cyanic-selkie/wikianc huggingface dataset:
God paradox
God cannot
This answer says God is able to do only things less than God. If you say there exists a mountain that is "heavier than anybody is able to lift," then what you say is funny: it means nothing, because God is able to lift any mountain. This is because saying a mountain is "too heavy to lift" means this mountain cannot be lifted by anybody. This does not mean that God is too weak to lift very heavy mountains. God cannot lift an "unliftable" mountain because that would not make sense. He also cannot create an "unliftable" mountain because that also would not make sense, if God can lift everything. God could still lift any mountain that is not defined as "cannot be lifted." For example, God can make a mountain as heavy as he wants, but he cannot make a round square.
Birbal
Birbal (born Mahesh Das; 1528 – 16 February 1586), or Raja Birbal, was a Hindu advisor in the court of the Mughal emperor, Akbar. Birbal was appointed by Akbar as a poet and singer in around 1560. He was one of the navaratnas (nine jewels of Akbar).
God paradox
Logic
In logic, problems can often be solved by breaking them into smaller pieces. One solves each of the small problems.
Birbal
He is mostly known in the Indian subcontinent for the folk tales which focus on his wit. In the local folk tales he is presented as a very clever person. These tales are popular in India. These tales involve him being smarter then or making fool of other courtiers and sometimes even Akbar, using only his intelligence and cunning. From the twentieth century onwards, plays, movies and books based on these folk tales were made. Some of these folk tales are in children's comics and school books.
God paradox
Logic
Let us see how one can use this for the God Paradox. The paradox is: If one changes this question to a sentence, it becomes: We can make this even simpler. First we must see that because God can do anything: Now we can write the sentence as these facts: Facts 1, 2 and 3 must always be true. Now we must see if fact 4 is true or false:
John Reilly (actor)
John Henry Matthew Reilly (November 11, 1936 – January 9, 2021) was an American actor. He appeared on soap operas including General Hospital, Sunset Beach, and Passions. Reilly was born in Chicago. His career lasted from 1965 until 2013.
Reilly died on January 9, 2021 at the age of 84.
God paradox
Logic
The conclusion is that the statement "God can do anything" needs to be qualified. By this logic God cannot do both of two things that are mutually contradictory. C. S. Lewis says that logical contradictions are not a "thing". Rather they are nonsense. The question (and therefore the perceived paradox) is meaningless. Nonsense does not suddenly acquire sense and meaning with the addition of the two words, "God can" before it.
Principality of Hutt River
The principality is located 517 km north of Perth, near the town of Northampton.
The principality was founded on 21 April 1970 by Leonard George Casley when he and his friends proclaimed their secession from the state of Western Australia.
History
The Principality of Hutt River was created in 1969, as a province by the name of Hutt River Province, in response to a dispute with the government of Western Australia over what the Casley family considered draconian wheat production quotas. The Casley farm had around 4000 ha of wheat ready to harvest when the quotas were issued which allowed Casley to sell only 1,647 bushels or approximately 40 ha. Initially the five families who owned farms in Hutt River banded together to fight the quota and Casley lodged a protest with the Governor of Western Australia Sir Douglas Kendrew. The Governor replied "no rectification of our Quota would be allowed" which, as he acts as the Queen's representative, made Her Majesty technically liable, in Tort, for applying an unlawful imposition as the quota had not yet been passed into law. Casley then lodged a claim under the Law of Tort for $52 million in the belief the claim would force a revision of the quota. Two weeks later the government introduced a bill into Parliament to "resume" their rural lands under compulsory acquisition. After approaches to the government to reconsider the acquisition bill failed, Casley and his associates resorted to a British law (the Treason Act 1495) which they felt allowed them to secede and declare their independence from the Commonwealth of Australia. Casley states that he nonetheless remains loyal to Queen Elizabeth II. Casley was elected administrator of the new "sovereign state" by his family.
The government of Western Australia determined it could do nothing without the intervention of the Commonwealth. The Governor-General of Australia, Sir Paul Hasluck, later stated that it was unconstitutional for the Commonwealth to intervene in the secession. In letters with the governor-general's office, Casley was called the "Administrator of the Hutt River Province" by mistake. The Royal Prerogative, makes this recognition binding on all courts. After the government threatened him with prosecution, Casley styled himself His Royal Highness Prince Leonard I of Hutt to take advantage of a Commonwealth law that a monarch could not only not be charged, but that anyone who interfered with his duties could be charged with treason. Although the law in this matter has since changed, the Australian government has not taken any action against Hutt River since the declaration. Under Australian law, the government had two years to respond to Casley's declaration; the failure to respond gave the province de facto legal status on 21 April 1972.
In 1976, Australia Post refused to handle Hutt River mail, forcing mail to be redirected via Canada. Following repeated demands by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for the payment of taxes, on 2 December 1977 the province officially declared war on Australia. Prince Leonard notified authorities of the cessation of hostilities several days later. The mail service was restored and tax requests ceased. Hutt River citizens are now classed by the ATO as non-residents of Australia for income tax purposes; thus income earned within the province is exempt from Australian taxation. The province levies its own income tax of 0.5% on financial transactions by foreign companies registered in the province and personal accounts.
In the early 1980s Hutt River Province declared itself to be a kingdom, but soon after reverted to its original status of a principality. The principality proceeded to release a number of its own stamps and coins.
In September 2006 Prince Leonard decided to change the name to "Principality of Hutt River" and dropped the word "Province".
Statistics
The Principality of Hutt River is situated 517 km north of Perth along the Hutt River. It is about 75 km2 in size.
Exports include wildflowers, agricultural produce, stamps and coins. Tourism is also important to its economy with 40,000 tourists visiting the principality every year.
Very few people live in Hutt River, but the principality claims a world-wide citizenry of 13,000.
The Principality has no standing army, but a number of its citizens have been awarded military commissions. Honorary guardsmen attend the prince on formal occasions, and despite being completely landlocked, naval commissions have been conferred on supporters of the principality.
The principality's capital, Nain, is named after Nain in Galilee.
Government
When the Principality of Hutt River seceded, a bill of rights, a brief document outlining the rights of "Hutt River" citizens, was drafted. It also provided for an administration board to govern the principality until a permanent government could be set up. When Casley declared himself a prince, the administration board was abolished and the Hutt River Principality became a benevolent absolute monarchy, with a legislation committee to draft new legislation. In 1997, the legislation committee presented a proposal for a constitution to the prince and his cabinet. Its most recent version is effective from 1 January 2011. All citizens over 18 living in the principality have the right to elect the parliament.
Royal Family
His Royal Highness Prince Leonard I of Hutt was the style that has been used by Leonard George Casley since his creation of the Hutt River Principality. Prince Leonard was married to Her Royal Highness Princess Shirley of Hutt, Dame of the Rose of Sharon (née Shirley Butler). They have seven adult children, among them is Crown Prince Ian (born 1947) who is the Prime Minister of the Principality, and is Prince Leonard's heir apparent.
Lou D'Allesandro
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Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman
Robin John Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman FCA (born 5 December 1930) is a British peer and politician.
In 1958, Lord Bridgeman became a Chartered Accountant. From 1988 to 1990, he was Director of Guinness Mahon, and from 1988 to 1994 Director of Nestor-BNA. He has further been Director of The Bridgeman Art Library since 1972.
He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers in the House of Lords, where he sits for the Conservative Party.
Principality of Hutt River
Royal Family
Prince Ian is involved heavily in the wildflower production, with the product not only being exported to Perth, Western Australia but to many cities internationally.
Princess Shirley plays host to the many dignitaries and diplomatic representatives visiting the principality each year as well as receiving many of the television crews and magazine journalists. She is also royal patron and chairwoman on the board of directors of the Red Cross of Hutt.
God paradox
God can
Some people think, "Yes, God is able to do things that make Him not able." They think God is able to do things that are funny to think, "Because", they say, "there is nothing God is not able to do." (See Gospel of Matthew 19:26) However other Bible verses mention things that God cannot do. Hebrews 6:16 says that God cannot lie. Malachi 3:6 says that God cannot change. James 1:3 says that God cannot be tempted by sin.
Principality of Hutt River
Royal Family
In the royal family there are 24 grandchildren and 23 great-grand children in the direct line.
God paradox
God can
Some have suggested that God can do things that defy conventional logic. If He lives in other dimensions a different logic may apply. Some say that God cannot make a square circle. This is true in a two dimensional world. However, a cylinder can be a square viewed from the side and a circle viewed from the top. Likewise, a triangle can have three angles that add to more that 180 degrees. This is possible only on a three dimensional surface like a sphere. It can't be done on a two dimensional plane. (Plane geometry). Addition of an additional dimension changes the logic.
Principality of Hutt River
Royal Family
Prince Leonard pursued a number of occupations before purchasing a large wheat farm near Northampton, Western Australia and Geraldton, Western Australia in the 1960s. A former mathematician and physicist who worked for NASA in the 1950s, the prince has had a star named in his honour.
God paradox
God is infinite
God is beyond limitation. His strength is infinite. If He chooses to create a mountain that is too heavy for Him to lift he would simultaneously become strong enough to lift it (which actually means he's not omnipotent, because if he can gradually become stronger, then he can't be all powerful). To ask if the creation of such a mountain is possible is to attempt putting a limitation on the limitless.
Principality of Hutt River
Royal Family
Despite his advancing years the prince Leonard is known as a keen-minded "bush lawyer". He is also an adherent of hermeticism, a subject on which he has privately published a number of research papers and books.
1650s
The 1650s was a decade that began on 1 January 1650 and ended on 31 December 1659.
Principality of Hutt River
Royal Family
Prince Leonard is the subject of a permanent exhibit at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.
God paradox
Job
At the end of the Book of Job, God 'answered Job out of the whirlwind' and asks him: 'Who is this that darkens council by words without knowledge?..where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth?' (Job chapter 38, 1-4) In other words, God's powers are beyond human understanding, as human reason itself is part of God's creation in the Book of Genesis.
Principality of Hutt River
Currency
A set of low denomination banknotes was introduced in 1974. The first Hutt River coins were not issued until 1976.
Lenox, Iowa
Lenox is a city in Iowa in the United States.
God paradox
Further reading
These references may not be simple to understand.
Principality of Hutt River
First series: 1976 - 1978
There were four denominations: 5₵, 10₵, 20₵ and 50₵. These were issued between 1976 and 1978, but the 1978 issue was a proof only issue. There was also a silver $30 coin and a gold $100 coin, struck only in proof.
Silver Jubilee $1 coin
In 1977 $1 coins were struck to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II. These coins are known as "holey dollars", a nickname which is applied to the extremely rare New South Wales 5/- coin and the Prince Edward Island 5/- coin, which were cut and counterstamped from Spanish-American Pieces of Eight (8 Reales).
Kitchen maid
A kitchen maid or kitchen girl is a young housemaid or other junior female domestic worker. In the hierarchy of a great house she ranked below a cook and above a scullery maid. An experienced kitchen maid is an assistant cook; the position may be compared to that of a line cook in a professional kitchen.
Principality of Hutt River
Later series
Most of the coins of later series have specific commemorative topics and are usually made of precious metal. The issuance of coins went on until 2000, and resumed with new issues beginning in 2007 to celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary of the Prince and Princess.
Status and criticism
The Australian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Jeremy Bruer, upon hearing that an office claiming to represent the “Hutt River Province” was operating in Dubai and allegedly selling travel documents, stated that the Australian Government did not recognise the "Hutt River Province", legally or in any other way.
Kitchen maid
The kitchen maid reports to the Head Cook, if there is one.
Principality of Hutt River
Status and criticism
He further stated that: "The area of land which is described as the 'Hutt River Province' is a privately owned wheat-growing property on the Hutt River, north of Geraldton in the State of Western Australia. It has no special status. It has no separate sovereignty and remains subject to the Australian Constitution and the laws of Australia."
Kitchen maid
Her uniform may consist of a blouse and a skirt, and apron.
Principality of Hutt River
Status and criticism
Regarding the use of titles, the ambassador said that: "The Australian Government does not recognise the 'royal titles' nor titles of office, such as 'Head of State', 'State minister' and 'Minister for Foreign Affairs' assumed by the family owning the property nor the use of terms such as 'consulates' and 'principality' in relation to the 'Hutt River Province'."
Kitchen maid
Margaret Powell worked as a kitchen girl at the age of 15.
Principality of Hutt River
Status and criticism
However, the Hutt River Province argues that it is an independent entity within the Australian legal system and the Commonwealth has no right to dispute the claimed de facto legality it was given in error by the Governor General's office, and its own failure to respond to the claim. To overturn this de facto recognition, the West Australian Governor General's office would have to submit the secession to arbitration, something which the Hutt River Province claims is not done due to legal uncertainty related to the fact that Western Australia in its entirety was never officially proclaimed as British Territory.
Although passports issued by the "Hutt River Province" are not legally recognised by the Australian Government, they have been accepted on a case-by-case basis for overseas travel.
In 2010 Brendon Grylls, the Western Australian Minister for Regional Development and Lands, was asked if his state had a position on the province. He replied "Only that Prince Leonard is an enigma...There is nothing currently on my agenda as Minister...that relates to that."
Treatment by Australian Government departments
On the whole, Australian Government departments do not interfere with Hutt River Province. While the Australian Taxation Office has issued a warning on its website for the public not to purchase companies from the PHR, it has not acted against the principality. The principality had plans to start a university in its territory, which is illegal within Australia. However, the government authorities did not act against PHR. Similarly, the PHR does not pay taxes to the ATO.
Treatment by European Government departments
In 2008, the Council of the European Union issued a memorandum identifying Hutt River passports among known "fantasy passports...issued by private organisations and individuals" to which a visa should not be affixed.
Other websites
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Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy
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Her parents were Count Pierre de Polignac and Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois.
On 18 March 2011 Princess Antoinette died at The Princess Grace Hospital Centre, aged 90.
Vijayanagara architecture
The Vijayanagara architecture Empire built all of their buildings, monuments, shrines and statues out of stone which were very intricately and elaborately carved with designs of gods and stories of famous heroes. All these were built in Dravidian style which was a common style of building then
Madhav Singh Solanki
Madhavsinh Singh Solanki (30 July 1927 – 9 January 2021) was an Indian politician. He was leader of Indian National Congress party. He was External Affairs minister of India from 1991 to 1992. He also was the Chief Minister of Gujarat three times from 1976 to 1977, 1980 to 1985 and from 1989 to 1990.
Solanki died on 9 January 2021, aged 93.
2000 Georgian presidental election
The 2000 Georgian presidental election happened on April 9, 2000.''' Eduard Shevardnadze, the incumbent president, won reelection, and defeated Jumber Patiashvili, former leader of Georgian SSR. Turnuout on elections was 75.9%.
Lo Bosworth
Lauren Ogilvie "Lo" Bosworth (born September 29, 1986) is an American television personality and writer. She was born and raised in Laguna Beach, California. There she attended Laguna Beach High School.
Ken Kavanagh
Thomas Kenrick Kavanagh (12 December 1923 — 26 November 2019) was an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racecar driver. He was born in Melbourne. In 1952, Kavanagh became the first Australian to win a motorcycle Grand Prix race when he won the 350cc Ulster Grand Prix.
Lo Bosworth
In 2004, Bosworth became famous when she appeared on the reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. She appeared later in the series spin-off The Hills.
Ken Kavanagh
Kavanagh died in Bergamo, Italy on 26 November 2019 at the age of 95.
Bangladesh–Russia relations
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has visited Russia twice to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The first time was in 2009 and then in 2013.
Soviet-era relations
Relations between the Soviet Union and Bangladesh were good in the years immediately after Bangladesh's independence in 1971. The Soviet Union supported Indian actions in aiding the war of liberation, and after the war the Soviet Navy sent a floating workshop to Bangladesh for clearing Pakistani mines from the Chittagong and Chalna harbors. Mujib visited Moscow in 1972, and high-level officials from both countries made numerous reciprocal visits until 1975. The Soviets supported the socialist programs of the Mujib government and its very exceptionally close ties with India. Early Soviet aid was limited, however. During the first four months of its existence, Bangladesh received economic aid worth US$142 million from India, but only US$6 million from the Soviet Union.
It also believed that the Communist Party of Bangladesh was funded and supported in the erstwhile volatile region of the former East Pakistan since then it was part of a United Pakistan itself allied with the United States and the China which were hostile towards rival Soviet Union, the party itself was based on the idealogical principals of Marxism.
Bangladeshi-Soviet relations rapidly improved in 1984 and regained a level of cordiality in the mid- and late 1980s. In 1985 the Soviet Cultural Centre reopened in Dhaka. In 1986 a Soviet special envoy visited Dhaka, and later the Bangladeshi foreign minister visited Moscow. Although Soviet aid to Bangladesh was still small compared with assistance from Japan, the United States, or even China, by 1987 Bangladesh had entered into sixteen different economic accords with the Soviet Union. Soviet assistance has concentrated on the energy sector, especially several power plants at Ghorasal, near Dhaka.
To Kill a Mockingbird (movie)
Plot
Atticus Finch, a white lawyer working in the South, defends Tom, a black man accused of raping a white woman. Tom is found guilty of rape. Finch's daughter, Scout, narrates the story from her perspective as an adult.
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a time when France went through very big political changes. It began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended when the French Consulate was made in November 1799. Many of the ideas made during the French Revolution are considered basic parts of liberal democracy, and today are very important in the French government.
It was caused by many different things. The Age of Enlightenment happened, and people had new ideas on how the government should work. France was also in debt because they spent money helping the United States of America in the American Revolutionary War. They also spent a lot of money on the Seven Years' War and the War of the Austrian Succession. Many French people at the time did not like the government. The government was a monarchy.
Alcester, South Dakota
Alcester is a city in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is in Union County, and 807 people lived there at the 2010 census. Alcester became a city in 1893.
Other websites
City of Alcester website
Church music
Church music is music that is intended to be part of Christian worship in churches, chapels, cathedrals or anywhere Christians meet to worship. Church music is sacred (religious) music, but not all religious music is church music. Some music may be inspired by religion, but it may not be church music. For example, some songs are about religion, but they may not be church music. Although it uses the words of the Requiem mass, Verdi’s Requiem, was composed for performance in a concert hall. Britten’s War Requiem was written for performance in a cathedral, but it was not meant to be part of a service of worship, so it would not usually be thought of as “church music”.
Church music has varied enormously during the history of Christianity as different churches kept changing their ideas about what part music should have in religious worship. Most church music is based on singing. Music written for church choirs mostly used the words of the liturgy (the words used in services). The organ is the most important musical instrument in church music, although from time to time many other instruments have been used as well.
During many periods in history composers writing for the church used traditional music rather than the newest fashions. This was particularly the case in the early 17th century when composers such as Claudio Monteverdi often wrote in two different styles: the old style for church music (which, at the time, they called “stilo antico”) and the new style for secular (non-religious) music (which they called “stilo moderno”).
Music in the early history of the church
During the early history of Christian worship the churches were spread through many countries in the Roman Empire. The musical traditions that already existed in these countries were used, so there was great variety. Musical instruments were associated with the devil and with dancing, and so they were thought to be wicked and were not allowed in churches. The only music that was allowed in churches was singing. In the 4th century Bishop Ambrosius of Milan introduced the antiphon and encouraged newly composed hymns. Psalms were an important part of the early Christian worship. Responsorial psalms were psalms which were sung by one person (who may have been called a “reader”), and the congregation may have responded at the end of a verse with something simple such as “Alleluia”. Gradually “antiphonal psalmody” was developed. This meant that the choir stands on opposite sides facing one another and they sing the verses of the psalm alternately (first one side has a turn, then the other). Antiphonal psalm singing can still be heard today in Anglican cathedrals.
The kind of music heard in the Catholic Church was known as chant or plainchant, often known as “Gregorian chant” (after St Gregory the Great, who was Pope from 590-604). The text (the words that were sung) were the standard words of the liturgy. The words of the Mass were set to music by many composers. Music for the dead was called Requiem Mass. There was also music for Vespers and the Compline. Until the 16th century the organ was only used to accompany the singing. In the Renaissance period many great composers such as Giovanni da Palestrina and Orlande de Lassus wrote polyphonic music for the Catholic Church. They often wrote motets: short pieces based on texts which were not part of the liturgy.
SNCASE SE-313 Alouette II
The SNCASE SE-313 Alouette II (, Lark) is a French helicopter built between 1956 and 1975 by Société Nationale de Construction Aéronautique du Sud-Est and later by Aérospatiale. It was the first helicopter in the world that has a gas turbine for engine.
It was the basis of two majors variants : SA-315 Lama and SA-316 Alouette III.
Church music
Protestant Church Music
Martin Luther started the Protestant movement in Germany. In the Lutheran church the chorale was the most important part of the musical worship. Luther himself composed many chorale tunes. These are like hymns. The great Johann Sebastian Bach based much of his organ music on the chorale (these pieces are called Chorale Preludes). The choir often sang a motet. Sometimes these choir pieces became very long and turned into cantatas. The words were not from the liturgy but made up by poets or taken from the Bible. Bach wrote about 200 cantatas for the church. He also wrote two great passions which tell the story of Jesus dying on the cross. Other composers who have contributed to Protestant church music in Europe include Heinrich Schütz, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Pachelbel, and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
Catholic Church Music
Music for the Catholic Church includes instrumental music such as “church cantatas”. Arcangelo Corelli and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote many examples of these. Mozart also wrote several masses. Great Italian composers of the 16th and 17th centuries who wrote church music include Giovanni Gabrieli and Claudio Monteverdi. In the 19th century Rheinberger and Max Reger wrote music in the Romantic style. French composers of this time wrote in a style which was similar to secular music.
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Church music
Church Music in England
When King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church he founded his own church, known as the Anglican church. Many great composers wrote music for the Anglican service. Their music for choirs was mostly service settings and anthems. They also wrote many hymn tunes. Important composers include William Byrd (who also wrote Catholic church music) and Thomas Tallis in the Renaissance, Orlando Gibbons and Henry Purcell in the Baroque period, and in later periods Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Charles Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Edward Bairstow, William Mathias and John Rutter.
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Church music
Church Music in the United States
Church music in American churches developed, at first, in a similar way to European music. The Book of Common Prayer was the basis of American worship. Both Puritans and Baptists thought that congregational singing was important. In the 18th century Singing Masters from Singing Schools in the north eastern states used to travel around to try to teach people in church to sing properly. The most famous of these singing masters was William Billings. Because most people could not read, a system called Lined-out Hymnody developed, in which the priest sang a line and the congregation copied him. Later in the century, during the “First Great Awakening”, the hymn tunes of English composers such as Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley became popular.
In the 19th century people from different churches met at Camp Meetings. These were led by Evangelists. The songs reflect the belief that sinners can be saved by repenting. The music of black people and of folk music became important influences. Songs became tuneful and often had refrains. In the middle of the century Sunday Schools for children became extremely popular and many songs were written for them. Gospel songs and negro spirituals also became very widely used and influenced the development of church music in America.
Church Music in the Orthodox Church
Church music in the Orthodox Church in East European countries is always sung. It is based on the Byzantine musical tradition.
Lord Jim
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Troll Pencil
Troll Pencil is a British animated series produced by IceFox TV channel (ICEFOX Productions).It was shown for the first time on May 12, 2022 and so far on IceFox TV, and its events are about a pencil drawing things, and an eraser erasing things that weren't good.
Troll Pencil is the UK's first children's television series, aimed at children 4-9 years of age. However, the series was dubbed into Korean and shown on EBS.
Broadcasting
It premiered in the UK on IceFox TV, as a premiere, Arabic dub show on Family TV in the IceFox block, and aired exclusively on the Korean version of the series and shown on EBS 1.
Censorship
The series has been censored, see Censorship in Troll Pencil.
Grenade (disambiguation)
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Grenade may also mean:
Isabelle Plancke
Isabelle Raymonde Madeleine Plancke (8 April 1910 — 1 August 1997) was a French swimmer and water polo player. She specialized in the breaststroke and in open water swimming.
Career
Plancke started swimming around the age of 12 with Mouettes de Paris. With the team she became several times champion of Paris in the relay event. In the early 1930s she was a member of CN Marseille.
She was a specialist in open water swimming and took several times part in the Traversée de Paris à la nage, the main open water competition in France. She finished second in 1926 and 1927 and finished fourth in 1931 and 1932. In 1931 she won with her team the team classification.
At the French national championships she competed in the 200 metre breaststroke event in 1926 and finished fourth. The next year, in 1927 she won the bronze medal. In 1928 she competed in the qualifying events for the 1928 Summer Olympics. She also participated in other swimming competitions and also competed with Mouettes de Paris in water polo matches, together with her sister Yolande Plancke.
Personal life
Plancke was born on 18 April 1910 in Comines. Her father worked as a commercial employee and her mother Julie Delporte also came to Paris. In 1929, the family lived at Rue des Goncourt. She was the sister of Olympic athlete Yolande Plancke.
Just So Stories
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The Hills
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Charles Harris (photographer)
Biography
Harris was born in 1908 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. His father and mother had a hotel in the part of the city called the Hill District. Early in the 1930s, he bought his first camera. After that he opened a photography studio. He took pictures for the magazine Flash! From the 1936 to 1975 Harris took photos of those living in the black neighborhoods of the city. Another publication called the ''Pittsburgh Courier published his photographs. People called him ''"One Shot" because he did not make people sit for a long time when he took their photos. He took more than 80,000 pictures in his life.
He wasn't like other well-know photographers. Other photographers either took portraits or photographs of other places. Harris was unusual because taking photographs was part of his regular job in one city. His photos were not often seen in other places until after his death in 1998.
He took photos of famous people that visited Pittsburgh like:  Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billy Eckstine, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughan, Sam Cooke, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Charlie Parker, Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Eleanor Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Dizzy Gillespie.
Harris also photographed famous Negro League baseball players of the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords. Harris himself played baseball for the Crawfords when they were known as the Crawford Colored Giants.
He let another businessman, Dennis Morgan sell his photographs in 1986. Harris filed a lawsuit in 1998 for unpaid royalties and the return of his collection. He won the case after he died. The Carnegie Museum of Art purchased the collection from the Harris estate in 2001.
Since 2003, the museum has scanned and cataloged nearly 60,000 images. Many of these are available online. Many people help to identify the people in his photographs.
Harris is buried in Pittsburgh's Homewood Cemetery.
Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez
Càstor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez (19 October 1951 – 8 January 2021) was a Venezuelan Roman Catholic bishop. He became a priest in 1975.
Azuaje Pérez was titular bishop of Vertara and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo, Venezuela, from 2007 to 2012. He then was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo, Venezuela, from 2012 until his death.
Azuaje Pérez died from COVID-19 at the age of 69 on 8 January 2021 in Valera, Trujillo.
Wilhelm Mohnke
Wilhelm Mohnke (1911 in Lübeck – 2001 in Damp near Eckernförde) was a German officer of the Waffen-SS with the rank of SS-Brigadeführer (equivalent to Brigadier).
He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for service in the German retreat from France in 1944. He was the commander of the defense of the central government area in the Battle of Berlin, 1945.
Mohnke led the 5th company of the 2nd Battalion of the Infanterie-Regiment Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, at the outset of the Battle of France in 1940. He took command of the 2nd Battalion on 28 May after the battalion commander was wounded. It was around this time that Mohnke was allegedly involved in the murder of 80 British prisoners of war (POWs) of the 48th South Midland Infantry Division.
Mohnke was noted to be one of the last commanders to act upon orders issued by Hitler himself prior to his suicide.
Cook (domestic worker)
A cook is a household staff member responsible for food preparation. The term can refer to the head of kitchen staff in a great house or to the cook-housekeeper, a far less prestigious position involving more physical labour.
Wikio
Wikio is a European search engine developed by Pierre Chappaz.
Vel' d'Hiv Roundup
The Vel' d'Hiv' Roundup was a mass arrest of foreign Jewish families by French police and gendarmes under the orders of German authorities. It took place in Paris on 16 and 17 July 1942. 13,152 Jews were arrested, including more than 4,000 children.
Cook (domestic worker)
When Margaret Powell had begun as a kitchen girl at the age of 15. she later advanced to become a cook.
Vel' d'Hiv Roundup
In the week following the arrests, the Jews were taken to the Drancy, Pithiviers, and Beaune-la-Rolande internment camps, before being shipped to Auschwitz for their mass murder.
A Sky Full of Stars
"A Sky Full of Stars" is an EDM song written by the British band Coldplay featuring Swedish DJ Avicii in 2014. The song is the band's first EDM track. The song is centered around the piano, with electronic music coming in between verses.It also apperd in Sing 2 sung by Johnny the gorilla.
Reception
Most critics enjoyed the song and gave it positive reviews. The song reached #1 on the charts in the United States, Portugal, Luxembourg, Italy, Israel and Belgium. One day after it's release on ITunes, it had sold 121,690 copies worldwide. The song was also Coldplay's third top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 It was played in the 2020 Democratic Convention in honor of Joe Biden's son,Beau Biden.
Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar (born September 8, 1946) is a Turkish chemist. He received the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Tomas Lindahl and Paul Modrich for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.
He was born in Savur, Turkey.
Sunday Morning (Maroon 5 song)
"Sunday Moring" is a song by the pop/rock band Maroon 5. The single is the 4th single off the album Songs About Jane and is the 8th track. "Sunday Morning" was released in 2004.
The music video was filmed at Abbey Road Studios in London. It features Maroon 5 performing the song, interspensed with scenes of numerous people singing it at a karaoke bar. The song has also been featured on the soundtracks of Something's Gotta Give and Love Actually (although the latter was the 1.22.03.Acoustic version). The song is also featured in the 2005 film Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Additionally, it is featured on the Xbox 360 karaoke game Lips, as downloadable content. Andrew Garcia covered the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show after his 2010 elimination from American Idol.
J.A.R.
"J.A.R." is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. The song is on the motion picture soundtrack, Angus. It stands for Jason Andrew Relva.
Peninsular War
The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was a war between the First French Empire under Napoleon and the Spanish Empire for the control of Spain and Portugal.
In the beginning, France and Spain were allies. The war began when French and Spanish armies together invaded and occupied Portugal in 1807.
The situation became more serious in 1808, when France and Spain disagreed and became enemies. France attacked and invaded Spain, and Napoleon made his brother Joseph Bonaparte its king. General Sir Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, became famous in the war. The war lasted until certain European states joined together in the War of the Sixth Coalition and defeated Napoleon in 1814, invading Southern France as far north as Toulouse.
The word guerilla, which means "little war" in Spanish, was first used in 1808, when guerrilla warfare was used by the Spanish against the larger and better-armed regular French Army.
Las Plassas
Las Plassas (Is Pràtzas) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Sud Sardegna in Sardinia, Italy. As of 2016, 240 people lived there. Its area is 11.04 km². It is 148 meters above sea level.
National Day of the People's Republic of China
National Day is a yearly holiday in the People's Republic of China. It celebrates the beginning of its new government on October1, 1949. It is one of two Golden Weeks in the country, along with the Chinese New Year.
Name
The Mandarin Chinese name of the holiday is Guóqìng Jié, which means "Nation-Celebrating Holiday" or "Holiday of National Celebration". It is written 國慶節 in traditional characters and 国庆节 in simplified characters. The holiday has also become a common given name in China, with around 420,000 people named "Guoqing" in 2010.
History
From at least the time of the Western Jin dynasty in the late 3rd century, the birthday of the emperor was celebrated as a national holiday. After the Xinhai Revolution, the Republic of China celebrated its national day on October10.
Near the end of the Chinese Civil War, Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party began the People's Republic of China on September21, 1949. This is sometimes known as "Chinese Independence Day". The PRC leaders and 300,000 Chinese celebrated the creation of the new government on October1 in Tian'anmen Square. At the first meeting of the first CPPCC on Oct.9, Xu Guangping introduced Ma Xulun's suggestion that China have a yearly national day celebrated apart from the birthday of the Communist Party. They recommended it be October1, the day of Mao's public message. The Central People's Government passed their suggestion on December2, making Oct.1 a yearly holiday.
National Day was celebrated with military parades in Beijing every year from 1949 to 1959. By 1960, the problems during the Great Leap Forward caused the government to suggest saving money on celebrations. From 1960 to 1970, there were no military parades but the day was still celebrated with large gatherings in Tian'anmen Square. After the Ninth Congress, the big meetings in Beijing were discouraged in favor of smaller events at parks and other locations from 1971 to 1983. 1984 saw the first military parade in many years, celebrating the PRC's 35th anniversary. There was another large military parade at the 50th anniversary in 1999, and a third at the 60th anniversary in the year after the Beijing Olympics.
Since the year 2000, National Day has been one of the country's Golden Weeks: there are three days of paid time away from work from Oct.1 to Oct.3 and two weekends around it are moved to make a 7 day long holiday. These Golden Weeks copied a similar Japanese idea. The 2017 National Day was 8 days long, because it also included the Mid-Autumn Festival. In 2014, the day before National Day became Martyrs' Day, celebrating the soldiers and other Chinese who died creating the PRC.
Events
National Day begins with the raising of the national flag at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing. The holiday is associated with large military parades in Beijing. The leaders of the Chinese Communist Party give speeches and watch from Tian'anmen, the southern gate of the Forbidden City, and millions of Chinese people watch from Tian'anmen Square and on television. China no longer has these parades every year, but the idea now is to have a smaller parade every 5th anniversary and a larger parade every 10th anniversary. When these parades occur, the city tries very hard to keep everyone safe and to make the event look good. For the 2009 parade, the city police added 1,120,000 volunteers to patrol the streets. 50,000 policemen and women worked more than 25 hours without stopping for rest or sleep.
Every year, many large groups of flowers are put along Beijing's Chang'an Avenue. The 2017 centerpiece measured 50 m across its base and stood 17 m high. Lan Hailang and dozens of other designers and officials made it from April to September, with at least 70 big design changes. The finished designs should show how China is getting better and what it plans to do next. Parts of the 2017 flower designs show the Belt-and-Road Initiative to make China's connections with Central Asia better; other parts show ways Beijing and Tianjin are going to be better over the next few years.
There are state dinners in Beijing and at Chinese embassies around the world throughout the week.
In the evening, fireworks are set off in Beijing, Hong Kong, and other large cities. There are also some singing, dancing, painting, and calligraphy celebrations. In Shanghai, the Tourism Festival's Music Fireworks Festival happens during the weeklong holiday. It is one of Asia's largest fireworks shows.
The long holiday also helps Chinese tourism, with millions of people traveling around the country visiting family members or sightseeing. This leads to higher prices and crowds, though, so foreign visitors are usually encouraged to come at other times of the year instead. The 1st day of the 2017 National Day vacation set records for the national rail system: more than 15 million trips were taken over 24 hours.
Unlike traditional Chinese holidays, National Day is not associated with any special food.
Samudaya sacca
Samudaya sacca is the second of the four noble truths in Buddhism. It is about the origins of dukkha (suffering).
Etymology
Samudaya has many meanings, but it usually means "origin" or "source." Sacca means "truth" or "reality." So because of this, Samudaya sacca means "truth of the origin of suffering."
Within the four noble truths
According to the Four Noble Truths, the origin (Samudaya) of suffering (sacca) is from cravings taught by ignorance. The craving is shown in three ways: