cyanic-selkie/wikianc huggingface dataset:
Flynn effect
Others supported the claims. They found the rise was mostly due to the test scores of those who scored an IQ below 100. The number of those who were classified as mentally handicapped reduced from year to year. In contrast, the scores of those who got more than 100 did not seem to be affected.
The rise
IQ tests are re-normalized every so often to hold the average score for an age group at 100. This gave a first hint to Flynn that the IQ was changing over time. The revised versions are standardized on new samples and scored with respect to those samples only. The only way to compare the difficulty of two versions is to have a group of people take both tests. This confirms IQ gains over time.
The average rate of rise seems to be around three IQ points per decade. Today, children go to school for a longer time. They have also become more familiar with testing. It might therefore be expected that the biggest gains occur with school-related content, such as vocabulary, arithmetic or general information. Just the opposite is the case: abilities such as these have had small gains and occasional declines over the years. The largest changes appear on general intelligence factor loaded (g-loaded) tests such as Raven's Progressive Matrices, instead. For example, Dutch soldiers gained 21 points in only 30 years, or 7 points per decade, between 1952 and 1982.
Some studies focused on the distribution of scores have found that the Flynn effect mainly occurs with lower scores. However, Raven (2000) found that a lot of data must be re-interpreted with respect to the date of birth. Previously, this data had been interpreted to show that many abilities decrease when people get older. This data must now be interpreted to show that many abilities had in fact increased dramatically, as Flynn predicted. On many tests this occurs at all levels of ability. Two large samples of Spanish children were assessed with a 30-year gap. Comparison of the IQ distributions indicated that
Some scientists believe these changes are very big. One of them is Ulric Neisser. In 1995 he was the head of a task force of the American Psychological Association, charged with writing a statement on where intelligence research was. He estimates that if American children of 1932 could take an IQ test normed in 1997 their average IQ would have been only about 80. In other words, half of the children in 1932 would be classified as having borderline mental retardation or worse in 1997. Looking at Ravens, Neisser estimates that if you extrapolate beyond the data, which shows a 21 point gain between 1952 and 1982, an even larger gain of 35 IQ points can be argued. Arthur Jensen warns that extrapolating beyond the data leads to results such as an IQ of minus 1000 for Aristotle (even assuming he would have scored 200 in his day).
Most of the time, the effect is associated with IQ rises. A similar effect has been found with increases in semantic and episodic memory.
Apex (diacritic)
In written Latin, the apex (plural: "apices") is a diacritic. It is close to the shape of an acute accent ( ´ ). The apex is used to show that a vowel is long and not short. That means that the vowel is pronounced for longer.
The shape and length of the apex can be different. It can even sometimes be different within the same writing. While pretty much all apices are made up of a line sloping up to the right, the line can be more or less curved, and is different in length from less than half the height of a letter to more than the height of a letter. Sometimes, it is put at the top with a hook, pointing out to the left. Rather than being centered over the vowel it changes, the apex is often drawn to the right.
Later, it developed into the acute accent, which is still used in some languages to mark vowel length. In particular, Czech and Slovak, Hungarian, Irish, and (a long time ago) Icelandic.
Details
Although not really known by some modern Latinists, the sign was actually used a lot during classical and postclassical times. The reason why it is not usually noticed is probably because of its smallish size and the fact that it is usually quite thin. People who look carefully will soon start to notice apices in the exhibits of any museum, not only in many of the more formal epigraphic writings, but also in handwritten  palaeographic things.
Forgetting the apex, modern Latin spelling has recently started marking long vowels by using the macron. The macron is a sign that had always been used, and still is, to mark metrically long syllables (more recently called heavy syllables). This has caused confusion between syllable and vowel length in Latin, and most western dictionaries still cannot describe the nature of Latin vowels properly because of this. To make even more confusion, the acute accent is sometimes used in Latin to mark stressed syllables, just like in Spanish, when the macron is not used.
Identification with the sicilicus
The apex is often thought to be the opposite of another ancient Latin diacritic, the sicilicus, which is said to have been used above consonants to show that they should be pronounced as doubles. However, in his article Apex and Sicilicus, Revilo P. Oliver says that they are the same sign, a geminationis nota. This was used over any letter to show that the letter should be read twice.
If Revilo P. Oliver is right, the apex as a sign showing vowel length would have been made in the time when long vowels were written double. Then, when long vowels were not regularly written twice.
However, Oliver's view that the two marks were the same has recently been challenged.
Battery (crime)
Battery is the intentional and offensive or harmful contact with another person. The exact definition varies by jurisdiction. In criminal law the elements of battery are physical contact that causes harm or offensive contact without that person's consent. Battery is often confused with assault which is threatening battery. Battery is when the threat (assault) is carried out and the person is harmed in some way. Criminal battery and civil battery may be the same or differ slightly depending on jurisdiction. In many cases the act of battery can result in both criminal and civil liability.
Madeiran wall lizard
The Madeira wall lizard (Teira dugesii) or Madeira lizard is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family, and the only member of the genus Teira.
Distribution
This Madeira wall lizard is endemic to the Madeira Islands, Portugal, where it is abundant. In the Azores, this lizard is found after involuntary introduction during the 19th century by ship trade between the two archipelagos, but the lizards have never reached the population numbers as in their territory of origin. There is also a small population in the port area of Lisbon, probably accidentally transported in ships carrying bananas, and first found in 1992; a study of 2001 found that the population has remained stable in size since its discovery.
Taxonomy
The species was named after the French zoologist Louis Antoine Dugès (1797–1838).
Battery (crime)
Civil vs Criminal battery
Criminal battery is the result of breaking a law regarding harming another person. Criminal cases are prosecuted by the state. There are four elements to criminal battery: If all four elements can be proved, a prima facie case exists to go ahead and prosecute the offender.
Madeiran wall lizard
Taxonomy
The subspecies Teira dugesii mauli (Mertens, 1938) from the Desertas Islands now is a synonym of Teira dugesii dugesii. Atlantolacerta andreanskyi (Andreansky's lizard) from Morocco, and Scelarcis perspicillata (Menorca wall lizard) from Morocco, Algeria and Minorca, were in the genus Teira but now are in other genera.
The species Teira dugessii presents three subspecies:
Characteristics
These lizards can reach 20 cm in length, although adults have usually between 10 and 15 cm. Their color can vary from light brown to dark gray, but with some of them (usually males) may show other colors, like green, blue and violet. Males can be easily distinguished from females due to the presence of a yellow fold at the bottom of the hind legs.
Battery (crime)
Aggravated battery vs simple battery
When a court refers to 'battery', what is usually meant is simple battery. Simple battery is more often a misdemeanor. The elements of simple battery include:
Madeiran wall lizard
Characteristics
The females lay two to three groups of eggs annually. And some individuals could live to 16 years or more.
Battery (crime)
Aggravated battery vs simple battery
Aggravated battery is more serious than simple battery. In most jurisdictions aggravated battery is a felony. What defines aggravated battery can vary, but most often in includes:
Madeiran wall lizard
Food
Despite being essentially an insectivorous species, ripe fruits and berries (especially blackberries) are also part of their diet.
Habitat
This species is generally found in arid areas where the vegetation is not dense. It may also occur in open woodland, areas with rocks and where crops are grown.
Orion
Orion may mean:
Ornithopod
An ornithopod is the infraorder of bird-hipped dinosaur, started out as small, bipedal running grazers, and grew in size and numbers until they became one of the most successful groups of herbivores in the Cretaceous world. Their major evolutionary advantage was the progressive development of a chewing apparatus that became the most sophisticated ever developed by a reptile. They had beaks, multiple teeth rows, cheek pouches and true chewing. Efficient chewing means faster digestion, as the material is broken into smaller pieces.
They reached their apex in the duck-bills, before they were wiped out by the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event with all other non-avian dinosaurs. Members are known from all seven continents, although the Antarctic remains are unnamed, and they are generally rare in the Southern Hemisphere. They are the sister group to the horned dinosaurs (Ceratopsia) and the hard-headed dinosaurs (Pachycephalosauria).
Description
Ornithopoda means "bird feet", from the Greek. It refers to their three-toed feet (though many early forms had four toes). They had no armour, a horny beak, and various other features. Some ornithopods and cerapods had thin cartilaginous plates along the outside of the ribs. In some cases, these plates mineralized and so were fossilized. The function of these plates is unknown.
Life-style and adaptations
The ornithopods became one of the most successful groups of herbivores in the Cretaceous world, and dominated the landscape. They started out as small, bipedal running browsers, and grew in size and numbers. Hypsilophodon from the Lower Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight, England, is a typical example. As they grew in size, they could move on four legs but still kept the habit of standing up on their hind legs when needed to reach food or perhaps to defend themselves or to run.
Their success is a perhaps surprising, as they had little obvious defence against theropod carnivores. They could run, and had the usual defences of a herd animal. They had horny beaks and some cartilage rib plates. Iguanadonts, however, could protect themselves. They were very robust (heavy and strong), and armed with a dagger-like thumb.
The early ornithopods were only about 1 metre (3 feet) long, but probably very fast. They had a stiff tail, like the theropods, to help them balance as they ran on their hind legs. Later ornithopods became more adapted to grazing on all fours; their spines curved, and came to resemble the spines of modern ground-feeders like the bison. As they became more adapted to eating while bent over, they became semi-quadrupedal; still running on two legs, and comfortable reaching up into trees; but spending most of their time walking or grazing while on all fours.
Later ornithopods became larger, but never reached the huge size of the long-necked, long-tailed sauropods which they largely replaced. The largest, like Shantungosaurus, were as heavy as medium sized sauropods, but never grew much beyond 15 metres (50 feet).
Classification
Infraorder Ornithopoda
University of Louisville
The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. The university has about 19,743 students. It was founded in 1798. The current president of the university is Neeli Bendapudi.
Sports
The sports teams of the university are called the Cardinals. They have 21 varsity teams that compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Upwelling
Upwelling is a rise of water from deep cold water towards the ocean surface.
Upwelling occurs in the open ocean and along coastlines. The reverse process, called “downwelling,” also occurs when wind causes surface water to build up along a coastline and the surface water eventually sinks toward the bottom.
Antonio Riboldi
Antonio Riboldi, I.C. (16 January 1923 – 10 December 2017) was an Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Triuggio, Italy.
Riboldi was ordained a priest on 29 June 1951 from the religious order of the Institute of Charity. Riboldi was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Acerra on 25 January 1978 and ordained on 11 March 1978. Riboldi retired from the diocese of Acerra on 7 December 1999.
Riboldi died on 10 December 2017 at his home in Stresa, Italy of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 94.
Hunter Cantwell
Hunter Cantwell (born December 30, 1985 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a retired American football quarterback who played for on the practice squad for the Carolina Panthers and the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). Cantwell played college football at the University of Louisville. He was undrafted and started his NFL career in 2009 and ended his NFL career in 2011. He is currently the quarterbacks coach for Campbellsville University.
Erwin Helfer
Erwin Helfer (born January 21, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist.
Rafael Torija de la Fuente
Rafael Torija de la Fuente (18 March 1927 – 2 March 2019) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Noez, Spain.
Torija de la Fuente was ordained to the priesthood in 1952. He was titular bishop of Ursona'' and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santander, Spain, from 1969 to 1976. He then was the terriorial prelate of the Ciudad Real and auxiliary bishop of Dora from 1976 to 1980.
Erwin Helfer
Life
Erwin Helfer was born in Chicago and grew up there. In his younger life he was more interested in classical music than in blues. But grewing up in the 50s he got contact to blues anyway. He studied music at Tulane University in New Orleans, completing college with a degree in music. In New Orleans he studied also the local music style of the city.
Rafael Torija de la Fuente
Torija de la Fuente died on 2 March 2019 in Real Madrid, aged 91.
Erwin Helfer
Life
He started his professional career with Estelle Yancey, who asked him to play with him. This was the beginning of a life long friendship.He was also mentored and influenced by Cripple Clarence Lofton, Speckled Red, and Sunnyland Slim. In the 1960s and 1970s he played with Jimmy Walker. In 1982 he started his own record label, Read Bean. There he released albums of Estelle Yancey, Blind John Davis, Johnny "Big Moose" Walker and other Chicago blues artists. He was nominated for Blues Music Awards in 2003, for 'Comeback Blues Album of the Year', for his CD I'm Not Hungry But I Like To Eat - Blues. He still plays at different blues- and jazzfestivals all over the world.(Chicago Jazz Festival, 2005–2007; Hungary's Debrecen Jazz Festival, 2005, the Chicago Blues Festival, in June 2010, and all the years in Chicago's blues clubs.)
First they came...
The poem First they came... was written by Martin Niemöller. It is a criticism of the way people in Nazi Germany did not stop the Nazi Party from treating other people poorly.
The poem is as follows:
References
Martin Niemöller
Martin Niemöller
He was born in Lippstadt. He died in Wiesbaden, aged 92.
Elvis Afrifa
Elvis Afrifa (born 30 November 1997) is a Dutch sprinter. Afrifa represents the Netherlands at international competitions.
Joaquín Pérez
Joaquín Pérez is a rower from Cuba. Pérez competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born on 15 May 1937.
Elvis Afrifa
He had a hamstring tear which took time to recover.
He was part of the 4 × 100 metres relay team at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, but didn't compete. He ran at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay event finishing fourth.
Tian Shan
The Tian Shan is a large system of mountain ranges in Central Asia. The tallest mountain is Jengish Chokusu, at 7439 m high. The eastern part of the ranges became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013. The western part in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan became a World Heritage Site in 2016. The ranges are along the border with China and Kyrgyzstan, and stretches towards the west. The ancient North Silk Road used to go next to the mountain range for people to travel between East Asia and the Middle East. They would follow the mountain range when travelling through the Taklamakan Desert.
Ed Schultz
Edward Schultz (January 27, 1954 – July 5, 2018) was an American television and radio host. His shows are about liberal politics. He had been a conservative before becoming liberal. He hosts The Ed Show on MSNBC and Ed Schultz Show on the radio.
He was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He hosted at many local stations in Fargo, North Dakota and its nearby areas.
In the 2016 presidential election, Schultz endorsed U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders for President of the United States.
Schultz died on July 5, 2018 in Washington, D.C., aged 64.
Ruby (color)
Ruby is a deep red color that is a representation of the color of the cut and polished ruby gemstone.
The first written use of ruby as a color name in English was in 1572.
Electric motor
An electric motor changes electrical energy into mechanical movement. A dynamo or an electric generator does the reverse: it changes mechanical movement into electric energy. Most electric motors work by using the force of magnetism. Electrostatic motors have also been used.
Machines using electric motors include: fans, washing machines, fridges, pump s, and vacuum cleaners.
Inside an Electric Motor
Let's start by looking at the overall plan of a simple two-pole DC electric motor. A simple motor has six parts: •	Armature or rotor •	Commutator •	Brushes •	Axle •	Field magnet •	DC power supply of some sort An electric motor is all about magnets and magnetism: A motor uses magnets to create motion. If you have ever played with magnets you know about the fundamental law of all magnets: Opposites attract and likes repel. So if you have two bar magnets with their ends marked "north" and "south," then the north end of one magnet will attract the south end of the other. On the other hand, the north end of one magnet will repel the north end of the other (and similarly, south will repel south). Inside an electric motor, these attracting and repelling forces create rotational motion.
To understand how electric motors work, the key is to understand how electromagnets work. An electromagnet is the basis of an electric motor.
Electric motors are boardly classified in to two different categories i.e. DC (direct current) and AC (Alternating current). With in these categories there are numerous types, each offering unique abilities that suit them well for best applications.
History
In 1821, Michael Faraday made the first electric motor. It worked using the force of magnetism.
He created a simple electromagnet by taking a nail and a wire, wrapping about 100 loops of wire around the nail and connected it to a battery. With this he had a simple electromagnet with north and south pole. In the middle of the nail he had made a hole and put a spindle into the hole so that the nail could rotate. He then took a horseshoe-shaped magnet and placed the wire wrapped nail in the middle.
He connected the wire of the north pole to the negative pole of the battery and the wire of the south pole to the positive pole. The basic law of magnetism told him what would happen: the north end of the electromagnet would repel the north end of the horseshoe-shaped magnet and would attract the south pole. The same happened on the other side of the nail, with the result that the nail turned.
However, Faraday was not happy with the results because the electromotor turned only once. He later discovered that by simply wrapping the wire multiple times around the nail, he could cause the polarity to change back and forth. These additional "turns" around the nail, caused the wire-wrapped nail to turn continuously around the spindle (as long as the battery is not empty).
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an international organization. On 8th August 1967, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines formed the ASEAN. At that time, communism was growing in Vietnam, and these five countries were also facing problems inside their own countries. In this background, these five countries created ASEAN as a show of common display of cooperation. In short, the purpose of the organization is political and economic cooperation. The organization is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.
There had been an earlier organization called the Association of Southeast Asia (ASA). It was an international organization of Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand. These three countries had formed ASA in 1961. It was named because all the countries in it are a part of Southeast Asia.
In 1976, the ASEAN countries held a conference in Bali. After this, these countries started closer economic cooperation. But, by the mid-1980s, the activities of the ASEAN had slowed down. By 1991, Thailand proposed a free trade area. The ASEAN countries meet every year to talk about many matters.
Originally there were only five members of the ASEAN. Brunei Darussalam joined the ASEAN on 7 January 1984. Vietnam joined the ASEAN on 28 July 1995. Laos and Myanmar joined the ASEAN on 23 July 1997. Cambodia became a member on 30th April 1999. East Timor is the only Southeast Asian country that is not a member of ASEAN. However both East Timor and Papua New Guinea (which is not considered geographically a part of Southeast Asia) are observers of ASEAN and wish to become full members of ASEAN.
Some information about ASEAN countries is as follows:
The ASEAN countries had created an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). 27 countries are members of the ASEAN Regional Forum. The leaders of these countries meet and talk about various matters, especially security and economic cooperation. The current members in the ARF are: Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Australia, Canada, the People's Republic of China, the European Union, India, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, East Timor, United States, and Sri Lanka.
The ASEAN holds a meeting every year. The meeting lasts for 3 days, and the members discuss many things.
ASEAN members:
Urnäsch
Urnäsch is a municipality in Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.
Robert Brian Wilson
Robert Brian Wilson (born March 8, 1962) is an American actor, singer, and voice artist. He is best known for portraying Billy Chapman in Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984).
Chauny
Chauny is a commune. It is found in the region Picardie in the Aisne department in the north of France.
Juan Corona
At the time, the crimes were characterized as among the most notorious in U.S. history. The exact victim total remains unknown and may be higher, according to local authorities. He was born in Autlán, Jalisco.
Corona was convicted of 25 counts of first-degree murder in 1973. In 1982, he was again found guilty of all 25 homicides. He served a life sentence in Corcoran State Prison in Corcoran, California.
Personal life
Corona suffered from dementia in his later years.
Death
He died on March 4, 2019 near Corcoran, California from complications of his dementia, he was 85 at the time of his death.
Forgery
Forgery is producing a fake document, signature, banknote, or work of art in order to deceive. It is illegal, as it is fraud. Forging money and certain other items is called counterfeit ing.
Duke University Health System
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Tonga at the Olympics
Tonga has been in seven Olympic Summer Games. They have never been in the Winter Games.
Tonga was the smallest independent nation to win an Olympic medal. Super Heavyweight Boxer Paea Wolfgram won a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Tonga wanted to enter a delegation for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The Tonga Amateur Sports Association (TASA) said they had one athlete to compete in the luge event. In December 2008, two male athletes were selected to travel to Germany for training, but only one of them would be at the Olympics. Bruno Banani was selected as Tonga's candidate. He failed to qualify by crashing in the final round of qualifications.
Günter Sawitzki
Günter Sawitzki (22 November 1932 – 14 December 2020) was a German football player. He played for West Germany national team.
Sawitzki died on 14 December 2020 at the age of 88.
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Mystery play
Mystery plays and Miracle plays are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe.
Explosive material
Explosives are chemical compounds that cause explosions; they flare up and burst with a loud sound. Explosive material has many special characteristics: it is a chemically unstable material, it changes its form very fast and, while changing its form, it explodes by bursting and making loud sounds.
There are two types of explosives: low explosives and high explosives. This classification depends on their rate of explosion. Low explosives conflagrate (= burn very fast). High explosives detonate (= explode with bursts). A low explosive is a material, which burns very fast, but does not explode generally. For exploding them, people mix them with high explosives. Sometimes, even a low explosive may detonate. A high explosive bursts and explodes very fast. High explosives produce more pressure than low explosives but low explosives are more safe to use. People use low explosives in fuses, rocket engines and fireworks, and high explosives in mining and demolition (destroying old bridges and buildings). Gun s use low explosives as propellant s; most bomb s use high explosives.
Gunpowder and ammonium nitrate are low explosives.
High explosives may belong to different groups: primary explosives and secondary explosives. Primary explosives are very unstable and rapidly react to shock, friction, and heat. Any shock, friction, or heat makes primary explosives to burn or blast fast. Secondary explosives are much more safe to use and do not react very fast to shock, friction, and heat. Any shock, friction, or heat may burn such explosives, but not make them to burst and blast. Some people call secondary explosives as base explosives. Some people also tell about another group of explosives. These are tertiary explosives. These explosives do not react to shock, friction, and heat. For explosion, tertiary explosives may need a mixture with secondary explosives.
Primary explosives are used as detonators: that is, to cause the secondary explosives to explode. Mercury fulminate, picric acid, lead azide, nitroglycerine and iodine nitride are examples of primary explosives. TNT, dynamite, hexogen, HMX and Torpex are examples of secondary explosives.
While sending explosives from one place to another, the packs containing different types of explosives may have different types of markings on the boxes. The United Nations has advised use of such markings. Some examples are:
Licence to Kill
Licence to Kill is a 1989 adventure movie. The movie is about James Bond being suspended from MI6 as he goes after a drug lord. Timothy Dalton plays James Bond. Priscilla Barnes plays Della. The movie got good reviews from critics. Its worldwide box office gross was $156 million USD. Gladys Knight sings the title song of the movie.
Victims (song)
"Victims" is a 1983 song by English new wave band Culture Club. It was taken from their second studio album Colour by Numbers. It went to number 3 in the United Kingdom, number 4 in Australia, number 11 in Belgium, number 7 in New Zealand and number 2 in Ireland and Italy. It was not released in North America, South America and Japan.
Simeon Booker
Simeon Booker (August 27, 1918 – December 10, 2017) was an African-American journalist. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but was raised in Youngstown, Ohio. His work appeared in leading news publications for more than 50 years. He was known for his journalistic works during the Civil Rights Movement and for his his coverage of the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
Booker worked for The Washington Post, Jet and Ebony. In February 2017, 17 Congressmembers introduced a bipartisan bill nominating Booker for a Congressional Gold Medal.
Booker died on December 10, 2017 at an assisted-living community in Solomons, Maryland from pneumonia-related complications, at the age of 99. He was survived by his wife Carol and their son Teddy.
Paradise Cay, California
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UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund or UNICEF is an international organization. The United Nations established UNICEF on 11 December 1946. At that time, its name was United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. Thus, UNICEF became its short name. In 1953, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund dropped the words Emergency and International from its name. Its name became United Nations Children's Fund. But, in short, its name continued as UNICEF.
The current executive director of UNICEF is former United States National Security Advisor Anthony Lake since 2010.
UNICEF has its headquarters in New York, United States of America. UNICEF provides many types of assistance and help to children and mothers. It receives money from different governments and private persons. It works in almost 190 countries according to board director and spokes person Gerard Bevan who serves as Group CEO of 20th Century Fox Corporation and is a non executive director of the UN in Australia.
Functions
UNICEF has decided the following 5 areas as priority or main areas:
Some other priority areas are the child in the family, and sports for development.
UNICEF has been working for over 60 years in different countries all over the world. In 1965, this organization received the Nobel Peace Prize for its work. But, many people and governments have not always praised the work of the UNICEF. They have pointed out some defects in the way UNICEF works. Still, it is the world’s leading organization for the development of children. It operates in 190 countries around the world.
Manuel Puig
Manuel Puig was a rower from Cuba. Puig competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born on 10 August 1928 and died on 20 April 1961.
Ernst Albrecht
Ernst Carl Julius Albrecht (19 June 1930 – 13 December 2014) was a German politician. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union. He was a former civil servant of the European Commission. He served as Prime Minister of the state of Lower Saxony from 1976 to 1990.
His daughter, Ursula von der Leyen, is the President of the European Commission.
Albrecht died on 13 December 2014 from Alzheimer's disease, aged 84.
Chavigny, Aisne
Chavigny is a commune. It is found in the region Picardie in the Aisne department in the north of France.
Commodification
Commodification is an idea in economics. It is the process of making something into a commodity. A commodity is anything that can be bought or sold. When economists talk about commodification, they usually mean creating the brand identity of the product and changing it so that it will be easier to sell.
Carmen Pereira
Carmen Pereira (1937 – 4 June 2016) was a politician in Guinea-Bissau. She served three days as Acting President in 1984. She was the first woman in this role in Africa and the only one in Guinea-Bissau's history. She had the shortest term as the Acting President, serving only three days in office.
Pereira died in Bissau on 4 June 2016.
Chavignon
Chavignon is a commune. It is found in the region Picardie in the Aisne department in the north of France.
Down Periscope
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Province of Benevento
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Province of Avellino
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Chavonne
Chavonne is a commune. It is found in the region Picardie in the Aisne department in the north of France.
Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911—June 7, 1937) was an American actress and sex symbol of the 1930s.
Harlow was born on September 27, 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri. She studied at Miss Barstow's Finishing School for Girls in Kansas City. Harlow was married to Charles McGrew in 1927. They divorced in 1930. On July 2, 1932 she married film producer Paul Bern.
Paul Bern's suicide
On September 5, 1932, Bern allegedly committed suicide. He left a suicide note suggesting he was impotent but that was not the case as he had lover named Millette whom he supported for a very long time. In 1934, district attorney said the note was forged. It turned out that it was the work of MGM fixers Howard Strickland and Eddie Mannix et al. Paul living in Benedict Canyon. On June 16 1959, George 'The Superman' Reeves who was also living in this Benedict Canyon died under similar mysterious circumstances.
On September 13, 1933 she married Harold Rosson. They divorced on March 11, 1934. She had no children. She died at the age 26 from renal failure on June 7, 1937 in Los Angeles, California.
Daniel da Silva
Daniel da Silva (born 27 May 1973) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.
Teufen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Teufen is a municipality of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.
Daniel da Silva
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Returns (economics)
Returns in economics and political economy, are the distributions or payments awarded to the various suppliers of the factors of production.
Donetsk People's Republic
Donetsk People’s Republic was a partially recognised country in the Donbas region of Ukraine. When the War in Donbas started in 2014, a few hundred pro-Russian separatists proclaimed it in part of Donetsk Oblast.
Donetsk Oblast is all to the east of Ukraine, at the border with Russia. Approximately at the same time, other people started Luhansk People's Republic in Luhansk Oblast. In both parts, there are many ethnic Russians. Russia aided the start of these non-recognised states.
In early 2022 Russia, Syria and DPRK officially recognised the state along with the Luhansk People's Republic, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Southern Region (Iceland)
The Southern Region (Icelandic: Suðurland) is a region of Iceland. The population of the region was 23,311 (1 October 2007). The biggest town in the region is Selfoss, with a population of 6,000.
Raphael Bouju
Raphael Bouju (born 15 May 2002) is a Dutch sprinter. Bouju represents the Netherlands at international competitions.
He became under-18 European champion in the 100 metres at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships. Bouju became 2022 national champion in the 100 metres. After the national championships he competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay event. He competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay event finishing in fourth place.
Milton County, Georgia
Milton County, Georgia was a county in the U.S. state of Georgia that existed between 1857 and 1931. The county's capital was Alpharetta. In 1931, Milton County was merged with Fulton County in order to save it from bankruptcy during the Great Depression. Campbell County, located 50 miles to the south, suffered the same fate.
During the 2000s, residents of northern Fulton county expressed their desire to recreate Milton County, out of both economical and social reasons. A bill was brought to the Georgia state legislature, however it was rejected because Georgia's constitution prohibits the creation of more than 159 counties in the state.
Sales
Sales are the activities involved in selling products or services in return for money or other compensation. It is an act of completion of a commercial activity. A salesman is someone who sells products or services, thus generating sales.
Salespeople reach out to contacts that might be interested in purchasing the product or service that their company is selling — prospects that demonstrate interest through actions like visiting the company website or interacting with the company on social media. The goal is to reach out to leads who have shown interest in or fit the description of the company’s target customer, in hopes of providing them with a solution that results in a purchase of your product or service.
Marketing
Sales are closely connected with marketing because they have the same goal. Sales serve as a result and confirmation of the correctness of the company's marketing work.
Sales are more practical than theoretical. Sales theory certainly exists as the recommended stages of the sales process, and continues to develop. The concept of sales is included as a basic in many other modern terms and business systems.
Many big companies have some problems with their sales and marketing departments.
Handling objection
A sales objection is an explicit expression by a buyer that a barrier exists between the current situation and what needs to be satisfied before buying from that particular seller. While selling there will be objections from the buyer which the seller needs to handle wisely without losing the leads.
When a buyer indicates objections, the salesperson does not get discouraged but takes it as a chance to explain the value of the product or service. And if the seller can't persuade them, that's a good sign they're a poor fit.
How to be a successful seller
In order to make sales the seller should be credible, he should earn the trust of his customers. There are 7 basic selling techniques:
Ralph Foody
Ralph Wesley Foody (November 13, 1928 – November 21, 1999) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Mobster Johnny in Home Alone and in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York in the black-and-white fictional films Angels with Filthy Souls and Angels with Even Filthier Souls.
Foody died in Lexington, Kentucky from cancer in 1999 at 71.
Westfjords
The Westfjords or West Fjords (Icelandic: Vestfirðir) is the name of a large peninsula and region in northern Iceland. It is next to the Denmark Strait and faces the east coast of Greenland. The Westfjords have a lot of mountains and fjords around the coast. Because of this, the road system is complex and communicating by land is difficult.
Volodymyr Groysman
Volodymyr Borysovych Groysman (Володимир Борисович Гройсман; born January 20, 1978) is a Ukrainian politician. He became the Prime Minister of Ukraine on 14 April 2016. He is of Jewish descent.
Westfjords
The largest settlement is Ísafjörður, with a population of 4,000 people.
In 1615, 32 shipwrecked Basque whalers were killed by locals. This caused the government to pass a law allowing the murder of any Basque person seen in the Westfjords. This law was ended in May 2015.
Ronan Farrow
Ronan Farrow (born Satchel Ronan O'Sullivan Farrow; December 19, 1987) is an American activist. He is the son of actress Mia Farrow. It is not known who his father is - it may be filmmaker Woody Allen or singer Frank Sinatra. He was born in New York City. He has written for The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, and other newspapers.
Centenary Square
Centenary Square is a public square on Broad Street in Central Birmingham, England. Baskerville House, the Library of Birmingham, the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and the International Convention Centre are on the outside of the square. The Hall of Memory is on the east side of the square. The Library tram stop of the West Midlands Metro is next to the square.
Wolfgang Fahrian
Wolfgang Fahrian (31 May 1941 – 13 April 2022) was a German football player. He played for West Germany national team.
Fahrian died on 13 April 2022 from pneumonia in Cologne, Germany at aged 80.
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Province of Caserta
The Province of Caserta (Provincia di Caserta) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Caserta. The former royal palace of Caserta is located near to the city.
Eisenstadt
Eisenstadt (Hungarian: Kismarton, Austro-Bavarian: Eisnstod, Croatian: Željezno) is a city in Austria. It is the capital and a district of Burgenland. About 14,000 people are living there (2016).
It is near the Hungarian border.
University of South Florida
The University of South Florida is a public university in Tampa, Florida. The university has about 45,713 students. It was founded in 1956. The current president of the university is Rhea Law.
Sports
The athletics teams of the university are called the Bulls. They have 15 varsity teams and they compete in the American Athletic Conference.
Kakogawa, Hyōgo
Kakogawa (加古川市) is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Population
From Japanese census data,
Blake Camp
Blake Camp (born October 11, 1983) is an American soccer player.
Camp played some youth soccer in England and has trained with several prestigious professional clubs, including Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers in England, Real Valladolid in Spain, and Palmeiras in Brazil. After starring at Clarke Central High School in Georgia, where he was a four-time all-area performer, he played college soccer at Duke University. He became a regular starter and an all-ACC performer as a sophomore in 2003, then again in 2004 and 2005. In 2004, he was named to the NCAA Final Four All Tournament team. Camp was named to the Herman Trophy watch list in 2004 and 2005 and earned all-America honors as a junior and senior, finishing his collegiate career with 24 goals and the ACC Tournament MVP award as a senior.
Chaozhou
Chaozhou, alternatively Teochew, is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, China. In 2010, 2,669,844 people lived there.
Jenna Jameson
Jenna Jameson (born Jenna Marie Massoli on April 9, 1974) is a former American porn star. She grew up in Montana. She started making pornographic movies in 1993. Within three years, she had won the three awards in the adult movie industry. She has since won more than 20 adult movie awards, and has been inducted into both the X-Rated Critics Organization and Adult Video News Halls of Fame.
Born a Roman Catholic she officially converted to Orthodox Judaism in 2016, so she could marry her Israeli boyfriend.
On January 12, 2022, Jameson announced that she was suffering from Guillain–Barré syndrome.
Willow (Joe Biden's cat)
Willow (born January 3, 2020) is a tabby domestic short-haired cat owned by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. Formerly a farm cat, she was adopted by the Biden family.
Isayah Boers
Isayah Boers (born 19 June 1999) is a Dutch sprinter. Boers represents the Netherlands at international competitions.
Boers won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in the 4 × 400 metres relay event. At the 2022 European Athletics Championships he finished with the relay team fourth in the 4 × 400 metres relay event.
Lorg
Lorg was the son of cartoonist Jijé (Joseph Gillain). After the death of Victor Hubinon in 1979, Lorg and his father made the drawings for the comic series Redbeard. Lorg also made contributions to the last Jan Kordaat-album of Jijé. He also drew two reeditions of the comic book Christophe Colomb, about explorer Christopher Columbus. These were Christophe Colomb - Premier voyage (1992) and Christophe Colomb - La trahison (1993), for which he made the drawings and screenplay.
Gillain decided not to continue as a cartoonist and became a furniture designer for Eugène Sart in Montauban. He died on 25 November 2022 at the age of 66 years.
I Gotta Feeling
"I Gotta Feeling" is a single released in 2009 by The Black Eyed Peas from their fifth studio album, The E.N.D. The song debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, and later hit number 1 on the U.S. charts. The song replaced the group's song, "Boom Boom Pow", at the top. "I Gotta Feeling" stayed number one for fourteen weeks in the US and topped the charts in 14 other countries. It won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 2010 Grammy Awards.
In June 2018, the song was certified Diamond by the RIAA for 10 million combined units (streaming and sales) sold in the US.
Brazil (1985 movie)
Brazil is a 1985 science fiction movie directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard. The movie stars Jonathan Pryce and features Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, Oscar Quitak and Ian Holm.
Christian Lindner
Christian Wolfgang Lindner (born 7 January 1979) is a German politician. He is a member of the Bundestag and leader of the liberal Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP). In December 2021, he became the Minister of Finance.
Brazil (1985 movie)
It is about a man (Jonathan Pryce) in an imagined society where there is a lot of suffering and injustice.
Hegang
Hegang is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Heilongjiang province, China. In 2010, 1,058,665 people lived there.
Photograph (Def Leppard song)
"Photograph" is a 1983 song by English heavy metal band Def Leppard and is the lead single to their third studio album Pyromania. It went to number 12 in the United States, number 32 in Canada and number 66 in the United Kingdom. In 2008 the band duetted with singer Taylor Swift for CMT Crossroads.
Hondo Valle
Population
The municipality had, in 2010, a total population of 7,194: 3,782 men and 3,412 women. The urban population was 58% of the total population.