the-french-artist/wikipedia_20220301.simple_sentence_split huggingface dataset:
In 2009, Chiles was designated a Distinguished Floridian by the Florida Economics Club at an event hosted by former Florida Supreme Court Justice Major B. Harding and keynoted by former United States Senator Sam Nunn.
Charles Duncan Michener (September 22, 1918 – November 1, 2015) was an American entomologist.
He was a leading expert on bees, his magnum opus being The Bees of the World.
Michener, C. D. (1974).
The Social Behavior of the Bees.
404 pp.
Michener, C. D. (2000).
913 pp.
Scientists from Pasadena, California
Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero (; 29 May 1942 –  8 November 2015) was a Sinhalese Buddhist Bikku.
He was a well-known socialist and social justice activist.
He was a Buddhist style non-violent revolutionary and he led campaigns that toppled the Sri-Lankan government on several occasions.
He was the chief monk of the Kotte Naga Vihara.
He played a key role to bring a new government in 2015 defeating Mahinda Rajapaksa, where he supported a common candidate Maithripala Sirisena for presidency, and Ranil Wickremesinghe to form a new government.
Skandagupta () (died 467) was a Gupta Emperor of northern India.
People do not know who his ancestors were.
He faced some of the greatest challenges in the annals of the empire having to contend with the Pushyamitras and the Hunas (a name by which the "White Huns" were known in India).
He died in 467.
467 deaths
Piotr Krystian Domaradzki (June 21, 1946 – November 4, 2015) was a Polish-American journalist, essayist and historian.
He had a longtime association with Chicago's Polish community.
He worked for 30 years at Dziennik Związkowy (Alliance Daily), the oldest and largest Polish language newspaper in the United States.
From October 2009 to March 2013, he served as the paper's editor-in-chief.
He emigrated from Poland in 1984 and became a U.S. citizen in 1996.
The plural of axe, an ancient tool.
The x-axis and y-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system.
John Speraw is an American volleyball coach.
He is the head coach of the United States men's national volleyball team and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
He was the former coach of the University of California, Irvine volleyball program.
There he led the team to three national titles in six years.
Speraw graduated from UCLA in 1995 with a B.S. degree in microbiology and molecular genetics.
American volleyball coaches
The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie is the 1962 debut album by Stevie Wonder (then known as "Little Stevie Wonder") on the Tamla (a label owned by Motown) label.
Wonder was eleven years old when it was released.
It was also the first album Wonder released in 1962, the second was Tribute to Uncle Ray.
This is Wonder's only studio album in which he does not sing; he plays on percussion, the keyboard, and the harmonica.
Wonder's mentors Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby wrote and produced the songs on The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie Wonder, with Wonder also co-writing two of the songs on the album.
"Fingertips" (Henry Cosby, Clarence Paul) – 3:00
"The Square" (Cosby, Paul) – 3:03
"Soul Bongo" (Marvin Gaye, Paul) – 2:20
"Manhattan at Six" (Cosby, Paul) – 3:47
"Paulsby" (Cosby, Paul) – 2:47
"Some Other Time" (Cosby, Paul) – 5:11
"Wondering" (Paul, Stevie Wonder) – 2:51
"Session Number 112" (Paul, Wonder) – 3:18
"Bam" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) – 3:34
Tribute to Uncle Ray is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder (then known as "Little Stevie Wonder") .
It was released in October 1962, not long after Wonder's debut album The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie, which was also released in 1962.
"Hallelujah I Love Her So"
"Ain't That Love"
"The Masquerade" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel)
"Frankie & Johnny" (Traditional)
"Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover)
"Come Back Baby"
"Sunset" (Stevie Wonder, Clarence Paul)
"My Baby's Gone" (Berry Gordy, Jr.)
Davidson County is a county located in middle Tennessee.
The state capitol, Nashville, is in Davidson County and is the county seat.
As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 626,681 people.
Tennessee counties
Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius is the first live album by Stevie Wonder (then known as "Little Stevie Wonder") .
The album was released on the Tamla record label on May 31, 1963.
It was also the first album that Wonder released in 1963, the second was With a Song in My Heart.
"Fingertips" (Henry Cosby, Clarence Paul) – 6:40
"Soul Bongo" (Marvin Gaye, Paul) – 3:01
"La La La La La" (Paul) – 2:34
"(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 5:13
"Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Ray Charles) – 2:48
"Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 3:23
"Don't You Know" (Charles, Berry Gordy) – 3:19
With a Song In My Heart is Stevie Wonder's third album, released in 1963 on the Tamla label.
The album was the first album of Wonder's not to be released as "Little Stevie Wonder" because he was getting older and taller.
It was also the second album of Wonder's to be released in 1963.
"With a Song in My Heart" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:11
"When You Wish Upon a Star" (Ned Washington, Leigh Harline) – 2:59
"Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner) – 3:20
"Make Someone Happy" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 5:04
"Dream" (Johnny Mercer) – 2:50
"Put on a Happy Face" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) – 2:37
"On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:58
"Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:12
"Give Your Heart a Chance" (Ron Miller, Orlando Murden, O'Neil) – 2:16
"Without a Song" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 4:14
Historic bridges
Modern bridges
The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a single-engine ground-attack aircraft.
It is the second generation of the Harrier Jump Jet family.
It is capable of vertical or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL).
The aircraft was designed in the late 1970s as an Anglo-American development of the British Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational V/STOL aircraft.
It can hover like a helicopter but can also fly like a jet at near supersonic speeds.
It is named after the a bird of prey.
It is primarily used on light attack or multi-role missions.
These range from close air support of ground troops to armed reconnaissance.
The AV-8B is used by the United States Marine Corps (USMC), the Spanish Navy, and the Italian Navy.
A variant of the AV-8B, the British Aerospace Harrier II, was developed for the British military.
Another is the TAV-8B, is a dedicated two-seat trainer.
The project that eventually led to the AV-8B's creation started in the early 1970s.
It was a cooperative effort between the United States and United Kingdom (UK).
it was aimed at working on solving the problems of the first-generation Harrier.
Early efforts centered on a larger, more powerful Pegasus engine to improve the Harrier's performance.
The UK dropped out of the project in 1975.
Following the withdrawal of the UK, McDonnell Douglas extensively redesigned the earlier AV-8A Harrier to create the AV-8B. While retaining the general layout of its predecessor, the aircraft uses a new wing, an elevated cockpit, a redesigned fuselage, one extra hardpoint per wing, and other structural and aerodynamic changes.
The aircraft is powered by an upgraded version of the Pegasus, which gives the aircraft its V/STOL ability.
The AV-8B made its maiden flight in November 1981 and entered service with the USMC in January 1985.
Later upgrades added a night-attack capability and radar.
This resulted in the AV-8B(NA) and AV-8B Harrier II Plus, respectively.
An enlarged version named Harrier III was also studied, but was not built.
The UK, through British Aerospace, re-joined the improved Harrier project as a partner in 1981.
After corporate mergers in the 1990s, Boeing and BAE Systems have jointly supported the program.
Approximately 340 aircraft were produced in a 22-year production program that ended in 2003.
Pevensey is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England.
The main village is located 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 km) inland from Pevensey Bay.
The settlement of  Pevensey Bay forms part of the parish.
It was here that William the Conqueror first landed on and invaded England in 1066 after crossing the English Channel from Normandy, France.
The name Pevensey was first recorded in 947 as Pefenesea, meaning "River of [a man named] Pefen".
It comes from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Pefen plus eã, meaning "river".
This is probably a reference to the now largely silted-up marshes.
In the 290s the Romans built a fort at Pevensey, which they named Anderitum.
In 471 Saxons attacked Pevensey and the fort was abandoned for centuries.
When William the Conqueror invaded England in September 1066, he landed at Pevensey.
The bay provided a safe haven for his fleet of 700 ships.
The English army had been awaiting Duke William's arrival on the south coast all summer.
With supplies running short King Harold allowed his soldiers to return home.
When Harald Hardrada the king of Norway invaded northern England in late September, King Harold gathered his army and moved north to York, 250 miles away, to meet the invaders.
William, meanwhile, moved his army and fleet to Hastings and built a castle while he awaited Harold and his army.
After the Battle of Hastings the Roman fort at Pevensey was occupied by the Normans.
It was given to Robert, Count of Mortain (William's half brother).
Robert de Mortain built his castle there.
The castle was besieged several times during the 11th–13th centuries.
Queen Elizabeth I ordered that it be demolished but the order was ignored.
As late as 1942 small additions were made to the castle for the defence of Britain.
It became a lookout over the channel for German aircraft during World War II.
Today the castle is in the upkeep of English Heritage.
Deem Bristow (April 11 1947 - January 15 2005) was an American actor and voice actor who has done various voice roles in animated shows and video games.
He was best known for his role as Dr. Eggman in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series from 1998 to 2004.
Bristow died on January 15, 2005 in  San Diego, California at the age of 57.
His cause of death was confirmed as heart failure.
Freeway - TV interviewer
Glitch! -
I Am Joe's Ear - Joe
Problem Child - Additional voices
Terminal Exposure - Anchorman
Paranoia Agent - Masami Hirukawa
Rumic Theater: Mermaid Forest - Flower Shop Owner, Manager Hosoda
R.O.D the TV - Old Man, Chief Researcher
Quantum Leap - King
Spirit of Wonder: China-san no yûutsu - Breckenridge
Texhnolyze - The Sage Of Gabe
Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy - Dr. Silvanus, Rev. Gold
Blue Stinger - Dogs Bower
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth - Jack's Father, Cult Member, Cutter Urania Navigation Officer
D2 - Additional voices
Dark Seed - Additional voices
Diablo II - Meshif
Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas - Kenny Sinclair
Dungeon Lords - Galdryn, Lord Graemare, Urcula
High Seize - Black Barlow, Crimson Bob, Ezekiel Wiggins
Sonic Advance 3 - Dr. Eggman
Sonic Adventure - Dr. Eggman
Sonic Adventure 2 - Dr. Eggman
Sonic Battle - Dr. Eggman
Sonic Heroes - Dr. Eggman
Sonic Riders - Dr. Eggman (archive footage)
Sonic Shuffle - Dr. Eggman
Vladimir Romanovich Alekno; (born in Polotsk on 4 December 1966) is a former Russian volleyball player and current volleyball coach.
He coaches the Russia men's national volleyball team.
He also leads a professional team in Kazan, Russia.
Alekno coached the national volleyball team in 2007-2008 and 2011-2012.
Under his leadership, the Russian players won the gold medal in 2012 and the bronze medal in 2008 in the Summer Olympic Games.
As well, they won the World League and the World Cup both in 2011.
Russian volleyball players
Daniel Jorge Castellani (born 21 March 1961) is a former Argentine volleyball player and coach, a member of Argentina men's national volleyball team in 1976-1988, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Seoul 1988, a participant of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984, head coach of Sir Safety Perugia.
Argentine volleyball players
Raúl Lucio Lozano (born September 3, 1956 in La Plata, Argentina) is a former Argentine volleyball player.
He first coached for Estudiantes de La Plata.
In 2005-2008 Lozano was the head coach of Poland's national volleyball team.
He has also coached other top-level teams in Europe including teams from Italy, Greece, and Spain.
He led the Polish national team to win a silver medal at the 2006 World championship held in Japan.
His Polish team lost to Italy in the quarter final round of the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing.
In 2009 he coached the German team for two years.
He was then the head coach of Czarni Radom in Poland.
On November 17, 2015, it was announced that Raúl Lucio will coach the Iranian national volleyball team.
He replaced Slobodan Kovac who is the former coach of the Iranian team.
Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Evancho ( ; born April 9, 2000) is an American classical crossover singer.
Evancho plays piano, flute, and is also a songwriter.
She gained wide recognition at an early age.
Since 2009, Evancho has released an EP and five studio albums.
She has one platinum and one gold album.
Evancho has even performed at Carnegie Hall.
Between 2008 and 2010, Evancho entered several talent competitions.
She made singing appearances, mostly in Pennsylvania.
She also attracted interest on YouTube.
In 2010, at age ten, she gained wider popularity with her performances in the fifth season of the America's Got Talent competition.
She finished in second place behind Michael Grimm.
Evancho starred in the 2012 movie "The Company You Keep" with Robert Redford.
Bowerhill is a suburb of Melksham, Wiltshire, England.
It is located to the south of the town.
There is a small primary school, a Tesco store and a sports centre in the village.
During World War II, Bowerhill was home of a major Royal Air Force Station, RAF Melksham.
Stevie at the Beach is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder released on the Tamla (Motown) label on June 23, 1964.
He wouldn't release another album until Up-Tight which was released in 1966, two years later.
"Castles in the Sand" (Hal Davis, Marc Gordon, Mary O'Brien, Frank Wilson) - 2:11
"Ebb Tide" (Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman) - 1:45
"Sad Boy" (Dorsey Burnette, Gerald Nelson) - 2:28
"Red Sails in the Sunset" (Hugh Williams) - 2:01
"The Beachcomber" (Stevie Wonder) - 1:46
"Castles in the Sand (Instrumental)" (Davis, Gordon, O'Brien, Wilson) - 1:52
"Happy Street" (George Everette Hemric, Jule Styne) - 2:19
"The Party at the Beach House" (Frank Wilson) - 2:03
"Hey Harmonica Man" (Marty Cooper, Lou Josie) - 2:38
"Beachstomp" (Hal Davis,  Frank Wilson) - 2:38
"Beyond the Sea" (Charles Trenet, Jack Lawrence) - 2:46
Arden Hayes (born January 30, 2008) is a middle school student from Southern California, United States.
Because of his great knowledge of American presidents, he became famous at the age of five, in addition to reciting Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and being able to identify the countries of the worlds and their capitals.
His interest in  American presidents, started when he was learning about who was born on his birthday, and he realized that he was born the same day that Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
On July 2, 2013, Arden appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
to demonstrate his knowledge of the U.S. presidents.
On November 5, 2013, Arden appeared again on Jimmy Kimmel Live!,
and this time showed his knowledge of the countries of the world and their capitals, in addition to decline a free Sony Xperia Tablet Z because he preferred to wait until Christmas to receive an Apple iPad.
He appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
for third time on April 2, 2014, to show his knowledge of the  elements in the periodic table.
Ernst Fuchs (February 13, 1930 – November 9, 2015) was an Austrian painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, and singer.
He was one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.
In 1972, he bought the Otto Wagner Villa in Hütteldorf, which he restored and transformed.
The villa was inaugurated as the Ernst Fuchs Museum in 1988.
Thomas J. "Tommy" Hanson Jr. (August 28, 1986 – November 9, 2015) was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB).
He played for the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Hanson made his MLB debut with Atlanta that season, and played with the Braves through 2012.
He pitched his final season in 2013 with the Angels, who had acquired him in a trade.
On November 9, 2015, Hanson was reported to be in a coma with "catastrophic organ failure."
He died at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta later that night at the age of 29.
Patrick James John "Pat" Eddery (18 March 1952 – 10 November 2015) was an Irish flat racing jockey and horse trainer.
He was born in Newbridge, County Kildare.
He rode three winners of the Epsom Derby, and was Champion Jockey eleven times.
He is co-holder of the record for most wins in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
He rode the winners of 4,632 British flat races, a figure passed only by Sir Gordon Richards.
Eddery died on 10 November 2015 from cirrhosis, aged 63.
He had long battled alcoholism.
Toussaint was born in Gert Town, New Orleans.
He was raised in Gert Town and in New Orleans.
His mother was Naomi Neville.
In 1960, Toussaint was hired as a record producer by a label in New Orleans.
He was also looking for new talent to sign to the label, named Minit Records.
Toussaint played piano, wrote, and produced many hit records in the early and mid 1960s for New Orleans R&B artists.
Jessie Hill's "Ooh Poo Pah Doo"
Ernie K-Doe's "Mother-in-Law", written by Toussaint
Chris Kenner's "I Like It Like That"
"Ruler of My Heart", recorded by Irma Thomas.
This song was later recorded  again by Otis Redding (with the title "Pain in My Heart"), and by The Rolling Stones on their second album.
In 1964, "A Certain Girl" (originally by Ernie K-Doe) was the B-side of the first single by The Yardbirds; the song was released again in 1980 by Warren Zevon.
In 1998, Toussaint was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  and in 2009 into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
On May 9, 2011, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
Toussaint’s two marriages ended in divorce.
He is survived by his two children, son Clarence (better known as Reginald) and daughter Alison, and by several grandchildren.
His children had managed his career in recent years.
Audio interview with Allen Toussaint on the Sodajerker On Songwriting podcast
Allen Toussaint profile, NPR.org; accessed October 5, 2014.
Allen Toussaint profile, discogs.com; accessed October 5, 2014.
[ Allen Toussaint profile], allmusic.com; accessed October 5, 2014.
Allen Toussaint NYNO Records profile, nynorecords.com; accessed October 5, 2014.
List of chart records written by Toussaint, MusicVF.com, accessed November 11, 2015
Allen Toussaint profile , preshallben.tumblr.com, October 5, 2014.
Laurent Vidal (18 February 1984 – 10 November 2015) was a French professional triathlete, three time French Champion (2009, 2011 and 2012) and two time Olympian.
In Beijing 2008 he placed 36th while he took the 5th place in London 2012.
He was born in Sete.
The United States courts of appeals (or circuit courts) are the intermediate appellate courts of the Federal judiciary of the United States.
A court of appeals decides appeals from the district courts within its federal judicial circuit.
In some cases it decides appeals from other designated federal courts and administrative agencies.
The United States courts of appeals are considered among the most powerful and influential courts in the United States.
They have the ability to set legal precedent that affect millions of Americans.
The United States courts of appeals have strong policy influence on U.S. law.
The U.S. Supreme Court chooses to review less than 1% of the more than 10,000 cases filed with it annually.
This means the United States courts of appeals makes the final decision in most federal cases.
The Ninth Circuit in particular is very influential.
It covers 20% of the American population.
There are currently 179 judges on the United States courts of appeals.
These judges are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate.
They have lifetime tenure, earning an annual salary of $213,300.
There are thirteen United States courts of appeals.
There are other tribunals that have "Court of Appeals" in their titles, such as the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
They hear appeals in court-martial cases.
The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims reviews final decisions by the Board of Veterans' Appeals in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Decisions of the United States courts of appeals have been published by the private company West Publishing in the Federal Reporter series since the courts were established.
Only decisions that the courts choose for publication are included.
The "unpublished" opinions (of all but the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits) are published separately in West's Federal Appendix.
They are also available in on-line databases like LexisNexis or Westlaw.
More recently, court decisions are also available electronically on the official court websites.
However, there are also a few federal court decisions that are classified for national security reasons.
U.S. Courts of appeals
There are eleven numbered circuits which are numbered one through eleven.
The D.C. Circuit is the twelfth.
The thirteenth court of appeals is the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
It has nationwide jurisdiction over certain appeals based on their subject matter.
All of the courts of appeals also hear appeals from some government agency decisions and rulemaking.
The largest share of these cases heard by the D.C. Circuit.
The Federal Circuit hears appeals from specialized trial courts.
These are primarily the United States Court of International Trade and the United States Court of Federal Claims.
They also hear appeals from the district courts in patent cases and certain other specialized matters.
List of courts
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1st Cir.),
District of Maine
District of Massachusetts
District of New Hampshire
District of Puerto Rico
District of Rhode Island
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2nd Cir.),
District of Connecticut
Eastern District of New York
Northern District of New York
Southern District of New York
Western District of New York
District of Vermont
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit  (3rd Cir. ),
District of Delaware
District of New Jersey
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Middle District of Pennsylvania
Western District of Pennsylvania
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.),
District of Maryland
Eastern District of North Carolina
Middle District of North Carolina
Western District of North Carolina
District of South Carolina
Eastern District of Virginia
Western District of Virginia
Northern District of West Virginia
Southern District of West Virginia
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.),
Eastern District of Louisiana
Middle District of Louisiana
Western District of Louisiana
Northern District of Mississippi
Southern District of Mississippi
Eastern District of Texas
Northern District of Texas
Southern District of Texas
Western District of Texas
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (6th Cir.),
Eastern District of Kentucky
Western District of Kentucky
Eastern District of Michigan
Western District of Michigan
Northern District of Ohio
Southern District of Ohio
Eastern District of Tennessee
Middle District of Tennessee
Western District of Tennessee
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.),
Central District of Illinois
Northern District of Illinois
Southern District of Illinois
Northern District of Indiana
Southern District of Indiana
Eastern District of Wisconsin
Western District of Wisconsin
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit  (8th Cir.),
Eastern District of Arkansas
Western District of Arkansas
Northern District of Iowa
Southern District of Iowa
District of Minnesota
Eastern District of Missouri
Western District of Missouri
District of Nebraska
District of North Dakota
District of South Dakota
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.),
District of Alaska
District of Arizona
Central District of California
Eastern District of California
Northern District of California
Southern District of California
District of Hawaii
District of Idaho
District of Montana
District of Nevada
District of Oregon
Eastern District of Washington
Western District of Washington
District of Guam
District of the Northern Mariana Islands
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (10th Cir.),
District of Colorado
District of Kansas
District of New Mexico
Eastern District of Oklahoma
Northern District of Oklahoma
Western District of Oklahoma
District of Utah
District of Wyoming
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (11th Cir.),
Middle District of Alabama
Northern District of Alabama
Southern District of Alabama
Middle District of Florida
Northern District of Florida
Southern District of Florida
Middle District of Georgia
Northern District of Georgia
Southern District of Georgia
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Fed.
Cir.),
may sit in any courthouse or law school
Article I tribunals
Article III tribunals
Congressional Office of Compliance
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Cir.),
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
André Glucksmann (; 19 June 1937 – 10 November 2015) was a French philosopher, activist and writer.
Glucksmann was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France to a Jewish family.
He studied at the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud in Lyon, France.
Glucksmann became well-known during the 1970s for his support of the Vietnamese boat people.
He was an outspoken critic of Nazism and communism.
Later in life, he was known for his views and beliefs of the September 11 attacks.
He wrote a book about how god had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks called Dostoyevsky in Manhattan.
Glucksmann supported military action in Afghanistan and Iraq.
He was highly critical of Russian foreign policy, supporting a call for Chechen independence.
Philosopher André Glucksmann: A Dark Vision of the Future of Europe
Samantha Cristoforetti (born April 26, 1977) is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, Italian Air Force pilot an engineer.
She is the first Italian woman in space and until 2017, held the record for the woman with most time spent in space with 199 days and 16 hours.
This record is now held by Christina Koch.
Cristoforetti is also the first person in prepare an espresso in space.
Cristoforetti was born in Milan in 1977.
She spent her childhood in Malè, Val di Sole, Trentino, Italy.
When she was 18, she took a US foreign exchange program and attended Space Camp.
ESA biography
Samantha Cristoforetti at ESA website.
An appellate court, commonly called an appeals court, court of appeals (American English), appeal court (British English), court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that hears an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal.
In most jurisdictions, the court system is divided into at least three levels.
The trial court, which initially hears cases and reviews evidence and testimony to determine the facts of the case.
There is at least one intermediate appellate court.
The top level is a supreme court (or court of last resort) which primarily reviews the decisions of the intermediate courts.
A jurisdiction's supreme court is that jurisdiction's highest appellate court.
Appellate courts nationwide can operate by varying rules.
The authority of appellate courts to review decisions of lower courts varies widely from one jurisdiction to another.
In some places, the appellate court has limited powers of review.
"Generally speaking, an appellate court's judgment provides 'the final directive of the appeals courts as to the matter appealed, setting out with specificity the court's determination that the action appealed from should be affirmed, reversed, remanded or modified'".
Itimous Thaddeus "Tim" Valentine, Jr. (March 15, 1926 – November 10, 2015), generally known as Tim Valentine, was an American lawyer and politician.
He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina from 1983 to 1995.
U.S. Congress Biographical Directory entry
NC Spin profile
"Photograph" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran for his second studio album, x (2014).
Sheeran co-wrote the song with Snow Patrol member Johnny McDaid.
"Photograph" served as the fifth and final single from the album.
It reached the top five on the main singles charts in more than five countries.
In the US, where it peaked at number ten, "Photograph" became the third single from the album to have reached within the top ten.
In the UK, it reached number 15 and has since been certified platinum for sales of 600,000 units.
The single has also been certified double platinum in Australia and Canada, and platinum in New Zealand.
Ed Sheeran songs
The Line of Actual Control (LAC) is the effective border between India and China.
The LAC is 4,057-km long and traverses three areas of northern Indian states: western (Ladakh, Kashmir), middle (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh) and eastern (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh).
Quote: "India is used to incursions by Chinese troops across the 4,057-km LAC in all the three sectors—western (Ladakh), middle (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh) and eastern (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh)— in a bid to strengthen China's claim over disputed areas and ensure New Delhi does not change its Tibet policy."
Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai used the phrase in a letter addressed to Indian Prime Minister Nehru dated October 24, 1959.
In a letter dated November 7, Zhou told Nehru that the LAC consisted of "the so-called McMahon Line in the east and the line up to which each side exercises actual control in the west".
During the Sino-Indian War (1962), Nehru claimed not to know where the line was: "There is no sense or meaning in the Chinese offer to withdraw twenty kilometers from what they call 'line of actual control'.
Advancing forty or sixty kilometers by blatant military aggression and offering to withdraw twenty kilometers provided both sides do this is a deceptive device which can fool nobody."
It should be noted that these incursions were in response to India's "forward policy" in which India began to contest areas controlled by China, including some that were not included in the McMahon Line.
The Tupí people were an important ethnic group of indigenous peoples in Brazil.
Scholars believe they first settled in the Amazon rainforest.
Later, they started to move to the south and settled on the Atlantic coast.
The Tupí people were living in almost all of the Brazilian coast when the Portuguese first arrived there.
In 1500, their population was estimated to be 1 million people.
They were divided into  tribes, each tribe numbering from 300 to 2,000 people.
Some of these tribes are: Tupiniquim, Tupinambá, Potiguara, Tabajara, Caetés, Temiminó, Tamoios.
The Tupí had agriculture.
They grew cassava, corn, sweet potatoes, beans, peanuts, tobacco, squash, cotton and many other crops.
After the 16th century, the Tupí were assimilated, made to work as slaves, or killed by diseases such as smallpox or by Portuguese settlers and Bandeirantes (colonial Brazilian scouts).
Except for a few communities, nearly all the Tupí were killed.
Today, the descendants of the survivors live on Indian reservations or are part of the dominant Brazilian society.
The Tupí were divided into several tribes which would constantly engage in war with each other.
In these wars, the Tupí would try to capture their enemies to later kill and eat them.
They believed that they would gain the strength of the warriors they eat.
The Tupí also ate the remains of dead relatives.
Cannibalism by the Tupí decreased after European contact and religious intervention.
When Cabeza de Vaca, a Spanish conquistador, arrived in Santa Catarina in 1541, for instance, he attempted to ban cannibalism.
Some scholars question whether the Tupí actually engaged in cannibalism.
They do not think the sources that talk about cannibalism, mostly written by Europeans, are reliable.
Race-mixing and Cunhadismo
In the 16th century, the Tupi were the first group to have contact with the Portuguese.
The Portuguese colonists did not bring many women, so miscegenation between Portuguese settlers and indigenous women started.
The Tupi had a tradition, called Cunhadismo, of incorporating strangers to their community.
The Indians offered the Portuguese an Indian girl as wife.
Once he agreed, he formed a bond of kinship with all the Indians of the tribe.
The settlers also adopted the Indian practice of polygyny.
The relatives of an Indian woman would have to work for her husband.
If a settler had many Indian wives, he would have a large number of Indian relatives who would have to work for him.
They would mostly have to cut wood and take it to the ships on the coast.
Since there were not a lot of Portuguese women in Brazil, intermarriage made it easier for the Portuguese to colonize the country.
Influence in Brazil
Although most of the Tupí population died, a large population with Tupí-Portuguese ancestry occupied much of Brazilian territory.
They continued the ancient Tupí traditions in several points of the country.
Darcy Ribeiro wrote that the first Brazilians looked more like the Tupí than the Portuguese.
The language that they spoke, called Nheengatu or Língua Geral, was based on Tupí.
Eventually, Brazilian society started to lose its Tupi characteristics.
Língua Geral was replaced by the Portuguese language.
Indian ways of making things were replaced by European ones.
Brazilian Portuguese absorbed many words from Tupi.
Portugal in America
Victor Skumin was born on 30 August 1948 in Penza Oblast, Russia.
His father, Andrew Skumin, was a KGB officer.
The family many times moved from one city to another.
These cities were Penza, Chelyabinsk, Petrozavodsk.
Skumin studied medicine at the Kharkov National Medical University.
He graduated the university in 1973 with diploma with honours.
In 1976, he became a psychotherapist in Kiev Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery.
Skumin was the first to described a previously unknown disease, now it is called Skumin syndrome.
From 1980 to 1990, he has been professor of psychotherapy at the Kharkov Medical Academy of Postgraduate education.
During this period Skumin investigated borderline mental disorders in chronic diseases of the digestive system in children and adolescents.
From 1990 to 1994, Skumin held positions as Professor by the Chair of Psychology and Pedagogy, and Professor by the Chair of Physical Education and Health life at the Kharkov State Academy of Culture.
In 1994, Skumin became President of the World Organization of Culture of Health (WOCH) — International social movement "To Health via Culture" (Russian: Междунаро́дное обще́ственное Движе́ние «К Здоро́вью че́рез Культу́ру»).
In 1995, Skumin became the first editor-in-chief of the journal To Health via Culture.
This journal of the World Organisation of Culture of Health (″World Health Culture Organization″) received an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) 0204-3440.
The main topics of the magazine are the dissemination of ideas of Culture of Health, holistic medicine, and Buddhism.
Skumin's doctrine of the culture of health
In 1968, when Skumin was still a medical student, he proposed the term ″culture of health″ (Russian: ″Культу́ра Здоро́вья″), which has become widespread.
The main task of the culture of health is to do health programs that support a holistic approach to physical, mental and spiritual well-being.
The 'culture of health' means recognizing health’s central importance in life.
Skumin referred to the works of Helena Blavatsky, Helena and Nicholas Roerich, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and Alexander Chizhevsky.
In some of his publications, he argues that the culture of health will play an important role in the creation of a human spiritual society in the Solar System.
The doctrine of a culture of health, proposed by Skumin, the culture  – spiritual, mental, and physical –  determines the status of human health.
And health – spiritual, mental, physical – is a prerequisite for achieving a higher level of culture.
Skumin syndrome
Skumin syndrome (:ru:Синдром Скумина) was described by Skumin in 1978 as a "cardioprosthetic psychopathological syndrome", associated with mechanical heart valve implant and manifested by irrational fear and sleep disorder.
Patients have doubts about the reliability of the device, fear of breakdown, and suffer anxiety and depression.
This syndrome is often accompanied by asthenia.
Alain Carpentier – a member of the French Academy of Sciences and the head the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou in Paris – believed in 2011 that Skumin syndrome develops in a quarter of the patients with an artificial heart valve.
It is possible that a similar problem arises in the conduct of operations to implement an artificial heart.
Skumin mind control method
In 1979, Skumin created a special modification of mind control method for psychological rehabilitation of patients.
This method is based on autogenic training.
Autogenic training is a relaxation technique developed by the psychiatrist Johannes Heinrich Schultz.
He emphasized parallels to techniques in yoga and meditation.
Each session can be practiced in a position chosen amongst a set of recommended postures.
The technique of the Skumin mind control method (Russian: "Психотре́нинг по Ску́мину") involves the use of two standard postures: sitting meditation and lying down meditation.
This method of psychotraining includes five psychological exercises: the first is "the relaxation", the second one is "the warming", the third one is "the zero gravity", the fourth one is "the target autosuggestion", and the fifth exercise is "the psychological activation".
Each session contain explanation of the theory and practice of each new exercise as it is reached.
The therapeutic effect of the Skumin mind control method is achieved by the neutralization of traumatic emotional experiences and the progressive reorganization of the psychic structures to include previously unacceptable mental contents, too.
This method of psychotherapy has found application in medical practice, in particular in the treatment of phobias, headaches, etc.
Skumin’s mixture
Skumin proposed mixture subsequently named after him.
Skumin’s mixture () is a medicine with a sedative effect, affecting the central nervous system.
It is used to treat Skumin syndrome, light forms of heart failure, anxiety and sleep disorders, and asthenia.
The medicine is known to be well tolerated, with no contra-indications, except sensitivity.
The formula contains Adonis vernalis, Crataegus, Valerian root, Leonurus cardiaca, Eucalyptus, Peppermint, and Rose hip.
Skumin wrote many books and articles on a variety medical and spiritual topics advocating a holistic approach to health.
He is the author or co-author of a series illustrated books on the culture of health, yoga, Roerich’s philosophy, and Buddhism.
Виктор Скумин (Victor Skumin)
"Harvard library": Skumin, V A
He is the author of music and lyrics of several songs.
Among them:
Anthem "To Health via Culture".
The anthem consists of four stanzas.
The capital letters each of the four stanzas form the word Agni (Vedic Fire God).
Skumin was important in the Western transmission and revival of Theravada Buddhism.
Victor Skumin – Pantheon
Wrongful death is a claim  against a person who may be held liable for another person's death.
A wrongful death lawsuits may be based on claims of negligence, misconduct, or a criminal act such as murder.
If the person accused of causing a wrongful death is charged with a crime, the wrongful death lawsuit may be filed after a criminal trial.
It is possible to win a wrongful death lawsuit even if the person is acquitted of a crime that caused the death, because even though both trials may use the same evidence a wrongful death case has a lower standard of proof.
The claim is brought in a civil action, usually by close relatives, based on tort laws.
Common law did not allow for wrongful deatlh lawsuits, as the right to bring a wrongful death claim belonged to the deceased person and died along with that person.
In the United States, state and federal laws now allow for wrongful death cases in all U.S.jurisdictions.
In law, damages are an award of  compensation, usually of money, paid to a person who has suffered a loss or injury.
Damages for wrongful death may include:
Loss of future earnings
Loss of Benefits
Loss of companionship
Pain, suffering and/or mental anguish
medical bills, funeral costs
Some states also allow recovery of punitive damages, an additional award that is intended to reform or deter the defendant and others from doing the same thing again.
When available, punitive damages are normally awarded only for the most extreme cases, involving gross negligence, recklessness or intentional acts that result in death.
Up Tight (also known as Up-Tight Everything's Alright) is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder.
It was released on May 4, 1966 by Tamla.
The album reached No.33 on the Billboard Pop Album charts and No.2 on the R&B Albums charts.
The album has the popular hit "Uptight (Everything's Alright)".
"Love a Go Go" (Beth Beatty, Ernie Shelby) - 2:46
"Hold Me" (Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Wonder) - 2:36
"Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) - 3:46(additional vocals by Clarence Paul)
"Nothing's Too Good for My Baby" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, William Stevenson) - 2:39
"Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene De Paul) - 2:39(additional vocals by The Four Tops)
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Wonder, Moy, Cosby) - 2:54
"Ain't That Asking for Trouble" (Moy, Paul, Wonder) - 2:49
"I Want My Baby Back" (Harvey Fuqua, Cornelius Grant, Eddie Kendricks, Norman Whitfield) - 2:49
"Pretty Little Angel" (Paul, Mike Valvano, Wonder) - 2:12
"Music Talk" (Ted Hull, Paul, Wonder) - 2:52
"Contract on Love" (Janie Bradford, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland) - 2:06
"With a Child's Heart" (Vicky Basemore, Cosby, Moy) - 3:08
Speed dating is a formal dating process for singles.
It is a fun way to meet a large number of new people in a short period of time.
Singles spend three-to-five minute periods of time with as many as 25 prospective partners.
The conversations are about whatever the two chose.
The events are held at places like coffee shops.
There is usually a fee and the rules can vary.
The short period of time between couples ranges by event.
Each participant has a sheet of paper on which they note "interested" or "not interested".
The organizer of the event gathers the comments at the end of the event.
They look for possible matches and after two or three days contact each participant to see if they are interested in dating the other person.
The price for the service ranges from $20 to $80.
Penza Oblast (, Penzenskaya oblast) is a  administrative division of Russia.
Penza Oblast has over 3000 rivers; the overall length is 15,458 km.
In the waters of the Oblast, there are about 50 species of fish.
Russians - 86.8%
Tatars - 6.4%
others - 6.8%
Aristarkh Lentulov, avant-garde artist
Victor Skumin, philosopher, writer, psychologist, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and medical doctor.
People born in Penza Oblast
Legal liability is the legal responsibility a person has for their actions.
It includes the responsibility to compensate another person for any harm or damages caused to them.
Legal liability includes lawful obligations required by civil actions or torts.
It can also include terms set by a contract, taxes, or fines given by government agencies.
To win a civil lawsuit the plaintiff must prove the defendant's legal liability.
This requires proving the defendant failed to act in some way that caused harm to the plaintiff.
To succeed the plaintiff must also show the connection of how a failure to act caused him or her injury or harm.
Alaska was originally part of the Russian Empire.
In 1867, the Russian Empire sold the territory to the United States.
This is known as the Alaska Purchase.
History of Alaska
Insular Celtic languages are the six Celtic languages that originated in the British Isles.
All surviving Celtic languages are from the Insular Celtic group; the Continental Celtic languages (the other group) are now extinct.
The six Insular Celtic languages of modern times can be divided into 2 groups:
The Goidelic languages: Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic They are also called "Q-Celtic" because of the use of a Q sound (spelled with a C or a K).
The Brittonic languages: Breton, Cornish, and Welsh (another language, Cumbric, is extinct).
Brittonic Celtic is also called "P-Celtic" because of the use of the letter P.
By the 4th century BC most people in the British Isles spoke a Celtic language.
When the Irish abbot and missionary Columba met the Pictish king Bruide they needed a translator.
Columba spoke Q-Celtic while the Picts spoke P-Celtic.
An idiophone is a type of musical instrument that makes sound from the material of the instrument itself.
They do not use reeds, strings or resonators.
Most percussion instruments that are not drums are idiophones.
Idiophones make their sound by hitting, rubbing or shaking.
Drums are not idiophones.
Neither are stringed instruments.
Examples of idiophones include the triangle, wood block, maracas, bell, and gong.
Underwater Observatory Marine Park Eilat () is a park, conservation centre and aquarium in Eilat, Israel.
It also has an underwater observatory in the Red Sea.
It is located at the south of Eilat's Coral Beach Nature Reserve.
Coral World
Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (21 September 1954 – 11 November 2015) was a English rock drummer in the British heavy metal band Motörhead from 1975–1984 and 1987-1992 recording ten studio albums and the live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith.
The classic mark IV Motörhead line-up consisted of Lemmy, Philthy Animal Taylor and Fast Eddie Clarke.
On Parole (1975/1979)
Motörhead (1977)
Overkill (1979)
Bomber (1979)
Ace of Spades (1980)
No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981)
Iron Fist (1982)
Another Perfect Day (1983)
Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
1916 (1991)
March ör Die (1992)
The Muggers (album) The Muggers Tapes Live recording from a brief spell of about 4 gigs Phil drummed with Fast Eddie Clarke on guitar, John 'Speedy' Keen, also on guitar, and Billy Wrath on bass.
The album was released as a 'bonus' to a 'Best of Motorhead' release.
Philthy Phil & Fast Eddie (album) Naughty Old Santa's Christmas Classics (1989)
GMT One By One 12" single (1989)
GMT War Games CD release of same tracks + one other (1991)
The Deviants Have Left The Planet (album) drummed with Ladbroke Grove pals Mick Farren on vocals, Larry Wallis on guitar, etc. (
Sheep In Wolves' Clothing Motorheadbangers fan club tribute CD.
The Deviants Mick Farren vocals, Andy Colquhoun, guitar, David Ito, bass and Philthy, drums; re-recorded the Motorhead / Farren song 'Lost Johnny' for the CD - released 7 April 2008.
Taylor appears, dressed in drag, part way through the Girlschool promotional video for their song "Yeah, Right".
Classic Albums - Ace Of Spades DVD.
Taylor is in interview and playing drums on several of the Ace Of Spades albums classic tracks.
Phil Taylor at MySpace
The Web of Spider at MySpace
Down to Earth is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, released on November 16, 1966 on the Tamla label.
It was his second album to have been released in 1966, as Up-Tight had been released earlier on in the year.
"A Place in the Sun" (Ron Miller, Bryan Wells) 2:52
"Bang Bang" (Sonny Bono) 2:42
"Down to Earth" (Ron Miller, Avery Vanderberg) 2:50
"Thank You Love" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Wonder) 2:55
"Be Cool, Be Calm (And Keep Yourself Together)" (Cosby, Moy, Wonder) 2:43
"Sylvia" (Cosby, Moy, Wonder) 2:34
"My World Is Empty Without You" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) 2:53
"The Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin, Nat Shilkret) 3:06
"Angel Baby (Don't You Ever Leave Me)" (Cosby, Moy) 2:45
"Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) 2:30
"Sixteen Tons" (Merle Travis) 2:42
"Hey Love" (Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Wonder) 2:41
Stevie Wonder – harmonica, keyboards, drums, percussion, vocals
The Originals - backing vocals
The Andantes - backing vocals
James Jamerson – bass
Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby – producers