the-french-artist/wikipedia_20220301.simple_sentence_split huggingface dataset:
2008: Rockin' Body (Exercise video series)
2008: Shaun T's Fit Kids Club (Exercise video for ages 7 and up)
2008: Get Real with Shaun T (Exercise video for pre-teens)
2007: Hip Hop Abs (Exercise video series)
Shaun T Fitness: Official Site
Shaun T's official Facebook page
Helen Marguerite Clark (February 22, 1883 – September 25, 1940) was an American actress.
She played Gretchen in the 1915 movie The Goose Girl.
She also played Mici in The Seven Sisters, another movie from 1915.
Clark was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
She died from pneumonia in New York City at fifty-seven.
The Armenian Wikipedia ( Vīkīpedyā or Վիքիպեդիա Ազատ հանրագիտարան Wīkīpedyā Azat Hanragitaran) is the Armenian-language edition of Wikipedia.
This edition was started in February 2003.
Armenian Wikipedia main page
The Javanese Wikipedia (Javanese Wikipedia basa Jawa) is the Javanese-language edition of Wikipedia.
This edition started in March 2004.
As of July 2013, it has over 44,000 articles.
Javanese Wikipedia main page
"No Scrubs" is a Grammy Award-winning song.
It was recorded by American contemporary R&B girl group TLC.
It was for their album, FanMail.
It was released in January 1999 as the lead single. "
No Scrubs" became TLC's third number-one single and eighth top-ten single on the US Billboard Hot 100.
It also earned them their second Grammy nomination for Record of the Year.
It was certified gold in the US for sales of over 500,000 copies.
It was the second-best performing song of 1999 in the US, behind Cher's "Believe".
"No Scrubs" (Album Version) - 3:39
"No Scrubs" (Instrumental) - 3:37
EU CD Single
"No Scrubs" (Album Version) - 3:37
"No Scrubs" (Main Mix with Left Eye's Rap) (clean) - 4:00
"Silly Ho" (Album Version) - 4:16
"Waterfalls" (Radio Version) - 4:19
"Creep" (Radio Version) - 4:26
Chart successions
Kids in Glass Houses
Lizette Carter
Avi Wisnia
Sporty Thievz
Xxyyxx
TLC songs
The Urdu Wikipedia (Urdu:  or ) is the Urdu-language edition of Wikipedia.
This edition was started in January 2004.
As of October 2018, it has over 140,000 articles.
Urdu Wikipedia main page
Agnes Teresa McGlade (also known as Una O'Connor; 23 October 1880 – 4 February 1959) was an Irish actress.
She acted almost exclusively in stage plays before becoming a character actress in movies.
She worked across Ireland and England as a stage actress for many years.
Her plays included The Starlight Express.
She was also in the 1930 movie Murder!,
an Alfred Hitchcock movie.
O'Connor was born in Belfast.
She died from heart disease at age 78 in New York City.
"Unpretty" is a song by American girl group TLC.
It was produced by Dallas Austin.
It was co-written by Austin and TLC member Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins.
It was for the band's third album, FanMail (1999).
The song was based on a poem of the same name written by Watkins.
It was about a woman's struggle with her self-image.
It talked about the concept of beauty portrayed in the media.
Austin helped Watkins to help the song become an empowerment for women who do not think they are beautiful enough.
"Unpretty" was the second single released from FanMail.
It became the group's fourth US number one single on the Billboard Hot 100.
It spent three weeks at number one.
It was considered a success by music critics.
It was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 42nd annual Grammy Awards.
A remixed version of the song was released.
Track lisitings
US CD Single (Green Cover)
Unpretty (Album Version) - 4:38
Unpretty ("Don't Look Any Further" Remix) - 4:25
UK CD 1 of 2 (Green Cover)
Unpretty (Radio Version) - 4:08
No Scrubs (Radio Version) - 4:06
Diggin' On You (Radio Version) - 4:14
UK CD 2 of 2 (Blue Cover)
Unpretty (M. J. Cole Remix) [Vox Up] - 4:48
International Remix EP (Blue Cover)
Unpretty (Radio Version) - 4:01
Unpretty ("Don't Look Any Further" Remix) - 4:26
Unpretty ("Don't Look Any Further" Remix w/ Rap) - 4:27
Unpretty (Pumpin' Dolls Radio Mix) - 4:03
Unpretty ("Don't Look Any Further" Remix) [Big Boyz Dub Mix] - 5:00
Unpretty (Pumpin' Dolls Club Mix) - 8:59
German CD Single (Green Cover)
Unpretty (Radio Version) - 4:09
Unpretty (M. J. Cole Remix) [Budd Dub] - 5:35
Unpretty (Instrumental) - 4:41
Anneliese van der Pol (born September 23, 1984) is a Dutch-American actress and singer.
She is best known as Chelsea Daniels in the Disney Channel show, That's So Raven.
She recorded several songs for The Walt Disney Company.
She made her Broadway start in 2007.
In 2010, she was cast in Vampires Suck.
Selected soundtracks and miscellaneous
The Princess Diaries is a 2001 American comedy movie.
It was produced by singer and actress Whitney Houston.
It is based on Meg Cabot's 2000 novel of the same name.
The movie stars Anne Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis and Tobey Maguire as Peter Thermopolis, Mia's brother.
The characters are teenagers who discover that they are the heir of the throne of the fictional Kingdom of Genovia.
Genovia is ruled by their grandmother Queen Dowager Clarisse Renaldi, played by Julie Andrews.
It also stars Heather Matarazzo and James Franco as Mia and Peter's best friends Lilly Moscovitz and Harry, Héctor Elizondo as Joseph, the Queen's Head of Security, and Robert Schwartzman as Lilly's brother Michael, who has a crush on Mia.
The movie was released in North American theaters on August 3, 2001.
The movie peaked at number three in the box office.
It grossed $165,335,153 worldwide.
A sequel, The Princess Diaries 2, was released in August 2004.
Shy high school student Mia Thermopolis resides with her single mother, Helen, in a refurbished firehouse in San Francisco.
Unpopular among her peers, Mia suffers from a fear of public speaking while harboring a crush on Josh Bryant, and is often teased by his popular girlfriend Lana Thomas.
Mia's only friends are social outcast Lilly Moscovitz, and Lilly's older brother Michael, who secretly harbors feelings for her.
Mia learns from her estranged paternal grandmother, Clarisse, that she is the sole heir to the European kingdom of Genovia, having inherited the throne from her recently deceased father Philippe.
Clarisse is determined to groom Mia into a refined princess so she may one day rule the kingdom over which Clarisse currently presides.
Overwhelmed by the discovery, Mia initially refuses until Helen convinces her to attend her grandmother's "princess lessons" on the condition that she needs not make her final decision until the Genovian Independence Day Ball in three weeks' time.
Mia receives a glamorous makeover and a limousine chauffeured by Joe, the queen's head of security and confidante, who becomes a father figure to her.
Mia's transformation causes her schoolmates to treat her differently, while her increasingly hectic schedule strains her relationship with Lilly.
To appease her best friend, Mia tells Lilly the truth and swears her to secrecy.
However, the public soon learns that Mia is a princess after the secret is sold to the press by Paolo, the hairdresser responsible for Mia's makeover, and the paparazzi begin to pursue her relentlessly.
Although Mia embarrasses herself at her first state dinner, the queen admits that she found her clumsiness endearing and suggests that they spend quality time together.
While bonding, Clarisse explains that although Mia's parents loved each other, they divorced amicably in order to pursue their own passions, Philippe remaining in Genovia to eventually become King, and Helen returning to America with Mia to offer her a "normal" childhood.
As Mia's popularity grows, Josh invites her to attend a beach party with him.
Mia accepts, causing her to neglect Lilly and forego her plans with Michael.
Josh kisses Mia in front of the paparazzi to bolster his own fame, while Lana helps the paparazzi photograph Mia wearing only a towel; both photographs are printed in the newspaper the following day.
Finding the photos inappropriate for a princess, Clarisse admonishes Mia for her behavior, after which a humiliated Mia promises to renounce her title.
Joe reminds Clarisse that Mia is still a teenager and her granddaughter, suggesting that the queen reacted too harshly.
After making amends with Lilly, Mia finally stands up to Lana for bullying a schoolmate.
Mia invites Lilly and Michael to the ball but Michael declines, still heartbroken over Mia's initial dismissal.
After Clarisse apologises to Mia for scolding her, she states that Mia must publicly renounce the throne at the ball.
Terrified by the prospect, Mia plans to run away until she discovers a touching letter from her late father and relents.
Mia's car malfunctions while driving to the ball, stranding her in a downpour until she is retrieved by Joe.
When she finally arrives, Mia, still wet and untidy from the rain, delivers a compelling speech and accepts her role as Princess of Genovia.
After changing into a gown, Mia accompanies Clarisse into the ballroom where Michael, who has accepted Mia's apology, invites her to dance before confessing their feelings for each other and sharing their first kiss.
In the final scene, Mia is shown travelling to Genovia in a private plane with her pet cat Fat Louie, and she writes in her diary that she plans to relocate to Genovia with their mother.
Héctor Elizondo as Joseph "Joe"
Mandy Moore as Lana Thomas
Caroline Goodall as Helen Thermopolis, Mia's mother
Robert Schwartzman as Michael Moscovitz
Erik von Detten as Josh Bryant
Sandra Oh as Vice Principal Gupta
Mindy Burbano as Gym teacher, Ms. Harbula
René Auberjonois (uncredited) as Voice of Philippe Renaldi
Larry Miller (uncredited) as Paolo
2001 comedy-drama movies
Laurette Taylor (born Loretta Helen Cooney; April 1, 1883 – December 7, 1946) was an American actress.
She acted in plays, including Peg o' My Heart, The Bird of Paradise and Lola Lola.
She also performed in many movies.
Those movies included One Night in Rome.
Taylor was born in New York City.
She died there from heart conditions at age sixty-three.
He played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
He played right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 through 1972.
Clemente's career was cut short by his death in a plane crash off the coast of his homeland of Puerto Rico.
The flight was planned to deliver emergency supplies to victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua.
Clemente was the first Latin American elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
He and Lou Gehrig are the only Hall of Fame members that did not have the five-year waiting period.
However, the rules for election were different in Gehrig's day.
He was eligible when he retired in 1939, and the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), which then as now is the main body for electing players, chose to hold a special election specifically to elect him. (
This was probably because Gehrig was known to be dying, and the voters wanted to elect him while he was still alive.)
After Clemente's death, the BBWAA made an exception to its five-year waiting period for Clemente.
The exception made for Clemente is now a rule—a player who dies while active, or within five years of his retirement, becomes eligible for election six months after his death (provided he has played at least 10 years in Major League Baseball).
Clemente did a lot of charity work, especially in Latin American countries; as noted above, he died on a charity mission to Latin America.
Each year the MLB gives the Roberto Clemente Award.
This award is for the player who best follows Clemente's example with charity work.
In 1973, Clemente was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and the first Presidential Citizens Medal.
On August 17, 1984 the United States Postal Service issued a postage stamp honoring Clemente.
This was the day before what would have been his 50th birthday.
On November 14, 1964, Clemente married Vera Zabala at San Fernando Church in Carolina.
The couple had three children: Roberto, Jr., born in 1965, Luis Roberto, born in 1966, and Enrique Roberto, born in 1969.
His Major League Debut Was In Pittsburgh Pirates
Mamie Smith (born Mamie Robinson; May 26, 1883 – September 16, 1946) was an American vaudeville singer, dancer and pianist.
She appeared in several movies.
She performed many musical genres, including blues and jazz.
She became the first African American singer to make vocal blues recordings in the early 1920s.
Her movies included Jailhouse Blues in 1929 and Paradise in Harlem ten years after that.
Smith was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
She died at age sixty-three in 1946.
Singers from Cincinnati, Ohio
South Pacific is a musical.
It is based on two short stories from James A. Michener's 1947 book, Tales of the South Pacific.
The musical's book was written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan.
The lyrics were written by Hammerstein.
The musical won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Musical.
South Pacific opened on Broadway on 7 April 1949 at the Majestic Theatre, and closed on 16 January 1954 after 1925 performances.
It starred Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza.
South Pacific opened on the West End at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 1 November 1951.
The musical was adapted to a Twentieth Century-Fox movie in 1958 starring Mitzi Gaynor and Rosanno Brazzi.
IBdb: South Pacific
Broadway Musical Home: South Pacific
Guide to Musical Theatre: South Pacific
National Treasure: Book of Secrets is a 2007 mystery adventure movie.
It is a sequel to the 2004 movie, National Treasure.
It was directed by Jon Turteltaub.
It was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
The movie was released by Walt Disney Pictures.
Nicolas Cage as Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Gates
Justin Bartha as Riley Poole: Ben's best friend
Diane Kruger as Dr. Abigail Chase: Ben's colleague and girlfriend
Jon Voight as Patrick Henry Gates: Ben's father
Harvey Keitel as FBI Special agent Sadusky
Alicia Coppola as FBI Special agent Spellman
Ed Harris as Mitch Wilkinson: A black market dealer
Albert Hall as Dr. Nichols
Bruce Greenwood as President of the United States
Helen Mirren as Dr. Emily Appleton: Ben's mother
Joel Gretsch as Thomas Gates
Billy Unger as Charles Carroll Gates
Ty Burrell as Connor: Abigail's new boyfriend who works at the White House
Zachary Gordon as Lincoln Conspiracy Kid
Glenn Beck as Abraham Lincoln
Judy Renihan as Mary Todd Lincoln
Christian Camargo as John Wilkes Booth
Randy Travis as himself
for the DVD and Blu-ray Disc
Official UK Competition site
Movies set in South Dakota
Mary Alden (18 June 1883 – 2 July 1946) was an American actress.
She acted in Hollywood and on Broadway.
She was in a lot of popular movies.
Those included Birth of a Nation in 1915 and Ladies of the Mob in 1928.
Alden was born in New York.
She died in Los Angeles at age sixty-three.
The Hallerbos is a forest in Belgium.
It is mostly in the municipality of Halle, in Flemish Brabant.
It used to be part of the Sonian Forest but now is separate.
The forest is known in the region for its bluebell carpet.
Bluebells cover the forest floor for a few weeks each spring, attracting many visitors in April and May.
The Hallerbos is a quiet type of forest, not to many visitors.
It can be accessed from more entries in Halle
Bascule is a commercial center in Uccle.
It is on Chaussée de Waterloo and has plenty of shops.
On July 7, 2013, nine bombs exploded in and around the Mahabodhi Temple complex.
The temple is a UNESCO World heritage site in Bodh Gaya, India.
Five people, including two monks, were injured by the blasts.
There were many other devices found but did not explode.
These were diffused when found.
The vihara was not damaged by the attacks.
The holy tree where the Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment was not harmed.
There have been arrests made.
However, no party have claim responsibility for the attack.
International figures from the Dalai Lama to Aung San Suu Kyi have expressed their concern.
2010s explosions in Asia
July 2013 events
Dealul Mitropoliei () is a small hill in Bucharest, Romania.. It is also called  or "Patriarchate Hill".
It is an important historic, cultural, architectural, religious and touristic point in the national capital.
The Romanian Patriarchy and the residence of the Patriarch are here.
Next to the Patriarchy there is a house (nr.
19) which is in the "National Architectural Patrimonial of Romania".
Sara Teasdale (8 August 1884 – 29 January 1933) was an American poet.
In 1918, she received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
She wrote many notable poems.
Her poetry collection, Love Songs was released in 1917.
The poems written by her were about romance, mastery and melancholy.
Teasdale was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
At age forty-eight, she committed suicide using sleeping pills in New York City.
The Chaussée de Waterloo is a big avenue of Brussels.
It starts in the commune of Saint-Gilles and finishes in Waterloo.
There the name changes to "Chaussée de Bruxelles" and it continues to Genappe and Charleroi.
Elizabeth Barry Scale (also known as Bessie Barriscale; September 30, 1884 – June 30, 1965) was an American actress.
She  was especially popular in silent movies and on the stage.
She began her movie career around 1913.
Her movies included The Woman Michael Married in 1919 and The Skirt in 1921.
She returned to stage with Women Go On Forever.
Barriscale was born in New Jersey.
She died in California at age 80.
Hair is a rock musical.
The book and lyrics were written by James Rado and Gerome Ragni.
The music was written by Galt MacDermot.
It opened Off-Broadway in 1967, was revised, and premiered on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre in April 1968.
It ran for 1,750 performances.
The musical is about youth rebellion, love, the Vietnam War, race, and other hot topics of the 1960s.
Florence Evelyn Nesbit also called Evelyn Nesbit (25 December 1884 – 17 January 1967) was an American actress, model, and dancer.
She was portrayed in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing in 1955.
Nesbit performed mostly in silent movies and stage plays.
She also wrote two memoirs, Prodigal Days and The Story of My Life.
Nesbit was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
She died at age 82 in California.
Cabaret is a musical.
The book was written by Joe Masteroff.
The lyrics were written by Fred Ebb.
The music was written by John Kander.
The musical was based on the 1939 novel, Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood, and the 1951 play, I Am a Camera by John Van Druten.
The musical won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Musical.
Cabaret premiered on 20 November 1966 at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway.
It ran for 1,165 performances.
It opened in the West End on 28 February 1968 at the Palace Theatre.
It had 336 performances.
A movie adaptation was released in 1972 starring Liza Minelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey.
The musical is set in Berlin during the Nazi rise to power, and follows the life and loves of cabaret singer, Sally Bowles.
A subplot involves a romance between a German woman and a Jewish man.
San Fernando, Chile, a city in Chile
San Fernando de Monte Cristi, a city in the Dominican Republic
San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, a city in Argentina
The Addams Family is a musical.
The book was written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice.
The lyrics and music were written by Andrew Lippa.
The musical is based on the single panel comic strip characters and concepts created by Charles Addams for The New Yorker magazine.
The musical premiered on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on 8 April 2010.
It starred Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth.
The production closed on 31 December 2011 after 725 performances.
Skara is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden.
It is the seat of Skara Municipality.
Skara is the home of Skara Cathedral, and Swedish record label Mariann Grammofon as well.
Founding dates back to 988 (traditional date).
From 1634 and until 1660, Skara was the seat of Skaraborg County.
Bert Karlsson, Swedish record label manager and politician
Skara  - Marketing Agency
Skara Technologies Limited  - ERP Software Company
Edsbyn is an urban area in the county of Gävleborg in Sweden.
It is in the Ovanåker Municipality.
Edsbyn is the home of the sports club Edsbyns IF, which has won several Swedish national men's bandy championship titles.
Bollnäs () is a town in the county of Gävleborg in Sweden.
It is the seat of Bollnäs Municipality.
Bollnäs is the home of sports club Bollnäs GoIF, which had a successful bandy team back in the 1950s, winning the Swedish national championship.
Ljusdal is a locality in the county of Gävleborg in Sweden.
It is the seat of Ljusdal Municipality.
Ljusdal is the home of bandy club Ljusdals BK, which has hosted the Bandy World Cup several times.
Skutskär is a town in the county of Gävleborg in Sweden.
It is in Älvkarleby Municipality.
Skutskär is the home of sports club Skutskärs IF, which was successful back in the 1940s and 1950s, winning the Swedish national bandy championship titles.
Scream is a hardcore punk band from Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia.
They were active from 1981 to 1990.
In 2009 the band reunited.
As of January 2012, they were on tour in Europe.
Peter Stahl (1981-1990, 2009-present)
Franz Stahl (1981-1990, 2009-present)
Skeeter Thompson (1981-1988, 2009-present)
Kent Stax (1981-1986, 2009-present)
Clint Walsh (2009-present)
Dave Grohl (1984-1990)
Robert Lee Davidson (1984-1989)
J. Robbins (1988-1990)
John S. Pappas (1985-1990)
Bobby Madden (1984-1985)
Ben Pape (1988-1990)
Head coach:  Alfredo Foni
Head coach:  Rudolf Vytlačil
Note: , only seven players of North Korean team are surviving.
See: The Game of Their Lives
Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players.
All the teams included 3 goalkeepers, except Brazil, Chile and North Korea who only called two.
Web Planet World Cup
FIFA World Cup squads
The Citroen C4 is a car produced by Citroën.
It replaced the Citroën Xsara in 2004, facelifted in 2008 and entered its second generation in 2010.
Citroen automobiles
The Peugeot 806 was a large MPV produced by Peugeot between 1994 and 2002.
It is similar to the Fiat Ulysse, Lancia Zeta and Citroën Evasion.
1.8 73 kW (99 hp)
2.0 89 kW (121 hp)
2.0 16V 97 kW (132 hp) and 100 kW (136 hp)
2.0 Turbo CT 108 kW (147 hp)
Ethel Waters (31 October 1896 – 1 September 1977) was an American actress and singer.
She performed blues, jazz, gospel, pop and big band music.
Her recordings included "Dinah", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Stormy Weather" and "Cabin in the Sky".
Waters also appeared in several movies.
Waters was born in Chester, Pennsylvania.
She died from kidney failure and uterine cancer in Chatsworth, California.
Anita Louise Fremault (or just Anita Louise; January 9, 1915 – April 25, 1970) was an American television actress who also starred in movies.
She played the gentle mother in the television series My Friend Flicka.
Her movies included A Midsummer Night's Dream, Madame Du Barry, Marie Antoinette and The Sisters.
She was especially popular in the 1930s.
Fremault was born in New York City.
She died in Los Angeles resulting from a stroke at age fifty-five.
Shelley Alexis Duvall (born July 7, 1949) is an American actress.
She began acting in Robert Altman movies during the 1970s.
She starred in Brewster McCloud, Nashville, 3 Women and Annie.
She was also a producer for television shows.
Duvall was born in Houston.
In 2016, it was revealed that Duvall is suffering from a mental illness.
Vonda Shepard (July 7, 1963) is an American musician.
She performs pop and rock music.
She appeared in the television show Ally McBeal as a resident performer.
She also plays piano and bass.
Shepard was born in New York City.
She moved to California during her childhood.
The Machairodontinae are a sister group of the felines (Felinae).
They were the last surviving group of sabretoothed cats.
They are an extinct subfamily of mammalian carnivora of the family Felidae (true cats).
They lived in Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Europe from the Miocene to the Pleistocene.
They survived from about 23 million until about 11,000 years ago.
The subfamily Machairodontinae included the famed genus Smilodon.
There were also other cats with canines which were not so long, such as Homotherium.
The sabretooth adaptation evolved a number of times in different carnivore lines.
They were evidently very successful as ambush predators.
Carmen Mercedes McRae (8 April 1920 – 10 November 1994) was an American musician, composer and actress.
She performed jazz music.
She recorded more than sixty albums.
Her hit singles included "Dream of Life", "Good Morning Heartache" and "God Bless the Child".
McRae was born in New York City.
She died in Beverly Hills, California from a stroke at 74.
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper DBE (December 18, 1888 – November 17, 1971) was a British actress.
Her career spanned almost seventy years in movies, on stage and in television.
She performed in stage plays including The Dollar Princess, The Importance of Being Earnest and Bluebell in Fairyland, the latter of which was a musical.
However, it was not until 1922 that she found strong success.
Her most notable movies included The Secret Garden in 1949, The Valley of Decision and My Fair Lady in 1964.
Cooper was born in London, England.
She died from pneumonia at age eighty-two.
Pearl White (4 March 1889 – 4 August 1938) was an American actress who began acting at age 6.
She starred in The Perils of Pauline, a serial.
She also acted in silent movies.
She retired from acting around 1924.
White was born in New Jersey, though she was raised in Springfield, Missouri.
She died from cirrhosis in France at age forty-nine.
Mahinda V was King of Anuradhapura in the 10th and 11th centuries.
He was the last king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom, and the last from the House of Lambakanna II.
In 993, Anuradhapura was invaded and captured by the Chola, under the command of Rajaraja Chola I. Mahinda V fled to Ruhuna, the southern part of the country.
He was later taken prisoner and taken to India, where he died as a prisoner in 1029.
The Mahavamsa records that the rule of Mahinda V was weak and he was unable to control Sri Lanka correctly.
The country was powerless and his army refused to follow orders.
Kings and Queens of Sri Lanka
Mercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1893 – May 9, 1968) was an American poet, novelist and playwright.
She wrote four famous stage plays.
She also published three volumes of poetry and one novel.
That novel was not a success, though it did create controversy because of its lesbian themed subject.
De Acosta was born in New York City.
She died there at age seventy-five.
Rajendra Chola I (Rajendra Chola the Great; ) was an emperor of the Chola dynasty in medieval India.
He was the son of Rajaraja Chola I. He became the king of the empire in 1014 CE after his father died.
He had been made co-regent in 1012.
He was one of the greatest rulers and military leaders of the Chola Empire.
1044 deaths
Tamil Monarchs
Raja Raja Chola I was a renowned king who ruled over the Chola dynasty of southern India between 985 and 1014 CE.
During his reign, the Cholas expanded beyond South India with their domains stretching from Sri Lanka in the south to Kalinga in the north.
Raja Raja Chola also launched several naval campaigns that resulted in the capture of the Malabar Coast as well as the Maldives and Sri Lanka.
Raja Raja Chola died in 1014 and was succeeded by his son Rajendra Chola I.
Katharine Cornell (February 16, 1893 – June 9, 1974) was an American state actress, author and theatrical producer.
She played English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning in The Barretts of Wimpole Street in 1931.
She also played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet in 1934.
She wrote several biography books.
The most notable one was I Always Wanted to be an Actress, published in 1939.
She was married to Guthrie McClintic.
Cornell was born in Berlin to American parents.
She was raised in Buffalo, New York.
She died at age 81 in Tisbury, Massachusetts.
Joris van Spilbergen (1568 – 1620) was a Dutch naval officer in the 17th century.
His first big exploration journey was in 1596, when he sailed to Africa.
He then left for Asia on 5 May 1601, commanding the company of the Moucheron (a trading company before the establishment of the Dutch East India Company).
His ships were the Ram, Schaap and Lam.
Spilbergen met the king of Kandy (Sri Lanka) Vimala Dharma Suriya in 1602, and talked about the trading of cinnamon.
In 1607, Spilbergen traveled on Aeolus.
He was with Jacob van Heemskerk at the Battle of Gibraltar.
In 1614, he sailed beyond the Strait of Magellan and invaded the Spanish settlements on the coast of California.
From 1578, El Quisco together with the neighbor Algarrobo and El Canelo were a hiding place of pirates such as the Englishmen Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish, Richard Hawkins and the Dutchmen Olivier van Noort and Joris van Spilbergen.
He had some fights with Sebastián Vizcaíno and Nicolás de Cardona.
He returned to Holland in 1617.
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http://www.thefullwiki.org/Joris_van_Spilbergen
Norma Talmadge (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and movie producer.
She appeared mostly in silent movies and melodramas.
Her most famous movie was Smilin' Through in 1922.
She was also in Secrets in 1924 and The Lady the following year.
Talmadge was regarded as one of the most glamorous and elegant movie stars in the roaring twenties.
However, by the end of the silent movie era, her popularity with movie audiences declined.
Talmadge was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1894.
She died from pneumonia in Las Vegas at the age of sixty-three.
Homotherium is an extinct genus of machairodontine sabertoothed cats.
Their teeth are longer than a modern tiger, but shorter than Smilodon.
Therefore, they are sometimes called  "scimitar-toothed cats".
Homotherium was widespread in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs (5 million years ago – 10,000 years ago).
It first became extinct in Africa some 1.5 million years ago.
In Eurasia it survived until about 30,000 years ago.
In South America it is only known from a few remains in the northern (Venezuela), in the mid-Pleistocene.
The last scimitar cat could have survived in North America until 10,000 years ago.
What we have of evidence comes from the skeletons.
From its teeth, its killing method would have been somewhat different from Smilodon.
The canines look like they were used for a stabbing action rather than slashing.
The build of the body is much stronger at the front and heavier than modern cats, which suggests an ambush strategy.
That in turn suggests cover in woodlands, which were very common in the Pliocene and much of the Pleistocene.
The skull has noteworthy features.
The incisors at the front were proportionately much bigger than modern cats, and stood proud in front of the canines.
They must have played a role in holding and pulling the prey.
The meat-slicing molars at the back were huge.
The legs were fairly long, with the front legs longer than the hind legs.
The short tail and short lumbar region of the spine completes the picture of a very strong animal, capable of wrestling with large prey.
A reasonable summary is that Homotherium had features combinbing those of hyaenas and modern big cats.
It was capable of ambush hunting, but also long-distance chases at moderate speeds.
It would operate in open woodland.
Possibly all these sabretooths operated by jumping onto the prey's neck, hanging on with their strong front limbs, and digging into the prey's neck with their teeth.
Their canines could penetrate the hide of large mammals, unlike modern lions, which have to suffocate their prey.
Homotherium skeletons have been found in association with those of mammoths, mastodons and rhinoceros.
The implication is that juvenile elephants might have been on their menu.
It is based on a 1994 Disney animated movie of the same name.
Elton John wrote the music.
Julie Taymor directed.
The musical uses giant puppets.
The musical opened on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theater on 13 November 1997.
A production opened in the West End at the Lyceum Theatre on 19 October 1999.
1997 works
Vimaladharmasuriya I, also known as Konappu Bandara, Dom Joan of Austria or Don Jhon Appuhamy, was a king of Sri Lanka.
He ruled the country from 1590 to 1604.
He was a late 16th-century to early 17th-century King of the Kandyan Kingdom, which was located in the central hills of the island of Sri Lanka.
He successfully defeated the Portuguese in two major battles: in 1594, the battle of Danture and in 1602 the Battle of Balana.
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Michael Joseph John Berry, Jr. (born 1964 in Oxford, England) is a British actor known for portraying characters in well known films such as the Irish sailor Twigg in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the man who kidnapped Julia Meade in Mission: Impossible III, Daniel the Bull in Where the Wild Things Are and Vladi in The Hangover Part II.
Berry Jr. is also a writer for numerous television shows and plays such as Spiderman and the Rope.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a musical.
It is based on a story from the Bible.
The title character is Joseph, one of the twelve sons of the patriarch Jacob.
It was first performed in England, on the West End in 1970, and in the USA on Broadway, New York City, in 1982.
Sir Nicholas Attygalle, KBE, FRCS, FRCOG (14 July 1894 – 27 March 1970) was a Ceylonese academic, surgeon and a Senator.
He was the President of the Senate of Ceylon from 1953 to 1960.
He was the first Ceylonese Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon, where his nickname was "Iron Vice Chancellor".
Dewey Phillip "Phil" Bryant (born December 9, 1954) is an American politician from Mississippi.
Bryant was the 63rd Governor of Mississippi, going against the Democratic Party candidate, Johnny DuPree in the 2011 general election.
He used to serve as the 31st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, going against the Democratic Party candidate, Jamie Franks, in the 2007 general election.
On November 8, 2011, he was elected Governor of Mississippi and took office on January 10, 2012.
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Les Misérables is a musical.
It is based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.
The book of the musical was written by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil.
The lyrics were written by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel.
The music was written by Claude-Michel Schönberg.
Herbert Kretzmer adapted the lyrics and text to English.
The musical opened in 1980 in Paris.
In 1985, it opened in London's West End.
In 1987, it opened on Broadway.
It won a Tony Award for Best Musical, and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical.
In 2012, it was adapted to a movie starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, and Anne Hathaway.
Winthrop Sargent (May 1, 1753 – June 3, 1820) was a United States patriot, politician, and writer.
He was a member of the Federalist party.
James Taylor (born 29 March 1835 in Kincardineshire - died 2 May 1892 in Kandy) was a Scottish man who brought tea plantations to Sri Lanka (Ceylon).
He arrived in Ceylon in 1852 and landed in Loolecondera.
He lived in Sri Lanka until his death (more than half of his lifetime).
He worked with Thomas Lipton, another Scottish immigrant, to grow the tea industry in Sri Lanka.
Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam (also spelled Chelvanayagam,  31 March 1898 -  26 April 1977) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician.
He was Tamil.
He was a Member of Parliament and was a political leader of the Sri Lankan Tamil community for more than two decades.
Sri Lankan lawyers
Appapillai Amirthalingam (, 26 August 1927 – 13 July 1989) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician.
He was a Member of Parliament and Leader of the Opposition.
Amirthalingam was assassinated by the Tamil Tigers.
The Occitan Wikipedia () is the Occitan-language edition of Wikipedia.
As of July 2013, it has over 84,000 articles.
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As of July 2013, it has over 9,000 articles.
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This edition was started in November 2003.
As of July 2013, it has over 14,000 articles.
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This edition was started in June 2005.
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This edition was started in May 2003.
As of July 2013, it has over 39,000 articles.
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The Aragonese Wikipedia (also called Biquipedia) is the Aragonese-language edition of Wikipedia.
This edition was started in July 2004.
As of July 2013, it has over 29,000 articles.
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As of July 2013, it has over 52,000 articles.
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This edition started in June 2003.
As of July 2013, it has over 13,000 articles.
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The Min Nan Wikipedia (also called Wikipedia Bân-lâm-gú or Holopedia) is the Min Nan-language edition of Wikipedia (Min Nan is a language spoken in southern China) This edition was started in 2003.
As of June 2016, it has over [ 200,000] articles.
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Carousel is a musical.
It is based on Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play, Liliom, as adapted by Benjamin Glazer.
Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the musical's book and lyrics.
Richard Rodgers wrote the music.
Carousel received the first New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical (1945-1946).
It opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on 19 April 1945, and closed on 24 May 1947 after 890 performances.
The original production starred John Raitt as Billy and Jan Clayton as Julie.
Robert Mamoulian directed,  Agnes de Mille choreographed the dances, and Jo Mielziner designed the scenery and lighting.
Carousel opened on the West End at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 7 June 1950 with Stephen Douglass and Iva Withers.
In 1956, it was released as a Twentieth Century-Fox movie starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones.
Guide to Musical Theatre: Carousel
New York Drama Critics' Circle 1945-1946
Imagi-nation: Carousel
Broadway Musical Home; Carousel
Beauty and the Beast is a musical.
It is based on a fairy tale by Madame Leprince de Beaumont, and the 1991 Disney animated movie, Beauty and the Beast.
The book was written by Linda Woolverton.
The musical opened on Broadway in 1994, and in the West End in 1997.
On a cold winter night, an old beggar woman comes to a young spoiled prince's castle, offering him a single rose in return for shelter from the cold.
But the prince turns her away solely for her appearance.
The old woman warns him not to be fooled by appearances, as true beauty lies within, only to be rejected again.
She then transforms into a beautiful enchantress and turns the prince into a hideous Beast and his servants into various household objects.
She gives him the rose to use as an hour-glass.
The only way he can break the spell is to learn to love another and earn her love in return by the time the last petal falls ("Prologue").
10 years later, a beautiful young girl named Belle makes her way into town one morning in order to get a book from the local book seller.
On the way she expresses her wish to live in a world like her books, full of adventure, while the townspeople note her unparalleled beauty but find her love of books odd ("Belle").
Belle has also attracted the attentions of Gaston (the local hunter and town hero) who admires her only for her beauty and not her intelligence.
Belle, however, is not oblivious to her peers' views of her.
She voices her concerns about it to her eccentric father and inventor, Maurice who assures her that she is anything but strange ("No Matter What").
The two then put the finishing touches on his invention and Maurice heads off to an invention fair donning a scarf knitted for him by Belle ("No Matter What (Reprise)").
After surviving a wolf attack, he enters the Beast's castle where the servants, including Lumière, a maître d' turned into a candelabra, Cogsworth, the head of household turned into a clock, Babette, a maid turned into a feather duster that still seems to retain her flirtatious tendencies, Mrs. Potts, the head of the kitchen turned into a tea pot, and Chip, her son turned into a teacup.
They welcome him, but the horrid Beast arrives and locks Maurice away in the dungeon for trespassing.
Back in town, Gaston proposes to Belle, which she politely rejects ("Me").
Appalled by Gaston's forwardness, Belle once again voices her need for a life outside this provincial life ("Belle (Reprise)").
Gaston's sidekick, LeFou, returns from the woods wearing the scarf Belle knitted for Maurice.
Belle realizes her father is in danger and heads into the woods to look for him.
She ends up at the castle where she finds her father locked away in a dungeon.
She makes a deal with the Beast, Maurice goes free but she remains instead.
They agree and Maurice is sent back to town without being allowed to say goodbye.
Belle is given a guest room and ordered by the Beast to join him for dinner.
She mourns her situation ("Home"), but Mrs. Potts and Madame de la Grande Bouche, an operatic wardrobe, attempt to cheer her up ("Home (Reprise)").
Back in town, at the local tavern, Gaston sulks at his loss of a bride.
LeFou and the patrons attempt to cheer him up ("Gaston"), when Maurice rushes in claiming a Beast has Belle locked away, they laugh at him but Gaston formulates a plan ("Gaston (Reprise)").
Back at the castle, the Beast grows impatient as Belle has yet to join him for dinner.
Cogsworth informs him she refuses to come, after a shouting match between Belle and the Beast (which ends in a victory for Belle) he tells her if she cannot eat with him then she will not eat at all.
In his quarters, he sulks and notes his fate should the spell not break ("How Long Must This Go On?").
Eventually Belle does become hungry and ventures into the kitchen where the servants offer her dinner despite their master's orders.
They treat her to an amazing cabaret show ("Be Our Guest").
After dinner, Belle gets a tour of the castle courtesy of Cogsworth and Lumière, her curiosity leads her to enter the West Wing, a place the Beast told her was forbidden.
Mesmerized by a mysterious rose floating in a bell jar, she reaches out to touch it but before she can, the Beast stops her and orders her to get out accidentally shoving her in the process.
Fearing for her life, Belle flees from the castle.
Realizing his deadly mistake, the Beast knows he will be a monster forever if he cannot learn to love her ("If I Can't Love Her").
In the woods, Belle is attacked by wolves and is only rescued when the Beast comes to her aid, but he is injured during the fight and collapses ("Entr'acte/Wolf Chase").
Instead of taking the chance to run home Belle helps him back to the castle.
She cleans his injuries and after a brief argument about whose fault this is, the Beast thanks her for her kindness and thus their friendship is born.
Wanting to give her a thank-you gift, the Beast gives Belle his huge library, which excites her.
She notes a change in the Beast's personality as the servants note a change in Belle and the Beast's relationship ("Something There").
They express their hope of being human once more ("Human Again") while Belle asks the Beast to accompany her to dinner that night.
Back in the village, Gaston meets with the asylum owner Monsieur D'Arque.
They plan to lock Maurice away to blackmail Belle into marrying Gaston ("Maison des Lunes").
In the castle, the Beast and Belle attend a lovely dinner and personal ball, where they dance together in the ballroom ("Beauty and the Beast").
After, the Beast (who plans to tell Belle he loves her) asks her if she is happy here, she responds positively but notes that she misses her father.
He offers her his Magic Mirror to view him.
She sees that Maurice is sick and lost in the woods and fears for his life.
Even though The Beast knows there is only a few hours left till the last petal falls from the rose, he allows Belle to leave in order to save her father; she departs after a tearful goodbye ("If I Can't Love Her (Reprise)").
After she is able to nurse him back to health, she explains the transformation she seems to have gone through while she was with the Beast ("A Change in Me").
A mob arrives, led by Gaston to take Maurice to the asylum.
Belle proves her father's sanity by showing the townspeople the Beast is real using the Magic Mirror, but doesn't realize the error in her gesture.
The townspeople immediately fear the Beast, but Belle insists he's gentle and kind.
Gaston catches her tone and recognizes the Beast as his rival for Belle's affections and organizes the mob to kill the Beast ("Mob Song").
In order to warn the Beast, Belle and Maurice decide to beat the mob to the castle.
However, Gaston and the mob had already reached the castle before Belle and Maurice did.
At the castle, the servants are able to keep the lynch mob at bay but Gaston breaks through and finds the Beast in his tower.
He engages in a fight with him, mercilessly beating and taunting him ("Battle").
The Beast has lost the will to live at Belle's departure.
As Gaston moves in for the killing blow, Belle arrives.
The Beast immediately turns on Gaston and is prepared to kill him, but spares his life after seeing the fear in his eyes.
The Beast and Belle are reunited, but this reunion is cut short as Gaston plunges his dagger into the Beast's back.
This act of violence causes Gaston to lose his footing and he falls to his death.
On the balcony, Belle assures the Beast he will live but they both know she is helpless to save him.
She begs him not to leave her because she has found home in his company ("End Duet"), but despite this, he dies; Belle sobs on his body and says she loves him just before the last rose petal falls.
A transformation takes place ("Transformation") and the Beast is alive and human once more.
Though Belle does not recognize him at first, she looks into his eyes and sees the Beast within and they kiss.
The two sing of how their lives have changed because of love and they dance once more as the company, now changed back to their human form, gathers in the ballroom ("Beauty and the Beast (Reprise)").
Cast information
Original Los Angeles Cast: Shubert Theatre
Belle – Susan Egan
Beast – Terrence Mann
Lumière – Gary Beach
Cogsworth – Fred Applegate
Mrs. Potts – Beth Fowler
Gaston – Burke Moses
Lefou – Kenny Raskin
Chip – Adam Wylie
Babette – Heather Lee
Madame de la Grande Bouche – Mary Jo Catlett
Maurice – Tom Bosley
Monsieur D'Arque – Gordon Stanley
Silly Girls – Paige Price, Sarah Solie Shannon, Linda Talcott
Dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese: Sigma
Belle – Kiara Sasso
Beast – Saulo Vasconcelos
Gaston – Daniel Boaventura
Lumière – Marcos Tumura
Mrs. Potts – Ana Taglianetti
Cogsworth – Jonathas Joba
Maurice – Claudio Curi
Lefou – Beto Marden
Babette – Keila Bueno
Madame de la Grande Bouche – Andrezza Massei
Chip – Ghilherme Lobo
Monsieur D'Arque – Fernando Patau
Cwmdonkin Park is a park in Swansea, in south Wales.
Poet Dylan Thomas grew up at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, not far from here.
The fountain in the park is celebrated in his poem "The Hunchback in the park".
In 1963, a memorial stone with lines from another poem by Thomas' "Fern Hill", was placed in the park.
Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 – October 17, 1984) was an American singer-songwriter.
She sang blues and jazz music.
She was especially popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
She sang the critically acclaimed "Downhearted Blues" in 1922.
She stopped performing in the 1950s.
This page describes the tornadoes that were recorded in 2011.
Tornadoes that cause the most damage form most often in the United States, Bangladesh and eastern India.
However, they can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions.
Tornadoes also appear regularly in southern Canada during the Northern Hemisphere's summer season.
They also form less regularly in Europe, Asia and Australiasia.
There were 1,897 tornadoes reported in the U.S. in 2011.
Of these, 1,704 were confirmed.
The year 2011 was an unusually severe year for tornadoes.
At least 577 people were killed in tornadoes in 2011: 12 in Bangladesh, two in South Africa, one in New Zealand, one in the Philippines, one in Russia, one in Canada, and an estimated 553 in the United States.
There were several very large tornado outbreaks in the middle and end of April and in late May.
The outbreaks in April resulted in the second-most number of deaths in a single year for tornadoes in U.S. history.
There were 29 tornadoes reported in the U.S. in January.
Of these, 16 were confirmed.