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Super Mario Kart

***Super Mario Kart*** is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System racing game released first in 1992 and the first main installment for the _Mario Kart_ series, made by Nintendo. It has eight playable characters from the _Mario_ series.

## Characters

- Mario
- Luigi
- Princess Peach
- Yoshi
- Bowser
- Donkey Kong Jr.
- Koopa Troopa
- Toad

## Courses

|Mushroom Cup|Flower Cup|Star Cup|Special Cup|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Mario Circuit 1|Choco Island 1|Koopa Beach 1|Donut Plains 3|
|Donut Plains 1|Ghost Valley 2|Choco Island 2|Koopa Beach 2|
|Ghost Valley 1|Donut Plains 2|Vanilla Lake 1|Ghost Valley 3|
|Bowser Castle 1|Bowser Castle 2|Bowser Castle 3|Vanilla Lake 2|
|Mario Circuit 2|Mario Circuit 3|Mario Circuit 4|Rainbow Road|

## Battle Courses

- Battle Course 1
- Battle Course 2
- Battle Course 3
- Battle Course 4

## Infobox (video game)

- **title**: Super Mario Kart
- **image**: Super-Mario-Kart-Logo.png
- **developer**: Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, Nintendo EAD
- **publisher**: Nintendo
- **series**: _Mario Kart_
- **released**: **Super Nintendo Entertainment System:**
**Player's Choice:**
**Virtual Console (Wii):**
**Virtual Console (Wii U):**
**Virtual Console (New 3DS):**
**Super NES Classic Edition:**
**Nintendo Switch Online:**

- **genre**: Racing game, Racing
- **modes**: Single-player, multiplayer game, multiplayer
- **platforms**: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Console (Wii, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, New 3DS), Super NES Classic Edition, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Online
Isaac

**Isaac** is a figure in Abrahamic religions, one of the three Patriarch<nowiki/>s. He is described in the Bible, in the Book of Genesis (chapters 18-27). He was the son of Abraham and Sarah. God tells them they will have a child but they think they are too old and they laugh. They name the boy Isaac after their laughter.  Isaac marries Rebecca, and is the father of Esau and Jacob.

## Other websites

- Isaac in Catholic Encyclopedia
- Isaac in Jewish Encyclopedia
Sarah

**Sarah** or Sara was the wife and half-sister of Abraham in the Old Testament book of Genesis (Chapters 12-23). They got married in Haran. She was barren for a long period. She had a child with Abraham named Isaac when she was 90. She lived until she was 127, and was buried by Abraham in Hebron. Her name was Sarai but God changed it to Sarah.

_Sarah_ (**also spelled Sara**) is also a popular Hebrew female name in English. It means 'princess'.
Ecclesiastes

**Ecclesiastes** is a book in the Old Testament of the Bible. It is described as "the words of the Philosopher, David's son, who was King in Jerusalem" (verse 1). This is probably Solomon.  The book talks about the meaning of life and the best way to live.

People disagree about what the Book of Ecclesiastes means.  Some people think the book is very pessimistic, saying "all is vain", "there is nothing new under the sun."(Chapter I), and "I looked again at all the injustice that goes on in this world. The oppressed were weeping but no one would help them. No one would help them, because their oppressors had power on their side. I envy those who are dead and gone; they are better off than those who are still alive. But better off than either are those who have never been born." (Chapter 4)  Other people think the book says that even though life is hard and we will all die someday, we should just enjoy God's gifts.

The book finishes by saying: ""Fear God, and keep his commandments; for that is the whole duty of everyone" (12:13).

## Impact

Some of the sayings and ideas in Ecclesiastes have become important in British and American culture.  For example, the saying "there is nothing new under the sun" is often used in the United States.

During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln used a quote from Ecclesiastes in a speech to Congress: "One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever...."  (_"One generation of people dies, and another generation is born, but the world will be here forever."_)

President Joe Biden has also made a brief reference of Ecclesiastes during his winning speech after the 2020 Presidential Election: "To everything there is a season: a time to build, a time to reap, and a time to sow and a time to heal. This is the time to heal in America.”

Famous American writer Thomas Wolfe once said: "Ecclesiastes is the greatest single piece of writing I have ever known, and the wisdom expressed in it the most lasting and profound."

One of the most famous parts of Ecclesiastes is verses 3:1 to 3:8:
> "_To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:_
> _A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;_
> _A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;_
> _A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;_
> _A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;_
> _A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;_
> _A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;_
> _A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace."_

Pete Seeger made a song named _Turn, Turn, Turn!_ that included lines from these verses of Ecclesiastes. The Byrds had an international hit with their version of this song in 1965.
Slim

**Slim** may mean to:

## People

- Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891 – 1970), a British military commander and 13th Governor-General of Australia
- Carlos Slim Helú, Mexican billionaire
- Slim Gaillard, half of the "Slim & Slam" partnership
- Guitar Slim, a famous musician
- Slim Shady, rapper also known as Eminem
- Slim Pickens (1919-1983), American actor and cowboy
- Slim Whitman, a country musician

## Other

- Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, a Japanese space probe
- Slim (movie), a 1937 film of the William Wister Haines novel starring Henry Fonda
- Slim (band), a musical group from Oakland, California
- _Slim_, a 1934 novel by William Wister Haines

- Slim Moon, record maker and musician
- SLiM, a desktop-independent graphical login manager
- **slim**, short linear motif
- SLIM is a slitless spectroscopy simulator programme
- **Slim**, Toronto  radio personality
- SLIM theory of language
- A euphemism for AIDS, often called "slim", especially in Africa, because of the wasting it produces in untreated victims.
Judas Iscariot

**Judas Iscariot** (last name means "Man of Kerioth") was one of the original disciples of Jesus. He is found in all four gospels of the New Testament. He is described as having betrayed Jesus for money, then killing himself. He is said to have been the treasurer for the apostles.

Even though he was one of Jesus' disciples, he helped the chief priests arrest Jesus. Then those priests told the Roman governor to kill Jesus. The priests paid Judas thirty pieces of silver for his help. Later; due to great sense of guilt for betraying Jesus, Judas tried to give back the silver. When he was unable to undo when he had done, he committed suicide.

At the Last Supper, Jesus told his disciples that one of them would betray him. Matthew and Luke wrote that Jesus implied that it was Judas.

While Jesus was praying on the Mount of Olives, Judas brought the priests and their men to him. Then he kissed Jesus, so that the priests could know who he was. Then the priests took Jesus away to be killed. The priests gave Judas money for helping them.

The Gospel of Matthew states that Judas felt guilty that he helped kill Jesus. He tried to give the money back to the priests, but they said it was illegal. So Judas threw the money into the temple, and then hanged himself. Then the priests used the money to buy a graveyard for strangers.

In the book of Acts, Judas used the money to buy a field for himself, but died there a while after. After Judas died, the other disciples chose a man named Matthias to take his place as a new disciple in the group of 12.

## Related pages

The following people were the other apostles of Jesus:
- Andrew
- Bartholomew
- James of Zebedee
- James of Alphaeus
- John
- Jude Thaddeus
- Matthew
- Peter
- Philip
- Simon the Zealot
- Thomas
- Matthias was chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas  following his suicide (Acts 1:18-26)
- Paul became an apostle after Jesus' death, resurrection, and ascension
Pinstripes

**Pin stripes** are a pattern of very thin stripes running in parallel found in cloth.

Although pin stripes are found in mostly in men's suits, any type of fabric can be pin striped. In baseball, the Chicago Cubs baseball uniforms have had pin stripes since 1907 and they are recognized as the first Major League Baseball team to have pin striping onto a baseball uniform. Many other Major League Baseball teams like the Montreal Expos and New York Yankees later put pin stripes on their own uniforms.
Stripe

A **stripe** is a long, straight line of a single color, may mean:

- Candystripe, a pattern of diagonal stripes twisted around a cylinder stereotypically embodied by the candy cane
- Candystriper, a nickname for a female hospital volunteer derived from a formerly common outfit
- Chevron (insignia), sometimes referred to as stripes, a mark of military rank
- Data striping, the segmentation of logically sequential data so that segments can be written to multiple physical devices
- Go-faster stripes, refer to an imitative decoration applied to cars to make them appear to be modified for extra speed
- Magnetic stripe card, a type of card capable of storing data via magnetism
- Red Stripe, a Jamaican lager-style beer whose logo is a bold, diagonal red stripe
- Service stripe, an award in the United States armed forces
- S.T.R.I.P.E. (aka Pat Dugan), a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe
- Striped paint, a classic example of a snipe hunt, a type of prank
- The Candystripes, nickname for Derry City F.C., an Irish football club

In **entertainment**:
- Red Stripe (Flying Pickets), a member of the famous a cappella group The Flying Pickets
- Stripes (film), a 1981 American comedy film
- The White Stripes, a Grammy Award-winning American rock music duo from Detroit
    - The White Stripes (album), the self-titled debut album by American rock band, The White Stripes

In **animals**:
- Green-striped White, a butterfly in the Pieridae family
- Stripe-backed Wren, a bird found in the savannas of northern Colombia and central Venezuela
- Striped bass, a member of the temperate bass family
- Striped Dolphin, an extensively studied dolphin that is found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans
- Striped Hyena, a close relative of the Brown Hyena
- Three-striped Night Monkey, one of several species of owl monkeys
Venus Rising

***Venus Rising*** was a 1995 movie starring Jessica Alba, Henry Bean and Morgan Fairchild.
Child soldier

Children that are actively participating in an armed conflict are called **child soldiers**. There are different definitions. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child says that this affects all who are 15 years or younger, who directly take part in hostilities. The convention dates from 1989. There is an annex protocol, which raises this to 18 years of age. It dates from 2001. It says that regular troop members must be 18 or older, and those who join voluntarily must be 14 or older. Some groups say that people who help armed groups but do not fight, and that are under 18, are also child soldiers. UNICEF, terre des hommes, and Amnesty International also have this view: Everyone who is a combattant, or who helps, and is under 18, is a child soldier. The Cape Town Principles have an even wider definition: Porters, informants, cooks, and girls who have been forcefully prostituted are child soldiers, too. In that way, they get the status of combatants. On the one hand, this legalizes fighting against them. On the other, this gives them rights when they are captured. They have to be treated according to the Geneva Conventions as _prisoners of war_.

## War crime

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court says that recruiting people below the age of 15 is a war crime, and must be prosecuted. Thomas Lubanga was the first person to be tried for this crime at the court in Den Haag. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison and left prison in 2020.

## Numbers

According to a UN source, 300,000 children were actively participating in armed conflicts, in 1996.

It is estimated that between 10% and 30% of child soldiers are girls. Some estimates say that over 40% of the child soldier population are girls. Of the verified cases presented in the 2023 UN Secretary-General report, girls make up 12.3% of all child soldiers recruited or used by armed groups.

## Social groups they are from

Children who are recruited are often from poorer parts of the population. Because of the conflict, they may have been separated from their parents. They are looking for safety and shelter. Often they are refugees. Also, children are often easier to convince than adults.
Paranoid (2000 movie)

***Paranoid*** is a 2000 Indie film, directed by John Duigan, which was made for theatrical release but was later released directly to video. It stars Jessica Alba and Iain Glen.
The Sleeping Dictionary

***The Sleeping Dictionary*** is a 2003 movie by Guy Jenkin.  It was filmed in Sarawak and is set during the British colonial rule in the 1930s.  Jessica Alba and Hugh Dancy were in the movie.
DVD Exclusive Awards

The **DVD Exclusive Awards** is an award that honors direct to video productions.  The awards were first held in 2001. They are awarded by online periodical _Video Business_ and The Digital Entertainment Group. http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6323919.html?text=dvd+exclusive+awards

## Other websites

- Official site
Mekhi Phifer

**Mekhi Thira Phifer** (born December 29, 1974) is an American actor. He was born in Harlem, New York. He played Greg Pratt on NBC's television series _ER_. He won season four of Bravo's _Celebrity Poker Showdown_. He had a recurring role in _Curb Your Enthusiasm_.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1995|_Clockers_|Ronald 'Strike' Dunham||
|_The Tuskegee Airmen_|Lewis Johns|||
|1996|_Girl 6_|Himself|Uncredited cameo|
|_High School High_|Griff McReynolds|||
|1997|_Soul Food_|Lem||
|1998|_Hell's Kitchen _|Johnny||
|1998|_I Still Know What You Did Last Summer_|Tyrell Martin||
|1999|_A Lesson Before Dying_|Jefferson||
|_Uninvited Guest_|Silk|||
|2000|_Shaft_|Trey Howard||
|2001|_Carmen: A Hip Hopera_|Derek Hill||
|_O_|Odin "O" James|||
|_Brian's Song_|Gale Sayers|||
|2002|_8 Mile_|David "Future" Porter||
|_Paid in Full_|Mitch|||
|_Impostor_|Cale|||
|2003|_Honey_|Chaz||
|2004|_Dawn of the Dead_|Andre||
|2005|_Slow Burn_|Isaac Duperde||
|2006|_Puff, Puff, Pass_|Big Daddy||
|2007|_This Christmas_|Gerald||
|2008|_Nora's Hair Salon 2: A Cut Above_|Dr. Terry||
|_A Talent for Trouble_|Mekhi|||
|2009|_A Day in the Life_|King Khi||
|2011|_Flypaper_|Darrien||
|_Last Man Standing_|Jeremy Davis|||
|2012|_The Love Section_|James Johnson||
|2013|_The Suspect_|The Suspect||
|2014|_A Day Late and a Dollar Short_|Lewis||
|_Divergent_|Max|||
|2015|_The Divergent Series: Insurgent_|Max||
|2016|_The Divergent Series: Allegiant_|Max||
|2017|_Chocolate City: Vegas Strip_|Best Valentine||
Imagen Awards

The **Imagen Awards** are awards given to Latin Americans in the movie industry. They are held by the **Imagen Foundation**. This organization is dedicated to recognizing the role of Latin American people in the entertainment industry.

Awards have been made to movie stars like Jessica Alba.

## Other websites

- Imagen Foundation website
The Ten

***The Ten*** is a comedy movie directed by David Wain and cowritten by Ken Marino through ThinkFilm. The movie was released on August 3, 2007. The DVD was released on January 15, 2008.  It stars Jessica Alba.
Meet Bill

***Meet Bill*** (formerly known as _Bill_) is a 2008 comedy movie written and directed by Bernie Goldmann and Melisa Wallick and starring Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba.
Chicago Hope

***Chicago Hope*** is a CBS medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. It took place in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago.
After school special

An **after school special** is a type of American television program intended to be viewed by adolescents when they return home from school, usually at about 4:00 <span style="font-variant:small-caps">pm</span>.  It was started by the American Broadcasting Company in 1972.  Its rival, CBS, also put out an after school special show titled _Schoolbreak Specials_ in 1984.
The Love Boat: The Next Wave

***The Love Boat: The Next Wave*** is an American television series which was based on the ABC sitcom _The Love Boat_. The series aired on UPN from 1998 to 1999.

## Cast

|**Actor**|**Role**|
| --- | --- |
|Robert Urich|Cpt. Jim Kennedy III|
|Phil Morris|Will Sanders|
|Tim Maculan|Donald Griswald|
|Joan Severance|Camille Hunter|

|**Actor**|**Role**|
| --- | --- |
|Corey Parker|Dr. John Morgan|
|Randy Vasquez|Paolo Kaire|
|Kyle Howard|Danny Kennedy|
|Kate McNeil|Pat Kennedy|
ALMA Award

The **American Latino Media Arts Award**, or **ALMA Award** is an award given to Latino performers (actors, film and television directors, and musicians) who promote positive portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment field. In Spanish, _alma_ means spirit or soul.

## Other websites

- Official Site
Entourage (TV series)

***Entourage*** is an Emmy Award-winning HBO original series created by Doug Ellin. It was shown from 2004-2011. It chronicles the rise of Vincent Chase and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City as they navigate the unfamiliar terrain of Hollywood, California. Doug Ellin, Mark Wahlberg, and Stephen Levinson serve as the show's executive producers, and the show's premise is loosely based on Wahlberg's experiences as an up-and-coming movie star.
The Sydney Morning Herald

***The Sydney Morning Herald*** is a newspaper made in Sydney, Australia. It is made by an Australian company called Fairfax, and started on 18 April 1831.Herald, holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia.

### Writers

- Waleed Aly
- Eliza Ashton
- Louisa Atkinson
- Julia Baird
- Lucian Boz
- Mike Carlton
- Anne Davies
- Peter FitzSimons
- Ross Gittins
- Richard Glover
- Peter Hartcher
- Amanda Hooton
- Adele Horin
- H. G. Kippax
- Amy Mack
- Louise Mack
- Roy Masters
- Anne Summers
- Kate McClymont

### Illustrators

- Simon Letch, named as one of the year's best illustrators on four consecutive occasions.

## Other websites

- _The Sydney Morning Herald_ homepage

## Infobox (newspaper)

- **name**: The Sydney Morning Herald
- **logo**: File:The Sydney Morning Herald logo.svg
- **logo size**: 250px
- **motto**: _Independent. Always._
- **type**: Daily newspaper
- **owner**: Nine Entertainment(since 2018)
- **publisher**: Nine Entertainment Co.
- **editor**: Bevan Shields
- **depeditor**: Liam Phelan
- **assoceditor**: Deborah Snow
- **maneditor**: Monique Farmer
- **sportseditor**: Ben Coady
- **photoeditor**: Mags King
- **staff**: 700+
- **language**: English
- **headquarters**: 1 Denison Street, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **readership**: 808,000 _(weekly)_
- **issn**: 0312-6315
- **oclc**: 226369741
Sandpit

A **sandbox** or **sandpit** is a small area filled with sand made for children to play in. Sandboxes are often rectangular with wooden sides. They can be installed in the gardens of homes. Sandpits are also very popular for making sandcastles. However, some animals use them for litter trays. Sandboxes can be found in most elementary schools. They can also be made of plastic, and in different shapes.

## History

German sand gardens were the first children's toys used by the public. They were brought to the United States at an unknown time, in Boston.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

**Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.** is an American company known for publishing the _Encyclopædia Britannica_, the world's oldest encyclopedia, and also the second largest.

## Further reading

- “Encyclopædia Britannica May Refer to ‘For Sale’ to Raise Capital,” _Portland Oregonian_, April 7, 1995
- Richard A. Melcher, “Dusting Off the Britannica,” _Business Week_, October 20, 1997
- Robert McHenry, “The Building of Britannica Online”
- Steve Barth, “Britannica on the Virtual Bookshelf,” Knowledge Management Magazine
- Dorothy Auchter, “The Evolution of Encyclopædia Britannica,” Reference Services Review 27, no. 3: 297

## Other websites

- Company website
- Encyclopædia Britannica Corporate, “Company History”

## Infobox (company)

- **company name**: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
- **company type**: Private
- **foundation**: 1768
- **location**: Chicago
- **key people**: Jacqui Safra (principal owner)
- **industry**: Reference material
- **products**: Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica Online, Merriam-Webster products
- **revenue**: Not reported
- **num employees**: About 400 (300 in Chicago, 100 worldwide)
Batting order (baseball)

- _This article is about baseball. For other meanings, see batting order._

The **batting order**, or **batting lineup**, in baseball is an when nine members of the offense take their turns in batting against the pitcher in an order.  The batting order is decided by the manager before the game begins, although sometimes during games, a player substitutes with another player which means they take the original player's spot. If a team bats out of order, it is a violation of baseball's rules and subject to penalty.  When the whole batting order makes plate appearances (bats against the pitcher) in a single inning, it is called "batting around."

In modern American baseball, some batting positions have nicknames:  "leadoff" for first, "cleanup" for fourth, and "last" for ninth. Others are known only by the ordinal numbers.

## Other websites

- "Elements of the Game: The Batting Order"
Aladdin (movie)

**Aladdin** is the name of several movies.

- Aladdin (1992 movie), a 1992 Disney movie
- Superfantagenio - 1986 movie known as Aladdin in the United States
- Aladdin (2000 movie), a UK made-for-TV movie
Horní Rápotice

**Horní Rápotice** is a village in the Pelhřimov District, Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. About 157 people live there and it has 3.98 km². It was first documented in 1352.
Krásná Hora

**Krásná Hora** is a village in the Havlíčkův Brod District, Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. About 524 people live there. It covers 22.21 km². It was first documented in 1379.
Telegram

A **telegram** (Greek tele: distant and gramma: letter) is a written message transmitted over a distance. Acoustic, optical or electric signals are used to transmit the message. In the case of an electric transmission, the message was carried along wires, and the text written or printed and delivered by hand or teleprinter.

Claude Chappe invented and constructed the first optical telegraph in 1791.  The Gaiss-Wenber telegraph was the first electric telegraph. Carl Friedrich Gauß and Wilhelm Eduard Weber constructed it in Göttingen, in 1833. In 1837, Samuel Morse invented the Morse code, which was also used for telegraphy.His code used dots and dashes, and the device he constructed could output the message on a paper strip. The first such line was constructed in 1844, and ran from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.

Telegrams were very widely used, because private telephones were not usual. Nowadays they are not useful because most people have private telephones and the use of e-mail. The idea was developed by the British Post Office as a service for urgent letters.

## Related pages

- Telegraphy
Mladé Bříště

**Mladé Bříště** is a village in the Pelhřimov District, Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. About 245 people live there. It covers 5.33 km². It was first documented in 1226.
Beluga whale

The **beluga whale** (_Delphinapterus leucas_) is a small toothed whale that is white as an adult. They are found in coastal areas of the Arctic Ocean, and travel south when the sea ice forms.

Belugas belong to the genus Delphinapterus (which means "whale without fins"), and the species _leucas_ (which means "white").

## Name

"Beluga" means _white one_ in Russian. The beluga is also called the white whale, the white porpoise, the sea canary (because of its songs), and the squid hound (because of its diet).

### Body

The beluga's body is stout and has a small, blunt head with a small beak, tiny eyes and thick layers of blubber. Belugas have one blowhole.

On their head, belugas have a round shape called the _melon_. It holds oil, and the whale is able to change its shape. Scientists believe that it has something to do with the whale's echolocation system.

Unlike most other cetaceans, the beluga's seven neck vertebrae are not fused, giving it a flexible, well-defined neck.

### Lifespan

A baby beluga whale, called a calf, is a grey or even brown color when it is born. It will gradually become white over the next five years as it becomes an adult.

A female beluga whale will have one calf every 3 or 4 years. These are born near the coast, often near the entrance to large rivers.  The calfs are fed on milk which is 30% fat.

Belugas grow up to  in length and weigh up to . They usually live for 35 to 50 years of age.  They can dive down to depths of  and stay underwater for as long as 25 minutes.

Polar bears and killer whales are known to hunt beluga whales.

### Pods

Beluga whales live in groups called pods. At their smallest, a pod can contain just three whales. Larger pods can have more than 200 members.

## Diet and teeth

Belugas have 34 teeth. The teeth are not designed for chewing, but for grabbing and tearing prey. They swallow their prey whole.

Belugas are opportunistic feeders, eating a varied diet of fish, squid, crustaceans, octopi, and worms. They are both benthic (bottom) and pelagic (oceanic) feeders (in shallow water).

Belugas sometimes hunt schools of fish cooperatively in small groups.
Beluga

**Beluga** may refer to:

## Animals

- Beluga (sturgeon)
- Beluga whale

## Vehicles

- Airbus Beluga, a large transport airplane
- Airbus BelugaXL, a larger transport airplane
- Beluga-class submarine, a class of Russian SSA diesel-electric submarine
- USS _Beluga_ (SP-536), a United States Navy patrol boat

## Other uses

- Beluga, Alaska
- Beluga (restaurant)
- Beluga caviar, roe of the beluga sturgeon
- Beluga, a type of lentil
- Beluga (vodka), a brand of Russian premium vodka

## Related pages

- _Baby Beluga_, a 1980 album by Raffi
- Beluga School for Life, a Thai educational non-profit organization
- Beluga Shipping, a German company
All-Star Cheer Squad

***All-Star Cheer Squad*** is a rhythm video game by Gorilla Systems Corp. It is made for Wii and Nintendo DS. It is one of several Wii games to use the Wii Balance Board. It is about cheerleading.

The game is THQ's "first original property created specifically for girls".

## Overview

The game follows a year in the life of a cheerleader.  The cheerleader learns new cheers, participates in practices and creates her own routines.  She joins the squad and eventually becomes captain.

The Wii Remote and Nunchuk, along with the Balance Board can be used to perform cheer and dance moves. Cheerleading choreographer Tony G of _Bring It On_ fame acted as chief consultant to the game.

## Sequel

_All Star Cheer Squad 2_ is a sequel to _All Star Cheer Squad_. It was released October 27, 2009.

Players start out as the captain of the Tiger Squad.  The game has an all-new move set that includes real-world aerial stunts, tumbling, formation changes and advanced moves on the Wii Balance Board. Moves can be executed by using two Wii Remotes.

## Infobox (video game)

- **title**: All Star Cheer Squad
- **developer**: Gorilla Systems Corp.
- **publisher**: THQ
- **released**: October 27, 2008
- **genre**: Rhythm game
- **modes**: Single-player, Multiplayer
- **platforms**: Wii, Nintendo DS
Crank That (Soulja Boy)

"**Crank That (Soulja Boy)**" is a song by Soulja Boy (also known as "**Soulja Boy Tell 'em**"). The song has reached number one (meaning it is the most popular song in the country) in the United States  and has entered the top 10 (meaning it is popular, but not popular enough to get to number 1) in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

## Infobox (song)

- **name**: Crank That (Soulja Boy)
- **cover**: Crank That (Soulja Boy) Dance.gif
- **alt**: A man is holding a cellphone to his left ear. He is wearing a jacket with a matching beanie headpiece and black sunglasses. He has an expression of shock on his face. Centred to his top left in orange, capital letter graffiti-like font is the title 'Crank That'. Directly below the title in larger blue font is the name 'Soulja Boy'. The name features stars filling the gaps in the 'o' letters.
- **border**: yes
- **caption**: A man performing the signature dance associated with the song.
- **artist**: Soulja Boy
- **album**: souljaboytellem.com
- **released**: May 2, 2007
- **genre**: Snap music, Snap
- **writer**: Soulja Boy, DeAndre Way
- **producer**: Soulja Boy
ARIA Charts

The **ARIA Charts** are the charts that measure how popular music is in Australia. The charts are created by the Australian Recording Industry Association.

## History

Between 5 October 1966 and 24 August 1974 the Australian Singles and Albums Chart were published by . From May 1974 Kent Music Report began issuing the charts. In June 1988, ARIA became the official Australian music chart, taking over from the , which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. Since February 1997, all physical sales data contributing towards the chart has been recorded electronically at point of sale. From October 2006, digital sales data was integrated into the charts alongside physical sales, although singles were required to have a physical release to be included. From November 2014 streaming data was introduced into the singles chart and the albums chart on from May 2017. On 15 March 2021, it was announced that as of the following Friday, the weekly chart figures would be released at 5pm AEST each Friday, replacing the previous method of releasing them every Saturday. From March 2022, it was announced that chart figures would incorporate YouTube streaming data from logged-in users. From September 2025, a new chart was launched called "On Replay", where singles and albums older than two years will appear.

## Charts

- ARIA Top 50 Singles
- ARIA Top 50 Albums
- ARIA Top 20 Australian Singles
- ARIA Top 20 Australian Albums
- ARIA Top 50 On Replay Singles
- ARIA Top 50 On Replay Albums
- ARIA Top 50 Australian Artist On Replay Singles Chart
- ARIA Top 50 Australian Artist On Replay Albums Chart
- Top 20 New Music Singles

## External links

- ARIA Charts
Golden Rooster Awards

The **Golden Rooster Awards** (; pinyin: Jīn Jī Jiăng) are movie awards given in mainland China.  They are similar to the Academy Awards.  It is called the Golden Rooster Awards because it was the Year of the Rooster in 1981.

The people who get the award receive a statuette in the shape of a golden Rooster. They are picked by a group of movie makers, movie experts, and movie historians. The awards are given by the China Film Association.

At first the movie festival had two events - the Golden Rooster festival and the Hundred Flowers Awards. The two festivals were combined in 1992. Now the Golden Rooster is awarded on odd years and the Hundred Flowers is awarded on even years.

## Other websites

- IMDB Summary for the Golden Rooster Awards
- List of winners

## Infobox (award)

- **name**: Golden Rooster Awards
金鸡奖
- **imagesize**: 250x250px
- **caption**: The Golden Rooster Award
- **awarded for**: Excellence in movies
- **presenter**: China Film Association
- **country**: China
- **year**: 1981
David (name)

**David** [ **dey**-vid ] is a Hebrew name meaning “beloved”. It is derived from the Hebrew word “dod”, which means “beloved”.

The name David is one of the most popular names in the Bible and is associated with the biblical figure of King David, the second king of Israel.

## People

- David Alfaro Siqueiros
- David Ben-Gurion
- David Boreanaz
- David Bowie
- David C. Jewitt
- David Cameron
- David X. Cohen
- David Crosby
- David Davis
- David Gallagher
- David Greenwalt
- David Hilbert
- David Honeyboy Edwards
- David Hume
- David II of Scotland
- David I of Scotland
- David John Moore Cornwell
- David Letterman
- David Livingstone
- David Lloyd George
- David Miliband
- David Mundell
- David Niven
- David Odonkor
- David Ogden Stiers
- David Ortiz
- David Rawlings
- David Schwimmer
- David Selby
- David Silverman
- David Souter
- David Tennant
- David Willetts
- David Woodard

## Actors

- David Duchovny
- David Lynch

## Sports

- David Beckham
- David James (footballer)
Viva la Vida

**"Viva la Vida"** is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It is from their album _Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends_. The song was released as the second single on 25 May 2008.  It was the band's first number one single in both the United Kingdom and the United States.

Coldplay sang the song on _The Simpsons_ episode, "Million Dollar Maybe".

## Composition

"Viva la Vida" is composed in the key of F minor. Its main chord progression is D<sub>5</sub>–A<sub>sus4</sub>/E–A–Fm. The time signature is  and the tempo is around 138 beats per minute. Unlike the then-typical arrangement of Coldplay songs, in which either the guitar or piano is the prominent instrument, the track mostly consists of a string section and a digital piano playing the song's upbeat riff, along with a steady bass drum beat, percussion (including a timpano and a church bell), bass guitar, and Martin's vocals; there is limited use of electric guitar. All the strings are arranged and conducted by violinist Davide Rossi, who is one of the main collaborators of the album. Rossi's strings comprise the main driving force throughout the song, with a strong beginning loop that supports Martin's voice, until the choruses where the symphonic power of the orchestra takes its fullest shape. The prominent chords played by the string section throughout the song (and in the chorus of "Rainy Day", another of the band's songs) are very similar to those used by "Viva la Vida" co-producer Brian Eno in his piece "An Ending (Ascent)", meaning they could have been suggested partially for the song by Eno.

## Infobox (single)

- **name**: Viva la Vida
- **type**: single
- **artist**: Coldplay
- **album**: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
- **b-side**: "Death Will Never Conquer"
- **written**: 2006
- **recorded**: 2007–2008
- **genre**: * Baroque pop
* orchestral pop
* art rock
- **length**: *  (album version)
*  (single version)
*  (radio edit)
- **label**: * Parlophone (world)
* Capitol Records, Capitol (North America)
- **writer**: * Guy Berryman
* Jonny Buckland
* Will Champion
* Chris Martin
- **producer**: * Markus Dravs
* Brian Eno
* Jon Hopkins
* Rik Simpson
- **prev title**: Violet Hill
- **prev year**: 2008
- **next title**: Lost!
- **next year**: 2008
The Curse of Curves

"**The Curse of Curves**" is a song by Cute Is What We Aim For. It is on their album _The Same Old Blood Rush With a New Touch_.

## Infobox (song)

- **name**: The Curse of Curves
- **artist**: Cute Is What We Aim For
- **album**: The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch
- **released**: April 30, 2007
- **recorded**: 2006
- **genre**: Pop punk Emo
- **length**: 3:23
- **label**: Fueled by Ramen
- **prev title**: There's a Class for This
- **prev year**: 2006
- **next title**: Newport Living (song), Newport Living
- **next year**: 2007
Klaxons

**Klaxons** are an English dance/punk band, based in London. Their name comes from the word _klaxon_ which is a type of alarm.

### Albums

- _Myths of the near future_ - 29 January 2007
- _Surfing the Void_ - 31 August 2010

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Klaxons
- **img**: Klaxon mg 6541.jpg
- **img capt**: Jamie Reynolds, James Righton & Simon Taylor-Davis of Klaxons at the Eurockéennes 2007
- **landscape**: Yes
- **background**: group_or_band
- **origin**: London, England
- **genre**: Indie rock, post-punk revival, new rave, psychedelic rock
- **years active**: 2005–present
- **label**: Polydor Records, Polydor, tinyOGRE Entertainment, tinyOGRE, Geffen Records, Geffen, Ed Banger Records, Ed Banger, Modular Recordings, Modular, Angular Recording Corporation, Angular, Merok
- **current members**: Jamie Reynolds
James Righton
Simon Taylor-Davis
Steffan Halperin
- **past members**: Finnigan Kidd
Ecumenical Patriarch

The **Ecumenical Patriarch** is the Patriarch of Constantinople. Today, Constantinople is called Istanbul. He is regarded to be the leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church. He has been generally known as the _Greek Patriarch of Constantinople_. There is also an Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople (which is different). The older of the office is the Archbishop of Constantinople. The office should also not be taken for the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, which no longer exists.

The current Ecumenical Patriarch is Bartholomew I

Orthodox Churches are autocephalous. This means there is a Patriarch for each Church, and there is usually one Church per country. For this reason, the Ecumenical patriarch is primus inter pares (_First among equals_).

## Other websites

- Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
- OrthodoxWiki
- Orthodox Research Institute
- The Orthodox Tradition
- Orthodox Tradition and the Liturgy
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity
- Directory of Orthodox Internet Resources
- Orthodox Library: History, Doctrine, Practices, Saints
- Background information on the Orthodox Church
- Orthodox Life Info Portal: catalog of resources
- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/byzantium/texts/byzpatcp.html
- http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35489.htm
- Lowenstein International Human Rights Center (Yale Law School) on Rights problems at the Patriarchate
- Fuseaction=ContentRecords.ViewDetail&ContentRecord_id=98&Region_id=0&Issue_id=0&ContentType=G&CFID=3285732&CFTOKEN=56116027 United States Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe report on the Patriarchate
- WorldStatesmen- Religious Organisations
- Catholic Encyclopedia on John Faster and Ecumenical Patriarch
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
- PATRIARCHIA.RU
Assyrian Church of the East

The **Assyrian Church of the East**, officially known as the **Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East**, is an Eastern Syriac Christian church.  It is one of the earliest churches to separate from the larger church. It traces its origins to the Episcopal See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, which was started by Saint Thomas the Apostle, as well as Saint Mari and Addai (Thaddeus of Edessa), as shown in the Doctrine of Addai. The church is sometimes known as the "Nestorian Church", the "Syrian Church" or the "Persian Church" and is currently headed by Mar Awa III.

Other names have been given as well, but they are not accurate. One of then is **Assyrian Orthodox Church**, which has led some people to believe that it is part of the Oriental Orthodox community. The church itself does not use the word "Orthodox" in any of its service books or in any of its official correspondence, and it uses no word that can be translated as "correct faith" or "correct doctrine", the rough translation of the word "orthodox". In India, the church is known as the **Chaldean Syrian Church**. In the West, it is often known as the **Nestorian Church**. The church itself believes that the term "Nestorian Church" is incorrect.

The Assyrian Church is the original Christian church in what was once Parthia: eastern Iraq and Iran. Geographically, its influence stretched to China and India in the Middle Ages. A monument found in Xi'an (Hsi-an, originally Chang'an), the Tang dynasty's capital of China, in Chinese and Syriac described the activities of the church in the 7th and the 8th century, and half a millennium later, a Chinese monk went from Beijing to Paris and Rome to call for an alliance with the Mongols against the Mamluks.

Before the Portuguese arrived in India in 1498, they provided "East Syrian" bishops to the Saint Thomas Christians. Patriarch Timothy I (727–823) wrote of the large Christian community in Tibet.

The creators of Assyrian theology are Diodorus of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia. Both taught at Antioch. The standard Christology of the Assyrian Church was written by Babai the Great (551–628) and is clearly different from the accusations of dualism that were directed toward Nestorius. Babai's main Christological work is "Book of the Union" and teaches that the two _qnome_ (Syriac for essences) are unmingled but everlastingly-united in the one _parsopa_ (person) of Christ.

## Other websites

- Assyrian Church of the East - St. Paul's Parish (Orange County, CA)

## Infobox (christian denomination)

- **name**: Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East
- **native name**: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܪܝܐ
- **native name lang**: syc
- **image**: Assyrian patriarchate.jpg
- **imagewidth**: 200px
- **alt**: The Patriarchal see of the Assyrian Church of the East in Erbil, Iraq
- **abbreviation**: ACOE
- **main classification**: Eastern Christian
- **orientation**: Syriac Christian
- **leader title**: Catholicos-Patriarch
- **leader name**: Mar Awa III
- **members**: 400,000+
- **separations**: Chaldean Catholic Church
- **absorbed**: Chaldean Syrian Church
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Status asthmaticus

**Status astmathicus** is a severe form of asthma bronchiale that does not respond to the usual treatments.

## Related pages

- Asthma
Milwaukee Bucks

The **Milwaukee Bucks** are an American professional basketball team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They play in the National Basketball Association. The current franchise owner is a group led by hedge fund managers Wesley Edens and Marc Lasry. They play their home games at the Fiserv Forum, which replaces their home of the last 30 seasons, BMO Harris Bradley Center, for 2018–19 and beyond. They won two NBA championships in 1971 and 2021.

In their 2019–20 season, the Bucks clinched a playoff berth after the team's 56th regular-season game, becoming the fastest team to clinch a playoff spot measured by the number of games played and by the calendar date (February 23) since the NBA changed its playoff format in 1984.

## Other websites

- Milwaukee Bucks Statistics
- Milwaukee Bucks History

## Infobox (basketball club)

- **name**: Milwaukee Bucks
- **current**: 2022–23 Milwaukee Bucks season
- **logo**: Milwaukee Bucks wordmark 2015-current.png
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **conference**: Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern
- **division**: Central Division (NBA), Central
- **history**: **Milwaukee Bucks**
1968–present
- **arena**: Fiserv Forum
- **location**: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- **colors**: Good Land green, Cream City cream, Great Lakes blue, black, white

- **sponsor**: Harley-Davidson
- **owner**: Wes Edens, Marc Lasry, Jamie Dinan, Michael D. Fascitelli, Mike Fascitelli
- **president**: Peter Feigin
- **gm**: Jon Horst
- **coach**: Doc Rivers
- **affiliation**: Wisconsin Herd
- **league champs**: **2** (1971 NBA Finals, 1971, 2021 NBA Finals, 2021)
- **conf champs**: **3** (1971 NBA Playoffs, 1971, 1974 NBA Playoffs, 1974, 2021 NBA Playoffs, 2021)
- **div champs**: **17** (1970–71 NBA season, 1971, 1971–72 NBA season, 1972, 1972–73 NBA season, 1973, 1973–74 NBA season, 1974, 1975–76 NBA season, 1976, 1979–80 NBA season, 1980, 1980–81 NBA season, 1981, 1981–82 NBA season, 1982, 1982–83 NBA season, 1983, 1983–84 NBA season, 1984, 1984–85 NBA season, 1985, 1985–86 NBA season, 1986, 2000–01 NBA season, 2001, 2018–19 NBA season, 2019, 2019–20 NBA season, 2020, 2020–21 NBA season, 2021, 2021–22 NBA season, 2022)
- **ret nums**: **10** (Oscar Robertson, 1, Junior Bridgeman, 2, Sidney Moncrief, 4, Bill Russell, 6, Marques Johnson, 8, Bob Dandridge, 10, Jon McGlocklin, 14, Bob Lanier (basketball), 16, Brian Winters, 32, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 33)
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Pidgin (software)

**Pidgin** (also known as **Gaim**) is a instant messaging client that can work on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. The software can use most instant messaging protocols, which will let the user log into different instant messaging services from one program.

The number of Pidgin users is thought to be more than 3 million in 2007.
Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Pidgin is free software.

## Supported protocols

- .NET Messenger Service
- OSCAR (AIM/ICQ/.Mac)
- XMPP (Jabber, Google Talk)
- Gadu-Gadu
- Internet Relay Chat
- MySpaceIM
- Novell GroupWise
- SILC
- Yahoo! Instant Messenger
- Zephyr
- Lotus Sametime
- Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (only chat at present)
- Bonjour (Apple's implementation of Zeroconf)

## History

The program was made in or before 1999 by Mark Spencer, an Auburn University sophomore. It was made to give the features of AOL Instant Messenger for Linux.

## Naming dispute

The original name was **GAIM**, which stood for **G**TK+ **A**OL **I**nstant **M**essenger. After pressure from AOL, the program was renamed to **gaim**.

However, on April 6 2007, the project development team announced the results of their talks with AOL. This included some name changes: _gaim_ became _Pidgin_, _libgaim_ became _libpurple_, and _gaim-text_ became _finch_.

Due to the legal problems, version 2.0 of the software was stuck in beta stages. Following the talks, it was said that the first official release of Pidgin 2.0.0 was hoped to happen during the two weeks from April 8, 2007.  However, Pidgin 2.0 did not release on time, but on April 22, 2007.

Pidgin 2.0.0 was released on May 3, 2007. This was the first version to be called Pidgin. It also contained a completely new graphics design.

## Other websites

- Pidgin website, with "Planet Pidgin"  (developer blog)
- Pidgin project on SourceForge
- [irc://irc.freenode.net/pidgin #pidgin] on freenode

## Infobox (software)

- **name**: Pidgin
- **logo**: pidgin.svg
- **screenshot**: Pidgin 2.0 contact window.png
- **collapsible**: yes
- **developer**: Sean Egan et al.
- **released**: 1999
- **latest release version**: 2.12.0
- **frequently updated**: yes
- **programming language**: C (programming language), C, C Sharp (programming language), C#, Perl, Python (programming language), Python, Tcl
- **platform**: Cross-platform
- **language**: [http://developer.pidgin.im/l10n/ Multiple languages]
- **genre**: Instant messaging client (computing), client
- **license**: GNU General Public License
- **website**: [http://www.pidgin.im/ www.pidgin.im]
San Diego Padres

The **San Diego Padres** are a Major League Baseball team in San Diego, California. The Padres play their home games in a stadium called Petco Park. They have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998. They lost the World Series both times.

## Team name

The word "padre" means "father" in Spanish, and is also something that Roman Catholics often call priests. The Padres baseball team is named after the "priest" meaning. There had once been a minor league baseball team called the San Diego Padres. The major league team was named for the old team.

## Other websites

- Official Website