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Indian Camp
Plot
Nick Adams goes with his father, a doctor, to an Indian camp. A pregnant woman is having difficulty giving birth. The baby is found to be backwards in the womb, and Dr. Adams is forced to perform a Caesarean operation. After the procedure is successful, Nick's father looks on the top bunk of the bed to see if the woman's husband was okay. The man had committed suicide with a razor during the labor.
This is the first Nick Adams story and shows the characterization of the father/son relationship between Nick and Dr. Adams.
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
The Waterworks Museum is a museum in the Chestnut Hill Waterworks building.
It used to be a pumping station of the Boston Metropolitan Waterworks and it pumped up to a hundred million gallons of water each day.
Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven)
The Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 is a work for solo piano written by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is also called the Pathétique Sonata. It was written between 1797 and 1798. It was published in Vienna, Austria in 1799. The work is written in three movements. The first opens with a slow and serious introduction. It is followed by an quick section in sonata form. This section is driven forward by tremolando octaves in the left hand. The movement expresses a questing, uncertain mood. The second movement is a slow piece in rondo form. The third movement is a quick, melancholic rondo. Its main theme is accompanied by arpeggios in the left hand. This movement concludes with a brilliant coda.
Notuner Gaan
Notuner Gaan (নতুনের গান; "The Song of Youth"), more popularly known (after its first line) as Chol Chol Chol is the national march (রণ-সঙ্গীত) of Bangladesh.,
Lyrics
Here are the rest of the original lyrics from which the National march of Bangladesh came (continuing from the last section):
Fisher County, Texas
Fisher County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In the 2020 census, 3,672 people lived there. The county seat is Roby.
History
Fisher County was created in 1886.
Dax, Landes
Dax (Dacs in Gascon) is a commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France, sub-prefecture of the Landes department. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Dax and of 2 cantons in the department: Dax-1 and Dax-2.
It is well-known spa town, specialising in mud treatment for rheumatism and similar medical problems.
History
Dax was first established by the Romans, and its name was Civitas Aquensium. In the Middle Ages, it was administered by viscounts until 1177. when Henry II Plantagenet, later King of England, got the Aquitaine. Dax remained under the English rule until 1451, when it was conquered by the French troops before the end of the Hundred Years' War.
Geography
Dax is, in straight line, at about 30 km from the beaches of southern Landes, 45 km from Bayonne, 150 km from Bordeaux, 50 km from Mont-de-Marsan and 80 km from Pau.
The commune has an area of 19.7 km2, and its average altitude is 24 m; at the city hall, the altitude is 13 m.
The city of Dax is mainly on the left side of the Adour river.
Climate
The climate of Dax is Marine West Coast Climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb), with mild winters and warm summers.
Population
The inhabitants of Dax are known, in French, as Dacquois (women: Dacquoises).
With a population of 20,485, Dax has a population density of inhabitants/km2.
Evolution of the population in Dax
Dax forms, with 12 other communes, the urban area of Dax with a population of 49,853 inhabitants (2013) and an area of 208.3 km2. This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Dax, formed by 31 communes, with a population of 64,937 inhabitants (2013) and an area of 520.4 km2.
Administration
Dax is a subprefecture of the Landes department since 1800. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Dax and the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of two cantons:
Twin towns
Dax is twinned with:
Constantine Mitsotakis
Constantine Mitsotakis or Konstantinos Mitsotakis (18 October 1918 – 29 May 2017) was a Greek politician. He is the former Prime Minister of Greece from 11 April 1990 through 13 October 1993.
He was born in Chania, Crete, to a political family: his father and grandfathers were members of parliament, and the great liberal leader Eleftherios Venizelos was his uncle. He graduated in law and economics from the University of Athens.
In January 2004 Mitsotakis announced that he would retire from Parliament at the 7 March election, 56 years after his first election.
Death
Mitsotakis died on 29 May 2017 in Athens, aged 98.
Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (October 17, 1817– 27 March 1898) was a teacher and politician. He was a philospher as well. He was also a social reformer. He founded the school that would later become Aligarh Muslim University.
In 1857 there was a rebellion in India. This is known as the First Indian War of Independence. During this time, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan kept loyal to the British; He also saved many European lives. After the rebellion he wrote a book where he said the British were in fact those who caused the rebellion. In order to settle the question of whether Sir Syed was a communitarian or a communalist, we need to assess the speeches and articles which he wrote. One such speech of Sir Syed which he gave in Meerut in the year 1888 clearly shows that Sir Syed turned to arguments fielded by religious fanatics in order to develop a communal alliance between Indian Muslims and British Christians. He said,
He was unhappy about the position of Muslims in India as their social and economic status was declining. According to Sir Syed, Muslims had to bring a positive approach to the British and accept their ways of education. He wanted the Muslims to benefit from the British. To achieve this task he had to bring about cooperation between the Muslims and the British. To do this he did the following things:
Sir Syed played a vital role in the educational uplift of the Muslims in India. He did the following things to improve the educational standards:
Sir Syed also increased the political awareness of Muslims in the Sub-continent. At first he believed in Hindu-Muslim unity but later resolved to the two-nation theory. In 1885 the Indian National Congress was set up. It claimed to be the body of every Indian regardless of religion. However it later proved to be functioning only for the Hindus and tried to eradicate the Muslims. The Congress made three demands:
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan played a vital role in improving the Muslim status. He worked tirelessly to restore relations between the Muslims and the British. He brought the Muslim revival through the Aligarh movement and showed the importance of education. He brought an idea about the Two-nation theory and is hence known as "The Father of The Pakistan Movement"
Bhimber
Bhimber is the main town of the Bhimber District in Azad Kashmir. The town is on the border between Azad Kashmir and Pakistan. It is about 50 km from Mirpur.
Mouthier-Haute-Pierre
Mouthier-Haute-Pierre is a commune. It is in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in the Doubs department in east France.
Belves
Belves is a former commune in the Dordogne Department in the south-west of France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Pays-de-Belves.
Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 730 communes of the Moselle département, in France.
(CAF) Communauté d'agglomération de Forbach, created in 2003. (CAM) Communauté d'agglomération de Metz Métropole, created in 2002. (CAS) Communauté d'agglomération de Sarreguemines Confluences, created in 2002, also partly in the Bas-Rhin département. (CAT) Communauté d'agglomération Portes de France-Thionville, créée en 2004. (CAH) Communauté d'agglomération du Val de Fensch, created in 2000.
Scripps College
Scripps College is a private liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California. It was founded in 1926. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges and is known for its extensive interdisciplinary core curriculum and historic campus. Scripps is a four-year college for undergraduates; as of, it has students. Its courses focus on the humanities. The college is a top producer of Fulbright students.
Floyd County, Texas
Floyd County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 5,402 people lived there. The county seat is Floydada.
United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
The Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health & Retirement Security is one of the three subcommittees within the Senate Committee on Health
Anthony Minichiello
Anthony Minichiello (born 24 May 1980) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played his entire career (2000–14) for the Sydney Roosters of the National Rugby League, captaining them for his final two seasons. He played more games and scored the most tries for the club than any other player in its history. He played in six grand finals, winning two in 2002 and 2013.
Personal life
Minichiello was born in Liverpool, in south-west Sydney, New South Wales. He is of Italian ancestry. His younger brother, Mark, also plays rugby league. He has been married to shoe designer Terry Biviano since January 2012. In December 2013, their daughter, Azura Trésor, was born.
Roundup (herbicide)
Roundup is the brand name for a systemic and broad-spectrum glyphosate based herbicide. It is produced under the Bayer company. It was previously produced under Monsanto. Bayer, in 2018, took over Monsanto. Roundup was first developed and patented during the 1970s. It was first marketed to consumers in 1973.
There is limited evidence saying human cancer risk could increase due to exposure to large amounts of glyphosate. There is almost no good evidence for such a risk though.
Megan Hollander
Megan Hollander is a Dutch Paralympic Badminton player.
Foard County, Texas
Foard County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 1,095 people lived there. The county seat is Crowell.
Megan Hollander
She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. and Dubai Para Badminton International 2021, winning a gold medal.
Joy Bangla
Joy Bangla (জয় বাংলা) is a salutation, slogan and war cry used in Bangladesh. It translates roughly to "Victory to Bengal" or "Hail Bengal".
Jessie MacLean
Jessie MacLean is a racing cyclist from Australia. Jessie rode at the 2011, 2012 and 2014 UCI Road World Championships. She was born on 17 October 1985.
Near field communication
Near field communication (often shortened to NFC) is the name for a standard that uses radio communication technology to send data over short distances. Usually, the distance covered is in the order of four centimeters. The standard is mostly used for micropayment systems. Another common use is to store tickets, such as those used for trains and buses on a re-usable smartcard. Many universities equip their student ID cards so they can be used to pay small amounts, for example a cup of coffee in a cafeteria.
Danny Mills
Danny Mills (born 18 May 1977) is a former English football player. He has played for England national team.
Club career statistics
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Toke Talagi
Sir Toke Tufukia Talagi (9 January 1951 – 15 July 2020) was a Niuean politician, diplomat and statesman. He served as Premier of Niue from 2008 to 2020. Talagi was born in Alofi.
On 15 July 2020, Talagi died in Alofi at the age of 69.
Wittibreut
Wittibreut is a municipality in Rottal-Inn in Bavaria, Germany.
Barnacle
A barnacle is a cirripede, a kind of crustacean. It is covered with hard plates of calcium carbonate, and lives stuck to hard surfaces.
It does not look like a crustacean, and for many centuries it was thought to be a mollusc. In the 1830s, J.V. Thompson found their larvae, and followed their development through to their adult form. They have a nauplius larva, typical of crustaeans. Later Charles Darwin, who spent eight years working on barnacles, found that Thompson had been right.
Barnacles grow on hard surfaces like piers, boats, rocks, and on other animals such as turtles and whales. Barnacles are a different group from crabs and shrimps. They are considered a nuisance to the shipping industry and private boat owners.
Life-style
Barnacles are suspension feeders, sweeping small food into their mouth with their curved 'feet'. They are cemented to rock (usually), and covered with hard calcareous plates, which they shut firmly when the tide goes out. The barnacles reproduce sexually, and produce little nauplius larvae which disperse in the plankton. Eventually, the larvae change into cypris form, and attach on other hard surfaces to form new barnacles. Their comparative anatomy was worked out in detail by Charles Darwin.
Reproduction
Barnacles have the largest penis to body size ratio of the animal kingdom. A few forms have become fully parasitic on larger crustacea.
Barnacles are by far the commonest animals on rocky sea shores. Their numbers on a shore in the Isle of Man have been estimated as a thousand million (109), and they produce body material of 12 hundrededweight (~600 kg) of tissue, weighed after drying. Each year they let go a huge number of larvae, estimated as a million million (1012). p110
Darwin's work
Darwin set his work out in four parts: There were the barnacles on stalks (pedunculated), and those that sat on hard substrate (the sessile barnacles). Each of these was divided into living and fossil barnacles.
Method
Method may mean:
Sacrifice (2011)
Sacrifice (2011) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It was held on May 15, 2011 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the seventh Sacrifice event that TNA held.
Steven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal (born April 10, 1952) is an American martial artist, movie actor, producer, writer, guitarist and former reserve deputy sheriff. Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan. He became the first foreigner to have an Aikido dojo in Japan. He later moved to Los Angeles, California. There he made several movies. Under Siege (1992) brought him the most fame. Credited with popularising aikido in film, Seagal is considered an important figure in the development and popularization of martial arts in the West.
In 2009, the A&E Network began showing his reality show Steven Seagal: Lawman. This show focused on his work as a deputy sheriff. In 2011, Steven Seagal produced and starred in a 13 episode television series called True Justice.
From 1996 to 2010, multiple women have accused Seagal of sexual harassment or assault.
Views
Seagal is known as an environmentalist, an animal rights activist and as a supporter of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.
He is also known for his outspoken support of Vladimir Putin. Seagal once called Putin "one of the great living world leaders". He was granted Russian citizenship in 2016. In 2018, the Russian foreign ministry announced that Seagal was appointed as a special envoy to improve ties with the United States. In 2023, Putin bestowed a state decoration on Seagal, awarding the Order of Friendship.
Personal life
Seagal owns a dude ranch in Colorado and a home in Brentwood. He has adopted many animals from shelters. Seagal is a Buddhist.
Seagal has seven children from four relationships.
In Japan, Seagal married his first wife, Miyako Fujitani. They had a son and daughter. The daughter is actress and writer Ayako Fujitani.
In the United States, he married former Days of our Lives actress Adrienne La Russa. During this marriage, he began a relationship with Kelly LeBrock. LeBrock became pregnant. He then ended the marriage with La Russa and married LeBrock. They had 3 children. During his marriage to LeBrock, Seagal was having a relationship with their nanny, Arissa Wolf. She had a daughter.
Seagal is currently married to Erdenetuya Batsukh, called Elle. They have a son. Elle is from Mongolia.
In addition to his biological children, he is the guardian to a Tibetan child, Yabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo.
Fin
A fin is a surface used to produce lift and thrust or to steer while traveling in water, air, or other fluid media. The word was first used for the limbs of fish, but it is now also used to mean other animal limbs and human-made devices.
The fins of fish are called:
Myon, Doubs
Myon is a commune. It is in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in the Doubs department in east France.
Lardarius Webb
Lardarius Webb (born October 12, 1985) is a former American football free safety. He was picked by Baltimore in the 3rd Round of the 2009 NFL Draft. Webb played college football at Nicholls State University. He won Super Bowl XLVII with the Ravens when they defeated the San Francisco 49ers 34-31.
Early Years/High School
Webb was born in the USA state of Alabama. In high school, he spent time as a runningback, quarterback, and defensive back.
College career
Webb originally attended the University of Southern Mississippi. Webb did not miss a game in his first season and had 55 tackles as a sophomore.
In 2007 Webb changed to Nicholls State University. In his first game, Webb intercepted three passes and returned one for a touchdown. Webb played several positions.
Baltimore Ravens
Lardarius Webb was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the 3rd Round of the 2009 NFL Draft. Webb returned kicks and punts as well as helping in Baltimore's secondary. In 2009, Webb returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown against the Denver Broncos. His season ended with a torn ACL against the Chicago Bears. He finished his rookie season with 35 tackles (32 alone), 1 sack and 6 knocked down passes. He also returned 35 kick-offs for 918 yards (26.2 average) and a touchdown.
Webb had 54 tackles (47 alone), 9 passes knocked down, and 2 interceptions in the 2010 regular season. However, he gave up a huge 58-yard completion to Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown in a Divisional Playoff loss.
In 2011 Webb became a full-time starter. He had 67 tackles (54 alone), a sack, 20 knocked down passes, 5 interceptions (three more in the playoffs), 81 regular season return yards, and two touchdowns (one a punt return, another off a 73-yard interception).
He won Super Bowl XLVII with the Ravens when they defeated the San Francisco 49ers 34-31.
Andrea Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo (born 19 May 1979) is an Italian football player. He was born on May 19, 1979, in Flero, a commune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy to parents Luigi and Lidia. He has a brother named Ivan. He drew international attention for the first time at 13, when he and his team, ‘Voluntas Brescia U15s’, participated in the 1992 ‘Dana Cup’. They made it to the semi-finals before being knocked out.
In 2020, Juventus appointed Andrea Pirlo as their new Head Coach.
Club career statistics
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International career statistics
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Zdeněk Hoření
Zdeněk Hoření (9 February 1930 – 12 February 2021) was a Czechoslovak journalist and politician. He was Editor-in-Chief of Rudé právo. He was a member of the Communist Party. He was born in Frýdštejn, First Czechoslovak Republic. From 1986 to 1990, he was a member of the Federal Assembly. Before, he was a member of the Czech National Council from 1976 to 1986.
Hoření died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic in Prague on 12 February 2021 at the age of 91, three days after his birthday.
WGN-TV
WGN-TV is an cw television station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States. It serves as the flagship television property of the Tribune Broadcasting of the Tribune Media Company, which also owns radio station WGN (720 AM) and local cable news channel Chicagoland Television (CLTV).
The station's second digital subchannel serves as an owned-and-operated station of the classic TV network Antenna TV. It is broadcast through a transmitted located at the Willis Tower.
Franklin County, Texas
Franklin County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 10,359 people lived there. The county seat is Mount Vernon.
Esha Deol
Esha Deol (born 2 November 1981) is an Indian movie actress and model. She is the daughter of actor-politicians Dharmendra and Hema Malini. Deol made her debut in Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe (2002). She was born in Mumbai.
Wurmannsquick
Wurmannsquick is a municipality in Rottal-Inn in Bavaria in Germany.
Fort Bend County, Texas
Fort Bend County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 822,779 people lived there. The county seat is Richmond. The largest city in the county is Sugar Land.
Desmond Doss
Desmond Doss (February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006) grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia and was a Seventh-day Adventist, which meant he was a pacifist. He did not believe in violence and chose not to use or carry weapons. He vowed not to kill.
Patricio Aylwin
Patricio Aylwin Azócar (November 26, 1918 – April 19, 2016) was a Chilean politician. He served as President of Chile from March 11, 1990 through March 11, 1994. He was the first president of Chile after democracy was restored in 1990. He was also a lawyer and former senator.
Aylwin was born in Viña del Mar, Chile on November 26, 1918. He married Leonor Oyarzún in 1948. They had five children. Aylwin died on April 19, 2016 at his home in Santiago from respiratory failure complicated from a fall, at the age of 97.
Help Wanted (SpongeBob SquarePants)
"Help Wanted" is the pilot episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. It is the first episode of the first season. It first aired on May 1, 1999.
Plot
SpongeBob gets ready to apply for a job at the Krusty Krab. He is encouraged by his best friend, a starfish named Patrick. When he arrives, he asks a crab named Mr. Krabs to start working. SpongeBob's neighbor, an octopus named Squidward, does not want SpongeBob to get a job. Mr. Krabs agrees to hire him if he gets a special spatula. As SpongeBob looks for it, a lot of anchovies appear at the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob returns with his spatula and cooks hamburgers for them. He is then hired by Mr. Krabs.
Maltese Americans
Maltese Americans are Americans of Maltese descent.
List of World Heritage Sites in Ecuador
History
UNESCO was created for the "conservation and protection of the world’s inheritance of books, works of art and monuments of history and science". The constitution of UNESCO was ratified in 1946 by 26 countries, not including Ecuador.
Ecuador agreed to take part in the World Heritage Convention on June 16, 1975.
List
The World Heritage Site (WHS) list has developed over time. It is part of a process; and the list continues to grow.
As of 2012, there are 4 places in Ecuador which are on the World Heritage List.
There are 7 sites which are on a tentative list.
Tentative List
The Tentative List consists of sites which have been nominated. The evaluation process is not yet completed.
Don Sandburg
Don Sandburg (1930 – October 6, 2018) was an American television writer, actor, and producer. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has worked in television, most notably as producer of The Banana Splits for Hanna-Barbera as well as WGN-TV's Bozo's Circus as Sandy the Clown. In 1967, Sandburg appeared in local McDonald's ads as Ronald McDonald.
Sandburg died of complications from Alzheimer's disease in Springfield, Oregon on October 6, 2018 at the age of 87.
List of colonial governors of Bechuanaland
This is a list of the colonial heads of Bechuanaland Protectorate, which gained independence as Botswana in 1966. From 1885 to 1891 the post was known as Deputy Commissioner; from 1891 to 1964 as Resident Commissioner; and from 1964 to independence as The Queen's Commissioner.
For continuation after independence see: Heads of State of Botswana
Batna Province
Batna is a province of Algeria. The capital is Batna. Other important towns are Barika, Merouana and Timgad. Belezma National Park is there.
Districts
The districts are:
Pierre-Guillaume de Roux
He worked with Arthus, Contrepoint, Revue des deux Mondes, Latitudes, Le Quotidien de Paris, L'Appel, Magazine hebdo. In 1985, he was appointed literary director of Éditions de la Table ronde. He was one of the founding members of Éditions Criterion of Média-Participations.
2008–09 Chicago Blackhawks season
The 2008–09 Chicago Blackhawks season is the team's 82nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Jurong East MRT station
Jurong East Station (NS1/EW24) is an MRT station in Singapore. It is an interchange station along North South MRT Line and East West MRT Line. The station is a terminus for the North South MRT Line, and is currently the only elevated station to have triple island platforms.
2008–09 Chicago Blackhawks season
Playoffs
The Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames in the Conference Quarter-Finals 4 games to 2, and the Vancouver Canucks 4 games to 2 in the Conference Semi-Finals, but lost to the Detroit Red Wings in the Conference Finals 1 game to 4.
Jurong East MRT station
History
This station was opened on 5 November 1988. The Branch MRT Line was opened on 10 March 1990, and it merged with North South MRT Line on 10 February 1996. The station code was originally W9. Two additional platforms were opened on 27 May 2011.
Following stations
Previous: Clementi (EW23) Next: Chinese Garden (EW25)
Previous: N/A Next: Bukit Batok (NS2)
Naisey-les-Granges
Naisey-les-Granges is a commune. It is in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in the Doubs department in east France.
Freestone County, Texas
Freestone County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 19,435 people lived there. The county seat is Fairfield.
Rick Hansen
Rick Hansen, CC, OBC (born August 26, 1957 in Port Alberni, British Columbia) is a Canadian athlete and activist. He was paralyzed in an accident at the age of 15. Inspired by his friend Terry Fox, who tried to run across Canada after losing a leg to cancer, he set out on a trip to travel around the world, in his wheelchair; it was called the Man in Motion tour. The money he raised from that tour went to help spinal cord injury research and paraplegic sports. He still works and does charity to raise money & awareness. Hansen was one of the torchbearers during the 2010 Winter Olympics.
2007–08 Chicago Blackhawks season
The 2007–08 Chicago Blackhawks season is the team's 81st season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Alexander Gode
Alexander Gottfried Friedrich Gode-von Aesch, or simply Alexander Gode (October 30, 1906 – August 10, 1970), was a German-American linguist, and translator. He helped create the auxiliary language Interlingua.
2007–08 Chicago Blackhawks season
Playoffs
The Blackhawks did not qualify for the playoffs in the 2007-08 seasion.
Region
Region is a geographic term used in many ways in the different types of geography. In general, a region is a medium-scale area of land or water. It is smaller than the whole area of something (which could be, for example, the world, a nation, a mountain range, and so on). A climate zone is one kind of region.
A region is larger than a specific location. It may be seen as a collection of smaller things (as in "the New England states") or as one part of a larger whole (as in "the New England region of the United States"). In some countries a region is a unit of local government.
Frio County, Texas
Frio County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 18,385 people lived there. The county seat is Pearsall.
Payden Vair
Payden Vair (born Payden Olsen; 29 September 1998) is a Canadian sitting volleyball player. She plays at the attacker position. She is a member of the Canada women's national sitting volleyball team. She competed at the 2019 Parapan American Games, and 2020 Summer Paralympics. Before Vair was impaired, she played football with the Lethbridge College in Alberta and became "2018 Rookie of the Year". Vair was involved in a lawnmower accident at her parents' house in Cardston in 2018. Because of the remote location, the paramedics arrived almost an hour later. Her right leg had to be amputated below the knee and she underwent reconstruction on her left heel. Vair started with wheelchair basketball in 2019 and made her debut for the national team in 2019.
Electoral district of Kalamunda
Kalamunda is an electoral district of Western Australia. It was created in 1974, abolished in 1989 and recreated in 2008.
Kalamunda is in Perth.
Toothache
A toothache is a pain felt in a person's tooth, normally when the tooth is hurt. A tooth can be hurt by tooth decay caused by plaque or by an injury.
Middle way
The Middle Way or Middle Path is a teaching about a way of looking at things in Buddhism. This teaching advises a path of moderation, taking a middle way between extremes. In particular, the Buddha advises against taking a either an overly hard path or an overly easy path. He said that a person should not be either too self-indulgent or self-denying. The middle way is a different way of life.
According the Third Noble Truth, the way to stop suffering is to stop wanting things. But if a person too strongly wants to stop wanting things, they are still wanting something. (to stop wanting things). The middle way helps solve this problem. Buddha came to this idea after six years of extreme self-denial in the search for how to end suffering.
Jaú National Park
The Jaú National Park ('Parque Nacional do Jaú') is in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in the Amazonas state of Brazil.
It is the largest forest reserve in South America, covering an area over 6 million acres (23,000 km²). Entry into the park is restricted; express permission from the Brazilian government is required to enter the reserve.
The park is a good example of tropical rainforest conservation in the Amazon. Its forests, lakes and channels are a "constantly evolving aquatic mosaic that is home to the largest array of electric fish in the world". The site protects key threatened species, including giant arapaima fish, the Amazonian manatee, the black caiman and two species of river dolphin and the jaguar. There are many other species of animals and plants.
More information
The park is in the lower reaches of the Rio Negro branch of the Amazon. This branch is black with the organic matter picked up by the river. It has white-sand beaches during the dry season and flooded forest during the wet season. The streams turn into a 'ria' lake in the wet season, flooding huge areas of land, typical of all large rivers in the Amazon region. The site contains the nine-tier waterfall of the Carabinani River.
The Rio Negro flows through the eastern edge of Brazil’s Jau National Park. The river is the big strip of blue running from left to right across the image, and the other blue ribbons are tributaries. It starts at the border of Venezuela and Brazil, and meets up with the Amazon in central Brazil. Half-submerged islands can be seen in the center of the river. Between November and April when the river is at its peak, many of these islands disappear.
There is a high diversity of vertebrates in the park, with 120 species of mammals, 411 birds, 15 reptiles and 320 fishes. The site is home to relics of past human occupation of the Amazon region.
Plural
In linguistics, noun phrases have grammatical number. Plural is one kind of grammatical number. In English, plural noun phrases are counted as more or less than one (e.g., –32 degrees, no bananas, 0.5 liters, 1.2 grams, two times, three fish, 20 mothers). In contrast, a singular noun phrase usually refers to something that you would count as one only (e.g., one time, a glass, the sun, my mother, Jennifer). Noun phrases that cannot be counted are also singular in English (e.g., water, the meat, some space, etc.).
In many languages, a suffix (word ending) is added to a word to show that the word is plural. In English, the normal plural suffix is -s (e.g., cat is singular, and cats is plural).
Plurals in English
There are a number of exceptions:
It is fair to say that most native English-speakers make mistakes in this area, which is one of the more troublesome aspects of English.
Other languages
All European languages have plural forms. The suffix that is used in each language is different from the one that is applied to English nouns.
In other languages, such as Chinese, Korean and Japanese, there is usually no plural ending.
Gaslight (movie)
Gaslight is a 1944 American crime drama mystery thriller movie. It was based on the play Gas Light. The movie is about a man trying to steal jewels that belong to his wife. He tries to make his wife insane so that she will not interfere. Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman play the man and the wife. Angela Lansbury plays their maid, Nancy.
This movie was released on May 4, 1944. The movie won two Academy Awards and was nominated for five others.
The term gaslighting comes from the title of the movie.
Mary Anna Custis Lee
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee (1 October 1808 – 5 November 1873) was the wife of Confederate Army military officer Robert E. Lee. She was also his third cousin. They married at her parents' home, and had seven children together.
Life
She was born in Clarke County, Virginia on 1 October 1808; although her birth appears in the Custis family Bible and in records kept by her mother to have happened in 1807. She was born at the Annefield plantation when her mother's coach stopped there during a journey. She was well educated, having learned both Latin and Greek.
She liked talking about politics with her father and later her husband. She kept current with all the new literature. After her father died, she edited and published his writings as Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, by his adopted son George Washington Parke Custis, with a Memoir of this Author by his Daughter in 1859.
She was a small but spirited woman. She knew her third cousin, Robert E. Lee, since childhood. She also dated Governor of Texas, Sam Houston.
Mary and Robert were married at her parents' home, Arlington House, on 30 June 1831. They had three sons and four daughters together: George Washington Custis "Custis", William H. Fitzhugh "Rooney", Robert Edward Jr., Mary, Eleanor Agnes (called Agnes), Anne, and Mildred Lee.
When the American Civil War began, her husband Robert and their sons were all called to service in Virginia. She didn't evacuate her home until 15 May 1861. Robert wrote to his wife saying:
"War is inevitable, and there is no telling when it will burst around you . . . You have to move and make arrangements to go to some point of safety which you must select. The Mount Vernon plate and pictures ought to be secured. Keep quiet while you remain, and in your preparations . . . May God keep and preserve you and have mercy on all our people."
After the war, the Lees lived in Powhatan County for a short time before moving to Lexington. Robert E. Lee would become the president of the Washington College. Mary Anna Custis Lee visited her old home, the Arlington House, one last time in 1873.She hardly recognized the estate except for a few old oaks and some of the trees that she and Robert had planted.
She eventually got severe rheumatoid arthritis. Mary Anna Custis Lee died at 66 years old. She is buried next to her husband at the Lee family crypt at Lee Chapel on the campus of Washington and Lee University.
Saint-Vaury
Saint-Vaury (Sant Vauric) is a commune in the Creuse department in central France.
Killing of Hunter Brittain
At approximately 3 am on Wednesday June 23, 2021, 17 year old Hunter Brittain was shot by a sheriffs deputy, Michael Davis, near Cabot, Arkansas. Brittain was attempting to use a jug of antifreeze to stop his truck from rolling into the officer’s vehicle when the deputy shot him.
Eurasia
Eurasia is the combined landmass of Europe and Asia in the northern part of Earth. It has the Atlantic Ocean on its west, and the Pacific Ocean to the east. The Arctic Ocean is to its north, and the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean to its south. It is the largest of the continents. Its name comes from adding the "Eur" from "Europe" to "Asia". It and Africa form a part of the world called "Afro-Eurasia".
Killing of Hunter Brittain
Brittain’s family claimed he was test driving a truck which he had been working on when he was pulled over by the deputy.
Eurasia
Some geographers say Eurasia is one continent, because Europe and Asia are mostly on the same tectonic plate and do not have a sea between them. The Ancient Greeks divided the world they knew into Europe, Asia and Africa. To them, the Aegean Sea was the division between the Balkan Peninsula in Europe and Asia Minor in Asia. North of the Sea of Marmara, the Greeks thought the lands on the western side of the Black Sea was Europe and the eastern side was Asia. The ancient Greeks did not know very much about the lands north of the Black Sea. Since Classical Antiquity, people have talked about Asia and Europe separately, so it is now a tradition to see them as two continents.
Killing of Hunter Brittain
The death of Brittain inspired protests. Brittain’s family and friends have proposed “Hunter’s Law”. The law would require all Arkansas police officers to wear a body camera which would be kept turned on during their shift.
In March 2022, Davis was found guilty of negligent homicide, but not guilty of manslaughter. He was sentenced to 1 year in jail and a $1,000 fine. 1 year in jail is the maximum sentence for negligent homicide in Arkansas.
Tongan language
The Tongan language is one of the two official languages of Tonga.
Eurasia
Outside of geological definitions, Eurasia also includes the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Peninsula.
London Recordings
London Recordings (or London Records) is a British record label. It sold records for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980. It sold these records in places such as the United States, Canada, and Latin America. After 1980, London started to work in a more independent (working alone) way. The label is owned by Because Music.
Eurasia
Sometimes Eurasia is divided into West Eurasia and East Eurasia. Here, the dividing line is the Ural Mountains. West Eurasia includes Europe and the Middle East. Historians sometimes add North Africa to West Eurasia, because the Sahara Desert divides North Africa from Sub-Saharan Africa, and it is as difficult to cross as a sea. Also, North Africa is culturally linked to Europe by the Mediterranean Sea.
London Recordings
Owned labels
London Records has owned many other record labels. Some of these are:
• Colonial
• Monument
• Felsted
• Dial
• Sire
• Hi
• Parrot
• Deram
• Threshold
• MAM
• UK
• Phase 4 Stereo
• FFRR Records (this dance music label is sometimes known as Full Frequency Range Recordings)
• PayDay
• Ffrreedom Records (rave music)
• Go-Feet
• Slash
Francis Preston Blair
Francis Preston Blair, Sr. (April 12, 1791 – October 18, 1876) or Preston Blair was an American journalist and politician, before and during the American Civil War. Blair wanted to reunite the North and the South during the war. Blair helped to create the Republican Party. He supported many Democrats, but was mostly the ally of Republican President Abraham Lincoln. He is nicknamed The Father of the Republican Party since he was one of the men who started the Republican Party.
Early life
Blair was born at Abingdon, Virginia on April 12, 1791. He moved to Kentucky and later graduated from Transylvania University in 1811. Blair became a journalist in Frankfort, Kentucky and Washington D.C., and a prominent leader of the Democrats. He was married to Eliza Violet Gist from 1812 until his death in 1876. They had five children. He founded Silver Spring, the second largest city in Maryland, in 1840.
Political career
Blair helped create the Republican Party and supported the first nominee of the party, Abraham Lincoln. Although he had slaves, Blair was said that after the Mexican War that slavery should not be extended beyond where it was allowed. In 1848 he actively supported Martin Van Buren, the Free Soil Party candidate for the presidency. Later, he supported Franklin Pierce, but then went on to help organize the new Republican Party in supporting Anti-Slavery reforms at a convention at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in February 1856.
Abraham Lincoln
Blair wanted John C. Frémont for president and supported him at the June 1856 convention. At the 1860 convention he supported the nomination of Edward Bates as president. When it was clear that Bates would not be nominated, Blair then supported the nomination of Abraham Lincoln. Blair helped many democratic politicians to vote yes on making slavery illegal and becoming the 13th Amendment.
Blair asked President Lincoln that once Savannah, Georgia fell, he should travel to the capital of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia to talk to President Jefferson Davis, whom he knew. He organized a peace conference that failed.
In 1862, Blair had told his slaves that they could "go when they wished." He said that "all but one declined the privilege," choosing to stay on as servants.
Death
Blair died on October 18, 1876 in Silver Spring, Maryland from natural causes, aged 85. He was later buried at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. His wife, Eliza, died on July 5, 1877, a year after his death.
Culture
In Steven Spielberg's 2012 biography movie Lincoln, Blair was played by actor Hal Holbrook.
Legacy
A town is named after him in Georgia, Blairville, Georgia.
Laura (movie)
The movie was released on October 11, 1944. It got positive review from critics. The movie won an Academy Award and was nominated for four others.
Kurdish
Kurdish might mean:
Lithuanian Americans
Lithuanian Americans refers to American citizens and residents who are Lithuanian and were born in Lithuania, or are of Lithuanian descent. New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has the largest percentage of Lithuanian Americans (20.8%) in the United States. Lithuanian Americans form by far the largest group within the Lithuanian diaspora.
Gaines County, Texas
Gaines County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 21,598 people lived there. The county seat is Seminole.
Symenko Jochinke
Symenko Jochinke is a retired racing cyclist from Australia. Symenko won the Australian National Road Race Championships in 1997. She was born on 12 July 1974.
Icing (food)
Icing is a paste that is usually made from sugar. It is also called "frosting". It is put on cakes to add flavour. Many kinds of cake have icing, especially cakes made for special occasions like birthday cakes, wedding cakes and Christmas cake.
Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal (January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American movie, television, stage, radio, and voice actress who is known for her roles in Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Hud, A Face in the Crowd, and in The Fountainhead. She has won an Academy Award in 1963, two BAFTA Awards in 1963 and in 1965, an Golden Globe Award 1971, and an Tony Award in 1947.
Neal was born on January 20, 1926 in Packard, Kentucky. She was raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. She studied at Knoxville High School and at Northwestern University. Neal was married to Roald Dahl from 1953 until they divorced in 1983. They had five children. She was partners with Gary Cooper before she meet Dahl. Neal died on August 8, 2010 in Edgartown, Massachusetts from lung cancer, aged 84.
Cooperative binding
Cooperative binding is when the number of small molecules binding to a macromolecule depends on the concentration of those small molecules around the macromolecule.
This is a type of molecular binding, which is where molecules attach to each other in a stable way without decaying or breaking that bond rapidly.
Fred Hampton
Fred Hampton was a member of the Black Panther Party (BPP) in Chicago, Illinois. He was the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the BBP and the deputy chairman of the national BPP. He is mainly known for the way he died in 1969, aged 21. His apartment was raided on December 4th. In a gun battle lasting 20 minutes, Hampton was shot. Mark Clark, was also killed and four other Panthers were wounded. In spite of a ballistics report that showed the 14 police officers fired almost all the bullets in the raid, a grand jury failed to indict anyone. Hampton’s family later filed a civil suit, eventually winning the case with a $1.8 million settlement. The background and events of Hampton's death have been made into several documentary movies.
Urology
Urology also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that looks at diseases of the urinary system and the reproductive organs. This includes the kidneys, adrenal glands, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, and the male reproductive organs (testes, epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate, and penis).
Samoan language
Samoan is a language spoken in Samoa and American Samoa. It is the most spoken Polynesian language in the world, with over 500,000 native speakers, many of which are Samoan immigrants living in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Urology
Some problems are managed by surgery and some by drugs.
The Bozo Show
The Bozo Show is an American television series for children. It was a locally made program that was broadcast on WGN-TV in Chicago. The Bozo Show was also broadcast nationally on WGN America. The series was based on the children's record book series, Bozo the Clown by Capitol Records. It aired from 1960 to 2001.
The series is a local version of the internationally franchised Bozo the Clown format. It is also the longest-running version in the franchise. The Bozo Show is known as the most popular and successful locally produced children's program in the history of television. It aired under this name for 14 of its 40+ years. Other titles were Bozo, Bozo's Circus, and The Bozo Super Sunday Show.
Outlook, Saskatchewan
Outlook is a town in west central Saskatchewan. It is about 80 kilometres south-southwest of Saskatoon. About 2,000 people live in Outlook. It has the longest pedestrian bridge in Canada, the Skytrail.
Leonor Oyarzún
Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic (10 March 1919 – 21 January 2022) was the First Lady of Chile from 1990 until 1994. She was the wife of former President Patricio Aylwin.
Oyarzún was born on 1919 in Temuco. She married Aylwin on 29 September 1948 and they had five children. They had 14 grandchildren (among them, telenovela actress Paz Bascuñán). Aylwin died in April 2016.