the-french-artist/wikipedia_20220301.simple_sentence_split huggingface dataset:
Mercer Island is in the Seattle Metropolitan Area, with Seattle located to its west and Bellevue located to its east.
he population was 22,699 at the 2010 census.
The population was 22,720 at 2013 Estimate from Office of Financial Management.
This makes Mercer Island the most populated island in a lake within the United States.
Mercer Island Reporter Local newspaper
Andrej Babiš (; born 2 September 1954) is a Czech businessman and politician.
He was the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 2017 until 2021.
Babiš served as Finance Minister of the Czech Republic and Deputy Prime Minister responsible for the economy from January 2014 to May 2017 until he was fired by Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka due to rumors of financial irregularities.
Babiš has led ANO 2011 party since 2012 when he founded it as a protest movement against established politics.
He has been Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) since 2013.
Babiš has been under investigation since December 2015 due to allegations that an anonymous company he controlled unlawfully received subsidies from the European Union.
In September 2017, his parliamentary immunity was stripped after police request in connection with the case and Babiš was formally charged on 9 October 2017.
Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic website
Curriculum Vitae on Government website
Curriculum Vitae on ANO 2011 website
George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and a novel.
His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's, and GQ.
He also contributed a weekly column, American Psyche, to the weekend magazine of The Guardian between 2006 and 2008.
His story collection In Persuasion Nation was a finalist for the Story Prize in 2007.
In 2013, he won the PEN/Malamud Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Saunders's Tenth of December: Stories won the 2013 Story Prize for short-story collections and the inaugural (2014) Folio Prize.
His novel Lincoln in the Bardo won the 2017 Man Booker Prize.
"George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You'll Read This Year", Joel Lovell, The New York Times Magazine, January 3, 2013
2014 George Saunders interview with Jon Niccum, Kansas City Star
10 Free Stories by George Saunders Available on the Web
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (July 8, 1926 – August 24, 2004) was a Swiss-American psychiatrist.
The Kübler-Ross model, or the five stages of grief, is a theory about the feelings of people who are dying.
The five stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
The five stages came from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross' 1969 book On Death and Dying.
On Death and Dying, by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
A Japanophile is someone with Japanophilia, or someone with a strong interest in or love of Japanese people, culture, and history.
This term even has a Japanese equivalent, shinnichi (kanji:親日, hiragana: しんにち) which literally translates to "pro-Japanese".
Aguante Viral.
Area code 710 is the area code used by the United States Government.
It is part of the North American Numbering Plan.
The following is a list of Mesopotamian deities.
Major Deities
Hadad (or Adad) - storm and rain god
Enlil (or Ashur) - god of air, head of the Assyrian and Sumerian pantheon
Anu (or An) -  god of heaven and the sky, lord of constellations, and father of the gods
Dagon (or Dagan) - god of fertility
Enki (or Ea) - god of the Abzu, crafts, water, intelligence, mischief and creation and divine ruler of the Earth and its humans
Ereshkigal - goddess of Irkalla, the Underworld
Inanna (later known as Ishtar)  - goddess of fertility, love, and war
Marduk - patron deity of Babylon who eventually became regarded as the head of the Babylonian pantheon
Nabu - god of wisdom and writing
Nanshe - goddess of prophecy, fertility and fish
Nergal - god of plague, war, and the sun in its destructive capacity; later husband of Ereshkigal
Ninhursag (or Mami, Belet-Ili, Ki, Ninmah, Nintu, or Aruru) - earth and mother goddess
Ninlil - goddess of the air; consort of Enlil
Ninurta - champion of the gods, the epitome of youthful vigor, and god of agriculture
Shamash (or Utu) - god of the sun, arbiter of justice and patron of travelers
Sin (or Nanna) - god of the moon
Tammuz (or Dumuzid) - god of food and vegetation
This is only some of them.
There are thousands.
This is in Alphabetic order.
Abu - a minor god of vegetation
Ama-arhus - Akkadian fertility goddess; later merged into Ninhursag
Amasagnul - Akkadian fertility goddess
Amurru - god of the Amorite people
An - a goddess, possibly the female principle of Anu
Arah - the goddess of fate.
Asaruludu or Namshub - a protective deity
Ashnan - goddess of grain
Aya - a mother goddess and consort of Shamash
Azimua - a minor Sumerian goddess
Bau - dog-headed patron goddess of Lagash
Belet-Seri - recorder of the dead entering the underworld
Birdu - an underworld god; consort of Manungal and later syncretized with Nergal
Bunene - divine charioteer of Shamash
Damgalnuna - mother of Marduk
Damu - god of vegetation and rebirth; possibly a local offshoot of Dumuzi
Emesh - god of vegetation, created to take responsibility on earth for woods, fields, sheep folds, and stables
Enbilulu - god of rivers, canals, irrigation and farming
Endursaga - a herald god
Enkimdu - god of farming, canals and ditches
Enmesarra - an underworld god of the law, equated with Nergal
Ennugi - attendant and throne-bearer of Enlil
Enshag - a minor deity born to relieve the illness of Enki
Enten - god of vegetation, created to take responsibility on earth for the fertility of ewes, goats, cows, donkeys, birds
Erra - Akkadian god of mayhem and pestilence
Gaga - a minor deity featured in the Enûma Eliš
Gatumdag - a fertility goddess and tutelary mother goddess of Lagash
Geshtinanna - Sumerian goddess of wine and cold seasons, sister to man
Geshtu-E - minor god of intelligence
Gibil or Gerra - god of fire
Gugalanna - the Great Bull of Heaven, the constellation Taurus and the first husband of Ereshkigal
Gunara - a minor god of uncertain status
Hahanu - a minor god of uncertain status
Hani - an attendant of the storm god Adad
Hayasum - a minor god of uncertain status
Hegir-Nuna - a daughter of the goddess Bau
Hendursaga -  god of law
Ilabrat - attendant and minister of state to Anu
Ishum - brother of Shamash and attendant of Erra
Isimud - two-faced messenger of Enki
Ištaran - god of the city of Der (Sumer)
Kabta - obscure god “Lofty one of heaven”
Kakka - attendant and minister of state to both Anu and Anshar
Kingu - consort of Tiamat; killed by Marduk, who used his blood to create mankind
Kubaba - tutelary goddess of the city of Carchemish
Kulla - god of bricks and building
Kus (god) - god of herdsmen
Lahar - god of cattle
Lugal-Irra - possibly a minor variation of Erra
Lulal - the younger son of Inanna; patron god of Bad-tibira
Mamitu - Sumerian goddess of fate
Manungal - an underworld goddess; consort of Birdu
Mandanu -god of divine judgment
Muati - obscure Sumerian god who became syncretized with Nabu
Mushdamma - god of buildings and foundations
Nammu - a creation goddess
Nanaya - goddess personifying voluptuousness and sensuality
Nazi - a minor deity born to relieve the illness of Enki
Negun - a minor goddess of uncertain status
Neti - a minor underworld god; the chief gatekeeper of the netherworld and the servant of Ereshkigal
Nibhaz - god of the Avim
Nidaba - goddess of writing, learning and the harvest
Namtar - minister of Ereshkigal
Nin-Ildu - god of carpenters
Nin-imma - goddess of the female sex organs
Ninazu - god of the underworld and healing
Nindub - god associated with the city Lagash
Ningal - goddess of reeds and consort of Nanna (Sin)
Ningikuga - goddess of reeds and marshes
Ningirama - god of magic and protector against snakes
Ningishzida - god of the vegetation and underworld
Ninkarnunna - god of barbers
Ninkasi - goddess of beer
Ninkilim - "Lord Rodent" god of vermin
Ninkurra - minor mother goddess
Ninmena - Sumerian mother goddess who became syncretized with Ninhursag
Ninsar - goddess of plants
Ninshubur - Sumerian messenger goddess and second-in-command to Inanna, later adapted by the Akkadians as the male god Papsukkal
Ninsun - "Lady Wild Cow"; mother of Gilgamesh
Ninsutu - a minor deity born to relieve the illness of Enki
Nintinugga - Babylonian goddess of healing
Nintulla - a minor deity born to relieve the illness of Enki
Nu Mus Da - patron god of the lost city of Kazallu
Nunbarsegunu - goddess of barley
Nusku - god of light and fire
Pabilsaĝ - tutelary god of the city of Isin
Pap-nigin-gara - Akkadian and Babylonian god of war, syncretized with Ninurta
Pazuzu - son of Hanbi, and king of the demons of the wind
Sarpanit - mother goddess and consort of Marduk
The Sebitti - a group of minor war gods
Shakka - patron god of herdsmen
Shala - goddess of war and grain
Shara - minor god of war and a son of Inanna
Sharra Itu - Sumerian fertility goddess
Shul-pa-e - astral and fertility god associated with the planet Jupiter
Shul-utula - personal deity to Entemena, king of the city of Eninnu
Shullat - minor god and attendant of Shamash
Shulmanu - god of the underworld, fertility and war
Shulsaga - astral goddess
Sirara - goddess of the Persian Gulf
Siris - god of beer
Sirsir - god of mariners and boatmen
Sirtir - goddess of sheep
Sumugan - god of the river plains
Tashmetum - consort of Nabu
Tishpak - tutelary god of the city of Eshnunna
Tutu - tutelary god of the city of Borsippa
Ua-Ildak - goddess responsible for pastures and poplar trees
Ukur - a god of the underworld
Uttu - goddess of weaving and clothing
Wer - a storm god linked to Adad
Zaqar - messenger of Sin who relays communication through dreams and nightmares
Primordial beings
Abzu - the Ocean Below, the name for fresh water from underground aquifers; depicted as a deity only in the Babylonian creation epic Enûma Eliš
Anshar - god of the sky and male principle
Kishar - goddess of the earth and female principle
Kur - the first dragon, born of Abzu and Ma.
Also Kur-gal, or Ki-gal the underworld
Lahamu - first-born daughter of Abzu and Tiamat
Lahmu - first-born son of Abzu and Tiamat; a protective and beneficent deity
Ma -primordial goddess of the earth
Mummu - god of crafts and technical skill
Tiamat - primordial goddess of the ocean
Demigods and Heroes
Adapa - a hero who unknowingly refused the gift of immortality
The Apkallu - seven demigods created by the god Enki to give civilization to mankind
Gilgamesh - hero and king of Uruk; central character in the Epic of Gilgamesh
Enkidu - hero and companion of Gilgamesh
Enmerkar - the legendary builder of the city of Uruk
Lugalbanda - second king of Uruk, who ruled for 1,200 years
Utnapishtim - hero who survived a great flood and was granted immortality; character in the Epic of Gilgamesh
Spirits and demons
Alû, demon of night
Asag - monstrous demon whose presence makes fish boil alive in the rivers
Asakku, evil demon(s)
The edimmu - ghosts of those who were not buried properly
Gallû, underworld demon
Hanbi or Hanpa - father of Pazuzu
Humbaba - guardian of the Cedar Forest
Lamashtu - a malevolent being who menaced women during childbirth
Lilû, wandering demon
Mukīl rēš lemutti demon of headaches
Pazuzu - king of the demons of the wind; he also represented the southwestern wind, the bearer of storms and drought
Rabisu - an evil vampiric spirit
Šulak the bathroom demon, “lurker” in the bathroom
Zu - divine storm-bird and the personification of the southern wind and the thunder clouds
Legendary beasts
Battle Bison beast - one of the creatures slain by Ninurta
Bašmu, “Venomous Snake”
Ušumgallu, “Great Dragon”
Mušmaḫḫū, “Exalted Serpent”
Mušḫuššu, “Furious Snake”
Laḫmu, the “Hairy One”
Ugallu, the “Big Weather-Beast”
Uridimmu, “Mad Lion”
Girtablullû, “Scorpion-Man”
Umū dabrūtu, “Violent Storms”
Kulullû, “Fish-Man”
Kusarikku, “Bull-Man”
Mesopotamian
Stan Kowalski (May 13, 1926 – October 20, 2017) was an American professional wrestler.
He was one half of the tag team Murder Incorporated with partner Tiny Mills in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) from 1960 to 1975.
In 1970, he went to New York to wrestle in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) as Krippler Karl Kovacs.
In Pennsylvania, Kowalski and Bruno Sammartino set a record attendance and gate of $86,000.
The Biography of Minnesotan Wrestler Stan Kowalski
Beyer was born in New York City.
eyer began as a "babyface" wrestler in the mid-1950s.
His career as a "masked" wrestler, The Destroyer, began in 1962 in Los Angeles.
He used the “figure-four-leg-lock” on his way to the Worldwide Wrestling Associates (WWA) championship on July 27, 1962.
Beyer went into semi-retirement in 1984.
From 1984-95, Beyer taught physical education in the Akron, New York Central School District, where he also coached football, wrestling and swimming.
"THE DESTROYER"
An early pioneer of hardcore wrestling, Kachmanian usually wrestled as a heel, although he would go on to have a run as a face after being fireballed by The Sheik.
Other notable feuds in his career would include Nick Bockwinkel, Alberto Madril and Apollo Jalisco.
Using the bear hug and the El Garfio as his signature moves, Kachmanian popularized the drawn-out catchphrase 'ohhh yeah!'
which would later become associated with Randy Savage.
He retired in 1986 and then worked for the United States Postal Service in San Jose, California.
William Anderson "Bill" Mercer (born February 13, 1926) is an American sportscaster, educator and author.
In 2002, he was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame.
Mercer's best-known work in the field of exhibition wrestling was when he provided play-by-play announcing for the internationally acclaimed World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW,) based in Dallas, from 1982-87.
Mercer is best known as a play-by-play radio announcer for baseball, football, basketball and wrestling.
He was also a news  reporter for Dallas, Texas, television station KRLD, covering the John F. Kennedy assassination in 1963.
He and fellow reporters George Phenix, Wes Wise and Bob Huffaker wrote, When the News Went Live, about their experiences during that time.
In his 60-year career, Mercer provided play-by-play broadcasting for several minor league teams: First, the Muskogee Giants of the Class C Western Association, then the Dallas Rangers (Triple A baseball) from 1959–64, and the Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs (Texas League baseball) from 1965 to 1971.
He then moved up to broadcast for major league baseball's Texas Rangers (major league baseball) in 1972 (with Don Drysdale) and Chicago White Sox in 1974.
They were made to respond to the outcry for more trains than buses, while saving money with a cheap design.
They used the bodywork and engine of a bus and placed them on a train chassis.
The M1917 Browning machine gun is a .30-06 Springfield machine gun created by John Browning.
It was used in World War I and in World War II.
It is a heavy machine gun that weighed around 100 pounds with the tripod and 42 pounds without it.
It is a water-cooled machine gun, which allowed it to fire for a long period of time without it overheating.
The water-cooling tank made it much heavier.
During World War II, M1917 was mostly replaced by the M1919 because it was lighter and let soldiers move more quickly, but the M1917 was still used often.
"El Siglo de Oro," literally "the century of gold," was the Golden Age of Spain.
It was a period of flowering in Spanish art and literature.
It happened at about the same time that the Spanish Habsburg dynasty ruled the country.
El Siglo de Oro does not have precise dates and is generally considered to have lasted more than a century.
It began no earlier than 1492, with the end of Reconquista (Reconquest), Christopher Columbus's first sea voyage to the New World, and the publication of Gramática de la lengua castellana by Antonio de Navarre.
Politically, it ended no later than 1659, with the Pyrenees Treaty, which was ratified between France and Hapsburg Spain.
The last great writer of the period, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, died in 1681, and his death is generally considered the end of El Siglo de Oro in art and literature.
Diorite ( /ˈdaɪ.əˌraɪt/) is an melted rock that has cooled made mostly of the silicate minerals (materials made of silicon and oxygen).
Diorite is in between that of basalt and granite.
Diorite is usually grey to dark-grey in color, but it can also be black or bluish-grey, and often has a greenish cast.
It is distinguished from gabbro (basalt) because the materials in diorite has more sodium and less calcium.
Diorite may have small amounts of quartz, microcline, and olivine.
Tiny amounts of muscovite may also be found.
If there is a lot of quartz it makes the rock type quartz-diorite (>5% quartz) or tonalite (>20% quartz).
Diorite has an often speckled, texture of coarse grain size.
Diorites may be associated with either granite or basalt intrusions, into which they may merge.
Diorite results from the partial melting of a rock above the area where two tectonic plates merge under each other.
It is commonly produced in volcanic arcs, and in cordilleran mountain building, such as in the Andes Mountains, as large batholiths.
The extrusive volcanic equivalent rock type is andesite.
Hugo van der Goes (about 1435 – 1482) was a famous painter of the late 15th century He was probably born in Ghent, Belgium.
He painted altarpieces and portraits.
He painted his masterpiece, the Portinari Tryptich for a church in Florence.
The painting shows the Adoration of the Shepherds, a story from the Gospel of Luke about the shepherds who visited the baby Jesus on the night he was born.
The painting influenced other artists of the Italian Renaissance because of its realistic style.
Van der Goes became mentally ill on a visit to Cologne, Germany  in 1481.
On his way home, he tried to kill himself.
His friends took him to a monastery in Belgium to recover from his illness, but he died in Auderghem a few weeks later.
Parenthesomes or  septal pore caps  are special parts of the cells of fungi.
In many cases they look like parentheses.
Their function  has not yet been studied fully.
They do not alwys look the same, and their appearance is useful for differentiating between different species of fungi
Changqing Subdistrict () is a subdistrict in Hefei, Anhui, China.
Subdivisions of China
A Different World was an American sitcom.
The series was of the Hillman College, a fictional African American college in Virginia.
The show aired on NBC.
In season 2, it came to the attention of Bill Cosby and the producers that the show wasn't truly looking at a historically black college.
That's when Debbie Allen was hired as the chief creative force to revamp the series.
1990s American television series endings
Anya Taylor-Joy (born April 16, 1996 in Miami, Florida) is an Argentine-British actress.
She starred as Casey Cooke in the 2017 film Split, and will reprise her role in the film's 2019 sequel, Glass.
In 2018, she will star in the film The New Mutants.
Anya Taylor-Joy at the Internet Movie Database
Anya Taylor-Joy on Twitter
Jeanne Brousse (maiden name: Maurier; April 12, 1921 – October 19, 2017) was a French resistance member.
She was born in Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille in the Savoie region of France.
Jeanne Brousse was a member of the French Resistance during World War II.
In 1973 she was awarded the title of a Righteous Among The Nations.
In 1981, Brousse was one of the founding members of the French chapter of the association of the Righteous Among The Nations.
In 1987, she joined the French Yad Vashem committee, of which she remained the Vice President for several years.
Walter Lassally (18 December 1926 – 23 October 2017) was a German-born British-Greek cinematographer.
He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 1964 for the movie Zorba the Greek.
He moved to England in 1939.
He was closely worked with the Free cinema movement in the 1950s, and the British New Wave in the early 1960s.
Walter Lassally telling his life story at Web of Stories (video)
George Redburn Young (6 November 194622 October 2017) was a Scottish-born Australian musician, songwriter and record producer.
He was a member of the 1960s Australian rock band the Easybeats, and with bandmate Harry Vanda he was a co-writer of the international hits "Friday on My Mind" and "Love Is in the Air", the latter recorded by John Paul Young (no relation).
Vanda & Young were also the producers of some work by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, formed by his younger brothers Malcolm and Angus Young.
Young died on 22 October 2017 in Australia, aged 70.
His brother, Malcolm, died a few weeks later on November 18, 2017.
Albert Music: Easybeats Facts
Alberto Nelson Sanchez (July 10, 1936 – October 22, 2017), known professionally as Al Hurricane, was an American singer-songwriter.
He was dubbed "The Godfather" of New Mexico music.
He released more than thirty albums, and was best known for his works to New Mexico’s unique style of Spanish music.
Jasmine Guy (born March 10, 1962) is an American actress, director, singer and dancer.
She is best known for playing Whitley Marion Gilbert in the 1987-93 sitcom A Different World.
She also played Erica in K.C. Undercover.
Sources differ on Guy's birthdate.
Some sources say she was born in 1962.
Other sources mention 1964.
Cecil Antonio "Tony" Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and movie director and producer.
His career lasted for fifty years.
In 1964 he won the Academy Award for Best Director for the movie Tom Jones.
He also directed The Loved One, during which he worked with established stars including John Gielgud, Rod Steiger and Robert Morse.
BFI: Tony Richardson
The Al-Qaryatayn massacre was a massacre of 128 civilians in the Syrian city of Al-Qaryatayn between its capture by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in 1 October 2017, and its recapture by the Syrian army in 21 October 2017.
The victims were indiscriminately executed for being accused of cooperating with the Syrian government.
Dennis Edward Skinner (born 11 February 1932) is a British Labour politician.
He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover between 1970 and 2019.
He was Chairman of the Labour Party for one year from 1988–89 and served as a member of Labour's National Executive Committee, with brief breaks, for thirty years.
This much I know, Skinner runs down some matters of importance to him, hosted by The Guardian
Giving George Osborne a line of wit in December 2005
Junction 29A in December 2004
Heart bypass in March 2003
Melissa Marie Benoist (born October 4, 1988 in Houston, Texas) better known simply as Melissa Benoist is an American actress and singer.
She is best known for portraying Kara Danvers / Supergirl in the superhero television series, Supergirl.
She also portrays Marley Rose in Glee
Melissa Benoist on Twitter
Weitz flew into space twice.
He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first manned Skylab mission.
He was also Commander of the STS-6 mission, the first of the Space Shuttle Challenger flights.
Astronautix biography of Paul J. Weitz
Spacefacts biography of Paul J. Weitz
Weitz at Spaceacts
Weitz at Encyclopedia of Science
Guion Stewart Bluford Jr., Ph.D. (born November 22, 1942), (Col, USAF, Ret.),
is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut.
Bluford was the first African American in space.
Before becoming an astronaut, he was an officer in the U.S. Air Force, where he remained while assigned to NASA, rising to the rank of Colonel.
He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992.
In 1983, as a member of the crew of the Orbiter Challenger on the mission STS-8.
Guion "Guy" Bluford Penn State African American Chronicles profile and interview
Guy Bluford interviewed on Conversations from Penn State
Dhanteras (Hindi: धनतेरस), also known as Dhanatrayodashi () or Dhanvantari Trayodashi, is the first day of the festival of Diwali in India and the festival of Tihar in Nepal.
Dhanteras is celebrated on the thirteenth lunar day of Krishna Paksha ("dark fortnight" in the moon's cycle) in the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar month of Ashwin.
Dhanvantari, who is also worshipped on Dhanteras, is the god of Ayurveda who brought and shared the wisdom of Ayurveda for the betterment of mankind and to bring relief from the suffering of disease with Ayurvedic remedies.
The Indian ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy), announced its decision to observe Dhanteras as the “National Ayurveda Day.”
This day was first observed on October 28, 2016.
Grottaglie is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, Apulia, in southern Italy.
Grottaglie is in the Salento peninsula, a whole rock of Limestone dividing Adriatic Sea from Ionian Sea.
The countryside around the city has many large and deep ravines.
The name Grottaglie comes from the Latin Cryptae Aliae, meaning "many ravines".
People lived here since the paleolithic Age.
The fief of Grottaglie was given by the Norman overlords to the Archdiocese of Taranto in the 11th century.
In the 14th century the church gave the fief a walls and a castle.
Since the 15th-17th centuries the jurisdiction over Grottaglie fief was split between the ecclesiastic administration (civil law) and the lay feudal lords (criminal law, Cicinelli-Caracciolo family).
Fights between these two competing authorities and revolts by the heavily-taxed population were common until the end of feudalism (1806).
The massive Castello Episcopio (13th century) castle.
The main church, also known as Chiesa Matrice, dating back to 1379.
The city's oratory, known as Purgatory Oratory.
Palazzo Cicinelli, a massive building on the main square later redecoreted to the current fashion during the Baroque period.
The palazzo was the seat of the Duke of Grottaglie also Prince of Cursi and Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, hence the residence of the feudal lords of the town on the grant of Bohemo.
Palazzo Urselli, which maintains the original Renaissance (pre-Baroque) façade, with a massive 15th century gate and a decorated internal courtyard.
Palazzo Maggiulli-Cometa, whose structure is similar to Palazzo Urselli’s.
Palazzo De Felice, an 18th Century palace, and ancestral home of the De Felice's family.
Monastero di Francesco di Paola, representing the greatest Baroque monument in the city.
It has a splendid cloistered-court inside.
Chiesa del Carmine, housing a 1530 stone crib scene made by Stefano da Putignano.
Folkloristic and religious events include the commemoration-day of Ciro di Alessandria d'Egitto and Easter-period when the Medieval-rooted confraternal religious orders perform their processions during the days of the Holy Week (Easter rituals include Procession and pilgrimage of confrères called “Bubble-Bubble” through the streets of town).
The exhibition “Ceramica nel Quartiere delle Ceramiche”
The Mediterranean ceramics contest, theatrical and musical events
Promotion of dessert grapes, months of July–August–September
Exhibition-contest about ceramic crib scene during the months of December and January
“Musica Mundi” – international festival of ethnic music in July.
Settlements in Apulia
Mudhal Mariyadhai is a 1985 Tamil feature movie directed by P. Bharathiraja.
It starred Sivaji Ganesan and Radha in the lead with Vadivukkarasi, Ranjani, Aruna Mucherla, A. K. Veerasamy and Sathyaraj playing other significant roles.
The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
The film was critically well received upon release.
It fetched Best Lyricist Award and Best Feature Film in Tamil Award for Vairamuthu and Bharathiraja  respectively at the 33rd National Film Awards.
While the lead actors won their respective Filmfare Awards South in Best Tamil Actor and Best Tamil Actress category.
Kuyil role was first offered to Radhika, but she choose to do Swati Mutyam, which was offered to her at the same time.
The film was dubbed into Telugu under the title Aatma Bandhuvu.
It is the last silver jubliee blockbuster of Sivaji as lead role.
The film commences with friends and family of an ailing village head, Malaichami (Sivaji Ganesan), gathered around him on his death bed.
The plot then moves along in a series of flashbacks, featuring significant episodes of the dying man's life.
These include the presence of a boatman's young daughter Kuyil (Radha) in his village.
The protagonist is unhappily married to a bad or tempered wife by the name of Ponnatha (Vadivukkarasi), and seeks comfort in a friendship with Kuyil.
The friendship raises eyebrows, and is socially awkward and complicated for both Malaichami and Kuyil.
Sivaji Ganesan as Malaichami
Radha as Kuyil (Voice-over by Raadhika Sarathkumar)
Vadivukkarasi as Ponnatha
Dipan as Sellakannu
Ranjani as Sevuli (Voice-over by Usha Rajendar)
Aruna Mucherla as Rasamma
Ilavarasu as Photographer
Janagaraj
A. K. Veerasamy as Sengodan
Sathyaraj as Mayilvaganam (former lover of Ponnatha)
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja while the lyrics for songs were written by Vairamuthu.
All the songs were well received.
G. Dhananjayan in his book Pride of Tamil cinema – 1931 to 2013 wrote that the songs "helped tremendously in film's success".
In a comedy scene from Thalattu Ketkuthamma (1992), Koundamani sings "Poongatru Thirumbuma" to impress his wife (Vijay Chandrika), Prabhu completes the lyrics after Goundamani has forgetten the lyrics.
In a scene from Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga (1999), Kundalakesi (Goundamani) lifts a huge stone similar to Sivaji's technique from the film to impress his lover.
Vivek did a spoof of "Muthal Mariyathai" in the film Parthiban Kanavu (2003).
In Mozhi (2007), Ananthakrishnan (Brahmanandam) will be seen watching "Poongatru" in television before getting disturbed by a cockroach.
The dialogue "Enaku oru unma therinjaaganum" (I need to know the truth) spoken by A. K. Veerasamy became popular.
An unrelated series of same name also directed by Bharathiraja was aired on Kalaignar TV.
R. Selvaraj, writer of this film has directed a film called Neethana Andha Kuyil in 1986 which was inspired from the line from the song "Poongatru".
Another song "Rasave Unnai Nambi" has inspired a Ramarajan starrer of same name.
In  Singam (2010), Pandu, Who came as a farmer intimated the dialogue,which gains a lot of interest towards the movie
33rd National Film Awards
Best Feature Film in Tamil for Bharathiraja
Best Lyricist for Vairamuthu
33rd Filmfare Awards South
Best Tamil Actor – Sivaji Ganesan
Best Tamil Actress – Radha
Cinema Express Awards
1985 Best Tamil Film for Bharathiraja
S. Krishnamoorthy (born 9 October), better known by his screenname Madhan Bob, is a popular comedian and Tamil film actor from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
He started his film career as a musician and became an actor instead.
Apart from appearing in supporting roles in Tamil films he also appears in the Sun TV comedy show Asathapovathu Yaaru as one of the judges.
His debut film was Vaaname Ellai.
It was Madan Bob who first taught Maragathamani music.
He was eighth child in his family, so he was named Krishnamurthy which also happened to be his uncle’s name and there was a lot of confusion in the house, so they changed his name to Madan.
his brother’s name is Padmanabhan a.k.a.
Babu.
Both started a music group called ‘Madan and Babu’.
In time, the Babu became Bob and that’s how director Balachander introduced him in his first film.
Neengal Kettavai (1984)
Vaaname Ellai (1992)
Thevar Magan
Jathi Malli (1993)
Uzhaippali
Udan Pirappu
Honest Raj (1994)
Pattukottai Periyappa
Nammavar
Sathi Leelavathi (1995)
Magalir Mattum
Pullakuttikaran
Poove Unakkaga (1996)
Sundara Purushan
Priyam
Gopura Deepam (1997)
Mannava
Vivasaayi Magan
Pagaivan
Nerrukku Ner
Roja Malare
Chachi 420 (Hindi)
Rathna (1998)
Kaadhala Kaadhala
Priyamudan
Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen
Aasai Thambi
Unnudan
Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999)
Unnai Thedi
Edhirum Pudhirum
Anandha Poongatre
Suyamvaram
Nee Varuvai Ena
Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga
Poovellam Kettuppar
Minsara Kanna
Kannukkul Nilavu (2000)
Thai Poranthachu
Unnai Kann Theduthey
Kuberan
Thenali
Anbudan
Friends (2001)
Looty
Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala
Pennin Manathai Thottu
Parthale Paravasam
Alli Thandha Vaanam
Punnagai Desam  (2002)
Pammal K. Sambandam
Kamarasu
Yai Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey
Anbe Un Vasam
Sundhara Travels
Kadhaludan (2003)
Nala Damayanthi
Priyamana Thozhi
Thittikudhey
Three Roses
Anbe Un Vaasam
Aethirree (2004)
Vasool Raja MBBS
Karka Kasadara
Vishwa Thulasi
Chatrapathy
Ayyaa (2005)
Chandramukhi
6'2
Jithan
Mazhai
Aathi (2006)
Kusthi
Varalaaru
Mudhan Mudhalai
Manikanda (2007)
Thottal Poo Malarum
Marudhamalai
Thavam
Vel
Vedha (2008)
Arai En 305-il Kadavul
Seval
Ananda Thandavam (2009)
Thee
Bhramaram (Malayalam)
Engal Aasan
Ainthaam Padai
Sura (2010)
Pen Singam
Kaavalan (2011)
Maapillai
Pathayiram Kodi
Singam II
Yuvan Yuvathi
Chandhamama (2013)
Ethir Neechal
Saravanan Engira Surya
Thulli Vilayadu
Ramanujan (2014)
Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani
Jamai
Lingaa
Vellaikaara Durai
En Vazhi Thani Vazhi (2015)
Adhibar
Saagasam (2016)
Tea Kadai Raja
Ka Ka Ka Po
Ennama Katha Vudranunga
Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum
Uchathula Shiva
Kaththi Sandai
Ner Mugam
Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva (2017)
Vaigai Express
Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen
Ivan Thanthiran
Ullam Ullavarai
Aalukku Paathi 50/50
Tamil comedians
Tirunelveli S. Balaiah (; 23 August 1914 – 22 July 1972) was an Indian actor best known for playing supporting roles in the Tamil films.
He was introduced to the cine field by director Ellis R. Dungan in Sathi Leelavathi (1936), along with M. G. Ramachandran, N. S. Krishnan and M.K. Radha.
He was one of the very few actors who excelled as a villain, as well as in character roles and comic roles.
T. S. Balaiah was born on 23 August 1914.
He was born in Sundankottai, now in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu.
He ran away from home at young age and joined a Circus.
Later joined Jagannatha Iyer’s famous drama company which was working in Tirunelveli and from which no turning back.
Balaiah began his film career through the Tamil film Sathi Leelavathi in 1936.
Balaiah played first lead role in Mohini paired opposite Madhuri Devi, where he played elder brother to V. N. Janaki and supporting role by M. G. Ramachandran.
He gained lot of weight at the age of 40 in 1954, hence started getting more character roles.
Among his villain roles, Ambikapathy, Madurai Veeran, Thaikkupin Tharam, Hello Mister Zamindar and Thiruvilaiyadal were critically acclaimed.
Balaiah also excelled in comedy roles in movies such as Kavalai Illaadha Manithan, Kadhalikka Neramillai, Bama Vijayam and Thillana Mohanambal.
Actor Sivaji Ganesan had once mentioned that Balaiah along with M. R. Radha was his most admired actor.
Actress Manochithra is his daughter, while one of his sons Junior Balaiah has also appeared in films.
Another son, Sai Baba, was part of MSV's troupe and sang a few song.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2319/stories/20061006000707900.htm
The Three-in-One T. S. Balaiah in My Movie Minutes
100 years of laughter
Madras Rajagopala Radhakrishnan Naidu (14 April 1907 – 17 September 1979), popularly known by his stage name, M. R. Radha, was an Indian movie actor and politician.
He was given the title of "Nadigavel" (Spearhead of acting / frontrunner /torchbearer) by E.V.R. Periyar in a stage, for his acting prowess.
After a successful career on stage in his early years, he acted in movies from the 1930s to the 1970s, and then, giving up movies, he went back to his first love, the stage.
Radha was a popular theatre artist who performed in more than 5000 stage shows.
Starting at the age of 10, he appeared at first in small roles and eventually grew to a level that stories for dramas were custom made for him.
Radha gained popularity with the success of his stage play Ratha Kanneer.
His performance in the 1954 movie version of the play, directed by Krishnan-Panju, brought wider recognition of his talents and made him a household name in Tamil Nadu.
Radha played both villain roles and comedic roles.
After the 1950s, filmmakers created roles specially for him, and he often overshadowed even main actors like MGR and Sivaji Ganesan.
He was an active member of the Self-Respect Movement, and was known for his atheistic views.
Towards the end of his career, however, he started acting in Hindu devotional movies like Velum Mayilum Thunai but he often used to ridicule theism in these movies.
MGR Shooting incident
On 12 January 1967, Radha and a producer K.N. Vasu of Muthukumaran Pictures visited the actor and politician M. G. Ramachandran at his home to talk about a future project.
During the conversation, Radha suddenly got up from his chair and shot twice at Ramachandran's left ear.
Both bullets got lodged in Ramachandran's neck.
Radha then turned the gun on himself and tried to shoot himself, but the bullet just scratched his right temple.
Radha and Ramachandran were admitted to the Government General Hospital, Chennai, where they survived after proper treatment.
The only eye witness for the shooting event was producer Vasu.
As majority of the evidences were against Radha, he was sentenced to a seven-year term.
At the High Court hearing, considering his age, the sentence was reduced to three and a half years.
After being released from jail, Radha died of jaundice on 17 September 1979 aged 72 at his residence in Thiruchirappalli.
His popularity had improved and his funeral procession was one of the largest in South India, as over 200,000 mourners paid respect.
M. R. Radhakrishnan married four times, and his marriages were concurrent.
The names of his wives were Smt.
Saraswathi Ammal, Smt.
Dhanalakshmi Ammal, Smt.
Jayammal and Smt.
Geetha.
He was survived by three of his wives, namely Smt.
Dhanalakshmi Ammal and Smt.
Jayamamal.
Radhakrishnan was the father of several children (at least three sons and six daughters) by his four wives.
His three sons were M. R. R. Vasu and Radha Ravi (both borne by Smt.
Dhanalakshmi Ammal) and M.R. Radharajoo.
Radhakrishnan also had at least seven daughters, including Rashya, Rani, Ganavalli, Kasturi, Rajeswari and two daughters (actresses Radhika and Nirosha) born to his most junior wife Geetha.
Radhakrishnan's eldest son M. R. R. Vasu was a leading character artist until the mid-1980s.
His other son Radha Ravi is also an actor.
Radhika is an actress and producer and is presently married to actor R. Sarathkumar (her third husband).
Nirosha (also known as Niroja) is an actress working mostly in supporting roles; she is married to actor Ramki.
Ratha Kanneer
Nalla Idathu Sambandham
Aayiram Roobai
Kai Koduttha Dheivam
Paava Mannippu
En Kadamai
Chitthi
Puthiya Paravai
Bale Pandiya
Sarada
Thendral Veesum (1962)
Kavalai Illaadha Manithan
Kumudham
Anandhi
Karpagam
Thayai Kaatha Thanayan
Paasam
Paalum Pazhamum
Pattinathar
Padithal Mattum Podhuma
Naanum Oru Penn
Koduthu Vaithaval
Aalayamani
Santhanathevan
Velum Mayilum Thunai
Rathinapuri Ilavarasi
Thai Solli Thathathe
Iruvar Ullam
Petralthan Pillaiya
Periya Idathu Penn
Anandha Jodhi
Ulagam Sirikkirathu
Bhaaga Pirivinai
Aadavantha Deivam
Kannadi Maligai
Hello Mister Zamindar
Mani Osai
Dasavatharam (movie)
A scene from Paava Mannippu
X-Men: The New Mutants (or simply titled The New Mutants) is a 2020 American superhero  horror movie.
It is the thirteenth film of the X-Men film series and it was released on August 28, 2020.
The movie is directed by Josh Boone.
It stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga, Blu Hunt, and Alice Braga.
2020 horror movies
2020s LGBT movies
2020s superhero movies
His parents are Elizabeth Leuckel and Gottfried Wilhelm Ostwald.
His son is Wolfgang Ostwald.
Wilhelm Ostwald was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 and it is Latvia's only Nobel prize.
Although he was a German chemist, he was born in Latvia so the Nobel prize went to Latvia.
Singer 2018''' is the second season of Chinese television series Singer, a rebranded version of I Am a Singer that will air on Hunan Television.
It is produced by Hong Tao, and its music director is Hong Kong senior musician Kubert Leung.
It will be recorded in the Hunan Broadcasting System Radio and Television Center, Changsha, Hunan on January 3, 2018 and aired from January 12 to April 20, 2018 on Hunan Television.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%"
rowspan="4" width="20" | !!
rowspan="4" width="250" class="unsortable" |Singer !!
colspan="14" | Broadcast Date (2018)
rowspan="4" | Average Ranking
Jan 12 !!
Jan 19 !!
Jan 26
Feb 2 !!
Feb 9 !!
Feb 23 !!
Mar 9 !!
Mar 23 !!
Mar 30
Apr 6 !!
colspan="2" |Apr 13
colspan="3" |1st round
colspan="3" |2nd round
colspan="3" |3rd round
colspan="2" |4th round
rowspan="2" |Breakout
colspan="2" |Final Round
width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Qualifying!!
width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Knockout !!
width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Challenge !!
width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Qualifying !!
width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Match 1  !!
width="100" data-sort-type="text" |KnockoutChallenge   !!
width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Qualifying
Knockout!!
width="70" data-sort-type="text" | 1st round !!
width="70" |2nd round
|  Jessie J
| style="background: blue; color: white"| 1
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 2
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 3
| style="background:#F25B40; color: black" data-sort-value="8"| —
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="1"| —
| style="background: lime; color: black"| 1
| 1.64
|  Hua Chenyu
| data-sort-value="10"| —
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 5
| style="background:#C697F3; color: black"| 1
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="2"| —
| style="background: yellow; color: black"| 2
| 2.1
|  Wang Feng
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 4
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 6
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="13"| —
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="3"| —
| style="background: yellow; color: black"| 3
| 3.58
|  Teng Geer
| data-sort-value="12"| —
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 7
| style="background:#C697F3; color: black"| 3
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="4"| —
| style="background: yellow; color: black"| 4
| 3.29
|  James Li
| data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 4
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 7
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 5
| style="background: red; color: white" | 7
| style="background: grey; color: white" | 6
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="8"| —
| style="background: #C697F3; color: black"| 2
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="5"| —
|  Angela Chang
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 2
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 6
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 3
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="12"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="6"| —
| 4.45
| style="background:#92D3DA; color: black"|  Henry Huo
| data-sort-value="13"| —
| style="background:#994299; color: white" | 4
| style="background:#C697F3; color: black"| 4
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="7"| —
| style="background:#92D3DA; color: black"|  Juno Su
| data-sort-value="8"| —
| style="background: #994299; color: white"| 3
| style="background: grey; color: white" | 7
| style="background:#F89B40; color: black" data-sort-value="8"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="10"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background:#7FFFD4; color: black"| 5
| 5.17
|  Yisa Yu
| data-sort-value="14"| —
| style="background:#7FFFD4; color: black"| 6
| 6.33
| style="background:#92D3DA; color: black"|  KZ Tandingan
| data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background: blue; color: white" | 1
| style="background:#994299; color: white"| 6
| style="background: grey; color: white"| 8
| style="background:#7FFFD4; color: black"| 7
|  style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="10"| —
| 5.33
|  Tien Chong
| style="background: red; color: white" | 8
| style="background: grey; color: white" | 8
| style="background:#7FFFD4; color: black"| 8
|  Sam Lee
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="12"| —
| style="background:#7FFFD4; color: black" data-sort-value="9"| —
|  Li Xiaodong
| style="background:#F89B40; color: black" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="13"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="14"| —
| style="background:#7FFFD4; color: black" data-sort-value="10"| —
|  GAI
| style="background: pink; color: grey"| 4
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="10"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="12"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="13"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="14"| —
| 3.5
|}Notes: A. Average ranking is calculated using the weekly ranking, ignoring the bi-weekly overall ranking of each round
Details of competitions
This episode is the first episode of Singer 2018.
It was recorded on January 3, 2017, and premiered on January 12, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on Hunan Television.
A. No.1 of pre-vote
B. Rap is written by GAI and Lin Du
C. Also for live pianist
This episode is the second episode of Singer 2018.
It was recorded on January 11, 2018, and was broadcast on January 19, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on Hunan Television.
1st round, Juno Su is going to participate challenge round, as the first challenge singer, at last she gets No.5 temporarily safe, and Li Xiaodong is the lowest percentages of votes in 1st round first two matches.
First two matches overall ranking
This episode is the third episode of Singer 2018.
It was recorded on January 18, 2018, and was broadcast on January 26, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on Hunan Television.
James Li joins the competition in the 1st challenge round, as the first substitute singer.
Percentages of votes
{| width="100%" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#99CCFF"
| colspan="3" |Singer2018 1st Roung Match 3 Percentages of Votes
| style="width:33%"|Ranking || style="width:34%"|Singer || style="width:33%"|Percentages of Votes
| 1 || Jessie J || 25.46%
| 2 || Wang Feng || 18.17%
| 3 || Juno Su || 16.61%
| 4 || James Li || 13.07%
| 5 || Tien Chong || 10.21%
| 6 || Angela Chang || 9.53%
| 7 || Sam Lee || 6.94%
This episode is the fourth episode of Singer 2018.
It was recorded on January 25, 2018, and was broadcast on February 2, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on Hunan Television.
In second round, Hua Chenyu joins the competition, as the second substitute singer.
Process of production
At the end of Singer 2017, many many Weibo entertainment marketing accounts said that Singer 2017 as the last series of I Am a Singer and Singer, the series of the show will not be made from 2018.
There are three reasons, first in the preparation and broadcasting of Singer 2017 faced a lot of uncertainty, second the invitation of competitors difficulties is harder than before, the last is the director Duyan and the screenwriter Sunli will leave after Singer 2017.
However on 14 June of 2017, During the broadcast of Hunan Xinwen Lianbo, Hong Tao accepted the interview of Hunan TV reporter.
He said Singer 2018'' has entered the preparation to repudiate the remour.
2018 in television
Ugo Fangareggi (30 January 1938 – 20 October 2017) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
He was best known for the role of Mangold in Mario Monicelli's The Incredible Army of Brancaleone.
ESPCI Paris (officially the École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la Ville de Paris; The City of Paris Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution) is a renowned graduate engineering school in France.
It is a constituent school of the University PSL (Northern France).
Ingénieur ESPCI Paris (ESPCI Paris Graduate engineer Masters level program)
Students from a dozen of nationalities participate to the different curricula at ESPCI Paris.
Marie Curie, first woman to win a Nobel Prize
General Mustafa Adrisi ( – 28 July 2013) was Vice President of Uganda.
He served from 1977 to 1978 and was one of President Idi Amin's closest allies.
In 1978, after Adrisi was injured in a suspicious auto accident, troops loyal to him decided to rebel.
Amin sent soldiers against the rebelling people, some of whom had fled across the Tanzanian border.
This led to the Uganda–Tanzania War.