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Xu Zhimo (; Pronunciation: Hsü Chih-mo, 1897-1931) was a Chinese poet. Influenced by western poetries, his romantic work style was a great contribution to modern Chinese literature. His poetry is usually about love, beauty and freedom. Biography. Early life. Xu Zhimo was originally given the name Zhangxu when he was born on January 15th, 1897. He was the only child from a rich family in Xiashi town, China. Though Zhimo’s father had always wanted him to either become a successful businessman or a scholar, Zhimo had shown interest in nature since he was a child. He started studying at age of five, which was early at that time. His teachers considered him an intelligent, clever, and active student. Later on, in Hangzhou Secondary School, he not only had excellent academic performance but also made many friends whom they shared the same interest ― writing. That was also when Zhimo started to show his great writing ability. Right after his first marriage in 1915, Zhimo continued his study in Tianjin University. There he met Liang Qichao, a well-known Chinese writer who first encouraged him to go study in the U.S. Study &amp; Career. Xu Zhimo went to the U.S. to accomplish his education in 1918. He first studied history in Clark University, and then transferred to Cornell and Columbia Universities for economics in 1919. During the time in Columbia University, he wrote articles about social issues and political science. In 1920, he left for London School of Economics and Political Science because he wanted to study with Bertrand Russell and Harold Laski, the two philosopher and theorist whom he really admired. Later he went to King’s College, Cambridge, where he was influenced by English poets such as Keats and Shelley. Being taught by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, it was when Zhimo started working on poetries that showed influence of English romantic literature. Before returning to China, Zhimo had translated some English and French romantic works into Chinese.   In China, he put most of his efforts on producing poetries, in which
Reiden is a municipality of the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2006, the former municipalities of Langnau bei Reiden and Richenthal merged into the municipality of Reiden.
Canary Wharf is a major business district in Tower Hamlets, East London. It is one of the United Kingdom's two main financial centres, second only to the traditional City of London. It contains many of Europe's tallest buildings, including the second-tallest in the UK, One Canada Square. Canary Wharf is located on the West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs. West India Dock Company. From 1802 to the late 1980s, the Canary Wharf Estate was a part of Millwall, Limehouse and Poplar and was one of the busiest docks in the world. West India Docks was primarily developed by Robert Milligan (c. 1746–1809) who set up the West India Dock Company. After the 1960s, the port industry began to decline, leading to all the docks being closed by 1980. Canary Wharf today. The Canary Wharf of today is a complete reworking of the old dock area into a new business area.  Initially, the City of London saw Canary Wharf as a threat. Recovery in the property market generally, and demand for Grade A office space, improved the level of interest. A critical event was the much-delayed start of work on the Jubilee line extension, which the government wanted ready for the Millennium celebrations. Public transport. Canary Wharf has stations on the Jubilee Line and the Docklands Light Railway and since 2022 the Elizabeth Line.
Antonina Domańska (September 1853 – 26 January 1917) was a Polish writer. She wrote lots of books for children. Biography. Antonina Domańska was born in September 1853 in Kamieniec Podolski (now in Ukraine). The exact date of birth is unknown. She was a daughter of physician Aleksander Kremer and Modesta Płońska. She was the aunt of a poet Lucjan Rydel. In 1865 she moved to Kraków (Cracow). She met her future husband, Stanisław Domański there. He was a physician. She was present at Lucjan Rydel's wedding in the village of Bronowice near Kraków in 1900. This is why she was portrayed in the drama "Wesele" ("The Wedding") by Stanisław Wyspiański. She died in on 26 January 1917. Works. Domańska's most famous books for children are "Historia żółtej ciżemki" ("The Story of Yellow Shoe", 1913) and "Paziowie króla Zygmunta" ("King Sigismund's Pageboys", 1910). Two films were based on them.
USRC "Argus (1791)" was one of the original ten cutters built and used by the United States Revenue Cutter Service. Of the first ten cutters, the "Argus" was in service the longest.  History. "Argus" was built and launched in 1791 at New London, Connecticut where she remained stationed. The first-named Argus was sold in 1804. "Argus" was designed as a sloop. She was long by wide and had a draft of . She displaced about . Jonathan Maltbie was her first master. He died on 11 Feb. 1798 while still in command of the "Argus". He served in the Continental Navy during and after the American Revolutionary War. His last assignment was as a first lieutenant on the frigate "USS Trumbull."
Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 was a scheduled domestic Indonesian passenger flight from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta to Polonia International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra. It was flown using an Airbus A300B4 registered PK-GAI and operated Garuda Indonesia. On September 26, 1997, Flight 152, piloted by Hance Rahmowiyogo, crashed into mountainous woodlands from Medan during low visibility caused by the 1997 Southeast Asian haze. All 234 passengers and crew were killed in the disaster. Rahmowiyogo, age 42, had over 20 years of flying experience at Garuda Indonesia and over 12,000 flying hours. The crash site was in a ravine near the village of Buah Nabar in the Sibolangit district south of Medan. Flight 152 remains the deadliest single-plane crash in Indonesia, and the deadliest aviation accident in 1997.
The Guairá department () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Villarrica. Its code is PY-04. Geography. The Guairá department is in the central part of the "Oriental" region. It has an area of , one of the smallest of the "Oriental" region and of the country, with an estimated population (2013) of 198,532 for a population density of . Limits. The highest points of Paraguay are in the Guairá department; these are: Rivers. The main river in the department is the "Tebicuary", a tributary of the Paraguay river. The "Tebicuari-mi" is an important tributary of the Tebicuari. Climate. , the total amount of precipitation in the city of Villarrica was . The month with the most precipitation was April with of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was August with . The average temperature for the year 2014 in Villarrica was . The warmest month, on average, was February with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of . Districts. The department is divided in 18 districts:
Julie Trustrup Jensen (born 6 April 1994) is a Danish football midfielder who plays for Brøndby IF of Denmark's Elitedivisionen. Since 2013, she has been a member of the senior Danish national team. Club career. Trustrup Jensen played for B73 Slagelse until 2009, when she joined Brøndby IF. Good form in season 2010–11 led to Trustrup Jensen being named Denmark's Young Player of the Year. She scored a goal in the 3–2 Danish Women's Cup final win over rivals Fortuna Hjørring. She quit football in 2014 to travel round the world, but soon came back to her career with Brøndby. In June 2015 she scored an injury time winning goal in the Cup final against Fortuna, as Brøndby won 2–1. International career. Trustrup Jensen's first match for Denmark came in September 2013. She was a substitute for Brøndby team-mate Nanna Christiansen after 53 minutes of a 4–0 friendly win over Hungary in Budapest.
Acanthuridae is the family of surgeonfish, tangs, and unicornfish.  The family includes about 86 living species. It is made up of marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs. Many of the species are brightly colored and popular for aquaria. One of the characteristics of this family is that they have spines on the tail (also known as "thorn tail"). Morphology. Surgeonfish have dangerously sharp spines and can slash a person, causing serious injury. Most species of the family are of small size, between 15-40 cm (6-15 in), but the genera "Prionorus" or "Naso" can be larger. The whitemargin unicornfish is the largest species in the family. Extinct genera. Acanthuridae includes several extinct genera: In the aquarium. Tangs are very sensitive to disease in the home aquarium. It is necessary to quarantine the fishes before introducing them to the aquarium.
The State of Palestine, also called Palestine or the Palestinian State, is a partially recognized country in southwestern Asia. The Palestinian National Authority claims the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as Palestinian territory, and East Jerusalem as the capital city. Palestine's administrative center is located in Ramallah.  Recognition. As of March 2025, 147 of the 193 countries in the United Nations recognize the State of Palestine as a sovereign state. It has been a non-member observer state of the United Nations since 2012. This amounts to a "de facto", or implicit, recognition of statehood. Palestine is a member of several international organizations, including the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the International Olympic Committee. Government. On November 15, 1988, the Palestinian National Council declared the establishment of Palestine. The Council was the law-making body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), led by Yasser Arafat.  In the 1990s, Israel and the PLO negotiated and signed the Oslo Accords. They created the Palestinian Authority (PA) to exercise partial control over parts of Palestine. In 2007, internal divisions between Palestinian political factions led to a takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas. Since then, the West Bank has been governed in part by the Palestinian Authority, led by Fatah, while the Gaza Strip has remained under Hamas's control.  Israel has built settlements in both of the Palestinian territories since the start of the occupation. The settlements in the Gaza Strip were dismantled in Israel's unilateral disengagement in 2005, and approximately 670,000 Israeli settlers live in settlements in the West Bank. The international community considers Israeli settlements in Palestine to be illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. Challenges. Currently, the biggest challenges to the country include the Israeli occupation, partial blockade, restrictions on movement, expansion of Israeli settlements, settler violence, corruption, and an overall poor security situation. Palestine's borders, the legal and diplomatic status of Jerusalem, and the return of Palestinian refugees are unresolved questions.  Nevertheless, Palestine is one of the most highly-educated countries in the Arab world. It maintains an emerging economy and sees frequent tourism.
Cauquenes Province () is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII). The provincial capital and largest city is Cauquenes. Geography. The Cauquenes province has an area of , the smallest province in the Maule region. The provincial capital, Cauquenes, is about southwest of Santiago. The province is bordered to the north by the Talca province, to the east by the Linares province, to the south by the Ñuble province (Bío Bío region) and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Population.  (last national census), there were 57,088 people living in the province, giving it a population density of inhabitants/km². The urban population was 38,660 persons ( of the total). The largest city of the province is Cauquenes, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 30,771. Administration. As a province, Cauquenes is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 8 communes ("comunas"). The city of Cauquenes serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.
Acanthuroidei is a suborder of Perciformes, the largest order of fishes. Members of this suborder have a vertically-shaped body covered with small scales. The name for the suborder comes from that of the surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) family. It is derived from the Greek words "akantha" and "oura", which loosely translate as "thorn" and "tail".
The Minster Court complex, at 21 Mincing Lane, is an important building in the City of London. The London Underwriting Centre (LUC) is there. It runs in parallel with the Underwriting Room at Lloyd's of London. It may be visited by up to 4,000 brokers each day.
The St Botolph Building is an office building in Houndsditch, London. The commercial office opened in January 2011. It is one of a number of landmark buildings recently developed to the east of the Gherkin in the City of London. It is in the centre of the UK insurance industry.
Wacław Potocki (1621 – 1696) was a Polish Baroque poet. Biography. Wacław Potocki was born in the village named Wola Łużańska near the town of Biecz in Southern Poland. He was a member of noblemen family. They were Polish Brethren, Christians of the Minor Reformed Church. He was married to Katarzyna Morsztyn. After all Polish Brethren, were given order either to become Roman Catholic or to go out of Poland forever, he changed his faith. Wacław Potocki died at Łużna in 1696. He was buried in Francuscan Church in Biecz. Works. Wacław Potocki wrote a lot. He is the author of "Ogród fraszek" ("The Garden of Verses") that consists of more than 2000 short poems. Another book by Potocki, named "Moralia" is composed of more than 2 000 pieces, too. This was based on "Adagia" by Erasmus of Rotterdam. He wrote many poems, sometimes in ottava rima. His best known work is an epic poem "Wojna chocimska" ("The War of Chocim"). It was compared by Claude Backvis, a Belgian scholar, to John Milton's Paradise Lost. It narrates about the great battle against the Turks. The battle was fought in 1621, when the poet was born. The poem was written fifty years after. It is in heroic couplets. Lines of the poem consist of thirteen syllables with feminine rhymes.
New7Wonders of the World (2000–2007) was an idea to choose new Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments. The popularity poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the New7Wonders Foundation in Zürich, Switzerland. Winners were announced on 7 July 2007 in Lisbon. The foundation took only private donations and the sale of broadcast advertising. It had no public funding or taxpayers' money. After the final announcement, New7Wonders said it did not make money and barely recovered its investment. The seven wonders of the world can be seen on various Celebrity Cruises itineraries. Official reactions. The program caused different reactions from countries and organisations. Some countries praised their finalist and tried to get more people to vote for it. Others criticized the contest or did not think it was very important.  United Nations. In the beginning, UNESCO helped the New7Wonders Foundation by giving advice on nominee selection. Then they decided they could not continue to help. Saying they have to give equal status to all world heritage sites, they dropped out of the program in 2001 and again in 2007. In 2007 the Foundation became partners with the United Nations to help promote their shared goals. The UN posted on its website: But in a press release on June 20, 2007, UNESCO said again that it has no link with the "private initiative". Brazil. In Brazil there was a campaign named "Vote no Cristo" (Vote for the Christ) which had the support of private companies. Among them were telecommunications workers that stopped charging voters to make telephone calls and SMS messages to vote. Also, important corporate sponsors spent millions of Brazilian reals in an effort to have the statue voted into the top seven. These included a banking company (Banco Bradesco) and a television network (Rede Globo). Newsweek magazine said the campaign was so widespread that: An article in Newsweek said that an estimated 10 million Brazilians had voted in the contest by early July. An airplane message, with a huge flying sign "4916 VOTE FOR CHRIST" flew in Rio de Janeiro for a
Esociformes are a small order of ray-finned fish (the Actinopterygii). There are two families, the Umbridae (mudminnows) and the Esocidae (pikes). The Esocidae are named after the pike genus "Esox". One highly successful species is "Esox lucius" or northern pike.  The Esociform fishes live in freshwater, in North America and northern Eurasia. The order is very similar to the Salmonidae. Families. Esocidae. The family Esocidae has three extant genera ("Esox", "Novumbra", and "Dallia") that comprise a holarctic distribution. Umbridae. Umbridae is another family. So far, the genus "Umbra" is the only extant genus. The other genera have gone extinct.
Matilda (or Mathilda) is a female first name. The name comes from Gothic language. It also comes from the Old High German words "maht" (meaning "might" and "strength") and "hild" (meaning "battle). The pronunciation of the name is [ m"uh"-til-d"uh" ].  The name has been popular in Scandinavian countries. "Mathilde" appeared in the Top 10 most popular names for girls in Denmark in 2008. "Mathilde" was also very popular in Norway, Sweden and Finland. The name has also risen in popularity in other European countries. As "Matilda", the name was most popular in the United States between 1880 and 1910. During those years, it was in the Top 200 names for girls. It went out of the Top 1,000 names in the United States by 1964. However, it reappeared 44 years later in the Top 1,000 names.
Bethany [beth-uh-nee]is a female first name. It comes from the Biblical place Bethany, the town where Lazarus lived in the New Testament.The origin of the name Bethany can be traced back to the Hebrew term bethania, which translates to "house of figs."In Bethany, Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead and thus overcame the sorrow, lamentation, and affliction of Mary and Martha. In English-speaking countries, Bethany has been very popular. It was the 59th most popular name for England and Wales in 2010. In 1999, it had gone as high as number 11. In the United States, the name was the 87th most popular in the late 1980s. This name is ranked #646 on the "Popular Names in 2021".  "'Beth'" and "'Betty"' are short versions of this name. "Beth" can also be a short version of the female name Elizabeth.
Santiago (Portuguese for “Saint James”), or Santiagu in Cape Verdean Creole, is the largest island of the Cape Verde archipelago. It is the most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation’s population. Praia, the capital of the country is in this island. The Santiago island is part of the Macaronesia, a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean with similar ecosystems. History. The island was discovered in around 1460 by António de Noli (or António da Noli), a 15th-century nobleman and navigator from Genoa that worked for Henry the Navigator of Portugal. De Noli founded in 1462 the old capital of the islands, Ribeira Grande, now known as Cidade Velha. Population.  (last national census), there were 273,919 people living in the island, giving it a population density of inhabitants/km². The largest city of the island is Praia, its capital, with a population, in 2010, of 131,602. Geography. Santiago is in the southern "Sotavento" group of islands, at about to the west of the island of Maio and at about to the east of the island of Fogo. The Santiago island has an area of ; it is long, north to south, and about wide, east to west. The island is mountainous, although slightly flatter in the southeast. There are two volcanic mountain ranges: There are two natural parks in the island to protect the plants and animals in the two mountain ranges: Climate. Praia, in the southeast coast, has a Tropical and Subtropical Desert climate (Köppen climate classification : Bwh). The average temperature for the year in Praia is . The warmest month, on average, is August with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of . The average amount of precipitation for the year in Praia is 8.3". The month with the most precipitation on average is August with of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is March without any precipitation. There are an average of 49.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in September with 7.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in December with 2.0 days. Administration. The Santiago island is divided in 9 municipalities ("conselhos") and 10 parishes ("freguesias").
Jackson is a village in Dakota County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 207 at the 2020 census. History. Before Jackson was formed, the town Old St. John's was started about 1.5 miles north of where Jackson is on June 2nd, 1856 by a Catholic colony of sixty Irish immigrants led by Father Trecy. The colony was one of the first towns started in Dakota County, and the first group of Catholic people to start a town together in Nebraska. When the rising Missouri River started to make it dangerous to live there around 1860, all of the residents of Old St. John's moved south to what is now called Jackson. Jackson was originally called Franklin, and was started with that name around 1860. The people who lived in there later found out that there was already a place in Nebraska that was called Franklin. To make things less confusing, they renamed the town after Andrew Jackson so nobody would get confused. St. Patrick's Catholic Church, which is in Jackson, is where the Nebraska State Historical Society put historical marker 34. The historical St. Patrick's Catholic church was built on land that was given to the church by the McCormick family around the time Jackson was started. Location. Jackson can be found at (42.448789, -96.566207). The United States Census Bureau says that the village takes up about , of land.
A hayride, which can also be called a hayrack ride, is an American activity where people go on a ride in an open truck, or wagon pulled by a tractor. Inside of the ride there is hay or straw for the people to sit on. Hayrides in the past were a way to celebrate the Autumn harvest. Hayrides today are usually started to give farms or companies a way to make more money during the fall. Sometimes hayrides are run by companies that help farms set up hayrides for people. Haunted Hayrides. Hayrides on Halloween are called 'haunted hayrides'. During the fall, a hayride might let people stop near some pumpkins and pick one. These hayrides can put on a show with special effects and actors dressing up as ghosts, monsters, and other spooky creatures. Haunted hayrides attract people who like to get scared, and make money for farms during the Halloween season. Accidents. Even though hayrides are supposed to be a way for people to have fun, they can also be dangerous. Some hayrides have flipped over or gone off-road, hurting or killing people. Other kinds of accidents happen when hayrides crash into cars or trucks on the road.