cyanic-selkie/wikianc huggingface dataset:
Wage
Wages are usually paid by the hour. This is called an hourly wage. Wages paid by the day are still common. Wage rates may be influenced by market forces (supply and demand), laws, and tradition. Market forces are perhaps more dominant in the United States, while tradition, social structure and seniority, perhaps play a greater role in Japan. In many countries, laws set a minimum wage that all employers must pay their workers. This means that employers cannot pay workers a lower rate than the minimum wage; however, they can pay them a higher rate. The minimum wage rate is there to protect the working class.
List of transport standards organisations
This is a list of transport standards organizations:
Edi Rama
Edvin "Edi" Rama (born 4 July 1964 ) is an Albanian politician, artist and writer. He is also the Prime Minister of Albania since 2013, and the leader of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. He was the Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports from 1998 to 2000 and Mayor of Tirana from 2000 to 2011.
Wage
Wages were paid in the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome.
Del Norte, Colorado
The Town of Del Norte is a Statutory Town that is the county seat of Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States. The town's name is generally pronounced /ˈdɛl nɔɹt/. The town population was 1,686 at the 2010 census.
Marion, Louisiana
Marion is a small town in Union Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Port Townsend, Washington
Port Townsend is a city in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,148 at the 2020 United States Census. It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Jefferson County.
Steed Malbranque
Steed Malbranque (born 6 January 1980) is a French football player. He plays for Sunderland.
Club career statistics
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Martin J. Schreiber
Martin James "Marty" Schreiber (born April 8, 1939) is an American politician, publisher, author, and lobbyist. He was the 38th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and the 39th Governor of Wisconsin from 1977 to 1979.
Achim
Achim is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is 16 km southeast of Bremen. The population in 2020 was about 32,000. It is on the right side of the Weser river.
History
In the past the town has been part of various Duke's territories. The town was a location of Saxon courts in the 11th century. Danes, Swedes and French have controlled the region. In the 19th century, the town became part of the Kingdom of Hanover.
American Athletic Conference
The American Athletic Conference (also known as "The American" or "AAC") is a big college sports conference in the United States. Its members play in NCAA Division I. In football, they play in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; known before 2006 as Division I-A), the higher of two levels of Division I football.
The American has its roots in the original Big East Conference. That conference was started in 1979 as a basketball-first league by a group of schools in the Eastern U.S. The Big East added football in 1991. That led to years of conflict between schools that played I-A/FBS football and those that did not. In July 2013, the Big East split into two conferences. The seven schools that did not play FBS football left to form a new Big East Conference. The FBS schools that did not go to other conferences stayed in the old conference structure. Along with several new members, they began operating as the American Athletic Conference.
The American kept the original Big East charter. That makes it the legal successor of the old Big East. However, both The American and the new Big East claim 1979 as their founding dates. Both also claim the pre-split history of the old Big East, at least in corporate terms. However, both leagues agreed that the current Big East would maintain the sporting history of the original conference in most sports. The only exceptions are football and women's rowing, the only two sports sponsored by The American but not the current Big East. In those two sports, neither offshoot league recognizes the history of the original Big East.
Of the 11 current full members (those that house most of their sports in the league), only the newest member, Wichita State, does not have a football team.
During a major conference realignment triggered in 2021 when Big 12 Conference mainstays Oklahoma and Texas announced they would move to the Southeastern Conference no later than 2025, The American was heavily affected. The Big 12 responded by raiding The American, inviting Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF to join that conference, with their arrival date eventually set for 2023. In turn, The American raided Conference USA, inviting six members of that conference to move to The American in 2023—Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA.
Members
Departing members highlighted in pink.
Associate members
As of the 2022–23 school year, The American has 12 "associate members" that play one or two sports in the conference. Five of these schools are set to become full conference members in July 2023.
Former members
Two schools left The American after spending only the 2013–14 school year in the renamed conference. Before 2013, both had been members of the original Big East. A third school left The American in 2020 to rejoin most of its historic all-sports rivals in the current Big East.
Former associate members
Two other schools have been single-sport members, both in women's rowing.
Sports
The American holds championships in 10 men's sports and 12 women's sports:
Issogne
Issogne is a comune in the Aosta Valley region in Italy.
Tulancingo
Tulancingo, officially Tulancingo de Bravo, is a city in the state of Hidalgo in central Mexico. The city is in the Tulancingo Valley. It is 120 km from Mexico City and 40 km from Pachuca. It was founded by the Toltecs.
James Abourezk
James George Abourezk (February 24, 1931 – February 24, 2023) is an American politician. He is a former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator. He was the first Greek Orthodox Christian of Lebanese-Antiochite descent to serve in the United States Senate. He represented South Dakota in the U.S. Senate from 1973 until 1979. Abourezk died in Sioux Falls on February 24, 2023, his 92nd birthday.
Tsukasa Umesaki
Tsukasa Umesaki (梅崎 司) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
Biography
Umesaki was born in Isahaya on February 23, 1987. He joined J1 League club Oita Trinita from their youth team in 2005. He became a regular player in 2006. In January 2007, he moved to French Ligue 2 club Grenoble. In May 2007, he returned to Oita. In 2008, he moved to Urawa Reds. He could not play many matches for injuries until 2011, he became a regular player from 2012. Urawa won the 2nd place in the 2014 and 2016 J1 League. Although his opportunity to play decreased from 2016, Urawa won the champions in 2017 AFC Champions League. In 2018, he moved to Shonan Bellmare. In 2018, Shonan won the champions J.League Cup.
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Faience
It was a major advance in the history of pottery, made about 500 years ago. The technique was brought to Al-Andalus in Spain from Moorish potteries in the eastern Mediterranean.
In Italy locally produced tin-glazed earthenwares was called maiolica. It reached a peak in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
Adorf
Adorf is a small town in Saxony, Germany. It is within Vogtlandkreis and in the southeast of Saxony. The town is found within the Elstergebirge. In 2020, the population was about 5,000. The rivers White Elster and Schwarzbach meet at Adorf.
Nina Divíšková
Nina Divíšková (12 July 1936 – 21 June 2021) was a Czech actress. She was born in Brno. She appeared in more than 70 movies, starting in the 1960s. Her movie credits include The Smooth Career (1967), Morgiana (1972), Rendezvous in Paris (1982), Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983), Wolf's Hole (1987), Wild Flowers (2000), Wrong Side Up (2005), Shameless (2008) and The Magical Duvet (2011).
Divíšková died in Prague on 21 June 2021. She was 84.
Española, New Mexico
Española is a city in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, in the United States. A part of the city is in Santa Fe County. It was founded as a capital for Nuevo México in 1598 as San Juan de los Caballeros. It has been called the first capital city in the United States. At the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 10,495.
Warrior, Alabama
Warrior is a city in Jefferson and Blount County in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2000 census the population was 3,169.
Akmola Region
Akmola Region is a region (or an oblys in Kazakh) of Kazakhstan. It is mostly known for having the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, in it. Akmola region's capital is officially Kokshetau. The mayor (or akim) of the region is Ermek Marzhikpaev.
AlphaZero
AlphaZero is the computer program developed by artificial intelligence research company DeepMind. It plays the games of chess, shogi and go better than humans can.
The algorithm uses an approach similar to AlphaGo Zero. Within 24 hours of training it reached a superhuman level of play in all three games. It defeated the previous world-champion programs Stockfish, elmo, and the three-day version of AlphaGo Zero.
Kim Jong-song
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Adenau
Adenau is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located within High Eifel. The population in 2020 was about 3,000. There is a volcano east of the town. A rock festival Rock am Ring is held each year. In the Middle Ages, Order of Saint John was located in the town. This was a German Protestant group of knights. The town is also called Johanniterstadt.
Yazoo County, Mississippi
Yazoo County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, 28,065 people lived there. Its county seat is Yazoo City.
Ahaus
Ahaus is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is near the border to Netherlands. In 2020, the population was about 39,400. It is a storage site for used radioactive material.
Brianna Wu
Brianna Wu (born July 6, 1977) is an American video game developer and computer programmer. She co-founded Giant Spacekat. Giant Spacekat makes indie games. She is also a blogger and podcaster on matters relating to the video game industry.
Wu unsuccessfully ran as a Democrat against incumbent Stephen F. Lynch in Massachusetts for the 8th district for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018. Wu unsuccessfully ran a second campaign for the 2020 election.
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
A Virgin Among the Living Dead is a 1973 European erotic horror movie It was directed by Jesús Franco. Franco made the movie in 1971. It was released in 1973 after some footage was added without Franco's involvement. It was later re-cut with some extra zombie footage. It was shown in theaters again in 1981 as a zombie movie. It has been restored on DVD to Franco's version.
Ohio's 1st congressional district
Ohio's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the state of Ohio. The district elects a representative for the district at the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Steve Chabot. The district was once represented by the 9th President of the United States, William Henry Harrison. William Henry Harrison represented the district before he was president. The district includes the cities of Cheviot, Forest Park, Franklin, Harrison, Indian Hill, Springdale, St. Bernard, Mason, Lebanon, Sharonville, and Carlisle. A small part of Cincinnati is also in the district. Some people believe that the Republicans used gerrymandering when making the district so Steve Chabot could win the elections easier.
Jacksonville
Jacksonville may mean:
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Kimberly water-holding frog
The Kimberly water-holding frog, long-footed frog, collared frog, blotchy frog or variegated burrowing frog (Ranoidea longipes) is a frog from Australia. It lives in the Kimberly region in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.
This frog lives in grasslands. It likes to dig in the ground. The females lay eggs in shallow water, 50 to 2000 at a time. The tadpoles grow into frogs after one month.
Paola Ramírez
Paola Ramírez Vargas (born 23 February 1987) is a Costa Rican volleyball player. She was part of the Costa Rica women's national volleyball team at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, 2009 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, and 2013 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup.
Major scale
In music theory, the major scale or Ionian scale is one of the diatonic scales. It is made up of seven separate notes, plus an eighth which is the same as the first an octave higher. In solfege these notes correspond to the syllables "Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti/Si, Do". The simplest major scale to write or play on the piano is C major, the only major scale not to require sharps or flats, using only the white keys on the piano keyboard:
Shape
A major scale is a set of steps in the order "Whole:Whole:Half:Whole:Whole:Whole:Half" (tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone). Western scales do not skip any line or space on the staff, and they do not repeat any note with a different accidental. This means that the key signature of the scale will feature just sharps or just flats.
The circle of fifths
The numbers inside the circle show the number of sharps or flats in the key signature, with the sharp keys going clockwise, and the flat keys counterclockwise from C major (which has no sharps or flats.) The circle depends on enharmonic relationships in the circle, which is six sharps or flats for the major keys of F = G and D = E for minor keys (Drabkin 2001). Seven sharps or flats make major keys (C major and C major) that are more easy to spell with five flats or sharps (as D major or B major).
Wetumpka, Alabama
Wetumpka is a city in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. According to 2000 US census, there are 5,726 people living there. The city is the county seat of Elmore County. It is the third fastest growing county in the state. Together with Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook, and Tallassee the city is considered part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Area, or River Region. There are approximately 346,578 people living in the region.
Kokshetau
Kokshetau (Көкшетау) is a city in Kazakhstan, that is located in and is officially the capital of the Akmola Region. Kokshetau is mostly known for its beautiful nature and tourism.
Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty 2 is the second installment of the Call of Duty series.
Johnny Lion
Johnny Lion (born John van Leeuwarden; 4 July 1941 – 31 January 2019) was a Dutch singer, journalist and actor. He was best known for his hit-single "Sophietje". He was born in The Hague. An actor, Lion starred in the movies Siberia (1998) and in Van God Los (2003). A journalist, he worked for Panorama.
Lion, who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and lung cancer, died in Breda, Netherlands on 31 January 2019, aged 77.
Ico Aguilar
Francisco Javier Aguilar García ( 26 March 1949 – 11 May 2020) was a Spanish professional footballer. He played as a forward. He was born in Santander, Spain. He played for the national team from 1971 to 1973. From 1971 to 1979, he played for Real Madrid.
Aguilar died on 11 May 2020 in Madrid at the age of 71.
Economic inequality
Economic inequality is the disparities in people's incomes and wealth. It affects standard of living for different socioeconomic classes in a given country, as how high one's income is often dictates what they can eat and how often they can eat, what type of dwelling they can live in (to the point of becoming homeless sometimes), quality of medical care etc. Government policies to alleviate such inequality, especially by alleviating poverty, or at least trying to alleviate it, can include universal healthcare, welfare, universal basic income, increasing or decreasing business regulations, etc.
Both wealth and income inequality can be measured by the Gini coefficient.
Galerius
Galerius (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus, ~250 – 5 May 311), was Roman Emperor from 305 to 311.
Galerius served as a soldier with distinction. When the Tetrarchy was introduced by Diocletian in 293 Galerius and Constantius Chlorus were given the rank of Caesar. Galerius married Diocletian's daughter Valeria, and took over the Illyrian provinces.
Defeat
In 296, at the beginning of the Persian War, Galerius moved from the Danube to the Euphrates. There his first campaign ended in a defeat by the Sassanid prince Narses, near Callinicum. This disaster caused the loss of Mesopotamia.
Diocletian came to Antioch, where the official version of events was made clear: Galerius was to take the blame. In Antioch, Diocletian forced Galerius to walk a mile in advance of his imperial cart while still clad in the purple robes of an emperor. p17 p292/3 The message was clear: the loss at Carrhae was not due to the failings of the empire's soldiers, but due to the failings of their commander, and Galerius' failures would not be accepted.
Victory
In 298 Galerius got reinforcements from the Danube in the Spring. He led the army to attack Narseh in northern Mesopotamia, and Narseh retreated to Armenia.
Narses asked for peace. Mesopotamia was returned to Roman rule and even some territory east of the Tigris. This was the greatest extension of the Roman Empire in the east.
Last years
In 305, on the abdication of Diocletian and Maximian, Galerius got the title of Augustus, together with Constantius, his former colleague. Two younger men were appointed as Caesars: Maximus Daia and Severus II.
Galerius' hopes were dashed when his colleague Constantius died at York in 306. The legions raised his son Constantine to the position of Augustus. Galerius only discovered this when he got a letter from Constantine, who told him of his father's death, modestly asserted his natural claim to the succession, and respectfully lamented that the enthusiasm of his troops had not allowed him to get the Imperial purple in a regular manner.
The first emotions of Galerius were those of surprise, disappointment, and rage. As he could not restrain his passions, he threatened to burn both the letter and the messenger. p28/9 p62 79–80 p160
When he had time to reconsider his position, he realised his chances of winning a war against Constantine was doubtful. Therefore, without commenting on the choice of the British army, Galerius accepted the son of his deceased colleague as the ruler of the provinces beyond the Alps; but he gave him only the title of Caesar, and the fourth rank among the Roman princes, whilst he conferred the vacant place of Augustus on his favourite, Severus II.
Suddenly Galerius had the unexpected loss of Italy to Maxentius, his son-in-law. Galerius’ need for revenue led him to make a strict examination of the property of his subjects for the purpose of taxation. A survey was taken of their estates. Where there was the slightest suspicion of concealment, torture was used to get a sincere declaration of their personal wealth.
Italy had traditionally been exempt from any form of taxation, but Galerius ignored this. Italy began to murmur against this indignity and Maxentius used this sentiment to declare himself emperor in Italy, to the fury of Galerius. Therefore, Galerius ordered his colleague Severus to immediately march to Rome, so that, by his unexpected arrival, he would easily suppress the rebellion. Severus was quickly captured and executed by Maximian, who had once again been elevated to the rank of co-emperor, this time by his son Maxentius.
The importance of the occasion needed the presence and abilities of Galerius. At the head of a powerful army collected from Illyricum and the East, he entered Italy. He was determined to revenge the death of Severus and to punish the rebellious Romans p122 However, due to the skill of Maximian, Galerius found every place hostile, fortified, and inaccessible. Though he forced his way as far as Narni, sixty miles from Rome, he controlled only his camp.
As he was facing difficulties, Galerius made the first steps to reconciliation. He sent two officers to tempt the Romans by the offer of a conference. These offers were rejected with firmness, his friendship refused. Unless he retreated, he might meet the fate of Severus. It was not a moment too soon; money from Maxentius to his soldiers had corrupted their loyalty. When Galerius began his withdrawal from Italy, it was only with great difficulty that he managed to stop his veterans deserting him.
In frustration, Galerius allowed his legions to ravage the countryside as they passed northwards. Maxentius declined to make a general engagement.
With so many emperors now in existence, in 308 Galerius, the retired emperor Diocletian and Maximian called an imperial 'conference' at Carnuntum on the River Danube. Its aim was to bring some order back into the imperial government. Here it was agreed that Galerius’ long-time friend and military companion Licinius, who had been entrusted by Galerius with the defense of the Danube while Galerius was in Italy, would become Augustus in the West, with Constantine as his Caesar. In the East, Galerius remained Augustus and Maximinus remained his Caesar. Maximian was to retire, and Maxentius was declared a usurper.
Galerius’ plan soon failed. The news of Licinius’ promotion was carried into the East, and Maximinus, who governed the provinces of Egypt and Syria, rejected his position as Caesar. Maximus claimed (and got) the equal title of Augustus. For the first, and indeed for the last time, six emperors administered the Roman world. Although the memory of a recent war divided the empire into two great hostile powers, their fears and the fading authority of Galerius produced an apparent tranquility in the imperial government.
The last years of Galerius saw him keep the position of first among equals. He spent the rest of his time enjoying himself, and ordering some important public works, such as discharging into the Danube the superfluous waters of Lake Pelso, and cutting down the immense forests around it.
Persecution of Christians
Christians had lived in peace during most of the rule of Diocletian. The persecutions that began with an edict of 24 February 303, were credited by Christians to the influence of Galerius. Christian houses of assembly were destroyed, for fear of secret gatherings.
But in April 311 Galerius issued the general edict of toleration, from Nicomedia in his own name and in those of Licinius and Constantine. Lactantius gives the text of the edict in De Mortibus Persecutorum ('On the Deaths of the Persecutors', chapters 34, 35). This marked the end of official persecution of Christians. Galerius died on 5 May, 311.
Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was known for his charm and good looks, which have made him very famous. He was best known for playing James Bond in seven of the James Bond movies. He appeared in 94 movies. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Jimmy Malone in The Untouchables (1987).
Early life
Connery was born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. He was born as Thomas Connery, but later added Sean as his stage name which is what most people call him. His mother, Euphemia "Effie" McBain McLean, was a cleaning woman.
In 1946, at the age of 16, Connery joined the Royal Navy, during which time he got two tattoos. He trained in Portsmouth at the naval gunnery school and in an anti-aircraft crew. He was discharged from the navy three years later due to an ulcer.
Career
Connery had been in smaller theatre and television productions. He became well known when he became the first actor to play James Bond. Connery was the tallest actor to play James Bond to this day. He later went on to star on Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), The Untouchables (1988), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000). Connery retired from acting in 2006.
During his career, he won one Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes. He received a lifetime achievement award in the US with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in 2000.
Connery was offered the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings series but turned down the role because he didn't understand the script. Connery also turned down the opportunity to appear as the Architect in The Matrix trilogy for similar reasons.
Health
In 1993, news that Connery was undergoing radiation treatment for an undisclosed throat ailment sparked media reports that the actor was suffering from throat cancer following years of heavy smoking. He was falsely declared dead by the Japanese and South African news agencies. In 2008, he chipped a bone in his shoulder after falling while playing golf. In October 2009, he told Wine Spectator magazine that he has been diagnosed with a heart condition.
Death
Connery died in his sleep at his home in Nassau, The Bahamas on 31 October 2020, aged 90. He had dementia in his later years. The cause of death was pneumonia caused by heart failure.
Sai Dhansika
Dhanshika is an Indian actress in Tamil movies. Her notable movies include Peranmai (2009), Aravaan (2012), Paradesi (2013), and Kabali (2016).
Jovençan
Jovençan is a comune in the Aosta Valley region in Italy.
Pat Sajak
Pat Sajak (born October 26, 1946) is an American game show host. He hosts Wheel of Fortune since 1981.
Sajak was on Super Password several times from 1984–1989, as well as Password Plus in 1981. Other game shows on which Sajak guested were Dream House and Just Men!.
Sajak hosted a late-night talk show on CBS called The Pat Sajak Show from January 1989 to April 1990. More recently, he filled in for Regis Philbin on Live with Regis and Kelly.
Murad IV
Murad IV (مراد رابع, Murād-ı Rābiʿ; IV. Murad, 27 July 1612 – 8 February 1640) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640.
William Wyler
William Wyler (born Willi Wyler ; July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-Swiss movie director, producer and screenwriter.
His best known works were Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all of which won Academy Awards for Best Director, as well as Best Picture.
Alberto Carpani
Alberto Carpani (April 23, 1956 – May 11, 2020) was an Italian singer. He was best known for his Italo disco releases in the late 1970's and early 1980's as Albert One, and his Eurodance release "Sing a Song Now Now" in 1999 as A.C. One. He was also a DJ and music producer. He was born in Pavia, Italy.
Carpani died of COPD, (his covid 19 test was negative), on May 11, 2020 in Portofino, Italy at the age of 64.
1978 FIFA World Cup
The 1978 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in Argentina in 1978. Argentina won the trophy after beating Holland 3 - 1 in the final.
Giourkas Seitaridis
Giourkas Seitaridis (born 4 June 1981) is a Greek football player. He plays for Panathinaikos and Greece national team.
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Glee: The 3D Concert Movie
Glee: The 3D Concert Movie is a 2011 American 3D movie. It is based on the Fox television series Glee. It features the cast performing during the ''Glee Live! In Concert!'' tour.
Bob Wade (artist)
Bob "Daddy-O" Wade (January 6, 1943 – December 23, 2019) was an artist. He was born in Austin, Texas. He helped shape the 1970s Texas Cosmic Cowboy counterculture. His work was exhibited at the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture in the fall of 2009.
He was best known for his creating large sculptures of Texas symbols and for experimenting with hand-tinting black-and-white vintage photographs transferred to large photo canvases. His 40 ft giant iguana, knowns as "Iggy", sat on top of the Lone Star Cafe in New York City from 1978 to 1989.
Wade died on December 23, 2019 in Austin of cardiac arrest at the age of 76.
Stephen F. Lynch
Lynch ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2013 special election for the U.S. Senate but lost to Ed Markey.
2000 Year Old Man
The 2000 Year Old Man is a comedy sketch. It was first created by Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks in the 1950s. It was then first performed public in the 1960s. Brooks plays a 2000-year-old man. He is interviewed by Reiner in a series of comedy routines that were turned into a collection of records and also performed on television.
History
The main story for the sketches were laid during the making of Your Show of Shows. Here, Reiner was an actor and Brooks was a writer. Reiner explains the first sketch:
"I remember the first question I asked him. It was because I had seen a program called We the People Speak, early television. [He puts on an announcer voice] "We the People Speak. Here’s a man who was in Stalin's toilet, heard Stalin say, 'I’m going to blow up the world.' I came in, I said this is good for a sketch. No one else thought so, but I turned to Mel and I said, "Here's a man who was actually seen at the crucifixion 2,000 years ago," and his first words were, "Oh, boy." We all fell over laughing. I said, "You knew Jesus?" "Yeah," he said, "Thin lad, wore sandals, long hair, walked around with 11 other guys. Always came into the store, never bought anything. Always asked for water." Those were the first words, and then for the next hour or two I kept asking him questions, and he never stopped killing us."
It was originally a joke between the two that was then shared at parties. Reiner started bringing a tape recorder to the parties because of this. Lots of people such as George Burns said to the two that they should their sketches on an album. Only Steve Allen, however, wasa able to convince them to record it in his studio.
Recordings and performances
Their first television appearances while doing the sketch were on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1961. It was then seen on The Steve Allen Show 8 months later.
Reiner and Brooks released five comedy albums. The 2000 Year Old Man character was shown on one track for each of the first three albums and was always shown in the last two.
It won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album.
Loches-sur-Ource
Loches-sur-Ource is a commune of the Aube département in the north-central part of France.
Sidney, Nebraska
Sidney is a city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is the county seat of Cheyenne County. The population was 6,410 at the 2020 census.
History
The city was founded in 1867 by the Union Pacific railroad company. It grew up around the military base called Fort Sidney (also known as Sidney Barracks). The soldiers there were stationed to guard transcontinental railroad from potential Indian attacks. When the railroad reached Sidney, it was the end of a sub-division of the rail line and played host to a roundhouse, repair facilities, and a railroad hotel for passengers.
The city was named after Sidney Dillon. He was president of the Union Pacific Railroad at that time.
The town became the southern terminus of the Sidney Black Hills Stage Road in the late 1870s and 1880s.
Sidney has one of the Old West's Boot Hill cemeteries; many of those interred there were soldiers from the fort.
In the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the largest employer in the city was Cabela's, a company that makes items for outdoor recreation. In 2016, it was sold to Bass Pro Shops. Then it moved out of Sidney. Many jobs were lost.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.93 sqmi, all land.
Power Rangers Dino Fury
Power Rangers Dino Fury is a TV show filmed in New Zealand. Power Rangers aired from February 20 to December 18, 2021 with 22 episodes. It is based on the Super Sentai series, Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger. It is a sequel to Power Rangers Beast Morphers. Season two of Power Rangers Dino Fury was from on March 3 to September 29, 2022 with 22 episodes. Its sequel season, Power Rangers Cosmic Fury premiere in 2023 and it will feature new original suits, with Zord and villain footage adapted from Uchu Sentai Kyuranger. The season will consist of 10 episodes.
Sidney, Nebraska
Commerce
Near the city is the junction of two major highways: US 385 and I-80. This junction is about halfway between Cheyenne, Wyoming, and North Platte, Nebraska. This location has encouraged the growth of Sidney as a major transportation service area on the Interstate highway. Because the I-80/US 385 interchange is many miles southeast of the town center, a new commercial area has developed. This area includes truck stops, convenience stores, shopping centers, motels, restaurants, and other commercial enterprises.
Companies in Sidney include: Adams Industries, 21st Century Water Technologies, KISST Organics-Health & Wellness Store/Firearms Division, Nexgen Outfitters, Highby Outdoors, Lukjan Great Plains, Agri-Plastics, 308 Ag LLC and Sidney Foundry.
2010 census
As of the 2010 census, there were 6,757 people, 2,893 households, and 1,764 families living in the city. The population density was 975.0 PD/sqmi. There were 3,184 housing units at an average density of 459.5 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 92.3% White, 0.2% African American, 0.8% Native American, 2.3% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.7% from other races, and 1.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.4% of the population.
There were 2,893 households of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.0% were non-families. 33.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.95.
The median age in the city was 37.1 years. 25.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.4% were from 25 to 44; 25% were from 45 to 64; and 15.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.5% male and 51.5% female.
Education
The Sidney public schools educate 1,200 children from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Western Nebraska Community College has a campus in Sidney.
Medical care
The Sidney Regional Medical Center provides a variety of medical care at a number of sites in Chappell and Sidney.
Activities
The Cheyenne County Community Center, 627 Toledo St, provides sports facilities, daycare, and other activities.
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Production
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Four main coat attributes
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Coat colors
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Coat lengths and textures
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Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստան, romanized: Hayastan), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country located in the Armenian Highlands, spanning Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
History
Hayasa-Azzi may have played a significant role in the ethnicity of Armenians. It has an ancient cultural heritage. One of the earliest Armenian kingdoms such as Urartu was established in 860 BC and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. The Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great in the 1st century BC and became the first state in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion in the late 3rd or early 4th century AD. The official date of state adoption of Christianity is 301.
Foreign invasion
Between the 16th century and 19th century, the traditional Armenian homeland composed of Eastern Armenia and Western Armenia came under the rule of the Ottoman and Iranian empires, repeatedly ruled by either of the two over the centuries. By the 19th century, Eastern Armenia had been conquered by the Russian Empire, while most of the western parts of the traditional Armenian homeland remained under Ottoman rule.
20th century
During World War I, Armenians living in their ancestral lands in the Ottoman Empire were systematically exterminated in the Armenian Genocide, perpetrated by Ottoman Young Turks. Around 1.5 million people were slaughtered and many more deported. In 1918, following the Russian Revolution, all non-Russian countries declared their independence after the Russian Empire ceased to exist, leading to the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia. By 1920, the state was incorporated into the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, and in 1922 became a founding member of the Soviet Union. In 1936, the Transcaucasian state was dissolved, transforming its constituent states, including the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, into full Union republics. The modern Republic of Armenia became independent in 1991 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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Administrative divisions
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Administrative divisions
, Armenia includes 915 communities, of which 49 are considered urban and 866 are considered rural.
† 2011 census Sources: Area and population of provinces.
Culture
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The commune has its historical origins in the Abbey of Saint-Jean-d'Angély.
Geography
Saint-Jean-d'Angély is in the northeast of the Charente-Maritime department, in the old province of Saintonge, along the Boutonne river, a tributary of the Charente river.
The commune of Saint-Jean-d'Angély has an area of 18.8 km2, and its average altitude is 42 m; at the city hall, the altitude is 20 m.
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Climate
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Population
The inhabitants of this city are known, in French, as Angériens (women: Angériennes).
With a population of 7,123, Saint-Jean-d'Angély has a population density of inhabitants/km2.
Evolution of the population in Saint-Jean-d'Angély