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Man'yōgana is the oldest known sound-based writing system used for the Japanese language. When kanji, or Chinese characters used to write Japanese, first came to Japan in around the 4th century AD through the Korean Peninsula, it was only used to write the Chinese language. Even though Chinese was not native to the Japanese people, classical Chinese writings were nonetheless studied heavily by upper-class Japanese. Some time later, although the exact time is unknown, Chinese characters, which came be known as kanji in Japan, was being used to write the Japanese language for the first time in roughly the 6th century AD, although it had a heavy Chinese influence. Figuring out how to write the Chinese character system to correctly fit the Japanese language was quite a difficult task, since there were such big differences between Chinese and Japanese. For example, Chinese has an SVO (subject-verb-object) word order (i.e. I eat sushi), while Japanese has an SOV word order (i.e. I sushi eat). Also, while Chinese morphemes, or the smallest meaningful part of a word, are usually monosyllabic, or having just one syllable, Japanese words often were polysyllabic, or having two or more syllables. Examples of this include 山, 魚, 中, 国, 人, 多, 速 and 見. In Mandarin Chinese, the most spoken Chinese dialect in the world, these morphemes are pronounced "shān, yú, zhōng," "guó, rén, duō, sù" and "kàn" in that order, all of which are just one syllable. In the native Japanese pronunciation, however, these morphemes are pronounced "yama, sakana, naka, kuni, hito, oo, haya" and "mi(ru)". What makes all this more complicated is that the last three kanji are almost never written by themselves in Japanese, if at all, since they are usually used in adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.  Writing characters by themselves is often okay in Chinese, since Chinese is an analytic language, or a language where grammar is structured
Knut Hamsun (August 4, 1859 – February 19, 1952) was a Norwegian author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, in 1920. An obituary he wrote for Adolf Hitler was published on 7 May 1945 in Aftenposten (a newspaper). Personal life. He married Marie Hamsun. Their children include Tore Hamsun. After death. In 1978, Gabriel Langfeldt released a book that listed the entire [written] statement of the court-appointed [medical] experts, from Hamsun's trial; spokesman for the Hamsun family - Leif Hamsun (a grandchild of Knut Hamsun) - said that after Langfeldt revealed my grandparents [privileged interviews with court-appointed experts], there is little that is private anymore. Publication (in 2017) of notes written by Hamsun's psychoanalyst. Hamsun voluntarily went to psychoanalysis during 1926 to 1928; the psychoanalyst made notes. Notes from the psychoanalysis of Hamsun, were published in 2017; the photocopied notes were from [Hamsun's appointments] with his psychoanalyst; photocopied notes were part of [a work of] art that was published in Vagant [a magazine]. Bibliography. Nobel Prize-winning writer Isaac Bashevis Singer translated some of his works.
Shanghainese food is the traditional food of Shanghai, China. It is a kind of Chinese food. Examples are xiaolongbao, spiced broad beans, and hairy crabs. Dumplings. Xiaolongbao. A xiaolongbao is a small kind of dumpling. It is made of a flour skin wrapped around a ball of pork, crabmeat, shrimp, or bok choy and other vegetables. It is steamed in a small basket called a "xiaolong", which gives the dumpling its name. The steam and meat together create some soup inside the dumpling. It was first made in Nanxiang in northwestern Shanghai, but the man who made it first later moved his shop to Yu Garden to get more business. Wontons. Wontons are a kind of dumpling with a meat center inside a thin skin that is made of flour, egg, water, and salt. The Shanghainese kinds come in two sizes, "small" and "big". The small wontons are wrapped loosely by hand and eaten for breakfast. The big wontons are wrapped carefully and eaten for lunch or dinner. Both kinds are often filled with minced pork and bok choy and served in chicken soup, but restaurants sometimes have as many as 50 different fillings. A well-known special kind is "Three-Freshness Soup" "sānxiān tāng"), made with pork, shrimp, and fish. Meat. Hongshao pork. Hongshao pork is made of pork and a special sauce made of soy sauce, flour, and sugar. Hongshao snakefish is cooked the same way, but usually with more spring onions. "White cut chicken". "White cut chicken" (白斬雞, 白斩鸡, "báizhǎnjī") is chicken that is soaked in salt water, poached for about 30 minutes, chilled, and then cut into strips. People usually think of it as a Cantonese food but Shanghai has its own kind, eaten with a soy ginger sauce. It is usually eaten without the head, neck,
During the psychoanalysis of Knut Hamsun, notes were made by his psychoanalyst, Johannes Irgens Strømme; sometimes the notes are referred to as the Strømme/Hamsun manuscript (Norwegian: Strømme/Hamsun-manuset). Hamsun died in 1952 and copies of the notes were published in 2017; the publication is controversial (as of 2017). The existence of the notes led to a race between a group related to [the community of persons who do] research [for a living,] and a group related to publishing. Danish author Thorkild Hansen has said that the notes must certainly be viewed as [an] extremely important source. Media sometimes refers to (as of May 2017,) the notes as "the classified notes". Description. The notes consist of 474 pages. The notes were written in one version of shorthand, called Gabelsberger. Psychoanalysis; non-voluntary psychiatry during the Legal purge in Norway after World War II. In 1925, Hamsun had writer's block, and "he could not write a sentence". To go to consultations, at a specialist of psychoanalysis [was a voluntary decision by Hamsun]; he went to Johannes Irgens Strømme() - who had been a student of Oskar Pfister() - from 4 January 1926. During a two year period, Hamsun made visits to Strømme; Hamsun would lie on a divan [or a couch-like sitting furniture] while being psychoanalyzed, and Strømme would sit (on a chair) behind Hamsun. In 1926 the writer's block eased, and the year after he published the novel "Wayfarers"; He thanked the psychoanalyst "for the rest of Hamsun's life", for getting back his apetite for writing.  Non-voluntary psychiatry. During the Legal purge in Norway after World War II() , Hamsun was examined by a court-appointed psychiatrist - without Hamsun giving permission for the examinations; [part of the diagnosis ] of H
Gillingham railway station is a railway station in Gillingham in Kent. The station is on the Chatham Main Line. Services. Train services at Gillingham are run by Southeastern and Thameslink, They use , , , and EMUs. The off-peak service is: Some trains go to and from London Charing Cross via , Some fast trains go to and from London Cannon Street at peak hours.
Rainham railway station is a railway station in Rainham in Kent. The station is in walking distance from the Rainham shopping centre. The station is on the Chatham Main Line. Services. Train services at Rainham are run by Southeastern and Thameslink, They use , and EMUs. The off-peak service is: Some trains go to and from and London Cannon Street at peak hours.
Brusio is a municipality in the district of Bernina in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Villages. Viano, Cavaione, Campocologno, Campascio, Miralago and Zalende
Mr. Trash Wheel also known as the Inner Harbor Trash Wheel, is a trash interceptor. It removes trash from the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland. It is powered by water and solar power. It moves through the water and sorts trash into a conveyor belt that empties it into a dumpster on the vessel. Overview. Mr. Trash Wheel removes garbage from the Inner Harbor. The garbage comes from the streets flowing into the water, particularly during storms. Usually the current from the Jones Falls river powers the wheel's movement. When the stream is slow it is powered by solar panels.
B&amp;Q plc is a British DIY and home improvement retailing company in the United Kingdom. Its main offices are in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. It is owned by Kingfisher plc. It was founded in 1969 by Richard Block and David Quayle as Block &amp; Quayle. As of July 2017, B&amp;Q has 300 shops in the United Kingdom.  Since 2015, B&amp;Q have been closing a number of stores, and converting some to outlets of Screwfix. The company also has some outlets in Ireland. Stores in Taiwan and China were unsuccessful, and closed down in 2007 and 2015.
Pierre Henry (9 December 1927 – 5 July 2017) was a French composer. He was considered a pioneer of the musique concrète genre of electronic music. He was born in Paris. Among Henry's works is the 1967 ballet "Messe pour le temps présent". In 1970 Henry collaborated with British rock band Spooky Tooth on the album "Ceremony". Henry died at a hospital in Paris on 5 July 2017 at the age of 89.
The Ybbs is a river in Lower Austria. Its source is on the Zellerrain Pass near Mariazell.  Ybbs is also the common short form for the small town Ybbs an der Donau.
Oberthal is a municipality in the district of Sankt Wendel in the state of Saarland, Germany. It is about northwest of Sankt Wendel, and north of Saarbrücken. The Oberthal municipality exists of four settlements (people in brackets, as of 2012)
Thomas Berry Brazelton (May 10, 1918 – March 13, 2018) was an American pediatrician, television host and author. He was the developer of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS). Brazelton hosts the cable television program "What Every Baby Knows", and writes a syndicated newspaper column. Brazelton has written more than two hundred scholarly papers and twenty four books. In 1994, Brazelton won the first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Show Host. Brazelton was born in Waco, Texas. He graduated in 1940 from Princeton and in 1943 from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He died in Barnstable, Massachusetts on March 13, 2018, at the age of 99.
Cuxton is a village in Medway in South East England. It is on left side of the River Medway in the North Downs. It also has a railway station called Cuxton railway station.
There are 2 arrondissements in the Haute-Saône department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into "arrondissements", which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture. If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture. Arrondissements are further divided into communes. The arrondissements of Haute-Saône are: History. Since its creation, the Haute-Saône department has had few changes:
Adam Bennett Schiff (born June 22, 1960) is an American politician who is the United States Senator from California since 2024. Before, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2004. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Schiff represented the 27th and 29th Districts between 2001 and 2013, which included the areas of Alhambra, Altadena, San Gabriel, Burbank, Glendale, South Pasadena, Temple City, Monterey Park, and Pasadena.  Schiff has become an influential voice for his party in the House of Representatives on foreign policy and national security issues. In January 2023, Schiff announced his candidacy for the United States Senate in the 2024 election. He won the election in November 2024.
Larry D. Lieber (; born October 26, 1931) is an American comic book artist and writer. He is the younger brother of Marvel Comics' writer, editor, and publisher Stan Lee. Lieber is best known for scripting the first appearances of the Marvel characters Iron Man, Thor, and Ant-Man; for his long stint both writing and drawing the Marvel Western "Rawhide Kid"; and for illustrating the newspaper comic strip "The Amazing Spider-Man" for many years and continuing as of August 2016. From 1974 to 1975, he was editor of Atlas/Seaboard Comics.
Johnny Gosch (born November 12, 1969) was a paperboy in West Des Moines, Iowa. He disappeared at age 12, while delivering newspapers. In the early hours of September 5, 1982, he disappeared on his route and was never seen since. Gosch is believed to be kidnapped. His mother got mail one morning in 1997 showing the photos of her kidnapped son and three other boys. Another paperboy disappeared where Johnny was kidnapped, named Eugene Martin, 13 years old. His mother, Noreen Gosch, maintains that Johnny Gosch escaped from his captors and visited her in 1997, but now fears for his life and lives under an assumed identity. Gosch's father, John, divorced from Noreen since 1993, has publicly stated that he was not sure whether or not such a visit actually occurred. Authorities have not located Gosch or confirmed Noreen Gosch's account, and his fate continues to be the subject of speculation, conspiracy theories, and dispute.The case received publicity in 2006 when his mother claimed to have found photographs on her doorstep depicting Gosch in captivity. Some of the photos received were proven to be children from a case in Florida, but one boy in the photos was never identified. Noreen Gosch insists that boy is her son Johnny.
Willi Reschke (3 February 1922 – 5 July 2017) was a German Luftwaffe ace. He was the recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Reschke was credited with 26 aerial victories in 70 missions. In 1999, Reschke recounted his wartime experiences in print, published in English in 2005 as ""Jagdgeschwader 301/302 'Wilde Sau': In Defense Of The Reich with the Bf 109, Fw 190 and Ta 152";" including writing about the late-war period he spent flying the exotic Focke-Wulf Ta 152 high-altitude fighter-interceptor designed by Kurt Tank. Reschke died on 5 July 2017 in Berlin at the age of 95.
Minos Xenophon "Minas" Kyriakou (; 31 May 1942 – 2 July 2017) was a Greek media and shipping magnate and businessman. He was the president of the Greek Olympic Committee and was the President of the International Olympic Academy (IOA, 2004-2009). He was elected to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) council in August 2003. He was born in Poros, Greece. Kyriakou died of a heart attack on 2 July 2017 at a hospital in Athens, aged 75.
Joaquín Navarro-Valls, M.D. (16 November 1936 – 5 July 2017) was a Spanish journalist, physician and academic. He served as the Director of the Holy See Press Office from 1984 to 2006. He was born in Cartagena, Spain. His role as the press liaison between the Vatican and the world press corps gave him perhaps the highest visibility of any one person in the Vatican during the long reign of Pope John Paul II, with the exception of the Pope himself. He resigned his post July 11th, 2006 and was replaced by Father Federico Lombardi.  On January 20th, 2007, he was named president of the board of advisers of the Biomedical University of Rome, an office he occupied until his death. Navarro-Valls died in Rome, Italy on July 5th 2017 of pancreatic cancer, aged 80.
Joan Boocock Lee (Joan Clayton Boocock; February 5, 1922 - July 6, 2017) was a English-born American hat model and actress. She was known for her 69-year marriage to comic book writer Stan Lee. In the 1940s, Lee was a hat model in New York City when she met Stan Lee. In her later years, she became a voice actress and provided her voice in "Spider-Man" and "Fantastic Four" both in the 1990s. Lee died on July 6, 2017 in Los Angeles from stroke-related complications after being hospitalized for a week. She was 95 years old.
"This is How We Do" is a dance-pop and electropop song from American singer and songwriter Katy Perry. It comes off her fourth studio album "Prism" (2013). The song was released on August 11, 2014. It was the fifth and final single from the album. The remix has the rapper Riff Raff rapping on it. She wrote the song with longtime collaborators Max Martin and Klas Åhlund, who produced it. Commercially, the song hit the top ten in Canada and Israel. It also hit the top 30 in the United States, Sweden, Venezuela, Finland and Scotland. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over one million copies in the US alone. The song is about Perry's hangout routine with her friends. The video has Perry getting her nails painted and doing karaoke with her friends. Perry was accused of cultural appropriation for wearing black cornrows. The video has received over 600 million views on YouTube as of March 2018.
Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr. (June 28, 1931 – December 20, 2019), better known as Junior Johnson, was a NASCAR driver of the 1950s and 1960s. He won 50 NASCAR races in his career before retiring in 1966. In the 1970s and 1980s, he became a NASCAR racing team owner; he sponsored such NASCAR champions as Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip. He now produces a line of fried pork skins and country ham. He was credited as the first to use the drafting technique in stock car racing. He was nicknamed "The Last American Hero" and his autobiography is of the same name. In May 2007, Johnson teamed with Piedmont Distillers of Madison, North Carolina, to introduce the company's second moonshine product, called "Midnight Moon Moonshine". Johnson died at a hospice care facility in Charlotte, North Carolina on December 20, 2019, at age 88. He had Alzheimer's disease at the time of his death.
Bryan Robert Avery MBE RIBA (2 January 1944 – 4 July 2017) was an English architect. He was born in Berkshire, England. He was best known for designing the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). After his childhood years spent in Lymington in the New Forest, Hampshire, he studied architecture at Leicester College of Art (now the De Montfort University), followed by a MA in the History and Theory of Architecture at Essex University under Professors Joseph Rykwert and Dalibor Vesely. Avery died in London at the age of 73 on 4 July 2017.
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" is a soul-pop ballad from American Motown music group The Supremes. It was released in late 1966. The lyrics speak of a bad relationship the singer is trying to get out of. The song's signature guitar part comes from a Morse code-like radio sound effect. The song reached #1 on the United States "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1966. American music group Vanilla Fudge recorded a rock version of the song in 1967. It peaked at #6 on "Billboard" Hot 100. Their single version is almost three minutes long. The album version is seven minutes and twenty seconds long. In 1986, British singer Kim Wilde had a version of the song. In June 1987, it hit #1 on "Billboard" Hot 100. The song also hit #1 in Australia and #2 in the United Kingdom.
Alternative for Germany (German: "Alternative für Deutschland", shortened "AfD") is a German nationalist and conservative far-right political party. In the 2017 federal election, the party won 94 seats after receiving 12.6% of the national vote. History. In 2012, Alexander Gauland, Bernd Lucke and Konrad Adam formed the "Electoral Alternative 2013". It was critical of Germany's policy toward the eurozone crisis. Some candidates who were part of the "Electoral Alternative 2013" ran for election in Lower Saxony in alliance with the Free Voters. They then decided to form a party to compete in the 2013 federal election. The group wanted to abolish the euro, so the Free Voters refused to join forces. The AfD's first supporters were economists, business leaders, journalists and former members of the Christian Democratic Union who were critical of the eurozone. The AfD held their first convention on 14 April 2013. Members elected Bernd Lucke, Frauke Petry and Konrad Adam as speakers. In the 2013 federal election, the party received 4.6% of the national vote with more than 2 million votes. The party did not win any seats. Before the 2014 European Parliament election, the AfD held a conference on 25 January 2014 in Bavaria. They chose the slogan, "Mut zu Deutschland" ("Courage [to stand up] for Germany"). In February 2014, some AfD officials wanted to join an alliance with the hard eurosceptic party, UKIP. However, Bernd Lucke and other officials and election candidates wanted to instead join an alliance with the British Conservative Party. In the European elections, the AfD won 7 seats in the European Parliament, and joined the European Conservatives and Reformists. On 4 July 2015, Frauke Petry was elected as the principal speaker of the party. She was a member of the national conservate faction within the party. Her election is seen as a shift of the party further to the right wing, as the party now began to focus on Islam and immigration. Lucke believed the party
"White Christmas" is a popular song about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. It mixes sadness and comforts of home. The version sung by Bing Crosby is said to be the world's best-selling single. The song has been covered and performed by artists including Jo Stafford, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Bette Midler. It has sold over 150 million copies. The original version was released in 1942. Irving Berlin's opening verse is often dropped in many recordings. However, the opening verse is included on Barbra Streisand, Darlene Love and The Carpenters' Christmas studio albums.
Homebase is a British home improvement retailer and garden centre in the United Kingdom. Its main offices are in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. As of December 2016, Homebase has 255 shops in the United Kingdom.  History. It was founded by the supermarket chain Sainsbury's and Belgian retailer GB-Inno-BM in 1979, as Sainsbury's Homebase. In December 2000, Sainsbury's sold the Homebase chain.  In November 2002, Homebase was sold again, to GUS plc, It became Argos Retail Group (later renamed as Home Retail Group). In February 2016, Australian retailer Wesfarmers bought Homebase.
Hausen ob Verena is a municipality in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Leskovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Лесковац, ) is a city in southern Serbia. It is the administrative center of the Jablanica District. According to the 2011 census, the city has population of 60,288. The administrative area has a population of 144,206.
Calfreisen is a former municipality of the district Plessur in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2013, the former municipalities of Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.
Håkan Carlqvist (15 January 1954 – 7 July 2017) was a Swedish professional motocross racer. He was born near Stockholm, Sweden.  Carlqvist won the F.I.M. 250cc Motocross World Championship in 1979 as a member of the Husqvarna factory racing team. In 1980, he switched to Yamaha to contest the 500cc motocross world championship. He finished 3rd in 1981 and 1982. In 1983, he battled against Honda teammates André Malherbe and Graham Noyce to claim the 500cc world championship, on a Yamaha. In 1984, an injury stopped Carlqvist from contesting the title again. He raced for Yamaha until end of 1986. Carlqvist died in Stockholm on 7 July 2017 of a heart attack at the age of 63.
Pam McConnell (1946 – 7 July 2017) was a Canadian politician. She was elected to Toronto City Council in 1994 and most recently served as councillor for Ward 28 from 2000 until her death in 2017. She was born in England. McConnell died on 7 July 2017 of respiratory failure at a hospital in Toronto at the age of 71.
Carol Lee Scott (20 December 1942 – 4 July 2017) was an English entertainer. She was best known for her role on British television in the 1980s and 1990s as "Grotbags". Throughout her career, Scott regularly performed on the international cabaret circuit, and prior to her TV work, she was a singer and released two albums. Scott died of cancer in London on 4 July 2017 at the age of 74.