the-french-artist/wikipedia_20220301.simple_sentence_split huggingface dataset:
Elastin helps skin return to its original position when handled.
Elastin is also used in places where mechanical energy is stored.
Elastin is important in blood vessels because it helps blood to flow.
It is common in large elastic blood vessels such as the aorta.
Elastin is also very important in the lungs, ligaments, the skin, the bladder, and elastic cartilage.
It is present in all vertebrates above the jawless fish.
In humans, elastin is encoded by the ELN gene.
The Icteridae are a family of small to medium-sized New World songbirds.
They are usually brightly colored.
Most species have black as a main plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red.
The family is extremely varied in size, shape, behavior and coloration.
This group includes the New World blackbirds, New World orioles, the bobolink, meadowlarks, grackles, cowbirds, oropendolas and caciques.
Despite their similar names, they are only distantly related to the Old World common blackbird (which is a thrush) or the Old World orioles.
Icterids are unusual in songbirds because they have considerable sexual dimorphism.
For example, the male great-tailed grackle is 60% heavier than the female.
The smallest icterid species is the orchard oriole, in which the female averages 15 cm in length (6 in) and  in weight, while the largest is the Amazonian oropendola, the male of which measures  and weighs about .
This variation in size is greater than usual in passerine families.
One unusual adaptation shared by the icterids is gaping, where the skull allows them to open their bills strongly rather than passively.
This lets them force open gaps to get at hidden food.
Amanda Holden (born 16 February 1971) is an English actress, singer and presenter.
She hosts Britain's Got Talent on ITV.
She played Mel in the TV series Kiss Me Kate.
She also played Geraldine Titley in the TV comedy-drama series The Grimleys.
Furthermore, Holden appeared in Smack the Pony, EastEnders, Celeb, Hearts and Bones and Cutting It.
Biography by Amanda Holden
Thoroughly Modern Millie is a 2002 musical, with lyrics by Dick Scanlan and music by Jeanine Tesori.
It is based on the 1967 movie of the same name.
It is about a girl from Kansas, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City in the 1920s to marry for money rather than love.
Millie begins to soon take delight in the flapper lifestyle.
However, problems arise when she checks into a hotel owned by a the leader of a white slavery ring in China.
Thoroughly Modern Millie is a pastiche musical, imitating the style of the original movie.
It won a 2002 Tony Award for best musical.
It played in London and New York City.
Looking Back, and also called Anthology, is a triple LP anthology by American musician Stevie Wonder.
It was released on November 30, 1977 on Motown Records.
Album packaging
Since its release as a 12-inch triple LP, it has not been made available on a CD or download.
It is considered to be a limited edition.
The album has 40 songs from Wonder's early period (1962 - 1971).
"Thank You (For Loving Me All the Way)" - (2:30)
"Contract on Love" - (2:02)
"Fingertips - Part 2" - (2:52)
"Workout Stevie, Workout" - (2:40)
"Castles in the Sand" - (2:10)
"Hey Harmonica Man" - (2:35)
"High Heel Sneakers" - (2:58)
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" - (2:53)
"Nothing's Too Good for My Baby" - (2:38)
"Blowin' in the Wind" - (3:45)
"Ain't That Asking for Trouble" - (2:47)
"I'd Cry" - (2:22)
"A Place in the Sun" - (2:52)
"Sylvia" - (2:33)
"Down to Earth" - (2:48)
"Thank You Love" - (2:50)
"Hey Love" - (2:44)
"Travelin' Man" - (2:54)
"Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" - (3:06)
"I Was Made to Love Her" - (2:35)
"I'm Wondering" - (2:52)
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" - (2:44)
"You Met Your Match" - (2:36)
"I'd Be a Fool Right Now" (New 1977 mix) - (2:53)
"Alfie" - (2:58)
"More Than a Dream" - (3:20)
"For Once in My Life" - (2:16)
Side five
"Angie Girl" - (2:56)
"My Cherie Amour" - (2:54)
"I Don't Know Why (I Love You)" - (2:43)
"If I Ruled The World" - (3:31)
"Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" - (2:57)
"Never Had a Dream Come True" - (2:59)
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" - (2:46)
Side six
"Heaven Help Us All" - (2:59)
"I Gotta Have a Song" - (2:32)
"Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" - (2:56)
"If You Really Love Me" - (2:53)
"Something Out of the Blue" - (2:58)
"Do Yourself a Favor" - (5:58)
Stevie Wonder - vocals, piano, harmonica, keyboards
Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" is an album by Stevie Wonder, originally released on the Tamla label on October 30, 1979.
It was also the soundtrack to the documentary The Secret Life of Plants, directed by Walon Green.
Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"''' received mixed reviews from critics.
Track listingAll songs written, produced and arranged by Stevie Wonder, except where noted.
"Earth's Creation" – 4:06 (Instrumental)
"The First Garden" – 2:32 (Instrumental)
"Voyage to India" – 6:29 (Instrumental)
"Same Old Story" – 3:44
"Venus' Flytrap and the Bug" – 2:25
"Ai No, Sono" – 2:06
"Seasons" – 2:53 (Instrumental)
"Power Flower" – 5:29
Lyrics by Michael Sembello.
"Send One Your Love (Music)" – 3:05 (Instrumental)
"Race Babbling" – 8:51
"Send One Your Love" – 4:01
"Outside My Window" – 5:29
"Black Orchid" – 3:47 (Wonder, Yvonne Wright)
"Ecclesiastes" – 3:42 (Instrumental)
"Kesse Ye Lolo De Ye" – 3:03
"Come Back as a Flower" – 4:59
Lead vocals and lyrics by Syreeta Wright.''
"A Seed's a Star/Tree Medley" – 5:53
"The Secret Life of Plants" – 4:16
"Tree" – 5:47 (Instrumental)
"Finale" – 7:01 (Instrumental)
Mýa Marie Harrison (born October 10, 1979) () is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress.
She first became famous in 1998 with her debut album Mýa.
She is best known for the 2001 cover of the famous R&B song "Lady Marmalade".
Early life and career beginnings
Mýa is a native of Washington, D.C. She is one of three children.
Her father, Sherman, was an African-American musician and singer.
He played in several bands near where they lived.
Her Italian-American mother, Theresa, worked as an accountant.
As a child, Mýa would pretend she was Michael Jackson and would sing into a wooden spoon and pretended it was a microphone.
Mýa sometimes was bullied because of her ethnic background.
She would say
There was a time in my life when I wasn't popular and accepted by kids in school.
I was made fun of with braces and kinky hair, and being from a multicultural family, etcetera... And it really hurts when you're that age, but later when you get something of your own or you get involved in activities like a sport, you begin to be accepted for what you do, and your personality and who you are, instead of your clothes and how you look and the name designer brands you have on.
Mýa (1998)
Fear of Flying (2000)
Moodring (2003)
Liberation (2007)
Sugar & Spice (2008)
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy & Simple) (2011)
Smoove Jones (2016)
1998: Smokin' Groove Tour (various hip-hop artists)
1998: Boyz II Men Tour
1999: Lilith Fair Tour (various female performers)
2000: MTV European Tour
2001: House of Blues Tour
2003: House of Blues Tour
2007: Seagrams Live Tour (with Clipse)
2007: BET Black College Tour (various artists)
2014: Full Frequency Tour (Sean Paul's Australian tour in November)
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ýa (1998)
| next_title = Fear of Flying (2000)
| misc =}}Mýa''' is the self-titled debut studio album by American recording artist Mýa.
It was her first studio album for then-record label Interscope Records released April 21, 1998.
When the album was released Mýa was a teenager.
ReviewsMýa'' received mixed reviews when it was released.
Moodring is the third studio album by American recording artist Mýa.
It was her last studio album for then joint record label A&M and Interscope Records, released on July 22, 2003.
Moodring received generally positive reviews from music critics.
Varduhi Varderesyan (; 19 March 1928 – 24 November, 2015) was an Romanian-born Armenian actress.
She was born in Bucharest, Romania.
In 2002 she was declared an honorary citizen of Yerevan.
She was known for her roles in Looking for the Addressee, Northern Rainbow, Hayrik, and in The Journey.
Persons.am
Biography and photos of Varduhi Varderesyan
Manmeet Singh Bhullar (March 1, 1980 – November 23, 2015) was a Canadian politician.
He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta who represented the constituency of Calgary-Greenway as a Progressive Conservative.
He served as a cabinet minister from 2011 until the defeat of the Progressive Conservative government in 2015.
Bhullar died in a motor vehicle collision north of Red Deer, Alberta while driving from Calgary to Edmonton on the Queen Elizabeth II highway, on November 23, 2015 at the age of 35.
Bhullar had stopped to assist a driver involved in a collision and sustained fatal injuries after he was struck by a semi truck that had lost control descending a hill.
Ann Njogu is a lawyer and activist from Kenya.
Njogu is the director of the Centre for Rights Education and Awareness.
The center made a record of violence based on gender after the December 2007 Kenyan elections.
Njogu was also a leader in the Multi-Sectoral Committee on Constitutional Reform, the Joint Dialogue Forum on Constitutional Reform, and a delegate to the Bomas National Conference on Constitutional Reforms.
These groups worked for better government.
The 2006 Sexual Offenses Act
Njogu helped write the law for Kenya’s Sexual Offenses Act.
This act became law in 2006.
This law protects women from sexual and gender based violence.
It helps abused women to find justice  Njogu also gave counseling and support to the victims of sexual and gender-based violence.
Njogu started centers to give information, legal aid, counseling and psychosocial support to women.
The centers are all over the country.
The first center was in Kibera slum.
In 2007, Njogu wanted a review of the salaries of the members of parliament.
Kenya is very poor, but the members of parliament received a lot of money.
The police attacked Njogu and took her to jail.
Njoogu and the others who were arrested filed a Constitutional reference.
It was called "Ann Njogu and others versus the State."
It said the police could not keep a Kenyan citizen in jail for more than 24 hours.
In 2008, Njokgu helped to start the Civil Society Congress.
This group worked for better government after the 2007 Kenyan election.
In 2008 Njogu said there might be corrupttion in the sale of the Grand Regency Hotel.
The police arrested Njokgu and they beat her.
The Centre for Rights, Education and Awareness (CREAW)
Lee Ae-ran (Hangul = 이애란; Revised Romanization = I Aeran; McCune–Reischauer = Ri Aeran) (born 1964) is a South Korean activist.
Lee's grandparents left North Korea to go to South Korea.
The government of North Korea sent Lee and her family to a labor camp.
She was in jail for eight years.
In 1997, a family member in America wrote a book.
The book said Lee's father worked against North Korea, so Lee ran away to South Korea.
Lee studied the subject of food and nutrition at Ewha Womans University.
In 2009, she received a PhD.
In 2005, Lee started the Global Leadership Scholarship Program.
The program gives scholarships to students from North Korea to learn English.
In 2008, Lee ran for a seat in the National Assembly.
She was the first North Korean defector to do this.
In 2009, Lee started the Hana Defector Women's Organization.
The NGO helps North Korean women who live in South Korea.
The women receive job training, childcare, help with education, and human rights training.
Lee became the head of the North Korean Traditional Food Institute in 2012.
The institute tries to bring North and South Korea closer together.
It gives vocational training to North Korean defectors.
It also teaches about the food traditions of Pyongyang.
Also in 2012, Lee led an 18-day hunger strike in front of the Chinese embassy.
Lee protested against China, because they wanted to send North Korean refugees back to North Korea.
A wasted username or wasted account is a user account on a website that was not used very much (or at all) after it was made.
A person who makes an account like this is called a namewaster or a name waster.
This word came from YouTube, where many people would post both funny and hateful comments on namewasters' YouTube channels.
This was an Internet phenomenon until 2012, when YouTube deleted a lot of these wasted accounts.
Mail, or chain mail, is a type of armour.
It is made of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh.
The Celts are usually credited with inventing mail armour.
Celtic mail was usually made in the form of a vest.
The origins* of the word "mail" are not fully known.
One theory is that it originally comes from the Latin word macula, meaning "spot" or "opacity".
Another theory relates the word to the Old French "maillier", meaning “to hammer” (related to the modern English word "malleable").
A mail shirt is a called a hauberk (haubergeon or byrnie).
Mail leggings were called chausses.
A mail Hood is called a coif and covered the head, neck and shoulders.
*Another possible source is Italian.
The word for jersey or sweater, and sometimes shirt, in modern Italian is maglia or, in French, maillot.
Many scholars think mail was invented by ancient Celts about the 3rd century BC.
At that time their iron work was probably the best in Europe.
The Romans quickly adopted it for their own army.
A shirt of mail armour weighed about .
After a battle it was common practice to strip weapons and armour from the dead.
Vikings were known to wear mail armor whenever they could get their hands on it.
Mail was expensive, time-consuming to make, and required a supply of iron.
It became more expensive as improvements were made in materials and workmanship.
Mail armour was in use in Europe until the 15th century.
Mail is today used in gloves to prevent cuts by butchers and firefighters.
Some divers wear mail suits when swimming around sharks and particularly when feeding sharks.
But mail is heavy and it makes moving around more difficult.
Mail is very popular with history reenactors.
It is also popular in live action role playing.
The Afar Triangle  (or Afar Depression) is a low area bordering on the Red Sea.
It is part of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa.
Human fossils
Important fossil specimens of the earliest hominins have been found in this area.
These are the earliest of the human clade.
The area is thought by some paleontologists to be the cradle of the evolution of humans.
Many important fossil localities exist in the Afar region.
These sites have produced specimens of the earliest (fossil) hominins and of human tool culture, as well as many fossils of flora and fauna.
The Awash River is the main waterflow into the region.
It runs dry during the annual dry season, and ends as a chain of saline lakes.
The lowlands are affected by heat, drought, and poor air circulation.
Some of the lowlands are the hottest places (year-round average temperatures) of anywhere on Earth.
The Depression is a plate tectonic triple junction.
This geologic feature is one of earth's great active volcanic areas, so the floor of the depression is composed of lava, mostly basalt.
The continuous process of volcanism makes mineral deposits, like sulfur, salt, bentonite, and gypsum.
There are also geothermal energy sources and hot springs in different areas of the region.
In 2005, a giant rift was formed in just a few days.
The rift opened when the Dabbahu Volcano erupted.
The rift is part of the process of the Arabian and African plates moving apart.
This new crack,  long, and  deep, opened when the lava from the erupting volcano flowed underground and cooled.
It left a  long,  wide dike within days.
Stabat Mater Dolorosa, often referred to as Stabat Mater, is a 13th-century Catholic hymn to Mary.
It has been attributed to the Franciscan Jacopone da Todi and to Innocent III.
It is about the Sorrows of Mary.
Like so many other hymns the name of the hymn is made of the first few words.
This is called an incipit.
The first line reads Stabat mater dolorosa ("The sorrowful mother stood").
The Stabat Mater hymn is about the suffering of Mary, Jesus Christ's mother, during his crucifixion.
It is sung at the liturgy on the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows.
The Stabat Mater has been set to music by many composers, among them Palestrina, Pergolesi, Alessandro Scarlatti and Domenico Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Haydn, Rossini, Dvořák, George Henschel, Karol Szymanowski, Poulenc and Arvo Pärt.
In the 16th centry, the hymn was added to the Roman missal.
The Council of Trent banned it, like most sequences.
In the 18th century it was added to the Breviary of Roman Catholic mass.
The Second Vactican Council abolished this form of mass, so it is only part of regular mass one day of the year.
The current version can be found in the Roman Gradual, which dates of 1973.
Rhododendron niveum is a Rhododendron species.
It is native to northeastern India (including Sikkim), Bhutan, and southern Tibet.
It grows at altitudes of 2600–3500 meters.
It is a shrub or small tree that grows to 2–6 m in height, with leathery leaves 8.5–11 by 3.6–4.6 cm in size.
Flowers are magenta to lilac.
Daniel Smart "Dan" Fante (February 19, 1944 – November 23, 2015) was an American author and playwright.
He was born in Los Angeles, California to a family of Italian immigrants.
He was known for his plays Chump Change, Mooch, 86'd and Spitting Off Tall Buildings.
His father was writer John Fante.
He was also the author of A Gin-Pissing-Raw-Meat-Dual-Carburetor-V8-Son-Of-A-Bitch From Los Angeles, a volume of poetry on Wrecking Ball Press.
Dan Fante: An American Writer (a documentary directed by Flavio Sciolé)
New York Times review of Short Dog
Interview of Dan Fante on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 29, 2009.
Interview with Dan Fante by Ben Myers
Interview with Dan Fante by Tony O'Neill
Interview with Dan Fante by Rob Woodard
Hand-written interview at ifpthendirt
Interview with Dan Fante by Alex Kudera
Carlos Oroza (May 13, 1923 – November 20, 2015) was a Spanish poet.
He was born in Viveiro.
He was known mainly for the interpretation and performance of his own work.
He founded Tropos magazine, a magazine about poetry.
Heinz Oberhummer (19 May 1941 – 24 November 2015) was an Austrian physicist and skeptic.
He was born in Bischofshofen and raised in Obertauern, Austria.
Oberhummer was professor emeritus of Theoretical Physics at the Atominstitut of the Vienna University of Technology.
His main research area was nucleosynthesis.
Articles of Heinz Oberhummer in arxiv.org
Kann das alles Zufall sein? -
Geheimnisvolles Universum, Ecowin-Verlag, 2008; Award for "Best Popular Science Book in Austria 2009"
Science Busters
Cinema and Science (CISCI)
Neue Erkenntnisse zur Entstehung der Grundlagen für Leben
Paul Lennart Hellsing (5 June 1919 – 25 November 2015) was a Swedish writer and translator.
His lasting contribution as a children's writer, Helsing was a finalist in 2010 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books.
He was born in Västanfors, Sweden.
He was known for his rhymes and word plays.
He was thought to be an "outstanding poet" in the field of humour and nonsense writing.
"2010".
Hans Christian Andersen Awards.
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).
With contemporary material including the 2010 shortlist press release.
Retrieved 23 March 2014.
James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, KT, PC, QC, (born 2 July 1927) is a British advocate.
He served as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Lord Advocate, and Lord Chancellor (1987–1997).
He is an active member of the House of Lords.
Merk, "Lord Mackay of Clashfern", Bonner Rechtsjournal, Sonderausgabe 1/2012, S. 28 ff.
Albin Chalandon (11 June 1920 in Reyrieux, Ain – 29 July 2020) was a French politician and a former minister.
From 1968 and 1972, he was Minister of Public Works.
And from 1986 until 1988, he was Minister of Justice.
Robert Badinter (; born 30 March 1928) is a French criminal law lawyer, university professor, politician and activist of Jewish descent.
He is against the death penalty, the abolition of which he successfully sponsored in Parliament in 1981.
A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he served as Minister of Justice and then President of the Constitutional Council under François Mitterrand.
Official page of Robert Badinter in the French Senate
La page de Robert Badinter sur le site du Sénat
Vidéo: Robert Badinter  en 1976, il motive son engagement contre la peine de mort, une archive de la Télévision suisse romande
UHB Rennes II   Autour de l'oeuvre de Robert Badinter : Éthique et justice.
Synergie des savoirs et des compétences et perspectives d'application en psychocriminologie.
journées d'étude les 22 et 23 mai 2008 à l'université Rennes 2, sur le thème "Autour de l'œuvre de Robert Badinter : Éthique et justice.".]
Charles Thone (January 4, 1924 – March 7, 2018) was an American politician.
He served as the 34th Governor of Nebraska serving from January 4, 1979 through January 6, 1983.
He lost re-election to Bob Kerrey.
Before being governor, Thone represented Nebraska's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1971 through January 3, 1979.
Thone was born in Hartington, Nebraska.
He studied at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Thone died on March 7, 2018 in Lincoln, Nebraska of respiratory failure at age 94.
Retrieved on 2008-01-24
Wayanad district is the 12th District in the state of Kerala in India.
Mananthavady, Sulthanbathery, and Vythiri Taluks are all in Wayanad.
The name Wayanad comes from Vayal Nadu and it means the land of paddy fields.
It is a high, flat land between 700 meters and 2100 meters above sea level.
It is in northeaster Kerala, in the Western Ghat mountains.
Wayandad is one of the biggest foreign exchange earners in Kerala because it makes money-earning crops like pepper, cardamom, coffee, tea, and other spices.
In ancient times the Vedar Rajas ruled Wayanad.
Later the Pazhassi Raja of the Kottayam Royal Dynasty ruled.
Then there was a Mysorean invasion.
Later, the British took over India, which lasted for 200 years.
The British fought the Pazhassi Rajah.
When the state of Kerala started in 1956, Wayanad was part of the Cannannore district.
In 1957, south Wayanad was added to Kozhikode district and north Wayanad stayed with Cannannore district.
The district was formed on 1 November 1980 as the 12th district in Kerala by carving out areas from Kozhikode and Kannur districts.
According to the 2011 census Wayanad district had a population of 816,558.
Many Adivasi people live in Wayanad.
Many settlers also live in Wayanad.
People came to Wayanad from almost all the other parts of Kerala because the farmland is good.
Wayanad has a small Jain community made of Gowders who came from Karnataka.
They built temples all over the district.
There are also many different kinds of Christians living in Wayanad.
One fourth of the population of Wayanad is Christian.
Another fourth of the population is Muslims, and the rest of the people are Hindus.
The entire Wayanad region fell under the Kannada speaking area as per the linguistic survey and history of Colonel Wilks.
Universal Children's Day is an annual celebration of children's rights.
It is celebrated on the 20th of November each year.
On the 14th of December 1954, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that countries celebrate a Universal Children's Day.
The date 20 November marks the day on which the assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.
On 20 November 1959 they adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
According to UNICEF millions of children in the world are victims of violence every year.
In addition to violence, these children are subject to abuse, neglect and exploitation.
This is at home, at work, at school and in the community.
It also takes place during wars and natural disasters.
Many forms of abuse including corporal punishment and sexual abuse remain legal in many countries.
It also remains socially acceptable in many places.
Many children around the world live in poor conditions.
They do not have access to education or health care.
Other children are subject to violence and child labor.
Universal Children's Day is celebrated to promote the wellbeing of children everywhere.
Children's Rights
The Declaration of the Rights of the Child and The Convention on the Rights of the Child describe children's rights.
Children's rights include the right to survive and thrive, to be educated, to be free from violence and abuse, to participate and to be heard.
Robert McCormick Adams Jr. (July 23, 1926 – January 27, 2018) was an American anthropologist and archaeologist.
He was Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1984 to 1994.
He was best known for his research in Iraq.
Gerald Wayne Clough (born September 24, 1941) is an American educator and engineer.
He was the President Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (2008-2015).
He retired in October 2014.
A graduate of Georgia Tech in civil engineering, he was the first alumnus to serve as President of the Institute.
G. Wayne Clough speeches collection from Georgia Tech Archives
Biography of G. Wayne Clough  on the Smithsonian website
G. Wayne Clough from the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Guy Vernon Lewis, II (March 19, 1922 – November 26, 2015) was an American basketball player and coach.
He served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Houston from 1956 to 1986.
He was born in Arp, Texas.
Lewis led his Houston Cougars to five appearances in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament, in 1967, 1968, 1982, 1983, and 1984.
He was inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.
Lewis died on the morning of November 26, 2015 at his home in Kyle, Texas from complications following a stroke he suffered about 10 years ago.
Morice Fredrick "Tex" Winter (February 25, 1922 – October 10, 2018) was an American retired basketball coach, and innovator of the triangle offense.
He was born in Wellington, Texas.
Winter served as an assistant coach to the Chicago Bulls from the 1985-86 season through the 1998-99 season, during which time the team won six NBA championships.
Most of this time was spent working with head coach Phil Jackson, starting from the 1987-88 season.
He also went with Jackson to the Los Angeles Lakers for five seasons, from 1999 to 2004, winning another three NBA championships.
John William "Johnny" Bach (July 10, 1924 – January 18, 2016) was an American former professional basketball player and coach.
Bach played college basketball at Fordham University and Brown University.
He was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1948 Basketball Association of America (BAA) Draft, and played 24 games for the Celtics.
He coached the Golden State Warriors from 1983 through 1986.
He became the assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls from 1986 through 2003.
BasketballReference.com: Johnny Bach (as coach)
BasketballReference.com: Johnny Bach (as player)
NBA.com Coach File: John Bach
Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I is a greatest hits album by American musician Stevie Wonder.
It was released on May 4, 1982 by Tamla.
It is Wonder's second greatest hits album as his first one Looking Back had been released five years before it.
Track listing and personnel
All songs written by Stevie Wonder except "Front Line" by Wonder and Gary Byrd.
Arrangements and all vocals and instruments by Wonder except as indicated.
"Superstition" (from Talking Book) — 4:25
Trevor Laurence - saxophone; Steve Madaio - trumpet
"You Haven't Done Nothin'" (from Fulfillingness' First Finale) — 3:29
Reggie McBride - bass; The Jackson 5 - vocals
"Living for the City" (different version as the one from Innervisions) — 7:26
"Front Line" — 5:52
Benjamin Bridges - electric guitar; Nathan Watts - bass
"Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" (from Music of My Mind) — 7:57
Buzzy Feiten - electric guitar
"Send One Your Love"  (from Stevie Wonder's Journey through the Secret Life of Plants) — 4:02
Benjamin Bridges, Rick Zunigar - electric guitar
"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (single version; original version from Talking Book) — 2:51
Gloria Barley, Lani Groves, Jim Gilstrap - vocals; Scott Edwards - bass; Daniel Ben Zebulon - congas
"Ribbon in the Sky" — 5:35
Benjamin Bridges - acoustic guitar
"Higher Ground" (from Innervisions) — 3:46
"Sir Duke" (from Songs in the Key of Life) — 3:52
Steve Madaio, Raymond Maldonado - trumpets; Trevor Laurence, Hank Redd - saxophones; Michael Sembello - lead guitar; Benjamin Bridges - rhythm guitar; Nathan Watts - bass; Raymond Pounds - drums
"Master Blaster (Jammin')" (from Hotter Than July) — 5:08
Larry Gittens - trumpet; Trevor Laurence - saxophone; Isaiah Sanders - organ; Benjamin Bridges, Rick Zunigar - electric guitars; Nathan Watts - bass; Dennis Davis - drums; Earl DeRouen - percussion; Shirley Brewer, Alexandra Brown Evans, Marva Holcom, Angela Winbush - vocals
"Boogie On Reggae Woman" (with intro not included on Fulfillingness' First Finale) — 4:55
Rocky Dzidzornu] - congas
"That Girl" — 5:15
"I Wish" (from Songs in the Key of Life) — 4:12
Steve Madaio, Raymond Maldonado - trumpets; Trevor Laurence, Hank Redd - saxophones; Nathan Watts - bass; Raymond Pounds - drums; Renee Hardaway - vocals
"Isn't She Lovely" (from Songs in the Key of Life) — 6:32
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards; Brenda Barrett, Shirley Brewer, Colleen Carleton, Carole Cole, Nelson Hayes, Dave Henson, Artece May, Edna Orso, Josette Valentino - handclaps
"Do I Do" — 10:27
Clifton Anderson, Robert Eldgridge, Eugene Ghee, Larry Gittens, Virgil Jones, Earl McIntyre, J.D. Parran, Victor Paz, Janice Robinson, Robert Rutledge, Anthony Tooley, Frank Wess, Alfred Wilson, Britt Woodman, Lorenzo Wyche - horns; Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet; Isaiah Sanders - fender rhodes; Benjamin Bridges, Rick Zunigar - electric guitars; Nathan Watts - bass; Dennis Davis - drums; Earl DeRouen - percussion; Wendy Barnes, Shirley Brewer, Alexandra Brown, Melody McCully - vocals; Paul Riser - string section arrangements
The Woman in Red: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the second soundtrack album released by American musician Stevie Wonder on the Motown label on August 28, 1984.
Wonder's first soundtrack album Stevie Wonder's Journey through the Secret Life of Plants had been released five years before The Woman in Red.
The Woman in Red received positive reviews from critics.
"The Woman in Red" - 4:39
"It's You" (With Dionne Warwick) - 4:55
"It's More Than You" (Instrumental) - 3:15
"I Just Called to Say I Love You" - 6:16
"Love Light in Flight" - 6:54
"Moments Aren't Moments" (Solo by Dionne Warwick) - 4:32
"Weakness" (With Dionne Warwick) - 4:13
"Don't Drive Drunk" - 6:33
A smoke sensor or smoke detector is a device that can detect smoke, which may be an indicator of a fire.
There are two basic systems: Simple, standalone sensors usually make a sound or flash a light when they detect smoke.
More sophisticated sensors usually send a signal to an fire alarm panel, or system.
Most smoke detectors use either an optical sensor, or they use a physical process called ionization.
Many simple smoke sensors use batteries.
Very often dead batteries are not replaced; when this happens, the smoke sensors stop working.
But, the detector may "chirp" when the battery is low to try and stop this from happening.
There are also systems which are directly connected to electrical power; these may use batteries just as a backup.
Smoke detectors are housed in plastic enclosures, typically shaped like a disk about  in diameter and  thick, but shape and size vary.
Smoke can be detected either  optically (photoelectric) or by physical process (ionization); detectors may use either, or both, methods.
Sensitive alarms can be used to detect, and thus deter, smoking in areas where it is banned.
Smoke detectors in large commercial, industrial, and residential buildings are usually powered by a central fire alarm system, which is powered by the building power with a battery backup.
Domestic smoke detectors range from individual battery-powered units, to several interlinked mains-powered units with battery backup; with these interlinked units, if any unit detects smoke, all trigger even if household power has gone out.
Photoelectric
Photoelectric smoke detectors rely on detecting a lack of light to set the alarm off.
The light used could be infrared, visible light, or ultraviolet.
When smoke blocks out the light inside a photoelectric smoke detector, the smoke detector detects that there is less light.
Below a certain brightness, whether or not it comes from smoke or not, the photoelectric smoke detector will beep.
Ionization smoke detectors use radioactive elements to ionize the air.
Alpha particles are released from the radioactive element onto air particles so that those air particles become charged.
An ionization smoke detector will detect smoke if there is a change in voltage.
If smoke enters the smoke detector, some of the alpha particles will attach to the smoke instead of the air particles.
This will change the voltage inside the smoke detector, so the smoke detector will beep.
Ionization smoke detectors are cheaper than photoelectric smoke detectors, but they cause more false alarms than photoelectric smoke detectors.
Additionally, ionization smoke detectors are slower to react in real house fires.
In Square Circle is the twentieth studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder.
It was released on September 13, 1985 by Tamla.
It is his first studio since 1980's Hotter Than July.
"Part-Time Lover" – 4:09
Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, synthesizers, drums
Luther Vandross – lead vocal, background vocal
Philip Bailey - background vocal
*Keith John - background vocal
Melody McCully, Billy Durham, Peter Byrne, Renee Hardaway, Darryl Phinnessee - background vocal
"I Love You Too Much" – 5:30
Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, drums, percussion
"Whereabouts" – 4:17
Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, synthesizers, drums, percussion
Keith John - background vocal
Darryl Phinnessee - background vocal
Deniece Williams - background vocal
Howard Smith - background vocal
"Stranger on the Shore of Love" – 5:01
Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, drums, harpsichord, accordion
"Never in Your Sun" – 4:07
Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, drums, percussion, harmonica
"Spiritual Walkers" – 5:12
Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer, drums, percussion
Edwin Birdsong - Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer
Larry Gittens - trumpet
Bob Malach - saxophone
Janice Moore, Cheta Akins, Carolyn Garrett, Ruthell Holmes, Kay Gibbs, Valencia Cox - background vocal
"Land of La La" – 5:14
Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, electric piano, percussion, drums
Ben Bridges – guitar
Rick Zunigar - guitar
Renee Hardaway - background vocal
"Go Home" – 5:18
Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, drums, vocoder
Bob Malach – saxophone
"Overjoyed" – 3:42
Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, acoustic piano, environmental percussion (incl.:
crickets, bird sounds, ocean, pebbles in pond, stone dropped, crushing leaves), Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer
Earl Klugh - guitar
Paul Riser - string arrangement
"It's Wrong (Apartheid)" – 6:52
Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, synthesizers, drums, percussion, kora
Musa Dludla, Thandeka Ngono-Raasch, Linda Bottoman-Tshabalala, Muntu Myuyana, Lorraine Mahlangu-Richards, Fana Kekana, Tsepo Mokone - background vocal
Characters is the twenty-first studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder released on November 6, 1987 by Motown.
He performed a song on the album called "Get It" with R&B singer-songwriter Michael Jackson.
Characters received generally positive reviews from critics.
"You Will Know" - 5:00
"Dark 'n' Lovely" (Gary Byrd, Wonder) - 4:39
"In Your Corner" - 4:30
"With Each Beat of My Heart" - 5:28
"One of a Kind" - 5:10
"Skeletons" - 5:24
"Get It" (featuring Michael Jackson) - 4:31
"Galaxy Paradise" - 3:52
"Cryin' Through the Night" - 5:48
"Free" - 4:12
"Come Let Me Make Your Love Come Down" (featuring B.B. King & Stevie Ray Vaughan) - 5:20
"My Eyes Don't Cry" - 7:05
Jungle Fever a soundtrack album by American musician Stevie Wonder to Spike Lee's movie Jungle Fever.
It was released by Motown Records on May 28, 1991.
It is Wonder's third soundtrack album and the music on the album was very "urban" as they had influences from new jack swing, hip hop as well as R&B and soul.
Jungle Fever received mixed reviews from critics.
While some thought it was unappealing, others said it was his best work in years.
A critic said he hadn't so freewilling since Hotter Than July.
"Fun Day" – 4:41
"Queen in the Black" – 4:46
"These Three Words" – 4:54
"Each Other's Throat" – 4:17
"If She Breaks Your Heart" (sung by Kimberly Brewer) – 5:03
"Gotta Have You" – 6:26
"Make Sure You're Sure" – 3:30
"Jungle Fever" – 4:55
"I Go Sailing" – 3:58
"Chemical Love" – 4:26
"Lighting Up the Candles" – 4:09
The members of Triatominae are a subfamily of Reduviidae.
They are also called kissing bugs, conenose bugs, assassin bugs or triatomines.
There are more than 130 species in this subfamily.
Most of them feed on vertebrate blood.
A few species feed on other invertebrates.
They are mainly found in the Americas.
There are a few species in Asia, Australia and Africa.
Some of the bugs carry the Chagas disease parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.
However, only those species (such as Triatoma infestans and Rhodnius prolixus) well adapted to living with humans are considered important vectors.
Donald Crisp (born George William Crisp, 27 July 188225 May 1974) was an English-born American actor, director, producer and screenwriter.
He began his career as a silent movie actor.
He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1942 for his role in How Green Was My Valley.
Crisp was born in London, England.
Crisp died in Los Angeles, California from a stroke at the age of 91.
Martin Karplus (born March 15, 1930) is an Austrian-born American theoretical chemist.
He is the Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, emeritus at Harvard University.
He is also Director of the Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory.
Martin Karplus academic genealogy and list of PhD & Postdoc trainees
Karplus research group at Harvard University
Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory at University of Strasbourg
Biography at Michigan State University website
Martin Karplus photography website
Ezzatolah Entezami (, June 21, 1924 – August 17, 2018) was an Iranian actor.
His first role was as Masht Hassan in the 1969 movie The Cow.
He later appeared in many movies such as Mr. Naive, Hamoun, and in 40 Years Old.
He also appeared in the television series Hezar Dastan.
An interview with Ezzatollah Entezami in connection with the recently produced biopic "... and the Blue Sky", directed by Ghazaleh Soltani and produced by Ghasem Gholipour, Mehr News Agency, 21 November 2010,   (in Persian).
Photo reportage of the interview:  .
Mohamad Ali Keshavarz (, April 15, 1930 – June 14, 2020) was an Iranian movie and theater actor.
He was born in Isfahan, Iran.
He was known for his role in the television series Hezar Dastan.
He also appeared in movies such as Shabe Quzi, Mr. Naive, and in Del Shodegan.
Naghsh Āfarin-i az Esfahan (A Character Actor from Esfahan), in Persian, Jadid Online, 27 January 2009, .A series of photographs of Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, old and new, Jadid Online: .
Jamshid Mashayekhi (, 26 November 1934 – 2 April 2019) was an Iranian actor.
Mashayekhi was known for his roles in The Cow, Kaiser, and in Adobe and Mirror.
He appeared in the television series Hezar Dastan.
Celebrating 50-year acting career of Jamshid Mashayekhi, BBC
Hezar Dastan or Hezār Dastān () was a very popular Iranian television series that ran from 1979 through 1987.
It is considered toto be one of the greatest television series in Iran.
It is set in a fictional town in Iran called Hezar Dastan.
It was directed by Ali Hatami.
It stars Ezzatolah Entezami, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz and Ali Nassirian.
Ali Nassirian (, born 4 February 1935) is an Iranian movie and theater actor.
His career began in 1947 and would last until his retirement in 2008.
Nassirian was known for his role in the popular Iranian television series Hezar Dastan (1979-1987).
He also appeared in movies such as The Mandrake (1975), Kamalolmolk (1983), Captain Khorshid (1987), and Iron Island (2005).
Sterling Price Holloway Jr. (January 4, 1905 – November 22, 1992) was an American actor and voice actor who appeared in over 100 films and 40 television shows.
He was also a voice actor for The Walt Disney Company, well known for his distinctive tenor voice and is perhaps best remembered as the original voice of Winnie the Pooh in the Winnie the Pooh franchise and as Mr. Stork in Dumbo, Adult Flower in Bambi, the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, Kaa in The Jungle Book, and Roquefort in The Aristocats.
Casey at the Bat (1927)
American Madness (1932)
Faithless (1932)
Rockabye (1932)
Lawyer Man (1932)
Hard to Handle (1933)
Blondie Johnson (1933)
Fast Workers (1933)
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Hell Below (1933)
Elmer, the Great (1933)
Picture Snatcher (1933)
Adorable (1933)
International House (1933)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Professional Sweetheart (1933)
When Ladies Meet (1933)
Wild Boys of The Road (1933)
Advice To The Lovelorn (1933)
Going Hollywood (1933)
Tomorrow's Children (1934)
The Cat & The Fiddle (1934)
Strictly Dynamite (1934)
Operator 13 (1934)
Murder In The Private Car (1934)
The Back Page (1934)
Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)
Gift of Gab (1934)
Girl o' My Dreams (1934)
A Wicked Woman (1934)
Tomorrow's Youth (1935)
Lottery Lover (1935)
Life Begins At Forty (1935)
Doubting Thomas (1935)
I Live My Life (1935)
1,000 Dollars A Minute (1935)
Rendezvous (1935)
Palm Springs (1936)
Career Woman (1936)
Join the Marines (1937)
When Love Is Young (1937)
The Woman I Love (1937)
Varsity Show (1937)
Behind The Mike (1937)
Of Human Hearts (1938)
Dr. Rhythm (1938)
Held Hor Ransom (1938)
Professor Beware (1938)
Spring Madness (1938)
St. Louis Blues (1939)
Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)
Remember the Night (1940)
The Blue Bird (1940)
Street of Memories (1940)
Little Men (1940)
Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
Meet John Doe (1941)
The Great Awakening (1941)
Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941)
Dumbo (1941) Mr. Stork (voice)
Look Who's Laughing (1941)
Don't Get Personal (1942)
The Lady Is Willing (1942)
Bambi (1942) Adult Flower (voice)
Iceland (1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
The Three Caballeros (1944) (voice)
Wildfire (1945)
A Walk in the Sun (1945)
Make Mine Music (1946; voice role)
Death Valley (1946)
Sioux City Sue (1946)
Her Wonderful Lie (1947)
Trail to San Antone (1947)
Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947)
Saddle Pals (1947)
Robin Hood of Texas (1947)
Alice in Wonderland (1951; voice role as "The Cheshire Cat")
Kentucky Rifle (1956)
Alakazam the Great (1960) (voice)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
My Six Loves (1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963; cameo)
Batman (1966; scenes deleted)
The Jungle Book (1967; voice role as "Kaa")
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
The Aristocats (1970; voice role as "Roquefort the Mouse")
Cries (1975) (documentary; narrator)
Super Seal (1976)
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977; voice role as  Winnie the Pooh)
Thunder & Lightning (1977)
The Battling Kangaroo (1926)
The Girl from Everywhere (1927)
The Girl from Nowhere (1928)
One Track Minds (1933)
Not the Marrying Kind (1933)
Meeting Mazie (1933)
Born April First (1934)
Pleasing Grandpa (1934)
Picnic Perils (1934)
Sterling's Rival Romeo (1934)
Father Knows Best (1935)
My Girl Sally (1935)
Bring 'Em Back A Lie (1935)
Boy Meets Dog (1938) (voice)
The Pelican & The Snipe (1944) (voice)
The Cold-Blooded Penguin (1944) (voice)
Unusual Occupations L-5-2 (1945)
Peter & The Wolf (1946) (voice)
Moron Than Off (1946)
Scooper Dooper (1947)
Hectic Honeymoon (1947)
Speaking of Animals No.
Y7-1: Dog Crazy (1947)
Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947)
Man or Mouse (1948)
Flat Feat (1948)
Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952) (voice)
Susie the Little Blue Coupe (1952) (voice)
The Little House (1952) (voice)
Ben and Me (1953) (voice)
Goliath II (1960) (voice)
Man, Monsters & Mysteries (1973) (voice)
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) (voice)
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1969) (voice)
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (
1974) (voice)
The Adventures of Superman - The Machine That Could Plot Crimes (1952-54; 3 episodes)
The Life of Riley (1953–58) - as Waldo Binny
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet - episode "Pancake Mix" as the grocery man
Willy (1955)
Our Mr. Sun (1956; voice role only)
Hemo the Magnificent (1957)
The Real McCoys - episode "The Jinx" (1960), as Orval McCoy
Zane Grey Theatre - episode "Blood Red" (1961), as Luther
The Andy Griffith Show - episode "The Merchant of Mayberry", as Bert, a traveling salesman (1962)
Hazel (TV series) - "The Retiring Milkman" Season 3, Episode 13, as Claude the Milkman (1963)
The Twilight Zone - episode "What's in the Box", as the dæmonic television repairman (1964)
The Restless Sea (1964)
Burke's Law (episode 28, "Who Killed Annie Foran?";
The Baileys of Balboa (1964–65)
That Girl (episode 14, "Phantom of the Horse Opera"; 1966)
F-Troop - as the Sheriff in the episode "Wilton the Kid" (1966)
Gilligan's Island (1967) - as Burt, a prisoner with a homing pigeon
Tony the Pony - as GG the Wizard (1976)
Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas (1979; voice)
Moonlighting - episode "Atomic Shakespeare" (1986; narrator)
Rothel, David.
Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks.
Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, New Jersey;
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Sterling Holloway
"A Perfect Day" by Carrie Jacobs-Bond sung by Sterling Holloway:
Ghana National Farmers' Day is a national holiday in the Republic of Ghana.
It is an annual celebration of farmers and fishermen, celebrated on the first Friday of December.
Working hard to feed a growing population.
Providing raw materials to the nation's industries.
Contributing to the nation's foreign exchange earnings.
On National Farmers' Day, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Ghana gives special awards to deserving farmers and fishermen based on their practices and output.
Also, a National Farmers Forum takes place for award winners to meet with policy makers.
Agriculture in Africa
Agriculture is essential for African growth.
It employs 65 percent of Africa's labor force and accounts for 32 percent of gross domestic product.
The People's Republic of China and the Republic of China insist sole legitimacy of China against each other.
Practically, the former is administering Mainland China and the two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau and the latter is administering the Taiwan area.
Ethnic group: Mongolian
Proposed state: Republic of South Mongol
Political parties: Inner Mongolian People's Party (member of the UNO), Southern Mongolian Democratic Alliance, Mongolian Liberal Union Party
Ethnic group: Tibetan
Proposed state:  Tibet
Government-in-exile: Lobsang Sangay, Head of the Tibetan Government in Exile (member of the UNO)
Political parties: International Tibet Independence Movement, National Democratic Party of Tibet
Advocacy group: Students for a Free Tibet, Tibetan Youth Congress, International Campaign for Tibet
Ethnic group: Uyghur
Proposed state:  East Turkestān
Political parties: Uyghurstan Independence Movement
Militant organisations: East Turkestan Islamic Movement, Uyghurstan National Front
Advocacy groups: World Uyghur Congress (member of the UNO)
Proposed state: Republic of Hong Kong
Advocacy group: Hong Kong Independence Party
Taiwan area
Proposed state:  Republic of Taiwan
Political parties: Pan-Green Coalition (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan Solidarity Union, Taiwan Independence Party)
In perspective of the laws of the Republic of China, the Taiwan Independence movement is considered as secessionism, but practically, the movement seeks to replace the ROC with the Republic of Taiwan because Taiwan area is the only practical region administered by the ROC.
In perspective of the laws of the People's Republic of China, the Taiwan Independence movement is considered as secessionism, too because the PRC considers the Taiwan area as its integral part as a rogue province.
The party was formed on December 28, 1989 under the Chairmanship of Nawaz Khan Naji.
The first time reorganized in July 30 1993.