cyanic-selkie/wikianc huggingface dataset:
African Americans in the American Civil War
Pay and treatment
Black soldiers did not receive equal pay to the white soldiers. They also did not receive the same treatment. Their pay was $10 a month, less $3 for uniforms. White soldiers received $13 a month and had no deductions for uniforms. This was changed in June 1864 when Congress voted to grant black soldiers equal pay and made the change retroactive. While black soldiers were allowed to fight for their country, they were not treated as equals to white soldiers. Their units were racially segregated and were commanded by white officers. Some of their officers had very low opinions of black soldiers and did not train them well. Captured black Union soldiers were a problem for the Confederacy. They could not treat them the same as captured white soldiers or they would be legitimizing them as being equal. It would also imply they accepted Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which they did not. Three days before the Emancipation Proclamation was to take effect, Jefferson Davis stated: “All negro slaves captured in arms be at once delivered over to the executive authorities of the respective States to which they belong.” The Congress of the Confederate States decided to take it a step further. They later adopted a resolution that any negroes taken in arms would be put on trial for "inciting servile insurrection" and would be punished by the death penalty.
Lincoln declared that “the law of nations … permit no distinction as to color in the treatment of prisoners of war." He stated that if the Confederacy executed any Union soldier, the Union would do the same to a Confederate soldier. If the Confederacy enslaved a Union soldier, a Confederate soldier would be put to hard labor. While Davis publicly denounced Lincoln's order, it did have the desired effect on black prisoners of war. No more were executed or sent into slavery. But, afterwards it depended on the commander of the Confederate units as to what to do about taking black prisoners. Many simply did not take prisoners of war but shot them as they were surrendering. This happened at the Battle of Poison Spring, the Battle of Fort Pillow and at the Siege of Petersburg.
Confederate forces
African Americans did serve with the Confederacy. Some went with their masters or were used as labor behind the front lines. They also worked as teamsters and cooks. But for most of the war black men were not allowed to serve as soldiers.
There are, however, nine known photographs of African American men dressed in Confederate uniforms. But the photos do not come with explanations. Of the men in the photos, four are known by name and were slaves who went with their masters to the front lines.
Near the end of the war the idea of using black soldiers was debated. In 1864, General Patrick Cleburne suggested enlisting black slaves into the army. The idea was considered, but it raised the question by at least one Southern politician: "What did we go to war for, if not to protect our property?" Another said: "If slaves will make good soldiers, our whole theory of slavery is wrong." General Robert E. Lee knew he needed soldiers. He stated: "We must decide whether slavery shall be extinguished by our enemies and the slaves be used against us, or use them ourselves." Lee suggested the slaves be freed in exchange for their service as soldiers. But that condition was not in the bill that was approved by the Confederate Congress on March 13, 1865. Only a few thousand blacks enlisted before the war ended. By that time over 200,000 African Americans had served with the Union army.
Hipparion
Hipparion (Greek, "pony") is an extinct genus of horse that lived in North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. This was during the Miocene to Pleistocene epochs ~23 million years to 780,000 years ago. They lived for a total of 22 million years.
Q'orianka Kilcher
Q'Orianka Kilcher (born February 11, 1990 in Schweigmait, Germany) German-born American actress. She was raised in Hawaii. Q'Orianka's father is from Peru and he belongs to the Quechua/Huachipaeri, while her mother is of Swiss descent by way of Alaska. Her movie credits include the live action version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and the starring role of Pocahontas in The New World.
Hipparion
Hipparion's feet had three vestigial outer toes (in addition to its hoof).
Q'orianka Kilcher
She is a cousin of pop singer Jewel.
On June 1, 2010, Kilcher and her mother were arrested. Kilcher chained herself to the gates in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. Her mother poured black paint on her to signify oil. Kilcher was against President Barack Obama's meeting with Peruvian President Alan García. She said Garcia sold land in the Amazon rainforest to corporations while suppressing indigenous protests. She and her mother were charged with disorderly conduct. The charges were dropped on June 6, 2011 after they completed community service.
Rebellion
A rebellion is when people refuse to obey orders and fight against authority. Those who do this are "rebels". They may be citizens of a country who try to take over the government by force because they do not trust the current system. Some rebels in history were slaves who fought back against their masters or against slavery in general. Leader of slave rebellions include Spartacus and Nat Turner.
Sam Mercer
Sam Mercer is a movie producer of many Hollywood movies, including several projects directed by M. Night Shyamalan such as Signs and The Sixth Sense, as well as other movies like Van Helsing and Things We Lost in the Fire. His career started during the early 1980s as a location manager and later advanced to a producer and executive producer. He also produced the latest M. Night Shyamalan movies The Happening and The Last Airbender.
Rebellion
The Zhou dynasty in China feared rebellion. Rulers of other Chinese states that were captured live were made to with their own families in the Zhou capital, Anyang. However, this way failed to stop rebellion because groups of lords were brought together that could rebel. The Zhou dynasty declined because other lords who were ruling parts of China rebelled.
Bangweulu Wetlands
The Bangweulu Wetlands are a wetland area in north-eastern Zambia.
Overview
Bangweulu, which means "where the water sky meets the sky", is found mostly within Zambia's Northern Province and known by the Ramsar Convention as one of the world's most important wetlands. The 9,850 km2 region has flood-plains, seasonally flooded grasslands, woodlands, andswamps, fed by rivers near it.
Animals and plants
The ecosystem has Cyperus papyrus, floating grasses, miombo woodland, and reeds that support a lot of crocodiles, fish, and water birds. Some mammals in the Bangweulu Wetlands are buffalo, zebra, elephants, hippopotamus, hyenas, jackals, lechwe, sable antelope, and sitatunga. Millions of straw-coloured fruit bats go to Bangweulu's Mushitu swamp forest, in Kasanka National Park. In 2016, African Parks partnered with Fondation Segré to help 600 animals, including hartebeest, impala, and puku, into the wetlands.
Bangweulu has been called a "Important Bird Area" by BirdLife International. The wetlands are home to more than 400 bird species, including cormorants, ducks, egrets, Geese, herons, ibises, pygmy goose, and waders. Other animals found in Bangweulu include the great white pelican, saddle-billed stork, spoonbill, and wattled crane.
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa (pronounced ; born 15 September 1942) is a Zimbabwean politician. He became the second and current President of Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe resigned on 21 November 2017. He served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 2014 to 2017. On 6 November 2017 he was removed as vice president by Robert Mugabe, who said he had been plotting against the government. He is the president of Zimbabwe since 24 November 2017.
On 15 November 2017, Mnangagwa became leader of ZANU-PF and was reported as likely to soon become President of Zimbabwe after the coup against Mugabe. Mugabe resigned on 21 November 2017 and Mnangagwa was named to be his successor.
Assassination Attempt
While addressing a rally in Bulawayo and ahead of the scheduled July 31 elections, an explosion occurred, killing 2 and injuring 47 people. Mnangagwa escaped unharmed, but several members of the ZANU-PF party were injured, including his first and second vice-presidents; Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi, and Mary Chiwenga, the first vice-president's wife.
Würenlos
Würenlos is a municipality of the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Frances de la Tour
Frances de la Tour, also Frances J. de Lautour, (born 30 July 1944) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the television sitcom Rising Damp from 1974 until 1978. She is a Tony Award winner and three-time Olivier Award winner.
She also played Madame Olympe Maxime in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).
Survivor Series (2013)
Survivor Series (2013) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by WWE. It was held on November 24, 2013 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the twenty seventh Survivor Series event held by the WWE.
Gaude Mater Polonia
Gaude Mater Polonia is a polish medieval hymn and one of the oldest polish-latin lyric composed on gregorian chant „Oh salutaris Hostia”, on the occasion of pre-canonization of Stanislaus of Szczepanów. The hymn was written by Wincenty of Kielcza. In the times of the last crowned kings from the Piast dynasty, it served as the royal anthem. The song was first published on 8 may 1254, the oldest record comes from Kielce Antiphonary from 1372. During middle ages the hymn was chanted by polish knights after battle. Later the hymn was used on the national events.
Latin
Gaude, mater Polonia.
Prole fecunda nobili,
Summi Regis magnalia
Cuius benigna gratia
Stanislai Pontificis
Passionis insignia
Würenlingen
Würenlingen is a municipality of the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Gaude Mater Polonia
Latin
Signis fulgent mirificis.
Philip Kotler
Philip Kotler (born May 27, 1931) is an American marketing author, consultant, and professor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He works at Northwestern University. He is the author of over 60 marketing books. He is an expert at marketing and capitalism. He studied at DePaul University.
Gaude Mater Polonia
Latin
Regis non cedit furiae;
Stat pro plebis iniuria
Christi miles in acie.
Tyranni truculentiam,
Qui dum constanter arguit,
Membratim caesus meruit.
Novum pandit miraculum
Splendor in sancto ceritus,
Redintegrat corpusculum
Sparsum caelestis medicus.
Sic Stanislaus pontifex
Transit ad caeli curiam,
Ut apud Deum opifex
Nobis imploret veniam.
Poscentes eius merita,
Salutis dona referunt:
Morte praeventi subita
Cuius ad tactum anuli
Ad locum sancti tumuli
Multi curantur languidi.
Surdis auditus redditur,
Mutorum lingua solvitur
Et fugatur daemonium.
Ergo, felix Cracovia,
Sacro dotata corpore
Arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières
The arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières is an arrondissement of France in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Charleville-Mézières.
It is the most northern of the arrondissements of the department. It has an area of 1825.3 km2, the largest arrondissement of the department. It is the arrondissement with more people living in it, with 160,939 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
History
When the Ardennes department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières was part of that original department, sometimes we the name of Charleville and other times with the name of Mézières until 1966 when the two communes of Charleville and Mézières were joined to form the commune of Charleville-Mézières.
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are 11 cantons in the arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Communes
The arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières has 160 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):ː
Gaude Mater Polonia
Latin
Laus, honor, iubilatio:
De Martyris Victoria
Amen
Polish
O ciesz się, Matko-Polsko
w sławne potomstwo płodna!
Króla królów i najwyższego Pana
Albowiem z Jego łaskawości
niezmierne, jakie on wycierpiał
Potykał się za sprawiedliwość,
przed gniewem króla nie ustąpił:
i staje żołnierz Chrystusowy
Ponieważ stale wypominał
on okrucieństwo tyranowi,
koronę zdobył męczennika,
padł posiekany na kawałki.
Niebiosa nowy cud zdziałały,
bo mocą swą Niebieski Lekarz
poćwiartowane jego ciało
przedziwne znowu w jedno złączył.
Tak to Stanisław biskup przeszedł
w przybytki Króla niebieskiego,
aby u Boga Stworzyciela
nam wyjednać przebaczenie.
Gdy kto dla zasług jego prosi,
wnet otrzymuje zbawcze dary:
ci, co pomarli nagłą śmiercią,
do życia znowu powracają.
Choroby wszelkie pod dotknięciem
pierścienia jego uciekają,
przy jego świętym grobie zdrowie
niemocnych wielu odzyskuje.
Słuch głuchym bywa przywrócony,
a chromy kroki stawia raźno,
niemowom język się rozwiązał,
w popłochu szatan precz ucieka.
A przeto szczęsny ty, Krakowie,
uposażony świętym ciałem,
błogosław po wsze czasy Boga,
który z niczego wszystko stworzył.
Niech Trójcy Przenajświętszej zabrzmi
cześć, chwała, sława, uwielbienie:
a nam tryumfy męczennika
niech wyjednają radość wieczną.
Amen
English
Rejoice, on Mother Poland
To the Highest King render
Worship with incessant praise
For by His benign grace
Bishop Stanislaus' torments,
so great, which he had suffered
Shine with marvelous signs.
Here contending for justice,
And stands the soldier of Christ,
Because he constantly reminded
The tyrant of his brutality.
He gained the crown of a martyr,
And fell quartered into pieces.
The Heavens wrought a new miracle,
The martyr's quartered body
Once more miraculously joined into whole
Thus did bishop Stanislaus enter
Into the Court of the Celestial King.
Beg forgiveness for us.
When whosoever by his merits pleads,
Soon receives the saving gifts:
Those who died a sudden death,
To life return once more.
All diseases at the touch
Of his ring fee:
By his holy grace health
Is gained by the feeble.
Cartomancy
Cartomancy is the study of reading cards for fortune-telling or divination. There are many different types of cards used for cartomancy, some of which include standard playing cards and the tarot.
Gaude Mater Polonia
English
While the lame boldly takes steps,
The tongues of the mutes are untied,
Cartomancy
Tarot cards are similar to a standard deck of playing cards. In fact, Tarot predates regular playing cards, and might have been the basis for them. The major difference between playing cards and tarot is that tarot decks contain 22 extra cards called the Major Arcana, which are primarily used to read fortunes.
Gaude Mater Polonia
English
Satan flees in hasta far away.
Cartomancy
Some Spanish-speaking countries like Mexico use cards similar to bingo for fortune-telling. They call this practice Lotería. Because the game was invented in Italy, Lotería gets its name from the Italian word for lottery.
Gaude Mater Polonia
English
Thus, you, o happy Cracow,
Armed with saintly body.
Bless for all stemity God,
Who wrought all from naught
May to Most Holy Trinity sound Praise,
glory, celebration, adoration,
And let the triumphs of the martyr
Gain for us eternal bliss.
Amen
Galveston Island
Galveston Island is an island on the Texas Gulf Coast in the United States, about 50 mi southeast of Houston. The entire island, except for Jamaica Beach, is within the city limits of the City of Galveston in Galveston County.
Gunnar Uldall
Gunnar Uldall (17 November 1940 – 14 November 2017) was a German politician. He was state minister of Economy and Labour in Hamburg from 2001 to 2008. He was born in Hamburg. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served on the Hamburg Parliament from 1966 through 1983.
Uldall died on 14 November 2017, shortly before his 77th birthday in Hamburg.
Erdzeichen
The Erdzeichen (Earth Sign) is an artwork on the grounds of Munich Airport by the painter Wilhelm Holderied and the sculptor Karl Schlamminger. According to the artist, the earth sculpture at the airport is meant to be “An Island in Time,” i.e. a symbol of time sequences which are determined by the “primeval energy of the earth.” The ground-level artwork was completed in 1995. It stands in the tradition of archaic earth sculptures and modern works of Land Art, and also calls to mind Smithson’s famous “Spiral Jetty.”
The artwork was collectively financed by circa 400 donors in a campaign entitled “Be Part of Art.” The aerial archeological photographer Klaus Leidorf has documented the earth sculpture and the changes which nature and the seasons have brought to it since 1994.
Yelena Mizulina
Yelena Mizulina (born December 9, 1954) is a Russian professor, lawyer and politician. She was a member of the Russian Parliament between 1995 and 2003. Beginning in 2007, Mizulina became a member again. She later became the chairperson of the Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children Affairs.
Due to the Crimean crisis, Mizulina was punished by Canada, the United States and Western Europe.
Legislative work
Mizulina was involved with a number of controversial legislative projects. Those included:
Views toward marriage, sexual relations and family
Mizulina led an effort to decriminalize domestic violence in Russia. In 2016, she told reporters: "A man beating his wife is less offensive than when a man is humiliated."
After the publication of "Concept", it was pointed out that several positions described in it were plagiarized word-for-word from a school report published in free access on the Internet. That in turn was plagiarized from a curriculum of family studies in Tomsk Polytechnic University.
The criticism toward Mizulina
The writer Dmitri Bykov believed Mizulina was "constantly providing a legislative form for things that should remain a question of personal choice, which is far more dangerous than any gay pride parade".
In April 2019, Mizulina was widely quoted for her statements in defense of the Russian Internet censorship laws. Her statements were condemned as Orwellian by several journalists.
Arnex
Arnex can mean:
Jack Laviolette
He was born in Belleville, Ontario but grew up in Valleyfield, Quebec. When the National Hockey Association (NHA) formed in December 1909, (which was replaced 7 years later by the NHL), team/league owner Ambrose O'Brien asked Laviolette to put together a team made up of French Canadian players and play as the "Les Canadiens" franchise in Montreal. Laviolette was able to complete the task in time for the NHA's first season. Some of the first players that were signed to the team were future hall of famers Newsy Lalonde, Didier Pitre and Georges Vezina. The team that he had put together would go on to become the most successful franchise in professional hockey. In 1918, Laviolette lost his right foot in an automobile accident. The accident would end his playing career. There was a benefit game that was held for Laviolette at the Mount Royal Arena in 1921, which Laviolette was the guest of honour and also refereed.
In 1960, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as a lacrosse player and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1962.
Lussery-Villars
Lussery-Villars is a municipality in the Gros-de-Vaud district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 1999, Lussery and Villars-Lussery joined together to become this new municipality.
Orange Walk Town
Orange Walk Town is the second largest town in the nation of Belize. It has a population of about 13,400. It is the capital of the Orange Walk District. Orange Walk Town is on the left bank of the New River. It is 53 miles north of Belize City and 30 miles (50 km) south of Corozal Town.
In the days of the Mayas, the area was known as Holpatin.
Orange Walk Town is nicknamed "Sugar City". The local Tower Hill Sugar Factory (Belize Sugar Industries) handles all of the country's sugar cane output. The farming of other crops, and tourism, also play a role in the economy.
The region is highly populated by Mestizos, Kriols, Mennonites, Chinese, Taiwanese, Indians, and other people from Central America.
Basanta Prasad Manandhar
Basanta Prasad Manandhar (Nepali: बसन्त प्रसाद मानन्धर) is a Nepalese politician and currently serving as member of the Bagmati Provincial Assembly. He had previously served as Minister for Water, Energy and Irrigation of Bagmati Province.
Latvian Green Party
The Latvian Green Party is a green political party in Latvia. It started in 1990.
Indulis Emsis who in 2004 was Prime Minister of Latvia, is a member, as is  Raimonds Vējonis was President of Latvia between 2015 and 2019.
Skärhamn
Skärhamn is an urban area in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Tjörn Municipality.
Conservative Judaism
In Conservative Judaism, Jewish values can be divided into ethical and ritual laws - the ethical laws do not change, while the ritual laws are used in different customs. Because oftentimes Jews have to be a part of the society they live in, some of the ritual laws must be adapted to it. Such adaptations also allow modern lifestyles.
Another belief in conservative Judaism is that the texts that are the basis of Judaism should not be read literally, and that they can be analyzed and criticized like any other text. In Conservative Judaism, women are seen as equal to men and are allowed to sit with the men when attending synagogue, whereas in Orthodox Judaism for example, women are expected to sit in a different area. Women are also allowed to not wear head coverings when attending synagogue.
Arthur Eddington
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was an important English scientist. He was an astronomer, physicist, and mathematician in the early 20th century.
Eddington did his greatest work in astrophysics. He was also a philosopher of science and a populariser of science. The Eddington limit is named after him. It is the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object (which is what causes the luminosity).
Around 1920, he anticipated the discovery and mechanism of nuclear fusion in stars. This was published in his paper "The Internal Constitution of the Stars". At that time, the source of stellar energy was a complete mystery; Eddington was the first to correctly speculate that the source was fusion of hydrogen into helium.
He is also famous for his work on the theory of relativity. Eddington wrote a number of articles that explained Einstein's theory of general relativity to the English-speaking world. World War I severed many lines of scientific communication and new developments in German science were not well known in England. He also conducted an expedition to observe the solar eclipse of 29 May 1919. That gave one of the earliest confirmations of general relativity.The observations showed that light from stars which passed close by the Sun was slightly bent towards the Sun. This was predicted by the general theory of relativity. He became known for his popular expositions and interpretations of the theory.
Françoise Arnoul
Françoise Arnoul (born Françoise Annette Marie Mathilde Gautsch; 3 June 1931 – 20 July 2021) was an Algerian-born French actress. She was popular during the 1950s. Arnoul was born in Constantine, Algeria. She was known for her roles in Forbidden Fruit (1952), French Cancan (1954), Testament of Orpheus (1960) and Le Diable et les dix commandements (1962).
Arnoul died on 20 July 2021 in Paris from problems caused by Alzheimer's disease, aged 90.
Ricardo Rosselló
Ricardo Antonio "Ricky" Rosselló Nevares (born March 7, 1979) is a Puerto Rican college professor, scientist, and politician. He was the Governor of Puerto Rico and President of the New Progressive Party.
In mid-July 2019, Rosselló faced controversy after his phone messages were leaked which revealed homophobic messages, plans to create troll accounts for Facebook, evidence of corruption and death threats towards Mayor of San Juan Carmen Yulín Cruz. In July 21, he announced that he would not seek re-election in 2022. On July 24, Rosselló announced his resignation on August 2.
Jim Bush
James Stanley "Jim" Bush (September 15, 1926 – July 10, 2017) was an American National Track and Field Hall of Fame track and field coach. He was known primarily for his coaching tenure at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1965 to 1984. During that time, his teams won five NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships (1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978 (tied with UTEP) and he coached as many as 30 Olympians. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
A Web of Air
A Web of Air is a novel written by Philip Reeve in 2010.
Tlaxcala (disambiguation)
Tlaxcala might mean:
Bardo National Museum attack
On 18 March 2015, two gunmen dressed in military uniform attacked the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, Tunisia, taking hostages. 23 people, mostly tourists, were killed in the attack, while another 50 were injured. The two gunmen were also shot dead by police in the attack. 19 foreign tourists were killed in the attack, including including four Italians, two French national, one Russian national, one British national, two Colombians, five Japanese, three Polish nationals, one Australian, and one Spaniard were found to have been killed. Another two Tunisians, a police officer and a citizen, were murdered. The gunmen, Yassine Labidi and Saber Khachnaoui, were also Tunisians. Police called the event a terrorist attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant later claimed responsibility for the attack.
Visconti-Sforza tarot deck
The Visconti-Sforza tarot deck is the oldest known tarot deck. It was ordered to be made in the 15th century by Filippo Maria Visconti who was then the Duke of Milan. The name of the deck is used to describe various decks that have survived over time.
Elwood Hillis
Hillis was a resident of Windsor, Colorado. He died on January 4, 2023, at the age of 96.
Wölflinswil
Wölflinswil is a municipality of the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Borscht
References
Borș
Latvian Railways
Latvian Railway was started as a company on 2 September 1991. It is owned by the government. Before that was the Latvian Railway Board (Latvian Railways) which started on 5 August 1919.
Railways were first built in Latvia in the 1860s. They were damaged in the first and second world wars.
In 1992 there were 2364 km of railway lines and 23,000 workers.
Other websites
Official website
Splendid Days
Splendid Days (Серёжа) is a 1960 Soviet drama movie directed by Georgiy Daneliya and Igor Talankin. It stars Boris Barkhatov, Sergei Bondarchuk, and Irina Skobtseva.
Electoral district of Frome
Frome is an electoral district of South Australia. It was created in 1884, abolished in 1902, recreated in 1938, reabolished in 1977 and recreated again in 1993.
Wohlenschwil
Wohlenschwil is a municipality in Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Monkfish
Monkfish also known as the Goosefish is an angler from the genus Lophius. It is also known as an Angel shark. Having a large head it lives in the Atlantic waters of North America. They have large mouths.
Carrie Meek
Carrie Pittman Meek (April 29, 1926 – November 28, 2021) was an American politician. She served as the Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Florida in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003. She represented Florida's 17th congressional district.
She was elected to the Florida House as a Democrat in 1979, and served until 1982.
Meek died at his home in Miami, Florida on November 28, 2021 at the age of 95.
Thoth tarot deck
The Thoth tarot deck is a tarot deck painted by Lady Frieda Harris at the request of Aleister Crowley. Crowley referred to this deck as The Book of Thoth, and wrote a book with the same title of use with the deck.
List of countries by GDP (PPP)
gdp ppp by country wikipedia 2022 Purchasing Power Parity
All figures are in current international dollars (Int$).
Theloderma bicolor
The Chapa bug-eyed frog or Sapa bug-eyed frog (Theloderma bicolor) is a frog. It lives in northwestern Vietnam and southeastern and central China. People have seen it between 1400 and 1800 meters above sea level.
Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw (born Fiona Mary Wilson; 10 July 1958) is an Irish actress and theatre and opera director. She is known for her roles as Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter movie series (2001–2010), Marnie Stonebrook in the fourth season of the HBO series True Blood (2011), and Carolyn Martens in the critically acclaimed BBC spy thriller series Killing Eve (2018–2022).
Personal life
Shaw is openly a lesbian.
Keith Barron
Keith Barron (8 August 1934 – 15 November 2017) was an English actor. He appeared in many movie roles and on television from 1961 until 2015. His television roles included the police drama The Odd Man, the sitcom Duty Free and Gregory Wilmot in Upstairs, Downstairs. He was born in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England.
Barron died on 15 November 2017 at the age of 83.
List of people from Bihar
This is the list of the famous people belonging from the Bihar state of India.
Politicians
Dr. Srikrishna Sinha alias Sri Babu, Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Jagjiwan Ram, Karpoori Thakur, Smt. Meera Kumar, Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lalan, Sushil Modi,
Rashtriya Janata Dal
Samata Party
Garhpura Namak Satyagrah Gaurav Yatra
1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1936 in the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin.
Black softshell turtle
The black soft-shell turtle or Bostami turtle (Nilssonia nigricans) is a species of freshwater turtle found in India (Assam) and Bangladesh (Chittagong and Sylhet). It was long believed to be inbred individuals of the Indian softshell turtle (A. gangeticus or N. gangeticus) or the Indian peacock softshell turtle (A. hurum or N. hurum), but later found to be a distinct species. In the 1800s it was believed these turtles were brought from Iran to Chittagong shrine pond by Hazrat Bayezid Bostami. His turtles he had brought to this pond were treated as sacred and respected by the public. Previously declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2002, these turtles were found to still exist in a temple’s pond called the Hayagriva Madhava Temple located in Assam, India. Through conservation methods and protection of the species, some of these turtles can be found today throughout the wild, and scientists and environmental biologists are continuing to work hard to preserve this endangered species and their natural habitat.
1936 Winter Olympics
Participating nations
28 nations sent athletes to compete in Germany, to date the largest number at a Winter Games. Australia, Bulgaria, Greece, Liechtenstein, Spain, and Turkey all made their Winter Olympic debut in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Estonia, Latvia, the Netherlands, and Yugoslavia all returned to the Games after having missed the 1932 Winter Olympics.
Gilbert Prilasnig
Gilbert Prilasnig (born 1 April 1973) is an Austrian former football player. He played as defender mainly for SK Sturm Graz. He also played for the Austrian national football team. He is now coach for SK Sturm Graz Academy U18.
Club career
Prilasnig began his career at the age of twelve at VST Völkermarkt in Carinthia. He played there until he graduated from high school.In 1991 he went to Sturm Graz until 2001. There he had his greatest successes. He became two times Austrian champion and three times cup winner. He also took part part in the UEFA Champions League three times.
After his time with Sturm he played for Aris Thessaloniki, FC Kärnten, Cambridge United, DSV Leoben, Miedź Legnica, SV Horn and SC Wiesfleck, where a friend of him was coach. 2011 his career ended.
International career
Prilasnig played 16 matches for the Austrian national team. he made his debut in 1997 in a 3-0 win in Estonia. In the course of the World Cup qualification at that time, the Austrians made it to the 1998 World Cup, where Prilasnig was absent due to injury.
Personal life
Since 2004, Gilbert Prilasnig has also been involved socially as team manager of the Austrian homeless national team. He prepares them for the annual Homeless World Cup (HWC). For this work he was awarded the Graz Human Rights Prize in 2017 together with Harald Schmied.
In addition to his football career, he studied linguistics at the University of Graz and graduated with a master's degree.
Luis Bacalov
Luis Enríquez Bacalov (30 August 1933 – 15 November 2017) was an Argentine-born Italian composer of movie scores. He was born in Buenos Aires.
In the early 1970s, he worked with Italian progressive rock bands. Bacalov has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Original Music Score, winning it in 1996 for Il Postino. He was the artistic director of the Orchestra della Magna Grecia in Taranto, Italy.
Bacalov died in Rome on 15 November 2017 of leukemia at the age of 84.
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Pedro Tenorio
Pedro "Teno" Pangelinan Tenorio (April 18, 1934 – May 21, 2018) was a Northern Mariana Islander politician. He was the second and fifth elected Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. With 12 years in office, Tenorio is the longest-serving Governor in CNMI history.
Kao Corporation
Kao Corporation (花王株式会社) is a Japanese chemical and cosmetics company. It is based in Nihonbashi-Kayabacho, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan.
History
Kao was created in 1887 by Tomiro Nagase. It was created to manufacture toiletry soap. They were first known as Nihon Yuki Company (日本有機株式会社). In 1940, they changed their name to Kao Soap Company (花王石鹸株式会社). In 1985, they changed it again to Kao Corporation.
Pedro Tenorio
Tenorio died on May 21, 2018 at the Commonwealth Health Center in Saipan of complications from a stroke at the age of 84.
Rodez
Rodez (Rodés) is a commune in southwestern France in the department of Aveyron, of which it is its prefecture. It is in the region of Occitanie.
It was the capital of Rouergue, a former French province. Rodez is also the capital of 3 cantons: Rodez-1, Rodez-2 and Rodez-Onet.
History
Existing from at least the 5th century BC, Rodez was founded by Celtic people, the Ruteni. Here they built an oppidum (fortified place) which, after the Roman occupation, was named Segodunum ("Fortified place", "high hill"). The town later was given the name of Civitas Rutenorum ("City of the Ruteni") and then only Ruteni and, finally, Rodez.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the city was taken by the Visigoths and then by the Franks; in 725, the Moors took the city and destroyed the old church. Later it was occupied by the armies of the Dukes of Aquitaine and of the Counts of Toulouse. English troops occupied Rodez during the Hundred Years War.
With the creation of the Aveyron department in 1790, Rodez became préfecture of the department.
Geography
The commune of Rodez is on the western part of the central plateau (Massif Central) of France. The Aveyron river and the Auterne stream flow through the city.
Rodez has an area of 11.2 km2, and its average altitude is 572 m; at the city hall, the altitude is 627 m.
Climate
The climate of Rodez, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
Resurrection (1960 movie)
Resurrection (Воскресение) is a 1960 Soviet drama movie directed by Mikhail Shveitser. It stars Tamara Syomina, Yevgeny Matveyev, and Pavel Massalsky.
Charles Wesley Turnbull
Charles Wesley Turnbull (February 5, 1935 – July 3, 2022), was the 27th Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands serving from 1999 through 2007. During his tenure as governor, Turnbull served as a member of the National Governors Association, the Southern Governors' Association, and the Democratic Governors Association.
Rodez
Population
The inhabitants of Rodez are known, in French, as Ruthénois (women: Ruthénoises).
Charles Wesley Turnbull
Turnbull died on July 3, 2022 in Washington, D.C. at the age of 87.
Rodez
Population
With a population of 24,088, Rodez has a population density of inhabitants/km2.
Evolution of the population in Rodez
Rodez forms, together with 5 other communes, the urban area of Rodez with a population of 49,716 inhabitants (2013) and an area of 123.6 km2. This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Rodez, formed by 39 communes with a population of 85,181 inhabitants and an area of 1066.0 km2.
Administration
Rodez is the prefecture of the Aveyron department, the capital of the arrondissement of Rodez and the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of three cantons:
It is part of the intercommunality Rodez Agglomération (Communauté d'agglomération Rodez Agglomération).
Places of interest
Some interesting places in Rodez are:
Tiruchirappalli district
Tiruchirapalli district is one of the 32 districts of Tamil Nadu. The district's capital, Tiruchirappalli, is one of the largest in Tamil Nadu. It is located along the Kaveri River. The district's old name is Trichinopoly.
It is in the heart region of the state. The area of the district is 4,404 square kilometers. The population of the district is 27,22,290.
Bardo National Museum (Tunis)
The Bardo National Museum (المتحف الوطني بباردو; Musée national du Bardo) is a national museum in Tunis, Tunisia. In March 2015, the museum was the site of a terrorist attack that left over twenty people dead.
Parish
A parish is the area which is served by a church. This term is used by these churches: Church of England and the Anglican Communion, Roman Catholic, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Lutheran churches, and some Methodist, and Presbyterian churches. The idea is that the local priest or minister is responsible for the 'souls' in the parish.
Wohlen, Aargau
Wohlen is a municipality of the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Parish
The term refers to a local church community or territory, including its main church building, and other property. The word 'parish' is also used more generally to refer to the collection of people who attend a particular church. In this usage, a parish minister is one who serves a congregation.
A parish is a subdivision of a diocese or 'see'. The diocese is headed by a Bishop.
Parishes were responsible under the English Poor Law for supporting the poor people of their parish. Charles Dickens described how this worked. The parish would employ a beadle who would manage the workhouse. This work was later taken over by the board of guardians, who were not part of the church.
Local government
In some countries a civil parish is an administrative area of local government. Usually they started as an church parish of the same name. In the course of time, perhaps with modified boundaries to better suit local government, the parish survives.
In the American state of Louisiana, a parish is an administration area similar to a county.
Ayako Hamada
Ayako Valentina Hamada Villareal (born February 14, 1981 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Japanese-Mexican professional wrestler currently wrestling on the independent circuit. She is probably best known for wrestling for TNA Wrestling where she won the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship twice once with Awesome Kong and once with Taylor Wilde.
Unserdeutsch
Rabaul Creole German (also called Unserdeutsch, our German) is a creole language spoken in Papua New Guinea, and parts of Australia. It is the only German-based Creole language with an ISO code. It was developed in Papua New Guinea, around 1900. At that time, Papua New Guinea was a German colony. Today, most speakers live in Eastern Australia. Most speakers are old, so the language will soon disappear. Australian speakers of Unserdeutsch now live scattered in cities on the east coast, but communicate with one another in closed groups of social networks. It is estimated that fewer than ten Unserdeutsch speakers live in Papua New Guinea today. All speakers of Unserdeutsch know at least two other languages. In most cases, these are English and Tok Pisin. Estimates are that there are about 100 speakers left.
Origin
Unserdeutsch developed around 1900 around today's provincial capital Kokopo. At the time, this city was called Herbertshöhe. It was the seat of the provincial governor of German New Guinea. There was a Catholic school at the outskirts of town, which taught mixed-race children standard German. Most of the time, the mothers were locals, from Melanesia, and the fathers were Europeans; most often from Germany. They were civil servants, traders, and adventurers.
Outside school, the children mixed the high German with the local language Tok Pisin. They were not allowed to use Tok Pisin in school. The language that developed essentially used German words, with the grammar from Tok Pisin. Even after German rule in Papua New Guinea ended, the Vunapope mission station (which ran the school) remained in German hands with German as a school subject and even partly as the language of instruction. Since the children who developed Unserdeutsch often kept to themselves as mixed-race children and got married, they passed their Unserdeutsch on to the next generation and Unserdeutsch became the Creole language. After Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia in 1975, most of the Unserdeutsch speakers decided to take on Australian citizenship and to emigrate to Australia, especially Queensland, because offices and posts in their homeland were to be filled by indigenous Papuans.
Unserdeutsch is a spoken language; there is no governing body that regulates how to write it.
Linguists at the University of Augsburg (now: University of Bern) began to research Unserdeutsch in 2014.
Grammar
Nouns in Unserdeutsch have no gender. The article is always called “de”, for example de Mann, de Frau, de Haus. The plural of a noun is formed by prefixing the word “alle” with: “alle Frau”, “alle Knabe”. Interrogative pronouns are often placed at the end of the question sentence (“Du geht wo? "). Sometimes, words from Tok Pisin and English are used, for example “aufpicken”  (In English: to pick up) for “abholen” (translates as fetch). Unserdeutsch is a strict SVO language.
Planned languages as alternatives
Two planned languages were developed to be used in German colonies: One is called Weltdeutsch, the other is called Kolonialdeutsch.
Gloria
The name Gloria is a female given name which is very common in the English language. The pronunciation of the name is [ glawr-ee-uh, glohr- ]. The name means "glory" or "fame" in Latin. This name was ranked #572 on the US Popular Names in 2021. There are several notable movies under the name Gloria. Notable celebrities under the name include Gloria Gaynor, Gloria Reuben, Gloria Vanderbilt and the singer Gloria Estefan. The name was used on a hurricane that struck the East Coast of the United States in September 1985.
Vertebra
Vertebrae (singular: vertebra) are the individual irregular bones that make up the spinal column (aka ischis) – a flexuous and flexible column. There are normally thirty-three (33) vertebrae in humans, including the five that are fused to form the sacrum (the others are separated by intervertebral discs) and the four coccygeal bones which form the tailbone. The upper three regions comprise the remaining 24, and are grouped under the names cervical (7 vertebrae), thoracic (12 vertebrae) and lumbar (5 vertebrae), according to the regions they occupy. Each vertebra has a hole through which the spinal cord passes.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Mangosuthu Buthelezi (born 27 August 1928) is a South African politician and Zulu tribal leader. He founded the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in 1975 and was Chief Minister of the KwaZulu bantustan until 1994. He was Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. His praise name is Shenge.