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The boar's tusk helmet is a type of military headwear used in Mycenaean Greece. The helmet was made of ivory from a boar's tusks and attached in rows onto a leather base padded with felt.  Homeric epic. A description of a boar's tusk helmet appears in the tenth book of Homer's "Iliad" where Odysseus is armed for a night-raid against the Trojans. The number of ivory plates needed to make a helmet ranges from 40 to 140. Also, around forty to fifty boars would have to be killed to make just one helmet.
The Calling is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. It was formed in 1996 by lead singer and guitarist Alex Band and guitarist Aaron Kamin. The official lineup of the band in 2020 consisted of Band, Daniel Thomson and Travis Loafman. Thomson and Loafman both joined The Calling in 2016. They are best known for their hit single, "Wherever You Will Go", which topped the Adult Top 40 for 23 weeks, making it the second longest running number one in the chart’s history. It was later named the number one song of the decade of 2000s on the Adult Pop Charts by "Billboard" magazine. Their debut album "Camino Palmero" was released in July 2001 and was a commercial success. Their second album "Two", was released in June 2004. Its lead single "Our Lives" was featured in the closing ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics as well as the opening song of the 78th annual Academy Awards. The band broke up in 2005, but in 2013, The Calling reformed with a new lineup. History. Formation (1996–2000). The band was formed by Alex Band (lead vocals) and Aaron Kamin (lead guitar, backing vocals) when Kamin was dating Band's sister. Kamin and Band initially began jamming and writing songs in 1996, and began performing under the band name "Generation Gap" with a drummer who was twice their age. The band also included saxophonist Benny Golbin, giving the songs a more jazzy sound like the Dave Matthews Band. Eventually, Band and Kamin ditched the "Gap" lineup, and briefly switched their name to "Next Door".. They quickly found their own sound amongst radio rock acts of the early 21st century such as Matchbox Twenty, Third Eye Blind, Train, and Fastball. By 1999, Fair was impressed enough by the demos to sign them to a record deal with RCA. They changed their name to "The Calling", which reflected the band's sense of purpose. "Camino Palmero" and departures of Woolstenhul
Krokodeilos Kladas (, 1425–1490) was a Greek military leader and rebel who fought in the medieval Peloponnese (called "Morea") against the Ottoman Empire for the Republic of Venice during the 15th century. Biography. Krokodeilos Kladas, whose family moved from Epirus to the Peloponnese, was born in Koroni in 1425. His father was the Greek military chief Theodore Kladas. When Sultan Mehmed II conquered the Despotate of the Morea in 1460, Kladas surrendered Saint George Castle and was given in exchange Vardounia Castle in Mani, as well as the territory of Elos. On 9 October 1480, Kladas led "stratioti" (Greek mercenary soldiers) from Koroni to attack Ottoman holdings in Mani. Both the Ottomans and the Venetians put a bounty on Kladas' head. This rebellion was joined in December by "stratioti" from Nafplion led by Theodore Bua. An army sent by the Ottoman sultan was defeated between Passavas and Oitylo in February 1481. Later that month, a larger army under Mohammed Bey drove Kladas to Porto Kagio where he was boarded onto a Neapolitan galley abandoning his revolt. A peaceful settlement of the rebellion was negotiated by the Ottoman governor of the Morea and Venetian official Bartolomeo Minio. Meanwhile, Kladas went with a Neapolitan army to Ottoman-controlled Albania to aid an anti-Ottoman revolt there. In 1490, he was captured in battle near Monemvasia and flayed alive  Family. The Kladas family is known in records from the Morea since 1296 when a "Corcondille" captured a castle controlled by the Franks for the Byzantine Greeks. Members of the family donated to a monastery at Mystra in 1366 and 1375. A "Krokodeilos" appears in the satire of Mazaris as one of the rebels against the Byzantine emperor Manuel II in 1415. The name "Krokontēlos" also appears on an inscribed donation to a church in Karytaina dated to the mid-1300s. Krokodeilos Kladas and his brothers are respected in Venetian sources. Also, Kladas was awarded Venetian knighthood and a gold robe just before the 1480 revolt.
Collin Dean (born January 8, 2005) is an American actor. Early life. Collin hails from Gilbert, Arizona, and he has an older sister. Career. Voice acting. Dean was the voice of Lincoln Loud in the Nickelodeon animated series, "The Loud House" after replacing Grant Palmer in 2016. Collin Dean is also known for guest starring in the Cartoon Network animated series "Adventure Time" as "Tiffany," and for his background role in "Hotel Transylvania". Dean also had a minor role as one of the campers in the "American Dad!" episode, "Camp Campawanda," and co-starred with Elijah Wood in the 2014 Cartoon Network miniseries "Over the Garden Wall." Live-action acting. In 2012, he was cast as Todd in the Funny or Die short film, "Will Ferrell &amp; Zach Galifianakis Debate Children". In 2015, he appeared as Ruprecht the Elf, in the comedy horror Christmas film, "Krampus".
Liliana Berry Davis Mumy (; born April 16, 1994) is an American actress. Between 2002 and 2006, she appeared as Jessica Baker in the two "Cheaper by the Dozen" movies and as Lucy Miller in the second and third films of "The Santa Clause" trilogy. In animation, Mumy performed the voice of Mertle Edmonds in the "Lilo &amp; Stitch" franchise. For Cartoon Network she has voiced Panini in "Chowder". For Nickelodeon, she has voiced Human Kimberly in "Catscratch", Roxy in the Nickelodeon revival of "Winx Club", and Leni Loud in "The Loud House".
Theodore Bua, or Theodore Bouas (Greek: Θεόδωρος Μπούας), was a 15th-century Greek military leader from Albania who served as a captain of the "stradioti" of the Republic of Venice. Biography. When the Ottomans and the Venetians made peace in 1479 (Treaty of Constantinople), Theodore Bouas left the Venetian army and joined the revolt of Krokodeilos Kladas in the Peloponnese (called "Morea"). The Venetian official Bartolomeo Minio recorded an event where the Venetian commander of Nafplio sent a group of "stratioti" against Bouas and Mexa Busichi but the soldiers did not attack because they were compatriots. The rebellion failed after both leaders ended their alliance. Afterwards, Bouas returned to Venetian territory but was jailed in Monemvasia.
Murray might mean: Other uses. Murray Monster, a muppet in "Sesame Street"
Untrihexium is a hypothetical speculative chemical element with atomic number 136 and symbol Uth. Due to drip instabilities, it is not known if this element is physically possible.
Smithsonian Channel is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global, featuring content inspired by the Smithsonian Institution's museums. Programming. The channel features original nonfiction programming that covers a wide range of historical, scientific, and cultural topics.
Mana series known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu (lit. The Legend of the Sacred Sword) is an action role-playing video game released by SquareSoft (now Square Enix). The series began with collaborations with "Final Fantasy" series called "Final Fantasy Adventure" ("Seiken Densetsu" in Japan and in Europe called "Mystic Quest") on June 28, 1991. Later after the first game was released, the "Mana" series had a standalone unit with the second installment "Secret of Mana" that was released in 1993 for Game Boy. In 1995, their third installment, "Trials of Mana" was released on Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom, and at last "Legend of Mana" released on PlayStation. A remake of the original game, "Sword of Mana" (2003), was released for Game Boy Advance. All of the main original series were role-playing games, though they included a wide variety of gameplay mechanics, and the stories of the games were connected only thematically. In 2006 and 2007, four more games was released as a part of "World of Mana" subseries, an attempt by Square Enix to release games in a series of variety genres and consoles. These series where the player can play "Childern of Mana" (2006), a dungeon crawler video game released on Nintendo DS. And "Dawn of Mana", an 3D action-adventre game in 2007 for PlayStation 2, and also "Heroes of Mana" (2007) a real-time strategy for the DS. Three more games have been released, after the "World of Mana" subseries ended. "Cirlcle of Mana" (2013), a card-battle game only sale in Japan for the GREE mobile platform, one year later "Rise of Mana" a free-to-play action role-playing game only in Japan for iOS, Android, and PlayStation Vita. The last game "Adventures of Mana" a remake of "Final Fantasy Adventure" released in 2016, for the PlayStation Vita. The "Mana" series has also released other games, such as "Collection of Mana", "Friends of Mana", "Trials of Mana" (2020), and "Echoes of Mana" (2022) the new entry in the "Mana" series to celebrate 30th anniversary.
Moon over Parador is a 1988 American romantic comedy movie directed by Paul Mazursky and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, Lorin Dreyfuss, Dana Delany, Jonathan Winters, Fernando Rey, Sônia Braga, Polly Holliday, and Sammy Davis Jr.. It was distributed by Universal Pictures.  Plot. The story is about an American actor (Richard Dreyfuss) who is asked to impersonate the dictator (Lorin Dreyfuss) of the fictional South American country of Parador, after he dies of a heart attack, by the second man (Raul Julia) so he can take power and become the dictator of Parador himself.
Kohei Saito (born 31 January 1987) is a Japanese philosopher and researcher. He studies the history of economics. He is especially interested in Karl Marx and his philosophy and economics. He is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo. He was one of the winners of 17th Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Prize for 2020. He won the award for his work on "An Ecological Turn in Marxian Economics." His book, "Marx in the Anthropocene : Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism" (人新世のマルクス：脱成長のコミュニズムへの道) became a surprise best-seller. It is especially popular with younger Japanese people. It is part of a new popularity for Marx in Japan.
Timothy Hays David (born 16 March 1996) is an Australian cricketer. He played for the Singapore national cricket team between 2019 and 2020, and has played for the Australia national cricket team since 2022.
Hermina “Miep” van Zweeden-de Vries (born 3 April 1928) is a former Dutch volleyball player. She played with Boemerang, Amsterdam, and the Netherlands women's national volleyball team. In her last year, she played with RVC Rotterdam. She was a player on the earliest Netherlands women's national volleyball team. She represented the Netherlands at the 1949 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 1951 Women's European Volleyball Championship. She was captain of the national team. With Boemerang, she became multiple times national champion in 1951. With RVC she also became national champion in 1960. Biography. De Vries participated at the 1949 Women's European Volleyball Championship, the inaugural European Volleyball Championships. As the national didn’t have at the time on their own shirts, they borrowed the shirts of the national basketball team. Two years later she was also part of the team at the 1951 Women's European Volleyball Championship. In the later years no main international championships held. During these years she competed with the national team at international invitation matches, including against Belgium in January 1953 and in June 1953. Due to an undesirable altitude at a training of the national team in 1953, she was suspended by the Dutch Volleyball Association for two years, just like six other women and five men. In may 1954 the conflict was resolved and the suspension was lifted. The same month she was called-up for the international match against Belgium. In October 1954 she played at the international volleyball tournament (Italy, France, Belgium and the Netherlands) in Paris. In November 1954 she played her 15th international match in the match against Belgium. In February 1955 she played against France. Her last international match was in May 1955 against Belgium.  After the birth of her third child in 1959 she played with RVC Rotterdam. With RVC, where she was one of the key players, she became Dutch Women's Volleyball League champion in 1960. Personal life. De Vries was born on 3 April 1928 in Amsterdam. She married to international volleyball player Jan van Zweeden (1925-2001) on 13 July 1954, who was the brother of the head coach of the women’s team Cees van Zweeden. They had three children.
Osteocephalus planiceps is a frog. It lives in the places around the Amazon River. This is in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. Scientists think it might also live in Brazil. People have seen this frog between 200 and 700 meters above sea level. The adult male frog is 48.0–68.8 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 49.9–84.9 mm long. It is brown, gray-brown, or yellow-brown in color. It has dark brown stripes across its legs. The iris of the eye is bronze in color with black marks. Its bones are green in color. This frog looks for food at night. It lives in forests and open areas. This frog's scientific name "planiceps" comes from the Latin words "planus" for "flat" and "ceps" for "head."
Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April, 1987) is an Indian international cricketer. He is the current captain of the Indian national team. Rohit Sharma is known for his six hitting capabilities and is considered as one of the best white ball cricketers ever.
Musi, or also known as Musai is an Austronesian language spoken by the Musi people. Speakers. Musi people are the indigenous ethnic group native to the Musi regions (the regencies of Musi Banyuasin, Musi Rawas, North Musi Rawas, and Banyuasin)— in the southeastern Sumatra, Indonesia. Musi language is the first language of Musi people who natively lives at the Babat Toman, the Sungai Lilin, the Bayung Lencir, and the Sekayu districts of Musi Banyuasin, also in the Banyuasin III district of Banyuasin Regency. Morphology. Word type. The classification of words in Musi language is not based on the semantics (meaning), but on the basis of their structural characteristics, namely according to their distribution in phrases or sentences. Words that have the same distribution and behavior are grouped into one type of word. Based on the data obtained, words in the Musi language can be grouped into three groups, namely: Word formation process. Word formation in Musi language can occur in three ways, namely: Vowels. In closed syllables, and are realized as and , respectively. Syntax. The analysis of the syntactic structure of Musi language is divided into two main parts, namely the syntactic structure and the sentence type. Syntax structure. The syntactic structure or syntax of Musi language can be divided into four main groups, namely: The description of each of these structures will be clearly seen in the following descriptions. Each structure will be described in detail and the patterns will be illustrated through examples in Musi language's speech. Sample text. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The following texts are the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Musi language along with the original declaration in English. Parable of the Prodigal Son. The following texts are the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Musi language along with its translation in English. Simple conversation. Here are examples of simple conversation in Musi language:
The Palembangnese also known as Palembang Malay ("Baso Palembang") or Musi is an Austronesian language spoken by Palembang Malay in South Sumatra, Indonesia.  It has two separate but mutually intelligible dialect chains: Sari-sari and Jegho. It has become a "lingua franca" throughout major population centers in the province, and is often used polyglossically with Indonesian and other regional languages and dialects in the area. Palembang language is a form of mixed language between the Malay and Javanese. Since parts of South Sumatra used to be under direct Javanese rule for quite a long time, the speech varieties of Palembang and its surrounding area are influenced by the Javanese down to their core vocabularies.
Musi people (Musi: ) are indigenous ethnic group native to the Musi regions (the regencies of Musi Banyuasin, Musi Rawas, North Musi Rawas, and Banyuasin) in the southeastern Sumatra, Indonesia. They speak the Musi language and share common history and culture. Language. Musi language is the first language of Musi people who natively lives at the Babat Toman, the Sungai Lilin, the Bayung Lencir, and the Sekayu districts of Musi Banyuasin, also in the Banyuasin III district of Banyuasin Regency. It is also spoken by the Musi diaspora as the second language in the neighbouring regions; which covering the area of the Banyuasin I, the Banyuasin II and the Talang Kelapa districts of Banyuasin, the Ulu Musi district of Empat Lawang Regency, as well as in the North Musi Rawas Regency generally. Dialects and varieties. Dialectologists identify that there are at least two main dialectical groups of Musi language, namely the Sekayu Musi and Duson Musi.  Sekayu Musi. Eventhough Sekayu classified as part of the Musi languages, however it is not the native language of Musi people, but Sekayu people instead. Sekayu Musi predominantly spoken by the Sekayu people at the Sekayu district of Musi Banyuasin Regency in South Sumatra. Hence, due to its significant differences compared to Musi people in terms of ethnolinguistic historical background, some of Sekayu people disagree with these classification and rather identified their native language as 'Sekayu language' instead. The name of "Sekayu" itself seen (by Sekayu people) as valuable term that shouldn't be mixed with another entity.  Doson Musi. the Doson Musi which literally means "rural". Accordance to its name, the Doson Musi predominantly spoken by Musi people who lived in the rural areas of Musi Banyuasin and Musi Rawas regencies, hence the Doson Musi oftenly seen or regarded as the 'rube' variety of Musi language.
Alluvium is loose earth which sits on top of consolidated sediment (~ rock). It usually consists of loose gravel and clay. Where people live, it is usually covered with "made ground". That is what we call pavements, buildings, and roads. They are the most obvious examples of made ground.  There is a discussion about what other sediment deposits should be included under the term "alluvium".
The Dubai Police Force (Arabic: القيادة العامة لشرطة دبي) is the 17,500 strong police force for the Emirate of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.  Police stations. There are currently eleven Dubai police stations in the city. Patrol cars. The Dubai Police Force has several luxury and high-performance vehicles (to be used in tourist areas), which include: Motorcycles. All of these vehicles are used for patrolling tourist areas. Services. There are 27 stations and they operate 24 hours a day and operate daily, including on weekends and holidays. The stations provide services in six languages, and they provide services in the following categories:
An “Annie” Apperloo-Wichgers (born 1932) is a former Dutch volleyball player. She played with SOS, Utrecht and the Netherlands women's national volleyball team. With SOS she became national champion in 1950. With the Netherlands women's national volleyball team she represented the Netherlands at the 1951 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 1956 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. Wichgers was specialized in services and smashes. Biography. After World War II, Wichers started playing volleyball with SOS in Utrecht. Quickly she became a player in the main team. She was invited to compete with the national team at the 1949 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, the inaugural European Volleyball Championships in Prague. However, her father didn’t wanted her to go, for study reasons. In 1950 she became with SOS Dutch Women's Volleyball League champion. In 1951, with permission of her father, she competed with the national team to the 1951 European championships in Paris. In the later years, no main international championships were held. During these years she competed with the national team at international invitation matches, including in 1953 against Belgium in January and June. Due to an undesirable altitude at a training of the national team in 1953, she was suspended by the Dutch Volleyball Association for two years, just like six other women and five men. In may 1954 the conflict was resolved and the suspension was lifted. The same month she was called-up for the international match against Belgium. In October 1954 she played at the international volleyball tournament (Italy, France, Belgium and the Netherlands) in Paris. In November 1954 she played against Belgium, in February 1955 against France and in May 1955 against Belgium. In 1956 she played with the national team at the 1956 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, the first time the Dutch team competed at the World Championships. At the world championships she played her 25th international match. Personal life. Whichgers was born in 1932. She married Rinus Apperloo (1928-2016).
The 2001 crisis in Argentina is sometimes known as the Argentinazo. () It was a political, economic, social, and institutional crisis. It was fueled by a revolt under the slogan "All of them must go!" (). This led to the resignation of the president of Argentina, Fernando de la Rúa, giving rise to a period of political instability during which five officials exercised the National Executive Power in a few months. This happened within a larger crisis that lasted between 1998 and 2002. It was caused by a long recession that made a humanitarian, social, economic, financial and political crisis. During the crisis, 39 people were killed by state and private security agents. Overview. The trigger for the crisis was the imposition of the "Corralito" on December 2, 2001. It was a government provision that restricted the withdrawal of cash from banks. This was designed by the then Minister of Economy Domingo Cavallo. This had a major impact on the lower class, mostly unbanked, and the middle class, which was strongly restricted in their economic movements. On December 13, the workers' unions declared a general strike, and violent outbreaks began to take place in some cities in the country and in Greater Buenos Aires. They were mainly looting by unemployed and indigent sectors of the population, theft of trucks in the routes, common robberies and street cuts in the cities. The revolt led to a social outburst on the night of December 19, 2001, soon after Fernando de la Rúa announced the establishment of a state of siege. Many people took to the streets throughout the country to express their discontent with the government and political representatives. This lasted all night and the next day, when the order was given to repress the demonstrators, 39 of whom were killed. Most of the people win the protests were self-convened and did not respond to any political party, union or structured social organization.  On December 20 at 7:37 p.m., the president resigned and left the Casa Rosada by helicopter. During the following twelve days there was a high level instability that also led to the resignation of successor president Adolfo Rodríguez Saa.  The social and economic instability, as well as the ignorance of the legitimacy of political representatives, extended in the following years.
Javanesic is a language family belonging to the Javanic of Sundic.  The Javanese language is the main Javanesic language, it spoken mostly on the island of Java with numerous dialects and registers.
Loonatics Unleashed is an American superhero animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation that ran on Kids' WB for two seasons from 2005 to 2007 in the United States.