cyanic-selkie/wikianc huggingface dataset:
Binary neural network
It saves storage and computation, and serves as a technique for deep models on resource-limited devices. Using binary values can bring up to 58 times speedup. Accuracy and information capacity of binary neural network can be manually controlled. Binary neural networks do not achieve the same accuracy as their full-precision counterparts, but improvements are being made to close this gap.
It has been argued theoretically that quantum computers could train binary neural nets to their global optimum via quantum search techniques in shorter time than brute force classical optimisation.
Human rights in Cameroon
As of 2020, Cameroon "currently prosecutes consensual same sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world".
Nocturnes (Debussy)
Nocturnes is a piece of music for orchestra by the French composer Claude Debussy. There are three movements. A female chorus also sings in the last movement. Debussy finished writing "Nocturnes" on 15 December  1899.
The music
The three movements each have a title. They are:
A large portion of Debussy’s music, including his nocturnes, is inspired by the works of the Impressionist painters. The word nocturne (from the Latin nocturnus) usually describes a piece that is inspired by the night. However, Debussy's Nocturnes do not follow this patter; rather, they capture the way light is shown in Impressionist paintings.
'Nuages' is about the clouds in the sky and the way they move slowly in grey colours with a little white.
'Fêtes' is a very lively picture of a group of people having a celebration and dancing. A procession is heard arriving. The music of the procession gradually gets louder, mixes with the music of the dancing, then it gradually dies away as the procession disappears into the distance.
'Sirènes' describes the sea and the many rhythms that can be heard when we listen to it. The moonlight shines on the sea, and the mysterious song of the Sirens is heard as they laugh.
First performances
The Lamoureux Orchestra conducted by Camille Chevillard gave the first performance of Nuages and Fêtes in Paris in 1900, and they played the first performance of all three movements the next year. Some of the listeners found it hard to understand at first, but today "Nocturnes" is one of Debussy’s most popular works.
The music lasts for about 22 minutes.
Joel (footballer, born 1904)
Joel de Oliveira Monteiro (1 May 1904 – 6 April 1990) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for the Brazilian national team.
Saint-Pé-de-Léren
Saint-Pé-de-Léren is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in the southwestern part of France.
Human rights in Suriname
Suriname faces various human rights issues. It is from the beginning of the country's history with their native Maroons. The issues are corruption, human trafficking, abuse and violence against women and children, child labour, and criminal defamation laws.
Human rights in Benin
The human rights situation in Benin is considered to be generally above average for sub-Saharan Africa.
Ivan Mariz
Ivan Mariz (January 16, 1910 – May 13, 1982) was a former Brazilian football player. He played for the Brazil national team.
Nicolae Văcăroiu
He was the President of the Senate of Romania for almost eight years.
Isaac Vorsah
Isaac Vorsah (born 21 June 1988) is a Ghanaian football player. He plays for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.
Nicolae Văcăroiu
On 14 October 2008 he was voted by the Parliament as President of the Court of Audit.
Isaac Vorsah
Career
He began his career at Oscar FC in Kpando, Ghana and FC Maamobi. He transferred to Gamba All Blacks F.C. in 2005. In January 2007 Asante Kotoko bought Vorsah. The German team TSG 1899 Hoffenheim offered him a trial. After the trial he was loaned until 30 June 2008. On 1 April 2008 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim bought him and he signed until 30 June 2011. For Hoffenheim he played 106 times and shot 4 goals. He moved to Red Bull Salzburg in August 2012. After he came back from the Africa Cup 2013 he was injured badly and missed the 2013/14 season.
International
Vorsah played his first match for Ghana in 2007 against Senegal. For Ghana he played the Africa Cup 2010 and 2013. He was also part of the team for the FIFA World Championship 2010. In total he played 16 matches for Ghana.
Saint-Pierre-d'Irube
Saint-Pierre-d'Irube is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in the southwestern part of France.
List of governors of Mississippi
The governor of Mississippi is the head of the executive branch of Mississippi's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
Stab proof vest
A stab-proof vest (or Stab vest) is a type of body armor that is used by police officers or prison guards to protect them from attacks using knives (or other sharp objects).
ERTU
The Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU), اتحاد الاذاعة و التليفزيون المصري Ittihād al-Idhā‘ah wal-Tilīfizyūn al-Miṣrī), formerly the Arab Radio and Television Union, is the public broadcaster of Egypt, operated by the Egyptian government. It is a member of the European Broadcasting Union.
History
Egyptian Radio began broadcasting on 31 May 1934 in agreement with the Marconi Company. The General Manager of the station was Said Basha Lotfi from May 1934 to December 1947. In December 1947, the contract with Marconi was suspended in favour of an Egyptian national broadcasting station. The station is known also for its call "This is Cairo" (in Arabic هنا القاهرة pronounced Houna al Qaahira). It is considered the First Program (in Arabic البرنامج الأول) of the ERTU.
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.
ERTU
History
Later on three main new radio channels were added, the pan-Arab The Voice of the Arabs (صوت العرب) in 1953, Egyptian Radio's Second Programme (البرنامج الثاني) in 1957 and the pan-Arab Middle East Radio (إذاعة الشرق الأوسط) in 1964. All four stations broadcast on high powered medium wave transmitters covering most of the Middle East and North and East Africa.
Loftus Versfeld Stadium
Loftus Versfeld Stadium is a sports stadium in Pretoria, South Africa.
ERTU
Regional Television Network
There are six state-owned broadcast and satellite channels in Egypt:
Loftus Versfeld Stadium
It is mostly used for Rugby games.
ERTU
Nile Television Network
Nilesat allowed for the launch of several specialized TV channels in addition to Egyptian Satellite Channel (ESC) and Nile TV. All are owned by the Egyptian state.
Specialized channels include:
Loftus Versfeld Stadium
FIFA World Cup
The stadium co-hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It is one of the 10 stadiums where World Cup matches were played.
2010 World Cup Matches
All times are given in South African Standard time (UTC+2).
Pontiac G6
Pontiac G6 was a mid-sized automobile sold by the Pontiac division of General Motors. It was available as a coupe, sedan or convertible. The G6 was introduced in 2005 to replace the Grand Am. The last model year for the G6 was 2010. It was unchanged from the 2009 model. General Motors declared bankruptcy in 2009 and Pontiac division was discontinued. The 2010 G6 was the very last U.S. built Pontiac.
Roland Ratzenberger
Roland Ratzenberger (4 July 1960 – 30 April 1994) was an Austrian Formula One driver. He was killed in a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. He had a short career, and drove for Simtek.
Tenuis dental click
The tenuis dental click is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not in English.
Roland Ratzenberger
He was born in Salzburg.
Share
Share may mean:
Manoelzinho (footballer, born 1907)
Manoel de Aguiar Fagundes (22 August 1907 – 22 November 1953) is a former Brazilian football player.
Periodontitis
Periodontitis is a set of diseases which usually attacks the tissues surrounding the teeth. Periodontitis in comparison with Gingivitis is a more severe inflammation, because not only it affects the tissues, but also, it affects the bottom of the teeth. If it is not treated at all, it may lead to a loss of teeth.
The word "periodontitis" comes from peri ("around"), odont ("tooth") and -itis ("redness").
Reports
Periodontitis doesn't just affect the gums and teeth, but reports have stated that it may increase risk of stroke. It is also related to memory problems for those over 60 years of age.
Saint-Vincent, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Saint-Vincent, Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in the southwestern part of France.
Share (finance)
In finance, a share is a unit of account for many different financial things including stocks, mutual funds, limited partnerships, and REIT's. In British English, the word share alone to talk only about stocks is so common that it almost replaces the word stock itself. Capital means the money being invested to start a new business.
Power loom
The term power loom, corresponds to a mechanized loom powered by a driveshaft. The first power loom was designed in 1784 by Edmund Cartwright and first built in 1785, later to be perfected by William Horrocks. It allowed textile making to be done far faster than if a human had done the same work. By 1850, over 250,000 of Cartwright's designs were used in England. James Henry Northrop invented the automatic "weft replenishment" loom. It revolutionized the weaving industry. Some 700,000 "Northrop" automatic looms were sold worldwide.
Originally, power looms used a shuttle to throw the weft across, but in the early part of the 20th century the faster and more efficient shuttleless loom came into use. Today, advances in technology have produced a variety of looms designed to maximize production for specific types of material. The most common of these are air-jet looms and water-jet looms. Computer-driven looms are now also available to individual home weavers.
Tenuis alveolar click
The tenuis alveolar click is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not in English.
Human rights in Gabon
Gabon, also known as the Gabonese Republic is a sovereign state located in Central Africa along the Atlantic coastline. Gabon gained its independence from France in 1960. Human rights are rights that are inherent and universal to all human beings. Typical human rights include, freedom of speech, freedom of slavery, freedom of fair representation, a right to adequate living standards and exclusion of child labour.
Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in the southwestern part of France.
Iceland Express
Iceland Express was a low-cost airline from Iceland. It began in 2002. Reykjavík-Keflavík Airport used to be their main hub. WOW Air bought the airline in 2012.
Richard Neal
Richard Edmund Neal (born February 14, 1949) is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. He is a member of the Democratic Party and a former city councilor and mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Following the Democrats winning the House majority, Neal became the next Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee in January 2019.
Primate city
Primate cities are cities in a country that have far more people and influence than every other city in it. For it to be called a primate city, it must have more than two times as many people and two times as much influence (such as in the country's economy, resources, education, health care, etc.) than the country's second largest city. Countries with primate cities usually have a large inequality in its development, but richer countries as well as poorer countries can have primate cities.
Micronesia
Micronesia is an area in Oceania. Many islands in the western Pacific Ocean are part of it. Micronesia means small islands in ancient Greek language.
Richard Neal
Political career
Neal began his career in elected office after winning election in 1977 to the city council of Springfield, Massachusetts. After twice winning reelection to the city council (in 1979 and 1981), Neal was elected mayor of the city in 1983. He was twice reelected mayor, in 1985 and 1987.
Primate city
An example of a rich country having a primate city is the United Kingdom, where its largest city London has more than 8 times as many people as its second largest city Birmingham.
Micronesia
The Philippines is to the west of Micronesia. Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Melanesia are to the south of Micronesia. Polynesia is to the east of Micronesia.
Primate city
Bangkok is one of the world's most primate city because its population is 9 times bigger than the second largest city in Thailand and 70% of the country's resources go to Bangkok.
Richard Neal
Political career
In 1988, Neal was elected as a Democrat to represent Massachusetts 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives. He was subsequently reelected to this district eleven times. In 2012, he was redistricted to Massachusetts 1st district, to which he was elected. He has subsequently been reelected to this district four times, with his latest re-election occurring in 2020.
Primate city
The United States has never had a primate city on a national level due to the decentralized nature of the country, and because the second largest city of the country is not far behind in population and GDP. New York City, which is the largest city and the largest economy in the United States, is for this reason not a primate city of the country. The metropolitan area of New York City has 21 million residents and Los Angeles has 16 million residents.
Sub-national divisions can also have primate cities. For instance, New York City is New York State's primate city because its population is 32 times bigger than the second largest city of that state. New York City has 44% of the population and has 65% of the GDP of New York State.
Micronesia
Most of the islands in Micronesia are atolls. These are ring-shaped islands made of a coral reef. But some are high islands with a coral reef around them.
Traditionally in Micronesia, each island or area has a chief. The chief cannot do anything without support of the council. Everyone is part of a clan, or extended family. Each family group also has a chief. The chiefs are usually older men. Micronesia is mostly matrilineal, which means that descent is followed through women. So a chief may be followed by his sister's son.
Electoral district of Oxley
Oxley is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1920, abolished in 1988 and recreated in 1991.
Micronesia
People in Micronesia often have family members on many other islands. The society values social equality. Wealth is spread pretty evenly between people. Even the chiefs are not much richer than everyone else. But this is less true in the eastern islands, where there are social classes.
Tenuis retroflex click
The tenuis retroflex click is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not in English.
Electoral district of Oxley
It is a conservative electorate and with the exception of one independent, has only ever elected members of conservative parties when it has elected only one member. The current MP is Michael Kemp of the National Party.
Sainte-Colome
Sainte-Colome is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in the southwestern part of France.
Isidoor Teirlinck
He was famous for his books on legends and folklore, especially folklore of plants. His books Flora Diabolica and Flora Magica are still classic books in their field. He worked for years as a school teacher. He taught mathematics and physics at normal schools in Brussels.
Co-authorship
With his brother in law, Rijmons Stijns, he wrote a famous novel Arm Vlaanderen. (1884)
Levamisole
Levamisole is a drug that was used to treat infections with parasitic worms, and for some forms of chemotherapy, to treat cancer. The drug was discovered in 1966. It was withdrawn from the US and Canadian markets in 2000 and 2003, because of a serious risk of side effects; better drugs can replace it.
Currently, levamisole remains in veterinary use as a dewormer for livestock. The drugs has also been used as an adulterant in cocaine sold in the US and Canada. This use resulted in serious side effects.
Interstate 20
Interstate 20 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It goes from Kent, Texas east to Florence, South Carolina. The route is 1539.38 mi long.
North Carolina
The state of North Carolina wanted to expand the interstate to Wilmington, North Carolina to I-40. This was not approved by the government and remains unfunded.
Shaheen Afridi
Shaheen Shah Afridi is a cricketer from Pakistan. He plays for the Pakistan national cricket team. He was born on April 6, 2000.
Tenuis palatal click
The tenuis palatal click is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not in English.
Human rights in Senegal
In 2016, Senegalese President Macky Sall has said he will never legalize gay sex. He said: "Never, under my authority, will homosexuality be legalized in the Senegalese lands."
Moderato (footballer)
Moderato Wisintainer, also Visintainer, in line-ups generally Moderato, (14 July 1902 in Alegrete (RS) – 31 January 1986 in Pelotas (RS)) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.
Trettachspitze
The Trettachspitze is a mountain in the Allgäu Alps in Germany. It is made of Dolomite and is 2595 m high. It is one of the best-known mountains in the Allgäu Alps.
It is the only high rocky mountain in the Allgäu Alps that is completely in Germany. With the Mädelegabel (2645 m) and the Hochfrottspitze (2649 m) it forms the famous threesome of mountains on the main ridge of the Allgäu Alps. It is found north of the Mädelegabel. It was first climbed in 1855 by 3 brothers, Urban, Alois and Mathias Jochum.
Sainte-Engrâce
Sainte-Engrâce is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in southwest France.
Kainar Academy
Kainar Academy (Қайнар Академиясы) is a private university in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The university was founded in 1991 as Kainar University (ҚАЙНАР университеті). In 2014, Kainar changed its name to Kainar Academy. It is accredited by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In 1999, Kainar College was created by the university.
Academics
The Academy offers Bachelors and Masters degrees. Kainar College offers studies in Jurisprudence, Accounting and Auditing, Primary education, and Computer Engineering. Masters degrees are offered in business, pedagogy, social sciences, journalism, and information studies.
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Elizabeth Jane Howard, Lady Amis, CBE, FRSL (26 March 1923 – 2 January 2014) was an English novelist. Before being a writer, Howard was an actress and a model.
Howard died at the age of 90, at her home in Bungay, Suffolk.
Personal life
She married Sir Peter Scott in 1942. They had a daughter, Nicola (born 1943). Howard left Scott in 1946 and they divorced in 1951.
Her second marriage to Jim Douglas-Henry in 1958 was brief. Her third marriage to novelist Sir Kingsley Amis lasted from 1965 until their divorce in 1983. Her stepson, Martin Amis, has said that she encouraged him to become a more serious reader and writer.
Tenuis alveolar lateral click
The tenuis alveolar lateral click is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not in English.
Dizzee Rascal
Dylan Mills (born 18 September 1984, better known as Dizzee Rascal) is a British rapper. He has made many types of music, such as hip hop, R&B, and UK garage. He helped make grime music, which is a type of electronic dance music. He is also known for being on pirate radio stations. His music is a combination of both garage and hip-hop beats, with his own style of rapping.
Dizzee Rascal has made many popular songs, such as "Dance wiv Me", "Bonkers", "Holiday", "Dirtee Disco" and "Shout".
Ksingmul people
Location
The Ksingmul of Vietnam live in the provinces of Sơn La and Điện Biên.
Dizzee Rascal
History
Dizzee Rascal's first single was "I Luv U". The song is about accidental teenage pregnancy. He released his first album, Boy in da Corner, in 2003. Many music critics gave it good reviews.
Ksingmul people
Location
The Ksingmul of Laos live in the Houaphanh Province.
Dizzee Rascal
History
Dizzee Rascal was stabbed in Ayia Napa in 2003. Some newspapers thought it happened because of problems between Dizzee and a UK-based hip-hop group named So Solid Crew.
Ksingmul people
Festivals
The Ksingmul festivals are Muong A Ma, Ksaisatip, and Mạ Ma.
Dizzee Rascal
History
In September 2003, Dizzee won the Mercury Music Prize for best album, and was the youngest person (at 19) to do so. He also worked on Basement Jaxx's third album, Kish Kash (2003). He helped make the track "Lucky Star".
Ksingmul people
Economy
The Ksingmul practice slash and burn agriculture. That means they set some vegetation on fire to clear the land and then farm it.
Funerals
When someone dies, they shoot guns to let others know.
Evergreen Marine Corporation
Evergreen Marine Corporation is a Taiwanese container transportation and shipping company.
Parallel port
The parallel port (also known as a printer port or Centronics port) is a type of interface found on computers for connecting various peripherals. In computing, a parallel port is a parallel communication physical interface. It was a de facto industry standard for many years, and was finally standardized as IEEE 1284 in the late 1990s, which defined a bi-directional version of the port.
The parallel port interface was originally known as the Parallel Printer Adapter on IBM PC-compatible computers. It was primarily designed to operate a line printer that used IBM's 8-bit extended ASCII character set to print text, but could also be used to adapt other peripherals. Graphical printers, along with a host of other devices, have been designed to communicate with the system.
In the 21st century, the parallel port interface is seeing decreasing use because of the rise of Universal Serial Bus (USB) and FireWire (IEEE 1394) devices, along with network printing using Ethernet.
Grandval, Switzerland
Grandval is a municipality of the administrative district of Jura bernois in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Victor P. Whittaker
Victor Percy Whittaker (11 June 1919 – 5 July 2016) was a British biochemist. He pioneered studies on the subcellular fractionation of the brain. He did this by isolating synaptosomes and synaptic vesicles from the mammalian brain and demonstrating that synaptic vesicles store the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
Whittaker died in Cambridge, England on 5 July 2016 at the age of 97.
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is a sports stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It was named after the former South African president Nelson Mandela.
FIFA World Cup
The stadium co-hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It is one of the 10 stadiums where World Cup matches were played.
2010 World Cup Matches
Nilo (footballer)
Nilo Murtinho Braga, best known as Nilo (April 3, 1903 – February 7, 1975) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.
Mike Nykoluk
Michael Andrew Nykoluk (December 11, 1934 – January 31, 2022) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played 32 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was the Maple Leafs head coach for four seasons, from 1981 to 1984. He was the younger brother of longtime Canadian Football League player Danny Nykoluk.
Nykoluk died on January 31, 2022 at the age of 82.
Voiced dental click
The voiced dental click is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not in English.
Psephology
Psephology (from Greek psephos ψῆφος, 'pebble', as the Greeks used pebbles as ballots) is a branch of  political science which deals with the study and scientific analysis of elections.
Voldemaras Novickis
Voldemaras Novickis (22 February 1956 – 31 January 2022) was a Lithuanian handball player. He competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1980, he won the silver medal with the Soviet team and a gold medal in 1988.
Novickis died from cancer in Kaunas, Lithuania on 31 January 2022, at the age of 65.
Girl, Interrupted (movie)
Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 American drama movie. The cast of the movie are Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Brittany Murphy and Whoopi Goldberg. The story of the movie is about a young woman's 18 month stay on a mental ward in Pennsylvania in the late 1960s after taking a drug overdose. Ryder plays Susanna Kaysen, the central character on whose novel the movie is based. Kaysen has borderline personality disorder. Jolie won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Lisa Rowe, who has antisocial personality disorder. Murphy's character Daisy Randone has bulimia and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Rolling Stones Records
Rolling Stones Records was a British record label. It formed by formed by the Rolling Stones members: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman in 1970. Atlantic Records was the distributor for Rolling Stones Records. It closed in 1992 when the band signed with Virgin Records.
Kim Heechul
Kim Hee-chul (born July 10, 1983) , better known by the mononym Heechul, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, presenter, and actor. He is a member of South Korean boy group Super Junior and has further participated in its subgroup, Super Junior-T as well as project groups M&D with Kim Jung-mo and Universe Cowards with Min Kyung-hoon.
, he has four programs being broadcast: Knowing Bros, Life Bar, 1% Friendship and My Daughter's Men.
1983-2005: Early life and career beginnings
Kim Hee-chul was born in Hoengseong County, Gangwon Province, on July 10, 1983. He has one older Sister, Kim Hee-jin. Kim graduated from Sangji University with a bachelor's degree in informatics through Bachelor's Degree Examination for Self-Education.
His first acting role was in teen drama Sharp 2 (Season 2), co-starring labelmates Go Ara and Kibum on 2005 before the debut of Super Junior. Shortly afterwards, he appeared in an episode of the series Loveholic and was a regular MC for the cable music show ''Show! Music Bank Tank''. He also appeared in advertisements.
2005–2010: Debut with Super Junior, Super Junior-T and solo activities
On November 2, 2005, "Super Junior 05" made their official debut as a twelve-member group on SBS's Popular Songs, performing their first single "TWINS". Their debut album SuperJunior05 (Twins) was released on December 5 and debuted at number three on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.
In March 2006, S.M. Entertainment began to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation. However, plans changed and the company declared a halt in forming future Super Junior generations. Following the addition of thirteenth member Kyuhyun, the group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially credited as Super Junior. The re-polished group's first CD single "U" was released on June 7, 2006, which was their most successful single until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.
On February 23, 2007, he debuted as part of Super Junior sub-group, Super Junior-T, performing trot single "Rokuko!!!". and made his film debut in Attack on the Pin-Up Boys. He co-hosted SBS's weekly live music show as a substitute for Andy of Shinhwa, going on to become a permanent host with Ku Hye-sun (April 23, 2006 – February 18, 2007), Jang Keun-suk (February25 - October 7, 2007) and Song Ji-hyo (November 11, 2007 – May 4, 2008).
In May 2008, the S.M. Art Company was formed with Pyo In-bong as co-CEO, aiming to produce musical and theatre works. Its first production was of Xanadu, playing the role of Sonny in rotation with bandmate Kangin. The production ran between September 9 - November 23, 2008 at the Doosan Art Center, Yeonji-dong, Seoul. Casting was carried out via a reality television programme, To Be Kangin and Heechul. He also became a regular on the TV Programmes 8 vs 1 (2008), Good Daddy (2008–09) and Band of Brothers (2009).
In November 6, 2009, he released his first solo single, "First Star", as part of the OST for the drama Loving You a Thousand Times. The song is written by Song Jong-ho and composed by Choi Myung-hoon.
In 2010, he returned as a radio DJ for the first time in four years on SBS's Heechul's Young Street from March 29, 2010 until mid-2011. In May 2010, he was added along with Jang Dong-min during a recording as the eighth member of the family on the series Family Outing 2, but the show was cancelled two months later due to low ratings. The same year, his popularity skyrocketed when he became a regular cast member in Radio Star, the main segment of MBC's Golden Fishery when Shin Jung-hwan was caught gambling. and won "Best Newcomer Award" awards at the 11th MBC Entertainment Awards.
2011–2015: M&D, military enlistment and League of Legends
In 2011, he formed a project group with label mate Jungmo of TRAX called M&D (meaning "Midnight and Dawn" or "Miari and Dangae-dong", after the members' hometowns). They released their debut single, "Close Ur Mouth". Heechul wrote the lyrics and directed the music video for the song, while Jungmo produced and performed the instrumental. Their first live performance was at Mnet’s summer awards ceremony 20’s Choice on July 7.
Kim Hee-chul carried out mandatory military service from September 1, 2011 to August 30, 2013. He served as a public service worker for 23 months after undergoing four weeks of basic training at the Nonsan military camp in Chungcheongnam-do. At the time that he enlisted, he had been appearing on KBS's Secret (시크릿) as well as the Radio Star, for which bandmate Kyuhyun took over the role.
Shortly after he had completed his military service, he featured on Kim Jang-hoon's single "Breakups are So Like Me". During live performances of the song on Music Bank and Show! Music Core, his part was performed by bandmates Yesung, Eunhyuk and Shindong. Also he wrote the lyrics of Orange Caramel's "Shanghai Romance" on October 13, 2011, which peaked at number eight on the Gaon Digital Chart.
On January 26, 2012, he hosted the radio program every Friday at the office of District Seong Dong, where he was serving his two-year mandatory military service. His first episode was broadcast on January 20 and had received 5,600 hits.
In September 2013, he became a regular cast member on the JTBC's variety program Ssulzun (War of Words) it was his first project after releasing from his mandatory military enlistment but on July 2014 he posted a photo in his personal Instagram account and poured his heart and thoughts regarding his last appearance in the program. In Heechul’s last recording for the show, he mentioned about having the pressure of talking about the people close to him.
In January 2014, he appeared on the Global Edition of MBC reality television programme We Got Married, as an on-screen couple with Taiwanese girl group member Puff Guo. That year, he also played the role of a detective in the tvN drama Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit. He returned to the Super Junior's line-up for the August performance at Music Bank, marking the first time he, Leeteuk and Kangin have been together in the line-up since they each completed their military service.
In February 2015, the famous LoL team SK Telecom T1 sponsored a special match titled the Celebrity League of Legends Invitational Event Match. SKT T-LoL invited various celebrities to join in a match against professional LoL gamers. The celebrity team including Heechul ultimately lost. He also appeared on OnGameNet’s Pandora TV LoL Champions on November 27, 2013 as a Special Commentator and Guest player.
In 2015, he became MC on entertainment programs such as Tvn's The Demand of Luxurious Food, KBS's Fashion-beauty Show A Style For You, O'live's Travel Show MAPS, JTBC's variety show Knowing Bros. and Korean-Chinese program All the Way With You, The first Chinese variety that he was in charge since his debut in Korean entertainment in 2005. The same year, M&D released their first EP, Cottage Industry with the title track "I Wish" digitally on April 16 and physically on April 20. The title track was also written and composed by the duo., which peaked at number two on the Gaon album Chart.
2016-present: Knowing Bros, Universe Cowards and mainstream success
With Super Junior on a temporary hiatus for much of 2016 due to the enlistment of four other members, he returned to hosting. In March 2016, Heechul was confirmed to become a temporary host for Weekly Idol until October 5, when Jeong Hyeong-don ended his 11-month break from television activities. On April 15, 2016 he released a duet with Wheein for SM Station. The single "Narcissus" was written by him and produced by Jungmo, and it was his first collaboration with a female artist. In early July 2016, M&D returned as "Kim Heechul & Kim Jungmo", with a second EP, Goody Bag, and trot-rock title track "Ulsanbawi" on July 12.
In August 2016, he attended the "League of Legends Pro League 5th Anniversary" in China, which included the Regional Final with four Chinese teams competing for a spot in the World Championship. He also competed in a Korea vs. China celebrity showmatch in commemoration. On October 9, he appeared on OnGameNet as a special commentator for the LoL World Championship. In November 2016, Heechul began participating in S.M. Entertainment's League of Legends tournament 2016 S.M. Super Celeb League, where he and labelmate Baekhyun played the game with both professional players and fans from South Korea and China.
In fall 2016, Heechul and Buzz member Min Kyung-hoon released a duet titled "Sweet Dream". The two stars are known as "Universe Cowards" when they promote music, which is a name they came up with for a Knowing Bros project group. The song proved successful, topping the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart an achievement known as "all-kill", making him the first Super Junior member to achieve "all-kill" in 2016. In 2017, "Sweet Dream" won a Best Rock Song at the MelOn Music Awards.
His career as a MC made a breakthrough after appearing on Knowing Bros and Weekly Idol. The success of Knowing Bros in Korea brought him a new range of fans and is a large part of why the show is so popular. He was named as one of the Top 3 Idol MC's of 2016. After appearing on the show, he earned more recognition and received roles from other shows as MC — such as Phantom Singer (Season 1), Secretly Greatly, Lipstick Prince (Season 1, 2).
Following the success of "Sweet Dream", in February 2018, Universe Cowards returned with "Falling Blossoms". It was composed by Lee Sang-joon and Cha Jil-won and features lyrics written by Min, which peaked at number 15 on Gaon Digital Chart. Billboard described it as "soft pop-rock tune that grows to a soaring, emotional cacophony" and complimented how their music video was one of the most inclusive music videos South Korea’s seen in some time.
He continued his successful work by participating in new programs Idol School, Life Bar (Season 2), My Daughter's Men and 1% Friendship.
In March 2018, it was reported that Heechul would not be participating in music show performances of Super Junior latest comeback promotions due to health concerns, but would still participate in other promotions as normal.
In the media
On October 9, 2010, he created a personal Facebook account which received 5,000 friend requests within five minutes. He became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter for four days after the account's creation. Twitter published the list of top overall trends in 2010 and from this computation, he took the ninth place in the People Category.
In July, 2011, Lady Gaga appeared on 9th’s episode on KBS2’s Entertainment Weekly for an exclusive interview and mentioned that she was amazed by Heechul's imitation of her. He's appeared “Lady HeeHee” throughout Super Show 3, as well as SM Town in Paris. Lady Gaga has seen his imitation and praised him, saying: “He looks amazing!”
Endorsements
He is an endorser of a wide range of brands in and outside South Korea. He has become one of the most in demand endorsers after his hit show Knowing Bros and his famous Picks Miwon CF. brands like App DdocDoc and Smilegate gained popularity after his video viewed more than million times on YouTube.
In 2017, he was selected as a model for G-Market with AOA's Seolhyun. in 2018, he was chosen to be the model for Mistral with Min Kyung-hoon.
Car accident
On August 10, 2006, Heechul was involved in a car accident while heading back to Seoul from Mokpo after attending the funeral of fellow Super Junior member Donghae’s father. The tires malfunctioned while his car attempted to switch lanes. Heechul fractured his left leg in five places, including his femur, knee, and ankle, requiring him to be in surgery for ten hours. He also sustained other injuries, including a tear in his tongue which required stitches.
Heechul was advised to stop all activities for a period of twelve weeks. He was released from the hospital on September 13, 2006 but he continued to receive out-patient care. He returned to the hospital to have a second surgery to remove some of the iron rods in his leg on October 10 and briefly returned to work in late October to film the final three episodes of an MBC youth sitcom while still in a cast and on a wheelchair. He made his comeback on November 25 of the same year during the Mnet KM Music Festival. In late December Heechul officially returned to individual activities such as variety show appearances and hosting appearances.
In 2007, Heechul started to perform regularly despite still having a few rods that the doctors had attached to his leg. In late April and May 2007, he had recovered enough to be able to take part in Super Junior’s strenuous dance routines. The remaining rods in his leg were removed in 2008.
He's still receiving treatment, and can no longer dance on live stages, often only making sporadic appearances at the latter half of the song. It also contributes to him being a sub-rapper and vocals instead of a lead dancer.
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Ronnie Musgrove
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He was defeated by incumbent Senator Roger Wicker in a 2008 special election for one of Mississippi's seats in the U.S. Senate.
In 2014, he became founding partner of a new law firm in Jackson, Mississippi, Musgrove/Smith Law.
Young-adult fiction
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Characteristics
Young-adult fiction in the form of novels or short stories, have special features that make it different from the types of fiction catered to other age groups: namely Adult fiction, Middle Grade Fiction (for older children aged 8-12), and Early readers Fiction (for very young children under age 8). Most YA stories show an adolescent as the lead character, rather than an adult or a child. The subject matter and storylines are usually in line with the age and knowledge of the main character. YA stories can span all types of fiction. The settings of YA stories are limited only by the skill of the author. YA stories often focus on the challenges of youth. The entire age category is sometimes referred to as problem novels or coming of age novel. YA novels are often as short as 16000 words. Despite its unique features, YA shares the basic parts of fiction with other stories: character, plot, setting, theme, and style.
Electoral district of Coffs Harbour
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It is a conservative electorate and has only ever been held by the National Party. The current MP is Gurmesh Singh.
Mbombela Stadium
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Nasal alveolar click
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Mbombela Stadium
FIFA World Cup
The stadium hosted four games at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and eight games at the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
Oscarino
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Seattle Kraken
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In December 2018, the NHL approved a proposal by Seattle Hockey Partners to give a hockey team franchise to the city of Seattle.
In July 2020, the Kraken's name and logos were revealed. It is the first professional hockey team to play in Seattle since the Seattle Totems in 1975.
The Kraken's first season was the 2021-22 NHL season. They finished last place in the Pacific Division with a 27-49-6 record and 60 points.
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Salies-de-Béarn
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Voiced alveolar click
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Voiced retroflex click
The voiced retroflex click is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not in English.
Malin Åkerman
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She will appear as Claire Wyden in the 2018 science fiction movie Rampage.
Åkerman was born in Stockholm. She moved to Canada at age two and was raised partly in Sweden and partly in Ontario.
Onésimo Cepeda Silva
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Pamplona (footballer)
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Nasal retroflex click
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Driveshaft
A driveshaft, drive shaft, driving shaft, propeller shaft, or Cardan shaft is a part of a machine that takes power from the engine or motor to a place where useful work can be done.
Most engines or motors create power as torque by making something rotate. This can be from an internal combustion engine (as in a car), water driving a water wheel, or gas or water going through a turbine. This rotating power is called torque. The load that is turned creates torsion and shear stress. Drive shafts need to be strong enough to take this stress. A light drive shaft will more efficiently move the power to the load, so there needs to be a balance between strength and weight.
Automobiles
Most automobiles today use drive shafts to deliver power from the engine to the wheels. Most cars made today are front wheel drive (the front wheels have the power to move the car). In this case, the drive shafts are between the transaxle and each front wheels.
In rear wheel drive cars, there are drive shafts between the differential and each rear wheel. There is also a drive shaft running the length of the car, from the transmission up front to the differential in the back - in British English this is not called a drive shaft, but a propeller shaft, or prop-shaft, and the drive shafts may be called half shafts (since there are two that make one axle).
There are different types of drive shafts used in automobiles:
The Slip in Tube Drive shaft is the new type which helps absorb energy in a crash, protecting the people in the car or truck. It is also known as a collapsible drive shaft.
Motorcycle drive shafts
Drive shafts have been used on motorcycles almost as long as there have been motorcycles. Many motorcycles use a simpler chain or belt drive instead, but drive shafts need less care, and have a long life. A problem with using drive shafts on a motorcycle is that gearing is needed to turn the power 90° from the shaft to the rear wheel, losing some power in the process.
Tractors
Farm tractors use a type of drive shaft called a Power Take-off shaft, or PTO shaft. This is a shaft that comes out the back of the tractor. It can be connected to any farm equipment that needs power from the tractor engine, such as a hay baler or corn chopper. This lets the tractor be used for a lot of different uses, and the farm equipment doesn't need its own engine, saving money.
Guns, Germs and Steel
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The book is about why some humans societies (from small tribes to big countries) were able to use more inventions and conquer (take over) others. Diamond thinks that the answer is because of geography and not because of differences in the people themselves. The book deals with many topics like history, geography, biology, anthropology and sociology.
In 2005, a TV program was made about the book's ideas, with Diamond as the presenter. This was shown on PBS.