cyanic-selkie/wikianc huggingface dataset:
Self-portrait as a young man (Filippini)
Description
Made when the artist was twenty, while attending the drawing school in Brescia, it is one of the three self-portraits made by Filippini.
Reading, Berkshire
History
Reading is the home of a school which used to be a Hospital in World War I and World War II. It is named Redlands Primary School.
Madejski stadium is home to the Reading Football Club whose nickname is "The Royals". They are also known as the "Biscuit Men". The stadium was opened on 22 August 1998.
Reading is the largest town in England. Of course, there are larger cities in England but Reading has not been granted city status and it doesn't have a cathedral. Also, Reading is home to the Oracle, a huge shopping centre and a large university named University of Reading.
Reading began life as a Saxon Settlement. Reading was originally called Reada Ingas, which means people of Reada. Reada was a Saxon leader in the area with his tribe in the 6th century.
The Normans built a wooden castle in Reading. It was later replaced by a stone castle. The king then demolished the castle in 1152 fearing it might come into the hands of his enemies.
The Huntley and Palmer's biscuit factory was the biggest in the world in 1914 and one factory was built on Kings Road by George Palmer in 1846.
Palmer Park was founded by George Palmer and it has a statue of George Palmer in it. Palmer Park was built for his workers to rest and people still enjoy using the park today.
There is a very famous hospital called The Royal Berkshire Hospital. It was opened in 1839.
Lots of schools in Reading took part in "Beat The Street" in 2015.
Notable people
TV presenter Chris Tarrant (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) and comedian Ricky Gervais are from Reading, and also actress Kate Winslet, who has a road named after her. Musician Mike Oldfield is also from Reading. Tony Sullivan (local legend) is also a resident in the town. The town has two universities and is famous for its rock festival. Reading is home to Championship football and rugby teams.
Dave Loebsack
David Wayne Loebsack (born December 23, 1952) is an American politician. He was the U.S. Representative for IA's 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was aprofessor of political science at Cornell College.
On April 12, 2019, Loebsack announced he would not seek reelection.
Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor. He was the head of a family of actors: son Peter, daughter Jane, granddaughter Bridget and grandson Troy Garity. He has won an Academy Award.
Fonda starred in movies including The Grapes of Wrath (1940), 12 Angry Men (1957), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and Yours, Mine and Ours (1968). His last performance was in 1981's On Golden Pond.
Fonda was born on May 16, 1905 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He studied at the University of Minnesota.
He was married to Margaret Sullavan from 1931 until they divorced in 1932. Then he was married to Frances Ford Seymour from 1936 until her death in 1950. Then he was married to Susan Blanchard from 1950 until they divorced in 1956. Then he was married to Afdera Franchetti from 1957 until they divorced in 1961. Then he was last married to Shirlee Mae Adams from 1965 until his death in 1982.
Fonda died on August 12, 1982 from heart disease in Los Angeles, California. He was 77.
Miloslav Vlk
Miloslav Vlk ([ˈmɪloslaf ˈvl̩k]; 17 May 1932 – 18 March 2017) was a Czech prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Prague from 1991 to 2010. He was made a cardinal in 1994.
Bad Ragaz
Bad Ragaz is a municipality in Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
There is a natural spring in Bad Ragaz and it is a popular spa and health resort destination.
Miloslav Vlk
Vlk was born in the Písek District of Southern Bohemia. He died on 18 March 2017 from cancer in Prague, aged 84.
Metre (disambiguation)
Metre or meter is a unit of measurement of length in the metric system.
Metre or meter could also mean:
Police action
Police action is a term for the use of military forces without declaring war. Many military actions are called police actions. People do not declare war commonly any more.
Giorgio Ferrini
Giovanni Ferrari (6 December 1907 – 2 December 1982) is a former Italian football player. He has played for Italy national team.
Club career statistics
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Ukraine at the Olympics
Ukraine sent athletes to the Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation in 1994. It has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then.
Before 1994, Ukrainian athletes were a part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988. After the Soviet Union ended, Ukraine was part of the Unified Team in 1992.
Ukraine has won a total of 116 medals at the Summer Games and five at the Winter Games. Gymnastics has been the nation's best sport.
The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine was created in 1990. It was accepted by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.
Double Falcon
Double Falcon (also possibly Dju and Nebwy) was a Predynastic pharaoh of Lower Egypt belonging to Dynasty 0. The exact timeline of his reign is unknown, although it is estimated to be during the 33rd century BCE. The length of his reign is unknown.
Discovery
In 1910 M. J. Clédat, an Egyptologist, discovered the first evidence for king Double Falcon. A farmer at el-Mehemdiah in the north-eastern delta brought him a jar and some incised fragments found while planting a palm-grove in nearby el-Beda. Clédat soon discovered four serekhs of king Double Falcon.
More serekhs of king Double Falcon have been found in the Sinai, in Tell Ibrahim Awad in the eastern delta, in Adaima and Abydos in Upper Egypt, and in the Palmahim quarry in southern Israel. Because these finds have mainly been in Lower Egypt and north-western Sinai, it shows Double Falcon may have only ruled over these areas. However as some of his serekhs have been found in Upper Egypt and Canaan, it shows that the power of the Dynasty 0 kings was spreading. This had already begun towards the end of the Naqada III period, through trading or warfare.
Abaeté
Abaeté is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It covers an area of 1,816 km2. In 2007, the population was 22,474. Abaeté became a municipality in 1870.
Location
Abaeté belongs to the statistical micro-region of Três Marias. It is located at an elevation of 641 meters between the São Francisco River and the Indaiá River. Neighboring municipalities are:
Etymology
Abaeté, of Tupi-Guarani origin, means strong man or brave man. It was the word by which the local natives called themselves. The first name of the settlement was Nossa Senhora das Dores do Marmelada.
Caithness
Caithness (Gallaibh) is a historic county in northern Scotland. The only county Caithness borders is Sutherland. Caithness is linked to the rest of the country through the A9 and A836 main roads as well as the Far North Line. Wick John O' Groats airport is in Caithness. Many ferry links between the Scottish mainland and the Orkney Islands are through Caithness. The nearby Isle of Stroma is within its borders.
Monticello, Utah
Monticello is a city located in San Juan County, Utah, United States and is the county seat. It is the second most populous city in San Juan County, with a population of 1,824 at the 2020 census. It was made a city in 1910.
Caithness
Towns and villages
There are several towns and villages in Caithness.
Towns* Wick
Thurso
Villages*Castletown, Highland
Dunbeath
Dunnet
Halkirk
John o' Groats
Keiss
Lybster
Reay
Scrabster
Watten
Billie Sutton
In May 2017, Sutton announced his candidacy for Governor of South Dakota in 2018 at his family ranch in Burke, SD. He won the Democratic nomination, but lost the general election in November 2018 to Republican Kristi Noem by 2%.
Nikolai Kuimov
Nikolai Dimitriyevich Kuimov (Николай Дмитриевич Куимов; 16 December 1957 – 17 August 2021) was a Russian test pilot. He was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation in 2007 by President Vladimir Putin. He was known for testing the safety of many well known airplane models, including the Il-76, Il-86, Il-96, Il-114, and Il-103. Kuimov was born in Podolsk, then-Soviet Union.
Kuimov was killed in an airplane crash near Kubinka, Russia on 17 August 2021, aged 63.
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens (born July 1, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Petoskey, Michigan.
Some people think he is part of the folk revival in indie pop, but he gets ideas from many things. His music is similar to electronica and the minimalism of Steve Reich. Stevens says that he has plans to make a concept album for each of the 50 U.S. states. He began with Michigan (2003) and Illinois (2005).
Stevens was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Petoskey. He went to Harbor Light Christian School as well as the Interlochen Arts Academy. He also learned at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.
Sufjan is an Arabic name that famously belonged to Abu Sufyan, a man from early Islamic history. The name was given to Stevens by the person who founded Subud, a spiritual community. Stevens said in an interview, "It sounds like Devendra Banhart kind of grew up in this strange kind of cultish environment, and I don't mean that word in a demeaning way. I think we probably come from similar backgrounds. There's a little bit of that in my history."
Stevens is a multi-instrumentalist, a person who can play many musical instruments. He is well known for his use of the banjo, but also plays guitar, piano, drums, and several other instruments, often playing all of these on his albums by using multitrack recording. When he was in school, he learned the oboe and English horn, which he also plays on his albums. He is one of the few musicians in pop music to use these instruments. A lot of instruments are played in unison to give his songs a "symphony-like" sound. Strings and horns are used very often in many of his songs.
Stevens lives in the Brooklyn part of New York City in the neighborhood Kensington where he makes up the Asthmatic Kitty Records staff of the Brooklyn office. His brother Marzuki Stevens is a marathon runner.
The song The Mystery of Love because of the movie Call Me by Your Name was hit song and won AMFT Awards in 2017.
Pecan
The pecan (Carya illinoinensis) is a species of hickory nut, native to south-central North America, in the United States from southern Iowa, Illinois and Indiana east to western Kentucky, North Carolina and western Tennessee, south through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas; and in Mexico from Coahuila south to Jalisco and Veracruz.
"Pecan" is from an Algonquian word, meaning a nut requiring a stone to crack.
Pecans are often used in cooking in the Southern United States. A common dessert there is pecan pie.
Intel Core i5
Intel Core i5 is a name that Intel uses for the computer processors it makes for desktop and laptop computers.
The first Core i5 is a version of the earlier Core i7, the Lynnfield core. Lynnfield Core i5 processors have an 8 MB L3 cache. They have a DMI (Direct Media Interface) bus running at 2.5 GT/s. Core i5 also has support for dual-channel DDR SDRAM memory and have Hyper-threading disabled. A new feature called Turbo Boost Technology was introduced which maximizes speed for demanding computer programs. This increases performance to match the amount of work the computer must do.
The Core i5-5xx mobile processors are named Arrandale. They are based on the 32nm Westmere shrink of the Nehalem microarchitecture. Arrandale processors have integrated graphics capability but only two processor cores. They were released in January 2010. Clarkdale, is the desktop version of Arrandale. These are the first processors to have integrated video. It has Hyper-Threading enabled and the full 4 MB L3 cache.
Tallvik
Tallvik is a locality in Överkalix Municipality in Norrbotten County in Sweden. In 2010, 434 people lived there.
Toshio Irie
Toshio Irie (入江 俊郎, Irie Toshiō, January 10, 1901 – July 18, 1972) was a Japanese politician and bureaucrat. He was born in Tokyo. He went to college at Tokyo University. After he graduated from college he joined Japan's Ministry of Home Affairs. He then worked for the Cabinet Legislation Bureau as Counselor in the year 1927. He worked under Shigeru Yoshida. In 1946, Toshio earned a new job and became Director-General of the Bureau. As Director-General he worked on writing the Constitution of Japan after World War II. Toshio was added to the House of Peers. Two years later he had a new job as Commissioner General for the House of Representatives. From the year 1952 until 1970 he was a Justice for the Supreme Court of Japan. He worked as a Justice longer than any other Justice in Japanese Supreme Court history.
He retired from working in politics in 1971. He then became a teacher at Komazawa University. He died in 1972.
Tariff
A tariff is a tax charged on goods as they pass between one country and another. A tariff can be placed on goods being brought into the country (imports), and goods being exported from the country to another. It is usually done to make money for the government. It may also be done for protectionism. Protectionism makes it easier for local products to sell by making products from foreign countries more expensive.
Often, one government will have an agreement with another not to place any tariffs on goods that are traded between them. This kind of agreement is called free trade.
Paolo Mazza
Paolo Mazza (born 21 July 1901 – 31 December 1981) is a former Italian football manager.
Lithium peroxide
Lithium peroxide is a chemical compound. Its chemical formula is Li2O2. It contains lithium and peroxide ions.
Properties
Lithium peroxide is a white solid. It gives off oxygen when heated. It is an oxidizing agent.
Uses
It is used to absorb carbon dioxide on spaceships. It also releases oxygen when it absorbs carbon dioxide.
Safety
Lithium peroxide reacts violently with water to make oxygen. It also is an oxidizing agent and can catch things on fire. It is corrosive because it is basic.
Cossonay (district)
Cossonay was a district of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The capital was the town of Cossonay.
Franz Heinzl
Franz Heinzl (13 April 1892 – 16 May 1922) was an Austrian footballer who played as a forward. He made seven appearances for the Austria national team from 1914 to 1917.
Career
Franz Heinzl played for Stockerauer SV 07. 1914 he went to Wiener AF. Under Hugo Meisl he made his international debut on 3 May 1914 in a 2-0 win against Hungary. With WAF he won the Austrian championship in his debut season 1913/14. As far as the First World War allowed Franz Heinzl continued to play for the national team and the WAF. In 1915 he became topscorer of the league.
Death
A lung disease finally forced him to give up football. He died in May 1922.
Nude Study (Filippini)
Nude Study  (also known as Studio di nudo virile) is a 19th-century late impressionist painted in oil by Francesco Filippini. It was painted about 1876, in Brescia, Italy. Is in the collection of the Civic Museums of Brescia (inv. n. 988).
Description
The work is part of six other nude studies, preserved in the Civic Museums of Brescia and carried out by Filippini, during his transition from the Brescia drawing school to the Brera Academy in Milan.
This virile study was carried out by Filippini who had to make a copy of a painting from "Academia" to participate in the competition for the prize of the legate Brozzoni, which he needed to move to the Brera Academy in Milan.
Phoenix (constellation)
Phoenix is a small and not-so-bright constellation in the southern sky. It is one of the birds in a "nest" of bird constellations near it. This constellation was named after the mythical phoenix.
Mythology
This constellation represents a mythological bird that burns itself up every several hundred years then comes back alive from the ashes of the fire
Aurora, Illinois
Aurora is a city in Illinois in the United States. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Ronald Brunmayr
Ronald Brunmayr (born 17 February 1975) is an Austrian football manager and a former player.
Club career
The striker began his career at SV Garsten. He went to SK Vorwärts Steyr which was his first professional team. Brunmayr's next club was FC Linz. After the merger with LASK, he moved to FK Austria Wien. In 1998 he moved to SV Ried. In 2000 he moved to Grazer AK. At this club he won a domestic cup, became footballer of the year, and won Austria's goalscoring charts.
He then joined SK Sturm Graz in 2003, then rejoined SV Ried in 2005. 2007 he played for FC Kärnten in 2007He ended his professional career at SV Pasching from 2008 to 2010.
International career
In August 2000 Brunmayr made his debut for the Austria national team against Hungary. His last international game was a March 2003 friendly match against Scotland.He played eight mastches and scored one goal.
Manager
From 2012 to 2015 Brunmayr trained at Academy Linz. In the summer of 2015 he became coach of FC Pasching/LASK Juniors. In 2018 he was promoted to the 2nd league with the Juniors. They were renamed FC Juniors Oberösterreich with an independent team.
During the winter break of the 2018/19 season Brunmayr returned to AKA Linz.[1] For the 2019/20 season he went back to the Juniors as assistant coach to Gerald Scheiblehner. In January 2020 he became the coach of FC Blau-Weiss Linz. In the 2020/21 season they won the championship title in the Second league. Brunmayr left Blau-Weiß for the 2021/22 season and became Oliver Glasner's assistant coach in Germany at Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. He won the 2021/22 UEFA Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt on 18 May 2022. In 2023 he left Frankfurt together with Glasner.
Honours
Manager
Gianni Rodari
Gianni Rodari (October 23, 1920 in Omegna (Novara) - April 14, 1980 in Rome) was an Italian writer. He was famous for his books for children.
Tore Pedersen
Tore Pedersen (born 29 September 1969) is a former Norwegian football player. He has played for Norway national team.
Club career statistics
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International career statistics
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William R. Haine
William Haine (August 8, 1944 – August 16, 2021) was a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate representing the 56th district from his appointment in November 2002 until 2019. He was born in Alton, Illinois.
Haine died on August 16, 2021 at the age of 77.
Stal Mielec
Stal Mielec has won I liga (Polish first league) 2 times (in 1973 and 1976) and played in quarterfinals of UEFA Cup in 1976. They were one of the best teams of Poland in 1970s.
Famous players are Grzegorz Lato, Henryk Kasperczak, Andrzej Szarmach, Jan Domarski, all of them played in 1970s.
Échallens (district)
Echallens was a district of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The capital was the town of Echallens. As of 2006 it is part of the Gros-de-Vaud District.
It contained the following municipalities:
Cayo District
Cayo District is a district in the west of the nation of Belize. The District capital is the town of San Ignacio.
Geography
The Cayo District is the largest in Belize. It is on the western side of the country which borders Guatemala. The nation's capital, Belmopan, is in the district.
The Cayo District has the Pre-Columbian Maya ruins of Xunantunich, Cahal Pech, Chaa Creek, and Caracol. Major rivers in the district include the Macal River and the Mopan River.
Importance and Location
The Cayo District is mostly an agricultural district. The chief crops are citrus, (oranges, grapefruit, and tangerine), as well as bananas. Recently oil was found in Spanish Lookout and is now in production. In addition to the ruins listed above there are several other important nature reserves including two National Parks, Blue Hole (park) and Guanacaste National Park. Ecotourism is also an important part of the region's economy.
According to the 2000 census, Cayo District had a population of 53,715 people.
Abaetetuba
The city of Abaetetuba is located in Pará State, Brazil. The population of the municipality is 141,054. Of those, 78,000 live in the city proper (IBGE figure 2010). The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Abaetetuba.
Etymology
"Abaetetuba" comes from the Tupi language and means "group of true men", from the words abá ("man"), eté ("true") and tyba ("group").
Infomercial
An infomercial is a kind of advertisment. An infomercial is similar to a regular TV program, but it wants to promote a product or service. The word is made of two parts, information and commercial. Very often there's a way to directly respond, like a toll-free telephone number, or website, where the items can be ordered. Informercials are designd to produce a direct response, that can be measured. They are often pre-recorded. They are shown when there are few people watching television, for example during the night.
Properties
Informewrcials usually have the following properties:
The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1837 in the third volume of Fairy Tales Told for Children with "The Emperor's New Clothes". The tale glorifies suffering and self-denial. There is a statue of The Little Mermaid in the harbor of Copenhagen. The story has been adapted to opera and animated movies.
Story
A Beautiful mermaid princess, red hair delicate white skin and blue eyes swims to the surface of the sea. As it happens, she sees a human prince and falls in love with him. She wants to meet him again; however, she is a mermaid, and her father, who is the king of the sea, would not let her do so. She wants to find a way to win the prince's love, so she goes to the sea witch's cave. She will get an immortal soul if she wins the love of a human. She sacrifices her voice and her tail to the sea witch for two human legs. The prince becomes her companion. But, he falls in love with another person. The mermaid has the chance to return to the sea. She must kill the prince to go back, and so she refuses. She dies, and is transformed into a daughter of the air. She will receive an immortal soul if she does good deeds for three hundred years.
Thomas Losonczy
Thomas Losonczy is a retired fencer from USA. Thomas competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born on July 19, 1953.
The Little Mermaid
Adaptations
In 1957, Germaine Tailleferre wrote a three act opera with the subject. In 1968, there was a Soviet animated movie. In 1976, a co-production of the Soviet Union and Bulgaria resulted in a live-action movie. In 1989, The Walt Disney Company also made an animated movie. In 2008, Studio Ghibli made a movie inspired by the story called Ponyo.
Howard Webb
Howard Melton Webb (born 14 July 1971) is an English past professional football referee. He is currently the Chief Refereeing Officer for PGMOL since November 2022. He had a former job as General Manager and Head of VAR of the Professional Referee Organization for Major League Soccer before he took his role at PGMOL as their Chief Operating Officer. Webb is regarded as one of the top referees by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics. He has refereed many notable games.
Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was the 12th president of the United States. He served as president from 1849 until his death in 1850. He was a second cousin to James Madison.
General years
Taylor was a general in the United States Army. He led an army during the Mexican-American War. He was selected by the Whigs to be their candidate because he was a famous general. He was the last President to own slaves while in office.
Presidency
During his term, slavery was a big issue because the Northerners wanted no slavery in the U.S. and wanted to stop newly formed states from allowing slavery. The southerners believed that they had the right to keep their slaves and people feared that they would choose to not be a part of the United States anymore (which they would eventually do in 1860).
Taylor did not like the idea of the southern states leaving the United States at all. He threatened to use military force against them if they were to do that.
Taylor never voted until he was 62 years old. He was never a resident of a particular location in the United States long enough to register to vote.
The Compromise of 1850 (a proposal several laws that would calm down the slavery issue by pleasing both the north and the south) was voted on in Congress shortly after his death. This was negotiated by Kentucky's Congressman, Henry Clay, who was a distant cousin of the Taylors and Lincolns.
Andalusia
Andalusia (Andalucía) is the first in population among the 17 Autonomous communities in Spain and the second in area. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Seville. Its capital is the city of Seville (Spanish: Sevilla).
Andalusia is in the south of the Iberian peninsula, just to the south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha; west of the autonomous community of Murcia and the Mediterranean Sea; east of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean; and north of the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar. The small British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar shares a land border with the Andalusian province of Cádiz at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar.
History
The name Andalusia is the modern version of the Arabic language Al-Andalus (الأندلس), name used by the Muslim Moors for all of the territory of the Iberian Peninsula under their control. During that period, northern Iberian Peninsula was controlled by Christian kings and the southern Iberian Peninsula was controlled by Moors.
In 711 CE, the Moors invaded the Iberian Peninsula, then controlled by Christians of Visigothic origin. By 719 the Moors conquered all of the peninsula except for a small area in the northern Pyrenees Mountains. The Moors used the name Al-Andalus for all of the territory of the Iberian Peninsula under their control.
Christians in the north waged war for more than seven centuries against the Moors, gradually taking over more and more of the southern areas. This process of war is called the Reconquista (a Spanish and Portuguese word meaning "to conquest again"). In the year 1492 under Spanish Inquisition, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain retook the last stronghold in the southern area at Granada. In that same year, the majority Muslim Moors and Sephardi Jews were forced to leave Spain, other who want stay in Andalusia got baptized and became Catholic Christians.
Symbols
The official flag of Andalusia has three equal horizontal stripes, colored green, white, and green respectively; the Andalusian coat of arms is on the central stripe. It was approved in a meeting in 1918 of Andalusian nationalists at Ronda, a city in the province of Málaga.
The anthem of Andalusia was composed by José del Castillo Díaz with lyrics by Blas Infante. The music was inspired by Santo Dios, a religious folk song sung at harvest time by peasants.
Geography
Andalusia is one of the 17 Spanish autonomous communities and is in the southwestern region of the European Union. It has a surface area of 87597 km2, 17.3 percent of the territory of Spain. By area, it is the second Spanish autonomous community.
The natural limits of Andalusia are: to the south, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea; to the north, the Sierra Morena, mountain range that separates Andalusia from the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha; to the west is Portugal; and to the east is Murcia.
Relief
Andalusia has the Iberian peninsula's highest mountains and nearly 15 percent of its terrain over 1000 m. The picture is similar for areas under 100 m (with the Baetic Depression), and for the variety of slopes.
The three main geographical regions of Andalusia are:
Climate
In general, Andalusia has a Mediterranean climate, except in the Valley of Granada (Vega de Granada), with occasional heavy rains and extremely hot temperatures.
Rainfall decreases from west to east. The place in Andalusia with the highest rainfall is in the Sierra de Grazalema (2138 mm per year) and the driest place is Cabo de Gata, the place with the least amount of rainfall in Europe with only 117 mm of rain per year.
The mountain ranges are cooler than the plains and have a higher rainfall with some snow in winter. The Sierra Nevada, above 3000 m, is snow covered for most of the year.
Rivers
Andalusia has rivers that flow into both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Flowing to the Atlantic are the Guadiana, Odiel-Tinto, Guadalquivir, Guadalete, and Barbate. Flowing to the Mediterranean are the Guadiaro, Guadalhorce, Guadalmedina, Guadalfeo, Andarax (also known as the Almería) and Almanzora. Of these, the Guadalquivir is the longest in Andalusia and fifth longest on the Iberian peninsula, at 657 km.
Administrative divisions
Andalusia consists of eight provinces. Each of the Andalusian provinces bears the same name as its capital:
People
The Andalusians are the inhabitants of Andalusia of the southern region in Iberian Peninsula. Traditional male Circumcision is usually performed due to Islamic influence, especially in the Province of Granada. They are generally considered an ethnically distinct peoples because of the two of the most important markers of distinctiveness: their own language and an awareness of a presumed common origin. Andalusian is said to be a distinct dialect of Spanish, according to the Andalusian nationalism. The Andalusians have a rich culture which includes the famous flamenco style of music and dance, even though it was adopted by the Spanish Caló who have changed it and monopolized into their own culture.
Vittsjö
Vittsjö is a locality in Hässleholm Municipality in Skåne County in Sweden. In 2010, 1,665 people lived there.
Robert Peterson (Canadian politician)
Robert W. Peterson (October 19, 1937 – November 5, 2020) was a Canadian Liberal politician. He was a senator from Saskatchewan. He was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Paul Martin on March 24, 2005. He left office on October 19, 2012.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Williamsport is a city in, and the county seat of, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. In 2019, 28,186 people lived here.
Beja language
Beja is a Cushitic language. It is spoken on the coast of the Red Sea in Sudan, Eritrea and Egypt. Around one million people speak the language. It is the only language of the North Cushitic branch still spoken.
Shia–Sunni relations
Shias, a term that stems from shi'atu Ali, Arabic for “partisans of Ali,” believe that Ali and his descendant s are part of a divine order. Sunnis, meaning followers of the sunna, or “way” in Arabic, of Mohammed, are opposed to political succession based on Mohammed's bloodline.
Prakrit
Prakrit (from prakrta, meaning natural) was the Indo-Aryan languages spoken in ancient India. The prakrits were used as a colloquial language, and can be contrasted therein with Sanskrit which was used as a literary language and developed a real written grammar. We can say that the Prakrits stand to Sanskrit as Vulgar Latin stands to Classical Latin.
Northern bat
The northern bat (Eptesicus nilssonii) is a species of bat in Eurasia. It is related to the serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus).
Corozal District
Corozal District is the northernmost district of the nation of Belize. The population was 33,335 as of 2000. The district capital is Corozal Town.
The island of Ambergris Caye is close to Corozal District, but it is a part of Belize District.
Pre-Columbian Maya ruins are found in Corozal at Santa Rita near Corozal Town, and at Cerros.
Spanish is the most spoken language in Corozal, followed by English. 80% speak Spanish very well and 60% speak English very well.
Gary Fleder
Gary Fleder is an American movie director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for the movie Homefront, released by Open Road Films and Millennium Films in November 2013.
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
The Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium is a football stadium in Istanbul in Turkey. It is home to the club Fenerbahce.
Octans
Octans is the southernmost constellation. It represents a tool that a sailor would use to find his position using the position of the stars; the octant. Octans contains the southernmost star above Magnitude 6, σ Octantis, which cannot be seen easily.
Susanna Reid
Susanna Reid (born 10 December 1970) is an English television presenter and journalist.
Works
From 2003 to 2014, she co-hosted BBC Breakfast with Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt. In 2013, she was runner-up in the 11th series of the BBC One dancing show Strictly Come Dancing. Since 2014, Reid has been the main presenter of the ITV1 breakfast programme Good Morning Britain with Ben Shephard, Kate Garraway and formerly Piers Morgan. She also presented Sunday Morning Live on BBC One from 2010 to 2011.
Grandson (district)
Grandson was a district of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The capital was the town of Grandson. As of 2006 it is part of the Jura-Nord vaudois District.
The district had the following municipalities:
Petunia Pig
Petunia Pig is an animated fictional character under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. She looks quite a bit like her significant other, the Porky Pig. But she wears braids and a dress.
Petunia was introduced by the animator Frank Tashlin in the 1937 short Porky's Romance. The movie is a parody of a 1932 Walt Disney cartoon called Mickey's Nightmare, except Mickey Mouse marries his long-time girlfriend Minnie Mouse in that movie. Porky's overtures toward Petunia bring him only the scornful laughs of his lover pig.
Tashlin adopted Petunia as a regular member of Porky's crew. He (Tashlin) showed her in two more cartoons: The Case of the Stuttering Pig and Porky's Double Trouble.
As Porky's being popular was overshadowed in the late 1930s and 1940s by other characters, such as Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny, he himself was reduced to a supporting player under new Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes shorts. Petunia, only a bit player to Porky's lead, fared worse.
But later, Petunia made appearances in other specials, like Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol.
The regular adult Petunia was a guest star under DC Comics' Looney Tunes' comic book and in the official Looney Tunes website.
Petunia also appears in Looney Tunes Cartoons. Her first showing in the series was presented in the piece Happy Birthday, Bugs Bunny.
Victoria Spartz
Victoria Spartz (née Kulheyko) (Вікторія Кульгейко); born October 6, 1978) is a Ukrainian-American politician and businesswoman. She is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana's 5th congressional district since 2021.
Spartz is the first Ukrainian-born member of the U.S. Congress and the first member born in a then-Soviet Republic.
She was a member of the Indiana Senate from the 20th District.
In February 2023, Spartz announced that she would not run for reelection or any other office in 2024.
MBB
MBB may refer to:
Endosymbiosis
Endosymbiosis occurs when a symbiont lives inside the body or the cells of another organism. It is a very widespread phenomenon in living things.
Examples are:
Bandeau
Bandeau is a clothing comprising of a strip of cloth around a woman's breasts. It is usually part of a Bikini. It is strapless, off the shoulder and sleeveless. It is commonly made by elastic materials to prevent it from slipping down or is tied/pinned at the back or front.
Abaiara
Abaiara is a city in the south region of the state of Ceará, Brazil.
Endosymbiosis
Eukaryote theory
Endosymbiont theory is the idea that eukaryote cells arose in evolution by the fusion of previously free-living protists (prokaryotes). p143 The theory was first suggested by the Russian botanist Konstantin Mereshkovsky in 1905. The nature of lichens had been worked out; mitochondria and chloroplasts had been seen in cells, and their similarity to bacteria noted. The theory was initially dismissed, but was re-examined when more was known about cell biology, by Lynn Margulis The eukaryote cell is the type of cell all animals and plants are made of. Some cell organelles, such as mitochondria and chloroplasts, contain DNA. In each case, this DNA is thought to be the remnant of the genome of a once independent bacterium. The theory is that the eukaryote cell evolved by the fusion of several bacteria or archaean organisms. Together, the new cells survived, prospered and evolved into new and complex forms of life. The origin of other organelles in the eukaryotic cell is still under review: the cell nucleus, its membrane, chromosomes and centromeres; the Golgi body; the flagella or cilia; the intracellular membranes. Some of these may also have had a symbiotic origin.
Abaiara
History
Abaiara's history goes back to the 19th century, when two farmers, José Leite da Cunha and José Júlio Sampaio, settled in the area.
Endosymbiosis
Eukaryote theory
Examples:
Endosymbiosis in prokaryotes
There is evidence that symbiosis happened between ancient bacteria to produce the double-membrane class known as gram-negative bacteria. Since the gram-negative bacteria include the cyanobacteria, this was the first of several such events in the history of the eukaryotes.
Steve Brookstein
Steve Brookstein (born 10 November 1968) is a British soul and jazz singer from London. He has been active since he won the 2004 UK series of talent show The X Factor. He has had 1 hit single to date, number 1 hit, Against All Odds a cover of the 1984 Phil Collins original his version was number 11 in Ireland. He was part of the Syco Music record label. His first album Heart & Soul reached number 1 in the United Kingdom album charts. His second album 40,000 Things only reached number 165.
Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd
Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd is a 2011 case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. It was a civil lawsuit filed in federal court. It argued that holding Muslim-Americans after the September 11 attacks was unconstitutional.
Background
A young man named Lavoni T. Kidd was a prominent football player at the University of Idaho. He is an American citizen. While at college, Kidd converted to Islam and took the name Abudulla al-Kidd.
In 2003, the police arrested Al-Kidd as he was boarding a flight to Saudi Arabia, where he planned to study. He was held for 15 nights under the federal material witness statute (a law that allows police to hold people who are going to testify in court) because he was going to testify in the trial of Sami Omar Al-Hussayen. FBI Director Robert S. Mueller told Congress that al-Kidd's capture was one of the FBI's "success" stories. Al-Kidd was never charged with a crime or called as a witness. He was later released.
Al-Kidd went to court, suing John Ashcroft, who was United States Attorney General from 2001 to 2005. Al-Kidd said he was strip-searched, shackled, interrogated without having a lawyer with him, and treated as a terrorist. The American Civil Liberties Union lawyers who represented al-Kidd claimed he was one of 70 Muslim men who were treated this way.
In 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that Ashcroft could be sued and held personally responsible for the wrongful holding of al-Kidd. On October 18, 2010, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear Ashcroft's appeal.
Supreme Court decision
On May 31, 2011, the Supreme Court ruled against al-Kidd by a vote of 8-0. (Usually there are nine Supreme Court Justices, but Justice Elena Kagan did not participate in the al-Kidd case. )
To show that Ashcroft could be sued, al-Kidd's lawyers had to meet a very high burden of proof. They needed to prove that Ashcroft was directly involved in holding al-Kidd, or that he knew what was happening to al-Kidd. The Court ruled that al-Kidd's lawyers had not proved these things. They suggested that al-Kidd's detention was handled mostly by people who were much less powerful than Ashcroft.
All eight Supreme Court Justices agreed that the Ninth Circuit's ruling should be reversed. However, the Justices reached this decision for different reasons.
Majority opinion
In a footnote in his opinion, Scalia argues with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about what type of "individualized suspicion" is needed to justify arresting a person. Scalia wrote that a person does not need to be suspected of "wrongdoing" – he just needs to be suspected. Scalia found that Ashcroft was protected from any possible lawsuits for ordering this group of arrests: "The objectively reasonable arrest and detention of a material witness pursuant to a validly obtained warrant cannot be challenged as unconstitutional on the basis of allegations that the arresting authority had an improper motive."
Concurring opinions
Justice Kennedy wrote a concurring opinion. He was joined by Justices Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor for Part I of his opinion. He also wrote that al-Kidd's lawsuit should be dismissed.
Kennedy wrote the second part of his opinion alone. In this part, he described his concern that the Attorney General of the United States cannot be personally sued just because lower courts in some parts of the United States have made legal decisions opposing his policies.
Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justices Ginsburg and Breyer, wrote that the Court did not have to think about Constitional questions to decide this case.
Getting It Right
Getting It Right is a 1989 British American comedy drama movie directed by Randal Kleiser and starring Jesse Birdsall, Jane Horrocks, Helena Bonham Carter, Pat Heywood, Lynn Redgrave, John Gielgud, Peter Cook, Ian Redford, Shirley Anne Field.
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish writer.
Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark. His father was a shoemaker, and his mother washed clothes for customers. The family was poor. When Andersen was 11, his father died. At 14, Andersen left his mother and his home. He moved to Copenhagen.
The king helped Andersen finish his education. Andersen wanted to be an actor or dancer. He did not have the talent for either. He started to write novels, plays, poems, short stories, and travel books. In 1835, he published four fairy tales that were liked by the readers. After this success, he wanted to write more fairy tales.
Andersen's stories were popular all over Europe. He was invited into the homes of rich and powerful people. He fell in love with several men and women. He was in love with singer Jenny Lind. He also fell in love with ballet dancer Harald Scharff.
Andersen was a happy and carefree man. He travelled all over Europe. He wanted to see the sights. He hoped travelling would make him even happier. He always carried a rope with him. He planned to use this rope as a fire escape if needed. In the spring of 1872, Andersen fell off of his bed and suffered major injuries. He never recovered fully. Soon after that, Andersen showed signs of liver cancer. He died on 4 August 1875 from liver cancer.
Video High Density
Video High Density (VHD) was a videodisc format which was marketed predominantly in Japan by JVC. There was also an audio-only variant, Audio High Density (AHD).
Technology
Similar to the RCA's CED, the signal on the VHD is recorded by varying capacitance on the disc. However, unlike the CED, the VHD does not contain any groves and the needle is made of diamond instead of titanium. Instead of having grooves, the needle is kept on track electronically so the needle does not have to actually touch the disc therefore resulting in less wear on the disc and on the needle. In one rotation of the disc, 2 frames of picture and audio were read.
VHD was designed to be very interactive and was used in some video game systems as well as in car engine diagnostic tools.
History
The VHD was first demonstrated in 1978, and after many advertisements in National Geographic magazines, It was eventually released in Japan and in the USA in 1983. However, by this time both Laserdisc and CED were already not selling well compared to the VHS and Betamax VCR systems. As a result of this, JVC did not let the VHD be sold in North America, but made it available to the general public in Japan and commercially in the UK and the US.
During the time the VHD was made, it was mostly used for karaoke systems, anime video games, and interactive training systems. In the UK, the VHD was used for training, demonstration, and fault diagnostics.
In Japan, a 3D version of the VHD utilizes double speed discs and special glasses.
VHDs Today
The VHD was not very successful as a consumer product, but it sold well for commercial purposes. In Japan, the CED is still somewhat popular and the discs and players are both still collected.
Ahmed Al Safi
Ahmed Al Safi (احمد الصافي, born 1971) is an Iraqi sculptor and painter.
Aphrodite (album)
Aphrodite is the eleventh studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released worldwide in July 2010 by Parlophone Records. The album contains four singles, "All the Lovers", "Get Outta My Way", "Better Than Today" and "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)". The four singles have all reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
Egyptian Mau
An Egyptian Mau is a small to medium cat breed. The average Egyptian Mau weighs 8-14 pounds, and grows up to 8-10 inches. This cat is a modern domestic animal. It is a mix between a Burmese and a Siamese.
Description
An Egyptian Mau has a muscular body with fur that comes in all different colors including black, bronze, smoke, silver, blue, and caramel. This cat’s eyes are gooseberry green, giving a worried look on its face.
Karl Dean
Karl Foster Dean (born September 20, 1955) is an American attorney and politician. He was the sixth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. He was sworn in on September 21, 2007.