cyanic-selkie/wikianc huggingface dataset:
Stop Online Piracy Act
Protest
The English Wikipedia masked most of its pages with a banner on January 18, 2012. They used JavaScript to do this, which means that people could avoid the banner by just disabling JavaScript in their browser. The Wikipedia blackout is intended to spotlight the value of open access to information on the Internet.
Other websites joined protests against SOPA. For example, Google put up a black censor board in front of its logo.
Many critics questioned the value and likely effects of the protests. Some people questioned the timing of the protests.
Piet Mondrian
As his career went on, he started to paint in a more abstract style.
Mondrian painted about 250 of these geometric abstracts, from 1917 to 1944. Mondrian called his style “neoplasticism”.
Escaping in 1940 from a Europe at war, Mondrian spent the last four years of his life in New York City. His paintings of that time express exuberance at city life. In his final painting, Broadway Boogie Woogie (painted around 1942 or 1943), the checkerboard lines, previously black, are now painted blue, gray, red and yellow. The yellow was apparently inspired by New York’s Yellow cabs.
Green Party (Israel)
HaTnu'a HaYeruqa, Hebrew: התנועה הירוקה‎‎, meaning The Green Movement, is an Israeli political party.
Its ideology is green, moderate left, and Zionist.
Political leaders are Eran Ben-Yemini (not a Knesset member) and Yael Cohen-Paran.
HaTnu'a HaYeruqa was founded in 2008.
Number of seats in the 20th Knesset: 1.<br/ > HaTnu'a HaYeruqa is cooperating with HaAvoda ("The Labor") and HaTnu'a ("The Movement") as HaMahaneh HaTziyoni (The Zionist Union). Together they have 24 seats.
Wenedyk
Wenedyk (in English: Venedic) is a made-up language. Jan van Steenbergen, a linguist and translator from the Netherlands, made it in 2002. The idea behind it is this: what would have happened if the Polish language had developed from Latin instead of Old Slavic? Wenedyk is a possible answer to that question. It is a Romance language, so almost all words are family of words in French, Italian, Romanian, and so on. But they look very different and much more like Polish. The rules for spelling and pronunciation are completely based on Polish. Other parts of the language, like grammar and sentence structure, are a mixture of Polish and Romance.
Spelling and pronunciation
Wenedyk uses the same letters as Polish does:
Also, there are seven sounds written by two letters:
Wenedyk is pronounced just like Polish. Stress almost always falls on the second-last syllable. A preposition and a pronoun are treated as one word, so when the pronoun has only one syllable, the preposition is stressed.
Grammar
Words in Wenedyk can have many forms. English words have only a few (cat, cat's, cats; work, working, works, worked), but in Wenedyk a lot of forms exist where English would have used other words, like prepositions or modal verbs. In the case of nouns, pronouns and adjectives these forms are called "cases". Wenedyk has three cases: Wenedyk also has a vocative (used for calling someone). Often it has the same form as the direct case, but not always: O potrze! "Oh father!"
There are three genders and four declensions (different ways of making forms). They are very much like the declensions in Latin:
Verbs have a lot of forms, too. Every pronoun has its own form:
Most tenses have special forms:
Word list
The word list of Wenedyk, made public on the internet, has more than 4000 words. This chart of 30 words shows what Wenedyk looks like when compared to other Romance languages:
Sample
The Lord's Prayer:
Masujiro Nishida
Masujiro Nishida (西田 満寿次郎) was a Japanese football player and manager. He managed for Japan national team.
Biography
Nishida played for Osaka SC which was created by his alma mater high school graduates and many Japan national team players were playing in those days.
In 1923, Nishida became manager for Japan national team for Far Eastern Championship Games in Osaka. At this competition, on May 23, Japan fought against Philippines. This match is Japan team first match in "International A Match". He managed 2 matches at this competition, but Japan lost in both matches (1-2, v Philippines and 1-5, v Republic of China).
Karl Hurm
Karl Hurm (December 29, 1930 – June 8, 2019) was a German contemporary painter. He was born in Haigerloch, Germany. He worked at the Haigerloch (Germany) from 1998 until his death in 2019. Hurm's paintings begun in the 1970s to a certain style; they are often referred to as "naïve art".
Hurm died on June 8, 2019 at a hospital in Balingen, Germany at the age of 88.
Yuli Edelstein
Yuli Yoel Edelstein, Hebrew: יולי יואל אדלשטיין, Ukrainian: Йоель (Юлій Юрійович) Едельштейн , (born August 5, 1958 in Chernivtsi) is an Israeli politician of HaLikud.
Dental fillings
Dental fillings, or Dental restoration, is the work of dentists repairing teeth. For a filling the dentist has to remove decay with a drill, a laser or air abrasion. Air abrasion is a bit like sand blasting. Then the hole must be filled, usually with amalgam. There are different kinds of fillings.
Yuli Edelstein
Edelstein was born in western Ukraine. Because of his efforts to emigrate to Israel he was put in Gulag labor camps in Siberia for three years. After this time he made Aliyah (emigrated to Israel) in 1987.
Dental fillings
For some problems inlays and onlays, crowns, bridges, and veneers may be used.
Yuli Edelstein
With fellow refusenik Nathan Sharansky he founded the political party of Yisrael BaAliyah ("Israel on the Up") in 1996. The same year he entered the Knesset.
Dental fillings
If the tooth has been removed it may be replaced by a dental implant which is fixed into the jaw, or by a denture (false teeth), which may be fixed to the remaining teeth or may be removeable.
Yuli Edelstein
From 1996 to 1999 he was also minister of immigration absorption in the First Netanyahu Government, and from 2001 to 2003 also deputy minister of immigration absorption in the First Sharon Government.
In 2003 Yisrael BaAliyah became part of HaLikud and Edelstein became an MK for this party. In 2006 he lost his seat but in 2007 he returned.
From 2009 to 2013 he was also minister of information and diaspora in the Second Netanyahu Government.
From 2013 to 2020 he was Speaker of the Knesset, succeeding fellow party member Reuven Rivlin and succeeded by Benny Gantz.
From 2020 to 2021 he was minister of health in the Fifth Netanyahu Government.
Although Edelstein thinks that Israelis and Palestinians can peacefully live together he is negative about the establishment of an independent State of Palestine because he is afraid it will attack Israel.
New York City Marathon
The New York City Marathon (called the ING New York City Marathon because it is sponsored by financial company ING Group) is a yearly marathon that goes through all five boroughs of New York City. The distance of the race is 26.219 miles. It starts at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and ends at Columbus Circle. It takes place on the first Sunday of November. It is one of the largest marathons in the world. 50,304 people ran the marathon in 2013. It has been held every year since 1970 except for 2012, when the race was cancelled because of Hurricane Sandy.
Bianca Andreescu
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (born June 16, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She was born in Mississauga, Ontario.
She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 in the world, and is the highest-ranked Canadian in the history of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
Andreescu was the champion at the US Open and the Canadian Open in 2019, beating Serena Williams to win both titles.
She is the first Canadian tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title and the first to win the Canadian Open in 50 years. She is also the first player to win a Grand Slam singles title as a teenager since Maria Sharapova in 2006.
Alberto Arbasino
Nino Alberto Arbasino (22 January 1930 – 23 March 2020) was an Italian writer, essayist, and politician. He was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1983 to 1987. Arbasino was a member of the Italian Republican Party. Arbasino was born in Voghera, Lombardy, Italy.
Arbasino died of a long-illness on 23 March 2020 in Voghera, Lombardy at the age of 90.
Haigerloch
Haigerloch is a town in the north-western part of the Swabian Alb in Germany.
Le Pré-d'Auge
Le Pré-d'Auge is a commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.
Branko Cikatić
Branko Cikatić (4 October 1955 – 22 March 2020) was a Croatian heavyweight kickboxer and actor. He was the first Croatian-born fighter to have international success. He was the first K-1 World Grand Prix Champion. The tournament was held on April 30, 1993 in Japan. He played a villain in a 1997 B-movie Skyscraper.
In 2018, Cikatić had a pulmonary embolism and later sepsis. He was later diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Chicoutimi
Chicoutimi is a city in Quebec, Canada. The name comes from Shkoutimeou, which means "the end of the deep water" in the Montagnais language, one of the Algonquian languages. Located 225 kilometres north of Quebec City, it is home to part of the Université du Québec. Until 2002 it was a separate city, and is now a part of Saguenay
History
The first people to live in the city were French fur traders who arrived in 1676. It became a city in 1842 by Peter McLeod. A railway was built between the city and Roberval in 1893, which helped make Chicoutimi a bigger city at the end of the 19th century, based on industry and pulp.
Sports
The Chicoutimi Saguenéens, a team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, have been in the city since 1973. They play at the Centre Georges-Vézina.
Le Plessis-Grimoult
Le Plessis-Grimoult is a former commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Les Monts d'Aunay.
Yoshinori Sembiki
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Your Acquaintance
Your Acquaintance (Ваша знакомая) is a 1927 Soviet silent drama movie directed by Lev Kuleshov. It stars Aleksandra Khokhlova, Pyotr Galadzhev, and Yuri Vasilchikov.
Cisterna
A cisterna (plural: cisternae) is any membrane-bound sac. They can be found in the Golgi apparatus and in the endoplasmic reticulum. It is the flattened sac on the branch of the endoplasmic reticulum and the curved sac on the branch of the Golgi apparatus.
Position in cells
Cisternae are on the trans face of the Golgi apparatus. They are in the cytoplasm next to the endoplasmic reticulum and near the cell nucleus.
Crime in Afghanistan
Crime in Afghanistan happens in many ways. Some of the crimes are: corruption, contract killings or assassinations, kidnapping, drug trafficking, money laundering, black marketeering, and other ordinary crimes.
Growing Opium poppy and drug trafficking are important to the political and economic situation of Afghanistan. After the Soviet war in Afghanistan, growing opium poppy increased. Growing opium poppy was taxed. Some members of the military were directly involved in illegal drug trade. The Taliban did not want people to grow drugs. Because it made so much money they were tolerant and taxed the drug growing.
In 1999, Afghanistan made over 4,581 metric tons of raw and refined opium. This led to more international pressure from places the drugs were sold to. In response, the Taliban said no one could grow opium poppy. The did allow the opium trade to continue. With the ban the opium was reduced to 185 metric tons. This little production of opium continued in areas under the control of the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan.
Since the downfall of the Taliban in 2001, growing and trafficking of opium has increased significantly. Criminal organizations and corrupt government officials have used drug trafficking as a way to make money. Some anti-government groups make profit from the drug trafficking.
Afghanistan is world's largest producer of opium. In 2001, Afghanistan was the source of 87% of the world's illegal opium. 80-90% of the heroin consumed in Europe comes from opium made in Afghanistan. According to Antonio Maria Costa "drugs are now a clear and present danger" in Afghanistan. In 2007 the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said 93% of the opiates on the world market came from Afghanistan.
Unemployment among a large portion of the population is part of the reason for crime. Other forms of crime include robbery as well as kidnappings and assault. Many riots have occurred in the country in response to the political and other issues.
Since the downfall of the Taliban, crime rate has greatly increased in the capital city Kabul. Armed robberies are reported in the western districts of Kabul. Between March 2002 and January 2003, 48 cases of homicide, 80 cases of theft and 12 cases of kidnappings were reported in Kabul municipal boundaries.
Judy Farrell
Judy Farrell (May 11, 1938 – April 2, 2023) was an American actress. She was known for her role as Nurse Able on the television comedy series M*A*S*H. She had small roles in other television series, then later wrote 13 episodes for the soap opera Port Charles.
Farrell died from problems caused by a stroke on April 2, 2023, aged 84.
Klaas Justus de Vries
Klaas Justus de Vries (12 January 1960—24 November 2022) was a Dutch footballer from Harlingen.
De Vries died on 24 November 2022, at the age of 62. A minute's silence was held prior to the match of FC Harlingen on 27 November.
Clostridium
Clostridium is a genus of bacteria. Clostridium bacteria are obligate anaerobes, which means they do not need oxygen to grow.
Bábism
Bábism is a religion. It was started in Persia in the middle of the 19th century. The founder was Mirza Ali Muhamed Reza ash-Shirazi. He claimed to be a kind of savior for Shi'a Muslims. He took the title Báb, meaning "gate" in Persian. Bábism was originally based on his interpretation of the Quran and other Islamic texts. There were similar movements like this, but the Bábí movement tried to break with Islam to start a new religion. It was opposed by the government in Persia, which used laws and violence to destroy it. Bábism continued in exile in the Ottoman Empire. It led to the creation of Azali Babism and the Bahá'í Faith.
COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Montenegro when its first case was confirmed on 17 March 2020, making it the last European country to register a case of SARS-CoV-2.
Clostridium
Clostridium bacteria are shaped like rods. The name "Clostridium" comes from the Greek word kloster (κλωστήρ), which means "spindle."
Clostridium bacteria are gram-positive and can produce endospores.
COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro
On 24 May 2020, 68 days after the first case was recorded in Montenegro, it became the first corona-free country in Europe.
Clostridium
Important species
There are many different species of Clostridium bacteria. Some of these species can cause serious illness.
Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium botulinum bacteria make a toxin called botulinum. When botulinum toxins get into food or wounds, they cause botulism, a dangerous disease. Botulism can paralyze the muscles (stop the muscles from moving or working). People can die from botulism if their breathing muscles get paralyzed. This makes them unable to breathe.
Most cases of botulism happen because people eat meat that was not cooked well enough, or eat canned food that was not canned properly.
COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro
Montenegro had 0 active cases from 24 May until 14 June when the first imported case was reported.
Clostridium
Clostridium botulinum
If babies under age one eat natural honey, they can get infant botulism. Most adults and older children can eat natural honey without getting sick. In healthy people, the intestines are filled with good, healthy bacteria. Usually, these regular bacteria keep Clostridium botulinum under control. Infants do not have enough of these good bacteria to be able to eat honey safely.
Sometimes doctors use botulinum toxins to treat medical problems. There are medicines, like Botox, which contain botulinum toxin. Some people get Botox treatments when they have wrinkles in the face. When it is injected into the forehead, Botox paralyzes the muscles in the face, and makes the face look smoother.
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile bacteria can cause bad diarrhea and serious illness. Usually, people get Clostridium difficile infection after they have taken antibiotic medicines. These medicines can kill the healthy bacteria that normally live in the intestines and keep Clostridium difficile bacteria under control. Clostridium difficile infection can be spread from person to person, and is getting more common in hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care facilities. Just in the United States, 14,000 people die every year from Clostridium difficile infection.
Clostridium difficile is an antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This means that many antibiotic medicines cannot kill the bacteria. This makes Clostridium difficile infection difficult to treat.
Clostridium tetani
Clostridium tetani causes tetanus. Usually, people get tetanus when they get a cut or wound, and Clostridium tetani bacteria get into the wound. At first, tetanus causes the muscles in the jaw to spasm (tighten). (Tetanus is often called "lockjaw" because the jaw muscles spasm so badly that the jaw seems "locked.") This can make it difficult to swallow. As tetanus gets worse, other muscles in the body get stiff and spasm.
Tetanus immunization can keep people from getting tetanus.
John W. de Gruchy
John W. de Gruchy (born 18 March 1939) is a South African Christian theologian. He is known for his work resisting apartheid.
He is a Emeritus Professor at the University of Cape Town and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Stellenbosch. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa.
Phan Thanh Giản
Phan Thanh Giản or Phan Thanh Jan(潘淸簡, 1796 - 1867) was a Vietnamese politician, diplomat and historian. He was Vietnam's diplomat in France, the war.
George Miller (California politician)
George Miller III (born May 17, 1945) is an American politician. He was a United States Representative from California from 1975 until his retirement in 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
From 2007 to 2011, Miller was chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee.
In January 2012, Miller was cited as one of the members of Congress who had accepted the most free travel the previous year.
Kuranganayani
Kuranganayani, also known as "Shija Phongdalokpi" or Tekhao Leima, is an Assamese Queen, a Manipuri princess and a great patriot from Medieval Manipur. She is the chief Queen of King Swargadeo Rajeshwar Singha (Suremphaa) of Ahom kingdom and the daughter of King Gaurishyam of Manipur kingdom.
Hugh Magnus
Hugh Magnus (French: Hugues le Grand) (1007 – 17 September 1025) was co-King of France under his father, Robert II, from 1017 until his death in 1025.
Wolfgang Hofmann
Hofmann died on 12 March 2020 about two weeks shy of his 79th birthday.
Who's That Girl? (Eurythmics song)
"Who's That Girl?" is a 1983 song by Eurythmics and is the leading single from their third studio album Touch. It went to number 3 in the United Kingdom, number 5 in Ireland, number 13 in New Zealand, number 14 in Belgium and Sweden, number 15 in Canada, number 19 in Germany, number 20 in Australia, number 21 in the United States and number 30 in the Netherlands. It was used in The Simpsons episode Smart and Smarter.
Brithenig
Brithenig is constructed language that was made up by Andrew Smith from New Zealand in 1996. The idea behind it is the question what the Welsh language would have looked like if it had been a Romance instead of a Celtic language: a sister language to French, Spanish and Italian, but one that looks much like Welsh. It plays a key-role in the made-up world of Ill Bethisad, where Latin took the place of Old Celtic as the spoken language of the people in Great Britain, thus giving way to the development of Brithenig.
Brithenig is the best known example of the so-called group of "alternative languages", languages that could have existed if history had been different. Another well-known example is Wenedyk, which does the same with Polish as Brithenig does with Welsh.
Words
The following list of 30 words shows what Brithenig looks like compared to a few other Romance languages:
Sample
The Lord's Prayer:
COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Liberia in March 2020.
TiVi5 Monde
TiVi5 Monde, stylized as TiVi5 MONDE, is an international pay television channel. It was launched at the end of January 2012.
Le Reculey
Le Reculey is a former commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Souleuvre-en-Bocage.
COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia
The second case was confirmed on 17 March, a close contact of the first case.
TiVi5 Monde
Aims
The channel was launched by the Francophone network TV5 Monde, which is aimed mainly to French-speaking African children (4–13 years). Its main goal is to teach French to young children.
COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia
Liberia's third case of COVID-19 was confirmed on 20 March. The third person was a returned traveler. Following this third case, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare declared a national health emergency on 22 March.
TiVi5 Monde
Aims
In the other regions, TiVi5 Monde is a block on TV5 Monde.
COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia
On 27 March, the U.S. Embassy evacuated some U.S. citizens from Liberia.
TiVi5 Monde
History
The channel was launched in the United States in 2012 on Dish Network. On June 11, 2016, the channel was launched in Africa on Canalsat Horizons, StarSat, and Zuku TV
COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia
On 1 April, the European Union organized a charter flight evacuating its citizens.
TiVi5 Monde
Programming
TiVi5 Monde airs educational programs, cartoons, children's series and games. Starting 2016, 12% of the programs in the channel are African. All the programs are French-speaking; the channel doesn't make any French dubbing of American series. Its programs both playful and educational are broadcast without advertising.
This is a list of the programs formerly or currently broadcast on the channel:
• As du lycée (L')
• Alfred
• Ariol
• Allô c'est Ninou
• Amis de Boubi (Les)
• Aventures fantastiques du commendant Cousteau (Les)
• Bambino
• Boris
• Bouli
• Cadmus et Hermione
• Calimero
• Crumpets (Les)
• Dessinatruc
• Devinettes de Reinette (Les)
• Dimitri
• Eliot Kid
• Elliot Moose
• Émilie
• Famille Trompette (La)
• Flatmania
• Francomobile (La)
• Galactik Football
• Gawayn
• Geolino
• Gloria, Wilma et moi
• Gorg et Lala
• Histoires de pirates
• Hôpital Hilltop
• Il était une fois… l'homme
• Kangoo
• Kangoo Juniors
• Kitou Scrogneugneu
• Léo et Popi
• Lucie raconte la mer
• Lucie traverse les dimensions
• Mama Mirabelle
• Mamemo
• Mamemo danse
• Marsupilami
• Martin Matin
• Moko, enfant du monde
• Nouvelles aventures de Lucky Luke (Les)
• Nouvelles aventures de Peter Pan (Les)
• Old Tom
• Orson et Olivia
• Patrimoine culturel immatériel
• Petite Pokou (La)
• Princesse du Nil
• Pop Secret
Nation (novel)
Nation is a book by Terry Pratchett. It was published in 2008. Harper Collins published it. Unlike most of Terry Pratchett's books, it is set in a world that is like the real world and not a fantasy world. Pratchett wrote Nation for children to read.
Rob Paulsen
Rob Paulsen (born 1956) is an American voice actor, singer and former film and television actor who has done many voice roles in various films, television shows and video games. He is best known for his roles as Pinky from Pinky and the Brain, P.J. in A Goofy Movie and Goof Troop, Carl Sneezer from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius, Raphael (1987) and Donatello (2012) from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Plank from Ed, Edd n Eddy, and Yakko Warner and Dr. Otto Scratchansniff from Animaniacs.
Nation (novel)
Setting
The world of Nation has an England and a France in it. It also has a "Pelagic Ocean", which is not really the Pacific Ocean. The story is set in the 1860s.
TiVi5 Monde
Programming
• Quasimodo
Nation (novel)
Plot
Most of the story happens on an island in the "Southern Pelagic Ocean" after a giant wave kills almost all of the people who lived there. The people who lived on the island, and their culture, are "the Nation".
Le Theil-en-Auge
Le Theil-en-Auge is a commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.
Nation (novel)
Plot
The main character, a teenager named Mau, was on a canoe trip when the wave came, so he did not die. He comes back home to the island to find everyone gone. The other main character, an English girl called Daphne, was shipwrecked on the island by the wave. Soon, other people from other islands show up. Mau, Daphne, and the new people rebuild the Nation together.
Meanwhile, the King of England and most of his family have died in an epidemic. Daphne's father is the next person in line to be King of England. There is an English ship looking for Daphne and her father.
Vágner Love
Vágner Love (born 11 June 1984) is a Brazilian football player; he plays for CSKA Moscow.
Nation (novel)
Plot
Because Mao is in between being a boy and a man, he thinks he has no soul. Mao often thinks that he is like a hermit crab that has left one shell but not found another one yet. Because of this, Mao and other people wonder if demons and other evil spirits will get into Mao's body.
Vágner Love
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Nation (novel)
Plot
Mau believes he can hear the voices of "the Grandfathers", who are old men whose spirits watch over the Nation. They order him around telling him to rebuild the Nation's god-anchors (altars) and perform the rituals and chants that made up the culture. Many of the characters in the book ask whether God or the gods are real because they allowed a bad thing to happen: the wave that killed so many people. Mau often says he doesn't think the gods exist, but he can see the god of death, Locaha, who talks to him.
On the island, Mau, Daphne, and the refugees rebuild the farm and buildings on the island, defeat raiders and mutineers, and discover an underground museum that Mau's ancestors built. Daphne believes that the island had once been much bigger during the Ice Age and that the Nation's ancestors could build telescopes, eyeglasses, metal tools and ships that could sail long distances. Daphne believes that many of the stories and songs that Mau has told her are really about planets and sailing around the world.
Daphne's father comes to the Nation looking for Daphne. Then the ship from England comes to the island looking for Daphne's father, and they crown him king of England.
In an epilogue, the last chapter of the book, it is the twenty-first century. The Nation is full of scientists but has kept its own culture. An old man tells two young children of the Nation about Mau and Daphne and how to use an old telescope.
Critical response
James Hynes of the New York Times thought the book was good. He liked the characters, the story, and the way the book looked at the way powerful countries treat smaller countries and religion. He called it "both a high-spirited yarn and a subtle examination of the risks and virtues of faith."
Zack Handlen of The AV Club thought the book was mostly good but had a few problems. He liked the story and characters and Terry Pratchett's use of humanism, which is a way of thinking about society.
TiVi5 Monde
Programming
• Ranch (Le)
Nation (novel)
Critical response
Nation won many awards:
TiVi5 Monde
Programming
• Rantanplan
Women of Ryazan
Women of Ryazan (Бабы рязанские) is a 1927 Soviet silent drama movie directed by Olga Preobrazhenskaya and Ivan Pravov. It stars Kuzma Yastrebitsky, Emma Tsesarskaya, and Georgi Bobynin.
TiVi5 Monde
Programming
• Refuge (Le)
Richard Tracey
Richard Patrick Tracey JP (8 February 1943 – 19 March 2020) was a British Conservative politician, journalist, presenter, and reporter. He was the MP for Surbiton from 1983 to 1997, and was Minister for Sport between 1985 and 1987.
TiVi5 Monde
Programming
• Salmigondis
Jan de Graaff
Jan de Graaff (21 April 1943 – 30 March 2014) was a Dutch television journalist. He started his job in 1962 for the news agency UPI, from 1966 he worked for VARA on radio and television, including as editor of Behind the News. He was born in The Hague, South Holland.
Richard Tracey
From 2008 to 2016, when he retired, he was a Member of the London Assembly, in which he represented Merton and Wandsworth. He was the Deputy Leader of the Conservative group.
Jan de Graaff
Jan de Graaff died on 30 March 2014 in Tilburg, North Brabant. He was 70 years old.
Richard Tracey
Tracey died peacefully at home on 19 March 2020, aged 77.
Hedwig of France, Countess of Nevers
Hedwig (or Advisa) of France (c. 1003–1063) was a French princess, the daughter of Robert II of France and Constance of Arles. She married Renauld I, Count of Nevers, on 25 January 1016, and they had the following children:
Poodle
A poodle is a breed of dog. Poodles are one of the smartest dogs. Miniature and toy poodles are two sizes. The original poodle is the Standard poodle. Miniature and toy poodles are not related to Standard poodles. They do not share DNA. If the owner does praise it, it will start liking the owner even more, and doing things for the owner. Many people that own them show them at dog shows. Poodles were once used as hunting and sporting dogs, but now they are mostly pets. Poodles do not shed their fur as some dogs do, so they are good pets for people who are allergic to dogs.
Colors
Poodles are also popular because they come in many different colors and sizes. Their coats are most often white or black; but can be apricot, dark gray, called "blue"; and other colors. There are also some rare colors, such as chocolate brown, and brindle. In Japan, apricot color is the most liked.
Sizes
Poodles are bred in many different sizes. The four main sizes from largest to smallest are Standard, Miniature, Medium and Toy. There are also other sizes, like the very small Teacup, that are not official. This means that these other sizes cannot be part of professional dog shows.
Military working dogs
Poodles have been used as working dogs in the military for several centuries. During World War II, it was thought that this breed of dog could become helpers during the war. So, poodles went through training by the United States Army for special tasks. In 1942, the poodle was one of 32 breeds officially ranked as war dogs by the Army.
Cuts
It is the poodles main style to left hair of the chest and ankles in order to protect heart and joints from cold waters and cut others in order to reduce the resistance of the water. Now, poodles hair styles have more variations. In Japan, the "teddy bear cut" is most popular. This style lets the whole body have roundness like a teddy bear.
Le Theil-Bocage
Le Theil-Bocage is a former commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Valdallière.
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Deaths in May 2021
The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in May 2021. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
Goro Yamada
Goro Yamada (山田 午郎) was a Japanese football player and manager. He managed for Japan national team.
Biography
Yamada was born in Nihonmatsu on March 3, 1894. After graduating from Tokyo Aoyama Normal School, he played for Tokyo Shukyu-Dan while working as a teacher at primary school. The club won first Emperor's Cup in 1921. He played as right midfielder and captain.
In 1925, Yamada became manager for Japan national team for Far Eastern Championship Games in Manila. He managed 2 matches at this competition, but Japan lost in both matches (0-4, v Philippines and 0-2, v Republic of China).
Deaths in May 2021
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Goro Yamada
Biography
On March 9, 1958, Yamada died of intracranial hemorrhage in Ota, Tokyo at the age of 64. In 2005, he was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.
Yael Cohen Paran
Yael Cohen-Paran, Hebrew: יעל כהן-פארן, (born October 12, 1973) is an Israeli environmental activist and a politician. She is co-political leader of HaTnu'a HaYeruqa ("The Green Movement").
Cohen-Paran served in Unit 8200, the signal intelligence unit of the Israel Defense Forces. She studied physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and also public policy at Tel Aviv University.
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Kingston, Wisconsin
Kingston is a village of Green Lake County in the state of Wisconsin in the United States. 288 people were living in Kingston as of 2000.
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Kingston, Wisconsin
Geography
Kingston has a total area of 1.5 square miles.
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Yael Cohen Paran
She was founder and president of the Israel Energy Forum, and participated in various United Nations Climate Change Conferences.
Later on she went into politics by becoming a member of HaTnu'a HaYeruqa. Due to the cooperation of this party with HaTnu'a and HaAvoda as The Zionist Union she became a Member of Knesset in 2015 and was a member till 2019.
Zaria
It was one of the original seven Hausa city-states. Today, it is known for housing Nigeria's largest university, Ahmadu Bello University.
In December 2015, Nigeria's military was reported to have killed 300 Shia Muslims and buried their bodies in a mass grave. Although the government denies the event, it has been described as a Massacre.
Ernst Stojaspal
Ernst Stojaspal (14 January 1925 – 3 April 2002) was an Austrian professional footballer. He was born in the Simmering district of Vienna. He played as forward or attacking midfielder.
Club career
He started his career with FC Strindberg, Mautner Markhof, 1. Simmeringer SC and Ostbahn XI. 1945/46 he started playing for Austria Wien. After 10 years he ha d won three league titles and two domestic cups. He was also topscorer of the league five times. After the 1954 World Cup, he moved to France and played for Racing Strasbourg, AS Béziers, AS Monaco, Troyes AC and FC Metz. Stojaspal scored 481 goals in 413 games for Austria Wien and scored 674 goals in his career, both including friendlies.
In 2001, he was chosen in Austria Wiens Team of the Century.
International career
Stojaspal made his debut for Austria in December 1946 against Italy and played at the 1954 FIFA World Cup where he scored three goals in four matches. The third-place playoff against Uruguay was his last international game. He played 32 matches and scored 15 goals. He was also part of Austria's squad for the football tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.
Retirement
Stojaspal later worked as a football coach in France. There he managed AC Ajaccio, AS Giraumont, FC Monthey and AS Athus. He died in Moulins-lès-Metz, France.
Luke Skywalker
Luke Skywalker is a character from the Star Wars universe. He is the main hero of the Star Wars movies and book series. Luke was in three Star Wars movies, Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. He was also in most of the books that took place after these movies. Luke Skywalker was played by actor Mark Hamill in all three movies. The character was also shown briefly at his birth in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
Luke Skywalker was the main character during the original three movies. These movies follow his life from being a farmer on the planet Tatooine to becoming an important part of the Rebel Alliance and a Jedi Knight.
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Skywalker dies in Ahch-To as Luke's body vanishes, having made peace with his legacy.
Leather
Leather is the skin of an animal made into a durable material by tanning. The skins of cows, pigs, and goats are often used to make leather. Skins of snakes, alligators or crocodiles, and ostriches are sometimes used to make fancier leather. Shoes, bags, clothes, and balls are often made of leather. Sometimes people make leather out of whales, ducks, giraffes, and African elephants. All of these ways of making leather are very simple but some are rare.
How leather is made
The way leather is made is divided into three processes. They are preparing the leather, tanning it, and crusting.
Jeff Van Drew
Jefferson H. Van Drew (born February 23, 1953) is an American dentist and Republican politician. He is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district since 2019.
Luke Skywalker
A New Hope
The adult Luke Skywalker is first seen in this movie. He was raised on the planet Tatooine. Tatooine is a desert planet. He lives with his uncle, Owen and his aunt, Beru. After he bought two droids, named C-3PO and R2-D2, stormtroopers sent by the Empire start to look for them. R2-D2 runs away one night. In the next morning, Luke and C-3PO look for him. Luke is attacked by Tusken Raiders, but is rescued by Obi-Wan Kenobi. R2-D2 plays a message from Princess Leia asking for help from Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan then says that Luke must come with him to Alderaan to learn about the Force. Luke learns that his father, Anakin Skywalker, was a Jedi. Luke also gets his father's old lightsaber. Luke says that he can not go with him and returns home. When he does, he sees that his home was destroyed (broken down). he is a bit fruity. He goes back to Obi-Wan and agrees to go with him and learn about the Force. Luke, Obi-Wan and the droids go to Mos Eisley to find a pilot to take them to Alderaan. They get Han Solo and Chewbacca to take them to Alderaan. When they get there, they see that the planet is gone and there is a small moon close to where it was. This small moon is the Death Star. On board the Death Star, Luke, Han, and Chewbacca save Princess Leia. As they are about to leave they see Obi-Wan fighting Darth Vader. Obi-Wan gives his life so that the group can escape. Luke and the others go to Yavin 4 so that the secret plans to the Death Star in R2-D2 can be used to destroy the Death Star. Luke then pilots an X-wing to fight against the big space station. Luke uses the Force and fires the missile that destroys the Death Star.
Jeff Van Drew
He was the New Jersey State Senator from the 1st Legislative District from 2008 to 2018. He represented the same district in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2008.
Luke Skywalker
The Empire Strikes Back
Luke Skywalker has joined the Rebel Alliance and is on the ice planet of Hoth. While outside the base, Luke is attacked by a wampa. After escaping the wampa, Luke is weak and hurt. He sees the image of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He tells him to go to the planet Dagobah to be taught by the Jedi master Yoda. Luke is saved by Han Solo. Shortly after, the Empire attacks the Rebel base on Hoth. The Rebels leave the base. Luke takes R2-D2 in his X-wing and the two travel to Dagobah. They make a crash landing on the swamp planet and go looking for Yoda. Luke soon finds Yoda, but Yoda does not think Luke should be a Jedi. Luke convinces Yoda, and the old master starts to teach Luke. Luke faces difficult things to do. Before he completes his training he has a vision of the future. In it his friends were being tortured. Although Yoda, and the Force Ghost of Obi-Wan warn him not to leave, Luke goes to Cloud City. When he gets there he sees that it was a trap set by Darth Vader. The two then get into a lightsaber battle. Vader cuts off Luke's hand and then tells Luke that he is actually his father, Anakin Skywalker. Vader gives Luke the choice to join him but Luke says no and jumps off the platform. He is rescued by Leia and taken to a medical spaceship, where his hand is replaced.
Jeff Van Drew
Van Drew was elected to congress as a Democrat. On December 19, 2019, Van Drew announced that he had joined the Republican Party.
Luke Skywalker
Return of the Jedi
In Return of the Jedi, Luke alongside Leia, Chewbacca, R2-D2, C-3PO and Lando Calrissian attempt to rescue Han Solo from Jabba The Hutt but fail and end up captured and condemned to the Sarlacc Pit. However, Luke, using R2-D2's help, devises a plan and is able to escape the Pit and save his friends, killing Boba Fett and Jabba The Hutt in the process.
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Pipe organ
The pipe organ is a keyboard instrument in which the sound is made by air blowing through pipes. A person who plays the organ is called an organist. The organist plays the instrument using both the hands and the feet. The hands play the keyboards (called manuals), while the feet play pedals which also make notes.
Luke Skywalker
Return of the Jedi
After this, Luke returns to Dagobah to conclude his training with Yoda, but learns he's dying. In his dying breath, Yoda confirms that Darth Vader/Anakin is Luke's father and tells the young hero he must confront Vader once more to complete his Jedi training. Luke then encounters the Force Ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi, who also confirms Luke's origins and states he told the truth, from a certain point of view. Obi-Wan assures Luke he must kill Vader but Luke refuses, believing he can still save his father. After this, Luke learns that Leia is also his sister. Luke, Han and Leia go to the moon of Endor to stop the Empire once and for all in their newly constructed Death Star II. Luke handles himself over to Vader, attempting to save his father, who claims Anakin Skywalker is dead and that the Emperor will soon be Luke's new master.
Pipe organ
Organs have been made for many centuries. They are usually found in places for Christian worship such as churches and cathedrals, although they may also be found in places like town halls and concert halls or even large private houses. Very small organs can be called “chamber organs”. Organs in large churches, cathedrals or halls are very large instruments indeed, and are built especially for the building they are in. They are called “pipe organs” to distinguish them from modern “electronic organs”.
Luke Skywalker
Return of the Jedi
Upon reaching the Emperor's Throne Room, Luke learns his rebel friends are going into a trap and tries to kill the Emperor but is stopped by Vader. Father and son duel once more, with Luke using the Dark Side to overpower Vader. Realizing he's becoming the thing he swore to destroy, Luke denies his father's wishes of continuing the fight, but angrily lashes out at his father when the latter threatens to turn Leia to the Dark Side. Luke brutally overpowers and defeats his father, but stops attacking after being goaded by the Emperor. Luke stands down, triumphantly claiming to be a Jedi like his father before him. Annoyed, the Emperor tries to kill Luke with his Force Lightning, but is killed himself by Anakin who has redeemed himself.
Pipe organ
No two organs are ever quite the same, and they vary greatly from one country to another and one historical period to another. The information here is about organs from Europe, Great Britain and America.
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Luke Skywalker
Return of the Jedi
Luke carries his father's fatally wounded body to one of the shuttles as the Death Star II is about to be destroyed by the Rebel Alliance. Luke removes Vader helmet and father and son share one last moment before Anakin succumbs to his wounds. Unwillingly to let his father's body to rot in the explosion, Luke takes it with him. While the rebels celebrate their victory on Endor, Luke cremates his father's body. Joining his friends in the celebration, Luke sees the Force Ghosts of Obi-Wan, Anakin and Yoda watching him in pride.
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