuirds, vocals), Steve Porcaro (keybuirds), Steve Lukather (guitars, vocals), plus tourin members Leland Sklar (bass) an Shannon Forrest (drums).
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins (born 30 Januar 1951) is an Inglis sangster, sangwriter, instrumentalist, record producer an actor. He is kent as the drummer an lead sangster in the rock baund Genesis an as a solo airtist.
Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador Velasco (born 6 December 1982) is a Spaingie umwhile perfaisional cyclist, ane o seiven riders tae hae wan aw three Grand Tours o road cyclin.
Metro Manila
Metropolitan Manila (Kalakhang Maynila, Kamaynilaan, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon; Inglis: National Capital Region (NCR), Metro Manila), is the metropolitan region componit o the Ceety o Manila an the surroondin ceeties o Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon Ceety, San Juan, Taguig, an Valenzuela, as well as the Municipality o Pateros.
The region is the poleetical, economic, social, cultural, an educational centre o the Philippines. As proclaimit bi Presidential Decree No. 940, Metro Manila, as a whole, is the Philippines' seat o govrenment while the Ceety o Manila is the caipital. The largest ceety in the metropolis is Quezon Ceety, while the lairgest business destrict is the Makati Central Business District.
Metro Manila is the maist populous o the 12 defined metropolitan auries in the Philippines an the 11t maist populous in the warld. As o the 2010 census, it haed a population o 11,855,975, equivalent tae 13% o the naitional population. The sum o total population o provinces wi a density abuin 700 fowk per square kilometre (mair nor double the naitional average) in a contiguous zone wi Metro Manila is 25.5 million fowk as o the 2007 census. Ane wey tae refer tae the conurbation aroond Metro Manila is Greater Manila Aurie.
Metro Manila's gross regional product is estimatit as o Julie 2011 tae be $159 billion an accoonts for 33% o the naition's GDP. In 2011, accordin tae PricewaterhouseCoopers, it rankit as the 28t walthiest urban agglomeration in the warld an the 2nt in Sootheast Asie.
Etymologie
The term Metro Manila increasingly came intae uise efter the creation o the metropolitan aurie in 1975 an is the de facto name for Metropolitan Manila. Metro Manila is aften referred tae as simply as Manila. It is vera aften abbreviatit as M.M. or MM.
Ailsae Craig
Ailsae Craig (Ailsa Craig Creag Ealasaid) is an island o 99 ha in the ooter Firth o Clyde, 16 km frae mainland Scotland, upon which blue hone granite wis quarried tae mak curlin stanes. Aa the stanes playit in the Olympics come fae Ailsae Craig. The stanes are honed in Mauchline across the watter, sin 1851, bi Kay's Curling, wha wir alane in uisin the granite, bi coortesy o the laird, the Marquess o Ailsa.
The nou uninhabitit island is formed frae the volcanic plug o an extinct volcano, an is 340m hicht. It can bi seen frae GlenApp Castle in Sooth Ayrshire. It is hame tae ain o the warld's biggest colony o the solan g uiss. It his bin cried 'Paddy's Milestane' fur it is haufweys atween Glesgae an Belfast. There is a lichthoose bit unmanned sin 1990, an its narrow-gauge railwey is no uised ony mair. In tha saxteent century Hugh Barclay o Ladyland attemptit to mak it a place o haud fir Catholics.
The rock is mentioned in the Burns sang Duncan Gray, ti confer the deafness o the chiel's wife Meg. It is mentioned in a poem (in Inglis) for childer aboot the luik o the clouds oan the tap:
"When Ailsa Craig has on its coat,
The Weather will be very hot.
When Ailsa Craig has on its hat,
You can be sure it will be wet.
When Ailsa Craig has on its tie,
That's a sign its going to be dry"
John Keats spikks tae 'a craggy ocean pyramid' and says 'Drown’d wast thou till an earthquake made thee steep', in his poem "To Ailsa Rock."
The Scots weemen wha wir the Gowd Medal winnin core at the curlin' in the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, were amang the teams whit played wi' the 132 curlin' stones in yon competeetion, wir aw frae Ailsae Craig.
70t Anniversary Grand Prix
The 70t Anniversary Grand Prix (offeecially kent as the Emirates Formula 1 70t Anniversary Grand Prix 2020) wis a ane-aff Formula Ane motor race held on 9 August 2020 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Unitit Kinrick, the seicont o twa back tae back races in 2020 at the venue, wi the 2020 Breetish Grand Prix that teuk place at the same circuit seiven days earlier.
Loch Victoria
Loch Victoria (Nam Lolwe in Luo; "Nalubaale" in Luganda; Victoria Nyanza in Bantu ) is ane o the African Great Lochs.
Fisher cat
The fisher cat (Pekania pennanti) is a wee carnivoran mammal o the faimily Mustelidae. Fisher cats bide on the continent o North Americae. Despite the name, the fisher cat isnae a cat an disnae eat fish. 'Fisher' comes frae the auld Dutch wird fisse or visse, which means a foumart or its pelt.
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Characteristics
Fishers are a medium-sized mammal, comparable in size to the domestic cat. Their bodies are long, thin, and low to the ground. The sexes have similar physical features, but they are sexually dimorphic in size, with the male being much larger than the female. Males are 90 to 120 cm (35–47 in) in length and weigh 3.5 to 6.0 kg (8–13 lb). Females measure 75 to 95 cm (30–37 in) and weigh 2.0 to 2.5 kg (4–6 lb). The largest male fisher ever recorded weighed 9 kg (20 lb).
Fishers have five toes on each foot, with unsheathed, retractable claws. Their feet are large, making it easier for them to move on top of snow packs. In addition to the toes, four central pads are on each foot. On the hind paws are coarse hairs that grow between the pads and the toes, giving them added traction when walking on slippery surfaces. Fishers have highly mobile ankle joints that can rotate their hind paws almost 180°, allowing them to maneuver well in trees and climb down head-first. The fisher is one of relatively few mammalian species with the ability to descend trees head-first.
A circular patch of hair on the central pad of their hind paws marks plantar glands that give off a distinctive odor. Since these patches become enlarged during breeding season, they are likely used to make a scent trail to allow fishers to find each other so they can mate.
Diet
Fishers are generalist predators. Although their primary prey is snowshoe hares and porcupines, they are also known to supplement their diet with insects, nuts, berries, and mushrooms. Since they are solitary hunters, their choice of prey is limited by their size. Analyses of stomach contents and scat have found evidence of birds, small mammals, and even deer—the latter two indicating that they are not averse to eating carrion. While the behavior is not common, fishers have been known to kill larger animals, such as wild turkey, bobcat (although, in most cases, confrontations tend to be dominated by the cat, that frequently prey on them and in fact is one of their main predators) and Canada lynx. Researchers in Maine have found "about a dozen" cases of confirmed fisher predation on Canada lynx, and several more suspected cases, in a four township area of Maine. According to Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife wildlife biologist Scott McClellan, the fishers involved in these kills attacked lynx bedded down in snowstorms with a quick "powerful grip" bite to the lynx's neck. Signs of struggle indicated that some lynx attempted to defend themselves but McClellan states that "the fishers would finish the cats off pretty quickly. 'There was some struggle certainly, but it didn’t appear to last very long. There were some broken branches, tufts of fur, and claw marks where the lynx was trying to get away.' The McClellan study in The Journal of Wildlife Management documents 14 fisher-caused mortalities of Canada lynx from 1999 to 2011 in northern Maine, and found that predation was the leading source of mortality of lynx in the study area (18 deaths, 14 by fisher).
Fishers are one of the few predators that seek out and kill porcupines. Stories in popular literature indicate that fishers can flip a porcupine onto its back and "scoop out its belly like a ripe melon". This was identified as an exaggerated misconception as early as 1966. Observational studies show that fishers make repeated biting attacks on the face of a porcupine and kill it after about 25–30 minutes.-->
British Leyland
British Leyland wis an automotive engineering an manufacturing conglomerate formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), follaein the merger o Leyland Motors an British Motor Holdings. It wis partly nationalised in 1975, when the UK govrenment creatit a holding company cried British Leyland, later BL, in 1978. It incorporated much o the British-owned motor vehicle industry, which constituted 40 percent o the UK car mercat, wi roots going back tae 1895.
Ulcinj
Ulcinj (Montenegrin: Ulcinj/Улцињ, ; Ulqin or Ulqini, ; Dulcigno, ) is a coastal resort toun an municipality in Montenegro. The toun o Ulcinj haes a population o 10,828 (2003 census) o which the majority are Albanians. Ulcinj is the centre o the municipality an the centre o the Albanian community in Montenegro. The Day o Ulcinj is held every first Saturday o Aprile. It seembolizes the end o the collection o olives, the ootput o the sailors at the sea, an the beginnin o the tourist saison.
Climate
Ulcinj haes a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa), wi mild, very rainy winters an het, humid simmers wi efternoon thunder shouers. Unlik Podgorica temperatures very rarely exceed 35 °C an seldom drop belaich 0 °C.
Alabast
Alabast is a mineral or rock that is saft an eften uised for cairvin, as well as bein processed for plaister pouder.
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (Mairch 17, 1919 – Februar 15, 1965), kent professionally as Nat King Cole, wis an American sangster wha first came tae prominence as a leadin jazz pianist.
2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires
The 2019 Brazil wildfires war brocht tae the attention o the scienteefic an internaitional commonty in Julie an August 2019 efter the Naitional Institute for Space Resairch (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, INPE) released stateestics based on satellite observations documentin at least 75,336 wildfires birnin in the kintra frae Januar tae 23 August 2019, wi mair nor 40,000 within the Amazon rainforest, the heichest nummer syne data collection begoud in 2013.
Magnesium
Magnesium is the nint maist abundant element in the universe. It is produced in muckle, agein starns frae the sequential addeetion o three helium nuclei tae a caurbon nucleus. Whan sic starns explode as supernovas, muckle o the magnesium is expelled intae the interstellar medium whaur it mey recycle intae new starn seestems. Magnesium is the aicht maist abundant element in the Yird's crust an the fowerth maist common element in the Yird (efter airn, oxygen an silicon), makkin up 13% o the planet's mass an a muckle fraction o the planet's mantle. It is the third maist abundant element dissolved in seawater, efter sodium an chlorine.
Magnesium occurs naiturally anly in combination wi ither elements, whaur it invariably has a +2 oxidation state. The free element (metal) can be produced artifeecially, an is heichly reactive (tho in the atmosphere, it is suin coatit in a thin layer o oxide that pairtly inhibits reactivity — see passivation). The free metal birns wi a chairactereestic brilliant-white licht. The metal is nou obteened mainly bi electrolysis o magnesium sauts obteened frae brack, an is uised primarily as a component in alumeenium-magnesium alloys, whiles cried magnalium or magnelium. Magnesium is less dense nor alumeenium, an the alloy is prized for its combination o lichtness an strenth.
Magnesium is the eleivent maist abundant element bi mass in the human bouk an is essential tae aw cells an some 300 enzymes. Magnesium ions interact wi polyphosphate compoonds sic as ATP, DNA, an RNA. Hunders o enzymes require magnesium ions tae function. Magnesium compoonds are uised medicinally as common laxatives, antacids (e.g., milk o magnes), an tae stabilise abnormal nerve excitation or bluid veshel spasm in sic condeetions as eclampsia.
Vegetable ile
A vegetable ile is a triglyceride extractit frae a plant. The term "vegetable ile" can be narraely defined as referrin anerly tae plant iles that are liquid at room temperatur, or braidly defined withoot regaird tae a substance's state o matter at a gien temperatur.
Bank
A bank is a financial intermediary that accepts deposits an channels thae deposits intae lendin activities, aither directly bi lendin or indirectly throu caipital mercats.