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Niki FM
The band's singer, JT, says it is his most personal song from the album The Silence in Black and White, and is his favourite song to perform live in concert. They still play it at concerts, although without the harsh vocals that are on the single.
Music video
The music video for Niki FM starts with a room with a lot of people in. JT is at the front, and someone in the audience is touching someone's leg. The video also includes JT being kissed by another woman. It shows him in a room tearing a picture in two and he stares at it. He has a radio and goes outside the young woman's house to match with the lyrics "I'm outside of your window, with my radio". The girl walks away and leaves him, and the song finishes.
Garuda Indonesia
PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (idx: GIAA), known as Garuda Indonesia, is the flag carrier of Indonesia. It is named after the mythical giant bird Garuda of Indonesian and Buddhist mythology. Garuda Indonesia is based in Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, near Jakarta.
Woman (Doja Cat song)
Woman is an Afrobeats/Pop/R&B/Reggae song by American rapper Doja Cat, released on October 1, 2021. The lyrics speak of femininity and feminism. It is a sleeper success, spending several months on the charts until peeking to the top 10 and 5, as it entered in the top 10 in 12 countries, mainly in Europe.
SKN St. Pölten
Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten is a football club from St. Pölten the capital of the Austrian federal state Lower Austria. St. Poelten plays in the Austrian Football First League, the second division in the Austrian football league system.
History
SKN St. Poelten was founded in June 2000. The new club took over all belongings of the predecessor, FCN St. Poelten .Most important was the ownership of the Bundesliga junior center. Through this the club did not enter in the lowest class but was allowed in the 2nd League West, the fifth level of Austrian football.
The next two seasons they won the championships and reached the Regionalliga Ost(3rd division).In the 2003/04 season the club reached the 4th place. The following season the club reached sixth place in the league reached in the Austrian Cup the quarter-finals. They won over SV Wörgl (3-0), SW Bregenz (2–1) and a sensational 5-1 victory overAustria Salzburg in the third round. In the quarter-finals, St. Poelten, was beaten by Austria Wien 6-0. In autumn 2009 the club could present the plans for the new stadium which is currently built in the Ratzersdorf district of St.Pölten.
In the 2007/08 season they won the Regionalliga and were promoted to the First League. In the summer of 2016, they were promoted to the Bundesliga. In the 2020/21 season they were relegated to the 2. Liga.
Youth work
The SKN St. Poelten currently has ten youth teams for children from the age of 7 to 15, with a total of 150 children and youths. In addition to the junior teams, the club has a second team (SKN II), which plays their games in the Mid Western League, with the squad mostly consisting of squad players under the age of 18.
The Tales of Kanglei Throne
"The Tales of Kanglei Throne" is an English language novel, written by Linthoi Chanu. It is a collection of legends from Meitei mythology as well as history. The epic saga starts from the journey of Poireiton, an underworld immortal prince, to the human world, and ends up to the transformation of a mortal human princess into a fish. The book includes many stories about the Kanglei Throne, and it’s origin, each as captivating as the other.
2022 Sri Lankan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 20 July 2022. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the country on 13 July 2022 instead of resigning as he promised. Ranil Wickremesinghe won the election and will serve a term of 2 years.
Kirchlengern
Kirchlengern is a municipality of the district Herford, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 2 is a third-person shooter video game made by Epic Games and published by Microsoft. It can only be played on Microsoft's own Xbox 360 console. It is the sequel to the popular Xbox 360 game Gears of War. The game was released around the world on November 7 2008. By November 12 it had already sold over 2 million copies.
Sefkhet-Abwy
Also known as Seshat, Sefkhet-Abwy was the goddess of writing and libraries. In many depictions she is shown as the daughter of Thoth and Maa't. Her sacred symbols were leopard skin, the tablet, the stylus and the seven pronged star on her headdress. More information available on the Seshat page.
Amulet
An amulet (from Latin amuletum, meaning "charm"), is an object that people think will bring good luck and or protection to its owner.
Usually amulets are gems, statues, coins, drawings, pendants, rings, plants, animals, etc. Even words can be amulets, such as vade retro satana—(Latin, "go back, Satan"), to make bad luck go away.
Sweetest Pie
"Sweetest Pie" is a pop rap song by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion and British singer Dua Lipa, released on March 11, 2022. It is from Stallion's second studio album Traumazine, as it is the lead single in that album. Comercially, the song has peaked through the top 10 in Canada, Hungary, The Netherlands, and The United States.
Leila Seth
Leila Seth (October 20, 1930 – May 5, 2016) was an Indian judge. She was the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court and she became the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court on August 5, 1991. She retired from the court on October 20, 1992. Seth was born in Lucknow, British India.
Seth died on May 5, 2017 at her home in Noida, India from cardio-respiratory arrest at the age of 86.
Quick Millions
Quick Millions is a 1931 American crime drama movie directed by Rowland Brown and starring Spencer Tracy, Marguerite Churchill, Sally Eilers, Bob Burns, Warner Redmond, George Raft, John Wray, Ward Bond. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Coastal flooding
Coastal flooding happens when dry and low-lying land is submerged by water. The range of a coastal flooding event is from the elevation of floodwater. It is controlled by topography of coastal land exposed to flooding.
Coastal floods are largely natural events. Human influence on the coastal environment, though, can make coastal floods worse.
Storms, including tropical cyclones can cause flooding from storm surge, and rising sea levels from climate change.
Michael O'Hare
Robert Michael O'Hare, Jr. (May 6, 1952 – September 28, 2012) was an American movie, stage, and television actor. He was known for his role as Jeffrey Sinclair on the television series Babylon 5.
Signe Toly Anderson
Signe Toly Anderson (September 15, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American singer. She was one of the founding members of the American rock band Jefferson Airplane. Anderson was born in Seattle, Washington.
Amanda Leeson
Amanda Leeson-Smith is an Australian water polo player. She competed for the Australian women's national water polo team in the 1986 World Aquatics Championships. From 1981 to 1991, she was a representative to Water Polo Queensland.
Signe Toly Anderson
Anderson died from complications of COPD at her home in Beaverton, Oregon. She was aged 74.
Stan Kowalski
Stan Kowalski (May 13, 1926 – October 20, 2017) was an American professional wrestler. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was one half of the tag team Murder Incorporated with partner Tiny Mills in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) from 1960 to 1975.
Career
Kowalski turned to professional wrestling, debuting as Buddy Marco for a NWA promotion run by Tony Stecher.
In 1970, he went to New York to wrestle in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) as Krippler Karl Kovacs. In Pennsylvania, Kowalski and Bruno Sammartino set a record attendance and gate of $86,000.
Personal life
Kowalski died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on October 20, 2017 in Minneapolis at the age of 91.
Ayuba Wabba
Early life and education
Wabba was born in Borno State, Wabba attended school in Kawo. He went to Imo State University. He was at Houdigbe North American University,Institute of Peace and Development, Israel; Royal Institute of Public Administration, London; Whaton Business School, USA from where he obtained various diplomas including PGD, Public Health and a master's degree in Public Health (MPH). He served as president of the National Union of Health Technology Students at the university.
Property (disambiguation)
Property is the ownership of land, resources, objects, or intellectual property.
The word property can have several meanings:
South of the Border (Ed Sheeran song)
"South of the Border" is a Latin pop /Hip hop/R&B/Pop rap song by British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran featuring Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello and Dominican-American singer Cardi B, released on July 12, 2019. It is in Sheeran's fourth studio album, No.6 Collaborations Project. Comercially, it reached the top eight and got certified Gold or higher in eleven countries.
Tsarskoye Selo
Tsarskoye Selo (Ца́рское Село́; "Tsar's Village") is an old Russian residence of the imperial family. It is located 26 km south from the center of St. Petersburg, but is no longer a place for the imperial family. Instead, it is part of the town of Pushkin and of the World Heritage Site.
History
In the 17th century, the place belonged to a Swedish noble.
In 1708, Peter the Great gave the estate to his wife as a present. She helped in the making of the Blagoveschenskaya church there in 1724, and changed the name of the place to Blagoveschenskoye. However, this soon went out of use.
By the end of the 18th century, Tsarskoye Selo became a popular place for noble people to visit in the summer. On September 17, 1941 the Germans destroyed the town of Pushkin, destroying many historical buildings and other artifacts.
Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night (Valborgsmässoafton in Swedish, Vappu in Finnish, Volbriöö in Estonian, Valpurģu nakts or Valpurģi in Latvian, Walpurgisnacht in German), Čarodějnice in Czech is a holiday celebrated on April 30 or May 1, in Finland, Sweden, Bohemia (Czech Republic), Estonia, Latvia and Germany.
Origins
The festival is named after Saint Walburga (known in Scandinavia as "Valborg"; alternative forms are "Walpurgis", "Wealdburg", or "Valderburger"), born in Wessex in 710 a niece of Saint Boniface. According to legend, she was a daughter to the Saxon prince St. Richard. Together with her brothers she travelled to Württemberg, Germany where she became a nun and lived in the convent of Heidenheim, which was founded by her brother Wunibald. Walburga died on 25 February 779 and that day still carries her name in the Catholic calendar. However she was not made a saint until 1 May in the same year, and that day carries her name in the Swedish calendar.
Historically the Walpurgisnacht is derived from Pagan spring customs, where the arrival of spring was celebrated with bonfires at night. Viking fertility celebrations took place around April 30 and due to Walburga being declared a saint at that time of year, her name became associated with the celebrations. Walburga was worshipped in the same way that Vikings had celebrated spring and as they spread throughout Europe, the two dates became mixed together and created the Walpurgis Night celebration.
Germany
In Germany, Walpurgisnacht, the night from April 30 to May 1, is the night when allegedly the witches hold a large celebration on the Blocksberg and await the arrival of Spring. When the travel to that mountain is too far, they may also chose another hill in the region they live. "Walpurgis Night (in German folklore) the night of April 30 (May Day's eve), when witches meet on the Brocken mountain and hold revels with their Gods..."
"Brocken the highest of the Harz Mountains of north central Germany. It is noted for the phenomenon of the Brocken spectre and for witches' revels which reputably took place there on Walpurgis night. The Brocken Spectre is a magnified shadow of an observer, typically surrounded by rainbow-like bands, thrown onto a bank of cloud in high mountain areas when the sun is low. The phenomenon was first reported on the Brocken."
—Taken from Oxford Phrase & Fable.
Michael Rye
Michael Rye (John Michael "Mike" Riorden Billsbury March 2, 1918 – September 21, 2012) or Rye Billsbury was an American movie, stage, radio, video game, television, and voice actor who has voiced over 100 characters. He is mostly known for his role as the Apache Chief and as the Green Lantern in The All New Super Friends Hour.
Rye was born on March 2, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois. Rye has been married to Patricia Rye. Rye died on September 21, 2012 from short illness in his Los Angeles, California home, aged 94
House of Bourbon-Parma
The Bourbons of Parma are a royal family who ruled the Duchy of Parma from 1748 till 1860 when Italy was created. The family was founded by the Infante Philip of Spain, third son of Philip V of Spain and Elisabetta Farnese. The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) ended the War of the Austrian Succession, and gave the land to Philip.
Philip married Louise Élisabeth of France and the present pretending duke of Parma (Carlos/Carlo of Parma) is a direct descendant. The duchy was taken by the House of Savoy when the state of Italy was created.
Beatitudes
The Beatitudes (from Latin beatus, meaning "blessed" or "happy" ) are a list of traits that Christians should follow told by Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Luke. Some of these include humbleness, meekness, and making peace.
Jesus Christ taught these ideas as part of a three lesson sermon; the Sermon on the Mount.
Dandelions (song)
"Dandelions" is a pop song by Ruth B., released on April 28, 2017. It is from her debut album, Safe Haven. In August 2021, it was re-issued separately in a "slowed + reverb" version. In 2022, the song went viral on TikTok and peaked at the top 10 in India, Malaysia, Singapore, and the United States.
Mazaron ke phool
Published in December 2008 by Ilm-o-Irfan Publishers, Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Pakistan, "Mazaron Ke Phool" (Graveyard Flowers) is the only Absurd Play in history of Urdu Literature. It was written by a Pakistan academic-writer, columnist and lawyer Mujtaba Haider Zaidi, the author of "Veto Oligarchy: the Fittest Deserve Supremacy".
Juan Carlos Varela
Juan Carlos Varela (born 13 December 1963) is a Panamanian politician. On July 1, 2014, he became president of the Republic of Panama.
Radcliffe wave
The Radcliffe wave is the nearest gaseous structure to the Solar System in the Milky Way galaxy.
It has many stellar nurseries. It stretches for about 8,800 light years. It runs the way of the Milky Way arms. At its closest (the Taurus Molecular Cloud) it is about 400 light-years. Its farthest is about 5000 light-years (the Cygnus X star complex) from us.
The wave is in the Local Arm (Orion Arm) itself, about 40% of its length and on average 20% of its width. Its discovery was announced in January 2020.
Overview
The Radcliffe wave contains four of the five Gould Belt clouds, the:
The cloud not within its scope is the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud complex. This is part of a linear structure parallel to the Radcliffe wave.
Other structures in the wave, further from our local star system, are Canis Major OB1, the North America Nebula and Cygnus X.
Christ Church, Barbados
Christ Church is a parish of Barbados. It has a land area of 57 km2. It is found at the southern end of the island.
The parish has the Sir Grantley Adams International Airport. It also has the last remaining mangrove swamp in the country, the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. Another notable area of Christ Church is Saint Lawrence Gap. It is the most lively tourist area on the island. Many of the taverns and clubs in St. Lawrence are used by locals and tourists alike.
Baked potato
A baked potato is a type of cooked potato. It is done by using an oven to cook the potato. Some potato types are better for baking than others. Fillings and toppings might be added to it. It is also known as the jacket potato in some parts of the United Kingdom.
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Maria Feodorovna (26 November 1847 – 13 October 1928), born Princess Dagmar of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and later Princess Dagmar of Denmark, was the Empress consort of Russia as the wife of Alexander III of Russia. Her son, Nicholas II of Russia, was the last Tsar of Russia. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Alfred L. Kroeber
Alfred Louis Kroeber (June 11, 1876 – October 5, 1960) was an American cultural anthropologist. He earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1901. Franz Boas supervised Kroeber's studies. Kroeber was also the first professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was director of the Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley from 1909 through 1947. Kroeber studied an man named Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi people. Kroeber was the father of the novelist, poet, and writer of short stories Ursula K. Le Guin.
J. Michael Straczynski
Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954) is an American comic book writer, author, journalist, and television producer. He is known for creating the television series Babylon 5.
Straczynski was born on July 17, 1954 in Paterson, New Jersey and studied at San Diego State University. He was married to Kathryn M. Drennan from 1983 until they divorced in 2008.
George Kittle
George Kittle is a tight end who currently plays for the San Francisco 49ers. He was drafted in 2017 in the fifth round.
Blasphemy
Some countries do not have laws against blasphemy. For example, after the French Revolution, France made blasphemy legal to make sure people would have freedom of religion and the freedom of the press.
Daniela Nicolás
Daniela Elsa Nicolás Goméz (born June 26, 1991 in Copiapó, Chile) is a television actress, commentator, news presenter, television presenter and beauty pageant titleholder. She is also known for her roles in national television series such as ”Mamá Mechona, de 20 años en 40” on Channel 13 and “Wena Profe” on TVN. On November 20, 2020, Nicolás was crowned Miss Universe Chile 2020 and represented Chile in Miss Universe 2020.
Pageantry
Nicolás began her pageantry career representing Copiapó in the Miss Universo Chile 2020 held at the Mediamix Producciones on November 20, 2020, where she was crowned as the new title. As Miss Universo Chile, Nicolás will represent Chile at Miss Universe 2020.
Mortgage
A mortgage is a way to use one's real property as a guarantee for a loan to get money. Real property can be land, a house, or a building. Many people do this to buy the home they use for mortgage: the loan provides them the money to buy the house and the loan is guaranteed by the house. Mortgage closing costs are the fees paid when securing a loan, either when buying a property or refinancing. Lenders charge these fees in exchange for creating your loan. Closing costs cover things like your home appraisal and searches on your home’s title.
John Konesky
John S. Konesky (born November 19, 1980) is an American guitarist, record producer, and occasional actor.
Mortgage
In a mortgage, there is a debtor and a creditor. The debtor or mortgagor is the owner of the property, while the creditor or mortgagee is the owner of the loan. When the mortgage transaction is made, the debtor gets the money with the loan, and promises to pay the loan. The creditor will receive money back with interest over time (usually in payments made each month by the debtor). If the debtor does not pay the loan, the creditor may take the mortgaged property in place of the loan. This is called foreclosure.
In the 2008 American economic failure, creditors lent money to debtors who could not pay back that money. This lowered housing prices and hurt the economy.
Simple mortgage
Defined under Section 58(b) of the Indian Transfer of Property Act as a simple mortgage is a transaction whereby ‘without delivering possession (ownership or occupancy) of the mortgaged property, the mortgagor binds himself personally to pay the mortgage money and agrees, expressly or implicitly, that in the event of his failing to pay according to his contract, the mortgagee shall have a right to cause the mortgaged property to be sold by a decree (an order of law) of the court in a suit(a case in a law court) and the proceeds of the sale to be applied so far as may be necessary in payment of the mortgage money; there is no foreclosure of the mortgaged property. Normally a mortgage is to be registered if the mortgaged money is Rs.100 or more. Mortgage deed is to be executed and appropriately stamped ad valorem with two best available witnesses.
It can be said generally when the possession of the mortgaged property is not delivered, the transaction is simple mortgage.
English mortgage
A mortgage has a product term and a mortgage term, the mortgage term is the total amount of time you will have the mortgage (typically 10 to 25 years) where the product term is how long you will be tied into a fixed rate (normally 2 to 5 years) The borrower promises to repay the borrowed money on a certain date and if it is a repayment mortgage will have cleared the mortgage in full by the end of the mortgage term. The borrower transfers the property to the lender. The lender will re transfer the property when the money is repaid when the mortgaged property is absolutely transferred to the mortgagee. The land registry holds information on who owns a property and which properties have charges outstanding on them.
English mortgage is a type of mortgage where the ownership of property is transferred to the mortgagor on a condition that the mortgagee will transfer the ownership on repayment of the loan, the title deeds are transferred to the mortgagee
A Lion in Town
A Lion in Town (Swedish: Lejon på stan) is a 1959 Swedish comedy movie directed by Gösta Folke and starring Nils Poppe, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz, Herman Ahlsell, Jan-Erik Lindqvist, Sigge Fürst, Olof Thunberg, Git Gay, Åke Fridell.
Mortgage
Reverse mortgage
These arrangements are variously called reverse mortgages, lifetime mortgages or equity release mortgages (referring to home equity), depending on the country. The loans are typically not repaid until the borrowers are deceased, hence the age restriction.
Usufructuary mortgage
In this form of mortgage, the property is given as a security to the mortgagee, who is let into possession or is permitted to repay himself out of the rents and profits of such property. Following Two points should be noted carefully with respect to Usufructary mortgage, that is
(ii) The mortgagor will not be personally liable, unless there is a distinct agreement to the contrary.
The lender takes the property. The lender receives income from the property (rent, profit, interest, etc.) until the money is paid back. The owner keeps the title deeds with him.
Cinematic Sunrise
Cinematic Sunrise was an American rock band signed to Equal Vision Records. The members of the band were Craig Owens (vocals), Bradley Bell (piano), Bryan Beeler (guitar), Marcus VanKirk (bass), Nick Martin (guitar), and Dave Shapiro (drums). Their only released work, "A Coloring Storybook and Long Playing Record" included a coloring book and four colored pencils with the purchase of the EP. "Basically, the whole idea - everything about Cinematic Sunrise - is just happy and fun. And there's nothing more fun than coloring," explains vocalist Craig Owens about the decision to include the coloring book with the EP.
Kazuhiko Masumoto
Kazuhiko Masumoto (増本 一彦 Masumoto Kazuhiko; 9 May 1936 – 6 February 2022) was Japanese politician. He was a member of the Japanese Communist Party. He was in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976. He was born in Fujisawa, Japan.
Cinematic Sunrise
History
Owens and Bell were both in Chiodos at the time Cinematic Sunrise formed. The group differs majorly from Chiodos's post-hardcore sound, as Cinematic Sunrise plays more of pop rock and pop punk. The group's debut EP, titled A Coloring Storybook and Long Playing Record, was released on May 13, 2008. Beeler recorded, and produced the EP. The EP barely reached the Billboard charts, at #196. The EP also hit #8 on the Top Heatseekers chart. It also got to #26 on the Top Independent Albums chart. The EP was re-released in late October 2008, with two new songs. This was because they ran out of the original copies, selling past 10,000 copies.
Kazuhiko Masumoto
Masumoto died of bile duct cancer on 6 February 2022 at the age of 85.
Cinematic Sunrise
A Coloring Storybook and Long Playing Record
A Coloring Storybook and Long-Playing Record is the first and only EP by the band Cinematic Sunrise, who is a side project of Chiodos' Bradley Bell and Craig Owens. The pair's pop rock project is all about having a good time and making music that is innocent and fun to play. The record was first released with four color pencils. These would be used in a book that includes drawings of animals with pictures of the band members hidden somewhere in the coloring page. Craig Owens said in an interview that he wanted crayons, not colored pencils. He was supposedly not happy with Equal Vision's mistake.
On October 14, 2008, Equal Vision Records re-released A Coloring Storybook and Long-Playing Record. The re-release includes two bonus tracks. They were titled "If Lilly Isn't Back by Sunset" and "Crossing Our Fingers for Summer".
Track listing
Source: Amazon
Placoderm
The placoderms (Placodermi: Greek = plated skin) were a class of armoured prehistoric fish, which lived from the mid Silurian to the end of the Devonian period. Their head and thorax were covered by armoured plates; the rest of the body was scaled or naked, depending on the species. Placoderms were among the first jawed fish, the Gnathostomata. A 380 million year old fossil of one species is the oldest-known example of live birth.
The placoderms were hugely successful in the Devonian period, which is sometimes called the 'Age of Fish'. In the Upper Devonian, a series of extinction events devastated the marine fauna. As the placoderms were predators, this caused a swift decline in their numbers, and the class was entirely extinct by the end of the Devonian.
List of governors of Gujarat
The Governor of Gujarat is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Gujarat. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. Acharya Devvrat took charge as the Governor on 22 July 2019.
Placoderm
The main source of placoderm fossils is the Old Red Sandstone continent. This, in the Devonian, was a united North America and western Europe and the continental shelf areas around it. Fossils from these strata in Scotland were collected since the 18th century, and Louis Agassiz wrote the first survey of fossil fish. A century later, Eric Stensiö showed that placoderms were genuine jawed fish.
Remarkable fossils have more recently been found in the Gogo formation of northern Western Australia. This is a former Upper Devonian reef system, where well-preserved fossils of 25 species have been found. The relationship between the placoderm and other jawed fish is still not clear. Most placoderms were benthic predators, near the bottom of the water column. The largest types, such as Dunkleosteus and Gorgonichthys were 6 metre-long top predators in the middle and upper pelagic zones.
2022 Petrópolis floods
On February 15, 2022, intense rainfall in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, caused mudslides and flooding that destroyed parts of the city.
At least 176 people died in the disaster.
President Jair Bolsonaro showed his support for the city and said he would visit after his visit to Russia. The Brazilian federal government also announced that it would give R$2.3 million to the city.
Arch of Septimus Severus
The Arch of Septimius Severus (Arco di Settimio Severo) is at the northwest end of the Roman Forum. It is a white marble triumphal arch. It was dedicated in 203 AD after the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons. Two campaigns were fought against the Parthians in 194/195 and 197–199 AD.
The sons were Caracalla and Geta. After the death of Septimius Severus, his sons were initially joint emperors. Caracalla had Geta assassinated in 212; Geta's memorials were destroyed. All images or mentions of him were removed from public buildings and monuments. So, Geta's image and inscriptions were removed from the arch (damnatio memoriae).
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
One of the cartoons showed Muhammad with a bomb in his turban. Some people thought this was saying that all Muslims are terrorists. But other cartoons made fun of the Jyllands-Posten newspaper. One insulted the editors of the newspaper, by using the language Farsi.
Critics claims that the cartoons are culturally insulting, Islamophobic, blasphemous, and intended to humiliate a "marginalized" minority. However, supporters of the cartoons claim they illustrate an important issue and their publication exercises the right of free speech. They have also claimed that similar cartoons are made relative to other religions, arguing that Islam and its followers have not been targeted in a discriminatory way.
Dave Mirra
Mirra held the record for most X-Games medals until being passed by Bob Burnquist at X Games Munich in 2013. Mirra has won medals in every X Games from when they started in 1995 up to 2008. He has won a total of 24 medals at the X Games. In 2008, he placed second in BMX Big Air and third in Rally Car Racing at the X Games.
He also was the host for two seasons of MTV's Real World/Road Rules Challenge.
Personal life and death
Mirra and his wife, Lauren, had two daughters. In 2010, Mirra was sick with bacterial meningitis. After he recovered, he went back to rallying.
On February 4, 2016, Mirra died of suicide by a gunshot wound in Greenville, North Carolina. Police answering an emergency call found his body in a truck. He had been visiting friends in the area. Allen Thomas, the mayor of Greenville, said Mirra was "a great friend and wonderful human being". He was 41 years old.
Saint Andrew, Barbados
Saint Andrew ("St. Andrew") is one of eleven parishes of Barbados. It is in the northern area in the country. Saint Andrew has the country's highest natural elevation, the 336 m Mount Hillaby at the southern part of the parish.
The parish is named after the patron saint, Saint Andrew. He is also the basis of the name for Barbados' highest national award "The Order of Saint Andrew".
During the colonial years under Britain, the British thought the area looked like the hills and fields of Scotland. Now is nicknamed the "Scotland District".
Saint Andrew is on the eastern coastline of Barbados. There the Atlantic Ocean tends to be more turbulent. The parish is home to several natural reserves including the Turner's Hall Woods.
Malayan weasel
The Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) is a type of weasel. It is also called the Malay weasel. It is native to the Thai-Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. It is a Least Concern species.
Riemann sum
In mathematics, the Riemann sum is a method of approximating the integral of a function over an interval. One representation of the integral, is the area under a curve in a graph. The Riemann sum is calculated  by splitting the region into equal parts. In each part, the function is replaced by a shape. Shapes that are commonly used are rectangles, trapezoids, parabolas and cubics.The area of the similar shape can then be calculated. This method is often used when finding the closed form integral is difficult or impossible. The shapes used also influence how accurate the approximation is. More complex shapes give a higher accuracy, but this also means that calculating the approximation becomes more difficult.
Because the region filled by the small shapes is usually not exactly the same shape as the region being measured, the Riemann sum will differ from the area being measured. This error can be reduced by dividing up the region more finely, using smaller and smaller shapes. As the shapes get smaller and smaller, the sum approaches the Riemann integral.
The Riemann sum may also be used to define the integration operation. The sum is named after a German mathematician who was called Bernhard Riemann.
Definition
You divide the horizontal length under the part of the function you want to evaluate into "n" equal pieces. That is the n on top of the Σ (Greek letter sigma). The (xi-xi-1) represents the size of one horizontal segment that is created from dividing the whole by the "n". The f(yi) is a y value in an "n" segment. Since the area of a rectangle is length × width, the multiplication of xi and f(yi) is the area of a rectangle for that part of the graph. The Σ means we add up all of these small rectangles to get an approximation of the area under the segment of a function.
The Round-Up (1966 movie)
The Round-Up (Szegénylegények, "Poor young men", i. e. outlaws) is a 1966 Hungarian drama movie directed by Miklós Jancsó and starring János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits, Tibor Molnár, Gábor Agárdy, András Kozák, Béla Barsi.
Paul Sinha
Supriya Kumar "Paul" Sinha (born 28 May 1970) is a British comedian and presenter. He is one of the six Chasers who plays "The Sinnerman" on the ITV game show The Chase.
Sinha was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.
Azad Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir, (آزاد جموں و کشمیر پاکستان) also just called Azad Kashmir is a self-governing region that falls under Pakistan and is disputed region with India. In terms of land area it is bigger than Trinidad and Tobago but smaller than Brunei.
Geographically, to the north, is the Gilgit-Baltistan province, while to the south borders the province of Pakistani Punjabi, and to the east being the Indian-administered Kashmir.
The capital city of Azad Kashmir is Muzaffarabad. Azad Jammu and Kashmir has an area of 5,134 mi² (13,297 km²). The inhabitants of this region are Kashmiri citizens of ethnic Pahari origin. About 4 million people live there.
Government and politics
Azad Kashmir is a self-governing state under Pakistan. It has its own elected president, prime minister, legislature, high court, emblem and official flag. However, the highest body in the state is the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council. This council has six members from the government of Azad Kashmir (including the President and the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir) and five members from the government of Pakistan, including the President of Pakistan who is the chairman/chief executive of the council. Azad Kashmir is administratively divided into three divisions which, in turn, are divided into ten districts.
The Government of Azad Kashmir and Jammu is based in Muzaffarabad, the interim state capital of the Azad Kashmir disputed territory.
Geography
The northern part of Azad Jammu and Kashmir encompasses the lower area of the Himalayas, including Jamgarh Peak (4734 m). However, Hari Parbat peak in Neelum Valley is the highest peak in the state. Fertile, green, mountainous valleys are characteristic of Azad Kashmir's geography, making it one of the most beautiful regions of the subcontinent.
The region receives rainfall in both the winter and the summer. Muzaffarabad and Pattan are among the wettest areas of Pakistan. Throughout most of the region, the average rainfall exceeds 1400 mm, with the highest average rainfall occurring near Muzaffarabad (around 1800 mm). During the summer season, monsoon floods of the rivers Jhelum and Leepa are common due to extreme rains and snow melting.
The Exile (1914 movie)
The Exile (A tolonc, also known in English by the title The Undesirable) is a 1914 Hungarian drama movie directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Mari Jászai. It was a lost movie and has been rediscovered.
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a way of making a picture. Drawings are created by making lines on a surface. Long lines make up the shapes and small lines make the textures. Drawings can be images of real-life or abstract images.
Materials
Drawing paper is a special material sometimes used for drawing, however many just use paper. Pencils or pens are most commonly used for drawing. However, chalk, charcoal, and many others writing utensils are used.
Shading
Shading is the darkening or coloring of a drawing with lines or blocks of color. It can be used to make your drawings more three dimensional. Shading is the process of adding value to create an illusion of form, most importantly the light in a drawing. It should have a highlight (where the light is shining), mid tone (goes darker in color), Core shadow which is the darkest color on your drawing, then there is the reflected light. Reflecting light is where light shines on the object you are trying to draw
Alan Winde
Alan Richard Winde (born 18 March 1965) is a South African politician and businessman. He is the 7th and current Premier of the Western Cape. He is also a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament for the Democratic Alliance. After his party won a majority in the provincial parliament in May 2019, he became the Premier and replaced Helen Zille. Winde held ministerial positions in Zille's provincial cabinet.
Drawing
Hatching
Hatching is a artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects by drawing closely spaced parallel lines. There are different types of hatching. There is Parallel hatching, contour, crosshatching, tick hatching, and more. There are many different ways you can do this.
Alan Winde
Career
He was first elected as an independent councillor of the Outeniqua Rural Council in the early 1990s. He later decided to run for the South Cape District Council and won a seat on the council. He joined the Democratic Party in 1999 after the party had recruited him to be one of their candidates for the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. He was elected. The Democratic Party changed to the Democratic Alliance in 2000.
Drawing
History
Drawing has been done for thousands of years, dating back to cave paintings. It focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes.
Alan Winde
Career
Winde held senior positions in the Democratic Alliance provincial parliamentary group. He was chief whip of the party's caucus before the 2009 election. After the 2009 election, the party became the majority party in the provincial parliament. Helen Zille became Premier and selected Winde to be the Minister for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism. Winde became Minister for Western Cape Minister for Economic Opportunities in May 2014. The Democratic Alliance chose him as their premier candidate for the 2019 election in September 2018. Zille moved him to the Community Safety department in November 2018.
The party kept their majority in the legislature in the May 2019 election. The legislature met on 22 May 2019 to choose a new premier and leadership. Winde was elected as Premier after he got 24 votes compared to 10 for his competitor Cameron Dugmore of the African National Congress.
John Coates (producer)
John Coates (7 November 1927 – 16 September 2012) was an English movie producer who is best known for producing the animated movie The Snowman.
Alan Winde
Personal life
Winde is married to Tracy and they have two children.
John Coates (producer)
Coates was born in 1927 in England. Coates died on 16 September 2012 in his home in Kent, England from cancer, aged 84.
Gerhard Wächter
Gerhard Wächter (11 August 1946 – 19 February 2022) was a German politician. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. Wächter was in the Bundestag from 2002 to 2009. He was born in Bad Wünnenberg, Germany.
Wächter died on 19 February 2022 at the age of 75.
Brazilian slender-legged tree frog
The Brazilian slender-legged tree frog (Osteocephalus subtilis) is a frog in the family Hylidae. It lives in Brazil and Colombia. Scientists think it may also live in Peru.
Scientists saw this frog sitting on plants 1-2 m above the ground.
This frog is brown in color with brown or red stripes sideways across its back. Its eyes are very large. There is a white spot above each eye.
Tatsu Ishimoda
Tatsu Ishimoda (石母田 達 Ishimoda Tatsu; 11 May 1924 – 12 February 2022) was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the Japanese Communist Party. He was in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976. Ishimoda was born in Ishinomaki, Japan.
Ishimoda died in Atsugi, Japan from problems caused by Alzheimer's disease on 12 February 2022 at the age of 97.
Carnival
Lent
Many Christian churches have a 40-day "season" of fasting called Lent, in which Christians prepare for Easter which is one of the two most important feasts in the Christian year (the other being Christmas). Easter is in late March or April. Lent always begins on a Wednesday, which is called Ash Wednesday in February or March. On that day, many people go to church and have some ash smeared on their forehead as a sign of sorrow for their sins. Then for 40 days, they try to work hard on improving themselves and thinking about the teachings of Jesus. It is usual for people to "give up" something for Lent. They might stop smoking or stop watching TV so they can spend more time reading the Bible or talking with the family. Many people give up all their favourite foods and have no cake, wine, beer, chocolate, ice cream or other luxury foods.
The name "carnivale" comes from Italian and means "putting aside the flesh". This means that during Lent people were not to think about their "flesh" (their bodies) but do things that were good for their souls. The word "flesh"" also means "meat" so many people would eat no meat during Lent.
Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras means "Fat Tuesday". This was the day just before Lent. The first day of Lent was called Mecredi Meagre meaning "Mean Wednesday". ("Mean" used to mean "poor" and "thin" rather than "nasty".)
During the Middle Ages in Europe, it was normal for people to have a big feast on the Tuesday before the Lenten fast started. In many towns this developed into a big public party, with entertainment in the town square. There is a famous painting by Pieter Bruegel dating from the 1550s and showing the "Battle of Carnival and Lent". (See top of page)
About Pieter Bruegel's famous painting
In this picture by Pieter Bruegel, a man representing Carnival is pushed on a barrel by people in costumes and masks. He is about to do battle with Lent. His weapon is a skewer covered with pieces of roast meat. He balances a blackbird pie on his head. Lent, who is very skinny, fights him with two little fish on a bread-board. The person at the front wears a mask and plays a very noisy instrument called a rummelpott.
Modern celebrations of Carnival
Nowadays many cities and towns around the world celebrate Carnival for a week or more. The final day of the celebration was traditionally Mardi Gras, when there is often a parade. In some cities the Mardi Gras parade is held on the weekend before Lent begins, rather than on the Tuesday, so as not to disturb the business and traffic of the town.
In some towns such as the Belgian town of Binche the preparations for the Carnival are complex and start many weeks before Carnival takes place, with most of the town's people taking part in some way. The Carnival of Binche is listed with UNESCO as an event of great historic importance because it has been held there in almost the same way for more than 500 years.
Carnival is celebrated differently around the world, but there are some things that are similar:
In the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro, which is one of the biggest and most famous in the world, a major feature is the glamorous costumes as both men and women wear bright colours and wonderful headdresses to dance down the street to the sound of many bands. In Rio there are many very large and expensive decorated floats. In New Orleans the bands are one of the most important parts of the Carnival celebrations. In Düsseldorf in Germany, one of the features of the Carnival parades are the enormous models of politicians and other well-known people. In Sydney, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardis Gras which started out as a parade for Sydney's homosexual community, now includes exhibitions, live theatre and competitions, and stretches over two weeks.
In Venice the Carnival was celebrated from December 26 until Lent began. During that time, people were allowed to disguise themselves by wearing masks in the street. In the 1930s this was forbidden by the Italian Government, but in 1980 a mask-makers shop was set up in Venice again. Soon the old tradition was brought back, and now many people dress in costume and wear masks for two weeks before Lent begins.
In Brussels in Belgium, the main Carnival procession is held in the Grande Place, the town square in front of the Gothic Town Hall with its huge tower. Every part of the procession is ruled by a tradition, but some of the traditions are so old that no-one remembers what they mean anymore. At the beginning of the procession is a large group of people dressed in beautiful costumes of silk and velvet, who act out an historic scene of the coming of the King of Spain and his royal court to Brussels 500 years ago. When they have taken their seats, there comes an amazing procession which includes stilt walkers, fire eaters, Goldilocks with a dancing bear, a mad camel, a wizard, lots of men in huge feathery headdresses, and the Archangel Michael whose job is to frighten the Devil. These characters are traditional to Brussels. In every city, the characters that take part are different.
Uruguay
The country of Uruguay in South America is a fun place to be during Carnival. In Uruguay, Carnival has its own special musical performance. During February and March, it is summer in Uruguay. Everybody goes into the streets, from old people to children. There are people dancing, singing, and playing a special kind of music. This kind of dance and music is called murga. People do murga performances in groups. The biggest groups have 17 people. They wear funny clothes with lots of colors. They play the drums and sing. The members of the groups are not professional singers or dancers. They are people with other jobs. Each group prepares and practices their own dance and songs for months. Then, they try to be the best group at the festival. Each group's dance and songs last about 45 minutes. The songs are stories about important people or events in the news, so people think watching murga is like watching a play at the theater. Uruguay’s Carnival started over 100 years ago. It is the world's longest and is about 40 days long. People still work during that time, but in the evenings and on weekends, they enjoy the festival.
Different uses of the word "carnival"
Although the word "carnival" still has its old meaning, it is often used to mean public entertainments of different kinds. Some towns have carnivals that have nothing to do with Lent and are at different times of year. Nowadays there are all sorts of different carnivals. Some of these carnivals, like the Notting Hill Carnival in London and the Melbourne Cup Racing Carnival in Australia are very famous.