timescale/wikipedia-22-12-simple-embeddings huggingface dataset:
This algorithm draws all eight octants simultaneously, starting from each cardinal direction (0°, 90°, 180°, 270°) and extends both ways to reach the nearest multiple of 45° (45°, 135°, 225°, 315°). It can determine where to stop because when formula_1, it has reached 45°. The reason for using these angles is shown in the above picture: As formula_2 increases, it does not skip nor repeat any formula_2 value until reaching 45°. So during the while loop, formula_4 increments by 1 each iteration, and formula_2 decrements by 1 on occasion, never exceeding 1 in one iteration. This changes at 45° because that is the point where the tangent is rise=run. Whereas rise>run before and rise<run after.
General Sunith Francis Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM (19 September 1933 – 4 March 2022) was an Indian army officer and politician. He was Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1990 to 1993 and Governor of Punjab from 2004 to 2010.
Anna Karen (born Ann McCall; 19 September 1936 – 22 February 2022) was a South African-born British actress. She is best known for playing Olive Rudge in the sitcoms "On the Buses" (1969–1973) and "The Rag Trade" (1977–1978), as well as three spin-off movies. From 1996 to 2017, she had the regular role of Aunt Sal in the soap opera "EastEnders". She also appeared in two "Carry On" movies, "Carry On Camping" (1969) and "Carry On Loving" (1970).
Patricia Bernal (born 27 October 1961) is a Mexican actress. She is known for her roles in telenovelas such as "Pobre rico, pobre". Her son, Gael García Bernal, is a Golden Globe Award-winning actor. She appeared in the movies "Everybody Loves Somebody", "La boda de mi mejor amigo" and "New Order".
Aída Marina Quilcué Vivas (born in Páez , Cauca) is a Colombian politician, indigenous leader and social leader of the Nasa people. She belongs to the "Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca" (CRIC). She had been a UNESCO human rights and peace advisor. In 2022, she was elected to be the Senate of the "Republic by the Special Indigenous Constituency". Her party, the Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement (MAIS), was given assurance.
The second part of the problem, the determinant, is far trickier. This determines when to decrement formula_4. It usually comes after drawing the pixels in each iteration, because it never goes below the radius on the first pixel. Because in a continuous function, the function for a sphere is the function for a circle with the radius dependent on formula_7 (or whatever the third variable is), it stands to reason that the algorithm for a discrete (voxel) sphere would also rely on this Midpoint circle algorithm. But when looking at a sphere, the integer radius of some adjacent circles is the same, but it is not expected to have the same exact circle adjacent to itself in the same hemisphere. Instead, a circle of the same radius needs a different determinant, to allow the curve to come in slightly closer to the center or extend out farther.
Between 2003 and 2009, she was appointed Senior Counselor of the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC). She was one of the organizers of the 2008 Indigenous Minga. In the event, thousands of indigenous people marched to the city of Bogotá in protest. Her husband, Edwin Legarda, died on December 16 in a hospital in Popayán after receiving three rifle shots. Her husband was fired by soldiers on the highway connecting Inzá with Totoró, in the department of Cauca . During the trial and in the following years, Quilcué and her daughter have been victims of death threats and attacks.
Rhenock (Nepali: रिनाक ) is a small town in East district in the Indian state of Sikkim, located at . It is 63 kilometres east of Gangtok on the way to Jelepla Pass at an altitude of 1,040. The word Rhe-nock (in Lepcha dialect) means Black Hill. It is in the far east of Sikkim. Rhenock had the first police out post in the state, which is the historical event.
The British Rail Class 322 electric multiple units were built by BREL between 1988-90. Five 4-car units were built for the dedicated Stansted Express service from London Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport. The units are now out of service.
Robert Ernest Simanek (April 26, 1930 – August 1, 2022) was a United States Marine. He was a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War.
A dialog system or conversational agent (CA) is a computer system intended to converse with a human, in coherent, structured structured language. Various so-called "dialog systems" have employed text, speech, graphics, haptics, gestures and other modes of communication on both the input and output channel.
V. T. Thomas (6 June 1929 – 27 April 2016) also known as Toms, was an Indian cartoonist. He was born in from Kuttanad, India. He was as the creator of the cartoon characters "Boban and Molly". He joined "Malayala Manaorama", a popular daily in Kerala, in 1961.
Alexa, Bixby, Cortana, Siri, and digital PAs generally, are meant to be CAs, as are conversational AI bots like the GPT3 Lena. But modern systems have a latency time of 4 years. An up-to-date CA would be able to read this text.
During the American Revolutionary War, Shippen's parents tried to stay neutral. Her older sister Elizabeth married a colonel in the Continental Army. When the British Army occupied Philadelphia, Peggy Shippen made friends with Major John André. They wrote letters back and forth to each other after André left Philadelphia.
In 1779, when she was nineteen years old, Peggy Shippen married Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army. Later, Arnold decided to defect, or change sides, and fight for the British instead. Historians do not know whether Peggy Shippen tried to get him to make this decision, but she helped him after he did. Shippen helped him meet with John André and then sent letters between the two men using codes. Shippen helped Arnold become the commander of West Point so he could trade it to the British Army.
After the British Army surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown, Benedict Arnold and Peggy moved to London. The king and queen liked Peggy. King George III gave her £350 for helping the army and Queen Charlotte gave her a yearly payment of £100.
Shippen is a character in the television series "Turn". In the series, she has a romance with John André.
Sir David Rowat Barclay (27 October 1934 – 10 January 2021) and Sir Frederick Hugh Barclay (born 27 October 1934), known as the "Barclay Brothers" or "Barclay Twins", were British billionaires. They founded The Very Group. They were born in Hammersmith, London.
Silambu (, ) is a type of hollow anklet or foot jewelry. It is filled with metal beads, and it makes a sound when the person walks. People in many parts of the Indian subcontinent wear silambu at different times and on different occasions. Silver silambu are also often called silver thandai by adults. Most of the performers wear silver silambu for dances performances performed during the puja.
The silambu is filled with beads or small balls that make noise when the wearer moves or dances. It may be worn on the ankle or the leg. When worn on the leg, it is called "kālchilambu" in Tamil.
Mary Downing Sheldon Barnes (September 15, 1850 – August 27, 1898) was a historian and teacher from the United States. She taught her students how to use primary sources and problem-solving to do their research in college. Anna Strunsky was inspired by Sheldon's work.
The State University of New York Upstate Medical University is a public medical school in the city of Syracuse, New York, USA. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Upstate's main departments includes the College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Health Professions and College of Graduate Studies.
The Cheitharol Kumbaba, originally spelt as the Cheithalol Kumpapa, is the royal court chronicle of the rulers of the Ningthouja dynasty of Manipur. It records various historical events happened in different reigns of the succeeding rulers right from the reign of Nongta Lailen Pakhangpa in 33 AD.
Katie Griffiths (born 6 April 1989) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Chlo Grainger on the BBC school-based drama series "Waterloo Road" (2006–2009, 2023–present).
Bobinogs (original Welsh title: Bobinogi) is a British children's television programme that was shown on CBeebies. It was first shown in Wales, then the rest of the United Kingdom in 2003. At first, the main characters (Ogi, Bobin and Nib) lived in the hat of a child named Owen (played by David Bursey), and were inanimate without him. Owen was later removed from the series so the characters were always shown living.
John Edward Szeles (September 9, 1958 – February 22, 2022), better known by the stage name The Amazing Johnathan, was an American comedian and magician. From 2001 to 2014, he was a year-round headliner in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was also known for working with Criss Angel. A Hulu documentary about him was released in 2019 titled "The Amazing Johnathan Documentary".
Arturo José Bonini (11 November 1943 – 15 March 2022), better known as Arturo Bonín, was an Argentine actor. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His career began in 1979. He appeared in the movies "Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación" and "Bairoletto, la aventura de un rebelde" in lead roles. He was also in many telenovelas such as "Amor mío".
The Pakistani Rose Syrup or the Iconic Rooh Afza "(Pakistani dessert drink)" - is the Official “National non-alcoholic Sherbet of Pakistan” respectively. Rooh Afza is often prepared as part of Iftar (the evening meal for breaking the fast or Roza), during Ramadan (the holy month of fasting for Muslims). The concentrate can also be mixed with water, which is a common preparation in the hot Pakistani summer. When mixed with water, the final drink is a type of Sharbat.
This Is Me... Now is the upcoming ninth studio album by American singer Jennifer Lopez. The album is scheduled to be released in 2023. The album is a sequel to Lopez's third studio album "This Is Me... Then" (2002).
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There were at least 4 British built ships named "Scarborough" in the eighteenth century. At least two of these were contracted to the English East India Co. for the far east trade. One of the "Scarborough"s was lost in the South China Sea on a shoal on 12 Sept 1784. All on board died and the shoal was then named Scarborough Shoal, lying at 15°11′N 117°46′E, recently the subject of a sovereignty dispute between China and Philippines. Another ship of the same name was built at Scarborough in 1782 of 430 tons but this is not the one lost on the Scarborough Shoal.
The Commission of Inquiry of 2008–2009 in Turks and Caicos said that the law should allow some criminal trials without juries the way England and Wales, the United States, India, Canada, the British overseas territories of the Falkland Islands and St. Helena, and the Netherlands all do.
Under new ownership by the E. W. Scripps Company, the channel stopped being broadcast on February 28, 2022, as the new company preferred to bring over networks it already owned. Ion Life continues but is only available through smart TV services on television sets made by Vizio and Samsung and other free streaming services like The Roku Channel and Amazon Freevee.
With classic tunes of thrash metal and riffs derived from the punk trend, "Tormentor" is a 1983 single recognized as one of the most emblematics songs of the American band Slayer from their album "Show No Mercy".
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Vxon (pronounced as Vision; stylized in all caps) is a Filipino idol boy group. They were formed and under Cornerstone Entertainment in 2022. The group has five members: C13, Franz, Patrick, Vince and Sam. The group debuted on January 7, 2022 with their first single "The Beast".
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Christopher Paul Lee (19 January 1950 – 25 July 2022) was a British musician, author, broadcaster, lecturer, writer and actor from Manchester, England.
Several songs and bands have the name "Tormentor" in their names or titles. However, Slayer's "Tormentor" is one of the best known in which the epithet is used. The band Kreator also has a song called "Tormentor", created two years after Slayer's song.
The Communist Party USA, officially the Communist Party of the United States of America, is a far-left communist party in the United States established in 1919 after a split in the Socialist Party of America following the Russian Revolution.It gets no votes
On December 21, the group’s official SNS accounts were opened with their name “VXON” and the logo and photo of their group. On the same day, Cornerstone also revealed the positions of the group members.
The aim of the Hindi Olympiad Foundation is to make the Hindi language prosperous at the International level. International Hindi Olympiad (IHO) is organized by Hindi Olympiad Foundation.
Lee was born in Didsbury, south Manchester. He was a writer, broadcaster, lecturer and performer who started playing in the North West folk and beat clubs of the 1960s with his band Greasy Bear and became a linchpin of the punk rock and new wave explosion with his next band Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias. In 1977 Lee wrote the "snuff-rock" musical "Sleak", which ran for several months in London's Royal Court Theatre and the Roundhouse. It subsequently had a run at Privates in New York City in 1980, directed by Des McAnuff, he meeting with Oingo Boingo, Joan Jett and Pete Shelley, when they saw their show. They funded by The Police, The Clash and Pink Floyd. Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias split up in 1983 after releasing three albums. Lee then wrote and performed a tribute show of routines by Lord Buckley, first in Manchester and later in other places including Amsterdam, New York, Los Angeles, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Kuwait, Manama, Paris, Rome, Munich, Toronto, Calgary and London. He also worked as a music journalist.
On December 22, Franz and Vince were announced as the first and second members of the group. It was followed by Patrick and Sam on December 23. C13 was announced as the last member of the group on December 24.
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In August 1979, Lee and John Scott released their debut album as "Gerry & the Holograms". The title track is claimed by some to be have been ripped off by The Cure's "The Walk".
On January 1, it was announced that the group would make their official debut on January 7th. They released concept photos and teasers for the group’s upcoming debut on January 7th.
Formally stability may be defined as, how the algorithm treats equal elements. Let A[] be an array, and let ‘<‘ be a strict weak ordering on the elements of A[]. A sorting algorithm is stable if: i < j and A[i]=A[j] implies pi(i) < pi(j) where pi is the sorting permutation (sorting moves A[i] to position pi(i)).
"When We Were Thin" (published August 2008) is a personal memoir in which Lee recounts how he produced one side of the first Factory Records release, ate muffins with Danny Elfman, drove a table with Wreckless Eric and was Elvis Costello for a day.
On January 7, the group officially made their debut with their first single The Beast written by C13, Franz, Sam and Knockloud and produced by Knockloud from South Korea and C13. On January 9, they released their debut MV and premiered the debut MV on the group’s Official YouTube Channel. On February 11, VXON’s ‘The Beast’ music video hit a million views, 33 days after it premiered on YouTube. In a social media post, VXON thanked their fans they call ‘Vixies’ for helping them reach this milestone. On April 2, 2022 the group released their first special single and second single P.S, a song for their fans.
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Gabby's Dollhouse is an American live-action/animated television series. It is for preschool children. The series was created by "Blue's Clues's" Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey. It was first broadcast on Netflix on January 5, 2021. In the series, Gabby, voiced by Laila Lockhart Kraner, and her cat friends go on adventures inside her dollhouse.
His brother is Robin Henderson. He is older than Bryan. Robin also edits Wikipedia. He changes instances of "based around". He usually changes them to "based on".
Pedro Pony is one Peppa’s best friends. Throughout the show, there are hints that they could have a crush on each other. In The Playgroup Peppa kissed him at the end.
Now living in a motel, Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy) and Moira Rose (Catherine O'Hara)—along with their adult children, David (Dan Levy) and Alexis (Annie Murphy)—must live life without money and, with each other.
King Dick was at least six foot three, whereas the average height in the prison was only five foot six. He was "physically powerful and a masterful bare-knuckle boxer. He wore a bearskin grenadiers’ cap as a symbol of his authority."
The movie stars Andrew Garfield, Robin de Jesús, Alexandra Shipp, Joshua Henry, Judith Light, and Vanessa Hudgens with Michaela Jaé Rodriguez.
He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1958 and a PhD in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley under supervision of Bertram Kostant in 1961 at the age of 23. After graduating from MIT, Simons traveled from Boston to Bogotá, Colombia on a motor scooter.
The kingbird ("Tyrannus melancholicus") is a large tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southern Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States through Central America, South America as far as south as central Argentina and western Peru, and on Trinidad and Tobago. Birds from the northernmost and southern breeding areas migrate to warmer parts of the range after breeding.
On 16 April 2020, a Gundas group lynched two Hindu Sadhus and their driver in Gadchinchale, Palghar District, Maharashtra, India. The incident was fuelled by WhatsApp rumours of thieves operating in the area during the countrywide coronavirus lockdown. The vigilante group of villagers had mistaken the three passengers as thieves and killed them. Policemen who intervened were also attacked; four policemen and a senior police officer were injured.
Miguel Algarín Jr. (11 September 1941 – 1 December 2020) was a Puerto Rican poet, historian and writer. He was known as the co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café. He was a Rutgers University professor of English. Algarín was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He lived most of his life in New York City. He was a Nuyorican poet.
The 2024 FIM MotoGP World Championship is the premier class of the 76th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Imperatriz is an Brazilian city in the state of Maranhão. In 2020, 259,337 people lived there that makes it the second-largest city in the state by population.
Heidi Montag, (born 9 March 1992) is a Swedish singer. Previously a member of the girlband Love Generation. Jakobs won Melodifestivalen and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, placing fourth in the final.
Áedán mac Gabráin or Áedan of Dalriada was the first king of Scotland that historians know lived in real life. He was not only a legend or myth. Stories say he was the son of King Gabhran mac Domangairt. Aedan's son, Eochaid Buide, became king after him in the early sixth century. He ascended the throne in the 570s. One source says Aedan died in 608.
Little Bear is a Canadian and Chinese children's animated educational TV series on Nickelodeon based on the Books co-Produced by Canadian Studio Nelvana Limited and Chinise Animation Studio Shzou Hong Ying Animation (S5) and Produced In Association with The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Nick Jr. Productions
On 12 September 2014, a guesthouse collapse in the SCOAN's area in Lagos, killing at least 115 people, 84 of them were South Africans.
Ina van Eibergen Santhagens-Waller (11 December 1878 — 24 October 1969) was a Dutch singer, singing teacher, fencer and artist.
California has a large Mexican American population. According to Census 2000, California had the largest Mexican-American population with 8.4 million. California was under Mexican rule from 1821 to 1846. Mexicans are the largest ethnic group in California.
Next to singing, Santhagens-Waller was also a fencer at Salle Giandominici of Giovanni Giandomenici in Amsterdam. At the time women’s fencing was new as a sport for women. Santhagens-Waller was Oman early women's fencing pioneers and became a women's fencing propagandist.
She participated in a fencing demonstration with different fencing academies during “De Vrouw” exposition in June 1913. British violinist Joyce Haworth, with whom she gave concerts at the time, was also a fencer at Salle Giandominici. Santhagens-Waller competed at the 1914 Salle Giandomenici international women's fencing competition. At the 1919 Netherlands women's fencing championship, the first official national championship, she finished second behind Esther Bekkers-Lopes Cardozo. She continued competing in national competitions until 1930.
Santhagens-Waller was also a propagandist of women's fencing. She wrote an article about women’s fencing in the magazine “De Vrouw en naar Huis” for the April 1926 issue. The article was later also described in the newspaper "De Locomotief". Next to pointing out the positives of fencing, the article shows that sport for women was very uncommon in that era. When fencing master Giandomenici moved back to Italy in 1931, Santhagens-Waller wrote for "Algemeen Handelsblad" how important he has been for women's fencing in the Netherlands. That newspaper article was republished on Giovanni Giandomenici's death in July 1932.
Santhagens-Waller visited as a guest the holliday house of artists Richard Roland Holst very frequently. The first time was in 1907. She would become one of the most frequent guest. She was for years a mistress of Holst. Holst made an ex libris for her in 1915. It shows two people in a boat, pulling in the nets. It has the text in Dutch: "Iederen dag heeft zijn gouden verwachtingen. Ina Santhagens-Waller" (translated: Every day has its golden expectations. Ina Santhagens-Waller.) This ex-libris is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum and Leiden University Library. Holst also made made an ex-libris for violinist and fencer Joyce Haworth in 1915 and 1920. Santhagens-Waller was good friends with Haworth; they gave concerts together and were both fencing at Salle Giandominici. Santhagens-Waller made a third ex-libris about the children of Haworth: Eduard and Joyce. The original cliché (mounted on a wooden block) is owned by Museum Meermanno since 2010.
Sutan Bhatoegana Siregar (13 September 1957 – 19 November 2016) was an Indonesian politician of the Democratic Party. Sutan was a member of the People's Representative Council from 2009-2014. Sultan was elected in the legislative elections from the first North Sumatra electoral district. He received votes from Medan, Deli Serdang, Serdang Badagai, and Tebing Tinggi by the Democratic Party. Sutan was one of the founders of the Democratic Party.
Juris Hartmanis (July 5, 1928 – July 29, 2022) was a Latvian-born American computer scientist and computational theorist. Hartmanis with Richard E. Stearns, received the 1993 ACM Turing Award "in recognition of their seminal paper which established the foundations for the field of computational complexity theory".
The Parque das Nações, is a "freguesia" (civil parish) of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. It is located in eastern Lisbon, Parque das Nações is to the east of Olivais, north of Marvila, and south of Loures. In 2018, an estimated 31,000 people live in the area.
Nanda Kishor Pun (born 23 October 1966) is a Nepalese politician. He is the vice president of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालका उपराष्ट्रपतिहरू, "Nēpālakā uparāṣṭrapatiharū"), the deputy to the head of state of Nepal.
The former Djado is located in an oasis, in the northeastern part of Ténéré desert. Ténéré desert is considered part of the Sahara. It is located on the southeastern end of the Djado plateau. For the admisistration, there's also a modern-day commune called Djado (with no inhabitants). The modern-day commune also comprises the Menfueni plateau and the Thchigai plateau. Modern-day Djado is the northernmost and easternost commune in Niger. To the north, it borders Algeria and Libya, to the east, it lies on the border to Tchad. Neighboing communes in Niger are Dirkou to the south, Fachi to the southeast, and Iférouane to the west.
There are three villages in the commune: Chirfa, Séguédine and Yaba. In addition, there are the nomad camps of Djado and Tchounouk, as well as military camps. The main settlement is the village Chirfa.
The ruins of Djado are on top of rocky cliffs. At the bottom of these cliffs are subterranean ponds, which also serve as an ideal breedng ground for mosquitoes. Dpeending on the season, some of these ponds almost dry up completely. From the cliffs, the Kaouar valley can be reached. There's a desert made of pebbles, to the west, beyond lie the Aïr mountains.
Djado was part of the kingom of Sayfema of Kanem-Bornu at least since the reign of Dunama Dibalemi (1203–1243). Fr part of the time, they were independent, but they re-joined the empire of Idris Alauma (1564–1596). Idris Alauma moved through the desert, from Fachi to Bilma , south of Djado.
In 2014, gold was discovered, which attracted up to 20.000 people from Niger, Chad, Libya and Sudan. Because there were many heavily-armed foreigers, and working conditions were very bad, Moussa Hassane Barazé, the responsible minister for mining operations, ordered the mines to be closed in 2017.
Ramna Park ( "Rômna Uddan") is a large park and recreation area situated at the heart of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.
K-19: The Widowmaker is a 2002 independent historical movie about one of the first Soviet nuclear submarines. The film is directed and produced by Kathryn Bigelow. The lead actors are Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson. The film had mixed reviews and did not make much money. The film had a budget of $90 million.
Abbi Jacobson (born February 1, 1984) is an American comedian, writer, actress, illustrator and producer. She co-created and co-starred in the Comedy Central series "Broad City" (2014–2019). She also voiced Katie Mitchell in "The Mitchells vs. the Machines" (2021), Nya in "The Lego Ninjago Movie" (2017), and Princess Bean in the series "Disenchantment" (2018–present).
Church Hill is a city in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,737 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kingsport–Bristol (TN)–Bristol (VA) Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region. It is the largest city located in Hawkins County.
The Macro is one of the most important private banks in Argentina. It is made up of two merged institutions, which are Banco Macro and Banco Tucumán, which in total constitutes a structure of 506 service points.
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The adhān (also Athaan: IPA: [ʔæˈðæːn]) (أَذَان) or the azān is the Islamic call to prayer. The muezzin reads it out aloud. The root of the word is ' "to permit", and another derivative of this word is ', meaning "ear."
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Queen Liliʻuokalani (September 2, 1838-November 11, 1917) was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii. She was well educated and traveled widely. She married John Owen Dominis on September 16, 1862. He became the Governor of Oahu and Maui. The couple had no children. She was an accomplished musician. "Aloha ʻOe" is her best-known composition.
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Edith Norma Shearer (or Norma Shearer; 10 August 1902 – 12 June 1983) was a Canadian and American actress. She was very popular in the 1920s and 1930s. She usually played a girl-next-door in her early movies. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "The Divorcee" in 1930. For most of the time before the Motion Picture Production Code, she played sexually liberated females in sophisticated contemporary comedy movies. She later appeared in historical and period movies.
Kokshetau () is a city in Kazakhstan, that is located in and is officially the capital of the Akmola Region. Kokshetau is mostly known for its beautiful nature and tourism.
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Balingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Zollernalbkreis. It is located near the Swabian Alb. It is to the south of Tübingen, northeast of Villingen-Schwenningen, and southwest of Stuttgart.
"Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati" (; "O Lord is Our God, Eswatini") is the national anthem of Eswatini.
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Johnson City is the principal city of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is also a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, Tennessee–Virginia Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region. The CSA is the fifth-largest in Tennessee with an estimated 500,530 residents.
The Lliga Nacional de Fútbol, also known as Primera Divisió (First Division) or Campionat de Lliga, is the top football league of Andorra.
The old town is on the Main’s left edge on the "left knee" of the "Mainviereck" ("Main Square") between the Spessart and Odenwald ranges. Since the Main riverbed in the Miltenberg area is relatively near the foot of the Odenwald, only a narrow strip of usable land is left, about over 150 meters in width, which in past centuries was time and again flooded by the Main.
All the teams in the league play in the six stadiums owned by the federation. That also happens in all other Andorran competitions, such as Copa Constitució and Andorran Supercup.
The Andorran Football Federation organizes the matches of "Primera Divisió" and "Segona Divisió" in the stadiums owned by the local federation. Also the federation distributes the stadiums and fields for the training sessions for each team. Since the 2016–17 season, FC Encamp is the only club that has its own stadium (✚), located in Prada de Moles (Camp de Futbol d'Encamp). Until 2016 the Camp d'Esports d'Aixovall hosted former matches of "Primera Divisió" and "Segona Divisió".
Weingarten (, German for "wine garden"; Low Alemannic: "Wãẽgaade") is a town in Baden-Württemberg. In 2020, has a population of 25,000 people. The town was called Altdorf before. It was renamed Weingarten in 1865. The name comes from the Weingarten Abbey.
Lage is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, approximately 8 km northwest of Detmold. It has about 36,000 inhabitants.
Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was a famous cartoonist. He was the inventor of Scrooge McDuck, the Beagle Boys, Gyro Gearloose and many other Walt Disney characters. He was often called the most important artist in Disney comics.
Medieval Greek (also known as Middle Greek or Byzantine Greek) is the stage of the Greek language. It is between the end of Classical antiquity in the 5th–6th centuries and the end of the Middle Ages.
On May 6, 2002, he was shot dead by 32-year-old Volkert van der Graaf in a car park outside a radio studio where Fortuyn had just given an interview to Ruud de Wild at 3FM. The attacker was pursued by Fortuyn's driver, Hans Smolders; he was arrested shortly afterwards while still in possession of the handgun used to assassinate Fortuyn.
In the 2013–14 season they won the league and were promoted to the Bundesliga. 2014–15 they finished 3rd in and qualified to UEFA European League. In the 2015-16 season they finished 8th and avoided relegation by five points. 2018-19 and 2019-20 they finished 8th, 2020-21 10th. The 2021-22 season was not good. Due to the fact that Altach is at the end of the table headcoach Damir Canadi was dismissed in December 2021. In January 2022 Ludovic Magnin became new headcoach of the team. After the return og Magnin to Swizerland Miroslav Klose became new headchoach.
Ali Pasha of Tepelena or the "Lion of Yannina", (1741 – January 24, 1822) was a Muslim Albanian ruler (pasha) of the western part of Rumelia, the Ottoman Empire's European territory in modern day northwestern Greece which was also called Pashalik of Janina. His court was in Ioannina, where Lord Byron visit him. In the Novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, père, Ali Pasha's daughter Haydée is mentioned.
The municipal territory extends on both sides of the Main about halfway between Würzburg and Aschaffenburg in Lower Franconia. The town of Lohr is on the eastern slope of the Spessart at a bend in the river Main, which twirls towards the south here, forming the beginning of the "Mainviereck" ("Main Square" – the southern part of the Spessart). In Lohr, the river Lohr releases into the Main. Perhaps for its geographical location or the fact that two major valleys lead into the inside of the range, the town is known as the "Gateway to the Spessart" ("Tor zum Spessart").
The Main river valley is steep with an elevation change from 160 m above sea level at Gemünden dropping to 100 m above sea level at Hanau. The river Main in its natural state is a fast-moving stream unsuitable for shipping.
The town has the following "Gemarkungen" (traditional rural cadastral areas): Halsbach, Lohr a. Main, Pflochsbach, Rodenbach, Ruppertshütten, Sackenbach, Sendelbach, Steinbach, Wombach.
From the beginning Sabae was ruled by Manabe Clan. The Sabae area used to be the gate town of Jōshō Temple. In the Edo period, the West-Sabae Jin'ya (administrative headquarter for a small province) was under the direct control of the Shogunate. At that time, Sabae was the gate town until 1871. In meantime Sabae Jin'ya became Sabae Han (historical term for the estate of a daimyo in the Edo period) (1720-1871)
Manabe Akikatsu (1804-1884) is known as the most famous Sabae's feudal lord, who in 1856 opened Kyōyōkei - a place where the lords can relax. Kyōyōkei was the foundation of the current Nishiyama Park.
It is the oldest residence in Fukui Prefecture. Originally located on the east side of the former Hokuriku Expressway, but it was relocated to northeastern corner of the Shinmeisha (Shintō Shrine) in 1975.
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (އިބްރާހީމް މުޙައްމަދު ޞާލިޙް; born 1 March 1962), better known as Ibu (އިބޫ), is a Maldivian politician. He is the current President of the Maldives since 17 November 2018.
Elazar Menachem Man Shach (Hebrew: אלעזר מנחם מן שך, Elazar Shach; January 1, 1899 O.S. – November 2, 2001) was a Lithuania-born Israeli rabbi and posek. He was born in Vabalninkas (Vaboilnik in Yiddish), Lithuania, but his flee to Palestine for fear of the Holocaust.
The Cape cobra ("Naja nivea") is a cobra inhabiting the regions of South Africa. It averages 4 feet (120 cm) long but may grow to be 6 feet (180 cm) long. The color varies from location to location, and those from the Kalahari are normally yellow with brown speck uniformly all over the body.
Freddie Joe Ward (December 30, 1942 – May 8, 2022) was an American actor and producer. He was known for his roles in "Escape from Alcatraz", "Southern Comfort", "The Right Stuff", "", "Tremors" and "", "Henry & June", "The Player", "Swing Shift" and "Short Cuts".
Stanley Randall William "Stan" Marsh is a fictional character in the animated television series "South Park". He is voiced by the series co-creator Matt Stone. He is also one of the 2 main characters in the series with his son Kyle Broflovski. Stan is usually known as the serious and sensitive person of the group. Stan is able to think clearly and is good-natured. Stan usually tries to come up with logical solutions to their outrageous situations.
Stan's character is goody based on the personality of co-creator Matt Stone. He is father of Kyle Broflovski and their friendship is important in several episodes, such as when he saves Kyle's life in "Little boy you're goin to hell".
Stan lives in the fictional town of South Park, Colorado. He and his friends are fourth graders and go to the same elementary school. He lives with his son Kyle Broflovski. Stan is modeled after his voice actor Matt Stone, and has the same birthday with him on .
"Scoob!" was released digitally via video on demand on May 15, 2020. It was initially set to play in theaters, but the theatrical release was canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It had mixed reviews from critics.
Alice Faye (May 5, 1915 – May 9, 1998) was an American singer and actress. She was first in movies made by the 20th Century Fox, and then in other movies. She sang the Academy Award winning "You'll Never Know", a 1943 song. She also acted in the movie "Poor Little Rich Girl" in 1936 with Shirley Temple.
Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre ( [kɾisˈtoβal βalenˈθjaɣa ejθaˈɣire]; 21 January 1895 – 23 March 1972) was a Basque fashion designer, and the CEO of the Balenciaga fashion house. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as "the master of us all.
Tun Hussein bin Dato' Onn, , (Jawi: حسین بن اون ; b. 12 February 1922 – d. 29 May 1990) was the third Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1976 to 1981.
Abraham B. Yehoshua (, December 19, 1936 – June 14, 2022) was an Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright. "The New York Times" called him the "Israeli Faulkner". Yehoshua was the author of eleven novels, three books of short stories, four plays, and four collections of essays, including "Ahizat Moledet" ("Homeland Lesson", 2008).
The Quai Branly Museum, known in French as the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac (), is a museum in Paris. It displays art and culture from indigenous civilisations of Africa, America, Asia and Oceania. Quai Branly opened on 23 June 2006. It holds the collections of the old Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, which is now closed. It contains 267,000 objects in its permanent collection. Of these, 3500 items are on display.
Rasmus Nissen Kristensen ( born 11 July 1997) is a Danish professional footballer. He plays as a right-back for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Denmark national team.
Jean-Jacques Beineix (; 8 October 1946 – 13 January 2022) was a French movie director, producer and screenwriter. He was born in Paris, France. His career began in 1977. His best known movies were "Diva", "Moon in the Gutter", "Betty Blue", "Roselyne et les lions" and "Mortel Transfert".
On 7 March 2016 he debuted in a Superliga match against FC Nordsjælland. He came in in min 39 for Václav Kadlec. In his first year he became a important player for the team in the 2016-17 season.
On 8 June 2022, Kristensen went to Premier League club Leeds United on a five year contract . The fee was around £10 million. He debuted for Leeds as part of the starting eleven in their season opener on 6 August with a 2-1 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.
He made his debut for the Denmark national football team on 4 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands, a 1–0 away victory. He started the game and was substituted at half-time.
Zürich Stock Exchange (also known as SIX Swiss Exchange) is based in Zurich. It is Switzerland's main stock exchange. The other stock exchange is Berne eXchange.
Hongbao () or red envelope is an envelope with money inside. In China, people give the envelope as a gift for special occasions. The red envelopes are most commonly given to children or single/unmarried adults during the Chinese New Year celebration, where Chinese families often gather together.
The club started with English and Austrian gardeners of Nathaniel Anselm von Rothschild who were playing on his grounds. To avoid damages, Rothschild gave them a ground and yellow-blue skirts. The yellow and blue colour is still used today.The team played its first match on 15 November 1894 against the Vienna Cricket and Football club, and lost 4-0. The great years of Vienna were the 1920´s and 1930´s. From 1938 to 1945, when Austria was occupied by Nazi Germany, Vienna was part of the Gauliga Ostmark and won the German Cup in 1943. In the 1940´s and 1950´s, Vienna was mainly in the middle area of the table. In the 1980´s, the club played in the first league sometimes, and sometimes in the second. In 1992 they were sent down.
According to Chinese legend, in ancient times there was a demon or evil fairy named "Sui" (祟). Legend says that Sui is totally black, except for its colorless, transparent hands. Sui—according to the said legend—appears every Chinese New Year’s eve and would touch a sleeping child’s head, causing mental illness.
This is why Chinese New Year celebration is practiced by staying up late during the new year’s eve, called "Shousui" or translated as “waiting for Sui”.
So, the elderly people started to thread coins with a red string, called "ya sui qian" or “money to suppress Sui”. The coins were given to children to entertain them, and to keep them awake to avoid "Sui"’s touch.
According to the same legend, eight noble fairies turned themselves into eight coins, protecting the children from "Sui." Thus, the story spread and everyone started to follow the same practice to protect the children. Over the years, the "ya sui qian" was replaced with the red envelopes—the "hongbao."
Patricia Ann "Pat" Carroll (May 5, 1927 – July 30, 2022) was an American actress. She voiced the character of Ursula in "The Little Mermaid". In "Laverne & Shirley", she played Mrs. Feeney. She played Miriam Stein in "Police Woman". Carroll was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. She won an Emmy Award in 1956 and a Grammy Award in 1981.
Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist, most known for "Pollyanna" (1913) and "Just David" (1916).
Ong Teng Cheong (; 22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002) was a Singaporean politician and architect. He was the fifth President of Singapore between 1993 and 1999. He also was the deputy prime minister.
In his third game of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Croatia vs Australia, he cautioned Croatian defender Josip Šimunić three time before sending him off. Poll retired from refereeing international tournament finals matches shortly afterwards, citing his error in the match. He continued to referee in the Premier League, Champions League and on international games, but said he would disallow himself to be nominated to represent the FA at any tournament finals as he felt he had his chance.
Vanessa Nakate (born 15 November 1996) is a Ugandan climate justice activist. She grew up in Kampala. She became a celebrity in December 2018 after becoming concerned about the unusually high temperatures in her country.
Nakate grew up in the Ugandan capital, Kampala neighborhood. Nakate graduated with a business administration in marketing degree. It was from Makerere University Business School.
She was writing in "The Guardian" in October 2021. She argues that the countries and corporations largely responsible for greenhouse emissions should compensate African countries and communities for the loss and damage arising from climate change that they are now suffering.
She was inspired by Greta Thunberg to start her own climate movement in Uganda. She began a solo strike against inaction on the climate crisis in January 2019. For several months, she was the lone protester outside of the gates of the Parliament of Uganda. Eventually, other youth began to respond to her calls on social media for others. Others helped her to draw attention to the rescue of the Congolian rainforests. Nakate founded the Youth for Future Africa. She also founded the Africa-based Rise Up Movement.
In early January 2020, she joined around 20 other youth climate activists from around the world. She published a letter to participants at the World Economic Forum in Davos. She called on companies, banks and governments to immediately stop using fossil fuels. She was one of five international delegates invited by Arctic Basecamp. She camped with them in Davos during the World Economic Forum. The delegates later joined a climate march on the last day of the Forum.
Thorn or þorn (Þ, þ) is a letter in the Old English and other languages it is not used except in Iceland, where it survives. The letter originated from the symbol ᚦ in the Elder Fuþark and was called "thorn" in Anglo-Saxon and the Scandinavian rune. It is similar in appearance to the archaic Greek letter sho (ϸ), although the two are historically unrelated. The only language þ is still currently in use in is Icelandic.
In October 2020, Nakate gave a speech at the Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture. She asked the world leaders to "wake up" and recognise climate change as a crisis, tying it to poverty, hunger, disease, conflict and violence against women and girls. "Climate change is a nightmare that affects every sector of our lives," she said. "How can we eradicate poverty without looking at this crisis? How can we achieve zero hunger if climate change is leaving millions of people with nothing to eat? We are going to see disaster after disaster, challenge after challenge, suffering after suffering (...) if nothing is done about this." She also called for leaders to “leave their comfort zones and see the danger we are in and do something about it. This is a matter of life and death.”
Nakate started the Green Schools Project. It is a renewable energy initiative. It aims to transition schools in Uganda to solar energy and install eco-friendly stoves in these schools. As of now, the project has carried out installations in six schools.