davidanugraha/M4-RAG huggingface dataset:
Eva Elfie

Yulia Sergeyevna Romanova (Russian: Юлия Сергеевна Романова; born 27 May 2000), known professionally as Eva Elfie (Russian: Ева Эльфи), is a Russian content creator, adult actress, and model. She gained recognition in the entertainment industry and is a recipient of the AVN Awards in the category Best New Foreign Starlet in 2021.
After graduating from high school, Elfie moved to Moscow in 2018, where she worked as a manager and a waitress. Previously, she also worked as a correspondent for a TV channel in her native city of Omsk.
Elfie's first erotic modeling took place in 2018. She subsequently accepted an offer to film a masturbation scene. Months later she agreed to record traditional and lesbian sex scenes, for which she traveled to Czech Republic where she did several shoots for popular porn site ClubSweethearts. After returning to Moscow, she decided to shoot amateur porn. In February 2019, Elfie created her channel on Pornhub. Her first video became very popular and by February 2020, it had more than 53 million views. At the beginning of November 2020, Elfie was ranked fourth in the Pornhub ranking, making her one of the most popular actresses on the site.
In October 2020, Elfie won her first award, XBIZ Europa Award in the category "Female Clip Artist of the Year". In January 2021, she won the AVN Award for "Best New Foreign Starlet".
In 2020, Elfie appeared as a playable character in Nutaku's dating sim Booty Calls. In 2021, she presented the football kit of the Italian club Venezia, which made it to Serie A for the first time in 19 years.
Elfie is engaged in the esports community. She planned to contribute funds from her OnlyFans account to the Dota 2 TI12 tournament prize pool, though the winners turned her down. She also appeared in ad campaign alongside Aurora Gaming's Counter-Strike 2 team.
Elfie is referenced in the online game War Thunder, with decal that can be applied to in-game player vehicles.
Dascha Polanco

Dascha Yolaine Polanco (born December 3, 1982) is a Dominican actress. She is known for portraying the role of Dayanara "Daya" Diaz on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, and for the role of Cuca in the 2021 film In the Heights.
Polanco was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and moved to the United States at a young age. She was raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Miami by her father, a mechanic, and mother, a cosmetologist. Polanco is the oldest of three children; she has a brother and sister.
Polanco aspired to be an actress from an early age but "always doubted auditioning because of her weight", so she completed a bachelor's degree in psychology at Hunter College, as a first generation college student. After college she began working in the healthcare industry with the intention of becoming a nurse. She was working in hospital administration at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx while studying nursing when she gained the courage to pursue acting again and registered herself with an acting studio. She attended BIH Studios in New York, and while there was signed by the talent agency Shirley Grant Management. Her first acting credits were minor parts in the television series Unforgettable and NYC 22.
In 2012, Polanco was cast in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black as Dayanara "Daya" Diaz.
In 2013, Polanco appeared in the independent film Gimme Shelter before returning to her role on Orange Is the New Black for the show's second season. In June 2014, it was announced that she had been promoted from a recurring role to a series regular for the show's third season, which was released in June 2015. She appeared in the comedy films The Cobbler and Joy, and starred in the film The Perfect Match.
In 2018, Polanco had a recurring role in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, and in 2019, she had a recurring role in Netflix series, Russian Doll and When They See Us.
In 2021, Polanco played the role of Cuca, one of the lead salon ladies, in the film In the Heights. From 2021 to 2022, she voiced Ms. Camilla Torres, the mother of Winston who owns a record shop, in the animated series Karma's World.
In 2025, Polanco starred as Michelle Borgas in the Lifetime film Terror Comes Knocking: The Michelle Borgas Story, a part of the channel's "Ripped from the Headlines" feature films.
Polanco has two children, a daughter and a son. Her daughter portrayed a younger version of Polanco's character in the fifth season of Orange is the New Black.
Anti-humor

Anti-humor or anti-comedy is a type of alternative humor that is based on the surprise factor of absence of an expected joke or of a punch line in a narration that is set up as a joke. This kind of anticlimax is similar to that of the shaggy dog story. In fact, some researchers see the "shaggy dog story" as a type of anti-joke. Anti-humor is described as a form of irony or reversal of expectations that may provoke an emotion opposite to humor, such as fear, pain, embarrassment, disgust, awkwardness, or discomfort.
The yarn, also called a shaggy dog story, is a type of anti-humor that involves telling an extremely long joke with an intricate (and sometimes grisly) back story and surreal or repetitive plotline, before ending the story with either a weak spoonerism, or abruptly stopping with no real punchline at all, or no soap radio.
The obvious punchline involves narratives that are structured like a traditional joke including a set-up and punchline, but whose punchline is the most obvious to the narrative. Some examples of this would be the Why did the chicken cross the road? and the "What did the farmer say/do" set of jokes, which include various situations where the joke teller asks the listener what the farmer did in any given situation:
Alternative comedy, among its other aspects, parodies the traditional idea of the joke as a form of humor. Anti-humor jokes are also often associated with deliberately bad stand-up comedians. Stand-up comedian Andy Kaufman had his own unique brand of anti-humor, quasi-surrealist acts coupled with performance art; one of his best-known manifestations of this was his act as the fictional persona of Tony Clifton, an untalented lounge lizard entertainer. Norm Macdonald was another comedian sometimes associated with performing anti-humor, although he objected to the characterization.
Судьба человека

«Судьба человека» — рассказ советского писателя Михаила Шолохова. Написан в 1956 году. Первая публикация — газета «Правда», номера за 31 декабря 1956 и 1 января 1957 года.
С началом Великой Отечественной войны шофёру Андрею Соколову приходится расстаться с семьёй и уйти на фронт. Уже в первые месяцы войны он получает ранение и попадает в нацистский плен. В плену он переживает все тяжести концлагеря, благодаря своему мужеству избегает расстрела и, наконец, бежит из него за линию фронта, к своим. В коротком фронтовом отпуске на малую родину он узнаёт, что его любимая жена Ирина и обе дочери погибли во время бомбёжки. Он сразу же возвращается на фронт, будучи не в силах больше находиться в родном городе. Из родных у него остался только молодой сын, ставший офицером. В день победы Андрей получает известие о том, что его сын погиб в последний день войны. После войны одинокий Андрей Соколов работает в чужих местах. Там он встречает маленького мальчика Ваню, оставшегося сиротой. Его мать погибла во время бомбардировки, а отец убит на фронте. Соколов говорит мальчику, что он его отец, и этим даёт мальчику (и себе) надежду на новую жизнь.
Сюжет рассказа основан на реальных событиях. Весной 1946 года на охоте Шолохов встретил человека, который поведал ему свою печальную историю. Шолохова захватил этот рассказ, и он решил: «Напишу рассказ об этом, обязательно напишу». Через 10 лет, перечитывая рассказы Хемингуэя, Ремарка и других зарубежных писателей, Шолохов за семь дней написал рассказ «Судьба человека».
Рассказ посвящён Евгении Григорьевне Левицкой. Этот рассказ написан на основе реальных событий участника ВОВ и друга Шолохова Николая Каргина. Он действительно бежал из нескольких лагерей и вернулся живым, дружил с Шолоховым и его детьми, впоследствии много сделал для станицы Вёшенская, где и жил в соседстве с великим писателем.
В 1959 году рассказ был экранизирован советским режиссёром Сергеем Бондарчуком, сыгравшим главную роль. Фильм «Судьба человека» в 1959 году был удостоен главного приза на Московском кинофестивале и открыл режиссёру путь в большое кино
Советский Писатель

Советский Писатель — дачный посёлок в Троицком округе Москвы (до 2012 года — в Подмосковье), не имеющий статуса населённого пункта, недалеко от наукограда Троицка, расположен на 36-м километре Калужского шоссе А101. Основан по решению Сталина в 1952 году. В творческих кругах посёлок часто упоминается как Кра́сная Пахра́.
В разное время здесь жили и работали не только писатели и поэты, но и представители прочих творческих профессий — режиссёры, актёры, художники, музыканты: И. А. Пырьев, М. И. Ромм, М. Матусовский (который, по одной из версий, именно здесь сочинил слова к песне «Подмосковные вечера»), И. Дик, В. Драгунский, К. Драгунская, Ю. Трифонов, А. Твардовский, Ю. Нагибин, Э. Гилельс, В. Высоцкий, А. Миронов, М. В. Миронова, А. Менакер, З. Гердт, Б. Ахмадулина, Л. Зыкина, В. С. Нечаева, Д. Д. Благой, В. Виноградов, Д. Кабалевский, М. Табачников, С. Кирсанов, К. Симонов, П. Антокольский, С. Антонов, Ю. Семёнов, А. Симуков, В. Тендряков, Р. Кармен, В. Липатов, К. Кондрашин, О. Верейский, В. Масс, М. Червинский, М. Дыховичный, М. Слободской, В. Розов, А. Андреев, А. Флярковский, Н. Венгров, О. Фельцман, М. Ладынина, А. Дементьев, В. Войнович, Ю. Бондарев, Э. Рязанов и другие.
Сегодня здесь живут Наталья Селезнёва, Генрих Боровик, Виктория Токарева, Денис Драгунский, Татьяна Липатова, Ирина Аллегрова и другие.
20 февраля

20 февраля — 51-й день года по григорианскому календарю. До конца года остаётся 314 дней (315 дней в високосные годы).
До 15 октября 1582 года — 20 февраля по юлианскому календарю, с 15 октября 1582 года — 20 февраля по григорианскому календарю.
В XX и XXI веках соответствует 7 февраля по юлианскому календарю.
См. также: Категория:Праздники 20 февраля
См. также: Категория:События 20 февраля
См. также: Категория:Родившиеся 20 февраля
См. также: Категория:Умершие 20 февраля
Лука.
20 апреля

20 апреля — 110-й день года (111-й в високосные годы) по григорианскому календарю. До конца года остаётся 255 дней.
До 15 октября 1582 года — 20 апреля по юлианскому календарю, с 15 октября 1582 года — 20 апреля по григорианскому календарю.
В XX и XXI веках соответствует 7 апреля по юлианскому календарю.
См. также: Категория:Праздники 20 апреля
См. также: Категория:Родившиеся 20 апреля.
См. также: Категория:Умершие 20 апреля
Акулина.
Звезда Востока (журнал)

«Звезда́ Восто́ка» (узб. Sharq yulduzi) — советский литературно-художественный журнал Союза писателей Узбекской ССР, ныне журнал Союза писателей Узбекистана. Единственный в Узбекистане периодический литературный журнал, выходящий на русском языке. Издаётся в Ташкенте.
Старейший журнал в Центральной Азии.
Основан в сентябре 1932 года под названием «Советская литература народов Средней Азии». После I Всесоюзного съезда советских писателей в 1934 году был преобразован и с 1935 года выходил под названием «Литературный Узбекистан».
С конца 1937 года и до начала Великой Отечественной войны издавался под названием «Литература и искусство Узбекистана».
С мая 1946 года выходит с нынешним названием «Звезда Востока».
В советское время часто менял своё литературное лицо, долгое время отдавая страницы так называемому «социалистическому реализму».
В сороковые-пятидесятые годы журнал был перенасыщен традиционными историями на «производственные» и «колхозные» темы.
Но тем не менее, на фоне рутинного существования журнала в советскую эпоху выделяется ряд ярких страниц. В частности в 1959 году Константин Симонов, живший тогда в Ташкенте, опубликовал в журнале фрагменты романа «Живые и мёртвые», а в 1967 году после ташкентского землетрясения был издан специальный выпуск № 3, для которого предоставили материалы известные писатели Москвы и Ленинграда, — гонорар от публикаций перечислялся в фонд восстановления Ташкента.
В 1991—1996 журнал пережил высшую ступень своего развития. На страницах «Звезды Востока» публиковались не только наиболее яркие авторы Узбекистана — прежде всего, представители Ферганской школы русского стиха, — но и видные поэты и прозаики из Москвы, Санкт-Петербурга, Риги, а переводной раздел журнала, знакомивший читателей с зарубежной литературой XX века, был лучшим на всем постсоветском пространстве. В то время в «Звезде Востока» — почти впервые — был опубликован русский перевод «Корана». Один из немногих — регулярно публиковал на своих страницах романы и повести в жанрах приключений и фантастики.
Тираж доходил до 250 тысяч экземпляров.
В 1992 году «Звезда Востока» вошла в шорт-лист Малой Букеровской премии, присуждавшейся за лучший русский литературный журнал за пределами российских границ.
Однако в 1996 году журнал был разгромлен в результате кампании в официальной узбекской прессе, всё руководство было вынуждено подать в отставку, и на протяжении последующего десятилетия «Звезда Востока» никак не заявляла о себе в масштабах русской литературы.
В 2006 году прекратил деятельность, возобновил её в начале 2007 года. Тогда была предпринята кратковременная и безуспешная попытка восстановления журнала под руководством Алексея Устименко.
в 2009 году вновь произошла реорганизация издания. Была образована новая, объединенная и единая для двух журналов редакция — («Звезда Востока» — «Шарк Юлдузи»). Издание приобрело новое лицо.
«Звезда Востока» стала частью единого двуязычного проекта с выходящим на узбекском языке журналом «Шарк Юлдузи».
В журнале 11 рубрик:
На его страницах публиковались многие писатели и поэты, ставших ныне классиками в своих жанрах, в том числе:
Федерация (издательство)

«Федера́ция» — издательство Федерации объединений советских писателей, созданное в 1929 году на базе нескольких кооперативных издательств.
Первым заведующим издательством был А. Н. Тихонов (Серебров).
В 1933 году преобразовано в издательство «Советская литература», главным редактором которого остался Л. Ю. Шмидт. В 1934 году влито в издательство «Советский писатель».
Хан Ган

Хан Ган (кор. 한강, 韓江; род. 27 ноября 1970, Кванджу) — южнокорейская писательница. Первый южнокорейский лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе (2024 год), первая азиатка, удостоенная этой премии, а также всего лишь второй южнокорейский нобелевский лауреат. Лауреат Международной Букеровской премии 2016 года за роман «Вегетарианка». Книга, первоначально вышедшая в 2007 году, стала одной из первых у автора, переведенных на иностранные языки и получившей международное признание.
Дочь писателя Хан Сынвона; брат Хан Доллим тоже писатель. В раннем возрасте переехала в сеульский Суюри, о котором нежно отзывалась в романе «Уроки греческого». Изучала корейскую литературу в Университете Ёнсе.
Хан начала свою писательскую карьеру, когда одно из её стихотворений было опубликовано в выпуске журнала «Общество и литература». Официальный дебют состоялся в следующем году, когда её рассказ «Алый якорь» стал победителем литературного конкурса Сеул Синмун.
В 2005 году получила Литературную премию Ли Сана.
Начиная с лета 2013 года преподаёт писательское мастерство в Сеульском институте искусств.
В 2018 году роман Хан Ган «Дорогой сынок, мой любимый» был отобран для арт-проекта шотландской художницы Кэти Патерсон «Библиотека будущего». Он будет опубликован в 2114 году в антологии из 100 текстов. До тех пор рукопись будет храниться в Deichmanske bibliotek в Осло в неизданном и непрочитанном виде.
В 2021 году Хан опубликовала роман «Я не прощаюсь» (작별하지 않는다), в котором глазами трёх женщин показано восстание на острове Чеджудо. Книга отмечена французской премией Медичи 2023 года за лучшее зарубежное произведение.
В 2024 года Хан Ган стала лауреатом Нобелевской премии по литературе, награду присудили «за её насыщенную поэтическую прозу, которая противостоит историческим травмам и раскрывает хрупкость человеческой жизни».
Список лауреатов Нобелевской премии по литературе

Нобелевская премия по литературе (швед. Nobelpriset i litteratur) — престижная награда, ежегодно вручаемая Нобелевским фондом за достижения в области литературы. Одна из пяти Нобелевских премий, учреждённых Альфредом Нобелем в его завещании, написанном 27 ноября 1895 года в Париже.
Нобелевская премия по литературе присуждается ежегодно с 1901 года. По состоянию на 2022 год премия была присуждена 119 лауреатам, из них 17 — женщины. Всего 7 раз награждение не проводилось: в 1914, 1918, 1935, 1940—1943 годах. Первым лауреатом в 1901 году стал французский поэт и эссеист Сюлли-Прюдом. За все годы существования премии всего 4 раза она вручалась одновременно двум лауреатам: в 1904, 1917, 1966 и 1974 годах. По мнению постоянного секретаря Шведской академии Петера Энглунда, это обусловлено природой литературы — в отличие от науки или смежных областей, где можно работать вместе. Самым молодым лауреатом Нобелевской премии по литературе является Редьярд Киплинг, который получил премию в 42 года в 1907 году. Самой пожилой к моменту вручения премии была Дорис Лессинг — ей было 88 лет. При вручении премии известны только имена лауреатов. Все остальные номинации и мнения членов Нобелевского комитета по литературе держатся в секрете в течение 50 лет.
Согласно уставу Нобелевского фонда, выдвигать кандидатов на премию по литературе могут следующие лица:
Оценку заявок и отбор кандидатов производит Нобелевский комитет по литературе. Из их числа Шведская академия выбирает лауреатов.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Sholokhov

Mikhail Mikhailovich Sholokhov (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Шолохов; 23 May 1935, Moscow — 21 October 2013, Vyoshenskaya, Rostov Oblast) was a Russian scientist. Candidate of Biological Sciences, Honorary Professor of Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities.
Mikhail Mikhailovich was born in the family of the famous writer Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov on 23 May 1935 in Moscow. In 1960 he graduated with honors from the Biological Faculty of Moscow State University, majoring in ichthyology. He worked in the Commission for Nature Protection at the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
In 1972 Mikhail Sholokhov also graduated from the History and Philosophy Faculty of Rostov State University. He wrote a thesis on the topic "Methodological issues of analysis of the relationship between man and nature" in 1974. Later he taught philosophy at Rostov State University and was a teacher at Rostov Militia School. He was the head of Rostov branch of Moscow Law Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. In 1992 he retired in the rank of colonel.
Mikhail Mikhailovich wrote about himself in a such way:
In 1965 Mikhail Sholokhov and his parents took part in the Nobel festivities in Stockholm, when his father was awarded Nobel Prize for literature.
Since 1992, Mikhail Mikhailovich was the chief consultant of National Sholokhov Museum-Reserve, which in 2001―2016 was headed by his son, Aleksandr Sholokhov.
In 1990-1991 Mihail Mikhailovich was the first Ataman of the revived union of Don Cossacks.
In 2006-2008 he was a member of the Public Chamber under the President of the Russian Federation.
Laureate of Mikhail Sholokhov International Prize (2004).
In 2004 he wrote a book "About my father. Memories and Reflection of Years of Life", where a number of previously unknown letters by Sholokhov have been published. The book reveals the important aspects of the writer's personality and worldview and reproduces the dialogues between father and son, where they discuss social and historical issues.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Sholokhov died on 21 October 2013 in the village of Vyoshenskaya, Rostov Oblast.
Fate of a Man (short story)

"Fate of a Man" (Russian: Судьба человека, translit. Sudba Cheloveka) is a short story written by Soviet Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov in 1956.
With the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, the truck driver Andrey Sokolov has to leave for army and part with his family. In the first months of the war, he gets wounded and is captured by Nazis. In captivity, he experiences all the burdens of a concentration camp. Due to a display of courage that he shows to the camp's chief, when he refuses to drink with him to victory of the Nazis, he avoids execution and, later, runs from Nazis. In a short vacation in his hometown, Sokolov finds out that his beloved wife Irina and both of their daughters were killed during the bombing. He immediately returns to the front, unable to stay in his native town any more. The only relative Andrey still has is his son, who serves as an officer in the army. Right on Victory Day, Andrey receives news that his son was killed on the last day of the war. After the war, lonely Andrei Sokolov doesn't return to his town and works somewhere else. He meets a little boy Vanya, who was left an orphan. His mother died in bombing and his father missed in action. Sokolov tells the boy that he is his father, and this gives the boy (and himself) a hope for a new life.
The plot of the story is based on real events. In the spring of 1946, on hunting Sholokhov met a man who told him this story. Sholokhov was stricken and said: "I'll write a short story about this, I surely will." Ten years later, after reading some short stories by Hemingway and Remarque, Sholokhov wrote "The Fate of a Man" in seven days.
In 1959, the story was screened by Sergei Bondarchuk, who also played the main role there. The film "Fate of Man" was awarded the main prize at the Moscow Film Festival in 1959 and paved the way for Bondarchuk to big cinema.
List of 20th-century Russian painters

This is a list of 20th-century Russian painters of the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, and Russian Empire, both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list also includes painters who were born in Russia but later emigrated, and those born elsewhere but immigrated to the country and/or worked there for a long time. Artists are arranged in chronological order within the alphabetical tables. The basis for inclusion in this List can serve as the recognition of the artistic community, confirmed by authoritative sources, as well as the presence of article about the artist in Wikipedia.
For the full list of Russian artists in Wikipedia, see Category:Russian artists.
Pirates of the 20th Century

Pirates of the 20th Century (Russian: Пираты XX века, translit. Piraty XX veka) is a 1980 Soviet action/adventure film about modern piracy. The film was directed by Boris Durov, the story was written by Boris Durov and Stanislav Govorukhin.
The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1980 and had 87.6 million viewers. It was the highest grossing domestically produced film in the Soviet Union.
The film begins with a convoy of military vehicles rolling into a seaport located somewhere in Middle East in the bank of Indian or Pacific Ocean and stopping near the pier where the Soviet cargo ship Nezhin is anchored. An agent of a local pharmaceutical company meets the captain of the Soviet vessel and discusses the cargo, medical opium, which is in critical demand by the hospitals of the USSR. Soon after that the pharmaceutical company agent is seen inside a car, speaking to someone via walkie-talkie. Later the MV Nezhin, with the opium on board, leaves port for Vladivostok.
Some distance into the voyage, a watchman cries "man overboard" and the captain orders the engines stopped to rescue the stranded swimmer. The boat from Nezhin picks up an Asian man who identifies himself as Salekh, the only surviving sailor from a foreign merchant ship. Salekh told the crew that his ship suddenly capsized during a heavy storm and his crewmates were fighting for places in rescue boats. Shortly after that the Soviet captain is informed of an unknown ship, drifting nearby. The ship, called the Mercury, is apparently abandoned, with no crew visible and no activity on deck. The captain of the Nezhin decides to send four men to explore the ship and offer assistance to possible survivors.
However, the abandoned ship turns out to be a trap for the Soviets. Occupied with the Mercury, none of the Russian crewmen pays any attention to Salekh, who takes an axe from the ship's firefighting kit, enters the radio room of the Nezhin, and attacks a radio operator, killing him. After Salekh destroys the ship's radio equipment, the Mercury starts her engines and approaches the Nezhin. At that moment, the Nezhin's crew see the bodies of the boarding party, floating in the water behind the Mercury. The Soviet captain realizes that his ship is under attack by pirates.
Their attempt to escape is foiled when the Mercury rams the ship and the pirates open fire with assault rifles and machine guns. The pirates board the Nezhin, brutally killing Russian crew members who fight them. Sergey, the chief-mate of the Nezhin, discovers the dead radio operator and decides to find Salekh. Chasing Salekh through the corridors of the ship, Sergey makes an attempt to stop him. Salekh shows impressive martial arts skills and quickly defeats the chief-mate. Soon after, the pirates lock the remaining Russians into crew compartments and begin to offload the opium to the Mercury. The pirate captain thanks Salekh for a successful mission and orders him to blow up the Nezhin together with her crew. The Soviets, left to die on a sinking ship, manage to escape and must fight the pirates for survival.
Mamil

Mamil (or MAMIL) is an acronym and a pejorative term for a "middle-aged man in Lycra" – that is, men who ride an expensive racing bicycle for leisure, while wearing body-hugging jerseys and bicycle shorts.
The word was reportedly coined by British marketing research firm Mintel in 2010. It gained further popularity in the United Kingdom with the success of Bradley Wiggins in the 2012 Tour de France and at the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London. The British UCI World Championships victories in recent years have also spurred interest in cycling in the UK.
In Australia the popularity of this sort of cycling has been associated with the Tour Down Under and the 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans. Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been described as a "mamil".
Similarly, in Slovakia, the popularity of racing cycling and wearing colorful Lycra on the roads rose after Peter Sagan began winning in Tour de France and World championships.
Buying an expensive road bicycle has been described as a more healthy and affordable response to a midlife crisis than buying an expensive sports car.
There are documentaries investigating this cycling culture. MAMIL is the title of a one-man play by New Zealand playwright Greg Cooper, written for actor Mark Hadlow. It is also the title of a feature-length documentary directed by Nickolas Bird and produced by Bird, Eleanor Sharpe and Mark Bird.
The Man with Two Mistresses

The Man with Two Mistresses is one of Aesop's Fables that deals directly with human foibles. It is numbered 31 in the Perry Index.
A middle-aged man had two mistresses, one of whom was older than him, and one younger. Under the pretence of dressing his hair, the younger plucked out his grey hairs so that he would look closer in age to her, while the older plucked out the dark hairs with the same motive. Between the two, he was left bald. Some later versions of the fable have translated the title as if the women were wives or even fiancées. However, Greek texts call them courtesans (ἑταίρας) or lovers (ἐρωμένας) and the Neo-Latin poet Pantaleon Candidus refers to them as concubines in his version.
Among the main sources of the fable, it is to be found in the Greek of Babrius and the Latin of Phaedrus, both of whom draw the moral that women are only out for what they can get from a man. Roger l'Estrange concludes that "'Tis a much harder Thing to please two Wives, than two Masters" in his version while in La Fontaine's Fables the disabused lover renounces both women on the grounds that they wish to make him conform to their standards rather than adapt themselves to him ("The man between two ages and two mistresses" I.17). Eschewing La Fontaine's pointed brevity, William Somervile adapted the Phaedrus account to a cautionary tale of inordinate length. Titled "The Bald Batchelor", it counsels the "batter'd Beau" to "marry in good time or not at all".
At the start of the 18th century in Britain, the fable was given a political interpretation. Matthew Prior's "A Fable" (1710) was applied to the situation of the reigning monarch, caught between the two political parties of the day. The Scots poet Allan Ramsay adapted La Fontaine's fable into dialect as "The Man wi the Twa Wives" somewhere between 1722–29. In the wake of the widespread appropriation of fables to political ends in previous decades, he makes the two wives supporters of opposing parties in addition to hair-pluckers and draws the conclusion that truth is the victim of extreme opposing views. At the other end of that century, the fable was adapted by F. G. Waldron (1744–1818) as "The man with two wives or, wigs for ever! A dramatick fable set to musick by Mr. Sanderson". It was first performed at the then Royalty Theatre in Tower Hamlets on March 24, 1798, to such popular acclaim that copies of the piece soon appeared for sale there. The conclusion of this musical romp is that the trio finally order wigs 'from Britain' so that all may change the colour of their hair at will.
In 20th century France, Francis Poulenc included La Fontaine's plot as an episode in his ballet Les Animaux modèles (1941). Jean Françaix set it for voice, flute and string quintet in 1958. Howard J. Buss set it for alto sax and voice under the title of "The Middle Aged Man with Two Mistresses" in his suite of "Sonic Fables: Lessons from Aesop" (1991) and Vladimir Cosma made it the seventh piece in Eh bien ! Dansez maintenant (2006), a light-hearted interpretation for narrator and orchestra in the style of a Boston. The artist Leonor Fini also made a print of the fable in 1961.
Mustache Pete

A Mustache Pete is a member of the Sicilian Mafia who came to the United States (particularly New York City) as an adult in the early 20th century.
Unlike the younger Sicilian-Americans, known as the "Young Turks," the old-guard Mustache Petes were seasoned criminals who began their careers in Italy. Their most prominent members were Joe "the Boss" Masseria (1886–1931) and Salvatore Maranzano (1886–1931). Many of them maintained connections with the Sicilian Mafia. The Mustache Petes wanted to maintain Sicilian criminal traditions in their new country and were more interested in working with and exploiting their fellow Italians than the public at large. To that end, they opposed their younger members' desire to work with the powerful Jewish and Irish gangs, and to sell illegal drugs.
This annoyed younger caporegimes, such as Lucky Luciano (1897–1962) and Vito Genovese (1897–1969). Luciano and other "Young Turks" in the New York Mafia concluded that the Mustache Petes were too set in their ways to see the millions of dollars that working with non-Italian gangsters could bring. During the Castellammarese War (1930–31), Luciano built a network of younger mafiosi in both the Masseria and Maranzano camps who secretly intended to assassinate one of the older bosses, then bide their time before killing the other.
They decided to kill Masseria and feigned loyalty to Maranzano until they had a chance to eliminate him as well. Following the death of Maranzano on September 10, 1931, the newer generation of Italian mobsters reorganized the National Crime Syndicate and founded The Commission, becoming closer to the modern American Mafia.
Journalists marked this day as a purge of older mafiosi, known as the "Night of the Sicilian Vespers." Several days later, on September 13, the corpses of two other Maranzano allies, Samuel Monaco and Louis Russo, were retrieved from Newark Bay, showing evidence of torture. Meanwhile, Joseph Siragusa, leader of the Pittsburgh crime family, was shot to death in his home. The October 15 disappearance of Joseph Ardizzone, head of the Los Angeles family, was later regarded as part of this alleged plan to quickly eliminate the old-world Sicilian bosses. However, the idea of an organized mass purge, directed by Luciano, has been debunked as a fable.
George Dureau

George Valentine Dureau (December 28, 1930 – April 7, 2014) was an American artist whose long career was most notable for charcoal sketches and black and white photography of poor white and black athletes, dwarfs, and amputees. Robert Mapplethorpe is said to have been inspired by Dureau's amputee and dwarf photographs, which showed the figures as "exposed and vulnerable, playful and needy, complex and entirely human individuals."
Dureau was born to Clara Rosella Legett Dureau and George Valentine Dureau in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. He was raised in nearby Bayou St. John. He graduated with a fine arts degree from LSU in 1952, after which he began architectural studies at Tulane University. He briefly served in the U.S. Army. Before being able to survive as an artist, he worked for Kreeger's, a New Orleans department store, as a display designer/window dresser. For the vast majority of his life, he lived in the French Quarter, where he was well known for his eccentricity and hospitality. His friend and student, Robert Mapplethorpe restaged many of his earlier black and white photographs. Dureau died of Alzheimer's disease.
Some of his pieces are held by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the Leather Archives & Museum. Several of his works are displayed publicly throughout New Orleans, most notably, the pediment sculpture for Harrah's New Orleans, and his cast-bronze sculptures stand sentinel at the entrance gates of New Orleans City Park. His depiction of a Mardi Gras parade dominates one wall in Gallier Hall. "Black 1973–1986," an exhibition of black and white photographs concentrating on young black men at the Higher Pictures gallery in New York City, garnered rave reviews.
List of Nobel laureates in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy to authors for outstanding contributions in the field of literature. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel, which are awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine. As dictated by Nobel's will, the award is administered by the Nobel Foundation and awarded by the Swedish Academy. Each recipient receives a medal, a diploma and a monetary award prize that has varied throughout the years. In 1901, the first laureate Sully Prudhomme received 150,782 SEK, which is equivalent to 8,823,637.78 SEK in January 2018. The award is presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death.
As of 2024, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to 121 individuals. 18 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the second highest number of any of the Nobel Prizes behind the Nobel Peace Prize. As of 2024, there have been 29 English-speaking laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature, followed by French with 16 laureates and German with 14 laureates. France has the highest number of Nobel laureates.
The 121 Nobel laureates in literature from 1901 to 2024 came from the following countries:
The 121 Nobel laureates in literature from 1901 to 2024 wrote in the following languages:
Rabindranath Tagore (Nobel Prize in Literature 1913) wrote in Bengali and English, Samuel Beckett (Nobel Prize in Literature 1969) wrote in French and English and Joseph Brodsky (Nobel Prize in Literature 1987) wrote poetry in Russian and prose in English. These three Nobel laureates have been sorted under Bengali, French and Russian, respectively.
Karl Adolph Gjellerup (Nobel Prize in Literature 1917) wrote in Danish and German.
The 121 Nobel laureates in literature from 1901 to 2024 were from the following genders:
1933 Nobel Prize in Literature

The 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Ivan Bunin (1870–1953) "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing". Bunin was the first Russian author to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Ivan Bunin was a poet and prose writer, best known for his short stories and novellas such as The Gentleman from San Francisco (1916) and Mitya's Love (1924). Bunin is regarded as one of the best stylists in the Russian language.
Ivan Bunin was nominated for the prize 18 times starting in 1923, when he was nominated by the 1915 Nobel laureate Romain Rolland. In 1933 five nominations were submitted for Bunin. In total the Nobel committee received 47 nominations for 29 individuals including Frans Eemil Sillanpää (awarded in 1939), Johannes V. Jensen (awarded in 1944), Paul Valéry, Karel Capek, Coelho Neto, Olav Duun and Upton Sinclair.
1958 Nobel Prize in Literature

The 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded the Soviet-Russian author Boris Pasternak (1890–1960) "for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition." He is the second Russian-language writer to be awarded with such honor.
Pasternak first accepted the prize honour, but was then pressured by the Soviet Union authorities to decline the prize. In 1988, Pasternak's son accepted the prize on his behalf.
Boris Pasternak's modernist-leaning poetry first came to light in the 1910s and 1920s, when he published collections of poems such as Sestra moya—zhizn ("My Sister, Life", 1922) and Vtoroe rozhdenie ("A Second Birth", 1932). He began to emphasize social issues more and use clearer, simpler language in the 1930s. The existential is another theme in Pasternak's writings, covering nature, life, humanity, and love. The renowned 1957 novel Doctor Zhivago, which takes place between the socialist revolution of 1905 and World War II, demonstrates this.
Pasternak earned 9 nominations in total. He was first introduced for the Nobel Prize in 1946 by English literary critic Maurice Bowra. In 1958, after receiving three recommendations from Renato Poggioli, Harry Levin and Ernest Simmons, he was eventually awarded thereafter.
In total, the Nobel Committee for Literature received 70 nominations for 42 authors such as Riccardo Bacchelli, Robert Frost, Graham Greene, André Malraux, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Alberto Moravia, Jean-Paul Sartre (awarded in 1964), Ignazio Silone, John Steinbeck (awarded in 1962), Giuseppe Ungaretti and Thornton Wilder. Seventeen of the nominees were newly nominated namely Ivo Andrić (awarded in 1961), Fernand Baldensperger, Elizabeth Bowen, Maurice Bowra, James Gould Cozzens, John Hersey, Miroslav Krleža, Junzaburō Nishiwaki, John Cowper Powys, Salvatore Quasimodo (awarded in 1959), Rudolf Alexander Schröder, Georges Simenon, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Lionel Trilling, Elio Vittorini, Robert Penn Warren and Tennessee Williams. There were only five women authors nominated: Karen Blixen, Edith Sitwell, Elizabeth Bowen, Gertrud von le Fort and Marie Under.
The authors Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Zoe Akins, Mary Ritter Beard, Til Brugman, James Branch Cabell, Rachel Crothers, Anurupa Debi, Lionel Giles, Feodor Gladkov, Michael Joseph, Henry Kuttner, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Irene Lisboa, Dorothy Macardle, Rose Macaulay, George Edward Moore, George Jean Nathan, Seumas O'Sullivan, Elliot Paul, Máiréad "Peig" Sayers, Robert W. Service, John Collings Squire, Marie Stopes, Ralph Waldo Trine, Ethel Turner, Alfred Weber, and Geoffrey Willans died in 1958 without having been nominated for the award. The French literary scholar Fernand Baldensperger died before the only chance to be rewarded.
Șorici

Șoriciul este pielea comestibilă a porcului. Poate fi utilizat în mai multe moduri: prăjit în grăsime (ulei sau untură), sau fript la foc sau pe jar, după ce este curățat de păr și pârlit. De asemenea, șoriciul este o componentă de bază la prepararea tobei tradiționale.
Șoriciul conține cantități importante de sodiu și grăsimi și este foarte sărac în carbohidrați.
Din punct de vedere gramatical, în limba română cuvântul șorici este un substantiv neutru, defectiv de plural.
Mizeria

Mizeria este o salată de castraveți din bucătăria poloneză, servită în mod tradițional cu mâncăruri la carne și pește. Numele se bazează, probabil, pe cuvântul francez misère, care ar exprima o anumită condescendență ironică, adusă acestui fel de mâncare simplu de către nobilimea poloneză .
Mizeria este preparată din castraveți feliați, care sunt condimentați cu sare, piper, zahăr și eventual nucșoară și apoi servită cu smântână (śmietana). Într-o altă variantă, feliile de castravete sunt blanșate, sărate și apoi adăugate la o marinadă de oțet, piper, zahăr și cuișoare. De multe ori se adaugă în Mizeria chiar și mărar, rar arpagic sau pătrunjel.
Jumară

Jumările reprezintă resturile (comestibile) rezultate din topirea slăninii, a osânzii, a seului sau a oricărui tip de carne (sau materie grasă animală) ce conține grăsime.
Uleiul lichid rezultat din realizarea jumărilor este o excelentă materie primă (întrucât este un amestec de acizi organici grași), alături de hidroxidul de sodiu (cu care se combină chimic prin fierbere), pentru realizarea săpunului brut.
De obicei, jumările se fac din carne de porc, întrucât carnea de porc conține multă grăsime. Totuși, se pot face din orice fel de carne ce conține destule lipide. Spre exemplu, jumările se pot adesea realiza din carne de gâscă, rață, cocoș sau găină, dacă animalele sunt adulte și bine hrănite.
Bine făcute, răcite, și apoi zdrobite mărunt, jumările se pot adăuga unui aluat pentru a realiza niște produse de patiserie (de obicei în formă de disc), care se coc la foc mic în cuptor, cunoscute în Banat și Transilvania ca pogăcele.
De asemenea tot în zona Transilvaniei este foarte cunoscut și apreciat preparatul numit pastă de jumări, numele acestuia fiind foarte sugestiv în privința texturii și procedeului de preparare. Se condimentează cu sare, boia și usturoi și se păstrează în borcane, fiind un produs alimentar ușor tartinabil la temperatura camerei.
Leonard Graves

Leonard Graves (1927-2000) was an American actor and singer best known for narrating the 1952 television documentary Victory at Sea. Graves was the only voice on the 26-part series, which won multiple awards, including a 1954 Emmy for Best Public Affairs Program, a special Peabody award and the Freedoms Foundation's George Washington Medal.
Graves was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1927 and began his performing career in radio. He joined the Broadway cast of The King and I as the Interpreter and also understudied for Yul Brynner as the King, filling in on many occasions. Graves took over the lead when Brynner left the show, and after a two-year run on Broadway, he joined a national tour.
Graves appeared in several motion pictures, including:
Graves also had guest roles in a number of television series including Navy Log and The Big Picture (Army In Action episodes). In 1968 he was appointed manager of the Memphis Opera Theater. Graves later moved to Israel with his wife where he was active in the Israel National Opera. He reportedly died circa 2000.
Leif Frode Onarheim

Leif Frode Onarheim (født 23. august 1934 i Oslo, død 9. september 2021) var en norsk næringslivsleder og politiker (H).
Han vokste opp på Raufoss, Hamar og Oslo. Han tok artium i 1953, studentfagkurs ved Oslo handelsgymnasium i 1954, befalsskolen for Hærens våpentekniske korps (HVK) i 1954/1955 og eksamen som siviløkonom ved NHH i 1960. Deretter arbeidet han som salgssekretær ved Norsk Impregneringskompani AS, og så som konsulent i konsulentfirmaet Asbjørn Habberstad AS. Han var også kontorsjef ved det norsk-indiske utviklingsprosjektet i Kerala.
Onarheim var administrerende direktør i Nora-Sunrose Konservesfabrikker 1970–1980 og konsernsjef i Nora Industrier 1980–1991. Han spilte en avgjørende rolle i arbeidet for å bevare det norske eierskapet i konsernet, hvilket skjedde gjennom en fusjon med Orkla i 1991. Deretter var Onarheim styreformann i Orkla 1991–1992 og rektor ved BI 1993–1997. Som rektor ved BI arbeidet han særlig med konsolidering av BIs økonomiske situasjon.
Onarheim var styreformann i H. Aschehoug & Co. 1991–2001, Narvesen AS 1993–2001, Netcom AS 1995–2001, Løvenskiold–Vækerø 2000–2007 og Fjord Seafood 2005–2006, og konstituert konsernsjef i Marine Harvest 2007–2008. Blant andre foretak som han har hatt styreverv i, er Norges Varemesse, Helly Hansen, Idun Industri, Bjølsen Valsemølle, Nidar Bergene, Fjeldhammer Brug, Forenede Forsikring, Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Standard Telefon og Kabelfabrik og Volvo Norge.
Onarheim var særlig opptatt av å bevisstgjøre næringslivet på etiske problemstillinger. Han var president i Norges Industriforbund 1981–1983 og president i Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon (NHO) 1996–2000.
Onarheim var innvalgt på Stortinget fra Akershus 2001–2005, og engasjerte seg i all hovedsak i spørsmål knyttet til næringslivets vilkår og behovet for sikker tilgang på energi. Onarheim var saksordfører i Stortinget for utbyggingen av Snøhvitfeltet.
Han ble valgt inn i Asker kommunestyre i 2007 og var varaordfører 2015-2019.
Onarheim ble utnevnt til ridder av 1. klasse av St. Olavs Orden i 1986, og ble samme år kåret til «Årets leder» av tidsskriftet Farmand. I 2008 ble han tildelt Dagligvareprisen for utviklingen av Pizza Grandiosa, som ble lansert av Nora Industrier i 1980. I 2013 ble han tildelt prisen Årets Askerladd.
Skagen Race

Helly Hansen Skagen Race (eller bare Skagen Race) er en regatta for tur- og havseilere som går fra Holmestrand til Skagen. Den arrangeres i Kristi Himmelfartshelgen hvert år og har 200–300 deltagende båter og omtrent 2 500 seilere. Regattaen arrangeres av Bærum Seilforening
Fra 1996 til 2007 gikk regattaen under navnet «Hovdan Skagen Race,» men regattaen har nå navnet Helly Hansen Skagen Race, med Helly Hansen som hovedsponsor.
Store deler av seilasen foregår på åpen sjø, men relativt nære land.
En viktig del av regattaen er det sosiale i Skagen etter målgang. Skagen kommune stiller med gode fasiliteter – og man får en svært sosial avslutning på regattaen i Skagen. Etter premieutdeling er det god tid til både å utforske Skagenområdet og til å seile hjem til hjemmehavnen.
Helly Juell Hansen

Helly Juell Hansen (1840-1914) var en norsk sjømann og fabrikkeier fra Moss. Han startet en fabrikk for produksjon av vannavstøtende klær i 1877, som med tiden ble en verdenskjent merkevare.
Han var den eldste av 9 søsken, med døpenavnet Helle Wold Juell Hanssen. Han dro til sjøs som tenåring, avla styrmannseksamen i 1860, og fikk skippersertifikat i 1865. I 1867 begynte han i det ledende rederiet i Moss, M. Peterson & Søn, der han førte flere skip i utenlandsfart.
Under sin tid på sjøen hadde han sett hvordan sjøfolkene måtte impregnere og tørke sine egne klær, og mente det kunne være et marked for vannavstøtende arbeidstøy. I 1877 sluttet han derfor som skipper, og startet Helly J. Hansens Oljeklædefabrik i en låve på Skarmyren i Moss, som etter hvert skulle utvikle seg til industrikonsernet Helly Hansen. Firmaet produserte jakker, bukser, regnfrakker, sydvester og presenninger av oilskin, grovt lerret innsatt med linolje. I 1878 vant selskapet et diplom ved Verdensutstillingen i Paris, og begynte å selge sine varer i utlandet.
Helly Hansen var en visjonær gründer, som tidlig tok i bruk tekniske fremskritt, blant annet dampdrevne symaskiner. Han startet også andre fabrikker, mens oljelerretsfabrikken vokste og ble dominerende i Skandinavia.
I 1867 hadde han giftet seg med sin kusine Maren Margrethe Juell, som han fikk to barn med, og bidro til å bygge opp bedriften. Ved hans død i 1914 ble driften av selskapet overtatt av deres eldste sønn, Helly Hansen jr. (1870-1941).