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Addax

The **addax** (*Addax nasomaculatus*), forbye kent the **white antelope** an the **screwhorn antelope**, is an antelope o the genus *Addax* that bides in the Sahara desert. It wis first describit bi Henri de Blainville in 1816. As suggestit bi its alternative name, this fauch antelope haes lang, twistit horns - teepically  in females an  in males. Males staun frae  at the shoulder, wi females at . Thay are sexually dimorphic, as the females is smawer than males. The colour o the coat depends on the saison - in the winter, it is greyish-broun wi white hindquarters an legs, an lang, broun hair on the heid, neck, an shouthers; in the simmer, the coat turns naur completely white or sandy blonde.

The addax mainly eats girse an leafs o ony available shrubs, leguminous yerbs an bushes. Thir ainimals is werl-adaptit tae exist in thair desert habitat, as thay can live wioot watter for lang periods o time. Addax fairm herds o 5 tae 20 members, consistin o baith males an females. Thay are led bi the auldest female. 
Due tae its slaw movements, the antelope is an easy prap for its predators: lions, humans, African huntin dugs, cheetahs an leopards. Breedin saison is at its peak durin winter an early ware. The naitural habitat o the addax are arid regions, semideserts an sandy an stony deserts.

The addax is a creetically endangered species o antelope, as classifee'd bi the IUCN. Altho extremely rare in its native habitat due tae unregulated huntin, it is quite common in captivity. The addax wis ance abundant in North Africae, native tae Chad, Mauritanie an Niger. It is extinct in Algerie, Egyp, Libie, Sudan an wastren Sahara. It haes been reintroduced in Morocco an Tunisie.

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Puma (genus)

***Puma*** is a genus in Felidae that contains the cougar (forby kent as the puma, amang ither names) an the jaguarundi, an mey include several puirly kent Auld Warld fossil representatives (for ensaumple, *[[Panthera pardoides|Puma pardoides]]*, or "Owen's panther," a lairge cougar-lik cat o Eurasie's Pleistocene) an aa.

## Species
**[[Cougar|Puma concolor]]* (Linnaeus, 1771)&nbsp;– Cougar
**[[Puma pardoides]]* (Owen, 1846)&nbsp;– Owen's Panther
**[[Jaguarundi|Puma yagouaroundi]]* (Geoffroy, 1803)&nbsp;– Jaguarundi

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Jaguarundi

The **jaguarundi** (*Puma yagouaroundi* syn. *Herpailurus yagouaroundi*), cried **eyra cat** an aa, is a smaa-sized wild cat native tae Central an Sooth Americae. In 2002, the IUCN classified the jaguarundi as 'Least Concern', altho thay considered it likely that na conservation units beyond the megareserves o the Amazon basin could sustain lang-term viable populations. It is probably extinct in Texas. Its presence in Uruguay is uncertain.

In some Spainyie-speakin kintras, the jaguarundi is cried *gato colorado*, *gato moro*, *león brenero*, *[[onza]]*, *tigrillo*, an *leoncillo* an aa. The Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation o its common Inglis an Portuguese name is . It is cried *gato-mourisco*, *eirá*, *gato-preto*, an *maracajá-preto* an aa in Portuguese. Jaguarundi comes frae Auld Tupi *yawaum'di*.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Stock photographs wi a variety o examples from baith coat phases
* Jaguarundi page an photos at bigcatrescue.org
*http://ds.dial.pipex.com/agarman/bco/jundi.htm 
*Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Puma yaguaroundi
*Smithsonian Wild: Puma yagouaroundi 
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Sarcopterygii

The **Sarcopterygii**  or **lobe-finned fish** (frae Greek σαρξ *sarx*, flesh, an πτερυξ *pteryx*, fin) – sometimes considered synonymous wi **Crossopterygii** ("fringe-finned fish", frae Greek κροσσός *krossos*, fringe) – constitute a clade (tradeetionally a class or subclass) o the bony fish, tho a strict cladistic view includes the terrestrial vertebrates. The livin sarcopterygians are the coelacanths, lungfish, an the tetrapods.

## References
Felinae

**Felinae** is a subfaimily o the faimily Felidae, which includes the genera an species leetit belaw. Maist memmers o the *Felinae* are smaa tae middlin cats, altho the group daes include some mair muckle ainimals, sic as the cougar an cheetah.

## Genera

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Cougar

The **Cougar** (*Puma concolor*), forby kent as the **puma**, **muntain lion**, **panther**, or **catamount**, is a muckle cat o the faimily Felidae native tae the Americas. Its range, frae the Canadian Yukon tae the soothren Andes o Sooth Americae, is the greatest o ony muckle wild terrestrial mammal in the Wastren Hemisphere. An adaptable, generalist species, the cougar is foond in maist American habitat kynds. It is the seicont hiviest cat in the Wastren Hemisphere, efter the jaguar. Solitar bi naitur an nocturnal, the cougar is maist closely relatit tae smawer felines an is nearer genetically tae the domestic cat than true lions.

A stalk-an-ambush predator, the cougar pursues a wide variety o prey. Primary fuid soorces include ungulates sic as deer, elk, moose, an bighorn sheep, as weel as domestic cattle, horse an sheep, particularly in the northren pairt o its range. It will hunt species as sma as insects an rodents an aa. This cat prefers habitats wi dense unnerbrush an rocky areas fur stalkin, but can bide in apen areas an aa. The cougar is territorial an survives at law population densities. Individual territory sizes depend on terrain, vegetation, an abundance o prey. Whiles muckle, it isnae always the apex predator in its range, yieldin tae the jaguar, grey wouf, American black beir, an grizzly beir. It is reclusive an uisually avoids fowk. Fatal attacks on humans are rare, but hae been trendin upward in recent yeirs as mair fowk enter thair territory.

Excessive huntin follaein European colonisation o the Americas an the ongangin human development o cougar habitat haes caused populations tae drap in maist pairts o its historical range. In particular, the cougar wis extirpatit in eastren North Americae in the beginnin o the 20t yeirhunner, except fur an isolatit subpopulation in Florida. But, in recent decades, breedin populations hae muived east intae the far wastren pairts o the Dakotas, Nebraska, an Oklahoma. Transient males hae been verified in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, the Upper Peninsula o Michigan, an Illinois, whaur a cougar wis shot in the city limits o Chicago an, in at least ane instance, observit as far east as Connecticut.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Cougar Tracks: Hou tae identify cougar tracks in the wild
* The soond o a cougar screamin 
* Felidae Conservation Fund
* Cougar Rewildin Foundation, formerly "Eastren Cougar Foundation" 
* Eastren Puma Research Network
* The Cougar Network --Uisin Science tae Unnerstaund Cougar Ecology 
* Muntain Lion Foundation – Savin Americae's Lion 
* SaveTheCougar.org : Sichtins o cougars in Michigan
* Fowk an Cougar/Jaguars A Guide for Coexistence 
* The Cougar Fund – Protectin Americae's Greatest Cat. A Definitive Resource Aboot Cougars] Comprehensive, non-profit 501(c)(3) steid wi extensive information aboot cougars, frae hou tae live safely in cougar kintra, tae science abstracts, huntin regulations, state-bi-state cougar management/policy info, an rare photos an videos o wild cougars.
Lynx

A **lynx** (; plural **lynx** or **lynxes**) is ony o the fower species within the *Lynx* genus o medium-sized wildcats. The name "lynx" originatit in Middle Inglis via Latin frae the Greek wird "λύγξ", derived frae the Indo-European ruit "*leuk-", meanin "licht, brichtness", in reference tae the luminescence o its reflective eyes. Thare is considerable confusion aboot the baist way tae classify felids at present, an some authorities classify them as pairt o the genus *[[Felis]]*. 

Neither the caracal, sometimes cried the Persie lynx or African lynx, nor the jungle cat, cried the swamp lynx, is a member o the *Lynx* genus.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* SOS Lynx: Photos, news an information aboot the Iberie lynx in Inglis an Portuguese
* Canadae lynx in the soothren Rockies 
* The Iberian Lynx  The naitural history o the Iberie lynx
* The Naiture Conservatory's Species Profile: Lynx 
* Canadae lynx  (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
* Lynx research in the Bavarie Forest Naitional Pairk 
* Forest Service lynx research – RMRS
* Smithsonian Magazine: Trackin The Elusive Lynx
Caracal

The **caracal** (*Caracal caracal*)  is a middlin wild cat hamelt in Africae, the Middle East, Central Asie, and Indie. 

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Smithsonian Naitional Zoological Pairk: ''Caracal'' 
* The Cederberg Caracal Project
* Feline Conservation Federation: ''Caracal''
Ibeirien lynx

The **Ibeirien lynx** (*Lynx pardinus*) is a endangered species o felid hamelt in the Peninsula o Ibeirie in Soothren Europe. As the maist feck o the Ibeirien lynx's diet is kinnens, it is unable tae signeeficantly alter its diet an, as a result, its population declined shairply whan its main prey wis decimatit bi twa diseases in the 20t century. It wis affectit bi the loss o scrubland, its main habitat, tae human development an aa. It is nou ane o the maist endangered cat species in the warld. Accordin tae the conservation group SOS Lynx, if the Ibeirien lynx dee'd oot, it wad be the first feline species tae acome extinct syne prehistoric times. Captive breedin an reintroduction programs hae boostit thair nummers. As o 2013, Andalusie haes a population o 309 leevin in the wild.

Formerly considered a subspecies o the Euraisien lynx (*Lynx lynx*), the Ibeirien lynx is nou classified as a separate species. Baith species occurred thegither in central Europe in the Pleistocene epoch, bein separatit bi habitat choice.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Lairge Carnivore Initiative for Europe – Iberian lynx
* Programa de Conservación Ex-Situ Offeecial Spainyie govrenment page
*ARKive – Images an movies o the Iberian lynx ''(Lynx pardinus)'' 
*The naitural history o the Iberian lynx 
* Lynx in vertebradosibericos.org
* WWF species profile: Iberian lynx 
* Lynx pardinus in Naturdata
Canis

***Canis*** is a genus conteenin seiven tae 10 extant species, includin dugs, gray woufs, coyotes, an jackals, an mony extinct species.

## References
Cheesecake

**Cheesecake** is a sweet dish conseestin primarily o a mixtur o saft, fresh cheese (nae always cream cheese), eggs, an succar; eften on a crust or base made frae grushed cuikies or graham crackers, pastry or spoonge cake. It mey be bakit or unbakit. Cheesecake is uisually sweetened wi succar an mey be flavoured or tappit wi fruit, whipped cream, nits, fruit sauce an/or chocolate. Cheesecake can be prepared in mony flavours, sic as straeberry, pumpkin, key lime,  or taffee. 

Cheesecake is uisually sert as a dessert.

## References
Cycas revoluta

***Cycas revoluta*** (**king sago**, **sago cycad**, **Japanee sago palm**), is a species o gymnosperm in the faimily Cycadaceae, hamelt tae soothren Japan. Cycads are nae closely relatit tae the true palms (Arecaceae).

## References

## Freemit airtins
*MicrosporophyllMacrosporophyllSeedsVideos  - Flavon's Wild yerb an Alpine plants
Complete Savages

**Complete Savajes** is an American sitcon that wis bruadcast on ABC frae September 2004 tae Juin 2005. The shaw wis creatit bi Mike Scully an Julie Thacker. It wis cancelled efter its first saison due tae law rattins.

## Cast
* Keith Corradine as Nick Savaje
* Shaun Sipos as Jack Savaje
* Erick von Detren as Chris Savaje
* Andrew Eider as Sam Savaje
* Jason Dolley as T.J Savaje

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Read It and Weep

***Read It and Weep*** is a 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie which premiered on Julie 21, 2006. It is based on the novelle *How My Private, Personal Journal Became A Bestseller* bi Julia DeVillers. Sisters Kay an Danielle Panabaker starn as Jamie Bartlett an her alter ego Isabella (Iz or Is), respectively. Baith sisters hae starred in previous Disney Chainel films: Kay in *[[Life Is Ruff]]* (2005), an Danielle in *[[Stuck in the Suburbs]]* (2004), lik *Read It and Weep*, those films an aa premiered in Julie in thair respective years.

## Cast
* Kay Panabaker as Jamie Bartlett
* Danielle Panabaker as Isabella "IS"
* Alexandra Krosney as Harmony
* Marquise Brown as Lindsay
* Allison Scagliotti as Sawyer "Myrna" Sullivan
* Jason Dolley as Connor Kennedy
* Chad Broskey as Marco Vega
* Tom Virtue as Ralph Bartlett
* Connie Young as Peggy Bartlett
* Robin Riker as Diana
* Nick Whitaker as Lenny Bartlett
* Falisha Fehoko as Jennifer #1
* Malinda Money as Jennifer #2
* Joyce Cohen as Miss Gallagher
* Paisley Van Patten as Amber Tiffany

## Freemit airtins
* *[http://www.ultimatedisney.com/readitandweep.html Read It and Weep]* at Ultimate Disney
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1996

**1996** (**[[Roman numerals|MCMXCVI]]**) wis a leap year that stairtit on a Monanday. In the Gregorian calendar, it wis the 1996t year o the Common Era or o Anno Domini; the 996t year o the 2nt millennium; the 96t year o the 20t century; an the 7t o the 1990s.

## See awso
* :Category:1996 births
*:Category:1996 daiths
*:Category:1996 in muisic
*:Category:1996 albums
*:Category:Muisical groups established in 1996
*Years o the XIXt an XXt centuries
Ka (Cyrillic)

**Ka** (К&nbsp;к; italics: *К&nbsp;к*) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. 

It commonly represents the voiceless velar plosive , like the pronunciation o ⟨k⟩ in "**k**eeng".

## History
The Cyrillic letter Ka wis derived frae the Greek letter Kappa (Κ&nbsp;κ).

In the Early Cyrillic alphabet its name wis  (*kako*), meanin "as".

In the Cyrillic numeral seestem, Ka haed a value o 20.

## Fairm
The Cyrillic letter Ka leuks very similar, an corresponds tae the Latin letter K but, as wi maist Cyrillic letters, the lawercase fairm is simply a smawer version o the uppercase. Cyrillic Ka is generally differentiatit frae its Latin an Greek coonterpairts bi drawin its diagonal spurs wi curves instead o straicht lines.

## Uisage
In Roushie, the letter Ka represents the plain voiceless velar plosive  or the palatalized ane ; for example, the wird *короткий* (*"short"*) contains baith the kinds: [kɐˈrotkʲɪj]. The palatalized variant is pronounced when the follaein letter in the wird is *[[ь]]*, *[[е]]*, *[[ё]]*, *[[и]]*, *[[ю]]*, or *[[я]]*.
 
In Macedonie it always represents the soond /k/.

## Relatit letters an ither similar characters
*Κ κ/ϰ : Greek letter Kappa
*K k : Latin letter K

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Perciformes

**Perciformes**, cried the **Percomorphi** or **Acanthopteri** an aw, are the lairgest order o vertebrates, containin aboot 40% o aw bony fishes.  Perciformes means "perch-like". Thay belang tae the class o ray-finned fish, an comprise ower 10,000 species foond in almaist aw aquatic environments. The order contains aboot 160 faimilies, which is the maist o ony order within the vertebrates. It is the maist variably sized order o vertebrates an aw, rangin frae the  *[[Schindleria brevipinguis]]* tae the  *[[Makaira]]* species. Among well-kent members o this group are cichlids, sunfish/bluegill, damselfish, bass, an perch.

## References
Sequoiadendron giganteum

***Sequoiadendron giganteum*** (**giant sequoia**, **giant reidwid**, **Sierra reidwid**, **Sierran reidwid**, or **Wellingtonia**) is the sole livin species in the genus *[[Sequoiadendron]]*, an ane o three species o coniferous trees kent as reidwids, classified in the faimily Cupressaceae in the subfaimily Sequoioideae, thegither wi *[[Sequoia sempervirens]]* (coast reidwid) an *[[Metasequoia|Metasequoia glyptostroboides]]* (dawn reidwid). The common uise o the name "sequoia" generally refers tae *Sequoiadendron giganteum* which occurs naiturally anly in groves on the wastren slopes o the Sierra Nevada Muntains o Californie. It is named efter Sequoyah (1767–1843), the inventor o the Cherokee syllabary. 

## References

## Freemit airtins

* ARKive: ''Sequoiadendron giganteum'', arkive.org
* Arboretum de Villardebelle - photos o cones & shuits wi phenology notes, pinetum.org
* Giant Sequoia Fire History in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite Naitional Pairk , nps.gov
* Save-the-Redwoods League, savethewoods.org
* "Sequoias of Yosemite National Park" 1949 bi James W. McFarland
* Redwoodworld.co.uk giant reidwids in the U.K.
* Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California (1862) – The Mammoth Trees Of Calaveras, yosemite.ca.us
* Short radio episode Woody Gospel Letter in that John Muir extols "King Sequoia" frae *The Life and Letters of John Muir*, 1924. California Legacy Project.
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* Conifers Around the World: Sequoiadendron giganteum - Giant Sequoia.
* Giants of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, On *YouTube* bi Sequoia Parks Conservancy
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Sequoia sempervirens

***Sequoia sempervirens*** is the sole livin species o the genus *[[Sequoia (genus)|Sequoia]]* in the cypress faimily Cupressaceae (formerly treatit in Taxodiaceae). Common names include **coast reidwid**, **Californie reidwid**, an **giant reidwid**. It is an evergreen, lang-leeved, monoecious tree livin 1200–1800 years or mair. This species includes the tawest trees livin nou on Yird, reachin up tae  in hicht (wioot the ruits) an up tae  in diameter at breast hicht. Afore commercial loggin an clearin began bi the 1850s, this massive tree occurred naiturally in an estimatit  alang much o coastal Californie (excludin soothren Californie whaur rainfaw is nae sufficient) an the soothwastren corner o coastal Oregon within the Unitit States.  An estimatit 95% or mair o the oreeginal auld-growth reidwid forest haes been cut doun, due tae its excellent properties for uise as lumber in construction.

The name **sequoia** sometimes refers tae the subfaimily Sequoioideae, which includes *S. sempervirens* alang wi *[[Sequoiadendron]]* (giant sequoia) an *[[Metasequoia]]* (dawn reidwid). On its awn, the term **reidwid** usually refers tae the coast reidwid, which is covered in this airticle, an nae tae the ither twa species.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Institute for Reidwid Ecology Includes photo gallery, canopy views, epiphytes, an arboreal ainimals
* Complete Tawest Redwoods Leet Sponsored bi the Taw Trees Club
* Coast Reidwids - Lairgest & Tawest Photos an Info for Lost Monarch, Del Norte Titan, Stratosphere Giant, Hyperion an mair.
* Gymnosperm Database - Sequoia sempervirens champions
* US Naitional Pairk Service Redwood
* Muir Wids Naitional Monument
* Save the Reidwids League Non-profit organization: eddication, protection an restoration
* Sempervirens Fund Non-profit organization
* ICT Int. Gallery  sensors installation bi Dr. Stephen Sillet & team
* Bury Me in Reidwid Kintra  Documentary film aboot coast reidwids
* Humboldt Reidwids State Pairk (CA) Humboldt Reidwids Interpretive Association
* Preston, Richard. "Climbin the Reidwids" - 2/14-21/2005 New Yorker airticle aboot reidwids an climbin.
* Mair aboot ''Sequoia sempervirens'':
* ''Popular Science'', November 1943, ''Saga o the Reidwids''
Kurume

is a ceety in Fukuoka Prefectur, Japan.

The ceety haes an estimatit population o 303,277 an a population densitie o 1,319.51 persons per km². The tot aurie is 229.84&nbsp;km².

The ceety wis foondit on 1 Aprile 1889.

## Mergers
On 5 Februar 2005, the follaein fower touns mergit intae Kurume: the toun o Kitano frae Mii Destrict, the touns o Jōjima an Mizuma frae Mizuma Destrict, an the toun o Tanushimaru frae Ukiha Destrict.

## Tradeetional products
Tradeetional products o Kurume are the , roughly woven indigo dyed cloth; pork soup (*tonkotsu*) *[[ramen]]* noodles; an trays an bowls made frae , a composite made frae lacquered bamboo.

In 2010, Kurume hostit the Internaitional Camellia Conference.

## Universities
* Kurume University
* Kurume University Hospital

## Notable fowk
Famous fowk frae Kurume include: the faimily o the Bridgestone Tire Corporation (Shojiro Ishibashi), George Shima (the "Potato Keeng" o Californie), the pop group Checkers, the sangster an actress Seiko Matsuda, anime creator Leiji Matsumoto, the telly celebrity, Rena Tanaka, actor Ryo Ishibashi, actor Susumu Fujita an the late Izumi Sakai o Zard. The Bridgestone Tire Corporation haes its oreegins in Kurume as tradeetional fuitwear manufacturers, producin the sock-lik shae (*[[Jika-tabi|tabi]]*), uised bi fermers. Thay foond that bi coatin the bottom o *tabi* wi rubber, fermers coud be protectit frae the invasion o parasitic wirms that live in rice paddies.

## Freemit airtins
 
* Kurume offeecial wabsteid 
* Kurume offeecial wabsteid
Taishu-kai

The  is a yakuza organisation based in Fukuoka Prefectur on the Kyushu island o Japan, wi a estimatit 180 active members.

## History
The Taishu-kai wis formit aroond 1954 unner the name  bi , a minewirker who became the first preses. The Ota Group wis later renamit the , an again renamit the "Taishu-kai" in Mey 1973. Yoshihito Tanaka (or Yoshito Tanaka) succeedit Ota in Dizember 1991.

## Condeetion
Heidquairtered in Tagawa, Fukuoka, the Taishu-kai is ane o the five independent Fukuoka-based designatit yakuza syndicates, alang wi the Kudo-kai, the Dojin-kai, the Fukuhaku-kai an the Kyushu Seido-kai.

The Taishu-kai is a member o an anti-Yamaguchi-gumi fraternal federation, the "Yonsha-kai", alang wi the Kitakyushu-based Kudo-kai, the Kurume-based Dojin-kai an the Kumamoto-based Kumamoto-kai.

## Preses
*1st: Kuniharu Ota
*2nt: Yoshi(hi)tae Tanaka
*3rd: Raitaro Oma
*4t: Hiroshi Hidaka

## References
Lemland

**Lemland** is a municipality o Åland, an autonomous territory o Finland.

The municipality haes a population o  () an covers a aurie o  o which  is watter. The population densitie is .

The municipality is unilingually Swadish.

## History

The kirk in Lemland wis biggit in the 13t century an haes waw paintins frae the 14t century. The kirk is dedicatit tae Bridget o Swaden.

Durin the Finnish War in 1808 the Swadish king Gustav IV Adolf haed his heidquairters in the Lemland parsonage.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Municipality o Lemland – Offeecial wabsteid
Lumparland

**Lumparland** is a municipality o Åland, an autonomous territory o Finland. It is the smawest municipality on mainland Åland.

The municipality haes a population o  () an covers a aurie o  o which  is watter. The population densitie is . The municipality is unilingually Swadish.

The main veelage is Klemetsby, whaur thare is a bank, a kirk, a post office an a schuil. Klemetsby is  awa frae Mariehamn. The ferry port o Långnäs is situatit in the eastren pairt o Lumparland.

Lumparland wis the last municipality in Finland tae establish its awn wabsteid which happened in 2004.

The municipality haes previously been kent as "'Lumparlanti" in some Finnish documents an aw, but is the day referred tae as "Lumparland" in Finnish an aw.

## Sichts
The **Kirk o Lumparland**, dedicatit tae St. Andra, is the auldest survivin firthen kirk in Åland, datin back tae the 1720s. Inside the kirk, the altar paintin is the work o Victor Westerholm. Thare is a miniatur ship frae 1836 inside the kirk an aw.

## Geogrfie
Lumparland borders the eastren edge o a billion-year-auld nine-kilometre wide watter filled impact crater, Lumparn, which is devoid o islands.

Lumpokasen () is the heichest point in the municipality.

## Economie
Agricultur an tourism are the maist important lines o business in Lumparland.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Municipality of Lumparland  – Offeecial wabsteid
* Map o Lumparland municipality
Koga, Fukuoka

is a ceety locatit in Fukuoka Prefectur, Japan. It is north east o Fukuoka.

As o 2009, the ceety haes an estimatit population o 58,250. The population densitie is aboot 1,383 persons per km². The total aurie is 42.11 km².

The ceety wis foondit on 1 October 1997. Koga Station is on the Kagoshima main line.

## Freemit airtins

* Koga offeecial wabsteid
Koga

**Koga** mey refer tae:

* Koga (surname)
* Kōga-ryū, a schuil o ninjutsu
* Koga clan, Japanese clan

## Places
### Japan
* Koga, Ibaraki (古河)
* Koga, Fukuoka (古賀)
* Koga Domain

### Ither places
* Koga, Tanzanie, a toun in Tanzanie an aw
* Koga (crater) on Mars

## See an aw
* Koka (disambiguation)
* Kouga (disambiguation)
* KOGA (disambiguation)
Miyama

is a ceety locatit in Fukuoka Prefectur, Japan. The ceety wis foondit on Januar 29, 2007, frae the merger o the toun o Takata, frae Miike Destrict, an the touns o Setaka an Yamakawa, baith frae Yamato Destrict.

As o 31 Dizember 2006, the ceety haes a population o 43,696 an the densitie o 415.68 persons per km². The tot aurie is 105.12&nbsp;km².

## Freemit airtins

* Miyama offeecial wabsteid
Tagawa

is a ceety locatit in Fukuoka, Japan.

As o 31 Mey 2011, the ceety haes an estimatit population o 51,128, wi 24,348 hoosehaulds an a population densitie o 937.78 fowk per km². Its total aurie is 54.52&nbsp;km².

The ceety wis foondit on 3 November 1943.

Tagawa wis historically a coal minin ceety, an is easily recognizable bi its twa tall chimneys locatit near Tagawa-Ita (田川伊田駅).  Currently active industries in Tagawa include limestane an cement production.  Tirol (チロル) miniatur chocolates are manufactured in Tagawa.  The TRIAL Kyushu warehoose is locatit in Ita-machi, an services TRIAL discount stores in aw prefecturs in Kyushu.

Tagawa is servicit bi twa main JR stations, Tagawa-Ita (田川伊田) an Tagawa-Gotōji (田川後藤寺). These stations provide transport links tae Kokura, Hita, an Shin-Iizuka via the Hitahikosan Line (日田彦山線) an Gotōji Line (後藤寺線). In addeetion, the private rail company Heisei Chikuho Railway Line (terminal points: Yukuhashi an Nōgata) maks major stops at baith Tagawa-Ita an Tagawa-Gotōji.

## Freemit airtins

* Tagawa offeecial wabsteid in Japanese
* Google Map of Tagawa
Wakamiya, Fukuoka

wis a town located in Kurate Destrict, Fukuoka, Japan.

As o 2003, the toun haed an estimatit population o 9,889 an a densitie o 113.02 persons per km². The total aurie wis 87.50 km².

On 11 Februar 2006 Wakamiya wis mergit wi the toun o Miyata, frae Kurate Destrict an aw, tae form the new ceety o Miyawaka.

## Freemit airtins
* Miyawaka offeecial wabsteid
Miyawaka

is a ceety locatit in Fukuoka, Japan. The ceety wis foondit on 11 Februar 2006, frae the merger o the touns o Miyata an Wakamiya, baith frae Kurate Destrict.

As o Februar 2007, the ceety haes a population o 31,296 an the densitie o 223.56 persons per km². The total aurie is 139.99&nbsp;km².

Toyota Motor Kyushu is based in Miyawaka,https://archive.today/20130218204058/www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T120209006177.htm?from=rss&ref=dyolwsj an build Lexus models. 

## Freemit airtins

* Miyawaka offeecial wabsteid
Chiquihuitlán de Benito Juárez

**Chiquihuitlán de Benito Juárez** is a toun an municipality in Oaxaca in sooth-wastren Mexico. The municipality covers a aurie o 38.3 km². 
It is pairt o Cuicatlán Destrict in the north o the Cañada Region.

As o 2005, the municipality haed a total population o 2,368.

## References
Ryo Ishibashi

is a Japanese actor an internaitional celebrity. He is kent aroond the warld for his roles in the classic Japanese Horror films *[[Suicide Club (film)|Suicide Club]]* an *[[Audition (1999 film)|Audition]].* He is recognisit in Americae for his role as Nakagawa in *[[The Grudge]]* an *[[The Grudge 2]]*.

Ishibashi wis born in Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyūshū, Japan. He stairtit his career bi stairtin his awn baund cried the ARB (Alexander Ragtime Band) in 1977. The baund made their debut in 1978, an made ower a dozen albums till they breuk up in 1990. Recently, Ishibashi haes resumit his muisical activity an re-formit ARB wi a album, *Real Life* in 1998. In 1986, Ishibashi made his movie debut in the film *A-Hômansu* in which ARB's 13t single "After 45" wis used as its theme sang. Ryo Ishibashi haes been concentratin on his actin career, an haes appeared in several movies ootside his native kintra Japan, an became an internaitionally recognisit celebrity.

He wan the awaird for Best Actor at the 11t Yokohama Film Festival for *[[A Sign Days]]*.

Ishibashi haes been marriet tae Mieko Harada syne 1987 an haes three childer.

## Filmografie
* *[[A Homansu]]* (1986)
* *[[A Sign Days]]* (1989)
* *[[American Yakuza]]* (1993)
* *[[Blue Tiger (film)|Blue Tiger]]* (1994)
* *[[Natural Woman (film)|Narural Woman]]* (1994)
* *[[Back to Back (1996 film)|Back to Back]]* (1996)
* *[[Kids Return]]* (1996)
* *[[Audition (1999 film)|Audition]]* (1999)
* *[[Brother (2000 film)|Brother]]* (2000)
* *[[Suicide Club (film)|Suicide Club]]* (2002)
* *[[Moon Child (2003 film)|Moon Child]]* (2003)
* *[[The Grudge]]* (2004)
* *[[The Grudge 2]]* (2006)
* *[[Shamo (film)|Shamo]]* (2007)
* *[[War (2007 film)|War]]* (2007)
* *[[Ace Attorney (film)|Gyakuten Saiban]]* (2012)

## References

## Freemit airtins
* 
* Ryo Ishibashi Offeecial Wabsteid 
* Ryo Ishiabshi Offeecial Wabsteid
Che (Cyrillic)

**Che** or **Cha** (Ч&nbsp;ч; italics: *Ч&nbsp;ч*) is a letter o the Cyrillic script.

It commonly represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate , like the pronunciation o ⟨ch⟩ in "**ch**ynge".

In Inglis, Che is uisually romanized as ⟨ch⟩, or sometimes as ⟨tch⟩, as in French. In linguistics it is transcribit as ⟨č⟩. Thus Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's surname (Чайковский in Roushie) mey be transcribit as *Chaikovsky* or *Čajkovskij*.

## History
The name o Che in the Early Cyrillic alphabet wis  (*črvĭ*), meanin "worm".

In the Cyrillic numeral seestem, Che haed a value o 90.

## Uisage
### Slavic leids
In aw Slavic leids which uise Cyrillic, except Roushie, Che represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate .

### Roushie
In Roushie, Che uisually represents the voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate . Thare is a smaa nummer o wirds whaur it represents  (similar tae Inglis tae ⟨sh⟩  in "**sh**ape"); e.g. .

### Zhuang
Che wis uised in the Latin Zhuang alphabet frae 1957 tae 1986 tae represent the fowert (fawin) tone, acause o its similarity tae the numeral 4. In 1986, it wis replaced bi the Latin letter X.

## Relatit letters an ither similar characters
*Č č : Latin letter C wi caron 
*Ç ç : Latin letter C wi cedilla
* : Cyrillic letter Che wi descender
* : Cyrillic letter Che wi diaeresis
* : Cyrillic letter Che wi vertical stroke
* : Cyrillic letter Cche

## Computin codes

## Freemit airtins
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Tübingen

**Tübingen** () is a tradeetional university toun in  central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situatit  sooth o the state caipital, Stuttgart, on a ridge atween the Neckar an Ammer rivers. About one in ten fowk livin in Tübingen is a student.

## Internaitional relations

Tübingen is twinned wi:

In November 2009 Tübingen's ceety cooncil votit tae enter intae talks wi the ceety o Moshi in Tanzanie, wi the aim o Moshi becomin Tübingen's eleivent twin ceety.

For their commitment tae their internaitional pairtnership, the Cooncil o Europe awairdit the Europe Prize tae Tübingen an Aix-en-Provence in 1965. The ceety's dedication tae a European unnerstaundin is reflectit in the namin o several streets an squares an aw, includin the lairge *Europaplatz* (Europe Square) ootside the railwey station.

## References
;Notes

## Freemit airtins

* Ceety's offeecial wabsteid
Tübingen (destrict)

**Tübingen** is a destrict (*[[Destricts o Germany|Kreis]]*) in the middle o Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neebourin destricts are (frae north clockwise) Böblingen, Reutlingen, Zollernalbkreis an Freudenstadt.

## History
The destrict dates back tae the *Oberamt Tübingen* in the state o Württemberg. In 1811 the *Oberamt Rottenburg* wis creatit, an baith wur convertit intae destricts in 1934. In 1938 maist o the destrict Rottenburg as well as a few municipalities frae the destrict Herrenberg and Reutlingen wur addit tae the destrict Tübingen. In 1974 it wis enlargit again when some municipalities frae the dissolvit destrict Horb wur addit.

## Geografie
The main river in the destrict is the Neckar. The landscapes covered bi the destrict are cried *Oberer Gäu* an *[[Schönbuch]]*.

## Coat o airms

## Touns an municipalities

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial wabsteid (German)
Starzach

**Starzach** is a municipality in the destrict o Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Starzach is locatit aboot 20 kilometres soothwast frae Tübingen.

## References
Tübingen (region)

**Tübingen** is ane o the fower admeenistrative regions (Regierungsbezirke) o Baden-Württemberg, Germany, locatit in the sooth-east o the kintra. It covers maist o the German shore o Loch Constance (*Bodensee*), an the beginnin o the Danube River glen an aw. It is sub-dividit intae the three regions (*Regionalverband*): Neckar-Alb, Donau-Iller an Bodensee-Oberschwaben. Donau-Iller includes three destricts an ane ceety o Bavarie an aw.

## References

## Freemit airtins
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Stuttgart (region)

**Stuttgart** is ane o the fower admeenistrative destricts (Regierungsbezirke) o Baden-Württemberg, Germany, locatit in the north-east o the state o Baden-Württemberg, in the soothwastren pairt o Germany.It is sub-dividit intae the three regions: Heilbronn-Franken, Ostwürttemberg an Stuttgart.

The destricts o Böblingen, Esslingen, Ludwigsburg, Rems-Murr an Göppingen form wi the ceety o Stuttgart the Verband Region Stuttgart wi a directly electit regional assembly (Regionalversammlung).

## References

## Freemit airtins
*
Sigmaringen (destrict)

**Sigmaringen** is a destrict (*Kreis*) in the sooth o Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neebourin destricts are (frae north clockwise) Reutlingen, Biberach, Ravensburg, Bodensee, Constance,
Tuttlingen, an Zollernalbkreis.

## History
The aurie o the destrict wis awned bi several different states historically. afore 1800 it wis split atween mony minor rulers, then it became the border aurie atween the Baden an Württemberg, an embeddit in atween wis the duchy Sigmaringen.

The duchy Sigmaringen became pairt o Kinrick o Proushie in 1849, at that time it haed the *Oberamt Sigmaringen* an the *Oberamt Gammertingen*. Baith wur mergit intae the *Landkreis Sigmaringen* in 1925. In 1973 the destrict wis enlairgit bi addin municipalities frae the neebourin destricts  Saulgau, Stockach, Überlingen an Reutlingen. A roughly equal portion o the destricts aurie came frae aw the three historic states.

## Geografie
The destrict is locatit in the muntains o the Swabian Alb, Linzgau an Upper Swabie.

## Coat o airms

## Touns an municipalities

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial wabsteid (German)
Reutlingen (destrict)

**Reutlingen **, elk-namit "Das Tor zur Schwäbischen-Alb" ("The Swabie Alb Gate"), is a destrict (*Kreis*) in the middle o Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The umwhile free imperial ceety (till 1802) reached the limit o 100,000 residents in 1989. It is the nint biggest ceety o Baden-Württemberg. The neebourin destricts are (frae north clockwise) Esslingen, Göppingen, Alb-Donau, Ostalbkreis, Biberach, Sigmaringen, Zollernalbkreis an Tübingen.

## History
The destrict dates back tae the *Oberamt Reutlingen*, which wis creatit in 1803 when the previously free imperial ceety Reutlingen became pairt o Württemberg. In 1934 it wis convertit intae the destrict, in 1938 the destrict Urach wis dissolvit an split atween the destricts Reutlingen an Münsingen. In 1973 the destrict Münsingen wis dissolvit, an maist pairt wis mergit intae the destrict Reutlingen. A few municipalities frae the destricts Tübingen, Saulgau, Sigmaringen an Nürtingen wur addit an aw.

## Geografie
The destrict is locatit in the Swabie Alb (*Schwäbische Alb*). In the sooth it amaist touches the river Danube.

## Pairtnerships
The destrict haed a friendship wi the Czech destrict Chrudim. In 2002 the Czech destricts wur reformit an the region Pardubice became the successor o the destrict Chrudim.

The destrict haes a friendship wi the Italian
Province o Parma an aw, as well as the destrict Sächsische Schweiz in the Free State o Saxony.

## Coat of arms

## Ceeties an touns

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial wabsteid  (German)
Dulce Pontes

**Dulce José Silva Pontes** (, born 8 Mairch 1969) is a Portuguese sangwriter an sangster who sing pop sangs, tradeetional Portuguese muisic (fado an fowk includit) as well as classical muisic.

Frae 7 tae 16 year auld, her piano teacher wis Ligia Serra. Pontes helpit revive tradeetional Portuguese fado an fowk muisic an is kent for its collaboration wi Italian componer Ennio Morricone's in his film muisic. She is the mither o a son José Gabriel, who wis born on 23 Januar 2002 in Lisbon an a dochter Maria José, who wis born on 24 Januar 2009 in Amadora..

## Discografie
**Lusitana* (1992)
**Lágrimas* (1993) 
**Brisa do Coração* (1995) - album live recordit durin a concert held 6 Mey 1995, in Porto.
**Caminhos* (1996) 
**O Primeiro Canto* (1999) 
**Best Of* (2002)
**Focus* (2003) - wi Ennio Morricone collaboration.
**O Coração Tem Três Portas* (2006) (The hert haes three doors) - includin a DVD, recordit live in a convent an kirk
**Momentos* (2009)

## References


## Freemit airtins

*  Pontes's Offeecial Wabsteid
* Pontes's Co-Offeecial Wabsteid 
*  Ondeia Música Offeecial Wabsteid 
* Aviv Productions steid 
* Universal Music steid
Montijo

**Montiijo** can refer tae:

## Places
### Panama
* Montijo, Panama populatit place in Veraguas Province
* Montijo Destrict, a destrict in Veraguas Province
### Portugal
* Montijo, Portugal, a municipality in the destrict o Setúbal
* Montijo (pairish), a pairish in the abuin municipality

### Spain
* Montijo, Spain

## See an aw
* Eugénie de Montijo, wife o Napoleon III
* Battle o Montijo, 1644 battle atween Spain an Portugal
Montijo, Portugal

**Montijo** () is a municipality in Portugal wi a total aurie o 348.0 km² an a population o 40,199 inhabitants. The toun o Montijo haes a population o 25,719.

The municipality is composed o aicht ceevil pairishes an is locatit in Setúbal Destrict. It is ane o the few municipalities in Portugal athoot territorial continuity; that is, its component pairts are no conjoined. It is locatit in the Lisbon metropolitan aurie.

## History
Existin evidence points tae occupation o the aurie syne paleolithic times, awtho it wis no till the 16t century that the veelage wis offeecially establisht. It wis durin the 16t century that the main heidquarters o the ryal postal service wis establisht in the veelage an aw. As a result the veelage saw an increase in activity which providit an economic boost, awtho the main economy still developit aroond agricultur an fishin.

In the 18t century, wi the introduction o industrie an the increased importance o commerce, agricultur an fishin began tae luise their prominence as Montijo's main economic activities. This trend intensifee'd throuoot the 19t an 20t centuries an Montijo became kent for its processin industries, which mainly dealt wi pork meat an cork.

Montijo wis kent as Aldeia Galega till 6 Julie 1930, in spite o the fact that it wis a smaw toun an nae langer a veelage. It wis elevatit tae ceety status on 14 August 1985.

## Transport

The Vasco da Gama Brig, inauguratit in 1998, connects Montijo wi the caipital ceety o Lisbon. Numerous roads, includin the IC13, provide access tae the sooth, east an wast o Portugal.

Awtho the train service wis discontinued, Montijo maintains a netwirk of public transportation that connects it tae ither nearbi major ceeties an veelages bi bus an bi a river service connectin it wi Lisbon.

## Pairishes
* Afonsoeiro
* Alto-Estanqueiro-Jardia
* Atalaia
* Canha
* Montijo
* Pegões (Montijo)
* Santo Isidro de Pegões 
* Sarilhos Grandes

## References


## Freemit airtins
*Toun Haw offeecial wabsteid
*Photos frae Montijo
Tokyo Station

is a railwey station in the Marunouchi business destrict o Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grunds an the Ginza commercial destrict.

It is the main intercity rail terminal in Tokyo, the busiest station in Japan in terms o nummer o trains per day (ower 3,000), an the fift-busiest in Eastren Japan in terms o passenger throughput. It is the stairtin pynt an terminus for maist o Japan's Shinkansen heich-speed rail lines, an is served bi mony local an regional commuter lines o Japan Railways, as well as the Tokyo Metro netwirk.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* JR East cairt o Tokyo Station  
* Tokyo Station (JR East) 
* Tokyo Station (JR Central) 
* Tokyo Station (Tokyo Metro)
Kendo

, meanin "Way o The Sword," is a modren Japanese  martial airt, which descendit frae tradeetional swordsmanship (kenjutsu) an uises bamboo swords (shinai), an protective armour (bōgu). The day, it is widely practised within Japan an mony ither nations athort the warld.

Kendo is a physically an mentally challengin activity that combines martial airts practices an values wi sport-lik strenuous pheesical activity.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Internaitional Kendo Federation (FIK)  
* Aw Japan Kendo Federation (AJKF)
El Paso, Texas

**El Paso** (; frae Spainyie, 'the pass') is the coonty seat o El Paso Cointy, Texas, Unitit States, an lies in far Wast Texas.

As o the 2010 census, the ceety's population wis 649,121. El Paso is the 19t maist populous ceety in the Unitit States an the saxt maist populous ceety in the state o Texas. Its metropolitan aurie covers aw o El Paso Coonty, whose population in 2010 wis 800,647. The El Paso MSA fairms pairt o the lairger El Paso – Las Cruces combined stateestical aurie, wi a tot population o 1,013,356 as o the 2010 Census.

El Paso staunds on the Rio Grande (*Río Bravo del Norte*), athort the border frae Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The twa ceeties fairm a combined internaitional metropolitan aurie, sometimes cried the Paso del Norte or El Paso–Juárez, wi Juárez bein the significantly lairger o the twa in population. Thay hae a combined population o 3 million, twa-thirds o thaim bidin in Juárez. In 2010, El Paso wis awairdit an Aw-Americae Ceety Awaird, the auldest community-recogneetion program in the Unitit States.

El Paso is hame tae the Varsity o Texas at El Paso (foondit in 1914 as the Texas State Schuil o Mines an Metallurgy, an later, Texas Wastren College; its current name dates frae 1967).  El Paso is hame tae the Texas Tech Varsity Health Sciences Center at El Paso. Fort Bliss, ane o the lairgest militar complexes o the Unitit States Airmy, lees eastlins an noreast o the ceety, wi trainin auries stendin north intae New Mexico, up tae the White Sands Missile Range an neibourin Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo. El Paso is the first lairge ceety in the warld tae hae a spaceport in the vicinity. Spaceport Americae, that lees 89 mile frae El Paso, whaur there been the feenishin o several sonsie manned, suborbital flichts. The Franklin Muntains stend intae El Paso frae the north an naur divide the ceety intae twa sections; the wastren hauf fairms the beginnins o the Mesilla Valley, an the eastren slopes connect in the central business destrict at the sooth end o the muntain range.

## Sister ceeties
El Paso, Texas haes these sister ceeties:

*  – Chihuahua, México
*  – Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
*  – Mérida, Spain
*  – Juárez, México
*  – Torreón, México
*  – Zacatecas, México

Sister Ceeties Internaitional leets na sister ceeties for El Paso on its wabsteid.  This leetin, then, is independent o SCI.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Ceety o El Paso Wabsteid 
* Chamber o Commerce Wabsteid 
* El Paso Conventions an Visitors Bureau
* ''Forty years at El Paso, 1858–1898; recollections of war, politics, adventure, events, narratives, sketches, etc.'', bi W. W. Mills, hostit bi the Portal tae Texas History
* El Paso Metropolitan Plannin Organization
* 
* El Paso – The Best Little Muisic Ceety in Texas , frae *[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]*, Mairch 2009.
Louisville, Kentucky

**Louisville** (,  or ) is a major ceety an the lairgest ceety in the U.S. state o Kentucky an the coonty seat o Jefferson Coonty.

Syne 2003, the ceety's borders hae been  wi those o the coonty acause o a ceety-coonty merger. The ceety's tot consolidatit population at the 2010 census wis 741,096 (Louisville's balance tot, 602,011, excludes semi-autonomous touns an is the population leetit in maist soorces an naitional rankins). As o 2010, the Louisville metropolitan aurie (MSA) haed a population o 1,307,647 rankin 42nt naitionally. The metro aurie includes Louisville-Jefferson Coonty an 12 surroondin coonties, aicht in Kentucky an fower in Soothren Indiana  . The Louisville Combined Stateestical Aurie, havin a population o 1,451,564, includes the MSA, Hardin Coonty an Larue Coonty in Kentucky, an Scott Coonty, Indiana.

An important internal shippin port in the 19t century, Louisville the day is baist kent as the location o the Kentucky Derby, the first o three annual thoroughbred horse races makin up the Triple Croun.

## Sister ceeties
Louisville haes nine sister ceeties as of 2012:
* Jiujiang, Cheenae
* La Plata, Argentinae
* Mainz, Germany
* Montpellier, Fraunce
* Perm, Roushie
* Quito, Ecuador
* Tamale, Ghana
* Leeds, Unitit Kinrick
* Adapazari, Turkey

In addeetion, Leeds is considered a "friendship ceety". The twa ceeties hae engaged in mony cultural exchynge programs, parteecularly in the fields o nursin an law, an cooperatit in several private business developments, includin the Frazier Internaitional History Museum.

On Aprile 15, 2008, it wis annoonced that Louisville wad be twinned wi the toun o Bushmills in Northren Ireland. The twa places share a tradeetion for the distillin o whiskey. The choice o Louisville came efter a sairch o U.S. ceeties, follaeed bi an online poll conductit for the public tae decide atween three finalists, which an aa includit Boston an Portland, Maine.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Offeecial Wabsteid o Louisville, Kentucky 
* Louisville Convention an Veesitors Bureau
* Possibility Ceety&nbsp;— Louisville's brandin campaign
* Louisville/Jefferson Coonty Information Consortium
** LOJIC interactive cairts 
* Metro Mapper – Interactive Cairts for the Louisville Metro Aurie 
* Ceety Mayors featur: "Louisville Metro has shown other regions how mergers can change balance of power"
* *[http://www.ket.org/cgi-local/fw_louisvillelife.exe/db/ket/dmps/programs?id=LOUL Louisville Life] *&nbsp;— weekly broadcast on Kentucky Eddicational Televeesion
* Louisville Cultur Vultur: Current Calendar o Fine Cultural Performances o Classical Muisic, Opera, Ballet, Theater, an Visual Airt 
* Images o Louisville frae the Varsity o Louisville Deegital Collections
Demeter

In auncient Greek releegion an meeth, **Demeter** (; Attic  *Dēmētēr*. Doric   *Dāmātēr*) is the goddess o the hairst, who presidit ower grains an the growthiness o the yird. Her cult titles include Sito (: wheat) as the giver o fuid or corn/grain an Thesmophoros (, *thesmos*: divine order, unwritten law) as a merk o the ceevilisit existence o agricultural society.

Tho Demeter is aften describit simply as the goddess o the hairst, she presidit ower the sanctity o marriage an aw, the saucrit law, an the cycle o life an daith. She an her dochter Persephone wur the central figurs o the Eleusinian Meesteries that predatit the Olympian pantheon. In the Linear B Mycenean Greek tablets o circa 1400-1200 BC foond at Pylos, the "twa mistresses an the keeng" mey be relatit wi Demeter, Persephone an Poseidon. Her Roman equivalent is Ceres.

## Consorts an childer

#Zeus
##Persephone
#Poseidon
##Despoina
##Arion
#Iasion
##Plutus
##Philomelus
#Karmanor
##Eubuleus
##Chrysothemis
#Triptolemus
##Amphitheus I
#Oceanus
##Dmia


## See an aw
* Despoina
* Poppy goddess
* Potnia
* Hades

## Notes

## References

*Walter Burkert (1985) *Greek Religion,* Harvard University Press, 1985.
*Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, *D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths*, 1962. An illustrated beuk of Greek myths retold for children.
*Jane Ellen Harrison, *Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion,* 1903
* Hesiod, *Theogony*, and *Works and Days* in *The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White.* Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; Lunnon, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.
*Karl Kerenyi, *Eleusis: archetypal image of mother and daughter,* 1967.
*Karl Kerenyi, *Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life,* 1976
*Martin P. Nilsson, ''Greek Popular Religion'', 1940. Sacred-texts.com
* Pausanias, *Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes*, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; Lunnon, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
*Carl Ruck and Danny Staples, *The World of Classical Myth,* 1994.

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