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Grassland
Plants and animals
Grass can still grow because it survives the aridity and the trampling of the animals. This is why grasslands can feed vast numbers of animals. Animals include mice, rats that eat mostly seeds. Snakes, hawks and eagles eat mostly small animals. Big animals, mostly grazers, include zebras, ostriches, giraffes, rhinos, elephants, horses, and antelopes.
Exclaim!
Exclaim!, is a Canadian music and entertainment magazine with offices in Toronto that offers in-depth coverage of new music in all genres with a concentration on up-and-coming acts from Canada. A total of 103,000 copies of Exclaim!'s monthly print magazines are distributed to more than 2,600 sites across Canada in its seven annual issues. The magazine has an average of 361,200 monthly readers and their website, exclaim.ca, has an average of 675,000 unique visitors a month.
American Songwriter
American Songwriter is an American bimonthly magazine that talks about songwriting. It was created in 1984 and has interviews, songwriting tips, news, reviews and lyric contest. The magazine is based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Eddie Murphy
Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, producer, singer and writer. He won the Golden Globe Award in 2006 and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2002.
Internationalist Theatre
Internationalist Theatre is a multi-racial and multi-national London theatre company founded by Angelique Rockas in April 1981 to perform great plays (usually cast with actors with standard English and cockney accents )performed by  actors from all races and nationalities performing in their own country`s accent. The Stage. The company was originally named New Internationalist Theatre.
Eddie Murphy
He has received Golden Globe Award nominations for best actor in a comedy or musical for his performances in Beverly Hills Cop, Beverly Hills Cop II, Beverly Hills Cop III, Trading Places, and The Nutty Professor. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role.
Internationalist Theatre
Resistance to diversity casting was expressed by 'Time Out ' magazine with regard to 'Mother Courage', "the casting only inspires a whole host of irreverent questions: what on earth, say, is an American sergeant doing in seventeenth century Europe? And how did a Pakistani chaplain get into the Swedish army?" The Pakistani actor referred to was the Asian Parsi actor Renu Setna. The Financial Times questioned 'Liolà'`s multi-national casting "do we really need this peculiar medley of Italian accents for the English premiere? The problem is compounded by the commitment ... to a multi-national cast ... English, German, Sicilian, and Italian actors produce widely differing versions of the Latin lilt". Internationalist Theatre was granted charity status in 1986.
Productions
"Internationalist Theatre staged dramas written in " continental, non-realistic, symbolically orientated drama of this century (20th) and ... proved most uncongenial to the tunnel visioned repertoire builders" of British theatre of that period." Nicolas de Jongh, The Guardian
Eddie Murphy
His work as a voice actor includes Thurgood Stubbs in The PJs, Donkey in the Shrek series and the dragon Mushu in Disney's Mulan. In some of his films, he plays multiple roles in addition to his main character, intended as a tribute to one of his idols Peter Sellers, who played multiple roles in Dr. Strangelove and elsewhere. Murphy has played multiple roles in Coming to America, Wes Craven's Vampire In Brooklyn, the Nutty Professor films (where he played the title role in two incarnations, plus his father, brother, mother and grandmother), Bowfinger and 2007's Norbit.
His brother was comedian and screenwriter Charlie Murphy, who wrote the screenplay for Norbit and Vampire in Brooklyn.
Career
In 1992 Murphy acted in the music video for Michael Jackson's single "Remember the Time". In 1993 Murphy released a song with Michael Jackson called "Whatzupwitu". It was voted by MTV viewers in 1999 as the third worst music video of all time.
Influences
Murphy stated musicians like Luther Vandross and Michael Jackson and comedians like Bill Cosby, John Belushi, Redd Foxx, Robin Williams, George Carlin, Peter Sellers, Richard Pryor and Steve Martin as influences.
Mobb Deep
Mobb Deep was an American gangsta rap duo formed in 1991. Its members were rappers Havoc and Prodigy. Their best-known albums are The Infamous (1995), Hell on Earth (1996) and Murda Muzik (1999), and their best-known singles were "Shook Ones (Part II)" and "Survival of the Fittest." They were known for their dark and hardcore delivery.
The duo ended when Prodigy died in June 2017 at age 42.
2005–06 NFL playoffs
The National Football League playoffs for the 2005 season began on January 7, 2006. The playoffs ended with the Pittsburgh Steelers beating the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL, 21–10, on February 5, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
Neuburg am Inn
Neuburg am Inn is a municipality in Passau in Bavaria in Germany.
Geographical Place
Neuburg am Inn is in the Danube-region forest high above the river Inn, which makes the border with Upper Austria. In 2006, a bridge over the Inn was opened to pedestrians and cyclists, which now connects Neuburg to the opposite edge. By Neuburg is the major road B 12, which connects it to Passau (city) 10 km further north and a further 15-kilometer link to Pocking. Just 6 km from the community is the motorway junction ‘’Passau-south’’, a link to the Autobahn 3. Also nearby is the district of Neukirchen am Inn, a frequent stop for the train from Passau to Mühldorf.
Community Structure
The municipality has 22 Neuburg am Inn officially named districts:
There are also the municipal areas Eglsee, Neuburg a. Inn, Neukirchen am Inn and Engertsham.
Graham Coxon
Graham Leslie Coxon (born 12 March 1969 in West Germany) is a British musician and artist. He is best known as the actor/painter/singer-songwriter in the English band Blur. He contributed to the bands first six albums, including their famous 1994 album Parklife. Considered by the band members to be one of the singer-songwriters of rock music, his highly individual style is best showcased on songs such as Beetlebum (from Blur's 1997 album Blur) and Coffee, TV (from Blur's 13 extended play). He kept giggleing in the band in 2002.
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr. (born June 1, 1937) is an Afro-American actor, director, producer and narrator.
He is also a beekeeper.
Early life
Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee on June 1, 1937. He started acting when he was nine years old in a school play and at age 12 won a drama competition in his home State. Morgan worked many acting jobs until 1968 when he got his first role on Broadway in a Musical called Hello, Dolly!. He is known for his soft-spoken voice. He has donated several amounts of money to the Democratic Party. Once he stated that "Republicans scare me."
Some movies
Some movies that Freeman has been in include:
Seven of Nine
According to the Borg, Seven of Nine is the first Borg to go back to the life she had before being assimilated.
Obernzell
Obernzell (Obanzoi) is a municipality in Passau in Bavaria in Germany.
Geographical place
Obernzell is in the Donau-Wald region at the Danube River. The middle of the Danube River makes the border with Upper Austria.
Neighboring communities in Bavaria
In Bavaria (Passau district):
In Upper Austria:
Constituent communities
The Obernzell Municipality has 21 Districts.:
There are the districts of Ederlsdorf, Kellberg and Obernzell.
Incorporations
Once an independent municipality, Ederlsdorf was incorporated on July 1, 1972.
Deaths in 2009
The following is a list of notable deaths in 2009.
Birju Maharaj
Brijmohan Mishra, (4 February 1938 – 16 January 2022), popularly known as Pandit Birju Maharaj, was an Indian Kathak dancer, composer and singer. He was born in Handia, Uttar Pradesh. His career began in 1951. In 1986, he was honored with the Padma Vibhushan. He was known for his choreography for Vishwaroopam and Bajirao Mastani.
Maharaj died at a hospital in New Delhi, India from a heart attack caused by diabetes and kidney disease on 16 January 2022, aged 83.
Doctor (Star Trek)
The Doctor is a character on the American television show Star Trek: Voyager. He is a hologram with a database of medical knowledge and is the chief medical officer on Voyager.
HotNewHipHop
HotNewHipHop (HNHH) is an online publication that covers daily news about hip hop and pop culture, including streetwear, sports, and sneakers. HotNewHipHop also creates the video series'; How to Roll, On The Come Up, In My Bag,  and Snack Review. The site was nominated a lot of times for the BET Hip Hop Awards for "The Best Hip Hop Platform."
Kwek Leng Beng
Kwek Leng Beng (born 1941) is a Singaporean businessman and a billionaire. Kwek Leng Beng is the executive chairman of Hong Leong Group Singapore. In 2019, his net worth to be US$3.4 billion.
Background
Kwek Leng Beng chose to join the family business in the early 1960s after he was trained as lawyer in London.
Career
Kwek Leng Beng went on to establish an international reputation for his leadership of the Hong Leong Group where he became the chairman, which is now a conglomerate with over 300 companies.
Personal Life
Kwek got married to Cecilia Kok, His younger son Kingston was a private investor and a venture capitalist, his son Sherman is CDL's CEO.
Kwegotis married to Cecilia Kokitalist.
Jim Gannon
James Paul "Jim" Gannon (born 7 September 1968) is an English former footballer and manager. He is currently the manager and Director of Football of English Conference National team Stockport County F.C..
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy III is a fantasy role-playing video game. It was made by Squaresoft, now called Square Enix. Final Fantasy III is notably the first Final Fantasy game to make use of the job feature. For each battle you win you get points, you can spend these points on job classes, each job class has different commands in its menu during battle.
Don't Fool with Me
Don't Fool with Me (German: Sing, aber spiel nicht mit mir) is a 1963 Austrian musical comedy movie directed by Kurt Nachmann and starring Adrian Hoven, Wera Frydtberg, Karin Heske, Paul Hörbiger, Peter Vogel, Rex Gildo, Hans Richter, Lou Van Burg, Carmela Corren, Oskar Sima.
Forrest Li
Forrest Li Xiaodong (born 1977 or 1978), popularly known as Forrest Li, is a Singaporean businessman and an entrepreneur. Forrest Li is the founder of Garena and Shopee.
Personal life
Li got married. He lives in Singapore with his family.
Rotthalmünster
Rotthalmünster is a municipality in Passau in Bavaria in Germany.
Aafia Siddiqui
Aafia Siddiqui (born 2 March 1972) is a Pakistani neuroscientist. She was convicted of multiple felonies. She was born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. She is serving an 86-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
She is viewed by some people in Pakistan as the "national symbol of honor". The Pakistani news media have called her trial a "farce" and very politically motivated.
Donald May
Donald Adam May (February 22, 1927 – January 28, 2022) was an American actor. His TV roles include Sam Colt Jr. in the Western series Colt .45 (1957–1960) and Adam Drake in the soap opera The Edge of Night (1967–1977). His movie credits include The Crowded Sky (1960), Kisses for My President (1964) and Follow Me, Boys! (1966).
Mermaid Prism
Mermaid Prism, is an visual novel video game for the PlayStation 2. The game was developed by Vingt-et-un Systems and published by D3 Publisher exclusively in Japan on October 26, 2006.
Donald May
May's other TV acting credits include The West Point Story, Sugarfoot, Cheyenne, 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Surfside 6, The Roaring 20's, Men into Space, Barnaby Jones, The Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas, Texas, Falcon Crest, Fantasy Island, One Life to Live, All My Children and L.A. Law.
Mermaid Prism
Gameplay
A visual novel is an interactive fiction game, featuring mostly static graphics, most often using anime-style art or occasionally live-action stills (and sometimes video footage). As the name might suggest, they resemble mixed-media novels. In Japanese terminology, a distinction is often made between visual novels proper (abbreviated NVL), which consist predominantly of narration and have very few interactive elements, and adventure games (abbreviated AVG or ADV), which may incorporate problem-solving and other types of gameplay. This distinction is normally lost outside Japan, where both NVLs and ADVs are commonly referred to as "visual novels" by international fans. Visual novels and ADVs are especially prevalent in Japan, where they made up nearly 70% of the PC game titles released in 2006. Visual novels are distinguished from other game types by their extremely minimal gameplay. Typically the majority of player interaction is limited to clicking to keep the text, graphics and sound moving (most recent games offer "play" or "fast-forward" toggles that make even this unnecessary). Most visual novels have multiple storylines and many endings; the gameplay mechanic in these cases typically consists of intermittent multiple-choice decision points, where the player selects a direction in which to take the game.
Donald May
May was born in Chicago, Illinois. He had two children with his first wife. He later married actress Carla Borelli. May died on January 28, 2022 in Upstate New York, at the age of 94.
Mermaid Prism
Development
Simple 2000 Series Vol.122 - The Ningyo Hime Monogatari - Mermaid Prism is a japanese dating sim, this female-targeted love simulation puts players in the role of a high school student that one day gets warped to a separate world, becoming a mermaid along the way! Good thing she was a member of her school's swimming club! The game allows players to move around on a map, viewing events and gaining experience. The Limited Edition features a Drama CD, 28 pages book and some illustrations.
Description
For women love training simulation with the motif of the "Little Mermaid". Allocates points to each status to level up, can nurture the hero of their own preference. Hero of high school grade, skipped in a different world Sea Bence Fall in conjunction with the best friend from, it becomes a princess mermaid in the world. Long summer vacation going back and forth a different world and reality begins now.
Ruderting
Ruderting is a municipality in Passau in Bavaria in south-east Germany.
Brawl Stars
Brawl Stars is a multiplayer online battle arena game developed by Supercell. The game was launched worldwide on December 12, 2018, for IOS and Android.
Game Modes
Game modes such as Trophy Thieves, Basket Brawl, Volley Brawl, Hold the Trophy, Lone Star, and Takedown are not currently in rotation.
Brawlers
Brawlers are characters that can be selected by players, each with different abilities. These brawlers fall into a trio, characterized by similar themes.
Unlocking
Brawlers can be unlocked by opening "boxes." The likelihood of unlocking a brawler upon opening a box depends on its rarity. Order of rarities from common to least common is as follows: common, rare, super rare, epic, mythic, legendary. Chromatic is a special rarity in which its likelihood of unlocking from boxes change over time. There is 1 chromatic brawler that is unlockable for free from purchasing the Brawl Pass.
Pocking
Pocking (Bocking) is a town in Passau, in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is about 30 km south-west of Passau, close to the Austrian border.
Michelle O'Neill
Michelle O'Neill (née Doris; born 10 January 1977) is an Irish politician. O'Neill is the First Minister-designate of Northern Ireland. She was the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2020 until 2022. She has served as vice president of Sinn Féin since 2018 and has been the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Mid Ulster since 2007.
Sinn Féin became the largest party after the 2022 assembly election, putting O'Neill in line for the position of First Minister of Northern Ireland.
Ruhstorf an der Rott
Ruhstorf is a municipality in Passau in Bavaria in Germany.
New York (magazine)
New York is an American biweekly magazine that covers culture, politics, and style generally, and with a particular emphasis on New York City. It was created by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker. Over time, it became more national in scope, publishing many noteworthy articles on American culture by writers such as Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Breslin, Nora Ephron, John Heilemann, Frank Rich, and Rebecca Traister. In 2009, its paid and verified circulation was 408,622, with 95.8% of that coming from subscriptions. Its websites—NYmag.com, Vulture, the Cut, and Grub Street—received visits from more than 14 million users per month.
The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale is a story that is a part of The Canterbury Tales by English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer.
About the Pardoner
The Pardoner went on a journey to the town of Canterbury from Rouncivalle with his friend the Summoner.
Appearance
The Pardoner had hair as yellow as wax which fell on his head smoothly wisp by wisp. He has piercing black eyes and his face was as smooth as he had just shaved. He had a thin and feeble voice yet he was hardly an old spiritual man.
Failures
Although the Pardoner was a priest he lived a life that was far from the word of Jesus Christ. He often broke many of the seven deadly sins including greed, gluttony, and pride. He earned a living through preaching and selling fake relics to his supporters. He lies to people and promises them salvation and prosperity for a price. He has even taken money from a poor widow with starving children in order buy himself more luxuries. The tale describes him getting money from the crowd as he cared more about money than a holy life.
The Tale Begins
The host asks the Pardoner to tell a happy story after the sad tale that the Franklin told. The other people object to this and hope that he will tell a tale that is rich in morals.
The tale
He starts his tale by talking about three young men who, like him, do sinful things like drink alcohol and sleep with young women. The Pardoner goes on to talk about the sins of the men in detail especially gambling, drunkenness, and gluttony. These three young men are rioters from the town of Flanders.
Roraima
Roraima is one of the states of Brazil. It is in the northern part of the country. It shares borders with the states of Pará and Amazonas, as well as the countries Venezuela and Guyana. Roraima is both the northernmost and least populated state of Brazil.
The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
The tale
One night the three drunken men were at a tavern when they saw a corpse being carried to a grave. They ask who had died and find out it is one of their friends who has been killed by a murderous thief named "Death". The three men plan to avenge their friend's death and kill Death themselves.
Roraima
Geography
The climate is tropical with an average temperature of 26 °C. Most of the state is in the Amazon rainforest. A small part of the state is a small strip of savanna to the east. The state has many mineral deposits - especially gold, diamonds, cassiterite, bauxite and copper. These create constant fights with the native people. The Yanomami are the most well-known of the native people, but they are greatly out-numbered by the Macuxi.
List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself "…conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States…". Due to the nature of this medal it is commonly presented after the recipient was killed (posthumously).
The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
The tale
The remaining two come up with a plan to kill the third when he comes back so that the money could be split between only the two of them. At the same time the third man has the same thoughts as the other two and wants to have all of the money for himself. So he went and bought poison and poured it between the two bottles making sure he kept an un-poisoned bottle for himself. When he got back the other two men jumped out and killed the third man. But in celebration they decide to drink the wine unknowing that the poison was still in the wine, the choked to death due to the poison.
Roraima
Geography
The Monte Roraima National Park is near one of the highest mountains of Brazil, the 9220 ft (2727 m) high table-top Mount Roraima.
The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
The tale
So in the end the moral to this story is that, the gold was the Death that the old man said was beneath the tree and due to their greed and gluttony they all died with nothing.
Spittal an der Drau District
Bezirk Spittal an der Drau is an administrative district in Carinthia, Austria. The administrative centre is also named Spittal an der Drau.
The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
Moral
The love of money is the root of all evil, but also the divide between right and wrong.
Spittal an der Drau District
The highest point is the peak of the Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain at 3798 m. The district also includes Millstätter See and Weissensee, two of the major Carinthian lakes.
The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
Irony
The irony in this story has to do with the person telling it. The pardoner himself is a greedy man, but he goes on saying that greed is the root of all evil.
Spittal an der Drau District
Municipalities
(Population figures as of May 15, 2001)
Ortenburg (Bavaria)
Ortenburg (Otnbuag) is a municipality and old market town in Passau in Bavaria in Germany.
Geographical place
Ortenburg is in the forested area south of the Danube and north of the Rott. It is one of the main centres of population in the Lower Bavarian Upland. The majority of the municipality is in the Wolfach Valley and the Wolfach itself runs directly through Ortenburg.
The market town is 20 km west of Passau, 10 km south of Vilshofen an der Donau, 12 km northwest of Bad Griesbach and 20 km north of Pocking.
Neighbouring municipalities
The closest municipalities are Haarbach, Beutelsbach, Vilshofen an der Donau, Fürstenzell, and Bad Griesbach im Rottal. The cities of Passau and Pocking are farther away.
Administrative division
The municipality of Ortenburg includes 112 districts.
Common kingfisher
There are seven subspecies in its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident over much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish caught by diving, and has special visual adaptions to see its prey underwater. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
Salzweg
Salzweg is a municipality in Passau in Bavaria in Germany. It is near the German border with Austria.
Tettenweis
Tettenweis is a municipality in Passau in Bavaria, Germany.
Revolt (TV network)
Revolt is an American music-oriented digital cable television network founded by Sean "Diddy" Combs and Andy Schuon that was created on October 21, 2013.
Chinese scholar's rocks
Chinese scholars' rocks	(供石 or gōngshí), also known as scholar stones or viewing stones, are small naturally shaped rocks which are traditionally valued by Chinese scholars.
Scholars rocks can be any color. There are a wide variety of sizes. Scholars rocks can weigh hundreds of pounds or less than one pound. The term also means stones which are placed in traditional Chinese gardens.
History
Four important qualities for the rocks were recognized in the Tang dynasty. They are: thinness (shou), openness (tou), perforations (lou), and wrinkling (zhou).
Chinese scholar's rocks influenced the development of suseok in Korea and suiseki in Japan.
Origin
The origin of the stone is a notable feature.
Evaluation
The evaluation of a scholar's rock identifies subtlety of color, shape, markings and surface. The qualities which are prized include
The stone may be displayed on a wooden base that has been carved specifically for the stone. The stones are a traditional subject of Chinese paintings.
Killing of Zohra Shah
Zohra Shah (زہرہ شاہ) was an eight-year-old Pakistani domestic worker (or slave) of a married couple, Hassan Siddiqui and Umme Kulsoom. She was tortured and killed for mistakenly releasing her employers’ parrots in Bahria Town, Rawalpindi on 1 June 2020. Her death caused an outcry in Pakistan and led to legislative changes which outlawed child domestic labour in the country.
Early life
She was from Basti Maso Shah in Muzaffargarh District of southern Punjab approximately 580 kilometres from the capital, Islamabad.
Murder
Allegedly, she was murdered for releasing valuable parrots from their cages. Evidence such as 'older scars and marks' suggest Shah had been repeatedly abused while working for Siddiqui and Kulsoom, and 'wounds on her thighs' were 'consistent with sexual assault'.
Sonnen
Sonnen is a small municipality in Passau in Bavaria in Germany. It is in the Danube forest, lower Bavarian forest and is mostly in Passau at a height of 700 to 900 meters. Sonnen is 28 km from Passau, 9 km from Hauzenberg and from the forest itself 13 km. Sonnen borders with upper Austria which is only 8 km away.
E!
E! (an initialism for Entertainment Television) is an American basic cable channel which focuses on pop culture, celebrity focused reality shows, and movies, owned by the NBC Universal Television and Streaming division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast. As of January 2016, E! is available to 92.4 million households in the United States.
Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985) was a Broadway and Hollywood actor. He was born in Russia. He moved to the United States and became an American citizen. He appeared in many movies and stage productions in the United States. He is famous for his role as the Siamese king in the musical The King and I on theater and in the movie, as well as Rameses II in the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille movie The Ten Commandments and as Chris Adams in The Magnificent Seven. He played a killer robot in the 1976 science fiction film Westworld.
He was known for his shaved head which he kept as a personal sign since his role in The King and I.
Santa Catarina (state)
Santa Catarina is a state in Southern Brazil. It has with one of the highest standards of living in the country. Its capital is Florianópolis, which partly lies on the Santa Catarina Island.
Santa Catarina shares borders with the states of Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the west it borders the province of Misiones, Argentina.
Santa Catarina is the most European state of Brazil. Most of the people that live there are descendants of Portuguese, German and Italian immigrants.
Its largest city is Joinville.
History
European colonies began with the Spanish settlement of Santa Catarina island in 1542. The Portuguese took control in 1675. The captaincy of Santa Catarina was created in 1738. Large numbers of European immigrants, especially from Germany, began arriving in the early 19th century. Immigrants from Italy, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Japan and other parts of Europe later came. This led to many small, family held farms in the state.
In late March 2004, the state was hit by the first ever hurricane recorded in the South Atlantic. Because there is no naming system for such an event in Brazil, Brazilian meteorologists called it Catarina, after the state.
European settlement
Santa Catarina is one of the Brazilian states that shows the most signs of recent European colonization. Most of the population are descendants of European settlers.
Portuguese
The Portuguese started arriving in the 1750s. The came mainly from the Azores islands, and colonized the coast. In the late 18th century, half of Santa Catarina's population was Portuguese-born. These Portuguese created many important towns of the State, such as Florianópolis, the capital.
Germans
Germans started arriving in 1828. They were peasants that came to Brazil to get their own lands. They did this since Germany had many people and many people had no lands to work. German immigration was very low, until the 1850s, when many Germans started arriving in Southern Brazil. To create more German colonization in Southern Brazil, the Brazilian government created many German colonies. Many of these German colonies became big towns, such as Blumenau and Joinville, the largest city in Santa Catarina.
Germans had kept to themselves in these communities for decades. They did not have much contact with other people of Brazil. For generations they were able to speak German and keep their German traditions in Brazil. This changed in the 1930s, when Brazil declared war against Germany in 1942. The German immigrants learned Portuguese and followed a Brazilian way of life.
Nowadays, the German influence in the State of Santa Catarina is still very strong. Many towns still have many parts of the German culture. For example, Pomerode is a small town where 90% of the people are German-Brazilian. Most of the people speak German fluently. Another example is the Oktoberfest of Blumenau and many other towns in the region. The architecture and food also show German influence.
Italians
Italian settlers started arriving in Santa Catarina in 1875. They came in large numbers until the 1910s. They were peasants from Northern Italy. They created Italian colonies close to the coast. In the beginning, the Italian settlement had failed. This was because many Italians died of tropical diseases or left the colonies to find better conditions. However, in southern Santa Catarina, they found cooler weather and better lands, and the colonies did very well. Many Italians worked in the coal industry.
Villach-Land
Villach-Land is a district in Carinthia, Austria. The administrative center is Villach.
Municipalities
Towns are in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are in small characters.
Thyrnau
Thyrnau is a municipality in Passau in Bavaria in Germany.
Witham (UK Parliament constituency)
Witham is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Priti Patel, a Conservative who became the Home Secretary in July 2019, in the Johnson ministry.
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy IV is a fantasy role-playing video game. It was made in 1991 by Squaresoft, now called Square Enix. It was first played on the Super Famicom in Japan, and Super Nintendo in the United States. It was called Final Fantasy II when it was on the Super Nintendo. You can also play it on the Sony PlayStation, Wonderswan Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS (with 3D graphics).
The most important person in the game is Cecil. He is a Dark Knight for the Kingdom of Baron. You help Cecil beat Golbez, an evil person who steals strong crystals from the world. Many different people help Cecil out during the game.
Final Fantasy IV helped make later Final Fantasy games. This was the first game to use an Active Time Battle, where players and enemies take turns to fight instead of having all players fight at the same time. The player makes the character do actions in real time. This way of playing was also used in later Final Fantasy games.
Importance
Final Fantasy IV did quite a lot to impact role-playing video games. It introduced battles fought using Square-Enix's ATB system and had great graphics for the time.
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VI (also known as Final Fantasy III for the US-SNES version)  is a fantasy role-playing video game. It was made by Squaresoft, now called Square Enix. In this game, the story is about a half human, half Esper named Terra who must stop an evil empire led by Emperor Gestahl.
The game allows you to control 14 playable characters, the most of any part of the Final Fantasy Main Series.
When Final Fantasy VI was released it was highly praised by critics. Meanwhile, it is seen as one of the landmark games in the role - play genre; IGN even ranked it as number one RPG of all time.
It was available for Super Nintendo and Playstation and sold 3.48 million times as stand-alone game worldwide, in addition to 750,000 copies of the Japanese Final Fantasy Collection.
Susan
The name Susan [ soo-zuhn ] is a female given name, based around the name Susanna; the name was extremely popular in the United States during earlier parts of the 20th century. The moniker Susan has its roots in Hebrew and signifies "lily." Its etymology can be traced back to the Hebrew term "shoshan," which also means "lily." In biblical references, the lily symbolizes purity and innocence and is frequently associated with the Virgin Mary. Famous people with the name include Susan Lucci and Susan Sarandon. Susan Collins is a United States Senator from Maine; she has been so since 1994. This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).
Robert Redford
Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. on August 18, 1936), is a retired American movie actor, director, producer, businessman, and model. One of Hollywood's biggest superstars, Redford has kept his appeal as the decades pass.
In August 2018, Redford officially announced his retirement from acting.
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Tittling
Tittling is a municipality in Passau in Bavaria in Germany.
It is home to the Bavarian Forest Museum Village.
Baní
Name
Baní is a Taíno word meaning "ebony" or a similar tree, but the city takes the name from the small river that flows through the city.
History
In 1764, the people that were living in the Peravia Valley bought some land in Cerro Gordo (part of the valley) to build a new town. The new town was given the name of Baní after the river that is found to the east of the town.
After the independence from Haiti in 1844, the country was divided in five provinces and in 1845 Baní was made a municipality of the old province of Santo Domingo. In 1944, Baní was made the capital city of the new province José Trujillo Valdéz, now with the name of Peravia.
Geography
Baní has a total area of 363.3 km2 (without including its municipal districts), about 46% of the total area of the small province of Peravia. The city is an elevation of 61 m, and at 65 km to the west of Santo Domingo.
The western and northern part of the municipality (and of the province) has many mountains that are part of the Cordillera Central ("Central mountain range"); this range is called here Sierra de Ocoa.
Völkermarkt District
Municipalities
Völkermarkt is divided into 13 municipalities, of which 2 are towns and 3 market towns.
Baní
Geography
To the northeast of the city, there is a small karstic region with small cone-shaped hills that are called here as cucuruchos.
In the southern half of the municipality there are several small valleys and savannas such as the Peravia Valley, where the city of Baní is located, and Sabana de Paya (Paya savanna) around the town of Paya.
West of Baní, the region is very dry and there are not many people living here except close to rivers and to the coast.
The most important rivers in this municipality are Ocoa and Baní rivers.
The municipality of Baní has the Azua province to the west, the San José de Ocoa to the north, the San Cristóbal province to the west and the municipality of Nizao to the southwest. To the south is the Caribbean Sea.
Climate
Baní has a tropical wet and dry savanna climate (Köppen climate classification : Aw) with a pronounced dry season in winter.
The driest season is winter. The month with the least rainfall on average is March with an average of 23.2 mm and the second is January with 24.7 mm.
Baní is in a hot region; the average temperature for the year is 27.3 C. The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 28.65 C. The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 25.85 C.
Administrative division
The municipality of Baní has nine municipal districts:
Waidhofen an der Ybbs
Waidhofen an der Ybbs is an independent city in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. About 11,600 people lived there in 2001.
Sullivan Bay, Victoria
Sullivan Bay is the site of the first official European settlement in Victoria, Australia. It is a very small bay near Sorrento, Victoria. It is close to the entrance of Port Phillip Bay, 60 km south of the city of Melbourne. In 1802, Governor Philip Gidley King in Sydney had written to Lord Hobart, Minister in charge of the colonies, in London, saying that Britain should start a settlement at Port Phillip Bay. King thought it would be good area for fishing and sealing. He was also worried that the French might settle in the area and then would control Bass Strait. Lieutenant John Murray had explored Port Phillip Bay in 1802 and thought that the Sorrento area would be a good spot to start a settlement.
Leaving England
Lieutenant Governor David Collins was put in charge of starting the new settlement. He took 307 convicts, some with wives and children, 51 soldiers, 17 free settlers, some with wives and children, and a government staff of 12, and a clergyman, the Reverend Knopwood. The group of more than 400 people left England in April 1803, in the store ship “Ocean” and the convict ship “Calcutta.”
Settlement
The new settlers were able to get water by putting wooden barrels into the sand, and letting the water in the ground soak into them. It was salty and not nice to drink. The soil was very sandy and not suitable for farming. There were very few trees suitable for cutting up into building timber. The sandy ground meant that heavy items could not be carried in a wagon, which would be stuck in the sand, but had to be dragged instead. The small entrance to the bay made it difficult for sailing ships to get in or out safely. The tools brought from England, such a spades, hoes and axes, were very badly made and broke easily. Coscape. He had hoped to increase the food supply with fresh fish and kangaroos, but they were not able to catch any.
Life at Sullivan’s Bay
Male convicts were given a set of clothes in October 1803 which included:
The food ration each week was:
Women were to be given 2/3 of that amount, children half the amount, and small children under 5 years, ¼ of the ration.
A convict printer, Robert Walsh printed the orders and instructions for the settlement on a small printing press. During the time of the settlement 43 such orders were printed.
Collins told the convicts not to go into the water to wash because of the danger from hungry sharks and stingrays. Some tried to escape by walking overland to Sydney. They soon gave up and went back to the settlement. Settler, John Skilton, died on 17 October 1803. On 25 November 1803, the first child, William James Hobart Thorne, was born to a soldier, Sergeant Thorne and his wife. One child of convict parents was John Pascoe Fawkner, who returned to start the settlement of Melbourne in 1835.
Abandoned
In November, Collins sent the “Ocean” to Sydney with a letter asking King to let him abandon the settlement, and move it to either Port Dalrymple or the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land. The “Ocean” came back in December and Collins wasted no time in getting most of the convicts and settlers packed up. He gave an order that convicts had to work on Sundays to make sure the group was ready to leave as soon as possible. On 30 January 1804, the “Ocean” set sail for the Derwent River. Lieutenant William Sladden was left behind in charge of a small group. The “Ocean” returned and on 20 May 1804, the settlement was abandoned.
Final Fantasy XI
Final Fantasy XI is an online fantasy role-playing video game. It was made by Square Enix.
Salvia pratensis
Salvia pratensis (Meadow Clary or Meadow Sage; syn Salvia virgata) is a perennial sage in the family Lamiaceae, that grows in Europe, western Asia and northern Africa.
It is a herbaceous perennial plant and grows up to 1.5 m tall. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, the leaves on the lower part of the stem up to 15 cm long, higher up the stem they are smaller. The flowers are dark blue-purple, rarely pink or white.
It is usually grows in unimproved soils, which is typical for grasslands, scrub edges, and woodland borders.
It is grown as an ornamental plant.
Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy X-2 is a fantasy role-playing video game released for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. It was made by Square Enix. It is a direct sequel to the game Final Fantasy X, the first direct sequel in the Final Fantasy series.
Vilshofen an der Donau
Vilshofen an der Donau is a town in Passau in Bavaria in Germany.
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy VIII is a fantasy role-playing video game. It was released for the PlayStation in 1999 and Windows computers in 2000. It was made by Square (now Square Enix). It is the eight title of the Final Fantasy series. It removed magic point-based spell-casting. It was the first title to consistently use realistically proportioned characters. The game became available on PlayStation Network as a PSone Classics title in 2009.
Tiefenbach, Passau
Tiefenbach is a municipality in Passau in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
Tiefenbach is in the Danube Forest region, in one of the southernmost foothills of the Bavarian Forest northwest of Ilz and north of Danube on Bundesstraße 85. Tiefenbach is only 9 km north of the university and three-river city Passau.
Wattieza
Wattieza is the earliest known tree.
Their fossils were found in New York State. They stood 8 m (34 ft) or more tall, and looked like the modern tree ferns.
They lived in the mid-Devonian, about 385 million years ago. They were cladoxylopsids, close relatives of modern ferns and horsetails.
The crown of Wattieza, discovered in 2005, was united with its root and trunk, known since 1870. The fossilized grove of "Gilboa stumps" had been described as Eospermatopteris, though the complete plant remained unknown.
Wattieza had fronds rather than leaves, and reproduced with spores.
Wegscheid
Wegscheid is a municipality in Passau in Bavaria in Germany.
Korneuburg District
Korneuburg is an administrative district in Lower Austria. The administrative center is also named Korneuburg.
Trail
A trail is a pedestrian path or road mainly used for walking, but often also for cycling, cross-country skiing or other activities. Some trails are off-limits to everyone other than hikers, and few trails allow motorized vehicles.
Nomenclature
In the United States, the word footpath is also used to mean a trail; however in Australian English, New Zealand English, Indian English, and Irish English this word means "sidewalk" (American English) or "pavement" (British English).
In Australia, the word track can be used interchangeably with trail, and can refer to anything from a dirt road to a pedestrian walkway (generally also unpaved). The term "trail" gained popularity during World War II, when many servicemen from the United States were stationed in Australia, which probably influenced its being adopted by elements of the Australian media at the time (see Kokoda Track). In New Zealand, the word track is used almost exclusively except in reference to cross-country skiing, where trail is used.
Walking trails
Trail use has become very popular for a wide variety of users. Some trails are meant as nature trails, and are used by people learning about the natural world. Many trails are day trails, what means that they are generally used by people out for a short hike, less than a day. Some trails are backpacking trails, or long-distance trails, and are used by both day hikers and by backpackers. Some of the trails are over a thousand miles (1,500 km) long and may be hiked in sections by backpackers, or completed in one trip by dedicated hikers. Some trails are specifically used by other outdoor enthusiasts to gain access to another feature, such as good climbing sites. Many runners also favor running on trails rather than pavement, as giving a more vigorous work-out and better developing agility skills, as well as providing a more pleasant exercise environment. See trail running.
Stairway Trails
Stairway is another way to ascend higher slopes. Stairway trails are usually for walking only. The stairs are constructed using cuts in dirt, rocks or concrete. Popular stairway trails include Stairway Trails in Bernal Heights East - San Francisco, Stairs at many hill top Hindu temple (Tirumala, Palani) used during Pilgrimage & Machu Picchu.
Bicycle trails
Recent decades have seen an explosion of interest in cycling, both street-type and off-road type. A common term for these facilities is simply "bike trail". These trails may be built to a different set of standards than foot trails, requiring more stable, harder surfaces, less strenuous grades, longer sight visibility, and less sharp changes in direction. On the other hand, the cross-slope of a bike trail may be significantly greater than a foot trail, and the actual treadway may be narrower in some cases.
Equestrian trails
Horseback riding has continued to be a popular activity for many trail users. Again, horse trails are built to different standards than other trails. Sight distance is an important issue with horse trails, as is overhead and side clearance. While trail surface types are a relatively unimportant issue with hikers, they may be an important issue with horses.
Cross-country skiing
In cross-country skiing, a trail (also called a 'track' or 'piste') refers to the parallel grooves cut into the snow, one for each ski.
Motorized trails
Motorized trail use also remains very popular with some people. Such terms as ORV, four-wheeling, all-terrain vehicle, and others actually have highly specific meanings.
Windorf
Windorf is a municipality in Passau in Bavaria in Germany.
Raymond Burr
Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor and vintner, famous for his roles in the television dramas Perry Mason, for which he was awarded two Emmy Awards, and Ironside.
Burr may have been a closeted homosexual.